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FOREST AND STREAM. 


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A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. 


-Ancuiinc, SHootinc, THE Kennet, Practica, Naturat History 
FIsHCULTURE, YACHTING AND CANOEING 


AND THE 


INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST 
IN OUTDOOR RECREATION AND STUDY. > 


MOE U Mig EV.) 


JuLy, 1900—DEcEMBER, 1900. 


PUBLISHED BY THE ; 


FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY 
NEW YORK 


1900 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


EDITORIAL, Page. Page. | Page: 
Page. | Weights of Game........c.eceeencewe reed net eee ees ADVE Ora rdcsig NAN Asts Re Ace tends nlelaseicttteyesnie tt teens 342 Importation of Animals......sscccgoresssensrers+ bods 

Accidents with Firearms..........0.2ceseeecneeee 461 | Wild Animals, Fear Of..........0-s.s te tesece ease 481 | Philippines, In the...........- JBinidssegebeg ob bk 182 Intelligence of Wild Things...ccccoessssecs-+++++ -D04: 
Adirondack Eorests:ssceecina aoccteagdetesienenene 41 | Wild Rice Fields, In the..............++++-+s000s 161 | Photographing Wild Deer Close (Byauhetear seas 26 Fee EC OCUSES WEY Ettetctersieel striate cyneisie's toe Ee es 326- 
Adirondack Moose...........-.++. stele ave 361, 481 , Woman in the Saddle......2..-...sereeeseeee vere QEoL | Teheeaiey (Mes etieeye uno - smonocensanesoosonssogngasnen 48 Missing Link............ Mencnaaee Sein 5 Bannerer 246. 
Adirondack Tragedy.......... RRS AeH mas eo Eases 941 | Yachting Sportsmen............---++sseeeeeeee ees Sal |laeihvmenamidee ivoire, we oronpnpenentaebedesteane socks 204 Mollusks Eaten by Land Birds................... 505. 
Agricultural Department’s Work.......-......+-s 481 Rangeley Lakes in December.............+-+-.55 503 Monkeys artd s Medici eymayaren sneeemreeee anne 446: 
Bits of Talk..........-. foie Pee NBS sls rome Rc 221 INGIIIS COI GES are nett ei carrtsi mera 62, 283 , Mosquitoes rhel taker Syorenin SreeSig asaacidcarcedo yuu 83. 
Blame the Grandfather.............2.-0sceeueeeees 281 THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Sep ALSPONNS 345 Sane ches aoaodosocceueymicudtrydieentss 63 Ts @xcnstor Swedene-c..s oe erecaene eee 845. 
Boy Experiences. .....-2:+sseccuerssssnetrerrse sr 201 Ginter maleitten acts tewre eietateerecretsncesiitcter ttstely iat eee miniererc iste 94 Nest in a Weather Vane...........cssseese cesses 446. 
Boys’ Summer eat pssst eet oe eee eee eye g1 | Adirondack Lake Trout... . cesses eee eee e eee ees 444 | Slide Rock of Papase’oa........-+ mt, fe A fA 143 Nestings, Persistent... cs «ste os ceteuenpe nen nuns 105- 
Bringing It Home............:..ssseceeseeereees yyy | Alaskan ‘Trip.... 22... ccc cess cece scene ees ee eeees 123 | Sevan, (Caiiit Sg dodsoadosnscacatn ear acatita nis teonlente 144 "New York AXP ee eR nett s Ame eE gO 444 
Campers’ Crimes...........s-s2eeeeeere cece seeeees 141 jeepache COUNTY. ~ ++ eee se sees eens teenie reece ete ees 83 SOOMEL cose eeeeeeeeee eset eeeees daetimonogerodoy 142 Oak Pruners on Mong Usland yale hraceterernesy 285. 
Camp Life Simplicity............ss0eeeeesee eee yoy | Belgian Hare.........0. 22. s eee c ee eee eee e eee eee 203) ESoithe Seas eeloOdOOstunnie nee en ey oy ern ane 999 | Obscure Instincts.....-..-.-ss-ceceeccsceceescaees 445 
Century Glan genta: 68 dis accpnas siocotigae olsener 501 | Benton, Old Fort......+-ssseeseeceesesseseseecees (ie 7S Mirae al HTD cbt RE wed <d, widtens ga }Opossunt in New Work..2 0... .g.s5.aeecr esas 424 
Clothing for the Field..........2..2seeeeeseeseeeee 361 | Bill ..---.- sees esses Qgaetr et tesristsstersereerees 182 "Stories from the Woods.....:,.4-.:5se+ne+ +o se 92 | Outing in Acadia............ AAANRABAAGON Se 403, 423° 
Constitutionality of Export Game Laws......... 341 | Black Head Mountain.........-...200..0005++++ +305 Surveying Party...........sesseteeeeeeteeeecseees 44> elreqsan ean. sManmenreaanteecuals ee oene rename 306 
(Ory HEA on se din oai nanny: beers oocosodq ak sc yay | Black Lick... ... 2. c cece eee eee r erect rete cere ees 104 | Gwwreebheadt wot MILE! occ stecbscetesce susie cecetetete ie quetphelaretec o- 999 ; TBousersebons IED bo Er Ley queen nee gm oy att onaneds 185 
‘Banas al davai. (Crit posthe sss dhasos Saceu, 491 | Bowery Shooting Galleries............-+-+--+05 ibn aieses SUASAdR Anan Sanna sngssoongooossod 2o8sqhat 922 Photographing a Partridge...............- beet 24. 
TO ETO A SON Foy WW, RS Se AS BACAR RA AA GS oath senior 1 | Canoeing in South America..........+ss.00e 122, 142 Tennessee, In Sunmy.........csceeseeesateseceeees 265 | Photography, Revolution. in,..........cteseeeeess 445. 
Marocedsland Sretualetlas ces aeae sees SH Aas vert satis 961 | Charts of Savage Navigators..ccccoovccessee-+-+- 2|There’s Enchantment There.....................- 502 Poison Ivy Antidote..... BENE er ong REGGE On Ran 146. 
Forest AND STREAM’S Quarter Century.......... 1 | Chihuahua .....-01 sees eeee eee ee reer erence reece ees 484 | Torches on the Reef..........e.sseeeeeeeeeeee es Bieh (Olraebl Wie oe ss shot cecnecwocor sande Boose cae? 205. 
Forest AND STREAM’S Exhibit at Paris......... 341 | China the World’s Game Preserve,............ 382 | Turkeys, Two Tales Of.........esysceveeeeeseeeees cpeie “AGninroxeseorsy, NADER Ahem a stioe ciara ser ecurtnatntene 3665 
Forest AND StrEAM’s Gold Medal............... 201 | Christmas Dinner of Father Josef.......-.....-. BOO AV cnr sidered NET aa 8 Anas none aoceceno eopouEne col 485 Rariled Grosse who ode eae: wetness ea enact 285. 
Forest anp STREAM’S Platform Plank........... 461 | Christmas Turkey...... neneees cece eter eeeeeeeeeaee ASG) Ni rrdeslualkce: seLouses sae. teas oberon saci teeter SaeeSabie Antelopeiticad’.. jaeeeaee ioe aeenenne 345. 
Forest Reserve Regulations.........--.-s+.+5+5- 41 | Christmas Under the Palms...........++-++sss0s: 483 | Weed that Catches Fish........-.---+0e++++ee0s IN yp cSrezibyorntdl TEWGS Wibatss on uae sooo 285, 306: 
OTe SheME CS eek the eA heen nae Re 91 | Concerning the Doctor.......+sseesesesseeeee eee 203 | Women in the Saddle......... Bs reyeyte ti aA 444 |Sea Gulls as Weather Signals.............2..+-0- 424 
Game Txporte sae aagieen se cance asda one seats 381 | Cottontails in Morris County......-......-+...+. 444 Snakes bites lreatnienttac maine aech eee eit 306: 
Grammer! Galocens ares ceed unis cisiselain eaten apes en 961 | Deer Shooting in Florida..........-++-0ssseseeees 103 Snakes, Hearsofe.sige..cns. pi Eig Ao ee eats 463: 
(Cipitvaa, UICuMIERG setae srl A BAGAASA AAA ACS Sommenpen At tl Deserted Homesteads...1.1..----ssccseeanneseees 244 Snake Poison and Plantain......... Shoe eee ve 
Gireenourlis, We Ri vcwecsasce cule denurcremaet rots 121 | Doubter ......--- eee eee eee cee teeter eee dese etree 502 NATURAL HISTORY. Stakes Stones Jysaeorlocecccdeaee poe 224 
ard: Animes: Comings se tes see ro aoe eles ia al 401 | Down Among the Fishes.../............,-------- 243 | American Ornithologists’ Union........s-sc00e 424 | Snake Stories.............-+ ous ele Gh noliny aap 24 
Tdleness and Industry.......sscccssceeeeesseeees Diy | LO Wiletne: MRATSITD. patella ats oihea tis eee ldelelelel Lots 23, 42) Belpian are. ).,..23.sseeressseey ee tear 344, 366, 384 | Sportsmen’s Museum..............eceeeeeeeee ees dad 
Jtalians and the Song Birds..............0000504 91 | Fish Shooting in Samoan Seas..........++..+-+. OAD |) Tel Velalopte LOlhrbaye Sex didn duaounes rot raAroS 205 | Squirrels as Pets............ | Pn en i Pee ttt! 65, 106: 
Ahacey, dleawrae se tinedasnee unt mee cuca y ! First Camping Trip.....--.+.-..-.2+.+-.+000 B20, ada [Bird Huovers: baGR Vatithe: ec cctcissrclcseiaisie selelelelsltots 205 | Squirrels in Captivity. ..csesceesssescecreretscers 424 
Seeechaslenicem Votcliss some aaa tia ro eer ata {21 | Gens des Bois, Bird Music and Mimics,.....++.+:ss+sesesseeeees 463 | Turtle, Large......... Poe ee sence ocee cde 464 
Long Island Ducking Law Days............-:-- 441 Simeon J. Moody.........:ccsesccenceepeeecenes 183! Birds of the North. Sierra WEN bitD ee no odo bon 266 | Vermont Deer...... ai sietel nin atereaieuiaye aie Seeppesmnanne: 285- 
Te oy,ed ay MW iate cline see nanet Steir ey mere erste agi | Getting Lost...........:0eeseeeeeeeeseeeeeesss ee 229 | Bird Studies with (Gab SHl ors sacocardeasnar «sees 45 | Vermont Wolf.......... aren tN te" 1030223, 284, 3277 
Maine: OVootds: Miressoslaetesacaden nen wanes 991 | Gomez, JO. ccsissccceee css p sees sn ene rere ctveeee 82 | Bobolinks and Rice Birds.......-1.-sceeuses +--+.e20 | Voices of the Gathering Night............... Ree 2 
Wang Ghameestnenrnsecectenct teeta eee anee rece 901 | Grandmother’s Kitchen........-.--sssse+ssereeees ARO ratte omar slit] eteeesse sate sen areal oecVey eave) efeneeeteten et ses rvreters 224, 344 | White-Footed Mouse...ccccocccovesssssessees 105, 504 
Marsh Folk........ Se ASAD: Set 941, 261, 281 |] Greenough, W. P..c......ssceene eset nee eee teen ees 423 | Cat, The........ccccecseeeceeneeeeceeeceseseeeseees205 | White Goat in Domestication..................- 245. 
Massachusetts Bears....sccccecsecvcecsecvecesces 947 | Gun Rack, Towa Wen@ottOuuri sc. .e+)serssaartene ECW ACen. JD oben saosoedeoay danodesnoudi nemesis 185 |] Wild Flowers Vanishing. .oocccsssssess-seerseess 246: 
Massachusetts iHish (Womimission..scssteensee: 44] | Ward Bight. 2... 2.20. snne sce eee sees oalber 462 | Coon in Town .........cescceee ere r reece eseeecene 265 | Wolves in North Carolina......-cce.+++--++--+es- 32T 
WMeGleant BGUitrdai teens chek saibubuiieenemcae 61 | Her First Onuting....... Lobes sere snes re renee teens 364 | Copperliead 2.1... cee eee e eee eee ete e nec e teens 184 | Wood Workers in the Cellar..cocs..:scasss-+++s- 4455 
Minnesota ForestsS.....-.sccs-seseceeees Peart eee 901 | Hogarth, Old........ 2 tense renee eee dere ereeess Copperhead Bite... 21... cece es yee eee rete cece 265 | Yellowstone Park Notes....0.--cc++-00 AAS) oak 106: 
Mosquito Malarial Experiments..............-.. 392 | Honduras, Forests of CrameS sieves seen res eceetere renee etee reese te eeeres ES RGN oyee ENGI RE Fee Ube A tae AEC end Orca hence ERNE ES 305 
Nature and Hair Renewers...............+200085 {01 | Torn Glistory.:.....55-..c0g Fee eae Crayfish, SS Payt dae SE PU ERA RAReo Anaad 105 
Nebraska Prairie Chicken....................-0+:. 141 | Housewife’s Calendar....... (Griterooy Aer echenrg APA Ae aaa AAA OCH eGo NORGod ob 185 
North Carolina iittaersa ty tobe ie onesr aes eben es by 461 | How Elijah Was F Fa at Chests ae se : i Doe, ca ee eae Meee Roni trisns tae nates nas B05 GAME BAG AND GUN. 
Nova Scotia Game Protection................... 101 |} [deal Retreat.........6.2.... We. eagle i ee 92 | Ducks in Domestication.......0...ce++.scewreove 106 
Mctober Geeesccan Skin 5 ARVIAL Wate A88 G00 CDE OUDDERE One 961 | Indian Night Attack..........%. 5 84 Rt aAeBE nsf SI Grice ecu lcs 2 MI MOVIE Nptecpra}eee fveisceveinieinde aes ten eyte e...000 | Adirondack Deer.......-e.++0 meses 267, 289, 307, 505 
Opdcnie Rie eee eee nen teeters la indians soixive Means me Neo Elephant and Locomotive.......-..02++eessescees 366 | Adirondack Hounding..................+:+2ese0se 310° 
Ohio’ “Sportsmensc-- + pete este tees wollte seen 201 J In Old Virginia...... Spahr atadan Ac Elk’s Former Eastern Range..........sss2esese0: 145 | Adirondack Moose......:ccceeeeseeereeeesee? 425, 450 
Tptikes: Carrere (Chien aounoca aoe ee blio se oonagaeeus O01 Aack to Jars see eee «ee nccrsisireials English Sparrow in Captivity........-.-.2e+2s-e+- 5 | American Wildfowl and How to Take Them: 
Poacher and Outlaw..........sseeseesseebecseees 421 | Katahdin, in the Shadow of....-.. peteier 342, 364, 383 | English Sparrow in Texas........... Masta are trees SOo | adlitie Witcheekianadly srremn aelscrunser tn rteeen inne: 186: 
Possession in Close Season.............sssceeees 401 | Knight AIRES Baton Bane nekoor sana see etiats 63. 102 FE ain ara POMC ea eta tonevenctetennts core Se eert? sos eee gureeaaots 4459 sirtimpeten! Swailers: sacs aster vee aoe 206- 
Pounds, Nets and Game Vish..............0000. 921 | Luck in Moose Hunting......-....+0+.+s+0+eeeee 382 | Fish and Mosquitoes.........:.seceseeecseseeeees 265 NIMELT CAT US WATIe ears tealelac ete et ere nie err tele Peele varie oe 206. 
iprctbnne (Chika, IBYevea neers Wo5 gobs oanhonoscnh 141 | Maine Experiences.......... 0522s seer reece renee 462 | Fish Hawk or Osprey........sececcen eerste eeses 3 Geese and Brant.......sceseeeteeseseseeseesseee 224 
irs “Bhalel Noy Hvarssn. 4 nohotesoonaee soo oorene non 91 | Medicine Brook...............002 sec ete eee eee 304 | Florida Curlews.....- 20.022 cece cence cnn s cence ces 45 Bie: GO OSC esta ere nisevoisiae oteeiel strech ste) estate ieledes= 224 
IBset obey ANZERRSSG ohn Gok eh note Midis eed SOO GO oer eN May | Medicine: Whysee sa. ss- ose. usec sere ee se selene oer ils || WP Wexehakel APSE. ean oeun ono penumrsodeimhonosnoddah B84) Wesser Stow GoOOSE..-.c.eesre-coreueetesersrnse 225- 
Quail for the Appalachians..................... 841 | Mexican Parrot Hunt...............+---+++.0---- 469 | Blorida, Rattlers. -:7t-.s:.ceses nomernnatandncnd 0 385 Greater Snow Go0S€....6.0..+0++2 AA RASC SEDO. 225. 
Robin sone eo wile Gaels ean sstec asec sss se ass beleteledye 801 | Moose, An Accommodating..........--+++:++++5+ 102 | Forests and the Rain Fall.......... 2cheabagoasad 326 ROSS” WGOOSEre aa suietceisccte Kanccuineetedododouce > 225. 
Silence of the Marsh..............c.-.0: (oe wees 461 | Moose Calling from Camp-Vire..............+--0: 288 | Foxes Hating Cherries yan Gg Seemunu ed ate CREA AA 305 White-fronted GOOS€........scseeressseerecerese 246 
Snakes, Fear athcluth NOP EM PURER PR Pees 441 | Mule of Saunders.......5..-.-.02...005- Re tr ae 442 | Foxes, Food Of...-..:.ceee cs ccee eee eeucterseces 464 | Emperor Goose.......:.cs05- SSE SGOANEESHAhodahdc 246; 
Southern: Preserves...) 0.2: seeteocabeser ee ..461 | Night Witchery on the Lily 1 Re Game Bird Rearing. ..c...cecccesescserssanseroses 45 (Chyna, AGGYeR HAL inedanandanhcdsneanGnuesecjoned: 286: 
Sportsmen Shut In...... 22.0.5... saga shenhs sea 81 | Nova Scotia SRI aidendhesoee HEBABASC OOOO WINS SliGipraltans eA DeSwee ease sautesauesstermtet steers Bsr || Isketkeluias’ (Crores) oo Sob osase sashscosnassase ose 286) 
SS POLUS WOMEN etstedie coe seers ea ese ete ateteete ere 181 | Omohundro Mule Show.......--. BenondoD Pastas 402°] Gulls as Signal Service Sharps..........-.---.-.. 463 | White-Cheeked Goose..........00-.0----=s 22 e -286- 
AB RST(S: Cohe wNYEEIPE Hon tienannese pba bnoteicgascocmsagn at 181 | One Day and Another.............+- eoaneatits 442, 491 | Hawks, Pair of Red-Shouldered.......... Sates hice 65) Cackling. Goose.....0.cessysqeeessttsincintevesine 2 286: 
Trees, Under the.............. Hina ae Sree tee 2. 41 Opening, Way. So peeconrnr Hidacclctorand $63 | Heron as Sentinel....... betbbtmnrbaos oosatetetds 446 | Barnacle Goose....... obhyyoubdetyy vanasle dh aeee 208° 
Washington Game Notes...........0.0ssseeeee: .. 41 Outing of Two Old Soldiers......... aidabngenees 444] Herons .,-..+++..--e0ss erties t.aspie vise a es sseneqnoribs || GEA ENNE ersngn DOr C OR EL IMO HCarGncear eis rads 308 
Wasted! (Daystaon. sean hiahansnasse sere ApsHels 141 ) Out of Commission. /..-......-cceeeeeeneseecreee 491 | Hummingbirds on the Bottle.......... scnieorcra 6] Tree Ducks............ thapaaessersagoaaneten pst Bey 


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Bleck-Bellied Tree Duek..... Sonieeleeb tees aot he $27 
Polvous- Tree Duck....¢..--ccceeeeseeeeeteeeees 327 
True Ducks...... Pee rien he ease shana Ae ade 48 
Noa-Diving Duck......... [Gee Cee B46 
Mallard ........:++.- Ria ben dacs COS OLS Sel tiesbtg 346 
Black or Dusky Duck........cccecedereerecess 367 
Florida Dusky Duck.......... dfalatttadtetestitreltstecets 367 
Mottled Duck...... pebate deena eeains RON -nondeaecey f 
Gadwall ........ ea thv ae appear Speteen. Fsahaners B00 
Buropean Widgoon,,.......-csscsessvereretane sed00 
American Widgeon, Bald Pate...... moskece edie AOS 
Green-Winged Teal...... Matson oateiveeter ets ee seee 425 
Ewropean Teal..........s,e0000 ule Leathne stewed e420 
Blue-Winged Teal............ Sebehiatdewmrrrrrciys 425 
Cinnamon Teal..........-. wretebnare Wreviie vee 44e0 
Shovelene corerescrncuien ieee sees pastas BAe Sa ea 446 
Pintail ween s etches chasse ot auth inbsctebeare = 466 
PV OO Cl!) 11G Kamei rieet sare ectas sta aorplerstststatas soe 466 
IDR S IDIEE eroded Ga ad ASOD Anon Bdontet 6 crc AT2 
Divine WIUCKS ue cescericat scene awenaueaese 2. 492 
Canvasback Duck...........cserrseurenes vere DOG 
Bear, Up a Tree with.......-...-..5 tg. beRPE EEN, « 26 
Bore of Guns............ AGG EOrR RM JocnAne sess 370 
Bullet on Deer...... Date arava fore: 312,803 Mee esha ste eee 467 
Burman Game Tracking........ SS dhqnitintinntestiore 108 
Chekebore Guns...........c00- danoqnopaprnaoganet 309 
ME OTOPAUO. UD CEfaisje nats cistcle ea pssietsieisie osetsjeis4 $0 yoo be me wleie 369 
Momnectiont: Ganilesspntyiteeeeictrlec ice aes siete retin = 509 
MOONS EM UIT Litt pre tet pene nn te ttares atecctinie etere tone 207 
(Seay IAT tle non dans apoonpebbenoonsenac 5 ade 306 
Loap Soak datas MEY TS ane Ren oercar om cop ahpenpet aes 369 
Deer Photographs......... ig bbb alere niin aoe aelecas 7 
MIS Er bate Sewogntigy svn ese jee ea ase ur nee 44.), 165 
Duck Shooting with Fred Mather../............ 146 
“Ducks Under Water........ccccccscceeeeeeeeveees 407 
DUCKS, AWHeT LP leNbieS teu. se sen lee eueete ccc tures + 510 
eR Opin ganesh asta tee ieeaaeee se aren oie 349 
amines, tie: sROrest sa; jo ssssse saat wins suerte = 8 
Fence Corner SA Oa OOCEDEEL CGE SorocspOsoCOSded one at7 
[Piss Snare WiSabiioverers neue tor ooeobacdcossochdodeses 26 
(Cebene Asthnals, WysriewhyKoynly non msnghsandoddcouascasoed 6 
Rit CUT PIOLLALLOM main eiceeaiee seed le eitie oie aia sceis 48 
Game Keepers and Poucticrs mer ees 386 
Game, North of the Hines: s..s.liscieeteca seen 164 
Game Weights..........-....0-0e0005 430, 451, 468, 510 
<E foyoyeh Wop] he hog Benen NOnE apnea ond ort +. 426 
Guides and Employers.......... Jes tecaseeeeere +. 125 
Hunting Rifles seven eppere le daemter ¥ ae Q55s556 346 
Tilinois Game Outlook... ..... ec cc cece eee e eee +++ 89 
Illinois Prairie Chickens.......sceseeeseeeesen ee ssl 65 
Wawa (Gaines UPIeLdSeoc sec ase o eysee eergie-0.4.91550.9-69-5,9/6 369 
TOW) fee eee eee eee ease ewes nee ens eseigls oe §90 
WAC ey a WAGs cloves chine st tebet ee teaeei alga 48, 67, 84 
EW Stam eles BOs o st. beah ey Sage oad af 24 beh enaier « 493 
Lost in the National Park.............-.+e+-ee0+s 85 
Hovedays SV VACdena a gere reds: ite erney serge seanrnood. 
IMIGGE ORS TB ONS AR DETTE ante tg35 006 dderot Ges ae aie ac eae 5 
Vie Meri GeSMn Aten Stlsiecen gee ce tuns pierre Pe oF 188 
Maine Guide Law......... 2 Mba re, S 309 
Maine September Deer Hunting................. 206 
Winiics Oma Otser Ome tetantaeseelccesc sae QAT 
Maine Woods, Two Weeks in...............000 7 
MVR EI VWOOUSE as oisemt ica stcintetren sv es hoogtesasdnutor 225 
Rieti shomlO a vetricg hase, 6 etree nc oeties,uar saat 6 106 
Massachusetts Association................... 306, 391 
Massachusetts Game....... so ate Sooteteltetiretrerh dries barrels 247 
SVIn@h ane SEAS Olen necee teresa tates iofeteies sitgisies arte 451 
Niinivesotal Ua loser pp pasa s 6 5 wsivleje es\eree sv acieie sie 208 
MVitramichiebie MGame., cneceensecnneecevnses eis eet 289 
Mfontanal raiie Chickens:3..0¢7-tsnsebitss----- 269 
Moose, Adventtine! witha. c.20 6 spe ccs s owes ee oe 206 
Moose Calling in Alaska............... sd deed ber, 47 
Moose mG Natnce ton Get awe cerdycseerrnescicincs cect 124 
Wifeyeets TO, US en 4 ands 4 saa o NEB AAG ss SBE 
Moose Hunting....... Sodededddbdeeace sgh 356 Lakatos 187 
MPSS abet Fas Secaye tae) Be oon oe periensopeee ins 48 
NTO OSE IMO IntAL tO. nurse cite oeccre es Ete «cute mere eionee: 266 
Moose in the Water (photograph),.............. 428 
DOS@ re WITS NACH GAle Sst. acslsniece 4 aeie ds cence sec 407 
FOS CagOU ETE sO DIU Gan sereetnetey we pe ateer aeteietite 347 
POSEMERLCEH MINVgeniiles ic.t6 catia tase ae ates. 430 
-ountain Quail, North Carolina................. 206 
IRoveanjc. Wore re welt 435055505000 J AAELAAAA ARG RIT 68 
Nebraska Prairie Chickenss.s..isss.s0csseeeeeess 148 
Yew Hampshire Deer Hunting..........,........ 447 
New Hampshire Game.......... MA arciat latetastelate nae 165 
New York Central Game............ 45305 lprr 224 
Newsnvionks Iscapucsntdsteaetedtcpau ction mes: 464 
Worth American Association....,..........--...- 510 
North Carolina Coast Game...............s500005 226 
North Carolina Hunting Grounds................ 266 
November Afternoon...............9. aANARObteoh. 369 
October Afternoon........cecesseeees Bop ETAL 327 


Ohio ASSOCISHON. 666s cissteeesesesesecessseees61) 208 
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Pennsylvania Commission... ...ccrceesretcccees aie 4) 
Pennsylvania Game Interests.......+-c202s yee 48 
Pennsylvania Shooting... cctesceerssees Ge vedi tv OO9 
Quail in Town.........02+-000e A RESO Od ICL La 6) 
Quebee Moose Shipment......scesecreeeecessees 448 
Retr ULL Ite tenses careers bfajertions arta Ge miles Wiatita sie patensists GOS. 
Rocky Mountain Deer.............00085 poate praia gee 807 
September Afternoon............0-5 DAC aInee a4 ta 509 
SHOtwitny |Oanes Obs sep ucenrn< qeenee veces We dieeh oe 121 288 
Sladang Adventure........... Roanochactrcdtodn +o 2 B88 
Southern Hunting.............. HAS Dou nOUEE olDord 426 
Sportsnverteeae se sees ee tee alee .. 107, 165, 248, 470 
Spotted Mountain Country....... rack aw reriernas raat res) 
Spring Shooting......-....-.05- ae Pedlichs Fes Rees sare 428 
Squirrel Hunting............ Biste enor eR ee tai + 260 
Staten Island............. eae East cele atalesans ++ 2468 
Temperatures of Killed Game,.....+.-..+++2+0+00200 
Menderfeet Imitiation....2.2..,0.-e--senstsssere 2287 
The Parson from Indiana........csseecsecssseees 249 
FING Ve loses tacterlieten tela ersrsrersre ew trerateds ioral est eh ...66, 447, 465 
Tropical Game Preserve.....,.... hd qanadosoonoour 286 
Sat AS seer MUTILSL Ns, 2sleihie ate then aayruteleisiasts 7s SSE ArIG TEL 227 
Vermont Game..... PRRGES ROS ECTS AT eleeimeiere 347 
Vermont League...... CAEP OA On SO CL OUSGO SOG 407 
Veteran and Novice..... Cece are wis ere het tole male 430 
Virginia Game........ seasarhasasserente Peles ne aqeara ty 125 
Washington Game Case...... HeSverew Ensues dornbest AO 
Water Fowl in the Berkshires........ sitece shee 407 
West Virginia Association...... PER SEER ET. 487 
DWieste Virginia ICONSEl. sv wae. se sjelstesisie esis 426 
West Virginia........ Chr cacdoutnirs.uiubadcence 349, 390 
WGOd COCK SSHOOLING an «2s sai akit so wayes ssicrcst esir ee be 367 
Wyoming Elk Herds........... PERE S Sh Ged 26 
SEA AND RIVER FISHING. 
FAD Tala 1a actkcGsonbira Wad sia ceatrsrcen alt aictelsinne soci patent eect 112 
AT oat da Sat ATMO ER ole. ctzlacsisisloat eis sisqssceseceteoract ae 250 
Pannier ates lorshi moqiesapaces ade contra tee ciote 131, 153 
Isyfenell, GWievel AWARNbL Ado anerengete oon ertoace nb be 273 
Bass, Ballad of the............. sbdane etrcra Serie ds 253 
Bass Fishing from Car Window.........-.....0- 129 
Bass, Mice for Bait.......-.+sscessseese A xa 332 
Bayou Teche....... ANGaAES SAS at Adan Aniceet o SOOT OC 152 
Black Bass in the Moonlight............. Serer, 512 
1bYeny fbelel Siobolos une aebos setyho cht uto see son Sad 151 
Buffington, Elisha D........ At aS ert. 432 
Shed ERO 95 soos odop hoe boomer ata aa a Cnn nee 332 
IBUZZALGd SMD AVMUIS HIM Ge eletes ice steletsisisisieg sleieis ssisisiessree 452 
(CIRM COR IUEE ADM saaqsoseoes 96 bb bobod dora seREeT op 127 
Canadian Fishing License..................- 49, 69, 89 
(Cyaan hel’ AUN WPAN 4A Adee eases noun aAn nnn h 228 
Chautauqua Lake Fishing............ NAc EE ceibe 108 
GW ESt ing ee eneiceeetisce pitta alse sp bateecer dn wich 49 
Cottonwood River Big-Mouths................... 320 
Delaware River Bass Fishing......... Paced eae 90 
Delaware River Fishing....3...,.00sse0-s++reeee 168 
DISTR OU Ee Jodebononcepeddedc pHeparoddass 69, 191 
ID kesh. vaVehderebvel arenerints ies Maen eB NOAbGoELaaeohosons 188 
Etretat Fishing.....: FABAC AAA EAD Hil ee Shwe tase 253° 
Wish and Game Warden... 3... 0s.0i-- see tn eee 371 
Teatieehons DredMe sas seat Gausdenataats as oatee 410 
Shes eMyess Ane ViASLOMMS «acs iete aleercte s cerelelactecststel ste 9 
ishing Out of Season asin see ee sive 1 sicce ewes slaelars 351 
Fly-Casting, Chicago........... Pakernseiy oho es ope aris wd 149 
Fly-Casting in San Francisco........... 20, 112, 272 
Florida Cruising and Fishing...............0..0: 9 
“Ply-Fisherman and Fanny..............-.-...++0: 413 
Wika, Mity Tis neecrescarcinac fertire teeta kate ky be 228 
Ganiinarus. =... eae hppa has shan abs ta toege ccna tees m «+2002 
(CREPES (COUN ROS ee eee ce tytatatns Baten Hee ae er ep 191 
(Gimbhel=e GAARA AAaAed aren hater oes ae ae 392 
(Greeters ed Betlves, 3 hoo So on ib eee anannind enaaoses 471. 
Great Back Bay of Lake Champlain............. 167 
GTi eeiakitl peas + «eee Pepe eRe a eae is hoe ey 51 
Etanvevaneeodarce, a eeer ene sds ae any aN yan wea ECeees 351 
Usepavbayance bel Palen eee AAA soda craitcandc Cur in BESO BOE OOO SOE 270 
unless the Wilds Woods = ip ease ea7-t ees.cesealene 128 
ietikatsl alee an ea ete aaaninen enh bess abe bar 127 
Se Sart PSHE oo. os cen sepaeteeaees tee cee eae ce oe 2 
Mahseer Fishing. OOD EAS ALAA OA AMEE SAL ee 271 
Massachusetts Association..............0ccceeeee 432 
Memories Bitter and Sweet..:..:cccc..s.1cceeees 27 
Rviermory. DAW asEt dis arndee treaee mata Sean ace ee eee ree 270 
Mississippi Elead. Waters.............cce0-ceneveee 50 
"Muscalonge of Forty-nine Pounds............. 273 
Pueeaiees, Manheertasenn cal (lpithietesatccee aie 69 
Newionnt EAC err hisitr ea teterare art ansl. See ee 2 159 
| Nipigon eC tise cree CIEE GEO EO SOS ASE 512 
KORA AVES be Sit A SAS ee © Geb Otic ET eee ace : ...418 
Odd Happenings by the Riverside................ 290 
Pacific Salmon Propagation...............0<. oes e291 
Ranthereloake aa Puan kines a aie meen ate .190 
Pasta torial Poet Csentiscr lac snert aoe seee see epee 0} 
Pollock as an Angler’s Fish,......... noes tear 2 B00 


Pop Squash,....... Oooo heGcHoT Renting Hed ara aoe 410 


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Possession in Close Time.,.,.....s5:s00005 Wane ats 410 
Potomac Basse. ces cseece cess ccs ses tenascceseeesee 432 
Public “Waters....0..0ssescsrdecersserecese +5 453, 472 
Rangeley NEARER is ctcniste bie vib sk wie siete siefetsserr serie r= , 408 
Ristigouche AO ORO OA EOL OO UAC CHUL ORISOr IN OrvImnrt ea) 
Rods, Lifeless............. Wee Pn sha tinttean Ole 
Salmosi Scones, :ccse.2) ss nado nhnuoingua moloonald 270 
Salmon, Seven Ages of...... Sobbopoe ose poet See 4 
Salt-Water League.......:.000++00% .89, 153, 211, 227 
Santa Cruz Mountains..........0555 Peratod uber ett . 50 
Smelt Fishing.......... Niche wih be pena diel aetna 272 
South Sea Whitebait............ Hf SU ROC ISO 331 
St. Lawrence Anglers....... Booo Ocho cgheueace 109 
St. Lawrence Fishing......:...csss.eeereees ae 332 
Sturgeon Spawning Habits...............se0neers 210 
Susquehanna Fishing..........s+.-ssecssesetenens 71 
ani pico mba Oe LISHit ps sees se secret metien 129° 
Tampico Winter Fishing... 220.20. 0020:0+-:s0<+s 86 
Tarpon and Remora in Rhode Island........... 153 
Tarpon and Robbie Shaw...... SAOBAonioe dod9 i 
Tarpon Fishing,...........s:+++++++.++-101, 273, 409 
Tarpon in) De@xass-nsacees +s Be shoadte ener or 271 
Time-Honored Institution...........+++++epeereee 227 
Tip-Ups for Ice Fishing................5..+. 371, 392 
TH OUte MEITIGIN Va Velie. slat alite striate atsisre ee icss «191, 332 

Mroute Wakesss snes cre sce ras Meier a age Bia rlsforrad ereccree 271 

Trout, Large Adirondack,...,,..,....5++5 Bree 230 
Mrout, Warge......35... Gosocnp chy ueuee Owe: atiretecase 250 

er Outten Vlays MEATS states striated oe batatstete,ssttac} sei gps sree a letotatetarers 312 
Tuna Club Prize Awards........ nine eoaucn ashe 371 
ADRES ING bbl rt head o de brtougoncApqooddenein 112 

Ab eaeiy Why TSE soop sé dna gounGguructan DDE Aemendgay 311 

Vermont Fish Stocking........ Iojoer stereo ESE ISADEC 330 
Winninish in New Hampshire......... Wopbo coors!) 

YACHTING. 
(Illustrated Articles Marked *.) 

dauvneranare (Ciepay, MMW Aaa nn RE BAAS 193, 314, 337, 355 

PN DIE USGA IMAM WVGSt et cty cre sci m ee sisdelerel-}-lele)aleslsleledersie 518 

Around Cape Cod in Novembe?y,................. 476 

Ballasting of the 70-footers..,... 295, 315, 356, 396, 455 

Book Notices: 

Yachtsmen’s Practical Manual, The........... 76 
Boston Builders and Designers..... Le As aOR 435 
IBOSTOMMSALLCLA Ren emesis Tats 476, 494, 516 
IB TCATAIAL cee eae bi heccieercateeteyseriete erie fa aree ee te 315 
Catboat Cruise on ‘Lake Ontario.......... *416, *435 
Capt. Sycamore on American Yachting..........375 
CityelslandmyYaLrdscmprens racetone three cee nte 435 
Cruise of the Crescent.................. 114, 132, 154 
Cruise of the Niagara.........-....0.0.-5 red Saree 257 
Dangerous Yacht Race, A......2.....-2.0.---+--- 196 
OATS C ON AW Soaks Deh Rta ae, Ties codariecnawoktgsnococtic *457 
Pifty-one-Pootets.......2....nseseseces Serecenseny Ble 
Pde eeroaaoott boooohBoanhbihesodoboadh *297, “8315, *435 
(COTES aE ec oeactt PPG OS HOt OD CBOE eIaoe bes *496 
CIGISET SLs Adan ap ono yer mete Bd: Panne BS DAG Oa.t *116 
NGG EST ee OR Bee canrsscn cee Daren A ert partes ai SE Heer 34 
Interesting Lawsuit, An............2..0....0s 0 eee 435 
USO Gen poodddn saun Ga cae een OOO OOete Goce ss *215, *454 
alive Rarenteen shh itay dali.) shea daceericeene 255, *518 
NaZy, WNaGhen ern tas ccs soeh oe, ener po, Sek. *474, 494 
LEECE a honren Snes hennan Santee ed aes oe As bts 516 
WEOSS Of SV CH TAT IT Sree sc) .asuaceaie wesc ester tte ee 
Massachusetts 25-ft. Class............ecesesesesves 256 
Measurement Rule in England, The.......355, 395 
Mineolay and Rainbows... 06. ses see ruin ose ne D6 
pW Stabtiaforvl “cn hooeanorrGnoch Apes soos 4 oss AA en *394 

AINGyponae INTs TXoyo SCORER Ree Se on ens be 33 
New York Y, C. and the Cup Defense....396, 434 
Obituary: * r : 

Mratonzaes (Cie vr VARIED ENS boa orc baSosaGu5od0ans Ta 

Veaness BrverSOni rcs se oy seen er nee Je ees eee ah5G 

Winn ee adis Giae tates Mortis nos pair e - 237 

Bawson) olastOr. seses qe eseecser cere ss os 493 

NA, OPIN SIN 3 Phan yeahs eel etn st Aen A Rote 

VAG, TBs Wyo oMisisieFehy nego nemo Sosuetcouuce gaenann eel 
Qeden-eRichardmussaens ay erred meric. see se Sl5 
Ont sieGominrission sp aassaa eee hee nee no... 490 
pay nessldawaen panes. dees smeenaeee tay ee... BOT 
Phinney Challenge Cup, The............... ee role 
SSI TSa RP ae: ee See ew, Sa PN *75 
SLO TITIAN oA hay WOR AS SOHO rH poe neni *517, 255 
Ship Canal Inside Hatteras, A..........-...0000. 515 
Single-Hand Cruise Around the World, A...... 95 
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engrs. B37 
MPalkgOnepoatlsy Pr itecce see e chisel eM een Sen ATT 
STFALEGOm Meili A aS ee ane en Lyset ave ems Aci poay Cae *336 
Wits asics! soy Wathitannrs <2 epee cet Wore Caer ene iar $76 
Nikestertie  achtcamee. sensi iki tere se bey LE ia 13 
Wirrdastipon athe sea maliie.= shin. nee een ae oe 95 
Machtinigw Ourlookegs we ances vogh «eel eames 519 
Yachtsmen’s Club............., 415, 454, 477, 493, 517 
Yacht vs. Steamer............ npg con epedca ales 495 
Yankee-Mineola Protests, The.......... mvasriats feet 234 


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Steam Yachts, 
BYSTN Hag hetwace SSC SAHODCC Src ae evitineg! AIRS ose 435. 
Explosion. of a -Naphtha Launch........ rr pelea a 16 
Lysistratra ithe tree TRCN ARR he 256 
St, sLoulviattervivssccsis oer eee et poses A316 
AWE vi) aha ont orndc urn paeoaroniatetetabcnd 8356 
Clubs and Races. — 

FA TITERICA LL Mhieseea ces Pee aN Ylon tina ricisels's| een eeietiane 155 
ANMISQUalhs bess selects Selteeeeeeeers 32, 118, 155, 195 
Atlantic since etn ead eerie te end arian 52, 215, 236 

IMEN EIS? Saat nonsere doo ynovepod wo doubELunuae 13 

DRE R ARAYA Aden ceoududde ol us du shoSoebioudacesa 215 
IBGVELLW a taeee eeits 14, 38, 68, 113, 155, 194, 216, 295 
RP OSLOTIM spss errpecelesetitere tele ore picceeineiencea sia AEH iy atolealect onan 2 194 

BOstoneCity WNegattasiannet rence artic 33 
ASG, Beas boone Heeb edbUedde bunudaconcosand 15 
IB TISLO lar gar Oleleete iets ceeetehectesstend ae iobiete Baluterere se 4 196, 215 

Brooklyiiscse sd cee ceeereaciseia |e aetcee sighs ere cae 196, 234 
BTiS essere welnees eee tote Lopes laapeneD 

Warninstesisies seeee eats eb as tee dar Pees 75, 196, 215 

Genter IWOriCheS!.seacs sees successes RGouOTE 56, 194 
ChicaRow sures sees ee as pieleaidenitaetd KeBEneboes a4 05 
(WONASSCh waa eerie Lina rainea te especie sty 55, 216, 237 

ColismbrasOBostorm)ee aes eases eee 73, 155, 194 

Columbia (Chicago)......:.+ss0s0:00: 14, 30, 94, 257 


Corinthian (Marblehead)....88, 113, 133, 186, 194, 216,. 
235, 258, 530 


Corinthian (Philadelphia)............ 34, 53, 73, 2383 
Wetroiteesan sts Ree ark ec racinne Loe ae eed 7+ A4, 53 
MHorchestenswaras ccs TFA eh drier ltee + Moe ees ne a reas 295 
TOKE BS het ee ree ooSooutmocs canoe 33, 118, 138, 155, 194 
TORE Gd phan doce DSSonUTO Ob Gb Oe rca d 326 14, 32 
Hast Gloticestevcessesssce tethered: 38, 53, T4, 194 
Essex ...55 Sistine eiateesi ar ola lecavensy Fer ssie, Sey athe lead ete se 216 
Fisher Cup....... ee an tema boat 156, 177, 193. 276 
Blirt-Barly Dawn Match..........5..0rsseee eens 355 
Gl omCesterts Gees besa 8 ete ss ont oe eee ers 196, 236 
FP at thors | x crore teh ctstelstele si's,s ovieicps anes CAE IT Pate glee 54 
Elemipsteadaye Leer eaten essa eer BRR ESS Due d4, 258 
Hiteren Gtr Le ee ere ee eed ieaane 195 
Hull-Massachusetts....... 56, 133, 194, £46. 287) 257 
uli MoS quitozeeuvern etree eer 73, 113, 155, 194, 235: 
Indian Harbor.........0.+5 ed erat es 22,. 196) 
inlarcdebake Dy oe lia sAi. Sin eeneeitcetes ate pees mein: “173 
Intercity Raceabout Matches....... Wale eae Meeps roti 
IGSHESSIB INO as Bas ieaasens Saou hbonnaorbeckreagteSsehhe 56 
iammatcaueB ayamecetenne yee oe. 18, 53, 196, 257 
utbrlees SEP er SU eld Ae hose ytrie Spd sere cieiele sinks eddy 
LGarwanedyacbect eucedibdnca 13, 34, 55, 73, 196, 235. 
HGR Co coe caRore es bra addddcen et bn ckoebetasn 193, 216. 
Kenickerbocksramtetseiatetesiesmsuriee nt ates 197, 237, 257 
Warchmornte cee lees idda danse 32, 73, 196, 214, 235. 
Lake Sailing Skiff Association............. »214, 357 
HAC WOOG! tarcacaiealalacstelsteeieleeeninas ea lotnae eee eer erie 
Sake. Wes sRe Ave. cate aban ey aks La rae 94, 255, 355 
IES OS SS Kets AA oS GgeH anion anaron his 133, 297 
INE Cae IRENE Bo Se qqaandqieturooke 196, 236, 256, 476 
Marine and Field Club......... a5 oak Td, 194, 216, 234 
Massachusetts Y. R, A.......... cusses cece eee 235, 357 
MVirsetive, lls latin o- sier.teroreretet RRO ele ee eee nr ee 56 
INTOySGReMdte TIME co gaehoa pad nbeedds ayetewte 73, 215 
National Sailing Skiff Association.......... 257, 297 
Newport 30-Footers...34,.55, 73, 98, 133, 156, 195, 215 
Newport sve RevA. ey jojccces ss: 33, 74, 94, 156, 178, 454 
New Rochellests: rrccein cette eo .49-ite deat 14 
IN Swe por kes Olen sonia nent a 58, 55, 95, 185, 178, 236, 356 
CHTO TOROS SA ensusmo on ddorinnasaaeenntn dearest 132 
(OAKS SGI aan ant twa od MRR E PE combs OA Ge, 56 
OVe TCS Lesa nde hs 555-15 AGS tosolS a opboaomete aN 216 
VERKEM ANG? Uoetuesefel GI OY AYE, HAN saan cand daoodd Ady ta eesee 218 
Penataquit Corinthian.,...............34, 55, 196, 236 
IPERS SCC De Ok MMU t amt ML ai Ae Nee Sete rag ae na cia hye ee 235 © 
PT vAVOUPILE Pets eas s welogt ive ete eee ee 113, 155 
Pale Oh \WGvetGsare A5 Soccobnameneddnnni a! 54, 217 
POLtsmoubtiin= see sens serene ee a ae Birehavatate vebetee ore 32 
Oireens sit ye eee ee Seepage ee 14, 258 
@nincysaeenee ea eee . 82, 56, 72, 73, 155, 217, 236, 257 
Quiamicle, sclera aise eee oui 217 
Sidaveyeles DESI TANG: 2 Atco etugosbnose—snenens 14, 54, 74, 93 
ARS ASFUS lent ict pt ee adacto od enanoueade naka ewan 33, 257 
ISSN SN KES Sotesea sande aGe Saco Arad eaters 234, 254, 293 
Royal Canadian.......... 14, 34, 56, 75, 214, *231, 255 
Royal Hamilton..,, dseprmunaosdahe se 3, 75, 194, 217, 236 
Royal St Wawrencems nee. eedns.. 33, 08, T4, 94, 258 
Sapp lar bot jan once sansa ece Ly ele. 178 
DAV ITE PEL laments trace Aa Ace Ts Sie, 117, 217 
Sheet ONES Bios 5304.44 eet Dooney SOL eee 55 
Seawanhaka Corinthian..... reerDo, (5, 19d eee tees 
Seawanhaka Cup................ 115, 134, 136, 277, 378 
mS Hel e tages cra Gl ema neyls atrerpesrers.«:+-a cae 56, 94, 194 
DITUITTECO Cham bayieerecee sy), .-. eR EEE otis 194 
SaNetilie, THOSHOM 44 54a 5A ARAR OS needed a of, 155, 214, 257 
SUERMET ONG BRO p ere ee SESS cs Ls utee- ORT e0 tc 14 
Staten’ Dsland.........00. Seete es na, o: bob's DE 237 
WilCtOrian iy scees ovens DTA Oe ao vcs n.b als-4 nh gee 33, 235 
Westhampton Country Club................... 75, 216 


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AUiianichuced mate hee -s+see194 | City Park Gun Club..58, 78, 98, 118, 179, 200, 218, 260 
AWatac Warde ncliadter ua see enue eh Bes re pane aod Clearview Gian! Clalit tedster stan ates eae peepee es 400 
ANT tinO pee es pe eertsias. olen Ceott waar eteeee 14, 53, 133, 116 | Clinton. Bidwell Trophy.........2cs0......0..555 259 
Niko lkdsthin a 0b «2 eee ee Ear aD een eee B36 | (Colt Gime Clubiatnnss <sa0 Jo setae eee eee 240 
RG OS: UeVOlL sips «ee ererrerenens ss hh Wye s 5 34, 117, 195 | Country Gun Club.....:..:..;.58, 138, 239, 320, 358 
Y. R.A. of Long Island Sound.....-..........- 396 { Crescent Gun Club. .299, 320, 339, 419, 439, 458, 479, 498 
YW. R. A. of North Americay.......-+--.s.0+--0 0 295 | Crown Point Gun Club... . 0... eee: 37, 219 
IDEWais CUupe.) leben Aiea se saab Eee cS hal SO) 
a ' DinponteeRacks sebiucpacdtint chen eee enone 198 
CANOEING. East Side Gun Club................020 118, 219, 439 
hiottism Glralents 5: eensess eae et en een ee me 
nendments to A. C. A. Rules..237, 278, 293; 314, 437 | ; = 
paace ae ai eee ty, Meals lea 16, 169, 352 Nae eee (CIRRUS ists abba bo barintiochos 80, 259, 489 
An English View of It......... RUSHES aS nyoa ey 438 ae ae eae altho c pad seb eae 
Aine Dison Bet, Phen Uae eae eRe rene eS 
BBratish Canoe SA soe eee ee vis Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Club.19, 80, 120, 140, 198, 216 
sES300) SN AEE NSN: RE ss Weer) Si aes 7 UFlorists’-Gua Clitbeinc eA 58, 420, 457 
Bulialo; G. Caarce- sc Oe ae Te iH Nonmaisetemantlith, shone 137, 219, 320, 399, 456, 479 
nee ESORICD ti-ace on Be ore Forest Gun’ Club..... Rete Pee eh anes Ra aya, 38 
Canoe-Yawl, A.......... Bee uaasrasth tas tat ne Bd eer, A le 80, 84. 60, 100, 119, 12% 
CaN AE RSS E Tee gar nema yseve 8 aa* SS . iEnevad ixopnel (Gaesol (CMM ote eo nes hobs aetigeshacoo! 457 
Conduskeag C. C.......- eo es cece terete tere ees 276 GURiGnC CAE GERIGTEEN EN 60, 218, 299, 319, 400, 479 
TDlesmat invie TREN hea soos Lu sonenAAahuouotecdussauisa: 16 Garfield Gun Club....19, 39, 60, 79, 98, 119, 138,-158, 
Eastern (pe eae RE AAAGaAaadae ch eres ei aa a 180, 218, 239, 260, 280, 299, 319, 340, 380, 420, 479, 497 
Fatal Canoe Accident, A........-.-+.-2-22+2ee 0s , ve 
ee IGE online amma cero 
Se ae ae Se ae gcd ZS ON VTC a ‘: Governing Shooting Committee.................. 498 
SEINE ge BSE els Sop bps aainemriea Gob o827 78 (Grrcene Invi “A Czebet (Cihstoys pobudsods docsadonsonceaace 60 
Liftable Underbody ‘Rudder, Avc-.1.s--.-.2.22-: pi Games Namnesecand) eA iTa Geli. seees ae eee eee tenes 380 
Nessmuk’s Canoes. ...-.-+--+ 1005-0 tamale a Ttackensack River Gun Club....../.........:.... 78 
NeW Os Cae heer rr rnc piten rte gaan c oar ens ie ilabampubwovowe (Groene (CUB o ME: on aio hoes ei dle con 340 
Obituary: zittatrditap Gene. «ssa nes, 197, 199, 259, 319, 399, 479 
SHOU Epes h SA SUISSE SVOD rae aaa tag BO ie PavertilleGuasClGh acs... ee ne ee eee en aeee 40, 220 
Sages (eke roti as 55 hs Fa oP eh ae a PDN art lte sachet ko ee ak, ele 279 
SR oN DRESS CAS Zeek eo b DDS Dhaai ha ic NESTLE Heme Pontolv Geet posbecos soeece. 18, 100, 458, 515 
mailings Canoe; Were std Sasa a af emp stead Me Grint Oli bse serene tere are ern eine 458 
St Lambert Boating Chibs.,sivsssvte.cv serene ee inlereron JALIL Ce xegor (CUI sh coroe inn os tsa04 soko sor 800 
SDS CO, SNCS Cami esas fairer tie ts ots Babee eal sieechyatlsitean ee oem ae 480 
POROUS NG Shee hnate les hens t a aere as og ee Ikoxknovesynysicee [fretovei royals 4355-47 Ahon sagconoqnoan 357, 400 
Wreender in Eriesland...°5.........-.22s-+see ee ees 97 ipa eteen oael elas 4th MOU ae Se rent 20, 100, 179 
Hudson Gun Club...........88, 100, 259, 299, 456, 514 
Inhesannem Graben LCSD Sh onbebsondddsacacshapboot homo 100 
TRAPSHOOTING. Lilinois Gun’ Clubs..+....; 40, 58, 79, 260, 318, 399, 479 
Allentown Rod and Gun Club............. 39, 319] Indian Anniversary......-cecececceeeceers Nontoones 160 
Altoona... 0.22. ccc sce c cece re eee te eres wetness 200, 339 Titenciives BOO tines bat kere emcee h a tniinE rere 119 
Altoona and Vicinity........:e.-eeeseteeee eens ees 120 | Interstate Park Handicap.......... 399, 419, 479, 497 
bub leraGiim «Clubs tit toneteaete ss aaereiae 451, 479, Jamestown Gun Club.....-.-....0.-----0.-4 ete 357 
Nuburn Gun Club........e02ee ee eee 38, 58, 78, 158, 457 cannrstres,< ac Nene | cee eae Pk ates Ane 259, 515 
Baltimore Shooting Association........ TEST 1G HID |e APS SUNS wet sRasesons sand sAbaqneanoatnooc 138, 319 
Bellows Falls Gun Club...... 20, 38, 58, 119, 188, 179 | John Wright’s Shoot..........:..seseeeeeeee esse 80 
Belmont "Gun! Club... was sen sesso See niet 479 | Lakeside Rod and Gun Club...........0cse00e:- 200 
Boiling Springs Gun Club.............00000-0-- 100 } Lehigh Rod and Gun Club.......ecceceeeeeeeeee: 457 
Boston Gun Club...... so aiinte emiee ats 20, 60, 78, 120 Limited Gun Club...........- sees e eee cease neces 379 
Brockton Gun Cluy......-... 60, 78, 118, 157, 220, 239 , Long Island Championship.........-+..+..+..+-5. 119 
Brooklyn Gun Club. ........0.-.-0eeeeseeeetetees 2500 MEGuisvillesGun Chiba. +2 acueeasea2-avaqnnpsaas 357 
Buffalo Audubon Gun Club................--.-- aes Miner Chisy Gitea, (Clb, oe segoo gaan sean to sconsnes 180 
Mearolenae Gis) Wiliaipsee er ere nits city ieee 260 Nikvesibemikvonma (Geoon SCs secu dcedononysobeyges 240 
Carteret Gun Club..............--.02- eee 3, 99, 458 Maryland, Championship of...................-. 37 
Catchpole Gun Club............. 20, 78, 119, 138, 259 Matches: 
Championship of New Jersey......-.-..-.+-.++s-- SEAS, Caer liter Wakacy.sosssnsnoc scnodosesencess 199, 339 
Oharlottesville Gun Club...........65--5- 58, 78, 180), IGE Dh aeitorane weal abandon ata id. Baanoupd te 479 
Chesapeake ‘Gun Club..........+....- 58, 78, 168, 200 Warby-Gerklenss wayne sts clan distcisonscpieeeene ert 278 
Chicago ‘Gun Club. .39, 60, 79, 98, 188, 158, 180, 218, 299 j Davenport=VsanwAll Chee vebnn seer a esne ere nEeee 299 
Cincinnati Gun Club..,........-.0-e eee eee aee Am Dupont Cup, Elliott-Gilbert....................300 
Cincinnati Happenings............ Ra DHS CK eT Ore 514 Dupont Trophy, Barto-Graham............--++ 79 


Page. Page. 
Dupont Trophy, Elliott-Graham............... LOA Souths Gloucester... sauces) aie ee a tenses 1. ALD 
Dupont Trophy, Elliott-Welch,................ 458 | South Side Gun Club..... 18, 38, 58, 78, 119, 479, 498 
Dupont Trophy, Welch-Morfey................ 420.| Springfield (Mass.) Gun Club....,...-..0s..-.005 179 
TH bhychact PLoinbess VAARRBAD SA ERR SOG IS OOD BAGH OARS Raa e S99 potandardes Guna @hibecesenescue stents aes 118,- 138 
E-C€ Cup, Crosby-Gilbert.............. 219, 258, 319 | Staunton Gun Club.......39, 58,.78, 100, 119, 187, 159 
PAC Cupy Gilb ett llvotteyersnue aaa semen DOSS CVE! toemsrvimviyassceraiaeacett- phe clo ete te cele eee ae 514 
Rranistord=@leanview. | sec-ckh ensure toll A199 eS wantonke (Rrapy atewason as setae a Veet eae 20, 58 
(G@rresedieck-@hase> 2s eee EE Eee PAY |; ababoshosverer (Chahat LOND: oe oe eee eee eo ce nen on 479 
Hallowell-Morfey ........... SS aR tt 5) REE Ae! 879 | Tournaments: | 
HladimMOmd= SEATS 5 cr) Fhe Ay eRe ee ee 339 MANIA CCU 2 USELESS RRMA R hye aku ey eee ae 179, 198 
Mer wetra TaD = Sash os pete! gt orseargididigeaese gate des der yrs as Fe 420 AMM OXONT so sa555500 SEA AE an RHR Dnt AD OR AR SC ane Anh av 
Jackcormsireletezal, aanecnsocapothboosd tte sincc or 158 Baltimore Live-Bird...............005: 240, 259, 358 
INepotseis, Linn Obs ayo 0 gh souap vo chdasobannoo Ms 456 Boston Shooting. Association..........0..e+.005 37 
I<epping er-Genman! ie atasnnen sass) lane nae 420 Chicago. Gun Gleb be eetent.rs A ee 340, 440 
_ Keystone Shooting League-Phcenix Gun Club..180 Crawfordsville .Gun.-Club........0....:sseer ee 358 
gckwoodsWood! Yarsstenseeucuysis semen c nse UDG taTS OM cv iccitacqeyserst Raseta ss Rey oridisi race UD veeentercoo! 
Mic Coyaklienty. 5 t.seentnree ntae hed ea cect eR O20) Dixie Girt Glib rena ee Peer ee 280 
Wie Tavs HO wlers Peel: eelhele ct dceubane ne aan Nomen eda 239 IDyorsesyeiKorn ner en HER ERR Ee EEO RE rch oc utec Aeilt. 514 
MMOS y= MOTT ES, enrnk a eee Onn «Peo el ee eres 339 
MOR SWVsE Dib Grp str rerete lenreteet sli rorscevicece sealer ee eee 339 | 
Brinceton-WisoteiPann coon. tee: Ree ee Oo 
Review Cup; Elliott-Gilbert...........:.....0.. 300 
Santord-hort savas BEM ARMOR I oe cn roe LS: +219 
titamp: Gad walladetre nest eae nan nee OO 
WiebibpersATIeniimctnlnaanl he snniieshieteisect foment ene 239 Tenia persis os sitthe | Peeples pea eee 179, 198 
Webber-Schortemeier Series..... 239, 279, 320, 419, oleae tse pores pare cee: preter et Cees 260 
aBHE AG 1| Mltglavme Uae yc 15 ye comenaredoaedacen? . 360, 499 
\WielohsMionerr. 15 1 DEAR te Bs lees tee 515 Many (Roa). elute na. eben obhis oe . -240 
Wrestchester-Northfield) ..:.....2.csssse0ss508 320 Mirdsnmiier  OVvictione2s) ae ppeeennln sane eeeren 99 
Palen PrANCELOMe Lathe cey.c,usitaemteeretr a cena ae 419 Missouri State....... A aliatite 27 AOE eee eee 80 
Medicus Gun Club.......... 37, 299, 320, 399, 458, 479 Detain Club ee Sees eee eee ee 380 
Minneapolis Gun Club............. 119, 138, 158, 179 Peters Cartridge Co.’s....160, 260, 340, 360, 379, 400 
Nibeovatenpyes his, — Wreyo) | Mag acer aaccoceudsuosoneces 38 TSGINOL TANS! (Chetre {Chi an neces suadiasoeuseecur, 40 
Mississippi Valley Trap Notes..19, 38, 60, 79, 100, Sherbrooke: =, 1 -Aie hse cote tae eek Rone See ae 120, 
119, 140, 160, 220, 279, 320, 340, 366, 400, 420, 440 Ste MP Att A io. a itep anes dea ESAT RSS AES OTe RE 139 
WkokeKeaacy IDNR AUSSapNy eH ae aes eetreey sateen th 320 Virginia Trapshooting Association............. 218 
Morristown East Side Gun Club............ B28) Walhallam Gun Clibay ie hern lente nnn rneerennen 200. 
DE BKGeeo RENEE MERI Tks Dec ky neeoe EONS EE 4080 “Warcens!s, abate Acvarae cose seen ee, eee ener 200 
INengonemeal ye {Eksnnt (OND Ge gen ansoqashaessanct (ty UDI IRN) WWiatease, Sytinees. noe eeep non nobendonnouusne. 38 
Natronal® Gun Clitpss:anseeessooenes 119, 200, 280, 357 Mieiwerlfovo. *Anbabel a AneAAARAA ey Atco epe os 39 
INfeMyoxosrit (Cnbver (Ci) os poole sadsaodaeduocaueete 240, 278 West Chester Gun Club.....cceccesevceceeees .. 299 
New England Championship....................- 198 MURS MWingeibyes Syne. weed anda doacesonnoc’ 20 
New England Shooter’s Opinion................ 439 | Wercester Sportsmen’s (lie ae eens eee: 220 
New Haven Gun Club....................20, 200, 498 Interstate Association Tournaments: 
New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Ass'n...60, 219, 498 Interstate Annual WIGEti Sens ee eee 498 
New Utrecht Gun Club.....18, 37, 58, 100, 219, 239,| Newport (Vt.)....cesececcccecsceccececerceceeecs 139 
BS), PRS) eval), Gite, GY, AGE lay || APRON hakohhdabakncbuentonbanntsereeeper se 59 
DONE thh~ WeardtcGtiis: Olt Bane ears ee cnmien ae OE 100} Review of Interstate.........0c..seceeeueeessees 359 
Odnieds, | (pee MC Sp kal age 75.0 Sith (Galo ce CNG eV) eee ate eee nee een REE 240 
Omaha Gun Club............ Pee! 259, 419, 458 | Trapshooting, Past. and. Piesent.............. Anca bits! 
Ossining Gun Club...... : SOHO I RSE UU EE AODesoS 399 | Trapshooting, Pigeons for bean He or: Stemon und ost 98 
@stendsssPiveon! Shooting sates. eee ee ceeeeee 120 | Trenton ‘Shooting ‘Association Pres 320, 357, 419, 456, 
(OFRNEIdaeS «SINC chen 5 name nn pisbiomiosieraicicieti 137 = 478, 498, 514 
arrss ES hOotrecs sates aiyen tee eee ee erie cbh oxi bated, Il (Oso eonpboconapoboaheennneacesace sae 19 
Parkers Gun L@libanaca eset reble eeriee 2 LosmViaistoden Gite @ltibnesten real 100, 137, 180, 219, 239 
RennkiGainys Glob. tys tere ec ssee nes asl-1e cab eece PEO NWiehesOnak Sy JERR RD OES uobenApet eiencn sane 79, 98, 457 
Piasa MG. a Gilt bck Re cece Een ptom hacer emihien cia dresacicrs BS. NViest= AGHeSte ES si Aewit cee eee nets ete 457 
Ilene. (Gye (C)N De conerepbboorus) aspen donoseyuegs 158| Winchester Gun (GIST oMARGE RUN Re oii dag ooede 278 
Vetoseiespaavonondoe (Eaooay (Cihidoi t= seen oesrcaasgeoscene 200 | Winnipeg HRemantSCencese ce sau wel) aes oeprtate 159- 
Reading, Trap Around......... 20, 138, 240, 300, 480 | Wissinoming, Trap es, SABE RRO oto nba 79. 
Robin Hood Gun Club......... 78, 119, 137, 160, 200| Wolf or Lamb......... senbagsie Rta eames 39 
Syasonestovoreet (Cishoy (Cibo, nssnnannnacncceratucoooonoe 4565 IWWroonsoclcetas Grune @lubsiesissclenie spel eere er eens 126 
Sheepshead Rod and Gun Club....259, 419, 458, 515 | Worcester Gun CR Nec annsanaeasetonuioss 37, 158, 278 
Shikovrsyooats,, WCEehbereS ling noon onndnd oe onquocepoone 359 | Yardville, Trap Abert sees cece eeeeteree serene eee 137 
Small-Bore Cue a One: ob nate ottric he dane dnl 118 | Zanesville. Gun -Club.......ceciessceeeeee 78, 159, 279- 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


A Weex ty Journat oF THE Rop anp Gun. 


CopyriGuT, 1900, sy Forest AND STREAM PUBLISHING Co, 


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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1900. 


VOL. LV.—No, 1. 
+ No, 846 BroADWAY, New Yorx 


A WEEKLY 
Aguatic Sports, Practica Nat- 
FisH CULTURE, THE PROTECTION OF 
GAME, PRESERVATION OF FORESTS, AND THE INCULCATION 
IN Men AND WOMEN OF A Hrattuy INTEREST IN OutT- 
DOOR RECREATION AND Stupy, |! 


JOURNAL, 


DevoreD TO FIELD AND 
URAL History, 


THts is the original vignette and prospectus as printed 
cn the editorial page of the first number of Forest AnD 
STREAM in 1873. That was twenty-seven years ago; but 
there are readers to-day who were readers then, and 
for them in particular is the familiar design reproduced as 
a reminder of the old days. 

Vast and far-reaching changes have come in the in- 
terests which the paper then took for its own; and we are 
quite given, after the manner of the world, to extol the 
things that were and to lament the altered conditions and 
ways of the present. But while we may with reason 
‘regret the improvidence and wantonness which have 
squandered our resources of game and fish and narrowed 
our opportunities for the enjoyment of those recreations 
we like best, there is on the other hand abundant reason 
for gratification over the development of field sports and 
the popular appreciation of the true place which rational 
recreation has in a well-ordered life. 

There was dug up in Sweden the other day a sleigh 
made from the bones of a horse. Thousands of years 
ago then, if we accept the opinion of the scientists as to 
the age of the vehicle, there lived a horse which was made 
to go all its life, and then compélled to keep on going 
after death. 


ness all their lives without let-up, and apparently would be 


There are human beings who stick to busi- 


happy if they could look forward to another chance at 
hard work after death. There are others who believe in 
a vacation and take it. They get something out of life as 
they go along, and count not lost the days or weeks of 
their outings. 

Compare 1873 with 1900, and note the astounding 
growth of the The Satur- 
day half-holiday is one institution which marks the change. 
field 
sports and woods life are a development of the last 


“interest” and participation. 


The vacation idéa and the popularization of 
quarter-century, and have progressed with such strides 
.and bounds that to-day they give promise of becoming 
The outing custom is one of the 
social phenomena of the age. 


well nigh universal. 
That bit of homely humor 
printed in our first number, of the shoemaker and his 
boy, in the revised version of to-day, tells the story. The 
cobbler of 1873 stuck to his last; the cobbler of 1900 does 

_ Rot stick so closely as to let the other fellows get all the 
fish, 4 
From that first issue the Forest ANp Stream has had 

its share in awakening the sentiment and promoting the 
common sense which stand for “a healthy interest i in out- 
door recreation and study.’ In this work it is engaged 
to-day, and in this it recognizes. the largest field of its 
usefulness in the future. To encourage outdoor life, to 
send men and women off on excursions into the depths of 

_ the wood, to the heights of the mountain, out upon the 
broad water, down the winding river, along the Tushing 
brook, and to the silent pool—this shall be the purpose and 
the accomplishing of the years that are to come as: of the 
years that have gone. 


THE LACEY LAW AND STATE LAWS. 


A KANSAs correspondent writes as follows in comment 
on what we said the other day of the application of the 
Lacey law to the transportation of live game: 


“T note your editorial in regard to the Lacey law. Of course 
any one can ship game for propagating purposes if there is no 
local State law prohibiting it; but Kansas, as well as other States, 
has laws, prohibiting the sale or shipment of game from the State, 
and these laws, like the Lacey law, do not discriminate for or 
against live game. Many sportsmen would allow game to be 
shipped from their section to restock districts where it is scarce. 
Others would claim that the law was against it and ask for its 
enforcement, and of course it would have to be enforced unless 
the Secretary of Agriculture had made arrangement with the 
State or Territorial officers to secure game for distribution in other 
localities. It may not have been the intention of the framers of 
the Lacey law to stop the shipping of game for propagating pur- 
poses, yet it gives the States authority to do so if they desire. I 
have no doubt that the Sccretary can make all arrangements with 
the States and Territories at the proper time. Previous to this 
time I have had game shipped in to me from without the State 
and held it for time and shipped it beyond the limits of the State, 
and was protected under the interstate commerce law; but since 
the Lacey bill became a law all game shipped into the State be- 
comes subject to the law of the State. My object is to get the 
permission of the Secretary of Agriculture to continue to trap 
and ship game birds under his direction, but as there is no appro- 
priation, let the parties who receive the game pay the expense of 
same. By this way restocking could continue in a small way until 
an appropriation was made by Congress.” 


This shows a misconception of the operation of the 
Lacey law, which, as it may be general, may well enough 
be corrected, though in making the correction we repeat 
some points which have been given before. 

t. The Lacey law does not prohibit the exportation of 
game from any State where there is not already a State 
law to that effect. Congress would have no constitutional 
authority to enact a law of that nature. The State only 
has the right as a part of its police power to control 
the export and import of game. 

2. The Lacey law does not give the States authority to 
stop the shipping of game for propagative purposes. The 
States already possessed that authority. They have no 
more and no less authority now than before the Lacey 
law was enacted. 

3. Game shipped into the State was as much a subject 


_of the law of the State prior to the enactment of. the 


Lacey law as it is to-day. The Lacey law introduces no 
new principle; it is merely the statement in the form of 
a statute of a principle which has already been well 
established and recognized by the higher courts, notably in 
the Phelps-Racey decision in New York and the Magner 
decision in Illinois and the Stevens decision in Maryland. 

4. The Secretary of Agriculture cannot “make arrange- 
ment with the State or Territorial officers to secure game 
for distribution in other localities” in any State or Terri- 
tory where a local law forbids such export. State and 
Territory officers are only executives of the laws. The 
Legislature makes the laws: the officers enforce them. 
They cannot “arrange” for violation of the laws. 

If such were the intent and effect of the Lacey law it 
would weaken the State control of its game, whereas the 
purpose of the law is the direct opposite, namely, to 
strengthen the State’s control. This purpose is to be 
accomplished by declaring unlawful the transportation, as 
an article of interstate commerce, of game shipped in vio- 
lation of a State law. And far from authorizing the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture to arrange for export in violation of 
State laws, the Lacey law distinctly provides: 

The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to adopt such 
measures aS may be necessary to carry out the Purposes of this 
act and fo purchase such game birds and other wild birds as may 
be required therefor, subject, however, to the ‘laws of the various 
Siates and Territories. 

That certainly is a most extraordinary notion, that Con- 
gress could enact a law which would authorize Govern- 
ment officials to arrange with State officials for the setting 
aside of State laws. A pretty mess indeed that would 
bring us to. 

5. One cannot go far astray in his understanding of this 
subject if these basic principles are borne in mind: 

_ a. The game is the property of the State. 

b. The State alone has authority to control its game. 

As a part of its control the State alone may regulate the 
export or import of game. 


The only jurisdiction Congress has over game is that it 


acquires when the game, by reason of having passed be- 
yond, the limits of the State and become an article of 
interstate commerce, is no longer within the control of the 
State. 


6. All the laws of all the States, relative to the trans- 


' portation of game dead or alive, which were in force prior 


to the enactment of the Lacey law, are now and will con- 
tinue to be in force until modified by the respective State 
legislatures, the only lawmakers haying authority in the 
premises. 


THREE SPECIMENS. 

THERE appears to have been discovered, in the Royal 
Zoological Museum at Florence, the third of the only three 
specimens ever taken of a bird which has long been ex- 
tinct. The history of these specimens and the little that 
is known about the species to which they belong is very 
interesting, and is worth the telling at this time, when 
civilization is crushing out nature and natural things so 
rapidly. 

The bird is a little emu, once found on Kangaroo 
Island, off the south coast of Australia. It was first seen 
in the year 1803, when a French scientific expedition un- 
der Baudin explored Kangaroo Island, whick they called 
Isle Decrés. The story of the island, written by the 


‘naturalist Peron, tells us that this land was without 


human inhabitants, but that it was occupied by great num- 
bers of kangaroos and emus, which at evening came down 
to the shores to quench their thirst with salt water, since 
fresh water was hardly to be had on the island. 

During the stay of the expedition at this island three 
of these emus were caught alive, taken on board ship, and 
at length reached Paris in safety about 1804-05. One of 
them was deposited in the Jardin des Plantes, and two 
were sent to the residence of the Empress Josephine. 

At the time that these emus were discovered on 
Kangaroo Island it was not supposed that they were 
different from the bird of New Holland, which is so 
common and so well known. This was found out very, 
much later; too Jate, indeed, to secure any more speci- 
mens. For when South Australia was colonized a settler 


took possession of Kangaroo Island, and naturally enough 


regarding the kangaroos and the emus as nuisances he 
exterminated them? and so when naturalists sought for 
new specimens of the little emu, none were to be had. 
For many years only two specimens were known to be pre- 
served, The discovery in Florence adds a third, and these 
three are unique. 


SNAP SHOTS. 
That letter from Dr. Kalbfus, secretary of the Penn- 


‘sylvania Board of Game Commissioners, merits sympa- 
thetic attention. 


Pennsylvania has a Game Commission 
of seven members, and intrusts to them important inter- 
ests, but expects them to serve without. salary, pay their 


‘own expenses, and find their reward in the consciousness 


of public service well done. This may have passed in the 


‘days of beginnings, but in these times a game commis- 


sioner who does all that is expected of him and does it 
as it should be done earns something more substantial 
than the liberty of paying for the privilege. Dr. Kalbfus 
and his associates are entitled to respect and gratitude for 
serving their fellow citizens in this capacity. At the next 
session of the Legislature we may reasonably look for 
an appropriation for the work of game protection. Mean- 
while local sportsmen, whether as individuals or clubs, 
must take the initiative and constitute themselves agents 
for the enforcement of the law. 


Dr. T. S. Palmer, of the Biological Survey, has pre- 
pared as Bulletin No. 12 of the Survey publications a 
report on legislation for the protection of birds other 
than game birds. It presents a summary of the legisla- 
tion in force in the several States for insectivorous and 
other useful birds, which constitute, as Dr. Palmer points 
out, 80 per cent. of all the birds of North America, where- 
as 90 per cent. of the legislation for the protection of 
birds has been enacted for the benefit of game birds. One 


interesting subject discussed in the paper is the classifica- 


tion which has been adopted as birds of game; and this 
portion. of the report we print in full elsewhere. 


To Judge O. N. Denny, who died at Seaside, Oregon, 
on Sunday of this week, the sportsmen of this country are 
indebted for the introduction of the Mongolian pheasant 
into America. It was while he was Consul!-General at 
Shanghai, under President Arthur’s administration, that he 
sent to Oregon the parent lot of pheasants from which 
the stock has descended, 


Che Sportsman Canrist. 


Charts of Savage Navigators. 


THIRD and most wonderful of the three things which 
ithe wise proverb maker of antiquity declared to be too 
wonderiul for him stands the way of a ship in the midst. 
of the sea, In our time mathematics and navigation 
have made the mystery as simple as one could wish. 
There is no secret at all about the way cotrses are laid 
from port to port, whether in vessels propelled by steam 
or in the slower and more picturesque “wind jammers.” 
Yet despite this general acquaintance with the principles 
of navigation, not even the most abstrusely learned naval 
officers can venture to explain how it is that a race of 
Savage seafarers in the yery heart of the equatorial 
Pacific find their way over enormous stretches of barren 
sea from island to island without compass or even the 
simplest form of instrument for determining position. 

That such is the case is true. For a long time it was 
disbelieved, and with reason, for it is indeed incredible. 
At odd intervals some vagrant copra trader would re- 
turn from a cruise among the Line Islands and exhibit 
among his curiosities in Sydney or San Francisco what 
-he called a native chart. It was never anything but a 
“network of dry twigs interlaced apparently at. random 
and tied together at every point of intersection. Here 
and there upon this framework were tied either shells 
or sharks’ teeth or the scarlet jequirity seeds with the 
bright black eyes. Each such network was generally 
about a yard square. As the copra traders could offer 
no explanation of the way in which these charts. were 
used for navigation, as it seemed utterly unreasonable: 
that such a device could be of any use at all, and finally, 
as traders in the South Sea Islands were not supposed 
to hesitate at flirting with the truth, these stories were 
for the most part promtly disbelieved. It is only nat- 
ural that incredulity should attend the relation of such 

‘an incomprehensible device in navigation. Yet it is 
true in every particular, although the more carefully it 
is examined and investigated the less it is found capable 
of explanation. These stick charts enable savage sailors 
to find their way from island to island. Without them 
they will not go to sea. 

Tt is iully appreciated that this is taxing the confidence 
of the reader who knows the least about navigation. It 
iS a great deal to ask one to believe that by means of a 
bundle of sticks tied with shells and bright beans a race 
of ignorant savages can make unerring landfalls over 
complicated courses of hundreds of miles, and do this 
without the use of compass or other instrument. of pre- 

_ cision, and without any knowledge of the stars. That it 
is literally true I can vouch on the score of personal 
witness of the employement of these charts, of the 
unanimous statement of the islanders who have employed 
them from time immemorial, and lastly, from the state- 
ments of many naval officers of the British and German 
services who have seen the use of the charts and who 
have vainly endeavored to find some reasonable explana- 
tion for a series of remarkable facts which they have 
convinced themselyes is beyond all dispute. The na- 
tive makers and users of these stick charts make no 
secret about them or the method of their employment. 
It is only that no white navigator has ever been able 
to make head or tail out of the explanation so freely 
offered. 

The islands in which these charts are in use form the 
Marshall group, in two chains known respectively as 
the Radak and the Ralak. They lie just north of the 
equator, and with the Gilberts, the Carolines, the’ La- 
drones, the Palaos and many scattered islets form the 
grand division of the Pacific to which has been applied 
the name Micronesia. They lie directly in the strong 
westerly set of the equatorial current, which, however, 
is deflected by the numerous atolls and reefs into local 
streams, which may run north or south, or even estab- 
lish a reflex flow toward the east again. These are local 
conditions which it is difficult to keep track of and which 
add to the difficulties of navigation, even for those who 
enjoy all the advantages of scientific methods and ap- 
pliances. Furthermore, lying as they do in the equa- 
torial doldrums, the Marshall Islands have neither the 
steady southeast trade which is found to the south nor 
the northeast trade which rules to the north of them. 
There is no characteristic wind, calms are frequent, and 
the winds may blow from any point of the compass. 
The navigation of these Micronesians, therefore, must 
be founded on an entirely different basis from that of the 
Polynesians in the two trade wind regions who have 
made themselves such reputations as adventurous navi- 
Gators. 

Such in brief summation is the statement of the con- 
dition under which these island savages have developed 
a system of navigation. Now pass to a closer exam- 
ination of the aid to navigation which unaided they 
have developed for their needs. 

It has already been stated that they have no compasses. 
Jt should be said that it would be utterly impossible for 
the compass ever to develop with them, for the simple 
reason that their islets are utterly devoid of metals in 
mature, and certainly the phenomena of magnetism could 
meyer arise upon their attention. Even the sun is 
scarcely available for the determination of direction, for 
it is sometimes north of them, sometimes as far to the 
south, and between its two extremes it opens a wide 
angle which would puzzle such simple observers. Why 
the more conspicuous fixed stars have not sufficiently 
attracted the attention of these savages to serve as aids 
ain sailing and to receive names is a matter not so easily 
explained. Still such is the case, Their charts have no 
connection whatever with the stars for the determination 
of position or the laying of a course. 

These Marshall Island charts are made of twigs tied 
in complicated angular patterns. The twigs are taken 
from the shoots of the native trees, peeled of the bark 
and carefully dried. Then they are rubbed down on 
coral slabs until they are of at least approximately even 
diameter throughout. HH there are any twists or angles 
in the twigs these are removed by steaming and bend- 
ing, after which the twigs are baked in hot sand, They 
are finally finished off smooth with sharks’ teeth and 
the skin of the same fish, which is frequent in those seas. 


FOREST AND 


scorn of his civilized rival. 


STREAM, 


These sticks are seldom found larger than a common 
lead pencil and just as seldom smaller than one of the 
familiar slate pencils. Where there is use for a finer 
line recourse is had to the midrib of the cocoanut leaflet, 
which is very flexible, and even when at its dryest is so 
tough as scarcely to be broken. Out of these materials 
the chart maker builds up his chart according to rules 
of procedure based on his own knowledge, and which, 
while perfectly willing to expound, and not making any 
secret of, he finds it impossible to explain in such a 
mafner as to carry understanding to persons of the su- 
perior races, Large sticks and small ones are tied to- 
gether with cocoanut fiber at every conceivable angle, 
and cocoanut midribs are entwined in additioinal con- 
fusion. Cerfain of thesé corners ate decorated with a 
shell of one kind or another, certain other intersections 
have several shells, others have jequirity seeds, yet others 
are left undecorated. Similarly, on the portions of the 
sticks between intersections there are similar decora- 
tions. And these things are not mere ornament; they 
carry essential information to the navigator who de- 
pends on them to find his way over the sea. 


It should be said that these lines of the stick charts — 


are not disposed at regular intervals nor at right angles. 


' They have, therefore, no connection with parallels and 


meridians, for the makers are entirely ignorant of math- 
ematical geography. It is quite impossible to institute 
any comparison between the native charts and those 


 prodiced by naval surveys, for the reason that the various 
' islands are not included by marks on these stick systems. 


One native navigator, when questioned as to the rea- 
son for this lack and when a real chart was placed before 
him for examination expressed himself with much 
Any man, he said, could 
tell an island when he saw it, but the true need of a chart 
was to find the corners in the sea which did not show 
boldly in the sight; for if you only could find the right 
corner in the sea it was easy enough to sail along the 
proper stick to: reach the island you were bound ior. 
What is meant by this mysterious expression, the cor- 
ner in the sea, will came up later for further elucidation. 

According to the best native authority there are two 
distinct classes of stick charts, one embracing the whole 
world as known to Marshall Islanders, the other class 
being subordinate thereto and dealing more in detail 
with individual archipelagoes. Marshall Island geo- 
graphical knowledge restricts the world to their own 
archipelago, with the Carolines, at a distance of some 


‘twelve degrees to the west, and the Gilberts, at a nearly 


equal distance to the southeast. Thus it will be seen 
that a world chart of these savages covers a distance, 
after allowing for the space occupied by each of these 
archipelagoes, of about thirty degrees. It must be ac- 
knowledged that this is a very creditable geographical 
showing, if one takes into consideration the difficulties 
under which they labor. According to the same native 
authority it has been many generations since these world 
charts have been used in the direction of the Gilbert 
Islands, No person now lives who knows how, to use 
the charts in that direction, for it must be said that the 
charts cannot be used except by those who have been 
taken over the course by those who have been there 
before and are willing to supplement the device with 
oral instruction. Thus it has come about that in the 
vicissitudes of savage existence all those who possessed 
the knowledge of how to use these world charts in the 


‘southeastern voyage to the Gilberts have vanished with- 


out communicating to others their knowledge. The old 
construction is repeated on all modern charts, even 
though it is no longer of use. 

In the other direction the additional information has 
-been handed down unimpaired, and the Caroline voyage 
is frequently made. This has been particularly the case 
in recent years since the Marslaall Islanders have ac- 
quired various sloops and schooners from white men and 
are able to make such a long voyage with greater profit 
and comfort than in their aboriginal canoes. 

Of the group charts there is an abundant supply for 
the home archipelago in its two chains, as, of course, is 
only to be expected, There are also-charts of the Caro- 
line Islands designed to be used after the landfall has 
been made on the world chart. Probably there no longer 
exist in the archipelago itself any specimens of the chart 
dor the Gilbert Islands. Aiter the knowledge oi the Gil- 
bert voyage had perished the detailed chart of that group 
became useless. Traders and nayal officers yisiting the 
islands and seeking to buy charts as curios would be 
accommodated from these which had outlived their use- 
fulness, Most of such purchases brought back from the 
‘land of savage peoples become rubbish at.home and are 
destroyed. But some of these charts have found their 
way into museums in Europe. Neither in the Gilberts 
nor in the Carolines have the people the slightest knowl- 
edge of the art of navigating by means of these charts, 
whether general or of their own group. 

According to the method of the Marshall Island pilots 
the use of these stick charts lies in comparison with the 
sea, for each corner of interesecting sticks represents a 
corner in the sea. In practical operation the pilot takes 
‘his place in the bow of the vessel. The chart is laid out 
flat in some place where he can conveniently refer to it 
and is lashed or weighted down in such a way that the 
stick along which the vessel is sailing is brought into 
alignment with the course, The pilot deyotes his whole 
attention to the sea, and when some important point is 
about due or expected all aboard who have the wisdom 
of the charts give him the benefit of their assistance in 
identifying the particular point in the empty waters. In 
doing this they aid the sight by tasting the water. When 
the corner in the sea has been reached the pilot refers 
to his chart, and in accordance with what he sees there 
gives directions whether to continue along the same course 
or to go on another one, and the position of the chart is 
adjusted to conform to the new direction. 

Now, what is this corner in the sea that the islander 
can see, and even taste? Frakly, it is impossible to tell. 
Tt is cettain that the islander sees something there. 
There is no medicine or magine in it. He is ready and 
anxious to point if out to his white fellaw voyager, and 
is disgusted because you cannot see what is so plain to 
him. When asked to give an explanation, his stock 
reply is a comparison with two paths on the beach. 
You are on one path and you come to another which 
intersects it, If the new path is your road to destina- 
tion yoy turn and follow it in the proper direction. 


[JuLy 7, 1900. 


So at sea you watch until you come to the intersection 
of the paths, which is perfectly clear to him to see, and 
dependent on your ultimate destination you keep on 
your own path or turn off to the new one: Others 
make reference to two streams of water which come to- 
gether and form one; if you are going up the stream 
you have no difheulty in seeing where the two forks 
come into one. 

_ This certainly sounds absurd. No one familiar with 
the sea can imagine any such system of paths and riv- 
ulets recognizable within it. Absurd, irrational, impos- 
sible, this may be argued to be all of these. Yet the 
fact remains, none the less, that by watching these cor- 
ners in the sea this race of hardy navigators has been 
able to find its way over thousands of miles of sea with- 
out the use of any instruments beside the network of 
sticks with its shells and beads. That such is the case 


‘does not rest on the word of mere beachcombers of the 


South Sea, but has been proved by naval officers who 
have been piqued to confess the existence of something 
in navigation which with all their scientific training they 
could not explain, That there is no humbug on the part 
of these native pilots appears very plainly in their con- 
duct when it happens that they have lost a corner. They 
waste no tite itv a search which they konw would be 
vain. They stand away westward until some land is 
sighted. This gives them a new departure; they are 
once more on their chart and may proceed on the in- 
terrupted voyage. ; 


LLEWwELLA Pierce CHURCHILL. 


Through the Parsonage Windows. 
vill. 


No need of raising the curtain, for it has been up all 
morning, and the window open to let in the fresh breeze 
that is rustling the bunch grass on the stage. The snow 
has disappeared, and the sun is shining with glow, soft- 
ened by the balminess of the air—a glow that gilds the 


» bunch gass that extends out and away from the win- 


dow. To make the scene more realistic a jack rabbit 
has just crossed the stage, the latter part of his ne 
formance being accelerated by the thud of a .22 bullet in 
the eee US under him. 

, 4h? a Loup River country rehearsal is on, The scen 
is laid in the hills south of the Loup and just west of the 
now famous Victoria Springs, It is late in F ebruary, and 
the day is fine. The landscape is aglint with sunshine. 
and a gentle south wind fans the face of nature and causes 
a smile to run athwart its wrinkled expanse, for it is still 
covered with the withered cuticle of the dead year, 

Not much attention had been paid to hunting for the 
last six weeks on the Loup, as expeditions from the set- 
tlements had gradually ceased after the first of January. 
The weather had become more severe then, and little 
communication was had with the outside world. There 
was only three camps left on the upper Middle Loup, and 
the population of these had dwindled to about half. We 
had occupied our time in hunting wolves, which was the 
main att ie the ee part of the winter, as I never 
Saw any tendency among hunters il ; 
ae in immediate demand. Pie ea 

uring the last five years of the reign of the buffal 
and other big game on the plains of the West I spent the 
winters in camp at different points, from the Niobrara 
River south to the Arkansas, yet I never saw an animal 
killed for the hide and carcass left to rot. I have often 
heard of it, but mever met with a circumstance, and 
think such wantonness has been much overrated, — 

During that winter on the Loup the hunters were very 
modest in their demands on the game supply, the Parson 
himself being the worst, making a record of ten bull elk 
in five months, though I never killed a cow or calf in my 
life. These ten elk made full half of all that were killed in 
that country within my knowledge. I was new in the 
big-game country, and perhaps over anxious to fall; but 
as cach head of game killed by me lessened the demands 
oi some other party there was no waste in it. 

Guina was Ace Hutton’s pardner, and I had gone over 
to their camp, and Guina and I were away for a ramble 
in the hill with no definte object in view. We had been 
tolled out by the extra fine weather, and were just loafin’ 
round with each other. Guina was something of a char- 
acter, filled with the ideal and little fitted to combat the 
real in life. He was not a professional hunter, but a 
drifter who had a liking for outdoor life, and in eddying - 
round had lodged in a hunter’s camp. 

_ We had explored the great cedar cafion to the west of 
Victoria Creek, starting in at the mouth and climbing the 
almost perpendicular wall some miles above. The cafion 
is narrow, often not more than too yards from the top of 
one wall to the top of the opposing one. Below the level 
of the prairie the walls were covered with a fine growth 
of red cedar. Some of these trees were very tall, yet 
none of them reached the level of the prairie above. The 
bottoms of the cafion had also a splendid growth of ash in 
places; the floor of it was smooth and a wagon might 
have been driven its entire length as easily as on the 
open prairie. - 

_From there we turned to the northwest and toward the 
river again. We had just entered a Tange of sandhills. 
which characterize the Dismal River country, when we 
were attracted by the strange antics of a bunch of elk 
They were cows, calves and spike bulls. When we first 
saw them they were huddled together in a round bunch 
and seemed “milling” abont like cattle at a round-up 
As we stood looking at them they broke into a run, 
going 100 yards or so, and then stopped and knotted 
up again. 

At first we could not make out what the matter was 
but on going closer to them saw that they were bein 
harassed by a couple of buffalo wolves. The elk would 
bunch up with cows and young bulls on the outside, heads 
out, and calves in the center, the wolves circling round the 
outside and trying to break up and scatter the herd so 
they could single out a calf. 

The wolves charged again and again, but for a long 
time the elk stood firm, we lying on an adjacent hill and 
watching the sport. At last the wolves withdrew and- 
seemed to give it up.. At this the elk broke into a run 
again.’ As soon as their organization was broken the 
wolves returned to the charge, and this time succeeded in 
cutting out a two-year-old heifer, As soon as the heifer 


Jury 9, 1900.) 


was Separated from the bunch her fate was sealed, as the 
wolves kept between her and the rest until they were well 
out of the way and then closed with her. One of the 
wolves seized her by the ham, and in an instant she was 
down, with ham string severed. The other wolf then 
sprang at the throat, and the jugler vein was cut as 
quickly as it could be done with a knife. 

We had some little distance to run to reach a small 
sand dune which commanded the situation, and when 
we had reached it the heifer was dead and the wolves 
busily engaged in tearing at throat and ham. We were 
in no hurry to shoot, and waited to get our breath. We 
each then drew bead on a wolf, ard both shot together 
at a signal from Guina, The wolf at which Guina shot 
was killed on the spot, while I only succeeded in getting 
a tuft of hair out of mine, the wolf making his escape. 

I had seen the tracks of these wolves at different times 
and they appeared to be larger than the largest New- 
foundland dog would make. Several times I had seen 
white specks on the prairie at great distances, but to see 
one of the huge fellows stretched at my feet revealed an 
animal of which I had no conception before. I have 
seen very few men who have really seen them. Men 
whom I have talked with concerning the buffalo wolf 
have mostly described a different wolf entirely. Though 
all the men on the Loup called it a buffalo wolf, I have 
seldom ever heard the name mentioned elsewhere. 1 
have Since seen a few of their tracks in soit ground along 
the streams of the West, yet this is the only specimen [ 
‘ever Saw at close quarters, and infer they are quite rare, 
though perhaps more numerous in still earlier years. 

We killed a great many coyotes and sone few of a still 
larger variety that resembled a coyote very much, but the 
big wolf was entirely different, being nearly white and as 
large as any three wolves of any other variety I ever saw. 
The skin when stretched had about as much spread as 
that of a yeatling calf. Some old-timer who has had ex- 
perience can interest me by telling something more of 
him. : 

We got the biggest wolf skin and some of the finest 
steak I ever saw out of this ramble, When we got back 
to camp we found Hutton busy with his pets, Ace was 
rather mote of a sport than sportsman, and had a wildcat 
and a coyote which he had captured and kept alive. He 
also had a fox hound. One of his fayorite diversions was 
to clear the furniture out of the shanty and turn all three 
loose inside and shut the door, watching the proceedings 
through the window. = 

The hound and wolf would usually double teams on the 
cat, but the cat was nearly equal to both, and bloody 
ears, nose and sides resulted. Once the dog and wolf 
got the cat stretched out, and Ace had to interfere to 
save the life of his pet, at considerable risk to himself. 

Ace worked this game on them seyeral times, and then 
they got so that when turned loose together they would 
growl and spit for a time and then back into separate 
corners, curl up and leave each to attend to its own affairs 
in its own way., Oh! that struggling humanity in all 
parts of the world might be educated to this degree of 
common sense. 

When Gutina, who was cook, called dinner Ace and J 

“were busy in feeding the wildcat fresh elk steak, and in 
elosing the door of the cage I failed to fasten it properly. 
When we were eating dinner the hound began whining, 
and knowing something was ‘wrong Ace went out and 
found the cage empty and the cat gone. All hands: were 
summoned and hound loosened. He was soon bawling 
along the trail, which followed up the bank of the creek, 
with all three of us at his heels, The chase was not long 
or arduous, for the cat had loitered by the way, and when 
the hound came to close quarters it took to water and 
swam across the creek. The dog saw the cat when he 
came to the creek, and plunging in swam after it. When 
the cat reached the bank it turned, and when the hound 
got close enough it sprang into the air and came down 
squarely on the dog’s back. Seating its claws firmly in 
the dog’s neck close Back of the ears and sitting on its 
haunches it made the return voyage on the dog’s back. 
When they arrived close enough in shore Ace dropped a 
noose over the cat’s neck, and we soon had it back in the 
cage, 
Several of the trappers of the Loup formed a syndicate 
and had lumber brought up to build a large flat boat. 
This they put on runners, and just before the break up 
in the spting loaded their duffle into it and started up 
stream, intending to float back with the tide when the 
break-up came. trapping and camping by the way. They 
invited me to join them, but my leave, too, had expired, 
and with the few remaining hunters I turned sadly enough 
the other way to brave the toils and hardships of civiliza- 
tion. THE Parson. 


~ = 


dhatuyal Histary. 
The Fish-Hawk or Osprey. 


RHODE IsLann is the only one of all the New England 
States that protects the life of the fish-hawk by law. 
Tradition has it that the Wampanoag and Narragansett 
Indians, and later the early white settlers, had great re- 

‘gard for fish-hawks. This respect has been inherited’ 
by the Rhode Islander of the present day. Their presence 
is courted wherever fish-hawk colonies abound in the 
State, and these are principally on the east and west 
shores of Natragansett Bay. Special inducements are 
held out to the bird to remain. Often, when a tree bear- 
ing a fish-hawk’s nest is in the last stages of decay, the 
‘owner of the land will erect nearby a pole 4o or 50 feet 


high, with a wagon wheel laid flat on the top. The hawk: 


adapts itself readily to the change. 

In the western part of Rhode Island, near Voluntown, 
Conn., and near the ocean, the trees are literally covered 
with gsh-hawks’ nests. It is singular that hardly one is 
to be seen on the Connectictit side of the boundary. Not 
only are trees occupied, but old chimneys are taken pos- 
session of, béaring above their summits a great fabric 
of sticks composing the nest. 

In the region of Warren and Bristol there are also 
many fish-hawks’ nests. The birds make little trouble; 
the only damage they do is to kill the tree where they 
build; but the owners put up with this. So long as they 


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24 to April rt. 


can have the company of the fish-hawks in summer time 
Rhode Island people, where there are fish-hawk colonies, 


would feel grieved enough if the birds were to desert their 


farms and gardens for other localities. The regard for 
the bird in Little Rhody is similar to that evidenced in 
some of the Southern States for the turkey buzzard. 
The traits of the bird, its formidable appearance and its 
presence, according ta accounts, keeping away hen- 
hawks, ate some of the characteristics that command 
admiration, There is some contention that the fish- 
hawk will not attempt to keep other hawks away from his 
locality excepting when the eggs are hatching and when 
the young are small and unable to fight their own baities. 
A bird of migratory habits, the osprey appears at i#& 
summer haunts in Rhode Island anywhere from March 
When a pair occupy a certain tree they 
make their appearance there season after season, wit 
hardly any variation in the date of arrival. In fact, it is 
related by people living on the east and west shores af 
Narragansett Bay, who watch for their coming, that the 


Osprey’s nest on top ef a 60{t. special pole with cart wheel for base 
of nest, and cross-spar for roost, osprey hovering near 
by. Anthony farm, Bristol, R. I 


variation in a period of years was less than two days. The 
average date of their arrival in Rhode Island is March 27. 

A true fisher and fearless in securing its prey, the bird 
never looks for food on land, subsisting solely from the 
fish in the harbors and bays. — 

Rhode Island fishermen look eagerly tor the appearance 
of the hawks in the spring. Plenty of fish is then looked 
for. The male bird arrives first, goes away after a day's 
rest, and returns a week later with the female. The birds 
soon afterward begin to build or make repairs on old 


Osprey alighting on nest in tree at Pappoosesquaw, Bristol, R. I. 


nests. It is interesting enough to watch them. This year 
two birds began fo build a nest on the top of a 20-foot 
pole. The pole was on the shore of Mount Hope Bay 
and upon the premises oi Mr. Edward Anthony and his 
sister, Miss Medora Anthony, within the limits of the 
town of Bristol. Both persons have watched the fish- 
Hawk for years, and know well the habits of the bird, 
The hawks upon atriving on April I seemed to be a trifle 
disturbed, as shown by the screeching noises they uttered 
at intervals. And no wonder that they were for a time 
nonplussed. For years the same birds had occupied a 
nest on the top of a mast 40 feet high. Some time last 
winter a small-sized cyclone swept away the pole, break- 
ing a piece off it, and wrecking the old nest. Mr. 
Anthony set up the polé again on its former site, but as 
is was 10 feet shorter than last year this was noticed by 
the hawks, The outery they made seemed to be a hawks’ 
discussion as to whether they should build a nest on the 
short pole, now less than 30 feet high. The great outery 


was followed the next morning by both birds beginning 
the work of rebuilding.on the shorter pole. ' 

At the top of the pole a wagon wheel had been laid 
flat down and spiked to bear the weight of the nest. Heavy 
wooden supports leading from the outer rim of the wheel 
down half way on the pole, where they were spiked, 
formed a substantial foundation. 

The two fish-hawks referred to preferred the short pole 

to a longer one ready for use only too feet distant. An- 
other pair of birds tried to locate on the latter perch, but 
the first pair evidently had a priority of right, for they 
vigorously and suecessfully fought and drove away the 
new comers. It took hali an hour's screeching and fight- 
ing before the intruders became aware that they would 
not be allowed to stake a claim. The birds would strike 
at each other with wings and claws, those having first 
located being the attacking party. Yearly fights have 
been held for this site, but the first comers seem to wish 
to have it unoccupied. 
_ The highest point of a decayed or partly decayed tree 
is selected usually, although often a sound tree is picked 
out. It does not remain sound long, however, the oil 
from the fish devoured acting as a poison to the tree and 
finally killing it. 

In order to form a roost for the birds near the nest a 
long pole is stretched across the diameter of the wagon 
wheel, the projecting ends serving as roosts. The nests 
are large enough to fill a good-sized cart, and would 
make a Joad fora horse. The whole forms a picturesque 
appearance, and added to this is the Ayinge about of the 
hawks, uttering their peculiar cries. : 

_ The nest in a tree is a study. Male and female labor 
in constructing the nest. A forked limb is selected for 
the site, but it must be near the top. Although the nest 
foundation is laid in the fork, it is raised by degrees until 
its summit is 3 feet above the foundation and on a level 
with the topmost branches. The reasons for the summit 
of the nest being on a level or barely extending beyond . 
the topmost branches are obvious. The fish-hawk or 
osprey being a knowing bird cannot have any loose limbs 
ol the tree acting as obstacles to its wide-spreading wings, 
which measure 6 feet from tip to tip, when outspread. 
The way must be clear for alighting on the nest or roost 
or else the wings are in danger of injury from obstructing 
branches. Invariably, therefore, a fish-hawk’s nest stands 
clear of all obstructions. Kven when the hawks depart 
irom the nest or roost it would be just as dangerous for 
them if there were any protruding obstacles, 

The building of nests in the spring is begun by male 
and female shortly after the journey from the Southern 
sea coasts. Rotten sticks are gathered, the hawks carry- 
ing them in their feet. Jointly they carry on the work 
before them, not hurriedly, but with an apparent steadi- 
ness Of purpose, which im a very few days brings the 
structure to completion. The onter portions of the nests 
are composed of large sticks, ranging in diameter from 
1 inch to 14 inches, and from 2 to 4 feet in length, 
packed on top of each other to a height of nearly 4 feet. 

Not leng ago a fish-hawk was seen flying from the 
shores of Tiverton across Mount Hape Bay with an al- 
most new hat in its claws. It proved-to be one which 
had been blown off a passenger’s head on one of the Fall 
Riyer boats, and drifting ashore had been picked up 
by the hawk jor nest material. This year a pair of birds 
began to_ build a nest in a large tree near the Kickemuit 
River. I saw the female carrying a short rope in its 
claws to the perch beside the nest. It was a piece of 
manila rope. Leisurely the hawk picked strand and yarn 
to pieces, redticing it with beak and talons to the sub- 
stance of oakum. This was used to line the nest. It was 
a slow job, but was accomplished as efficiently as a sailor 
could do it. Next day a rope 2o feet in length was carried 
to the nest from Fall River. ; 


_The genius displayed by fish-hawks in nest-building 
time is often wonderful, leading persons to suspect that 
the mechanical calculations of the bird are equal to those 
of the ayerage human being. The hawks frequent forests 
and groves fringing the waters of Narragansett Bay to 
obtain material for building new nests. and repairing old 
ones. Rotten limbs of trees high over one’s head are 
heard snapping and cracking. ~ 

This snapping of sticks is caused by fish-hawks. Me- 
chanically they examine and break off the limbs by sheer 
force, something that is unique in the character of birds. 
A hawk flying about wheels short on its wings, having 
selected a decayed stick that is suitable, on some oak 
tree. Something after the fashion of tent-pegging the 
hawk charges past and just aboye the bough. Just as he 
is passing the limb, with great dexterity he hooks his 
claws upon it, and without stopping in his flight, and 
with wings flapping furiously enough, bang goes the re- 
port of the breaking oi the rotten limb, and triumphantly 
the ieathered wonder carries to the mest the stick, some- 
times 4 inches in diameter and 4% feet long. Although 
as a rule the birds break off the limbs at the first attempt, 
they haye been seen to try the operation on the same 
stick two and three times before being successful. In 
case the stick is not broken off the first time, they do not 
lase their hold, but wneeasingly flap their broad wings in 
the air, exhausting every measure toward accomplishing 
their purpose. 

Ordinarily their bodies are not so heavy as to cause 
one to suspect that they could break off such stout 
pieces of boughs, but the momentum carried in their flight 
as they hook on to the limb without stopping almost 
invariably causes their efforts to be crowned with success. 
The loud snapping noise of the breaking of tree branches 
by the hawks would lead a person not accustomed to 
their habits to suppose that an elephant was running 
amuck through the forest, 

Of about 4 feet in width and of a yery compact structure 
the nests can withstand the fury of severe storms. The 
fabric is so woven and bound crisscross fashion that casés 
have been known of the nests remaining intact even after 
the wind felled the tree or pole and threw the nest vio- 
lently to the ground. A severe storm blew down a fish 
hawk’s nest at Warren a year ago, leaving the nest bottom 
up. It was discovered several days later with three young 
dead birds inside, Being imprisoned, they had died of 
hunger. . 

* The inner edges of the nests are woven with light sticks, 
cornstalks, pieces of cloth and dried seaweed. 

The fish-hawk lives to a good age. On one of the 


eastern Rhode Island headlands a Mr. Anthony tells of 
_ an incident that happened twenty years ago near his home. 
A male fishhawk was brought to the ground by a gun in 
the hands of a boy. Mr. Anthony cared tor the wounded 
bird in his barn, picking out grains of shot and stopping 
ihe flow of blood, All the time the hawk fought him 
With its uninjured wing. In a month’s time the wound 
had completely healed and the bird had becothe quite 
tatme, It would not eat anything but fish, however, The 
wounded wing was stiff when the bird was given its free- 
dom, and the peculiarity of this stiff wing 1s noted every 
season by Mr, Anthony in a bird that locates near his 
home, He is confident that it is the bird that was wound- 
ed near his home twenty years ago. 

People often wonder why fish-hawks do not increase in 
numbers more than they do, There are from three to 
five young in the nests each season, yet only the same 
number of hawks hatch year after year. The laying of 
the eggs begins about the latter part of April or the first 
of May. The period of incubation is a month, The male 
then is on almost constant watch about the nest. The 
female sometimes goes to the water to catch fish during 
this period. While incubation is going on the nest of the 
hawk is never without the presence of either male or 
jemale, and if a bird of another species of any size ap- 
pears the fish-hawk becomes excited and utters shrill 
piercing cries until the stranger disappears. To all ap- 
pearances the fish-hawks regard the crow as a common 
robber. Long familiarity with the bird of sable plumes 
has taught them to be on guard continuously during the 
period of hatching. Woe betide the eggs of the unwary 
hawk that leaves its nest without a watcher. The com- 
mon crow will quickly discover the oversight, and when 
the hawk returns to its nest it 1s only to find a few pieces 
of broken egg shells, the crows having made a meal on 
the contents. 

The watchfulness of the fish-hawks over their nests be- 
fore the young leave the shell is a great boon to other 
smaller birds. A singular trait in the character of the 
osprey is its toleration of sparrows, crow-blackbirds- and 
erackles to build their nests in among the outer sticks 
of which its own nest is constructed. Like vassals to a 
chief, these smaller birds lay eggs and hatch them in per- 
fect security, and in mutual harmony with the larger feath- 
ered creatures. Often thete ate from twenty to thirty 
nests of small birds in the rounded outer sides of the 
fish-hawk’s nest. From long acquaintance with the fish- 
hawk the sparrows and crow-blackbirds have no fear of 
them, and they have learned that as the fish-hawk during 
incubation constantly is on guard, their nests are doubly 
secure from feathered intruders and from the inroads of 
the common crow, the bird that they most fear when 
their nesis contain eggs. 

When the young fish-hawks come forth from the shell 
the constant guard of the nest by male and female is 
stadually relaxed, The female leaves the nest at inter- 
vals in quest of food, soon flying back with a fish caught 
in harbor or bay. A noticeable feature about the mother 
hawk is her mode of feeding the young. Returning with 
a shad or porgie when the young are only a few days old, 
the mother bird tears the fish in pieces with her claws 
and bill, giving a strip to each young bird. When the 
birds become a week old or about that age and there- 
after during the season a whole fish is given to each 
young fish-hawk by its mother. It is interesting to watch 
the young hawks when they are fed. They will cry for 
food when hungry, but, unlike the progeny of all other 
feathered tribes and ‘land animals they will not fight for 
food. The mother bird selects the young one to which 
she will give a fish. The rest of them remain sitting be- 
side their more fortunate companion in the nest, but 
beyond uttering plaintive cries make no effort to get 
part of the fish for themselves, simply waiting in patience 
until their turn comes, which circumstances may prolong 
for quite a length of time. The young birds catch no fish 
the first year of their lives. Their food is procured by the 
parents. As soon as the young brood become a few weeks 
old the mother throws off quite a piece of the top of the 
nest to the ground. This enables the young to see their 
surroundings, and less obstacles are in the way when they 
first make attempt to fly. 

The young birds do not take readily to flight. They 
are fully feathered and yet make no attempt to leaye the 
nest, Generally their initial attempts to rise on wing are 
becun about July 10. Flying up from the nest, they fall 
back upon it again from a height of about 5 feet. They 
make attempts in turn, with like results. The young 
hawks are very timid about flying away from the nests, 


and it devolves upon the parents to drive the young forci-, 


bly off in order that they can fly. Great is the screeching 
and loud are the cries of the birds on such occasions. 
At last one of the young hawks will make an attempt to 
reach an object 50 yards away from the nest. These 
efforts are generally awkward, and it is not uncommon 
to see the fledgling tumble in somersaults earthward. 
The mother hawk, ever on the alert, rushes to its rescue, 
and shooting under the young bird catches it on its back 
and wings before it tumbles to the ground. 

Neatly everywhere on the waters of Narragansett 
Bay in the summer season the osprey or fish-hawk can 
be seen seeking its prey. An industrious fisher, it com- 
mands the attention of fishermen in various ways. Rising 
from its roost, it sallies forth toward the water with a 
keen eye to business, and soaring above the waters of 
bav and harbor tntil it is directly over a locality where 
fish are plenty, it circles about with wings in easy 
moton at a height of from roo to 125 feet. Occasionally 
it makes a sharp turn and retraces its course with legs 
at an angle of 45 degrees down from the body. Its eyes 
are constantly réconnoitering the waters below. This 
peculiarity of the bird is essentially the same as is 
adopted by men engaged in the menhaden fishery all 
along the Atlantic coast. It is a well-known fact that the 
presence of fish can be discovered near the strface of 
the water quicker at a height of say 35 feet than 


they can be from the deck of a fishing vessel on an. 


average of.only 5 and 6 feet above the water's edge. Ina 
crew of.a menhaden or porgie catcher two of the num- 
ber, usuatly the skipner and the mate. go aloft on the 
tmiast, and taking positicn at the crosstrees peer out over 
the water in auest of fish. This gives them a better op- 
portunity to discover a school of fish at their lofty post 
than if they were much nearer the water. In like man- 
ner the fish-hawk has an advantageous position. Soaring 
about on easy wing, he suddenly checks his progress, and 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


like a good fisherman surveys with interest the surface 
of the water. The fixed gaze on an object is accom- 
panied by a rapid flapping of his wings in order that he 
may hold the desired position, and not be shifted from it 


by the wind. Suddenly the wings are folded close to the 


body, and he shoots downward at lightning speed, eyes 
still fixed on his prey. Sometimes his wings are sud- 
denly opened out in the downward rush, checking prog- 
ress, because of the disappearance of the fish he is seek- 
ing. Up again he mounts into space in quest of another 
fish. Soon the bird again closes wings and down he 
goes from his aerial height hke a cannon ball, and plun- 
ging into the water with a roaring sound, dashing the 
spray aside in torrents and kicking up small waves, he 
fastens his claws in the back of the fish. In a minute 
or so he emerges from his self-made vortex, rising grad- 
ually on wing with a struggling and flapping fish clutched 
in his formidable claws. He invariably catches a fish 
head on—that is, pointed in the same direction as his own. 
Sometimes in his forays upon the finny tribe he “misses 
fire.’ Fishermen in Narragansett Bay call it a “stab.” 
When he triumphantly carries off his prey the fishermen 
appear to be more satisfied, remarking, “He has taken 
that which he came after,” and is “sailing home’ There 
is more substance in this latter remark than actually ap- 
pears on the surface. The hawk adapts itself to all cir- 
cumstances as regards wind and weather in catching and 
carrying off fish, Jf the wind is fair for the fish-hawk in 
its course to its haunts on the land with a flapping fish 
so far sc good; but if it is blowing a strong breeze from 
dead ahead it is interesting to watch the bird’s maneuver, 
He adopts the tactics of a sailor, and instead of flying 
directly home on the land in the wind’s eye “beats to 
windward” usually by even “legs,” but sometimes by 
alternative “long and short legs.” His form and wings 
are shaped in a measure to meet these contingencies. 
With a heavy fish he can make comparatively easy work 
in this manner. 

As a rule, when seeking his prey he works up against 
the wind until he fastens to a fish, and then, loaded with 
the prey, he has a fair wind on the Hight to the roost. 

There have been occasions when a fish wriggled itself 
loose from the claws of-the hawk and dropped to the 
ground. The bird never deigns an attempt to recover it 
from the ground, but sets out for another fish. I have 
seen a fish drop from the bird's claws, but by its dexterity 
on the wing the bird caught the fish again before it could 
touch earth or water. 

There have been instances in Narragansett Bay where 
the fish-hawk overrated its strength—has fastened to a 
fish that has pulled it under water. In such instances 
the hawk would withdraw its talons and rise out of the 
water, appearing somewhat exhausted. The usual prey 
in Narragansett Bay, however, consists of flounders, 
porgies, scup, weakfish, and sometimes bluefish and shad. 
A fish weighing from 4 to 5 pounds is the average weight 


- captured. 


Another trait of the fish-hawk when seeking prey is’ to 
take position on the top of one of the wooden stakes 
surrounding a fish pond or heart net, many of which are 
maintained in the east and west branches of Narragansett 
Bay. Here they are perched patiently, often for an 
hour without moving, waiting for a fish to appear near 
the surface, when they dive and fasten to it With their 
claws. 

The base of a tree or pole in which is located a fish- 
hawk’s nest is a rendezvous for house cats, small wild 
animals and birds, all flocking there to pick up particles 
of fish dropped by the hawks. The backbone is always 
thrown cut of the nest and drops to the ground, with 
particles clinging to it. 

The tree or pole on which is a nest is the family head- 
quarters until the birds take their departure. This is 
usually about Sept. 10. People residing near a family of 
fish-hawks know when they are about to take their de- 
parture south. On the morning of the day the parents 
bring to the nest quite a quantity of fish. The old feed 
the young, and there is a grand feast all round. All the 
time this is going on-the birds keep up an unusual 
screeching and chattering noise. The old birds examine 
the nest, and with fresh sticks repair it, so that it can 
withstand the storms of winter. At a signal given by the 
male bird, usually in the afternoon of the day of de- 
parture, the birds rise in the air, and issuing their peculiar 
noise head a course for southern latitudes. They rise to 
a height of between 200 and goo feet in the air, and usually 
follow the coast line in their passage to a warmer climate. 

The laws of Rhode Island are to the effect that if any 
person or persons are caught disturbing fish-hawks’ nests, 
or having been convicted of shooting a fish-hawk, the fine 
shall be $20 and costs, or imprisonment. One-half the 
fine is paid to the owner of the land where the damage 
is done. Every one keeps a sharp watch to see that fish- 
hawks are unmolested. 

Not more than two years ago a Providence sportsman 
gunning neat the mouth of Kickemuit River climbed to a 
fish-hawk’s nest and removed the eggs. He had previous- 
ly fired at the mother hawk, but missed. When he came 


down from the tree he was confronted by the owner of_ 


the land and no other than Bird Commissioner Thayer. 
From what the sporting man said, it was evident that he 
was ignorant as to the Jaw regarding fish-hawks. He was 
arrested and fined heavily. : . 

A year ago some two men came over the line from 
Massachusetts, and unwittingly shot and killed a female 
fish-hawk on the same farm. They were arrested, and 
the man who killed the bird acknowledging it was fined 
$20 and costs. It was evident that they were totally un- 
aware of the penalty for such depredations. Singular 
enotigh the male bird, mate of the one that was shot, went 
away, and was not seen for two days. He appeared with a 
new mate that set to work feeding the young and tending 
to them as though she was their natural mother, until 
they departed for the south in the autumn. People who 
watched this interesting proceeding say that the young 
hawks were well cared for, ’ 

One Sunday afternoon nearly about the same time it 
appeared that three young men were seen robbing a fish- 
bawk’s nest in Bristol, but near the boundary of Warren. 
The police were called, and assisted by several enraged 
citizens in carriages the chase led through Warren, four 
nfiles distant, and there the trail was lost, It proved 
afterward that the nest robbers landed in a sailboat on the 


shores of Warren and hurriedly departed from the same. 


place in their boat. The above is a list of disturbances 


to fish-hawks in eastern Rhode Island covering a period 
of many years. ea, 

On the first appearance of the fish-hawk in Rhode 
Island in the spring it has bright and dapper plumage, the 
legs, feet and claws are.perfect in form, looking neat to 
the eye. But as the season’ advances the color of the 
feathers is not so bright and cleat, while the feet and _ 
claws are marred. This change in appearance is due to 
the rough work in fishing and caring for the young. 

Sometimes the hawks indulge in singular antics at a 
great height in the air, describing all manner of angles 
and curyes, in a flock, one of them occasionally dropping 
through the air several hundred feet with a rapid rush. 
All the time they keep up a peculiar shrieking noise, 
which is almost impossible to imitate. Fishermen re- 
gard these antics as an indication that there is soon to 
be a change in the weather. ‘ 

The fish-hawk is 22 inches in length, and the female is 
2 inches longer than the male. The bill is a deep black, 
and the upper as well as the lower cere, and also the 
sides of the mouth from the nostrils backward, are ligh 
blue. The crest and back. of the head are nearly pure 
white, The breast is white, with streaks of light brown, 
giving it the appearance of a silyer color from a short 
distance away. The wings and part of the neck 
are deep brown, although the edges of the feath- 
ers are lighter. The tail is slightly rounded, and 
is of a paler brown than the wings, crossed with 
alternate bars of dark brown. When the wings are 
shut they extend an inch or two beyond the tail. The 
lower parts are white. The thighs are covered with short — 
plumage, with a pale brown color infront. The legs and 
feet are very strong, and remarkably large, and of a light 
blue color, They are covered with flat scales strong and 
thick, suggesting a coarse rasp, particularly on the soles 
of the feet, enabling the bird with more security to seize 
and hold its slippery prey. The claws are large for a 
bird of the size of the fish-hawk. The claws describe 
semicircular curves, finely ijormed and as sharp-pointed - 
as a new fish-hook. The toes are exceedingly strong 
and warty, and the hind claw is fully an inch and a quarter 
in diameter. The outer toe is capable of being turned 
either way, which is a great aid in grasping. 

- OBSERVER. 


Voices of the Gathering Night. 


Prospect Park. 


Iv is the hour “when daylight dies,’ and the park is 
deserted save for an occasional belated workman, who 
plods his weary way homeward. The woods are in the 
full flush of spring, massed in voluptuous beauty on all 
sides, and the grass is of that fresh green vivid aspect 
which possesses one with a sense of perennial youth. 
Looking about one can imagine that he 1s buried in the 
depths of the country—not a house visible and all the 
harsh noises of the city hushed. At first, indeed, it seems 
that the stillness is absolute and the lines of Gray’s im- 
mortal elegy come into memory: 


Wow fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, 
And all the air a solemn stillness holds. 


But gradually as we become accustomed to our new 
environment (the transition to which has been so abrupt) 
we begin to hear sotinds of birds and other animal life, 
the which, however, harmonize so perfectly with the 
rural peace that instead of disturbing they seem to 
accentuate it. Here as we walk down the Long Meadow 
a sharp succession of cries like “Tchick! Tchick! 
Tehick!”’ (how impossible to render bird notes in type!) 
comes from the woods on our left. It is the robin calling 
to his mate. See, there he flies, with another sharp suc~- 
cession of cries, like “Szee! Szee! Szee!” from the 
flowering chestnut to the dense thicket yonder. In that 
thicket more than probably is his newly constructed 
nest, and there he will be joined by madame. Merula 
mugratorius is a very noisy bird about bedtime, but 
sometimes in the midst of his strident “Tchick! Tchick! 
Tehick!’ he will break into a soft warble, which is more 
soothing to the ear than “the lisp of leaves and the ripple 
of rain.” There is a strong resemblance, by the way, be- 
tween the song of the English thrush and that of, the. 
American robin, so called, which shows their :relation- 


ship, though the former song 1s much more powerful and ‘a ot: 


sustained than the latter. 
Well, here we've 


birds love to build. And, hark! There is one of them 
mewing anxiously like a kitten, “What, I anxious?” says 
Silvia sialis, as if divining our thought, and straightway 
begins to fill the air with rippling, joyous melody. But 
what villainous discord is that? It is the screech or the 
squawk or the mingling of both of the peacock, Juno’s 
lovely bird. How nature balances herself! To one bird— 
the nightingale—she gives a mean drab exterior and a 
voice to enchant; to another—the peacock—she gives an 
exterior the most resplendent and a voice to shatter the 
nerves. : 

This is the Glen, where the overarching trees make a 
twilight at midday and a Cimmerian gloom at night, and 
where later on the owls will flit and utter their ghostly 
intonations. Now it echoes with the lay of America’s 
songster par excellence—the little speckled wood thrush., 
He is perched where none can see him in the deep recesses 
of the woods, and all unconscious or careless whether any 
one hears him, except his mate. Proud and happy mate 
to excite such melody! I have heard the song of the 
nightingale, and, of course, that is incomparable, but 
after that I would be disposed to place the song of the 
American wood thrush in order of merit, coupling with it 
the song of the English lark. There is no resemblance 
of form, however, implied by this comparison; but as the 
one song charms by its verve, its sincerity and soulful- 
fess, so does the other. He who can listen to the wood 
thrush and remain wncharmed or untouched must be. | 
will not say with Shakespeare, “fit for treasons, strate- 
gems and spoils,” but fit. at least. to be sincerely nitied. 
How the notes echo through the glen and the leafy 
aisles of the woods, rising and falling, between little inter- 
ludes of silence, with all the calm of true art, with all _ 
the liquid purity of tone, with all—but, pshaw! Where- 
fore attempt to describe them? There are some things 


reached Swan Lake, with ‘its a : 
little peninsula covered with bushes, where the blue-. 


| Jory 7, 1900.] 


ch cannot be described, and among them is the song 
‘woood thrush. 

ddenly the song ceases and we start as if from a 
and move on through the glen, which now is plunged 
lg somber silence—but no, for an ocacasional sad little 
uttered away up among the tree tops and with a 
ged cadence, falls upon the ear: “Pheebe!” It fills 
place with a sense of loneliness and brooding sor- 
W, as it were, so we hasten on through the gathering 
4 AS are glad when we stand in the open meadow 
ake. 

te a flock of sheep with their lambs are browsing. 
k! Was that a shepherd tuning his pipe? “Tyrolee!” 
otest 1t sounded not unlike it, as I have often fancied 
at least, when reading of the good old days when 
mance was interwoven with the pastoral life. We 
again and recognize the cry of the red-winged 
ird. “‘Tyrolee!” It comes from an island in the 
here he builds his nest year after year. Casting 
ir yes about, we see the shepherd, not tuning his pipe, 
{ drowsing in the shade after the manner of these de- 
jerate days. Anon he starts up, and evidently deem- 
time to fold his charges, he sends his dogs about. 
| the sheep are gathered and we watch them being 
five slowly over the hill, the while the air is filled with 
ei bleating, mingled with the barking of the honest 
ilies. 

Resuming our walk, we reach the fir-covered ridge to 
lé west of the flower garden. What strange notes are 
ese that fall upon the ear like the creaking of rusty 
es? They are the music (?) of one of the genus 
icula, commonly called the crow blackbird. But despite 
ating quality of this bird’s voice, he is welcome to 


tiful shining coat of purplish black. 
in the garden the bees are droning softly among the 
gers, but every now and then we cease to hear them 
r the shrill piping of Rana ocellaia, which comes from 
teedy margins of the lake. Is it because of its 
Nance that we associate this note with the spring- 
me above all others? It were pleasant to linger here, in 
delicious atmosphere, but we must hurry on, for night 
ers nigh and our richest experience is yet to be 
iped. ! 
‘Making a detour through mysterious woods, whose 


gator of form is suggestive of a primeval forest, we 


d0kh,” how they crowd upon us! Can some Persian 
mic have visited this spot and made it what it 
' Go where we will, we will find nothing more 
jllisite, nothing more pervading in its charm, 
the realm of nature, especially now, when 
‘een leaves and blossoms revel all around. The birds 
m to know this, for here they congregate more thickly 
m elsewhere. The air is rich with the melodies of 
59d thrush, bluebird, oriole, robin, yellow warbler, song 
Trow, ef id genus ommne. We sit down to gaze and to 
ten and realize the wisdom of that old poet who advised 
Imankind, soured and racked with sordid cares, to go 
| nature! While light lasts the feathered choristers 
mtinue to sing, and even after it is night and they no 
mger can be seen. But at length they cease and a pro- 
land quiet. falls upon the scene.- A cricket begins its 
aby and nature sinks to repose. 
FRANK MOoonan. 


That Famous Foundling. 


AMOUS because it has twice occupied’ a place in 
REST 196 _ STREAM, ne nearly a page altogether. 
Way 9, 1896, Jan. 22, 1808. rays 
ete now we have to announce that the Foundling is 
Widower. This may sound funny, but in reality is very 
ic. His Loulou,, who has also appeared in these 
was an exceptionally lovable sparrow, and an un- 
ly clever one, too. She proved to be a better singer 
Hight mood. Unlike some exasperating grandchil- 
Of special abilities, the Loulou was particularly 
ed to show off before company, and astonished many 
itor with her self-possessed ways and dulcet notes. 
as lamented friend was the embodiment of gayety and 
itentment, a living example that made one realize how 
SE it is to insist upon appearing and if possible being 
py, this condition being very contagious, and often 
Oming a reality through being simulated. 
Mir feathered friends decided upon bringing up a 
mily, and with this end in view, for four consecutive 
asons industriously prepared appropriate quarters, but 
appily all the intended chicks were shell-less. No, 
€ Very first set—they always came in threes, one each 
f—came in good shape, but Dick, apparently moved 
Jealousy, destroyed that batch of eggs; and the rest 
ere all incomplete. 
JMS year the usual failure was observed, and soime 
Wamitous result took place within the patient, for she 
rey to eat and drink, and in two or three days died 
, her sleep. 
tt must be confessed that we had learned to love this 
exceedingly, for her many little graces, her sweet 
hd her intelligent response fo every attention paid 
‘all visitors declared her to be a very uncommon 
Ow. Therefore when she was dead there was gen- 
mentation. 
, the Foundling, manifested such poignant grief 
e could not stand it; so we removed him from the 
@e wherein the pair had kept house, and again 
him’ in a smaller one he had occupied while a 
bachelor. This was all very well, it changed the 
t of the widower’s thoughts for a while, but every 
nd then he remembered, and started once more on 
€ving note, which is something quite distinct from 
= rest of his vocabulary. We offered what con- 
m Our yoices could convey to his mind, but then 
aded with us, singing his sweetest notes, evidently 
the impression that as we had always given him all 
e desired, we could also restore to him his mate. 
ain of his bereavement returns to him afresh with 
norning’s light, and we hasten to place his cage 
mdow, where other sparrows come to keep him 
iny; but in spité of all this he returns to his lament 
time to time. We discover little difference between 
ows and human beings. 


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the famous Vale of Cashmere. Memories of “Lalla - 


Dick himself, and would sing when requested—if in 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


We have frequently had occasion to note that sparrows 
and other birds have good memories. More than once 
Dick’s memory has proved itself good for a whole year. 
But now we are doing our best to make him forget. 


. 


Forget! Forget! So brief thy day— 
Hill not the hour with plaintive woe; 
Thy mate was just a singing ray 
Of God’s own light—‘tis all we know. 


Dear little friend of somber wing, 
The unshed tears are in thine eyes; 

No more for thee will Loulou sing 
Beneath these azure summer skies. 


Thy wings appeal with tremulous grief; | 
Thy pleading cry by us is heard; 

Would that we might bring sweet relief! 
With thee we mourn our Loulow bird. 


Azicr D. Le PLONGEON. 


Bringing Up Hummingbirds on the Bottle. 


_ St. Aucustine, Fla., June 22.—This is the first summe 
in fifteen years that scarcely a hummingbird has been 
seen about our place, and whethey they have been nearly 
exterminated to gratify female vanity, or what it means, f 
do not know. An old bird has been seen three or four 
times this summer, and about the middie of June two 
young birds appeared together, and in one day I had them 
both teeding trom my hand. The old verse has it, “Birds 
in their little nests agree,’ but when those litule chaps get 
out of the nest they do fighting enough to make up tor 
lost time. 

In this case, when one would be feeding at the bottle 
the other was always near at uand to fight him off; but at 
last, as is always the case, one was compelled to yield, 
and now the other, believing in the democratic doctrine 
that “to the victors belong the spoils,” has the field en- 
tirely to himself. I carry a very small bottle in my 
pocket, and whenever he sees me outside the door I’m 
compelled to uncorl the bottle and treat. 

About the middle of June the young birds leave the 
nest in this latitude, and I have no doubt that both 
these are from the same nest, They seemed to have no 
feeling of timidity, and I regret that I could not have 
kept them both, as it would have been much more in- 
teresting. DipyMus, 


— — 


we Woods Folk in ‘lown. 


Toms River, N. J., June 24——-There are two properties 
in the heart of this village with a probable area of three 
acres—closely cropped lawns and not much shrubbery— 
which include among their attractions to a lover of nature 
one woodcock, three gray squirrels and a bee tree, The 
woodcock and one squirrel summered here last year; the 
bird is very tame. Two grays have accompanied the one 
to its former home, but that “solitary bird” rere alee 


Game Baq and Gun. 


Down in Miaine. 


Arter much thought and pinning and changing of 
dates my friend P. S. and myself finally left Boston on the 
night train early last October bound for a canoeing, tent- 
ing and hunting trip in Maine. This was his first trip 
of the kind, but I had been every year on a similar one 
lasting from three to five weeks for a number of years. 

In due time next morning we left the train, got break- 
fast at the hotel, and after a drive of about twenty-five 
miles were landed, with all our provisions, cooking uten- 
sils, tent, sleeping bags, etc., on the shore of the lake, 
where [ had arranged to meet our guide. He, however, 
was not in evidence. We dismissed our team, and after 
waiting scme time in hopes the guide would appear, con- 
eluded to go after my canoe, which I had left the year 
before in charge of a camp which was located about two 
miles away on another lake and across a three-quarter 
mile carry. We were just launching my canoe, when the 
guide showed up in his canoe, he having been delayed 


-by a strong head wind. By the time we had got back 


to the duffle across the carry with the two canoes we de- 


“DOWN IN MAINE.” 
Photo by T. C. Phelps. 


cided, as it was then late in the afternoon, to camp for the 
night on the opposite shore of that lake. After locating 
a camp site, it was but the work of a short time to cut 
the poles for the tent and sleeping bags to support the 
latter from the ground, giving the effect of a cot bed, to 
erect the tent, adjust the sleeping bags and get a fire 
started. 

By dark our supper was ready, and although we did full 
justice to it we remarked that a heart and live of 
venison of most any description. would not come amiss, 
and speculated upon who would be the fortunate one to 
draw first blood and supply the larder, and when. 

After a night of comfort and sleep, with no knowledge 
of the stumps that ordinarily insist upon becoming 


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familiar with one’s anatomy when passing the night im a 
tent, we arose a little after daylight and got breakfast. 

As big game was no novelty to me, it was decided that 
P, S. and the guide should take a canoe, go to the outlet 
of the lake and bring back the deer that we were locking 
for, although not lost by us. As one deer would supply 
us with inore meat than we could use before it spoiled, I 
was not anxious to hunt, knowing that if they had luck 
they would bring back what they were in search of. 

Some time after they had started I took “Old Re- 
liable” under my arm and started for a little exploring 
trip on the ridge back of the tent. I was in no hhurry (it 
is bad to be in a hurry when still-hunting), and moved 
along yery slowly and as noiselessly as possible. 1 had 
been away irom the tent perhaps half an hour, covering 
a distahee of not half a mile, when I distinctly heard at 
some distance away an animal running in the leaves. I 
stood perfectly still and listened, and concluded that the 
soutid Was coming in my direction. It came closer and 
closer, but as there were a number of small spruce bushes 
al’ around meé the sound passed without my seeig its 
cause. 

Disgusted with my hick, I was about to anrroach and 
look tor tracks, when I became conscious of the fact that 
there was some living thing behind a certain spruce 
push, although I had neither seen nor heard nothing there. 
‘Lhinking it might be a hunter following the track of the 
animal just passed, I was undecided what to do, fearing 
that if 1 moved 1 might get shot if it were a hunter, and 
that | would startle the deer if it ‘were a deer.- At last I 
decided to whistle, believing it to be a safe proceeding in 
either case. After two or three shrill blasts a pair of 
antlers moved from behind that bush to behind another, 
there being less than a foot of clear space between. As 
soon as I saw these, up went ‘Old Reiiable,” and when 
enough fur had as near as I could judge passed by the 
opening to bring his shoulder in line with the sights I 
fired. ‘this buck proved to be the largest, with one ex- 
ception, that 1 ever saw in or our of Maine, and must 
lave weighed considerably over 250 pounds. The ex- 
ception was one shot in the same region last year, which 
by actual weight weighed 280 pounds after the removal 
of his intestines. 

. 5. and the guide duly returned to camp, and were 
highly delighted with my luck, They had seen nothing 
but tracks, 

Less than hali the saddle of this buck lasted us for ten 
days’ camp eating, the last of it spoiling on our hands, 
The remainder of the buck we gave away soon alter it 
was shot. The antlers now adorn my wall, accompanying 
another large head obtained in the same region two years 
previously, ‘ 

This region (Washington county) seems to run to size 
and not to quantity of deer. In iact, usually a hunter 
well earns all the deer he gets there. 

The accompanying photograph shows our camp after 
being out about ten days. The leg of venison hanging 
to the left was from the big buck. 

P. S. leit for home after a two weeks’ trip, but I re- 
mained two weeks longer with the guide. ‘Toward the 
last of my stay I did my best to get a deer to bring home, 
but was unsuccessiul, they seemingly being very scarce. 


T. C, PHELPs. 
§ Boston, Mass, 


The Pennsylvania Commission. 


FLARRISBURG, Pa,, June 26.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
In your issue of the 23d inst. I noticed an article entitled 
Deer Hounds in Pennsylvania.” The scene of this par- 
ticular outrage is laid near Philipsburg, in Centre county, 
and the writer, E. H, K., says this is but one of the many 
wrongs of a like nature happening in that neighborhood. 
He futher States that “the sportsmen here are thoroughly 
aroused and will from now on make it very hot for any 
hounds found in the mountains.” This latter statement 
18 music to the ears of the Game Commission: and we 
would suggest that two-legged violators be looked after 
as well as those with four legs. 

For an example of what can be done in the line of game 
protection I would refer the.gentleman to the noble work 
being done in his adjoining county of Clearfield by the 
Hon. Frank G. Harris and his associates in that neighbor- 
hood. These gentlemen have prosecuted more than a 
dozen violators of the game law during the past year 
and have Secured convictions in every case prosecuted, 
Mr. Harris, having been a member ‘of the last Legisla- 
ture, fully understands that the Game Commission is 
without funds whereby they could prosecute. He knows 
that whatever expense they incur must be paid out of their 
Gwn pockets; that when the president of the Commis- 
sion, Mr, Kennedy, comes ftom his home in Pittsbure 
to attend a meeting of the Commission he pays in cold 
cash, as does every other member of the board, the nec- 
essary expenses of the trip. He knows that every mem- 
ber of the Gime Commission is doing all in his power to 
protect the game of our State; that they are giving oi 
their time and their money, as very few in the State are 


“wiving; and he is willing to do what he can for the good 


cause. When the sportsmen of the State come to the 
help of the game protectors of the State, as they can and 
Should do, when the farmers realize that the same laws 
as they now stand in Pennsylvania mean more good to 
them than to any other class of people in the State: when 
they realize that because of these laws they are freed from 
the raids of irresponsible hunters ' (who destroy their 
crops, lear down their fences, shoot their stock and 
poultry, and commit other depredations) for the entire 
year excepting sixty days; when they realize that by 
the keeping of these people out of the fields and woods 
for this time, thousands and tens of thousands of their 
best friends in the shape of song and inséctivorous birds 
are preserved to them, and are willing to help the Game 
Commission as they can and should do then will the 
time of peace and rest be come to the birds and the 
aie ie esonels correspondingly increased. | 
€ “ame Commission of Pennsylvania i ing “ 

make as good brick without straw” as a nOeabie ia 
we ask the help and support of all classes who are inter- 
ested in the Preservation of our game, our song, and our 
inséctivorous birds. For the present, while the Game 
Commission is hampeted as it is, let every individual d 
his duty, and the cause is bound to prosper. i 


JOsEPH Kaurus, Sec’y Game Commission. 


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Definitions of Game Birds. 
From a report on “Legislation for the Protection of Birds Other 
Than Game,” prepared by Dr. 1. S. Paimer, Asst. Chiei of the 

Biological Suryey, Department of Agriculture, Washington. 

From the standpoint of the sportsman, birds are either 
game birds or non-game birds, but trom the legislative 
standpoint they may be roughly divided into three groups: 
(1) Species which should be protected at all times, as 
thrushes; (2) species which may be killed at certain sea- 
sons for food or sport, as quail; (3) species which are 
injurious and therefore excluded from protection, as the 
English sparrow. The first group is usually called “in- 
sectivorous’”’ or “song” birds, the second “game” and the 
third “injurious” birds; but these groups are necessarily 
arbitrary, and their limits are by no means certain, 
About 1,125 species and subspecies of birds inhabit North- 
America north of Mexico, and of these only about 200 
(18 per cent.) can properly be considered game. 

As the wording of modern protective laws turns largely 
on the definition of “game birds,’ it may be well to note 
some of the different interpretations which have been ap- 
plied to this term. A game bird, according teythe Century 
Dictionary is “a bird ordinarily pursued for sport or 

-profit, or which is or may be the subject of a gaime law.” 
Bouvier’s Law Dictionary defines game in general as 
“birds and beasts of a wild nature obtained by fowling 
and hunting.” In different State laws the term is defined 
in various ways without special regard for uniformity, 


Thus Maine fixes an annual close season for “game 
birds,’ and enumerates under this head the wood duck, 
dusky duck (commonly called black duck), teal, gray 
duck, ruffed grouse (commonly called partridge), wood- 
cock, quail, plover, snipe and sandpiper. In the Michi- 
gan law the term “game bird’ is construed to mean all 
birds named or referred to except certain imsectivorous 
species. According to the Code of Mississippi, “the term 
‘same’ includes all kinds of animals and birds found in 
the state of nature, and commonly so called.” Nova 
Scotia declares: ‘‘‘Game’ shall mean and include 
* %* % Canada and ruffed grouse (commonly called 
partridge): pheasants, blackcock, capercailzie, ptarmigan, 
sharp-tailed grouse, woodcock, snipe, bluewinged ducks, 
teal, and wood ducks.” British Columbia decrees that a 
game bird “shall mean a bird protected by the. provisions 
of this act,” and New Brunswick “any bird mentioned in 
this act, or of a species or class similar thereto.” 

The plan of enumerating each species, as In some of 
these laws, is not clear or concise. It also lacks uni- 
formity because of the confusion existing in the common 
names of certain game birds and the presence of species 
in one State which do not occur in another. ; 
~ In order to overcome this difficulty, the Committee on 
Protection of Birds of the American Ornithologists’ Union 
has suggested using the larger groups called orders and 
families, into which birds are commonly divided, instead 
of species, which gives at once a simple and concise 
definition. “The following only shall be considered game 
birds: The Anatide, commonly known as swans, geese, 
brant, river and sea ducks; the Rallide, commonly known 
as rails, coots, mudhens and gallinules; the Limicole, 
commonly known as shore birds, plovers, surf birds, snipe, 
woodcock, sandpipers, tatlers and curlews; the Galline, 
commonly known as wild turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, 
pheasants, partridges and quail.’ These four groups, the 
Anatide, Rallide, Limicole and Galline, include all the 
species which are commonly hunted for sport or for food 
in the United States, with the exception of cranes, wild 
pigeons, doves, flickers, meadowlarks, reedbirds, black- 
birds and robins. Cranes, pigeons and doves are ordi- 
narily considered legitimate game, but are now so rare 1n 
most.States that it has become necessary to remove them 
from the game list. Flickers, meadowlarks, blackbirds, 
reedbirds and robins being insectivorous are more valu- 
able for other purposes than for food, and merit special 
attention. ¢t 

Picrons AND Doves.—The order Columbe, comprising 
wild pigeons and doyes, is represented in the United 
States by fifteen species and subspecies. Of these, only 
three have any practical importance as game birds, viz, 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius), now al- 
most exterminated; the band-tailed pigeon (Columba 


_fasciata), found from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific 


coast, and the common, mourning, turtle, or Carolina dove 
(Zenaidura macroura), distributed more or less generally 
throughout the United States. 
rarely seen except in two or three of the States about the 
Great Lakes, where it is rigidly protected. Although it 
was formerly one of the most important game birds of the 
country, its numbers have been so diminished during the 
last thirty or forty years that it can no longer be con- 
sidered as belonging in the game list. The band-tailed 
Pigeon is an important game bird in only half a dozen 
States, and Colorado seems to be the only one which pro- 
‘vyides an open season (July 15 to Sept. 30). The common 
dove is protected in some States throughout the year, in 
others only during the breeding season, while in still 
others it is not mentioned in the laws, and hence may 
be killed at any season. Where it is abundant, as in 
southern California and some parts of the Southwest, it is 


perhaps in no immediate danger of extermination if the . 


slaughter is kept within reasonable bounds. There is, 
however, a wide diversity in the open seasons in different 
States. 

Doves feed largely on seeds, and an examination of a 
considerable number of stomachs has shown that these 
include seeds of noxious weeds, such as pokeweed and 
several species of the genera Lithospermum, Oxalis and 
Euphorbia. In certain parts of California the habit of 


PHOTOGRAPHS OF WILD DEER. 
By Mr, Geo. Dan, Seib, From “Woodcraft Magazine.” 


feeding on the seeds of turkey miullein (Eremocarpus 
setigerus) is so well known that a botanist, on inquiring 
how he could collect some seeds of this plant, was ad- 
vised to shoot a few doves and open their crops. Under 
some circumstances enormous quantities of weed seeds are 
devoured, as shown by the crop of a doye killed in a rye 
field at Warner, Tenn., which contained no less than 7,500 
seeds of Oxalis stricta. As a weed destroyer, the dove 
more than compensates for the grain which it occasionally 
consumes, and the value of its services is certainly greater 
than the few cents which its body brings in market. — 
FLICKERS.—Of the woodpeckers, the flickers or pigeon 
woodpeckers, represented in the East by the yellow- 
shafted flicker (Colaptes auratus) and in the West by the 
red-shafted flicker. (C. cafer), are the only ones which are 
killed to any extent for food.* They are still regarded 
as legitimate game in some sections, but apparently are so 
treated by law only in Nevada, which fixes an open sea- 
son from Sept. 15 to March 15. Like other woodpeckers, 
the flicker is mainly insectivorous. An examination of 230 
stomachs of the yellow-shafted flicker showed the presence 
of 5 per cent. mineral, 39 per cent. vegetable and 56 per 
cent animal matter. The mineral element was mainly 
sand, probably picked up accidentally along with other 
food. The vegetable matter consisted of the seeds of a 
number of weeds and berries of seyeral native shrubs, and 
occasionally a small amount of grain, but too little to be of 
much consequence. Flickers are more terrestrial than 
other woodpeckers, and a large part of their animal food 
consists of ants, which constitute nearly half the food of 
the yeat. Several stomachs contained little else, and at 
least two contained more than 3,000 each of these in- 
sects. Beetles stand next to ants in importance, form- 
ing about 10 per cent. of the food, and including chiefly 
May beetles, a few snapping beetles and carabids, or pre- 
dacious ground beetles. Grasshoppers also are eaten at 


‘certain times, as shown by several stomachs (collected in 


Tune, 1865. in Dixon county, Neb.), which contained from 
fifteen to forty-eight grasshoppers each. A bird with such 
a record is far too valuable to be killed for food, and is 
entitled to all the protection ordinarily accorded imsectivo- 
rous species. 

BoroLinkKs oR REEDBIRDS.—Comparatively few passerine 
birds are treated as game. Among these few. bobolinks 
(reedbirds). blackbirds, meadowlarks and robins are the 
most important. The enormous numbers of bobolinks 
(Dolichonyx oryzivorus) which flock to the Atlantic coast 


South the pileated woodpecker (Ceophlaus 
and a few specimens can be found occa- 


*In some parts of the 
pileaius) is sold as game, | 
sionally in the markets of Washington, 


sme 


The wild pigeon is now, 


_stomach. 


each autumh to feed on the seeds of wild rice before taking 
their departure for the rice fields of the South and their 
winter haunts in South America have given rise to the 
sport of reedbird shooting, a sport scarcely known in 
other sections of the country. The bobolink, which is 
rigidly protected during its stay on its breeding grounds 
in the Northern States, receives the name of reedbird as 
soon as it enters the Middle States in autumn dress, and 
is considered legitimate game. Open seasons are legalized 
in the Middle States as follows: Delaware, Sept. I to 
Feb, 1; District of Columbia, Aug, 21 to Feb. 1 (Tuesdays, 
Thursdays and Saturdays only); Maryland, Sept. 1 to 
Noy. 1; New Jersey, Aug. 25 to Jan. 1; Pennsylvania, 
Sept, 1 to Nov. 30, For a few weeks it is killed in 
enormous numbers for market, and when it reaches the 
Carolinas, further south, where it is known as the rice- 
bird, the slaughter is increased, not for sport, but as pro- 
tection against ifs ravages in the rice fields, Here it be- 
comes a veritable pest, and may be killed lawfully at any 
season,, To many persons it is a decilious morsel, although 
its diminutive body furnishes little more than a taste of 
meat. There would be no objection to utilizing the bird 
for food were it not for the abuse to which this custom 
of killing it for market has given rise. Not only are 
other birds killed for reedbirds, but in States in which 
reedbirds do not occur marketmen try to make up the de- 
ficiency by furnishing various small birds under that 
name. In the markets of San Francisco horned larks 
(Otocoris), red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius), Brewer's 


blackbirds: (Scolecophagus), white-crowned and golden- 


.crowned sparrows (Zonolriciia), song sparrows (Melo- 


Spiza), sayanna spatrows (Ammodramus), house finches 
(Carpodacus), and even goldfinches ‘(Astragalinus), have 
all been sold as reedbirds. Such conditions serve only to 
defeat the object of protective laws, and for this reason, if 
for no other, reedbirds should be taken off the game list, 
except in the few States in which they are known to be 
abundant; and even here their sale should be carefully 
regulated to prevent the slaughter of robins, larks and 
other birds, which are almost certain to be killed by 
market-hunters, 

MerapowLarKs,—Like the flicker, the meadowlark 
(Sturnella magna) is considered game by many persons, 
mainly. on account of the character of its meat, which in 
some respects resembles that of quail. A few States pro- 
vide an open season for lark shooting, as follows: Mis- 


_ sissippi, Sept. 15 to March 1; Missouri, Aug. 1 to Jan. 1; 
North Carolina, Oct. 15 to April 1; British Columbia, 
Sept. 1 to March 1; Georgia apparently allows the bird 


Its importance to sportsmen. 


to be killed at any season, 
Pro- 


is small in comparison with its. value to farmers. 


fessor Beal in speaking of its food habits says: “It is one 


of the most useful allies to agriculture, standing almost 
without a peer as a destroyer of noxious insects. * * * 


Tn summing up the record of the meadowlark, two points 


should be especially noted: (1) The bird is most em- 
phatically an insect eater, evidently preferring insects 
above all other food; and (2) in default of its favorite 
food it can subsist on a vegetable diet.” 

Professon Beal made an examination of 238 stomachs, 
and reported that the contents comprised about 27 per 
cent. yegetable matter and 73 per cent. animal matter, In 
other words, nearly three-fourths of the food of the 
meadowlark for the year, including the winter months, 
consists of insects. The vegetable food comprises mainly 
seeds of weeds, grasses and a little grain, but the grain, 
chiefly corn, amounted to only 14 per cent. No sprouting 
corn was found in any stomach, and no grain of any kind 
was found in stomachs taken in summer; the largest quan- 
tity was eaten in January, when other food was scarce. 
Among the insects taken at varios times during the year, 
grasshoppers. locusts and crickets are by far the most 
important, since they averaged 29 per cent. of the food. 
Of the 238 stomachs examined, 178 contained grass- 
hoppers, and 37 of these insects were found in a single 
In August stomachs they constituted 69 per 
cent. of the food.” Beetles, which stand next in importance’ 
to grasshoppers, included chiefly May beetles (Scara- 
beide), snout-beetles or weevils (Rhyncophora), and 
leaf-beetles (Chrysomelide). Caterpillars formed an im: 


- sss = = = ae 


, Jury 7, 1900.) 


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portant element of the food, and ants a small, but fairly 
‘constant item, about 3 per cent. for the year. 

Brackeirps.—In the District of Columbia red-winged, 
or marsh, blackbird (Agelaius phenicvus) are treated as 
game birds and an open season for shooting them is set 

apart. The argument is made that on account of the 
damage they do to grainfields, particularly in the spring 
and autumn, blackbirds may be kept from becoming too 
abundant by treating them as game. But it may well be 
questioned whether this would reduce their numbers as 
effectually as if they were excluded entirely from pro- 
tection in localities where they are injurious. Game birds 
are necessarily protected for a longer or shorter time 
during the breeding season, while species excepted from 
protection may be killed at any season. A full account 
of the food habits of the various blackbirds may be found 
in Bulletin No. 13 of the Biological Survey. 

Ropins.—In some sections of the South, particularly in 
New Orleans, all kinds of small birds, even thrushes, are 
considered legitimate game, and are offered for sale in 
the markets. According to Prof. H. Nehrling, “one main 
cause of the fearful decrease of oi small migratory birds 
must be looked for in our Southern States. There, mil- 
lions of all kinds of birds, are killed to satisfy the palate 
of the. gourmand. * * * There is scarcely a hotel in 
New Orleans where small birds do not form an item on 
the bill of fare. At certain seasons the robin, wood 
thrush, thrasher, olive-backed thrush, hermit thrush, che- 
wink, flicker and many of our beautiful sparrows form the 


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bulk of these victims; but catbirds, cardinals and almost 
all small birds, even swallows, can be found in the 
|markets.” Mr. Andrew Allison, of New Orleans, gives 
similar testimony: “In the fall migrations, when all the 
/migrants are literal butterballs, appalling numbers of cat- 
birds, wood thrushes, rey-eyed vireos, king birds, tanagers 
and in fact any easily shot birds are killed * * * fear 
the coast towns. Wood thrushes and catbirds are more 
persecuted than any other, under the name of grasse, and 
many are sent to the markets here in September and 
October.” 

Robins (Merula migratoria) are perhaps more generally 
killed than any of the other thrushes, and in some States 
their killing is legalized at certain seasons—for example, 
in North Carolina, from Oct. 15 to April r. A few years 
ago large numbers of robins were shipped to-the markets 
of Washington, D. C., from various points in Virginia and 
North Carolina. In the spring of 1897 no less than 2.700 
Were received in one lot. These birds were Idlled near 
roosts just before the northward migration set in; for- 
tunately their sale could be stopped in the District of 
Columbia, but their killing at this season was lawful in 
North Carolina. 

It seems hardly necessary to call attention to the in- 
sectivorous habits of robins; but a few details may add 
emphasis. In an examination of 330 stomachs, 42 per cent. 
of the food was found to consist of animal matter, chiefly 
insects, while the remainder was made up largely of 
small fruits or berries. Grasshoppers, caterpillars and 
Beetles composed the principal part of the insect food, 
grasshoppers forming nearly 30 per cent. of the total food 
in the month of August. The vegetable element, 58 per 
cent., was largely composed of wild fruits, which had been 
eaten in nearly evety month. Cultivated fruit was found 
in small amounts. chiefly in stomachs collected in June and 
July, but the depredations of the birds seemed to be 
confined mainly to smaller and earlier fruits, and as Pro- 
fessor Beal has shown, the damage thus done may be 
obviated by planting wild fruits, which the birds prefer 
to cultivated varieties. 


There is a rule in the Gazette office to shut up shop on 
holidays. The paper is very thin on Memorial Day, 
Fourth of July, Christmas and Thanksgiving. If the sub- 
seribers don’t like it they can just naturally lump it, and 
if that is hard, they can stop it. When the owner of the 
Gazette was working on a salary for other men, he swore 
a mighty oath that the holidays of his employees should 
9€ Tespected—Emporia (Kan.) Gazette. 

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FOREST AND STREAM: 


Two Weeks in the Maine Woods, 


Our patty consisted of four. This being our second 
season in the woods together, we have organized ourselves 
into a club, which we call the “Big Indian Gun Club,” 
taken from the location of our camp in the fall of °o8, 
which was on Big Indian Pond. We left civilization the 
morning of Nov. 8, and met at White River Junction, 
Vt. Hrom there we went to Lenoxville, P, O., where we 
took the Canadian Pacific R. R. through to Lowelltown, 
Me., leaving the train at Skinner’s Station, where we 
arrived about 2:30 A. M. Nov. 9 with Mr. Frink and 
party from Montpelier, Vt., who were out for a two 
weeks’ hunt. Mr. Skinner was soon up and arranging 
sleeping accommodations for us. We got a few hours’ 
rest, and after haying breakfast at Hotel De Skinner 
finished oir plans for getting into camp, which we decided 
to make at a logging catnp on Dead Stream, about two 
and a haif miles from Skinner’s Station. I was left at the 
station 10 gct our provisions together. Mr. Skinner 
has a store here well stocked with evetything one could 
wish for. A post office has recently been established here 
and is located in one corner of the store. -The rest of the 
party started for camp with a part of our outfit, and were 
coming back for dinner, when we were all to go in for 


good, 
After I had all our provisions together, had mailed a 
letter home, and everything was ready for camp, I had 


PHOTOGRAPHS OF WILD DEER. 
By Mr. Geo, Dan, Seib, From “Woodcraft Magazine,” 


one hour before dinner. I loaded my Winchester and 
started out for a walk. I had not been out over thirty 
minutes, and was not over half a mile from the store on 
a branch of the Moose River, when I shot my first buck. 
I bled him, and as I did not have any hatchet with me I 
decided to let him lie and wait until the boys came back 
before hanging him up, and get points from Joe, who, 
by the way, was our guide, and one of the best hunters 
in the Maine woods. I had considerable sport “jollying” 
them, and got them in nearly to where the deer lay before 
telling them I had shot one. They had sport with me 
later to pay for this. After dressing and hanging up 
the buck under Joe’s directions, we went to the mill and 
got our dinner; then started for camp, where we arrived 
just before dusk. 

The next day it rained nearly all-day. We passed the 
time gathering wood and repairing camp. Two of the 

oys went out and brought in two partridges, which, 
with the heart and liver of the buck, which we brought 
in with us, made quite an addition to our bill of fare. 
They also reported a big buck with a fine pair of antlers 
as the result of the afternoon’s hunt. This big buck, 
however, proved to be the smallest buck fawn, but I did 
not discover the joke until after I had made a trip out to 
the mill and told them all about the big buck we had 
hung up in the woods. This was to pay for my fin with 
them a fey days before. We had no snow until Sunday, 
Nov. 12, when it snowed all day. The hunting was good 
after that. 

George and myself started ott one morning for a day’s 
hunt in ihe burnt land. We separated, and soon aiter I 
saw a buck about 125 yards from me walking slowly. 
He stopped a moment near an old top. I fired, and he 
started on the run in the direction of a swamp, and I 
aiter him. I had not followed far, when I saw a drop of 
ple I shouted to George to come on; then the chase 

egan. 

I came up to him once, and had just time to give him a 
parting shot as he went over the brow of a hill. He had 
been lying down, but we did not give him a chance to do 
so again. We were now well warmed up, and pressed 
him hard. He soon knew we were on his trail, and 
began playing fox with us through the swamps and lily- 
wags, He would jump off to one side, and then come back 
again and circle around us, and do his best to throw us 
aft the trail. We kept this up as late as we dared to, then 
held a council of war to determine where we were. The 
signs of blood had disappeared, so we decided he was 
not wounded seriously, but we would take up the trail 
in the morning and follow him up. We had not much 


ye 


ae 


idea where we were, but started in the direction that we 
thought camp was, and soon were on familiar ground and 
not tar from where we had started on his trail. If it had 
all been in a straight course we would have been obliged 
to lay out that night. 

We took the trail the next morning, and followed it 
until nearly noon, when we lett it on the edge of the burnt 
land, where he had tound another, deer and gone off in 
company. We hung up one more this day. It is needless 
to say that we were enjoying every moment of our outing. 
We had some hard tramps, but generally we found the 
days not long enough. , 

A Frenchman came into our camp one day bewailing 
his misfortune, It seems he was employed by the rail- 
road company; had obtained permission to be off duty 
for the day, and had borrowed an old gun and started 
out in expectation of taking home a deer for family use. 
He said, “I met with one big misfortune, too bad, too 
bad!” Joe was alone in camp, and he thought the man 
had shot some one, and asked him what was the trouble. 
“Oh, he big fellow; awful big one—too bad. I loose him. 
Don’t see how I could miss him; very bad misfortune,” 
and so on. Joe went out with him, and found the tracks 
of a doe and a big buck close by the camp. The French- 
man had shot at them both and missed; no signs of blood 
could be found. He had an old gun, which had not been 
shot for a long time; it would have been a chance shot if 
he had brought one of them down, This was a case that 
is often repeated of parties going into the woods with 


pe TO 


strange guns, and oftentimes with the sights out of order. 
We had five hung up the first week, and during the 
second week we spent more time exploring the country 
and gathering gum. Two weeks of camp life in these 
woods is worth more than the services of a physician for 
a whole year. We dread to think of the day when our 
time is up and we have to break camp and start’ for home. 
We have all the partridges we can eat. They sit still just 
long enough to lose their heads by a rifle ball. There 
are some mink and otter around us. Joe is making figure 
4 traps for them. A white weasel has been holding high 
carnival in our camp: he carries off our meat and any- 
thing he can get hold of, and keeps us. awake nights 
chasing the little deer mice over the camp. He got out 
of aur trap twice, and finally George got a bead on him 
with the shotgun outside of camp. We now have iis 
pelt for a souvenir. A ted squirrel got into the cabin 
one morning. We were all suddenly awakened by is 
trill. On opening our eyes, there he was on the opposite 
side of the camp clinging to a log looking at us, as much 
as to say. “It is time you were up.” ; 
Our time was gtowing rapidly short. Monday morning 
we broke camp. Saturday we brought in our largest 


buck, which had been hung up about two miles from camp. 


We strapped hini to a pole and carried him out of the 
burnt land; then we tied a long rope to his horns; and 
one with the rope over his shoulders and under the arms 
acted as leader, while two more took hold of the horns— 
one on each side, In this manner we dragged him to 
camp over the snow. We had seven deer at this time. 
ene mote would give us two apiece, all the law allows; 
but it looked doubtiul if we would get it. However, there 
were five hours left before dark, and we might get a shot 
on our way out Monday morning. Saturday at 8:30 P. 
M. we had all been hunting hard since noon except Joe, 
who stayed in camp until late, when a feeling suddenly 
came over him that if he went out he could shoot a deer. 
He took his rifle down and started, and in a short time 
brought down the finest buck we have seen since coming 
into the woods. It would weigh nearly 200 lbs. I came 
into camp soon after Joe had started out. In about thirty 
minutes I heard some one coming, and then, George 
shouted, “Hurry, and come out here; man hurt!” I 
started, thoroughly frightened, thinking some one was 
injiired. It was growing quite dark, but I could see 
them coming dragging something between them, which 
proved to be Joe’s big buck. Now we had as fine a string 
of game as you often see. 

The next day found us on our journey home. The 
Big Indian Gun Club voted a first-class outing at Camp 


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W. F. Hunt and all promised to meet again next fall 
if possible for a two weeks’ hunt in the Maine woods. 


Fircupurc, Mass, 


Famine in the Forest. 


Frou the Asian, 


THE present famine in India has a great effect, not only 
upon the human inhabitants of the country and their 
domestic animals, but to a large extent also upon the 
wild beasts and birds that inhabit the forests, hills and 
plains. To the casual observer this is not perhaps so 
apparent as 1s human suffering. The starving natives, 
with hollow fleshless cheeks and protruding hones, over 
which the dusky skin is tightly stretched, obtrude them- 
selyes upon our notice, and may be seen everywhere in 
some parts of the country. The human remains lying by 
the wayside, at times in the shape of a skeleton with 
scattered bones picked clean by the yultures and jackals, 
with the wretched rags that once clothed the living being 
strewn around it, thrust themselves into notice, an un- 
mistakable evidence of famine, like a ghastly warning of 
the hand of fate. The cattle, mere skins full of bones, 
whose sharp points and edges are bursting through their 
scanty covering, can be seen dragging themselves about 
in the vain search for fodder and water, or gasping out 
their last breath in the pitiless burning sunshine in the 
fields that now bear the appearance of a shadeless desert. 
To them, moreover, comes relief, and man can draw water 
froin the wells for himself and his belongings. 

Hut the misery and sufferings of the wild creatures, 
their vain search for food, and their unsatisfied craving 
for water, are as a rule hidden from human ob- 
servation; for wild life is given to concealment, and 
suffers and dies in hidden places, even though it may issue 
forth more often into the light of day in time of trouble, 
when driven by stress of famine or thirst to forgetfulness 
of its natural dread of man. 

But to the sportsman the effect of the dearth of food and 
water upon the fauna of the country is very obvious, and 
its signs are everywhere visible. He marks the growing 
seatcity of game, and its absence from its usual haunts: 
He observes the unwonted assemblage of wild creatures in 
close proximity to human habitations, where there still 
remains in some of the wells that water which is now al- 
most entirely absent from the surface of the earth, Here, 
at least, the gasping birds anid beasts may chance upon a 
little water, be it only in a cattle trough dug out of a 
hollowed tree trunk, or in a narrow irrigation channel that 
runs from the well, whence it is drawn by patient laborious 
bullocks into the green ricefields or millet crops which 
are now but seldom seen. 

Around such places the wild inhabitants of the fields 
and the jungles collect at morning and evening to quench 
their thirst, At night the prowling panther visits such 
spots, where he may find a victim from among the herd of 
gazelles which troop down during the hours of darkness 


irom the neighboring stony “hill, or perhaps may pick — 


up a stray goat or dog belonging to the hamlet, or a calf 
that is perishing of want. All that passes during the 
nights, all the comings and goings of the beasts of the 
fields, may be read from the book of nature that lies 
open to the observant eye. There is a beaten track of 
many dainty little pointed feet—the marks of the gazelle 
and the larger spoor oi the antelope. The pugs of the 
panther may be looked for upon any of the paths that ap- 
proach the trough or channel of water. All animals prefer 
to keep to a beaten track, and their wanderings are thus 
more easily followed. The porcupines, most nocturnal of 
creatures, have come down from their cave dwellings in 
the banks of the dry ravines and in the hillsides, and one 
has dropped a quill on the margin of the tiny rivulet. 
Jackals, wildcats, foxes, hares, peafowl, partridges—all 
these and many others have been-down to the life-giving 
fluid, and have left unmistakable impress of their presence 
At one point the panther has crouched, and crept toward 
some animal, stalking his prey. Then he has made a 
tush, but his victim has escaped him. There is such a 
mingling of footmarks here that it is impossible to tell 
what was the spotted one’s quarry, only a buck gazelle 
has galloped off from the place, and may have been the 
object of the chase. All this—and much else—can be 
read upon the dusty path, and on the surface of the 
. soft earth of the field that lies crumbled into powder under 
the heat of the sun. 

“T was out hunting a few days ago, and evidences of 
famine were plainly visible on every side,’ writes a corre- 
spondent. “We passed a human skeleton, evidently but 
lately dead, picked clean by foul beasts during the night 
that was just over, and now lying grim and ghastly in the 
light of the rising sun. A small pool of water, the only 
one in all that arid desert, lay in an adjacent nullah, to- 
ward which the bony arms were stretched as though in 
mute appeal. A wretched rag that had formed the cloth- 
ing of this image of God lay beside the sad remains. 
The wayfarer’s staff was lying near. Perhaps his totter- 
ing steps had failed at the margin of the water, for which 
he was making. Who can tell? There he had gasped 
out his life. The eyes that once glowed in those now 
empty sockets had been plucked out by the vultures. 
The heart that once beat beneath those gleaming ribs had 
been torn out and rent by jackals which had stolen away 
from the scene of the tragedy at the dawn of day. 

“Turther on a fox was seen and chased, and soon caught 
by the greyhounds. The poor little creature could not 
run far; he was too exhausted by famine, and soon gave 
in. It is noticeable that the foxes seem to be suffering 
severely; many have been found dead, and those that we 
have chased are so enfeebled that there is little sport in 
hunting them. A hare that sprang from his form be- 
neath a bush gave better sport, and | was glad to see him 
escape from his pursuers after a long run, which finished 
the morning’s hunt. The hares seem reduced in numbers, 
while ihe cover now is so scarce and scanty that when 
shooting it is difficult to get a shot at them, for they see 
one coming and generally get up a long way off. They 
also must find it hard to obtain food and drink, while 
the little cover that still remains offers them scarcely 
any protection from birds and beasts of prev. Only the 
other day one was heard crying like a child in a com- 
pound in the station, and was found to have been attacked 
by a large hawk which had torn open its side. The hawk 


_FOREST AND STREAM. 


flew away on being approached, and the poor wounded 
little beast ran off, but was caught and put out of its 
musery by a fox.terrier. Many must fall an easy prey in a 
similar manner to the kites and falcons that infest the 
country,” 

The little bush quail seem to haye entirely disappeared. 
During the earlier part of the year, when the water famine 
was only beginning to make its advent, these little brown 
birds could constantly be seen congregating under water 
pipes and at the issues of bath rooms, and about the 
bungalows, where some of them were frequently found 
dead, Perhaps they are more delicate than other birds, 
and suffer more from want of food and water; for none 
have been yisible for many weeks, and it is feared that 
they must nearly all have perished.. The peafowl, too, 
must suffer greatly. They above all land birds require a 
plentiful supply of water, and are never found in local- 
ities where it is absent. Now it may be observed that 
these generally somewhat shy birds have in many places 
taken up their abode near villages, where they can ob- 
tain water from the wells, and from the troughs placed for 
the few surviving cattle. They seem less wary than 
ustial, and may be seen picking up a precarious livelihood 
in the vicinity of the villages soon after dawn and in 
the evenings. The drought and scarcity will also greatly 
affect breeding operations among birds, which are going 
on from February all through the hot weather, and doubt- 
less many eggs will be destroyed by and many young 
ones fall victims to predaceous creatures. 

Of the larger animals that inhabit the great forests, we 
cannot at present speak, but shall be in a position to do 
so later on. We have heard that wild pigs in some parts 
of the country have become so bold that, driven by hunger, 
they enter the cultivated inclosures in the precincts 


of villages in search of food and water, where they have 


attacked and in some cases killed people who have tried 
to drive them off. Will there be a general exodus of wild 
beasts from their native wilds? Will tigers wander over 
the country, seeking whom they may devour? Doubtless 
many strange and unwonted sights will be visible in the 
vicinity and in the haunts of the denizens of the jungle. 
The deer will assemble in the neighborhood of water, and 
will there fall victims both to man and to beasts of prey, 
for Kipling’s “Jungle Law” does not exist outside story 
books. The great carnivora cannot live far from water, 
and will follow the deer, and so will be easily brought 
to bag by sportsmen who will find them confined ta 
limited tracts in the vicinity of water. 


In fact, it is to be feared that game of all kinds will 


suffer severely during the present year; the famine and 
drought are as yet at an early stage, and will in all 
probability produce a considerable diminution among the 
fauna of the country. There are still some of the worst 
weeks before us, and their effect will be great, for the sun 
will become more blistering and pitiless than ever, while 
water and food will become scarcer as time goes on. It 
can only be hoped that sportsmen will be merciful, and 
will not slaughter a large quantity of game, but will con- 
tent themselves with shooting a reasonable number of ani- 
mals as long as there is famine in the land. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


SS 


Warning Posters. 


Acting with the officers of the Illinois. Audubon So- 
ciety, State Game Commissioner Loveday has sent out to 


‘the postmasters of this State a large wall poster, in which 


the laws of the State regarding the killing of game and 
song birds are printed in: plain type, so that all who care 
may post themselves thoroughly in regard to the terms 
of the law. 


The Appalachian National Park Association. 


Dr. C. P. Ambler, secretary of the Appalachian Na-~ 


tional Park. Association, writes entertainingly regarding 
the progress of the movement for the establishment of the 
Appalachion National Park, which has been mentioned at 
different times in these columns. It is very pleasant to 
record sticcess in this moyement, and this success must 
be a matter of much congratulation to the gentlemen im- 
terested. The appointment ot the Commission is no 
doubt equivalent to the securing of the park, and we of the 
Northwest wish only that we were as far along with our 
own park measure. Dr. Ambler writes: 

“The promoters of the Appalachian National Park 
have been in the field now something over a year. That 
their work has been well done, that energy and push 
have been applied to the same is now apparent from the 
fact that the bill which they had introduced at the hands 
of Senator Pritchard has passed the last session of Con- 
egress and becomes a law on July 1 next. 

“The bill as presented by the Appalachian National 
Park Association was for an appropriation “not to ex- 
ceed $5,000, in the discretion.of the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, to be used to investigate the forest conditions in the 
Southern Appalachian Mountain region of western North 
Carolina and adjacent States.” The cominission will be 
appointed by the President, and it is expected that this 
commission will make a report to the next session of 
Congress. : 

“While we syinpathize with the promoters of the Min- 
nesota National Park in not obtaining recognition at this 
session of Congress, we nevertheless congratulate them 
upon the fact that the timber which they are now trying 
to protect is situated on Indian lands, and that the Com- 
missioner of Indian Affairs has given them assurance that 
no further cutting of timber would be allowed until the 
Minnesota Park gtestion was settled by Congress. In 
our western North Carolina mountains the case is en- 
tirely different. Here we have probably the largest and 
finest standing growth of hardwood timber of any place 
on the Western Continent. It is nothing uncommon to 
find stretches of unbroken standing forest for twenty or 
thirty miles without sign of habitation. During the past 
five years the largest Jumber corporations in the country 
have been securing control of different tracts in this 
section, while many local lumber operators are pushing 
their saw mills deeper in the unbroken wilderness. b 

“Some of the largest tanneries in the country have béen 
built along the line of the Western North Carolina Rail- 
road during the past three years, and they have to-day 


notices posted all over our mountain section, “100,000 | 


[uty 9, 1900, 


cords of tan bark wanted.’ For this tan bark they are 
paying from $4 to. $6 per cord, with the result that every) 
small land owner who has a piece of woodland is tempteg 
to cut the same and sell the bark, even if he has to allow 
the logs to lie on the ground and rot. We have no public 
lands, with the exception of the Cherokee Indian Reservas 
tion in western North Carolina, and if anything is to be 
done to stop the wholesale destruction and devastatior 
which is to-day going on, we must be up and doing. We 
must not wait for the establishment of the Minnesotd 
Park; we must not wait for our neighbors to assist us! 
we must not look to friends; we must put our shoulders tc 
the wheel on our own account, and wishing all succes: 
to any man or association to-day attempting to preservé 
the forests of America we intend to go on as we hava 
commenced. 

“We appreciate the necessity of the Minnesota Park) 
as the destruction of our own forests tells us what mus) 
be going on there, but they should not, while trying t 
preserve their own, either expect or ask us ta desist ir 
trying to save what is dear and near to us. ‘There i 
to-day a feeling in the minds of the public toward thd 
preservation of our forests, and surely if this enthusiasm) 
which has now been aroused, can be kept up, what is good 
tor the one will be good for the other, It will taka 
work, it will take work, and plenty of work—yes, mort 
work than any one realizes—to see either the Minnesoté 
National Park or the Appalachian National Park estab 
lished. So let us keep at it. It is energy which has wo 
for us thus far, and it is energy and push, and everlasting 
energy and push only, which will win in the end.” 


Wonderland. c 


Mr. Olin D, Wheeler, of the Northern Pacific Railwa 
each year writes a book, which is handsomely produces 
under the name of “Wonderland,” and which is devoted 
to the region traversed by the Northern Pacific Railroad 
These books go beyond the customary grade of railroad 
advertising, and they are entitled to be called good litera 
ture. “Wonderland” for 1900 is the ablest and most beau 
tiful of his productions which Mr. Wheeler has brough 
out, and it is as worthy of review as any book on western 
topics of the year. It is prefaced by a full page in colors 
reproducing one of C. M. Russell’s paintings callec 
“Lewis and Clark meeting the Mandan Indians.” Thecolo; 
work is beautiful, as are the hundreds of good engraving: 
and the unique covers, engraved from clay modeled work 

Tt is. however, the text of Mr. Wheeler’s book whic 
deserves especially complimentary mention. He takes 114 
the story of that wonderful transcontinental journey o 
Lewis and Clark, and tells the story of the Lonisiand 
Purchase, in style so fascinating that his book is one har 
to lay down when one has once begun to read it. Thi 
text of this story is accompanied with complete maps, o 
which the trail of this Homeric expedition is marked ou| 
from stage to stage, so that one may mentally reproducd 


_ the whole oi the journey from St. Louis to the mouth o 


the Columbia. There is much profit in following out thi 
trail—or at least there was in my own case. for I foun 
that I really knew very little about how the explorer; 
got across the Continental Divide. I did not know or ha¢ 
forgotten that they had to back out from their attempt t 
go down the Salmon River, and that then they had to g¢ 
north into the Bitter Root Valley. They then finally 
went across the famuus Lolo trail over the Bitter Roo: 
Mountains. It is a pleasure to trace out these historic 
points on the map, and to check them up with point 
where one himself has been in the West. Thus I find tha 
on the return voyage of Lewis and Clark, after the separa 
tion of the two leaders, and while Lewis was far north o 
the Yellowstone, he and his little party had the only 
trouble with the Indians which was met in their whol 
trip. These were Blackfeet, and it was up in the Blacle 
foot country, near the Two Medicine River and the Cu 
Bank Creek, where they had the fight in which two Black 
feet were killed. The white men made a run of 100 mile 
the next day. I had read this before and forgotten it, bull 
when I reflect that the Two Medicine and the Cut Bank 
were streams which Mr. McChesney and I discovered fo, 
curselves only a little while ago, the exploit of Capt) 
Lewis, nearly a hundred years ago, gains added imterest 
There have been some changes up in that country sincik 
then, but those changes are slighter and less to be noticer 
than those in this part of the country, where the white 
men have changed the whole face of the earth. There are 
still bears and sheep in the Two Medicine and Cut Bank 
country; the Bitter Roots are still as high and ragged 
the Three Forks of the Missouri still as wild and beautt, 
iul as they were 100 years ago. Over all this wonderiu| 
and jiascinating Rocky Mountain region, this wonder: 
land of America, there hangs still the veil of mystery 
from under which beckons the compelling hand of : 
romantic iascination, May it be many a year before this 
region ceases to interest us and ceases to be a real land 
of wonders. E. Hoven | 
Hartrorp Burtpine, Chicago, Ill. 


How the Mountain Lion Carries Game. 


George F, Newton has solved a mystery—one that has puzzlec 
him during all the many years he has been a dweller in the 
wildest districts of the Rock Mountains. He made this announce 
ment to Deputy Game Commissioner Holland yesterday. Mr 
Newton is superintendent of Glen Beulah Park, 4 game preserve o| 
800 acres, situated in Mesa county, about eighteen miles northwes! 
of De Beque, which is leased from the State by the Glen Beulak 
Park Association, in which are several Denver sportsmen. | _ 

“For years I have been bothered to know how a mountain lior! 
carried the carcass of a deer after it had killed its prey. But 
learned all about it just a day or two before 1 left home. I hac 
been up on the trail leading to the flat tops; you know the trail 
Holland. When I was up near Rim Rock, near the end of ou 
fence, I saw a mountain lion in the trail m front of me, and wha 
do you think? The lion was carrying a fine young buck slung ove 
his shoulders. He held to the back of the deer with his jaws, 
turning his head to one side, like that.” Mr, Newton turned hig 
own head in imitation of the attitude of the lion. . ; 

“As he trotted along the feet of the deer treaked in the snow! 
forming the queer tracks that have so long puzzled me. I knew 
always what the tracks were, but I could neyer make out how the 
deer was carried so that more of it did not trail on the ground 
When the lion caught sight of me it dropped the deer and sluntt 
off inte the sage brush—they are cowardly whelps, _ 

“During last summer I discovered no less than thirty carcasses 
of deer that had been killed by lions and bears. These brutes 
have a way of getting into the park that would surprise you. The 
south end of the park, you know, is fenced purposely to keep them 
out, and they can’t get im over _the flat tops, where the granite 
walls are precipitate for 50 to 75 feet in places. But the wove 
wire fence was built through a thickly wooded part, and in places! 
large frees were inken advantave of as posts. é lious and bears! 
climb one side of the tree until they are above the fence, then let 
themselves dowm on the other side."—Denver Republicon. ' 


i 


Jury 7, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


9 


Qamp-Sire Hlickerings, 


Old Style 
Forest and Stream, Vol. I., No, 1, Aug, 14, 1873. 


INFANT Tyro—“Father, they say fish bite pretty well 
now. 7 ; 

PARENTAL Boss Copster—‘Umph! Umph! You stick 
to yout work and they won't bite you.” 


New Style. 
Forest and Streant, Vol LV., No, 1, Fuly 7, x990. 


INFANT Tyro—‘Father, they say fish bite pretty well 
now.” 

SympArHetic DAp—“Good! Sonny. Let's take a day 
off and get some.” 


What Might Have Been. 


A LETTER from Anglesea, N. J., this week, telling of a 
great run of fish, and promise of snipe and rail in plenty, 
reminds me of a boyish experience while snipe shooting 
on Seven-Mile Beach, across the inlet from Anglesea. 
We started out in the Emily G. for a try at the bluefish 
at the mouth of the inlet. Mal de mer being always in 
order witi me, the rest of the party was prevatied upon 
to drop me on the point of the beach near the ocean front. 
1 had my little r4-bore, with some charges of No. 4s— 
_ rather large for the work, but effective. After walking a 

few rods a good flock of plover showed up, skating 
around in the sandhills at the risegof the beach. I got 
up within 40 vards, and there being no other cover close 
enough to the flock I cautiously rose for a pot shot. 
Before I could pull the trigger the whole flock got up 
and sailed off to the vain salute of two charges of No. 4s. 
As I shot, to my surprise right off in the direction of my 
second barrel, about too yards, there loomed the figure 
Gtaman. As he caught sight of me he started toward me 
limping painfully. When he got to a point about 70 
yards irom where I was standing he raised his gun and 
fired point blank in my direction. I instinctively raised 
my arm to protect my eyes. It flashed oyer my mind that 
some of my No. 4s had winged him and he was going to 
pay me back. I slipped two more shells in the gun and 
waited. He limped up till he was about 50 yards distant, 
raised his gun, took deliberate aim and fired one barrel, 
then the other. I covered my face as before. Still, to my 
surprise, no shot struck me. J] raised my gun part way 
to my shculder, resolving to fire the next time he fired. 
He reloaded his gun and walked up to a point where the 
beached combed almost perpendicularly and picked up 
a yellowles snipe that I had winged. He was slightly 
lame. He had teen chasing it along the combing, and 
my imagination had done the rest. He gaye me the 
snipe, aud when I told him of his narrow escape he 
laughed heartily. 

It was a laughing matter. still there was an element of 
seriousness in the whole thing which almost forbids the 
mentioning of it. Had he not killed the snipe at that 
last shot and had raised his gun again I surely would 
have fired, and No. 4s at 40 yards—vwell, well, let it go 
at that. C. G. BLANDForD. 


Back of the Score.§ 


THE members had been doing a lot of figuring on the 
cost of loading shells, but how to save anything on the 
dealer's price or beat the combine was still on unsolved 
problem. Last Saturday the chief mathematician came 
to the grounds with an extra cheerful smile. 

“T’ve got it, boys! I can load shells for 25 per cent. 
less than we have been paying.” 

“Good for you! Howe” from all the crowd. 

“Leave out the powder?’ 


=i sakes 


Jos. 


New Publications. 


_ Our Native Trees anp How to IpENTIFY THEM. A popu- 
lar study of their habits and their peculiarities. By 
Harriet L. Keeler. With 178 illustrations from 
photographs, and with 162 illustrations from draw- 
ings. New York; Charles Scribner’s Sons. Price, $2. 

The field covered includes all the trees indigenotts to the 
region extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky 
Mountains, and from Canada to the northern boundaries 
of the Southern States. 

The method employed with each tree is to an explana- 
tion of the meaning of its name, a description of general 
appearance of the tree, and the nature of the places 
where found, a detailed description of bark, wood, winter 
buds, leaves, flower and fruit; and then a chatty paragraph 
or page or two of its peculiarities of grawth, its uses 
and whateyer of poetry, romance or folk-lore may attach 
to it. In a word, the treatment of each individual tree is 
such as to give one an adequate knowledge of it and to 
awaken and stimulate an interest in it. A copy of “Our 
Native Trees” should be in the camp outfit of every outer 
who goes to the woods, 

The text in each case is supplemented with an admirable 
half-tone illustration direct from a nhotegranh of the 
leaf, or the leaf and fruit. This gives identification almost 
as ready and certain as if the actual pressed leaf were 
laid in the book, 


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Sea and River ishing. 


Fixtures. 


Gat 18, 19, 20.—Meeting of the American Fisheries Society at 
oods Holl, Mass. 


Cruising and Fishing in Florida. 


“Come, Parson, get yout traps ready and let us be off 
while the wind is favorable.” The speaker had organized 
a little fishing trip for a visiting friend, and at the last 
moment had decided to take the preacher along as “mas- 
cot.’ The preacher was not only a very enthusiastic 
fisherman, but was really a jovial, good fellow on an out- 
ing, very handy about camp, and whose usual explana- 
tion for his lack of success in fishing had grown into a 
stereotyped phrase, ‘Oh, I only fish for big fish!” 

At last the hurry and scurry of getting things ready 
Was over, and three men seated themselves in a boat. 
The day was one of Florida’s perfect ones, the air like 
elixir, the sunshine dazzling, and the breeze just right to 
carry the little craft lightly over Tohopekeliga’s spar- 
kling waters, the objective point being the fishing ground 
of the strawberry bass in Lake Cypress, about twenty-five 
miles south. Neither the preacher nor the visitor was 
accustomed to boating, and if ever two men were afraid 
of water these two were. On the broad expanse of lake, 
as the breeze freshened and the whitecaps began to play, 
with an occasional spray dashing in their faces, they grew 
very nervous. The craft was small and heavily laden, 
leaving only a few inches of freeboard, and they fre- 
quently wished they were on solid land. Reaching the 
canal, they recovered their equilibrium, forgot that there 
ever was a Jonah or a whale, got ready their trolls and 
were soon pulling in fish from the waters of the canal, 
When the Parson pulled in a 6-pound bass, he laid aside 
the last vestige of his ministerial garb, and the excitement 
tan high. Once, as the eye of the preacher was in- 
tent on some ducks in the canal ahead of the boat, the 
sailor quietly gave the Parson’s line a severe jerk, when 
he was instantly transformed from a duck hunter to an 
energetic fisherman, as he pulled in his line with the re- 
mark, “Now I have the biggest fish in the canal.” His 
intent look soon relaxed, however. All along the canal 
fish took the trolls, until at last the Northern man, who 
had done litile talkng, but a great deal of fishing, hooked 
what proved to be a 11-pound beauty. As this superb fish 
broke the water 30 feet from the rear of the boat and with 
open mouth leaped into the air the Parson was for the 
moment vanquished, but soon insisted he would yet catch 
a larger one. On reaching the end of the canal the waves 
were busily lapping the near shore, vividly recalling the 
late experience in the other lake, and by a vote of 2 to 
I it was decided to camp for the night at this point. 

Soon the tent was pitched and supper ready, after which 
the Northern man went to fishing for “cats,” or horned 
trout, he chose to call them. As night approached the 
great flocks of ducks and coots in the shallow bays nearby 
kept 1p such a quacking and. splashing in the water that 
the Parson could scarcely sleep for thinking of the on- 
slaught he would make in the early morning, but, alas! 
with the coming of the dawn they were frightened away 
by the white tent. 

The morning opened calm and serene, which to the 
sailor had a very discouraging outlook, as it meant an 
ash breeze with a pair of 9-foot oars, but as he seated him- 
self to his task the placid look on the faces of ‘his friends 
was like balm to his tired arms as he bravely pulled 
toward the other shore.. Theit serene countenances soon 
took on a questioning look as the lake began to show 
tipples, and a good stiff breeze sprang up from dead 
ahead. The breeze increased to a hard blow, and a 
squall was imminent. The sailor really grew alarmed, as 
he well knew the treacherous nature of this shallow lake. 
The white faces of the two men, as they held on to the 
sides of the boat, appealed strongly to him, and the boat 
was turned on her starboard tack to the nearest shore. 
Running the boat aground, the sailor got out in the 
breakers and carried the two men ashore on his back. 

The two men, once more feeling the charms of safety, 
now walked around a distance of several miles to the 
fishing grounds, the sailor taking the boat across with 
sails under reef. At the mouth of a little creek a safe 
harbor was found for the boat and a grassy mound se- 
lected as a tent site. At this point the bed of the lake is 
ef muck and is visited at certain seasons by thousands of 
strawberry bass, or speckled perch, a beautiful fish, and 
when taking the hook affords good sport, some of them 
being quite gamy. In weight they vary from a half pound 
to a pound and a half. This fish runs in schools and bites 
eagerly at small minnows. : 

The fishing ground was already occupied by a man 
fishing for the market, which fact quickly eased the con- 
science of the Northern man, for he was now assured he 
could catch all the fish he wished without having to 
answer for the sin of ruthlessly destroying the fish. Soon 
the two boats, with a fisherman in the bow andastern of 
each, were carefully running around, searching for where 
the fish were “bedding.” When the favored spot was found 
the anchor was cast overboard, and the sport began. At 
the end of the hour the minnows were exhausted. and the 
party returned to camp with a good catch, which was 
turned over te the market-fisherman for shipment. In 
answer to the visitors’ query regarding the bedding, the 
man said that it is the habit of these fish to bite furiously 
in, one spot, while probably not two feet away in the same 
depth and with the same kind of lake boitom not a fish 
would strike the hook. This same characteristic of the 
fish the Northern man tested the next morning, to his 
entire satisfaction. After finishing supper and enjoying 
the pipes the Parson remarked he now thought he would 
catch a big trout he had seen striking near some lily- 
pads a short distance away, and speaking of fishing re- 
minded the visitor that he, too, might catch a few “cats” 
for a change, which the sailor assured him was the best 
fish that swims, as he would prove to Him the next 
morning for breakfast. The sailor, who was host of the 
_party, wishing to show that he had not lost all interest 
in the fishing, baited his hook with cut bait and threw it 
into the mouth of the creek, with the pole lying on the 
bank, while he sat down to read the last issue of. the 
ForEsT AND STREAM by the fading twilight. 


The Parson soon returned, disgusted, with a small trout 
in lieu of the “big one.” The voice of the cat fisherman 
was soon heard calling out that something was “carrying 
away one of the poles.’ By means of the boat the pole 
was secured, and to the joy of the sailor he found a 20- 
pound soft-shell turtle hooked. Tht moon rose late and 
the night was dark and cloudy. From across the lake 
came the deep bellowing of a large alligator, and the 
suggestion that the day’s sport might be completed by the 
capture of a “gator was quickly followed by prepara- 
tions for same. Armed with gun and bullseye lantern, 
the party were soon quietly paddling around the creek. 
The presence of two small red stars on the opposite bank 
was quickly followed by a report from the shotgun and a 
floundering in the Water was proof that the ‘gator hail 
been hit. He was quickly headed for, and while only a 
small alligator completely topped the day’s outing. 

The next morning dawned and fishing had all the en- 
ticement that could be wished. The host insisted upon 
remaining in camp in order that he might have time to 
serve up a Delmonico dinner, while the two men, armed , 
with a fresh bucket of minnows, with all the ardor of 
youth, started for the “strawberry beds.” “The eating is 
the best part of the trip.’”’ said the sailor to himself, as. he 
proceeded to take two round white muscles out of the 
*gator’s tail, just back of his hind legs, smiling to him- 
self as he pictured the zsthetic Northern friend, as well 
as the preacher, dining on ‘gator steak, catfish tails, turtle 
soup and broiled “strawberries.” The fishermen re- 
turned well bronzed, tired of the sameness of fishing 
and with a couple hundred fish to their credit. They were 
ready for ditmer. which they ate, praising the various 
dishes, all unconscious of the one Florida dish—alligator 
steak—which, on learning later its true name, threatened 
to cause a disruption of the whole. 

The fish had bitten so rapidly and constantly that but 
for the thought of returning home over the treacherous 
lakes the party would have been ready to start home that 
afternoon, but the memory of the down trip was still fresh 
and they decided to wait for the steamboat that would 
pass the island the latter part of the week, insisting they 
would walk home, a distance of about thirty miles, sooner 
than venture into the little boat on a large lake again. 
With provisions: growing short, a cold north wind blow- 
ing, surfeited for once with catching fish, the whistle of 
the Roseada was greeted with joy, and the party returned 
to live over again the pleasure and excitement of the 


_ trip, as they rehearsed it to friends at home, of which the 


foregoing is a faithful account. 
Minnie Moore-W1iitson. 


KisstmMEe. Fla, 


The Eyes and Vision of Fishes. 


BY R. J. PHILLIPS, 


Two hundred and forty years ago Izaak Walton, in his 
“Compleat Angler,” exciaimed: “Is it not an art to de- 
ceive a trout with an artificial fy? A trout that is more | 
sharp-sighted than any hawk you have named, and more 
watchful and timorous than your high mettled merlin is 
bold?” Seventy years ago Cuvier (“Histoire Naturelle 
des Poissons”) wrote: “From the general structure of 
fishes’ eyes, the almost complete sphericity of their lens, 
the immobility of their pupils, the difficulty of changing the 
length of axis, one cannot doubt that their vision is very 
imperfect. The images are painted confusedly on their 
retina and it is, in consequence, little probable that they 
are susceptible of having very distinct perceptions of the 
fotms of objects.” 

This clash of ancient opinions would not be worth 
quoting were it not that it illustrates very well the opposite 
views still held by the field observers on the one hand and 
the anatomists on the other, as to the vision possessed by 
fishes. The observers, in this case, are particularly the 
anglers, an intelligent body of men, whose proverbial 
patience has been sorely tried by the insinuation that their 
favorite game is a purblind creature, unable to detect the 
cheat ina clumsy lure. It would now be difficult, however, 
to find any outdoor naturalist who would deny that fishes 
have accurate sight at ordinary distances. Dr. C. C. Abott 
(“Waste Land Wanderings”) claims for sunfish vision 
and watchfulness almost as acute as Walton claimed for 
trout, and the whole body of observed facts tends to 
establish the claim of sharp sight for fishes in general. 
On the other hand, later anatomists, though they have 
pushed their researches along lines not open in Cuviet’s 
time, have only been able to confirm his conclusion that, in 
structure, the eyes of fishes are myopic, or ‘“near-sighted.” 
Plateau, who was the first to rationally experiment on 
this subject (“Sur la Vision des Poissons et des Am- 
phibies”) by placing a ground-glass window in the back 
of fish eyes and focusing objects thereon, was able to 
conclude that fish are highly myopic, and can see ac- 
curately but a few inches. 

Hirshberg first measured the refraction of the eyes of a 
living fish. He used the ordinary ophthalmoscope which 
the oculist uses in measuring the human eye, and found 
two pike which he examined to be slightly myopic in the 
water and highly myopic in the air. 

Ichthyological writers, whom one might expect to um- 
pire this question, have been unable to do more than 
present unsustained theories to account for the seeming 
contradiction of the known facts in the case. They know 
that there is in nature no development of an organ aside 
from the exercise of its function, and the eyes of fishes are 
highly developed. On the other hand, these writers are 
sufficiently allied to the anatomists to appreciate the force 
of the latter’s reasoning. It is clearly a case where new 
facts were wanted and these have at length been supplied. 

Dr. Theodor Beer has published (Archiven fuer 
Physiologie. November, 1804) the results of his stud es at 
the Naples Biological Station, on the eyes of living fishes, 
While they confirm the fact that fishes, contrary to all 
other vertebrates, have eyes which are naturally myonic, 
they demonstrate beyond doubt that these eyes are fur- 
nished with an apparatus, new to physiology, for over- 
coming the difierlty. Thus. both parties to our ancient 
controversy are shown to have heen right. The present 
writer has drawn ireely from Beer’s communication, and 
would, in fact. have nreferred giving a translation of it 
did its leneth and technical character nermit. 

The opinion that fish have poor sight is hased entirely on 
the anatomy of the eyes in those animals. No one has 
claimed that their eyes contain, as a rule, diseased or im- 


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[Yury 7, 1900. 


perfect tissues, or are lacking in transparency or develop- 
ment, The contention is that the physical proportions of 
the fish’s eye are such that it must, of necessity, be 
myopic, or near-sighted. . 

The perfectly formed human eye is a sphere, com- 
plete except at the front, where the cornea represents the 
segment of a smaller sphere superimposed on the first. 
Fig. i isa diagram of a section of -uch an eye, in which ¢ 
represents the cornea, and a anid |) two parallel rays of 
hight entering the eye; 1 is the lens, which has somewhat 
the shape of a disk, but thicker in the center than at the 
edges—in short, the shape of the ordinary magnifying 

_ lens so familiar in spectacles, cameras and other optical 
instruments, 

The eye of the fish is, roughly speaking, also made up 
of the seginents of two spheres. Its shape, however, is, in 
general, quite different from the human eye, being much 
shallower, and the cornea relatively much larger, as shown 
in Fig. 2, where c represents the cornea. The whole eye 
has, in fact, a disk-like shape well suited to the narrow 
heads of fishes, in which the two eyes, flat as they are, 
usually occupy almost the eniire diameter of the head. 

The tens of the fish’s eye is peculiar. Instead of being 
flattened, or disk-like in shape, it is a perfect sphere, as 
represented at 1. Any one who will take the ttouble to 
cut open such an eye will come at once upon the lens. 
It is impossible to mistake it for any other structure: a, 
perfect little ball of crystal, brilliant as a jewel. The 
eye of the fish contains, furthermore, a peculiar structure 


first deseribed by Haller, and named by him the cam- .~ . 
panula. It is a muscular body whose function was long in . . 

doubt, but which has now been demonstrated by Beer to ° 
act in such a manner as to draw the lens deeper into the . 


eye—that is, toward the median plane of the fish, and at 
the same time, somewhat backward toward the tail of the 
fish. The purpose of this moyement of the lens will 
presently be explained. 

It is a matter of common knowledge that the eye and 
the photographic camera take adyantage of the same 
optical principles; that the eye is, in fact, a cameta, into 
which the rays of light pass through the pupil and are 
gathered to a focus on the retina, or sensitive membrane 
which lines the back of the eyeball. At this focus is 
formed a little picture of the object on view, precisely as at 
the back of the photographer’s camera.. Referring again to 
Fig. 1. we have a and b representing two parallel rays 
of light entering the eye. They first reach the cornea c, 
which, being curved in shape, and more dense than the 
air in which the rays had previously traveled, bends these 
rays so that they approach each other. They next en- 
counter the lens, which, being still more dense, bends the 
trays yet more toward each other, so that by the time 
they reach the retina, r, r, they have met and formed a 
focus at f. 

The point at which the rays are brought to a focus is 
not the same, however, for all distances. The nearer the 
object, the further back in the camera the picture is 
formed. It is, therefore, necessary for every working 
camera to have some method of adjustment for different 
distances, otherwise a clear picture will be formed only 
when the object is at a certain fixed distance. In the 
manner of securing this adjustment the eye and the 
photographic camera are not alike. Jn the latter the 
bellows-like arrangement of the sides enables the operator 
to lengthen or shorten the camera, so as to place the 
sensitized plate at the focus, wherever that may be. Jn 
the human eye, however, the walls are of fixed dimen- 
sions, but the lens is elastic, permitting it, by means of a 
muscular apparatus, which it is here umnecessary to 
describe, to be made stronger or weaker as the case may 
require, In Fig. 1 has already been traced at a, f, and b, 
{, the course of parallel rays such as come from a distant 
point. The dotted lines proceeding from d represent 
divergent rays, such as come from a point near at hand. 
Ti such rays were bent only.as much as a and b were 
bent, they obyiously would not meet at f, but would be yet 
some distance apart when the retina,'r, r, was reached. 
To prevent this the elastic lens, |. almost automatically 
becomes more conyex, as indicated by the dotted curve, so 
as to bend the rays more toward each other, and there- 
aiter they travel on the same lines as did a and b, to the 
focus at f. 

Such is, in brief, the method of adjustment of the 
human eye, technically called the accommodation. Its 
perfection depends entirely on the elasticity of the lens, 
and therefore its limits coincide with the limits of that 
elasticity. To illustrate, if the printed page of this paper 
be brought gradually closer to the eye, the lens within 
the latter will become gradually more convex and the 
letters still be clearly seen, because the focus still falls on 
the retina; but soon a point is reached, say at about 6 
inches, within which the letters are blurred, because the 
lens is there at its greatest possible convexity. The limit 
of its elasticity has been reached, and within that point 
it is unable to bend the rays sufficiently to bring them to 
a focus on the retina. 

The other limit to the elasticity of the lens, which is, of 
course, its point of least convexity, can be best illustrated 
by examining the myopic eye, of which Fig. 3 is a diagram. 
The myopic eye is faulty in its proportions. It is not a 
true sphere, the diameter from the cornea, c, to the 
retina, r, r, being too great. Therefore, when the parallel 
rays of light, a and b, enter the eye and receive the same 
bendings toward each other that were traced in Fig. 1, they 
come to a focus at f, Fig. 3, where the retina ought to be 
situated, but which is really in advance of the position of 
that membrane. Optically speaking, therefore, a myopic 
eye is One in which the focus is in front of the retina. If 
the lens, 1, could be made less convex the focus of the 
rays, a and b, could be carried backward to the retina, 
but the lens is already at its point of least convexity. The 
only way ter such an eye to focus the rays on the retina 
and herice to see clearly is to bring the object close to the 
eye, say to the point d, whence the rays diverge strongly 
on entering the eye, and tend to a focus further back. 
namely, at f’ on the retina. Hence, the propriety of 
calling such an eye “near-sighted,” the point d represent- 
ing its furthest point of distinct vision, 

One other fact concerning the elasticity of the lens is of 
interest in comparing the fish's eye with our own, The 
elasticity of the human Jens diminishes with age. At 
fifty or fifty-five years of age it has almost disappeared, 
and the lens has become rigid. With the elasticity of the 
lens departs, of course, the accommodation, so that in 
age the normal human eye can see only distant objects 


clearly... For near objects a glass must be worn which 
takes the place of the lost adjusting power. 

In the fish’s eye fhe course of the rays of light may be 
followed by reference to Fig, 2. The parallel rays a and 
b passing through the water first encounter the cornea, c. 
Here, it might be anticipated, they would be bent towara 
each other, as was the case in the human eye in 1s 
natural element, the air. But corneal tissue is-of prac- 
tically the same density as water, and when the two are 
in contact, as in the case of the fish, the rays of light pass 
from one to the other without change, and arrive at the 
lens, 1, which, as previously noted, is of a spherical shape. 
The surface of such a small sphere is of necessity strongly 
curved, and bends the rays sharply toward each other— 
so sharply, in fact, that they meet close behind the lens 
and before they reach the retina, r, r. This formation of 
the focus in front of the retina was precisely what 
took place in the myopic human eye, Fig. 3, and is, in- 


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deed, the essential characteristic of myopia. There- 
fore, the fish's eye is properly classed as myopic, notw.th- 
standing its general shape is widely different from the 
inyopic human eye. 

In the method of adjustment for different distances, 
however, the fish’s eye differs entirely from the human 
eye and the eyes of all the higher vertebrates. The func- 
tion of the campanula of Haller has been already referred 
to. Through the action of this muscle, the lens, 1, Fig, 2, 
is carried to the position |’, and the focus of a distant ob- 
yeet to the position f’, which is on the retina. Near 


Rig. 2: 


objects, of course, are in focus when the eye is at rest 
and the lens in its first position. There remain no 


grounds for denying that a fish may focus his eye for any 


point from infinity up to a point a few inches in front of 
his cornea. The supports of Cuvier’s opinion, which 
are enumerated on our first page, all fail when it is proven 
that the lens can be made to approach and recede from 
the retina. That the myopic eyes of fishes do. in gen- 
eral, possess this power can no longer be doubted. Beet’s 
experiments in electrical stimulation embraced sixty-eight 
species, from twenty-two families, and representing all 


the orders of the teleosts. In all the experiments the 
movement of the lens was demonstrated; indeed, the act 
may be directly obseryed in aquarium fish by watching 
the eye intently from above, whence a portion of the 
spherical lens may be seen projecting through the pupil. 

The sum of the comparison between the types of eyes 
which we have here considered is as follows: 

1. All the higher vertebrates, including birds, have 
eyes adjusted naturally for distant objects, but contain an 


elastic lens capable of adjustment for near points. In- 


such eyes myopia is a deformity, incompatible with good 
sight at any but short ranges. 

2. Fishes have eyes adjusted naturally for a near 
point, but furnished with a movable lens capable of adjust- 
ing them for distant pomts. With such eyes myopia is no 
longer synonymous with “near sight.” 

Accepting as proven that fish eyes are optically perfect 
for all distances, some interesting speculations are allow- 
able as to what they really can see under varying con- 
ditions. Their sight, like our own, is subject, of course, to 
the limitation imposed by the size of the object relative to 
its distarice, and is dependent on the clearness of the 
water, as is ours on the clearness of the air. Jt is prob- 
able that fishes, like ourselves, cannot see an object 
clearly when it is brought extremely close to the eye, 
since it is likely that their accommodation, like our own, 
does not cover that territory. In one particular the 
peculiar principle on which their eyes are constructed 
gives them an adyantage over their iellow vertebrates— 
namely, their sight 1s not affected by age. It has been 
already noted that the accommodative power in the human 
eye is totally lost at about fifty-five years of age by 
reason of the rigidity of the lens. An equal loss would be 
a greater catastrophe to a fish, because it would leave him 
with an eye adapted only for near vision. and because 
many fishes live far beyond the age of fifty-five years. 
The fish is neatly saved, however, from a long age of 


myopic decrepitude by the fact his accommodation never 
depended on the elasticity of his lens, but is accomplished 


by changing the location of the latter. He never be- 
comes “old-sighted,” and can, presumably, detect the 
angler’s cheats as readily at a hundred years as he did 
when a fingerling. 

The ease with which a fish in the water can see an object 
an the air, or with which a man above the water can see an 
object under it, depends on the evenness of the surface 
and the arrangement of the light. The difference in 
density of the two media, provided they are equally clear 
and free from foreign matter, can only change the ap- 
parent location of the object in one medium to the observer 
in the other; it does not affect the clearness of vision, 
The slightest ruffling of the surface, howeyer, by dis- 
persing the rays of light, is rapidly destructive of distinct 
yision in either direction. We are perfectly secure in 
asserting that the fish in the water can see a man on the 
bank much better than the man can see the fish, since the 
latter has the advantage of the light, the size of the ob- 
ject looked at, and in the probable color contrasts. 

When, however, we consider the vision of the fish in 
the air, or compare it with the vision of the man under 
water, the whole aspect of the problem is changed in‘a 
very interesting manner. As long as the fish remained 
under water, its cornea, as stated previously, heing of 
practically the same density as the water, took no part in 
bending the rays of light, and, therefore, could be totally 
disregarded in Fig. 2 and the references thereto. Being 
much more dense than the air, however, the fish’s cornea 
comes into play when it is taken from the water, and by 
greatly increasing the bending of the rays of light, it 
makes the fish many times as myopic as it was before— 
in fact, far beyond the power of its accommodative ap- 
paratus to overcome, so that its theoretical point of clear 
vision is almost in contact with the eye. 

In the case of the man under water, the circtimstances 
are exactly reversed. So long as he remained in his 
natural element his cornea performed a great portion of 
the bending of the light rays necessary to his clear vision. 
When his eye is placed in contact with water, the effect is 
optically the same as though his cornea wére removed, as 
its action on the rays. is abolished because of its not 
differing in density from the water surrounding it. In 
his turn, by entering an unnatural medium, he has his 
accommodative apparatus taxed far beyond its power, and 
clear yision becomes impossible. We may reckon, how- 
ever, that the departure from a normal standard is from 
two to four times as great in the case of the fish as in that 
of the man, so that, as far as may be judged, the human 
eye is better fitted for vision under water than is the 
fish's eye for yisiorf in the air. In point of fact, a diver, 
unarmed with any instrument which protects his eyes 
from contact with the water, though he sees nothing 
distinctly, is able to make out the general form and 
color of quite small objects, and we may estimate that 
the fish out of water sees half or one-fourth as well. 


Boston Anglers. 


Boston, June 30.—Mr. Seth G. Moore died at his 
home in Brookline on Tuesday at the age of eighty years. 
Mr. Moore had always taken great delight in angling, 
and many is the spring trip he had made with his son, 
Harry B. Moore. to Moosehead and other Maine waters. 
Even this spring he had planned for a trip to Moosehead 
with his son, but the latter, noting that his father was not 
in his usual health and vigor, discouraged him. But his 
loye of angling never waned, and his many years and 
excellent health he was in the habit of attributing to his 
outings with rod and reel. Only three or four years agu 
he was upset from a canoe at Moosehead, but he clung 
to the frail craft till picked up by other boats, as well as 
did either Harry or the guide, and was none the worse for 
the ducking in the almost ice-cold water. When the 
affair was all over Harry had to nearly Jaugh his sides off 
as he saw his father’s pipe still lighted and going. The 
overturn had not sufficiently alarmed the old gentleman 
to cause him to drop his pipe, and he still clung to his 
rod with one hand. [ 

The trout fishing has taken on all of its usual hot 
weather dullness, and the summer boarders are now at the 
fishing resorts in considerable numbers, Not so the 
real angler, for he is off tor the salmon waters or is 
fitting out. Capt. John Bryant, well known in yachting 
circles, is off for the Tobique, with his three boys, for 
salmon fishing. Mr. D. H. Blanchard, with his friend, 
Mr. Winsor, of Philadelphia, has gone to his salmon 
river, the Northwest Branch of the St. Marguerite, Mr. 

lanchard has visited this river, which he owns, with his 
family and invited guests, for many seasons. The late 
Mr. Keeler, of Boston, was his beloved fishing friend for 
many seasons. His river is peculiar from the fact that it 
is at the foot of tremendous boulders in a rocky gorge, 
up over which the salmon do not go. Mr. H. K. Peaver, 
ot Boston, has gone up the Saguenay salmon fishing. 
Mr. Henry R. Reed, of Boston, who has fished the Ris- 
tigouche jor seyeral seasons, with Senator Aldrich, will 
have Senator W. P. Frye for his salmon fishing compat- 
ion this season, for the good reason that Senator Aldrich 
has gone to Europe. Senator Frye did not find the trout 
fishing at the Rangeleys all that he could wish, and 
doubtless is willing to try for something larger in the 
river that has been fished by no less personages that) 
Henry Ward Beecher, Chester A. Arthur, Chiet Justice 
Gray, and last, but not least, that editor of the Albany 
Evening News for many years, who wrote the charming 
book, “The Pleasures of Angling.” The Hon. George 
Von L. Meyer, a Boston member of the Ristigouche 
Club, has gone to that river. Mr. A. N. Parlin, of Bos- 
ton, is fishing good salmon waters on the St. John. Mr. 
E. C. Fitch, of Waltham, has gone to his salmon river, 
the Romaine. Mr, J. T. Spaulding, with Mr. Henry P. 
King, has gone to upper Ristigouche waters for salmon. 
It is genetally agreed among salmon fishermen that so 
far only a very few fish have been taken, but they count 
that it is early yet. The old salmon pool at Calais, Me., 
however, is reported to be turning out some good salmon. 
Dr. F. M, Johnson, of Boston, has taken two handsome 
salmon there recently. Those interested say that the 
salmon fishing is likely to hold out all the season there. 
as it did last year, after several years of poor fishing. 
The Bangor, Me\, salmon pool has amounted to almost 


Juny 7, t1900.]] 


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nothing since the first two or three fish were taken early 
in the season. 

July 2.—wWhe latest terror to the Moosehead sportsman 
and camp and hotel owners is that the lumber people seem 
determined to raise that lake, in order that a greater 
storage of water may be saved for the mills below. The 
mill men coritend that the annual petiod of low water may 
be avoided by raising the dam at the outlet, The Kenne- 
bee Water Power Company contends that it has the right 
to a flowage that will furnish a supply of water through 
the season, but the cainmp owners and lovers of scenery, 
aware of what flowage has done for the Rangeleys, will 
fight against the raising of the dam, even to carrying the 
matter to the next Legislature, where there promises to 
be a bitter fight. It is said that if the proposed fowage 
is allowed, some of the camps and hotels will be in the 
Water, unless moved back. Even a few feet more of 
water will do great damage. 

Considerable trouble is being experienced in several sec- 
tions in Maine from dogs,ruuning deer. Shepherd or sheep 
dogs seem to be giving the most trouble, and that too near 
the settlements, rather than in the forests. There are a 
great many deer near the farms, and even near to the 
villages, and the shepherd dogs seem to have taken to 
worrying them, 
dogs have had toe be put out of the way. In the neighhor- 
hood of Rome and Smithfield, and eyen down to Belgrade. 
Game Warden Clark is reported to be having much trouble 
in keeping the dogs out of the woods. They seem to be 
determined to worry the deer, 1f not to kill them. A num- 
ber of dogs have been destroyed by the warden, and 
parties are to be brought into court for allowing their 

dogs to run at large, after being requested to keep them 
in by the warden. In one imstance a deerhound is re- 
ported to haye been brought into the yiemity of Smith- 
field and Belgrade by a young sportsman from New 
York. He has been warned not to allow his dog to run 
at large in the woods, but has declined to comply with 
the request of the warden, The warden will shoot the 
dog if caught under suspicion of running deer, and the 
young man threatens the man who dares to shoot his dog. 


The outcome is being watched by citizens and other sports- | 


men. 
rested by Game Warden G, M. Estey, of Rangeley. H 
is a resident of Lang Plantation, and has persisted in 
guiding without a license, although warned not to do so. 
The open season on white perch in Maine began July 1 
To the trout fisherman this is not an important item, but 
to the farmer’s boy and the summer boarder it means a 
good deal. ‘It is barely possible that about as many per- 
sons engage in white perch fishing on the lakes and ponds 
in Maine as belong to the guild of regular trout fisher- 
men. Women and children delight in the sport, especially 
at the summer resorts. A Middle Dam report says that a 
trout of 7 pounds has been taken there on the fly. A. F. 
Willard, of North Stratford, Vt.. was the captor. Fly- 
fishing at Moosehéad is reported much better, and will be 
likely to last for several weeks. Over two tons of trout 
and togue haye been recorded at the various Moosehead 
resorts for the season, Kineo ‘holding by far the highest 
record. Black flies and midges haye heen making ‘the 
life of the sportsman miserable for the past two weeks, at 
most of the Maine and New Hampshire fishing resorts. 
but it is stire that the worst is over, and the woods will 
be free from black flies in a few days, while mosquitoes 
trouble but little in the woods of northern Maine after 
‘the middle of July. Mr. H. W. Clark, of Boston, has 
returned from his twenty-sixth season at the Mountain 
View House, Rangeley Lake. His record was forty-six 
salmon, all over 3 pounds, with many trout. His largest 
weighed 7% pounds. Streams in the White Mountain 
region are now being fished by the sutiests of the hotels. 
The Amonoosuc River is one of the best of the trout 
streams rising from Mount. Washington. Mr. Frank 
Wilder, a guest at the Fabyan House, is reported to have 
just taken a trout from that river weighing § pounds with- 
in a few rods of the hotel. SPECIAL. 


Little Robbie Shaw and the Tarpon 


Our on the north jetty, at Capt. Bettison’s, at 4 P. M., 
Friday, reports the Galveston (Tex.) News of June 25, 
there was a fierce fight between a very small boy and a 
very big fish. Here is what one of the spectators writes: 

The little man, with a light lancewood rod and 200 yards 

of line, stood ont on the platform, making unsuccessful 
casts for niackerel, but got catfish for his pains; but the 
game changed. A huge tarpon took his bait, and his 
feel sting out as the line smged its way through the 

guides. Surely the little man in Knickerbockers had a 
big fish and an army contract on hand. There was the 
lisual rush of volunteers to take the lad’s rod from him, 
and the same avalanche of advice as to how to play 
him, what to do and what not to do. But up spoke an 
old sportsman: “Let the kid alone. It’s his fish and his 
fight! let him win or lose, but let him alone, and make 
your bets as you please, but this is to be a fair fizht be- 
tween the boy and the fish,’ And it was. 

The fish-was well hooked, That was much, Down 
irom the platform came the boy, and over the slippery 
tocks, his rod bending double at every plunge of the fish, 
Capt. Bettison got into an open boat, and the boy fol- 
lowed him, taking a seat in the stern—and the battle was 
Gn. : 

A camera would have shown you a little eighth-erade 
scholar, with clear cut features—the face of a thoreugh- 
bred, with a fighting chin. He was as silent as the fish, 
but all the sunshine’ had left the lad’s features. His lips 
were set, his teeth hard against his lips. There was noth- 
ing in the face but determination, and it gave forth only 
One expression: “It is my head or thine.” And so Rob. 
wise far bevond his years in the wiles of fish and the way 
to take them, was battling with a tarpon. , 

Five or six times the huge fish leaped his length into 
the air, and all the line the reel had gathered went out in 
another bolt. Here the boy’s reel got in trouble: the 
erank bent back so that the handle showed only about a 
quarter of an inch between it and the end: it was prac- 


7 


Another guide has got into trouhle and been ar- 


ically jammed. He could only gain line by tutning the 


teel with thumb and finger, the handle being out of the 
fight. Stil, with bleeding fingers and the same set look 
and the same little thoroughbred face, saying “It is my 
head or thine,” the fight went on. . hte! 

For every miove of the fish the boy had an answer, aid 


In the vicinity of Dixfield two or three” 


He ' 


it came swift. The fish towed the light skiff as if it were 
a cork, making some swift dashes far under the boat. 
This was nicely thwarted by the boy with the rod and 
Bettison’s skilliul oars. The fight had lasted nearly an 
hour. The boy and fish were still at it. Finally the silver 
king, gathering himself ior a final effort, made a dash 
for the freedom of the open sea. He failed, and finally, 
after a few dying and despairing struggles, the huge and 
vanquished thing turned its large and silvery scales. up 
to the setting sun, which flooded them over with a golden 
Sheen as they towed him to the club house and landed 
him, Time one hour and three minutes, The fish meas- 
ured 5 feet 6 inches. 

The anglers at Capt. Bettison’s gaye the game boy an 
ovation as he came up the steps. The sunshine had got 
back in his face. It was pale, but triumphant. He made 
no plaint of heing tired nor of his arms being ont of their 
sockets. 

Said a man from Illinois, who brought fancy tackle 
a long way to catch a tarpon: “Kid, let me swap. names 
with you for twenty-four hours.” Said another: “I 
would have giyen $500 to have landed that fish.” 

So Rob gets a iree ride on Capt. Bettison’s boat. He 
gets a new reel irom his father, who witnessed the fight. 
He gets a new title from “Slim,” who says “Rob is a sure 
dead game sport,’ whatever that means. 


American Fisheries. Society. 


Derrorr, Mich., July 1.—ditor Forest and Stream: The 
American Fisherics Society will hold its annual meeting 
at the U. S, Fish Commission Station, Woods Holl, 
Mass., July 18, 19 and 20, The society will be called to 
order at 10 o'clock A, M., July 18. 

The cpportunities for advancing the objects of the 
society were never better than at the present time, and the 
place of nreeting presents unusual facilities for observing 
the practical work of marine fishculture and scientific 
inquiry. 


U.S: 


Fish Commissioner Bowers wrtes: “It will 


afford me pleasure to extend such courtesies as are pos- . 
sible to the members of the society by -placing at their - 


disposal ior one or two days the steamer Fish Hawk and 
the schooner Grampus, besides the launches and _ sail- 
hoats attached to the station,” 

The Rhode Island Commission of Inland Fisheries 
cordially invites the society to visit the oyster beds in 
Narragansett Bay, and to be the guests of the Commis- 
sion at a Rhode Island clam bake. 

If opportunity is offered without conflicting with the 
reading and discussion of papers, a visit to one of. the 


commercial trout hatcheries not far distant from Woods 


Holl will be arranged, 
_ Many papers have already been promised: to give an 
idea of what may be expected a partial list of the names of 
those who will present papers is given below: 

John G. Ruge, Florida—Sponges, 

J, A. Henshall, Montana—Subject to be named later, 

“E. A, Birge, Wiseonsin—Subject to be named later, 

3. Gunekel, Ohio—The Benefit of Fish Exhibits at Expositions. 
A. C, Babbitt, Michigan—The Michigan Grayling. 

5. W. Downing, Oregon—Propagation of the Pacific Salmon. 

rank WN, Clark, Michigan—Subject to be named later, 

J. J. Stranhan, Gcorgia—Subject to be named later. 

J. ©, Parker, Michigan—Subject te be named later. : 
_ Pred J. Adams, Michigan—The Value of Brook Trout Planting 
in Public Waters. | 

J. H. Steere, Michigan-—Snbject to be named later. 


S. P. Bartlett, Ilinois—The Value of the Carp as a Food Prod- 
uct of Illinois waters, 

Jacob Reighard, Michigan—The Breeding Habits of Fishes, 
_livingsten Stone, New York—The Spawning Habits of the 
Sturgeon. 


H. C. Bumpus, Rhode island—Progress in Lobster Culture. 


C, C. Wood, Massachusetts—The Breeding Habits and Growth 
eA Clam. 


/. T. Thompson, New Hampshite—Brook Trout Bry: A Ré- 
sum¢ of Methods, 


Bushrod W. James, Pennsylvania—The Vaine of the Closed Sea- 
son for Fishes and Game. 
Woods Holl enjoys special advantages, being the 
terminal of the Woods Holl branch of the N. Ven Sls ele 
& H. R. R., from Boston, and the stopping place of the 
humerous steamboats plying between New Bedford, West 
Chop, Cottage City and Nantucket, and connecting with 
the boats of the Maine S. S. Co., plying between New 
York and Cottage City. Round trip tickets from Bos- 
ton to Woods Holl and return to Boston can be pur- 
chased. 
Persons interested in the work of the society are invited 
to become members. 
Joun W. Trrcoms, Pres., : 
y St. Johnsbury, Vt. 
SEYMOUR Bower, Sec’y, 

Detroit, Mich. 


How Shall He Protect His Screens? 


New YorK.—Editor Forest and Stream: Can any ot 
your readers tell the most practical method of protecting 
screens on a trout pond dam from freshets, driftwood, 
and especially from ice coming down on freshets? My 
trout pond is a dammed up brook flowing through five 
miles of stich a hilly country that February is liable to 
bring big freshets. I have made arrangements to. extend 
the screens so as to take off allthe water I think that will 
come. But skeptical natives say the ice, driftwood and 
leaves will clog things up and carry away my whole lay- 
out. I have been told that in Canadian rivers they pro- 
tect wheels, etc., in rivers by putting two overlapping 


booms in the river, one on each side, to rise and fall with 


the water, and inclined at a sharp angle with the current, 
and that this arrangement takes care of the heavy stuff and 
leaves too. But an engineer tells me that this will never 
protect my screen, as the heavy stuff would push under 
and over a 12-inch square ‘boom, Has anybody made a 
study of this subject? Also, what size trout will get 
through a winter screen made of 14-inch iron rods placed 
vertically 14 inch apart? Eye len 


A Pennsylvania Brook Trout. 


GerryspurG, Pa., June 27W—The largest brook trout 
caught this season in Adams county was taken from 
Conococheague Creek, near Graeffensburg, Saturday, June 
23, by Elmer D, Stover, of Cashtown, It measured 1614 
inches in length, and weighed 2614 ounces. 

’ F, Mark Bream. 


See the fist of good things in Woodcraft in our adv, cals, 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Slow Fishing, 


CuHicaA(.o, Ill., June 30.—We have had such an extraor- 
dinarily hot spell of weather out here for the past weel 
or ten days that the fishing has been a trifle below par 
in most of our better known waters. I mentioned the 
departure for the Manitowish country of some of the 
members of the Wishininne Club, Messrs. Graham H. 
Harris, president of the Board of Education: Mr. J. V- 
Clark, of the Hibernian Bank; Mr. George E. Cole, 
president of the Municipal League, and Mr. Charles 
Detinis, of the crockery trade, These gentlemen started 
out something over a week ago with the full determina- 
tion of having the best time that ever happed. They 
concluded to extend the term of their trip, and figuring 
that they would need more supplies telegraphed for ad- 
ditional outfit by the time they had got as far north as 
Milwaukee. They made a camping trip, going in on that 
pretty body of water known as Pappoose Lake, part of 
the Manitowish chain, They found that the dam was up 
and the water raised so much that the fishing was spoiled. 
At any rate, and for whatever reason, the fish would not 
rise, Even the wall-eyed pike were dull, Of course 
the party got all the fish they needed to eat, and really 
more, for they brought home about 50 pounds or so with 
them; but they had no sport of consequence, They 
caught some small muscallunge, but no good ones, a little 
boy, son of Mr, Hawkey, of a camping party nearby. 
making the record, a 20-pound fish, which broke his rod 
and came near pulling him into the lake. Mr. Harris, 
who stuck to the fly-rod, caught one muscallunge on the 
fly, and at one cast took two small-mouth bass, whose 
combined weight was over 6 pounds. The weather came 
off very hot and the woods were on fire all about the lake. 
The thermometer was 98 degrees, whereas it was cool 
and pleasant in Chicago, Under these circumstances the 
party 1gnominiously broke camp and came home, where 
they were greeted this week with derision by their 
fellow men of the Wishininne Club, It was said of Mr. 
Harris that as he presented a very touching appearance 
when seen about the camp-fire at night, broiling a salt 
mackerel, the only fish the party had been able to take 
one day. ~ 

The above experience has been pretty much that of 
everybody who has gone out this week after muscallunge, 
and there seems little reason to doubt that the dull season 
for that fish has now set in, Mr, and Mrs, W. P. Mussey 
and Mr. John Haskell, who came back this week from 
a long trip in Minnesota, appear to have had but poor 
sticcess with muscallunge, 17 pounds being the heaviest 
for Mr. Mussey’s boat, in regard to which fish the quali- 
fying remark should be made that it got away just before 
it was to he taken into the boat. The 17 pounds »# therefore 
to be considered structly live weight and on the hoof. 
The bass fishing was good—yery good, Mr. and Mrs. 


- Mussey caught 178 bass in one day, all of which were re- 


turned to the water. This is the best bass fishing of 
which I have heard this summer, though some good 
catches haye been made in the lakes in the pine woods of 
Wisconsin, 


Some Better Luck, 


Messrs. Jack Wiggins, Fred Wiggins, Clarence Gil- 
lette, Harry Stanton, George Franklin and J. D. Decker, 
all of this city, returned this week from a trip across the 
lake to a point which segms to be new in our sporting 
category here. They went to Hamlin Lake, about eight 
miles from Ludington, where they stopped with Mr. 
Gatke and had good acconmunodation and good fishing. 
Hamlin Lake appears to be one of those sand hill lakes 
of the Michigan west shore which are connected by short 
rivers with Lake Michigan. There was fair bass fishing 
here, the best take being about thirty bass a day to three 
rods. The pickerel fishing was fast and furious, and 
one rod caught twenty-five pickerel one morning, The 
heaviest pickerel taken weighed 12%4 pounds. The party 
was gone about a week, and in a couple of weeks more will 
go over there again, as they are all much pleased with 
the sport they had. 5 

Dr. McCann and Mr. Dickson, of Pittsburg, were 
mentioned at the time they passed through Chicago en 
route for the Fifield chain. They passed through Chi- 
cago on their way home this week-and brought to their 
friend, Pop Hirth, of Spalding’s,, a muscallunge or so, 
each of which, according to Pop, weighed over 20 pounds. 
They report splendid fishing, the bass fishing being such 
as they had never before seen. Mr. Hirth says that the 
largest fish taken by this party weighed 29 pounds. The 
proper discounts on Pop’s estimate will no doubt leave 


-some very iair weights for the muscallunge which these 


gentlemen took. 

Mr. H. E. Goble and party, of this city, have re- 
turned from their trip at State Line, Wis. They did not 
try for any muscallunge fishing, but got all the bass they 
wanted, Their biggest bass weighed 434 pounds., and re- 
garding it Mr. Goble tells an interesting story. It seems 
that two of the party were using a canvas boat at the time 
they caught this big bass, and they tied the bass by a 
string to the gunwale of the boat when they pulled it up 
on the beach to eat lunch. Imagine theis surprise a 
few moments later to find that the bass had pulled the boat 
off the beach and towed it out in the lake among’ the 
bulrushes! Thither they followed their craft, and at 


length resetted it and secured the fish, 


Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Bissell, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, and 
Mr. and Mrs, H. A. Beidler, all of this city, are just back 
irom a trip to Lake Geneva, where they were guests of 
Mr. Beidier. They found the bass fishing very poor, but 
had great sport with the rock bass, of which there were 
thousands. This lake has been extensively planted with 
these accommodating little fishes, and the angling for 
them is yery good. 


Back from the Cascapedia. 


Mr. W. B. Mershon is back from his summer salmon 
trip to his own leased waters on the Grand Cascapedia 
River, Quebec. Mr. Mershon took with him as his guest 
this year his friend Mr. Thomas Harvey, of Saginaw, who 
had never before done any salmon fishing. They left on 
June 5, and for the first twelve days after their arrival 
on the stream they drew a blank daily, the water being 


12 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


a [Jury 7, 1900. 


too high at that time, and the season apparently late, since 
on June 10 there was still to be found some snow in the 
gullies. Then the fish came up, and for the next week 
the two rods had magnificent sport, Mr. Mershon killing 
thirteen fish and Mr. Harvey twelve, not counting kelts, 
und not counting any fish not actually brought to gaff. 
Mr. Harvey had three fish, each of which weighed over 
30 pounds, and Mr. Mershon killed one which weighed 38 
pounds. It was bitter hard to leave such fishing at its 
best, as they found it necessary to do. On Saturday, 
June 23, fishing for two and a half hours, all the time they 
had left before leaving time, they landed three nice fish. 
Mr. Mershon promises fuller particulars regarding this 
some time. 
record tor big fish. 


Ohio River Muscallunge. 


Some time ago I reported the capture in Tygart Creek, 
Ky., of a very large fish, over 20 pounds, which was 
taken by the Dupuy brothers, of Ironton, O. They had 
of this fish was brought here, and was eventually sent to 
the ForEsT AND STREAM ofhce East for investigation, and 
ig was determined to be the head of the genuine muscal- 
lunge. This week I met here in Chicago Mr. W. R. 
Dobbins, of Huntington, W. Va., who has fished all that 
country along the Ohio, and who says he has had grand 
sport there, fishing for these big “pike.” He had never 
fished for muscallunge in the North, but said that these 
“dumping pike” had been described to him by others as 
muscallunge. He once caught in this same Tygart Creek 
three “pike,”” whose weights were respectively 16, 12 and 
g pounds. He says that April and October are the best 
times to catch these big fellows, and he always fished for 
them with a big white sucker for bait. He describes a 
fish which appears to be almost identical in habits with 
our Northern muscallunge. 


The Au Sable. 


Mr. J. Edmund Strong and Mr. E. F. Selz, of this city, 
have just started for a canoeing and fishing trip of a 
week or more. They go to Eau Claire, Wis., and will 
run the Chippewa River, thence to the Mississippi, and 
the Mississippi River as far down as Prairie du Chien. 
They should have a very pleasant trip, and if they care 
to fish ought to have some very good sport. 

These are the two gentlement whom I mentioned earlier 
as having gone to the Au Sable River, of Michigan. 
They found it undesirable to attempt to run that stream, 
on account of its being full of logs, and so went in for a 
fishiig trip, going into camp about twelve or fifteen miles 
below Grayling. By the kind assistance of that thor- 
cugh-geing sportsman, Mr. George R. Alexander, of 
Grayling, their arrangements for guides had been made 
beforehand, and they were lucky enough to haye Archie 
Babbitt to take them in. They had what was called a very 
poor fishing, but what they thought was very good fish- 
ing. Some of their takes of trout were 56, 44, 26, etc., 
for a day, and it seemed to them that the fishing was good 
enough for anybody, though Archie Babbitt said it was 
getting so poor that he was going to pull up and make 
camp further down stream. 

Going. 

Mr. Charles Antoine, of Von Lengerke & Antoine, ot 
this city, purposes taking a good long trout trip next 
month, He will probably take the advice of Mr. Marble, 
of Gladstone, Mich., and will make a boating trip on the 
Escanaba River, going in at Swanzy, running the stream 
around the big bend and coming down some thirty or 
forty miles south of Swanzy. In this way he will have 
nearly a week’s work ahead of him, and will get into a 
part of ‘he river which runs through a very wild country 
at some distance from the railroad, and difficult of ac 
cess. This should produce some good fish. His in- 
formant says that 16 and 20 pound fish are not rare on the 
Escanaba, which is one of the best wild streams of the 
State. 

Mr. W. L., Wells, head artist of the Chicago Tribune, 
and his friend, Mr. Graham H. Harris, of the Board of 
Education, will start the second week in July for a try 
at the small-mouth bass fishing on the Mississippi River 
above La Crosse. I am to try to have a day with these 
gentlemen, and shall enjoy watching them if I go. Mr. 
Wells has never fished for bass with the fly. Mr. Harris 
has had a big experience in that line, and is perhaps just 
a little skeptical regarding my stories about the ex- 
cellence of that fly-fishing for bass out there. [ am notin 
the least uneasy as to his ultimate verdict, for I have 
fished bass a few myself, and I never saw such fighters 
on any water in the country. 

Last week Mr. Harry Miner and Mr. J. A. Gammans 
went in for their regular trip to the lakes above Burling- 
ton, Wis. Mr, Gammans took fifty-three bass and Mr. 
Miner thirty-six. I think these catches were made in 
Tishagon Lake, or Wabassee, mentioned Jast week as 
-ving little fished and very excellent bass waters. To-day 
Mr. Miner and his friend Mr. La Parle start for the same 
territory ior their regular weekly trip. . These gentlemen 
have been having the best bass fishing in there which has 
been found anywhere near Chicago this season. This is 
the best tip I have for bass fishing, and it seems to be one 
well worth pasting in one’s hat. : : 

Mr. C. S. Lawrence, of this city, goes to-day for a trip 
to Tishagon Lake, and unless the hot weather has put the 
fish down he ought to get his share, 7 

Mr. A. H. Newkirk, of this city, has leit for a bass 
fishing trip over in Michigan, though he does not tell 
what lake he intends to visit. 

Mr, H. L. Field, of this city, has left for Glen Lake, 
Mich., where he will have a try after the bass. f 
- Mr. P. J. Burrows, of this city, has gone to Lake Min- 
netonka, Minn., and will spend some days exploring the 
waters of that big and beautiful inland sea. 

Mr. F. R. Barnheisel, of this city, has leit for a couple 
of weeks at North Manitou Islands. Mr. Barnheisel 1s 
manager of the H. H. Kohlsaat rapid-fire lunch system 
in this city. a8 

Mr. Lawrence H. Smith, of this city, has left for Lake 
George, New York. _He may catch some sunfish there, 
for 1 can testify that I have seen sunfish in that lake. 

“Mr. William C. Hook, of Leavenworth, Kan., and Mr. 
H. F. Lang, of Kansas City, passed through Chicago this 
week en route to Plum Lake, Wis., where they will have a 
go at the’muscallunge if fortune favors them. — 


The Cascapedia seems to be keeping up its 


Mr, Felix Castle, of St. Louis, outfitted here this week 
for a trip to Trout Lake, Wis. 

Mr. F. Brennerman, Chicago, left this week for Wood- 

ruff, Wis., where he goes for a fishing trip on adjacent 
waters. 
Mr Charles Stotebraker, of Philadelphia, stopped in 
Chicago this week on his way for a little trip to Delavan 
Lake, Wis. There have been some few bass caught at 
Delavan this week, and perhaps the visitor may get a lit- 
tle fishing. 

Mr. Howard Atkinson, of Wabash, Ind., outfitted here 
this week for a trip to Wisconsin, going in at Rhine- 
lander, 

Mr, C. W. Halderman, of Marion, Ind., goes to the 
Same point also. 

Mr. EK. D. Belknap, of Chicago, has gone for a few 
days to Eagle Lake, Wis. 

Gov. John R. Tanner, of Illinois, leit yesterday for 
Denver, where he will be gone ten days. He is accom- 
panied by John T. Peters, Secretary of the State Board 
of Charities. They are outfitted for a fishing trip and will 
make the most of their stay in the mountains. The daily 
dispatches say that they are going after “big game,” but 
the daily dispatches are probably wrong. There is a faint 
recollection of an earlier big game experience of Goy. 
Tanner in Colorado, on a game preserve. 


[ote Chicago Fly-Casting Clu. 


Chicago Fly-Casting Club holds a practice meet to-day 
at Garfield Park, north lagoon. These practice meets of 
the club are being very well attended this summer, and 
have resulted in several new additions to the club member- 
ship. The platiorms on the north lagoon:are in use not 
only on Saturdays but on nearly every evening through- 
out the week. It is only about six weeks now before the 
time of the big tournament of the Chicago Fly-Casting 
Club, and the boys are getting on a good edge for the 
competitions of that event, which will be of great interest 
jn every Way. 


Corner on Frogs. 


A curious and somewhat amusing commercial situation 
exists in Chicago to-day. We have all sorts of corners 
here in Chicago—corners on wheat, corners on pork, 
corners on corn—but this time it is a corner on frogs. 
There is a regular industry in one or two of the sporting 
goods houses here in supplying live bait frogs to the bass 
fishermen who go out each week from the city. These 
frogs are bought wholesale from a man in the southern 
part of the city, who has boys out all over the country 
catching them for him. This general merchant sells the 
frogs to the retail stores, who put them out in nice baskets 
at 25 or 30 cents a dozen for the angler. There is one 
good retail house here which sells most of these frogs, but 
perhaps under the circumstances I might as well not 
mention the name. There is also one department store 
which runs a tackle counter, and which supplies frogs. 
A rival of this concern is still another big department 
store, and these two have lately waged a merry war in 
the frog market. Both have at times advertised live bait 
frogs at 3 cents a dozen. 
meet any such price as that, and of course no one can 
sell, buy or catch frogs at 3 cents a dozen. The ‘store 
which started the cut on frogs got itself disliked by the 
others who handled that commodity, The big frog mer 
chant and his corps of catchers supplied all of these con- 
cerns with their frogs. Now is where the corner came 
in. Neither the retail store, the first department store nor 
the wholesale frog merchant liked to see the price of frogs 
cut down so low, yet what could the frog merchant do 
when he was offered his price by the competing con- 
cerns? He had to sell the concern, or at least offer to 
sell them. This latter department store, as usual, has to- 
day put out a big advertisement in the daily papers offering 
frogs at 3 cents a dozen, doing this on the strength of 
their contract with the frog merchant to bring im his 
frogs on Saturday, as he usually does: In some curious 
way, which it is not necessary to understand, the frog 
merchant this morning failed to deliver the goods, and 
the department store which advertised frogs at 3 cents a 
dozen is up in the air, with its flanks resting on nothing in 
particular. There is only one wholesale frog merchant 
doing business in bait frogs around here, and methinks it 
would tax the resources of even a big department store to 
send out and catch a thousand frogs at 3 cents a dozen 
between now and night time. There are to-day just 5,000 
frogs for sale in Chicago, and they are controlled by the 
retail store above mentioned and the first department store 
also above mentioned, which did not see any ftin in selling 
frogs at 3 cents. There is a good deal of quiet laughter 
going on among the boys over this situation. The corner, 
howeyer, is not to be used to raise the regular price of bait 
frogs. but only to raise the price above 3 cents. which eyen 
the closest purchaser must admit is a trifle low. 


From the East. 


The Dominie, of Newark, N. J.. which his real name 
is Beveridge, and the same is a shooter, Is in Chicago 
to-day, and is getting acquainted with the shooters, fishers 
and other sportsmen of the city. E, Hower. 

Haxtrorp Burnprne, Chicago, Til. 


Rangeley Lake Fishing. 


RANGELEY, Me,, June 28.—Never before at this time of 
year has Rangeley Lake, Rangeley, Me., seen such ex- 
cellent fishing. On Tuesday, June 26, over 75 pounds of 
salnion weighing from 3/4 to 9 pounds were landed. 
Francis Wells, of Windsor, Conn., captured the 9-pounder. 
Thursday morning Horace Porter, of the Laurel-in-the- 
Pines, Lakewood, N. J., one of the most enthusiastic fish- 
ermen in the region, set out at 8 o'clock and returned in 
less than one hour with a handsome landlocked salmon 
just 29 inches long. 1534 inches girth and weighing exactly 
ro pounds. Mr. Porter tussled just forty minutes with 
his prize, and has Sent it to a taxidermist for mounting. 


Don’t Have To: 


In Camp StxteEN Mires From NOWHERE.—Edittor For- 
est and Stream: ‘There is one advantage we have here 


-away from mails (I’m sending this by a returning cuide) 


and magazines—we don’t have to read Barrie's Tommy 
and Drivel. And that’s something. REFUGEE. 


Of course, no retail store can | 


Canadian Angling Notes. 


THE excessively dry weather of the past spring and early 
summer has now given way to equally excessive rains, and 
the result will be a further postponement of the best of 
the fishing season here, and at least one Quebec sports- 
man, Mr, Veasey Boswell, has found this to his cost, his 
river, the Moisie, having been found to be 9 feet higher 
than ever before, and several of the camps were flooded. 
The fishing in consequence was ruined. Mr. Boswell 
had Mr. Biddell, of Philadelphia, for his guest. 

Messrs. David Blanchard, of Boston, and W. D. Wind- 
sor, of Philadelphia, have leit to try their luck on the 
Marguerite. 

However, from some of the south shore salmon rivers 
yery fair reports have been received. On the Bonaventure 
River, for instance, Messrs. J. E. Liveruois and J. W. 
Larue have had the best fishing in their experience, ma- 
‘king a splendid catch, far above the average. They sent 
up to their families many fish,over 30 pounds in weight. 

Mrs. William Foster, of Boston, and her son, Mr. Win. 
H. Foster, have left for Lake St. John, where two Amer- 
ican gentlemen, Messrs. Fred. C. Loebs and Fred C. 
Young, of the American Brewing Company, Rochester. 
N. Y., had had some very fine luck. They took twenty- 
eight Ouananiche in one day, many of them weighing 
4 and 4% pounds, and the best were recently exhibited in 
the windows of the V. & B. Sporting Goods Company’ s 
store, 

Messrs, Coates, Haldreth and Sternes, of Snringtield, 
have returned from a very pleasant visit to the Kiskissink 
Club and the Grande Décharge, where they had extraor- 
dinary ouananiche fishing. 

Mr. J. J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, 
has left for his salmon river, the St. John, of the north 
shore, for which he pays a rental of $3,500 a year to the 
local Government. He is accompanied by his two sons, 
L. W. Hill, vice-president and general manager of the 
Eastern Railway. Minnesota, and Walter J. Hill, and Dr. 
C. E. Smith. They came by rail to Ouebec. and here 
met their yacht, the Wacouta, upon which they leave for 
their river. : 

Mr. Adams, of Utica, who made a fine catch of ouana- 
niche the other day in the Grande Décharge. reports that 
one fish of 4% pounds that he killed on a very light rod 
gave him forty minutes of splendid sport. 

E. T. D, G@HAMBERS. 


Qvesec, June B0- 


The Seven Ages of the Salmon. 
From the London Field. 


*Neath sheltering gravel laid, 
The EGG four wintry months securely rests; 
Then, wriggling thro’ th’ incumbent mass, 
The FRY (a store of food, in pouch, provided 
By kindly nature) lurks beneath the stones, 
Till, all consumed and stronger grown, the PARR, 
Striped liked the pard, in pools and shallows sports 
For twelve long months, till genial May artive, 
When, clothed in coat of silvery seales, 
Hiding the finger markings of the parr, | 
And moved by instinctive yearning forth’ unknown, 
The SMOLT floats downward till he finds, 
And revels in, the stores of bounteous ocean. 
Returning thence a beauteous, lusty GRILSE, 
Breasting the rapids, leaping o’er the weirs, 
He seeks the welltemembered scenes of youth. 

One journey downward more, 
Another sojourn in the sea, and then, at last. 
The SALMON, glorious fish,-swims slowly up 
To grayelly spawning beds, from whence, 
Leaving ten thousand eggs, a pale and sickly KELT 
Floats sadly downward to the renovating waye. 


Che Reviesl ; 


Fixtures. | 

FIELD TRIALS. | 

Aug. 21.—Emmetsburg, la.—Third annual field trials of the | 
Towa Field Trials Association. M. Bruce, aevitie Des Moines, Ila. | 
Aug. 28.—Sioux Falls, S. D)—Inaugural field trials of the South | 
sar: mere Trials Association, Olav Haugtro, Sec’y, Sioux 
alls, 5. D. 4 
Sept. 3-4.—La Salle, Manitoba, Can—Western Canada Kennel 
Club’s annual field trials. A. Lake, Sec’y, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 


an. 

Sept. 6-7.—Brandon, Manitoba, Can.—Third annual field trials of | 
the Brandon Kennel Club. Dr. H. J. Elliott, Sec’y. 
Sept. 11. , Manitoba, Can.—Fourteenth annual field trials of 
the Manitoba Field Trials Club. Eric Hamber, Sec’y, Winnipeg, | 

Manitoba, Can. 

Oct 30.—Senecaville, O.—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish © 
Protective Association’s sixth annual field trials. A. C. Peterson, — 
Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. . . 

Nov. 7.—Hampton, Conn,—Counecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
trials. J. E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 

Nov. 7-8—Lake View, Mich.— Third annual field trials of the 
Michigan Field Trials Association. E. Rice, See’y, Grand Rapids, 
Mich. F ; 

Nov. 12,—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
Aenendent Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, , 
In 


wov. 13.—Chatham, Ont—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. “W. B. Wells, Hon. Bee 

Nov. 16.—Newton, N. C.—Eastern Field Trials Club’s twenty- 
second annual field trials--Members’_ Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn, | 

No. 20.—, _—Illinois Field Trials Association’s second 
annual field trials, O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, Ill. 

Nov. 20—Ruthven, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F, E. Marcon, Jr., Sec’y, | 
Windsor. Ontario, Can. ; 

Woy. 20. _ Pa.—Central Beagle Club’s annual field trials. A. 


- Peterson, Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. ; 
Serie so Glaancny, Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 


fi ee i B t Gib Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. 
trials. Barret Gibson, Sec’y, isville, , 
dv, 31.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 


I Trials Association. L. S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo, 
Figo 30.-Newtar, N. €.—Continental Field Tria's Club’s sixth 
annual field trials~Members’ Stake. Dec: 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. { 


A Dog’s Three-Hundred-Mile Return. 


Fort WortH, Texas, June 23,—I am a reader of your 
paper, and read a great deal about dogs. As you will 
see from this slip of our newspaper, I have a bird dog 
that I prize very highly. Heisa large pointer, white and 
liver color. He has just made a wonderful trip. Some 
weeks ago I took him to the Territory to enjoy a hunt 


_ ‘Jere 7, we6.) - 


with some friends. When I had concluded my sport I 
left the dog with friends, who proposed to put him 
through a course of training. A day or so ago, jaded and 
footsore, the faithful dog showed up at my home in this 
city, having made his way from the Territory in just 
forty-eight hours. The distance covered by the dog was 
nearly 300 miles, Hucxs H, Lewis. 


Dachting. 


Yachting Fixtures, 1900. 


Secretaries and members of face’ committees will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list and 
also of changes which may be made in the future. 


JULY. 
4. Larchmont, annual, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
Columbia, annual, we Chicago, Lake Michigan. 
Boston City, open, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
California, special, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay. 
uincy, eect Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
artford, annual. he 
Newport, annual, Newport, Narragansett Bay. 
Taunton, club, Taunton, Mass. 
Penataquit Corinthian, club, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
lamaica Bay, annual, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
Beverly, open, Monument Beach, Buzzards Baye 
Corinthian, championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
Atlantic, oyster boats and yachts, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
Duxbury, Duxbury, Mass. 
American, cruise, Newburyport. 
East Gloucester, club and evening races. 
Qeannanswitt Gloucester. 
ortsmouth, club, Portsmouth, N. H. 
South Boston, open, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
Indian Harbor, special, Greenwich, Long Island Seund. 
Harlem. special, City island, Long Island Sound. 
South Boston yachting carnival, Mosquito Fleet and South 
Boston, open race. 
Quincy. ladies’ day, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
orwalk, club, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. — ; 
South Boston, open, hand and sailing dinghies, City Point, 
Boston Harbor. . 
South Boston yachting carnival, open handicap. 
South Boston, sailing dinghies, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harbor, 
Duxbury, 18ft. class, Duxbury, Mass. 
American, club, Newburyport. 
Quatineppwit: commodore’s cup. 
eawanhaka Cor., Center Island cup, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
Royal St. Lawrence, 22ft, cruising, 5-rater, 17fi. and dinghy 
classes, Valois, Lake St, Louis. 
, Riverside, annual, Riverside, Long Island Sound, 
. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
Queen City, Smith cup, 16ft. class, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
7-14. Atlantic, annual cruise, Long Island Sound. 
li. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
12. Newport, ladies’ day, Newport, Narragansett Bay. 
12. American, ladies’ sail, Newburyport. 
12-13-14. New York, Newport series, Newport, off Brenton’s Reef. 
14. Sea Cliff, annual, Glen Cove, Long sland Sound. 
14. Prides ports annual, Bridgeport. Long Island Sound. 
14. Hull-Massachusetts, cluh, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
14, Royal St. Lawrence, 22ft. cruising, 5-rater, 20ft., 17ft. and 
dinghy classes, Beaurepaire, Lake St. Louis. 
14. Queen City, Tupper rep. 22{t. class, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
14. Haverhill, fishing trip, Haverhill, Mass, 
14. Penataquit Corinthian, special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
14, Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
14, Savin Hill, handicap, Savin Hill, Boston Harbor, 
14. Buannapowitt, 
14. Duxbury, 18ft. class, Duxbury, Mass. 
14,. Beverly, Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay. 
_ 14. Corinthian, championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
14. Seawanhaka Cor., Roosevelt cup, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
14-15. California, annual cruise, Sacramento River. 
16 and alternate following days, Newport Y. R. A. T0ft. series, 
Newport, off Brenton’s Reef. ' 
16-17-18. Quincy, challenge cup, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
18. East Gloucester, evening tace, Gloucester, Mass. 
21, Queen City, World cup, 17it. special class, Toronto, Toronto 


Bay. 
21, Hull- Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor, 
21. Canarsie, open, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay, 
21. Stamford Corinthian, annual, Stamford, Long Island Sound. 
21. Mosquito Fleet, club handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
21. Norwalk, club, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
21. Penataquit Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
21. Jamaica Bay, open, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
21. Kingston, club, Kingston, Lake Ontario. 
21. Winthrop, swimming and rowing races, Winthrop, Boston Har- 


ANAAAATA ANS ASP PP appre PPP eee ee 


—Ina5 


bor. 
21. American, club, Newburyport, Mass. 
21. South Boston, handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
21. Columbia, championship,- Boston, Beston Harbor, 
21. Duxbury, 18ft. class, Duxbury, Mass. 
21, Quannapowitt, commodore’s cup, 
21. Seawanhaka Cor., Center Island cup, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
21-28-24, Royal St. Lawrence, Seawanhaka cup trials, Pointe Claire, 
Lake St. Louis. 
21-28. Larchmont, race week, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
22. California, return from Sacramento River. ; 
22. Haverhill, race and chowder, Haverhill, Mass. 
23. Manchester, championship, Manchester, Mass. 
25. East-Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
26. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
27. Manchester, Crownhurst, cup, Manchester, Massachusetts Bay. 
28. Royal St. Lawrence, 22 and I7{t. classes, Dorval, Lake St. Louis, 
28. Jubilee, open, Beverly, Massachusetts Bay. | 
28. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
28. Queen City, skiff classes, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
28. Haverhill, second championship, Haverhill, Mass. 
28. Penataquit Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
28. Jamaica Bay, dory class, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
28. Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop. Boston Harbor. 
28. Beverly, Van Rensselaer cup, Buzzards Bay. 
28. Corinthian, championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
28. Savin Hill, handicap, Savin Hill, Boston Harbor. 
28. Qbennepe my club. 
eawanhaka Cor., Leland cup, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
30. Manchester, Spempionen ie Manchester, Mass. are 
28-Aug. 4. Corinthian, Philadelphia, annual cruise, L. I. Sound. 


THE weather of the past month both in New York and 
Boston has been divided between the two extremes of 
calms and gales. Some of the big races, including those 
of the New York and Atlantic clubs, have been tedious 
drifts, while others, such as the Seawanhaka, New 
Rochelle and Eastern, have found the weather so heavy as 
to prevent yachts from reaching the rendezvous, while 
those which started were disabled. Last Saturday brought 
a westerly wind that was almost a gale along the coact from 
New York to Boston, and many events were postponed. 
The prospects for the Fourth of July are for cool weather 
and moderate breezes. 


Iv is rumored that the Regatta Committee of the New 
York Y. C. is investigating the incident at the start of the 
Glen Cove race of June ro and will in time give a decision 
in the case. The circumstances were such, the whole 
occtirrence being close beside the committee boat and the 
violation of the rules so palpable, that in the interest of 
good sport a decision might and should have been made 
almost on the moment. The case seems to be unusually 
free from doubt both as to the meaning of the various rules 
involved and the actual facts. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


THE new 80-footer Yankee has had several trials under 
sail, one or two in company with Virginia, these being 
magnified into races by some imaginative daily papers, 
The first real racing of the new boat will be in the New 
York Y. C. series off Newport, on July 12, 13, 14. These 
races will be for all classes, including the 30-footers, in 
racing trim, the courses being about thirty miles, naut., 
and triangular or windward and leeward. The starts will 
be made off Brenton’s Reef af 11 A. M. 


IsoLve, cutter, recently purchased by Com. F, M. Hoyt, 
arrived at City Island on June 30. 


Ow account of the annual regatta of the Stamiord and 
American yacht clubs, scheduled for July 2 and 3, having 
been declared off, the regatta committee of the Indian 
Harbor Y. C. has decided to offer prizes for the following 
classes, in addition to those that are already announced 
for the race on Thursday, July 5: Thirty-foot class of 
cabin catboats, 25ft, classes of cabin and open catboats 
in one class, 25{t. classes of cabin and open sloops in one 
class, 21ft. classes of open sloops and open catboats in one 
class, 1&ft. classes of apen sloops and open catboats in one 
class, and Seawanhaka knockabout class. 

The race will be started at 12 o’clock noon. Entries 
will be received up to Tuesday, July 2, at No. 29 Broad- 
way, New York, or at the club house up to 10 o’clock 
of the day of the race. 


MAYFLOWER, steam yacht, now owned by the Govern- 
ment, sailed from New York for Porto Rico on June 22. 
This yacht, one of the largest and most costly private 
yachts ever built, has been assigned to the use of the 
Governor of Porto Rico, Charles H. Allen, and has been 
refitted at a cost of about $35,000 for this special service. 
She will bring Goy. Allen to this country on a short visit 
for private business. Her equipment includes a fine new 
electric launch, built to order by the Electric Launch Co. 


Two of the clubs of the Sound Y. R. A., the Stamford 
and the American, have abandoned their races scheduled 
for July 2-3, thus making breaks in the regular circuit. 
Thefour new 80-footers were looked for in the Sound races 
of the week, but they will sail some special races at New- 
port instead. All have been at Bristol for overhauling 
and alterations to sails. Owing to the death of a member 
of the owner’s family, Amorita will not start in the week’s 
races. 


Western Yachts. 


Columbia Fourth of July Regatta at Chicago. 


Cuicaco, Ill., June 28.—The entries for the big Fourth 
of July regatta of Columbia Y. C., Chicago, were closed 
yesterday. The total list is one surprisingly large and 
certainly very gratifying, and it will assure the largest 
start ever made in a regatta here. There are ninety-four 
boats in all, coming from all over this part of the Great 
Lakes. Green Bay, Wis.; Spring Lake, Mich.; Marinette, 
Wis.; Menominee, Mich.; Manitowoc, Wis.; Milwaukee, 
Wis; Peoria, Ill.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Sheboygan, 
Mich.; Escanaba, Mich.; Kenosha, Wis.; Waukegan, IIl.; 
Macatawa, Mich.; Fox Lake, Ill.; Delavan Lake, Wiis.; 
Oconomewoc, Wis., all have representatives entered. 
The Chicago clubs, Columbia Y. C., Chicago Y. C,, 
Jackson Park Y. C., Saddle and Cycle Club, of course 
have a good proportion of the entry. There are fourteen 
classes fo start, and the following is the complete entry, 
which includes the best craft available in this part of the 
country: 

Class t, Schooners Over 50it—Hawthorne, John Mc- 
Connell, Chicago Y. C.; Alice, Horace J. Conley, Green 


Bays Wis.; Sallie, George P. Savidge, Spring Lake, 
Mich. 
Class 2, Schooners Under 5o0ft—Nomad, Ed Band, 


Columbia Y. C.; Tartar, Messrs. Payne & Ruck, Jackson 
Park Y. C.; Glad Tidings, C. K. Creiger, Columbia Y. C.; 
Marion, A. N. Drew, Jackson Park Y. C.; Idle Hour, 
Francis A. Brown, Marinette, Wis.; Oneida, H. J. Conley, 
Green Bay, Wis.; Cruiser, Dr. Webber, Jackson Park 
Y. C.; Fairy, A. Auld, Columbia Y. C. 

Class A3, Sloops Over 45ft.—Siren, George R. Peare, 
Columbia Y. C.; Neva, George A. Black, Columbia Y. C. 
- Class B4, Sloops Over 45ft—Hatty Bradwell, C. C. 
Wells, Menominee, Mich,; Phantom, R. B. Schuette, 
Manitowoc, Wis.; Jeanette, C. J. Williams, Milwaukee, 
Wis.; Charlotte R., F. N. Price, Chicago Y. C. 

Class As, Sloops 21 to 45ft.—Prairie, F. A. Tuit, Chi- 
cago Y¥. C.; Josephine, B. H. Whitely, Chicago Y. C.; 
Valiant, W. A. Stickney, Columbia Y. C.; Beatrice, B. V. 
Nordberg, Milwatikee, Wis.; Blade, C. H. Thorne, 
Chicago Y. C. 

Class B6, Sloops 31 to 45ft—Wizard, H. Aronson, 
Columbia Y. C.; Peri, Dr. F. H. Skinner, Columbia Y. 
C.; Pinta, Ole Amundson, Columbia Y. C.; Genevieve, 
H. Hayes, Jackson Park Y. C.; Zaza, George E. Wat- 
kins, Green Bay Y. C.; Viola, A. A. Hathaway, Mil- 
waukee, Wis.; Chetopa, C. H. Fox, Chicago Y. C.; Hattie 
B., G. B. McCullough, Columbia Y. C.; Pearl, A. G, 
Boardman, Columbia Y. C. 

Class 7, Sloops 25 to 31ft—Zephyrus, H. A. Hooker, 
Jackson Park Y. C.; Nymph, Henry Davies, Columbia 
Y. C.; Gloria, W. L.. Hazen, Jackson Park Y. C,; Un- 
named, Robert Carroll, Jackson Park Y. C.; Widsith, W. 
W. Weightman, Jackson Park Y. C. 

Class 714, Sloops 22 to 25ft—Mona, Messrs. Noble & 
Carlisle, Columbia Y. C.; Spray, W. Avery, Chicago Y. 
C.;Ethel V.. H. C. Post, Grand Rapids, Mich,; Saint, 
Thomas Webb, Peoria, Ill.; Old Abe, Lincoln Conley, 


Sheboygan, Wis.; Infanta, H. J. Conley. Greey Bay, Wis.;. 


May B., W. H. Dunton, Chicago Y. C. 

Class 8, Sloops 22 to 31ft—Martha, Dr, E. C. Knight, 
Columb‘a Y. C.; Florence, Dr. F. H. Holmes, Columbia 
Y. C.; Vixen, F. D. Porter, Columbia, Y. C.; Imp. C. E. 
Soule, Columbia Y.'C.; America. E. L. Springle, Jackson 
Park Y¥. C.; Uno, O. Hansen, Milwaukee, Wis.; Algon- 
quin, A. C. Nielle, Green Bay. Wis.; Alca, H. A. Hooker, 
Jackson Park. Y. C.; Edna TI., George L. Hannaford, 
Jackson Park Y. C.; Undine, George Bell, Jackson Park 
Y. C.; Wahnita, A. W. Weise, Green Bay, Wis.; Atlanta, 


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Robert Young, Columbia Y. C.; Arrow, Robert Yoting, 
Columbia Y. C.; Vanity, C. R. Mack, Columbia Y. C, 

Class Ao, Sloops Under 22ft—Satyr, George R. 
Fargher, Columbia Y. C.; Query, G. W. Baker, Columbia 
Y, C.; Gironda, L. T. Braun, Columbia Y. C.; Loon, E. 
C. Webster, Columbia Y. C.; Willit, F. C. Porter, Colum- 
bia Y. €.; Albatross, W. K. Bruce, Columbia Y. C.; 
Blackbird, Reni Hilbert, Milwaukee, Wis.; Ozone, J. 
Wilder, Milwaukee, Wis.; Coquette, Joseph H. Vaill, Es- 
canaba, Mich. 

Class Bro, Sloops Under 22it—Peep II., McCulloch & 
Ott, Jackson Park, Y. C; Alva, C. T. Worst, Coiumbia 
Y. C.; Weazel. H. J. McCormick, Columbia Y. C.; At- 
lantic, W. H. Reeves, Columbia Y. C.; Dot, G. W. Baker, 
Columbia Y. C.; Fox, J. C. Fox, Columbia Y. C.; Deer, 
Clarence Rojke, Columbia Y. C.; Syndicate, C. M. 
Boyden, Jackson Park Y, C.; Louise, H. D. Ford, Fox 
Lake Y. C:; Dauntiess, A. J. Ford, Kenosha, Wis.; Mate, 
W. W. Gilson, Waukegan, IIl:; Athlete, J. Strawbinger, 
Milwaukee, Wis.; Iola, S. B. Cullman, Jackson Park Y. 
C.; Surprise, , Jackson Park Y. C.; Volita, . 
Jackson Park Y. C. 

Twenty-foot Raters.—Sakita, S. G. Shepherd, Saddle 
and Cycle Club; Raven, C. Skates, Macatawa Bay-Y. C.: 
Ruth, Dr. E. R. Kellogg, Delavan Lake Y. C.; Harriet 
H., H. L. Hertz, Fox Lake Y. C,; Bald Eagle, J. H. 
Adams, Columbia Y. C.; Avis, W. H. Thompson, Ocono- 
mowoc, Wis. 

Seventeen-foot Class.—Triton, Scudder & Galt, Saddle 
and Cycle Club; Neola, George Pyncheon, Saddle and 
Cycle Club. j 

Naval Reserve Cutters—Twenty-four-footer, D. Dela- 
fontaine; 28-footer, D. R. T. Collins; 28-tooter, B. R, T. 
Collins; 30-footer, D. Delafontaine. 

Officials for the race will be named and the final ar- 
rangements for the regatta made to-morrow. Mayor 
Harrison and Gen. Joseph Wheeler will be invited to 
serve as judges. 


Around Oconomowoc. 


Mr, Walter H. Dupee has bought another Amundson 
boat, a i-rater, which he will sail this summer in the 
various cup events around Oconomowoc. The first 
contest for the Luedke cup will be sailed on Pine Lake, 
June 30, also the first in the season series for the local 
championship. Other races will be sailed July 14, for the 
Pfister cup, on July 28 for the Smith cup, on Aug. 25 
the fourth contest for the Robert Nunemacher cup for 
18-footers, as well as the third contest for the 21-footers 
in the same competition. There will be a special meeting 
of Oconomowoc Y. C. June 30, called by Vice-Com. 
William Hale Thompson. Ariel, formerly owned by Mr. 
Dupee, this week was sent to Lake Geneva for her new 
owner, Mr, Moore. 


At Delavan Lake. 


A spirited competition took place last summer between 
Dr. E. R. Kellogg, of Chicago, and the Davis brothers, 
of Austin, who had several trials on Delavan Lake with 
fast, imported boats. It is stated that the Davis brothers 
have gone up to Lake Winnebago and bought the famous 
local boat, Argo. This new boat, will be thoroughly tried 
out, and should she win will represent Lake Delavan at 
Lake Geneva next August in the Interlake regatta. 


Fox Lake Y. C, 


Mr. Charles Balcolm, of Columbia Y. C., Chicago, 
sailed the Bald Eagle against Louise in the race for the 
Browning King cup at Fox Lake, June 24, but Frank 
Hansel brought Louise home winner, time 1.10, Com. 
Hertz’s Pistakee won the weekly regatta June 23, over 
the seven-mile course, time 1.06.40. 


Eastern Yacht Comes West, 


President J. J. Hill, of the Great Northern road, has 
purchased of Mrs. James W. Martinez-Cardeza the steam 
yacht Eleanor, and the boat has started on its way to the 
Great Lakes, where she will be used as the plea-tire craft 
of the great railroad magnate, sailing under the new name 
of Wacouta, Eleanor is 232ft. over all, 208ft. waterline, 
32%t. breadth and raft, draft. She will be the most 
elaborate private craft now on the Great Lakes. 


E. Houc#, 
HARTFORD Buitpinc, Chicago, Ill. ‘ 


Keystone Y. C. 


TACONY—DELAWARE. RIVER. 
Saturday, June 23. 


Tue Keystone Y. C., of Tacony, Pa., sailed its second 
annual regatta on June 23, the times being: 


' Elapsed. 
ihre, ID) NS Metal lors ee seb etiom cost pec See acc 1 23 00 
Martha, J. Apster....- 1 23 30 
Little Harry, J. Hirst... a) + 27°30 
Anna V., Samuel Freass. 0. oo. 5.6 50.---ceens eee 127.32 
Edith M., W. Millingter 1 28 00 

Skiffs—Start, 12:09. 
F. Riley, W. Wagner 3 1 28 00 1 19 00 
Gluey, H. Vaughan......... pelted arceeraea : 1 19 02 
AlGesta,) Ie Mallinger so iteancc eases Ai 119 30 
Mer talossepiawdl,  bavise-senhtardem sane rec ene se © 1 25 00 
iba, Wis Wlaschersorasese este ota wea auc pane oe 1 26 00 
First Class Duckers—Start, 12:20. 

Bertre: S., (WW. Glausor...5ciiterssteeseecseseee 1 26 00 1 06 00 
McGinty, George L. Sage....:..02-2222sss00000 1 29 00 1 09 00 
Albert S., C. Shalleross-..... Pees vereeqee a 1 30 00 1 10 00 
(Siteieet: TER: MQ. Slec cA aSann moore net ee pbb oon 1 30 15 110 15 
Oe rlirs ten ee metre vases atesasee oaeete eee neers 1 32 00 1 12 00 
Bessie, S, Yu Din gees: cn iiccsce se nssageceeees . Capsized. 


The judges were Thomas McKane and H. D. Long. . 


Jamaica Bay Y. C. Dory Class. 


CANARSIE—JAMAICA BAY, 
Saturday, June 30. 


Tue Jamaica Bay Y. C. sailed the first of its series of 
dory races on June 30 in a fresh N.W. wind, start 3:40, 
the times being: 


Finished. Elapsed. 
Dory ©., PB. S. La Bord, 12... cierceveenspvnss 4 14 38 0 34 38 
Dory 43, W. G. Gallagher. 0022. -.ctssescncenes 419 55 0°39 55 
Dory Bi, Dr. (CG. J. PHUgvererecensescssec tots 4 25 00 0 45 00 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


" [Jury 7, 1900. 


Rhode Island Y. C. Annual Regatta. 


PAWTUXET—PROVIDENCE RIVER. 
Friday, June 22. 


Tue Rhode Island Y. C. celebrated its fourteenth an- 
Hiversary on June 22 with the annual spring regatta and 
‘ladies’ day. The courses were: 

For all classes over 2tft. sailing length: Start between 
judges’ boat and signal off club house, around gas buoy 
No. 4, about one-half mile southeast of Warwick Light, 
leaving same on port and return to starting point, seven- 
teen miles. Channel course sailed in all classes, and all 
buoys, beacons and lighthouses passed on the channel 
side. 

Courses for all other classes: Start between judges’ 
boat and signal off club house, passing from north to 
south; thence around black spar buoy off the club house, 
leaving the same on starboard; thence around black spar 
buoy off Green’s Island, leaving same on starboard; thence 
around black spar buoy off the club house, leaving the 
same on port; thence around black spar buoy off Green’s 
Island, leaving same on starboard and return to starting 
point, twelve miles. 

There was a strong southerly wind at the start, and 
some of the yachts were reefed, but it finally died out after 
yariotts shifts and changes. One of the starting guns 
missed fire, and Elizabeth, making a very late start after 
the rest of her class, was mistaken by the committee as 
starting too soon for the next class, and was recalled. 
Victor was protested by Mildred for crossing before her 
proper gun. Astrea claimed a new measurement after 


the race, and Argol sailed the wrong course. The official 
times were: 
FIRST DIVISION, 
35ft. Sloop Class—Start, 1:44. 
* Elapsed. Corrected. 

Nelma, Myrick J. Bryant.........sscsessteseese 4 18 06 4 18 06 
Astrea, GC ©. Black.......-..-2.-. sc ccsssnesess 6 07 04 419 03 

21it. Sloop Class—Satrt, 1:46. 
Bureet, Almy Bros..........0.-- eateries -2 16 50 216 50 
Breeze. W. G. Roelker.,...:.seceesereeees 2 24 52 PA )L) 


SECOND DIVISION, 
B0%t. Yawl Class—Start, 1:54 


Reginald, Hi W. Ostby..cssvssepeoseepeeeee sees 3 46 12 Nase 
Rava, N. J. Tattersall.....-.c.sseeuseyyeeeeeee> 4 41 58 row ba 


THIRD DIVISION, 


Emblem, G. E. Darling........., 3 23 24 
Gismonda, H. A. Capron 3 32 36 
Louise, Samuel” Brown. ......---..-.5 cys. eee 
25ft. Cat Class—Start, 2:02. 
Wictor, I, Vi Bowen... eyes see esp etc esses ens 3 57 49 
Mildred. Bi Ho Smiths cee nae. vee ++ £00 05 
Glide, G, Ti. Robinsor...s..ssccccc eter sees naeee Withdrew. 
Rustler, N, Horton. 2.22.41 -5 2. eee e eases ewes Disabled, 
Tartar, A. T. Scattergood,.......+s-+esr scree Mistook course. 
21ft. Cat Class—Start, 2:04. 
Marguerite, J. D. Peck....--.-.-s2s2.sespetee es 2 05 25 2 05 25 
Caroline, A. S. Brownell. ......-+-c+neeesereee ee 2 09 48 2°09 12 
Availe ING, eivorrailelesee ee ASS tcosee eee 213 19 2 09 30 
Pet, W. H. Spencer. ...--.-2...--- +e ness eeeees 213 43 211 24 
Elizabeth, D. Wood... .....-:e--+-2enseeceeee pens 2 22 41 2 20 08 
One-Design Class—Start, 2:10. 
iPseeth WME UBL legedton yh eRe es 2 38 00 
~The Kid, W. E. Thurber Vane Soe ts 2 51 20 
Redskin. A, M. Potter, -....+--..:.-:e+ese-deee + oe os 3 24 50 
Sprint, Vigneron Bros. ......-+++.+-+eeeeeeeees + oe is 3 41 33 


Nelma wins first prize subject to remeasurement of 
Astrea; Burget wins first; Reginald wins first; Emeline 
wins the $100 cup in her class, and Emblem wins second; 
Victor wins first and Mildred second, subject to decision 
on. protest; Marguerite wins first and Caroline second; 
Rascal wins first and Kid second. While the race was 
in progress, lunch was served at the club house, followed 
by dancing, and in the evening there was a display of fire- 
works and an illumination of the fleet. 

On June 23 the first race of the first series for the club 
one-design class was sailed in a fresh S.W. wind, the 
times being: 

R. I, Y. C. One-Design Class—Start, 3:36. 


Finish. Elapsed 
Rascal, H. E. Barlow........-1.-ss2-ee--- seen 5 30 12 1 55 12 
The Kid) W.. Hy Thurber... 2. csee eee een egines 5 30 35 1 55 35 
Redskin, -A.. Ml Potter. cco) cence. ct vscines genes 5 35 07 1 59 07 
Sprint, Vigneron Bros.........-.++sesesressense 5 37 12 2 02 12 
Ear), EB, EL. Puller.....¢.0.s--2cceeeseereerees ved 42-17 207 17 


Detroit Y. C. Annual Regatta. 


DETROIT—LAKE ST. CLAIR. 
Saturday, June 16. 

Tue Detroit Y. C. sailed a very successful annual re- 
gatta on June 16, the course being five miles to windward 
and return, in a moderate wind, E. by N. There was a 
good fleet of starters, and some close racing in most of 
the classes. The official times were: 

45ft, Class—Start, 2:15. 


City: of Straits, Groesbeck....--.-.+.s.ee-seeees 6 18 55 403 55 
40ft. Class—Start, 2:15. 
Gertrude, Lichtenberg ........s-.2eceseeenneans 6 05 27 8 50 27 
ghft. Class—Start, 2:15. 
Wordica, Bennett sc. stcerrcciess cs save oe siciscs et 6 05 30 3 50 30 
Carrie ‘S., Hlermiss.cc.: ii sciecceespseenceesserce 5 57 18 3 42 18 
Dolphin, Barthel ....:-0:ssseeseserecsesensevces Withdrew. 
20ft. Class—Start, 2:15. 
White Cap, Gannon.......,-0:ss-rctsapesnnecee 6 07 39 3 52 39 
Frances Mirela crcl esnen etter snpaciatarecsitteereiecke nites 5 3l 59 3 16 89 
Oweene, Major ........ se RS eee desert 5 84 02 8 19 02 
Cricket, Wilds ......-..--0:-002 00a qariiumentcecas 5 380 SL 3 15 51 
25ft, Class—Start, 2:25. 
Question, Brentiaty 1.0052... scecccnncraaeiews s---d 48 31 3 23 31 
Two Step, Wendell,........-.20-- 2 essen eee tieee 5 31 51 3 06 51 
Sanatter. T. Schwetkart......-.--.0ceeeeeeceraes 5 04 22 3 39 22 
Taifu, Hodges .-..... idence ea tase SAAS 3 5 11 20 2 46 20 
Aileen, Chivers .........- Wo) Dee es Gag take ay 5 UT 30 2 42 30 
20ft. Class—Start, 2:26. 
Advance, Malcomson .......-. Pere ete ae ee 5 13 38 2 48 38 
Concordia, W. Schweikart...........:s-sssesee 5 35 08 3 10 08 
IMmctasebbaltpsetsaneqtasetes sere ce ener einpased 5 30 10 3 10 10 
Golden Rod, Grasser ...:sceeeces ewes tenseence 5 35 07 3 10 07 


Time figured from 2:15 flat. 

Judges: Dr. R. J. Farmer, George Beck, Col. J. H.- 
Beattie. Timers: E. H. Broadwell and E. H. Broadwell. 

Frances protested Oweene for failing to give room on 
the line at the start. 

The club will give a race for power boats on July 7, open 
to all without entrance fee. There will be classes as 
follows: All over 4goft. l.w.l.; 30 to 4oit.; 25 to 3oft.; 20 
to 2sft., and under 20ft. The start will be made in 
two divisions, all over 25ft. at 3:00 preparatory, and 3:10 
for the start; all 2sft. and under at 4:00 preparatory, and 
4:10 for the start. Detroit Y, C, championship flags will 
be given in each class, / 


The club has scheduled the following events for the 
season: July 7, power race; 14, club regatta, all classes; 
Aug. 18, club regatta, all classes; Sept. 10, annual fall 
sweepstakes; 11, special 25ft, class; 12, free for all sweep- 
stakes, yawls; 13-14, club cruise. ; 

The conditions of the fall sweepstakes are as follows: 

Prizes.—ist, $200 gold, champion flag, possession of 
Hotel Ste. Claire cup for one year; 2d, $100 gold; 3d, $50 
gold; ath, $25 gold. 

Prizes will be increased $25 for each yacht over eleve 
entered. 

_In addition to cup, cash prizes and flag, there will be a 
time prize for 45 and 4o footers, and one for 35 and 30 
footers. 

Entrance fee, $25. 

All yachts must enter and receive sailing numbers from 
the Regatta Committee at the club house before 6 P. M. 
Sunday, Sept. 8. Each entry to be accompanied by a 
measurer’s certificate from the home club. 

Yacht Racing Union rules govern, with exception of 
paragraph 3, section XIV. Crews, struck out, 

All boats under 30ft. racing length must accept 30ift. 
racing measurement. 

Each yacht while sailing in the race must carry the 
number assigned her by the Regatta Committee at the peak 
on both port and starboard. 

Mr. Mark W. Allen, 1178 William street, Detroit, is the 
Secretary of the Regatta Committee. 


New Rochelle Y. C. Annual Regatta. 


NEW ROCHELLE—LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
Saturday, June 30. 


THs New Rochelle Y. C. sailed its annual regatta on 
June 30 in the hardest blow of the year, a strong and 
puffy N.W. wind that parted halyards and bobstays and 
snapped off masts and bowsprits, There was an entry 
list of sixty-two yachts, and as the whole Sound fleet 
is now ready for the mid-summer racing, most of these 
would have started in ordinary weather, but as it was, the 
list was cut just in half. The regular club courses were 
sailed, starting off Echo Bay, across the Sound to the 
Gangway Buoy and then to the second mark, down the 
Sound, and home. The incidents of the day were numer- 
ous and varied. Nirvana parted her halyards near the line, 
Raider was disabled and Vivette lost her mast on the 
line; Penguin dragged ashore, Sultan carried away her 
mizzen mast, Tosto tore her mainsail, Empronzi parted 
her bobstay, Ondawa broke her steering gear, Maraquita 
parted her peak halyards, Sakana lost her bowsprit, Freya 
parted her peak halyards, Awa parted her peak halyards, 
Eurybia carried away her bowsprit, Oiseau carried away 
her bowsprit and mast, and Persimmon carried away her 


howsprit. The times were: 
5lft, Class—Start, 12:20. 
j Length. Elapsed, Corrected. 
Mataquita. If. (Br Shaensssesecee. oe AG. 83 33638 - 23 36 33 
BAA lees) CATHITO lUlines = ong 58 gitin e pepleiate 46.43 3 26 14 3 25 44 
okasEi ger, 1s. dja divo)oy sare eer eto 46.95 Disabled. 
Cutters and Yawls—43it. Class—Start, 12:26. 
Burybia, Gharles Pryér...-.3 2.2324 40,02 Disabled. 
Fleetwing, C. M. Fletcher........... 40,00 2 36 37 2 36 37 
Albjcore, yawl, S. J. Hyde.......... 41,00 - 2 20 56 219 53 
Yawls—s36ft. Class—Start, 12:30. 
Escape, George J. Mathews.......... 80.42 2 28 48 2-21 03 
Freyja, George J]. Bradish............ 36.00 Disabled. 
Possum. W. WN. Bavier.........-..-- 36.00 2 26 37 2 36 37 
Sloops-—80it. Class—Start, 12:40, 
Empronzi, Alfred Peats.............- 30.00 Disabled. 
INfSciery Gy) daly wb srae gmagee Soo sn gad 28.20 2 55 02 2°22 I 
1Git “AN Web WE yefiborot: Bley sano de shoo 30.00 2,32 45 2 $2 45 
Oiseau, J. R. Maxwell, Jr.........-5 30.00 Disabled. 
Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 12:50, 
Edwina IIf., J. N. Gould............ 25.00 2°25 30 2 25 30 
HINT ZO Le eu GTSSOG eer crs tssenc eaeunnty 25,00 2 22) 05 2 22 06 
Rochelle, Edward Kelly.............. 25.00 1 57 55 1 57 55 
ienashia, eG. eWise ViOltzi sar n sam ntetelae 25.00 2 15 50 2 15 50 
i Sloops—21ft. Class—Start, 12:56. 
Ose, (Roberto bavietnrs «avecsteerscnanenly 21.00 1 389 40 1 39 40 
Sloops—18it. Class—Start, 1:00. 
Nora, Wewis lselinive ss wees. see eres 18.00 1 47 20 1 47 20 
\avettes ile celesSS@t.yeucse se ere aoe 15.00 Disabled. 
Raceabouts—Start, 12:45. 
Snapper, H. L. Maxwell............. 21.00 2 07 32 2 OF 32 
Scamp, Johnson De Forest.......... 21.00 2 07 16 2 07 16 
Colleen, L. R. Alberger...... Sits 21.00 21117 211 17 
Persimmon, H. D. V. Warner...... 21.00 Disabled. 
Catboats—80ft. Class—Start, 12:40, 
Tomine, Itsy (Ptehce’: 2) ey meant tae menos 30.00 2 33 46 2 33 46 
Leisure, F. B. Myrick..............5 27.96 3 22:13 318 51 
Alice, C. E. Younngy..-..2:.22.0..008 26.06 Not timed. 
Cathoats—21ft. Class—Start, 12:55. 
Mongoose IL, Sjmeon Ford.....:... 21.00 1 29 06 1 29 06 
Kazaza, T, J. McCahill.............. 21.00 1 31 29 1 81 29 
Seawanhaka Knockabouts—Start, 12:50. 
Thelen Avs 2.) WWaVer. ge cee es sees 21.00 2 21 01 2 21 O1 
GIceis ECsyn tl ama Drees tS Ot ta cteee ceceeec ie ecesoner sot fete 21.00 Disabled. 


The Regatta Committee included Messrs. J. D. Spark- 
man, C. P. Tower, O. H. Chellborg, W. E. Moore and 


Harry Stevenson. 


Beverly Y. C. 
WING'S NECK—BUZZARDS BAY. 
Saturday, June 30. 


Tue Beverly Y. C. sailed a race on June 30 in a gale 
from the west, a dozen of the yachts getting over the 
course successfully. The times were: 


25ft. Class, 


; Elapsed 
May Queen. D. L. Whittemore.......-.5...sse ester ee eens 2 05 
Utila, W. A. Winship.........-2. 02. see eee e ee ees teen ees 211 46 
Nokomis, Alfred Wimsor..............-sc0e: ; --2 17 43 
Bina, John Parkinson...-.-. 1.1. cess stew eens esnte tree en eee Disabled. 

2ift. Class. 
Wuakeress, Wi F. Harrison.....e.sese ee cce tense ee ete ees 1 31 30 
Amanita, Elerstatwen oy seciarnieretine GAA DOB BO SCOOSOCOUM GE oass-l 82 01 
Wdith, C. My Baker. i121... scgee ete neve ecc cee e ete eset eaces 1 34 00 
Cyrilla, R. W. Emmons....-5.-e:ees seers cete tenses ce sees 1 35 OL 
Sylvia, S. D. Watren..... Ati p PRA BD BE Bb let) a nee + a°ctn 1 41 21 
Kestrel yb, Wabieyrieiersscnesn 29>) dace datasets 00 
Bohemia, R. L. Barstow, Jiri. ....-ceeee esse eeee sees s- +. Withdrew, 
Fourth Class—Cats. 
a heyale ate EAR OBO: oer ounce pransocugcce rr eet 1 50 50 
15ft. One-Design Class. : 

Flickamaroo, W. B. Emmons.........0. cesses rece ee seee--20 43 45 
Uarda, John Parkinson, Jr.... 11. ecs.s. pees seein ees aee eee ee Disabled. 


Teaser, 
Judge, E. N. Farnsworth. = 
Uarda and Teaser were in collision, and later Teaser 
swamped and was beached. 


Niagara IT., Howard Gould, arrived at Antwerp on 


June 26, 


Eastern Y. C. Annual Regatta. 


MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 
Saturday, June 30. 


_ Tue Eastern Y. C. sailed its annual regatta on June 30 
in half a gale from W.N.W. and a lively sea, only half a 
dozen yachts starting. The two big schooners Constella- 
tion and Hildegarde were matched, but the latter parted 
her jib sheets before the start and withdrew. The 7oft. 
l.w.l. centerboard cutter Athene, just from the Bristol 
yard, where she had two tons of lead bolted under the 
keel and two new sails made, went in against Constellation 
for the Puritan cup. 

Gloriana and the new 51-footer Shark were in the 
harbor, but Shark would not start with reefed sails. The 
course was out around the E. Y. C. mark, then around the 
Grayes Whistling Buoy and return over the same course. 
Athene sailed with topmast on deck and full lower sail. 
Constellation ran away from Athene off the wind. but in 
beating out to the Graves the ctitter took the lead. On the 
third leg, off the wind, Constellation regained the lead, but 
on the beat home she carried away the jaws of her main 
gaff and Athene won by a large margin. The times were: 


Puritan Cup. 


: Elapsed. Corrected. 
Athene, Wi (OR Gaye sis ac she ye ees sonar 4 30 00 4 22 14 
Constellation, F. Skinner, Jr...ic...-2.s0ses as 4 46 55 4 46 55 
Schooners, 46ft, Class. Y 
‘Barbara Oh Onsale ehib viulceere reticle 4 14 39 4 14 39 
Rondira, D. ‘C. Percival, Jr......-....-.....5.06 4 21 31 4 18 23 
‘ Cutters—3bit. Class. 
Halaiay 1) UPovanda, Saeltouds sees saa aecedeees 4 30 25 4 30 25 


Siren, Robert Saltonstall.......... tas ais Soe die Disabled. 


Athene wins the Puritan cup for the year; Barbara 
wins $75; Halaia wins $50. The steamer Goy. Andrews 
carried the members and guests over the course, to the 
serious discomfiture of some of the ladies. 

The judges were H. H. Buck, H. D. Bennett, Henry 
Howard, F. O. North and O. B. Roberts. 


Squantum Y. C. | 


SQUANTUM, MASS. 
Saturday, June 30. 

Tue Squantum Y. C. was favored with a westerly gale 
for its open regatta on June 30, but a number of boats 
were out under four reefs. The race was attended by 
various mishaps; Lobster capsized and her crew was taken 


off by her rival, Zoe, Coquette was driven ashore. The 
times were: 
Class D. 
Elapsed.. Corrected. 
Early Dawn. JB: Doherty... 2.005.) een 1 12 15 : ay 
Class 5S. 
[irSomas. Hs eye ert tc pee eieetkeste crsie ta reeetnt avtertece »..1 26 15 
Coquette, B. D. Amsden.........1--ee ree eee eee Stranded. 
: Class T. 
Zoe, J. McCarthy. .---- ese. s cee ce nee cent eens . Not timed. 
Tbobster, 42 Hendries....2.452e0-seasne>rare ,., Disabled. 
Handicap Class. 
iegiiteat, 10 NR IiGerse 65-56 od coacderecudns 1 15 3 113 30 
Wis TR ARIF Ace sons Goo crenn eee 1 22 10 116 10 
Snowhonus, Sargent & Drew.......scssneers es 1 29 40 1 25 40 


The winners were Early Dawn. Ursona, Zoe and Kiuna. 


Royal Canadian Y. C. 


TORONTO—TORONTO BAY. 
Saturday, June 23. 

Tue Royal Canadian Y. C. sailed a race on June 23 ter 
the first, 30ft., 16ft. and dinghy classes. In the first class 
Merrythought won, with Clorita second. The wind was 
light, but Merrythought led from the start. In the goft. 
class Sylvia beat Wona. The times were: 

16fit. Class—Start, 3:30. 


Finish 
Wisin thie cheapie s 8 Ua an aesnn AEErer er eerie buy wer cers oo 4°44 00 
Caprice. jcaavaes ane ash te Lei vee cnietetotelsletee ai rnscig havare gage 5S meres 4 45 30 
TRESS Aer Se RS ee tn AE ASSO BER BHOULLECDEO Son .4 45 45 
Gate Walle ih twases noe co's Rae ae ol SB or hn) DCBE OLS 214 46 25 
Isilon ecu ber enn aa OS Tada he ee Sten rn eee bares 4 46 30 
NSIPEETUL pict ce yaa ea oees wen ON insoncdapci, socks eccrea as 4 55 15 

: Dinghy Class—Start, 3:35. 

Bo AEMis ws nsec eee ne oe see there sey sles AARE SR ACE AS tt enone Sonen 4 28 30 
G Sweatman ....-..c.5seas Ora es eee peters snecboAssens 4 31 00 
George Gooderham, Jr..... wrearera eae Pee sseanosas 4 34 00 
He Sistine eae tae aoe ans in baila seer tessa ee eveceue-4 Of 00 


Columbia Y. C. 


CHICAGO—LAKE MICHIGAN. 
Saturday, June 3o. 


THe Columbia Y. C. sailed a race, the third of the 
series, for the smaller yachts on June 30. The times were: 


Class 9. 
Start, Finish. Bat Corrected. 
QUETY wesveseeceseerees 2 32 40 316 40 0 44 00 0 41 42 
Sa Evite aeons tines 2 31 25 3 18 10 0 46 45 0 46 45 
Albatross) (jiees~sst snes 2 31 50 3 21 30 0 49 40 0 41 26 
Gitondae wide siuaieesnly 2 31 30 Swamped. 
IVIL pote AE aac 2 30 28 3 20 25 0 50 02 0 42 19 
VSAM de ntannc nab ones 2 30 20 3 22 49 0 52 29 0 43 46 
ass 10. 
Florence ‘ .eceeyeeeee ees 2 30 25 3 20 57 0 50 32 0 50 32 


Winthrop Y. C. 
WINTHROP—BOSTON HARBOR. 


Saturday, June 30. 


A WESTERLY gale on June 30 prevented the swimming 
and rowing races scheduled by the Winthrop Y. C., and 
only four boats started in the yacht race, the times being: 


€ Elapsed. Corrected. 
Alruna, R. U. Clark, Jr..- +» 20 27 48 0 26 48 
Dorothy, A. M. Crowes.... 0 31 50 0 26 50 
Alert, John MacConnell, Jr. 0 27 20 0 27 20 


Ruth, A. L. Richards......... Disabled. 


Queen City Y. C. 
TORONTO—TORONTO BAY: 
Saturday, June 23. 


Tuer Queen City Y. C. sailed a trace for the 2oft. class 
on June 23, in a light breeze, the times being, start 2:45: 


: Finish. Elapsed. 
‘Venetta, Haney Bros.......::+--+-+ BEE aE eho tol 5 53 00 3 08 00 
Widgeon, P. J. Kenny. ......scereeeesneeeceeeee 5 56 55 311 & 
Arab, R. Waddell...............-..--+. ree ates 9 Withdrew, 


Widgeon protested Venetta for fouling at the start, 


Jury 7, 1900.] 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


A match was sailed on June 24 between the tuckups 
Freda K, and Catherine C., over a course from Market 
street wharf, Philadelphia, to Kaign’s Point, Howell’s 
Point and return. The times were, start, 2:00: 


a 
Freda K., Charles Dunlay..s..-:ssereeesresse es ererrernesenens 
Catherine C,, Harry Quinn. ......cecesse rer es seer rcerenecns ees 415 00 

RR ER 


The weekly knockabout races of the Corinthian Y. C. 
at Essington on Jtine 23 resulted as follows, start 3:15: 


Bs 
IGE ASA ecto ala eens Pe nnGeirry rent Dope te Ob error ay aa 08 
Peed aie de ees acta tn adepeice ene ceeighreeey uy en stasse ce se aaias 4 3d. 08 
Griglas coccseodb ee cee ee Theta bent mess Weir Ditleete ter ite ea naa 435 26 


Ree 


Laurus, auxiliary schooner, designed by Cary Smith & 
Barbey for Dr. J. C. Ayer, left Poillon’s yard on her trial 
irip on June 30. Brynlis, schooner, recently purchased 
by James Roosevelt and fitted with a 16-H. P. gasoline 
motor, also left the yard on the same day for a trial. 


mR 


Vela, sloop, has been sold by J. E. Cowdin to George 
D. Provost, of New York. The yacht was designed by 
Cary Smith & Barbey, and built at Poillon’s in 1897, and 
has since been on the Great South Bay. 


mR ER 


Charles S, Ames, son of Leonard Ames, Jr., a wealthy 
iron manufacturer of Oswego, was drowned in Lake 
Ontario, near Oswego, late in the night of June 24. With 
a party of friends Mr, Ames was out in his yacht 
Bohemian, and while standing on the deck a momentary 
change of wind shifted the sail, which struck and threw 
him into the water. Attempts at rescue were unavailing. 
The body has not been recovered. Mr. Ames was one of 
the most skillful and best-known yachtsmen on Lake 


Ontario. 
eRe 


Lookout, the racing Skow designed by A. H. Higgin- 
son to challenge for the Quincy cup, was launched at 
Fenton’s yard, Manchester, on June 20, 


RRR 
Eleanor, steam yacht, has been sold by Mrs. J. W. M. 
Cardeza to J. J. Hill, who has changed her name to 
Wacouta. 
RRR 


-On June 28 a schooner yacht 6oft. over all and 2oft. 
beam was launched at Bay Shore, L. I., where she was 
built by Capt. W. C. Rogers for Regis H. Post, who de- 
signed her. The new yacht is named Shawondasee. 
mR ER 
Sentinel, steam yacht, E, D. Thayer, Jr., arrived at New 
York from Newport News on June 24, and Capt. Pressey 
reported that “on Sunday morning at 9 o'clock Cape 
Henlopen, bearing N.N.W., distance fifteen miles, the 
steam yacht Sentinel picked up a 16it. centerboard boat 
painted’ white, with bright gunwales and brass. rowlocks, 
and containing one oar.” 
. Ree 
The second race of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C. Center 
Island cup series was sailed on June 30, the times being, 
start, 3:08: 


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Wryntje, Fy S, Hastins...ccccc eee e ees ene ens 03 : 
Bobs, A We Stewarton: -.-- nn tence eeierees 4 40 58 1 32 55 
Bee, ALG. Jacguelin, aig 7ee-y)-- Reese Ostnocats 4 41 58 1 38 58 


Canoeing. 


American Canoe Association, 1899-1900. 
Commodore, W. G. MacKendrick, 200 Eastern avenue, Toronto, 


SI scretary: -Treasurer, Herbert Begg, 24 King street, Toronto, Can. 
Librarian W. P. Stephens, Thety-second street aud avenue A, 
Bayonne, N. 


Division Officers. 


ATLANTIC DIVISION. S 

Vice-Com., H. C. Allen, Trenton, N. J. 

Rear-Com., Lewis H. May, New York. 

Purser, Arthur H. Wood, Trenton, N. J. 4 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 

Vice-Com., John S. Wright, Rochester, N. Y¥. 

Rear-Com., Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. 

Purser, C. Fred Wolters, 14 East Main street, Rochester, N. Y. 
EASTERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., Frank A. Smith, Worcester, Mass. - - 
Rear-Com., Louis A. Hall, Boston, Ss. 
Purser, Frederick Coulson, 405 Main street, Worcester, Mass. 


NORTHERN DIVISION. 


‘Vice-Com., J. McD. Mowatt, Kingston, Ont,, Can. 
Rear-Com., E. C. Woolsey, Ottawa, Ont., Can. 
Purser, J. E. Cunningham, Kingston, Ont., Can 


WESTERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., Wm. C. Jupp, Detroit, Mich, 
Rear-Com.. F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Purser, Fred T. Barcroft, 408 Ferguson Building, Detroit, Mich. 


Regatta Committee: KR. Easton Burns, Kingston, Ont., Can, 
chaiman; Harry Ford, Tornto; D. B. Goodsell, Yonkers, N, Y. 
® 


Meet of 1900, Muskoka Lake, Aug. 3-17. 
_* Official organ, ForEesT AND STREAM.. 


Fixtures. 


. July. 
7. Toronto, club annual. 
14. Toronto, paddling and sailing races. 
21. Toronto, races and hop. | 


August. Se ee 
3-17. A. C. A. meet, Muskoka. : ’ 
September, , is 
1-8. Toronto, club cruise, i 
&. Toronto, fall regatta. 4 


15. Toronto, sailing races. a! Er 


, A. C.A. Membership. 
Atlantic Divyision—Chas. E. Losee, Brooklyn. 
N. Re C, C.; Selden G. Wickett, Brooklyn, N. Y., 


N, Y., 
Nes 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


The Atlantic Division Mleet. 


DELEWARE RIVER. 
May 26-30. 

Tue Division meet of the Atlantic Division, including a 
cruise and camp, was successful to a degree that sur- 
prised the old hands who have by long experience learned 
the difference between mid-winter enthusiasm in canoeing 
and the lukewarmness which comes with the opening of 
the season. There is nothing easier after a good dinner 
on a cold winter night than to pledge every one present 
to attend a cruise or a meet in the coming summer; they 
can hardly wait until the time comes; but after the camp 
is opened and more or less elaborate preparations made 
for the expected multitude, they modestly remain invisible, 
This meet was an exception, Seventy-five men were 
present at the dinner of the Atlantic Division in New 
York last winter, about all of them promising the Vice- 
Commodore and officers that they would take part in the 
meet in May. The camp register on May 31 showed 


seventy-six names. Whether every man kept his promise, 


and if so, who the odd man was, we do not know, but 
both gatherings showed a representative set of canoeists 
from the Division. ; 

The arrangements for the meet were not only care- 
fully planned, but much trouble was taken in making them 
known to the members, and it is probably due to this, 
backed by the reputation of the executive, which induced 
so many to make the trip. The circular prepared and 
sent out by Vice-Com. Allen and Purser Wood, with a 
detailed programme, a chart of the Delaware and full 
instructions as to rendezvous, etc., made it an easy matter 
to prepare properly for the trip. 

hollowing the programme, the party met in the after- 
noon of May 25 at the United States Hotel, Haston, Pa., 
and spent a pleasant evening together after dinner. The 
muster showed thirty-five men and twenty-one canoes, and 
as practically all were old friends, the reunion was in 
every way pleasant. The start was made early on Satur- 
day, and at 8 A. M. all were well under way for’ Oak 
Island, Three members of the Brooklyn C. C. were out 


for their annual camping cruise down the river, so left 


the main party here, or rather remained behind at the 
start, falling in again near the end of the cruise. The 
start was made at an easy pace, most of the men having 
had little practice this spring. A rapid just above 
Raubsville made a pleasant diversion, and at about 9:30 
the party landed at that place—a good hotel with a 
comfortable porch, tempting to an hour’s rest. After 
starting again, a short run brought them to Reigelsville too 
early for dinner. While waiting, the Brooklyn party 
passed down the river. 

The host, Carty, produced a good substantial dinner 
and they pulled out about 2 o’clock. The wind thus far 
had failed, and many regretted that they had not planned 
for a longer run on the first day, but after dinner 1t was 
blowing quite hard up stream, so that there were no 
complaints as to the short distance scheduled. 

The old dam at Durham Furnace gave a very lively 
little run, and was, of course, enjoyed. There was 
nothing further worthy of notice during the remainder of 
the afternoon, and about 5 o’clock all pulled into French- 
town, where they were greeted by five more men and 
four more Canoes, thus making the party twenty-five 
canoes and forty men, and this fleet, when in single file, as 
in running rapids or when spread across the river as they 
occasionally did in the smooth, quiet stretches, presented 
a beautiful sight, and one that perhaps it will not be the 
lot of any of the participants to again behold. A very 
pleasant night was passed at Frenchtown, and all did 
justice to the bountiful repast spread by friend Apgar. 

On Sunday morning a fair early start was made, and 
all were soon enjoying the beautiful stretch of river be- 
low Frenchtown and the pretty run through the group of 
islands at Stover’s. Tumble Falls, just below the rail- 
road station of that name, was the most lively of any 
rapid encountered thus far, and the excitement of 'shoot- 
ing the rapids was well enjoyed. A few miles further 
came the dam of Bull’s Island. The sluice of the dam 
is of a good width, and very clean, with a large number of 
big foamers at the bottom. After giving it a hasty inspec- 
tion the party laid by for running, When about half had 
gotten through safely (although the majority found it 
necessary to go to shore to dump out the water which in 
most cases was some 2 and 31n. deep inside of the canoe) 
two of the New York men came through tandem, kneel- 
ing, in a low, open canoe with single blades. The result 
was, the first large wave took exception to their style 
and swamped the canoe. It was soon turned bottom up- 
ward, and the men floated through the remaining half-mile 
of rapids, reaching the shore at the bottom, where they 
rearranged their duffle and adjusted their clothing. The 
weather being warm, they thoroughly appreciated the 
bath, and by the time Lambertville was reached their 
clothing was dry enough to go to the hotel for dinner. 

The Bull's Island shoot, as heretofore has been the 
experience in short trips, was probably the most pleasant 
of any run. At this point the Brooklyn men rejoined 
the party, and continued with it until the end of the 
cruise. Lambertville was reached in good time for 
dinner, after which a good examination of Well’s Falls 
was made. The channel through the middle is imprac- 
ticable for an open canoe, particularly tandem. Nearly 
all of the party were in open canoes, and the majority 
tandem, so that channel was disposed of with little con- 
sideration and an examination was made of the channel 
down close to the Jersey shore. The water there, along 
this side, was very shallow, with rocks projecting every- 
where. Jt was therefore decided that as the superin- 
tendent of the Delaware & Raritan Canal had so kindly 
given to the party the use of the canal, and instructed the 
lock-keeper to open the lock for it, it would be advis- 
able for those’ who were crtlising tandem to enter the 
canal and paddle down it until near the foot of the falls, 
where there was an easy slide down the canal bank into 
the river. This course was adopted by a majority, and 
those who were alone in their canoes proceeded down the 
Jersey shore, but not without some bad bumping, and in 
one or two cases a hang up. Furman, of Park Island, who 
had his deck covers with him. ran the center of the falls 
down over the big foamers, and several times was lost en- 
tirely to sight in the big waves. The pleasure of shooting 
the center is great, but should be attempted only in cov- 
ered canoes. 


challenger, second. Time, 4:20:20, 


There was now a long and quiet stretch before the dam 
at Scudder’s was reached, about 5 o’clock. Part of the 
wing wall of the dam had given away, making a rather 
crooked but good channel. ‘Through this the canoes 
picked their way, and all voted it a success as a producer 
of exhilaration, From there to Park Island the canoes 
tined up across the river, covering, when paddling, the 
riyer from shore to shore. The island was reached about 
6 o'clock, and the Camp Site Committee soon provided 
the necessary quarters for the visitors, after which, with 
an appetite sharpened to a razor edge, all fell to and 
hastily disposed of the articles produced by Caterer 
Hudson. 

Besides those who made the cruise, others, who were 
less fortunate in the matter of time, came to Park Island 
for the camp and races, the camp register showing seventy- 
six members of the Division. The work of enlarging 
the Park Island club house was delayed far beyond the’ 
appointed time, so that it was still in an unfinished con- 
dition, and the kitchen was not in shape to provide for 
such a large party, but the diligence of the caterer made 
up for this deficiency, and there was no lack of good 
food, The tents of the Park Island men, all in position 
for the season, offered ample accommodation for all 
visitors. ; 

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were spent very 
pleasantly, with a little racing at times on each day, and a 
good deal of loafing between, while at night there was the 
usual camp-fire. Among those present were Seavey, 
Peebles, Berry, Smythe, Murray, Park, Fennimore, 
Kreamer, Hogan, Wilkin, Dunnell, Dater, Hewitt and 
Stephens. The annual meeting of the Division was held 
on Monday, the following officers being elected. 


The races resulted as follows: 

Novice, one man, double blades: 

1. T. R. Davis, Lakanoo C. C. ea 
2. W. H. Rickey, Park Island C. A. % 

Fred Furman, Park Island C. A. 

H. A. Hill, Park Island C. A. 

W. S. Hewitt, Lakanoo C. C. 

Novice, tandem, single blade: 
1. T. W. Cooke—W. H, Rickey, Park Island C..A. 
2, H. A, Hill—Fred Furman, Park Island C. A. 
3. W. S. Hewitt—T. R. Davis, Lakanoo C. C. 
Novice, tandem, double blades: 
1. T. R. Davyis—W. S. Hewitt, Lakanoo C. C. 
2. T. W. Cooke—W. A. Furman, Park Island C. A. 
Tandem, double blades: 
1. Chas, Eastmond—H. C. Allen, Brooklyn and Park 
Island. 
2. T. R. Davis—W. S. Hewitt, Lakanoo C. C. 
3. T. W. Cooke—W. A. Furman, Park Island C. A. | 
Tandem, single blades. . 
tr. ‘T. R. Davis—T. W, Cooke. 
2. W. A. Furman—Chas. Eastmond. 
Tail-end race: 
t. 1. W. Cooke, Park Island C. A. 
2, W. A. Furman, Park Island C. A, 
3. H. C. Allen, Park Island C. A. j 
H. A. Hill, Park Island C, A. 
T. R. Davis, Lakanoo C. C. 
Novice, single blade: 
t. Chas. Eastmond, Brooklyn C. C. 
2. EK. W. Crittenden, Red Dragon C. C. 
W. A. Furman, Park Island C. A. 
Hand paddling: 
1. E. D. Anderson, Park Island C. A. # 
2. M. D. Wilt, Red Dragon C. C. : 

W. A. Furman, Park Island C. A. ct, 

EK, W. Crittenden, Red Dragon C, C. t 

E, D. Hemingway. 

Swimming race: 
t. J. M. Lovett, Park Island C, A. 
2, Fred Furman, Park Island C. A. 

Miller Heidweiler, Park Island C. A. 

Single blade paddling: * 
1. Chas. Eastmond, Brooklyn C. C. 
2. T. W. Cooke, Park Island C. A. 

M. D. Wilt, Red Dragon C. C. 

W. A. Furman, Park Island C. A. : 
Double blade paddling: n 
1. T. R. Davis, Lakanoo C. C., ee 
2. Chas. Eastmond, Brooklyn C. C. 

M. D. Wilt, Red Dragon C. C. 

W. A. Furman, Park Island C. A. 

E. W. Crittenden, Red Dragon C. C. 
Tournament, first heat: 

1. H, C, Allen—Chas. Eastmond. 
2, M, D, Wilt—E. W. Crittenden. 


Second heat: , 
1, E. D, Hemingway—H. E. Davis. % 
2. W. A. Furman—Fred Furman. 

Third heat: - a 
tT. E, D, Hemingway—H. E. Davis. P 
2. H. C, Allen—Chas. Eastmond. . Cae 


overboard race; 
. Wilt—E. W. Crittenden. 
. Hemingway—H. E. Davis. 
: . Allen—Chas. Eastmond. 
4. W. A. Furman—Fred Furman. 
The successful meet was due mainly to the work of 
Vice-Com, Allen and Purser Wood, aided by the mene 
bers of the Park Island C. A,, who did everything possible 
to entertain the visitors and to aid them in the handling 
and shipping of canoes. 


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Tue Brooklyn C. C. held its annual June regatta on the 
r6th, off its new station, Gravesend Bay, the wind being 
fresh from the east with rough water. The events were: 

Upset Paddling Race, Scratch—Won by P. F. Hogan, 
with S. J. Bennett as crew. Time, 2m. 23s. 

soyd. Scratch Swimming Race (Club Championship) — 


Won by H. M.,Dater: Com, Frank L. Dunnell, second; 
S. J. Bennett, third; M, M. Davis, fourth, 


Time, 1m. 55. 
Half-Mile Straightaway Paddling Competition (Decked 


Canoes)—Won by Eclipse, Frank L. Dunnell; Rattler, H. 
M. Dater, second; Eastern Star, Morton V. 
third. Time, 2m. 35s. 


Brokaw, 


Annual Challenge Match for the Buddington Trophy 
(Three Miles, Triangular) —Won by Eclipse, Frank L. 


Dunnell, defender. Time, 4:15:20. Clover, M; M. Davis, 


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Down the Raisin.—ll. 


Boxing the Compass by Canoe—An_ Aquatic Journey 
Through Lower Michigan—The Cruise 
of the Little Pilgrim, 


IT was said in the previous part of this narrative that 
the upper portion of the River Raisin bore no traces of 
frafhe or commercialism. There was, as we* discovered, 
most excellent reason for this, since in many a bend be- 
side the one in which the Little Pilgrim had come to 
grief, nature had written in sprawling but unmistakable 
‘characters, “No Thoroughfare.” Frequently all that day 
and the next we came upon these protests against our 
passage, the foundations 
trunks of trees that lay on the spot where they had fallen, 
the superstructures closely woven from their dismembered 
branches and all sorts of miscellaneous flotsam. Through 
some of these there might be found on careful scrutiny 
a narrow and uncertain opening, barely wide enough for 
the Little Pilgrim, and it was one of the pleasures of the 
yoyage to essay these successive barriers in all their 
variety and originality (for no two of them were alike), 
and thus to thwart the purpose of the old dame who would 
fain have shut us out from her secrets. But the most of 
these were navigable only for finny travelers or the pred- 
atory mink} that occasionally stole along the shores. At 
these it was necessary to land the canoe and to “lift in” 
and “lift out” with all the loading and unloading usually 
incident to more serious portages. The man who at- 
tempted to follow the river in_a skiff or a “john boat,” 
the two best known methods of navigation on the waters 
of the inland lakes, might have got out of sight of his 
own farm, but the probabilities are that he would have 
ended his voyage ere it had fairly begun. But this was 
evidently a matter of supreme indifference to the farmer 
along our river, who wasted no time or money in build- 
ing boats or in cutting away these impromptu dams, All 
that the farmer cared for the river was to use a lew 
square yards of it for the purpose of watering his cattle 
and washing his sheep. These services accomplished, it 
might run away as it pleased into the regions of the 
unknown, Yet all these interruptions were only sauce 
piquante to the Little Pilgrim, which had set out to ac- 
company the river to its home in the great lake, and which 
was not to be daunted by such show of apparent inhos- 
pitality. «é 

All that long, placid summer afternoon the little craft 
fioated down the river, now in the shadow of a group 
of forest trees, which had as yet escaped the axe of the 
woodman, now sweeping through the broad sunlight that 
Hooded the meadows, now rushing down some miniature 
tapid where the stream seemed suddenly impressed with 
the idea of making up for lost time, but that thought 
abandoned, drifting more leisurely over still reaches 
where the hurry was entirely forgotten; always and for- 
ever winding and turning and curving backward with the 
most good-natured and persistent determination of going 
nowhere in particular and taking the longest possible 
time in which to accomplish its purpose. First on one 
side of the valley and then on the other our river saun- 
tered, backward and forward as if bent on furnishing the 
greatest amount of scenery in the least lineal distance, 
and heedless of any apprehension that the long June day 
would ever come to an end. Meantime we had left the 
railroad and the “early settlement’? far behind, and were 
steadily going onward—toward what and where? Less 
than little did the crew and captain know, and absolutely 
less than nothing did they care. For it was a matter of 
slight consequence (they thought) where the river went, 
so that it kept always going, and in the progress of time 
arrived once more in the vicinity of railroads and tele- 


graphs, of graveled highways and the abode of man. - 


ayhap if they had known then what they afterward 
jearned, they might have felt differently, but that is not at 
present material. It was such a delightfully novel sen- 
sation to be going, going, without the remotest knowl- 
edge of one’s destination. ; 

But as the afternoon wore on and the lights softened 
and the shadows lengthened, the Little Pilgrim sometimes 
grew half vexed with the river’s consistent delay, and 
now and then hastened her pace for a few hundred 
yards, as who should say, “We ought certainly to be 
coming out somewhere soon.” Not that it made any 
difference, though there are times when a change is 
welcome, if it is only an evidence of recurring civiliza- 
tion. 
stocked larder and an accomplished cook, all the othe: 
facilities of a first-class hotel, and had it proved con- 
venient (as it afterward did) to spend the night on the 
banks of the Raisin, not all the mosquitoes in Michigan 
could have kept the captain from sleeping the sleep of 
the man who carries a clear conscience and a good 
digestion. 

It seems very likely that all the Pilgrim’s hotel accom- 
modations would have been called into requisition that 
night had it not been that not long after the sun had 
stepped behind the most convenient range of hills and 
the s'ow June twilight settled in the valley the Little 
Pilgrim came upon a bridge, Fancy the effect upon the 
boat aud the captain of this modern paraphrase of 
Crusoe’s solitary footprint on the sands! A bridge is in- 
dubitable evidence of a road; a road logically presupposes 
the existence of a class of beings of sufficient intelligence 
te construct it, and (when reasonably sober) to trayel on 
it after it is constructed; and since these beings cannot 
always be traveling, like our rivers, they must, in all 
probability, erect some kind of structures along this 
channel of communication in which they might cook their 
food in the day time and do their sleeping at night. 
Thence it would naturally follow that a wayfaringe man 
might 

Before this line of argument could be extended to its 
proper conclusion we had passed down some distance be- 
low the bridge, and for the first time in the day heard 
the sound of human voices. They seemed at the be- 
ginning to be in some indefinite locality beyond, and 
their tones came through the air like the sound of men 
in hiding, so difficult was it to determine their where- 


s“\We,’’ as it is used in these chronicles, is not that misleading 


form of the first personal pronoun employed by the editor and 
others who wish to divide the weight of their heavy responsibility 
with people unknown. It is simply meant to include the Little 
Pilgrim and her crew. 


huge logs of driftwood and the 


For the Pilgrim furnished, in addition to a well-. 


FOREST AND: STREAM. 


abouts. In a few minutes the voices sounded nearer, and 


when they were hailed they proved to be close enough 
to answer questions intelligently. After one or two in- 
quiries, which related principally to matters of distance, 
the canoe resumed her journey, and on rounding a bend 
which was a trifle more crooked than usual, suddenly 
encountered a swimming party on the bank of the river, 

The answers to my various questions carried the in- 
formation that it was still five or six miles to the nearest 
house (river measure), and that as it stood some distance 
from the water’s edge we might easily run by it in the 
gathering darkness; that an unknown number of para- 
sangs further down the river stood the classic city of 
Palmyra (pronounced ““Palmiry”), and lastly that some 
of the party lived only a mile back from the river on 
the adjacent hills. By this time the skies were lowering, 
and soméhow during the colloquy I had received an in- 
vitation to go up and stay over night, which was of 
course entirely unexpected, The Little Pilgrim having 
been put snugly to bed in the bushes, the rest of the party 
retraced their steps up stream and crossed the prehistoric 
bridge on the way to the farmhouse, 

Does the man who has spent all his life in the city 
realize what he has lost in missing the experience of 
boyhood on the tarm? The country boy often removes 
into the city, in his mature years, for the brain and brawn 
of eyery municipality is largely drawn from the rural dis- 
triets; but, however far away from the soil fortune and 
fate may lead him, the farmer boy never entirely sunders 
the mystic cords that bind him to his earlier existence, 
never wholly loses the subtle touch that keeps him 
always in sympathy with the great realm of animate and 
inanimate nature, which lies outside the lines of any 
human corporation, And when he comes into that realm 
again, perhaps after an absence of many years, he re- 
sumes at once his wonted converse as if it were inter- 
rupted but yesterday, and reads, as if in an open book, 
the records that to those untaught are only blind hiero- 
glyphics. Por the boy on the farm lives the transitions 
of the reyolving year, sharing to the full its varying 
phases and entering with unabated zest into all the ex= 
periences which it brings. He is, in and of himself, a patt 
of each recurring season, merging his personality in each 
as it in Lurn enfolds the earth, taking on the changing 
hues of nature, like the fabled chameleon, elad when she 
is mild and bright, graver when her face is shadowed with 
cloud and storm, touched with an unconscious melancholy 
in the ripening of the year. God bless the country, to all 
its boys now and always the most delightful region in 
all the round earth in the seasons for nutting, for swim- 
ming, for fishing, and hunting; but alas! sometimes 
scarcely so alluting in the times for hoeing potatoes and 
husking corn. 

And so it was that the country boy from the city speedily 
established the most friendly relations with his farmer 
host, and together they discussed all the varying con- 
ditions of the weather and the crops, with incidental 
references to the far-off conflict in Cuba and the Philip- 
pines. Much to the guest’s surprise, the family seemed 
to be quite familiar with the existence of Toledo as a city 
on the banks of the Maumee, and indeed the sister of our 
farmers wife had a son who had some time previously 
gone to that metropolis to build up his incipient fortune, 
and the farmer himself, not so very long before, had been 
in Toledo for a day and had listened to some tales in 
which both Chicago and Duluth were clearly set forth as 
back numbers. All this was perhaps not so very retmark- 
able when it is remembered that the farm was only a trifle 
aor than a two hours’ journey from the Maumee by 
rail. 

The next morning opened none too propitiously, since, 
paradoxically speaking, the skies seemed to contain al- 
together teo much water for an aquatic journey. But 
they held it back very considerately till the Little Pilgrim 
was fairly on the way again—and then it rained. The 
farmhotise and its kindly occupants had been left far be- 
hind; there was not a shingle in sight anywhere, but by 
this time we were passing through a bit of woods, and by 
the most satisfactory coincidence came uppon a tangle of 
fallen trees just at the point where the rain became 
serious. Here, with her bow resting on a convenient 
trunk, which was upheld by its fellows at just the proper 
height from the ground, the canoe was transformed into 
a hotel, with all her supplies and other movables closely 
stowed away in the basement. Then and not till then 
were brought forth the pipe and the bon bouche of the 
voyage—careiully treasured for just such an occasion as 
this—the current and hitherto unopened number of 
FOREST AND STREAM. What could haye been more de- 
lighttul than that unreckoned hour, when, snug and dry, 
under the shelter of their own roof tree and a hundred 
miles from anywhere (by river), the crew of the Little 
Pilgrim called up the choicest comrades from all quarters 
of the globe, and held congenial converse with kindred 
souls! But the journal and the shower were finished at 
about the same time, and as the sun looked out again the 
hotel disappeared like a palace in the “Arabian Nights,” 
the Little Pilgrim was once more afloat, and we sped 
peacefully away on our journey. 

Jay BEEBE. 


+The mink not only has an inveterate habit of stealing along the 
shore, but of stealing everywhere else that he may happen to be. 
He has, in fact, the reputation of being the greatest known thief 
in the localities which he inhabits. 


A Hard Road to Travel. 


QUEBEC, June, 1900.—I had some little business at the 
lake and inyited some others, two of them young women, 
to drive up with me. So, with our driver, we were five, in 
a big sleigh drawn by two good horses, tandem. The 
‘drive up was nice, the roads being very good, and our 
intended stay was pleasant, as stays at Lac Clair usually 
are. But just at the time fixed for our homeward start 
there cate up the storm of March t and 2. We stayed 
it out without impatience, but when it was over we wanted 
to get home. 


This it was certain would not be easy, two travelers - 


who came up on snowshoes giving us alarming reports of 
the state of the roads, which reports, from the violence 


of the storm, we could well believe. But we wanted to go,’ 


and I engaged these men to go along with us and shovel 
out our way. Besides them, we had two men with a 
horse, who having finished their work also wanted to go 


(Juty 7, 1900. 


home, and the two regular guardians of the camp, making 
rather a strong force. 

We started out five of these men with a horse in the 
morning to break and shovel a road for the rest of us. 
We waited a while, and then set out. On the wind-swept 
surface of the lake, to cross which was the first stage of 
our journey, we got on very well, but when we came to 
the islands we began to get a ‘taste of what was before us. 
There we found drifts! The men and the single horse 
with no load had struggled through them, but our heavier 
horses and heavily loaded sleigh were another matter, 
In places the horses went nearly to their bellies, and 
could get on but a few yards without stopping, while the 
sleigh plowed a complete canal from one to two feet 
deep. Still, we kept on till we came near the mainland. 
There we found trouble, The whole force of men had only 
been able to dig us a road for a few yards through a 
drift 10 or 15 feet deep, with as much further to go—that 
is, there was a bank of it piled up on our road which we 
could not avoid. After that, there were 3 feet of snow 
for two and a half miles through the woods, and beyond 
that again a couple of miles of clearing, river banks, gul- 
lies and hills, where the road would inevitably be blocked 
to an unknown extent. It was clear that there was no 
thoroughfare for us. Horses would be tired out,-and some 
of the passengers might perish before any shelter could 
be reached. We could do nothing else but return to the 
camp and wait. The robes and blankets we threw on the 
snow, the Passengers got out and stood on them, the 
horses were unhitched and compelled to flounder around 
and get out the best way they could. All the men were 
called together, and by their united exertions they turned 
the sleigh about also, and the camp was regained without 
difficulty. > 

The question arose what was to be done next. That 
heavy and cumbersome sleigh could not be got over that 
toad for some days to come. The leader of the expedi- 
tion, like Hans Breitmann, “retired into himself a little 
viles,” and devised a plan. He got out one of the oldest, 
best and strongest of our canvas canoes, and by means of 
topes harnessed the horses into it. It was found to go 
very well, and the men and the young ladies had great’ 
Jarks with it. The day was so far advanced that nothing 
else could be done, but the next morning we started the 
men out to shovel the road as before. Their horse could 
not draw their empty vehicle, so they turned him loose, 
and he and the men made a single track wide enough 
for our horses to follow. All passengers embarked in the 
canoe, well wrapped up with blankets and robes, and 
away we went. The canoe was sometimes tilted to some 
very uncomfortable angles, and at times took in a good 
deal of snow, but it was never actually upset. We could 
see that the horses had hard work to go along, but by 
the laughing of the passencers it was evident they did 
not sympathize much, and was merely the best we could 
do. It was nearly nightfall before we got through the 
bush and to the nearest house, having been obliged to 
stop and favor the horses a good deal, From there to 
our destination the road was open, and there were farm- | 
houses all the way along, The men and boys of the 
families all seemed to be occupied chopping wood at 
their door, but when they saw this uncommon convey- 
ance they dropped their axes, went into their home and 
called the family to come out and look. Tt has been said 
that they dropped on their knees, crossed themselves and 
said their prayers, thinking this to be the famous “Chasse 
Galerie”’ of Canadian legend, which, although flying 
through the air and clouds in summer, might be supposed 
to be drawn over the snow in winter by horses. The 
roads being well broken we drove fast, and arrived at 
our destination before dark, Our uncommon mode of 
locomotion was the subject of discussion for a week. 

G. DE Montaupan. 


New York cc, 


BATH BEACH—GRAVESEND BAY, 
Saturday, June 16. 


THE New York C. C. sailed a special invitation race for 
the Marine and Field Club’s new one-design class on 
June 16, the course being a triangle from off the club 
house around a buoy off the Atlantic Y, C, station at Sea 
Gate and a second mark off the Marine and Field Club, 
the rounds, making nine miles, naut, Five boats started 
at 3:27, Quinque winning. The times were: 


‘| -., 1st Round, 2d Round. Finish, Elapsed. 
Quingue, L, H. Smith...... 414 10 5 02 47 665605 229 05 
Stinger, A, Clapp. ...-c..4.0.4 13 43 5 05 14 6 03 42 2 36 42 
Kelpie, J. Brown....s.-s0s. 42648 51441 60858 2 41 58 
Esperance, FP, ly. Dunell....41817 51832 61021 92 43 2) 
Vixen, J. J. Mahoney....... £1636 651218 61202 9% 45 02 


The prize was a handsome claret pitcher of cut glass 
and silver. After the race the visitors were entertained at 
dinner. Mr. Vaux in presenting the cup recalled to the 
visitors the obligation of the New York C. C. to the 
Marine and Field Club,at the time ofthe last international 
canoe race, when the elub had no house nor station, and 
was given all the privileges of the Marine and Field Club 
station, 

Saturday, June 23. 

On June 23 a race was sailed for N, Y. C, C. boats, over 

the same course, starting at 3:20, The times were: 


Finish. Elapsed. 

5 36 55 2 0% 85 

5 36 2 2 OTs 

5 48 05 - 219 05 

5 42°42 L 1a 43 
44 40 “2 16 40 

6 46 51 417 51 


Buffalo Cc C. 


THe Buffalo C. C. opened its new club house on Satur- 


day, June 9, with a full attendance. The house con- 
tains thirty sleeping rooms, a fine billiard room and a 
dining room, which will accommodate 110; shower bath, 
locker room, servants’ quarters, and one of the most 
complete kitchens possible. The club now has a full activ 


membership of £50, and 20 life members. ~ ' 


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Canadian Canoe Association. 


THE newly organized Canadian Canoe Association has 
selected Aug. 4 and 6 as the dates for its first annual 
meet, at Brockville, on the St,. Lawrence River. The 
events will include war canoe, fours, tandem and other. 
paddling races, and a four-oared rowing race. 


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A Liltable Underbody Rudder. 


_ Unpber the present rules of the Royal C. C. it is no 
onger necessary that rudders be hung on the sternpost, as 
in all the older canoes, but the underbody rudder such as 
is used on fin-keel yachts is permitted. The question of 
disposing of such a rudder when hauling up the canoe 
br even on entering shoal water is a serious one, as any 
contact with the ground with the rudder down will prob- 
ably result in injury to it if not to the case as well. The 
rudder here illustrated is a new invention of Mr. War- 
rington Baden-Powell. We are indebted to the Field 
for the cut and description. 


The rudder here given has been evolved from the ex- 
perience gained from trial of several patterns almosc simi- 
ar, and it is anticipated that all the material defects of a 
ifting rudder haye now been overcome, The idea of a 
self-litting rudder—that is, one which would lift auto- 
matically on striking ground when going ahead—has also 
been amply tested, and it was found seriously faulty in 
other respects and was abandoned. Such action required 
the pivot point A® to be at the forward point of the 
case, consequently the rudder stem E was brought to the 
after end; a lift, on striking the ground, soon brought 
he blade G up to the keel; any further lift necessitated 
the rudder being turned completely round fore and aft for 
lifting into the case; hence the necessity of unshipping the 
filler, and yet at the same time the getting of a fore and 


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ait position of the blade G before it could be housed. Prac- 
ically a rudder to be liftable must be able to come up at 
once on striking, and we find the.form given in the 
drawing rises beautifully with reasonable attention. 

THE NAUTILUS RUDDER, 


Designed by Mr. W. Baden-Powell for his new 1900 
Nautilus. ) 
Fig. 1. 
A—Hanger and pivot A’, 
B—Wood filler pieces. 
C—Brass plates over wood, 
D—Brass plates for pivot. 
E—Main tube of rudder, brass. 
F—Neck piece of rudder, brass. 
G—Rudder plate. 
H—Ends of rudder case. 
[Tiller fitted on head. 
J—Tricing pennant. 
K—Keel band slot at*. 
Fig. 2—Rudder lifted up above keel. 


Fig. I. shows the longitudinal view of the rudder 
hen down im sailing position in the rudder case; Fig. II. 
hows the rudder lifted completely by its tackle through 
ne rudder case, as it would be for housing or for beaching 
€ canoe. 

The rudder is composed entirely, in this case, of metal, 
t another one is being built for trial in which the blade 
ris of wood, The blade is slipped between the main neck 
orks F and riveted. The neck F, a solid rod 54in. diam- 
fer, passes up through the two center boards BB, which 
lamp tightly to it by the side plates of brass CC, and then 
ts into the tube piece E, and is through riveted to this 
abe. The tube E projects above the deck and holds the 
dd I, which is wrought into the form shown to take and 
old the tiller; the back part of the tube E above deck 
as a hole through which the tiller point is poked, while 
é¢ horn of plate I passes upward through a central hole in 
e tiller and tiller plate, as shown in broken lines. 

The brass plates CC, which are one complete side plate 
a €ach side of the rudder neck and encases the woods 
fB, are carried down as C° to form a sharp fore-edged 
eed suard, behind which the ridder turns. A keel band, 
otted as shown at K, is screwed on under the keel, and 
Insequently as the rudder and centerboard, including C, 
re lifted, the slot edges of K scrape all weeds or 
ranches or ropes clear off the rudder blade and the 
dder can again be dropped into ‘working position im- 
ediately. 

The lifting action is obtained by the pivot joint at A:, 
hich is formed by two small plates D slack riveted to the 
mgle hanger arm A, which in turn is shackled by a flat 
tackle to an eye plate on the deck above the case end H. 


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of our train, 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


The pennant and tackle J give the power for lifting, and 
the suspension is taken, when the rudder is down, at the 
several points, viz., by the hanger A, by the flanged head 
collar at I on the deck, by the stop bolt traveling to the 
bottom of the cut in H’*, and completely by B sitting on 
the inside of the keel band and the*tube E resting on the 
side plates C. The, whole rudder is immediately liftable 
out of the case on unshackling at J* from the deck 
late. 

t The case slot required for this rudder is 7£in., but it is 
being made exceptionally strong, The rudders in last 
year’s Nautilus and in the 1808 canoe were much narrower 
in the tube and neck pieces, but they were often bent by 
striking ground, and it is deemed well to have a reliable 
rudder even at some ounces extra weight, especially when 
2 pound or two, or even ten, is not grudged by the owner 
in other parts of the boat’s structure. 


This A. C. A. Camp 


Is the Opportunity of Your Life, 


THe writer and family started Friday, June 22, for the 
A. C. A. camp at 11:30 A. M. on the Muskoka Express 
for Muskoka Wharf, arriving there about 2:30, alter a 
most enjoyable trip through this rugged Northern scenery. 

Three large well-equipped steamers waited the arrival 
We went on board the largest, called the 
Medora, which takes the Lake Joseph route, calling at the 
A. C, A. camp. Some time was spent in loading several 
carloads of miscelleaneous freight into every available 
corner of the boat, until the lower deck was so packed 
that to reach the purser’s office I had to crawl on my 
hands and knees under a large 2o0ft. boat which was 
turned on its edge against his cabin. No extra charge was 
made for this knee drill or for a view of a handsome 
stallion that occunied the only vacant space after the gang- 
plank was pulled in. ef aye 

Just before we left the wharf the dinner bell rang, and 
as our appetites had not been checked through to Birch 
Point with our baggage, we went below to appease them. 
We did this most completely on soup, roast beef, potatoes, 
corn, peas, pudding, pie, tea and strawberries—at least 
that is what I tucked under my vest in exchange for the 
half-dollar which T had to pay to the good-looking girl 
who handled the meal checks. 

While we were thus engaged, the steamer had turned 
her nose up Lake Muskoka on the way to Port Carling, 
twenty-one miles from the dock. Right here let me re- 
mark that to members who have never been through 
this lake, and who think that Muskoka is too far away for 
them to attend, the scenery passed on this twenty-one- 
mile trip is worth traveling days to'see, We made the 
trip in about one and one-half hours, 

The stallion gave some of us a lively few minutes en 
route; his quarters were not unlike those in Noah’s Ark, 
somewhat cramped; the baggage truck was in close 
proximity to his side, and a slight lurch of the boat caused 
it to roll and hit the horse, who promptly jumped for- 
ward, upsetting two plate glass mirrors in a crate. They 
fell under his front feet. The lusty shouts of his groom 
‘blending with the cracking glass as the horse danced on 
the mirrors, breaking them in a fresh spot at every 
step, startled the passengers on the deck abave. Knowing 
that the business heels of the animal were right against 
the narrow stair leading to the lower deck, I hesitated 
about going down to see what the row was about, but the 
groom kept shouting for a man to come and help him, and 
as men seemed scarce, I cautiously got down past the 
animal’s heels and lifted the truck and the mirrors, or 
what was left of them, out of the way, and was rewarded 
by being allowed to pet and rub the nose of the hand- 
somest horse I ever saw. 

But to return to our trip. After passing through the 
single lock at Port Carling, the steamed headed for Birch 
Point, now the A. C. A. camp, which is only one and one- 
half miles from the Port, and in a few minutes was tied 
up alongside the large wharf, and while our baggage was 
unloaded we took possession of the house and spent the 
evening unpacking duffle. 

On Saturday morning I hoisted the A. C. A. flag on a 
5oit. pole at the dock, and was rewarded by a call from 
two old A. C, A. members. 

To-day being Sunday, we have walked all over the 
Point, and J just want to say to members that in my 
experience we have never had a camp ground that will 
compare with the present one for a general A. C. A. camp. 
Every tent on the Point will have a view of as charming 
an outlook as one could wish to gaze upon, and I can 
confidently say to every A. C. A. member, “Come to 
Muskoka if you possibly can by hook or by crook,” and 
you will never regret it. I had never seen Muskoka in 
summer, but the two days I have spent at camp makes me 
feel that one is missing the opportunity of a lifetime not 
to come and see it, and I think my feelings are but an in- 
dex of what other members will enjoy when they come. 
The Squaw Point is simply a grand spot for the ladies’ 
camp. It is close to main dock and yet secluded; is 
perfectly shaded and yet every tent will overlook the 
water and the picturesque islands half a mile away. 

I wish I had sufficient command of language to ade- 
quately describe the site and the views «hat can be had 
from camp, which is in the center of the prettiest of the 
three famous lakes. As I am sure it would bring every 
A. C. A. member who was not ill a-bed up to camp, then 
we would be so short of room that we would have to put 
some of them up the trees to roost. 

W. G. MacKenorrcx, Commodore. 

A. G, A. Camp, June 24. 

P. S.—Any member who has not yet received his year 
book should write to Sec’y-Treas. Bege, 24 Kine 
street, W., Toronto. They were all mailed by June 20. 


The Ottawa C. C., of Ottawa, Canada, has issued a 
third year book, quite a large and interesting pamphlet, 
well illustrated. and giving a full history of the club's 
work through the year, The club has now a large and 
handsome house and a membership of 270. It has now 
five members with the army in South Africa—Treas. Lt. 
R. G. Stewart, E. C. Woolsev. Major Cartwright, Major 
W. G. Hurdman and E. D. Currier. 


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6 o_¢8 
Central Division Meet. 
IRONDEQUOIT BAY, 
June 9-11, 

Wen Vice-Com, Jack Wright sent out a circular letter 
stating that he and Purser Fred Wolters would “try their 
hand” at holding a three days’ meet of the Central Divi- 
sion at Irondequoit Bay, we all knew that it would be a 
success, and now that it is all over but the shouting, we 
are sure that it was, and that it marked an epoch in the 
annals of the Division. The Camp Site Committee— 
John S. Wright, H. M. Stewart and C. B. Wolters—had 
the main camp, which was located at Stony Point Cove, all 
in complete order by Saturday morning, tents all up, cots 
and blankets ready, dock built and everything ready to 
commence business. Squaw Camp was located at the I, C. 
C, house, the members giving up their rooms to the guests 
from a distance. The mess was at the Newport House 
across the bay, and was a great success, 

There is no crowd just like an A. C. A. crowd, and 
this means that every one had a good time. There was 
more real canoeing done in the three days than one often 
sees at the big camp. 

On Saturday afternoon the Regatta Committee pulled 
off the single and tandem paddie races over a short 
course. John Ely, R. C. C., won the first; Percy Jarvis, 
Buffalo, second. In the tandem, Ely and Baller, R. C. C., 
first; Ford and Wayland, Buffalo, second. 

Saturday evening at the club house Vice-Com. Wright 
gave one of his fine stereopticon entertainments, showing 
some great pictures taken on this spring’s cruises. Later 
we had a camp-fire at the main camp, Charlie Wolters 
(Alkali Ike) officiating as chief stoker—consequently, a 
hot time, 

On Sunday morning at about 10. o’clock we started for 
a short cruise down the bay to Lake Ontario, through 
the outlet and down the shore for a mile or so, landing 
for lunch on the beach. Early in the afternoon we pulled 
our canoes over into the bay and started for camp. 

The meeting of the Central Division members was held 
during the afternoon, and the following officers were 
elected for the ensuing year: 

Vice-Com.—Chas. P. Forbush, Sr., Buffalo, N. Y. 

Purser—Lyman P. Hubbell, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Rear-Com.—Dr. C. R. Henry, Perry, N. Y. 


Executive Commuttee—John S$. Wright, Rochester, 


N. Y.; Frederic G. Mather, Albany, N. Y¥.; Jesse J. Arm- 


strong, Rome, N. Y. 

Board of Governors—Wnm. G. ‘Huntington, Rome, N. Y. 

The sentiment of the members present was strongly in 
favor of holding the meet again next year, either at or 
near Buftalo, or at Silver Lake. 

Monday gave us another pleasant day; the sailing race 
for Central Division trophy was started with nine entries 
over the course of the I. C. I., four and one-half miles, 
Hiram Hay winning, with Fred Smith a close second 
and C. P. Forbush third; wind very uneven and blowing 
all around the compass. Owing to the fact that at the 
present time there are only three or four decked sailing 
canoes in the Division, it was decided to sail for the 
cup hereafter in open canoes. 

Vice-Com. and Mrs. Harry Allen, of the Atlantic Divi- 
sion, and H. C. Morse, of the Western Division, were at 
camp. Total attendance, seventy-five. Every one present 
looking forward to Muskoka in August. 

Fred Wolters, of R. C. C., has just completed a new 
35-footer. which he placed at the disposal of the camp, and 
her running gear did not get a chance to kick un. 

A new club has been organized at Perrv, N. ¥.—the 
Silver Lake C. C.—with fifteen members, all enthusiastic 
and ready to get into line. 


Red Dragon C. C. 


WISSINOMING—DELAWARE RIVER. 
Saturday, June 16, ‘ 

Tuer Red Dragon C. C., of Philadelphia,, held its sum- 
mer regatta on the Delaware in front of the club house, 
Wissinoming, Pa., June 16. The various events were well 
contested, although the list of entries was not as large as 
it should have been, considering the many handsome prizes 
offered. The affair passed off pleasantly, with nice 
weather and favorable conditions. 

The races were interesting because of the struggle be- 
tween the stronger men and the extreme closeness of some 
of the finishes. The results follow: 

No. 1. One-man Double Blades—Hemingway ist, Silli- 
man 2d, Davis 3d, Cook 4th. 

No, 2. Tail-End Single Blades—Crittenden 1st, Davis 
2d, Wilt Cook and Hemingway did not finish. 

No. 3, Tandem hand-paddling race was won by Crit- 
tenden and Cook, Wilt and Hemingway second, 

No. 4. Tandem, Double Blades—Hemingway and Crit- 
tenden 1st, Wilt and Davis ad. 

No. 5. Tournament—Hemingway and Davis ist, Wilt 
and Crittenden 2d. 

No. 6. Tandem Overboard, Single Blades—Crittenden 
and Cook ist. Wilt and Hemingway 2d, 

No, 7. Swimming race won by Hemingway. 


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Grad arene Bouitage Club. 


THe Grand Trunk Boating Club held its spring regatta 
on June 16 at its station, Verdun, on the St. Lawrence 
River, near Montreal, the following events being run off: 


Single canoe: 


ORS VICI Par Sm OE Ao ot WEE Ok ee I 

C2 Nea csitalty eh 6 Lae ak i ye wie 2 

AR SALEM A tae eats pad EO Bee Fe Pe |) ee et 3 

FE ee DUES TTCS ye Pt dh hd, tee eats ae a en 4 

TA, BASEN AAR sete etre par Roe a Mand bond adn ew BA Le WE SY 5 
Tandem canoe: 

- Ne Marshall SAS) Marshalls tesa ee ae t 

Ge Vighean—AL. Weave ob eho tatko eee Wht. sae 2 
Four-oared race: 

A. May, J. Bows, G.. Richards, F. Auburn, stroke..... I 

G. Swan, J. Riddle, G. White, O. Harwood, stroke.... 2 


Four-in-canoe: 
C. N. Marshall, A, L, Marshall, A. Marshall and P. 


Marshall 


Canoeing at the Buffalo Exposition. 


Editor Forest and Sirean: 

In 1901 all roads will lead to Buffalo; this om accotint 
of the Pan-American Exposition, which will be held here 
from May until October. Ifthe meet goes to the Western 
Division next year, nearly all of the Eastern canoetsts 
will stop off here en route and will take in the Exposi- 
tion: It seems to me that canoe builders and manu- 
facturers of camping outfits and sporting goods in general 
might make it a point to combine in the selection of space 
for exhibit and give a practical illustration of their several 
wares. ‘Lhe canoe builders in particular would have an 
opportunity to show their boats under most favorable 
circumstances, I should like to see this taken up, think- 
ing it would prove interesting for all interested in aquatic 
sports, and it would do much to influence those looking 
for some good, healthy sport, and would give the old: 
canoeists something to brighten them up a bit. 

C. P. Forrusu. 


CANOEING NEWS NOTES. 


We have recently received the year book of the British 
Canoe Association for 1900, a small volume neatly bound 
in white canvas, uniform with the previous editions. 
The officers of the Association are: Com. T. H. R. 
Bartley, captain of the Mersey C. C.;_ Vice-Com., 
J. P. Oliver, Penarth Y. C.; Rear-Com., Harold Clay- 
ton, Penatth Y. C.; Hon. Sec’y-Treas., George Huntley, 
Northumberland Y, C., Redheugh Bridge Works, Gates- 
head-on-Tyne, England. The meet commences on July 
8, at Warsash, on the Hamble River, near Southampton. 
The book contains an account of the meet of 1899 at 
Falmouth; by Vice-Com. Clayton, with several views of 
the camp and canoes and a portrait of Mr. G. U. Laws, 
winner of the Lough Erne challenge cup at the meet. 


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A new pattern of folding detachable centerboard for 
canoes and boats, fitted entirely outside the keel without a 
trunk or opening, has been devised by C. J. Smith, of 
Holley, N. Y. 

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A correspondent in California asks for information as 
to some good rivers for canoe cruising in Minnesota, Wis- 
consin or Canada, going up one river and returning by 
another, the trip to occupy about two months. 


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The first of the series of races that will be held semi- 
weekly during the summer, under the auspices of the 
Orillia C. C., took place on the course at Couchiching 
Beach Park, June 15. The beach was thickly lined with 
spectators to the number of about 1,500. The event, which 
practically opens the summer season, was a sliccess in 
every way. The spectacle of nearly 200 canoes, skiffs, 
steam launches and sailing yachts which lined the course 
was one that is seldom presented in Canadian summer 
resorts. The course officials were: Com. John Scott, 
manager of the Dominion Bank, starter and judge at 
finish; Mr. Geo. T. Tipping, judge at turn. The dis- 
tances were one-quarter mile with turn, except for the up- 
set, which was one-quarter mile, without turn. 

Following are the results: Men’s double, 1, E. Curran— 
C, Bow; 2, P. Wade—J. Stephens; the Bracebridge dou- 
ble, Perry and McNeil, finished a good third. Singles, 1, 
C, Bow; 2, G. Sinclair; 3, J. Stephens. Lady ‘and gent 
tandem, 1, Miss B. Tait—P. Wade; 2, Miss D. Webber— 
FE. Curran; 3, Miss H. Carss—G. Millar. Men’s tandem, 
upset, 1, C. Bow—G. Sinclair; 2, G. Millar—C. Perry; 
3, D. Robbins—Dr. Moore. The next races of the series 
will take place in two weeks——Mail and Empire, Toronto. 


Rifle Range and Gallery. _ 


To eee ea ee 


Cincinnati Ritle Association. 


Cincrxxatr, O.—The regular shoot was held on June 24. Con- 
ditions, 200vds., off-hand, at the Standard target, any rifle. Gindele 
and Roberts were tie for championship score to-day, but the next 
highest scores gave that honor to Mr. Gindele, with 89, 87, 86: 
Roberts, 89, 87, 85. Thermometer 88; gray light and light wind. 
Light attendance was due te a prize shoot by one of the local 


elubs. The scores: 
(itd cle MEts ot dithei dere ces 9 §1010 9 910 9 7 & 89 
9.8 9 9 8 910 8 8 9-87 
9 8 9 9 71010 6 9 9—88 
Siayoy? Son asereee SHER AIP DRAB AAA DAS 8 6 6 6 6 810 610 9—Th 
6 8 7 6 7 8 8 7 8 10—T 
5 510 5 8 8 610 7 872 
TERS Lota Sern Wy ARGS PAA SEARRRN AS 8 5 910 810 9 810 9—86 
; 9 78 8 7 910 810 8—84 
8 910 7 8 8 810 7 984 
TPhoyeseS| Gon goal mew esis PSO DRODDO OG 810 9 9 9 91010 7 &—89 
9 6 810 9 8101010 T—8 
8 8§ 710 9 8 9 710 9—85 
SIROMMSTILE Comedie ree cil nollie nae arer 969 7 9 7 81010 6—81 
6 9 610 & 7% 7 <8 °9! 9-79 
610 7 6 910 5 § 8 10—78 

Rifle at Shell Mound. 

San Francisco, June 25.—The weather conditions at_ Shell 


Mound were good yesterday. It was chiefly “bullseye” day for the 
various clubs. The Golden Gates do not take to this kind of 
shooting, but prefer regular score work. Scores of the day: 

Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club, monthly medal shoot: Re- 
yalver trophy—J. E. Gorman, 91. 89; J. W. Thomkins, 70, Pistol, 
silver medal—J. F. Bridges, 78, 74. All comers’ pistol trophy— 
J. E. Gorman, 92, 94; M. J. White, 88, 87; F. 5. Washburn, 87. 
First class pistol trophy—C, M. Henderson, 73. Rifle, 200yds., gold 
medal—C. M. Henderson, 223. 222, 220, 205, 211; A. B. Dorrell, 221, 
213, 214, 210; PF. E.. Mason, 220, 219, 221. Silver medal—J. F. 
Bridges, 190, 189; B. Jonas, 182, 180, 173. First class trophy-C. M. 
Henderson, 218, 216, 199; A. B. Dorrell, 210, 218, 214. Second class 
trophy—G, Tammeyer, 217, 211, 181, 186. Bushnell trophy—D, W. 
McLaughiin, 2238, 214, 228; F. E. Mason, 222, 221. 

San Francisco, Schuetzen Verein monthly bullseye shoot: D. B. 
Faktor 66, 0. Burmeister 200, D. Dunker 230, J. C. Waller 319, 
F. Brandt 544, Ed. H. Goetz 485, J. Lenkenau 499, F. Rust 523, 
J. Horstmann 592, D. Salfield 618, Herman Huber 642, William 
Goetze 705, J. Peter 898, R. Stettin 808, F. Hensel 946, F. P. Schus- 
ter 976, Otte Lemcke 978, A. Bertelsen 1,028, A. Mocker 1,028, H. 
Huppert, 1,031. 

Germania Schuetzen Club, monthly bullseye shoot: F. Brandt 
$21, D. B. Faktor 332, Edward H. Goetze 343, F. P. Schuster 461, 
L. Bendel 611, William Goetze 682, John Utschig 691, August 
Jungblutt 721, Louis Haake 782, R. Stettin 921, Henry Stelling 1,197. 
Three-shot competition for cash prizes—R. Stettin 72, John 
Utschig 71, D, B. Faktor 69, D. Salfield 69, F. P. BSS 69. 

: Se. OEEL, 


Grapsheating. 


ff you want your shoot to be announced here send fa 
atice like the following: . . 


Fixtures. 


{NYERSTATE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS, 


july ii-i2.—Narragansett Pier, R. J.—Interstate Association’s 
tournament, under the auspices of the Canonchet Gun Club. Fred 
C. Serenson, Sec’y. 

Aug. 7-8:—Newport, Vt.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 
under the auspices of the Newport Gun Club, J. R. Akin, Sec’y. 

Sept. 12-13.—Salemn, N. Y.—Jnterstate Association’s tournament, 
under the auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club. 


July 4.—Louisville, Ky—Seventh annual championship shoot 
under auspices of the Kentucky Gun Club. E. Pragoft, Sec’y. 

July 4.—Springfield, I]l—Fourth of July sweepstake target shoot 
of the Illinois Gun Club. Chas, T. Stickle, Sec’y. ; 

July 4—La Porte, Tex.—Fourth of July shoot given by the 
Theo. Bering Gun Club, of Houston, Tex, . . 

July 4,—Fitchburg, Mass.—All-day shoot of the Fitchburg Rifle 
and Gun Club. 1, UO. Converse, See’y._ — 

-chele? 4.—Haverhill, Mass.—All-day shoot of the Haverhill Gun 
ub. 

July 4-5.—Swanton, Vt—Robin Hood Powder Co.’s tournament, 
N. P. Leach, Mer. : - 

July 10-11.—Fremont, O.—First annual tournament of the Fre- 
mont Gun Club. B. M. Inman, Sec’y, 

July 10-12.—Fort Smith, Ark.—Tenth annual tournament Arkansas 
State Sportsmen’s Association; $300 added, W. A. Leach, Pres. 
2.—Sherburne, N. Y.—Target tournament of the Sherburne 
Gun Club. I. F: Padilford, Sec’y. 

July 11-12.—Delaware, O.—Delaware Gun Club’s tournament. 
H. D. Leas. Sec’y ‘ 

July 24.—Dexter Park, Brooklyn.—Annual peuicay merchandise 
target tournament and clam bake of the Hell Gate Gun Club. L. 
H. Schortemeier,- 201 Pearl street, New York, Chairman of Com- 
mittee. 

July 25-27.—Winnipeg, Man.—Manitoba Industrial Exhibition 
Association’s trapshooting tournament. W. Heubacn, Sec’y. 

Aug. 7-8.—Birmingham, Ala.—Amateur tournament given by the 
Peters Cartridge Co., on the.grounds of the Birmingham Gun 
Club; $150 added. John H. Mackie, Mgr. 

Lake, Ia.—Budd-Gilbert 


Aug. 28-80.—Arnold’s Park, Okoboji 
tournament. . ' 

Sept. —.—First aveek in September. Tournament of the Sher- 
brooke Gun Club. f 
_ Sept. 4.—Meriden, Conn.—Fifth annual Labor Day tournament 
of the Parker Gun Club; $25 added. C. S, Howard, Sec’y. 

Sept. 12-183—Homer, Ill_—Annual tournament of the Triangular 
Gun Club; one day targets; one day live birds. C, B. Wiggins, 


Sec’y. 

Sept. 18-21—St. Thomas, Ont.—Tom Donley’s fourth annual 
tournament; live birds and targets. 

Newark, N. J._South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. 


; CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK, 

Monthly contést for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest. June 20, 1900, 

July 4.—Interstate Park.—All-day shoot of the Medicus Gun 
Club; third two-men team shoot for trophy; dancing, in evening. 

July 12.—Interstate Park.—Challenge contest_for the Dewar 
cup between Dr. A, A. Webber and Mr. R, ‘L, Packard. 

July 18.—Interstate Park.—John S. Wright’s all-day shoot and 
contest for Sanders-Storms trophy under his management. 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht 
Gun Club—Saturdays. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on ald events are considered as divided tinless otherwise reported, Mai 
allsuch matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 6 Broad- 
way, New Vork. 


The Public Ledger, of Philadelphia, states that the semi-monthly 
shoot of the West Chester Gun Club was won June 28 for the third 
consecutive time by Paul Brinton, one of the promising young 
members of the organization. The Brinton brothers, Paul and 
Charles, haye taken a rapid stride to the front in marksmanship, 
leaving the old shooters far in the rear. At the present rate of 
shooting they will carry all prizes offered by the West Chester Gun 
Club.+ Brinton killed 23 birds out of 25. .Gill,, Holland, Hoar and 
Ford were well up in the match. The regular shoot was followed 
by several sweeps of 25 birds. ‘ ‘ 

In the second day’s shooting for the Grand Prix de Exposition 
at the -Cerele du Bois de Boulogne. Paris there were scored 
eighteen successive kills before Baron de Dorlodot missed. Tod 
Sloan! was shortly afterward beaten by a nice bird. Those whoa 
killed all 4 birds at close shooting were Mr. A. G. Spalding, M. L. 
Dreyon, Mr. J. Banwell, Comte Clary, MM. R. Moncorge-Marcel, 
Avril, Seribot, De Bons, C, Robinson, D. Mackintosh, J. De- 
monts, Maurice Faure, Oreste Galetti, J. Pederlozi, Wadsworth 
Rogers, Leon De Lunden, Hans Matsh, Henri Journu, C, Bethune 
and Paul Lunden, ‘The pigeon handicap was won by Mr. Wads- 
worth Rogers at 231%. meters (77ft.), with 18 consecutive kills. 


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‘Vallance, treasurer of the Hamilton Gun 
date of Jime 29, writes us as foliows: 
“Tindly claim, on behalf of the Hamilton Gun Club, 
Sept. J and 3 for or summer tournament. Monday, Sept. 3, 
Labor Day, being universally observed as a holiday, we are 
claiming dates with Sunday intervening that we may have the 
pleasure Sf making our friends more intimately acquainted with 
the charming locality of the most beautiful city on the lakes, at 
the most pleasant season of the year. We trust they will appear 
as glad to meet us there as during our annual winter tournament. 
For their liberal patronge during the past ten consecutive years 
we beg to thank our friends again, ewe we can only assure them 
that we are fully prepared for many happy reunions. Programmes 
mailed on application.” . 


The programme offered at John Wright's shoot on July 18, at 
Interstate Park, is a mixed one at live birds and targets. Of the 
former there are two events, one at 7 and one at 10 birds. The 
Sanders-Storms trophy will be competed for. On Aug. 16 the an- 
ual Tooth Tournament will take place. After an all-day shoot, 
the wolves and the lambs will enter the main event at scratch, no 
handicap, and the question as te whether teeth of the lambs and 
wolves differ in execution will be fairly well settled. There 
probably will be a high average to encourage the class men to 
aet through the entire menu. 


' Ls 


The Saale, the great steamship, which was one of three swept 
out of existence by the fire horror on Saturday last, was the one 
on which Mr, Paul North returned home from abroad week 
before Jast. In the destructive fire, the Bremen and the Main 
were also Jost. The North German Lloyd Steamship Co, lost 
also its piers and warehouses, at Hoboken, with an appalling 
loss of life and property. Vhe Saale seemed particularly un- 
fortunate. as three or four men were also lost off her curing 
Mr. North’s voyage. * L 


Much interest is manifested in the Interstate Associalion’s 
tournament, given for the Canonchet Gun Club, at Natragansett 
Pier, R. I., on July 11 and 12. Guns; ammunition,-ete., shipped 
care of Mr. J. ©. Tucker will be delivered on the shooting 
grounds; to reach the latter take the Narragansett Pier ‘of Sea 
View R, R. There are ten events each day; six at 15) targets, four 
at 20 targets; entrance $1.50 and $2, hooting commences at 
9 o’clock. i 

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At Resica Falls, Pa., the Camp Oriole Rifle and Gun Club was 
formed with a strong membership. Officers were elected as: fol- 
lows: E. Bartlett Hayward, President; George Winship Tayior, 
Vice-President; Lilburn T. Goldsborough, Secretary; 
Brown, Treasurer; McDonald R. Kemp, Scorer, 


Wika” Ae dss 
Club, wnder 


Horace 


| [Jury 9, £069, 


_ The hosts of friends of “Uncle Jake” Pentz will rejoice on learn- 
ing that he is again up and about, he appearing in the gun dis- 
trict on Friday and Saturday of last week. He has lost much of 
his robust figure, weighing now only 135, and living on the at- 
tenuated diet of yichy and milk; but he is gaining steadily, and 
that is encouraging, ' 

RB 


_, Phe contest for the E € cup between Messrs. F. i. Sinnock and 
C, W. Feigenspan on the grounds of the South Side Guna Club, 
Newark, lasi Saturday, resulted in a victory for the former by a 
score of 45 to di. They shot at 50 targets, unknown angles. This 
1s the first defeat which Mr, Feigenspan has encountered in a 
long series of contests. 


® 


The E C cup, emblematic of the championship of New Jersey, 
will be in competition on July 14, on ihe grounds of the South 
Side Gun Club, Newark, the contestants being Mr. Sinnock, holder 
and Mr. Colquitt, challenger. > ae : 

® 


Mr. Henry A, Brehm, of Baltimore, Md., came very s 
A, , f y strongly to 
the front at the shoot at Prospect Park on June 25. Trea peas 
24 out of 24 in one event, 


BERNARD WATERS. 


IN NEW JERSEY. 
Walsrode Gun Club, 


Trenton, N. J., June 26—The Walsrode Gun Club programme 
of the weekly shoot consisted of 10 events. Nos. 1 to 3, known 
angles; 4 and 5, magautrap; 6 and 7, expert rules, one man up; 
8 and 9, reyerse pull, and 10, magautrap, with an extra event at 
vores ficeborthied Thomas’ 

The feature of the day was Thomas i 2 i i 
Nee deme ae eee y running 42 straight in events 

The attendance was light on account of the very sultry weather, 


although there was a nice northwest breeze blowing at the grounds. 
The scores: 


Byenis: 123456 7 8 3101112 18 
Largets . 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 25 
IY Se Se cr ty phencacroeindeecaaeeis Bo iin ny “Ole BE TOS SN RaQ, ee) 
ING) ob obo le che, SE a eee b 83 5 oe 6 oe 4p 
JET aLE RCE REEL Geeta cane ees Sebo top OEIOS 2m ees ee en eee 
AM nOrnpaSe eet eee. eee ae 9101010 7 7 2°78 718: 
Av Or) = Waveee seo nie as 78 710 7 6 6 7 T1210 
(OHM «sea acnnss Suen Hieee se tae ee ep ey oe gy ee Ee 
UKoyapnts{o) pte 2 ark A Se Da cee 54 Ae poe Ac 

AT WHS AC CRE LS as in eae meet ce age Zoe: br 45-56 a 
leblanc sak, Everett eeee is MA ON A 3 Bene tite & 
VGINER Gren ath. tee a eee a epee hanna: 
Messler ......... BE ren eohhe ehh $2 ode sae 18 18 

Events 7, 9 and 10 were distance handicaps. 

£0 N. THomas, Sec’y. 


South Side Gun Club. 


Newark, WN. J., June. 30.—The main event of the afternoon was 
a_contest for the EK. C. cup, emblematic of the championship of 
New Jersey, between Messrs, F. E. Sinnock and C. W. Feigen- 
span, the former winning by the score of 45 to 44. The judees 
were Mr. Whitehouse for Peigenspan, Mr. Herrington for Sin- 
nock, while Mr. J. C. Day acted as referee. The conditions were 
50 targets at unknown angles. ‘The scores: 


JEST Dison 28789 Fea cena edt ace. 1119110991019111111.11— 28 
i Pd , 1991111191111011101110111 2245 © 
CEES MINTER ET. ome ees ese eevee nc 1911941111110011111011111—22 


111919111.1141110011101 22-44 


Sweepstakes: No. 1, merchandise shoot, handicap in paren- 
theses: No. 2 tie; remainder 10 targets each: 


Events: 1S eae Pe aie ey 
Herrington sds bettie ek: STN TEMROLSAS ES EGE (2M Pie atih ent ail EB 7S. 4. 
Walsont Soeur had sec cecan hese ee (4) 25 10 9 9 10 10 
Colquitt of hi errr Poe ree ett Pere tlios SAAC (3) 25 Oye et ele Ty) 
Whitehead NGC bre reno me: ore HAMAS (ae2be av Se eo Wieser oy 
JOS TTA oy YB. we ewrree ry savas ty, iPoP ee (0) 22 Se ce allt) 
Ae liestut Woot. cho ptetowe knees. NAAR (7) 22 B95 a be 
FM ES op hi came immer are TMU NA (2) 21 a otié eth = 

AY es Biers eisniniataiele niehe eee mo eee eee (2) 20 hat FCS 
Bere) UB am tics pe (eat ost ba eels Oe (6) 20 Lit Pt OA ae ti 
Site ae ee eEteotee (Adele Wye ok 105 10 
Ue RO yb ee apap a penis eee ae rae fea ete ~ Ath yt: 


pest SreRS Be, mMicn on a side, 25 targéts per metas 

team No. 1—Colquitt (captain) 18, Feigenspan 23, Flemi 20, 

AUS te Tene 19; total 100. . Ae Pita ay 

eam No. 2—Herrington (captain) 19, Sinnock 22, Whitehead 2 

Day 26, Le Roy 19; total 140 n ' eae 
Shoot-off, 10 birds: | . 

Wali erates 10, Fleming 10, Feigenspan 9, Terrill 8, 
Team No. 2—Herrington 8, Sinnock 8, Whitehead 7, Le Roy 7, 

Day 6; total 36. ; 


ON LONG ISLAND. 
Hell Gate Gun Club. 


June 26.—The monthly live-bird shoot of the IHell Gate Gun Club 
at Dexter Park, Brooklyn. brought out a good attendance, there 
heing thirty-nine shooters who participated in the main event. Of 
these, three—Messrs. Adam _ Dietzel, Charles Matzen and John 
Wellbrock—killed straight. Col. Jahn H. Voss’ absence was noted 
as being the first of many years, and was due to the lamentable 
fact that his younger brother had died, 

The seores: 


A Dietzel, 28....... 122222222110 TE Marquart, 28..... 0011000101— 
E Doeinck, 80......2*11201222— 8 Wm Sandel SOSs aay “3930900999 = 4 
IBsa AR Woyope Gills Wrens oe 2201211221 9 TH Knodel, 28...... 0000202220— 4 


J Himmelsbach, 28.0122122111— 9 


Paul Cresci, 28.....12111#93 
LT Muench, 28....#220229929- 8 7 P Dannel iE a 


J P Dannefelor, 28.2120222222— 9 


P Garnis, 28........ 0220121121— 8 © Irughs, 28......., 1100222210— 7 
J Sehlicht, 28...... 211 22211*2— 9 © Weber, $0........ 0022110202— 6 
J Neumann, 28 1012202011— 7 F Trosile, 30....... 01.01222022— T 
Hf Foster, 30........ 0222221012— 8 Panl Géipel, 28..... 2020022022— 6 
B Amend, at) inet eke 2002222222— 8 Jno Hendreson, 28.*112100022— 6 
A Belden, Se aeaad 0212202222— 8 Chas Matzen, 30. ...2211221222 10 
FE Steffens, 28...... 1022121711— 9 TL Stele, 28......... 0221000102— 5 
H Kohla, 28........ 222002*121— 7 Jno Kreeb, 28....... 0122120022— 7 
C Lang, 28......... 2002020210— 5 J WKenk, 28......,.. 0022200100-— 4 
Capt P Alhert, 28..222201201i— 8 C Schaefer, 28..,...2011001100— 5 
Cus Newalk, 30....1002221229-—- § J P Kay, 28.,....... 0202011002— 5 
G Merreschmitt, 28, 2002220200— 6 J Gallin, 28....,.... 0010002001— 3 
G Messerchmitt, 28.2002220200— 5 Geo Breitt, 28....,. 1120022100— 6 
P Brennan, 28...... 01*0222022— f TD J Dearly, 28...-. 2220*12220— 7 
Salcesswe er reces 00H0000001— 1 


New Utrecht Gun Club. 


_Interstate Park, Tune 30.—Events were shot at both targets and 
live hirds in the shoot of the New Utrecht Gun Club to-day. ‘he 
scores were as follows: 

Eyent No. 1—25 live birds, (10; birds extra; high guns: 


AAAS RS ti rt corti Stet Bee se SEPT S ar nart 20)222.22222922220222222022 94 
Morte se) Gaede Ses a es a oeoiie 22222222022222*2222222292 93 
Banks, 29) 0.5 ...245 Beene bleep ate yee, » .. -*012212201211222212122229 29 
Mom yp 29 e a et tietrietieete Sees ee! 02922221211 22212220210111—21 
Marahial Th 228) +. isek ence a Ont eeed ne hoe 2002101200110271010101210—14 
Rockwood\ 28+ (23.20 adn fekaeae veda anes 2222112100200020201102001—15 


aT Be (01325252 Te 1 
poeeens W0220*2—3 
dedrersie by 4 ‘eee BUULISI— 
Jato 7m voce cesses 11010083 
Wiebberr S30 bre 2222022—6 Woods, 27...... ML ree 220*222—5 
Event No. 3— ; TAL 
Banks, 30,......¢...2.122021221I— 9 Snedeker, 27....... 0001220012— 5 
Morfey, 30.........2222292222 10 Lockwood, 28...... 120*2*1010— 5 
Money, 29,...... «, .212211112*— § ime 
Event No, 4—Miss-and-out, $2: vcaat 
Batiksy 20.1 sere en fan 2222192221221 Money, 29....,......2228191999991 
Morfey, 30.......... 2222922922220 Snedeker, 27........22220 


‘Twenty-five clay targets: Morfey 17, Banks 22, Money -19, 
Welch 14, Seward 11, Fiske 12, Hamilton 18, Marshall 18, Lincoln 
1h, Hopkins 14. Fanning 22, Webber 17; Money 21. 
peed ae eed a airs: as ones ne Fiske 20, 
Fanning 43, Webber oney 31, Banks amilton 30, Ho 
kins 19, Marshall 26. Y ’ al : : r 


my 


Jury 7, 1900.) 


Mississippi Valley Trap Notes. 


Manager Dave Elliott is arranging to give a local open sweep- 
stake and merchandise target shoot at Dupont Park, St. Louis, 
about July 8. A, 

Some of the Jeading spirits among southern Illinois trap shots 
are planning for the organization at an early date of a league 
representing all active clubs in the State south of Springfield. 
Such an association would do much to increase interest in the 
game, and the plan is feasible if properly gone about. | 

Hon. Tom A, Marshall, facetiously called “the shooting mayor 
of Keithsburg,” is just now ‘‘very busy” arranging the programme 
for the big: Indian shoot, which is scheuled for the fourth week in 
August, at Lake Okoboji, Ia. The tribal scribe has furnished a 
poetical history of this noble aggregation of indomitable braves, 
and Tom declares that the programme will be the finest thing of 
the kind that ever happened in the West. . 

The programme for the tenth annual meeting and tournament 
of the Aeianttas State Sportsmen’s Association, at Fort Smith, 
July 10 to 18, shows a iiberal and attractive list. Three days are 
to be devoted entirely to target shooting, in eight 15- and two 
20-bird events, there being $10 cash added in each, Amateurs only 
will be permitted to compete for purses, and targets will be thrown 
at 2 cents each, On the fourth day an optional sweep at live birds 
will be shot, 25 birds, entrance $15, including birds. All moneys 
will be divided on the Rose system. Two State events are 
scheduled, the team championship trophy contest, three men to 
a team and 26 targets each, will be shot on Wednesday. On 
Thursday the individual target championship will be decided, each 
contestant shooting at 50 targets, at unknown angles. 

The Arkansas boys haye the knack of giving good shoots and 
pe ieteting guests, and a large attendance on this occasion seems 
assured. 

The Freeburg, Iil., Gun Club gave its annual target tournament 
on June 24. Freeburg is a thriving little city fifteen miles out of 
St, Louis on the Illinois Central road, and supports a good, ac- 
tive shooting club. The management was unfortunate in the 
weather on this date, as intermittent showers most of the day 
made shooting unpleasant and prevetited finishing the programme. 
It proved, nevertheless, a pleasurable occasion, targets being 
thrown at 114 cents from three expert traps. Chas. Spencer took 
first honors, Dave Elliott second, while Thompson and Riehl tied 
for third. The scores are appended. 

In the afternoon a return match was shot by teams of five men 
representing the city of St. Louis and St. Clair county, Ill. The 
stake was the price of birds and a banquet for the crowd, The 
birds were a goad lot of old fellows just gathered from a neighbor- 
ing barn, and they were so anxiotis to get home for_the evening 
feed that the St. Clair boys let 8 of their 125 get over the boundary, 
while the visitors lost but 4. Dave Elliott refereed the match, as 
well as sustained his reputation as a famous retriever of difficult 


birds, The scores: 
’ St. Louis Team. 
Spolsiotelse Cmeprestine seen a eer ni meee 2222222*22202122912222212—24 
(Cad echTel eee ee eres pene easter peed 1211222121222211222112221—25 
Wollitise woncheses esc me ae REE *121222121201122412111121—28 
(De OB UTTEt aoeeas seeds ee eagees Crees 11.22222122222221122022211—24 
Miernladen stuveensdsestiwescrererese rs 2221111222111211122211112—25—121 
. St. Clair Team, 
Heiligenstein §seu ~ « - -411*0211212021211221221120—21 
RTChett sagculdece ek bls estes «= -441221211111111 220112211124 
‘RHompsom pwesessese thre eis sas ~ » -12122222121211*1122221122—24 
reba yee Ges che hubhocceyga steers 2101222121210211111211211—23 
WAGE SANKAR S S650 UnGeco or ene aces 2222.2229222.2 2222222229222 —95—117 
Sweepstakes: 
Events: al 5% 456 7 8 
Targets 10 10 15 15 10 201515 Broke. 
ep N ORES, | Head 6a wore rwrearc W EP EAL EE, 9 61314 618 8 14 &8 
Berra tre ene sey ee op alelalehe 8 91412 918 10 16 95 
SD EIC Ras a cesta deldtltaly dctgiealsalainetat aly 10101412 9181414 102 
AGTLESECLICK Weenie ay Bae ete 22 gighsarters 9 10 15 12 10 15 12 12 95 
WEEE IC dd) ae as cnetea state aie sera gee oe 9 91413 10 15 10 12 92 
Mavbar Gece rts coset ates eae obo Fildes 9 81313 717 12 12 91 
TOLL Os Gee pa eats c eae le aes vena phages 10 101318 8 16 14 15 99 
aD AariTIG Ie ae te ay ls SRE pes Sree PE 8 91418 918 T4 9 94. 
7101418 9171118 94 
81812 71111 12, 86 
91414 719 1410 96 
i114 719 14 14 96 
214 $1613 .. 
518 917 10 .- 
ae (Cees eee 
T1112 917... 


Dr. E. R. Hickerson, secretary of the Moberly, Mo., Gun Club, 
has issued the programme for the tenth annual tournament of the 
Missouri State Amateur Shooting Association, which is to be held 
in that city July 18, 19 and 20. There are to be two days target 
shooting, embracing 170 rounds for each day. ‘Targets will be 
trapped at 1 cent each, and money divided under the Rose system. 
On the second day the L. C. Smith gun cup will be shot for, 
This is an Association event, for teams of two men each, 25 
targets per team, The third day will be devoted to live birds, 
the events embracing the live-bird championship trophy at 15 
birds, an open sweepstake at 10 birds, and a 25-bird handicap. 
Moberly is a thriving city in the shooting district of Missouri, and 
an excellent attendance is promised. 

The Piasa Gun Club, Alton, made the following scores in the 
regular shoot of June 29: 


Shot 

Events 2 8 4.56 778 910 at. Broke. 
Howell ...-. : 1010 $10 91010 9 8 4100 93 
BITE he aa as 8 9 9 810,958 68 9 1005 86 
Sehiess <...0+ 78 75 $10 91010 100 83 
Berl wae, ie LENT SU ESA, di 80 56 
WAITS Vas were tus vaya aie The Aree se: 3 is tec Mar 50 RA 
Aifopedhqoel acelin aoe culls aoe rh aCe Olesen) ig 60 44 
Schweppe .......,.----.- CRO pocket a See .e AQ a5 
Gredelisn) vaste accuse tale ae 545746 6 749 £41060 57 
AD\abhopten sila Ayre 445An eae a5 AA 65 To & 5 Sad) 7 70 ie] 
etny tee Re Ae Aan edt iamimetlinne tee die Stet. as 40 14 
F. C. Rrenn. 


—— 


Fitchburg Rifle and Gutn Club. 


Fitcusurc, Mass.—The regular shoot of the Fitehbure Ritle and 
Gun Club was held on Wednesday afternoon, June 27, eleven shoot- 
ers being present. 

Two thunder showers came up during the afternoon, which added 
greatly to the uncertainty of trapshooting; but one had lots of 
sport in trying to catch them when they were jumping in the 
wind. 

The event of the afternoon was a team face between the No. 1 
and Wo. 2 teams, fiye men cach, 25 targets per man. No. 1 team 
beat by only 1 bird. The following are the scores: ; 


Events: 123 4 °5 6 7 8 99 1011 1213 

Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 25 10 10 5p 5p 25 25 5p 

rhe ee eA RGR et meee Ee ELC aH es a he CGO See ie ne ee Sa es 
Citler mene elo ed eee Rot sence decile So °8° Ye GoZ0 16. 
TEEN oe Sa aR Sak eee Ciate le Wee Coes ee ee esd 
ToS A ete | oa ARES Edt a fe Te eG He bon 
iar Geer cot llaiea.| sone ee nena. 85 7 4 616 5 6. Ay 
SRTGRS SS Ue Se esagb en bube be 7 6610 91 $ 9 5 51791 5 
Converse 8 8 6 8 819 S10 4 ified ss 
De heasyikcilta Saeetc sneneae nn te Ome ae te ere bie ste 
Mentc celle eee P none SOO eRGhe ss Stay 7 8 8 618 5 7 6 738... 
JORATAGTE SP Ape AC BAM ROA Deb bOROC) sly eee Dorel teetecn on hol Sa, Coy 
ART ee Ae a 8 eet oe Sass pep ree vent Mekos om pation 12 16 


Baltimore Shooting Association Championship. 


Bartimore, Md., June 29.—On Thursday, June 28, at the Balti- 
more Shooting Association grounds, Mr. Ansley H. Fox, shooting 
under the mame of Leader, won the Baltimore Shooting Associa- 
tion championship cup by breaking 48 out of 50 targets, 18yds. rise, 
unknown angles. This makes the second consecutive time Leader 
has won the cup, his win last week being made on 49 out of 50, 
Tn the preliminary events Leader was also high, making two runs 
of over 40 straight from the 18yd. mark. He was in bad form at the 
G. A. H, 2t targets and was confined to his bed for several days 
after the shoot, the above being practically the first shooting he 
has done since the G. A, H. at targets. As the scores show, he is 
rapidly getting back in his usual good form. The scores in cup 
shoot follow: 


Hdep. Broke. Hdep. Broke. 
Ttader meth cst 4B” Dupont 1@;...2..: an eae 
Malone, 46).......... 1 3 Bonday, 16.......,. 5 45 
fazardy salio. ence 6 42 Pranklin, 16..... +10 49, 
Ayipe eG e peta 7 Sh eRebbyele, sess te 6 37 
Wrest) D622 << pb secce 10 39 


Fox used his new Winchester pump gun and factory Imaded 
Leader shells. 2 ‘ Avsiey H. Fox. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


WESTERN TRAPS. 
Garfield Gun Club 


Chicago, June 30,—The inclosed scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of our ninth trophy event. The 
day was an ideal one for shooting. A rather sharp breeze across 
the traps made the targets dip and climb considerably, but taking 
all conditions into consideration, a nicer day for shooting would 
be hard to find. C. P. Richards won A medal on 24, A. Hellman 
won B medal on 24. J. D. Pollard won C medal on 21. Twenty- 
one members engaged in the trophy event, which is not up to 
our average attendance, but the boys are evidently saying them- 
selves for aur annual club tournament on next Wednesday, July 4. 

The scores: 

Ninth trophy shoot 26 targets: 


(|) og (EDIE 


Whe Ry SINE COLE. oi. Sa leleinlals eiemcise es Q11111101009111190111111.11— 28. 
DIT Wie We Wie ekeu reer ncesin cc g elses nee 1011111110110110111101001—18. 
TN MY oDIosdeq otek) oy weer Ananya 5 scooter 0113110011101110111110110—18 
TAD MIGGO WAIT crew acc pere ea ciermenee pein eleiminie 0011001011011100000010001—10: 
BP McGowan. once sacccccceccseeee rere ceees 0011000111010100110110111—14 
| (epi Ran ISS Ansar Anmere peers Semcon 1100010001000000001001001— 7 
eelabal tcc tas cassiea 1 eosa pen newer 111.007011111101111101111—_21. 
CxPeRieharnsessssaeeerts Wreate be eesecelebetel aes 4110101010111... 24 
BOW Water. cece ccc tee ests esse ssnsany 010110101011111101011000115 
BP PisatOnceiay ceeeed kip reset shag sianeaeisty 1001.101100111101101111111—18: 
ACT Mid ple yn cect ied cence tn eass ans enoe , -10110011011111 019 101111—21 
iN ilao) i esa ed eters na ero ecas 1110111110001101011.010110—16: 
TDK) (0 (ECO EN ea Gly ee aes 0011001100011011101111110—15. 
Dr WS) Royce... ccc ieee ee sees ee eens 011010110011111.0000111010—14- 
TW iolitttea Siradsene fet cist sere pense eee 1010111001110011011110001—15. 
Ne EP Mordci sp etie ister re setae 1011001111101110111910111 19: 
TITS PEL GVAVES!E y bts bet ae crap ne hey dots er laboye 0110111100011111010101010—15, 
TOMER teresa > strinerksee i rate Moed eee 1007111100111000100110000—12, 


A Hellman 11101111019.01.11111.1101 24 


S E Young. 1101010191111111111111111—22: 
Wii bahersameter: sneakers ses SET oe ae 1019911011031111111101110—20- 

Sweepstakes: 

Events: 123 465 6 Events: 1238a:465 6 

Targets 15 10 15 10 10 15 Targets: 15 10 15 10 10 15 
Dorman ...,..- 18: 89-12. *9) 89514 INortheott wa. oe oe 15 8 811 
A McGowan....12..12 5 4 9 W Meek Gone Wr Banks 
BoMcGowan,.-. (S286. 5 (Pollard) .2.cs2s ae os 11 8 914 
eet] (Sea Styne Rete po dae LW SHatotniise co edo te 
Richards ...... 14 91410 914 T Eaton ......, .. .. 1867 811 
Midgley ....... aU att Geet ee SGD IAD GS. te one 8 813 
(Seta en tween ere oe wh ss, WiVelbee On Bees ae ee ALN 
TEAthecicole Uitte er ew stall WiG Tien aay Wamu us siians Wane mot: 
Hellman .....-. ING Se es Meet m CO VOCMaE Le Gadd lain dh ass & 6 11 
mY foybhak- cress TS eee Shee lap eClbvrnress Dee 
BS CHT, *: Beng alte pitels gales ies Fer Geet, Rord? t4:tew eee ets went p59 13 


Dr. J. W. Mrex, Sec’y. 
Eureka Gun Club. 


Chicago, T1l,, Jime 3(:—The scores made to-day follow: 
Monthly trophy shoot, la targets: 


F P Stannard.111011111110110—12 Bowers ....... 141111010110101—11 
L Willard ....111110111111111—14 Cornwell ..... 111101110111001—11 
Dr Morton ...110110111111001—11 R B Clark....111101100111111—12 
Sprague: .2..: 111011011101101—11 Dr Turck ,....010001111011001— 8 
Goodrich .....11111111111101]—14 Myers ..... ,..100101101111100— 9 
Sundermeier ..101100110111010— 9 WD Stannard.101111111111110—13 
A W = <Adams..111111111011111—14 Irwin ......... 111110111000101—10 
Dominie ..... 111111111110111—14 Borroft ....... 111101011011011—11 


F E Adams. ..011011111111011—12 


7 L Jones..... 010311000000110— 6 
<i F P Stannard.111101011101101—1. 


Wht thee 111101001111111—12 
Ties’ 
Lem Willard. .11111111111110114 Adams 
Goodrich ..... 111111101001110—11 
Event No. 2, medal shoot, 25 targets: 
stat ttanclanter lieth lipiok cekateeectels reer otarete 1101111111111110011111131—22: 


Meant fetish 111011011101110—1T. 


Da Wiillarcl ge pemeet isch) cers cen corey cece ay 10900199919... 1—24 
Lb eNTOt ion eneee Ei e meena ne eres nny 0111.011110111109.910101010—16 
Ds septa Cee erm electerrces sss ncte ah as 1010011111101101011011010—16 
Goodrich ......... TENN nenetrta fens Sorrtceeeeienetctvone ts 1100911111010111111111111— 2. 
BVIVIP Rett Seve eons te lcteetectce tanta reine cntnie a 1001111111101001101116000—15, 
RIGGINS KARAS eA Mae eee SSH A BEB an 1111011110101001001110010—15, 
A W = <Adams..... SOY tte AE AD OB OBIS 1111101191111. —24, 
LB)ove END OA ee rare Tea A An eRe te, 11.01.11011101011111111011—2)) 
PT WED A WS a ee eS Bae 0111101011011110110001000—14: 
13 EE eterna On OP BAB orice 1111100119. — 24: 
Ube iy fesse MR OOO RA peak sek oe ale 14.011.11109111111111 01122: 
(OCIA SUNT AAs aoe Mavi i ndeceeddgsssncccomeod 1011101111111000010111010—16 
iN eire MOUH td At te AA EEE Oe . -0101111100010001001010101—12! 
IDNA PANE ORS AER eA AA ABE . -1111010110110010110111171—18 


Dr Wright . .1000110100010100000010000— 7 
WEURET Sami rer wears ae SC Or eel uwitaes 1041111111110101011111011—20 
VV eve eterrt repr tla ay eee rata Geen wan crue 1901191011101 25 
BARRA TTY Sea Betectaees ng sly rt babeeg ae neibageeiem emcee ene ela 1111110011011011110111101—19 


1b eyredeper ely oes Actas tee Ae ene Soe ii 0110100101101110110111001—15 

Sweepstakes: 

Events: iL 2) een 24 Events 2.3 4 

‘Targets: 15 25 25 25 Targets 15 25 25 25 
F FP Stannard........ Bee ches: SBOWEES) ae os aad eeteen « eet se 
epeVVisll ancleesiesree ners Ue G20r2e) SGORMWEIL "nevi ay selce oS for 
DOT MeV GtOtlacesreet ete s aise Coen Rae lations testes sees 8, ~s 
W Sprague .......... Tore ak Us eB Dele oy oe ot Gea LaPEs 
i Goodrich 1. i:s. Uae tty Soe Meal Ee Roe Perea oe, oe, 20 els 
Milliken so csee0cco al. LOR SESS or ater ACaitisas eels satnaens © 2418 .. 
Sundermeier ........ cll) Reales, Beton rcs Sees ee ae Fes 20) Ef, us 
A W Adams......... 1202. 20°22) Dr Wright .2...s...+ +s 1113 ,. 
Wcminics ne sese neers 12°: 20/22, Ay @ Paterson.s..vst 4. 1. 1%: 
NAS toe eaee tee 6..12.. W D Stannard . ; +. 23 22 
BeiS Sa etter ate eee MUMS) HE PVs TOs gh Le yceettss eae ir ore ch wet 


The Shooters at Paris. 


THe following are excerpts taken from the Paris edtion of the 
New Yerk Herald: ° 5 

If the number of entering competitors may be taken as affording 
a criterion, tnqgualified success awaits the international pigeon 
shooting contests atranged in connection with the Exhibition, 
which are to be shot off on Tuesday, 19th, Monday, the 25th, Tues- 
dayl the 26th, and Wednesday, 27th, of June at the Cercle du Bois 
de Boulogne. : 

One hundred and thirty names have already been inscribed for 
participation in the two eyents comprised in these contests—the 
Grand Prix du Centenaire and the Grand Prix de l’Exposition 
Uniyerselle de 1900. 

Nor is quality inferior to quantity. Most of the famous shots 
of the world will be seen before the graceful pavilion of the Cercle 
du Bois de Boulogne during the coming ten days. Among the 
competitors may be cited: 

Comte Clary, Baron N. Gourgaud, Comte G. De Montesquion, 
the two Verestchagines, Comte H. De La Rochefoucauld, Prince 
Lucien Murat, Comte L, De Montesquiou, Prince De Chimay, 
Marquis De Houdetot, Baron De Steinheil, Prince Poniatowski, 
Baron A. De ‘Tavernost, Vicomte De Paris, Comte De Clermont, 
Vicomte D*Hauterive, Comte Du Taillis, Comte De Poncins, 
Baron De Montpellier. Baron De Larnage, Baron De Heeckeren, 
Comte De Robiano, Vicomte M. De Clartnont, Comte Charles De 
Caraman, Comte D’Aubigny D’Assy, Comte R. De Quelen. 

Other skots—Comte L. D’Espinay Saini-Luc, Comte De Mont- 
gon, Baron De Dorolodot, Baron André De Schonen, Comte 
D’Ursel, Paron De Balorre, Comte Dankelmann, Comte De La 
Chapelle, Vieomte Jacques De Perthuis, Comte L. De L’Aigle, 
Comte Le Gonidec De Fraissan, Prince De Croy-Solre, MM. 
Maurice Faure, Buequet, De Barbarin, Wioland, Wadsworth, 
Rogers, C. Robinson, Scribot De Bons, De Amezaga, H. Lipp- 
man, A. De Gilles, Marcel Ayril, Roger Niviére, R. Moncorgé, 
Keyser, Lonhienne, Léon Thomeé, Braun, Dentert-Rochereau, G. 
Plagino, Georges Heine, De Bioncourt, J. Demonts, Léon De 
Tunden, Hans Marsch, Fortamps, R. Penart, Charles E. Geynet, 
Le Bertre, Merrill, Maurice Godillot, J. Descamps, H. Dequen, 
R. De Lingen, Mouton, A. De La Chevreliére, Achille Darnis, 
Soucaret, Jacques Niviere, G. De Navenne, L. Puccinelli-Sannini, 
WVerdavainne, H. T. Roberts, Léon Avril, Oreste Galletti, Bras- 
seur, 5S. Marlin, FE, Gampert, Gayant, H. Wotherspoon, Yo, Paul 
Gervais, Gaston Faure, Maurice Léger, L. Blanc, A. Poizat, Pascal 
Darnis, De Clermont, Robert Gourgaud, Labbé, Doinsignon, <A. 
Meslay, Bettex, Bégule, F, Blondel, Edmond Béjot, C. Béthune, 
Paul Lunden, Ulbson, Viard, E. De Montjou, De Saint-André, L, 
Drevon, H. Gaillard De La Dionnerie, Koller, Journu, Van Hoo- 
brouck, L. Surmont, De Schickfuss, Storms, Quersin, Beharelle 
Hall, F. Mallet, Paul Verdayainne, A. Passerat, Robert Hennessy, 
Merillon, Ruddock, F. Morris, J. Dederzoli and Carroll. 3 


For the greater comfort of the spectators, a vast awning will * 


protect them from the sun, or from the rain, in case of need. 
Genéral adinission will be 5 francs, with a certain number of 
reserved seats for onlookers at 20 franes for gentlemen and 10 


19 


francs for ladies, and season tickets, reserved for the four days 
over which the shooting will extend, at 50 francs for gentlemen 
and 25 for ladies, ite bs ‘ / 

There is good reason for the wide interest that is being taken 
in these events by well-known shots, The prizes in the first 
amotnt to 10,000 francs, divided into first, second, third and fourth 
of 5,000, 2,500, 1,500 and 1,000 francs respectively, while the Grand 
Prix amounts to 20,000 francs for the winner, added to a sweep- 
étakes of 10 louis. The second, third and fourth in the contest 
for the Grand Prix will take 50, 30 and 20 per cent, of the sweep- 
stakes respectively. In addition there are silver and bronze medals. 


Never in the annals of pigeon shooting has there been such a 
gathering of international shots as was seen at the Cercle de Bois 
de Boulogne yesterday, the occasion being the Grand Prix du 
Centenaire, the first of the important contests in connection with 
the Exposition prizes, 

With but 1 louis entrance fee, and a distance of but 25 meters, 

moderate shots thought they had a chance, while the prizes, ag- 
grecating 10,000 francs, attracted even the “cracks,” This was 
what was intended by the committee, and it may be said without 
fear of contradiction that the inilial meeting was a complete suc- 
cess. 
First of all, the weather was glorious, and then the picturesque 
surroundings, the excellent management, the comfortable quarters 
for competitors and visitors alike, and above all the politeness 
shown by the employees, proved that “filthy lucre” was not a 
point in question. For the nonte the club opened its gates to 
strangers at a moderate entrance fee and extended to them every 
couttesy. To Baron Napoléon Gourgand, as president, and to his 
colleagues, many thanks are due. ; , 

And the meeting was a record one. Namur, in Belgium, claims 
haying had 149 ehoaters in a single afternoon, while the Monte 
Carlo maximum is exactly ten less. But yesterday,’ out of 198 
entrants, 166 faced the traps! = 

Naturally, with such a plethora of marksmen, good, indifferent 
and bad, the opening rounds were of little interest, except to 
backers of the gun or the bird—and the betting, by the way, was 
at times brisk. The pigeons—Belgian “‘bizets’—were excellent, but 
they had no breeze to help them, and the fewer sitters were, as a 
tule, those which had hecome half stifled in the traps, that “‘mys- 
terious marble” having failed for a time to drop into their slot 
and let them Joose, 

In the initial essay there were fifty-seven misses, among them 
being the Prince De Croy, Prince A. De Lucinge, Messrs. René 
De Knyff, Paul Lunden, A. Poizat, Robert Gourgaud, and that 
well-known English shot H. J. Roberts, who was treated to a 
“beast of a bird’—a little, dark “‘snipy’’ specimen, who was no 
sooner off than he swept the ground and was over the rails, not, 
however, without losing most of his tail feathers. It took just two 
hours one minute to complete this first “‘run* through the card. 

Competitors continued falling out one by one until, at the begin- 
ning of the 7th round, twenty-six were left in, and it looked at a 
given moment as if there would be a chance of completing the 
éontest before nightfall. The light, however, began to fail, for it 
was long past 6 o’clock, and it was at this moment that the shoot- 
ing became interesting. 

The first victim was Mr. C. Robinson, of California, whose hard 
hit bird from No. 5 just fell out of boundary. M. R. De Mon- 
corgé, M. Lostatot and the British shot, Mr. Slow, the last-named 
missing a sharp rising pigeon, also had zeros posted against their 
names. 

Twenty was the total of “probable chances’’ when the 8th round 
was called. A high flyer from No. 5, however, extinguished Mr, 
Wadsworth Rogers’ (American) chance; M, Van Hoobrouck was 
beaten by a sitter, which rose like a rocket when the ball was 
thrown; and M, F. Mallet missed a good pigeon from the center 
trap. 

The ninth round was the last, and the follewing will resume 
shooting at midday precisely to-day: Messrs. Bucquet, A. De 
Tavernost, Guyant, Paul Geryais, Poinsignon, Te A. Ginot 
and Pascal Darnis—all French; Messrs. Edgar Murphy and Fin. 
litter, Americans; Mr. D. Mackintosh, Australian; Comte P. De 
Liedekerke, Belgian; Marquis De Villaviciosa, Spanish; and Signor 
Oreste Galetti, Italian. 

Fourteen in all, and all excellent shots. The betting is in favor 
of the Anglo-Saxons, for Messrs. Mackintosh, Murphy and Fin- 
litter grassed all their birds in splendid style. 


“Bravo, Mackintosh!” was the cry, as the crack Australian shot 
grassed his 22d pigeon at the Cercle du Bois de Boulogne yester- 
day afternoon, thus winning the Grand Prix du Centenaire, the 
first of the international contests in connection with the Exposi- 
lion prizes. 

Fourteen with 9 straight kills to their credit had been left in 
over night, 

When shooting commenced a nice breeze was blowing in toward 
the stands, and the sun was hidden behind a bank of clouds; 
in fact, these climatic surroundings remained the same throughout 
the contest. Thus the light was perfect and the birds had some- 
thing in the favor—and they wanted it! 

The attendance when shooting began was small, some thirty 
members only being present—a pleasant change from the over- 
crowded state of the stands on the previous afternoon. 

M. Bucquet was the first to face the traps, and he, as well as 
Baron A. De Tavernost and Signor Oreste Galetti, killed. M. 
Guyant was, however, less fortunate, as his hard hit bird rose from 
the dog and succeeded in getting ont of bounds, At the next shot 
but one M, Pascal Darnis missed a high flyer and Comte P. De 
Whiedekerke soon afterward came to grief over an extremely fast 
bird from the left-hand corner, the ‘“‘biset”’ getting clear away. 

In round 2, or properly speaking, round 11 of the contest, this 
same left-hand corner trap proved fatal to M, Bucquet’s chance, 
and a fast bird from No, 5, just the other extreme, placed M. Paul 
Gervais “hors de combat.*’ 

In the 12th round all killed, but at the commencement of the 
18th Signor Oreste Galetti, on whom the Italian hopes were pinned, 
shot under a fair pigeon from No. 5, and in this round the Ameri- 
can contingent also experienced some disappointment, as Mr. 
Leonard HVinlitter, of Philadelphia, who had been shooting yery 
consistently, had hard luck, his bird carrying a load of shot just 
over the boundary. 

M. Poinsignon failed in round 14, but the others scored, but 
round 15 saw two veteran French shots retire—Baron De Tavernost 
being beaten by a rattling fast riser from No. 1, while that good 
sportsman, M, Henri Journu, of Monte Carlo fame, unfortunately 
accepted a sitter at the same trap, who, when the Ball was thrown 
Went up like a rocket. M. Ginot also had to ery “content,” clean 
missing a fairish bird from No. 4 ; 

_ Three only were now left in, each having grassed 15 consecu- 
tive birds—the Marquis De Villaviciosa, representing Spain; Mr. 
D. Mackintosh, the Australian, and Mr, Edgar Murphy, of New 
York. These all accounted for their 16th, 17th and 18th “bisets.”’ 
In this latter round the American gave his supporters a fright, as 
his hard hit bird fell dying on the rails and remained quivering 
there. Struggling, however, it feebly raised a wing, which the 
breeze caught, and amid a tremendous shout the bird fell inside. 
At his next essay Mt, Murphy was again fortunate, his “biset” 
striking the fence and dropping on the right side. He, with the 
others, killed his 20th pigeon, but it was evident that he was either 
neryous or beginning to tire, and this was proved by the fact that 
at Es next essay he HES a nice Rite from the center trap. 

was row a mate etween the Marquis De Villavici 
Mr. D. Mackintosh. Odds of 9 to 1 were laid on the eae a 
dividual shots, while about half that price was obtainable when the 
former shot. There was little suspense, as the Marquis was im- 
mediately beaten by a beautiful bird from the fatal No. 1, and Mr 
Mackintosh had but to kill to win. This he did with his first barrel 
in rerand Style. ; 

e yictory was extremely popular, and champa 
freely. The Marquis De Villaviciosa and Mr, Winner Bowed 
anstiend: were also Ree congratulated. : 

€ prizes were 5, rancs to the wiriner, 2,500 franc 
second, 1,500 francs to the third, and 1,000 francs to the Giga 
This last-named award was divided between Baron De Tavernost, 
Messrs. Henri Journu and A. Ginot, these having tied with 14 kills 
apiece, ‘ 

After a short interval a handicap sweepstakes of 5 louis each 


Tt resulted as 
18 out of 18; 


% 


A daily press dispatch states that “the finals in the pi 
ing contests at the Cercle du Bois de Boulogne, for eee 
Grand Prix, which began at Paris Monday, June 25, were finished 
June 27, the competition haying narrowed down to thirty-six. The 
results were as follows: Leon De Lunden, 21 out of 21. first; 
Maurice Faure, 20 out of 21, second; D. MeIntosh and ¢. Robin- 
gon, each 18 out of 19, tied for third, M. De Lunden is a well- 
nown Belgian shot. In the first rown oe Gras i 
those who missed. Tod Sloane and Messe Wet i eer nes 


Rogers dropped out in the next two rounds, Wie cae Big 
petitors were left. Mr, Robinson, a Californian, roposed dividi 5 
the whole stake of 30,400 frances, to which the athe agreed The 
match has been concluded,” ~ ' BETEER, 9 


. val; Vice-Presidents, 


20 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Jury 7, 1900. 


West Virginia State Tournament. 


CHARLESTON, W. Vua., June 23.—Herewith I inclose you score 
sheets of the West Virginia State tournament, which began here 
June 19 and continued until the 2{st inclusive. It was held at 
the Beechwood Rod and Gun Club grounds, which is a delight- 
ful grove situated about one and a half miles north of the center 
of Charleston, We were favored with perfect weather during the 
entire tournament. The number of.entries averaged about thirty- 
one. We had twenty-seven who shot through the entire tourna- 
ment. While this is rather a small number of shooters the tour- 
_hament was emmently successful in every respect, and all of the 
shooters joined in saying it was one of the best they have ever 
attended? The club tendered the visiting shooters a banquet at 
the Beechwood cinb house on Tuesday evening, after which an 
address was made by ex-Gov. MacCorkle, of West Virginia, re- 
“sponded to by R. S. Waddell on behalf of the shooters. The 
best, record that was made during the tournament was that of 
Squad 38, composed of Rike, Courtney, Heikes, Fanning and 
Robin Hood. In the fourth event of the second day’s programme 
this squad shot at 15 targets, each man breaking the entire 15, 
The best straight score made by any individual was 122, made 
‘ by J: S. Fanning during the second day, On the evening of June 
20 the West Virginia State Sportsmen’s Association held their 
annual meeting at the Hotel Rufiner, and the election of officers 
for the ensuing year resulted as follows: President, F. C. Perci- 
. M. Wallace, John B. Garden, J. O. 
McNeeley, J. A. Hopkins, H. E. Greider, F. E, Mallory, Dr, H. 
Clay Shaw, J. F. Mallory; Secretary-Treasurer, Ed, O. Bower. 
wage He State tournament for 1901 will be given at St, Marys, 
. Va. 
The championship event, BeiAg 
Virginia, was won by Harvey C. 
who scored 46 out of 50. 


First Day, June 19. 


The highest average ior the day was made by J. S. Fanning, 
180 out of 185. Heikes and Robin Hood were 179 each, with L. Bb. 
Fleming third with a score of 172. "The shooters, with but four 
exceptions, shot through ihe programme. 


for the championship of West 
Allen, of Sistersyille,; W. Va., 


Events: 18253 4 vol ATS) el0 

, _ Targets: 15 20 20 15 20 20 20 15 20 20 Broke 
aE eh Nralliptiypere cites sielsle oirletsisis.9 1418 18 18 171716121716 158 
ae lene toiimretens ceVelslatelslllaigie stein 121519 9161718121618 142 
ACE ees cua gales basta Khoa onalsitil ality 1419 161012181615 1720 157 
PSMA aaM eel eo tayra ernie beetttstststatelstetntrlatstals: id 20.2013 1815161818 16 168 

Fl Allen ..- 15 16 18 12 19 18 191218 20 167 
R L Trimbl .-- 1419 201518 1717141817 169 
L J. Squier... . 14 2019 131518 19141515 162 
J Users AG bisa, 454 eee eee 13 1618 141918141219 17 160 
CUAL Se Pk wey agit entire tals 81619 9181216101815 186 
NON YA iD irp al Brack oe eo AS AN Dales 131719101718 13151816 156 
MCL IRICE ee loser sent gl stele 1818 161419161715 2019 167 
IAG RGOUEtHeYy cobb os eahlisaeue oe 13171713161715 121716 158 
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Second Day, June 20. 


Of the local sheoters, J. A. De Gruyter broke 159 out of 185, 
while of the visitors, Fanning, Robin Hood and Rolla Heikes were 
in the order named in the total of the day’s averages. The scores: 


Events: Ra re ite 70 ache 
Targets: 15 20 20 15 20 20 20 15 20 20 Broke 
Pepe Vieillonyess. cde seadnsaned dee 12 15 18 138 15 17 14 14 15 17 150 
Sigel atyass coarse beea es cea 18 16 12,138 17 17 15 14 14 19 150 
TD EVAR 4 Moby tee Beier tre qerdce: 15 15 18 14 15 15 14 8 13 13 140 
IDA. Weil bet ocorconn waco uuneoc) 13 20 19 12 18 20 17 14 15 19 167 
W121 LS SAIELN oo Se eee Oe anne 14 17 18 12 15 20 17 14 18 19 164 
RTL eit Ble. Seen ideuieeanten ee ae 14 18 17 11 19 17 17 14 19 20 164 
Artin Garmibelle or i eacces sen oa 12 19 18 15 19 19 15 15 15 19 166 
iD) SSeS See opeenerGecg Sstsisioisia 13 17 16 14 19 19 17 15 19 20 169 
Stir tee seeds be Ueiteaacmae ate 14 14 15 14 16 16 18 11 15 15 148 
By AUVs TD yey Dives se ee Bee Pee en pp 1217 1614191816141518 4159 
Didi omen hoe Male) eww ogee cs se 14 14 16 15 2018 18 1415 20 164 
A,G Courtney ..-2....c2. ccs ee 12 20 17 15 17 17 18 12 12 18 158 
R iOetetkes ti. 6 .. lola ste s ces 15 2019 151917 20151719 176 
4 ns] Sage tetees nner sem pppe Se eeee 13 20 19 15 20 20 20 15 19 19 180 
ODIO OM Eetee ears setaaclon ards 18.19 20151920 20151719 177 
. P Schlicher 1214141336171113 1418 142 
JM Speary 1511181615 81416 186 
G L Alford 1371 151614131816 139 
TS Bebbee 1515141817151718 160 
H L Smith 18 14 18 20 15 15 19 15 164 
€ L Slayton - 1113 1012 18 2019 ..1718 138 
. J H: Mackie - 141516 9191715131715 4150 
i, B Fleming _.. 14 20 19 15 19 20 19 14 17 17 174 
TPLSpOt ghee pen ls. Soe Soe a RIN 1417 20 13 17 17 16 12 15 17 158 
H G Wheeler 3 17 20 15 20 17 19 13 18 16 168 
- Dr Mahan 215 19 12 11 18 14 12 14 18 145 
J_ A De Gruyter....... SAR AR AS SS 13 19 19 14 15 1717 13 16 16 159 
150 OB) (Greisnvey ripe 131813 9 17 12 1410 16 18 140 
ee Baie rdstes sae se aes eae ee 8161311171615 8 11 17 132 
Ay FBS RIGS, Ee a a a 10 19 17 12 14 15 13 13 14 19 146 
TEN MDN Re SAD BAY Hos SR eH LN 816 13 9 12 12 11 10 15 18 119 
CP AM NOT merce cee cn net oon. eee ee -- «- 15 18 13 14 67 
AP SBE WETS pop anpecaesseseeeicg eo io et Oe et OH 17 14 14 15 60 


Third Day, June 21. 


Mr. H. C. Allen. of Sistersville, made the excellent score of 46 
out of 50 and won thereby the State championship. The best 
scores zfter Allen’s were: H. D. Goskorn 45, S, T Mallory 45, 
Smith 45, J. A. De Gruyter 43, J. F. Mallory 48, Ed O. Bowers 41, 
J. A. Jones 40, W. T. Levi 40, J. A. Holley 38, Dr. J. N. Mahan 35, 

In the merchandise events, of which there were five, the highest 
total score was made by Allen also, his total being 78 out of 85. 


_ Phe next best was made hy J. F. Mallory, who was one tinder the 


hignest. 

Most of the visiting shooters leit yesterday morning, but the 
State shooters remained wntil after the conclusion of yesterday’s 
events, which were finished at noon. The scores: 


Events: pee eh eT 15) 

_ Targets:. 15 25 20 20 15 Broke. 
una rarivier tanya err ean Oo Un ce sccs eames 13 19 19 16 25 80 
tS I MIR ees eae 8. RENAN cies | -. 12 22.18 48 12 82 
ID) 2c eae ae ela. lela cielelicete hteah ah teek oa 14 24 13 18 80 
© | UEFA 94 44 56 ees aoe ene anole 14 25 16 19 8 80 
Jah A. EMU AWA ie Bees SUE Ae, A eta 14 20 19 15 11 79 
COE UIEL 5 Bas aah bt ad! OMe TOMBE UE bd aes 14 23 19 20 18 89 
SOLIS Han aS S45 55 5NR AEE + 4 SAMA Se, 18 25 18 18 15: ~ 89 
icpseiilerstl ome 4a deel Ae EP 44 ABA i Ie 13) 25 20) 17 10 85 
RGINE 44 ode Aseria ga neau ose eNO STORMY ANS > 12° 23 14 d7 i2 78 
doy iEReer <q ae 22 ¥ 9 SS Ne 44 SAAN ANN BAA 14 22 48 20 48 87 
Cee ee reeeene rrr PRP OP LEE nL ack 13, 21 18/20 13 85 
\CIGLERNELES “S.de.noe Bees Maas 44 SOM ROSEN ESABES ayereal ale Sis; MA! 79 
[RVSARES "speci LESS BnEE Ss aa mam dS 23. 19) 20a 89 
Retinittce eT ee ono ar vet 12 24 19 19 14 88 
TEAS ates YN OG ho. 3 eS ee ae Eg 18 24 19 19 10 85 
SiC ene ere rt ne Tee sey ie abe Gy 79 
SGI GLOBE LnOLN i GDRIIEHEBBEETS mre wa 10 23 15 18 9 75 
PA Rove) as apace a her ba Sotto ac tae a er 16 22 18 JA 9 74 
DHE! ecteme ls Oetetineras Chir tert iene 12 25 17 16 10 80 
Site eee ee en Wee Pri ill icieey 1% (28°19 14 8 cin 
SlavlOtintenl seni sree eenT er herr reti its. pene 12°20 18 38 12 80 
Marinter et tet iacsti te tit teiten aired iiss § 21 17 18 11 6 
eran Ce eens hlsta spo es Clem Cle miarzieritete kant sans) 14 248 20) S18 88 
Tn ee Pee seen esas ses lili ier ametets (gas 89 
Wheeler . 84 
Mahan 72 
De Gruyter 3 
Goshora 73 
Diteldse tae neat, EER ERS ERGAP BMS PERE ERNIE ve 
Tones : , yal 
Marlin wre PPE Eee p pees e te ere erry scare re 14 20 16 19 10 72 


“iim street. 


' to-day by three members of our club. 


Championship event: ' 
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0010111111111311111111111—23—40 

eR Meal Oty eset iietttiit ee 41911111110110111111111011-—22 
4440199019103911011111111—22_-44 

TI GBAMEN sadetrbiee' ett bere 1910919111111911001111111—22 
OLIVIA ti. 24-46 

IVER tags faietende- part techie? ¢ yeas eee OLOO0TTLOLOIIOONIIOOTOIL. —13h 
170701000731 19.010111 1041-17-30 

DOMES aes tes cease aet pees Leese eee 0191910101111910000111111—19 
1491000.1111111111111101—23 48 

WENIS, Siete t henbas Hite em pat bum 0000011000110110100110100—10 
0100100001000001011101100-— 915 

Mahone eeer. fess Cee tase alae 11.001111103.10000070071100—13 
1111111.09111011001111011120—33 

DYE \Cirepaice eS ee head sen eater eer er eoece 041910991919109111911111) 2 
‘ 1101.01101111,011119111111 —21 —42 

TOA Gis ge 2 Sa RA CoinnAn iene ne o- 1101011000100011111111111—17 
’ 01011011.10011111110111000—_16—83 

NSEVI Seen cap ch enentsteyen tea teecs wien 1001011011013111101101100—16 
: 19114.1919.11100016111141111—21_37 

GoShobi Bees tanto tens eka Leuscas elie 1411111111011111111101110—22 
! 449911191111111011.111011_23—45 

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1990.111100711011.1111111 22-45 
Pacofhindnce st Fhdbck en nsacg header ae ed cae 1111110101100100111011.010—16 
019171111111111.000010111 1935 


Holly 


Trap Around Reading. 


_Reapine, Pa., June 20.—The fifth annual tournament of the Shuler 
Gun Club of Pottstawn, Pa., was held at Saratoga Park, the Shuler 
Club grounds, to-day, with a large crowd of shooters in attendance. 
Sportsmen were present from Reading, Glendale, Pine Iron Works, 
Pheehixville, Royersford, Philadelphia, Boyertown, Temple, Zions- 
yille and Pleasant Run. The principal event was the team shoot 
for teams of five men each at 25 targets for a silver trophy. Seven 
teams entered and the shoot resulted in Phoenix and Shuler clubs 
tieing on 95 broke. In the shoot-off Phaenix won by 5 targets, the 
score being 42 to 27. The scores follow: 

Event No, 1, team shoot, teams of five men each at 25 targets 
for handsome trophy: 

Boyertown Gun Club’s Team.—Schealer 17, Schaeffer 17, Wein 
14, Major 14, Benner 20: total 82. 

Mt. Penn Gun Club, Reading.—Rhoads 12, Schaaber 21, Wertz 
24, Yeager 20, Dietrick 15; total 92. 

Shuler, of Pottstown.—Trumbauer 19, Gilson 20, Slonaker 16, 
Showalter 22, Urner 18; total 95. 

South End, of Reading.—Gerhert 19, Matz 20, Jones 17, Eschel- 
man 16, Yost 19; total 91. 

Pheenix, of ‘Pheenixville—Miller 19, Hallman 13, Buck 23, John- 
son 20, Hogy 20; total 965. 


West Chester Gun Club Team.—Gill 16, Ford 18, Brinton 15, 
Henry 18, Howard 19; total 76. 

Spinnerstown Gun Club.—A. Miller 13, Henderick 13, Graeff 18, 
Brey 19, Levengood 14; total 77. 

Shoot-off tie: -Phcenix 42, Shuler 37. 

Sweepstake scores follow: 


B25 soe Gos, 
10 7 10 15 10 10 
Gh are abite (ie ar 
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Srxor RS 12" Sse 
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Avene). peaeeere ssa a acbebnta oniesecl tel pieeseyne Tomi3> ie mam Gr on ons) ir 
SPATE Glog rece ein ie aes mbes even winrar be erie ile win Bie Vi, Ue 
HHendertck) Vives: sassy aed aa viehebuienieseae eae 3, 210) eo: AG: B10 tee. 
SU FATT DAE Peele ees iets telete le: stall telsieloteleta ae Soy Che oy Vier Se eee 
STE V tease a ceo eciewie wee ate ae faletshelobeselniciarcic ats COAST (it Syeeeebh ccealt) 
UIE: ance Becht nee a gal ode ee: by IRS otye th hoe 
IBEMIVET, Pee oecignis acted tale wiekine sceo SEIZG. co i ll SSN 
GEATHC Mee castes dsltaatatttebactistae tte stars alte SLES. os Gs Oe ES: be th 
DER Ch nae Se oe Se ae soe al Ae Ae linea ete i Rea Oe 72 Sa oy 
DE Wate PAee SS Se ae nee atte wile A ee = ie 4 
WIS Sep hae S40 ogo cosn eas aot ess OAOer Lane oo 10° Vir St 60 TRS bere 
Buches eae chile sc e Se ce teeters estilo ats leccente ile ete oe ai lses ec en 
MGAT Clem st he obi perso ee Mele Stl islctch! ckighs ieee SA its ae REP tos 
PRTG Ted ol eichctota ate ere oes att aie netel arate: ahctehely ls tale Se Oy Se aL Es 
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Peciardarn. elelaeiptcts sseinjstsistorctsioia es daitladls hte ae AP he oie eC taMn) ceri ed 
AKG SRO ASA ASSEO READ ICE Ga abe eee de oat oe oe uae ry 
PUT OARS POM eas. Witacctale lest tatstgetstsiatePyciettecsh sue et! ies ee 
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WIACZRES geeks coer bee ilece sete orioe tee ae oon ee Seo. 
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ELGWANeLP eae es cet ele Ge pee ees ead dae vol HOP edlepee beet 
Teo Fairley Be er ei ecco Oe aie Poe ee 
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IDO 37 se AAR Oo Pre eee Gee et een a a a fie ie ele OY 
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HUNT Re acme ne tome tet oct a eae oar ee ac ie evi bl ae 55 
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Reading, Pa., June 27.—The first of the series of ten target 
shoots for the Peters Cartridge Co.’s handsome loving cup for the 
individual championship of Berks county will be held about Aug. 
Wi at the Three-Mile House shooting grounds under the auspices 
of the Berks County Trapshooters’ League. T. H. Keller, Eastern 
manager of the Peters Cartridge Co., has presented a beautiful 
trophy to the league, and the business men of Reading are also 
giving a helping hand, adding merchandise prizes to the county 
championship and added money to the open sweeps. The shoots 
will all be under the general management of Arthur A. Fink, of 
this city, who will be assisted by a competent force of clerks. 
Vargets will be thrown at 1 cent each. Two sets of traps of three 
each will be used. ‘This shoot is open to all, and a large attend- 
ance is desired, so as to encourage the league’s workers, and also 
to give the sport a boom in this locality. Any information will 
be cheerfully answered by addressing Arthur A. Fink, a Frank- 

USTER. 


(New Haven Gun Club, 


New Haven, Conn., June 29.—The spirit of trapshooting is very 
much alive in New Haven, Conn. Seventeen members of the New 
Haven Gun Club turned out in the broiling sun yesterday and 
shot at 50 clay birds Gach man, in order to decide which half of 
those present would pay for the shore dinners for the party. (Capt. 
John I. Bassett and the team of his selection succeeded in de- 
feating Capt. Reegoric and his team, the tune of which, when set 
to music, went Jike three $1 notes per man. The scores: 

Basseit’s team: Bassett 39, Clark 34, Longdon 38, Meachen 36, 
Bates 38, Hooker 24, Twichell 36, Thompson 238. ; 

Reggorie’s team: Regeorie 37, Savage 34, Callahan 87, Bristol 
36, Robertson 34. Bartlett 45, Marlin 84; Merwin 36, Peck 21. 
‘Bartlett shot for targets only, just to show the Marlin gun; and 
made the top score of the day. Af B., Séc’y. 


‘Catchpole- Gun Club. 
Wotcott, N. Y¥., June 27—The following scores were made 


df : The day was extremely hot 
and only a little shooting was done: 


Wadsworth <<. .21991909219171999191111991119170119111101111111111—48 
Bowler <.-...+. cd ENOUIN IT 10100 TT TTOL LALA LOT 00111 42 
pure ty Ses 


Boston Gun Club. 


4\n intensely warm afternoon was furnished the Boston Gun Club 
for their third last practice shoot at Wellington, and to suit the 
thermometer the events were contested in slow, easy-going fashion. 
_ During the most interesting part of the programme—i. e., the 
individual and team matches—a gale of wind preceding a thunder 
storm just about ruined the scores. A few of the mord€ expert 
shooters’ retained their equanimity of mind and entered totals 
plenty good enough for calm conditions; others fared differently. 

Leroy shot a remarkably even, fast gait, all Irom 2lyds. rise 
except final straight. Mr. \Woodruff was trying his new gun and 
managed well for a beginning. But for the extra h-avy pulls he 
would have done better, 

Muck sympathy was expressed for Mr, Sheffield, who lies ill at 
lis home in Wakefield, Latest accounts from his bedside are en- 
couraging, and his hosts of friends are united in wishing him a 
speedy, thorough recovery. Mr. Sheffield is one of the older 
B. G. C. members—not old in years, but in faithiul attendance at 
this yery old club—so that his absence causes remark, besides a 
yery noticeable yoid. 

Pollowing are the scores complete: 


Jivents: 123 45 67 8.91011 

Targets: 10 10 5p 10 10 15 10 10 5p 10 10 
VIS cael sr meter teat te tees ete ve naa) 9. 48 Cb OSI te iG eee Oent7: 
TREKOW { CZTR SRR eon Pe etoe ae ae s-+eee 8 8 7101013 810 610... 
RIG spears ee cee pete Pace kelly ers ats sees 910 G6 5 518 99 6 7 7 
Woodruff, 17..--.er00» Imobsielsloletsiernat al o» 956... 697557 8 
‘Andres, 16....., Does pach wlelass stsisisre a DF 4 8 Y 46 6 Sh 8.1 
Eloraces U8 soseacress © (aap eassa «8 ow» 8:8 76711 6 45 5. 
JBXENGHON AL, DEED ath Aedes bi acbeodens Apres, frorcnr cee teh Ueierte IL eA be 
ROOT ap Oey wy ert ene Pe eyi sts rg) eee ek hes ee 
TIPS [wa cians cosnesatelatolg stip stolere aerate ole 9 9 SS ee BE We ae 
* Ail events unknown angles from magautrap, Two last events 
lGyds. rise. 

Merchandise match, 25 targets, unknown, distance handicap: 
TeSTS gh LY ie bei ele drip eer est ra Ae cet ae 9101111110111 107111— 2 
NEEL Y, Meh eee ence cts wep hesteens ee Sere 1111110111110991191171100—21 
VBI Reet a gn ee dereerterersr ic 1111111100101011011101010—17 
WiSkcayy OURS rw cw duke yew eee ene eee «+++ 1111110101110010101001111—17 
Woodruff, 16)............ pariren oe eaen ane 0101101001101111111100011—16 _ 
Benton, 14... es cy eyes a bererere + «-0100010011111101011110100—14 
‘Andres, 2 el ejects se enema eat sere eeneeeerenss © .0110101010000101111000011—12 
Telos Wis oon ATT abs tele erte se eee ee +0101000011000000000000100— 5 

Team match, 40 targets—5 pairs and 10 singles each shooter; dis- 
tance handicap. 

Leroy revere we Dopo aborts ct) 1117111710» 10 10 00 17 116—16 
Sh eth teetieuen: »- AMONIII— 9 10 11 00 17 10—6—15—31 
IMTS aye ie) atelee -1911000110— & 00 11°00 00 00-—2— 7 
FROUAGES he tress eshaos .. 09101IG011I— 4 10 10 10 00 11--5— 916 


Fort Smith Gun Club, 


_ Forr Smitu, Ark., June 24.—The race for the medal at the shoot- 
ing grounds last Saturday between Durden and Baptiste, after the 
contest liad narrowed down to these two youn® giants of the scat- 
ter gun, was worth going miles to see. In the first 25 they scored 
20 each out of 25, and then shot the tie off at 25 more, scoring 23 
each, and then decided the possession of the traphy on a miss- 
and-out, Baptiste finally winning on the 3d bird of this style of 
shooting. 

The attendance was good and the shooting fast and furious for a 
space of two hours, several sweeps being run off after the medal 
race, 

Everything is progressing fayorably for the tenth annual Arkan- 
sas State Sportsmen’s Association tournament, to be held here 
July 10, 11, 12 and 18. Sufficient money has been raised to insure 
the success of the shoot, and the programmes, which have just 
been issued, are very attractive—so much so, indeed, that they 
have been complimented by several foreign advertisers who had 
ads. in the same. 

Much interest is being manifested in the coming shoot, and the 
indications are that the attendance will be a record breaker. The 
grounds are easy of access and yery pleasantly situated, the sHoot- 
ers being sheltered fram the sun’s rays the greater part of the 
day by large shade trees, 

M+s. Charles Boyd and Mrs. Alf. Williams graced the cecasion 
with their presence and applauded vigarously the efforts of their 
respective husbands. 

Following are the scores in the medal race, a number of sweeps 
being run off immediately following that event: 


Baptiste 2-2. .....06 is taneses wee eee eee oe L010919197011011111111010—20 
Dairders aie. SR STeEE pean enw eee meee nee O11I11910091111001011 11 1—20 
Miulraney 07 sceciet ene Sogeuae eee ee ese ee oL1919011711111 10011110001—19 
SLEMTPITTOTIS meee hn ea Fons yma Wooo lee arate oe ee 0 1100011191110110191111001— 21 
MSGAGHS Wilieseticlow les peekem hood eee es on aele eaten « -1710101111171110101100000—16 
C Boyd NE SG UsOeL) Sa aoe Ee oOo «+ «= 1111011001100111100011101—16 
CO eS es oocepeceococe aL eet nasa mt 0110000010001111110101011—13 
Webber « » 0011001107010 1110000001 —11 
GLeC ry pepe deer ewe atee ater aerate 110001010010007 0001001 101—10 
aN Rotter Sage sos 2003 JNGe WO ira CRM erey CII + »«- +0010010101100100000100101— 9 


*Kimmons really made the high score, but as he did not declare 
that he was shooting for the medal when he began his string the 
boys counted him out. LEAcH. 


Trap at Swanton. 


Swanton, Vt.—A small but enthusiastic gathering of shooters 
assembled at the Robin Hood Powder Co.'s Shooting Park, Swan- 
ton, Vt., Saturday afternoon, June 16, with a fair attendafice of the 
fair sex, Event No. 6 was an attempt made to rival the scores 
made by Robin Hood and N. P.L., who shot at 25 targets, with 
the trap set to throw the asphalts 80yds, In fact, the right quar- 
tering birds, assisted by the wind, few nearly i00yds. Each broke 
21 of his 25, 

Below are regular scores, unknown angles: 


Events: 123 45 Events: 123 46 

Targets: 10.1020 15 15 Targets: 10 10 20 15 15 
Rousseau ..v-seee Be atid [le meagesio ts Masnaebemeoree on 715 9 6 
Iiojetscisleic reeeeeres ih ot RLS PP Ost? GooormerrcoD a3 SE as og 
Robin ITood ..... 101018 .. .. Dr Allen ........ S elit We ay 5 
Richardson ....... 8 71412 9 WDonalson ...,..... 4 Teds pn 
Dickson .......... 7..-1) 10.. 


In the button shaot Rousseau won the gold, Richardson the sil- 
ver and Pohannon the bronze button. 


Bellows Falls Gun Club. 


Bettows Faris, Vt.—The Bellows Falls Gun Club held’a shoot 
en the club grounds Thursday afternoon, June 28. Below is the 
score: : 


Events: 123.45 Events: 123 465 
Targets 2525 * 2525 ‘Targets: 25 2a * 2525 
Gibson ......cs.05 . 15-2218 22 2. Russell viceeesewes 16 14°10 5. 5. 
Norwood ........ + 21-20 E20 Gee cCanronl (useescesnte boule See es 
Fassett .<..s+-- »-. 19181615... Morrison +....,,,- 16 18 12 21 28 
inieht seaereeee 19°13) F207 Wiakley, Vis 1258 Bass 
*Ten pairs. 


Events Nos. 1, 2 and 3 were at known angles. Events Nos. 
$ and 4 were at unknown angles. i ‘ 

The next shoot will be held July 4, at which time there will be 
several teams represented, and the club team making the best 


club score will receive a prize of $25. H. G 


iIBSON, Sec’y. 
Hot Springs Gun Clisb, 


Hor Sprines, Ark., July 28—In the medal event oi the Hot 
Springs Gun Club’s club shoow, at 50 targets, there were three 
ties on 47, and in the shoot-of O’Bryan won: 


De Long, 0,.....- 41910909 1119111010000 1011 TT 111 1047 
Dr Collings, 3... .1071911111111117111011711111010111111 1011 11 1 47 


.Dr. Williams, 0. .11017111111110110000101010011111111011111711771711—29 


O*’Bryan, 8,.-..».40111111001109191111911110 11 110011101019110011 110 —47 
Dr Tierney, 15., .10010101001111001011091111101011101111110100001010—45 
Vaughan, 18.~...00011110101010100110000111101001100101111100110010—44 

There were three ties for medal. On the shoot-off Oprval won. 


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The Carry is called two miles, but this is the 
estimate of somebody who had nothing to lug. I 
had a headache and all my baggage which, with 
a traveler’s instinct, [had brought with me. My 
estimate of the distance is eighteen thousand six 
hundred and seventy-four miles and three-quarters 
—the fraction being the part left to be traveled 
after one of my companions most kindly insisted 


oa relieving me of my heaviest bag. 
—James Russell Lowell. 


PLAYING WITH FIRE. 


THe fire which destroyed the North German Lloyd 
piers and steamships at Hoboken, opposite New York 
city, entailing a loss of $6,000,000 and an unknown num- 
ber of human lives, is supposed to have been caused by 
a match or lighted cigar or cigarette thrown into cotton 
stored on one of the piers. The conflagration of the 
Standard Oil Company oil tanks, across New York 
Bay, with a loss of $2,000,000 and more, was catised by a 
stroke of lightning. 

We cannot control the lightning nor avert its flash; but 
we can avoid throwing matches and cigarettes into cotton. 

There is not so much of the wilderness remaining in 
this country that we can afford to burn any of it up by 
letting our camp-fires get beyond control. Out of every 
hundred campers there will always be a proportion—say 
fifty—of those who are careless with their fires; and be- 
cause of these creatures and their folly, there must be 
with each recurring season, as certain as doom, a vast 
destruction of the forest and the prairie. We might as well 
attempt to control the thunder storms and the lightning 


of the sky as to reform these fatuous idiots who set fire ” 


to the woods. But we may see to it, each one for himself, 
that we are not ourselves numbered with the fire-setting 
fools, 

With the coming of the camping season and the building 
of camp-fires throughout the land, it is not untimely to 
repeat certain cautionary rules given before in these 
columns as a code of conduct with respect to the camp- 

fire: 

Never build a fire where its fame can communicate to 
grass or brush or branches of trees. ' 

Never build a fire where the sparks can be carried to 
brush or trees, or leaves or grass. 

Never build a fire without first noting the lay of the 
land with respect to controlling it after it is kindled. 

Neyer leaye camp for the day with the fire to burn un- 
attended. Extinguish it thoroughly. 

Under no circumstances, when moving camp, leave the 
fire to burn or smoulder. Put it out. 

To extinguish a fire built upon the ground where there 
is turf, the roots of trees or other vegetable matter in the 
soil, pour water upon it until the ground is thoroughly 
soaked; then dig around about and well outside the cir- 
cumference, throwing the earth in toward the center, and 
then wet it down again. 


The Treastiry Department has issued a circular to col- 
lectors and other customs officers, instructing them that 
under the provisions of the Lacey law foreign wild ani- 
mals or wild birds from any part of the world may be 
admitted to the country only upon the showing of a per- 
mit for their importation given by the Department of 
Agriculture. The instructions are very explicit, and the 
only way in which they might be circumvented would 
appear to be by adopting the expedient of Thomas Wood- 
cock, who was the first to bring English skylarks and 
other birds from Great Britain into this country in the 
forties. He had come as far as the lower-bay of New 
York harbor, when, getting into a dispute with the cap- 
tain of the ship about the birds. he broke open their cages 
and liberated them to fly ashore, 


A NEW ELEMENT. 


We commend to the particular attention of game 
wardens the gangs of Italians who are engaged in such 
works as railroad building, reservoir construction and 
other énterprises where, as a rule, the men live in tents or 
shanties and roam the neighborhood when they are not 
working week days and Sundays. No one would begrudge 
thei this simple pleasure, were they not possessed of the 
characteristic small-bird killing proclivities which are 
common to the Latin races of Europe. They are here, as 
at home, industrious hunters of song and insectivorous 
birds. Every feathered creature is game to them; and as 
there are tens of thousands of them scattered here and 
there throughout the land, the magnitude of their depre- 
dations is such as to demand consideration and repression. 

As we have pointed out before, it is this foreign element 
which in New England and elsewhere in the neighborhood 
of factory towns scours the fields on Sundays in pursuit 
of the smal] birds. 
bird protectors behind them cannot realize the way in 
which these foreigners regard the same birds. The 
FOREST AND STREAM is not in infrequent receipt of leaflets 
and circulars distributed by well-meaning women, which 
depict the sportsman as killing the songsters, and hold 
him up to a popular reprobation which would be well 
deserved if the picture drawn by him were not fancitul. 
The sportsman in America does not kill the small birds 
save only in the fevered ithagination of the leaflet writers ; 
he confines himself to legitimate game—the birds which, 
if we may consider the adaptation of means to an end 
in the scheme of nature, were created specially to be 
hunted by man. The impulse, training and practice of the 
American sportsman as we know him and as he is, give 
the lie to the leaflets which represent him as a wanton 
killer of little birds. In some of the European countries 
different sentiments, conditions and practices prevail. In 
Italy everything is game that flies. In northern Italy 
“bird murder is epidemic,’ wrote our consul, James T. 
Du Bois, from St. Gall, Switzerland, the other day; “the 
willow wren, hedge sparrow, blackcap, swallow, night- 
ingale, and little singers of all kinds are victims of the 
trap, the net and the gun.’’ They are taken by wholesale 
in the migrating periods: 

As the seasons come and go the Swiss birds make their pil- 
grimage south, and in going and returning across the land of 
northern Italy and the Swiss Canton of Tessin they are merci- 
lessly pursued by hunters of all ages and all classes. On Lake 
Maggiore it is estimated that at least 60,000 of the feathered song- 
sters are trapped or killed every year, and in the region round 
about Bergamo, Verona, Chiavena, and Brescia, many millions 
are indiscriminately slaughtered to satisfy the demand of the 
‘tables and of the millinery establishments of the world. 

One of the schemes is to cover the limbs of trees, the rocks, and 
even the telegraph wires along the line of the bird migrations with 
a certain paste of such adhesive qualities that whenever the birds 
stop in their flight for rest or food they are held helpless captives; 
hundreds are often captured in a very small space by this simple 
meatris, 

We read this with curiosity, becatise it is so foreign to 
our own ways; but we shall do well to remember that 
tens of thousands of immigrants are dispersing over this 


country, bringing with them small-bird killing proclivities, 


and some attention must be given to them in making pro- 
vision for the protection of the birds. 


PROCK AND GOPHERS. 
Tue side-hill gopher mentioned in Forest AND STREAM 


the other day, whose legs on one side are shorter than . 


those on the other, so that it can navigate a hillside suc- 
cessiully, must be a relative of the “prock,” which with 
the gyascutus were known to our fathers as wandering 
from time to time through the funny columns of the 
newspapers. The fabulous creatures appear to have been 
an invention of a fun-loving Yankee, who got his hint 
from a description given in all seriousness by Capt. Jona- 
than Carver, who made a journey to the Rocky Moun- 
tains in 1765. In his book of “Travels Through the In- 
terior Parts of Nerth America,’ published in 1778, he 
gave-these descriptions: 

“Tn the country of the Osnobions (Assinaboines) there 
is a regular beast, of the bigness of a horse, and having 


hoots, whereof two legs on one side are always shorter . 


than the other, by which means it is fitted to graze on the 
steep slopes of the mountains. It is of amazing swiftness. 
and to catch it the salvages doe head it off, whereby it can- 
not run, but falls over and is so taken. I was also told 
of one which I did not see. This is like to a bear in size, 


Americans with generations of small 


but covered with shell as is the tortoise, with many horns 
along its back. It has great claws and teeth, and is ex- 
ceeding fierce, eating man and beast.” 

The region referred to by our traveler has been ex- 
plored by naturalists, but science has yet to solve the 
mystery of the uneyen-legeed beasts. Carver may have 
invented them; but it is much more probable that he was 
only giving a local habitation to mythical creatures which 
had place in the folk-lore of this day. For these strange 
animals of fiction were such as would most certainly ap- 
peal to the imagination and find a secure place in that 
unwritten literature which is handed down from genera- 
tion to generation and carried across seas and continents, 
being told about the hearth and the camp-fire, but only 
seldom finding a place in print. The “‘sand-hill gopher” 
of 1900 is the “prock” of 1850, and that was the “regular 
beast” of Carver in 1765; it has taken on various shapes, 
but the essential quality of humor remains—this is what 
has kept it alive and makes it secure for the future. It 
will live in story after the other game in the country of 
the Assinaboines shall have been exterminated, just as the 
hoop snake is found in regions where no other serpents 
have survived. 


SNAP SHOTS: 

It is reported that the Messrs. Weisbrod, of Philadel- 
phia, who have a game preserve of 2,800 acres in Pike 
County, Pa., propose to turn out there a score of wild 
boars from the Black Forest in Germany, in order that 
they may have material for the sport of pig-sticking. 
There have been several importations of wild boars into 
this country; one lot was brought to the Neversink coun- 
try in Sullivan county, New York, and another to the Blue 
Mountain Parl, established by Austin Corbin in New 
Hatnpshire. We believe that without exception the beasts 
have proved to be a nuisance and nothing more. They 
certainly are undesirable as additions to our wild fauna, 
and might legitimately come under the prohibitive control 
of the Agricultural Department in the regulations which 
it is to provide for the importation of foreign species. 


It is a stiggestive commentary on the wild bird: supply 
of this continent that Chief Game Warden Tinsley, of 
Ontario, questions if a wild turkey is now to be found 
within the limits of the Proyince. If there be any of 
the birds in their wild state, he suggests that they should 
be captured and placed in the Rondeau Park, for the pur- 
pose of restocking that very suitable locality. The scheme 
of giving the wild turkey a new start in a protected 
region such as. the Rondeau Park, the parent birds being 
imported from elsewhere, appears to be a more sensible 
and hopeful enterprise than the introduction of foreign 
birds stich as the capercailzie or black game. The species 
which were indigenous to the land, and which the history 
of the past demonstrates would thrive if not pursued to 
the death by man, are plainly those which give the best 
promise of establishing. 


. For it is not so dificult to restore a wild species if only 

the opportunity be given it to increase and multiply under 
natural conditions. An example in point is that of the. 
beaver. In Maine, in Michigan and in the Adirondacks, 
three districts where the animal was on the point of ex- 
tinction, absolute protection has been given to it for a 
number of years, and the result is, as reported from one 
point and another, that the beaver is coming back to its 
old haunts:and surely increasing. 


A New York millinery concern when arranging for 
the killing of sea gulls on the Maine coast, found at Bar 
Harbor a local agent in the person of a hotel clerk. It 
might be thought that an individual possessing the genius 
to be a summer hotel clerk would have more sense than 
to promote the killing of gulls in his neighborhood. The 
fool-killer should take a run down there. 


We have received and shall print next weel: the text 
of Judge Hanford’s recent opinion rendered in the case 
of a Spokane, Wash., restaurant keeper prosecuted for 
having sold quail in the close season. 


In a communication elsewhere Mr. Wm. Wells predicts 
the starvation of larger and larger numbers of elk gener- 
ally, as the winter ranges shall diminish. As he sees it, 
the game is doomed to retire before the encroachment of 


civilization, ee. | mT ; 


Che Sportsman Courist, 
An Ideal Retreat. 


Bur few American friends across the border have any 
idea of the beauty of our lakes in the Midland counties 
of Ontario or the facilities for reaching them. Of all lo- 
calities, perhaps, Salmon Lake, about two miles from St. 
Ola Station, on the Central Ontario Railway, affords 
the easiest access for a summer retreat. By leaving To- 
tonte by the evening Canadian Pacific or Grand Trunk 
train you can reach your camp or cottage by 10 A. M. 
next morning, and again, by leaying the lake at the same 
hour, you reach Toronto early in the evening. 

The lake is nearly five miles long, and from one to 
two broad, with deep bays and high, rocky promontories 
running away back into respectable mountains, while all 
around the hills rise trom the water clothed with primeval 
forests. Not a settler’s house or clearing breaks the 
charm of wild solitude. To the north, not a settlement for 
twenty miles: to the east, a wilderness for forty miles or 
so to the Madawaska, and to the west, almost an un- 
broken forest clear to the county of Peterborough. Deer 
abound in all the country about and may be frequently 
seen standing on the woodland shores trying to make out 
the passing canoeist, or along the marshy inlets nipping 
off the bulbs and blossoms of the water lily, standing 
like statues as your boat approaches them until they make 
you out, and then up goes the “white flag,” and with grace- 
ful bounds they disappear in the adjoining forest. Mink, 
marten and otter and, until recently, the beaver, emblem 
of Canadian industry, lurk in the woody dells, while the 
partridge is heard drumming in the sylvan shade. In the 
deep crystal waters sport the large lake trout, and on 
rocky bars the gamiest black bass of all our waters await 
to contest the angler’s skill. The bass average from 2 to 
4, and not infrequently one of 5 and even 6 pounds, dark 
green in color, small mouthed, and so gamy they will 
jump three and four times out of the water in their en- 
deavor to release the cruel hook, making you anxious 
for your tackle, and if you land three out of every five 
hooked you may consider you are doing well. 

One consideration of camping on this lake is that you 
are in easy reach of so many waters. Two miles or so 
to the southwest is Bass Lake, famous for its fishing. A 
short mile row or paddle up the channel from the head 
of the lake places you either on the waters of Dark or of 
Devil Lake. These two lakes conjoined are nearly as 
large as Salmon Lake. By following up the channel from 
Dark Lake you reach Dickinson’s Lake, and from here 
a short walk over the portage brings one to the Blue 
Lakes, where the bass are plentiful beyond belief, as few 
anglers visit these waters. Here are three small lakes 
opening out into one another as blue as a whetstone, 
which gives them their name—very clear water with beds 
of marl. Here you are miles from any habitation, lofty 
pines wave their plumes on the giant hills around you, 
and the charm of the native wild almost makes you envy 
the life of the early redman before inevitable fate brought 
civilization upon them to ruin, to conquer and destroy. 

The beauties of this locality and the facilities it afforded 
for fishing, hunting and trapping were not unknown to 
the former generation. About thirty-five years or so ago 
Bob Holland, an Englishman, built a cabin upon a loity 
promontory opposite the outlet commanding a view of 
the whole lake and went into trapping and hunting, which 
yielded him large returns. 

Many of the hunting parties from the front visited these 
localities in those days. Holland was a genial fellow, and 
a hunter not to know Bob Holland was put down as a 
tenderfoot. He had mary boon companions, and right 
toyally did he entertain them. * Many a story of hunting 
exploits, of sportsmen’s dinners, of midnight song and 
tevel in those days are still told in the settlers’ homes or 
by the glowing camp-fire. 

At that time and subsequently a long, tedious journey 
over only the execrable lumbermen’s road had to be un- 
dertakne from the village of Madoc, until the building of 
the Central Ontario Railway connecting with the C. P. R. 
and the Grand Trunk, and which lands the visitor at St. 
Ola Station only two miles from the waters of the lake, 

In 1886 Col, Lamont, then private Secretary for Presi- 
dent Cleveland, afterward Secretary of War in Mr. Cleve- 
land’s second administration, camped here with a party of 
friends from New York and Syracuse. Subsequetly a 
few cottages, with ample ice houses. have been built upon 
the islands and picturesque spots. Boats and all supplies 
can be obtained at the village, while the best of home- 
made bread, good butter, milk, cream, végetables and all 
kinds of berries galore can be delivered at camp by set- 
tlers. You are in receipt of your letters and papers daily, 
and with such easy access to the front you are enjoying 
all the comforts of civilization in the invigorating atmos- 
phere and grateful relaxation which our Canadian wilds 
afford. Here you are about 1,200 feet above the waters 
of Lake Ontario. 

Many people who cannot afford to absent themselves 
from business for a few weeks find relief in short excur- 
sions on our great inland waters, but a large number of 
those who can do so pass a few weeks in expensive sum-~- 
mer resorts and return home with a small stock of health 
and a large hole in their purse. On the contrary, our 
Canadian lakes afford that freedom from care, the very 
life of the lotus eater, so attractive to the imagination. 
The clear air is redolent with resinous odors from cedar 
thickets or balsam tidges which line almost every shore 
and numerous are the sand beaches where the clear water 
so gently deepens for many, many yards, where even chil- 
dren may learn the art of swimming without danger. In 
the morning and evenins, boating and canoeing; at all 
times you may try your luck and skill with rod or troll. 
In the noontide heat, with novel and pipe, you enjoy your 
hammock in some breezy shade, and so soon as dusk 
steals over mountain and stream and the great headlands 
cease to cast their image upon the mirrored water, 2 
glorious camp-fire. Now and then an excursion and Dic- 
nic to an adjoining Jake, with a row home on the moonlit 
waters, vary the daily experience. Such is camp life. 

After four weeks or so of such experience you return 
to your homes with a stock of health and conscious en. 


aoe 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


joyment, and with glowing anticipations of even a hap- 
pier outing the next season. — A: 

Let us hear old Nessmuk sing the praises of his ideal 
camp if you are skeptical of the enjoyment: 


“There is a spot where the plumy pines 
O’erhang the sylvan banks of Otter; 
Whete pigeons feed among the vines 5 
That hang above the limpid water. 
There wood-ducks build in hollow trees, 
And herons among the matted sedges, 
While drifting on the summer breeze 
Float satin clouds with silyer edges, 


“‘’Tis there the bluejay hides her nest, 
In thickest shade of drooping bushes, 
The fish-hawk, statue-like in rest, 
1 Stands guard o’er glassy pools and reaches. 
The trout beneath the grassy brink 
Looks out for shipwrecked flies and midges, 
The red deer comes in search of drink 
From jJaurel brake and woodland ridges. 


‘Beneath a hemlock grim and dark, 
Where shrub and vine are intertwining, 
Our shanty stands well roofed with bark, 
In which a cheerful blaze is shining, 
The smoke ascends in spiral wreaths, 
With upward curves the sparks are trending, 
The coffee kettle sings beneath, 
Where smoke and sparks and leaves are blending.” 


E, B. FRALECK. 
BELLEVILLE. Ont. . 


The Forests of Spanish Honduras. 


THE Spanish Honduras forests are liberally stored with 
game. The Currasaw macaw, partridge and pava are 
among the birds found in those woods, while in the ani- 
mal line are to be found the pisote, a small animal re- 
sembling the raccoon of the Southern Statés; the peccary 
or wild hog, and several species of monkeys. 

One day last February I started out for a walk of three 
or four leagues into the forest with a friend, a Mr, John 
H. Swart, of Porquin De Copan. It was early in the 
morning when we made the start, carrying with us a 
machete apiece and a shotgun. Swart’s Mossa went 
with us also, carrying a sharp machete for the purpose 
of cutting a way through any underbrush which we 
might encounter. 

In traveling, I have passed over many beautiful roads, 
but never have I feasted my eyes upon such paths of 
beauty as I that day looked tipon as we clambered up 
and down the sides of small mountains and over or 
through rippling streams born of the mountains and of 
the dew. Keats’ line is here everywhere appropriate: 


“Sleepy paths where shady twilight dreams the summer time away.” 


About two miles out of the little town in which we 
were both stopping we came to the Rio Bamayho. This 
we crossed as all streams are usually crossed in Central 
America—on the back of the Mossa. For a-new be- 
ginner in this mode of bridging a stream, the first ride 
is very exciting, the Mossa stooping until the rider gets 
well located on his shoulder, and then grasping his legs 
firmly under the knee he starts slowly into the stream, 
feeling along with his feet for any sudden “sag” in the 
tiver bed. Each step seems to the nervous rider a sure 
precipitation into the current of the stream, as he sits 
up, his head and shoulders flapping above the Mossa’s 
head as a flag waves on a windy day. 

On all sides of us, and extending into the dark, waxen 
looking forests as far as the eye can see, were the great 
palms, which so beautify and typify all tropical land- 
scapes. Along the road that day I noticed ferns growing 
to the size of large trees and vines, with exquisite flow- 
ers on them like morning glories blooming in the broad 
sunlight, throwing off a most delightful tuberose-like 
odor. 

The smaller streams of Central America are generally 
bridged with fallen trees, which are thrown across the 
stream so as to permit of their limbs interlocking and 
allowing one by skillful climbing to escape across it 
with seldom more than three wettings. I know of no 
more pleasing sight to the eye than the vista stretching 
along the bank of some Central American river, Beau- 
tiful trees grow on either side, casting their shadows in 
the clear waters of the bending stream. The low moun- 
tains back from the river, carpeted with green and 
pinnacled with palms, form a pleasing background to 
the stream. 

About six miles out on this road we began entering 
by a winding trail or path the palm forests. When once 
well into the forest we found that the shadows were 
“perpetual shade,” with only an occasional ray of sun- 
shine glimmering here and there upon the palm-lined 
pathway. The trees found here, other than palms, were 
almost always weighted down with orchids of great 
beauty and fragrance. Wherever the palms gave way 
to trees of other varieties the sunlight would have the 
effect of drawing quantities of macaws to their branches, 
feeding on the leaves, bark and nuts. I shot one in one 
of the trees that measured several feet from tip to tip 
of wings, They are of beautiful colors, being bright 
red, green, yellow and blue, with a white face, which 
gives them an odd appearance. Among the densest 
palms I saw a small drove of wild hogs or peéccary, 
‘which scurried away in the gloom of the further forests. 
The constant chattering of monkeys and different vari- 
eties of birds was heard continually through the forest, 
and evidently from the sound they were high up in the 
larger trees, 


In almost every damp, shady place one will find erow- 


ing a flower called the wild “plantinao.” which bears the 
most exquisitely shaded and mottled flower T have ever 
seen. Tt looks so much like an artificial flower that 
one will take it in his hand without discovering the de- 
ception, The plant is very much like the canna lily, and 


I imagine would thrive in the Southern United States. 


out doors under very much the same conditions, and 
perhaps in Northern conservatories, well watered, with 
plenty of reduced sunlight. Wild caladiums of elephant 
ears grow everywhere, and it is a common sight to see 
a barefooted native walking calmly along in a heavy 
rain storm or in the glaring sunlight under one of these 


[JuLy 14, 1900, 


; 


leaves, using it as an immense umbrella. A tree rome 
monly seen in Central America is the yellow fevei tree, 
which has a graceful drooping habit, and long handsome 
green leaves. It derives its name from a pod which it 
bears and which the natives think properly boiled and 
kept about will conjure yellow fever, as they say, and 
tender it a harmless malady. 

The people one meets in a forest ramble are very 
simple people, and are generally very lightly clad. A 
bright-colored shawl and a yard or two of fancy ribbon 
would make ample covering for several large families, 

On no country of our earth are the beauties of nature 
more prodigally lavished. Mighty inland seas, up to the 
present time mighty solitudes, save for the presence of 
bird, fish or beast; mountains gorgeously wrapped in 
green from base to summit; valleys fertile with the fer- 
tility of land that has never been tilled by human hands; 
unsearched and unsearchable forests of mahogany, ebony. 
and dyewoods, and teeming with game, fram the small 
pisote to the Central American tiger and lion; skies 
touched with all the soft rosy tracery known only to the © 
Master Hand, and air balmy as a Florida April day. 
To-day an unknown and unfathomed wilderness, but ere 
long the Mecca of many tourists, who will go there to 
revivily themselves in the balmy breezes, listening to 
strange sounds and amusing themselves seeing strange 
sights nowhere to be equaled for quaintness or queer- 
ness on the face of the globe. PAUL Warp, 


\ 


Stories from the Woods. 


Being Notes from Memoranda of Talks with 
at the Boston Show, 


the Guides 


Beaver Increasing in Maine. 


THE Maine guides from various parts of the State ‘report 
that beaver are increasing in numbers to a marked extent. 
John Cushman thinks there are seventy-five beaver on 
Snake Brook, a stream flowing into Third Lake, well up 
the East Branch of the Penobscot. Ten yeats ago Joseph 
Mitchell, of Patten, went to Third Lake with John 
Francis to look up the beaver, and estimated that there 
were then thirty-six in that neighborhood, 

Cushman says there is a family of beaver within half a 
mile of his camps on Katahdin Lake, and that last fall 
one of the guides found a second family two miles “away. 

Warten Wing, of Flagstaff, says there are a great many 
beaver in his neighborhood, and that they are causing 
some damage by flowing low-lying timber lands. Popple 
and birch, which constitute a large portion of their food, 
haye gained a commercial valuation of late years, and 
trees up to 14 inches at the butt are cut by the beavers. 

The guides are unanimous in saying that the law pro- 


_ tecting beaver has been well observed, and that few, if 


any, beaver skins have been sent out of the State. 


Locked Antlets, : 


Howard H. McAdam, of Calais, Me., exhibited th 
heads of two. buck deer with the antlers locked.’ These 
were the property of Henry F. Eaton, of Calais, who 
secured them from a hunter who came upon the deer 
while still alive, though very weak. It was supposed 
that the deer had been locked by their antlers three or four 
days when found. 

Both were large deer. One had a yery symmetrical set 
of antlers, with four points to a side, while the other had 
eight points on one side and nine on the other. The - 
four-point buck had had decidedly the best of the fight, 
having put out one of the other deer’s eyes before be- 
coming locked, and having also inflicted a number of 
wounds on the head and neck of the other, His left antler 
eventually slipped around under the larger deer’s throat 
just behind the jaw, and the tines on the other horn’ be-- 
coming interlaced with those of his opponent, the two 
bucks were locked so securely that it was impossible to 
separate them. 

Was it murder or suicide, or simply accidental death? 

Tn the second set of locked antlers one of the bucks had 
driven his antler 2 inches into the eye of the other, 


When Bear Cubs Are Born. 


Mr. McAdam has mounted some of the tiniest bear cubs 
that were ever so perpetuated, These cubs were secured 
by Charles F. Keef, a lumberman, of Vanceboro, Me., about 
the middle of January. George W. Ross, who represents 
the New Washington County Railroad, and who is also 
chief warden for the county, gave the following particu- 
lars of the capture: 

One of the teamsters at Keef’s camp came in and com- 
plained to Mr. Trafton, the boss, that there was some- 
thing near where they were yarding that scared the hor-es. 
Trafton went to the place with an axe, and found that 
a bear had denned under a stump nearby. The bear was 
persuaded to come part way out, and Trafton hit her on 
the nose with the axe, but the blow was ineffective and the 
bear retreated into the den. Mr, Keef was then sum- 
moned, and on his arrival with a Winchester the bear was 
shot and killed. After receiving the first shot and before 
dying, the bear gave birth to one of the cubs. The other 
had been born previously, and they were found in the 
den, An unsuccessful attempt was made to raise the cubs 
on the bottle. It is added that George H. Boardman, the 
Forest AND STREAM correspondent in Calais, denies the 
truth of the statement relating to the birth of a cub after 
the bear was shot. The matter is interesting as throwing 
light upon the time bear cubs are born. 


The Horns Without the Head, 


The antlers of deer and other game animals are some- 
times hit by rifle balls, and not infrequently. fine trophies 
are ruined as a result. To secure a set of antlers with a 
gun without injuring the animal that carried them is a 
far different matter, and a feat not likely to be duplicated 
upon short notice. i 

A Boston man named Churchill, who was hunting at 
Will Atkins’ Oxbow. camp, has succeeded in accomplishing 
‘it. however. He was out with a enide by the name of 
McKinny, from Auburn, Me., on the first snow last No- 
vember, and started a moose. The trail was followed, and 
eventually the hunters came up with the moose, standing 
with its head exposed, but the rest of its body cons 


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cealed by the forest growth., Churchill was armed with 


a three-bartel gun, two shot, and one .45-70 rifle barrel - 


underneath. He had ball cartridges in both shot barrels, 
and as the distance was short, fired at the moose with 
one of these. The ball, which weighed something more 
than an ounce, hit the web of one of the moose’s antlers, 
tearing a hole through it large enough to receive a broom- 
stick, and striking with such force that the antler was 
knocked off the moose’s head at the burr. 

The hunters followed, and half a mile further on found 
the other antler where the moose had dropped it in the 
snow. His head was out of balance, and no doubt the 
antler had come in contact with a tree. The, moose 
escaped, but the sportsman had a fine pair of antlers with 
twenty-three points as a result of his shot, and had it been 
in the old days when all moose were game, it is possible 
a cow moose scalp might have been made to do duty as a 
part of a very interesting trophy, even though the moose 
whose head it was supposed to represent was still roaming 
the forest. Mr. Churchill, it is only fair to add, two 
days later downed an eighteen-point bull, whose head he 
has taken out and had mounted. 


‘Moose Calling Without a Horn, 


A Boston man by the name of MacDonald, who ex- 
hibited a fine Noya Scotia moose head of his own killing 
at the Boston Sportsmen’s Show, calls moose without the 
aid of a horn, using his hand as a trumpet to carry the 
sound and holding his nose with his thumbs meanwhile. 


-MacDonald has the reputation of being an expert caller 


and a yery sticcessful hunter. 


Traveling with a Medicine Man. 


The Hudson Bay Company’s employes have had un- 
usual opportunities to study Indian character in the years 
gone by. They judged the red man, as was natural, by 
white men’s standards, and sometimes when they thought 
they knew the Indians as a student knows his book they 
were surprised by a demonstration of basic savagery they 
had little expected. 

The following story from the lips of one of the oldest 
factors in the company will serve to illustrate the point: 

‘Back in the ’s0’s the factor was sent to the St. Maurice 
district, which was then under the supervision of the 
father-in-law of the present head of the Hudson Bay 
Company, a capable and respected official. Late in the 
fall the factor was invited to spend a month at head- 
quarters, at Weymontachingue House. He traveled by 
canoe, but shortly after his arrival a period of severe 
weather set in and he sent his man back to his post, de- 
termining to wait himself until the lake froze and walking 
on snowshoes was feasible. The visit was an extremely 
pleasant break on the monotony of the wilderness lie. 
The lady of the officer in charge at Weymontachingue 


was a charming hostess and entertainer, and the fur- 


lough passed all too quickly. 

When the time came to return considerable difficulty 
Was experienced in securing guides to accompany the 
factor, as the Indians were all off on their hunting 
erounds. At length, however, an old man and his son 
were found who consented to go. 

The old man had a bad reputation. While visiting 
the house of one of the servants for a pait of moccasins 
the night before starting the woman cautioned the factor. 

“T think you are very foolish to go with this man,” she 
said, “Him man eater.” Then she told the story, which 
the factor already knew, of the time when this man, near 
to death from starvation, had killed and eaten his own 
brother. The woman told it in a way that made more of 
an impression, however, than when he had first heard the 
story. The party started at noon, spending the night in 
an Indian camp at no great distance from the post. The 
second day was bitter cold, with the thermometer 4o 
below, and traveling was by no means pleasant. About 
4 in the afternoon a very swift stream was reached, which 
had not yet frozen over, though full of floating ice. The 
Indians hesitated on the bank, and when asked how the 
stream was to be crossed shrugged their shoulders and 
said they didn’t know, whereupon the white man took 
the initiative. Sitting down and taking off his moccasins 
and metasse, and rolling up his trousers, after which he 
cut a pole to steady himself, he waded the stream. Ar- 
rived on the opposite bank, he took off his blanket coat 
and with it rubbed his feet dry, and afterward put on his 
nieps and other footgear and set about locating a camp 
site for the night. Meanwhile the Indians mustered up 
courage to follow his example, Supper was soon dis- 
posed of, and rolling themselves in their blankets the 
men prepared to pass the night. 

The white man was pretty well through the first sleep, 
when he was aroused by an awiul unearthly noise. The 
woman's warning flashed upon his mind, and his first 
impression was that the man-eater was about to murder 
him, He sprang to his feet and looked about in the 
spectral light reflected irom the stars by the white mantle 
of snow. He was reassured a little by noting that the 
boy was lying to all appearances fast asleep nearby. 
Through tke tolds of the man-eater’s blanket he could 
detect a humped up, writhing figure, and from this pro- 
ceeded the sounds which had so wrought upon his nerves. 

Acting on the impulse of the moment, the factor 
seized the blanket and swept it aside, his hand coming 
in contact as he did so with the long black hair of the 
man beneath, which was reeking wet, despite the arctic 
severity of the night. The old Indian thus reyealed was 
¢rcuching and uttering ai inarticulate weird incantation 
and was aS aman possessed. He did not notice the inter- 
ruption, but continued swaying his body and making 
night hideous with the bestial noise. The factor had never 
seen anything like it, and he was mad. 

“What's all this?” he said, shaking the man and _at- 
tempting to rouse him. “What are you doing?’ The 
Indian made no reply at first, but after a while he said in 
his native tongue, speaking as though aroused from sleep: 

“Too bad! Too bad!” 

“What's too bad?” asked the white man. 

“Yotve spoiled my conjuring,” said the Indian, 

“What do you mean?” 

“T was conjuring to-morrow you'd have no more rivers 
ta cross. You pleased me to-day wading thé stream, and 
I was conjuring the evil spirit that he would be favorable 
and save you from the necessity in future.” 

“Never you mind me,” said the factor; “turn in and go 


— 2. _e 2 


to sleep and don’t let me hear any more of your con- 
juring.” 

The white man remained awake the rest of the night, 
and at half past three roused the Indians, and they pro- 
ceeded on their journey, arriving at their destination be- 
fore dark. Conjuring has been an important trade among 
the Indians in the Hudson Bay territory. The medicine 
men made a good living, earning an important part of 
their income as fees given them to bring harm to the 
enemies of their clients. Their ability to do this was never 
questioned, and no tangible result was required. It was 
‘enough that the enemy had been conjured. 


As a result of his experience with the medicine man, the 


factor came to the conclusion that whatever else, the In- 


dian was honest in his belief in his own supernatural 
powers, The man might be a rogue, but he was no charla- — 


tan. Incidentally, the factor adds, the streams they en- 
countered the Jast day of their journey were all spanned 
by ice bridges and no more wading was required, 

J. B, Burweam. 


Down the Raisin.—IIl. 


Boxing the Compass by Canoe—An Aquatic Journey 
sad Through Aicaet Michigan—The Cruise 
of the Little Pilgrim. 


Tr was not long after the little episode of the summer 
hotel that we came upon a bit of scenery long to be 
hoarded as one of the pleasantest recollection of the 
journey. The river, which was still narrow, had for the 
first time crept close under a range ot wooded hills on 
the easterly side, while the trees stood thick upon the 
opposite bank, which made a part of the low and leve! 
valley. ‘ y 
eaehs other in all the luxuriance of their June foliage, 
formed an almost perfect arch, and underneath the wild 
grapevines were draped in many a gracetul festoon. 
Through this leaiy warp the morning sun, just clearing 
the further hilltops, wove the most delighttul mosaics of 
light and shade, and flung them lavishly upon shore and 
water alike. What there was over the hills or beyond 
the valley we did not know, nor did we care to learn, 
for here was a charming fragment of unsullied nature 
which had all the requisites of sun and sky, of wood and 
water, needed to make a perfect picture. With what a 
thrill of extltation the Little Pilgrim leaped forward into 
this enchanted glade, the epitome and embodiment of all 
the secluded beauty of our river. Here indeed was the 
realization of the dream of the Little Pilgrim, the tangi- 
ble vet subtle revealing of hidden loveliness that had been 
lying perdu for lo, these many years, waiting only till 
we should come and proclaim ourselves its original dis- 
coverers. Here we might have landed (for there was 
none to prevent) and taken possession of the territory 
in the name of the United Federation of Good Fellows, 
but the river was passing on, and we passed on with it. 

As the Little Pilgrim continued on her way we became 
aware that there were other barriers to the passage of 
the stream beside those which had been thrown up by 
nature, The artificial ones were those marking _the 
boundaries between the possession of adjoining neigh- 
bors, and these intersected the waterway as a hint to the 
herds grazing in the valleys that they should not trespass 
in forbidden pastures. The new barriers were notable, 
not so much for their beauty and picturesque appearance 
as for their utility, and they seemed to answer “excellent 
well” the purpose for which they were constructed. One 
in particular I had occasion to remember. It was a long 
and slender log, moored with chains at either end to the 


bank, and floating sufficiently high to make it impossible . 


to force the canoe across it. The action of the water had 
long since removed all the bark from its surface and leit 
it with a clean, smooth exterior which afforded a foot- 
ing none the more secure because it was constantly kept 
wet. In crossing this primitive water gate it was neces- 


sary to lay the canoe alongside it and disembark upon the | 


small portion of its surface which stood above the water. 
next to swing the boat upstream till she stood bow on 
so that she could be slid lengthwise over the obstruction 
and finally to lay her alongside again, this time below it, 
and put the crew aboard once more, all of which was 
duly accomplished without shipping any water or the loss 
of anybody’s equilibrium. No doubt all this sounds very 
easy dearly beloved reader, but how would you like to 
joes tithe 

By this our river and the Little Pilgrim were on such 
a footing of friendly regard and mutual understanding 
that they traveled on quite delightfully in each other’s 
society. Each had come to a knowledge of the peculiar- 
ities and eccentricities of the other and each deferred to 
these qualities of his associate which individualized the 
river and the Pilgrim and made them what they were. 


And as for the crew and the captain (who was captain 


ouly by courtesy) they adapted themselves to the general 
plan with what grace they might. They were compelled 
to do sa, or be incontinently spilled overboard. 

Ag the summer sun rose higher in the heavens the idea 
of distributing drinking fountains (properly iced) at con- 
venient interyals alone the river suggested itself forcibly 
to our boat’s crew. Yet these provisions for our comfort 
had by no means been overlooked, and they were to be 
found by looking for them. irregularly and capriciously 
placed oftentimes, but always refreshingly acceptable, with 
their abundant supply of cool, sweet water gushing out 
from some hidden vein. Indeed, the quest for these nat- 
ural fountains became one of the serious duties of the 
day duting the expedition, and whether thirsty or not it 
was always a pleasure to discover them and to sample 
their sparkling contents, compating them with those that 
had been qtiaffed before, Frequently the only indication 
of their whereabouts was given by the sound of their 
trickling -waters as they issued from some leafy bank, 
pane from a slight elevation into the greater current 

elow. 
and were piquantly hedged about with spearmint and 
watercresses, so that it was quite possible for our cook to 
add a salad to the noonday repast or’ fo enrich the after 
dinner beverage with the chief ingredient of a julep. 
Unfortunately we visited these places only in the garish 


day, and their quiet was undisturbed save by the pinions 


ofsome passing bird. Perhaps if we had gone to them in 


Overhead the long branches, reaching toward . 


Some of them were remote from the river’s edge 


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the shadowy hours between the dusk and the dawn we 
might have surprised upon their borders some of the 
nymphs and dryads that are wont to frequent such spots 
when they are unvexed by mortals of a coarser mould. 

As may be imagined, the shores of our river had been 
undergoing a gradual change, the banks rising higher 
and higher and approaching more closely to the water's 
edge. The wide valley had now been left behind, and in- 
many places our river was closely hemmed in by the 
encroaching land till it seemed to shrink many feet below 
the surface. One would think that such stern restrictions 
would have had a tendency to curb its reprehensible habit 
of wandering, but in truth it was always watching for 
some inadvertent lapse on the part of its guardians, some 
open space in their ranks through which it might slip 
unchecked and sweep outward and onward in its sinuous 
journey to the sea, Yet it was none the less picturesque. 
none the less enjoyable because of the changes which it 
underwent, and there was a constant though quiet pleas- 
ure in the placid anticipation of the new scenes and fresh 
experiences to be developed with each phase of the ever 
shifting landscape. Almost imperceptibly as we pro- 
sressed the channel had broadened, the volume of its 
waters had increased and the facilities for a complete and 
thorough baptism in case of a capsize were greatly im- 
proved. ) 

As the banks grew higher, the natives appeared to be- 
come bolder and some of them ventured to biuld their 
dwellings in sight of the river. Hncountering one oi 
these in our guest for watercress, we queried him inci- 
dentally as to the distance to Palmyra, and more directly 
and vitally as to the fish that frequented the stream. He 
acknowledged that there were bass (a matter evidently of 
small moment from his standpoint), but laid much stress 
upon the assertion that in the spring season many good 
pickerel were to be talken from the water. And by “pick- 
erel” he meant wall-eyed pike, as I had previous occasion 
of knowing, and his thought was on the relation of the 
fish to the frying pan rather than to the fly. His testi- 
mony was corroborated at various points along the river 


’ by others who seemed to think that the only “truly good” 


fish were those which did not create too much trouble in 
the catching. The small-mouth black bass is found in 
fair numbers in the Raisin, but he is not always to be had 
for the asking, as the writer knows to his satisfaction. 

It was not long after this interview with the native that 
we passed the mouth of the Adrian branch of the Raisin, 
thot tributary coming up in a northeasterly direction to 
| , the main stream. There was little that our river 
; med to gain by the accession of its new associate, 
» ich had already grown swollen and conceited by the 
rcurring June showers, but the banks good naturedly 
tuade way for the added volume of its waters. Further 
down out expedition encountered what was at first reck- 
oned as a tare bit of good fortune, but which afterward 
proved to be the root of all our later woes. (Things re- 
sult that way sometimes in other places in life than cur 
canoeing voyages.) In making a sharp turn around a 
sandy point the Little Pilgrim came suddenly and un- 
expectedly between the river and a fine specimen of the 
soit-shell turtle that frequents the stream, and before our 
amphibious acquaintance could make up his mind to try 
a dash for cover he was captured and transferred to the 
*“ship’s stores.’ Thence, with savory anticipations of a 
pee dinner, we floated on contentedly toward Lake 

rie. 

And so without further incident the morning melted 
into the afternoon, and when the time was ripe for the 
inevitable shower the crew went ashore and tented under 
the canoe while the cook prepared a dinner which was 
none the less enjoyable because the “piece de resistance,” 
the morning’s capture, was of necessity held in reserve 
for another day. It was not tao wet to build a fire—ii 
never is if you know how it is done—and the tea bucket, 
as usual, did excellent service in freshening and restor- 
ing’ our wasted energies. No one who has not tried it 
can understand what tea is to the voyager, the hunter 
or the fisherman, nor how much superior it is for an 
outdoor beverage to coffee and all the other artificial 
stimulants which are associated with our latter day civ- 
ilization. ~ 
_ At an appropriate time in the waning of the day the 
Little Pilgrim drifted into a reach of slack water, and 
then we knew that Palmyra was not far away, When the 
dam was reached the obliging miller told us that we 
might portage the canoe across the narrow tongue of land 
on which the mill was located, and in this way save a 
mile of further journeying to reach Palmyra, which stood 
just across the bridge. But this seemed like taking an 
unfair adyantage of the river, and so we thanked him 
and went on our way around the great loop. Coming 
back again to Palmyra, we registered at the leading 
hotel (a dollar a'day) and became an object for the pity- 
ing curlosity ‘of the villagers. There was really no good 
excuse for this lapse into luxury and conventionalism 
save that Palmyra stood in the way, and we had fondly 
hoped that we might still discover within herb orders 
traces of the learning and culture which had made her 
famous so Many centuries ago. The nearest we came to 
this was in the reply of the man whom we asked as to 
the character, direction and distances of the river below 
us, when he answered that “it was all Greek to him.” 

ut the sojourn here enabled us to add to our stores a 
supply of the luscious Michigan strawberries, then in 
ees i otine. oe we did alter an early breakfast 

t g had leit us eager for the start, lest by 
some mischance dinner time should come upon us before 
we could get away. Such berries! Still wet with the dew 
of the morning, through which the deep rich color glowed 
and burned like carbuncles, fragrant as a clover meadow 
largé as the hopes of a fisherman on the opening day of 
the season, with all the flavors of glorious June subtly 
blended through their delicious substance, and all for to 
cents a quart. With fresh turtle and fresh strawberries 
in the hold, what cared the crew of the Little Pilgrim for 
fie Seiske fates that seemed so far off and withal so 

From Palmyra to Blissfield is four mile tow 
flies and the Lake Shore road runs in its Shes ene 
Chicago and Toledo. Our river traverses an additional 
ten miles of country (fourteen in all) between the two 
points, in an effort to deceive the public as to its destina- 
tion. A few miles below Palmyra the Little Pilgtim en- 
countered the last: formidable barrier to the passage of 


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the river, where it seemed as if nature had determined 
to make a final effort against further instrusion. Here, 
where the banks on either side rose to a perpendicular 
height of from ro to 12 feet, two grand old trees which 
-had stood like opposing sentinals for many a score of 
years had fallen directly toward each other till their heads 
touched in mids!ream, and over and through their tangled 
trunks and branches innumerable logs and all other forms 
of driftwood were crowded together in impassable confu- 
sion. A careful suryey of the situation showed that there 
was nothing to do but to unload the “stores” on the 
drift, up-end the canoe against the bank as though it 
were a ladder, and when the crew had swarmed to the 
top, draw it up and carry it down stream till a launching 
point could be again reached—all of which was accord- 
ingly done. , 
Tt was 11 o'clock of a charming morning when the Lit- 
tle Pilgrim landed at Blissfeld, and a beautiful grove 
opposite the town seemed to offer alluring inducements 
for a dish of turtle smothered in strawberries. But be- 
fore abandoning themselves to gastronomic indulgence, 
and as.a matter of the most ordinary prudence, the crew 
of the Pilgrim dec ded first to go up into the village and 
inquire about the further course of the river and the dis- 
tance to the next town. They did so, only to discover 
how universal and comprehensive was the ignorance on 
those points. It was eleven miles by the wagon road 


to Deerfield, we were told, and presumably about the- 


same distance by the river, which was supposed to be 
navigable for small boats. Further than this, no depon- 
ent could be induced to draw on his imagination. 

Eleven miles did not seem to be much of a stage in the 
afternoon of a long June day, and so we went into camp 
in the grove and proceeded to hull the strawberries and 
the turtle. ‘This was to be the dinner of all the voyage, and 
there was no reason why unseemly haste or careless in- 
attention to details should mar the success of the occa- 
sion. After the tea had been made over the carefully 
built camp-fire’ and set aside in the spare tin cup, the 
turtle was tenderly deposited inthe tea bucket and given 
all the time for its cooking that the most fastidious epi- 
cure could demand. Such a dinner, with all its entrees 
and side dishes; should not be passed through in a hurry, 
and it was not. And for this and other correspondingly 
good reasons. it was 4 o'clock in the afternoon when the 
ashes were knocked out of the skipper’s second pipe and 
the duffle was again stowed below decks for a resumption 
of our journey. Only eleyen miles, and there were nearly 
four hours of daylight yet in the sky. And if the Little 
Pilgrim could not make the port of Deerfield in all that 
time, why then— - With the river we skirted the placid 
boundaries of ihe little town, portaged around the dam 
that appeared to have been the occasion of its existence 
and were once more away on the journey southward. 

The river had now begun to rvn a little more swiftly, 
as thoueli it had itself some yague doubts about reaching 
Deerfield in time for supper; but the banks were still 
sparsely settled and evidently both the turtles and the 
loyers along the shores were totally unaccustomed to ap- 
proach from the water side. And so it was that the Lit- 
tle Pilgrim, quite unintentionally and with mute apologies 
came unawares upon a pair of the latter as in the se- 
clusion of their place of tryst they exchanged confidences, 
half recumbent in the lush June grass. But the passing 
stranger was only a fleeting interruption to their happi- 
ness, and it will bea satisfaction to those who have doubts 
about the future of the race to know that “Love finds a 
way. even in the searce-trodden wilds of Michigan. 

Over many a pleasant stretch of water, over many a 
shining ripple the buoyant craft had floated when the 
skipper’s watch gave warning to the sun that it was hard 
upon the hour of 6. The Little Pilgrim was good for 
three and a half miles an hour without more serious exer- 
tion than was appropriate after our aldermanic repast, and 
we reckoned after a glance at the sun and another at the 
compass that we ought soon to be within hailing distance 
of the town of Deerfie'd. More to fortify ourselves in 
this conviction than to gain any fresh knowledge an in- 
quiry was addressed to the first denizen along the shores, 
asking him “How far is it,” ete., and we were informed 
that the distance to Deerfield was in the neighborhood of 
fifteen miles, This was something- of a shock to our 
carefully drawn calculations, hut we consoled ourselves 
with the reflection that the man upon the bank in all’ 
probability did not know any more about the river dis- 
tances than the inhabi'ants of Blissfield, and that he was 
as liable to err on the one side as they on the other. 
The subsequent decision was largely in favor of the man 
on the bank. 

As the sun sank still lower and the twilight came on 
apace the impression strengthened in the minds of the 
crew that the country through which we were passing: 
was growing more wild and desolate. This was prob- 
ably a not unnatural inference, when all the circumstances 
were taken into consideration; and when in addition the 
gathering clouds began to threaten the daily storm, thus 
far held in aheyance for some unknown reason, it was 
also natural that a little extra exertion with the paddles 
should send our craft along at an increased speed. All 
went well until, passing inadvertently into shallow water 
the bottom of the boat struck a sharp stone, and we had 
a pract cal illustraticn of “A wet seat and a flowing sea,” 
or a like quotation. WHastily we landed upon the low, 
sandy beach adjacent, and as by this time the breeze had 
died away we were accorded the warmest possible recep- 
tion by the few hundred thousand mosquitoes which had 
previously intrenched themselves at that point. ‘But this 
did not prevent the making of the necessary repairs, and 
we were soon afloat again, happy that our accident had 
been no worse. 

Eyen June twilight does not last forever, and in the 
deepening dusk the river showed black beneath us and 
the skv lowered darkly overhead. Soon the gathering 
tight fell around us, shutting out the shores from view 
and veiling the river itself save where a slender thread 
of reflected light extended onward through the center of 
the stream. hinting rather than pointing out its further 
course, Whither were we floating? Into what unknown 
complications of dilema and disaster were the hurrying 
waters hearing us? The paddles were slowed, and the 
Lit'le Pilgrim moved cautiously, uncertain as to what 
might be in store for her in the mysterious gloom that 
shrouded her on all sides. But whether hastening or de- 


laying, the current was ever drawing us on, like an un- 


seen siren, intent upon our destruction. 
JAy BEEBE. 


[TO BE CONTINUED. | 


The Simple Life. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

I was journeying north the other day, and as the cars 
rolled along I was reading FoREST AND STREAM, and at 
the same time could see in advance two little trout 
streams where I was to spend the day. Some one spoke 
to me from the seat behind, and upon turning around I 
saw two gentlemen somewhat past middle age. One was 
Superintendent of Schools of Bergen county, N. J., and 
the other a New York architect. From each one I. 
learned something of the other. The architect told me 
that the superintendent was greatly interested in Arbor 
Day, and in instructing the children regarding the ad- 
visability of preserving the trees, etc., and of being kind 
to animals and birds. The superintendent told me that 
the architect was very much interested in the condition 
of mankind, and I obtained the inclosed eulogy, which 
substantiates the superintendent's statement. 1 thought 
that it might be interesting to Forrest AND STREAM 
readers to know what some men are doing in the way of 
good. W. W. HASTINGs. 


The eulogy which Mr, Hastings sends was spoken by 
Mr. J, Burrage Reed, and from it we quote these para- 
graphs of tribute to a simple and lovable character: 

“In many réspects Abe Van Allen was a king; he was 
unselfish to his own hurt, a quality almost unknown in 
our day. 

Kindness to animals was a part of his nature; he 
loved the birds, and delighted to listen to their songs, and 
his love of flowers amounted to a passion. Many a 
dooryard in our neighborhood was brightened by flowers 
of his planting, which will continue to bloom and shed 
their fragrance as reminders of him. 

“There was a peculiar pleasure in meeting him in his 
quiet home, a sunny spot yonder, with forest-like sur- 
roundings, where kittens were always playing around his 
door, and a thousand flowers of every hue were bloom- 
ing all the summer time, This little garden was his 
kingdom, where he reigned supreme. Here all was peace 
and quiet; here we would find a man simple as a child, 
showing gladness at our approach, and giving us hearty 
welcome.” 


glatuyal History. 


Photographing a Partridge. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

Having learned that a partridge was sitting on fourteen 
egos in one of Greenfield's ravines, 1 resolved to try a 
shot at her with my ever reliable camera. The little 
home was located down in the dry bed oj a brook about 
20 feet below the traveied road, just at the toot of a tree. 

I went down the bank carefully, stopping {frequently 
that 1 might not frighten the little mo.her; but when I 
was about 10 feet from her she left the nest and ran up 
the bank, crying piteously, with one wing dropped down 
as if broken. I did not chase her nor pay any attention 
to her, but set up my camera about 3 feet from the nest. 

IT had worn a dress as near the color,of the ground as 
possible, and having got my camera exactly as I wanted 
it I lay down -with the rubber bulb in hand. I covered 
myself with leaves and closing my eyes kept perfectly 
still, In a few minutes the bird came where she could 
see me and began to spit and scold; she would come 
neat and then fly away in a fright, Each time she came 
a little nearer and finally came to my very feet. Being 
convinced that I was harmless she went up. and sat on 
the nest. By opening my eyes I could see her; and I[ 
waited until she was contentedly settled, then opened 
my shutter and gave the plate the necessary exposure. 
I changed my plates quickly and carelully, but each time 
I stared the bird away. She did not go out of sight, 
pe eyen and as soon as all was quiet she would come 

ack, 

I spent about an hour and a half with the lady, then 
came home well satished with my afternoon's trip. 

Two mornings later about 5 o’clock the much disturbed 
mother leit the nest with twelve little chicks. 

Eucena W. GAINES. 


GREENFIELD, Mass, 


Old World Forest Lessons. 


AN impressive object lesson, threefold in scope, against 
our mad destruction of forests comes to us from the Old 
World. One is in the Indian famine. What causes the 
famine? Drought. And what causes the drought? The an- 
Swer is in the dryness of the treeless plains and in the 
abundant moisture of the forest and jungle. The be- 
wildering increase of population under the ben gn peace 
of British rule has increased proportionately the demand 
for arable land, and to supply that demand forest and 
jungle have been swept away by thousands of square 
miles. And now come drought and famine, 
lesson comes from Egypt. The Nile is drying up. Not 
only does it never even approximate to the he ght and 
depth it knew in ancient times, but it is perceptibly 
dwindling now from year to year. Why? Because in 
those remote wildernesses toward the sources of the great 
tiver forest destruction is proceeding at a rate unrivaled 
even by our own cestrus goaded tree slayers. And the 
third is from the Congo, where the seemingly inex- 
haustible forests Have already suffered such ravages that 
men are now talking of the need of protective measures. 

We have only tolook at Persia and at the Sahara to 
see the full fruitionm*of the forest destroying policy. Once 
Persia was the most fertile land of Asia, well watered and 
richly wooded. Once the Sahara was the granaty of 
Africa and of Europe. To-day they are barren sands.. 
They are still traversed by rivers, but these flow far be- 


Another — 


(Jury 14, 1900, 


neath the’ surface, Here and there they rise sufficiently 


to maintain small oases. Elsewhere they are h.dden 
below sands as dry and sterile as a furnace floor, through 
which, however, if a well be sunk, the subterranean stream 
is surely tapped. Wherever by artificial irrigation the 
area of vegetation, and especially of woodland, is ex- 


tended, nature gladly responds with a return toward her - 


former benign condi.ions, The French in the Sahara 
are taking advantage of this fact, and are actually making 
meastirable progress toward reclamation of that desert. It 
is reasonable to believe that through irrigation and re- 
foresting conditions may be reached in which arvificial 
irrigation will cease to be necessary, for nature will do the 


work she used to do before her principles of climatic | 
. economy were outraged hy artificial deforestation. 


These lessons, all three of them, are directly applicable- 
to the United S.ates. We have actually known famine in 
some of the Western States through the malign effects of 
drought. Some of our streams are dwindling as in the 
Nile, and threaten to yanish entirely as those of the 
Sahara have done. And if in the stupendous arboreal 
wilderness of the Congo it is becoming necessary to devise 
protective measures. what shall be said of such necessity 
in a country so recklesly denuded of its woodlands as our 
own? The laws of nature cannot be violated with im- 
punity. She gave the forests as mediums of natural irriga- 
tion. If we destroy the means we lose the end. The law 
is inexorable. Men now see trickling rills where in their 
bovhood they saw full hrimming streams. And they also 
see hare, sn-scathed hillsides where then they saw dense, 
primeval forests. It is cause and effect nothing more. 
But should not rational men learn the lesson?—New York 
Tribune. 


Some Snake Stories. 


Editor Forest and Stream: . 
A recent article on poisonous snakes prompts me to 


conumunicate the experience of a friend in the South. ~ 


He is a distinguished educator, and his word can be 
taken without discount. 

When a young fellow he ome day climhed to the top 
rail of an old-fashioned fenee andisat down. A noise in 
the briars and sma. bushes near atiracted his attention. 
Presently he saw a rattlesnake and a blacksnake engaged 
in deadly conflict. After being bitten the black wowd go 


to a water weed grewing near, bite that and then return: 


to battle. When this had occurred several times my 
friend went and pulled up and threw away the water weed 
and then resumed his, former position to watch results. 
They were soon apparent. The blacksnake went for his 
antidote, and, unable to find it, soon began to waver, reel 
as if growing blind, and then straightened out dead. My 
friend then killed the ratt’er. 

At another time my frend had been prospecting with 
a geologist among the mountains of Virginia. On the 
return, and the geologist quite in advance, my friend, in 
hurrying down a mountain side to overtake his com- 
panion, sprang upon a large log, Ins‘antly “Burr-r-r-r” 
warned him of danger, and louking just where he ex- 


pected to land, he saw a huge rattler co led and ready to 


strike. My friend was under such headway that he could 
not stop, so gathering al] his force he made a leap for 


lite right over the rattler and struck the ground some 20 _ 
feet from the log with a startled “O oh!” and rolled én — 


down the mountain side, 

Hearing the otttery the geologist came back with 
“What's the matter?” ‘Rattlesnake’ was sufficient ex— 
planation. Then the two went back and found the snake 
coiled just as he was and killed him. He was 7 feet long, 
big as a man’s arm and had twenty-one rattles. My 
friend was a champion athlete and it paid him well that 
day. His son is one of the champion athlrtoe of the 
South to-day. JUVENAL. 


Camp-Sire Slicherings. 
“That reminds me.” 


The Phantom Buck. 


THE three of us were together again—Jack, Jim and T— 


and were ready for a good time. and for anything that” 


might turn up in, the way of big game. 

Old Hogarth had paddled across the lake, with one of 
his sons, to make us a friendly visit, and place himself 
and all his belongings at our disposal. Hogarth was the 
only settler within twenty miles of our camp, He had a 
smal]l clearing on the opposite side of the lake where he 
raised a mixed varie.y of weeds and ‘garden truck.’ and 
enough fodder for his two bony horses and a sad-eyed 
cow that yielded an uncertain quantity of milk at odd- 
intervals during the year. He also had 4 large famiry— 
large as to size, that is—consisting of the “old woman’ 
and seven strapping sons, like Ishmael, of Biblical fame. 

Bill, the eldest son. a big red-haired, red-bearded’ 
giant, had come along with his father on this par.icular 
occasion, He had greeted us bashfully and then relapsed 
into a stolid silence that defied all our blandest efforts. 

We gathered about the fire and passed around the “little 
brown bottle,” and lighting our pipes, proceeded to enjoy 
Hogarth. 

“How’s the hunting around here now?” Jack inquired 
as an opener. 

“Huntin’s fust rate,” Hogarth drawled in reply. 
“Couldn’t ask fer no better huntin’, When it comes to 
shootin’ somethin’, though, that’s difrunt. Ain’t had a 
shot at a deer fer a dog’s age, barrin’ the phantim buck.” 

“Barring the what?’ I asked, puzzled. 

“The phantim buck, That’s what a feller named him 
a couple o’ years ago, an’ the name’s sort 0’ stuck. Gress 
yaint bin ‘round these yere parts sence that buck fust 
made hisself num’rous?” - 

We said that we had not. and Hogarth continued: 

‘Waal, .it's-a_derned funny thing when you stop to 
think "bout it. That air buck’s hin hangin’ ’round here 
fer three-whole: seasons ject a-laffin’ at us. Me nor Bill 
nor anybady;‘gan’t make head or tail of it. You hlaze 


away at the old cuss an’ he ject shalees his flax at you, lke 


a gal wavin’ good-by to her best feller, an’ away -he goés. 
An’ ef y’ go a-huntin’ fer him speshul, y’ jest naterly git 


’ 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


yerself into trouble, an’ that's “bout all. He don't monkey 
‘round much durin’ the day. Night's the time fer him, 
specially when thar’s a moon. Then’s the time he’ll make 
a man feel like a dodgasted idjut. Jest ask me ef y’ 
don’t b’lieve it. He’s made me cuss more ’n onct.” 

“Did you ever get a shot at him?” Jim asked. 

“Lots an’ heaps 0’ times by moonlight, an’ onct, an’ only 
onct, in the day time.” 

“Did he get the best of you that once?” asked Jack. 


“Did he? Waal, I sh’d say he did. Makes me ‘shamed™ 


o’ myself when I think “bout it. How'd it happen? Why 
jest like this: I was out with the haounds one day, that’s 
Sooner an’ the old gal. The old gal’s as fine as they 
make “em, but Sooner’s naterly a dern fool. He's always 
in a hurry, an’ always doin’ things sooner “n he orter. 
That’s why I calls him Sooner. His wust trick is runnin’ 
on his back track; Time an’ ag’in lve seed him come 
tearin’ into camp, givin’ tongue at every jump, an’ him 
a-thinkin’ all the time that he was followin’ a trail. He 
pulls up foolish like, then, an’ goes off somewheres an’ 
lays down an’ thinks ‘bout it. That's Sooner. 

“Waal, this time the old gal ’d struck somethin’ an’ 
gone yelpin’ off one way, an’ Sooner he’d struck some- 
thin’ privit an’ gone yelpin’ off tother way, an’ I was 
a-settin’ on a log near a runway wonderin’ which dorg 
was right, “cause ‘casion'ly Sooner makes a mistake an’ 
strikes it right: 
“While I was thus a-settin’ an’ thinkin’—I never kin 


“THE LITTLE MOTHER, 


tell how it happined—I all to onct found myself lookin’ 
square in the race of the biggest buck 1 ever seed in my 
hui lite, He was lookin’ me over sort o cur ous like, 
waitin’ to see what l was goin’ to do “bout it, Where on 
‘arth he come from the Lord only knows. 

“J was that flabbergasted | sort o’ jumped back’ards a 
‘bit, an’ I lost my balance an’ over the log J went kerHop, 
an’ my gun took it into its head to go orf, an’ I made a 
gen’ral mess of the hull bizness. I crawled up an’ sort 
®’ collected myself, an’ looked ’round jest to see, an’ I'll 
be cussed ef that blame buck warnt a-standin’ thar laffin’ 
at me. Yes, sir, that’s the gospel truth. 

“T was that plum disgusted | jest picked up my gun an’ 
T sez, sez J, ‘You go on ’bout your bizness, an’ L’ll go on 
“bout my bizness,’ an’ I turned away an’ left him standin’ 
thar, lookin’ at me an’ laffin’ at me, an’ I sneaked home, 
-an’ I knowed how Sooner felt afier makin’ a fool of his- 
self worse ’n usual. 

_ “That’s the phantim buck. Ain't it, Bill?” 
_ “Hut air that,” said Bill, solemnly. 

“Waal, Bill, guess we'd better be gittin’ long,” the old 
“man added, knocking the ashes from his pipe and slowly. 
rising to his feet, “It’s full moon now, an’ ’twan’t s’prise 

me ef the phantim buck makes you boys a visit. He's 
always speshul perlite to strangers.” 

“Did you find out which dog started the buck that 
time?’ asked Jack. 

“Oh, Sooner done it. That goes without sayin’,” 
“Hogarth replied. “That buck makes a bigger fool out’n 
Sooner than he made out’n me, an’ that’s sayin’ a heap. 
Ef you boys want anythin’, jest come after it. We ain't 

ot much, but what we has is yourn fer the askin’. 
S/long.” ; 

We said good night, and after a quiet laugh over 
Hogarth and his story, turned in to dream of phantom 
bucks and Sooner and many other things a man dreams 
about his first night in camp. 

The next day we were very busy getting things in 
shape about the camp, and had no time for hunting, 

We sat around the fire late that evening smoking and 
Swapping lies. When we finally turned in for the night. 
tired as I was, I could not get to sleep, but lay in my 
bunk wide awake, listening to the different night sounds 
of the forest. I could hear Brer’ Porcupine rumaging 
round outside, gnawing everything insight that was 
‘gnawable, and the dry snapping of twigs and the rustle of 
the underbrush as some larger animal prowled about the 
tamp on a tour of inspection. 

- And then suddenly my ears were greeted with a new 
ound—the loud snort and whistling sound that a deer 
sives vent to in expressing its surprise at some un- 
familiar object. 

“That's a buck,” said I to mvself, “He don’t ‘know 
yhat to make of the tents.” And immediately the thought 
shed through my brain, “Why not have a shot at him?” 


I crept softly from my bunk, felt around for my rifle, 
found it and stepped noiselessly outside the tent. The 
moonlight shone clear and white in the open space before 
the tent, making the black shadows of the woods, beyond 
seem all the blacker, As I stood there, straining my 
eyes to penetrate the darkness, a deer—an enormous buck 
—stalked forth, like a specter from the dark shadows, and 
stood full in the light, gazing straight at me. 

Now I had shot many deer before then, and buck fever 
was a thing of the past. -I considered myself immune, 
having passed through all the different stages of that 
strange malady. But before I could raise my rifle to my 
shoulder to fire, a suspicious trembling seized every nerve 
and muscle of my body. Buck fever? Why, the worst 
attack of buck fever that I had ever suffered from im 
my most verdant days was simply nothing compared with 
this “fever and ager’ sensation. The end of my rifle 
described the ares of many circles, embracing all portions 
of the buck’s anatomy, and portions of the landscape as 
well, as I took aim after a fashion and pulled the trigger. 

At the crack of the rifle, without a sound, without any 
apparent movement, the buck disappeared, or rather 
vanished from my sight. It was a case of “now you see 
him and now you don’t.” 

Jack and Jim came stumbling from the tent only half 
awake. 

“Wasser matter?” demanded Jack, rubbing his eyes and 
blinking sleepily. 


Photographs of nesting partridge. By Miss Eugena W. Gaines. 


“Shot at a deer,” I explained. 

“The deuce you say,” exclaimed Jack. 

“Missed him, I guess,” I replied. 
dark to get a good shot. 


rare 


“Where is itr” 
“You see it’ was too 
It was a big buck.” 
That’s the phantim buck, ain’t it, Bill?” 
with @ grin. 

““Hit air that,’ said Jim, laughing. ‘‘Go ta bed, Joe, 
and go to sleep. You've had a bad dream,” 

1 was only too glad to follow Jim’s advice and escape 
any further questioning. 

The next morning I was up and dressed before the 
others were awake. | examined the spot where the buck 
had stood, and there, sure enough, were his tracks, and 
from their size the indications were that their owner 
was a whopping big fellow. 

Hogarth happened along the next day, and I told him 
my experience—or as much of it as ] deemed necessary— 
and showed him the tracks. 

“That's him, all right,’ was his comment. “You've 
had a call from the phantim: bucle an’ ‘tain’t likely it'll 
be the last one. Notice the size of that ‘air hoof mark. 
They ain't another deer in these yere parts makes a track 
more’n half that size.” 

I told Jack and Jim about it, and we all became un- 
duly excited over the event,.and forthwith planned to lay 
tor that buck, . 

It would be too long a story to tell of all our doings 
for the next three weeks, and our many disappointments 
in our search for the phantom buck. We hunted him 
by sunlight, and we hunted him by moonlight. We lost 
sleep over him. Of course we shot other game, but 
that was all incidental. Even when Jim shot a bear it 
failed to arouse our enthusiasm to any great extent. 

Several times did we “meet up” with the spectral 
beast, but always when it was least expected, and at the 
most inopportune times. We also wasted much am- 
munition on him in our nightly hunts, and we might as 
well have shot at the moon, for all the good it did us, 
Furthermore, whenever we set out with the sole purpose 
and intention oi hunting the phantom buck some mis- 
hap was sure to overtake us, even as old Hogarth had 
predicted. Our final experience along these lines brought 
us to a proper realization of our inability to cope with 
that uncanny animal. Jt happened in this wise: 

One day Sooner strolled into camp with a sort of 
“Tye-seen-everything” expression on his countenance, 
and began sizing things up, I haven’t mentioned it be- 
iore, but this was his habitual,expression. He was the 
most blasé looking dog I ever knew. Sometimes his 
looks belied him. - |... 

On this particular occasion he seemed to like the looks 
of things, and proceeded ta give us an exhibition of a 
few of his accomplishments, 
the camp, in ever widening circles, now and then throw- 
ing us a careless glance over his shoulder, as much as to 


said Jack 


He began circling around - 


say: “You fellows are all right, but there’s a thing or 
two you don’t know that you ought to know. Now just 
watch me,” ' 

Not haying anything else to do we watched him. 
Presently he raised his head, and with a joyful cry that 
meant, “Come on, boys; I’ve struck something,” off he 
went, 

“Same old story,” I said wearily. 
aroused again last night.” 

“T suppose so,” said Jack; “shall we follow him up?” 

“Might as well,” said Jim. “‘Let’s get in the canoé. 
Maybe he’ll take to water. Itll be fun watching Sooner, 
if nothing else. 

So we got our rifles and started. We conld hear the 
dog in the distance, the sound of his baying gradually 
dying away into faint echoes. 

We went down to the take, entered the canoe and 
shoved off fram shore. There was one chance in a 
thotisand that Sooner would drive the deer to water, but 
we did not mind the odds. It was a beautiful Indian 
summer day, and very delightinl floating about out there 
on the water. 

Before long we heard Sooner’s loyely voice drawing 
nearer and nearer. 

“He's working toward the lake, all right,” said Jim. 

“Maybe it isn’t him (the phantom) after all,” said 
Jack, hopefully, “It’s not the right time of day to start 
him. I hope it isn’t, anyway. I’m dead sick of him.” 


“Evidently he was 


peed 


THE NEST. 


“Look!” Jim exclaimed, interrupting, and pointing up 
the lake, 

We tollowed the direction of his finger, and then stared 
at One another with yarrous emotions depicted on our 
countenances, 

_ Standing on a small sand spit that ran out into the 
lake a tew rods was the phantom buck. ‘There was no 
nustaking him.. ie was not more than a quarter of a 
mile away. He was looking back im the direction of the 
hound, whose baying could now be plainly heard, and he 
seemed in no particular hurry to move. But Sooner 
was hot on his trail, and coming fast. Whe buck started 
for the opposite shore, swimming at a remarkably switt 
pace. We let him get some little distance from shore 
and then started after him. 

_ He's our meat this time,” Jack shouted, in his ex- 
citement, ‘ i 

The phantom buck heard the voice, wheeled about and 
headed directly for us. We stonped paddling and gazed 
Seer eoniete and at the buck in blank surprise. 
alae be ——! What do you think of that?” ex- 
_ Why don’t you shoot?” I shouted at him 
im range. Let him have it?’ 

Jim raised his rifle and fired. The shot went wide of 
the mark, Again I felt myself beginning to tremble. and 
I noticed that both Jack and Jim were shaking ‘con- 
siderably. The three of us began blazing away together 
but the phantom buck Came steadily on ‘unscathed, 
See the shower of bullets. ; , 

And then—well, it all happened in a secor 1 5 
never been settled just how, and never ile eee 
matter. Each one lays it to the other two. Anyhow 
before we knew it, we found oursélves in the water with 
as a pete side up and nothing to do but swim 

r land. ortunately the distance was not Preat, as we 


were weighted down with our rifl j i 
te é es, and swimmi 
rendered difficult. a 


We reached the shore non 


“We're: 


: ; e the worse for our drench- 
ing, and immediately looked about for the Fiennes 


buck. Not a sign of him was to be s ; 

impossible that he could have reached ar ana 
of us, and yet that was the only plausible explanation 
But there was Sooner swimming around ina circle where 
the buck had last been seen, apparently as much at sea 
a5 we were. We gave it up in disgust and went back 
to camp and took a “three-finger bracer” to calm ou 
jeelings. Sooner was ashamed tn he seen in our con : 
Peay ane Sn es te so made for home, . , a 
_. lat was our last experience with the ph e 
fe 1s probably haunting the shores Sohitermmnnes 
W isconsin lake to this day. If you think you would like 
to “take a fall out of him” ponder well these thin 
which I have here written, and save thyself much <. 
less distress of mind and body, F a 


FOREST AND STREAM. . 


f 


(Jory: 14, 1900. 


Game Gag and Gun. 


Fur and Venison. 


BEING a laver of the woods and brooks, I try to enjoy 
a few weeks of the spring and fall fishing, gunning and 
trapping, 

Last fall, as in the year before, I left my work Oct. 2, 
picked up my old corduroys, greased up the .38 Win- 
chester, put some fifty traps in order and started for 
home, a small village in Cumberland county, Me. After 
spending a few days with my parents chasing the grouse 
and gray squirrels, I started for Abbot, a little village 
some eighty miles irom Bangor on the Greenville 
Division of the B. & A. R. R. 

After an all-night ride I was met at the station by the 
smiling face of my Suide Hussey, with whom J had made 
acquaintance in.t808. 
sage on to a cart drawn by a handsome gray horse, we 
started forjcamp, Some-foyr miles from the station, reach- 


ing camp at, noon with excellent appetites for the nice . 


dinner his: wife’had ‘prepared. In the afternoon I moved 
into my apartment, which was an addition to the original 
camp, built:expressly forme, and by night had a perfect 
ecer ae v3) a ] <. 

The next day was spent in and around camp, cutting 
a little wood and catching a few minnows for baiting 
traps. The third day I- began putting out traps—some 
No. 3 Blake for foxes and a few smaller ones for mink. 
I continued putting outa few every second day until I 
had out same thirty, visiting those that I had set four 
times a week and always bringing in something in the fur, 
line, 

After getting the line fixed up I took my time getting 


around to them, siceping quite late in the morning, then | 


cutting wood. lugging wash water and rowing around 
the pond iust to gain the strength | lose while at worl: 
in the city. About 11 o’clock I would start around to 
the traps, going in one direction.one day and the oppo- 
site the next. I always intended to get to them all every 
other day,.so as not to lose any game nor hold the neigh- 
bors’ catS:over one day- 

I continued. in this way jor five weeks, bringing in 
somethin every time, until | had sixteen foxes, thirteen 
mink, thirteen skunks and two coons. The sheep I let 
zo, and all skunks with too strong perfume were counted 
out. 
Sunday being spent around camp, fitting wood for the 
stove, trying out fat from the skunks and visiting neigh- 
boring camps. 

As my vacation drew near its end I thought I would 


like to hunt deer for a few days before going home, so - 


making arrangements with Hussey we decided to go to 
Moosehead. | hustled around and picked up my traps, 
and Hussey got an extra move on and drove the nails 
a little faster in the new house he was building, that we 
might be able to take the Saturday morning train for 
Greenville, it now being the middle of the week. I packed 
my clothing, all but my hunting clothes, and had a friend 
take them to his home in Guilford, where we were to 
stop on our way back. 

Our plans worked to a T, and we were on the way 
bright and early Saturday. We arrived’ at Greenville 
about noon. There we had to. wait two Hours, so we 
spent most‘ of the time in Frazer’s store, looking at the 
many specimens of bird, deer and moose and wondering 
if we would run up against anything as nice as those we 
saw. At 2:15 we were on the boat Henry M., headed for 
Lily Bay. The boat was small and was run at about the 
speed of a country pig race. We got to Lily Bay a little 
after 4 o’clock and took the buckboard for Roach River 
House, a distance of seven miles, arriving there about 6:30 
irezen, but were.soon thawed out by the big open fire. 

The next morning we awoke at daybreak to find it 
snowing, This gave use new cotirage, and soon alter 
breakfast we were on our way to Roach Shanty (a camp 
near the foot of big Spencer Mountain), a distance of 
five miles, made on foot. We got there at noon and 
Jound a party just coming out; and a more’ discouraged 
lot I have never seen. They had been there some three 
or four days and hadn’t got the first thing. They said 


the animals were too wild for them and that they were - 


going home and would never go in the woods again so 
long as God let them liye. We tried to persuade them 
to stay, for we had seen same fifty new tracks coming 
in, but it was no use. 

We spent the afternoon in cleaning camp and getting 
ready for the morrow, A little later the gtiide of the 
former, party came in, and being a friend of Hussey’s 
concluded to stay. : 

The next morning we started to hunt deer, and at 3 
P. M. had two beauties. 
first day. The next day brought tis a nice buck, and the 
day following we finished our number by bringing in 
three nice bucks. All of the deer were taken within a 
half mile of camp and the smallest one (a doe) weighed 
when dressed 110 pounds. We gunned only through the 
watmest part of the day, spending the morning and even- 
ing in camp cooking, telling stories and playing a very 
peculiar trick on some of the birds around the door 
known as the meat bird. When we were ready for home 
Hussey went to Roach River for a team, getting back to 
canip at tt o'clock. After leading our luggage and deer 
we ate the remnants of our food and turned our faces 
toward the river again, leaving a pair of tame. birds to 
keep house. 

We got to the Roach River House the middle of the 


aiternoon, and as it rained hard and the snow was most: 


all gone we thought we would not try to make the bay 
that night, as we would have to shift our load from the 
sled to the wagon before making the rest of the journey. 
Upon going into the house we were informed that the 
boat had béen taken out of the pond and there was no 
connection with the train at Greenville and the mail was 
brought overland horseback; Our feathers dropped on 
hearing this, but knowing that a party of five from Lynn 
had gone to the bay ahead of us, we concluded that they 
would get through some way, so we decided to start 
early next day and join them; then if they got through 
we would be with them. This we did and had the bucks 
loaded on the big wagon at-7 o'clock. We arrived at 


« Pdading my traps and other, lug-_ 


All work trapping was done in six days a week, - 


We thought that enough for the. 


the bay at g and found the patty straining their eyes up 
the pond to, see if there was anything that looked like 
a boat, 


"They told us that they had started a man at 5 o'clock - 
jor Greenville and thought they would soon get a boat. 


At 12:30 a boat rounded the point and a more pleasant 
look came over our faces. At I we had the deer, sixteen 
in all, and luggage on board ready to put out to sea, 
The boat was a fine one and made good time, so we got 
to Greenville in time to get the deer ready for shipping 
on the aiternoon train. As the train pulled in we turned 
once more to take a farewell look at the beautiful lake 
and Big Spencer Mountain in the distance. 

The ride to Guilford, where I was to stop, passed very 
(juickly, as we could not say enough about our trip; and 
as the train pulled into the station we said, “Goodby 
Lynn”; and the answer came back, “Will see you at the 
Hub,” I stayed one day with the editor of the Guilford 
Recorder and enjoyed it more than I can tell. 


_ In. the evening, while walking through the village, J _ 
' Saw a Sign reading, ‘Hair cut'and shave while you wait,” 

so. yentured in and had some ‘of the brush combed ont - 
- of, my locks and a shave, so that the kids would -not -- 


wa ’ 


cry “Whiskers” when I canie into town.: Leis 
The next morning J was out early and took the first 
train fot the city, bidding my guide and',other friends 


- farewell and: hoping to meet them another fall and live 
‘the good time oyer again. © ~ 


I changed at Doyer and came by the way of Newport 
rather than be chased around Bangor by the man who 
is sore on the B. & A. ior running down moose with 
engines. I arrived at’ Portland at noon, where I met my 
wife and mother and spent a very pleasant afternoon. 
After having lunch and filling mother’s pockets with 
spruce gum, weleit her with a goodby till spring, and 
making our way to the boat Bay State were-soon rocked 
to sleep by the white-capped waves, being wakened in 
the morning by the sound of ‘“Hack! Have a hack?” 

In addition, a word about Hussey. He is an American 
and lives in the’ town of Abbot, on the shore of Piper 


Pond, three miles from the railroad station on the B. & A.— 
He guides: around home; also the Moosehead region: 


and any party wishing a lot of brook or-pond trout or 
white perch in the spring or deer in the'fall will be satis- 
fied with their trip and his prices. 

Boston, ~ 


The Future of the Wyoming Elk 
Herds, hall j 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

As the abiding place of the last of the great elk herds 
of the United States, northwestern Wyoming, which also 
includes the Yellowstone Park, is a region of considerable 
interest to sportsmen, 

All estimates of the amount of game in any country are, 
of course, more or less guesswork, but in all likelihood the 
elk in the section referred to number between 40,000 and 
60,000, and as things are naw, stand a fair chance to hold 
their own. The radical game law which Wyoming put in 
force a year and a half ago, which imposed a license of 
$40 on non-resident sportsmen, licenses all guides and de- 


votes the money so obtained to the payment of wardens - 


and protection of the game, is already having its effect, 


Market and hide hunting is‘practically stopped, very few | 


Indians leave their reservations to hunt, and what little 
game is killed by sportsmen/and by settlers for food makes 


no impression on the herds, It is safe;to say that at least’ 


10,000 elk calves are raised every year, and were it not for 
the ravages of coyotes and cougar on the elk, and were 
the winter range large enough to sustain the herds, which 
it is not, the increase would be very, rapid. It is my 
opinion that, taking one year with another, 5,000 elk die 
of starvation each winter, and the coyotes and cougar 
account for between 2,000 and 3,000 more, these last being 
mainly calyes and weak cows. Very few persons have any 
idea of the amount of game a cougar will kill. A single 
cougar will kill an elk, deer or sheep every week on an 
average, and a she cougar with a litter of cubs will kill 
every two or three days. So when the cougar are as 
plentiful as they now are, the amount of game they get 
away with is enormous. 

All decrease. of the elk herds in the future will be by 
starvation in winter and by loss from beasts of prey, and 
of the two the loss by starvation will increase year by year. 
Northwestern Wyoming is a country of great elevation, 
Only a small part of the valleys are under 6,000 feet above 
sea level, most of them are above, 7,000 feet, and the 
greater part of the country is between 8,000 and 10,000 
feet elevation. The first snows fall in October; by 
Jan. 1 nearly the entire country is under from 2 to 7 
feet of snow, which remains until April. Before the 
settlements began to crowd back into the mountains, the 
elk came down onto the sage brush deserts and foothills 
to winter, but that is fast becoming impossible. On all 


sides the ranches are pushing up the|river valleys, and 


already the grass on the winter ranges is eaten off by 
stock, leaving nothing for the winter ‘teed of the elk. 

_ Even now it is almost impossible for the outlying 
ranchmen to keep the starving elk from their haystacks, no 
fence being high or strong enough to stop a famished 
herd of elk, , 


There seems to be no way to prevent the gradual extinc-_ 


tion of the elk herds through starvation. The only way 
would be to extend the Yellowstone and Teton Forest 
Reserves south for sixty or seventy-five miles, and for 
the Government to buy out all settlers and prohibit all 
grazing of stock in the entire-reserve, “But,it is not likely 
that any consideration, such as preserving the ell; would 
result in anything of that sort, and pertaps it is not 
right that it should. The pressure of population is too 
great for Uncle Sam to indulge in anything so senti- 
mental as to keep a great tract of country a, wilderness 
simply for the sake of preserving a few thousands of 
wild game. It is like talking about the great crime of 
killing off the buffalo. The buffalo range was wanted by 
civilization, and the buffalo had to go. If they had not 
been killed off they would have starved to death for lack 


of food, and the result would have been the same. . 


Suppose the buffalo herds could come to life and occupy 
their old stamping grounds. How long could they exist? 
And much as we may deplore it, the last of the great elk 
herds will in a few years follow the buffalo, not by the 


" crossing: 


the opening, and the battle’ began. — 
rushed at the bear and bit him on a hind leg, exactly as. 


bullets of hunters, but simply because, as with the - 


Indians, the white man wants their country, and nothing’ 
can keep him out, ' 


Of course, I do not mean to say that the elk will vanish » 


from the face’of the earth, or that there will be any great 
decrease in the next few years. Their extinction will be 
slow, and for a long time small bands can winter m 
sheltered valleys high up in the mountains. 
But in a few years it will no longer be possible, as it is 
now, to see the hills moving as the elk come down out 
of the mountains, or to be able to find the big bulls in ’ 
every cafion and the cows and calves on every ridge. 
Wom. WELLS, 


With a Surveying Party. 


Up a Tree with a Bear. 


[Qur contributer continnes his'story-of experietices wath a sur 


‘ yeying party in the Indian Territory.] | 


On our return from our fishing trip’on the Walnut, as. 


we-crossed the |Canadian, King called our attention to ~ 


some immense bear tracks in the wet sand’ upon «the 
north ‘side of the river, and said; “We'll find him in that 


- cahebrake when we want him,” pointing to a cane: 


thicket nearly a mile long a short distance from the 
The next morning we proceeded to the cane= 
brake, each one armed with his rifle and a long Colts 


navy revolver and knife attached to his belt, and each» 


one took the station he was assigned by King, IL going to, 


the upper end, Cap and the Judge by the side of the brake, 
while King, with his two mongrel dogs, went to the, 
lower end. Before separating, King told usito keep away, 
from the dogs as long as we heard any signs of fighting, 


- as it would keep the bear from treeing; but when the dogs, 
began howling the bear would be found up a ‘tree, and- 
the first man who then got a shot should have the hide. 


Talking the station assigned me, I waited long enough 
as I believed for the dogs to have hunted: over three 
times the ground covered by the, cane, and becoming! 


' tired of the suspense I entered the cane and followed 2 


beaten path a short distance, when | came to a grassy 
opening of about an acre in size, at the upper end of 
which was a large cottonwood tree. Hearing nothing of 


- the hunt, I placed my rifle against its trunk and*climbed! 


up neatly to the top of the tree to look the field over, 
and had just got nicely fixed in a crotch, when a large 
black bear and’the two dogs came from the cane inta 


a Scotch collie dog wotild catch a cow, and sprang 
back as the bear turned with a roar and rushed at the dog, 
when the second dog took his turn at nipping bruin. 
For a few moments it was so amusing to see the frantic 
rushes of the bear that I could hardly keep from shout- 
ing at the fun, and for the time forgot the position I was 
placed in. But just then, wotn out by the baiting of 
the dogs, bruin rushed to the foot of my tree and began 
climbing it. Then I realized that, while the dogs had 
treed the bear, the bear had treed me, and my Win- 
chester was at the foot of the tree. Badly scared, I forgot 
T had a revolyer, and added my shouts to the barking of 
the dogs, only to cause bruin to ascend the tree, as if 
determined to form a closer acquaintance with me. As 
my shouting would not stop him, I left my crotch and 
climbed the tree as far as I could, and stopped when I 
could climb no higher, to find that bruin had stopped in the 
crotch I had left, and was looking down at the dogs. 
After a wait of what seemed to me to be a period of two: 
hours, thete came a crashing in the cane, and King and 
Cap and the Judge burst into the opening, with King: 
in the lead; and as he grasped the situation he roared, 
“Son and the bear are both treed,’ and then, as they 
saw the comic situation I was in, like three idiots’ they 
dropped their guns and fell upon the ground rolling and 
shouting and clapping their hands. ‘Their mirth cured 
me of my fright, and so maddened me that I at once 
thought of shooting my reyolver over their heads to scare 
them, and I then recollected that 1 had my revolver with 
me, and if I was quick enough “bruin’s hide was mine.” 
Drawing my navy, I pulled back the hammer. At 
the click. of the revolver lock bruin, angrily growling, 
raised his head as if inclined to come up to me, but taking 
aim at his left eye, not 10 feet from my hand, I fired, and 


the bear sunk his claws into the bark of the tree and 


hung quivering in the crotch. At the report of my fe- 


volver King jumped to his feet, and as he looked at the © 


tree he shouted, “Son’s killed him,” and as Cap “and 


One of the dogs: 


Judge rose to their feet bruin loosed his claws and 


tumbled lifeless to the ground, where I quickly followed 


him, to be greeted by the Judge with the question, “If 


you intended to kill the bear, why did you yell sor It 
seared us, and we thought the bear was eating you up, 
and we nearly killed ourselves rushing through the 


cane to save your life, only to find you treed by the bear | 


and he treed by the dogs.” 

My reply was that I was only calling for them to come 
to see me kill him, so that I would have proof that I 
killed him with my navy, and King'then took a position 
by the tree, with both hands raised, as if grasping a 
limb above his head, with feet drawn up and hat off, 
saying, “This is how you waited,” and I had to join in the 
mirth, while Cap and the Judge again rolled upon the 
ground and shouted until the tears rolled down their 
cheeks, 
“Boys, you can laugh, but I got the bear, if you did 
think the bear had got me.” 

After firing three shots in succession, the signal agreed 
upon, for a teamster to come for our game, we filled our 
pipes and watched and slightly helped King as he dressed 
the bear. When I told how I got treed, and as I de- 
scribed the fight between the bear and the dogs, the 
Judge said, “King, I give up. Your dogs beat all the 
hounds I ever saw; but how did you train them?” King 
said it was done with a young tame cub when the dogs 
were young, and by this way the dogs learned to keep 
out of the way of the bear’s cuffs and claws. 

When our pipes were lighted after supper that. night 
it would be mild to say that “the entire camp roared” 
as the judge described the situation I was found in, and 
not much stock was taken in my statement that I was 
only calling the rest of the hunters for my witnesses to 
see me kill the bear with a revolver, but the satisfaction 
of my kill helped me to turn their jokes aside, and all 


When they quieted down I smiled and said, - 


'. Juty, 14, 1900.] 


_had to own that if I got treed I came off victorious, and 
wiped the eyes of the other hunters, 
FRANK WINCHESTER, 


t 


“ Sea | and River fishing. =h 


Fixtures. 


uly 18, 19, 20.—Meeting of the American Fisheries Society at 
Woods Holl, Mass, 


San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 


San Francisco, Cal, June 26.—Hdttor Forest and 
Stream: Members of the San Francisco Fly-Casting 
‘Club haye classified as shown by the accompanying tables. 
The classification in distance was based:as follows: 

The championship class consists of those members who 
prior to 1900 had made 115 feet or over, and of those 
who during the first seven contests in 1900 averaged 102% 
feet or over. Under this system of classification the fol- 
lowing members of the club were arbitrarily placed in the 
championship class, to wit: Mansfield, Golcher, Lovett, 
Brotherton and Everett, all of whom had made 115 feet 
or over prior to 1900. The only other member of the 
club who reached the championship class im 1900 is 
Daverkos6n, whose average is 106 42-84. Mansfield did 
not enter the competition in long distance this year. The 
‘championship class in the Saturday contests consists of 
‘Lovett, Golcher, Brotherton and Everett, in the order 
named. The championship class in the Sunday contests 
consists of Golcher, Lovett, Daverkosen, Brotherton and 
Everett, in the order named. The race during the coming 
contests for the championship medal in distance between 
Golcher and Lovett will be an interesting one—Lovett 
leading on Saturday and Golcher on Sunday. 

The first class in distance consists of those members 
‘who average over 90 and less than 102% feet. In this 
‘class Muller leads his next competitor, Reed, on both 
Saturday and Sunday by a good margin. 

_ The second class in distance consists of those members 
who have averaged less than 90 feet. Battu leads the 
“second class on both Saturday and Sunday. 

' The classification in accuracy is based as follows: 

All members averaging 90 per cent. and, over are 
placed in the championship class, and those under 90 per 
cent, in the first class. Mansfield leads the championship 
‘class on both Saturday and Sunday. In the first class 
Evetett and Edwards are almost tied in the Saturday 
contests, and Haight and Battu are almost tied in the 
Sunday contests. The competition between these four for 
the first class medal in accuracy qvill be very close. Huyck, 
the winner of the first class medal, in accuracy last year, 
closely follows Haight and Battu in the Sunday contests, 
and may raise the average to Stich:an extent as to become 
a candidate for the medal again this year. 

The delicacy classification is based as follows: 

All mémbers averaging 80 per cent. or over are placed 
in the championship class, and those under 80 per cent. in 
the first class. Mansfield leads in the championship class 
on both Saturday and Sunday. It is interesting to note 
that on Saturday the class consists of eight members, and 
on Sunday of nine, which evidences the great improvement 
which has been made in this eyent during the past season. 
In 1899 only three of those who are classified this year 
reached the championship class on Saturday, and only 
four on Sunday. The first class in delicacy is led by 
Skinner on Saturday and Brotherton on Sunday. 

In lure casting Lovett leads on both Saturday and Sun- 
day by a margin sufficiently large to assure him the medal 
in this eyent. 


During the next five contests members will cast in the + 


classes in which they are now placed, the winner in the 
Saturday class comneting in the finals with the winner in 
the Sunday class. Finals will be cast next September, 


» CLASSIFICATION AVERAGE—SATURDAY, 
Championship Class. 


1 ELSE GBotertOn scree ve wees 107 36-84 


Tae. PONSA prepopeedy 116 54-84 -Brotherton 
jennie PETE ANC cen 2 T16 48-84 “Everett ......eceeesee ees 97 72-34 
Beret lies eeestons 1/5 94 80-84 Reed ......... Fslidhhae 90 52-84 
MOU Wie sewn eee 91 76-84 Golcher ................. ou 
SMG ITSP en epee Gu peeees 91-16-84 Lovett ...... NaWote a sve paeite 90 
Delicacy: j 
Se MOE RORS DR aren LEV GQOth primers te cs om ttin- 81 28-84 
wee, B4 53-84 Reed wcceseceseseesuiasce 81 25-84 
Lovett 88.58-84 Edwards ...............- 80 33-84 
Young Si 70:84 Witsler) asus ee yest ere ere 30 21-84 
: First Class. 
Re ees LONG RA: wVatiniee oe .a 1 iantetvecthe 91 66-84 
jedftasle Shoe oe sseeer cone: g4 BLOOD K Gemeente bataly 90 48-84 
A Vos 
BS ecetih, ees oc: RO eS6-84- BALPUE a naltwee sissies esas 86 64-84 
Edwards .....--- a AABAAS™ ROVADERA BLOGS gece veivnemceiwaat 80 8-84 
Skinner.) .-+eeeeseese res 87 44-84 “1 ¥ 
Ti : 
nee Des Gat eunee OAR “Braaks: prvamrecse cscse hee Tl 5-84 
IBSuH Oe w es ec eT TRU TT 17-84 
Second Class. - Fi 
_ Distance: 

Battu SS AQ RARE Rebbe oboe 88 66:84. Edwards ..........00008. 85 18-84 
Skinner= pe. - eeu Nisieteoe 86 24-84 A a 
CLASSIFICATION AVERAGE—SUNDAY. 
Championship Class. 

Distance: 

Golcher ppiepetorstzeaen, 114 24-84 Brotherton .......cccs0ce 104 12-84 

Teivetiom ie iienesstssaa4 113 Breretts wowresseesseentits 97 78-84 

Daverkosen ----..--+++-. 106 42-84 ; ; 
Accuracy: ' iby Midge sal 

Mansfield’ .........+..00- 94 NOAA in Heats = eee 92 12-84 

SeGUATIeeciattisise enna ered 92,32:84 Goleher .,-sssssesecssu. 91 28-84 

Lai Varn Saas ee eOere ety eMalleri eeepc ries teats 91 4-84 

Byerett cen puenisssewsace 92 28-84 
Delicacy: é 

Mansfield .......--. .. 85 76-84 Reed 

Golcher .. a . 84 9-84 Everett 

Muller . 82 80-84 Daverkosen 

Lovett .. 82 57-84 Battu 

Young .--.2.s.s1e4 +. 82 28-84 a 

= First Class. 

- Distance: 

TViwilets Wwey ss, --a-8 Be OAD Baas AVSINTEA Bie Min ha.b « wlecasn ae ndete'stett 92 30-84: 

Reed siuvatreiestundeutee GOorlesse Ebltvcie tipi tss ieee TEE 91 77-84 
Accuracy: ‘ 

inte hits Geen eenet ener hens 8824-84 Brooks ....40csc.:-e.00. S1 44-84 

HERE = cre Pecneeeh ie w 88 16-84 Klein 001... eben Me 80 80-84 

tic ioe, Seer ene Bi R2845 Vous ses pesaeenbe 7a 60-84 

Daverkosen. -.--y<<-<--.. B3-A4-R4 Stratton, ........eeecsees Ts 4-84 

Brotherton .......- wisealekeOooe 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


. 


Delicacy: 


Brotherton ...:0.crein<s 79 19-84 Klein «..... rfterceriens 13. 68-84 
Ttihie tts Wee soba coct 76 70-84 Brooks «1.22.0. eae vve (1-54-84 - 
Se etree Seite OS 16 18-84 Folks ...cssescssevanoen CL 50-84 
Bicncdwensga sp 74 31-84 ) 
Second Class. 
PENI ach ay hae 87 24-84 Foulks 
«.. 84 66-84 Stratton 
GUGITIOR Pade tt ona daw we 82 36-84 Haight 
LURE CASTING, 
Saturday: 
JHOVELED ceca Meee katie 89.3435 Batt saseaussu.aeaceaann 70 38-35 
Mansfield ..-.....-.....> 88 19-85 edwards -..-...,.ss0:s202 67 5-35 
Sunday 
TAO VELEN th a sea devas .. 88 7-35 ». 65 13-35 
Mansfield .... 88 1-25 »» 60 17-25 
Brotherton ........ «» 82,26-35 59 27-35 
tSheeehidapae ER. om osaet ees, 65: 28-35 | 


Medal Contests—Series 1900. Saturday, contest No. 
8, held at Stow Lake June 23. Wind, southwest; weather, 


_ foggy and cold. 


Event Event Event 
No. 1, No. 24. No. 4, 
Distance, Accuracy, ————Event No. 8, —, Lure 
Feet, Percent. Acc. % Del.-% Netz Castings 
Brooks 86.8 86.4 70 78.2 ae 
Brotherton 89.4 88 72.6 80.8 80 1-5 
Edwards 91.4 94 71,8 82.10 87 4-6 
Everett 93 93 82.6 87.9 rie 
Golcher . 92.4 87.8 84,2 86.11 bs 
Lovett ... 94,4 90.4 82.6 86.5 958-5 
Mansfield 95 86,8 82.6 84.7 87 4-5 
Muller 93 83.4 83.4 83.4 it 
Skinner 95 90 72.6 * 81.3 
Young 93.4 91 76.8 83.10 
Sunday, June 24, Wind, southwest; weather perfect. 
PeRAttite waenee ce 86.8 98 67.6 $0.3 67 
Brooks 75.4 82.4 59.2 70.9 84 
Brotherton 84.8 90 76.8 83.4 90.4 
Everett 91.4 86.4 74.2 80.38 a 
Foulks 85 86.8 66.8 76.8 A 
Golcher 92 87 79.2 83.1 tr 
Haight 91 88 73.4 80.8 <= 
Huyek 88.4 91 71:8 81.4 As 
Lovett abl 94 93 79.2 86.1 86.4 
Mansfield ...,,...-. 95.8 88.4 77.6 82.11 86.4 
Muller. ....s...5 $0 $1 83.4 86.8 5 = 
Stratton ........ 88 85 85.8 65.10 75.9 69 
op hbahen Wee ory sh 99 89,4 86 72.6 79.3 


Memories Bitter and Sweet. 


Ramora, Kan.—Editor Forest and Stream: As the years 


_ went by my big brother left the home, and so I must go 
fishing without’ him; but when home on a visit some 


dark still evening I would persuade him to go to the old 
pond night fishing for bullheads and eels. Digging the 
unfailing box of worms, with the long pine poles in Tenia 
we would start out. Arriving at the pond, the first thing 
was to start a big fire, partly just to see it burn and 
partly because we thought the light drew the fish. One 
branch of the pond was cut across by the causeway, and 
this in turn by a bridge of perhaps a dozen feet in length; 
under this bridge the water was deep, and so we fished 
trom the bridge. The pond was almost wholly sur- 
tounded by woods, so dry wood was abundant, and a 
fire would soon be started. Then the hooks would be 
baited and thrown in and the waiting begun. 


As the darkness would settle down all outside the circle 


of light made by our fire would be invisible, but within 
the circle of light it was like the noonday. The peeled 
pine’poles, as the fire flashed up, would shine out ghostly 
against the darkness; even the lines, quivering in each 
passing breath of air, could be seen, down to where they 
touched the black water. The moths and other strange 
winged creatures of the night would come out of the 
darkness, circle around the fire, and with struggle of 


singed wings and a sputter of burning bodies, give up 


their lives to the fascination of the firelight. The whip- 
poorwills would come down on to the hillside, and with 
plaintive cry tell of that poor boy’s punishment. The 
little frogs would pipe up in full shrill chorus, while oc- 
casionally a big patriarch of the tribe would join with 
deeper, hoarses bass. 

It was in the days when TI first read the matchless 


stories of Deerslayer and his companions. The talk of 
both old and young folks was often of Indian 
fight and massacre. Our boyish play often took 
the form of Indian scouts and battle. The great 
pines, such as Cooper describes, towered in their 
majesty around the pond. We often found arrow- 


heads, and had in our possession’one beautifully formed 
tomahawk of Iroquois make. And so as the weirdness 
of the woods and water in the night time took possession 
of me in fancy I peopled the woods with the old-time 
enemies of the settlers, until at the rush of the wings of 
some night bird, the scream of some stricken wild 
creature, or the splash and gurgle of a struggling frog, I 
would start in terror, ready to flee to home and safety. 
But looking up I would see the calm, unimaginative face 
of my brother; and my fears would vanish in a moment 
—tor with him I would go to the uttermost ends of the 
earth without fear. 

As time passed on the quivering line would betray the 
presence of a biting fish. If on my tackle eagerly and 
hastily I would pull in the line, too often only to land 
my hook bare alike of bait and fish, or perhaps to sec 
my prize at the surface of the water with a splash ‘and 
struggle disappear. But if on my brother’s tackle, the 
older hands had learned patience, and it was not until the 


bending pole showed that the fish was hooked that the’ 


upward stroke, quick and sure, would be given: and out 
on to the bridge would usually come-a flapping, squeak- 
ing bullhead; but sometimes the firelight would show the 
squirming white and green body of a silver eel. And 
so the moments would go by until “it was time little 
folks were abed.” Then the lines would be wound up, 
the firebrands pushed off into the water, and we would 
set our faces homeward. Up over the little hill, past the 
great logs piled up for the remorseless saw on one side, 
on the other solemn whispering pines, that afterward 
formed the canopy of the Methodist camp ground, past 
the little houses of the Germans, past the upper orchard, 
then through the grassland, rich with all the fragrance 
of a summer night in New England, brightened with the 
flashing of a thousand fireflies—to our home. Quietly 
the long poles were set up in the corner formed by the 
shed and barn, the big dishpan was filled with water, and 
our fish placed therein, securely covered, so that pussy 
could not meddle with them—and then to sleep, sweet 


. of any size before. 


_of 4 pounds, two of 3 pounds 


ZT 


——e 


and dreamleéss, such as tired boys know, and to wake 
to a breakfast of fat things. 

Then I counted my happiness and success by the num- 
ber of fish caught—in memory how little they count! 
But the remembrance of the rest is bitter-sweet. Sweet 
to think upon in the midst of a restless, wandering life. 
Bitter for that, save in memory, I shall know them no 
more in this present life; but is my faith any the less that 
among the blessings of the future world I look forward 


to living again such experiences? 


PIneE TREE. 


It may be asked why I am so sure our Indian relics 
were leit by the Iroquois. After King Philip’s power 
was broken they were the inveterate enemies of the valley 
settlers. The arrowheads were formed from stone 
taken from a ledge iound nowhere sotith of the Great 
Lakes, and were large and shapely, revealing-by their 
very shape the strong and fierce character of the men 
who made and used them—very -different from those 
found lower down the river at Agawam and vicinity, 
which were of stone picked up along the river banks, 
and as compared with the others almost harmless as 
weapons for war or the hunt. PINE -TREE. 


On Maine Waters. 


Bosron, July 7—Mr. J. Bert Baxter has good ac- 
counts of salmon fishing in Noya Scotia. Parker Free- 
man, a guide at Milton, writes that one day last week 
nine salmon were hooked and six out of the nine were 
landed, At one time five boats on the pool each had a 
salmon hooked. The guide mentions the scene as a very 
lively one, and particularly interesting to the fishermen. 
F. P. Magoun and family, of Néw York, left yesterday 
for Milton and Liverpool, Queen's county, salmon fish- 
ing, A big Boston party is off for the same section, 
including Messrs. A. E. Leon and Frank Chemberlain. 
They go first to Greenfield, 

Mr. L. Dana Chapman, treasurer of the Megantic Club, 
has just got back from a short visit to the preserve. He 
repetts the fishing more than good, especially on L. and 
Northwest ponds, At L. and Big Northwest especially, 
“two at a cast” was of common occurrence. At Big 
Island Pond, fishing part of two days, eight salmon were 
caught, five being taken to the boat, and of these two 
killed. The largest was caught by Master Lawrence D. 
Chapman, thirteen years of age, who also landed a 
trout of 1% ponds from the same waters. The boy was 
simply delighted, never haying caught a salmon or trout 
He went with his father over the 
entire preserve, greatly enjoying the trip. At the preserve 
che fish ‘have tun larger this season than ever before, one 
and a number of 2 
pounds in weight haying beet taken, all on the fly. The 
fish that were hatched last winter have been placed in 
the streams tributary to the waters of the preserve—2oo,- 
ooo divided in the waters of Big Island, L. and Big 
Northwest ponds. The increase in the fish and in their 
weight is due largely to the successful operation of the 
hatehery, which has turned ott gover 500,000 trout and 
salmon, and also to the introduction of smelt as trout and 


‘salmon food. 


Mr. George C. Morton and Mr. Loud, of Boston, have © 
just returned from a successful fishing trip to Rangeley 
Lake, Me, To Mr. Morton fishing in that part of Maine 
waters is new sport, and he greatly enjoyed catching trout 
and salmon from the waters of the lake. But their best 
sport was at Quimby Pond, a few miles from Rangeley. 
Here they saw the novel sight of a man casting a fly and 
catching trout from a boat. Each trout secured, he 
quietly whipped out a pair of little scales from his pocket 


and weighed the struggling fish. Then just as quietly he 


let the trout escape into the water. Sportsmen are learn- 
ing more and more the pleasure of such fishing. They 
save what trout are needed for the table they are fishing 
for, and all the rest are allowed to escape, for the enjoy- 
ment of some other fellow. ; 

Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Kingsbery, of Randolph, Mass., 
with a party of friends, are at Camp Stewart, Richardson 
Lake, for a couple of weeks fishing. The day they arrived 
they found the mercury down -to 45 and raining. An open 
wood fire was particularly agreeable. The second day’s 
fishing brought them seventeen trout, besides seeing nine 
deer. They write that they have seen fifteen deer since 
they have been in camp. This brings around the old 
story of deer in the Maine farmers’ oats. It is told this 
year with redoubled energy. The farmers complain that © 
a herd of fiiteen or twenty deer will leave nothing of a 
field of oats. It does no good to drive them away. They 
simply return as soon as the farmer’s back is turned. 
Threats of dire yengeance are heard and the guns are 
loaded already for the open season. Possibly a deer or 
two will disappear before the open season begins. One 
report says that farmers are fond of venison, even in hay- 
ing time, 

July 9.—Mr. E. C. Stevens, of Boston, has been on a 
fishing trip to Lake Dunmore, Salsbury, Vt., and other 
waters in that section. He fished in company with Mr. E. 
Thayer, of Brandon. Vt, They caught a great many 
pickerel from that lake, weighing from 3 to 5 pounds. It 
will also be remembered that the fishermen get them 
there much larger. They took four bass from the same 
lake, with a number of lake trout, running up to 5 
pounds weight. They also learned of other parties taking 
trout there up to 1334 and 18 pounds. They made two 
fishing exctirsions to Fern Lake, in the same State. The 
first trip they caught twenty-one Oswego bass, from 2 to 4 
pounds weight. On the next trip, about a week later, 
they caught twenty bass, of about the same weight as 
on their first trip. Reports come of good fishing at the 
main black bass and white perch ponds. A Bangor report 
says that the black bass fishing at Pushaw and Chemo 
ponds ig the best for years, The white perch season 
opened a week ago, July 1, and since that time catches of 


_ trom twenty to forty perch to the boat on a single trip are 


of common occurrence. Fly-Fishing is reported good at 
Moosehead. At the Rangeleys they continue to catch 
many trout and a good number of salmon. A Rangeley 


‘report says that a big salmon made a strike for a min- 


now, hanging over the side of the boat, as Mr, Frederick 
Skinner, of Boston, was just starting out with his guide. 
Before either the guide or Mr. Skinner could catch the 


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[Jury 14, 1900. 


: 


line it was overboard, rod and all. The rod promptly 
sunk, and the fish now has the whole rigging at its dis- 
posal. Mr. Skinner is thankful that it left the boat. After 
a fight of two hours and forty minutes that gentleman 
landed the king salmon of the season on Tuesday after- 
noon. it weighed 12 pounds and was 20 inches long, 
SPECIAL. 


‘CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Cuicaco, [ll., July 7—Mr. W. W, Hooper, of Leaven- 
wotth, Kan., stopped in Chicago this week en route on an 
outing at Saynors place on Plum Lake, Wis. Mr. K. M, 
Lanais, of t.ansas City, is another one who patronizes 
Star Lake, Wis., a few miles distant from Pitm Lake. 

Mr. Peter Johnson, of Chicago, has left for a try after 
the mysterious bass of Green Lake, Wis. ‘They are said to 
have a distinct species of bass up there, ditticult to get 
started to biting, and equally diihceult to stop aiter they 
have begun to fight. 

Mr. Max Fritz, of Chicago, has been fishing this past 
week at Corey's Lake, Three Rivers, Mich., and has had 
some very good sport with the bass. In six hours’ fish- 
ing one day he caught twenty-six bass, of which one 
weighed 5 pounds § ounces, one weighed 5 pounds 2 
ounces, two weighed 4 pounds 8 ounces each, one weighed 
4 pounds 5 ounces and two weighed 3 pounds 2 ounces 
each, There were five which weighed about 21% pounds 
each, the rest running from 34 to 1% pounds. This was 
certainly a very nice day's fishing. 

Col. J. S. Cooper, of this city, is spending the summer at 
the beautiful lake country of Oconomowoc, Mich., only 
coming down to Chicago when he has some important law 
suit that demands his presence imperatively. The Colonel 
would far rather catch a big fish than land a big fee. 

Mr. C. S. Lawrence and Mr. F. E. Coyne, both of 
this city, had good sport the past week at Lake Villa, on 
the Wisconsin Central line. This point is in the center 
of one of the oldest and most persistently fished porcions 
of the Fox Lake Chain, and one certainly would not 
expect so good fishing so close to the railroad; yet in 
Deep Lake and Cedar Lake, close to the village of Lake 
Villa, the two caught sixty-four fine bass. They are 
still up there, and are reported to be haying a good time, 

Mr. M. E. Wroe and wife, of this city, have been fishing 
up in Crooked Lake and Wild Cat Lake, in Wisconsin. 
They had fine sport, and caught 267 bass and 8 muscal- 
lunge. They are very well satisfied with their outing. 

Mr. H. English, of Von Lengerke & Antoine, this city, 
goes with his wife to-day to Lake Vieux Desert, Wis., via 
State Line. Mr. English will be away about a week, and 
will come back loaded with fish stories for the gang. 

Mr. E. L. Periston, of Chicago, starts this week for 
State Line, Wis. He is going at the wrong time for mus- 
callunge, but will no doubt get all the bass he wants. 

Mr. W. P. Nelson, of the American Wall Paper Com- 
pany, this city, is vet arcther gentleman to leave Chicago 
to-day for State Line, Wis. 

Mr. William Clinton brown, whose home is on Staten 
Island, but who travels occasionally in the West, is in 
Chicago to-day on his way west to St. Paul. Having 
time for a day’s fishing, he asks me where to put in his 
day, and I have advised him to try the Mississippi River 
above La Crosse, Wis. Mr. Brown has laid in a supply 
of the biggest bass flies he can find in Chicago, and will 
see 1f he can do some business with the small-mouths of 
the Mississippi. I hope he may have luck, for i fhe finds 
those fish inst right, he will have something to tell the 
folks bacle East. 

Mr. Harry Miner, of this city, has left to-day for his 
regular weekly trip to Burlington, Wis,, after bass. He 
has been having very good luck all the season, as earlier 
reported in these columns. 

Mr. Aleck Friend, of Chicago, has gone to-day to the 
great distributing point of our bass fishermen, Lake Villa, 
Wis. This is the entering point for a large number of 
good bass waters, which lie at distances of one to eight 
miles around. 

Mr. H. M, Van Hoesen, of this city, has started for 
Round Lake, Wis., to try conclusions with the big-mouths 
for a conple of days or so. 

Mr. Charles Olk, of Chicago, joins the procession for 
Lake Villa to-day, and will return, probably with a nice 
bunch of bass, some time in the earlier part of the week. 

Mr. H. Geissman, of Chicago, leaves to-day for Fox 
Lake and Nippersink Lake. IIl.. where he will spend a few 
days fishing and looking around. 

Mr. Harry Greenwood, of Chicago, also goes to Fox 
Lake this afternoon, returning some time next week. 
Mr. Belasco, of the Chicago Fly-Casting Club, is yet an- 
other to try this same water this week. All these gentle- 
men will give good account of themselves. 

Dr. F. R, Sherwood, of Chicago, left this week for a 
trip of some days to Star Lake, Wis., where he goes after 
bass and muscallunge. 

Mr, J. E. Hubbert, of Chicago, has started for De Pauw 
Camp, at Woodruff, Wis., where he will spend some days 
with his friends, Mr. De Pauw and family. 

Mr. D. B. Corwin, of Dayton, O., outfited here in 
Chicago for the pleasantest trip of any of those mentioned. 
He goes to the mountains, his objective point being 
Steamboat Sprines, Colo. You can’t beat the mountains 
for the summer time. 

To-day I met my old friend, Charlie Burton, who used 
to be one of our most persistent fishermen some years 


ago, Charlie put in the Fourth of July perch fishing in ~ 


Lake Michigan. To be called a perch fisher in this city 
is usually a term of opprobrium, but in perch fishing it is 
just as it is in everything else. There is room at the 
top. Charlie and his friend, Mr. Hoyt, did not content 
themselves with dangling a line from the Government 
pier. They took a boat and went out on the bars off Fifty- 
first street, anchoring at the third buoy, and fishing in 
20 to 40 feet of water. Here they located the nerch—not 
little perch, but big ones, and lots of them. They used 
big minnows and got good. big perch, bringing home 
seventy large ones. The ordinary string of perch seen on 
the streets here is made up of little fellows not over 5 or 6 
inches long. 
which were 14 inches long, and he described their day as 
having been a very pleasant one, and hy no means to be 
called devoid of sport. His only regret is that he sun- 
borned his wrist so badly that it is extremely sore and 
painful even vet, 0 ee 


Mr, Burton tells me they had some perch’ 


Remedy for Sabin, 


I told My, Burton what to do about his case of sun- 
burn. I think I have earlier mentioned the same thing 
in these columns. We rather laugh at a man who wants 
1o protect himself against sunburn, but, indeed, the etfects 
of one’s first day ot summer fishing are sometimes and to 
certain complexions so painful as to be almost serious. 
Mr. Burton’s case of sunburn is something properly to be 
called serious, and requiring medical assistance. Some 
time ago a friend who saw how badly I was after a day 
of fishing in the glaring sun, told me to get a little bottle 
of linseed oil and limewater—an ounce of each—half and 
half, shake together. He said this would at once take 
out the “fire” of the sunburn. J tried it and found the 
remedy to be of marvelous quickness and efficiency. 
When one's face and neck are blistered from the sun, it 
need not be called undignified or unmanly to resort to this 
simple and very practical remedy, After using it you 
can get a night’s sleep, and go fishing the next day with 
impunity. I haye tried this and know it to be good. 

E, Houacu, 


Hartrorp BurLpIneG, Chicago, Ill. 


New Fishing Grounds, 


Qvrenswater, L. L, July 9—A new fishing bank has 
been discovered in the ocean between Long Beach and the 
old Fishing Banks. The discovery was made by Capt. 
Henry Wright, while out in the auxiliary yacht Inner 
Beach, having on board the Charles Gardner Fishing 
Club. It was too foggy to see the landmarks and find 
the wreck of the Iberia or the old fishing grounds, and 
the party sailed about after weakfish. During a tem- 
porary calm and while jigging for wealsfish, sea bass were 
hooked. Capt. Wright at once anchored, and upen in- 
vestigation found that he had struck a pocketful of fish. 
The party caught all they cared to. and after carefully 
marking the spot returned through the inlet to Queens- 
water. The new fishing place was named “Queenswater 
Ridge.’ It promises to be a favorite spot for local fisher- 
men. The party caught 185 weakfish and a great number 
of sea bass. ete. The members of the club are: Capt., 
Chas. Gardner; E. Housman, F. Coulon, F. Girdes. 
Christ. McCue, F. Griffiths, G, Schilling, G. Dressel, S. 
Mareus and Frank Doe. ; 


Menhadener’s Haul of Weakfish. 


Prince’s Bay, Staten Island, N. Y.—Tuesday, July 3, 
the menhaden fishermen made a haul here in Prince’s Bay 
with good results from their point of view. It was a haul 
of weakfish, and they quickly loaded a small steamer and 
sent them away, probably to Fulton Market, But the 
menhaden industry never catches or interferes with the 
food fish of our waters; we must expel all such thoughts 
from our mind, becatise the people that run the business 
deny it from time to time in the daily papers. “You 
can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can’t,” 
etc. 

Weaktish are very plentiful in the bay at present, and 
are of large size, but don’t seem to be biting very good 
yet. On the Jersey coast opposite our place the farmers 
are taking wagon loads of weakfish every day to use as 
fertilizers on their farms, but that’s Jersey style. vou 
know. bits 


American Fisheries Society. 


THe annual meeting will be held at Wood’s Holl, Mass., 
July 18, 19 and 20. Our issue of last week contained a 
list of the papers to be read. In addition to that list there 
will be others: ‘Spawning Habits of the Large-Mouth 
Black Bass in the South,” by J. Bayard Lamkin, of 
Georgia, and “Some Original Contrivances as Used at 
the Nook Hatchery of the Plymouth Rock Trout Com- 
pany,’ by C. C. Wood, of Massachusetts. The subject 
“Breeding Habits and Growth of the Clam,” which in the 
list as published was assigned to Mr. Wood, will be dis- 
cussed by Dr. A. D, Mead, of Rhode Island. The officers 
of the Society are Jno. W, Titcomb, President, St. Johns- 
hury, Vt., and Seymour Bower, Secretary, Detroit, Mich. 
All persons interested in fishculture and the fisheries are 
invited to attend the meeting; and membership in the So- 
ciety (annual dues one dollar) is open to all. 


New Jersey Coast Fishing, 


Aspury Park, N. J.» July 7—But little has been the re- 
ward of the endeavors of the fraterni.y during the past 
week as regards surf fishing. The prevailing west winds 
and scorching heat haye caused the bass to take a leave of 
absence. Kingfish, too, are quite scarce, although some 
few are taken each day. A great many New York city 
fishermen were with us on the Fourth, but the intense 
heat caused many to forsake the sport and seek the 
shade, and they had about equal success with those who 
stuck to their post, as but few fish were taken. 

Weakfish are biting well at Barnegat, and running fine 
in size and condition. Many anglers are now turning 
their attention to that body of water since the departure 
of the bass from along the coast. A few hours of easterly 
winds will again start the sport among the bass, and many 
am anxious eye is kept to windward each hour of the day 
and night. Lronarp Hutirt, 


Long Island Crabbing. 


East Rockaway, L. I., July 7—Small crabs are very 
plentiful and the boys are having plenty of sport catch 
them. They run up the creeks on the flood tide to feed 
and are caught by the ordinary crab net, after being en- 
ticed within its reach by a piece of meat attached to a 
short piece of fish line. 


In the hills of Virginia and West Virginia I remem- 
ber in my boyhood days the little streams that were fed 
by springs, and favorite swimming holes could be found 
along them all. They were full of fish, and a source of 
delight to the young and old. After forty years’ absence 
[ revisited some of the same old streams.’ The trees had 
been cut from the hillsides. The springs had dried up. 
The old swimming holes were gravelly and sandy wastes 
—as dry as Sahara, except where the channels were filled 
with muddy torrents for a few hours after a big rain — 
Hon. John F. Lassy, address before American Forestry 
Association, ta 


et 4 


_ Dakota~ Field ‘Tria!s Association, 


Game Laws in Brief and Woodcraft Magazine. 
Contents for July. . 


The Game and Fish Laws of the United States and 

Canada. 
Locusts and Wild Honey.............Myron W. Reed. 
Hatter Billy and the Wolf Pit... Montgomery M. Folsom. 
AD Japanese Diteks Tinta yee. esaeesee Andrew Haggard. 
Fishing for Berkshire Bass........ Henry Guy Carleton. 
The History of an Old Friend....Charles E. Whitehead. 
Blackcock Shooting in the Alps,.W. A. Baillie-Grohman. 
An Amateur Pearl] Fisher........ H. Phelps Whitmarsh. 
Evening Harmonies............. .Charles Whiting Baker. 
Some West-African Folk-Lore: 

The Spider and the Bearded Rock. 

The Spider and the Leopard. 

The Leopard and the Monkey. 


How Panthers Catch Monkeys,................: Shikari. 
The Great Eagle of the Philippines...,... .C. J. Cornish. 
i la 
Che Ziennel. 
Fixtures, 


FIELD TRIALS. 


Aug. 21.—Emmetsburg, la—Third annual field trials of _the 
Iowa Field Trials Association. M, Bruce, pass Des Moines, Ta. 

Aug, 28.—Sioux Falls, S, D.—Inaugural field trials of the South 
Ulay Haugtro, Sec’y, Sioux 
Falls, S. D. f 

Sept. 3-4—La Salle, Manitoba, Can.—Western Canada Kennel 
Club’s annual field trials. A. Lake, Sec’y, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 
Can, : 

Sept. 6-7.—Brandon, Manitoba, Can.—Third annual field trials of 
the Brandon Kennel Club. Dr, H. J. Elliott, Sec’y. ‘ 

Sept. IL. ; Manitoba, Can.—Fourteenth annual field trials of 
the Manitoba Field Trials Club. Eric Hamber, Sec’y, Winnipeg, 
Manitoba, Can. 

Oct 30.—Senecaville, O.—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Rssda anni: sixth annual field trials, A. C. Peterson, 
Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. ‘ ‘ 

Nov. 7.—Hampton, Conn.—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
J. E, Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 

Noy. 7-8 —lLake View, Mich.—Third annual field trials of the 
Michigan Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec’y; Grand Rapids, 

ich, 
aoe: 12.—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
dependent Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 
Ind 


Nov. 18.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. pa 

Noy. 16.—Newton, N. C.—Eastern Field Trials Club’s twenty- 
second annual field trials--Members’ Stake. Noy. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. | . 

No. 20. ; .—lllinois Field Trials Association’s second 
annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, Ill, _ 

Nov. 20.—Ruthven, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials ot 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec’y, 


i , Ontario, Can. . 
(eee es an “Pa_-Centrat Beagle Club’s annual field trials. A, 
G, son, Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. : 

Caen noe Glnsoogs Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. ‘ | 

Nov. 27.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field’ trials of the Missouri 
Tield Triais Association. L. S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. } 

Nov. 30.-Newton, N. C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake; Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 


Muzzling of Dogs Abroad. 


WasHincton, D. C.—At the instance of the Commis- 
sioners of the District of Columbia a State Department 
instruction was sent to certain Consular officers in Europe ~ 
asking whether dogs are required to be muzzled in for- 
eign cities and if the results have proved satisfactory. 
In reply, Consul-General Mason writes from Berlin: 

In Berlin, Frankfort, and, so far as I know or can ascer- 
tain, in all cities and large towns of Germany, dogs are 
required to be muzzled whenever they are on the street 
or publice place, and this regulation is enforced in cities 
even when the dog is led or held in leash by the owner, 
or is harnessed for working purposes to a cart or other 
yehicle. 

In Berlin every dog is subject to a tax of 20 marks 

($4.76) per annum, When this tax is paid the dog is reg- 
istered and the owner receives a small brass disk bear- 
ing the registered numbet of the animal, which, must 
thenceforth be worn on its collar. The absence of either 
number ot muzzle subjects the dog, when outside the 
inclosed premises of its owner, to immediate seizure by 
the dog police, who are a special branch of the municipal 
police appointed and qualified for that purpose. 
- The effect of these regulations has been to practically 
exterminate stray and useless dogs, to restrict the dogs 
actually kept (1) to those of fine race owned by people 
in easy circumstances, (2) to those kept for hunting, and 
(3) to those used as working animals by milkmen, market 
men, butchers, peddlers, etc., in or near towns or cities. 

The ordinance is enforced with unswerving: rigor and 
impartiality, and as a consequence hydrophobia is prac- 
tically unknown in Germany. 


Consul-General Osborne responds from London that 
he submitted the questiens of the Department to the 


Board of Agriculture and they sent him copy of the 


rabies acts and a tabular statement of the number of 
cases in London during 1897, 1898 and 1899, showing 
that the operations of the Board, following upon the 
steps which had been taken by the local authorities of 
London to eradicate the disease, were attended with such 
success that no case of rabies has occurred within that 
area during the past year. The regulations governing 
the muzzling oi dogs are summarized as follows: 

Any unmuzzled dog found by the police in a public 
place, not under the control of any person and not 
wearing a collar with the name and address of the owner, 
will be seized by the police, and the owner will be liable 
ta a penalty not exceeding £20 ($07). 

No dog shall be allowed to be in or on any public place 
unless such dog is muzzled with a strong cage muzzle, so 
constructed as to render it impossible for the dos to hite. 
hut sa as not to prevent it breathing freely or lapping 
water. 

Any dog not muzzled may be seized, and if diseased it 
chall be slaughtered; if suspected, it shall’ be detained or 
dealt with as the council thinks expedient; if it is not 
diseased or suspected, it shall be detained for three days, 
and if not then claimed by the owner shall be slaughtered 
ar dispased of as the council deems expedient. In addi, 


Jury 14, 1900.) 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


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tion to any penalty the owner may be liable to for a 
breach of these regulations, all expenses connected with 
such detention may be recovered from the owner. 

The foregoing regulations shall not apply: 

(a) To any dog under the control of any person and 
wearing a collar upon which the name and address of the 
owner are legibly inscribed, 

(b) To sheep dogs with a shepherd and in charge of 
sheep. 

(c) To dogs beng taken to or from exhibitions, shows 
or other places, if confined in boxes, cages or hampers so 
constructed as to render it impossible for them to bite. 

' (d) To packs of hotinds while being used for sporting 
purposes or while being exercised under the control of 
servants of the hunt. 

The expression “public place” in these regulations in- 
cludes any street, thoroughfare, public bridge, park, gar- 
‘den or pleasure ground, uninclosed land.or other place 
‘to which the public for the time being has access. 

Dogs which are not three months old are not to be 
seized, on Walaa! 


Canacing. 


American Canoe Association, 1899-1900. 
Commodore, W. G. MacKendrick, 200 Eastern avenue, Toronto, 


an. 1 
Secretary-Treasurer, Flerbert Begg, 24 King street, Toronto, Can. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Thirty-second street aud avenue A, 
Bayonne, N. J. 


Division Officers. 


ATLANTIC DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., H. C. Allen, Trenton, N. J. 
Rear-Com., Lewis H. May, New York. 
Purser, Arthur H. Wood, Trenton, N. J. 


CENTRAL DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., John S, Wright, Rochester, N. Y. 
Rear-Com., Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. 
Purser, C. Fred Wolters. 14 East Main street, Rochester, N. Y. 


EASTERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., Frank A. Smith. Worcester, Mass. 
Rear-Com., Louis A. Hall, Boston, Mass. 
Purser, Frederick Coulson, 405 Main street, Worcester, Mas 


NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., y McD. Mowatt Kingston, Ont., Can. 
Rear-Gom., E. C. Woolsey, Mttawa, Ont., Can. 
_ Purser, J. E. Cunningham, Kingston, Ont., Can, 
; WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., Wm. C. Jupp, Detroit, Mich. 
Rear-Com F Huntington. Milwaukee. Wis. 
Purser, Fred T. Barcroft, 408 Ferguson Building, Detroit, Mich, 


Regatta Committee: R. Easton Burns, Kingston, Ont., Can., 
chaiman; Harry Ford, Tornto; M B. Goodsell, Yonkers, N. ¥. 


bod 
Meet of 1900. Muskoka Lake, Aug. 3-17. 
Official organ, Forest anp STREAM.. 


Fixtures. 


July. i 
14. Toronto, paddling and sailing races. - 
21. Toronto, races and hop. 
August. 


3.17. A. C. A. meet, Muskoka. 
September, 
2-3. Toronto, club cruise. : 
8, Toronto, fall regatta. 
15. Toronto, sailing races. 


Tuer two drowning accidents reported this week are by 
no means all that have come to our notice this spring, 
from canoes and boats. Most of them are clearly trace- 
able to preventable causes, being due to ignorance, reck- 
lessness, lack of knowledge of swimming and faulty boats. 
In the Yonkers accident the canoe was fully capable in 
size, model and build, and one of the party was a canoeist 
and swimmer. The catise seems to be the attempt, pre- 
sumably on the part of a novice, to set a jersey on a 
paddle by way of a sail, and to his fatal grip on his com- 
panion, who tried to save him, In the Toronto case the 
canoe did not capsize, and the probabilities are that the 
canoeist, overexerting himself by a bicycle ride, and pos- 
sibly a hard spurt of paddling, was taken with heart 
failure and fell from the canoe in a helpless condition. 

The danger of canoeing is that of all boating, somewhat 
lessened by the fact that a well-modeled canoe is as 
staunch and able a craft as anything of her size afloat, 
more so than the average rowboat; and, further, that the 
canoeist sits, or should sit, on the floor, the center of 
gravity being consequently much lower than when seated 
on the thwart of a rowboat. One fruitful cause of acci- 
dents is the lack of knowledge of swimming—fatal alike 
to the subject and his companion, who endeavors to save 
him. Unless a person can swim he has no business in a 
small pleasure boat, as his helplessness when in the water 
is ustially supplemented by clumsiness and recklessness due 
to ignorance, while still in the boat. A very large pro- 
portion of boat and canoe accidents are due to the attempt 
to pass and change places or to the fool trick of rocking 
the boat in order to frighten some one. To move about 
safely in a small boat and to pass by other persons in 
going from end to end, is as much a matter of skill as 
balancing a bicycle or walking a rope}; and the results of 
failure are usually much more serious. As to skylarking 
oi all kinds in small craft, especially with women aboard. 
it is a criminal performance that is just as deserving of 
severe punishment as the pointing of weapons in joke. 

The overloading of small craft is one common cause of 
disaster, especially in canoes. There are many canoes 
which, though small and of poor model, are safe enough 
for one skilled canoeist under all common conditions, but 
with a secand passenger crowded into the small cackpit 


the canoe is loaded beyond a safe limit, and unfit for any- 
thing but absolutely smooth water. When the passenger, 
as is usually the case, is unused to a canoe and unable to 
switn, there is but one result in the event of a little wind 
or a tide rip. 


Our mails at the first of the month, immediately fol- 
lowing the publication of the Canoeing Number, bring us 
a number of communications intended for that number, and 
these must either wait for a month or appear in the 
second number of each month. The Forest AND STREAM 
goes to press on Tuesday, and it is necessary that all 
matter should reach the office by the first mail on Tues- 
day morning, while in the case of long reports and com- 
munications, Monday morning is the latest. When 
Wednesday is a holiday, as in the case of Decoration Day 
and the Fourth of July this year, we go to press on Mon- 
day instead of Tuesday. If correspondents will bear this 
in mind all important news will appear in the Canoeing 
Number. ' 


Tue Atlantic Division at its annual meeting on May 28 
elected the following officers: Vice-Com., Henry M 
Dater, Brooklyn C. C.; Rear-Com., H. D. Hewitt, 
Lakanoo C. C., Burlington, N. J.; Purser, Joseph F. East- 
mond, Brooklyn C. C.; ex-Com. L. W. Seavey, Knicker- 
bocker C. C.; H, L. Quick, Yonkers C. C., and M. D. 
Wilt, Red Dragon C. C. 


Ow June 30 Joseph C. Gibson, of Toronto, an accountant 
in the Dominion Bank, was drowned from a canoe in 
Humber Bay, near Toronto. He had hired a canoe for a 
paddle on the lake, and in some way he fell out of the 
canoe about half an hour after he started out without 
capsizing the canoe. He was seen in the water, but sanl< 
before aid could reach him. The body was recovered by 
grappling, and the doctors who examined it and found no 
water in the lungs, were of the opinion that death was 
due to heart failure, which caused the fall from the 
canoe. Mr. Gibson was thirty-two years old and un- 
married. 


Eastern Division Meet. 


WORCESTER, MASS.—LAKE QUINSIGAMOND. 
June 16, 17, 18. 

Tur Division meet of the Eastern Division, A. C. A., 
held on Lake Quinsigamond on June 16, 17, 18, was most 
successful in point of attendance and in the number and 
interest of the races. A very good representation was 
present from the entire division, and the interest was by 
no means local. The camp was pitched on Flagg’s Point, 
a wooded promontory S.E. of the Tatassit C. C. house, 
opening on Saturday. The first to arrive from a dis- 
tance was Com, MacKendrick, who in spite of his busi- 
ness engagements came down from Toronto for the meet, 
staying until Sunday night. It is needless to say that 
his visit was appreciated by the canoeists of the Eastern 
Division, many of whom had the pleasure of meeting him 
for the first time. Vice-Com. Allen, Atlantic Division, 
was also in camp, with Paul Butler. The total number 
registered during the three days was 115. The prelimin- 
ary arrangements were well carried out by Purser Coul- 
son and other local canoeists, and everything possible was 
done for the comfort of the visitors. Saturday was spent 
in getting settled and in the evening the visitors were 
entertained by an impromptu musical entertainment by 
the amateurs of the Tatassit C. C. The division meeting 
was held on Sunday morning, the following officers be- 
ing elected: Vice-Com., Louis A. Hall, Wawbewawa 
C. C.; Rear-Com., C. M. Lamprey, Lawrence C. C.; 
Purser, A. F. Kimberly, Lawrence C Exectitive 
Committee—A. V. Coulson, Lakeside C. C., Worcester; 

. H. French, Quinniboguin C.-C., Dedham; C. F. 
Dodge. Medford C. C. The different clubs and cottagers 
around the lake extended every hospitality to the canoe- 
ists; in particular Mr. J. G .Vaudreuil placed his launch 
Gertrude at the service of the visitors and runs were 
made around the lake. In the evening there was a large 
camp-fire, with music. 

The races were set for Monday, the general paddling 
races in the morning and the war canoe race at 2:30, when 
the greatest number of visitors was looked for. The 
Wawbewawa C, C.. objected to this on the ground that 
its war canoe crew would be tired after the members had 
taken part in all the other events, as they proposed to do, 
and in no condition to meet a fresh crew. After a disctis- 
sion it was decided ta begin the programme with. the 
war canoe race at 2:30. following with the other races. 
The long programme was rtin off promptly and success- 
fully, most of the honors going to the Wawbewawa C. C. 
a club that is notable in the Association as well as the 
Division for the individual training and excellent crew 
work of its racing men_ The events were as follows: 

War canoe race, distance one mile straightaway—First, 
Wawhewawa, of Auburndale; second, Tatassit, of Wor- 
cester; third, Ouinniboquin, of Dedham. Time, 6m. 45s. 
Won by three lengths. Wawbewawa—Stroke, John B. 
Mav: 2, Danie! S. Pratt, Jr.; 3, Daniel A. Johnson; 4, J. 
A. Nolte: 5, G. C. Scales; 6, Edward Lawrence, Jr.: 
7, ©. J. West; 8, E. R. Adams; helmsman, L. S. Drake; 
average weicht, 1ssibs. Tatassit—Stroke, A. H. Lang; 
2, Everett Wood; 3, E. W. Maynard: 4, Frederick Coul- 
son; 5, J. Perley Kilgore: 6, P, W. Southgate; 7, A. D. 
Windle; 8. Hervey Lamb; helmsman, E. J. Somers: 
average weicht, 152lbs. Quinnoboquin—Stroke, H. M. S. 
Aiken; 2, Edwin Easterbrook; 3. S. L. Capen; 4, R. K. 
Rodgers; 5, Edward Baker; 6, John Ward; 7, Edgar W. 
Ward: 8 Fred Notman; hélmsman, F. H, French; aver- 
age weight, 156lbs. 

Single canoe, single blade, distance one-half mile— 
First, F. H. French, Ouinniboquin C. C.. of Dedham; 
second, F. T. Hovey, Innitou C, C., of Woburn. Time, 
5m. 161-5s. Won by ten lengths. 

Club fours. single blade. distance one-half mile—First, 
Wawbewawa. of Auburndale: second, Medford, of Med- 
ford: third, Quinniboauin, of Dedham. Time, 3m. 48™%s, 
Won by sft. First Quinniboquin and Lawrence fours 
also started. Wawbewawa—D., S. Pratt. D. A. Johnson, 
J. A. Nolte, Fdward Lawtence. Jr. Medford—J. B. How- 
ard, W. E. Chick. M. M. Holbrook. Arthur G. Mather, 
Lawence—A. E. Kimberley, W, 1, Valter, F, A. Weiss, 


‘and D. S, Johnson. 


G. M. Littlefield) First Quinniboquin—Fred W. Not- 
man, S. H. Capen, R. K. Rodger, I. H. French, Sec- 
ond Quinniboquin—H. M. Aiken, Edgar W. Ward, Ed- 
ward S. Baker, Edwin Easterbrook. 

Tandems, single blade, distance one-half mile—First, 
First Wawbewawa, of Auburndale; second, Innitou, of 
Woburn; third, Second Wawbewawa, of Auburndale. 
Time, 4m. 121-5s. Won by ift. Lawrence and Quinni- 
boquin also competed. First Wawbewawa—D. S. Pratt 
Innitou—H. V. Dimick and F. W. 
Fowle. Second Wawbewawa—A. A. Brown and N. C. 
Billings. Lawrence—L. D. Shernian and H, P. Poore. 
Quinniboquin—Fred W. Notman and 5, H. Capen, 

Club fours, double blade, distance one-half mile—First, 
Wawbewawa, of Auburndale; second, Medford-Innitou 
combination. Time, 3m. 40s. Won easily. Wawbewawa 
—L. S. Drake, J. B. May, D. S. Pratt, E. R. Adams. 
Combination crew—W. E. Chick and M. M. Holbrook, 
of the Medfords; H. V. Dimick and F. W. Fowle, of 
the Innitous. 

Standing paddling, distance about one-sixth mile— 
First, F. H. French, Yuinniboquin; second, J. B. May, 
Wawbewawa; third, F. H. Hovey, Innitou. Time, 2m. 
tos. Won by a length. 

Tandem, double blade, distance about one-sixth mile— 
First, First Wawbewawa; second, Innitou. Time, 1m. 
tos. Won easily. Second Wawbewawa also started. 
First Wawbewawa—E. R. Adams and J. B. May. Inni- 
tou—H. V. Dimick and F. W. Fowle. Second Wawbe- 
wawa—W. C. Billings and A. A, Brown. 

Single canoe, double paddle, distance about one-sixth 
mile—First, E. R. Adams, Wawhewawa; second, J. W.. 
Worthington, Quinniboquin. Time, 1m. 38s. Won easily. 

Relay race, distance one-half mile, three relays—First, 
Wawbewawa; second, Inniton; third, Quinniboquin. 
Time, 6m. 28s. Won by half canoe length. Wawbewawa 
—E, R. Adams, John B. May, L. S. Drake. Innitou— 
Fred T. Hovey, F. W. Fowle, H. V. Dimick. Quinni- 
boquin—Fred W. Notman, H. M. S, Aiken, F. H. 
French. ’ 

Man overboard, distance one-sixth mile—First, Ouin- 
niboquin: second, Wawbewawa. Time, 2m. 21-5s, Won 
easily. Quinniboguin—E. S. Baker and F. H. French. 
Wawbewawa—J. B. May and L. S. Drake. 

In an exhibition of upsetting his canoe, E. R. Adams 
tumbled out, turned the canoe around a full turn and 
clambered in again in four seconds. 

Silver cups were presented as individual prizes., A sil- 


ver shield was given as a crew prize, 


The officials of the regatta were: Referee. Howard 
Frost; clerk of the course and starter, A. V. Coulson; 
judges and timers. Walter W. Crosby, of Innitous; Fran- 
cis J. Burrage, of Wawbewawas; Allen W. McAdams, of 
Newton B 

The division regatta committee, having general charge 
of the races, were: A, V. Coulson, Lakeside B. C.; A. H. 
Lange, Tatassit C. C.; J. R. Gilfillan, Wish-ton-Wish 
C. C., of Northampton. Among those present were: 
W: G. MacKendrick, of Toronto, Ont., commodore of 
the Ainerican Canoe Association; H. C. Allen, Trenton, 

J., vice commodore of the Atlantic Diy sion: Paul 
Butler and Col. Butler Ames, Vesper B. C., of Lowell; 
Louis A. Hall, Louis Drake, Francis J. Burrage, Clif- 
ford Kimball, Edward Lawience, Jr.; Daniel S. Pratt, 
Jr.; George C. Scales, John B. May, Daniel A. Johnson, 
Oscar J. Wert, Ernest R. Adams, Walter C. Billings, 
Arthur A. Browne, William V. Forsarsh, Wawbewawa 
C. C., of Auburndale; Frederick Coulson, A. H. Lange, 
Stephen Sawyer, Jr.; R. C. Cleveland, P. W. Southgate, 
; Kilgore, Dr. C. A. Lakin, James Thompson, How- 
ard Frost, George A. Goddard, P. H. Hammond, E. W. 
Maynard, A. F, Pritchard, John E. Bradley, George E. 
Ryan, George W. Eddy, Arthur O. Knight, Everett 
Wood and A. D. Windle, Tatassit C. C., of Worcester: 
Leonard W. Gates, H. H. Ames, A. V. Cou'son, W. G. 
Whiting, F. W. King, I. H. Verry, John E. Washburn, 
Frank S$. Pierce, W. H. Fuller, G. W. Caldwell, George 
Clark, B. H. Robbins, A. C. Mirick, Georgé N. Hall, 
James C. Mellor, J. Clarence Headman, F. H. Allen, 
Lakeside B. C., of Worcester; M. M. Holbrook, A, W. 
Dodge, Roger D. Mansfield, John B. Howard, Walter 
E. Chick, Arthur G, Martha, Medford C. C., of Med- 
ford; Charles M. Howe, Edward T. Brigham, F. H. Saw- 
yer, F. W. Cramphorn, Fred T. Hovey,-W. W. Crosby, 
H. B. Dimick, W. K. Fowle, G. W. Buchanan, W. M. 
Robinson, Edward F. Wyer, C. C. Buchanan, Edwin S. 
Knowlton, Innitou C, C., of Woburn; A. M. McAdams 
and George S. Brazer, Newton B. C., of Rivers:de; Ste- 
phen W. Dimick and Charles F. Dodge, Puritan C. C., of 
South Boston; Charjes M. Lamprey, A. E. Kimberly 
W. L. Votter, F. A. Weiss, G. W..’ Littlefield, H. P. 
Poor, L. D. Sherman, Lawrence C. C.,: of Lawrence: 
Frederick H. French, Henry M. S. Aiken, John Ward, 
Edgar Ward, Fred W. Notman, Robert K. Rogers, Sam- 
uel Hi. Capen, Jr.; John W. Worthington, Edward S. 
Baker, Edwin © fasterbrook, Quinniboquin C. C., of 
Dedham; F, u, Smith, H. E. Lamb, George M. Donald- 
son, Jr.; O. G. Nutting, George W. Freeman, Arthur E. 
Richardson, Waeuntug C. C., of Worcester; R. N. Cutter 
Shuh-shuh-gah C. C., of Winchester: Edwin S. Knowlton 
Chie HEROD c C., of Woburn. F. A. Sears, 

ter; C. P. Newhall. of Worcest 
Chamberlain, of Chelsea, unattached. PS a ah 


A Fatal Canoe Accident. 


On June 24 a fatal accident occurred on the Hudson 
Bese by which two young men, one of them a member 
of the Yonkers C. C., lost their lives. The following ac- 
count is from the Statesman, of Yonkers. . 


Garry P. Bissell and Clifford Longbotham were book- | 
keepers in the Citizens’ National Bank of Yonkers. and 
-hey had long been chums. Bissell was about twenty-four 
years of age, and the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
Bissell, of North Broadway. Longbotham was the only 
son of Mr, and Mrs. Ernest Longbotham, of 285 War- 
burton avenue, and was about nineteen years old. 

Bissell, who had been a member of the Yonkers C. C. 
for about a year, was a good oarsman and a splendid 
swimmer, having several times displayed his ability to 
swim across the Hudson; but Longbotham was not fami- 
\jar with canoes and could not siwm, ot 


30 


FOREST. AND: STREAM, 


[JwLy 4, 1900. 


It seems that the two young men had planned to spend 
part of the day on the New Jersey shore, Longbotham 
going as the other’s guest. They. started from the Yon- 
kers C. C. house at Glenwood at about to o’clock, in an 
18ft. open Canadian canoe, which holds two persons, and 
is considered to be a safe boat, on account of its large 
size. Bissell took his position in the stern seat and 

, handled the paddle. Longbotham sat in the bow seat, and 
used a paddle as directed by Bissell. 

‘The tide was. on the ebb, and a strong southwest wind 
was. blowing, which made the surface of the river very 
rough, but they crossed in safety. The tide, had carried 
them down some distance below Alpine, and they desired 
to land further up. In order to make hetter progress, it 
seems that Bissell took off his sweater and passed it over 
to Longbotham for him to use as a sail, According to 
the statement of those who witnessed the accident, Long- 
botham adjusted the ends of his paddle inside the sweater 
and held it up_in the wind, In doing this he lost his 
balance and leaned too far to one side, overturning the 
éanoe; which remained bottomside up. 

Both men got hold of the overturned’ boat and held 
fast for a minute, and then Longbotham Jost his hold. 
There was a commotion in the water, as though Bissell 
‘was endeavoring to save his chum from drowning. The 
accident happened just below McLean’s house, which is 
the last house south of the Mill Dock, and far enough 
from the shore to be in deep water. The tide was about 
half down, and there was a depth of about ro or raft, of 
water at the point where the upset occurred, 

Frederick Peene and F. M. Berry, of the Palisade Boat 
Club, were rowing, with two young ladies, close to the 
New Jersey shore, and were about a quarter of a mile 
away when they saw what happened to the canoeists. 
They immediately rowed with all their strength toward 
the men in the water, but in a little more than a minute 
after the canoe was overturned nothing could be seen of 
either of the canoeists. 

Bissell had been seen to rise to the surface and then 
disappear suddenly, as though drawn down, and the sup- 
position is that in endeavoring to rescue Longbotham 
the latter held fast to his legs. When Peene and Berry 
reached the scene of the drowning, Peene reached out and 
righted the overturned canoe. They picked up the fatal 
sweater, the paddles and other articles, which were float- 
ing,about, and, after taking the ladies to the shore, they 
went out again in search of the bodies. 

They were joined by two small boys from Mr. Mc- 
Lean’s house, who witnessed the accident and had put out 
in a.boat as quickly as possible. The catastrophe trans- 
pired in so brief a space of time that it was impossible to 
render assistance to the unfortunate young men. 

Joseph Walsh, of 93 Hawthorne avenue, went out next 
day to the place where the accident occurred and began 
grappling for the bodies. At about 11 o’clock his grappling 
irons became fast in some object which yielded as he drew 
up the line. When near the surface of the water he saw 
that there were two bodies on the line, and it appeared to 
him that the arms of one man were-clasped about the 
legs of the other; but before he could get them to the 
boat, the body which was held by the legs slipped away 
and sank again. The other body, which was held fast by 
the grapple, proved to be that of Clifford Longbotham. 

Walsh brought the body to Yonkers and informed the 
police, who notified Coroner Schafmeister, and the body 
was given in charge of the Yonkers Undertaking Com- 
pany. 

The bodies were found close to the place where they 
went down. Longbotham’s watch was stopped at 11:10, 
ee intended returning to grapple for the body of 
Bissell. 
| This was the first drowning of a member of the Yon- 
kers C. C. in the history of the club—sixteen years. A 
special meeting of the club has been called, to take action 
in regard to the sad occurrence. 


With Apologies to Canocists. 


OF course we all bow to the inscrutable wisdom of the 
editor, when it comes to making up the paper, but I have 
been wondering whether he ought not to be asked to 
apologize to the genuine canoeists of the Foresr AND 
STREAM for putting the series headed “Down the Raisin’? 
in their department. It is true my cruise was made in a 
canoe, but it is also a fact that there was a fishing rod 
concealed inside her, the which, had it been employed 
more effectively, might have landed the Little Pilgrim in 
the columns of “The Fishing Tourist.” 

JAy BEEBE, 


A. C. A. Membership. 


Atlantic Division—Geo. JI. Eddie, Frederick W. Ches-, 
brough, Morgan R. Howe, Englewood, N. J. 


CANOEING NEWS NOTES. 


A war canoe race was paddled on July 3 at Brockville 
between the crews of the Brockville Rowing Club, the 
Y. M. C. A. Athletic Club and the Bohemian Club. The 
Bohemians won after a good race, with the Y. M. C. A. 


second. 
: a? mR eR : 

Several canoe races were on the programme of -the 
Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen in the twenty- 
first annual regatta at Toronto on July 2. In the tandem 
canoe race, C. McLean, of the Grand Trunk, was first, with 
Michael—was first, with the Grand Trunk Boat Cluh 
second and the No. 1 Toronto crew third. Th the single 
canoe race, C. McLean, of the Grand Trunk, was first, with 
R, N. Brown, of Toronto, second, and FE. McMichael 
thitd. In the fours, Toronto No. 3—F. N. Richards, R. 
A, Brown, J. R. Gay and E. MeNichol—was first, with 
Toronto No, 1 second, Toronto No. 2 third and Grand 
Trunk fourth. In the war canoe race Toronto No, t beat 
Toronto N..2. 


SSS 


_ An Oregon old-timer says the first “poem” ever “in- 


dited” in that country was by a Yamhill woman. T+ reads: 


“The Willamette Valley is the prettiest place that ever 
was-made. It lies between the coast range and the Cas: 
cade. In the spring of the year, just after the rains, there 
are lots of wild geese and a few blue cranes.’—° 5 Fran- 
cisco Chronicle. oe 


| Bachting. 


Yachting Fixtures, 1900. 


Secretaries and members of race committees will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list and 
aiso of changes which may be made in the future. 


JULY. 


11. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 

12. Newport, ladies’ day, Newport, Narragansett Bay. 

12. American, ladies’ sail, Newburyport: i 
12-13-14. New York, Newport series, Newport, off Brenton’s Reef. 
14. Sea Cliff, annual, Glen Cove, Long sland Sound. 

14. Bridgeport, annual, Bridgeport, Long Island Sound. 

14. Hull- 


assachusetts, cluh, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
14. Royal St. Lawrence, 22ft. cruising, 6S-rater, 20ft., 17ft. and 
dinghy classes, Beaurepaire, Lake St, Louis. 
14. Queen City, Tupper Cups aait. class, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
14, Haverhill, fishing trip, Haverhill, Mass, - 
14. Penataquit Corinthian, special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
14. Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. ~ 
14, Savin Hill, handicap, Savin Hill, Boston Harbor. 
14. puataenOweE 
uxbury, 18ft. class, Duxbury, Mass. 
14. Beverly, Monument Beach uzzards Bay, . , 
14. Corinthian, championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay, 
14. Seawanhaka Cor., Roosevelt cup, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
14-15. California, annual cruise, Sacramento River. 4 
16 and alternate following days, Newport Y. R. A.. 70ft. series, 
Newport, off Brenton’s Reef. | 
16-17-18. Quiney, challenge cup, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
1s. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass, 
21. Queen City, World cup, 17ft. special class, Toronto, Toronto 


Bay. 

21. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
21, Canarsie, open, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay, 
21. Stamfor orinthian, annual, Stamford, Long Island Sound. 
21. Mosquito Fleet, club handicap, City Point, Boston Harhor, 
21. Norwalk, club, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
21. Penataquit Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
21 aes Bay, open, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay, 

. Kingston, club, Kingston, Lake Ontario. 
21, Winthrop, swimming and rowing races, Winthrop, Boston Har- 


Rr 


or. 
21. American, club, Sew puny Eons Mass. 

21. South Boston, handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. 

21. Columbia, championship, Boston Boston Harbor, 

21. Duxbury, 18ft. class, Duxbury, Mass. 

21. Quannapawitt, commodore’s cup. 

21. Seawanhaka Cor., Center Island cup, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound; 


Hester, cutter, Rear-Com. C. F. L, Robinson, New 
York Y. C., wds spoken on July r in lat. 48-2 north, long. 
42-51 west, by the British steamer Lumen, Capt. French, 
from Dunkirk for Philadelphia. The cutter was then 
thirty-five days out from Glasgow, bound for Halifax, and 
both food and fuel were exhausted, the crew having had 
no food for three days. The yacht reported calms and 
light weather on the yoyage. An offer to tow was de- 
clined, but the steamer supplied provisions and fuel. 


Capt, Sycamore, the noted English racing skipper, who 
held the tiller of Valkyrie IIT. in the races tor the Amer- 
ica Cup in 1895, sailed from Liverpool tor New York 
on the Servia on July 7. It is not reported whether he is 
traveling for his health or merely for pleasure. 


AN examination of the 80-footer Rainbow on the rail- 
way at Bristol has disclosed nothing wrong with the hull, 
and her poor performance is laid to the sails, which have 
been badly stretched, presumably from the fact that Capt. 
Parker 1s unfamiliar with the new crosscut sails. The 
canvas has all been recut and the yacht is once more 
sailing. The quartette will meet in the races off Newport 
this week. 


ONE of the old Cup defenders, the schooner Madeline. 
John S, Dickerson, the winner of the third match with the 
Countess of Dufferin in 1876, has been sold for service as 
a trader in the West Indies. She is now at Greenport, 
where her centerboard will be remoyed and a keel sub- 
stituted by her new owners. 


THE reported arrival at City Island of the cutter Isolde 
was an error, the other 65-footer Astrild being mistalcen 
for her. Isolde arrived at Halifax, N, S,, on July 2, after 
a passage of thirty-two days irom the Clyde. Her racing 
spars arrived before her on the steamer Assyrian. Mr. 
Hoyt met'her at Halifax and will bring her to New 
York, having sailed from Halifax on July 4. 


Coltimbig. YC. Regatta. 


Cuicaco, Il, July 4—The big regatta of the Columbia 
Y.C., of Chicago, was sailed to-dayunder ideal conditions. 
and proved to be a sticcess fully up to the expectations of 
all, and to the high standard which the announcements 
ot the club had set for the event. The weather has been 
hot here for seyeral days, and it was very hot to-day, the 
thermometer going above 06 degrees, The sky was clear, 
however, and the wind was exactly ri¢ht, not too strong, 
and yet strong enough, The wind was off shore, west- 
southwest, steady, and increasing in stiffness during the 
afternoon, There was at no time sea enough to render it 
risky, and it was just right for the little fellows. At no 
time was there a calm; so it was a sailing match all the 
day through, and not a drifting match, for each and eyery 
individual of the big fleet that started. 

As stated earlier, there weré ninety-six entries for the re- 
gatta. Of these more than sixty started. Several boats failed 
to get here in time, including two or three from up the 


lake, and one which was “becalmed” in the drainage 


canal. This start is the record for the racing of this city, 
and the occasion, although big enough to tax the re- 
sources of the club, was pulled off with such sticcess that 
the organization is to be highly congratulated. That 
there should be some little confusion connected with the 
handling of so great a fleet of boats is a matter of course 
and is of no concern. This regatta was like all regattas 
to some extent, in that the starting of several classes at 
once is confusing to the lay spectator, who comes to see 
a yacht race and finds no race visible, but only a mass of 
canvas clouding the water. None the less, in spite of the 
heavy entry and the combined starts, there came out two 
or three of the prettiest yachting duels ever seen in this 
harbor, and the whole day was replete with exciting in- 


The Winnets. 


“To get at the gist of the news at once, the winners 
were as follows: 


cidents. 


Columbia Y. C., Ch 


Class: 1, schooners over 5oit.: Two starters; won by 
Sree owned: by Savidge: brothers, Columbia Y. C.., 

icago. 

Class 2, schooners under soft.: Four starters; won by 
Myrene, owned by Y. J. Hermann, Columbia Y. C., 
Chicago. 

Class 3, racing sloops and cutters over 45it.: Class 
abandoned; Siren alone, owned by George R. Peare, 
Columbia Y. C., Chicago. 

Class 4, cruising sloops and cutters over 45it: Two 


‘starters; probably won by Charlotte R., owned by F. 


N. Price, Columbia Y, C., Chicago. A protest is pend- 
ing against Phantom in this class. Phantom is owned by 
A. B, Schuette, Manitowoc ¥. C., Wisconsin. 

Class 5, racing sloops and cutters, 31 to 45{t.; Four 


‘starters; won by Prairié, owned by F. A. Tripp, Co- 
lumbia, Y. C., Chicago, 


Class 6, cruising sloops and cutters, 31 to 4sft.: Four 
starters; won by Peri, owned by Com. F. H. Skinner, 
icago. 

Class 7, racing sloops and cutters, 25 to 31it.: Four 
Starters; won by May B., owned by Lewis, Baker & 
Dutton, Columbia Y. C,, Chicago. 

Class 73%, racing sloops and cutters, 22 to 2s5{ft.: Four 
starters; won by Spray, owned by William Avery, Co- 
lumbia Y. C., Chicago. 

Class 8, cruising sloops and cutters 22 to 31it-: Nine 
starters; won by Vixen; owned by Com. F. D. Porter, 
Columbia Y. C., Chicago. 

Class 9, racing sloops and cutters 22ft. and under: 
Won by Query, owned by George W. Baker, Columbia 
Y. C., Chicago, 

Class 10, cruising sloops and cutters 22ft. and under: 
Nine starters; won by Atlantic, owned by W. H. Reeves, 
Columbia Y,. C., Chicago. 

Class 11, 20-footers; Three starters; probably won by 
Harriett H., owned by Henry L. Hertz, Columbia Y. C., 
Chicago. Protest is filed by Harriett H., against Bald 
Eagle for fouling her, 

Class 12, 17-footers: Three starters; won by Triton. 
owned by Dunn, Scudder and Galt, Saddle and Cycle Y. 
C., Evanston. 

Class 13, open boats, Naval Reserve; divided into two 
sub classes—3oft, cutters, first class; 24ft. cutter whate- 
boat and dinghy, second class: Won by the 2aft. cutter 
sailed by Coxswain Erich in the second class, This boat 
won an actual and corrected time. The fourth division 
cutter, sailed by Boatswain’s Mate Davies, won in the 
first class cutters. 


The above announcements pend the action of the 


judges on protests. The win of Myrene in Class 2 was 


~a hollow thing, because Tartar and Nomad sailed the 


wrong course by mistake. Tartar and Nomad made a 
pretty fight of it for the first two legs of the course and 
made the first turn almost with locked yard arms. 


The Course. 


All starts were made from the Breakwater Gap, and the 
first leg was to the four-mile crib; thence to Carter 
Harrison, or Lake View Crib, thence home, the wind- 
ward work being done on the last leg, The judging was 
done by judges posted at the different cribs and by 
patrol judges, the latter making more or less futile 
efforts to get the proper positions to watch the race. The 
long course was that around the Lake View Crib and 
return, 


The Officers. 


The following was the personnel, etc,, of the Mataye- 
ment; 

Official judges: Geo. W. Rodgers, Walter D, Payne. 
Richard Summers, David B, Carse, E. G. B. Haymon. 
Fred Farwell, W. S. Bougher, Geo, Martin, D. 1.. De-ta- 
Fontain, 

Official timers: Joseph Ruff and J. B, Ruff. 

Committee of arrangements: F, H. Osborne, Si. Mayer, 
W. H. Quinlan, Wm. Corey, A. J. Rohan. : 

Press boat, V. C. Seaver’s Kid; judges’ boat, J. W. 
Bepue bors Thetis; dispatch boat, John B. Carse’s 
TlAdvVs, ; 


The Prizes. 


The prize list was a generous one, Especial interest 
attached to the big cup offered for the little fellows by 
ex-Com., W. D. Boyce, a very handsome piece of plate 
indeed, standing more than 2ft. high, on a solid e ony 
base. This was much coveted by the 20-footers, and it 
may be imagined that Harriett H. and Bald Eagle*were 
fighting for blood in their exciting finish. The prize list 
icllows below: : 

Class Ar: First prize, Walker silver cup, donated by 
Hiram Walker & Co. 

Class Bz: First prize, natural wood finished dinghy, 
donated by Truscott. Boat Mfg. Co., St. Joseph, Mich. 

Class A3: One box La Flor de Martinez cigars, do- 
nated by Berriman Brothers, Chicago and New York. 

Class Ba: First prize, Atwood silver water service. 
donated by F. M. Atwood, Chicago. 

Class A5: First prize, Pabst trophy, donated by 
Fred Pabst, Milwaukee. . 

_ Class Bo; First prize, Mayer silver cup, donated by 
Mr, Si. Mayer, Chicago. 

Class A7: First prize, Browning, King & Co, silver 
cup, donated by Browning, King & Co., Chicago. 

Class A7%: First prize, Hunt cup, donated by Tn- 
spector Nicholas Hunt, Chicago. 

Class B8: First prize, one silver-trimmed cut-glass 
cigar jar, donated by Hyman, Berg & Co., Chicago. 

_ Class Ag: First prize, mammoth jardinére, donated by 
Robt, E. Young, Chicago. . 

Class Bro: First prize, imported German stein, donated 
by Albert Pick & Co., Chicago. 
| Special, Classes—Twenty-footers: First prize, the Boyce 
cup, donated by W. D. Boyce, Chicago. 

Seventeen-footers: First prize, one cedar dinghy, nat- 
ural wood finish and brass-trimmed, donated by Racine 
Boat Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., and Racine, Wis. 

Illinois Naval Reserve cutters: First prize, 6ft, Ameri- 
can yacht ensign, donated by the S. McFadden Co.. 
New York. 


Capt, 


History of Columbia Y. C. 


The Columbia Y. C. was organized June 28, 1802, The 
promoters and charter members of the club were Richard 
Summers, Chris. Duggan, Walter D, Payne, George 


Juny 14, To00.] 


FOREST AND, STREAM. 


34 


Payne, F. Nicholson, N. Duggan, Frank Daggett, A. 
Street, L. Belmont, H, Sarchet, W. Schmitt, H. Hyde 
and Alex. Auld. Mr. W. D. Payne, as secretary, was 
the only officer elected for the year 1892, and he filled the 
duties most acceptably. we Fie 

The club began with a modest little fleet of five yachts, 
namely, the cabin sloops Sea Shell and Restless, both 
2sft. over all; a partly decked sloop of some length 
named May B.; the skipjack Blade and a smaller sloop, 
Eileen, only 18ft. oyer all,” The need of a, club house 
was met by the members themselves turning to and con- 
structing a common looking houseboat, which to this day 
is moored in, the northwest corner of ‘the outer yacht 
harbor. i 


The annual records in this race have been as-follows: 


Start Finish. ‘Elapsed. 
ARDS GReTL paste cate ididrelodek net nami No record, 7 19 46 
1894... Hattie B. ...c....ee mere eal eid) 9 56 34 7 39.15 
1895..Phantom .. on . 1 04 00 6 56 10 . 6 52 10 
1896..Vanenna .. -«1 12 00 6 07 40 4 55 40 
1897..Vanenna . --1,04 20 91510 “' $10 50 
1898..Siren ... 1.2 01, 25, 6 28 00 4 96 35 
1899..Siren . ee eee 2 32 00 44830 ‘416 30 
1900..Siten ....... pert  bee nies, 1.02 48 6 54 20 “6 BL 87 


Early in the season of 1899 the Columbian Construc- 
tion Company was organized with a capital of $5,000, the 
stock being subscribed for by members of the Columbia 
Y. C., the object being to insure funds for erecting the 
new club house, upon which work was at once com- 
menced. Architect W. S. Burrous, the ranking officer 
of the year, drew the plans, and exercised a. general 
supervision of the work. In August an attempt was made 
by process of injunction, to prevent the club from main- 
taining its home on the lake front site granted by the 
United States Government, and the construction work 
ceased before the season ended. But later on Judge Kay- 
anaugh, of the Superior Court, rendered a decision in the 
club’s favor. 

At the first regular meeting of 1900 it was proposed to 
hold on the Fourth of July an open regatta on a scale 
slirpassing anything yet attempted in these waters. 


Accidents of the Day. 


So large a regatta was not to be run off without a cer- 
tain number of accidents, though happily nothing came 
up of a serious nature, and the mishaps were for the 
most patt trivial. Satyr was capsized at the four-mile 
crib, but no one was the worse for the wetting. Red 
Bird also met a similar misfortune, but came in under 
her own sail. Not quite so lucky was Gironda, which 
lost her steering gear. her rudder post breaking off. She 
was towed in with a disappointed crew, who regretted the 
breakdown just when they were doing fine work. Nymph 
carried away her throat halyards block. Peri, while: part- 
ing 10 tigging, had a bit of trouble apparently from a 
fouled block. Neola lost distance by the parting of a 


who thought the.old oat would not be in it with her 
Sallie won,- by -a-narrow thing, on -her 


The Afternoon, 


The: small boats of the afternoon regatta were given — 


fying starts, and at about 2:30 o'clock the 20-footers and 
17-footers got the gun for their start. As the 2o0-footers 
were to race for the Boyce ctip, to which a great deal of 
interest attaches, the pier was lined with spectators and 
all the big excursion steamers, the private launches, etc., 
were packed with eager and excited spectators. At the 
gun Bald Eagle went over the line first, but just behind 
her came Harriet H., the fast boat irom Fox Lake, en- 
tered by Mr. Hertz, At once Harriet H: began to close 
on Bald Eagle, and rapidly passed her to leeward, as 
though sailing feet to her inches, It was a’pretty thing 
between these two all the way out to the first crib, though 
at that time it looked easy for Harriet H., she having a 
minute to the good there. Query, the third entry, a 
clever little craft three years ago, but hardly up to the 
latest spoonbills, came pounding along in the rear, but 
was hopelessly distanced. It looked all Harriett H. until 
they came to the close-hauled leg, and here in the wind- 
ward work began the most exciting duel of the whole 
day. Harriet had gained a full minute on the first leg 
but only a: half minute in the second, though this lead 
would have seemed to be decisive under ordinary sail- 
ing conditions. Bald Eagle, however, was splendidly 
handled, her crew being Henry Davies, helmsman; E, T. 
Balcom, Sidney Davies and Thomas Smith. Ably sailed 
Bald Eagle edged up on Harriet and to the surprise, of 


_all showed.up in the weather berth less than a mile from 


halyard, as above mentioned, and there were the usual — 


number of minor mishaps of unimportant nature. 


Protests. 


Phantom was protested for fouling Josephine. Har- 
riet H. protested Bald Eagle and Bald Eagle protested 
Harriet H. for reasons named above. 


Starts and Courses. 


Classes 1, 3, 4 and 5 sailed the fiiteen-mile course. 
Classes 2, 6, 7, 7442, 8, 9 and 10 and the 20’s and 17’s sailed 
the ten-mile course. Naval Reserve cutters sailed to 
four-mile crib and return. In the afternoon races, 20’s 
and ,17’s flying starts: no flying starts in the morning 
races. Time limit, three hours. 


The Story of the Racing. 


With a fresh breeze and beautiful sky the first start was 
made at 10 A. M. In a moment the whole lake expanse 
oft the Breakwater Gap was full of canvas. There was, 
to be sure, a certain amount of confusion incident to so 
heavy an entry, and only those at the piers or close up 
with a launch could get a just idea of the sailing. There 
was nothing close in the questions of fouls at the first 
turn, though Triton and Nomad jockeyed so close to- 
gether here that from a little distance astern it surely 
seemied Nomad had fouled Triton. Such, however, was 
not the case. As the boats rounded into the second leg 
the big’ fellows strung out and left the lesser craft far 
behind. Sallie and Hawthorne began to show hull down 
on their way to the Lake View crib. Prairie pressed far 
up with the leaders, and. the new boat.May B., built by 
Cuthbert, this spring, began to show an- amazing clean 
pair of heels. May B. had been fitted with a new spar 
and with 200 feet of canvas extra the night previous, her 
owners’ men working all night to get this done. This 
put her up one peg in the classification, but her time 
table tells the story of her merit compared with other 
boats above and below her. She was handled well. .So 
too was Peri, winner in Class 6. Spray, winner in Class 
714, made a fine showing, both in seamanship and in 
actual sailing time. Prairie and Josephine were handled 
handsomely, and Prairie showed that she could do a thing 
or two in the fresh breeze which prevailed. The finish 
of the fleet was close enough to afford interest to the 
spectators and to keep the judges busy calling: time, as 
the boats came oyer close bunched in several. instances. 

The finish in Class 1 attracted great attention. Much 
to the surprise of every one, the magnificent lead estab- 
lished by Sallie in the first portion of the race was seen 
to be cut down and indeed lost in the last mile of the 
course. 
cleverly as she should have been in the close-hauled wot. 
She fell far out to leeward, and when she began to haul 


gained the weather berth of her. 


line first by a liberal margin, much to the surprise ofall, 


It could not, be said that Sallie was sailed as 


_ fight between Harriet and. Bald Eagle. 
-ton were seen sailing as though tied together for nearly 


: _ Was put up into the wind ‘and blanketed i 
up on to her course.it was seen that Hawthorne had - bee 


y Hawthorne now was ~ 
handled beatifully and maintained her lead, crossing the 


the finish. Harriet H. seemed to realize that she had a © 


fight on her hands. now, and she went about in a gallant 
effort to cross Bald Eagle’s bow. The latter, however, 
was too much for her, and for the first time in the course 
Harriet was headed, being forced to luff and fall back. 
There were many cheers from the admirers of Bald Eagle 
at this point. The fight, however, was not over, and 
although Harriet H. had lost considerable way, she stood 
on in a long reach and began to show her good sailing 
qualities. She stood to the weather of Bald Eagle, and 
shortly aiter the latter boat attempted the same maneuyer 
in which Harriet had failed. Bald Eagle was able to 
make good her effort, and crossed Harriet’s bows with 
something to spare. Harriet stood on, and catching a 
good flaw of wind footed it handsomely. Bald Eagle 
now went about and set out after her, but seetned not to 
have the best in this part of the work. Bald Eagle again 
came in on the part tack and-challenged Harriet once 
more for the lead, which the latter seemed to have gained, 
this zigzag down to the finish being a most exciting thing. 
Harriet had the right of way and she was pluckily sailed 
straight into the apex of the impending angle. With bull 
dog tenacity Bald Eagle stood on ‘and on, in a desperate 
fight to cross her bows. It was a toss up which would 
win, but the Fox Lake craft was now going a good clip 
and Bald Eagle could not get way enough to head her. 
This attempt, plucky as it was on the part of Bald Eagle, 
was fatal to her chances. Bald Eagle tore away the stay 
on Harriet and also ripped a big hole through her jib. 
At a distance this: accident could not be seen, ior the 
boats swung apart and resumed their duel. They were 
fighting now on down into the mouth of the gap and one 
more reach would settle it. Harriet was the better placed, 
for 1t was doubtinl ii Bald Eagle could make the gap 
without going about. All at once the men on the press 
boat were horrified to see Harriet’s sails flutter as she 


came up into irons. In a horse race this kind of a finish - 


would have been fit subject for a lynching, and the great- 
est indignation was expressed at the ruin of a hot finish 
by such an unseamanlike performance. <A little further 


back Harriet had been accused of a slight case of the’ 
tattles. and now it was supposed that her crew had en-~ 
It was net known at that time - 


tirely lost their heads. 
that there had been a foul. The whole matter was ex- 
plained when Harriet came in with her ripped jib to take 


the race under a foul, a most disappointing finish to one 


of the prettiest boat races we have ever had in this port. 
Sailing time is not given on these boats on account of.the 
protest. The latter is a double protest, for Mr. Balcom 
has protested Harriet in turn on the ground that her 
measurement exceeds 2oft. and that she has violated the 
rule of the Inland Lakes Yaching Association regarding 
air-tight bulkheads. This protest is not decided at this 
writing. nb ; j ' 
Duel in the 17-Footers, 


While the first leg of the course was being sailed in the 
above event there came into view another little nautical 
encounter, which was still closer at that stages than the 
Neola and Tri- 


two nautical miles, neither seeming to get much advan- 
tage of the other. They came down to the first crib’in 
this same fashion, and at this point they picked up Query, 
which was a humorous third in the 2oft. class, Harriet 
and Bald Eagle being by this time well out on the second 
leg. All three of these lesser boats rounded to in a bunch 
at the four-mile ctib, Neola having a shade the advantage 
at this point. They all cut the crib very closely, much 
crowded, Neola being in between Triton and Query. As 
they showed beyond the pier of the crib Triton was in 
advance with half a length of clear water between her 
and Neola. Then.came. on-as pretty a piece of jockeying 
as was seen in the whole regatta: -Neola, briskly handled, 


latter thought that two could.play at this, and as soon 
as Neola stood clear she in turn laid into the weather 
berth and blanketed Neola. Neola once more tried it 
but ‘Triton shook out a pace or two and went off with 


+ 


The - 


Neola trailing. At the second, crib. Triton had a lead of 
a quarter of a minute, Then began the windward work 
atid theré bade fair,to be a warm finish here also, Too 
bad for the sport, Neola carried away her jib halyard. 
She spliced it twice, but this lost her her place in the 
race and deprived her of at least a fighting finish, in 
which anybody’s boat might have been the winner. These 
Jittle fellows certainly showed the merriest kind of work 
and they were sailed with a skill and dash which brought 
out the encomiums of every one. 


The Record. 


‘The sailing time as reported by the committee at date 
is given below. It was stated that owing to the crawd 
of work consequent upon the late arrival of some of the 
boats the measurements were not completed until after 
the sailing, this being by consent. p 


Class 1. 
Schooners Over 5O0ft. 
te Starte. — Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
NH Gy Citi § eos e-ges 9 41 30 12 02 50 2 21 20 2 16 53 
Hawthorne ...,..5-> 9 42 18 12 00 56 21888 218 38 
Class 2. 
Schooners—50it. Class. © 
Wiyrettes 52 cieraeipp ste” 9 58 45 12.23 05 2 24 20 210 45 
Nomad ,. oe» 9 51-55 12 33.20 2 41°25 2 40. 58 
Tartar .ecssscssseres 9 58.35 10518 31198 311.28 
Glad Tidings........ 95845 12°23 05 3 08 11 3 04 54 
Class 3, ° 
4 Cutters Over 45ft.—Racing Trim. 
Cit Gill . eis ask ale tietieeane Se 10 09 45. 12 11 55 2 02 10 Bare 
Class 4, 
F Cutters Over 46ft.—Cruising Trim. 

Charlotte’ R........., 9 42 19 12 08 31 2 26 12 2 26 12 
PHantont poss aeeassce 9 43 05 12 15 01 281 56 2:26 16 
Class 5. 

= Cutters—45ft. Class—Racing Trim. 
PYaIeie: vues tvs tenes 9 44 18 12 02 00 2.17.42 * 2.1524 
Josephine .-...:++.., 9 44 24 12 07 05 2 22.41 216 31 
Valliant 2 cc0n.eeces 9 40 32 12 25 55 2 45 23 2-45 23 
Beatrice: Sse, ceate st 9 43 50 12 52 27 3 08 37 acaba 
Class 6. : 
Cutters—45it. Class—Cruising Trim. 
9 51 50 1 43 55 1 52 05 15111 
64 55 Al 57 26 2 02 21 2 01 10 
3 2D 11 56 51 2 03 16 2 03 16 
6 00 12 10 44 214 44 2 11 57 
Class 7. 
Sloops—aift. Class—Racing Trim. 
9 52 10° 11 42 27 150 17 1 43 24 
9 55 00 11 46 09 151 09 1-49 52 
9 51 40 11 44 43 1 58 08 1 52 07 
9 51 58 12 08 05 2 16 07 216 07 
Class 744. , 
Sloops—25ft. Class—Racing Trim. 
sp 26 50 19 1 49 53 1 49 58 
---10 01 08 11 54 55 1/53: 47 150 36 
-.-10 02-20 12 01.45 1 59,25 1 58 13 
(WLS TTA areas etettetacie te 10 02 26 12 23 47 2 21 21 2.19 28 
Class 8. 
: Sloops—sift. Class—Cruising Trim. 
INTODCR eiecienyers .-10,06 28 121510... 2 08 42 2 04.16 
Vixen ..... 10,09 08 121512 ... 2.06.04 2 06 04 
Arrow ...-. 10 02 10 12 15 00 2 12 50 2 08 09 
Taveras dad tte x piecremree 10 10 00 12 26 50 2 16 50 272 11 
Blorerice: ...-..s200e 10 02 25 12 30 07 2 27 42 2°20 18 
WEA reas des tb csc flee ete 10, 0% 35 12 34 20 2 30 45 2°23 31 
AC. ee nccweencanner 10.10: 00 12 55 06 2 45 06 2°36 35 
Wo Number ..,--..-5 10 03 05 11630 .. 31825 are 
Algonquin ..3..5..:.: 10 10 00 Withdrew. 
QO 10-11 95 ao ie 
Quiet tnncs ieee tts: 10-11 3 15 30 2.03 55 156 
Albatross Seae Ss Steet 10 12 28 12 28 48 - 21615 1 56 34 
Blackbird. .....,....- 10 10 30 12 15 09 2 04 39 2 01 06 
WV Ties Riis ts Sees ees 10:18 45 12 42 29 22844 - 27115 
DOO Vee Sooke rene 10 12 15 12 34 50 2 26 35 2 11 58 
Warren Heart ...... 10-20 10 12.42 10 2 22 00 “a 
Red Bird 222.0000... Wes) eehety alates | Ly 
Satyt - ese eee + ease. 10-11 56 Withdrew. 
GiLOnd ae es cetacean ee 10 15 40 Disabled. -- 
Pp IL 10 10 31 crass | my | 
Peeps ILe..s.cecsee0 23023 219562 2199: 
Syndicate erty emt 10 17 14 12 37 05 219 2 2 te 2 
PCI ATLL Cees cepts cite ry 10 11 06 12 29 02 217 56 216 24 
Dauntless .....,...5. 10 10 00 12 40 30 2 30.30 2 23 34 
aE L eide rapansssstiseeets : 2 39 10 294 81 
ate 2 3011 2 30 11 
A ne 3 2 47 42 2 42 12 
he ) 2 AT 
ete 2 57 43 2 47 14. 


Saturday Races. 


To-day, July 7, there will be sailed a warm race in this 
harbor for a number of our larger boats, including 


Josephine, Prairie, Blade and Valiant. Alice, which 
arrived too late to start last Wednesday, will also sail in 
the schooner race. Hawthorne will probably not start. 
There* will be an affair of honor to-day between Bald 
Eagle and Harriet H., the 20-footers which figured last 
Wednesday. Triton and Neola, i7-footers, will come 


_ together again to-day, and they will be joined by Sakita, 


i 


which was put out of it by the breaking of h ick i 
the start last Wednesday. oe nnee OB Stak e 


. [Jury 14, IGO00. 


32 FOREST AND STREAM. 


47 Sloops—2ift. Class—Start, 12:05. _ . . ; 
. ‘The Fourth at White Bear. _ Ox, RN, Baviersossectecsroreness Bh "260.50 «2 45 BO City of Boston Regatta. 
The usual Fourth of July regatta at White Bear Lake, - 18ft. Class—Start, 12:05, 

Mir urth of July a hich Nike, Guy Forbes........++ sits: 16.00 31259 30759 BOSTON—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Minn., was ruined this week by heavy rains, whic : : 

Nora, Lewis Iselin.........- eae at 17.27 3 11 24 3 06 24 Wednesday, July 4 
practically broke up the sport and sent every one f0 Sandpiper, August Belmont......... 15.00 | Withdrew. ¥y JUY 4 
shelter. Minnesota, Saint and Minnezitka started at I  Eaglet. .....--...ssscsseerseeeneeesees cone _ Withdrew. THE annual open regatta of the city of Boston was 
a’cleck. Saint broke down at the half-way point; then Catboats—25ft. Class—Start, 12310. sailed on the morning of July 4 in a variable and puffy 
the wind fell, and Minnesota could not finish. At 4 EST Des a ; < anata A Naa 3/60 apes 2 52 56 N.W. wind. The times were: 

> : : » J. ©. AppleDy.......+ . 
o'clock the 17-footers and 15-footers were sent off, but Mongoose IL, Simeon Ford......... 21,00 25657 2 46 7 Open 25ft. Class. 
yEnS caught by the storm and somewhat damaged, Atilla Catboats—21ft, Class—Start, 12;10. aor Elapsed, 
being capsized. Leola broke her tiller, but managed to Kildare, T. A. MclIntyre....,.,..-+- 19.98 Wathelten: ANE sie eae lhe lr ee Coan ngndiets GAH Spesneec- ena snot uae 1 14 27 
help the crew of the former yacht. The storm prevented Kazaza, ‘TJ. MeCabil, yer ets, 19.40 g 04 56 2 4 5s omance, Loring ae ieee ees Sogahonte alabelererstenborefotalapaeretats 115 00 

mela : oiled the day. era, A, M. Bradley......-. Shonasd ; . Glass. 
the finishing of the race, and indeed spoiled as sie e 18it. Class—Start, 12:16. Little Peter, J. J. Moebsa, (0s. loss oisasereyeessnseseseveneeh 101 08 
E J . : Louie Bell, J. M, Williams.......-.. 15.00 Withdrew. Flirt, Fabyan & McKee.,.....:...ccecsesscccs-sne Ray arte a 1 02 05 
Harrrorp Buirpine, Chicago, Il. Rascal, C. A. Tatum...sessess Td7¢ Sa, § Withdrew. Hermes, A. W. Chesterton....... ofiade sararcasstenngee reg 1 07 05 
: Wee Win, FB. Sherwood...csccesnes » 08 Withdrew. Early Dawn, J. E. Doherty............ udicriedetys ep pnapebin Disabled. 
’ IBINKS aeatanovvcceoss eee reyecccwcens . ithdrew. , O1ft. Class. i 

. Sailing Dories. BBM cety TEES ile AEBSF EE poy oot eS os anno Ae emer ips 1 02 50 
Larchmont Y. C. Annual Regatta. Bud, Geotge Corgeegeererecrtsie 20407 25204 Tacoma, JF Rings. 1.1 06 00 
\- LARCH MONT—LONG ISLAND SOUND. John Dory, Guy Standing.-...,.-..- «.,. 2 53 45 2 88 45 eopatra, F. F. Crane....--..+2+ Shope feces erere ipetineee tie 1 20 15 

7 Wednesday, July 4 Te le Sa zn Ra AMR Rasy Sas a4 pe ie 2 43 35 Gee Eee 21ft. Cabin Class. j 
; y 4. : flee Ge SEtCHein dey aaeecen Nasnte D \. | gee LD, AMIS CEM Lc bare rng eer emer ernst faaneie seers 04 16 

Att: the arrangements for the annual regatta of the Prize, H. H. Van Rennsalaer.,..... ... : Withdrew. ees so teealacety ABS: BobatsoeG occa dh ea lta cACHEI Cacti 1 07 45 
Larchmont Y. C: on July 4 were perfect, with the excep- The winners were Sachem, Latona, Wayward, Mineola, Usona,’E, E. DEAR: ghee 0 On 
tion of the wind, Neal was EveRVa Ire and nowhere, Sayonara, Syce, Lotowana, Mira, Vedu, Andax, Oiseau, 18ft. Class. 
blowing from N.W. at the start, but falling after a sum- Rochelle, Persimmon, Kanosha, Ox, Nora, Mongoose Dauntless, Benner & Patten.................00-5. Hen e(E els ooey-te 1 00 14 
mer squall. The conditions were so unfavorable that the J[T., Kazaza and John Dory. ce ak: IB MSS lot eb okre greenies n ey oa, 549409505 1 01 08 
winners were in most classes determined by . chance. wa ee ee eae ERs sreatesertinss Tee ANON anne 1 02 Ba 
Apart from the two old schooners, Sachem and Fleur de Indian Harbor VLC Jogue, Walter Kelly.e.sscs..scssssssccssscs eed wa se 
Lys, the only large yacht was the new cutter Mineola pe Oe Gaphrayny in ReevouUnzantaniye ons esten yey uuane ones seen: 113 42 
Il. The death of Mrs. E. V. G. Brokaw, mother of GREEN WICH—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 3,1 eh rehire 15ft. Class. 

Messrs. W. G. and C. V. Brokaw, prevented the starting fi Eee Nitrite ey SESE Sati Toten ROME Pee Ree pero. 110 40 
of Amorita and Queen Mab. With no opponent, Quissetta Tux Indian Harbor Y. C. sailed foe Rayesteocs Brecaiaa, srarebescnareunneee CONV Nyaa hy eam 1 18 23 
was not present, and Astrild, the new boat of Queen Tuer Indian Harbor Y. C. sailed an open race on July Bess, J. W. Horr... ssc secs eevee Peers ies 
Mab’s class, was without a competitor. A special match 5 in a variable and fluky wind. Mineola II. was present, Skipper, Richard Randall................ saree aye Withdrew. 
was made between Mineola IJ. and Astrild. Among the with the Belmont fleet, which includes the steam tender First Special Handicap, 

new boats were Miladi, schooner; the 51ft. cutter Altair, Scout and two 18ft. sloops, owned and sailed by Vice- Felipse, H, E, Jones Elapsed Gortdcted: 
the agit, keel sloop Hebe, just in from Boston, and the Com, Belmont’s sons, August Belmont, Jr., aged seven” Kjuna,’ A.W.’ Leonards...l0clccsolld ees 149 08 
36ft. sloop Countess, built at Bristol for Oswald Sander- teen, and Raymond Belmont, aged twelve. A special Addie, G. H. Newton............. Paar snes 1 57 56 1 54 26 
Sie nee! aren or Pyne fanak PAentole HSS was made bemere iat ee aes as Empire, F. Hi: ee MVeertitiacitel de iia sranesee Withdrew, 

The starting began at 11:40, and the last boats were sent estar allowance, wile we small boats started in aclass |. A atten a econd Special Handicap. _ 
away at 12:15. The two large cutters Astrild and Mineola by themselves. Mira, cutter, and Albicore, yawl, made Cpe , TA nic Cine e aaa eRe iay Nicer thy H ue te i 8 ts 
were started with a class of small catboats. As Mineola &@ special match, Mira given double time. Com, E. C. Hector, “A. W. Hubbard...1....l.............1 22 30 eee 
and Astrild were working for the weather berth at the Benedict sailed the knockabout Wyntje in the absence of aes ASOD EE & Whittemore.........,. veel 13 39 1 12 30 
line, a small catboat came by the committee boat right in her owner. A threatening squall, which passed over, Fes cet Hiram ecune le tere cee ebeher: acs 12 oy 4 . He 
Mineola’s course. To avoid cutting her down, Capt. caused Mineola to withdraw, as she did not care to wet Geisha, C, E. Ryder.....cscssscssiesesessesesd 1745114 45 
Wringe took the other risk of fouling Astrild, and the two her mainsail, being now in shape for the class matches off vata Uy Ps Mawtories ts yyy neces. seeerer se qennoaes 12350 ‘1 14 50 
bumped together, but without serious damage. Later Newport. The courses were on the Sound, starting off ea a Lye desesent semen aes nae zt as Hf 116 26 
on the cutter Altair, when on port tack, fouled Astrild  Captain’s Island. The times were: Mister ete al. <Ballyseses ae sausetugsiees 122 | 1 qeae 
and took a piece out of her boom. ae tis Uae: Special Race—Start 1:85. : hed Side ee eee ee we ‘a 119 21 

i i ‘ing the new Bristol boat ength. inish. Zlapsed. SOLMIMCaW AY ow.. 1 90 47° 
Was ne the ae class, SSeS eae sloop jets Mineola, August Belmont..........- 17.50 Withdrew. rac W. I, Wood.......- Pekan ene w eee e epee eees 1 25 58 1 21 23 
after a fairly even race, while the $ ‘iain Gor iweaiaycen eee haan) “5100 5 09 49 2 24 49 iH EASE DWE rts snd ype here ise Rete 1 25 05 4 21 35 
sar IL. ee : eae oi an poe astern of the two # ; hy Special Race—Stert, 1:60. =i ee Aureolus, R. H. Landers....:....-.... se eleenee 1 40 05 1 34 05 
cutters. - e first round we : Mira, ©: Lane Poor..-)......2 02: 43. Whi 

IN sits: Cow a, Maticte teernean once 41.00 51343 323 43 ‘hile on her way to the first mark, Early Dawn was 
Saher, cate be erecta 2 00 50 O pers Sareaeeretntcrhtts B es Corrected Hine, Albicore, 31613 run inte by the tug Eddie, her main sheet fouline the tug’s 
Feith paanee PAPA RU) udbtet Ss aSosbeooc obo prsien ’ , 3.16.13. = ee c ¢ g 
Katina ee Fae gran 1 51 22 Brees ori epoe ber Aptecks 2 43 19 Cutters—Slft. Class—Start, 1:45. bitts. The yacht lost her sheet, blocks and traveler, and 
Tintosin es peceeeebeastatele ACHOGHS Wreyaleetee onsdecdedessn es BraResn) Asway Tae Da AnaGl ss teeestesrerrreea ete wet 46.43 5 18 06 % 33 06 was towed in by the launch of the Life Saving Station. 
Wayward Raa teate ines oe OMAN) GPOSSMITINApeltiaet ceerceleciae 2 48 36 Mariquita, H. B. Shaen.....-....5.- 46.88 Not timed. 
WEED Bee ee nase ccceerae : a 2B PREeeee we ene sbewererece : of a * = he CLR ec Class otatss mane. bs 349 24 East Vv Cc 
Mineola <..2.;sec----+5-+- lerion -..-- 0c tesee ees Mira, C, Lane Poor.......see-seees ¥ 5 astern iG. 
AStrild -cces ese ct terete sees PYGAN PAL COSEEEEER 2 Sey sagarg/oneeae 2 34 28 Yawls—43ft. Class—Start, 1:50. Ne 
ae BaD Rochelle vee setae da Albicore, S, Ju. Hyde. .siscusssAL0n | GIB 489 gaa SCE CES TER CHS any, 
: Adeliideme mic ssovae ese 145 31 Yawls—s6ft. Class—Start, 2:25. ednesday, July 4. 
Hussar il Coley, Seis ales trtala acalated cela? L 4 16 Hievan Ge ale Biaeiehs Wile cate nteeey 36.00 Nat timed. _ eon Tae squadron of the Eastern Y. C. sailed a very suc- 
Lotawana Scintilla ....-...cssseseees 9 Spindrift, G. F. Griffing......-..-+-- s+, a cessful race for cups given by Com. Har ly 
Bicwittvae VAS Brose seem 118 58 Sloops—30ft. Class—Start, 1:55 f d . vey on July 4. 
pee ps - . The fleet was in Gloucester Harb d tl 
Mariquita Colleen ..ceee scenes sees ee 13412 Empronzi, Alfred Peats........-..-+ 30.00 4 50 06 2 55 06 ; . arbor. and the course was 
Maries Sn, Semone ecient deaee5 OisedaieT eRe. Mascwalle Witsoe bone 20.00 4 81 52 5 26 BR twenty-five miles on Massachusetts Bay, sailed in a fresh 
Hebe Saas ape tee eeeeeennrens i Pn en Alerion, “A. H. Alker........2...2005 29.70 4 36 15 2 41 15 and steady N.W. wind. The times were: 
Ashumet Sake oe oa PE SERA 1 34 59 Sloops—Special 30ft. Class—Start, 1:55. Sch 
NS ane tite eee deer ser esses 73549 Veda, Robert Bacon... ...seeeseess vere 4 46 31 2 61 31 CHOOILELS: Flipsed. C a 
ountess GS esses Seeassneeeacaaasae o Raceibmiteee stant 9:05 Constellatior F Ski A orrected. 
eda eat TET On sie Os J Tee bepeslcititrerailige ssa te ein sacs 2 44 24 44 20 
p, Johnston De Forest......... .-.- 4 54 04 2 49 04 Hildegarde, G. W. Weld.....iscscersees 
The official times were: SATHIiS Sts UNDE recusonmenn one 45451 249 51 e ‘el rani 2649 BRE ered be 
; Persimmon, H. De V._Warner 51810 313 10 ss 8 
—95ft. Class—Cruising Trim—Start, 11:40. & > tte - Warner....... «1. 0 3 0 oad 
7 Qa Mmenosna, aries OT Ze vers veverecs seve oO +9) 
Schooners Tienes Finish. lapsed a me I eons ie Volt 2 an a 3 ie “a 
Sachem, Fred T. Adams......-..s0+5 90.16 3 22 10 3 42 10 aider, EL, Ma. Cran€..ssseeseeeseses rene 20 27 2 mene 
Paehe We Lye, HR. Walcottesscicsce- 251 21 411 95 Snapper, H. L. Maxwell............. ..-. 5 20 43 3 15 43 3 08 x 
Corrected time, Fleur de Lys, 3.55.12. : Wyntie, F See ane selec bOUte itt eae aaTAS 3 10 39 
: "5ft. Class—Cruising Trim—Start, 11:40. , F. S. Hastings..........+., : 
Katrina, J. S. Ford....-..:.c.reeees 73.14 6 32 41 6 52 41 Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 2:10. Aim: singe 
Tatona, H. C. Bno......-..sseeeenee 73.00 5 42 44 6 02 44 Rochelle, Ed Kelly..............-... 25.00 5 20 20 3 10 20 aes 
65ft. Class—Start, 11:40. _ Catboats—s0it. Class—Start, 1:55. a. Shae 
; ithers..-:..-.. 63.82 3 38 04 3 58 04 IDyeirs (Os “by LES A nRAssosbopkecsece 30.00 450 17 2 55 17 . 
Ware a eae ee Ee 51.28 Withdrew. Windora, John “Green 2............ 30.00 4 54 19 2 59 19 FE Bae agerr were Henry H. Buck, Henry Howard and 
Cutters—Special Class—Start, 12:15 z Catboats—21ft. Class—Start, 2715. . UO. North, 
MMcHeelaeeau pies Delonte 917.50 5 80 26 5 15 26 Vera, A. M, Bradley. cessesisessreree 20.07 416 00 2 01 00 Aiter the race the yachtsmen were entertained by Com. 
Astrild, W. and A. Hanan........64. 61.53: 6 36 30 6 21 30 Kazaza, T. J. McCahill........ ites 21.00 4 21 14 2 06 14 Harvey at his summet home on Fresh Water Gove, and 
Corrected time, Astrild, 6,065.14. Mongoose If., Simeon Ford......... 21.00 4 27 03 2 12 08 1 . * : 
, ‘Gitierenecit! -Class=Starts 145 Psyche, H. B. Stevens........-.00028 eee 4 34 21 2 19 21 on July 5 the fleet continued on the annual cruise. 
Ye (aeean ae 4.06  ~ 3 5409 4 09 09 Sloops—i8ft. Class—Start, 2:20. 
Sayonara, C. B. Seeeae ae, ee as Kingfisher, August Belmont, Jr.....18.00 41940 159 40 Anni 
Syce, H. OS. Redmond. sys-.0-c08s 50.86 34049 3 50 49 Sandpiper, R. Belmont..+..-.:..44 18.00 43144 211 44 nnisquam Y. C. 
Altair, Cord Meyer.....--..+...0.5. 51.00 3 41 26 3 51 2 ‘ . : : : ¢ 7 
ipcase TU antes aied Meets 50.98 3 58 35 408 35 ee Wentie sen au eae ES eee ANNISQUAM. 
Cutters—5Sift. Class—Cruising Trim—Start, 11.50. SSIS, t , peg >a Metro ue: Wednesday, July 4. 


Tue Annisquam Y. C. sailed its first open race on July 


: cnet Eetehe Eland: Corrected. ; VC 
Lotowana, T. O’C, Sloan..... 4 3 i a Dy br J 1 
Awa, T: L. Arnold........... 46.78 43733 44738 44716 Quincy Y. C. 4, the times being: 
Mariquita, H. B. Shaen....... 46.09 45155 50155 65 01 28 QUINCY—BOSTON HARBOR. ‘ 45ft. Class 
Cutters—43ft. Class—Start, 11:50. Wednesday, Jul "i Elapsed 
Marie Chee Poptee whit 42.82 234904 359 04 ; y: y 4. WaBOOe CAM AMS) oo iicessdeged tdididasie et ow eore ee toa ee eee ioe eee eed 1 38 55 
Vinita, G.D. Provost ...... 38.44 44857 4 58 57 THE race of the Quincy Y. C. on July 4 was started ina Lynx, Cunningham 4..........005.cssesecsee eee cence eeeees 1 38 56 
Ashumet, R. €. Kip.........-. 38.90 42952 4 39 52 modetate N.W. breeze. which held through the first Gertrude, Whittemore ........-..... 1s eee ee eeepc cere egetens 1 42 45 
Hebe, J. R. Maxwell......-... 42.85  Withdrew: as egy Vi 8 CTW SOG CVG SIV Ri eR ES Ree EERE nee 1 43 45 
Sloops—36ft.. Class Start, 11:55. round, but shifted and fell light on the second. The four Wink, Langland .........0:s00sseesses OER SAREE: Senta 
© Shima San, J. T. Pratt.....35.81 44136 44636 4 46 36 new Hanley boats met for the first time, but Little Peter, ; Shessieciued 
Countess, Oswa d Sanderson..36.00 42914 43414 43414 an old boat, took second place. The times were: Tibita, Smith .......-.. neta tassel ee nite: dea CARRE Aeon oes 1 $9 00 
Veda, Robert (Bacon. ...+.--+-. 30.33 431 41 4 36 41 425 37 H. O. and Y. R. A. Class Sonny, Phelps Pe rh ete te tie chet dels cae why ees, 43 20 
Yawls—a6ft. Class—Start, 11:55. J se Elapsed. Corrected. Dory Class. 
Possum, W. Bavier........... 33.00 5 42 48 8605 47 48 3o latratkene, Mie IRh METAS) cca oe ood oad onnenci 2 a 22 ra Water Lily, Hodgkins......... x Pihd ttt Gabhorrey sro toed pdenw landed 
Escape, Geo, Matthews....... 30.42 538700 54200 5 36 18 Wittlese eter wildy ioe Seen screen naeeoere nn steene 2 31 45 AY in Naomi, Saundeérs J.2.......2-20.ccscr0e sancti Peihseteseieeen 1 56 00 
Audax, H. S. Eatom........... 80.90 52904 58404 5 27 34 Orphan, Edwin Clapp.........eicccverceeveeees 2 32 34 vrsacie Sitse Cozoda, Friend .....-.. Abeer een hbitri te teed aga at 1 57 15 
Freya, G. J. Bradish........... 36.00 54425 54925 5 49 35 Empress, Hayden & Parker....-.......222.1.... 2 33 14 Sas Gracies #Nionrisiis.cc) eocee se ce eerie oO PER CENEUR ERE EEG eEn 214 25 
Sloops—80ft. Class—Start, 11:55. INI RASS Ue APh) ERO red soeerse=5 5c0sa5 2.35 39 eee os Bob Evans, Allen................ HO AWG ES 54 Sees bien b ieee vy esa DE 48 
Alerion, A. H. Alker......... 99.70 44658 451 56 Hermes, A. W. Chesterton..................... 2 39 10 Sey Ag Sita ts COMICON Griese. eee oer ee pinieiateetrite «2 24 50 
Oiseau, J. R. Maxwell, Jr..... 29.73 43148 4 36 43 Class A—Handicap. OpmlPanl} latchlordeereres-tisaatcieeta auceaciane ee eit rit Withdrew- 
Empronzi, Alfred Peats....... 30.00 4 48 40 453 40 IDO Moke l, loa loretssy5 sao 5 deg adeaatasdodaragnn ts 1 35 09 1 34 09 
, 25ft. Class—Start, 12:00. Hee teehee ice PR TD ne rey acre sheers d mh Sf ; ie 37 
Length. Finish Elapsed larbor Light, J. H. Johnson......-..- eases 3 ba 52 
Mucualien ids Kelly seceietea, of 00 oR BIOS. B09 Hustler, Whittemore & Robbins..........;..... 14741 1652 41 Portsmouth Y. C. 
Celia, W. S: ‘Gould............. . 22.50 2 58 08 9 58 08 Yseult, L, O. rpckens oy usskdaetlcedddadee 1 46 52 1 53 52 
Serbillann |e nese OM esos sunaiestet ou ae 22.16 Withdrew. Goblin. eRickerepeoeeecbiadd- tiie ee token sine 1 54 10 1 57 10 PORTSMOUTH, N. H. 
Adelaide, J. Woodbury.............. 22.50 259 31 2.59 31 Moondyne, W. H. Shaw.......-...2.s12.24.04. 1 53 02 1 58 02 Wadneed 1 
Chingachcook, E. A. Stevens....... 24.50 256 18 2 56 18 lepcianicee lly (Cewevenialte cerwiar ae setnancaicnen as 1 51 39 2 01 39 ednesday, July 4. 
Edwina Ill., J. N. Gonld........... 93.00 3 02 52 3 02 52 Canacan, J. C. Mors€s.-..seesseseseeees essere 2 02 47 2 02 45 Tuer Portsmouth Y. C. sailed its second race on July 
Amoma, H. B, Towle.......- ta 1242.23.60 Withdrew. Class B—Handicap. 4 in a strong N.W. wind, the times being: 
Raceabouts—Start, 12:00. Eupero, Cc, H. Alden... Scar acecMataCao tetas horse GUE Oty 2 08 54 211 54 3 al r s 7 
Colleen, L. R. Alberger...........05 ws. 5 50 50 2 50 60 Whisper, 1, 9, Fitzpatrick si yi.y sau... 210 05 2 11 54 First Class—Over 20ft, Sailing Length. 
Spindrift, Pirie’ Brothers........ = wee 2 52 18 2 52 18 Tautog, A, A. Lincoln.....+0.0.seeesseres s++++2 25 08 2 31 08 Finish, Elapsed. 
Znapper, H. L. Maxwelle.........5. Ab adctee: 2 51 50 2 51 50 21ft. Class. Jeannette .,...-..--.- gee faeces ere ey eveneeeie 4 54 00 0 54 00 
Sis, FP. mS Mate chi xehe [her trees bee eo 2 50 58 2 50 58 Gleopatran Pa Elem eratltyasmneres oe sah tae heirs +l 43 38 APE ae iis. ob reeeeespoocoacds Pails: Mis setae ase tp aed LO 02 1 10 00 
Persimmon, H. De V. Warner......... } 2 50 38 2 50 38 Autocrat, Nightingale. i.rc.cvecysersesssevenees 1 44 42 ae ay Second Class—15 to 20ft, 
Scamp, Johnston De Forest....... Tent 2 52 10 2 52 10- Omeme, W. P. Barker.iccisceseusecseses v1 45 27 et oe Euphemia ...-.. A ee ABCA andere ad nse 04 00 0 54 00 
Raidepy ety Ty Craties... escent sais - Disabled Bonolink, Vose. | seccasnaiis ivenuen tapkrunerey 151 15 gies Pleetwing v..scaeercereeereneeeseceenyeeses .o+---5 06 00 0 55.58 
S. C. Y. C. Knockabouts-—Start, 12:00. Little Peter protests Hanley for foulin Thi Rena (0645 enh tee rreBiatets winiieet' sate staie irehdaee 5 07 30 0 57 30 
Vagrant, E, L, Hill........., bth 48 ast 6 288 B20 OBR BD : isa pee ees SRE : Phir a 5 
Kanosha, C, W. Vole abrazo abrasives Hanley the Algonquin cup. The judges were Com, 4 4. vats oar eiaiide ues vee dt My oT et 
Thelge, A. Po Thayerssissssyers as BET BEB BT BR Edwin. E, Davis, Vice-Com, J, $. Whiting and J, L, Dare LIC NITE eect teveteeees5 1000 0-49 00 
Dipper, Av D, Townsend iis, 94 80141 Whiton, Ne bie ori panpee dhe ee cecy,  RRUNDRR HAST pecggeyteresereartianyieny 8 aE go "0 61 0g 


Jory 14, 1900.]' 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


338 


Royal St. Lawrence Yacht. 
DORVAL—LAKE ST. LOUIS. 
Monday, July 2. 


Tuer Royal St. Larence Y. C. had a very inyiting pro- 
gramme made out for Dominion Day, beginning with a 
cruise on June 30, starting at 1:30 from Dorval, racing 
to Lakeside, then another short race to Pointe Claire, 
and after that a race across to Beauharnois, where a stop 
would be made for the night. Next morning all were to 
stop at the Cascades and return by way of Beaurepaire, 
Pointe Claire and Lakeside by Sunday night. The new 
club steamer St. Lawrence was to serve as convoy and 
transport. On Monday—Dominion Day—races were ar- 
tanged for the morning and afternoon. All went well 
until Saturday afternoon, when Lake St. Louis was up- 
set by a vicious gale, which made sailing almost impos- 
sible, so the cruise was perforce abandoned. A prize has 
been offered by Mr. John K. L. Ross for a series of 
twelve races in the cup defense class, the crews to change 
boats so that each boat will be tried by the four crews. 
There was a light S.W. wind on Monday morning, dying 
-out about noon, The first race was called off the club 
station, Dorval, at 11:03, and finished at 11:49:35, the 
order being: 


COtmeemgna: TOUMC. (Ce Vel, WD grins 8 5 OS ee ee 5 OOO oe 1 
Black Beauty, G. H. Duggan......,....-.+++- EERE See vot Hs Ob 1 
Tal Leroy Cea Rol bbl ser), ee qee cor eerinerr as 5 6 a Or Ice sh dege ete 3 
Wifiathne? (Chay vale PD Ol droce ek carey bata ay both ooen G One pear aoa 4 


The second race was started at_12:18, Black Beauty 
cressing promptly, while White Cap was handicapped 


rm. 20s. The wind fell so light that only one round was 
sailed, Black beauty winning easily. 

habytle daeeytiige, (OR AEE ID Vieni § brs joys oe epte tae OreIe ene ren RP a 
Glencairn IIIL., Clase ROTC ALLER Lula teeta ne ee eee Net 2 
Neate) MOSEL PAINE o Sobate 1650560554046 45 0RcmeHOEET HO eet 3 
AWA NCbuerp ILL IU, UR Ro alg 95005 o SARS ASEH oo oe eared Scarlet 4 


At 2 P. M. the fleet started in tow of the St. Lawrence 
and called at Lakeside to pick up some members. In 
landing, one of the towlines fouled the steamer’s rudder 
and she was delayed for a full hour. The boats sailed up 
to Pointe Claire, and the first afternoon race was started, 
the result being: 

First Afternoon Race. 


Wiha (OGhsty (Ce labs ID \akegeriy Ceti ender j ay © ned are Metts Recs ie 1 

Glenarm Nee eM otter we tea cea sbteens cteltieleta js Aleielels co eneitalere. 2 

Melac lm Seat elias: Me INOULIT apiceny neice 4 seem tetas A fenianetiset mer erecta eer 2 

IPccel (Grehgevth, IES ARziropicig Sooarehnycorore ssuecon voqodsaas ogous 4 
Second Afternoon Race. 

Red @oat, GlvEy Dueecan cys. csscerccsan sss se stelys 

VAawane: CORvoy (Cire es USoNnds WF qe ante serene tar 3 

Black Beautya AY Abbotts cy oor eumesss nace yess ee ce - 

SSOP LETT CATETI LON ce SLD Nea 8 gat LOTT peepee tant ceasinna cnet ow eanarare taerta lin icyeieetere oe 
Third Afternoon Race. 

Tcl (Giite, (Cine. geile es ns e698 54068 obo eee an haeee al 

(sitting TOGA Gs IRIS 1Diirsieands ans 546 Habe bore tenor neeenere ss a5 2 

\WAgohiey (Cayeh) ah, HMolofe ate del nS AA doe Saba 556855 00h AeESEeEermEtseeiS eo 

Ihre iecing, Is) ibe ERiinri as Sisdae 44 kha ir ee Ano 4 


The third race was the best, the finish being a matter of 
4s, between Red Coat and Glencairn IIII. The 22-footers 
and the 17-footers also sailed a race, finishing as follows: 


: 22-Footers. 
Bona gO CA AS WALOYInnaAane ronutons a erates bees ed setn tie «0 tcelalersra cb 1 
Fleer peice mV AAU Ltcl Sry scree etait Seine ard eietntenseare < rishcme ere oretecole acolo: o epafern te aioe 2) 
Uscoyopesh The! pail Ain JENF eS A EN UE 58 Se Denese ss osphrs sacootot poke hnerr3e = tens 3 
- 17-Footers. 
Rurtley Were Mie Kink pattickess sage ayes sete oremnas ot secs 2 
Habitant, D. Hemsley...... 
RVG eee ViatiteRe isvtingn My tage e crema nem ahtelts eis aus ne 
Eittiwale:nVWa ssleve OltOI tree de ivav nate ase cue Fastin bee entices 4 


Beverly Y. C. 


WING'S NECK—BUZZARDS BAY. 
: Wednesday, July 4. 
Tue Beverly Y. C. had only a light N.W. wind for its 
open sweepstakes race of July 4, The times were: 
25. Class. 


i ' Elapsed 

May Queen, DT 1h. Whittemore. ysis joces eddde cutie n a Sedely 2 18 23 
Wiliila SWedeels WWiirrsh ipa. ee <n | nb eoce te ceetinne .cnteca.y 2 28 38 

IDA IP» eR y alata forte bos cocoon spe SOcobbonec cep aeoea eater at on 

NOLO IIT Sree Asem Will SO Levene ft etter etal metals stare alten arn eee 

meLeaTess Wo is Lbhawsiteyith Aaa Ac nog tie esos e erode veeea 28 02 

MEV, oe LI Vat ely. wesigtelylstslslctegieeltele aie 

Cyrilla, R. W. Emmons... 

gash obey UG, | Dives AAA 

Bohemia, R. L. Barstow.. 

Edith, C. M. Baker....... 

Kestrel, LL. S. Dabney-.......- Mg Sasi feihtiue sain: ie eee roe 7 2 47 08 
4 Fourth Class Cats. 

WieazelGan Sub bUoTe esse eae eo correo et Sah. ollie 1 42 29 

CAAT MBA EN OlMeS: a1 conten eee eae nek eC iy men fa) 1 51 51 

(Eo e Sere lE, 18 EON OS mat DAN e rey: ee Pe OL eh RR axes 1 51 53 

Daisy, Howard Stockton...............+ es Pon eo be Aric b re 1 5 34 

15ft. Class 

Peacgck, IRS Wansow.; o: sco ee ee ee eno e wen cca eh hosahsodele 2 02 48 

IO Vien post Gaeein opera he: on em a eee en oe CNW 2 02 54 

ALOU aM Panis Oc 1M pen oe owe ahs ram nar COUSIN | 3 2 02 55 

[Oiveyerpen Gketol oy) ON PINS 1h ovboa lop vs wore aah ae ee gee Re 2 11 32 


Victoria Y. C. Walker Cup. 


HAMILTON—BURLINGTON BAY. 
Saturday, June 30. 

Tue third annual race for the Walker cup for skiffs, 
presented by Com. Frank E. Walker, of the Victoria Y. C. 
in 1898, and won in that year by Flight, and last year by 
Sultana, was sailed on June 30 over a six-mile triangle 

on Burlington Bay, two rounds. Out of the thirty en- 
tries from Toronto and Hamilton, a fleet of eighteen 
started in a moderate breeze, the times being: 


Start, 3:00. 


. Finish. Elapse 
alvcht psmcluim piney, eve wire Garten saat oe oe ue. 5 09 00 2 of 00. 
Caprice, R. Slee, ©. C. CF. Fe ee Re TS 5 09 35 2 09 35 
Cake Walk, E. K. N. Wedd; R. G: Y. C....... 5 10 35 2 10 35 
Atv palXeleste (Sy Leia bier: 12 Se OME carina andse else ae 5 16 15 2 16 15 
Sivniamiltins ee De Cure Se "Ce va Coe 5 17 20 217 20 
iabbesates JEL Tos maculeay ee (Ghee ele 5 18 50 2 18 50 
DHeiay elk, esrowiis ar, eis Git a qaet see oe 5 19 00 219 00 
Sothis,, BoE. Walker V> Ys iG. ws Snes 5 19 02 219: 02 
HO eae. Ae hailips Osu ey eG se aoe 5 24 10 2 24 10 
oink ehleaG. Biro, SVesvyaCrn Sty vas laa: rn heasy 2 25 32 
Ness My Us iGlabeteateebecry Oe NRCP wg ya een! 5 27 40 2 27 40 

Ethel, Solitaire, Atalanta, Vivia, Sappho, Trio, Do Do 


alsa started. 
_ Blight, which has thus won twice, was built by Weir 
Bros., of Hamilton, who also built Sultana, After the 
race the visitors were entertained by the Victoria Y. C. 
Arab, owned by Mr, Wardwell, of Toronto, was toabhed 


of her rigging and other articles during Saturday night, 
and the Victoria Y. C. offered a reward of $50 for the 
detection of the thieves. 


Newport Kat Bot Klub. 


GENERAL ORDER NO. 1. 

Newport, July 1—The Triple Alliance having with- 
drawn its protest against the mobilization of the Kat Bot 
Klub, either here or elsewhere, 

and 
the misunderstanding occasioned by the Czar not having 
been invited to the last meeting, having at last been satis- 
factorily explained, our relations with Russia will con- 
tinue as heretofore, and the Kat Bot Klub will proceed to 
go into commission. 

The kind offer of the Kat Bot Klub to delegate its Chief 
Steward to visit Peking at his own expense and to make 
personal observation of the private life of the Boxers, is 
appreciated, and is still under consideration. 

A course of lectures has been arranged by the Klub to 
be delivered on the days when there are none at the War 
College. The services of many eminent scientists have 
been engaged, who will include the following subjects in 
their addresses: 

“Tn reaching for home at 3 A. M., is dead reckoning or 
triangulation the safer?” 

“Ts splicing the main brace at 7 bells, between bells 
and after each splice, proper on a weather shore with the 
barometer at 30°” 

“Can the Theory of superimposed turrets be applied to 
the improvement of such superimposed heads as are to be 


‘found after each general meeting of the Klub?” 


“On or about the first wedding anniversary, what should 
be done in the event of a sudden squall?” 

“What are the acoustic properties of Long Island 
Sound?” 

“Why chickens sleep?” 

“How to converse in low tones?” 

“Is sea water inferior to Apollinaris for some pur- 
poses 2” 

During the summer several addresses will be delivered 
hy the celebrated Professor, Kantellabigli. who discov- 
ered that there are but two bones in the head—the jaw 
bone and the skull. 

These papers will be carefully filed in the Klub stove 
for future use, as occasion may require. 

WALKER SHAW, Executive Officer. 


Duxbury Y. C. 
DUXBURY, MASS. . 
Wednesday, July 4. 
Tue race of the Duxbury Y. C. on July 4 started in a 


fresh westerly breeze, but it died out and the boats drifted 
over much of the course. The-times were: 


21ft. Class, 


i Elapsed. 
Va kalleslesnie ten Os AWabetoleys Soa iageecok enn hfevair es Areata Wee ee 2 09 27 
Hantiy. DP tA he Walkerasacemwsp seniebiectacelnedhecmd occaneaee 216 00 
SCaMIper; HReeds (BLOG caacswheulatguc este dhae Aertel ni lenants take 2 37 30 
DECOMSELELL Ey WME LDEIITIIG ON ctslges see ooeiistentiaces doen foteyee pee Withdrew. 
Handicap Class. 
POO SUE EEA AV VLE SOL en amre notin oe nici state ttle gre fia no Se seabacss eerste 2 12 30 
Rainbow, Henry Overman........<..... Weis ee tyasuecanes'ss Withdrew. 
th sm Or WOOds yaa Shad bons patie ie2 ure, & ...Withdrew. 
SALOME: MGmelViee LGSbely hc aptreven Mantel secs as teteercrerettn ue arte ec s Withdrew 
Gani cep sil ee Wee) itarts: cn. aaenach en p emeerrar ert ON Uy | nL Withdrew 
ihedotan Msdac ss Bncedite cane eae hae eee oes best hires Withdrew 
Knockabout Class. 
Dazzler: Goodspeed Bros. ye sites eet eed danesscce een ss aesaes 3 28 43 
PDommbaul kG ee Gushitiaie serie addin scene manuel tts 8 30 07 
Milady, R. Adams..............-...- eee ac scns 2.03 50 27 
Kittawake, .H.-M. Jones... 2.0000 0. .Withdrew. 
Syomtalyg) Vk. BL, ABDI hy Sheds gan beae Abb 5 nea: ..... Withdrew. 
Bobstéer Nove CM Clanpr a. oecmeuecseewaveceescreese Withdrew. 


Corinthian Y C. 
MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 
Wednesday, July 4. 
Tue Corinthian Y. C., of Marblehead, sailed a good 


race on July 4, the wind being fresh from N.W. The 
times were: | 
Second Class. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Shalitaye Rael ee WUC Clearer eens cee cane eles tee 1 ty U6 See 
OivatiA wh:  POALGMaMceansislocs gts toesea ee hele e 1 22 08 ae 
Never Did, D. H. Follett..... RaSsAne deb teen ss 1 22 26 
Raceabouts, 
Sitibratn,, Vee se Mawel tape. cecrsialaee eelsta series es 1 20 04 
Yunipoo, J. L. Bremer. ++.) 21 42 end 
Pirate, R. C. Robbins... ema hates 1 24 14 
Class A. 
Sieiaraey, Tsk 1h OYA eae ARR el Dan Se CAr 1 21 26 119 26 
JERR ISLS JOS AN avn EMEP! A sas eae omen 1 26 45 1 20 45 
Itidna, MeNee  Sharplestscttamsecaer sarees pee 1 29 32 1 25 32 
SiS Weg Oe Via ViOwranerra sss asain tae wal nene 1 25 36 1 25 36 
Dartheay 2. Bo Lamibertescc sy: ven sees sew nee nnae 1 25 41 1 25 41 
Class B. 
Bitty AU EMI eS, skanuuu ese crea ee eee 1 22 34 1 21 34 
Agnes; DsiG.eboler Jit sees cet aceiee notripas 1 24 36 1 24 36 


16ft. Class. 
Ugly Duckling, C, F. Lyman 
Cyclone, F. G, Macomber..... 


Beverly City Regatta. 


BEVERLY, MASS. 
Wednesday, July 4. 


Tue city of Beverly held its first open regatta on July 
4, the wind being fresh N.W. The times were: 


First Glass. 


SH enOder Wem c VV AL EOI peer enieaeE eee yeni pny naira 
ZENGKGINSS «LORS TA MSG PAVRE SLOVO oem neh tteastoe eum mane 
Gladys, U. GC.’ an 
Atay Ghia hie Glatiitn: yceemenee nn de Neath 
Adina, E. S. Foster 


BROW ee ee pm eww ener ese sntn te rerrsctewssce 


iso Peein. Chaulcawperescorie nner no tiene... 88 ny | e 1 32 57 

AGRE IDE Wei es eR pe 1 36 18 

Black Cloud. Thomas Gillcott............-: Ae Sac. tect 1 39 16 

liv Saha Norco ann erry scl) OnE) Ty 1 55 04 

w| Third Class, 

INCL Een Do GOTO lly gUee PET Pe PEL nthe. on, ee 1 47 24 

Priscilla, WE gitar onan eee oe Daeg PV i ee en: 1 48 14 

Rikki-Tikki, Woring Brothers...........es¢<csseesissell, 21-52 52” 


Brownie. Williams Brothers 


Wage. Piekett Brothers...cw onessecavsshcscsedieincnane., .. 1 58 08 

Fales blocs: Ped, eSmithy er enh ere 2 oe Se ..Ran aground 
Blanche, W. D. Ouiner err eres Peo eae ftsstiyyeyeene Withdrew, 
Trump, : Renjamjn Chapmatiyyy tise $9494 13441144 Withdrew, 


Riverside Y. C. Annual Regatta. 


RIVERSIDE—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, July 7. 


THE Riverside. Y. C. sailed its annual regatta on July 
7 in all varieties of wind and weather from a calm to a 
-thunder storm, two of the latter lending variety to the 
race. Only Altair and Hussar IJ. started in the 5rft. 
class, the former losing topmast and bowsprit in the sec- 
ond squall and giving Hussar Il. a prize. The two Bel- 
mont 18-footers, one sailed by Mr. Belmont and the other 
by his older son, August Belmont, Jr., made a very close 


race, The times were: 
Cutters—60ft. Class—Start, 1:20. 
Lenth. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Hchipse ie.) Callanati a: saeewessen 55.00 Not timed. 
Cutters—5lft. Class—-Start, 1:25. 
Altair, Cord Meyer..........:,.......51.00 Disabled. 
Hussar II., James Baird..,.......... 51.00 | 5 29 12 
j Cutters—5ift. Class—Special Match—Start, 1:25. 
Wicarceteeee en oven sis rr cea ieee rs 47.13 Withdrew. 
Hussar [I.. James Baird............. 51.00 5 29 12 
Cutters—5bift. Class—Special Match—Start, 1:25. 
Way. cl. a Apioldeaye saps eae 46.43 Withdrew. 
Mariquita, H. B, Shaen.............. 46.83 Withdrew. 
Cutters—43ft. Class—Start, 1:30. 
Hebe, J. R. Maxwell 42.85 8 21 03 
Mitkas. Geulunepoons ames, ... 43,00 3 20 46 
: Yawls—43ft. Class—Start, 1:30. 
Albicores 3. \) PiELy des mee laneanunee ls 41.00 3 41 00 
; Sloops—s6ft. Class—Start, 1:85. 
Veda, Robert Bacon................. 30.33 3 86 04 3 26 83 
Countess. ©. Sanderson.............. 35.70 3 25 08 3 20 08, 
Natika, i Le Coriell, ehenayeeee se 30.47 4 25 42 416 22 
Yawls—a6ft. Class—Start, 1:35. 
Escape, George Matthews... +200 .42 5 02 05 Part 9 
Spindertt Sy Griftine ws oe eect Not timed. 
Sloops—#ft. Class—Start, 1:45. 
Oiseau; J. R. Maxwell....i0.0:5..0-- 29.98 3 24 19 
AVet(otiy Acs EbeeAl celery aye ih te ok 29.70 oe 
Empronzi, Alfred Peats.............. 30.00 3 24 59 
Kit, T. H.. Macdonald ...............30.00 Withdrew. 
: Yawls—30ft. Class—Start, 1:45. 
Brynhild, C. W. Gould............. 26.86 Not timed, 
Consielon Aes Vie Gab Gte ty meee 29.00 Withdrew. 
: : Catboats—20ft. Class—Start, 1:45. 
[DGty Gy ety Brercem ways ». 00,00 3 54 51 
Wandoray Woln! (Greeimaeunsaae ne: 3 59 21 
1 Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 1:55. , 
Rochelle, Edward Kelly. .,.......... 25.00 4 19 49 
Chingaengook, E. Stevens........... 25.00 Withdrew. 
c Catboats—?5tt. Class—Start, 1:55. 
Win or Lose, J. S. Appleby........ 23.50 Withdrew. 
Uarda, H. H. Gordon..............5. 24.68 4 45 02 4 44 24 
Vagabond, W. E. Holah............. 25.00 4 44 44 4 44 44 
Raceabouts—Start, 1:50. 
Persimmon, D. H. Warner.......-.. 21.00 3 03 41 5. SENS 
Colleen, L. R. Alberger........ Syetek 21.00 3 05 55 «Fs asin 
Scamp, J. De Forests... .ics.ce- eee 21.00 3 05 56 @ at oy: 
Snapper. H. L. Maxwell............. 21.00 3 14 42 
UR ere blgee Vin Gcatie swan ons omic 21.00 3 48 51 7 
Spindrift, Pirie Brothers............. 21.00 Withdrew. 
‘ Sloops -21ft. Class—Start, 2:00. 
(Coeeeislin TE 38. Laiavoybulseye.n se oeee oe oe Bo 2 21 31 
/ Cathoats—21ft. Class—Start, 2:00. 
Mongoose II., Simeon Ford......... 21.00 2 21 53 
WMeray CAV Ma Bradley one smeeen rene o0,07 Withdrew. 
Peazaza, we ppemavic Cz til] Meena aeeeaee 21.00 2 27 26 
és Sloops—1&it. Class—Start, 2:05. 
Kingfisher, A. Belmont, Jr........... .... 2 26 41 
Sandpiper, A. Belmont, Sr.......... .... 2 26 45 
Ripple, J. feo Nl ea se ae 18.00 Withdrew. 
Nike; Ggice Hor beste ne eeente eee: Mean Withdrew. 


Alerion failed to cross at the finish. The winners were 
Eclipse, Hussar II., Mira, Albicore, Countess. Escape. 
Oiseau. Dot, Rochelle. Uarda, Persimmon, Cicada, Mon- 
goose IT. and Kingfisher. 


Newport Y. C. 


NEWPORT—NARRAGANSETT BAY. 
Wednesday, July 4. 
THe Newport Y. C. sailed its first annual regatta on 


July 4, the wind being strong at the start, but dying out 
before the middle of the race. J. A. C. was delayed by 


carrying away a block on the first round. The times 
were: 
First Class. 
7 ; Elapsed. Corrected, 
Carole tae. Peers octet einem ce ee Tae 2 24 3 2 23) 54 
(Ae sah God pructit noe Loser ris tiadee wrest Go Cees meete 2 27 30 2 27 30 
RARE OLE eS A ee oe ae Were ee eT 2 31 42 2 30 55 
A Second Class. 
INT@PEIEY Ae Cea See ts, ssRePLORiTecs Pele iets tcl ea gh cae teh eiiale 2 28 00 2 28 00 
FRESTIESS Wy ace cnet pret ee tee en 2 81 30 2 80 32 
Third Class. 
WEES Clits etsrer Sarath cree Pe ET eens OL ce ee nO ees 1 32 24 1 32 24. 
Petrel Piatatole’ «geet npefatecpate im eee fe (Ofer eae nae ee ea ma 1 38 21 1 87 45 - 
COWS onucc Pili eth mere akon oc eae ARO Re Withdrew. ) 


Royal Hamilton Y. C. 


HAMILTON—LAKE ONTARIO, 
Saturday, June 30. 


Tue Royal Hamilton Y. C. sailed a cruising race on 
June 30 from Hamilton to Oakville, the times being: 


35it. Class—Start, 2:30. 


. E 
Myrtle il Meee 
Nadia 1 56 40 
Hiawatha 2 17 20 
Mona 2 52 00 


Happy Thought and KoKo also started. 


East Gloucester Y. C. 


GLOUCESTER, MASS. 
Wednesday, July 4. 


THE East Gloucester Y. C. sailed a good race on July 
4, the wind being strong N.W. The times were: 


First Class. 


F = Elapsed. Corrected. 
Ontoee GEcenadalia: aan OR nn nee aetna ne Pein 1 42 08 1 11 18 
Masoaha, Heard ..........-.2.,. othe Pes 1 45 12 Vil 37 
Alice and Mand, McCurdy.......:..0000, 0000... 1 44 20 1 14 00 
AMIE Pen onormiel des 1S ohie, ean beh Caryn Withdrew. 
mee ee Second Class. 
SiS GT EAD STS Rh terres sow a re coal Alain 2 01 54 3 
INAS ago nly “Oba AYebol ha teh oars oew ay eee AeA Ae Wrasse be 2 00 58 i of i 
Snapshot! sPerkysnc canes (aad dase cs oes ven 21218 ~ 13001 
Onihe othe Rea Third Class. 

oblige Oaiee 10 dele Ledetidtaha ist. oe A AWAR AR Ak oo peel: 25 y 
Dorothea, DIE Reger rp crterercet = arse ee 1 ie ri 4 a 7 
Spider, Flye ..... det de Gee Peay p rvs vceved 84 88 0 AB 0 


Nymph. protests Petrel, 


‘ 


34 


Idler. - 


Tue famous old schooner Idler, so well known about 
New York a generation ago. when she was owned by the 
‘late Samuel J, Colgate, came to a tragic end beneath the 
waters of Lake Erie, carrying down with her a party of 
six helpless women and children. The details of the dis- 
aster are told as follows by the Chicago Tribune: 


Cleveland, O.; July 7.—The schooner: yacht Idler~was- 


lost in a terrific storm sixteen miles off this port this 
afternoon with six‘ persons, all members of the family 
of James Corrigan, a wealthy vessel owner of this city, 
aboard. The dead are: Mrs. James Corrigan, wife of 
‘the owner of the yacht; Miss Ione Corrigan, aged twenty ; 
Miss Ida May Corrigan, Miss Etta Corrigan, Mrs. Charles 
Reilly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Corrigan; Baby 
Reilly, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Corri- 
gan. Mrs. John Corrigan was the only. passenger aboard 
who was saved. C. H. Holmes, the captain; Samuel Big- 
gam, the mate; four sailors, two cooks and the ship 
catpenter were also saved. Oe r 

The yacht left Port Huron on July 6 with the family 
aboard and started for Cleveland. Mr. Corrigan was ill 
and left by train. The yacht was in tow until she reached 
Bar Point, when the captain left the tow and turned the 
yacht for Cleveland. At 2 o’clock the storm came up, and 
inside of five minutes the yacht sank. ‘ F 

All the women, excepting Mrs. John Corrigan and Miss 
Etta Corrigan, were in the cabin when the gale came up. 
They became panic stricken, and refused to leave the 

lace.. 

° The mate implored them to come to the deck, but they 
refused. Mrs. John Corrigan clung to a cork sofa when 
the gale came and was saved. : ! 

“Tt was about 2:15 o'clock that the squall hit us,” said 
Samuel Biggam, the mate.of the ill-fated yacht. -He was 
relating his version of the affair to a sympathetic crowd 
in the office of the Lake Carriers’ Association. “The 
yacht lay down on her beam ends,” he continued, “and 
the water rushed through the dead lights and-companion- 
ways, and in three minutes she sank. { ‘ 

“Mrs. James Corrigan, Miss Ida Corrigan, Miss Jane 
Corrigan, Mrs. Charles Reilly and the infant daughter of 
Mrs. Reilly were all in the saloon below when the storm 
came on us. Capt. Holmes gave me orders to take in 
sail, and I transmitted the order to the men. They obeyed 
quickly. The captain, myself and the crew made efforts 
to save the women, but without success. We told them the 
yacht was sinking, but they could not or would not come 
on deck. : 

-“T waded into the saloon when the water was up to 
my neck, but Mrs. James Corrigan would not come out. 
She may have been rendered incapable of action by fear 
and knowledge of impending doom. An effort was made 
to take the infant daughter of Mrs. Reilly out, but Mrs. 
Reilly would not let the child-go.” 

The mate said it was realized that nothing could be 
done to save those in the cabin and that attention was 
turned to saving those on deck. The latter, outside of the 
captain, mate and crew, were Mrs. John Corrigan and 
her daughter, Miss Etta Corrigan. 

“The captain, myself and some of the crew tried to get 
Mrs. Corrigan and her daughter up on the crosstrees in 
the rigging, but the heavy sea washed us all overboard. 

“‘For God’s sake, Mrs. Corrigan, you and your 
daughter keep a tight hold on the rigging,’ we called to 
them. Even as we yelled the sea swept them and us over- 
board. Fortunately, Mrs. Corrigan had succeeded in 
taking hold of a cork lounge. She clung to it and was 
saved,” 

According to the testimony of several sailors, the top- 
sail, mainsail and jib were all set when the storm came 
up. This is denied by Biggam, the mate, who declares 
that they were in good condition to face the storm. 

Capt. James Corrigan declared to-night that.good sea- 
manship could have averted the tragedy. He is almost 
frenzied with grief. 

The survivors of the wreck -were picked up by tugs a 
few minutes after the accident and brought into this port. 

When Archie Fisher was Commodore of the Chicago 
Y. C.- over twenty years. ago he went to New York for 
his flagship and bought Idler. She was a wonder on 
the lakes, and Mr. Fisher was easily a leader among the 
amateur sailormen. But he tired of Idler, and she was 
laid up as a too expensiye plaything. In 1888 she was 
fitted out to sail in a match race at Mackinaw against the 
Canadian schooner Oriole, of Toronto. Chicago yachts- 
men always said it was no day for Idler to race, for the 
wind went down to a drifting match, and Idler was no 
good unless the wind freshened. She was beaten. 

John Cudahy bought the old schooner from Mr. Fisher, 
as he wanted a yacht to finish out his summer home at 
Mackinaw Island. In 1890 he had the boat rebuilt in a 
thorough manner. Afterward Mr. Cudahy tied the yacht 
up in an Illinois Central slip, and for several years she 
accumulated coal dirt and dry rot. 

In 1896 W. D. Boyce was elected Commodore of the 
Columbia Y. C., and he chartered Idler for the season 
for his flagship.- That Fourth of July Idler was entered 
in a race at Milwaukee with the steel schooner Priscilla, of 
Cleveland. The-agreement was that the racing sails would 
be barred. Idler had a growth of sea grass and sailed 
like a lumber schooner, so Priscilla, with a cloud of 
balloon sails set, had°no trouble in winning. 

_ The timbers and planking of the old ship were getting 
mellow by this time, and two years later a party of 
Chicagoans chartered her for a cruise. They encountered 
squally weather during the first night out, and by morn- 
ing the mainmast was rolled out by the pitching of the 
boat. The captain headed for Chicago again and the 
party who chartered the boat hustled ashore to sail no 
more. 

Last summer Idler was in service again, being used as a 
eruiser by the Naval Militia. They put the boat into 
dock, took out the centerboard, plugged up the slot and 
adopted other precautionary measure to do away with so 
much heartbreaking work on the pumps. 

In the latter part of the summer A. G. Rumsey, of 
Cleveland, came to Chicago to buy Idler for Capt. James 


Corrigan, of Cleveland. When he started the old boat- 


down the lakes he advertised that he would sail the en- 
tire distance, but upon closer acquaintance thought better 
of it and towed behind a steamer. ’ 


‘Spy, E. E. Swift..:..... 
KeT., W. M, Ferris,... 


Gavota, 2. 


FOREST -AND STREAM). 


There is not: a yachtsman; in (Chicago who , believed 
Idler was safe when she left Chicago. Many years of 
neglect when lying at dock all, stimmer had; worked 
ravages with timbers and planking. and about all that was 
left of the old craft was her history. 


Prior to her fresh-water experiences, Idler had made a 
name about New York. She was designed by Samuel 
Pook, and built at New Haven in 1866. In model she was 
a typical American skimming dish. She was one of the 
fleet of twenty-three yachts mustered by~the-New York 
Y. C. to defeat the first challenger for the America Cup 
in 1870, finishing second. She sailed many races in her 


salt-water career, and was very successful. 


| Wood’s Holi Y. C. 
woopd’s HOLL, MASS. 
Wednesday, July 4. 


THe Wood’s Holl Y. C. sailed the first race of the 
season on July 4 in a light and fluky wind. The times 


were: 
Emma, A, M. Ferris........ 
Dude, H. E. Hibbard.. 
In It, C. Harding...... 


Dizzie: UH. Bayi ihse secaes steer ccc e errors ceases 
Maxine, FB, G. Clark... 2.0.20. .eee secre een seca E : 

Florence, W. L. Howes....:..:+.+.++5: Vinny Disqualified. 
See, C. L, Harding.......... scence svssesternees Disqualified. 


The judges were J. P. Swift, Ulric Dahlgren, J, Walsh. 


Keystone Y. C. 
TACONY—DELAWARE RIVER. 
Sunday, July rf. 
Tue Keystone Y. C. sailed a club race on July 1 in a 


strong N.W. wind, the times being: ; 


First Class Duckers—Start, ssi 


WAibert. S., (@2 (Shallerossisss ves. se ptr eerste 1 02 30: 
Bertie, S., W. Collom.......... Pees gre tabGirrsaut 2 09 33 1 02 33 
Bessie, S, Yo Dingeessa.s.cccddadenne nee ese 2 09 35 1 02 35 
George B., Geo. Pass.-..-... PARBAL COCR BE ase Aone 2.19 30 1 17 30 
Little Harry, R. Brown........- Pa hiins NoMa 2 19138 1 17 38 
Tillosnove rey Ay Meovaal oes Soccc kyaroagieete 22700 | 1 20 00- 
MeGinty,, We Glausetisg ties mers ccc cube nee Disabled. 
Skiffs—Start, 4:35. 
Two Jacks, W. Clausen............. eee peren 5 25 00 0 50 00 


W. A. Moore, C. Shallcross................+..-- Dismasted. 


Corinthian Y. C. 
ESSINGTON—DELAWARE RIVER. . 
Saturday, June 30. 

Tue Corinthian Y. C., of Philadelphia, sailed a race for 
the knockabout class on June 30 in a strong N.W. wind, 
the boats carrying two reefs. Kid, sailed by Mr. and Mrs. 
W. Barklie Henry, led to the outer mark, but broke her 
rudder on the way home; she was kept going, however, 
and steered by the sheets, coming in first. Gavota car- 
ried away her jib and tore her mainsail, and Grilse was 
badly disabled. The times were, start 2:45: 


Lower Buoy. Finish. Elapsed. 
icicles eee BSR ICASO RAD CIE DS 3 41 25 4 22 30 1 87 30 
RESIST Bere NCE OES WSS tc WE AA 3 45 50 4 25 25 1 40 25 
Gagotar Ve lei as yaaeestipecnt eet tase Meee 4°30 52 1 45 52 
Crise: See a eat eet era ete 3 46 30 Disabled. 


Kid, 4; Fareeda, 3; Gayota, 2; Grilse, r. 
Kid, 7; Fareéda, 5; Grilse, 3; 


Points won: 
Points won to date: 


Windward Y. C. Annual Regatta, 
BROOKLYN—NEW: YORK BAY. 

Wednesday, July 4. 

THE Windward Y. C. sailed its annual regatta on July 


4 over courses in the Upper Bay off the club station, 


Thirty-fourth street, Brooklyn. A heayy thunder squall 
made trouble for a time. The times were: ' 


Cabin Sloops—Start, 10:43. 


; Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Vetz, R. W. Jones........ SS rtap estes Walkover. . 
: .... Cabin Cathoats—Start, 10:46. 
Allvar Js ckl aeAli etingeensototiss Ye ieee 1 14 50 2 28 50 2 32 12 
Emily B., Ek. VY. Brewster....... ot 2045 2 34 45 2 34 45 
Sunshine, George H. Tice.:,...-...1 22 00 2 36 00 2 36 10 
Florence, H. A. Conradt.......-... Withdrew. 
43 _ Mainsail Boats—Start, 10:49, 
Bonita, J. H. Hepburn..........-. 1 50 33 3 01 33 3 03 3a 
Retort [swe ay cles see ene 2 10 15 3 21 15 3 at 15 
Jimi (GS ile Aee hice tathooooe Deeoer Withdrew. 
Ne Ne Moosha, J. H. Vermount..Dismasted. 
Ada W., E. H. Webb........ wh 14950" 300 50 3 08 16 
Open Catboats—Start. 10:52. i ; 
Nip, Frank Smedley.....-.-....... 12 28 22 1 36 22 1 36 22 
Ruth, W, H. Remey.,.............. 12 25 05 1 33 05 1 36 US 


The winners were Veta, Alva; Bonita‘and Ruth. 


The 30-footers at Newport. 
Ow July 4 the 30-footers Dorothy and Esperanza sailed 


a private match over the Bishop’s Rock and Jamestown 
course, the times being, start 3:11: : 

. Binish! | Elapsed: 
Esperanza, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr.........:...4 46 28 1 3B 28 
Dorothy, H. ¥. Dolan.....0....0..cccscsce esses 447 47 1 36 47 


On July 5 a sweepstakes race was sdiled over a course 
from Brenton’s Cove around Half-Way Rock, eight miles 
to leeward and return, in a fresh south wind, the times 
being, start 3:24: , 


Turn. Finish. El - 
Esperanza, H. O.. Havemeyer, Jr..4 25 40 5 32 49 2 ies 
Wawa, R. Brooks...... Shoeaian ‘s.e4 25. 47 5 33 17 2 09 17 
Dorothy, Hl. Y. Dolan............. 4 26 20 5 30 31 209 31 
Eleras Re IN. Ellis? 22s22 erie. 4 27 19 5 34 18 2 10 18 
On July 7 a race was sailed, resulting as follows: 
ir : Pall Finis! Elz 
Waters Bote a a eee 54604 2 Poa 
Eletam RU LINE»: tall eenhe eee nn nen neuneT Ohler 54736 | 2298 36 
Dorothyaikis. VAD oats pnb etl eae oes D 48 09 2 29 09 
Esperanza, H. O, Havemieyer, Jr............... 5 62 02 weoo 02 
bE e 


Admiral, steam yacht, J. D. ‘Crimmins,. has ‘haan wld to 
an unknown purchaser. Nik ete 


[JULY 14, 1900, 


Penataquit Corinthian Y. C. 
BAY. SHORE—GREAT SOUTH (BAY. 
Wednesday, July 4. 


THE Penataquit Cor. Y. C. opened its new. club house 
oi) Penataquit Point on July 4 at noon, starting a race at 


1 P.M. The times were: 
Sloops—Class M—Start, 1:05. 
‘ Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
IMP AtiECoe awe eente eee ee 2 59 00 1 54 00 1 54 00 
CUTE EWHe ieee eee PRT Pe 317 00 212 00 2 11 42 
vip Class N—Start, 1:10. 
Pinkte ritioineses -.. Disqualified. 
Gayety» «3 22 55 2 12 55 2 12°39 
Wee Three 3 36 50 2 26 50 2 24 42 
NYE TST Se tuo oa epee = OIE OO Eee Disabled. 
Wiki get vanhee se: oeeenniin es: .»- Disqualified. 
OSCAWAAMahe nas eens 3 37 40 2 27 40 2 21 28 
, Sleops—Class O—Start, 1:15. 
OFAN ERE OVENS sre hen roe anne 5 58 50 2 43 50 2 43 50 
SUD DEE eae atone eterna >-.d0 DY 26 2 37 26 2 25 00 
Lest 4-4 (om Su meh BAR Reece bon On awl Withdrew. 
. Catboats—Class [—Start, 1:15. . 
Oconita: ea tnseteh shearer 3 52 2 37 30 2 37 50 
Mafiani ri. 2 ae eee ee Peete 3 45 45 2 30 45 2 25 b4 
. Class V—Start, 1:20. 
ALONE eno rt ni eagaeg ates Acahs 3 IS 2ae 00 45 2 40 45 2 40 45 - 
2.32 55 2 29 35 
2 39 59 3 34 45 
; : 2 42 42, 2 35 40 
een > 1-+~€lass ee aae feu - 
efendererece ork h Seeman ele ets. 5 14950 149 50 
SittleS Bydia aes lasane 3 28 18 2 08 18 2 08 00 
The winners were Impatience, Gayety, — Surprise, 


Mariam Little Minister and Defender, 


Burgess Y. C. - 


MARBLEHEAD—-MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 
Wednesday, July 4. 


THE race of the Burgess Y. C. on July 4 was sailed in 
a fresh northerly wind, the times being: 


Raceabouts, ; 

; El Lae C} 3 
Sintram, WGP eh OWlednat teens ance erie peas Ste 
Pirate Rev RObDINSe Way wera ein ee ae 1 30 49 q 
Scapegoat, C. H. W. Foster......... ishibsetes sntems Withdrew, 

. Knockabouts. 
Opeechem rs Gsm GLe Wataru ein nner hhumenes 1 44 24 
Opitsah else Sera shaster sen ieeen re nneee eee 1°45 39 
2bft. Handicap Class. 
Cartoon, Howard Parker......... ge ontee eran 01 34 1 01 34 
Warkhesdyeers Berleaniient sees | pote REuL Eee es 1 13 00 1 08 04 
= . 16-footers. 
csly Duckling, CG. Fy Lyman... i... Ete 1 01 82 
Cyclone Ey (Gy Macomber 22, eee 1 02 15. 
Rove shee Oar pmo eemre nitro a dg haqaxanae nL 1 06 14 


Royal Canadian Y. C Qucen’s Cup. 


TORONTO—LAKE ONTARIO, 
Monday, July 2. 


THE race of the Royal Canadian Y. C. for the Queen's 
cup, was sailed on Dominion Day in a light westerly 
breeze, the course being two rounds of a fifteen-mile tri- 


angle. The times were: 


Start, Finish El 
eMernythoupiite wrncawcecesneetiae nt 10 16 40 5b 16 00 7 OL 00" 
Clorita 10 16 23 5 19 35 7 04 35 
rVreda 10 16.12 5 20 40 7 05 40 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


As the result of legal proceedings, W. K. Vanderbilt, 

r., has recovered the’ launch Leading Wind: from R. L. 
Forrest, whose agents carried her away in taking delivery 
of the cutter Carmita at Newport. Judge McPherson, in 
the United States Court, decided that the launch was not 
an appurtenance of the cutter, and did not go with her 
under the sale. . 

Re 


Duchess, the Boston 18-footer, designed and success- 
fully raced by C. D. Mower, has been sold to Lt. Cecil H. 
Dean, of the Royal Artillery, who will race her in Ber- 
muda against -the local boats. 

BRR 
Surf, steam yacht, F. D. Lambert, of Leith, arrived at 


‘New York on July 4 after leaving London on June 16 and 


calling at St. Michaels. She is under chatter to Mr. 

Billings, of Chicago. Surf was designed by Cox & King 

and built by Ramage & Ferguson in 1898. She is 176 

b.p., 166.5ft. lw... 24.55ft. breadth and 14.15ft. depth. 

Her tonnage is 489. ! 
eRe 


Theresa, steam yacht, G. Sidenberg, has been chartered 
to G. E. Graff, of New York,. during her owner’s absence 
in Europe. > fr 

RRR 


The Buckley patent water tube boilers, made by the 
Rochester Machine Tool Works, are meeting a ready 
sale, the output for the past three months being double in 
number and horse power that of the same time in any 
previous season. The orders are mostly from those who 
have seen the boilers in use, and satisfied themselves of 
the excellent qualities. : 

RR 


The year book of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
shows a total membership of 475, including 444 regular 
members, 1 associate member, 17 honorary members, 8 
navy members and 5 life members. The fleet includes 45 
steam yachts, 23 launches, 13 schooners, 102 cutters, sloops 
and yawls, 28 open yachts and 1 catamaran. 

. Rene 

The special regatta of the Harlem Y. C, for 25, 30 and 
35it. classes of sloops, ctitters and yawls, scheduled for 
July 7, was declared off by the Regatta Committee, owing 
to lack of entries. - ; 

Ree. 


The fifth annual open spring regatta of the Morrisania 
Y. C., postponed-from June 17 becatise of unfavorable 
weather, will be sailed on July 15 at Casanova, 

RRR 

The annual race of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C, for the 
Alfred Roosevelt Memorial cup, given this year for yachts 
of 36ft. R. M. and under, with allowance, will be sailed 
on July 14, starting at 3 P.M. 1a 


Jury 14; 1900.) | 


FOREST AND STREAM. — 


3B 


Rifle Hange and Gallery. 
Swiss Rifle Clubs. 


From The Nineteenth Century. 


SHoortne has been a national pastime in Switzerland » 


from time immemorial. The conditions. of the country 


and of the times have favored it so that the proficiency , 


of the Swiss in their arms of defense has become tra- . 


Associations and societies for matches and 


itional, 
ditiona Many of the present 


prizes have existed for centuries. 


rifle clubs are the survivals of local clubs established for . 


practice with the crossbow long before gun, powder was 
thought of, and preserve in their armories the records, 
‘weapons and prizes of successive generations of their 
members. The Federal Government, recognizing the im- 
portance of the proficiency of the population in the 
national arm of defense, has dovetailed the system of 
rife clubs into the military organization on practical 
lines providing for the convenience of the public and the 
requirements of the State. The military organization is 
fully described in the published text books on the sub- 
ject, and although any detailed statements of the methods 
are beyond the scope of this article, some few points must 
be noticed as explaining the connection between the army 
and the clubs. , 1 
It has been said that in Switzerland every man who is 
not a convict or a cripple has to serve asa soldier; and 
although.the description may not be quite accurate, the 
system provides for the military training of the mass of 
the adult population. At the age of mineteen all young 
men have to present themselves before the recruiting 
committee of their circle, and are subjected to a physical 
and educational test, according to the results of which 
they are drafted into the several branches of the service 
or put back for_a period to develop or permanently 
‘cast’ as unfit. Exemptions are few, 
as in some countries to the only sons of widows, and 
other special bread winners. Certain employees of the 
posts, telegraphs and railways, although they have to go 
through the recruits’ course, do not serve the further 
terms, it being considered that to draw upon the trained 


members of these departments might be to dislocate im-' 


portant organizations which would be fully occupied in 
public duties in a time of emergency. All those ex- 
empted haye to pay a military tax, fixed on a_ sliding 
scale, according to means. A man who is convicted of 
‘criminal offense forfeits the rights of citizenship and the 
honor of serving in the army. On attaining their twen- 
tieth year, recruits go into training for fifty days (the 
term varying slightly according to the arm of the service 
to which they have been attached) at the headquarters of 
the military division in which their commune or parish 
is included, Near the garrison town is a military rifle 
range of sufficient extent to admit of volley firing, prac- 
tice at the long ranges, etc.; and at Wallenstadt and one 
or two other centers are musketry schools, where officers 
and non-commissioned officers undergo a more elaborate 
training in this important branch of their duties. The 
recruit returns to his village, taking with him his rifle 
and uniform, and even if he has not learnt something of 
it earlier, sotne acquaintance with his weapon. For the 
next twelve years he has to put in three weeks with his 
battalion every second year. He then passes into the 
Landwehr for another term of twelve years, during which 
he has eight days’ duty every four years. At last he 
reaches the Landsturm, which entails but one day’s in- 
spection in the year, and one day’s mtsketry course to 
keep his hand in. The Swiss military system, although 
it includes nearly the whole male population in its net, 
aims at a result causing the least avoidable inconvenience 
to individuals, and the least disturbance of the industry 
of the country. It is necessary that the recruit, between 
the periods he is called upon to leave his work and re- 
join his battalion’ for training, should keep himself in 
practice with his weapon, and should what we call shoot 
his musketry course. It is here that the rifle club system 
comes in. When a man is with his battalion he shoots his 
course at the military range. But during the periods he 
is at home he does this at his village, a condition being 
that he must be a member of the local rifle club. Thus, 
unless he fails to fulfill the prescribed conditions, is he 
saved the trouble and expense of leaving home and at- 
tending at military headquarters. he 

For this purpose every commune or parish where a 
rifle club is established is required by law to provide and 
maintain a rifle range for the use of the members. Each 
member of the club who fulfills certain conditions receives 
a grant from the Confederation, on the scale to be no- 
ticed later. In country districts, where the physical con- 
ditions are favorable, there is little difficulty in providing 
Tanges; and as the community is interested in the ar- 
rangement, and everything is controlled by the popular 
vote, the matter is promptly carried through. In the 
neighborhood of towns, where the population is more 
dense and land valuable, and where the difficulties may 
be greater, the parishes are authorized when necessary to 
apply the “expropriation” law of May 1,1850, which pro- 
vides for land being taken up for purposes of public 
utility. That the general feeling and convenience is 
much in favor of sufficient accommodation being pro- 
vided, and that the club system is general, the following 
figures will show: 

In the year 1898, the latest for which statistics are 
available, 3.447 rifle clubs with 210,524 members existed in 
Switzerland, The total population is just under three mil- 
lions—the adult male population is not given separately in 
the statistical returns at hand—but, making allowance 
for women, old men and children, the figures indicate 
that a considerable proportion of the available men are 
included in the clubs. 

The latest figures of the rifle ranges, referring to the 
year 1805, are not complete, as the number inspected 
only is shown, suggesting that some few'may not have 
been visited, while the past five years have probably seen 
some additions to the number, ‘The statistics relate to 


1The arrangement for recruiting, for keeeping in touch with the 
men when they move from place to place while absent from their 
battalions, for securing their attendance and shooting the course, 
are all based on an excellent system of registration, which, with 
a small and well-distributed population, is an undertaking of com- 
parative ease, 


and do not extend ~ 


\ 


2,735 placés visited: Ofithese 118 had a. range of 300 . 
meters,” 1,683 were of 400 meters, 500 of 500 meters, and ~ 
434 of 609 meters-and.upward. These figures do not 
include the military ranges at divisional headquarters or 


at the musketry schools, It will be seen that the 400- 
meter tahges, were by far ‘the most numerous, and this 
is accounted for by the distance fulfilling the require- 
ments of the obligatory military course. Of these 2,735 
ranges, 2,080 were what may be termed simple ranges, 
without butts or mechanical marking apparatus, and were 
probably lines marked out in front of a convenient hill, 
thus showing the advantages in this respect provided by 
the physical features of the’country; 361 ranges. had sheds 
and mechanical marking appliances—the vanishing tar- 
gets familiar at Bisley and elsewhere; 184 had these ap- 


pliances, but no sheds—butts presumably being unnec- 


essary;’ while 110 were provided with sheds and ordinary » 


niarking arrangements only; 7.9 per cent. of the ranges 
were pronounced to fulfill all the necessary conditions 
of safety and convenience—i, e.; proximity to the villages, 
etc. Of the balance 4 per cent, failed in respect’ to the 
position of the sites in the latter respect; the balance 
being nearly equally divided between the insufficiency 
of the arrangements for the safety of the public or of the 
markers, 

The number of communes or parishes in Switzerland 
is 3,185, so that the figure 3,447 would give more than 
one tifle club to each parish, while the 2,735 ranges would 
seem to leave some,350 parishes tunprovided for. 

These differences are accounted for as follows: The 
cities and towns have often more than one rifle club, 
and sometimes more than one range to meet the re- 
quirements of the numerous members; while neighboring 
small villages may select some convenient point on the 
boundary as a range sufficient for the residents. The dif- 
ference in the “installations” at the ranges is also similarly 
explained. Near a town the arrangements are more 
elaborate and well appointed, the members being numer- 
ous and well.to do, while'a convenient hill and a couple 
oi targets may suffice for the requirements of a small 
agricultural community., “i Dh: 

The conditions under which the Swiss rifle clubs receive 
the countenance of and support of the Confederation are 
contained 1n the decree of Feb. 15, 1803, subject to slight 
modifications, relating to the firing exercises, published 
in the spring of each year-in the musketry programme 
of the military department at Bern. 

Each club must number at least ten members. Certain 
standard rules have to be followed, while the by-laws have 
to be sanctioned by the musketry officer of the circle— 
who, with the members of the musketry committee of the 
territorial battalion to which the parish belongs, controls 
the work. Registers have to be kept according to pre- 
scribed forms, and an annual report of results has to be 
submitted. The management is in the hands of a com- 
mittee, with the usual president, secretary and treasurer, 
to which is. added an important officer, in the person of 
the “Schtitzenmeister,” or musketry captain of the team 
or club, who is specially charged with instruction and 
with the military side of the proceedings. 

Theoretically, a club may be entirely non-military. The 
members may be foreigners, like myself, or amateurs, or 
men exempt from military service, and they may shoot 
with any rifles and adopt what programme suits them 
best. In such case the club would earn no grant from 
the Federation.. But'as most’of the men in the parish 
have to.shoot their military course, the military side of 
the club is strongly developed. The annual programme 
is published early in the spring, and by the end of June 


every man of the Elite and Landwehr who is not called 


up to the battalion, and some of-the armed Landsturm, 
have to shoot their military musketry course. Obviously 


_ it is convenient to do’ this at the village range close to 


one’s own door, and nearly every one complies. Those 


who fail are reported, and haye to put in three days’ duty” 


and shoot their course at military headquarters, bearing 
all the expense and inconvenience of the journey, and 
absence from the yillage and work. 


The obligatory course is as follows: Military rifles 


-ate used—i. e., the 1897 pattern 7.5 mm, caliber for the 


‘Elite and Landwehr; the Vatterli 10.4 mm. for the Land- 
sturm. Firing conditions, military—that is, no rests or 
cover to be used, etc. 

Exercise I.—Five to ten shots kneeling at 300 meters:* 
target 1.80 m. or nearly 6ft. square. 

Exercise II_—Five to ten shots standing at 300 meters, 


at target as above. 


Exercise III.—Five ito ten shots prone, at 400 meters, 
at targets, as above. 

Exercise 1V.—Five to ten shots kneeling, at 300 meters, 
target figure of a man, 1.80 by 50 or about 6ft. by 20in. 

Each man has to fire at least five shots in each exercise. 
If he makes I2 points with the new rifle, or ro with the 
Vatterli, on the 6ft. target, and three consecutive hits on 
the figure target he passes out and need not fire more 
than these obligatory five shots in each exercise. If 
not, he has to go on to a maximum of ten shots, and 
thus complete his course. Although the firing of ten 
shots at each exercise, even without hitting a target, puts 
a man through his course, his failure to score the neces- 
Sary points is noted against him in a special column of 
the register, and if he escapes for the year he is the sub- 
ject of attention the next time he is called up for service 
with his’ battalion. The shooting, however, on the whole 
is good, and as the failure to score means paying for 
cartridges out of one’s own pocket the man has a direct 
interest in shooting carefully. 

The scoring on the 6ft. square target is as follows: 

Bullseye (25 meters, or nearly to inches), 5 points. 

Inner _ (50 meters, or nearly 20 inches), 4 points. 

White ring (50 meters, or nearly 20 inches), 3 points. 

Blue ring (50 meters, or nearly 20 inches), 2 points. 

Corners, I point. 

Three decént hits, then, with the new rifle, or two bulls- 
eyes with the V4tterli, will score the necessary points, 
but the man must still fire the full five shots at each ex- 
ercise. 

Each member who completes these fout exercises under 
the above conditions receivés a grant of 1.80 francs, No 


eq 


*A meter is equal ta 3:28ft., or, roughly, Llyds.; so that for pur- 
poses of calculation 300 meters may be taken at aa0yds., 500 meters 
at 550yds,, and so on. 


*There is generally a walled stand behind the targets ta take the 4 


bullet; hardly what can be called a butt. 
*The meter is 3,28ft,, or, roughly, 1/lyds. 


ammunition is*supplied free, but the Confederation issues 
it to clubs at,60 francs per 1,000 rounds for the new rifle 
and’at 40 francs’ for the Vatterli, the cost price, including 
all charges, being 85 francs and 50 francs per 1,000 fe- 
spectively, A simple calculation will then show that 
unless the shooting is fairly good the man or the club 
can make little out of the grant, as it hardly more. than 
pays for the cartridges required for the obligatory course 
of the military members; 1.80 francs at the above rates 
represents, for the bulk of the members, thirty cartridges 
at 6 centimes each, the Landsturm getting rather more 
for the money. The best shot must use at least twenty 
cartridges, leaving him the value of ten cartridges, or 
60 centimes in hand. For the others, every cartridge 
they use over thirty, up to the forty maximum, has to 
be paid for by them or the club, Ifthe grant hardly does 
more than provide service ammunition for the course, it 
prevents waste of ammunition and encourages good 
shooting; and even if the village rifle range were used 
only for the obligatory course of the service members 
it is a convenience and economy to the people and the 
State, as saving the loss of time which would otherwise 
be occupied in the member's journey to and fro, and a 
stay at military headquarters. If the member is im the 
service the results of the shooting are entered by the 
secretaty of the club in the musketry book, which each 
soldier has to keep up, and on being verified by the 
sections chef, or staft-sergeant, of the parish, are again 
entered in the man’s service book, as a certificate that the 
owner has gone through his course for the year. Those 
who fail to attend are reported to regimental headquarters 
and summoned in. 

In 1897, 154,000 men went through the exercises and 
earned the grant under Course I.—that is, the obligatory 
course for the infantry of the Elite and Landwehr. One 
cannot say that they fired the obligatory course,as the 
figures do not distinguish between the members who thus 
fulfilled their military duty and private members, and 
others. who might have shot the course and earned the 
grant for the club, ‘The latest available figures show 
174,19 men in the Elite, 83,283 in the. Landwehr and 
271,780 in the Landsturm. Of. the first, about one-half 
are called up annually to their battaliqgns and shoot the 
course there, while one-quarter of the Landwehr do the 
same. A portion only of the Landsturm shoot a course, 
and that with the clubs. The cavalry, engineers and ar- 
tillery come under different rules. A rough computa- 
tion indicates that a considerable number of men who 
are not obliged to do so join the course which is ob- 
ligatory only for military members of the club. 

In addition to the above, a grant of 1 franc (20 cents.) 


‘is made to each member who fulfills what is termed the 


“Facultativ” 
above. 


” course, under conditions similar to the 
This course is optional, but no grant is earned . 


- unless the member has fulfilled the obligatory course. 


Exercise I,; Five shots standing, single shots—300 
meters at the 1.80-meter or 6ft. target. 

Five shots kneeling, single shots—300 meters at the 1.80 
meter or 6ft. target. — he! 

Ten shots (magazine) in forty seconds—distance and 
targets as above, 

The grant for the above course to each member is I 
franc (20 cents). ~ us ea 
, Lastly, the clubs are encouraged to undertake special 
“tactical exercises,” judging distances, firing at unknown 


' distances, skirmishing, etc., for which special subsidies 
‘and certificates of honor are granted. The programme 


of these has to be sanctioned, and the operations supet- 
intended and certified to by a member of the musketry 
committee of the circle, a: : ‘ 

Ordinarily the sums earned by a member go into the 
general fund of the club, to which the cost of the car- 
tridges of the course may be debited, 

But these sums represent a share only of the ex- 
penses of the clubs. Practice and match ammunition 
are not included, and are purchased by the member 
on the range. There is a constant charge during the 
season for markers and other incidental expenses. The 
sale of the lead collected is some help, and a grant of 23 
cents per kilogramme (2.1]lbs.) is made for cartridge 
cases returned. The balance is met by a subscription 
from the members. Like that of everything else in 
Switzerland, the management is thoroughly practical and 
economical, and the small sum subscribed, generally 
about 2 francs per member-annually, covers all ordinary 
expenses, while the well-to-do assist’ by donations to 
swell the annual prize fund. In many places the sub- 
scriptions cover insurance of members and markers against 
the risk of accidents on the range, the premia being 
small, experience showing that accidents are exceedingly 
rare. The average Swiss is remarkably steady, quiet and 
deliberate, and practice is carried on with admirable sys- 
tem and precaution. Care and economy are exercised in 
every detail. A low crop is grown on the range, and 
damage is as far as possible avoided by using perhaps the 
road for the firing point, and so on, for all damage has 
to be made good by the parish—that is eventually by the 
people themselves. 

The revolver clubs for officers and non-commissioned 
officers armed with the revolver work in connection with 
this scheme, and a revolver target is generally ayailable 
at all the town ranges. According to the latest returns 
the number. of these clubs in Switzerland was 51, with 
a total of 486 members. Members who fire 30 rounds at 
the 6it. target at 30 meters distance, and 30 rounds at 
the same target at 60 meters, receives a grant of 3 francs 
each. Shooting matches among the officers are popular, 
and can be easily carried through in most localities, | 
wherever a wall or hill is handy, and much attention is 
now given to this arm in Switzerland, which is absolutely . 
necessary if this somewhat difficult weapon is to be of any 
Teal use. 

Lastly, musketry is not overlooked in the boys’. 
schools, the cadet corps going through a course, and 
being rewarded with grants. and prizes. And to com- 
pulsory education in the schools is added compulsory 
gymnastic training, which assists the physical deyelop- 
ment of the youth of the country and helps them when 
the time comes to shoot steadily and straight. 

_ The whole of the working of the above arrangements 
is controlled by committees, a committee of the clubs 
as already noticed, and a musketry committee of the 
territorial battalion to which the parish belongs. De- 
tailed rules regarding the filling in of the registers and 
returns, the inspection of atms, and conditions of the 
exercises, precautions on the range, etc., are issued by the 


[Jun¥ 14, 1900. 


Government, and are strictly enforced.” The duties of a 
committeeman in a Swiss village, where everything 1s 
managed by committees, are, as may frequently be no- 
ticed ‘by a resident, performed with a care and tact de- 
serving of high respect, and there 1s nowhere to be 
found the so-called “figurehead’’ committees which have 
occasionally caused management by committee to be ine 
garded with some suspicion elsewhere. Notice of the 
days on which the military course 1s to be fired has to 
be given to the battalion committee, composed of offi- 
cers living in the neighboring town or adjacent village. 
Although the officers are all busy men, generally mer- 
chants or manufacturers, they find time to ride over to the 
range at the appointed times and to superintend the 
work on at least one or two days in the season. In ad- 
dition to this, they check all the local retuns, and pre- 
pare and submit to the musketry officer of the division, 
who is on the permanent staff, full returns for the bat- 
talion. A leading manufacturer of this neighborhood, 
who is president of the battalion musketry committee, 
yery good-naturedly left his office recently and showed 
me at his home the mass of returns which he had to 
check and compile in addition to his constant work of 
inspection and other military duty. He cheerily re- 
marked that it would be difficult to keep abreast of the 
figures without the assistance of his wife. And one 
could not fail to realize the excellence of the work per- 
formed bw these officers, and the heavy drafts on 
their time entailed by military service under the Con- 
federation, which are cheerfully met by them and most 
other members of the community ie ep ae aa of 
; is f2 1 s a necessary and national duty. 

eres J. H. Rivetr-Carnac. 

ScHLoss WILDECK, Switzerland, April, 19v0. 

[To BE CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK, | 


wAn ins 2 his came recently under my notice. During a 
aan Beets aah some men ous were firing the obligatory 
course, which should be done in the open, took shelter in the 
shooting shed of the club, and fired the last few remaining shots 
under cover from the club stand. This was found out. and the 
whole grant of the club for the year forfeited. 


Cincinnati Rifle Association. 


8.—The following pects Wee eS in 
iti i ile Th i E to-day. 
-eeular coilipetition at Four-Mile House, Reading road, 
Gondmiens: DO0yds., off-hand, at the standard target. Payne was 
declared champion with a score of 89. Thermometer, 84 degrees. 
Gusty wind from 4 to 8 o'clock. Light good: 


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Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. ~*~ 


San FPranecrsco, July 1.—Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club had a 

crowded range to-day, and the wind came through the Golden 
Gate with such a rush and race from China’s) direction that it sent 
the bullets flying into the 11 and 12 rings. We wondered if it was 
a forerunner of the wrath of the heathen’s gods, and whether we 
could shoot at them as carefully if their millions were rushing 
through our gateway like that wind. " 
- Several lady and gentleman visitors were in attendance, among 
them Mr. and Mrs, J. A. Ricker, Mr, Ricker had his rifle, and 
showed he could shoot well on a strange range and under un- 
favorable conditions. - f ; ; 

Mrs. G. Manmnel beat the ladies’ record with pistol; with 49, 
which was only beaten 2 points during the day by the experts. 

Dorrell took the honors with rifle in class and re-entry matches, 
his 50 being the best score put up on any range here during the 


day. 

Pani Becker did fine work with his .350-30 carbine, using 12¢rs. 
LL. & R. powder and 1i2gr. 1 to 12 bullet at 200yds., eight of his 
ten shots being in the 6in. ring. Capt. Kuhnle pulled his total 
down to’within 2 points of Dorrell om .22 rifle score, and Young 
zot down to 506 with revolyer for 10 best scores, which is 3 points 
away from the record, by Gorman. ’ 

Our néw members are getting into form. Dr. Hunsaker made 
67 -on his first class entry with pistol and will evidently be 
heard from later. Dr. Ht. Freeman, the famous shot, of 
Ione, Cal., has joined our ranks, and will make us hunt for more 
centers. The elub yoted to allow back scores on class medals, and 
he can come once 4 year and do us up on some if he can shoot 
as well as at home. ‘This club has endeavored to be progressive, 
and has hard work to eliminate some of the small ideas of the 
shooters. Personally we helieve there is little honor in winning 
a class medal unless every club mate has every one of his twelve 
scores during the year. The practice here is that absent members 
lose their score that month on which they are absent. ‘The five 
best out of twelve count for medals. . 

Scores to-day, off-hand, on Columbia target. 
size of-ringe that is hit in inch-diameters: 

Class medals, one entry, members only, rifle, 200yds. Experts: 

A (ie Drs suslhh as ea Koe sooo sdeod sodesdd 4.9 24 51 543: 8 3—44 
jae OS A Katine eel) 25-4 eRe BOR AR ERR AE 8 6 612 38 511 4 9 6§—65 

Marksmen: FB, B. Lake 114, Mrs. C. B.: Waltham 127, G. Hoadley 
136, Dr. J. F. Twist 136, E. A. Allen 159, J. R. Trego 174, 

Pistol, 50yds, Experts; F. O. Young 51, A. B. Dorrell 68. G. 
Barley 64. , 

Sharpshooters: G. Hoadley 69, Dr, Twist 70. 

Marksmen: Dr. H. W. Hunsaker 67, Mrs. Waltham 78, F. Hass- 
mann 82, BH. A. Allen 88, G. Mannel 88. 

All comers’ re-entry matches, for medals and prizes; rifle, 200yds.: 


Each shot gives 


AB Dorrellic3. s 2-2. s-.-.cee nares 4 312 2 2 9 4 6 5 4—50 
41310 918 249 4 56 

mm -: / 618 95 3 8 5 9 1 9-88 
FO Young........ Ah Soon Seqeccce 25 6 5 7 8 2 4 9142-F0 
i : 5 4 8 4 391 6 2 8 G—57 


Other scores were: G. Mannel 74, 75, 82, 87; J, A. Ricker 80. 
Military medal, Creedmoor count; rings Creedmoor: 
PaBecker s.cte-c5 skeaakbaausasen ec 9 8 717 610 1 711 S—s4 46 
et ma 10 11110 3 7 6 815 1889 re 
: ; 4 6 4 618.326 6 6 2-72 49 
Other score being: G. Hoadley 42. ; 
Pistol, b0yds,, F. O, Young 47, 50, 67; G, Hoadley 53, 89, 


Twist revolver medal: F. O, Young 51, 66; Becker 67, 71;- Dr. 
Twist 78, 83, 91 
,22 and ,25 rifle medals, 50yds.: 


Capt Fred Kuhnle......... ¢ a. WS 2 ss ora 20 
pS poe caine ed eh a ee) 
28 25 28 28 30 27 


Other scores were: P. Becker 27, 34, 84; G. Mannell 26, 30, 32, 42; 
Mrs. Waltham 30, 36; Dr. Twist 32, 45; Mrs. Mannel 36. 

Record scores. Pistol: Mrs. G. Mannel 63939145 4 5—49; 
G, Barley 63. 

22, rifle: Mrs. Weis 61, 68; P. Morrin 78, 82, 92; EB. A. 
59. 
Reyolver:; Dr, Hunsaker 85, 

Rifle, 200yds.: Allen 150, i 

The Kine Powder Company's prizes of semi-smokeless were 
won during the past six months by Daiss three times, Mannel 
twice and Washburn once, on best score each month, experts 
barred. 

F. O. Youre, Sec’y. 


A correspondent informs us that at Walnut Hill, Saturday, June 
30, Thos, Anderton fired 100 shots with a Colts new service target 
revolver at the standard American target, and at a distance of 5Oyds, 
he scored 903 points, which is the best known certified amateur 
record for 100 shots at this distance. The professional record is 
914 points. : 


Grapshoating. 


ff you want your shoot fo be announced here send tn 
astice like the following: 


. Fixtures. 


{INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS. 


July 11-12.—Narragansett Pier, R. I.—Interstate Association’s 
tournament, under the auspices of the Canonchet Gun Club. Fred 
C. Serenson, Sec’y. | - : 

July 12.—Interstate, Park—Dewar cup contest and sweepstake 
at 25 live birds; $7.50 entrance; handicaps 26 to $lyds. 

Aug. 7-8.—Newport, Vt.—Lnterstate Association's tournament, 
ander the auspices of the Newport Gun Club. RR. Akin, Seo’y. 

Sept. 12-13.—Salemn, N. Y.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 
under the auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club. 


July 12,—Sherburne, N. Y¥.—Target tournament of the Sherburne 
Gun Club. 1. F. Padilford, Sec’y. ‘ 

July 11-12.—Delaware, O.—Delaware Gun Club’s tournament. 
H. TD. Leas. Sec’y. 2 i, 

July 17.—Dexter Park, L. I.—Club shoot of the Emerald Gun 
Club’ at live birds. 

July 19.—Watson’s Park, Chicago.—Barto-Graham contest for the 
Dupont trophy. 

July 20—South Norwalk, Conn,—Summer shoot of the Naromake 
Gun Club, 

July 24.—Dexter Park, Brooklyn.—Annual handicap merchandise 
target tournament and clam bake of the Hell Gate Gun Club, 
H. Schortemeier, 201 Pearl street, New York, Chairman of Com- 


mittee. 
July 25-27.—Winnipeg, Man.—Manitoba Industrial Exhibition 
Association’s trapshooting tournament. F. W. Heubacn, Sec’y, 


July 25-27.—Tolchester Beach, Kent County, Md.—Fourth annual 
midsummer tournament; two days targets; one live birds; added 
inoney and merchandise. ' 

Aug. 1.—Wellington, Mass.—Tournament of the Boston Shoot- 
ing Association; open to shooters of New England. 

Aug. 7.—Hackensack River Bridge.—Outwater’s live-bird handi- 
eap. L. H. Schortemeier, Mer. 

Aug. 8.—Auburn, Me—Tournament of the Auburn Gun Club. 

Aug. 7-8.—Birmingham, Ala.—Amateur tournament given by the 
Peters Cartridge Co., on the grounds of the Birmingham Gun 
Club; $150 added. John H. Mackie, Mgr. 

Aug. 28-30.—Arnold’s Park, Okoboji Lake, Ia,—Budd-Gilbert 
tournament. 

Sept. —.—First week in September. Tournament of the Sher- 
brooke Gun Club. ; 

Sept. 3-4-—North Platte, Neb.—Tournament of the Buffalo Bill 
Gun Club on Col. Cody’s Scout’s Rest Ranch; $250 added. Geo. 
L. Carter, Mer. j 

Sept. 4.—Meriden, Conn.—Fifth annual Labor Day tournament 
of the Parker Gun Club; $25 added. C. S. Howard, mien 

Sept. 12-13—Homer, Ill.—Annual tournament of the Triangular 
eae Club; one day targets; one day live birds. C. B. Wiggins, 

ec’y. 

Sept. 14-15.—Platte City, Mo.—Trap shoot of the Platte City Gun 
Club. S, Redman, Sec’y. 

Sept. 18-21—5s1t. lLhomas, Ont.—Tom Donley’s fourth annual 
tournament; live birds and targets. 

Oct. 2-4—Swanton, Vt.—Robin Hood Gun Club’s 
tournament, 

Oct. 12-14.—Louisville, Ky,—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
targets and live birds. Emule Pragoff, Sec’y. 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
(lay afternoon. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest, June 20, 1900. : 
July 12.—Interstate Park—Challenge contest for the Dewar 
cup between Dr. A. A. Webber and Mr. R, L. Packard. 
July 18.—Interstate Park.—John S. Wright’s all-day shoot and 
contest for Sanders-Storms trophy under his management. 
Interstate Park, Wueens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht 
Gun Club—Saturdaya. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication ix 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mat 
alisuch matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Compans, 346 Broad- 
way, New York, 


three days’ 


The programme of John Wright's shoot, to be held at Interstate 
Park, July 18, has twelve events, of which Nos. 4 and 8 are at 
live birds, 7 and 10 birds respectively, $5 and $7.50 entrance. 
Five are 10 targets, 74 cents entrance; three at 15, $1 entrance; 
one at 20, 25 cents, and the Sanders-Storms trophy at 50 targets, 
$2 entrance. The following is taken from the programme: “‘Shoot- 
ing will commence at 10:30 A. M, sharp, and will continue until 
every one is tired and the sun has set. The programme has 
been arranged with a view to making it varied and interesting. 
There are no grounds where a mixed tournament can be carried 
out so easily and so successfully as at Interstate Park. Lunch 
will be ready at 12:30, and will be served in the Casino. Events 
6 and 7 at 25 targets each form the competition for the Sanders- 
Storms trophy, emblematic of the inanimate target championship 
of Greater New York, To the three men making the three high- 
est totals in the 5) targets shot at in events 9-12; inclusive, the 
management will donate three special prizes. Shells and guns 
can be shipped to the park in advance. All shells and guns so 
shipped should have express charges prepaid, and should be sent 
in care of Interstate Park, Queens, L. I’, N.Y. The price of the 
targets at 2 cents each is included in all the entrance fees.: Live 
birds will be charged for at 25 cents each, and areiincluded in the 


entrance fees in events 4 and 8. All purses in the target events . 


will be divided under the Rose sysiem. “ In the. 10- arget events, 
“three moneys—b, 3 and 2. In the 15 and 20 tafget “events, four 
moneys—8, 5, 3 and 2. In the optional sweeps in eveitte: 4 and 7 
the number of moneys will depend on the number of entries. In 
the live-bird events the purses will be divided class shooting.. In 
the 7-bird event there will be three moneys—50; 30-and 20. In the 
10-bird event, four moneys—40, ‘i), 20 and 10,. Interstate Associa- 
tion rules to govern.” ’ 


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The following, taken from the Dayton, ©], Herald; has legal 
import of interest to gun clubs in general: “The Miami Gun 
Club, of which Mr. J. Wells is president, has been temporarily 
enjoined from shooting toward the property of Mr. Neibert, which 


Allen | 


four moneys. 


is located in Harrison township, on the Neibert subdivision. On 
Oct, 1, 1899, the defendants rented a lot adjoining the plaintift’s 
property and constructed upon it apparatus to be used for gun 
practice, known as trapshooting. Three traps have been located 
there, from which are thrown clay birds, the traps being located in 


a southeasterly direction from the shooting. Neibert complains 
that in the present position of the traps, those using them are 
compelled to shoot toward his fields, some of which are planted in 
corn, On June 20, while attending his crops, the plaintiff claims 


_ he was struck in the face with shot, and his horse's head was also 


struck with shot, It is also said that his oats and corn are being 
cut and greatly damaged by the shot. He asks that the de 
fendants be permanently enjoined from shooting toward his fields. 
Judge Brown allowed the temporary restraining order. Bond $100." 


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The Naromake Gun Club, of South Norwalk, Conn., advises us 
as follows: “The second sunimer shoot of the Naromake Gun Club 
wil be held Friday, July 20, at the club grounds, Dorlon Point 
road reached via N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. and white trolley 
cars direct to the grounds. Fifteen events will be shot off. 
Entries for all $13.50, targets included, or shooter can shoot for 
targets only at 2 cents; sweeps optional. Two hundred birds will 
be thrown from magautrap, Lurch will be served on the grounds, 
or one_of Dorlon’s noted shore dinners may be had a few steps 
from the club house. The June shoot of the Naromakes was so 
successful, and the club grounds being particularly desirable for 
summer shoots, they will be held monthly until cool weather. sets 
in. Programmes may be had by addressing Henry Gehrmann or 
Edgar H. Fox.” : 

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Mr. J. R. Malone, of Baltimore, writes us under date of July 6 
as follows: *‘Pleasé make, the announcement, of my fifth annual 
midsummer shoot, which will iake place at Volchester Beach, 
Kent county, Md., July 25, 26 and 27; two days targets, one at 
live birds; added money and merchandise; prizés will be given each 
day. Tolchester is one of the finest places in this section of the 
country for holding a tournament, It is easily reached from 
Baltimore by palace steamers and two hours’ sail on Chesapeake 
Bay, The shooting grounds are located on a high biutf over 2Uft, 
above tide water, with a clear background and always pleasant 
breeze from the water, Hotel accommodations on the grounds 
will be first class for those wishing to remain on the grounds 
during the tournament. Will mail you programme as soon as 
completed,” : ; 

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The programme of the Kentucky Gun Cluhb’s shoot, Oct, 14 13 
and 14, at Louisville, Ky., provides twelve target events on “the 
first day—four at 10 targets, $l, and eight at 15 targets, $1.50 
entrance, The programme on the second day is first at 7 ve 
birds, $3, birds extra; high guns; second the Kentucky handicap. 
at 15 live birds, $10, birds extra; high guns; 40, 30. 20 and 10 per 
cent.; handicaps 25 to ayds, Extra events as the shooters may 
desire, The Kentucky State championship takes place on the 
third day. It is open only to residents ot Kentucky. The con- 
ditions are 25 live birds, $10 entrance, birds extra: class shooting; 
purses divided 35, 25, 20 and 10 per cent., 10 per cent. to the club. 
Lunch served on the grounds. Shooting commences at 9 o'clock, 


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: Consul Hughes, of Coburg, writes to the State Department: 
‘An Italian electrician has invented an €lectric cartridge, which 
he offers as a substitute for dynamite and smokeless powder in 
mines, rock blasting, and for heavy ordnance. ‘The composition 
used in the cartridge is made up of carbonates of potash and 
chloride oi ammonia, the proportion yarying according to the use, 
The discharge is effected by an electric spark, which produces 
electralytic eftects upon the chemicals. The inventor claims that 
the cartridges, until subjected to the effect of electricity, are 
entirely inoffensive and pertectly safe; so that there will be no 
necessity for isolating the magazines where they are stored.” 


® 


In Mr. A. W.. Walls’ communication concernitig¢ the: Worcester 
Sportsmen's Club, eisewhere in our columns, he mentions that the 
distance handicap was employed with much Satistaction to ail 
concerned. He turther mentions that it will be employed at the’ 
next club shoot, July 14, in the 1(0-target contest, and that no 
one is barred, ‘Chis is as it should be, tor the distance handicap 
when properly applied, eliminates all questions aside from that of 
mere nerve and skill. The Worcester Club contemplates holding 
a shoot on Sept. 12, at which there will be a contest at 100 targets 
for the championship of New England. 


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Mr. L. H. Schortemeier, the financial secretary rites 5 
follows: “The Emeraid Gun Club, of New York, wall hora 2 
special liye-bird shoot on Tuesday, July 17, at Dexter Park, open 
to members only. The event will be at 12 live birds per man 
club handicap rise; entrance price of birds only: merchandise 
Prizes to the value of $75; shooting begins at 11 A. M. Entries 
close at 3 P. M.” He states further that “J. H. Outwater will 
hold his first live-bird handicap on ‘uesday, Aug. 7, at Hacken- 
sack River Bridge, beginning at 10 A. M., and will add $10, $5 
$3 and $2 to three high guns shooting through reguiar events. 
Programmes later.’ Mr. Schortemeier will Manage this shoot. _ 


& 


The programme of the Boston Shooting Association’s tourna- 
ment, to be held on Aug. 1 on its grounds at Wellington, Mass., 


‘provides fourteen events, seven of which are open handicaps, and 


five amateur, the latter classified as 80 per cent. 6 i i 

: 2 ! s - or less in skill. The 
entrance is $1.25 and $1.30. No, 10 1s a two-men team race, 25 
targets per, man, and No. 11 is for the championship of Massa- 
chusetts. Shooting commences at 1) o’clock.’ Phe conditions 
governing sie webct eal are novel, and will be found in another 
column tully set torth under the caption ““Baston Shooti - 
ciation Tournament.” seni greg 

4 


Mr. Elmer 5, Shaner, manager of the Interstate Association 
tarried a few hours in New York on Monday, en route to Nar- 
ragansett Pier, R. 7., where he manages the Association shoot 
there, held for the Canonchet Gun Club, on Wednesday and 
Thursday of this week. Mr. Shaner was the embodiment of energy 
and good health, the arduous tournament campaigns of this year 
apparently being mere exercise incidents. 


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Under date of July 7 Dr. Spence Redman, Platte City, Mo. 
writes us: ““Kindly announce in your trap fixtures the shoot of 
the Platte City Gun Club, of Platte City, Mo., Sept. 14 and 15, 
The night of the 14th we will camp upon the grounds: tents being 
furnished, and have an old-fashioned “fish fry’ and general good 


tume. Programme Jater.’’ 
& 

The Baltimore American, is particularly 
phrases; as they relate to shooting, if the following is a fair 
Sample: “ATL except A. H. Fox, shooting under the nom de 
plume of E, C. Leader, were handicapped.” Still there may after 
all be little difference between a pen and a gun, as very pretty 
scores are betimes made with the pen alone. 


Under date of July T' Mr. J. Lerne Diety, of Myerstown, Pa. 
writes us: ‘‘We have formed the Country Gun Club with officers 
as follows: President, Jonas Noll; Vice-President, J. Hefflefinger: 
Secretary-Treasurer, J. Lerne Diefty. We hope to make a suecess- 
ful club, and will put, forth all efforts.” : _ 


& 
The Dewar eup will be shot for at Interstate, Park 
N. Y., on July 12. The conditions are 25 live birds,” Meas 


trance, birds extra; handicap event, 26 to Slyds, Tf twelve entries, 
Shooting commences at 1 P. M. ey eo id 
— ofS yc! 


Mr. Geo. L, Carter, of North Platte, Neb., informs us undér 
date of July 7 that the Buffalo Bill Gun Club will hold a tourna- 


ment Sept. $3 and 4 on Col, Cody’s Scouts’ Rest Ranch; $250 
added money. . ? 


At the shoot of the Penn’ Gun Club at. Norristown, Pa,, July 4, 
Mr, T. of which a gold 


strong in its Ireneh 


V. Smith won the club championship, 
badge is the emblem, by breaking 22 out of 25 blueracks, 


Jory 14, 1900.) 


In a contest of four teams at Bellows Falls, Vt,, on July 4 five 


men to a team, 25 targets to a man, the Bellows Falls Gun Club's + 


team No. 1 won with 98. 


The Jefferson Gun Club, of Jefferson, Is., contemplates, holding 
a shoot in the latter part of this month. Py 
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The Robin Hood Gun Club, of Swanton, Vt., announces:a three- 
days’ tournament on Oct. 2, 3 and 4, 


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The Evreka Gun Club, of Chicago, changed: its title recently to 
the Chicago Gun Ciub, ; 


pete = 


Bernarp WATERS. 


The Shooters at Paris, 


THe following excerpts are taken from the Paris edition of the 
New York Herald, concerning the Grand Prix de 1’ Exposition, 
which began on June 25 and ended on June 27: : 

The pigeon shooting séason in Paris is now at its zenith, for, 
punectually on the stroke of midday at the Cercle du Bois de Bou- 
logne yesterday commenced the competition for the Grand Prix 
de Exposition Universelle de 1900, an international contest at 27 
meters, with 20,000 frances to the winner, the 10 louis entry being 
shared by the second, third and fourth. The conditioins were 
that 2 pigeons be shot at yesterday, 2 to-day and the ties to be 
dec:ded to-morrow; 2 misses and out, 

Now 10 louis, even to pigeon shots, is at times a big sum, so 
instead of having 166 shooters, as on Tuesday last, in the Grand 
Prix du Centenaire, when only a louis was demanded, there were 
but fifty-two marksmen who faced the traps on the present occa- 
sion. Wighty-five had entered, but those whe withdrew were prob- 
ably good judges, asa strong southwesterly wind was blowing across 
the ground, and it was an cpen secret that some rattling birds 
had been kept for the event. 

After the morning’s showers the grounds looked their best— 
flowers everywhere. one of the prettiest “tirs” im the world. There 
Was no sum, so shooters had a nice light in their favor, though 
With the breeze the birds had a little the advantage. 

Name aiter name was called, and when 2 pigeons each had 
been shot out af the fifty-two only four had double zeros, placed 
against their names, these being Messrs. Keyser Denfert-Rocher- 
eau, Basile, Verestchagine and the Hon. Fitzroy Erskine. 

Those with 1 miss each were Baron A. De Tayernost, Messrs. 
-\. J. Roberts, Comte Yerestchagine, Marcel Laurent, Robert 
Gourgaud, Verdayaine, A. Poizat, L. De Mendeville, De Amézaga, 
Momon, Léon Thome, S. Merlin, D. A. Upson, Paul Gotterot, 
Baron de Heeckeren, Léger, Murphy, Comte Dankelmann and 
Comte De Chapelle, ‘ : 

The following accounted, on the other hand, for both birds: 
Messrs. Spalding, L. Drevon, J, Banwell, R. Moncorge, Marcel 
Avril, Seribot, C, Robinson, D. Mackintosh, J. Demonts, Maurice 
Faure, Oreste Galetti, J. Pederzoli, Wadsworth Rogers, Baron De 

Dorlodot, Léon De Lunden, Hans Marsch, H, Journu, Tod Sloan, 
- C. Bethune, Paul Lunden, Maurice Godillot, Marquis De Villa- 
yiciosa, Comte Louis D’Havrincourt, Von Pape, Baron De Leo- 
nino, Buequet, De Lostalot, Comte Clary and A. Ginot, 

How is that for an international crowd? 

Among the newcomers were Mr. Banwell, one of England’s 
erack shots, and’ Tod Stoan, the American jockev, who, alfhough 
having had a little practice in sweepstakes during the past few 
days, made his first appearance in France in a “‘classic event.” 
He grassed both his birds m good styie. 

M. De Lostatot, in the second round, had wonderful luck, his 
hard hit _“bizet’ going clean out of bounds, turning with the 
wind and being driven by the wind toward the mempers stand, 
where it fell dead just inside the rails. 

Comte Dankelmann, on the other hand, was extremely unfor- 
tunate, his pigeon, a marvelous bird, falling dead a few feet on 
the further side of the fence, 

Taken all in all, it was, from a sporting point of view, an unex- 
eiting opening, and much greater interest centered in the 5-louis 
sweepstake, with exquisite little “‘objets d’art,” offered by the com- 
mittee, added, which followed, and which resulted as follows: 

1. MM. M. A. Poizat, 22 meters, 19 out of 19. 

2. Comite Clary, 2642 meters, and M. Léon Thome, 24% meters, 
tied, each killing 18 out of 19. 

At midday to-day the Grand Prix will be continued, two more 
pigeons haying to be shot ait. ‘lhe public will be admitted on 
payment of 5 franes to the unreserved inclosure, so here is a chance 
jor yisiters to see one of the prettiest pigeon grounds in the 
world and some of the world’s best shots at work. 

The second day's, shooting in connection with the Grand Prix 
de l’Exposition at the Cercle du Bois de Boulogne yesterday was 
by no means fertile in incident—in fact, it was about the most 
uninteresting “session’—as far as the event in question is con- 
cerned—that one could imagine. 

The wind was lighter and slightly more northerly than on the 
previous afiernoon, but the light was brighter. The birds, too, 
were mixed, and in the initial round, the third of the contest, there 
were 18 successive’ kills before Baron De Dorlodot missed, and 
this opened a short sequence of zeras, as Tod Sloan shortly after- 
ward was beaten by a nice bird from the extreme left, the Mar- 
quis De: Villaviciosa by a high flyer from No. 4, Comte Louis 
D’Havrincourt by a smart pigeon from No. 1, who just caught the 
breeze; M. Merlin, who accepted a sitter, who rose like a rocket, 
and Baron Léonimo, who was clean beaten by a fast, dark, snipy 
“biset.”’ As this was M, Merlin’s second miss he had to retire. 

In the next essay Messrs, Poizat, Thome and Upson all failed 
to kill and retired with “double zero” honors. All others re- 
maining in killed, but Mr. Mackintosh, the Australian crack, gave 
his followers a bit of a fright as he missed a thorough “‘twister’’ 
with his first barrel and waited. It was perhaps but a second, 
but hearts beat high! Bang went the second barrel and the bird, 
high in the air, fell stone dead, far within bounds. ‘‘What’s the 
matter with you?” said the Australian as he quietly put his gun 
in the rack and was preeted with “Bravo, Mack!” Mr. Mackin- 
tosh does not like applause. It was a rare good kill, however, and 
few present could haye stepped the pigeon in question. . 

Another good shot worth recording which was made.in this 
round was by, Mr. Wadsworth Rogers, who with his first barrel 
brought down a remarkably “‘snipy,” fast-flying bird. Tod Sloan, 
by the way: grassed his pigeon in the fourth round in excellent 
style, for it was fot an easy bird. ‘ 

Of those who on the previous afternoon had one zero marked 
against their names, the following did not answer the roll call 
yesterday; Messrs. J H. Roberts, Comte Verestchagine, Marcel 
Laurent, Mouton, Edgar Murphy and Comte De La Chapelle. 

Those who had kilied all their 4 b:rds at the close of the shoot- 
ing were Messrs. A. G. Spalding, L. Drevon, J. Banwell, Comte 
Clary, Messrs. R: Moncorgé, Marcel Avril, Scribot, De Bons, C. 
Robinséen,’D. Mackintosh, J. Demonts; Maurice Faure; Oreste 
Galetti, J. Pederlozi, Wadsworth Rogers, Léon De Lunden, Hans 
Marsch, Henri Journu, C. Bethune, Paul De Lunden;--Maurice 
Godillot, Von Pape, Buequet and De Lostalot. 

The 2-bird men, with only “one life,” as they say in pool, are: 
Baron A. De Tavernost, Messrs, Robert Gourgaud, Verdayainne, 
Bari n De! Dorlodot, Messrs. L. De Mendeville, De Amézaga, Tod 
Sloan, Marauis' De Villaviciosa, Comte Louis D’Hayrincourt, Paul 
Gaeta Baron De Heeckeren, Comte Dankelmann and M. A. 
rin ot. 

At the present moment it would be hard to predict the winner, 
as so much depends upon luck and the weather. The Anglo-Saxon 
division is, however, shooting steadily and Messrs. Banwell, Spald- 
ing, C. Robinson, 1. Mackintosh and Wadsworth Rogers have a 
great chance of being there or thereabouts at the finish, 

According to present scores it will be a long day to-day, but 
who knows but what Baron Gourgand, the president of the club, 
has not kept the best birds until the last? 

In any case the sport is sure to prove ian s and as the admis- 
sion to the ground for this day only is but 5 francs, there should 
be a good attendance at the finish. 

A great pool of 5 louis, with a souvenir given by the club, 1 
pigeon handicap, was shot for in the Bois de Boulogne yesterday 
and was won hy Mr, Wadsworth Rogers, 234 meters, with 18 
consecutive kills. M. Maurice Godillot, 2544 meters, was second 
with 17 our of 18, while Comte fibers. de Montesquicu, 2614 
meters, and the Chevalier R, De Knyff, 22 meters, each with 12 
out of 13, divided the third money. 


The pigeon shooting Grand Prix de |’Exposition is over and M. 
Léon De Lunden, a well-known Belgian shot, is the winner. 

The chmatic surroundings at the Cercle du Bois de Boulogne 
yesterday were perfect—a nice light, and only just enough breeze 
to-move the birds, while the temperature was pleasant, neither 
top" watm nor too chilly, ‘ 

,As_on the two preyious days the shooting took place “fen petit 
eeinité,” only those directly interested in the contest being pres- 
ent. - 

Punctually on the stroke of 12 shooting commenced, and during 
the first round some excellent birds were trapped—too good, in- 


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FOREST-AND STREAM, . 


deed, for Baron B. De Tavernost, A. Spalding, De Amézaga, Paul 


Gotterot, R..Moncorgé, Marcel Avril and Maurice Godillot, who - 


all missed. In the next two rounds Messrs. Oreste Galetti, A. De 
Dorlodot, L. De Mendeyville, Tod Sloan, Baron De Heeckeren, 
Count Dankelmann, Robert Gourgaud, Wadsworth Rogers, De- 
monts and Comte Clary came to grief, the latter having exceed- 
ingly bad luck with a hard-hit bird, Messrs. Mackintosh, Robin- 
son, Banwell, Béthune, the two; Lundens, and, above all, Maurice 
Faure, on the other hand, killed in grand form, the latter’s sec- 
ond barrel “coups” being remarkable. . 

In the ninth round Messrs. Dreyon, Scribot De Bons, Hans 
Marsch and Bucquet failed, and then real interest in the contest 
began, for when the tenth round began only nine competitors 
were left in, these being Messrs. Banwell, England; C, Robinson, 
California; D, Mackintosh, Australia; Maurice Faure and 
Béthune, France; Pederzoli, Italy; Léon and Paul De Lunden, 
Belgium, and Von Pape, Germany. And of these nine Herr Von 
Rape alone obtained the uncoyeted zero. 

n the eleyenth round all killed, but in the twelfth M. Paul 
Lunden missed a low flyer from the extreme left. In the thir- 
teenth Mr. Banwell, the Hendon crack shot, was beaten by a not 
too difficult pigeon. The remainder all accounted for their birds 
and shot faultlessly through the fourteenth round. 

M. Béthune, one of the best shots in the north ot France, fell 
out in the fifteenth round. He had shot in excellent form through- 
out, rarely relying on his second barrel, but was nonplussed by a 
good “biset’? sent up irom No. 2. . 

At the sixteenth essay Signor J. Pederzoli’s chance was extin- 
guished by a rattling bird frem No. 2 trap proving his master. 

But a quartette was now left in—Messrs, Robinson, Mackintosh, 
Maurice Faure and Léon Lunden—America, Australia, France and 
Belgium. 

“Why not divide the whole stake?’ said Mr.’ Robinson, the prac- 
tical Californian, “If Mackintosh is willing,’ said the others. — 

Naturally Mr. Mackintosh, just like Barkis of old, was willing 
and the nice little sume of 30,400 francs, or, with percentages de- 
ducted, 29,360 francs, was shared by the quartette, each receiving 
7,340 francs. ! | 

All interest in the contest was now over, for the shooting was 
merely for places—a very barren honor, especially as even the 
medals offered by the Exposition committee to those who had 
killed 2 and 4 birds were not forthcoming. “They are not finished 
yet,’ said Baron Gourgaud, the ever amiable president, to the 
many who claimed then; ‘‘nor,’’ said he, “is the Exposition. Per- 
haps we shail have a double eveit. Two finishes!” 

The shooting, however, continued, but it was evident that there 
had been a break, for both ‘Messrs.’ Robinson and Mackintosh 
missed their nireteenth “‘brsets,’’ while Messrs, Maurice Faure 
and Léon Lunden both killed, and a round later M. Faure had to 
ery ‘“‘content,’’ Jeaving to M. Lunden the honor of winning the 
Exhibition prize of 1900, ’ ‘ 

Tt is unnecessary to state that there were the usual rejoicings— 
champagne ‘calore! 

In'’a handicap sweepstakes of 5 louis each, with charming little 
objets d’art offered by the club, the following were successful: 
1. M. Journu, 29% meters. 10 out of 10. 2. M. Verdavainne, 24% 
meters, 9 ont of 10. 3. M. L. Béharelle, 26% meters, 8 out of 9. 

Thus ends the international meeting of 1900. It has been an out 
and out success, thanks to the capital management. 


Boston Shooting Association Tournament. 


Tue following circular letter contains much that is novel, and 

therefore much that is interesting to the shooters at large: 
- Boston, June 30.—To the Trapshooters of Massachusetts; The 
Boston Shooting Association will give a tournament, open to all 
shooters in New England, at its grounds at Wellington, Mass., on 
Wednesday, Aug. 1, 1900. We appreciate the fact that large tour- 
naments have been scarce in Massachusetts during the past five 
years. We believe that the reason is that amateurs who shoot from 
70 to 8) per cent. are unwilling to compete in sweeps against ex- 
perts who can break 90 per cent. or more, and we recognize the 
correctness of the amateurs’ position. : 

A glance at the programme will show you that this shoot is in- 
tended mainly for shooters who can break 80 per cent. or less. 
Every other event is open only to amateurs whose records 
as fixed by the management are 80 per cent. or less, Alter- 
nate events are open to all, but with a distance handicap rang- 
ing from 20yds. to I6yds., so that an amateur will also stand 
an equal chance with the experts if he desires to enter the open 
events: but he need not enter them at all if he does not wish and 
may confine himself to the amateur events only, or shoot for the 
price of targets. No, 10 is a two-man team race, open only to 
teams of the following clubs: Leominster, Fitchburg, South 
Framingham and all the clubs who are members of the Massa- 
chusetts Amateur Shooting Association. 

Any of the aboye named clubs may enter as many teams as they 
wish, but no one shall shoot on more than one team. 

A prize of $7 will be given fo the winning team and $5 to the 
second, in addition to the usual division of the sweep money. 

Five dollars will be given to the amateur making the highest 
average in the amateur eyents, excluding the team race, and $3 to 
the second, WHive dollars will be given to the professional or paid 
expert inaking the highest average in the open events. Five dol- 
lars wili be given to the expert amateur or amateur making the 
highest average in the open events and $3 to the second. 

No. 11 is tor the championship of Massachusetts in Class C, 
open only to amateurs who are classed 80 per cent. or below. A 
suitable trophy will be given the winner. a the open events all 
professionals and paid agents stand at 20yds., expert amateurs at 
i8yds. and amateurs at l6yds. The term “expert amateur” at this 
shoot means all amateurs who regularly break more than 80 per 
cent. ; 

Moneys in the open events divided five high guns if more than 
twelye entries, four high guns on less than twelve entries, on the 
usual high gun percentages.. Moneys in the amateur events di- 
vided 40, 30, 20 and 10, class shooting. 

Dinner will be served on the grounds. Targets included in en- 
france, at 1% cents. Any shooter may send to the address below 
and get his classification before the shoot, so that he may know 
what eyents are open to him. The rating given by the manage- 
ment is final. 

We cordially invite you all to come and make this handicap tour- 
nament a success. If it proves to be such we will euarantee that 
it shall become an annual event, so that we can hold at least one 
tournament a year in Massachusetts, where professionals, expert 
amateurs and amateurs may imeet on an equal footing. Any fur- 
ther information will be gladly given by applying to Herbert M. 
Federhen, Jr,. President of the Boston Shooting Association, 28 
Court street, Boston, Mass. 2 


Crown Point Gun Club. 


Crown Pornt, Ind.. June 29.—Herewith find scores of Crown 
Point Gun Club shoot to-day. which please publish in Forrest ano 


SrrREAM. Youche had high average for the day, breaking 77 out 
of 85 targets, 91 per cent. The weather was cloudy, with small 
showers. The scores: 


Trophy shoot, 16 singles: 


G Sherman,...11110111011111115 BF Myrick...:,. 100111100110101— 9 


J_ Youche. .....11111011111011113 F Keeney...... 100101110011N01— 8 
H Swartz. ...5; 111101011111111—18 GG Brannon... .100011100110010— 7 
A Hildebrandt.111011101111111—13 TD) Bailey....., 101011001011000— 7 
A Sherman....011111110111110—12 Hunter ....... 100101111011001— 9, 
Shoot-off, ties: 
G Sherman...............1 oes TER Swartz: tates nie 11010—3 
Ue Yoncherss ss. tee Sap lseee's 11014 A Hildebrandt........... 10101—38 
Twenty-five targets—l2 pairs and 1 single: Youche 28, Myrick 16. 
Sweepstakes: : 
Targets: 15 10 15 Targets 15 10 15 
Youche ..... aRAHHORAACAS 1410.18) Myrick yc, ...5ss0..cce0, 9 610 
Hildebrandt ..........-- Wl $11 G Sherman............05 .. 9 12 
A Sherman.............. It 819, Bailey wee ies d, 8 811 
SECRETARY, 


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Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
Ips-2+ hy Monday and as much earlier as practicable. 


ON LONG ISLAND. 
New Utrecht Gun Club | oe 


Interstate Park, Queens, July 7%—The shooting began‘ rather 
late, and a heavy thunder storm forced an early close, In the 25+ 
bird event Morfey killed straight; Banks second with 238), The 


scores: 
Twenty-five live birds, $10 entrance, bitds extra: — he 
Welch, Relais CEL tte si " rei hevats rere ayeree |, « -220222220212222*2"2221211—21 
IVcre fence ts Osteen bettie sy etal etree cialerastele 1+ 222222222220 2022002222220—20 
Piatiies) DR iad eid wb ab cea a stylet sea sc 2102122212211 2121292122128 
Dir (Casey: 20.6.2 ee ecdaes Sale Ficaertireetaraeny 0#22222222092220222222222 22, 
Event No, 2, 15 birds, $5 v obels 
Welch, 30..... 229999009990222—14 Dr Casey, 29, .222222222222222-—15 
Morfey, 31....222%22022222092-13 Banks, 28.......02211222212222 14 
Woods, 27....222*10121112212-13 oS 


Sweepstakes, targets: . ata 
Twenty singles: Dr. Casey 20, Wood 17, Lincoln 22, David 19. 
Thirty singles: Banks 27, Dr. Casey 21, Woods 21, Morfey 29, 
Hamilton 22, Liticoln 25. - *. 
Ten pairs doubles: Banks 18, Dr. Casey 11, Wood: 9, Morfey 13, 
Hamilton 7, Lincoln 14. : : fv el 


Medicus Gun Club, 


Interstate Park, L. J., July 4—The shoot of the Medicus Gun 
Club was fairly well attended to-day at Interstate Park, considering 
that nearly, every club was holding shoots on their own grounds. 
No. 11, at 50 targets, was the merchandise event, a distande handi- 
cap, each man’s handicap being given after his mame im thé scores 
appended. . 

The two-nen team race at 100 targets had three entries, and af 
these the East Side Gun Club, of Newark, was an easy winner. 
Banks, of the Medicus Gun Club, put up the highést individual 
score, 96 out of 100, 

The weather was exceedingly hot, and a dull hight prevailed. 


Events: ‘ 12.38 4 5 6 7 91001 12 
Targets: 10 15 10 20 +15 10 15 50 
GePieroy, dhe a aeeeyrsnd eee sales 10910 918 8 214 8 9388 5 
Feigenspan, 29.........-- cle zhale ta Wes 8141018 &§ 214 91313 1 
IGM CVamclbectesss ss sree tate deciar ents 9111018 &§ Till 81531 3 
(Dyeroltete: UL saa habe BG Ee ORME et pacer 6 8 615 9 012 91035 2 
SVS CHie LS cyte eee te hele aly « PRR tere 911 916 7 612 5 935 6 
Balen Affe wets e Serre es eek I0 tS 18 SD TS ae 
iulariesten 4G bo spancnpcrsba cit LaPeer a Ags Gla SZ ey egos es 

Be fle 41° 9. 2 oto 

i) Sonal Dele 7a 0 

peti We) le pace al 

SOULE O20 On aOOnCrS <teee e  Se pe Se SPD on 1 

MAAS SIAR SH PAA ees Re) a ee ee hey ey Ag 2 

IDFR ate SUF ee a on aru AR DAL. re Pete et, bate: Lin tain yee we 82 0 


No. 5 was at 5 pairs. 
Two-men team race, 100 targets per man: 


Nos. 6 and 12 were miss-and-outs.. : 


East Side G. C., Newark. Medicus G, C., Brooklyn, 


Feigenspan ,,24 22 22 25—98 Banks ....... 24 24 24 24—96 
Fiercy. Sule. ene 21 22 21 24—88—181 Webber ......20 18 22 183—78—169 
: Boiling Springs G,. C., Rutherford., é+ 
Dhidleva san ndess 16 24 22 25-87 Money ...... 18 18 19 24—79—166 


The live-bird events progressed simultaneously with the target 
shooting much of the time. No. 1 was at 10 birds, $5. Nos. 2 and 
3 were miss-and-outs, No. 4 was at 15 birds, $5, high guns: 


No. 1. No. 2. No: 3. 
Money, 30,.... eR Cr id S UO Secon 121121112210 ° 9  '0 
LHR AMEIU Tween | nook: SAREE ED erate ie 122222112110 © 0, 220 
Ete STIs Darl Meat et ticle en ail errae yee doe 0122022222— 8 2 222 

No, 4: -, : 

Money, A el Beet iy Weta ce oma 2002210212.w 
Erver yy) 2OM SEES S Tes EEE eg oR acai se Uk Ot ooo E, 222 FOR Iw 
Banks, 28 ..... eu Lane Ment lane eiceta a ee 12°222111211122 44 
Morfey, 30.. toes seen eats sent epee sen eectseeesenee 2222222220220099 15 
HeIrenspatte AU cereteeeeehehhte ss. oieb eit apiaaies + + 2222212*2929900 14. 
TAME ARC VAR OUD sla suhls aes caanenee er nad et een Lee 22222.2222202929 15 
Lockwood, 27......... Soe Yelgier sinter noes ane ae ep 220212022222222 13 
_ Fifteen birds. 
MGrtEye ayers eee roenenn: AOC DOM icy WIA PL cone Tate 14191*111111110—12 
eC Ww OCR angie. seems uae perc tsi me aa Ae eee 021222022211122 12 
MbiTers Weeasen es eeletcent MeO GLa aa \ ice rte he da 221021*11222999 13 


Worcester Sportsmen’s Club. 


Worcester, Mass., June 30.—The Sportsmen’s Club held a shoot 
this afternoon and the principal event was a 100-bird contest for a 
prize of $10, which went to the high gun. The entrance was $2, 
which was divided 40, 20, 20 and 10 per cent, to the next four high 
guns. There Were mine entries in this event, and as it was a dis- 
tance handicap affair the result was very satisfactory to all of the 
contestants. 

lhe shooters were all yery much handicapped by the wind, which 
blew almost a gale and sometimes made it utterly impossible for 
the shooter to make connections with the targets, which amused 
the spectators exceedingly. 

Following are the scores of the 100-bird race: 


Burbank, 16...... 19 23 21 24—87 . Hoyle, 16......... 19 19 20 17-76 
eroy, 20,.... ++.. 22 20 23 21-86 Kenerson, i6..... 14 21 16 19—70 

PUD OSes tons a a Be Pate Doten, 14..... ass. 17 18 15 18—68 
OfONs WAS Sia Brae I Wa Days 

Walls. 20......... 20 17 22 19—78 se Sa tg ae op 


It is the intention of the club to hold a two days’ tournament 
probably Aug, 22 and ‘23, if those dates do not conflict with any 
shuot in the East, and on one of those dates the 100-bird contest 
for the championship of New England will be arranged on lines 
Sones Koa shoot heb by. he club Sept. 12, 1899, at which shoot 

, M. Pederhoen won the championship and with it the $50 ¢i 
HMaee A Bi rete as ; prize. : SA! AS 

our next club shoot, July 14, another 100-tareet cont i 
be arranged, distance handicap, nobody barred ‘ ae ‘ith 
: A. W. Watts, Sec’y. , 


~ Championship of Maryland. 


_ Bartrmore, Md.—The July 4 shoot of the Standard Gun Club— 
its ninth annual—took place at Monumental Shooting Park with a 
good attendance. There were thirteen contestants in the cham- 
Pionship event,;which was won by Mr. E. H. Storr with the ex- 
cellent score of 98 out of 100. Lupus was a close second, with 96. _ 
The scores: 


Sweepstakes; 

Targets: 10 10 10 25 

WUD USS ope Mslvislatsieine 
Hawkins ..,........- 5 510 re 
New Hayen 55 7 
Malate. sce secsn cel SMSF! Tack nh emit ae Senihe 
Dupont ........ 6 8 9 21 
Schultze ....... . 5 6 6. 
Burkey. os setae 
PS ease poten we Sea SR ee 100 targets: ’ 
SLOPE ty Seen es ey 25 24 24— Malone ........., 21 23 21 22—8 
Inpus 22h, 25 24 25 22—96 Kins ............. 20 18 19 3384 
New Hayen ..... 21 25 25 23—94 Martin >. 18 18 18 21—75 
Dupont ........ .. 24 24 23 2293 Jory ..... i . 19 19 15 19—71 
Hawkins ......... 24°22 23°22—91 Milton 14 13 16 22—65 
Burkes oes eee = 21 23°24 21-89 Chase ....,.. pee. 1712 12°75 —56 
Schultze ......... 23°23°24 18—88 tas) 

i . 


Baltimore Shooting Association Championship, 


Battrmore Md.—The sixth weekly shoot of the Baltimore Shoot- 
ing Association for the championship cup resulted in another vic- 
tory for Leader (A. H. Fox, who shoots under that name). 

This was the third stiecessive time that Leader has led the oyster 
procession for the cup, although he was the only scratch man and 
has shot irom the sctatch—l8yds.—throughout the series. The 
scores follow: jn ' - 

Hdep!- Broke. 
Deader, 18.1,:.-335+ 0 = - 46 fii 
Malone, 16...... fie Lm Ta0 Robb, 16...... Fah de eS 37 
RIGKS 1G vena epee 36 Biirkes iGuecwueecires & - 88 


Several of the shooters with extra bird allowances did not shoot 
them, as they could not win if they broke their entire’ handicap. 
A thunder-gust made the shooting difficult and kept down, the 


attendance. Fox used Leader-shells in Winchester pump gun. 
OYSTER, 


Hdcp. Broke. 
Hazard, 16..,.. ‘eee 8 S ete 


‘Twin Cities. 


“Minneapotis, Minn., July 


grounds since June 23. Im the sweeps’ the winners were handi- 


capped 2yds, on each win, and but three men shot from, the 20yd. 


ee hootin: th, 
| e shooting on the 1 mat it nen 
in the scores of some of the shooters of the Twin Cities. This is 


mo doubt due to more practice and a far better, background. At 
present there is some talk of a large tournament, to be given b 
“Whe St. Paul and Minneapolis clubs combined: - If this goes throug 
T dare say it will be one of the largest: mud-pie parties given this 
year, with plenty of added money and courteous treatment. 

Scores for June 23: : : : 

pects singles, unknown: Danz 21, Chief 22, Thomas 19, 
Henry 13, Thompson 24, Kelsey 23, Fischer 20, Lyons 21, Spear 17, 
Lybrook 18, Morrison 25, Hirschy 23, Golzin 17, Hauser 23, No- 
votny 22, Alberts 18, Gotman 18, Dan 24, Fred 21, Kelley 23, Carl 19, 
Holt 22, Ace 19, Gorman 19, Bill 22. March 20 Sylvester 14, Towne 
A. Towle 20, Mabery 16, Frink 18, Schall 13, Hoyt 17. 


elsey .,.---«-- 111012 91213 Spear ... pi yabsa re iy es 
P Hauser ....+- 121114131315 Dow .... aE SK by Sy NI 11 
Malany ..... ..-. 10 11 10:10 11 12. Lyons . 12 12 14 11 14 12 
(Gy eye ARAB A Ame 12 14 12 12 12 15 orrison. see 10/14 14 ali 
Thompson ....- 14 912181414 Novotny ..-.--. ‘da 12°14 10 14 .. 
Fischer -.«.---. 12 912181414 Beyer ...-. =. 1613513418 18 off 
Henry ...:.--.- 8 7 SSH0 22 Bolte uss me Salgdes 1 il2e, 
Alberts: ws... 7 1411121112 Dr Wheaton.... 12 7..... 
Hirschy «...... 15 15 14131415 Kenedy. ........ 13°10 11 .. ws os 
Parker ......-.- 13 13 13 141314 Dr Corcoran -. 10 12 14 10 13:18 
Moore ........ .13 1414131415 Dr Bill ...-.... 13 14 14 12 
IRE. 9354n945550 ji 12 13 10 11 14 : 

s, June 25: : 
Mies Fee aalelons. 41 11 12 13 13 14 15 15 17 11 18 14 14 
Thompson ...---.ceers--s20rere 12 14 15 12 14 15°12 15 17 14 20 12:14 © 
Plays: leoeeyy <<a cee iete ss erisere 11 9111311121013 15 .. .. 13 12° 
Spear .....-eeeeeeteteneectenecee eb anh ish fs) YeMRe a oe oS he 
Parker (:caseccensseeseeswer esos 13 15 18 14 12 12 14 12.20 11 18 12 13 
Wiaores ccm cctemesseryeeccearae 42 18 11 11 11 12-14-14 16 15 15 15 12 
Tei oad akoaes Meebo aso 13 14 12 14 15 12 18 14 20 15.18 13 1 
Hirschy .----.-sceeee reece es reer 14 12 14 13 15 18 15 13 20 13 19 15 18 
lites ne wi eine ad emi ttn am emcee 18.11.14 14.14. 1114 13,17 12 17 14 14 
‘hit SS Castaac ee prmbboecdsdon pa es ery SAT POST RAL 

takes, June 26: 9 

ee  atatettaaly z .- 12910 9 ..- Countryman .....- 9 10 12 
Spear ..---1--+2+-- 12912 8 .. Holt ......-.:..1.. 12 13 18 12 
Fischer ...-.--,--- AAD Steeles Sisles nee teein rs as= phbaey se) ib! 
"DHOMAS. wes 2=s 07 = = 8 9 910... Lyons ..--::sere-+ 13 14 12 . 
BA tormenes sence tl. fay Or 2. 2) Chiete see. tel eedolea2els 
P Hauser :......-- 1415 12 12 ... D Gedney .....-.- 91013-12 .. 
Kelsey .....--..0-- 13:12 11 12 ... H -Gedney......... 8.10 13 18 
ercye eee teesee eee 7112121012 Hall -.......-...02- 151510. 
Thompson ....---- fit AIS elie Ovi ee eaaenceee-ae SA0b Re 
Morrison .....---- 15°14 14.18... J Liden ......2.2.. 1013 14 . 
AKem arc ptotetsiei-e elea > Q 910713 .. Hooter 2.22222. .2. 10 1212. 
Hirschy -----..-..+ 15151415 .. Sprattey --.... oee-y 441413... 
Henry, ..:05---225- 4, SOs ABAker Were bemmisiee § 8 1010 
Rita aacecarnsuee 1915101418 Agnew -............ a1) SILO eee 

Sweepstakes, June 30: - 
Kelsey ates actos u Wh PTR tte PRICE Seon sae: 78 8-6 
P Hauser .-..-. 11 131810 .... Thomas ....... + l0) 653": 
Moore ..-.----. 141110 .. -..- Walkinson «..-- 1815 14 9 +3 
Footner .....--- 10 8 6 8.... Baker .....-.... 610 .. ; 
Bischer,....-.-- 10171 1113 12... Spear ........-. TOSSA 
ip acts ae ee OSes been cb reNellere ns 464... 
Henry .. i 12 C UD EDD eR oe cote CRALE TI's clone oiaig saa OS ter ey td a 
Halle. tons AAOTI SHE S34 AS STE Bassas 3 opie eats 
Hirschy ....0.-+ 15 13 13 ¥ aie Gmtitale b'-lefelien ce 4 831212 935 
‘Thompson ..... 1316 14 5 

Fifteen singles and five pairs: 
Fischer ...+:.0% peer cearete SES IB 8.17 
P Hauser 2..-cceececcsas 15 16 17 Spies 
Wilkinson .....-sscedeee 15 1420 Hall 10 14 uf 

Minneapolis, June 28.—Paegel badge, 25 singles: Thompson, 22, 
Melich 15, Se 12, Moore 17, Stone 20,-Spear -10,. Willis 15, 


Toffman 16, Hirschy 20, Mrs Melich 15. Thompson won badge. 
Agente badge, 35 singles: _Thompson 24, - ayer 17, Sully 16, 
Moore 16, Stone 17, Spear 18, Liden 6, Melich 19, Hirschy 25, Mrs. 
Melich 14, O’Brien 20, Hoffman 17. Hirschy won badge. _ 

Club badge, 10 singles and 5 pairs: Thompson 15, Melich 14, 
Sully 18, Moore 17, Stone 16, Spear 11, Hoffman 10, Hirschy 18, 
Mrs. Mele li. Hirschy won, senior badge. 

dge. Sully won amateur badge. : 
pager Blatz badge, 15 singles: Thompson 18, Hays 18, Sully 12, 
Moore 12, Stone 13, Spear 9, Liden 3, Willis 8, Melich 10, Hirschy 
15, Mrs. Mclich 8, McLeod 6. Hirschy won badge. 

The attendance at the Minneapolis Gun Club shoot was_poor, 
The feature of the shoot was the good score put up by H. C. 
Hirschy. The wind was blowing a gale and the scores were not 
up to the average. = sous oe 

une 30.—Harding prize: Alberts 18, Kelsey 19, Hirschy 22, P. 
wns, 22, Wilkinson. 92 Isle 7, Thompson 23, Spear 12, Hall 18, 
Thomas 18, Baker 7, Henry 18, Fischer 18, Footner 8, Moore 20, 
Doc 18, Dr. Vileur 6, Powers 22, Marr 8, Hirschy 17. 


The St. Paul Rod and Gun Club shot at this park this afternoon, 


twenty-one men facing the traps. The wind blew a gale and made 
jarge scores impossible. The above ate scores in the club event. 

June 23.—Club event: Hirschy 25, Kelsey 22, Albert 18, Danz uy 
Chief 21, P. Moore 24, Thompson 24, Spear 18, Holt 20, oat 14, 
Morrison 19, Fischer 23. P. Hauser 22, Novotny 24, Beyer 19, 
Kennedy 18, P. Hauser wins Class A. Spear wins. Class B. 
Abelt wins Class C. 


Warm Springs. 


Warm Sprines, Ga., July 2#-1 herewith inclose scores of the 
recent shooting tournament held at Warm Springs. You will see 
therefrom that there were about thirty shooters present and that 
most of them shot through the entire programme. The scores: 


June 25, First Day. 

Events: 1234445 6 7 8 9,10 

Targets: 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 25 25 Broke 
Joseph 12 15 141610171515 2518 157 
Springer 14 18 13 1415171816 2520 165 
Andrews 15 18 13 15 618 1415 23 23 160 
Lowe 15 19 13 19 14171319 2420 173 
Mpledie pom ate stare h et tensaeet 13 18 1415131513 .20 2122 164 
MicGormick ys4.93 22 eeeecee sees ‘15 19 14 2015 181419 2818 175 
lorabebie Hae sages breaoese tee 15 14 13 14 12 16 14 19 22 21 161 
Samuels ..........-0-- Sars Rat . 141713 1812151410 22 21 86161 
PAG DOLLEM ce atanie eck ee es trbey OAS GEM PSS ST ae 45 
Robertson .......-.+. Rea ey GT ORO OR se enloel peeeeeli7 84 
\Wkoddtiss) 4.5 seeeodbn As0s OaaOUt nr 1419 141915 16 15 18 24 24 «©6178 
AVAISOTIME SE euiioctcl cs femt peee ne 13 20 15 17 14 18 14 20 28 240 =—s«178 
MOTE tame ore tae ateut nse rat bcer 15 18 1418 1517 1417 2122 171 © 
Peterman wre tiessciceh ctor pests 12 18 141612318 1018 23 28 «©6165 ~ 
PATI EMO Mme Lian tse sat titet ie eee wie 131713 171417141817 24 164 
PN) leis esto) en ptre tesnennnescos 13 18 1418 11 11 7131820 ‘148 
J E Henderson ...-....-..----. 15 1410 1413181315 2319 154 

WeeSR socd rae ter hea ne sons 11 17 13 20 1419 141719 22 = 166 
MESIMOM Aco cet eee aes? 12:15 121512171216 2020 1451 
{korCa lala tosnbaoiie sir ma ctac 10181315 121811181619 135 
IS Ha thera picisn.ale saan ctrl rietobstekees 1211 411 91411101914 115 
fo Say~ q SEB eee a ane aa ae THEIR) Sey ali sae ae oe Fi) 
Td oe hate oS Sea rah Sea Go Ses Gar waeerct rok elie hie, Mee eo 
Collins ete eee ee eee Gate 91510141015 ...... 11 84 
NESERIC rem reie eee ice octin cieire pice nea Tb bs TP Rey oe ee AAT 45) 
TSOP cee ee ANNES NSS SE ge Sa AS SS oh ae os 15 15 
INS AEA ARUN Oe 8 Se Oe ORLA: 15 15 
TORY ister: LEER ERE SR REA hte MIN Im tes See ek aN 18 18 
June 26, Second Day. 
Events: a Aas ee: Sats Sty rs Ps YE) 
Targets 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 25 25 Broke. 

OS@PHM No rrene os hoa vee aise ,-1419 12 16 12 1441316 2020 8 156 
Springet weeds eee nce. 12 18 12 13:13 18 10 18 24.22 86157 
Ariel rewS, lh vasa staid pneeleatstalel delete 10°18 10 16 121810102022 146 
TSOWES Mee eecine cere Feeesie see ae 141913141217 7162525 162 
thr ede viele teste quteds parsers 8161218 10 1218.16 2422 51 
IMIG@armIGk! Ueeeeeee ema ersiscs as 12:17 141911181519 2495 174 
retain 2) 002 ie ieee se ee veees 111910151318 9172122 155 
Satnivel sey crn) sta ease tert aies on eerrg sellin pen tae en Oey 
PRO DEES OILS: teen e) sar se 10121812 101714141615 138 
ds} Tihs a Wet ae ae WR re een) 10 16 12 20 151713182025 166 
Won bene eee pr eee 14 20 14 19 12 19 14.18 22.98 86175. 
AWHISGTS GYieent etscnss ban sca Anas 15 18 15 18 15 18 14 20 24 28 «= 180 
EVEN Gig 1h Gee Sek ear nor eS ee 1115 13171019 1518 2325 166, 
Peterman .....-- AcE Ge ibobhec . 13 17 1415 1212131618 25 155 
fAnthony, 2.) asks babe qtewon een ce 121613 15 82010 20 23 25 162 
Siidtter lie ieee peancnuMinnic scope wetloel0 eo) 09 FST pees 88 - 


1.—I inclose scores made.on these - 


new grounds shows a marked improvement - 


Stone won junior _ 


Grete tae n erie hawweecetusen 2218, SAS AB AT AF AS 24°21. 166. 
(Gye) UT ee es eS eon +» 101TH 91416... .. $4 
ESUIAS ARSE R BSC RBBB SSH cen. IPP y ee Te ee 36 
1D XS SRT Ayala gee LAH poo 13°17 101615151314 23 .. 136 
NSH enderson sete nn eee see 141515121371 6...... 86 
E Henderson......,..-:2.:-- glee somlbeuiplag Gsljees cee” Geo 
Malker eerie eras. poss 15 18 131912181317 2019 164 
WESTHOIEM Peco lier nts aoaciene et 1017 818 717 3152323 146° 
pis ina etn ome enemies 1042 § 14 14°16 11 15 23 22 145 
BATION Stee ees merit tania fee AOE es AU) oe, eee i 21 
Loli tlaeee renee nee ssa ere ae 12 17121310121011 2118 136 
SAE eee Berets Prey tea eer ad 13 .. 10 .. 10 13 12 stad 58 
Seino g | bP OUaHEARHHEnE Rp res bets a fay ic iF aipinctencion 15 
S570 ea REE AASB er re cect Oss P| ioc Oe 10 10 
Event No. 1, 12 live birds, $12 entrance, three moneys: , 
Ethredge «....... 22902222992211 Peterman ...-....210212*0w __ 
NMATLIT ey aaeneer ioe 2222222222211 Springer ........- 210222222222—11 
Desmond .......-+ 22000w. (PICK Er a a-cansceareis 012*12222222—10 
Joseph! 2222222*2222—11 McCormick ...... 112222222222 12 
AUKOT jocks pieces 222992999992 12 Tigner ........-.-222212222222—12 
Freidman .......« 212212112*22—11 Anthony ....... ~ -121022212112—11 
TATIGHET coke snoee tele 2101020w waDYoy legmeie aes 020222202222— 9 
Eo latidakees soe 111012122222—11 *Collins .......... 100212122222—10 - 
OWI. Ficien sone 222121222222 12 Wilson ..........- 222222222222 12 
Worthen-......... 122111212211—12 Shorp.....--...--- 112121012211—11 


*Birds only. —" 
Peters gold medal, 25 targets, open only to Georgia and Alabama 


shooters: 

JOSS). cea pononenacce Hock eben oto 59" 10:1111911101111111001113 22 
Springer wenn eng eee secerseeseee cece e LNII1TII11111911001111101—22 
EIFS Spa hos > Sinninnh setobo sb Uuneb hase 1111011111110110111110110—20 

ONO OTe GAL re ec ee PRET 1101111111001111111111111_22 

DETR T GU See Murcer a ce ements eee eA teks 11011101111014111111011—21 
Tei eiat rete oe ncaa eee arate niin dates = apace Ow 7 
McGormictkec wyanrenboresscctasssaees . -191011111111107119111 124. 
Freidman cag ceeeeeeeeeeee ee ee eOL11999111101191171111T11— 28 
EPO etic eesteeeete re mee one ae eens a eet 0100010111111111110101010—16 
WWicilicets onicnsmecreenl ne Seems eines same , - 010111111110111110111110—20 
IB TTI owes tovsene a teitee eae ee aee alee een 0101111111111101111100101—1.9 
REE RMUGIES yu ere CeCe ESE Sad SseCooorr in Ww ; 

Wikoradsrany eqehhoddosestu ceususoucdhsoddor ‘s «1009101911111 1 25, 
WHISAI Ms tote cohen Meine eee Name ts ctsaee 1110119119919 —25 
Martin ar prea Rhee 08 Ahn Le SSA 1911111111011111110011111—22,_- 
POLESTIAIT Weisner neta atalatel oles stecetenelatnte 1110109111111111110111110—21 
EWEN BRAS shone Joeenois jhe soodsabe 1111911011110111110111010—20 
TetooTeestoh at” ac ee ete Ww 

Bhs SS ole Ae iaooeee MossonncoesooE 0101111111011011111010100—17 
GIESMONG) Pree Gata sae srieseletneie ely eeainselulvl olotees 11.00101011111111101101111—19 
A Henderson ... ~  -0111111111011110111111110—21 
J E Henderson ......:-.....% ~ . -119111110171111111101111 23. 
PASS DO Lismre Se cess act eiete Seeen ans ctapeee eeeearere ate 0100110100100101011111100—18 


Cas. L. Davis. 


Mississippi. Valley Notes. 


THE Independent Gun Club, of Belleville, Ill., gave a very satis- 
factory shoot on July 1. This “club has nicely located grounds on 
East St. Louis and Belleville suburban line, just at the foot of the 
bluffs marking the southern boundary of the great American bot- 
toms, and is noted for the mumber of its successful: “family” 
shoots, which are always open to any who care to attend. bat 

Blackbirds were thrown from three expert traps’ at 1 cent each, 
division of moneys being under the Rose system. Of the men 
who shot through, Spencer, Riehl and Taylor* made the high 
averages, Mr. Spencer making a continuous run of 98 straight. 
The scores follow: 


Shot 

Events 6.7 8 910 at. -Broke. Av. 
Spencer .... 018 $20 9 145 140 -964 
IRiéhl ais sasase 8 21018.9 145. 137 ~945 
Heiligenstine 818 816 9 145 126 .879 
Clase $15 504 5 145 4107 -T44 
Taylor ... 5 $19 9439 7 245° ; 130 -896 
Collinsivase sss se- PASO SMA OOS ets -869 - 
Alexander SASMOIse ee | tsa 2S -911 
W Baygerman..... .. .. .. 18121018 918 7 105 92 aie 
BElCoure Gutireniertoe tea 1518 8171014 8 105 90 
Miss: Kane 2.22222. ‘22 Dal Gale vied dees ot ead 105 86 te! 
Baldwin i. sis eevee ctss b ooe 1818 918 817 .. Si 78 Sens 
WATS ses acess ste e beeen 19151016 918 9 .105 SOP eee 
(hompson) osc. p cesses eas 16219) Sea 105 89 aan 
P Baygerman......°.. .. .. 2. 138° 899 7.1810 85 15 aie 
Welbtiire Frocestae ae oes ewes BAA an deh Ty absy 60 48 3a 


POY CUNES cadet cea nation ee a. 
{kerevserer | au dhoonogurde ga ee a8 


Cabanne acto bes OO o pe hy eh 40 36 Baad 
Peeks aoctinsndbsnal db ge oc Fie ac pl: Baalh 1 Wy Mr 60 47 sont 
1S [Meta SAE Cadi no AS Srp boar 916 9 40° 3 ee 
Rodemeyer ......-- eh Oper by Se cen ties tity ef oh: eae ols ay, 
UTE haboaanunre here pee CRece FP ee neg CT ae wale aS. A Aa NT 
AViatitebeseee ciate SP peltigeds Sapo nr eal ue 8e, 


Progressive Gun. Club. 


Late in the afternoon the crowd moved down the highway half 
a mile to the Progressive Gun Club grounds, where. members of 
that organization engaged in their semi-monthly contest for the 
Heim’s trophy. Eugene Deletine, 4 comparatively new shooter, 
surprised the boys by distancing them all with a score of 20 
straight. The scores: Delatine 20, Harvey 5, Bellcour 16, Le Page 
i ReEES li, P. .Baygerman 14, Poyeur 16, W. Baygerman 15, 
‘lu = 

Afterward a match was arranged for a $10 stake at 50 single tar- 
gets between Deletine and Le Page. : 
lost his gait, and the race was against him from the start. The 
scores are appended: 5 


mee Pagecs see: LOVV909199109000119901191101199.11010011111111111 1-46 
E Deletine ...... 0013.01110111.11011101110011001011011111100111100111—34. 


~~ Pjasa Gun Club. 


The Piasa Gun Club, Alton, celebrated the Fourth after its 
well-established custom, with a tousing home talent shoot. The 
programme began at noon and included all 10-target events, targets 
1 cent each, with four moneys, divided on the Rose system. This 
gave every man a show to get frequently into the divides, and 
has proven very satisfactory here. There were a number of new 
faces on the grounds to-day, and the crowd was such that only 
five events were finished. : : , 

A feature of the day was the initial shoot for the gold medal 
donated by the Western Cartridge Company. The conditions of 
these contests, to be held once a month for one year, are: Thirty 


birds per man, with handicap: according to rating, and allowance - 


also on the handicap- targets. As, for instance, the 80 per cent. 


man would miss 6 in 30 and 1 in 6; consequently he is allowed 37 


targets, and so on.down to the 50 per cent. man, who shoots at 53 
birds. This system gives even the poor shooter a fair chance 
to win, and consequently adds interest and attendance. Mr. G, H. 


Lane, who won the first contest, did so by virtue of an excellent> 
score. which included 31 straight kills at the finish. The scores; 


are here given: ‘ 
: Handicap. Score. IJstTie. 2d Tie. Final. 
41 20 


SAT Ge aden pes ee aaa ase 36 3 10 e; pay 
SCHIGSS Mw lsewlajiosssiese-stee sie 36 = 2B ve we: 
Peay pods adientet opps 49 2g Ab 
Montgomery .......... cots 2h F, oan 
PRO Welllesaratatied cori naa BB 30 10 D 4 
Beall tcanesrniis sect te a6 29 = rel 
Riehl BB} 28: = on = A 
Seely: .:- 36 a! 10 5 8 
Moulton .. . 40 28 Ca pee! 7 
Schweppe ..... » 02 30 10 4 
Birariielime see ee ee AT a0 g yi 
H Bowman .......--- 48 30 10 4 
Phinney 1.58) Sires se es AG PH ¥ * 

Malling. 1) ch atesatbse cee 41 ! 9 aa 
IM Bowman’ Sraiewei see ne 65 4} * 70 4 

SHR 3 5 
vents: 12 3,4 5 Shotat, Broke. 

Howell to. eee eee 997108 "Sag ae 
Dane So etitipen eee Be DSO S 50 43 86° 
DCMESS J .ateet pes lits wdtewsee 710 98 6 50 40) .80 
URS aR SAMBA Soy bribostesae 9 31010 8 50 44 88 
Rach Pit etree fan saen SENS Se 9 91010 8 BO. 4G .92 
Montgomery 5..22+y:s0nesr-s 6 710 8 7 50 38 16 
Barnes ik ie eecn ete as Deer ewan AQ 12 ‘ 
Lsepipanriyh SAAR See (SSA Ate 20 1 A 
Crack ter ici teeters Sees eee 816-7 7 9 50 37 74 
Weegee nce ccs gat ee a A Tras SB 40 23 : 
Moulton .....s.ccceeeeeeeeees 98677 +50 37 7% 

Gaskins ..c.) hppa 43 9., 8 40 29 "a 


7018101830 © 70° 66 is) 


In this, however, the former . 


COUTRS) seajhecuvesdeaceeees par SEE THT 6 50 34 68, 
; x binney Vets eessadcuchertteacs 5 16 S45 50 28 06 
; elise) Goetritse Assasin 1 od. Tae 40 29 ont 
"eBence ts. fPese ee, ieee tie tens 4 2 7 6 8 50 32 _ 64 
iMBercawia hs shies LL ELAT ae ma, one ee 50 38 18 
Radgers) 2 iiss canes a oth pheett eee eats 40 26 <ite 
IRay Seca el ecm ene 1010 9 7 6 50 42 H 
ated! piatins ie. it ek Peep Aiea 50 34 -68 
Schweppe ........ AAAS Ao. (iy 1) aie fie) nl) 31 -62 
Lindsey 3.2 sean cose eeexigtrert i egimt Ais 50 33 66 
Deol ya aeee een eT eee uaWanaae Olio eo. oe 24 =) 
Franklin ...... es SI3 See ES Ses 30 21 SA 
AH Bowman.......22.:00.5 bts ethan co ea 20 13 
M. (Bowamani 22) i hil ies rose ile da a 10 4 rf 
Deterding ............, hae ee oe pe eile aif Lise 


‘Mt. Sterling defeated Quincy in the inter-cit chall 
held at the former place ay . oe core See 
‘The open shoot:on same day was also a very pleasant event. 
Following are the scores of the events 
Team shoot, 26 targets per man- 


: Quincy. Mt. Sterling. 
Black te users cts eS ee 22 HS tesa teen oe 
Castles aieeee ee saanemoten: 20 W Breidenbend ......2...20 
IAGO Sie! Aaaoadl oe bocenac 20 Vandeventer Astle atalo mp eed 
IWeh ile ee ann Pe soiter 2a AN need ohn 124 es Je IR eter th 
SCOtt airmen een eter Soon RAT ICRA sitet secees Acme sce 74 
Bastent~ s.chacsa see eee Z1—129 Grammer .......... Sina perte 24—131 


IN NEW JERSEY. 


Forest Gun Club, 


Newark, N. J., July 4—We had a good time, owing to the ex- 
treme heat and the bites of the green horseflies. Please make note 
that I am preparing to have a big merchandise shoot on Labor 
Day in the Jine of a tournament, and would like my many friends 
to. help me in my good work. Programmes will soon be ready. 


. Events: 126 4°5 6 7 8 91011 121314 
PStdntOn sys osha aes Arosa: te) Uy ee ye RY yy NE IS GG) TEA oy: 
J J Pleming.......... deecccd EE OP PER EYRE LT ne Ae A me oer te 
) Rarlton® +225 es stiane HCG hn Girne (iy ie fA we xem oe AB Oe 
Weller i nutsn setters SASSESAA 76-78 5748 87 TTT 6 
W G Kugler..,.... pidelertan ee 1 peeea e2 sorerle ew gee een, ee enon eee 
Winam ....... soit ene etees GIGRGT AEN Gri ass et ees sary wee 
Dietilemin gy oes eases sees Dr ie com Os: a a eee 
Perment, ' guést...... pag a her 106568 9. r 


‘J. J. FLemine. 
Hudson Gun Club. 
Jersey City, N. j., July 2.—The following are the scores of the 


“shoot of.the Hudson. Gun Club. The day was fine, and a small 


attendance: 
Events: ASS: Aes SG ei tse a 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 25 25 25 25 15 
SSGHOTEV ae steele vias vette ober ee =» 41 14 13 18 22 21 20 39 13 
Dudley * i wecenn caaewt bebrkcbacbeararm oqaces 14 11 14.15 21 21 22 24 12 
OGM aio sericea eenetistioctize sttiee i4 14 15 13 19) 223: °20. (227 ©: 
MGHOVERIINI ET | iletclelellee isivess aires See se ae Om 42° 6-020 
PROCS po detatne's ups oeire ee eservoreee Poe ee ee ae is abt abies pie ip eae ae 
Dike lnk peaeen nie oh a pe vine oe reps sacle Sep UeselO ma bomlae ole camels 
HUGHES. 


South Side Gun Club. 


Newark, N. J., July 7.—Only seven members took part in the 
various events on this ground to-day. The frst and only impor- 
tant event was a handicap shoot at 25 targets for a fishing reel. 
Mr. Staunton finally won the prize. The scores were as follows: 


; Shot at, Broke, Handicap. Total. 
Sinnock ........ Perks tee autaddeD 20 1 21 
SGOlGWIUE cen oes snes 25 21 2 23 

: tees Pattern .. 25 16 4 26 

einisch -..... 25 19 7 25 
Terrill ......008 25 20 5 25 
SLALOM Err hrs nen 220 18 10 25 
HRerrington §...55-+002sccens eRe E RR EAD 23 2 25 

Ties shot off at 10 targets. First tie: ; 

< Shot at. Broke. Handicap. Total. 
Heinisch ....... Kaorertace es Soe fesse 10 9 a ' 10 
Deri sie ee We ete eee ee le eenaS 410 7 2 5 
Stapnton, 2. 0ll neck, poeta ctaieraitee panel) fi 5 10 
Herrington ..... riche clorve Pees chk es ect 10 9 Pe 10 

Second tie: 

= Shot at. Broke. Handicap. Total, 
ELeinisch: yi1}<+esee 10 7 1 8 
Staunton ... 10 8 2 10 
ELErringtaue) sien s soe cea naan ee 10 5 tt) 8 

The following events, all at 10 targets, were also shot: 
Herrington ...... ci tee HN Ee EIS een y Oe ne 6 910 
Jack Pattern...... 8 56 7 4 6 Terrill ............ 10 9 2) ae 
Sinnock f...o.2c.. 910101010 Staunton ......... .. .. ye ally Fp 


Colquitt ........-- 8 9 8 910 
The match between Messrs. Sinnock, holder, and Colquitt, chal- 


‘lenger, for the E C cup and the amateur championship of the 


State will take place on these grounds next Saturday, July 14. 
Seyeral merchandise events are also billed for that day. A - 
cordial invitation is extended to members of other gun clubs and 
sportsmen’ from other parts of the country to join us in our 
Saturday afternon shoots. M. HerrincTon. 


“i Trap at Bellows Falls. 


Betirows Faris, Vt.—One oi the leading sports of the Fourth of 
July celebration at Bellows Falls, Vt., was the contest between 
the Claremont Gun Club, Putney Gun Club and Bellows Falls Gun 
Club for a purse of $25. Below is the score for each team. 

Team match, five men each and 25 targets per man: 


Claremont Gun Club. 


WEG see psy tirec vin sa oialectalatteaaaacea eae 1011019111110110101110111—19 
Atwood ....... Were Ai. Gover Ore eec -0111101111110100111011001—17 

Wyisilverersy est) SER a ees fempsasek 0011.001111010000101001101—12 
IRitssellesn. ct acceee ene cee eee eee 1141101010001001311000011—14 
IOWA Gent Fouonoaues dooce me ncooaerns 0001000000010010110111011—10—72 

‘ Bellows Falls Gun Club—First Squad. 

TR AVE scape tras ames Aon mr sare uate rata Ye: aeed sk 411111111111011110011111—22 
Norwood ......-... Plenaweta rence slice: 1100011111011110111011011—18 

(GI DSO Bsa ne aeneeniee jo tcetecceeenserces 119111101111101911111111 28 
Shepardson ....... bo am mec pe: 1141110111011101011111011—20 
HASSeLDAL, So mewreniiic Lise Lene ee 0100111001010011010111111—15—9s 

2 Putney Gun Club. 

NATE SACS ete WU AES Orpercte CEC Cb , .0111110100100110101011110—15 
Patt ELSOZY whic dclsipene ante on davdaent en 1011111101110111001011001—17 

TASTIER EL eer cope 5 ES rasevatn te acwrety mf 0001111011010110011000101—13 
ACAnS ede es ei ete te Leones .. .0900000100101000010000010— 5 
Gale wo... ee Mock i! cd _ «+ +. 1110110111011110101111101—19—§8 

Bellows Falls Gun Cluv—Second Squad. 

Capron Soysaseeponee so Abts sictctetn th 0010119100111 —92 

ree toa a ae ean ites ree ee ee 111101111011110111111011': 20 

Dr Morison, abswsteh stereo tanias 1101091111111111001110113 —20 
Wier itis Pease crn settee thane 1019191111.100101011110111 15 
Rasselly aul wunee eee: Olen ore .1000100001101001111191111—15 94 


The magautrap was set in front of the grand stand and the tar- 
gets thrown over the: Connecticut River. Owing to the men hav- 
ing to stand on Jow ground, the targets were thrown very high 
and the wind blew very hard down the river. This made most of 
the targets either tower or dive, and theshooting was very dii- 
ficult. Cc. #H. meant Sec’y. 


Aubsto Gun Club. 


Avupurn, Me., July 7.—The Auburn Gun Club held its weekly 
shoot Saturday afternoon with three squads in attendance, and as 
hot as it was in the city, they enjoyed a yery pleasant, cool after- 
noon on the range.. The same breeze. that kept the shooters cool 
kept the mud pies flying and dodging pretty lively and is a regu-- 
lar attendant at.the shoots, for no matter how still and hot it is in 
the ene we always haye that cool breeze on the hill. 

Mr, W. B. Barton was a guest of the club Saturday afternoon 
and did some very nice shooting. The local shooters are warming 
up to the. spori, as their scores will show, and the veteran trap- 
shacter Cy. K. Hunnewell is always in form for a good’ score, Be 
it rain or shine. The club hold their annual tournament Aug. 8, 
which will give, the boys 2 chance to get in shape for the State’ 
shoot, which wall no doubt be held the latter part of the same 
month, ad C, E. Connor, Treas. 


- . 


Jury 14, "1900.] 


WESTERN TRAPS. 
Moa Waterloo Annual Shoot. 


; Jaterloo 
Curcaco, Ill., July 7—The annual tournament of the Waterlc 
Gun Club, of mee June 27 and 28, was a_very nice piece 
The attendance of shooters fell off a little bit the second ay, = 
usual, but a good number shot through the programme of om 
days: The weather was very fine, and everything was handsome y 
conducted. On the first day Weitnauer was high average, Steege 
only 1 bird back of him, the two having broken 184 and Baas 
spectively. There were fourteen eyents, 15 targets each, the rs 
day; $80 added money on the two days. The second day § pro- 
gramme was the same as the first, excepting that in the tn 
there was a team shoot, two-men teams, at 50 targets. The High 
average on two days came out a close thing between Linell, fs) 
Marshalltown, and Steege, of Waterloo, the former winning by 1 
bird, 361 to 360. The score in the team shoot was as below; 
Linell and Weitnauer 46, Lane and Howell 39, Steege and 
Sheldon 46, Rossback and Kehm 40. : ' 
The visitors were delighted with the treatment they received at 
the hands of the Waterloo Gun Club, and all declared their in- 
tentions to come again the first opportunity. The following are 
the programme scores of the two days: 


First Day, June 27. 


Events: 12345 67 8 91011121314 Broke. 
Weitnaner Peer Serr 14 14 13 14.12 1314 12212141413 1812 = a4 
RGsshachka aliscns sees 1078 TIZIWWIW—OMWI2WT 7 150 
Sila epee ee 13 10 11:13 14 14 14 13 13 12 15 13 14 14 183 
Hagerman ....... . 9 TL 11 11 1214 1212111210 $1413 160 
Winellie 02s 2 Fete. 8 12 12 18 11 14 14 15 13:15 15 12 11 14 179 
Sheldon .,..--..006- UMNWBN PIB 8 166 
Gath e Wctisehaaee AsnAad 13 11 11 12:12 11 15 11 11 13:12:12 42 14 170 
Wallace s<ecvess 14 15 12 14 18 12 12 10 1013 10 14 11 12 172 
Howell: .....-425268 10 S9TL1i 9141113 1213 710 11 10 151 
SDR OSES SES Fete ay eb ype sili ba’ PAK) yeti) Seat a5 109 
OM F.... brass wee 10 12 12 12 12 13 11 10 13 10 125 
Walker .....-... wheat tay . 11101010 91213 11 138 15 114 
Birdsall ..scc.-cese. ss ©. os ov 10 12:12 12 13 13 14 10 14 10 120 
WHS ENTE s daaecinanen mare IABP PR RPP ae all yey AA teens 87 
TDi. ARE Sse eo nb nee +. 14 14 11 12 Th 11 12 11 12 108 
Gantior eelewa's +45 = ot ste Ok te Hele PI emt EIT riage ia ke PRE) Ee 50 
Holden ., coves, 1012 12 14 12 141290201 13 1115 13 161 
Kehm .... oe DBT 1 IT 1 1012 “9 dd Ta daz «8 155 
Taylor ... ee ee ee eee ee OSTEO ota 4] 
Bennett .. ap a} ali SE a Beal) coe Me ‘ . re 
ES oa ae Hie te pee Ee a Sr ree pee laicd astabhabhgils) @ 
Vian Vleck nance: SSOUL eGertiteles ne ae 0 vy ee ye ee oe 33 
Sheehan TERE: Bae aa, My) ne 2s) e GG Spee 14 
aD Seeooonenbas 7) AB Lal re Son LUA eae 55 
Kohl tek thieeks 0 Bi tee PAIL 28 
Blosier, .. ee r Selanne 14 
Martin —<r PS a ast ulin eke oa hat Oh 9 
(Gtfabubtales Bo Seee > oo OS Ae A} oe Rena ee Re eee ae oe 14 
(OS) Syn. b-2aeohr Sod cere oy Oe Se el ate pe 22 
Mead ......+. Saree anh Ye yeeialir 54 ee a ied iat 48 

Second Day, June 29, 
Two 

Events: 123 4 5 6 7 8 910111213 Broke. Days. 
Tmell) +-...<- wee 15 14 15 15 14 15 14 15 14 14 13 18 11 182 361 
HCGME! teaccierises 14 14 12 14 15 14 14 13.14 14 12 15 12 177 360 
Weitnauer ..... 13 14 11 15 15 15:18 14 15 14 14 10 9 171 355 
Sheldon :....... 11 12 13 12 12:14 15 11 14 14 13 13 14 168 Ba4 
Wallace ....-.+- 7 14 11 13 14 14 12 11 13 12: 12 12 «13 158 330 

Beal ce terse oad 14 13 12 13 11:13 12 11:13 12 10 11 12 157 B27 
Rossback .,..... Il 14 14 12 12 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 163 314 
[EL OW eller eee aha 812 138 1213 141212151110 9 $ 150 301 
ielinth fe eepscpee TW 7UWWIWIIIW141 9 9 146 8301 


Appleton Tournament. 


Appleton Gun Club, of Appleton, Wis., will hold a tournament 
open to all comers, July 15 and 18, The Appleton boys do not do 
things by halves, and this is well worth putting on the slate, | 


Some of the Indians, 


Yesterday a husky delegation of trapshooters—and by the way, as 
strong a representation of shooting talent as one could well find 
standing in four pairs of shoes—called on this office of the Forest 
AND STREAM, These were Messrs. Charles Budd, Fred Gilbert, H. 
C. Hirschey and Tom Marshall. The boys were just in from Free- 
port shoot, and they said it was hotter than never mind what at 
Freeport, Charley Budd is talking of going to Moberly, Mo., for 
the shoot there, and is sure that it can’t be any hotter there than 
it was in northern Illinois this week. Fred Gilbert was suffering 
from a bad attack of hoarseness, being hardly able to make himself 
understood. This, however, is probably nothing serious, All 
the boys continue to make a big talk about the coming Indian 
shoot at Okoboji, Ia., the last week in August. There will be two 
weeks’ shooting at this point, the big Indian shoot being pre- 
ceded by the amateur shoot. Programmes will be out duly. The 
Indian shoot is going to be a pleasant affair socially, as well as 
shootingly, and there will be a great many shooters and shooters’ 
families present. All Western deyotees of the trap should surely 
make their plans to include this tournament. 


Dupont Cup. 


The Barto-Graham match for the Dupont trophy is set for July 
19, at Watson’s. 


Teams at Chicago, 


In a live-bird team shooting contest at Watson’s Parl yesterday, 
July 6, H. Odell and Dick Dwyer- defeated -O. Von -Lengerke 
and Henry Leyi. The contest was at 25 live pigeons per man, 
at 30yds, rise, the latter team being allowed 4 added birds to the 


score. The score: 

SELIG vapere tha iret Re err eeice ee te. 022210121222220200*200222 17 

OQ Won Lengerke,.........,. ade heraashety 22222722*2022"*2202202202 1728 
R Dwyer ,.-...-.-- Rpinitetisieescns tes *21110111111012111101021—79 

SE OG pune rene rais Paice sage saleeecet 22222221 20220222222022022— 9140 


3 £, Houasx. 
HARtForD Buitpine, Chicago, Ill, 


Chicago Gun Club,} 


Curcaco, Ill., July 7.—This was anything but an ideal day to 
shoot targets, the wind blowing a gale from back of the trap, so 
that sometimes the targets were broken at the edge of the grass. 
The light was bad, and high scores were impossible, 

At a meeting of the Eureka Gun Club last week the name was 
changed to the Chicago Gun Club. It is the bad weather and 
not the change in name that accounts for the small attendance. 

The scores in the trophy shoot at 25 targets follow:: 

IMTS a GAGSOTE ma sbi cenGee sets ee seen dace 0011170010141911111101710—18 


Goodrich ........--.- ~ -4499110171111110110110100—19 
Willard ..... = 1001099111114 94. 
Buck’ ...... ~ -1110101011114997011111101—20 


Carson 13, Goodrich 11, Willard 14, 


Practice shoot: Mrs. Carson 13, Goodrich 14, Willard 14, Buck 9. 
Handicap shoot: ’ 


Mrs Carson ......... mee bie sie een ete « -11010017111001911111110101001—20 
Goodrich ,..... ecm aris ktate marae ge + «= A10110009701119111179 011101 —91 
Wllaril os setataaceana nn Herne te 199011.11411101110117011 —20 
Piglet. yianbosonane ese ores eee Aska 141101911011107717110001101 —29 
Dr Morton siseecaseresees arog eS 1010011.0010111010010000010001—12 


Garfield Gun Club 


Cutcaco, Ilr, July 5.—The appended scores Were made on our 
grounds, Garfield Gun Club, July 4, on the occasion of our eighth 
annual picnic and club tournament. 
was won by T. P. Hicks, after shooting out F. S. Baird and A, W. 
Fehrman, who tied him in the cup event. , 

The pigeons were an extraordinarily fast lot, owing’ to the strong 
south wind, which blew directly across the traps, 

Shooting began about 9 o’clock, and continued until 7:30. 

About 700 pigeons were shot, and besides the Magantrap was 
in operation all day. About 300 members and visitors Spent the 

ay on the grounds. An elegant dinner was served by: the ladies 
say He club provided an abundance of ice cream and lemonade 
‘or all. 


Not a single jncifent or accident pecurred during the day ta 


NOLES ENS, 001011111000000011111000113 


The club cup, value $75, - 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


mar the pleasure of the day, and all went home happy and satisfied 
for once with all the shooting they wanted. 


Sweepstakes at targets: 


Events: 123 45 6 °#£2£yvents: 12345 6 
Targets: 15 10 15 15 15 15 Targets: 15 10 15 15 16 15 
Northeott ...... 10 913141214 € Richards .....1.... mee be 
@P Richards... 1 711 91211 Fficks ...,..-,-. +. 10 14 15 4 
A McGowan.... 9 6 8..18 7 P McGowan..... 6 9.. 7 
R Kuss ........ 14-10 131315 18° Bord: (...-.. Wrote Gr lunlapes 7 
Fehrman ..,,.. 10 9111514.. Peck .........- : ib} ahh an 
ES Graham.... 1310121314 .. Stiger ......1+> Teta BOP Pa) 
Dorman ....--. | 31018 141814 Midgley «sire or s+ +3 Tia te 
Wparhiard, oseeweey 8 418.1514}. H Richards .... «5 1+ od -= oe ae 
vehi) (Py ssssees Gott faa, th UV E Stannard sjre ce es L214 e- 
Wits Shaw Secaee LO per et Gals Pelz ie hacer satin os Tili4.. 
Bowers ...-...+ & Ae asbore (Ghiyslierehetesaa +: te GOL stn 
Dr Shaw ...,..19 1015151215 L Thomas Tas oe) ZetOO. 
TiBaton se Wace ceot hte DRE wStonie (st ore ones Ro trade 
Ralpl “seccs.. AE 2 REBE Bp are SS ost Oat a teice Dabo, ee Reon e rea 
Nos. 2 and 3 were 10 birds, $2.50; Nos, 4, 5 and 6, 6 birds, $2. 
| eit iettt1—10 Bai 
IBIS CS Bah Peer, Asa AABAS 1111111111—10 — = 
Palmer, $1 2.4. éegielGratee atts 1012229121— 9 0212221122— 9  221122—6 
Kasse tole aaewas ee teeta ae +2022222222— 9 2222021122— 9 121022—5 
Barnard, -800riiietsaterc: LHe f 0020121122— 7 ...... 
eck. 28; ee ehhh, Pats SAGs eee Pie 
EWeh1 26s ead hls fete 0021210110— 6 00020021*2— 4 *10"11—3 
Rassell: Boe tyes titiiatass 0222111112— 9  0011211121—8  122111—6 
Windeleye eS Go seers loans se meen eth) 1201112220— 8 ery 
IDs TOR ass SP sece smeme sar bie Ase. 1021002110— 6 ESAT) 
1Dye Se ieaciley SAN wee eee hae SRC ReNer Eas 122221—6 
QUAM. ee eee es cae earn rita 11021) — nadia 
De Meek, Hike Reet ARRAS 112211—6 
Wie ROTIES eR os bP ASe btn hbo RMN OP tisctren tole 120101—4 
IROWeLsesse ftivieeiaaea aes AA het An Abe 111111—6 
WieiBa tory BO Meets ete ae Hoenn eet cence .-10*102—3 *11222—5 
Ten st Waatabor sth) owes Je uue beet a -eernnans 221222—6 *22202—5 
NMOL—3 2892003 
SGP 0. laedsdele se oe -01011*— 
J Wolff, 2 -120122—5 022202—4 
F Keck, 28 110011—4 1*0210—3 
DD joe AW fefos Foee talks Ped 2 ie a eee one .».12*122—5 21*112—5 
PHU triais& DNee enn en ya 7oR dae ree nea ceaaeierae . .220120—4 12*112—5 
IFAW GhItL a ot (ment Ady Asfel tet le REP Wiek Ue clatlay celal ele 120120—4 210122—5 
if pea lire tones Wem ana neU NNN ebofohstct stern oweis iw astro otara or clot sre 120201—4 2121126 
ID Yorcinatchome (oot An 5 8-LSS Sh Ae ret ee ea eas 2000*2—2 021121—5 
UOTE CO ti sua apisestertiste ott steve steriicialsiam patel era, shel dhara, ss 1*2*20—3 200222—4 
Barnarde ae ssiasent aa tet sot sed ld nekeb beers eee 212021—5 222220—5: 
DEAR y. CASA RS Ue x ceevelees © wate seis etetrietiiatititerererahs +» 011220—4 rere 
IRaGSSel1Y 29 eek atc ateteatee Meare wate 21212*—5 sia see 
P) McGowan, 28).....0.....,...00% tatataaTe"@ = ecvtotele T1*22—5 ti‘iz‘(<‘i‘ 
TD KRIS NERY RT « 6860 6 SGdc GSH IE AEO OCA FIOE ELE ASD SA © 2122228 keane - 
Mheman, 800 oo... oso saee. ee elctetelti cleft nh einis'e'afets 2ie2e—or Tent. 
IBAIFERO RRS ea deta dae de dn cteiresetaiete care biradaneraa stuinpote: 111010—4 
AL NEGO WaNyi2o heres tenes cares taneseheeadd us ofatce 21020*—3 
RP USS Oo lM ey Ue itc oie heen ly dena ane ee aetna 2222226 
SIG Clogs ers eh erat eee ee te. eleie eieiertattisiste tag deta ne seit 211211—6 
PILOT CEE Oey eialeb-biek ete pies aiae ete eisictyls ta datitenit a Gale coy aioe 010121—4. 
Mehrmatt, (390s iscss tases oe ee ESB tre Tee 101112—5 
Club cup, 10 birds; distance handicap only: 
T Baton; 30.5...... 12210**11*— 6 A McGowan, 28....1210120011— 7 
ES Graham, 31....1211212022— 9 R Kuss, 31......... 2202122222— 9 
C H Kehl, 26...... 222*012020— 6 EF S Baird, 28...... 1211212211—10 
CG TD Rech) 28). 0).. 12101*2021— 7 A W Fehrman, 30..1221229999 10 
Dr Meek, 31...,...21*2211212— 9 Dr Shaw, 81........ 10222*2222— & 
 DPhonias, 29.5. 0121201202— 7 T P Hicks, 381...... 2211111111—10 
‘Se Paine sla e. *212122202— 8 N H Ford, 28...... 1221012121— 9 


A D Dorman, 28...*022102211— 7 


AS Midgley, 28....2222999%99 9 
F G Barnard, 30.,.2220221102— 8 


C W Stiger, 28....20*2222002— 6 


Dr Royce, 28.0.2... 0011222022— 7 Dr O’ Byrne, 28....#20011*1*2— 5 
D Russell, 29......1011211212— 9 

Shoot-off: 
Bains Ans cpeies sve tieee cee ee Davee BELICK Ss) Newoss peimee Bele et eee 21121 
Helistriztieees actin ite 20w 


July 7.—The appended scores were made on our grounds to- 
day on the occasion of our tenth trophy shoot. Class A medat 
was won by R. Kuss on a score of 28; Class B by W. P. Northcott, 
also on a score of 23, and Class C by J. D. Pollard on 21. 

The shooting was difficult on account of a strong and gusty 
southwest wind, making the targets beat down very quickly; and 
the heat was intense, making it altogether an unpleasant day to 
shoot, : 

The attendance was small on account of our big shoot on July 
4, many of the regular attendants haying their shooting appetite 
appeased for a few days at that time. 


Tenth trophy shoot: 


We Po Northcott. base stalls ts <5 ofp eteiiv ses 1111100111191117191111111 23 
(CULES erases OA S50 A AAS oaron +» »1000001111000001000111000— 9 
CMESERIGH ATG. eee ti eeetestscetieiee cneicicee 1110111011111101111001111—20: 
AD ce Wetlic Shao We aa Soles neta asienaaee 1011100010100101000011010—11 
IRINUIES Regaine oreo iaseet sprrine seee de « oL101011111111111011111111—23 
EOL AGG veins teatiadie aaeneore Phorri pee 0119191101097111911111110—21. 
Zits Wiltel Ctoiihe sy rior tonoe ence sa reson 0011101111101101100100100—14 
ID Ibe teaie, miannendenndreocee ttt cudeoe ’-1000110001111101111001000—13 
se BBatione perges taske veeeemaeaus antes eae ee 1101110010101010011011100—14 
TERVGHEGD Seytiom taisac eaten me EE CULT tt cca 1010001010000111010100011—11 
1B (Cal Mayetie Secon adn Pe MOOS + -111170011119191111111111—24 
LRAT Semeeh peerings ---10101100000111000010w — 8 
ae PeeViO Ui seer teee entre - -1010010111111000101011111—16 


W A Struhlik... 
E Bingham ... 
A Hellman .. 


- -100010001111101T101110100—14 
= -1111111019111101911111011 22 
« -1111110111001111111011111—21 


ON MIA DY AC UIT 7W, Pivtelnaie atte aictatchen eee ewe 3 10100101111110001011111—16 
Dri GH Gravessenasee nesses Pernt + «+ «1001110111111000100001011—14 
Sweepstakes: 
Events: 1 $2) 34°35 1G Events: th Seek fin 45 
Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 15 Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 15 
Northcott ..... 1 81210... .. Gilbert +....... 15 10 14 10 14 .. 
RSL Saas San oe ec oplle tales mm ichabbice se © ann ios Lien tae tere 
Richards. lessee wy 12. tls) MR alpha ee fe re pk 
Dr J Meek..... ra pipe a te PST en acts _ bo ba 6S 
R Kuss ....2... 12 910 81513 Struhlik ...,... 4 6 Beeite At 
Af ABW eto eavebr re ik eye Ty at ee ae Midgley .......... 6 Sie eh 
A MeGowan.« > 5 8 Ti... Bingham 075, 15 915 9 9., 
finan prose acts 9 711 71010 Hellman ......2 5. .2 9 6 912 
SE ton ewe TG aes COUT penn ee morebel Ge Oo afeey ee 
TeRWol titrant) 4eebse cans) sGravesss.ceungs) 06 en To8 48, 
Sve werelvace tte Fath apart ere ahh tcl me eee Bay 1S .; rs 


Ds. J. W. Mrex, Sec’y.” 


Trap at Alfeatown. 


ALLENTOWN, Pa., July 5—Find herewith a score between the 
two clubs of Allentown on July 4. It was a combination shoot of 
the John F. Weiler Gun Club and the Allentown Rod and Gun 
Club, held on the grounds at Griesemersyille. There was a large 
attendance of shooters. In the morning the live-bird events were 
held and in the afternoon there were eighteen sweepstake events, 

In the morning a live-bird contest was held with this result: 
Sobers 6, Miller 6, C. W. Kress 4, W. Desh 3, M. G. Snyder 4, 
John Bell 5. 

Jin the afternoon Wilson Desh and Herman Benning had a live- 
bird match shoot for $25 a side and Mr, Desh won, killing his 10 


birds. Mr, Benning killed 8. At 6 birds these scores were made: 
M. Desh 5, A. Desh 5, W. Fencher 5, f. O. G. 5, 
Events 123 45 6 7 8 910 14 12 18 1415 1617 
Targets 10 10 10 16 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10.10 a3 
POSRI as tee pe pS SS fags a inte ashen I Ud a Neds bak Cb ae 
EV a Tide uv ecah ont nee oe G13) AS GG S66 FG Sek Gey Oe Gh eh 
Pe ovens ebd juasenee 6. 5768967858 6766 6 
KEIR bh brs ath eee Domne Nantne G PpeeS S252 220 Ln oso mes 7 
CANE Orem eceecer 2 pkey ccs oellegr rye RM Roan serie, RL cen ame 
Miller. iasscesarsseen dieres fh Ec Yih aS A ae Sp al 7 
PAVILGET Vibe pag bapene cs TOs tag ffm las PINOY Ct, ee bbe 
IReramlich asi sce cae ee Be Dee AG: Te ire et BG eee 7. 
ODEN Aa cereeieeeoe SD Wnelbgey ig ae a ONE ya BT Casa ae eee 
Wikies ise teensy Hew Gh Die to Gne (ease tenie S” Gare oo en Bee Ds 
aes Ssmocoie eee er) re ue (Mago cee ee ieee as See ae 
Ekle reripe eater) oe E wih ewe gs fase At OO Tee 
oh A ee cee eee Wie toe Deena ee ener Gls ak a = 72 
Datta ces SET CCE ee oes eee AMO SO Saad oe oh SEARO Gi EL eat oe 
JIRTAUSEN Seer omae ti as bo Mae Te 10s A dive ag 9 Bae SS 
SBA ES ts rte teres tet =e Bye APS) GIRS 88 bea8> 5 tl Bo ee 
A Poy r(cleiehiee syeore) meyer merty 120 meas Smite De 7 ye GEea ea Tae 
SUNDA DY Sak gremm greys geyeaen Ha otk oes ed weet, Mehee SOU Lie Gh 
SVs RE CH UIEI WP arermreecryeaeep Pore ot ET en ON we ofa an al 
We Desh cap iter tes ye + Biv fit a tot | (Cen oe 
Bening ,......... “eee ate Epo es ae ae AA 
Hippy sn Oiteatiees. epee hierar eee yee yee a oa cote Pe Tera an 
J eye T PPT eePy HPP Pe PP TT bh ow ee re oe oe On ntfs ty 8 fea ty 48 


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89 


Staunton Gun Club. 


SrauntoN, Va., July 6.—Inclosed find scores made in the mer- 
chandise prize ate held by the Staunton Gun Club, July 4 
Richmond and Charlottesyille gun clubs were well represented, and 
carried off a considerable number of the prizes. We had quite 
a crowd of shooters and spectators, everything worked smoothly 
and the shoot was quite a success: The magautrap worked perfect- 
ly, and about 6,000 bluerocks were thrown during the day. All 
the visiting shooters expressed themselves as well pleased, and we 
hope to soon have an opportunity of again meeting the Richmond 
and Charlottesville page antes 


Eyents: 28 45 6 7 8 910 Shot ; 

Targets: 10 15 20 20 10 15 15 20 20 20. «at. Broke. Av. 
Merriken .......... 5131917 81113191716 165 138 836 

ato slyy DOE ceicine - 8141619 91012171819 165 142 860 
ATA eae ordeals 81217138 91213161815 165 i116 - 103 
Poe Sin tte arate &§ 8 712 8 910711011 165 94 570 
(Gaadbeip Sh angus 7121718 81118131515 165 124 «751 
WieGienye Soetuoecceet 61012 9 65 8 7 911 8 £65 85 +515 
E F Wayman..... « 8121717 TIOWUI8I517 165 132 800 
TEialle Seigonhtn wes 6101514 71814141812 165 123 TAB 
McKelden ......... 7916 9 8 8 7171418 165 £108 654 
McDaniel ... 81217 8 81213171916 165 4130 187 
Stearns 7111616 51214201717 165 135 818 
Ellison 7121618 81412121718 165 134 812 
RECON esaneene doe 7 8 917 91312131214 165 114 691 
Hammond ......... 71515161014 9161615 165 138 806 
MMR? Peace eeoble 6 91617 711 9171414 165 120 730 
(eyewash Asaaqaco nec vee 9141719 GI5121518 12 165 137 8380 
Tle 25 Pe ee 56 9 910 4 910121312 165 93 -563" 
GOpliitsm sagcehee tats 7 91115 71211 81391 165 104 -630 
Kiracofe ,..,«. voor 6131614 413 9161415 165 120 730 
C Summerson ..... 5111214 91010 913811 165 4104 -630 
George veasisen «- LOIGID IG 911111513 7 165 120 - 730 
ERTS. GbbonmMenasss TIL1718 71212161511 165 126 - 163 
Argenbtight ....... 7101418 81313., .... 105 83 - 790 
Nelson .......- sexe of 4 Oey Hoilde eoth Ob) 45 66 ~456 
Sboesce aes ise dea 8121416 91315 18 16 .. 1452121 834 
BOWtiattetset peasastene 1716 9 13 11 16 17 10 140 109 - 780 
Quensen ........5. 41013... 8181116 8 .. 125 74 «592 
Bumgardner ...... S718 17 6 911 dd... 125 87 696 
Blackburn ......... 5 $1071 811 8 8. 125 69 552 
IBS does Aecanetrs BAGG chon co ABSIT se G2 Wl oe 80 34 Sixt 
OS, Repcotee ee ees a de ~ 214 9 9 12), 80 46, a 
WDaweone fas55 ts eteas seen OSS ores 80 18 . 
Waniverteedtt pas neteasiee 14 SE LO Gace yates 80 55 s 
J.T Wayman.,.... Be LORIE QE es ae oe, 15 41 : 
IDE Valse Taker nob sos ee (ie Spl tee BP 65 31 F, 
Fauntelroy ..... eee os lab) ot LO 50 34 4 
W Wayman ..... Se DOS ees 50 34 
AVIOTS stpueeue % he E 45 25 - 
Twyman ..  ETECORGO 65 40 6m 45 25 

Neese ....... tee Se titecte ee, one 20 13 rank 
VOHES: +i tastes 9 20 9 foe 


The gold medal for the highest average during the entire day 
was won by D. R, Snow, of the Charlottesville Club. 

The Peters Cartridge Co.’s cup for the longest continuous run 
was qc by W. L. Boyd, of the West End Gun Club, of Rich- 
mond, 

The gold medal donated by the visiting members of the West 
End Gun Club, of Richmond, for highest average in the Staunton 
Club was won by F. M. Merriken. F. M, MERRIKEN, Sec’y, 


Wolf or Lamb— Which? 


New York, June 28.—Editor Forest and Stream: In reading your 
comments on the handicapping at Interstate Park, I think the 
wise Cadi was very near right, and as they did not go 25yds. back 
it showed that if they had done as agreed things might have been 
different. But I must differ from the learned Cadi wherein he 
says 1t matters not who skins the lamb, after the lamb is skinned— 
wolf, expert or amateur. 

Let me say_to the learned Cadi that as I am well versed on 
that subject, I say that the amateurs in this vicinity have a de- 
cided opinion on who shall skin them, and as a proof of my opin- 
ion I have seen almost as many lambs at one of our little club 
shoots as ever at Interstate Park during their tournament. 

I will agree with the learned Cadi that the lambs have, I think, 
learned, after so many thousand times it has been verified to 
them, that it is time for them to think just once why the manu- 
facturers want their agents to shoot for money. I don’t blame 
the experts in the least. 

Our little club has had as much as forty-two lambs shooting 
through the entire Programme, with only $5 as a prize, for the 
day. Now, class them as hunting for money if you will, but if 
you do you will hear from me again. 

I can give an expert cards and spades in my line, and if he 
stops long enough with me I will make him walk home or tele- 
graph for more money to come home with, and I won’t have the 
nerve to ask him what is the matter with the rest-of the experts— 
why don’t more like you come out? Several of the lambs know 
I am going to scratch this to you, Mr. Editor. 

: C. W.. Froyn, 

[Our correspondent, in the foregoing, has a wrong view of the 
subject in the part on which he makes ‘comment, and fails 
lamentably to grasp it as a whole. First, the handicapping was 
done precisely as advertised. The handicap committee had entire 
charge of the handicapping, and the reason no shooter was put at 
25yds. was simply because the committee did not consider that 
any contestant was equal to the distance, al i i 
The records will amply be 
of the committee. On the 
scope entirely. As to the 
eee io Ee was tha 

arred that did not in the least help the c 
for the reason that there are a fase Ree aa 
not manufacturers’ agents, yet fully equal in skill to the latter. 


with $5 for a 


voluntarily shoot for targets only.] 


Fort Smith Gun Club. 
Forr Smirn, Ark., July 1.—Tt 
about expresses the condition of the 


on Saturday afternoon. Tt 
ome more. The few brave 
ements in order to take part in the 


It has often been said that nothin 
ee was another proof of the adage, 

Dr. J. M. ompson, of Talequah, y isi 
himself as quite pleased at the Ha tee ae 
allowed the running off of a 


& would balk a gun crank, and 


he expressed 


ese: during the coming / 
ie id, 12 and 13. He will endeavor to bring a 
iS ply, nets He competed for the medal 
ving too tate to contest for the trophy. Ba tiste a i 
fer the medal on 15 out of 25, the rain making high Coen 
Ppa natal oF mimandont Leach winning on the first bird 
me out aiter the rain and i ' e 
day—l8—but it did not count on the eel BREF SpOnee foie 


» the other shooters ar- 


yes, jauired in an explosion of 
i C S no i 
he will be all right for the tournament. seats Duta yi abay 


= C er the co indi 
attendance in the history of the Rrienane aes apicate the largest 


t of the experts, Taylor and Parker 


i ly several 
the cracks will be on hand to show what ¢ d pies of 
ppd 4 an b : 
scatter gun when it is pointed tight; and Fran Can ee ete 


L can com 
If you don’t believe it, ask Jack; ate 


and Jim Elliott, noes 
Following are the scores in the medal race: NPem 
SEO oa St ot OO aCe ate eee a  --10101101010144 11109011100— 
Bantiste PEPE Ss ctaronsrt tage tes Pio pH 40201 TOITLANDOLAe 
aTey UN MLeeh ole Bm hins Same § afte ( 00011110110 
epomipaan pyipbie grt: Pietra ny crt borer Jo10111100000010101111009 3 
Nee Wee, aa cteaage toned etme ire 1111010111974111101_18 


i 


40 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


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(JULY 14, 1900. 


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Dupont Gun Club. 


Freeport, Lll., July 5—The Dupont Gun Club's tournament 
closed to-day, owing, to the extreme hot weather. The attendance 
was not as large as they expected. Twenty-five shooters took part 
in the first day’s programme and thirty-six the second day. 

The programme had eleven 10 and four 15 target events the first 
day and ten 10, four 15 and one 50 target events on the second day. 

The first day Gilbert and Hirschy tied on first average with .953 
per cent, Budd was second with .888. The second day Budd was 
first with .961, Gilbert and Hirschy second with .947. 

The shooting was done from magautrap. a : 

The weather the first day was warm and sultry, with but little 
wind. 

The second day was some cooler, with quite a brisk wind. 

The diamond badge given by the Amboy, Beloit, Freeport and 
Rockford gun clubs, to be won three times in succession to be- 
come the property of the winner, was shot for in event No, 8 the 
second day. Mr. C. B. Helm, of Rockford, scored 50 straight and 
won the badge without a tie, Marshall, Hirschy and Budd taking 
first money with 48, Vance and Mills second money with 46, Gil- 
bert, Henry and Cowles, third with 45, White, Buker and Reichert 
fourth with 44. i 

The trade representatives taking part in the tournament were 
Fred Gilbert, Dupont Powder _Co., Parker Gun and Winchester 
Arms Co.; H. C. Hirschy, Hazard Powder Co.; C. W. Budd, 
Union Metallic Cartridge Co.. Parker Gun and Hazard Powder Co. 

Quite an interest was taken in a four-cornered match for a din- 
ner, Gilbert and Marshall on one side and Hirschy and Budd on 
the other. Hirschy and Budd won the dinner with 10 targets to 
the good and anticipate a good time watching Marshall make a 

‘bonfire with his coffee and a match. : 

The members of the Dupont Gun Club are hustlers and know 
how to run a tournament as well as entertain-their guests in the 
best possible manner. All went home well pleased with their stay 
in Freeport and will be ready to attend the next tournament given 
by the Dupont Gun Club. 


First Day, July 4. 


Events: 1234567 8 $1011 121381415 
Targets: 10 10 10 15 10 16 15 10 15 10 10 10 15 10 10 Broke. Ay. 
Pankhurst ... 6 9 612 91010 914 9 8 912 8 9 140 .825 
Marshall 9 9 81310 918 912 910 918 8 9 150 .882 
Aral) eres tt 8 7 915 91012101410 8 715 710 151 .888 
Johnson ..... Siew te 1D Ete ete sel fe ee lt ce ed loll idea 
Pollardey.....- 6 9 613.6 714718 5 8 992 9-8 Ast 70 
Gilbert .....- 1010 9141010141015 9101013 9 9 162 .953 
Hirschy ..... 10 10 10 18 1010 14 9181010 91510 9 162 953 
Shafter ...... 8 § 6 7 4 714 610 820 8 5 8 7 116 .682 
Rawleigh . Aye thie, PSUR pa sh ah ce ob ap Geos 
Krape ....... (f Ge gp 2 Ey OE Beet ao of 
Harter ...... THU Spy TU INO AUPE RES Se se ae ae 
WES Ana aah ae 9 9 818 910141014 6.. 81410 9 
Boling lenders i) eS Se ay er arse scesil 
Litlanes SSAA Seoue 6 7 6 ee eee Ae hee 3) 
Hollister 7 ARP See ee eee SS. Gf 
FAD oes 5.8 lig alst tee tates Sas} < SMS Lie ae it 
Hackett A SO a oe ts Ose 
FR Maris Re Be eee ER ts oo es onl eG bo ee 
Bitkcere tice, eens ee eed nat eee oll Onl OPE S81 Fee MLO) 
Goodrich Lee Arse Pere pt aice Ones Ee ice i ha Broa. TE 
SYA ACa\d Ono Oty Se eum ET ote oe certo Wer fal (Dees BI a Le af 
Te Pah or eee Abe rydy hee atte petal tent erat etalcerichaech amd ete tein he Are GS) 
TEST ken Malta toad koe te ae ee ann Sho che Tee Ie BE at 
ISLE Rp Buty emomrcme beers drat Gertrude oc i Began 
Metz 


Extra No. 1; 7 live birds, entrance $3.50; 40, 30, 20 and 10 per 
cent: Pankhurst 6, Marshall 66, Budd 7, Hirschy 7, Gilbert 7, Shaf- 
tec 6, Hollister 4, Buker 7, Reichert 5, Goodrich 6. 


Second Day, July 5. 


Events: 1 293) 45) 36) 7 8! 911012 131415 

Targets: 10 15 10 10 10 15 10 50 15 10 10 10 15 10 10 Broke. Av. 
Hirschy ..... 914 91010 14 9481510 8101410 9 199 .947 
Marshall .... 914 910 915 94814 9 7101410 7 193 .919 
12s Gh Wepre 10 12 10 10 10 14 9 481510101014 910 202 .961 
Pollarduyk-tes | 9 7 7 Til 83212 7 7 °915 810 156 .14 
Gilbert ...... 915 10 10 10 1410 451410 810141010 199 .947 
Shafter ...... TOVIGS BS ve 2 RS: AGB ARR GAO AS ve Bey cee 
Baker, foes su OAS Vi) SOU sO 2s Virsa Sas Os Ope OTe. 

Reichert ..... URaBS Re hee oo EEE hs aK se 
Pankhurst. wes C817 GSS Wolk 9) Te Ra Tes in fee 
ibymetse aenooe OT EP eee ee ares, woke 
ATLL | ees iacs $15 

Rowe .......-. 8 13 tte ic: witb tnt cre eth oe 
Hackett ..... Gree Tee ey 3S atl Bee Doe ee Gee 
SFEVETISOML aoe Sula es on coerce cadet. Mle ee BS 
Cushing ..... Ee ns Latte es ttn oe Co EOTech 
Stevens ...... Gtr eta Aa 

IRICG Weaeeots Were ee 

Cowles ...:.. 81210 8 715 9451510101018 8 8 895 
Elollsters sere aactiee WOU) OTe oto eS wrn cp eerys theirs 
Specker ..... Ls Sete ay nan Ct ee RE or, ene 
Burkhart .... .. Tul gas. Be Sey? o} sie ce od 
geht de snips ty che eieeier el ooh UY Thad nm St oS 
BELG Aeon - mrsence daehe. ie HA GY Uh aE 
AWYATOR(S eae We Aes vis abort ee Bae A bee Ute tke ay Go sect] 
SLATES MEL eRe eel neds ore Darter aie SRO Meet Pens sate Maree 
(Orel Bt. Tabeh cube sped sachin tree sire ern lh 3 silt aise See ohne ot 
DYE ares et i be oh Ay hemtie Gay a eee Ss ea Be 
IED GEE we mae A on Rete iy a tee ee Seeete 5 
pleted | Ti se cede chicas fee er poe ee Nee oNO: “(igs el lomze of. 
Scherman th Adee a tye eh: JA ss 2 ee 
Mattingly ie Ye he he 
Welch 4 5 AS ae! 

Rea WLeLE Ns rieey owes ae Fee eer Ss. oes E2e OEE : 
VBI Ste eee cee oe legit ee ce Oh It eal Ei beastete: 
Ba RELLY echelon eo 

General averages for two days: 

t Ist Day. 2d Day. Total. Ay. 
Hirschy % Maes eb cetr ees, Pye 162 199 361 .950 
Gilbert ....... OE ees Mya St 162 199 361 -950 
Buda: Sav oars read eee erin: 151 202 308 928 
SMEARS | nein gonee cise on ysl tear 150 193 343 .902 
Pollard: Vy; 4s35 he pets Aiihibes ad ok 131 156 287 155 


HAWKEYE. 


Robin Hood Gun Club’s Tournament. 


Swanton, Vt.. July 6.—The first regular trapshooting tourna- 
ment of the Robin Hood Gun Club was held the 4th and 5th inst. 
here on the Robin Hood Powder Co.’s grounds. 

Owing to various other attractions the shooting fraternity did 
not come out in the numbers that was expected. Out of the five 
teams that should have entered in the Robin Hood International 
trophy shoot but two.teams faced the music. - There was a large 
attendance of spectators ef the better class—including the ladies— 
present, who were much pleased with the two days’ entertainment. 

Among the visiting shooters were B. Le Roy Woodard, Dupont, 
Brockton, Mass.; J. S. Fanning, Laflin & Rand, New York; J. H. 
Cameron, Winchester Arms Co., New Haven, Conn.; C. A, Young, 
Springfield, O.; S. A White, Ottawa. Ont.; W. L. Cameron, 
Beauharnois, Que.; R. B. Hutchinson, Montreal: Messrs. Walton, 
Thompson and C. D. White. Sherbrooke, Oue.; W. Allison, Bos- 
ton, Mass, ‘ 


Wednesday, July 4. 


The day opened cool, with quite a strong wind facing the magau- 

trap, which made the targets erratic in their flight and puzzling 
to even the experts. 
_ The Rebin Hood magamtrap is a dandy and is kept in such per- 
fect condition that it can, if required, throw the targets fully 
100vds., though the ayerage flight was kept down to regulation 
distance. 

The money im the events was divided part N. P. L. Equitable 
system and part high guy and class shooting. The scores: 


Events: 3 4 5 6 7 8 910111213 

Targets: 5 20 15 20 15 20 20 2015 1515 * * 
WATITITIS, wa pren TOO ace diate aie 20 14 20 14 20 2020... .. 1. a7... 
Leroy NEE ASHE lore brine eho 19 14 19 14 14 18 20 1413... 16... 
Adjisan yo 022.922.0025 -2260- Pe oe Te 8 15 15 20 15 17 12 15 14 _. 
Rio bin ood. 45.5 ++ om foe che IPE Eye) ee I ha 
Robin Hood, Jr 14 16 14 18 2018 .. 15 13 .. 17 
AW sil Wastmiarieedss4...725% 3 6 91711161518 $12 8... 
iS AsiBastitatiig.ssaa7saqaisg : wtible WIGS gee ae gy Oe 
NReTR Teuton et teee rit tebe maine (he Ml AMT IE 20 el ea 
Web tower oOo oboe vn ens tedls 3171116 10171618 16 14... 
STURN | geen mbrocrot ettaatgia $3 044940" iDplOetpeloslaet als 1G ele eee me 
W L GANTEGONE: sn ee ace ee PISSO 18972 F018 141 Rae 
By SSS NB ee Sn AROS eit. 10 16 10 17 .. 1719 16 14 10 12 .. 10 


DSATLetta me eee hac eers ays ¢ oareoteeete 10 16 12 16 101519181313 18.... 
CID AWAITS «Sia tad beesreeg cen ee esate aes ee Obs Ip beep es be co 
WeeaKes RD RIONTe dime pecan om OOrc 1017 818.1415161410........ 
WALD VWI LOMA eee 8 ureverevererarmesonttrn rm ion G, OU RESo-e wil bel del Oe ins ts eas 
SUA IKOaWihitey ys ss Geneon ee = 645 717 A006-419 13) -. ae 
Greenwood 919 14 14 13... we adel 
Bony ielti amen eer Bf pe © COAL! U9 o ee cae 
pAb Eh obey Af SiS Moers LOR, eee eee 
Hutchinson 81011 .. 1712 1411 ., 16 
dehayleports) Aso uc Reet eniguc htt om be 5 Tit bei Bea AMP eID lS, Mee SE! 
Wb a Se Se aetna ates eabettrer eer ier) Ging MED EE eS ee Ae ee nee 
SHASERESE 04 shee bare esta ders oe aoe Ba a eet! LO Lae Geis ee Sane ee 
SEMI is6- J 4d ga ease dood “4 tbh 45 1S PRs 14 UR ee Pe ee 
Carpenter, =) 22 saevdwcgees) semen ene ery et 13> erel Seah fe one Rene 
SaG Ube eal) |r eee as aa Se ey a SPITZ 1G Bel Pe. Ba ees 
IDyeeyorer, Sood sires ie ae ohh do cp eb kote on ihe pve titel ind fee 8 
TABAlS) vies. 2c ojaes ajelelates slertlele fe se tse) wie ste. cai Ue are os fae Aoi eee 


Thursday, July 5. 


The wind was very slight and with a good light made the con- 
ditions more favprable to good scores. The manager, Mr. Leach, 
being called away on business, Mr. Jack Fanning assumed the 
role of hustler and proved himself a hot one in that capacity as 
well as at the traps. ‘The trophy event was shot off by the follow- 
ing teams: Union Gun Club, of Montpelier, Vt., and the Robin 
Hood Gun Club, of Swanton, Vt. Conditions, five men to a team 
and 20 birds each. The Union tearm, of Montpelier, Vt., won quite 
handily and are now open to defend the trophy at $25 a side. Send 
in your challenges. The scores: 


Union Team. Robin Hood Team. 


RARKETE ise Seer s en yetneraen els 18 AS Head..... pe eee 14 
Way TEL 1DerySoeeiol Oey uAnanc 17 Efoltamb 2ainesrnanisssers= 14 
detercigt, Bdtethlood Neo ace 17 Cre GEO Cam usbenfireipere serene 13 
Bie! edd enesce tiers re 20 [Bia (cea\ VELA ee neers meneame ee 18 
BS RANE Simtarts sarees lee sree 15—87 Richardson .......... cee 14—73 
Events ye PBL Sette FA eh a) aaah) 
Targets: 15 20 15 20 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 
TRATITATAS Me PINT EME peer ordinates TAq ROSIE TORE Or inet 
ETO Vile e teeth feoaare clea cle n stint TU 2OMSISelo: ee ee 
Allison ..... Ps ci ee eemonpar > did Teyu EEG) ets files boa IB) Goh: 
Reabin sEtOod, Brewer eats cams =< tee IEP Ae NE we AP sd BS Sd 
Tedol tient Sa kopleee ilies AE yee es Tn IPM B ARE s! oa OE 5 ay 
eso da Gat hoby pi tok Force eee aes seat TEES Soll aly ae i, Se 5G 
Batrett Leer eete Mer rrersduc EET ippate; banal) yo su ba DA Ie 
W L Cameron...... srs eed ERAN fc Acailre a lea bya We De ye ae ae 
IOTERSOML send annem fer a cane cases. 1304 10 7312 2 Sal0) 6 a 120 
Vue bie asia beeen EE bats costal els © He jG ibaake Fb ae set oe Oe Se 8. 
TPAVSRIZEN GIONS A008 ot 5 repo pon iByany Histsbakiess . 6 aha =p aul 
TE OU CLITLE Me See omer rete tear ve ares G1 pes oan woneks meriea eye ean Eee 3-3 
Bennett! .a--ubeoutes ees Gra the GiB bss Pete gt i oe See SY 
S A K White OTA e119" TO Cee che ales 
(eereetoyiieteth AA ae pen tt odade cot Uae W418 11 1416... .. 12 12 12 12 
Seb eee aac ee Sate horas IIR eH ee A eo ce cae sek oN 
PAS astiria tiers, desea ih en oh res alley hres mere TRE sae hoe er cer. cos) aeeiane 
ENTE boil Sek fark ope eeecpesg Ooch abeD boos od LRN ee tear ale Oe eee 
VGISCHin PE repo eter ene ramertts ee yi aha Lalpilibaby S) 
Gaspent crates trace a cutee ee pete Mise eerey ea UME Sieben) 
li Relketevaco) Sone hen tee ais AAAS GOS soae do Ls IPF ICTS & ety Bee Ee, 
(QA Seatnee ret: Ree CEL ER Chinn © a> mer 1210 3..12 8 8 9 
SET ripe Ot enn EE ReReBNEe rnc: crt ik) <r TS Sten gt oe 
Fro ee ee ee ee ee PREPRR OR A Atos pe. tu wth 8 . .. 1110 11 12 
BPS Badicvin exes se peaiepr tes oes Ee manmres Tum 6 12 10 12 
ARODISOM yest ube tee ah eee nie Leonie Ripeiie Fun ate Se iton Perches ance 4) 


Event No. 4 was the team shoot. 

Fanning, Le Roy and Robin Hood then gave an exhibition shoot 
at 20 pairs. Fanning made a straight and the others dropped 1 
each, The next tournament on these grounds will be a three 
days’ shoot Oct. 2, 3 and 4, 1900. eG 


Iflinois Gun Club. 


SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 29——A blistering hot afternoon greeted ; 


the few enthusiasts who wended their way to the club grounds to- 
day, but, hot or cold, wet or dry, we can always muster enough 
shooters to make the man in the magautrap house earn his salary. 
We have a few members who, when the opportunity presents 
itself, from lack of large attendance, make a squad all by themselves 
and burn powder galore, and fill the air with flying pieces of 
targets, mo sooner does an event end than they are up to the 
score saying, “Put me in if the squad is short,” and this keeps 
the game going swiitly. 

The thermometer registered 91 in the shade, and must have been 
120 out on the magautrap score. Yet bang! bang! went the guns, 
and smash! went the targets—that is to say, some of them did, 
for in this connection it might be well for the truthful chronicler 
of events to relate that unless the load was centered around 
the targets there was a slight puff of dust, and Mr. Scorer was 
compelled to mark a 0 where a 1 would generally appear. 

We picked up targets with from one to twelve shot holes in 
them, the latter appearing very much like dainty pieces of lace- 
work, and every man on the grounds protested that this was the 
particular target that had set him going. 

Tom Hall, one of our old reliables, remarked that he ordered two 
fried eggs turned over on his last target, and that they were a 
little overdone when they landed. s 

Capt. Smith broke 38 in one bunch of 40, and then had the gall to 
turn around and say, “I never could shoot well on a hot day.” 

Klingensmith, with his new barrels that pattern up around 310, 
was boring ugly holes in the air, and some of the boys sug- 
gested that Kling’s gun shot so close that they could see the 
bunch of shot at 40yds. Dr. Kerr is one of the kind that brings 
plenty of ammunition on the grounds, and then cleans out the 
ammunition dealer who has a stand in the club house. 

Jameson never falters until his recoil pad makes a dent in his 
shoulder, and- Doe then claims his stock is too short for the 
additional space. Butler comes up about every second round and 
fills in the intervals telling the boys on the shooters’ benches 
exciting tales about his experience in the far West. Ed Snod- 
grass says the bluerocks in the barrels Shiver over these exciting 
tales until they are badly cracked, when they are unpacked. 
Geifert is now in one of the worst stages of pattern and penetra- 
tion. Some kind of friend dropped a few rain makers in his shell 
box lately, and he gave a very nice rendition of a quarry blast, 
with the accent on the blast. 

Workman protested that the management was economizing by 

furnishing wooded targets. This was perfectly evident when he 
broke 10 straight, and then dropped back to 5. Frank says after 
this he won’t shoot so well until the wooden ones are all thrown 
out, « 
Lamereaux is coming along nicely, and intimates that Gilbert, 
Budd and Company want to lool: out for him within the coming 
twenty years. He is withholding his challenge on account of a 
slitht defect on quartering targets. When he gets these right there 
will be an opening in Springfield for some of the experts. 

Van Cleave is up at Lake Miltona, Minn., and writes about the 
splendid angling. The boys say that Van took his target guns 
along, and that the suckers won’t bite along the Sangamon when 
he returns. 

George Day, our keeper of the seals and moneys, says it’s always 
4 safe bet to place on him that he can break 50 per cent. of his 
targets. One of our members was rash enough to risk a 5-cent 
cigar on his proposition—and the other man smoked. 

At our Fourth of July tournament we intend trying for the first 


time the pro rata system of division of moneys. This system ~ 


pays. a shooter for exactly what his kills demonstrate, prevents 
dropping fer place, and doés away with many objectionable features 
in the old percentage plan. 

Appended are onr last scores: 


Eyents: eo 15 6, eS SOTO 
([Ereson, Hn annneOOaeern rel ientrr ry) oer reer oth) “5 os, OS VG ke 
Geiberth® 2’ Sees iennnnee sy wept none none Sie ev PDAS, nee 
Tee Ly Rea ee AREA CA SARS ACE SEAATA AA OR OWN esp ay po fA a 
Wearereartx. oie. «ee nes 23 4 da Sean noe 
IDK alts eee uh Ad: Stu ui 88 eau sy OLD. s Oia mL 
ES yO Patsy ankle cis oe ee ares SN et rye eee a tet! 
AMGEN An eran lee ee, Se PLO) 85, dtomeeeerats 
Stickle. setesterechepprrccetec eee ane pce sa PTY 8 6 8 .. 20 
lingensmith ERE Maks gt decd KRW COREE 660 Tae ea C2IL 
Hallie nis eiiae spt ee tees a Par ea aera Lite ani P Gs oka te SelOuae 
Chasecchieluwaiasaaersiakiens peaasee “AO5605 6-65 6926) caube pe OW See 
Chas Schuck, Jri......;... RRFEEEBRREECED to BB ne of SEE Bs 4 
Bartlet: \.+. S-hew Mee dla List die dock 2-td en cteeeinin PF Oi ee 6 


All events except No. 10, 10 singles; event No. 10, 25 Singles 4 
Team race, G. T, Hall and H, M. Smith captains; 15 singles per 
man: 
_ Hall. 12. Stickle 13, Workman'12; Lamereoux 4, Schuck, Sr., 7. 
ee ee se 56. see ’ ‘ 
apt. Smith 14, Butler 10, Klingensmith 9, Dr. Kerr 9, 
9, Schuck, Tr., 8: total 49, piel ye Ps 


, 


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Caas, T. Sticxre, 


Haverhill Gun Club. | 


Haveruwitt, Mass., July 4—The Haverhill Gun Club celebrated 
to-day by holding a well-attended shoot on their grounds at Hoyt’s 
Grove. The day was all that could be desired for target shooting, | 
and very good scores were made. A lunch was served under ' 
canopy outside the club ‘house, and the day was seemingly en- | 
joyed by all. A large number of visitors were present, Amesbury — 
being represented by Messrs. Lockwood, Spofford, Lovering, | 
Hatch, Follansbee, Grieves and Bowen; Newburyport by Messrs. — 
Thomas and Allen; Merrimac by Mr. Locke; Lynn by Mr. and | 
Mrs. Lambert and lady friends; Boston by the Misses Kirkwood | 
and brothers William and Horace, Mr. Andres and ladies. 


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Meseroe, 


SECRETARY. 


Auburn “lournament. 


Avugurn. N. Y., July 7—The Fourth of July tournament, under | 
the efficient management and squad hustling abilities of H. Knox, 
proved a success. We were well represented by home talent, and ~ 
assisted by E. A. Wadsworth, of Wolcott, and Winsor Morris, of 
Baldwinsville, who shot in their usual fine form. 

In event No. 7, handicap merchandise, Wadsworth, Goodrich ~ 
and Church divided the first three prizes—a Parker gun, dress | 
suit case, and leather-lined traveling bag. Morris won the leather : 
gun case, and G, W. Nelles $2 in cash. 


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J. N. Karr. 
PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 


Summer Touts to the North. 


TWO TOURS TO CANADA VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, 


For the summer of 1900 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has 
arranged fo run two personally conducted tours to Canada and 
northern New York. These tours will leave July 21 and Aug. 11, 
including Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, Rapids of the St. 
Lawrence, Quebec, The Saguenay, Montreal, Au Sable Chasm, 
Lakes Champlain and George, and Saratoga, occupying fifteen 
days; round trip rate, $126. 

Each tour will be in charge of one of the company’s tourist 
agents, assisted by an experienced lady as chaperon, whose especial 
charge will be unescorted ladies: - . : : 

The rate covers railway and boat fare for the entire round trip, 
parlor car seats, meals en route, hotel entertainment, transfer 
charges and carriage hire. ; 

For detailed itinerary, tickets or any additional information 
address Tourist Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1196 
Broadway, New York; 860 Fulton street, Brooklyn; 789 Broad 
street, Newark, N. J.; or Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Pas- 
senger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.—Adv. 


Since the new show card, representing two moose, has been 
issued by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., there have been so 
many inquiries for the picture itself by parties not in the trade 
that they have found it necessary to make an arrangement with the 
lithographers to furnish the picture without the frame, packed 
securely in tubes, express or postage paid. This can be obtained 
by addressing the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., 313 Broadway, 
New York city, on remittance of $1.—Adv. | 


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UNDER THE TREES. 


THE trees of the land have now a specially high place in 
the appreciative consideration of sweltering mankind. 
The woods still hold good their claim of being the first 
temples. Hurrying and scurrying from the overheated 
cities, men, women and children during the heated term 
are eagerly journeying treeward, seeking the grateful 
shade which inyites them to rest and comfort. | 

And as to shades, there are none at all comparable with 
that of the trees, Brick and wooden walls cast shadows, 
but thé true shade is found under the spreading arms of 
the trees, where the freshest of green colors of nature, 
spread over the entire landscape, are everywhere to 
gladden the eyes, and clear sunshine and pure air are ever 
fresh from nature’s founts. 

It then is in consonance with man’s nature that he 
seeks the benefits of the country, with its comforting 
shades, in the season when the woods are at their best, and 
when they minister most to his health, comfort and hap- 
piness. Beautiful always, and adorning nature above all 
else, in their usefulness to man they hold a first place. 
Theirs is a universal beneficence at all seasons, but in 
the glaring light and intense heat of the midsummer 
days they to him are a special boon. To rich and poor 
alike they offer wholesome recreation free of price. 

Under the trees the camper pitches his tent, and settles 
to repose and comfort. About him are the rugged trunks 
which through calm and storm have stood bravely sky- 
ward for ages, while overhead are a profusion of branches 
which form a canopy and shut out the sunlight save such 
shafts and glintings as steal through the shifting open- 
ings left by the swaying branches and fluttering leaves 
in their playful struggles with the languid breeze. Un- 
der the trees, about the camp, the light is soft and the 
air cool, while outside in the open in the glare of light the 
heat waves boil tremulously. 

‘The wheelman chooses his midsummer route as much as 
possible through a wooded country. Along roads by 
which trees grow in abundance he can ride with more 
pleasure and comfort. Where the trees are, at _every 
stretch and turn of road, there are always new pictures to 
gladden his eyes. No section can be so plain nor any nook 
so ugly but what, if it have trees, it is beattified and a 
pleasure to gaze upon. Under the trees he speeds along, 
enjoying the cooling shade and feeling that every mo- 
ment is one of etjoyment. 

To the unfortunate dwellers in the cities who cannot 
escape to the country, the parks are a boon of inestimable 
value. Even in those limited and artificial areas there 
are at least true touches of nature. They are a source of 
infinite delight to children, who fairly revel in their 
enjoyment of an outing where the trees grow, and the 
Howers bloom, and nature reigns even if imperfectly. For 
stich children a picnic in the country, where there are real 
brooks and song-bird melody and flowers, with trees 
enotigh everywhere for every one, is an event to be long 
talked of and longer remembered. The beauties of 
architecture and elegance of art may excite admiration, 
but the profound emotions, the adoration of nature, can 
be excited only by nature’s own handiwork, of which 
the trees are an important part. They are the natural 
heritage of all mankind, and therefore are a source of 
wholesome enjoyment. 

But to the sportsman they are specially dear. Under them 
ate his treasures. Under them the deer and moose roam 
quietly about, and wnder them is the home of the-ruffed 
grouse, woodcock and quail in their cool sequestered 
haunts. 

While there are thousands in the great cities who are 
chained to business, there are none whose minds can be 
chained from roaming in the wildwoods. The deer 
hunter, in imagination, can see the deer, soft-eyed and 
timorous, gliding under the trees, where there are cool 
brooklets and pleasing Bele The Wing shot sees, an 


_ of nature. 


his mind’s eye, the richly colored game bird in its wood- 
land habitat, and longs to be among the trees even with no 
thought of killing. The fisherman has day dreams of 
waters with wooded shores, and their beautiful vistas of 
festooned vegetation which add a zest to the sport which 
no mere catching of fish could confer. 

Unfortunate, indeed, is he who cannot avail him- 
self of the wholesome recreation of camp, or wheel, or 
gun, or rod, in the places where the trees grow. 


THE ADIRONDACK FOREST. 


Tue Adirondack Forest Preserve is protected by a 
clause in the Constitution of the State which forbids ab- 
solutely and permanently any cutting of the forest. In 
1896, when a proposition to remove this prohibition by 
amendment came before the people, it was defeated by the 
greatest majority that ever defeated a repeal proposition 
in the history of New York. The reason of this was that 
the people feared the mismanagement and ruin which 
they believed would inevitably follow if any lumbering 
whatever were permitted in the Adirondacks. 

There was ample justification for the fear. At that 
period, save for a few isolated cases of private forests 
conducted on scientific principles, lumbering, as prosecuted 
on this continent, was a synonym of woodland devasta- 
tion. Of that scientific forest management which means 
the utilization of the mature timber and the perpetua- 
tion of the forest: itself-as a component whole we knew 
nothing. Timber cutting, as evidenced in the Adiron- 
dacks, meant vast stretches of blackened wastes and 
denuded mountain slopes—in short, ruin and desolation. 


With such warnings before their eyes, the people refused 


utterly to listen to the specious arguments’ of those who 
coveted their forest possessions, and they voted in 1806 
as they had before in 1894 that the woodman’s axe should 
be kept out of the public lands in the North Woods for 
all time. 

In the years that fae intervened, the interest of eco- 
nomic scientific forestry has made vast strides in Amer- 
ica. For one thing, the public has been taught that there 
are certain well-approved methods of forest exploitation 
which do not mean the ruin of the woods. As the popu- 
lar appreciation of this fact has grown, people are be- 
ginning to ask themselves if there is not a better way 
of administering their forest possessions than to clear them 
in the old fashion or to leave them unmolested in a state 
The great forestry enterprise of Mr. Van- 
derbilt in North Carolina, so well described by one of our 
correspondents to-day, is only one of many similar un- 
dertakings by private owners. And so with public forests. 
The New York Commissioners some time ago requested 
the Division of Forestry of the Agricultural Department 
to examine the Adirondack lands and submit recom- 
mendations for the management of the forests. Accord- 
ingly the work of investigating the forest conditions in 
the preserve began in June, and the completed working 
plans are to be ready for submission to the Legislature 
by Jan. 1, 1901. The beginning of this investigation 
marks an epoch in the forest history of the country. 
For the first time the Division of Forestry will co- 
operate in practical forest management with one of the 
State governments. If the final report should lead to the 
repeal of the forest clause of the 1894 amendment, a 
large public preserve will for the first time in our history 
be put under skilled forest management and operated with 
a view, not only to its permanent preservation, but to the 
production of a regular revenue. 

As annotinced in a bulletin of the Division from which 
we draw these facts, the working plans for which the data 
are now being gathered will amount to a detailed scheme 
for managing and harvesting the forest crop of an im- 
portant section in the preserve. They will show whether 
or not a steady revenue can be drawn from the New 
York Preserve without diminishing its timber yield in 
the future; and whether it is necessary or not to prohibit 
all cutting whatsoever in order to preserve the forest. 

Their preparation will involve, first of all, an ex- 
amination of the forest itself with a view to finding out 
what timber there is now on the ground, in quantity as 
well as in kind; and, secondly, a thorough study of the 
possibilities of lumbering on a sound business basis; or, 
in other words, an examination of the forest trees from 
the lumberman’s point of view, and of the most profitable 
methods of marketing the timber; thirdly, it will neces- 
sitate a thorough investigation of the fire problem, taking 
into consideration not only the best means of preventing 


fires in the future, but also those of dealing now with 
lands which have been injured or devastated in the past; 
fourth, the preparation of forest maps; and lastly, an 
examination of the forests in their relation to the water 
supply of the region, and of the importance of preserving 
them as natural reservoirs, and for other reasons than 
those involved in the immediate production of revenue, 
This part of the investigation, to be taken up in collabora- 
tion with the Hydrographer of the United States Geo- 
logical Survey, will dispose effectually of any danger to 
the water supply from the proposed cutting, and will 
fix all those areas which must be totally protected, or 
which will require particularly careful and conservative 
treatment. 


THE WASHINGTON GAME CASE. 

We print elsewhere the text of Judge Hanford’s deci- 
sion in the case of a Spokane, Wash., restaurant keeper 
who was prosecuted for having sold quail in violation 
of the Washington law. Judge Hanford’s reasoning is 
far from lucid, but the ground upon which he dismisses 
the case as unconstitutional appears to be that the Wash- 
ington statute is held by him to interfere with inter- 
state commerce, the control of which is vested in Con- 
gress. His argument in brief is that while a State has the 
right to control its own game, even to the extent of ab- 
solutely forbidding its capture at any time, it has no con- 
trol over the game of another State which may be im- 
ported within its borders. He says: “But the power of a 
Legislature in this regard only applies to game within 
the State, which is the property of the people of the 
State, and no such power to interfere with the private 
affairs of individuals can affect the right of a citizen to 
sell or dispose of, as he pleases, game which has become 
a stibject of private ownership by a lawful purchase in 
another State.” This goes squarely in the face of other 
decisions, notably the Phelps-Racey case in New York, 
where it was held that quail imported from-the West 
could not be sold in the close season. But these prece- 
dents Judge Hanford brushes aside as “not binding as 
authorities in this court,’ and not resting on sound prin- 
ciples. 

Not only is this Washington decision in the face of the 
precedents, but it runs directly counter to a principle 
which prevails almost universally throughout this country 
where there is any game protection at all. Laws for- 
bidding the sale of game in close season are of almost 
universal application, and where such statutes prevail no 
distinction is made, for a portion of the season at least, 
between game native to the State and that which is im- 
ported. Allis barred alike. The reason for this is that no 
other expedient will avail to save the native game. Experi- 
ence has demonstrated that if there is an open game market 
for the sale of imported game the State’s own game will 
find its way into that market. The purpose of the anti- 
sale system is not to save the game elsewhere, but the 
game of the State. And this is a purpose which is 
abundantly well worth securing and is so recognized, 
despite Judge Hanford’s sneer at “the interests of a few 
sportsmen.” It is not worth while to discuss here the 
relative importance of the “few sportsmen” and the 
“many” who want to eat imported game. The point is 
that the sale of game native and imported being generally 
prohibited in the close season throughout the United 
States, Judge Hanford declares that the system is based 
on statutes which are unconstitutional and therefore are 
void; and the relative importance of the interests of 
sportsmen and close time game consumers can have no 
bearing on the constitutional aspect of the subject. We 
are not advised whether this case will be carried up to a 
higher court, but we trust that it may be, for we believe 
that such an appéal would result in a complete vindication 
of the anti-sale of game statutes. 

Tt has been suggested that the point at issue has been 
settled by the Lacey Act, which provides that when 
game shall have been brought into a State as an article of 
interstate commerce it shall therefore become subject to 
the State law. But as we have pointed out, this is only a 
statement of an accepted principle. If, on the other 
hand, the Hanford view shalf be upheld, the Lacey Act 
cannot affect the matter. For if a law prohibiting the sale 
of imported game is in violation of the Constitution, no 
simple act of Congress can alter its unconstitutional na- 
ture. Congtess may not enact that whit is unconstitu- 
tional shall be constitutional. The one o-ly way in which 
that can be achieved is by a consfftutic al amendment, 


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4.2, 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[JULY 21, 1900, 


' 


Che Sportsman QGaurist. 
Down the Raisin.—IV. 


Faruier in the evening, just as the dusk had become dis- 
tinctly visible, we passed a large and somewhat pretentious 
house upon the shore, and trom its broad windows the 
evening lamps were already sending out their cheerful 
rays to- brighten the pathway of the wayfarer, while an 
unseen maiden was singing in a fresh young yoice to the 
accompaniment of the little parlor organ. 


“*Neath the sycamores the candlelights are gleaming” 


was the burden of the refrain, the much-regretted syca- 
motes “On the banks of the Wabash far away. 
Without all was gloom and darkness, within all 
warmth and light. Why not stop and claim the 
hospitality which was no doubt awaiting the 
travelers? But the impulse was only a temporary 
one, and the Little Pilgrim had kept. steadily on, 
the inherited stubbornness of the skipper having 
refused to relinquish the idea of a landing at Deer- 
field, which seemed to recede further and _ still 
further into the night. He thought again with sin- 
cere regret of the comfortable farmhouse with its 
hospitable lights and its (presumably) fair vocalist 
after it had been left miles in the rear and the night 
had deepened, but regrets were unavailing. (It is 
noticeable that regrets are almost invariably un- 
availing, else they were not regrets.) , 

In the meantime the clouds that had come up with 
the stnset grew darker and heavier, and the slender 
path of light that had run on before the Little Pil- 
grim became still more narrow. We were now 
going forward in a dull, mechanical way, hopeless 
but determined, seeking something, we knew not 
what, that lay, we knew not where. The keen de- 
light, the exultation of the morning, were gone, and 
there was no longer any thought of pleasure in 
the journeying, that now hoped only forshelter and 
rest. The pace had slackened, and there were no 
more eager bursts of speed to devour the inter- 
minable distance. And so through the sober night 
and along the strenuous path the Little Pilgrim 
held the even tenor oi her way. 

After a time another of the infrequent lights 
broke through the night, and the skipper hailed it 
with the usual query. The answer evidently came 
from a colored man, whose house, but dimly out- 
lined by its own light, seemed rough and_for- 
bidding. What he said about the distance to Deer- 
field is immaterial, save that he told us we could save a 
few miles by making a short portage just back of the 
house. But although he was invisible from the canoe, 
there was so much of the invitation of the spider to the 
fly in his tone and manner that even the prospect of a 
shortened voyage seemed in no way desirable, and when 
he volunteered to walk down the bank for a mile or so 
abreast of the canoe, alleging that he wanted to 
jook for his own boat, which had that day gone 
adrift, we determined that we most assuredly would 
not oblige him by either coming ashore or upset- 
ting. Doubtless we did a grieyous wrong to a 
plain but honest citizen, but appearances were cer- 
tainly against him, and if the cruise of the Little 
Pilgram had ended suddenly and mysteriously, the 
water would have kept no trail over which she 
might have been traced. 

Some one had warned us in adyance of an ugly 
bend in the river, where the current ran more 
rapidly than usual, and where the bed of the stream 
was strewn with half-submerged logs that had 
failed to make the turn in time to clear their un- 
wieldy lengths. The passage, it was said, was 
disagreeable enough in the day time, but the man 
who would undertake to run it at night could be 
set down as one who had unbounded faith in that 
Providence which exercises a special care over 
people of a certain class. But though the locality 
was strange and the night was dark, we had no 
difficulty in recognizing it—when the canoe 
grounded on one of these very logs, and swting 
around broadside against it in the sweeping rush of 
waters. Just why the little craft did not upset 
and send her crew and cargo to swell the wreck- 
age that blockaded the river here is more easily 
asked than answered, but she was soon afloat 
again, and found a clearer channel further over in 
midstream. 

By this the slender streak of light in which the 
river had seemed to catch and hold the last faint 
reflection of the dying day had faded out from 
under the prow of the canoe, and we were left to 
gZrope our way without its friendly aid. And when 
the paddle blade on either side struck the bottom, 
we knew that we were drawing too close to the 
Jand, and so veered away again into the channel. 

Now and then some clump of trees upon the shore 
flung up their blurred and broken shapes in con- 
fused outline against the darkened sky, but their 
presence only served to make the gloom more dense. 
And now the wind that heralded the rain had be- 
gun to rise, and save for the whisper of its fitful 
gusts the night had grown still and sullen, and 
the rapids haying been passed, the deeper currents 
underneath us flowed noiselessly but relentlessly on. 
_, Suddenly, like a fierce discord in a melody, a long- 
drawn, tasping sound broke the hush of the night, and 
the little boat checked, then stopped and swung round 
as though an unseen hand had reached upward from the 
water and caught her by the prow. It needed no flash- 
light to tell us what had happened. The canoe had 
strtick a snag that projected backward just at the surface 
of the water, and it had torn a long gash in her and held 
her still impaled upon its jagged point. Such a gash 
seemed wide enough to admit the entire river, and as the 
skipped braced himself for the rush of water that would 
certainly and instantaneously follow, he imagined that he 
could already feel the boat sinking under him as she 
foundered in the gruesome flood. And as he waited. half- 
instinctively he thrust the 8-foat paddle straight down over 
the side of the canoe as far as he could reach, It met 


with no other resistance than the water, and the current 
thrust it slowly back again to the surface. 

What an infinite multitude of thoughts throng through 
the tense mind at such a moment! The prospect of find- 
ing the crew and all the ship’s stores at the bottom of 
the tiver was not a very pleasing one to a man who could 
not swim, and the skipper remembers wondering, in that 
overweighted ten seconds of suspense, how long it would 
be before the slow search that would drag its tedious way 
down the winding river would come at last upon the 
wreck: of the Little Pilgrim, and what would be said when 
the end of the cruise was known. And then the crew 


wondered how far it was to Deerfield, and whether, per- 
chance, some of the residents of that mythical town might 
not, after a time, be the ones to claim the reward which 
would be offered by friends at home for the missing. . 

But the water did not come in, and the canoe still 


TERN ALIGHTING ON NEST. 


From “Bird Studies With a Camera.” 
Copyright, 1900, by D. Appleton & Co. 


floated. As she listed with the attempt to take sound- 
ings, the canoe was in some manner released from the 
snag and drifted clear of its malignant clutch, and then 
it was that the captain and the crew unanimously decided 
to go ashore. It was all well enough to be determined and 
persevering, and Deerfield might turn out to be in the 
very next block, but if it were there was no likelihood 


GANNETS ON NESTS. 


From “Bird Studies With a Camera.” } 
Copyright, 1900, by D. Appleton & Co. = 


that it would run away, and the really desirable course 
just at that time seemed to be across rather than with 
the current. 

When the boat was landed and a light struck, it de- 
veloped that the snag had cut entirely through the can- 
vas skin for some 12 inches just above the waterline for- 
ward. Evidently the cruise and the joke had been car 
ried far enough for that day at least, and all the duffle was 
unloaded: and, with the canoe, carried to the top of the 
bank. Here there appeared to be “no thoroughfare,” and 
a prospecting trip up and down the shores revealed no 
trace of human habitatioti. If there had ever heen a 
road along the river leading to Deerfield or elsewhere, it 
had long since lost all patience with the river’s crooked 
ways and left it in disgtist. It was now hard on- mid- 
night, and far off over the wide and misty fields a yague 


light glimmered for a space and then disappeared. Per- 
haps it was only a will-o’-the-wisp beckoning the travelers 
actoss some treacherous marsh which was waiting to 
complete the work the river had failed to accomplish. But 
the ground was high and solid where we were, and as the 
rain began to fall, the canoe became a hotel again, and 
the crew, having supped sumptuously on the remains of 
the late turtle dinner, were shown to their rooms and. soon 
went comfortably to sleep. 

When the captain awoke next morning and came down- 
stairs for a little stroll before breaktast, as was his wont 
on the cruise, he glanced across the fields, and there, 
almost close enough to be reached with the canoe paddle, 
was the missing town of Deerfield. It apparently had 
come arotind in the morning for the express purpose of 
resenting the insinuations which had been made regarding 
its existence, and it looked as placid and innocent as 
though it had not been wandering and dodging 
about all night long to escape capture by the crew of 
the Little Pilgrim. But although the distance over 
the luxuriant June meadows seemed so short, it 
was a long half-hour before we had navigated the 
great bend of the stream that finally brought us to 
the town itself. 

It was in the night off Deerfield that the cruise of 
the Little Pilgrim reached, not its close, but its 
culmination. Every human life has its crisis, but 
seldom more than one, and this was the case with 
the Little Pilgrim. From Deerfield (which was 
scarcely discovered till it was abandoned) we floated 
peacefully down to Petersburg, the river growing 
broader and fuller as we journeyed on. It had 
hardly seemed worth while to waste time in re- 
pairing the rent in the canoe, since by shifting the 
cargo slightly to the opposite side the liability of 
taling water was happily obviated. The day was 
bright, and the morning wind, washed cool by the 
night's rain, blew fresh from the eastward. 
All the long June hours we voyaged, through a 
country that had now become more or less tame and 
commonplace, the experiences of the day being in 
the main a repetition of the uneventful happenings 
of the days gone by. And so it came to pass that 
late in the afternoon of the fourth day of the voyage 
we drifted quietly into Dundee, and saw once more 
the iron road over whose tracks the morning train 
had borne us so bravely to the starting point of our 
cruise, Here we landed, a trifle battered, not a 
little worn and wearied, but with a store of adven- 
ture and experience that would make and keep 
these days ever memorable; and happy in the 
thought that even our mishaps had been fortunate 
ones, Nothing now remained to be done but to 
gather up what was left of our supplies and other 
worldly possessions, to make the final portage from the 
river to the station and there to await as best we might 
the coming of the train that was to bear us homeward, 

The cruise of the Little Pilgrim was ended. 

Toxrepo, O., June, 1900. de 


Note.—lt might be mentioned as a matter of passing interest 
that the entire expenses of the crew of the Little Pilgrim 
during this cruise, exclusive of railway fares, but including 
hotel bills, porterage, tips, bar bills, etc., aggregated the 
sum of $1.20! * : 


Jack to Jim. 


BY SIDNEY EDWARDS. 
Dear Jim: - 

Glad to get your letter and to know of your 
newest boy—hope he grows up like his daddy to 
keep clean body and soul, and to shoot and talk 
straight, : ; 

Had an early morning hunt the other day that I 
thought perhaps you would like to hear about. 

In this county, you know, the woodcock season 

opens on the glorious Fourth, and I want to go on 
record here as saying that the howl you hear about 
the iniquity of Fourth of July woodeock hunting 
here and in New Jersey (of which State we should 
geographically be a part) is empty—nothing in it. 
_ The law has obtained for three or four years 
in this county,* and I have hunted each season, 
never finding a bird that was not strong of wing 
and willing and able to take jolly good care of him- 
self. These “mother songs” you hear about poor 
little, fuzzy’ little woodcocks, that the dogs point 
and then catch and mangle, or that the game 
butcher slaughters by the dozens as they flop their 
half-winged flight through the tree trunks, are way 
out of harmony with the facts. Some closet 
naturalists get periodical bugs on the subject, and 
then they fill up the columns of the good old 
ForEST AND STREAM with their witlessness. How- 
over, I suppose we can’t help it. It’s like the 
“Last Moose’ squabble or the Adirondack panther 
tale, or the “How Does the Partridge (sic) Do His 
Drumming” discussion. I wish somebody’d lay 
these ghosts—don’t you, Jim? If I was the iron- 
rimmed spectacled editor of the old Forest awnp 
StreAm I'd make it a condition precedent to the 
publication of any of these wails that Perdix or 
Philohela, or whatever he signs himself, should 
pay $100, American money, for the possible loss of 
tired-out subscribers, and drink two quarts of 
double-quality skunk-cabbage tea—tepid. That 
would dry the ink on their light-running pens, I'll 
wager—eh, Jim? “I may be wrong,” as the Wizard 
of the Nile says, but it is all opinions that make 
this world go round, I imagine, and if some Old 
Subscriber should see this he'd probably write me 
down a jay, and groan over the mental strabis- 
mus of the sporting public generally. When we all get 
to thinking alike, there will he mo woodcack, Jimmy, no 
Forest AND STREAM, and no Old Subscriber and no “me” 
and no “you,” and no nothing—boo, hoo! Say, Jimmy, 
gir all, let us pray for long life to these other old 
ools. 

Moralizing, am I? Well, I will get along to my story. 

T could not get our old friend Howkins out for an early 
start, andso I finally persuaded Smith in the office here 


- to go along o’ me, We agreed to meet at the old stone 


*Richmond tounty. (Staten Tsland), New York, 


_as would his daddy at this time of year. 


— 


Jury 21, 1900, | 


A8 


house on the corner of the Willow Brook and Watchogue 
roads at 4:15 A. M. Pretty stiff agreement, but the con- 
sideration was probable good sport in the coolth of the 
early morning. I won't tell you how, in a fruitless en- 
deavor to go off as quietly as a kitty-cat, 1 got up and 
roused the whole household, including the missus and 
the baby. Every man who handles a rod or gun knows 
how it is, and you know I am particularly un-light- 
footed, 

However, we were on time at the rendezyous, and 
hustled along to the rose briers back of Roth's, where 1 
know two or three broods were raised, for I have 'seen the 
youngsters and the parents. Well, sir, when we got in 
there it would have broken your heart to see the poor 
earth agape with the black thirst and looking at the blue 
lheavens above for the savin’ moisture (sounds Kiplingish, 
Jimmy, doesn’t it?). Yes, sir; dry as a bone, and we 
ragged the acres back and forth with my old Laddie and 
never a whistle nor sign of feather. We knew they'd be 
feeding, and so we hunted the irrigation drain from end to 
end, with the same result. It was warm by then, a close, 
sticky warmth, and we wete getting ready to take the 
usual pledge to refrain from summer hunting now and 
forevermore, We struck the other brier patches from 
our calling list, and after executive session put out for the 
Black Muck Woods across the turnpike. Jimmy, I would 
like to draw the veil here, for your sake, for | know 
you've a ball and chain on your ballet-like ankle, and | 
don’t want to be the means of inciting envy, hatred and 
other uncharitableness in your brave buzzum; but honest 
truth, Jim, when we set first foot into the woods it 
seemed as though all the woodeock in the whole county 
had assembled there in conyention—perhaps to establish 
close and open season on worms. You know, James, | 
was raised on Sanford and Merton, and I would not tell 
a lie, and so, James, I hope you will believe me when 
I say that, as we salaamed through a low barbed-wire 
fence, the air was full of crescendo and diminuendo 
whistlings, and what seemed in the half-light, long, dun- 
colored streaks that twisted in and out among the tree 
tboles like little flying boa constrictors. James, my boy, 
ithose streaks were the poor little, fuzzy little, helpless 
little things that Constant Reader vapors about, with 
here and there perhaps an old big woodcock to lead the 
way. Not a shot was fired; not_a funeral note. We 
were getting through the fence, as I said before, and only 
had a sort of a worm-eye’s view of it all. If we'd 
practiced wing-shooting with head between legs and the 
gun held upside down, perhaps we'd have had a shot any- 
way, but as it was, we marked them down best we 
could and then sent old Black and White ahead—slowly. 
He hadn’t poked around among the skunk cabbage longer 
than a minute before he drew up, wavered, moved up a 
degree and “‘friz”’ I was nearer, and walked up for the 
shot. A couple of steps forward and up buzzed the bird. 
He wasn’t any cinch, Jim, I'll tell you, twisting around 
the tree trunks, but the second barrel got him. He was a 
full-grown young bird, and, barring his color, looked just 
Made the sign of 
the Black Rabbit over his body as he lay (you know 
«we always do that on the first bird of the season), and then 
ypieked him up. 

Laddie plodded along for a minute or two, when a 
ibird flushed wild in front of Smith. He got him with 
ithe first barrel. Two minutes—two birds, and we're in 
ithe Greater City—the city of New York, the second of the 
world’s great massing places of men. Get your snipe-like 
ibrain to work on that proposition, Jimmy! And still you 
«itll ive in Hoboken. 

‘Dhe wood is about eighty rods long and half as wide, so 
Smith and I formed a hollow square and proceeded to 
walk back and forth across it with Laddie boy waving his 
old saber tail about 50 feet ahead of us, and doing the 
real work. Half-way across on the first “leg” and Smith 
‘and I fired two shots apiece at the same bird. Smith, who 
chas a head for figures, says that little burst of pleasure cost 
-ten and two-fifths cents, not counting the strain on the 
gun. No, dear reader, we did not lall the bird. He went 
‘a—way. We went along on the same course toward the 
jharbed-wire fence, and at a point we each secored—two 
jbirds flushing. Laddie was as mindful and clever as a 
thrained seal, and it was a pleasure to work with him. 

il won't wear you out, Jim, with the details of each 
kill, ut I do want you to hear about the last one, for I 
ikinder covered myself with all kinds of glory making it. 
I wanted ;to tell you about it at the beginning of this 
letter, just-as we always ate our dessert first— member, 
Jim? Well, we'd about shot the place out, we thought, 
and were goimg to leave it, when I happened to turn 
around, and there was old Laddie making one of his dash- 
ing-looking, high-headed points. Solid as a rock, too, and 
I knew he'd a bird nailed. Smith had been getting the 
yough end of the shooting, so I told him to take the shot. 


tle was about 100 feet from the dog when he started. He 
vwalked up at “ready” until he got within 15 feet of 
_Laddie, and then he stopped. Dog solid as the Pali- 


.sades, and no perceptible motion anywhere, except a big. 


«skunk cabbage leaf waving about 2 feet trom Laddie’s 


OSE. 
* -“Dog has fits in statuesque positions,” said Smith. 

tl, deigned no reply, except to sniff contemptuously, but | 
shoved up the safety on the grip and got ready, in case—— 
Smith took three steps and stopped again. Palisades im- 
movable .as ever; cabbage leaf still gently fanning the 
earth. 

Dog's crazy or has been suddenly smitten with angina 
pectoris,’ said Smith, “and has died standing up.” 
Nevertheless he kept his gun at ready and prepared to ad- 
vance. Two cautious steps ahead—perhaps the breeze 
blew less gently, and the cabbage leaf fluttered more 
strongly. But the Palisades never wavered. 

A black robber of a crow cawed way up in the sky, and 
it seemed to deepen the nervous hush. : ; 

Smith took one step ahead. “That black and white 
strain of pointers,” he began, “are fools from the be- 
ginning——.” Whir-r-r-r, and up from underneath the 
skunk cabbage rose something that hurtled through the 
ait like a bullet. Bang! Bang! from Smith, and through 
the smokeless-powder haze I saw old Philohela-still scud- 
ding for safety. I threw the gum to my shoulder and 
pulled the first barrel, but on he went. I led him 3 feet; 
6 inches over, and 2 feet to the right, and pulled the left. 

We picked him up just sixty-two and one-half paces 
‘away from the firing place, and that is the longest shot 
IT ever made on a woodcock in such a place as the Black 


Muck Woods. I was on to his curyes, Jimmy, and shot 
right into a little opening in the trees that it had flashed 
over me he’d hunt for. It was one of those inspirations a 
man has once in a while. 
My love to the chickabiddies, and my very lindest re- 
gards to Mrs, Jim, Sincerely, 
JACK, 


Pisgah Forest. 


RaretGu, N, C-—There is now a gréat movement for 
a fiational park in the mountains of western North 
Carolina. .This had its origin in George Vanderbilt’s 
two great development ideas, as shown first in his Bult- 
more estate and next in his Pisgah forest. The latter 1s 
a true forest. He was so fortunate as to discover a place 
where nature had been well nigh unmolested and then to 
secure this and allow her to work her own sweet will. 
And it is to be of a pilgrimage to Pisgah that this is to 
be a story. ‘ 

There are some 10,000 acres in Biltmore, of which all 
the world knows. There are 100,000 acres in Pisgah 
forest, ol which few know anything. The latter is about 
forty miles in length, and takes its name from its domi- 
nating peak, Mt. Piseah, which is a true cone, and which 
is a landmark even amid all the peaks in that vast, ir- 
regular and lofty plateau between the Blue Ridge and the 
Great. Smoky Mountains. East and west this plateau 
is walled in by the loftiest mountains east of the Rockies. 

Going from Raleigh to Asheville, which is the gateway 
to the glories of the mountain region which the Chero- 
kee Indians in their not unmusical tongue called the 
Overhills of Ottolay, the train climbs to the Swannanoa 
Pass, through the Blue Ridge and pierces the crest of the 
great divide through Swannanoa tunnel, 3,450 feet above 
sea level. The stream flowing out of the eastern portal 
of the tunnel runs into the Atlantic Ocean; that out of 
the western portal into the Gulf of Mexico via the Swan- 
nanoa, the French Broad, the Tennessee and the Mis- 
sissippi. In the tunnel is the source of the Swannanoa, 
famed in story and song, which at Asheville mingles with 
the French Broad, loved of the Cherokees, and by them 
called Tah-kee-os-tee, the “Racing River.” 

Going by rail from Asheville to Hendersonville, and 
thence to Davidson's River station on the Henderson- 
ville & Brevard Railway, the pilgrimage to Piseah begins 
in earnest. A light wagon, drawn by a pair of small 
mules, driven by a mountameer, carries a tent and such 
provisions as will supplement the mountain fare. The 
pilgrims, like those oi old, walk, and find the twelve 
mules to Pisgah forest a succession of pictures. Along 
the clear French Broad River runs the road, then turns 
along Dayidson’s River—clearer still—and then leads 
beside Avery’s Creek—as pellucid as a dew drop—to the 
very source of that stream, 

To all the native folk near and far Pisgah forest 1s 
“Mr, Vanderbilt's place.’ A wire fence,’ merely three 
strands of barb, outlines it and forms its boundary. Only 
a quarter of a mile outside this fence is the last house, a 
tiny cottage nestled in a little cove, its dwellers an aged 
couple. The old man in his rude but kindly fashion said 
he liked Mr. Vanderbilt well, and added, “He is a 
mighty common man; real common,” By this homely 
phrase he meant that the multi-millionaire did not put 
on airs, but was friendly and sociable. 

All the way from the boundary fence to the gap, which 
opens the way to the valley of the forest, there is the 
sound of falling water. This is the one sound which is 
ceaselessly heard all over Pisgah; the rush or the fall of 
the mountain streams, which most of the time are them- 
selves invisible, perhaps high overhead or in a gorge a 
thousand feet below. The last two miles of road is very 
steep, and the sure-footed mules have plenty of work to 
do, but they fairly bend to it. The driver, who, like the 
motwuntaineers in general, is a man of few words, says, 
“It's mighty good road for mount’n.” The plodders on 
foot have the best of it, 

From the top-of the gap there is a glorious view over 

the Vanderbilt domain to the northward, and to the 
southward a view even into South Carolina, Thus looked 
at, there is an apparently boundless expanse of virgin 
forest. But the movement downward is begun, and in a 
quarter of an hour the pilgrims are in the Pink Beds, 
the heart of the jorest. To Mr. Vanderbilt this 1s merely 
part of liis great woodland, but to the mountaineer it is 
tthe Pink Beds, and under the latter name it appears in 
‘the geological maps. It is a sort of table land, between 
high and nearly parallel ridges, threaded with streams as 
bright a5 a looking-elass, ali rnnning in beds of solid 
stone, literally like flights of steps, and which seem like 
quicksilver as they flash or fall from their lofty sources. 

The origin of the name Pink Beds is in dispute, it 
seems, Jt most probably is derived from the colors of 
the rhododendron, which is so profuse as to make the 
country fer miles look in May and June like a con- 
seryatory. The bushes on which these rich-hued flowers 
srow form a continuous tangle, save where the great 
forest trees crowd them out. One of the mountaineers, 
when asked for his idea of the origin of the name, said in 
a most prosaic manner, “I don’t rightly know where the 
name comes from, but I haye heard ‘em say a man one 
time had a cow here named Pink and she got bogged up 
in a ma’shy place and died there.” 

The Pisgah forest has cost Vanderbilt something like 
a quarter of a million of dollars, or about $2.50 an acre. 
He has bought it in great or small tracts as rapidly as 
possible, and now his, rangers are the only denizens. 

' There are five of them, all picked men of the mountains, 
- of fine physique, good riders and dead shots. One oi 
them comes to meet the pilgrims and looks at their per- 
mit, which is a very important piece of paper. This for- 
ester, whose name is Kearns, is a type of the rangers, 
- good-htimored, tall and strong, well mounted, with re- 
‘peating rifle slung at his back, saddle bags and poncho. 
Vo him these mountain wilds are like an open book, and 
upon him and his associates a great and incessant re- 
sponsibility devolves. Thee must keep open the roads 
and the trails, see that the boundary fence, 300 miles in 
length, is all right; keep ottt poachers, look after the 
gaime and the trout, and always be on the alert for timber 
stealers. The poachers would come from near and far 
to catch the trout, or rather to kill them by exploding 
dynamite cartridges in the deep pools where the big fel- 
lows lurk; or to kill the deer, the grouse (or pheasants, 


‘His pleasure is the pleasure of others, 


as they are known popularly), or the wild turkeys. At an 
incredible distance the trained ear of the ranger will hear 
the explosion of dynamite, and he tracks the offender 
unerringly, even into other counties, and once intd 
Tennessee. , 

There are 265 miles of trail in this forest; the trails 
leading alongside each trout stream. There are 70 miles 
of road, passable for wagon. Trail and road are always 
kept im readiness against Mr. Vanderbilt's coming, He 
is, as the rangers say, ‘liable to come any time.” There 
are miles of shooting paths, the latter 15 feet in width 
and cut out right and lJelt from the roads. When deer 
are driyen they must cross these paths, and by means 
of the latter alone can the hunter see them in time to get 
a shot. 

For a century these Pink Beds were a free pasture, and 
thousands of cattle were driven tnere tw tie ziazing. 
The cattle were driven eyen from South Carolina, and 
in the spring and in the fall were driven home “‘seal fat,” 
as the phrase is. In those days forest fires were set alight 
each spring, to freshen the grass. Eight years ago Mr. 
Vanderbilt began to buy the land, and now cattle found 
within his boundary are driven out by the rangers. 

The absence of noises other than those made by the. 
streams is one of the most noticed things. Rarely is a 
note of a bird heard, and seldomer still is any feathered 
thing seen. So perfect and so dense is the cover that a 
deer can lie unseen only a few feet away. Numerous as 
the turkeys are, only one was flushed, and only a very 
few pheasants were seen, The sharp footmarks of the 
deer are constantly visible in the trails, and alongside 
the streams ate the footprints of the wildcat. High 
overhead the golden eagle-is seen soaring, and Ranger 


' Kearns shows a mounted specimen which he killed with 


a revolver as it sat in a tree top 80 yards away. 

Though Mr, Vanderbilt is not a sportsman, but a 
student, yet, as stated, all things are kept ready for him. 
On his last visit 
he only caught one trout, nor did he fire a gun, His 
wife was with him. She is a good horsewoman, and rode 
a pony up and down the steepest trails. Under protection 
natiye trout are rapidly restocking the streams without 
artificial propagation. In some oi the streams rainbow 
trout from California have been placed, but these are not 
so satisfactory a fish. They rapidly lose their rich colors, 
and have to be quickly eaten to be palatable, while the 
trout of the locality. properly dressed, keep well. In 
the old days, before there was protection, there were 
caught in two days in this very forest 1,650 trout, and 
most of this needless slanghter was pure waste. 

At Biltmore Mr. Vanderbilt has an arboretum, one 
of the largest in the world, and the pioneer in the United 
States, This was formerly under the direction of Gifford 
Pinchot, who is at present head forester of the United 
States; it is now under the direction of Dr. Schenck, as 
forester. In this arboretum more than 300,000 trees and 
shrubs haye been planted. Pisgah forest is the com- 
plement of the arboretum, and in these wild woods Dr. 
Schenck has a lodge where he spends much of each 
summer with his class. In the latter are often youths 
of wealth and high social position, who wish to study 
forestry—a study which the United States sorely needs, 
since sO many millions are daily devoting themselves 
to the task of forest destruction, and so few to consetva- 
tion, 

The grandeur of the trees is a nevyer-ceasing wonder. 
Enormous tulip trees or poplars, Spanish and red oaks, 
hemlocks, chestnuts, black walnuts. cucumber trees and 
pines, rise in size and symmetry, and make the views 
grand in the extreme. Here the destructive lumberman 
has never despoiled “the forest primeval.” The +rees 
cover all nature. 


“For miles on miles their hazy files 
Grow nebulously dim,” 


- 


and there is always, thanks to this great forest, the tender 
blue which gives the Blue Ridge its name. No matter 
whether the weather be fair or foul, the color of these 
mountains is always blue, deeper or lighter as the case 
tay be. 

Every rose has its thorn, and in the fairest of earth’s 
places some poison lurks. This Pink Bed region is 
particularly infested with rattlesnakes. They are of the 
black variety, and while short in length are very large— 
3 inches in diameter sometimes, Ranger Kearns looked 
at his “‘tally stick” and found that during the season of 
1899 he killed twenty-six. His two or three employes 
said they had killed as many more. A watchful eye is 
necessary when a pilgrim gets out of a road or trail. 
The mountaineers say that as a rule a rattlesnake is 
very peaceable; so much so that when he thinks a person 
does not see him he lies quiet aud does not coil and 
rattle. The rangers wear extremely thick leather leg- 
gings over heavy stockings. Deadly as is the poison of 
these snakes, few people die from it. Surprisingly few 
are bitten, and whiskey is instantly taken, The rattle- 
snake in the eastern part of North Carolina is far larger 
and in consequence more deadly, owing to the greater 
size of the fangs and poison bags. The most dangerous 
because the most vicious stale in the eastern part of the 
State is the black water moccasin, or cottonmouth, called 
by the natives the “swamp lion,” because of his savage- 
ness. These snakes attack men. 

The real objective point of the pilgrimage is Pisgah 
Peak. The Thompson trail is taken for its top, and it 
is a long nine-mile tramp. This is the steepest because 
the most direct of all the trails. The immense trees of 
the Pink Beds are replaced on the long mountain crest 
by dwarfed trees, yery quaint in effect, with blue grass 
beneath them. Tt is a natural park in miniature. The 
trail leads along the crest to Pisgah Lodge. This is a 
aflasterpiece of quaintness, all of logs and stone. Its 
front balcony projects over a chasm almost sheer for 
y,c00 feet. From this most picturesque standpoint Mr. 
Vanderbilt’s guests shoot at clay pigeons or glass balls, 
and experts get three or four shots. The furniture is 
all of mountain woods. The dining hall is a separate 
building, of the sanie log construction, and its walis are 
nearly covered with the dressed skins of the wildcat, fox, 
deer, skunk, etc. There are more than 200 skins, those 
of the wildcat predominating. These animals. were all 
shot or trapped in Pisgah forest. There are also im- 
mense eagles perched-on the beams. . The pilgrims dine 
at the lodge amid these odd surroundings on fried 


4A 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[JULY 21, 1900. 


-chicken, then pone cornbread, buttermilk and the pel- 
lucid honey which the bees make from the flowers of the 
sourwood trees, which are so numerous in the forest, and 
indeed all through the mountain region, 

Tt is two miles from the lodge to the summit of Pisgah. 
All the way there is a view whicl embraces scores of 
miles. There is a trail to the top, which is a yery ac- 
curately shaped cone. On it there is barely room for 
folir ponies and half a dozen people on foot. It is 5,500 
feet aboye sea level, and so yast is the height that it 
seems to the pilgrims that they ate on top of a tower. 
To the eastward is Biltmore House, hanging in the 
middle distance like Aladdin’s palace, snowy white and 
vast, and quite near it is tree-embowered Asheville, 
twelye miles away. Four counties corner on this peak. 
To the southward there is the unbroken mass of Pisgah 
forest: to the east the great and fertile valley of the 
French Broad. Yet further eastward the cloud-touch- 
ing wall of the Blue Ridge rises, shutting out the world 
beyond. Yo the westward is piled mountain upon moun- 
tain, and in that direction the view is finally bounded by 
the Great Smokies, which tower like a veritable wall of a 
world, Within the sweep of a glance is the culmination 
oi the great Appalachian system. There are no less than 
ierty-three peaks, with an altitude of more than 6,000 
feet, these being in the Smoky, the Balsam and the 
Black ranges.. Mount Mitchell, in the Black, dominates 
them all, with its 6,711 feet of altitude. In its entirety 
the view is one of the very noblest which America 
affords. It is well worth the “pilgrimage to Pisgah,” 

Frep A. Oxps. 


With a Surveying Party, 
[Concluded fron: page 27.) 


I was out wandering over the park land not very intent 
on the pursuit of game, but hoping that it would be my 
good fortune ta get a shot at an extra large buck whose 
wide spreading horns far surpassed any head we had 
secured, as described by Cap, who had seen him a few 
times when out with the corps of surveyors. 

While standing upon a high point of land carefully 
examining the landscape with a field glass, Il saw a 
buck enter the high grass of a ravine at the bottom of 
the high Jand on which I was standing. As the ravine 
which the deer had entered was bounded upon the far 
side by a high rocky wall and nearly surrounded the 
point of land upon which I was standing, | knew that 
the buck would give me a good shot as he passed down 
the ravine behind where I was standing, and I did not 
change my position, but stood looking down the slope 
to see if the buck would have any companions, when to 
my surprise I saw a large panther following the track 
of the deer, and all designs upon the deer were lost in my 
intention to take the hide of that panther back to camp 
with me. The panther is the prince of still-hunters, and 
it Was with close attention that I watched this one as he 
followed the trail of the deer. He would pass over about 
roo yards of the trail, when he would stop, lift up his 
head and turn as if listening and scenting the breeze for 
a few seconds, and then he would bound along the trail for 
another hundred yards, when he would again stop to take 
observation, and this was repeated until he passed out of 
my sight in the ravine. 

Turning to take a position to head off the panther, I 
saw that there was a gentle slope from the top to the bot 
tom of the ravine from my feet, covered in places with 
high grass and small bushes, while there were a few alkali 
spots where the grass was short buffalo grass of the 
alkali plains and prairies, with a few scattered oak trees 
upon the surface of the slope. As I took a new position 
near the middle of the hillside where I could com- 
mand the entire slope with my rifle, with pleasure I 
found a good breeze blowing toward me from up the 
Tavine, so that there was no danger of the .game scent- 
ing me. 

Standing quietly beneath an oak tree, 1 closely watched 
the ravine for the first sight of the deer and the panther, 
and to my great surprise I saw a large razor-back boar 
step out from a-small brushy thicket, and with bristles 
erect face the wind as if awaiting the advent of the 
game, about 300 yards from me further up the ravine. 
I had time to carefully note the warlike appearance of the 
boar, when the buck came forth from the high grass not 
ro yards from the boar, and as the deer suddenly stopped 
at the right of the boar, the panther jumped upon the 
buck, striking it to the ground. As the panther fastened 
to the buck’s throat and braced his feet upon the sward, 
the boar charged like a thunderbolt, and gaye an upper 
side stroke at the panther, just as a struggle of the buck 
had almost lifted the panther from the ground, The tusk 
of the boar caught the hind leg of the panther with such 
force that it threw him a few feet and tore out the buck’s 
throat where the panther’s teeth had been fastened. The 
force of the boar’s charge carried him over the body of 
the buck, and he was upon the panther before he could 
gather for a spring. As the boar made his charge the 
panther threw himself upon the ground upon his back, 
and as the boar was passing over him he fastened his 
teeth in the boars jaw, and with strokes of lightning 
quickness clawed the face of the boar with his front 
claws. while he raked the boar’s belly with his hind ones. 
By a quick jump sideways, the boar shook the panther 
loose, and with an upward stroke he threw him at least 
15 feet, where the panther, on striking the ground, rolled 
over a few times, and then, as he struggled to. his feet, I 
saw a long rip from the boar’s tusk in the panther’s 
shoulder and one also in the thigh. As the panther was 
gathering his bleeding legs beneath -him for a renewal of 
the fight, the buck struggled to his feet and made a few 
bounds with the blood pouring from his torn throat, and 
then tumbled down lifeless, while the boar, as if suddenly 
stricken with blindness, charged round in a circle, striking 
at the trees as he approached them, but unable to see the 
panther. who, with dauntless courage, was waiting for 
him. The fight continued for half an hour without 
serious injury to either combatant, although I could see 
that the panther was growing weak from the loss of 
blood from his wotnded shoulder and thigh, until in a 
charge upon the boar he was met with a blow from the 
boar’s tusk which finished him. I then drew near, and 
faking aim behind the boar’s slield, dropped him with a 
ball from my Winchester. 


- Judge said: 


From a careful examination of the body oi the boar [| 
could see that beyond being blinded in the first clinch, the 
boar had receiyed no serious injury from the panther, 
while the panther’s shoulder and thigh were cut to the 
bone in gashes 7 or 8 inches long, and his sides had 
many cuts where he had been siruck by the tusks of 
the boar. Breaking out the tusks of the boar and taking 
the hide of the panther, after hanging up the body of 
the deer, I returned to camp with my troplies of the battle 
in which I had been a mere spectator, and a short time 
after 1 had reached the camp, King and the Judge 
came in, the Judge presenting a sadly demoralized ap- 
pearance. When I inquired the cause, the Judge said 
“Wait till I get washed up and have some supper, and 
then we can both tell our adventures to the whole 
camp and saye telling them over the second time.” 


When the pipes were all lighted after supper, the 
“Leaving camp after dinner, a short time 
after Son did, King and I went down in the heavy tim- 
ber by the river, and separated, he going up the river, 
while I started down the other way. I guess I had 
walked about half or three-quarters of a mile without 
seeing anything, when I came to a tree that had been 
blown over in a storm, and climbed up on its trunk and 
carefully looked around for something to shoot at. See- 
ing nothing from the trunk, I climbed up on the top of the 
upturned root and had just got straightened up when some 
root broke and down I went into the hole where the root 
had been, and went whack right into a nest of young 
razor-back pigs. Such a squealing as they made started 
me out of that hole as quick as I could go, and | had 


* just got upon the ground when I saw the old sow coming 


for me like a she devil, and I opened fire upon her and 
dropped her at the third shot, and then turned just in 
time to see an old boar charging for me so close that 
I jumped up in the air just as he charged under me, and 
I came down on his back and was sent sprawling, my rifle 
flying out of my reach, and I ran around that root to 
climb up on the tree trunk. But before I could get on 
top of it the boar was so close on me that I went clear 
over the tree down on the other side, and as the boar 
reared up on the tree trunk with his forefeet I turned 
loose on him with my navy, and soon emptied it into his 
head and throat without stopping him, and then I dove 
down under the tree and drew my knife, and as his head 
came under the tree I struck at his throat, and there we 
had it. Whenever he shoved his snout under the tree I 
would stab at his throat with my knife. As there was 
no tree near that I could climb, I had to stay and fight it 
out with him with my knife. How the battle would have 
ended I don’t know, as I could not kill him with the 
knife, and he could not hurt me as long as I kept the 
tree between us. After our battle had lasted three or 
four hours, as it seemed to me, I heard the crack of a 
rifle, and as the boar rolled over dead I jumped to my 
feet and saw King standing near the top of the tree, laugh- 
ing, but I was so mad at the whole race of hogs that [ ran 
around the root of the tree and jumped down into the 
nest to cut the throat of every pig, but every last one 
had run off and hid, and I could not find one of them.” 

After the laugh was over, King said that he had not 
been gone from the Judge over half an hour when he 
heard the three shots from his Winchester, followed soon 
by the shots from the revolver, and he hurried in the 
direction of the shots, and guided by the woofing of the 
boar, he soon arrived at the scene of the conflict, to 
find the Judge upon his knees on one side of the tree and 
the boar upon the other, and while the boar’s head and 
throat was covered with froth and blood, he did not look 
half as mad or dangerous as the Judge did with his bloody 
knife, waiting for the boar to put his head under the 
tree, and he waited until he could get a shot behind the 
boar’s shield, when he dropped him at the first shot. 

I then described the battle that I had witnessed be- 
tween the boar and panther, and produced my trophies, 
and as they were passed from hand to hand, Cap asked 
me if I was not afraid to tackle a panther alone, and on 
my saying that I should have done so if the boar had not 
saved me the trouble, he told a story of a hunt for a lion, 
as the panther is called in New Mexico, in which the as- 
sistant engineer of a surveying party was the hero, while 
Cap and two others watched him from a neighboring cliff. 


The story ran thus: The assistant was alone in camp 
and saw the mountain lion passing near the camp, when 
he took a rifle and a double-barreled shotgun and ran to a 
big rock out in the plain, which the lion would pass. As 
the lion came within gun shot, the assistant would take up 
one gun and sight it over the rock at the animal, and 
then put it down without firing, to take up the other and 
go through the same motions, until the lion was out of 
reach. Then turning to his assistant, Cap said, “We were 
ashamed to let the rest of the party know about it, and 
said nothing; but will you tell us now why you did not 
shoot?” 

After the laugh was ended, the assistant said: “I never 
was much of a hunter, nor a very good shot, and took both 
guns with me; but when that confounded lion was com- 
ing closer and closer to me, he kept growing bigger and 
bigger, until he seemed to me to be as big as an elephant. 
and I was afraid to shoot at him with the shotgun for 
fear that I would, only wound him, and I did not dare 
shoot at him with the rifle for fear that I could not kill 
him with the first shot; and when I saw how big he 
was I made up my mind to let him alone if he would 
only let me alone; and I was most mighty glad when he 
passed on by and did not try to scrape a closer acquaint- 
ance,’ After we had finished laughing, he turned to 


Cap and said, “Tell ts now how you shot the lion the - 


Mexican smoked out for you?” 

Cap apologizingly said: “When we first went out on 
the survey in New Mexico, I had just got me a Win- 
chester, then a new gun, and was very anxious to get a 
shot at a lion, and as one frequently came prowling 
about our camp, as we could see by his tracks in the dust, 
I thought I could not be contented until I had killed that 
lion. I coaxed one of the party, our guide. an old halt- 
breed Mexican hunter, to locate him where I cotild shoot 
him. Ina day or so he told me he had the lion located in 
a den in some rocks, and when the wind came right he 
would smoke him out for me and give me a chance to 
shoot him, 

“A few days afterward we had a high south wind, and 


don't shoot him; take him, Judge.” 
“his side toward us, the Judge fired, seemingly without 


the hunter said, ‘Now we'll get that lion” We went about 
a mile to an outjutting rocky spur of the niountain, where 
he stationed me to one side of a hole in the rocks and 
then went around the end of the spur to start his smoke. 
When J found myself alone I began thinking I was too 
close to the hole for safety, and moved off a short dis- 
tance, and got behind a big rock over the top of which 1 
could rest my gun and get a good aim. I had just got 
well settled when I saw a white thread of smoke creeping 
out through the hole. Carefully aiming my gun at the 
hole I waited the coming of the lon. In a few minutes 
out he came, coughing, and the maddest thing you ever 
saw as he stepped out of the smoke upon the rock. I was 
so scared I forgot that 1 had a gun, and watched him 
until he disappeared in a clump of trees, and then I re- 
membered what I had come up there for, and was just 
thinking how glad I was that I had not shot and wounded 
him, when the old hunter came around the rocks and 
asked where the lion was. When I told him, he wanted 
io know why I had not shot him, and when I tried to 
explain, he muttered something about a coward and 
started after the lion alone, while, utterly disgusted and 
ashamed of my cowardice, I went back to camp. In about 
two hours the old hunter brought in the lion’s skin. 
While I never wanted to hunt any more lions, yet the old 
man was so disgusted with me that he would never take 
me with him in any of his hunts from which he supplied 
the camp with fresh meat during that survey, and I 
don't know whether I cotild bring myself up to the point 
of shooting at one now or not if I was alone.” 


_After a moment’s quiet after Cap had ended his story, 
King said: “Boys, ] run on to another big bear’s track 
down in the bottom just betore | heard the Judge's 
shots this afternoon, and if you want another bear skin, 
we'll get him to-morrow.” “Agreed,” said Cap; “and 
we'll keep together till the dogs tree him, and then by 
going together we will all have the same chance.” 

Next morning, King, Cap, the Judge and I, followed by 
King’s dogs, went down to the timber by the river, and 
King soon found a fresh track in the sand, where the 
bear had come up from the river, which showed it to be 
even a larger one than the one that had treed me a few 
days before. The dogs having started upon the track, 
silently followed it up among the trees, and King said, 
“They ll run on to him eating acorns or pecans.’ We 
started after the dogs, which had passed from sight in 
the grass, along a game path which they followed in its 
windings through the high grass between the trees. After 
half an hour’s rapid walk we heard the short yelping 
barks of the dogs that told us that they had caught up 
with the bear, and we hurriedly ran in the direction of 
the noise, to be met at a short distance by the dogs coming 
toward us, while the noise of the conflict seemed to grow 
louder. As we stopped on meeting the dogs, King said, 
“Boys, the dogs and bear have stirred up an old boar, and 
if we hurry up we'll see a fight that is a fight,” and he 
then led us on a short distance, until we came in full view 
of the battle that was being fought as only a gaunt boar 
and an angry bear of the largest size could fight it. When 
we first caught sight of the fighters, the bear was standing 
erect upon his hind feet awaiting a charge of the boar. 
As the boar rushed at the bear and threw his head up and 
sideways to strike with his tusks, whack came the paw ot 
the bear against the side of the boar’s head, turning it 
aside, and their bodies came in collision, the bear upon 
the boars back, biting and tearing the back and sides 
of the boar with his sharp teeth and claws, causing the 
blood to stream, but the boar’s immense strength enabled 
him to throw the bear off, and as the bear rose upon his 
hind feet, the boar charged again, to be met with a blow 
from the bear’s paw and to have the bear upon his back 
clawing and biting, to be again shaken off by the boar, 
this to be followed by another charge, with the same re- 
sult, As we watched the battle, the bear for a time 
seemed to be getting far the best of it, and the Judge said, 
“Boys, that bear will kill that boar and not get hurt,” but 
King said, “The bear’s too big and fat; the boar is tiring 
him out, and will get him yet. Ill bet on the boar,” and 
the words had hardly been spoken when from some cause 
the bear missed the boar’s head with his paw and struck 
his paw directly upon the boar’s tusk, which went through 
the paw and tore its way out, throwing the bear down, and 
before he could rise, a tusk of the boar had been driven 
into the flank of the bear, ripping hide and flesh in a 
long gash. Completely whipped, the bear rtshed to a 
tree and tried to climb out of reach of the boar, but he 
was hindered by his wounds, and before he got out of 
reach the boar again struck him in the lower part of 
the other flank with a blow from one of his tusks, cutting 
another hole through the hide and flesh and knocking the 
bear from the tree and throwing him upon the ground. 
where he struck him blow after blow with his ttisks, until 
King said, “He’ll cut that bear’s hide all to pieces if we 
As the boar turned 


other effect than to increase the anger of the boar at the 
dying bear, and after the Judge had thrown in a fresll 
cartridge, he, Cap and I all fired together at the boar, with 
no other effect than to cause him to leave the body of the 
bear and look arotmnd as if to discover his new enemy and 
to engage in battle with it, when King fired and dropped 
him, struggling upon the ground. We then walked up 
near him. and the Judge killed him with a shot at the 
back of the head, while Cap fired at the head of the 
nearly dead bear, quieting him, An examination of the 
body of the boar showed that the balls fired by the 
Judge. Cap and me had all passed through his body just 
behind his tibs. while Kine’s had passed in behind the 
shield and shoulder, and had given the wound from which 
he had fallen. The bear's hide and flesh were cut with 
deep gashes from the boar’s tusks during the battle, yet 
the fat was so thick under the bear’s hide that no mortal 
wound had been given by the boar. as far as we could 
see, until after the mishap to the bear's paw. By the 
time we had the bear skinned and disjointed, one of the 
teaimsters was heard approaching, and calling him we soon 
had the bear on the way to camp. Not being able to start 
another bear, we soon followed to camp. 


In the days that followed, the Judge and I found no 
larger gatne than deer, turkey, grouse, prairie chickens 
and quail, and they were so plenty that we only hunted 
them whenever we wished a change in the meat supply of 


— —_— 


Jury 21, 1900,] r 


Whe camp. The few weeks we remained in camp were 
Jartied by gatheting pecans, chinquapins (which resemble 
small chestnut) and shellbark hickory nuts. While on 
J nutting excursion the next to the last day we were 
1 that camp, the judge was fortunate enough to kill Cap’s 
nize buck; What a beauty he was, carrying ten points on 
ach of his stately horns, one of the finest deer heads I 
er saw, The Judge said, “His head is fine enough to 
ay me for all the time we have been in camp, even if I 
_ got nothing else.” While the Judge had the finest 
eer's head, I had fine bear and panther skins for my 
rizes, and Cap and his assistants had been successful in 
Mrveying, and had found a suitable railway crossing 
er the river, nearly five miles west of our camp. It 
as with feelings of deep regret that we at last bade good- 
y to the flowing spring and the beautiful park land 
herein we had passed so many pleasant hours. We 
o:rised ourselves that we would return again at some 
ture day, a promise that unforeseen circumstances al- 
ays prevented us from filling. When we gave the parting 
and to King, Cap and the rest of the party at Arkansas 
ty, it was with a sense of the deep obligations we were 
ader for nearly two months of the most solid enjoyment 
at ever fell to the lot of two lawyers upon a hunting 
ip. While we returned to our routine of work in our 
Spective law offices, it was with that hearty strength and 
erfect health that can only come to the office worker by 
@ indulgence in that close association with nature to he 
Wund by sports afloat or afield, 
In conclusion, let me say that if any reader of the 
DREST AND STREAM in passing over the line of the Gulf, 
lorado & Santa Fe Railway in the Indian Territory will 
t his eyes to the eastward when near the South Fork 
‘the Canadian River, he can see in the distance upon the 
rth side of the river the rolling woodlands which wete 
e sceries of the adventures we enjoyed while guests of 
‘Pe surveying party, and that every reader of the Forest 
1D STREAM may have as good fortune as we en joyed in 
S sports afield is the parting wish of 
: FRANK WINCHESTER. 


glatmal History. 
| The Rearing of Game Birds. 


CRANFORD, N. J., July t1.—&ditor Forest and Stream: 
nave read with much interest the articles in your paper 
late date in regard to the heath hen of Martha’s 
meyard, and [ must say that I am very much interested 
this bird, as also in any rare and disappearing game 
d of this country. ; 
[ have often thought that it would be a good idea for 
@ several States to have a game bird propagating divi- 
in connection with the fish hatcheries of the several 
ates that are making a fine and great showing in hatch- 
e and distributing fish, That they have met with such 
and sticcess seeims to me to be a good reason for the 
me officers to undertake the hatching of game birds that 
re become scarce in this part of the country. 
iter thinking the matter over very carefully, I have 


From “Bird Studies With a Camera.” 


‘ 
ne to the conelusion that it would be an easy matter to 


Mesticate any of the wild birds of our woods so that 
¥ will lay in confinement, and then have the eggs 
Ched under bantams and so raise the young birds. 
a few years’ time, I think the heath hen could be so 
t forward to hecome partly domesticated, and that 
| gs would be fertile and hatch under the common 
Mam hen. The only difficulty to he encountered would 
Whe food question, as I know from experience that 
f the wild birds that are hatched under hens slow- 
surely starve to death because of their not haying 
oper food, or by not being taught to take the food 
to them, and in every case the fault lies with the 
‘feeding, and not with the young bird. 
instance, any one trying to breed any variety of 
partly domesticated birds, which have been hatched 
a foster mother, must know that the call of the 
fer mother is altogether different from the wild bird. 
that the young hatched bird is sure to rtm away from 
ter mother at the first opportunity, simply because 
ung birds do not understand the call of the hen. 


. nest. 
. zards Bay near the entrance to Wood’s Holl. Here in 


FOREST. AND _ STREAM. 


Therefore, if the young bird can be got to take the food 
offered, there is a first-class chance of raising them, pro- 
viding they are kept free from lice, which is an easy 
matter to do if the hen is properly treated with some 
powder or insect destroyer. If some one could procure 
say two pairs of the heath hens, and they were in runs, and 
properly taken care of and treated kindly, I am sure 
they would become tame enough in a year or two to com- 
mence laying, and I have no doubt but what the hens 
would be able to hatch their own young, providing they 
had the right care, by the right party. I think that 
women do the best in raising pheasants, quail and other 
birds of the game variety. 

know of one woman who raises quite a number of 
pheasants each year in her vegetable garden on a plot of 
ground about 100 by 175, and some of the birds nest and 
raise their own young here year after year, and the old 
birds become so cross while the hen is nesting that they 
will attack any one cdming into the yard, and will also 
drive away any cats that may venture into the yard, and 
I can tell from experience that it is no laughing matter 
ta have the cock bird strike one on the shins with his 
spurs. _ 
YT also see that one State has started to talk about hatch- 
ing game birds artificially, and I hope they will do so at 
once with the heath hen and then the ruffed grouse, so 
that these grand birds will once again be fairly plentiful. 

C. W, Jounson, 


Bird Studies with a Camera. 


Or the many books on nature study which haye come 
from the press within the past few years, very few can 
equal in interest Mr. Frank M. Chapman’s volume on 
bird photography. It takes the reader to places where few 
have an opportunity to go, and shows him the birds in 
their homes, and often occupied with what is the most 
important business of their lives, 

Mr. Chapman is well known for his useful and enter- 
taining volumes on birds published by the Appletons, and 
we believe this to be one of the most useful of those that 
he has given us. 

In his first chapter he defines bird photography, and 
tells us of its scientific value and of the pleasure that it 
may give. He shows too that quite as much skill is 
required and even more lasting pleasure derived from 
hunting with a camera than from hunting with a gun. 
Whether one is the photographer or not, the chapter on 
the bird photographer's outfit, fully illustrated as it is, 
can hardly fail to interest the reader, and the methods of 
the photographer are eyen more interesting. 

All this, however, is introductory, and it is only on 
page 40 of the book that we are introduced to the birds 
themselves and have an opportunity to look over the 
wonderful collection of pictures which begins with the 
chickadee and goes on with least bittern, night heron, 
swallows, terns, the sea birds of the Gulf of St. Lawrence 
and ends with the pelicans of Florida. The book is pro- 
fusely illustrated, with a cut on almost every page, and 
the pictures are of singular beauty, while the text has a 
charm of feeling that fits in well with these beautiful Pic- 
tures. It is not necessary to say that Mr. Chapman is an 
ardent bird protector, and it may be imagined that the 


hy GANNET ON NEST. TWO NESTS IN FOREGROUND, 
Copyright, T1900, by D. 


Appleton & Co, 


lesson of this yolume is all for good. He shows in words 
and in pictures not a few examples of the readiness with 
which wild birds respond to advances made to them by 
man, and among others offers us a photograph of a chick- 
adee called down, so that it alighted on his fingers to take 
food, resting on the palm of his hand. 

Naturally, very many of the pictures in the book are 
those of nests, sometimes with the mother bird sitting on 
them, or of nests containing young birds, but there are 
not a few—and some of them the most perfect in the book 
—which show the bird rocks of the northeast coast cov- 
ered with resting birds, only a portion of which are en- 
gaged in hatching their young. 

That Mr. Chapman’s little book deserves to reach and 
to be enjoyed by a wide public is yvety certain, and we 


_ cannot doubt that in these days of interest in natural 


history it will have a very capital sticcess. 

The first_of the illustrations which are here reprinted 
from Mr. Chapman’s volume is of a tern lighting on its 
The photograph was taken on an island in Buz- 


485 


July of 1809 Mr. Chapman found between three and 
four hundred birds, and he succeeded in getting a number 
of interesting views of the nests and the birds, old and 
young. ‘Both the mature of the birds’ haunts and the 
manner in which the members of a colony spread an 
alarm,” he writes, “make it practically impossible to 
surprise the tern upon ifs nest. But by lying prone upon 
the ground one attracts far less attention than when 
standing. The hovering flock of birds gradually disperses 
and those which are incubating soon return to the vicinity 
of their nests, hanging over them and dropping nearer 
and nearer until at the end of fifteen or twenty minutes 
they swoop down beside them, raise their wings high 
over their backs, then fold them gently, then settle upon 
their eggs..” 

One of the most interesting chapters in the book is an 
account of the author's expedition to the famous Bird 
Rock, an isolated rock which rises from the sea about 
fifty miles northwest of Cape Breton, and is the home of 
thousands of sea birds—petrels, gannets, murtes, puffins, 
kittiwakes and others. Among the many views here se- 
cured were two of nesting gannets, and the work was done 
under circumstances which go to show that bird photog- 
taphy as a sport is not without its spice of excitement. 

“I took the twin lens, fastened one end of a rope about 
my waist, and gave the other end to Captain Bourque, in 
order that, unhampered by thought of fall, I might creep 
along the slippery ledges where the birds nested. 

“The fog had lifted, but the day was gloomy, and 
only the white plumage of the birds and a wide-open 
lens yielded successful photographs. 

“Tt was my first visit to the big white birds, who, in 
spite of persecution, have as yet acquired but little fear 
of man, ahd as with hoarse croaks and a dashing of 
wings they pitched into the narrow ledges near me, their 
size and boldness, in connection with my somewhat in- 
sectire footing, aroused in me a feeling which T had not 
experienced when surrounded by the smaller murres, auks 
and puffins. The main nesting ledge was out of reach 
below, but small groups of birds were nearer, and these 
I photographed at a distance of about ro feet.” 


Florida Curlews. 


Ff, A. Henpry writes to the Fort Myers Press from Ft. 
Thompson, Fla., of the curlews which abound there: 
“Birds of plumage are often seen. The pink curlew and 
the white curlew of plumage are birds of exquisite beauty, 
Then we see clouds of the common white curlew along 
the green marshes and lake margins, reminding us of a 
luxuriant cotton field all ready for harvest. Those birds 
fill up a rich chapter in nature’s book, one which we 
delight to read and reread. To see these thousands of 
white-winged, angel-like fowls gathering to their nest- 
ing place at night, covering the cone-shaped willow 
clusters so common to south Florida, is a sight compara- 
tively few people enjoy; a blending of the deep green 
with immaculate white fills our souls with both in- 
spiration and admiration. It is a feast indeed to the 
lovers of the beautiful to see them early in the morning as 
Old Sol rises in the east, winging their way to their 
feeding grounds miles away, all in uniform lines, the un- 
broken perfection of which excels the best drilled regi- 
ments the world ever saw, and is a sight no pen can portray. 
It is here and on this line our thoughts flow apace, and 
we think and wonder how can man be so cruel and un- 
mindiul as to institute a system of slaughter of these 
fowls, the fancy work of nature’s deft fingers. Still, it is 
a lamentable fact that these birds are going rapidly by the 
hand of man. Were it for food or for downy pillows to 
test the tired and aching head of man they are being 
sacrificed, then it would be well, but, alas! their feathers 
and plumes are captured to bedeck the heads of the fanci- 
ful and fashionable fair sex. If the fair sex needed these 
plumes to make them pretty and sweet there would be 
some excuse, but nothing on earth or in the waters under 
the earth can make any improvement on a lady when 
simply and neatly dressed. A cultured mind, accom- 
plished manners, a happy and cheerful disposition, to- 
gether with all the graces belonging to her sex, is the 
noblest and most beautiful workmanship of God. No 


bird plumes are mecessary—she is a beauty of natture’s 
own pluming,’’ E 


At Sight of Flying Geese. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 

I came upon a note to-day which was received from 
one of your Boston correspondents last April in 
Havana, and though the incident belongs to the sprin 
time the touch of nattre in it is characteristic and wort 
preserving, and sharing with others. So T send you 
two paragraphs: 

“T saw from my office chair the other day a flock of 
wild geese away up in the sky flying in V-shaped plan. 
I sprang from my chair and watched them as long as 
T could See a trace of them, and experienced a lot of 
mental quickenings and vibrations that for the time pic- 
tured clearly what awlul idiots we are to let ourselves be 
cheated out of open-air life as we do. 

“Then I went back to my desk and asked my stenog- 
rapher where I lelt off, and what it was about!” J 

‘That was a grateful reminder when I tead it in April: 
and it Is no less grateful to-day. Marvelous what a 
fascination this sight of a flock of wild geese in the 
heavens Has for all of us. 7 REFUGEE 

ee 
Particulars of Snake Story Wanted. 


Boston, July 14.—Zditor Forest and Stream: Just a 
postal card to ask Juvenal the name of that “distinguished 
educator” on whose atithority he gives that beautiful 
and time-honored old snake story, and to remind 
Juvenal that he forgot to tell us the name of the weed 
to which the black snake always resorted for cure when 
bitten by the rattler. This little omission of names is so 
apt to happen, you know, in snake stories, and especially 
in the one about the cure for rattlesnake bite! Curious! 
But it does generally happen so. C. H. Ames. — 


Photograph of Nesting Partridge. 


ae ee of a nesting partridge, printed in these 
columns last week, was from a copyrighted hotogr 7 
Mrs. Eugena W. Gaines. of Greenfield, Mage. rag aU 


4.6 


— Game Bag and Guan. 
The Washington Game Case. 


In the Circuit Court of tne United States, District of 
Washington Eastern Division. 


In re Dayenport. Opinion filed June 15, 1900. 

Petition for writ of habeas corpus. Case argued and 
submitted on the petition and return, Petitioner dis- 
charged. 


Forster & Wakefield for Petitioner. 
Mount & Merritt for Respondent. 
Hanford, District Judge. 

By the record in this case it appears that the peti- 
tioner, L. M. Dayenport, is a citizen of the State of 
Washington, and is the keeper of a restaurant in the city 
of Spokane; upon an information accusing him of vio- 
lating a statute of this State enacted for the protection 
of wild game, filed in the Superior Court of the State 
of Washington for Spokane county, a warrant in due 
form was issued out of said Superior Court, and the 
petitioner was arrested by the sheriff and imprisoned, 
awaiting trial; thereupon he filed his petition in this 
court, invoking the power of this court to release him 
from imprisonment by a writ of habeas corpus; a writ 
was issued and served; the sheriff has made a return 
setting forth the warrant, together with a copy of the 
information and an agreed statement of facts upon 
which the information is founded in the form of a stipu- 
lation signed by attorneys in behalf of the State of 
Washington and by the defendant's attorneys. The ma- 
terial part of said stipulation is as follows: 

“That the said L. M,. Davenport is a resident of the 
city of Spokane, Spokane county, State of Washington, 
and that he is conducting a restaurant in said city, and 
that on March 1, 1900, he had in his possession in said 
county and State, and offered for sale and sold therein 
as a portion of a meal, one quail, and that the said quail 
was a portion of a box of quail that the said Davenport 
had purchased in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, 
and caused to be shipped into the State of Washington, 
and that the said quail when taken in the State of Mis- 
souri was lawfully taken under the laws of said State.” 


The statute upon which the prosecution of the peti- 
tioner is founded reads as follows: 

“Every person who shall offer for sale or market, or 
sell or barter, any moose, elk, caribou, killed in this 
State, antelope, mountain sheep, or goat deer, or the 
hide or skin of any moose, elk, deer or caribou, or any 
grouse, pheasant, ptarmigan, partridge, sage hen, prairie 
chicken or quail, at any time of the year, shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereot shall be 
punished as hereinafter provided.” Laws of Wash., 18690, 
p, 278, Sec. 3. 

The grounds upon which the petitioner asks for the 
protection of the Federal Court are that he is being de- 
prived of his liberty without due process of law, in vio- 
lation of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the 
Constitution of the United States, because the act for 
which he is being prosecuted is not criminal, unless the 
State law above quoted shall be so construed as to make 
it a misdemeanor for a restaurant keeper in this State 
to cook and serve to his customers wild game lawtully 
captured in another State and lawfully imported into 
this State, and if thus construed the act is an attempt to 
restrain interstate commerce, and for that reason void. 
It is the petitioner’s contention that the statute does not 
apply to sales of game not killed or taken within this 
State, or if the statute is applicable to the case in hand 
it is unconstitutional, and in either case he is being im- 
prisoned as if he were a criminal, although the act which 
is the basis of the charge against him is not malum in 
se, nor a violation of any valid statute. ; 

‘At the outset, the respondent questions the propriety of 
this court taking cognizance of the case. It is insisted 
that the point to be decided touches the sovereignty of 
the State; that a statute of the State must be construed 
and the Supreme Court of the State is*the tribunal spe- 
cially authorized to determine finally all disputed ques- 
tions as to the true interpretation and meaning of the 
State laws, and as to their application to particular cases; 
that it is a misuse of the writ of habeas corpus for a 
Federal Court, having no appellate or supervisory juris- 
diction over proceedings of the State courts, to issue 
that form of process for the purpose of controlling or 
defeating prosecutions under the penal laws of the State, 
and for these reasons the petitioner should be remanded 
and left to submit all questions as to his rights under 
the Constitution of the United States to be first de- 
termined by the State courts and to apply to the Su- 
preme Court of the United States by writ of error for 
redress in case any right which he claims under the con- 
stitution and laws of the United States should be denied 
to him by the courts of the State. I can readily assent 
to the several propositions advanced by counsel for the 
State of Washington in this part of their defense, as 


separate and abstract propositions, but to the aggregation 


as a conclusion applicable to this case I do not assent. 
It is settled by the decisions of the Supreme Court that in 
granting or refusing the writ of habeas cornus when 
applied for by persons accused or convicted of crimes 
tinder State laws, the Circuit and District Courts of the 
United States are required to exercise sound discretion, 
and these courts are not to assume the burden of de- 
ciding whether accused persons are guilty or not guilty 
of acts which are criminal, nor interiere with the State 
government in the enforcement of its criminal laws, in 
any endeavor to control the decision of question of prac- 
tice, or as to the validity of statutes alleged to be re- 
pugnant to the Constitution of the State; and this court 
has steadfastly retused to consider the petitions of per- 
sons conyicted of such crimes as murder, rape and em- 
bezzlement. In re Friederich, 51 Fed., 747, S. C. 140, U. 
S. 70-78. In re Moore, 81 Fed., 356, In re Considine, 
83 Fed.. 157. But there is no moral wrong in the act of 
which the petitioner in this case is accused, and he is in- 
nocent of any offense, unless effect be given to the 
statute so as to deprive him of the right to import from 
other States supplies for his restaurant which are not in 
themselves unwholesome nor deleterious to the health, 


morals or manners of the people. As the question of 
first importance in the case is whether the statute upon 
which the prosecution is based is repugnant to the Con- 
stitution of the United States, the case is a proper one for 
the Federal Court to deal with in the first instance, for if 
the State has assumed to enact a law which violates the 
supreme law of the land it is the business of the Federal 
Courts within the State to protect individuals from being 
subjected to prosecutions which amount simply to per- 
eecutions and are violative of the rights guaranteed by 
the National Constitution. 

It is unreasonable to presume that the Legislature of 
the State of Washington intended to enact 4 law to pre- 
vent the slaughter of game in the State of Missouri, and 
the title of the statute under consideration shows that its 
object was to restrain the destruction of wild animals 
and birds within the State of Washington; nevertheless 
the prosecuting officers of the State, and the attorneys 
especially employed to prosecute this petitioner, insist 
that the statute above quoted was intended by the Legis- 
lature to be as broad as its words indicate, and that 
within the letter and spirit of the law it is a misdemeanor 
to sell within this State birds lawfully bought in another 
State, where they have been captured and killed, at a 
time and in a manner sanctioned by the laws of that 
State, and it is their contention that this statute is valid 
as a police regulation, the purpose of prohibiting the 
sale within the State of imported game being to prevent 
evasions of another section of the statute which prohibits 
the killing of game within the State, and to make it 
easier to detect violations of the game laws. It is in- 
sisted that the Legislature of this State has assumed 
to make it a misdemeanor for people within this State 


“to have possession of or sell or use articles of food 


which are wholesome and entirely harmless, for the 
mere purpose of making it easier to enforce the game 
laws, and that this purpose existing, as supposed, in t’'e 
Legislative mind is potential to validate a statute which 
but for the particular purpose would be unconstitutional. 

This proposition does not appear to me to be sound. 
In the motive suggested, there is no salt to cure the 
act of unconstitutionality, for if it is legitimate to pro- 
tect the interests of a few sportsmen by enacting a law 
which denies to the many all right to eat imported game, 
there can be no good reason for denying the power of 
the State Legislature to foster home industry by making 
laws ‘to prohibit the sale within this State of imported 
domestic poultry, or beef, or butter. It would certainly 
be much easier to enforce our local inspection laws and 
insure the people against the risk of being defrauded by 
sale of bad meat or butter if our markets might be closed 
to importers of these commodities. But the unconstitu- 
tionality of all such local laws in restraint of interstate 
commerce has been definitely pronounced by the Su- 
preme Court. Necessity is declared to be the limit of the 
power of a State in the enactment of laws of this nature, 
That is to say, mere rules of convenience which inter- 
fere with traffic between States 2nd which are not neces- 
sary as means of self-defense, are void, because they 
enter within the domain of the power committed by the 
National Constitution of the National Government. In 
the case of Ry. Co, vs. Husen, 95 U. S., 465-475, the 
opinion of the court by Mr. Justice Strong contains the 
following clear statement of the principle applicable to 
this case. “It may also be admitted that the police 
powers of a State justify the adoption of precautionary 
measures against social evils. Under it a State may 
legislate to prevent the spread of crime, or pauperism, or 
disturbance of the peace. It may exclude from its limits 
convicts, paupers, idiots and lunatics, and persons likely 
to become a public charge, as well as persons afflicted by 
contagious or infectious diseases; a right founded, as in- 
timated in the Passenger Cases, 7 How., 283, by Mr. 
Justice Greer, in the sacred law of self-defense. Vide 
3 Sawyer, 283. 
ceded, would justify the exclusion of property dangerous 
to the property of the citizens of the State; for example, 
animals having contagious or infectious diseases. All 
these exertions of power are in immediate connection 
with the protection of persons and property against 
noxious acts of other persons, or such a use of property 
as is injuriotis to the property of others. They are self- 
defensive. .* * * While we unhesitatingly admit that 
a State may pass sanitary laws, and laws for the protec- 
tion of life, liberty, health or property within its borders; 
while it may prevent persons and animals suffering under 
contagious or infectious diseases, or convicts, etc., from 
entering the State; while for the purpose of self-protec- 
tion it may establish quarantine and reasonable inspection 
laws, it may not interfere with transportation into or 
through the State, beyond what is absolutely necessary 
for its self-protection. It may not, under the cover of 
exerting its police powers, substantially prohibit or bur- 
den either foreign or interstate commerce. Upon this 
subject the cases in 92 U. S., to which we have referred, 
are very instructive. In Henderson vs. The Mayor, etc., 
the statute of New York was defended as a police regula- 
tion to protect the State against the influx of foreign 
paupers; but it was held to be unconstitutional, because 
its practical result was to impose a burden upon all pas- 
sengers from foreign countries. And it was laid down 
that, ‘in whatever language a statute may be framed, its 
purpose must be determined by its natural and reasonable 
effect.’ The reach of the statute was far beyond its 
professed object, and far into the realm which is within 
the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress. So in the case 
of Chy Lung vs. Freeman, where the pretense was the 
exclusion of lewd women; but as the statute was more 
far reaching, and affected other immigrants, not of any 
class which the State could lawfully exclude, we held it 
unconstitutional.” 

In their argument, counsel for the State have directed 
my attention to the following authorities, which to some 
extent stipport their theory: Ex parte Maier, 103 Cal., 
476, 37 Pac., 402; Phelps ys. Racey, 60 N. Y., 10: State 
vs. Farrell, 27 Mo. App., 176; State vs. Schuman, 58 Pac., 
661; People vs. O'Neal, 68 N. W., 227; Roth vs. State, 
57 Ohio St,, 209, 37 N. E., 259; Commonwealth vs. 
Savage, 20 N. E., 468; Geer vs. Connecticut, 161 U. S., 
519. I fully assent to the doctrine of these decisions, 
holding that it is competent for State Legislatures to enact 
laws for the protection of game, and I do not question the 
decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the 
case last cited, holding that the Legislature of a State 
has the constitutional power to entirely prohibit the 


The same principle, it may also be con-~ 


« 


{jury 21, 1906. 


killing of game within the State for the purpose of con- | 
veying the same beyond the limits of the State, for it is 
true, and it is an elementary principle that the wild game 

within a State belongs to the people in their collective | 
sovereign capacity. Game is not the subject of private | 
ownership except in so far as the people may elect to § 
make it so; and they may, if they see fit, absolutely pro- 

hibit the taking of it, or traffic or commerce in it. But 

the power of a Legislature in this regard only applies 

to game within the State, which is the property of the. 
people of the State, and no such power to interfere with) 
the private affairs of individuals can affect the right of a» 
citizen to sell or dispose of, as he pleases, game which’ 
has become a sttbject of private ownership by a lawful) 
purchase in another State. This decision of the Supreme? 
Court does not directly, nor indirectly, support the 

proposition that the Legislature of one State has the con-) 
stitutional power to prohibit traffic in game imported from 

another State, and the other cases cited by counsel which | 
do seem to sustain their contention are not binding as 
authorities in this court, and as they do not in my 

opinion rest upon sound principles, 1 must decline to 

defer to them. 

Tt is my conclusion that the statute of the State under) 
which the petitioner is being prosecuted, if applicable at) 
all to the facts of his case, is unconstitutional and void, 
and therefore the petitioner is restrained of his liberty in 
violation of the constitution of the United States, and) 
it is the duty of this court to set him at liberty. 

Peitioner discharged. 

C. H. Hawnrorn, Judge. 


Adirondack Mloose Stocking. — 


Boston, July 13—Editor Forest and Stream: I have 
for a long time had the idea that it would be possible to} 
restock the Adirondacks—or some portions of them— 
with moose, and possibly with caribou, and that if it were 
possible it would be an extremely interesting and de- 
sirable thing. The disctissions in your columns as to} 
when and where and by whom the last Adirondack moose 
was killed have had a pathetic interest, but I confess I 
should find more interest in the question: “When and 
where and by whom shall the next pair of moose bel 
turned loose in Adirondack forests?” : 

I came near writing you about all this a week or two 
ago, and now your editorials on the proposed rein- 
troduction of the wild turkey into the forests of Ontari 
and the increase of the beaver in Maine determine me tc 
make my plea for the moose. 

We have no ereat game preserve in Maine, save in s 
far as the northern half of the State is in some sense stil] 
a game preserve, and will continue to be for a little while 
to come. But it will be but really a very little while eve 
in Maine before people will be discussing who killed the 
last moose within the borders of the State. It is a very 
great pity that we haven’t a great tract twenty-five mile! 
square, including Katahdin Mountain and a stretch of thd 
wilderness north of it, set apart forever by State oll 
United States action, or both, surrounded by a barbe¢ 
wire fence a dozen feet high, watched by efficient warden; 
and sacred forever to the preservation of the wilderness 
and containing within its borders ample room for tht 
unmolested growth and deyelopment of all the nativi 
life of forest and stream. I have my heart set on sucl| 
a reservation in Maine, and have advocated it and agi 
tated for it in a private and tentative sort of way for 
years. 

But to return to the Adirondacks. Are there not 1 
that region now reservations and protected tracts o 
sufficient extent to warrant restocking with moose? | 
am not personally familiar with many parts of the regia 
but remember the showing it made in FOREST AN} 
SrrEAm’s list of reservations, published some time aga 
and feel hopeful that there are several tracts where moos: 
could now be liberated with a fair chance of tuninter 
tupted development. : : ¢ 

I have always understood that the moose of thi 
Corbin Park.in New Hampshire throve well and multi 
plied, and have the impression that, according to esti 
mate, there are now in that park upward of a hundre 
moose. Perhaps this locality would indeed furnish thy 
needed stock. 

If moose can again be liberated in Adirondack reserva} 
tions I believe there are men living who may yet see tha) 
region a surer source of supply of moose than Main) 
itself, unless indeed we get the ‘Maine Park” starte 
pretty soon, - . 

As to caribou the problem is a different one, but 
would advocate making the experiment. It would be 
most interesting thing to ascertain whether this lawless 
nomadic, mysterious creature would submit to anj 
kind of territorial restraint. 

I don’t remember any certain testimony as to th 
former existence of the caribou in the Adirondacks, bu 
can hardly doubt that it was found there in the earl) 
days, and might be made to flourish there again. 

By all possible means restore the wild turkey and thi 
beaver to any regions where the thing can be done. 
have scarce forgiven myself for killing my one beave 
many years ago in Maine, and have delighted in the re 
cent increase of the beaver there. Twice I have visite 
the colony on Kennebago Stream for the purpose ¢ 
watching them and studying their wonderful and sage 
cious work—and vastly interesting it was—and is not thi 
most gratifying thing about it the new feeling on th 
part of visitors and natiyes alike of interest in the Ii! 
and preservation of these creatures rather than in thei 
death? As to wild turkeys, I have always mourned they 
extinction in New England, and never see the easter) 
slope of Mt. Tom in the Connecticut valley withoy 
wondering if possibly—just possibly—there may not sti 
linger somewhere on its slopes or in its ravines a singi 
pair, cunning and silent now—trained to the repressio 
of every note. And why should not a Mt. Tom Wi 
Turkey Reservation be at once created, and the nob) 
bird be again installed there? I believe the growth i 
public sentiment would almost warrant it, and that th 
bird could be protected and that the valley people woul) 
have a thousand times more interest in their mountain | 
they knew it was again the home of the wild turkey. 

But this letter was supposed to be about restocking 
the Adirondacks with moose! Mr. Editor, am T “barkini 
up the wrong tree” in this matter? Cc. H. Ames, | 


JuLy 21, 1900.]| 


Moose Calling in Alaska. 


Canyon City, Colo—Editor Forest and Stream: For 
twenty-six consectitive years I have had my annual hunt, 
and don’t believe there is a man living who enjoys the 


fcamp life in forest and mountains more than myself. 


While living at Troy, O., at sixteen years of age, 1 went, 
in company with some old friends of my father, to the 
Au Plain forests of Wisconsin to hunt deer. It was the 
long-time practice of my companions to hunt deer by 
“taking a stand,’ which means selecting a good runway 
(beaten trails of game leading from one feeding ground 
to another), and there waiting until the most beautiful 
of our American game unexpectedly approached within 
tange. Well, you know how frequently we were dis- 
appointed and how often we were favored with only 
“freeze out game.’ I think that it was about the third 
day out that I was snugly perched in the forks of a 
leaning tree, which had lodged against another in falling, 
patiently watching with all eyes and ears for the sight of 
my first wild deer. My old mtzzleloader (forty balls to 
the pound) was ready (breechloaders were ‘no good’— 
oh, no), and my head turned cautiously but slowly to 
catch the rustle of a disturbed leaf or the unmistakable 
snap of a twig, I had mounted my “stand” by stin-up, and 


DALL’S MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 
iL Photographed in Alaska by Dall De Weese. 


as I had walked rapidly to it, it being some two miles 
from camp, I had soaked my underclothing with perspira- 
tion, and by 8 A, M. I was “froze out.” 

All this while I was debating in my mind that the 
“sign” indicated the presence of plenty of deer in the 
country, and as there was snow on the ground, why not 
walk quietly, stopping often on a favored log or fise ift 
the ground, and see if L could not find the deer that 
could not or, at least, had not found me. It seemed to 
appeal to me that 1 was waiting to murder a poor, beautt- 


ful deer, like those that I had seen in the park at the 


Soldiers’ Home near Dayton, O. I slid from my “stand,” 
and after taking bearings with my compass, started cau- 
tiously, slowly and all alert. Within the distance of half 
a mile I stopped, probably eight or ten times in favorable 

laces from three to five minutes at each stop. I had 
followed ho tracks, but kept my course. 

I was now standing on a hemlock log—although it 

is twenty-six years ago, the scene comes as plain before 
me as it was on that day—large hemlock trees, a few 
scattering birchwood, some of them dead and the bark 
curling off their trunks, a brushy thicket some 60 yards 
on my right and some fallen timber. Back of this brush I 
heard sounds that riveted me with all anxiety. What was 
that? I listened. The rattling of the brush increased, and 
then out stepped a deer. Oh, how grand he looked! 
Without going into the details of the killing (for that 
would make another story), I will simply say that his 
horns are in my collection to-day. 
_ This put an end to my “taking a stand,” and killing a 
moose from the “call” is more unsportsmanlike than 
killing deer from a stand. Since my first experience I 
have still-hunted all my game. I “stalked” my deer in 
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, all through the 
Rocky Mountain region and even in Arkansas, where they 
Say you must use dogs. I have never yet hunted big game 
with dogs, and never will. I killed my deer in Arkansas 
in 1878 by still-hunting, and so can any hunter. 


Tn 1896 I went to New Brunswick to hunt caribou and 
moose with tiy friend Jim Turnbull, of Halifax, Nova 
Scotia. We went to the head of the Miramichi, and near 
Bald Mountain we killed two specimens of bull cari- 
bou—one fell on Oct. 31 and the other Nov. 1. Mr. 
Arthur Pringle, of Stanley, N, B., the famous hunter of 
that Province, was with us. He is the best hunter I was 
ever with. I was anxious to hear him use the birch bark 
horn, and in this art he is most proficient. I say art, and 
those of experience, | think, will grant it, for—well, that’s 
another story. Although the calling season had passed, he 
took me out twice to a nearby favorable place, and I had 
the pleastire of hearing the most perfect call that it has 
ever been my fortune to hear, except from the actual 
cow moose during my last three hunting trips in Alaska, 

We did not expect a moose to be luted to us, for, as I 
have said, the season had passed for calling, and I have a 
thousand times since been glad that he did not come. I 
imagine I see many lips curl and hear the expression, 
“Oh, no; he wouldn’t have shot him!” and I say frankly 
that at that time I would have shot him, or at least have 
tried to. The last day of our hunt my two companions 
killed a fine three-year-old moose, but not from the call. 
‘They stalked him. 

The next season of 1897 I went to Alaska for the sole 


_ purpose of hunting bull moose. After some 4,000 miles of 


: 


! 


travel, I reached the interior of the Kenai country. where 
I had planned to get my moose specimen. On Sept. 1 
I killed my first moose. He was not as good a specimen 
as I thought I deserved for coming so far. besides I 
wanted two, so I continued my hunt, and saw six or seyen 


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during the next six days that were not to my liking, as I 
wanted a moose that would compare with my record elk. 
Finally, on the morning of Sept. 7, I thought I would try 
the call, more out of curiosity than anything else. It 
was about 5:30 A. M, when I got an answer—that glutter- 
ing grunt, I heard him but twice. Probably my “bugle” 
was out of tune and I could not lure a moose even in far- 
off Alaska, where the calling is not known among the 
natives. At about 8:30 I raised another answer from a 
different direction. I repeated. He answered, I soon 
discovered that he was quite near, and from the tone of 
his voice I thought him to be an old fellow with a good 
heavy crown. I venttired one more low call. I heard a 
thump against a log, then the smothered crush of a rotten 
limb, then the draging sound made by his antlers as he 
pushed his way through a clump of alders, and out stepped 
the moose. As soon as he reached the open he stopped 
with head slightly drooped and muzzle extended. I could 
see his dilated nostrils and ears changing position as he 
swung his great head slowly from side to side, eager to 
catch the slightest sound in the death-like stillness, as 
there was no perceptible breeze and it was very cloudy, or 
to inhale the most delicate scent that might taint the air. 
With all his wary instincts fully aroused, he made a 
grand picture as he stood there within 60 feet of where 
I was crouched in a “blind” that I had hurriedly thrown 
up from the tops of young birchwood, He was prob- 
ably six or eight years old, and had antlers of some 45 to 
55 inches spread, and did not look as perfect in shape as 
the specimen I already had, so I stepped out and said, 
“Hello, John! and you know the rest. Now had I killed 
that animal, I would not have killed two hours later my 
fine specimen, having a spread of antlers of 69 inches. 
Had I shot the call moose my time would have been taken 
up in caring for him, and I would never have stalked the 
large one, and also would not have killed my big brown 
bear (Ursus middendoffii) at 3:30 the same afternoon. 
The next year, 1898, I returned to Alaska to get whole 
specimens of moose-for our National Museum. Of the 
four I killed, I still-hunted them all. Two were large bulls 
with a spread of antlers over 60 inches. While the moose 
is a wary animal, I find him just as easily stalked as deer 
or elk, providing you hunt him in a locality where they 
are as scarce as moose are where they are hunted. 
Anybody can go out with an experienced guide and 
within a reasonable time can kill a deer, elk or moose by 


‘taking the stand or using the call, but stalking them 


to a finish is different. Yes, I hear some fellow say, “Oh, 
De Weese, you have got yotir game and now you call 
our method of hunting unsportsmanlike.” My answer is 
that I have got every one of my specimens in my collec- 
tion by fair and open still-hunting with my own gun, and 
it adds thousands to their value in my eyes and con- 
science. Now, boys, cotne, let’s be fair with all our 
game of the land that yet affords us such pleasure, and 
for the pleasure of the generations to follow. Not that 
moose ate becoming extinct particularly, for there are 
yet many in every wooded section from the eastern shores 
of Noya Scotia to the western shores of Alaska and 
ranging northward into Labrador and swinging north- 
westerly to the Northwest Territory of British Columbia, 
where it joins Alaska; yes, almost as far north as the 
Arctic Circle, does this noble game extend his home. 

The advent of the moose in western Alaska has been 
very recent. During my three hunting trips there I 
have made such inquiry from the old fur traders and 
from the natives and Indians. Twenty-five years ago 
moose were not known on the Kenai Peninsula, nor in 
the Kuscoquim country, and the first one was seen as 
far west as Katmi as late as ten years ago. My idea of 
their migration to this country is that it occurred about 
the time of the Cascar gold excitement in British Colum- 
bia, which was some twenty-eight years ago, when some 
fifteen to twetity thousand miners and prospectors invaded 


4.7 


there, by careful measurement, stood 7 feet 8 inches at the 
withers, 16 feet 4 inches from tip of nose to rear hoof, 
girthed 8 feet 9 inches at shoulders and had a spread of 
antlers that measured 69 inches. You can guess his 
weight, as I did not happen to be carrying a set of Pair- 
banks’ scales with me. 

I always use full metal patch (instead of soft nose) on 
sheep, elk, bear or moose. They mushroom with more 
killing effect, besides I am not one of those good shots 
that “‘yott read about” who kills his game the first shot. 


Let us not kill game from stands nor from the call. Let 
us have a law (and enforce it) that the penalty for shoot- 
ing a moose by the call, by any man under fifty-five 
years of age, $500 fine and one year’s imprisonment. You 
ask why do I think a man past fifty-five should have this 
privilege? My reason is that any man of that age has 
“crossed over the range’ (meridian of life), and is on 
the down-hill side. His old “props” are more “rickety” 
than in his younger days. He don't track as steadily, and 
somehow he breaks more sticks, and there are hairs in the 
sight of his gun. If he is a veteran sportsman, and by 
reason of circumstances has been deprived of a moose 
hunt, his sporting heart still yearns for a massive set of 
horns from the monarch of the big woods, and if by 
having it he would have his collection complete, and if 
the spark of true sportsmanship is yet aglow when the 
frosts of September haye come and moose antlers are 
ripe, and he has yet nerve to penetrate the forests to the 
land of the moose, I say let that man get his one speci- 
men of bull moose from the stalk, the stand or the call, 
Those of us who ate younger can deny ourselves of 
one, and by not using the call, there will be plenty for all 
and then somie. 

I get more real sport nowadays in taking photos of game 
than in taking its life, and many a long, weary tramp it 
has given me. Yes, let the man who is below the “sum- 
mit of the range,” who aspires to true sportsmanship, go 
to the haunts of his quary, be it deer, elk, caribou or 
moose, and when his guide has made camp, go out alone, 
pit his human faculties against the wary instinct of his 
game and if successful he will feel the keen sense of 
satisfaction that he is a true sportsman, that he has got his 
prize, and his conscience will be so much more at ease 
than if he sits about camp while his worthy guide goes 
out and kills a fine specimen, which he takes home and is 
compelled to answer so many times the question, “Did 
you kill it?” 

It must rasp a man’s nerves terribly to say yes, when 
the handsome trophy was really killed by his guide, or 
bought, yet I know men under these conditions who can 
look you square in the face and say yes. Why. I know 
men who have hunted in Alaska and upon their return 
have .written articles telling of the greatest caribou, 
moose and beat that ever lived (or did not live) and that 
had fallen to their rifles, and I have since learned that 
they were killed by their guides or bought. They also 
write of the most terrible inaccessibility of every part of 
that country, and you would infer that no common mortal 
could possibly endure a hunting trip in that country, yet 
last season I took my wife further into the interior of the 
hunting country and up the same rivers and oyer the 
same mountains that the supposed mighty hunters had 
gone. She never had a more delightful trip, met with no 
accident, and was not sick a minute and did not lose a 
meal. I did not expect her to be able to go with me into 
the mountains, but she was determined to see the wild 
white sheep (Ovts dalli) in his native home. She did 
so, and killed two fine specimens with her own gun. 
True, we experienced some adventure and danger in 
ascending rapid rtinninge rivers, and were nibbled and 
probed by the frisky mosquitoes and had hard climbs, but 
all these belong to sport, and are met with on every. 
hunting trip in any country. The old saying was once, 


DALL’S MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 
Photographed in Alaska by Dall De Weese. 


that territory. This section was a great moose country at 
that time, and I believe they migrated down Lake Teslyn, 
the Hoodalinker, over on the headwaters of the Yukon, 
down to the White, up over the Divide to the head of the 
Copper River, Tanana and Sushiina, down this stream 
to the head of Cook’s Inlet, where they could neither 
cross over to the head of the Kuscoquim northwesterly or 
southwesterly to the Kenick, then finally on the Kenai 
Peninsula, where in my mind exist the largest moose in 
the world. 7 

No better feed can be found anywhere, and the climate 
is just such as to suit the moose. After a_ moose has 
age, he must have solitude, proper climate and good feed 
that will put him in prime condition before he can grow 
perfect and massive horns. The largest specimen I killed 


“The fishermen are the biggest liars on earth,” but some 
of the would-be big-game hunters have double discounted 
their stories and robbed them of their laurels. 

Let tus have the truth with our story, which is the 
cornerstone of true sportsmanship, and should be the 
first impulse in relating our adventures. 

Canyon Crry, Colorado. Datt Dre WEESE. 


Those two illustrations of Dall’s mountain sheep are 
among the most interesting photographs of American wild 
game we have ever seen. The remoteness of their haunts, 
their rarity, and the fact that so few sportsmen have ever 
seen them in their home, all these combine to give a great 
interest to the achievement of Mr. De Weese in securing 
such admirable photos. 


-has been infested by robbers. 


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Sportsmen's Finds. 


Some of the Queer Discoveries Made by Those Who Are 
Looking for Game or Fish. 


1.—A Cave of Robbers. 
An Altoona, Pa., dispatch to the New York Herald 


the other day told this story: James Gray and James 


Short, of New York, who have been fishing for bass in 
the mountains west of this city, were told that Bear 
Cave, a few miles distant, had never been explored because 
of the supposed presence of bears. 

Gray and Short concluded to explore the cave. 

Attaching one end of a ball of twine to a tree at the 
mouth of the cave they entered with lanterns, unwinding 
the twine as they proceeded. They soon heard a deep 
growl. Both fired in the direction of the sound. The 
shots were answered almost as soon as delivered, and the 
growls turned into jeers from human lips. Gray had 
fallen and he whispered to Short that he was shot through 
the stomach. Short carried his companion outside the 
cave and gave an alarm. | 

The wounded young man is thought to be dying. The 
men of Hillside armed themselves last night and started 
for the cave, determined to raid it. For yeats the region 
The supposed growling of 
bears was mimicry by the thieves. 


2.—A Coffee Pot of |Coin. 


Abner Wilson, a farmer who resides near Jatan. was 
seining for minnows in a little creek which runs through 
his place, when his net caught on some obstruction in the 
bottom of the creek. He reached down to remove the 
obstacle, when his hand came in contact with an old coffee 
pot. He threw it up on the bank, when it burst open, and 
a pile of gold scattered itself over the ground. Wilson’s 
eyes bulged out, and for a few moments he imagined he 
had been dreaming, but when he went out on the bank 
there was the bright metal, cold and shining. The gold 
was all in $5, $10 and $20 pieces, and all bore the date of 
1857 or prior to that time. 

A count showed that there was $670 in the pot. So 
far there is no clue as to who is the rightful owner. It is 
supposed that the gold was sunk in the cteelx prior to the 


- wat, and dates on the coins lend color to the theory. Mr. 


Wilson says he is willing to give up the property to any 
one who can show a title to it—St. Lotiis Post-Dispatch. 


Pennsylvania Game Interests. 


OFFICE OF THE BoArp of GAME CoMMisstoneRs.—Har- 
risbutrg, July 11.—Editor Forest and Stream: A regular 
meeting of the Pennsylvania Game Commission was held 
last week, Mr. Kennedy, of Pittsburg; Mr. Westfall, of 
Williamsport; Mr. Sober, of Lewisburg, and Mr. Wor- 
den, of Harrisbure, being present. 
of the Commission were received from many parts of 
the State, showing that while the work of the board was 
far from perfect, yet much good was being accomplished ; 
that since our last meeting in January, one or more pros- 
ecutions had been brought in almost every county, and 
that certain parties from out of the State had been 
brought back by requisition and compelled to pay the 
penalties, thus establishing a precedent that the Commiis- 
sion feel will result in much good to the cause of pro- 
tection of game as well as other birds in this and other 
States. Reports show that aside from the prosecution 
brought by the Commission, many others had been 
brought throughout the Commonwealth by associations 
and individuals who were not only interested in game 
and bird protection, but who see in the provisions of the 
game law of 1807 a way of protecting themselves, 
property and the sanctity of the Sabbath that was never 
realized before. Several reports of the killing of deer 
out of season, also the running of deer by dogs, were 
received. Complaints were read from several sections 
reporting the robbing of the nests of wild turkey and 
other game birds. Some of these offenses have already 
been punished, and it was resolyed to spare no effort to 
punish each and every violation of the law reported to 
the Commission. To this end the personal letter of the 
president of the Board, Mr. Kennedy, to his friends in 
the western part of the State was adopted as a general 
appeal of the Game Commission for help to aid them 
in enforcing the game laws of the Commonwealth Mr. 
Kennedy's letter is as follows: 

“Dear Sir: If you are interested in the protection of 
our song, insectivorois and game birds, I would like to 
present a few facts ta you. The Board of Game Com- 
missioners of Pennsylyania succeeded in having a good 
Jaw passed tor the protection of birds, but*he State did 
not allow us one dollar to enforce the law. For the past 
three years the Board of Game Commissioners have paid 
all their own expenses and expenses connected with 
many suits for violation of the game laws out of their 
own pocket. We have now a great many suits on hand 
and our board feel that we should receive some assist- 
ance from the public. If you feel like making a donation 
to this work it will be greatly appreciated. Any money 
collected in this way will form a special fund for the 
enforcing of the laws for the better protection of our 
song and insectivorous birds and game birds and game 
mammals. Money will be received by the writer at the 
Pennsylvania Title and Trust Co.’s office, 410 Smithfield 
street, Pittsburg, Pa.—Wmu, M. Kenwepy, President 
Board of Game Commissioners.” 


That you and others who may read this article may 
fully understand the situation, I desire to say that through 
some misapprehension of the needs of the Game Com- 
mission we were given by the last Legislature an ap- 
propriation of but $800, and that was limited to the pay- 
ment of postage and express charges. We are not par- 
takers of the very liberal appropriation given the Fish 
Commission. The work of the Game Commission has 
been done at the personal expense of each Commis- 
sioner, Of the treatment to be accorded us by the com- 
ing Legislature we have no doubt. Our solicitude is for 
the time intervening between now and then; conse- 
quently we make this appeal. Our books are open to 
public inspection. Our report to the Governor will show 
every dollar received and how expended. Because of the 


Reports on the work - 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


many letters received by the Game Commission calling 
their attention to violations of the fish laws, I desire by 
direction of the Game Commission to say that as a Com- 


- mission they have nothing whatever to do with the en- 


forcement of the fish laws. As individuals we are in- 
terested in fish protection, and will upon information re- 
ceived do in the future, as in the past, what we can to 
further the work in that direction, Be 

Reports show there are more quail in Pennsylvania to- 
day than for many years past. Pheasants are increasing 
rapidly. Deer are appearing in sections where none have 
been seen for a long time. Wild turkeys are becoming 
numerous in sections where two yeats ago no more than 
a half dozen could be found in a season’s hunting. Song 
and insectivorous birds are coming back to their old 
haunts. Protection is beginning to tell. All we want is 
more of it. The Game Commission does not pretend to 
claim all the credit for the existing condition. Much 
credit is due the Pennsylyania State Sportsmen’s Asso- 
ciation, the Audubon Society and individuals who are 
spending their time and money for the good cause. 
Much credit is also due the Forestry Department for 
the way in which they are fighting and compelling the 
fighting of forest fires, which destroy not only the nests 
of the birds, but innumerable quantities of young ani- 
mals as well as birds. We do claim credit for part of the 
condition, and are proud of our work under the sur- 
rounding conditions. 

JosrrH KaAtsrus, 
Sec’y Game Commission. 


Quail in Town. 


Sayre, Pa.—While I was picking field daisies on July 
4 the cheery call of “Bob White” fell gently upon my ears 
from the charming river bottom lands and quite within 
the corporate limits of Athens. Four years had elapsed 
since the writer last listened to Bob’s summer day ditty 
as it came soft and clear from the top of a rail fence hard 
by the beattiful Mt. Hope Cemetery at Lansing, Mich. 
A very dear friend was being tenderly laid away “under 
the sod and the dew,’ and the plaintive cry of the quail 
as it floated across the green slopes carried with it all the 
ecmiorting assurances of a benediction. eae. 

This <emembrance made the fiute-like tones oi this 
happy Pennsylvania bird doubly rich in their import, and 
created a hope that the birds may be spared until they 
have increased sufficiently in numbers to withstand the 
hard shooting which the presence of even a puny supply 
invites. A ] 

Some fine beyies are reported along the river flats in 
this section, and as conditions have been and still con- 
tinue favorable the sportsman has every reason to feel 
correspondingly elated. : ; 

Ruffed grouse have experienced a favorable nesting 
period, and as there was a good supply of old birds re- 
maining in covers from last season, it is reasonable to 
prophesy at least a normal supply for the approaching 
season. 

The July woodcock shooting which this State oblig- 
ingly provides is both delusive and elusive, It possesses 
too many of the tragic elements of the slaughter of the 
innocents story to be at all satisfactory to the sportsman 
who loves sport tricked out in robust form and weighted 
with at least some semblance of dignity. Between the 
soft, floppy, immature woodcock of July and the boister- 
ous, alder-topping longbill of October there is a great 
and abounding difference, which the sportsman who 
leves shooting that tries his mettle and his gun cannot 
pass idly by. Speed the day when July woodcock shoot- 
ing shall have been passed into the limbo of an obsolete 
practice. There are some good covers reported as existing 
not far distant from Sayre, and later on the writer will 


take pleasure in designating where they may be found. - 


At present the birds are doing nicely, thank you._ 
M. Cui. 


Getting Away from Business. 


“Ayrery business man of common sense knows, whether 
he chooses to acknowledge it or not, that the further away 
he gets in the evening from his commercial associations 
of the day, so that his business associates cannot get at 
him, the healthier he is, the wiser life he leads; in 
short, the better off he is in every respect and the abler 
for the duties of the morrow.” writes Edward Bok, of 
“The American Man and His Country.” Now. what 
does he get in the city in the evening, even if he lives a 
carefully regulated life? There is no mode of life he 
can possibly follow which is in any way recuperative to 
lis mental or physical being. He has never been out of 
hearing of the noises of the city of out of range of its 
lights. “Chained to busimess” is his ery. Every night he 
has slept in the polluted air of the city. and in the morn- 
ing has looked out on the same gray sidewalks which 
he sees all day long. What does such a man know of 
the exhilarating, refreshing and blood-quickening ex- 
periénce of opening the shutters of his chamber window 
upon a landscape of space, the birds and insects all doing 
their best singing as the stin shoots its_rays on the coming 
day? And worse, what do his wife and children know of 
such a blessing? Yet he deludes himself into the belief 
that he miist live in the city so as to be “in touch with 
things.” Jf you ask him what those “things” are, you 
invatiably discover that they are of a business nature. 
either strictly business or some social convention which 
he feels has a bearing on his business. But it is always 
business. Now a man living under this pressure rarely 
does his best work, although he fully believes that he is 
doing it. But he cannot be giving out the best, because 
he does not allow the best to get within him. 

F. M. B. 


GETTYSBURG, Pa, 


Yellowleg Snipe on Long Island. 


Queenswater, L. [., July 14.—A large flock of small 
yellowleg snipe were seen in the bay yesterday. This was 
the first flight of snipe since the season opened, July t. 
The weather has been extremely favorable for the incuba- 
tion of the eggs of bay birds, and there have been few 
severe storms to destroy the young. A good season’s 
gunning is therefore anticipated. There will be plenty of 
meadow hens when the open season begins on Aug 16, 


, | 


[JULY 21, 1900. | 


Importation of Birds and Animals! 


Tue rules adopted by the Department of Agricultury 
for the protection and importation of birds under thi 


_ Lacey Act are published in Biological Survey Circula/ 


No. 20, under date of July 13. We give the main para 
graphs: 


The act of May 25, 1900, commonly known as the Lacey Act) 
(1) places the preservation, distribution, introduction and restor¢ 
tion of game and other birds under the Department of Agricu) 
ture; (2) regulates the importation of foreign birds and animals) 
prohibiting absolutely the introduction of certain injurious spe 
cies, and (3) prohibits interstate trafic in birds or game killed i 
violation of State laws. 

The object of placing this work in charge of an éxecutive de 
partment of the, Federal Government was merely to supplemen 
and not to hamper or replace the work hitherto done by Stat) 
commissions and organizations; in other words, to co-ordinate ani 
direct individual efforts and thus insure more uniform and mor! 
satisfactory results than could otherwise be obtained. Greate! 
uniformity in State legislation and better enforcement of existinj) 
laws can be secured only by the most-complete co-operation be 
tween the various forces now at work in the cause of bird protec 
tion, 

Propagation and Distribution of Game Birds, . 


No Provision for Distribution of Birds,—The act authorizes, bu! 
does not provide an appropriation for, the purchase and distribv 
tion of birds, The Department of Agriculture therefore has ni 
quail, pheasants or other game birds for distribution. ‘ 

The Department issues no permits for shipping birds from on) 
State to another. In some States, as in California, the Board ¢ 
Fish and Game Commissioners is authorized to issue permits fol 
shipping birds for propagating purposes, and a few States, such al 
Michigan and New Jersey, make exceptions in their game laws ii) 
the case of birds captured for breeding purposes; but when § 
State forbids the exportation of birds without exception, intef 
state commerce in birds from that State is in violation of th) 
Lacey Act, whether the birds are captured during open season) 
or whether they are intended for propagation or mot. | 


Importation of Foreign Animals and Birds, 


Persons contemplating the importation of live animals or bird) 
from abroad must obtam a special permit from the Secretary { 
Agriculture, as required by section 2 of the act, The law is mar 
datory and makes no exceptions besides those noted below. 
applies to single mammals, birds or reptiles kept in cages as pet! 
as well as to large consignments intended for propagation in ca 
tivity or utherwise. i 

But in order to avoid unnecessary hardship and annoyance th’ 
list of species which may be admitted without permit will be ex 
tended at an early date. 

Applications for Permits.Importers are advised to make appl: 
cation for permits in advance, in order to avoid annoyance an 
delay when shipments reach the custom house. Application blan 
may be obtained from the Department, Requests for permit 
may be made in the following form; 

Miley en part pepeeeserung LOO | 


To the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: ; 

Sir: I respectfully request that a permit be issued for the iit 
portation of \y..s.s11....,.., which will probably arrive at the pot 
oO from 190 
WesnHed) LOT eae deee 


Sten cae Sieeea Preece ceeee 


(including deer, elk 
moose, antelopes and also etamels and Mamas), permits will 1p 
issued, as here(ofore, in the form prescribed for importation e! 
domesticated animals. Such animals will be subject to inspectios 
and quarantine. as required under Order No. 56 of the Bureats 
of Animal Industry, dated Dec, 28, 1899, entitled “Regulation 
for the inspection and quarantine of horses, neat cattle, sheep an 
other timinants, and swine imported into the United States,” 
Species Prohibited—The introduction of the English or Eure 
pean house sparrow, thé starling, the fruit bat or flying fox an 
the mongoose, known alse as the ichneumon or Pharaoh's rat, 1 
absolutely prohibited and permits for their importation will no 
be issued under any circumstances. Importers are cautioned 
against placing any of these species’ in cages with other birds o 
animals. Such action will render the shipment liable to detentior 
at the custom house, as the species named must be exported 0) 
destroyed at the expense of the owner or agent. c 
Permits.—Permits will be issued free of charge upon receip, 
ot applications. ; 
for the convenience of importers 
designated at the ports of New 
Baltimore, Washington, New Orleans and San Francisco, whee 
will examine shipments at the request of the owner or agent o 
who may be consulted in case of misunderstanding between owne 
and officers of the customs, 


special inspectors will by 
York, Boston, Philadelphia 


Transportation of Prohibited Species, 


-\ttention jis called to the clause in section 3 which makes 7 
unlawful for any person or persons to deliver to any common car) 
rier or for any common carrier to transport any foreign animal! 
or birds the importation of which is prohibited by section 2, © 
the species prohibited the mongoose aud flying fox have not ye 
#ained a foothold in the United States. The European starling| 
(Sturmus vulgaris) has been introduced at several points and is noy: 
present in the lower Hudson River Valley, N. Y.; at Pittsbure 
Pa.. and at Portland, Ore. The English sparrow (Passer domes! 
ficus) has spread to most of the States and Territories, but i! 
present at compatatively few points in Idaho, Montana, New 
Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming, and apparently hag 
not yet reached Arizona or Nevada. The deliberate shipment o 
starlings or English sparrows from one State to another is now 
violation of law and renders the shipper and carrier liable to thy 
penalties provided in section 4. Tt may he possible, therefore, 
prevent the spread of the English sparrow to States where thi 
bird is now absent, while those States in which it has gained only 
a slight foothold have an opportunity to rid themselves of thu 
pest by adonting vigorous measures for the destruction of the fey, 
sparrows within their limits. 


Interstate Traffic ir Animals or Birds Killed or 
in Violation of State Laws. 


The attention of sportsmen, commission merchants, shippers’ 
und express agents is especially ealled to sections 3, 4 and i, whicl 
make 1 unlawfal to ship frem one State to another animals oj) 
birds which have been killed or captured in violation of local law: 
ana which require all packages containing animals or. birds to be 
plainly marked so that the name and address of the shipper anc 
the nature of the contents may he ascertained by inspection ol 
the outside of such packages. Common carriers are cautioned t 
notify their agents to insist that all packages supposed to con’ 
tain game or other animals or birds must be marked with the 
shippers name and the contents. Shipment in any form thal! 
tends to conceal or obscure the nature of the contents or th 
shipper’s name and address is plainly an evasion of the act, and 
the penalty applies to evasions as well 2s to violations of the lay 
he act also prohibits interstate commerce in game though killed! 
in open seasons, if the law of the State in which such game is 
killed prohibits its export. 

In referring te these sections, the House Committee on Tnters 
state Commerce reported as follows: “The killing or carrying of 
game within the limits of a State is a matter wholly within the 
jurisdiction of the State; but when the fruits of the violation oF 
State law are carried beyond the State, the nation alone has power 
to forbid the transit and to punish those engaged in the traffic: 
This bill will give the game wardens the very power that the now, 
lack and which will be the most effective for the purpose of Teese | 
ing up this commerce. * * * In some of the States the sale o 
certain game is forbidden at all seasons without regard to the place 
where the same was killed. The purpose of these laws is to pre 


Shipped 


JULy 21, 1900,] 


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vent the sale of game shipped into the State from being used as a 
_ cloak for the sale of game killed within the State in violation of 
local Jaws.’ Section 5 of the act is intended to meet this diff- 
culty by subjecting imported-animals, birds or game, whether in- 
troduced in original packages or otherwise, to the laws of the 
State in which imported. 


Preservation and-+Impottation of Birds in Charge of the 
Biological Survey. 

The Division of Biological Survey is hereby placed in charge of 
all matters relating to the preservation and importation of animals 
or birds under this act, and until further notice the Assistant 
Chief of that Division will have immediate charge of the issue of 
permits for the importation of animals and birds from foreign 
countries. All inquiries regarding bird protection and all re- 
guests for publications on the uses or preservation of birds should 
be addressed to the Chief of the Biological Survey. 

Jamis WurtsoN, Secretary. 


Butchering Meadow Hens. 


East Rockaway, L. [,, July 14—The awkward meadow 
hen is having a hard time of it. So-called sportsmen from 
the city make the open season for bay birds an excuse to 
roam over the meadows ifi evety direction, shooting 
everything.in sight. About the only birds they find are 
meadow hens, and it is said that in a number of in- 
Stances they have deliberately shot the birds while they 
were sitting on nests full of eggs. The open season for 
meadow hens does not begin until Aug. 16, but they are 
shot now by almost every gunner who is after bay 
birds. If this is continued, there will be very few meadow 
hens left when the season opens. 


Gens des Bois. 


CARTHAGE, O., July 1—Editor Forest and: Stream: 
Among the many good things appearing from the pen of 
Robinson, the lamenter Mather, Grinnell and others, the 
series of “Gens des Bois,” by Burnham, are especially in- 
teresting to those who, like myself, have toured, hunted, 
fished and camped all over the Adirondack region and 
met incidentally the “Men of the Woods” in their capacity 
of guides and proprietors of sportsmen’s hostelries in days 
gone by. Mr. Burnham is to be congratulated. His 
articles bring up old memories, and are vety enjoyable, 

E. S. WHITAKER. 


Sea and River Sishing. 


Fixtures. 


July 18, 19, 20.—Meeting of the American Fisheries Society at 
Woods Holl, Mass. 


Canadian Fishing Licenses. 


Boston, July t4—Thete are imafy lovers of the rod 
and reel in Boston and vicinity, whom time and other 
circumstances will not permit to make long trips to dis- 
tant waters. These sportsmen have to be Satisfied with 
what nearer waters afford. Occasionally they surprise 
even those who go to distant watets with what they 
cateh nedfet hottie. Sitch was the case when, on Monday 
morning, Mr. W. F. Palmer showed his friends in 
Faneuil Hall Market three bass. They lay in a shoe 
box, and nearly covered the material they rested upon. 
Their united weight was over 12 pounds. They were 
catight by Mr. Palmer on Saturday, and came to Boston 
in fine order. Tt turns ott that the Sudbury River 
furnished the fish, although the fishermen ate not 
patlicular about giving away the locality, Mr. I, H. 
Young has also been having some great luck in the same 
tiver; he brought back a black bass weighing 5 pounds— 
a monster for those waters. Several Boston sportsmen 
are at Belgrade ponds for bass fishing. A letter from 
one of them says that the weather has been very hot, 
with poor bass fishing, except at night and in the early 
morning, 

There is always trouble abotit hunting and fishing 
licenses for those who attempt to enjoy the sport in 
Canada. There has for some time been considerable 
doubt as to whether sportsmen from the States, owning 
camps and fishing. rights on Canadian waters, ate sub- 
ject to the usual fishing: license. Mr. John Tottler, Jr., 
an excellent authority on matters pertaining to Canadian 
fishing, says that camp and fishing tights owners are sub- 
ject to the usual fishing license fee, unless their preserves 
are incorporated. In this way members of Canadian 
fishing clubs ate exempt from the usual license exactions 
A eouple of Boston camp owners in Nova Scotia have 
both been fishing at their preserves for several years, 
and have always supposed that owning their camps and 
fishing rights and employing Canadian guides and boat- 
men exempted them from paying for fishing licenses. 
But'this year, as one of them stepped off the Yarmouth 
steamer, on his return from his spring trip, an officer 
stepped up and inquired if he was Mr. So and So. 
Answered in the affirmative, the officer quietly says, “I 
want you.” “What for?” our friend very naturally asked. 
“For fishing without a license,’ was the reply. Our 
friend made to resistance. There was none to make. 
He admitted that he should have to plead guilty; had 
always stipposed that owning his camps and fishing 
rights, and employing Canadian guides and boatmen, 
exempted him from being obliged to obtain licenses. He 
even cited the officer the clause in the Canadian game and 
fish laws that especially prodives that “foreigners tem- 
porarily domiciled in Canada and employing Canadian 
guides and boatmen are exempt from obtaining permits.” 
But the officer was inexorable. There was nothing for it 
but for our friend to take out a permit and pay the cost 
oj arrest. etc., in- which case the officer agreed to let him 
depart without any fine. Our other friend, from Boston, 
also a canip owner. as well as the owner of one or two 
fishing rivers, was aware of the arrest of the other gen- 
tleman, and expected to be arrested himself, as he has 
fished, with his wife and boys, for several years at his 
eamp in Nova Scotia and had never obtained a license. 
He was not arrested, however. but on reaching home he 
‘finds in a Canadian paper that a warrant 1s out for his 
arrest. Both he and our other friend, who was arrested, 
propose to carry the matter up to Ottawa, and have the 
question settled finally and fully. I learn also that other 
parties from Boston this spring have been followed by 


. at $3 a day each. 


“spies —that is, officers in disguise—but that they have 
been advised, and the “spotters” told in a most emphatic 


manner not to trouble the fishermen from the States who, 


were ‘temporarily domiciled in Canada and employing 
Canadian guides and boatmen.” This matter will be 
watched with much interest by a host of sportsmen who 
go to Canadian waters. 

Mr, W. J. Follett, of Boston, with Mrs. Follett and 
their son, have been on a bass fishing trip to Belgrade 
Mills. They were very handsomely quartered at a hotel 
This, with a guide at $3 a day, and a 
charge for bait and every other item, makes pretty dear 
bass fishing. But Mr. Follett thinks that it was “pretty 
tony.” He sat leisurely in the-boat and landed four er 
five bass on a fly. His boy “beat him all hollow.” Baited 
with a vile frog, he landed about fifty bass to his father’s 
four ot five. The next day Mr. Follett was ottt with 
frogs for bait, and took all the bass he cared for. But he 
says, “I have had enough bass fishing, and have caught 
enough. JI am a trout fisherman. Give me a day of 
roughing it, with old clothes and a camp.’ 

A few trout caught in that way are worth a hundred 
bass with a stylish hotel and a dress suit every evening 
at dinner. 

Mr, Harold Dunlop Motter, with a party of friends, is 
off for Nova Scotia waters salmon fishing. They go 
first to Yarmouth, SPECIAL. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Curcaco, Ill., July 12—We are in the middle of the 
dull season in this part of the world, and it will prob- 
ably be some weeks before we find the full zest of the on- 
coming fall season. There have been not very large 
catches of fish made by our Chicago anglers during the 
past week, the hot weather having put a stop to the best 
of the sport. The frog-casters who have diligently fol- 
lowed their art in the different waters of the Fox Lake 
chain have been turning up about the usual number of 
big-mouths, though the growitig abundance of the natural 
food of the fish, with the tepid quality of the water, has 
brought on the time when the bass “strike short,’ and 
every one who fishes bass knows what that means, The 
fish do not show the vim in the strike or the perseverance 
in the fight which they do in the prime of the season, 
The angler misses the fun of seeing the bass boil up the 
instant the frog strikes the water, and must only too 
often content himself with a lazy strike and a long 
wait, perhaps only to retrieve his frog a trifle mutilated 
about his waist band. The trout fishing, of course, has 
lost its edge, and July is notoriously the bad month for 
muscalunge. So far as I can learn this has not -been a 
very good muscalunge year. The weight of 38%4 pounds 
set at Sand Lake the first two weeks of the season still re- 
mains the record so far as known. 

One of the most important parties to leaye Chicago 
this week for a fishing excursion is that which starts for 
the Nepigon River. Prof, Judson, of the Chicago Uni- 
versity, is of this party, and anticipates a delightful ex- 
perience. Ex-Comptroller of the Treasury G. M. Eckles 
also goes to the Nepigon, after some of the famous big 
tout of that section. Yet another member of the Nepigon 
excursion is Mr. F. I. Carpetter, also of Chicago. August 
is a good time to strike the Nepigon, and these gentlemen 
should have the good sport that is customary on that 
stream. 

Dry. Robert M. Hawes, of Chicago, left this week for 
Mackinac, Mich., and will spend some time fishing in 
the neighborhood of that cool and delightful locality. 

Mr. R. A. Cox, of Chicago, leaves this week for an 
extended trip in the famous Muskoka Lake district, on the 
Grand Trunk Railway, in Canada. 

Mr, H, M. Best, of this city, leaves this week for a 
Be days’ bass fishing in the neighborhood of Lake Villa, 

Mr. A. W. Roth, of this city, Jeaves this week for a few 
weeks’ fishing trip in the Wabassee Lake country, where 
he should share in the very fair average of bass fishing 
which has been going on there. 

Mr. C. H. Fitzhugh, of this city, has left for a few 
days at Channel Lake. This lake has also been producing 
fully its share of bass this season. 

Mr. Graham H. Harris and his friend, Dr. Bodine, of 
this city, will start at the close of the week for a try at the 
acrobatic small-mouths of the Mississippi River above La 
Crosse. 

Mr. H. H. Rowntree, of Chicago, is still absent on 
what is for him a very long vacation trip. He is at Lake 
Harbor, Mich., and has been gone for nearly three 
weeks, accumulating wisdom in regard to black bass and 
pickerel. 

Minnesota Matters. 


Lake Minnetonka, Minn., July 15—The long drought 
in this section was broken a few weeks ago by heavy 
rains, and for some mysterious reason the rains seemed 
to have improved the bass fishing. For some days very 
good catches of black bass have been made by bait- 
casters in different parts of the upper lake. Minnetonka 
is almost an inland sea, having about 150 miles of shore 
line, so that the fisherman has his choice of a considerable 
scope of territory. All such big waters are more 
capricious in their bass fishing than the smaller lakes 
where the feeding grounds are more restricted. At this 
time of the year the bass resort to a certain extent to the 
reefs which lie out in the wider water, and it requires an 
expert acqttaintance with the lake to know where even a 
portion ot these lying grounds are. Of course, the ordi- 
nary method of the bait-caster is to keep pretty well in 
shore, and to tap the edges of the bars where the bul- 
rushes grow. The bass feed in this shallow water more 
especially in the early summer, and by this time of year 
are not customarily to be found there in yery great num- 
bers. This year, however, is a very good frog year, and 
where the frogs are, there the big-mouths are gathered 
together. Most of the bass which have been taken by the 
cottagers and summer resort people have been caught at 
the edges of the bulrush patches, and by casting frogs. 

There was taken in Black Lake, which is near Spring 
Park, on Lake Minnetonka. a big-mouth bass which 
weighed 6% pounds, and this is the largest Minnetonka 
bass of which I have had word. Black Lake is nearly 
always good for two or three nice bass of an evenitig. At 
the mouth of the cut-off leading into this lake from 


Minnetonka I once raised a bass which nearly jumped 
over the boat in his effort to get at my frog. He was a 
4-pounder, and I am going back after him one of these 
times, | ag 

Mr, Harrison Kechtnet, a St. Louis gentleman who has 
been stopping at Spring Park, has been haying very uni- 
form luck with the bass during the past few weeks. He 
has not been fishing very hard, but has usually managed 
to bring in a half dozen nice bass each evening. He 
tan across one nice pike which girthed 11 inches, and 
weighed something over 8 pounds, 

I hear of another gentleman who caught thirty bass 
in one day near Spring Patk, but I do not learn the name 
of this fisherman. 

It is now nearly time for the big Minnetonka pickerel 
to begin their fall campaign, No one knows just how big 
these pike grow in these waters, but one was taken 
weighing 2214 pounds last year. As I mentioned once 
upon a time in these columns, my friend Mr. Phelps and 
I caught a couple of fine pike in the deep pool just below 
the draw bridge which leads to Enchanted Island. We 
ate of the belief that there are some more in that same 
hole, and are minded to catch us some perch for bait and 
go over there after them some of these days. 

By the way, Mr. Phelps, who has lived on this beauti- 
ful tract. of land on the upper lake for something like 
twenty years, is pretty well posted on the fishing points. 
He says that in Halstead’s Bay, at the western end of 
the lake, there is a good long bass reef whose location 
is not known to very many. He tells me that on this 
reef, using large perch for bait, he has somtimes had 
fine bass fishing as late as 10:30 at night. 

Mr. W. L. Wells, head artist of the Chicago Tribune, is 
at present taking his summer vacation with his family, in 
their cottage at Interlaken, on the Narrows of Lake 
Minnetonka, There are a great many men spending their 
suimmer vacations here on Mitnetonka at this writing, but 
of them all I fancy there is not one who 1s not having 
the pleasure and the good of it that Mr. Wells is ex- 
periencing. A daily newspaper man is a pretty busy in- 
dividual, and I happen to know that for the last three 
yeats Mr. Wells has been averaging more than twelve 
hours of work a day, with no vacation at all. The bright. 
glad smile with which he welcomed the blue waters of 
Minnetonka was something worth witnessing. Here he is 
resting, golfing, wheeling and fishing, and so much pleased 
is he with the prospects that he ayows his purpose of 
chucking up work altogether and devoting the rest of his 
life to an elegant letsure. onir ; 

Mr. Wells tells me that he was out fishing a little while 
the other evening and succeeded in raising three nice 
bass, though he failed to fasten any one of the three. He 
is coming up to Spring Park to-morrow morning, and with 
Mr.Phelps for guide we are going to see what we can 
do in the way of getting a few bass. - 

E. Houes. 


Hartrorp Buritprne, Chicago, Ill. 


Pleasant Chester. 


THE recent purchase of Big Fish Island in Chester 
Basin, N. S., for the wife of Admiral Dewey recalls that 
years ago Chester was one of the pleasant fishing re- 
sorts celebrated by Mr. Charles Hallock in his “Fishing 
Tourist.’ We quote these paragraphs as happily de- 
scriptive of one of the pleasant places of the earth, and also 
as a happy instance of Mr. Hallock’s haying spied out the 
land long before it came to popular appreciation: 

“And now we come to Chester Basin, island-gemmed 
and indented with many a little cove; and far olit to sea, 
looming up in solitary grandeur, is Aspotogon, a moun- 
tain headland, said to be the highest land in Nova Scotia. 
The road follows the shore for many a mile, and then 
tirns abruptly up the beautiful valley of Gold River, the 
finest of all the salmon streams of this grand locality. 
In it there are eleven glorious pools, all within two miles 
of each other, and others for several miles above at 
longer intervals. Above the first series a canoe should 
be used. The lower stream affords a succession of un- 
obstructed casts, such as I have never seen for elbow 
room and sweep of line on any other stream. We halt 
for a moment where the stage road crosses the bridge, 
and look wistfully into the yista above, where the black 
waters come whirling down, cool and delicious, flecked 
with foam. Just below us there is a splendid pool, and 
we can see Indian John and his boys beside a boulder 
at the tail of it, dipping. Upon the grassy bank behind 
are four dilapidated wigwams of hemlock bark, with 
quilts suspended across the entrances, serving lor doors. 
It is evident the salmon are running lively, or the In- 
dians would not be here. 

“Three pleasant seasons have I spent at Chester. I 
idolize its very name. Just below my window a lawn 
slopes down to a little bay with a jetty, where an occa- 
sional sloop lands some stores. There is a large tree, 
under which I have placed some seats; and off the end 
of the pier the ladies can catch flounders, tomcods and 
cunners in any quantity. There are beautiful drives in 
the vicinity, and innumerable islands in the bay, where 
one can bathe and picnic to heart’s content. There are 
sailing boats for lobster spearing and deep-sea fishing, 
and towboats too. From the top of a neighboring hill is 
a wonderful panorama of forest, stream and cultivated 
shore, of bays and distant sea, filled with islands of every 
size and shape. Near by is a marsh, where I flushed 
fourteen brace of English snipe one day in July. And 
if one will go to Gold River, he may perchance see, as I 
have done, caribou quietly feeding on the natural mead- 
dows along the upper stream. Beyond Beech Hill is a 
trackless forest filled with moose, with which two old 
hunters living near oft hold familiar intercourse. They 
trapped a wildcat last summer, and his stuffed skin is at 


Chester now.” 


An Eel on a Bass Line. 


Mr, J. J. Hopper, of the New York Life Insuratice 
Company, this city, was fishing for bass off Little Marsh 
Island, in Greenwood Lake, the other day, casting with a 
live frog bait, when he hooked, played and landed a 4-foot 
eel of 9 pounds, The cel took the frog at the surface, and 
considerably surprised Mr. Hopper. The incident was 
declared by old Greenwood Lakers to be without “a 
paralle] in their experience. 


B9 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


-  [JuLy 21, 1900. 


ee ee LE. Ul Le 


In the Santa Cruz Mountains. 


Saw Francisco, Cal., June 26.—The writer and a friend, 
feeling that a couple of days in the mountains would be 
beneficial, planned a short trip to Boulder Creek, for the 
purpose of a rest, with a little sport thrown in. 

The town of Boulder Creek 1s in the heart of the Santa 
Cruz Mountains, and distant from San Francisco eighty 
miles. Leaving the city on fhe morning of June 9, aiter a 
very pleasant journey of four hours we arrived at our 
destination and immediately repaired to the Boulder 
Creek Hotel, an excellent resort for sportsmen, and had 
lunch. 

There are three trout streams within 100 yards of the 
station—viz., Boulder Creek, Bear Creek and San Lorenzo 
River. Boulder and Bear creeks empty into the San 
Lorenzo at this point, and the San Lorenzo empties into 
the Bay of Santa Cruz, some twelve miles distant. ' 

Having been yery successfyl on previous fishing trips 
on Boulder Creek, we turned our attention to this stream 
first, and much to our disgust found it the color of 
chocolate. A sawmill is situated on its banks some 
three miles up, and we presumed, as we afterward found 
out, that the owner had that morning emptied his log 
pond, hence the discoloration. Our only choice, then, was 
to fish Bear Creek, or the headwaters of the San Lorenzo 
River. We chose the latter. A wall of three miles along 
the railroad track brought us to a lovely spot at the 


soaked (by water), a circumstance which happens to 
all anglers who insist on fishing on this particular branch 
ef the stream. TREE SPOON. 


The Mississippi Headwaters. 


Charles Christadoro in the New Vork Siz. 


Aw allotment of $2,250,000 has just been made for the~ 
improvement and deepening of the Mississippi River. A 
further amount of $8,000,000 is asked from the River and 
Harbor Commission for rendering this river more 
navigable at certain ‘shallow places. { 

Now, at this river's headwaters in the northern part of 
Minnesota is an Indian reservation already ceded to the 
Government under the Rice Treaty with the Indians. This 
reservation is known as the Leech Lake Chippewa Reser- 
yation, ; 

In this tract are 830,000 acres, of which 200,000 are 
water. Within its boundaries are the three great lakes 
of Leech (with 540 miles of shore line), Winnebigoshish 
and Cass, besides seventy smaller Jakes connecting with 
the infant Mississippi, making one great checkerboard of 
forest and water. 

It is said that upon this reservation is to-day the greatest 
body of white and Norway pine to be found in this coun- 
try. Conservative estimates give 2,000,000,000 feet of 


looking upon this great body of standing pine with 
covetous eyes, have so far been able to block any legisla- 
tion toward preservation and are working night and day 
to secure the timber through public sale. 

Tf they succeed they will put perhaps an extra mil- 
lion or two of dollars in their pockets at a future cost 
to the nation of a hundred million or more by jeopardizing 
the navigability of one of the greatest water highways 
on the globe. 


The friends of forest preservation take the position that 
this question of destroying or preserving the timber upon 
the headwaters of this river is of such widespread national 
importance that its fate should not be left in the hands of 
a few legislators from Minnesota. 


The proposition is too broad and national in its scope 
to be controlled or influenced by any seli-seeking methods, 

The writer had the pleasure of addressing the forestry 
branch of the Society tor the Adyancement of Science on 
Tuesday last at Columbia University on this subject, He 
received the greatest attention and was assured of the 
hearty support from the far-thinking, broad-minded men 
present, 

The question of reserving this tract will come up again 
in December next in Washington, and ] trust the publi- 
cation of this article may arouse some imen of national 
public spirit to help toward the right end when the time 
comes. It is a question of whether the personal gain 
of a handful of already wealthy lumbermen should be 


head of a gorge, where we found an ideal trout pool. 
While we were getting our rods together, we were ac- 
costed by a woodchopper, who volunteered the remark 
that if we wanted trout fishing we had better go about 
four miles further up stream, as this pool was only a 
“sucker hole,” and that he had never seen a trout taken 
out of it. Disregarding his advice, we commenced fish- 
ing, and casting my spoon to the further end of the pool, I 
immediately had a rise, a strike, and hooked a beauty, hav- 
ing to handle it very carefully to avoid the many sunken 
logs, tree branches, brush, etc, which I may add are 
very- plentifu’ in some of our mountain streams in Cali- 
fornia, and I eventually landed a 1-pound trout. Withir 
the next few casts I hooked and landed his mate, anothe; 
t-pounder, and during the balance of the day the spor 
was grand, creeling twenty-three fish, the smallest meas- 
uring 10 inches, and including three 1-pound trout. 

My friend in the meantime had wandered off and made 
some very fine sketches, and on his return he used his 
camera to good account and procured some very good 
positions, after which we returned to our hotel with an 
excellent appetite and much delighted with our afternoon’s 
outing. 

The following morning we were out bright and early 
and wended our way to the San Lorenzo River in the hope 
of procuring a good day's sport, but were disappointed : 
the chocolate color of the stream had somewhat cleared 
hut not sufficient for fishing. We therefore retraced our 
steps and returned to the upper waters of this stream 
We again met our woodchopper friend, but this time he 
was fishing in the pool he had so recently condemned as 
a “sucker hole.” He had not, however, been sticcessfil 
and intimated his intention of going up stream, and invited 
us to go along. Having made up our minds to fish 
down through the gorge, we parted, after supplying him 
with a few flies and a spoon, which greatly took his fancy 
After considerable difficulty we entered the stream at the 
head of this forge and went through. We were well 
rewarded, crecling thirty fine trout, but got thoroughly 


FISHING ON THE SAN 


LORENZO, 


standing pine, exclusive of some hardwoods and jack 
pine, making altogether a great watershed and filter bed 
for the Mississippi River. 

Some prominent citizens of the Northwest are doing 

their utmost to have this land reserved as a national forest 
park by the Government, instead of having it sold to the 
lumbermen. 
_ Upon this tract are tribes of Chippewa Indians number- 
ing in all 1,500 souls. It is proposed that the Indians be 
left where they are instead of being driyen away to a 
foreign reservation. 

The intelligent, thinking person must realize the effect 
upon the flow and quantity of water in a river with its 
timber-covered headwaters denuded. A flood in the 
early spring and midsummer and low water for the rest 
of the year is the history of every stream after its head- 
waters have suffered at the hands of the lumbermen. 

The mean depth of the Mississippi would undoubtedly 
be greatly lowered were the timber to be cut from this 
great watershed. This being so, to keep the river 
navigable its entire length from St. Patil to the Gulf would 
require the expenditure of many millions annually. In- 
stead of a request for eight or ten millions a hundred 
millions would be asked for, To do that which would 
lower this great river 2 or 3 feet wotild prove a catastrophe 
to the whole Mississippi River Valley with its more than 
30.000,.G00 inhabitants. 

For two years the most strenuous efforts have been 
made by the Federation of Women’s Clubs of the State 
of Minnesota and a number of public spirited citizens to 
Prevent the Inmbermen of the State, already rolline in 
wealth through purchases of timber lands fram the Goy- 
ernment and State. from acquiring this land. These same 
limbermen, oblivious to every other consideration Baas 
that of present personal profit, have so far been influential 
cnepeh pe) some of Minnesota’s Representatives in 

ashineton to prevent any acti ‘onorass SS 
this land for the people. — ap By See sess He oS 


In other words, a handful of Minnesota lnimbermen, 


considered when the outcome means sq many millions of 
loss to the nation at large. ad 


Long Island Fishing. 


Queenswater, L. I, July 14,-Fishing has perhaps 
never been better than during the past week. It was esti- 
mated that 2,500 pounds of fish was taken to the ¢ity orf 
Sunday. It was all caught by hook and line. The new 
fishing holes have proven to be bonanzas for fishernieti, 
One party caught a barrel of fish—mostly sea bass—in a 
little over an hour. Weakfish are biting fairly well. One 
party caught fourteen yesterday. Bluefish have not ar- 
tiyed yet in sufficient numbers to make trolling for them 
interesting, 


Massapequa, L. I., July 14.—A party of fisherman who 
went out from the Massapequa Hotel either made what 
might be called a clerical error, or else their scales need 
an examination. They reported a catch of eight bluefish 
weighing 83 pounds. They probably meant to say eighteen 
fish. This is the first reported catch of bluefish this sea- 
son, Ten-pound bliies are sometimes caught late in the 
season, but now they are scarcer than hens’ teeth. The 
main pomt to the report, however, is the fact that bluc- 
fish haye arrived. 


‘A Tuna in New York, 
Mr. E, Vom Hore, of 95 Fulton street, New York city, 


“has on exhibition in his store a too-pound tina, caught 


by Mr, T. S. Manning in Avalon Bay, Cal.. on June 1. 
Mr, Manning was fishing with light tackle for white sea 
bass when he hooked the tuna, which, though not a large 
one. made a tremendous fight on the light rod, and was 
‘anded only after _a seven hours’ battle. Mr. Manning 
‘helds the record for landing the largest hlack sea bass, 
having captured one weighing 37¢ pounds, = 2 


- 


Jury 21, 1900.] | 


‘Chicago"=Fly-Casting ‘Tournament. 


Cuteaco, July 10—Editor Forest and Stream: The 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club announces its third open tourna- 
ment to be held on its grounds on North Lagoon in Gar- 
field Park, Aug. 17 attd 18. An utitisual ititerest was 
taken by anglers and others in the tournaments Held in 
the past, and the club looks for an incréased intetest in 
the coming event. 

Five championship diamond medals valued at $50 each 
will be awarded as first prizes in each event. Additional 
merchandise prizes valued at several hundred dollars will 
be awarded as second, third, fourth and fifth prizes in each 
event. The competitions will be as follows: 


First Day, Aug. 17. 


First Evyent.—Fixed distatice and accuracy fly-castinig at rifigs 
30 inches in diameter 50, 55 and 60 feet. Rods tiot to exceed 81% 
ounces. Five casts at_each ring. If fly falls inside of fing it 
shall be stored perfect. For each foot or fraction of.a foot from fitig 
a demierit of one shall be scored. Fly striking ring will be scored 
outside, One minute allowed to extend line. ° 

Second Event.—Bait casting for distance and accuracy combined: 
Castiiig of law {i court 80 feet wide, Five casts with 1% ounce 
rubber frog furtlished By clih: Scote is made froii spot where 
frog rests, If frog first strikes outside of cotirt, cist is lost. If it 
first strikes inside court and bounds out, cast is cotinted: Petfect 
cast is within foot of tape line, 
fraction a demerit of orie shall be Scored from distance cast: 

Third Event.—Dry fly casting for acciracy and delicacy com- 
bined: at rings 30 inches in diameter 35, 40 and 45 feet, Rod not to 
exceed 544 ounces. Fiye casts to each ring; 30 seconds allowed to 
extend line; thereafter each time fly strikes it will be scored. Not 
to exceed five dry fly casts allowed between casts. 


Second Day, Aug, 18, 


Fourth Event.—Long distatice Ay-casting: No limit to rod or ~ 


line. ‘Ten minutes allowed to extend fly to greatest possible 
distatice. Si ; 
_Fifth Event.—Aceuracy bait-casting: At buoys 60, 70, 80, 90 andl 
100. feet. Three casts at each buoy with 44:ounce rubber frog: 
Perfect cast is within 
fraction frog drops trom buoy a deimerit of one shall be scored. 

Sixth Event.—Team contest: A special teata of two or more 
members of Chicage Ely-Casting Club will meet an equal number 
from any club or clubs ina special contest consisting of long 
distance fly, accuracy and delicacy fly, and accuracy bait, pro: 
viding entries for same are, made before first, event is called. No 
entrance fee required. Jitdiyidwal prizes will be awarded to the 
team scoring highest grand average, 


Rules Governing the Contest: 


Rule 1,—All persons competing for prizes shall Pay aii entrance 
fee as follows: One event, $3; two cyents, $5;. three events, $7; 
all events, $10. Entries to each event close 30 minutes before con- 
test commences. 

Rule 2.—The captain shall be the executive officer of the day, 
and the secretary-treasurer shall +eceive all entrance fees and 
issue cards to contestants designating their number in the order 
of competition, The timekeeper shall start and close all events, 
He shall signal the judges with a flag and call time to the contest 
ants, 

Rule 3.-—Each contest shall be governed by two judges and a 
referee. In case of disagreement: the teferee shall decide. 

Rule 4.—All casting shall be done single-handed only. 

Rule 5.—Competitors may consult their own wishes in choice in 
veel and line, but lines must not be knotted or weighted, and 
bait-casting reels must be ftee running. 

Rule 6.—The leader shall be of single gut, and shall not be less 
than 6 nor more than 9 feet in length. One fy only shall be 
used, of a size not smaller than No, 12 or larger than No. 6. 
Hooks shall be broken off at the head, 


_Complete official programme, giving detailed informa- 
tion and entry blanks, mailed on application to Geo. A. 


Murrell, Sec'y-Treas., Room 2, 161 La Salle street, Chi- 
cago, Ill. 


How Fishing Gut is Made. 


Mr. Nevinrte Roure, the British Consul at Naples, in a 
recent report to the Foreign Office, says: ‘‘Some of the 
inhabitants of the Island of Procida manufacture very fine 
gut from sillkworms, They call the product fli di seta, 
or ‘silk threads,’ their special properties consisting in their 
strength and flexibility. They are made from the stomachs 
of silkworms just before they begin to spin their silk and 
form their cocoons. The following is the process of 
manufacture; The wornris selected when fully matured— 
that is to say, at the moment when his nourishment 
ceases and just before his metamorphosis. He is then cut 
open, great care being taken not to injure the membrane 
of the stomach, This is then removed, The stomachs 
are then put into a’ pickle, which is the keynote of the 
whole process, and the secret of which is caretully kept. 
When the pickling process is over, the work people, who 
are mostly women, take one end of the stomach in their 
teeth and draw the other end with their hands. This 
part of the work requires great dexterity, for the threads 
are drawn out and the whole value of the product depends 
upon its length in relation to its thickness, and the strain 
it will carry. There are two seasons for the production— 
namely, in spring, when the best gut is produced, and ta 
autumn, when the quality is inferior, There is an im- 
portant market for this specialty, and the whole produc- 
tion is exported to Northern Italy and abroad. The cost 
of production is also considerable, as the worms must be 
bought just at the moment when they are coming into 
proft for making silk—that is to say, when they are at 
their dearest. 
appointing, many worms being found on dissection not to 
be suitable, and have to be discarded. The various opera- 
tions require a good many hands, and though labor is 
cheap, it runs away with a good deal of money, as skilled 
hands are alone satisfactory. ~The gut-is used for fishing 
tackle, brushes, and any purpose where fineness and 
tenacity are jointly requisite.” 


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Pennsylvania Fishing. 


SAYRE, Pa.—Fishing on the Chemting and Susquehanna 
‘vivers at this point yields the angler black bass. rock and 
yellow bass..a few perch, carp and eels. The bass 
average small in size, but furnish a smart dash of sport 
with fly-rod. At Harvey’s Lake, below Towanda, some 
of the best fishing hereabouts is obtainable, Black bass 
and lake trout are reported plentiful, the trout being 
especially brave fighters. M. Curt. 


Barnegat Fishing. | 


Barnecat, N. J., July 15.—Lots of wealcfish all over 
the bay and many kingfish are biting: also a few bass 
around the inlet. Average fifty to the man. HERB. 


Bass in the Delaware. 
BLAck bass fishing is good now in the Delaware from 
Port Jervis to Narrowsburg, and excellent sport has re- 
warded anglers, f ' 


For each additional foot 6¢ ~ 


foot 6f buoy. For each additional foot or , 


Again, the results are frequently dis-. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Che Zennel. 


Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIALS. 

Aug. 21—Emmetsburg, Ia.—Third annual field trials of_the 
Towa Field Trials Association, M, Bruce, Sec’y, Des Moines, Ia, 
Aug, 28.—Sioux Falls, S. D.—Inaugural field trials of the South 
age pele Trials Association, Olay Haugtro, Sec’y, Sioux 
Falls, S. D, 

Sent. 3-4—DLa Salle, Manitoba, Can.—Western Canada Kennel 
Club’s annual field trials, A. Lake, Sec’y, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 


an. . . 

Sept. 6-7.—Brandon, Manitoba, Can,—Third annual field trials of 
the Brandon Kennel Club. Dr. H, J, Elliott, Sec’y. , 

Sept, 11. ,, Manitoba, Can.—lourteenth annual field trials of 
the Manitoba Field Trials Club. Eric Hamber, Sec’y, Winnipeg, 
Manitoba, Can, F 

Oct 20.—Senecayille, O.—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Bescon Onis sixth annual field trials. A. C. Peterson, 

*y, H stead, Pa. r ; ‘ 
See ae, 1.-Hampton, Conn,—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
trials. J. E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 

Noy. 7-8.—Lake Wiew, Mich.—Third annual field trials of the 
Michigan Field Trials Association, E, Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 

ich. 
ate 12.—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
dependent Field Trials Club. P, T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 
ine ov. 13.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
terfiational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec y; 

Noy. 16.—Newton, N. C.—Eastern Field Trials Club’s twenty- 
second annual field trials—-Members’ Stake. Noy. 19, Derby. 
Simon ©. Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn, . 

No. 20.——, .—Illinois Field Trials Association’s second 
annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, : 

Nov. 20.—Ruthven, Ontario, Can.—Second annual, field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec’y, 

i , Ontario, Can. : 

Me aie 2 = Pa Central Beagle Club’s annual field trials. A. 

: Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. , 

Sa er ene TR edi iCky. Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson, Sec’y, Lowisville, Ky. ; : 

Nov. 27—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Triais Asscciation. L. S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. . 

Nov. 30.—Newton, N. C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 


1 field trigls—Members’ Stake. Dec. 3, Derby, Theo. 
Snebes: Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 


Some More Dog Lore. 


SPEAKING about dogs, in reading the letters of the poet 
Cowper the other day I found under date of June 27, 
1788, in a letter to Lady Hesketh, the following incident, 
which well illustrates the intelligence, affection and good 
will of the dog: ? 

“I must tell you,” he writes, “a feat of my dog Beau. 
Walking by the river side, I observed some water lilies 
floating at a little distance from the bank. They are a 
large white flower, with an orange-colored eye, very 
beautiful. I had a desire to gather one, and, having your 
long cane in my hand, by the help of it endeayored to 
bring one of them within my reach. But the attempt 
proved vain, and I walked forward. Beau had all the 
while observed me very attentively, Returning soon after 
toward the same place, I observed him plunge into the 
river, while [ was about 40 yards distant from him, and 
when I had nearly reached the spot he swam to land with 
a lily in his mouth; which he came and laid at my foot.” 

There have been many fine anecdotes related of the 
dog; but I doubt if any has been told that more striking- 
ly suggests certain of the nobler qualities of the human 
tnind than this. The incident furnished the poet with a 
theme for his mtiseé, and he has embalmed it in verse. The 
closing stanzas of the lines are these: 


“Charmed with the sight, the world, I cried, 
Shall hear of this thy deed; 
My dog shall mortiiy the pride 
Of man’s superior breed. 
“But chief myself I will enjoin, # 
Awake at duty’s call, ae 
Yo show a love as prompt as thine 
To Him who gives me all.” 


This sane dog, his “beautiful little spaniel,” as he terms 
him, was the subject of another poem by Cowper, in 
which the dog is addressed reprovingly for having killed a 
young bird; and the dog is supposed to reply at length, 
justifying his conduct, and at the close asks very perti- 
nently: 

“Tf killing birds be such a crime— 
Which I can hardly see— 

What. think you, sir, of killing time 
With verse addressed to me?” 


In one of his’ later letters Cowper acknowledges the 
receipt of his picture by Hayley, and in commending its 
likeness to the original, he says: “Beau walked up to it, 
wagging his tail as he went, and evidently showing that 
he acknowledged its likeness to his master.’ Now this is 
interesting testimony to the intelligence of the dog. We 
do not know what observations a dog may be making upon 
his surroundings or what enjoyment he may perceive in 
regarding a landscape. I recall an incident somewhat in 
line with that related by Cowper. My father had painted 
a picture almost life-size on a canvas, representing a man 
extended upon the ground, and upon his prostrate form a 
tiger about to tear him to pieces, The picture was made 
to be placed on the stern of a canal boat, as the boatmen 
sometimes had their craft thus decorated. The subject of 
the picture, [ remember, was ‘‘Pedro Valdai.’ Now who 
Pedro Valdai was, or what was the story connected with 
the picture, I never knew. But when my father brought 
the picture home, the old dog, Pomp, became so enraged 
and made such demonstrations toward tackling the beast, 
that it was necessary to place it on the bureau out of his 
reach, He had sense enough to recognize the tiger as a 
dangerous enemy, but he had not sense enough to know 
that it was only a picture. T. J. CHAPMAN. 


Dog Meat as Food in Germany. 


CONSUL-GENERAL GUENTHER writes from Frankfort to 
the State Department: 

“On account of the high price of other meat, not only 
horse meat but also dog meat is used by people as an 
article of foad in Germany. The new meat imspection 
bill (called here “a law to raise the price of meat”) does 
not adequately protect the consumer against bad meat, 
but excludes many first-class products from the country. 
According to the statistical year book of German Cities, it 
appears that the consumption of horse meat is on the in- 
crease, and in Breslau, Chemnitz, Dresden, Leipzig, 
Zwickatt and other places dogs are slaughtered for food,” 


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The “Mad Dog” Folly. 


From the Springheld (Mass.) Republican, 


Ler us ask, right here and now, for some decent) re» 
spect and consideration for the dog—some little exhibition 
of uncommon sense and human sympathy for the animal: 
that comes nearest to man in character and in reasoning, 
power, The customary mad dog scare is on its yearly 
rounds, and the tale of its victims is mounting day by 
day in the cities and the villages. Hydrophobia is one of 
the rarest diseases, and in nine cases out of ten it is 
imaginary. Take the case which occurred in this city 
Sunday, A spaniel was slaughtered by a policeman, 
aided and abetted by a crowd of people. What wats the 
story? On a hot summer day the puppy disported himself 
in the Calhoun Park pond for the amusement of tlie 
children. After a while he wearied of the sport andl 
wanted to be Jeft alone. He got mad, just as a boy 
would have done if he had been submitted to the same: 
sport after he was tired of it. He made for the children,, 
as the boy would have done. He was pushed back into) 
the water. Finally, the erowd chased him into a field,, 
where his “leading chain’’—the poor dog had to drag that: 
“leading chain” in all his pretty exercise—caught on a: 
stump. When the policeman came in view the dog was. 
yelping and jumping, “making frantic efforts to free it 
self.” Why not? What would a boy do—nay, what: 
would a man do—pursued by a rout of fools and unable to: 
get away? The officer, with a brilliant stroke of wisdom, 
put a basin of water before the dog. He was “madder’ 
than ever.” Again, why not? Before the officer could’ 
shoot him, he bit that basin so that his sharp young 
teeth went through its thin sides. But he was shot. Poor 
little spaniel! harried and killed because he got tired of 
exertion for the amusement of children on a hot day! 

There was not the least sign of hydrophobia about this 
dog, as the account shows. He was sacrificed to the 
ignorance and the fear of his supposed superiors of the 
human race. How was it that not a single man or woman 
in the crowd that persecuted him made any effort to pre- 
vert this cruelty? There ought to be some lessons’ os tie 
dog given to the children in our public schools, so that 
they shall know the difference between a dog whose 


_temper has been enraged by maltreatment or by mere: 


thoughtlessness—as was probably the case in this instance: 
—and a dog that has hydrophobia. That rare and sullen 
disease does not manifest itself in any such fasion. Andl 
assuredly the police, who are called on for every un— 
pleasant duty, ought to be instructed in the characterizing: 
symptoms of the disease. A wearied, worried and angry’ 
dog should be met by a friend in a friendly way, and no: 
difficulty would be found by such a friend in quieting 
and rescuing him, Humanity is what we lack in dealing 
with this younger brother of man—one more race, as: 
Robert Louis Stevenson said, developing toward im-- 
mortality. 

Another such case occurred in New York city Sunday.. 
A little black and white mongrel wandered about the: 
streets in the East Side, looking for a cool place for a. 
Sunday nap. He lay down in a doorway; the children: 
saw him panting, cried “Mad dog!” and stones, sticks, 
tin cans were pelted at the poor creature by a screaming’ 
mob. A young man caught him and put a rope around 
his neck. The dog stood still, feeling that he had found 
a friend. He followed his friend to a police station. 
There he was tied to a hydrant, and he began to howl. 
Consequently a policeman shot him, as a “mad dog.” It 
is a wonder that a cat was not treated likewise that bit her 
little mistress’ thumb to the bone Saturday while she was 
being conveyed across the ferry from Camden to Phila 
delphia, where she did not want to go. “Look out for the 
cat! it’s got hydrophobia!” yelled a cheerful idiot. But 
the cat can hide when the dog can’t, and that cat hid, and 
when her little mistress reached home, the cat was curled 
up on the lounge in entire happiness, and without the 
least suspicion that her ebullition of temper would be 
counted against her. Let us become better acquainted 
with these humble friends of ours, who owe their exist- 
ence to us, who depend upon us for their sustenance, and 
who, in the immense majority of cases, repay the hoom by 
service of one kind or another—if only in their fellowship 
as creatures of God, placed in our charge. 


‘Charles Heath. 


Charles Heath, of Newark, one of the best and best 
known sportsmen in America, died on July 6, after a long: 
illness. He was eminent in the canine world as the owner: 
of the finest pointers, his kennel being particularly suc— 
cessful in bench show competition. He also was a prac-- 
tical sportsman, and passed many weeks of the open 
season in Virginia shooting birds over his pointers, ini 
which branch of sport he was eminently skillful and suc- 
cessful. His sterling, gentlemanly qualities made friends. 
of all with whom he became acquainted. In disposition he: 
was frank, amiable, companionable and friendly. He was; 
a gentleman and sportsman in the true sense of the term. 
There is no one who ever met him but will feel a pang of: 
grief at his passing away. 


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July t1.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: I received a telegram yesterday stating that my 
old friend, Charlie Heath, had passed away the even- 
ing of July 6 at Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington. 
N. C., where. he had been located for the past five months 
endeavoring to recover his lost health, Every one who 
ever owned a sporting dog knew Mr. Heath, and none 
knew him but to like him.. He was one of the noblest 
characters I ever knew—a man who didn’t know how to 
do wrong, generous to a fault and the best friend a man 
ever had. He had a wonderful eye for a pointer, was a 
fine field shot, a good shot with the rifle, and was alto- 
gether a thorough sportsman. I have known him in- 
timately for eighteen years, and when I say he was one 
of the best men I ever knew, I am but voicing the senti- 
ment of his many friends. I received a letter from him 
on Friday last, dated July 5, and to show that he did not 
know death was so near, I will quote from it, for I know 
it will interest all the pointer men: 

“You know the light weight pointer bitch Fay Temple- 
ton, which was sold for $400 after winning first at New 
York, I have one that can beat her—I think I have two. 
I have a very good heayy weight bitch that can make any 
af them look to their laurels. My best heavy weight dog, 
unfortunately, has half of his tail cut off; he is a great 


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dog, however. My young dog, about 54 pounds, should 
he maintain his present form, can beat anything Ihave 
seen in years. I think his head the best I have ever seen. 
I wish I were in a position to send my string of pointers 
to all the shows and field trials. My nurse says it 1s time 
to go out on the porch, and that means it is time to stop. 
Peace to dear old Charlie’s ashes. There will never 
live a better man. J. H. Wisstow. 


Points and Flushes. 


Volume III. of the Canadian Kennel Stud Book con- 
tains registrations and winnings for the Stud Book year 
ending Aug. 31, 1899. It includes registrations from 4666 
to 5064. Pe 


Machting. 


Yachting Fixtures, 1900, 


i i i favor 
cretaries and members of race. committees will confer a 
een notice of errors or: omissions in the following Jist and 
also of changes which may be made in the future. 


JULY. 


ter, evening race, Gloucester Mass. 
2 ene ‘ae World ci 17ft. special class, Toronto, Toronto 
B 


ay. 
21. Hull-Massachusetts, club, nal aoe Harbor. 

. Canarsie, open, Canarsie, Jamaica bay. 
aL Reeser | orinthian, annual, Stamford Long Island Sound. 
21. Mosquito Fleet, club handicap, City. Point, Boston Harbor. 
91. Norwalk, club, Norwalk, Lon Island Sound. 
91, Penataquit Cor., special, Bay hore, Great South Bay. 
91, Jamaica Bay, open, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay, 
91. Kingston, club, Kingston, Lake Ontario. rf : 
21. Winthrop, swimming and rowing races, Winthrop, Boston Har- 


bor. 
21, American, club, Newburyport, Mass. 
91. South Boston, handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
21. Columbia, championship, Boston Boston Harbor. 
91. Duxbury, 18ft. class, DURDEN, ass. 
71, Ouannapowitt, commodore’s cup. 
21. eathates Cor., Center Island cup, Oyster Bay, L, I. Sound. 
91-23-94. Royal St. Lawrence, Seawanhaka cup trials, Pointe Claire, 
Lake St. Louis. 

21-28. Larchmont, race week, Larchmont Long Island Sound. 
99. California, return from Sacramento River. 
59. Haverhill, race and chowder, Haverhill, Mass. 
93, Manchester, championship, Manchester, Mass. 
95. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
‘96. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
97. Manchester, Crownhurst, cup, Manchester, Massachusetts Bay. 
58. Royal St. Lawrence, 22 and 17ft. classes, Dorval, Lake St. Louis. 
98, Jubilee, open, Beverly, Massachusetts Bay. 

Sei acratiamette club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
28. Queen City, skiff classes, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
98. Haverhill, second championship, Haverhill, Mass. 
98 Penataquit Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
98 Jamaica Bay, dory class, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 

; Vinten. handicap, Winthrop, Bosten Harbor. 
98, Beverly, Van Rensselaer cup, Buzzards Bay. 
98 Corinthian, championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
28. Savin Hill, nandicae, Savin HIll, Boston Harbor. 
98. Quannapowitt, club. 

ase ote Cor., Leland cup, Oyster Bay, L. I, Sound. 

. Manchester, championship, Manchester, Mass. 
98-Aug. 4. Corinthian, Philadelphia, annual cruise, L. I. Sound. 


MayrLower, steam yacht, U. §. N., arrived at New 
York on July 7 from Porto Rico with Goy.-Gen. C. T. 
Allen on board. The yacht made the trip from Porto 
Rico in six days, five hours. She will receive some 
alterations tending to make her more comfortable before 
she returns to Porto Rico. 


Tue decision of the Regatta Committee of the New 
York Y. C. in the case of Mineola and Rainbow, as 
printed in another column, offers mtich food for thought 
to all interested in yacht racing and racing rules. In our 
opinion the decision is a bad one 1n every way, and if 
allowed to stand unquestioned it must work serious harm 
to the sport. , ; 

The decision of such a case as this should accomplish 
two ends—in the first place, it should do justice to one of 
the two opposing parties, and in the second it should 
strengthen and improve the racing rules either by estab- 
lishing mew precedents to fortity a good rule or by 
demonstrating existing faults in the rule which may be 
speedily remedied. Incidentally, a prompt, fair and vigor- 
ous decision by a regatta committee compels the attention 
and respect of all who are inclined to treat the rules care- 
lessly. 

The facts of the case, as established by the evidence, 
seem plain enough. Two yachts were approaching a line 
a few seconds before the gun, both on the wind, and one 
on starboard, the other on port, tack. The yacht on 
port tack, by her maneuvers, made it absolutely necessary 
for the yacht on starboard tack to tack in order to avoid 
what would have been a disastrous foul. In tacking the 
yacht was forced to the wrong side of the committee 
boat and lost nearly a minute in returning and recrossing 
the line, her opponent going away promptly on the gun 
and winning the race. 

According to the accepted usage of yacht racing and the 
common understanding of this among yachtsmen, with 
whom ‘port tack gives way’ is an axiom, the yacht on 
the port tack fouled the yacht on the starboard tack and 
was thus disqualified, while under a rule common to all 
yacht clubs (Rule XVIL., Sec. 4, of the New York Y, C.) 
the regatta committee is compelled to disqualify a yacht 
which violates the rules without a protest being filed. 

If the Regatta Committee after seeing what occurred 
within a few yards of the committee boat on a clear day 
had instantly disqualified Mineola, the decision would 
probably have been accepted by the majority of yachts- 
men as eminently just and proper. Instead of doing this, 
the committee, after several weeks of deliberation, has 
taken refuge under a technical point and avoided making 
stich a fair and open decision as would give the prize to 
its proper owner and at least warn the offending parties 
against similar actions in the future. 

The committee has discovered that the word “‘close- 
hauled,” as used in the rule, is of vague and loose mean- 
ing, Opinions differing as to just how many points from 
the wind a vessel may sail and yet be “close-hauled.” 
Without attempting to place a limit, the committee has 
decided that Rainbow was on. the wind, but not close- 
hauled, and that Mineola was in the wrong. If this latter 
conclusion is correct. then why is the prize giyen to 


Mineola which justly belongs to Rainbow, whether or no, 


her owner filed a protest? The committee practically 
inderses the recognized usage of yacht racine here and 
abroad, and the common pliraseology by which “close- 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


hauled” and “on the wind” are considered as synonymous 
in the application of this particular rule, and further 
points out that this yiew 1s strengthened by Admiralty 
decisions, and yet it refuses to follow a coutse that 1s 
plainly in accordance with justice and good sport, of 
disqualifying the yacht which broke the rule and giving 
the prize to the one which was injured not only nominally 
but materially. é ; ; 
It is pretty safe to say that if this technical pot 
had not been raised by the committee itself it would have 
been raised by no one else; and as a matter of propriety 
it would seem as though the committee would have been 
more than justified in deciding the case according to 
accepted usage, that port tack gives way, leaying it 
to Mineola to raise the technical issue as to the exact 


meaning of “close-hauled.” We have no wish to be un- © 


just to the committee, but its report looks very much 
like a brief for the defense. 

The statement in the report that there was no protest 
is superfluous and irrelevant; there was no necessity 
whatever for a protest, as the whole matter was visible to 
the committee, and generally commented on in the press 
reports, the initiative clearly resting with the committee 
to decide the case without a formal protest or even a 
private request. 

Tf the matter is allowed to stand as it now does on the 
basis of the committee’s report, the rule as to port and 
starboard tack. the most important one in the book, is a 
dead letter. Instead of being presumably in the right 
from the start by virtue of being on the starboard tack, a 
yacht in the position of Rainbow will in the future be 
under the onus of proving two things—first, that “close- 
hauled” means a certain course of not more than three, 
three and a half, four, or more points from the wind; and 
second, that as a matter of fact, she was sailing, for in- 
stance, four points instead of four and a half points from 
the wind. 

If the Regatta Committee is honest in its belief that the 
present wording of the rule—so far as we know never 
before questioned, and backed by innumerable precedents 
—is open to question, its “plain duty is to present an 
amendment at the meeting of Thtirsday next, so that it 
may be made a law at a second special meeting prior to 
the cruise. 

The practical effect of the decision is to embolden every 
sea jockey who i8 inclined to force the letter of the rule 
and to disregard the spirit, 


A VERY interesting case came up in a recent regatta in 
which a certain yacht, A, fouled another, B, at a mark, 
being subsequently disqualified by the regatta committee 
on the protest of B. As it happened, A continued in 
the race after the foul and finished a few minutes before 
the time limit, while B finished a few minutes after the 
time limit. The regatta committee, in deciding the pro- 
test, disqualified A and gave the prize to B, 

The reason for such action is not apparent. So far as 
A is concerned, her legal connection with the race ceased 
when she fouled B; after that she was legally out of the 
race, and she was not disqualified to make a race for the 
class by finishing within the time limit. So far as B is 
concerned, she, the first boat to finish, failed to do so until 
after the time limit, consequently there was no race in 
the class and no prize should haye been awarded. 


SucH decisions as these two—and they are by no means 
solitary—are bad enough at best, even when their direct 
effects are local and merely limited to giving a prize to a 
yacht which has not won it or depriving a winner of the 
just reward of her victory, They foster a feeling of 
distrust in the judgment of committees and of disregard 
for the rules as something to be juggled with by any 
shrewd worker. This is bad enough of itself, but the 
evils due to unchecked evasion, lax construction and weak 
enforcement of the rules are likely to produce serious 
results when the great international races are in question. 
What might pass with a little hostile comment in a club 
becomes of serious importance when publicly heralded to 
the yachting world in an international contest. The pros- 
perity and good name of yacht racing depend upon the 
maintenance of the highest possible standard of fairness 
and technical-accuracy in the racing rules, and there is no 
club in the country so small and unimportant that the 
actions of its race committee, bad or good, have not some 
effect on the sport at large. 


_ Tur French yachting journal, Le Yacht, announces that 
it will institute a series of designing competitions in order 
to promote a thorough study of the new system of meéas- 
urement which will go into effect on Jan. 1, 1901. Suitable 
prizes will be given in each series, the first being for small 
yachts of 2% to 5 tons, the exact class and conditions to 
De announced later, and the designs being submitted by 
Noy. 1, 1900. The plan is an admirable one, and Le Yacht 
has our best wishes for its success. 


Tue proposed amendment to the racing rules which will 
be acted on by the New York Y. C. this week, by which 
the barring of a yacht for the balance of the season is 
made optional and not compulsory, may be good in itself 
but it would be very interesting to know why this amend_- 
ment is brought forward at this particular time and 
yet much more important ones are passed unnoticed. 


Tue following has been cabled to certain American 
papers; we are under the impression that Lord Dunraven 
is now in Africa; certainly he is taking no part in the 
British racing, and he owns no tracing yacht. The dis- 
patch has the appearance of a lie out of the whole cloth: 

Paris, July 14—C. Oliyer Iselin has declined to have 
anything to do with the international regattas at Havre 
next month if Lord Dunraven is allowed to enter, The 
reason given is that Dtunrayen cannot be considered a 
gentlemanly sportsman after his caddish assertions against 
American yachtsmen. 


Hester, cutter, Rear-Com. C, F, L. Robinson, New 
York Y. C., arrived at Halifax on the afternoon of July 
[4 aiter a voyage of forty-eight days from the Clyde. 
She was in charge of Capt. Fairweather, who reports an 
exceptionally hard and stormy passage with heavy gales 
and mostly unfavorable winds. The yacht had a sufficient 
store of provisions, but ran out of coal on June 28, part 


[Juty 21, 1900. 


of her supply having been swept overboard, being in 
bags on deck. She was supplied by the steamer Luman on 
July 1. Hester will ship her racing spars at Halifax, 
where they were sent by steamer, and will sail at once 
for Newport. The yacht is uninjured in spite of the 
heavy weather. When off Egg Island, just outside 
Halifax, she fell in with Gloria, cutter, recently purchased 
by Mr. H. C. McLeod, of Toronto, and the two came 
into port together. Gloria left Southampton in charge of 
Capt. W. L. Ross on June 6, making the passage in thirty- 
nine days. She met some bad weather, but fared much 
better than Hester. She will proceed up the St. Law- 
rence to Toronto. 


Atlantic Y. C. Cruise. 


LONG ISLAND SOUND. ¥ 


July 7-12. 

THe annual cruise of the Atlantic Y. C. began with a 
rendezyous at Riverside, Conn., on the afternoon and 
evening of July 7, the following yachts being present: 
Waterwitch, Com. David Banks; Uvira, Vice-Com. R. H. 
Doremus; Swannanoa, Rear-Com, Stephen Loines; Awa, 
T. L. Arnold; Wayfarer, Richard Mansfield; Ramona, 
Gen. B. M. Whitlock; Katrina, J. B. Ford; Glendoveer, 
Malcolm Graham; Mariquita, H. B. Shaen; Penguin, 
George Brightson; Ondawa, P. J. Roberts; Eidolon, James 
Weir, Jr.; Kismet, J. Rogers Maxwell; Scionda, A. W. 
Booth; Bonita, J. G. Meehan; Narika, F. T. Cornell; 
Astrilda, A. G. and H, W. Hanan; Nirvana, George G. 
Tyson; Regina, W. A. Hamilton; Eclipse, L. J. Callanan. 
The squadron lay at anchor over Sunday, divine service 
being held on board the flagship, and on Monday morn- 
ing at I©:30 a start was made for Morris Cove (New 
Haven), thirty-four miles, nautical. The day was clear 
and warm, with a fresh S.W. wind, and an easy and 
pleasant sail brought the fleet in early, the times being: 


Schooners. Ss 
1 Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
DRE UE esc SCC IOSOCIOL H SICIOOMCIORO: 3 apis? Ay 4 43°34 He AEE =e. 
SAT ARELGD 2). 010 2)eleosajajeja)elstare}s\eicbel-}=lasny « 3 44 52 419 52 
Bb reac euit Fic Hie ereem nese rectarp era frei ae 3 40 32 4 28 32 
VOESTA. Ke omer. pupal ee ee 3 45 18 4 27 18 ae 
. Cutters—70ft. Class. 
AStrilde 253 toanssepheterteee ee veeevenee 10 4 22 10 4 22 10 
’ Cutters—60ft. Class. 
Helipse., wyeeeive re eeec eee ee ee 4 25 11 5 00 11 00 11 
Daphrie-f seer eeepc een 4 30 29 5 06 29 04 08 


Cutters—5iit. Class. 
a7 


bo 
cS 
= 
OTe OV ovo 


05 4 40 37 40 37 
4 07 47 44 42 25 
4 29 54 5 04 54 04 20 
4 24 12 4 59 12 5T 62 
4 43 30 5 18 40 13 48 
= Cutters, 43ft. Class, 
IDG Adc bygngacansnsacoornyenune: 413 45 4 48 45 4 48 45 
Vinita bbtetitetined that tas tea es 4°31 11 § 06 11 5 06 11. 
Boritita eee, re ae 4 23 10 4 58 10 4°58 lu 
aS Sloops—séit. Class. 
On tiye aint Meeeredanian eee 4 40 19 5.15 19 5 15 19 


Pye Pheer has eee eee eees. 4 38 10 5 13 10 

Owing to an error in starting on the port of Water- 
witch and Vesta, no corrected times were figured in their 
class. The 60, 51 and 43ft. classes together, barring the. 
Fite cutter Uvyira, which was considered too fast for the 
others, sailed a race on cumulative time, for the three 
days’ run to New London, for the Loines cup. The 
Watson cutter Astrild was second in elapsed time to the 
Schooner Atlantic, of nearly 30ft. more length. The 
yachtsmen were entertained in the evening by the Pequot 
Association, , 

Tuesday was another fair day, with a good west wind 
for the run of thirty-seven miles across the Sound to 
Greenport. The start was made at 9 o'clock, Astrild tak- 
ing the lead and easily distancing the fleet, leading Atlantic 
by oyer eleyen mintites. The times were: 


Schooners. 
; Finish, Elapsed. Corrected. — 
Nesta, J. F. Ackerman............. Withdrew. 
Atlantic. W. Marshall............. 1 47 25 4 42 26 4 23 13 
Waterwitch, D. Banks............. 1 58 13 4 53 13. 4 30 50 
Nirvana, G. G. Tyson.............. 2 23:17 § 18 17 ee ae 
Sylph, B. Carpenter..........1..... 2 16 46 5 11 46 4 42 46 
Cutters—70ft. Class. ; 
Astrild, A. G. and H. W Hanan..1 36 00 4 31 00 4 31 00 
Cutters—60ft. Class. | 
Eclipse. L. J. Callanan............ 1.59 10 4 54 10 4 54 10 
MSO) Ss IN ASO oe es ereictee ct eeeesteetnetted 2 00 03 455 03 en sae | 
Cutters—5lft. Class. ; 
Up ey ke PA AD Yor athena sade tr 1 54 43 449 48 4 49 43 
Ondawa, H. J. Robert..........-.. 2 U8 24 5 03 24 503 00 | 
Mariduitay He) BR; Shaenin; ss.3.esse8 2 21 39 5 16 39 5 16 02 
Aw ys IL WA OLIN. pes vestelieesctee 2 03 30 4 58 30 4 57 03 
Como pC. Wanias ey crohns 2,39 10 3 34 10 & 28 5h 
rs , Cutters—43ft. Class. 
Eidolon, J. Weir, Jri+-..scsceeeee-e 2 09 23 5 04 23 h 04 25 
Vinita, G. C. Provost....... taseeed 25 09 5 20 09 6 09 02 
Bonita, J. G. Meehan.............- 218 21 5 13 21 5 08 40 
Tne) IOs 18s Tate peubee era oer 2 18 38 5 13 38 5 O01 41 
Cutters—a6it, Class. 
Bonnie Bairn, F. H, Davyol........ 2 21 07 5 16 07 5 16 07 
eWay Lee ne hiv) Pie Rs Ser ee 216 45 h 11 45 5 11 45 
in akethecwotae, elt KEG Matall co ocosoqocone 2 45 56 5 40 56 B21 22 


5 


On Wednesday, with the same fair weather and a good 
S.W. wind, the fleet ran back across the Sound to New. 
London, the times ‘being: 


3 SPCR ER 
p Start. Finish. Elapsed, Co ted. 
Wiayiarer, S65 -o nests sans 1 07 00 6 11 16 2 in 16 1 53 07 
NHESED op ecosdacsnsocnads 1 07 45 3 02 24 1 54 39 1 54 39 
Waterwitch ........... 110 15 3 04 37 1 54 22 1 44 41 
Cutters—60ft. Class—Start, 1:20. 
Finis Elapsed. C ted. 
Eclipse, L. J, Callanan........,.... 8 36 39 2 16 39 2 16539 
TSGItE (GSW Nason bays nastiest 3.33 51 213 51 21 24 
; plit. Class—Start, 1:20. 4 
Uyira, RK. P. Doremus...!........: 3 24 08 2 04 08 2 04 08 
Mnway Ro lee sAtnioldinycnucda dds 3 28 48 2 08 48 2 08 10 
Ondawa, Hl, J. Robert..........-.. 3 28 00 2 08 00 2 07 50, 
Mariquita, H. B. Shaen........,-.. 3 30 15 2 10 15 2 09 659 
Como, J. C. Davies...... niger eregeeees 3 45 55 2 25 55 2 23 36 
; 43ft, Class—Start, 1:20. 
Eidolon, James Weir........,.... 2.5 Ol 15 2 11 15 211 15 
Vinita, G. C. Provost.......... ...-3 46 47 2 26 47 2 21 59 
F Class M—Start, 1:20. { 
Akista, George Hill................ 3 51 40 2 31 40 Z 31 40 


The times for the Loies cup were as follow, the allow- 
ances being figured for a course of eighty-seven miles, 
nattical : 


Allowance. Elapsed rr id 
Helper: aeaenicsaaiis Siteren teens Allows. 13 00 00 =e 0 00" 
Caw iate wath tel epitome eye menneeeae 0 35 23 di 54 11 11 18 48 
Mariquita 0... cyquek jose bases wes re 85 52 12 31 48 11 55 56 
DO ASVUGTSINT pe tah a} Pcpefectel het letchelelefel ee, Eiatt rasta sansas 0 37 51 12 06 30 11 28 39 
GO MOM ase ee anaes venues 0 47 OL 131805 . 12 31 04 
BidGlon e, pacers BS ARABBRBEE See ...0 57 21 12 04 23 i 07 02 
aViriiba wee serpryertterte et 1 23 29 12 58 00 11 35 a1 


JULy 21, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


53 


Eidolon wins the Loines cup. At a meeting of the 
captains in the evening it was decided to disband_ the 
squadron, the yachts sailing at will, most of them to New- 
port for the New York Y. C. matches. 


Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. 


DORVAL—LAKE ST. LOUIS. 


Tue sixth and seventh races for the Ross cup were 
sailed on the evening of July 6, the order being: Sixth 
race, Glencairn III]., Chas. Routh; Red Coat, Arthur 
Abbott; White Cap, James Paton, and Black Beauty, 
G. H. Duggan. Seventh race, White Cap, G. H. Duggan: 
Black Beauty, Chas. Routh; Red Coat, James Paton, and 
Glencairn IIIT., Arthur Abbott. The points for the 
two races were White Cap 6, Red Coat 5, Glencairn IIT1. 
5-and Black Beauty 4. The points for the seven races 
were: Glencairn IIII., 19; Red Coat, 18; White Cap, 17; 
Black Beauty, 16. The points for the helmsmen were: 
Duggan, 24; Routh, 21; Abbott, 14, and Paton, 10. 

On. July 7 four races were sailed in the Molson cup 
series, the wind being strong S.W., and the yachts reefed. 
In the absence of Mr. Duggan Mr, F. P. Shearwood 
steered Glencairn IJIJ. The races resulted: 


Defenders’ First Round—Start, 3:48. 


Finish. 
Red Coat, Chas. Routh.......0c0s2-secseeeessnverreerrcre teow dee 
Black peas pint Eaton Mente tra Samana stra tenn obt prophet eth ace vad eH Fi 
White Cap. A. Ot ete ere cnt ereaca @ Ste ewreeee edt iter nye. 
Glenonh Pinti.F. Shearw oogenesis ter tnn ss apo see as ihiacaas 418 48 


The finish of the race was most exciting, only twelve 
seconds between the first three boats. 


Second Round—Start, 4:43. 


Ae 
Black Beatity ....+-s.ceeusesreeecrscr ses erececererecsserenereee 5 
White Cap ..c..cses ye sc sens cnescescscoececeeerrerpeceresterans 3 a Me 
“hats Oe Chel ener ele ati eSrncorrrt phere mera! eiatessisterttelstsibealsine emcees ey pats 
lenient wish, were settee eissateiecgrercte eee ereraids ee De eapisenichreent 
Third Round—Start, 5:38. 
WVHiteGaDe weweseuise ech necro paae satan weactgaisesessaientis ata He 10 
Teri Cie Ey he oes e ornate ebnog Gafin An pas sad SAG He CeeeduatootaTn TRE nhelese ee 
Gleticastin DIES Mica dense ccs. ren vcunewe BEE LEE EOL ROG ea 
Black, Beatity: Vari cesecc- sees censsceeecscesseeyerescey ith price 
22-Footers’ First Round—Start, 3:51 , 
silos, oo 5S Hoo eo eadoeg ci anelate SGP eR SS ORE Re SE Dies eeniee i et a 
RGepesEeal TM eee tele Settee BN Latylnet heliacia neva a a ristentie cioeclets ataete’ vial eiele' ely acaiatere eee 
ligt. J DYS:2 Ren Aane ries OMAP SS 540d scnu Been oboe eibic ; ae Bt 
NUN StsT> MeN pI esi in cope natee geben coe _ SEY Pan tan eENAn 5 
17-Footers—Start, 3:54, 
WARTAL «peas stooouenendinabtac jen eceeoanic Gomidaga } AO ESnSScPnpaae 4 32 21 
CREE ES LEE eee aa eee eee ean itt, igtaie ctetelsaslemceie ere biva 4 31 10 
ST YERAICY Acari tether a ee nce eeEA epi thbee get tte -.---4 33 00 
TMi ael) Bande osehnnaecarn: Hiroe Pex BES AS BON see nen eT pices rs i a 
Rathi whlch means screen ae esi esos Tamecerugueemeseatinenst ss Sima tania ties 
' 17-Footers—Second Race—Start, 4:49. 
Dotis ves PPE riboet Meare es Some Bee OGRE Gh OD Bg) 26 
WETEtIWAKE cletnretorceettaretetaactsee Ta pditale aie thatalat al etafasolchelata tiers ae. a6 
BITTE Ge lnc carereseartorors tele ke sre slaw nite pe amibeidaya(ara cule nae hated ot haiti s Bass a 
ETet Pn vt cl £1 Cae ee ove ee eerie Eien aNiareiars ue teteraints ek Aeeeatista ee 4 -a/eace 
Wit lae ey yeeiiet spot nine Hopeitoce teense pentose) Ab eterna: tr 5 30 18 
22-Footers—Second Race—Start, 4:46. 
EC CHOLINE eT ey Ct occ eatnetciteicminearis settee atta alatoe CEL 5 20 35 
UAL O Beeie ste eeehe Secret eee Oe aa + Pee incu nen ecsiere nieja.8 Heantotesscd 5 20 50 
At eee Sean pe ats 3a nieoerg arent g aidra oe ine oetstoheleieleleeldee 5 19 12 
Bot aM eciaeetta-tyrPeaebeee ieee at ianaeilita cane ow ican tiple. 5 22 55 


22-Footers—Third Race—Start 6:41. 


Se ee a ee a ei) ‘ 


The following description of the new boats is from 
the Montreal Star: 


As the date of the contest for the possession of the 
Seawahhaka cup fot the etisuing year is approaching, a 
somewhat tiote detailed description of the boats built by 
the Royal St, Lawreiice Y. C. for the defense of the cup 
will be ititetestitig to yachtsmefi everywhere. 

As his alteady beeti atinounced, four boats have been 
built, from which the selection of the defender will be 
made as sooii as their respective ttierits can be ascertaitied. 
Thies bouts Wete paitited differetit colors, and each was 
named according to the parti¢tlar color it was paitited. 
Thus there were the red, the black, the white atid the 
green boats, all built and rigged so much alike that even 
the builder could hardly distinguish them apart at 4 
short distance, were it not for the different colors. 

Apropos of these different colors, it might be well to 
warn the imaginative public against harboring the delusion 
that they cat atterid the trial races and experience no 
difficulty in distinguishing the boats by their colors 
throughout the race. The fact is, the boats should all 
have been named in the comparative degree instead of in 
the positive—all save the black. The black boat is really 
black; but the red is only redder than the others, and the 
green greener, while the white—well, the white isn’t white 
at all; she was hauled out last week and treated to a 
coat of shellac and now looks like a cross between the 
redder and the greener. 

This year’s boats ate all of a more serviceable appear- 
ance than those built for defenders during the past few 


years. They look stronger and heavier and more roomy, - 


yet those who should know say that they are the swiftest 
ever designed on Lake St. Louis. They are somewhat 
slower in stays, in all probability, but this is accounted 
for by the fact that their rudders are placed further aft 
in order to secure greater control. 

There has not been much change made in sail plan. 
The black and the green boats have practically the same 
canvas as the defenders of the past two years. The red 
and the white carry longer and lower canvas, more after 
the style of Glencairn II., with a fore triangle of tooft., the 
other two boats having about 30 per cent. more in this 
respect. 

In point of hull design the green and the white bear a 
close resemblance, Their lines are sharper forward, and 
they have a draft of about 7in. each, the black and red 
boats being more of the moderate Skow design, with a 
drait of about 6in. each. 

The green boat has the greatest breadth of any of the 
defenders yet built. She is 8!4it. breadth and about 35it. 
over all, the white boat being a similar length, but only 
about 8ft. breadth. The black boat is also 8ft., her length 
over all being about 34ft. and her waterline being 224 ft. 

The red boat is the longest and narrowest of the four, 
being about 37it. over all and 7ft. oin. breadth. 

This boat is a great favorite with the members of 
the club, but it is doubtful if she is as highly regarded by 
the committee. Some prefer the green, and there is an 
impression that she will be chosen. Others the white, and 
many regard the black as the best, tven the results of 


the actual tests are almost as undecided as the opinions 
of the members, and all agree that the choosing of the 
defender will be a most difficult operation. In fact, it 
appears to be more a question of crew than boat, inasmuch 
as in an afternoon’s racing, with the crews changing from 


one boat to the other after each race, Duggan successively 


brought each boat in a winner. ; 
Up to July 9 seven races have heen sailed in the Ross 
series, and the standing of the boats in points is close: 


Points. 
Glemcaine EDL gatense ss, muee te oper ureters eer serlelt ars rota tat 19 
REG GOAL Gran getcestt tics Une UER Ease pete moreso ares 18 
Wihtites Cap aptaa petra ied ss etny Swede MUneay eta sar sete trecktoels a aed 17 
Blake SB Gatiye" sess Tle er eye MPR Cy Ciuc leet electra S 16 


The score of the different crews is as follows: 


Glencairn crew 
Red Coat crew . 
White Cap crew 
Black Beauty 


From the foregoing it will be seen that Mr. Duggan's 
crew has the most wins to its credit. 


ee eee a a eC ee re ee eae ae 


New York Y. C. 


THE fourth regular meeting of the New York Y. C. for 
the year 1900 will be held July 19 at Delmonico’s, Beaver 


street, at 1 P. M. The amendments which were passed at ° 


the third stated meeting will be brought up for final action 
as follows: 
RULE I—CLASSIFICATION. 

Section 2—In Class G, change 70 to 80; in Class H, 
change 70 and 60 to 80 and 70, respectively; insert be- 
tween new Class H and present Class J, “‘Class I, not over 
7oit. and oyer 6oft. racing length.” 

Section 4—Limit of draft: In Class G, change 70 to 
80; in Class H, change 70 to 80 and 13 to 14-5; insert be- 
tween new Class H and present Class J, “Class I, not over 
7Othels Wo catate Gatte « 

RULE VI.—BOATS AND LIFE BUOYS. 
Section 2—Add after H in line 4, “and I.” 
RULE VIIT.—CREW. 
_ In Class H, change 70 and 20 to 80 and 30, respectively ; 
insert between new Class H and present Class J, “Class 
J, zoit., R. L., 20 men.” 

The following amendment to the racing rules will be 
presented ; 

RULE XIX.—PENALTIES, 

Substitute in line two the word may for shall, when 
the rule will read: “A yacht which shall be disqualified 
twice 1m one season may be debarred from sailing in club 
races for the remainder of the season.” 


Beverly Y. C, 
WING'S NECK—BUZZARDS BAY. 
Saturday, July 14. 


THE Beverly Y. C. sailed its 295th race, an open cham- 
pionship, on July 14 in a fresh and variable N.W. wind. 
The times were: 

20ft. Class. 


Elapsed 
UGA, AN 1S WONG OF Ds setes abe bewierin em aodnodune adsense ie 1 21 41 
May Queen, D. L. Whittemore........... ERIE 2D OOD CURIS 1 21 49 
Nokomis, Alfred Winsor.......2.cccuecesecesvsvececceccccucs 1 24 12 
JEtai iol np lkal, MIS. 8k, UB Tekin untisntbcinbuctnnit tli sheocuHoreetes 1 34 36 
: 2lft. Class. 
EMIT asge ee PB ACOM EY ae aeieat ee meters delenit stan hata sr 1 25 37 
EV GRGSs. We Ue 18 ermatsernc. Bass onece bacuuelotobp ern: bias 1 26 10 
Iya TR. HL. GEEKS, Mfeocked noma bobo ononeer mrteee oe 1 32 40 
yl Vias See oe ArT eN mt ceelsee iat ae eS eA en! dee eu 1 33 20 
Cyrilia, Ae AWE WEaim ons: 22) Se eae ae ac Withdrew. 
Fourth Class Cats. 

ods siian Ba LGiiTes: Penge eee one hicco ccs cceteness ee 0 35 40 
Mowandiities (Ore \lillepe: eager sass nae eee ene in yah anes 0 38 38 

AIA\, ELONVAE) SSLOGItOTION Nan Nanna nn sre. s0 nee. a lula neh 0 38 50 

: 15ft. One-Design Class. 

Wardacmhy, abkiisom el) oe See ek Neer Le OPE Lyte wis ogee 0 35 20 
Noi ae Wa arcenitie| str epets ane btn sae na CN 0 38 10 
Redcer, uate Maman oti secd meee e aue oes npn ne nn 0 38 40 
RERC OC, AER AVVAI SOT) Unik rane es Dei WANN OWNER CU AIC Sn 0 39 57 
JEMKcHeey roeerovO AN IB) IB phil. nb be poonanaponneroabendarecte 0 42 28 


The judges were E. M. Farnsworth and C, M. Baker. 


East Gloucester Y. C. 


GLOUCESTER, MASS. 
Wednesday, July rr. 


THe weekly tace of the East Gloucester Y. C. was 
sailed over the inside course on the evening of July 11 in 
a fresh southwest breeze, single and double reefs being in 


order. The times were: 
First Class. 

. J “ Elapsed. Corrected. 
Oincases) pebep Greenouoli rene oa ree en hiner. 0 48 00 0 30 40 
Alethea, Smith and Colby... 222s) oj ce.csussee 0 48 34 0 35 08 
Alice and Matd, McCurdy... .c........sccs.ces 0 49 00 0 86 52 
Rambler, JPomeroys (Bros, eves sess scnenee sees ies Disabled. 

. Second Class. 
Cincebe hs ie Conn tan ssapaatneeen Pay Sees ae eer. 0 50 12 O 34 14 
He teeL EPA ed tects Menon saenet eon ORI ..orn mn 0 54 48 0 37 32 
CELOM pA TIELOMmieep es ated eee ena tte mene 0 59 19 0 43 42 
Aidraae iss mee iicrchianitors veeeeene oie oP Rt ey 1 00 56 0 44 51 
7 Third Class, 
Onlye On euibericttiom sepa ecce mien ean agian 0 57 36 0 38 14 

0 41 15~ 


Wororheas dincdlaygesccceee puis terete te aren eh 1 01 19 


Winthrop Y. C. 


WiINTHROP—BOSTON HARBOR, 
Saturday, July 7. 


ie Elapsed. Corrected. 
Gyanet, af. Rey Modders, Jr.c rae celedcandes cs ace 1 17 24 1 14 24 
Thelma, A. K, Tewksbury.........0..:seceeeees LZ 41 12 1 27 12 
Wate whet Marr hye oaths isioncsee stecs-ag hcieicin ee ce 1 42 30 1 28 30 
Tihetiisy oe ows eGlarkl se ee ees heey ae 1 34 32 1 28 32 
ENlan Tope LAL a GR SEL se oth eee eneton terres 1 34 55 1 28 55 
Behar Camera duaiembe Wellvongenyacre Sane oe 1 38 17 1 29 11 
Alma, John MacConnell, Jr....2.......ss01.0506 1 36 55 1 30 55 
Ruth, A. S. Richards ...... 1 50 39 1 33-39 
White Crow, A. M, Crowe.. 1 48 45 1 33 45 
Zoo, Horace Waite,......... 1 55 36 1 37 36 
Martha, W. N. Jenkins....... rl 59 04 1 39 04 
ideal, H. B. Whittier.-......... ---l 53 10 1 41 10 
Caper, W. W, Colson.............:..00. ARES Are 217 30 1 47 30 
Gwendoline, Chester Field...............0.0004 2 06 36 1 48 36 
ssi lege Com AveG OG ar El paces meres os alsialsiieet ee 215 50 1 50 50 
Flash, W. H. Myrick Boece stthtrreserwessucssee, Withdrew, ’ 


Detroit Y. C. 
DETROIT—LAKE ST. CLAIR. 
Saturday, July 7. 
THe Detroit Y. C. held a race for small power craft on 
July 7, and though a storm at noon kept away: half of the 


entries, there was a good race, with fourteen competitors. 
The course was ten miles. The times were: 


First Race—All Boats Over 25ft. 
Length. Start. pinichs Elapsed. 


Bobs -@. Je Wiultordan ve ey se 40.0 3 40 40 17 00 0 36 20 
Neptune, C, B. King........... 30.0 34045 42200 04115 
Geneya, M. Sullivan........... 45.0 3 41 04 42300 0 41 56 
We Win, J. O. Teagan........ 29.4 34200 #Withdrew. 
Second Race—All Boats 25ft. Long and Under. 
Oregon, (Fy LE, | Smiths. 18.0 41840 51332 0 54 52 
Unnamed, O. J. Mulford...... 25.0 41751 51320 0 55 29 
Unnamed, Geo Cato.,,........ 16.0 417 52 51444 0 56 52 
Bessie B., Lou Burt............ 17.0. 418 10 51600 0 57 50 
Jrene, C, L. Beebe............ 23.6 41540 51345 0 58 05 
Anna, P. F. Johnson........... 20.0 41605 51603 05958 
Unnamed, Al Stegmeyer...... 22.0 41530  #$Withdrew. 
Tender, L. M. Stoddard...... 25,0 41542 Withdrew. 
Romance, Jos. Keena.........- 22.0 41750  #§ Withdrew- 
J. C. M., Dr. R. R. Lansing..16.0 41843  Withdrew. 
The winners were: bE 


First—Bob won, Geneva second. 

Second—Neptune won. 

Third—We Win (only starter) did not finish. 

Fourth—No, 35 (Mulford’s boat) won, Irene second. 

Fifth—Oregon won, No. 7 (Cato’s boat) second, Bessie 
B. third, Anna fourth. 

After the launch race, the last of the catboat series was 
sailed, the times being: 


i Start. Finish. - Elapsed 
No. 1, Charles P. Sieder.........., 5 30 00 6 34 45 1 04 45 
No, 4, Joe Grasser ... sc... cee noes 5 30 20 6 35 38 1 05 18 
No. 3, S. S. Weineman............ 5 29 20 6 34 50 1 05 30 
Wo. 2, Charles Keehler ........... 5 29 25 6 35 42 106 22 
INGoiby AX iisranien (220..-02. 27.28). 5 29 55 6 38 00 1 08 05 


As the result of the series, Wm. Funke has 19 points, 
giving him first prize, while Charles Sieder, Frank 
Shefferly, Joe Grasser, A. B. Illman, Charles Keehler, 
S..S. Weineman and A. Kramer, each with 15 points, will 
sail off the second prize. . 


Corinthian Y. C, 


MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 
Saturday, July 14. 
THE second championship race of the Corinthian Y. C. 
was sailed on July 14 in a fresh N.W. wind. Jolly Roger 


mistook the course and turned a wrong mark. The times 
WGC: f 


inish El da ‘© ted. 
Sintram, W. P. Fowle..........,... 4 04 50 119 5 ores 
Pirate, R. C. Robbins. ....¢..0..45 4 09 30 1 24 30 
Jolly Roger, B. B. Crowninshield. Withdrew. . 
Knockabouts—Start, 2:50. 
Opechee, J. C. Grew............00- Withdrew. 
. Class A—Start, 2:55. 
Lillian, H. E. Whitney......,..... 4 30 30 1 35 30 1 29 30 
lpsis, TES Tels UNIER oes bh bhooacpone 4 25 00 1 30 00 1 30 00 
Waricoss Tia bem Verca sees os aN ah ears 4 26 53 1 31 53 1 30 53 
imidray Pie Sharplesmeser sete 4 37 23 1 42 23 1 38 23 
A . Class B—Start, 3:00. 
Pitt, J. A. Fennings....... Sect eee tk 419 1 19 00 1 19 00 
16ft. Class—Start, 3:05. 
Cyclone, F, G. Macomber.......... 400 30 0 55 30 os eek thy 
Ugly Duckling, C. F. Lyman...... 401 11 0 56 11 ne fk By 


The protest of Bander-Log against Sintram for fouling 
Archers Rock Buoy in the race of July 4 was disallowed 
by the Regatta Committee. 


Corinthian Y. C, of Philadelphia. 


THE fleet of the Corinthian Y. C. will rendezvous for 
the annual cruise at Glen Cove, Long Island, N. Waban 
the afternoon of Friday, July 27, 19000. A meeting of cap- 
tains will be held on board the flagship at 8:30 P. M. 
The routine and rules contained in the Club Manual will 
be observed during the cruise. 

_ Prizes have been offered for port to port runs for yachts 

in cruising trim, and when four or more start a second 

prize to be awarded. The Commodore has offered a cup 

to the yacht in each class winning on corrected time the 

greatest number of runs. i 

pr eae: July 28—Race from Glen Cove fo Oyster 
ay. 

Sunday, July 29—Fleet to remain at anchor at Oyster 


ay. 
pandas, July 30—Race from Oyster Bay to Morris 
Cove. : 

Tuesday, July 31—Race from Morris Cove to Shelter 
Island. 

Wednesday, Aug. 1—Race from Shelter Island to New 
London, 

Thursday, Aug. 2—Fleet to remain at anchor. 

Gig and dinghy races for yachts’ crews will be held in 
the afternoon. Entries to be made to the’ fleet captain. 

Friday, Aug, 3—Race from New London to Newport. 

Saturday, Aug. 4—Disband. 


Jamaica Bay Y. C. 


CANARSIE—JAMAICA BAY. 
Saturday, July 14. 


On July 14 the Jamaica Bay Y. C. sailed a race for 
open catboats of 25ft. and under, starting at 2:40 in a 
strong westerly wind. The times were: 


Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 

Jupiter, M. P. Holland..... 2 4) 28 4 29 36 1 49 08 1 49 08 
Lillie S., W. Scheer......... 2403 4 35 07 1 54 25 1 54 25 
Arrow, C. J. Nelson......... 43516 15415 153 30 
Minnehaha, C. Reehr..,.... Withdrew. 

Jennie, W. Gallagher.. se Withdrew. | ; 
Mattie, M. Stewart.... : 443 27° 20215 2 02/10 
Uneeda, F. P. Mapes..?.... 44508 2038538 20218 


After the race Jupiter was measured and found to be 
27{t. gin. on the waterline, and therefore was disqualified. 
Arrow won first, Lillie S. second, Mattie third, Uneeda 
fourth. 


A. C. A. Membership. 


Atlantic Division—Mrs. A. H, Wood, Trenton, N. J.; 
Mrs. H. C, Allen, Trenton, N, J.; Mrs. Maurice D, Wilt, 
Philadelphia, Pa.: Mrs H. S. McKeag, Philadelphia, Pa. : 
Miss Bertha C. Allen, Trenton, N. J. ae. 

Northern Division—T, Henery, Jr., Gregory, Muskoka, 


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Boston Yachting Carnival. 


CITY POINT—BOSTON HARBOR, 
Se July 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7. 

D ensive yachting interests centered ; 
Hosen ae this ee combined in an experiment pie 
has been sufficiently successful to warrant an effort ge its 
continuance as a permanent institution in Boston yachting. 
The week about the national holiday was devoted to a 
series of yacht races, water, sports and evening ae ie 
ments under the auspices of the different local yact t oe 
A temporary association was formed under the title ¢ f ae 
South Boston Carnival Association, charged sae a an 
general management, the races being managed Re i e 
clubs. The committee was as follows: Ex-Com. . rthur 
Fuller (S. B. Y. C.), President; Com. Edward J. Oras 
(C. Y. C.), Com. Charles P. Mooney (M. aN C.), om. 
Simon Goldsmith (S. B. Y. C.), Vice-Presidents ; James 
F, Barry (M, F. Y. C.), Secretary, Frank E. Grainget 
(C. Y. C.), Treasurer. Committee on EN eo 
Charles P. Mooney (M. F. Y. C.), John J. Toomey (M. 
F. Y. C.), George M. Krey, (S. B. Y. C.), Maurice lf 
Lee (S. B. Y. C.), C. E. O'Donnell ‘(CON ee eee 
J. Paterson (C. Y. C.), A. T. Bliss (Y.R. A. of M.), 
John H. Means (S. B. Y. C. Association). 
imittee—John B. Killeen, Boston Globe; John J. Toomey, 
Boston Globe; E. P. B. Rann Boston Herald; Peter 

Boston Journal; J- , 
Pee 1 Bord oh don Traveler; C. P. Anderson, South 
Boston Inquirer; James F. Iearry, S. B. Y. CG. A. Com- 
mittee on Iluminations—Sydney C. Higgins, George M. 
Krey, Charles E. O'Donnell: Committee on Searchlight— 
James H. Means, Com. Charles P. Mooney. Committee 
on Water Sports—George T. Cuddihy, James T. Powers, 
EF. B. Walbridge. Committee on Music—Com. Charles 
P. Mooney, Charles E. GO Dorel James F, Barry. 

rogramme was as follows: 
Minder July ee VOPR age: Y. C. yacht race, water 
rts and evening illumination. 
er ecas July, 3—Columbia Y. C, yacht race, water 
sports and evening entertainment and illumination. 

Thursday, July 5—South Boston Ne meraAchtaaace: 
water sports and illumination. 

Friday, July 6—South Boston VWeoGenyachtatace, 

Saturday, July 7—Open regatta. : ] 

This programme was carried out with little interrup- 
tion, one rainy night causing the abandonment of the pro- 
posed festivities. 

FIRST DAY—MONDAY, JULY 2. 
Mosquito Fleet Y. C. 

Monday was clear and warm, with a light easterly 
breeze, and a good race was sailed. The principal interest 
was in the fight between the keel Flirt, designed by 
Crowninshield, and the centerboard Little Peter, designed 
by Hanley, the keel boat winning. The times were: 
25ft. Class—Cabin. 


South 


Elapsed. 
Flirt, Fabyan and McKee........--- TEMS Ose boot Dose 1 54 49 
Little Peter, H. Moebs...-......e-sceeesesseeneneeceeesereee 1 573 
Early Dawn, J. E. Doherty....... Pe ee nA doa oe as 1 57 54 
Hermes, A, W. Chesterton.....,...isesees cree seeer een crane 2 00. 53 
Sappho, S. Hamblin .......+--..seee-eece sees eee eesterr ens Withdrew. 

21ft. Class—Cabin. 
Usona, HPlmer Prior .....:.csesseces eens sce sneer estat eannans 2 05 09 
Coquette, B. D. Amsden.....-......- BOA Spo herseestdon trio 209 3 
Carrie M., Robinson ......-+.. abe SAR OOD DIE ODoTO Edad 218 42 
Dabster, Keith ......eccessececcteeeescteneceerscstecsens Withdrew. 
18ft. Class. 
Dauntless, Benner and Pattetm ....-. cesses cee esses eee rn eees 1 34 03 
Perhaps, J. E. Robinson. ...-,-¢.1-+ss2s reece esses nec eeness 1 40 20 
Fantasy, W. B. Allerton.....--..2.ssscecs eset ee eee ce reece 1 40 48 
Joque, Walter Kelly .......cecs cece eee et cere ene e rere nes 1 45 ii 
Kathryn, J. R. Young....2c.cecegeeceee eee e ere e ett en et enees 1 47 44 
Hector, A. W. Hubbard......0. 2.205722 - 20 een e eee eee eee 1 49 3 
Aureolus, Ry S. Landers. .-....00-. 0000s ates eee eens ease 2 01 39 
15ft. Class. 

Vitesse, Coombs ....0..:e.sceecee cere ever recs etter erences ees 1 40 24 
Ray, Si Al Freeman... 05.2 ere ceecce eee ceneener obs teeaee 1 48 10 


After the yacht race was started there were swimming 
races off the club houese, a team of girls from the pub- 
lic baths competing, as well as a team of boys, while ex- 
hibitions were given by the instructors. A band played 
through the evening at the club house and the house and 
fleet were illuminated, a very large number of people be- 
ing present along the water front. 

The judges were Com, Charles P. Mooney, Sidney C. 
Higgins, James Bertram, W, O. Elliott and James F. 
Barry. 

SECOND DAY, TUESDAY, JULY 3. 
Columbia Y. C. 

There was more wind on Tuesday—a strong and puffy 
southwester—the yachts being reefed. Flirt started with 
one reef, and her opponents in the class carried three, Lit- 
tle Peter sailing without a jib. The times were: 

265ft. Class—Cabin. 


tart. Finish. Elapsed 
TBIRGE sear eo eaunee Shh oso bone onde 2 45 00 4 12 08 1 27 08 
SIDES agbocemmanness-pounseee 2 46 36 4 23 00 1 38 00 
IDEM IEE OR ARR Sonne SS Renae 2 45 00 423 52 1 38 52 
; 2lft. Class—Cabin. 
Gioitsah hs) ats saerccorucens ier 2 50 00 4 387 52 4 47 52 
LOE. Gagaaadenonopondosccebu Sosone 2 50 00 4 41 00 4 51 00 
(Ghent: “RY “Goo areéaseasaesracenon eee Withdrew. 
18ft. Class—Distance, Eight Miles. 
GITCEM Us. ssseant eects seleks cess 3 13 00 4 15 52 1 20 50 
AATUEY Taney aires taiettnsctoy epee ean 3 11 00 4 20 52 1 25 52 


In spite of the weather there were swimming races in 
the afternoon, but at night the rain prevented the prom- 
ised illumination, but gave the busy sightseers a chance 
to rest for the Fourth. 


THIRD DAY—THURSDAY, JULY 5. 
South Boston Y. C. 


On Thursday morning there was a light S.E. breeze 
which made fair sailing for a good part of the race. but 
finally fell very light, so that there were various flukes. 
Little Peter and Flirt sailed a very fair and close race 
over most of the course, the keel boat coming out ahead. 
The times were: 

25ft. Class—Cabin. 


BlintyePapyans snd! Mckiees.caswietasadddddeitreeeascss os te Tera 
Hienmes, Al W, Chestertomess > eco louse cc cnsleclbeeueee 1 54 02 
Early Dawn, J. EB. Doherty.) 2% -..2.... 02.2. asa kyat se Pe 1 55 00 
hitter eter, ase. eVLOGDS..L1t, aaa ctan ject eee a wien ae ake 1 55 05 
21ft. Class—Cabin 
Msona ee sb wee rIOngases estes eee eee Eby Le Pa en oe 1 53 BA 
Harriet. Jaik Searrinetons ns csus pase ey wee et THB ASO Ao uk. 1 58 82 
Coquette, B. D. Amsden............. senate wts iach ae ,ee. 2 04 54 
Carrie M,, N, T. Robinson. sse.psepecpeseenceesererysyeey 32 6 28 


d about South » 


i ; 1 40 17 
Vitesse, W. J. Coombs.. 
Pavorite G. W,. Glover, ...s.sccce eect et pe eee eens aeneges niin e id 
Cricket, A. M. Holmes 


There was an unusually large crop of protests: Flirt 
against Little Peter, Little Peter against Flirt, Early 
Dawn against Flirt, ee ee aeeinel eae Co- 

uette against Harriet an arriet agains sona. 

i The a oages were Arthur Fuller, W. H. Godfrey, Js 406 
‘Hurley, D. F. Carew, Thomas Christian, Frank Williams, 
Morris Leyengston and J. H. Corrigan. 

The swimming races afforded much sport to the specta-~ 
tors at the club house. 

The grand illumination of thé week was on Thursday 
night, bands playing at the Columbia, South Boston and 
Mosquito Fleet houses, while each was brilliantly illu- 
minated. The fleet off City Point did its share in the dis- 
play of lights and fireworks. Special entertainments were 
given at each club house and a very large number of spec- 
tators turned out along the shore in addition to the guests 
of the clubs. ere 

FOURTH DAY—FRIDAY, JULY 6. 
South Boston Y. C. 

On Friday the South Boston Y. C. sailed a second race, 
the wind being light S.W. Flirt again beat Little Peter. 
Dauntless, a freak, won in the 21ft. class and was pro- 


tested by Fantasy as not being a legitimate yacht. The 
times were: f 
25ft. Class—Cabin. 

Elapsed. 
Flirt, Fabyan and McKee...........e. cers secs eee eee cece 2°36 35 
Little Peter, J. J. Moebs....-..-... cscs eee re tet eee e ser ceeees 2 40 17 
Hlermes, Aj W. G@hestertom... 2. cc cne eee cree et eter eb eeeees 2 44 39 
Eatly Dawn, J. E. Doherty...;-.....-. Sheen seaceete eee es 1.2 44 45 

- 21ft. Class—Cabin. 
Usona, Plmer Ee Pron? ey ope segebo ech ceceier erred seeR ae 2 43 14 
_ 18ft. Class. 
Dauntless, Benner aril’ Patten lc ce ees oe wee ea 1:45 19) = 
Fantasy, William: Allertors sss ¢.sc. sce eee tenses ees ee eee 1.1 538 04 
Perhaps: J. (Es Robinson. sassy ne eats Ss os le oes os poe els 2 07 49 
Joques Walter Bellyzlp ne -..esene¢ ese ne easy cia slpele ols iel sels 2 18 58 
ect Day lee Verba baticlouy: Went. nice be oki aisietestat-tertialgiata siete aaa 2 32 45 
15ft. Class. 

Wereeeissreee WMT Ff MO eVeh cols sang neniao noocorecGGneetEt3a04% 1 538 05 
IRE K Ga} Roy RGoa Ny Gdtenccrs synoobbrea th lobe cl Menigesariaiine Ss 2 24 06 
ChtcketweAm Wier TOMES sean ace tater esetees elit ere n hiernake Withdrew. 


Dauntless. protested by Fantasy. 


The judges were Sydney C. Higgins, chairman; James 
Bertram, W. H. Godfrey, Charles H. Heath, John T. Hur- 
ley and A, J. Bekkenhuis. 

FIFTH DAY—SATURDAY, JULY 7. 

The week ended with an open race in a moderate west- 

erly wind, the times being: 


Loft. Class—Cabin. 

b Elapsed. Corrected. 
anlyy Dawn; Joel Wobertye:::stssse serene sae 1 33 43 ay ty bes 
Sapp debe ee) aortic lees ene eee eee enn 1 387 1h Les 

: 2ift. Class, 
WOU stot spanner Ue, IDE (Grebe oe oGoteracis dun wesarooen. 1 48 52 4s be 
Atsetevap ares 0 SR Rts haber Ae CAN lt enter epee aA net 
sETGSHESSy SEL miVion iMcascorpects pho iciellns ccvort be easees -ISabled, 
21it. : 

Coquette, B. D. Amsdet... : 40 3 wo, oe 
ITsSiia ein be, erie nem el ethene see emisenen Sonne 1 41 28 Pi ox 
18ft. Class. 

Dauntless, Bennet and Patten...............045 i 08 32 se 
esr wre Ike Mester ye 1 04 30 re 
ZOO DOtOWaT EN ree te erent fen ene ore 1 08 58 rer 
JiGuiKe, aVWierlher evelyn lal mune ema Liars 1.09 28 ue) bs 
Ferhaps, J. 2. Robinsons een vaeee 1 10 28 ipitet 

- 15it. Class. 

Witesset a\\ NA GOotibsrera tt Cuiunce ieee Lavan 1 09 42 soa by 
Usiggorcthifas (Eo, AW, A Cleonteaen 25.4 sey seusiegrac evs ia: TW eke 84 
Giacket eAtaVbeLOlivesierer) atthe aiainetne 1 28 59 a RE: 
JBSSS, on) VV a REOE aot en eitk Ua at ae ney Beet mation 1 48 47 yeh 
i, : First Handicap Class. 

Hohpse, sre AS sotes asin weeelne: 4 Peis ela: 1 41 31 1 34 46 
QlUaTSSebis RID. CArsmirivl itn awe Se Meee een nes 1 55 07 1 48 02 
‘ é Second Handicap Class, 

LORERICER ZS SiVort ke FM Roiiey gg a otn SE polly sis abel ap 1 44 58 1 44 58 
Hustler, Robbins and Whitmore............... 1 47 37 1 46 28 
Gees IBGhaba ETERS Hao oe cbo cee asec Lue 1 60 50 1 49 20 
Tue ira eL eels atleye seen ene s ete tadcr veenl 62 50 1 50 20 
Carrie Vie Ne Ge Robinsons: testeccccewuny ve eed 56 08 1 53 08 
See Jesiwels LGMRILAS Noe dann ddan haqgahbn ace eer de 1 55 56 1 53 26 
Annie A., James Leveridge.............. chewelen 1 58 3 1 54 07 
Widgeon, sAn Ja Ebortoniiys se stunnber etaistee 1 56 24 1 55 24 
Dyes. be lla sea Ey ParHbne etnies 59 26 1 56 26 
Jeo Ie ARS Jhchaballnie. pe aee yg cw loaaanee 07 05 2 01 05 
Winona, C. H. Goddard.,..... Ped as Are ae eT 07 10 2 01 10 
Ee ctor, uAr Wame Eni b batde nis cede alee ann 07 43 2 01 43 
epitarw Als Vi MeL canescens gow lal ile wana = 06 48 2 03 18 


Annie A protested all the yachts which finished ahead 
of her for omitting a mark of the course. Duster pro- 
tested Fantasy, Acme and Widgeon. The judges were 
S. C. Higgins, James Bertram, W. H. Godfrey, C. H. 
Heath, J. T. Hurley and A. J. Bekkenhuis. 

During the afternoon a race for dinghies was sailed 
the times being: Stickney, 44m. 51s.; French, 46rn 408. ; 
Dolbeatre, 53m. 45c.; Merrill, 53m. 50s. 1 


Rhode Island Y. C. One-Design Class. 
PAWTUXET—PROVIDENCE RIVER, 
Friday, July 6 
THE second of the first series of races for the Rhode 
Island Y. C. one-design class was sailed on July 6 in a 
moderate southerly breeze, the times being: 


ie ise &Ca One-Design—Start, 4:29. 


Elapsed. 
1 49 45 
1 49 50 
1 50 45 
1 57 45 


159 00 


The standing on points is: 


The Kid 
Rascal’ ms ee MAA ey hw = am oy sh : aS 
Redskin ne 
SAR EATUEN ilies rae eke ee eee : ou 
Death Seley Oo 2. et eh i ie 
Saturday, July 7. 
The third and last race was sai i 
st ra as sailed on July 7, resultin 
in a tie between Redskin, Rascal and Kid, so tee an ae 
tra race 1s necessary. The times were: , 
Oi if, Cp One-Design Boats—Start, 3:48, 
Finish. El 
5 aT 15 1 ha 


[Jory 21, 1900. 


- Hartford Y. C. 


FOLLY POINT—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, July 7. 

Tue Hartford Y. C. celebrated the opening of its new 
house at Folly Point by a race on July 7, the wind being 
variable from N.W. to S.W. The times were: 

26ft. Class—Ten Miles, Triangular Course—Silver Cup. 
Elapsed. 
Titania, Childs .2...2.sccesceee cess ces e reece snes cee ees etenens 2 11 35 


30ft. Class—Ten Miles, Triangular Course—First Prize, Silver Cup; 
Second, Stein. 


Melittes= lant) 2 astneies deleleivelebierirter mnths tates cBorisuM corode 2 07 40 
Gertnuden huGkers ss oe sme ster eerie te biti rieriese cre riie teats 2 24 50 
Ariel, Wilson ...... Ne 8 antes IO no oe A eB ELSE 2 56 00 


25f. Class—Ten Miles, Triangular Course—First Prize, Wine Set; 
Second, Cup, and Third, Stein. 


TBlteyaréterey FSpapiel Ayer Seo oad outa acbe con oSog eo seeenosedeooron 221 03 
Mayflower, May .....:+...++4+--4 Rh bk bea5 hobsbo Sooepemaoe 2.26 40 
Why Not. Waughan............secseeeneee Se eectat atk tenet tte este ie 2 37 40 
Alpha and Omega, Coulter ....... ccs ccet ence reser enstenes 2 39 20 
aS OBE Wem suse ese seen ttl prere Draven w'srants DS pocrepsis ey nde ore02 40 31 
Flyer, Buell Brothers............ Jhitwo etstiebuuhs pocéacce +2 48 25 
iLavzy (Ghatwoyhil | 2a ose = eéncagepocgng td) seas wingocssbondmeiateces 2 49 40 
Mhistle; Pearce Nace ae Hoocioucngoogpooeousy teceeeesenees Withdrew 
ithe) PALME Ania pshOAr HobonpoOnAbooboISb bb boouSIuBuueY Withdrew. 
*1ft. Class—Ten Miles, Triangular Course—First Prize, Cup, 
Second, Stein. 
Teaanertee WiC Me bla epee ietanaes cc leneeeet stcteames eric tercearg ar ese was senaP vane a tee 2 32 20 
Crescent, Luther ........ Pee nob a sete att oso coe beAnG 2 39 05 
Lobster, Fisk DE Dee Hae asin et sala ata elactatabe) feng) eel aedapats 2 51 00 
Anna, Slocum .. Not timed 
Alleta, Smith*..... Not timed, 
PNanewswikey, (Oikwkarexel 6 vscoooosscbeedins: Bee eresetetsieyy .». Withdrew. 
18ft. Class—Ten Miles, Triangular Course—First Prize, Cup; 
; Second, Stein. 
Qui Vive, TENGE Gree geod Qlgdd tis Sb ponoo soso secor 5 3 02 20 
(sadoy, Nessie) tempt uxtctes peace ecossbe eel veto e neg Withdrew, 


Dories—Three-Mile Course Around Breakwater to River Beacon 
and Return. 

Gretchen, series ece eee ete er Res aa peeeTe Spry os 0. 43 50 

Seam Creal keleys tedeteddircececcecsesareteetent a etait eee 0 45 58 


As the yachts had not been measured, all the winners 
were not known. The judges were Arthur M. Lane, 
George S. Hubbard and E. W. Smith, 


Riverton Y. C. Annual Regatta. 


RIVERTO—DELAWARE RIVER. 
Wednesday, July 4. 


Tue Riverton Y. C. sailed its thirty-sixth annual re- 
gatta on July 4 as a part of the general festivities of the 
town. The races were sailed over the club courses, the 
times being: 

Mosquito Fleet—Start, 10:48. 


Finish, 
INO. Ll, Abert se Gadeooks seiyhuseneguesbeibucgutonn ens Kor flee 12 13 15 
No. 2, Charles M. Biddle 2............ PSU IOSE SERS uv ak .e12 15 47 
No. 7%, et MG safaTate Cages atleast eta Siafottest tele eye -. 12 18 26 
Nios 4 ieEarnvaVWalinitty come nena oe ee heen codehditecncte ptr »» 12 20 40 
No. 15, Filson Graff .,..... Dip Peete ge ey pene Ana ran pie eee 20) 58 
No. 6, jarnee oe (Gray ese Ae SHEEP ERE ppd eee ee ..12 21 08 
No. 10, John H. Reese ..... URS Unba 8 44M Stone 5.8 12 21 14 
No, 12) :HS MclivaneBrddle ti tess macsneee cats aseuipece ea. 12 21 23 
No, 8, John S. Bioren ........ WEeh ee rehe eeuebemecacene. 12 23 08 
Raceabouts, Start, 10:53. 
Ralpolas simmons | tone seer ies ieee Renee ete Speen eee 
Rare, Blsoniy, > ao tar sete ccd enesiseoeee ida oe teite one “al 
Catboats—Start, 10:43. 
NoRedbG JOG. SWE OUND ee Hees aes a4 BARRA see ale-ed Seretal cits 
SECA TD, Gre LO ra Te ee a ne octet oo Aes ae A ve tssle 2oeDT 
Launches. 

. Handicap. Finish 
WANED ey odbantte ort ocor orale ert mri are rene 0 08 0 23 12 
ZAI DAEROSS pment ireitiniler ee elite ee ber H ee 0 13 50 0 24 25 
Tver Ouehy "lire txecomeenasnseesese eee pene sors 0 16 00 0 27 01 
PRALTONET) inten oe ee Gear g ier eee ey etn -.-0 16 50 0 28 40 

hrosO yy.55 Fesainns oe Hest datelessee Seton secre tae 0 00 35 0 29 07 
Pato ht le oes ae Re tLe ae otra ae beret eer tie! Allows. 0 31 41 
GCokiy: Wak See newes iso Sete see tek come een hE Une 0 16 00 0 34 00 


The Regatta Committee included Messrs. Harvey K. 
Mitchell, Blair Ferguson and J, S. Bioren. 


Point o? Woods Y. C. 


POINT O° WOODS—GREAT SOUTH BAY. 
Saturday, July 14. 
Tur Point 0’ Woods Y. C. sailed its first race on 


July 14, starting in a reefing breeze from N.W. and finish- 
i The times were, start 2:42: 


ing in a light air, 


Pe ee i a a en emir) 


Wanderer .... 
Wd y ite ts j5e 
Florence 
Jeannette 
SERGIO? Connon comqnehendeDagKaKeseosccaRe as Saiseaatnaas «-+.-4 27 00 


The first regular meeting of the club was held on July 
13 and officers elected for the ensuing year as follows: 
Com., H. C. Ferris; Vice-Com., John C. Dempsey; Rear- 
Com., H. M. Brewster; Sec’y, Grover C. Sumner; Treas., 
C. A. Willets, Jr.; Fleet Capt., W. R. Robbins, chairman 
Regatta Committee; Board of Governors, Dr. Charles 
Townsend, F. G. Wild, W. J, Griffen, W. R, Robbins and 
E. V. Brewster. 

It was decided to formally open the club’s new quarters 
on the bay on the first Saturday in August. 


Hempstead Y. C. - 


’ FREEPORT—HEMPSTEAD BAY. 
Wednesday, July 11. 


inis Elapsed. Corrected. 
SNE ose eit tras OBS. 213250 1 51 50 1 51 36 
LOTS YSIS. npanstnsobucooacoo) «see 42 40 2 01 40 2 01 40 
Pl cetwitae, Seen oe peas beh al teks Withdrew. 


nors 
Di 
Roe 
ese 
tH 


Catboats—20ft. and Under—Start, 11:51. 


Mitte wmVatiSterisesten seine ane 1 29 50 2 38 50 1 38 19 
zi liews ik Meee eset Rad ME eye re eel oredl 1 42 30 1 40 01 
Beto wot tte Wepre ereenrsrce cerrreee 1 34 40 1 43 40 1 43 40 
Gracies 6 esse eres Gasenee sesel 42 30 1 51 30 1 49 51 
IBelIOSB rarities. cee nee Withdrew. 


Osceola, steam yacht, has been chartered by T. L. Watt 
to Mrs, Julia Curtiss, of New York. Pr 


Juiy 3r, 1000.) 


New York Y. C.—Newport Races. 


NEWPORT. 
July 12-15. 

Tue relative importance of Newport as a yacht center 
compared with New York is increasing each year, many 
meinbers. of the New York Y. C. making their summer 
homes in the former place, while the close proximity to 
the open sea, just outside Newport Harbor, and the free- 
dom from trattic, is in marked contrast to the course about 
New York Bay. This year the New York Y. C., in addi- 
tion to its cruise races, has arranged a special series of 


races, open to all classes in the club, to be sailed off New- - 


port under the following conditions : 

The start will be at 1x A. M., between Brenton’s Reef 
light vessel and a point on the committee boat indicated 
by a white flag. If postponed, the preliminary signal will 
be the yacht ensign at the fore, accompanied by a gun. 
Should a signal gun miss fire, a prolonged whistle blast 
will be given. 

STARTING SIGNALS. 

Preparatory—A gun will be fired and a blue peter set. 

The start for single-masted vessels and yawls, Ten 
minutes later a second gun will be fired, the blue peter 
lowered and a red ball hoisted. ! ; 

The start for schooners (handicap time for single- 
masted vessels and yawls). Five minutes later a third 
gun will be fired and a second red ball hoisted. 

Five minutes later a fourth gun will give the handicap 
time for schooners, and both balls will drop. 

For 3o-footers (one gun start). 

Preparatory—Five minutes later, 
hoisted. . 

The start—Five minutes later, a gun will be fired and 


the ball will drop. 


a red ball will be 


COURSES. 


No. 1—Letter C, From starting line, 7 miles south- 
west, {4 west to and around Point Judith whistle buoy, 
9% miles east, to and around a float carrying 4 red flag 
with diagonal white stripe, 644 miles northwest to finish. 
23 miles. 

No. 2—Letter D. The reverse of No. 1. 

No. 3—Letter F. Once around No. 1, to and around 
whistle buoy to finish. 37 miles. 

No. 4—Letter G. Once around No. 2, to and around 
southeast float to finish. 3534 miles. : 

On Nos. 1 and 3, leave light vessel, whistle buoy and 
-float to port; on Nos. 2 and 4, leave them to starboard. 

Nos. 3 and 4 will be cut off after once around by the 
display of two red balls, vertically. The recall for yachts 
that have already turned the light vessel will be the yacht 
ensign at the fore and two guns. 

‘Attention is called to Sec. 1, R. IV., and Sec. 3, R. IX, 

S. Nicholson Kane, Chester Griswold, William Butler 
Duncan, Jr., Regatta Committee. 

No time taken after 8 P. M. 

The only entries for the races were from the new 8oit. 
class, the 5r1ft. class, the special 3oft. class and Astrild, of 
the 7oft. class, the latter having no competitor. On July 
tt the four one-design boats were measured by Mr. 
Hyslop, the results being: Virginia, 76.74ft. ; Mineola, 
76.73it; Yankee, 76.36ft.; Rainbow, 76.34ft. The sail 
areas are 7,000{t. 

On July 12, the first day, there’ was a dense fog over 
Newport and the adjoining waters, so that even with a 
good breeze from S. by E. a race was not possible. 

First Race—Friday, July 13. 

Friday morning was clear, with a moderate. S.:S.W. 
wind, making the first leg of Course C dead to windward. 
This course was selected, and after the iull triangle of 23 
miles had been covered the first leg was sailed, out to the 
Point Judith mark and back, makmg 14 miles more, hali 
to windward and half under spinakers. In the absence 
of Chester Griswold, of the Race Committee, Philip 
Schuyler acted with Messrs. Kane and Duncan on the 
tug Edward Luckenback. The start was given at I1:10 
for the 80-footers, Mineola, steered by Capt. Wringe, being 
the first over, followed by Rainbow with Capt. Parker 
at the wheel. The two started on the starboard or off- 
shore tack, while Mr. Duryea sent Yankee across on the 
port tack, headed in for the Narragansett shore, Mr. W- 
K, Vanderbilt, Jr., at the wheel of Virginia, following. 
While the two English skippers were having a bout to- 
gether, making several short tacks, but still keeping out, 
Yankee held on until well under the shore, and, as is almost 
always the case on this course with a westerly wind, came 
out ahead of the fleet. Virginia tried a middle course, but 
finally abandoned it to follow Yankee, and fell into second 


place, the first mark being timed: 
First Mark. Elapsed. 


EI ee a le see te enh ERR eee etal 12 20 45 1 10 38 
Wr Rage Aarne ADEE MAME DBEDOLe Rice soar saer 12 22 19 1 11 56 
FIV Ieiaige Chl cue tote ee ae ON noe meee od 12 30 29 1 20 24 
REI O WEL Stara cee ee odec cee ths Lopate 12°32. 30 1 22 25 


The second leg was run with balloon jibs set, Rainbow 
trying a spinaker to starboard, which did not help her. 
The times were: = 
Second Mark. Elppaes 


Wankees ss e-eerobllvecrnos St reeuahenee ..1 24 26 03 41 
VATE CL Ay eteeponmet ieee opts mor ..1 26 52 | 1 04 33 
IVUTETED eye es 2 cee neni Renae talnee ne aes --1 32 36 1 02 07 
AR ATUD Oavimwor pied. clots delclaie ce ioe ue hits Sissi iisenens sei «1 34 26 1 01 56 


On the reach home the elapsed times were very even, 
the round closing: 


Third Mark. Elapsed. 
Wetide: ohhh ohh wf onee hor EE Re dere Pee eer ead ,-.2 04 26 0 40 00 
SWAN TERENE Pros Coenen eo SUH OOS TREC OCee ee 2 OT 28 0 40 36 
BY Brae) Ele eee enreririr terror csbe tits eer er ce 2 12 50 0 40 10 
IRATH DO WIL State oaicsa Babar Dela ohiae ean Sta Miah ee 2 14 44 0 40 18 


On the second beat to the Point Judith mark, the others 
wisely followed Yankee in short tacks under the shore, the 
result showing when they were timed: 


Fourth Mark. Elapsed. 


Saniferse await Cucubxireunn nan tress tenes spores 3 11 08 1 06 42 
Virginia 9.2.2 ).umehies Vee Ed Gk mala nareeier cee oe 1 07 00 
Mineola sh GbR ABH Sa ienenengn A Srariitincct 3 19 08 1 06 18 
RTT DO We vatgitie te aisle a) a) aseieial elaine ie As PENSE ONE ESOOER CE 3 23 36 1 08 52 


' obey ran home with spinakers to port, the last leg being 
timed: 


. : Finish. Elapsed 
Wankee, --.c ess. snas: nests MaRS RRs cen waning sla ae 3 48 56 0 37 48 
NOess 1 eA Reesor ae oSS Bistatelntnendnechorectan/=YAl= ciate = 3 51 40 0 37 12 
Mineola .-,.-.. A jodie oenatdcod= soe sis 3 57 24 0 38 16 
TRAD CMVAm sree stew alate sles rtm viereisie ss nap reir naires 4 02 22 0 38 46 


In the srft. class Syce made a poor start, being handi- 
capped over two minutes, and later she broke her bobstay 


AND STREAM. 


FOREST 


and withdrew. Hera was unluelty in picking up a lobster 
pot, which spoiled her chances. The full times were; 


Cutters—80ft. Class. 


Length Finish. Elapsed: 
Mineola, August Belmont....... 1-., 16.73 BOAT 24 4 47 1) 
Rainbow, ©. Vanderbilt.........-++-5 76.34 4 02 22 4 62 17 
Virginia, W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr......76.74 3 51 40 4-41 17 
Yankee, H. B. Duryea and H. P. 
Wiipotescy, yeh ealtodadseeapenoacccection 76.36 3 48 50 4 38 49 
Cutters—bift. Class. 
Shark, F. L. Ames..........s05++..-- 91,00 4 49 24. 5 83 56 
Altair, ©, Meyer, Ji..........s.2-20.5).00 4 47 58 5 32 40 
Syce, HW. 5S. Redmond,........-----+-- 5). 86 Withdrew. 
Special—30i. Class—Start, 11:80. 
Wawa, Reginald Brooks.........---.8U.00 1 58 12 228 12 
Pollywog, A. Hl. Paget........ 50.00 2 02 52 2 28 2 
Rsperanza, W._B. Duncan, Jr..... -30. 00 1 59.38 2 29 38 
elrsiras sizer. TMCS 1 | iasteert cerecerses 3Q).00 Withdrew. 


Second Day—Saturday, July 14. 

On Saturday motning the weather was still clear and 
pleasant and the wind moderate, N.W. by N., soa course 
was laid off of rs miles to leeward from Brenton’s, Reef, 
the markboat bearing S.E. % S. The start for the 80- 
footers was at 11:10, all going over with second club top- 
sails set. As usual, Mineola was first over, within thirty- 
six seconds of the gun, but the others took their time, as it 
was not a one-gtin start. All set spimakers to port, run- 
ning thus for nearly an hour, when they jibed over and 
reset spinalers. All held closely together, Mineola keep- 
ing her lead; Yankee tore the head of her spinaker and 
tool it in for a while to make repairs, her balloon jib top- 
sail still keeping her up with the others. Rainbow 
lowered her No. 2 club topsail and set the large one, the 
wind falling lighter, and after 1 o'clock all but Virginia 
took in their spinakers. Virginia steered a more easterly 
course than the others, and when they closed in for the 
mark it was a question whether she or Yankee, the latter 
haying passed Rainbow and Mineola some time before, 
would turn first. Yankee was first, but by a very few 
seconds, the times being: 


Turn Elapsed. 
Yankee 1 30 05 218 24 
Rainbow 30 27 217 33 
Mineola 30 49 2 20 13 
WHESITNGE brine ene? wens Se Gee EBS oooede 1 35 17 2 23 28 


With sheets hardened the work of Yankee, Rainbow 
and Mineola was interesting, as they were in close com- 
pany, Mineola being able once to put Yankee about, but 
she made a tack off shore while Yankee kept to the 
northward, nearer shore. The wind headed Mineola on 
this tack and made Yankee’s gain even more than it would 
otherwise have been. The finish was timed: 


Finish. Elapsed. 
Mari Natta Saas REE Deon acces ss oe me teach) tcc 3 52 39 2 22 31 
ASE eenisuE Ie 5h 5 45 4 ete ataemeNieeid oer Ge Baden 3 56 57 2 21 20 
OVE Hertlcis mer wera erence am es ees aha sce 3 58 16 Pill Pf 
IEE eHeT ELON aed MAG Abort Atte Pari ca Widen Roem eset ea at 4 00 29 2 30 02 


During Friday’s race it was discovered that Shark was 
leaking, and she was towed to Bristol for repairs during 
the night, being ready next morning. Syce also had her 
broken bobstay plate repaired. The fleet was increased by 
Sistae, the old Mabel F, Swift I1., of but 46ft. R.M. The 
class started at 11:15, Shark being first over and Sistae 
handicapped. In following the large yachts it was im- 
possible to see the fight in this class or the 3oft. Altair 
won very easily and Sistae beat Shark. The full times 
were; i 

Cutters—si{t. Class. 


A Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Yankee, H. B. Duryea and H. P. , 
AWithtaneN | atch ot Srtoesnpie crate V1 4. 3 52 39 4 40 58 
Virginia, \W. IX, Vanderbilt, Jr...11 12 09 3 56 57 4 44 48 
Mineola, August Belmont,........ LL 10 36 3 58 16 4 47 40 
Rainbow, Cornelius Vanderbilt...11 12 54 4 00 29 4 47 35 
Slit. Class. 
Aitaw, Cord” Meyer, Jro...... 7. 11 17 46 4 46 25 5.28 39 
Shark, F, Lothrop Ames.......... 11 16 24 4 55 02 5 38 38 
Syce, H- S, Redmond... .....%...: 1i 18 49 5 20 52 6 00 52 
Sistae, Jolin B. Rhodes.,......... 11 20 00 4 57.07 5 87 18 
Special—s0it. Class—Start, 11:3), 
Finish Elapsed 
derasuhie Wha Plisaesaessnesise sete overtake ceminereiersare 2 47 57 3.14 57 
Esperanza, W. B. Duncan, Jr................-. 2 33 07 3 03 07° 
NNiawa, ee Brooks: pieces aan eenioiasee Binet. 2 36 09 3 06 09 


Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 


OYSTER BAY—LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
: Saturday, July 14. 

THE annual race for the Alfred Roosevelt Memorial 
cup of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. was sailed on 
July 14, open this year to all yachts of the 36ft. and 
smaller classes. The knockabouts sailed with the others, 
the race counting as one for the Center Island cup. There 
was a strong N.W. wind and several yachts were disabled. 
The course was 1234 miles. The times were: r 


Start, 3:05, 


Finish. Elapsed 
Scamp, J. De JPorest Johnston................. 5 31 35 2 26 35 
Raider, YEIS NS (Graves. sys. ja.jaraeitae tv dee gene poo. 4a 2 28 42 
Woyiiile: Wipes UtaStinesie oe i) yee gecinte terres e 5 45 08 2 40 08 
Bee, D. Le Roy Dresser and H. P. Jacquelin.5 46 20 2 41 20 
Westra Se OU omtts P38 Py pager enone nese 5 48 32 2 43 32 
EMO Ss easel WV Get Woe SOLO WALLS ben edie terwtes cpr rote qeerete os 5 50 47 2 45 47 
Snapper, Ha LL. Maxwell... ... cscs eeee Disabled. 
(GEASPabbose EASE eot. [jet yi Sapeu ate de ong tareern Sieh tren ae Withdrew. 
pTavel seae CASS Sein ays 6 eters aera ep err, Disabled. 

Scamp wins the Roosevelt cup and Wyntje wins the 


third lee for the Center Island cup. 


ed eo 


Cohasset Y. C. 


COHASSETT, MASS, 
"Saturday, July 7. 
Tue Cohasset-Y. C. sailed a race on July 7, the race- 
abouts beginning their second series. The wind was light 
and fluky from the West. The times were: 


Raceabout Class. 

wh. Elapsed 
Delta, BR. B. Williams -.2.,.,¢20¢s0055 rest Aer eodae 1 56 00 
Bancavadawe Maes Siar. stant aadudy oynh hs sisi elteceen Ubcne 1 56 50 
IWeneic VAMC eaT San: sane «ityatire al din) San en need Ua ee 1 57°31 
Remoray, hawereatid (roche (1s) sere sslcleiecalemtiecawinietitic acme 1 57 55 
ECan Ot en RVUOORSs mas aanieeae Ae cece hotel eae tee on Riri 1 59 20 
MiSrrsoon sake Avwtker cw ogee van. Ase wll ees 2 00 00 
Raven, J. Deanr...... Tt nies th AOE Re Sv 8 AiR aaa MR Tele 2 01 26 
4 15it. Class, 

Siyall oWaaM se I CHACH SOM: aa eater: arses ane tae Lore reste 0 50 20 
Jeti TES MON Sim LA eco aro tees rete be terrence na oep ed 0 50 45 
Knockabout Class. 

IPQ Aig SBS RTO ¢ qacnorMnoCSOCU OCB BEEIE Je) 5. orca hotocgt 140 35 
SHAG y ane emai BGO tiem tactic otc etic eve ne serene yin 1 14 20 


The seven raceabouts tried to turn.the first mark to- 
gether and nearly every boat filed a protest against others, 


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Sea (Cliff Y. C. Annual Regatta. 
SEA CLIFF—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, July 14. 

THe Sea Cliff Y. C, sailed its anfiual regatta on July 
t4 in a reefing breeze from N.W. and a sea, two of the 
Skows capsizing—Rod during the race and Mongoose II. 


just after finishing, Mongoose II. parted her throat hal- 
yards twice, but managed to finish, The full times were: 


Cutters aad Yawls—46it. Class—Start, 12:05—Course, 15 miles. 


ey Finish, Elapsed. Corrected. 
Madeap, T. J. Sheridan.....:....-- 3 46 00 3 41 00 3 41 40 
Albicore, Seymour J. Hyde.......- 3.32 40 3.27 40 eee et 
Sloops—s6ft. Class—Start, 12:05—Course, 15 miles. 
Countess, Oswald Sanderson...,.. Disabled. 
eda fla osu) @onitellliy ceeees a aeates 3 24 00 3 19 00 SOP 
Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 12:10—Course, 12 miles. 
Impudent, C. Silkworth........6..: 1 37 30 1 27 30 aoe ores 
Sloops—25ft. Class—Special—Start, 12:10—Course, 12 miles. 
Rochelle, Edward Kelly........... 1 52 00 1 42 00 3 hes 
on, Sloops—22ft. Class—Start, 12:10—Course, 12 miles. 
Chingachgook, E, A. Stevens,..... Withdrew. 
Adelaide, W. P. Douglas......... 2 14 40 2 04 40 
' Cat Rigged—25ft. Class—Start, 12:10—Course, 12 miles. 
Win or Lose, J, S. Appleby....... 215 15 2 05 15 2 03 09 
Uarda, H. H. Gordon,.,,.......... 2 14 40 2 04 40 2 04 40 
Special Mixed Class—Start, 12:10—Course, 12 Miles. 
Mongoose II., Simeon Ford...,... 2 05.00 - 1 55 00 Fe 0 
Spindrift, Pirie Brothers........... 2 06 30 1 51 30 ve 
Open Catboats—18f{t. Class—Start, 12:15—Course, 12 Miles. 
Ethel Bs,.G. Bs Berners2 2.225.505 Withdrew. 
Dunlea, Dunning and Leaycraft..2 40 33 2 26 33 2 25 33 
ISazazajede de vicGalilis.s 2 aqate 2 22 20 2 07 20 2.07 20 
Open Cats—I5ft. Class—Start, 12:15—Course, 12 Miles. 
We Win, I. S. Sherwood.......... 2 30 08 righ mst 
Scout, Henry Hall.......... ve 2 28 52 ape 
Old Squaw, Fred Carstein...., 2 26 10 2 26 10 
Bouncer, Archie Tappan.......... 2 29 10 2 29 10 
Coot, A.D: Princes i: ee tees 2 42 10 PAINT eee ae, 
Sloops—1l5ft. Class—Start, 12:10—Course, 12 Miles. 
Flounder, E. P. Titus.......2..06 ..Withdrew. ” 
Mike, Guy Forbes..,.... Meaas eres 2 27 10 217 10 217 10 
Mae, Clinton Crow........ rer »»-2 15 29 2 05 29 cae 
Open Sloops—2ift. Class—Start, 12:10—Course, 12 Miles. 
OxaEch wae Daviolerren ayer eemnedie dae rt 2 27 15 217 15 217 15 
Rod, Donald Iselin...... latehatelat retsta Disabled. 
es Dory Class—Start, 12:15—Course, 8 Miles. 
Riddler ag)... Gorinellives sais cacirderea Withdreyw. 
John Dory, Guy Standing.,.,.,... 2 08 00 1 53 00 
Rudder, H. F. Stevenson......... 2 08 40 153 40 Ps ae 
Dud, G, A. Corris....... RoR eat 2 10 40 1 56 40 6 ee 


The winners were Albicore, Veda, Fenner Rochelle, 
Adelaide, Win or Lose, Mongoose II., Kazaza, Old 
Squaw, Mae, Ox and John Dory. 


Thirty-footers at Newport. 


Ow July 9 the 30-footers sailed a race over the Dyer’s 
Island course in a strong S.W. wind, the times being 
Start 3:17: : ' 7 


Esperanza, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr 

Dorothy, H. Y. pie canoe ergo oes Br bat 5 
HerayekRe Now iisce aes SOpo nate Bee F ' i 2 1932 
Wawa, R. Brooks........ ataha a! < iFatalgnz ilclesipiagitooe es Withdrew. 


On July 10 the conditions were much the same and the 
same course was sailed, start 3:21: 


Finish. 
Esperanza, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr.............. 1b 81 32 edie 
Wawa, Reginald Brooks.............-...00000e- 5 31 41 210 42 
Hleray, talplig Ne bilissnucce sous ste eon ate 6 32 21 211 21 
Dorothy, Clarence W. Dolan.........0......... 5 36 02 2 15 02 


On Wednesday there was still more wind from S.W., 
and a good race resulted, the times being, start 3:16: 


Hera, R. N. Ellis.......... Petes Pee z Oras Siety 
Dorothy, H. Y. Dolan..... wsdl Lats Sette token re tere 5 07 39 1 51 39 
Wawa, Reginald Brooks..........--..0c0eeeeees 8 08 52 1 52 52 
RollywogseA hin Pacets vererntgn sutenstniationorn: 5 10 20 1 54 20 
Esperanza, W. B. Duncan, Jr............00015- Withdrew. 


Esperanza fouled a mark and withdrew. 
_ On Thursday a race was started in spite of the fog 
in the morning, which caused the postponement of the 
New York Y. C. races. The course was sixteen miles, 
sailed in a strong S.W. wind, the times being, start 3:16: 


lesa, TR oN, Eilistnens hak jo cdesly desea te Fa ae si iese 
Wawa, Reginald Brooks....... 5 06 32 1 50 32: 
Esperanza, C. L. F. Robinson, ..5 07 30 1 BL 30) 
Pollywope APH, ePasetisswicn cee iceeee te mie: 5 09 42 . 1 53 42 


Hera fouled the long cable of the stakeboat and the 
question of her being thereby disqualified is still open. 
On Friday and Saturday the boats sailed in the New York 
Y. C. races, as elsewhere reported, 


Keystone Y. C, 


PHILADELPHIA—DELAWARE RIVER, * 
Sunday, July 8. 
THE Keystone Y. C. sailed a race on July 8 in very: 


variable weather, witha calm and a heavy thtinder storm: 
The times were: - ‘ 


Second Class Duckers. 


Finish. Elapsed. 

210 35 1 18 35 

2 10 47 1 18 47 

an 50 1 19 50 
Anna V., J) Whiteheadwicis ssi... sce e sant a2 3 Bs at Be ; 

Skiffs 
IRemK SAS NS aad neko peccoblelhangcr ihe 2 é 
Alberta, J. Millington............... eS 36 7 1 of 7 
Giey edie Vas bariay Melita ines see liniage stole 2 27 10 10510 — 
Glosser,, W. Karetle 0.0.0)... 0.0 5scnbeseeeetesee 2 30 52 1 08 52 
Jib Oa Wir bias chines ite: Ser sear pees ata bee one 2 32 00 1 10 00 
First Class Duckers, 
Bertie S., W. Clausen........... oa ais Wat 37 00 1 26 00 
George B., te JC te eenguet DAL Aen SAL 6 37 01 1 26 01 
BESSich Ss, M\ine Dine coment a ten int. ittink hey 6 87 50 1 26 50 
Mic Girity, aa VVa me Collomiun ) seen ae ese eleas 6 41 00 1 30 00 
PID reassure nalicrossy mere tee e ee ieee 6 42 01 1 31 01 
Vebuesti, Sur Weatoniets Acar so tooetagge See pairs 6 42 02 1 31 02 
1 39 00 


Hiorinidae uJ wBrewenbw nec ssth set oeae Pe hae 6 50 00 


Penataquit Corinthian Y. C. 
BAYSHORE—GREAT SOUTH BAY. 
Saturday, July 14. 
Tue Penataquit Corinthian Y. C. sailed a race for 


sloops of Class N on July 14 in a variable N.W. wind, the 
times being, start 2:05: 


Se 


Finish. Elapsed. Correcte 
(aMet eure eer eee soldi 8's SEE 3 54 47 14949 1.49 ie 
Wee BN ITs eS in adeetedue nacre anes AUG! Lap 2 01 52 2 00 00 
UTE Tree ate at le “a elete: preaaTe 4 04 40 1 59 40 1 55 63 
QSBWANA asathjcssefretess ioenete 1400638 2 01 12 15616 | 


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FOREST. AND+ STREAM. 


{JuLy 2t, 1000, 


Misery Island Club. 


MISERY ISLAND—MASSACHUSETTS BAY, 
Saturday, July 7.. 
The Misery Island Club, a new organization, whose 
station is on Misery Island, off Bevery Farms and Man- 
chester, held its first yacht race on July 7, using the East- 
ern Y. C. rules. A very liberal prize list brought out 
good entries in one class; cups of $50 and $30 in the 25it- 
raceabout and knockabout class and cups of $30 and 
$15 for the r6ft. restricted class. The course for the 
larger boats was from off the eastern end of the island 
around a buoy off Half Way Rock, then around a buoy 
off Magnolia and home, twelve miles, nautical. The 16ft. 
class sailed an eight-mile course. The wind was light 
and varied from S. by E, at the start to S.W. at the fin- 
ish. The Gardner & Cox fin-keel Cartoon made a good 
race with the new Crowninshield Jingo, almost a sister 
boat to Flirt, the keel boat leading at times, though the 
fin got away on a long reach and finally won by a small 
margin. The times were: 
25ft. Class. 


a 

Cartoon, Howard Parker....--ss+. 5 13 3 
Tinga, R. T. Paine, 2d... + pu B 2 00 12 
Khalifa, Randolph Tucke 5 ; 2 
Tsis, G. F. Mayo... cccccccpeennnnterrcerecccees 5 22 00 2 08 00 
Oivana, R. Boardman,...-...+-s0tesstreesneteree h 22 25 2 08 a 
Onda, John Greenough.....,...:.+ssssereeseres 5 29 50 2 BB a 
OT C U, Dr. Ty Rotch.....0.0-+-.ssseeesernees 5 47 00 2 33 06 
Never Did, D. H. Follett.....-s.-ecceresstecsre Withdrew. 

Raceabouts. 
Sintram, W. ae hee Beha trates tetateralntatetesr Serie 5 2 05 “ 
Tuni aes eateie eeite deco 5 2 09 ¢ 
Pate lc. Robbins PR ef ES Ge wtnaestats 5 28 20 2°09 20 

Knockabouts. fe 
Opitsah II., S. H. Foster..,...----e-eerecveonss 5 40 00 216 00 
Opechee, H. S. Grew. ..sereecseeeee eee eeeme ees 5 42 00 2 18 00 
Bonita, Sewall Brothers....:.....-- Ae 5 47 10 ‘ 

16ft. Restricted Class. 

Polly, G. Wadsworth. .....scpsvccersetesrersers 4 59 00 1 30 00 
Cyclone, NMacomlberssasahret ss chk aen ss bom 4 59 10 1 30 10 
Ugly Duckling, C. F. Lyman....,.-.+++0.«seee: Withdrew. 


Pirate protested Tunipoo for fouling. The winners 
were: Cartoon, $50; Jingo, $30; Sintram, $50; Tunipoo, 
$30, subject to protest; Opitsah I1., $50; Opechee, $30; 
Polly, $30; Cyclone, $15. 


« 


Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. 


‘= HULL—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, July 7. 
The Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. sailed a race on July 7 
in a light westerly wind, freshening to a good sailing 
breeze and giving fine sport. The times were: 


H O Class. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Empress, Hayden and Parkers.:ccese++---++0s 2 22 32 eres 
Orphan, Edwin Clapp... s..cdecesssseseeureerers 2°22 45 
Al Kyris, J. FP. Brown, ,......scssereerceceeress 2 23 32 
Hanley, W. F. Bache.....ccgessesisecccee pansion 2:32: 27 
25ft. Cabin Class. 
Flirt, Fabyan and McKee.....csssconsseascenes 2 23 49 i 
Tittle Peter, H. Moebs.......:scctecieeceasesas 2 27 44 
Hermes, A. W. Chesterton......s:sssseueeceers 2 28 48 
eae 21ft. Handicap, Class. eee ateiee 

Caterpillar IPP eIeVESty overt oetesacmine pee sh 4 5 
Ghivgeais wiivedeDaumlass erties marcos 219 42 2 10 42 
Squaw, A. M. Blinn... ccceccsseeeseeercerenees 2 44 43 2 20 43 

r 18ft. Handicap Class. Bae Sent 
Azara, George E. Hills.s.ccccccasassseuensee ied 
ERG Roa a Gmtarbiny err a see 22415 20715 
Barbara, A. F. Hayden....-.c:cccscscsacereres 2 25 08 2 12 08 
Zaza, Lauriat and Humphrey...-...... reanaeetat 2 24 19 2 18 19 


The judges were L. M. Clark and L..B. Flint. 


HULL—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, July 14. 
Tue Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. sailed a good race on 
July 14 in a strong N.W. wind, the times being: 


H-O Class, 
i St Corrected. 
Hanley, W. F. Bache.....ssscsssaccencacreracs ne! 
Al Ree, ii. PR LOM cet aentse reso Pee Phere 1 41 50 
Empress, Hayden and Parker..........+,: yee ed 42 52 
Orphan, Edwin Clapp.......0.cetescesscceseeeee 1 48 02 
25ft. Class. 
Hermes, A. W. Chesterton....-....-..........- 151 05 
Little Peter, J. J. Moebs........cscspseccensee. 1 52 08 
21ft. Handicap Class. 
Shyessa, Alfred Douglas.........1esseeess eves 1 40 32 1.30 32 
Caterpillar, W. P. Keyes... ....cccesse.ceseee eed 49 08 1 33 08 
Scaws AWM. Bitty 2 viewed ost eterece meee sesee Withdrew. 
18it. Handicap Class. 
Zaza, Humphrey and Lauriat.............--... 1 41 50 1 30 50 - 
Barbara, A. F. Hayden.......0..:sctecee sence es 1 41 56 1 30 56 
Goblin, G. W. Canterbury............-esee.as- 1 45 46 1 34 46 


The judges were William Avery Carey, Louis M. Clark 
and Lawrence B. Flint. Al’ Kyris protested Hanley for 
fouling off the Strawberry Hill Mark. Flirt broke her 
rudder head before the start and was towed to Marble- 


head. i 
Mineola and Rainbow. 


Tue following was made public on July 10: 


New York Y. C.,, June 19.—Sir: The Glen Cove 
cups—June 19, 1900.—Wind E. Course E. by N. Start- 
ing line between the committee boat off Matinicock Point 
buoy and a mark two cables’ length due north. 

During the preparatory period, the Rainbow having 
worked into a position on the committee boat’s starboard 
quarter and to the westward of a line between that boat 
and Matinicock Point buoy, was approaching the starting 
line on the starboard tack, with the wind anywhere from 
two to three points forward of the beam. On the other 
hand, the Mineola, having been on the port tack for a 
short period, neared the Rainbow and then luffed, coming 
up into the wind somewhat sluggishly, The Rainbow 
also luffed in order to avoid the Mineola, being thereby 
compelled to yield her starboard tack. . 

While it is nowhere contended that the Rainbow was 
close hauled, still she was on the wind on the starboard 
tack, and so long as she did not alter her helm for the pur- 
pose of crowding the Mineola she was entitled to her 
rights. Thus the committee consider that the Mineola was 
wrong under section 3, rule 16, since, in their opinion, 
which is strengthened by its conformity with the Ad- 
miralty decisions, “‘close hauled” should be taken as in- 
cluding “on the wind,” or with the wind anywhere for- 
ward of the beam. 


There was no protest, but both the Mineola and the 
Rainbow asked fora ruling by the committee. 

Since this interpretation of “close hauled,” as it ap- 
pears in the section referred to, has never before been 
made by the club, the committee will take no further 
action in this particular case. Respectfully, 

S. NicHoLtson KANE, 
Joun F. Lovejoy (Pro Tem.). 
Grorce A. Cormack (Pro Tem.). 

Mr. William Butler Duncan, Jr., of the regatta com- 

mittee, but who was not acting on this occasion, approved 


of this interpretation of ‘“‘close hauled,” as embodied in 


this report. 

“Section 3, Rule 16.—When both yachts are close 
hauled, or both free, or both have the wind aft, and have 
the wind on opposite sides, the yacht with the wind on 
the port side shall keep clear.” 


Old Mill Y. C. 


JAMAICA BAY. 
Sunday, July 8. 


THE Old Mill Y. C. sailed its first race on July 8 in a 
fresh N.W. wind that called for reeis. The times were: 


Class A—Sloops. 


Length. Start Finish. Elapsed. 

Cornelia, D, S. Van Wicklin.30,2 31300 44100 1 28 00 
Peerless, H. Kelly.ii..-.-..4. 26.10 31600  ##Withdrew. 
Pauline, Chas. Terry.......... 35 31600 Withdrew. 
Florence, W. Armbruster....,30 31200 44000 1 2800 

Class C—Open Cats. 
Pauline, B. J. O. Rogers......22.8 31900 44100 1 2210 
Furmen, D. Van Wicklin..... ~ Withdrew. 

Class D—Sharpies. 
Alert, Wi Mavérivcs.decacs-+ 16.8 24000 44600 1 06 00 
Diver, H. Walker.......0..0-: 16.9 34000 465400 1 41 00 
Mary B., A. Bortavenhier..... 15,9 3 40 00 Dithdrew. 
Vil aye) ELAY COTE tee tat pas ncn 15.2 3 40 00 415 00 1 11 00 
Our Minnie, Chas. Harms....20.2 3 40 00 Withdrew. 
Minnie K., Julius Koch. Eye 3 40 00 Withdrew. 
Bill Nye, Wm, Kopp.. 6.4 3 40 00 4 45 00 1 05 00 
America, E. Bayle..... 40: 34000 Withdrew. 
Dolphin, C. J. Woods. Ane. $4000 45430 1 14 30 

Class E—Schooners. 
Lizzie, Otto MKrich.........-. 27 - $1900 44500 12600 


The judges were Joseph Buehler and William Keenan; 
Regatta Committee, Joseph Buehler, H. Falkenstein, J. 
Kopf, W. Francis and William Heenan. 


Shelter Island Y. C. 


SHELTER ISLAND—GARDINER’S BAY. 
Saturday, July 7. 


Tue Shelter Island Y. C. sailed a special race on July 
7, starting in a very light air, followed by a hard squall, 
which disabled several yachts. The times were: 


Class M—Sloops—Start, 2:40. 


Finish, Elapsed. Corrected. 
Marion, BF. M. Smith...........0. 5 05 00 2 25 00 2 25 00 
Martha, Weber and Keim........ 5 08 00 2 28 00 2 28 00 
“Ottilie, O. E. Loehrike............ 5~09 00 2 27 00 2 27 00 
Class P—Sloops—Start, 2:40. 

Eyelyn, A, C. Banker...-.....-,-. 5 30 00 2 50 00 
AN Vigo flee Scams MCC CTS serie areas acta ys—-etehn Withdrew. 

: Class V—Catboats—Start, 2:50. 
Rattler We Henes ne... cne eres 5 55 00 3 05 00 1 28 00 
Mercula, F. W. Jenkins.......-..- Withdrew, 

_ Class W—Catboats—Start, 2:44. 

Spooh, J. L. Hutchinson........ «. Disabled. 
Surprise, F. M. Smith,............ 5 55 00 1 238 00 1 23 00 


Royal Canadian Y. C. Murray Cup. 


TORONTO—LAKE ONTARIO. 
Saturday, July 7. 

Tue Royal Canadian Y. C. sailed a race for the Murray 
cup on July 7, the course being from Toronto to Oak- 
ville, twenty-two miles, starting with a fresh westerly 
breeze that fell lighter during the race. The race was 
a handicap, the allowances being given at the start, The 
times were: 


Helmsman., Allowance. Start. Finish. 
Vreda, Rear-Com. Peuchen........ 0 04 00 218 6 02 45 
Merrythought, Louis McMurray. .0 00 14 2 21 46 6 05 30 
Vedette, Mr. Chisholm............ 0 22 00 2 00 00 6 24 00 
Vivia, Mr. MeRae............. 0 18 00 2 04 00 6 26 00 
Clorita, G. M. Higginbotham Allows 2 22 00 6 35 00 


Center Moriches Y. C. 


CENTER MORICHES—GREAT SOUTH BAY, 
Saturday, July 14. 


Tuer Center Moriches Y. C. opened a series of club races 
on July 14, the first being sailed in a variable N.W. wind, 
the boats starting with reefs. The times were: 


As the series is without time allowance, Melody wins 


the first race. 


Interlake Y. A. 


Tur annual meet of the Interlake Y. A. will be held at 
Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, on July 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27. The 
first day will be devoted to a reception on board the yachts 
of the fleet, with a smoker in the evening. On Tuesday 
there will be races for the 45ft., 40ft., 35ft., 30ft., 25it. and 
2oft. classes, and on Wednesday there will be an open 
race for the Hotel Victory cup, with time allowance, also 
a special race for power launches and the 16ft. class. 
Thursday will be given up to general festivities, a squad- 
ron sail, chowder party and a ball at the Hotel Victory. 
On Friday there will be races for all classes, as on 
Tuesday, but over a windward and leeward course, with 
a smoker in the evening, at which the prizes will be dis- 
tributed. All communications should be addressed to F. 
R. Frey, Chairman Race Committee, Toledo, O. The 
Association includes the Cleveland Y. C., Detroit Y.-C.. 
Detroit Boat Club (yachting department), .Erie Y. C.. 
Put-in-Bay Y. C.. Sandusky Y. C,, Toledo Y. A., Up- 
River Y. C., of Toledo, and West End Y. C., of De- 
troit, 


Hussar L, sloop, has left New York by way of the Hud- 
son and the canals for Lake Ontario, 


Quincey Y. C: Cup, 
fram the Boston Glove, 


On July 1 at 1 o’clock the first tace of the series for 
possession of the Quincy challenge cup will be started, off 
the Quincy Y. C. at Houghs Neck. 

This will be the third time’ since the cup has been 
donated that challengers haye come forward to take it to 
some other district. So far nobody has succeeded. 
Whether or not it will be done this year is a matter of 
conjecture. Opinions have been given on each side and 
reasons given, but the real thing will not develop until 
the races are sailed. 

The first year that the cup was offered it was defended 
by Recruit. Duchess, one of C. D, Mower’s productions, 
nearly 3ft. shorter than the defender, put up a gamy 
argument for possession of the cup, but she was outclassed 
by the larger boat. 

Last year Mr. Mower came forward with a new pro- 
duction, Heiress, of which great things were predicted, 
There were three other challengers besides Heiress— 
Oogrook, owned by Walter Abbott, of the Hull-Massachu- 
setts Y. C.; Thelma, owned by F. L. Pigeon, of the An- 
nisquam Y. C., and Pompano, owned by W. E. C, Eustis, 
of the Beverly Y. C. 

During the races preceding the contest for the Quincy 
cup, Heiress, Thelma and Oogrook met several times, and 
the Mower boat had no difficulty in getting away with the 
bunch. The Quincy Y. C. had produced a new defender, 
Hostess, designed by Arthur Keith, and owned by Henry 
M. Faxon. 

In the City of Boston open race Hostess and Heiress 
met, and Heiress had an apparently easy time of it. 
When it came to the cup races another story is told. 
Heiress was undoubtedly the most likely boat in the 
bunch of challengers, but she did not even so much as 
win one race from the defender. 

This year there are three challengers—Lookout, owned 
by E. Henry Higginson and Reginald Boardman, of the 
Manchester Y. C.; Tashmoo, owned by John S. Law- 
rence, of the Harvard Y. C., and Pompano, owned by W. 
EK. C, Eustis, of the Beverly Y. C. 

Both Lookout and Tashmoo are of the type of Hostess, 
but with alleged improvements on her extremely radical 
design. They are both wider and longer on top than 
Hostess, have 4in, less draft, and will carry 200 square feet 
more sail. Many opinions have been vouchsafed on the — 
probable performances of these boats. Some have said 
that they will prove faster in proportion to their additional 
measurements, while others claim the limit of beam per 
waterline length has been reached in Hostess, and that 
the new boats will prove slower rather than faster than 
the old boat. 

Both new boats have been described in these columns. 
It is sufficient to say that both have gone further into 
the extreme of flatness of floor and small dead rise than 
Hostess, with extra power and more sail. They are 
very nearly alike in model, with the exception that Tash- 
moo is 14ft. beam, against Lookout’s 12ft., and Lookout 
shows a flare to her sides, while the topsides of Tash- 
moo are perfectly straight. 

Whether or not the owner of Hostess is satisfied that the 
limit has been reached in last year’s defender, certain it is 
that no new boat will be in evidence to defend the cup 
this year, Hostess looks much the same to the ordinary 
observer as she did whén she successfully defended the 
cup in 1890, 

It is understood that some radical changes have been 
made in her, but just what they are neither the owner 
nor any of his crew are willing to divulge, It has been 
said that bilge boards were to be substituted for the 
centerboard, but in the races which she has sailed so 
far there have been no indications of bilge boards. That 
is not saying, however, that they are not there, 

One boat the reader may perhaps think has been oyer- 

looked in the list of challengers and defender. This 
is not the case. Pompano is the same boat which raced 
for the cup last year, but this year she comes forward as 
rather a dark horse. 
_ It will be remembered that last year she was the “flat- 
iron” boat, with even less about her looks than the rest 
of the bunch, from a boatman’s standpoint, to recommend 
her. This year, while she bears the same name, she jis 
an entirely different boat in appearance. 

Last year she was a fin-keel, and the only midship 
section worth mentioning was just at her stern. During 
the winter she was split at the stem and her bow widened, 
so that now she is of the Skow type. Another departure 
was introduced by taking off her fin and substituting bilge 
boards. These boards are set in at an angle with the 
seed are only perpendicular when the boat is well 

eeled. 

She has been sailing through Hull Bay for a few 
days past, and is said to show up wonderful speed. She 
will probably be sailed through the races ‘by John 
Cavanagh, who, with his great knowledge of the tides 
through Hull Bay, will undoubtedly show up all that there 
is good in her. 

Tht other day one of the crew of Hostess said, when 
asked about the old boat's chances with the newer boats 
of the same type: “Tt has been said that the limit of 
beam in boats of our type has been reached in Hostess, 
and I am rather of the opinion that such is the case. I 
do not mean to say that the new boats will not be fast. T 
think they will be. I think that in a heayy blow they 
will have a good chance of beating Hostess, but in ordi- 
nary or light weather I think Hostess will win,” 

Perhaps this will prove true, perhaps it won't, and 
perhaps the remodeled boat from the Cape, which has not 
been seriousiy considered, may upset all calculations hy 
walking away from the bunch. In any case, the cup is 
there to be won by somebody, and the Quincy boys are 
perfectly willing that any one who produces a faster 
hoat ihan Hostess should take it away. They have 
been modest victors, and will prove good losers if beaten: 
and if the cup is taken away they will go afterit with the 
same determination and system with which they have 
defended it. . 

Commencing Monday at tr P. M., the races will he 
sailed daily, except Tuesday, July 17, Monday, July 23. 
and Sundays, until the races are finished. The times for 
the start will be as follows: July 16, 1 P. M.; July 18, 2 
P. M.; July 19, 2:30 P. M.; July 20, 3 P. M.;: July 21, 
3:40 Ee M.; July 24, 9 A. M.; July 25, 10 A. M.; July 
26, 10 A. M, 


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| been recovered. 


unknown. 


Juty 21, 1900.| 


Genesee and the Lake Yachts. 


Tue following dispatch has been sent out through the 
press agencies: , 

Rochester, July 12.—The Rochester Y. C. will be repre- 
sented at Cobourg during the meeting of the Lake Yacht 
Racing Association by some of the fastest small boats in 
its fleet, but it was decided last night that the champion 
Genesee will not be sent. Mr. Van Voorhis, her owner, 
says it would be foolish to take the Genesee to Cobourg 
and sail her against the combined fleets of the Canadian 
yacht clubs. He will consider and would like to receive a 
challenge from any of the Canadian yachts, and has from 
$1,000 to $5,000 to place on his’ boat. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


On July ro at 4 A, M. as the sloop Sea King, Henry E. 
Baker, was coming up New York Bay and just off Sea 
Gate, she was fouled by a working schooner bound out, 
and cut down almost to the waterline, her rigging also 
being badly damaged, With Mr, Baker were three friends 
—Andrew Welling, of No. 127 Columbus avenue; Howard 
Carroll, of No. 212 East 110th street, and George Ed- 
wards, of No. 327 Sterling place, Brooklyn. Capt. Isaac 
Van Clief was in charge of the yacht. Capt, Van Clief’s 
nose was fractured and his right shoulder dislocated. 
Mr. Welling received internal injuries and his left foot 
was crushed. Mr. Sterling had three fingers broken and 
his right shoulder dislocated. Mr. Edwards was cut about 
the head and face. All boarded the dinghy, which was 
towing astern, and rowed to Bensonhurst. The schooner 
proceeded to sea without making an effort to aid the 


yacht. 
mR ER 


Aphrodite, steam yacht, Col. O. H. Payne, sailed from 
New York on July to for a long cruise in British and 
northern waters. Col. Payne was accompanied by a party 
of friends. 

mR ER 


The Department of State has presented a magnificent 
silver vase to Emmanuel F. Marguerite, owner of the 
French yacht Ophelie, for his humane conduct in saving 
the Captain, his family, and the crew of the American 
bark Rebecca Crowell, of Bath, Me. The Crowell was dis- 
masted, unmanageable and sinking in the Mediterranean 
when overhauled by the Ophelie. The captain of the 
latter vessel lowered a boat, in charge of Paul Sabatier, his 
guest, and. with great difficulty and in great peril a line 
was passed to the bark and she was towed to a safe place, 
The State Department has also awarded a gold medal to 
Mr. Sabatier and $20 to each member of the crew of the 
boat, in recognition of their heroic conduct. 


eR E 


Three bodies from the ill-fated yacht Idler, which 
foundered ten miles from Cleveland during a squall last 
Saturday, were recovered. They were those of Mrs, 
Corrigan, wife of Capt. James Corrigan, owner of the 
yacht; Mrs. Charles Riley, wife of Charles Riley, of New 
Brunswick, N. J., and daughter of James Corrigan, and 
Miss Etta Corrigan, daughter of Capt. Corrigan. The 
bodies of the other three victims of the disaster, Miss Ida 
Corrigan, Miss Jane Corrigan, and baby Riley,‘have not 


mR Ee 


Norna, schr., is reported as sold to E. Geher, of Sydney, 
N. S. W., for $800, to be used as a trader. The where- 
abouts of her former owner “Commodore Weaver, are 


Ren 

Isolde, cutter, Com. F. M. Hoyt, arrived at Greenport 
from Halifax on July 12 and was at once hauled out on the 
railway. She will ship her racing rig at once. 


eR E 


A ntimber of New York business men living at Hack- 
ensack and Hasbrouck Heights have organized the Ber- 
gen County Y. C., with the following officers: Com,, 
William B. Collins; Pres,, Louis Mangin; Treas., C. M. 
A. Roehrie; Sec’y., A. G. Rossig; Trustees, F. W. Whit- 
aker and B. W. Levitan. Plans for a club house have 
heen drawn tip. The site is on the Outwater property at 
Little Ferry, on the Hackensack River. 


RR ER 


The 35ft. cutter building at Bristol’for F. M. Smith, 
of New York, will be named Effort. 


me RK 


After postponing its race of July 4 for lack of wind, the 
Canarsie Y. C. was again disappointed on July 7, a two- 
reef breeze developing into quite a fair imitation of a 
eycl.ne before the start, with a pour of rain and heavy 
wind. A race was out of the question, and the yachts 
were lucky in getting off with some minor mishaps. 
The race was postponed to July 21. 

Ree 

The Jamaica Bay Y. C. was obliged to postpone its 
races of July 4 and July 7 on account of the unfavorahl 
weather. : 

ene 

Countess, sloop, built at Bristol for Oswald Sanderson, 
of the Larchmont Y, C., arrived at Larchmont on July s. 
She is a fin-keel, 52ft. gin. over all, 32ft. l.w.l., rt, 3in, 
Breadth and 8ft. draft. 


Grapshooting. 


Hf you want your shoot to Be announced here send fo 


Fixtures. 
INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS, 


Aug. 7-8—Newport, Vt.—Interstate Association’s tournamenit, 
@iider the auspices of the Newport Gun Club. J. R. Akin, Sec’y; 


muder the auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club. 


“July 19.—Watson’s Park, Chicago.—Barta-Graham contest for the 
Jupont trashy, 


motice like the following: eS 


| Sept. 12-18.—Salemn, N, Y.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


July, Rage a tas Norwalk, Conn.—Summer shoot of the Naromake 

un Club, ‘ 
July 24.—Dexter Park, Brooklyn—Annual handicap merchandise 

target tournament and clam bake of the Hell Gate Gun Club, 

Hl. Schortemeier, 201 Pearl street, New York, Chairman of Com- 


mittee. ta 
July 25-27.—Winnipeg, Man,—Manitoba Industrial Exhibition 
tournament, F. W. Heubach, Sec'y. 


Association’s trapshootin 
July 25-27.—Tolchester Beach, Kent County, Md,—Fourth annual 


midsummer tournament; two days targets; one live birds; added 
money and merchandise. 

Aug. 1.—Wellington, Mass.—Tournament of the Boston Shoot- 
ing Association; open to shooters of New England. 

Aug, 3-4-—St. Paul, Minn.—Tournament of the St. Paul Rod and 
Gun Club; $240 in cash or more added, A, E. Perry, Sec’y-Treas. 

Aug. 7.—Hackensack River Bridge.—Outwater’s live-bird handi- 
eap. LL. H. Schortemeier, Mer. 

Aug. §&—Auburn, Me—Tournament of the Auburn Gun Club, 

Aug. 7-3.—Birmingham, Ala,a—Amateur tournament giyen by the 
Peters. Cartridge Co., on the grounds of the Birmingham Gun 
Club; $150 added. John H. Mackie, Mgr, 

TTL Singsijiexy “A909 ‘]eYsieyy, “vy *L ~PapPe ood «Fretreuanoy 
UEIpuy F4L—eT “exe Hoqoyg “yeq s,ploury—0s-sg “Sn 

Sept. —.—First week in September. Tournament of the Sher- 
brooke Gun Club. t 

Sept. 3-4—North Platte, Neb.—Tournament of the Buffalo Bill 
Gun Club on Col. Cody’s Scout’s Rest Ranch; $250 added. Geo, 
L. Carter, Mer. 

Sept. 3.—Muncie, Ind.—One-day tournament of the Magic City 
Gun Club. Chas, E. Adamson, Sec’y, 

Sept. 4—Meriden, Conn.—Fifth annual Labor Day tournament 
of the Parker Gun Club; $25 added. C. S, Howard, Beets 

Sept. 12-13.—Homer, Ill.—Annual tournament of the Triangular 
eat Club; one day targets; one day live birds. C. B, Wiggins, 
ec’y. 
Sent. 14-15.—Platte City, Mo.—Trap shoot of the Platte City Gun 
Club. S, Redman,—Sec’y. 

Sept. 18-21—St.“thomas, Ont.—Tom Donley’s fourth annual 
tournament; live birds and targets. 

Oct. 2-4—Swanton, Vt—Robin Hood Gun Club’s three days’ 
tournament, : 

Oct. 12-14,—Louisville, Ky—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
targets and live birds. Emile Pragoff, Sec’y, 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
(lay afternoon, 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


July 18.—Interstate Park—John §. Wright’s all-day shoot and 
contest for Sanders-Storms trophy under his management. 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest. June 20, 1900, 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht 
Gun Club—Saturdays. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication ix 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided untless otherwise reported. Mai 
alisuch matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad-~ 
way, New York. 


The programme of the fifth annual midsummer tournament, to 
be held July 25, 26 and 27, is now ready for distribution. The pro- 
gramme provides two days at targets and one day at liye birds: 
On the first day there are eleven events, of which nine are at 15 
targets, $1.50 entrance; one at 10 pairs, $1.50, and a three-men team 
race, at 25 targets, entrance $6 per team. No. 11 event is from 
a0yds., usé of both barrels. There are seven events at live birds 
on the ‘second day, and of these five are miss-and-outs, $2, one of 
which is from the 26yd. mark, use of one barrel. No. 4 is at 7 
birds, 28yds., use of one barrel; $5 entrance, birds included; three 
high guns, No. 7 is a 10-bird handicap, 25 to 3lyds.; $7, birds in- 
eluded; three high guns. There are ten target events on the third 
day; eight at 15, one at 10 pairs, and a merchandise event at 50 
targets; ten high gun$; entrance $1.50, the price of the targets in 
this event. The prizes in this event are a sole leather gun case, 
a 10Ib. drum of smokeless powder, 200 loaded shells, two bags of 
shot, 5lbs. smokeless powder, 100 loaded shells, a box of cigars, a 
fine steel fishing rod, a cleaning rod, a pocket knife and a hand 
protector. Concerning the tournament, the programme further 
presents the following: The tournament will be held at Tolchester 
Beach, Kent county, Md., which is about two hours’ sail from 
Baltimore, on fine steamers, which leave Pier 16, Light street 
wharf, at 8:30 A, M. and 2 P. M. daily. First-class hotel accom- 
modations will be feund on the grounds for those wishing to re- 
main during the tournament. No finer place could be selected in 
the country for holding a summer tournament, as the shooting 
grounds are located on a high bluff over 80ft. above tidewater, 
where a cool breeze from the broad Chesapeake Bay is always to 
be had, This tournament will be under the management of J. R. 
Malone, assisted by Mr. H. Waters, Mr. J. C, Hicks and Dr. 
Lupus, who will act as handicap committee and endeavor to give 
every one an equal chance. It is open to all, and everything will 
be done to make this a pleasant affair and have those who attend 
enjoy a few days’ outing. Those wishing to bring their families 
or their lady friends will find this a yery pleasant place, as no in- 
toxication or disorder is allowed on the grounds. All the amuse- 
ments found at the seashore, such as bathing, boating, fishing, 
dancing, etc., can be had at this beautiful resort. Shooting will 
commence each day at 10:30 A. M. All shooters will be handi- 
capped by distances from 14 to 20yds,, according to their ability. 
The management reserves the tight to change handicaps any time 
during the tournament. The Sergeant system will be used—targets 
thrown from known trap, but unknown angles. The division of 
money will be by the Rose system, with ratio of 5, 8 and 2, as that 
system seems to give the best satisfaction whereyer used. In the 
merchandise event no entrance will be charged, except price of 
targets, which will be 3 cents each in this event. The team race is 
open to any three men from any one State, city or gun club. Each 
team will be handicapped by distance, so as to give all an equal 
chance. Targets will be charged for at 2 cents each, included in all 
events, except the merchandise event. Liye birds 25 cents each, 
Ship your shells to J. R. Malone, care Tolchester Steamboat Co., 
Pier 16, Light street wharf, Baltimore, who will see they are de- 
livered on the grounds, The Tolchester Co. has arranged an ex- 
cursion for July 26 from Philadelphia, Wilmington and other points 
along the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad to Tolchester Beach 
which will be an opportunity for those wishing to attend the 
Plenty of first-class loaded shells can he had on the 


At the Michigan State Trapshooters’ League tournament, he'd at 
Blint, Mich., June 5, 6 and 7, the Detroit team, composed of 
Messrs. Parker, Cox and Wood, won the team championship of the 
State. Parker tied for first average of the members of the League 
on the first day, and made high average on live birds on live-bird 
Gay, missing but one bird, the last in the medal race, It was one 
of the impossible kind. _ Scott, of Grass Lake, also won the semi- 
expert trophy, all shooting King’s Smokeless in Peters Cartridge 
Co.’s new Ideal shells. Ralph Trimble made high average on tar- 
gets both days, but not being a member of the league he could 
shoot for targets only. He did not shoot in the live-bird events. 
W. M, Thompson, of Jackson, won the live-bird trophy. He and 
Shearer, of Bay City, tied on 10 straight, and shot miss-and-out. 
In the tie both lost their third birds dead out of bounds. ‘Thomp- 
son won on twentieth round, S$. A. Crowell, of Hastings, Mich 

won the expert target trophy, score 24 out of 25, and A. H. 
Springborn, of Detroit, won the amateur trophy, score 24 out of 
25. He was tied by Powers, of Hastings, but won in the shoot-oft 
breaking 28. The shoot was managed by John Parker, and was a 
success, 

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Mr. F, T. Sherwood, of Bedford, Ind., under date of July 18 
writes us as follows: “Will you kindly mention in yotir “Fixture” 
column that the Magic City Gun Club, of Muncie, Ind., Chas. E, 
Adamson, secretary, will hold a one-day tournament under sanction 
of the Trapshooters’ League of Indiana, on. Monday. Sept 3 
Lahor Day? This club is a large and energetic one, and its shoot 
deserves and doubtless will have a large attendance.” 


The Newburgh. N. Y., Press states that on July 9 “Mr, Frank 
White, of Middletown, while at a clay pigeon trap contest, was 
struck on the nose by one of the ‘birds,’ which made an ugly cut. 
Dr. Purdy took several stitches.” This kind of accident rarely 
occurs. i 


tournament. 
grounds. 


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Commetitiig on the matter of handicapping, the Philadelphia 
papers, interested in sport, have published the following; “That 
this style of shooting may have a thorough trial in this eity, an all: 
day target tournament will be held on the grounds of the Florists 
Gun Club, at Wissinoming, on Saturday, July 21. The main 
feature of the tournament will be a 100-target, distance-handicap 
match, handicaps ranging from 10 to 20yds. The entrance fee in 
this event is small, and the trophy is a fine one. The Florists 
grounds are especially adapted for this kind of shooting, being 
clear and level for a great distance back of the traps, and should 
there be a large entry two sets of traps may be used, both having 
a clear background. While the two sets of traps are being used 
for the handicap match, a third set will be reserved for sweepstake 
shooting. ‘This feature will overcome a great difficulty, as many 
of the shooters find it hard work killing time between shots where 
only one set of traps is in use. The handicap match will begin 
on the arrival of the 12:07 train from Broad street, and entries will 
close with the arrival of the 1:50 train. Sweepstake shooting will 
begin on the arrival of the 9:53 train. Shooters who expect to enter 
should notify Secretary J. K. Starr, P, O, Box 295, some time be- 
fore the shoot, that they may be placed at the proper distance 
without delay.’’ Handicappers should keep in mind* that there is 
a certain point at which it is a disadvantage to be too close. 


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The programme of the Interstate tournament, given for the New- 
port Gun Club, Newport, Vt., Aug. 7 and 8, may be obtained of 
Mr, Elmer E, Shaner, manager of the Interstate Association, 122 - 
Diamond Market, Pittsburg, or of Mr. John R, Akin, secretary of 
the Newport Gun Club, Newport, Vt. The programme for each 
day is alike, namely: Ten events, of which seven are at 15 targets, 
three at 20; entrance $1.50 and #2 respectively. Shooting com- 
mences each day at 9:30, All purses will be divided according to 
the Rose system, four moneys, ratios 8, 5, 3 and 2. Guns and am- 
munition forwarded to Messrs. True & Blanchard Co., Main 
street, Newport, will be delivered on the shooting grounds free 
of charge. Targets, at 144 cents each, included in all entrances. 
Lunch will be served on the grounds each day. The headquarters 
will be at Hotel Memphremagog. The town is situated on Lake 
Memphremagog, and the latter is described as abounding in 
pickerel, bass, and some trout and whitefish. To the shooter who 
breaks targets with such monotonous regularity and certainty 
that when a miss comes its rarity is a cause of wonderment, a rod 
and reel tay steady his nerves and reiresh his being to such a 
degree that he will never miss at all. 


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A dispatch to a Philadelphia paper, under date of July 10, states 
as follows: “Gus Zimmerman, the well-known shatpshooter of this 
city, has been victorious in the first of the rifle shooting contests 
in which he participated. The thirteenth festival of the Federation 
of Riflemen at Dresden, Saxony, began on Sunday last and the 
tournament of sharpshooters began to-day. Zimmerman won the 
first prize on the 200yd. target. He received a decided advantage 
by reason of his quick-firing ability. Zimmerman’s son, George, 
who. seems to have inherited his father’s shooting ability, also took 
part in the contest and» won the second prize. At the opening of 
the festival on Sunday there was a large parade, at the head of 
which Zimmerman and his son rodé in a carriage. The Americans 
also carried off the two leading prizes of the Endingen Shooting 
Society during a match at Endingen, Germany, where Zimmerman 
was born. Zimmerman and his son will take part in the inter- 
national rifle shooting competition in conjunction with the Paris 
Exposition, which begins of July 19,” 


It would seem that the brethren of the Pacific coast -can on 
occasion cut some nimble capers with the scatter gun. Mr. C. C. 
Nauman’s victory at San Francisco over Haight, the 
former scoring 98, is good work, and would rate well among the . 
good performances of the best men in the darkest East from the. 
30yd. mark. A match was the outcome of this victory. Mr. P. J. 
Walsh, a gentleman of skill and renown, challenged Mr. Nauman, 
the conditions being 100 birds each, $50 a side, loser to pay for the 
birds. The race took place on July 6 and resulted in a yictory 
for Mr. Nauman by a score of 97 to Mr. Walsh’s 86, The merit of 
the performance was somewhat matred by shooting from the 28yd. 
mark instead of 30yds. 


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We haye received a letter from Mr. Ansley H. Fox, of Balti- 
more, taking exception to the conclusion of the following ‘‘Driver 
and Twister,” which appeared in Forrest anp STREAM last week: 
“The Baltimore American is particularly strong in its French 
phrases, as they relate to_ shooting, if the following is a fair 
sample: ‘All except A, Fox, shooting under the nom de 
plume of E. C, Leader, were handicapped.’ Still there may after 
all be little difference between a pen and a gun, as very pretty 
scores are betimes made with ‘the pen alone.” The Baltimore 
American’s French phrase was the subject of the foregoing and 
not Mr. Fox; therefore it in no’ way applies to him. 


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_ Under date of July 18 the Sun presents the following: “A novel: 
live-pigeon shoot_was pulled off to-day at Dupont Park, ‘The 
contestants were Dr. J. W, Smith and Alec D, Mermod, between 
whom a friendly rivalry has long existed. The shoot was at 10 
live birds, with .22cal. repeating rifles, each man to have as many 
shots as he could pull, standing at 26yds. All birds were sprung 
from a No. 1 frap. The score: Smith 6, Mermod 4. The Hewes 
number of shots required to bag a bird was two, and the largest 
15. With the exception of three, all the birds were brought down 
with a rifle bullet, and some hits were remarkable. The men will 
shoot again.” 
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The following clipping sets forth that Frank C. Riehl, of Alton, 
Ill., did some gilt-edged shooting at the Sunnyside range: “He 
shot at 150 bluerocks thrown at unknown angles from traps placed 
at the regulation distance from the shooting mark, and broke 148, 
losing but 1 in the first 100, and making a run of 92 straight kills. 
He is rapidly coming ‘to the front as one of the foremost pro- 
fessional marksmen in the middle West. In the last seven shoots 
in which he has participated he has been high man four times, 
second once and third twice. He was up at Pekin last Saturday 
and shot with the Pekin Club, making an average of over 90 per 
cent., and defeating Connors, the crack Pekin sportsman, in a 
special match at 55 birds, Mr. Riehl killing 52.’ 


The affable manager of the Interstate Association, Mr. Elmer B. 
Shaner, bore the contented look which only comes from either a 
heart at peace with all men or a woodshed full of coupons, He 
said that the Interstate at Narragansett Pier was a success and 
ran_as smoothly as an automobile. In that tournament Mr. John 
S. Fanning took high average during the two days, Mr. Edward 
Banks took second, while third was won by Leroy. Our excellent 
report in another column tells the story in full. 


The tournament of the Arkansas State Sportsmen’s Association 
held last week at Fort Smith, Ark., was the most ane eeceret shoot 
ever held in the State. The famous trap shot, Mr. Frank Parmelee, 
killed 52 birds straight from. the 82yd. mark, the run being wn- 
finished. : 

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The E C cup, emblematic of the championship of New Jersey, 
was held by F, E. Sinnock, in the challenge contest with Mr. L. 
W. Colquitt, of Orange, N. J., on the grounds of the South Side 
Gun Club, Newark, N. J., on Saturday of last week. The scores 
were 43 to 38. 

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Mr, H, H. Stevens, of New Brunswick, N. J., has challenged 
Mr. F. EF. Sinnock to contest for the E C cup, and the holder 
Mr. F, E. Sinnock, has accepted, and has named Aug, 4 and the 
grounds of the South Side Gin Club as the time and place for the 
contest. : 

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In the contest for the Dewar cup at Interstate Park, Lb. T., on 
July 12, the conditions being 25 birds, $7.50 entrance, Mr. T. W. 
Morfey killed 25 straight, standing at the Slyd. mark. 

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At the Kingsville, Ont., shoat, July 4, Messrs. John Parker, E, J. ° 
Cady and P. C, Woods, of Detroit, won first, second and third 
averages respectively, all shooting Peters new Ideal loads, 


The secretary-treasurer, MY!" A_ PB. Petry, writes us that the St. 
Paul, Minn., Rod and Gun Club will hold a tournament a Aes 
and 4, and that the club will add $240 or more in cash. 


18, for a trophy, the Mahatioy 
un Club shot a pean Aa eee 
Vi former. The scores were: Mahanoy City Gun Clu 
a A te oR, Stitzer 18, Bricker 15, Leitenberger 18, William 
Krause 15, ©. Bernet 15, G. Griffith 18, M. Coper 17, W. eS 
20, T. Martin 13, J. Anstock 12, C. Burke 12, Hugh Stride tae 
Kressler §, Dr. Seligman 14, W. Reynolds 22; total 244. Shamokin 
‘Gun Club—\W, Shipman 13, B. Boughner 10, D. O. Chamberlain i 
‘iG. Tovey 16, Dr. Longshore 13, B. Trometter 20, B. B. Smith . 
B. F. Adams 12, T. G. Seiler 9, B. Mattis 16, S. C. Yocum 16, 
i, Nause 14, J. E. Herrold 12, H. McClow 5, D. G. Seiler 14, W. 
Jackson, 9; total 206. * 


I atch at 50 live birds, at Yardville, N. J., on July 11, Mr. 
iGédree "Page defeated Mr. J. R. Farlee by the score of 45 to 43. 
In a match at 25 live birds, same day and place, F. Hendrickson, 
iof Davis Station, defeated J. Duble, of Pittsheld, by a score of 25 


to 24, 
ad 


In the monthly live-bird shoot of the Erie Gun Club at Dexter 
Park, Brooklyn, on Wednesday of last week, there were eight 
‘contestants in the club event at 7 birds, and of these B. H. Plate 
killed straight from the 27yd. mark. 


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O ly 6, in the club shoot of the Washington Heights Gun 
Club, ue Throge’s Neck, Mr. Gus Nowak was the only one to kill 
straight, in a field of sixteen contestants, in the club event at 10 
birds. 

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Handicapping by distance, from 12 to 20yds., was tried last week 
at the sHoot OF the Clearview Gun Club at Philadelphia with per- 
fect success. It is the only equitable system of handicapping. 


: 


We are informed that the Indian tournament at Arnold’s Park, 
Lake Echo: Ta., Aug. 28 to 31, will have $700 added money. Mr. 
Thos. A. Marshall, of Keithsburg, Ill., is secretary. 


In the main event of the Walsrode Gun Club’s shoot at Trenton 
on Wednesday of last week, Dr. George N. Thomas scored a win in 
the gold badge event. 


" At Mshanoy City, Pa, on Jul 
{City Gua Club and Shamokin 


BERNARD WATERS. 


City Park Gun Club. 


‘New (OrveAns, La, July 9—Members of the City Park Gun 
cieh Meaalete, "Messrs. McKay, Kaufman, Sinnott and Benedict, 
jJeft ion the Louisville & Nashville train Saturday evening to be- 
apme ithe guests of the Mobile Yacht and Gun Club over Sunday, 
Mr. Saucier having arrived in Mobile previously. Notwithstand- 
‘ing the lateness of the hour of arrival, they were met by a delega- 
‘tion of the Mobile Club, and from that moment to their departure 
nothing was left undone to make the trip one of the most pleasant 
they have ever taken, and not the least must be mentioned the 
\fine dinner on the club house gallery. . - i 

The members of the respective teams indulged in_both live 
jbird and target shooting, in the former of which Mr. Fowler was 
successful, closely followed by Messrs. McKay and Vass. In the 
team shoot at 25 clay birds the New Orleans team won by 9 points. 
Mr. Benedict, of the local club, made the best average for the 
day. The scores and averages below tell the story plainly to those 
initiated in trapshooting: 

Ten live birds: 


McKay ..........5- 2222222022— 9 €C E .......ssesseee 0121210120— 7 

Powlerwseese es meee 122122221210 Kaufman .......... 0102122200— 6 

WE Se peebee ge dete as 1220211112— 9 Goodbrad ........- 0111221022— 8 

Huntsville ......... 1210212221— 9 Saucier ............ 1111001121— 8 
Shoot-off of tie on 9: 

IVIOK ys, beh ene valet 2222222222 10 Wass ...cesseceneees 121222222210 

Huntsville ......... 2121121220— 9 


Team shoot, 25 hluerocks: : : 
City Park Gun Club: McKay 20, Benedict 22, Saucier 17, Kauf- 


‘man 24; total 83. 
Mobile Gun Club: Ladd 20, Vass 20, Cook 16, Goodbrad 18; 


dotal 74. 

Events: ih et ot Sy at rh Ss 

‘Targets 105515205255 105 be 20) 25 
RAY I) st2h78 OR CAB DEE ROS ys Ney eri ahs be en) Sh abl Shy be 
Benedistabite +s seein sees seesteee enero CY aby ale Pe Babs at ey 
SAMNMEL Pe snikeenamerlsene = at teceiennhtens 10> 0 4 SETS OTe Gb 0 
ISSUE rxtaT eae trs tess siete no oe aoa aA ated « W314 24 7 12 13 5 
L SEY LR ees Er ayy hye ear a ee ee ye 9 14 14 20 8 a 
Masso exits eas ASS SO bAdd rhe rehash 10 12 12 20 9 il 18 20 
Cook .... Pe AD aE eh ee ARP TPR: 
‘Goyerohohestab aggieenanay ent eieen a eee or: 8 13 14 18 8 33 12 19 
CFh De aarp teak rar eee ne be sewers ae oH ee GP als rie eye aay TE 
Alarilein® “sleleksig saettee eee te eB 96 oe aa 
UOT gate es perce ere ee re ar Lc hares 3 12 12 a5 IL 1h 
Barcle ear. s eaees Pe eared aes 7 11 19 10 11 12 22 
(eintsville ges A eee as hire eee rt 6 12 12 7 10 16 18 


Florists’ Gun Club, 


PHILADELPHIA, July 11.—Two main events engaged the efforts of 
the contestants, the first being that of a series of four for club 
prizes. The second was for the club championship. The condi- 
tions of the first’ were af 25 known and 25 unknown angles, with 
handicaps added to the score. The scores: 

Bell 51, Smith 61, Parsons 51, Harris 50, Haywood 49, Webster 
48, Westcott 48. Wolstencroft 48, MceKaraher 46, Dorp 45, Hause 
44, Anderson 43, Park 41, Whitaker 40, Redifer 43, George 43, 
Reed 28. 

Points won: Bell, Smith, Parsons and Harris, 3; Haywood, 2; 
Webster, Westcott and Wolstencroft, 1, 

Club championship match: Wolstencroft 46, Anderson 40, Smith 
39, Park 38, Parsons 37, Bell 37, Haywood 86, Harris 36, Dorp 32, 
McKaraher 31, Webster 28, Westcott 28, Whitaker 25, Hause 25. 


Auburn Gun Club. 


Aupurn, Me., July 15.—The Auburn Gun Club held its usual 
Saturday afternoon shoot with about the usual attendance and 
that same cool breeze we always have. It is quite a nice little 
afternoon shoot when we throw between eight and nine hundred 
targets. Yesterday there was some little fun over the badge. By 
one of those accidents which will happen to the poorest shot the 
badge was held the two previous weeks by the same shooter and 
he fell over himself again to-day so far as to get in-the tie for 
the badge. Then the boys called him hog and such pet names, 
but after the usual good natured jokes allowed him to keep it for 
another week, with no other regret than fear that it might make 
him walk one-sided or have to buy a larger hat. (O55 (EF 


Country Gun Club. 


Myerstown, Pa., July 14.—With a strong wind the following 
scores were made on our grounds. This being our first shoot only 
a few were in attendance. We hope the attendance will inerease 
the next time. The scores: 


Events: 123 Events al “OR 83 
Targets: 101015 ‘Targets 10 10 15 
Shanaman 5 5 Pihehneersey ees bie aget 
IRGSSEr “Gea «case 7 3 4 J L Dietz..... cect ee 56 613 
LTE Tee coaches 25m 5 710 W G Dietz........ UsHaae 4 310 


J. Lerve Drerz, Sec’y. 


In the Matter of Flinching. 


CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—Editor Forest and Stream: Can you or 
any of your readers tell me a cure for “flinching’? when trap- 
shooting? W. O. Watson. 


Take inventory of the good things in this issue of 
Forest and Stream. Recall what a fund was given 
last week. Count on what is to come next week 
Was there ever in all the. world a more abundant 


Weekly store of eportemen’s reading? 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


Trap at Interstate Park. 


The Dewar Cup, 


InrersratE Park, July 12——There were nine contestants in the 
Competition for the Dewar cup, the restrictions concerning the 
professionals having been somewhat modified since the last con- 
test for if. Morfey, standing at 3lyds., killed his 25 straight. The 
conditions were 25 birds, $7.50 entrance, handicap. The scores: 


EVTOTEC VAR Liburasteta ciale sie sesletctelereaniitteniieee 2222222122221222222222222 25 
Eranthy yarns seceuceied oenen el ree ete 121021 *122221*2222*122122—21 
Armstrong, 30.....-.. MEA sahothubiaseltr Ende 122112222221*212222122112—24 
AVEO ya ge OO ce artiejete tte oleceitar eieiviese Sremke ew eral tiese 2229222121202012021211211—22 
Lbpareiaayerale 4a) Peta fk oie eereended rsa, 20222112102*2212112000000—16 
WED Detsea0, meaenses = heehee it Riemann ne 22.22222222222*"22922229222-—24 
Nheyensseke ihc bopanae Bene ene 02*0212122210*21112212122—20 
Sand UrSeeZO es sn tune on ee SAA DEE en 210120111221102222*110210—19 
Steen StO8 Ms tvkeinliwaaea eee Mee eee 0242211012101122101211011—19 
No. 1 No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. 

NMlonteyyarsl. lane stebelsb-llelcleicte 22222—5 222225 222024 = 222925 
Wjerarepe AP non nee kaa DOO 110224 = 12221-512220-4 = 220114 
oNrmistrong,, 80) soneseseca. 12222—5 2222*—4 = 11220—4_—s .21110—4 
Moneys e206 = Sasa oaadaek 1210I—4—s 10*12—3 022203 =. 200012 
Webber 30g * ps. 22222—5 222225 2222%—4 
WnGekWOOdEZT, Soscas 4 eagle ae 222°2—4 211125 2210i—4 20w 

Nierers S08 easel nee eee 2172%—3 21222 —5 


New Utrecht Gun Club. 


INTERSTATE Park, July 14—There were six contestants in the 
club event, and of these Mortey was put back to 32yds. Welch 
and Webber were next furthest back, standing at 30yds. The 
former killed his 15 straight, Morfey finishing with 14, he losing 
his fifth, In a warming-up event at 15 birds the scores were: 
Morfey, 32yds., 14; Welch, 30yds., withdrew at his eleventh bird 
with 9 kills; Money, 29yds., 14, 

Club shoot, handicap: 


Morfey, 32..... 222.272222222022—14 
Welch, 30..... 222221122211222—15 
Money, 29..... 020122211211221—13 
Sweepstakes, 15 birds: 
Morfey, 32..... 022212222202w 
Welch, 30..... 221222222222121 15 


Hagedorn, 28, .012012121221011_12 
Webber, 30... .020222222022222 19 
Lockwood, 28.111222*122*2200—11 


Hagedorn, 28. .111111001221121—13 
Lockwood, 28.0021012122020w 


Money, 29..... 1111121220020w 
Miss-and-out, $2: ‘ 
Wr aloe Gangecnnn 2222222222* Money, 29......-...... 12% 
Wielchiis0e cme. ~. 21222211112, Webber, 30............ > 
Matches and sweepstakes: 
Events: UAB ey as Events: 12345 6 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 20 Targets 25 25 25 25 25 20 
Money - 16 20 20 22 2112 Webber ........ .. .. 15 22 18 14 
Lincoln . 16518 .. .. ..., Hagedorn .. 22 2) 14 
Wige lll ssensester cues Iie 7 ee A Pee ROE en Oe CO oe 18 13 13 


No. 6 was at 10 pairs 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
South Side Gun Club. 


Newark, N. J., July 14.—The allowances in events 7 and 12 fol- 
low the names of the contestants. No. 7 was the first merchandise 
shoot, and Nos. 8, 9 and 10 were respectively the first, second 
and third ties, No. 12 was the second merchandise event, and 
Nos. 13, 14 and 15 were the ties: 


Events: 1238 4 5 6 7 8 910 11 12 13 14 15 
Féigenspan, 0, 0.......... 9 $8 710 9102510 9101025 9.... 
Capt Bunk, 0) Don. UP MEK GL) cep Os Shodan Nn ae 
sRennrll OG se Tks pt a cdlanes Teeed tl Ch SERIE on Go Gs tshes aa Ab 
Dawson, 8, 9.........,045 eM rae Wet ACB pain ore sae Aiowcedhs fey, 
1 pel AR beech ny teens ee EA 7 9225-10) 97510! 8.22) .. 4. 2: 
(GPOT GRITS Bh ee ele Oe at TO CRs ae ee eh a IO Bs. 
Sobabetsteoaih Tlpertente nt ood cee ae 81010 .. 24. Se aed See 
ISS hent de Ot GR oo gasses oe ted 910 8 724. . 25 8 
AGODA ome Oe ot TOBLODS SS 10S 2509) 2 tee) eee 
Hassinger, 3, 4............. Poe ih Mi RALY Re OL Pea patiea ies 
Wialleretecaver cea mes. 710 8254010 .. .. 251010 6 
STANTON seen en Cee ee Cees MEL CME Vip RPA eS etsy eae 
Abe Iowell ya Valeo erp ee ee eee 92510 910 92510 8 
Dacia Pa thorn eee eee a Py ag ee ae Aa ag alr ot 


REST Gek: faele wea eee nee et 0110990419901111111101111. 22 
. 4111011191111111010110111_21 43, 
Te BWV aol nitteey ei reaedeeren teenie ten 1011114114110111111000001—18 


1111101011010101111111111—20—38 


Buffalo Audubon Gun Club, 


Burrato, N, Y., July 14.—The fifty-two 25-target eyents of the 
Audubon Gun Club badge shooting season is closed, and the 
prizes were awarded as follows: 

For the greatest number of wins in Classes A and B, a badge 
or trophy to the winners, choice, valued at $20 each, and to the 
second largest number of wins a prize valued at $15. An average 
prize was given in each of the two classes for the best average in 
any twenty-six of the season’s events, valued at $15. To the shooter 
in each class a prize of $10 value was given for the greatest number 
of broken targets in the whole season, and also a prize valued at 
$20 for the greatest number of straight scores. Dr. BE. S. Carroll 
won first Class A ‘prize, the average prize and the Straight score 
prize. Jacob P. Fisher was equally fortunate in Class B, winning 
the first Class B, the average and the greatest number of broken 
target prizes. FE. Burkhardt and Edward Reinecke tied on the 
second Class A prize, and each will receive a reminder of his shoot- 
ing to the value of $7.50, E. N. MeCarney won the prize for the 
second Class B win, and C, S. Burkhardt won the prize for the 
greatest number of breaks for the season by a large majority. A 
list of the leaders in each class is as follows: ; 

Class A wins and averages: Dr, E, S. Carroll, 12 wins, average 
832; E. Reinecke, 10, .812; E. C. Burkhardt, 10, 812; E. F, Ham- 
mond ans ipa pesos 6 wins. 

ass wins and averages: J. P. Fisher, 15 wins, average .6962- 
E. N. McCarney, 7, .492; W. R. Eaton, 6; J. J. Red, 6: 7. 
Lodge, 5 wins. 7 

Only three straight scores were made during the season, Of 
these Dr. Carroll has two to his credit, and H, D. Kirkover, Jr., 
has one. The average for the season is 2 per cent. lower than the 
last season's record, which is partly blamable to the severe winter. 
Hight of the twelve monthly cup shoots for club trophies have 
been held to date. The winners were E, S. Carroll, Simon, E. 
Reinecke, E. C. Burkhardt, E. FP. Hammond, F. B, Walker, E. C. 
Burkhardt and E. F. Hammond. ‘ 

At the annual meeting the following officers were elected for the 
ensuing year: J. J. Reid, President; John A, K 


i J ennedy, Vice- 
President; C. S. Burkhardt, Secretary; George P. MeArthur, 
Treasurer; BH, P. Reynolds, James Lodge and W. R. Eaton. Di- 
rectors. : 


The badge shoot prizes for the coming season were left to 
a committee of three, who will announce the same later. The 
treasurer’s report showed the club’s finances in very good shape. 
The membership of the club is 100, all in excellent Standing. Jn 
the last year death has claimed four of its most enthusiastic mem- 
bers in R. H. Hebard, Charles Oehmig, Capt. G. Reed Wilson and 
Philip G. Myers. It was decided to hold the regular club shoot 
on the first and third Saturdays of each month instead’ of each 
ee sl h 

The foliowing shows the guns and ammunition used fy 
winners: Dr, EB. S, Carroll, L. C. Smith gun, Bdte HG eee 
Loz. No. T shot, E. Reinecke, Parker gun, 3i,drs. Dupdént; Bgoz. 
No, 7 shot. E. C. Burkhardt, Francotte j TL ; 


d gun, 3i4drs. FE 
Loz, No. 7 shot. J. P, Fisher, Parker gun, 3drs. usone eee 


No. 7 shot. E. N. McCarney, Parker gun, 344drs. D 
Biss 7 shot. Simon, L. C. Smith gun, 3drs, Dapenk Theoe nee 
shot. rae 


Not a Manwfacturer’s Agent. 


New Yorx, July 14—In answer to your criticism of my i 
your issue of the idth inst., under the caption “Wolf or Teme 
Which?” allow me to say that I neyer was agent for any manu- 
facturer of guns, powders, or shells. I have had €un powder and 
wikis sent me for trial, but not as part payment to me to shoot 
them. 


Allow me to say, Mr, Editor, that this is no rumor, but fact. 
By 1 W. Froyp, 


Bellows Falls Gun Club. 


BetLtows Panis, Vt., July 12—The Concord, N. H., Gun Club 
sent ten mien fo shoot the Bellows Falls Gun Club a match for $50 
a side, but owing to a little mistinderstanding on the part of the 
Concord team that all shooters should be actual members of the 
club and residents of the place which the club represented, the 
match was declared off, and the time was spent in shooting sweep- 
stakes. The letters B. F. after the name show Bellows Falls 


men, and C, Concord. Below is the score. All events unknown 


angles: 
Events: “Lig Soe ee tke ee oat 
Vargets: 10 10 15 5p 10 10 10 10 
Norwood, LBr Eteeer teasers: sen orton cs DS Girls mon mom lOm ace ued 
Gabsory obs Hekaes. aor b henna, 8 10 14 § 8 10 8 10 
SILC PAU SOTINGMESE mile seinen meena ne ney viifte sk SS) Sh Rel Ss 
Kazi piiisnbbie ly: cee es ee ene Eee wn eae oe 10 alt ek oe 
Capra STL ere een aaa Miers By opel 58 iGe “Sek 
IMfor Sorn BE CR oe ay @hS Se ye Ee Se 
IEE ted eR ARAB ES SorOUU UOT corer Cre Bon cm 22 ob Boe 
BeasselS” Be Hi te Ane Sinn een se ta Pe te ae ee no 
Starks (Cl. een Shae PE aa TEP Serer ae ae eis ee Ue A 
IVETE TSS Oo Res ho} cn ie RRR ep ae Cae. te J coe homes 
ER ATES AS eka eeasneeud tu Ptareree P SPB (ie te Bir ot 
IN vise frisel Al Cerys eve prance See B 0s Ve the a8 eon 14 
Wetiska M6. Ceonosnecees Ge ee EE had uy 
Tin oe Ga epee ate Giets) “Ge ifs “92 ofe -9 
Chadwick, C.... i eee he tise ET 
Woodrufi ........ . 4 iG, eh 
RG Wer Cae eLCLLELL EEE nebhGiasciciihtein ee bd 
Event No. 9 was miss-and-out, Below is the score: 
Morrison; ie ect Aone Pern Renee 1911111911111 — 2) 
Gri SO ny REL pr eit tt eae 491999111.1111110—19 
Shepardsont ih any tee\ beeen. orth enn ~~ -1191111911110 —11 
Inga abwer by Tel ja ce wn, ER RAA SEE LAS Ft ein 119111110 —s 
Capron, B F 11110 \ — 5 
Wanting @ Gat cient he coe nn nnn eeanen DE 11010 — 4 
Inlay eS yetee ate Vea heey an ener pr ahah epeee 1110 —3 
ONMes LO gonchnenAece 110 —2 
Ube Ke Sesion 110 —2 
MO crises sues aeeerene cles e nope ee 10 = 


C. H. Gipson, Sec’y. 
Staunton Gun Club, 


Staunron, Va., July 18.—Herewith find scores made at the regu- 
lar shoots of the Staunton Gun Club this week. The feature of 
to-day’s shoot was the fine shooting of Mr. Sillings, who, after 
missing his first bird, ran 49 straight. It was a very fine per- 
formance, in yiew of the fact that the wind was blowing almost a 
gale across the traps, which made it very difficult to connect with 
the targets. In sending in my report of last week’s shoot | made 
a mistake in footing up the totals of Mr. Bruffey’s scores. They 
should have been 133 out of 165 shot at with an average of .806, 
instead of 116 with an average of -103, as reported. 7 

Scores of July 13, 50 targets: 


Merriken °....... 10444009919. 1191111.1011111111111911011101011 44 
Slliniesoe ojos OVTIVT GAA T0100 11111119011111111149 
Oniciiee eee eu en 10901000010001000100100101111000100100100010100100—15 
Crawford ........ 10101101010101010101101011100010100101101101001101—27 
C Summerson. . . .10101010101010010101010111110010011101010110110011-28 
J T Wayman..... 110110010104 01.01010111010011011010101010101101014 0—2x 
NERS Siaithie eee 0011199111011114011.1111110101911111010110101111101—39 
TCG yp. oces oft th 11111101070101010101010111010111110010131030110110—32 
Steinbuck ...... 00001000010000001000000001000111110010001100111010—16 
McDaniel ....... 10100101011111000110191011311111111111011 0110111137 


Scores made! July 10, 50 targets: 


McDaniel ....... 1001991111111 009.111101111101100101111142. 
Lalengots. Pep ecasana 10911101010101010011111110101011011001011010110111—39 
Sillings: .o0..s5... 1490190110090199.11111110011111111111111011111100111—45 
Merriken ......, 1V11409.091111991111101111111111111101111111001 44 
J_T Wayman... .11010110100100110100110011111111110010001111100110—30 
Ktracofeysos.-een 001.011.09191111111141011011011110101110101010111011—26 
ONS Sirti 00110111100111111111010011010111110001111110010111—34 
MiG Coe sa chla ieicnss 10101100101010011010111111101110110101011010110101—31 


FE. M. Merrrxen,. Sec’y. 


Iflinois Gun Club. 


SPRINGFIELD, Ill., July 12.—Regular weekly cliib contest over 


magautrap. Scores: 


6 7 8 910111218 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 


OPP OWAARASAL So 26 1 
Van Cleave ... 


Whitney ... 
B Wilson .. 
A Wilson 
Richardson 
Ie f Deir OA GaP meet cere sgtaet ob tr. 
Huntington 
Stickle 
Geifert 
Snodgrass 
Call 


De we te eee eee eee oe oe 


we ee eee ee etm ee teens Fe bs 


Bm teem eter thee tweets Fs os 


Klingensmith 

Dawe reeees rics tert btorae 9 6 colcfels arises ter 

IVEfiN SOI" Sar owe hs, Relea ete, REL eae We et nS 
Weather conditions fine; very little wind. 

- Cuas. T. SrickrE, Sec’y. 


Charlottesville Gun Club, 


CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 15.—Herewith are the scores made 
by members of Charlottesville Gun Club Friday, July 13. Several 
members of our club attended the Fourth of July shoot of the 
Staunton Gun Club and all enjoyed the delightful shoot, which 
was a thorough success in every way. The scores: 


(GeOr Been a a. ein a eee oe eee aE 1011001111001101100101011 15 
Poindexter ........... carbo Comet TeaNa ns 1110001101100001000000001— 9 
J OHTSOME rac tera vate ete aaa Tone 0110100010111000111110000—12 
WORN Vatsor: (53). seel ieee ne 1411101111111110111101111—22 
ACN Oro Ae ihe oe oe ene ane 1101100101111101111111111—20 
(LOs dees Soca eee eetacna abet ht 1111111101101110111111111—22 
Repro ee Pe gaye MEIN QAM ony Alan ame ce Fe 191111919111011111110111 93 
Bnuley ese naa, eee herertr pene vee er o0110111111101111111111101 22 
AG Re oes ee HORE teeter ee a 1011010111011110100000101—14 
POHANG chia t uk eee nas eam wn tete 1110001110010010000110001—11 
FL) Witsoe eine.) eae nn, oman il 1111091111911111111101110—22 

Twelve pairs: 

ENCE cabana ke bbs ia L: 1 i 1 i100 1 1 1 14 1 
Gece mee pL eee 11 10 11 01 11 10 61 10 11 11 11 1179 
NVatsoy Ben creberrpel «tesco oe 11 11 11 10 10 00 01 10 11 10 11 17-17 
i caylee ean, iba Sera 11 11 OL OL 01 00 10 10 40 11 10 O1—14 


D. R. Snow, Sec’y. 


Chesapeake Gun Club. 


Newrorr NrEws, Va., July 11.—The shoot of the Chesapeake Gin © 
Club to-day was one of the most enjoyable the club has yet held, 
CooH scores were made, and the members took a lively interest in 
the events, 


There were three events of 25 birds each, and the score for each 
eyent follows: 


Events; 1D) Events: ay 2 ee 

Targets: 25 25 25 Targets: 25 25 25 
DreCharles  .2..2.ceeneen 212225 Du Bray....:.. Conese + 21 21 22 
Gallagher .........00... DAZ2OIS) | VST Seen eee eee a2 18 21 | 
Usp See oa dagnaaasia te TS besea EPS Pal ashes ob t eee er dh ane eee 


Mr. du Bray, who took part in yesterday’s shoot, is a repre-. 
sentative of the Parker Gun Co., and is spending a few days iny 
the city. | Berr JAMES, Seciy.> | 


Pea 2 


- - i 
eee 7 1 


Trap at Swanton. : 


2 > 
Swanton, Wt—There was a three-cornered contest at, 50° un. 
known targets for a century a side-shot off on the Robin- Hooat 
Powder Co.’s grounds, Thursday, the 12th inst. There were other 
events, but we only report the principal one, as it was between the. 
three best shots and for a nice little pot. The winner, Mr. White, 
is the present holder of the New England and Easiesn Canada, 
individual trophy, and is on the outlook for- challengers. Fist, 

come, first served: ‘ 


EG White....... III 111 1111110111111101111 48" 

Richardson .,,,, -14111111101001411111111011017111111191719111010110— 

IN Boies PMOL LOO TELA oD ovo — ag 
ai te =i ’ STANSTEAR, 


" Jury 21, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


59 


The Interstate” Association. 


At Narragansett Pier. 


Jus? about one year ago the Interstate Association held a target 
tournament at Providence, R. I., under the auspices of the gun 
club of that city. The Providence boys had a lot of vim, and went 
to work and aroused the whole of New England, bringing together 
one of the largest crowds ever seen at an Interstate tournament and! 
establishing a record for target throwing—over 17,000 in two days 
from one set of fiye expert traps—a record that will be hard to beat. 
The Providence shoot was a good_one, and Rhode Island had 
reason to be proud of the efforts of its leading gun club. . 

" Emboldened by the success that attended the Providence shoot, 
the Canonchet Gun Club, of Narrangansett Pier, R. 1., whispered 
something in the ear of S, A. Tucker just before he left for New 
York some time last winter. The result was that Mr. Tucker put 
his oar in when the time came for the Interstate Association to 
select places for holding target tournaments in 1900, and WNarra- 
gansett Pier was one of the chosen few. The dates suggested for 
holding the shoot were satisfactory; hence the tournament was 
held July 11-12, Wednesday and Thursday of last week. 


The Shoot a Thorough Success, 


The shoot was a thorough success from start to finish, The 
usual preliminary work on the day before the tournament brought 
out about fifteen shooters, and a full programme of events was 
-shot through before the boys decided to go back to the Pier and 
watch the moon rise from the piazza of the Atlantic Hotel. Jack 
Fanning was the big bug in the preliminary work, but some of the 
oihers chased him pretty well down the line. 

Visitors dropped in fast during the later hours of Tuesday, and 
befere Manager Shaner went to bed, which he always does at an 
early hour, he had figured out that some thirty-odd shooters were 
on the ground ready to start in the morning, reyiew of the 
number of entries in the first day’s events shows that there was an 
average of almost forty-five in all ten events; a single additional 
entry im any one event would have made the average exactly 
forty-five, which is good—decidedly good—these days. On the 
second day one event had fifty entries, but toward the close the 
entries dropped off, several shooters having to leave early, as “The 
Pier” is not an easy place to get home from, the 4:15 P, M. train 
being much sought after. Altogether a total of 14,550 targets were 
thrown in the two days in the programme events alone. On the 
first day proceedings were brought to a close with an event at 25 
targets, expert rules, which caused another 400 targets to be added 
to the list, there being sixteen entries in that eyent, . 


Some Features of Narragansett. 


Trapshooters do not as a rule frequent places like Narragansett; 
J may therefore be pardoned for referring briefly to some of the 
Special features of that place. The programme for the tournament 
states in its introductory that ‘the main portion of Narragansett 
Pier lies along the shore from the bathing beach on the north to 
the south pier, and consists of about a score of large hotels, a 
hundred or more cottages, four churches, the post office, a few 
stores, and last, but not least, the’ Casino.” It also states that “the 
chief attraction at the Pier is the bathing beach.” 

All the above is perfectly correct, but the scribe who wrote that 
description left out a couple of features distinctly Narragansettian. 
These were the “police station” and Narragansett’s oné policeman. 
Taking the police station first; it is a frame building, dark with 
age, and with spiders making free with its wide open windows and 
doors. Paint has never soiled it, and one cannot believe that it 
ever boasted a “‘blotter.”’’ Jack Hallowell graphically described it 
thus: “The calaboose is a’ peach!” 

have also referred to Narragansett’s “one policeman” as a 
feature of interest. I did so because I neyer saw him in any 
place save on the corner near the Rockingham “Hotel, cata- 
cornered from the post office, from which vantage post he could 
sean all his beat, irom the drug store to the Sea View R. R., 
possibly 250yds. all told. His costiime was strictly negligée—a straw 
hat, tunic fastened by two buttons at the throat, a “billy’® twirled 
by a leather thong in true Tenderloin fashion. Everybody ad- 
mired his pose. He is just as much a feature of Narragansett as 
the Casino. (There may have been more than one cop, but the 
boys said not—and they generally know.) 


How We Got to the Grounds. 


There were several ways to get to the grounds. Admiral Court- 
ney and the rest of the dudes drove out by way of the driveways 
through Goy. Sprague’s beautiful grounds direct to the club house. 
Some of us walked all the way, as it was not quite a mile all told. 
Others walked about half a mile to the terminus of the Sea View 
R. R. and then waited for a trolley car that ran once every hour, 
The trolley ride lasted just three minutes, covered one-third 
of a mile that lay between the terminus of the road and the 
entrance to the shooting grounds, and was negotiated for the small 
sum of 6 cents. (N. B.—That ride, soda water and ‘‘hot dogs” at 
the refreshment tent were the only 5-cent purchases obtainable in 
Narragansett; eyerything else cost money—and lots of it.) 

Once at the grounds, the view was very beautiful, and the cool 
breezes that blew all the time most refreshing. The club house of 
the Canonchet Gun Club is small, but served its purposes very well, 
The large tent of the Interstate Association, Elmer E. Shaner’s 
pride, afforded shade to the contestants and spectators, and was 
duly appreciated. 

The background, while it added much to the picturesqueness of 
the landscape, also added many ciphers to the scores. In-the first 
place the ground beyond the traps sloped away to patches of wood- 
land that were just about as dark as they could be. The slope of 
the ground was deceptive, and more targets were lost by being 
overshot than by any other error of judgment. Then again there 
was always a strong wind blowing from the score to the traps; 
this wind was so strong at times that even Jack Fanning lost several 
targets, causing him to pucker up his lips and whistle cheerlessly: 
Tt was good, hard shooting, but extremely interesting; any one 
was liable to lose a target when least expected, 

The trap house was a capital one, apparently modeled after that 
of the Providence Gun Club. The trappers had plenty of room to 
work im, and had no trouble in handling the targets that were piled 
up behind them on a broad shelf that contained on Tuesday morn- 
ing just 25,000 targets, the contents of fifty barrels. One set of 
five expert traps was used, and none of the traps gave much 
trouble at any period of the shoot, All in all, the Canonchet Gun 
Club is to be congratulated on its club house, trap house, etc. 


A Boss Cashier. 


The Canonchet Gun Club is also to be congratulated on its 
choice of a cashier for the shoot. The cashier in question was 
Bob Root, of Providence, irreyerently nicknamed “Broot,”? who is 
certainly cne of the daddies at running a cashier’s office, Mr. 
Root was the whole office; he made up the squad pads, wrote 
down all the names, took entries, entered up the scores on the 
sheets kepz for the use of the press, figured out the moneys, and 
had a system of his agwn- which enabled him to ascertain in an 
instant just what a man had coming to him at any period during 
the shoot. Within a minute or two after the last gun had been 
fired Bob was yelling to the boys to “Come and get your money 
and let me go home,” In addition to doing all the above, this 
New England wonder found time to make several rude remarks 
about a certain party who shall be nameless, to crack many jokes 
and to hand out cigars and sustenance free of charge to all who 
were in sore need of the same, Considering what he did and 
how he did it, Mr. B. Root must be possessed of a great head and 
a good temper. This is what Elmer Shaner thinks of him as 2 
cashier: “I've never met MecConaughy, of Cincinnati, but I’ve 
heard’ a lot about him. If he can beat Bob Root he’s fit to have 
wings right away!” ; 

All the other help at this shoot was built somewhat after the 
same order as the cashier. Messrs. George Briggs (who is, I be- 
lieve, president of the club), G. H. Cook and J. C. Tucker, Jr.. 
acted as_ referees, relieving one another frequently. Considering 
how hard the background was, the decisions were given well and 
promptly. The puller was Rube Burdick, who was evidently no 
moyice at the game, for even the speed of squad No. 1 did not 
feaze him in the least, Frank Laughlin was blackboard scorer, and 
Amos Tripp the party who penciled down the scores on the pads; 
the latter was far the more experienced of the two scorers, 


“* Manufactures’ Agents,” 


The list of manufacturers’ agents is a long one, there bein: 
sixteen in all on the ground, though not all of them shot through 
the programme. The list consists of the following: & r i 
Laflin & Rand Powder Co.; J. J. Hallowell, U. M. C. Co.; W. F 
Parker, L. J. Gaines, 5. A. Tucker and O. R. Dickey. all of 


Parker Brothers; W. 1. Colville and B, Leroy Woodard, 


_ varied much at times. 


Dupont Powder Co.; Col. A. G. Courtney, of the Remington Arms 
Co.; Edward Banks, of the American E. C. & Schultze Gunpowder 

0.; J. H. Cameron and C, E, Roberts, of the W. R, A, Co.; 
B. H. Norton, of the Hazard Powder Co., and Messrs, Howard 
see eeaate Geo. E, Bartlett and Miss Clinton, of the Marlin Fire 
Arms Co, 


amateuts. 


Among the amateurs were some who came from quite a distance. 
For instance, there was the “Waterville squad,” referred to later. 
This squad was composed of S. A. Greene, D, P. Foster, S. L, 
Preble and Dr. M. K. Dwinell, all of Waterville, Me., and W. LL. 
“Johnson,” of Portland, Me. L. H. Schortemeier came from New 
York city, and “Capt, Bunk” from New Brunswick, N. TA SAE 
Amos, of Willitnantic. was the sole representative of the Nutmeg 
State’s amateurs. (Where was M. H. Clark, of New Haven?) A. 


- B. Cartledge came all the way from Philadelphia, and notwithstand- 


ing the fact that he was sadly out of form shot through the whole 
programme, and never made a whimper, 

Massachusetts sent six representatives on the first day: F. B. 
Whitin, of Whitifi8; Tom Howe, of Hingham; J. D. Jordan, of 
Springfield; E. B. Wadsworth (Puck), of Boston, and A. H. Baker 
and A. F. Leonard, of Brockton. : 

Rhode Island had seventeen representatives outside of those who 
came from the home club: H. W. Bain, H. B. Rust, C. H. Powell, 
Senator N. F. Reiner, G. Norton and C, H. Budlong came from 
Providence; E. C. Griffith, W. F. Slade, F. Inman and C. H. 


- Phettiplace from Pascoag; C. H. Getchell, F. Mills, A. Seagraves 


and E, R. Darling from Woonsocket, and I’, Barber, W. Metcalf 
and E. Brown from Carolina. ; 

The home club was TOUTES IE by George Briggs, Jas. Mc- 
Ardle, C. H. Tucker, J. C. Tucker, Jr., G. H. Cook, R. Gavitt, 
Jas. Arnold, and last, but not least, F. €. Serenson, secretary of 
the Canonchet Gun Club, a fizst-class shot and a good hustler, who 
worked hard enough to knock him out in the shooting line. 


The Manager Hustled Things. 


The shoot was tun on strictly American principles. When de- 
livering his usual speech to the shooters before the first gun was 
fired, Manager Shaner stated that as there were so many entries 
each squad must be ready to step into the place of the one that 
had just shot if the shooters wished to get through in time for 
dinner. The consequence was that as fast as one squad got through 
in any event its place was taken by the next in order. Seldom, if 
ever, waS a man missing when his name was called. Manager 
Shaner acted as squad hustler, and “bustled us about”? (as the 
English shooters said of Paul North when he ran their annual 
tournament last June), keeping things moving like clockwork. 
The result of his efforts is well shown in the number of targets 
thrown each day. The trappers worked well and faithfully, and 
added in no smalJl degree to the success of the shoot. 

Taken all in all, I have never attended a more pleasantly con- 
ducted shoot; I have been at some just as good, but never at one 
that was superior to this one, and it should do a good deal 
toward booming trapshooting in Rhode Island. 


First Day, July 11. 


This was a bright, clear day, with a strong southwest wind that 

made the shooting very hard at times, the targets being forced 
dewn by the breeze, that blew directly from the score over the 
traps. 
_ The attendance was very good, fifty-five shooters taking part 
in the ten programme eyents, the fotal entry list being only one 
short of an average of forty-five for all events. Shooting com- 
menced promptly at 9:30, and including an interval of half an 
hour for Junch the programme was completed by 5:45, 7,635 targets 
having been thrown from the five traps in exactly seven hours and 
three-quarters by the clock! 

Several of the boys thought it was too early to go back to their 
hotels when the programme was shot out, so started an extra 
event at 25 targets, expert rules, one man up, $2 enfrance. Fan- 
ning won first alone on 28, Leroy being one of two to cut up 
second money on 22. As the event had sixteen entries, this made 
an_additiona] 400 targets thrown during the day. 

The race for the first three or four places was quite interesting, 
S. A, Tucker and Fanning each scoring 95 out of their first 400 
shot at. Griffith, of Pascoag, the holder of the Rhode Island in- 
animate target championship, was high among the amateurs, with 
Preble, of Waterville, Me., 4 targets behind him. Thirty-six 
shooters in all shot through the programme. Below are the scores 


made: 
Scores of July 11. 
Events: i 28. 45. 6% -§- $10 
Angles: KUKUUKUKUWU Shot 
Targets: Ji 15 20 15 20 15 15 20 15 20 at. Broke. Av. 
J S Fanning....... 15 14 20 13 19 14 14 20 12 19 170 160 -941 
fe} aml Meteligcden Sonpe pr 1415191319 1511191318 170 156 -917 
Be Banless Day eeee ect 12 12 20 14 201414171418 170 155 911 
OR Dickey HEHE Sch 12 14 19 13 18 12 14 16 15 19 170 152 894 
E C Griffith........ 13 14 18 12 17 14 13 20 12 18 170 151 -888 
S Preble........,.. 18 12 18 13 15 15 13 16 18 19 170 147 .864 
AE SBalcer so. eee 10 14 17 14 19 14 13 16 10 18 170 145 =852 
Ebeectast 1) at) pines cose eee 13.1516 13171213 181815 170 145 852 
S Greéne .......... 12 11 18 12 16 14 13 15 14 19 170 144 -846 
B Leroy ........... 14 91912161213191118 170 14% 841 
F B Whitin........ 12 13:18 13.1612 12171317 170 14% 841 
W F Parker.. - 13 13 19 12 17 15 11 16 13 18 170 142 =839 
T Howe .. 14111813 181113161215 170 i417 829 
Capt Bunk......... 14 11 14 15 14 12 12 16 15 18 170 141 829 
1D Frcigl 30] eran oe 12171 1613 161312151317 170 138 811 
C H Getchell...... 12 91613 16 15 14 16 18 14 170 138 811 
F C Serenson..... 13 12 15 14 13 15 12 16 18 14 170 137 805 
ETREeeASI OS aoe oe 18 11 17 12 16 12 11 18 10 15 170 135 794 
J J Hallowell..... 12 14 14 13 14 13 12 16 13 18 170 134 ~ 788 
JOS jordan: se se.e 18 12131518 911141415 170 134 188 
G HMiGookt a, 10 12 13 11 18 11 12 17 12 18 170 134 - 188 
Jet, ise biat ee ae 11 111412181013171116 170 138 782, 
BUG aya tester 13 14 16 11 16 11 «10 15 12 14 170 132 . 176 
Col AG Courtney. 11 1117131718 9111116 170 199 -758 
ity iP SHoStery aa 20 11 14 16 10 16 10 11 18 11:17 170 129 «758 
BW Male reek. 13 10 12 13 18 11 11 17 10 13 170 128 ~mloe 
G E Bartlett....,, 1011141117 91316 918 170 i298 752 
W L Colville....... 10 11 151446 911101310 170 #119 700 
W L Johnson..... 1210 9 10 14 12 11 11 11 44 170 114 670 
A B Cartledge....10 7141114 91015 8 19 170 110 647 
J H Marlin.. -1t 711101510 81111 14 170 108 635 
A Seagraves .......10 911111411 9123 9 49 170 108 635 
W F Silade......... 9 81113 811 912 912 170 102 600 
B_ Rust...,..... 11710 711 9 9 8 912 170 94 552 
ey 1 ees . 5 i i E 0 om es W9e ALO 87 511 
OWell. ic eves 12 671 170 ‘ 
J H Cameron.,..... bee Pa Le th So awe ae 400 di ae 
BH Norton....... PUT a. } see 
W Metcalf ........ 9 610 10751313 4... 2. J + 
E R Darling....... 9121472 1412 .. cee ae : =P 
ID Cauca ee ee 717 51712 12 13 10 cee E: wads 
TE LOLA EEE er eee 5 : ; 
tT) 916 81815 8 .. ' 
-. 1215 .. 11 16 14 14 : 
ERs Date eh é nile 
foe tat ae ae Ob 
Lea 5 nt : 
12 12 10 a - 
1214 6 as . 
6 710 9 8 “ 
6... 78 6 6 é 
citer te a ES nas Shes tn Will ap A 
j ~aseeg ST Se eloolsndy: 
_ Geo Briggs ..... 9 


_ No. of entries: 45 45 45 45 50 45 45 45 44 40 
Total number of targets thrown, 7,635. 


Second Day, July 12. 


The weather conditions to-day were quite different from what 
they were on the previous one. A southeaster blew up a lot of 
fog fram the bay, and the sun was not visible all day. This made 
the shooting harder than endina ey) as the light was very poor, and 

is, 
the strong wind, made the boys attend strictly to business when 
at the score. 


~~ Average, 44.9 


Some shooters who took part yesterday were absent to-day, but 


others came to take their places. 
list of fifty-six names as against fifty-five for 
new comers were: W. Allison. of Sonth Weymouth, Mass; J. 


added to-the dark backetoind: cos. morning, when nearly everybody but himself and the Io 


of the first 100 he shot at, and was in receipt of 


159 breaks, as against 160 yesterday. MLeroy shot in his old form 
for the first 100 targets, breaking 95 of them and leading Fanning att 
that stage of the game by 2 targets for the day’s average. He felll 
off after lunch and finished in third place, 6 targets behimd Pan- 
ning. Preble again shot very well, and deservedly won first honors 
among the amateurs. A pleasant feature of the day that was not 
on the programme was due to the thoughtfulness of Jack Hallo- 
well, who felt that the “Waterville squad’ merited some special 
mention on the part of the shooters, since they had come so far 
from home and shot all through the programme. He accordingly 
quietly suggested that the manager, Elmer Shaner, propose three 
cheers for the Waterville squad when the last man of that squad 
had shot at his last target, This was done, and three hearty cheers 
wete given for the boys from Maine. The squad was made up as 
follows: 5S. A. Greene, D. P. Foster, Dr, M. Dwinell and S. L. 
Preble, ali of Waterville, and W. L. “Johnson,” of Portland, Me. 
Maine carried off the schuetzen koenig honors of the tournament 
so far as the amateurs were concerned, Mr, Preble pocketing them 
quite easily. — “i 

Below are the scores, together with the averages of the twenty- 
seven who shot through the programme: 


ABN thes POTTS 


Scotes of July 12, 


Events: 12.345 6 7 8 910 
Angles: KUKUUKUKWUU Shot 
Targets: 15 15 20 16 20 15 15 20 15 20 at. Broke. Ay. 
JS Fanning,...... 14 15 19 13 19 13 12 20 14 20 170 159 935 
1D) TebaWlasan 5 Seba 1413 201216141419 1517 370 154 06 
Ere SEDO A eevee aa 15 14 19 14 18 15 12 16 15 15 170 153 800 
S Preble........... 14101913181414181220 170 152 894 
O R Dickey...:.,. 14131810 201314171119 170 4149 -876 
S Greene.........: 121419 14141412171419 170 149 87 
S As Puckett: sok 141217812161215171517 170 148 -870 
C H Getchell...... 12 14 15 12 18 11 15 20 12 18 170 148 .870 
(Apres iinlcaee eee Wiwz17 141712151713 17 «170 # 145 852 
LD keh With Aas Se ie 1410191318 1015181315 170 145 802 
Wi GR Batlcewin s: see 13 12:15 13 17 12 14 17 13 15 170 141 «829 
G E Bartlett....... 11141612 151212171318 $170 140 823, 
oD) ordams sssees 14131612316 911151318 170 138 811 
F C Serenson..,., 11 12 17 11 14 13 12 18 12 18 170 138 .81L 
EF B Whitin.....:. 121518 14121212161115 170 187 805 
We Allisont++t.ee 11 12:15 12 18 13 12 17 13:14 170 137 -805 
1114123141613 16 170 136 800 
12 17 14 10 15 11 16 170 125 - 194 
151220 911191412 170 134 788 
ED LOWS, wees eseeee 12 13 17 13 12.13 10 14 11 19 170 134 788 
J J. Hallowell...... 9 919 8171118181116 170 181 770 
P Foster........ Ji 10 14 10 17 12 12 17 41 «15 170 129 758 
Col A G Courtney. 11 10 17 10 10 13 12 15 13 17 170 =: 128 752 
M W Coffin........ 816 1018 9 18 18 11 14 170 128 152 
W OL Johnson..... 121117101410 518 8 14 170 119 700 
A B Cartledge.... (110121111 7 9121112 170 106 623 
Dr Dwinell........ 911101012 7 7 8 8&1 170-98 54L 
W LG Colville...... elle Sobre Gen rat cee seit ce $¢: Lat Beith 
E C Griffth.....:. 141219 1418 9121412 .., a5 = Ae fr: 
SHPATI Tr itt wiy atte tetera B Vasily fe kook i Se ne - ~ 
H L Amos........ 15 11 17 10 16 12 12 17 14 - : 
J EH Gameron...... 8 818 5 10 .f of 4 2. k. alee “os 
B H WNorton.. . 12 13 13 14 13 12 12 10 12 Sot ae 
L J Gaines:... 2 et tt Aceh wh oee Lee ware eons 
Geo Briggs........ dal” AOR palivait-es RA Wee we ae stats aa3: 
J. McArdle......... 8 914 9131110 14.. .. be “tr << 
SE AWWieisaiti.. yeast otaye 13121613 1611121511 .. fran, ett 2 
C Phettiplace...... Roel celeste Nias eet beens cet ure 3 
W F Silade..... en teal eali aera pahk Sey Ae HAP AEB 
N F Reiner........ Ha re spe lelp 
J H Marlin........ ASPs Gale ss ie re “Ss HAS ; 
C E Roberts...s5:. 1) eee Pye sietean Fe) ee od Jee 
Te Olney sss saa. te WAR Sie as ree ae ees a we 
G Norton.........- ite GOR OS ate “ae cee eiezeick ane rit. st 
Miss Clinton...... Gel peers LON ape pp “9 — 
Dr “Greener... 0.2 2. 11:13 1013151214 .... sate mie 
Cre Riclklers oe ee usps Se yy ae ae Hits Hoy Anat 
H H Moore... a Seth oye: See ee a3 a4 ORES 
J C Tucker.. ary Hee Rg se ae Eel rit ee +e 
R C Smith.. See ules bed Oy eee =t. ist 


D Lewis.. eS i el Eo tie I la cae Sar ro a tsa, 

A Eggers.., HS Sr re SPEEA op eee ne oe ae Ale Abts 
MESON SHON sn aieecitieme ata eee wl) Oey eet Senin . daa 

Wy eysnher adado 6c Ge Ho fheebath ke Bans ae ne oe 

Tay biriy 6 cede decades aruda OO AS ae ee (tere ras ve 

Dr Inman 


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Average, 40.8 


General Averages, 


Fanning naturally heads the list of those who shot through the 
entire programme for the two days. Like several others, he shot 
consistently, his totals for each day being close together. ‘This 
is the more remarkable as the conditions on the second day were 
much more severe than on the first, when the light was bright and 
constant, On the second day it was not only a poor light, but 
varied considerably. 5 

Twenty-five shooters shot through the programme, their totals 
and percentages of breaks being as follows, each man shooting at 
340 targets, or 170 each day: _ 


: ' First Day. Second Day. Total. Average. 
FUELILTI It] fee we gates eee eee 169 159 319 ~ B/ 
Banks 155 154 309 -908 
Tucker 156 148 304 894 
Dickey ......... eels panama Lgnte 152 149 301 2885 
Preble 147 152 299 -879 
Leroy 143 153 296 870 
Greene 144 149 293 861 
Getchell 138 148 286 841 
Bunk ’ 141 145 286 841 
Dr Bill 138 145 283 832 
Parker 142 141 283 882 
Whitin 143 137 280 «823 
Baker 145 134 279 -820 
Serenson 137 13 275 -808 

owe 141 134 275 808 
Jordan 134 138 272 800 
Put clesya ste ces cnet eet alee 127 135 272 -800 
COG, COM oer eae 134 136 270 «794 
Lofeoad aids, Npe zs yoen econ Ste anes ee 128 140 268 788 
Talo weilns Sees eee races 134 131 265 779 

OST GT sha, Paap enseneein tt ens. 2 Ok 129 129 258 758 
Gouriney s teem n. sl eepeae 129 128 257 755 
COUTTS TENET re cele enn 114 119 233 685. 
Gartled a cita pens iver nas eeeen Ee 110 106 216 632 
(Bhtivelree Fe eke nee 87 92 179 526 


Of those who shot in all but the last event on the sec 

Ie. C. Griffith, Jwho was in filth place on the first day, ea on 
of the first 83 shot at-on the second day and then fell down 
seriously, losing 18 targets out of the 65 he shot at after the 
luncheon hour. H. L. Amos shot in better form on the second day 
but failed to shoot at his last string of 20 targets. oF 


Nofelets. 


It is a source of sincere regret that the name 
who ran the refreshment booth has escaped my pestis scatleniatt 
familiarly known as “His Nobs,” and always answered readily to 
that or any other naine, His wares were beyond reproach, par- 
ticularly the chicken lobsters, fresh from the waters of Narra- 
gamsett Bay. His assistants were courteous and active, and in fact 
pie sae ais one of ere ons at the shoot. i 

Admuira ourtney arrived in Narragansett on T 
and was anuhih novened to find that Admiral Da aa ans 

revious day. s ‘Thi y ; I 
Re had as ae is he put it, “This town couldn’t hold us both, so 

. Gavitt, a member of the home club, is r 
boss fisherman for striped bass in that neck Repeats eile He 
sleeps at various times during the day, but rarely fails to be on the 
pier at the witching hour of midnight. 

The photographers got in their fine work as usual. Leroy ob- 
tained one or two good subjects, notably Mr, Gaines’ pedal ex. 
tremities and another entitled ““Here’s to You? ie 

Howard Marlin is an amateur ‘in photography. 


kodak were seen wandering around N He and his 


arragansett on * Thursday 


man were abed. - : ne lobster- 


Grifith was another who was up early on Thursday i 
101! é y mor , 

passed along Ocean avenue in front of the New Nat ewenie ake? 
5 o'clock A. M., ruminating over the targets he had lost the da; De 
fore, and laying plans to break them all that day. A quid £ 
chewing gum aided’ him in his communings with himself. ‘ 
A. Tucker shot a great gait on the first dav. ‘He broke 95 out 
a Bee ? . ma = 
eres tts TNT at enti] ea hate alaits to <0 ta Haan 

several in the next event.’ And he did, for - 
oyt of the next 14! r he dropped 4 targets 


60 


Jack Fanning has been dropping so few targets lately that he 
can’t yet quite make out how he managed to let 21 get away from 
him in the two days of the tournament. But I don’ believe he'd 
like to go back and bet that he could better his average of over 
98 per cent. for the 340 targets shot at, if the same weather con- 
ditions were to prevail, : 

Wilbur F, Parker has taken up golf, and let shooting take a 
back seat. What’s the reason why his scores did not show up as 
well as usual. at 
“Come up and take in our sheep bake on Labor Day.” The 
Meriden Gun Club’s sheep bakes are always worthy of attention. 

The smallest trapper in the pit was the Junchman’s best customer 
on Tuesday, He is about fifteen years old, stands 3ft. nothing, but 
got away with 65 cents’ worth during the half hour devoted to lunch. 
Yet the lobsters were only 15 cents each, and pie 6 cents a cut! 

Why should Elmer Shaner christen No. 1 squad the ‘Rowdies’? 

It was composed as follows: Janning No. 1, Hallowell No. 2, 
Parker No, 3, Leroy No. 4, and Banks No. 5. Neither trappers, 
referees, puller nor scorers had time to loaf when that squad was 
at work in some of the known angle events. ; 
. Leroy’s trigger for his right barrel was too light on the first 
day, and caused him several premature discharges and lost targets. 
He fixed the pulloff that night and started in like a racehorse on 
the morning of the second day, shooting like his ald self and 
scoring 95 out of his first 100. . ‘ ; . 

O. R. Dickey was shooting in something like his old-time form, 
but had an occasional bad ten minutes like everybody else, and 
pulled his average down by bunching his misses. 

C. W. Dimick, of the U, S. Cartridge Co., was a spectator on 
the morning of the second day, and watched the shooting with 
much interest, 

Miss Clinton, the famous lady rifle shot, tried her hand with the 
shotgun, but showed lack of practice with the scattergun after her 
six weeks’ devotion to the small caliber weapon she uses. She 
has a graceful pose at the score, and handles her gun in a yery 
taking way. With more practice she should make a name for 
herself at the traps. ’ i 

Elmer Shaner has returned to the bosom of his family with a 
cranium that glows nobly—the work of a hot sun while he was 
bathing in the cool waters of Narragansett Bay. 

George Briggs, James McArdle and F, C. Serenson were a trio 
of shooters from the home club who did their work at the traps, 
whether refereeing or shooting, in a manner that helped the man- 
ager considerably, R. Gavitt, sometimes known as “the Hoodoo,” 
also did not miss many targets—sometimes, 

When Parker Brothers start their museum three very interesting 
additions to the exhibits would be a certain well-known pair of 
shoes, Tucker’s shooting jacket and Wilbur Parker’s old hat. 

W. Allison, of South Weymouth, Mass., was missing on the 
first day. He arrived on time on the second day, saying he was 
bound to be on hand, even if he lost his job. He did not miss 
many targets either, and was not in it for the booby prize. 

Dr. “Greener,” of Providence, receiyed a warm greeting when he 
arrived on the second day. Shaner and a bed slat were portions 
of the reception committee. 

Puck is quite a sprinter, and might catch his man if he would 
not persist in falling down just when his prey is within his reach. 

Eyerybody missed Tom Keller. 

Fifteen thousand targets in two days is not bad work for one set 
of five expert traps. ‘ 

C, P. Shattuck, representing the Providence Journal, is one of 
' the very few reporters of shooting events that belong to the daily 
press. Mr. Shattuck got his work out in excellent style, and wrote 
up the tournament in a manner that could be understood and ap- 
preciated by those who shoot at the trap. 

Epwarp BANKS, - 


WESTERN TRAPS. . 


Chicago Gun Club, 


Chicago, Ill., July 14,—Mr. Ed Steck was the only contestant to 
break 25 straight in the trophy event. Mr. Herman Paul, of 
Waterloo, Ia., was a visitor. In a practice eveni, 25 targets, the 
scores were: Paul 12, Bowles 9, Buck 16, Adams 19, Milliken 4, 
Walters 9, Sprague 13; Hlorn 18, Steck 18. 


Trophy shoot: 


| * 1 
1 


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Iya AER Be ee chon oto ets DOU eee 10011.00011010001010101111—13 
COPE TG kw eeeetere ee et eit ts bade nae 1100111111111101111010110—19 
IMATICereetteeee tener .----0000000101011000000101111— 9 
A W Adams. +=» + -101011111110011101111011—19 
VV reife aire REALE Sette nde cisarbae errinigties wits 1100010011111011011110111—19 
W Sprague . ..-0100011010011000001001000— 8 
Fd Steck . « « -1110011911111111111111 25 
Horn .... NSreen 4 0010101001000000110100101— 9 
Goodriche s¢05022 ete Seeipect ts teenies 1001111111199111101111111—28 
Monthly trophy: 

VeEABUL semececti a . O10000001111000— 5 Steck ......... 110011101111171—12 
Bowles ........ 010017101000101— 7 Horn ......... 111100001000011— 7 
HB TIGKS ey ehelts 111101001110131—11 Goodrich ..... 010111111000111—10 
PMB TE, ches 111113111001001—11 Sanderson ....000000000000000— 0 
Milliken ...,.. 101001010111010— 7 Vietmeyer ....111100011111111—12 
Word ea cass see 010001000000000— 1 Clark ........, 001001110101000— 6 
Walters ..... ..001100010011011— 7 Crombie ...... 000100000010010— 3 
SPrde Wenn ere: 111111000110117—11 


Gartield Gun Club 


Chicago, July 14.—The appended scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of our eleventh trophy shoot of 
the season. 

R. Kuss won Class A medal on a straight score of 25. Dr. J. W. 
Meek, W. P. Northcott and A. Hellman tied for B medal on a 
score of 20, J. D. Pollard won Class C medal on a score of 23. 

Other events were 10 and 15 target sweepstakes. 

R, Kuss easily carried off high honors of the day, breaking 132 
out of 135 targets shot at. 

The day was hot and rather windy, and altogether rather an 
uncomfortable one for target shooting. The attendance was not 
up to our average, but was fair considering the fact that many 
of our members are away on their vacations. The scores: 

Eleventh trophy shoot, 25 targets: 


TKOAM ONE AAS SA Be aneurin A AAR AN BE eae on 1101111101111110111011101—20 
GEC Sere non ERE L EL LL E[Pee aatettcle nie eet 0010011101011101111110001—15 
USCCIEND 2 as SP ee 8 ee ee 0000100001110010110110000— 9 
Dinos ieekicecbne, se sc costes senate 1111110111111110110011011—20 
TREE, 66 SSesas ayes ohoo7sc Jurietn hee 111091111101119111111111 23 
Ase WoWwan de ecteaees debe siechen tes sieseee 1100001111100010101011001—13 
IF MeGowan Pee pgs Settee eeed ea tens -0100011011010000110001101—417 
R Kuss sph pees sa sd dacestececesbacens 2199011019191. —95 
Vii Bae oSimN PENS S Cee ae es ee vobe -1111000111000101101110110—15 
Be Bingham Tie 4 aisasinseeteris icles a © 00191111111111101111101-—22, 
J Wolff FERS Bias cee y a4 tH -11011101101011010100117111—17 
AVVO Sea ete Rennie -0010100111101111011010001—14 
GRP Richards! anmsnane: -1111011000111111010111111—19 
Abe eetton Fait eae Shee - -1171110110010101001001100—14. 
INUMBOWELS- .peestrtrsrreate -10001191999911101111111100—21 
SD Wortiiailes se: es eaeees + -101110199994111111110111192, 
ISD elan Oberon: tence - -0111601000000111101100111—1 
Butler SEs it seen -0000000000000001010000010— $ 
1D Wilkcliie agape eet ee See ea - -0110010001110110110001110—13 
A Hellman Fs ete « -10111101110111111001774171120 
Jee Veh Ho « 4111101099111. — 93 


AVES: sos cts sees se vest teste sees 0100001011010111170011101—14. 
Sweepstakes: 


Events: 12456 7 Events: IE PS A ey 

Targets: 151015101510 Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 10 
Northcott ..... als at ae Sad DBRS Geel epee es 512 610.. 
NSH eta eis sbobefesabe 5 Ap 4h tk 4a iets Bee a 913 914... 
1S 3 ules BAA PARE i Mee es SBE a3 aes: 12 810 713... 
re eelorrtme ah Seer OF Ue OWL een A185 9S a 
Pollard. ope myers all seal yp Be OS MBYercerniy ee OF Welz ae) a 
PARC Growth reco (iil Tees clan pues ony ve EAS Seta 
P McGowan .. 9 610 7 8 Bumiller ....... 2. Octet es 
Re Kyisso. sack 14101510 1410 Hicks 2......2.8 1) Ho Mee PREF 
Stuchlik ....... 6 410... .... UL Wolff as. 4.. toeet 
Bingham ....... 141014. Ansa hplah Ns joe me: ome Ny We nisPaln 
J Wolff ..5,....12 4 8. Dre P ave Sop pee eis wns tals 
LOAN ES teeter le tethe ee tig ae MIEN EEC pee, ie, ay oe Sr 

Garden City Gun Club, 


Chicago, July 14.—J. B. Barto and Tramp Irwin tied for first 
honsts in the Garden City Gun Club’s shaot to-day at Watson’s 
Park, while Abe Kleinman won the trophy for the greatest num- 
ber of consecutive kills. All stood at 30yds, though some had 
extra birds to shoot at. The scores 


Dewey ses--2-0: Ee nee ttt e RomnAgnguc 100212222111120 —y9 
Kimball Popes tase este tees ese eetenseeeeeeees +++» -200101222110211*11—13 
PAmbers crecsscsssptyeyseccreprnsrearresyoenpes: Letepaato2tii102 —I4 


Both he and Gaines issued cordial invitations to - 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


oS Ssned bel Soot eee tt NSSe -1228%0202210010121-—IL 
Gtk art ape re ears Sea sennnnen eyo 209812 = 
Of tion Ra ES Oy A ee ee mane 2111021110101222 —13 
Tere Ta ER Re ae oo meee: sense weit tt ee 12000212112202222 —12 
IDEsp a oh SEP RRSECoCN: Mercer ten eo bbeed cio Ek 91112112210101120 —14 
TES WE hEweetaa essen RE Rear oo hWrEnG ty 590*21 720211112 —11 
EE SO EI SR Spree sy Masta -faopeane2222ti12, 1b 
i : A eS OEP T Tyo ns hese chee ee — 
ae ae tha Soe I Sethe shed 012111 201***1*0w 
ASAT) ee eee ocd eee vee ecue ee 2O2121112112102 14 
atte Aas Ga ohne Sean SET ET ETE Ee ae Sake oe O112200201111111 —12 
Ti With pede ds Ae eT ne IS IEE ALT, 2pp7999111012211 —15 
TTAB GET estes rome We SEER NEE od SOU B92 ae 1122012201121011 —13 


Seven-bird sweep, entrance $2.50, three moneys: Dewey, Amberg 
and areeritiart tec Barto, Gillis, Goldsmith, Knickerbocker, 
Irwin, Leyi and O’Brien, 6 each; S. Palmer, 5. RAVELRIGG. 


Mississippi Valley Wotes. 


‘Tue Peoria Gun Club held its montfMly meet and medal shoot 
on July 8. The weather was fine, but a very stiff wind blowing 
across the range made the targets erratic and affected scores seé- 
verely. Gus Portman won the Class A medal with his new Parker 
gun, Riehl and Weisy coming in close second and third, Bully 
Bordeaux got the Class B médal after a shoot-off with Wantling, 
while Frank had an easy lead for the Class © trophy. Following 
the main contest a 10-bird sweep was shot, and then Tom Scott 
gaye the boys an hour’s entertainment over a coop full of swiit 
Summer birds in a $1 (birds extra) miss-and-out. In this latter 
eyent Riehl and Scholes divided the money, and in conclusion 
Connor, Burnside and Riehl shot a d5-target contest. 

Peoria now has two thriving gun clubs of large membership and 


not a few smaller shooting organizations and is one of the shoot- | 


ing centers of the middle West. Peoria is a live, wide-awake and 
thrifty city and there is no reason why the noble art of trapshoot- 
ing ought not to continue to thrive and grow in that yicinity, The 
scores follow: 


Class A. 
fe SEOTEMIAILE eres tee cere temeciet sie 11091.0191110111110011 111120 
1019419911011 1—24 44 
Riehl ferssess ate re a 10991101991111111111111—_23, 
1141111111111001110100111—20—43, 
Th BET EUTE eg GAH ES Won qr dtesscinn 1111111111111001011100111—20 
11,01111110111111101111111—22—42 
JEGISW 522222 coke Peete ee at tee 111019111111011110111101.—21 
1110111311111111001001111—20—41. 
Sibasbeytevwicu eeWiptties ime ea ete gee 0111110101111111010011111—19 
0191010111111011101101111—19—28 
Baleétr 00... eee bee eit tare erent 1101111111111100111.0111—21 
11019.11111101.011,010111011-—19—40 
WisHTS ee ee Le OC aiaroa at 111111111111111100111101—22 
011111001101100111111111—1 941. 
Bubrsider a eset edaerelbiil dlinclae rae tei 11.01.011.11011111111.1011111—_21 
14111.01011111.0011110111—_20 41. 
‘BaAneSOTiN th pewesueaer eat eet Fe ieee ~ » 19919111991101119.0011001—20 
0111110011011111111011101—19—29 
SMe tai atig pero sssctstuctaratePovasatelelofesstlerevatevorneaters 0111111114111101011110001—19_™ 
1311111101001111111110010—19—38 
Woe Hit i bib bos eset boonosbecacbreeten 1111101111100101011111101—19 
1111101111110100111000110—17—26 
€ Portman ....., bos deet teats shill 0000110100011.110011711111—15 
1111011010110111111101111—20—35 
ROTMObs Clee lan soe erate adhe asa 1110001110111101100111101—17 
co TO OO 1i—ae 
‘lass B. 
Bordedlixze a yocdckiceee ake els alien enn 0011111111011101100011101—17 
11111111.01110011111011110 2037 
Wantling .......- Welt vel cletatetatete wehele te 1111111111010101011100011—18 
111111.0111001111110110101—19—27 
Scotts ase ye te ass Plas wderrrace eee de 1000110110110111111101101—17 
1411013110111111110110010—19—36 
G Webber ............- MM ce Re aera Te 1111.011111101001110110111—19 
: 1000011111110010000111110—14—23 
Nien CWS) th mieteg serge irgrerececemtcecsorirsey ses atUr 1111110111100000100101111—16 
011101111.0011000010111110—15—31 
Class Cy.” ; 
Er ATIIE eve neues caren ts yeneveee ee ye» yO111001730100100111110011—15 
11119111011101111.01011111—21—36 
iBradleys seve tessa Pais tao eager 1100011111001000111111110—16 
1111011110011000010111110—14—30 
Walters 2262884 22 0% Baa roea Tn eianinse « -0111011110011000010111110—15 
1111110111100000100101111—16—81 
ae eRTObihe + 5 a eee oanmsoceusort 0311011111000101311110131—18 
0100010000100101011101111_12—30 
(Gaui. Scsatarere sade. donatas 4dgenece 0110101000001010000000011— 8 
01011100101101.00111101111—16 24 
WUETT sre sees saasese sea tae en heen 0010000010111101101111011—14 
0010000001101100010111001—10—24 
ABR er Brann ote age oerate eae rare eine 1101100010100000000000111— 9 
1011100010101010001010111—138—22 
SMP GIEge op SoAobae SET UR OUULPSEUne DS 0100110011100100100001001—10 
0001001100001000111110000— 9—19 
Schlehnoer ........ lets aires nahh 0000000010000000001100000— 3 
0010000011000100010000001— 6— 9 
Miss-and out; $1: 
(QayitThOFn Uren GOUR uUBaL, 02222 Wiebbers ane wsdwad ie seppy, MOL 
LEAN CONS CLIN nt Aida. 20222 TSHCpSIE sas san bpaneenscoo.: *010 
ARTEOUIMN So cce ceaec cetatee snes 2222 NiWlohbPEe, SRA ASaeseasoods 12102211 
OCEAN te veeids nore te s 1210 sVeloVollstes AAAS A =e ae Sel ois 11 
Wordeatiziyos eatceereeine 01111 


Special race, 55 targets: Burnside 45, Connor 43, Riehl 52, 

The Piasa Gun Club held its regular shoot this week, interest 
being added to the occasion by the fact of several challenges from 
members to Mr Lane for the W. C. Co. medal. He graciously 
accepted them “all in a bunch,” and Mr. A. J. Howell won out 
in the third stage of the race. The scores: 


ist. f 5 ast. 2d. sd. 
Howell, 36........ 31 18 10 Schweppe, 41..... 30018 9 
Bane; 30te.eecntee 30 8618 8 Phinney, 42,...... 22 At + 
Schiess, 36...00.0. 26 Bn ee CGO GpeD ae eileile eee 14 33 ae 
HCAS ae. oe eaters 30 16 .. Doterding, 62..... 21 oe = 
Gaddis, 41......... 20 18 9 Teach, 52......... 16 


F. C. Rieun. 


Fott Smith Gun Club, 


Fort Smiru, Ark,, July 8.—Ii a tournament had been in progress 
on Saturday alternoon it couldn’t have sounded. more business- 
like. Three squads lined up for the fray, and before the smoke 
cleared away 1,100 targets had been shot, and some of them hit. 

Misses Oglesby, Black and Fishback came out to see the sport, 
and also Mr. Eugene Henderson and family, the latter watching 
the game irom their carriage. 

Already some of the shooters are beginning to show up, Mr, 
Paul Litzke, secretary of the Arkansas State Sportsmen’s Asso- 
ciation, being now quartered at the Hotel Main. 

Monday will be preliminary day of the Arkansas tenth annual, 
and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will all be devoted to in- 
aninate targets. On Friday a live-bird handicap sweep will be 
vun off in which such cracks as Parmelee, Taylor and Parker—of 
Omaha, St. Louis and Detroit respectively—will be seen, 

A nominal entrance of 10 cents will be charged at the gate, and 
the entrance to the shooting ground is half a block north of the 
end of the Little Rock avenue car line. 

In the medal shoot Saturday evening Mr. Waller Boyd surprised 
his many friends by winning the medal after an exciting contest 
with the best shots in the club, and as this is the first time in the 
history of the club that this gentleman has succeeded in winning 
this much-coveted trophy he was heartily congratulated on his 
splendid shooting. No more popular win could be recorded. 

Following are the scores in the medal race: 


A Wi Boyd. + » .011011111101111100111111—21 
‘Kimimons .. = -1111011110011199711111101 91 
Matthews .. ~~ -111101911111011111111 000120 
ES CACH tees ~ « 00711111111001,07110141011—15 
Eyielete bay toe dom geet a Mee eee ees 011100111011110111111710119 
Baptister ous-sies wee + ere rip cers eesany dimpt5iee 0011101111111011001111101—18 
USE N MPa cag hk 4 eer erE Me, 5 oS 0101111101110100101111011 17 
RE SPeGh Mac taaregt sca eewusa eeroreecc 0101111111010010101011111 17 
COMEY sere ee ee ee eee eee tet eetecee cere eens 0411111001111011011010010—16 
As ENAR EY Coorrecrcrimiareeegheer notte r 1111000111100110001010111 45 
WAROV.dueetetnedas ease nads senmuerreerees -=-1101000010101000011000011—10 
Fo G@ Speer. es eee esc cee sees ceeeeccssn ease, 0000010111011010100101101—19 
Clarkson !l. 210. BSG Ente .. . .0100000000111110170001100—1 
Oglesby .......+:. aieeesnernseyeiasnisatseee eto ee 10100111.01010100000010100—10 
Williams .s..-sceeseesees Fase oeg SPE 010000100110110001101100—10 
J Reynolds ...... bbtork ia is ds Se En 10000101110141011001100144—44 
Stioot-off off for tie for the medal: 
Boyd ....+.5 sserve- sOL1101011—7 Kimmons .......,,..1001111000—5 


Séveral sweeps were rut off after the medal shoot, j i 
honors were about equally divided. > Heda! Sueot, in which the 


TLeEace: 


[JULY 21, 1900. — 


Great Falls Rod and Gun Club. 


Great Farts, Mont., July 9.—The recent tournament under thy 
suspices of the Great Valls Rod and Gun Club was the most suc, 
cessful yet held. There were participants from Belt, Choteau! 
Stockett and other outside points, and several belonging to the 
local club, while there were many spectators. 

The weather was perfect, and the scores are believed to have been) 
the best ever made at any tournament ever held in this State. In 
several events the winner got every bluerock, ‘ 

One of the best performers was C. S. McDonald, of Choteau, z) 
member of the local club, who had not shot here for a year| 
Although the grounds were strange to him, he won two events, and 
his percentage for the day was very high. é ‘) 

In the contest for the Cascade county medal there were six] 
contestants, The shoot was at 40 singles, and the scores were ai 
follows; J. M. Gaunt 37, Gus Frazier 35, Matt Richardson 32) 
Geo. Bickett 36, P. B. Gallagher 35, Alex Irvine 33. ; 

In the shoot for the Cascade county medal J. M. Gaunt broke 
a? out of 40, and is now the owner of the medal. 4 

In the shoot for the Gallagher-Benner cup at 25 singles there 
were. thirteen contestants, who scored as follows: Gallagher 25, 
Frazier 22, Gaunt 22, B. Fillian 18, C. S. McDonald 24, M. Rich. 
ardson 19, Dr. C. J. B, Stephens 21, Richard Wilson 11,, Bickett 
18, P. Pogreba 17, C. W. Cooper 10, Irvine 19, H. E. Benner 18, 

The percentages made in the sweepstakes were as follows: 
Benner .90, Gaunt .829, Bennett .858, Stephen§ .829, Bickett .829, 
Richardson .842, Irvine .95, Frazier .878, McDonald .90, Flynn .92 
Fillian .75, Burris .91, Gallagher .91. . 


Events: aL ey Ba a Events: 1°2. .3..4 5 

Targets: 20 15 10 15 10 10 Targets: 20 15 10 15 10 10) 
C McDonald... 2014 711 810 Pillian ....,.8.15.. 7... .... 
Bennett ........ TORR ets drorets amiretarse ELEN bye 1414 ,.14 9 10 
Irvine ........:. 19 ee JE\yreiat ie eee 46910... 3. 
Richardson .... 1813.. 9 9 ipiheaise eee AA ey ee 
Pelt ste vinetas 8 hsot Benner ...,. vow res dy Oils. 10 O 
Ganntenetandats 1712 5 Tehoyesereloel aga sy yy oe eo, 
Bennett ......... Ue po nh ss ay LSEMEsei RELA AR BP PEGE a 
Stephens ......, 1GFIS Dea oa) ee COOD EEN ondecass Beenie Py 
Bickett .,...... lie) BabA iy | 

No. 3 was at 5 pairs. | 


Boston Gun Club. 


WELLINGDON, July 11.—A little more windy than usual was this! 
afternoon, the second last in the Boston Gun Club’s current priz 
series. Though most of the regular devotees of the trap are away 
off summer vacations, a nice little company of ten faced the music, 
which was nothing less than a howling gale. One of the speciall 
visitors of the day, Tyler, led off the prize match with 22 out of a 
possible 25—a yery fine score under existing conditions. 

To-day was the last time we are to have Mr. Andres with us)! 
he leaving for Egypt permanently on the next B. G. C. day, and 
many were the regrets heard, as he has been a regular attendant, 
and these we dislike to lose. Following are the scores: 


Eyents: LL RZE8s 4: 


6 7 


. = 
= Cwm cto bo 


ood 
Spencer 
Poor 


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MORO exoocden 
Ha “Ibo O91 00 


Big win ets Pe vie 
Events 4 and 9, 5 pairs; events 8 and 12, infielders; all otherg 
unknown angles oyer magautrap. 
Mateh scores, 25 bluerocks, unknown angles; distance handi: 


Brockton Gun Club, 


Brocxron, Mass., July 4—The scores made in the fifth prize) 
shoot are appended: s 


Events: 2) Sh te PbS Ge OT PR 

Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
ETEpuleG aaa dove Aa 10) <9) 19) 49) 10: SS! SSS 

OOdSs.. sees ess ey heute Be S16! EBs vite el 
Bartleih Jyeeenneeeesne sae RT 105 Fe sa oe Spc bs Ce 
Worthing a: 5 Sa Ji ee 

eonard .,,, $59) 28" io ees ee 
Baw or ete hei.) 
Horterguas te pire mes ee een 8 3 7 
Maxwell ie ie Sa 3 a a a 

Prize shoot: 

: Hdcp. Total, 

Hepner ....:....55 Shs sae 71010 8 10—45 8 P a 
NN Cotas beri irate eerie sigherele tenn oe jens 8 8 9 8—42 11 60. 
Tea Sg ay ype ter coe es 910 8 9 9—45 8 | 0} 
Wiorthinrt | iociraonkaconeereeetes 8 9 8 T &40 9 49 
Deouardl finn eeerenee Semocicitat . 10 9 8 8 742 18 60 
Tete F item teerete relates BRP A AAT Teas 10 8 9 9 10—46 10 50 
lelcdlanve Seaatephoenss ee eeeavaanaeuien ke 9 9 7 8 740 15 50 | 


New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association. 


A SPECIAL meeting of the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Asso- 
ciation was held in Newark on July 9, at which James L. Smith 
represented the Hackettstown Gun Club; H, Terrill, the South) 
Side Gun Club; H, H. Stevens, the Brunswick Gun Club; C. N 
Thomas, the Walsrode Gun Club; M. Herrington, the Boiling! 
Springs Gun Club, and W. R. Hobart, the East Side Gun Club. 
President Thomas was in the chair, and in the absence of Secre- 
tary Feigenspan, W. R. Hobart was appointed secretary pro tem 
There was considerable discussion in regard to the manner in 
which the interests of the Association might be advanced, andi 
the opinion prevailed that trapshooting could be enlivened in the 
State by the Association extending its aid to clubs in holding 
tournaments. Mr. H. H. Stevens was requested to interview Mr.) 
E, E. Shaner, manager of the Interstate Association, in regardl 
to the method adopted by that body in accomplishing the same 
object. A resolution was then passed empowering the executive 
committee to take action upon Mr. Stevens’ report, and to pur, 
chase such articles as might be necessary to carry out any plan! 
of action if in the opinion of the committee such was feasible 
Also to obtain by purchase or otherwise merchandise prizes to bel 
competed for, 

W. R. Hopart, Sec’y pro tem. 


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If I were to live my life over again I would go 
fishing three days in the week. 
—Peter Cooper. 


BOYS’ SUMMER CAMPS. 


Tue boys’ summer camps have come to be an institu- 
tion, Here and there in the mountains, on the lake shore 
and by the river bank their white tents are pitched and the 
Hag flies to the breeze. It is a sensible and profitable 
mode of summering for young folks, and deserves to 
grow in popularity as it shall become better known. 

While the camp system may be varied in details to 
adapt particular camps to particular circumstances, the 
general plan provides for camping out by a party of boys 
under the control of an older person. Here is an outline 
of one camp as described by the Baltimore Sun in the 
Alleghanies near Alderson, W. Va. The site is on a 
blutf overlooking the Greenbrier River, where the tents 
are pitched in the shade of noble oaks. Two large sleep- 
ing tents are provided with cot beds simply but comforta- 
bly equipped, and a dining tent is well furnished and is 
under the charge of a colored waiter. In the kitchen 
tent is a cook stove presided over by a trained hotel 
cook. The grounds are laid out for baseball, lawn ten- 
nis and trapshooting at artificial targets, and an aban- 
doned race course conveniently near serves for eques- 
trian exercises; and the river affords a famous swim- 
ming pool. There is abundant provision for athletic 
games and exercises—quoits, putting the shot, throwing 
the heavy hammer and rowing, The Greenbrier affords 
bass fishing. 

The camp is in charge of a post-graduate student of 
Johns Hopkins University and the daily routine is a well 
thought out combination of work and play, with a strong 
* leaning to play, as is due in vacation time. Two hours 
of the morning are devoted to study. Thereafter the 
day is given up to recreation. The several sports to be 
indulged in are assigned daily by the director. One day 
it is baseball or tennis in the forenoon and bass fishing 
in the afternoon; another day it is trapshooting and boat- 
ing or athletics; and so the routine varies from day to 
day and with different members of the camp. Then there 
are long tramps to points of interest in the vicinity. 
to the mouth of the river twenty-five miles distant, to 
the tops of the mountains or to some of the springs for 
which the West Virginia country is famous. All this, it 
may readily be understood, fills the days, and the weeks 
glide by all too quickly. Here are some of the camp 
tules, not more rigid, it will be observed, than such as 
obtain in all well regulated camps of old boys who have 
no mentor to control them: 

“Breaktast will be announced ten minutes before be- 
ing served.and again when on the table. Three minutes 
will be allowed after the second announcement,” 

“No articles of clothing must be left on the floors of 
the tents.” 

“No boy may come to the breakfast table without 
trousers, shirt or sweater. ands and face must be 
washed and hair brushed,” 

Obyiously that is an admirable system of outing which 
combines a proper restraint and the guiding control of 
an older head with the largest sense of freedom on the 
part of the young campers. 

We have not the ficures to show the cost of such sum- 
mer camping, but it need not be made expensive if the 
enterprise is conducted on co-operative principles. While 
everything requisite for comfort should be provided, the 
outfit need not be elaborate or expensive. As it is de- 
veloping with experience, the summer camp is in large 
measure answering the question of how our boys. shall 
spend their summer vacations. It affords a welcome 
alternative to the unsystematic and unprofitable time- 
killing which in so many instances consumes the months 
between school terms, 


GOVERNOR. ROOSEVELT’S BEAR RECORD. 


WE have been. treated in years past to newspaper com- 
ments, in censure or commendation as colored by political 
bias, of President Cleveland as a fisherman, President 
Harrison as a duck shooter and Mr. Bryan as an angler. 
And now it is of Theodore Roosevelt as a bear hunter. 
Some years ago Mr. Roosevelt was moved to write to the 
FoREST AND STREAM some sharp comments upon the prac- 
tice of shooting trapped grizzlies, a proceeding which he 
denounced as in the highest degree unsportsmanlike. It 
is with this very thing that the papers are now charging 
Governor Roosevelt himself. The story appears to have 
grown out of a yarn given currency in 1895 by a Chicago 
man of the name of A. L. Trude, shortly after the pub- 
lication of some magazine articles in which Mr. Roose- 
velt had related his hunting experience in the Rockies. 
Trude claimed to have been on a ranch in the neighbor- 
hood of the Rocky Mountain experiences related in the 
magazine articles, and his assertion was that Mr. Roose- 
velt had not killed the game in the way described; but 
as to the bears, that “he had given a mountaineer who 
had trapped a bear $5 to let him take a pot shot at the 
beast, and Ted killed Bruin deader than a door nail.” 

When this story appeared in 1895, Governor (then 
Commissioner) Roosevelt wrote to the Forest AND 
STREAM a categorical reply to it which left in the mind of 
the reader no room for doubt as to his intention of ma- 
king his denial complete, unreserved and tnanswerable. 
As to the bear hunting part of the Trude story, Mr. 
Roosevelt said: “Mr. A. L. Trude, of Chicago, has 
recently given to the public several statements about my- 
self which contain such reckless falsehoods that I at first 
thought Mr. Trude himself must be an invention of some 
of the newspapers. I am informed, however, that he is a 
feal person. One of his, statements contains a long 
account of my shooting a trapped bear, I never shot a 
trapped bear in my life; I never but once saw a bear in 
atrap. * * * I challenge Mr. Trude to give the date 
anid place where a single one of the incidents which he 
fecites occurred. They are all false from beginning to 
end, in every particular. Whether he has invented this 
falsehood himself, or whether he has been imposed upon 
by a couple of scoundrels whom I never saw, and has 
recklessly repeated their lies, I do not care. In either. 
case, he is equally to blame. A liar is sufficiently con- 
temptible, but a liar who slanders others in wantonness is 
even worse.” 

Now that the Trude trapped bear story has been 
brought out again and furbished up for campaign pur- 
poses, we may look for its renewed life and currency 
until November at least. We do not imagine that the 
ethical considerations involved in the bear hunting ex- 
ploits of a Presidential candidate can have a very im- 
portant bearing on a political campaign, but a sportsman 
of such high principles and consistent practice as Governor 
Roosevelt is known to be might well enough resent now 
in 1900 as he did in 1895 aspersions on his record in the 
field. 


SNAP SHOTS. 

Now comes Dr. Samuel N. McClean, of Cleveland 
with a new firearm that is to revolutionize gunnery. [ 
is constructed on the principle of those arms whicl 
utilize the waste gases generated by the powder to reload 
and fire the successive shots. It differs from the Maxim 
and other guns of this character in taking the gases from 
the muzzle of the gun in a way which obviates recoil; 
indeed, it is asserted that when a McClean gun is “started 
firing while lying on a table it will discharge its entire 
magazine without moving a fraction of an inch from the 
position in which it was placed, and that at times, as 


the bullets poured from, its muzzle, it has been noticed to’ 


creep slowly in the direction in which it was firing.” 
The gun is a magazine arm, with five chambers, but may 
be arranged to be fed from an endless belt of cartridges, 
which it will discharge at the rate of 700 per minute. 
Having no recoil, it may be so aimed as.to deliver its 


shots one after another into precisely the same spot,-and- 


it will do this at an effective range of two and one-half 
miles. From this brief description, as given in the press, 
it might appear that here at last was the atm for the 
man who wants all the game that is left and wants it 


right away; and if a few thousand trusty McCleans were 


to find their way into the hands of American sportsmen 
we might well shudder in anticipation of the sidden wind- 


ing up of the game supply. It is a relief, then, to be 
asstired that this new arm of precision is, for the present 
at least, intended for military purposes only—although 
the sportsman’s relief that a deadly weapon is to be em- 
ployed to destroy human beings instead of wild beasts is 
something we must leave the philosophers to account for. 


The organization of Ohio sportsmen in a protective 
association is a step which has been made necessary ‘by 
the unreasonable restrictions the law puts upon-shooting. 
The movement is described in a letter elsewhere from 
Mr, Paul North, of the Executive Committee. It should 
have the support of a representation so large and power- 
ful as to.compel! recognition at Columbtis when the Legis- 
lature shall meet again. We note that Mr. North con- 
strues the law as permitting duck shooting at certain 
times, but according to the actual text of the statute 
“No person shall kill any wild duck on Stinday or Mon- 
day of any week, or on any of the reservoirs belonging to 
the State of Ohio, or upon the waters of Lake Erie and 
the estuaries and bays thereof, or on the rivers, creeks; ~ 
ponds or other waters or bodies of water in this State.” 
That appears to do away with all water shooting, at least; 
the only way the Ohio ducker may lawfully get his duck 
is by catching it on land. But there should be found in 
Ohio ability to frame a sane and sensible game law, and 
if the new association started by the Cleveland sportsmen 
shall be successful in infusing sanity and a sweet reason- 
ableness into the Ohio game code, its promotion will not 
have been in yain. : 


One of the old-time Adirondack guides was Elijah 
Cowles, of Lake Pleasant, in Hamilton county. Cowles 
Stood six feet seven in his stockings, and was of powerful 
build. When he was not moose hunting or bear hunting 


_ or guiding, he was keeper of the county jail at Lake 


Pleasant; and the county allowed him fifty cents a week - 
board for each man, This meant careful -planning and 
not extremely luxurious living at the best; so Cowles, 
being a fellow of resource, tised to take his prisoners off 
moose hunting, that they might earn their board. It is 
related of one victim that after having been out for ten 
days, on the trail with the strapping guide, he begged 
piteously to be allowed to go back to jail; but the in- 
exorible Cowles compelled him to “keep up with the pro- 
cession” until the venison had been captured. 


The Province of Quebec is waking up to the fact that 
it is high time to put a check upon the export of game 
fish to United States markets. The traffic in speckled 
trout, black bass, muscalonge and pickerel has been de- 
veloped until now it has assumed proportions which 
seriously threaten the supply of well-known inland waters. 
Ontario has an effective non-export law, and the promise 
is that such a system will be adopted by Quebec at the 
next session of the Legislature. The Canadians have 
never shown any want of appreciation of the commercial 
value of game fish or lures to American anglers; and 
once their attention is directed to the fact that the market- 
ing of game fish is likely to decrease Canada’s attractions 
for visitors from the United States, they may be depended 
upon to act, 


Something novel in the way of official proclamations 
has been put out by Mayor Archambault, of St. Gabriel 
de Brandon, a village on Lake Maskinonge, in the Prov- 
ince of Quebec. Bigger fish are believed to lurk in the 
lake than have ever been caught out of it; and Mayor 
Archambault’s announcement is that St. Gabriel welcomes 
all reputable strangers to its fishing; it desires especially 
to attract Montreal anglers, and to that end the town 
council offers four prizes of $20, $15, $10 and $5 to the 
citizens of Montreal who shall capture the largest 
maskinonge in the season of rg00. ear 


Izaak Walton’s tomb is in Winchester Cathedral. 
Nearby in the deanery garden is a stream where he was 
accustomed to angle. The neighborhood is associated with 
his life and death. Now it is proposed by the anglers of 
Great Britain to provide a memorial window of Walton in~ 
the chapels of the Cathedral. Its cost will be about $2,000: _ 


A woodcock found its way into Henry street, Brooklyn, | 
one day last week, not far from the Brooklyn Bridge. | 
As the boring for worms through the asphalt pavement 
was an unprofitable enterprise, the bird passed — on, none 4 
the worse for its adventure in the heart of a great city, oy 


B62 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[fury 28, 1900. 


Che Sportsman Gourist. 


Reminiscences. 
BY ROWLAND E. ROBINSON. 


Mucw talking of old times is one of the signs of old 
age, as common an accompaniment of it as gray hairs, 
toothless jaws, dimmed eyes and stiffened joints, though a 
far pleasanter one. The weary mind clings more tena- 
ciously to pleasant memories of youth than to fleeting, 
trivial incidents of yesterday. The old man longs to live 
them over again in story, and his tongue would fain be 
wagging. To that end he must have an audience. Young 
folks will serve if interested to hear of the days when the 
woods were populous with game, and the clear, shaded 
streams swarmed with fish that were not always lost. Bet- 
ter by far is some old comrade, a good listener, yet 
breaking in now and then with a reminder of some half- 
forgotten incident of the happy, care-free days, An old 
friend, an old pipe and an open fire—happy combination to 
bring out talk of old times. 


“Do you remember the spring we went to Burton’s 
Pond?” a familiar voice asks out of the cloud of tobacco 
smoke. Yes, and how we were enticed there by the 
marvelous tales told of swarms of muskrats, told us by 
one without regard for truth, when we were looking about 
for trapping grounds. We could trap up Little Otter as 
far as it would float our boat, and then carry them over 
to the pond, make a camp there, and trap for a week, and 
then come home to enjoy our fortunes at leisure. Besides 
the money that was in it, there would be lots of fun, and 
so, having gained parental consent and parental aid in 
the shape of provisions—for, though grown-up, we were 
not of age—we three set forth on our expedition in two 
boats. 

We embarked a little above the second falls, Joe and 
I in his boat, and By in his, paddling and poling at a 
leisurely rate, setting a trap at every likely sign, whether 
burrow, feed bed or nightly haunted Jog or tussock, and 
so on, as far as could be properly gone over next day. 
On the way up each boat kept its allotted side, never in- 
truding on the other, but on the down stream course it 
was “go as you please,’ as fast as current and paddle 
would bear us, with an eye out for a chance shot at a 
swimming rat. The trapping here, when water rose and 
fell several inches in the course of the day and night, was 
very different from that in the marshy lower creek, where 
there was little variation 1m the rise and fall of the slug- 
gish current, and a trap remained nearly at the same 
depth at which it was set, 

Next morning we voyaged up stream again, taking up 
traps and catch till we reached the end of yesterday's voy- 
age, where we began setting until we came to rapids so 
swilt and rough that we had all we could do to make head- 
way. Then slack water and “sign” for a few more traps 
up to the torn water of Dover Rapids, the busy scene of 
many manufactures in old times, all deserted now and 
silent but for the rush of the rapids and the roar of the 
cataract, no vestige left but a rusted shaft, a broken 
wheel, a grass-grown embankment—memorials of departed 
industries and dead hopes. 

We lugged and dragged our boats and cargoes around 
the falls and launched them again in slack water, reaching 
in lazy loops to the site of the old Boston Iron Company’s 
forges. A little below it we rounded a long bend half 
encireling the Old Indian Garden, where they say was an 
Indian cornfield, There was a more authentic memorial 
of times almost as old in the venerable tree, living and 
standing with a deep notch cut in it with the plain marks 
of a beaver’s teeth. An old man, a son of the first 
settler at this place, told me that the last trout of Little 
Otter were caught here, and were plenty enough in his 
father’s day, but I never found any one old enough to re- 
member seeing a beaver. Hard by on the flats of Mud 
Creek was a great haunt of these animals, long ago 
trapped to extermination by Iroquois and Waubanakee 
and adventurous white fur hunters. The levels were flooded 
by dams that can still be traced, and ditching the alluvial 
soil brings to light a pavement of peeled sticks, the 
tooth-marks as distinct as when first made, but crumbling 
to pieces after brief exposure. 

Here, where the old company’s throbbing hammers in- 
cessantly shook the forest sixty years ago, a roaring rapid 
compelled another toilsome carry, happily the last awaiting 
us in these waters. Now it was easy navigating the slow 
current. The meadows on a level with our eyes were 
growing green in the pleasant April weather that touched 
us with the comfortable indolence of spring fever, as it 
seemed to touch the crow lazily hunting grubs on the 
broad intervale, and the blackbirds oozing a gurgle of 
melody and discord from the elms aboye us. 

A woodchuck waddling along the bank prospecting for 
the earliest clover fools us into stalking him for a musk- 
rat until he takes alarm and scurries into his burrow with 
a derisive whistle. We came head to head above the 
banks of a bend with a great blue heron that sprang to 
flight with a startled croak, and frightened a pair of dusky 
ducks, startling us in turn with sudden splash and flutter, 
and taking new fright at the sight of our boats. Doubt- 
Jess the pair were in quest of a secluded summer home 
where they might rear their annual brood of ducklings 
in peace, and we hoped our brief intrusion might not 
change their plans, which gave promise of sport the 
coming fall. When the well-named hillock, Hedgehog 
Hill, bristled far behind us the creek narrowed to a chan- 
nel that barely gave passage to our boats, and our voyage 
came to an end where a short bridge spanned it. 

A team met us, and loading our boats on to the wagon 
went lumbering and bumping over the rought-dried clay 
highway toward our destination. Happily escaping ship- 
wreck on this dried sea of mud, we came to a bright little 
torrent of cascades and rapids. which we rightly guessed 
to be the outlet of our pond, then saw the gable of saw- 
mill peeping over the top of the hill, and then came to its 
hospitable door, the whole open side gaping a welcome to 
customers and their logs, and explaining the stale old 
comment on such as forget to shut doors behind them, 
“Guess you was raised in a sawmill, where the’ hain’t 

‘no doors!” Even so long ago the old-fashioned ‘‘up-and- 
down” sawmill had been almost entirely superseded by 
the modern circular saw, and we lingered a little while 


to refresh our earliest recollections with watching the 
automatic movements of this relic Of old times, It was 
as interesting to us, grown up, if not so wonderful to us, 
as when callow urchins, to see the keen saw gnawing its 
gradual way steadily through the log, tossing up jets of 
sawdust till the carriage tripped the gate lever, and the 
machinery creaked to a slow halt; then, in obedience to the 
push of a leyer, the carriage trundled the log back to its 
first position, the leaping saw attacked it, and again 
gnawed through it. What a wonder it must have been 
when it came to push aside the clumsy old pit saw and its 
two attendants, the name a one of whom, the pitman, was 
fitly appropriated by one of its parts. ; 

We were not fairs at the mill all this while without 
more than half an eye te the pond, nor without somie dis~ 
appointment. There it lay, clear and bright in the April 
sun, but sorely disfigured by the dead, drowned trees that 
stood around and knee-deep in it, and among which its 
upper end was lost, for it was an artificial pond, made by 
throwing a dam across a wooded dell, and’ so of course 
killing all the flooded trees. Some were evergreens and 
some deciduous, and all were ugly in dead nakedness. 
Beyond, we could hear the brook brawling its way down 
the mountain, a stream once populous with trout and not 
yet quite fishless, so a kingfisher proclaimed, mapping an 
aerial tracing of its course, with continuous clatter. Somie 
bunches of driftweed lodged among tree trunks that 
might be débris of ruined muskrat houses, and a modest 
display of sign on a floating log gave evidence of the pres- 


ence of muskrats. A clumsy scow with a broken trap and - 


a tally stick lying in the bottom, grounded on the bank 
near the bulkhead of the flume, showed a rival at hand. 
Pulling our boats into the water, we began exploring 
the pond, keeping an eye out for a good place for a camp. 
The shores were low and damp, and we could not see any- 
where from the water a place at all to our liking. We 
found promising places for a few traps, and haying set 
them became aware that it was time to search in earnest 
for a night’s lodging, The sawyer gave us a flat refusal 
when we asked for a chance to spread our buffalo skins 
on the kitchen floor, Evidently he did not look kindly 
upon our invasion of his domain, though we had been 
told that no one trapped here and the rats were going to 
waste, dying of old age. However, he afterward came to 
be on trading terms, furnishing us with some articles that 
we found ourselves in need of. Among them I remember 
some dipcandles which were the most remarkable triumphs 
of the chandler’s art we had ever seen. We called them 
self-supporting wicks, for it was a marvel how a/limp, 
loosely twisted cotton cord could stand with such a thin 
casing of tallow. But they fitted our kind of sconce—a 
split stick—much better than Jarger ones would haye done. 
We were making up our minds to be thankful for tramps’ 
quarters if we could find a hospitable haymow; but just 
then we fell in with a cousin of By’s, whose family liyed 
in the neighborhood, and having heard of our presence 
there had sent him in search of us te invite us home. It 
was all right for By to accept the proffered hospitality 
of his relatives, but Joe and I were strangers, and it was 
rather awkward to crowd ourselves in. But hunger and 
weariness overcame our scruples, and our hospitable 


entertainers soon made us forget we were strangers wear- 


ing mud-stained clothes. In the course of the evening 
chat around the kitchen stoye we were told of a tenantless 
log house in the neighborhood of the pond that might 
serve Our plirpose as a camp if we could get the consent of 
its owner, 

Accordingly, the next morning I was delegated to inter- 
view him. I found him at work in an adjacent field, a 
man with a pleasant face that promised a favorable an- 
swer, which was cheerfully given when he was assured 
that we had no evil designs on the community. The old 
house had one room, doorless and windowless, and with- 
out a fireplace, though there was a chimney built from the 
chamber floor with a pipe hole in the bottom for the ac- 
commodation of a stove. We set to work to make the 
most of this by building a primitive fireplace, consisting 
of a quantity of clay mud spread directly beneath the 
chimney and covered with flat stones embedded in it to 
bring them to.an even surface. Upon this we could make 
enough fire to do a little very plain cooking, afford a little 
warmth and a great deal of smoke, some of which crawled 
up the chimney after the room was completely filled. Dur- 
ing the smokiest progress of building the fire we lay prone 
upon the floor, breathing a little and weeping much until 
the worst was over and we could crouch around our 
ee maaspnes to frizzle a slice of salt pork or warm our- 
selves. 


We had the luck to find a 2-inch plank on the premises, © 


which we set edgewise in a corner at a proper distance 
from one wall, then filled the space with straw purchased 
of the sawyer, and spreading the buffalo skins on top 
we were furnished with a luxurious bed. The door being 
gone, we boarded up its place permanently, using the 
window hole for ingress and egress, tacking up some 
nents to keep out the weather when we were in for the 
night, 

Our arrangements for beginning housekeeping being 
completed, we made the first round of our traps. The 
result was not encouraging; the water had risen with 
the shutting down of the mill gate, covering almost every 
trap so deep that they were untouched. We made allow- 
ance for this rise when resetting, and had better luck, but 
were at no time overburdened with skinning and stretching 
skins, for the place was not overstocked with rats, and we 
had convincing proof that toll was regularly taken out of 
our light catch. The navigation was a continual vexation 
by reason of stumps just under water, on which a boat 
would snag itself with a graceful ease that was the poetry 
of motion, and pivot thereon in exasperating response to 
our futile efforts to get her off with the bottom out of 
sounding by paddle or oar, and nothing within reach: to 
push against. 

When we got there, there was pleasant seclusion at the 
upper end of the pond, paled in by the ragged gray trees 
where the shallow water was fretted by the ripples of the 
incoming brook, whose silvern babble came from the 
mountain dell along with the boisterous cackle of a log- 
cock. Some tiny minnows, which it pleased us to believe 
were trout, flashed to and fra across the golden-barred 
bottom, as the basking frogs cut short their lazy croak- 
ing and splashed into the water at our approach, 

There was no resisting the spell of the indolent at= 


mosphere that the April sun distilled, and stepping - 
ashore we went back out of the desolation pf drowned . 


trees to living woods and loafed our fill on moss-ctish- 
ioned logs. When the day and what we called its work 
were done, and the long shadows widened into twilight, 
we climbed in at our window, nailed up the boards behind 
us, illuminated our quarters with a cetlple of the sawyert’s 
dips, “one to see the other by,” Joe said, and lighted a fire 
on the hearth, After enduring a half-hour of smoky tor- 
ment, we were rewarded with a bed of coals, over which 
we roasted some choice quarters of the most carefully 
dressed muskrats, or frizzled slices of salt pork, and if 
inclined to extreme luxury, toasted ottr brown bread. 
With sharp-set appetites and raw onions for sauce, we 
would not have exchanged our supper for the President's. 

After it the pipes and quiet enjoyment of smoke that 
Was not torment, and a recapitulation of the day's fun and 
vexations, of which the first formed the greater part, and 
then yawnitig to bed and souiid sleep—always but otice. 

A warm south wind blew a thick covering of clouds 
over the sky, that grew thicker and more lowering and 
portentious of a long rain storm. The threatening weather 
sent us to our quarters early, for our poor facilities for 
drying wet clothes made us dread a wetting. We were 
scarcely housed before the first drops fell in an intermittent 
patter, quickly increasing to a wind-blown downpour that 
made us thankful for the sound roof over us. From end 
to end of the eaves a broad cataract fell and ran ifi a 
noisy, rushing brook to join another larger one in the 
highway ditch. 

I could imagine the women of former hotiseholds sally- 
ing forth on such occasions to put in order the always-de- 
layed corner barrel to catch water for an infrequent wash- 
ing, then scurrying in bedraggled and dripping, while the 
lazy men folk unconcernedly smoked by the greasy stove. 

One could tell by the looks of the place, though so long 
uninhabited, that such was the class of its tenants. The 
marks of shiftlessness and discomfort were indelibly set 
upon it. Not even a stunted cherry tree nor sprawling 
unpruned currant bush grew near; no dry stalks of chance- 
sown poppy, pink or four-o’-clock betokened the former 
presence of a posy bed; and what was once by courtesy 
called a garden was a waste of dry weed stalks, pitted — 
with sears of old potato hills. : 

As we peeped out across it through the crannies of the 
logs, we saw the columns of scud sweeping across the 
blank gray background from south to north, then 
change the direction of their march to the east until we 
heard the slanted drift of rain heating against the western 
gable. The air began to have a creeping chilliness upon 
which our smoky fire made as little impression as the glow 
of our pipes, and it grew more creepy and benumbing 
when the rain beat on the northern slant of the roof and 
then subsided to the slushy splash of wet snow. At last 
we were driven to the poverty-stricken extremity of going 
to bed to keep warm, when Joe declared that his back “felt 
as if he was list'nin’ to a good scarey panther story 
when the critter’s jest goin’ to jump,” and I am sure mine 
was as if the panther was in the chamber. 

For awhile we dozed in a half-comfortable state, but 
the cold increased beyond the capacity of our buffaloes 
and straw to ward off, while the north wind shrieked with 
a lxeener blast after every lull. We spent the dreary night 
in turning over and over, giving one side a chance to 
thaw a little while the other slowly froze. We needed no 
alarm to get us up in the morning, but were up when the 
first level rays of the sun shining from a clear sky came 
through the crevices of the logs. It shone upon a tranquil, 
frozen world. The windless woods and crisp, dun 
herbage, just sprinkled with snow of the storm’s finale, 
glittered as if set with innumerable gems. 

We crawled out into the sunlight and tried to absorb 
some of it, apparently with less success than a brave little 
song sparrow that sang his cheery lay from the top of a 
fence stake. We were not quite in the mood of singing, 
though we managed to crack some jokes over the night's 
misery, and counted it a part of the fun of our trip. 

It was dismal work going the rounds of the traps, break- 
ing ice to get to some, resetting in the icy water and get- 
ting little for our trouble, as the night’s flood raised the 
water beyond our ordinary calculations. 

A few days later the catch became so light that we. 
decided to leave, and so engaging a team to transport our 
boats to the head of navigation, we bade farewell to our 
humble abode and Burton’s Pond—a long farewell, for I 
never saw either again, and both have long since de- 
parted this world. We were probably the last tenants of 
the old house, which not long after went to the wood pile 
and the sawmill, and when the mill had devoured all the 
available woods in its neighborhood it was abandoned, 
the dam went to ruin and the pond ran away. Where 
it was a little brook crawls among new alder thickets, and 
if a muskrat dwells there, it is only some solitary hermit 
who has wandered far from his fellows in search of a 
safer and quieter retreat. 

I have heard of the place two or three times in con- 
nection with enormous blacksnakes which were seen 
there by people passing on the highway. A friend of 
mine killed one which measured 8 feet in length. I do not 
know whether these snakes were the common water 
snake which is common to all our waters, though rarely 
so large, or the blacksnake common enough south of us, 
but almost unknown here. Fortunately for our peace 
of mind, Burton’s Pond had not gained a snaky repu- 
tation at the time of our brief sojourn, in which case it 
might have been briefer. 

Getting our boats afloat at the place of our previous 
debarkation, with nothing to detain us, we yoyaged 
metrily down the narrow stream, now with newly turned- 
out kine staring at the strange apparition of bodiless 
human heads gliding past, now disturbing again our old 
acquaintances—the heron, the ducks and the woodchuels 
—and 50 after a little to the head of the long rapids above 
the old forge of the Boston Company. Joe and I ran our 
boat ashore without a thought of running the rapitis, for 
though they were smooth enough at the head, white water 
showed below and there was an omnious toar that 
threatened danger. By came dashing past, answering to 
our earnest remonstrances that “He’d risk it,” and shot 
into the swift, smooth water like an arrow. 

IT watched him a moment, and then, as he seemed to 
be getting through safely, went about setting a mink trap 
in what looked to be a likely place in the base of a hollow 
tree. When not lomg so engaged, I was startled by a 
loud outery of distress, “Rowlan’! Come auick! Come 
quick !’’-and tearing along the bank at the best pace my 
long legs would compass, I presently discovered our too 


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adventurous comrade perched on top of a big boulder in 
the middle of the roaring current, holding aloft in one 
hand his dinner pail, in the other his precious bundle of 
furs, while just below lay his capsized boat, jammed fast 
against a rock, and gun, traps and hatchet somewhere at 
the bottom. Joe arrived directly, and on finding that 
our friend was unhurt and no great harm done, we could 
not withhold a hearty laugh at the funny figure he cut 
with his carefully preserved treasures. We helped him 
ashore with them, and soon fished up the gun, traps and 
other cargo, but our united efforts could not budge the 
boat an inch, nor could it be done until the creek had 
fallen considerably. 

As there was no telling when a team would come for 
boats and traps, we insuted the safety of the latter by 
caching them with a skill that would do no discredit to a 
Rocky Mountain trapper. We removed a circular sod and 
excavated the earth to a sufficient depth, carrying away 
the loose dirt and throwing it in the creek, so that when 
the pit was done its precincts were as neat as a chip- 
munk’s dooryard. Then the traps were closely packed 
in it, the sod adjusted in its original place so nicely that 
nothing but the searchlight of a thunderbolt could have 
revealed what was hidden there. 

T,once saw where a lightning stroke unearthed a log 
chain that had lain buried at the foot of a tree for un- 
known years, the electric current furrowing the turf and 
laying bare every contortion of the chain from end to 


end, just as it had been dropped from some careless 
hand, 


Our traps were buried, our trapping ended, to little 
purpose save living very close to nature and primitive 
life, sometimes almost to the verge of discomfort, though 
scarcely counted so by us. We fed on the coarsest fare 
with the zest of healthy appetites, slept soundly on the 
rudest beds, were sun-tanned and smoke-tanned to the 
color and odor of Indian-tanned buckskin, were unkempt 
and begrimed to the wonder and disgust of the good home 
folk who could not understand what we could find that 
was pleasant in such a life. We knew, if we could not 
tell them. 

Good souls, they never thought of their ancestors living 
far harder lives but yesterday in the world’s age, only the 
hardiest surviving and preserving the yigor to perpetuate 
their race, nor did the good souls ever think the race 
would be none the worse now for a judicious infusion of 
old leaven of rough living. Some wisely do so; some 
foolishly play at it, because it is the fashion. I never 
could-.see what good or satisfaction there can be in 
camping out in an elegantly furnished house, where you 
are expected to dress for the luxuriously served dinner of 
several courses, and gossip, lawn tennis and golf the chief 
recreations; or perchance a young lady catches a fish or 
fires a rifle in the direction of a target, she celebrates the 
unique eyent with a pretty squeal. There is nothing of 
the wholesomeness of true camp life in it all, none of its 
freedam from conyentionalities, of the invention of make- 
shifts, no living close to the heart of nature. 

Well, there are no more of the happy, care-free days of 
camping out for us three comrades—one sleeping his long 
sleep under the sumacs in the ‘old burying ground; one 
other is a man of affairs, too busy to go camping; and 
the other bed-ridden, shut in from the bright and beauti- 
ful world by a wall of perpetual night. What wonder that 
he loves to babble of the days when the joy of beholding 
the beauty of the world was his. For him is only the in- 
ward sight to read the pages of memory whereon the 
record of things seen long ago is written in the story of 
youth. AWAHSOOSE. 


The Knight Mystery: 


Boston, July 21.—Readers of the Forest anp STREAM 
will well remember the mysterious disappearance of 
voung Richard M. Knight, who went out from Bemis, 
Me., deer hunting on the morning of Oct. 24 last - year, 
and since that time has never been heard from, About 
his disappearance a mystery has hung amounting to 
veritable tragedy. Just now a most singular chapter has 
been added to this sad history. 

A week or two ago there came a person to Bemis 
claiming to be a Sioux Indian—one of the Indian boys 
educated by the Government at Hampton. At Bemis 
he apparently first made the acquaintance of Buckskin 
Sam, a guide of rather eccentric habits who lives in 2 
cabin there. From Sam Capt. Fred C. Barker soon 
learned that the Indian was “a solver of mysteries” and 
proposed to hunt for the body of young Knight. Last 
Sunday morning the Indian announced to Buckskin Sam 
that he had found the skull of the lost hunter, and tc~ 
gether they visited the spot and viewed it, so Buckskin 
Sam claims. Without communicating with Capt, Bar- 
ker or any one else, Sam immediately telegraphed young 
Knight’s father, J. Edward Knight, of Boothbay Har- 
bor, that the remains of his son had been found. Mr. 
and Mrs. Knight immediately started for Bemis, taking 
with them Dr. Blake, their family physician. Indeed, 
they came very near to ordering an undertaker to meet 
them at the wharf on their return with the remains of 
their only son. At Rumford Falls, however, Mr. Knight 
was advised not to put too much confidence in the tele- 
gram of Buckskin Sam. Arrived at Bemis he was met 
by Capt. Barker, who also cast doubt upon the authen- 
ticity of the find; but Mr. Knight, with Capt. Barker, 
Dr. Blake, Prof. J. F. Moody, of Auburn, Me., and the 
writer, were soon off for the location of what had been 
found. We went up the mountain, about east from Bemis, 
by way of French’s logging road, about a mile and a half. 
Here were the logging camps. Capt. Barker knocked on 
the door of the office camp, which was closed. It took 
a third rap to bring the Indian to the door. He came 
forth, a little surprised, but still fluent of speech, ex- 
plaining that he was a “solver of mysteries: had been 
directed to that spot to find the body of the lost hunter: 
had an ‘investment’ which had directed him. He had 
found the skull of the lost man, and the ‘investment’ 
would direct him to find the rest of the remains.” He 
consented to conduct the party to the find. Capt. Bar- 
ker had already been there. On our way the Indian 
claimed to also be engaged in hunting for gensing for 
the Goyernment and said he was obliged ta report to 


the Government once a week or month. He also claimed » 


to have a knowledge of botany or herb doctoring. But 


questioned by Prof. Moody as to the names of some oi 
the more common plants, he made some yery bad 
breaks—in fact not calling a single plant by its common 
or botanical name. 

Arrived at the yery upper end of the logging road, 
about three miles from Bemis, and over the “cant” toward 
Rangeley Lake, the Indian turned out of the track into 
the weods by a trail freshly spotted. The spotting is 
very curious, to say the least, evidently made by some 
one going into the woods, since all the blazes are on the 
side of the trezs facing the logging road. Just then a 
most violent thunder storm set in as ii to add to the 
dramatic nature of the scene. The heavens were black, 
except from the vivid lightning. The rain fell in or- 
rents. We were all drenched to the skin. The Indian 
proceeded a few rods into the woods. Suddenly he 
stopped and pointed forward. The writer asked him why 
he did not go on. “I cannot,” he replied. ‘Such things 
have a strange effect on me.” The rest of the party went 
a few feet further, There in a little hollow lay a human 
skuil. Dr, Blake picked it up and examined it closely. 
It was decidedly old and had clay or mud in the cav- 
ities that was not like the leaf mold into which it had 
been pressed. One side was diseased, part of the bone 
being destroyed. Dr. Blake suggested that doubtless 
the owner of the skull had died of some disease of the 
face that had destroyed the cheek bone. The jaw tecth 
were intact with a single exception and all very sound. 
Young Knight's jaw teeth were bad and filled in many 
places. Three of the front teeth were gone, but the 
bicuspids were there, sound and perfect. Young Knight's 
bicuspids were filled with gold. The front teeth left set 
at a sharp angle and must have protruded almost to a 
deformity in life. Young Knight had even front teeth. 
Mr. Knight at once pronounced it not the skull of his 
son. The teeth left no maner of doubt in his mind. 
The skull was carried to the Bemis camps, where it 
remains in possessioin of Capt. Barker. Mrs. Knigkt 
saw the skull after it had been washed and immediately 
declared that it could not have belonged to her son, 


. The teeth never were his. 


The question is, Whose skull was it? How came it 
up in the Bemis woods, not far from where his friend 
Arthur Wilson parted from young Knight the last time 
he was ever seen? No one but the Indian can answer 
and he says that his “investment” has led him to the 
skull and that he will find more of the bones. Mr, 
Knight has told him that if he finds a positive identifica. 
tion of the body of his son he will be handsomely re: 
warded. But to Mr. and Mrs. Knight, who have appar 
ently been cruelly played upon, identification means some 
thing imore than a few old bones. Some of his clothing 
his gun, his watch and little trinkets sacred to his mothe 
must be producted. They have left the matter in th 
hands of Capt. Barker and will not again hurry to Bemi 
to get the body of their son on a mere telegram fron 
Buckskin Sam. SPECIAL. 


With the Southern Sea Lions. 


On a chart of South America the Chincha Islands ar 
represented by three little dots, opposite Pisco Bay, abou 
half-way between the Equator and the Tropic of Capri. 
corn. Dots they are in reality—bare, precipitous rock: 


‘Tising in some places perpendicularly from the sea for : 


hundred feet or more, the only beach being a little patct 
of sand on the North Island, whereon we were nearly 
capsized one fine afternoon while engaged in getting ; 
load of sand. But, insignificant though they may be ix 


point of size, these few acres of rock were once worth 


the price of many a square mile of fair and fertile land, fos 
in days gone by they were covered deep with the best oi 
pay dirt in the shape of the richest and most valuable 
deposit of guano known, and, if not a gold mine in 
fact, they were a veritable mine of wealth for Peru. Na 
less than 7,000,000 tons of guano, worth in round num- 
bers something like $420,000,000, were shipped from these 
little islets to various points of the globe, the slow ac- 
cumulation of untold centuries being dispersed in a score 
of years. On the North Island the deposit was about a 
hundred feet in thickness, while in a valley on the Middle 
Island it attained a depth of no less than 200 feet, being 
sufficiently extensive to warrant the construction of a 
good-sized whari to aid in its removal. The guano was 
dug by Chinamen, drawn to the chutes in mule cars ove 
regular tramways, and there emptied into lighters holding 
eight or ten tons, these in turn being laboriously rowed to 
the ships, sometimes a mile away. The main feature of a 
chute is a huge canvas pipe, like an overgrown hose, reach- 
ing from the summit of the rock almost to the water, and 
there securely held by heavy chains and anchors. It may 
readily be imagined that it was not always an easy matter 
to hook tackles into the big ring provided for the pur- 
pose and bring an unwieldy lighter into a proper position 
beneath the pipe for loading, and in fact some of the more 
exposed chutes were only accessible during the forenoon, 
when the water was smooth. 

It was not my fortune to see the Chinchas in the height 
of their glory, when more than a hundred sails. were 
crowded in between the islands, when the Cape Horn, 
Hell-fire and other famous chutes with equally euphoni- 
ous hames were in full operation, and when, after weeks 
of weary waiting, a ship was loaded in a few days at the 
big chute on the Middle Island. At the time of my visit 


in 1870 all that was past, nearly 7,000,000 tons of guano | 


had been removed, and scarce a score of vessels lay at 
their moorings. Since then the islets have been practi- 
cally swept clean, the town on the North Island pulled 
down, and the very graveyard, where the dogs used to 
scratch down to the rough pine boxes, has been denuded 
of its precious soil, 

For two months—ninety days was the allotted time for 
loading—we had been lying at anchor, and my leisure 
moments had been passed in fishing, shooting and making 
into skins specimens of various sea birds, to be, as I 
imagined, eventually admired by friends at home. In this, 
however, I was disappointed. Shipped at London for 
Boston, the vessel that bore them was burned at sea, and 
the Jabor of many days vanished into smoke. 

The height of my ambition, however, was a sea lion; 
but although sea lions were common enough and might be 
seen any day sporting among the vessels, fishing near the 
islands or basking on the rocks, so far my endeavors, 
aided and abetted by my friends Lowe and Gilbert, had 


‘slip, would have escaped detection. 


‘was a2 moment of anxious suspense. 


come to naught. The truth was that the creatures were 
“educated,” knew the range of a gun or the distance to 
which a harpoon could be hurled, and when they basked 
in the sun slept with one eye open, 

The Southern sea lion (Utaria jubato) is very similar 
to his cousin, Eumetopias, of the North Pacific, though 
with less of a bump of reverence,, owing to his some- 
what flatter head. The males are about four times the 
bulk of the females, a discrepancy that caused me in my 
innocence to look upon the two sexes as two distinct 
species. This blunder ceased to grieve me when ia later 
years I found that so good a naturalist as Steller con- 
sidered the fur seal bachelors as a. species apart from the 
breeding seals. 

Now the Chinchas abound in sea worn caves, and in 
their gloomy depths, protected from intrusion by surf and 
sunken rocks, the big ald “bulls” were particularly fond 
of dozing away their afternoons, usually taking the pre- 
caution to select a cave with more than one entrance, that 
in the event of an unwelcome visitor entering by the front 
door they might slip quietly out by a side passage. It was 
into such a cave that we one day backed our heavy, sloop- 
rigged boat and discovered three sea lions calmly slumber- 
ing among the rocks. 

We frequently realize the truth of the saying that it is 
always the unexpected that happens. A deer jumps up 
When one is hunting partridges; ihe ducks fly over the 
decoys when we are not looking, and atter fishing for an 
hour without a bite a big bass snaps the tip and runs away 
with the leader while we ate engaged in investigating 
something at the other end of the boat. And this was one 
of those occasions. Lowe had not brought his gun, and but 
one barrel of my heavy muzzleloader was charged with 
buckshot, the other containing a light “collecting” charge. 
The one available load was promptly fired at the most ex- 
posed individual, and he with equal promptness sprang 
up, together with his companions. There they stood, mio- 
tionless and silent, glowering at tis through the gloom, 
while the empty barrel was being reloaded and the small 
shot replaced by heavier. There they still stood until the 
very caps were in my fingers, and then splashed into the 
water and disappeared through a side entrance. On an- 
other quiet afternoon we took the dinghy into a low- 
mouthed cave, whose somber recesses seemed doubly dark 
by contrast with the bright sunlight without. It was just 
the place for a siesta, and yet it seemed quite empty; soafter 
a careful look around us and a shout or two that echoed 
dully from the overhanging rock we were about to leave 
when a sound as of grating pebbles attracted our atten- 
tion. Another movement directed us to a rocky niche 
close by, and there, within 15 yards, our eyes, grown ac- 
customed to the dim light, made out the black and bulky 
forms of two huge sea lions, which, but for an unlucky 
Bang! bang! Two 
reports rang through the cave, and with a bound the two 
lions were at the water’s edge. Another shot right in the 
face and eyes of the nearest and our guns were empty 
and our little boat between the lions and liberty. There 
The wounded beast 
threw up his head with a harsh barking roar, sprang into 
the water, and, much to our relief, dove and swam out, 
followed by his comrade, passing so near that we could 
have touched them with an oar. 

Despite his great size and formidable appearance, the 
sea lion is pre-eminently a lover of peace, and although a 
big male could readily have overturned the 12-foot 
dinghy we sometimes used, not one actually attacked us, 
and only once or twice did one even threaten to do so. 
Not that the chase of the sea lion was at all lacking in 
excitement; aside from the sunken rocks, on which we 
more than once narrowly escaped coming to grief, the 
blind breakers that came at frequent and irregular inter- 
vals called for continual watchfulness, and barred the 
entrance to many a promising cave. A blind breaker is 
simply a wave or swell a little larger than ordinary, and 
this may come alone or more often in company with one 
or two of its fellows. The uproar produced by one of 
these waves dashing into a little cave is prodigious, and 
if, as generally happens, the backward rush and swirl of 


‘one Wave is met by the advancing crest of a second the 
effect produced upon a boat that is in the immediate 


vicinity is prodigious also. It was one of these treacherous 
waves that one afternoon let our big boat down upon a 
tock with a most appalling crack, keeling her over until 
the mast almost touched the water, and sending us sprawl- 
ing in the bottom on the ballast bags. Fortunately the 
next sea lifted us off and set us right side up. again, but 
little the worse for the accident. While reflecting upon 
these past mishaps, one fine afternoon, being at the same 
time engaged in melting up the last available lead to make 
buckshot, there came from alongside the sound of a 
familiar voice calling, “Get your swinging bureau; we’re 
off for the Ballistas.’. The voice was Gilbert’s; the piece 
of furniture alluded to, my pet ammunition box; the 
Ballistas, three at that time unfrequented islands, seven 
miles to the southward, presumably the haunt of number- 
less sea lions. Since then these islets have been ex- 
ploited for guano with great success. 

Ten minutes later we were off, standing in toward the 
mainland on our first tack, dashing merrily along as we 
heeled well over to the breeze. On we sped, the wind in-. 
creasing as we went, and when an hour later we catne 
about it was thought best to close-reef, for on the outward 
tack we would encounter the full sweep of wind and 
sea. On we went again, the wind freshening, the sea 
rising all the time, until it became an even’ question 
whether it would be worse to keep on or run back. Smali 
as was our sail, there was still “too much bush for canoe,” 
and we staggered along, climbing up one side of a big 
wave and sliding down the other just as its curling crest 
seemed about to break over us. As we all sat to wind- 
ward, drenched with flying spray, Gilbert cheerfully ex- 
plained the proper method of righting a capsized boat, 
while now and then, as a heavier puff than usual sent the 
lee rail under, it seemed as though he would soon have 
an opportunity of putting his theories to a practical test. 
I thought of the sharks that occasionally swam about the 
ships; of the big skates, whose phosphorescent forms could 
be seen at night gliding uncannily along deep beneath 
our keel, and the water seemed very black. the boat very 
small and the Ballistas a long way off. Still, remembering 
Cromwell’s advice, we kept the ammunition well under 
cover, and as we at at last neared the islands emptied the 
water from our pockets and began to look about for 


caves, sea lions and landing places. Landing on the first 
island was quite out of the question, Its sides rose pre- 
cipitously from the water, and even to leeward the wash 
of the swell was dangerous, while on the exposed side the 
seas came roaring in over sunken rocks, foaming against 
the cliffs, and sending showers of gleaming spray high 
in the air. The second island was more promising, but 
even here it did not seem best to risk the boat, so taking 
in sail we rowed slowly toward the third and sternmost 
island, which not only offered a good lee, but was pierced 
by numerous caves, Making a short cut directly through 
the island, which terminates in a natural arch some 50 
feet in height, we found ourselves temporarily in smooth 
water, and stopped to rest at the mouth of a little cave. 
Two cormorants, perched above the entrance through 
which the water gurgled in and out, as the swell rose 
and fell along the wall of rock, and a sea lion rising high 
in the. water to gaze at us as he passed by out of range, 
were the only signs of life, and our rough trip seemed to 
have been made to little purpose. 

Looking backward, we could just make out the 
Chinchas, enveloped in a dun-colored cloud of guano 
dust, on the southern horizon the steep sides of distant 
San Gallan rose sheer from the sea, and close at hand 
was the southernmost point of our island, above which 
sheets of spray leaped into the sunlight. 

Proceeding onward once more, a few strokes brought us 
around a ¢orner of the cliff and in full view of a goodly 
host of sea lions. There they were at last! The stony 
floor of a lofty cave that opened in the face of the cliff 
was fairly black with them, while nearer by on a shelying 
rock at least a dozen burly bulls lay sprawling in the sun. 
Oh, if they would only wait a little! But no—as we 
gradually drew near, slowly forcing our heavy boat 
through the choppy seas, first one, then another, slid into 
the water and disappeared, until only two, the boldest or 
the laziest, remained. Another moment, and they too 
would be gone, but before that moment passed Lowe 
cried, “Let them have it!” And let them have it we did 
with such good effect that both dropped at once. At last 
success was ours! One huge beast lay quite motionless, 
while the other, whose life blood dripped frim his mouth 
and trickled down his side, required but another shot to 
make him ours. Even while pressing trigger I wondered 
how we would magange to get the huge brutes off the 
rock, around whose base amid the swirls of foam we 
now and then catight a glimpse of sharp fangs of stone, 
eager to crunch into the sides of our boat. The “how” 
was soon decided. One lion raised his head, lunged 
heavily to his feet, swayed aimlessly to and fro a moment 
and then plunged headlong into the water. The second 
followed, his huge bulk disappearing beneath the water, 
leaving naught but a small dark stain on the rock to bear 
witness against us. There was small time to mourn our 
loss, for the sea lions, but a minute before slumbering 
quietly in the cave, aroused by our shots, came scrambling 
down the strip of shingle, and splashing into the sea swam 
boldly toward us, furnishing the life for a picture not 
easily forgotten. The scene indeed was of the kind oftener 
found in books than beheld in nature, and while the actual 
danger was slight enough, it might to an imaginative ob- 
server have seemed very real. 

Fully 200 feet above our heads hung a projecting shelf 
of rock, so thin and fissured that it seemed ready at a 
touch to fall upon us. Beneath our boat lay tossing on 
the swell that rushed foaming into the cave whence the 
sea lions issued by scores, tossing their heads and uttering 
harsh, barking cries. The breakers crashed upon the 
point near by, the pent-up air boomed from a subterranean 
passage, and the wind whistled over the the island, the 
combined din being perfectly indescribable. As the lions 
came onward, showing their teeth, and rearing their heads 
defiantly, it seemed as if, emboldened by numbers, they 
had thrown aside their customary timidity and were 
gong to attack us. The odds were certainly in their 
favor, but a shot at the nearest changed the aspect of 
affairs, for at the report of a gun a hundred pairs of 
flippers flashed in the air, and every animal disappeared 
as if by magic. A moment later all were up again, only 
to be dispersed anew by another shot. Then, one by one 
all save a few sought shelter in the cave or retreated to 
some locality equally safe from our pursuit, while the 
remainder kept well out of gunshot. 

The chase was at an end. There was nothing to do but 
to wait for wind and waves to subside a little and then re- 
turn, as ustial, empty-handed. A little before sunset we 
ventured out, and although the sea still ran high, set all 
sail and ran for home, ‘‘seeking the shelter of the hollow 
ships.” 

In the tropics darkness follows short upon the setting 
of the sun, and ete long we were tearing through the 
gloom over a sea whose black hollows were sticceeded by 
sparkling crests of foam, while our wake was marked by 
a dancing train of phosphorescent sparks. Soon one after 
another the twinkling lights of the vessels at anchor came 
into sight, and a few minutes later we were making the 
customary explanations for not having secured our game, 

A. Lueas. 


‘The Eel’s Keen Scent, 


THE eel is one of the most inveterate salmon egg and salmon 
fry poachers that exist. We haye taken fifty fry of about 1 inck 
long and from eight to ten weeks old out of the gullet and stom- 
ach of a 12-outce eel, which appeared among the fry as they were 
being turned itito the river out of the hatchery, and all these were 
vobbled in the seven minttes or so it took us to fetch a landing 
net to capture it. So intent was it on the feed that its capture was 
easily effected, but not before it had accounted for half a hundred 
salmon fry. 

The cel hunts with its snout down over every inch of ground and 
works more by smell than sight. He bores into the sand even to 
half his body when he comes upon a redd covered up, We have 
again and again proved that he hunts by the smell. A burn mouth 
is a famous spot for the eel. It was our sport of an evening to 
hang a tassel of Job worms over a wooden bridge fully 60 yards or 
so above the mouth of a burn, and watch the eels as they gradually 
began to move when the first taint of the current brought-them 
up from the bottom and out drom the sides on the hunt for the 
worms; and then a good dish would be killed in dune course, when 
wanted, or as many of the “brutes” destroyed as would attach 
themselves to the worms cr other tackle in order to rid the river 
BS much as possible of the pest.—G. M. in London Fishing 

azette. 


Has Read It for Over Twenty Years, 


Wryncore, Pal am going there for black bass and may stay 
five or six weeks, and I just can’t do without my paper, that I have 
been reading for over twenty years. I am over sixty-cight years 
cid, but still hold my own pretty well with the younger sportsmen. 


—— Ot CO - Li each 


CLamp-Sfire Hlicherings. 


“That reminds me.” 


FOREST AND—-STREAM. 


Animal Prospectors. 


It was at one of the select meetings where theoretical 
and applied science get together and read papers. To 
the merely casual person who is somewhat in doubt as to 
where to draw the line between theoretical and science 
at best, it might appear that the be-all and end-all ot 
these meetings is to read a paper. As a matter of fact, the 
best ies in the discussions which follow under more 
social conditions. Then the whole range of science may 
be covered conversationally without the necessity of stick- 
ing to any text in particular, Sometimes it 1s beyond 
the power of the listeners to discuss the subject on 
which the paper has been read. That was so on this 
evening. The title of the paper was “On the Attune- 
ment of Certain Harmonies in the Physical Constants,” 
and there were only two men who knew what it was 
about—the author of the paper and a professor over in 
Germany. Under such circumstances any following con- 
versation must be general. 

“Tt is with the greatest pleasure,” said the Professor, 
“that I have found since our last meeting a very positiye 
piece of evidence going to prove a contention which I 
have for a long time been inclined to make, namely, that 
despite the impediment of general education and much 
printing, the myth-making tendency remains still racial. 
Take the sun myth for an instance. You can trace it from 
the childhood of our Indo-Germanie race through all 
antiquity and the Middle Ages. And from the latter 
period of great fertility in finally shaping many of our 
stories we get it among other guises in the fable of the 
goose that laid the golden egg. Now I find a charming 
proof that the same tendency is in continuous operation. 
Tt is contained in this small clipping from one of the 
newspapers of recent date. It is to the effect that a house- 
wife discovered a nugget of gold in the craw of the bird 
she was dressing for the table—a hen, I believe. The 
report continues that the butcher from whom she bought 
the hen is making a great effort to trace its prior history 
in the hope of finding the gold deposit. This was 
somewhere out in the Rocky Mountains, which is a 
country that I have heard some of our geological mem- 
bets describe as quite rich in auriferous strata. Now 
this trifling domestic incident is little in itself, but to a 
mind trained to watch for such things it is a beautiful 
demonsttation of the viyid force eyen at the present 
day of the solar myth. Jt is my purpose some day to 


elaborate this theme in a memoir which I shall present 


to the National Academy of Sciences.” 

“Can I say a word on the subject?” asked the Guest, a 
mining engineer who had been introduced by one of the 
School of Mines members. “Becatise I just want to 
say that while the Professor's sun myth explanation may 
be the correct one, and I don’t doubt it is, the facts upon 
which he bases his argument have all been published long 
ago. You may not know it, but it’s true just the same, 
that when we get out into the mining country the mine 
superintendents who have graduated from the pick and 
shovel and pan rather affect to slur those of us who have 
graduated from the polytechnices—l’m a Freiburg man 
myself. Well, there was one of these self-made super- 
intendents who was hunting about for some way of 
hinting his disapproval of my methods of mining re- 
search—you know they are of decidedly direct and positive 
speech—and he assured me that he had ‘an old hen that 
could locate a better gold claim than any tenderfoot en- 
gineer” That was my first introduction to these ornitho- 
logical prospectors that the Professor here explains as a 
sunburst ot some such thing. I’ve been interested in 
them more or less ever since, and I’ve kept tabs on the 
different stories as they have come out,” 

“How very interesting,” said the Professor. “I had 
no idea when I mentioned the subject that it would pos- 
sess any interest for any present. Perhaps there are 
others who share my desire that the mining gentleman 
supply us with a few more instances of this nature of 
phenomenon.” 

“Why, certainly, gentlemen,’ replied the Guest from 
the mining country, “I had no desire to intrude in your 
social discussions, but seeing you're all interested, I can 
give a few more instances. The Professor here calls it 
a phenomenon. Well, it is certainly a phenomenal some- 
thing, but what that is I must leave you to determine for 
yourselves or else wait until the Professor writes that 
memoir for the National Academy. Now for some other 
instances. I’ve got the more recent ones jotted down in 
my pocket book, and they’re all arranged according to the 
natural system according to the particular animal. Lets 
see—the Professor began the subject with a hen. I’ve got 
that same hen in my book. Cost the woman $1.25 for 
the hen at the butcher shop in Denver. Nugget weighed 
$1.15. Balance in favor of the hen, 10 cents, That's 
your hen, Professor, ain’t it? I thought so, At any rate 
there hasn’t been a hen for some time back. A little odd 
that we should both have become interested in the subject 
through the same kind of a bird. 

“Now, there’s the turkey. That's a bird that’s worked 
pretty hard at this kind of prospecting. The freshest 
one | have on the-turkey comes from Tucson. A poor 
prospector out on Carrizo Creek almost starving and en- 
tirely penniless knocks over a wild turkey with a club— 
most men can’t get close enough to those wise Arizona 
bronze wings to knock them over with a Mauser—and 
finds three nuggets in the craw weighing, all told, $2.86. 
The chump finds he cannot eat his turkey without two 
loaves of stale bread and sage and onions and a whole 
lot of chicken fixin’s to stuff it with, so he goes to town 
with his gold, tanks up a little, 1 guess, gives the snap 
taway, the whole camp swarms up the Carrizo, and py 
the time the man gets back to stuff his bird the creek is 
so completely located that he can't find a square foot to 
build his fire on to cook the animal with.” 

“Remarkable, rematkable!” said the Professor. “Only 
to think ‘of the unthinking action of one of our wild fowl 
being the means 6f bringing’ prosperity to a whole com- 
munity. It is wonderful indeed!” 

“Prosperity to what whole community?” ejaculated the 
Freiburg man who was the Guest. “Oh, I see. You're 


just gathering material for that sun myth memoir. Do 
you know, I thought at first you really meant it. 

“So mtich for the turkey bird. Now let’s tackle the 
goose. You see I'm not attempting to be complete, I just 
want to run over the different animals that are engaged in 
this industry. Ah, this is pretty good for a goose! It is 
credited to Idaho, and the human agent in this case is set 
down as a farmer. That shows the absurdity of/sit, Do 
you think any sane man would take any Idaho man for 
a farmer? Well, this farmer away out in Idaho saw one 
day that something was wrong with his pet gander—the 
old bird that led the docile flock. When he first noticed 
it the gander had a most haughty air—neck curved back 
and generally like the swan. But at every attempt to 
moye the bird simply slumped forward and dug his bill 
into the ground. Why, even to hiss, and that, you know, 
is the only delight in goose Jife, this gander had to build 
up a falsework of rocks and chips under his breastbone 
to hold him up, When the farmer came to investigate the 
difficulty he found that the gander’s center of gravity had 
been brought unduly forward owing to a heavy lump in 
his craw, and that it was sufficient to overbalance him. 
The usual cause, but with a conditioning difference 
appropriate to the nature of the bird. Instead of nug- 
gets, the gander’s craw was filled with flour gold. Being 
a water fowl, he had discovered a placer. 

“Then here’s one in which ducks took a part. The San 
Joaquin marshes in California are all cut up into game 
preserves, and although there’s any quantity of duck and 
teal in the proper season, it’s about as much as your life 
is worth to get a shot, But at some point in their migra- 
tions, and it may be thousands of miles away, the ducks 
of the flight spend some time on a gold outcrop, just 
enough to accommodate them with a few pieces in their 
digestive organs. So, some bright chaps managed to 
poach on one of these preserves up the San Joaquin and 
got a few dozen birds. Then they got a qualified assay 
office to certify that the ducks ran on the milling average 
in gold a ‘bit’ to the bird—that’s twelve and a half cents, 
you know, in that country. Armed with this certificate 
they entered up locations for mineral claims al] over the 
sloughs. Of course title to mineral land is away ahead of 
any marsh land title, and it busted up the close preserves 
and gave everybody a chance at the birds.” 

“My dear sir,” commented the Professor, “that is a very 
valuable instance as showing that these cases of the finding 
of gold in birds are not sporadic, but may under proper 
conditions become of regular occurrence. It is most 
remarkable.” 

“Well, yes,’ said the Guest who had been introduced 
by the School of Mines man, “you're qtiite right; in some 
respects that is rather remarkable. But we may expect 
much more remarkable data from South Africa when 
the characteristic bird of those parts begins to develop 
his possibilities in that line. Just stop and think of the 
magnificent possibilities when the ostrich begins toting 
gold specimens about. If a simple ordinary Colorado 
hen can assay $1.15 in gold, any medium-sized ostrich 
ought to be worth in the neighborhood of $500 easily, It 
would be worth while to train a flock of ostriches to go. 
prospecting, ‘There must be more in it than there is in 
grub stakes.” 

“May I ask,” said the Professor, who saw his great 
memoir right within his grasp, “I should really like to 
know if you have formed any theory as to why the ayi- 
fauna of the United States has become so selective of the 
precious metals and as to why the ostrich does not share 
that selectivity?” 

“Oh, I guess my theory’s about the right one. The, 
reason is that the intelligence of the inhabitants of South, 
Africa, both Boers and British, is not exactly as sprightly 
as that of the yery ingenious men out West who have 
mines to sell, That will abundantly account for it. And 
it’s not restricted to birds either. There was one story 
Lyin’ Jim Beckwourth used to tell about a grizzly.” * 

“How much we do miss, to be sure,” interrupted the 
Professor, “in our, formal societies, It’s mister, or at 
most professor or doctor, with us; but out West they 
retain the right to call a man by something personal. 
There was an instance in our friend’s narrative, ‘Lion 
Jim’ Beckwourth, he said. Does that not recall to you 
some man of valor as unshaken as the noble beast whose 
name is linked with his by his appreciative companions? 
Pray excuse my interruption; I could not help it,” 

“Don’t mention it. While Lyin’ Jim wasn’t named: 
exactly for the reason you suggest, the epithet was well 
earned and freely given by all who knew him. Well, he 
had a story about a big silver-tip grizzly that he’d hinted, 
a long time in vain. They were pretty well matched, the 
pair of them, and if there were any tricks of grizzlies, Jim, 
knew those tricks, and if there were any tricks of men 
your Uncle Ephraim was onto them. That was what made 
it interesting between the two of them, and it was going 
to be a pretty big feather in the cap of whichever 
oné it was that downed the other. Now one morning 
there was everything to show that the bear had been in 
Jim’s corral, and Jim got warm again and swore it was 
time for one or the other of them two to get out of 
that region of the high Sierras. So he out aiter the bear, 
and the trail being so fresh, was very easy to follow. 
After some miles the trai] was lost, but that never 
bothered Lyin’ Jim, He picked it up all right as much 
as three miles further on, but it was different—there was, 
a blood mark that there had not been betore in the right 
hind paw, and it could be seen that old silyer-tip was 
favoring that paw. Pretty soon Jim caught up with 
Uncle Ephraim, looking mighty sick and making only- 
slow time hop and go fetch it. That was bigger luck than 
had eyer happened to Jim before in connection with his 
king bear, and he lost no time in getting in the shot that 
finished him for good and all. Come to skin the bear, 
Lyin’ Jim says that he found imbedded in the pad of th= 
lame foot a hunk of quartz with as pretty a specimen of 
flaky gold as he ever saw. Somewhere in the gap of 
the trail the bear had jumped down on this piece of float 
and lamed himself, Now, some men would have kepty 


thing like that to themselves, but that was not the sort of 


man Lyin’ Jim was. He was no hog; he didn’t want tha 
whole thing; he was willing to let as many as possible 
have a chance at a fortune if only they’d put up at his 
house while they were hunting for it, and he didn’t charge 
them more for*their board than was reasonable. : 

“T don’t know, Professor, if that story of the bear and 
Lyin’ Jim Beckwourth is exactly what you want for 


Jury 28, 1900.4 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


65 


your memoir. But I have a note here under the word 
‘deer’ which ought to suit. This was in Colorado. My 
friend here from the School of Mines has undoubtedly 
posted you as to what is known as the cyanide process 
of gold extraction, Out in Colorado there are a great 
many rich ores that present the gold in certain chemical 
combinations which nothing but cyanide will break down 
and liberate the elemental gold. Under such conditions 
the prospector has to be somewhat more of a mineralogist 
than when his search is confined to placer, quartz and 
gravel gold. In at the back of Pike’s Peak there was 
a camp of half a dozen prospectors, for they had found 
a good line of country rock and were working out in all 
directions. I regret to say that very many of these ad- 
yenturous ‘miners are very heavy drinkers, and the men 
in this camp were no exception. What is worse, they had 
an abundant supply of the stuff, and every night after 
their exhausting labors above the line of 10,000 feet of 
altitude they gave a very close imitation of a debauch, 
All this time they were feeding on bacon and salt pork, 
and canned goods once in a while just by way of variety. 
But one-day a member of the party sighted a herd of 
deer, and the next day he took a day off with his rifle, say- 
ing it was about time the camp had some real meat— 
some of the fresh kind. Well, he brought back a deer 
that day, and they cooked it and had it ready for dinner 
when the others got back. That venison went just to the 
tight spot, and the camp unanimously agreed to this 
man’s being authorized to keep them supplied with fresh 
meat. After dinner they brought out the demijohn and 
filled up all around. It was no difficult thing for that 
ctowd to pour the stuff down—the trouble came imme- 
diately afterward. One gagged; another choked until 
the tears streamed from his eyes—all were in difficulties, 

““Who’s been monkeying with this whisky?’ said one 
as soon as he could get his voice. 

* ‘First time I ever knew whisky to go back on me,’ said 
another. 

“They decided to give it another trial, but it was no 
go. When they got it to their lips they couldn't get it 
any futther. They not only did not want it, but they 
had an aversion to it. This went on for several days, get- 
ting worse every day, and they were getting so beastly 
Sober that it was like making new acquaintances ail 
around. At last they decided to send one of the party in 
to Colorado Springs to consult a doctor. The way they 
figured it out was that as they were all afflicted in the 
same way, one patient would be just as good as the bunch, 
and when the doctor had found out what was the matter 
with him and given him a prescription, all he would have 
to do would be to buy six times as much as was ordered 
and then there would be enough to go around. Just to be 
sociable, this fellow packed in one of the deer that they 
had been living on. Well, he came back without much 
Satisfaction, but plenty of medicine of one sort or another 
—at any rate the druggist told him it was a good deal 
better. In a few days who should come chasing up to 
their camp but the doctor. The upshot of the whole 
‘matter was that the doctor had found himself affected the 
Same way, but as he was an Eastern man it didn’t so much 
matter in his case. He did somé chemistry on the venison 
that was left him and he found the meat crammed full of 
gold chlorides. That made everything plain. Instead of 
venison they had been eating a regular jag cure, and now 
they couldn't drink. But the medicine man had plenty 
of savey—a heap more than the prospectors, Under his 
direction they trailed up the runway of the deer and 
finally found the place where they had their licks, for 
you know deer must have something salt to lick. The 
prospectors had been looking for sylvanite and the tellu- 
tides; they had no idea what gold chlorides looked like, 
and they had passed this place over a dozen times as not 
worth so much as the tap of a hammer. The deer had 
heen steadily licking the outcrop until they were fairly 
charged with the gold in its chemical combination, which 
passed into the men who fed upon the venison. To-day, 
Tam glad to say, that is one of the best propositions north 
of Cripple Creek.” 

“This is the most interesting yet,’ said the Professor, 
“But did I understand you that there had been an 
organized effort to collect such data?” 

“It is so,” replied the Guest. “‘The Sazerac Society or 
Club has devoted much attention to this subject.” 

“And the Sazerac Society is——”’ 

“The Sazerac Society is an association of those who 
seek to make daily and practical use of flights of fancy.” 

LLEWELLA PIERCE CHURCHILL, 


Sportsmen’s Fittds. 


me of the Queer Discoveries Made by Those Who Are 
Looking for Game or Fish, 
Sh 


A. McKing, W. M. Franklin, John Franklin and Judge 
King, of Fort Valley, Ga., went to the river on a camp 
fishing, says the Macon Telegraph. They caught 100 
pounds of fish, but the fun came next morning. W. M. 
Franklin found a bee tree, and al] decided to cut it down, 
and in thirty minutes after the tree was found it was on 
the ground. 
nd stop the hole in the tree to keep the bees in. He ran 
up on the log to perform his duty, followed by W. M. 
Franklin, and when he got to the place where the bees 
Were a large number of bees were out of the hole, and 
he threw down the rag and ran off in the canebrake. 
uidge King ran up to the tree and stuck the rag in the 
hole and held it with his foot, and fought the bees for 
dear life with both hands. He yelled to the boys to come 
help him quick. W. M,. Franklin told him to run out 
or they would sting him to death, and he obeyed orders 
very quickly and came dashing through the canebrake 
like a bear, yelling for some one to take the bees off of 
him. McKing went to help him, but Judge outran him 
and came by where John Franklin was hid in the cane. 
John told him to run into a lake that was near, and into 
the lake Judge went, just like old Sut Lovingood did when 
fhe hornets were after him. He made the water splash 
in every direction, and soon got rid of the bees. He asked 
or some tobacco to put on the stings, and when McKing 
fan to him with the tobacco the bees following after, 
udge said: “For God’s sake, don’t come here with 


McKing was elected to take a wad of rag: 


them bees, for | am nearly stung to death already,” and 
off he dashed through the canebrake at a wild gait. Judge 
says that he has got enough of cutting bee trees. His 
eyes are yery much swollen yet, but no serious damage 
is expected. The fishing party filled six buckets and the 
frying pan with honey taken from the tree. The only 
way they managed to get the honey was to take a sack 
and slip it over W. M. Franklin’s head, tie up his hands 
and cut mto the honey. As soon as the honey was 
broken into the bees got quiet and all hands went to work 
and took the honey. 
A, 

In Yazoo county, Miss., a party of hunters killed a 
deer that had a human skull impaled on a prong of his 
horn, supposed to be that of a negro. The prong had 
entered the cavity occupied in life by the eye, and had 
grown up around the bone, showing the skull had not been 
put on recently. There are various conjectures as to 
how it it got there, but the most prevalent opinion is 
that the animal was wounded and brought to bay by the 
negro, and had killed the latter in the conflict which en- 
sued, the prong entering the eye and piercing the brain, 
The body of the deer showed signs of wounds. He was 
about as large as a two-year-old calf. 


os 

Wuute Alexander Lewis and his two sons were hunting 
in the vicinity of Temple, Ind., the dogs treed something 
in a hollow tree. The hunters came up, got their euns 
ready, and found the unknown animal to be an infant 
but two or three days old, and still alive. The child had 
evidently heen abandoned to its fate. Mr. Lewis carried 
the little one to his home, and there is every prospect that 
it will be successfully reared. 


dlatnyal Histary. 
A Pair of Red-Shouldered Hawks. 


Ty the spring of 1884 I first found the nest of Buteo 
lineatus. It happened in this way: My cousin and I 
were rambling through a thick piece of woods in Farm- 
ington, Me., late in May, and hearing the cry of this 
hawk, we soon located the nest high up in an old growth 
of yellow birch. We had no climbers, so went to his 
home and got an axe and returned to the site and cut 
a small maple, felling it over into the first forks of the 
birch, and climbed up to the nest on this maple. It con- 
tained three young hawks, covered with yellowish, fuzzy 
down, They were quarreling and trying to pitch each 
other out of the nest. We took them and I carried them 
home with me and fed them. They made very interesting 
pets. When I fed them bits of meat or earth worms one 
would grab one end of the food, and before he could get 
it swallowed another would commence to swallow the 
other end and a general “mix-up” then took place. 
When they were about half grown I had to be away from 
home all day, and they would take food only from me. 


‘Other members of the family offered them food, but 


they would not touch it. When I returned they were 
so weak they could not eat the bits of mice I offered 
them and soon died. 

How little did the old hawks mistrust that I was des- 
tined to be the plague of their lives! On May 6, ’8s, 
I went to the nest, and as I cautiously crept up to the 
tree the female leit the nest with a cry of despair, joined 
the male and each circled high in air over the nest utter- 
ing their shrill “Kae, kae, kea,” or “Ke-he, ke-he, ke-he’’ 
while I ascended to the nest. There were two eggs, 
which I placed in my soft felt hat, took the hat between 
my teeth and worked my way bacl< to terra firma. 

In_a few days they went to a patch of woods across 
the Willson’s Stream from the old nest and reared their 
young unmolested, as I had no boat then in which to 
cross the stream. 

April 28, '86, they had completed a nest in a large 
sugar maple in the further end of the same woods con- 
taining the last year’s nest, and had laid three eggs. 
From the side hill above the woods I had watched them 
working on the nest, and until I thought they had the 
set completed, and on the aboye date I went to that part 
of the woods with climbers and a box to carry on my 
belt, to bring the eggs down in. ~Finding the tree rather 
hard to climb, I decided to get a long pole and fix a net 
on the end of it, climb with it to a fork in a poplar that 
stood about 15 feet from the maple. This I did, and 
dragging the pole up the poplar I rested in the fork and 
scooped the three eggs from the nest, placed them in my 
box and slid to the ground again. In a few days, not 
discouraged, the pair went to an old nest up the stream 
about two miles, and lining it with a few twigs of green 
hemlock boughs and a few bits of dead birch bark, laid 
two eggs and hatched them unmolested, as I did not wish 
to drive them away entirely. Having heen away to 
school in the spring of *87, I did not have opportunity 
to watch them nest building, but on April 29 I paid 
them a visit and found them nesting in a large beech in 
a piece of woods up on the side hill overlooking the old 
site, which they so much liked to occupy. With a pole 
and net I climbed a maple beside the beech and scooped 
the three eggs which the nest contained, This nest was 
an old crows’ nest relined with live hemlock twigs and 
bits. of bark. The pair then went down the stream 
about two miles and repaired an old nest and hatched 
their two young undisturbed, In the spring of 88 they 
rebuilt the nest in the sugar maple occupied in ’86, and 
on May 3 I took with a net, as before, the three eggs and 
put in their place three dirty hen’s eges and hid behind 
the upturned roots of a fallen tree to watch the female’s 
return. She was very cautious coming back to the nest. 
Both birds circled about overhead, looking over every 
inch of ground before the female would go near the nest. 
She lit on a tree some distance from the nest and stayed 
a long time, then flew to a tree nearer and stayed a 
shorter time, and so on until she came to the nest, using 
up over an hour before settling down to the nest. She 
acted strange when she looked at the eggs and made a 
great deal,of fuss before she settled down on them. 
J suppose she thought she would haye to put up with 
most everything while that fellow with the long pole was 
“on her tracks.” : 


But - 


Returning to the nest about three weeks later, 1 found 
egg shells on the ground beneath the nest and one dead 
chicken that had been pitched from the nest as soon as 
it had hatched, and the old birds had left the ill-fated 
locality and were seen no more along the valley of the 
stream that season; but in ’8q they returned April 10 and 
soon repaired the nest two miles down the stream that 
was occupied successiully in the spring of ’87. With a 
net I climbed a tree near and scooped the three eggs. 
They then went to the woods across the stream and 
occupied an old nest, probably the one used in ’85, and 
reared their two young. 

The succeeding three years they rettirned to some one 
of the old nests and were relieved of a first set and al- 
lowed to rebuild and to hatcli the second set. But in 
‘o3 I took a set of three on April 25 and a set of two on 
May 12 and a third set of one egg on May 29. That year 
they did not rear any young; but they returned as usual 
in “94 and the same experience was theirs—to lose the 
first set and to rear the second sucessfully. They have 
returned each succeeding year and I have taken their 
first set while on my yaeation. They have come to know 
me at sight pretty well, even my footstep heard about 
their nest locality, and they will return to it no more, so 
certain are they that I am after them. Each spring as 
I return to their locality, as I come in sight of them 
they leave the woods in which they are nesting with a 
ery of despair and go to some other of their old nests. 
to breed undisturbed. The spring of 1900 was no excep- 
tion, as I was taken sick and was ordered by my doctor 
away from my work up into the country to get rested 
up and to regain my health. The old hawks came April 
yo and had their nest relined. 

On May 1 I took a set of two eggs and May 20 they 
had an old crows’ nest relined in the upper end of the 
same woods ready to lay the second set, but I miscal- 
culated the time and went to the nest before the eggs 
were laid. They then went across the stream and were 
left to breed unmolested. In the past seventeen years 
they have occupied eleven different nests, all being re- 
lined with live twigs of hemlock and small bits of birch 
back. 

How much longer I shall be able to disturb their first 
attempt at nesting | am not able to say, but for seventeen 
successive seasons I have been on hand and taken their 
first set. That this is the same pair of hawks there is 
little doubt. They are very much attached to their old 
breeding grounds. It would be interesting to know 
how many years they had bred along that valley previous 
to °84, and also how many years they will continue to 
return and be persecuted. In looking over and compar- 
ing the sets taken in all this time, the eggs bear a strik- 
ing “family resemblance.” None of them are heavily 
marked. The first set, taken in ’85, are somewhat smaller 
than those taken the last few years. Some of the later 
sets are a bit more heavily marked than the earlier sets. 
I am looking forward to my vacation next spring and to 
meeting my old friends the buteos, and I presume they 
will be expecting me too. 

J. Mrrton Swain. 

PorRTLAND, Me, 


Squirrels as Pets. 


A MORE entertaining and interesting pet than a squirrel 
it would be hard to find, and a less troublesome and 
prettier pet in the animal kingdom there is not. Con- 
trary to general opinion, the squirrel is the least ex- 
pensive of all pets. To a coarse-grained individual there 
may be pleasure in keeping a squirrel in one of those- 
little prison cages where they are pestered with fleas, can- 
not breed and generally end up by becoming paralyzed in 
their hind quarters; but not so with persons who are’ 
sensitive. Pleasure comes only to them through seeing 
their pets enjoy existence and not in the mere posses- 
sion of them. 

That the large black, fox’ and silver gray squirrels can 
be kept around the house and grounds in much the same 
mannet as a pigeon I have proved to my entire satis- 
faction. This can be managed in the following way: 
(1) Have your squirrels paired properly—male and female 
that are not related. To be sure of this, never rely upon a 
dealer's word, but buy one animal from one dealer and 
the other from another. This is most important, for ani- 
mals will not breed that are out of the same nest. and are 
very likely to leave, hunting for a mate. (2) Procure a 
box, say about 3 cubic feet, place a smaller box inside of 
this, in which is some manila for bedding, (3) Close 
the box up with boards, all but a small opening in which 
you can just put your hand. (4) Place a very liberal 
supply of mixed nuts and sunflower seeds, but no roasted 
peanuts. (5) Hoist the whole affair into some lofty tree 
or the corner of the barn. If the barn is of brick, then a 
wooden pole or two must lead to it. Secure firmly. (6) 
Place your squirrels and some water vessel in the open- 
ing and cover with inch mesh wire netting, Water daily. 
(7) After a few days, say three-or four, you can take off 
the netting and allow out an hour or two before sundown. 
Sprinkle the ground immediately beneath the nest with 
nuts and place the water in a position where cats cannot 
molest them. (8) From this on, never disturb the 
nest. Every time the squirrels are frightened they will 
run to their nest; let them be at peace there. Dogs are 
not cunning enough to catch a squirrel, and the large 
varieties are not molested by cats. You will observe your 
pets will leave their box yery cautiously at first, the tree 
will be thoroughly explored and the least noise will send 
them rushing back to their retreat. 

Squirrels mate in the fall of the year when the hickory 
nut shells. They have their young in the early part of 
March. These are born naked and blind, and number 
from one to five, according to the amount of food on 
hand. The period of gestation is, I think, four weeks. 
Squirrels never hibernate in the true sense of the word, for 
they will come out on the coldest day in the year and eat 
some snow—in fact, they are out 365 days a year. Even 
the chipmunk and the flying squirrels will not hibernate 
as the ground hog does, but pop their little noses out for 
a breath of air and a bite of snow, 

In buying squirrels always examine their teeth and see 
that they are not curved into tusks; also see that their 
coat is glossy and be sure that they are not suffering from 
partial paralysis, A squirrel is one of the most active 
creatures in the world, and if it cannot run up and down 


a tree four times while a eat is going up once, then there 
is something wrong with its system. /xtremély violent 
movements while in a cage are generally an indication of 
good health. ‘lo ship a squirrel a long distance success- 
tully, always place in with it the hardest nuts procurable 
for tood, such as extra thick-shelled black walnuts or 
butternuts, together with some moist food such as arti- 
chokes. Provide straw and not hay to hide in, and line 
the inside of the box with 1-inch inesh wire netting. di 
going a very long distance, such as to England, then 
piace a water bottle in in place of the artichokes, with a 
notice on the outside of the box, “Give us a drink. 

North America is the home of the squirrel, although 
there is a single variety in Great Britain, The British 
representative 15 a common small animal not nearly so 
interesting as our little red squirrel. It extends through- 
out Hurope and is the same variety that 1s found in such 
imniense numbers in India, There is another variety 1n 
the vicinity of Lapland—quite a handsome animal with 
titted ears and bushy tail. ‘his animal is migratory, and 
in migrations will ottem cover an acre of water, swimming 
across stall lakes and rivers in its eftorts to get to a good 
nut-bearing district, As a fur-bearing animal, there are 
few skins so handsome as that of the Kussian gray 
squirrel, This fur is as beautiful as the ermime, and re- 
sembles it with the exception that it has a narrow strip 
of gray down the center of the back. I should think that 
with a little trouble, or rather pleasure, 1t could be bred 
pure white. As tar as I know, there are no varieties O1 
squirrels in Africa or Australasia or even im South 
America, and with the exception of the above varieties 
the rest ate confined to North America. 

For the benefit of your readers who have not studied 
the matter, | will give the size, color, habits and location 
of some of the best known varieties: Black squirrel (Sci- 
urus mger)—It is glossy jet black all over, having a body 
13 inches long and a yery bushy tail of the same length. lt 
ig a native of Ontario, but is not to be found north of 
Muskoka. It is one of the hardest squirrels to tame, being 
very shy in its nature. I have possessed one that would 
run all over a person in search of nuts and play with the 
cat and kittens under the stove. When I let it out in my 
barn with a mate, in a day it grew to be as wild as the 
wildest of them. This is the rule with all of them that I 
ever experimented with. The male is mute; the female 
has three distinct cries—one while in the nest, one exactly 
like the female fox squirrel and then the well-known qua, 
qua, which denotes that she is with young. After she has 
her young she becomes ragged looking and is very shy, 
and, like the Queen’s old Scotch servant, must nay be dis- 
turbed. She will not allow her lord entrance to her nest. 
The flesh of this squirrel makes splendid soup or pie, and 
the fur can be made into an excellent hat or boa. This 
variety has from one to five young at a time, and breeds 
from April to October, having three litters a year if well 
fed. Sweet acorns—the nut of the white oak—is their 
favorite food, although they will eat any nut—even the 
bitter acorn after it has been buried and has sprouted, thus 
sweetening it to a certain extent. From the first the 
young have a very bushy tail, The case is the reverse with 
the tox squirrel, which come out of their nest with a 
very thin tail indeed. The mother always accompanies 
them for the first few weeks after they leave the nest, play- 
ing with them and teaching them all kinds of gymnastics. 
Pure white and black and white freaks of this variety are 
not uncommon. be 

The Fox Squirrel, Northern, Western and Southern 
(S, capistratus, S. sub-auratus, S. sayii)—The Northern 
is the largest, having a body 1434 inches long and a tail 
1514 inches long. The Western is a little smaller, and the 
Southern is smaller still. In all the varieties the color is 
the same, §. sayii being a little lighter under color than 
S. sub-auratus, The color of the fox'squirrel 1s a mixtvre 
of black and:¢ream colored hairs, with a solid red throat, 
belly, under parts of legs and tail. The fox and the black 
squirrel are not the same squirrel by any means, as some 
would haye us believe. The black squirrel, in order to 
protect itself, lately has got into the habit of breeding 
freaks of color, such as cinnamon, all black with a_ brown 
tail, gray and black mixed, cream color, ete, But in 
five years’ experiment 1 have never got them even to 
mate, much less breed. The head of the fox is very much 
broader than that of the black, the ears are much 
smaller, the neck is thickér and: the tail is flat at the 
bottom and rounded along its top length, whereas the 
tail of the black is round and bushy. The fox squirrel 
is a very bold animal, is readily tamed and remains tame. 
Mine delight to tease the dogs; they will hang head down 
just out of reach of their bounds, chattering at them and 
thoroughly enjoying their rage at getting so near and yet 
so far. In defending their nests, a pair of fox squirrels 
will thrash a small dog or a cat. Their bite for the size 
of the animal is terrific. The bull dog tenacity with which 
they attack will never be forgotten if you once experience 
it as I have. There is another peculiarity about the 
fox squirrel; there is probably not another animal that 
can stand so much punishment and come to after it is 
over; not even the ’possum can stand the same beating 
that the fox squirrel can. The female makes a noise 
exactly like the female black, with more bark and less qua. 
The male makes a low chattering like the little red 
squirrels, without the r-r-r-ru-ru-ru ending. Besides 
this, he will whistle when he is beaten by another fox 
squirrel. Fox squirrels breed only once a year, in the 
early part of march, and have from five to seven young in 
the nest at a time. 
of its home, and never emigrates except when starved 
into doing so. Like the Northern gray, it is not a great 
treetop squirrel, but stays more on the ground. This 
squirrel is getting rapidly cleaned out of Michigan, and, 
in fact, all the States with the exception of Kansas and 
Missouri. In this Province it has been entirely ex- 
terminated. The last one I saw in this Province was in 
Muskoka; there were about twenty red squirrels chat- 
tering around it, but, boy-like, I thought of squirrel soup 
and fired, killing eleven reds, but the fox carried off what- 
ever shot struck him. That was about eighteen years ago. 

Northern or Migratory Gray Squirrel (S. migratorius) 
—ITt is a solid steel gray all over; and has a bushy tail. 
Its body is 12% inches long, tail 14 inches. In all these 
measurements 1 do not pick out the smallest specimen I 
know of. As a pet, this variety is unreliable, being apt 
to pick up and travel. It will cross with the black 
squirrel, half the young being one color and half the 
other. The powers of this squirrel for locating are 


The fox squirrel is extremely fond 


FOREST_AND_ STREAM. 


marvelous, finding a nut it has buried through 2 feet of 
snow. This I have often witnessed. This squirrel 1s a 
great weather and crop prophet, foretelling the future 
crep of a distant section by migrating to it a season ahead 
of time. 

The silver or Virginia gray (CS. carolina) is smaller 
than the Northern gray. The forehead and forelegs and 
sides are reddish brown; the throat, belly and under parts 
are white; the tail is silver-tipped and edged, and the body 
and back are gray. The tail is fat and about the same 
length as the body. It makes a good pet, lays up a store 
of nuts and will stay at home. I have some specimens 
that are seven years old, and haye never tried to get 
away yet. The female will chatter and scold very hard 
those who molest her nest, but otherwise makes no noise. 
On the other hand, the male is a constant barker. It is 
very pleasant to hear them in my back yard; it makes me 
dream of the “Dismal Swamp,” where they are yery 
plentiful. This is the only variety I have that will_come 
out of a moonlight night and wander quietly around. 
Unfortunately, 1 had a number of them smothered by 
smoke. The stable next door to mine was set on fire by 
fire crackers on the night of the celebration of the capture 
of Pretoria, A brick wall separated the two stables, and 
thus prevented a scorching, but admitted the smoke. 
After the fire was out Deputy Chief Noble and I went up 
with a lantern and discovered the floor covered with 
dead, or apparently dead, squirrels. \We opened the doors 
and let out the smoke, the result being that all the fox 
came to, as did nearly all the black, but exactly half the 
silver grays were dead, and stayed dead. 

The California gray (S. fossor) is the largest of all the 
squirrel family; it is a blue gray with white underparts, 
The tail is longer than the body by 14 inch. 

The Texas black (S. auduboni) is a large blackish 
brown squirrel; 12 and 12 is its size, although there may 
be larger specimens, It is a native of Texas, Louisiana 
and Mexico. This is a much larger animal than the 
Tennessee black, which has a white nose. 

The weasel-like squirrel of California pine woods (S. 
mustelinus) has a 10'%-inch body and a 13%4-inch tail. 
Men may live all their life time beside this squirrel and 
never know of its existence, so quick and quiet is it. It 
lives on pine nuts, and passes its time amid the thick, lofty 
pine trees. Its hair grows rather thin on the body, or the 
two specimens I saw stuffed were summer animals. 

The common red squirrel (S. udsont) is to be found 
from Alaska to Labrador. I have seen them on the north 
shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence so thick that in half 
an hour with a catapult I gathered enough to make a 
good soup. They are small—the body 7 inches and the 
tail 6 inches. The body is reddish brown and the under- 
parts a dirty white. Chickaree, the name he gives him- 
self, is the quickest piece of impudence alive. They are a 
constant annoyance to the black bucks, pursuing up one 
tree and down another, until they can grab them in a 
tender spot. The butternut reds are much more vicious 
than their pine tree brothers—in fact, it is impossible to 
carry two or more in a cage that is darkened, for when 
you have arrived at your destination and removed the 
cuver you discover that they have killed each other. In 
carrying red squirrels from one place to another, always 
do so in an open cage and avoid jolting. You will ob- 
serve that the pine squirrel has a rounder head than the 
butternut squirrel, and they are much more tractable, not 
snapping and biting at each other and every one who 
approaches them, Feed the pine squirrel on sunflower 
seeds and the butternut squirrel on bitter acorns and 
butternuts. The woods of Canada are alive with these 
squirrels, as their old enemies, the lynxes and the pine 
martins, are not present in sufficient numbers to keep 
them down. This species will bring out young as early as 
the month of February. 

As pets the chipmunk and flying squirrels are failures, 
as they are eaten up by cats as soon as they are liberated. 
The flying squirrel is a night animal; its chief food is the 
vitter acorn; its chief enemy is the owl. The further 
north you go the larger the flying squirrel. Those up in 
Parry Sound are twice as large as those in Missouri. 
The chipmunk’s favorite food is the hazel nut. It, as well 
as the flymg squirrel, will readily breed in captivity. 

There is only one tuited-eared squirrel in America, It 
is a large squirrel, and has its home in Colorado, It is 
brownish black in color, and as far as I can find out is 
very rare. Let us hear about it through Forest AND 
STREAM. 

The following variety of squirrels are very rare or ex- 
tinct. I would like to hear of them: Cat (Sciurus 
ciereus) ; Eastern and Middle States; formerly was very 
common; excellent eating. It was a large ground squir- 
rel; stumpy in build, about the size of the Northern gray. 
Color, brown, red and black, with white nose. Downy 
(S. lanuginosus), Long-haired or wooly (S. lantgerus). 
Soft-haired (S. mollipilosus). Hare (S. leporinus). Lit- 
tle Carolina red (S. douglassit) ; the belly of this squirrel 
is red as distinguished from the common red or pine squir- 
rel, Red-tailed (S. rubtcaudatus), Red-bellied squirrel 
(S. ferruginiventris) ; Middle States. In its locality it is 
probably called fox squirrel. There are other varieties 
mentioned by Audubon, Bachmann and Taylor that I fail 
to see any trace of now, stich as S. colli; S. fremontt; 
S. fuliginosus; S. albertt. Many of these are Oregon and 
Pacific Coast squirrels. Let tis hear of them. 

In placing squirrels in parks, care should be taken to 
proyide retreats for them, for the trees are not large 
enough nor hollow to secure them from marauding boys. 
This is the case with our own High Park. 

G. H. Corsan. 

Toronto, Canada, 

{Mr. Corsan wrote also of “Black Squirrels in Domesti- 
cation” in our issue of June 23.] 


“Forest and Stream” in Parts, 


THE ForEST AND STREAM is on sale at Brentano’s, 37 
Avenue de l’Opera, Paris. It is on file in the Herald Read- 
ing Room, 61 Avenue de l’Opera; at the Forest ann 
STREAM exhibit in the Exposition, and with the American 
Bicycle Company, 20 and 22 Bis Rite Grande. 


The Cornfed Philosopher—“Tt is hard for me to ac- 
knowledge that I do not know it all, but I confess I can- 
not see why the rock-the-boat idiot is allowed to live until 
he is strong enough to tip it oyer,”—Indianapolis Press. 


[Jury 28, 1960. 


Game Gag and Gun. 
Toledo and Thereabouts. 


The Cedar Point Club—A Prominent Organization—Some- 
thing About Its Attitude “Loward Spring Shoot- 
ing and Game Protection. 


Tonepo has a shooting club that is never heard of in 
the newspapers—at least so rarely as to make the excep- 
tion fortify the statement, Its spacious club house, lo- 
cated on the extreme northeasterly point of Maumee 
Bay, is almost in sight of the lower wards of the city, and 
joolang northward the daily steamer irom Toledo to Put- 
in-Bay and Cleyeland can be clearly traced from the 
broad porches that shelter its members, while a few miles 
away to the southward run the iron ways that are con- 
stantly bringing Eastern culture and enlightenment to 
the benighted West. But in their 5,000 acres of middle 
ground between the navigable waters of Lake Erie and 
the corn fields of the great State of Ohio the Cedar 
Point Club has a little realm of its own in which the con- 
ditions of primeval nature still remain unfirayed by con- 
tact with civilization, and those who are fortunate enough 
to own a gun locker within its walls are never disap- 
pointed in their search for solid content. Let me tell 
you something about it. 

lt was somewhere about 1878 that several sportsmen of 
Toledo—who had even then developed their business in- 
terests to a point where they felt themselves justified in 
taking an occasional Saturday alternoon off—began to 
give atidible expression to their dissatisfaction with the 
inmeager accommodations available for those who desired 
to enjoy the excellent shooting within the environment 
of the Maumee Bay. Water fowl of all varieties were 
plentiful along its shores, but it was seriously incon- 
yenient, not to say unpleasant, for the luckless hunter 
who chanced to be overtaken by night or storm on any 
of his expeditions to find in miles of the best hunting 
territory nothing better in the way of shelter than a 
muskrat house. Three of these gentlemen—Messrs. Peter 
Berdan, M. D. Carrington and John Cummings—accord- 
ingly decided to build a floating camp, which they could 
take with them into adjacent hunting waters and which 
would furnish comfortable if not luxurious accommo- 
dations for eating and sleeping. When their amphib- 
ious structure was completed they had a house boat built 
on the model of a scow, with bunks for ten men and of 
a draft ight enough to permit of navigating it through 
and over most of the northwestern Ohio marshes. This 
answered its purpose admirably for the next two or three 
years, when it gaye way to the next step in the evolu- 
tion of the Cedar Point Club. 

Along the southern shore of Lake Erie to the east- 
ward of Toledo there lay at this time a wide expanse of 
marsh land which afforded the finest feeding and nest- 
ing ground for water fowl. The territory lying between 
Cedar Point on the west and Crane Creek on the east 
was appropriated by all this tribe as a favorite resort, 


- and at this time it belonged to the Federal Government, 


which had never taken the trouble to locate and survey 
it. Toledo hunters and others found in it some of the 
finest shooting in the State, and some of the gentlemen 
who had planned and built the house boat, with their 
associates, concluded that it would make an admirable 
location for a shooting box. Somewhere about 1881 a 
committee consisting of H. M. Hanna (brother of the 
present Ohio Senator), M. D. Carrington and Emery 
D. Potter went to Washington and sticceeded in obtain-— 
ing the passage of a bill in Congress authorizing the 
survey and sale of the tract in question. Five thousand 
acres, located as already described, was bought under the 
resulting sale by Mr. H. M. Hanna and by him trans- 
ferred to the Cedar Point Club, an association incorpo- 
rated without profit under the general law of Ohio re- 
lating to corporations. Upon the dryer portion of the 
property a club house of sixteen rooms was built, which 
included besides the spacious dining room, gun rooms, 
kitchen, etc., a separate room and gun locker for each 
member. Until recently access to the club house could 
only be had by water, but a private telephone line con- 
nects it with the city. Comfort rather than display has 
been the motive which has inspired the arrangement and 
iurnishing of the club house, and nothing is lacking which 
would be calctilated to enhance the enjoyment of the 
members or their guests. The lounging room is warmed 
and lighted by a mammoth old-fashioned fireplace, and 
above its heavy leather upholstered furniture hang faith- 
ful reproductions, in form and color, of all the game 
birds of the locality, the work of noted Cleveland and 
Toledo artists, while in the dining room are a number 
of the finest specimens, prepared by the deft fingers of 
the taxidermist. In these rooms on the chill autumnal 
evenings stich yeteran story tellers as Hanna and Ellis 
are wont to recount experiences that haye been gath- 
ered on the hunting fields of every section of our @wn 
and foreign lands; and to their hearers the narration has 
proved scarcely less pleasurable than the reality. 

As originally organized, the Cedar Point Club con- 
templated a membership of ten only and the list has al- 
ways been full from the beginning. Of the gentlemen 
connected with it, those whose names are marked with 
an asterisk have passed over to the majority. The rolls 
include Hon. W. C. Whitney, late Secretary of the Navy; 
Col. D. H. Payne, son of the late Senator Payne, of 
Ohio; M. D, Carrington,* Peter Berdan,* Warren Corn- 
ing, H. M. Hanna, Frank H. Ellis, John Cummings, 
Robert Cummings, Joseph K. Secor.* Henry Card,* W. 
H. Sage, Arthur Secor and W. T. Carrington. The two 
last named gentleman, who are worthy descendants of 
honored sires, have received their shares by inheritance, 
and it is needless to add are most enthusiastic lovers of 
the gun and rod. Stch other transfers as have heen 
made of the ten shares of the club have been on a valua- 
tion of $5,000 each, and before the new purchaser can 
be inducted into membership he must have unanimous 
consent of the other nine. 

The marshes of the club are to-day, as they were twenty 
years ago, the resort of hosts of blue-wine teal (perhaps 
the most numerous of the duck tribe on these grounds), 
the green-wing teal, the widgeon, wood duck, mallard, 
black duck, pintail, red-neck, and canyasback, although 


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the latter ate not fotind here in sttch large numbers as 
are the other varieties named. Still, Mr. H. M. Hanna 
has a record of sixty-seven canvasbacks in a single day’s 
ehooting on the Cedar Point marsh, Another member 
placed sixty-fve woodcock to his credit on one after- 
noon, and 100 ducks in a day’s shooting is by no means 
an unusual score. It is not, however, the policy of the 
club te encourage the making of large bags, and these 
instances are cited not for the purpose of boasting, but 
merely for the purpose of showing the wonderful re- 
Sources of these marshes. But it may be said with 
truth that in the season the water fowl on these marshes 
are quite as numerous to-day as they were twenty years 
ago, when the club was first organized. The reason for 
this condition is one which points a moral in the con- 
servation of the water fowl supply in Ohio, as else- 
where. 

From its very beginning the club has been an earnest 
opponent of all forms oi spring shooting. Its territory 
is carefully guarded by its wardens and no person, mem- 
ber or otherwise, is allowed to take a gun within its 
limits during the spring monthss on any pretext what- 
ever. In the spring the waters of the club are covered 
with thousands of swans, geese and ducks on their way 
northward to their breeding grounds, which stop here 
for food and rest, and as they are thoroughly protected 
they naturally become quite tame. But large numbers 
of the teal, mallard, pintail and wood duck remain here 
to nest, and it goes without saying that the club is thus 
enabled to do its own restocking at the minimum cost. 
Snipe, woodcock and all varieties of plover also breed 
here. 

“One might as well go out to shoot sitting hens as 
brooding ducks” is the way one member of the club 
puts it. “Ducks coming up from the South in the spring 
are tisually in a poor condition after their long flight and 
are consequently unfit for food. Under these circum- 
stances the spring shooter suffers a double disadvantage, 
in the first instance getting a bird of an inferior quality 
instead of a much better one a little later, and in the 
second destroying the stock at the very time that its 
destruction has the most serious effect on the future 


supply. 

What the Cedar Point Club practices on its own do- 
main it also preaches for the entire State, and it has al- 
ways been a consistent advocate of such legislation as 
would make spring shooting in Ohio illegal upon all 
open and preserved waters alike. But so far all attempts 
of this kind have proved futile, partly because of the 
lack of the-proper organized and concerted action on the 
Part of the sportsmen of the State, and partly because 
of the active opposition of the market shooters, who see 
in the abolition of spring shooting a direct blow at their 
private and selfish interests. It is greatly hoped that the 
present movement for concerted action among the sports- 
men of the State looking to a reconstruction of the Ohio 
game laws at the next session of the Legislature, a 
movement which had its origin among the sportsmen of 
Cleveland. may result in some much needed improve- 
ments in this direction. 

There has been very little change in the character and 
condition of the Cedar Point marshes since their pur- 
chase by the club twenty years ago. Owing to the 
éfforts of the club they are more plentifully stocked with 
celery and wild rice than they were at that time, a con- 
dition which the birds fully appreciate. It is the belief 
of the club members that the waters of Lake Erie are 
gradually receding and that they are consequently lower 
than they were ten years ago; but this change is taking 
place very slowly and with many fluctuations above and 
below the mean level of the lake when a number of con- 
Sectitive years are taken into calculation. Indeed, there 
are good grounds for the theory that there exists a well 
defined periodicity in the ebb and flow of the lake and 
that both the maximum and minimum height are reached 
approximately every seven years. This theory, it may 
be remarked, does not conflict with, but rather fits into, 
the statement that the lake level shows a gradual reces- 
sion when its height is compared for several successive 
decades. 

But the status of this territory a few hundred years 
ago is quite another matter, and there are evidences to 
sustain the theory that at some time prior to the occu- 
pation of the country by the white race this portion of 
the shores of the lake was relatively much higher than 
now, atid that either they had been subsequently de- 
pressed or the water had risen above the normal level of 
the past. At the time that the club came into possession 
of these marshes an Indian mound of considerable size 
was discovered upon them, and though its base was 
several feet under water there was every indication that 
it had once rested upon solid ground. The mound was 
subsequently opened and was tound to be filled with 
Tndian bones and many interesting relics whose existence 
Gave support for the conviction that the region had once 
been highly prized as a hunting ground by our copper- 
colored predecessors. 

The late Judge Emery D. Potter was a frequent gtiest 
of the club, and at a visit on the occasion of his seventy- 
filth birthday celebrated that interesting event by bag- 
ging seventy-five ducks, a day’s record of which he was 
always very proud. 

The influence of the Cedar Point Club has always 
been exerted for the protection and increase of the game 
supply of the State, and both its precept and example 
have been productive of much good outside its own 
jurisdiction, What public sentiment on this subject was 
in its locality when the club was organized may be in- 
erred from the fact that the natives knew no better use for 
oung ducks than to employ them as bait on their cat- 
fish lines. All that, however, has been changed, and 
even the punters who live along the shore have come 
to tealize that the game oi the marshes can be much 
etter utilized than by converting it into fish bait. 

While the list of water fowl given above includes only 

those which are of ordinary occurrence, the vyarieties 
which are of record along the south shore of Lake Erie 
between Toledo and Sandusky include a wide range of 
aquatic birds accredited ta more northerly or southerly 
latitudes. The writer is indebted to a gentleman inti- 
mately acquainted with the marshes of Cedar Point for 
a partial list of these. They are: 

Dusky or black duck, pintail, gadwell, widgeon, green 
and blue winged teal, spoonbill shoveler, summer or 
wood duck, bluebill, greater and lesser blackhead, ring- 


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necked duck, redhead, canvasback, buffle-head butter ball, 
long-tailed duck (Sandusky Bay), king eider (Sandusky 
Bay), American black scoter (Portage River), velvet 
seoter (Sandusky Bay), ruddy duck, red-headed and 
hooded merganser, pelican (Sandusky Bay), crested and 
Florida cormorant, white-winged and great black gull 
(from north, yery rare), herring and ring-billed gull, 
kitttwake and fork-tailed gull (very rare), Bonaparte 
eull, gtll-billed and roseate tern (rare), common and 
black tern. Jay BEEBE. 
Toteno, Q., July 18. 


The Ohio Sportsmen’s Protective 
Association. 


CLEVELAND, O.—Edttor Forest and Stream; During 
the last hour of the recent session of the Ohio Legislature 
a gaine law was passed that is most objectionable to the 
sportsmen of the State, and also to a large class of farmers 
who like to hunt themselves, or invite their friends to do 
so oyer their lands, 

As the law now stands, all shooting in the State is 
stopped except between Nov, 10 and Dec, 1, and a short 
time in the spring for ducks, 

Farmers are allowed to kill squirrels and rabbits on 
their own land if they are destroying crops. 

Woodcock, snipe and all early ducks have migrated 
before Noy, 10, and in most years there is little or no 
shooting at ducks after the opening day. 

The law practically confiscates thousands and thousands 
of dollars’ worth of property represented in duck marshes 
along the lake shore. 

The shortening of the quail and grouse season to twenty 
days is uncalled for, as there never were as many quail 
in the State as at present. 

No State in the Union has game laws that are so 
unreasonable and unfair and which so poorly represent 
the wishes of the sportsmen and the majority of the 
farmers of the State as the present Ohio law. 

The Ohio Sportsmen’s Protective Association was 
formed by the leading sportsmen of Cleveland, not for 
the purpose of fighting the present game law in the 
courts, but for the purpose of effecting a strong organiza- 
tion that will co-operate with the farmers’ granges and 
obtain laws that will effectively protect the game from 
the market-hunters, give an open season of reasonable 
length and at a suitable time of the year for sportsmen 
that hunt for the sport, and protect the farmer by stringent 
trespass laws from being overrun by a lot of irresponsible 
hoodlums that pay no attention to either game laws or 
property rights. 

The Association concedes the right of all land owners 
to prohibit all shooting on their lands, but does not 
think that the game laws should be so made that sports- 
men, with the permission of other land owners, and other 
land owners themselves, should be prohibited from shoot- 
ine during a reasonable and proper open season. 

The enforcement of trespass laws is the remedy for 
this evil, and the Association is in favor of suitable laws 
that will giye the desired results. 

The Association asks for the aid and co-operation of all 
sportsmen and land owners in their efforts to obtain more 
satisfactory legislation at the next session of the Legisla- 
ture. 

The membership fee is $1, and membership cards can 
be obtained by sending the above amount to C. T, Bodi- 
field, Secretary. 24 South Water street, Cleveland. O. 

Paut NorrH, Member Ex. Com. O. S. P. A. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


The Chicken Prospects. 


Curicaco, Ill., July 21.—According to all available in- 
formation it is a saie prediction that the coming chicken 
season will be an unusually good one. From different 
points in Wisconsin, such as Fox Lake, Babcock, Nece- 
dah, ete., reports state that there will be more birds than 
usual. While in Minneapolis last week I made inquiries 
which lead me to believe that the Minnesota and Dakota 
crop will be above the average. I will, in due time, give 
the names of several! places which are stated to me to be 
safe tips for the coming shooting season. 


A Litile Beat Story. 


Mr. Joseph E. Hinds, of Brooklyn, N. Y., tells a 
pretty fair bear story in a letter which he writes to his 
friend Mr. Mershon, the latter failing to suppress the 
letter while it was in his own hands. Mr. Hinds says: 

have got a man on my place in the country acting 
as groom who is an old hunter and has scoured the hills 
around about there for many, many years and has been 
more or less successiul in gathering in game of various 
kinds, To get a fox or a possum he would spend any 
number of nights climbing through show over the moun- 
tain sides, and he is a dead game sport right after your 
own heart. I have regaled him lately with some of our 
experiences on our trip ta the Bad Lands—some of your 
exploits with the gun and rifle; also the prowess of Joe 
Crandall on the Rim-Rock, and of how he crawled into 
a dark cave and brought out a string of mountain lions 
tied together by the tails, and how he would frequently 
go out and bring home wagon lcads of bob-cats—and 
my man has listened with open-eyed amazement, To be 
honest, it was the only way I could shut him up from 
blowing about his own sticcess as a mighty hunter. He 
is an everlasting tailer, and it is all about hunting. The 
other day he told me about some old fellow who was 
being chased by a bear and he had an old-fashioned Ken- 
tucky tifle and only one bullet, and while he was run- 
ning he either cut or bit the bullet in half, put one piece 


in the rifle, fired at the bear over his shoulder, the flat | 


side of the bullet hit the bear in the ferhead and lodged 
there, and while the bear sat down to make an investiga- 
tion and find out what had happened the hunter made 
his escape. This happened forty-two years ago next 
December and has been told on an average, I suppose, 
of three times a week since ihen, but it is just as fresh 
to-day as the day it started.” 


Hero of the Split Train. 
Readers of the Forest AND STREAM may tecall the 


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incident of the divided train during the Congressional 
expedition last October into the proposed Minnesota 
Park country. Mr. Thomas Shevlin, one of the hosts 
of the party, and supposedly one of the friends of the 
movement, was the author and contriver of the divided 
train, The. newspaper men of the party knew at the time 
that something was wrong and they purposed giving 
the story for what it was worth, as any newspaper man 
ought to do at any time. Others of the party besought 


the newspaper men not to injure the chances of the expe- 


dition by saying anything about the incident and all 
sorts of exciises were made tor Mr. Shevlin at the time. 
Mr. Chas. Cristodoro was one of those who thought the 
press men were wrong. To-day I am in receipt from the 
latter of a clipping from the St. Paul Globe which would 
seem to indicate that perhaps the newspaper men were 
at the time only too correct in their conclusions. The 
clipping, given for what it is worth, reads as below, and 
it shows what may be expected if this park is ever to be 
secured: 

“The true inwardness of the deal that sent Thomas 
Shevlin to the Philadelphia Convention as a delegate 
comes out and reveals the power that is exerted in the 
Republican party by Minneapolis lumbermen. It is said 
that his selection is decidedly unfavorable to the pro- 
jected national park scheme, as Mr. Shevlin will doubtless 
be selected national committeeman to succeed Gen. L. F. 
Hubbard. 

“The lumbermen are interested in seeing that the tim- 
ber on the reservation is sold and cut, and as it means 
a yast sum of money it is asserted that Mr. Shevlin’s 
selection will give the park project immediately a black 
eye. As national Republican committeeman from this 
State he will wield a power that will be second to none 
with the Administration in this part of the country at 


least.” HoucH. 
Hartrorp Burrpine, Chicago, Ill. 


The Lacey Act. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

In spite of all that you have published in regard to the 
Lacey Act, recently passed by Congress, there still seems 
to be doubt in the minds of some persons as to its scope 
and effect, and as greater range is by some ascribed to 
that law than is warranted by the facts, there is danger 
that these misconceptions, if allowed to remain wuncor- 
rected, will lull somie of the most ardent promoters of 
game protection into inactivity in the way of securing 
better State laws on the subject, instead of stimulating 
effort in that direction. 

Permit me, therefore, to add some observations to 
your already clear and full statements of the law of the 
case, This method of game protection is a process of 
education, and the only way to accomplish that end is to 
keep the question constantly before the people. As soon 
as they come to a thorough understanding of the ques- 
tion, proper legislation will follow, as a matter of course, 
and what is more important still, the laws, when enacted, 


. will be obeyed. It is idle to enact or attempt to enforce a 


law that is not sustained by public sentiment and opinion; 
and a law not enforced is worse than none. 

In the first place it must be understood and constantly 
borne in mind that there is not, nor can there be, any 
absolute private ownership in game that is not at ail 
times, whether the game be alive or dead, subject to the 
absolute control and regulation of the State legislatures. 
This has been so frequently decided that it seems un- 
necessary to say more than merely state the proposition, 
but in order that there may be no possible doubt on the 
subject, and to give evety one an opportunity to read - 
it, I will add here what the Supreme Court of the United 
States has said on the subject in Geer vs. Connecticut, 
16r U. S,, 534. That was an appeal by defendant from a 
judgment of the Supreme Court of Connecticut affirming 
a jtiidgment of conviction against Mr. Edgar M. Geer for 
violating certain provisions of the game law of that State, 
said law containing the following provisions: 

Section 25380.—Every person who shall buy, sell, expose for 
sale or have in his possession for the purpose, or who shall hunt, 
pursue, kill, destroy or attempt to kill any woodcock, quail, 
ruffed grouse (called partridge) or gray squirrel, between the first 
day of January and the first day of October; the killing or having 
in possession of each bird ot squirrel to be deemed a separate 
cifense * * * shall be fined not more than $50, 

Section 2546—No person shall at any time kill any woodcock, 
ruffed grouse or quail for the purpose of conveying the same 
beyond the limits of the State, or shall transport or have in 
possession, with intention to procure the trafsportation beyond 
said limits, of any such birds killed within this State. The reception 
by any person within this State of any such bird or birds for ship- 
ment to a point without the State shall be prima facie evidence 
that said bird or birds were killed within the State for the pur- 
pose of carrying the same beyond its limits. 

The defendant was convicted on Oct. 19, 1880, of un- 
lawfully receiving and having in his possession, with the 
wrongful and unlawful intent to procure the transporta- 
tion beyond the limits-of the State, certain woodcock, 
ruffed grouse and quail killed within the State after Oct. 
I, 1889, the game, it will be observed, having been killed at 
a time when such killing was lawful. The question before 
the court, therefore, was as follows: “Was it lawful un- 
der Sec. 8, Art. 1, of the Constitution of the United States, 
which provides that Congress shall have power ‘to regulate 
commerce with foreign mations, and among the several 
States, and with the Indian tribes,’ for the State of 
Connecticut to allow the lalling of birds within the State 
during a designated open season, to allow such birds when 
so killed to be used, to be sold, and to be bought for 
use within the State. and yet to forbid their transporta- 
tion beyond the State?’ Or, to state it otherwise, “Had 
the State of Connecticut the power to regulate the killing 
of game within her borders so as to confine its use to the 
limits of the State and forbid its transmission outside of 
the State?” 

And in answering this question the court took occasion 
to enter into an elaborate and learned discussion and ex- 
amination of the law from the earliest period down to 
the present time in regard to the right of property in 
game, and among other things said: “From the earliest 
traditions the right to reduce animals fere nature to 
possession has been subject to the control of the law 
giving power.’ And again: “In most of the States laws 
have been passed for the protection and preservation of 
game, We have been referred to no case where the power 
to so legislate has been questioned, although the books 
contain cases involving controversies as to the meaning of 


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[JuLy 28, 1900. 


ele Nn it eae tt tea el 


some of the statutes. * * * There are also cases 
where the validity of some particular method of en- 
forcement provided in some of the statuies has been 
drawn in question.” (Citing a case from Kansas and one 
from Idaho, with both of which the court disagrees on 
the yery point involved.) The court says further: 
- “While the fundamental principles upon which the com- 
mon property in game rests have undergone no change, 
the development of free institu.icns has led to the recog- 
nition of the fact that the power or control lodged in 
the State, resulting from this common ownership, is to 
be exercised like all other powers of government as a 
trust for the benefit of the people, and not as a prerogative 
for the adyantage of the Government as distinct from 
the people or for the benefit of private individuals as dis- 
tinguished from the public good, Therefore, for the pur- 
pose of exercising this power, the State, as held by this 
court in Martin vs. Waddell, 41 U. S., 16, Pet. 480, repre- 
sents its people, and the ownership is that of the people in 
their united sovereignty. The common ownership, and 
its resulting responsibility in the State, are thus stated in 
a well-considered opinion of the Supreme Court of Cali- 
fornia: “The wild game within a State belongs to the 
people in their collective sovereign capacity. It is not the 
subject of private ownership, except in so far as the people 
may elect to make it so; and they may, if they see fit, ab- 
solutely prohibit the taking of it, or any trafhe or com- 
merce in it, if deemed necessary for its protection or 
preservation or the public good.’ Ex parte Maier, supra.” 

And the court in the same case quotes with approval, 
and by so doing adopts as its own, the following language 
from Magner ys. People, 97 Ill., 320: “The ownership 
being in the people of the State, the repository of the 
sovereign authority, and no individual haying any prop- 
etty rights to be affected, it necessarily results that the 
Legislature, as the representative of the people of the 
State, may withhold or grant to individuals the right to 
hunt and kill game, or qualify or restrict, as in the opinion 
of its members, will but subserye the public welfare— 
stated in other language, to hunt and kill game—is a 
boon or privilege granted either expressly of impliedly 
by the sovereign authority, not as a right inherent in 
each individual, and consequently nothing is taken away 
from the individual when he is denied the privelege at 
stated seasons of hunting and killing game. * * * in 
any view, the question of individual enjoyment is one of 
public policy and not of private right.” 

And the court in that case cites and relies upon the 
case of Phelps vs. Racey, 60 N. Y., 10, and many other 
cases to the same point. 

The point first mentioned is therefore forever settled— 
that there can be no unqualified, absolute private owner- 
ship in game, and that therefore the act in question was 
a valid law. 

The next point, which must also be borne in mind in 
dealing with this subject, is that game taken subject to 
such a law cannot be an article of interstate commerce, at 
least so far as the State enacting the law is concerned, and 
this is so clearly and logically set forth in the opinion of 
the Court in the Geer case already quoted from that 
IT want to quote it here and urge every person who may 
see your paper to read and reread the language care- 
fully, for it will give them the best exposition of the game 
laws as relating to interstate commerce yet announced. 
Here is what the court says: . 

“The foregoing analysis of the principles upon which 
alone rests the right of an individual to acquire a quali- 
fied ownership in game, and the power-of the State, de- 
duced therefrom, to control such ownership for the 
common benefit, clearly demonstrates the validity of the 
statute of the State of Connecticut here in controversy. 
The sole consequence of the provision forbidding the 
transportation of game killed within the State, beyond the 
State, is to confine the use of such game to those who 
own it—the people of the State. The proposition that the 
people of the State may not forbid carrying it beyond 
her limits inyolyes, therefore the contention that a State 
cannot allow its own people the enjoyment of the benefits 
of property belonging to them in common, without at the 
same time permitting the citizens of other States to par- 
ticipate in that which they do not own. It was said in 
the discussion at the bar, although it be conceded that 
the State has an absolute right to control and regulate the 
killing of game as its judgment deems best in the interest 
of its people, inasmuch as the State has been chosen to 
allow the people within her borders to take game, to 
dispose of it, and thus cause it to become an object of 
State commerce, as a resulting necessity such property 
has become the subject of interstate commerce, hence 
controlled by the provisions of U. S. Const., Art. 1, Sec. 
8. But the errors which this argument involves are 
manifest. It presupposes that where the killing of game 
and its sale within the State are allowed, it thereby be- 
comes commerce in the legal meaning of that word. In 
view of the authority of the State to affix conditions to 
the killing and sale of game, predicated as is this power 
on the peculiar nature of such property and its common 
ownership by all the citizens of the State, it may well be 
doubted whether commerce is created by an authority 
given by a State to reduce game within its borders to 
pessession, provided such game be not taken, when killed, 
without the- jurisdiction of the State. The common 
ownership imparts the right to keep the property if the 
sovereign so chooses, always within its jurisdiction for 
every purpose. The qualification which forbids its re- 
moyal from the State necessarily entered into and formed 
part of every transaction on the sybject, and deprived 
the mere sale or exchange of these articles of that element 
of freedom of contract and of full ownership which is 
an essential attribute of commerce. Passing, however, as 
we do, the decision of this question, and granting that 
the dealing in game killed within the State. under the 
provision in question, created internal State commerce, it 
does not follow that such internal commerce became 
necessarily the subject matter of interstate commerce and 
therefore under the control of the Constitution of the 
United States. The distinction between internal and 
external commerce and interstate commerce is marked. 
and has always been recognized by this court. In Gibhon 
vs. Ogden, 22 U. S., 9, Wheat., 1904. Mr. Cltief Justice 
Marshall said: 

“Tt is not intended to say that these words comprehend 
that commerce which is completely internal, which is 
carried on between man and man in a State, or hetween 


parts of the same State, and which does not extend to or 
affect other States. Such a power would be inconyenient 
and is certainly unnecessary. Comprehensive as the 
word “among” is, it may very properly be restricted to 
that commerce which concerns more States than one. The 
phrase is not one which would probably haye been 
selected to indicate the completely interior traffic of a 
State, becatise it is not an apt phrase for that purpose; 
and the enumeration of the particular classes of commerce 
to which the power was to be extended would not have 
been made, had the intention been to extend the power to 
every description. The enumeration presupposes some- 
thing not enumerated; and that something, if in regard 
to the language or the subject of the sentence, must be 
the exclusively internal commerce of the State. The 
genius and character of the whole Goyernment seem to be 
that its action is to be applied to all the external con- 
cerns of the nation, and to those internal concerns which 
affect the States generally, but not to those which are 
completely within a particular State, which do not affect 
other States, and with which it is not necessary to inter- 
fere, for the purpose of executing some of the general 
powers of the Government. The complete internal com- 
merce of a State, then, may be considered as reserved for 
the State itself.” 

So again in the Daniel Ball vs. United States, 77 U. S., 
to Wall., 564, the court, speaking through Mr. Justice 
Field, said: 

“There is undoubtedly an internal commerce which is 
subject to the control of the States. The power dele- 
gated to Congress is limited to commerce ‘among the 
several States, with foreign nations, and with the Indian 
tribes. This limitation necessarily excludes from Federal 
control all commerce not thus designated, and, of course, 
that commerce which is carried on entirely within the 
limits of a State and does not extend to or affect other 
States. ey | 

“The fact that internal commerce may be distinct from 
interstate commerce destroys the whole theory upon 
which the argument of the plaintiff in error proceeds. The 
power of the State to control the killing of and ownership 
in game being admitted, the commerce in game, which the 
State law permitted, was necessarily only internal com- 
merece, since the restriction that it should not become the 
subject of external commerce went along with the grant 
and was part of it. All ownership in game killed within 
the State came under this condition, which the State had 
the lawtul authority to impose, and no contracts made in 
relation to such property were exempt from the law of 
the State consenting that such contracts be made, pro- 
vided only they were confined to internal and did not 
extend to external commerce.” 

A careful reading of this decision will show that one 
important point in regard to game protection is forever 
and finally settled, and that is that a State can regulate as 
it sees fit the taking of game within its borders and may 
also absolutely prohibit such taking; that in doing so it 
may permit the killing and dealing in game within the 
borders of the State and at the same time prohibit the 
transportation beyond the State of such game lawtully 
killed or captured therein; and that game reduced to pos- 
session under such a law as that in question in that case 
does not become an article of interstate commerce at all— 
at least while it is within the borders of the State. The 
Court does not expressly decide what the status of such 
game 1s after it leaves the borders of the State in which it 
was taken; but what the court says, considered in connec- 
tion with the well-known principles of law and the com- 
ity existing between different States, leaves small reason 
to doubt what the holding of the Court would be in a 
case where that point was before it for decision. I am 
clearly of the opinion that the decision would be, as to 
such game, that it never could become an article of inter- 
state commerce at all; and that while the laws of one 
State have no force or effect beyond the borders of the 
State enacting them, still one State might rightfully make 
it an offense to bring game into its borders or to have the 
same in possession, if brought from another State, and 
especially if brought there in violation of a law of another 
State. Certain it is that the States, generally speaking, 
can prohibit the sale of game at all within their borders, 
even, I take it, though such game may haye come from 
another State, if such regulation is deemed necessary for 
the protection of the game of the State; and of course if 
the game of a State is not an article of interstate com- 
merce, as if is not in States having laws like those of 
Connecticut, then it is only necessary for the protection 
of game for each State to prohibit transportation of its 
own game beyond its borders and also to prohibit the im- 
portation into the State from another State or the pos- 
session within the State of game unlawfully transported 
from another State. 

I make the broad assertion that game is not nor can it 
become under any circumstances an article of interstate 
commerce, and am satished that the Federal Supreme 
Court will so hold whenever the point comes before it for 
decision; but I may assume for the purpose of argument 
only that as soon as game leaves the border of a State. 
although such transportation is unlawful by the law of 
that State, it then becomes an article of interstate com- 
merce. This point the Court does not determine, and it 
is just here that the Lacey Act is important on this one 
question ; for while that act does not undertake to say that 
game in any case or under any particular circumstances 
is an article of interstate commerce, because Congress 
cannot declare that to be an article of interstate com- 
merce which is not so in fact, it only undertakes to pro- 
hibit traffie therein between the States if it should be 
subject to the constitutional provision as to interstate 
cominerce. If it is not so subject, then the law does not 
apply, and the law of the State where the game is found 
must apply. As about the sole recourse of the violators 
of the game laws is in this provision of the Constitution 
it will be seen that they are driven to the wall, no mat- 
ter what position they may take, if the States will but 
enact proper Jaws. The Lacey bill therefore is only an 
aid to State legislation; and because of it and of the in- 
terest which Congress has taken in the subject it behooves 
every State to pass such laws as will show that it is the 
Intention to give proper protection to game within its 
borders. 

One other question which the Court referred to but 
did not decide because it was unnecessary so to do was 
whether or not the granting by State law of the Privilege 


of dealing within the State in game killed therein made 
such game an article of State or internal commerce as 
contradistinguished from interstate commerce; but prac- 
tically the Court did decide that it was not even an arti- 
cle of internal commerce under such conditions—at least 
enough was said to clearly indicate that the Court would 
so hold whenever it had occasion to pass ttpon the ques- 
tion. However that may be, it is beyond doubt that 1f 
the sale of or dealing in game was absolutely prohibited 
by the State, as the Legislature has the right to do, in 
such case game would not be an article of State or inter- 
nal commerce, because an article the dealing in which is 
unlawful cannot be an article of commerce at all, and it 
would be sure to follow from this that tinder such laws 
it could never become an article of interstate commerce. 

This whole subject of game protection and preéserva- 
tion 1s one primarily for the-States to deal with; and 
this must never be forgotten if game is to be protected. 
Congress can aid and supplement such legislation as the 
States may pass, but it cannot do more. 

JoszpH B. THomepson. 
[TO BE CONCLUDED. | 


Mt. Tom Then and Now. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

In your issue of July 21 Mr. C. H. Ames drifts from 
stocking the Adirondacks with moose to making Mt, Tom 
in Massachusetts a wild turkey reservation. It is a happy 
thought. What better place in the New England States 
could we find? Everything is there now that was there 
100 years ago, but of a second growth. At the base of the 
mountain are the same trout brooks that used to be there; 
they are not so large, but they would be if the forests were 
preserved. There-are the same old ravines and ledges, 
the same old meadows and side hill pastures, but the 
pastures are gradually growing up to brush. The trout 
brook is the best brook that I ever knew of for trout to 
grow fast in. About thirty years ago a dam was placed 
across this brook in a narrow gulch, at a point about one- 
half mile hefore the brook entered the Connecticut River. 
This created a large deep pond of many acres in extent, 
and in two years’ time the pond was alive with trout of 
from I to 3 pounds weight. In the spring and fall ducks, 
geese and brant made it their stopping place. Wood duck 
in goodly numbers nested there each year, for there was 
large timber with lots of hollow trees along the edge of 
the pond, But all this did not last long. Although the 
water mm the pond did not actually overflow any one’s 
property, it made some of the adjacent property damper 
than usual in a few places; and that caused law suits, 
which resulted in nothing. But later, dynamite did, and 
the dam was blown up. It would be a small expense to 
put the dam in good condition, and it would not take a 
large fortune to buy the easterly side ef Mt. Tom, then 
fence it in, put heavers in the lake and turkeys on the 
mountain. The trout are there yet, and partridges drum 
and squirrels bark as of yore; and old Mt. Tom stands 
as a fitting monument of the past. Oftentimes when [ 
take a trip to Hampshire county 1 make it my business to 
walk along the side of the mountain through the old 
paths where I knew I could get a partridge under a certain 
apple tree when I was a'boy; then to go and look in some 
of the holes in the brook where I used to catch trout; then 
to go and take a drink aut of that ice-cold spring where 
we used to keep a cocoanut cup to drink out of. But the 
cup is not there now, and neither am I, 77K 

Pertnce’s Bay, N. V, July 21, 


Game and Fish in the North Woods. 


Penn YAN, N. Y., July 18—Editor Forest and Stream: 
I have just returned from a few days’ trip in the North 
Woods, from Potsdam through to Childwold, the Jourdon. 


‘a portion of the Raquette, Crooked Pond, Church Pond, 


Round Pond, Killdeer, North Branch of the Grass River. 
I found the trout fishing all that could be desired (with 
reason). The game prospects are looking fine. I never 
before knew them better. I made special efforts to learn to 
that effect. As far as could be learned from the most 
reliable sources, I could only learn of one dead deer being 
found after the deep snow of March. Partridges are 
more plentiful than ever. JI saw more broods than for 
sere past. The season seems to be very favorable for 
them. 

Some illegal shootine has and is being done, but not so 
mtich as formerly. There is a growing tendency among 
the residents and woodsmen to a better observance of the 
game laws, 

For sportsmen going into the North Woods, I think 
there will be no hetter country than the region of the 
Jourdon, Church Pond, Crooked Pond, Foxe’s Marsh, 
Hollywood Still Water of the Raquette or the North 
Branch of the Grass. E. P. Si 


Virginia Game Conditions. 


RicHMon»D, Va., July 18.—According to my reports and 
observations, quail will be more abundant this fall than 
for many years. We have had a very open winter and a 
very dry spring, hence few birds died, and the hatching 
and rearing has been under the most favorable condi- 
tions, so much so that I fear it will prevent our secut- 
ing the necessary reforms in our many county game laws 
which are so confusing to sportsmen. Deer and grouse 
(pheasants) should be as plentiful as ever, and all are 
looking forward to a most pleasant season: 

; FRANKLIN STEARNS, 


Adirondack Deer. 


AM expecting to take my six weeks’ outing in the 
Adirondacks beginning Aug, 20. The shortening of the 
open season will work hardship to many whose vacations 
of necessity terminate Sept. 1. Inasmich as the State 
preserve belongs to the people, I should wish that the 
abbreviation might go to the other end of the season, for 
[am sure, now that hounding and jacking are outlawed, a! 
minimum of danger would acerue to the deer in August 
bv straight still-hunting, much less than for the last. 
fifteen days of the open season in November, But the 
deed is done, : ; 


> 


Jury 28, 1900.]| 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


69 


Sea and River ishing. 


Notes From Dennysville. 


Wuew Mr. Hallock writes of the snug corners that he 
finds one feels that the world is all full of just the right 
sort of places, but after all a good deal of responsibility 
remains with the enjoyee. I once coaxed a friend to go 
away up North with me, telling him incidentally about the 
goods things that we would have on the camp table— 
omelet of eider ducks’ eggs, caribou roasted on a birch 
spit, rich posted curlew, boiled pink salmon, sea trout fried 
in their own fat, beaver baked in a clay oven under 
ground, tender boiled jewel weed, cloud berries that make 
the tundra all golden, blueberries as big as cherries—and 
we would get all of these things without even asking for 
them, and nobody to pay. I was just as good as my 
word, and we had every one of the luxuries and more 
galore. Yet my companion was disappointed because we 
did not have everything at once. For instance, we would 
sometimes have nothing much beside curlew for a week; 
then just cloud berries for a week, and that’s the way we 
lived. If a bear stole the seal tenderloins, we would have 
to cut up the pectoral muscles for our own dinner, after 
finding where the bear had hidden our seal, and the table 
was not jist what a preconceived notion would have made 
it from my most trustworthy description. 

Last year Mr. Hallock wrote such a charming letter 
from Dennysville for Forrst AND StrEAmM that I cut it 
out and pasted it in my hat. The most beautiful village 
in Maine. People exceptionally nice. Salmon leaping in 
the river under the window at night. Trout to be had 
for the casting. Deer peered into the school house win- 


dows, and there were at Dennysyille about all of the things | 


that one would really care to see, I will not repeat th 

entire letter, because it is my policy to plagiarize freely 
from none but poor authors. Emerson says that plagiar- 
ism is proper if one transmutes lead into gold. The fact 
is that Mr. Hallock was right, but it requires the right 
men to see straight at his mark. It was like my de- 
scription of the table up North, When I read the letter 
I handed it to my wife, and said, “There, now!” So we 
came to Dennysville. 

A beautiful village it is indeed. The main street runs 
alongside of the cool Dennys River. The banks are lined 
with a free and inspiring growth of conifers—pine, larch, 
fir, spruce and white cedar. 
spacious grotinds overlooking the river are roomy and 
comfortable and very neat. Neatness in housekeeping is 
a characteristic of the good housewives here. The people 
are sO accommodating as to make a city man feel un- 
comfortable for fear that he may not keep his end up. 
Deer can be seen in the fields about the village on almost 
any eveninge—but the salmon and trout! As a salmon 
stream the name of the river is Dennys. Sawmilla fecit. 
Until very recently the river was full of salmon. There 
are half a dozen fine pools within the first two miles, and 
the salmon took the fly freely. They tell of Mr. Prime 
and Mr. Brackett taking eight or ten salmon a day. Shad 
came up the riyet in June in large schools, and furnished 
an abundance of toothsome fare for the people. Alewives 
crowded the ripples, and the poorer people laid up barrels 
of them against a snowy day. But these things are all 
spoken of in the past tense, because the lumber company 
has a sawmill at the head of tide water, and the artificial 
fishway will not allow breeding fish to pass. The natural 
fishway, a narrow channel running around the dam, has 
been closed because it allowed too much mill water to 
escape. Everything has been turned to utility for a few 
men, and the rest of the people are most naturally left out. 
In addition to barring the river against anadromous fish, 
the mill runs night and day, and fills the river with such a 
pudding of sawdust and shavings that few fish can even 
get up to the chief obstructions. 

Last Monday I went down to try the pool below the dam 
before the mill started after its Sunday rest. When the 
sawdust began to pour in at the beginning of the work 
day I hurried down to a pool a quarter of a mile below 
and got there just as the sawdust arrived. It was a sight 
worth the early morning rising to see the eels come down 
in distress in the cloud of refuse. So many eels I never 
saw before—thirty or forty in sight at a time, and all at 
the top of the water in a peculiar attitude. Their tails 
were at the surface of the water, and their heads down. 
They made an effort to keep going at the exact speed 
of the current, not faster or slower. In all probability 
they had learned that this was the best way to keep 
sawdust otit of their gills. An eel will stand about as 
much punishment as any fish on my visiting list, and if 
eels were driven out by the sawdust like flies ahead of a 
whisk broom I wonder how the noble salmon meets the 
sade ay: to say nothing of the sensitive alewives and 
shad. - dal 

All of this could be stopped by burning the sawdust and 
opening the natural fishway. The lumber company could 
then rent salmon fishing privileges for twice the amount 
of profit that their lumber brings, the people could have 


their shad and alewives again, and the eyesore of sawdust _ 


and slabs would be removed from the beautiful river that 
runs alongside the beautiful street. 

Tt is said that the mill and some 20,000 acres of timber 
land were purchased by the lumber company for $20,000, 
I could have sold the same property to four or five fisher- 
men tor $50,000, and would have kept one of the shares 
myself, before the river was ruined. It would now re- 
quire four years for restoring the stream to its normal 
condition. There are big trout in the river above the mill, 
and restocking from time to time would make‘it a grand 
trout stream if salmon fishermen wished to have trout in 
their waters. \ 

The salmon and shad and alewives still attempt to get 
past the dam, but in constantly diminishing numbers, and 
in two or three years more the mill will have accomplished 
in a free country what is not permitted in any old despotic 
civilization. Canada, with the effete ideas of European 
experience, requires mill owners to dispose of mill rubbish 
ina harmless way, and derives a great income from salmon 
properties. 

Last week T drove over to Calais to try the St. Croix 
River. On the Canadian side the mills were burning 
their mill refuse, and on the American side they were 
dumping it into God’s clean waters by the ton. The 


The village houses on 


salmon pool at Calais is an excellent one, and not much 
fished, perhaps for the reason that I did not stay, because 
fishermen like wild stirrotindings and do not care to fish 
in town. I made two or three casts, avoiding hooking 
a tailway train on the back cast, and hooked and brought 
to gaff a lively 1o-pound salmon. There were plenty of 
salmon there, and they were leaping all over the pool. A 
good fisherman can probably get salmon at Calais at almost 
any time during the summer, but I did not like to fish 
within sight of houses, and came away as soon as my 
salmon was landed. Then I found an Indian and went 
up tiver twenty or thirty miles to try for salmon in the 
woods. The fish had not as yet ascended so far, and I 
shall go again in a fortnight. 

The upper pools are so full of black bass that they are 
a nuisance to the salmon fisherman, very much like trout 
in Canadian rivers. I have gone to a lot of trouble to get 
good trout fishing, and have thought that a 2-pounder was 
a prize. It was only a careful study of the conditions that 
gave me many such prizes, and the wind and water and 
flies and time of day all had to be given consideration. 
On the other hand, on salmon rivers, where the sharp 
teeth of the trout destroy the expensive salmon flies, and 
the quicker fish get there ahead of the salmon, I have 
had several trout weighing from 1 to 5 potinds apiece rush 
for the fly at the same instant, and my guide spoke of 
them in a most disrespectful manner, calling them “cussed 
critters.” On the St. Croix the bass are “cussed critters.” 
I have gone a long way for bass fishing, and, as with trout, 
it was necessary to have the flies and the weather and the 
time of day just right. Even then about half of the bass 
would get off after they were hooked, and a good part of 
our time was spent in quiet contemplation by the river 
bank. On the St. Croix, when I did not want bass, they 
were rising all day long on any kind of a day, and to any 
sort of fly. They would hook themselves and would not 
get off, in spite of my giving them slack line and avoiding 
a strike. I had to catch five big bass out of one small 
stretch of salmon water before they would let me fish in 
peace. The bass were all set free again, excepting the few 
that we wanted for camp use, and I suspect that they wall 
have in future still less respect for the dangling of the 
artificial fly. 

Speaking of bass reminds me of something funny: Two 
years ago I wanted to take my wife fishing. She had 
never gone into the woods before, and had never caught 
a fish. One of the basic principles of her character was 
the idea that it was wrong to kill anything, bless her heart. 
She began gently with black flies and mosquitoes, and 
ended up in a blaze of glory with salmon and bears before 
we left the woods. That shows how environment modifies 
our ideas. I took her straight to the best part of one of my 
best salmon rivers. We stepped out into a wood road, 
where I showed her something about casting the fly. 
Then we went down to the river, and she made a fair 
sort of cast, and promptly hooked a 22-pound salmon, 
which she brought to gaff in good style in half an hour 


without help. She caught salmon right along—big ones— - 


and the funny part of it was that for the first few days 
she persisted in calling them bass. Her idea of fishing 
was that any one could step up to almost any rise, cast in 
a fly and hook salmon, and one might as well call them 
bass as anything else. Now what do you think of that? 
It simply illustrates the decadence that tollows too luxuri- 
otis living. I can now readily understand the downfall 
of Rome. Down South, where they haye no salmon, they 
call the pike-perch “salmon.’ That shows what perse- 
yerance will accomplish in the face of obstacles. 

Next summer I am going to a big wild salmon river 
again; one that is the real thing, and all full of silver 
springers, but this summer I wanted to experiment with 
United States rivers. The upper Penobscot and St. Croix 
are certainly magnificent salmon waters, but they need to 
be studied thoroughly. The Dennys River can be made 
an excellent salmon stream at a small part of the expense 
that one would pay for a Quebec river, and it does not 
need to be studied much. It is a comparatively small 
river. The St. Croix is not so large as the Penobscot, 
but it is a very large river nevertheless, and it is surpris- 
ing to me that its salmon possibilities were not worked 
out a hundred yeays ago. It is not a difficult river to 
manage. To be sure, it is not a smooth-flowing, con- 
tented river like the Ohio, nor is it a hell of a diapason 
of titantic bombardment like the St. Paul, but it has roar- 
ing rapids and thundering falls and long stretches of quiet- 
looking but determined current. One can make the entire 
trip from Vanceboro to the sea easily in a canoe without 
making any long carries, and there are always trout and 
bass to be had for camp fare and for the sport of fisher- 
men who are not too restless when in the presence of 
King Salmon. Rosert T, Morris. 

Dennysvitie, Me., July 1. 


Canadian Fishing Licenses, 


PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 20—Editor Forest and Stream: 
I notice in your issue of July 21 a letter signed Special 
and dated at Boston, July 14, which is headed Canadian 
Fishing Licenses.” Despite the fact that Special gives 
the residence of the person arrested at Yarmouth as 
Boston, and although no names are mentioned, I cannot 
but believe that my own was the arrest to which he 
refers, inasmuch as J am given to tinderstand that while 
warrants were issued for other parties, as stated in the 
letter, my own was the only case in which they pro- 
ceeded to the length of an actual arrest. I have always 
intended and still intend, no matter what the outcome of 
the pending proceedings, to send you a full report of 
the case, as raising a question of widespread interest to 
sportsmen in the United States, but inasmuch as my 
appeal of ‘the matter to the Department at Ottawa is still 
pending, I deem it premafttre to presently say anything 
definite in regard to the subject, In this spirit I ask 
that all further discttssion of the matter be postponed 
until after the Department of Marine and Fisheries has 
given final judgment upon my appeal, which is at pres- 
ent being proseciited. Pray rest assured that I shall at 
the proper time send you a full statement of the facts, 
coupled with the decision of the Department, whatsoever 
that may be, which statement, it is unnecessary to add, 
shall be over my own signature and not my nom de 
plume. WADLEIGH Brook. 


Sve the list of good things in Woodcraft in our adv. cols. 


A Yankee Muscallunge. 


THE staging of this sketch is one of the many beautiful 
spots of New England. Afloat on the placid Connecticut 
River, with the rocks of the Holyoke range on either 
hand, to the north stretch the broad, fertile “valley mead- 
ows” until their level sweep is broken here by the chim- 
neys of a large mantifacturing town, there by the bold 
bluff of the Stigarloaf Mountain, and on the west by the 
Berkshire Hills. These all combine to form a picture 
beautiful to the city-tired eyes of the writer, just begin- 
fing his vacation. 

The other members of the party are the Veteran, born 
and reared in a nearby village, but who saw service during 
and since the Civil War in the Navy, and the Drummer, 
who goes up and down, seeking whom he may sell brass 
goods to. All the brass he has, however, is carried in his 
sample bag, and on this day that is laid away. The shifty 
bamboo, the shining silk and the spoon hook are our 
weapons, and the peace of early morning on the water 
and of good tobacco is ours also. 

The morning gtows gray, and a breeze comes up, The 
writer, new at this kind of work, misses two strikes and 
takes to the oars in disgrace with himself, but full of en- 
joyment nevertheless. Is he not free from all care for a 
time? Free to watch the marvelous play of sun, wind and 
cloud over the landscape. Free to admire the skill of the 
Veteran, as the pliant tod sends the-spoon through the 
air ie light with unerring accuracy on a lilypad-encircled 
pool, 

The oars plash lazily in the cool water; to and fro spin 
the glittering spoons; nothing breaks the pleasing monot- 
ony except now and then the greater pleasure of a cap- 
ture. There is a qttick wake in the weed-forested water, 
the rod takes on the curve so beautiful to the angler’s eye, 
thete is a short, sharp tussle; the landing net is thrust 
under the fighting, struggling victim, and a black bass lies 
in the boat. Or perhaps only a slow heave in the water 
is seen, and a yellow perch is lifted ignominiously into 
view. The Veteran will growl, “Don't take the landing 
net for him; lug him in any old way—nuisance.” 

Still doing penance with the oars, I sit watching the 
Drummer in the bow casting and skittering with might 
and main. He prepares for another cast. As his spoon 
leaves the water, a huge fin-crowned back comes into 
momentary view. He almost drops his red. I have seen 
it too, and with an exclamation, “What a fish!” check the 
boat just before it reaches the eddy left by the big fish. 
That fellow, secure in his kingship, has risen within 10 
feet of the boat. Again and again the Drummer casts, 
with no result. The Veteran tells us to back off and wait 
ten minutes. Then we silently approach the spot again 
and send out the glittering lure. What knack of drawing 
that spoon has the older man acquired? For, within 
sight the monster pursues the Drummer’s spoon, then 
leaves it and seizes the Veteran’s tackle. Lightly hooked 
in the cartilages of the jaw, he pauses a moment, then 
moves off with the majesty of an ocean liner leaving her 
dock. Ten, twenty feet he goes; then, maddened by pain 
and fury as the Veteran sets the hook, he leaps “full 
speed ahead.” Out he goes, the Veteran growing anxious 
as he sees the fast-diminishing coils on the reel. Back 
goes the tip over the shoulder, and as the magnificent fel- 
low feels the added strain; up he goes full length out of 
the water, shaking his head savagely to dislodge the cling- 
ing steel. Foot by foot he comes toward us with wide 
side dashes. Near us he lies motionless on the water, 
“sizing up’ the strange creatures who torment him so. 
His large eyes gleam with untamed ferocity, and his 
olive green sides, relieved with coppery spots, quiver with 
excitement. Then he goes down straight to the bottom; 
then with a surge and heavy plunge he starts out ior a 
tun. The rod, bent to a semicircle, seems scarcely able to 
stand the strain. But the notes of the reel—this obligato 
solo is indescribable. Now a few staccato notes, now a4 
crescendo of rapid motion. Jt sings of proud endeavor, 
of almost unbearable effort and of victory. And to the 
true angler, once heard, “the song will never end.” Vain 
his mad rushes, his wily breaks; “the place thereof shall 
know him-no more!” With his strength exhausted, but 
his kingly spirit unbroken, he is taken into the boat, and 
the trap rocks on either side of the river re-echo the 
Veteran’s exultant “hurrah!” ; 

We row to the bank, and laying our prize on the grassy 
slope guess at his weight. “Eighteen pounds,” says the 
Drummer. “Twenty,” says the Veteran, and produces 
his pocket scales. Down sinks the brass pointer, until 
almost to the 20-pound mark, and we say “Nineteen 
pounds, not to be too strict with our good fortune.” Three 
times we lay the foot rule along his burnished side, scor- 
ing 38 inches from “tip to tip.” . 

Then we lunch, with many a glance at the gallant fish 
who had fought for freedom with a courage and dash 
worthy of old Massachusetts. GLA. 
Bayonne, N. J. 


Concerning the identity of C. R. A.’s “muscallunge,” 
Col, Sam’l Webber, who was for years one of the fish 
commissioners of New Hampshire, writes: There are 
no muscallonge and never have been in the Connecticut 
River to the best of my knowledge and belief. The fish 
referred to was unquestionably a pike simply and purely, 
miscalled a pickerel in the West and Northwest, and 
one of the descendants of the stock introduced from 
Lake Champlain into Plymouth Ponds, Vt., about 1836. 
These ponds are at the head of Black River, down which 
they escaped to the Connecticut, and I know of one ot 
17 pounds caught at Bellows Falls many years ago. I 
have several times had them brought to identity by fish- 
ermen who thought they were muscallunge simply on ac- 
count of their size and their difference from the common 
es and pond pickerel, but in all cases they were pure 
pike, 

In one case, which I believe I have noted in Forest 
AND STREAM, the fish was curiously colored, the light 
spots being orange, and the belly a bright yellow, prob- 
ably from living in a hole where an iron spring came 
into the river. 

Fish nomenclatute is badly mixed up in northern New 
Hampshire and Vermont. The great lake trout is a 
“lunge,” evidently an abbreviation of the same name. 
which was given him in ignorance, solely on account of 
his size, while in Maine he is a “logue” and in northern 
New York a “salmon trout,” the last being a very mean- 


7O 


FOREST: ANDs« STREAM.: 


: [Juny 28, 1900. 


i 


ingless misnomer and only possible of application to the 
sea trout of the British Provinces, which, like the sal- 
mon, winter in salt water. 

The Boston Herald a fortnight since spoke of the cap- 
tire of several large “salmon trout” in Diamond Ponds, 
where there never was a lake trout and which I can only 
interpret as referring to the descendants of the “win- 
ninish” which I planted in those ponds in 1881 and which 
so far have escaped’ public notice. Se ; 

I am trying to find out about it and if it is as I think 
will advise you. I know my plant of the same species 
in Connecticut Lake in 1880 has materialized satisfac- 

ily i ears. 
torily in the last few y senor 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Movemets of Western Sportsmen. 


Curcaco, Ill, July 21.—This -is naturally the dullest 
time of the year, as has been beiore remarked, yet not- 
withstanding bad weather, bad luck and bad prospects a 
great many of our Chicago anglers are going out, and 
some of them are coming back with good results to 
show for their outings. Below will be found notes re- 
garding some of the catches made during the past week 
and the little trips of others who are now absent or just 
starting to leave the city. 

Mr. E. L. Peniston and Mr. C. C. Haskins have re- 
turned from Long Lake, Wis., where they put in a cou- 
ple of weeks under rather unfortunate circumstances. 
They got rainy weather for nearly a week of their stay. 
They caught nine Great Northern pike running in weight 
from 5 to 15 pounds and fifty-five bass of good size. 

Mr. Harry Miner, whose uniformly good scores have 

been published from week to week throughout the sea- 
son, leaves again to-day for his regular weekly trip. On 
his last week's trip he caught in Wind Lake, Wis., twenty- 
two bass whose average weight was 3 pounds certainly 
a very nice catch indeed. Mr. Miner has probably had 
better bass fishing this summer than any other Chicago 
angler. Wind Lake is east_of Tishagon Lake, in that 
same country, east of Fox River and northeast of Bur- 
lington. . , 
' Another good point this year on the Wisconsin Cen- 
tral R. R. is my own old country around Mukwonago. 
At Eagle Lake the bass fishing has been running extraor- 
dinarily good, and I learn that the little creek which 
J. B. H. and I discovered years ago has this year been 
turning out some very heavy bass. Peace be with it. I 
shall never see it again, now that J. B. H. cannot go 
with me. : ; 

Mr. William White has been having good fishing in 
that Waukesha country and he goes up there again to- 
day, taking with him Mr. R. B. Organ. They will prob- 
ably have success. 

Mr. Byron E. Veatch, of the Tokalon Vineyard, has 
returned from his trip to the Flambeau River and the 
Mason Lake chain. Mr. Veatch made another good trip 
this year and is pleased down to the ground. He took 
eighty-five bass, the largest about 4 pounds, seyen mus- 
kellunge, four wall-eyed pike and one wildcat, What 
bait he used for the latter I do not know, but the cat 
was a very big one and his hide is much prized by Mr. 
Veatch. 

Mr. F. E. Schall has returned from Fox Lake, IIl., 
where in three days he killed twenty-five nice bass and 
two pike. 

Mr. Thomas Ambrose, of this city, had a very pleas- 
ant little experience wading the Fox River this week, 
He kiiled nine bass and one very large wall-eyed pike, 
the Jatter weighing 10 pounds plump. Mr. Ambrose 
usually fishes with the fly, but I presume was using bait 
when he took the wall-eye. , 

Mr, H. English has returned from his trip to State 
Line. He had a splendid time, but did not get very 
much fishing, catching only nine bass, seven wall-eyes 
and five pickerel. He took three days for a trip after 
muskellunge, and during the three days he got just one 
strike from a ‘lunge, which he failed to hook, Mr. Eng- 
lish is of the opinion that the people up there know how 
to take care of themselves. It costs a city angler $1.50 
to wall a mile and a quarter. It costs him $2.50 to walk 
four miles and $3.75 to walk twelve miles. The Lord 
only knows what it would cost if one rode instead of 
walking. If you get a team-you are not expected to 
ride, but pay for the privilege of walking behind the 
wagon. Mr. English is not so much grieved as puzzled 
over this tariff, but says he will know more about the 
game next time he goes up there. 


In Minnesota. 


Out in Minnesota they are not satished with catches 
of bass which would seem pretty large to us Chicago 
people. I was talking with some Minneapolis anglers 
while at that city last week and learned of some very 
good takes made not far from there. Mr. J. C. Jocelyn 
and Mr. Chas. Lewis fished for six hours one day in 
Lake Sylvia, and during that time took 108 nice bass. 
This was last week. A Mr, Melville, fishing at Shady 
Oak, in a small lake, caught eight bass which are said 
to have been the best in average seen in that country 
for a long time. The smallest of these fish weighed 
3/2 pounds, there were four which weighed 4% pounds 
each, one weighed 5 pounds and one 5% pounds, It 
should be added that these fish were dressed as soon as 
~caught and were weighed in the city some time after 
being taken and after they were cleaned. They must have 
been very big bass. 

) MreS: 8: Johnson, of Minneapolis, has not been hay- 
ing much fishing lately, but he told me of the famous 
sport which used to be had in Lake Martha and Lake 
Susan, above Minneapolis. Mr. Johnson said that when 
he first ran across these lakes he was with a camping 
party. They had no boat, but backed a Wagon out inta 
the lake so as to get nearer the deeper water. Mr. John- 
son stood in the back of the wagon while the other 
boys were fixing the tent and getting camp ready, and 
before they had this done he took forty-six small-mouth 
bass. To-day we have but little idea of the number of 
bass which once swatmed in these Minnesota lakes. 
Continual fishing has cut down the supply in many of 
these waters. In some parts of the State the Scandina- 
yian farmers use pill nets every fall for catching whitefish, 


Naturally these nets do not stop at whitefish, and in some 
of the farming settlements the lakes are now practically 
tuined for rod and reel purposes. ; 

Green Lake, near Taylor’s Falls, is one of the waters 
tipped for good bass fishing now. Mr. Matson, of one of 
the local gun stores, reported some success there during 
the week just past. 


Modest Bullhead Story. 


Lake Calhoun, within the city limits of Minneapolis, 
has certainly been fished pretty hard, but even now it 
yields occasional very good catches of bass. It was on 
Lake Calhoun that Mr. John Nilsson, of Minneapolis, 
the champion performer on skates, once had a singular 
experience with bullheads. I seem to be continually 
falling across remarkable bullhead stories, but I will 
preface this one by stating that it is not a competitor of 
the Kekoskee bullhead story, though had it been prop- 
erly nurtured it might have grown up into a good story 
in a modest way. Jt seems that when Mr. Nilsson was 
a mere boy he used to go down to the boat house on 
Lake Calhoun and play around, He discovered a hole 
in the floor of the boat house and also discovered that 
the water below the house was irequented by large num- 
bers of bullheads. Not having with him any fishing 
tackle, but having discovered a large beeisteak on the 
table of the club house, he bethought himself of a scheme. 
Taking a length of good stiff wire which he found near 
by, he firmly bound the beefsteak to one end of this 
wire, and breaking off the wire to a length of about 6 
feet he attached a stout cross piece at the top for a han- 
dle. Caretully inserting the beeisteak into the water, he 
was surprised to find himself nearly pulled through the 
hole by the multitude of bullheads which seized upon the 
beefsteak. Bracing himself strongly he extracted his 
bullhead machine from the lake and found attached to 
the beefsteak as many bullheads as there was room for 
the steak to hold. To make the story short, he repeated 
this operation until he had the floor of the club house 
entirely covered to a depth of several feet with bullheads. 
He only desisted because the steak wore out. It is too 
bad that he did not have a boarding house article for 
his operation, in which case he might perhaps have made 
a bullhead record worthy of comparison, in a humble 
way, with those of really good bullhead stories. 


Minnetonka Pike, 


I was stating that Mr. W. L. Wells and myself intended 
to fish a little on Lake Minnetonka. We did get ut 
for a couple of days with Mr. Carrington Phelps, of 
Spring Park. We did nothing very startling with { \e 
bass, but raised some disturbance among the Minne- 
tonka pike. For some reason or other the pike, or pick- 
erel, as they are locally called, seemed to be very gary 
in those waters, and I must say that we had sevezal 
pretty stiff fights with them. I struck one which weighed 
8 or 10 pounds, and which had to be brought up to the 
boat seven times before Mr. Phelps could get a hold on 
him strong enough to get him in the boat. This fish 
had evidently fought once too often and had fought be- 
fore. One side of its jaw was nearly torn away, from a 
mix-up with some former spoon hook, I caught this 
fish on a little Skinner casting spoon about as big as 
my thumb nail, with a frog on the single hook. It made 
a tattling good fight and turned out to be the gem of 
our collection for that day. 

Regarding this particular pickerel, I must add a word. 
Billy Wells had come over to my place that day from 
his cottage, four miles away, on his wheel, and when 
he started to go home at the end of the day I told him 
to take the big pike along, as I could not use so big a 
fish. The question was how to carry the pike, and in 
solying this problem Mr. Wells showed the genius of 
the real outdoor man. He lashed the fish firmly to his 
rod case with stout twine and then lashed the rod case 
fast to the frame of his wheel The old fellow was longer 
than the rod case and longer than the wheel, and when 
Mr. Wells started off astride of him through the woods 
the pike was sticking out fore and aft in a rather remark. 
able manner. I imagine any one meeting Mr. Wells 
on the road must have been somewhat surprised. The 
latter, however, states that he got the fish home safely 
and it proved very good, baked. 

On another day when we went out together Mr. Wells 
was high hook. We had very heavy wind that day and 
ought to have caught some bass, but failed to do so. We 
had to have something to eat for lunch, and so started out 
to catch some humble sunfish. We must have anchored 
just above the original sunfish tabernacle, for we began 
to catch them, great big fellows, too, about as fast as we 
could drop worms down to them. We caught a minnow 
pail full and had to stop. After lunch we resumed our 
trolling, and this time it was Mr. Wells who had all the 
luck. He took several pike—his largest about 6 or 7 
pounds, and I think this fish was the handsomest pike I 
ever saw. It was thick, fat, and nicely colored. and it put 
up a fight as good as any muskellunge of the same 
weight. It sprang clear of the water once, quite like the 
muskellunge, and it needed a great deal of care in handling 
to get it into the boat at all. We regretted very much 
that we had not caught this fish before lunch instead of 
after, so that Mr. Phelps might once more perform his 
famous act of broiling cutlets of pike over ironwood 
coals. This feast we had had the day before, and found 
it mighty good. Mr. Wells and I fished together for a 
little while one rainy day in Black Lake, and though we 
had ten strikes, we succeeded only in landing three small 
pike. I got one nice fellow up by the side of the boat, but 
he stood up on his tail, shook his head and threw the 
spoon more than the length of the boat away ftom him, 
We concluded that the pike was not such a slow fish after 
all. 

The bass fishing is not good in Minnetonka now for 
the average man. The bass have left the shallows and 
are lying on the reefs in deep water. Unless one knows 
the location of the bars he is not apt to get very many 
bass. Minnows are better now than frogs. few 
parties of whom I heard had been taking twenty or thirty 
bass a day, still-fishing on the bats. ae | 


A Boat Trip on the Father of Waters, 


Mr, J. Edmund Strong, whom I have mentioned as 
starting for the north on a canoe trip With his friend, Mr. 


Selz, writes me yery pleasantly regarding their experience 
in this the latest of their joint boating trips: 

“Mr. Selz and I returned home on Monday night of 
last week,” he says, “after a canoeing cruise of ten days 
on the Chippewa and Mississippi rivers from Eau Claire 
to North McGregor. We had an exceedingly pleasant 
trip, but were disappointed in our fishing, having prac- 
tically none. It was out itipression when we embarked at 
Eau Claire that we had a distance of something less than 
150 miles to paddle, but we soon found that the distance 
was nearer 250 miles. We therefore made up our minds 
that we would ‘plug’ for the first three days or so and do 
our fishing and loafing on the latter part of the trip, 
Tuesday night, however—the night hefore the Fourth— 
we had some tremendous thunder storms, followed later 
in the night by a wind storm that was almost a hurti- 
cane. These stirred up the Mississippi and made it very 
muddy, and the continued rains and winds we had more 
or less for the ensuing several days kept it so all the 
way down, so that it was wholly impossible for us to fish, 
Had the river been in good condition we would un- 
doubtedly have had some very nice fishing, as we passed a 
great deal of very good fishing ground. 

“The Chippewa River we found most delightful; the 
Mississippi less so. From Reed’s Landing down to 
Winona the stream and surtoundings were interesting, but 
from Winona to La Crosse it was monotonous and tire- 
some, the stream being very broad, full of bars, channel 
very crooked, and we had a great deal of fierce head 
wind, with heavy seas. From La Crosse down to North 
McGregor we found the river more pleasant than any 
other portion of it we traveled over, the channel being 
narrower and-we being closer to the bluffs either on one 
side or the other all the way down. 

“We took with us from here our Peterboro canoe, tents, 
rubber beds, blankets and part of our commissary, com- 
pleting the latter at Eau Claire. We had previously hired 
at Eau Claire, through the very kind assistance of Mr. 
Geo. F. Winslow, of that city, a cook and a boatman, also 
a large skiff for the transportation of our two men and 
our outfit. Both the cook and the boatman proved most 
excellent men, and the frequency of towns all along the 
Mississippi enabled us to keep our commissary in good 
shape. All in all, we enjoyed the trip exceedingly, but 
the conclusion we reached after our trip over the Mis- 
sissippi was that the smaller tributary streams are much 
more pleasurable for canoeing.” 


Wants Bigger Trout. 


Judge J. M. Kenyon, of Toledo, O., under date of July 
20, writes regarding trout fishing on the Au Sable and 
elsewhere. Judge Kenyon wants to find a place where he 
will get fewer trout and bigger ones, and he goes on to 
say: 

“I was much interested in your letter, ‘A Michigan 
Fishing Trip,’ as I had spent the first thirteen days of 
May on the Au Sable, a little account of which appears. 
2 the same isste as an interview with my friend, J. 
Beebe. 

“I found the fishing excellent as to numbers, but small 
in size—at least two-thirds of the fish over 6 inches were 
under 8 inches—and while these small ones are delicious 
to the palate, and afford pretty good sport where one can 
only catch a few of them, they become a nuisance when 
they are so plentiful and one wants to get some larger 
fish. When I go fishing it is for out-door life and exer- 
cise, and I like to put in 6 or 8 hours each day whipping 
the water, at least, and don’t care to do it when I catch 
so many fish under 8 inches. For that reason I am looking 
for ‘new pasture.’ For that reason I write to ask if you 
can giye me any information as to the Jotirdan, Pere 
Marquette or Manistee, where to strike the stream or who 
to write to. I want to put in about ten days the latter 
part of August. Will probably go alone.” 

I have advised Judge Kenyon to try the Pere Marquette, 
and I hope Mr. John Waddell, of Grand Rapids, will post 
him on localities. Can any other good-hearted Michigan 
angler help Judge Kenyon with suggestions? 


Some of the Saginaw Crowd. 


My industrious friend, Mr. W. B. Mershon, of Saginaw, 
seems to be still extracting a little fun out of life as he 
goes along. This week he thinks of starting with the 
private car of the Saginaw Crowd for a fishing trip in 
Quebec. There will be only four gentlemen of the 
“Crowd” along, all taking their wives, They surely do 
know how to live in Saginaw. 

=. Hauer, 
HartFrorp BuiLpinc, Chicago, Ill, 


In the Louisiana Lowlands. 


A skeETon of plantation life, fishing and camping just 

after the Civil War, and other tales, by Fred Mather. 
Three hundred and twenty-one pages, with author’s por- 
trait. Price, $1.50. Forest and Stream Publishing Co, 
Sent postpaid on receipt of price. 
_ This new volume from the press of Forest and Stream 
Publishing Co. takes its title from the series of Louisiana 
Lowland chapters contributed by Mr. Mather to the 
FOREST AND STREAM. 

To the paper have come many requests for the story 
in book form. Here it is. As “Men I Have Fished 
With” and in fact whatever came from Mr. Mather’s pen 
deserves a more permanent form than the ephemeral 
vogue of current literature, to the “Louisiana Lowlands” 
have been added others: “On the Tangipahoa,” “Fish- 
ing with Bow and Arrow,” “On Bistineau”’ “Gabder 
Pull in Arkansas,” “An Arkansas Turkey Shoot,” the 
series around the camp-fire—‘Frank’s Story,” “The 
Paymaster’s Story,” “The Majot’s Story,” “Catching an 
Octopus,” “Some Virginia Men and Fish,” “Cooking a ~ 
Trout in Camp.” It is a volume which will hold a per- 
manent place in the list of books dear to sportsmen, 


A Large Vermont Bass. : 


Pouttney, Vt, July 17—A fine small-mouth black 
bass weighing over 6 pounds was caught here on Lake 
St, Catherine, by Mr, Mandeville B, Ladd, of Albany, 
N. ¥. It is reported that this is the largest small-mouth 
bass ever caught on Jake St, Catherine, I. M.D 


Jury 28, 1900.] — 


Susquehanna Fishing. 


Sayre, Pa, July 19—A torrid July night! The clock 
strikes 10: Pen and pad are slipped into the capacious 
drawer of the ink-begrimed Writing desk and work for 
the might ceases. { 

Then from out a chair in the dim corner of the réorii 
arises a tall, slim lad of ten with sun-kissed cheeks and 
the big, dark eyes of a sweet mother now abiding beyond 
“the valley of the shadow of death,” and softly gliding to 
the back of the desk chair he affectionately rubs a velvety 
cheek against a four days’ growth of beard, and anxiously 
queries, “Papa, when are you going fishing?” 

- In sootheful tones the father seeks to give the son re- 
flewed assurances of the fulfillment of a promise to play 
angler for a day, atid the animated discussion of the 
matter concludes by father and son adjourning to an up- 
Stairs apartment, where the younger of the pair plunges 
into the depths of the family trunk and brings forth a 
wonderfully defaced cigar box, from out whose con- 
tracted space a wretched snarl of hooks, lines, spoons, 
bass flies, sinkets, “bobbers,” etc, are promiscously 
tumbled in historic boy fashion. 

Down on the floor with heads dangerously neat the 
puffy kerosene lamp go man and boy, forgetful of the 
hour, and all weariness absorbed in the enthusiasm that 
is well nigh universal at this season. The merits* ana 
capabilities of each particular utensil belonging to that 
rickety cigar box are graphically dwelt upon as the 
clock ticks on past the bed time hour, until the extremes 
of age are effaced and only the joyous companionship 
of two angling enthusiasts remains to sign and compact 
a mutually delightful agreement to go fishing at the first 
opportunity. ; 

Thus it happens that a chained-to-work citizen of Sayre 
and a bright young student of Forest anp STREAM litera- 
ture are daily inventing original and deadly fashions of 
flirting the toothsome fly, meanwhile watching alertly 
for a chance to steal away for a day’s otiting afloat the 
lovely Susquehanna. / 

God bless the boys over whom broods the spirit of the 
gentle Walton! May they increase in numbers and man- 
liness, and become, if not Presidents, the noble citizens of 
the first Republic! . 


— oat 


Some of the gayest angling of the season is now being 
had on the Susquehanna, beginning at a point shortly 
below Athens and continuing well past Wyalusing, Pa. 

Two. citizetis of Athens wete on the aforementioned 
river July 16 atid took fifty black bass, avering nice size, 

The 18th inst., Geo. Crawford arid C. W. Ballard, of 
Athens, rowed down the river some sevefi imiles, and 
during a merry day’s angling caught twenty-seven black 
bass averaging from 34 to 1 pound. One day last week 
on the Susquehanna, opposite Wyalusing, Charles E. 
Courtney, Dr. Brown and one or two other Ithaca anglers 
took thirty black bass. Wyalusing enjoys more than a 
merely local reputation as an outfitting point for bass 
fishing, and it is easily reached on the main line of the 
Lehigh Valley Railroad. Points between Wyalusing and 
Athens, including Ulster and Towanda, afford excellent 
bass fishing, and just now, by virtue of a continued 
drought and a lack of food coming in from tributary 
streams, the bass are said to be biting voraciously. 

On the Chemung and Susquehanna at points abreast of 
Sayre and Athens, a good many yellow bass, rock bass 
and not a few black bass are being caught. Some yellow 
bass running in weight to 10 pounds have been taken. 
One party, whose name is not at hand, caught a dozen 
yellow bass one morning recently, the lightest one scoring 
4 pounds, the heaviest ro pounds. 

The fishing on both these rivets, in this particular 
locality, at least, would be greatly benefited if the illegal 
fishermen, those who use “outlines” or “set lines,” nets, 
etc., were forced to desist. So flagrant and open-handed 
have these violaters lately become that the Sayre and 

Athens Evening News last night devoted a scathing article 
to the practices of this lawless element, and concluded by 
calling upon the authorities to suppress the law defiers. 

To any intending fishermen of the Susquehanna, advice 
may be tendered to use for bait live minnows, green frogs, 
helgramites or young bullheads, flies of the approved 
fashion being, of course, always in order. River fishing, 
as experienced from the gleam of the picturesque Sus- 
quehanna, hath its unsurpassed delights, both in the far 
reach of the onspeeding waters and the glorious beauty 
of the bordering country. Variety, such as every new 
bend in the classic river affords, is enriched with en- 
chantments. Added to this, the promise of delightsome 
sport with a “dead game” member of the finny nation, and 
you have an inducement that only a patriarch with a 
torpid liver and a fancy for Chinese fiction can passively 
resist. CHILL. 


July Fishing in Maine. 


Boston, July 23——Not only has the interest in angling 
in New England waters been greater this season than 
ever before, but ic is holding out into the hot weather 
mast remarkably. I was somewhat surprised to find 
fishermen trolling July 14 on Rangeley waters about as 
mitch as in the earlier season, and to find that they are 
actually taking pretty good strings of trout and salmon, 
Perhaps the weather and the high water have much to do 
with their success. In that region it had rained every 
‘day for four weeks up to July 17—only showers some 
days, but a rain nevertheless. The woods were as full of 
water as in spring time, and the lakes are as full as they 
eyer are in early spring. Good strings are being brought 
in at Bemis, H. C, Kennedy, of Brooklyn, and Dr. H. 
M. Wells, of New York, brought in fifty trout one after- 
noon last week, all taken on the fly. T. B. Stewart, the 
veteran angler, is taking some good trout and salmon at 
the Upper Dam. He fishes the Pool nearly every day. 
Mr. Doane has been fishing there of late. The catch of 
both these anglers is generally returned to the water. 

At Moosehead the same April weather has been ex- 
perienced as at the Rangeleys, and though it has kept the 
sportsmen, as well as summer boarders. indoors. it has 
also greatly improved the fishing, the record being ex- 
cellent for the past two or three weeks. From Eustis and 
the Dead River waters come reports of most excellent 
stream fishing, the rain and high water generally being 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


favorable. The few anglers who have had the courage 
to thread the rain-charged forests and wade the some- 
what swollen streams have been rewarded with fine creels 
of trout. 

Mr. L. O. Crane, of Boston, is at Big Island Pond, 
Megantic Preserye, with Mrs. Crane. He writes that the 
camps ate all full there now, a party of sixteen having 
just come if. Fishing in all the ponds around Big 
Island is gool and improving. In Big Island it has been 
poor since the hot weather. “It rains about all the time, 
and has for the last four weeks. There is not much left 
of the roads, except the rocks, The rains have washed 
them about all away. I got twenty-five trout in L. 
Pond one afternoon, and Angie” (Mrs. Crane) “about a 
dozen. We saved about half of them for the table. Two 
men got about a hundred in Grant and Northwest ponds 
the same afternoon. Great improvements have been made 
in the camps here the present season, but the greatest of 
all is the big, log dining camp and kitchen. From this 
point the lakes, woods and mountains are everything in 
the way of yiews, fresh ait and ozone. It suits us way 
to the ground, On the way in J saw one of the biggest 
bucks I have ever seen, across a field a little way from 
the Shaw House. We also saw two large does and three 
flocks of partridges. The deer stood together and never 
moved as we passed by, only about 50 yards away.” 

Mr, Frank N. Gannong, of the Boston Herald, is still 
trying the bass atid pickerel in Sudbury River, with occa- 
sional good success. He got a couple of fine bass last 
week. He says that the amount of fishing done there is 
great, boats are moying all the time, and it is a wonder 
that any fish are left. Mr. John G. Wright, a well-known 
Boston angler, has started for an extended fishing trip to 
the north shore of Lake Superior, He promises me a 
fill account of that country on his return. Fish Com- 
missiotiet Henry O. Stanley called on me the other day. 
He is much pleased with the way the fishing is holding 
out in Maine waters this year. He has made another im- 
provement in his Rangeley spinner, attaching a small, 
loose hook to the same, just above the other hook, the gut 
passitig through an eye at the end of the hook, He has 
also changed the coloring of the spoon, decorating the 
white body with carmine spots and mottles. 

At Billy Soule’s, Gupsuptic Lake, Mr. Hugh G. Brown, 
of Boston, has been taking some fine trout and salmon. 
Mrs. S. J. Knight and Miss Susie Knight are enjoying 
the fishing. Mr. M. M. Gillam has been enjoying a fishing 
and outing vacation at Munyon’s camps. He has had fine 
sport on Quimby and other ponds. The camps and cot- 
tages at the Rangeleys are fast filling up with summer 
boarders, who care but little for fishing. 

Senator W, P. Frye, of Maine, is just out from salmon 
fishing at the Ristigouche. His success has been good, as 
it always is with the gamy fish, and no one enjoyes it 
mote. He sent home to Mr. F. H. Briggs, of Auburn, 
Me., a salmon of 22 pounds weight. This was one of four 
large ones taken in one day. The fish fought an hour, but 
Senator Frye was equal to the task in every way, though 
the capture was a long way down river from the strike. 
The Senator will pass the rest of the summer at Squirrel 
Island, going to his camp, Mooselucmaguntic Lake, in 
the early fall. to again try the trout. SPECTAL. 


San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 


MEDAL contests, series 1900, contest No. 9, held at Stow 
Lake, July 14. Wind, strong west; weather, good: 


Eyent Event Event 
No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, 
Distance, Accuracy, ———~—Eyent No. 8,———, _ Lure 
Feet. Percent, Acc. % Del. % Net Casting% 
Brooks ......... 107 67 78 60.10 69.5 
Brotherton ..,.. 116 84.4 87.4 63.4 15.4 85 
Edwards :...... 105 84.4 87.8 74.2 80.11 64 8-5 
HVierebin peta.) ee 101 91 &4 71.8 77.10 nm 
Golcher ........ 124 86.4 77.8 19.2 78.5 rf 
Tovet® tee 124 91 79.8 79.2 79.5 97 
Mansfield ...... ... 93.8 91 76.8 83.10 87 3-5 
Muller .ts:..... 102 - 90 85.4 75 80.2 oe 
WOump. Mrt.des. 8 88 73. 80.8 no 
Judges, Golcher and Everett; referee, Brotherton; clerk, 
Smyth. - 
July 15. Wind, strong west; weather, foggy: 
A Battier 95 89 89 80 81.6 73 4-5 
Brooks .,....... 106 79.8 3 67.6 75.3 66 
Brotherton ..... 121 87.8 91.8 78.4 85 8&7 1-5 
Golcherm 26 91 91 75.10 83.5 HF 
Everett: ....2... 08 92 90 75.10 82.11 2: 
lEtHyeksnens ose ss 103.6 83.8 92.4 73.4 82.10 “i: 
TER ned e KeABeee 90 91 87.8 78.4 83 sk 
TOVEEbs niles 123.6 9.04 90.4 75 82.8 98 4-5 
Mansfield ...... ... 95 89.8 84.2 86.11 85 1-5 
IRGOS: eee 74 ie 71.4 50 0.8 Hs 
Stratton ....,... $9 82.8 86 79.2 82.7 73 
miheysceee”) Tree oa 109 92. 91,8 79.2 85.5 


Chicago Fly-Casting Club. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

Here is the score of the first contest of the Chicago Fly- 
Casting Club for this season. The lagoon was in such 
filthy condition we could not finish the scores: 

Distance and 


Accuracy, Bait Casting. 

Per Cent, Per Cent. 
DEED SRE la SGom a See ees Cor cicicen «Puneet 75 96 4-15 
TWEE Re Bellowsevacncearescccites cir nieeeee 87 1-3 96 14-15 
Te ele Eda ckertas aa soon occise cpeyeak wkee ee 521-3 94 7-15 
WS BIMBO MIU ass anse ce step uprgece weet 86 1-3 88 2-5 
H. Greenwood.. 81 2-3 94 2-5 
Ty Guettascalle. 5 89 1-3 96 2-5 
Nar @Clestoneacy canenert Lusea boas ae ses, 892-3 92 2-15 
BY JRapsetiorinanessme see swet ass see as bees 911-3 85 8-15 
OMINOUS REe ti aterek rie ss cstanbabad-sutcettti ss 922-3 95 4-15 
Cie Salter spicata sees vous e ses ebb enuen 46 96 
rey Orsi GLLe Sete neers ars ire cee ee ye 91 1-3 92 14-15 
SAY oye V8 lore ac do ow soremer wy» Np reweicasececed Toe yee se 87 
Fee AGT Swit lien ew onan barre ent. 73 1-3 86 13-15 


Geo. A, Murrett, Sec’y-Treas. 


Cayuga Lake Fishing. 
Worp comes from Cayuga Lake, N. Y., to the effect 


that at Union Springs all the witchery of good fishing is ~ 


now to be had, Union Springs has for some time enjoyed 


the distinction of being a splendid outfitting point for ~ 


the best muscallonge, pickerel and bass fishing in central 
New York. At Canoga Point. across from the Springs, 
are some noble pickerel and muscallonge grounds. For 
this fishing, go via Auburn division of the Lehigh Valley 
Railroad; stop off at Union Springs and outfit at Notm 


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Perch of large dimensions are also 


Carr’s supply house. 
to be caught at the above point, At Cayuga village, the 
extreme north end of the lake, muscallonge, pickerell, 
Oswego and black bass, perch, and, I am told, pike, may 


be taken. Mud Lock, two or three miles below Cayuga, 
furnishes some excellent pickerel fishing. While the 
muscallonge do not average large in size, they are of 
high quality, and fighters to the final degree. Oswego 
bass are taken of goodly weight, and they are of deliciotts: 
table quality. e 

Cayuga village is a sequestered hamlet clinging, in’ 
part, tenaciously to an unromantic hillside, but there is 
an ancient flavor and a fine old art look to the place which 
the true angler cannot resist. So he will be charmed with 
its setting, fall a victim to its calm, still behavior and 
proceed to catch fish for the public gaze, 

Upon the whole, there are happy days in store for the 
angler who chooses to pass a brief vacation along 
Cayuga’s waters. M, Cait. 


American Fisheries Society. 


Tue American Fisheries Society annual meeting was 
held at Wood’s Holl, Mass., last week, President Jno. W. 
Titcomb presiding. The attendance was large, all parts 
of the country being represented. A visit was made to 
New Bedford and the Wild Wood trout hatchery at 
East Freetown, the proceedings of the society being con- 
tinued on the United States Commission steamer Fish 
Hawk on the way. Another excursion was to Provi- 
dence and the oyster beds in Narragansett Bay, with am 
old-fashioned Rhode Island clambake. The next meet- 
ing will be held July 19-21, 1901, at Milwaukee. The: 
new officers are: President, F. B. Dickerson, Michigan: 
Vice-President, E. Bryant, Wisconsin; Secretary, Sey- 
mour Bower, Michigan; Corresponding Secretary, W.. 
DeC. Ravenel; Treasurer, C. W. Miller, Rhode Island; 
Executive Committee, Alden Solmans (Connecticut), 
Frank N, Clarke (Michigan), Dr. James (Philadelphia), 
Mr. Hamilton (New York), Mr. Stranahan (Georgia), 
Mr, Wentworth (New Hampshire) and Mr. C. O’Malley 
(Washington). 


Fishing and Shooting at Gaspe. 


In response to an inquiry, Com. J. U. Gregory, of Que- 
bec, tells us of Gaspé, which is on the Baie des Chaleurs, 
or Chaleurs Bay: 

Shooting caribou, partridge, duck and snipe begins in 
September. Fishing is allowed up to October for trout, 
and salmon can only be fished by permit from lessees of 
tivers, and hard to be obtained, Sea trout plentiful up 
the rivers. Sea fishing for cod, mackerel, etc., can be 
enjoyed. Hotel good, and rates not high—about $1.50 per 


f day. There are also one or two boarding houses. Taker 


all in all, Gaspé is a very nice place to spend some time 
in at very reasonable rates. Carleton, Baie des Chaleurs, 
is another beautiful place; good fishing and shooting, and 
cheap. Can go there by rail all the way. This is the 
cheapest, and, I think, the finest place. Port Daniel is 
another beautiful spot in Baie des Chaleurs. - 


Fishing with Kites, 


ALLENHURST, N. J., July 21—Mr. E. I. Horsman has 
been conducting a series of experiments for catching fish 
in the ocean by the use of kites. Fishing in this way is 
unfortunately limited to days when the wind is blowing 
off shore. A tandem of kites is sent into the air and a 
small pully is attached to the main string, through which 
the fish line is rove, then the kites are let out enough to. 
enable the fisherman to drop his baited hooks into the 
surf or-wherever the fish may be running. At the first 
trial a big bluefish was caught, but Mr. Horsman had left 
the reel, and the delay in drawing in the kites caused the 
loss of the fish. This system of fishing can be used in 
swiftly running channels, the surf or in rapids where boats 
could not go with safety. , 


Barnegat Bay. 


Barnecat City, N. J., July 21—Rod fishing in the 
surf for channel bass or red drum continues good. Many 
striped bass have been taken. A new way to reach 
Barnegat City is by the steamer Connetquot, which plies 
between this point and Barnegat Pier. The Pennsylvania 
Railroad from New York at 12:20 reaches the pier at 
3:37 and the steamer brings one there in an hour. 
In the morning it connects at the pier at 7:16 with 
the Toms River express, which gets into New York at 
9:53. This route is sixty miles shorter than the old 
one, and saves two hours in time. : 

July 22—Mr. E. G. Chandler caught fifty-seven fine 
striped bass yesterday. This makes 102 for two days’ 
fishing. Fishing is very good. Weakfish are very plenti- -. 
ful and running very large, some of them 4 pounds. 


Sea Bass and Fluke by the Barrel. 


Queenswater, L. L., July 23—The new fishing grounds 
known as Queenswater Ridge are proving a veritable 
bonanza for local fishermen. It is no uncommon thing for 


. fishing parties to catch two barrels of fish to a boat at one 


tide. The first bass of the season was caught last week. 
It weighed 8 pounds. 


Fire Island Bluefishing, 


SAYVILLE, L. I.. July 23.—Renorts come of large catches 
of bluefish off Fire Island Inlet. One captain came in 
with 300 pounds caught by trolling. Mr. E. Childs and 
some friends caught thirty-two on Friday weighing from 
8 to 14 pounds. 


Srne Belgian 


Hare, 


THe Belgian hare breeding industry has assumed the 
dimensions of a craze. Starting on the Pacific Coast, it 
has crossed the Rocky Mountains and is making gigan- 
tic strides—or leaps. since we are speaking of hares— 
eastward toward the Atlantic. Reports are printed of 
profits of $40 per year from the produce of one doe, 
matketed in New York city; and it appears that fancy 
breeds which boast requisite pedigrees run in yalue from 
$500 to $1,000, The hare is in many sections a close sec- 
end to the hen as a revenue bringer, 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


[JuLy 28, 1900: 


Che Kennel. 


Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIALS. 


Aug. 21.—Emmetsbure, JIa.—Third annual field trials of_the 
Towa Field Trials Association. M, Bruce, Sec’y, Des Moines, Ia. 

Aug. 28.—Sioux Falls, S. D.—Inaugural field trials of the South 
Powe Bield Trials Association. Olav Haugtro, Sec’y, Sioux 

alls, : 

Sept. 3-4.—La Salle, Manitoba, Can.—Western Canada Kennel 
Club’s annual field trials; A. Lake, Sec’y, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 


an. 

Sept. 6-7.—Brandon, Manitoba, Can.—Third annual field trials of 
the Brandon Kennel Club. Dr. H. J. Elliott, Sec’y. 

pepe 11. , Manitoba, Can.—Fourteenth annual field trials of 
the Manitoba Field Trials Club. Eric Hamber, Sec’y, Winnipeg, 
Manitoba, Can. 

Oct 30.—Senecaville, O.—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association’s sixth annual field trials. A. C, Peterson, 
Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. 
ov. 7—Hampton, Conn.—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
J. E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 

Nov. 7-8.—Lake View, ich.—Third annual field trials of the 
pichieos Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 


ich, 

Nov. 12.—Bicknell, Ind—Third annual field trials of the In- 
vependent Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 
n 


Nov. 18.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec’y. 

Nov. 16—Newton, N. C.—Eastern Field Trials Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Noy. 19, Derby. 
Simon €, Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn, 

.—Illinois Field Trials Association’s second 
QO. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, Ill. 


1 
Can.—Second_ annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec’y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. 


Nov. _ Pa—Central Beagle Club’s annual field trials. A. 
C. Peterson, Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. : 
Nov. 22.—Glasgow, Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. 
ov. 27.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Trials Association. L. S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. 
ov. 30.-Newton, N, C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Dec. 8, Derby. Theo, 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 


Eastern Field Trials Derby. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

Following are the entries for the Eastern Field Trial 
Club’s Derby of 1900, Of the forty-nine, thirty-three are 
setters and sixteen pointers: 

Vevary, b., w. and t, setter bitch, March (Tony Boy— 
Lena Belle), P. Lorillard, Jr. 

Tom Boy, b., w. and t. setter bitch, March (Tony Boy 
—Lena Belle), P. Lorillard, Jr. 

Belle Boy, b., w. and t. setter dog, March (Tony Boy— 
Lena Belle), P. Lorillard, Jr. 

Bow Knot, b., w. and_t. setter dog, March (Why Not— 
Binnie B,), P. Lorillard, Jr. : 

J. C., b. and w. pointer dog, 
F. R. Huntington. 

Hobson, b., w. and t. setter dog, February (Rodfield— 
Doll Gladstone), A. N. Davis. 

Elba, 1. and w. setter bitch, March (Guy—Belle), A. P. 
Sturges. 

St. Helena, b., w. and t. setter bitch, March (Guy— 
Belle), R. D. Winthrop. 

Belle Croxteth, b. and w. pointer bitch, January (Hugo 
IIl.—Gyp), P. W. Harris. 

Verona Cap, o. and w. setter dog (Count Gladstone IV. 
—Daisy Croft), Mrs. P. H. Hurst. 

Verona Diavalo, b., w. and t. setter dog, January 
(Count Gladstone [V.—Daisy Croft), Mrs. P. H. Hurst. 

Verona Reon, o. and w. setter bitch (Count Gladstone 
IV.—Daisy Croft), Mrs. P. H. Hurst, 

Verona Wiltheinson, b., w. and t. setter bitch (Count 
Gladstone—Countess K.), Mrs. P. H. Hurst. 

Verona Spice, o. and w. setter bitch (Count Gladstone— 
Countess K.), Mrs. P. H. Hurst. 

Mark Twain, b., w. and t. setter dog, March (Joe 
Cumming—Miss Osthaus), E. L. Jamison. 

Fairview Dream, I. and w. setter bitch, March (Vis- 
count Furness—Fairview Fly), W. Gould Brokaw. 

Glad Tidings, b., w. and t. setter bitch, May (Dave 
Earl—Accellerando), E. A. Meiser. 

Lottie Gladstone, b., w. and t. setter bitch, January 
(Berber—Tory Lit), F. R. Trogdon. 

Bit, b., w. and t. setter bitch, March (Count Ladystone 
—Fary Sport), Arthur Stern. 

Davy Crokett, b., w. and t. setter dog, November 
(Tony Boy—Hoosier Girl), Dr. F. Y. Long. 

Joe Howard, b, and w. pointer dog, March (Brighton 
Joe—Queen), A. M. McLachlan. ; 

Tick’s Maid, 1. and w. pointer bitch, March (Tick Boy 
—Fawn), George Crocker. 

Tick’s Peble, 1. and w. pointer dog, March (Tick Boy 
—Fawn), George Crocker, ; 

Silence, b. and w. setter dog (Sam T.—Belle of Alma), 
George Crocker. : 

Black Jack, b. and w. pointer dog, March (Plain Sam 
—Clip Strideway), E. O. Damon. ' 

Kipling, b., w. and t. setter dog, March (Joe Cumming 
—Miss Osthaus), E. H. Osthaus. 

Cap Scott, b., w. and t. setter dog, March (Joe Cum- 
ming—Miss Osthaus), W. W. Titus. ‘ 

Lalpora, 1. and w. pointer bitch, April (Tippo—Toxic), 
Charlottesville Field Kennels. ; 

Col. Joe, b., w. and t, setter dog, June (Joe Cumming— 
Della K), A. H. Nelson. 

Billy, l. and w. pointer dog, January (Bob—Con), S. B. 
Dana. 

Celt, 1. and w. pointer dog, April (St. Clair—Mabel 
Telk), C. E. McMurdo. } 

Ruby's Lady, b., w. and t. setter bitch, July (Dave 
Earl—Tony’s Ruby), J. H. Johnson, agent. 

Ruby’s Druid, b., w. and t. setter dog, July (Dave 
Earl—Tony’s Ruby), J. H. Johnson, agent. 

J. T., b., w. and t. setter dog, July (Dave Earl—Tony’s 
Ruby), James Thomson. 

Odd Fellow. 1, and w. pointer dog, April (Young Jingo 
—Eva), Geo. E. Gray. 4 

Gray’s Pearl, 1. and w. pointer bitch, May (Young 
Jingo—Gypsy Jess), J. E. Gill. 

Fva B., 1. and w. pointer bitch, April (Young Jingo— 
Eva), Dr. J. Spencer Brown. 

Tvanhoe. b.. w. and t. setter dog, January (Tony Boy— 
Flush O’Dame), John Meyers. 

Jessie Lucifer. b.. w. and t. setter bitch, April (Blue 
Hope—Isabelle Madge), Dr. G. Chisholm. 


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o. 20.— , 
annual field trials. 
ov, 20.—Ruthven, Ontario, 


April (Young Jingo—Eva), 


Doe Light, w. and t. pointer dog, April (Jingo’s Light 
—Gull’s Juno), Dr. G. Chisholm. 

Jingo’s Romp, 1. and w. pointer bitch (Jingo— ——), 
M. T. De Pauw. 

Sport’s Solomon, b., w. and t. setter dog, April (Marie’s 
Sport—Isabella Maid), H. B. Ledbetter. 

Jennie’s Bang, 1. and w. pointer dog, July (Donovan— 
Devonshire Jennie), A. Albaugh. 

Sport’s Tip, b. and w. setter dog, June (Marie’s Sport 
—Mark’s Flirt), A. Albaugh. 

Leading Lady, b., w. and t. setter bitch, June (Count 
Gladstone [V.—Dan’s Lady), G. G. Williamson. 

Sam B., 1. and w. pointer dog, May (Jingo’s Light— 
Phi), W. C. Banks. 

Count Robert Gladstone, 1. and w. setter dog (Lady's 
Count Gladstone—Silkirk Inez); C. W. Mullins. 

Lede Windim, 1. and w. setter bitch, May (Lady’s 
Count Gladstone—Silkirk Inez), H. S. Bevan. 

Molly B. II., setter bitch, February (Tony Gale—Molly 
B.), Dr. J. Spencer Brown. 

Simon C. BraApiey, Sec’y-Treas. 


Loo. 


PHILADELPHIA, Pa.——Editor Forest and Stream: My 
Irish setter bitch Loo died last week. She had other 
friends beside myself, even in the ranks of the English 
setter and pointer advocates, and they too will be inter- 
ested. I think she might justly be termed a good field 
Irish setter. When my fellow members of the Philadel- 
phia Kennel Club were kindly blackgnarding me for 
keeping Irish setters she came to my reseue by winning 
the Members’ Stake in 1805 against their Llewellyns and 
pointers. 

Prof. Osthaus will certainly remember how on that 
occasion she picked up point after point on birds in the 
woods. He was judge. Again, a year later, Mr. Frank 
H. Fleer was asked to run a dog in the Members’ Stake 
of the Eastern Field Trials. He said his dogs were not 
in condition; then they said get a dog, and he said he 
would run Dr. Davis’ Irish setter bitch Loo and they 
laughed him to scorn; but next day she went out and 
won first prize. J was not there, but every one I talked 
with said she won it fairly. In 1895 she also won first 
at the Irish Setter Trials. Irish setters have been said 
to be hard to break, but I took her out absolutely un- 
broken and shot over her alone for a whole week, The 
first afternoon she pointed four coveys. Her only fault 
that needed correction was an occasional breaking shot 
and in a few days she stopped that. 

She was kept down in Newton, N. C., and after the 
trials were over the judges, Mr. Bradley and Mr, Merri- 

yan. used to take a days gunning over her and her 
sister Maud. Several other members of the Eastern 
Field Trials Club also gunned over her and will miss 
her as well as I myself. 

She was whelped on May 30, 1803, being seven years 
old. She had been ailing and died aiter whelping a litter 
to Dr. Lacock’s Fred Elcho. She was by Finglas, out 
of Currer Bell IV., she by Tim out of Currer Bell ITI. 
Her mother divided third in the Irish Trials in 1892 and 
won first in the Irish Setter Trials of 1893. She too was 
good. When less than four months of age the man who 
raised her took her under his arm, carried her a mile 
and put her down where a covey used. She pointed and 
he killed three birds over her points and then put the 
birds in his pocket and the pup under his arm and walked 
home; and yet Irish setters are said to be lacking in 
natural field qualities. I trust the day is coming when 
some man with some brains and a little money will take 
the breed up for field purposes. I am sure just as good 
dogs are to be found in its ranks as in those of the more 
fashionable Llewellyn. It only needs brains and sand 
to bring them forth. G. G. Davts. 


Texas Kennel Club Show. 


Curcaco, July 12—The Texas Kennel Club has claimed 
dates Oct. 9-13 to hold its third annual bench show. 
Gro. W, CLAytTon, Supt. 


— Bachting. . 


Yachting Fixtures, 1900. 


Secretaries and members of race committees will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list and 
sig of changes which may be made in the future. 


JULY. 


. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
. Manchester, Crownhurst, pup Manchester, Massachusetts Bay. 
. Royal St, Lawrence, 22 and 1 ft. classes, Dorval, Lake St. Louis. 
ubilee, open, Beverly, Massachusetts oan 

ull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
i guecs City, skiff classes, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
. Haverhill, second cheat eois Haverhill, Mass. 
’ Penataquit Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 


28 , 
98. Jamaica Bay, dory class, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
28 Winton handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 


. Beverl an Rensselaer cup, Buzzards Bay. 

Gavnthian championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 

’ Savin Hill, handicap, Savin HI, Boston Harbor. 

h Giana owitt, club. 
eawanhaka Cor., Leland cup, Oyster Bay, L. 1, Sound. 

30. Manchester, ae eG AED 2: Manchester, Mass. 

98-Aug. 4. Corinthian, Phila elphia, annual cruise, L. I. Sound, 


Tue following, from the European edition of the New 
York Herald, is probably quite as trie as most of the 
exclusive information published on this side as to the 
intentions of Sir Thomas Lipton. The political outlook 
at the present time is by no means favorable to an imme- 
diate challenge for the Cup, and with the war not yet 
ended in Africa and the probability of serious trouble in 
China, it is quite possible that so shtewd a business man 
as Sir Thomas Lipton will be in no serious haste to enter 
on stich a costly enterprise, involving the building of one 
challenger and the rebuilding of another: 


London, July 19—Sir Thomas Lipton, who is now 
cruising on the Clyde, says there is no foundation what- 
ever for the report that he has sent another challenge 
for the America Cup, or is having another yacht built. 

When Shamrock was beaten he expressed his un- 


willingness to accept one defeat as final, and promised to 
make another attempt soon to lift the Cup, but many 
things have happened since then, and his plans have un- 
dergone some alteration. 

His idea of sending another challenge is not abandoned, 
but there is nothing to gain and everything to lose by 
undue haste. 

It will probably be at least twelve months before any- 
thing is done in that direction. 

Next year Shamrock will be raced all through the sea- 
son, and the experience thus gained will be of great as- 
neat when another challenger has to be designed and 

uilt, 


Tue fact that Mr, Iselin has sent orders to Hawkins’ 
Yard to have both Columbia and Defender painted in- 
side and otit has served to stir up a ripple of conjecture 
as to his intentions. There is no racing in which these 
boats could take part, either on this side or abroad, during 
the balance of the season, and it is quite plain that there 
is nothing more to the order than a desire to presetve 
the boats from corrosion. 


Quincy Y. C. Challenge Cup. 


Third Annua Match. 
QUINCY—BOSTON HARBOR. 
July 16, 19, 21, 

Tue third series of races for the Quincy Y. C. challenge 
cup for yachts of 21ft. l-w.l. began on July 16 off Quincy, 
with four yachts entered—Hostess, the defender of last 
year, and the three challengers, Pompano, Lookout and 
Tashamoo. The four, already described, are Skows, ex: 
cellent examples of the machine type which is doing so 
mutch harm to yachting. Hostess was sailed by H. M. 
Faxon, who has her in much better shape in her second 
season by reason of careful working up and continued 
handling. Pompano, rebuilt from last season, was steered 
by John T. Cavanagh, owner of Erin and Beatrice, while 
the two new boats were steered by their owners, The 
course selected was No, 2, arotind the Seal Rocks buoy 
and return, nine miles, sailed twice. The wind at the 
start was S.W., but very light and variable in force, 
The start was made at 1:45, all going off before the wind 
and crossing the line in a bunch. Pompano jibed and 
kept away from the others, which were in such close com- 
pany that Tashamoo protested Hostess for fouling. Pom- 
pano soon had a clear lead of the fleet. The wind was so 
light and variable that there was much handling of 
spinakers, but after a little time Hostess sent up a club 
topsail, which pulled her up on Pompano, while the breeze 
came in fresher, The two leaders went well off their course 
in a luffing match, but still they reached the turn ahead of 
the others, the times being: 


FIOStESS a vaceccceenceenrnwevneetouseddeannannigsscareaetearers 213 16 
POMPANO cescoccnner cece cere ebb eeesn re sanasecegreennaneeenssas 213) 28 
LOOKOUE cece ce ccc eee eee een eee cee e nent e een smeseeerseesennne 213 55 
TDASHAIMIOG | s-sulaleaiey a elarels eye tevele lem Olsielantybes.ayfidper6 od ees woes g fa eral 215.18 
Hostess chose starboard tack and Pompano port. The 
latter was doing well, and there was a promise of a close 
race, when her masthead carried away and she was com- 
pelled to withdraw. The wind now came in fresh and 
Hostess turned in a single reef, a matter of but a few 
seconds, as she had a special reefing gear. 


“ 


The end of 
the round was timed: 


Hostess 
Lockout 
Tashama 

On the leg down Lookout acted badly, and it was dis- 
covered that the canvas with which her bottom is coyered 
outside the planking had been torn and was dragging a 
part of the bay in a big pocket, so she withdrew, Tasha- 
moo’s hollow mast, in the fresh breeze, began to perform 
some peculiar antics, taking the shape of a corkscrew, so 
that she had to be nursed home very carefully for fear 
of serious damage to rigging and sails. The times were, 


start 1:45: 


Finish. Elapsed. 
Hotsess, Henry M, Paxon.......--ssssseseeeess 3 60 14 2 05 14 
Tashamoo, J. 5. Lawrence.......-.--csseveyeeee 4 07 14 2 22 14 
Lookout, A. H. TBeeiison Beek ke di cq Disabled 
Pompano, W. HE. C. Hustis.......ccsssseesseees Disabled. 


Hostess’ reefing gear stood her in good stead, as she 
shook out a reef in beginning the second round and took 
it in again in a very short time for the final windward 
leg. As the fleet was in need of general repairs after 
two hours’ sailing in a moderate breeze, the second race 
was postponed to Thursday. 


Second Race—Thursday, July 19. 

On Thursday morning Pompano came to the line with 
her mast spliced, while that of Tashamoo was strength- 
ened by trussing. The day was clear with a fluky and 
variable wind, from W. to N.W., at times very light and 
then of whole sail strength. Course No. 5 was selected, 
around the red spar buoy in Hingham Channel and the 
Quincy Y. C. barrel off the Government Wharf, Ped- 
dock’s Island, two rounds. The start was made at 3 
P. M., down wind, Lookout being first over, with Pom- 
pano, Hostess and Tashamoo in order. Hostess carried 
her club topsail and a spinaker, but did not gain on the 
two leading boats. The Hingham Buoy was timed: 
Lookout 32202 Hostess ....... 
Pompano $2210 Tashamoo 

On the beat to second mark both Lookout and Hostess 
picked up the Hull Y. C. barrel in place of the Quincy 
Y. C. barrel, and sailed some distance to windward of the 
true mark. Pompano picked up the Q. Y. C. mark as the 
othets were at the other mark, and thus turned first, 
the times being: 

Pompano eed oireipetere ,3 55 50 
Lookotit .:2:..sscseeers yd 90 27 Lashamoo ...-<e-re-y eee es A 03 30 

The last lez was quickly covered and the first round 

was finished: 


ween ween eeenne 


wae ewe we ee wen dind 


cesses he caewehre 


Pompano ..---eeeee sete 40605 Hostess .....5-...-5 pote 4 07 40 
Tigokatt: siesepress=ss ns 406-35 Pashamoo ...si... cele. 2. ee 
Pompano tried a spinaker, but it did not help her, The 


wind was now light and fluky. Lookout took the lead, and 
at the Hingham mark Pompano was second. There was 
more wind on the windward leg. and Lookowt met with a 
serious mishap, the jaws of her gaff slipping so that the 


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73 


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fore end slipped by the mast on the statboard side. The 
disaster could not be remedied, but the yacht was kept 
going fairly well on the port tack, but being hindered on 
the starboard tack by the poor set of the mainsail. On 
the last part of this leg the wind fell light and the boats 
were becalmed at times. Lookout turned first and Hostess 
second, and though Pompano was but a little astern, they 
ran away from her before the finish line was crossed. The 
elapsed times were: 


LBoYoy ankle aarti SSSA Neocon 219 20 Pompano 
ebatess Sr chtas on vadades 22211 ‘Tashamoo 


Third Race—Friday, July 20. 

There was a good easterly breeze at noon on Friday, 
shifting toward the south. The course was dead to wind- 
ward, around the red Hingham Buoy, but the shift made 
a long and short leg of it. On the way down to the start 
Tashamoo carried away her bowsprit and mast, tore up 
her deck and lost part of her canvas skin. Her owner 
presented the wreck to a sailor. The three survivors 
crossed in company, Lookout a little ahead. Pompano 
had one reef, Lookout two and Hostess three. Pom- 
pano took the lead, but within five minutes of the start 
she capsized. Shadow, the old sloop, with Capt. Bill 
Daly at the wheel, went to her aid and righted her. 

Lookout was obliged to tack clear of the capsized Pom- 
pano and Hostess took first place, leading by about a 

“quarter of a minute at the weather mark. After a hot 
luffng match down wind Lookout took the lead at the end 
of the first round, The race to the weather mark was very 
close, Lookout gaining a few seconds more. On the way 
home Lookout ran away from Hostess, and the latter, with 
her topsail set, shook out her reefs, but failed to catch 
the challenger. The elapsed times were: 

i i. Onpecesrees wipe WGP BRE Gefanpres Sees eceooener Capsized. 
Heer ae eeteteines b.eorears 1 18 15 

During the race Hostess parted one of her gaff spans, 
but the peak halyards were set up and the other span 
held. 


ah ee SO bobo cd 2 25 12 


Fourth Race—Saturday, July 21. 

With a fresh S.W. wind on Saturday, Lookout tied in 
four reefs and the others five each. The course was the 
same as on Thursday—No. 5 triangle. The start was 
made at 3 P. M., Hostess taking the lead soon after the 
line was crossed, but after losing a little time in shaking 
off Pompano, Lookout sailed steadily ahead into first 
place, Pompano also passed Hostess for a time, but the 
Hingham mark was timed: 

(asia Cob gopheeetaer $4253 Pompano ......sscssseees 8 44 0d 
Hostess. ......-+ seat guapreate ees 3 43 43 

On the close reach of the second leg Lookout continued 

to gain, and she held it all on the last leg, the round being 


timed : . ase “ml 
EGG 1iheeey stasiesies cocncsraeeanet AMOR 2a) OMPANO! saclessny epee esse 4 24 16 
ILO BEES RINE gdett badge careers 4 22 10 


Pompano had shaken out two reefs, but the added sail 
did not do her any good, and after turning the Hingham 
Buoy for the second time she again capsized. Lookout 
sailed the second round easily with Hostess in a hopeless 
stern chase. The times were: 


Elapsed. : . 
Dmokotit. 2 sss s2-sssine ve...1 3804 Pompano ........ ,..-.Capsized. 
ETOSESS) itelel-ieein<'eis «tances 1 41 04, 


The cup now goes to the custody of the Manchester 


The judges for the three races were Vice-Com. Whiting, 


Quincy Y. C., chairman; Vice-Com. S. J. Connolly, Jubi- 
lee Y. C., representing the Manchester Y. C., and Com. 
Davis, Quincy Y. C., representing the Harvard Y. C. 


Larchmont Race Week. - 


LARCH MONT—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
July 21-28. 

THE race week of the Larchmont Y. C., now an an- 
nual institution, was inaugurated on July 21 by an open 
race for all classes, and will continue to the end of this 
week. The programme is as follows: 

Saturday, July 21—Open regatta for all classes; special 
race for schooners in one class; first race of series for 
Soft. class; first race of series for 21ft. raceabouts. 

Monday, July 23—Race for schooners in cruising trim 
in one class, with time allowance; second race of series 
for 8oft. class; race for 75ft. and 65{t. classes of schooners, 
racing trim; race for 7oft. class; race for 51ft. class; sec- 
ond race of series for 21ft. raceabouts. 

Tuesday, July 24—Four-oared gig race for “Hen and 
Chickens Colors,” presented by ex-Com. Gillig; two-oared 
gig race for “Dauntless Colors,” presented by H. B. See- 
ley; dinghy race for “Execution Colors,” presented by 
H. B. Seeley; race for naphtha and alco-vapor Jaunches 
exceeding 21ft. load waterline; race for naphtha and alco- 
vapor launches, 21it. load waterline and under; tub races 
and water sports. 

Wednesday, July 25—Open regatta for all classes; third 
race of series for Soft. class; third race of series for 2rft. 
raceabouts. 

Thursday, July 26—Race for 7oft. class; race for srit. 
class; race for 43ft. class; fourth race of series for 2rft. 
raceabouts; race for cabin cats, all in one class, with time 
allowance, , 

Friday, July 27—Race for 9s5ft., 85ft. and 7s5ft. classes of 
schooners, one class, racing trim, actual time allowance; 
race for 85ft. and 75ft. classes of schooners, one class, 
eriising trim, actual time allowance; fourth race of 
series for Soft, class; race for 7oft. class; race for sf’. 
class; race for 36ft. class; special race for yawls unde - 
43it. racing length, all in one class. actual time allowance | 
fifth race of series for 21ft. raceabouts. 

Saturday, July 28—Open regatta for all classes: fiftl 
race of series for 80ft. racing length; sixth race of serie 


Cutters—5lft. Class—Racing Trim—Start, 1:15. 


Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Altair, Cord. Meyer ...,........ pew OL OO 2 59 33 easton nee 
Syee, H. S. Redmond.....,.........-50.86 3 01 35 a charts 
Hussar II., James Baird............. 50.98 Withdrew. 
Cutters—Sift. Class—Cruising Trim—Start, 1:15. 
Lotowana, T. O’C. SJoane..........- 46.98 4°21 29 468s oy 
Cutters—43ft. Class—Start, 1:15, 
irae wel GOOG: pants atamee heaess 42.82 3 22 06 
Katonah, D. Willianis......... rerara a bl 42.08 4 31 27 
Sloops—a6éft. Class—Start, 1:20. : 
Countess, O. Sanderson.....:..:..00- 35.70 3 57 18. 3 57 18 
Veda, Robert Bacon........c0.. “Anas 30.338 4 26 40 4 20 55 
Departure, C. B. Seely...ccueesiens: 31.01 4°34 39 4 29 43 
OlShima Sany jp Pe Pratt ne =. ts 35.81 4 31 42 4 31 42 
Yawls—36ft. Class—Start, 1:20. 
GMbGEc, IHL. Reto lhergeereresoonboo dudEd 30.90 4 34 42 nah oo! 
Freya, George J. Bradish...........- 30.30 5.13 46 ak We 
Spindrift, BE. S. Griffing,.............80.20 Withdrew. 
Sloops—30ft, Class—Start, 1:20. 
Alerion, A. H. Alker .... 28.30 3 38 57 
Oiseau, J. R. Maxwell, J 29.78 4 18 47 
Kittiwake, Earl Dodge..............1 «.-. Not timed. 
Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 1:25, 
Rochelle, Edward Kelly.............. 25.00 32 11 3 82 AT 
Adelaide, i Woodbury.........+.+-65 22.50 3 45 29 3 43 11 
Amomo, H. S. Towle............0+%. 23.83 3 322 46 3 32 46 
21ft. Raceabouts—Start, 1:25. 
Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Petsimmon, De V. H. Werner...... ...- 3 07 07 si «jars 
Spindrift, Pirie Brothers............ Fase ko 3 09 03 Beth 
SRarcderemelemivin Grates ian scscss ste be atts 3 10 21 Senet 
Stee ie GR, Tbstshiovitélnac arcu aeerneacencoc Goce 3 11 07 . 
Golleen, He. SR. Alberger siviesvsesi ss sees 313 15 
Scamp, J. De Forest..... F5SGSORR OR OE 3 17 05 f 
Snapper, H. L. Maxwell..... Nisufsleiae seuBheece 3 29 20 Sct 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Knockabouts—Start, 1:25. 

AN sse Nw Tek WN Gael eran ce noon BAe 3 31 54 ALA HE 
Mipper, Ay Wselitiae yc. cts pe ew ed ere sues 3 34 05 Beebe 
Sloops—21ft. Class—Start, 1:30. 

Cicada, P. R. Labouisse.............20.86 3 22 31 ip FaahS 
tverel TIDY, Ie ey Ao hoe A 18.53 4 14 50 dee ce: 
Or eRe INeBavieroe cles A -21.00 4 15 02 a. ae 

Pirate, Arthur Foster........ 20.00 Withdrew. 
Sloops—I8ft, Class—Start, 1:30. 
Sotay Win Hoey; Jeane... ss sno, 17.94 4 06 29 4 06 29 
Mayas. Batale Dianain nse ete aslciste stecriate 17.27 4 09 52 4 09 52 
Teeubine, [hte Gites eyes eq den nto ara ses onl 18,00 4 10 47 4 10 47 
Nike, Guy Forbes............s.s0000% 15.64 4 15 01 4 11 34 
Kingfisher, August Belmont, Jr..... 17.27 4 12 01 4 12 01 
Sandpiper, Raymond Belmont....... 17.27 4 12 23 412 23 
Woral 15, Wseélity, seats antanehee sane 17.27 4 12 28 4 12 28 
Sweetheart, FE. Az Sumner... -0:..5- 17.00 Not timed. 
Cats—s0ft. Class—Start, 1:35, 
Hote Os PPTEnces chensehintetes cook 30.00 3 19 03 tees 
Cats—25ft. Class—Start, 1:35. 
Mongoose II., S. Ford...........000. 21.00 3 59 47 
Weems opal eonnn emis eeetecetsctigocconen 24.06 404 16 
Ark, Kane & Preyer..........:..0s5. 21.00 4 19 43 
Cats—20ft. Class—Start, 1:40. 
Kazaza, T. J. McCahill, Jr........... 19.40 3 57 26 
Kildare, T. A. Mcintyre. .07...2..2.. 19.98 3 59 24 
Cats—15ft. Class—Start, 1:40. 
Sneeke, R. N. Bavier......sccceecees 14.00 4 45 04 tthe Fay 
Barnacle, R. Manlock....... eet erase 15.00 Withdrew. 
One-Design Dories—Start, 1:35. 
Rudder. H. Stevenson........... Lae east 4 383 4 34 33 
John Dory, Guy Standing........... .... 4 55 11 4 55 11 
Did -GaeAw Conyaee cerns Sivtasultacton Betis 4 57 49 4 57 59 
Prize, H. Van Rensselaer........0.02 were Withdrew. 


In the evening a musical entertainment was given. 


Keystone Y. C. 


TACONY—DELAWARE RIVER. 
Sunday, July 15. 


Tue Keystone Y. C. sailed a club race on July 15, the 
course being up the Delaware River. The times were: 


Second Class Duckers. 


y Finish. Elapsed 
Martha, Geo. Wheatcroft..........:s290e¢erer> 12 42 30 1 26 20 
JOE BLA Ane “(Otolbtoyral, Se saan pannadnieanaoes seeee12 44 30 1 28 20 
Edith, M. W. Millington.........,. nina leone 12 46 30 1 30 30 
AE Thier SEL ArrVagn ya ELLES iste onan elles oe wise Kees eee 12 50 00 1 34 00 
PATA Ed MMAISHEIa kee eeleetaice renee neas 1 20 00 1 54 00 

Second Class Skiffs, 
Alberta, J. Millington..... Fev tet Act eteciaterer eile soe 2 43 00 2 45 00 
WittrlossermGcorme wei Sapenctandecscm esses cs 2 53 00 2 55 00 
ARGUS, NEVE eVOR Rab rine (aac Arist entarioagere SUCHAS 3 30 00 3 32 00 
(GL Sve ELMO VLU Plt al Tene tae delastarisiee ecoieis aie atten e« 3 50 00 3 52 00 
First Class Skiffs. 

Wm. A. Moore, C. Shallcross................ .. 459 00 1 23 00 
Two Jacks, W. Clausen... .csss.s.c0eereee cress Carried away. 

. First Class Duckers. 
IB OSSION Stenead OITID CE DL lddcectewtenicce celinana.aé 7 50 00 1 36 00 
Bertie (SsyaWie Collomtie.cyes, decree eset oseeens 7 55 00 1 41 00 
MetGinty, George He Sage annnisnscons oases ase 7 59 00 1 45 00 
WG AEer ws OLEWELs peck cece rlocsrak octane ne 7 59 30 1 45 30 
George B., IPFISteD Susan cece cettccns decrees 8 01 15 1 47 15 
AlberteSraG. sballeross.e soe: cua neouen one: 8 01 25 1 47 25 
Je sitst ORE Browite.). te cc- se abate ains onthe 8 02 00 1 48 00 


The Thirty-Footers at Newport. 


On July 16 three of the 30-footers sailed a race over 


the Dyer’s Island course, starting in a fresh S.W. breeze, 


which shifted to the west before the finish, The times 
were, start 3:18: 


Finish. El d. 
nalivaidgoreA tae Papers, meee Ula neni e dey f 5 32 31 3 1 3 
Wawa, IBLGOIS Mines ee eee oe oer epek 5 33 54 215 54 
WD GOT yee Ion Slationte Meera ton Umma es mn 5 34 39 2 16 39 


On July 17 the same course was sailed by Wawa and 
Dorothy, the former winning, though no times were 
taken. The wind was south. 

On July 18 Wawa and Pollywog sailed the same 
course, in a fresh S.W. wind, the times being, start 3 14: 


Finish. 
Wawa, Reginald Brooks...................00005 5 18 19 even 
PollyworweAy Ve Pacelli saeeleetss. FTL kaon 5 21 52 2 07 52 


Quincy Y. C. 
QUINCY—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, July 2r. 


THE Quincy Y. C. sailed a handicap race on July 21 in 
a fresh S.W. wind, the times being: 


i 2 a Class A. 
or 21it. raceabdouts. El : 3 
Hustler, Whittemore & Robbins.............., 11S 38 i 
First Day—Sattrday, July 2. Hester Rich teljoeWe Wohrisotiesssiier enon. oc 1 18 27 26 27 
The weather on Saturday was most discouraging, the Canicum TC Monsen ii p BB 128 3s 
day being clear and hot. and with light baffling airs from Msenlet, Ti. Ov Crocker. ssieerseseeeeeenerreces T2158 129.58 
different quarters, making the race a drift for most of relinee Hon Tee abo naand Does A a ihe eaeoaee 
the boats. A good fleet started, but the contest was dull a dhe “ce Se als Gis’ ie ee 
and tedious. In the 5rft.. class the new Altair and Hus-  Tautog, A. A. Lincoln...... +e oe 1 27 39 1 31.39 
sar IT. were matched with Syce, Altair winning, while Whisper, BE) F) Witzpatrick..... 0... c0.cs.s eee 1 30 16 1 34 16 
Hussar II. failed to cover the course, The «ficial times  . - 21ft. Class. 
a ee am Orcs MEoe Lowe Atceheddioste oneal alee ee 1 1 20 00 
’ ' a ae &, , =e mes Cleopatra, PI Grane. iperdiescedt hes tsg4--eede0 19. 1 20 10 


Burgess Y. C. 


MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 
Saturday, July 2r. 


Tue Burgess Y. C. sailed its first championship race 
on July 21 in a light S.W. wind. A new Purdon race- 
about, Runaway Girl, made her début. The times were: 


Raceabout Class—Start, 2:40, 


i Finish Elapsed. 
Sintram, We Pl Bowles 02. er. css cesses hee 4 20 47 1 40 47 
Jolly Roger, Crowninshield.......,.... : . 4 22 50 1 42 50 
Pirate, R. C. Robbins............, - A 22 51 1 42 51 
Runaway Girl, H. Tweed......... +4 25 34 1 45 34 
Bander-Log, J. Crane, Jr........... ».4 2935 1 49 35 
Scapegoat, C. El. W. Foster........0s.s+seeaee 4 30 37 1 50 37 

Knockabout Class—Start, 2:45. 
Suzatiies sks senewster eane mene teak any n ee 4 36 35 1 56 35 
Opitsaly Hey Sy Heo Boster4i:y. ere bee Mek ence 4 45 13 2 00 18 

. 16ft. Class—Start, 2:50. 

Cyclone, F. E. Macomber.....2.....,,.:e0ecee: 3 59 03 1 09 03 

gly Duckling, G. “FP. Lyman...........02.ce. 4 01 13 1 11 18 
Moccasin, A. D. Irving...............000005 .».. Withdrew. 

Special Class—Start, 3:17. 
Ravtys buce Weeki. “Browne sides vuenee nine nl neve 4 30 44 113 44 
CONGO We Nek ACME AA soot medoponobnnneenonn 4 31 22 1 14 22 


Pirate protested Sintram for fouling, by hitting Pirate's 
boom while off the Point on the way out. 

The club will give an open race on July 26 for the fol- 
lowing classes: H. O. 25-footers, 25ft. cabin, 21ft. cabin, 
scratch knockabouts, 18-footers, raceabouts, 2s5ft. handi- 
cap knockabouts, restricted 16-footers and a special class 
for boats under 18ft. l.w.]., handicap. The start will be 
at 2:30 P. M. 


Bayswater Y. C. 


FAR ROCKAWAY, L, I. 
Thursday, July 19. 


Tur Bayswater Y. C. sailed a club race on July 19 in a 
fresh N.W. wind, the times being: 


Sloops. id 
| d i ! 
IEE SU Melanany, ARER nbd dood Aacnabe ttc OURS 3 27 00 ee ita 
AKON) MS) ahd ea EEE: ig est re te bas 2 28 10 2 27 25 


MALE SE NUGN Anata” psa Ley 6, MMI 2 14 38 
Minnehaha, Roehr ... 6 5 if 6 
ELSA PD Gis cues mie comin. etna nae eel punet Disabled. 
Madelaine; ttlealy, es. on. ssaevessnosuen oes Withdrew. 
Second Class Cats. 
Victare Dorion a mein meee nt en nennny 2 18 00 2 18 00 
ociettess Mictaoriee en art niet nen ire ne neeNninn al 2 19 52 2 18 37 
. Sharpies. 
LNOTORLS UNOYEIVIETS EN RBar ada te ineuppianeias 1 18 34 118 3 
TRIER INGLE an anneP PRS LRAD Beads BLUM hie & 1 19 30 1 18 48 
Wiican vakaiel,  DSIHTOVISS ea kee ce cree dace lll amet. 1 26 18 1 238 40 
Wave olititiiane See. cse cee see eae Pusaesat 1 30 30 1 29 00 


The winners were Ella A., Mattie, Meta, and Avocet 
(protested for fouling a mark). 


Mosquito Fleet Y. C. 


CITY POINT—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, July 21. 


THE Mosquito Fleet Y. C. sailed the first of a series 
ot handicap races on July 21 in a strong south wind, the 
times being, start 3:35: 


First Class—All Over 20ft. 


’ Elapsed. 
Laieigonrs: (Cre Ils OND irs eng Aoo nea ptwaed o7 ede todd de Amun ccte 1 32.00. 
Jautelry. {Crayne (Cy doe, AU Iota eS eu nacnos Anne eabe ste eww ae 1 32 44 
CTO alle lee aregivicsan nee sao gone she ny nA atime ney aca ap 1 82 45 
=sWonOKoRen TMG AC abore Man 18s (Ciaran capt gman hem ba junmeaner cues se 1 32 55 
INEM, WRI IDE IDEN. ARON Go sihac keen bhanace dbbesiHMaeemn 1 32 59 
ERAT Ni ly, INF (OM ot MoH asTTR OI BA bos AM oat ate Moe lrctreaemulnd Ae 1 35 00 
ADyehats MOR ely Velen nites Wega cirilt eee ASN teat Pra wre aap A pm mie 1 39 06 
_ Second Class—20ft. and Under. : 
ATIC OTaNeATILG IN clyameo cin itt men iperns meine TAL py sna ane 1 54 58 
Seaweed, S. C. Higgins wel 59 59 
Aureolus, R. S. Landers . Withdrew. 


The judges were Com. Charles P. Mooney, Vice-Com. 
C. J. Moriarty, Fleet Capt. J. R. Grose, C. J. Driscoll, 
Dr. J. Frank Riley, James Bertram, L. M. George, Ed- 
ward L, Logan, W. O, Elliott and G. J. Moriarty. 


Columbia Y. C. 


CITY POINT—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, July 21. 


THE first championship race of the Columbia Y, C. was 
sailed on July 21 in a fresh S.W. breeze, the times being: 


Finish. Corrected. 

NelkangGearec Coy. tae eee a tee eee Teer 1 48 16 1 25 46 
Strideaway, Elmer Snowlit).tcetstiacns essen 1 42 13 1 31 28 
Acme, Hiram Patterson......:..:es.cacesseeues 1 42 09 1 32 09 
Annie A., James Leveredge................ 0065 1 47 40 1 33 40 
Cathryn elem OIL ome Ase EEE en ern Utter 1 47 42 1 34 12 
IR Gti am a sensls sapere tn ee ceva ae OmneBer i ‘Disabled. 

VATAS Ponta Wanatasesseesl Ararat me Naeger ea Disabled. 


The judges were Fred Pfund, A. J. Beckenhuis and 
John H. Means. 


Corinthian Y. C. 


ESSINGTON—DELAWARE RIVER. 
Saturday, July ra. 


Tue Corinthian Y. C., of Philadelphia, sailed the final 
race of its first knockabout series on July 14, the times 
being, start 2:43:00: 


a Finish. Elapsed. 
ING ioe Gnesocurel tre tops or tye tetas toon ponand 4 39 04 1 56 04 
GaviGtargr a eee N oer eo Lanna ag nen 4 41 07 1 58 07 
RAC CUAN sina Rinne NNee nt stash oe ene 4 45 25 2 02 25 


Kid has won 10 points, giving her first prize; Fareeda 
6, with second prize, and Gavota 4, with third prize. 
Grilse has 3 points and Spider 2 points. 


Hull Mosquito Y. C. 


HULL—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, July ar. 


_ THE Hull Mosquito Y. C. sailed a race on July 21 in a 
fresh S.W. wind, the times being: ) 


LESLIE N Tiare Roocwlel Soe Ele passat rmerre tt 2a yyw ee ah ce A p 
Sheerwater, Lyman ...... Vig mca cgise: +9) 4g Me Bae eerdion ere ee 5 08 ii 


Second Class. 


OTT 2G Oe Se Re SIC Sires erin reals Art 


7 4 


SSS — ee eed 


Newport Y. R. A. Special Races. 


Newport. 


HE series of special races for a cup costing $1,000,, 
ena by the NEE Yacht Racing Association, began 
on Monday of last week, three races being sailed during: 
the week. The conditions of ‘the series, which is oat 
only to the four new one-design boats—Yankee, Mineola, 


Rainbow and Virginia—are as follows: 


i i Associa— 

The races will be sailed under the rules of the 4 
tion and the special rules adopted by the class and 
the following racing rules of the New Weore V4, C2, a 
Rule 9, Sections 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9; Rule 13, Rule 15, Rule: 
17, Sections 1 and 2. Attention is called to Rules Nos. 
8, 13 and 14 of the Association. , } 

The Sait scoring the greatest number of points in the 
series will be the winner. The yacht finishing first in each 
race will score two points, and when there are four starters. 
the yacht finishing second will score one point. £2 

The Association will add a trophy for the winners 0 
each race, and also to the yacht soe the greatest num- 
ber of points in the first five races 0 the series, . 

No times will be taken after 7:30 P. M., and only 
yachts completing the course before that hour will score: 
on that day. If no yacht finishes before 7:30 P. M., the 
race will be resailed on the following day. 

All yachts must display their racing numbers on both: 
- sides of mainsail. ‘ 
; The owner or his representative must be on board off 
each yacht in every race. 

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS. 

i i 5 i ignal, a gun 
Starting Signals—r. 11 A. M., warming signal, a st 
fired or Bree contd blast of the whistle blown, and white: 

rectangular flag hoisted. f j 

2. - 105 A. M., preparatory signal, a gun fired or a. 
s-second whistle blown, and the blue peter hoisted. 
~ 3, 11:10 A. M., starting signal, a gun fired or a 5-sec- 
ond whistle blown, and a red rectangular flag hoisted. 

tr:15 A. M., handicap signal, a gun fired or a 5-sec- 
ond whistle blown, and the red flag hauled down, which. 
will be taken as the time of all yachts not having crossed. 

Recall Signals—Mineola, letter A; Rainbow, letter B; 
Virginia, letter C; Yankee, letter D; flag with black 
letter on white ground. . 

Code flag B will signal a postponement of the start ti 
later in the day, in which case the warning signal will 
be given on the hour, or quarter, or half, or three-quarters. 


past the hour, im 
Code flag W will signal a postponement of the race ti 


the following day. ; 
In case of a postponement or resailed race, 
will be selected and signaled as fora newrace. 
The New York Y. C. burgee over code flag will indicate 
the use of the club code. * Ww ; 
Answering pennant will signal “Come within speaking 
distance.” 


the course 


COURSES. 
The abbreviation “L. V.”’ will indicate in all cases 
where used in these instructions the Brenton’s Reef Light 


Vessel. : , Pt 
All starts and all finishes will be between the committee 


boat and L. V. : 

Mark No. 1—A white spar buoy anchored four miles 
E.S.E. from L. V. (on the range of the Sow and Pigs). 

Mark No. 2—A white spar buoy anchored five and a 
half miles south from L. V. 

All marks in all courses to be left to starboard ex- 
cept in courses 2, 6, 9 and 11, in which courses all marks, 
must be left to port. ; 

The courses to be sailed will be signaled by the hoist- 
ing of the signal code letters, printed below, respectively, 
opposite the descriptions of the courses. “7 

Code flag B, when hoisted after the start, will signal 

the finish of the race in one round. ; 
- C—Course No. t: From starting line E.S.E. four miles 
to Mark No. 1; thence S.W. % S. five-and one-half miles 
to Mark No. 2; thence north five and one-half miles to L. 
V.; twice around, distance thirty miles. 

D—Course No. 2; Reverse of course No. 1. 

F—Course No. 3: From starting line to Point Judith 
whistling buoy and return, twice around, distance twenty- 
eight miles. . _ i 

G—Course No. 4: From starting line to Block Island 
bell buoy and return, distance twenty-eight miles. 

H—Course No. 5: From starting line to Mark No. 1; 
thence to Point Judith whistling buoy; thence to L. V.; 
twice around. distance forty-one miles. 

J—Course No. 6: Reverse of course No. 5. 

K—Course No. 7: From starting line to Mark No. 2; 
thence to Point Judith whistling buoy; thence to L. V.; 
twice around, distance thirty-six miles. 

L—Course No. 8: Reverse of course No. 7. 

M—Course No. 9: From starting line to Mark No. 1; 
thence to Block Island bell buoy; thence to finish line; 
distance <uirty-four and one-half miles. 

~ N—Course No. 10: Reverse of Course No. 9) 

Q—Course No. 11: From starting line to Mark No. 2; 
thence to Block Island bell buoy; thence-to finish line; 
distance thirty-one and one-eighth miles. 

R—Course No. 12: Reverse of Course No. 11. 

S—Course No. 13: From starting line to Vineyard 
Sound whistling buoy and return; distance thirty-eight 
and one-eighth miles. Course S.E. 34 E. 

T—Course No. 14: From starting line to Sow and 
Pigs Lightship and return; distance thirty-five miles. 

V—Course No. 15: From ‘starting line to Hen and 
Chickens Lightship and return; distance thirty-two and 
three-quarters miles. 


The dates assigned for the races were July 17, 19, 21, 
23 and 25; Aug. 16, 18, 21, 23 and 25. The Race Com- 
mittee includes Messrs. Ralph N. Ellis, Woodbury Kane 
and A. Cass Canfield. 

The first race was sailed on July 17 in a fresh S.W. 
wind, second club topsails being earried. Course No. 1 
was chosen. With five minutes for crossing, the start was 
uninteresting, Rainbow leading over the line at 11:25:40, 
Mineola following at 11:26:52, Virginia at 11:27:36 and 
Yankee at 11:29:10. The leader seta balloon jib topsail 
for the reach to the first mark, but the others carried No. 
I jib topsails. The buoys and flags were too small and the 


FOREST :AND STREAM. 


sized, the flag lying in the water, so that 

Pee ied to see the fone and overstood, the others 

profiting thereby. It was a beat to the second mark, and 

Rainbow fell into last place, Mineola leading. 
reached home and were timed: 

First Round. 


MEER SIE, Rb nna tee coeeucadon eee neo cosh: 12 58 30 
eee REN Ere AY ay fitted age donee reer 1 00 50 1 33 14 
Vanileeel :ae mile ters Baa a-eriols alspmaeslusararhhase, obteaees is 1 01 15 1 32 01 
ER a ee ey AA AARNE BR eits cheers 1 05 10 1 39 30 


On the first leg of the second round Yankee nearly 
‘caught Virginia, but turned a few second astern. 
Mineola, followed by Yankee, went off on starboard tack, 
while Rainbow and Virginia headed imshore on port 
‘tack. Early on this leg Yankee carried away the strut of 
‘her jumper stay on the fore side of the mast, but she held 
.on and made a gain on Mineola. On the reach home 
‘Yankee tore her balloon jib topsail and was without the 
sail for some twelve mintes, but she managed to win by a 
‘small margin, the times being: 


Start Finish Elapsed. 
Yankee, Duryea & Whitney...... 11 29 14 2 41 43 3 12 29 
Mineola, A. Belmont......,-...... 11 26 52 2 39 46 3 12 54 
Virginia, W. Vanderbilt........... 11 27 36 2 42 V1 3 14 35 
Rainbow, C. Wanderbilt........+.. 11 25 40 2 43 16 3 17 36 


Yankee went to Bristol on Wednesday for a new strut, 
and various changes wete made to the sails of the other 
beats. 

Thursday was a fine day for racing. The S. W. wind was 
Jight in the morning, but freshened to a good club top- 
‘sail breeze, and there was a lop to the sea. The course 
-was as in the first race, E.S.E. 4 miles; S.W. 4% S. 5% 
amiles, and N. 5%4 miles, two rounds making 30 miles naut. 
‘The starting gun was fired at 12:25, Rainbow crossing 


first, followed by Yankee, Virginia and Mineola. They 
reached to first marlc and were timed: 

BRaiTDO-Woleies fete creat 12 45 30 Mineola 12 47 50 
Wankee. hatesnee es sctar 12 46 20 Virginia ... 12 48 55 


On the wind to second mark Yankee led, the times 
being: 


Wiehe. prenenads5oo55056¢ TBA GRY Rea Cosas ene ge tueeee 4 1 33 09 

WWEreetley “sank SSs6658550505 DE RPA A, WSESTEIC EE oe goon cobnnaons 1 34 44 
They ran off for the line and jibed: 

RVATIKCECCE AEE C satnctelnrcveierevrels il yeeaty isenelorey er eoqscsesbnenen® 1 59 12 

Whinredlay Sato uecepon steers IL EIGYE NATAL A Ranrinwmtiart od bor 2 01 08 


It was a close fight for first place between the leaders, 
and they turned the first mark almost together: 


BY Airtel rch aula healeeee 21754 Rainbow 
WERE “Soa hghobes! bo toe 217 59 Virginia 


On the second windward leg Yankee gained a few 
seconds, the second mark being timed: 


revise Rd eas sonabbal 20400! Rainbow <sssssassseess4s 3 06 04 
IMGT kh DaAeadgnoneancene er BIOS Sd AVP da eee eee ett 3 07 34 


While Yankee held her lead over the line, she was 


‘beaten by Mineola on elapsed time: 


Start. Finish. Elapsed 
Mineola, A. Belmont.............. 12 27 15 3 31 06 3 03 51 
Yankee, Duryea & Whitney....... 12 26 20 3 30 43 3 04 23 
Virginia, W. K. Vanderbilt....... 12 28 03 3 34 19 5 06 16 
Rainbow, C. Vanderbilt........... 12 25 43 3 32 34 3 06 51 


On Saturday there was a fresh breeze from the south 
and a short chop to the sea. The course was the reverse 
of the previous races, to the south mark first. Rainbow 
swung her large club topsail, but the others were con- 
tent with their No. 2 topsails. When the start was given 
at 12:10, Mineola crossed first, with Rainbow under 
her lee. Yankee came three minutes later, and Virginia 
was nearly handicapped. They beat out to the first mark 
and were timed: 

Pena eat AE 10151 Yankee 
Bro Haas ties 108 40 Virginia 

They reached across, Mineoia, well in the lead, losing 
some little time in finding the flag. a small and insignificant 
mark, while Rainbow and the others profited at her ex- 


Mineola 
Rainbow 


pense. The times were: 
Mineola, Giuueaseesein os 13408 Yankee ..... FER Pere beaoce 8 01 
Rainbow ....sesreeenecene AREER YL AVsteeabeey MaSG Seaton bho roe 1 39 54 


The two leaders set balloon staysails for the reach, and 
Rainbow’s big topsail helped her, the end of the round 
being timed: ; 
NaI O Wa Gu iGns fe enti 1 55 09 Yankee 
SWiboiera) es Sera wees er a 155 36 Virginia 

Rainbow and Mineola held together for a short time, 
then Rainbow broke tacks, and when they met again after 
a few minutes Mineola was ahead. The first mark was 
timed : | 


mee RRS, eras 252 31 Yankee 
St daetegeshsle teat 25427 Virginia 


The two leaders set balloon staysails and No. 1 jib top- 
sails, but Yankee set only a balloon jib topsail. The times 
at the second mark were: 
lately tsigtate lena mimetics 5 24 22 
AD Santa Bisons 3 26 17 
_ Yankee alone risked a balloon jib topsail on the reach 
in, and it carried her to victory, as she beat Mineola by 
fourteen seconds elapsed time. 


Mineola 
Rainbow 


Mineola 
Rainbow 


Yankee 
Virginia 


Start. Finish Elapsed, 
y BMI om ego kb WA iasdhroqoon seb bh 12 13 43 3 47 3 4 04 
Mitwcolae rence penne ean 12 10 10 3 44 28 3 34 18 
Rainbow he SEAR E csar Se ce ae 12 10 16 3 46 01 335 45 
arinia Ie ees seein ane 12 14 40 = 5 44 3 36 04 


East Gloucester <Y, C, aS. 


GLOUCESTER, MASS. 
Wednesday, July 18. 


Tue East Gloucester Y. C. sailed an evening race on 
July 78 in a strong N.W. breeze, the times being: 


First Class. 


Length. FEI 

@ndae Greenouri tn. acne eee one 36.02 eee ; eeu 
Alethea, Colby & Smith. ..).12...1.. 13.06 0 53 46 0 40 15 
Alice and Maud, MeCurdy........... 26.08 0 52 32 0 40 24 
ae ee Anan Second Ores . 

ing, JERS ae BARA AAS ornate 7.01 85 
Ida B.. Je Metcharits, =usnpasennene. 18.10 9 a7 D 0 ti 7 
shetiiom me Natori. sure cheese NiaTe 19.02: Withdrew. 
BG a tae Third Clare 

nly One, J. Perkins, ..5.-.¢e¢01+++s14.06 0 57 0 7 3 
Dorothea, Finlay «..scjosecess1809 «= OBB BE aS 

Spider, Flye cevecertyergyreeerreesns 944.01 ho Withdrew. - ‘ 


They 


[JuLy 28, 1900. 


| 2 


Rhode Island Y. C. Cruise. 


PuRSUANT to orders, the fleet of the Rhode Island Y. C. 
sailed from Pawtuxet on the morning of July 14 for 
Wickford with a fresh N.W. wind, the run being timed: 


36ft. Class. ’ 
Start Finish, Elapsed. 
TAME Candy thchahe doch bite 10 06 55 11 26 36 125 41 
Rifas ase ste ehnte Aa atiganrne 10 00 45 11 28 00 427 55 
Santora peobuecatac say: Parone its 10 00 45 11 31 51 1 31 06 
Rah Mee eae serene seers eaters 10 12 46 Ji 52 48 1 40 02 
' agit, Yawl Class. . 
Niisenealin Ga6auasqsseon. Fajefotry sata 10 00 50 11 40 44 1 39 54 
25ft. Yawl Class. 
PMO desi nb Beene Whee ere eetrerdot: 10 01 20 11 43 53 1 42 33 
30ft. Cat Class 
(Gist orca eeeiemnnear eaters 10 00 ii 40 52 1 40 07° 
MiBlem Sarretreareteasaeretets eet: seed 10 00 50 11 39 14 1 38 24 
25ft. Cat Class. ~ 
PUT BOL x. ccs, oretecsie oPetessteiepens eaves lstibeas deseses 10 01 39 ‘11 56 11 1 63 32 
Mildred! si adinw ie cahect erase 10 00 55 Withdrew. 


The next day the cruise continued to Block Island, but 
a calm and head wind marred the racing. The racing 
division of the fleet was timed: 


36it. Class, 
Start Finish 
aria Ae eee Antipolis ten Stemi 1 eee ee 9 25 35 4 40 00 
RATATAT 36 cove OO Eee tA telah A iyclet hater eal 9 25 13 4 59 44 
DEFOR LN Ancor noneconteccce ar ME OUD ORC Meat Ita 9 29 34 7 20 00 
36ft. Yawl Class. 
Wemiallaly soit taco asc ome scale dias sna eernn- ORR 9 25 59 7 15 00 
Repnild 2) doacssaaalre ct great taaelteaeans 9 24 42 8 30 00 
25ft. Cat Class. 
IMIG Tem: 4. majtome ae Renin epaarten etic omnes reacties 9 23 00 6 15 00 
WEG VAE SAS Pejetctstetorste re nistolstelersteres sosbavesaiercrelarareicestercn aia eee 9 22 48 6 45 00 


Monday was spent in harbor at Block Island, and on 
Tuesday with a light southerly wind the fleet sailed to 
Newport, the times being: 


86ft. Class. 


Start. Finish. Elapsed, 

Ru fial sehestned sete sadist tetra 9 18 22 12 08 53 2 45 31 

Ramallah yeiasnapeuseesnsaeees see 9 20 35 12 07 45 2 47 10 

Amorita’ 27334 esse sscaai edness ete 9 20 11 12 45 19 3 25 08 

Nth ie sapere sam reiseteitesrtce eis arte eee 9 22 32 12 387 54 3 15 22 
, . 86ft. Yawl Class. 

BRE pridl dea eee adateticaoriaacicce 9 21 28 12 29 33 3 08 05 

NVGRUEMEND Fo aja hensansaaceenthoas 9 21 28 12 50 20 3 28 52 
25ft. Cat Class. 

WUD, Sob atush sbi obbopbbcbeahat bre 9 21 20 12 43 04 3 21 44 

ILI e tere EA Ae aA oA cima src 9 32 06 1 04 46 3 82 40 


_Ramallah protested Rufina for passing on the wrong 
side of buoy, but the protest was not sustained. 


Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. 


4 DORVAL—LAKE ST LOUIS. 
Saturday, July 14. 


Ow July t4 the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. sailed three 
races for the 25ft. class off Beaurepaire, the St. Lawrence 
leaving Doryal at 1:30 and Lakeside at 2 o'clock, with a 
fleet of boats in tow and a party of ladies and racing men 
on board. The course was a triangle with three-quarter 
mile sides, and the wind was strong at first from S.W., 
but moderate by the time of the start. Three races were 


sailed for the Molson cup: “m 
First Race. 

Red (oatelC Routh: sp apees. sees teeeee my aeemnee meee teat bate 4 31 21 

(Cilearer binge WMG (Gr leh IDhgegeeie oe eee ag eeaside ste 4 31 45 

WihitetGapmeAnintiig sab OUEP Nee seers serene: iti matin erie 4 33 18 

Black Beauty. Wormetbatony a. oapersschstenesaeiern een ee 4 34 30 
Second Race. 

Glencattty <LI, oct cane eee eee | Kemet ee tars tenor eee hee ester 5 02 20 

Red Goat ta eiboathEeep oie aap ann ana metre taindane eae eA 5 02 35 

Wihite S@apr nz tzanupeeeecenpe cae hile eee ee TRE ORE 


Black Beauty 


White Cap 
Red Oat see ron cen nie vacate aie 


Glenicainnm Lape Peer neCELErRerrr rete k is havvests 
Black Beauty 


a i iii ii ic iii ici i a rear ie aria ir aris 


The close finishes of the first three boats are remarkable, 
and there is evidently little to choose between them, while 
all are well sailed. The three were tied after the last 
tace, each with 14 2-3 points for the cup, 

The 22ft. and 17ft. classes each sailed two races, as fol- 


lows: 4 i 
Finish. 

EA Ist Race. 2d Race. 
Waking siectessasacses Foe reey saan s tray sonee see 4 41 06 5 15 52 
Kooralil Seneavenes ore ie gry Sree Soe ot sitar anager 4 42 38 5 17 53 
Boras Pal Sara ere ane Rls aterm eee eee iene eee 4 44 12 Bapliehey 
Mile Wee taqete ret bt bene Do LOO beDBELb ob ObbCHTh. 4 44 25 5 17 30 

~ Finish, 

Ant ist Race. 2d Race 
Kithiwake 94). 2) a2 neeaeiosaa ai bt teste tt weet tele 49 40 5 28 35 
Nao) I NOSSO AAA acer Orda dcece er tettaatat Aste 4 48 25 5 29 48 
WMG SBS cr carheamey wus See wenerh eet Or Ke OIF: 4 49 50 5 31 10 
(iabitanti Geeressasss ne nee ce eee en eee 4 50 48 h 31 40 


Owing to the number of fouls, the committee had de- 
termined to enforce the rules rigidly, and the result of 
these two races depends on the decision of the com- 
taittee as to several fouls in the 22ft. class. 


White Bear Y. C. Seawanhaka Cup. 


Tur White Bear Y. C. after a series of trial races has 
decided upon Minnesota, owned by F. M. Douglas, as the 
challenger which will represent the club in the coming — 
races for the Seawanhaka international challenge cup next 
month. Minnesota proved her superiority in all weathers 
to Mr. Ordway’s Saint Paul and Mr. Griggs’ Minnezitka. 
The following dimensions of the three yachts built for the 
challenger’s trial races are given: 


Minne- Saint Minne- 
zitka, Paul. sota 
Length overal all ..................- 36.1 34.1046 36.6 
Overhang forward oe Ub. 6.7 7.4 
Overhang aft . 4.10 3.3 3.7 
Vie el (oe i ZULGA 25% 25.7 
Mainsail . 393.9 Sys 888. 
Foresail . 110.8 123.1 11144 
Sask arcane soe cece sees yeeros 503.98 500.5 49916 
Mainsail— : 
ODM: ost eks che es Lhe hye eee 24.6 22.416 23.1134 
AWN Seed ESS teaedae uossadaiosekaaec 14.9 15.6 14.0 
ELOISt aa adnate erect iy Meee Ne 15.4 15.3% 16.0 
Glcwitoentbborts erin sural ni tasieeen nn ae 28.0 25.8 27.11 
Techy Sai une nie ae Ree Rn aad 33.10 35.116 33.9 
‘Triangle— 
Ney S oh Pes 59 731 WHO oO) reancewanstCte 12.7 12.6 11.6 
Ds Kottke Aostantitic, Viney Nis KIT ASCE ee Le 19.8 19.5 
__ Spinaker— i 
Meteht of BOCK firs rissutiiedoienaene sere 25.5 24.9 


Bcom FEEET ERE ERE REDE Re pert ee eet ad eats at aa 


Jury 28, 1900.] ~ 


Scamasaxe. 


A French Skow. 


THE thing here illustrated, by courtesy a yacht, 1s one 
of the new boats of the year, designed and built for the 
defense of the one-ton cup of the Cercle de la Voile de 
Paris, She was not successful in the trial races, the 
winner being a less extreme type of Skow, somewhat like 
Glencairn I1L., with a very full bow, but still retaining the 
semblance of a boat. : 

Scamasaxe was designed by Albert Michelet, one of the 
crew of Bolouga in the successful defense of the same cup 
against Vectis last season. She was built by Seyler, at # 
Courbevoie. Her dimensions are} Over all, 26it. gin.; 
l.w.l., 18ft.; breadth, 6ft.; depth of hull, 3in. She has , 
two cockpits, one forward and one ait, and two rudders 
joined by a single thwartship tiller, after the fashion of 
the Herreshoff catamarans. There is but one centerboard, | 
located on the middle line, the plate being of steel, She, 


is rigged with a triangular mainsail, a sliding gunter of = 
Scamasaxe has re- 


420 sq. ft, and a jib of 118 sq. ft, as as. | 
cently competed in the races of the Exposition, winning ° 


second place in one race. 


Bridgeport Y. C. Annual Regatta. 
BLACK ROCK—LONG ISLAND SOUIND. 


Saturday, July 14. 


Tue Bridgeport Y. C. sailed its second annual regatta 
on July 14 in a strong N.W. wind, which discouraged or 
disabled a number of the starters. The times were: 

Special Class—Over 43ft.—Start, 12:80, 


Length, Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Nymph, pei Leer ete tee 51,00 2 25 53 1 55 53 1 55 53 
Whitby, A. McNeil............ 51.00 Withdrew. 


43 to 86ft. Sloops and Yawls—Start, 12:35. 


Spindrift, E. S. Griffing.......30.2 30719 23719 237 19 

Mitaniey “WobsEie Childe: ois 33.66  Withdrew. 
20ft. Sloops and Catboats—Start, 12:40. id 

ite abe Ul, Macdonald. eee ~30.00 3.45 21 6 3 (05 21 3 05 21 
Kestral, H. 5. Bishop......... 29.4 Withdrew. 
Departure, C. B. Seeley....... 30.00 Withdrew. 
Marguerite, J. ¥. Dingee...... 30.00  Withdrew. 
Alerion, A, Walker............ 29.7 Withdrew. 

30ft, Cat Class—Start, 12:45. 
Oe 30.00 26418 20918 209 18 
. 29.00 3 02 03 217.03 2 09 32 
25ft. and 21ft. Sloops and Catboats—Start, 12:50. 

Sis, F. T. Bedford spc doniie ps 21.00 24619 15619 15619 

Persimmon, D. H. Warner....21.00 2.49 46 1 59 46 1 59 46 
Ghoorka, J. T. Elton.......... 1.00 $ Withdrew. 

Lurene, R. C. Mitchel.,...... 21000 “Std 1b 2-24 15° -2>24015 

Tdea, H. A. Budlong.,......+. 21.00 33110 24110 241 10 

18ft. Sloops and Catboats—Start, 12:55. 

HoxsiGn Et ee eaente ¥ eee SPU. eoetino emo D2EDie NED oaDT 
Monsoon, H. Fish............- a m poate: 
ite, W. Wilmot....... 5 Vithdrew. 

Boa Gn Catlin. . , : carne fener 18.00 35848 30348 3 03 48 
Norma, E. P. Rowland ....... 18.00 Withdrew. 


Nymph and Dot turned the wrong mark; Fox was dis- 
qualified for failing to show a racing number. 


Westhampton Country Club. 
WESTHAMPTON—GREAT SOUTH BAY, 


Saturday, July 21. 


Tue Westhampton Country Club sailed its first race on 
July 21 in a fresh southerly breeze, the times being: 


First Class—Start, 2:15. 


et ste espe att 

Or IBAVelione cedar ttt ttenet ences re ante 34 

Idlewild A AMAA AS OS 8534000 COOSCRNOEDOORBEBRCD 3 29 26 1 29 26 

DIATE tS Sem MRM MSR NK: clerics cries oes aki rcicbctarcinie-cie 2 B 29 42 1 29 42 
Third Class—Start, 2:20. pean Westen 

adv Mangarete eres crs nalenniess. *s F 

aneriieaes .3 55 42 1 33 34 

Tiss se 13 54 15 1 33 47 

PAI ies sacateatastshsskn io aaterst ya simets -3 56 50 1 36 50 

Colas sees eee esas baa bie bbed dodmeatione 4 01 40 1 44 32 
Fourth Class—Start, 2:25. pee otc 

PAlerdery Lassi isecniseneneaectioceesestavees 

Miri SN a AAA Bee BRAS Orsay & Sinaia nana 4 01 24 1 46 08 
WVanrerii ee Oi. t cree pp piiahyived vrirtrbay rirm ivi trie obvariel 22 4 00 00 1 46 10 


Canarsie Y. C. 


CANARSIE—JAMAICA BAY, 
Saturday, July 2r. 

THE open championship race of the Canarsie Y. C. post- 
poned from July 7 was sailed on July 21, the starters being 
those boats originally entered. There was a reefing breeze 
from S.W. at the start, and Irene, under full -sail, lost 
her mast jtist after crossing the line. The times were: 


First Class. 


Start. Finish, Elapsed. Corrected. 
JEU Stim ny eee tat 150s ale 3.38 05 Dismasted. 
SPrAayy ouurvaaitrteeas 3 39 30 6 40 00 3 00. 20 $ 00 30 
Second Class. 
pelsibtes) col AAAE MB ARA ARE A +--3 42 06 Withdrew. 
brian AAs oan Adee eee 3 42 38 6 00 30 217 52 217 52 
; Third Class. 5 
deal ce ash peeks tt ean 3 47 03 fi 36 02 2 48 59 2 48 59 
Dchimvareinein tee tl be 3 47 (07 6 32 00 2 44 53 2 42 38 


Marine and Field Club. 


BATH BEACH—GRAVESEND BAY, 
Saturday, July 21. | 
THe Marine and Field Club has arranged a series of 
races for its one-design class, the first being sailed on 
July 28 in a fresh_S.E. wind. The course was a three-mile 
triangle, sailed three times. Vixen lost a man over- 
board and withdrew. The times were, start 3:41:00: 


Finish. Elapsed 
QOuingue, Smith & Hilliard..................005 Feds. 34 1 32 34 
Kelpie, IBTOWIweePeres EEL CE ener an 5 14 54 1 33 54 
Flying Fox, Buckman & Cone......... idea ree cll 1 47 20 


Royal Canadian Y. C. Lansdowne Cup. 


TORONTO—LAKE ONTARIO, 
Saturday, July 14. 


Tue Royal Canadian Y. C. sailed a race for different 
classes on July r4, the larger yachts competing for the 
Lansdowne cup. The times were:- 


Start, 3:00. 

Finish. Elapsed. 
MerryPOoushty AWOWS ce ekileccse snes ee ce ess «ns» ly 6 27 45 3 27 45 
Witiera is Se Baie” Am Gcee gti tes HOSS S SAMA SAAR Air 6 37 05 3 37 05 
SV ivs CH Senn eet eh Lip EP et GERE hte mien eer, 6 54 53 3 54 55 

eott. Class—Start, 2:45. 

IBEW (Sa Sore Gnetcsdb ab. 5 bbb) ence mores ir 6 42 00 
AVI F YE a oo ee a a ee a esit eee Ea Sash hiteg iy 6 44 00 : 


Hamilton to Oakville. 


Own July 14 the combined fleets of the Royal Hamilton 
and the Victoria yacht clubs sailed a cruising race from 
Hamilton to Oakville, the times being: 

First Class—Start, 2:30. 


Finish, Elapsed. 
CUy i Ge bettie iietat tee ets cs KPSRA BOR BAN ES AER 4 54 20 2 24 20 
soit, Class—Start, 2:35. 

EAMETS FI ae eer nyt eee, eae = ot Se oe ne 4 39 00 2 04 00 
DMiey a dll CUT Pein ee ere en Galion sate Bittle 4 43 00 2 08 00 
30-25ft. Class—8m. 21s. Allowed the 25-footers—Start, 2:40. 

Finish, Elapse Corrected. 
iva vata. ee ay Bee eet eee 4 58 50 218 50 2 18 50 
BleWAave coed seecsosdtustas ¢ pein eee 5 13 00 2 338 00 2 24 33 
Kean to tae ee ener AR URE IN ap! 5 13°25 2.33 25 225 04 
IVECT aR store eeletesine see one eee, Sesibes b 5 05 10 2 25 10 2 25 10 
Hae yee Cae eee = thes SB I: 5 11 00 2 31 00 2 31 00 
Happy Thought .................... 5 13° 20 2 33 20 2 33 20 


Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C. 


OYSTER BAY—LONG ISLAND SOUND, 

Saturday, July 2r. 
THE Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. sailed the fourth 
race of the Center Island cup series on July 21, the times 
being: 


Finish. Points. 
Bee, H. C. B, Jacquelin & D. Le Roy Dresser..... 5 03 07 
BUDS, Vie ARE Stewant: (30442 eee an Omen anae 

AWS arhattes IPE AS 1S Spb kel Saree Seen Pr oon. ae 
Ministre en lA ow pore terest aie ete ees 

enter aDaniel BE Aros NS eee enn 

Heron, Frederic R. Coudert, Jr 


Bee wins first prize and six points, and Bobs 
prize for the day. 


Mth co oo 


Explosion of a Naphtha Launch. 


On July 23 at about 5 P. M. the naphtha launch Sasco 
exploded just out Echo Bay, New Rochelle. The owner 


of the yacht, Alfred E. Crow, a’ wealthy resident of New | 
Rochelle, was at the wheel, his wife and their son, Harold, ' 


thirteen years old, being the only other persons ‘on board. 


The launch was practically blown to pieces by one violent - 


explosion, Mrs. Crow and her son being instantly killed, 
while Mr, Crow was dangerously injured. The frag- 
ments of the boat were scattered in all directions the 
bodies were thrown into the water, and the surface of the 
water was covered with burning naphtha. - Intrepid, steam 
yacht, was close at hand, with many launches and yachts 
returning from the Larchmont regatta. Mr. Pheenix was 
one of the first to the rescue, in his steam launch, picking 
up the body of the boy, which was laid in the launch and 
covered with the launch’s ensign. Mr. Crow was picked 
up clinging to a partly burned cushion, by the steanl 
yacht Dixie, J. M. Daggett, and carried in to the New 
Rochelle Rowing Club house. Southern Star, a launch 
owned by Robert Cameron, picked up the burned and 
mangled body of Mrs. Crow. Mr. Crow was restored to 
consciousness and taken to his home, his right thigh being 
broken, while he was bruised and also suffering from 
shock. After a time he became unconscious, and his 
recovery is doubtiul. An older son. Clinton Crow. had 
been one of the party. but left the yacht at Larchmont and 
was awaiting her on the club float at New Rochelle. where 
he witnessed the explosion. He states that a leak was 
discovered in the naphtha tank early in the morning and 
his eS made some temporary repairs to it, as it was but 
small, 


_ day, Aug. Tr. 


second. 


George Caspar Adams. 

AMONG the younger generation of American yachts- 
men, few are more widely and favorably known than the 
“Adams Brothers,’ Messrs. George Caspar Adams and 
Charles F. Adams, 3d, of Quincy, Mass. For the past 
twenty years, from early boyhood, they have been actively 
interested in yacht racing, and they have owned some of 
the noted yachts of the day—the keel Papoose, Baboon, 
Gossoon and the centerboard Harpoon, with a whole fleet 
of small catboats. George Caspar Adams, who had been 
ill for some time with bright’s disease, died at his home 
in Quincy on July 13 at the age of thirty-seven years. 
Mr. Adams began his racing late in the seventies on 
Quincy Bay, then the home of many fast catboats, and 
he made a record at the time in the little cat Dandelion. 
After racing and cruising in many small yachts, he, with 
his brother, in 1887, ordered of Mr. Burgess the keel 
cutter Papoose, of 36ft. l.w.l., but the first yacht of the 
famous 4oft, class. When the class took definite form 
in the following year, they sold Papoose and built Bab- 
oon, also from Mr, Burgess’ designs. In 1889 they spent 
the yachting season abroad, racing in English and Scotch 
waters, and in the following year they built Gossoon. 
When the 46ft. class succeeded the 4oft., they bought the 
new Burgess centerboard cutter Beatrix, built in 1891, and 
renamed her Harpoon, to correspond with the series, ma- 
king a number of alterations in her and in particular 
testing a weighted centerboard. Harpoon made the best 
record of all the outside boats against the then invincible 
Gloriana. In 1893 both the brothers were associated with 
the syndicate which built the ooft. fin-keel Pilgrim, and 
they took an active part, with the late George A. Stewart, 
in handling her in the trial races. Mr. Adams was a 
Harvard graduate, and in addition to his love of yacht- 
ing he was interested in all outdoor sports in general. 
His genial and kindly nature endeared him to all who 
were fortunate enough to enjoy his personal acquaintance 
and many others who never knew him other than by name 
will learn with regret of the loss to American yachting. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


A. regular meeting of the New York Y. C. was held om 
July 19 at Delmonico’s in Beaver street, the following new 
members being elected: E. P. Morse, Richard C, Fessen- 
den, F. W. Wurster, Lieut.-Com, W..B. Bayley, U. S. N. 2 
Charles Robinson Smith, Thomas G. Field, Robert J. W- 
Koons, Richard H. Morgan, Edward Sears Gellatly, Dur- 
bin Horne, Joseph H. Hoadley, James P. Scott, August 
R. Meyer, C. Fabyan Monroe, Lieut.-Com, George M. 
Stoney, U. S, N.; Robert M. Thompson and Lieut, F. W- 
Kellogg, U.S. N, 

The amendments of the racing rules passed at the third 
general meeting were approved. These are the changes in 
Classes G and H of single-masted vessels and yawls, ma- 
king the former for vessels over 8oft. racing length, and 
the latter not over 8oft. and over 7oft. racing length. 
Also for the making of Class I not over 7oft. and over 
Goft. racing length. The other changes were Tegarding the 
limit of draft and the number of men permitted on these 
yachts during a race. 

The following amendment to Rule No. 19 of the racing 
rules was passed, but must be approved at the next 
meeting : 

“A yacht which shall be disqualified twice in one sea- 
son may be debarred from sailing in club races for the 
remainder of the season.” 

_The programme for the cruise was announced as fol- 
lows: The squadron will rendezvous off Glen Cove, L, I., 
on Monday, Aug. 6, sailing for the Commodore’s cups for 
schooners and cutters over a triangular course, anchoring 
in Huntington Harbor. Tuesday, Aug. 7, squadron run 
to Morris Cove. Wednesday, Aug. 8, squadron run to 
‘New London. Thursday, Aug. 9, to Newport. On Fri- 
day, Aug. 10, the squadron” will proceed to Vineyard. 
Hayen. The return to Newport will take place on Satur- 
In all these squadron runs class races will 


take place. The squadron will remain at anchor in New- 


“port harbor on Sunday, Aug, 12, and on Monday, Aug. 
, 13, the Astor cups will be sailed for, after which the ° 
* squadron will disband. 


Baroness Julia de Rothschild’s steam yacht Gitana TI. 
was elected a flag member. 
RRE 
Hebe, the new Crowninshield 36-footer, owned by J. R, 


Maxwell, has béen fitted with a topmast in place of her 


| pole-masted rig at Woods’ Yard, City Island. 


= 


eRe 


The Atlantic Y. C. proposes to build a fast passetiger 
steamer for service between the Battery and its station 
at Sea Gate, to replace the slow boat now in use. 


RRR 


R. Floyd Clarke’s schooner yacht Vif, one of the best 
known of the older cruising yachts, was sunk in the East 
River, off Ward’s Island, on the night of July 16. as the 
result of a collision with the excursion steamer Crystal 
Stream, ~ 

Only four persons were aboard Vif at the time of the 
collision, and all were rescued. The yacht, however, went 
down in neatly tooft. of water, and is a total logs. Mr. 
Clarke will make no attempt to have her raised. 


Vit, with Capt. S. T. Beckwith, the steward, one « 


sailor and Mrs. Beckwith, aboard, was headed north ir: 
the eastern channel 
when the Meyers Excursion Company's 
Stream, headed south, 


_ The bow of one of the barges caught Vif on her star-- 
board quarter, crushing the yacht’s gig and plowing 
through the hull into her cabin, Water began to pour 
through the large hole at once, and Mrs. Beckwith was 
sent aboard the barge. 
“ Capt. Beckwith and the other two 
mained aboard, and the 
Gate, gradually filling. 
Tn five minutes it became apparent that she would sink, 
and the three men put the dinghy overboard and were: 
given a tow line by the tug Municipal, which had come: 


men, however, te-- 


past Ward's Island, at dusk Monday, - 
steamer Crystal ~ 
with a barge in tow on either - 
side, attempted to cross the yacht’s bows. The tide swept - 
the yacht ahead; and she was unable to luff out of the - 
course of the steamer. which was not gotten under con--— 
_ trol until too late to avoid the collision. fy 


yacht began to drift through Hell’ — 


alongside. The Municipal then made an effort to save 
the yacht, but her syphons had scarcely been placed in 
Vif’s hold when the yacht turned stern up and dived to 
the bottom in midstream, between Ward’s Island and 
Little Hell Gate. : 

Vit was a keel boat, designed and built by J. H. Dyer, 
at Portland, Me., in 1876. Her over all length was ASit. 
7in., her breadth r4ft. 2in., and her draft 8ft. 3in. She 
was bought by Mr. Clarke in 1894 from Charles Merrill, of 
Portland. and was enrolled in the fleets of the New 
York and Atlantic yacht clubs—New York Times. 


mR Ee 


Charles W. Sherland, of Brooklyn, captain of the tug 
boat Franklin N. Brown, was arrested in New York on 
July 17 by Detective Welsh, of Yonkers, charged with 
running down a rowboat containing William Bogart, his 
wite Lena and her mother, Mrs. Mary Miller, imperilling 
their lives, and also with fouling two yachts of the Yon- 
kers Corinthian Y. C., all on the night of July 10, when 
the club held a lantern parade. When the parade was 
opposite where he was tied up, Sherland cast off and 
backed out into the river. with the result stated. Com. 
A. J. Prime, of the New York R. A., obtained the name 
of the boat and the warrant for the arrest of the captain. 
Sherland waived examination and was held for the Grand 
Jury.—New York Herald. 

meen 

Capt. Edward Sycamore, skipper of Valkyrie I, in 
1895, arrived at New York on July. 16 on the Servia and 
was promptly and effectively interviewed. The following 
is from the New York Times: 


When asked regarding his reported commission as 
Rainbow’s sailing master, Capt. Sycamore evaded the 
question and replied that his visit to America had some- 
thing to do with negotiations for the sale of the new Wat- 
son-designed cutter Distant Shore to an American yachts- 
man, The name of Distant Shore’s possible purchaser he 
declined to disclose. A 

In view of the earlier attempts of Cornelius Vander- 
bilt to secure Capt. Sycamore’s services, and the reported 
dissatisfaction of Rainbow’s owner as to the way she has 
been handled, the appearance of Capt. Sycamore at Rain- 
bow’s helm would cause no great surprise. ' 

On other topics Capt. Sycamore was more communi- 
cative. Speaking of the rumor that he was to be the 
skipper of Sit Thomas Lipton’s new challenger, the Cap- 
tain said: 

“T do not see how those stories get abroad. I had an 
interview with Sir Thomas Lipton some time ago, but 
nothing was said about the matter. We simply talked 
about taking Shamrock to the Mediterranean to race this 
winter. Of course, if I were asked to sail the challenger 
I would not refuse, I have heard the report that Sham- 
rock is to be altered by Fife, but I know nothing about 
the details. I do know, however, that they are going to do 
something with her,” 3 

When asked whether Watson and Fife would jointly 
design the next Cup challenger, Capt. Sycamore said: Hf 
do not know who will design the new yacht, but I don’t 
think that both of them will work on her. I believe that 
she will be the design of one man. Fife certainly has had 
his chance at building yachts to be brought over here, and 
some one else ought to have a chance.” 

The Captain inquired eagerly as to the performance of 
the 70-footers that have been racing off Newport. « 

‘Well,’ he said, when told the result, “I expected that 
Yankee would be the winner, for she is Herreshoft’s 
latest. He is the best designer in the world. In this con- 
nection let me say that all agree that the last yacht race 
was a fair one in every respect, and that all who were over 
here when Sir Thomas Lipton raced are full of praise for 
the treatment they received. Columbia is a wonderful 
boat. and I believe that this country will win as long as 
that man Herreshoff is alive.” 


The Yachtsman’s Practical Manual. 
(Manuel Pratique du Yachtsman por le Docteur G, Bedart, N. A.) 


A NEw volume, the third, has just been added to the 
library of the Union of French Yachts, published by E, 


Bernard & Co., Paris, under the patronage of the Society ~ 


of French Yachts, This book, by Dr. G. Bedart, naval 
architect, is entitled, “The Yachtsman’s Practical 
Manual,’ and it deserves the name, both in its scope and 
the method of treatment. The author has evidently aimed 
at a middle course between the practical work of yacht- 
ing, as treated by Vanderdecken and other of the older 
English writers, and the abstract theory of naval archi- 
tecture. In its exact and definite descriptions of the parts 
of a yacht and in its detailed instructions it is thoroughly 
practical, while at the same time the principles are not 
lost sight of for a moment. The object of the author, as 
stated in the preface and evident throughout the work, is 
not merely to teach a certain routine of operations, but to 
lead the yachtsman to a systematic study of the principles 
of design, construction, navigation and seamanship, so 
that he may be able to rely upon his own judgment in 
further advancing himself in a ptirsuit in which absolute 
perfection is never attainable. Throughout the work the 
practical examples are intimately associated with the 
theory, so that the reader is taught to reason from cause 
to effect, or the reverse, in each operation. 

The book is divided into twenty-three chapters, and a 
brief summary of some of the leading heads will serve to 
show the scope. The first chapter deals with the hull of a 
vessel, explaining the names and uses of the principal 
parts, the method of representation by means of the three 
plans of projection and an explanation of a design. The 
next subjects are displacement, buoyancy, center of 
gravity, center of buoyancy, movement of the center of 
buoyancy, general study of stability, righting couple, mo- 
ment of the couple, metacenters, curves of stability, study 
of stability in different types, initial and reserve stability, 
stability of weight, stability of form, dynamical stability, 
genetal principles of sparring and rigging, different rigs, 
sail making, effect of wind on sails, true and apparent 
wind, course, rudder and steering, the well-balanced ves- 
sel, state of the sea, state of the wind, ropes, resistance 
of a vessel, surface disturbance, influence of length on 
speed, difference between large and small vessels, allow- 
ance, details of rig, block. This list includes only about 


—S mt oe eee ork . SS, 


FOREST ANDs STREAM. 


half of the volume, but it is sufficient to show how fully 
the field is covered. The descriptions and demonstrations 
are clear and exact, and the strictly theoretical points 
are handled in a way to make them within the comprehen- 
sion of any intelligent yachtsman, That portion which 
may strictly be classed under the head of naval archi- 
tecture is so simply explained and so closely related to the 
practical that it neither repels nor discourages a student 
unacquainted with formulas and strictly scientific methods. 
There are numerous illustrations in the form of diagrams. 
The book is not intended for the expert designer, builder 


‘or student of naval architecture, and it deals only inci- 


dentally with these subjects, but the practical yachtsman 
will find it a yaluable aid. 


Canoeing. 


American Ganoe Association, 1899-1900, 


Commodore, W. G, MacKendrick, 200 Eastern avenue, Toronto, 


Can. Sa 
Secretary-Treasurer, Herbert Begg, 24 King street, Toronto, Can. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Thirty-second street and avenue A, 
Bayonne, N. Jj. 


Division Officers. 


ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., H. C, Allen, Trenton, N. J. 
Rear-Com., Lewis H. May, New York. g 
Purser, Arthur H. Wood, Trenton, N. J. 4 


CENTRAL DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., John S. Wright, Rochester, N. Y. 
Rear-Com., Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. 
Purser, C. Fred Wolters, 14 East Main street, Rochester, N. Y. 


EASTERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., Frank A. Smith, Worcester, Mass, 
Rear-Com., Louis A. Hall, Boston, Mass. 
Purser, Frederick Coulson, 405 Main street, Worcester, Mass. 


NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., J. McD. Mowatt, Kingston, Ont., Can. 
Rear-Com., E. C, Woolsey, Ottawa, Ont., Can. 
Parser, J. E. Cunningham, Kingston, Ont., Can. 

WESTERN DIVISION, 


Vice-Com., Win, C. Jupp, Detroit, Mich. 

Rear-Com., F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis. 

Purser, fred T. Barcroft, 408 Ferguson Building, Detroit, Mich. 
Re 


Regatta Committee: R. Easton Burns, Kingston, Ont., Can., 
chairman; Harry Ford, Toronto; D. B. Goodsell, Yonkers, N. Y. 
g 


Meet of 1900, Muskoka Lake, Aug. 3:17. 
Official organ, Forrest AND STREAM. 


Fixtures. 


August. 
8-17, A. C, A, meet, Muskoka. 
September. z 
1-3. Toronto, club cruise. 3 
8. Toronto, fall regatta. 10 ee 
15. Toronto, sailing races. 3 


American Canoe Association. 


‘Twenty-first Annual Meet. 


BIRCH POINT—MUSKOKA, 
To A, C. A. Members: 

The following supplementary arrangements have been 
made for the camp in addition to those published on pages 
II to 16 inclusive of the Year Book, which was sent to all 
members by June 20: 


CAMP SITE COM MITTEE. 


The following articles can be had at camp if early notice 
is sent to the chairman, who will try to procure other size 
tents if required: 

Rent of Tent—7 x 9, per week, $2; 8 x 10, per week, 
$2.25 ; 10 x 12, per week, $2.50. 

Rent of Tent Floor—7 x 0, about $2.25; 8 x 10, about 
$3.50; 10 x 12, about $4. 

Sundries per Week—Camp bed, 50 cents; camp stools, 
25 cents; camp chairs (backs), 35 cents; mattress, 75 
cents; wire cot and matress, $1.50. 

Porches—6 x to, for term, $2. 

If sufficient notice is given, floors ean all be built and 
located and tents put up when members arrive in camp. 
The choice locations will be given to the earliest ap- 
plicants. Tents must be located by the Site Committee 
before their erection. 

R. Oster WADE, 


Chairman Camp Site Committee, 34 Victoria Street, 
Toronto. 
CUSTOMS ARRANGEMENTS, 

Inward—The Canadian Customs Department have ar- 
ranged that canoes, tents and outfits may be shipped in 
bond to Muskoka wharf, upon report inwards, without 
payment of duty, conditional upon exportation within 
thirty days, duty to be paid on all articles consumed or 
which are not exported. The collectors at Niagara Falls 
and Detroit will deal with outfits accompanying members 
in baggage car in the same way. 

Outward—The Treasury Department, Washington, 
have advised the collectors of customs at Detroit’ and 
Niagara Falls as follows; “Application is made by the 
Commodore of the A. C. A. for free entry, on return to 
United States of the canoes and paraphernalia of the 
members who go from the United States to Canada. In 
tegard thereto, I have to state that as the articles are 
presumably of domestic origin they may be admitted to 
free entry on return, under the provisions of paragraph 
483 of the Act of July 24, 1897, without requiring com- 
pliance with the regulations in such cases. Signed, H. A. 
Taylor, Assistant Secretary.” 

TRANSPORTATION. 


In all cases tickets should be purchased to Muskoka 
wharf only, as the special arrangements made with the 
Muskoka Navigation Company cannot be included in 
railway tickets. , 

The Muskoka Navigation Company will carry members, 
upon presentation of certificate, from Muskoka wharf to 
the camp and return for one dollar—war canoes, canoes 
and duffle free. 

The Grand Trunk Railway and the Canadian Pacific 


yee Naps y Ey PIPES Ress ES 


[Jury 28, 1906. 


Railway will grant return tickets on the usual fare and 


one-third plan. Members will pay full fare to Muskoka 
wharf, obtaining from the selling agent certificates which 
when endorsed and viséd at camp will enable the holders 
thereof to return to the point of starting by continuous 
passage at one-third of the regular rate. War canoes, 
canoes and duffle free. Arrangements must be made a 
day or two ahead for cars for war canoes. 

The Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company grant 
fare and one-third rates, and will carry ordinary canoes 
for single fare, war canoes at regular rates. 

The Central Passenger Association, with headquarters 
in Chicago, will carry members at tourist fares (about 
one and one-third fare), and lines interested will exercise 
their discretion about transporting canoes and other im- 
pedimenta, Western men requiring further particulars 
should write F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis, 

The Trunk Line Association will sell tickets at one and 
one-third fare to Toronto only. Get certificate. Atlantic 
Division men will therefore have to purchase tickets from 
G. T. R. at Toronto for Muskoka wharf, getting a second 
certificate. Further particulars desired can be had from 
D, D. Allerton, New York, or H. C. Allen, Trenton, N. J. 

The New England Pass Association will sell at fare 
and one-third, but whether they would sell through to 
Muskoka wharf or only to Toronto was not decided when 
this went to press. Louis A. Hall, 71 Equitable Build- 
ing, Boston, will be able to give Eastern men further in- 
formation upon request. ; 

The Grand Trunk fast train which connects with the 
steamers at Muskoka whari leaves Buffalo daily except 
Sunday at 8 A. M,, and Toronto at 11 A. M.,, arriving at 
Muskoka wharf at 2:30 P. M., where the steamers await 
its arrival. Inquire at wharf which steamer goes to A. 
o camp, where you will be landed between 5 and 6 

CERTIFICATES. 

As it takes considerable time for ticket agents to make 
out certificates, application should be made the day be- 
fore so as to insure their being ready. 

ACE PROGRAMME, 


The races will take place from the 13th to 17th. If the 
Regatta Committee find it will be conyenient for war 
canoe crews they will call war canoe races on Monday, 
Aug. 13. 

; MESS ARRANGEMENTS, 
: Meals can be had at the general mess for $1 per day, 
The caterer has had many yeats’ experience at this work, 
so punch a few extra holes in the long end of your belts. 
POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. 


All mail should be directed to A. C. A. Camp, Birch 
Point, Port Carling, Muskoka. It will arrive at camp 
daily between 7 and o P. M. 

W. G. MacKennricx, Com. 


A, C. A. Membership. 


Atlantic Division—J, Wilber Durbin, Burlington, N. J.; 
Clarence Mitchell, Burlington, N. J. : 

Northern Diyision—E, C, Tyrrel, Toronto C. C., 
Toronto; Geo, Wilkie, Toronto C. C., Toronto. 


Rifle Range wid Gallerp. 


Swiss e Rite Clube, 


(Concluded from page 36.) 


The above remarks relate chiefly to the military side 
of the clubs. That the other side is strongly developed 
will be seen irom the following figures of the cartridges 
issued by the Swiss Government at the favorable rates 
above noticed. For these figures I am indebted to Col. 
Kindler, of Ztirich, the leading authoritw on the subject 
in Switzerland, who has most obligingly rendéred me 
much assistance in supplying the latest statistics and ex- 
plaining points in the published tables. 

The number of cartridges used annually in the military 
courses above noticed is calculated by Col. Kindler to 


be 5,000,0c0, The quantity drawn by the clubs is 16,000,- - 


ooo, thus leaying 11,000,000 for what may be called “civil” 
shooting. Thus then the civil side may be said to be 
more than double as strong as the military. Taking the 
course ammunition as an ordinary charge of the military 


department and applying figures of cost already quoted, ~ 


the Government may be said to grant £110,000 annually 
toward encouraging civil musketry practice, while the 
Swiss clubs spend annually out of their funds more than 
a quarter of a million sterling on ammunition, Of the 
clubs it may be said that some members, when they 
have fired the obligatory course, do not trouble them- 
selves further, and that an important feature of many of 
the clubs is that the duty can be performed near home 
without the trouble of attendance at military headquarters. 
For all that, the majority of the members take a real in- 
terest in rifle shooting, and regularly keep the village 
range employed on Sundays long after the obligatory 
course has been completed. This is partly due to the 
natural jondness for this national sport, and partly per- 
haps to the fact that, with the exception of gymnastics 
and bowls, which find some favor, there is little else in 
the shape of games or sport to temper a holiday. All 
in the Elite or Landwehr, and some in the Landsturm., 
haye their military rifles with them, and are encouraged 
to. use them at the butts by the issue of ammunition at 
the favorable rates already noticed. The clubs can also 
obtain from the Government the loan of military rifles for 
the use of non-military members. - ¥ 
Comipetitions are constantly got up between villages, 
In the towns matters are carried on on a more am- 
bitious scale. Some of the clubs are rich and well sup- 
ported, and have funds inyested; and the ranges, with 
their pavilions, rows of disappearing targets, electric bells, 


telephones, and all modern improvements and appliances, — 


leave nothing to the most fastidious to desire. Ta.some 


places the shield-protected ranges are, 1 beliewe) in use, 


but these have not been visited by me. The town of 


Zurich has recently spent, as mentioned in Col, Kindler’s 


recent paper, 750,000 francs, or £30,000, in providing a 
range of qooyds., with 96 6ft, targets and 288 figure tars 


r 


jury 28, 1900.] 


gets. This is used by the clubs, and also by the troops, 
but is over and aboye the extensive military ranges to be 
found at headquarters of divisions. At Ziirich there is 
yet a second range of 400 meters, which, with every con- 
venience for practice, and a large payilion for functions at 
the annual fétes, has cost £32,000. In the smaller towns, 
as at Lenzburg, within three miles of the old castle from 
which this is written, one well-appointed range serves 
several clubs, the days and hours for the practice or prize 
shooting of each being arranged by the committees in 
communication. 

‘The town population groups itself into clubs, accord- 
ing to the means of the members, the less well-to-do 
using their military rifles and_contenting themselves 
with a few off days when the obligatory course has been 
completed. The richer clubs meet regularly once a 
week, sometimes oftener, during the season extending 
from May t to Oct. 1. Match rifles with hair triggers are 
common, and excellent results are shown at 300yds. on 
the popular 6ft, target divided into 50 rings, each ring 
having its value according to its proximity to the bulls- 
eye. The Swiss club shooting is, as a rule, save in the 
military exercises, limited to 300yds. And nearly all 
shots are made standing. It is held that if a man can in 
this position steadily hit a small mark at this distance he 
will do decently at longer ranges; and that this practice 
is quite sufficient to keep the eye and hand in training 
and to insure acquaintance with and confidence in one’s 
weapon. 

The range is generally given up on Sundays to the 
working men’s clubs, and the chief club in Lenzburg 
meets on a Monday, In the villages Sunday, for obvious 
reasons, is the day for practice and matches. It is not 
advanced that this arrangement would, as matters now 
stand, be suited to the conditions and prejudices of our 
own country; but it exactly fits in with the views and 
feelings of the population of even this strongly Protes- 
tant quarter of Switzerland. In these villages on Sun- 
days there is no afternoon service, but nearly every one, 
without exception, attends Diyine service in the morn- 
ing, generally at 9:30 o’clock. After service the day is 
given up to national amusement, in which rifle shooting 
is included. Those who do not take an afternoon walk 
with their families through the woods to some favorite 
view point go down with them to the range and keep 
in their eyes and hands at the targets, and perhaps have 
a glass of exceedingly mild local beer, or the equally mild 
loczl wine, at the tables under the trees near the firing 
point. And, as during the whole term of my residence 
here I have never yet seen a beggar, so also have I 
never seen any drunkenness or any approach to rowdi- 
ness of misconduct at even the most crowded prize meet- 
ings. Some of my well-meaning guests have occasionally 
remarked, when the Sunday rifle practice has come under 
notice, that, although such amusement is excellent, they 
would prefer to see the practice carried on “on any 
other day.” The answer is of course that there are no 
idle men, every one is hard at work at the factory or in 
the field during week days, holidays are almost unknown, 
and few have any free time saye on Sunday. All will 
agree that an afternoon at the range is preferable to one 
spent in the public house, and that exercises carried out 
soberly and steadily, and which for success demand some 
self-restraint and denial and careful storage of health 
and vigor, are deserving of countenance, even when not 
carried on on week days. 

For the reason noticed above, all the great rifle matches 
and the cantonal and village rifle fétes are also held on 
Sundays. They are attended and supported by all classes, 
and by all the men, women and children of the locality. 
The encouragement given by the women fo rifle shooting 
is a noticeable feature, and has an excellent influence. 
They collect money for the prizes, help decorate the 
villages and towns, and the shooting ranges, and put on 
all their finery, and all their grates, and do everything 
in their power to make the meets a success. The parish 
and cantonal authorities, the local members and all 
magnates attend at the matches, and all the available 
bands, banners and bunting are produced for the occa- 
sion. And as there are no calls on the purse for cricket 
and football, golf and other clubs, the rifle meetings are 
well supported; subscriptions and donations are liberal 
and help toward encouraging rifle shooting, which, even 
with cheap cartridges, would otherwise fall somewhat 
heavily on the poorer members of the clubs. 

Nature has provided an efficient stop butt in the shape 
of a mountain or a hill within easy reach of nearly every 
Swiss village. The total population of the country is 
just Over 3,000,000, representing about the number that 
turned ont in London to see the Jubilee procession of 
1897. The population is well distributed over the country 
districts, and does not collect in huge urban centers, as 
with us, The land is in the hands of peasant proprietors 
or parishes, all interested in the maintenance of the rifle 
clubs and in providing ranges. Fayored by the condi- 
tions of the country and the times, interest in the national 
arm has fortunately been maintained in Switzerland dur- 
ing successive generations, and does not require to be 
suddenly rekindled. And lastly there is the important 
fact that the Swiss military system provides not only the 
rifles and the ammunition, but an organization in every 
village which renders the management of the clubs a 
matter of easy afrangement. 

As has been already noticed, the non-military side of 
the clubs, the interest taken in “private” shooting and 
the sums spent theron are remarkable, even though partly 
accounted for by the absence of the rival attractions of 
the many outdoor games which play so prominent a part 
in our own country hfe. Still it mmst be recognized that 
the Swiss system of rifle clubs, admirable as it is, is really 
‘a part of the military system. Without the Goyernment 
rifle, which nearly every man has in his home, the am- 
munition supplied by the State, the facility with which 
ranges can be acquired, the military training of the mem- 
bers, the obligatory rifle course, and the military organ- 
ization of the management, the figures of the Swiss rifle 
clubs might be on a very different scale from that shown 
above.” 

Switzerland, surrounded by great foreign States, all 
armed to the teeth, and having no sea or fleet to safe- 


8In connection with this point it may be noticed that a change 
made in 1894 by which a part of the Landsturm was brought info 
es ay musketry course added at once 51,662 members to the 
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guard its frontiers, has considered it necessary hitherto 
to arm and train its comparatively small male population 


in readiness against attack, But even the present meas- 
ures, conceiyed with every possible consideration of the 
economy of money and of time, are found to bear heavily 
on the pockets and industrial power of the nation. As 
the population increases the question has presented itself 
whether the existing military strength is not sufficient, 
and whether it is necessary that it should keep pace with 
the increase in the male population, and that all should 
be obliged to serve in the battalions. It is already pro- 
posed to raise both the physical and educational standard 
for recruits. This would reduce the military budget on 
one side and increase it on the other by the tax on ex- 
empts, and would set free for industrial purposes many, a 
part of those whose time would otherwise have to be 
passed at the depots. 

From the Swiss much may unquestionably be learned 
in many details of their musketry arrangements; in the 
latest appliances for the safety of the markers and the 
convenience of the marksmen; in the shield ranges for 
crowded localities as described and advocated by Mr. 
Baillie-Grohman; in the universal encouragement and 
support given to rifle shooting by all classes as a national 
institution and duty. And it can at least be learned that 
this practical people have decided, after years of ex- 
petience and attention, that long ranges are not essential 
for good shooting, but that convenient ranges—that is, 
near the men’s homes—and a liberal supply of ammuni- 
tion are of primary importance. 


Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. 


San Francisco, July 4—Members of the Columbia Pistol and 
Rifle Club celebrated the Fourth shooting pool and practicing at the 
Habor View range. Several visitors were present and participated. 
Paul Becker had one of the six new service Colts target revolvers 
cleamed to have been made especially for the New York team. 
It is a 44 and shoots the Russian model cartridge. Six tried their 
hand at it and every one was unanimous in its praise as “‘the” 
target revolyer. Tere are the scores: . 

Columbia target, 50yds., Colts new service target revolver; U. M. 
C, black powder ammunition: 


Paul Becker... 8 5 1 4 4-17 F E Mason... 7 9 3 3 8—20 


Ed Hovey....- 24 5 8 5-24 A B Dorrell,., 3 214 4 4-27 
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iP Beckerk wees Ore: 5 5 311 7 7 510 2 661 48 
2610 78 3 & 5 7 3—56 49 


Becker and Hoadley were sighting their .30-30 Winchester car- 
bines for their hunting trip. Becker is the first man here to bring 
out this carbine as an all-around target and hunting rifle. He has 
spent much money and time and feels well repaid, as it does fine 
work at 50 and 200yds. at target, using an original, very large 
copper sight for front and Lyman rear peep sight. He uses 
L. & R, smokeless powder and 1 to 12 bullet, 152grs., for range 
and short distances, and soft-nose with full charge for large game, 

Scores, 50yds., .30-30 carbines: G. Hoadley, 25; Ed Hovey, 25, 
25; P. Becker, 25, 26, 29, 27. 


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Pr. Hunsaker had a new S. & W. pistol and was well pleased, 
as his 56 is his second trial at pistol shooting. 
Deer season opens July 15 and little shooting will be done at 
the range during the remainder of this month. 
FE. ©. Youne, Sec’y. 


Cincinnati Rifle Association, 

THE following scores were made in regular competition by mem- 
bers _of the Cincinnati Rifle Association at Four-Mile House, 
Reading road, July 22. Conditions, 200yds., off-hand, at the stand- 
ard target. Hasenzahl was declared champion for the day with a 
score of 89. Thermometer 86, and humid atmosphere: 

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Elite Schuetzen Corps. 


AT the regular semi-monthly shoot of the Elite Schuetzen Corps 
held at ptprens Hills on Saturday, July 7, the following sete 
were made: 


rediG@s Rosaiyeseerve peer teeters 20 22 21 25°23 24 23 24 21 21—224 
24 20 23 24 23 24 18 22 23 16—217 


24 23 19 22 24 16 22 21 13 21—205 
Chass eingerts Wie speenetye te. cote 20°20 2222 22 16 21 21 19 24205 
22 21 24 25 13 16 21 19 16 17—194 
4 17 19 18 24 20 4 25 24 24 15—190 
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20 19 17 18 17 19 11 10 12 6—149 


Cuas. K. Hormine. 


On July 18, at. Bisley, the principal event of the Nati i 
Association was the contest for the Elcho stiallenge unio ae 
eek Stat the scores being Ireland 1,537, England 1,518 *Scot- 
and 1,505, =: M 


NAMELESS REMITTERS. 


The Forest and Stream Publishing Co. is holding 
several sums of money which have been sent to it for 
subscriptions and books by correspondents who have 
failed to give name and address. If this note comes 
to the eye of any such nameless remitter we trust to 
hear from him. 


Grapshooting. 


if you want your shoot to be announced here send fo 
agtice tke the following: 


Fixtures. 


INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS. 


Aug. 7-8.—Newport, Vt.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 
gener, the auspices of the Newport Gun Club. J. R. Akin, bec’y. 
* Sept. 12-13.—Salemn, N, Y.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 
ander the auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club. 


July 25-27,—Winnipeg, Man,—Manitoba Industrial Exhibition 
Association’s trapshooting tournament, ~ W. Heubach, Sec’y. 

July 25-27.—Tolchester Beach, Kent County, Md.—Fourth annual 
midsummer tournament; two days targets; one live birds; added 
money and merchandise. f 

July 28.—Ilion, N. ¥.—Open shoot of the Tlion Gun Club. 

Aug, 1.—Wellington, Mass——Tournament of the Boston ,Shoot- 
ing Association; open to shooters of New England. 

Aug. 3-4.—St. Paul, Minn.—Tournament of the St. Paul Rod and 
Gun Club; $240 in cash or more added, A. FE. Perry, Sec’y-Treas. 

Aug. 7.—Hackensack River Bridge.—Outwater’s live-bird handi- 
cap. L. H. Schortemeier, Mgr. 

Aug. 8—Auburn, Me.—Tournament of the Auburn Gun Club. 

Aug. 7-8.—Birmingham, Ala,—Amateur tournament given by the 
Peters Cartridge Co., on the grounds of the Birmingham Gun 
Club; $150 added, John H. Mackie, Mer. 

Aug. 14—Binghamton, N. Y.—All-day target tournament of the 
Binghamton Gun Club. 

Aug. 23-24.—Lafayette, Ind.—Tournament of the Lafayette Gun 
Club, under sanction of the League, J. Blistian, Sec’y. . 

Aug. 28-30.—Arnold’s Park, Okoboji Lake, la,—The Indian 
tournament; $700 added. T, A. Marshall, Sec’y, Keithsburg, Til. 

Sept. —.—First week in September. Tournament of the Sher- 
brooke Gun Club. , 

Sept, 3-4.—North Platte, Neb.—Tournament of the Buffalo Bill 
Gun Club on Col. Cody’s Scout’s Rest Ranch; $250 added. Geo. 
L. Carter, Mer. “ , 

Sept. 3.—Muncie, Ind—One-day tournament of the Magic City 
Gun Club, Chas. E, Adamson, Sec’y, ' 

Sept. 3.—Blandon Park, Richmond, Va.—Virst annual tournament 
of the Virginia Trapshooting Association, under the auspices of 
the West End Gun Club. Franklin Stearns, Mer. 

Sept. 4.—Meriden,- Conn.—Fifth annual Labor Day tournament 
of the Parker Gun Club; $25 added. C. S. Howard, Sec’y, 

Sept. 12-18.—Homer, Ill,—Annual tournament of the Triangular 
Gun Club; one day targets; one day live birds, C. B, Wiggins, 

ec’y. 

Sept. 12-:18.—Pensacola, Fla.—Two-day shoot of the Dixie Gun 
Club; bliterocks and liye birds, V. J. Vidal, Sec’y. 

Sept. 14-15.—Platte City, Mo.—Trap shoot of the Platte City Gun 
Club. S. Redman, Sec’y. 

Sept. 18-21—St. Thomas, Ont.—Tom Donley’s fourth annual 
tournament; live birds and targets, ; 

Sept. 27.—Zanesville, O.—Tournament of the Zanesville Gun Club. 
L, A. Moore, Sec’y. 

Oct. 2-4—Swanton, Vt.—Robin Hood Gun Club’s three days’ 
tournament. 

Oct. 12-14.—Louisville, Ky.—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
targets and live-birds, Emile Pragoff, Sec’y. 

Newark, N. J._South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
(lay afternoon. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK, 


Aug. 2.—Interstate Park.—Third and last shoot for the champion- 
ship of Long Island; 25 live birds, 25yds. 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht 
Gua Club—Saturdays. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Club secretaries are invited ta send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed, .Ties 
on all events are considered as divided uniess otherwise reported. Maz 
allsuch matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York, 


The first annual tournament of the Virginia Trapshooting Asso- 
Ciation, to be held at Blandon Park, Richmond, Va., Sept. 3, under 
the auspices of the West End Gun Club, has a programme of ex- 
ceptional attractiveness to the amateur. There are eleven events, 
and of these four are at 15, five at 20, one at 25, and one at 50 
targets, the latter a five-men team race, and none eligible other 
than teams representing trapshooting clubs of Virginia. The win- 
ning team will be the holder of the Virginia Trapshooting Asso- 
ciation’s team $50 silver cup until the next contest, The club 
first winning it three times is entitled to its permanent posses- 
sion. A suitable souvenir will be given to the shooter making the 
highest individual score in any competing team. No, 1], at 20 
targets, is a consolation event, and the scores in it will be counted 
in awarding the average prize. Entrance is based on 1 cent per 
target, but sweepstakes on a 10-cent-per-target basis is optional. 
Bluerocks, magautrap and one set of expert traps will be used. 
A suitable prize will be given to the shooter making the highest 
average of the entire programme. Manufacturers’ agents can 
shoot for targets only. Shooting commences at 9 o’clock. Mr. 
Franklin Stearns is manager, P. O. Box 6, Richmond, Va, 


The programme of the fourth annual merchandise and sweep- 
stake shoot of the Pleasant Hill Colored Gun Club, of Pleasant 
Hill, Mo., is fixed to take place on Aug. 3. There are ten events: 
Six at 15 targets, four at 10 targets, entrance price of targets at 
1cent each. There are merchandise prizes or added money or both 
in each eyent. he programme sets forth that the cheap targets 
and added money will draw the poorer shots to the tournament, 
and that at the meeting the shooters may agree to put up a 
challenge trophy, to be competed for by colored men, and to be 
emblematic of the championship of the United States among 
colored men. This is a most commendable movement on the part 
of the colored men, and cannot fail to have wholesome effects 
which will accrue to their benefit. Anything which adds to their 
skill and efficiency in one special feld must have a general 
beneficent effect as well. 

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The programme of the open live-bird handicap given by Mr. 
J. H. Outwater, Hackensack bridge and Rutherford ‘road, Aes %, 
beginning at 10 o’clock, has four events. The preliminary and 
No. 1 of the first regular events are each at 7 birds, $3, birds extra 
three moneys, Rose system, ratio 6, 8 and 1. No. 2 is at 10 birds, 
$5, birds extra, class shooting,’ four moneys, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per 
cent. No. 3 is at 7 birds, $3, birds extra, class shooting, 50, 30 and 
20 per cent. Miss-and-outs if time permits. Wor three high guns 
shooting through the three regular events, $5, $3 and $2. Take 
Rutherford trolley car from Hoboken ferry. Dinner on the 
grounds. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier will manage this shoot. f 


Mr. Franklin Stearns, of Richmond, Va., writes us as follows: 


- “Trapshooting in Virginia is on the boom, There are about fifteen 


clubs in the State, of which seyen (including-one livebird and 
ene negro) are in Richmond. A State organization has been 
effected, and its first annual tournament will be held Sept. 3, To 
this I send you an imvitation. We expect from sixty to seventy- 
five shooters to face the-traps.” ‘ 2 


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The Scranton, Pa., Times, in its issue of the 16th inst., while 
being alive to news yalues,; recounts an astonishing test of skill 
and endurance, as follows:- “‘A- pigeon shooting match between 
two local sports, Jack Stiles and Peter Henry, took place on-the 
East Side grounds Saturday afternoon, resulting in favor of the 


' former, who ‘shot 4 out of 5 birds, Henry shooting 8,” 


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Mr, Foxhall Keene, of the Carteret Gun Club, was he 
American tourists who returned on the Lucania last ete re 


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mington Gun Club, of Ilion, N. Y., announces an open 
eae enn 3B, commencing competition at 9 o'clock. _ There are 
twelve events on the programme—tl65 targets in all—with a tota 
entrance fee of $16.70. In events 6, 10 and 12, each at 20 targets, 
$2.30 entrance, there’are $4, $4 and $5 respectively added. First 
high average for the day, 33; second, $2; third, $1. A ees 
experts and professionals may shoot for targets only. Lunch_an 
shells on the grounds. Caswell House is headquarters. eons 
mittee: Messrs, H. Tomlinson, W. B, Colling, A. A. Green, G, GC. 


Humphrey and M. Hepburn. 
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1 the contest for the Sanders-Storms trophy, which was a 
enti of John Wright’s shoot, at Interstate Park, July 18, Mr. 
‘Edward Banks easily distanced all competitors, his excellent score 
‘of 47 out of 50 being made under far from easy conditions, and 
(being 7 ahead of his nearest competitors. There were seyen 
‘entries. Messrs. F. Nesbitt and F, Ashton, of Easton, Pa., were 
wisitors at the shoot, and acquitted themselves with much credit, 
jparticularly in the live-bird events. 


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‘The first of the series of three contests between teams of the 
Wedeneerand Phoenix gun clubs was shot at Pheenixyille, Pa., 
‘on July 17, thirteen men on a side, and resulted in a win by the 
latter club by a score of 287 to 224. This shoot was the first shoot 
wepeated, there being a disagreement concerning the scores of the 
‘frst shoot, The weather was exceedingly hot, but, notwithstand- 
jing the consequent discomfort, a large number of spectators were 


present. 
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On Thursday, Aug. 2, the third and last shoot for the cup 
emblematic ot the championship of Long Island will take place 
at Interstate Park, Queens, L. I, The conditions are 25 live birds, 
all contestants standing at 29yds. The competition is open to resi- 
dents of Long Island. There also will be optional sweeps, open 
.to all. 


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% eminent trapshooter Mr. Edgar Gibbs Murphy returned from 
pean on the Taese on Saturday of last week. Mr. Murphy is 
quoted as declaring that McIntosh, of Australia, is the greatest 
wing shot in the world. His performance with the gun goes far 
toward establishing his claim to first honors. 


‘ ate Park on Saturday of last week Capt. A. W. Money, 
Mee Wy Moxtey and Dr, A. “a Webber shot a race at 50 birds. 
Morfey ktlJed 49, Capt. Money 465. All stood at 30yds. A 30-bird 
race aiso was shot. Morfey, at 3lyds., killed 24; Capt. Money 
‘and Dr. Webber 28 each, standing at 30yds. 


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In a match at 100 live birds, $100 a side, between Dr. G. 5S, 
‘Darby and CG. S. Geikler, on the grounds of the Keystone Shoot- 
ing League, at Holmesburg Junction, Pa., on Saturday of last 
aveek, Dr. Darby won by the score 79 to 78. 


‘The League secretary, Mr. F. T. Sherwood, Bedford, Ind., under 
date of July 20, writes us that the Lafayette Gun Club, of Lafayette, 
Ind., Mr. Joe Blistian, secretary, will hold a tournament under 
sanction of the League, on Aug. 23 and 24, 


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The Binghamton Gun Club, of Binghamton, N. Y., will hold 
an all-day tournament on targets Aug, 14. A magautrap will throw 


the bluerocks, and the Rose system will govern the division of the 
moneys, 


In the contest for the Dupont trophy at Watson’s Park 
Chicago, on July 19, between Messrs. J. B. Barto and E. § 
Graham, the challenger, the latter won, the score being 44 to 38. 


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Mr. V. J. Vidal, of Pensacola, Fla., informs us that the Dixie 
Gun Club, of which he is the secretary, will hold a two-day shoot 
Sept. 12 and 13 on bluerocks and live birds. 


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iim the third event of the Standard Gun Club’s shoot at Balti- 
‘more, July 17, at 50 targets from the 18yd. mark, Mr. E. H. Storr 
tbroke 47. 


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Bernarp WATERS. 


Auburn Gun Club, 


Avzsurn, Me., July 22.—The Auburn Gun Club held its weekly 
‘shoot yesterday, nineteen members being present, including three 
-new ones, and they made very good scores for beginners. The 
-shoot yesterday seemed like some of our shoots last year, when we 
‘always had a crowd and a good time. There were about 1,000 
‘targets thrown yesterday, which is quite an afternoon tourna- 
ment, 

Thére will be no shoot next Saturday, as the Portland Club 
thas been challenged for the Loyell badge by the Androscoggin 
‘Club, and as every club in the State is entitled to put in a five- 
mien team. We shall send one, and a lot more of the boys are 
going just for the sport; in fact, we always go down to see the 
Portland boys every time we can think up an excuse for going. 

I inclose one of our programmes for our third annual tourna- 
ment, which will be held Aug. 8, which is Wednesday of old home 
week; and as this is to be the old home week holiday we expect 
quite a good crowd with lots of sporting blood in them, By the 
way, that fellow with the swelled head lost the badge SSNS 


Zanesville Gun Club. 


ZAwMEeVILLE, O., July 17.—Please announce in your very excellent 
paper qf which Tt have been a reader for fully ten years) that the 
Zanesville, O., Gun Club will hold its tournament for 1900 on 
Sept, #7. We expect to make this the largest event of our career. 
i pregramme will be arranged to satisfy experts and amateurs 
alike. Special prizes will be given, with added money to each, and 
by such arrangements we can reasonably hope for a large at- 
tendance, #s the club is an old and good one, and former tourna- 
ments giyen almost partook of the nature of a State one. In 
this our supreme effort we hope to eyen surpass former efforts. 
As soon as the programme is made out I will forward same to 
you for publication, and after the Cadi reads same we will expect 
a letter of commendation. . L. A. Moors, Sec’y. 


Chesapeake Gun Club, 


THE most interesting shoot in the history of the Chesapeake Gun 
Club was held by that organization, 

Live pigeons were used and the scores, as may be seen by the 
results given herewith, were excellent, 

There were three events of 5 birds each. The members par- 
fticipating and the scores were: 

First event: Dr. Robinson 2, J. B. James 2, Dr, Charles 4, F. 
Latimer 4, Gallagher 8, J. Ware 5. Milstead 3, Phifer 3. 

Second event: T. I. Stearnes 8, Moyer 1, Dr. Charles 4, James 
8, Latimer 3, Milstead 1, Harvey 4, Gallagher 5, 


Third event: Dr, Charles 5, James 3, Stearnes 3, Moyer 4, Gal- 


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Ir, Gallagher, of Norfolk, was a guest of the club and partici- 
pated in the events, Bert James, Sec’y: 


Robin Hood Gun Club, 


Swanton, Vt, July 16.—At the regular weekly meeting of the 
Robin Hood Gun Club Saturday afternoon, the 14th, Richardson 
ie the gold button, Carpenter the silver, and Robinson the bronze 

utton. 

Below are the scores of the three events that were run off: 


Events 12 3 Events: q'*)33 
Targets 15 15 20 Targets: 45 15 20 
Weng® Soh vena eee 11 1216 Robin Hood, Jr......... 14 ,.,. 
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edtlie dissecans seer tne 121314 Carpenter .iicete.sic. eee 2s en 
SVROMETPSOM! re hesauelcenye 10 810 Johnson ......... Ris rrafe Clee ee 
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FOREST AND STREAM. 


Boston Gun Club. 


Weritineron, Mass.—What last week was in wind this week 
made up for in heat, and to say it was warm expresses it mildly; 
but nothing, from cold and show to wind and heat, alters the 
shooters of the Boston Gun Club, and nine of its members were 
out Wednesday, July 18, to participate in the last shoot of the 
series scheduled for the summer of 1900 and witness one of the 
most interesting finishes that have taken place in our prize series 
for many seasons. Up to this time Spencer was high with 102, 
with Horace a close second at 99. The latter haying a low score 
of 17 to Spencer’s 20 to improve on, made the standing about even, 
providing both shot their average gait. Horace finished to-day’s 
score for 22, and Spencer, shooting last man, had 14 out of the first 
15, needed the last 10 straight to tie on total, but would outrank 
through our rule of the most regular attendant, winning on such 
occasion. However, his eighth bird eluded the shower of shot, and 
the first prize went to Horace, one of the younger shooters, whose 
shooting during the series has been steady and good. The honors 
of the day belong to Mr. Baker, who put up the fine score of 24 
and raised his total to 104. It is safe to say had he attended more 
shoots he would have been a promising aspirant. for first or 
second place, The closeness of the prize scores again proyes the 
efficiency of the distance handicap, and it is gratifying to note 
that other organizations in their efforts to resuscitate the waning 
enthusiasm of the rank and file of trapshooters have at last de- 


cided to give this most commendable system a trial, although in — 


the past they have in a good many cases been the distance handi- 
cap’s most strenuous opponents. 

It is with the greatest regret that we record the loss of a most 
valued member, Mr, S. S. White (whose shooting cognomen of 
Sheffield will be recollected by readers of our reports in the 
past), who passed away at his home in Wakefield, Mass., on the 
19th inst., after a lingering illness. This will be sad news, for his 
host of friends in the shooting fraternity spread throughout the 
entire country, as his business necessitated extensive travel, and 
an ardent love for the gun and rod, coupled with the most genial 
and manly qualities, would naturally form friendship ties of the 
strongest character wherever kindred spirits were found. 

Following are the scores of the afternoon, with prize match in 
full: 


Events: 123 45 6 7 8 $1071 

Targets 10 10 5p 10 15 10 10 5p 15 10 10 
DPATiGMeeeaascabeiebtick ceiesenie ey te vad + 8 169453) 6 6d 63 8 2 2 
LES e epee pasta dno oadaadtaddadonadcis EE ea Ue 5 Be Sion BAS 
Baker nae eee eee ee een eee 9 5 9 91410 7 41310 9 
Jal AP MO ere oo sdbodu sdotneco ts tases He ley CE eH Ge ge HE Sp et 
ERG HACE Wasa tnutineer anes iit Sdicitt had: Se Joly ATS: ebb tne eee 
NOT Sea Ae Bootie re meine aU ort ny 2 54 ye 1) Bip et 
SPENCE i peedaaausie detest ahs 34s 53a y pro b> Vr » 8 9 914 9 t0 
JEG 35 5565) Baaclipjodne hace nitttat ir rawele «oor 4 8 6 4 5 
ETLOTI eee Deeb we .ctice atlas 2 ees earner bn eteieara nee mre nee ary are Borba aA 

Prize match, 25 targets, distance handicap: 
Balicr, Slip eisead-lateclacner chines sent een 111101111111011111111111 — 24. 


Spencer, 18. 


«1091000009111 011.193 
crace, 18... 


~ 100101111111101111100111—22, 


TRETOVS 7 rer sterstnstere pesiemeretesiete + -41101011.01001111011011171—18 
(raters Bobo tab ias so oaasanonnn bohonn 1011100001100000101100001—10 
Ibert) Stoo anbopas scosass so aasaninanhs 0000011101010100010100001— 9 


The prize match for entire series resulted as follows. 


i I i Conditions 
25 singles, distance handicap; best five scores to count; 


Total. 
EGrace: _ Suet ene ecu kG Re eoct ace tne nn 22 22 24 18 107 
SPEICCPec,ceueewe este 22 21 20 20 106 
IRatkecpeestas eyubtam ens cs ieret PRA PN ph aa 
LE rGh hs eters be fate ro Sab ak ab itt) 
AVETSIEAV IN so phemisistotatcisle SORARLAD AA lristeiceee 22 20 19 19 19 99 
AndreS secseeeeees See oslelcty sto Ankghaguatte 2D elm AL, Rae LG 93 


All events unknown angles over magautrap. 


Naromake Gun Club, 


SoutH Norwatxk, Conn., July 21.—Herewith are the scores of 
the Naromakes at their second monthly shoot. The attendance 
was good, all things considered. The local shooters did not show 
up as they should have done. The magautrap worked well, and 
President Gehrmann again demonstrated his ability to run a shoot 
smoothly and well, 

Miss Hyland shot through the programme, as did Miss Clinton, 
and both ladies put up very good scores. We hope to have our 
future shoots graced by their presence. Delegations of shooters 
attended irom New Haven, Bridgeport, Kensico and Newburgh. 
The visiting shooters who rolled up good scores were Messrs. 
Bartlett, Marlin, Hyland, Carpenter, Bassett, Potter and Bristol, 
For the home club Messrs. Fox and Drake shot in their usual form. 
Date for our next open shoot will be announced later. 


Events: 123 4 5 6 7 8 91011 12 13 14 15 

Targets 10 16 10 20 10 15 10 20.10 15 T0 20 10 15 10 
IBAUEIGEL, snieteeemlestes ss. 918 818101519 1810131018 912 7 
MESS GI TILOTI GE Mateensscmananetcet 5 8 813 8 1a 1 AGL tiki oT) 
Birgitetassads Sin tae s T1165 TL 93 8512 2.15 (sett 39 
Potters se resrreTieea alee Wesks cekie anil sookte Uy 35 at ee 8 
MERSIN So yeyqonstes ine oe Wj. co 210 dD SSeS: GMS. ek MS Seles 
IBASKO pe eepeets cents esate 717615 3 8 615 710 618 5 9 7 
PPO ete een lee ee lelates 510 919.... 916 714 $20 811 7 
BDASSCLU mest teiete telttesleleleiterete Hite Sal Gs Gad) C9 cele ee (ONI0 ER 
(Petey 5 AAS ssagadobaosadc “= 4: 816 910 9.. 918 8 
Raggery ....- AARABASDCoagh The ye PLA MESS 1G edhe oe 
Morehouse .2............ .. 4. Ste nee is deal ho SN 
reece Ea andsed tah etd Doc seice eee cop Sek Oh pate 
LON en Reve ie A ARAB AR ener 10 Wieere MGlAl Sse a ue oeLoE eG 
WD Sop btey Fear CMe ss  oearrats ois raraee ng altel yMatelh ee 4.. 8 8 714 910.. 
IFT An wens s stu teen remain ri 9.. 814 916 818 9 
Ganpeanteratocssansamesiaccatese oye ora vamlners 7 ..10151019 912 7 
Fields . SSP kG ork Gt eee a, 
Stickles stad. a Sige OS wT eR eT, 
(er Gav & tecomeacagapuynis fureeetuiseees sree teri eels are Barane.e mG le 1s maby 
A2tvag here eT eT Cee Se eee an rk Ger ae er 
RCH Bate Fst so IE ba eke sass oes eer a Ai ie 
{PEL UG ierecourere re: ih ce ne Be oe . we ons oe Lhe I 

E. H. Fox. 


City Park Gun Club, 


New Orveans, La., July 16—The members of the City Park 
Gun Club who went to the grounds had an ideal day. The shoot- 
ing was of a high order and a 50-bird race between Messrs. McKay, 
Stone and Saucier at $25 a corner was the feature of the day. Mr. 
McKay was successful on the fine score of 4b, and Mr. Saucier, as 
a side wager, had to treat the club members present to a wine 
supper. In the medal shoot Mr, Picou was again successful and 
will wear the emblem another week. The scores: 

The prize handicap. medal shoot, 25 birds: 


Hdcp. Broke, Total. Hdcp. Broke. Total, 


McKay ..... 0 21 21 Buta (enn 0 il 11 
Sites ES {) 18 18 SET aeeeeie tsar 10 14 24 
WNOVICE. se. 4 5 19 Dupont ..... 10 By} 23 
Saucier ..... 0 22 22 R Cousin 7 13 20 
eVect: Viseemietetere 5 16 21 Picoly nies ce yal) 17 25 


Fifty birds, $25 entrance: McKay 45, Saucier 87, Stone 41. 


Targets 10 15 15 15 20 25 50 Targets: 10 15 15 15 20 25 50 
Novice wuss. 39-1 1216 bs Meise se. ne 15 12 15 15 21 45 
SAUCIED RNY 8 11 12 12 15 22 87 Dupont ..... rie PEM Se BE Aloe 
ita nd Meer t SP PI eee SMe SBR oo Cea ede 
Tabary cask. 6 8 8111516 .. Picou ......._ ee Ee ae sols 
STS) EON ap woe 8 10 11 12 15 18 41 R Cousin ... 6 8. 135. 
Benedict 914141517 .... 


Brockton Gun Club. 
Brocxntron, Mass., July 14.—The shoot of the Brockton Gun Club: 
Y Prize Shoot. — 


Fowler 


[JuLy 28, 1900. 


IN NEW JERSEY. 


Hackensack River Gun Club. 


__East Rutherford, N. J., July 17—The Hackensack River Gun 
Club held quite a successtul liye-bird shoot on its grounds to-day. 
Hexamer, Heflich and Chartrand were scratch men at the 30yd. 
mark, and of all the contestants the latter was the only one to 


‘kill straight in the club event, at 10 birds, $5 entrance, the scores 
of which follow: 


‘ No. 1. No. 2. No. 3 
IBEW 280 SFR ys sconces nore: Wi Fateieaysseisis 2222222*20— § 21212 12111 
Want Elesamers ss o. peeesemenenensnee ree 2222222*02— 8 22221 22201 
John Chartrand .....%...02+c.00+5+00 21221122222 10 12110 het 5 
A: Wengenroth eb bee aee sapere oases aesd *20210112— 7 GUOEEE Sf Becan 
HS Banbenterninterceseaceeaes ar ee anne 1012211010— 7 11210 = 00771. 
A De Bernardi............ wed -*211012"11— 7 01100 21210 
(Ol VER Velclebatl yy niyndeeolauneeoaoee «2220022170— 6 20101 20020 

W Kramer... 0222722002— 6 stay) YELL 

PR Reber een setisiny aie nn Wy ors 122221*0*0— 6 10012 pieintes 


Two 5-bird events, $5 entrance, followed the main event as 


above, 
South Side Gun Club. 


Newark, N. J,, July 21.—No. 6 was a merchandise event. Nos, 
7, 8, 9 and 10 were ties on the merchandise event. No. 11 was the 
second merchandise event, and Nos. 12, 13 and 14 were ties. The 
handicap allowances follow the names in the scores herewith: 


Events: 12 2 3 5 6 7 8 91011 12 13 14 
BY i ape, Sede oe) eB ony th 
ANAS catee pOb es ape) seceoutae ne 
AA D5 10d LOR ee ete 
4 4... 25 10 10 10 10 23 .. .. .. 
j 4 3 9 25 1010 10102510 9.. 
Merrill tO tasteince cet wine tialet 7 8 4 82510 9... .. 25 10 10 10 
Fleming, 5, 6...... ‘ ht Ae DOA AE crn peel enee 
Sinnock, 1, 2.......... 5 310w........ 251010 9 
Stanton, 5, 4...... eeguccetteder tet bat 4°10526-10' 9 44 2. 2498 oe 
Meurer iis nes sorees MPboe ceeds nr ae fhe Wehr ig tron Hone AANA Ae oe 
Ne Wellbarenacee nar attra ea ena ep rt, oats) Gb 


Team race, five men, 25 targets: 

South Side—Feigenspan 24, Terrill 23, Dukes 22, Day 22, Col- 
quitt 20; total 311. 
_ Forester—Sinnock 24, Smith 22, Stanton 20, Fleming 18, Weller 
18; total 102. 


Charlottesville Gun Club, 


CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 21.—Herewith please find scores of 
two eyents shot on our grounds Friday, July 20, the first event 
being a nine-man team race between the Charlottesville and. Staun- 
ton clubs for the Intercity cup, it being won by Staunton by 3 
birds. This 1s the second shcot for the cup, the first having been 
won by Charlottesville. : 

The interest in trapshooting in this section has increased very 
much during the past year and the arrival of the Forresr anp 
STREAM each week is looked forward to yery eagerly by a major- 
ity of our members, who like to know what is going on in the 
shooting world. The scores: 


Staunton Gun Club. 


IMIGROV IE Goal eatslesnnes Leen tee tit 1010101011011001001101011—14 
IMEtikens aressscostnsees eee e hen tae 199101111101111101111111193, 
GanbeGes sie eaenion ee Seeds Benes 1101010011111111101100111—18 
SUmimiersonmnpaiae ake eee 1011011011911110111011110—19 
Wik Vater ela tetltiietiiel et lee videaaeane 1010111011911191131110111—21 
WIND Byatt PARR Ae hae ol nea eeee 1110111101101111011110111—20 
Sillingsy Maiesaasan oe tahoe ee ae eaeh 1031019919111, 
HSATACOILE! nae vine neuen utes ceases 1101101019911 1119 
Smith) Wee eae auete amen cite 0011101010111111101001101—16—17(5 
: Charlottesville Gun Club. 
Cochrarwn. aeteeceeetercentnat ,«+»+-0001011111011110111000110—15 
Hun ter Watson ..... AAAI ee 1011110111111011101101111—20 
4 ino RS eee » » ©0111110111101111111011011—20 
Sloe osses esa « -110111010111194191131110—21 
Bruffey ...... + + ©110011901111191911111111— 25 
GWE DEE ws iutateln boop a sone 1101110110011111101111111—20 
GEOGIE ge saree atone res a eve 141111111111111111111001—23, 
Keller ..... Fe Oso bo aces noctuts-seshole g s/elotsie . 60110111111111110000111101—18 
Johnson ....., Breen Nitsudantatinarnecaalets 1010010000101100001.011011—11_173 
Sweepstake at 25 targets: 
VULLTTTEL SOIL M He ema piteenietd sins rtecteseneona > sete 1001111191111011111100011—19 
‘Wayman Beas 5 ee bebe tele e Lr D ot ora’ 1499110111111311011101111—22 
WHEE Ere Bsn ooo crcaporteppeanane nme 1499111110111111110111 23 
Sillings) 7.65 50)-)- Mae Reds sdtecatodsstoc 1111011011101110111.11111—21 
INiTAaCOHE SRpen ake accra ee phe neiete ones 0100110111011111711011111—19 
Garber Wea ivasotaneuas ten yece Pace te pdr dic 11.00111010001991111111110—18 
SUG aves eee corer eee ry adaddta4 foci sse 0111011111100111111100100—17 
McGoy SM oan Nase e wel ilattaeetee qo4046 1001101101111111111001011—18 
George! Nene see beee enon eane pooddSobdood 11411111111011.01011110111—21 
STAM MET aisle ie taycta-efttasttoee aaeceentc taney enaynny aroteleteleretelers 191101191110111011111111_ 22, 
Wis) SWistsorn Wh aleasre Sones sies PECESERRSS 1991101111110 —24 
Hen itcyae, seis py pee ape setae soe peewee ee ye ee O100011999111111111101011—21. 
Link . .0100100111110111011111111—18 
Jolnson 0011110100111011010100131—15, 
ey Colima in ite ine ti hie stieetl ean pee 41091111111011101111111 22 
arris .. - « -1001091101111110101111110—18 
INGoryantots +s peli eens b nee ba eran ee Pies 1000110001111100110101000—12 
Abyvtels: Speer el rtd eS eae 1011100010010011010010100—11 
Roinpdexterse sa ihareness siesta ee ooee 0110111100111001031000101—14 
Walker tics upstaiesesaincsn Videncteetes , -, -0110011010100110011100100—12 
Sillingse see fener SAG SST eerie ees Tees 4111110111011110110110111—20, 
UTNE SOn) SSA eae re eemrertroareed 0111101111011010111010000—15 
Snow ike bedi rt 43 foeetreateereseperre rhe 191.0191110111199311111111— 28 
INIOEFISSVVidtSO1 pene creer eres arcreaenise 1011111010111111111010111—20 
D Snow, Sec’y, 


Catchpole Gun Club, 


Wotcortt, N. Y., July 18—The following scores were made to- 
day by members of our club. The wind from the west blew very 
hard and made shooting difficult, the targets being thrown hard 
from the magautrap: 


Wadsworth ........;. gone Hecate s cia dd cnet 0411111111911 017111123 
ATTAIN — 25 
0111111111110 11128 
1101011011911111111111101—21 
1110111011111110111101111—21 
19111111111191011 1 10128, 
1111111111110011110101111—2 
misstunetEansasaltistetscefeicsetsceashatsrere: statstaneiaitiardi 1101110111101111111011711—21 
1110010011110111110111101—18 
1011.011010111111011111111—_20 
1011011010191117011111111—20 
1111110111110111011000001—17 
9111111110100110111100111—19 
1411111111110 


July 19.—This afternoon Mr, H. N. Denny, of Watertown, N. Y., 
dropped in for a few hours and expressed a desire to go out and 
sheot at 50 targets. He was accommodated, and shot well, con- 
sidering he was shooting a borrowed gun that did not fit him. 
The following scores were made at 50 targets: : 


Wadsworth 2 petemeee en eee ean oe 1011010111001 —25 
1911911111011. 24 49 
IDPs Bebe tiariistdc Pere er oe 111111011.0111110111101101—20 
1111011101911911011111011—21—41 
i. A. W., Sec’y- 


Staunton Gun Club. 


Sraunton, Va., July 19.—Herewith are the scores made at the 
regular shoot of the Staunton Gun Club, this week, and also the 


E - + scores in the State championship cup contest between F, 
Deuce 43 Hep otae .. Merriken, holder, and W. F. Summerson, challenger: 
78 5 %¥87 « 48 = No. J, cup championship contest, 50 targets—38 singles and 6 
8....- 88+ 18 - 50 = .~paits: Silat ¢ 
Oa; ds 8 50 °  . Merriken .1112010001VT 0111111101100 11 10 Td 11 10 11—48 
Tani 87 15 50 - ~~“ Sum’erson.11100011100111101101101137101011711011 01 10 1) 11 11 11—37 
lor oe fag ba 39 «10 )0=| 49 Events: 23 Events: 203 
Visitors from out of town: Targets: 25 25 Targets: 25 25 
Alison: (at eee eee ee re: 8 678 78 9 910 9 9-910 Merriken ...........00.000e- 18 22 Blackburn ...... posanavene 8 14 
EL OntCHM Seer eae Gahhe cre intr stats Be Ee Ce eS ee Heh ee SumMersOn ..sesevseeeeees 20°21 Wi Wayman wi. .seresyeeess 19 Df 
Binfield: Whe eeaeee seer reas aeee GSO SS Toe Se ee ee BS (PD Widy MAateeee ns ces oor) Loan ena De TEN aceon ose URES 
Lach EHH MS, nosooteas 44 toc fl OS eure 4a ae wes kee Kiracofe ....ssesrees tievem 14°22 ORR Ce Repose oreetlatacecercetote tereeateceee & 
MENACE) aye eleeteletecte rater (eietetelalee (ont fae ise mer enna Be YEE r PPR ee WANT TED itiant Minn npreinrinrier Luyfik 
Siscteae Gre Phe 24 snecedsddoeodces SENT ATO RSS Serene | On : SUnNesueedta nis inated dirs ee QO eet LORE S yudnicieiunasHck RPI oc Meret 
WGGdGiih  loaceensiigielstelseretistee ee I te set ore create y RUNGUIDSS Chilapesc ees as stereeer 159 Ree eMC COy a nerbe then ise Nee sil cele 
ea SPs eevee eer eeseseacess ; VOR Cnet reo : Gieiibticko f peekmereehverras ado. UVC dnre ates Leena iiites 6 rr. 
i TOOTSIE Dor beLonder ae 


A. F. Lzonarp, Sec’y. 


eennedy vseccseeectsseesee 1416 


— a F, M. ‘Mrarrxen, 


" Jury 28, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


' 79 


On the Pull of the Trigger 


THERE is always trouble of one sort or another when a woman 
meddies with those things which do not concern her sex: 

Obviously, carbines were none of Miss Mivart’s concern. If 
she felt that she had to play with firearms she should have kept 
to Flobert rifles. Wothing would do, however, but that she must 
learn to shoot a earbine; and the result was that the whole post 
¥oSe up and cut Burton, to a man, so that there was no peace for 
him any loriger in that regiticht and he had to seek transfer td 
another. There were other results, also, but they come further on. 

Some thought that what Miss Mivart did was done on purpose 
and some thought that it was a piece of idiotic silliness, The lat- 
ter based their argument upon the general frivolousness of hel 
ways and upon the innocency of her round, blue eyes, The fot- 
mer held to the belief that Miss Mivart was one of those women 
favorites of fortune who look greater fools than they are. They 
said, with a certain show of reason, that Georgia Mivart was a 
child of the service and not an importation fam ciyil life. She 
had been born in a garrison and had played with rows of empty, 
greentimmed cartridge shells at an age when most little girls 
play with paper dolls. She had hummed snatehes of the bugle 
calls before she could talk, and the person she had admired the 
wiost and obeyed the best for the first dozen years of her life had 
been Kreutzer, Capt. Mivart’s tow-headed striker. A few yeara of 
boarding school back East could not have obliterated all of that. 

Besides, the veriest civilian, who has neyer come nearer to a 
carbine than to watch a Foutth of July militia parade, might rea- 
sonably be expected to know by intuition that in a tatget prac- 
tice competition every trigger has got to pull just so hard, what- 

ever the regulation number or fraction of pounds may be, Other 
wise, it is plain that the nearer you come to a hair trigger the 
better your aitn will be. 

However, whether Miss Miyart was fully aware of what she was 
doing, nobotly ever knows, unless, perhaps, it was Greyille—and 
he, like Zuléika; never told. But Burton had a bad time of it, and 
all his beautiful seore went for worse than nothing at all, That, 
though, was the end. And the Beginning ought to come frat. 
The beginning was when Miss Mivart undertook to learn to shoot 
a carbine. ; 

There was a target practice competition going oti at the post—not 
one which was of any interest to the service, or even to the 
department at large; just a little local affair, devised to keep up 
the esprit de corps of the troops and to lighten the montony of 
life. Where were three contests, one for troops and companies, as 
such; one for individual privates and one for the officers. ‘This 
last was to finish off, and then there was to be a big hop. 

Every one knew ftom the first, when Burton and Greville shot 
with their troops, that the officers’ competition would lie between 
them, ‘This made it interesting in more ways than one, because 
the rivalry was not confined to the target range, but extended to 
the winning of Miss Mivart’s hand and heart, and every one be- 
lieved that this would settle a matter she did not appear to be 
able to settle for herself. Not that she was to blame for that. 
Any ome, even a person miuch tore certain of her own mind than 
Miss Mivart was, would have been put to it to choose, 

They were both first lieutenants and both cavalrymen and both 
good to look upon. Burton was fair and Greyille was dark, but 
she had no fixed prejudices regarding that. She had often said 
so. Also, both were as much in loye with her as even she could 
have wished, and were moré than willing that all the world should 
see it—than which nothing is more pleasant and soothing to a 
right-minded woman. 


The rifle contest lasted ten days, during which time the air ‘ 


hummed with the ping and sing of bullets over on the range and 
with the calls of the markers in the rifle pits. Only scores and 
records and bets were thought and talked about, 

Miss Mivart herself had 
a kitten teasing a bettle. 
Burton and Greville at once. 
to her that that was called “hedging 
as altogether sporty. Miss Mivart was hurt. 


2 


and was not looked upon 


unkind, 


thing to a certain extent. 
head. No, she didn’t think that it did, because, of course, she 
knew herself which one she wanted to have win. The adjutant 
admitted that that might possibly be just as interesting for her- 
self and the fortunate man. And which was he, if he might ask? 
Miss Mivart shook her head and smiled again. No, she didn’t 
think he might ask. As the man himself didn’t know, she could 
hardly tell any one else just yet, could she? She had her own 
ideas about fair play. 

“IT can shoot a carbine myself,” she told the adjutant, with her 
cleft chin proudly raised, “and my shoulder is all black and blue. 
Mr. Burton is teaching me.” 

“Ohl” said the adjutant, “and what does Grevelle think about 
that?’ The adjutant was married, so he was out of the running. 

“Mr. Greville is teaching me, too,” said Georgia, ‘‘and here he 
comes for me now.” 

Burton was safe on the target range, over behind the barracks. 
Miss Mivart and Greville went in the other direction, by the 
back of the officers’ row, over in the foothills across the creek. 
Greville nailed the top of a big red pasteboard box to the trunk 
of a tree, and Miss Mivyart hit it once aut of sixteen times—when 
she was aiming at the head of a prairie dog at least 20ft. away to 
nas tight. The other fifteen shots were scattered among the foot- 

ills, 

‘Then her shoulder hurt her so that she was ready to cry. Gre- 
ville would have liked to have her ery upon his own shoulder, but as 
she didn’t he did some fancy shooting to distract her. He found 
a mushroom can and threw it into the air and filled it full of holes. 
She had seen Burton do the same thing that morning with a 
tomato tin. In fact, from where she sat now, on a lichen-covered 
tock, she could see the mutilated can glittering in the sun over 
beyond the arroyo. So she thirsted for fresher sensations, 

“Tl tell you,” she said to Greville, as he held up the mush- 
Toom can for her to inspect the eight holes he had made with 
five shots, “let me toss up your hat and you make a hole through 
the trade mark in the crown,” 

_ it was a nice, new straw hat. Greville had sent East for it and 
it had come by stage ihe day before. It had cost him, express 
paid, $4.75. This, too, at a time when anything he had left after 
settling his mess and sutler’s and tailor’s bills went into stick 
pins and candy and books and music and riding whips for Miss 

Tivart. 
a lingering glance at that high-priced trade mark within, And he 
felt that it was worth four times $4.75 when she picked up the tat- 
tered remains at last and asked if she might have them to hang 
in_her room, 

Then she looked down at her grimy hand and considered the 
first fingér, crooking it open and shut. “‘I think it’s going to 
swell,” she pouted. “‘That is a perfectly awful trigger to pull.’ 

Greville did what any man might have been expected to do. He 
caught the hand and kissed it. Miss Mivart looked absolutely un- 
conscious of it, She might have been ten miles away herself, 
Greville therefore thought that she was angry, and his heart was 
filled with contrition. Yet he was old and wise enough to be a 
first lieutenant, He walked beside her back to the post in a 
state of humble dejection she could not understand. 

The next morning it was Burton’s turn. Greville was over on 
the range now, vainly trying to bring his record up to where 
Burton’s was. ‘This time Miss Mivart fired at a white paste- 
board box cover and hit it three times out of twenty. She was 
jubilant and so was Burton because she was making such progress 
CHESS his tuition. é 

“That’s an easy carbine to shoot, isn’t it?” she asked as il 
wardered home. “Jt 1sn’t at all hard to pull the trigger.” ped 

Burton glanced at her, and she met his eyes innocently. “It’s 
just like any other trigger,” he told her. 

“Yes, of course. And is that the very same carbine you use in 
the competition—the one you shot with yesterday and will use 
this afternoon when you finish up?’ 

ae ie ae ee it Ree: sutipele, 

ell,” she said, complacently, think I'm doing yery nic 
don’t you? I hit the target three times and my first Gere AGE 
hurt a bit—this morning.” 2 

That afternoon the competition came to an end, with Burton a 
good many points ahead of Greville. And that night there was 
the big hop, It had been understood from the first that the man 
who won was to tale Miss Mivart to the hop. So she went over 
with Burton and gave him one-third of her dances. Greville had 
another third, and the rest were open to the post af large. 

Greville did not look happy at all. It was not the target record 
he minded. He never thought about that. It was having to £0 
down the hoard walk to the hop room behind Burton and to 
watch Miss Mivart leaning on his arm and looking up into his 
face from under the white mists of her Jace hood. He was not 
consoled at all when she looked up into his own face even more 
sweetly at the beginning of the second dance and whispered that 
ene was SRESpt ene fs hee 

Yow. as the seco: ance ha een Greville’s the third - 
Burton's. That was the way it had been arranged. As aa 
began the waltz Migs Mivart stood beside Greyille in the center of 


bet, with all the daring wickedness of | 
She even went so far as to bet on both ~ 
The adjutant undertook to explain ; 


Was it really dis- \%, 
honest, she wanted to know. The adjutant felt that he had been" 
L He hastened to assure her that it was not—not dishonest % 
in the least; only that it took away from the excitement of the 4 
Miss Mivart smiled and shook her , 


But he took off the hat and gave it to her without even . 


quite a group. The eotitianditg officer was in the group, so was 
Burton’s captain and so was the adjutant, ‘There were some 
Bihers as well and also some women, Miss Mivart may have 
chose that position or it may simply have happened so, 

Any way, just as the waltz started, Burton, light hearted and 
light footed, came slipping and sliding over the, candle waxed 
floor and piished his way into the midst, “Ours,” he said, tri- 
umphantly. ‘ 

But Miss Mivart did not heed him dt once: She was telling 
themi all how she had learned to shoot a carbine as well as any 
one, and they, the men, at any rate, were hanging on her words. ss 

“Mr. Greville taught me,” she said, ‘and so did Mr, Burton, 
(This was the first either had known of the other’s part in 1, and 
they exchanged a look.) ‘They taught me with their own car- 
bines, too: The very same ones they used themselves in the com- 
petitiol#. But 7 shoot best with Mr. Burton’s carbine. Ee must 
have fixed his ttigger to pull more easily; it was almost like, what 
do you call it, a Naif trigeer?” : 

She looked about for am answer, and saw on their faces a stare 
af stony horror and surprise. They had moved a little away trom 
Burton, and the commanding officer’s steely eyes were on his 
face. The face had turned white, even with the sunburn, and 
Burton’s voice was just a trifle unsteady as he spoke: 

“This is our dance, I think, Miss Mivart,” he said. i 

The innocent, rotind, blue orbs looked just a little coldly imto 
his, “No,” she told him, “I think you are mistaken. It is Mr. 
Greyille’s dance,” And she turned and laid her hand on Gre- 
ville’d artn.,—Gwendolen Overton in San Francisco Argonaut. 


WESTERN TRAPS. 


Barto—Graham, for the Dupont Trophy. 


Crrcaco, IIL, July 20—The race yesterday at Watson’s Park 
for the Dupont trophy between J, B. Barto and E. 5S, Graham 
turned ont something of a Surprise. The defender, Mr. Barto, 
would ordinarily be expected to kill at least over 40 birds in a 
striig of 60. He, however, fell down to 38, and Mr. Graham, 
shootitig a very consistent race. won out with the score of 44, 
The traps fell in a singular way, Barto not drawing No, 2 trap 
onee in his first 31 birds. Graham made a bad start, missing his 
first two birds, but he then rallied and killed 19 straight, reaching 
the half-way turn with 22. Barto missed his 6th and 14th birds, 
the scote being a tie at the latter point, and Graham taking the 
lead after the 19th bird. From that time on Barto never headed 
him, and got btit 18 birds out of his second 25. Graham gathered 
well, and shot on out steadily. He lost in his second string his 
9th, 18th and 28d birds; but of these two were killed dead out of 
bounds, as were two ont of the first three misses, so that he really 
killed all his birds but two. Barto lost dead out of bounds 5 birds, 
but his shooting was not up to his average gait, and not good 
enough io win in the company he had, Barto drew No. 1 trap 
eight times; No. 2, nine times; No. 3, eleven times; No. 4, twelve 
times; No, 5, ten times. Graham drew No. 1 trap, eleven times; 
No. 2, eight times; No. 3, seven times; No. 4, twelve times; No. 5, 
twelve times. The birds were good, for the season. Weather con- 
ditions good. Score: 


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a 9229222220232202329%2229902 2-98-44 
ian {sudGod tealiimnase) Ramm E. Houes. 


is Illinois Gun Club. 


Springfield, Il!., July 19.—The scores of the regular weekly club 
contest are appended. All events were shot over a magautrap. J 
puffy wind blew in the shooters’ faces, making the targets erratic 


in flight. The sunlight was glaring: 

Events: 123 45 6 7 8 9101112 1314 15 16 17 18 

Targets 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
B Wilson ..... poe SIRT Shea ite eee See he A AE ti 
A Wilson ....... Le Oe IMP STL (Lac eate kins et cide sarcelwae ere: wy SASH AG os 
Richardson ..... DST SO) ae deer econ 8 Os KOR AR So ce 
Workman ,.:... .- ed: 8 ga ao EAS A, 
EeSsSeeth t+-reesi ee 2) Re Wh BP tees Rs 8 Bo de Shh ino oe 
A W Butler..... .. ee cheng) a phaeecedtc agar Pct Boo MED ey PR) ee a 
Pall sate. t eet : PekOeOn Sie) Gh O10, 010) OnLO Se cle le ste RAM aa te, 
Stickles 4440.42.04 ee ipl Osea ethos tales Oe! 
DD Aya eee ee Pe ee Ree ie Ol ew, sanee | Mee eOnnan G 
Ts ftlew cet anes etre ; oo Bie WB? a B18 ge oe pe oR po te 
Dr Kerr ........ ee ee eet eae Se SoG) een ee So Se Oe sere lO 
Wace TETAS ote by Boe oct apron ice ts cthatrentge LN coer arate Seen) bowete feces 
RMESchryicikwee ween ee eee Seer ere Pe eee RAs nee nek 
(Ovsstelonstad’) WEG 64 Gd to oteotet Lata ree EE AIM ener ser Pry 
Whitney Becone o oh OS eRIL Ce cbeCoatgn Lb an sruetthesth 1 
Smith ..... ooh ee Coercion, 39. 26)" 497 5G 


No. il was at 10 pairs. ‘ 
Cas. T. StTIcKLE, Sec’y, 


Chicago Gun Club. 


-, July 21,—The scores made at the shoot of the 
Chicago Gun Club to-day were as follows. In the first event, at 
25 targets, scores were made as follows: Mrs. Carson 11, A. W. 
Adams 19, O. J. Buck 2, R. B. Mack 14, Veitmyer 18, Dr. 
Morton 9, Ed Steck 21, F. P. Stannard 24, J. G. Lovell 19, Corn- 
well 16, Goodrich 21, Pumphrey 16. 


Medal shoot, 25 targets: 


Chicago, Il 


NMinsiiCattporie su eet eee eby peri Steen g 0011101011010110110111110—16 
LR WA GACUII GEE hee rete rere ark eocceas means 0111110011111001111111111_20 
OUP SBUGK pree es Ae ties bi eee eee eased 1111111011111110111111_28 
IRQ BRM AGKS oeie ist iiaereceelancatceas bud 0111101110110110111101111—19 
Weltinyerte Sercis bs ka toes cena t Seams eh karen 21101011.101991191111011 1121 
Dr Morton’ ............ Od 28 Reena ean boned 10110101011.00010110111111—16 
ARTs) MSGI op = eer HET Es EOE & 4011990111110 1124 
PES Cinta aeeeee ee ee seats 11.0991910111111111101 122 

TLovell,........ cOstEnLanodAckbiatnonts ®t 1001110100111111010111110—17 
IMB TENE AITO 98 ee oe mermceny 0000000010000100001000000— 3 
GGrnel Lite e nut eeeteee deen. seems 1191111101011111111001101—20 
(ROGER CIEE ah we the ciel tane ghee sictricls siphons 011010010114111111001110117 
Je suuvaypiesieNS | Poy eee ee RARE Rin oti MA che A 1111011111100113111001111—20 
VSO Waa sien eb ee eee ee eae? 3 1111110101111191110111111 23; 

Handicap cup, 25 targets: 
MirstSiGarsont oie kites orts sts epee be 001110111011001110117011111101—21 
TAS Wee Aldcinrissod van bie ges aketries ad bees 019911011191111111110101111 = —33 
(Oy AL Sbitherey pad eeorismeerd cher eta ahs 0191111111091111111110001011 —23 
RIB UMiaclee Sac (ANG V I eae eesaiae 1011101011911101111171111111  —24 
IPAS ceyonb ere tig Ure ete Une oe re ater ae 4 1411079919910. —23 
Ba eSteck f0gshiscuss) Sheet bei ane 1499110191910119107 —23 
TPGeliovell ise core ahs bs betes ehey 010010110111001110113001011101—18 
W eCormyell, 4.2. .2...2.......2205 11011101001011111411111011111 —23 
Ts He Goodrich: Wo pinsel esti eee t es 1101071.0011001311111001111 —i8 
ACR Whitman Se ciecesateeete pees 0111101101100111111011101111 —27 
TASS SAS ATL S Tis, 0. tease, dryr.ertotat Peteak aor 17911111011101101111 —i9 


Monthly trophy: Mrs, Carson 11, O. J. Buck 10, R. B. Mack 12, 
Veitmyer 11, Dr. Morton 10, Ed Steck 13, J. G. Lovell 9, W. H. 
Cornwell 12, Pumphrey 14. = 


Garfield Gun Club, 


Chicago, July 21—The appended scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the twelith trophy shoot of the 
season, 

The day was an ideal one for shooting. The only drawback on 
our grounds was a heavy smoke bank from the city, making a 
ita HOPS Eg packeroiad: : 

. Kuss carried off the honors of the day, and incidental j 
it Class A medal, by breaking 24 out of 25 in the Hegre ean 

Dr. J. W. Meek, W. P. Northcott, Thos. Eaton, T, L. Smedes 
and S. BE. Young tied for Class B medal on 22. 

J, D, Pollard won Class C medal on 21. Other events were 
sweepstakes and team shoot; 


Dr JW Meek......... pen Peewee ae 1111111111110101111110111 99 
CF Keck,.....0005 errr Pera ee se ovo100I T0010 OTNIOLOO ORs 
WP Northeott....:0scc0s55 ee 1111111111911011111111001_-93 
Tis Heat ste le devaaddbictd beeen Pl nance. 11111110010111117113 10010119 


CH Rehh, yep pteseceersser iv erertet ress O111011000010010101110001—12- 


D Pollard... scccccescseuceeeucgseceeees sd lL LOOIIOTEMIOININITI—2T 

AWWOIGRe nea on etree ccc Deity ed mite «021191111 0000711100119) 
C P Richards. ....ccrsessnoene voacwnoee ss LLILOVIIAITIOOLITIIIIII1—22 
IRE IGUSS* hireeeeiarce cucenooaceseccesseecers ALIMIOUIIUUIITIIIIIIII—24 
Teorenao ahr een es nein ie Saineeeeteen aoa W 
Christie -...- AA AA SDUOte eae 6 pasavsceses » =.€00001111100110T101112012—16 
Z Wolff ...--<«. seloitat eee ALA uate, www»  L081101111011011001110000—1LE 

raedaty® Behpesp sone eee ey: is heey: 
40 i] Siiedes: are wale nihil ro eb ZT) 1411792010111111101111—22 
rie Th itatotis tenance Weewaee' Ae Seed se wwe 1001791199777101111110111— 22: 
A McGowatt cvccceccnssre Siete teetateteiietutd 1001101100171021000110111—15: 
RSPEI, ioytya bea paras sor oan e Coe Gr povncesye yeu eLL11101919111191011100111—22 
Ae uRleliitarieeceeanmcdnancde sheciae se esos 2011110010011 0001011110100—12' 
Pina rcctcae awa trees gees jen a dare ee ewe» eLL11011110110010111010101—17 


Five tied for Class B medal. 
The following SEER: were also shot: 


Events: 23 4 Events: Lea ae a 

Targets: 15 10 15 5p Targets: 15 10 15 5p 
DP) Was eek arom aed tae eae Ee | WViGiingeastae balssys Be baceeee 
Keck <.ccsaee apie dete he ELA ESV aebsasete Oe aS ES Be 
Northcott ...++. «pes, 14 815 8 Smedes ......-.. verre 12 9112 8 
Kehlisiattcorrn ten ST Fit 10F Go ator peer sel Sailers 13 81 6 
SHG ING? Noaddoeoras or 11 610 6 A McGowan ........ 7 eas 
Pollardecitiaiesssnose hae Telo ee) whales reieccees AAD Ls be) ales 
1 WAROIREE Ln Aras y Sel2.-6° Polly) sscivecyae.. cee ba get 
Richards ..ssasceseoe 14.912 7 Young ............. eee Sele ih 

USS seses Taneeeeeeee 141015... Hellman ....ccscerees we OIL 6 
Lorenz Bice peat die Cin S6ese lp arlel ) ee mnoeet py Pare. VG pyre 
Christie ....+... CAS fuswns 155, aatdenewsceswe se) bel oie 


Team race: 
R, Kuss 12, Dr. Meek 13, Smedes 10, Eaton 9, Hellman 13, 
Brabrook 14, W. Kuss 10, Baker 5; total 86. 
Northcott 14, Young 12, Richards 15, Pollard 18, Thomas 12, 
A. McGowan 10, Kehl 7, Baker 5; total 88. 
Dr. J. W. Mezex, Sec’y. 


‘Trap at Watson’s Park. 


July 17.—To-day the following events took place: a Ls 
J. B. Barto vs. J. H. Amberg, 25 birds, for birds: 
Wp tta, #Ssnewensst sige vets yor afk ets revivavace «+» -1122122221122111211211111—25 
PATTI ERP A feqaate fee scnt sagen bE ee seat maleee *112211011112122112122*2"—21 
J. R. Graham vs. E. §. Graham: 
MS SGraliatienngeteetasceere tea oat etter kits 212221221 2222227 2222201 23—24 
Apion Crna Warrunee te reser Aaa et bttanbe ne 22222221 22222220211222922 24 
Audubon Clyb shoot: 
WeeGrowste suse ta eS dodoubac cores tee 1214011121*2020—1I—41 5 
Vill Suneennovee ad ulonnebed foherre vereyoeee es otlo1I1212111120—15—1—155 
Tie-oirelss sn 
Crow ...+.+5> ERA cs T1211 11121 Wells .....eercereseeD1lI1 22220 
Practice event: 
Middleton .,.,...... te seeswseeceserensess¢daaaoed 2001111 1*202211110—20 
TRS ER GED fiance sed See Ra ae aais o>» 0101111121121 
De Cibo Seon aneseaaeannys soseeeeeys eeeL00111001222022 
DP Chiireh Visatesdedsstaseancantsesmet es tO000L 
Dr Van Hook......c.00..., DLT. 2080121020020 j 
Dr F Doepf ...... Sonitou IOC Sc Taso sone e20**110011 
RAVELRIGG, 


Mississippi Valley Notes. 


THE Pekin Gun Club gave its initial tournament for the year on 
July 15. This club is a thrifty organization of over fifty members 
and has nice grounds just across the Illinois River from the city, 
where the boys gather once a week for a few hours of the keen 
‘enjoyment which this pastime affords to its devotees, Giving 
tournaments is something of a new feature with the Pekin boys, - 
but that they know how to mun a tourney as well as to shoot 
was thoroughly demonstrated on this occasion. White flyers 
were thrown from three expert traps on the Sergeant system, 
and although the day was unfavorable, the shooters being 
often interrupted by rain, and steadily hampered by a strong wind 
blowing across the range, five contestants landed with a mark 
of 9 per cent. or better for the day. Money was divided on the 
old class system of 50, 30 and 20, and Jacob Hoff won the big pot 
of the day, $16, for a clean score in the only 20-bird event of the 


programme, The scores: 
Events 123 4656 6 7 8 91011 Shot 
Targets: 10 15 15 10 15 201510101515 at. Broke. Av. 
aker ..csecees - 8151410121713 9101514 150 137 913 
Riehl ....... --- 101214 913181510101414 150 139 “one 
A Connor.,..... 91418 8151714 9 91814 150 135 909 
Burnside ...... . 101214 9141715101013 15 150 139 996 
Heilman ....... 91212 6131612 9 81412 150 123 “00 
Tulton .+..-.e.. 9101010151915 9101414 150 135 900 
W Hoff........8 7 8 9 6131812 9101113 150 125 1830 
Thompson ...., 81313 9131714 9 914,. 18 19 ‘830 
Wilson .....-... 6. « 9 91215 8 7 81010 12 ‘98 °... 
Hoff .....e005 .. » TL 8132014 9101213 19 10 °12: 
CMM sereceese «ss. 18 9101814 8101215 125 309 °°: 
ative coeereeert. Koby ae get Ay Ema Dibae Gia Ee Me 
Eynatten ......... 810 81716:. 69..13 0 sg 27. 
whack: sccm +; «10 Gilodow.) § Sido. 9 oR Ge cil 
Dr Frank ...... + --- 1110121410 5 6..32 wo 85722 
VENUS e oon eens Mipre ger) CR ee MN ST mie OO ern 
ei Cortorese ims ee TIMER TT ON 1] QoneeeneuN | a Shee RG wLe ra 
Portimane e,c.ve «. +s 14, 1318s Badd, 5% 67 Lote 
Scheffler ....... ch Pee Ooh ae 40 20. heck 
Phillips es oss iera ec Ga ger e a Gece EEN an owe ars 
Sichiarimtadscseecc etee sberiee se qacar ig 12cm guage mena 
Leach .... caren See Ae wee gk CRY Sante wees 
Strick |. A oreee MESUISUW TMS A te cap Stitt 
Orth ae Tel: Tete, Eee “Oe oie mepies 
Jacobs... AA ay ane PAR SON ST, : 
eisinger pep eam eseua arti eas oe ce War Se aon oe 30 23 ties 
Taylor .... Bt pe ei aa ney ogee, RR Cy FO ans 
D Grant ... ee eee Wyl4edoren, Ob Tescksi. Ge) See lon 
P Grant :.. sgece> SOP AMes este BO aafen oes 
Simmons ...,... .. Pate ess Virteerereetl am cE Shy ah 
DeCiSeV a ryotiaee whe t= (81 tons eae iees ae es Mag bole: 
Shot iithiscs. ees ewe) aie Mie cItS 
Jackel ROR VE Nea ay NER, Sale MU ce 09 
Ath tease uae. ae a3 Ek ae ee 10 S Hy 
artis eevw tana ber hale GT Re st 10 Lan he 
Bi GaGa ter ene Oc etme. Lreieiae Sng (im a 
Crammond ..... 2. 2) 2 27 ite + Ah ii Pa 


A very pleasant social shoot was held at Dupont P is. 
July 15. A target programme of 76 birds Wasltives toe De Fpuis. 
Johnson winning first average with 71 kills to his credit. ' i 

The occasion then resolved itself into a contest at 25 live bird 
$7.50 entrance, three moneys, Monte Carlo boundary. The Birds 


were fast, and the scores, under the iti i 
The figures are here given: SqUHiPions, wery. Grediable: 


Cabanne ......... 222222* 
Seveled opelolalvates Ta cts HLL pee 22212227*2999- 4) 

ppescke eters ete tip Sat rhe ee 3122229931499991 1999 44 
att hae Sabie) [old dalavancervivtenave = «A be ele sledge Reale 012122222110010w. 
rere ene bas polenta teas ated beatae cae 11222221222210221299 19 
Soe. ae? > Wadia ns mrartipreHaitawndocas Sener iey L. 2222202112312299%999 19 

ne BE alae owe v oivrerieeleta ewe tee serine, 2.22222222220*221 2099-18 
SH Ga LE aE ees a 2111110111201002191* 15 
Span SUP CC EME e eR OGonhreP opis ere 4544 une 10121112022012210129 16 

ee Pua e wade essen since ecaeseesnccsencaue *2121121102222911219 18 
Smith -ssscveesecereessceseseecestecerereees 222242%2#29999991999 47 
tee PS USGUTSD) Geerwary aden ures tn ies Hehe Le 12121101212112912119 79 
Je OTT ter ten Ince. sie teres i ea ae 1201222111111222001117 

CIZCEN Me wens ss ns ems eteasets wont el ty ll aee Aas 2212*22121102011"1w 


Trap at Wissinoming. 


July 21.—Mr. John K. Starr, at the re 
! 3 quest of 
local shooters, Bave a target shoot to-day on the’ nes oF re 
Florists’ Gun Club, at Wissinoming, Pa. The main event wa f 
mM {atgets, canst from fale 20yds., $2.50 entrarice, tateetain 
clude he priz F : 
the. octanton.” e being a € cuckoo clock made specially for 
e weather was sweltering hot, and thi 
many shooters from attending, few aaeageaiee Sour, peed 


then the main event was begun. Banks, Hall 1 
were put at the 20yd. mark. The Her wind eae ee 
round. As Banks and Hallowell began to shoot their 1] 


of 25 a terrific thunder storm set in. The strong wind bres 


straight away from the shooters, the lightning flashed alarm 


and the consequence was their scores dropped mater; 1 ngly, 
H. Ridge won the prize with the very ex erially. is 
the 19yd. mark. The scores: y excellent score of 96 from 
Ws Gteuky JRA SA 544 2) 22 21 14-77 Anderson, 

Bell, Wicis.ccies. D4 93 2418-89 Fisher, 16.7.1. {38 o8 23 Ips 
Banks, 20.:......5. 24 24 22 18-88 Edwards, 17,1177’ B30 ty meee 
Hallowell, 20......22 21 19 16-78 Mink, 18....7..11791 34 a4 #880. 
NOH OW. 20.000... 19 19 Bisbing, 12)./1111122 19 79 spoon 
Ridge, 1. BOnRE Se vad aA ra! 24—96 Parsons, ees te +48 17 20 a—78 


30. 


Missouri State Amateur Tournamet. 


THE tenth annual tournament of the Missouri State Amateur 
Sportsmen’s Association, was held at Moberly, under the else 
of the Moberly Gun Club, July 18, 19 and 20. The story of this 
meet is pleasant to. write. It was altogether one of the most 
leasurable and successful shooting events in the West this ee 
ye C. B; Clapp and’E, R, Hickerson, who are the head and 
working. force of the Moberly Gun Club, had everything nicely 
arranged, aud there was not during the three days a hitch of any 
kind, from ‘the calling of the first squad to the payment of winnings 
in the: last extra event. 
rahe chat rwas held on a large common, known as the Wabash 
Tract, just north ‘of town, and it makes an ideal place for trap 
work, This was, as the mame of the Association implies, an ama- 
teur shoot, and that the amateurs appreciated the fact is evident 
in the scores, showing the number of contestants who stayed 
through all events, Targets were thrown at 1 cent each, divisions 
being on the Rose system; fi ’ 2 

The shoot altogether was voted by the boys a complete success, 
and will be remembered with pleasure. Among those participatin 
were Dr. E. C. Burnett, D, 5. Elliott, C. G, Spencer and J. W. 
Burroughs, of St. Louis; C. Gottlieb and Chas. Wright, Kansas 
City; Lil. Scott, Sheffield; W.S. Allen, Raymore; H, Wooler and 
J. W. Sexton, Leavenworth, Kan.; G. W. Hayden, Paris; Harry 
Davis, Kansas City; J. L. Head, Peru, Ind.; W.. B. Linell, El- 
' dorado, Ta.; L. VY. Rossbach, Des Moines, Ia.; J. F.. Welch, Robe- 
line, La.; J. W. Hall, Mexico; E, Elbe, Milwaukee, Wis.; L. 
B. Stevenson, R. L. Lockridge, W. A. Vivion, Columbia, and 
FE. ‘R. Hickerson and C, B. Clapp, Moberly. Those representing 
the trade and shooting for birds were Frank Parmelee, Omaha; 
CG. W. Budd, Des Moines; Herbert Taylor, St. Louis; W. R. 
Crosby, O’Falion, and F. C. Riehl, Alton, Il. 


First Day, July 18. 


The weather was most auspicious. After the prolonged rains 
that had prevailed for a week, the morning broke. clear and fine, 
and not even a breeze stirred the grasses of the plain. The pro- 
#ramme, consisted of 170 targets, shot in six 15 and four 20 bird 
races, the even numbers being shot over expert traps arranged 
on the Sergeant system, and the odd numbers over a magautrap. 

W. R. Crosby captured the honors for the day, dropping 6 
targets in the programme. Frank Parmelee came second with 7 
lost. Chas. Spencer lost 8 and Charlie Budd and Riehl had 12 
each down, A feature of the day was the number of men who 
stayed-firough the programme. Out of forty entries, thirty-two 
shot in every event—quite a remarkable percentage. 

The programme in detail follows: ™ 

i 


: Shot 

Events 3.4 5 6 7 8&8 9 10 at. Broke. Av. 
PICT Heminnes nee nee 141517151819 16 170 56 918 
TENE yee lane 111515 141818178 i170 4148 870 
Wright 14141813 101618 470 141 829 
Holmes 9121512111616 170 186 -800 
Clapp ... 18.1818 14141918 170 153 900 
Burrows 12142012 91715 170 146 859 

ewis 12 615 14 10 17 16 170 123 612 
H L Jame 9111712 81917 170 130 760 
Dennis 13141813121917 170 149 871 
Koéssback WibIGIZI2ZI8 Is 170 8148 870 
apie oe hinaseh cites tetas 16 14 19 14 14 17 15 15 17 16 170 156 918 
Sexton lyse seer 13.14 18 12141714142018 70 154 906 
Malaqialy 2)... ace 12:18 17 11 13 14 11 12:17 19 170 144 836 
IBN Tr sek Lae Beda 15 14 15 12 16 17 15 15 19 18 170 155 911 
JEIER kee Sree ea oe, 111118 18 141814122017 170 148 870. 
Eisenhaur ......... 8 18111011 161212 2012 170 125 -660 
Welch Serer: 1272171214 201515 1619 i170 158 -900 
Tab EM OTEY 6 Gan ebaarme 13141718138 121113 1716 170 139 817 
et) a ee er 10 5151078 ..10131410 150 100 ahi 
erties Ggeee heen ees 12 13 19 13 12318 14 18 2020 @©=6.: 170 155 911 
Dininissees sess eele 6 9141118.17 1011 ,. .. 140 91 Loch 
Spencers fey) le 141419 1434201415 1919 170 162 958 
SUING ee eens 101419 14 141813141818 170 152 899 
DrsGlark see 129217 12141413141914 170 141 830 
Elbert ieee ee W18171215 1718101817 170 146 860 
ivlonteetios, pecs. WII WIBIGIWILISI5 =8170) 64185 794 
Riehl eee 1415201315 2012181919 170 158 9380 
UGG sence teen. he 14 13 20 13°14 17 14 14 20 19 170 158 930 
Parmelee ....-..... 14 15 18 15 14 19 14 14 20 20 170 163 .959 
Grose! + phnenscces 15 15 20 14 15 20 18 14 19 19 170s 164 964 
EMH EHES Fibhiiennes 12 15 18 14 15 17 15 14 19 18 Ay Ss kasry 924 
Way aati innns 1114319151818 14181819 170 1h 906 
VThreilkill ...5..... Wl §WibWII71I WO ©6135 794 
Dickinsan .....;... 101017 121218 15131515 17) 137 806 
Robinson ...,..,.- 1513 1713 15 .. 1231 1715 150 128 MS a 
Tegckridpers aves ae) aye ee on aldedde Gey, 70 5S 
Vivion hee tae ok .. 1412 16 15 70 57 
Stevenson ......... 4, .. 12 12 14 14 70 62 
Dplase tice sate pe nae fees. LOSE Ty 70 5s 
TG ee RSE ec Tea retrce nae otee Gee 11 11:19 19 10 fi) 


Annual Meeting. 


The annual meeting of the Association was held uly 18 at the 
parlors of the Merchants’ Motel, being called to ore at § P, M. 
by.-Dr. C. B. Clapp, president. The minutes of the preceding 
meeting were read and approved. On call of roll the O. K. and 
Washington Park gun clubs, of Kansas City; St) Louis Gun Cluh, 
Pleasant Hill Gun Club, Moberly Gun Club, were reported present. 
Columbia, Platt City, Summer and Terminal gun clubs, of St. Louis, 
were elected to membership. Individual membership was voted 
to H. W. Kooler, W. H: Hayden, C. G. S encer, J. W. Burrows, 
Thos. Hearn, J. W. Sexton and J. L. Head, “It was voted to 
abolish the old plan of holding ‘the winnings in the live-bird 
championship and Smith cup events over for one year, an amend- 
ment being adopted binding the club taking the tournament for 
1901 to pledge $50 to the winner of the live-bird and $25 to the 
Smith ewp holders from this year’s contest, and providing that 
then and thereafter moneys received in these contests be divided 
vee ae as other events under the Rose System on the ratio of 

5 OF VD, a. 

The Platt City and Coliimbia gun clubs made bids for the next 
meeting, but when Dr, fee Lockridge for the latter gave his’ 
personal guarantee that all conditions would be met if his club 
was-elected, the issue was settled, and the choice of Columbia was 
made unanimous. 

Election of officers being in order, Dr. 
President of the Association: Dr, C. 
and W. A. Vivion, Secretary-Treasuret, The president was allowed 
time for the selection of the executive committee and other as- 
sistants. and vote of thanks was extended to the retiring officers 
for ee excellent discharge of their duties, when the meeting: ad- 
journed. is 


ex Second Day, July 19, 


The sky was no less promising than Wednesday, b yer 
stiff wind blowing from the ebatheast across the Taney Bede ene 
flight of the targets erratic and the shooting difficslt, so that 
averages suffered materially. Crosby and Parmelee continued their 
good work and made a pretty race for first, the Nebraskan winning 
out in the end by the narrow margin of one target. 
ey Beata on a daite sustain his gait of the frst day, 

ande bir ace tor the amateurs, witt i 
i snd ‘| Dds ne pa t with Riehl and Budd 

The squad record of the tournament Was made by the ex 
team of Parmelee, Crosby, Budd, Taylor and Riehl, who Sead 
97 in the ninth event of the second day, shooting in a hard wind 
Twenty-three men shot through the programme for the two days, 
ten making a record of 90 per cent. or better, \d 

The Smith cup event, consisting of teams of two men, 25 tar- 
gets to the team, was shot in the middle of the programme as a 


special number, and was won by Walter Allen and Harry ri 
of Kansas City, with a score of 48. ms Pars 


The scores are subjoined: 


v Lockridge was chosen 
G. Clapp, Vice-President, 


Events: 1234 46 67 8 9540 at. Broke. Av 
COL Mentt pute oi es 11 11 17 18 14 17 15 14 19 20 170 151 {588 
Allen CMH es iM 14 11 17 12 13 18 14 12 18 19 170 148 -870 
WiGeetele hy Gabe ue 8 31712 817°7 91618 170 123 - 728 
EPolin es eel ere eae 1410 2011181815 9 i4. 150 124 eS a 
fei Evehenr WhArAeulee © 14 15 19 13 14 16 14 14 16 19 170 154 906 
VUE ay cjonntel ries ene 14 14 15 14 15 18 14 12 19 90 170 155 911 
YWayden ......... 14 1419 9 13 18 13 11 18 19 170 148 870 
Sexton » 13:12:20 1414171012 1919 470 150 +882 

BNO? opeehocea ee 15 11 17 14 14 16 13 14 18 90 170 152 894 
Yalequah ... . 12 15 16 13 12 17 12 18 16 17 170 142 835 
Depnis ... 1151711 141712141619 17 © j49 877 
Linell »- 141219718 115 IFAT IS 170 451 888. 


Ross ...:. er tats .- 14.18 19-15 18 13-14 18 15 46 a 
oi 13141611131212181616 170 41 ‘S95 
WAG T1214 14191618 170189 C87 


AND STREast.. 


FOREST 


oe EP ete it) alee 81 
14495412 170 188 811 
Ey pa een eae 30 a 
Stevenson ........- 1410171211 100 82 
Tootndee BA Anes 2 1B TSO as Leer 100 84 
Wiv1OM> Gaeere ese -= IB AZ AT Te TSO | OO eRe ie 
bie ease eek 121216 7 12 16 11 14 15 18 170 183 781 
arrows .....---.- 18 11 15 13: 12138 1410... .. 130 101 ae 
Parmelee ..,..--..- 1514201215 1915151919 i170 fa 958 
Perea Sartore pa vig vette 14 1219 1312191314 2018 i170 15k 906 
TFT CLCLewaceae rey Cee ets B14 15 44 IIT 1919 17 Tt 2588 
Nay loriessdvegey ech W1217141016101119 16 170 136 800 
Crosby cescseeeeeee 1 15 1813 15 1813 15 2020 170 «16197 
geneedgeas, Al AN Ace a ee Pe Ge i ek te : ins 
arama ieRrn Sys C urete Sn MRR 
i event: 
sian Shes 3 * Gatco cower s 1101111102111011911111011—21 
NETL Pa Sash oh Ge eek Let ay seen 1100141011141111111011111- 21-42 
JED parasearess 59 dugocc pert atietick steretcic VUTIOMTIONAAO1OI—21 
See Gii LEREe eet baciily y.ukbnneesdurtee oe 4109191111111111111111101 24 415 
IBS heb a fore eno meseeprgatcodt cs DUDA ATA. —25 . 
Day end Bare ARR Pk af looms: 10110110994101999910.11—22 47 
TERE Tose ad Shertoe ooth tipo saws cena 1491911110701 — 2.4 
Talequah SS LUN Tele he reseed 119111101191111019111111124 48 
(OEM sae oSbt bot oak kaso corre hate 191911111101919.11111011 23 
BTA VicLeti AONE fh bepltata tere be-eett-sreare 111OUIIIT IIIA 111111 2447 
ASA MaG | Leet ooo eS 5 S608 000n4r G0 1111101101100141111111141—21 
TRIG Ras oe Uy oOo aLIAA HAgMStntonnare 141.0101999191199111111101 2844 
FIRM OL wes dep ee Gos tbe to etitste eas eo 1111711101011111111011110 22 
TTSCOM: EAs sad de chp eimmaa ester 1111111111111.01.11.0111.111—23—45 
Ross, 0... oshueteetit «+ 1040011111091911111111101—93 
Coir] Wee Heese état tt yee ee o1091119919910191111111— 2447 
Syoileteiy man pay Sinomcbeintert tiated ade VTOTTIAIINI III] 24 
IDS eae don ABERCODaE ene aGoe cole ke 11.019191111019111101,1011 —21—45 
TREES Ee enn ere Teel mzre ate peane terete 1101001991111 1011111_ 24 
vos FPP rei edad wunrrieetntes 1111111011100110001011110—17 41, 
Recapttulation, 
Shot Shof 
at. Broke. Av. at. Broke. Av. 
Parmelee ...... 340 = 326 $958" “Allen vi sasesee 340 «=. 296 -870 
(Grosbyel lenses 340 = 285 955 Welch .20..2000 340 =—- 292 -858 
opencer .0.. 2-05 340318 -920 Hayden ....... 340 =. 291 855 
AD Ieee oree eee 340 311 .914 Rossbach ...... 340 293 860 
Riehl 22yiece eee 340 «6812)0C/s«917-«Csixon .........340 287 844 
IehmtolGhas soss acy 340809 WBS IEW? Maecenas. stipe) ART 844 
Gappamernesees 240 ©8808 905 Elliott ny het 340-280 822 
Dsrerell), eet eree 340 = 308 5905 Dr @latk 22... .340 = -278 819 
MGUtiqgs eek ner 340 307 .900 Talequah +040 © 281 823 
Daye inceneeset: 340 =. 807 DOOM DiaylOr erases 340 9-271 800 
extol eeteeese 340 a04 890 Wright 2.2... 340 264 -T16 
Dennis 2.2.0.2: 340 298 876 


Thitd Day, July 20. 


This day was devoted to live-bird shooting, and promised to be 
stormy and unpleasant; but the threatened rain passed around, and 
eyents were carried out as scheduled, : 

The first event was the 15-bird race for the amateur live-bird 
championship, There were twelye entries, and four of the con- 
testants—Gottlieb, Allen, Dayis and Head—finished with straight 
scores, It was agreed among these interested parties to shoot off 
the ties in the 25-bird handicap following, the high score in the 
latter to carry the medal with it. Mr. Head, however, announced 
his determination to withdraw, stating that as he lives out of the 
State he felt that it would be to the interest of the Association to 
keen it in Missouri, supposing that he had an even chance to win, 
His view of the case was accepted, and the race continued between 
the remaining three men. Allen and Davis again tied, each losing 
but one bird, and it was then decided between them to hold the 
medal jointly. Sillard Scott refereed these matches, and Dave 


Tliott handled this part of the shoot to perfection. 
The scores follow: 
Waste'li fo eee 21221012102222* 12 Dennis ........ 222222222222292 15 
TI AV STA iiccites nee 122111211221222 15 Hixon ........ *02202221201211—12 
(OMEN BNET Ac de rcerreee 022122201222220—12 Lemmon ......- 111111121011211—14 
Talequah .,.... 12112121222122915 Dr Clark ...... 221222211121022—14 
Aver, See: 212221222202222 15 Holmes ...... 211220102110112—12 
Spencet 5... 22222722222022214 Taylor ........ 102222122012201—12 
Event at 25 live birds: 
RASILCLEGAE UNE etpeeleraaiysetete Ce eee 2222222212229292221122992 95 
ES Bs eA eh OTOODO OOS AAD meee ee gis ao *21121229221222292191012 93 - 
ViGiiirlits ernmentiyae uuycia contin a nngeninla 1221112222231 27229291122 92 
HE UNE RESG ron) Opie MMM Ly pee a aed ade. 22202*2222222222022292712 25 
Bai Bes os een) etic amas pie ectty ennenae Pah 222222922212212221129*292 94 
CUD ah apelin slate EEL ON Pe be Oh ea 02*22222220702211101w 
ALS eT teens ae PRE TRCN erent 1211221222222112920199199 94 
NM Gh Ma weviacioe sonethe serait airieidinoeer «+ 622212"122111122212211290 94 
SIMS AAA AGB Pye Eee pods « -222222222922202392929(0)*2—29 
DiS lanier case st aaa: Lear - -22222110121012111 2222990999 
Tem ntOv ee, eaeeee eens ute « D901 * 212110117111 *21111— 28 
cliciy Oem eee .» . .2120*12222121221012111112—29 
IBYeNa bhi N Wey sy SOOTHE ato esi tu cote tae + 2222222022299222909999999 95 
Avs bial Marshes eee trey See oe ee 222222212220222"229229902 99 


Riehl 


ON LONG ISLAND. 


Emerald Gun Club, 


Brooklyn, L. L, July 17.—The Emerald Gun Club held a suc- 
cessful live-bird extra shoot to-day at Dexter Park, twenty-three 
shooters participating. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier was the only one 
to kill straight, he standing at the 30yd. mark. There were twenty 
merchandise prizes, consequently those who got 8 or more birds 


won 4a prize. 
the club: 

E O Weiss, 28. ..221020202011— 8 
W Joeger, 28..... 222221911012—11 


R Reagan, 28..... 201101101102— 8 
Dr Hudson, 28....1021202*1110— 8 
T Short, 28....... 220222001212— 9 
A Duke, 28....... 222220212222—11. 


Fessenden, 28... .2222*2299999 17 
Dr O'Connell, 30.222221112999 19 
G Gallin, 25....... 120101200011— 7 
J H Moore, 28...211211111011—11 
Weightman, 28. . .212221122012 41 
J B Hillers, 28. ..122012222020— 9 


These were donated by friends and members of 


Schubel, 28..,.... 2212210*012"— 8 
Dr Miller, 28... 2929121991010 
W Cotton, 28,....122*21212112 11 
O Brown, 25...... 202011122101— 9 


J Rathjen, 28....112121212020—10 
Dr Stillmann, 80.122002110002— 7 
: winn, 28..... 0101*1121222— 9 
G Breit, 28.....:.*11011221120— 9 
A Duncort, 25....*12010222999— 9 
E J Roberts, 28. ,22202212909> 11 
T Cody, 25.....,. 000*10202202— 5 


ee ee eee 


John Wright’s Shoot, 


INTERSTATE Park, L, L., July 18.—The weather was against a 
large attendance, for the day fixed upon so happened to be one of 
the sweltering hot period which has slowly been evolving shirred 
humanity about New York and elsewhere for several cee in suc- 

t 


cession. To make the slightest effort was to invite a wi 


éd collar 


and a wet head, for the perspiration would run so copiously off 
one’s brow as to raise the query how one’s brains could hold so 
much water, for it truly seemed as if a headful of sweat would 


pour forth in a few moments. 


Bureau, the temperature was 85 d 
and at 3 o’clock it was 94 degre 


At 9 A, M., according to the Weather 
egrees} at noon it was 91 degrees, 
es. And yet, away from the hot 


pavements and brick and stone walls of the city, where there was 


little of the reflected heat, 


Within the city limits. 
thoroughly. 

presence, among whom were 
Webber. 


Messrs. J. J. Hallowell, F. Nesbitt and F. Ashton, 


it was much more comfortable than 
However, all 


enjoyed themselves 


“A number of ladies graced the event with their 


Mesdames Banks, Welch and 


Ra., were in attendance as competitors, and proved themselves to 


be thorough-going sportsmen. 


A $2 miss-and-out was shot for a wind-up, and after a few bi 
had been shot, it was agreed that each competitor would go tee 


a-yard after each shot. Nearly all remained 
Was reached, and there were still in Capt. Money, Banks 
-xshton and Nesbitt, the latter shooting them all out from 


in till the 8Byd. mark 
Morfey, 
the ex- 


treme mark, and taking the mkoney alone Both Money and 


Morfey missed incomers. 


No. 4 was a miss-and-gut, $2, but as all were straight at the 


end of the sixth round except one, $2 more were add 


ed for another 


Miss-and-out, In No. 3 Morfey, Money and Banks w i i 
14 each. and divided #40 between them, and Fad G05 high with 


of Easton, 


[Jury 28, 1900, 


No. 1, 7 birds, handicap; ties miss-and-out; extra $2 entry: 


RV ALS Wel chs $30 dave ete catenin nen 2212212—7 1121222*—7 
Francotte, 28 .,....: Touerunt Seperate: bdeeteeeh 2122222—7 21222210—7 
JJ Hallowell) 29. t42i.i eet. teres Meme preys net (2122212—7 222121228 
Capt Money, '29.......sscsssscvceuececueene, meme ee 
abe WiaViorteycc onan aries Pree eines 2022222—6 2212220 —6 
EOWALU eos Len nn anaes ipso) setae Prirrs 2202221—6 22220 
ey Reimiilccumc Oy Mer iicph teepn br meee sa teeinirineleTorc mtr: 1210212—6 11212212—8 
TECIGE DUES ia tear nn lap uinninen amen tenn t ts trend 0212210—5 10 
Wo. 2, 10 birds, handicap: ' 

Morfey, 31,....,....2222222222 10 Banks, 29.........-.2221021*11— 8 
Eloward, 28...,...¢ 212121222210 Francotte, 28 . 2111011200— 7 
Wreliber, 80...,..... 2222222022 10 Money, 29. «=-2001201111— 7 
Hallowell, 30....... 122112192 9 Jack, 28........ «+ «21200222002— 6 
Welch) o0Ren ase 21221*2212— § 

No; 3. No. 4. No. 5 
NY Woniddea top o3l ls See eee En a oe 202 222222222092—14 222222 22210 
Morne ye p20) Sinn i nin nay 222222201221122—14 222222 111% 
Drarilest pa 0k Beit tete cet eke oe otters 112220122122231—14 222222, 22211 
Wreelelisa ty eae eee cerns sree 022202222222222—13 222222 22222 
Webern actin ok) sian vaya 022202222222992 13 222222, 22222, 
ipartcoiten eStart a ate 221011022122021—12, 212221 21211 
Howard, 28......, Wee PE erie; 220012021101111—11 220 : 
Tacks 2a een BUBMIN EP ee eek 


No, 3 was at 15 pigeons, high gun, handicap. q 

The weather was at its hottest when the Sanders-Storms trophy 
was shot for. <A stiff bieeze blew toward the traps from the 
shooters, and the erratic flights of the birds made the shooting far 
from easy. The scores: 


TS Banlesep em see ire VLODDVV GVA 91901119 11919911111111111111001111111111—47 
Capt Money...... 14001011100099111111111011011110011011119111111111—49, 
Efallewell “viii. 10011191111004.011191119111.00111111111111101010101—40 
WAGE Se amteereterstal «cate 11.011101111110110010111011101111001011001111011110—35 
[iGiweecl: vevpeuee tet 0111.01.01010110101010111111110101111011101110000001—21 
JEigiGolnteme eter 10041110111101111.011100010011010011001100010101111—30 
Francotte ....... 01101111111000010100010100110010100100011100100100—23 
Sweepstakes: 

Events: 123 45 6 Events: 12 3 5 6 
Targets: 10 15 20 15 15 10 Targets: 10 15 20 15 15 10 
Ben seer ane t 1014171814 9 Hallowell ...... 61017 .... 8 
Heke 8 Hae 610 1610° 9 § Erancotte ....., ot LORI Since seme by 
Ones Apparee » 91418 1413 9 nena!) Soe POR kes he dss 
IPshererl bel Gh ada 310 9 910 8 Webber ..... : pend) 
Winters) Sa as oe on Weal VA Meare ree : ata 
Gilderslecyes Pram (eliei salt GOMa sme Viartey ence eee 1012 6 


Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Club. 

rrenpure, Mass., July 10.—The following are the scores of our 
last shoot. At the close we had great sport in three miss-and-out 
évents: 

Events: 

Targets: 
Converse 
Donovan 


7 8 910111218 
10 10 10 5p 10 10 = 


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. 


De rs ts ae eared 


Ree tee ee ee eee ee eee 


7 
3 
4 
8 
6 


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ORF te eae segue Cen et AAD ne mee ee se eee we aie ale ein 


AT Aah oat 
2 os Coco bo oT 
Hens Oo oo ho 

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+ Soe 


OR BOO te Se ice a eee eee i ry ore tere te 


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S00 
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mess 
SEO OO RQ op co 


Targets: 


+ ps 
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intent AE paper amen Nees 


SHE cen) ae eee ER eRe Ee 
Liiversage yyy ian iets 
Gibson 
Calter nase ctes es 

TeeiCowlters Wesabe cosa eeteteeese eee Loe ae 


July 18.—Our weekly shaot took place to-day, Eight gentlemen 
from Bellows Falls, Vt., came down and paid us a friendly visit, 
and we trust for the muttial benefit of both parties, We certainly: 
enjoyed their visit very much, as they proved themselves to be 
first-class shots and royal good fellows. The event of the shoot- 
Was a team race with eight men on a side, at which they proved 
themselves our superiors to the tune of 16 birds, but two or three 
of our men were decidedly off. We are in hopes that a second 
match would prove closer. When we met we were strangers, but 
it does not take long for sportsmen to become acquainted, for the 
true sportsman’s ideas are mutual the world over, and I thorough- 
ly beheve if more of these friendly shoots were held it would tend 
to strengthen the “tie that binds,” and in this, as everything 
else, we derive the most pleasure by trying to have every one else 
enjoy themselves. Here is to the Bellows Falls boys, May their 


en 
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‘ } wosenen! sacs 


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eyes always be hright, their aim true and their souls as full of 
good fellowship as when they came to Fitchburg, 

The following are the scores: 

Team shoot: z 

Bellows Falls. Fitchburg. 

Raye See aioe se 22 TRICE eas enaen nas Serene 74 
Norwood ....... vambattos 21 Cutler 
Gibson 2 ose sb edekaede tne 221 Convetse 
Shepardson ......sceccees +21 Russell 
Dr Kayght ess iicttecees wolB TEStVe hoje 
Caprouwe ib aesidicaseedsane ral Wilder 
Dr Morrison ........ Danse Dwight 
Underhill ~......... reensedi—157 Stickney 

Sweepstake events: ee 

Targets: - 10 10 25 15 10 5p 5p 10 16 

CLV is fest <focsoneer pe eno: 9 18 12 10 7 § 10 
Norwood IG: 12° or 8 7 on 
Gibson 2013 8 8 4 6 II 
Shepardson 2113 8 7 6 9 12 
apron 19 138 8 6&6 4 8 9 
Dr Knight .,, 208 7 7 9 4 9 
Dr Morrison ma 14 7 4 8 4 9 
Underhill OS STLY Ae ate 8 

ice 23 14 8 10 f 10 12 
Cutler ae dL) ESOS os aes 
Morse I) ©3 08s tee eet og 
Converse! ee ee: ; 19 10 6 4 8 @& § 
obes dW Fan RS ET a 

ussell 2010 8 § 4 6 
Lesure aye Mee Ry are Ty 
estas erat TO: Sho ire Pee ee 
Baker pS lig A ed 
Wilder IT OR acta. weeny) 
Stickney Co UE ei ce ie 1 
Dwight AED Rie oof rh oth} 
Donovan Pek, AM eee YS ti 
USGS? «545 aga san oanasaae deeggecs Saha te ee EE OM er ola oer 
Richy eyes tree Wee Goumuae sees ai ree oe aS se a 
Ashton .......... aisitesers Seats dee Oey Ee, ee er bimmes tie 9 
PAUSE IS vate acer ruratorta ioe cee roert-a 5 0P=P eels eas tas a: 
ICLP he aaa eee ey eenayh eee cl te o> Sere q 


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THE SHUT-IN SPORTSMAN. 


Or all who are kept indoors by bodily infirmity one 
might naturally think the confinement would be most irk- 
some to lim whose recreations are entirely of the outdoor 
world; yet actual observation does not furnish proof 
that he bears the privation with less fortitude than fellow 
mortals of different proclivities. 

What substitute can he find inside four close walls for 
the exhilaration of the sports of woodland and water? 
What, compared with those the scholar finds in his 
books, the artist in his pictures, the romancer in his 
dreams, or the poet in his fancies? Even the man with- 
out these resources may at least stolidly endure, one 
would think. But strangely enough he who loses least 
chafes mest. 

The sportsman has the memory of past pleasures to 
comfort him, and if he be of the sort who enjoy most 
keenly, he has imagination and invention to call to his 
aid. 

His well and long used gun, companion of many a day 
af supreme happiness, brings back vivid recollections 
of many of them. 

Not the least of these was the day when the delicate 
penciling of the browned barrel was untarnished, the 
polished stock unmarred by dent or scratch, and the 
whole shining masterpiece of the gunsmith’s art was 
redolent of the faint oily smell that only the gun diffuses. 
How protid he was to be its owner, to feel its perfect fit 
and balance, and to have stich faith in his ability to hit 
his bird every time with such a weapon. He smiles now 
as he recalls how effectually the overweening conceit was 
taken out of him. For all that humiliation the unfor- 
gotten day was full of happiness. 

The softly soughing July wind brings in at the open 
window some subtle reminder of the spicy fragrance of 
pine and hemlock distilled by a September sun, and he 
sees again the asters shining in the woodland shade, the 
yellow of fading wood plants, the red glow of huckle- 
berry leaves among the haze of blue fruit, the feeding 
partridges, unseen till they burst upward with a roar 
that quite upset his nerves and caused the waste of two 
charges. Then after reloading from the brand-new 
spring-top flask, the lever-charger shot pouch, and the 
wads, homemade from cardboard, all marvels of celerity 
in their day, the cautious search for the scattered birds, 
with the firm resolve to keep steady next time at all 
hazards. His good resolution was presently rewarded, 
when a bird that sprang up almost in his face was cut 
down and killed clean by a shot fired at just the right 
moment, and so glad was he to have regained mastery of 
himself that the whole scene is so distinctly imprinted 
on memory he could go directly to the very spot after 
all the years of change. 

Some slight thing in some quite unlike scene, some 
sound, some-smell, recall other happy days of the past, 
which he lives over again and again. Soine befell where 
the silver channel'winds through countless acres of marsh, 
now when it is all in the sameness of summer green 
save where the blooming button bush, thronged with 
nesting redwings, adorns it with its profusion of white 
blossoms; now when a tinge of yellow pervades it, 
varied with splashes of russet, orange and red, and the 
tangled copses of button bush are islands of green, with 
here and. there a flame of water maple burning like a 
beacon, and all a-whirl about the passing boat, thick as 
bees around a hive, and a renewed uproar of thunder- 
ing wings at the rounding of each bend; or in winter, 
when the broad level of marsh and water was a white, 


silent plain, to the eye, lifeless and deserted, though 
there was a. stir of busy inhabitants wmder the snow-— 


covered thatch of the muskrat houses. Faint and far 
comes the echo of a hound’s voice, and following its 
direction two dark specks were seen apparently creeping 
nearer, their speed increasing as they grew and took on 


the forms of fox and dog, and the heart beat fast to the 
swelling music, till at last came the opportunity and the 
shot, and triumph of success. His nerves thrill again 
at the memory of it all, and he is glad to have lived in 
those days, and to remember them. 

The boys, who are in the first enthusiasm of sports- 
manship, are wild with envy when he tells them of the 
game there was in all the woodland and marsh when he 
was a boy, and of the great fish that crowded the waters. 
As they bewail the fate that brought them into the world 
so late, he is reminded how he did the same when the 
old men told him like tales of the biz game of their 
younger days, all gone before his time, and he, too, is a 
boy—not valuing present blessings, but wishing the past 
returned or the future reached wherein were all possibili- 
ties. Yes, a boy again, with his flintlock musket; and 
proud of the battered weapon, though it had tricks of 
sometimes missing fire and flashing in the pan, and 
always kicked, due to its being breech burnt—so it was 
said. Though both eyes were shut, he'always knew 
when it went off. When his young visitors tell of a 
piece of old woodland sacrificed, of some ledge shorn of 
its trees, of tiver banks wantonly stripped of shade, he 
is glad that he cannot see the devastated scenes—it is 
better to dream of them as he knew them than to awaken 
to their spoiled reality and the pain of impotent rage 
against the spoilers. 

Can that be only the slow stir of wind-swayed boughs, 
so like the changing murmur of the swift river fretting 
on its gravelly bed? So like it that he can fancy himself 
stealing along the bank behind the fringe of willows, rod 
in hand, of a fine June morning. The lush intervale 
grass is dotted with the first buttercups, and the fra- 
grance of wild grape blossoms is in the air; a muskrat 
swims out from the shore towing a green branch to his 
burrow; a green heron flaps awkwardly from perch to 
perch; under a drooping willow a bass snaps a drowning 
fly with a swirl of the green water, inviting the angler’s 
cast. He is no longer a prisoner of the sick room, but 
is fishing again in his favorite stream. 

So in autumn, when the falling leaves scurry past his 
window, in spirit he is out in the brown woods, his 
nostrils almost catching the subtle, indescribable aroma 
of ripe leaves. 

He hears the wood folk astir, the rustle of their feet, 
their various voices speaking concerning his intrusion, 
and he hears those weird mysterious voices of the woods 
that come from no living thing. In the old, old days, 
when the world was young and people were not so un- 
believing, but took their fancies in good faith, these 
were the voices of wood nymphs and fairies conversing 
and calling one to another, not the piping of the wind 
and the chafing of boughs. 

The swish of the first snowflakes against the window, a 
glimpse of snow-covered roofs, bring him visions of the 
winter woods, muffled and carpeted in white, wherein is 
written the latest doings of the wood folk, where a fox 
had made a stealthy scout. Here is recorded what might 
be taken as the story of the midnight, snowshoe sports 
of half a dozen of their kind if the tragic finis 
were not printed in blood and Reynard’s fatal leap 
imprinted -on the snow, where there was an end 
to all the broad pad marks. The partridge has set 
down in the neatest footprint her devious wandering 
from her last roosting place to the concluding wing- 


marks where she took flight upward to a breakfast of 


buds in a tall poplar. Squirrels have linked so many 
trees and caches of nuts together; so many woodpeckers, 
nuthatehes and chickadees are seen, that one wonders 
how woods so populots can be so silent, though snow- 
muffled and echoless. Nothing is heard but a party of 
jays clamoring over their latest discovery. 

Such clues lead the imprisoned sportsman to the free- 
dom of outdoors, 

But there is a key that opens the door to a far wider 
range, with comrades who take him to the furthest corner 
of the wide world. One leads him among the familiar 
scenes of his youth. Another, into the pathless gloom of 
Northern forests, the hame-of the moose and caribou, 
or further to the frozen haunts of the musk-ox, or to the 
wild Northwest, where only car be seen the last remnant 
of the wood buffalo, and to Alaska and the Klondike. 
Another takes him to the Rocktes and shows him the 
elk in wonderful herds, the antelope, the wild sheep, like 
statues caryed out of the rocks whereon they stand, or 
points out to him white specks moving along the giddy 


crags, which, he tells him, are wild goats, Another 
shows him the savage grizzly, king of American beasts. 
At night by the camp-fire he listens to the wail of the 
panther, the long howl of the wolf, and sleeps the restful. 
sleep of the just. These most genial companions hunt 
tigers with him in India, elephants and lions in Africa, 
shoot foxes in New England, ride after them to the 
hounds in Virginia, catch tarpon in Eloridian waters, 
salmon in Canadian rivers—in short, share with him all 
his old sports and initiate him into new ones, and do 
all that brethren of the gun and rod can for one an- 
other, for these kind friends who lighten his burden of 
weariness and pain are the world-wide contributors to the 
columns of FOREST AND STREAM. 


JOHN GOMEZ, 


OxLp John Gomez, the centenarian of Panther Key, 
off the Gulf Coast of Florida, has passed away. His ex- 
traordinary life span of 119 years has closed. Death has 
found him out at last. 

Born in 1781, this man was older than the United 
States of America. He had almost attained his majority 
in 1800, and one can but indulge the idle reflection that 
ii to his one hundred and nineteen years but a paltry 
half year could have been added, so passing beyond 1900, 
he would have had part in three centuries. 

For a long time John Gomez has been a character 
fammliar to Forrst AND StREAM readers. One and an- 
other of our correspondents have visited him in his home 
on Panther Key and made report of his continued health 
and vigor, at which the world marveled. It was only a 
few months ago that Tarpon sent a grateful contradic- 
tion of a rumor of the old man’s death. Of the truth of 
this new report, however, there can be no question. Of 
the Panther Key phenomenon of longevity we may now 
speak in the past tense only—John Gomez was. 

Gomez was a native cf Portugal. From his native 
land he went in youth to France, where, as he was fond 
of telling, he saw Napoleon Bonaparte reviewing his 
troops, Coming to America as cabin boy on a bark, he 
deserted ship at Charleston, S. C., and made his way to 
St. Augustine, then under Spanish rule. Thence ke 
passed to Central America, after many years returning to 
Florida and taking part in the Seminole War. In the 
60’s he served as pilot for the Navy in blockading opera- 
tions in Gulf waters. We reprint from one of our 1806 
issues some interesting reminiscences of John Gomez 
in those days from the pen of Capt. Charles H. Rockwell, 
who is now in command of Admiral Schley’s flagship. 

The portrait given on the following page is from a pho- 
tograph made by Tarpon a few years ago. 


SNAP SHOTS. 

Here is a sporting itinerary with which one may con- 
trast his own month off for a hurried trip to the Rockies 
or Canada in quest of trophies. It is the record of an 
expedition undertaken by Count Scheibler, an Italian 
sportsman, whose enterprise was of a method and mag~ 
nitude making it worthy of record. Coming first to the 
United States, Count Scheibler hunted grizzlies and elk 
in the Rocky Mountains; then he went to British Co- 
lumbia and secured mountain goat specimens. From San 
Francisco he sailed for India, in which country he se- 
cured tiger, rhinoceros, gnu, wild buffalo and other big 
game. Then he hunted Gya and Ceylon and thence 
crossed to Africa and did the game of Somaliland, and 
afterward penetrated equatorial Africa, adding trophy 
alter trophy representing the wonderful store of game in 
that country. From Africa he passed to Russia for elk. 
The experience covered seven years, in which time the 
Count acquired specimens of a large proportion of the | 
big game of four continents. 


Mr. Joseph B. Thompson, of the New York Bar, con- 
cludes. to-day his consideration of the Lacey bill in a 
paper which is much wider in scope than the title as an 
expcsition of the principles governing game protection. 
His lucid presentation of these principles deserves carer 
ful reading. 


It is one of the important missions of Forrest anp 
STREAM to discover and proclaim new fields for rod and 
gun. The very complete description of Mexigan tarpon 
fishing will inevitably be the means of directing. American 
anglers to those well stocked waters, 


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Che Sportsman Gonrist. 
Death of John Gomez. 


Tarpon Sprincs, Fla., July 23—Editor Forest and 
Stream: News comes of the death of John Gomez, the 
veteran of Panther Key. He was found dead near Four 
Brothers Island on Friday, July 13. He had gone out 
Thursday fishing, and it is supposed that he fell out of 
his boat and was drowned. His age is reported at 122 
years, but this is an error, for old John always said that 
he had been born in 1781, so that at the time of his 
death he was I19, TARPON, 


From Forest and Stream, Sept 12, 1896. 


I have recently.seen mention in your paper of John 
Gomez, a citizen of the world, and more especially of the 
west coast of Florida. Long years ago, say in the sum- 
mer of 1863 (that seems a long time, does it not?), I be- 
came the proprietor of John Gomez. The Commander- 
in-Chief of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron (there 
was war in those days) selected me for the command of 
the U. S. schooner Two Sisters, familiarly called the Two 
Shysters. The lofty vessel was a Baltimore pungy of 
about 40 tons, drawing about 9 feet of water alt and 4 
feet forward, as some suggested, so that she could climb 
hills like a kangaroo. She carried under my command 
one 12-pounder howitzer, and was manned by twelve sea- 
men, three petty officers, one master’s mate and a pilot. 
When I proceeded on board to take charge of this my 
first command in the Goyernment service, I found sitting 
on deck, smoking silently and diligently, his knees near 
his chin, his back rounded like a bicycle scorcher, his 
old straw hat covering his head from the nape of the neck 
to his eyebrows, John Gomez, Pilot, U. S. Navyy—a man 
swarthy, silent, and looking like an Indian, but when 
once opened up, like an oyster, with considerable meat in 
him. John was my property actually for about six 
months, incidentally until the war closed. He ate and 
drank with me, and slept, when he did sleep, somewhere 
near at hand. He knew a good many things not gener- 
ally known, and when he chose to talk he could be very 
interesting. The duty on which I was employed was of 
great interest, and frequently very exciting—that of the 
inshore, shoal water cruising, and blockade of the west 
coast of Florida. Gomez was in his way a perfect pilot. 
I think he knew familiarly every shoal. rock, oyster bed, 
creek, inlet, mud bank, fishing ledge, roosting place for 
birds, deer track and channel from Key West to Pensa- 
cola. It is my impression that most of our living came 
trom his directions about where to find fish, game, shell- 
fish, etc., and it was a most fascinating species of yacht- 
ing and hunting combined, whete the game was primarily 
blockade runners and men generally, and secondarily 
everything edible that waved a wing or wiggled a fin. 

John came originally from Central America—Hondu- 
ras, as | remember now—or had lived there many years. 
His age was apparently between forty and seventy. Over 
that range of thirty years you could guess at will. There 
were no fences on the-range. After he had warmed up 
so as to talk, he related strange stories. He had lived 
many years in Florida, had an intimate knowledge of the 
Everglades, and an acquaintance with the Indians resi- 
dent there. He had apparently made his headquarters at 
or about Tampa. When the war broke out he was there- 
abouts, but a time soon came when he fotind it con- 
venient to cross the line, and also not to be slow about it. 
So he “took to the. bush,” and found rest for his wander- 
ing feet at Key West. It will be almost impossible for 
me to reproduce his picturesque language, but, as far as 
I can, ( will tell the story in John’s own words. It seems 
that John had a family in-Tampa. I do not know 
whether it was his own family or one that he had adopted, 
but it seems that one day a troubadour, returning for a 
brief season from the wars, had or fancied he had some 
rights in the case, so he attempted to enter the precincts 
of the homestead occupied by Mr. Gomez and the family 
aforesaid. John said, in telling the story: 

“T yere tall in town, that man Willums come back. 
He say he kill me. One day I see Willums come ‘long 
the road. I take my gun. I say, ‘Willums, I no wanta 
you come in here,” He say, ‘I come in. I killa you.’ I 
say, ‘Willums, don’ta you come in da gate.’ Willums, he 
coma in da gate, I shoota him, an’ he staya there. I coma 
way. 

That seemed to me to be good and sufficient cause for 
John’s hegira, and later his family joined him in Key 
West. He found employment as pilot on Government 
ships, but he did not like to serve on the steamers or 
larger ships. Once when employed on one of the fast 
steamers running up the coast for Tampa, close inshore, 
the night being very dark, John did not make out how to 
go slower, as he desired to do, and unaware that he 
should tell his fears to the officer of the deck, he wan- 
dered about until he found the engine room, and said to 
the engineer on watch: “Mista Engineer, donta bily 
your water too hot!” which was his idea of going slower. 

To tell of the fish we caught and the game we shot 
under John’s direction and guidance would be “another 
story.” He was a new and unique type to us. He wasa 
compound of Spaniard, Indian, hunter and fisherman all 
in one. He carried, somewhere about him, a Hint and 
steel and a horn full of tinder. and produced fire from it 
ta light his pipe. He was always perfectly clean and 
neat, but his clothing was tropical and free; I do not 
think he jiked to wear shoes. Squatted on deck with his 
old pipe was his usual posture. His language was calm 
and slow; I rarely saw him vehement. But there was a 
sectet. slumbering force about the man which savored of 
helpfulness and power, and I have rarely met a man 
whom I would tie to, fer outing or danger, ashore or 
afloat, with more confidence than I would to John 
Gomez. 

He told me a story once about a deer hunting expedi- 
tion of his in the Everglades below Punta Rassa which 
has left a picture in my mind which will never leave it. 
He was trying to creep up to a spot where he had seen a 
deer, He was standing for an instant in a flat place, 
peering cautiously through the bushes in search of his 
game, when he felt something strike him gently on the 
inside of each leg. He cautiously looked down, moving 
as little as possiple, and say an enormous rattlesnake be- 


. 


tween his feet, head erect and ready to strike if he moved 
an inch, He was forced to stand immovable until the 
snake lowered its head and uncoiled its length, when a 
great leap took him clear of its attack, At this moment 
he heard a low laugh and saw an Indian in a tree, who 
had been an amused spectator of the scene. The rigid 
John, the wrathful snake and the chuckling Indian would 
make a nicture if they could be painted or drawn. That 
would have been the chance of a lifetime for the camera 
fiend, 

The last time I was in Key West I inquired for John 
Gomez, but could not learn his whereabouts. I am glad 
he is still alive. All true sportsmen would fully appreci- 
ate this son of nature. At first sight he would be passed 
by, but if once one could penetrate beneath the bark 
there was the rich yield of a life of adventure to gather 
sap from. The species is fast dying out. Soon there will 


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JOHN GOMEZ. 


be no more. Pioneer, hunter, sailor, fisherman, all in 
one, the school is closed that made them, the books are 
out of date from which they were taught, and the railroad 
shrieks where they hunted, and the bicycle whirls where 
once the deer paths ran. Good-by, old John; we shall 
cruise together no more, unless there are happy hunting 
grounds and smooth seas where we are both bound. 
C. H. Rockwebtit, Commander U. S. N. 


In a Nova Scotia Camp. 
BY EDWARD A. SAMUELS, 


In my many outings with rod and gun it has been 
my great privilege to meet with a large number of sports- 
men who were more than ordinarily interesting and com- 
panionable, Enthusiasts as they were, they were full of 
reminiscences, and many a thrilling story of the chase 
haye I listened to by the camp-fire or in the hunting 
lodge in the wilderness, What a volume those narratives 
would make if I had been able to record them; but most 
of them have passed away irom me and they cannot be 
recalled. There is one, however, which | heard in camp 
with a number of sportsmen not lone ago which I will 
endeayor to put on paper. It was told by one of our 
party and I will present it here as nearly as possible in 
the narrator's own words. 


The Doctor and I have been close frends for many 
years [referring to a well-known physician of Boston]. 
Our tastes are entirely congenial and both of us are en- 
thusiasts in field sports. Every season has fotind us to- 
gether on a Canadian salmon stream or in the forests of 
the North in pursuit of the moose or other larzge game 
or upon the shores and marshes of the sea coast where 
the bay birds and water fowl are wont to congregate. 
It was during one of these outinges—a trip to the wilds of 
Nova Scotia—that the moose hunt I am going to tell 
you about occurred. 

We had reached the section of country in which we 
proposed to Hunt after a journey which occupied sev- 
eral days. It was made chiefly in our canoes and the 
route was through a chain of forest lakes which for pic- 
turesque beauty could hardly be excelled. The last of 
the lakes was reached by a portage of about two miles 
in length, and af its upper end, between two rivers. we 
made our camp. The locality selected was a wooded 
ea which jutted ont a dozen or more rods into the 
ake, 

“Tt’s just the spot’ said John Freeman, our enide, 
“for the breeze will carry our smoke and camp noises out 
from the shore, and agin we're clast between two rivers 
and we can paddle up either of them for a couple of 
miles into the best moose kentry in these parts.” mt 

It was an ideal spot for a tenting place, the view ex- 
tending the whole length of the lovely lake, which lay 
so placidly in the heart of the wilderness. 

“Ah. this is solid comfort!” exclaimed the Doctor as 
he lighted his after-supper pipe and stretched himself 
before the rousing fire of hardwood logs. “We are a 
good many miles from civilization, but we lack nothing 
fo complete our enjoyment.” 

Yes.” T assented, “the old savage nature is cropping 


out again and showing itself plainly in the pleasure we 
are deriving from this wild life.” 

“T don’t think there’s anything savage about it,” said 
John, lighting his pipe with a brand from the fire. “Lor 
bless ye! everyone likes to git out in the woods on a 
moose hunt; it’s a sort of nat’ral desire.” 

“Ves,’”’ I replied, “a desire that we inherit from our re- 
mote savage ancestors.” 

“Vou're speaking of savages,’ replied the guide, “and 
of course you mean Injuns. Now I don’t acknowledge 
that any of my ancestors was one—not by a jugiul. All 
the Injuns I ever saw was too ‘way down for a decent 
man to own kinship to. I never saw but one of “em that 
had a conscience, and I don’t actually know if he had 
one. You remember on the carry yesterday we passed an 
old Injun named Jim Joseph? He once got in a drunken 
row with a white man and accidentally, most folks think, 
struck him a blow that killed him. Nothing was done 
about it, but the old feller has been a changed man since 
the accident. At times his mind is all right, but giner- 
ably he is a little off. Some think that the murder weighs 
on his mind, If old Jim has such a thing as a conscience 
he is sufferin’ from it all right. He likes his whisky all 
the same, and sometimes gits too much of it,” 

Those of us who have had much experience with 
euides know how varied are their characteristics and dis- 
positions. Some are industrious and-are constantly doing 
something about the camp to enhance the comfort of 
their employers. Others are the reverse and are some- 
times lazy to a most exasperating degree, There are 
sulky guides, cheerful and always singing or whistling 
guides, jealous guides, honest guides and lying, thieving 
euides. I haye had my outings with them all, and long 
experience has taught me gratefully to enjoy the. yirtues 
which appear and bear philosophically the vices that are 
almost certain sooner or later to crop out. John was 
what might be termed a reminiscent guide, and he enter- 
tained us for an hour or two with his odd stories and 
quaint sayings, ; : 

“TI consider the Injun a putty ‘way down kind of crit- 
ter,’ he repeated, seating himself and pulling away at 
his somewhat refractory pipe. “I allers agree with the 
chap who said that the only good Injun is a dead Injun- 
I’ve had lots to do with ‘em and allers found “em as 
treacherous as snakes. I allers make it a point to keep 
"em at a distance irom me.” 

“T think you are too sweeping in your condemnation,” 
said the Doctor quietly. “‘Il have had Indians out with 
me who were pericctly honest and who were most re- 
liable guides,” ; ‘ 

“That may be,” replied the euide. “It was for 
their interest to be all tight with you; but I never see 
one that was wuth a string of suckers. I believe in 
keeping “em down to their proper place.” . : 

“Well, John,’ said I as he paused to cut up a fresh 
supply of tobacco, ‘they're pretty well kept down here 
in Nova Scotia; there are only a few Jett, and you ought 
not to treat them too harshly, Remember, it’s, not a 
fair thing to strike a man when he is down.” 

“That's right, too,’ he responded; “sock yer boot into 
him.” me 

“You are perfectly incorrigible, John,” exclaimed the 
Doctor, laughing at the unique idea of fairness’ that had 
been expressed. 

“Yes, they're a hatd lot,” continued the guide; “and 
they treat their best iriends mean. Why, there was old 
Squire Thompson down cotntry, years ago; as good- 
hearted an old feller as ever lived. He was too good to 
the Injuns and allers was giving to them when they came 
around. But Lor’, it made no diffrence; they stole his 
sheep right and left and even spared Capt. Bents, his 
neighbor, a man who was toc mean to live. Oh, yes; he 
was a reg’lar vulgar critter; an out-and-outer.” _ 

“What on earth do you mean, John?” asked the 
Doctor, uF 

“Oh, he was always preachin’ economy. IJve got no 
use for such people. Yes, he was an ornery cuss. He 
was a widower, and they say his wife died from his 
meatiness. He took a notion to git married ag’in, and 
began coortin’ a young girl in the settlement. By jingo, 
he spruced up and tried to look young agin. He shaved 
off his beard and mustache and he was the homeliest 
lookin’ object, for all the world like the grace of God 
in pursuit of murder.” (As will be seen, John’s meta- 
phors were often somewhat vague.) 

“That mustache,” he continued, “had hid the biggest 
mouth in the country, for I believe if he had wanted to 
he could haye swallered a r4-pound codfish and never 
easped. But the joke of it is the girl married him. 
Yes, she drove her pigs to a mighty poor market. The 
idea of marryin’ that old feller with seven or eight 
young ones! 

“Well, the Injuns never touched any of his stock, but 
stole from old Squire Thompson every chance they got. 
Yes, the old Squire was a big-hearted man and he loyed 
good whisky; allers took his three good glasses between 
supper and bed. No, I wasn’t fur behind him, neither.” 

John’s hand at this juncture was passed across. his 
mouth as if the memory of the three glasses came back 
most vividly. -¢ 

“Yes, the old Squire was a widower too,” continued 
the guide. “He lost his wife in their early married liie, 
and he said sometimes that he thought a life of celebracy 
had not been altogether in his favor.” 

“Celibacy,” John,’ I suggested. 

“Its all one.” he replied nonchalantly. “He was rec- 
onciled, however, to such a life and allers said that it 
was well to remember that the shorn lamb is tempered 
to the blast.” 

“You are mixed in your quotation,” said the Doctor, 
who was listening in great amusement to John’s narra- 
tive. ' 

“May be,” he replied; “but you know what. he meant. 
Yes, the old Squire was a great sleeper.. Gad! He'd 
sleep the legs off an iron pot; but when he was awake 
he was alive and mighty interestin’, I can tell ye; far and 
away ahead of Capt. Bent, who couldn’t see a hole in 2 
ladder so far as intellecttial thought was concerned. Yes,- 
the old Squire used to say when he felt lonesome that 
celebracy wasn’t the best thing in life. and he often 
topped off with the idee that these light afflictions some- 
times assume a dark disguise.” ; 

“The old Squire must have been a very interesting 
man,’ obseryed the Doctor when John has finished his 
somewhat incoherent account, j j 


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“Right you are, Doctor, He was one of the salt of 
the airth; but he has passed away, and we may be sure 
there’s no Injuns to bother him where he is gone.” 

“Speaking of Indians,” said I, when John had finished 
his account of old Squire Thompson’s peculiarities, “my 
friend Reed, of Boston, tells two or three capital stories 
about an old guide he had employed here in Nova 
Scotia named Peter Glode. Mr. Reed said the old fel- 
low was reticent on shore and in camp, and, as with many 
other Indians, it took a Jong time to get into his good 
graces; but finally the bond of mutual hardship and 
adventure thawed him out, though even then he would 
rately talk much except when in a canoe and at some 
distance from the shore, for fear something might hear 


im. 

““One day,’ said Mr. Reed, ‘Peter and I were paddling 
across Cegemacongie when he showed me where there 
had been a fight between his people and a band of Mo- 
hawk invaders. As Mr. Francis Parkman and other his- 
torians had said that the depredations by the Mohawks 
had never extended beyond the St. John River in New 
Brunswick I was naturally much interested at this little 
bit of information and asked old Peter if he knew of any 
other occasions when the Mohawks had come into this 
country. 

“**Well,” he replied, “yas, long time ago, when I 
was a young feller, bout twenty, nineteen years old, there 
was one Mohawk come down here; but he was dis- 
‘gree’ble, no ’count kind er man; people didn’t like him, 
he was so dis’gree’ble, so Uncle Jim he killed him!” ’ 

“Mr, Reed tells another story about Peter: ' ‘We were 
making a carry,’ he said, ‘and had sat down to rest near 
a tree, the bark of which had been torn off by a bear. 
All of ts have seen these trees in the woods where 
bears have sharpened their claws much as a cat does hers 
on the legs of a chair or table. Some of these scratches, 
being fresh, attracted our attention, and Peter said that 
it was bear custom when a bear in the course of his 


_trayels came to a tree that had been scratched by an- 
other bear for the second one to scratch the same tree 


and by the comparative height of the marks to judge 


whether he or the first one was the bigger, and so decide 


whether it were prudent or not for him to continue in 
that neighborhood; it would not be safe for him to 
remain there if the other were the larger. Then Peter 
began his story: 

““*"Twas long time ago and a Indian man was mak- 
ing carry—not this carry, but nother one, down toward 
Pebluggige—and he, too, get tired and sit down to rest 
him right near where was bear tree where bear sharp 
his claws. Well, the Indian man he sit still ’while and 
don’t make no noise, and putty soon, barmbye, he hear 


a stick crack and he look up. There was a little bear, 


oh, a no ’count kind of bear, anyway, and he come 
nosing ‘long and he git up to that bear tree. 

**“TIndian man he sit still, don’t say nothin’, and 
that little bear git up on his hind legs and reach up that 
tree. Well, he don’t come nigh top seratch by 2 foot 
or moré. Then he sit down on his hind legs and he 
scratch his head. 

“*“Then he goes off in the bushes and pooty soon he 
come back a rollin’ a bit of ole log, Indian man he 
keep still, don’t say nothin’, and that little bear he roll 
his log up against the bear tree and then he climb on 
top of it; then he stan’ up on his hind legs and he reach 
up, oh, 2 foot above the top scratch; and then, my gra- 
cious he just tear the bark on that tree jess orfull! Then 
he git down, he roll off that ole log and and he scratch 
up leaves over it, cover it all up; then he come back, he 
sit down on his hind legs and he look at them big 
scratches and that bark all tore off ’way high up, and he 
jess hug himself and laff. Injun man he laff, too, and he 
let him go,”’”. 

“That’s a good bear story,” said the Doctor, as he arose 
from his recumbent position. “I have seen scratches on 
trees which must have been made by a very long bear or 
by one that had a log to stand on; but it’s growing late, 
and as we must be moving before daybreak I think we 
had better turn in.” : 


In a short time I was alone, and ag I did not feel sleepy 
I lighted a fresh pipe, resumed my comfortable position, 
with a huge log for a pillow, and, gazing into the flames 
indulged in a dreamy retrospection of the incidents that 
had been touched on in our conversation. 

Old Squire Thompson and his life of “celebracy,” the 
phenomenal mouth of Capt. Bent, old Jim Joseph and the 
drunken quarrel and fatal fight, Peter Glode and the 
“dis’gree’ble Injun,’”’ the little, no ’count, but cunning 
bear, all passed before my mental vision. 

At last I lay there drowsily listening to the sounds of 
the night, which to me have a never-ending charm. I 
listened for a while and then I began to doze. I had 
not completely fallen asleep when I was aroused by a 
step near me and then a deep voice uttering the words 
“How do, Boss.” Awakening from-my half-sleep, I 
looked up, and near me beside the fire stood old Jim 
Joseph. Without moving from my position or showing 
any surprise at the intrusion, for long training among 
Indian guides had accustomed me to festrain many 
natural emotions, I quietly returned his greeting and 
awaited developments. 

The old man sat down, took out his pipe and began 
searching his pockets for tobacco. 

' “Huh,” he at length uttered; “can’t find tobac’. 
lend me some.” 

I quietly took from my pouch enough for several 
smokes and handed it to him. 4 

“T’ank you,” he said, and without further remark he 
filled his pipe and lighted it. “Boss hunt moose barmby?” 
he asked. é; 

“Yes, we hope to find one up river here,” I replied, 
pointing in the direction of one of the streams. 

“Bie moose up tudder river; horns spread orfull—so 
big!" he said, extending his arms so that they measured 


Boss, 


"at least 5 feet. “‘I see him in the water this mornin.” 


“In the water!” I exclaimed. “I thought that at this 
time-of the year they kept in the woods and barrens.” 
“Makes no odds,” was the reply; “bull moose move 


- ‘bout all the time. Wants te find cow. S’pose he come 


to river, he stop and drink; p’r’aps eat some lily root 
Or some grass in the water. Then p’r’aps he tink cow 
on tudder side; he swim across river easy; bull moose 
don’t mind water; he swim over mighty easy. P’r’aps 
get him, Mighty big moose. John, he good caller. 


‘Injun call too. P’r’aps Injun go “long and help call. 
Pr’aps we get two moose. Boss come maybe from 
Halifaxe” 

“No,” I replied, somewhat absently. 

“From St. John, maybe?” he continued. 

“No; we belong in Boston.” 

“Huh; Boston fine town. I been there sellin’ fur and 


baskits. Big town; big houses; oh, orfull big! Yes, Boston - 


great town for whisk’ [whisky]; lots whisk’ ev’rywhere; 
dike St. John ‘bout there. I s’pose Boss bring ‘long lots 
good whisk’?”’ 

Here he stopped smoking and wiped his lips with the 
back of his hand, evidently expecting to have the pleas- 


ure of sampling the fire-water which he had no doubt 


we had brought with us. 

“No,” I replied very quietly, 

“What! no whisker’ 

“No, none.” . 

“Maybe some brand’ ” (brandy). 

“No, none.” 

“What, no brand’! 

“No, none.” 

“What, no rum!’ The voice of the old Micmac rose 
higher and higher as he enumerated the different kinds 
of liquor. “Maybe some nice gin?” 

“No, none.” 

“What, no gin!” 

“Not a drop.” 

“What Boss drink, then?” 

“Oh, coffee, tea and cold water.” 

“Huh,” he ejaculated; ‘tea pretty good; cold water all 
right in summer time,- mostly; but in cold night make 
Injun belly ache.” 

“Now, Jim Joe!” shouted John from the tent, “you jest 
want ter dry up hollerin’ that a-way about whisky and 
tum and gin. I want you to understand this is a tem- 
p’rance crowd and I and the Doctor want to go ter sleep. 
Just dry up, now, consarn ye and let things git a little 

viet.” 

“All right, John,” said the Indian, “I keep still. Go 
to sleep and J’ wake you time “nough to start barmby 
for moose.” 

[T0 BE CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.] 


Maybe some rum?” 


In the Apache Country. 


It matters not whether you cross Arizona on the Santa 
Fé Pacific, the Southern Pacific or by wagon road, from 
east to west, north to south, the Territory is a grand suc- 
cess as a desert. The dubious verdure of the rainy season, 
the flaunting brilliancy of cactus, yucca and mescal, serve 
to exaggerate rather than modify the characteristic bar- 
renness of the landscape. And yet one or two spots are 
found where the curse has not had its dire effect and 
where the sportsman may imagine himself in a more 
favored portion of the globe. In the larger mountain 
ranges, such as the Buckskins, San Francisco, Mogollons 
and Graham, big game is abundant and not nearly so wild 
as in the regions: to which hunters are wont to resort. 
The Apache reservation not being located in the tops of 
the mountains, I had imagined was a first-rate preserve for 
rabbits and coyotes. Hence it proved a most pleasurable 
surprise in scenery and products, and lucky is the man 
who can get permission from the Indian agent to pitch his 
tent and hunt and fish on “the strip,’ as that portion of 
the reservation is called which wedges in between’ Navajo 
and Graham counties, 

One June morning just as daylight was fairly break- 
ing I rode southward from Snowflake toward the Valley 
of the Gila. For the first eight miles there was nothing 
to indicate aught but the half-irrigated farm land that 
surrounds the settlements. Then I noticed to my right 
a brighter green in the fields and a belt of osiers and 
dwarf oaks, Presently the valley narrowed into a little 
cafion, through which ran a stream of water that was 
actually clear to the sight and pleasant to the taste. There 
was good grass, and wild roses and grapes covered all 
the trees. It was a great temptation to me to stop and 
camp, but 6 A. M. is certainly too early to call a halt for 
dinner, so I jogged on over a fifteen-mile mesa of sand 
and cedar, the lower Mogollons gradually assuming a 
definiteness of outline and color phases that promised a 
pleasant change for the afternoon. 


Noon found me at the three-mile string of log howses., 


and little ranches that the map designates as Show Low. 
Here the big timber—pine and oak—dotted the landscape. 
Ten hours of climb and then, at an elevation of 7,000 feet, 
the plateau became as level as a floor, covered with 
knee-deep gramma grasses and shaded by as fine timber 
as can be found in the Blue Ridge or Berkshires. Wild 
turkeys and quail were much in evidence, but the broods 
were young and the unwritten code of ethics prevented 
my securing any. Tracks and signs of larger game were 
common. This is, 1 am informed, one of the greatest 
bear regions in the West. The path through the park 
was so delightful that I let my horse walk, all regardless 
of the fact that if I did not reach the agency by nightfall 
I should be doomed to a bed in saddle blankets. 

Coalsy’s ranch, on the reservation, afforded as cool 
spring water as any that I have ever tasted, and here I 
was met by the welcome news that there were some 
freight teams only half an hour ahead of me, and I 
could probably camp with them. As good luck would 
have it, I had met these freighters only the week before 
in Holbrook, and it did not take much argument to 
persuade them to camp early and try the fishing in White 
River, which paralleled the road and was distant about 
half a mile from it. I had no faith in the stream as a 
trout water, but as the boys were provided with hooks and 
lines, I determined to see what I could do. White River 
proved as beautiful a stream as could be desired, and 
with flies great execution could have been done. As it 
Was, we used grasshoppers for bait, and as they were both 
small and active, it was harder to get bait than trout. The 
fish were from 8 to 10 inches in length, and as very little 
fishing is done, save when the officers from the post 
indulge in a holiday, they are not educated up to the point 
of being wary. | 

That night our camp was visited by a large bruin. We 
did not see him, but the snorting of the horses was 
enough to make us fire a shot as a bluff, affer which the 


crackling of the bushes told that Eli was making his 


escape. His track was so large that I did not regret that I 
had been denied an interview. 


The following morning I rode into the agency. The 
Apaches whom I met along the road were very fine look- 
ing and quite sociable. From the agent, Mr. Armstrong, 
1 obtained permission -to fish and hunt in the Black River 
country. The White, Black and Gila rivers unite to 
form Salt River, and both the White and Black abound 
in mountain trout, We were too far down the Black for 
good trout fishing, but we caught plenty of large mul- 
lets, The hillsides back from the river seemed-to be a 
great breeding ground for turkeys, but our best sport here 
was with the deer, of which we secured three. 

Another month of hard travel over the worst of roads 
and where water, even for the animals, is a very costly 
luxury, brought us near the boundary line of Mexico. 
Mesquite had long taken the place of the vegetation to 
which we had been accustomed at the north, On the 
afternoon of July 12, after crossing the divide between 
the Barbacombari and the Sonoita, we were surprised 
by finding a spring of ice-cold water, the source of the 
latter stream. From that point until we reached Nogales, 
a distance of thirty miles, we were in constant sight of 
oak timber. The country reminded me very much of that 
part of California which lies between San Jose and Gil- — 
roy. Spanish was the language of the people, and 
customs as well as appearance indicated that we were in 
a strange land. Since that time we have lived on 
game. The band-tailed pigeon is found in great flocks. 
This bird is much larger than the domesticated pigeon. 
It seems attached to particular localities. We locate a 
tree that 1s filled with the birds and kill two or three, when 
they fly away and alight in another tree only a few 
hundred yards away. When disturbed here they fly back 
to the first tree. So two hunters, one at each tree, can 
easily exterminate a flock, The white-winged dove (about 
the size of the domestic pigeon) is more abundant than 
the band-tailed pigeon, Chief among our game birds is 
the Massena partridge, which is as large and as delicious 
as the ruffed grouse. The young birds are now more than 
half-grown, and as they are very swift, strong fliers, they 
afford the finest sport. SHOSHONE. 

NoGAtes, Sonora, July 22. 


| Ratuyal History. 


Mosquitos in the South Seas. 


THE mosquito of the Pacific islands presents to the 
white man the same old problem of self-defense, but in a 
different way. His habits are different, his plan of 
campaign inyolves new ideas of strategy, the result is 
even more painful than the best efforts of the pests whith 
have sung their infamy in America. 

The great protection against the ravages of the South 
Sea mosquito is light—and plenty of it. Rooms well 
lighted at night are free from the pest, even though un- 
protected by any screen. But as soon as lights go out 
the war begins. This mosquito is almost voiceless, and 
gives no musical warning of its approach. When it 
lands upon the skin it flattens right out, with four legs 
extended in front and four behind, and in that position 
inserts its probe nearly horizontally. In this there is no 
pain, and the victim becomes conscious of the assault 
only when the mischief is complete, and the venom puffs 
the wound into an angry blister, often an inch in width 
of localized agony. This characteristic of the beast quite 
precludes any chance of enjoyment such as the broad 
verandas of the houses of the white people would seem to 
offer in the cool of the evening. Even in a well-lighted 
apartment the undefended ankles will pay smarting 
penalty for sitting at a table unless a lighted candle is 
set beneath the board to dispel the shade in which the 
winged poisoner acts. 

The new territory of Hawaii has a history in which the 
mosquito-chapter has just begtin to be written. It was 
blessed above all lands in having not a single mosquito 
for all the ages of the past. But now it is painfully differ- 
ent. They know and execrate the name of the ship which 
brought from Mexico the first mosquito within the mem- 
ory of men yet young. There are parts of the group to 
which the torment has not yet spread, but it is despait- 
ingly recognized that it is only a question of a short 
time when the winged marauder shall hold sway from 
Hawaii to Niihau. 

Samoan legend tells the story of how not only the 
mosquito but the fly as well was brought to the five 
islands. Ages ago, when the world had not long been 
created, the daughter of the King of Manu’a was walking 
along the beach of Olosenga gathering flowers for her 
adornment, as do the Samoan girls to the present day. 
This one she chose for its fragrance, that one she plucked 
for its rich color, bedecking herself from nature’s store. 
Then came out of the Eastern sea a canoe with one 
handsome man aboard. He beached his canoe and hauled ° 
it over the sands to the fringe of vities at the mark 
of highest water. In his right hand he carried a bamboo 
from which stuck out the end of a plug of twisted sugar 
cane leai, and in his leit hand was another. When the 
maiden had greeted the stranger coming from no one 
ee where he asked her what she was doing on that 

each. 

“Gathering flowers, my lord,” she said; “flowers with 
which to scent sweet oil of cocoanuts; flowers for my 
hair and for a necklet.” 

“Take these two tubes of bamboo,” the stranger said 
to the maid, “for they hold flowers fairer and more 
fragrant than any that grow on the beach of Olosenga 
between the sea and the wall of rock.” 

The maiden drew the plug from one bamboo to see 
the wonderiul flowers, and the air was filled with a 
swarm of flies buzzing about her ears. She drew the 
second plug, and out flew a cloud of mosquitoes. The 
deceitful stranger drew his canoe into the sea and paddled 
back to the unknown East, but the mischief he did re- 
mains to’ the present day, for thus came flies and mos- 
quitoes to Samoa. : ; 


LLEWELLA Pierce CaurcHity. 


“Come to stay?” asked the fish. “Oh, no,” said the 
. eee 


worm} “just dropped in for a bite.”’—Detroit Frea Press, 


Snake Foison and the Plantain. 


PHILADELPHIA, July 23.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Just a word to enlighten Mr. C. H. Ames in regard to the 
name of the saving “weed” in answer to his query of 
“Particulars of Snake Story Wanted,” I am sixty-four 
years old, and remember when a small boy of hearing my 
father relate, as testimony to the virtues of the common 
broad-leaved plantain (Plantago major) for bites of 
poisonous insects, etc., that a person once witnessed a 
conflict between a snake and a toad. On being bitten by 
the snake the toad would hop to a nearby plantain, eat 
some of the leaves, and like a little man, await another 
onset, the toad coming up each time apparently none the 
worse for the encounter. This becoming monotonous, the 
person pulled up the plantain and threw it beyond the 
toad’s reach, which again being bitten and not finding the 
antidote, just went broken-hearted to the grave—and died 
there, FRANK ROBINSON. 


Photographing Maine Moose. 


Anpover, Me., June 23.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
I had a very exciting time getting these pictures. Tt was 
the first day of April, 1900; the snow was only 7 feet 
deep, and it would about half bear him up. If he hurried he 
would go down in all over, and in that way I soon 
would have him too, and he was ready for a fight. I did 
not care to get too near the old bull, for he was a bad 
looking fellow, but the cow was very easy to get up to. 
I put my hand on her several times. I could only do 
that when she was in all over. These were taken near the 
Rangeley Lakes on the railroad to Bemis. 

The bull is the one that is the furthest off, standing in 
the woods 50 feet away; the rest_are of the cow_20 feet 
away. G. P. THomas, Guide, 


Gane Bag and Gun. 
The Lacey tAct. 


(Concluded from page &.| 


But there is another and equally important principle 
involved in this class of legislation, and that 1s that the 
States in adopung the Heacral Constitution retained to 
themselves all the powers not expressly or by necessary 
implication granved to the federal Government by that 
instrument, among the powers not granted being the meht 
to govern their in.ernal affairs as they might tnink best, 
and one of such powers was what 1s usually called the 
police power, under which latter head comes the right 
to pass game laws. 

Here again | must quote briefly from the Geer case: 

“Aside trom the authority of the State, derived from 
the common ownership of game and the trust for the 
benefit of its people which the State exercises in relation 
thereto, there is another view of the power of the State in 
regard to the property in game, which is equally con- 
clusive, The right to preserve game Hows from the un- 
doubted existence in the S.ate of a police power to that 
end, which may be none the less efficiently called into. play 
because by doing so interstate commerce may be remotely 
and indirectly atfected (citing authorities). Indeed, the 
source of the police power as to game birds (like those 
covered by the statute here called in question) flows from 
the duty of the State to preserve for-its people a yalua- 
ble food supply (citing authorities). The exercise by 
the State of stich power, therefore, comes directly within 
the principle of Plumley vs. Massachusetts, 155 U: S., 461, 
473. ‘Vhe power of a Siate to protect by adequate police 
regulation its people against the adulteration of articles 
of food (which was in that case maintained), although in 
doing so commerce might be remotely atfected, mecessat- 
ily carries with it the existence of a like power to pre- 
serve a food supply which belongs in common to all the 
people of the State, which can only become the subject 
of ownership in a qualified way, and which can never be 
the object of commerce except with the consent of the 
State and subject to the conditions which it may deem 
best to impose for the public good.” 

In Phelps vs. Racey, 60 N. Y., 10, at page 14, the Court 
says: ‘The Legislature may pass many laws the effect 
of which may be to impair or even destroy the right of 
property. Private interest must yield to public advan- 
tage. All legislative powers not restrained by express or 
implied provisions of the Constitution may be exercised. 
The protection and preservation of game has been secured 
by law in all civilized countries and may be justified on 
many grounds, one of which is for purposes of food. 
The measures best adapted to this end are for the Legisla- 
ture to determine, and courts cannot review its discre- 
tion, If the regulations operate in any respect unjustly or 
oppressively the proper remedy must be applied by that 
body. Some of the provisions of the act in question might 
seem to one unversed in the mysteries of the subject to be 
unnecessarily stringent and severe, but we cannot say 
that those involved in this action are foreign to the objects 
sought to be attained or outside the wide discretion vested 
in the Legislature,” 

And as was said by the United States Supreme Court 
in Canfield vs. United States, 167 U. S., 518: ‘‘The 
police power is not subject to any definite limitations, but 
is co-extensive with the necessities of the case and the 
safeguards of public interest.” 

And by Justice Stephen J. Field, in Mobile Co, vs. 
Kimball, 102 U. S., 704, that “this Court is not a harbor 
jn which can be found a refuge from ill-advised, unequal 
and oppressive State legislation”; and by the same judge 
in another case: “It is hardly necessary to say that hard- 
ship, impolicy or injustice of State laws is not neces- 
sarily an objection to their constitutional validity.” 

All this must be read in connection with what is said in 
Holden vs. Hardy, 169 U. S., 301: “While this Court 
has held, notably in the cases of Davidson vs. New 
Orleans, 96 U. S., 97, and Yick Wo ys, Hopkins; 118 
U. S., 356, that the police power cannot be put forward 
as an excuse for oppressive and unjust legislation, it may 


be lawfully resorted to for the purpose of preserving the | 


* public health, safety or morals or the abatement of pub- 


-sary for the protection of such iiterests. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


lic nuisances, and a large discretion is necessarily vested 
in the Legislature to decermune, not onty wihiat the inter- 
ests of ithe public require, but what measures are meces- 
Lawton vs. 
Steele, 152 U. S.,. 133.” 

And in people vs. daynor, 149 N. Y., 200: *“Stibject, 
however, to the limitation that the real object ai the 
statute must appear upon inspection to have a reasonable 
connection witn the welfare of the public, the exercise of 
the police power by the Legislature is well estabushed 
as not in conHict with the Constitution (citing author- 
ities). When thus exercised, even if the effect is to inter- 
fere to some extent with the use of property or the pros- 
ecution of a lawful pursuit, it is not regarded as an 
appropriation of property or an encroachment upon lib- 
erty, because the preservation of order and the promo- 
tion of the general welfare, so essential to organized 
society, of necessity involves some sacrifice of natural 
right” (citing Phelps vs. Racey, 60 N, Y., 10, and an- 
other case). 

The United States Supreme Court has quoted with 
approval the following language of Chiet Justice Shaw, 
of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, in Common- 
wealth vs. Alger, 7 Cush., 84: “We think it a settled 
principle, growing out of the nature of well ordered civil 
society, that every holder of property, however absolute 
and unqualified may be his title, holds it under the 1m- 
plied liability that his use of it may be so regulated that 
it shall not be injurious to the equal enjoyment of others 
having an equal right to the enjoyment of their prop- 
erty, nor injurious to the rights of the community. All 
property in this Commonwealth, as well that in the 
interior as that bordering on the tide water, 1s derived 
directly or indirectly from the Government and held sub- 
ject to those general regulations which are necessary to 
the common good and general welfare. Rights of prop- 
erty, like all other social and conventional rights, are 
subject to such reasonable limitations in their enjoyment 
as will prevent them from being injurious, and to such 
reasonable restraints and regulations established by law 
as the Legislature, under the governing and controlling 
power vested in them by the Constitution, may think 
necessary and expedient.’ And says further: “This 


_ {Ave 4, 1900. 


141: “Laws and ordinances. relating to the comfort, 
health, convenience, good order and general welfare of 
the inhabicants are comprehensively styled ‘police laws 
and regulations,’ It is well settled that laws and regula- 
tions of this character, though they may disturb the en- 
joyment of individual rights, are not unconstitutional, 
though no provision is made for compensaiion for such 
disturbance. They do not appropriate private property 
for public use, but simply regulate its use and enjoy- 
ment by the owner, If he suffers injury it is either 
damnum absque injuria, or, in the theory of the law. he 
is compensated for it by sharing in the general benefits 
which the regulations are intended and calculated to. se- 
cure. The citizen owns his property absolutely, it is true; 
it cannot be taken from him for any private use what- 
ever without his consent, nor can it be taken for any pub- 
lice use without compensation; still he owns it subject 
to this restriction, namely, that it must be so used as 
not unreasonably to injure others, and the sovereign 
authority may by police regulation so direct the use: of 
it that it shall not prove pernicious to his neighbors, or 
the citizens generally.” 

And in commenting on this the Court said: “The 
learned author in these and accompanying seritences is 
discussing the rule where legislative action operates di- 
rectly upon the property of the complainant and where 
injuries alleged to result are the direct consequence of 
legislative action. If under such circumstances the indi- 
vidual has no cause of action, a fortiori must the same.be 
true when the injuries are not direct. but consequential— 
when his property is not directly touched by the legisla- 
tive action, but is affected in only an incidental and con- 
sequential way.” eee aint 

The language of the Court in this case and other cases 
referred to indicates beyond a doubt that the decision of 
Judge Ross in the Marin county case, commented on in 
your issue of June 16 last, and of Judge Hanford in re 
Davenport, would not be sustained by the United States 
Supreme Court.. While in theory the police power of a 
State is limited, practically there is no limit thereto 
when exercised in the protection or preservation of game, 
save by the one rule that the purpose of the regulation 
must have some relation to the subject to be accom- 


SNAP SHOTS ON MAINE MOOSE. 
Photos by G. P. Thomas. 


power, legitimately exercised, can neither be limited by 
contract nor bartered away by legislation, 

These declarations were made, as may be seen, in cases 
where questions of natural right and private ownersinp 
were involved; and the case must be much stronger in 
favor of the power of the State Legislatures, in Cases in- 
volving the right to take game, when, as held in the 
Geer case and other cases cited, no natural right or pri- 
yate ownership can exist. 

A very late case in the United States Supreme Court, 
decided May 14 of the present year, L’Hote vs. New Or- 
leans, advanced sheets, No. 15, page 788, in an opinion 
by Mr. Justice Brewer, concurred in by the entire Court, 
this language was used in regard to the exercise of the 
police power: 

“Tt has been often said that the police power was not 
by the Federal Constitution transferred to the nation, but 
was reserved to the States, and that upon them rests the 
duty of so exercising it as to protect the public health 
and morals. While of course that power cannot he exer- 
cised by the States in any way to infringe upon the 
powers expressly granted to Congress, yet until there is 
some invasion of Congressional power or of priyate rights 
secured by the Constitution of the United States, the 
action of the State in this respect is beyond question 
in the courts of the nation. In Barbier vs. Connolly, 112 
U. S., 27, 31, it was said: ‘But neither the amendment— 
broad and comprehensive as it is—nor any other amend- 
ment was designed to interfere with the police power to 
prescribe regulations to promote health, peace, morals, 
education and good order of the people * * * 
Whatever course of conduct the Legislature may adopt 
is in a general way conclusive upon all courts, State or 
Federal. It is no part of the judicial function to deter- 
mine the wisdomt or folly of a regulation by the legisla- 
tive body in respect to matters of a police nature. * * * 
But clearly the inquiry as to the reasonableness or pro- 
priety of the limits is a matter for legislative considera- 
tion, and cannot be the basis. of judicial action. * * * 
The truth is that the exercise of the police power often 


-works pecuniary injury. but the settled rule of this Court 


is that the mere fact of pecuniary injury does not war- 

rant the overthrow of legislation of a police character.” 
And the Court cites with approval the following lan- 

guage from 1 Dillon on Municipal Corporations, section 


plished. Questions of expediency, policy or how best to 
accomplish the end in view are for the legislative au- 
ee alone, and with these the courts have nothing 
to do. : 

As to the objection to such laws that they deprive a 
person of his property without due process of law, the 
same principles apply; but it may be proper to refer to 
what was said in Dauphin ys. Key, MacArthur Rep., 203: 
“The term ‘due process of law,’ as employed in the Con- 
stitution, applies only to the fundamental rights referred 
to in that instrument, and are inapplicable to mere priv- 
ileges of legislative creation. As to these, the law of 
England furnished no precedent, but the law of this crea- 
tions determines the terms and conditions of their en- 
joyment and by what process they shall terminate.” 

As a person has in reality no property in game not 
subject at all times to legislative control, there is noth- 
ing of which the law can be said to deprive him, These 
laws have been frequently attacked by those opposing 
them by invoking that provision of the Constitution of 
the United States which guarantees to all persons the 
equal protection of the laws, but in no case inyolying the 
validity of game or fish laws (and there are several of 
these) ever coming before the United States Supreme 
Court, so far as I can discover, has that court held such 
laws invalid for that or any other reason. What this 
phrase means and its application and limitations are but 


illustrated by what that court said in the late case of 


Magoun ys, Ill. Tr, & Sav. Bank, 170 U. S., 203: 

‘What satishes this equality has not been and probably 
never can be precisely defined. Generally it has been ~ 
said that it only requires the same means and methods to 


-be applied impartially to all the constituents of each 


class, so that the law shall operate equally and uniformly 
twpon all persons in similar circtimstances. Kentucky 
Railroad Tax Laws, 115 U. S.. 2217, It does not pro- 
hibit legislation which is limited either in the objects to 
which it is directed or by the territery within which it 
is to operate. It merely requires that all persons sub- 
jected to such legislation shall be treated alike inder like 
circumstances and conditions, both in the privileges con- 
ferred and the liabilities imposed. Hayes vs. Missouri 
120 U.S., 68. Similar citations could be multiplied, But 
what is the test of likeness and unlikeness of circum- 
stances and conditions? These references have almost 


the generality of the principle they are used to expound, 
and yet they are definite steps to precision and useful- 
ness of definition, when connected with the facts ot the 
Cases in which they are employed. Wich these for illus- 
tration it may be safely said that the rule prescribes no 
rigid equality and permits to the discretion and wisdom 
of the State a wide latitude so far as interference by this 
Court is concerned. Nor with the impolicy of a law has 
it concern. Mr. Justice Field said, in Mobile County vs. 
Kimball, ro2 U. S.. 704, that this Court is not a harbor in 
which can be found a refuge from ill-advised, unequal 
and oppressive State legislation. And he observed in 
another case: ‘It is hardly necessary to say that hard- 
ship, impolicy or injustice of State laws is not neces- 
sarily an objection to their constitutional validity. The 
rule therefore is not a substitute for municipal law; it 
only prescribes that that law have the attribute of equal- 
ity of operation; and equality of operation does not 
mean indiscriminate operation on persons merely as such, 
but on persons according to their relation. In some cir- 
cumstatices it may not tax A more than B, but if A be 
of a different trade or profession than B it may. -And 
in matters not of taxation, 1f A be a different kind of 
corporation than B it may subject A to a different tule 
of responsibility to servants than B (Missouri P. Ry. 
Co. vs. Mackey, 127 U. S., 205), to a different measure 
| of damages than B (Minneapolis & St. L. Ry. Co. vs. 
Beckwith, 120 U.S., 26); and it permits special legisla- 
tion in all of its varieties. Missouri P, Ry. Co. vs. 
Mackey, 127 U. S., 205; Minneapolis & St. L. Ry. Co. 
ys. Herrick, 127 U. S., 210; Duncan ys. Missouri, 152 
U.S., 377. Be a 

“In other words the State may distinguish, select and 
classify objects of legislation, and necessarily this power 
must have a wide range of discretion.” 

The United States Supreme Court, as well as nearly 
all the courst of last resort of the different States where 
the question has been determined at all, have decided that 
the constitutional provision in regard to due process of 
law and equal protection of the law have no application 
to cases involving the exercise of police power, partic- 
ularly in regard to the protection of game and fish. The 
courts of inferior jurisdiction which have held other- 
wise, notably the United States Circuit Court for the 
Ninth Circuit, in the District of California, in one case, 
and in the District of Washington in another, you have 
already in your columns clearly and ably demonstrated 
to be in error both on principle and authority. 

The decision of Judge Hanford in the Davenport case, 

hich is the one from the District of Washington above 
referred to, is clearly, I submit, based on false premises. 
He has assumed, and based his decision on the assump- 
ition, that the quail in question were taken in Missouri at 
a time when by the laws of that State such taking is law- 
ful. And while there seems not to have been any proof on 
that point, the fact is, as I] gather from the law of Missouri, 
that, while it is permitted to transport beyond the limits 
of that State game lawfully taken there, yet in this case the 
quail in question being charged as being in the possession 
of the defendant at Spokane, Wash., on March 1, £900, 
and the closed season for quail in Missouri being from 

an. I to Noy. 1, it might have rather been assumed that 


they were unlawfully taken in Missouri, and that being so 
their transportation was also unlawful; and that being » 
so the foundation on which the decision rests falls; but if » 


it be admitted that the Court in the absence of proof will 
mot assume that a thing done is unlawful, then pfoof of 
he laws of Missouri should have been made; and in the 
absence of such proof the Court must assume, under an- 
ther well-known rule of law, that the laws of Missouri 
on that subject were the same as those of Washington, 
and under the laws of the latter the offense was clear. 
Furthermore, it was for the Legislature, and not the 
(Court, to say whether or not the provision of the law of 
ashington in question was necessary for the protection 
of its own game. This has been so often decided, not 
only by the State, but also by the Federal Courts, that it 
s beyond question. The very late case of L’Hote vs. New 
Orleans, already referred to by me, is conclusive on this 
point; but even if the courts can consider this question, 
hich I deny, still that such a law as the one in question is 
necessary is demonstrated constantly and everywhere, and 
is a part of the common knowledge on the subject of 
ame protection. This has also been recognized in the 
rules adopted by the Department of Agriculture for the 
nforcement of the provisions of the Lacey Act, and was 
80 declared by the House Interstate Commerce Committee 
nm its report on the Lacey bill.. While the learned judge 
as correct in saying that the Geer case did not hold 
specifically, that a State could prohibit the traffic in game 
awiully purchased or otherwise lawfully acquired in an- 
Dther State, it is equally true that the Court said enough 
sot only in that case, but in other cases, to convince any 
dubiased and impartial person that it would so hold 
hen the question came before it, as well as holding that 
f the game was unlawfully taken or transported the State 
nto which it is brought could make the possession thereof 
Hh crime, 
These two Western cases are not perhaps of very great 
portance, but so long as they stand unreversed they 
furnish aid and encouragement to violators of game 
aws. JosErH B. THoMmeson. 
New York. 


I know something of the camel, haying camped for 
lights with three of the brutes gurgling and groaning 
within a few feet of my bed, and a spell of close com- 
Manionship at the edge of the desert has not in any degree 
fiereased oir muttial respect. The camel certainly has 
ot yet had its fair chance, and should not hastily be 
adged, for the Arab, its master, makes slaves, not friends, 
of thease who serve him. But I doubt, all the same, 
hether the camel, even when taken young, has any 
asting susceptibility to kindness, and if a trainer can 
slicceed in inducing one io waltz or pirouette on its hind 
ees I hope I may be present at the first performance. 

Oreover, conscience might rest fairly comfortable on the 
ount of cruelty, for the camel can survive a good deal of 
igor, and I have seen the brutes, after a fearful fogging 
tom their drivers, sidle peacefully away to a fence of 
prickly pear and remoye it to their insides in_an in- 
sredibly short time—F. G. Aflalo in Fortnightly Review. 


See the list of good things in Woodcraft in our adv. cols. 


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Lost in the National Park. 


THE Livingston, Mont., Post of July 19 gives this 
account of the experiences of a man lost in the Yellow- 
stone Parl: 

“Weakened from continued exposure, haggard from 
his efforts to escape from the creatures of a disordered 
mind, trembling with fright and pale with fear, having 
been for five days without food,-emaciated from loss of 
sleep, C. C. H. Smith was found Monday after a force 
of men had scoured the country for days in search of 
him. The story of the experience he passed through is 
one which has been related of few men who lived to bear 
witness to their hardships and the fearful ordeal through 
which he passed is one that for awiul detail has not 
been equaled in the history of Montana. 

“On the 5th of the present month C. C. H. Smith, accom- 
panied by his mother and Miss Snider, a friend of Mrs. 
Smith, left Gardiner for a trip through the Park. The 
tour was completed without incident, and the party re- 
turned to Indian Creek, seyen miles south of Mammoth 
Hot Springs, last Thursday. Here they made camp for 
the night and proceeded to set up their tents and make 
their last stay in Wonderland, prior to their departure for 
their home in Tom Miner Basin. While the matters 
about the camp were being arranged, the horses belong- 
ing to the party strayed away, and Mr. Smith left the 
camp, telling the ladies that he was going to search for 
the animals and that as soon as he found them he would 
return, That was the last seen of him by any human 
being until the following Monday, when he was dis- 
covered by a stage driver, nearly dead from exposure 
and fright. The two ladies waited for some time for the 
return of the head of the party, and finally Miss Snider 
went out to see if she could discover some trace of Mr. 
Smith. In this object she was unsuccessful, but she 
found the horses, and returned to camp with them, ex- 
pecting that Mr. Smith had preceded her there. On her 
arrival at the camp she was surprised to learn that no 
trace of Smith had been seen, and that he had not re- 
turned. Still the ladies were not much alarmed, think- 
ing that on his hunt for the horses Smith had strayed 
further from the camp that he thought and that he 
would undoubtedly return shortly. All night long the 
two women waited, and as the hours came and went they 
began to worry for fear that all was not right with the 
missing man, and a horrid fear that he had become lost 
in the timber began to assert itself. The time dragged 
along until the early dawn, and still no trace of Smith 
appeared. The fears of the two ladies grew in intensity, 
and they became so thoroughly frightened that they gave 
the alarm to the soldiers at the fort, and a patty was made 
up to search for the missing man. Soldiers and scouts 
searched the country round about the camp for four days 
without discovering any trace of the missing.man. Sun- 
day they gave up the search, believing that Smith was 
dead and it were folly to continue the hunt longer, In 
Gardiner there were many friends of the missing man 
who did not believe in abandoning the search, and they 
formed a party to find him. The party was headed by 
Yom Newcomb, and John Dewing, Clarence Ryerson, 
Henry Fitzgerald and a man named Brown were the 
other members. The party left Gardiner at daylight 
Monday morning, fully determined to continue the 
search until the mystery of Smith’s disappearance was 
solved. They searched all the day, but were unsuccessful, 
It remained for a man named L, L. Stratton, who drives 
a team for the Wylie Camping Company, to solve the 
mystery. Stratton was driving along the road about a 
mile south of Indian Creek, and but a short distance 
irom the camp from whence Smith had disappeared, and 
he came upon the missing man, Smith was off from the 
road some little distance and was running about in a 
circle. He saw Stratton just as the latter caught sight of 
him. A hunted look was in the eyes of Smith, and he 
started as fast as his enfeebled condition would allow to 
escape. Stratton folldwed him and overtook him. He 
struggled to get away, and his captor was obliged to 
summon assistance from a couple of men who were driv- 
ing a beef wagon along the road. The three men put 
Smith into a wagon and took him to Gardiner, On the 
way he made several attempts to escape and had to be 
held in the wagon. He seemed afraid, but did not at- 
tempt to injure any one, merely manifesting a desire to 
get away. 

“Arriying at Gardiner, Smith was taken charge of by 
S. M. Fitzgerald, an old friend, and taken to Cinnabar. 
Here he began to grow quieter, and he rested somewhat. 
His mind began to return to him, and he told a discon- 
nected story of his wanderings. The peculiar hallucina- 
tion of which he was possessed was that he was being 
pursued by men who were trying to kill him. He avows 
that he was chased by men, who kept shooting at him 
every little while. He says that they had a small cannon, 
and that they would fire at him every few steps he took. 
He says that his mother sat by a tree writing all the 


‘while, and that she was as cool as if nothing were hap- 


pening. Fie became convinced that the object of his 
pursuers was to kill and then rob him, and to frustrate 
at least oné part of their plan he took off his watch and 
chain and threw them away. The watch he flung one 
way and the chain he threw another. He had some 
money on his person. and this he also threw away. He 
thinks that he traveled a great distance, but in fact he ran 
about in a small circle, wearing the grass off from the 
ground until it was perfectly bare. He was absolutely 
without food of ary kind for the entire five days. He 
says that he did not eat any berries, but that he lived on 
tobacco. He says that tobacco is a great thing, and is 
of the opinion that it alone prevented him from starving 
to death. Acocrding to his own statement, he slept five 
minutes every hour, but from the haggardness of his ap- 
pearance it is doubtful if he slept at all, 

“Monday evening Mr, Smith came to this city with 
S. M. Fitzgerald. He seemed rational enough then, but 
was weak from the shock to his nerves. Tuesday morn- 
ing, after he had rested here during the night, he be- 
came more than ever possessed of his scattered facultiés, 
and so far recovered from his nervousness that it was 
apparent that the recoyery of his perfect health was but 
a matter of a short time. Dr. R. D. Alton examined him. 
and it is his opinion that Mr. Smith was the victim of 
extreme nervousness. Mr, Smith will return to his 
ranch in Tom Miner Basin, and will in all probability re- 


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cover entirely from his terrible experience. His won- 
derful yitality asserted itself here, and the change that 
took place in him was almost miraculous. When he 
alighted from the Park train Monday evening he trembled 
and could not walk without staggering. A night’s sleep 
and care changed all this, and Tuesday morning he 
looked as well-as any one. His nerves became settled 
and he became himself again, apparently none the worse 
for his experience. His many friends here and else- 
where in this county will be more than pleased to learn 
that he has recovered from the neryous disorder which 
affected him, and that he will undoubtedly carry no ill 
effects as a result of his five days’ fast in the Park,” 


‘CHICAGO AND THE WEST, 


Where to Go for Prairie Chickens, 


Curcaco, Ill, July 28.—While in Minnesota recently I 
took pains to make jnquiries regarding the prairie 
chicken crop of this year, and endeavored to obtain the 
names of localities where the shooting promises to be 
good this fall. Every year a great many inquiries come 
into this office for good chicken country, and there are 
few inquiries more difficult than these to answer satis- 
factorily. A locality which is good a month before the 
opening of the season may be shot out by the time the 
legal date for shooting has arrived. I am aware that in 
giving the advices below the information comes pretty 
early in the season, yet it must be early to be of much 
service to those who plan a chicken trip from a long: dis- 
tance. All such will know that they take their chances in 
any such trip, and that°the information is given only 
upon what is certainly the safest advice obtainable, and 
near to the grounds in question, 

There is no doubt whatever that this is a good chicken 
year in Minnesota and the Dakotas. The weather has 
been extremely favorable. The birds nested very early and 
they have met with no conditions. since spring to keep 
them from prospering. The legal date of Sept. I is 
going to be a very late one this year, so far as easy 
chicken shooting is concerned. The birds were plenty 
strong enough last week to fly in the North Dakota 
country, By the middle of August they will be prime, and 
by the first of September they will be big enough to keep 
out of the way pretty well. Ten days’ time makes a heap 
of difference with a young prairie chicken. South 
Dakota, which opens the season ten days earlier than 
Minnesota, will get a large number of shooters from that 
State and other parts of the country, and one would not ' 
be surprised if some of the heaviest bags were reported 

Any one intending going to South Dakota for chickens 
might do very well to try Ellendale, Webster or Mill- 
bank. He should work to the north of Millbank. These 
towns at this writing are in the center of a rattling good 
chicken crop. ; 

For North Dakota, Larimore and Pembina are good 
tips this year. The country west of Grand Forks has a 
good many birds on it at this writing. 

Southern Minnesota still has some birds, but is set- 
tling up very fast. Further north in the State there will 
be birds this fall on country which for two or three years 
has been reported poor. At this writing there is a grand 
chicken crop in the country near Bird Island, Hector 
and Sacred Heart. The slough country near Sleepy Eye 
is good. Redwood Falls has a good crop this year. The 
Thief River Falls country, opened up not very long ago, 
is stated to be good this year. One must expect grouse 
shooting chiefly in that country. For prairie shooting 
one will do better to go to Hallock, Ada or St. Vincent. 

I get the above advice from 2 gentleman thoroughly © 
posted on the Northwestern shooting regions, whose 
home is at Minneapolis. He adds that I may state un- 
qualifiedly that shooters who go out with good dogs this 
season will get chickens, 

My friend Mr. Neal Brown, of Wausau, Wis., last 
September introduced me to a new chicken country, that 
near Bagcock, Wis. This is in the marsh country and the 
pine forest slashings. where a few ragged farms are to 
be found, Near Babcock and Necedah there will be a 
great many birds this fall, and if you want to see shoot- 
ers, just watch the trains of Aug, 31, north of Chicago 
and Milwaukee. The chicken hunters go out Sept. 1 
absolutely in hundreds. 

As to the prairie chickens in Illinois, I think the 
situation is much as it was last year. There are a few 
birds, usually in country which has been protected. My 
friend Mr, W. A. Powel has given me a standing invita- 
tion to come and shoot chickens with him, and if I get 
to kill a chicken this year it will probably be in the 
goodly land near Powelville. I should not feel like 
advising any one to come from a distance to hunt 
prairie chickens in Illinois, though without doubt the 
few first days of the season will see about as big bags 
made in this State as anywhere in the West. 


Seizure of Song Birds, 


* State Game Commissioner Harry W. Loveday, with 
Deputies G. R. Ratto and M. H. Edinborongh, this week 
visited all the bird stores and taxidermist places in the 
central part of Chicago, and seized all the song birds 
which were there kept in captivity and for sale. The 
Audubon Society is said to have encouraged this work. 
Prof. Frank M. Woodruff, of the Chicago Academy of 
Sciences, accompanied the officers and pointed out the 
species of birds which are protected under the terms of 
the Illinois law.. The officers seized a number of mock- 
ingbirds, redbirds, robins, etc., and these were taken 
away. Later the birds were returned to their former 
owners for care pending the progress of the legal battle 
which will begin next week, The dealers claim the birds 
are not wild, but tame, and say that most of them are 
shipped in from the South and not taken in Illinois. 

There is an attempt made to create some feeling against 
the officers on the ground that they might as well search 
private houses and seize pet birds, 


_ Forest Reserve Fires, 


Reports from Kalispel, Mont., on July 25!’state that a 
very vicious forest fire was raging at that date in the 
western part of the Lewis and Clark forest reserve. The 
Indians are said to haye set these fires, over thirty of 
which are burning at different places up and down the 
river, The rangers have large crews of men out from 


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Missouri and Kalispel, and are trying to save the white 
pine and cedar, thousands of acres of which have been 
burned over already. Some of the fine timber on the 
Flathead reservation has already been burned. The 
Indians have been killing the elk and deer started out by 
the fires which they haye set. Fifteen dead deer and 
one elk were found in one bunch. From all accounts it 
would seem that a great deal of desolation is going on in 
what is naturally a very noble mountain country. 
; HoucH. 
Hartrorp Burtpine, Chicago, Hl. 


The Illinois Game Outlook. : 


Axton, Ill., July 21.—Ilinois sportsmen are much elated 
over the magnificent prospect for field shooting in the 
State this fall. This is good news, but of more interest 
is the knowledge of how and why the condition has been 
brought about. The season has not been especially 
propitious; in fact, the weather has been rather too wet 
for the best progress of young bird broods, The improve- 
ment in the game stock is due wholly to the better pro- 
tection afforded in season and out under the new game 
Jaw which went into effect one year ago this month. One 
unacquainted with the facts would hardly suppose that 
any law, were it ever so good, could have stich a notice- 
able effect in so short a time. 

But everything was ripe in Illinois for the enactment 
of this law. The resident sportsmen had been working 
for it for years, and as soon as it went on the hooks it 
was backed. with the moral and.active support, both of 
hunters and of the Illinois Audubon and other societies 
working for the protection of the native fauna of the 
State. Governor Tanner, himself an ardent sportsman, 
was singularly fortunate in his selection of H. W. Love- 
day as State Game Commissioner. This gentleman had 
his plans all mapped out and most of his assistants chosen 
by the time the law became operative, and by the middle of 
July every pot and market hunter, and: the indifferent 
slaughterer of all birds and beasts in which no neighbor 
could claim ownership, awoke to the fact that a new era 
had dawned which necessitated his keeping within the 
statute or undergoing sundry and considerable incon- 
veniences. As one of the Congressional district wardens, 
the writer had much to do with the enforcement of the 
law in certain sections; and he was impressed with the 
degree of sympathy and support which came from all 
quarters. ; ‘ , 

Although the remuneration was practically nothing, it 
was no trouble to get deputies who could be relied upon, 
and but few prosectitions followed. When, however, 
arrests became necessary, the cases were pushed for all 
they were worth, with the full power of the State be- 
hind them, and in every important action, I believe, the 
law was sustained. The law is lacking in a few particu- 
lars yet, notably in its failure to provide an adequate 
revenue for the payment of deputies’ fees and salaries, 
but this is to be remedied in the next Legislature, if the 
sportsmen remember to elect only the right kind of men 
to represent them, and then we shall have in Illinois a 
game law of which every citizen may well be proud. The 
fields are musical this summer with the cheery piping of 
Bob White, where he had been almost unknown for 
years. Reports from the central counties tell of a goodly 
supply of prairie chickens, while doves, now for the first 
time recognized as a’ gatne bird, and therefore protected, 
teem on every wheat and oat field in the State. But it is 
not only the game which is protected. Every bird that 
builds its nest within the borders of the State, save the 
crow, blackbird, sparrow and hawk, is protected by the 
arm of the law, which makes it worth $5 and costs to 
any one who shoots at it—if the officer find it ont. 

This may be an old thing in many Eastern States, but 
with us it marks what we consider a splendid stride for- 
ward, and we cannot help feeling proud of it. 

F, C. RIeat. 


New Jersey Shore Birds. 


Bayvitte, N. J., July 28—Yellowlegs are coming in. 
Some few willet and curlew are flying. A good season 
is looked for on birds. A good many fish are. being 
caught. ' “HERB. 


Stray Carries Pigeon. 


Auper Creek, N. Y., July 9—Whose carrier pigeon is 
this? The bird arrived on the 7th inst. Marks in rubber 
band inside, No. 2277; outside, 397. Metallic band, 
M. P. A. 471 86. F. N, PHErpes. 


In the Country. 


It seems to me I'd like to go 

Where bells don’t ring, nor whistles blow, 
Nor clocks don’t strike, nor gongs sound, 
And I'd have stillness all around, 


Not real stillness, but just the trees’ 
Low whisperings, or the hum of bees, 
Or brooks’ faint babbling over stones 
In strangely, softly tangled tones. 


Or maybe a cricket or katydid, 

Or the songs of birds in the hedges hid, 
Or just some such sweet sounds as these 
To fill a tired heart with ease, 


If *tweren’t for sight and sound and smell 
I’d like a city pretty well; 

But when it comes to getting rest, 

T like the country lots the best. 


, 


Sometimes it seems to me I must 

Just quit the city’s din and dust, 

And get out where the sky is blue; 

And say, now, how does it seem to you? 

—Eugene Field. 
A dog has no right to brood over its wrongs, and remem- 

ber in malice. That the injured girl threw sticks and 
stones at the dog several months before she was bitten 
furnished no excuse, The only defense available to the 
dog’s master is ihe doing of an unlawful act, at the time 
of the attack, by the person injured.—lowa Supreme Court 
(Van Bergen vs, Eulberg, 82 N. W. Rep., 483). 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


Sea and River SHishing. 


Winter Fishing at Tampico. 


Agout the end of last October I left Kansas City for 
an extended business trip in the Republic of Mexico, but 
stopped en route at Aransas Pass for my annual outing 
on tarpon fishing. Unfortunately it was too late in the 
season, ¢o after ten days of rather poor luck I left for 
Mexico City and took with me two tarpon rods, two 
reels, a gaff, one new line and a couple of old ones, about 
a dozen mounted tarpon hooks, a-good supply of smaller 
hooks and a few other articles of my fishing outfit, send- 
ing home by express the larger part thereof. 

My object in taking the tackle along was to try for 
tarpon at Tampico, in case that time could be spared 
from business; for when I was in Mexico during the 
spring of ’99 I heard a rumor to the effect that there 
were tarpon at that port, but that nobody ever fished 
for them. How many times afterward did I club myselti 
for not having brought down my entire outfit! Had it 
not been that I was greatly overloaded with baggage I 
would have done so. ; 

After arriving at Mexico City I began makang in- 
quiries concerning the fishing cranks, and found that 
they are very scarce in the republic. Two men only 
kad tried tarpon fishing at Tampico, and these with 
hand lines, One of them stated that tarpon there will 
not take a mullet, but will strike well at an artificial bait; 
and the other remarked, “You cannot land tarpon at 
Tampico as you do at Aransas, one out of five strikes 
or even one out of ten; for I had fully sixty strikes there 
without landing a single fish.” 

With both of these gentlemen I begged to differ, and 
whether I was right or not the sequel will show. 

Toward the end of November, foresceing that there 


OTF THE WHARF 


AT LA BARRA, 


would be a hiatus of a couple of weeks in my work, I 
made arrangements for a little fishing party at Tampico, 
consisting of Dr. H. W. Howe and Dr. José Rojo, both 
dentists, living in Mexico City, Dr. Howe is a man still 
on the right side of sixty, notwithstanding the fact that 
he served in the Federal army all through the American 
Civil War—a jolly good fellow, who can tell a good 
story and get up day after day at 5 A. M. and fish till 
dark, He is a big man, with a big langh and a big heart, 
and as good a companion as the most fastidious sports- 
man could ask for. As I have told him more than once, 
he has but one serious failing, which is that at heart he 
is not a true tarpon fisherman, because on the slightest 
provocation he will quit his legitimate business with the 
prande écaile and go after sharks, jewfish, sawfish and 
such like vermin with hand lines as thick as one’s finger, 
hooks strong enough to suspend an ox by, and chains 
that would hold a good-sized vessel at anchor. In this 
respect I fear that he is incorrigible; but I may be mis- 
taken, for after having succeeded in catching the silver 
king on a rod he may be converted to legitimate sport 
exclusively, 

Dr. Rojo, or, as we called him, Don José, is a young 
man of about five and twenty, who is assistant to Dr. 
Howe in his business. He is a type of the true Spanish 
gentleman, being descended mainly from Spanish and 
French stock, with just enough of the native Mexican 
blood to give him a good complexion and the privilege 
of calling himself a real Mexican. He is a most charm- 
ing young fellow, with polished manners and engaging 
address. At fishing, however, he is (or, rather, was) a 
tyro, haying never in his life caught a fish large enough 
to serve as bait for tarpon. 

My time being short, and my companions not being 
ready to start when I was, I left Mexico City by the Mex- 
ican Central Railway for Tampico on the morning of Nov. 
29, The ride on the branch line between Aguas Calientes 
and Tampico was well worth the trip. The scenery 
through the great cafion was splendid, and I could not 
but admire the fine engineering involved in the location 
and construction of this part of the railway. 

[ arrived at Tampico on the evening of the 30th, and 
proceeded directly to the Hotel Hidalgo, where I hoped 
to find that all the necessary arrangements for my sport 
had been made by the proprietor, including the pro- 
viding of a boat. chair, boatman and a plentiful supply 
of mullet, according to the special request of Dr. Howe. 

In this, however, I was disappointed, as practically 
nothing had been done; and the proprietor had the 
coolness to propose that I wait a few days until Dr. 
Howe's artival, so that he could show me how to get 
things ready, 

As this suggestion did not meet with my approval, I 
hustled around after dark, found a boatman who agreed 
to provide a boat, appropriated from the hotel a hard- 
bottomed chair, then turned in. Long before daylight 
I turned out and proceeded to the fish market to buy 
bait, which proved to be very scarce; but fortunately 
IT made the acquaintance of a Philippino fisherman, who 
can be found at daybreak every morning at the bridge 
which crosses the little river that runs through the city, 


[Aus, 4, 1900, 


He agreed to catch me a good supply of small mullet - 
every morning, and to have it ready at 5:30; and during 
my entire stay he kept his promise fairly well. Return- 
ing to the hotel, I made arrangements for a basket linch 
daily, and after many trials and tribulations managed to 
get started about 8 o’clock for La Barra, where the 
thain river empties into the Gulf, phe 
And now, before beginning the record of this fishing 
experience, I desire to assure my readers on my honor 
as a gentleman that every statement which I make is 
strictly irue in every particular, and that the story I have 
te tell is in no way colored for their amusement or edifi- 
cation. In truth, the narrative needs no coloring, tor 
the sport obtained at times surpassed anything of which 
I have ever heard. As I kept a rough diary during my 
stay at Tampico, it will be well to quote therefrom some- 
what, in order to save the writer’s space and the reader’s 
lime. ; 


December 1. 


Went down the river by skiff some six miles to La 
Barra, where the jetties begin, trolling all the way, and 
neither getting a strike nor seeing a fish till we had 
nearly reached the little wharf, when a tarpon showed 
up on the surface, much to my relief, as I had begun to 
think that there were none in the river. A rather stiff 
breeze was blowing from the north, and as my boatman 
was a mere boy and very small, it was not safe to go 
within several hundred yards of the ends of the jetties, 
so at first we kept under the shelter of the north jetty; 
then, aiter the wind had abated in violence somewhat, we 
passed over to the south jetty. . ere , 

Within an hour I had a strike from a fish nearly 6 
feet long, but it shook off. I was using one of Dr. 
Howe’s new patent reels that he himself had made for 
me, all but the cog wheels, which he had a Mexican 
workman manufacture. : 

After another hour I got a second strike, and hung the 
fish, which instantly made a big run, that I, according 
to my usual practice, proceeded to stop as quickly as 
possible. In trying to reel in the line the miserable cog 
wheels failed and caused the reel to turn with much 
friction, so the line became slack and of course the -fish 
got away. Very stupidly, I had left my two old reels at 
the hotel, so had to continue fishing with the crippled 
one. During the afternoon I got a third strike. The 
fish did not jump after the hook was set, showing that 
it was not a tarpon, but started off for sea in spite of all 
the pressure brought to bear with the brake, which, by 
the way, was lacking in rigidity. After 75 yards had 
run out I stopped the fish, and we began towing it up 
toward La Barra, about a mile and a half distant. To 
my dismay, when I tried to reel in some line the reel 
would not turn at all, but it would revolve the other 
way under the strain from the fish, consequently the ‘fur- 
ther we towed it the more line it got out, so when: we 
reached the landing place, a piece of sandy beach just 
above La Barra wharf, there were nearly 150 yards of 
line out, and the fisherman was in a badly exhausted 
condition. Springing out on to the beach, I- dragged 
the line 4 short distance and got my boatman and‘a by~ 
stander to take hold of it with handkerchiefs to- avoid 
cutting their hands; then throwing down the rod I coiled 
up the slack until the fish neared the beach. Until this 
time I was uncertain as to what was on the liné, ‘for 
from its action it might have been a stingray, a jewfish 
or a shark; but when it neared the beach first its large 
back fin and next its immense mouth proclaimed it a 
jewfish—much to my gratification. So I grabbed the 
gaff out of the boat, rushed into the water up to my knees; 
hooked the fish in the gills and dragged it high and dry 
on to the sand. : 
_ It was smaller than I anticipated from the fight it had 
made, weighing probably about 125 pounds, Had I had 
a good reel the fight would have been over in fifteen or 
twenty minutes. : 

In spite of the failure of this particular reel, I am firmly 
convinced from subsequent experience that Dr. Howe’s 
patent brake is the ideal device for holding big fish with 
ease to the sportsman’s hands and safety against the reel 
overrunning, Dr. Howe is now having a dozen im- 
proved reels made; and I anticipate that the one which 
is to belong to me will be the reel that I shall use ex- 
clusively in the future, 

But to return to the narrative. The bystander got the 
jewish in reward for his services, notwithstanding the 
fact that it could have been sold in Tampico for ten 
cents (Mexican) per pound; and I rolled up the line on 
the outside of the reel and quit fishing for that day. 

We left our boat at the wharf, took everything out of 
it (because the Mexican peons are incurable thieves), and 
left all of our paraphernalia except the rod and crippled 
reel at the residence of the Custom House officer, a most 
kindly and obliging gentleman, who showed us many 
courtesies during our stay, 

Went back to the city by train, put the fishing tackle 
in order for the next day, and retired early, with the in- 
tention of taking the 5:50 A. M. train for La Barra. 


December 2. 


Arose in good time, but everything seemed against 
my making an early: start—no bait, breakfast not ready, 
lunch not put up, etc—so had to wait for the 8:30 train. 
Started fishing at 9:30, and by 10:30 had beached a tarpon 
5 feet 5 inches in length, which made an elegant fight, 
leaping from the water continually, and not giving up- 
even after the boat was beached, for the awkward little 
pigmy who did the rowing, instead of setting the gaff 
into the fish with a vim, tried to hook it in the most 
tender and gentle manner possible, the result being an-_ 
other hard run, which I had to meet from the shore. | 
Finally I got the fish once more into shallow water, 
passed the rod to the boatman, took the gaff from him, 
and with it hauled the fish up to a place of safety, | 

Our friend, the Custom House officer, took it with 
many expressions of gratitude, for the Mexicans eat 
tarpon, although of course preferring more delicate fish. 

Before noon I had hooked and beached (this time on 
the south shore of the river above the inner end of the 
jetty) a still larger fish, 5 feet 10 inches long, which made 
a much harder fight than did the first one; conse- 
quently after towing it a mile and a half I was so used 
up that I insisted on the boatman doing the gaffing. 


The landing place was not a good one, being a little 


piece of sandy beach about 50 feet long, with the rock 


Aug. 4, 1900.] 


jetty at one end and the remains of an old pile pier at 
the other, Of course my duffer frightened the fish off 
by his awkwardness—and more than once. For fear of 
cutting the line on the rocks or getting it tangled 
among the piles J had to snub the fish up short and 
haul it hack by brute force. After a long struggle, ex- 
hausting not only from the hard, physical work, but 
also from a failing yocabulary and sore throat, I man- 
aged to get the fish ashore, It is lucky that my midget 
did not understand English, becatse ti he did he might 
not have felt flattered. Perhaps the tone of voice em- 
ployed during the excitement gaye him an idea of my 
opinion as to his ability as a tarpon oarsman. 

In the aiternoon got one strike, but failed to hold. 
Heavy south wind blowing all day, making the channel 
rough and waves high. Fished faithfully till nearly dark, 
then took the 6:20 train for Tampico, 


December 3, 


Being Sunday, there was no early train, so we did not 
start fishing until 9:30. Had no more than gotten the 
line out when I struck a tarpon and landed it in fifteen 
minutes at the same spot where we had beached the jew- 
fish. One more strike in the forenoon, but no fish. At 
noon took luncheon on the south shore, where we landed 
yesterday’s big fish. We had with us this day a volunteer 
boatman, who offered his services gratis at the rowing 
in order to see the sport. He proved to be of more 
trouble than assistance, 

While at lunch a howling norther came up suddenly. 
So hard did it blow that it took us at least fifteen min- 
utes to get the boat 50 feet out from the shore, so as to 

pass the piles of the old pier. By degrees we worked 


toward the other shore, then turned and fairly flew before - 


the gale in the direction of Tampico, where we arrived 
eatly in the afternoon aiter a rather exciting ride. 

‘The evening train brought my two companions, who 
were well pleased to learn that I had managed to secure 
four fish in three days, in spite of the stormy weather, 


December 4. 


Turned out at the usual time, but did not get away 
till 8:30, as IT had a great deal to do in helping to get 
ready the tackle of my friends, securing boats and boat- 
men, etc. Don José decided to ride with me in order to 
learn, the modus operandi of tarpon fishing before start- 
ing in on his own account, so he sat directly behind 
me. and the boatman rowed from the front seat. ; 

This time we concluded to try to fishing at the mouth 
of a river that flows into the main river at the south side 
just oppasite the city, and not more than a mile from 
our starting point. The tide was going owt, and conse- 
quently there was a sharp dividing line between the 
waters of the two rivers, those from the branch being 
scmewhat muddy, and those of the main river clear and 
blue. We saw a good many tarpon, and it was not 
leng before I had hung a big one, which fought well, first 
by jumping and afterward by sounding. It took half 
an hour to get it into shallow water, during which time 
I had not only to attend to business, but also delivered a 
lecture to Don José upon how to handle a heavy fish. 
He was.a most interested and excited pupil, and showed 
such thorough appreciation of the sport that I conse- 
auently enjoyed this catch more than I had ever enjoyed 
any previous one. It was a most exciting half hour for 
all concerned, as this was the biggest fish yet, measuring 
6 feet 1 inch, and beiny very heavy and solid. We esti- 
mated its weight to be in excess of 150 pounds. 

As the landing place was very muddy, and as I did not 
have on my rubber boots, I did not care to gaff the fish 
myself, so Dr. Howe rowed up and shot it with his 
pistol, after which my timid boatman mustered up 
enough courage to drag it ashore. It seems odd that 
any one could be afraid of a tarpon—a fish without teeth 
—but such proved to be the case with most of the boat- 
men we employed, one only of the four I tried succeed- 
ing in becoming a truly good gaffer. Dr. Howe took 
a photograph of the fish, which proyed upon development 
to be an excellent one, clear and distinct. After taking 
the photo we left the tarpon on the beach for the buz- 
zards, which swarmed in for the feast before our boats 
were 100 yards away. 

Duting our struggle Dr, Howe had several strikes, but 
failed to hold, probably because this was his first ex- 
perience in handling tarpon with a rod. 

I now passed my rod over to Don José, telling him that 
I hoped his first fish would be a little one; and sure 
enough it was—not 4 feet long. He held it for a few 
jumps, and then it shook off, much to my friend’s dis- 
gust, who feared that he would never be able to catch 
any. Soon aiter he got another strike, but this time a 
single leap did the business, and poor José was bluer than 

I cheered him with the remark, “Better luck next 
.’ which very nearly proved to be a true saying, as 
he soon hooked and held a 5-footer. He handled the 
fish in first-rate shape, doing exactly as I told him for 
guite a while. We were fighting it out in midstream of 
the big river, towing backward and forward and heading 
nally for the north shore or the Tampico side. 
Thinking that the fish could be landed in the boat 
nd thus save us a muddy beaching, I told José to reel 
it up close and within reach of the gaff. He tried several 
imes to do so, but unsuccessfully. Finally he got it up 
lose, with the rod nearly vertical, when suddenly it 
ounded, and José not easing up on the brake, snap 
went the line, and the fish was a goner. Poor José’s 
eart was nearly broken, and to cap the climax when he 
eturned to the fray the fish had stopped striking. While 
ll this was going on Dr. Howe had had, all told, seven 
trikes, but failed to hold, so when the striking stopped 
ne started for La Barra, we following him soon after. 
e landed on the south bank, near some huts about half 
mile from the jetty, and set the hand lines, which are 
Tom 150 to 300 yards long, The method of setting is 
's follows. One end of the coiled line is attached firmly 


© reverse in its length, and it is passed loosely over 
nd around the top of a short stick forced into the sand. 
his acts as an alarm, for when the fish gets hooked the 
tick falls, then all hands grab the line and haul in. While 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


at lunch we caught a small jewfish, then José and I left 
the Doctor and tried for tarpon between the jetties, but 
without success. Upon our return to the Doctor we 
found that he had caught another jewfish weighing 280 
pounds, soon after José on one of the hand lines landed 
a large pargo mulato of about 75 pounds’ weight. This 
fish looks a little like the jewfish, but has great solid 
teeth similar to those of a dog, and is colored a dull red 
beneath and along the sides. 

Returned in the boats to Tampico in order to dispose 
of the big fish, which was given to the negroes who were 
working on the jetties. On the way back we found the 
mosquitoes rather troublesome, 


December: 5. 


This morning my little boatman failed to show up, 
sending wotd that he was ill. Either he had been paid 
too much money or else had had enough hard work, 
Managed to pick up a young fellow, who proved to be 
lacking in nerye, for he would not go out where the seas 
were high, and would not go into the water to gaff the 
fish, his excuse for the latter being that he was afraid of 
taking cold. His name has escaped my memory, but any 
tarpon fisherman visiting Tampico can recognize him 
by his having lost his upper front teeth—probably in a 
fight. 

“Went alone to La Barra and landed in the forenoon 
two tarpon—one of 5 feet 11 inches and one of § feet 3 
inches. Presented them to some natives. 

Early in the afternoon came a rain storm, making 
things somewhat uncomfortable, and as the fish stopped 
striking I quit early and returned to Tampico by train, 
leaving everything at La Barra, The others fished most 
of the day opposite the city; but, although they had a 
number of strikes, landed nothing. 


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tis morning my boatman did not show up, but sent 
a friend, Aousencia Ruiz, who proved to be the best of 
the lot. He had nerve to go out to sea, and did not fear 
getting his feet wet. He was the only boatman out of 
the four that I tried whom I succeeded in teaching how 
to gaff a fish properly. With the exception of a couple 
of days, when he had other business to attend to in the 
city, he remained with me till the end of my stay. 

Thus far the fishing had been only fair, as I had landed 
but seven fish in five days—sport enough to satisfy most 
tarpon fishermen, and good even for Aransas Pass, where 
an avetage of one fish per rod per day is considered quite 
satisfactory; but this day there was to be a change. 

For a wonder we managed to make the 5:50 train, the 
two boats having started down the river about daylight 
so as to meet us at La Barra wharf. After a meager 
Mexican breakfast we started fishing at 7:30. 

In the forenoon I landed one 6-foot and one 5 foot If 
inch tarpon, also one jackfish of about 20 pounds weight. 

José got in the same time one small tarpon and one 
jackfish, and-Dr. Howe took in on his light tackle while 
waiting unsuccessfully for some monster of the deep to 
ittach itself to one of the hand lines a jackfish and several 
small fish, I gaye away my 6-footer, but took the other 
‘o the rendezvous, where the Doctor photographed it 
with the rest of the entire morning’s catch. 

Returning to neat the outer ends of the jetties, José 
and I fished unsuccessfully for an hour; then, it being 
about luncheon time, I hatled him, suggesting that we 
turn back, to which he agreed, but he did not do so im- 
mediately, nor did he show up at the rendezvous for an 
hour after my arrival. Just as I was about to start out to 
ascertain whether any ill had befallen him, I saw his 
boat coming, but noticed that he was not fishing. As he 
landed I saw that his right hand was bound up in a 
handkerchief, and that he looked as if he had lost his 
last friend. On inquiring what was the matter, we 
learned that he had hooked a big fellow which had proved 
too much for him, and in trying to brake the reel by the 
handle the latter had been twisted into a corkscrew and 
torn out of his hand, skinning his knuckles badly. It 
was not the injury which made him so blue, but the fact 
that he had, as he thought, ruined my reel, and that there 
was no other spare one of any account in the party. 
During the afternoon he amused himself with light tackle 
on small fish, of which he caught quite a few, and by 
Wacchne the Doctor wait for the big fish that would not 

ite, 

Immediately after luncheon I returned to the’ fray, 
reaching almost to the end of the jetties, as both wind 
and sea had moderated somewhat. 

It did not take long to tie on to a big fellow, and 
while overcoming its first struggles a bright idea struck 
me. There was a large and very seaworthy skiff an- 
chored at midchannel, its occupants fishing for sharks, 
which they lall in order to extract the liver and from it 
prepare “cod liver oil.” 

In my bad Spanish I asked the boatman if he could 
row over there, board the craft and gaff my fish there- 
from. Assenting, he rowed over, got aboard, and after 
considerable difficulty on my part in getting the fish close 
enough without fouling the two shark lines, managed to 
haul it into the boat, where (with my compliments to 
the boatmen) we left it raising Cain in the bottom of 
their craft. 

In less than fifteen minutes I was fast to another big 
fellow, so repeated the operation. This time the boat- 
men did not seem overjoyed at olf approach, for they 
had all the tarpon they wanted, notwithstanding which, 
being polite fellows, they raised no objection to our 
coming. Remembering our long struggle in the last 
case, | suggested to one of the men that he harpoon the 
fish, which he did by a pretty shot at a distance of about 
20 feet. It was a case, though, of “ott of the frying pan 
into the fire,” because the fish was not hit in a vital part, 
so proceeded to raise Cain with the tackle, twisting the 
harpoon line and mine into a nasty mess. Finally my 
boatman had to get on board the other boat and gaff 
the fish to get it landed. After losing some valuable time 
wntangling the lines, we went at it again, joining Dr. 
Howe, who had given up the sharks in despair and con- 
cluded to return to his legitimate business. Pretty soon 
T had another—and a corker. How the fellow fought 
and jiimped! It was as handsome a fish as I have ever 
seen, fresh from the Gulf, with scales brighter than 
burnished silyer. Not caring to impose any more on 


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the good nature of my neighbors, I proceeded to tow 
the fish toward Tampico against a heavy current; but 
it was awful work for both the oarsman and myself, for 
at times the fish would turn our little boat at right angles 
to our course in spite of the boatman’s pulling on one 
oar only with all his strength. After a while I got it 
pretty close to the boat, but by no means conquered, 
and the Doctor coming along at the time I asked for the 
assistance of his pistol, so as not only to save us a long 
and trowblesome tow, but also to enable me to land 
another fish before dark and thus break my previous 
record on tarpon, viz., five of an a\erage length of 5 
feet landed in one day at Aransas Pass. 

It may seem an easy task to shoot a tarpon from an- 
other boat, but it took ten minutes’ hard struggle to get 
it to the top of the water and keep it quiet long enough 
for the Doctor to shoot. The Doctor took the fish into 
his boat, as his was larger than mine. Its length proved 
to be 6 feet 3 inches, and its girth unusually great, so it 
must have been a pretty heavy fish, but we did not 
weigh it. On only a few occasions did we weigh any of 
our catch, because of the trouble and delay involved. 

Sure enough, I soon hooked my sixth fish—a fair- 
sized one—and towed it in to the beach above the wharf 
landing about dark, just in time to catch the train. 
During the day I landed also two big jackfish, thus ma- 
king my catch six tarpon and two jackfish. : 

Up to this time all the tarpon were large ones, only 
one being shorter than 5 feet, and that only an inch or 
two. Curiously enough, the average length of my first 
dozen tarpon (the total to this date) was a little over 5 
feet 8 inches—exactly my own height. 

In the evening Dr. Howe, who is a mechanic of no 
mean skill, got to work on my reel and fixed it up in 
good shape, so José’s spirits rose once more. It seems 
that the handle was merely shrunk on the shaft without 
using a cotter, so after straightening it out the Doctor 
drilled a hole and put a cotter in, thus making the reel 
even better than before the accident. 

I neglected to state that during the early part of the 
afternoon the Doctor landed on one of his hand lines a 
sawtish 9 feet long, 

_This was evidently my day, for, while I had landed 
six big tarpon, José had taken only one little one, and 
the Doctor not any, although he had a number of strikes. 

Up to this time I had kept an accurate account of the 
number of tarpon strikes, and much to my surprise I 
landed more than 50 per cent., while at Aransas Pass 
my total average had been only 22 per cent. 

This is due possibly to the fact that the fish at Tampico 
were fiercer and appeared to be more hungry than those 
caught on the Texas coast, besidés being much larger, 
my average length at Aransas Pass being exactly 5 feet. 
While fishing at Aransas one is often in doubt whether 
his live mullet is pulling or whether a tarpon is fooling 
with his bait; at Tampico it is decidedly otherwise, be- 
cause the fish strikes the bait with a vim that takes the 
line out in spite of everything, and generally suceeds 
in hooking itself securely. 


December 7. 


At his special request I took with me this morning a 
young American residing in Tampico, who desired to 
see the modus operandi of landing tarpon, leaving the 
two doctors to try again the fishing at the mouth of the 
river, where José had had his first experience. 

We followed this time the north jetty almost to the 
énd, picking up a couple of jackfish; then crossed over 
to the south jetty, where I had a tarpon strike, but failed 
to hold. On remarking to my companion, who was 
stowed away comfortably in the bow of the boat, that . 
it was a pretty fish, he replied that he did not see it, as 
he was reading, upon which I gave him a lecture on his 
lack of true sporting taste, so he put up the book and 
watched me land a couple of small fellows and another 
jack. About hali an hour after the lecture, I spoke to 
him, but received no reply, and on looking around I saw 
that he was fast asleep, with a half-empty whisky bottle 
by his side; so I left him to his slumbers and proceeded 
to attend to the business in hand. At noon we went back 
to the wharf and took lunch, after which my companion 
declared that he was tired with his exertions and per- 
fectly satisfied with his experience in tafpon fishing, so 
went ashore to take the train for home. 

Durmg-the forenoon I had found that the fish were 
smaller and more plentiful near the end of the north 
jetty than at the other side of the channel, and being 
somewhat stiff and sore from the previous day’s work 
I contented myself with fishing for the little fellows—all 
under 5 feet, but generally exceeding 4. 

I had a number of strikes that I failed to score on, 
thus lowering my fine percentage somewhat, 

Certainly these little fellows were game! How they 
did jump and fly around! However, I did not linger 
long with any of them, but hauled them up within reach 
of the gaff as quickly as possible, shooting a couple that 
proved unusually obstreperous, for fear that they would 
stave a hole in the bottom of my little boat, which, by the 
way, was really a trifle too frail for such heavy work 
and stich high seas. Eyen a jackfish, when sounding, 
would so tip her as to render it necessary for me to 
lean in my chair far over to the other side in order to 
preyent upsetting. This was an accident of which T 
was in constant dread; not because of drowning, for I 
think that in spite of the current I could have swum 
clear the river, but on account of the sharks, which are 
said to be numerous in these waters, and of which I 
occasionally saw yery large specimens, or, more strictly 
speaking. their back fins. Not once, however, did a 
shark give me any trouble, although Dr, Howe lost a 
couple of jackfish one day from these monsters. 

Were it not for the sharks there would be fine surf 
bathing at La Barra during the summer, and in fact all 
the year round on warm -davs. The natives do go in, 
but not a season passes without some of them falling 
victims to these terrors of the sea. 

The reason for there being so many small tarpon in 
the Pass this day was probably due to the fine weather, 
as both sea and wind had gone down materially. My 
experience leads me to believe that the lighter the wind, 
the calmer the sea, and the clearer the weather, the more 
fish of all kinds will there be in the channel. 

On this day José distinguished himself byelanding in 
two hours and a half a tarpon 6 feet 7 inches long, How 


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[Auc. 4, 1900. 


often is it the case that the tyro gets away with his in- 
structor, or, to quote an old verse, 


“To teach his grandson draughts, 
His leisure he’d employ, 
Until at last the old man was 
Beater by the boy.” 


It did not take José many days to learn to beat me, for 
my tarpon record to date is only 6 feet 3 inches. : 

Dr. Howe made a deal with an American taxidermist, 
whom he ran across in Tampico, to mount José’s big 
’ fish and mine; but after fooling away several days and 
getting into the Doctor’s pocket to the tune of several 
dollars by going on an extended drunk, he let the skins 
spoil. He claims to be the taxidermist who mounted 
Mr. Ed yom Hote’s record tarpon, the weight of whic 
was 210 pounds. oi 

Photo No. 5 shows Don José and his big tarpon, also 
his boatman and those of Dr. Howe. It is Don José 
who is holding the back fin. 


December 8. 


In order to yary the sport I took this day off to try 
the duck shooting in some lagunas up the little river 
that passes through Tampico. 

Haying heard that the ducks were very plentiful and 
that big bags were often made, I took with me all the 
shells I had, some 250 altogether, varying from Qs to 5s. 
Many of them were old, and had deteriorated, so as to 
be absolutely of no account. Dtrcks were scarce, but 
mud hens plentiful, so I turned my attention to the latter, 
which soon became wild enough to afford excellent sport. 
By 3 o'clock I had used up all of my shells, and when 
we got into Tampico about 4 we counted out 112 birds. 
The city market was glutted with mud hens next day, 
and my boatmen must have been fully $5 the richer on 
account of having taken me shooting instead of fishing. 
I did not get a single shot at a duck the whole day, but 
perhaps might haye killed a few were it not for the noise 
of the cannonading on the mud hens. F 

Fhe doctors landed only one small tarpon at -e this 
day. 

December 9. 


We all took the 8:30 train for La Barra, and carried 
with tis an unusually large supply of mullet—forty or fifty 
apiece. } 

Dr. Howe again went for the sea monsters with his 
hand lines, this time setting them out from the south 
jetty, just where it intersects the coast line, while José 
and I went out to the ends of the jetties. The day was 
calm, but there was a big swell on, so that ,.c aaica not 
go outside. 

We fished mainly along the north jetty, very close to 
the end, and the way that the fish struck would have de- 
lighted the heart of the most blasé sportsman. There 
was one particular spot where we were sure to get a 
strike from either jackfish or small tarpon within a 
minute or two after getting our baits there. It was. 
however, a rather dangerous place to reach, as it was al- 
most at the end of the jetty, where immense walls of 
water were coming in and breaking. I tried drifting 
down, but gave that up after losing a snell on the rocks. 
By crossing to the other side we could probably have 
struck larger tarpon, but these little fellows (4 to 5 feet 
long) were game enough to satisiy anybody. 

We fished from 9:30 A, M. till 1 P. M., then went to 
jain the Doctor. José’s score for the three hours and a 
half was six tarpon and six jackfish, and mine six tarpon 
and ten jackfish. When we reached the Doctor we found 
that he had landed a 300-pound jewfish, and just as we 
got ashore he struck a shark, which we helped to land. 
About the time the brute was killed there was a big pull 
on one of the other lines. It proved to have been given 
by another jewfish, which must have weighed more than 
400 pounds, It soon succumbed, however, to a couple 
of bullets from Dr. Howe’s rifle. 

Having once weighed a 350-pound jewfish caught at 
Aransas Pass by my friend and companion, Mr. John 
Perry, of Kansas City, I feel competent to estimate the 
weight of any jewfish of about that size. In this case 
my estimates were conservative ones. Besides, Dr. Howe 
had weizhed already on this trip a 280-pound jewfish, 

Dr. Howe insisted on taking some photographs of our 
morning’s catch. and to please him we all turned to and 
hauled the shark (an 8%4-footer, weighing probably 300 
pounds) and our smaller fish over the rocks; but the 
jewfish were too much for us, so we left them in the 
channel tied to the rocks. 

There must have been fully a ton of fish collected at 
this rendezvous, and all caught within the short period 
of four hours. Some of my readers will certainly term 
us “fish hogs,” and perhaps we were: but as we made 
a business of sending our fish to help feed some 500 
negro workmen at Dofia Cecelia, the station between 
Tampico and La Barra, we cannot well be accused of 
much heedless waste. Had we been market fishermen 
we could have sold enough jewfish and jackfish to more 
than pay the entire expenses of the Darty for the whole 
trip; but that is not our way of doing things. More- 
over, we considered the supply of fish to be practically 
inexhaustible, so did not hesitate to kill all we could. It 
was not practicable, as it is at Aransas Pass, to beach the 
fish, then measure them and let them go, because the 
distance from the best fishing ground to the nearest 
each is too great. 

Having run short of bait, I bent on a large phantom 
minnow of Dr. Howe’s manufacture, and with it just 
before dark struck a large tarpon, which started out for 
sea on a swift run, jumping every few seconds, My 
best efforts failed to stop it until it had gotten over 100 
yards of line and made four jumps. On the fourth jump 
if got off. 

There was one sight that I saw this day which T 
would have given much to have had photographed. At 
the end of the north jetty the rollers often piled up as 
much as Io or T2 feet without breaking, and the water 
seemed to form an almost vertical wall, clear and green, 
In one of these waves was a horizontal row of eight tarpon, 
all of the same size, and all with their heads down and 
theit bodies nearly vertical, for they had kept themselves 
nearly parallel to the surface of the moving water. The 
yiew lasted only an instant, but while it did it was mag- 
nificent. Dr. Howe tells me that a day or two afterward 
he saw ait enormous shark swim across. the face of one 


of these nearly vertical waves. Perhaps, by spending a 
day ot two at the end of the north jetty, a skilled pho- 
tographer could catch some interesting and valuable 
pictures; but he would have to keep his nerves strung 
up to the highest pitch, and watch for his chance without 
relaxing. Then again there would be a spice of danger 
attached to the work, because it would be necessary to 
keep within 150 feet of where these rollers break. 


December 10, 


An off day; cloudy, with light wind from the south, and 
more sea than we had yesterday. 
jacks and José got a small tarpon. 


[ picked up a couple of 
After working faith- 


DON JOSE AND HIS BIG TARPON, 


fully jor two and a half hours, we gaye it up and went to 
the fishing grounds near Tampico, but were unsuccess- 
ful there. I did not get a single tarpon strike the whole 
day, but José got two. Dr. Howe spent the day with his 
shark lines, without taking a single fish. There must 
haye been some good reason for the fish failing to strike, 
but what it was none of us could even surmise, 


December 1, 


Because of our bad luck of yesterday at the bar, Dr. 
Howe and IJ decided to try the Tampico fishing again, and 
I made 1p my mind to go some three or four miles above 
the city to the junction of two large rivers, just where 
the railroad bridge crosses the smaller stream, as I had 


DR. 


HOWE AND HIS 223-POUND TARPON, 


heard that it is at {imes a great place for fish of all kinds. 

There proved to be but few fish at the first river mouth 
and they were not inclined to strike, so, putting on a 
lead, I dropped my bait to the bottom and presently 
took a tarpon, which put up a good fight, and landed it on 
the north bank of the main river. It measured 5 feet 3 
inches, 

Then I again tried the same tactics; however, without 
success; but took pleasure in seeing the Doctor play and 
land a 25-pound whalo, or salt-water pike. It was a game 
fish, but its fighting was all done in the water. 

Pretty soon I left the Doctor and started lip river to 
the bridge, where I arrived in about an hour. Untor- 
tunately the tide was coming in, so the tarpon were not 
there; consequently I put on a sinker and trolled slowly 
and deep for jewfish or whatever else might take the 
bait. After making a few turns I got a strike, and after 
a short time landed a little jewfish of about 60 pounds 
weight. This was the last fish I took that day, and all 
that the Doctor got was the before-mentioned whalo. 
We had the jewfish cooked at the hotel, and found it ex- 
cellent. 7 

An ainusing incident occurred this evening as I landed 
at the bridge. As usual, there was a crowd of natives in- 
terested in the catch, tackle, ete. I heard one of them 
who was examining my line remark to another some= 
thing about electric hooks, so I asked an American who 
was near by and who understood Spanish what the fel- 
low said. He replied that the Mexican said, “These fel- 
lows must be using electric hooks, because they hever 
could bring in such large fish on such small lines without 
first killing the fish by electricity.” Probably the steel 
wire steil suggested the idea: 


; December 12, 


My last day’s fishing, important business calling me 
back to the City of Mexico. 

José, too, had business to attend to in Tampico, so 
the Doctor and I went alone to La Barra and got to the 
end of the jetties about 10 o’clock. Just as we arrived 
there the jackfish began to strike, and looking out on to 
the Gulf we saw several great schools of them, that kept 
the water boiling constantly. The sea being quite calm, 
we ventured outside, and then the fun began. How they 
did .strike! One fish would get hooked and a dozen 
more would follow it up almost to the boat. And such 
fights as they would put up! One that I hooked in the 
belly must have taken me between ten and fifteen min- 
utes to bring to gaff. I thought at first that I had on a 
50-pounder, but it proved-to be only an average fish. 
After catching a iew on my tarpon hook and losing a 
number of others, I took off the hook and put on a 
smaller one, with which I was much more successful. 
It had another advantage, in that, if my jackfish were 
swallowed by a shark, the hook would break. The light 
hooks, however, did not last long, and I must have used 
up four or five of them in the four hours that we fished. 

On three or four occasions, when reeling in the line, a 
small school would follow up the bait to within 20 or 25 
feet of the boat; then one would seize and tear it off, and 
another would strike at the bare hook and get hung. 
Several times I had no more than dropped the bait over- 
board than it was seized, and for a short time on two 
or three occasions I simply still-fished under the boat. 

The hait disappearing rapidly, as jackfish are terrific 
bait robbers, I tried the experiment of cutting a mullet 
intwo. This appeared to make quite a difference, because 
a small school would follow it for two or three minutes 
without touching it, but the moment that I began to reel 
in rapidly one of them would strike. We must have seen 
hundreds of thousands of these fish, for often there were 
two or three schools visible at once, some of them fully 
100 yards in diameter, and others in strings of 200 or 300 
yards in length. They were feeding on small mullet, of 
which there were a great many. ' 

At first the current, which was very strong, took us 
eastward directly out to sea; but after a while a littoral 
current carried us northward. So powerful were these 
currents that while the boatman was gaffing a fish and 
removing the hook, we would drift from 200 to 300 yards. 
Invariabivy, we kept working back toward the jetties, so 
as to be able to pull in for shelter should the wind arise 
suddenly, as it is likely to do in winter on the Mexican 
coast. 

About 1:30 it did commence to blow from the south- 
east, SO we went inside and continued our fishing for 
another half hour; then the Doctor, either fearing that 
my little craft would sink with the extra weight in her 
(some 700 pounds) or else because, he was fetting 
hungry, or more probably betatise he wanted to exchange 
rod for camera, proposed that we go to land, which we 
proceeded to do. On our arrival we took two views. of 
our catch, which numbered fifty-seven, the Doctor hav- 
ing twenty-three and I thirty-four. 

I took advantage of this opportunity to weigh a num- 
ber of these fish, and found that the small ones weighed 
as low as 15 pounds, and the large ones no more than 
25 pounds, the average being fully 20 pounds. This was 
quite a surprise, for on account of the big fights they 
put up I imagined their weights to be much & eater. 

A 25-pound jackfish will fight quite as hard as will a 
75-pound tarpon, but not so brilliantly, on account of the 
jackfish very seldom jumping from the water. The 
fierceness of their rushes and the short, sharp jerks which 
they give entitle them to very high rank among game 
fishes; in fact, no fish that I have. ever caught ranks 
higher. No fresh-water fish is in it with them for a 
nunute! : ; 

As befcre, the photographing and lunch broke up the 
aiternoon, and I caught afterward-only one jackfish, but 
lost a fine tarpon, the only strike of the day. , 

Thus ended my share of the fishing at Tampico, Next 
morning I turned over to Dr. Howe all of my tackle, 
presenting him with my light Divine rod in place of the 
one I broke; then took the Mexican Central train for the 
City of Mexico, ! 

And now a word in reference to the Empire City 
tarpon line that T used throughout this whole campaign. 
I do not know who manufactures it or where it can be 
bought outside of San Antonio (but I shall find out 
after getting back to the United States), so I can say, 
without risk of being called down for advertising wares, 
that at is certainly by far the best line that I have ever 
seen. It is finer, stronger, and more durable than any of 
the other lines which I have ised. This particular line. 
after landing fully two tons of fish, is still in fairly good 
shape, although it will probably never be used again. 
but will be kept as a relic of the finest fishing trip of our 
lives, 

The Doctor’s first step was to transfer my line to his 
patent reel, turning it end for end. What he did with it 
is described in the. following affidavit: ‘ 

Mexico City, Feb. 1.—This is to certify that I, Dr. H. W. 
Howe, of the City of Mexico, did on the 17th of December’ 1899. 
in the Panuco River, opposite the city of Tampico, catch cand 
land on a rod and line a tarpon weighing 223 pounds, length when 
lying on the ground before weighing being 6 feet 8 inches, and 
its dimensions at maximum girth being 9 inches by 15 inches. 
The rod used was a Divine No. 7, the line an Empire City tarpon 
line, No. 36, and the reel one of my own make furnished with 
Mowe & Dinkins patent reel brake. The time required to land 
the fish was three hours and fifteen minutes. The estimated dis- 
tance which I towed the fish was abeut seven miles. This is 
only one out of forty-seven tarpon caught in two weeks by our. 
party of three, viz., Dr. José Rojo, of Mexico City; Mr. Teo AW ie 
Waddell, of Kansas City, and myself. Besides tarpon we landed 
about one hundred and thirty other game fish, weighing from fl 

{ 


pounds to over 400 pounds, besides scores of small fish with light 
rod and reel, 

(Signed.) r 
Republic of Mexico, I ee 

City of Mexico, pay A 

On this 6th_day of February, 1900, before me, Andrew D. Bar’ 
low, Consul-General of the United States, personally appeared | 
Dr. H. W. Howe, to me well known, and being by me first duly 
sworn according ta law, did subscribe his name fo the ee” 


H. W. Howe. 


statement in my presence. : 
Witness my hand and official seal the day and year aforesaid. 
(Signed.) Andrew D. Barlow. 
(Seal.) Consul-General of the United States. 

U_ S. Consulate-General, City of Mexico. 

Peh. 1.—T hereby certify that the foregoing statement made b 
Dt, Howe in reference to ins largest tarpon is correct, atid that T 
say it hooked and landed. 

_(Signed.) ; 5 H, C, Dinkins, 
Gen'l Agt. Missouri Pacific Ry, and International & Great Novtits 
eeh POH) for Mexico, 


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Aue. 4, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


89 


Unless since last summer some one has raised Mr. 
Ed vom Hofe’s record of 210 pounds by more than 13 
pounds, Dr, Howe stands to-day as the champion tar- 
pon fisherman of the world; and if Mr. vom Hofe feels 
aggrieved there is only one thing for him to do, viz., go 
down to Tampico and fish at the mouth of the river op- 
posite the city until he secures a still bigger fish. Per- 
haps he can get one which the Doctor left behind, and 
which he maintains must have been the gtreat-grand- 
mother of the big one he caught. As he tells the 
story, he was fishing at the usual place, when he got a 
tremendous strike, the fish taking out most of his line 
and towing the boat up the branch river at a great rate. 
As it did not jump, he assumed that it could not be a 
tarpon, but probably an immense gar; so after he had 
been carried up stream far enough to suit him, and after 
winding up all but 20 yards of line, he concluded to break 
the hook and get loose. This he did, but just as he 
pulled out’ came the head of a tremendous tarpon—as 
big as the head of a sow, the Doctor says. 

He has been clubbing himself ever since because of his 
impatience, ; 

The record tarpon is now being mounted, and will 
be exhibited for a while in Mexico City. The photo 
fives one a good comparative idea of its size, for the 
smaller fish in the picture is a good average tarpon of 
5 feet 6 inches in length. This picture was evidently 
taken by one of the boatmen, the two doctors being in 
the photograph, each beside his own fish. 

While the Doctor was struggling with his prize José 
hooked one about as big, but it broke the rod—the same 
one that I smashed, and which the Doctor had mended 
by shortening. 

The grand total catch for the three of us, as stated ih 
Dr. Howe’s affidavit, was forty-seven tarpon and 130 
other fish, not counting the small fish landed on two or 
three occasions upon light tackle. My share of this 
catch taken in eleven days was twenty-four tarpon, fifty- 
nine jackfish and two jewfish. 

As it is probable that some tarpon cranks of the 
United states will want to go to Tampico to try the 
fishing, I shall close this already too lengthy article 
with a few pointers which will certainly be of great use 
to them, if they make the trip. 

Do not stop at Tampico, because the hotel there is 
unsanitary and the food is bad: but go to La Barra and 
either live in a private car run down to the extreme end 
of the railroad or stop with Guillermo P. Pollock, 
who keeps a restaurant there. He promised us to take 
good care of tarpon fishermen, furnishing them with 
good board and clean beds for $2.50 a day in Mexican 
currency, or about $1.20 in American nioney. 

Hire your boats at Tampico. They will cost so cents 
a day, or perhaps more, because at present there are 
only half a dozen skiffs available. 

Get your mullet from the Philippino flisherman, who 
speaks English, and who lives close to the river near 
the bridge at Tampico. Arrange-with him to supply 
each man in the party with fifty mullet per day, and have 
him deliver them at La Barra by the first train in the 
morning. From 40 to 50 cents per man per day would 
satisfy his ambition to the utmost. He is a pretty re- 
liable fellow, much more so than the Mexicans. 

Arrange to have for each sportsman a stout wooden 
chair, with a solid bottom, and a cushion with each 
chair. The said cushion is just the thing to form a ful- 
crtim for the butt of the rod in handling a fish, the said 
butt being placed between cushion and chair. 

Write in advance to Mr. G. P. Pollock at La Barra, 
Tampico, Mexico, stating the date of arrival, number in 
party. probable length of stay, ete., and ask him to 
make in advance of your arrival all the necessary arrange- 
ments for boats, boatmen, bait and chairs, and to have 
everything ready for an early start the first morning. 

Take plenty of tackle of all kinds, as none worth 
mentioning can be bought at Tampico. 

Drink ne water that has not been boiled, unless you 
want to tisk getting malaria, 


Avoid all beer and liquors sold in Mexican bars. If- 


you must have stimulants, take them with you from the 
States. 

Insist on your boatman taking an extra oar and an 
extra rowlock in each boat, and that all rowlocks be 
tied on. See also that there is always a bailing dish in 
the boat, Each boat shculd be provided with a good gaff 
hook, and each sportsman should have a revolver in his 
beat, so that when far from land he can kill large fish 
before taking them aboard. 

Make a deal with your boatmen to the effect that if 
they stay by you from start to finish you will present 
each of them with 25 cents per day extra for each day 
of your stay. 

Insist that they sleep at La Barra instead of at 
Tampico. Otherwise they may fail to show up in the 
morning when you are ready to start. ] 

The best boatmen are Aousencia Ruiz, Kenaro Cruiz, 
nicknamed Cayote and Macho. 

Carry a jug of boiled water and a drinking cup in 
each boat. , 

Have Mr. Pollock buy for you dairy milk in covered 
bottles. It is about the only good thing that can be 
purchased at Tampico, and it has to be ordered specially. 

There will be no need for basket lunches, because you 
ean readily get back to La Barra every day at noon, 
tinless you go up toward Tampico, in which case the 
said basket lunches will be required, 

Do all your fishing during the months of December, 
January, February and March. There are plenty of 
tarpon im the river im April, and possibly all the year 
round, but there is danger of taking malarial fever or 
something worse, if one stays after the hot weather sets 
in, Probably there is good fishing during the latter 
half of November, and if the weather be cool then it 
would be safe enough to go there. 

As none of the boatmen understand English, except 
the toothless one who is afraid of the water (and his 
knowledge of the lanouage is very limited), the following 
little vocabulary may be of use: 


English. Spanish, Pronunciation. 
Tarpon . Savalo. Sah-yal-oh, 
Tack-fish. Jurel. Hoo-réll. 
Jew-fish. Chierna, Chee-air-nah. 
ike. Robalo, o-bahl-oh. 
oa ite Cheeken 
mall. _ shico. ée-koh, 
Barge: _ ” DUE Wit Grande! r Grehh-day. 


Boat. Bote. Boh-tay. 
Current. Corriente. Corry-en-tay. 
Shark, ‘Tiveron, Tee-vare-own. 
Porpoise. Tonina, ‘Vo-née-nah. 
Oar. Remo. Ray-mo. 
Rod, Cana, Can-yah, 
Line, Hilo. Bél-oh, 

ook Anzuelo, An-swale-oh. 
Jetty Muelle. Moo-él-yeh. 
North Norte, Nor-tay, 
South Sur, Sud. Soor, sood. 
East. Oriente. Oary-én-tay. 
West. Poniente. Pony-én-tay. 


In conclusion let me recommend all American tarpon 
fishermen who can spare the time to try the winter fish- 
ing at Tampico. To any one desirous of going there I 
shall be pleased to furnish any information that I can, or 
te answer any questions propounded, My permanent ad- 
dress is Gibraltar Building, Kansas City, Mo. 

In concluding these few words of advice to my brother 
tarpon fishermen, I can do no better than to suggest to 
them the standard fishing toast of Dr. Howe, viz., 
“When you get a bite, pull.” J. A. L. WADDELL. 


New England Angling. 


Boston, July 28.—At Nahant and Nantasket fishing 
Parties are of frequent occurrence. Boston merchants 
and business men make up fishing parties, and are gone 
for the day. They report great fun. Bluefishing has 
not been yery satisfactory off the Cape, and around Buz- 
zards Bay. It is thought that the hot weather has been 
unfavorable. Bass fishing has been godd in some of the 
Hyeouh ponds, and Boston fishermen have been down 
there. ts 

Hot and dry weather has prevailed at some of the 
more northerly and easterly of the salmon rivers, and the 
salmon have refused to rise. There has existed all the 
season a wet weather belt, starting not far from the sea 
coast and running about northwest over Maine and the 
edge of Canada. Within this belt there has been a great 
deal of rain for two months. It includes the Aroostook 
waters, Moosehead, the Rangeleys and the Megantic Re- 
serve, and the fishing has been good for both trout and 
salmon. North and east of this belt the weather has 
been very dry, and the rivers low. Late Nova Scotia 


teports say that the salmon rivers are very low and the. 


fishing poor, The Boston party already noted in ForEst 
AND STREAM that went to Port Medway River found 
very low water, with hot weather. The salmon declined 
to rise, although the fishermen could see them in great 
numbers. The sportsmen returned bring back the re- 
port that the salmon in Port Medway are all that they 
have been represented, both as to nunbers and size, but 
they will not rise when the weather is hot and the water 
very low. The same complaint comes from northern 
Canadian and New Brunswick waters. 

July 30.—The reservoirs about here are being tried for 
bass and pickerel. It requires permits to fish these muni- 
cipal reservoirs, which have generally been stocked at the 
State’s expense, but these permits come through being 
on the right side of municipal officials. Lucky is the man 
who gets a permit. Lake Messapog, at Sharon, is giving 
some good fishing results to those who have the patience 
and know how. Mr. Felix Tausig fished there Friday 
with a result of about forty. About half were white 
perch, the balance pickerel and bass. Boston merchants 
frequently distribute their catches among their business 
friends, and the wholesale grocery trade got the most of 
Mr, Tausig’s fish. 

Recent Moosehead reports say that the late rains have 
greatly benefited the fly-fishing, which is excellent. Al- 
most every fisherman of any skill brings in a good catch, 
Mr. George Linder, of Boston, a Moosehead angler for 
matiy seasons, and an expert with the fly, who never fishes 
in any other way, is at his cottage, Northwest Carry. with 
the Misses Linder. They are having the best of sport. 
G. A. Worth and T. J. O’Donohue, of New York, took 
fifty trout the other day on a trip to Brassua Lake. They 
weighed from 1 to 114 potinds. Reports of great fly-fish- 
ing also come from Kennebago. Col. Eugene Atwood, of 
Stonington, Conn., took a trout of 1% pounds fishing 
from the wharf the other evening. Henry M, Ricker, of 
Boston, fishing at Billy Soule’s, landed twenty-seven 
trout in one afternoon recently. the string weighing 14%4 
pounds, and on another afternoon thirty-two trout, weigh- 
ing 25 pounds. At Eustis and in the Dead River and 
Seven Pond regions there are many fishermen, and they 
write their friends great accounts of sport. At Eustis, G. 
A. Gibson, of Boston, seems to be pretty high line, with 
a tecord of three fish weighing 514, 614 and 7% pounds. 
Mr. Gibson tells his friends that he has killed two bears 
this trip and has the toes of another. Well, those toes are 
suspicious, Did he shoot his bears from some trappet’s 
traps? At Haines’ Landing the biggest fish recently taken 
was a salmon of 7% potinds, the catch of the Wetherel 
party, of Boston. Mr, W. D. Barnes has taken a salmon 
of 4 pounds, at the Mooselucmaguntic House. Mrs. S. 
R. Knight has recently taken a salmon of 414 pounds at 
the same place. SPECIAL. 


Long Island. 


SAyvitte, Long Island, July 28.—Bluefish are now in 
the Great South Bay in large quantities. A great number 
have been caught by chumming at the cinders neat the 
old fish house and in the west channel near Nichol’s 
Island. One boat on Saturday caught 116 good-sized bay 
fish. E.R. W. 


From Bay Shore comes the story of a 200-pound shark 
caught by a bluefish party Sunday afternoon. It is said 
to have heen the second greatest shark ever taken in Great 
South Bay. The Bay Shore Shark exploit is regarded 
as a praiseworthy effort for a summer hotel sensation, 
but prohably circumspect inn keepers on the Atlantic 


coast will not emulate it. The record of the biggest shark 


catight off the pier is not one to be hankered after by land- 
lords who advertise good bathing. The sea serpent is an 
innocent and harmless creattire in comparison with a 
shark in bathing waters, The sea serpent is always 
taken with so much salt that no one ever stays out of the 


water becattse of it; but the shark is actually believed. 


in, and every shark that is big enough is in popular estl= 
mation a man-eater, 


New Brunswick Fishing Privileges. 


CHATHAM, N. B., July 26—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Your correspondent, Special, whose letter from Boston 
in your paper of the 2ist is entitled “Canadian Fishing 
Licenses,” conveys the impression that it is Canadian 
rather than Proyincial laws which regulate the exercise 
of angling privileges in the different parts of Canada. 
Perhaps his treatment of the subject is natural, inasmuch 
as visiting anglers, sportsmen and tourists do not, to any 
extent, distinguish between the Canadian (Federal) and 
the local (Provincial) authorities. 

All who write of such matters, however, would do well 
to remember that the Canadian Government has nothing 
whatever to do with game or angling licenses in any 
Province of the Dominion, The licensing power, in the 
matters of hunting and angling, is vested exclusively in 
the Government of each Proyince within its own 
boundaries. 

Instead, therefore, of attributing to “Canadian Laws” 
annoyances to which visitors from the United States may 
be subjected by some of the petty, vexatious license en- 
actments of certain Provincial authorities, it would be 
more fair as well as more intelligible if writers would 
use the terms Ontario, Quebec or Nova Scotia, as the 
case might be. 

My troubling you in connection with this matter just 
now is principally because I received a letter a day or 
two since from the general passenger agent of one of our 
big Canadian railways, in which he said that a well- 
known sportsmen’s papet of the United States had an- 
notnced that license fees for angling were exacted in 
New Brunswick. I was glad to be in a position to assure 
my correspondent that the announcement referred to was 
entirely incorrect, and that neither residents, non-resi- 
dents, British subjects nor aliens were required to take 
out licenses for angling in this Province. It is different 
in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. 

With the single exception of hunting for moose and 
caribou, the same conditions prevail in regard to all game 
birds and animals in all the counties of New Brunswick 
with the single exception of Westmoreland, which borders 
on the Province of Nova Scotia, and the exception was 
created at the last session of the New Brunswick Legis- 
lature at the instance of Nova Scotia parties who desired 
to have uniformity in the law, so that border poaching 
might be stamped out. 

It will, therefore, be seen that New Brunswick is not 
only the best angling and hunting territory of eastern 
America, but also that the policy of its Government is to 
treat visiting anglers and sportsmen with the greatest 
liberality and to protect them against annoying restric- 
tions when they come here to enjoy the sport afforded in 
our forests and rivers. é SMITH. 
Fishery Commissioner for the Province of New Bruns- 

wick, 7 | 


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Fishing on the Jersey Coast. 


Aspury Park, N. J., July 28—The axiom that “no 
news is good news” is reversed in relation to my not 
having a letter in Forest anp StreAm the past two weeks. 
The plain facts are there has been but little to write of. 
Bass have gone off somewhere in the sulks; kingfish are 
not in evidence, and nothing doing but an occasional 
plaice. The promised and much hoped for easterly blow 
has not materialized, and the fraternity is walled about 
in gloom. We did have a handful of wind from the east 
on Thursday, and as soon as the sea chopped up five bass 
were taken, ranging from 7 to 21 pounds. It only more 
firmly confirms the well-established fact that we must 
have east winds to have bass and kingfishing. Barnegat, 
however, is furnishing good sport, some fine catches of 
bass having been made by those who have the “how” and 
“where” under their hats. Weakfishing is also good, but I 
will repeat what I have so often said—to get good fish go 
at night and fish outside the channels. I well know that 
there are many who will challenge the above. but twenty 
years’ experience and experiments have taught me some 
things. and the “fish outside the channel at flood tide” is 
one of them. Leonarp HUuLIt. 


Protective League of Salt Water Fishermen. 


New York, July 27.—At a regular meeting of the Pro- 
tective League of Salt Water Fishermen, held at their 
rooms, 106 West Thirty-first street, on July 16, the fol- 
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi- 
dent, Theodore Biedinger; Vice-President, Albert Bay- 
wood; Record and Corresponding Secretary, James M. 
Wheeden; Financial Secretary, Eugene Fliedner; Treas- 
urer, Daniel A, Nesbitt. Board of Directors—Col. J. F. 
Milliken, Chairman; Henry Schmidt, Louis Berge, Fred 
Hochgraef, Jr., Louis H. Johnson, Henry Graeter. Charles 

Crane. Committees: Press—James M. Wheeden, 
Eugene Fliedner, Henry Graeter. Law—Col, J. F. Milli- 
ken Joseph Steiner, J. M. Birnbaum. Entertainment— 
A. Baywood, Fred Hochgraef, J. Lightfine. 

J. M. WuHeEepen, Sec’y. 


6A 6 The” Fishing Banks. 


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New York, N. Y., July 29—Editor Forest and Stream: 
On the steamer Angler off Long Beach Sunday, pas- 
sengers had a rare day’s sport. Fluke, sea bass and 
porgies were taken in abundance. Some of the catches 
reported were: Wm, Lutz, to fluke, 3 bass; Lank 
Weschler, 3 fluke, 5 bass; Ike Fishler, 7 fluke, 4 bass; 
Henry Kahn, 4 fluke, 4 bass. A 7!4-pound fluke took the 
daily prize, won by Wm. Lutz. My catch was 6 fluke 


and 2 bass. CHARLES MANSBACH. 
EVM _Iilinois Fishing, 


McHenry, Il., July 27.—In the surrounding lakes and 
rivers, black bass, pike, pickerel and the various smaller 
varieties of fish are being caught in large quantities. 
Some very fine catches of bass and pickerel are daily being 
brought in. 


The Forgst ayy Srreaw is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Cotrespondence intended ior publication should reach us at tha 
tater “y Monday and es tnuch earlier as practicable, 


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FOREST: AND: STREAM: 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Movements of Western Spottsmen. 


Curcaco, Ill., July 28—Mr, R. H. Southgate, of the 
Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, has outfitted extensively and 
left this week for a trip in Canada, where he will re- 
main some days. . 

Mr, J. C. Everett and a party of friends, of Highland 
Park, a suburb of this city, left this week for a trout trip 
on the famous Au Sable River of Michigan, to be gone a 
couple of weeks. a pee ' 

Mr. H. Lee Borden and family, of this city, are this 
week absent on an extended pleasuring trip on the St. 
Clair flats. Abundant outfit goes to them, and the sup- 
position is that the party are going to haye a lot of sport. 
They have their own yacht along. 

Mr. Robt. Pierce, of Topeka, Kan., 
week for a-fishing trip in Wyoming.. : a 

Mr. Abe La Fave, the well-known Manitowish guide, is 
in Chicago this week for a look around, according to the 
report of some of his friends. , 

Mr. Wm. J. Mohr and family, of Chicago, have left for 
Lake Geneva, Wis., for a season of rest and fishing. 

Mr, Fred Gardner, of this city, is reported absent from 
his place of business here, and present at his place of 
pleasure on Trout Lake, Wis, ; . 

An important party to start for the West this week is 
that headed by Mr. W. H. Bartlett, of the Board of Trade. 
They go to Estes Park, Colo., for a fishing trip. : 

Mr. R. B. Organ is back from an unsatisfactory trip 
to Mukwonago, Wis., where he went with his friend, Mr. 
Wm. White, of Allisons.. Mr. Organ could not get any 
one to row him when he got to the village except a 
boy who knew nothing but perch fishing, -They went out 
on the old mill pond, the same pond of which I used ta 
write when J. B. H. and I camped in that country, and 
where we caught so many big bass. The fishing has 
been so good there this year that many boats were out, and 
no one was left to guide Mr, Organ, who was a stranger 
to that water. He discovered just where the bass were 
lying—just where they were when J. B. H, and I fished 
there—under the floating -bogs. -He had only a light 
casting line with him, and what happened to him was 
just what happened-to us. when we began to fish there. 
He got a strike, the fish ran far away under a floating 
bog, the line broke at the strike, and that was all. See- 
ing that he was in a hard game and with poor outfit, Mr. 
Organ went'back’to the hotel and said he would go home 
if-he could not get a guide. He couldn’t, so he came 
back the same.day, and had no sport. Meantime his 
friend, Mr. White, was out on the same water, and as 
usual to good bass fishers on that water when accus- 
tomed to the wrinkles, he got some very big bass—six of 
them, one of which weighed 5 pounds 7:ounces.. He got 
two of them in the same little creek which J. B. H. and 
myself first unveiled to the Chicago angling public, and 
which this year has been turning out many very big fish. 
Other boats on the mill pond got good bass the same 
day Mr. Organ was out—in fact, all the bass taken were 
good ones, almost nothing under 3 pounds. I haye neyer 


outfits here this 


found a bass country which would produce so many big - 


bass as this same region in question, where the Camps 
Forest and Stream were pitched for so many years. 

This same Mr. White, as earlier mentioned, has been 
getting a lot of nice bass in that same Waukesha county, 
While stopping at_Tuohy’s place he got one day four bass 


that weighed 19 pounds total, and he caught one other - 


which he had mounted—one of the old moss backs that 
weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces. It would seer that they are 
doing business with our dime bass up in there this year. 
This has been an exceptionally fine year for bass in that 
country, and for no reason that can be traced. The bass 
must have been local fish, for there is no way for them to 
run in there from any other country, and they are so large 
that they-must have been there for some time. Yet this 
fine fishing comes after three or four years of yery poor 
sport on those same waters. 

Mr. Daniels, who fished Eagle Lake last Saturday be- 
fore breakfast, caught seven bass, in a little time, and 
one of these weighed 5 pounds plump—a very good fish 
indeed. Mr. W. P. Williams, of the stb-treasurer’s 
office of this city, was another to haye good luck this 


week, killing four heavy bass on the Mukwonogo Mill*; 


Pond, within a short distance of where Mr. Organ was 
fishing. The latter gentleman is vowing reyenge, and 
plans another trip. 

Mr. H. W. Perce, President of the Chicago Fly-Cast- 
ing Club, and his friend, Mt. George A. Hinterleitner, 
have returned from their two weeks’ fishing trip at 
Christiana Lake, Mich, They had a very good time, and 
report 150 nice bass to their two rods during their fort- 
night’s sojourn. 

Mr. M. P. Riley, fishing in Sand Lake, Ill., this week, 
in two and a half hours caught twelve nice bass, the 
heaviest weighing 3%4 pounds. 

Mr. William Crandall, fishing in Fox Lake last week, 
succeeded in taking ten very good bass one morning. 

Mr, H. F. Crow and his friend, Mr. Frank Karr, fished 
Brown’s Lake, near Burlington, Wis., this week. -They 
were lucky enough to hit the bass when they were rising 
and caught 169, weighing from 114 to 234 pounds. They 
had a very good trip indeed. ‘ 

Mr. A. H. Brown and Mr. C. A. Havens, of this city, 
are back from a very lucky trip to Hamlin Lake. They 
fished by trolling principally, and caught fifty-four 
pickerel, twelve bass and some good pike. They 
fished for four days and say they lost a great many nice 
fish which struck. 


A very interesting fishing experience is reported by” 


Mr. Bert Buell, who took nine small-mouth bass of an 
average weight of 2%4 pounds on Lake Geneva, Wis., this 
week, Mr. Buell used grasshonpers for bait, and one may 
imagine he enjoved fishing-with this unusual bait for the 
gamiest of out Western fishes. 


Fly-Casting “Tournament. 


Advice from the San Francisco Fly-Castinge Club says 
that Mr. W. D. Mansfield and one or two others of that 
club will be present at the Chicago tournament. Tt was 
hoped that Mr. Reuben Leonard, of New York, would 
also attend, but this is not likely. The tournament will 
no doubt he a yery pleasant and successful affair, 


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THE DELAWARE AT NARROWSBURG. 
The Big Eddy and the wall-eyed pike hole under the bridge. 


The Nartowsbure Pike oad Bass Pocket. 


Narrowsgurc, N. Y.—On the Delaware River at Nar- 
rowsburg we find the pool known as Big Eddy, as it is 
considered the biggest and deepest eddy throughout the 
length of this grand river. Its greatest depth is about 
vo feet just in the center of that part of the pool below 
the bridge. This pool is probably the best piece of water 
for wall-eyed pike in the Delaware, and fish of Io to 15 
pounds are not uncommon from this pool. They havea 
favorite spot which is along the foot of the walls of the 
two ledges by the bridge in about 30 feet of water. The 
first ledge rtins out from shore about 15 feet on the 
Pennsylvania side; it starts at the point of the rocks be- 
low the bridge, runs up tnder and ends about 50 feet 
above the bridge. The water drops suddenly to 30 feet 
from this ledge. The second ledge runs from just above 
the bridge on the New York side to the point above the 
bridge on the Pennsylvania side. This ledge is also cov- 
ered by about 12 to 15 feet of water, dependent on the 
state of the river, and the water drops also to 30 feet, thus 
making two walls forming two sides of a triangle. It is 
along the foot of these walls in the deep water that the 
wall-eyes are found. The best bait for this water is small 
chubs, about 6 or 7 inches long. Ss 

The bass fishing in this pool is first-class. It is simply 
impossible to say which are the best points for them. They 
are found all over it. Some mighty big ones are here, too, 
waiting to be coaxed out. : , : 

Great sport can be obtained fly-fishing either in the 
rapids aboye or below the pool. The most seductive fly 
for bass we ever ran across we call Johnny Wright's 
fancy, because we believe it has no name, and was in- 
troduced to us by Mr. Wright, manager of the fishing 


; Gaylord Club Hatchery, 

. To-day I met on the street the Menominee giant, Mr. 
Fred M. Stephenson, President of the Gaylord Club, of 
Wisconsin. Mr. Stephenson was looking husky as usual 
and done to a very nice brown. He tells me he has been 
fishing trout a good deal round the Gaylord Club, and 
they are having splendid sport on the South Pike. He 
also says that Gaylord Club is completing plans for ex- 
tensive propagation of trout and bass, which will be 
liberated in all the waters of that region, not only the club 
preserve waters, but the open waters accessible to the 
public. The Gaylord Club is going to ask the Wausaukee 
Club to co-operate in this work, and between them these 
two organizations can do an immense amount of good in 
that part of Wisconsin. Mr. Stephenson is a hustler, no 
matter what he undertakes, and there is not the slightest 
doubt that this work will be carried on successfully. Mr, 
O’Brien, late of the State Fish Commission, of Wis- 
consin, will have the hatchery in charge. 


Carp. 


Mr. Oswald Von Lengerke is recently back from a fish- 
ing trip on the Kankakee River at Water Valley. where he 


astopped at the cottage of Mr. F. R. Bissell, of this city. 
““Not*having anything else to catch, the two went carp fish- 


ing. This beastly fish is an Old World and also a New 
Jersey acquaintance of Mr. Von Lengerke, and I think 
he is the only man in Chicago who has a good word for 
the carp. The two fished for this animal with a bait of 
dough, and they caught eight or ten very good carp. The 
fish itself is said to be shy, and to be a very hard fighter 
when hooked. Mr. Von Lengerke says that they skinned 
their carp, salted and peppered them, laid them away on 
the ice, and the next morning fried them for breakfast. 
According to his story the carp was found good to eat, 
and he declares the fish is tindervalued by everybody out 
here, Charlie Antoine says that in France they used to 
catch carp out of the muddy pools, and then put them in a 
clean fountain of water for a couple of weeks. to wash 
the muddy taste out of them. The Kankakee itself is not 
a pearly fountain of delight since the carp have taken 
possession of it, and I should think that any fish taken in 
that stream now would be all the better for being well 
laundried, as Mr. Antoine suggests. There is no use 
kicking about this thing, I suppose. We may as well be- 
come reconciled to the carp as our game fish and the 
English sparrow as our game bird. 


A Disappointing Start. 


For some weeks Messrs. Graham H. Hartis, President 
of the Board of Education, of this city. and his friend, 
Mr. W. C. Haskell, of the Building Inspector's office, 
have been planning a good trip out into the Rocky Moun- 
tains. Mr. Harris has fever been in the Rockies, al- 
thouch he has fished with the fly over the best of our 
Northern waters, Mr. Hackell. on the other hand. is very 
familiar with parts of the Rockies, and is a sond mountain 
man. He was to be the eide on this occasion. and the 
patty was to start from Butte Citv. goine thence to Vir- 
ginia Citv. and over on the headwaters of the Teffer- 
son and Madison. thence into the Yellowstone Parle and 
south to the Henry’s Lake country. the whole trip to 
occupy six weeks, and naturally to be one of the most 


PEANSYLYANILA 
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Enlarged sketch of the water under the bridge. 


tackle department of Von lLengerke & Detmold.. 
The predominating color of the fly is black, We found 
that we could get as many bass on a cast as we had these 
flies on the leader. They are simply irresistible. 

When fishing at Narrowsburg the fisherman should stop 
at the Arlington Hotel. The proprietor is a sportsman 
himself, and takes excellent care of his patrons. Bevins 
has been our guide and oarsman in this water, and a. 
better or more faithful guide never handled a pair of oars. 
We can more than strongly recommend him to any 
brother angler. The best fishing on the Delaware River 
is always during August and September. . The route is 
via the Erie. G 


interesting and delightful which could be imagined, The 
two were to be joined at the Madison country later by 
Mr. J. L. Ellicott, City Electrician, of Chicago, and the 
three Chicagoans were to complete the personnel of the 
party, Mr. Haskell, like a good mountaineer, scorning 
to take a guide, : 

Such were the plans of the party, and the members of 
the Wishininne Club, where all the above take their 
lunches every day, wished them joy yesterday, for the 
start was to be made this morning at 9 o’clock. What 
was the surprise of every one of the club to-day to see 
Bill Haskell come sneaking into lunch by himself, with a 
sort of expression on his face which did not indicate 
that he was deliriously happy over anything. When asked 
where Mr. Harris was, he replied that the latter had 
started all right at 9 o’clock, but that he had started alone. 
Mr. Harris had both the railway tickets, and he absent- 
mindedly told Mr. Haskell that they were over the St. 
Paul road to St. Paul, whereas they were really over the 
Northwestern road. Mr, Haskell went to the St. Paul 
Depot this morning as per advice, and like Mary’s little 
lamb, lingered patiently about for Harris to appear. He 
didn’t bear any further resemblance to the little lamb 
after that. Mr. Harris was meantime speeding blithely 
away alone to the westward, into a country about which 
he doesn’t know anything at all. He wired Bill Haskell 
that he had sent the tickets back; and vaguely intimated 
that he might conclude to go on west of St. Paul alone, 
waiting for Mr. Haskell at Butte. 

“Well, if he don’t wait at St. Paul for me,” said Bill. 
“he’ll never see me at all. I wouldn’t ride across that 
Western plains country alone for a thousand dollars. I 
only took him along for company crossing the Bad 
Lands, anyhow. He don’t know what he’s going up 
against, all alone in the car across the plains of Dakota. 
Hot? Say I am hot!” . 

When last seen Mr. Haskell was hiking for a telegraph 
office to wire Mr. Harris to stop at St. Paul or take the 
consequences. He'll stop, and there will be peace in this 
suindered family in time. But it won’t be while they are 
shut up together on the cars. It would be fun to hear 
those two, each blaming the other for the blunder, and 
each proclaiming his own innocence! 

By the way, Mr. Jos. Leiter—the Joe Leiter of wheat 
corner fame—is just back from the Leiter mine near 
Sheridan, and he has been fishing on the Jefferson and 
Madison, the very country where he and Mr. Haskell had 
such: good sport seven years ago, and where it was planned 
to make the trip this time, Mr. Leiter says it would 
be no use to go in there now at all. The West is changing 
more rapidly than most people in this part of the world 
realize. The grangers have got the headwaters of the Big 
Muddy pretty much all under ditch. There isn’t any 
Madison River—it’s all run out in ditches. 

Mr. R. C. Brandon. of the Lord & Thomas advertising 
agency. with his friend, Mr. W. T. Davis, Chicago repre- 
sentative of the Kansas City Star, returned from their 
fishing trip near Rhinelder, Wis., somewhat discusted. 
They struck the dull. hot season, and got no fishing of 
any consequence. even for bass. All the fish were down 
deep and would not strike at anything in spoon or bait 
that could be devised. They had trouble to geet enough 


fish to eat. 
FE, Hover, 


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Tarpon in Long Island Waters. 


A TARPON was taken off Quogue, Long Island, N. Y.,_ 
last week by fishermen who were fishing with seines for. 


bunkers. The occurrence of the fish so far north is not 


common, but we have recorded several captures’ off the 


coast from New Jersey to Rhode Island. 


Che Kennel, 


Fixtures. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Aug. 21.—Emmetsburg, Ia—Third annual field trials of_the 
Towa Field Trials Association. M, Bruce, Sec’y, Des Moines, Ia. 
Aug, 28.—Sioux Falls, S. D,—Inaugural field trials of the South 
aoe races Trials Association, Olav Haugtro, Sec’y, Sioux 
alls, S. D. 
| Sept. 3-4—La Salle, Manitoba, Can.——Western Canada Kennel 
€lub’s annual field trials, A. Lake, Sec’y, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 
n 


Sept. 6-7.—Brandon, Manitoba, Can.—Third annual field trials of 
the Brandon Kennel Club. Dr, H. J. Elliott, Sec’y. . 

Sept. 11. , Manitoba, Can—Fourteenth annual field trials of 
the Manitoba 
Manitoba, Can. : 
_. Oct 20.—Senecaville, O,—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
| Protective Association’s sixth annual field trials. A. C. Peterson, 

Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. ° 

Novy, 7.—=Hampton, Conn,—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
trials. J. E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 

Noy. 7-8.—Lake View, ich.—Third annual field trials of the 
ecHiEdt Field Trials Association. E, Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 


ich, 
Noy. 12.—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In-' 
apes Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 


n oat; 
Nov. 13.—Chatham, -Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the -In-' 


ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec’y. 

Nov. 16.—Newton, N. C.—Eastern Field Trials Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 

o. 20.——, Illinois Field Trials Association’s second 
) annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, IIl. 

Noy. 20.—Ruthven, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec’y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. 

ov. 20. . Pa.—Central Beagle Club’s annual field trials. A. 

C, Peterson, Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. ! 

Nov. 22.—Glasgow, Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. 

ov. 27,—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 


Field Trials Association. L. S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. 
oy. 30.—Newton, C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field -trialsk—Members’ Stake. Dec. 38, Derby. Theo. 


Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 


lowa Field Trials. 


| Des Moines, Ia., July 26.—Edttor Forest and Stream: 
I inclose herewith list of entries for the Iowa field trials. 
Everything looks fayorable for successful trials. Plenty 
of birds are reported, and we have arranged to have the 
grounds patroled every day from Aug. 1 to the time of 


the trials; 
FrANK H, Perry, Pres. I. F. T. A. 


Derby. 


_Lord Roberts—Lewis Veveer’s bi, w. and t. setter dog 
(Rodfield Lady of Gloss). 

Dandy Jjim—M. Bruce’s 1. and w. pointer dog (Up to 
Date—Sirene). 

Phoebe Hill=-I; T. Carter’s b., w. and t. English setter 
bitch (Oakly Hill—Ten of Hearts). 

Sidney—C. A. Smith’s 1. and w. English setter dog 
(champion Lady’s Count Gladstone—Latonia). 

Count Whitestone—Lewis Stuchmer’s lem. andw, Eng- 
ca dog (Lady’s Count Gladstone—Jessie Rod- 
eld). Fr ‘ 

Oliver B—F. A. Warneke’s Gordon setter dog (McHill 
—Fanny). 

Seven Up-—J. W. Blythe’s b., w. and t. English setter 
dog (Cincinnatus Pride—Brown’s: Queen Vic). 

Ightfield Joe—W. H. Hutchinson’s 1. and w. pointer 
dog (Brighton Joe—Ichtfield Chic). ey 

Hal’s Dot—J. E. Davies’ b. and w, pointer Bitch (Hal 
Pointer—Ned’s Dot). 

Jingo Flyerx—P. McNally’s 1. and w. pointer bitch 
(Royal Jingo—Royal Chic). © 

Belle—William Rushle’s b., w. and t. English setter 
bitch (Clint Noble—Ten of Hearts). 

Cook Cousins—A. T. Burger’s b., w. and t. setter dog 
(Count Rodfield—Lento R.). 


Bob White—F, Tollerton’s 1. and w. setter dog (Rod- 


field—Grace Darling). | 
Jimmie’s Bang—A. Alabaugh’s |, and w. pointer dog 

(Donovan—Devonshire Jenny). 
Checkers—Ortis . Fruit. Farm Kennels’ b., 

English setter dog (Cincinnatus Pride—Brown’s Queen 


ic). 

Ortiz Lad—Ortis Fruit Farm Kennels’ o. and w. 
English setter dog (Rodfield—Grace G, Darling). 

Ortiz Pride—Ortiz Fruit Farm Kennels’ b., w. and t. 
English setter dog (Rodfield—Mark’s Nellie). c 


Field Trials Club, Eric Hamber, Sec’y, Winnipeg, 


w.. and t,’ 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


All-Age Stake, 


Hawkeye Queen—W. H, Hutchinson’s t. and w. setter 
bitch (Ruby’s Mark—Midget Bly). ; 

Lightfield Chick—W. H. Hutchinson's 1, and w. pointer 
bitch (champion Jingo—Ightfield Dove). 

Miss Croxie—W. H. Hutchinson’s |. and w. pointer 
hitch (champion Rip Rap—Croxie Kent). y 

Natty Pride—Ortiz Fruit Farm Kennels’ b. b. English 
setter bitch (Cincinnatus Pride—Brown’s Queen Vic). 

Lady Gladstone of Ortiz—Ortiz Fruit Farm Kennels’ 
b., w. and t, English setter bitch (champion Lady’s 
Count Gladstone—Daughter Noble), ; 

Ortiz Fruit Fatm Kennels’ b., w. and t, English setter 
dog (Rodfield—Mark’s Nellie), 

Ortiz Count Gladstone—Ortiz Fruit Farm Kennels’ 
b., w. and t, English setter dog (Count Gladstone 1V.— 
Countess Noble). . 

Seven Up—J. W. Blythe’s b. and w. setter dog (Cin- 
cinnatus Pride—Brown’s Queen Vic). ' 

Star Pointer—J. W. Blythe’s_b. and w. pointer dog 
(Hal Poitnter—Parson’s Trinket). u 

Rod’s Pansy—J. W. Blythe’s b., w. and t. English setter 
bitch (champion Rodfield—Kate N.). 

Glen—Geo. Waddington’s b, and w. setter dog. 

Maud Hiek—Geo. Waddington’s b., w. and t. English 


' setter bitch. 


Dash—H. C, Shadbolt’s chestnut and w. English setter 


dog, ; 
Sport’s Destiny—A. H. Nelson’s b. b. setter bitch 

(Naree Sport—Mark’s Fleet). . Ns 
Josie Brighton—Gus Clay’s b. and w. pointer bitch 


(Brighton Joe—Jingo Flora). 


Lady Rodfield—A. H. Pinkel’s b., w. and t. setter 
bitch (champion Rodfield—Susie). 

Zephyr II.—Jas. S. Crane’s b. and w. ticked pointer 
bitch (champion Rip Rap—Jingo Jay). 

Dot’s Daisy—Jas. S. Crane’s 1. and w. ticked pointer 
bitch (champion Jingo—Dot’s Pearl). 

Eatoile—W. A. Smith’s b., w. and t. English setter dog 
(Roy Noble II.—Etoria). 

Jingo Ripple—Dr. G. T. Page’s 1. and w. pointer bitch 
(champion Jingo—Rippo). 

Queen W. H.—F. A. Warneke’s b., w. and t. setter 
bitch (Bouse—Fly). 

Tom Whitestone—Louis Stuebmer’s |. and w. English 
setter dog (Lady’s Count Gladstone—Jesse Rodfield). 

Haxon—C. A. Smith’s b. b. English setter dog (Samuel 
—Fly W.) 

Stolen 
ter dog (Rodfield—Susie). 

Rod Webster—Martin Voorhees’ b., w. and t, setter 
dog (Rodfield—Lady Webster). 

Drill Master—O. W. Ferguson’s J. and w. pointer dog 
( Jingo—Dot’s Pearl). 

Peg’s Girl—E. L. Jamison’s b., w. and t..English setter 


_ bitch (Rodfield—Lady Webster). 


Sport’s Boy—Chas. B. Cook’s w. and J. setter dog 
(Marie Sport—Isabella May). 
Fritz of Zippo—M. Bruce’s b, and w. setter dog (Zip- 


- po Il.—Lady of Gloss). 


Daisy—J. S. Smith’s red Irish setter bitch (Fred Wood , 


—Plover Bell).. . 
- Sport's Bee Bee—A. H. Keller’s b,, w. and t. English 
setter dog (Clint Noble—Fly). 

Sabin’s Rip Rap—H. A. Subilia’s 1. and w. pointer 
dog (Young Rip Rap—Mother Sabine). 

Joe Howard—Alexander McLachlan’s b. and w. point- 
er dog (Brighton Joe—Missouri Queen). 

Count’s Lit—T. A, Noble’s b.-and w. setter bitch 
(Lady’s Count Gladstone—Jessie Rodfield). 

Jingo’s Jerry—G. W. Courtright’s 1. and w. pointer dog 
(champion Jingo—Rose Lee Hessin), 

Jingo Hessen—G, W, Courtright’s b. and w. pointer 
bitch (champicn Jingo—Rose Lee Hessen). 

Mack—M. Jenswold’s b., w. and t. English setter dog. 

Tony’s Dot—C. D. Stuart’s b., w. and t. English setter 
bitch (Tony’s Boy—Druid’s Daisy IT.). 

Jingo’s Lit—John Otten’s b. and w. pointer bitch 
(champion Jingo—Queen of Littiz). 
_ Natty Boy—Walter W_ Henry’s b. and w. setter dog 
(Cincinnati Pride—Brown’s Queen Vic). 

Dock Hill—Dr. E. F, Yancey’s b., w. and t. English 
setter dog (Count Rodstone—Nona H.). 

Count’s King—C. J. Pesch’s b., w. and t. English 
Setter dog (Lady’s Count Gladstone—Latonia), 
_, Latonia Boy—C. J. Pesch’s b., w. and t. English setter 
dog (Lady’s Count Gladstone—Latonia),. ; 


Continental Field Trial Club Derby. 


Setters, 


There are thirty-one entries: 

Solomon—H. B. Ledbetter’s b., w. and t. dog, April, 
1899 (Marie’s Sport—Isabella Maid). 

Tony's Dot—C. D. Stuart’s b., w. and t. bitch, January, 
1899 (Tony Boy—-Druid’s Daisy II.). 

Ivanhoe.—John Myers’ b., w. and t. dog, January, 1899 
(Tony Boy—Flush o’Dawn). , 

Jessie Lucifer—Dr. G, Chisholm’s b., w. and t, bitch, 
April, 1899 (Blue Hope—Isabella Madge). 

Verona Cap—Verona Kennels’ 0, and w. dog, January, 
1899 (Count Gladstone [V.—Daisy Croft). 

Verona Reon—Verona Kennels’ 0. and w. bitch, Jan- 
uary, 1899 (Count Gladstone 1V.—Daisy Croft). 

Verona Diablo—Verona Kennels’ b., w. and t: dog, 
january, 1899 (Count Gladstone 1V.—Daisy Croft). 

Verona Spice.—Verona Kennels’ o. and w. bitch, May, 
1899 (Count Gladstone IV:—Countess K.). 

Verona Wilhelmina—Verona Kennels’ b., w. and t. 
bitch, May, 1899 (Count Gladstone IV.—Countess K.). 

Leading Lady—G. G. Williamson’s b., w. and t. bitch, 
June, 1809 (Count Gladstone [V.—Dan’s Lady). 

Joe Wheeler—Oakland Association’s b., w. and t. dog, 
January, 1809 (Belton Bob—Antoine Gladstone). 

Lady Randolph—Oakland Association’s b, and w. 
bitch, January, 1899 (Belton Bob—Antoine Gladstone). 

Ruby’s Druid—J, H. Johnson’s (agt.) b., w. and t. dog, 


July, 1809 (Dave Earle—Tony’s Ruby). 


Ruby's Lady—J. H. Johnson’s (agt.) b., w. and t. bitch, 
July, 1809 (Dave Earle—Tony’s Ruby). 
_ Fairview Dream—W. G. Brokaw’s |. and w. bitch, 
June, 1899 (Viscount Furness—Fairview Fly). 

. T.—James Thomson’s b., w. and t. dog, July, 18090 

(Daye Earle—Tony’s Ruby). 

Kipling—E,. H. Osthaus’ b., w. and t. dog, March, 1809, 
(Joe Cumming—Miss Osthaus). 

Silence—Geo. Crocker’s b., w. and ¢. dog, April, 1809, 
(Sam T.—Belle of Alma), 

Col. Joe—A. H. Nelson’s b., w. and t. dog, June, 1809 
(Joe Cumming—Della K.). 

Bit—Arthur Stern’s b., w. and t. bitch, March, 1899 
(Count Ladystone—Fairy Sport), 

St. Helena—R. D. Winthrop’s b,, w. and t. bitch, 
March, 1899 (Guy—Belle). 

Bell Boy—P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t. dog, March, 
18099 (Tony Boy—Lena Belle). 

Tomboy—P., Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t. bitch, March, 
1899 (Tony Boy—Lena Belle). 

Vevay—P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t. bitch, March, 
1899 (Tony Boy—Lena Belle). 

Bow Knot—P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t. dog, 
March, 1809 (Why Not—Bennie B.). 
. Mollie B. IJ.—Dr. J. S. Brown’s b., w. and t. bitch, 
February, 1809 (Tony’s Gale—Mollie B.). 

Eldred Nancy—Eldred Kennels’ b., w. and t. bitch, 
January. 1899 (Tony’s Gale—Flavia). 

Mark Twain—E. L. Jamison’s b,, w. and t. dog, March, 
1899 (Joe Cumming—Miss Osthaus). 

Capt. Scott—W. W. Titus’ b., w. and ¢. dog, March, 
1899 (Joe Cumming—Miss Osthaus), ao 


Derby—I. T. Carter’s b., w. and t. English set- 


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Hobson—Alton N, Davis’ b., w. and t. dog, February, 
1809 (Rodfield—Doll Gladstone). ; 
Glad Tidings—E, A. Meiser’s b., w. atid t. bitch, Mary 
1899 (Dave Earle—Accellerando). | 
Pointers. | 
There are ten entries: f 
Doc Light—Dr. G. Chisholtm’s lem. and w. dog, April}, 
1809 (Jingo’s Light—Gull’s Juno). 
Jingo’s Romp—N. T. Depauw’s |. and w. bitch, April, 
1899 (Jingo—Nellie Croxteth). d 
Odd Fellow—Geo. E. Gray’s |, and w. dog, April. 1899 
(Young Jingo—Eve), : 
Gray’s Pearl—John F. Gill’s 1. and w. bitch, May, 1899 
(Young Jingo—Gypsy Jess). 
Joe Howard—Alex M. Lachlan’s b, and w. dog, Mareln, 
1899 (Brighton Joe—Mo Queen). : 
Tick’s Maid—Geo. Crocker’s 1. and w. bitch, March, 
1899 (Tick Boy—Fawn). , 
Babe Upton—Fred T. Darst’s 1, and w. bitch, January;, 
1899 (Don Upton—Eldridge Nell). 
Young Eva Dr. J. S. Brown’s 1, and w. bitch, 
April, 1899 (Young Jingo—Eve)y. 
. C—F. R. Huntington & Paul Loring’s b. and w.. 
dog, April, 1809 (Young Jingo—Eve). 
Lolpora—Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels’ |. and 
w. bitch, April, 1809 (Tippoo—Toxic). 
_ THEO. SturGEs, Sec’y and Treas. 


Irish Setter Club, 


PHILADELPHIA, July 30—Editor Forest and Stream: 
The Irish Setter Club of America offers a prize of $50 
for the first Irish setter winning an undivided first, second 
or third place in the Derby or All-Age stakes of the 
Monongahela Field Trials of 1900. 

Gro, H. THomson, Sec’y 1. &. C. 


dachting. 


Yachting Fixtures, 1900. 


Secretaries and members of race committees will confer a farmsm 
Li sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list smal 
also of changes which may be made in the future. 


AUGUST. 


1. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
3-4-6. Royal St. Lawrence, Seawanhaka cup ‘matches, 

0 plain, se St. Louis. 
. Quincy, handicap, Quincy D ' 
. Mosquito apse handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. | 
. Indian Harbor, annual, Greenwich, Long island Sound. 
, Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. | 
; eoees City, cruising race, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 

orwalk, club, Norwalk, Long Jsland Sound, 


+ 
Pointe 


Boston Harbor. 


4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4, Taunton, club, Taunton, Mass. 

4, Penataquit Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
4, yeaa Bay, open, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 

4 inthrop, open, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 

4. Beverly, Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay. 

4, Columbia, championship, Boston, Boston Harbor. 

4, Duxbury, 18ft. class, Duxbury, Mass, 
4, South Boston, sailing dinghies, Cit 
4. Squantum, ladies’ day, Squantum, 

4, Quannapowitt, commodore’s cup. 
a Seawanhaka Cor., Center Islan 
6: 

7. 

7. 

8. 


Point, Boston Harbor. 
ass. 


cup, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
New York, rendezvous. 
16, New York, annual cruise, Long Island Sound. 
Manchester, Manchester, Massachusetts Bay. ; 
Lake Champlain, annual, Burlington, Lake Champlain. 
East Gloucester, evening, Gloucester, Mass. 
8-11. Corinthian, midsummer series, Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
11, Hempstead Harbor, annual, Hempstead Harbor, L. I. Sound, 
11. California, cruise to Angel Island and return, San Fraricisco, 
San Francisco Bay. 
11. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. | 
11. Royal St. Lawrence, open, Valois, Lake St. Louis. 
li. Queen City, 16ft. class, Toronte, Toronto Bay. 
11. Haverhill, pennant, Haverhill, Mass. 
11. Penataquit Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
11. Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
11. Duxbury, club, Duxbury, Mass. 
11, OQuannapowitt, club. 6 Wa 
1. Seawauhaka Cor, special, Corinthian race, Oyster Bay, Long 
Island Sound. : 
12. Winthrop, sail to Weymouth, 
12. Columbia, ladies’ day, Boston Harbor. 
14. American, open, Newburyport. : 
15-17. Hull-Massachusetts, midsummer series, 25ft. class, Boston 


arbor. 
16 and alternate following days, Newport Y. R. A., 70ft. series, 
concluding races, Newport. 
17-18. Annisquam, open, Annisquam. ; 
18. Mosquito Fleet, club handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
18..Royal St. Lawrence, Hamilton trophy, 22, 20 and 17ft. classes, 
-- Pointe Claire, Lake St. Louts. 
18. Horseshoe Harbor, annual, Larchmont, Lon 
18. Canarsie, Corinthian race, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
18, Quen City, 20ft. class special, Toronto, Toronto Bay, 
orwalk, club, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
18. Penataquit Cor., annual open, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
18. Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. & 
18. Beverly. Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay. 
18. South Boston, handicap, ay Poiyt, Boston Harbor. 
18. Corinthian, championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
18. Columbia, championship, Boston, Boston Harbor. 
18. Duxbury, 18ft. class, Duxbury, Mass. 
18. American, club, Newburyport, Mass. 
18. euantapawits commodore’s cup: - 
r eawanhaka Cor., Center Island cup, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
ork, Hudson River. 


Island Sound. 


19. Hudson River, ladies’ day, New 
20. East Gloucester, open, Gloucester. 
20. Manchester, handicap, Manchester, Mass. 
23. Plymouth, open, Plymouth Harbor, | 
25. Haverhill, third championship, Haverhill, Mass. 
24-25. Inland Lake, Lake Geneva, Ill. 
25. Royal St. Lawrence, Lake of Two Mountains regatta, 
25. Duxbury, open, Duxbury, Mass. 
25. Nahant, dory class, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 
25. Huguenot, annual, New Rochelle, Long Island Sound. 
25. Manhasset, special, Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 
25. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
25. Penataquit Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
25. Jamaica Bay, open, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
25. Kingston, club, Kingston, Lake Ontario. I 
25, Corinthian, championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
25. South Boston, ladies’ day, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
25. Ouannapowittt. 
25. Seawanhaka Cor., Center Island memorial cup, Oyster Bay, 
Long Island Sound, 
25. Queen City, 17it. special, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
27. Cape Cod, open, Provincetown, Mass. 
27-31. Seawanhaka and Philadelphia Corinthian, interclub matches, 
Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
28. Wellfleet, open, ellfleet, Mass. 
831. Wollaston, open, 
SEPTEMBER, ‘ 


1. Quincy, open and club handicap, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
1. Mosquito Fleet, club Tendicens ity Point, Boston Harbor, 
1, Indian Harbor, fall regatta, Greenwich, Long Island Sound. 
1, Hartford, special. 

1, Larchmont, special classes, Larchmont, Long Island Sound, 
1, Hudson River, fall cruise, New York, Hudson River. 
i. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Boston Harbor. 

i. Queen City, cruising race, Toronto, Lake Ontario, 
J. Beverly, open, Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay, 


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j. Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
1. American, club, Newburyport. _. . 
4. South Boston, sailing dinghies, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
‘9-2. Columbia, cruise to Marblehead, Boston, Massachusetts Bay. 
-2-3. Squantum, cruise. - 
-9-2. Corinthian of Marblehead, cruise. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian, Center Island cup, 
Island Sound. J 
| Haverhill, race and chowder, Haverhill, Mass. 
~ Atlantic, 36ft, and smaller classes, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
’ ‘Larchmont, fall regatta. Larchmont, Long Island Sound, 
, Quincy, handicap, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
ahant, dory class, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 
. Sachem’s Head, annual, Sachem’s Head, Conn.; L, I. Sound. 
' Norwaik, annual, Long Island Sound, 
Canarsie, ladies’ race, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
_Newport, club, Newport, Narragansett fie 
. Norwalk, annual, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
Taunton, club, Taunton, Mass. 
Penataquit Corinthian, fall race, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
Jamaica Bay, club, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. . 
Corinthian (Phila.), club, Essington, Delaware River, 
Portsmouth, club, Portsmouth, N. H. 
Winthrop, swimming and rowing, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
Lynn, open, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 
Beverly, open, Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay. 
uannapowitt, yacht and-canoe races. 
uincy, club, Quincy, Boston Harbor. ; 
fiull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
Hull-Massachusetts, invitation race, Hull, Boston_Harbor. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian, fall regatta, Oyster Bay, L. L. Sound. 
Larchmont, schooner cup, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
Queen City. 22ft. knockabout class, Toronto, Toronto: Bay. 
avernill, club, Haverhill, Mass. ‘ 
Ereataquit Corinthian, Rpeiay Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
Manchester, handicap, Manchester, Mass. 
Columbia, cruise to Hull. ; 
. Winthrop, cruise to Hull. 
. South Boston, handicap race to Hull. 
8-9, ¥. R. A. of Massachusetts, rendezvous at Hull. 
8-9. American, cruise, Newburyport. 
8-10. California, cruise to Suisun, San Francesco Bay. 
11. New York, fall sweepstakes, New York, off Sand 
15. Manhasset, closing race, Port_Washington, Long 
13. Atlantic, fall race, Sea Gate, New York Bay, 
15. Atlantic, clib, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
15. South Boston, sailing dinghies, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
22-23. California, cruise to Martinez, San Francisco, San Francisco. 


Oyster Bay, Long 


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Bay. 
22. Race fall regatta, Riverside, Long Island Sound. 
22. Canarsie, Commodore’s cups, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
92. Haverhill, fourth championship, Haverhill, Mass. 


THE question of the superiority of the cutter or the 
sloop rig, the latter in its simplest form commonly known 
as "jib-and-mainsail,’ has been an open one for some 
time past in the classes of 3oft. to 4oft. l.w.l., where speed 
alone is considered, For light weather racing the 
theoretical advantages are almost entirely on the side of 
the simpler rig—a mainsail and a single jib as large as the 
yacht can possibly carry in an ordinary whole-sail breeze. 
The extra weight and windage of gear and the theoretical 
loss of efficiency through the division of the sails are 
against the cutter rig in very light weather. On the 
other hand, the many possible variations of sail to suit all 
weather conditions, the ability to set a large topsail in 
light airs and to get a well-balanced and effective sail 

‘plan when snugged down in hard weather make the cut- 
ter rig superior for general work and also for any con- 
tinued series of races. The experiment was put to a 
practical but incomplete test last season in the 35ft. class, 
built for the Canada cup races, the winning boats in both 
the American and Canadian trial races—Genesee and 
Beaver—carrying plain jib-and-mainsail rigs, with pole 
masts and no topsail, the little one used on Beaver being 
merely a makeshift, While the cutter-rigged boats— 
Josephine, Prairie, Toronto and several others—were not 
successful, the test of rig was in no way conclusive. The 
weather in the whole series of races, the trials at Chicago 
and Toronto and the cup races at the latter port, with the 
exception of one hard squall at Chicago, was greatly in 
favor of the over-rigged boats and of the simplest pos- 
sible rig, there being little occasion to reef at all or to 
reduce in any way the maximum of sail that each yacht 
could carry in light airs. 

This year the question has come up on Long Island 
Sound, where the Crowninshield 42-footer Hebe has just 
changed from the pole-masted sloop rig to the cutter rig 
with topmast, and the same change is being made in the 
Webber sloop, Hussar Il, Whether or no the changes 
will improve the boats is an interesting guestion. 


Tue Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. has sustained a 
serious loss in the death of Mr. C. J. Stevens, as announced 
in the Canoeing Department. As secretary of the club 
from 1897 to 1900, Mr. Stevens left a record second only 
to that of the late Leon F. d’Oremieulx, also secretary 
from 1883 to 1893. It is very seldom that any club is 

rved as faithfully and efficiently as was the Seawan- 
haka C. Y, C. by these two good yachtsmen. 


THouGH the racing season is really but well under way, 
and even nominally but half over, it has already witnessed 
the disgraceful collapse of two of the prominent racing 
classes. The four new Herreshoff ‘‘7o-footers,” the costly 
and fully up-to-date toys of the wealthiest yachtsmen in 
the country, are almost wrecks after less than a dozen 
races, while the smaller racing class built for the Quincy 
cup matches has made an equally discreditable display. 
Out of the many rumors now afloat as to the condition 
of Rainbow, Mineola II, Virginia and Yankee, it is 
impossible to sift the exact truth, but it is certain that 
they leak so badly that it is unsafe to trust them in any 
sea or even more than a few miles from harbor in light 
weather, while according to the current reports all have 
changed their shape more of less, the waterlines are 
shorter than when measured, and it is said of one boat 


that her bow has pulled up more than a foot, and also has - 


pulled to one side. Of course, the Herreshoffs are not 
furnishing particulars to the press, nor are the owners 
making public just how badly they have been fooled, but 
there seems to be no reason to doubt that the four boats 
are structtral failures. 

The Quincy boats—also four in number—though not 
all of the same build, behaved but little better in the short 
series of four races. On the first day Pompano lost her 
masthead, Tashamoo sprung her mast, and Lookout tore 
off a portion of her canvas skin—all this in but a moderate 
breeze. On the second day, still in moderate weather 
and smooth water, Lookout carried away the jaws of her 
gaff and Tashamoo gave up apoarently through general 
debility. On the third day Tashamioo went to pieces on 
her way to the starting line. in a moderate breeze, losing 
her mast, splitting up her deck and stripping her canvas 
ekin, the wreck being abandered as worthless by het 


owner. Pompano capsized, but was righted after a time 
by the aid of a tackle from a yacht. On the last day 
Pompano again capsized. The winner of the cup, Look- 
out, and the unsuccessful defender, Hostess, though they 
came through the races without wreck, are mere Skows 
—racing machines that do not deserye to be called yachts. 

The Quincy cup was established in good faith for the 
promotion of yacht racing, but even at the time when the 
conditions were drawn up it was plainly evident that they 
placed a heavy:premium upon extreme ireak development. 


The class thus far has produced a lot of weak, worthless. 


Skows, those which hold together through the races being 
but a shade better than those, like Tashamoo, which fall 
apart. The cup has accomplished nothing that conduces 
to the benefit of yachting, either to extend and increase 
the popular interest in the sport or to place it upon a 
higher plane technically. A continuance of the racing 
under the existing conditions can only do more harm, and 
it is to be hoped that both the new holder and the original 
donor of the cup will work together to remodel the con- 
ditions in such a way as to produce a useful type of yacht 
and one that is of reasonable durability. 


In our opinion there is no excuse whatever for weak 
and flimsy construction, and it is not to be justified either 
by limited means or the desire to win some covetted cup. 
In the former case no yacht is so costly in the end as the 
one which is poorly and improperly constructed in the 
first place; and no man whose means are limited is 
justified in attempting the expensiye luxury of an over- 
cheap boat. One of the lesser evils of yachting ot late 
years has been the well-meant but foolish attempts to 
produce yachts in the one-design classes especially, at an 
absurdly low cost. Men are induced to go into these 
schemes in the belief that they can obtain really service- 
able boats at figures within their means. The result is 
that by the time the boats are in commission they cost 
probably 50 per cent. more than the estimate or contract, 
and through poor and cheap construction they are a con- 
tinual source of expense and annoyance. It would be 
easy to name a dozen failures of this kind, each myolving 
from six to twelve boats. The wise man who is about to 
provide himself with a boat, whether a one-design dory or 
a goft. schooner, will start with a fair estimate from a 
reliable builder—not necessarily the lowest—and will make 
a liberal allowance for fitting out and contingencies; then 
if his ptutse will not permit the proposed craft, he will 
seek something smaller but equally perfect in quality and 
equipment. 

When it comes to unlimited racing, while the temptation 
is strong to profit by the absence of salutary restrictions 
and to build a shell that will barely last through a week’s 
racing, it will be found that in the majority of cases a 
yacht which is at least strong and staunch enough to 
stand a few weeks’ racing without a breakdown is a 
better and more efficient tool in every way than one which, 
like Challenger, the Seawanhaka challenger of 1898, or the 
late Tashamoo, is in the doctors’ hands from the finish of 
one race to the start of the next. The small amount of 
extra weight necessary to give reasonable assurance 
against breakdowns and to hold the rig efficiently—a great 
point in itself—will pay in nearly every case, even in ex- 
treme racing crait. 


Whatever excuse there may be for poor construction 
where expense is an object, or where only the sailing of a 
few races for an important trophy is in view, nothing 
of the kind exists in the case of the Newport 70-footers. 
This class, which has been under consideration for a 
couple of years, was intended to realize in the larger size 
of yachts all the advantages of the one-design scheme, as 
so often tried in the smaller classes—freedom from freak 
features, strong and durable construction, internal accom- 
modation for cruising and immittnity from immediate out- 
building by more extreme machines. The cost was not 
considered, as the class has been from the start one to 
which only the wealthiest yachtsmen could aspire; the 
necessity for extreme light construction, such as has 
existed in the America Cup races of recent years, was not 
present, as the boats were all on an equality in this 
the finest one-design class that yachting has yet known, 
The trouble apparently is not confined to the four 70- 
footers, as it is an open secret that the two Herreshoft 
51-footers, Altair and Shark,-and the 36-footer Countess, 
have also been leaking, while at Larchmont last week the 
second 36-footer, Effort, lost her mast, and Countess was 
disabled in her rig. None of these boats were built solely 
for racing, but for general use as well, and their failure 
cannot be laid to the unreasonable requirements of their 
woners, all of whom desired seaworthy boats. 

So far as the builders are concerned, they are in a 
position to take matters easily enough. The yachts were 
paid for before they left the yard, and that part of the 
business is closed. Now they go back to the yard for 
extensive, and incidentally expensive, repairs, which is 
good for business in the dull season. Of course the 
owners may not like it just now, any more than Mr. J. 
Pierpont Morgan was pleased with the building of Co- 
lonia as a Cup defender in 1893, but sooner or later, when 
a challenge comes once more for the America Cup, these 
same men will, like Mr. Morgan, go to the Herreshofts 
for a new defender, and pay the Herreshoff price. 


By way of variety from the ordinary summer courses 
of thirty miles or so, a race that would be interesting to 
all concerned would be one from Brenton’s Reef Lightship 
to Halifax or Bermuda between the boats of the new 
Herreshoff Leakabout Class and the imported cutters 
Hester, Astrild, Isolde and Queen Mab. Such a race 
could hardly fail to be ot mterest, and possibly might be 
exciting as well, and it would teach some yaluable lessons 
in construction. 


Tue necessity for shoal draft centerboard boats that 
cannot be made non-capsizable is apparent on an inspec- 
tion of any chart of the American coast waters, and such 
boats mtst always exist. At the same time, there are 
degrees in point of capsizability, and by proper design the 
danger may be redttced to a minimtm. In small pleasure 
yachts for crttising and general sailing it is no longer 
necessary to live in constant danger of a fatal capsize as 
in the days of ihe old skimming dish, but a yacht may 
Be fpad of only a foot of two of drut that is reasonably 
BBKE: : < ~ : 


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The case is practically the same in racing—it is possible 
to build a shoal draft boat that, while fast, is fairly 
safe from capsizing, though far from being absolutely non- 
capsizable. As a bar to the construction of freaks and an 
inducement to the improvement of design in the small 
clases, it would be well if some penalty were placed on 
a boat which capsized in a race—for instance, if she wete 
barred for a certain period for the first capsize and for 
the remainder of the season in the event of a third. This 
might work some hardship at times, as capsizing is some- 
times the result of accident only; but in the main it would 
bring about a marked improvement in the shoal draft 


types. 


Tarchangne See 


RACE WEEK, 
Second Day—Monday, July 23. 

On Monday morning, the second day of the race 
week, the wind was light and there were few starters. 
The cutter Mira was on hand to sail a series of private 
races during the week with Katonah, three races for 
$250 per side, but Prof. Poor, owner of Mira, received a 
cablegram announcing the serious illness of his father in, 
London, and she did not start. The schooner Glendoyeer 
was matched against Uncas, but owing to the light wind 
she failed to arrive from Greenwich. Messrs. Howard 
W. Coates and Frank Hardy, of the Race Committee, 
started the race at 12:05, the wind being light from S.W. 
On crossing the line Syce and Altair fell into a luffing 
match, which took them far off their course, and Hussar 
IJ. profited by this to run straight for the mark and 
take the lead. On the wind she was unable to hold it, 
Altair beating her two minutes in four miles, while Syce 
passed her at the end of the round. Scamp broke a block 
and was forced to withdraw. The first round was timed: 


Altair .....:. Persimmon .....-<++«.--1 45 19 
Syce .i...5. Sy peace ieee e Perret 1 46 29 
Hussar I1.. Spindrift ..... Peaks 1e2eL 52.28 
Raider ..... LOS ety estek eelosecelsn 1 51 038 
Snapper NikGio Seer sans 1 50 15 
Colleen Pampero ..ce-. sotstoearepl oad 
The final times were: 
Schooners—65ft. Class—Start, 12:42:49. 
Length. Finish. Elapsed, 
Uncas, C. P. Buchanan...... trisenseO Leda 3 23 28 1 40 39 
Cutters—blft. Class—Start, 12:10. __ 
Altair, Cord. Meyer, Jr..-..-.... +s+- 51.00 4 41 84 4 31 34 
Syce, H. S. Redmond........-...:. . 50.36 4 55 22 4 45 22 
Hussar, II., J. D. Baird...........-. 50.98 5 03 30 _ 4 53 30 
Raceabout Class—Start, 12:15. 
Persimmon, H. Di VY, Warner...... a... : 3 11 10 2 56 10 
Colleen, L. R. Alberger...,....--.-- 2... 3 11 49 2 56 49 
~Snapper, H. L. Maxwell...-....-..- +++ 317 48 3 02 48 
Sisyi TD. Bedford) Jriic..teecorsee cove 3 18 56 3 03 56 
Somarift Pirie BrosSsics.. sc .seceees sae . 3 21 40 8 06 40 
Raider, H. M: Crane.......-csesene veces 3 22 53 3 07 53 ~ 
Scamp, Johnson De Forest.,...-.... s+. Disabled. 2 
L. Y. C. Knockabouts—Start, 12:15. 
Mistral, -E.. I) Cow... 22.0. Late et eet eine 3 28 20 3 13 20 
Bobs, W. A. N. Stewart...... atigarty Seye 3 30 59 3 15 59 
ATP ELON use citer che asin uments tees mater 3 49 08 3 34 08 


At the first mark Syce and Altair fouled and each 
hoisted protest flags. Sis and Persimmon were also in too 
close company at the end of the first round, Sis fouling 
the mark boat. She protested Persimmon for causing 
her to make the foul, the protest being allowed. Syce 
and Altair later withdrew their respective protests. First 
prizes went to Altair. Persimmon and Mistral; second 
prizes to Syce, Colleen and Bobs. 

An entertainment was given in the club house at night. 


Third Day—Tuesday, July 24. 


Tuesday was devoted to the rowing, launch and swim- 
ming races. The day was pleasant and a large party 
gathered at the club house to watch the sports, the 
Seventh Regiment Band playing during the afternoon. 
The official record was as follows: 


Naphtha Launch Races—Over 21ft. L.W.L. _ 


Length. Start. Elapsed. Corrected, 
Intrepid ..... pe ateicets valeye LO eo: 1 53 19 0 26 43 07 
eesti Cek ies Heber Wenisisrsisieteto 27.6 1 53 22 0 26 31 0.26 31 
Under 21ft, L.W.L. 
Trochilus ......-c- ride Caled 2 00 12 0 29 42 0 29 42 
PNM) Ae ss ocjeecordad veeeell 2 00 12 0 30 12 0 30 12 
Fleur de Lys....... cla) 2 02 00 0 30 45 0 30 27 
Grilsadete eters cette asnsy 21.0 2 02 00 0 34 09 0 33 389 
NeAnbieeS a qaeeenAt emer ej obbG 14.0 2 00 20 0 44 19 0 42 31 
Aleo-Vapor Launches. 

Idalia ...:, Aa phaee td eo eedo 0 2 00 26 0 29 18 0 28 45 
Colonia, ya. 34e =: eeiees an 21.0 2 00:16 0 29 25. 0 29 25 

Four-Oared Gigs—For Hen and Chickens Colors—Start, SB: 

inish. 
GALINA seers tat tk thie iiteet at Shan dan eens Sern veeeed 00 00 
Fleur de Liysiveseaeersscneercennatunsurescaseeresibae teccosenso 00 48 
(Srallokeg “pee ce doce are Sec SA Aetesades Lemna aie, 8, Gets Corce) seosd O2 AL 
TSGlGEti tess s emp aks aids gasses icladstctateksletelebaben testa area COE DE IG 3 08 49 
Battacoutey | 20... 2 bsecvi ce fer Pepi b hhh behARSpBacacnpoet peaag 3 04 17 
Two-Oared Gigs—For Dauntless Colors—Start, 3:07:35. 
Crusader - ered 22 02 
SSUES ARooonte ss 4 Fieeannehebt be too Dee 
(Gitte ie NSB BABE ASCO SAC eet tote Imad leases ea werncre prt 3 22 32 
Eolalyat Gece aed a ae ape Dome 
Tntrepid 2c. cece nce ee eee eee e cette tent i nba sseeonnserees seed 20 OL 
SACL Tat I ON Wi copie aca Gosestva ip stata Aitstetad oi oe h Cen Ree mae Ae ebciisjansecene 8 23 55 
—For Execution Colors—Start, 3:26:20. 

SY GUs ose shac ds ace smmrcmpterdess sys ola atel phate Vecorocou Sospedn SSoenceD 3 35 10 
SayONdra, velaese«scuncewnwnewcgececce vet seeansane Debanameccnsed OO OT 
Unfrepid st2::s5>-5) =e. shana eeraectels RARPAN ARR ADE Pe tredic Taedsele 3 36 08 
Giisa dete a pairs vet sba bis COE eh Briers cose scat riipgsnetad 3 36 12 
Mira Vicees tebe pe besebesievercsversnce cenrees ee 
ISSA Eira cle sete cechetitas tet reesaretecrtoreversrersretatstarelatetatsserstitel sists 
Come teres oes eet PAA aoe coerce 
IDEebey Be guscocceroctecde Par Attpero sts scr ecg oar: 3 37 OL 
WeihE, sapesggooudnO ld Aitannocac surest 


Swimming Races. 


One hundred yards—Dead heat between Benck and Miler. 
Time, 0:38 4-5. 


One hundred yards, boys under sixteen—Won by 5S. Nicoll; 
Beercroft, second. Time, 1:30 1-5, 

Two-hundred-and-twenty-yard handicap—Won by W. W. Swan; 
C, Beercroft, second; Lockwood, third. Time, 2:59 3-5. 

Tub Races—Open to All—Prizes to First and Second. 

First heat—B. Whitney, with HM. Steyenson and Davidson. Sec- 
ond heat—K. Whitney, with Burch and Dowdney. Deciding heat— 
Won by K. Whitney; B. Whitney, second. Time, 1:47. 


In the evening the fleet, house and grounds were beau- 
tifully illuminated and a ball was given in the club house. 


Fourth Day—Wednesday, July 2s. 

A strong S.W. wind was blowing on Wednesday morn- 
ing, and a good ‘fleet of yachts was teadv in the harbor. 
The start was made at ti:30. The new Purdon 43-footer 
Hehe was present with a topmast, her rig having been 
changed at Wood’s Yard, City Island. The original pole 
mast was shortened by 1aft. and a topitiast added, somie 


Aug, 4, 1900.] 


other changes being made in the sail plan. After a good 
tace she won from Mira by a few seconds. Altair beat 
Hussar II. very easily, but Syce sailed a poor race and 
came in third, the first time that she has been beaten by 
Hussar II, The two new Herreshoff 36-footers, Effort 
and Countess, came to grief, the former losing her mast 
‘and the latter springing hers and giving up. Vhe catboat 
Sneeke, sailed by two young boys, broke her gaff and 
was taken in tow of the committee steamer, astern of 
Countess. also disabled. In starting up, the jerk threw 
one of the boys into the water, but he was picked up and 
both were taken on to Countess. Nearing the harbor, 
Sneeke capsized entirely. The first round was timed: 


PUITAII Geers tee IMetesinestly eee aw pleat apy 111 34 
Hussar IL Alpine laste ees atererenereteeees 1 12 44 
Sake Abas dos gtitws cao Masai freinds cnve eye 1 13 32 
WOKE, SA Sa sqaoadaanmeetse (EVANS. Opes pu odec so ubon neces: 115 37 
JERSE os DTP PET «sel an eee Fes e el 117 05 
Katonah LOS a Sagadbbse dnagoeneendce 1 29 42 
Veda ...... Palivie ve tects clei: 116 28 
Departure . Wilses ete dae ee a file> 1 27 20 
Marion . Nora .... 1 31 55 
Astrild «.....+.. Kingfisher 1 36 20 
NGHiniticie arcmeerte eet e 4 cares Sweetheart 1 41 40 
Audax . IDY ere rye 2 00 30 
Kittiwake John Dory . 2 01 10 
Alerion) -y.--0 5.2... te Windora -.... heed ish 1 ii 5¢ 
iSeatineretorsn tee ee emer Ole ESF a eC Ny Tt 1 14 32 
Enpronzi- Mongoose IT............ 1 10 22 
SSE ap vic sue aooecetnien 5 \WAMSr DOIG) ks soph cee 1 23 45 
Rochelle we eee AR 5 AA a Fatty’ 0 so 
i chgook Ai Ora ROS ES sipete sw oes 
eas lag AME tert pote Peron ES SAO 2 potas, coca e oo i 
LCL pa rarest elated ele a (ast) -0-¥-}-P-b CELE Weteemiebare|s, Slayers nick NRT 3 
aa fy Pape Ono AONE AGUlIn hater ees oo 1 43 34 
Ipderecrbuoboekoyel Ee pane eet 1 05 00 (Poymer IU WAS Sega id 1 57 40 
Wolken nes .cmeeeer se 1 05 37 
The full times were: 
Schooners—Special Match—Start, 11:35. I 
7 Length, Elapsed. Gomrec ce 
Ueganaes, Aly Veh (iordol A coinuprosth oodor 70.14 4 12 37 Bile 
cieenetess M. Graham, Jr.......... 57.42 Withdrew. 
Cutters—70ft. Class—Start, 11:40. 
PNSTETI) bie Wiese oNe By EEA ATI oe. velnee 3 58 54 
Cutters—Siit. Class—Start, 11:45, 
Altair, Cord. Meyer.......-.- a seats 51.00 3 01 42 5 
Hussar 1k, Janies Baird)... 12. 50.98 8 09 55 
Syce, H. S, Redmond..«.:<,....,.... 50.86 3 12 31 : 
Sloops—atit. Class—Start, 11:50 
Veda, Robert Bacon................4- 30.33 3 45 29 
Departure, C. B. Seeley.............5 31.01 3 52 38 
Countess, Oswald Sanderson...,.... 35.70 Disabled. 
12} fojm ee oey pW Ey SNShooradlal Bone Mycocedt dru Se 35.70 Disabled. 
Class L—Start, 11:45. 
Hebe, J. R. Maxwell...........-..... 43.00 3 34 47 
Mirae Ge SICA POOL, ee sasnees eed esos 42.82 3 35 35 
Katonah, D, Williams .............--. 42.05 3 52 55 
IDES, BEA TS. TMM Aeon 36.67 Withdrew. 
Yawls—43it. Class—Start, 11:50. 
PNbirps, Awe AWS ADE hKeyerue ees pete 30.90 4 15 55 415 55 
Sakana, A. B. McCreery..-.......... 42.15 Broke bowsprit. 
Class N—Start, 11:50. 
Oiseau, J. R. Maxwell .......52...-. 5.73 3 43 22 ; 
Empronzi, Alfred Peats .../.......-.. 29.03 3 53 24. 
Alerion, A. Hy. Alker................. 28.30 3 54 08 
WIE WAioNel Wa BSAA SHSMIBAS U4 HES SUABOAH MRA Arps 4 01 33 2 
Isittiwake, (©. HH. Wodge.t. 2. secon ants 4 33 30 
ity ri. Macdonald. fe ee 29.76 Withdrew. 
Sloops—25it. Class—Start, 11:55. 
Rochelle, Edward Kelly.....,.....+. 25.00. 2 04 15 
Chingachgook, E. A. Stevens........ .... 2 21 01 
Adelaide, J. Woodbury......- as, eee 22.50 Withdrew. 
Raceabout Class—Start, 11:55. 
Sri Us ALS Wstaycbisheal xo dnd gaa ass Wate ee 2 10 36 
iberdaterey IRL Wily (OnNAG. daar ceretrties bib 2 11 58 
NCanipy Weel eS MOLest: copes + seisgnie esters 2 18 28 
Snapper, Hi. LL. Maxwelli.....cicrec- lees 2 20 37 
Wolléen, eaeRe Alberver cms syssnascue ouce 2 21 47 
Persimmon, De V. H. Warner....... .... 2°22 42 
‘Shosrakebataiy Terigtes Jes beim Weel Som p yy ny oes Withdrew. 
Seawanhaka-Corinthian Knockabout Class—Start, 11:59. 
Mastral tes Se owe. diate socutitdayt Lene 2 25 33 
siblipaeAom loreulitiaeten niece Mek serene aire 2 28 41 
Bobs, W. A. W. Stewart ....-....25. e005 2 34 52 
Valerie EE Rencl Lee cet tet t cel. scat aie, 2 36 36 
Dipper, AM Ws Rownsende...ciescaes shel 2 44 40 = 
Sloops—2lit. Class—Start, 12:00. 
Ox, R. N. Bavier. , 21.00 2 48 58 
Sytets Stat SO pe OL oN we ow ele Withdrew. 
Sloops—18it. Class—Start, 12:00. 
Palm, Hazen Morse ................- 18.00 2 29 27 2 29 27 
Nike, (Guy Porbes! .... 0... s eee. 15.64 2 44 26 2 38 11 
ora, Wewis Tselitm ....2.2.0. cee sees 27 2 50 20 2 50 20 
Sora, Wi. Hoey, Jrecidecseue Pate sees 17.94 Withdrew. 
Kingfisher, August Belmont, Jr..... 17,27 Withdrew. 
Sweetheart. E. A. Sumner............ 17.00 Withdrew. 
: Catboats—30ft. Class—Start, 12:05. 
Windora, John Green................ 30.00 2 11 24 
UD Ot Cade siterc em yas tee enn ane 30.00 2 13 30 
Catboats—25ft. Class—Start, 12:05. 
Mongoose II., Simeon Ford ........21.00 2 06 08 2 06 08 
Qui Vive, George A. Preeth......... 24.87 2 25 04 2 25 04 
AAD Orid se Amiiie.s vee ie) feee a OM oats eke 24.06 2 26 47 2 25 29 
Ppl oireahiGeg paved cick Molen pales gee ener 22.04 3 07 40 8 07 40 
Win or Lose, J. S. Appleby..........28.50 Withdrew. 
Catboats—20it. Class—Start, 12:10. 
Kildare, T. A. MecIntyre............. 19.98 2 50 34 
azazay Mele ellic @enig Mali ane eee 19.40 2 56 02 
Catboats—l5it. Class—Start, 12:10. 
Bouncer IL., A. D. Tappan.......... 14.80 3 387 01 
Sneeke, R. N. Bavier...... . 14.00 Disabled. 
Barnacle, Ra) dk Miamlokeee. 7 esc. 14.00 Withdrew. 
Dories—Start, 12:10. 
John Dory, Guy Standing............ .... 3 54 39 
WMG A. se Cory cir erin pee ore 3 58 40 
Rudder, Harold Stevenson........... oss : Withdrew. 
Prize, H. Van Rensselaer.,.;........ .... Withdrew. 


Fifth Day—Thursday, July 26. 


A steady rain and light wind, with fog, made a dis- 
couraging combination for Thursday morning, and though 
the programme was followed out by the committee, but a 
small fleet responded. The start was not made until 1 230, 
by which time there was a light N.E. wind, but this fell 
later and made the race most unsatisfactory. The center- 
board cutter Sistae, of New Bedford, was in the harbor 
and started against Altair. The full times were: 


Cutters—5lft. Class—Start, 1:35. 
Length. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 


Altair, Cord. Meyer, Jr........ 51.00 41320 2 38 20 
Sistae, John B. Rhodes........ 51.00, 44843 3813 43 
Cutters—43it. Class—Start, 1:40. 

Katonah, Dudley Williams....42.05 50940 32940 3 29 49 
Drusilla, A. C. Dyler.....1)..2. 88.28 53804 35304 3.5007 
Raceabout Class—Start, 1:35. 

Scamp, Johnson De Porest.... ..,. 33041 145 41 = 
Raider, H. M. Grare...../...2 vias 3 36 12 aay ale! “ 

Spindrift, Pirie Brithers....... .... 33640 1 5i 40 
Svspithe CLS Tesi vernal Sheree ewes |e 33702 J 52 02 aa 
Persimmon, H. D. VY. Warner. .... sat de 159-14 ‘ 
Snapper, H. L, Maxwell 21... 1... 33840 1538 40 

Cabin Cats—All in One Class—Start, 1:50, 
Doty GC. Re ierce we pare .-.30.00 33659 14659 1 46 59 
Oui Vive, George Freeth..... 24:87 34415 15415 150 44 


Sixth Day—Friday, July 27. 
What wind there was on Friday morning had dis- 


i 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


appeared by 11:30, when the start was made, and the race 
turned out little more than a drift, Hussar IT. was not 
present, having gone to her builder’s yard, where her 
sloop rig, mainsail and jib, will be replaced by a cutter 
rig. the mast being shifted aft and a topmast added, with 
double headsails. 

The race was without notable incident, the boats getting 
aver the course very slowly and as best they could in 
the intervals of light airs. The times were: 


Cutters—5lit. Class—Start, 11:35, 


Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 

Syce, dees, Redmond) Myris. nsec 50.86 4 49 22 iad 
Witait, Sond. Aleyers. set. uuussasie . 51.00 5 O1 52 feats 
Pa SULA MIS sete LOCLGSe atetee ls «alten defer ts 6 16 50 : 

Sloops—abit. Clasere sus Dee | fs aes 
Veda, Robert Bacon....,...........- 80 50 47 45 13 
Effort, Tis NITY Snob dtl A ortceeeee Occ ho oo 35.70 4 57 68 4 57 58 
©) Shima Sanya) Rratinvesutsers 35.81 5 08 53 5 08 52 
Wepartune, Cy 8h. Seley... suas: 31.01 5 18 30 5 18 45 

VYawl Class—Start, 11:40. 

Adiprcorey ss, (I Givdedice... hc eens ot 41.00 5 00 56 5 00 56 
Sakana, Andrew McCreery.......... 32.15 Withdrew. 
Spurdoitt, Wo Si Griffingas.. so. snr- 30.20 Withdrew. 

Raceabout Class—Start, 11:45. 
Persimmon, D. V, Hi Warnemii.. .... 3 20 14 eas i 
snapper, El. I. Maxwell....0....... ..0. 3 20 44 
Spopkoebinae Wesiske. TO sas gggeasctoe Soot 3 21 21 
ietiglerm, Gel. WMI NONE AnAyA ocoaGan Sts Bbar 3 21 55 
Colleen, TE, “Ro Alberger, qecsesrusese -4-- 3 22 10 
Scamp, J. De Forest........ hae ee fires Ree 3 22 53 
torkyy Jie IPS in kerahivopnoly eee ir eddiidcenc had uae 3 24 00 1s ee 

Seawanhaka-Corinthian Knockabouts—Start, 11:45. 
Bobs, W. A. W. Stewarti.:.eiseses aes 3 23 27 ce eet 
Ditton Wee ste Mei Otis then Gustin ale cin lemiae 3 23 387 
Thiele aks VE BGA Bebe KEEibep Buen 8 23 39 
Mins tire INe SE) mle crwnen gacielcapetsaee qeteaee eae e 3 25 40 
Special Match—Start, 11:40, : 

Departure, C. B. Seeley............. 81.01 5 18 380 
Kit, DT. H. Macdonaldi......... eos 29,76 5 38 49 


Seventh Day—Saturday, July 28: 


With a list of sixty starters, the prospects were 
promising on the morning of the last day, but the wind 
was very light, from S.E,, and just after the start, at 
11730, it fell to a fat calm for over an hour, some of the 
yachts being becalmed for a long time on or below the 
line. A light S.W. breeze later on enabled the yachts to 
finish, the larger ones sailing but one round, The first 
round was timed: 


Spindrift 
Raider 
Scamp 
Sse 
IDyehe Sra pee 
Snapper 
Amomo Scintilla D 
Widtalardes (as Sst eye eee: Pees AOE Bd se go core OOCe 2 46 00 
Iersitimon. corey seek nee DAs AY KOLB Wai persone Guat sade 2 46 00 
ATA sonar Scnotn Sr Gn Bue Ue IDM) ba g54484a ge Gooosconade 2 47 00 
Colleen Tse ences. 2 Bel ae SeinshinhiGe “Anpcodeccobaddee 2 47 18 
WHTSEr aL Baas cspechapceciay seas teicle 2 donc) Wan “om Wboser,.-.+2s-ee ee 2 52 00 
ROCESS sa Ls reais Aon 50) Kingfisher 230. g.0..... cen 2 53 00 
Won Sosa frat cate cet A SUEIKD) IRE rorcenonorsarcenetone 2 53 18 
IK canicorerel ok kann menor one 2a0Ge50 SLODStety wavansesicdssilelere et 2 55 10 
Gicadabrreps sasanarneerd rity PEO tel Se eb OLINCE ans Rea Heer nee ee 2 58 03 
WGI ate: sererertraoron terete eee 2 39 00 
The final times were: 
Schooners—Start, 11:35. 
ength. Elapsed. Corrected, 
INatriria wy olcap ha 0h OL CAEn Rnitne inser 70.14 405 49 hay Ses 
lUbhverisy, (OR TIE, 18ticlighitztele sn coscoooUde 51.46 4 29 15 
Neaera; T, A. McTntyre.............. 59.31 5 04 53 
Cutters—dlit. Class—Start, 11:45: 
Arar Conde Weyetsy ie set asso aenet 51.00 8 37 15 
Saige, Jak to leErohpeveyet leaden bedeaertae 50 86 3 45 389 
Sristiaees, Mer WS} TRAnweyeles}y taneekeongue odbc 4 03 27 
Cutters—48it. Class—Start, 11:45. 
leben Je ok lMascwellls mus nct elestel seta 42.98 4 01 38 4 01 388 
Albicore (yawl), S. J. Hyde.......... 41.00 4 10 55 4 07 15 
Katonah, D. Williams............... 42.08 4 27 33 4 27 33 
Sloops—é6ft. Class—Start, 11:50. 
Veda, Robert Bacon...............5. 30.33 3 56 39 3 51 02 
1apoRR ET Wily SheawmAie yd coe enantio: 35.70 3 53 10 3 58 10 
(Ol gsteshearte Seem, fs IL, Pies gH ao baoe 35.81 4 02 12 4 02 12 
Yawls—s6fit. Class—Start, 11:50. 
Anidax, Hy “Wr Batons sjs4.42.0- pen. 30.90 4 14 10 4 71 52 
Sakana, A. McCreery .02. 15 4 21 50 4 21 50 
Spindrift, E. S. Griffing... 30.20 5 02 00 4 58 35 
Sloops—30ft. Class—Start, 11:50. 
Alerion, A. H., Alkersoo.c......2.00+- 28.30 3 41 45 
Olsen Jeo pViascwiellpm:eree avn ie 29.73 3 54 12 
Hmpronzi, Alfred Peats ............. 29 30 4 04 20 
Miationyers ein Stites ieee sees 28.87 4 12 18 
JSGbe IRs IEE TW recent, 4a aq aan AP Ahh Ann 29.76 4 36 05 
Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 11:55. 
Adelaide, a Woodbury. .........0000. 22.50 4 08 17 4 06 05 
TOT OME ELEE Sem LLG Wel ie eee meen 23.83 4 06 11 4 06 11 
Rochelle, Edward Kelly ............. 25.00 4 23 01 4 23 01 
ISERUT UNE” appr an oe. ee ae oe ae LE ae: 22.16 4 34 46 4 34 46 
Raceabouts—Start, 11:55. 
Scatip, Johnston De Forest......... .... 3 55 47 
Tenvebee, JEbe DULAC eta SaM ee OB ite, maps 3 57 36 
SpindriiherPintcesD rast en een mare nee 3 58 30 
Sis Pam eebcdiond lene ment tees an oo 3 58 55 
Snapper, H. L. Maxwell............. .... 4 02 10 
ersimmon, D. V. H. Warner....... .... 4 03 15 
Colicent) HRY All bercers 1s eee. 410 21 4 


Seawanhaka Corinthian Knockabout Class—Start, 11:55, 
Mistral, E. J. 1. 25 ‘ 


ihelean ACE nhiivers was saunne een le 4 25 18 
Bobs, W. A. W. Stewart............. .... 4 30 14 
ID Migs). Tals pss Iterabimotl ncameochenan, fede 4 31 03 
/ Sloops—21ft. Class—Start, 12:00. 
Cicada Paki leabouissed naan 20.00 413 28 
Gare hae Ni ehavierrue ns eptien. ie 21.00 4 40 05 
Sloops—18it. Class—Start, 12:00. 
Ni Resa Gitye Orbest 15m ccie weeien) 15.64 4 35. 44 4 30 55 
Saudpiper, R. Belmont.............. 17.27 4 33 36 4 33 36 
Sora, Arthur Foster..............:3.. 17.94 4 33 55 3 33 55 
Diam eMewis wLceliniens semen elles 17.27 4 35 50 4 35 50 
Kingfisher, A. Belmont.............. 17.23 4 37 27 4 37 27 
Moya, Anderson Dana............... 17.27 4 40 58 4 40 58 
Healt me Liazeres\iorseiy sl ieee cn Nan 4 55 21 4 5d 21 


Catboats—30it. Class—Start, 12:05. 
JOYE. (Cree SEARS peas eR era sel 30.00 3 44 35 
Wiundora, John Green................ 30.00 3 52 52 
, Catboats—25ft. Class—Start, 12:05. 
Oui Vive, George Freeth............ 24. 4 08 37 
Ieuan etal ee Age Hermans arated Radeets 22.70 4 10 30 
Mongoose II., Simeon Ford......... 21.00 411 27 
W in or Lose, J. S. Appleby......... 23.50 Withdrew. 
N\iecclolayetae apa RWS tana + 224.06 Withdrew. 
, Catboats—20ft. Class—Start, 12:10. 
Kildare, T. A. MeIntvre............. : 4 20 48 , 
Kazaza, T. J. Mc@ahill, Jr:...)...... 19.40 4 24 29 ‘ 
Sloaps—5it. Class—Start, 12:10. 
Bouncer Dy. .,.....4: ao, He Se 14.05 4 47 58 
1G bsteties nests tec Ai NOT rns cone 2 15.00 4 57 56 
Dories—Start, 12:00. 
Rudder, Harold Stevenson........... .::; 3 18 41 
John Dory, Guy Standing............ s+. ‘ 3 27 21 
IDES ele Gy Yale WGlersin iy ale nope SARE eel, 3 46 17 


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98 


Rhode Island Y, C, 


Tue fleet of the Rhode Island Y. C., after racing from 
Block Island to Newport on july 17, sailed next day for 
Fall River, starting at 10:05. The wind was S.W., mod- 
erate at the start, and as it held all day a good race was 
made, the times being: 


Schooners, 
Start. Finish. Elapsed, 
J yo{ult). Waab oF Wnbobouk DP Aa aan anda 10 06 52 li 55 28 1 48 83 
Sloops. 
TRA ti asad eteptetoncisleteckdry ten betae rate 10 06 19 12 04 30 1 58 11 
BETA rep eaptiaiemreres aps letel ted aad did dearPete of 10 06 31 12 17 OF 2 10 36 
PASIOUIEAY Gk wineateeessen mee ree: cae 10 04 54 12 15 52 2 Ju 58 
WGCRIEIANT. tetas SenLnoen ere hia 10 05 54 12 11 14 2 06 20 
AVN HA COL fimo, sh fran oh Pieeter ee cts 10.09 41 12 25 15 215 34 
Yawls. 
Si eeais ghd Rew HE rr eee Prk tien a 1 10 58 12 28 54 212 56 
NWR 9s von Cota anuong (naan oe wa. le, 12 29 21 Withdrew. 
IUkahecseCels ee es tee hihonlsntdice: seh a. ne 12 42 19 Withdrew. 
Mblem 12 21 18 215 33 
Glide 12 39 45 2 83 46 
Algol 12 30 10 aot Ty 
. Sloops. 
RVATITAAT IME 2, Miaten Sep eel error ett oe ee 10 13 18 12 13.12 1 59 54 


In the evening the fleet was entertained by the Fall 
River Y. € 

On Thursday the run was to East Greenwich, made in 
a moderate N,E. breeze, the times being: 


Sloops. 
' Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
OTOL Iam inal astalslate sacl ieh top porerrererere 10 01 39 1 18 00 3 11 21 
aL Rea Tra HE) Ul tuly stet btecoperararacp Ree ers xrbote Pee 10 02 19 114 45 313 26 
LAN a Rene i al eet last 0525 ee 10 01 29 ‘Il 25 37 3.24 08 
INLGEAGO tities ceesieee es een eee ees 10 01 29 2 00 45 3 59-16 
Yawls. 

Aiavante UNE “El aan cee OO een on Abhe pert 10 02 12 1 52 40 3 50 28 
icecveqmuitkalll WASP aon aint e nea ea fs 10 01 02 eee Ah 25 
Cats 
TOMO MESSNON city, weer ez ee awe ete hi 10 O01 14 Not timed. 
Gees cage Ren cree et a 10 01 O4 Not timed. 
2 AIL 90) SNS BEI Ao CL attain ee Me ee ee 10 O01 10 Not timed. 


The last rtin of the cruise, from East Greenwich to 
Jamestown, was made on Friday, starting in a light 


breeze, which freshened a little during the day. The 
times were: 
i 36ft. Sloops. 
Start, Finish, Elapsed 
Hebe OU eM Pree es eaioe reco dadoncre 10 48 06 1 06 27 2 18 21 
30ft. Sloops. 
Atala nesbtobobrapapuedacancter eet 1 49 19 116 35 2 27 16 
ZN ogKermhi! WHS ASH OB OEE aoen Mik aoc den 11 00 49 2 08 09 3 07 20 
[RATAC RS ICE a neteeelete sate Seana see 11 00 45 1 48 29 2 47 44 
J Ngee are Se a ERE Pk hele 10 49 51 Not timed. 
. Yawls. ; 
ISeeSTUMIGL pees Io spp one AAA AR RSe ech 10 49 44 2 07 51 3 18 07, 
ha Cats 
GIider eee any inate eee ne 10 53 41 2 09 56 3 16 15 
CNIESTOIE Ree Peete Pen ee ren ad 10 50 29 2 09 00 3:18) 31 
Schooners. 
RTiSaL Res Pret neuen yya othe ete en: 10 52 49 12 56 00 2 08 11 


On Saturday morning the fleet sailed up to Potter’s 
Cove, where the annual regatta was started at 2 o’clock. 
The southwest wind was strong in the morning, but by 
noon it was much lighter, and the smaller boats had no 
more than they wanted. The times were: 


Special Race—Schooners. 


= tart Finish. Elapsed. 
WGavahetehy alls Imo abekepeKel Wess bodvlo dope ce 2 43 30 4 00 16 116 46 
Rusalka, F. F. Olmey.............. 2 44 00 4 03 45 1 19 45 
Newport 30-footers. 
WoLGthy, wel. a Wola onsen sees 2 10 00 4 59 31 2 49 39 
Wawa, Ik: Brooks. Wiigyijiii. uses 2 10 00 5 01 57 2 51 57 
Pollywosy Al ub. wPagetaveces essa 21000 5 0419 2 54 19 
36ft. Sloops—Special Race. ; 
Ramallah, R. H. I. Goddard, Jr...2 12 00 5 16 57 3 04 57 
Sehuboytectey fj Mes he Ree ogee 2-12 00 Withdrew. 
. 25ft. Sloops. 
Nelma, E. ©. Myrick........ .2 16 00 Withdrew. 
Corina, C. H. Merriman.......... -2 16 00 4 57 25 441 25 
18ft. Sloops. 
Kildee, Miss De Wolf...,......... 2 20 00 4 05 45 1 45 45 
Breeze, W. G. Roelker, Jr......... 2 20 00 411 25 1 51 25 
Bud sete Alm yelsnos sels aehe yeaa 2 20 00 4 15 48 155 43 
Special—Fin-Keels. 
Opossum, F. G. Herreshoff........ 2 22 00 4 09 50 1 47 50 
Columbia, Wood Bros.......,..... 2 22 00 4 35 10 2 13 10 
Mblem, G. E. Darli ae oR 
em, Geis Daclineneste: seen 0 6 00 04 

Mildred, B.A. Smithy.........00.. 2 38 00 6 15 00 3 a 00 
Minnona, T. S. Foote............. 2 38 00 Withdrew. 

Victor, E. V. Bowen.........0...-- 2 38 00 Withdrew. 

a fy Geis oA Start, 2:40. 

Marguerite, J. D. UGK sate Gee reroeal alot cekeen tect ee 4 30 20 

Caroline meatal: PBT wiiellel enn d anime et 4 31 30 i 3 30 
Jere The NS YSAROMa ANG he ase dee Pleo anen wba oaedvinn bend 4 38 05 1 51 57 
Ghani, ARS AW Ceti eo og uoseee cbSecuanaclen: 4 38 05 1 56 53° 
UTiiZaletises Dig aV\ WVGOdshtmn ene nly uien nin. 4 46 30 2 04 30 
Alle OLE GA tase LD cic yamine aes enn eal Oe EO 5 37 22 2 57 32 


The two schooners were not measured and faced with- 
out allowance. Saunterer was matched on even terms 
against the smaller Ramallah, but was beaten on the 
first round and withdrew. Under the rules Ramallah is 


uot entitled to a prize, only one boat in the class having 
finished. 


Riverton Y. C, 


RIVERTON—DELAWARE RIVER, 
Saturday, July 21. 


Tue Riverton Y. C. sailed its fourth race on July 21, 
starting in a light southerly wind, which was followed by 
a hard squall, and that by a calm. The times were: 


Finish. 


Gertiiidesm Ga VWeeri0) aviv eee ener nn nanan veo Wi 

ScatGiulls Bh Gn Gan ke Nk Gein onan eres wee 22 

IBiibte GEL, eC Grea tshal len au enien eee penn nn” apotes 5 29 18 

THSVEE ISVEneMINS coer ee conde pone elaeiaakledensadmane Withdrew. 
’ ' Raceabouts—Start, 3:45. 

Isao oleae Lippe emeEn nino mista ih aeeeeln a mnt CO ee 5 45 40 

sEUIS Pam VLU CHa LCHi> Corie siren pee aera ee np Dy UMMA Tb bby +5 45 35 


The 30-footers at Newport. 


Own July 20 a race was sailed over the Brigg 
course, 20 miles, in a strong S.E. wind, Hera 
the ground on the return while leading, 
were, start 3:26: 


Ledge 
taking 
The times 


\ Finish. 

AVietrrac eR BE OOISE wr cts ot hens oer 5 B7 08 oe Oe 
Bollvwog, AISH® Pagetere ss .cosaseseee bles 6 00 55 2 34 55 
ETErAy RS ONS Miah alla. 2s ane ae Withdrew. 


On Staurday Dorothy, Wawa and Pollywog went to 
Potter's Cove for the annual regatta of the Rhode Tsland 
Y, ©, the former winning, A) 


= 


94 


Lake Yacht Racing Association. 


THe annual regatta of the Lake Yacht Racing BSpOCH 
tion was held at Cobourg on July 23, 24, 25 and 26, an 
was in every way a pleasant affair, the attendance bee 
better than last year and the entry list fair. The aot 
racing showed little better than two boats in a class, ie 
‘starters by mo means as Tlumerous as the eutrics, with 
third and even second prizes going begging or falling i 
yachts that “also Tate _ There never was a time a the 
history of the Association when any fairly good se 
could so easily get a flag and a check for a wel mee ee 
race, and the apathy of owners, especially of the Roches et 
and Oswego men, is past accounting for. It is certain! y 
mot the fault of the measurement rule, nor can it be sai 


that useful boats have been crowded out by racing ma-- 


chines, for the older and more comfortable boats are the 


winners. 
been promised a regatta by the Asso- 
CD ee Be due the townsfolk for the 


ciation, and eyery credit 1 
id their part, ably seconded by the summer 
Ba ane eae ie : famous. The town is 


resi for which the place is [ vn 
rei dfmated on Lake Ontario, facing a small artificial 
harbor with plenty of dock accommodation and clean 
water to float in. Yachts tie up to the piers as a matte 
wf necessity, where there is scant room to swing, and 
this ig productive of sociability. Hotels and stores are 
lhandy and accustomed to a good class of patronage. € 
town is well laid out, nicely kept and contains many 
thandsome -residences. The finishing touch 1s given by 
ithe summer residents—chiefly summer girls—who are a 
‘ways ready to entertain and be entertained, and who fall 
in with the ideas of the visiting yachtsmen much more 
readily and gracefully than the average native | of a 
small town, who, being deeply engrossed with his own 
affairs, is apt to regard a holiday keeper as an intrusion. 

Tf the starters were few, the racing was spirited, at 
least in the first, 35ft. and knockabout classes. The 45- 
footers. were. bunched with the first class, giving four 
starters, Vreda, Merrythought, Zelma and Clorita. These 
are simply fast cruisers in good trim and well sailed, the 
choice being between Vreda and Merrythought, eyenly 
matched as to size; Zelma being smaller and starting only 
in one race, where she did well, at one time leading her 
competitors, but the wind was light and fluky and did 
not favor her to the finish. The schooner Clorita started 
in each race, but the light wind settled her on the triangu- 
jar course, and the windward and leeward cotrse in the 
second race gave her but little chance against the single- 
stickers. Wreda and Merrythought put up a great fight, 
especially in the second race, running neck and wees the 
whole length of the course, the honors falling to Vreda 
on both occasions. ; 

The 35ft. class showed some close racing between 
Beaver and Minota, each handled by skippers of no great 
experience, the new owners pluckily sailing the boats 
themselves. It was stated by J. E. Burroughes, who 
last year managed Genesee, that her present owner would 
certainly have brought her over had he known this be- 
forehand, but making no pretensions to being a racing 
man, he was not prepared to sail against 7émilius Jarvis. 
The widely circulated story that he wanted a race for a 
large stake only is denied as nothing more than a re- 
porters yarn, based upon a fragment of conversation 
that had no reference to either of the Canadian boats. 
Furthermore, Mr. Burroughes says Genesee will sail 
Beaver or Minota for the Fisher cup or for fun any time 
they want a race. 

The knockabout class showed two good races between 
Petrel and Enid, each winning one. This class increases 
slowly, but these two boats are admirable examples of 
the type of boat that it is intended to provide for and en- 
courage. They possess as much accommodation and ofa 
better character than a 30-footer; give as good sport at 
léss expense, and win as much prize money, if that is 
worth considering. : 

The weather throughout the meet was excellent, the first 
two days bringing light winds, but enough for the work 
over the triangular course, ten nautical miles round. The 
last two days a windward course, five miles and back, was 
laid, the wind being moderate to fresh, out of the south- 
west, and holding so true that on the runs yachts close to 
one another carried spinakers on opposite sides. A special 
regatta committee looked after the work, consisting of 
Frank M. Gray, R. C. Y. C.; Owain Martin, Q. C. Y>C.; 
F. J. Campbell, Secretary of the Association, and W. Q. 
Phillips, Association officer. T. B, Pritchard. Rochester 
Y. C., was named for the committee, but did not turn up. 
The only unsatisfactory feature of the regatta was the 
poor attendance of men and boats from Oswego and 


Rochester, but it is hoped that next year they will be’ 


able to have the event on their own side of the lake. The 
official times are as follows: 
July 23—Triangular Course, 10 Miles. 
First Class—Two Rounds—Start, 12:00, } 

Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Wivealts See shoteaBAp Air dgoo ds 4 6 20 48 6 20 48 6 19 44 
Merrythowght .....--1.--...., 2200s 6 24 12 6 24 12 6 24 12 
BICUINIE! aces ciecstel dase CER RR ARE RAL: 6 30 55 6 30 55 6 25 30 
Ckopstis GPM ASS A AANA SAAR eA Withdrew. 

30ft. Class—One_Round—Start, 12:10. 
fest Ooh Sk bao sare nao er NUD Jone 5 04 12 4 54 12 452 02 
CREE ence siceeh oi eticbreteicie ee vate 5 05 00 4 55 00 4 55 00 
PP alarGpes esters ate ony welelerialneeele ce 5 32 50 5 22 50 5 21 06 
Knockabout Class—One Round—no Time Allowance—Start, 12:20. 
IS iah 9 Kodak eee cncds so sapien tae md 5 13 55 Peer An erat 
IPEtreli dened cree vattasd cere reer ise 5 15 28 ; Sea ® oy 
July 24—Triangular Course, 10 Miles. 
' 40ft, Class—Two Rounds—Start, 11:00. 
inish Elapsed. Corrected. 

a Ph Ree tecocda ie thee 5 16 1 hae es a 
INTSOIE. Clerc cties srccseda al tee elstaetelieee ac 6 00 00 pase aia ere | 


la 
Vivia fouled buoy arid withdrew. 
25ft. Class—two Rounds—No Time Nh oped 11:10. 


Minota -.........- ante cUtbeqae es He 4 01 
Beaver sscsssnsssene AS #6 6- Jose Sh 
Hamilton ..... ea ale 45 Tid ay ale 
Myrtle ..... Toe So Jos teers ..-Withdrew. 

2bft. Class—One Round—Start, 11:20. 
PedrOh sess nies BS Parsee) CIF nits ioe 214 2 54 18 2 54 18 
Winona ..... ae dale Seer yee Sates 2.3782 | 317 32 3 17 16 


July 25—Course 5 Miles to Windward and Return. 
First Class—Two Rounds—Start, 11:00. 


Pe. _ Finish. Elapsed. Corrected 
Vreda ........ etunoebouunncnos sty ee eet) 3 40 30 3 39 26 
Merrythought .....c:ce-ss-eeeeeee eed 44 05 3 44 05 8 44 05 
Clofita --.--sereeececeerecsevssrcssen O2 40 4 02 40 4 00 36 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


S0ft. Class—One Round—Start, 11:10. ‘ 
Kestrel lh 2 ess eee 1 22 18 212 18 2 12 18 
TEA EL eeeaen he piece Beta 1 30 08 2 20 08 2 17 58 
FH IATO peat Deel EEE a ete puamaniess 1 35 30 225 30 2 23 46 
Knockabout Class—One Round—No es Allowance—Start, 11:20. 
EM adil tee eee aagne eet ae 


July 26—Course 5 Miles to Windward and Return. 
40ft. Class—Two Rrounds—Start,: 11:00. 


Elapsed. Corrected. 
Vivia 4 26 40 4 26 40 
Cyltie 4 46 55 4 46 49 
Neola Y 
Soft, Class—Two Rounds—No Time Allowance—Start, 11:10. 

Beaver wu..sce. ees te Garts sabe 3 37 50 b& Oth cu. lm. Ss 
Nitecone lagoon seeviu ma i0e 3 38 28 4 
Jelewreuihofst sory dhs is sores gio F 3 42: ze i s" 

25ft. Class—One Round—Start, 220: 
Pedro) q.03 6.2. Cterd ie, WR al ertteles 1 55 55 ° 2 35 55 2 35 46 
A Gal em yoo. tanee eococo Uren gene na GUcts 1 58, 33 2 38 33 2 38 33 
AW TIOTIAE Utero Rr oeeie mretla ison oe = 2 04 45 2 44 45 2 44 20 
WPA WA Way sreris eee inescete ssa 212 15 2 52 15 2 51 56 
Pickle ie Wieden tier nvet lier eines aa 2 16 10 2 56 10 2 48 46 


Newport Y. R. A. Special Races. 


Tue fourth race of the Newport Y. R. A. series for the 
one-design class was sailed on July 23.- With a fresh S.W. 
wind, Course No. 9 was chosen to No..1 mark, thence 
to Block Island Bell Buoy and home, 341% miles. 

The start was.made at 12:10, all carrying-No. 1 club 
topsails. Rainbow and Yankee came for the line ahead of 
the gun and were compelled to retack just short of the 
line to avoid crossing. and to approach anew, Rainbow 
being handicapped ten seconds. Virginia was the first to 
cross, a minute after the gun, followed by Mineqla II. 
The first four miles was a reach with booms to port, 
Virginia losing a few seconds to Mineola, the first mark 
being timed: 


Turn Elapsed. 
Wabvettents pabotac ug tes eel ooe Oe OOOOC CTE. 5c. 12, 30 02 0 19 01 
IMTHeOla toe uot err ve sa tierscaucetoeter tater ae 12 30 40 0 18 59 
VAT ee ML Ma lldelelcicmioe eine Leclaprrroae nts aisinnant a eater 12 33 37 0 19 02 
1 ealsoae CAG Sn aSAbO Cb bb bokudOpie tu sees te ie 12 34 04 0 19 09 


The second leg of 16%4 milés was nearly to windward, 
all carrying baby jib topsails. Yankee went off on star- 
board tack, seaward, while the others stood inshore on 
port tack. Mineola and Virginia were in company for 
some time, but the former finally worked clear. There 
was a strong tide at the buoy, and Mineola, by clever 
handling, fetched the mark without losing ground, but 
all the others lost more or less before they were safely 


around. The times were, Block Island Bell Buoy: 

Turn Elapsed. 
Maireolat cS CRLERCL ARREARS eee ann ai.. = nace eee 2 59 46 1 29 06 
WABR2eurSER Bhads 46q0 00 Sddd Add oD Joo codeudonoeSudt 3 01 22 1 30 19 
BE hay eer ens SAAS BOS AS Aenea hod Seer 3 04 26 1 30 49 
LETRA DON. fet ati et woe A 978 I AAA Rains Shree rhs 4 44 4] 1 32 32 


The run in was almost square before the wind, and 
Mineola had her spinaker drawing as*soon as she was by 
the mark. The finish was timed: 


Finish Elapsed. 

VA nae lepers wakes ata see eye TE ee 4 35 04 1 35 18 
WAYS TaD apa easeeatatatalaua a Sele Pee neioaie se eeiestebeete eatera 4 36 31 1 35 09 
Yate CS merece ard DEL pa bhp ifetsde Peeiesetaliee Re byes ee 4 39 57 1 35 31 
Raimibawieievss eee sees Se Soares 4 44 19 1 86 38 

The full times were: 

. Start, Finish. Elapsed 

Mineola IJ., August Belmont..... 12 da 42 4 3d 04 4 23 22 
Yankee, Duryea & Whitney...... 12 14 35 4 39 57 4 25 22 
Virginia, W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr...12 11 01 4°36 31 4 25 30 
Rainbow, €. WVanderbilt.......... 12 15 00 4 44 19 4 29 19 


On Wednesday there was a strong S.W. wind and a 
heavy sea off Brenton’s*Reef. The four carried second club 
topsails. The course selected was No. 2, the first leg to 
windward, two rounds making 30 miles. The four boats 
leaked so badly in the sea that it was largely a question 
of getting them home safely rather than of running the 
race. Mineola on port tack and Virginia on starboard 
tack came to the first mark together, Mineola forcing 
Virginia about; Virginia fouled the mark and later filed 
a written protest against Mineola. The first round was 


timed: 

Turn. EI d. 
Mineola 3 1 it 2 18 
Rainbow -2 05 1 22 19 
Virginia ..2 O04 2 1 238 20 
Yankee 1 28 42 


On the second round Yankee and Virginia withdrew 
and started for the harbor, as they were dangerously full 
of water, and the hulls were working badly. Virginia 
was towed in, the tug passing a hose on board and start- 
ing her pumps to keep the yacht afloat. The other two, 
though nearly waterlogged, finished the course, the times 
being: ' 
Finish, 


’ Start. Elapsed. 
Mineola. A. Belmont...... aoet¢ od: 12 40 58 8 25 58 2 45 00 
Rainbow, C. Vanderbilt........... 12 40 41 3 26 15 2 45 34 
Yankee, Duryea & Whitney..... 12 40 50 Withdrew. 


Virginia, W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr..12 41 00 Withdrew. 


Fortunately, this race ended the July half of the series, 
which will be finished after the New York Y,.C. cruise 
if the boats are still afloat and sufficiently seaworthy. 
Rainbow after the race went to Providence and was 
docked there, while the other three went to Bristol to be 
patched up for the New York Y. C, cruise. All have been 
leaking badly for some time, Mineola having 7ft. of water 
in her hold in one of the early races, but in smooth water 
it was possible to keep them partly clear, In the sea of 
Wednesday. though all were able to carry club topsails, 
the leaking assumed more serious proportions, and in 
addition the hulls showed signs of dangerous straining. 


Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. 


DORVAL—LAKE ST. LOUIS. 


On Saturday, Aug. 4, the sixth series of matches for 
the Seawanhaka Corinthian international challenge cup 
will begin on Lake St. Louis, the course of three previous 
matches. The cup was established by the Seawanhaka 
Corinthian Y. C. in 1805, on the occasion of the visit of 
the English half-rater Spruce IIIT, owned by the late 
J. Arthur Brand, of the Minima Y. C.. to this country. 
The first series of races was sailed off Oyster Bay in 
September, 1895. Spruce being defeated by the 15-footer 
Ethelwynn. designed by W. P. Stephens. The second 
match was sailed in 1896, over the same course, the chal- 
lenger being the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C.. represented by 
Glencairn I., designed and sailed by G. Herrick Duggan, 
of Montreal. The defender, El Heirie, was designed and 
sailed by C. H. Crane, of New York. The matches of 
1897-8 and 9 were all sailed on Lake St, Louis, the home 


[AuG. 4, 1906. 


waters of the Royal St. Lawrence Y, C., the successive 
chailengers Momo I., Challenger and Constance—de- 
signed and sailed by Mr. Crane, being defeated in turn 
by Glencairn II., Dominion and. Glencairn II., all de- 
signed and sailed by Mr. Duggan. The first two matches 
were in the r5ft, class, but the Seawanhaka challenge of 
18097 nmade the 2oft. class, the later challengers being in 
the same class. © . he 

This year the challenger is the White Bear Y. C., of 
White Bear Lake, near St. Paul, Minn. The challenge 
was made for the 25ft. class, the largest possible under 
the conditions governing the cup, but by a special agree- 
ment between defender and challenger the sail area is 
limited to 500 sq. ft., the same sail plan as in the 2oft. 
class. This allows, to make the 25ft. R.M., a l.w.l. of over 
27ft., so that there is no longer any inducement to build 
the extreme type of Skow; while a special provision as 
to minimum scantling bars such freak construction as 
that of Challenger. — ; 

The trial races of the challenging club early in the 
month resulted im the selection of Minnesota, owned by 
F. M. Douglas, J. H. Skinner and Cass Gilbert, designed 
by Mr. Douglas and built by Gus Amundson, a local 
builder whose work is well known on the Western lakes. 
The defending fleet includes four yachts, all designed by 
Mr. Duggan and built by the Yacht Company at the club 
station, Doryal. The trial races of this fleet began on 
July 21, four races being sailed, the first two of them- 
also. deciding the ownership of the Molson cup, Glencairn 
IIII. and Red Coat being tied in this series. The cup 
now goes to Glencairn IIIJ. There was plenty of wind 
early in the afternoon, from N.N.W., and the first race 
was started under three reefs and storm jibs. Mr. James 
Paton replaced his brother at the tiller of Black Beauty, 
but the others were steered by their regular skippers—Mr. 
Routh in Red Coat. Mr. Abbott in White Cap and Mr. 
Duggan in Glencairn IIIT. The race started at 3:48 and 
finished : a 


Glepotinna Lillie criteria eerie tita ta raeneete center merrier 4 14 40 
Reds Codtaere iets en tee enn eer 4 15 30 
WER SHE “Garter eis. wears otele 5y5,one bearctirrs aitrie TIRE Toe re Ee 4 16 00 
Blacks Beéatity= fo. nds. susnareasaiemaste sie Nontagith vee te eceeenere 4 16 10 


The second race was.to windward and return, Glen- 
cairn shaking out her third reef. The times were, start 


4:20:20: 

Glerrcatrar) VL setereecgerrer eee ee eee tee ee 4 43 30 
Red Goat Gsagnr te Pte fated Niece dieses et Ta eee, Se a! 4 44 20 
Wihite ,Gapatert. $i25. 8. 2 eeeelld; he eee ee tn cy Denes S aaanPnE = 4 45 16 
TEFEN OLGA tate Cored CCE LSUtetmbe LOCCCECRECOCCOCC READS OCDSS 4 45 20 


This race gave Glencairn IIII. the Molson cup. 

The third race was over the triangle, as in the first, and 
as the wind had fallen, Glencairn shook out her second 
reef and the others their third. The times were, start 


4:50: 

Red sCoat ss ci Gaabsmsaecbot bieqa tr tb benetre bea nee SEE ASD SE pE 5 21 20 
Gileancairn: “DIULS Rees Ee) Beer Ree Of Ee Po eh Epeteaer 5.5 21 22 
Black ‘Beauty .¢tin.ctiacsae he ea eet edartareeitari sel 5 22.45 
White: Gap: ¢4 262. eee) eee yen Seren wine 5 22 50 


As there was still time for another race, the boats were 
sent away at 5:04 over the windward and leeward course. 


The wind freshened and then fell during the race. The 
times were} : 
AGT err carer) pial LTE presser eke butreteetch cereal Respeoe eaecerece eer ee eee ot REESE SEH 
IBSEN oly ERATOR As 4 Cuttin at dhe a as Ai SAR AAS Sateen: biteeseD BS 03> 
Reds Cgat pi eseeg eee ee ee ea rule chee ens 5 58 07 
WV te Cate n ne eee itetin Paice etree epeliree ee eons 6 00 00 


The trials were continued through all of last week, and 
as the result of many short races Red Coat was chosen 
to defend the cup. . eg dy eee 

The challenger was shipped from St. Paul on July 21 
by fast freight, being housed over on a flat car. She 
reached Montreal on July 30. eke 


Columbia Y, C. 
_ CHICAGO—LAKE MICHIGAN, 
Saturday, July 21. 


Tue Columbia Y. C. of Chicago sailed a club race on 
July 2t in a moderate northerly wind, the start being 
made at 2:20, The times were: 


Class 6. 
‘Start. Finish. Elapsed. Allows. Corrected. 
Pert 2a eos 2 23 00 8 33 24 110 18 0 00 40 09 
Hattit. Biss sscaties 2 25.13 3 386 39 1 i 26 Allows. 1 11 26 
Wizard. | wets sete 2 20) 35 3 47 20 1 26 45 0 01 23 1 25 22 
Pk: Class. 7. 

May Be Siccens 1ee2) 20! 68 3 30 50 1 09 52 002 40 10712- 
SO DEAVE Teen sein 2 20 39, 3 39 50 1 12 11 0 03 10 1 08 52 
TWO een pes oS 2 20 31 3 41 34 1 21 03 00444 11619 

Class 8, 
HWIGLEMGE: To wo ir 22605 3b 46 13141 Allows. 1 31 41 
Mrrthac: : 23 seans0 2 22 41 3 50 02 1 27 21 0 00 08 1 27 13 
_ Class 9, 
Gironda 31521 04717 00832 0 43 45 
Query ....- 3 21 18 0 50 30 0 03 32 0 46 58 
Albatross 3 30 40 0 56 48 0 08 34 0.48 14 
Loon .. 32847 05800 00718 0 50 42 
Willit 3 35 47 1 04 53 0 08 43 0 56 10 
Red Bird 3 24 49 0 54 17 0 04 12 0 50 05 
Satyat a pyaairecsiaaes 32643 05604 Allows. 0 56 04 


_ The judges were G. W. Rogers and W. D. Payne; the 
timer,. Secretary W. S. Bougher. 


Shelter Island Y. C. 


SHELTER ISLAND—SHELTER ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, July 21. 

Tue Shelter Island Y. C. sailed a ladies’ race on July 
21, the new Effort sailing her first race. She was re- 
cently completed at Bristol for F. M. S, Smith. The 
times were: 
Cutters—43it. Class—Start, 2:35. 


j inis iapsed. Co 
Jamies (Weil sees. ee: Peres hasssfe 5 00 00 2 25 00 2 25 00 
Effort, F. M. Smith.) ..0.202501u1 4 54 34 2 19 43 219 34 
Sloops—a6éfit. Class—Start, 2:40. : 
Martha, Weber & Kiel..........,-.4 35 22 1 55 22 1 55 22 
Marion, F. M. Smith.,...,.........4 31 12 15112 1 51 12 
, Sloops—Class P—Start, 2:40. 
Sito, K. R, Otis.....-:. are Sys veiw 4 42 55 2 02 55 2 02 20 
Evelyn, A. O. Bancker..-.:...---- 4 50 00 2 11 05 2 11-05 
Sloops—Class I—Start, 2:50. : \ 
Asthore, C. H. Otis.:..... Ne BE arte pe] 2 12 22 2 12 22 . 
Torpedo, E. G. Shea Se eaebesozvecs & ae aa Spe s@ BE a3 of u 
_.. Sloops—Class B—Start, 2:50. 
Duchess, C. Pickhardt...... ssereee4 08 10 1 18 10 115 50 
Nueva, T. W. Brigham..-......--.- 4 03 32 1 13 32 11332 
Wandwisha asses seseesereedt 09 30 1 19 30 115 50 - 
_ Catboats—Class V—Start, 2:50. : 
Rattler, W. F. Henes.........-.+-.5 45 55 2 65 5 2.55 5b - 
Sito, K. R. OHS. teeeerverents eyes B56 22 86-3 05 22 305 22 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


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‘ 
A Single-Hand Cruise Around the 
World. 

At this end of the century wonders are too common to 
attract general attention, and the advances of science are 
so rapid and bewildering that even the marvelous becomes 
commonplace. The statement that a small boat handled 
by one man alone, without human aid or companionship, 
had completely circumnavigated the globe is in itself so 
simple and unobtrusive as to pass almost unnoticed in the 
daily record of larger and more elegant steamships, 
speedy automobiles and faster and more luxurious railway 
trains; and yet the achievement itself, as well as the per- 
sonal record of it by the bold navigator, is well worthy 
of more than a hasty consideration, When a man not 
only attempts but successfully achieves such a voyage as 
this, the first questions which present themselves are: 
Why and how? What object would induce a man to at- 
tempt a long and uncertain cruise in the face of dangers 
and difficulties only too well known to him and with 
very doubtful gains to offset them? And in what manner 
of craft was the voyage made, and what means were taken 
to meet the special difficulties of single-hand sailing on 
long ocean courses? . 

In this case the prime motives that have tempted men 
at times to shorter but successful ocean voyages and to 
yarious unsuccessful attempts at the great task of world- 
girdling—the love of notoriety or the hope of financial re- 

_ ward in the shape of a dime museum engagement or a 
salary from some soap. boiler—are missing. ‘The hero of 
the enterprise, Capt. Joshua Slocum, an old Nova Scotia 
sea captain, was moved apparently by the love of the sea 
and of an open adventurous life, coupled with a lack of 
suitable employment. While the adventure has probably 
terminated to the financial advantage of the bold skipper, 

* whose innate gumption has enabled him to develop into a 
clever writer and a successful lecturer, it does not appear 
that he started with any money-making end in view, 
though he was shrewd enough to avail himself of all the 
opportunities which the voyage offered for the im- 
provement of the ship’s finances. ie 

The idea of such a critise probably had its inception in 
an accident which befell the captain about ten years ago, 
when, with his family, he was wrecked on the coast of 
Brazil in the bark Aquidneck, of which he was owner and 
skipper. From the remains of this vessel he built a big 
canoe, the Liberdade, in which with his wife and boys he 
made the voyage home to New York and New Bedford in 
safety. After this fortune seems to have turned her back 
upon the hardy navigator, and in the winter of 1892 he was 
without occupation, when chance threw in his way a gift 
of an old and practicaly abandoned fishing smack. 

For over a year Capt. Slocum worked over this vessel, 
rebuilding her completely and raising the sides to suit her 
for deep sea work. The cost amounted to thirteen 
months of labor and $553.62 in cash, and the result was a 
vessel of unquestioned strength, 36ft. gin. over all, 14ft. 
2in. breadth, and 4ft. 2in. depth of hold. Her draft was 
4ft., including about a foot of keel, and her tonnage was 
g tons net and 12.71 gross. As to her model, in view of 
what she has done, and of her owner’s liberal praise, it is 
perhaps best not to discuss it too deeply. In spite of a 
good amount of dead rise, it is that of the ordinary oyster 
sloop or small smack, though with a fixed keel in place 
of a centerboard. The bow is of the cod’s head type, but 
the two ends are better balanced in their relative fullness 
than in many of the old “cod’s head and mackerel’s tail” 
sloops. The overhangs ate quite short, and the stern 1s 
chopped off at the usual smack angle, The rig is that of 
a pole-masted sloop, with short hoist and long boom, 
though in the Straits of Magellan the boom was short- 
ened and a mizzen added for the balance of the voyage. 
The living accommodations included a trunk cabin in the 
extreme after end, barely leaving space at the wheel, and 
a midship house, the former being the owner’s private 
apartment and the latter for stowage. The steering gear 
was of the ship type—a short tiller in the rudder head, 
with tackles leading to the wheel. 

The voyage of the Spray began, after a season of cruis- 
ing and fishing on the New England coast, on April 24, 
1895, when she sailed from Boston for Nova Scotia, where 
the captain visited his boyhood home, and on July 2 he 
sailed again, reaching Kayal on July 20, and Gibraltar on 
Aug. 5. From here she fetched across to the coast of 
South America, making Pernambuco after forty days from 
Gibraltar. The voyage continued down the coast, New 
Year’s Day, 1896, finding the yacht at Buenos Ayres. 
What with head winds, bad weather of all kinds and 
murderous sayages, the passage of the Straits of Magellan 
proved a heavy undertaking, and it was the middle of 
April before the Spray was well afloat in the Pacific 
Ocean. The successful passage-of the Straits was due in 
part to the use of a package of large carpet tacks, which 
were freely sown over the decks at nightfall, as a protec- 
tion from the bare-footed savages in canoes, who con- 

_ stantly threatened the vessel. 

After calling at Juan Fernandez the Spray was at sea 
for forty-three days before making Samoa. New Year's, 
1897, was spent at Melbourne, and New Year’s, 1808, at 
Cape Town, the intervening twelve months having passed 
pleasantly in a leisurely cruise across the Indian Ocean. 
After three months spent in land travel through the 
South African republics, a new start was made on March 
26, 1808, and after calling at St. Helena and Ascension 
Island on May 8, the Spray crossed her outward-bound 
track at the point where she was on Oct. 2, 1895. On May 
14 the Spray was passed by the U. S. S. Oregon, on her 
now famous run from the Pacific to the Atlantic, Capt. 
Slocum sending up a signal, “Let us keep together for 
mutual protection.” A most inhospitable thunder storm 
of exceptional violence, as still remembered in New York, 
met the Spray off Fire Island on June 25, and induced her 
to change her course and end her voyage, on June 27, 
1898, in Newport Harbor; her log showing a distance of 
46 000 miles traversed in three years and two months. 

It is impossible in this brief outline of the skeleton of 
. the cruise to give any idea of what it really was, but those 
who will refer to the book will be amply repaid. At every 
port visited Capt. Slocum was received in the most 
hospitable manner, the fame of his vessel having pre-: 
ceded him, so that he was eagerly expected. The con- 
stilar and naval officials of the great nations made much of 
the plain sailorman and his little ship, and the leading men 


of each commitnity were foremost in welcoming him 
and making his stay pleasant. The story of it all is told in 
a plain, direct and sailor-like way, which shows the’ bright 
side of the voyage in full, but says little or nothing of 
the many difficulties, discomforts and dangers which must 
have tried the skill and endurance of the skipper. In 
each place visited—Gibraltar with its wonderful fortifica- 
tions; Samoa with its charming people, including Mrs. 
Stevenson, who entertained Capt. Slocum at Vailima; 
Johannesburg, with its mines—the manner of his coming 
opened every door to the adventurous voyager and 
afforded exceptional opportunities for seeing everything 
of interest. 

Of his own personal part the sailor-author has little 
to say; there is nothing boastful in word or tone, but 
when it comes to the ship he is extravagant in her 
praise. One statement-is so remarkable as to have chal- 
lenged criticism of experienced seamen, but the writer 
stands by it from first to last. He states that once on a 
course and with sails trimmed the vessel would steer 
herself for not only hours, but days, and instances one 
run of 2,700 miles,*from Thursday Island to Keeling 
Cocos Islands, in the Indian Ocean, made in twenty-three 
days, during which time the wheel was lashed except for 
a single hour. It was his custom to read, cook and 
sleep in the cabin, merely shifting the wheel a spoke from 
time to time, and putting a becket on it, leaving the vessel 
to her own devices for an indefinite time until another 
small shift was necessary. 

Those who-question the possibilities, the pleasures and 
the innumerable charms of single-hand cruising on a 
small scale, as followed by the amateur cruiser, will find 
in the cruise of the Spray a plain and forcible answer to 
all their objectfons to this form of sport. There are very 
few who would care to undertake a voyage of such 
length, and quite as few who are competent to carry it out 
successfully, but the possibilities of small craft when well 
handled are very satisfactorily demonstrated. Not only 
the experienced yachtsman and the ambitious tyro, but the 
general reader as well, will find the time pass quickly as 
he makes the cruise in the company with the genial 
captain through the pages of the book. The volume, 
which is freely illustrated and very tastefully bound, is 


published hy the Century Company, New York, 


The Wind Upon the; Sea. 


from the Boston Transcript, 


WHEN the wind is calm the sea is a mirror reflecting 
the sky. When the wind blows it deepens the color ot 
the water, and sea and sky are often contrasted. Sea- 
faring people can tell the way of the wind trom the color 
of the water. ‘Lo-day both sea and sky are of the same 
shade of blue. ‘lo-morrow the wind blows trom the 
northwest and the sea is many shades darker than the 
sky. Now the wind is calm and sea and sky are gray; 
later the wind blows from the south, the sky is still gray, 
but the sea is green. One minute all the worid is gray; 
the next, a-breeze springs up and we try to count the 
colors in the-waves; black, purple, violet, lilac and pink. 

Tennyson speaks of the “intinite character of the sea.” 
Now it is sad_and mournful, to-morrow full of life and 
joy; now calm and placid, again full of strength and 
power. These varying expressions dre caused by the 
wind, its effect upon the water being much the same as the 
effect of joy and anger upon the human face. 

This morning at 5 o'clock two planets hanging low 
in the east shed a soit light over the water. A peculiar 
stillness which often precedes the dawn and a light which 
seemed not of earth filled the world. There were white 
lights close inshore, the rest of the water was a clear 
robin’s-egg blue; no sound was heard, and not a thing 
stirred. At noon what a change! The wind blew a 
gale from the west. The white caps, driven before the 
wind, raced across the bay and dashed high in the sun- 
light on the opposite shore. A strong, white light flooded 
sea and sky, froin out of the midst of which came the sea- 
gull’s vigorous, joyous scream, : 

Again, the wind is laid, the sea is at ebb. The water 
has no ending, the sky no beginning. Far down the bay 
are phantom ships with shadowy violet sails. The noises 


of the city which fall distinctly upon the ear belong to 


another world than this one, only the quiet lap, lap ‘of 
the waves on the shore and the plaintive song of the 
meadow lark belong to the dreamland into which we have 
entered, 

Two days of wind and rain, and again we look out tipon 
the bay. The wind, raging from’ the south, tears up the 
deep and hurls it booming and seething over the rocks. 
Down the bay the fierce waves fling up their long, white 
arms, defying the wind. A driving, blinding mist blots 
out the world. Neither sky nor island nor neck of 
land is yisible,-only the boundless, raging deep. It seems 
years since we stepped from our quiet homes. We cling, 
drenched and breathless, to the beacon, deafened by the 
thunder of the tumult and blinded by the fury of the 
storm. 2 


From Texas. 


I have not heard for some time from our friend Johnny 
Bludworth, of Texas, but word comes up to me from that 
land of famine and pestilence that Johnny is still on 
earth and still building boats. He seems to have manu- 
factured a sort of sidewalk boat, 21 feet Io inches in 
length and 6 feet 8 inches beam, which will run on a 
heavy dew and stand any amount of wind. Johnny sailed 
all the way from Rockport to Mobile, Biloxi and Pass 
Christian, and he trimmed up about everything there 
was to race against, beating the best of the Northern im- 
portations with his boat, which is called Skate. Part of 
the log of his trip reads as below: 

“July 4.—Leit Mobile ata A, M., and with a fine breeze 
made the run to Point Clear in two and a half hours: 
great deal of sport made of the scow, but when the race 
was over and we had beaten El Heirie and everything 
else except a 28-foot catboat, their faces were rather 
long; there was a stiff breeze and plenty of sea, and 
Skate fairly flew on the free stretches. The Adelaide 
capsized, Irma broke her tiller, and Mephisto leaked so 
she had to give up. ; 

“July to—Left for Biloxi races at 6 A. M., with light 
fair wind; course about west; reached Biloxi 1 P. M.; 
* * * jearted that races had been postponed, and left 


at 1730 P. M. for Pass Christian, where races will be 
sailed on 14th, Passed Mississippi City about 3:30: * * * 

“July t4.—Raced to-day, with light wind, not much to 
Skate’s liking, but we beat Irma, our only competitor, 
over three minutes. There were about thirty starters iin 
the several classes. 

“July 15.—Leaye Pass Christian for Gulf Port, on our 
return to Seranton, with a close haul and stiff breeze. . 
Soon overhauled one of the litte racers ahead, and reach. 
Gulf Port at 4 P. M.. Leave for Biloxi at 5 P. M. Pass. 
steamer Georgia with crowd of excursionists, who cheer 
us as we pass. Arrive at Biloxi about dark.” 

_E. Houes. | 

Hartrorp Burrpine, Chicago, III. 


New York Y, C. Cruise. 


FLAGSHIP CORONA—GENERAL ORDER NO. 2, 


Monday, Aug. 6—The squadron will rendezvous at Glew 
Cove. At Ir A, M, there will be a meeting ot the cap- 
tains on board the flagship. 

‘Lhe programme for tne cruise, weather permitting, will 
be as tollows: . 

Monday, Aug, 6—Race for the Commodore’s: cup from 
Glen Coye to Huntington Bay. : 

‘Tuesday, Aug. 7—Squadron run, Huntington Bay to 
Morris Cove, , 

Wednesday, Aug, 8—Morris Cove to New London. 

Thursday, Aug. 9—New London to Newport. 

Friday, Aug. 1o—Newport to Vineyard Haven. 

Saturday, Aug. 11—Vuineyard Haven to Newport. 

Sunday, Aug. 12—The squadron will remain at anchor 
at Newport. 

Monday, Aug. 13—Races off Newport for the Astor 
cups. 

‘Tuesday, Aug. 14—There will be a meeting of the 
captains on board the flagship at noon. ‘ 

During the cruise there will be the-usual races fo 
the owl and gamecock colors and a race for launches. 

The Regatta Committee will furnish details for the runs 
from port to port and for all other racing events. 

Captains are requested to provide their vessels’ with. 
N. Y. Y. C, night signals; also to send to the Commodore: 
a list of the names of their guests. ai 

The captains and their guests will be welcome on board! 
the flagship when in harbor. ae a” 

By order of the Commodore, 5 
Ropert BAcon, Fleet Captain.. 


July 20, 1900. 


Patching Up the. New Yachts. 


THE following account of the repairs to the. mew 70- 
footers is from the Bristol correspondent of the New 
York Sun: Set es . 

Kepairs to August Belmont’s 7o-footer Mineola were 
completed at the terreshotf, works on Saturday, and she 
was lowered from the ratlway, sailing at once for. City 
Island, where she will be pamted. The repairs‘have-been 
extensive, and, it is believed, will be effective in prevent- 
ing such straining as was given the boat.in the -heavy 
sea during Wednesday's race. = eater 

The interior strengthening consists largely of-steel wire 
Topes, set up by turnbuckles and supplemented by- steel] 
struts, the principal work being about the bow, which had 
been twisted up. The outside strengthening was a band 
of galvanized steel gin. wide and 3-16in. thick, reaching 
diagonally downward and backward on each: side-of the 
bow from a point a few inches below the waterline to a 
point near the top of the lead keel. This band was bolted 
through the planking. a 

Virginia was at once put on the railway in place of 
Mineola and will undergo similar repairs: Her -bow 
how cocks up in the air like the toe of an old-fashioned 
shoe, but since Mineola’s was similarly misshaped-and. 
has come back into place, it is to be presumed Virginia’s. 
will do the same. 

Yankee will replace Virginia on the railway by Wednes-- 
day or Thursday. Rainbow is being prepared at the dry 
dock at East Providence, and the others ought to be: 
ready for the New York Y. C, cruise that begins at Glen 


A 


Cove on next Monday. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


Valiant, steam yacht, W. K. Vanderbilt, sailed from 
Newport on July 21 with her owner and Mr. W. S, Hoyt 
on board. She made Plymouth on July 30 after 2 record’ 
trip of seven days seventeen hours. Valiant was designed 
by Mr. St. Clare J. Byrne. é 

Ren 


Enterprise, steam yacht, formerly Saide and Sitar’ of the 
Sea, now owned by F, L. Perin, of Baltimuore,, test her jib. 
boom and the key of her propeller on July 22 when 20a, 
miles east of Fastnet on her way front Southampton to 
New York, and put back to Queenstown, eer 


RRR 


Atalanta, steam yacht, George J. Gould, has beer sold 
to the Colombian Government and will be converted into 
a gunboat. j 
BRR 


At a special meeting of the Portland Y. C., July 18, the 
resignation of Com. L. C. Cummnigs was accepted. Vice- 
Com, J. W. Bowers, yacht Viva, was elected Commodore, 
ain Mr. E. W. Woodman, yacht Banshee, Vice-Com- 
modore, 


NAMELESS REMITTERS. 


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failed to give name and address. If this note comes 
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hear from him. 


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Forest and Stream. Recall what a fund was given, 
last week. Count on what is to come next week 
Was there ever in all the world a more abundané 
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Canacing. 


American Canoe Association, 1899-1900. 
Commodore, W. G. Mackendrick, 200 Eastern avenue, Toronto, 


Can. : ; ; 
‘Secretary-Treasurer, Herbert Begg, 24 King street, Toronto, Can. 
Librarian, W. P: Stephens, Thirty-second- street and avenue A, 


Bayonne, N. J. . 


Division Officers. 


ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., H. C. Allen, Trenton, N. J. 
Rear-Com., Lewis H. May, New York. 
Purser, Arthur H. Wood, Trenton, N. i) 


CENTRAL DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., John S. Wright, Rochester, N. Y. 
Rear-Com., Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. ] pee, 
Purser, C. Fred Wolters, 14 East Main street, Rochester, N. Y, 


EASTERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., Frank A. Smith, Worcester, Mass.. 
Rear-Com., Louis A. Hall, Boston, Mass. 
Purser, Frederick Coulson, 405 Main street, Worcester, Mass. 


NORTHERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., J. McD. Mowatt, Kingston, Ont., Can, 
Rear-Com., E. C. Woolsey, Ottawa, Ont., Can. 
Purser, J. B. Cunningham, Kingston, Ont., Can. 


WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com.; Wm. C. Jupp, Detroit, Mich. . 
Rear-Com., F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis. ee ; 
Purser, Fred T. Barcroft, 408 Ferguson Building, Detroit, Mich. 
R 


Regatta Committee: R. Easton Burns, Kingston, Ont., Can., 
eainiant Harry Ford, Toronto; D. B. Goodsell, Yonkers, N. Y. 
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Meet of 1900, Muskoka Lake, Aug. 3-17. 
Official organ, Forrest AND STREAM. 


Fixtures. 


: August. 
3.17, A.-C. A. meet,- Muskoka. 
; 2 3 _ September. 
1-5. Toronto, club cruise. 
8. Torento, fall regatta. 
15. Toronto, sailing races. 


Charles J. Stevens—John Cammeyer Mowbray. 


ary - June 17. 


By a sad coincidence the New York C. C. lost two 
of its most valued members on the same day and of the 
same disease, though the deaths took place nearly a 
thousand miles part. Charles J. Stevens, the secretary 
and treasurer of the club from 1886 to 1894, died on June 
17 at Port de Paix, Hayti, of typhoid fever, while John 


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WENDER ON BERGAMER MEER. 


C. Mowbray, also secretary from 1895 to 1900,. died in 
New York. Mr. Stevens was born in London, Eng., in 
1856, and came to New York in 1880 as the American 
representative of the house of Brooks, Shoobridge & Co., 
cement manufacturers. In 1883 he joined the New York 
€. C. and purchased the big Pearl canoe Tramp, built by 
the writer in the previous year for C. P. Oudin. Being 
unmarried, and with no relatives in this country, and a 


CANAL SCENE IN 


most enthusiastic canoeist, much of his time was spent 
at the old house of the New York C. C., on the site of the 
present ferry house at St. George, Staten Island. As a 
matter of course, he soon found his way up the Kills to 
Marmalade Lodge, then the home of the writer, and 
became a member of the little fraternity which included 
Vaux, Whitlock, Kirk Munroe and a few others as in- 
timates and most of the canoeists of the time as visitors. 

It is evident that Mr. Stevens lacked some one of the 
many qualities which go to make up the successful racing 
skipper, as he never made a reputation in racing, but in 
many respects his work was remarkable. He always 
knew his boats in every detail, and though not a de- 
signer he gave the closest study to the design and also 
to the construction, understanding every technical point. 
The general planning of a new boat, the sail plan, and the 
details of fittings were his own work, carried out with 
the same earnestness and thoroughness which character- 


FRIESLAND CANAL, 


ized his business career, and from the first his boats 
were models of neatness and completeness. His personal 
work in rigging and fitting out a canoe or small yacht 
was the best we have ever seen, and such mechanical 
work as he could not do himself he had done by others 
under his direction, without regard to the trouble and 
expense involved. In his systematic study of the canoe 
and. its rig, and the extent oi his experiments, he stands, 
with Mr. Paul Butler, ahead of all other American 
canoeists. For some years he was engaged in the study 
of sails, working in company with Mr. Gilbert H. Wil- 
son, the sail maker, and trying numberless experiments, 
the result being the leg-o’+mutton rig used on Ethelwynn 
and many other small yachts. In 1887 he sold the old 
Tramp, whose name had long before this been applied 
to him by his canoeing associates, and the writer worked 
with him on Vagabond, a very successiul canoe and a 
model in rig and fittings. In 1880 Kismet was designed in 


DUTCH BARGE AND WINDMILL. WENDER ON RIGHT HAND, 


= gm 5 — = 


LEEUWARDEN. | 
the same way, an experimental canoe, with a deep keel. 
and the boat was built by Stevens, of Lowell, no relative 
of either owner or designer. Sailed with a short slide, 
she was at a serious disadvantage beside the long sliding 
seats then in vogue, and her real merits were never fairly 
tested. In 1892 the writer and Mr. Stevens together 
produced Scarecrow, one of the most successful small 
boats ever built in this country, the lines having been 
built from by the score in all parts of the country. In the 
same year Mr. Stevens joined the Seawanhaka Corinthian 
Y. C, and though he still kept up his canoeing associa- 
tions he became more deeply interested in yachting. 
When Ethelwynn was designed in 1895 Mr. Stevens 
planned the rie and lent valuable aid in all the work. 
In 1896 Scarecrow was replaced by another joint pro- 
duction, Bogie also a fin-keel of the 2o0ft. class. In 1897 
he was elected Secretary of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C., 
which office he resigned last fall, when he accepted a 


/ 7 iad 


position as resident manager for the New York & Boston 
Dyewoods Co. in Hayti. Beyond the bare fact of his 
death, no details of his illness haye reached New York. 
He never married, and his only near relatives, three 
sisters in England an one, a missionary, in India. 

That the New York C. C. is not only alive but flourish-~ 
ing to-day is due mainly if not entirely to Mr. Stevens’ 
work in its behali.- In the ten years aiter the club was 
driven from its old home by the invasion of the railroad 
and before it found its present location he as both sec- 
retary and treasurer not only managed its affairs with 
the same admurable skill which marked his business, but 
he voluntarily acted as the club’s banker, and advanced 
money to keep it going when none could be had else- 
where. While voluntarily holding the difficult and thank- 
less office of treasurer of a-poor club for years, he always 
refused to accept the more ornamental and conspicuous 
offices of commodore and captain. 


Aue. 4, 1900.) * 


One characteristic trait that will be remembered by 
many was his earnestness and enthusiasm in aiding 
every one, friends and strangers alike, in riREIng and 
improving their boats, eS: 


John Cammeyer Mowbray (A. C. A., 2243), ex-secre- 
tary of the New York C. C., thirty-one years of age, died 
in New York city on July 17, after a short illness. He 
had an infinite capacity for work (which undoubtedly in- 
directly caused his death), and that is near to genius. He 
was attracted to canoeing in 1801, when in poor health, 
and became a member of the New York C. C. He very 
soon developed into one of the best sailors of the club—a 
strong hand with the paddle, an expert in rigging, and was 
by far the cleverest man in the club at building and re- 
pairing. He trained patiently, and by scientific exercise 
became a fine all-round athlete. His wé&rk as secretary 
was a model for all others to follow without a hope of 
equaling. He had a genial manner and an attractive 
personality, which brought him many friends. who will 
long remember him kindly and will sorely miss his honest 
smile and cordial greeting. Bowyer VAUX. 


St. Lambert Boating Club. 


Tue St. Lambert Boating Club held its fifteenth annual 
regatta on July 14 over the club courses at the south end 
of the Victoria Bridge over the St. Lawrence River at 


Montreal. The events were as follows: 

- Sailing skiff race, distance 3 miles: 

dew TRE WG yennatavan cpm Onenne Ey pete septa iege a ieee ee sine ates erty I 

TRI VEQP LC IAB Lt bere ar pe ek eee en er pee mek pe 2- 
Single paddle canoe; 1% mile with a turn: 

JN AWRY Ep Spee (Bere ol tetera tc ea ies Vere See ee I 

Go W\iensivall Gry Win We NG ener ttn cabdiede sid sada ks 2 
Single canoe race (green): ’ 

ae le Avidnews a.) eves oe. Se hpietg ity tes atees athe CA zace I 

A, Marshall..... mustangs rsctd tte bseb ct clod din Wet dita aa ieee 2 
Tandem canoe race: 

J. Edwards and G, Morrison, G. T. B. C.........0... I 

P. Ward and J. Davidson, Lachine..... Riek aoe tatid: 2 

_ Semor double scull: 

Powellibrothers: St. oleamibettw. oe. aq-ee gees es I 

H. Baby and F. A. C.Bickerdike, Lachine........... 2 
Junior tandem canoe race, under 17 years: 

Albert and Percy Marshall, Grand Trunk B. C...... I 

Hy Inicaseand Ga, Davidson, Wachiineec. 0hn bn. t ee pane 2 

H. Lucas and G, Davidson, Lachine....... way tee it 

deG@lntstie and de Smith St Wanibentis .4...r, o-can: 2 
Tandem canoe race: ; 

A. Locke and J. J. Andrews, St. Lambert.......... I 

ace, W.. Mcléaniand A; Veary, G. @. B.G..7 2.2.2: 2 


Canoe race (one to four paddles): 
C, A. Christie and J. Symington, A. Bourne, R. 
Hooper, St. Lambert.......... Piette hyn fey edicrs I 


Four in a canoe: 
J. Locke, J. J. Andrews, Allan Christie, Jack Smith, 


SUMS CLINE: ue Puts Mckee ces anekest ete ee th met, I 

Single scull race: 

ile iliote ong wen! SB Gren ne. onsite I 

EF, Powell, St. Lambert......, bg abe ne ae Bye A AE <2 
War canoe: 

Shee Fay aalltves es TORENT oe Rn ceed Wee Ge dew Sect cen anh Sale a I 

(Greznndkee MD apes Et Ch oy A wie ne fig er ne eco eemper eres Shrew urate 2 
Tub race: 

BY BS DU try ets boeety Lt Cupeecpied ob erred ohare gc I 

JS ERRORS a apenas 6 othe 5a g.ces return! ako ASCO RIN 48e O ema aeEE 2 
Tournament: 

R. R. Magor and F. H. Elliott, Lachine B. C........ I 


The officers were: W.H. V. Hooper, Hon. President; 
J. Edgar Buchanan, President; J. K. Innes, Vice-Presi- 
dent; D. S. MacLeod, Secretary; B. H. Hooper, assist- 
ant Secretary; A. Locke, Captain; W. A. Bourne, As- 
sistant Captain; C. A. Christie, Treasurer. 

Committee: R. E. Farthing, E. J. Carpenter, E. G, 
Powell, C. B. Hart and J. J. Andrews. 

Judges: James Powell, Grand Trunk B. C.; W. Simp- 
son, Walker, Longueuil B. C.; J. B. Tresidder, St. Johns 
Y. C.; Arthur Hersey, Lachine B. C., Hon, President 
and Vice-President of the club. 

Clerks of course: C, B, Hart and E. J. Carpenter. 

Starter: J. R. Innes. : 

A very large assemblange was present to witness the 
traces. A dance was given in the evening. 


Canadian Canoe Association. 


THE first meet of the new Candian Canoe Association 
will take place at Brockville, on the St. Lawrence River, 
on Aug. 4-6, the racing being under the auspices of the 
Bohemian A. A, A., of Brockville. The programme is 
as follows: 

First day: War canoe race for championship of Canada, 
single canoe race for championship of Canada, tanden 

_race for championship of Canada, four in canoe for cham- 
pionship of Canada, Bohemian A. A. A. four-oared race 
(two heats), single canoe for championship of Canada, 
single canoe (double blade) for under eighteen years, 
single canoe upset (double blade). 

Second day: War canoe race for Maj. Walsh challenge 
cup, canoe fours for Robt. Wright & Co. trophy, tandem 
canoe, single canoe, single canoe upset, four-oared race, 
four-oared Bohemian race (finals), quarter-mile swim- 
ming race (open), 100-yard foot race (open), ro0-yard 
C. C. A. foot race for club members, 200-yard hurdle 
foot race (open), 100-yard fat-men foot race, boys’ and 
girls’ races, putting the shot (open), running jump 
(open), standing broad jump (open). 


Year Books Wanted. 


Editor Forest and Stream: $: 

In answer to my letter of some months ago asking for 
copies of year books to make up a,;compleéte book for 
A. C, A, file, I have received copies. of 1885, 1886, 1888, 
1889, 1890, 1891, 1808 and 1899, and I would like to have 
copies of books of 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1887, 1892, 1893, 
1804, 1895, 1896, and: a897. Any- members having same 
to spare will confer a fayor by sending them to my ad- 
dress, 200 Eastern avenue, Toronto. 

W. G, MacKenorrcx, Com., A, C. A. 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


CANOEING NEWS NOTES. 


Two or three times during this season accidents have 
occurred to people using canoes. The trouble is that 99 per 
cent. of the accidents that occur from these small craft 
happen to men who, knowing nothing about them, at- 
tempt to take liberties which would prove dangerous in 
the St, Lawrence skiff. A good many of the canoeists 
of this vicinity have been waiting for some time for an 
accident, which will probably occur before the season is 
over, to a young man now amusing himself with his first 
canoe, which he sails around with a girl who cannot 
swim aboard. Some day if he is particularly fortunate 
and does not drown either the girl or himself, he will 
look back on the chances which he is now taking and 
feel his hair rise under his hat. A girl is all right in a 
sailing canoe if she can swim; a girl is also all right in a 
paddling canoe, provided she does not have a wild in- 
clination to stand up and shriek ii a bit of scrap blows 
aboard, but a git] that cannot swim in a sailing canoe is 
an invitation to an accident that is almost too pressing 
to be denied:—E. T. Keyser in the New York Times. 


mR 


Under the title of ‘Woodcraft’ a little pamphlet has 
been issued by the American Comptessed Food Co., 
makers of the Standard Emergency Ration. The pam- 
phlet is very appropriately made, the paper being in 
imitation of birch bark, the outer white bark for the cover 
and the inner pink bark for the leaves, The book 
contains a number of useful hints for campers and also 
recipes for camp cookery. 


Wender in Friesland. 


THE accompanying pictures are from photos taken last 
summer on the cruise of the little yacht Wender, whose 
lines were published in the Forest AND STREAM of March 
24. They give a good idea of the picturesque craft and 
the placid life of the Dutch canals and meres, 


A. C, A. Membership. 
Northern Division—D. W. Rooke,-Rochester, N. Y. 


Tue location of the present A. C, A. meet makes it 
possible for American canoeists to extend their return 
irip so as to enjoy one of the most delightful steamboat 
trips in the country. On returning form Muskoka the 
steamers of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. may 


be boarded at either Hamilton or Toronto for a cruise 


of nearly goo miles to Montreal, from which point New 
York and Boston may be quickly reached by rail, The 
route of the steamers through Lake Ontario and down 
the St. Lawrence River is most picturesque and inter- 
esting. Many old A. C. A, men know the river well about 
Clayton and Gananoque, but they haye seen nothing of 
the beautiful Bay of Quinte, the head of the river about 
Kingston and the famous rapids between Ogdensburg 
and Montreal. Beautiful as they are, the Thousand 
Islands are but a sample of the great river, which every 
American should see and know. Pleasant as the trip up 
or down has always been, the new steel steamers recently 
added to the line have added much to it, their accommo- 
dations being convenient and luxurious in the extreme. 


—Adv. 


| Rifle Atange and Gallery. 


New Jersey State Rifle Association. 


Wit its programme for its ninth annual meeting at Sea Girt, 
N. J., Aug. 31 to Sept. 8, inclusive, the New Jersey State Rifle 
Association issues the followimg circular: 

To the Riflemen of the United States: 

Events which have transpired within the last year have demon- 
strated more fully than ever the need of an active national organ- 
ization to represent the riflemen of the United States. é 

lt was onsy recently shown in revolver shooting circles that a 
match with any other country was out of question as long as there 
was no representative body to accept and send challenges and 
control affairs, Hence the formation 
volver Association, which quickly brought about an international 
match with France. 

The Spanish-American and British-Boer wars have caused such 
an awaking of interest in rifle shooting that the next few years 
will see the sport brought prominently to the front, the outcome 
of which will be that the experts of this and other countries will 
want to try their skill against each other. 

An effort was made last winter to organize a league of Ameri- 
can riflemen, but owing to chstacles in the way of perfecting the 
organization by correspondence it was deemed advisable to let 
the matter rest until a favorable opportunity presented itself to 
get together enough of those interested to hold an organization 
meeting. 

No better time for this could be chosen than during the week 
of the interstate matches at Sea Girt, N. J., when hundreds of the 
most prominent riflemen of the country will be gathered together 
for the contests. 

The New Jersey State Rifle Association has kindly offered the 
hospitality of its spacious club hause on the range for this pur- 
pose and the meeting will be heid there on Wednesday evening, 
Sept, 5, at 8 o’clock. 

Everyone interested is invited to be present. If you cannot be 
present and would like to have your name enrolled as a charter 
member you may do so by snding your name to the undersigned. 
in all probability the vearly dues will be $1 and the initiation 
fee not more than $2 

The co-operation of every patriotic citizen, as well as every 
shocter, is needed to put this sport on the plane commensurate 
with its importance as a factor in the making of a “‘world power” 
of the United States. 

The following gentlemen, prominent in military and sporting 
circles, are interested in seeing the proposed organization a suc- 
cess and haye signified their intention of becoming charter mem- 
bers: Maj.-Gen. Wesley Merritt, U. S. A. (retired); Gen. George 
R. Gyger, adjutant-general, Ohio; Gen. George H. Harries, com- 
manding D. C. N. G.; Gen, P. Farmer Wanser, First Brigade, 
N. G, N. J.; Gen. Bird “W. Spencer, inspector-general of rifle 
practice, New Jersey; Col. James A. Frye, inspector-general of 
rifle practice, Massachusetts; Col. E. C. Farrington, inspector- 
general of rifle practice, Maine; Col. Thomas F. Cooke, inspector- 
general of rifle practice, Iowa; Col. Frank K. Patterson, general 
inspector of rifle practice, Pennsylvania; Col. Henry S. Dietrich, 


general inspector of rifle practice, Illinois; Col. J. M. Rice, sec- 
retary Northwest Military Rifle Association; Maj. Frank L. 


Kimball. brigade inspector of rifle practice, N. H. N. G.; Maj. 
James E. Rell, inspector-general of rifle practice, D. C. N. A 
Maj. C. H.. Lauthheimer, inspector of target practice, U. S. M. C.; 
Maj. William Ely, brigade imspector-ceneral, R. I. M.: Maj. 
Glendie B. Young, Seeond Regiment, D. C. N. G.: Capt. Hobart 
Tuttle, aide-de-camp, First Brigade staff, N, G. N. J.; Ensign 
Richard LeR:, Rowen. Fourth Division, N. B. R. I. M,, secretary 
Rhode Island State Rifle Association; William Haves, vice-presi- 
dent New Jersey State Rifle Association; Nathan Spering, presj- 
dent Philadelphia Rifle Association; Maj. S. S. Scheiffelin, t S: 
A, P. and O. O., First Brigade, N. G, N. Y. 


‘brooke Gun Club, 
of the United States Re- . 


~ Gun Club. 


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Gov. Theodore Roosevelt writes of this movement as follows: 
“J have the heatiest sympathy with your proposed organization 
and will help you in any way I can.” - y . 

ALBERT S. Jones, Acting Secretary. 

Sea Girt, N. J. 


Entries made after the meetin 
be post entries, and in matches 
subject to an additional charge. 

The programme is as follows; 

Wo. 2, All Comers’, entrance, $1; three tickets for $2; re-entries 
allowed; continuous. No, 8, Hayes, $1; three tickets for $2; re- 
entries allowed; continuous. No. 4, Meany, $1; re-entries al- 
lowed; continuous. No, 5. N. J. 5. R. A, trophy, $1; post entries, 
$2; re-entries allowed, same price as original entry; continuous 
No. 6, Savage, 50 cents; re-entries allowed; contintious, No. 7, 
Winchester, $1; re-entries allowed; continuous. No. 8, Reming- 
ton, $1; re-entries allowed; continuous. No. 9, Laflin & Rand tro- 
phy, 50 cents; re-entries allowed, three tickets to count; contin- 
uous. No. 10, Flarper’s Weekly, 50 cents; re-entries allowed; con- 
tinuous. No. 11, Consolation, 50 cents: re-entries allowed; con- 
tinuous. No. 12, Inspectors’, $2; post entries, $2.50; no re-entries 
allowed; Sept. 1.2 P. M. No. 18, President’s (championship), $5; 
post entries, $7.40; no re-entries allowed; Sept. 7 and 8, 2 P. M, 
No. 14, Schuetzen, A, 50 cents; re-entries allowed, three tickets to 
count; continuous. No. 15, Schuetzen, B, 50 cents; tre-entries al- 
lowed, two tickets to count for first five prizes; continuous. No. 
16, Schuetzen team, C. $5 a team; Sept. 3, 2 P. M. No. 17, Colt 
automatic pistol, 50 cents; re-entries allowed; continuous. No. 18, 
‘Revolver team, $10 a team; Sept. 6, 3:P, M. No. 19, Re-entry 
revolver, 50 cents: three tickets for $1, re-entries allowed, three 
tickets to count; continuous. No. 20, Carbine team, $10 a team; 
pone: 4,9 A. M. No. 21, Company team, $10 a team; Sept. 5, 


opens on Friday morning will 
os. 5, 12, 18 and Wimbledon cup 


P. M. No. 22, Regimental Interstate, $6 a team; Sept. 3, 8 
AY M, Match A, revolver championship Ui S$, _R: A., $5; no re- 
entries. Match B, military championship, Uv-S. R. A., $5; no 


re-entries. Match €, pistol championship,-U.-S. R. A., $5; no 
re-entries. Wimbledon cup match, « R. A. No. 1, $2; post 
entries, $3; no re-entries; Sept. 1, 1 P; M. ~Hilton trophy match, 
N. R. A, No. 2, $24 a team; Sept. 5, 9 A, Mi’ Interstate match, 
N. R. A. No, 3, $24 a team; Sept. 6, 9 A. Mi: Centehnial trophy 


match, $2 per man; Sept. 7 and 8. eyed 


Elite Schuetzen Corps. x 


At the regular semi-monthly shoot of the ,Blite Schuetzen 
Cerps on July 21, at Cypress Hills Park, the’ féllowing scores 
were made: ele 
PRATICONASSY. savaleliasedy vis'ehctwepitia.oraabars 24 24 22 23.28 20 24 20 21 19—220 

22 21 23 22 24 24 20 24 23 19—222 
22 21 18 24 19 24 21 20 22 24—215 


J Kaufmann ,,,...., Penn babeeteeens 19 17 28 24 25 20 22 17 23 22—212 


i 24 18 15 20 16 20 18 18 20 24—193 
25 23 20 14 19 22 10 23 16 20—192 

CAPNSELieerese rier aet rae sentra 23 21 17 18 23 20 20 22 12 15-191 
20 19 16 18 18 18 19 15—187 

17 24 19 17 20 19 20 15 18 43—182 

22 16 22 17 24 12:19 19-181 

17 16 16 20 20 20 16:12 24 11-176 

19 14 10 22 17 8 19 18"169 

rent hancherts ote eberceen W717 3 15 11 17 22 15-14 29153 

Wii 3 15 11 17 22 15 14 22153 

18 15 22 1613 3 19 16 17°12—151 

CHartes K. Horrnine, S; M. 


Grapshoating. 


ff you want your shoot to be announced here send Jo 
aotice like the following: ise 


Fixtures. 


{INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS. * 
Aug. 7-8.—Newport, Vt.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 

under the auspices of the Newport Gun Club. J. R, “Akin, Sec’y, 
Sept. 12-13.—Salemn, N. Y.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 

ander the auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club. : 


_ Aug, 1—Wellington, Mass.—Tournament of the Boston Shoot- 
ing Association; open to shooters of New England. 
Aug. 3-4.—St, Paul, Minn.—Tournament of the St. Paul Rod and 
Gun Club: $240 in cash or more added, A. E. Perry, Sec’y-Treas. 
Aug. 7.—Hackensack River Bridge.—Outwater’s live-bird handi- 
cap. L. H. Schortemeier, Mer. i 
Aug, 8.—Auburn, Me.—Tournament of the Auburn Gun Club. 
Aug. 7-3—Bass Lake, Ind.—Third annual target tournament. 
Jack Parker, Mgr. 
pees Heer aL Sioiae SB ieus penn ae given by the 
eters Cartridge Co., on the grounds of the Birmingham 
Club; $150 added. John H. Mackie, Mer. : Gun 
Aug. 14.—Binghamton, N. Y.—All-day target tournament of the 
Binghamton Gun Club. 
fre 14,—Springfield, Mass.—All-day tournament of the Spring- 
field Shooting Association; grounds near Indian Orchard. 
Aug. 23-24.—Lafayette, Ind.—TVournament of the Lafayette Gun 
Club, under sanction of the League. J. Blistian, Sec’y. 
“Aug, 28-30.—Arnold’s Park, Okoboji Lake, Ia—The Indian 
tournament; $700 added. T. A. Marshall, Sec’y, Keithsburg; Ill. 
Sept. ——First week in September. Tournament o1 the Sher- 


; sept, 3-4.—North Platte, Neb.—Tournament of the Buffalo Bill 
Gun Club on Col. Cody’s Scout’s Rest Raneh; $250 added.- Geo. 
L. Carter, Mer. : 
Sept. 3.—Trenton, N, J—Labor Day tournament of the WalSrode 
George N: Thomas, Sec’y. ss 
Sept. 3-4-—Muncie, Ind-—Two-day tournament of the Magic City 
Gun Club. One day at targets, one day at sparrows: Chas. B. 
Adamson, Sec’y. } : 
Sept. 3.—Blandon Park, Richmond, Va.—First annual tournament 
of the Virginia Trapshooting Association, under the auspices of 
oo Mest Ee oe se eerste Stearns, Mer. te 
ept. 4.—Meriden, Conn.—Fifth annual Labour Day tourna 
of the Parker Gun Club; $25 added. €. S. Howard, Seehe apes 
Sept. 1213.—Homer, Ill,—Annual tournament’ of the Triangular 
Gun Club; one day targets; one day live birds: C. B Wiggins, 


ec’y. a 
Sept. 12-13.—Pensacola, Fla.—Two-day shoot of the Dixi 
oe pie Oct aee ie Lee ws J. Vidal, Seo’y. is see eur 
ept. 14-15.—Platte City, Mo.—Trap shoot of the Platte -Ci 
Club. S. Redman, Sec’y. acai yaaus 
Sept. 18-21—St. Thomas, Ont—Tom Donley’s fourth annual 
tournament; live birds and targets. 
Sept. 27.—Zanesville, O.—Tournament of the Zanesville Gun Club 
LL. A. Moore, Sec’y. ‘ ae 3 
Oct. 2-4.—Swanton, Vt.—Robin Hood Gun’ Club’s three days’ 
tournament. 3 - - * : 
Oct. 11.—Greensburg, Ind.—Tourn 
coy, c re pO AS oe x EU ke ee Viet 
ct. 12-14,—Louisville, Ky—Kentucky ‘Gun: Club’s: t fis 
EaCeCEe eS pice moe Giaeet Sec’y. 5 ’ f haere 
ewar . J.—South Side Gun Club, target sh ture 
(lay afternoon. é 2 as 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK, 
Aug. 2.—Interstate Park.—Third and last ‘shoot for tt ion- 
at ob Tong slag i elie Ding) 25yds, =" car ay tics champion 
onthly contest for the Dewar trophy ‘till’ June, 1909: h, “deity 
ea ave birds; 7 para EE “took ann Junie one tapeees 
erstate Par uueens.— Weekly: ‘shoot of the /New Wi 
Gun Club—Saturdays. : aie ee oka ereeht 


ament of the Greensburg Gun 


Lowey-=: 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Ss || theses ine ee 4 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores’ for publichtion im 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed ' Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported, Mat 
allsuch neatter to Forest and Stream Publishing Conpany, 346 Broad- 
way, New York, ; 


Mr. T. W. Morfey has reached a degree of skill which 
him with the topnotchers in the use of the shotgun, He pence 
in quick time, uses good judgment, and places his loads with 
admirable precision. 


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i i yhile 
s, F. E. Butler (Annie Oakley) had a happy experience w 

Bivicto Bil’s Wild Wreck was at Greenville, O., recently. As ous 
readers know, her maryelous skill with rifle and shotgun ie) one CE 
the chief features of this great show. Greenville is near her a 
‘home, and her many friends did not permut the pede we fe) 
pass without a token of esteem and admiration, as the 8. Gains 
taken from the local paper, the Daily Advocate, will show: A he 
specialties were very fine, and under this head Miss nee 
Oakley, ‘Greenville’s distinguished daughter,” gave an exil a 
‘tion of her wonderful abilities as a shooter. Her Appearance 
the arena was the signal for a grand ovation, such as she ie 
probably never received before and perhaps may never cee 
‘again until she returns to Greenville. Her work was Bon » an 
<she seemed inspired to do her best. Just as she stenr er oes. 
from her table and started for her tent, she was reca ef an 
(Gen. M. Anderson, in the presence of the vast Crow G, -Bee 
sented her with the beautiful loving che purchased by ‘o pore 
friends.’ Miss Oakley was taken completely by surprise, an ee 
= moment was speechless, but her usual equanimity pean 
presently, and she accepted the gift with a few well chosen wpEES 
of thanks and appreciation. Her exit from the arena was made 
amid deafening applause.” The cup is of solid silver and ely 
engraved and inlaid with gold. It 1s about 16in. high, and Bears 
the following inscription: “Presented to Annie Oakley by home 
friends, Greenyille, O., July 25, 1900. Her mother, Bees oeey, 
five. and three sisters, all in Quaker dress, were in the gran 
stand and witnessed the presentation. Mrs. Butler was born 
twenty-two miles from Greenville, on Aug. 18, 1866. 


4 Pe a eer 


The Walsrode Gun Club, of Trenton, N. J., has issued its pro- 
gramme for its Labor Day tournament, Sept. 3, There are mine 
events; four at 10, four at 15 and one at 20 bluerocks, entrance 50, 
76 cents and $1. First prize is an L. C, Smith hammerless; second, 
camera; third, gun case; fourth, hunting suit; fifth, fishing rod. 
The club grounds are situated at Hutchinson’s Lake, Trenton, 
N. J. On the last page of the programme is the following: 
“Pointers and Waves Paste This in Your Hat.—If you don’t 
come you will always kick yourself that you didn’t. Shooting 
begins promptly at 10 o’clock A. M, Interstate Association rules 
to govern all events. Rose system of division. Every one gets a 
piece, if you shoot good enough, ‘Trolley cars direct to the 
rounds. If coming by Pennsylvania Railroad take car at 

linton Street Station marked Yardville. If by way of Phila- 
delphia & Reading, take same car at Warren and State streets. 
‘Best loaded shells, chilled shot, for sale, 65 cents sper 25, Targets 
1% cents, included in all entries, Manufacturers’ agents will re- 

. ceive the glad hand, but they will be allowed to shoot for targets 
only. If t have left out anything that you would like to know 
- about write me, George N. Thomas, Sec’y. 


4 


{fae programme of the fifth annual tournament of the St, Paul 
FRof and Gun Club, Aug. 3 and 4, to be held at the Intercity 
‘Shooting Park, provides twélve events each day, each at 15 
iblueraeks, $1.50 entrance, $10 added to each event. There also 
ceach dey are two special events, the first being for the \Elee (0, 
jHirschy Blue Ribbon interstate team challenge trophy, 100 targets 
ther man, entrance $10, and on the second day the contest for the 
cup emblematic of the championship, each contestant to shoot at 
2b targets. The regular programme events for each day have a total 
auf 18U targets, a total of $18 entrance, and each day $120 added. 
,Bkhooting begins at 9 o’clock. Two magautraps will be used. 
‘Lar-gets 2 cents, deducted from entrance. Professionals may shoot 
at a argets omly, free of cost to them. None other than ladies, 
prof ‘ssiomals and manufacturers’ agents allowed to shoot for tar- 
gets only. Dinner served in club house. Moneys divided 40, 20, 
50 anal 10 cent. Ship shells and guns to W. P. Brown, Inter- 


city Shigoting Park, Minneapolis, Minn. A. E. Perry, Secretary, 
St. Pauwd, Minzt. eet 


& 


No one can read. the following, published in the Sun of July 30, 
without a sigh of regret that the beautiful trapshooting grounds 
at Elkwood Park, the scene of so many well fought contests, are 
no more. It sets fort as follows: “Phil Daly, Jr., the well-known 
wing shot, has retired’ from pigeon shooting. he decline of the 
sport in this vicinity hag been surprising, Four years ago there 
were almost daily matches at Hollywood and Elkwood, and upward 
of a score of shooters present. To-day golf has captured all of the 
shooters summering along file coast, including Phil Daly, Jr., and 
Bland Ballard, the well-kmown crack from Louisyille. Daly’s 
‘atest appearance at the traps was at the Interstate grounds at 
Long Island, the scene of the Grand American Handicap. The 
¢loyer jeat traps at Elkwood have been removed, and the Elkwood 
Gelf Club is now ig possession of the once cozy shooting box.” 


* 


Under date of July 26 Dr. J. Hobart Egbert, of Holyoke, Mass., 
writes us as follows: “The Springfield Shooting Association, of 
Springfield, Mass,, will hold an all-day tournament on their 
grounds near Indian Orchard, Tuesday, Aug. 14. Targets will be 
thrown from a magautrap, and purses will be divided 40, 30, 20 and 
10 per cent, All are invited. Manufactmrers’ agents and profes- 
sionals will be handicapped. Those who wish may shoot for the 
price of targets only. The Associatiom’s grounds are as fine as can 
be found anywhere, and every attempt will be made to give visit- 
-ing sportsmen an enjoyable time. Programmes and other informa- 
tion can be had by addressing C. C. Merritt, 461 State street, 
‘Springfield, Mass., in whose care guns and animunition may also 
‘be sent. To reach the grounds take Indian Orchard car to Red 
-House Crossing.” 

& 


__ Mr. F. T. Sherwood, secretary of the State League, Bedford, 
Ind., writes us as follows: “Under date of 24th ult., Mr. Chas. E, 
-Adamson, secretary of the Magie City Gun Club, of Muncie, Ind., 
‘writes me: ‘We have decided to add, one day at sparrows to our 
tournament, giving us two days: Monday, Sept. 3, at targets, and 
Tuesday, Sept. 4, at sparrows.’ | There will be one eventiiof -25 
sparrows, which will be the State championship event, with which 
will go a handsome cup or badge (we have not decided yet). We 
will spare no expense to make it one of the best shoots in the 
State, and at least 500 personal letter invitations will be mailed to 
shooters.’ ”” » 


.;, he programme @f the Interstate tournament, to he given for the 
‘Newport Gun Clif, Newport, Vt., Aug. 7 and 8, is an attractive 
‘one for amateurs, “Dhere are ten events each day, seven at 15 and 
ithree at 20 targets, $1.50 and $2 entrance. Shooting commences at 
9:30. The purses will be divided in the ratios 8, 5, 3 and 2, Rose 
Ssystem. Guns and@ ammunition forwarded to True & Blanchard 
siCo., Main street, Newport, will be delivered on the grounds free 
-3f charge. Targets 142 cents. Headqnarters at the Hotel Mem- 
@iremagog. Mr, Elmer E. Shaner is the manager. 


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‘Tiss ithird annual eaDSR Op HDE tournament, to be held at Bass 
L Whe, End, Aug. 7 and 8, will be under the management of Jack 
p, Whey, vaf Detroit. There are twelve events each day, at 10, 15 
an © 2 ttargets, entrance, based- on 10 cents per target. Targets 
2c Sls, cand .one-tourth of a cent will be reserved for the two 
high ‘st sys *skooting through the entire programme. Moneys 
divid ¢d\caecording to the Ease system; Guns and shells may be 
shipp @d ‘ito W. F. Brabrook, jie, Bass Lake, Ind. Shooting com- 
tience's. aut 9 o’clock. 


ni ' j " e ; 3 


The; Dayto,1 Herald of July 2 ‘has the following: “In the 50- 
bird évenit of: the ladies’ championship held at the Gun Club tour- 
namént at Sptiugfield, there wese dimree entries: Mrs. C, F. 
Meyers, aff Spry ngtield; Miss Nettie King, of St. Louis, and Mrs. 
M. F. Lindsay,’ of Cincinnati. Mics. Meyers won, breaking 37 ont 
of the possible '.50.\ Miss King ihroke 82 and Mrs. Lindsay 30 
of the 50 thinds ahrown.” 


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The beautiful;grounds at Iivterstate Park, Queens, L. I., besides 
being the best equipped shooting grounds in-the world, will soon 
have golfing, “She links are now being Iaid aut ‘by Mr. John D. 
Dunn. The eafé-and hotel accommodations are-also quite complete, 
Meals are served-at all hours. Cycling, driving, golfing and shoot- 
ing parties theréfore can be assured of the ‘best of accommodations. 


ak ace? ot ARSE 2B ee oh ee 


Saturday of this week is the date fixed upom for the contest be- 
tween Messrs. F. E. Sinnock, of Newark, the “holder, and H. H. 
Stevens, of New Brnnswick, \the challenger. The ‘E C cup, em- 


ad 


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26, A ee 


FOREST AND STREAM. | 


blematic of the championship of New Jersey, is the object of 
competition. The match will take place at 2 o'clock on ‘the 
grounds of the South Side Gun Club, Newark. 


In the shoot held last week by the Baltimore Shooting Asso- 
ciation on its grounds, the special contest being for the 
sterling silver cup, the records were as follows: Lupus 49, Malone 
49, Robb 48, Franklin 44, Darling 36. Malone and Lupus agreed 
to shoot off the tie at the shoot of the Association, each haying 
exhatsted his supply of ammunition. 


% 


Mr. F. T. Sherwood, the League secretary-treasurer, Bedford, 
Ind., informs us that_the Trapshooters’ League of Indiana on 
July 24 granted to the Greensburg, Ind., Gun Club a sanction for a 
tournament on Oct. 11. Further information may be obtained by 
addressing Mr. C. D, Tillson, the secretary. 


In the thirteenth trophy shoot of the Garfield Gun Club at 
Chicago on July 28 Mr. R. Kuss was high man with 24 out of 26 
in competition tor the Class A medal, and Messrs. Midgely, Eaton 
and Mathews tied for the Class B medal, Mr. J. D. Pollard having 
no tie on 22 in Class C, 

R 


In the twelve-men team contest between the Passaic City Gun 
Club. and the Boiling Springs Gun Club, at Rutherford, N. J., on 
Saturday of last week, the former won by the narrow margin of 
one target. The scores were 197 to 196, each man shooting at 25 


targets. 
* 


In another column is a communication from Mr, J. A. R. Elliott, 
in the matter of challenges, which indicates that there is to be a 
general shakeup in the championship trophies. This is as it 
should be, for competition gives the trophies their best value. 


In the club shoot between the Charlottesyille Gun Club and 
the Staunton Gun Club, of Virginia, on July 26, on the grounds 
of the latter, in a five-men team race, each man shooting at 25 
targets, the Staunton team won by a score of 98 to 93 


i 8 


A contest for the championship of West Virginia at 100 bluerocks 
has been arranged between Messrs. Harvey C. Allen, of Sisters- 
ville, and S. J. Mallory, of Parkersburg, to take place on the 
grounds of the Sistersville Gun Club on Aug. 11, 
J 5 BERNARD WATERS. 


WESTERN TRAPS. 


———=—_ 


Trap at Watson’s Park, 
Watson’s Park, IIL, july 27.—Twenty-five-bird match; W. 


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Garfield Gun Club. 


Cutcaco, July 28—The appended scores were made to-day on 
the grounds of the Garfield Gun Club, the occasion being the 
thirteenth trophy shecot of the season, The day was an ideal one 
for trapshooting, and a goodly number of shooters took advantage 
of it for a pleasant aftérnoon’s outing, 


R, Kuss won Class A medal on 24; Midgley, T. Eaton, Young 
and Dr, Mathews tied for°Class B medal on 23; J. D. Pollard 
won Class C medal on 22. i i 

Thirteenth trophy shoot, 25 targets; 

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BeDramppsisetiaetees Bees 8 ATS A 1110114111111101111111111—23 
W P Northcott....)....... Ber eaca nite 0119111110111111111111101—22 
CSE eehenetraennes eee sates 8 1011101101000011100101100—13 
ROUGE CY nan nnanamesewad Oy Pa ea 0111111101011100111000110—i6 
PMeGowan, petra cet a hid ieee 000110111101001011100001113 

EVE Pall arelepewacaceaesaictite ames at en Ara oes 1110011114111111111110111 22 

KUSS hace edges se rateeReneenry pie 1100411111011 124 
AW Ey Midipleynuncwsccs sees PENS el oetere tale lete 41111195911111109191011111—23 
PIM Detar + kno San I ei! ch ee Leen ar p0 4441111911111111111001111—23 
@ P Richards. .4,.2.... hatte wieaeeorsos 14111419111110091.111111—23 
Pumiphrey sesso is conse kta ote eee 19111.0199191111911111110—23, 
T L Smedes,...... este afte Reid adbotad. 1110011101112 
JDieg) os Strike en ee meee ee ES 111111111011111011100010—19 
SPOS Mobb cer Pre tet iacotte ac 4111110111111911111101111— 23 
Oy Von Mbengerkes,..sasur reas theusnnen 1119111111911101111111011 23 
F I Cooper........+55 eth tesdacedtodd 0010100010101001111111000—12 
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DreACA WMathewseyeuesseaeerecn scents ©109111191191111111011011— 28 
Ate DD OTM aneet Wenak notice - -1010101110011191111110111 19 
H Delano ... --100101111000001011.0001010—11 
A Hellman . 1911011111111101111111011—22 
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Targets 15 10 10 15 Targets 15 10:10 15 
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PoWlardaes cee eseces -18 9 7 6 Dr Madsons ..... Sos Sr Feu 

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Midgley ............. 11 9..14 Delano 5 10 
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Richards ........ +--+, 18 9° 814 Brabrook 
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Chicago Gun Club. 


Cuicaco, Ill, July 28—In the monthly trophy shoot of the 
Chicago Gun Club to-day the scores were; Adams 12, Cornwell 1, 
Buck 11, Whitman 1i, Bowles 12, Patrick 8, Mrs. Howard 8, 
Dr, Morton 8, Milliken 7, Mack 18 Mrs. Carson 13, Weart 7, 
Stannard 12. This event was at 15 targets. 

The scores made in the monthly medal shoot follow: 


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Cornwell .....ccc1054, ise vad AREA aE ee V911011110119711111111111 25 
OB eke otic Dart Perea, 0111111101111110111111001—29 
Winicharip Ash Layee cece cemyee eee ana 1141110119111111111111111—94 
OUP MB oylest wiehreireee erpea sane 111111001110101111100001117 
EB Li Patricks i,s.100, edad aegeen died 0011000109000011110010101—10 
A Rupel w..00.. ebcees refan eyes 1011110011111001010011110 16 
Mrs Howard ......- RS sbeges deere tts, 0100001110000000000110101— 8 
Dr Morton ........ Padded - -1110140111310101111 11111013 
Milliken .......0eer ..0011110101100100101110101—14 
RB Mack........ - -0111111011011111111000111—19 
Mrs Carson ... .-- 1110100111011111011101111—19 
RA A Ads: MANA ery Mo Bnet eer 1101111011010100011001000—13 
W Stannard .. peRe Ane ret 1111111110101111111111011— 99 
Vietmyer ....tciecsevesees eerie o OLMOMINIIAT A922 


City Park Gun Club. 


New Orveans, July 25—Bad weather prevailed on the day of 
the club’s last shoot. Very few scores, however, were shot, as the 
rain came down in torrents and the shooting adjourned sine die, 
But the members took advantage of the rain by having a meeting 
of the club, at which many important subjects were discussed. the 
principal among which were the erection of a club house and the 
giving of a_ tournament next Mardi Gras, In the medal shoot 
Mr, Henry L. Sinnott (Novice) was successful, with the excellent 
score of 22. This is his first win this season, and congratulations 
were showered on him. Messrs. Benedict, McKay and Saucier 
were high guns: : : 

Prize shoot, 25 birds, handicap: 


_ being nearly two carats and pure white, a pair of dia- 


[Aue. 4, 1900. 


- | Allowed. Broke. Total, 
McKay ...... 0 21 21 


Saucier ...... 0 22 22 =Hnfit resseeue 8 TBE > Pat 


Benedict -.... 0 23 23 Picow) sews 12 17 
Stone: <i...... 0 21 21 ihapanyesnn sae B 18 23 
Events I 2: Sead 1b 6 Events: 123.4 5 6 
Targets: 10 10 15 15°20 25 Targets 10 10 15 15 20 25 
CAS? emo cene Del ello) pasa Gierem renee ene 13 16 22 - 
Benedict ..... » SRO UES 2 TRL Tne SS hadaagee ue = qectnl PAL 
OVICES eevaese = 93 af T1109 8502" Pico jee Pos aa 12 
Huftt hebveceee 6 6 5 tite Pets. al} ‘Tabary eepeecan ys oh OO OG OO 18 


Mr. Effiott’s Challenges. * 


Easton, Md., ly 28.—Editor Forest and Stream: To-day 1 in- 
close draft to Sportsmen’s Review, Forest anp Srream and 
Sporting Life, challenging Mr. F. S. Parmelee for the St.-Louis 
Republic cup, Mr. E. S. Graham for the Dupont cup, and Mr. Fred 
Gilbert for the E”€ cup. 

I see by the press that those Western Indians are again gettin 
troublesome, and are intending to hold a Grand Pow Wow an 
Green Corn Dance at Lake Okoboji, Aug. 28 to 30, I reckon I 
had better go out there to make them return fo their reservations 
Good Indians. : - 

I herewith inclose $25 forfeit and challenge Mr. Fred Gilbert 
for the EC cup. - J. A. Ri. Etrrort, - 

($25 received. | 


Pigeons for Trapshooting. 


Lo some the idea of raising pigeons for trapshooting seems a 
little cruel, and some investigation of the subject has-been — 
made by those interested in the protection of animals and birds; 
but the fact is there is nothing in the business to shock the most _ 
sensitive any more than raising poultry for the market. The 
pigeons that are shot at the traps are simply plucked immediately 
afterward and sold on the market, This, instead of injuring the 
trade of those who make a business of raising pigeons for a living, 
really helps it. No one attempts to raise pigeons. for market 
directly. The profit comes chiefly in the squabs, and the old_ 
Pigeons are merely disposed of finally when they get rather too 
old for breeding pur nOs ee: These pigeons, put on-the market, 
would bring yery little, because they are old and tough, and the 
meat they furnish is hardly good eating, Nevertheless, they make 
excellent birds for the traps. They are strong of wind and their 


flight is oftentimes more powerful and rapid than that of 


ounger birds, There is consequently a demand for such birds 
rom trapshooting clubs. 

A word or two about the needs and demands of these clubs 
should be of interest to those engaged in raising pigeons and 
squabs for market, for their consumption is so large to-day that 
they form one of the leading factors in the market. ‘The’ trap- 
shooting season begins in early fall and extends well through the 
winter, and during nearly all the winter holidays thousands. of 
Pigeons are shot from the traps, In and around New York all-the 
way from 20,000 to 50,000 pigeons are shot in traps every season. 
On extra occasions, when large matches are arranged, 25,000 birds 
will be needed in one week, The question of obtaining this num- 
ber of birds at one time is often a dificult one*to solve. Formerly 
it was impossible to do it, but to-day marketmen and_ special 
breeders have come to the rescue. The marketmen’ collect’ the 
few consignments of pigeons that come to the city from different, 


‘parts of the country and hold them for trapshooting clubs: Some 
‘“marketmen carr 


large consignments along for weeks just’to sup- 
ply stich a sudden demand. ‘hey have the dates of the different 
tourneys, and they keep in direct touch with the clubs, But this 
system hardly works satisfactorily, and special breeders of trap 
pigeons have gone into the business. On’ Long’ Island ‘there are 
several farmers who make a specialty of this. They. raise: thou- 
sands of pigeons for the trapshooters, and they are ready at any 
moment to supply a clib’s demand for 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 or 10,000 
birds. Immense wire inclosures keep these pigeons within ‘re- 
stricted areas. They have to be fed sufficiently to make them 
strong and able flyers. The trapshooting clubs demand, above all 
things else, fast and active birds. Sluggish and slow flyers are 
not wanted. In the great cages where they are raised for the 
clubs the birds are exercised every day by a man poset, the in- 
closure and snapping a huge whip. The crack of this frightens— 
the birds, so that they fly around in great flocks, his morning 
and evening exercise is considered necessary for the proper de- 
velopment of wing power. : 

As a rule, young pigeons are in demand, and these must be 
strong~and -healthy.- The clubs are willing {to pay their prices for 
the birds that come up to the standard. Slate-colored or “blue” 
birds are the favorites for this purpose, and pigeons of this class 
that are guaranteed to be fast sell for 75 cents«per pair. Breed 
does not count, and fancy pigeons are not in demand. It is 
speed and activity that the shooters want. Ordinary~pigeons ‘are 
bought for 50 cents per pair. When the birds are shot t iN become 
the property of the club organizing the tournament and not the 
indiyidual shooter. Large quantities of these are then sold direct 
to the marketmen, and they are either placed immediately on 
sale or put in cold storage. Immediately after a pigeon tournament 
the prices for dead pigeons—or squabs, as they are often called— 
drop a good deal, and the outside breeder who happened to ship 
his birds to market at such a time would lose money. In order 
to make pigeon raising a success the breeder must keep in touch 
with the trapshooting tourneys and the clubs. There is more 


-tTaoney to be made in supplying the clubs ‘with pigeons than the 


markets. The clubs inform those who supply the markets 
with the dates for their tourneys, and pigeons can en be 
sold to them. Nothing but strong, active birds should be shipped, 
for the breeder who makes the mistake of thinking that he cat 
dispose of any old stock to the clubs will suffer. é birds will 
be shipped back at his expense. No one knows better how to 
test the Pigeons than those who have charge of the pigeon 
matches. The marketman gets the dead Pigeons, after the shoot- . 
ing, at $1 per dozen, at which price the outside breeder cannot : 


make any profit—Country Gentleman. , 


Sportsmett’s Finds. 


~ 1 

Some of the Queer Discoveries Made by Those Who Are J 
Looking for Game or Fish, : 

é. 


Near Eckert, Ind., while three boys were hunting, they 
dug into an old log after a rabbit and discovered a pot of 
poe come With the treasure counted out $4,000 was 
ound. 


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Near Shelbyville, Ind., a physician, hunting, came upon 
an old shotgun from which the stock had all but rotted 
away. It was identified as haying been the property of a_ 
young man who, after being jilted sixteen years ago, left 
home, taking his gun with him, and was never heard of 
again, . 7 ee reOy 

8, 


Eyidence of some one’s fright or unayailing precaution 
in the early days of the war was brought to light near 
Moberly, Mo., by a camper who found a buried tea kettle 
containing $4,009 in coins all of which bore date prior 


to 1860, 


9, 


Henry Creswell. of Hudsonyille, Mich., had caught 
many fish and was leisurely dragging his line along, when 
he felt a sudden jerk and wound up the reel, He did not 
find a fish on the end of his line, but instead a purse of 
woyen silyer wire, exquisite in workmanship. On opén- 
ing the purse he found a diamond solitaire ring, the stone 


mond eardrops, containing large gems of ‘considerable 
value, and a dozen Spanish gold ‘pieces. There was no 
engraving or writing on the purse. 


Aue. 4, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


99 


- The ex-Trapshooter. 


Once upon a time there was an elderly lady, who incidentally 
was a grandmother, a trait much more common to the elderly 
ladies than to the young. Her dearest relative on earth was a 
grandson, a precociously bright boy about htteen years old; whose 
exceeding brightness she had discovered ab imtio, and her discoy- 
ery was well supported by the testimony of his father and mother, 
who had recounted to her several thousand of his brightest bon 
mots, and to such friends also as could be inveigled inte listening 
to them. >! i ‘ 

Those who were nof factors in the boy’s pedigree alleged with 
Much solemn feryor that he was a ‘fresh kid,” whatever kind oi 
animal that may mean; but they no doubt were prejudiced against 
him, for his father, who knew better, proudly alleged in the midst 
of friendly gatherings that the kid “took after” himself, while his 
mother more fondly but no less proudly alleged that he “took 
alter’ her. . _¥ 

Seams and lines checkered grandma’s face and neck, and be- 
tween the lines one conld read that she, in her youth, had been 
bewilderingly beautiful, a belle of belles, a typhoon of lovers’ hopes 
and despairs; also that in her youth she had been a trtie spofts- 
woman, riding through the country and across country, going all 
the gaits, whether the occasion was the pursuit of fox, deer, 
ete.; but age had brought with it a mellow demureness which 
might easily be mistaken for apathy. Neyertheless she knew all 
that was going on within her ken and interpreted with admirable 
accuracy much that was going on without it. 

Bud, the grandson, loved his grandmother. She often besought 
him to go fishing, but he was so passionately fond of sitting at 
her feet on an ottoman, treading to her from some book which had 
in its plot a heroine, a hero, a villamous father and a wild 
horse that he had no time to spare for any of the frivolities of life— 
ajl of which properly became a good boy with a big head and a 
narrow chest, with thereto a general physical weediness. 

They were very happy comrades. She would knit socks of 
wondrous shape for the heathen while he, sitting at her feet, 
would descant on the world and its ways, and she tound his com- 
panionship both pleasant and instructive. While reading betimes 
of some of the most thrilling love situations he would pause to 
expound kindly their meaning to her, four which courtesy she 
was duly grateful, and as he looked up to her for approval she 
would, through her glasses, gaze into the liquid depths of his vio- 
let eyes and thank him sweetly. 

His craving for literature was so great that he ventured to 
search his grandfather’s trunk one day and was rewarded by find- 
ing an old manuscript, which he forthwith dutifully showed to 
grandma, who expressed great surprise that she had not found it 
herself, inasmuch as she had kept a pretty close continuous tab 
on all her husband’s papers, particularly those which she had 
reason to believe were not strictly related to business. Each had 
4 curiosity somewhat greater concerning it than they displayed 
toward the contents of any book, and when grandma requested 
Bud to read it he acceded with commendable promptness. 

He was at that age when his yoice rasped around an alto, goose 
henkish pitch for two or three minutes at a time, when it most 
unexpectedly and startlingly switched off into a weird bass and 
yice versa, and as he read with much false emphasis and forcing 
of sounds through his nose, the words of any author as he tttered 
them were blended with music. Behold him then sitting at the 
feet of his revered grandparent and reading as follows: 

“Bombay, Jan. 1, 1800—At the very outset, let me declare that 
I am an ex-trapshooter. It is easier and more inexpensive for the 
average shootet to become that kind of a shooter than any other. 
But I retired because I had won enough money to burn. T[ 
retired full of the wisdom which comes from the years of active 
practice and dealing with all kinds of men. My winnings were 
tiches to such a degree that I had the $100 bills baled and pressed 
as cotton is baled and pressed and piled up in the outer woodshed 
to save storage, In writing the faltawanee I therefore write as oné 
disinterested: 

“Tn the many years of my trapshcoting experience I grieve to 
note that there was a certain small, undesirable class of shooters, 
or alleged shooters, which from year to year never entirely disap- 
peared. I say ‘alleged’ advisedly, for if some-of this class had the 
skill they had not the heart; others who had the heart were de- 
ficient in skill, and ii they had both the skill and heart they had 
a most inexplicable mental perversity which caused them to see 
and understand everything awry if at all against their awn inter- 
ests. This class had such remarkably high srandards for itself that 
they were finally formulated into one, ta wit.: Everything must 
come our way and the rest of the world can go hence.” 

_ “What kind of men do you suppose they were, Bud?” grandma 
inguited most benevolently, 

Kickers,” Bud replied sententiously, 

“La, how did you guess it?” and grandma gazed on the prodigy 
with wonder. - 

“Why, i was at the head of the manuscript, but I forget to 
read it. But let us returm to our mutton;” and Bud continued: 


D. MACINTOSH, 
Winner of first Grand Prix du Centenaire. 


“As a class, the kickers are divided into stalwart kickers and 
weakling kickers, and these may be subdivided into kickers for 
tevenue, kickers for honors, kickers for both and kickers who do 
not knaw any better than to kick and whose nature it is to kick, 
and who couldn’t be broad minded if they wished to be so. 

“The kicker for revenue cares nothing about the true merits of 
any case. It is indeed an insignificant affair from which he can- 
not, by hook ar by crook, unearth a grievance, 

“The kicker for honors has much the same procedure as the 
kicker for revenue. > 

“The constitutional kicker, whose selfishness dominates his 
mind, finds everything wrone if he fails to win and betimes finds 
much to denounce even when he does win. 

“As a class, the kickers are clamorous habblers for honesty in 
others; therefore it is, a just inference that they are more honest 
than all the rest of the world. = asta 

“The most resolute of all kickers are: those who have for a time 
been the recipients of free ammunition, but whose free am- 
munition has been cruelly stopped. Sometimes a shooter who has 
had such an experience is sourly predisposed ta consider that 
all other shooters are dishonest and giyen over to professionalism; 
also according to his: own intricate manner of Teasoning that all 
shooters who are expert enough to beat him should be barred, 
while all shooters whom he can beat should be encouraged as 
being the true and correct amateurs. 


ca oer 


"Tf the rest of the world does the work and assumes all the re- 


sponsibilities the kicker does his full part by kicking thereat. if hv 
any mischance he does not make himself a beneficiary Be it 
known, your true kicker leaves the work and responsibilities ta 


others. If the thinkers stopped thinking and the workers stopped 
working and the backers stopped backing the kicker could not 
then kick unless he kicked because they had ceased effort. . 

“What is the chief grievance of the kicker? Why, that he failed 
to win ar that his chance to win is nol a reasonably sure thing. 
Ts not that sufficient to conyict the management of dishonesty and 
inecompetency, the handicappers of stupidity,’ imcompetency and 
general eropokedness, the referees of favoritism, negligence, dis- 
honesty and ignorance, that shooters with a ‘pull’ got the best 
of it, and the kicker, who goes around with a heart as pure as the 
golden rule, “gets the worst of it’? - 

“The kicker never considers the matter of skill and nerve and 
endurance as they apply to himself and others, and as to the gen- 
eral matter of equity, one might as well ask the kicker to look 
beyond the firmament as to ask him to understand it. Alas! 41 
his efforts to better the institution so that his own success is 


THE THREE WINNERS OF THE GRAND PRIX DU CENTENATRE, 
E. G. Murphy. D. MacIntosh. Marquis de Villaviciosa 


assured and thereiore so that the sport is truly pure, he con: 
stantly 1s miet by the ignorance and dishonesty of the multitude. 

“As to a kicker’s grievance, it is an exception from other 
grievances, Since, as he yiews it, no proof other than his asser- 
tion is necessary to establish it or to show that it exists at all 
outside of his imagination. If a kicker suspects wrong and as- 
Serts there is wrong, that should be quite enough for the rest of 
the world in the way of evidence. It is true that those who shoul- 
der the labors and the responsibilities of the competition are the 
ones who receive the odium of the saintly class of kickers, because 
being the workers they are the most conspicuous and the most 
responsible. Competition, as the kicker views it, is not for the 
general good, but for the personal success of the kicker. 

“Yet promote the ayerage kicker into the position of manager. 
Could le fill the office? ‘No. Place him in the position of handi- 
capper, What about it? He doesn’t know the first principles of 
handicapping. He would shirk the responsibility, for there is 
quite a difference between the moral courage which prompts a 
man to do right publicly,’ regardless of what any one may think, 
and the kicker’s currish snarling in private without any responsi- 
bility whatever. ~ Place him in the position of referee. Where 
then is the independence of action, the moral firmness and force 
of will, the perception of equity between man and man, the knowl- 
edge of the principles of the competition? Yes, where ate they? 
Who has ever heard of a kicker doing such things? If you will 
go to any constitutional kicker ot one of any good standing as a 
kicker and ask him to do any of these he may refuse on a high 


moral.eround that he has a grievance, or he may be truthiu and 
admit that he, cant do any of them, and if, regardless of his fit- 
ness, he should consent and there really was an opportunity for 
his services, how much confidence would the rank and file of 
sportsmen have in his ability? 

“And yet it would seem that the ancient euild of lickers would 
organize, take up the good work and carry it on with that regard 
for the general good and with that pure honésty which naw is so 
tegrettably absent, and with that responsibility which they leave 
to others, thus showing the world what is what. And still, even 
then there might be kickers, for the world might kick. 

Men who are new in matters of competition and who therefore 
have mot the discipline of mind which comes from repeated vic- 
tories and defeats, or who have not had time to learn the tenets 
of Sporting etiquette, may kick in a way, but they improve with 
fime. Some men-are childishly confident of Winning, Shameless 
and gatrulous boasting hefore competition, beside being’ wearisome 
to others, is-a diffenlt: matter to face afterward, if the boaster 
loses, and 35 something of an imeentive to the discovery of a 
grievance. - Some men are born with grievances, - 

“And if the kicker were to stop for a moment and ponder over 
the thought which is, given to perfect the Sport throughout the 
country, the time which ts given and the work which is done 
reely for sport’s sake, the responsibility which is back of it all and 
the prestige and goad will which this Tesponsibility commands 
and if he were then to say ‘It after all is well done, it is very 
likely that some of the birds im the trees near him would dean 
dead. ie 1 3450 . Ex-TrRApsnooter.” 

“Bosh!” exclaimed the fresh kid as he delicately lighted a cig- 


arette, “I thought that this was an interesting Monte Crista 
story from the way it began. It seems to be all subject and 10 
predicate. Kicker, kicker, kicker. I wonder what it all means?”” 

“Those were good old days when I was one,’ grandma replied 
in 4 preoccupied manner, ; , 

‘Were you ever a kicker, grandma?” the kid asked in aston- 
ishtment. ° , hans 

“You shouldn’t ask such bold questions my child, grandma 
replied as she stopped knitting and gazed at him with motherly 
benevolence. After a moment she bridled up with much spirit as 
thoughts of the good old days recurred and continued: “All the 
same, [ don’t mind telling you that 1 havea record of 7 feet and 
ll inches, which was considered a pretty good high kick in my 
day I suppose there are lots and lots of people who can beat. 
that now, for the world regularly improves, I am told.” 

“The kickers are no better to-day than they were a hundred 
years ago,’’ remarked the bright boy. : 

BERNARD WATEES. 


Midsummer Tournament. 


Tue fifth anntial midsummer tournament at Tolchester Beach, 
July 25 to 27, was unfortunate in respect to weather conditions, 
rain falling nearly all day on Thursday, and part of the day on 
Wednesday. 

Mr. Hood Waters, who shoots under the name of Schultz, was 
hadly handicapped by a sprained ankle, which necessitated the use 
of crutches. Considering this regrettable disadvantage, his scores 
show that he shot remarkably well. Due 

Malone, Jr., who is a son of Mr, J. R. Malone, shot in the 50- 
target race on the second day, and scored 45, tieing with Mr. J. 
AS RK. Ellivtt, and demonstrating’ that he is a chip of ‘the old 
block, Ile is only eighteen years old, and has been busy with his 
studies during the past five years at college, at Rock’ Hiil, Ellicott 
City, his few opportunities tor practice bemg in the days: of va- 
cation. 

Among the visiting shcoters were Messrs, J. A, R. Elliott, of the 
Winchester Co.; J. J. Hallowell, of the U. M. C. Co.; H. Burnham, 
of York, Pa,; A. Sikes, of Little Rock, Pa.; J, Ruff, of Westminster, 
Md.; Frank Stearns, Richmond Va.; J. George and J. Goodman, 
Centerville, Md., and John England and W. Bird; Dorchester, Md. 

All present enjoyed themselves thoroughly and ‘hoped fo be 
able to return another year to the next tournament, ~ - 

Yolchester Beach is a fine place for holding a tournament, 

In the average for the two days at targets Mr, J. A. R. Elliott 
was the highest. 


Wednesday, July 25, First Day. 


No. 7 was at 10 pairs, and the last event was from the 30yd. 
mark, use of both barrels: 
Events Ze ste Cgeedtion tiem Sue ety 
Targets 15 15 16 16 15 16 20 15 15 15 
ALG Lesh PC SOU ease wet aan LE ee Se eta ToT oT Oe aes 
Lupus ....... ageoeceaneers seer odo, it 159 its) da de TR ge ay 4G, 
Schultze ..,...... Hodeesembre roy, ig 13 13 12 15 14 18 14 15 12 
DESL ten ont teas ms soar eee dtd fo 14 4 1h Paes Te a a 
Leland qawdeosnncteey eo rea et. 14 theese 1 Gel, Coda ie 
RGitelo ae te « Pere P ror 2 Ry or rete a Ae Londen plone as sl teed atin ray 
otyaeeels less Acepeter ine! eetecitocs SUKI) OS Ne abe iM ited i MeR bray belle 
DLEATNS: Maehyee ys aisas jeveevecee 14 34) 139)°52 Th 24 12 J4 79 7 
Malone ...... soPtrier yt reek DE C2 eT lien shiek ee 
Devall ....... apote tasty rorent,, 14 12 th 4913) Ad le to) ae 
Silane: Seo cpreck ee ree ed es 14 14 13 14 14 14 15 4°12 8 
TSATLEL ann tesetcteeee ee ee fe ad eC LAE wigan Er 
aa ochre: deer eee oes iS ae el hs Be te wordt pa = te 
RONGaAY +++ ee ees Pees ott oe ar A ee A Ee rar, id 0 
sNAETS Gamnutas iar Liteaiate nian arenas ae ieee e me ah aa CES ope 


Thursday, July 26, Second Day. 


This was live-bird day, and Mr. J. J. Hallowell on the day’s 
competition carried off the highest honors, losing but one bird 
in the whole day’s competition. The scores follow: # 

: Ree cue. paener ie Elalowel 9, Bonday 9, Reif 9, Elliott 
chultze 8, Leland 7, Stearns 7, Leitz 4, V 4 
Leader dy Tricks 1, Burnham 1]. 2 oP alae pahitdes Br: 

Miss-and-out, entrance $2: Hallowell 9, Leader 9, Be 

Burnham §, Schultze 8, Elliott 8, Stearns 7, Hazard 6 wat +s 


» West 5, Bird 4, Leland 3, England 2, Seitz 1, Reif 2, Hicks 0. 


Miss-and-out, one barrel, 26yds. rise, gun below the el r 
trance $2: Hallowell 3, Stearns 3, Sebultze 3, Elliott ees Sate 
2, Leland 2, Bird 1, Leader 1, Wall 1, Seitz 0, Bonday 0. 

2 Fee ee Me ae pearls Hallowell 7, Hazard 7 
eitz 6, lott 6, Malone Vest 5, Leader 5, ; : 
: Steams 4 poets , eader 5, Burnham 5, Schultze 
. Miss-and-out, entrance $2: Elliott 15, Leader 15, Bonday 
Schultze 15, Hazard 15, West 8,. Hallowell 4, Reif 2, Leland gaya 
1, Burnham 1. aT: ny 


RETRIEVING A LA FRANCATSE. 


Friday, July 27, Third Day. 


The main event was the merchandise 0 targets, ] makin 
: : as h ise at § ra p cing 
the highest score, 46, with Elliott and iE ae ie Maat 
+] i 


One less: The scores: Bed Sith Tae 
Events: fe: =: 
2 = WOT es. OR! go sz 

pareets: 115 15 15 15 20 45 iz re st 

Ean weet Like ep ete tet ae ne . 12 13 13 14 44 19 7 13 13 46 

BECARNS vei et trees sec cin ioc, 1215 18 11 12 18 13 13 45 44 

Reader eepteey cs tcstaerevoeee, 14 13 14 138 13 13 42 11.43 44 

Schultze se... aha by 1 es 4 Mi i 15 12 15 15 13 42 4p 

The ET eePaneee th 5 5 13 15 F 
penal Spahe sae poop eeerte Tl 12 12 6 1 : # i les 

Mgnt citttesswstieoneiceess, 12 92 14 13 93 de ip 4h GB 

West wrreee cess. tisteeeseeee 10-12 11 10 10 YY 10 dL 34 

Ben he Meat ee! fa eee 2: Se Piste de ah 4 

ROOTRE wees esse. 910 90 8 Hl tay 4-2 
GHIA neste eae, Pena. s De Sh ~The SE eters a8 

Reit Bait Ear. 2B coe cy Me TAs 

i TPA ile vos gos fe SNC ERRORS i MIEN 2 bos 

ats: Dat ee riaate cE eS oe eee ke eee 

Andrew ....sece.css bestia SAS emis reins 


The Forest awn Sreesay is pot to press cach week on Thesd 
Correspondence inteded for publication should reach ys a eS 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable, 4k tis 


100 FOREST AND STREam. »  TAuG. 4, 1900. 
a ee SS eee 


IN NEW JERSEY, 


ON LONG ISLAND. 


shoot was the performance of Mr. Morfey in killing 24 out of 26 
in the club event. The scores: 


W ee < i B Me St et eee tard Aerentaccaasan EE EC 
o i me ‘ab, r vahpty AWoeoeeesn PrP A EEPBR AR nal’ 2112212212—23 
letod . : . Hell Gate Gun Club, Wan Wood, 28s/:ccscicsses ma AME Ob 21122901110211211*1111211—22 
Trenton, N. J., July 26—But little shooting has been gomg on Brooklyn, L. 1., July 24.—From 9 o’elock till the close of the day Club shoot, 25 targets: 
at our grounds the past six or seven weeks, on account oi_se the Hell Gate Gun Club members had an enjoyable outing, smash- Gal ssiicalnine spinel naar eriec net 1110100111011100110110101—16 
many members being out of town during the hot weather. The ing targets and crushing clams, Wiig Nidal. Sater crews arene nere creas 1011110011101010110101010—15 
attraction that brought some of the members out to-day was @ There were two sets of traps for the targets, and several sets for 5 J Snediker........ ereh tena een noone 0000000111101000110110101—11 
race between Widman and Hendrickson in a 100-target race for a the clams. At No. 1 set, the targets were thrown a la Sergeant; at (GA ESE ech ewere i elee et oe ie 1000010001100111000100100— 9 


purse of $50 and loser to pay for targets. Cole, Farlee and Coates, 
shot a 25-bird race, loser to pay, and a 20-bird event was also shot 
on the same conditions. I am getting things in shape for our 
Labor Day tournament: 

Special race, 100 targets per man, for a purse of $50: 
1110110111191111111111111—_23 


No. 2, a la rapid fire, known angles, while the clams were trapped 
at known angles, volley fire. 

The members turned out in strong force. All moneys were 
divided according to the Rose system. Shooters who so desired 
could shoot for targets only. Targets, 2 cents. One re-entry was 
allowed in the merchandise event, at $1, Shooters were handi- 


Ten live birds, gun below the elbow: T. W. Morfey 6, Dr. 
En oye birds: T. W. Morfey 5, Dr. W 

ive live birds: T. \W. Morfey 5, Dr. n 5, Wm. Wood 4, 
John Martin 3, G. C, Elbert 3. te 0 ee ee a 


Fort Smith Gun ‘Club. 


Wana crocs stands: ssatiohe Oe 1411111111111111111111111—2 capped, except in the expert events, Mr, L. H. Schortemeier 
1100111111111101111111011—21 managed the shoot. The clambake was in charge of the famous - 2 : 
11109111111111111101 11112392 Pe Washington A. Noe, of Mlushing, L. 1. orr Smirn, Ark., July 22.—The tournament is oyer and the 
FEN ricksOM sc ceceeseseteeec ce tsee res 0111101101111117100111111—20 he gun and ammunition eyent was at 20 targets, $1.50 entrance, shooters haye scattered, and it was a supposable case that the 
4110101111101011111111011—20 at’ No. 1 set of traps, handicaps according to the club system. shooters locally had had enough of the game for a while, but it 
4109911191191111011111111—_28 Reentries were allowed. The first prize was a Winchester re- did not affect the regular Saturday practice shoot, at which the 
.414099111111111111101111_ 2A 87 peater; second, .a Stevens rifle, and from the third to the fifteenth attendance was about normal and the contest for the medal yery 
ieee prizes were different articles of shooting usefulness. The scores: spirited. It was won by Kimmons on the very good score 

Sweepstakes ( : ee L y &' of 22, 

Events: Th gst phe cS Hi Ti ag weg ai MD Broke. Hdep. Total. __ Broke, Hdcp. Total. the runner up being Waller Boyd, with the fine score of 21, for 

Targets 2 20 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 area(s! qari 5 17 Taube ote 2B 9 oi be it known straight scores are a scarce article on our grounds, 
Po pe HR See eet a0 at FORO Eae suey amy ir, Duke Prete. 13 5 18 Trostel ate: 9 9 18 raat late in the evening, when the shadows fall across the 

Bel COMP Pht tae teens pea ies aie AN AS AR. aie ore = shorty s2ed5 5 aeiianeke traps. 

COateS 224 se wececewerreereeernce W645 oe yee ek tea Toucan, oe 12 By} 15 ay MPeot owe 17 5 399, On Wednesday, the 18th inst., at the regular semi-weekl Tac- 
THrOpp -eevenssecee geen eseseece LASS TS sect ed accent eee i 4 Tees eee 5 T 12 Hendrie ..... 15 3 18 tice, Leach broke 66 ont of 75, running 29 out of the last 30 shot 
Vanarsdale ..sseceeeeeeescneer aes aRE “Yi 10 i aunde A nS Wellbrock ...16 8 94 *Parker ..2..: A 5 17 at, or an average of 88 per cent. for the 75 shot at. Young Wyatt 
Taylor ...esseecee esse reer enters 14 .. fb OY Sie THE AL Dietzel ...... 12 7 49 Weber .2..... i 5 15 Stevenson made his first appearance at the traps and proceeded 
WVAISOL. beces cee g eye irae stirs UT Alii ee te ten obh: bts cua 2 alien aeeniee 6 9 15 *Schorty 45 5 50) to break 16 out of 25 in the finished style of a ¥eteran. His posi- 
Mickie ....seseer rere re terres vy Wwe we ees (Nace til Dr Bryant....13 5 18 ‘lanky s-e--- 6 11 17 tion is good and he promises to be a first-rater right off the reel. 
Widman ......seeee ners reve by PO niet alice its Parke ee ecendn 9 20 *Schorty ..... 17 5 29 Scores of Saturday, July 14; 

paiiien a re Ne ORL A ones i 6 AS Sees As ata a a os Sea! 18 4 oe ROS eee es FAR RRR rR REE Chee 1999110111111100101111—29 

ATTIS se sceeecseeeensniseerers oy v2 end ...- eibler ...... 3 { VC ts bhbih kee ta ne ele e RE Okie meats — 
SEEDS OE SPCE idhde gates cua He 4 me 10 a J prea t 22 Amend... .15 6 21 QE Boyd wh ORE AR ARERR Nene Se ne Meyer EEELERELWUTRRRRLATNEETN SME 
Hegel jeiceesineaysceceee ge es Meee ae Ae WH gam BUMS Scare atienariscncepiee mente 1010100010 11000—16 

Ninth Ward Gun Club. Hawes ....... 12 7 19 Forster “3 8 17 Willigink 4th ein eee 1119111711111000000100010—15 
i ty Aiea oe ®.. EE Bea 7 tebe cess 8 tb Onlesh yee ane Ae nls Saha henna 1010101000011101010101011 13: 
Secaucus, N. J., July 27.—Following are the scores made to- StefA 48 9 24 Cane 10 2s Seores of Wednesday, July 18: 
day in the gold medal event at 10 birds, 28yds. rise, for members: t Hendrick: eae neh i i 17 CHE ai aig tie " 
be Niner Meee eee 1 ; , si: Shot at. Broke, Av. 
G Gippert ...-...-. 11111111110 “H Smelke .......-. 0100111101— 6 icitycakoal: 1 ge Wage Eye. tae: q WEEE eens Toe ais -880 Williams .... 75 58 
B Gatnds ¢2s..c TOI HAOD (85 Day UR Ss Te #Re-cniries, re = Cs Kimmons ... 75 0 800 ‘Dr Ellis... 75 56. “BD 
p See CLT ORLOLOIOL— 6 R Francis .......+-101001110— 6 Sees ie 2th ESE ee dy . ‘ eH VET ble # . a Stevenson .. 50 35 700 
F Stebel ..........1110100100— 5 LD el ass 21 or better: B. Amend (1) 22, first; Steffens (4) 21, {eae s SETUP GY RY sek 
second; Schorty (2) 18, thitd; Wellbrock (4) 12, fourth; Schuebel Pane ay BEBO S SOOO Sia O OGM Sie eat or = LOLOVTITTIIII111111111 000—20 
ed : (8) 9, filth; Hendrickson (2) 7, sixth; Muench (7) 18, seventh; Kimmons oer OOO Pale etc percreveceonetets 1011111111011111011011110—20 
Boiling Springs Gun Club. Keech (@) 2, elehtht A, Jo Amend (2)ea oninth, ) 13, CON SDS) se edie an er a ae 1010111111111110101110111—20 

Rutherford, N. J., July, 28—There was a good attendance ot Class 2, 20s: Parker (), 2, tenth; Thompson (1) 1, eleventh. er es act Seo ak Suan eS ie Uae Ns Omar tas 101010101011 1001111 —18 
shooters at the Boiling Springs Gun Club’s shoot to-day. The ‘Class 3, 198: Hawes (1), 2, twelfth; Doeinck (1) 1, thirteenth; AN W NoWdi CoM ee ghicens Stteterrees crore D 1010111111111010101110011—18 
main event was the team race between members of the Passaic City Voss 0, fourteenth; Dietzel, 0, fifteenth, Oglesby Sta ab hcp ee Nea ell SS LA 101.019119:1111101010100011—17 
and Boiling Springs gun clubs, victory roosting on the ban- The merchandise event at No. 2 set of traps had a very large MNGHS heey nis mae taadciacin sans ae es eure eee 3 1010101111111010100000100—13 
ners of the former, Sweepstakes also were indulged in, the entry. The scores: NORE aitis ais seise kee tp ¥in't peewee s delet ssisinie.es 1010101110000010110000111—12 
events being very sensibly limited to 10 and 15 target events. Hdcp. Broke. Total. _ Pidep) Broke, Total Lites VATS Pa deter parecer oe aT mei ac iek 1101000000000101010111111—12 
site Ree the twelvemen team race, each man’ shooting at eos “fe a, eS 9 a an eaecnenle 5 9 14 Shoot-off for medal: Leach 20, Kimmons 19, Boyd 18. 

25 targets, follow: X . ’ Fs ~ Schuebel ,,,.:- 2 ; Pattee skis on 7 3 9 

Passaic City Gun Club—Spiegel 20, Kevitt 15, Coman 16, Schoy- Schoverling 2 17 19 ay arn toting 4 40 = LEAcH. 
erling 17, Walter 20, Peterson 13, Bowker 20, Dunkirly 13, Abbott — Schorty 2 15 17 Menken ....... 6 5 | Od Staunton Gun Club. 
18, Carbough 20, Lenone 14, Schneider MW; total 197. 4 . Martin 0 ii aul Brennaw. si, > se 7 § 16 = _ 

Boiling Springs Gun Club—A xtord 13, Matzen 16, C. Collins Hendrie 0 18 18 Neumann ...... a 2 40 STAUNTGOM, Wa., July 27.—Appended find scores made in the 
13, Burgess 18, Pierson 12, Fredericks 18, Lau 14, Wise 17, Paul Lincoln 3 15 18 Waren 6 1 7 team shoot between the Charlottesville and Staunton clubs for the 
16. Frank 20, Huck 19, 1. Collins 20; total 196. Bryant ... 2 9 1 *Scheubel 0 16 16 Intercity cup on the groynds of the Staunton Gun Club yester- 

Sweepstakes: s i esas Sel iels 6 in ae ppeger . 6 8 14 faa the scores made in a few sweepstake events after the 

Events: ib Be BE te Hip site or Hyents: ile Sh} 5 6 aender ...... 2 r arker - 0 15 15 elke ee 4 

Targets: 1015151010515 Targets: 10 15 15 10 10 15 if Henderson 6 § 14 Garms 5. We esit fet p ears ees shyt tor the cup: Bet eemshestMolel ils sO aire 
Spiegel ..... 9 18412) 4510 9 2. Axford “..-. 2a Oat he tags ae Doenick ....... 6 11 17 Trostel 6 8 14 ottesville winning the first time and Staunton the last two, The ~ 
Patient) vers: QUT 9... 9 Lucas wes. Buses. Atethel eiee elt alte els i eee iar oat Charl lle G 

Sollins.... no G..10 8 kerl 1 bas 40 ompson .....- i ; 4 arlottesvi + ‘ 
Carhough : si : BD 8 5 Rowker ee tee 7 : ; 9 mi Conn wh ant a. 5 a th Klan 3 é i Sub. porbencrvantbc ann tas ae POLIT THU ALITA 1011101—20 
Lenone ...-- 31012 6 2 9 Sito amen stp Sr 9 5 unningham .. WET coooseens 6 1 AY EW ADS ONE Bi a desitiaals oor wats eestor ORES 1111110011) — 
Gee 6 9.... 3 5.. Schneider... a specs Tegwes meee 4 15° > 19m ‘Kohli & he SD tet GRUB CRE LHe ane ERO Best enone ERRRELVIFERAELGEC ITE UE 
TTERRSe ee 35 § 4.. 5 6 Van Riper... oliPtenaess Ormsby --....+, 8 0 8 Karlee se notes 6 2 8 Brutfey DLT Et Onna testen esses eeeeneney 0001111101911991911111111—21 
Huck : 1. 14 z 9 14 e rai ey joes ics 5 “= ay ie PE ECEE & Bobeee, : ik fe ORES Bayete E 5 13 WV, OWES OTR ae rer Asan eA cet 111.0001110100011111011111 1 7—93 
Burgess ! oo Tass Schovyerling. aed Waeltel ke y oe OSEY Sete 14 16 = Staunton Gun Club. , 
Ces 4 Hf 2 4 ate Rrederipksst: ee: as i 3 se se ee prebite etire i i al ee crane B 2 17 Silliaresoteraaceeces saat eee LONI 111—23 
Matzen i vi urne at «Son sb ay *+ z GHiCi BR assere a> Oenick ...... 15 NDS ey ee ee ee ial ORE Ul fe, 
Wise .. ,. .. 12 8 8 911 Peterson .... -. 2. w :. ee Doncourt ..-..-- 4 10 14 OWaC .....0« 6 8 14 McDaniel i ee A RCE acti, bk GRLLEEERCOtnCR eee ee 
Abbot i fee 4 Doolittle ei Ee Leahy <,--<-«-- 4 5 9 O’Rourke ...... 7 ) 16 EW ayanian: 10 obo ete ete chee 441111111 i1111—23 
Set poeeerie meas 6 62.9... Lau . wie wide islesaiiotaaash, oe 13 ihr eAmeheinicriee aL 3 i . Deeper esse se eee eera eee ees IMM 1011134 

MGeh oente seen > ih Decteal i 2 B iraeoie ens jacicesesanrees pleine nite eae 1010011111.001001000111110—14—98 
Hudson (Gan Gib: AVoehringer 060 02694010 Deady ll? )O] mweepstakes: 3 

Tersey City, N. J., July 80.—No. 6 was at 30yds., use of both ere ph eas i 8 it Schas seus ees ; r aD Targets 10 1b 10 10 rt patron rit 10-10 810 

Jer ity, N. J.; J No. 7 yds., [SUSE GE masteesrys Chater: 22. ..25 4 11 argets: “1010.10 
barrels. No. 4 was the club shoot. The entrance to the sweep- Hricken ........ 6 5 15 Albert ......0., 6 George .....+4. os. 8... 6 6 8 Merriken ........ cas vs : 
stakes was nominal. Heidelberg .... 6 1 vi Wircacesn ease 8 3 a SNOW seceeneseeees 9.9 8 7 6 EB Wayman’... os os 5 H 6 

Events: Fy 32) od) ANN t5e Basie aR h aVOSce eee | 9 17 *Meckel ....... 7 ape Th Summerson ....... 5 8 910 6 Quensen .....-:.00 + - 9 TB 

Targets: 15 15 20 25 15 10 10 15 Himmelsbach:,6 13 8  *Pfaender ...1.1. PEM TS Baise OT Acs Sinslucoete W.. @.,., McCoy .....+.. day in sk S oP 
1, Hi Schorty Jno A peels an 18 1p 18 I9 3 10 it Wolff sessss.ss. 6 4 1 BVoss eee sss. fi 6s Bruffey Fees Tada 1899 C Bumgardner ee Wine ieee OPM 

AD KUT Al Nae Cena i aye tn deat tete 2 Deities 7 9 16 TACOT Een eeeas sx GADDED istsrrenes © 5 48 
GRAV AINA ey Reteeruiemabast cca pte er 15 11 17 2 1 3 9 12 Belden ........ 6 12 18 “Hendrickson... 2 15 47 MeDaniel ........ 10.. 910 9 W Wa ie 
3 : : i , + : VMAN sencea ae oe 8 OB 
PAU SIMT se iusieasceie's Sa oe sta slate blu oie Fisise a4 Moe Wee Te oth ie eh one Messenschmidt. 7 4 11 * Hawes 4 42 HE Watson: ........ 7.. 5 3 8 J Wayman 6 
A. A. Duxe, Asst. ‘Sec’y. eller 0 19 19 *Mager 3 13 15 ALLIS vest eeeeeees & 4 6 7 Steimbuck ..0..... ETAT Pete! 
Mississippi Valley Notes. a ee a eres UST charter duit Ae Sarna edge covenant fe ean 
4 7 1: *Woelfel 7 iz late" al Silanes Se FM. Merarzen, Sec’; 

Dave Evirorr’s semi-monthly sweepstake shoots at Dupont Park i Amend ds Ek: : a a SDoncourt ....4 10 44 roo ee at Sey, : 7 

-aré becoming quite famous and never fail to draw good crowds. Wehler ee 7 6 vi ma a0 fay Piged tisiear 4 6 10 The Hunter Gun Club.. 

Dave is partial to no system of division, and even takes in the Plewemad | is z 3 S *Picke Soon 6 5 i F <- 

jack rabbit plan in his programmes, so that every one is suited Web Titres PA La unin t 6 a5 au unton, N. ¥., July 25.—Rain in the morning delayed the 
somewhere during the day and can take his choice. Short TAvie, 3 “ aS “Pak ehict ae 6 2 8 hae ues No, 10, the merchandise event, had an L. C. Smith 

Guibert Lane successtully defended and won for the third time oetitehalane + am 5 7 12 4D: a RIS epee ‘ 6 5 it ammerless gun for first prize. The scores: 
the Piasa un Club medal at Alton, July 27. He broke 35 of 36 Muette 4 W 15 *Knoed 5 SCL 0 8 13 Events gt Wee fe pt eee Soe Tre GGL 
targets, shobting Ree ON ae 90) per, ceni, class; while ie eran aetriasaas 8 Wi sSchuehin acer f re ee 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10. 
opponent, Fred Schiess, got 25 out of his 30. = Mesloh eee %)OCOUSCOA sane ww ” ‘ 

frogrammes Of two important tournaments, the amateur and Meee pele dh fe af af quene het aes 4 5 i 12 + 13 1% 
atten shoots at teks OR posi, aa ve be aut is week. . They rtaaiiits, : Henderson rae 6 + a 94 8 & 9 
will hang wp a clean $1, of added money for the two weeks’ ‘ : a 10 12 «8 8 
shooting, Sweepstake events at No. 2 set of traps: 9 12 

The Platt City, Mo., boys are planning a royal good time for Events: Shs Er Events: ib RL id 9 2 3 ie s 
the friends who gather with them for their fall shoot, Sept. 14 and Targets: 10 15 20 15 Targets: 10 15 20 15 EGE} Gb ie ey 
15. Not only wil they give a good programme, but they have Schuebel 6101618 WKattengill ........... 0... oon 8 12 10 18 9 
some novel features on the tapis. Everybody is to camp out away Duke ....eeseseee 6 10 1411 Sands 7 ik sey qr ES Ay 
from hotels, in soldier style. The management has agreed to pro- Schorty 10 1216 12 Mager .. 7 liye Ma fhetat eB 
vue an Bs Supply ae ea ae of the genus Missouri—for a Ay SSO ENR ne a ii 1 pena ead wees ne ne ae abl ON ep daa 
ry edch day, aad the bill of fare is to be heightened with broth ALTLELL + yy eeeeeresse EMSs eee ec ss ceee ae oe a 9 oe 
ot wild doves brought in from the neighboring fields. In order Breit .1+-+s-c+rrseeres 31314 3 Albert .............1. 1. oe os 10 re ; : q 
to obtain the latter the boys think of setting aside an event, each SHOE psstistrertoesrs 7 8.. 7 Schaefer .....-...06. 2. 2 4. ns eae SK, OSS 
to put up a given sum, as in other programme events, and all Dannetelser ..-..-++- 2.8... 6 Keller ....0.......... .. .. 1b 9 en WR pee, 
starting at a signal upon the hunt, with a given time in which to Hawes s20ssseerrsees 4... 0. Linder -......seseeees ee 4... nay od Mi 
return Champion Walter poet says he will show the fellows a ae onbie tik Sink = 5 ee Deore SRR ee ae in a9 10 ¢. "i =" a 
new pace in this game, and his associate champion, Harry Davis, po UhO tess Fitts SR: an aby a aae ta Dae 4 fel ALD are ta 
latterly known as “the man from Tahlequah,” Maree far che ayil BOX, case nee aisleetielartas 7 4 1 i ieee SCOP eT Gnn ORG OF oF $ 11 oe ‘a 
divide honors with no one when it comes to real shooting such as Bemis Buna 2 acid 5 bherheags sss esa ttilnte +» 6. ~ SS 

9 5 a Y sealer weve are Se IE i he tere. i Pr p i 
this. And woe be unte the chap who buys his ange: eee Voss wg @ 11 14 7 H Hendriclsson CALE Tinks na 5 ea ae ne PoC eu Cp EESRG PES ES ae 
ee ANE : oenick ...-....++-+- veo INCOM Mee eennen ie Senne alse  dehitiabe UMskdtece Gon, oblate * nO Ee 
eel eee SEA Nbnee Ac 8 .... Kreeb . Santo yalon dated July 16 are to the effect 
Hot Springs Gun Club. Sek Ds De oy be rbeth te OD that P. J. Murphy, who holds a number of champi 
a Pring As pig cialsla nig titseisles cs P # . Dates Pattee DOSES Ey: se D an exhibition of wing shooting after the close BP taaserate eaiie 
Har Sekce Ato, apulyeehesiihe reetiian medalecodtes: atthe Heel wee vereer sense tt Bee ae CLM tude de rete ee cele thes at last Sunday. He shot at 20 live birds, and grassed all but one. Th 
Hot Springs Gun Club was held this afternoon at the club’s Wee Yh tae ae 1 11 12 Nouba ae phd t toch y was - 8 exhibition was a surprise to the audience, as Mr. Murph t le 
grounds, ‘The attendance was exceptionally poor on account of Belden “ket ede oe 8 i. 14 Conet es ‘stestssss ss ss se 9 of shooting is somewhat of a novelty. He drops doubles or singles 
COAG TMIE He dmbrn HebsACiiie MESO EONICeR SORE TERT CeLTO RIS Ue tieea ada an SOOT nM Rt Ot ree age es & with equal facility, whether standing on his feet or resting his head 
However, we managed to muster one squad, two of which were Woelfel ........ cate 314 10 Renan Peed! aR bw om 1 on the ground where his feet ordinarily would be—position seems 
new niembers. Site e Re Be RP 2 = OA See Le Serie OS Po ae az to be indifferent to him, He is billed for another ‘freak’ 
+a { : Ce) aman Himmelbach ........ .- 6 8 AWEDeci eens Nene 1 other ‘freak’ shoot 
Mr. De Long won the medal, with Williams a close second, Dead 5 fred aps ee seem momtamaram ok T to-morrow.” Ta! La! 

De Long to-day for the first time was shooting his new single- Bro: aA Rava ee ee u 6 Piooths Satacerncare IR tx eos GE Ae 4 , : : 

trigger, which is one of his own invention. He first tried it at Fiicken MA eee a os 4 Mesle ie ie OP Nn ae ui 

10 pairs with 3% drams of powder, scoring exactly 90 per cent. Garms ‘Lb Pol ie 23 ae Mh Lee SF 1 rte ca od PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT 

it was given a thorough test by all the shooters present and thus ce re iene AE No il set of ‘tra Ss: = i 

Hs has Raves a peer suecess, one gun shows no signs of alter- Peente: pal pe os TTRettes T 2.8 5 —s 

ation whatever. e claims the mechanism is v impl 2 ey f - = - 

sists of only one lever and a spring. He. mus seca ath Scher eid bere 8 13 i it erent ay Hast Seamer ST ouF to tthe North; , 

is HS SMa ert single trigger, he will be able to negotiate them Duke ...............- 10 A a a i Sa i TOUR TO CANADA VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, 

__ Di. Williams is shooting in fine form of late and is thinking of Rinne  iihitteees : 12 11 11 4 tt f see EN fo the North for the summer of 1900 via the Penn- 
challenging De Long for a match for the individual State cham- Bartlett ..........-.-- 8 13 10 10 ; c sylvania Railroad to Canada and northern New York will leave 
TescHe. mowaheld hy the latter \CaptaG, NecRiedad be arpa sciaton patches ferries SUsactatge env soe abe Nine 5 Aug. 11. The places visited include Niagara Falls, Thousand 
Collings, two of the oldest members of the club, are usually pres. Doenick ..,....-...+- Se Ep oP weae vane nee ieee gg 5 Islands, Rapids of the St. Lawrence, Quebec, the Saguenay, 
ent and shoot remarkably well, ; TAG Tut beta 4°... 2 : 4 7 Mionitieal, Au Sable Chasm, Lakes Champlain and George, and 

Great efforts are being made by the officers of the club to en- Dietzel .....-....+--- 410 6 5 Pedecahas Saratoga; the trip occupying fifteen days; round trip rate, $125. 
courage the sport, and it is hoped that within the next year our Muench ......-....-- Me PEEL eM rine see ee oft The tour will be in charge of one of the company’s tourist 
weekly shoots will be represented with at least twenty-five shooters. Kattengale .......-.- Sousa sellaraie nn cecn Fic Gt agents, assisted by an exgerienced lady as chaperon, whose 

Foilowing are the scores of the club medal shoot from three ex IRA Shin tahp te Gleete ..- 9121012 Garms ... Pe aa ve = 9 especial charge will be uriescdst d ladies. ae 
pert traps, unknown angles: 2 ere ek mack DSi lem Sit pepay eee ts eh ee The rate covers railway atid boat fare for the entire round trip, 
Williams “s.....-. MMM ondat—4g Breit ......-22ceeeeee 10... .. Hendrickson .......1 Vil aig Barle joa seats aineals (ee emute enOtel sepeertairmtce ta 
De Long ....--.. WUT a1 49 «= Mager -,...seseeeeee oe 2 7 : HEDIS sch te cs een cee ee mie by 

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Some men and dogs are gun shy, but the rule is 
otherwise. The boy baby tends toward a gun 
with a native drift and instinct. There are people 
who, failing to catch the whooping cough in 
childhood, are caught by it late in life. These 
have it “hard.” So with shooting. A man may 
lead a blameless existence until the white dust of 
the road of life is in his hait, and then fall. The 
gun malady will utterly possess him. 

—Myron W. Reed, Locusts and Wild Honey. 


THE SIMPLICITY OF CAMP LIFE. 


Tue peculiar and beneficent charms of an outing in 
camp ate hardly to be separated into distinct parts and 
nicely defined, yet as a whole they are well known and 
well appreciated by every one who has been so fortunate 
as to enjoy them. If asked to define the pleasures of 
camping, no doubt the average camper would maintain 
that, on the one hand, they consisted in freedom from 
superheated houses, crowded and sweltering humanity, 
eternal din and wearisome business cares; and, on the 
other, the enjoyment of the unconventional style and 


simplicity of detail, the approximation to the most natural - 


and healthful manner of living which can be adopted 
during the days of recreation, and the enjoyment of 
the most beautiful in nature in her most winsome seasons. 

No doubt there is much of good in*the generalities, but 
there is also much of good in the little things, the par- 
ticulars which excite so much of interest in the passing 
moments and are so soon forgotten when the outing is 
ended. From morning till evening there is an endless 
succession of trifles which occupies the mind of the 
camper, and to worn and weary minds the change brings 
restfulness and repair. 

The little things of camp life are the themes of it. 
What engages the attention of the campers? What are 
the topics of their conversations? Little things;' the 
sweet song of a bird in the early morning, or its beautiful 
plumage; the grave consideration of whether or not some 
other point has not many better advantages for a camp 
site than the one at present occupied; the rumor that 

“some one in some other camp caught a bass which weighed 
eight pounds; the fear that the wood supply may run 
short, or whether the wood of one particular tree makes 
a better fire than some other tree or trees; the considera- 
tion of whether it is better to shoot at a target or go 
fishing; the fears as to whether a bait supply can be 
obtained; the wonderment as to how the lone frog in 
the spring obtains a food supply; the debate concerning 
the bright-colored snake found dead; the conjectures as 
to what wild land may lie beyond the distant house: the 
conversation concerning the little ground squirrel which 
timidly watches the strange beings who have come to 
live in his domain; the curious flights of the feathered 
creatures; the wonderful wild flowers—these and innumer- 
able other little things occupy the attention and divert the 
mind to its great benefit. 

The man who, in business, has his mind wracked and 
burdened with ceaseless cares, finds in the little things 
of camp life enough to engage his interest, yet only of 
sufficient interest to be wholesomely diverting. They 
are aS necessary to existence in camp life in a way as are 
the more serious problems of the business and social 
world. : 

To sit in camp in the evening, listening to the deep bass 
of answering frogs, or earnestly debating how the big 
fish was lost, or how the shot at the big buck was made 
or missed, or whether the fish are gamer and. fight more 
fiercely and better in the lake to the north than in the 
lake to the south, comés under the head of little things, 
yet camp life is made up of them. Remove them from 
camp life and that life’ would be stripped of its greatest 
charms, he 


While there is' good health im the pure, fresh air, abun- 
dant sunlight and active exercise incident to hunting, 
rowing, fishing and tramping, they are merely the great 
things on which the superstructure of little things is built, 
and from the standpoint of completeness are but a half of 
the whole. The little things of camp life contain its true 
greatness. The camp-fire’s halo is of little things; the 
woods and waters had their greatest interest from the 
trifles of the passing moment, yet they all contributed to 
the rested mind, the elastic step, the clear eyes and the 
ruddy cheeks, the good results of little things. 


NATURE AND HAIR RENEWERS. 
From Wisconsin comes the wail of a camper, who has 


“most excellent reason to feel outraged and robbed. 


“Here am I on my old camp site,” he writes, “and across 
the narrow arm of the lake, on the face of the bluff 
directly facing my cabin door, in huge yellow letters is 
the sign ‘Try McGuffy’s Hair Renewer’—or words to 
that effect. I have sent for a case of brown paint to 
match the shade of the rock, and I shall attend to that 
yellow sign instanter.”’ We sympathize in his indigna- 
tion atid commend his spunk, which promises to abate 
what is one public nuisance among a thousand. 

The degradation of the beauties of natural scenery by 
impudent and staring advertising signs is progressing 
at a rapid rate in the country. Go where we will in the 
suburbs of the town, up and down the rivers. by the sea- 
shore and amid the mountains, the advertising man has 
been there before us and left the bold, impertinent, ob- 
trusive triumphs of his skill. On all sides we are con- 
fronted by announcements of pills, plasters, blood puri- 
fiers, whiskies, baby foods, rheumatism cures, soaps, 
pickles, cigars, beer, liniments, baked beans, bicycles, 
sewing machines, bitters, cough drops, oatmeal and wash- 
ing compounds, 

It is said, and there is some consolation in the fact, that 
we-are not so badly off here in America as in some of the 
European countries; but Europe is awakening to the 
necessity of a reform, and it is high time that we were 
following the lead. In Switzerland the Cantonal Councils 
of Uri, Grisons and the Valais have made official declara- 
tion: “We will no more allow these advertisements on 
our rocks than on the white cross of our flag.” We have 
laws in several of the States against the prostitution of 
the flag to advertising purposes; why might we not go a 
step further and protect our natural scenery against the 
advertising sign nuisances? Meanwhile, in default of 
recourse to official suppression, the individual has it 
within his power, and in many instances quite- within his 
right as well, to take the matter into his own hands, as 
our Wisconsin friend has done, and blot out the offending 
sign. The truth, however, appears to be, as pointed out 
by Mr. John DeWitt Warner in a recent number of 
Municipal Affairs, that these advertising affronts are 
tolerated because the public at large has no resentment of 
them. In other words, a mammoth pill sign on the face 
of the Palisades of the Hudson produces no general senti- 
ment of disgust. The public taste tolerates it. We have 
these advertising atrocities simply because, as a com- 
munity, we do not object to them. And we shall continue 
to have them just so long as this complacence shall last. 
Not until popular taste shall be cultivated toa point where 
it shall demand that natural scenery be unadorned by the 
art of the sign painter may we hope for an improvement 
in this respect. There are many encouraging evidences 
that such an improvement will come. For one thing, 
there is the society of Scapa, an organization devoted 
specially to correcting the sign nuisances. Then the 
various associations for the preservation of sites of his- 
torical interest and beauty are cultivating taste. Individ- 
ual effort can accomplish much. We ought not to be 
obliged to make extended journeys into the wilderness 
to see nature in its pristine beauty; and certainly when 
we have gone into the wilds we may reasonably ask that 
we shall not be stared out of countenance there by huge 
yellow-lettered announcements of hair restorers. 


SNAP SHOTS 
Secretary George Piers, of tt 
Inland Fishery Protection S$ 
bow is practically extinc’ 
tributing ace ~ 
Tailene” 


is shy, and it will not remain near any disturbing element. 
To supply the place of the’ caribou, the Nova Scotia 
sportsmen are importing the Virginia deer, which appear 
to do well. -The moose supply is believed to be holding 
its own. The Nova Scotians are given to moose snaring ; 
year after year the Society has made cases against the 
snarers, and despite the well-demonstrated proclivity of 
the snarers to stand together and perjure themselves in a 
common defense, convictions have been secured and the 
practice has gradually been abated: The introduced 
pheasants are reported to be doing well. 


Mr. Piers submits a consideration against the sale of 
snared hares and partridges which we do not recall having 
seen before. “I think it a great disgrace,’ he writes, “that 
snared hares and partridges are allowed by law to be 
sold in our markets, when it is distinctly forbidden in 
the New+Testament to eat the meat of any animal that 
has been strangled.” And he clinches his statement by 
reference to Acts 15:20, 20, and 21:25, where the pro- 
hibitions against eating what has been strangled will be 
found. On the other hand, it might be urged that our 
modern rules of practice with respect to taking game 
are not governed by biblical injunctions. For instance, it 
is enjoined in Deuteronomy 22:6-7, “If a bird’s nest 
chance to be before thee in the way on any tree, or on the 
ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the 
dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt 
not take the dam with the young; but thou shalt in any 
wise let the dam go, and take the young; that it may be 
well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.” 
Nowadays, on the contfary, when we come upon a game 
bird’s nest, we take neither the young nor the dam; but 
let both go until the shooting season, 


The Mosaic rule was based upon the very principle in 
natural history which is commented upon -to-day by 
Coahoma in his notes on the nesting habits of birds 


whose first clutch of eggs has been stolen or destroyed— 


if the eggs or the young of the mother bird were taken 


’ from her she would straightway set to and lay another lot. 


The case of the hawks, described by Mr. Swain, has a 
parallel in one which came under our observation this 
spring. A song sparrow had nested in an Irish juniper 
and had laid her four eggs, when a storm broke the 
juniper and. destroyed nest and eggs. Thereupon the 
bird built a new nest, and laid a new quota of eggs, which 
in due time developed into young. The domestic hen sup- 
plies the most familiar example of persistent laying when 
thwarted of her ambition to sit. 


The Hawaiian Islands are some two thousand miles 
distant from America, yet according to notes by Mr. H, 
W. Henshaw, in the July Auk, several species of the 
birds of this continent have found their way across the 
vast watery expanse and have been observed on the 
islands. The glaucus gull follows vessels from San Fran- 
cisco to Hilo. The hundreds which follow the ship out 
of the Golden Gate as a rule turn back after the first one 
hundred miles, but once in a while an individual bird 
will follow the ship for the whole distance, roosting upon 
the yards at night. Brown goonies too follow the ships 
across, feeding on the scraps thrown overboard and roost- 
ing upon the vessels’ yards at night. Other American 
birds noted by Mr: Henshaw as occurring more or less 
frequently on the islands are the red-breasted merganser, 
the red phalarope, the sanderling, Wilson’s snipe, curlews, 
plovers and turnstones, 


Press dispatches from Helena, Mont., on Tuesday of 
this week reported a great fire raging in the Yellowstone 
National Park in the timbered region between the Upper 
Geyser Basin and Yellowstone Lake. So soon as the fire 
was discovered the troops and the road gangs were hur- 
ried to fight it, but it was soon beyond their control, and 
was sweeping everything before it for a line of ten miles. 
The conflagration threaten > worst one known in 
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Che Sportsman Conrist. 


An Accommodating Moose. 


Being the Conclusion of “In a Nova Scotia Camp,” in the 
Issue of Last Week.j 


We were awakened very early by the old Indian, 
who, rapping on the tent post, announced that it was 
“time to git up—kittle b’ilin.” Consulting my watch as 
I left the tent and drew close to the fire—for the morn- 
ing was intensely cold, a heavy frost covering everything 
with a glistening mantle—I found that it was nearly 2 
o'clock. John proceeded to make a pot of coffee, and 
of this, together with some bread and a slice of bacon, 
we made an early breakfast. 

“A drink of good hot coffee’ll keep out the cold,” said 
the guide, and, barring a few biscuit that wed better put 
in our pockets, we'll not git anything to eat till we git 
back to camp.” 

The moon was shining brightly far above the western 
horizon as we stepped into our canoes and began silently 
to paddle up the river. The air was absolutely still, and 
the surface of the water, which was covered with a light 
haze, had almost the appearance of a field’ of snow as we 
glided over its bosom, 

The Doctor and John were in the large canoe, while 
the Indian and I occupied the other. Slowely we moved 
along in the shadow of the trees which lined the shore. 
Our paddles, wielded as they were by men who had be- 
come accustomed to their use, made no noise; our prog- 
ress was as silent as would be that of ghostly hunters. 

At length we drew together, and conversing in low 
tones arranged our plans for the hunt. The Doctor and 
his guide were to land on the southern shore*at a favor- 
able point known to them, while the Indian and I were 
to proceed further up the stream, and landing on the 
other side move over to a strentch of barrens, which was 
well studded with patches of forest a mile or more from 
the river. 

Proceeding thus, we would not interfere with each 
other in any way, for as we would be at least two or three 
miles apart there would not be much likelihood of the 
“calling” from either of the guides attracting the game 
from the other. Leaving the Doctor and John where 
they were making a landing, we slowly paddled up the 
stream for a half mile or so and then the canoe was 
steered to the shore, where we landed, the spot chosen 
by the Indian being the terminus of an old logging road, 
which ran into the barrens in the direction we wished to 
follow. A 

“Not much stick in this old road,” said the Indian, in 
a whisper. “We not make noise. Go easy. Barmby will 
call.” 

The old guide, with his heavy gun in one hand and his 
birch bark cone in the other, led the way slowly and 
cautiously, I following in his footsteps as carefully as I 
could. The moon was now almost down to the horizon, 
and the air was so cold that, notwithsanding: 1 was 
warmly clad, my teeth fairly chattered. The exercise 
of walking, however, soon made me more comfortable, 
and I kept close to the heels of the old man in order that 
he might hasten his steps. 

“No hurry,” he at length said, as I pressed him too 
closely. “Go easy. Look out not break sticks.” 

His caution was not needed, for I well knew that the 
moose could detect the breaking of a twig if done by 
man above all the other sounds of the forest. 

For what seemed an hour, but which was probably 
not half that period of time, we followed the path. At 
length we came to a small grove of hackmatacks and 
dwarf firs, around which there was a wide stretch of 
open barrens, which was covered with bushes, stunted 
trees and scattered groups of various evergreens. 

When a satisfactory position was obtained, the Indian 
put his bark horn to his lips and began to call. 

Tt was an ideal hunting morning, the air being clear 
and cold, and not a breath of wind was stirring. As 
we all know, an absolutely still air is a sine qua non. 
An old bull moose is one of the craftiest, most sus- 
picious and in the mating season one of the most un- 
approachable of wild animals; he is ever on his guard, 
and expert indeed is the caller who can imitate the 
siren tones of the female so naturally that he can charm 

‘the huge animal on to his destruction. A young bull 
of two or three years of age is not so cautious, and he 
usually comes to his doom apparently without a sus- 
picion of danger. 

The note of the bull moose is a short, explosive one, 
something like “boh” or “woh.” T he calling of my old 
guide was repeated several times at intervals of a few 
minutes, but no response was heard. 

A few faint streaks in the east were now visible, which 
indicated that daylight was rapidly approaching. Again 
the harsh, discordant call was given, and yet again and 
again the gray of the eastern sky began to show a 
lighter tinge. The call was repeated once more, when a 
distant response came back to ws. 

The Indian now displayed a degree of excitement quite 
beyond that which I expected he would show. 

*Mfoose come soon, sure,” he said, in a low tone. “He 
answer two times, quick.” . 

Again was the melancholy sound poured out, and 
again came the answer, “boh!” as the moose drew 
nearer. The guide again gave the call, but pointed the 
horn toward the ground and net in the direction of the 
approaching anima! -med as I had been to the 
stolidity of the vas surprised to see 
ee saw tte- 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


showed in every movement of every limb and muscle 
the engrossing destructive spirit of the hunt. ‘ 

As a matter of fact, I was more interested in watching 
the old fellow and in studying the phases of his hunter 
character than I was in the approaching game. 

The moose now began to circle around us in the 
endeavor to catch our scent. Keeping at a safe distance 
and availing himself of the cover afforded by the scat- 
tered group of evergreens, he moved around, impatient 
to approach his inamorata, yet evidently suspicious that 
everything was not as it should be. 

The air continued absolutely motionless, not even 
the faintest vestige of a breeze being felt, and the moose 
was therefore given no opportunity of learning the true 
character of the caller, and nothing was left him but to 
approach and investigate. Again he circled, but as he 
did so he drew nearer the thicket in which we were con- 
cealed: 

Faintly and more faintly now the call was uttered, and 
the Indian snapped a few sticks as if the cow were in 
motion. 

‘Woht Woh!” uttered the bull, as he advanced toward 
us, and finally showed his whole form in the bushes not 
200 yards away. Like a statue he stood for a moment 
and then he turned, and before I could get my rifle to 
my shoulder he disappeared from our sight. “Hear 
dam cow calling,” ejaculated the Indian, as he dashed 
his birch cone to the ground and almost danced with 
rage, “Too bad! Too bad! Cuss the old cow!” 

IT listened for a few minutes, and away off in the bar- 
tens I heard the wailing bellow of the female moose 
that had robbed us of our quatry even at the moment we 
were about to Secure it, 

Our buil was lost to us, beguiled from us in the most 
exasperating way, and as the sun was now considerably 
above the horizon, and further calling was of course 
futile, we lighted our pipes, and with ieelings of disap- 
pointment and chagrin retraced our steps over the old 
legging trail back to our canoe. 

The incident was not an uncommon one, for many a 
moose hunter has had an experience similar to that 
through which we had passed. 

The call of the cow has a peculiar tone, which the best 
hunters cannot compete with, and if it is heard by the 
bull he immediatly turns and follows it, as ours had 


* done, leaving the imitator to bear as philosophically as 


possible the loss he has sustained. 
The old Micmac was as glum as a Hindoo idol, as we 


embarked in the canoe and began to paddle down the 


stream, but ever and anon I heard him muttering to 
himself in a savage way, and occasionally caught the 
words, “Dam cow moose,” “Cussed luck,” “John laff 
heap if he get one.” f 

Tt was 2 severe blow to the old man, for he had counted 
the big bull as good as potted. In a short time we ar- 
rived at the landing place, where the osher canoe was 
hauled up, and stepping ashore we built a small fire and 
awaited the coming of the Doctor aid his guide, 

A half hour was thus passed, during which the Indian 
maintained a moody silence, and then the cracking of 


small sticks in the thicket was heard, and in a few. mo- 


ments we were joined by the others. ' 

“What luck, Doctor?” I asked, as he stood beside us. 

“None at all,” he replied. “We did not see nor hear 
a moose, though we were in what John calls the best bit 
of country in these parts, And your” em 

“We were just at the point of getting a nice one when 
he was hypnotized away from us.’ And then the story 
was told. 

“That must have been perfectly maddening,” said the 
Doctor. “I can hardly conceive of a greater disap- 
pointinent than that.” 

“Yes, it was an infernal streak of bad luck,” added 
John, “but some pork b’iles so. I vote we git back to 
camp and fill up with a good breakfast, but we'll have 
nary moose meat in it. However, it all goes inter the 
wash,” with which bit of philosophy he held his canoe 
for the Doctor to embark, and then shoving off he took 
his seat in the stern, and wielding the paddles they began 
to moye down the stream. 

Extinguishing our fire, for an experienced woodsman 
never leaves burning brands in the woods, the Indian 
and I re-entered our canoe and followed the others 
toward our camp. 

Fully half the distance had been traversed before we 
overtook the other canoe, when one of those events oc- 
curred—John called it a “happenstance’’—such as is rarely 
duplicated in the experiences of even the most persistent 
hunter. As we drew close to the other crait we saw the 
Doctor lay aside his paddle and take his rifle, when, 
cocking it, he scrutinized the thick growth which covered 
the shore along which we had been paddling. At the 
same time his guide lifted his hand, and by his actions 
cautioned us to maintain silence, pointing at the same 
time into the thicket and whispering, “Sticks are break- 
ing. Look our for a moose!” 

_ We listened, and presently we heard the snapping of 
twigs, which indicated that a large animal was moving 
about in the copse. The sound continued, and seizing 
my rifle I waited for the advent of the moose, which I 
had no doubt would quickly show itself. 

Soon the crackling increased, and the animal seemed 
to be moving more rapidly through the woods. 

““He’s off,’’ whispered my guide. 

“No,” replied John; “he’s traveling down towards the 
lake.” 

Our canoes were now silently put in motion, being 
kept as near the shore as possible, and with rifles ready 
for instant service the Doctor and I waited developments. 

Before us was a point which, jutting tar out into the 
stream, necessitated our making a long detour before we 
could again get abreast of the moying animal. This we 
skirted successfully, and following along its lower shore, 
close against the forest growth which covered it, we 
~vois heard the sounds which marked the progréss of the 

»% the thick: growth. 

were not m@re than thirty rods from 
~ that the climax would soon be 
mts the sounds increased and 
‘inet, and we knew that the 
and was approaching the 
‘1g, our every 

498, 
* hut 


TAue. 11, 1900. 


huge beast, with clouds of steam issuing froin his nostrils, 
emerged from the covert and stood on the river bank 
not ten rods from the Doctor’s canoe. In an instant 
the sharp report of his rifle rang out, and the fatal bullet 
sped on its way. For an instant it stood as if paralyzed, 
and then, as if summoning up all its strength, it turned 
and shambled down the river bank. The rifle again 
sent its leaden messenger, when, staggering onward fora 
rod or two, the moose quietly dropped on the shore not 
five rods from our tent. 

“By Jove, Doctor,” I exclaimed, “that was the greatest 
piece of pure luck I ever saw!” . ; 

“Not all luck,” said the old Indian. 
shootin’, too.” 

Our canoes were now run ashore, and landing we in- 
spected our huge quarry. 

“That’s as handsome a head as you'll find in a life- 
time. Doctor,” I exclaimed. “I congratulate you heart- 
ily. While I should have liked to haye been the lacky 
man, I’m glad indeed that the good fortune fell to you.” 

“Thanks,” replied my friend, “I know you mean 
every word you say.” 

“Ves,’? added John; “it’s one of the best heads I eyer 
caw, and the Doctor may well be proud of gittin’ it. 
’Twas a mighty ’commodatin’ critter, too, to bring his 
carkiss right to camp; he saved us a heap of Iuggin’ 
and trouble, and we'll have some moose meat for dinner 
aiter all.” Epwarp A, SAMUELS. 


The History of a Cow Horn. 


I am only a cow horn, yet of ancient and respectable 
lineage, and with pleasant thoughts of my past. 

I did not come over on the Mayflower, as so many did; 
in fact, more “three brothers” came over on that cele- 
brated ship than coudd be accommodated on one of the 
largest liners of the present day, it is said. How | 
reached Plymouth Colony I do not just remember, but [ 
do recollect that I adorned the head of an old brindle 
cow, and we settled at Brimfield, Mass., where she lived 
for many years, until at last old age caused her to cease 
her supply of milk and she was converted into tender 
loins. 

I was saved by one Benjamin Mun, in whose family 
I haye been ever since. Benjamin took a great fancy 
and liking to my figure, which was slight, graceful and 
fair to look upon, for he polished me up in great shape, 
till I was as attractive as a belle of the present day. You 
would haye thought he would have been satisfied with 
my appearance, but he was not, so he plugged my hind 
end with a piece of wood and closed my mouth with a 
wooden stopper, which I considered a bit tough; but he 
said that my sex was safer with one. I was polished 
with a bit of flint, and rubbed down as smooth as 


“Pretty good 


' possible. 


Benjamin was a good man, but a trifle peculiar, He 


used to go off in the woods to have a little sport shoot- 


ing Indians, mostly the Pequots; but he also had a 
fancy for those of other tribes, except the Mohegans, 
with whom -he affiliated. He became a close friend ol 
Uneas, the great chief of that tribe. To such a point did 
this friendship reach that he caryed on my side a sér- 
pent and tortoise—the coat of arms of Uncas—and a 
picture of himself without any hair—he may have been 
scalped—a snake swallowing a frog and many other odd 
things. We had lots of good times together, but the 
first real battle we were in took place in May, 1637, where 
we and some friends were joined by Uncas and a number 
of his tribe. Benjamin and Uncas carried the stockade 
by assault on that bright May day, and the slaughter of 
the hostile Indians was dreadful. 

At the close of the Indian wars I was hung up in the 
sarret of the old homestead, where I remained on re- 
iiréd duty, except as I was taken out for an occasional 


hunt. 


Time sped on, and old Benjamin Mun departed this 

life, and [ was claimed by his son, I led a quiet, un- 
eventful life for many years, until one April day in 1775 
1 was taken down from my peg and heard Rueben 
Munn, who had caught an extra “n” to his name, say, 
“For Lexington!” and we were there in time to get i 
one oi the first shots at the redcoats.. 
_ During the Revolution I did my duty by keeping the 
master’s powder dry, and though changing owners many 
times during the war I] have never been out of the pos- 
session of a direct descendant of Benjamin Mun. 

Tt should not have gone out of Benjamin’s possession. 
but he was promoted to be a colonel, and had to give 
up his fintlock for a sword. I have a pleasant heme, and 
though my working days have passed I know I shall be 
well provided for in my old age, for the present master 
thinks a lot of me. 

(As told per) Henry N, Munn, 


The Knight Mystery. 


Boston, Aug. 6.—The daily papers have another story 
concerning young Richard M. Knight, who so mysterious- 


‘ly disappeared from Bemis, Me., last fall, while on a 


deer hunting trip. This story, founded on the assertions 
of unreliable backwoodsmen, says that young Knight ap- 
peared at a house in Grafton, N. H., a few days after his 
disappearance, and was, Seen by the woman of the house. 
Then all trace of him is lost. But the imagination of 
the backwoodsman has located him in New York, where 
he is living with the girl his father and mother did not 
wish him to marry. Young Knight’s parents haye been 
interviewed by the enterprising newspaper reporter. They 
calmly assure him that such a story is simple nonsense. 
They neyer opposed any girl; there was none to oppose. 
Other statements of fact in the newspaper yarn are based 
upon that which never existed. The fakeists will have to 
try again. Mr. and Mrs. Knight, the young man’s father 
and mother, are done with fakes, frauds and mediums, 
They continue to receive letters. from mediums and 


_clairvoyants, offering to find their son, and all hinting at a 


consideration. These communications go wnanswered. 


“One general answer must suffice for all. The finding of 
young Knight, dead or alive, will be suitably tewarded, 


Nothing will be given in advance. ° SPECTAL. 


The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on ‘Ducsday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
Jatest by Monday and as mysh earlier as practicable, 


———ee 


Ave. tt, 1900. 


- Wing-Shooting Deer in Florida. 


SCARCELY a bit of a shooter, and so inexperienced with 
gun or held scouting of any kind as to doubt my ability 
to give real sportsmen a clear account of occurences, | 
cannot refrain from attempting to describe some deer 


shooting I saw while in Florida last winter and in which 


T took part, enough, at any rate, to make use ol the 
pronoun we in telling of it, ! ; 

Methods of pursuit and capture of game seem to be 
governed by certain local peculiarities, induced ordinarily 
by unalterable natural environment, and will bé found 
usually to embody all such features as practical ex- 
perience has found to be most essential to success and 
diversion, Sa, stalking deer or shooting them at long 
or short distances, standing, with rifled and improved 

' bores of modern type, so conventionally the thing now- 
adays, does not obtain in the widespread, trackless waste 
of open, level pine forest which forms so large a part 
of the range and hunting grounds in Florida, To tramp 
wearily in flat, open woods under a Southern sun 
through rank growths of scrub with the ever present pos- 
sibility of prowling rattler athwart the way, engaged in 
competitive “glimping” with such. alert-sensed denizens 
of the jungle as deer, is occupation long since found 
profitless. Instead of this these Southern woods- 
searchers make use of smoothbores, and go forth 
mounted, counting only on getting shots at fleeing deer, 
where all the chances of multiple pellets, as in use of 
buckshot, are of the essence of the undertaking. 

In the piny forest wilds of the Gulf Coast region of 
northern Florida the elsewhere prevalent Southern cus- 
tom of mounted drivers, with dogs, beating the cover 
over given territory, sending the startled quarry along 
knewn lines of flight to ambushed shooters, does not 
‘generally obtain, A very much more sportsmanlike prac- 
tice is in vogue. This method, called “jumping,” is so 
arranged that the shooters, usually several in number, 
mounted on wonderfully sure-looted, wood-sensed, native 
horses, ride abreast, in line, at intervals apart far enough 
to avoid the impinge oi 
misdirected buckshot. 
Following one or two 

_ slow-trailing, well-bro- 
ken dogs, and arousing 
or springing the deer 
from their daylight lairs 
amid the tall grass. and 
underbrush, they seek 
to fetch them down by 
shooting from the sad- 
dle while horse and deer 
are both in motion, 
“while outriderson flanks 
of the line seek by dash- 
ing obliquely across 

"recognized lines of 
flight to intercept the 

_ flying prey, killing it 
from the saddle, while 
both pursued and pur- 
suer are speeding full- 
bent through broken 
coyer, through and over 
fallen timber and un- 
even surfaces. All this 
demands nerve force, 
workmanship and riding 
skill of a high and dar- 
ing order—skill which | 
comes to men only with repeated and earnest practice. 

Inyited to accompany a party of four resident shoot- 
€rs Of a camping trip after deer down through the 
‘neighborhood of the Pin Hook Sinks across the St. 
-Mark’s River into Jefferson county, twenty-five to thirty 
miles southeast of the capital, I eagerly embraced the 
opportunity, when genial Dr. P., himself one of the 
party, offered me a mount, from whose back, he de- 
clared, many choice heads of horns had been bowled 
over, 

Accompanied by a light covered camp wagon con- 
taining outfit, supplies and servants, we jogged com- 
panionably away to the southeast, and bivouacked ere 
nightiall of our first day quite thirty miles away, I 
listened to some excellent story telling and had some 
Sapient suggestions from the Doctor before getting into 
my blanket as how properly to load my gun, The chief 
point seemed to be the use of just nine buckshot to a 
charge of a size of which my 12-gauge gun barrel should 
exactly chamber three, 

We breakfasted with the rising sun of the second day; 
then, promptly mounting, rode away through the un- 
pathed outspread of Cuban pine and palmetto. Be- 
hind us lazily trotted two paltry looking old hounds, 
as melancholy specimens of dejected dog flesh—or rather 
bone—as I remember ever to have seen. These two 
long-eared, loll-tongued worthies were respectively 
named Mark and Millie, and seemed to command a 
degree of confidence and respect from my four gentle- 
manly companions which their miserable hangdog ap- 
pearance scarcely seemed to me to warrant, 

Quite a mile from our camp a change occurred in the 
mature of surroundings. More open areas appeared. 
The timber was shorter, more scattered, with branching 
tops, and nearly all had a list to northwest, showing 
at some time severe wind pressure from an opposite 
direction, Extended swales of coarser and higher sedges 
and salt marsh or fox grass stretched in irksome yellow- 
ishness away, mottled with stunted clumps of gallberry 
and palmetto scrub. The wind was light, but steady. 
With a directing wave of his arms to the right and leit, 
‘indicating that the party deploy and take distances along 
a line extending approximately north and south in those 
‘directions, the Doctor forged ahead, facing up the wind. 
_ He acting as a sort of guide center, we all swung out 
to our places, dressing on him, Mr. Donelson to the 
“southward on my extreme right, myself next to the 
northward, say six rods removed. Then in succession 
_at about like distances apart on my left rode the Doctor 
‘and the Messrs. Hopkins. From a buckskin thong over 
the Doctor’s broad shoulder hung a delicate looking, 
thinly scraped, amber-hued heifer’s horn. . Raising this 
little implement to his lips, it gave forth a most pre- 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


= PS zs 


tentious, high-pitched squeak or snort, or toot, if you 
will, and then in alternating crescendo and descrescendo 
pulsations there floated, out into wide wood spaces echo- 
ing vibrations, intensely inspiring, each graceful measure 


of sound terntinating in cadenza most creditable to the 
geod Dactor's technique. ‘This was my ‘first cognizance — 


of hunter's horn. winded dn actual participation of the 


sport, and I experienced a nerve thrill as novel as in-: 


toxicating. But ah! the effect of that sound upon the 
two dead-alive old dogs, which had as yet dawdled so 


despondeéntly along behind us. Up went their dropping © 


heads, a pricked energy affected their pendent ears, tails 
rose to something like ambitious curls over their bony 
backs, and each with responsive whine and kindling 
eye trotted to the fore. 


The drag was now on. The real thing had com- 


menced, At any moment something was liable to hap- , 


pen, and there was I, who had never fired a gun from 
a saddle, nor before even heard a horn wind, in the 


forefront of it all, loaded gun athwart saddle bow, my . 


eyes peeled like two Barletta onions, while my inner 
senses or nonsenses bubbled and fluttered in a very cy- 
clone of agitation and indecision, for what I would or 
should do next I could not conjecture. Presently I 
discovered that Mr. Donelson, the rider on my right, had 
somewhat quickened the step of his great bay mare, and 
that while bearing in toward my line of march he was 
intently eyeing Millie, then pottering in the sedge ahead 
of and between us. I saw at once marked change in 
moyements 6{ that formerly forlorn old creature. She 
seemed suddenly to haye assumed a style and form,.to 
have become a dog which might get about for a spurt, 
had she a mind to. Head held high, nose poked wind- 
ward, her once bleared old eyes ablaze, a nervous spasm 
had seized her bony tail, which wagged excitedly over 
her back. With sudden pause of her quickened move- 
ments, carefully, critically, she passed a discriminating, 
quivering nose along the twigs and over the star-shaped 
leaves of a sweet-gum bush. Quickly up and out was 
flung her neck and pointed head, her long, thin jaws 
flew agape, and with a spasmodic jerk of her emaciated 


AN ANCIENT POWDER HORN. 


old body into a humped posture, she piped a clear, loud, 
Startling yelp, wonderfully alert, threatening and eager. 
Neyer before had opening cry of trailing dog greeted 
my attentive ear, and yet it seemed familiar; verily, I 
recognized it, and it magically rekindled embers of con- 


sumed memory, and never can I again forget it, nor — 


how, when in deeper, mellower, longer-drawn cadence 
came corroborating tongue, I felt my barbaric hunter’s 
blood suffuse and tingle my degenerate skin.- Old 
Mark, working along, ten rods away, northward, caught 
the signal and came lunging through the cover. I felt 
that something must surely transpire immediately. To 
be ready for it, I caught up my reins with: tightened 
grip and fell to wondering how I should manage to 
shoot irom a moying horse in case game might sud- 
denly show up. 

“Steady! “Take it easy,’ rang out strong and clear 
in the Doctor's -yoice. 

When nearly up to Millie, Mark caught.a token that 
transformed him at once. With quick: flirt up the wind, 
his neck and back bristling, he flung his tawny muzzle 
skyward and bellowed baritone announcement of having 
scent. Thunderingly came his cry, alternately and in 
chorus with the sharper tones of old Millie, now thor- 
oughly aroused. [ 

‘Look sharp for a double,” sang the Doctor, 

I was doubly pestered what the deuce to do, To sit 
calmly astride and restrain your horse to a snail’s 
pace, when every nerve fiber ts a-tremble, when blood 
goes surging through you like 4 waterhead in a flushed 
sewer, during which pulsating time two hot-mouthed 
game-sensed dogs awake the echoes with their chase cry, 
and you are surrounded by expectant competitors, watch- 
ful of the chance which shall determine excellences, is an 
ordeal calculated to slightly rattle a dummy. It made 
me fairly dizzy, With a mighty inward yearning [ 
pulled myself together and maintained at least a -sem- 
blance of seli-possession. , 

The dogs now had it hot, and were getting along 
eastwardly with pace and tongue that -put a livelier mo- 
tion on us all to keep up. 

Rolling my bulging eyes in all directions in anxious 
expectation of something—anything which might hap- 
pen next—I saw the Messrs. Hopkins on left of line 
scudding away at half run toward swampy confines to 
the northeastward. -What-could be-the matter with 
them? 
harmonics as might characerize a -delerious caliope, 
rushed toward the bushy dead top of a prostrate pine 
immediately in front of me, possibly seven rods away, 
In a moment out of the screen of brown needles covering 
its limbs, like a great stone from a catapault, went with 
a bound the antlered form of a big buck. For just a 


charges of “low moulds,” 
plume made defiant shake as it sailed over the palmetto, 


Just then the frantic. dogs, with soime such . 


second I was perhaps a little out of shape; then I yanked 
iy gun up; and out in the general direction of the high 
bounding beauty went whistling in quick succession two 


A moment later a great white 


and humiliatingly I realized that I had fired scarcely 
within a rod of my mark, But in a moment all con- 


“sciousness of self was forgotten in seeing what Donelson 


‘was about. 


' . Evidently the buck, when he broke cover, had seen or 


known nothing of Donelson’s presence to the south- 
west of him. Almost instantly thereafter he found him- 
self head on and-close to this unexpected danger, and 
with an alettness marvelously adroit. he crouched, 
swerved, and with rapid sneaking movement headed 
back northwestwardly, and passed behind my position 
broadside on in easy range of my now empty gun, Then 
with an uprush and high leap, as he recommenced_his 
flight, a tremor seized his frame, the great armed head 
was thrown recklessly aback, and his quivering form 
bowled over dead. Report of Donelson’s gun drew my 
eyes southward just in time to see him and Peggy, the 
big bay mare, go down in an ugly fall as they came 
careening over a lot of fallen logs. Reports of guns 
had sounded to the north of me soon after I had fired my 
two wild shots, but I had had no time to take note of them, 
and now, as I hurried toward where Donelson had fallen, 
T was made aware of three other discharges in quick suc- 
cession further away to the northeastward, and caught 
the treble and countertones of crying dogs somewhere 
thereaway. :' ‘ 

Having reached the.scene of the tumble, I saw the 
big mare, first on her feet, with a nasty snagged hurt 
across her face. Then arose Donelson, hatless, blood- 
smeared; he seemed to be spitting out sand and shattered 
teeth, Feeling about with his tongue for missing places 
and jagged stumps, he looked the picture of disgust. 

“Are you hurt, sir?” I cried. wr ~~ 

“Not seriously,’ he sputtered; “but I’m short the 
better part of my tront teeth. Hang it! I had paid Dr. 
Shine only last week to fill two of them. *It happened 
almost as I fired. My 
reins lay on her neck. 
In taking those last logs 
she tripped and we went 
nose first into that ‘tus- 
sock of palmetto roots.” 

It seemed that. two 
deer, other than the-one 
engaging the attention 
of Mr. Donelson. and 
myself, had gotten up 
in proximity to and 
abreast immediately af- 
ter the first starter. 
These had each drawn 
the fire of the Doctor, 
with no greater success 
for him than had at- 
tended my efforts. 

Heading for the cy- 
press timber and swamp 
growth to the north- 
eastward, these had a 
ttle later on run_afoul 
the Messrs. Hopkins, 
designedly _ stationed 
there with game-sensed 
intuition of the startled 
run. The rearmost, a 
prime four-year-old 
male, went down to their triple fire. : 

“Eight shots.-five from moving saddles, all at flying 
marks, and two kills,’ I exclaimed. 

“Besides one bad mash—eh, Donelson?” added the 

Doctor, 
_ “In the first kill, Doctor,” I said.’ “I think the deer, 
Mr. Donelson and Old Peggy were all.in mid air when 
the shot was delivered. The one was gracefully bucking 
a palmetto clump, while the other two were attempting 
a sort of steeple bout over a log heap. His reins were 
down and his gun still up when he took his header.” - 

“Likely enough,” rejoined the old hunter, “Neither 
Jim. nor his old «mare has much sense of precaution 
when they hear a,dog open.” 

Riding campward,-I reflected that this, as far as I 
know, distinctively Floridian method of shooting deer 
practically while fiying, is immensely more sportiul and 
nerye-straining than any stalking or stand shooting with 
which I am familiar. Astute game sense and those of 
Iceality and woodcralt are prerequisites. Strong, steady 
nerves, good horsemanship and skillful shooting are 
quite indispensable to success, a 

The nature of such occurence seemed to me second 
only in nerye and venture to remembered coups. de 
inain attending cavalry experiences amid the sixties. 
LOITERER, 


- Medicine Fly. 


Ir was a warti, sultry night in August. The moon 
«tid stars were obscured by the great volumes of smoke 
which for days and weeks had been pouring over the 
summits of the Rockies, caused by forest fires on the 
other side. We were camped for the night in the apex 
of a sharp bend of the creek. The only timber in this 
bottom was two or three cottonwood trees, and one of 
them, a very giant, had long since been blown down, and 
from _ its bare, dry limbs we now and then ‘replenished 
our fire. Across the little creek, from the water’s edge 


‘rosea steep bluff, on the top’ of which grew a ‘few 


stunted pines. . 

t was long past our usual bed time, yet still we 
lingered by the little camp-fire, talking of the happy 
days when we hunted buffalo, and of adventures which 
can never again be experienced. ° : 

“This place. reminds me,” said my comrade, “of the 
death of Medicine Fly, We were camped in just’ stich 
a place as this, and it was fromj-the, top of such ‘a cut- 
bank as that across the creelgsthat the 'Assinaboines 
fired down on us,” ro 14 Lt ee 

“Tell me the story,’ said I. “Who was Medicine Fly?” 
“Well,” he continued, “as you know, I enlisted under 


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Custer as a Government scout in 1874, and remained with 
the army in that position until in 1879, when everything 
had quieted down. In January, 1877, Yellowstone Kelly 
aund.some other scouts captured seven Cheyenne women 
in the Big Horn Mountains, and they were held as hos 
tages. In March Scout John Bryer was sent to the 
camp with two of these women, and they returned with 
twenty Gheyenne warriors. A conierence was held, and 
the whole camp surrendered and came in. No sooner 


was this done than the Cheyennes asked for. guns. and . 


ammunition, expressing their desire to join us against 
the Sioux: Many of the officers laughed at this, saying: 
it was only a play to get a stock ot ammunition, when 
they would again join the Sioux. But the Cheyennes 
said, ‘No; they liked to fight, and didn’t. care much 
whom they fought with; and now that they were with 
the whites they would fight for the whites. Finally, after 
considerable talk, it was concluded to grant their re- 
quest, and a limited amount of ammunition and guns 
was issued them, and they were enlisted as scouts, with 
4 salary of $10 per month. t 

“Ta eee of 77 I was sent down to Fort Buiord 
with dispatches, and in June I boarded the steamer Far 
West to come back up the Yellowstone. General, then 
Colonel, Miles was also on board. At the mouth ot 
Powder River we were hailed by three Indians, and on 
landing found them to be Cheyenne scouts with dis- 
patches from Col. La Selle, who had left that point three 


days previous in pursuit of a large camp of Sioux. After © 


reading the papers, Gen. Miles called me aside and said, 
‘Jackson, I have here some dispatches from Col. La 
Selle; and it is very important that | should communicate 
with him-at once. I wish you would try and overtake 
him.’ I hesitated. 1 was only a boy, remember, and 
here I was asked to go alone through a hostile and te 
ine unknown country in pursuit of a party already three 
and a-half days away. The General noticed my hesitancy, 
for he put his hand on my shoulder, and said, ‘My boy, 
1 know it is a dangerous undertaking, but it very, very 
important that I should communicate with Col. La Selle. 
{ will<not—I cannot—order you to go; but I wish you 
would. « — 

General,’ I replied, ‘write out your papers. In the 
meantime I will get my horse off the boat and prepate to 
StUEt es, | 

“As {-stepped ashore, one of the Cheyennes, a small, 
wiry, bright-looking fellow, came up to me and asked 
where E!was going. I replied that | was going to over- 
take the command. ‘We will go with you,’ he ex- 
elaimed;. ‘the prairie is covered with Sioux. Let us join 
you and you will find us true friends. We will fight for 
you, and if one is to die we will all die, fighting like 
men. 

“Again [ hesitated, for I distrusted them. Yet I rea- 
soned thus: If they want to kill me they will follow and 
kill me anyhow; as well let them go along, then, So I 
went back on the boat and told the General- what they 
said. ‘Bring them in here,’ he replied, ‘and let me see 
them,’ : . += ; 

‘“Well--after some talk, the General said to me. “We 
will let them go. _I think they mean well, and you know 
the whole: camp is up at the fort. If they should harm 
you you-will be amply avenged. They know this, too. 

am sure:they will stay with you.’ 

“The papers ready, we were about to start, when the 
Cheyennes asked‘for ammunition. ‘See,’ they said, point- 
ing to their belts, ‘we have not ten rounds apiece. We 
can not fight with a brave heart when we have so few 
shots.’ é' eon , e Re 

“Help yourselves, the General said, pointmg to an 
open casé on the floor, and help themselves they did, 
each one taking 200 cartridges or more. 

“At last we were ready. The boat pushed out from 
her moorings. and disappeared around the bend. [ 
watched-her out of-sight with a heavy heart, and then we 
mounted,and rode.away on the trail. My companions 
were a happy set’ of fellows. Of course, we could talk 
to each other only by signs, but as you know signs 
among Indians take the place of words, and we managed 
to keep up:a pretty lively conversation, at the same time 
riding ahead at a surging gait. We kept on: the open 
ground as much as possible, and stopped om every hill 
and rise of ground to reconnoiter. At sundown we 
stopped and ate supper, and after dark we moved on a 
couple of miles and. camped. | frat 

“YT didn’t. sleep much, for I still distrusted my com- 
panions, and day all night with rifle in my hands and 
pistol handy, preparedto kill the first one who made a 
break: but with the morning light all my donbts and 
fears gave way, atid from then on I felt that I could trust 
7 them. oa eee = | 

“Toward the close of the’second day we were approach- 

ing a broken: country, and were nearing the head of a 
timbered coulee, when suddenly Medicine Fly—the 
Cheyenne who first proposed they should accompany me 
Se was’ ahead jumped from his horse, and said he 
saw a wat party coming up the coulee. We all dis- 
mounted and prepared to fight. I never saw such a 
happy fellow as Medicine Fly. He danced about and 
grinned, afd said we would have lots of fun. 
war bonnet of the leader,’ he said. ‘We will now have 
some scalps. Maybe we will be killed; but if they kal 
us. it is good.’ 
“Well, we waited a little while, and presently a great 
‘pull elk came up out of the coulec, followed by twelve 
others. They were the war party. I felt greatly relieved, 
fer from the first I had tried to get them to go on at full 


speed, for I- was thinking of my dispatches, but. Medi- - 


cine Ply would not remount. and we could not g0 off 
‘and leaye him, One of the Cheyennes shot a yearling, 
and taking what-meat we wanted we tode away. ; 
*About sundown of the third day we overtook -the 
soldiers, already camped for the night.. 1 went to Col. 
La Selle’s camp and delivered my dispatches. He 
thanked me, and telling us to all come back to his tent 
by and by sent us to the mess for supper. After_a while 
we went back to the Colonel’s tent, e found seats for 


us, passed-around @ package of cigarettes and then said; _ 
“Jackson, Lhave got the worst lot of deadhead scouts — 


here you ever saw.- They ‘will not go far enough ahead 
to get out Gf sight of the command, and it seems as if I 
never would catch up with these Sioux. They keep just 
ahead all the time. When I camp they camp. When I 
move they move. Naw, I wish you would go ahead with 


te ern eee ann —s 


-Sioux camp was easily followed. 


we could do no less than follow Medicine Fly. 
“seven persons seeing us coming got down and prepared 


‘Il saw the: 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


tpt 


your Cheyennes and find out where they are camped, and 
if possible we will fight them to-morrow, I’ye heard a 
goo deal abour you, and believe you are just the man for 
this business.’ 1 

“Boy that | was, I still realized thal the Colonel was 
softsoaping me, and | was fool enough to be pleased. | 
teld the Cheyennes what he said, and they imstantly sig- 
nified their willingness to go if the Colonel would give 
ws fresh horses. He agreed to do that, said the guard 
would call ws at 1:30, and sent us off to bed. 

“Prompt ta the minute the guard awoke wus, and 
showed us the horses the master of transportation had 
selected for us. There were two mules and two horses— 
none of them very wood, but the best they had, We 
saddled up, and by 2 o'clock were on the trail, There was 
bright moonlight, and the heayy trail made by the 
At daylight we were 


within a few miles of Sentinel Butte. On the south 


side of this, at a place called Ash Springs, as we sub-— 


sequently learned, the Sioux were camped, 

“Most of the warriors were out hunting whitetail that 
morning, but a number of them were left to guard the 
camp, and some oi these irom the top of the butte saw 
us coming and laid a trap for us. At a place where the 
trail passed between two quaking asp groves they am- 
bushed, but by some misunderstanding, or before they 
had time to surround us, a warrior suddenly rose up 
behind us and gave a warwhoop. We instantly dis- 
inounted, and at the same time a dozen men came over 
a little ridge ahead and charged down on us. Medicine 
Fly's mule was instantly shot, and the bullets whistled 
all around ws. One fellow, mounted on a fine black 
horse, charged right down on Medicine Fly, The boy 
stood his» ground, smiling, and taking deliberate aim 
fired. The ball pierced the Sioux. through the heart, and 
he fell almost at our feet. Medicine Fly instantly caught 
the rope which was trailing and stopped the horse, and 
then he scalped his man. The other Sioux wheeled and 
turned back up the trail, and we gave them another 
round, and killed one man and a horse. Then we all 
mounted and dashed into the quaking asp grove at our 
right. j 

“Here we found a coulee, followed this down, turned 
up a fork of it, and so out on to the prairie again, and 
were at least 600 yards away before the Sioux knew 
what had become of us. Had we stayed there a few 
moments more we would have been surrounded and 
killed. As it was, they gave us a sharp chase, and it is 
a wonder they didn’t kill some of us, for they kept up 
shooting a long time. After going three of tour miles, 
we came in sight of the soldiers, who were coming up 
as fast as they could, and then the Sioux quit us. An 


hour “ater we were all back at Ash Springs, but the , 


camp had gone. From this place they scattered out in 
bunches of three or four lodges, and the chase was 
abandoned. 

“From that time on Medicine Fly was my constant 
companion on scouting trips. I never saw a man who 
so enjoyed a fight. At the least prospect of a Scrimmage 
he would dance about, smile and say, “Now for fun. Ti 
we are killed we will die like men. What is the use 
of growing old and sick?’ 

“At one time four of us were out, and we saw seven 
persons on horseback whom we thought to be: Sioux. 
Medicine Fly got off his horse, threw the saddle off and 
waited for the rest to follow suit. The others threw 
their saddles off and stripped for fighting. J did not. I 
had a big, powerful horse, and felt more secure with 
a saddle under me. As usual Medicine Fly was im- 
patient. 

““Come on! 
you afraid? 
fight them.’ 

“Away we dashed. Four to seven was big odds, fae 

1e 


| Come en!’ he said, ‘Why so slow? Are 
I beheve you are. Hurry, hurry! Let's 


to fight. We were getting pretty clése, when one of 
them held up his hand and_asked who we were, and then 
we saw they were whites. Medicine Fly was disappointed 
and wouldn’t speak all the rest of the day. The whites 
proved to be a scouting party from Fort Keogh. One 
of them was my brother Robert, and ancther Lieut. 
Casey. 

“Five of Medicine Fly’s brothers and his father had 


been killed in battle. But one relative was left now, an | 


elder brother named Starving Elk. One day this man 
walked up to another Cheyenne and said to him, ‘[ heard 
you had called me a coward. Here I am now. Iff you 
do not shoot I shall think you a coward.’ The man 
pulled a pistol and pointed it at Starving Elk. He 
never flinched nor raised a hand. Crack! went the pistol, 
and down fell Starying Elk, with a bullet through his 
heart. This happened while Medicine Fly and I were 
on our last trip together, or that would not have been 
the end of the affair. 

_“TIn_ March, 1878, we were sent from Keogh to 
Fort Peck with dispatches. We had been paid off a few 
days before, and Medicine Fly had $30 in gold. This he 
squandered at the traders’ store at Peck, buying, among 
other things, a pair of fine boots and an accordeon. He 
had no use for either of these, for he never wore anything 
but moccasins, and knew nothing about music. 

“On our return trip along toward evening of the sec- 
ond day we were nearing a creek. | Saw a band of 
buffalo not far off, and told Medicine Fly to go on and 
make camp and [ would kill some meat, So he went on 
with the pack mule and I went over and killed a young 
cow, and took as much of the meat as | thought we could 
use. Instead of sneaking up as-I should have done, I 
chased the band, and had quite a run before | got a shot. 


- Well, IT went on and found Medicine Fly had camped, as 


I said, in a place like this. I didn’t like the looks of it, 
but said nothing for a while. After we had had supper 
I said, ‘Let us pack up now and go on a few miles, 
There is a place near here called Crow Hill where the 
Sioux once killed a whole war party of Crows. There 
is a queer rock fort there, and I would like to see it.’ 

“*This is a good place,’ said Medicine Fly. “Here is 
wood, water and good grass.. Let us stay here to-night, 
and to-morrow we will go and see Crow Hill,’ -  - ~ - 
‘ “But” I said, ‘this is a bad place. We are shut in 

ere. 
to the top of that cutbank and kill us.’ 

“Tt was no use, I couldn't get him to move; so I was 


We can’t see anywhere. The enémy might come 


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obliged to stay. It seemed as if the yery devil was 
in him that night. He sang war songs, yelled, “and made 
A noise with bis aceordéon, 45 ii trying ro attract atten- 
tion. Finally we made down our beds. Medicitte Fly 
made liis by the fire, but I made mine between the forks 
of a fallen cottonwood, [ couldn't sleep, however —[ felt 
uneasy. Ser 4 

“Tt might have been an hour or more-after lying down, 
when I heard some gravel fall off the cutbank and rattle 
flown into the water; the there was a shot. Medicine 
Fly immediately jumped up and fired back, and then 
there was a feariul fash, and twenty or more shots were 
fired at him, ‘he horses were frightened and running 
about ou their ropes, I didn’t get up, but kept hallooing” «| 
‘Whoa, Billy. Whoa, boy.’ It was no use to call. They 
either broke their ropes or pulled the picket pins and 
stampeded. There was no more sound from the cut- 
bank, I could hear Medicine Fly groan occasionally, © 
und knew that he was wounded. After a while I got * 
up and went over to him. “Oh,” he said, ‘I thought. you — 
were gone, Leave me now and get away if you can, I 
shall never go. They have killed me.’ ” 

“T replied that I would not go. [n fact, | couldn’t gu, 
ior the horses had’ -stampeded. IT fixed a_ bed,-tor « 
Medicine Fly, got him as comfortably placed as possible 
and then went off a little way and waited for daylight. — 
That was an awful night. My old friend.and companion / 
was mortally wounded, I knew, and felt as badly about it — 
as if he had been my brother. I couldn't think what had 
become of the war party. 1 wondered why they did. not 
come in_and finish us, and | made up my mind that if they 
did come T° would kill enough of them to ayenge us 
both before they took my hair. At last day began to 
break, and J sneaked out and took a look around. Not 
a living thing was in sight. I even went up on top of 
the cutbank, but could see no trails on the hard, dry > 
grass. | went back to my friend. His eyes lighted up 
when he saw me, and he said, ‘Still here! Onur hearts 
are the same. I like you.’ And presently, ‘I am not 
afraid to die. This is the way to die; shot down by the 
enemy. J am glad.’ ; : 

“Atter a while he asked for water, 1 got a cupful, ratsed - 
him up and held it to his lips. He took only a swallow, 
shivered and died in my arms. For the rest of that day 
I must have been crazy. I remember nothing until about 
dark I tound myself at the fort, forty miles from where - 
Medicine Fly was killed. I told my story, and Jay down 
and slept. Next day, with some others, [ went back and 
buried Medicine Fly, and got our saddles and other 
things, And while we were burying him, [ told the 


boys what a triend he had been to me, and how brave he 


was. Then one of the boys made a little speech. =I can’t 
remember all he said. He-said something about every. 
one doing their best according to theic lights, and how 
Medicine Fly had always done the best he could; that 
he had always done inore than his duty, and that if there 
was any hereafter Medicine Fly stood as good a show ~' 
to be happy as the next one. uf \ 

“And then we got on our horses and rode away, 

“T found out afterward that it was the Assinaboines 
who killed him. They told me about it themselves. 
They saw me running buffalo and heard Medicine. Fly 
singing, and thought we were Crows. But when they 
heard me halloo at my horse they recognized my yoice and 
wept off. I did not tell them that they killed-the Cheyerne: 
1 wouldn't give them that satisfaction. JT only said that 
they wounded him a little, and that he got all right in a 
week or two. IT have often thought about that night. 
shall never forget it, nor Medicine Fly. T wish, for no 
better friend and companion than he was.” ” 

J. W. Sesuvez, 


Pircan, Mont. 


‘The Blacklick. 


Tue Blacklick is a branch of the Conemaugh, which 
flows into it about two miles below Blairsville. i 
comes in from the east and northeast, and has its rise 
among the hills along the border of Cambria and Indiana 
counties. Its length is not less than thirty miles. In my 
boyhood it was one of the most pleasant of streams. It 


-flowed through a country of farms and primeval forests 


No manufactories of any kind or town of any description 
stood upon its shores. Its waters were as clear and un- 
sullied as in the days when the red Indian speared its fish 
from his frail canoe. It is many years since I have looked 
upon the waters of the Blacklick; but I understand that a 
railroad has been built along its bank, and the sylvan 
quiet is now broken by the screech of the locomotive ~ 
and its pure current polluted by the refuse of coal mines. 
It looks as though no stream in the Union ts to be ~ 
sacred from the railroad, Bad luck to the man that in- 
vented the iron horse! But the Blacklick as it existed at 
the time to which my mind now reverts was such a 
stream as Walton would have liked, or Henry Van Dyke 
would Joyingly place among his “Little Rivers.’ - 

Three points of contact with the Blacklick remain must 
permanently fixed in my memory. One was a place 
known as Campbell’s Mill. It is more years than [| 
would like to say since | haye been at Campbell's Mill, 
My Unele Henry lived there and operated the grist mill, 
and I remember going out with him, four miles away. 
How well I remember clinging to his waist as | rode be- 
hind him on the back of old Nell, the gray mare, with my 
little legs stuck out nearly at right angles with my body, 
much as if I should ride astride of an elephant fiow. 
What an immense heast she seemi«] to be, and what a- 
vast world was that which | viewed in round-éyed — 
wonder from my lolty position, That same old world 
has been a puzzle and a matter of wonderment to mic 
ever since. ; 

There was a mill pond there where the geese and the 
little fluffy goslings were swimming; there was a cov- 
ered wooden bridge across the creek that seemed the 
haunt of queer shadows and strange sounds; there was 
un orchard behind the house where oats were growing: 
among the trees and fallen apples were lying among 
the oats. I reeall even the tall clock,. with its broac 
swinging pendulum and its great metal weights hanging 
from their Jong cords; and even a book which | saw 
there, and have never seen a copy of it since—some work 
on “The Revelations,” with a highly colored picture of 
the scarlet woman seated on the beast with the seyen 


think to ask him if my chance of having it then would 


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108 


heads anid ten horns—a work of art which fascinated me 


at the Same time that it half-frightened me. I mention 
these trifling details because they are among my earliest 
and deepest impressions. 

Another point of contact with the Blacklick was Lich- 
enthaler’s Ford. We took this ford on the way to Hope- 


well, a little country church painted white, which stood. 


on 4 low hill in the midst of a quiet pastoral region, with 
= churchyard adjoining it, where the rude forefathers 
of the hamlet slept in peace, each under his grassy knoll, 
while overhead swam the hawk on_ noiseless pinions in 
vast circles through the azure .depths. Lichenthaler’s 


Ford was noticeable as the site of an ancient Indian. 


village, The dark soil showed where the Indian women 
had cultivated their fields of maize through many years, 
while flint arrow heads and fragments of rude pottery 
were mingled with the soil. In the adjacent forest were 
low iumuli, which were believed to be the last resting 
places of the primitive inhabitants; but there had not 
yet developed among their successors enough of anti 
quatian zeal or curiosity to lead anybody ta explore 
‘hese mounds. The red man was still too near in point 
oi time. The chief impression of him which remained 
was that of a troublesome customer whom people were 
lad to have got rid of and whom nobody wished to 
ae anything more to do with, 


A third crossing of the Blacklick in our neighbor- 


hood was.by a white-painted bridge near the mouth of 
the creek. A small stream called Altman’s Run comes 
in here from the north, and on it stood a sawmill, It was 
% little old-style sawmill, open on all sides, and with an 
upright saw. It was important to me in one way, be- 
cause it illustrated the modus operandi by which the bear 
in the story in McGuffey’s old “Third Reader,” who 
lugged the saw while it was in operation and clung to 
it until he was sawed through and “fell off into. the 


flood,” was killed. At the farmhouse here was a spacious — 


orchard. How vividly it all comes back into memory! 
The rich iruitage pendent on the boughs and the fallen 
apples, all golden and red-cheeked, lying in the grass. 
Sub arbore poma, And walking among the trees, I 
recall the owner, a venerable white-haired and* white- 
shirted man with whose appearance my infancy was 
familiar. He was a devout Lutheran, very dull of hear- 
ing, and a principal prop m the denomination. In order 
that he might hear the sermon, he always stood in the 
pulpit cheek by jowl with the preacher. The top of his 
head was bald and shining, the long white locks about the 
sides and back of his head fell down over his wide white 
collar, and his calm demeanor as he leaned forward upon 
the pulpit and scanned the congregation I recall per- 
fectly well. His presence in the pulpit had become su 


customary that it excited no remark, and his absence | 
irom his post would have been as noticeable as that ol . 
I remember going once into his orchard. 


the minister, or 
when he was there, and picking up an apple I bit it, but 
not liking the taste of it I threw it away, upon which he 
reproved me for my wastefulness and remarked that in 
the winter I might be glad to have that apple. I did not 


be any betterif I ate it now. | ‘ 

A short distance beyond the farm of which I write were 
the traces of an old, long-deserted village, which was 
known aS Newport. What the history of Newport was 
I never heard, but it would seem to have been one of the 
many villages that sprung up along the line of the once 
famous Frankstown road. This highway was authorized 
by the Legislature of Pennsylvania as early ay 1787. 
Some parts of it yet remain, and are still known by that 
name. But the construction of the great northern turn- 
pike about the year 1820 diverted much of the travel 
irom the Frankstown road, and Newport succumbed 
to the rivalry of Blairsville, at the crossing of the 
Conemaugh, only two or three miles away, _ 

In my early days a ruliined tenément, a solitary stone 


chimney and several excavations and dilapidated founda-- 


tion walls marked the site of this abandoned village. 
Of course the old house was said to be haunted. The 
iocal Ichabod Crane was prepared to see a spook sitting 
upon the roof-tree in the gloaming, and looking in at the 


sashless windows at certain hours some such sight pre- 


sented itself as Tam O’Shanter beheld in the “auld 
Kirk of Alloway”: 
“Warlocks and witches in a dance,’ 


I came across there late one night with two or three 
companions returning from Livermore; but none of us 
saw any ghost. I think none of us tried to see one. I 
know I did not. It was a remark of that shrewd old 
philosopher Dr. Samuel Johnson that many men deny 
with their tongues their belief in ghosts, but confess it in 
their fears. , 

Very pleasant to me are the memories of the Black- 
lick—its clear waters gliding over the dark, moss-coyered 
stones in the channel; the occasional glimpses of fishes 
in the pellucid depths, their white sides flashing for a 
moment in the sunlight as they balanced themselves on 
i new course; the forest-lined banks, cool and quiet, 
where wild pigeons, partridges, pheasants and squitrels 
lived in comparative safety; the cultivated fields’ along 
the shores, where the harvester swung his primitive 
cradle among the standing grain, while women and boys 
followed in his wake and bound up the sheaves. No 
such streams flow elsewhere. I am not surprised that 
Naaman, far from home, should think the rivers of 
Damascus, the Abana and the Pharpar, better than alt 
the waters of Israel. T. J. Crapnxran. 


PENNSVEVANIA. 


~ A Buried Toad’s Long Sleep. 


While making excavations in connection with the pre- 
liminary work of widening Forest Hills Square, West 
Roxbury District, a workman digging at a depth of about 
& cr 9 feet noticed a peculiar ball of dirt. He picked it 
up and broke it open and was greatly surprised to find 
that the crust of clay contained a toad. He called. the 
attention of the boss to his “find,” and as they examined 
it the toad began to expand; it then began to extend its 
legs, opened its eyes and in a few minutes jumped from 
{hie laborer’s hand, The bogs said that the road at that 
point had not, to his knowledge, been opened in fifteen 
yeurs and how the toad had lived in its comatose condi- 
tion all those years was a matter of the greatest wonder 
tu all who witnessed its revival, 


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. tributor, Hon. Wm. N. Byers, of Denver; Golo. 


| Glatural Gistory. — 
The White-Footed louse. 


Editor Forest and Stream: pe 

The white-footed mouse has taken possession of my 
cabin. Until a year ago the mice were kept in check by 
stoats, but for some reason the stoats have failed to ap- 


pear, and the mice are increasing rapidly, I find their ' 
I go bareheaded the ‘ 


nests in every-nook and corner, ‘ 
most of the time, so it happens that when I do need a hat 
1 find it occupied by an enterprising motise and her 
family. Now a few mice for company in the winter 
evenings would not be objectionable, but I draw the line 
when they become so numerous that I am forced to 
eat and sleep with them. They are too cunning and in- 
telligent to be kept in check by traps. I have tried all 
kinds of traps, only to find them useless. Last winter. 
1 bought a wire rat trap—the kind with a trencher that 
tips and slides the rat into the space below. The trap. 
was a failure. The mice were highly delighted with the 


contrivance, and from the first used the trencher asa. 


door leading into and out of the trap. 


How does it happen that these shy inhabitants of the , 


woods are more inteliligent than the cunning cit rat? 
Some writers tell us that the lower animals cannot 
reason, In such case it ought to be an easy matter for_ 
man to outwit a lot of foolish little mice. I tried the 
experiment by fixing a wire to the trencher in such a way 
as to give me full control. When the mice were engaged 


AT CHIPMUNK LODGE. 


wire and made it 
numbered twenty- 


on the food in the trap I pulled my 
fast. The next morning my prisoners 
eight. I was about to drown the lot, when several pets 
clung to the upper wires of the trap, and the mute ap- 
peal in their great wild eyes softened my foolish heart, 
and I thought it would be more humane to lose them in 
the woods. I carried them nearly a mile from the cabin 
and turned theny out near some big boulders. I left a 
supply of food and promised myself to feed them from 
time to time. Two nights later they were all back in the 


eabin. Upon investigation I found that they had followed . 


my footsteps. I could see their tracks in the snow where 
they had trooped along in short journeys. At the end 


of each journey the tracks would disappear under a 
boulder or a tree, only to appear again, but always head- 


ing for the cabin, 

{ baited and fixed the trap, while the mice scampered 
about, evidently celebrating their return, I told them 
plainly that this was their last night on earth; that I had 
outwitted them once and would now outwit them again, 
But all my boasting came to naught. Not a mouse 
would enter that trap while the wire was on the 
trencher. The third night I removed the wire, and the 
mice entered the trap without fear. 

Vainglorious man had pitted his wit against the wit 
of these little rodents and the rodents had triumphed. 
Every sportsman knows how it is. He finds the wild 
things just as intelligent and crafty as man with all his 
hoasted superiority. 

The white-footed mouse, unlike the house mouse, is 
a handsome fellow. He sports a chestnut coat, a white 
vest, reddish brown trousers and white stockings. His 
eyes and ears are uncommonly large, causing his head to 
resemble a deer’s in miniature. This resemblance has 
bestowed upon him the name of “deer mouse.” He is also 
called “wood mouse,” but is known to science as Hesper- 
vmys leucopus. : ; 

My object in writing about these mice is to call atten- 
tion to their peculiar method of communication, I have 
summered and wintered them over fifteen years, and 
never have [ heard one of them utter. a vocal sound, 
They communicate with each other by drumming with 
their fore feet, or, rather, they drum with their toes, for 


the foot in the act is held rigid while the toes move. 


If any writer has called attention to this peculiar 
method of communication it has escaped my reading, I 
am well satisfied that the habit has never been published 
before, so it must prove interesting to those who pry 
into the secrets of Dame Nature. 

Some time in the future I will write about the differ- 
ent calls of these mice, and of their food, intelligence, 
ete. HERMIT. ~ 


At Chipmunk Lodge. 


THE portrait is of Forest ANp StReAm’s: long-time-con- 
snap shot at Chipmunk Lodge, his country home near 


Colorado Springs, where Mr. Byers tells us, and’ the 
picture attests, the squirrels are most friendly and confiding. 


_ extraordinary and 


Tt is a - 


Persistent Nestings. — 
Editor Forest and Stream: °° | | oa 
Mr, J: Merton Swain’ in the July 28 number of Fores: 
AND STREAM, gives ‘a very interesting narrative of his 
experience with two red-shouldered hawks, in, relation 
to their breeding habits, covering a period of seventeen ~ 
years of unintérrupted observation. Aside from the - 


generally interesting character of Mr. Swain’s well-told 


narrative, the occurences related by him of the second 


. breeding of these birds, and one season a third breeding, 


after being deprived of the first and usual laying of eggs, 
suggests some reflections. about the exercise of mental 
faculties and functional activities by these hawks, to meet 
accidental exigencies, that seem quite 

wonderful. ' i "4 c; 
This is, of course, not a uew thought by any ineans, 
as the subject has doubtless engaged the attention of 


Students of natural history many times before now. Still 


it seems to merit a passing notice in your pages... 

There are many kinds of birds whose habit is to breed . 
oitener than once during a season when conditions are 
favorable. There are other kinds. whose nests are so 
exposed to chances of being destroyed that bountiful 
nature makes provision for supplying such losses when 
sustained, Such birds undoubtedly have a store of em- 
bryonic ova ready for use in such contingencies. But I 
take it that the hawks do not bélong to either category, 
and it seems strange that nature should supply, a reserve 
store of eggs for reatly use to meet such a remote con- 
tingency as the destruction of the first set, in the case 
of the hawks. But the second, and even third, arousing 
of the procreative instincts in response to so unusual a 
demand seems to indicate a certain power of mental 
initiative in them that is still more wonderful. 

There are many birds and other creatures whose pro- 
creative functions are excited into activity at a certain 
ever-recurring period year after year, which process has 
continued for so many generations as to have acquired 
all the force of hereditary instinct in its periodicity. But 
in the classes of creatures here referred to the exceptional 
demands upon them as the result of accident would 
seem to be too infrequent to bring into action faculties 
that belong to the domain of implanted instinct, which 
is the product of persistent experience. 

The conclusion seems inevitable that hawks are en- 
downed with those mental faculties that we call reason- . 
ing powers. 

On the other hand, we are frequently reminded that 
il the wnfathomable profundity of nature’s laboratory 
there are resources that lie without the channels of our 
ordinary contemplation. This is exemplified in the in-_ 
venuity displayed to supply substitutes for defects and — 
remedies for injuries in living organisms; in the phenom- 
enal acuteness of the’ auricular nerves when the optics 
are wanting, and yice versa; in the astonishing sensitive- 
ness of the organs of touch when all the other senses are 
gone; in the readiness with which one of duplicate vital 
organs assumes the burdens of both, after one has been 
destroyed; in the immediate enlargement of collateral 
veins in the human body when a principal vein (the 
jugular, for instance) has been severed. These examples 
may not be “pat to the purpose,” but are suggestive of 
nature’s resourcefulness in regions beyond our ken, 

Charles Darwin, in his industrious and untiring’ re- 
searches, discovered that the roots of plants are pro- 
vided at their terminals with a highly specialized aye 
possessing a-degree of sensitiveness and powers of dis-. 
crimination akin to consciousness. With the “tip” cut 
off, the root has lost its eyes, as it were, and proceeds 
blindly in a sitaight line, in any direction that it happens . 
to lie in. 

When a new “tip” has been restored, it proceeds with 
seeming intelligence—if a tap root it becomes again 
geocentric, pursuing its way downward, but turning 
aside from obstacles before actually encountering them, 
etc. If a lateral root, through the guidance of the “tip” 
moist regions are sought, and selection is made from the 
soil of those particular ingredients that are needed for - 
the growth of the plant and the perfecting of its specific 
generative gerims, oJ _ 

Perhaps these hawks are provided with one of nature’s 
mysterious “tips.” Who can tel]? COAHOMA. 

MISSISSIPPI. : ; . ? 


e J 8 
South Sea Crayfish. 

Ir is not to be supposed that the white resident in 
Samoa goes entirely hungry because of disinclination to 
eat the tasteless messes of the native cookery. One can 
always fall back.on provisions in tins, and the palate, 
through much suffering, acquires a fine discernment. of 
the delicate shades of flavor as between tin and tin. But 
too much tin is apt to pall, and the epicure is driven 
to seek something fresh to eat. 

No fault can be found with the crayfish of the Samoan 
tivers. It is fresh, it cannot be spoiled in the cooking 
and it has as fine a flavor as any crustacean even in the 
country which has the double blessing of the soft-shell 
crab and the Newburg kind of lobster. When fully 
grown they average 4 inches in length of body, and are 
about as thick as a man’s thumb. The males: which 
possess the finer flavor, are to be distinguished by the 
extreme length of the very slender first pair of claws 
which not uncommonly attain the length of a foot. These 
crustaceans fairly swarm in the mountain streams, and 
particularly affect the rock podls of their upper courses. 
They are so common and so easily taken that the 
Samoans, whose ideas of prices are decidedly magnificent, 
peddle them in cocoanut baskets of fifty crayfish for six- 
pence, 

In catching them, dams of stone are thrown across the 
stream with a small net stretched across the gap left for — 
the passage of the water. Beginning far above the dam- 
the fishermen wade down the stream at the break of 
day, beating the water with saplings and prizing over the 
large stones in the watercourse. Daybreak is the favorite 
feeding time of the crayfish, or, at least, as they are of — 


nocturnal habit, the morning twilight is the most con- 


venient time for the fishermen to find them out of their 
hiding places under the rocks. The disturbance of the 
water drives them down stream, and there they crowd the 


net to bursting when they reach the dam. 


The islanders eat them both raw and cooked, esteeming 
‘them ‘a particular delicacy in the living state. In fact, as 
“soori as.one can accustom himself to recognize that the 
“oyster. has not taken .out.a- patent. on being~eaten alive, 
‘there is no reason why that condition of the smailer 
crustaceans should not prove-equally satisfactory to. the 
_ civilized palate. The flesh of the living crayfish is much 
more tender than when it is cooked, and the only draw- 
“back is the. gummy nature of the-vital juices. When 
‘cooked the crayfish are either baked on hot stones, 
_stéamed in leaves, or boiled, which is not a common nor a 
convenient method in island cookery. A very satisfactory 
preparation is with the succulent ‘leaves of the taro, the 
crayfish being wrapped in the leaf, the whole package 
tied up with several others in a green banana leaf and 
covered up in the native oven to cook slowly in the com- 
bined juices of the animal and the plant, the oyen being a 
pile of hot stones muffled with leaves and sand. The 
shell of the crayfish is more easily removed than that of a 
shrimp. The islanders husk the whole animal and eat 
even the head, which the taste of white men rejects. 
On civilized tables they make a good mayonnaise with 
ehopped alligator pears. 

LLEWELLA PIERCE CHURCHILL. 


WNotes.from the Yellowstone Park. 


YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL Park, July 29.—Editor Forest 
and Stream, I have been back a few days from Alaska. 
I have not been in the Park since I took the elk and 
deer from here for Washington, D. C., last November. 
In the spring I passed through Livingston on my way 
to Seattle. They were having no hard winter here. I 
since learn that no game of any kind died from starvation. 
Last winter and this spring a few animals were captured 
and placed in the inclosure in front of the hotel; among 
them one beaver. A new bridge is being built im 
Golden Gate to replace the old one; for a few days teams 
and stages will haye to go over the old road built by 
Col. Norris in 1878, and the drivers will get a taste of 
mountain climbing by anything but easy gradations; the 
distance to Norris Basin will be about an hour longer. 

A road is being surveyed irom the outlet of Yellow- 
stone Lake east to the head of one of the branches of 
Stinkingwater River, possibly Middle Creek, and on 
down that river to Coday in Wyoming. This will admit 
trayel and a stage line from the Burlington road. The 
scenery will be fine, but not so interesting nor so grand 
as a road up Clark’s Fork of the Yellowstone through 
Cook’s City and down Soda Butte Creek. Travel now 
comes in by wagons from west, south and north. When 
the new road is completed there will be an entrance on 
ali sides. 

There has been a very long continued dry month or 
more. -lhe roads are feariully dusty and the season un- 
usually hot. Fortunately the Park has escaped any seri- 
ous fires so far, and we hope none will get out to destroy 
the grass and timber. We all look for a severe winter, 
and as the feed for game is short none ought to be de- 
stroyed by fire; neither should any be cut for hay. A 
few showers on July 25 cleared the atmosphere of smoke 
and laid the dust for a day or two. 

Capt. Oscar Brown, with Troop M, of the First Cay- 
alry, left here on the 24th for China. They have been 
replaced by Troop G, Capt. Goode. 

he bears are as numerous as usual around the hotels, 
and quite troublesome to camping parties. H. 


Red Squirrels as Pets. 


Uprer Dam,, Rangeley Lakes, Me—Hditor Forest 

and Stream: I have read with interest Mr. Corsan’s 
article in your issue of July 28 on “Squirrels as Pets.” 
- For several summers J have kept the red squirrels in 
boxes covered with wire netting, and have sometimes 
had as many as twelve at a time. J had several large 
packing boxes filled up with limbs of trees, etc., and all 
connecting with each other. They seemed to thrive on 
a diet of green corn, bread and milk, and when liberated 
at the end of the summer would return for several 
months afterward, and go through the boxes looking 
for food and running the wheels. 

I am anxious to know whether I could tame them 
sufficiently to have them remain in front of and camp 
among a clump of poplar and fir trees in the manner that 
Mr. Corsan suggests. I do not know that his sugges- 
tion would apply to the red squirrel. We have four dogs 
and a cat, and as the nearest woods are only 50 yards 
away I am afraid they might be tempted to wander and 
return no more, : 

Mr, Corsan omitted to mention the ground squirrel 
of California in his list. It may be the cat squirrel he 
speaks of, only that their color is a dark gray, with white 
belly. Otherwise the description fits them. They became 
such a pest on the ranch in the Sacramento Valley ten 
years ago that we were compelled to resort to poisoning 
them off with wheat saturated with strychnine. Since 
then they have never entirely recovered their former 
numbers, but are still far from scarce , These squirrels 
never take to the trees, but live among the rocks. Their 
tails are quite short and sparsely covered with hair. 
They never wander far from their holes, which they run 
to on the slightest danger. They are considered good 
eating, but I cannot speak irom experience. 

PARKE? WHITNEY. 


Wild Ducks in Dotnesticati n. 


Mr. ANDREw Boyp writes trom Washing on county, 
New York, where he is spending his yacation, an ac- 
count of his success with young wild ducks. We have 
referred him to Fred Mather’s paper on “Wildfowl in 
Domestication” in our issue of March 18, 1809. Mr. Boyd 
says: For my amusement I brought (in the car )with 
me) ten young wild ducks, which I hatched out under a 
buff Plymouth rock hen about two months ago. A young 
friend of mine has had a pair of old ones for over a 
year, and gave me the eggs. These old ones are quite tame, 
ean fly, of course, and will come to his kitchen door 
whenever he calls them. 

Mine are growing more domestic every day, I have 
them inclosed within a wire mesh fence, but open oyer- 
head. I let them out two or three times daily to run 

upon the grass; they come at my call and will lie down on 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


the grass beside me. I dig worms for them and then 
they seem wild with delight. I have to use watchful care 
else they would get their heads cut off, so excitedly do 
they gather and scramble at every bit of dirt 1 turn 
over. They make no attempt at flying—indeed, their 
Wings are insignificantly small, feathers only just begin- 
ning to appear, At night I shut them up in a coop to keep 
them secure from a stray skunk or weasel. 

They will eat a good large cabbage in a day; they 
eat the refuse from the kitchen, and I feed them on 
rolled oats, cracked corn and screenings. I give them 
water in a large dish pan, which they use a great deal, but 
almost constantly when they are eating, to wash their 
food down, I stippose. : 

Do you know of any good article on their habits and 
culture? I know nothing about how to care for them, 
but I -give them great attention because they give me so 
much amtisement and pleasure. I would like to get a 
little information as to how to feed and keep them. 

ANDREW Boyn. 


Crows Eating Sparrows. 


A WELL-KNOWN Stipreme Court official was busy at his 
desk the other day when his attention was attracted by 
the cawing of crows near the roof of the Capitol. The 
cries were so frequent and loud that he concitided there 
must be something unusual going on. Looking out of 
the window he saw two big black fellows alight on the 
roof near by and begin to claw in a rainspoul. hey 
soon had a nest full of young sparrows exposed, and it 
took only a few moments to dispose of the whole sparrow 
brood. Evidently crows are not thoroughly useless, he 
thought.—Washington Star. 


Sportsmen's Finds. 


Some of the Queer Discoveries Made by Those Who Are 
Looking for Game or Fish, 


aaa 
10. 


Linwood Witham, of Washington, Me., while fishing 
in Medomac Pond, saw the form of a boat embedded in 
the mud, the water in the pond being unusually low. The 
attention of others was called, and after considerable 
labor by a large crew of men the boat, which was filled 
with stones, was raised. It proved to be a canoe, dug 
out of a pine log. It is 12 feet long and 3% feet wide. 
The part that was embedded in the mud is well preserved. 
The oldest residents in that locality have no recollection 
of any such craft eyer being seen about the pond, and it 
is probable that it is a relic of those primeval days when 
the untutored red men roamed the forests. 


Ih. 


A party of fishermen, driven off Nelson Lake, near 
Peekskill, N. Y., by a storm, saw at a distance a tumble- 
down hut, To escape from the rain they hastened thither, 
and, supposing it unoccupied, berst in. To their surprise 
they found its only room occupied by an old man. He 
was apparently nearly ninety ,ears of age. A great mass 
of matted beard and hair hung about him. He was 
crouching over a smoky wood fire stirring a pot which 
contained nothing but shelled corn and a piece of pork. 
There was scarcely any furniture in the room and in the 
cormer were a few rags and heap of straw, from which 
his niece, only a few days before, had been removed to 
the county house to die of consumption. The hut is sit- 
uated in the heart of what is known as Conklin’s Wil- 
derness, about two miles from Shrub Oak and seven 
from Peekskill. The old man would talk but little and 


- evidently wished his visitors away. The storm slacking 


the fishermen withdrew. Subsequent inquiry showed that 
the man was well known thereabouts as Ransom Barger, 
the miser hermit. He has many thousand dollars’ worth 
of Government bonds and owns a fine farm in Putnam 
county. For a long time he has lived in this hut and has 
subsisted on boiled corn and pork. He was once a jus- 
tice of the peace in Putnam Valley, Putnam county, and 
is still proud of his title of “Squire.” 


12, 


A party of Alton, IL, sportsmen were cruising up the 
Illinois River last spring on a hunting trip, when one 
dropped a deer’s foot horn handle Bowie knife overboard 
in 20 feet of water. The loser visiting Grafton, a local 
fisherman’s headquarters, in the early summer, was sur- 
prised to see a resident complacently whittling a stick 
with his knife. He proceeded to claim it, and identified it 
as his property by the initials graven on the handle. 
“Well, pardner,’ responded the present holder. “I s’pose 
you may be telling the truth, but I cut this here carver 
oiten the punch of a 40-pound channel catfish that I took 
in my net in May. and I reckon it ought to be worth a 
reward.’ The reward was paid, and the Alton man car- 
ries his knife again, claiming that ever since its recovery 
it has added virtues as a mascot—F, C. RIEHL, 


Miniature Books. 


MINIATURE volumes on sport are always an interesting 
study. They are truly much in little. The diminutive 
edition of Walton’s “Compleat Angler,’ 2 inches long 
and 134 inches in width, recently published at the Oxford 
University Press, is not the first of its kind. So long ago 
as 1662 there appeared a pocket yolume (32mo.) equal- 
ing it in width and only 4 inch longer, with the follow- 
ing title: “The Young Sportsman’s Instructor; or, An- 
sling, Fowling, Hawking, Hunting, Ordering Singing 
Birds, Hawks, Poultry, Coneys, Hares and Dogs and 
How to Cure Them. By G. M. Sold at the Gold Ring, 
in Little Britain.’ It was reprinted in 1820 for T. Gos- 
den by J. Johnson, at the Apollo Press, Brook street, 
Holborn, This curious and truly diminutive yolume, of 
which a copy is in the British Museum, measures 2% 
inches by 134 inches and contains pp. vi., 136 and one 
leaf. as follows: ‘The Young Angter’s Instructor,” pp. 
I—76; “The Art of Fowling,” pp. 77—112; “Instructions 
for the Huntsman,” pp. 113—122; “Directions for Hawk- 
ing,” pp. 123—136.—London Field. 


; jAwe. 4k, 1606. 


Game Bag and Gun. 
A Day in the Marsh. 


Raveien, N. C.—Ten years ago rural gunners, who are 
what is. known as dead shots at the partridges, used to 
bring to Raleigh for sale not a few -woodcock. They 
called them *‘snipes,”’ and considering them, by reason of 
the length of their bills, to be in some way inferior to the 
partridge, they pulled. off their heads, put them on the 
’ string,’ and thought they had done:a neat- bit of work 
in passing them off as partridges. The usual price of the 
partridges thus brought in is 8 1-3 cents a piece, and not 
infrequently the epicure would get half a dozen woodcock 
at that figure. But some city man has let out the secret 
that the woodcock is choice, and now the price is 15 
cents. The snipe the country sportsman never kills. : 

A little south of Raleigh is a long line of marsh, in 
which in the last days of winter and in the tender first 
days of spring excellent snipe shooting is to be had, and 
this in to be a story of a day in the marsh. Our winter 
does not really begin until Jan. 1, and ends, one may say, 
early in March. ‘There is a small fall flight of snipe, but 
it is the shooting which begins about Feb. 20 which ts the 
best. The marsh is burned early in the year. --Snipe 
dearly love the burned ground, and their favorite boring 
places are where the cattails have been rankest. 

At the edge of the marsh is'a darky, who is only too 
glad to act as helper in a hunt, who will go anywhere 
after game which he sees killed, and for whom briars and 
the deepest marsh haye no terrors. As we enter the 
marsh the “Chunk! Chunk! Chunk!’ of a king rail is 
heard. The darky stops instantly and says, with head 
half-turned, “Lissen at him a-drivin’ stobs in de ma’sh. 
He’s a bird. Some uns thinks dey’s frogs, but dey’s rale 
shore ’nuff birds. J’se seed um. Dey has dey nes’es in 
dere. I seen de young uns onct.” 

A suggestion that this rail be hunted delights the darky. 
Rail hunting is a game at which certainly two can plan— 
the rail doing the most of the playing. He-is the past- 
master of all skulkers. We beat the reeds for him, They 
can be seen to wave as he runs, He flashes out, and is in 
like a flash, with his queer teetering movement. He gives 
his peculiar cry yards away. There is a ditchnear by. It 
is watched. Suddenly what seems like the ghost of some- 
thing appears in the dense reeds along the bank. A 
chance shot bags the rail. Two others are found in a yet 
smaller reed patch. They weave patterns in this, often- 
times coming in behind the man who with much labor 1s 
striding through the reeds. One suddenly makes a dash 
for a ditch, gets in it and is gone before a gun can be 
raised. The other bird does likewise. As soon as safe 
they cry. Amy noises, and particularly shouting, increase 
their desire to cty. As we walk along in the open a rail 
suddenly rises and is knocked down easily, so slow and 
lubberly is its flight. A minute later a sora rises and 
is killed. Put beside the rail and looked at quickly, he 
appears to be a miniature rail, but on closer inspection 
there are seen to-be several differences. 

A peculiar cry is heard overhead. The bird is fly- 
ing, and the note is three whistles, like those given in 
calling a colt. “Dat’s wun er dem colt birds,” says the 
darky. A shot gets the bird. It is the upland plover. 
“Dat’s de fus’ wun er dem dat ever I had my han’ on,” 
he adds. “Dey rambles around in de plowed ground, and 
is right sociable like wid de mules and hosses, but don’t 
like folks much. We calls um colt birds, ‘cause dey 
whistle is same as de way you calls er colt to you.” 

Perched on the topmost limb of a sweet-gum tree is a 
kingbird, or bee martin, as country folk call him. He is 
the Marshal Ney of birds—‘‘the bravest of the brave.” 
He flies down, then returns to his perch, or flutters off 
and then back again, always keeping an eye on the general 
situation. Suddenly a buzzard flies up, aroused by some 
person across the creek. As he approaches the bee martin 
the negro, with a grin, says: “Now you jus’ watch 
Mister Bee Martin ride dat buzzard. He shorely will git 
er ride off’n him.’ As he says the words the kingbird 
makes a dash at the big black buzzard, and the latter puts 
on his best gait. The kingbird seems to strike at his 
back, between the wings, and sometimes almost to rest 
there. “See dere now, he’s er ridin’ him,” cries the 
darky, and then he shouts at the fleeing buzzard a verse of 
the negro song, 

“Turkey buzzard, turkey buzzard, 
Lend me your whing, 
Carry me ‘cross de river 
To see Salle King.” 


It is the old, old story of the elephant and the gnat. The 
daring and impudent little rascal of a bird does not cease 
to worry the buzzard for several hundred yards, and then 


flies back to his resort on the sweet-gum. The negro. 
“Dats de Souf Caliny king,” | 


discourses on the buzzard. 
says he. “‘Dey whips de rusty buzzards and runs um 
away fum ef carkis ev’ry time.” The South Carolina buz- 
zard is really a far handsomer bird than his rusty- 
feathered and bald-headed conquerer. His flight is very 
different. He gives three quick wing beats, then skims, 
and repeats this. The other buzzard has a greater spread 
of wing, but his flight is irregular. Both soar to great 
heights, and often disappear from sight: When soaring 
they are grace itself, 

A bird flies up- from a shallow of the creek. “Dat’s de 
blue hearn,’ says the negro. “Mos’ folks calls dem de 
fly-up-de-crick or de shypoke.”’ The bird alights in a 
tree and gives a raucous call, as if he had a case of croup, 

With a cry as swiit as his flight, a snipe flashes out of 
some willows. He climbs mto the sky, and out of the 
bosom of a cloud, as it seems, two others join him. Thev 
swing with perfect precision, disappear, reappear, and 
with a last wide sweep, as if cutting figures of 8 in the 
sky, suddenly half-fold their wings and return-to earth, 
not 50 yards from where the one rose. One is noticed 
as he alights. He appears to stand on tiptoe with wings 
partially opened, then closes them and seems to sink into 
the very earth, As we walk toward the snipe, they rise, 
and a single shot happens to kill two. They fall one on 
breast and one on back. The latter, with light-colored 
breast upturned, can be seen yards away, while the other 
has actually to be closely searched for, and is almost 
stepped on several times. The plumage of the back, with 


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its soft shades of brown, harmonizes with the ground. 
“Dem snipes shorely twisses when dey flies,’ remarks 
the darky in his most sententious manner. 

Among the charred stumps of the old cattails, where the 
young growth is beginning to show, the snipe are thick. 
They get up in wisps, and the repeating shotgun is kept 
busy. How the shells disappear and, alas, how many 
misses there are! The snipe swing into the sky. They 

_ quarter it, far in the haze, as if in cloudland, until the 

eyes grow watery with watching as we crouch and wait, 
Some are gone, some return and are marked down. One 
alights not 30 feet away. His actions are as described. 
He turns his head, with an incredibly swift movement, 
and his beady eyes are seen to glitter. Then he is ob- 
served as he springs against the air and with a cut of 
the wing turns into the willows so abruptly that he strikes 
a limb and makes it tremble. \ 
_ The snipe are plentiful; here in marsh knee deep, here 
in soft grass as daitity as spring itself, here in ditches and 
here in a field plowed for the first time in many years 
and in long-abandoned clay pits drained for the first time. 
“Dey gits up onexpected,” says the darky. One cries and 
repeats his cry, which a lucky shot stops with startling 
suddenness. “Dat shut off his valve,” the negro remarks 
with a wide gfin at his own humor, 

A big “drove of blackbirds,’’ as the darky terms them, 
rises, led by the males with gorgeous wing ornaments of 
scarlet and gold. With them ate seen robins and several 
yellowhammers. The latter are in this latitude ex- 
tremely sociable, and associate with other birds, abandon- 
ing trees quite largely and getting food out of the ground. 
They are always spoken of as the yellowhammer here. 
The national woodpecker, with his red, white and blue 
plumage, is termed the shirt tail, while the great wood- 
pecker is called the log cock or the good god. The darky 
gives him the latter name, and says it is what the bird 
says in his strident call, which can be heard a great dis- 
tance. Two of these big birds are heard in some heavy 
timber on the skirt of the marsh, Several bitterns ate 
seen. They are not eaten here. 

Spring birds come early here, and along the waterway 
are observed the bluebird. the indigo bird flycatchers and 
the shrike or butcher bird. The really sweet notes of the 
catbird are heard. He is a sort of “poor relation” of the 
prince of songsters. the mockingbird. One of the latter 
swings on the top limb of a water oak, and with an air 
well worthy of Jean de Reszke himself, literally sings 
from his soul, imitating everything in feathers, running 
the scale and then dashing off into staccato passages and 
all manner of brilliant improvisations. 

Frep A. Oxns. 


Concerning the Term “Sportsmen.” 


Hamlet—Do you see yonder cloud, that’s almost in the shape of 
a camel? : 

Polonins—By the mass, and ‘tis like a camel, indeed. 

Hamlet—Methinks it is like a weasel. 

Polonius—It is backed like a weasel. 

Hamlet—Or like a whale. 

Polonms—Very like a whale. 


THERE is an old saying about several blind men who, 
by the sense, of touch, examined an elephant. If my 
memory serves, one reported the animal to resemble a 
serpent, another that it was like a tree, and yet another 
that it was like the side of a house. This might be 
pardoned in blind men, but a more unanimous opinion 
would be expected of men blessed with sight. 

Written with the best intentions, an article of mine in 
FOREST AND STREAM has aroused contention as to the 
attributes that should characterize or distinguish sports- 
men. I find that, from the several individual comments 
upon the subject, there is much the same unanimity 
among us as existed in the opinions of the blind men 
about the elephant—that is to say, none whatever. More 
than this, my assertions were misunderstood and mis- 
construed; this with notable unanimity. Shakespeare 
is always pat, and I quote, “There is something in this 
more than natural, if philosophy could find it out.” 

There appears to be no good reason why sportsmen 
may not be distinguished as clearly as are lawyers, 
doctors, journalists, divines or any other school of 
men other than specialists. There are many and diverse 
kinds of lawyers, etc., just as there are of sportsmen. 

This, however, is not pertinent to my objection to the 
‘word sportsmen. My assertion plainly stated was and is 
that the term is misleading and morally pernicious as ap- 
plied to the class of persons comprehended under the 
phrase “American sportsmen’; and that the constituency 
of FOREST AND STREAM is not notably made up of sports- 
men the specific meaning of the word. I submitted 
Webster's definition of the word sportsman, viz., “One 
who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, 
fishes and fowls; one skilled in the sports of the field.” 
No more fitting or generally admitted definition can 
be desired for a very large class of persons. 

My assertion must now take the form of contention, 

and my contention is that this journal is not notably 
a sportsman’s journal, as evidenced by its contents for a 
quarter of a century, but that it has fulfilled and is ful- 
filling a broader and higher place than a journal could 
devoted to real sportsmanship; and that it does not in 
fact commend nor support the sportsmanship defined by 
Webster, and as generally construed in America. 
' Basing my judgment in the:selection upon Webster’s 
definition, as well as upon the common acceptance of the 
word, sportsmen, I submit a list of sportsmen, viz.: 
Market hunters, pigeon shooters, trappers, snarers, de- 
coyers, ambushers, count-fishermen, pot-shooters, game 
butchers, poachers, trespassers, bird fetters, fish seiners, 
explosive users in killing fish, plume hunters, robin 
shooters, and potentates skillful enough to slaughter 
game driven to shambles of their own designs. 

If the above named are not in the aggregate sports- 
men, “there is no purchase in money.” They pursue 
field sports, and they hunt fish and fowl, and they are all 
more or less skillful in field sports. More than this, they 
bey be said to comprise the great bulk of the family or 
class. raw ©, ' : re = 
_ Against the “little list’ foregoing let us consider the 
ForEsT AND STREAM family or fraternity—editors, con- 
tributors and friends. Does any one of a hundred of its 
popular and accepted contfibutors desire to be known 
particularly or generally as a pursuer of the sports of the 
field, skillful at fishing, hunting and fowling? If so his 


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ambition should be to distinguish himself by big counts 
and most. sport in successfully killing other creatures. 
No; they are lacking in the essential attributes of genu- 
ine sportsmen. Otherwise they wotild be monotonous 
people indeed. 


“Our wills and fates do so contrary run 
That our devices still are overthrown; 
Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own.” 


I do not wish to be understood as asserting that there 
are no sportsmen, On the contrary, I admit that sports- 
men are represented in and by ForEST AND STREAM, and 
elsewhere in larger bodies; but my contention is set forth 
clearly now, certainly. 

“The unwritten laws governing the matter of sports- 
tianship” are of the very essence of my objection to the 
word as generally applied. These unwritten laws are 
mysteries, or things unknown to the amateur or youthful 


- seeker after out-ofdoor diversions; and if all sorts of 


depredatots tpon animal life are classed as sportsmen 
such guides are yaluless, where, if understood, they 
would be most yalitable. The killing of fish and game, 
however skillfully, is a small beginning in the genteel 
requirements that should be known to those who know 
least of the unwritten rules of humane demeanor afield. 

Admitting that it would be impossible to define exactly 
to all minds the attributes of a gentleman, we could cer- 
tainly define them more accurately than to say, “A man 
who pursues social entertainment; a man skillful at social 
diversion at wining, dining and dancing.” Tf that 
were the definition of gentleman, given by Webster and 
commoniy accepted, not many men would desire their 
sons to grow up with no clearer conception until they 
could learn unwritten laws known to men of experience. 

The proposition as to the word sportsman is almost 
as pettinent, and almost the same. If “in the discussion 
of particulars the tout ensemble would be lost,” a clear, 
concise definition of the meaning and application of the 
word should be found. No English word is elastic 
enough to properly designate poachers, pot-hunters and 
game and fish killers of all kinds and also include the 
many talented, polished and refined men who grace the 
columns of this journal from year to year, with as manly 
and humane entertainment as can be found in the world. 
Their sport'is not found to any marked extent in the 
mere accomplishments that imply sportsmanship. 

A missile came hurtling from St. Augustine, Fla., a 
town that is too antique and ancient for modern engines. 
The town, I think, was founded by Spaniards, and Didy- 
miis evidently fired from some old catapult loaded with 
junk by Christopher Columbus or Ponce de Leon. Has 
any one eyer found out where Spanish missiles go to? 
Tt is no use to inquire of Admiral Dewey, or of the 
marines, is it? . 

Didymus says the common definition of sportsman is 
“men who shoot,” and that he would let it go at that. 
Hitherto I confess to a kind of regard I had for him; but 
he says also that my experience qualified me “to define 
a bee hunter,” alluding to minor points, of uncomfortable 
memory, and implying that sportsman was beyond me. 
Must J, like Sir John Falstaff, be “not only witty in 
myself, but be the cause that wit is in other men?” 
Zounds! “I will have my brains taken out and buttered, 
and give them to a dog for a New Year’s gift!’ Men 
who shoot, indeed! Why, he will have us all drafted for 
the army, that being our largest sporting organization. 
Those, then, are not soldiers in the Philippines, but 
sportsmen! Sampson, Schley, Dewey—the Olympia, 
Oregon, Vesuvius, ete., are a nice little outfit for sporting 
purposes! 

Why, each syllable he hath writ doth disayouch the 
other. He says, OQ Didymus the consistent, that 
sportsmen are men who shoot; and then he denies that 
miurket hunters and professional shooters—the very men 
who shoot most—are sportsmen. What about cowboys, 
desperadoes, minions of the moon? RANSACKER. 

SHasta Mountatn, Cal. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


News! from the Rocky Mountains. 


Cuicaco, Ill, Aug. 4——I believe I mentioned last week 
that my old friend of the Two Medicine country, Black- 
foot Reseryation, Crosby Boak, who drove team the 
time we went in there for a winter goat hunt, is for the 
present stopping here in Chicago, though he goes back 
as far west as Iowa before long, and will probably re- 
turn to the reservation, or rather to the Summit Station, 
near there, early this fall. Boak is getting over the ef- 
fects of a broken leg, which a mountain doctor set for 
him very clumsily, so that the ends lap and leave the 
limb shortened a little. He is thinking of getting it 
broken over and reset here in Chicago, as it troubles him 
a good deal even yet, a year after the accident. 

Boak tells me he has surely got my grizzly staked out 
this time and wants me to solemnly promise to come out 
and get him next spring. I am willing to promise to try 
to come, but that is about all a fellow can do, There is 
a Chicago gentleman here who wants to go along, and 
we both want to go in when it takes snowshoes to travel, 


and just about the time when the snowslides are ripe. 


Tt is some fun to hear and see a snowslide in the Rockies 
if it doesn’t come your way. Also that is the best time 
and the best place to get a bear. -Mr. Ephraim starts his 
spring travels pretty high up the mountain sides, and is 
dead willing then to eat anything he can get his feet on. 
When he strikes the first fresh earth left by a good big 
snowslide he is very apt to go nosing along the bank 
where the roots and bushes are torn loose, to see if he 
can pick up anything to eat. Put your bait, then, at the 
foot of the slide, where the nice aroma will wait up the 
mountain side, Put your blind also there and go into 


cold storage in the blind and stay there as long as you 


can. Maybe you can stand it till a bear decoys in. There 
won't be any more slides come down where this one did, 
SO you are just as safe there as yow are in camp, and 


_ maybe safer, 


I presume this is as sute a way to get a prizzly as any 
that canbe devised. Boak and his partner Scott killed 
and trapped ninety-eight bears in seven years in the 
country he has in mind, ahd he says he-can get me that 
grizzly all right if I can get away. I don’t see why that 
wouldn’t be a very decent trip, though it might be a 


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trifle coolish and maybe a leetle htingry, for we would 
have to pack in on our own backs all our camp outfit. 
The only thing that bothers me is how could we get 
our bear hides out? A good grizzly skin weighs mighty 
heavy. Boak said that in all his travels in the bear 
country they neyer got a decent bear story and never got 
but one really big bear out of the ninety-eight. That one 
had a hide that measured o fect one way and to feet the 
other a pretty good bear for these days. If my friend 
and I go in there that is the kind of hide we want. But how 
are we going to pack it out? Life is full of discourage- 
ments, : 

I must give a letter which Boak lately received from his 

Rocky Mountain home, written by Henry Morrison, bet- 
ter known at the Summit as Slippery Bill, for what spe- 
cial reason deponent sayeth not. Slippery has been out 
trying to rope wild motintain goats, there being a very 
good chance for this not far from his place at the Sum- 
mit, a sort of high table land, with a little pinnacle on 
it, to which a goat or sheep will nearly always take when 
pushed by a dog. Writing July 8 Slippery goes on to 
say: 
“Friend Crosby: This is the earliest spring you ever 
saw in this country. Snow is all gone off the hills. You 
remember the outfit that stopped at McCarthysville from 
Great Falls? Morgan and they got two bear on Oly 
Creek, Well, two of them are come back this spring, and 
they have nine bears now and expect to get more. Billy 
Morgan, kids and all, have gone back on the reservation. 
McKay and V. haye gone back too. I had a letter from 
Ally Goss and he says he has net seen the horse this 
spring. Willy Goss has married Louie Capell’s girl Mag- 
gie. They had a big time. Billy Ellsworth has sold his 
part of the St. Mary’s country and gone to Pennsylvania. 
Horace Clark brought my horses up some time ago. I 
think you had better come back to the mountains. A 
cyclone or something else will do you up in that flat 
country. It is not a safe place to live. Bring some of 
your friends out and show them some good hunting. 

I went up the mountain yesterday after goats. I wanted 
to catch a kid. The dogs got an old nanny with one 
kid on top of a rock and held her there. I had a %4-inch 
rope with me and I thought I would rope her. I could 
not get it over her head, but after missing her about a 
dozen times she stepped in the loop and I snatched it up 
on one forward leg. Say, she is gone with the rope. 
When I got stopped I was about 200 yards down -the 
hill and glad to be there. I called off the dogs and came . 
home ior fixing.. I have not gone after the gun -and 
don’t think I will for a few days. Guess Fil rope some - 
more goats! How is you leg getting along? It ought to - 
be all right for the hills this fall, Try it, anyhow.” 


Idaho, 


Mr. F. S. Thorndike and his friend Mr. Richard, of 
Paris, France, are in Chicago to-day outfitting for’a trip 
into the mountain regions of Idaho. They are interested 
in mining properties some eighty miles north of 
Ketchum, Idaho, and have often been in there before. 
Mr. Thorndike tells me that the ranges of the Salmon 
River country, not very far from-their mines, are still 
completely wild and almost untraveled. They get very 
good sheep hunting, and Mr. Thorndike says that he 
took back to Paris a head which he calls “very valua- 
ble,” a ram’s head whose horns measured “just over 18 
inches.” This is the nearest I have ever heard of an 
equal to the great head which Billy Jackson gave me 
some years ago. I should not be willing to think the 
Billy Jackson set of horns less than any other pair on 
earth until I had actually seen 4nd measured the others. 
Yet this head taken to Europe by Mr. Thorndike must 
have been a grand one. He did not kill it himself, but 
bought it. He says that there are very many bears all 
along the Salmon River, and indeed that game of all 
sorts is abundant in there yet. They have grand trout 
fishing near their mines, and both gentlemen are laying 
in abundant trout tackle of a very husky pattern, get- 
ting ready for the heavy fish of that region. Their lines 
seem surely cast in pleasant places. 


Billy Ho‘er Back from Alaska. 


Billy Hofer, late of the Yellowstone Park at Gardiner, 
Mont., and still later of Alaska, is in Chicago this week 
and may be here for several days yet, visiting and en- 
joying himself, he calls it, though what there is here 
to. enjoy just now is a puzzle to anybody who lives here. 
Billy, whose reputation as a taker and tamer of wild ani- 
mals is second to none in the country, was appointed 
by the United States Government as a special commis- 
sioner to go up into Alaska and get specimens of the - 
giant Kodiak bear—the sort you read about in books and - 
sometimes see in the sportsmen’s’ expositions. Billy 
took his old Yellowstone traps and cages and made quite 
a trip, getting as far north as latitude 63 degrees. He 
did not get his supplies in time for anything but a short 
season. but succeeded in getting four bears, one of them 
a brown fellow, young but very large, and which promises 
to make a good specimen when grown. The others were 
black bears, and for these he did not care so much. 

As to the Kodiak bear proper, Billy speaks rather dis- 
ilusioningly. One has always heard that this is the bear 
which swims out to meet the boats, with blood red, ray- 
ening jaws, and fights anything that travels near it. As 
a matter of fact, Billy says, this is the most cowardly 
bear on earth, the island bears especially so. So far 
from the natives being afraid of them, they kill them 
right along, sometimes killing them with a spear, which 
would seem a bit ticklish as a steady job? The Kodiak 
bear is deadly scared of a man and will leave the country 
if it smells a camp-fire. Billy hopes to negotiate these 
fellows all right the next time he goes up. He left some - 
of his big traps—one side of these iron bound affairs 
weighs nearly a .ton—in charge of local men, nicely set 
out in good country. He may get more bear than some 
of his men want. As a whole, Billy does not think much 
of his trip, but hopes to do better when he gets in there © 
with more time on his hands. 

For Alaska itself Billy has nothing but praise. ~ He 
says it is a prodigious country and the roughest he 
ever hunted In some places the bears have worn regu- 
lar trails, like elk trails in Wyoming, deep into the earth. 
Crossing these are fox trails, and sometimes the trails of 
the land otter, Each animal makes its own trail and 
does not use those of the others, perhaps for very good 
personal reasons sometimes. Red foxes he saw of great 


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“size and splendid coat. The sea ofter he thinks is nearly 


extinct. One schooner was. out three months on a hunt 
and did not get a hide in:the whole time. ; 

Tt is not like Billy Hofer to get much excited over 
anything. or to get any kind oi bug in his hat, but he 
seems to have caught the Alaska microbe pretty bad. 
Wishes he could live up there and all that sort of thing. 
Yet this is not wonderful, for Alaska is the nearest to 
the real thing in Western goods that there is now leit 
in the world, and it naturally catches the notion of the 

old-time Western man. . Billy. Hofer_has been in the 
West for twenty-eight years and has seen it change very 
much in that time. — ’ ' 

Billy says that Ed Howell, the one-time notorious 


poacher of the Yellowstone Park, is now in the Philip-. 


pines. Always a yery plucky and venturesome fellow, 
Howell and another daring soul took ship for the Philip- 
pines some time ago in the hope of finding some “goad 
mineral country,” as the Western saying goes. They got 
owt away in front of the military lines prospecting and 
at last accounts had been arrested: and told not to get 
too gay, but to wait till the subjugation business had 
gone on a little further. Howell seems to have the luck 
of getting into trouble with the military, 4 é 

Odd enough is this little old world of.ours. Now, there 
was Capt. Geo. S. Anderson, Superintendent of the Park 
at the time Howell was taken, and no cheerful lover of 
the latter, nor the latter of him. The whirligig of fate 
finds ‘both these men from the Yellowstone now in the 
Philippines. It is Cap. Anderson no longer now, but 
Col. Anderson, and there is no better soldier in the 
army than this same. Report has it that Col. Anderson 
is in perfect health and is looking splendid, rather tak- 
ing well to the dreaded Filipino climate. I do not know 
whether he sees Howell or not, but I reckon they 
wouldn’t dislike each other so much now as they did 
when they were in different lines of business out in the 
snowy Yellowstone. 


E! Hoveu. 
Hazrrorn BuitninG, Chicago, Ill. 


Tracking Big Game in Burmah. 


Ir was once well said by a great sportsman that killing 
a salmon in a Canadian river was a sport as superior to 
killing one in Scotland’ as shooting a lion in Africa was 
superior to shooting a stag in the Highlands. Probably 
to those who have had experience of it, tracking and 
shooting big game is in.an equal degree a more exciting 
sport than having them tracked or shooting them off- 
hand... Yet it is strange how few big-game shooters actu- 
ally track for themselves the animals which they eventu- 
ally shoot. Many are quite content to leave the tracking 
to the shikari, only taking a hand by using their rifles 
when they are finally brought up to the game. 

‘The art of tracking, for such it is, is not by any means 
difficult to acquire: - It consists chiefly in good powers 
of observation rather than in some occult-skill with which 
most young fellows seem only too ready to credit the 
shikari. [I do not wish to detract in any way from the 
usefulness and general advantages derived from the ser- 
-viees of a good tracker, and, of course, a man who knows 
the particular country in, which -he is shooting is indis- 
‘pensable. It is.rather to supplement those advantages 
by inducing the sportsman to take part in the operations 
that I venture to offer these remarks, An Englishman 
usually has better eyes than a-natiye, if he only knows 
how to use them from practice, and -his power of observa- 
tion, if only cultivated, will have a wider and deeper 
range than that of any native. This is a matter, however, 
to which the saying nascitur now ft most strongly applies, 
but given a man with ordinary intelligence it may with 
care be greatly sharpened and improved. 

_ dn the forests of Burmah, where our scene is laid, I 
- never cared about tracking big’ game except during the 
monsoon, for during the rainless months the ground did 
not take a sufficiently clear impression to indicate whether 

tracks. of game were old or fresh. The beginning of 

the rains was the best time; then, all the forests having 
been burnt over, there were fo leaves on the ground to 
rattle like half a dozen kettle drums as one moved along, 
-and the slots of deer or spoor of elephants showed freshly 
“on the ash strewn ground or on the sprouting grass of the 

hillsides. This was the time to get up on to the hills. 
which the bison then much affected, and. camping among 
_ the pine forests at about 3.000 feet above the plains, to 
: keep a close eye on the ridges of the hills for the tracks 
_-of bison, banteng elephant and smaller game, though 
+ the latter-we usually shot.as we chanced on them, with- 
» ,out troubling to track them. A man who knew the coun- 
try was indispensable, and if he could track well so much 
the better. 

Supposing tracks of bison to have been found, the first 
matter to settle was how recent they were. We knew 
. that it had rained on the previous night at about 11 
P. M. We could, therefore, easily decide whether the 
herd had passed along before or after this event. The 
veriest tyro could, of course, decide that matter. Puddles 
in the hoof prints or a muddy deposit in the part where 
the hoof cut deepest would be certain indications of the 
herd having passed before the rainfall. To decide how 

long before the rainfall would be a more difficult matter, 
and we should be helped to a conclusion on this point 
. by examining the grass growing along the path or track 

where the herd passed. This is a much better clue than 
_any I know. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that. 
granted the herd has passed within a few days, one can 
tell within a few hours, Carefully take a piece of grass 
from which an animal has bitten off the top, and comnare 
it with a piece of grass freshly plucked and bitten off by 
yourself. You willl immediately see the difference be- 
tween the two. No microscope is required. You might 
also take another sample of grass. if it can he. found. 
which you know to have been cropped by an animal. some 
fimeé previously. Now, on comparing the three, the piece 
freshly plucked is seen to, be green almost to -the- end. 


where there is a slightly whitish mark caused by your | 


__ teeth when it was bitten; the second piece is dried almost 
brown for.perhaps the sixteenth-of an inch from the 


end; the piece last. plucked ts in a similar state. but-for - 


ahont the eighth of an‘inch from thevend, where it is 
dried and brown. “I well recollect on one occasion coming 
on quite fresh. tracks of a. bison ;.unfottunately, there had 
been no rain within. the. previows twenty-four hours at 


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least, so that the tracks only told us that the animals had 


_passed within that period. However, on examining the 


grassfrom which the animals had grazed as they passed 


we came to the conclusion that they had gone along just 


in front of us; indeed, the shikari asserted that he could 
smell] them, which was, no doubt, true. We did not go 
‘300 yards further before we came upon two fine full- 
grown bison—a.cow and a bull. This I felt to be a great 
_ triumph lor our prescient power, and the occurrence has 
dwelt in my memory eyer since. The experiment may be 
tried in.any meadow where cattle are grazing, and any 
one who makes it will quickly observe what he may not 
perhaps: haye observed before. 

It is an advantage in tracking to notice whether the 
animals, are walking, trotting or galloping, the prints of 
the hoofs being ditterently placed in each motion, One 
should also have a good idea of the number of animals in 
4 herd which one is following up. This may be arrived 
at in two ways; firstly, by noting the tracks of each 
individual animal where the herd has broken up to feed; 

secondly, by counting the number of the forms in the 
grass where the herd has laid down to rest. The latter 
should correspond with the members of the herd, though 
allowance should be made for one beast which does not 
lie down, but keeps guard, standing while the remainder 
rest at ease. Knowing the number of the herd, it is at 
once easy to find out whether a part of it has at any point 
divided. from the main body, as is not at all: unusual. 
The larger animals in a herd are very fond of breaking 
off from the main body, the old bull retiring by himself 
sometimes, though it seems that the herd is always re- 
united within a day or two. Again, notice the size of the 
tracks, as by these both the size and sex of the animals 
are indicated. 

A really good shikari, up to his work, should be able to 
explain-every sound which he may hear. Thus he should 
be-able to distinguish the tapping of a deers horns against 
a tree from the friction of two boughs rubbing together, 
the fall of a branch from one voluntarily pulled down. 
The advantage of observing the smallest detail when after 
game is very great, as perhaps this little incident shows: 
I once put a bullet through a huge boar (in Burmah we 
shoot them) as he was grubbing in thick jungle, As 
we were following him up by his tracks the shikari. lean- 
ing on his bamboo stick, which seemed to me always 
to have the power of a magic wand, divided the Jong 
grass in which we were and directed my attention to a 
hoof print. “You see,’ said he, “this boar is very savage.” 
“How do you know?” I replied. “Oh,” said he, “look at 
his footmark.” The footmark was in such a position as 
to show that the boar while going along had turned to 
look back to see whether he was followed or purstied. 
I did not notice it until pointed out, but the shikari saw 
it at once. We had inferred from this that the beast was 
wounded, and ready to charge anything which came in 
his way. . Few would perhaps credit that so much could 
be read froma single footprint, but the experienced eye 
at once detect-it. In fact, as the tracker goes along he 
ought to be able to read as in a book every little detail 
which may in any way assist him to work up to the final 
tragedy which he hopes for. He. above all, should be one 
who “finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, 
sermons in stones, and good in everything.”’—Corre- 
spondence London Trield. 


Long Island Woodcock. 


Hauppaucre, L. I, Aug, 6—The woodcock season 
opened last week, and a few stray birds were shot. They 
were evidently birds which had spent the season in this 
vicinity, There has been no flight of birds which haye 
nested further north. These birds will come along later. 
The fact that it is the open season for woodcock has 
furnished an excuse for pot-hunters to go over the fields 
with their dogs, and many birds which may not be 
lawfully killed haye no doubt fallen victims to the 
farmers’ sons and summer boarders. 


East Rockaway, L. I., Aug. 6—Woodcock have ap- 
peared in this section of Long Island, and several birds 
have been shot since the open season began, These are 
the first woodcock that haye been seen in this vicinity 
in twenty years, It is supposed that the dry weather has 
caused the birds to leave the upland and seek food in the 
springs and ponds nearer the bay, They are not often 
found in the salt creeks, but seem to prefer the head of 
the creeks which are fed by frésh water, The birds. killed 
were small and immature, altogether too young «for 
market. Many sportsmen think it is a mistake to have the 
open season begin earlier than October or just before the 
native birds leave and the birds which haye nested further 
north arrive. Another bad feature of the present Jaw is 
the excuse which it gives pot-hunters for being out with 
dog and gun. 


Bears in Traps: 


CentraAt City, W. Va—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Would you fayor me by stating Governor Roosevelt's 
reason for thinking that it is unsportsmanlike to shoot a 
grizzly bear in a trap? I infer that he would kill it, but 
how? By knifing or clubbing it? Is not the reasonable 
way to humanely slay the beast with gun, and run no 
unnecessary risk of being injured by close quarters with 
him? What’s the use of white men playing Indian 
médicine man? N. D. Exvtine. 


The question then discussed was not what to do with a 
trapped bear, but whether it was sportsmanlike to trap 
“bears for, the plirpose of shooting them “for sport.” The 
bear appears in two aspects, first as vermin to be de- 
stroyed in any practicable way of getting rid of it; and 
second, as an object of putsuit by the sportsman, Gov- 
ernor Roosevelt was not discussing the methods of doing 
away with the bear as an enterprise of ridding the land 
of an undesirable inhabitant. He was writing of bear 
hunting as a sport, and his argument was that it was not 
sportsmanlike under those circumstances to trap a-bear 
and shoot ét in.the-trap. He had in mind not the ‘woods- 


> man intent on bear bounty nor the frortier*farmer bent on 
: destroying an ursine hog’thief, but thé sportsman who is 


~ looking for a -grizzly-bear head to hang up in his*home as _ cially mounted. and made Parmacheene-belle fy. sur- 


~a trophy of-his prowess as’q bear. lunter, aa 


[Aue, 11, 1900. _ 


_ Andy] Hoffman’s Luck. 


Anpy is a pioneer of West Virginia, and a crack ritle 
shot, Thirty years ago this part of the country abounded - 
in rabbits and ruffed grouse. One day Andy went out 
a short distance from his house to an orchard with his 
rifle and three balls. There was- some snow on the 
ground, and rabbits seemed to be sitting under every 
briar bush, He shot three, but he was not satisfied, and 
so dug the balls which he had shot out of the ground. 
shaped them up by pounding and cutting and shot three 
more tabhits. ; 

At another time, with a shotgun, he got every grouse 
out of a covey of eleven in this way: They were under 
a log, and at the first fire he got seven. With a good dog 
he treed the remaining four, which he brought to bag. 

Grouse now are very scarce in this part of West Vir- 
ginia—not one-fiftieth as plentiful as in New York. I 
haye hunted here for twenty years and seen -but half a 
dozen. N. D. Evtrxe. 


Manitoba Prairie Chickens. 


Winnirec, Man., Aug. 2—Thousands of chickens this 
year—all well-grown and strong. Prospects for good 
shooting were never better. A. W. pu Bray. 


— Sea and River ishing. 


Chautaugua Lake Muskallonge 
| and Black Bass. — 


LAxewoon, N. Y., June 21.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Although Chautauqua Lake is one of the very best waters 
in Aimerica for muskallonge and black bass, it has never 
received the attention from anglers that it deserves. Be- 
yond the farmers living on its banks and a few summer 
boarders at the various hotels, the ground is neyer 
touched, tnless we include some dozen professional fish- 
ermen who act as guides and oarsmen when required. 
Muskallonge are plentiful and no fisherman otight eyer 
to go a day without getting a few of these mighty-mon- 
sters. We never do, and have caught aS many as six- 
teen in a single day. Small-mouth black bass are also 
very, very plentiful, averaging a larger size than any 
other water we know of. 

Chautauqua Lake has its peculiarities, like ull other 
waters, which must be studied before the best results can 
be obtained. When we first fished this water’ we could 
not get a bass out of it and told a guide that there were 
none there. He laughed at the idea and made the fol- 
lowing proposition: That we should pay him 25 cents 
each for all the bass that we got over 2 pounds in weight 
instead of his regular wages. We accepted and made a 
start at 4 P. M. At 7 P. M, we came in with a debt of 
$4.50 hanging around our neck. The-fact was we had 
been trying muskallonge ground instead of bass, which 
is separate and distinct. We give a chart with this arti- 
cle of the lower end of Chautauqua Lake, showing the 
grounds where each fish is generally found. / 

Chautauqua Lake is situated in the northwestern corner 
of New York State, eight miles as the crow flies from 
Lake Erie, at an altitude of 1,400 ft. above sea leyel and 
8oo ft, above the surface of Lake Erie. We shall not at- 
tempt to describe or extol its beauties. This is an article 
on fishing, not a pen picture of scenery, so we shall 
confine ourselyes to practical hints about its fishing from 
experience of the past seven years. 

We will now take a list of the different articles we 
catry as an outht for this water: 
Rods—For muskallonge, a 7!4-foot greenheart rod, to 
ounces, our own pattern of butt. -(Cut herewith.) For 
bass. a 7!%4-foot split bamboo, 5% ounces, same pattern 

of butt. - 
_ Lines—For aniuskallonge, too yards 15-thread linen line 
(green), For bass, 100 yards black silk enameled line, 


size G. 


Spoons—For muskallonge we carry a set each of Skin- 
ners Nos. 434, 6 and & silver, brass and copper. We haye 
always Obtained the best results with No. 6. The small 
ones (434) are first-class for working over the weed beds 
and along some parts of the shores, The 8's are some- 
fimes good on dark, dull. cloudy days. : 

We have a mounting of our own for this water which 
lightens the spoon very materially and is very beneficial 
in getting out a decent length of line in this shallow, 
weedy water. We take the hook (without feathers) and 
run a piece of brass, merchant wire. gauge No. 15, around 
the bettom of the hook A. then up and through the 
eye in opposite directions, B; then give two o# three 
turns around one wire with the other. C. which makes 
a firm fastening and a rigid hook. ' 

Now on the wire string tube D, after that the washer 
fh, and over this the spoon F, Finish off by putting on 
a good swivel, G. turn the wire around itself, H, so as 
to make a good fastening, and then feather it again. 
The speon should miss the points of the hook about 
half an inch when in repose. This mounting runs lightly 
and misses more than half the weeds that a suspended 
hook catches. Any one fishing Chautauqua ot any of the 
bays leading out af the Bay of Quinte, Canada, will 
fully appreciate this. Furthermore, more fish are hooked 
on the rigid hook—one seldom misses a strike. 

Live bait fishing can be followed if the angler wishes, 
but more fish are caught by trolling scientifically. Your 
spoon should never be more than 2 or 3 feet under the 
surface for muskallonge. With the ordinary mounting 
of spoons only 50 or 60 feet of line can be used in Chan- 
tauqua. but with our special mounting we can easily run 
70 to 80 feet, which is an adyantage. as you get your 
boat well away from the fish before the spoon passes over 
him. Tf one spoon does not take. try another color or 
size, They will always take one of the combination we 
have given. p iy Ete 

Bass*Fishing-—-We Carry Nos. 2 and.3 Skinner casting 


-spoons, silver and white enamel, for live bait and troll 
with them; also’a plentiful supply of Delaware-belles 


(trolling bait), light and dark. The light one is a spe- 


mounted with a No. 2 or No. 3 silver Skinner-spoon: 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


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and its dark brother ig a regular silyer-doctor salmon 
iy, surmounted with an enameled or silver spoon. We 
_ have. mentioned a plentiful supply of these baits, because, 
being mounted on gut, a muskallonge’s. teeth will cut the 
snelling if it gets across them, which we have found to 
be quite often the case if we get off. the bass grounds. 
These baits appéar tu. be about the most tempting thing 
for little niuskallonge of about 2 to 5 pounds that could 
ever be thought of. , 

The pessibilities in Chautanqua Lake are always great, 
whatever you maybe fishing for, for on rounding a point 
in a reel or getting a little off from a rocky shore, you 
are just as likely.to strike a snark or a boojum in the 
‘shape of a 25-pound muskallonge as the 5-potnd bass 
which you are after...Always take along a good gaff and 
‘club, although the latter is somewhat dispensable if you 
happen to get a guide as full of resource as one we once 
had. We landed a beauty, 18 or 20 pounds, but the club 
wherewith to kill it had been forgotten. The guide, 
however, was equal to the occasion, for he pulled off 
one of his boots, the heel of which. was heavily mounted 
with steel.or iron. A couple of cracks on the fish’s head 
and it was dead, . 

During the morning’s fishing we offered this same 
guide a cigar. He took it and placed it in his. pocket, 


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saving that he could not smoke-and row at the same time. 
When asked the reason he replied that a few days be- 
fore he svas fishing alone, holding the line between his 
teeth. \ muskalilenge struck so quick and strong that the 
line pulled ott all his trent teeth before he could open 
Ins mouth fo release it. His toothless jaws verified the 
assertion. The fish weighed 35 pounds, and -goes to 
show that no one should take any chances in Lake Chau- 
fauqua. wy 

Chautaugua Lake is about twenty miles long, The best 
’ fishing is found in the lower half, between Bemus Point 
and Lakewood, a distance of about seven miles. We 
give herewith a birds-eye view of this stretch of water 
and have marked the fishing grounds as follows: 

Muskallonge, — — — — Bass, x x X X 

We will now take a tour of the fishing. grounds shown 
in our chart. Starting at the Kent House dock, the first 
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Sherman's Bay at Waldemere House Point. These two 
reeis rum out about 1,000 feet and lie only a foot or two 
under water. It is a first-class piece of bass water, the 
bass fishing extending all along the southern shore of 
Sherman’s Bay. Jt is marked on the chart with crosses, 
thuss x x xX a? 


We must now take in our bass rigs and put out . 


stronger tackle for muskallonge. From the ‘point of the 
‘ outside reef take a direct line for Maple Point, a dis- 
tance of about one mile. At the point of the reef we 
once took a 28-pound muskallonge. All over the center 
and mouth of the bay is At muskallonge water. 
always make a catch here, generally about midway be- 
~ twéen the reef and Maple Point: An exceptionally good 
“run is close t6 shore under Maple Point, the water here 
' being quite deep close up to the bushes, and’ many a rush 


_ seek recreation on this beautiful river. 


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has an old botuncer made from these bushes to a passing 


spoon. All around Maple Point is good ground. 

Ashyille Bay is full of weeds close to shore. The 
angler inust skirt this weed bed; he cannot go over it. 
Use Nos. 434 or 6 spoons up to the present time, The 
outside of Bly’s Bay can also be trolled with the same 
spoons, but we have never had much luck here. All 
along the shores of Bly’s Bay-are numerous lily pads and 
first class bass grounds. . ‘ 

At Cheeney’s Point work along about 500 to 1,000 feet 
irom shore for muskallonge as far up as Bemus Point 
with No. 6 spoons. After .the ground has been gone 
over two or three times with No. 6 change to No. 8 and 
go over again three or four times. This is our favorite 
bit of water in Chautauqua Lake. The possibilities here 
are great. You may strike a to-pound muskallonge, but 
you are just as likely to get an old terror of 30 to 50 
pounds. 

When this ground has been fished thoroughly take in 
all lines and row across the lake to the northern or rather 
the northeastern shore. Commence fishing at the head 
of Arnold's Bay for bass, hugging the shore all the way 
down to and including Belleyie Bay. The fishing is 
over a hard bottom and extends out from 100 to 200 
feet only. 

When vou have finished with the bass put out muskal- 
longe rigs, using No, 6 spoons. Their ground com- 
mences at the edge of the bass grounds and extends out 
about 1,000 to 1,200 feet. The muskallonge fishing is 
good all the way down to Griffith’s Dock. About three- 
quarters of a mile away from shore are three or four 
big- clumps of weeds. There are always some big fish 
in these if you can catch them on the feed. We gener- 
ally put in an hour fishing these clumps of weeds and 
seldom come away unrewarded. 

What we have described we consider the best parts 
of the lower end of the Jake; but it by no means says that 
there ate no fish elsewhere. To be absolutely correct, we 
can say there are mtskallonge everywhere, but the 


chances are you would do better following the lines we. 


have laid down rather than to fish the center. 


On yery bright days it is always advisable to get out. 


as long lines as possible. We then take a beer bottle 
cork split in half, and put it on the line about 20 to 25 
feet from the spoon. In this way we can increase the 
length of the line 15 to 20 feet without the spoon sink- 
ing into the weeds, ; 

Chautauqua Lake can be reached from all quarters. 
The main line of the Erie Railroad reaches Lakewood 
irom New York, Cincinnati and Chicago, and by a few 
hours only from Buffalo and Cleveland. Lakewood is 
on the western bank at the Iower end of the Jake, and 
right in the heart of the best fishing. To reach Chautau- 
qua from New York, take train No, 7, Erie R. R., in the 
evening, vet a good night's sleep and arise in time to 
cet breakfast in the café car before reaching Lakewood at 
7 \. M. Go to your hotel. see your things put straight, 
take your boat and be struggling with your first mighty 
victim by a A. M. We have accomplished this many a 
time. " ; 

The palatial hotels, Kent House and Waldemere, are 
the best to stop at. They give special rates to fishermen 
during the early part of the season, and also in the fall. 

To finish this article it must have an end. Nothing 
looks well without a good finish, and “all’s well that 
ends well.” When -at Lakewood place yourself in the 
hands of our old and esteemed friend Steve. He has a 
first-class boat livery, will supply you with the best 
euides on the lake and bait if necessary. He is him- 
sell a thorough sportsman and has a warm heart and 
fellow feeling for brother sportsmen. 

JAMES CHURCHWARD. 


Anglers of the St. Lawrence. 


Edttor Forest and Stream: 


The seventeenth annual meeting of the Anglers’ As- 


seciation of the St, Lawrence River was held at Gan- 
anogue, Ont.. Aug, 1. This large and influential or- 
ganization is made up chiefly of prominent citizens of 
Clayton, Alexandria Bay, Gananoque and Brockville 
and wealthy men from various parts of the country who 
own summer homes at the Thousand Islands. During 
ity existence the Association has accomplished a vast 
amount of good in the way of ridding the river of net 
fishermen, in securing the enactment of protective meas- 


") ures, in stocking the waters with fish, in furthering the 


establishment of an international park and various other 
movements calculated to promote the interests of the 
Thousand Islands region, There was a good attendance 
at the annual meeting, and all present manifested great 
interest in the business matters which came up for con- 
sideration. Among those in attendance were: 

Hon. Charles R. Skinner, of Albany, State Superintendent: of 
Public Instruction; Maj. J. W. Pond, Albany, Chief State’ Game 
Protector; Hon. B. M. Britton, M. P., Kingston, Ont.; W.. H. 
Thompson, GO. McIntyre, Joseph Northrup. Alexandria Bay; 
R. P. Grant. Clayton; E.G. Wyckoff, Ithaca; Royal E. Dean, A. 
Costellu, Joseph Tait, Thos. H. Gillespie, J. P. Smith, New York 
city; Gen. J. B. Van Petten, Claverack; John R. Miller, Phila- 
delphia, Pa.; Thomas B. Kerr, Englewood, N. J.; Chas. A, 
Sterling, New York; D. C. McEwan, Breoklyn; O. J. Parker, 
Pittsburg, Pa.; O. F. Otis, Thousand Islands Park; G. H. Seiple, 
St. Lawrence Park; Maj. J. H. Durham, Round Island: E. D. 
Sherwood. J. S. 
Utica; O. C. Allen, Warren, Pa.: T. C. Judd, Morton; F.. A. 
Gandell, Richmond, Va.; R. V. Horton, Hon. E. B, Moles, .A. 
Fullerton, A. J. McCarley, F. C. Lalonde, E. H. Bissett, M. V. W. 
Bird, R. Bowie, F. E. Cloyes, A. L. Murray, Hon. Daniel Berby- 
shire, Brockville, Ont.; G. W. Henry, Point Vivian; G. E, Ashley, 
F. A. MacNee, Kingston, Ont.; Hon. Chas. E. Britton, Hon. W: 
B. Carroll, Gananoque, Oiit., and others. 


Hon. Charles Rs Skinner, second vice-president of the 
Association, presided, President W. C. Browning being 
unable to attend owing to sickness in his family, and 
First Vice-President Henry R. Heath being in Europe. 

Mr. Skinner said: “For seventeen years the Anglers’ 
Association has been doing what it could to promote 
the interests of every admirer of nature and all who 
This Association 
is entitled to credit for the movement which established 
the reservation on the St. Lawrence. The State has set 
aside twelve different points and islands where all people 
have the right to take their recreation. [ 
iment we had the sympathy of our friends in Canada; and 


assurances that they would seek to establish similar - 


reservations on the Canadian side, and to harmonize the 
fishing laws on both sides of the river. I for one am al- 


Munro, Earl S, Ellis, Syracuse; W. B. Wolcott, . 


- we want no barb-wire fences on the river. 


Tn this move-- 1 D 
- ference, can tell us about the matter. 


Ways ready to welcome a Canadian on the American 
side, There is no reason for discrimination, If our Gana- 
dian members will come to Albany or to Washington 
we will show them how to change the h@hing laws: T 
think it is the general sentiment that no barbed-wire 
fence should be erected on the international line. The 
two countries have common interests: We are working 
in harmony in certain lines, especially to civilize and 
Christianize the world. God bless. them in that endeavor! 
We do net want expansion so much as good citizenship, 
whether in Cuba, China or elsewhere.” ed 

W. E. Wolcott, of Utica, was elected secretary of the 
meeting. Eleven new members were elected, and Hon. 
B. M. Britton, of Kingston, Ont., and the New “York 
State Commissioners of Forests, Fish and Game were 
made honorary members. 5 

Treasurer R, P. Grant presented his annual report, 
which was as follows: Cash on hand one year ago, 


$350.23; received for dues, $137.73; total receipts $487.06; ; 


disbursements, $00.88; cash on hand, $397.08. - 

W. H. Thompson submitted his annual report as sec- 
retary, which was as follows: “A review of the work of 
the Anglers’ Association of the St. Lawrence River for 
the year 1899 would say that the most earnest efforts 
have been made by our fish and game protector, Joseph 
Northrup, to enforce the game laws applying to the 
reseryation-of the St. Lawrence River and he has cap> 
tured many illegal devices used for the capture of fish; 
We can’hardly appreciate the great amount of care and 
labor which comes upon the protector, and it is through 
the assistance of our Association that he has been so 
successful. In-looking over the work of the Association 
for the past year we should congratulate ourselves upon 
the great improvements and work done on the river; 
Since we met last we have had built on the State lands 


niné pavilions and fifteen cooking ovens for the use 
We have had furnished by the State Fish | 


of visitors, 
Commission fifty buoys and anchors for ‘buoying out 
the passages to the Jandings of the State docks for the 
many yachts that frequent these places for dining and 
shelter. We find that we need many more cooking. 
ovens to accommodate the yast crowds who occupy these 


State’ lands, and we also need several more places for 
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dining purposes, as the number now is insufficient. 
are in hopes to have our Canadian neighbors fulfill their 
promises to set apart several islands and points for the 
same use that we have ours. = 


“We have had some charges made that our fishermen, ~ 


were catching bass in Canadian waters and marketing 
same, 


Vincent and got a-statement from the fish house: that 
such things had not occurred. Protector Northrup was 


advised, and he has been on the lookout for any such’ _ 


violations, but cannot find the charges sustained. ; I 
think it was done to 
auenting the Canadian waters, they wanting all the fish 
for market. We find tons of fish from Canadian waters 
put upon our markets. Now, if we cold have a full and 
free reciprocity in this matter, we would not have to in- 
vestigate charges, etc. I hope we may to-day come to 
a satisfactory understanding, and have it go placed. upon 


the statutes of the Proyince that we will be enabled to__, 


call the St. Lawrence River an international reservation. 
Iu order to accomplish this a delegation was sent«to 
Brockville last winter. 


Gananoque, and other notables who were interested in 
bringing about the object sought. The matter was thor- 
oughly discussed, and all seemed to be inclined to the 
opinion that the whole matter of international reserva- 
tion should be settled by the Governments of Ottwa 
and Toronto. The meeting adjourned until the sitting 
of Parliament in Ottawa, when the matter was thor- 
oughly canvassed, and we were assured that everything 
possible would be done at that sitting. Hon. M, Davies 
seemed to. concur, and he requested-us to make our case 
with Dr. McKahn, and anything he reported would go. 
We had a conference with the Doctor. and he assured tus 


that he could not change his preyious report, which was 


to haye the open season on the St. Lawrence begin 
June 9; but since then I have been informed that the 
close season could not be changed, and that no effort 
was made to get the islands set apart or an appropriation 
to aid the project. I hope we may be instrumental in 
getting these matters settled for all time, that we may 
enjoy the full freedom of the river. 
sums of money and a great amount of time up to date, 
and I trust. that our action to-day will go far toward 
bringing about the culmination of our object. Our mem- 
mership is kept nominally full, the new members being 
about equal to those who have died or resigned during 
the year.” ; 

Secretary Thompson, in speaking of the $5 license fee 
for-Americans fishing on Canadian waters, said: “We 
tried to have it arranged so that no man fishing in 


Canadian waters would feel that he was violating the — 
law, and the edict came that there would be no license - 


charged east of Wolf or Snake Island. Our closed season 
for bass was until June 1, and the Canadian until June 15: 


A compromise was made on June 9, but I believe this © 
TE owr 


has not been carried out on the Canadian side. 
people get into Canadian waters on June 10 they are 
violating the law. We want, as an association, interested 
in the St. Lawrence River, to have the Canadian people 
meet us on these points. We allow the Canadians to 
come of our. side, and their oarsmen can come over and 
get their $3 a day the same aS Americans, JI hear that 


some American boatmen came to Gananoque to row . 


and were called down and told they must pay for the 
privilege. I do not think this was enforced, though. 
Our Canadian hrothers have said they would meet. ts 
-half way, and that 15 all we want. We are neighbors, and 
do not want any differences. 
I understand 
that American citizens who go back into Canada pay a 
license fee of $5 for fishing, but that we are not interested. 
in, We are interested only in the St. Lawrence. In the 
‘matter of the park there seems to have been but little 
done. The Hon. Mr. Britton, who was at the con- 


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Hon. B. M. Britton, in speaking of matters “referred 


to in the secretary’s report, sald in part: “We in Canada 


have a very complete system of government. which fact. 


I at once instituted a vigorous investigation and.. 
could not find these charges sustained. I sent to Cape.- 


deter our fishermen from tfre:' ° 


It was met by Hon, & T, 
Bastedo, Hon. Geo, Graham, Hon. C. E. Britton; of: 


We have spent large . 


As our president has said, 


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perhaps, is not fully appreciated by outsiders. It has 
been said that we are the most governed people in the 
world. Perhaps a little explanation may be interesting 
as to why there has not been more done on the reconi- 
mendations of your secretary. The jurisdiction of fish- 
ing, so far as license is concerned. is left to the Provincial 
_ Government, and I understand :t his to some extent met 
the. views of this Association. {he park question 7s 
with the Dominion Government, but in it are several 
departments. There is, for example, the Department of 
Marine and Fisheries, and the islands are under the 
Indian Department. The head-of the latter has been 
away and was absent when your secretary was there. 
This much has been done, however—the islands that were 
for sale have been withdrawn from sale. I have no 
doubt that whoever make up the government of the 
Dominion after the elections will favorably consider the 
matter of the reservation. [| have seen what has been 
done on-your islands, and am told that one is used so 
much that the fire has not been out of the fireplace this 
season. It seems that what you have done is serving a 
most beautiful purpose. I agree with what has been said 
about the freedom of the St. Lawrence. The alien labor 
law question has caused some friction on the river, 
People around here have gotten the idea that Canadtau 
waiters who went to Alexandria Bay wefe turned away. 
and also that some steamer employes were turned oft 
because they were Canadians. These things.tend to 
cause delay, but I hope will not prevent the carrying 
out ultimately of what the Association wants. 1 think 
the secretary is a little mistaken regarding the $5 license 
fee for fishing away from the river, but we will not dis- 
cuss that now. There are three things we want, and these 
ate: «To adjust the close season for fishing; to prevent 
netting at the motith of streams from Snake Island to 
Prescott or Brockville, and to limit the size of catch. 1 
will do what I can to ftirther the interests of the Anglers’ 
Association,” 

T. B. Kerr said it was unforttinate that the alien labor 
law: of the United States should complicate local matters 
on the river. ‘‘We want reciprocity,” said he, ‘as to St. 
Lawrence River matters. It is not an international 
question, but'a local one, and it is hoped that our Cana- 


dian brethren will do the square thing, as anglo-Saxons 


always do, and do as Americans have done.” 

President Skinner: “This is not an international 
question, and this Association is not interested in who 
are deckhands on steamers or waiters in hotels. What 
we want is the liberty of the St. Lawrence River from 
Lake Ontario so far as we desire to traverse it.. We 
would never haye had an international park but for the 
action of the Anglers’ Assoclation.-and I hope our 


Canadian members will co-operate with us in trying to 


bring about what is now needed on the river.” 

Secretary Thompson also spoke concerning the alien 
labor law, saying that any Canadian was at periect liberty 
to come on the American side and row there without in- 
terference. 3 

Mr. Kerr brought up the subject of senting for muin- 
nows: in the*little bays near the island residences. He 
desired that- a committee should be appointed to 
endeavor-to have a law enacted to extend the jurisdiction 
of private property owners on the tiver so as to cover 
their. “back. yards.’ He did not think it right for out- 
siders to come into the little bays. where property owners 
had baited minnows and seine the latter. R. P. Grant 
thought that property owners on the river had no right 
over the water, and if a man wanted such a right he 
would have to go to the Legislature as an individual and 
ask it. On motion of Mr. Kerr a special committee was 
appointed to take up the question of minnows or batt 
in the vicinity of private residences on the islands. 

Protector Northrup said he understood that property 
owners at the islands did not own beyond the water line. 

President Skinner thought there aught to be some 
miarks to indicate the location of the international bound- 
ary om the river. He spoke oi the placing of small buoys 
on shoals, not including those of the Government in the 
main channel. He said he wanted last winter to get 


from the Legislature an appropriation for small buoys, ° 


but did not succeed in doing so. He thought the 100 


persons who owned yachts on the river had some rights 


to protection as well as the owners of the larger boats. 
He applied to the State Forest, Fish and Game Com- 
missioners, and they furnished fiity buoys. 


50 pounds. -They are now in charge of Protector North- 


rup,: and they can be had of him, the only requirement - 


being that the person taking one shall take care of if. ~ 
G. M. Britton said the Canadian Government were 
making a survey. irom Kingston to Prescott. 
The privileges of the floor were extended to Mayor W. 


B. Carroll of Gananoque, who welcomed the members | 


of the Association. He said it had been deemed a fitting 


occasion to present a medal of the Royal Humane Cana-- 


dian Society to E. H. Bissett, of Brockville, who saved 
a lad frein drowning on July 1, 18090. He made a grace- 
ful speech in presenting it. : 

Ex-Mayor E. B. Moles of Brockville, responded in 
behalf of Mr. Bissett, and expressed the pleasure it 
afforded him to meet the members of the Anglers’ As- 
sociation. j . 

Hon. Chas, E. Britton spoke in an interesting manner 


of the objects of the Anglers’ Association, and referred 


at some length to the international park question. From 


Kingston to Brockville, said he, we ought to have - 


more than brotherly relations, During the fishing season 
the river ought to be-open to all. ~ 

Hon, Daniel Derbyshire also made a brief. but enter- 
_taining address. He was. glad to see so many present 
from both sides of the river. : 


The nominating committee reported the following 


officers, and ‘they were duly elected: President, Wm. C. . 
Browning. New York city; First Vice-President, Henry _ 


R. Heath, Brooklyn; Second Vice-President, Charles R. 
Skinner, Albany; Secretary. Wm. H: Thompson, Alex- 
andria Bay; Treasurer, R. P. Grant, Clayton; Executive 


Committee, A. C. Cornwall, Col. O- G Staples, Alex- 


andria Bay; Geo. H. Strough, Clayton; Geo.. C. Boldt, 
Chas. G..Emery, New York city; Col. W.-M. Griffith, 


Utica: Rev. R. H. Pullman, Baltimore; Md.: Geo. R. . 
Malby. Ogdensburg; Chas. E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont.-; - 


T. A Gillespie, Pittsburg. Pa; Chas. A. Sterling, Or- 
ange, N. J.;T. B. Kerr; Englewood, N. J. , 


‘are the trout streams of that region. 


The buoys - 
are’ 4 feet long, and each has a patent anchor weighing - 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Tt was 3:30 P. M. when the business session of the 
Association adjourned and the members sat down to 


‘their annual banquet in the dining room of the Gan- 


anoque Inn. At the conclusion of the dinner the anglers 
were photographed in a group in front of the hotel, 
W. E. Woucotr. 
Uaica, N. Y¥., Aug 2. 


“New England Angling. 
Boston, Aug. 4.—Mr. H..A. Phinney, Mrs. Phinney, 
Mr. and Mrs. Peck and Mr. F. S. Frost, of Boston, have 


just returned from a. fishing and ouung trip to Round 
Mountain Lake, Me. The same party went there last 


year, and ate more and more charmed with the surround- 


ings, as well as the fishing, They had particularly fine 
fishing in the lake, while the stream fishing was enough 
to delight the heart of the angler. Big and Little Alder 
One dons wading 
boots and fishes down the streams through the woods. 
Only the larger trout are saved and those injured. Mr. 
Frost, though over seventy years of age, is becoming 
an enthusiastic angler. His photographs of nature 
are the delight of his friends. Since the death of Mr. 
George T. Freeman, of whom Mr. Frost was the mentor 
photographic, he has kept on, and has continued to pro- 
duce pictures of what he sees in nature. His photographs 
on Little and Big Alder are_particularly true to nature. 
Mr. Frost pictures nature with the camera for the love 
of the art, and no effort is spared in his work. 

The club house of the Sebago Club, Sebago Lake, Me., 
has been sold to a couple of Boston gentlemen, who will 
use it as a summer cottage, Mr. H. S. Fisher, to whose 
energy the building of the club house and fermaton of 
the club is due, has become somewhat tired of fish ng al 
Sebago, and the other members of the club agree with 
him. After their trip to Sebago in the spring, resulting in 
only two or three salmon, Mr. Fisher, Mr, Harding and 
Mr. Whitman made a trip to new waters, under Little 
Squaw Motintain in Maine. Here they had all the fishing 
they could ask for, taking over 400 trout, the most-of 
which were returned to the water. Mr, Fisher says that 
they could have taken 1,400 just as well had they d «+ 
them. They will build a camp there if they can malo 
proper arrangements for the land. A whole township is 
what they want. . ' J 

The United States Fisheries Commission sent from 
Wood's Holl Friday five or six barrels of the celebrated 
tilefish to F, F, Dimick, secretary of the Boston Fish 
Bureau, They, were sent for distribution among those 
most interested. The claim of the Commission is that 
the tilefish is a yery valuable food fish, It will be remem- 
bered that. this fish entirely disappeared from our coast 
for thirty or forty years. But a few years ago a few 
were taken by deep-sea fishing. They were a puzzle to 
fishermen at the time, but were finally identified by the 
United States Fish Commission. Since that time the 
Commission has given considerable attention to locating 
the tilefish, and has attempted their propagation by arti- 
ficial hatching. Those sent to Boston were taken by 
one of the Commission boats by deep-seat fishing with 
hand lines, between thirty and fifty miles southeast of 
Waod’s Holl. The samples weighed from 6 to 7 pounds. 
They are silvery in color, with bright yellow spots. 

Aug. 6.—The summer boarder and golf are holding full 
sway at many of the leading Maine and New Hampshire 
fishing resorts this month. Still, there is some fly-fishing 
at Moosehead, with fair results. Some fine strings of 
togue. or lakers, have been taken there within a week, one 
string weighing 72 ‘pounds. George W. Canterbury. 
Charles Bishop and Richard Bishop, of Boston, have te- 
turned from a fishing trip to the West Branch. They 
catight great numbers of fish, and chased deer and moose 
out of the water to their hearts’ content. At Rangeley 
some fly-fishing is being done, and one gentleman, Mr. 
Frederick Skinner, of Boston, has continued trolling. 
He had already taken the biggest salmon of the season— 
12 pounds—and last week completed his score by adding a 
trout of 6 pounds. Stream fishing is reported to be ex- 
cellent in the vicinity of Kingfield; Lexington, Jerusalem 
and Flagstaff. The great amount of rain in that part of 
the country has kept the streams up to a goad fishing 
pitch. Mr, L, O. Crane writes his friend, Wes (Mr. Wes- 
ley C: Hemenway, of Boston): “After supper the other 
night I went to a pond a quarter of a mile away, caught 
twenty-five trout, from 14 to % pound each, and saw 
thirteen deer, returning in time for a game of pitch in the 
evening. The other morning I went to Northwest Pond 
and took forty trout and returned before to o’clock A. M. 
Such fishing ts good enough for an idle sport. You must 
get time to come up here and enjoy the fishing.’ Mr. 
Crane is writing of the Megantic preserve, where the 
fiching is excellent. Good black bass fishing is reported 
at Centerville, N. H. The Plymouth, Mass., ponds are 
also yielding good bass fishing. Mr. W. D. Barnes, of 
Boston, took a trout of 6 pounds at Haines Landing, 
Mooselucmaguntic Lake, last week. Canoeing is a popu- 
lar sport at Mountain View, Rangeley Lake, just now. 
some New York canoe experts being quartered there. 

Not much interest*is yet being taken in shore bird 
shooting by Boston gunners, although the open season 


on snipe, plover, rail, ete., begun July 15. There are birds» 


to shoot, bit the weather has been very hot, with other 
vacation interests in order. SPECIAL. 


Bluefish Biting Freely. 


_ Queenswater, L. 1., Aug. 6.—Bluefish have been biting 
treely during the past week, and many good catches are 
renorted, In fact, it has been very easy to catch all the 


fish the average party cares to get in an hour or so. A 


few striped bass haye been caught, but they are still 
scarce. Qut at the Fishing Banks the usual variety of 
bass, blackfish, fluke. ete, are being caught by the 
barrelful. There is a great demand for boats suitable for 
large fishing parties. and all the large sailboats and yachts 
in the bay are engaged for seyeral weeks in advance, 


American Fisheries Society. 


Tue Treasurer of the American Fisheries Society is 


Mr. C. W. Willard, of Westerly, R. T. 


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Piscatorial Poetics. 
From the London Fishing Gazette. — 


Pore’s bosom friend, John Gay, whose writings. (be-_ 
yond, of course, “The Beggars Opera,’ the ballad of 
“Black Ey’d Susan,” the libretto to Handel’s “Acis and 
Galatea,’ and perhaps those “dapper couplets,” as the 
younger Colman called them, in which his “Fables’’ were - 
written) are scarcely known to this newspaper-reading 
generation, has, in the first canto of his Georgic on 
“Rural Sports,” some lines descriptive of the angler’s 
art which are easy and agreeable reading: ; 


When genial spring a living warmth bestows, 
And o’er the year her verdant mantle throws, 

No swelling inundation hides the grounds, 

But crystal currents glide within their bounds; 

The finny brood their wonted haunts forsake, 

Float in the sun and skim along the lake;_ . 
With frequent leap they range the shallow streams, 
Their silver coats reflect the dazzling beams. 

Now let the fisherman his toils prepare, 

And arm himself with every watery snare; 

His hooks, his lines, peruse with careful eye, 
Increase his tackle, and his rod retie. 


¥ * * 


The fisher to the neighboring current speeds, 
Whose rapid surface purls unknown to weeds; 
Upon a rising border of the brook 

He sits him down, and ties the treacherous hook; 
Now expectation cheers his eager thought, 

His bosom glows with treasures yet uncaught, 
Before his eyes a banquet seems to stand, 

Where every guest applauds his skillful hand. 

Far up the stream the twisted hair he throws, ‘7 
Which down the murmuring current gently flows; - 
When if or chance or hunger’s powerful sway ai 
Directs the roying trout this fatal way, 

We greedily sueks in the twining bait, 

And tugs and nibbles the fallacious meat; 
Now, happy fisherman, now twitch the line! 
How. thy rod bends! Behold, the prize is thine! 
Gast on the bank, he dies with gasping pains, 
And trickling blood his silver mail distains. 


aes. 


Space forbids the continuance of the quotation, After 
discoursing fluently on worms and flies, and the cunning © 
artificial lures which tempt-the “roving trott,” the poet 
comes. at length to the fresh-water king, and gives the 
following spirited description of landing a salmon: 


If an enormous salmon chance to spy 

The wanton errors of the floating fly, 

He lifts his silver gills above the flood 

And greedily sucks in the unfaithful food: 

Then downward plunges with the fraudful prey, 
And bears with joy the little spoil away: 

Soon in smart pain he feels the dire mistake, 

Lashes the wave, and beats the foamy lake; 

With sudden rage he now aloit appears, : 
And in his eye convulsive anguish bears; . a Fl 
And now again, impatient of the wound, ; 
He rolls and wreathes his shining body round; 

Then headlong shoots beneath the dashing tide, 

The trembling fins the boiling waves divide; 

Now hope exalis the fisher’s beating -heart, 

Now he turns pale, and fears his dubious art; 

He views the tumbling fish with longing eyes, 

While the line stretches with th’ unwieldy prize; 
Each motion humors with his steady hands, 

And one slight hair the mighty bulk commands; 
Ti, tired at last, despoiled of all his strength, 

The game athwart the stream unfolds his length. 

He now, with pleasure, views the gasping prize 
. Gmash his sharp teeth, and roll his bloodshot eves; 
Then .draws him to the shore with artful ‘care, 

And lifts his nostrils in the sickening air; 

Upon the burthen’d stream he floating lies, 

Stretches his quivering fins, and, gasping, dies. 


With what seems a curiotts inconsistency, while ap- 
parently feeling no pity for the “finny prey,” he concludes 
the canto by urging the use of artificial flies as “less cruel’’ 
than torturing worms or living insects! 

Grand old Michael Drayton, in his famous “Polyolbion” 
—“that strange, Herculean toil’’ which runs to thirty 
hooks—gives a description of the leap of the salmon which 
certainly ranks as one of the prettiest piscatorial word- 
pictures to be found in English poetry: 


Whenas the salmon seeks a fresher stream to find 
(Which hither from the sea comes yearly by his kind, 

As he in season grows), and stems the wat’ry tract, 
Where Tivy falling down doth make a cataract, 

Fore’d by the rising rocks that there her course oppose, 
As though within their bounds they meant her to tnclose;- 
Here, when the laboring fish doth at the foot arrive, 
And finds that by this strength but vainly he doth striye; 
His tail takes in his teeth, and, bending like a bow 
That's to the compass drawn, aloft himself doth throw; 
Then, springing at his height, as doth a little wand 
That, bended end to end, and flirted from the hand, 
Far off itself doth cast, so doth the salmon vault. 

And if at first he fail, his second somersault 

He instantly essays; and from his nible ring... ing 
Still yerking, never leaves, until himself he fling” 
Above the streamful top of the surrounding heap. 


And in “The Muses’ Elysium,” Nymphal VI, wherein 
4 woodman, a fisherman, and a shepherd swain contend 
for who should be deemed worthiest, he makes Halcius; 
the fisherman, thus praise his favorite occupation : 


The crystal current streams continually I keep, 

Where every pearl-pay’d ford, and every blue-ey’d deep, 

With me familiar are: when in my boat being set, 

My oar TI take in hand, my angle and my met- 

About me; like a prince myself in state I steer, 

Now tp, now down the stream, now am I here, now there, 
The pilot and the fraught myself; and at my ease . 
Can land me when I-list, or in what place I. please. 

The silver-scaled shoals about me in the streams, 

As thick as ye discern the atoms inthe beams, re 
Near to the shady bank, where slender sallies grow,. .. — 
And willows their shag’d tops down t’wards the waters bow, 


Aue. 11, 1900] 


I shove in with my boat to shield me from the heat, 

Where, choosing from my bag some prov’d especial bait, 

The goodly well-grown trout I with my angle strike, 

And with my bearded wire I take the ravenous pike, 

Of whom when I have hold he seldom breaks away, 

Though at my line’s full length so long I let him play, 

Till by my hand T find he well near weaty’d be, 

When softly by degrees I draw him up to me. 

The lusty salmon, too, I oft with angling take, 

Which me, above the rest, most lordly sport doth make, 
Who; feeling he is caught, such frisks and bounds doth fetch, 
And by his very strength my line so far doth stretch, 

As draws my floating cork down to the very ground, 

And wresting of my rod, doth make my boat turn round. 

I never idle am, sometime I bait my weels, 

With which by night I take the dainty silver eels, 

And with my draught-net then I sweep the streaming flood, 
And to my trammel next, and cast net from the mud, 

I beat the scaly brood; no hour I idly spend, 

But- weary'd. with my work, I bring the day to end. 


The quotation might easily be extended, for where de- 
scription is so charmingly easy it is difficult to draw the 
line. Those who would finish the piece must turn to their 
copy of Drayton, or to the volume in the “British Poets,” 
if haply they possess a set; if not, they must be content 
with the slice here served up. 

“Rare” Ben Jonson, in “The Forest,’ singing the 
praises of Penshurst, leads us to think that place must 
have been something like a piscatorial paradise. He says: 


And if the high-swoll'’n Medway fail thy dish, 

Thou hast thy ponds that pay thee tribute fish; 
' Fat, aged carps, that run into thy net, 

“And pikes, now weary their own kind to eat, 

‘As loth the second draught, or cast to stay, 

Offictously at first themselves betray. 

Bright eels that emulate them, and leap on land 

Hefore the fisher, or into his hand. 


Selfishly speaking, I should like to find a place where 
eels would leap into my hand, though doubtless such 
tame plenteousness would take the edge off the sport, to 
the minds of most anglers. .  <- 

The: author of “The Chase,” William Somerville—for 
the “gay.and easy flow” of whose muse Allan Ramsay 
expressed his admiration—in his poem on “Field Sports” 
does not forget: angling. After sketching a charming 
scene, where “‘the insinuating waters stray in many a 
winding maze,’ where:the wild duck “steals the spawn 
of ‘teeming ‘shoals,” and “the murmuring stream salutes 
the flowery mead that glows with fragrance,”’ he says: 


On the eaglin bank, | 
Patiently musing, all intent I stand 
To hook the scaly glutton. See! down sinks 
My cork, that faithful monitor; his weight 
My taper angle bends; surpris’d, amaz’d, 
‘He glitters in the sun, and struggling, ‘pants 
For liberty, till in the purer air 
He breathes no more. 


The difference between the St. James’ Park of the 
reign of the “Merry Monarch” and that of our degenerate 
days-is brought vividly before us by Edmund Waller's 
lines “On St. James’s Park, as lately improved by His 
Majesty.” After describing the waterfowl flying over- 
head “controlling the sun” with “a feathered cloud,” he 
goes on: 


Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides, 

And plays about the gilded barges’ sides; 
The ladies angling in the crystal lake, 

Feast on the waters with the prey they take; 
At once victorious with their lines and eyes, 
: They make the fishes and the men their prize, 


A curious contrast to a scene worthy the brush of a 
Watteau is afforded nowadays by the predatory urchin 
who, stirred to defiance of park rules by the irrepressible 
instinct of angling, furtively fishes for sticklebacks with 
the primitive bit of cotton for line and splinter of match- 
wood for float—one eye on the water and the other roving 
warily round in search of the dreaded keeper, 

Seatme Jenyns, of whom little is heard nowadays, has 
a charming little lyric on the subject of “Chloe Angling” : 


On yon fair brook’s enamel’d side 
Behold my Chloe stands! 

Her angle trembles o’er the tide 
As conscious of her hands. 


a De.» 


From each green bank and mossy cave 
The scaly race repair; : 

They sport beneath the crystal wave, 
And kiss her image there. 


Here the bright silver eel enroll’d 
In shining volumes, lies; 

There basks the carp, bedropt with gold, 
In the sunshine of her eyes. 


With hungry pikes in wanton play, 
The tim’rous trouts appear; 

The htingry pikes forget to prey, 
The tim’rous trouts to fear, 


The application of an amorous simile is, of course, in- 
evitable; but space.is limited, and the above four 
quatrains must serve as an example of the eleven. 

Coming down to modern times, Winthrop Mackworth 
Praed’s “Réd Fisherman,’ who knew the secret of the 
abbot’s ‘stuttering is'n4 doubt familiar to many of my 
readérs, arid the lively lines— 


Oh, oh! Oh, ob! 
: . ' Above, below, 
_ Lightly and brightly they come and go; 
_ The hungry and keen to the top are leaping: 
The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping; 
. Fishing is fine when the pool is muddy— 


show. at least that the author did not write without some 


knowledge: of his subject. ‘. 
Turning now to an author who dealt with the matter in 
a free-and-easy style, Barker, in his “Art of Angling,” 


says of.pike fishing: See Seley. ama eae 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


A rod twelve feet long, and a ring of wire, 
A winder and a barrel will help thy desire. 
In killing a pike; but the forked stick 
With a slit and a bladder—and that other fine trick 
Which our artists call snap, with a goose or a duck— 
Wall Mill two for one, if you have any luck. 
The gentry of Shropshire do merrily smile 
To see a goose and a belt the fish to beguile; 

rt When a pike suns himself and a-frogging doth go, 
The tio-inched hook is better, I know, 
‘han the ord’nary snaring; but still I must cry, 
“When the pike is at home, mind the cookery!” 


Experienced ichthyophagists will readily indorse the wis- 
dom of this closing admonition. 

Phineas Fletcher (cousin to John, the famous drama- 
tist), whom quaint old Quarles dubbed “the Spenser of 
this age,’ and who was the author of that surprisingly 
ingenious poem, “The Purple Island” (in twelve cantos, 
the last of which consists of eighty-nine stanzas), wrote 
a number of so-called “Piscatory Eclogues.” Small won- 
der that Addison took éxception to the title, Let no angler 
be deluded into thinking there is anything descriptive of 
fishing in them—they are simply imitations (successful, 
granted) of the good old pastoral eclogue, being full of 
“hopeless swains” and “cruel maids” and all the long- 
drawn bitterness and linked sweetness of love-sick youth- 
fulness, RopweL_t HookHam. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST, 


Hot and Dull. 


Cuicaco, Ill, Aug, 4—Most of our Chicago bass parties 
go out from the city toward the end of the week, re- 
turning the next week, the fortunate location of this city 
placing some very good bass waters within easy reach of 
town. A few weeks ago it appeared that nearly every- 
body had gone fishing, and indeed it seemed to be a good 
deal of a temptation to go, for a great many nice catches 
were reported. For two days this week, however, the 
weather has been very hot, and times are very dull in the 
fishing way. But few parties are going out to-day, and 
those who do will hardly be apt to find much sport unless 
there should be a sudden change in the weather. It is 
hot enough to-day to take the gimp out of almost any sort 
of man or fish. Mackinac and the upper pine woods are 
the talk to-day among the tourists. 

One would think that by this time all the bass in the 


Fox Lake chain would have been caught, and that it- 


would not be worth while to go there for any sort of 
actual sport with game fish. Yet there is a steady sum- 
mer angling travel into that neighborhood, and what is 
the oddest part of it, the fishermen often get fish quite 
enough to encourage them to go out again. The lower 


Wisconsin and upper Illinois fishing has held its own bet- 


ter than lower Michigan or lower Minnesota this summer, 
a fact which goes to show the quality of the Fox River as 
a breeding and supply stream, to say nothing of the good 
bass growing grounds in many of the lakes themselves, 


Who and What. 


Pawpaw Lake, of Michigan, is a much boomed summer 
place, and at times earlier in the season can show some 
bass. Just now it is dead at Pawpaw, so reports Mr. 
H. Brocklesby, of this city, who tried for eight days over 
at Pawpaw to get some fishing. Fearing that he would 
lose all his leisure time to no purpose, he left Pawpaw 
and came back to Chicago, going thence to Sand Lake, 
Ill., near Lake Villa, where he is at this writing enjoy- 
ing very much better sport than he had in Michigan. 

Mr. C. W. Green, of one of the Chicago daily papers, is 


looking for a place to pass a two weeks’ vacation, in-~ 


tending to take his wife and have a quiet and restful fish- 
ing trip, somewhere not too far from Chicago. He came 
in to ask mé where that should be, and If advised him to 
go to some of the lakes of Waukesha county, Wis. They 
have been having pretty good fishing up in there this 
summer, quite as good as at many places much further 
away, and, besides, Waukesha county is as lovely and 
restful a bit of country as lies out of doors anywhere on 
the surface of the earth. Mr. Green thinks he will go to 
Burlington, thence take team to the Wind Lake or 
Wabassee country, and try for a farm house boarding 
place. Failing to get what he wants there, he will shift 
from the east to the west side of the Fox River, and 
perhaps blow in oyer Billy Tuohy’s way, on Eagle Lake, 
from which place some very tall fish stories have been 
coming down lately. 

Mr. H. R. Reed, Western representative of the Re- 
view of Reviews, New York. was out in Minnesota for a 
day or so this week with his friend, Mr. Patterson, of 
Collier's Weekly, They left Minneapolis. together and 
went to Otter Lake on the Soo road, where they had a 
great time. Not having anybody else to do business 
with, and being accustomed to transacting business all 
the time, they signed up with a good many pickerel, run- 
ning up to 6 or 8 pounds. They got only a few bass. 
This was about the first fishing Mr. Reed ever did in the 
West. Mr. Patterson says it is the first Mr. Reed ever 
did anvwhere, but he is threatened with quitting golf and 
going in for the angle. He caught go pounds of pickerel 
and had more than that mttch fun. 

The Charlie Antoine trout party starts for the Escanaba 
next Monday or Tuesday. according to reports to-day. 
Those going with Mr. Antoine are Messrs. John de la 
Chanpelle, of Ottawa, Ill.; V. L. Cunnyngham and Harry 
Williams, of Chicago. Mr. Williams was with the Con- 
gressional party in Minnesota last fall, and was historian 
of that expedition. It is rumored that he will take that 
capacity in the present trip, and Mr. Cunnyngham that of 
head artist, the latter being very clever with the caniera. 


- They will have a good time, though they will be crowded 


for room in the boats. haying so many grasshoppers: and 
crickets along for bait. It is ordinarily better to rope 


your own hoppers on the stream, but they are not sure — 


there will be any on the Escanaba. 

Mr. J. R. Griffits. the hard-working advertising man of 
the C.. B. & O. Railroad, this city. has been threatening to 
go fishing with me out on the Mississippi River for two or 
three years, and I have heen threatening to go with him. 
We both know we can’t, so there is no hatm done. ‘There 
is another man who is wanting to go fishing with Mr. 


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Griffits, and the latter has been having fun with this 
friend, telling him some gilt-edged fairy tales about the 
Mississippi, where, in fact, he never fished at all. “TI 
have a house-boat up: there,’ he told this friend, “and 
you know it wouldn’t seem quite right for me to go up 
there and not use my own boat, after I’ve been to the 
trouble of having it made; but the fact is, just now I 
am having my house-boat overhauled, and a new ma- 
hogany veneer put on the deck, and I think I'll wait till 
that 1s finished before I go out there,” From all ap- 
pearances the mythical house-boat will be ready about the 
time Mr. Griffits is ready for it. At this writing Mr. 
Griffits, who is really fond of bass fishing, says that he 
is going up to Green Lake, Wis., this fall, to have a deep- 
water try for some of the mysterious but much famed 
red-eyed bass of that lake. It is not stated whether or- 
not he has a house-boat»on Green Lake. 

Mr. James R, Smedberg, of this city, is figuring on a’ 
fly-fishing trip for bass on the St. Jo River, of Michigan, 
at sonie time early this fall, and probably this month. The 
St. Jo is fished considerably, but still turns out a good 
string now and then. I have heard of some fair catches 
there with grasshoppers. It is a very pretty little river 
and well worth acquaintance. vee ; 

Mr. W. P. Nelson, one of the chained-to-business sort, | 
and lately pretty near to being a good example of the 
horrors of being chained to business too mtch, has been 
up north in the muscallunge country. He. went in at 
Lake Vieux Desert and floated down the Wisconsin River . 
in a canoe, having a very enjoyable little trip. He did 
not find very good fishing, an 8-pound ‘lunge being his’ 
record fish for the trip, but he took enough fish to: keep’ 
the camp going, and had no end of pleasure. Mr. Nelson 
tells me that he heard of a very good muscallunge, 36% 
pounds, which was taken by a boy in a pool of one of the 
rivers in that region, I think very likely the Manitowish 
River. This is the second heaviest ‘lunge I have heard 
from this year, a 

Mr. H. Swanson, of this city, is among those who have | 
this week gone up to Lake Villa to mingle with the big- 
mouths. He returns in a few days and has not been’ 
heard from as to his success since he left town. aie 

Mr, W. F. McCracken, of this city, has left for a nice 
trip to the Mason chain of lakes near Fifield, Wis. He 
ought to get fishing there if anywhere, for the reports 
from that section have been on the average very good 
for most of the season. 

Mr, Wm. D. Miller, of Kansas City, Mo., outfitted 
here this week for a bass trip to the storied lakes of 
Alexandria, Minn. He will see what he can do with the 
historic “gray bass” of that country. . 

Hon. Jas. R. B. Van Cleave, of Springfield, Ill., ‘has 
always been very fond of this Minnesota country for bass 
fishing, and has been spending considerable time up there 
gus summer at the Waltonia Club, not far from Alex" 
andria. 

Mr. Geo. B. Johnson, of Chicago, is absent at State 
Line, Wis., this week, in a country cooler than this-is now. 
He will fish for bass principally. 

Mr, Franklin A, Denison. of Chicago, has gone to the 
once famous water, Lake Gogebic, to see if he can catch a 
mess of bass once in a while. Another Chicago gentle. 
man to try the same trip is Mr. R. L. Taylor. The sea-- 
son is, of course, more adyanced that far north than it is 
here, and they may hit the beginning of the fall season. 

Mr. James Fletcher, of this city, goes to-day up-to Fox 
Lake, Ill., for a fews days’ bass fishing. Mr. G. W.. 
Evans also is going to Fox Lake to escape the heat of the 
city for a time. : 

Mr. Harry Griesmann is among the Lake Villa contin- 
gent this afternoon, and Mr. Chas. Olk, also of Chicago, 
is another of the same party who will take the afternoon > 
Central north, 


Bass at the Soldiers’ Home, 


President Nat H. Cohen, of the Illinois Fish Commis- 
sion, has put a car load, or ninety cans, of nearly adult 
fish—bass, croppies, perch, etc.—in Lake Clements, at the 
Soldiers’ Home, Danville, Ill, there being about 3,000 
fish in the shipment. They are not to be touched for 
one year, and by that time should stock the lake very 
nicely. The citizens are very grateful to Mr. Cohen. 
This lot of fish came from the apparently inexhaustible 
storehouse, the Meredosia Flats of the Illinois River, 
where the fish are taken fromthe cut-off sloughs. and 
bayous in thousands by the Fish Commission and sent all 
over the United States. Illinois has very much right -to 
be proud of the work of her Commission. The biological - 
station of the University of Chicago is located at Havana. 
Ill, near this working point of the State Commission. - 
No State in the Union has shown better results for the 
money expended than has Illinois in her fish work. Much 
credit is due both Mr. Cohen:and the old war Horse, Dr. 
S. P, Bartlett, of the United States Commission, 


Fly-Casting Club. 


Mr. F. N. Peet, of the Chicago Fly-Casting Club, tells 
me that the club is feeling very sanguine about the pros- 
pects of its tournament this month—Aug 17-18. Mr. 
Mang@eld, of the San Francisco Club, is proving much of 
a drawing card, and many have expressed a wish to come 
to Chicago, if only to see the veteran caster of the Coast. 
Mr. John Waddell, of Grand Rapids, wll be here, with 
others of that city, and it is hoped we shall have some 
one on from the East. ‘There will be two busy and 
eventful days, and the records would do well to take to 
the tall grass, or they are apt to get the worst of it. The 
club will provide lunch on the grounds. The casting will 
begin daily at 10 A. M., and will continue into the after- 
noon. * 


E. Houcs. 
Hartrorp Buttpine, Chicago, Til. m 


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wath Ls 
Tuna Fishing. 

KeLpm sends us this, from a late issue of the Los 
Angeles (Cal.) Times: Avalon, July 2i.—At a recent 
“. meeting of the Tuna Club a committee was appointed for 
. - the revising of the constitution, the unprecedented rin of 
' tuna causing an enlargement of the membership to such a 
‘degree that within a few years if the increase continues 
the club membership will become so large as to be un- 
wieldy. The committee made a report at a meeting of 
the club, recommending that the portion of the constitu- 
tion relating to admission to membership be changed so 
‘as to provide that no person wlto 1s in business on the 
’ island, or. who is in the employ of any business man on 
the island, shall be eligible to membership in the club, It 
is further provided that any gentleman of leisure who 
takes a tuna in accordance with the rules of the elub, 
weighing 100 or more pounds, does not by that act alone 
become a member, but is only by doing so eligible to an 
application for membership, which application shall he 
» made out by the members of the Weighing Committee, 
who. weigh his fish and which shall be submitted to the 
vote of the Admission Committee, which bas full power 
to elect or reject the applicant. The club has also 
drawn the lines of admission to membership by deciding 
that any person breaking his tackle at any stage of land- 
ing a tuna shall be disqualified for membership. The 

tackle mtist come in intact. 2 t 4] 
‘The tuna fishers are tantalized by the-sight of myriads 
of the big fish, but it ts a difficult matter to induce them 
to take a bait. Only three were brought in_yesterday, 
C. We Chamberlain, W. T. Miner and Col, Eddy being 
the lucky fishers. Mr. Miner had a hard battle, and his 
~ fish had all the better of him, breaking “his rod, and he 
was obliged to call for assistance. Mr. Paine’ responded 
- und+found the angler suffering from an acute attack of 
“buck fever’ as the hunter terms it, the man being im 
such a nervous condition that he was_ unable to° handle 

-.the-reel. Mr. Paine soon landed the fish. | 

Chappie had a gentleman out in his rowboat who fought 
4 fish three-hours and then collapsed, completely used up. 
Chappie attempted to tow the fish to shallow water, but 
could not mariage both boat and fish, and the fish was 

lost. A ‘a 
Col. Eddy this morning brought i a tuna weighing 
118 pounds, his time being nine minutes, ° He has be- 
“eome so expert that he now rarely requires more than: 
“ten minutes for the landing of one of these big fish. His 
plan is not to allow the fish to get its “second wind,” but 
follow it up with such energy that the fish is dazed. and 
“before it can really take in the situation it has been 

-taken in. . ~ ; : 


Canadian Angling Notes. 


At last the long wet spell is apparently over, and witlr 
the dry weather has also come some truly magnificent 
angling, particularly along the line of the Quebec & 
Lake St. John Railway. where both trout and ouananiche 
of large size are taking freely. The crowds of anglers 
that are now pouring ‘into the country are giving the 

various club houses and camps a tuch nrore animated 
“appearance. and some who went to scoff haye remained 
“to fish, as the angling has turned out much better than 
even the most sanguine ventured to hope, being unprece-~ 
..dentedly good for the season of the year. The railroad is 
almost daily obliged to run about three parlor and sleep- 
-ing cars’to accommodate the travel, and it is likely that 
the tax upon its resourees will be yery greatly increased 
in a few days 

The trout fishing has all along been remarkably: good, 
considering the weather conditions, but at present it 15 
simply marvelous. For instance, a few days ago Messrs. * 
W. M. Macpherson, president of Molson’s Bank, and 
H. M. Machin, assistant treasurer of the Province of Que- 
bec, obtained on the Jakes of the Stadacona Fish and 
Game Club the finest fishing they have ever experienced 
on these preserves. Within ten minutes Mr. Macpherson 
took a 6'4-pound female trout and Mr. Machin hooked 

and Janded a male weighing 6%4lbs. Though only out 
“~Tor a short time, they took as many fish running from 1 
~ ‘te 614 pounds as they could conveniently bring home 
and only desisted to avoid being wasteful. 
>=. This report tallies with those brought in by about every 
angler recently returned—in fact, it is greatly exceeded 
by some others. all agreeing as to the size, number and 
gameness’ of the fish. . 

The ouananiche fishing in the Grande Deécharge. Lake 
St. John, is now at its height and is greatly sought after, 
great crowds Hocking to the Island House. One gentle- 
man who was out a little more than a week captured over 
toa fish And could haye taken many more had he so 
desired. “Lhe fising is good on the Mistassini, Perihonca, 
Ashouapmocichouan and other riyers flowing into the 
lake. ; 

= :One gentleman who has just returned, from spending 
-ten -days at the Grande Décharge took oyer too ouanan- 
“iche in that time. many of them of very fine size. Other 
“catches almost equally fine are also reported, and alto- 
‘gether the ouananiche season now promises better than 
‘eyer before. — i 

The late arrivals on the salmon rivers, like those upon 
the trout streams and ouananiche waters, haye been 
very much more fortunate than the earlier visitors. Mr. 
Edson Fitch and party haye. returned from the Moisie, 
having enjoved much better sport than Mr. Vesey Bos- 
well and friends, who were there before, him. 


Dr, Alexander B. Johnson, of New York, has returned — 


hy steamer St. Olaf from his river, the Jupitagan, where 
he killed sixty salmon and seven grilse, and the fishing 
twas still excellent when he left the river. “ 
Mr. J..S. Kennedy, of New York, has had an excep- 
tionally good season, having killed between.seyenty and 
+; hundred fish on the Ristigouche and Cascapedia rivers. 
“On the latter mentioned stream the heavy salmon were 
“found jess gamy and active than those of the Ristiguoche, 
«- > Mr. I. H. Stearns, of Montreal, and party report their 
“"Hehing on the Ristigouche this year at Chamberlain 
Shoals to have: been rather above the average. 
 <Mr. Dean Sage, Mr. James T. Cooper, Mr. Dicken- 
“son and others have enjoyed splendid sport this: season 
..at. Camp Harmony, on the Ristigouche and the neigh- 


_, boring: He Ck Atal Ag, 
Mr, Hodges, of Boston, with a party of friends has 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


returned from the Natashquan, where they enjoyed ex- 
cellent sport, and where the salmon were rising well 
when they leit the river. 4 
fi. T. D. Campers. 


Quennc, July 28. 


On the Abbitibbi: Lakes 


Lake Vicrorsa, P. Q., July 30.—Six of us have escaped 
from New York and other sweltering spots into the back- 
woods of Ottawa under the shadows of the primeval 
forest. If there were not a fish within reach except the 
sociable sardine squeezed into its containing tin and 
swamped in its native oil, it would be worth the coming 
just to get away from the chains of business and the 
prophetic heat’ of the cities. But there are fish, for we 
have proved it. The Province of Quebec has leased to the 
Abbitibbi Fish and Game Club the fishing rights in Lakes 
Bittobee, Victoria. des Rats, Partridge and Little White 
Fish in the townships of Northfield and Hincks in the 
county of Ottawa. 

Those who haye no more than a geographical knowl- 
edge of the counties of the Province of Quebec may feel 
justified in the impression that they are no more than 
shoe-tie strips beginning at the St. Lawrence and stretch- 
ing away indefinitely to the northwest to the land of the 
muskeg and the mystery of Hudson Bay, But Ottawa 
county has length and breadth and thickness, and there 
is room to turn,over at night without rolling otit into the 
next county. We are sixty miles back of the fire-swept 
city of Ottawa, at the end of the track of the Ottawa & 
Gatineau Railway—that is, at Gracefield—and then a 
further distance by team to our camp on the shore of Vic- 
toria Lake. There are six in our party. namely, L. 
Cantor, V. Husted, L. Ritchey, E. Powell. W, J. Carr and 
Gerhard S. Mariager. In this glorious climate we do not 
care whether:school keeps or not. We haye leased fish- 
ing on Lakes Abbitibbi and Victoria and Little White 
Fish; that is enough for us; there is water enough in 
Canada for a few more. The weather is fine. There is not 
a word to say as to black Ay or other noxious insect. But 
the fishing! Well, at this writing we have fished only 
one day as yet and we are not discouraged. After eating 
uutil we fear that the scales are beginning to show on ottr 
outsides, we began to strike a trial balance on the rest— 
those that we sent out to friends in Ottawa. Our freight 
hills show that we sent out as the surplus of one day for 
six rods. fifty-five bass. the largest weighing 3'4 pounds, 
and the very smallest checking in at 134 pounds. We are 
not bragging at all. but we register our unbiased opinion 
that the bass fishing is fine. MerrY. 


New Jersey Protection. 


Editor Forest and Streant: 

Perhaps the facts below communicated will not be 
judged of importance meriting publication, yet if game 
protection is to be made a political issue, as it must be 


here to be made effectual, every sportsman in New Jer- 
sey should be informed of the difficulties and opposition. 


that wardens who try to do their duty meet with, and 


-jrom thos: who should sustain and aid them therein. 


The incidents are in part cold, but came tu my notice 
only yesterday while assisting at an attempt to clear 
some of-our bass waters of the carp nuisance. 

In one county, and that one of the largest and best 
natural game covers. with extensive waters stocked at 
State expense, but two arrests were made. I know that 
at least three of the very rankest and most persistent, 
bold and defiant of poachers and sooners are at work 
there and will keep at it till midwinter. Attention has 
been called to them especially. {o no purpose. The war- 
den yisits that part of his territory perhaps twice, per 
haps ofce..a year—never heard of further attention—and 
this quite likely in connection with private business in 
which engaged, Then, too, the seiners, ete.. seem to 
get the tip in advance. Ji there are deputies their work 
is kept mighty quiet; never heard of it. In this county 
nineteen arrests were made, with eighteen convictions, 


‘and this by one officer. 


Two deputies. employees of our hoss ringster, will 
neither attend to any cal] or resign. as superiors desire. 
They block the way for those who would serve (no pay 
attached). A son of a wealthy politician, a deflant yvio- 
lator, arrested after repeated warnings and fined by his 
ewn ceusin as magistrate, would have caused the war- 
den’s turning down and out could Gov. Voorhees have 
accomplished it, but the Commissioners sustained the 
stiff-backed officer and the fine had to be paid, Keep 
your eye on Voorhees and see if he does not hound this 
nan as he did Protector Shriner. 

WESTFALL. 


Bass Bait for Muskalonge. 


Turee years ago Mrs. Piper told John, her husband, 
that when he fished for muskalonge he should use a small 
bass for batt. 

“And what do you know about fishing, my dear?” 
asked Jolim, in a tone that indicated he could be tolerant 
of any idiosyncrasies that characterized Mrs, Piper. 

“I know a great deal about fishing,” answered Mrs. 
Piper, truthfully. “Of course, I have never caught many 
fish, but that does not seem to me at all necessary. One 
can read, and one can have theories. Besides, I have a 
husband and brother-in-law that talk the matter over 
oecasionally, and my hearing is good.” 

“Where did you get your information about baiting for 
muskalonge?” asked John. 


“IT read about it in Forest AND STREAM. A man was ' 


fishing in Georgian Bay. He was fishing for bass. He 
faund he had a yery large fish on’ his line, and when he 
got it into the boat—well, perhaps it was before he got 
it in-—-he found it was a muskalonge. When he detached 
the hook from the mouth of the fish he found a black bass. 
Tt seems the bass took the hook all right and the mus- 
kalonge seized the bass.” 

“That's a very pretty fish story, my dear: said John, 
patronizinely. el 

“Well, I have not finished. This man was so pleased 
with his discovery that he used bass for bait for the 
test of the season, and he caught a lot of muskalonge.” 

“Well, I guess David and I will stick to the old haits.” 
answered John, Mss 


‘Ts 


[Ause. 11, 1909. 


That was three years ago. ‘This summer John was 
fishing at Red Lake, in northern New York. He wrote 
home that he had lost a 20-pound muskalonge. When 
he came back to Ohio, Dayid said, ‘How was it, John, 
about that 20-pound muskalonge? Great pity yot lost 11.” 

“Well, that was about the queerest thing that I ever 
had happen,” said John. “I was-pulling in a black bass 
and that muskalonge took the bass for bait. He jumped 
out of the water, and we had a good look at him.” 

Mrs. Piper did not say anything, but ‘she told David's 
wife about it over the telephone. PEW. 


The “Kingfishers.” 


Arrer “samplin’ the fishin’ for five or six years past 
in Wisconsin and Canada, we have concluded to go back 
to our first love, the old “Fishing Line,” reaching into 
the Petoskey and Grand Traverse regions, over which 
we checked our “calamities” for twelve or thirteen years. 

The fishing in this region is plenty good enough for 
any but a fish hog, whether for bass. trout, maskinonge 
or the “festive bluegill,” to say nothing of the splendid 
camping places. and the finest springs in the world. | 

We go a-fishin’ on Aug. 4 over the G R. & I, Ry. 
to Traverse City, Mich., whence we take wagons to 
Carp Lake, and will make camp at our old Robin’s Nest 
camp of ’or, an account of which trip: was published ini 
ForEsT AND STREAM, with a picture of the camp. * 

The fishing in Carp Lake is reported better this season 
than for several years, and it goes without saying that 
we are looking for some good sport with the bass and 
bluegills, leaving out of account the swarms of rock bass: 
and “pearch” that infest the lake. * 

‘Fishin’ fur bluegills” with a light trout rod and two 
or three flies is Col. Culbertson’s “‘chief diyarsion” when 
camped out, and he has promised to keep the camp in 
neat.’ 

At Robin's Nest we expect to take solid comfort, for 
right under the bank in front of the tents is a famous 
spring. and for-a hundred yards or more up the lake 
shore are a dozen others, ranging in coldness from 54 to 
46 degreés; and our neighbors furnish us with the best 
of inilk, buttermilk for the asking, butter, eggs, chick- 
ens, vegetables “an’ sich” for the “equivalent.” 

The Jatch string is always hangin’ out, “figgeratively. 
speakin’,” at the Camp of the Kingfishers, and if any 
brother of the rod happens along hungry and athirst, let 
him stop and we'll break up a hardtack or two and give 
him a “sup” out of a-vial that las been: cooled in a 
spring of 46 degrees temperature. a 

KINGHISHERS 


San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. ‘ 


MepAL contests, series 1900, Saturday, contest No, “10. 
held at Stow Lake, Julyo28. “Wind. strong west; weather, 
foggy: * 


Event Eyent Event 
No. 1, No. 2, 3 : Ne. 4, 
Distance, Accuracy, — —Event No. 3, — Lure 
Feet Percent. Acc % Del, # Net # Casting% 
Path Ge Asa ge ae 95 94 SR 71.8 79.10 59 
ipo cepees se 144 83.4 4 66.8 Ti bes 
Iirotherton .... 116 Be ee a4 et So 45 
(Cattore.n 2) acetone 964 RY 85 ST - -97 2 
(Gaolehetr .....4. 127 94.8 SOLS Ti. 84.1 He 
ionett) Sens. 125 95 SRA 84.u 86.5 9h 1-5 
Muller ......... 104 91.4 87 TRY 83.1 nH 
WON Bae beens 103, 94 88.8. 78.8 82.8 7 
Judges, Battu and Young; referee. Muller; clerk, 
Smyth. - - 5 oo'neae , 
Medal contests, series 1900,-Sunday, contest No. 10, 


held at Stow Lake, July 20. 


Winds-streng west’ weather, _ 
niusty and unsatisfactory > : 


HINAN LY pin ODO b oD 3 7.4 92.4 73.4 82.9 hd 
BvGalktse wevaemnier 102 78 87.8 Th.4 SO.6 ne 
Brotherton ..... 120 92 87.8 othe = 85 Te, 
Daverkosen .... 103 92.4 88.4, Th.10 2.1 a 
Golcher ....... 127.6 O44 HOLS Ti: -- S403 thy 
dbo dh soos bode, 127 90) $6.8 83.47 Rh 38 
Mansfield ...... -.+ 94 aS 76.8 ° 84.10 * 95.4 
Witenes eeee tee 106 92 89.8 75.10 82.9 4 
Vo. aot doa atc 87 Tis 81 66.8 73.10 =f 
MMe?  peencoec 100 94,4 92.8 80.10 86.9 
(rome hana Ae 95 12.8 88.8 73.4 81 


Chicago Fly-Casting Club. 
Scores of the second competition, Aug. 4, Owing to 
the extreme heat and the low water the competition Was ~~ 
not completed ; = 


Long Distance Accuracy Bait 

Distance and Accuracy, and Delicacy, Casting. 

Fly, Feet. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. 
[LT H Bellows-7.... 92 95 1-3 VoeLS eye 
Tos Blvelsmaneny on oes 75 (es UL 
Ga BED Wit weenie: Sieh te Me CReiiee ||| eter 
H Greenwocd .... .- 86 1-3 NON a ye 
H G Hascall...... 98 97 CFG ee 
N C Heston ...... .- 78 Rh ee ers 
E R Letterman.... -. 93 Bay pati: oe 
ON Peet. 106 oT See A 
a a Wietetce rr: iis 72 jo ny es ea 
AWE SSriithiocens a7 931-3 _ Uso wae ae ee 
W H Ainsworth... .. 721-3 $6 1-6 ey 


Holders of Medals—Long Distance Fly, F. N. Peet: 
Distance and Accuracy, H. G. Hascall; Accuracy and 
Delicacy, F. N. Peet. rales aa! i‘. = 


Barnegat Sea Fishing. | 


Barnecar Ciry, N. J., Aug. 4.—Half-way down the 
Jersey coast, where Barnegat Bay water rushes out to 
meet the sea, and where Barnegat Light raises its tail 
shaft skyward to warn the mariners from the treacherous . 
shoals, is where the greatestr fishing of the north At- 
lantic coast is to be found. Here the red drum, or channel © 
bass, are caught in large numbers. It is safe to say that. . 


at least a hundred of these big and gamy fish were caught - 
during July. The biggest catch of drumwas by Edward © 


Hooley and Bert Brooks, of New ‘York. who were out 
with Captain Henry Eiseman in Hooley’s yacht, Crescent. 
They chttmmed with menhaden bait, and from the school 
of drum that gathered about them they landed twenty- 
three. William T. Bailey, of Camden, has had excellent 
luck with these fish. Another successful drum fisherman 
has been Mr. E. G. Chandlee, of Philadelphia, whose 
fifteen-year-old son, Edward, by the way, has two drum 
to his score, one weighing 23 and one 26 pounds, 


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_ Ave. 11, 1990.J —s 


Charles A. Atkins, Dr, Herbert and Lawyer John F. 
Hawkins, of Asbury Park, are a trio of surf fishers who 
are hard to beat, and who took home over roo pounds 
of channel bass early in July. Mr. Streeter, of Orange, 
has made several big catches. Last week Mr. Earl and 
Mr. Recknegal, two New Yorkers, who were stopping 
at. Waretown, fried their luck in the inlet for two days. 
getting a 30-pound drum each day. 

Weakfish are caught by the barrel. One day this weelc 
.W. T. Synnot, C. J. Yost.and Internal Revenue Collector 
Isaac Moffett. of Camden, caught 394 weakfish in four 
hours and a half. Some of these fish weighed 5 pounds 
apiece. Sheepshead, bluefish and striped bass are also 
sought by the anglers with varying degrees of success, 
though many striped bass have been landed. The biggest 
striped bass caught so far weighed 22 pounds, and was a 
beauty. Mr. Francis, of Berwyn, Pa., caught thirty one 
day last week, and Mr. Chandlee landed 115 in two days. 
One day before that Chandlee caught thirty-three and a 


drum. 
Che Hennel, 


Fixtures, 


FIELD TRIALS. — 


Aug. _21.—Emmetsburg, Ia.—Third annual field trials of the 
Towa Field Trials Association, M., Bruce, Secs Des Moines, Ia. 
tr: 


Aug. 28.—Sioux Falls, S. D.—Inaugural field trials of the South 
pate fee Trials Association. lay Haugtro, Sec’y, Sioux 
Falls, S. D. 


Sept. 3-4.—La Salle, Manitoba, Can.—Western Canada Kennel 
Club’s annual field trials. A. Lake, Sec’y, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 


eal : 
Sept. 6-7.—Brandon, Manitoba, Can.—Third annual field trials of 
the Brandon Kennel Club. Dr. H. J. Elliott, Sec’y. . 
Sept. 11.—Carmen, Manitoba, Can —Fourteenth annual field trials 
of the Manitoba Field Trials Club. Eric Hamber, Sec’y, Winnipeg, 
Manitoba, Can. : 
Oct 30.—Senecaville 
Protective Association’s sixth 
Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. : j 
ov; 7.—Hampton, Conn.—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
trials. J. E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn: 
Noy. 7-8.—Lake View, Mich.—Third annual field trials of the 
BieHigats Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 


ich, 
Nov. 12.—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
pepeudeet Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 


In 
Noy. 13.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. sae 
- Nov. 16—Newton, N. C:—Eastern Field Trials Club’s twengy- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec’y. Greenfield Hill, Conn. 
No. 20. = Illinois Field Trials Association’s second 
annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon; Ill. 
ov. 20.—Ruthven, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field. trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec’y,, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. : 
Nov. 20. , Pa.—Central Beagle Club’s annual field trials. <A. 
©. Peterson, Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. ; B fi3 
Nov. 22.—Glasgow, Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
held trials. Barret Gibson, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. 
Nov. 27.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Trials Association. L. S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. j 
_ Nov. 30.—Newton, N. C—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Dec. 3, Derby. Theo: 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. > 


The Late William Brailsford. 


Tue following, taken from the London Field, will-be of 
special interest to field trial patrons, "most of whom met 


O,—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
annual field trials, 


the subject of this article in his visits to this country - 


some years ago. He had for his assistant then the late 
Angus Cameron, and while they found much that was 
strange in American ideas and ways of handling, they 
offered some which appeared no less strange to the 
Americans, 


fairness, won the esteem of all. The London Tield says: 


No doubt news of the death of William Brailsford- 


which took place at Ightfield, Salop, a few days ago, will 
come as a stirprise to many, although he had reached the 
age of seventy-eight years. He was one of the old 
school of head keepers, having been initiated into the 
duties at Knowsley, where his father looked after .the 
dogs and the gamefowl for more than two generations of 
the Earls of Derby, William Brailsford’s first important 
engagement was with the late Gen. Anson, who had 
an extensive grouse moor in Perthshire more than half a 
century ago. It was at that time customary for those 
who took care of the dogs to walk with them into Scotland 
some time before the 12th, and the journey from Stafford- 


shire into the heart of Scotland was on more than one: 


mene! perforimed by who was at that young time Brails- 

ford. 

_ and the Duke of Westminster, and from the latter he 
went to the late Mr. Heywood-Lonsdale about twenty 
years of more ago, after whose death he remained with 
Capt. Lonsdale, in whose service he died. 

William Brailsford was even up to the last a fine speci- 
men of an English countryman, handsome, even aristo- 
cratic, in his bearing, tall, strong, and powerful. Well 
read, above his’ station in life, he was usually treated by 
his masters as much as a companion as a servant. An 
excellent judge of dogs, especially of pointers, of which 
he was a great admirer, he took the initiative in the 
establishment of field trials (as his father, Mr. Richard 
Brailsford, had been the means of instigating the first dog 
show), which haye been such a success, and at the late 
meeting of the International Club news of his death was 
received with sorrow. The good working dogs and also 
show dogs he has had under his care need scarcely be 
mentioned here, but the excellence of the contents of the 
Ightfield kerinels was entirely due to Brailsford. The 
liver and white setters, such as Woodhill Bruce, Woodhill 
Beta and others, he was especially fond of, and when 
working either these or others in’ public he was at his best. 
No rushing about and excitement, but careful plodding 
and steadiness were his aim. We saw Brailsford at the 
National Shrewsbury meeting in the spring, but he had 
lost his active step, and was palpably aging, signs thaf 
were even more apparent when ‘he came up with Capt. 
‘Lonsdale’s annual draft. of’ pointers and setters to 

' Aldridge’s a few weeks ago. It may be mentioned that 
when past three score-years and ten he crossed the At- 
-lantic in charge of sotne of the late Mr. Heywood-Lons- 
~-dale's dogs, which cormipeted ‘successfilly in the Canadian 
‘and other field trials: He was given a-pleasant time, and 
“his recital of some of his adventures and the character of 


some of the “handlers” of dogs’ out there was most {n- 


A, C, Peterson, 


“1s ena commodore’s Sop 
cu 


They, by their sportsmanlike conduct and: 


Later he was with Lord Lichfield, Lord Derby - 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


teresting. Brailsford was always a good game shot, few 


men could walk the moors better than he, and with him 
we lose a stamp of head keeper which will, under the 
changed condition of sport, never he replaced. 


— #lachting. 


Yachting Fixtures, 1900. - 


Secretaries and members of race committees will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list and 
also of changes which may be made in the future. 


AUGUST. 


§. Hast Gloucester, evening, Gloucester, Mass, 

“8-11. Corinthian, midsummer series, Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 

Wi, Hempstead Harbor, annual, Hempstead Harbor, L. I, Sound- 

li. California, cruise to Angel Island and return, San Francisco, 
_ san Francisco Bay. 

11, Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. | 

ii. Royal St. Lawrence, open, Valois, Lake St. Louis. 

ii. geen City, 16ft. class, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 

averhill, pennant, Haverhill, Mass. j . 

Ul. Penataquit ‘Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 

11. Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 

li. Duxbury, club, Duxbury, Mass. 

11, Quannapowitt, club. Ak 

11, Seawanhaka Cor., special, Corinthian race, Oyster Bay, Long 
Island Sound. 

12. Winthrop, sail to: Weymouth. , 

12. Columbia, ladies’ day, Boston Harbor. 

14, American, open, Newburyport. f 

15-17. Hull-Massachusetts, midsummer series, 25ft. class, Boston 

Harbor. } 

16 and alternate following days, Newport Y. R. A., 70ft. series, 
concluding races, Newport. 

17-18. Annisqtam, open, Annisquam. ‘ 

18. Mosquito Fleet, club handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. 

18. Royal 


St. Lawrence, Hamilton trophy, 22, 20 and 17ft. classes, 
Pointe Claire, Lake St. Louis. 

18. Horseshoe Harbor, annual, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 

18. Canarsie, Corinthian race, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 

18. oes City, 20ft. class special, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 

orwalk, club, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 

18. Penataquit Cor,, annual open, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 

18. Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 

18, Beverly, Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay. 

18. South Boston, handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. 

18. Corinthian, championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 

18. Columbia, championship, Boston, Boston Harbor. 

18. Duxbury, 18ft. class, Duxbury, Mass. 

18. American, club, Newburyport, Mass, 


eawanhaka Cor,, Center Islan 

19. Hudson River, ladies’ day, New 

20. East Gloucester, open, Gloucester. 

20. Manchester, handicap, Manchester, Mass. 

23. Plymouth, open, Plymouth Harbor. 

25. Haverhill, third championship, Haverhill, Mass. r 

24-25. Inland Lake, Lake Geneva, III. : 4 

25. Royal St. Lawrence, Lake of Two Motntains regatta. 

25, Duxbury, open, Duxbury, Mass. 

25. Nahant, dory class, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 

25. Huguenot, annual, New, Rochelle, Long Island Sound. 

25. Manhasset, special, Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 

25. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 

25. Penataquit Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 

25. Jamaica Bay, open, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 

25. Kingston, club, Kingston, Lake Ontario. > 

25. Corinthian, championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 

25. South Boston, ladies’ day, City Point, Boston Harbor. 

25, Quannapowittt, s 

25. Seawanhaka Cor., Center Island memorial cup, Oyster Bay, 
Long Island Sound. : 

25. Queen City, 17ft. special, Toronto, Toronto Bay. | 

27. Cape Cod, open, Provincetown, Mass. . ’ 

27-31. Seawanhaka and Philadelphia Corinthian, interclub matches, 
Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. - 

28. Welldeet, open, Wellfleet, Mass. 

31, Wollaston, open. 


otk, Hudson River. .¢ 


Beverly Vi; 


MARION—-BUZZARDS BAY. 
Saturday, July 28. 
Tue Beverly Y. C. sailed a race for the Van Rensselaer 
memorial cup on July 28 in a strong S.W. breeze, the 
times being: 


i Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 

May Oneen, D. L. Whittemore. ...25.00 1 35 06. 1 24 51 
Quakeress, W, F, Harrison........- 21.00 1 40 42 1 26 12 
Minanital sl. Bacotetssebsteses 5! 21.00 1 44 06 1 29 36 
Ulula, W, Hy. Wanship..t:csc.22s.-- 25.00 1 30 57 1 29 42 
Nokomis, Alfred Wiinsor:...-........ 25.00 1 40 34 1 30 19 
Marde, “J. Parkinson, Jit<.....24:--: 15.00 1 54 11 1 30 47 
Bana, John) Parkinson. sesenetsk ae 25.00 1 41. 04 1 30 49 
fess ell) WW USS ABE ORE eco eke aes eis 21.00 1 46 387 1 82 07 
mVviviay oo DD Warten....1.020..¢<2.-21.00 { 46 46 1 32 16 
Gronhilda, 5. R. Dow....... Brenrsce Call 1 43 at 1 33 16. 
Boheniia, R. L. Barstow,....2....... 21.00 1 48 16 1 33 46 
Howard, A. O. Miller........... >...18.00 1 54 34 1 36.07 
Weasel Bi Burgess, :-.c.s4.ssso-css 18.00 1 54 49 1 36 22 
Waskite. W. Bl Scofield..........46: 19.00 2 03 10 1 36 42 
DH lis WEI Rs LOTT e tortie, Seat ey late refs babar 21.00 1 46 37 1 37 17 
Maori We We Phinwey.2 00. ..-t.. +.) 18.00 1 56 07 1 387 40 
AUG IB Nice Sehetehot aa Reino adi 15.00 2 01 22 1 37 58 
Koticy W. N. Swift..... Cabettbetess aadet tia hs 26.00 1 49 12 1 39 52 
IeHVereyetoy Us ANITereg aoen ana er nes 15.00 2 04 09 1 41 25 
Loci ei ueatWeneiltaps Walk. anit e tetas ciercinalem ne 15.00 . 215 59 1 52 35 
Las aAe em On pared Meee. noeratlas 18.00 Disabled. 

Rowe AL Re misters cise cae wclesee nes 19.10 Withdrew. 
Columbia, H...Wetherell............. 15.00 Withdrew. 
Dream, John Paine..........-....:... 15.00 Withdrew, 
Islander, Toby Island Club......... 25.00 Withdrew. 

Naltsyeh, JEL 88 Unlteybertsto ears mid cule aoe 18.00 Withdrew. 
‘Mendis; ) BitWales.......f.c0.... 26.00 Disabled. 


Thordis broke her bobstay before the start. The judges 
were J. Gorham Palfrey and David Rice. 


Hull Mosquito Y, Cc. 


HULL—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, July 28. 


THe Hull Mosquito Fleet sailed a club race on July 28 
in a light wind, the times being: 


First Class. 


a, Corrected, 
Mojave? TEs. csc oe uy Apa ee 1 38 15 
Marden ee, rienen cn Aso keeles ee hate Bore 1 42.15 
Second Class, . 
et CLOOKCE: nas os cues ctae tne eet ners Ls Rae certs were toae 
Ripplen Maxwell t.cucsesaedtere ses ifiatecy ew beletinia a sete atau etches ol 47 35 
Marion, Clark ..... sndatsseccrcesveeccsvsrerroarreceteusecernel 47 AT 
Rita, King ..2.., We pad eee ewan comes Re: sanene Sdacheaat a+.l 49 83 


Plymouth Y. C. 


PLYMOUTH, MASS. 
Saturday, July 28. 


Tue Plymouth Y. C. sailed a club race on July 28 in a 
moderate N.E. breeze, the times being: 


~Grace, M.S, Weston........... Corvevevecrerssereynertelipesel BL UP 


Dolphin, N 


o ML OLtOM en eee scenes ey eee re ecrtsperececeserersaversd BB 18 
Tavlin, FW. 8 24 


re 
Bartlett. a icsecycnescsecsarssreavesansaenavacgl &8 
oa A Pia ee tae : Ss Fs : 


R Oyster Bay, L. I. Sotind. ° 


_was hindered by’ the parting of her peak 


E aAbASto) WROW Caan ancrec soenaa sce cete dares cesiep eee et sey 


. 113 


SS 


on 


Jubilee Y. C. 
BEVERLY—MASSACILUSETTS BAY, 
Saturday, July 28, 

Tur Jubilee Y, C.. of Beverly, sailed its annual oper 
regatta on July 28 in a moderate S.W. breeze, which held 
strong enough to make a good race. The feature of the 
day was the race between the centerboard boat Little 
Peter and the two keel boats Flirt and Hermes, the for- 
mer winning by fast work off the wind, though beaten 
to windward. ‘The times were: . 


25ft, Class. 


Little Peter, J. J. Moebs.......... SO Dan Ue ese te cert cece sil 
Flirt, Fabyan & McKee.........c.eseseerevescsenees io eee 1 54 27 
Jingo, R. T, Paine, Jr....... ete te ahha te DOT SOT 5 5 ASL +1 59 08 
Hfermes, A. W, Chesterton........+..+ eres piak hs hate teehee te Ot eee 2 06 05 
an 21ft. Class. * 
WWartiet ele, UeskLanuiine tons spies) aayieeteees ayicas Seetien ht 2 02 4t 
DYiads Ef SHh ee Gotarrol lve yeecten oer oets ae ie acielelt aha wach e-ylhrues 2 20:3t 
: ' 18ft. Class, 
Dauntless, Benner & Patten... ft PeLEO hodin otota ae agee 121 & 
Girce Lik) Eaale, (Pipeonmeecssssnsekuliige. PSosoCOAAen dA oa. 26 59 
GL Stere: Cem lap lichUsies tots semen een ees say cee a eel ae ae 1 29 26 
MUONSGGn yp -AsG. Hiricksonbes. eater vases tenes Spee ars tay, 7 
Special 16ft. Class. 
Foo mMbi skit uo cea notice rss jeeeern Lees eae ten ate 1 44 54 
BiGHOSGarAc. an weisoiia cette es Lomee anne en ity ysis dee aeons pe 1 48 26 
First Handicap. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Chenoden, W. BH. Wharton........ SO COFCO ET; 2 09 12 2°09 12 
Ndina, ES, Poster. .ccsssceeceeerevess tseceninad 12 25 21117 
Second Handicap. : 
Bo Peep, Chas, Prescott..... + Ocarina ele Petar eo cz 1 33 00 
Black Cloud, T. ©. Gilliott........... tia ae 1 44 37 1 44 22 
Priscilla, D. W. Taylor.........- eee hee eA »ol 56 16 1 Bi 44 
M. L, E., Malloon & Endicott...........c+0e9. Disqualified. 
Ailethiay Walby, oc omithe esas ocnn yeas acre +++. Disabled. 


The judges were G. H. Lee, Com, W. H. Russell, Com. 
R. Jacoby, Com. Chas. Prescott, Capt. C. F. Broughton 
and J. B. Mills. Hermes protested Little Peter, Flirt 
protested Little Peter and Hermes, Lobster and Monsoon 
protested Dauntless, and Bo Peep protested M. L. E.. 
Only the last protest. was sustained by the judges, who 
disqualified M. L. E. for fouling a buoy, 


Corinthian Y, C. 


:'MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS BAY, 
=! Saturday, July 28. 
TH @intitan Y. C.. of Marblehead, sailed its fourth 
championship race on July 28 in a moderate S.E. breeze, 
with.some sea. The times were: 


Second Class. 


Corrected, 
29 37 | 
Not meas, 
1 36 34 
Raceabouts. 
Jolly Roger, B, B, Crowninshield........... «ped 33 03 
coiboiinshonl mania eh Uae Ceol. wee | oy 1 33 27 
Bander-Log, J. Crane, Jr..c.ec:sdsaccececceeee »L 36 05 
Torate em OneING DIT om uaa rennet iy eye een 1 37 00 
Scapegoat, C, Hi. W.. Foster... -c1-- cee ee eye 137 15 2 
Runaway Girl, C. H. Tweed....-...........:..1 37 57 
Knockabouts. 
Suzanne, F. Brewster......-.. ide sions Speeds a1 OR 
Opitsah TE., $. H. Foster............- Weir ia 1 40 05 
; Class A 
7 WGOSsa, piss SETOOKS mete ta ceneteeeanael eiteree 1 27 20 1 27 20 
OMmMette, Be VARIG SLiIN eee cee ine son aes eee 1 41 04 1 35 00 
Bouise, a Mic Williams: da. iae lt erares oetanle 1.36 36 1 36 36 
ToillartesEt, Ee uWilitine yale a. scene Br es Pies 1 45 21 I 40 07 
Class B. 
~ Wenes “Dr Gr Holdér Jriieesince. cers s pene 1 23 1 1 2t 32 
‘Dhistles At Bs Mackifinon’.2220,.f20a.dieei<s. 1 22 47 1:22 47 
; .  16ft. Class. 
Ugly Duckling, C.F, Lymani.......2.....0.-.5 0 52 28 
Cyclone, E.G. Macomber..........2.,....-.., Og5S U8" eet eee 
Moccasin, A. D. Drving.-..2.-)..42..5- foo 0 64 38 SAS 


'| The winner in second class will not be known until 


Owana is measured. 


Duxbury Y. C. 
DUXBURY, MASS. 
Saturday, July 28. : 


Tur Duxbury Y. C. sailed a good race on Ladies’ Day. 
July 28, the wind being N.E., moderate. Nancy Hanks 
halyard, taking 

some time for repairs. The times were: - 


; Elapsed. Corrected. 
2ift. Class. 
Bata taiyi set Ame Be nV Wcik veneer eeeee Probe) Witney 8 210 46 La a 
Nancy Hanks, P. W. Maglathlin...... AE ee 214 04 rate on 
Haleyon, Sanford Winsor..-.............. 221 45 ee 
Scamper, Reed Brothers.............-.. sem oe 17 
Nautilus, Wied Wadsworth................-. ».. Withdrew. 
Knockabout Class. 
Ma year Ry A anise (75) nae ne yokes Bers Boe 2 31 08 
Oom Baul, (erebep Cush matin reir eae 2 31 10 | 5 
IeGbster Geni lap lmeeeeen say eee aoe nme 2 32 50 
STBIGLEE. WUE aw elen dltcari teveye ny. /cteeiee tt ete eee ci eer eee 2 33 50 
Dazzler, Goodspeed Brothers......... song rr 2 
Kittiwake, H. M. Jones .............. fodede St 2 36 57 
Handicap. Class, ; 
Rooster Byeb. Bakers ears eee eee ee .o2 11 45. 211 46 
Random, Russell Green......-..e.sse.0% Loder 2 24 45 2-14 45 
Dewey, Fy Wadsworth .:...-.-.. seinen Thy seine err none OF 2 14 46 
Menltas AS Gd Olimes ike ch cosa 5 oe ta ceteen artes 2 37 40 2.18 40 
Le Norwood ss See aes Nee: reed oo O6 219 06 
Hrolic. weeGemba west sseeees ont sere eee revved 42 10 2 20 10 
Satonave Ca aosteta, eee. wea es oe ters eeten es 2 42 20 2 95 20 
He doable teik Groen ie eat e cress eee +2 49 45 2 27-45 


Annisquam Y. C. 
_ ANNISQUAM, MASS. 
Saturday, July 28. 


Tue Annisquam Y. C. sailed a race on July 28, the 
times being: mic" 
18ft, Class. 
f F 7 - _ Elapsed. 
Schaizes © 1incys sents seer nc. wea Meee eees sire 1 31 56 
Nymph, Perkins .2..:.scscs:cucccceccccevsssievee ieetohe ceseel 40 49 
, 15ft. Class. 
Sleytr | CUNDING Rane hs (reece tee e eyes koes erawiurees coeeee OTE LE 
Wink, eoue lends maicigeiinsise seal en rch nna saielosey vis eet ete ee SEEN 
Tabasco Il., Wiggit...2....0..sccsccsccssccocccoteccovescccel 34 D 
Gaboo; Adams ...:...- eoccsvvacreccstcereccossccoveeres 1-35 19 
Gertrude mamiony vassdeo sacs ceees cee ss tae ese te ceee WN drew 


Evelyn, Woodbury ...-..:--veccouscsocsscvacesngreerserveeceDieabled 
: Dory Class. ts 
Tizadore, Friend . 


Gosetecerscocvecseeseccctncccssccsevecscoososl 49 BT 


Naoml, Saunders 11...c...s:ss.cevessesdocearscdasevereccecceed 44 1 
1-47 36 
The club has arranged a series of races for Aug. 16:27- 
18, the H. O, and the 2sft. class being invited, -with other. 
classes, Aor, ree bt Mate SF a ats 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Ave. 11, 1900. 


114 —— 
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4 . ¢¥F th 

Cruise ofz the,Crescent. 

The Skipper’s Yarn. 

It began last winter when Walt and the Cook {rank 
earned), otherwise known as Damon and Pythias, con- 
ceived the idea of a cruise at the time when by a happy 
coincidence vacation time should come and the weakfish 
should be biting. I think they dreamed about it. At 
least it was well talked over, and Koons and your humble 
servant, the Skipper (honorary rank), were easily per- 
suaded to join. As July approached the enthusiasm of 
the originators rose several points. The lists of neces- 
saries they prepared were appalling. After being con- 
sulted about and amended, the list was mostly disregarded 

. when the supplies came to be bought. In an inspired 
moment the Skipper proposed bringing an ancrent trunk 
down town and packing all the duffle in it, because it 
would be a handy place to stow things in aboard the boat. 
Whenever Koons spied that trunk in the little cabin of 
the Crescent, he said, with a rich variety of language, 
that the inspiration came from Satan. He thought it took 
up more than its fair share of room, The Cook said 
this complaint came with an ill grace from Koons, who 
is more than 6ft. long himself. The Cook, however, made 
his own kick about the trunk when it kept him away 
from his beloved grub locker, The trunk did fill a large 
slice. of the cabin, and had to be slued around and 
propped up to make sleeping room, but it kept things dry 
in damp weather, and made things warm whenever oons 
or the Cook saw it or it inadvertently fell down on Walt’s 
feet as he slept peacefully beneath. On the whole, it was 
not a failure, ji 

On a pleasant Wednesday afternoon of last July we 
foregathered on the tight little cat-rigged yacht Crescent, 
L. O, A, 24ft. Walt and the Cook had gone with’ the 
duffle on Monday to the town of Toms River, situated 
on the river of the same. name, where the yacht was 
chartered; and when the Skipper, who joined the party 
last, artived, everything was ready for a start. The 
wind was’ blowing a gale from the south, and with a 
close-reefed mainsail we were soon reaching merrily 
down the river. At Island Heights we landed long 
enough to procure some fresh eggs, which had been for- 
gotten at the start. This resort is composed almost ex- 
clusively of handsome cottages nestling among the: pines 
on a high bluff overlooking Toms River, about a mile 
from its mouth and three miles across Barnegat Bay from 
the ocean. Our stop here was short, and we were soon 
again under way, two of us with a backward look at the 
pleasant Heights, where we had spent many a happy sum- 
mer day. The water in the river, despite the high 
wind- was smooth, but when we neared the bay we could 
see that it was very rough and full of whitecaps. It was 
now late, and we ran back in the sheltered cove behind 
Good Luck Point and anchored for:the night. Here it 
was found that the diminutive oil stoves that we had 
brought along, while they appeared to give lots of heat, 
really took an interminable time about the cooking of 
supper. As we never timed them with a watch, I am 
unable to say whether this was the fault of the stove or 
was due to the prodigious hunger which follows life on 
salt. water. Here also began to be manifested an in- 
teresting rivalry between Koons and the Cook. Koons 
wanted to fry the fish in butter and the cook railed at 
such extravagant notions and proceeded to fry them in 
lard. Then Koons, who said he had been cook in many a 
fishing camp, told the Cook he didn’t know his business. 
Whereupon the Cook said he guessed he did, for he'd 
been taking cooking lessons in the kitchen at home all 
summer. The Skipper, who had been investigating the 
stores, here rose to remark that the Cook had let the 
storekeeper sell him bad lard and—vwell. extra bad butter, 
and suggested that he use a combination of the two so 
that one might counteract the other on the principle that 
one poison is an antidote for another. The result was 
that the Cook prepared the fish to suit himself. He 
also opened a can of baked beans. Beans were a weak- 
ness of the Cook's. He used them on all occasions and 
in most of his concoctions, When a strong protest in 
favor of a change of diet tad touched his heart and 
caused him to prepare a meal without beans, he was so 
sad.afterward it seemed as if his young life had been 
blighted by the chill air of an unappreciative world. He 
cooked because he liked to. That is why the rest of us 
loved him. It let us out. tee? 

After the supper was over and the débris put away, the 
pipes were lighted and the Skipper announced that he 
would sing, iF desired: but for some reason the others at 
once discouraged this amiable intention, Walt even to 
the extent of suggesting a ducking in the dark water that 
was lapping the sides of the Crescent. Koons, who loves 
peace, started a tall story about a big bass he had once 
caught in a Luzerne county lake. Before he had Janded 
the fish, however, a black cloud which had beet visible 
in the west since sunset moved up overhead and brought 
a squall with it, which, even in our sheltered anchorage, 
roughtened the water some. By the time the Skipper and 
Walt had gone over the boat to see that everything was 
secure and to pay out more cable so that the anchor might 

’ have a better hold, the rain was on us. We sought 

shelter in the cabin and watched the forked tongues of 
the lightning playing over the wooded heights of Money 

Island. This island, by the way, is one of the numerous 

caches of the notorious Captain Kidd. The ill-gotten 
gold buried there, howeverin spite of numerous searches, 
has never been found. Men with the gold fever should 
visit this delightful spot. The transportation charges are 
much less than those to the Klondike country, living is 
cheaper, the climate kinder, society more civilized (there 
are summer girls here), and the chances of fortune equal 
those of the majotity of prospectors in the far northern 
gold-fields. 

To come back to the boat; the storm. on the water was 

a new experience to Koons. and he was somewhat anxious 

lest the tall mast. should prove, an. attraction to the 
lightning. Walt said that if Koons had finished his fish 


story the danger might have been increased. and begged’ 


him-not ;to mention the alleged weight of the fish until 
the storm was over. Koons. however, could not see the 
force of this. and opined that ‘the storm was a watnine 
to the Skipper not to sing bis prottiised song. The fain 
in the meantime had ceased, and the main hody of the 


m was passing us to the northward, For an hour 
aa sat aisle atid watching the grand display of 
heavenly fireworks, and then turned in to dream of the 

oO come. 

ee the Skipper fell asleep he dreamed he had 
hooked a huge fish, and with the line fouled around his 
foot was being pulled overboard. He woke up to find 
that the Cook was yanking at his foot and the glorious 
sun was peeping over the strip of beach that separated 
Barnegat Bay ait the broad Atlantic. The Skipper 
immediately rolled over onto Walt, who slept deeply and 
musically on the floor of the cabin, and when the com- 
motion had subsided we were all awake. This was the 
only occasion when Walt was awakened without difficulty. 
The morning was cool, and the Skipper’s proposal of a 
swim before breakfast met with a reception to match the 
temperature. so he was forced to take his plunge alone. 
The Cook fished the stoves out of a locker and then 
changed his mind and followed the Skipper overboard. 
Walt and Koons shivered about the deck and made 
pointed remarks about people who couldn’t dive without 
splashing other people. All, however, appreciated the 
fresh, clean and cheerful appearance of the Skipper after 
his swim, and the other fellows, thereby converted, went 
overboard before breakfast each morning during the 
balance of the cruise. And:indeed it is a wise practice, for 
a cold plunge induces, as nothing else that I know of 
can, that cheerful good nature which is so hard for most 
of us to attain in the early hours. To most people the 
early morning ait is of yarious shades of blue, mostly 
dark, which even the exhilaration of living in the open 
air in communion with nature cannot altogether brighen. 
But after the immersion—ah! that is different. A dive 
into the cool depths, the rush of bubbling water by your 
face, a stroke or two, a rise, a shake of the head and 
your eyes are opened. The pale sun, the dark trees, the 
dull water. the cold wind, the frowns—where are they? 
All banished into the limbo of sleepiness. And now look 
about you. Isn’t the scene changed? Doesn't the sun 
shine gloriously? Are not the woods and meadows bril- 
liantly green? See how the water sparkles and dimples 
and laughs like a fair maid welcoming the rosy queen of 
the morning. Who but a clod could frown now? Could 
you? No! You laugh and laugh again for very joy, and 
breathe deep and swim strong, and go ravenously to 
breakfast and thank God that you are alive. And nothing 
has changed since you rose except yourself, my friend. 
The cobwebs are gone, and you are in harmony with 
nature—that’s all. So, I say, Heaven bless the man that 
first discovered bathing, 

And so let us come back to the boat and prepare our 
breakfast of fried pearch (I like good Father Izaak’s 
spelling), caught the previous day, potatoes, cinnamon 
buns and coffee ad libitum. And now, the crew being 
awake, thanks to the Cook’s good strong coffee, the dishes 
were soon washed up (water being plentiful, if somewhat 
hard) and stowed away. The sail was hoisted, the anchor 
hove up and away went the Crescent before the gentle 
westerly breeze, headed for Good Luck Point. The 
mention of this name causing some speculation as to its 
origin, the Skipper, between puffs at his corncob, related 
the legend of the Point. The story goes that one of the 
early settlers pursued by Indians rode his horse into the 
water from Coates’ Point, wnich we see two miles away 
to the north, and wading and swimming managed to reach 
this point of meadows exhausted but safe, and in the 
remembrance of his escape called it Good Luck, Looking 
at the distance this morning, if seemed as if Good Horse 
would have been more appropriate. By the time the early 
settler was disposed of, we had rounded the point and 
come into dear old Barnegat Bay. The sheet was 
trimmed and the Crescent was headed for the draw- 
bridge at Barnegat Pier. Then through the draw and— 
ah! there he is. And we lay to while the early-rising 
baitman pulls his dory alongside and the bait box is sup- 
plied with crabs and a good measure of those little horned, 
shelly acrobats (shrimps) that the weakfish like so weli— 
sometimes. And then we fill away again for a long reach 
to the shell beds off Cedar Creek Point, which we can see 
—a long stretch of salt meadow jutting well out into the 
bay. As we approach the charmed spot rods are put 
together and tackle rigged and all carefully stowed in 
the cabin out of the way of careless feet and halyards. 
And then the helm is put down and the sail hangs shaking 
amidships and comes rattling down. The anchor is let go, 
the sail stowed, and as the good little yacht swings to her 
cable, her crew rush for their implements of sport. 
The long looked for moment has come, and no time is to 
be lost. The Skipper was putting a float on his line when 
the music of Koons’ reel began and after a struggle he 
boated two fine weakfish. At the same time Walt began 
to reel in a beatity. Now the Skipper’s float went sailing 
off with the tide and then disappeared, and a fine double 
was the result, the Cook and Koons following close. And 
so the sport went on. And what sport! What a fight 
those fish made on a light rod! And right here I want to 
say that with similar tackle I have found the weakfish 
(absurd name for the gamy squeteague), at equal weights, 
fully the peer of the fresh-water black bass for gaminess. 
We had previously used what is called weakfish tackle for 
weakfish, That ts a stiff and rather heavy lancewood 
rod and thick line. But on this occasion I took along a 
7-ounce split bamboo and a light silk line, with reel to 
match, and after one trial the heavier tackle was dis- 
carded, or used only for trolling or in a swift tideway 
where heavy lead must be used to carry the line to the 
bottom. The way those fish acted when hooked on that 
light tackle was a tevelation. They ran and ran again, 
they leaped from the water and repeated the leap; they 
fought to the death, and they were hooked better and 
held better than with the stiffer rod and quick reeling in. 
And ‘these, mind you, were fish of 114 to 3 pounds. I 
had persuaded Koons and Walt to take light tackle also, 
and they were delighted with the sport, and twitted the 
Cook, who had refused to abandon his stiff lancewood. 
He, however, said he didn’t need any ‘pity, and I suppose, 
knowing no better, he enjoyed it as much as any one. J 
have mentioned that the weakfish hooked on this bass 
tackle and played as a bass is played. often leaped. clear. 
gut of the water at'the end of a rush, forall the world 
like that gamy denizen of frésh water. I dwell on this 
becamse I had never seen weakfish do this before. and T 
have/ heard. it. declared that they never do break ‘water, 
This was probably because they were generally hauled up 


from the bottom with a steady overhand pull on a hand 
line or reeled quickly up to a stiff rod and swung into the 
boat. But give the weakfish a chance and I, tor one, ask 
no better sport than fishing for him. 

Well, the speckled beauties kept coming in and it was 
long after noon before any of the Crescents cared to stop 
fishing to attend to the wants of the inner man. These 
latter, however, finally became too urgent to be disre- 
garded; the fish box becoming full about the same time, 
some of the best of the fish were soon prepared for the 
pan. The work of the Cook was creditable, in spite of 
Koons’ criticism, and the results well appreciated. 

The wind had by this time hauled to the northwest and 
freshened considerably. After dinner a single reef was 
tied in the sail and the Crescent was soon spinning merrily. 
down the bay, with the wind on the qiiarter and the lee 
deck under water, leaving to starboard Forked River, 
Waretown, with tts big hotel, and Old Barnegat. On the 
port beam, seeming always in the same position, as we 
followed the big semi-circle of the lower bay, was the tall 
tower of Barnegat Lighthouse, ; 

And so we reached Gulf Point below Old Barnegat and 
here the difficulties and excitement of the cruise began, 
Down to this point the Skipper knew the way; beyond it 
none of us had ever been. Above the channel had been 
wide and deep; here it became narrow and winding, beset 
with long sinuous bars and wide expanses of flats, the 
landmarks were unknown to ts, and our chart was an old 
one. The Cook suggested that our little ship be re- 
christened the Santa Maria, But he was rem‘nded that 
would be inappropriate, because Columbus had no chart 
at all, neither had he such a cook as ours, else he might 
have discovered New York, instead of only Cuba, ete. 
The Crescent drew but 20in., and we were not compelled 
to use the centerboard, so, the tide being about half 
flood, we had little difficulty in keeping afloat. But the: 
uncertainty added a spice of excitement to the sail. At 
the upper end of Manahawken Bay the channel turns 
eastward into a narrow thoroughfare, and passes through 
the drawbridge of the trestle on which the Long Beach 
R, R. crosses the bay. After passing through the draw 
and following an extremely narrow and tortuous channel’ 
among the islands of Manahawken Bay, we rounded ° 
Popular Point and were in Little Egg Harbor. Here the 
channel is narrow, but as it follows the western shore 
line of the bay we had little difficulty in keeping in it. 
The wind was now dying out, and when we reached the 
channel between Long Point and Shellie Island near 
Beach Haven, the reef was shaken out. The wind failed 
rapidly, however, and the sky became clouded. A change 
was evidently coming. After drifting about for half an. 
hour, the wind came up, this time from the east, and we 
were soon beating up the narrow but well-buoyed passage 
between Little Island and Mordecai Island, and so came 
at last to the wharf of the Beach Haven Y. C., and all 
hands went ashore to stretch their legs and view this 
pleasant resort, and present strings of fish to friends on 
shore; for the Crescents ate too good sportsmen to let 
their fish go to waste. Beach Haven, like all of the sea- 
side resorts of New Jersey south of Point Pleasant, is 
situated on a narrow strip of sand beach, with the ocean. 
on one side and on the other an estuary—at this’ point’ 
the broad island-studded waters of Little Egg Harbor— 
bordered by salt meadows. _ Its climate is said to give an 
infallible quietus to hay fever germs, and surely a stay in 
such a place must be a delightful cure for those victims of 
the uncomfortable malady who can afford it. ’ 

Koons and the Cook, with good-natured wrangling, pur- 
chased some needed provisions, while the Skipper and 
Walt procured the always necessary water supply at a - 
dilapidated structure built on piles, and bearing the 
euphonious name Hotel de Crab. Then we took our way 
back to the boat over the fine gravel road which crosses 
the meadow on a causeway. As the location promised 
visits from those sleep and temper destroying pests of 
the meadows, the mosquitoes, we determined not to re- - 
main at the pier all night. So we got under way again, 
and, just as dusk was falling, came to anchor in the bay, 
well off the west point 6f Mordecai Island. Supper was 
prepared by the combined systems of Keons and the 
Cook, with an elaborate coinmentary from each on the 
other's way of doing things. All being ready hunger, 
most excellent of sauces, transmuted the plain and plenti- 
ful food into a king’s feast, and for twenty minutes 
nothing was heard but the clash of steel on tin plates and 
the gentle lapping of the wavelets against the boat’s side. 
At the end of that time, with a long-drawt ah-h-h, three 
dark figures leaned back, and shortly Walt, who was ever 
the best trencherman, followed suit. Almost at the same 
moment rain began to fall, necessitating a quick washing 
up and stowing away of the dishes and an adjournment 
to the cozy cabin, where the day ended wiih a short pull 
at the rye and a long pull at the comforting pipes. The 
anchor light was hung out and all hands turned in early, 
just tired enough to fall asleep at once and wake the 
next minute to find the sun peeping over the eastern 
meadows and, like the bold lover he is, kissing a whole. 
flight of delicate little clouds yntil they blushed all 
shades from a rich crimson to a delicate pink, according 
to their several natures and complexions. Refreshed by 
sleep and revived by the plunge overboard (in which this 
morning the whole crew joined to the great increase of 
good nature and the partial elimination of the cookery 
debate), breakfast was soon dispatched, and we were 
again under way, headed for New Inlet. It was the in- 
tention to go out to sea here and sail outside to Atlantic 
City, our objective point, but just as we reached the lower 
end of Tucker Beach the light easterly breeze fell, so 
that it barely sufficed to hold the Crescent against the 
strong flood tide. So all the norning she hung suspended 
in the inlet like Mahomet’s coffin, between wind and tide. 
Koons and. Walt retired to the cabin and played chess. 
The Cook fished in a blasé manner when he could induce 
his line to sink, and the Skipper, stretched otit on deck 
beside the helm, read “Plain Tales from the Hills” and 
whistled for a breeze. About 2 o'clock the tide turned 
and shortly afterward a light but freshening breezé came | 
out of the south, and’ the Crescent began to. forge ahead, 
her nose pointed for the channel buoy. Koons, who is a- 
fresh-water. man, here demurred to the plan of going out- 
side. He said the boat was too sntall. I think what he 
meant was, that he lacked confidence’ in the Skipper, But 
perhaps this is an injustice, Tite Cook shad’ ‘prepared a-- 
stew for dinner, and it may have heen getting in its 


Awé. 11, £000.) 


work. That is, the Cook called it a stew, but it came 
rather within the accepted definition of hash, being “a 
little of everything.” However it was, Koons had his 
way, because before the third channel buoy was passed it 
was evidently too late to get over the bar and beat twelve 
miles to windward in time to tackle the difficult passage 
of Absecon Inlet before dark. So the boat was put about 
and headed up the inlet, while the chart was studied to 
pick out the best_inside passage. A nice deep thorough- 
fare (Mark's) leading into Grassy Bay was selected, and 
after some searching the end of it was discovered in- 
side, instead of outside, of the Anchoring Islands, as the 
chart gave it. Passing the islands we came out onto the 
broad circular expanse of Great Bay, and saw the thor- 
oughfare behind a point off the port beam, Making a 
good offing to avoid a flat, we headed for the mouth of 
the thoroughfare, and when about 75yds. from it went 
hard and fast aground. Here was a fix. All inshore of 
us was but rit. to 1%4ft, of water, and an exploration by 
Walt, in light wading costume, showed no channel. By 
the use of the setting pole the boat’s head was swung 
around before the wind. but she refused to move. There 
was no help for it, so all hands, in various undress rigs, 
from “the altogether” to a suit of underclothes, hopped 
overboard, (Posterity has lost an edifying spectacle, be- 
cause there was not a camera on the boat that day.) Thus 
lightened, the Crescent just floated. She was put before 
the wind the Skipper steering by means of a line bent 
on the tiller and the crew pushing alongside, and thus 
she was coaxed into deeper water. 


Seawanhaka International Chal- 
ienge Cup. 


Sixth Match—Royal St. Lawrence Y, C.— White Bear Y, C. 


PORVAL—LAKE ST. LOUTS, 
August, 1900. 


For the fourth successive year the Royal St. Lawrence 
Y. C,, of Montreal, has been called on to defend the silver 
trophy won by it in 1896 from the Seawanhaka Corinthian 
Y_C. at Oyster Bay, New York, and this time against a 
new challenger. The White Bear Y. C., of St. Paul, 
Minn., sailing on White Bear Lake, first challenged for 
the cup immediately after the races of 1898, in which 
Challenger was defeated by Dominion, but this challenge 
was objected to by the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., 
which was desirous of a third trial. The White Bear 
Y. C. then challenged the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. to a 
special match, offering to bring the best of the White Bear 
fleet of 1898, Yankee, to Lake St. Louis and to sail her 
against Dominion, both being sailed in their original 
trim as raced in 1898. This challenge was accepted, and 
the match was sailed in June, 1809, Dominion winning. 
The White Bear men were not discouraged, but went 
away, promising to return with a better boat. The defeat 
of Constance by Glencairn III. in the following month left 
- the way open for‘a new challenge for the cup, which was 
promptly sent and accepted. 

Both clubs were of the same opinion as to the de- 
sirability of some changes in the rules which would 
promote the building of better and more durable boats, 
and in the agreement some entirely new features were in- 
troduced. The challenge named the largest class pos- 
sible under*the declaration of trust, 25ft. R.M., but a 
special agreement was made that the sail area should not 
‘exceed 500 'sq. ff.. As this would admit of a waterline of 
over 27{t. to make up the 25ft. class limit, the result was 
that waterline was practically unlimited, each designer 
being free to take more than he could use, and with no 
inducement to force the measured waterline. 

The weak and fragile construction of some of the boats 
of 1898-0 led to the adoption of minimum limits to plank- 
ing, frames, etc., removing the inducement to every de- 
signer to build the lightest possible boat. The composite 
centerboards used in all the boats of 1898-9, oak boards 
shod with lead and plated with brass, were very expensive 
and had no adyantage except in the lowering of the center 
of gravity.. It was agreed to bar these and to permit solid 
metal boards of a limited thickness. The agreement as 
finally accepted by the two clubs was as follows: 


Agreement Governing the Match for the Seawanhaka 
International Challenge Cup for the Season of 1900, 


lt is hereby mutually covenanted and agreed by and 
between the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C., of Montreal, 
Canada, and the White Bear Y. C., of St. Paul, that the 
following regulations shall goyern the match to be sailed 
between the representative yachts of said clubs during 
the season of TQ00: 

Article r. The courses shall consist of a triangular 
course and a course to windward or leeward and return. 
Each leg of the triangular course shall be one and one- 
third natitical miles in length and shall be sailed over 
three times, making a total of twelve miles. The course 
to windward or leeward and return shall have total length 
of twelve nautical miles; each leg shall be, if possible, two 
nautical miles, and shall not be less than one nautical 
mile. 

Article 2. The match shall be awarded to the yacht 
winning three of five races. 

The races shall be sailed alternately over the triangular 
and the windward or leeward and return courses. 

The first-race to be triangular or windward and return, 
as the winner of the toss may elect, 

Artigle 3. The races shall be sailed under the manage- 
ment of three judges; one shall be appointed by each club. 
and the two so appointed shall elect a third on or-before 
July 1, to00. They shall act as judges and timekeepers, 
shall direct laying out the courses, shall decide whether 
the contestants come within the prescribed measurements 
and scantling: restrictions, and shall settle all disputes; 
the decision of a majority shall be final in all matters per- 
taining to the contest. 

It shall be the duty of the judges to thoroughly check 
the scantling, and satisfy themselves by boring, inspection 
or other means that the measurements are thoroughly 
up to specifications. 

Article 4. Each club shall name its representative yacht 
five days before the first race. 

Article 5. The start shall be a one-gun flying start, with 


a preparatory signal. 


eS Ses eS 


-. Article 6. The races shall be sailed without time. al- 


lowance. ; 7 
Article 7. Yachts must not exceed 25ft. racing length, 


measured under the following rule: L.W.L. plus the 
squiate root of the sail area, divided by 2, equals the 
racing length. Yachts shall be measured without crew 
on board, but with a dead weight of 450lbs., which shall 
be carried amidship, approximate at the center of buoy- 
ancy during measurement, The sail area must not ex- 
ceed 500 sq. ft., as determined in Article 8. 

The yacht’s draft of hull or keel shall not exceed Sft., 
and with the centerboard down shall not exceed Oft. 
Draft shall be determined when yachts are in trim for 
racing, Centerboards shall be so constructed that they 
can be wholly housed without leaving any projection 
below the hull or keel, 

Article 8. .The factor of sail area used in determining 
racing length shall be ascertained by adding to the actual 
atea of the mainsail, computed from its exact dimensions, 
the area of the fore triangle. The hoist of, the mainsail 
when measured shall be plainly marked on the mast and 
its outer points on the boom and gaff or other spars used 
to set the sail, and the sail shall not be set beyond these 
limiting points. The fore triangle shall be determined by 
the following factors: (1) The perpendicular shall be the 
perpendicular distance between the deck and a point on 
the forestay where the line of the after leech of the jib 
intersects the forestay, above which the jib shall not be 
hoisted. (2) The base shall be the distance between the 
forward side of the mast at the deck and the point of in- 
tersection of the forestay with the bowsprit or hull. 

Any jib, when set, must not extend beyond the upper 
and forward points above defined. 

Sails shall be limited to mainsail, jibs and spinaker. 
The total area of the mainsail and fore triangle shall not 
exceed 500 sq. ft. The area of the spinaker, measured as 
a triangle whose base is the length of the spinaker boom 
measured from its out end when set to the center of the 
mast, and whose perpendicular is the distance from the 
deck at the foreside of the mast to the spinaker halliard 
block, shall not exceed twice the area of the fore triangle. 
All jibs and spinaker must be triangular sails, but they 
may have small clubs on the heads not exceeding 10 per 
cent. of the base of the fore triangle. 

Article 9. The spinaker boom when used in carrying 
sail shall not be lashed to the bowsprit or stem head. 

Article 10, Shifting ballast shall not be allowed. (Cen- 
terboards shall be considered as fixed ballast.) 

Article 11: No outrigger or other mechanical device 
for carrying live ballast outboard shall be allowed. 

Article 12. Centerboards shall not be loaded except to 
overcome flotation, but metal plates may be used under 
the following restrictions: 

The centerboard may be of steel or iron plate of prac- 
tiaclly uniform thickness, not over 3@in. thick at any 
point, and not weighing over 35olbs. 

The centerboard, if of bronze, brass or metal other than 
steel or iron, may not be over 3gin. thick at any point, 
shall be of practically uniform thickness, and shall not 
weigh over 30olbs. 

Article 13. Yachts must sail throughout the series of 
faces with the same amount of fixed ballast and center- 
boards of practically the same weight as carried in. the 
first race. 

Article 14. A—Yacht must be so constructed that on a 
cross section, taken at any point, no part of the hull shall 
be sensibly below the center part of the hull, exclusive of 
the false keel or skeg. 

B—The cockpit area must not be more than 40 per cent. 
of the area of the deck. 

Article 15. Yachts shall be constructed in accordance 
with the following restrictions: 

1. The planking of hull shall not be less than %in. thick 
at any point. 

2;-The frames- or ribs shall be of oak, elm or other 
hard wood and shall not be less than 1% sq. in. per lineal 
foot of length of vessel; they may, however, be spaced as 
desired. Example: Frames may be 1% x 1- spaced 
12in, c. to c., or 54 x I spaced 6in. c to c., or 4% x 3% 
spaced 2%in. c. to c. 

3. The deck plank shall not be less than in. thick if 
without covering; but where covered with canvas may be 
3gin. thick. The deck beams shall not be less than 1% sa. 
in, per lineal foot of length. Example: Deck beams may 
be 14% x I spaced I2in. c. to c., or 1% x % spaced 6in. 
c. fo ¢. ’ 

Internal bracing, floors, knees or other stiffening mem- 
bers shall not be included in the area of the frames or 
deck beams. 

Article 16. The total actual weight of the crew, includ- 
ing all clothes, personal apparel and belongings: worn by 
them or carried on board during the race, shall not exceed 
6solbs. 

Article 17. The helmsman and crew shall be amateurs 
and members of the respective clubs, and the helmsman 
shall be named in writing, as required by the provisions 
of Article X. of the Declaration of Trust. 

Article 18. The provisions of the Declaration of Trust, 
so far as the same ate inconsistent with the foregoing 
articles, are hereby waived, but in all other respects shall 
govern the match. 

THe Royar St, Lawrence Y. C. 
THe Wuite Bear Y. C. 


_ During the winter seven boats were built—three for the 
challenge and four for the defence. The choice of 
the White Bear Y. C. after such trials as were possible 
was Minnesota, owned by F. M. Douglas, Cass Gilbert 
and Samuel Stickney, 

The: Skow type has been developed to an extreme point 
by the White Bear yachtsmen, and two were bulit for 
the trials, both being yery fast, but Minnesota was finally 
elected as the most suitable representative in several 
ways—the best in type, the handsomest in construction 
and very fast-in moderate weather. 
and built by Gus. Amundson, a local builder, who has 
been very successiul on White Bear and the neighbor- 
ing lakes. In general form and outlines she is fairer than 
most modern racing boats.. With a waterline of 2s5ft. 6in. 
she has just under 7ft. beam. Her deck line is very fair- 
She has a low freeboard and very little sheer. Her mid- 
ship section showed a slight round to the bottom, a quick 
turn to the bilge and a straight side without flare. All of 
her diagonals are fair and easy, with na forcing 
forward, The transom is square and fairly wide. The skin 


She was designed — 


is ship-lapped, with wide timber, about’}4 x 134, ‘spated 
6in, Ihe deck is cedar covered with yarnished cloth, with 
her sheer marked by a narrow strip of mahogany at the 
deck edge and the white cedar planking varnished. She 
is very neatly rigged and her spars are hollow, made by 
her builder. The hull is well braced inside, but afier a 
little sailing on Lake St. Louis it was found necessary to 
strengthen her about the mast. Her chief pecul.ari.y_is 
the centerboard, the lower end of the board being very 
wide. She has a rather small rudder and a smail tiller 
shaped almost like a jew’s-harp, the Joop about 2ft. across. 
The cockpit is quite long, and there are no bulkheads 
below. ; Lt 


Red Coat, the defender of the cup, is one of the four 


_boats designed by Mr, Duggan and built by the Yacht 


Company, at the club station, at Dorval. In the final draw- 
ing she fell to the lot.of Com, Molson, She is of the 
same general type as the various Glencairns, with flat 
bottom, round bilge and flaring side, and in particular she 
resembles the third Glencairn, of last year. She is ahout 
8ft. beam and 30ft. over all, the fore end snubbed in zs in 
Glencairn ITI., and her deck has a ridge im the center and 
pitches both ways, like a roof, instead of the usual’ round 
beams. She has decidedly more freeboard than Minne- 
sota, and is a larger and more powerful boat. The board 
is a rectangular plate of steel 3gin, thick. The hull is 
carvel built} with a groove rubbed in the edge of each 
plank and a thread of cotton: laid in. The outside is 
painted a dark red, and the deck is covered with canyas 
and painted. The rudder is smaller than in Glencairn 
IIL, and placed further aft, the tiller being of the dog’s- 
leg style always used by Mr. Duggan. One important 
improvement in all this year’s boats is a well through 
which the rudder is shipped, thus avoiding the trouble 
of dropping with a line each time the yacht is hauled out 
and of reversing the operation when she is launched. 

The defending fleet this year vary in breadth from: 7ft. 
to 8ft. 3in., two of them, Glencairn II. and White Cap, 
being more normal in form than the others, Red-Coat and 
Black Beauty. The weather through the- spring and 
summer has been very cold and rainy, and not favorable 
for sailing, but still a large number of short races have 
been sailed, and both boats and crews have been very 
thoroughly tested. Red Coat was finally selected as ‘the 
best of the four, Glencairn being first rejected, then White 
Cap and finally Black Beauty. All weré fast, and each 
superior im some one point, but the final choice:.was 
Red Coat. + - 

This year a very important change has been made in the 
management of the races, which in all previous years 
have been in the hands of the race committee oi the 
defending club, it. having sole control. By a special 
agreement each club selects one of three judges, thé ‘two 
selecting a third, this two to act as the race committee 
for.the cup races. mtr 

The Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. selected Mr. W. Q. 
Phillips, of the Royal Canadian Y. C., the official time- 
keeper of the Lake Y. R: A. for some years past. , The 
White Bear Y. C. named Mr. Elmer, of St. Paul; and the 
two selected Mr. W. P. Stephens, of New York,-to act 
with them. Mr, Elmer was unable to be present, so. his 
place was filled by Com. Ordway, 

Minnesota arrived at Dorval on July 30, and was quick- 
e rigged. At the same time a large part of the White 

ear contingent arrived in two private cars, which were 
side-tracked at Dorval, and in which they lived. Amund- 
son, the builder of Minnesota, was busy with a new. boat 
for the Inland Lake races of Aug. 20, so could not leave, 
but Johnson, another local builder, was present to look 
after Minnesota. The yacht was under way at times 
during the early part of the week. The rough water met 
at times tried her much more than the smaller seas of 
White Bear Lake, and the mast was step settled per- 
ceptibly, so she was strengthened by wooden braces about 
the mast and a rod of Win. iron was. run through the 
sides at the planksheer.and under the heel of the mast, 
the ends being set up with nuts until a part of the strain 
yas thrown on the upper part of the hull, relieving the 

eel. ‘ mi 
The crews of the two boats were as follows: 


Minnesota. Lbs Red Coat Lbs. 
Helmsman .....01: C: M. Griggs....... 1466 «6G. Duggan..... 153 
Main sheet .-...... Tee Warren. .)): 165) Wem, Angis: 2.2.42 
Midships ..-....1.. F. M. Douglas..... 167 Chas. Routh '..:...159 
1g eee Pree Samal RnTne wee oes 153 F. W. Shearwood..149 


j 621 . 646 


The yachts were measured on the morning of Aug. 2 by 
Messrs, Phillips and Ordway, the result being : 


Mainsail— Sas: Red Coat: 
Yep searsecst asf wr ersboselbs aback sta sisrnslapiras eset: 24. 24.00 
Hovst byte diaelltielcs ye a haste cl eT ab Em Sepa 15.84 16.84 
Gathaere eta ee eee er eR See awe 14.33 13.21 
lews tau bhrodtolt..Af 4 eehee aah EEN GEES! eyo 28.00 
AGT pte fate ava calede caravans CVs sVot fond baba ob pade tes Svan fauna fidieatins 35.33. 32.46 
BINT GA fo toiniaicamect tigre Pansies oo cies en Am ee ST Tatty 383 sq. ft 
Head triangle— 4 
Perpendicular 19.16 
Basen Vee, 10.75 
ATreaa Mia yaa odes ft. 103 sq. ft 
Spinaker boom é 17.16 
Spinaker per. 24.42 
TotalesarlVareae.ls feet ae noth die oho tiea ey 494 sq. ft. 486 sq. ft 
NIM Vigo a teatacs secs pe edebilc-cucblec ht Aa Get anit eat tat 25.508 25.58 


The general arrangements for the races were the same 
as In previous years, the Duchess of York carrying the 
spectators from Lachine, but the committee and the racing 
men were much better provided for than ever before with 
the new club steamer St. Louis. This yacht, with her very 
light draft, can run up to the club pier at any time, while — 
she is fast enough to follow the yachts, . [t is worth men- 
tioning that the water this year in Lake St. Louis is. ex- 
ceptionally high, at least a couple of feet more. than. last’ 
year. On Thursday night. the. three judges, with Mr. 
Griggs and Mr. Duggan, read over the agreement and 
also the racing rules, so as to arrive at a common under- 
standing on all points. Every one of the sailing rules of 
the race was read and discussed separately, ._- 


Friday, August 3. 
‘FIRST DAY—FIRST RACE. = 
nal Triangular. © key 
Friday sous ne clear weather, with a fresh and cool 
N.W. wind. The crews were busy early in the morning, 
and about Ti o’clock the St. Louis started from the club 


station at Dorval with the judges and some members of 
both clubs on board and Red Coat in tow, the steam 


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yacht Wild Rose tewing up Mintiesota. The conditions 
call fora start-at 1:i5, but the crews had not lunched 
aad thé Duchess of York was still far from the line, and 
the first’ gun was held until 1:30. . . 
The wind was now nearly down the leg from Beacous- 
field to Pointe Claire, and the boats were sent off with 
buoys to port. Both carried. whole sail easily as they 
worked about.the line. Red Coat came around the stern 
of the St. Louis a little before the gun and: crossed very 
promptly, with Minnesota close on her starboard quarter, | 
both being-on starboard tack. . They had hardly setiled 
down te work: before it was apparent that Red Coat was 
doing the: better work, especially in pointing. _ Minne- 
sota came about within a couple of minutes of the line, 
but Red Coat tacked on her weather and they stood in 
toward Pointe Claire for another six minutes. There 
was by this time all the wind they wanted. in the pufts, 
and both crews were hiking. Red Coat showed up much 
stiffer than Minnesota and gained steadily, though as 
they neared the buoy Minnesota picked up and lessened 


the distance: ‘The first mark was timed: fh “alte 

' d Elapsed. | rT ats, 
Red Coat’... 018 48 2 () 2 
Slinnesota ..: 0 19 30- eto 


Red Coat lowered her jib and set her balloon jib for a 
free reach, and was soon traveling very fast; Minne- 
sota set her balloon jib to windward of her working jib. 
The leg was coverey very quickly and the second mark 
was timed: 


Turn Elapsed. Gain. : Lead. 
Red) Coat seeniast<ase 1 5d 48 0 07 00  p.olbiages 0 00 32 
Minnesota -2/5..... veered 36 20 0 06 50 “0, 00 10 


They jibed at the buoy and reached in, being timed at 
the line: : 
First Round-—Leg. 


‘Turn. Elapsed. Gain. .. Lead. 
eer be( Orayel ee a aS = 2 02 30 0 06 42 0 00°38 0 01 10 
Minnesota .,.....4..- »2 08 40 0) 07 20 aie t! LS oJ 
Round. 
Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Reduce Ontee were: - cote eh eer 0 32 30 6 OL 10 0 01 10 
NIGHIIESORT be See ys Fee wobbles eee ) 33 40 “h i 


{t was evident that Minnesota was overpowered in the. 
fresh breeze as compared with Red Coat. the latter carry-. 
ing her sail easily enough. As Red Coat was losing, her . 

esrew determined to try a reef, and one was tied in after 
“he had been for a’couple of minutes on the windward 
leg. As the reefing on White Bear Lake is done atthe 
dock before the start and seldom. during a race, the crew - 
lacked practice, and some time was lost before the boat 
was well on her cotrse again. 
fell a little on this leg and the reef was really not needed. 
Red Coat made a good gain on this leg, the times being; - 


“Turn. Elapsed. Gain. _ tuead, 

Red Geat '............-2 22 30 0 20 00 0 02 32 0 03 42 
Minnesota ..0...5...6-: 2 26 12 0 22°32 snes eng Ps 
The second leg was run without incident, Red Coat 


carrying only a balloon jib, while Minnesota as before had 
her working jib still set to leeward of her ballootier. As 
she neared the second. mark she shook out her réef? The 
turn was timed: el 


urn. Elapsed. Gatn. . _ ead: 
Wed Coat =. ota. eae ee 2 20 50 0 08 20 00028 -- O04 20 
Minnesota ....3........ 2 35 10 RU ss aS Be 4 


The last leg was merely a repetition of the first round, 
the times being: 


: Le rhe 
furn Elapsed Gain. Lead. 
IQetay Gere Aes 2 39 00 0 08 10 0 00 40 6 05 00 
WoNtisiniesotas vslscaees see 2 44 00 0 08 50 os. or ee 
: j Round, . 5 
as! 4 : Elapsed. Gain. Lead, 
Red Goat ..62./cx-2eee ras a adser ae 0 36 30 0 03 50 0 05 00 
IT FITICSOLASE acer titiseies salen eteterenieettere 0 40 20 


Minnesota lowered her balloon jib before making the 


weather mark was timed: _ tabs 

“eed . Turn ‘Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Red seca istnas. cate ees 2 59 30 0 20 20 0 OL 30 0 O06 30 
Minnesota ......... ,...3 06 00 0 22 00 state ies ech Ht 
The second leg was timed: shang 
Turn. Elapsed. Gain. * “Lead. 
Red Coat. .....:.-.4.,.3 OT 3 0 08 00 0 00 12 0 06 42 

Minnesota. «2.202000 aed 1412 0 68 12 p 


The last leg showed: a small gain for Minnesota, the 
times being: : 


Leg. 
= Finish. Elapsed. Gain. 
MedmCOdt ts tachlas selnbnicsatartes ales 3 15 18 0 07 48 sy se 
Minnesotae sas stenoses e Pore 3 21 38 0 O07 26 0 00 22 
: * Round 
Elapsed Gain Lead. 
Red Coat ...... taint name smack ete 0 36 18 0 01 2 0 06 20 
Minnesota ..ci.cceesceeiees, ans hyo nesters 0 37 38 bts tocar 
Start, 1:36. 
' = Elapsed. 
ReduGoar ya arccesneennr yes Ay ccree AR She EOS ABAAAS TO mene 1 45 18 
Minnesota: .3..........4....08 See hee as fe meet tis Lese ite ee 1 51 38», 


While there were few craft about the line at the start, 
quite a fleet gathered during the afternoon, the flagship, 
Com. Molson’s Alcyone, the steam yachts Nama, Wild 
Rose, Chipmunk and Monaco and a number of launches, 
sailing yachts and rowboats. 

Before the start Minnesota bent a perfectly new main-- 
sail, a very handsome sail, but tight in the leach, the 
whole after part being a-bog in the strong wind, and this 
undoubtedly hurt her. Figee 

In the evening a dinner was given by the Royal St. 
Lawrence Y. C. to the guests, the big dining room being 
well filled and the evening passing very pleasantly with 
speeches and songs. _., a 

Saturday, Aug. “4, 
SECOND BAY, _ 
Windward and Leeward. 

The cold weather which had prevailed up to Friday 
was followed by something’ more in keeping with- the. 
calendar, and Saturday was clear and bright and mosi 
agreeably: hot, There was a light S.W. wind all the 
morning, atid when the St. Louis reached the line off 
Pointe Claire, a course of two miles S.W. was quickly 
laid Gut in deep water. Minnesota had bent another main- 
sail witha much better draft to it, and there was a general 
expectation that she would make a much better showing 
than on the previous day. ; ‘ 

The start was given at 2 P. M., Red Coat going over a 
little ahead, but with Minnesota close on her weather 
beam. As they settled Yown to their work it looked as 
though Red Coat would pull through the other boat’s 
lee, but after a very few minutes it was plain that Minne- 


As it happened, the wind. .. 


sota was doing the better work. After three minutes 
Red Coat went on port tack, but Minnesota was at and 
about on her weather. The challenger was apparently at her 
best in the smooth «water and light air, and she left Red 
Coat - steadily, being soon too far away for either to 
affect the other. The weather mark was timed: 


Turn Elapsed. Gain, Lead. 
Minnesota .............2 42/60 0 42 50 0) 03 40 0 03 40 - 
RECESS Gat easements 2 46 36 0 46 50° 2 ; 


Leg. 
Turn Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
iniiesote ceva sian 3 09 16 0°26 25 0 02 33 0 06 12 
RednGoal ose. ae 3 15 28 0 28 58 eee batt Ao 
i Round. : : 
Elapsed . Gain, Lead. 
NMTIMESOAg vot eee et ewe ee 1 09 15 0 06 12 0 06 12 
REE RACCATS Tele owe SRR. a eile oat 115 28 ; 


way before Red Coat turned the buoy. The latter took the 
starboard tack and stood off to the south to the middle of 
the lake in the direction of Chateaugay: After -a time 


GLORIA, CUTTER, H. C. M’LEOD, ESQ,, ROYAL CANADIAN Y¥. C. DESIGNED BY ARTHUR EF, PAYNE, 1808. 


Minnesota tacked and went after her, but still a very 
long way to windward. The weather mark was timed: 


Turn. Elapsed: Gain. Lead. 
Minnesota ............ 3745 15 0 36 00 0 08 47 0 15 0U 
Red Coat .......... »,--4 00-15 0 44 47 - wv oblas map sob 


The run home was made in a little more time than 
before, as the wind was lighter. The end of the round 
was timed : 


Leg. 

Turn. Elapsed Gain. Lead. 

\VEsshuvesyuykih AAGPAAG AAA 417 50 0 27 35 0 03 40 0 18 40 

insreval LOGRIA Gs ann ites veer 4 31 30 31 15 tial d a be 

Round. 

q Elapsed Gain. Lead. 
WITT MESOLAL og: 5 stein sieajhs «scene eee 1 03 35 0 12 27 018 40. — 
REA GES Ae rma citlue emt eeeeats lan boraer 116 02 — ; 


Minnesota now went off to the middle of the lake, fol. 


lowing the course of Red Coat in the previous round, but 


the wind was falling fast, and especially on the south 
side of the lake, where there were great spots of quiet 


water, though a little breeze was still rippling the water ~ 


in under the Pointe Claire and Beaconsfield shores. Red 
Coat went in to the north and found a little breeze, at the 
time that Minnesota was becalmed about half a mile from 
the weather mark. Although there was barely a breath 
©f wind, Minnesota continued to approach the mark 
steadily, though very slowly, and she rounded it at 5:24 
and squared for the line. She made a little progress, but 
when the four-hour time limit expired, at 6 o’clock, she 
was only in the middle of the leg. Red Coat had caught a 


‘Tittle breeze inshore, but she was still very far from the 


outer mark, 

The result of the day’s sailing was a disappointment to 
all parties, the Canadians freely admitting that Minne- 
sota had won her honors fairly in the first two rounds 
and deserved to have scored a race. The two days taken 
together showed that in heavy weather the cup was 
safe, while in very light weather it would probably makeia 
trip west; and in weather between the two extremes some 
very close and exciting racing might be expected. ~ * 

On Saturday night the visitors were entertained bya 
Fete de Nut at the Forest and Stream Club, the grounds 


. ,eing illuminated’ with Chinese lanterns, while a pair of 


calcium lights were mounted on the club house over thé 


~ tennis courts, which. were covered with a heavy canvas for 


daneing. Two orchestras in different parts of the grounds?” 
furnished music, and an elaborate supper was spread on " 
tables on the lawns. A large number were present, in- 
cluding all the Americans. 

Sunday was clear and calm, a fine. August day. The 
St. Louis carried a party around the lake, first up the 
Chateaugay River and around Nun’s Island, then after a 
swim in the green St, Lawrence water in mid-lake 
across to Lakeside. All were invited to tea at the Forest 


_ and Stream Club in the afternoon, and though it rained 


from 3 to 6 and the lawns could not be used, the kand- 
some club house gave shelter to all. 


‘The 53-Footers. aes : aa 


‘Editor Forest and Stream: a eS 
Allow me to call your attention to a somewhat serious 
nistake in your report of the last race of the 51-footers- 


ut Newport. You have transposed the times of Syce and 


Sistaé and thus make it appear that Sistae beat both ~ 
Shark and Syce, the latter very badly, whereas, as a mat. 
ter of fact, Syce, I believe, beat Shark, and both Syce and ~ 


Shark beat Sistae badly. - 


Some of the New York and- Boston papers: speak éf 


Sistae as a new boat. Is she not the boat that under:the 


‘same name was beaten badly last year by Fife’s Kestrel © 


in the two squadron runs of the New York Y. C., in 


which Kestrel figured, and that was beaten about twenty-. 


elght minutes corrected time by Syce in one of the Larch: 


mont races of 1897, the race being sailed in-a strong © 


breeze? Twenty-eight minutes is more than twice ‘as 
large a margin as Syce has evér had over Fife’s ten- 
year-old Uvira, racing over a much longer regular course 
in a good wind, and that, too, with Uvira not at her best, 
as Mr. F,-M. Hoyt, owner of Syce, at the time admitted 
in one Of ‘the letters | have received from him as to 
Uvira’s showing against Syce and Norota. 


So far-as boats of her class of about. her own age are 
concerned, Uvira has scored a decisive victory in every 
one of the five races she has sailed this season. 


a good breeze, Uvira not only made it three ‘straight in: 
her own class (one of her opponents being ‘six year’s 


newer than herself), but she likewise beat, on actual ~ 


time, all the boats in the class next above her own three 
straight; all the schooners, on actual corrected. time, giv- 


ing them the advantage of “the-85 per cent. rule,” three _ 


straight, and even thé newly imported Watson 60-footer 


Astrild. on corrected time, in both her races, although in - 


the last one Astrild beat all the schooners. on actual time. 


.:, Last September, in a fifteen-mile race sailed in a good 
breeze, Uvira beat the néw centerboard 42-footer Acushla 


Il.—a boat with about 800 or gooff. more sail than her- 
seli—by a margin of about thirteen minutes, actual time, 


and about 16 minutes,- corrected time, or at the rate of - 
In this race Uvira . 


about 32: minutes for thirty miles. 
was actually entered against Acushla IT. 
Wishing to be sure of my facts, I subscribed for the 


new “American Yacht Register,” an expensive but valua- . 


ble work, which I now have in my possession. 


Hoping that in the interests of truth and fair play you ’ 


will kindly publish the above, I am yours truly, 


JOSEPH PARKER. 
WAVERLEY, Mass., Aug. 3. 


+ .Gloria. 
THE cutter Gloria, which has recently crossed the At- 
lantic from Southampton td the St. Lawrence on her 


way to Toronto, where her new owners, H. €. McLeod, | 


resides, was designed by Arthur F, Payne in T8908 and 
built by Summers & Payne, Southampton, for the pur- 
pose of challenging for the Coupe de France. She is of 


4ott. 5in. Lw.l. and raft. 6in, breadth, her rating by the:-= 
~ Y. R.A, rule being 54, as the requirements of the French 


rule wecessitated a yacht a little larger than the sat. 
class. While this difference in size has prevented an 
exact comparison with the 52-iooters, Gloria’ has shown 
herseli a dast yacht. She is of wooden coristruction and 
built solely for international racing, but she has man- 
aged to cross the Atlantic safely on her own bottom and 
to weather some pretty bad storms on the way. 


Winthrop Y. C. 


WINTHROP—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, July 28. 


THE Winthrop Y. C. sailed a handicap race on. July 


| 28 in a light and fluky wind, the times bemg> 


15. and 18ft, Class, ae : ag 
Thelma, f. Tewksbury Me edad ee te eae cost 


. fAue: rx 4900, -* 


In the ~ 
three squadron runs of the Atlantic Y. C. all sailed in. 


RR eRe 
R25NESE 


‘3 Savia Hill Y. Cc. . 
SAVIN HILI—BOSTON HARBOR. 
3 Saturday, July 28. 
Tue Savin Hill Y. C. sailed its third handicap race on 


July 28 in a light and -fluky westerly wind, the times 
being: ; “2 

8 ; Elapsed. Corrected. 
Vilitee AAS AVES BO SEGRO, 2 nq be whtien Wel ety a ae 1 33 00 1 16 49 
Perhaps, J. E. Robinson......,..... Anes ios 1 25 00 118 05 
Romance, L. Sears.......... 2 1 24 10 
Gleam; A.-Packard.............. fe lysed ees Fa 1 35 33. 1 27 01 
Flattie,.A..-Coombs..... eas 1 1 30 10 
Widgeon, A. J. Hortons....: 1 30 42 
Wieewidge ss INGDIEs stirs cheney tell emetic Bedtgeitdeg tte 1 32 16 
Gull, W. H. Besarick 0020000 1 43 05 
einen iets CENerSMnee on Rel ge ern cena eas 1 45 59 
Siko, Q INS-WiGBeatiy Aaa Oe et ti 148 21 
Wray Gy wae wa liard se Sones. abe et 2; Ava 2S 
Preskqe hess iVessbotg ele, ya ere 150 49 

Wood’s Holl Y. C, 
Woob's HOLL, MASS. uF 


~ Saturday, July 28. 
THE Wood's Holl Y. C. sailed a good race 


on July 28 
in a fresh S.W. wind, the times being: 


_ a7 Elapsed. Correeted. 
Syn hy ele seo wittorae ee Bynes. eas SAL oi a pet Lah 28 13 0 
RUAN site i DETTIStoih nm nie fe Saks tye pated toe: 137 “A 38 27 
Florence, W. LL. Howes......2.... 55 Fi tee amae toe: 1 87.35 137 35 
Ace of Clubs, F. L. Gifford........c.s.s.cse00 1 40 48 1 40 08 
S¥z7iee bic die bayay sijaaoe esas tee te Spy aerce aa 1 48 32 1 47 48 


A. C, A. Membership. 


_Northérn Division—Jno, B. Brayley, W. C. Jephatt, 
P. J. Syms, A. M. Nichol, H..G. Dillemuth, J. B. Sin- 
elair, J; J. Vaughan, W. R. Begg, all of Toronto C, C. 


New Publications. 


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200;ds., atthe Standard target. Payne was declared champion of 
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New Jersey State Rifle Association. 


As the time draws near for the interstate rifle contests at Sea 

| Wirt, N. J... which take place Aug. 31 to Sept. 9, interest is increas- 

ing among the national guardsmen, and at nearly all the State 

tages groups of enthusiastic riflemen ‘can be found daily prac- 

ticing fer places on State and regimental teams who will strive to 
win national laurels at the famous range by the sea. 

The increased interest in rifle shooting is shown by the large 
number of entries in ‘all the big matches this year. 
“ouhe match for the:State championship the States of New York, 

ew 
[linois haye already expressed their intention of contesting, the 
two latter States’ being newcomers in the arena of national com- 
petitions: | oe ea Wi za 

Pennsylvania has a team of her crack shots ready to take the 
trip to Sea Girt at no expense to the State, but there seems to 
be some difficulty about getting the necessary permission from 
the preper authority, which will undoubtedly be overcome, as 
Pennsylvania has always been a State to recognize the value of 
these interstate contests for her soldiers. ; 

Maine and New Hampshire are two States which contain plenty 
ef material for a State team, and both have been unsuccessful 


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competitors in these contests. The lack of financiak help irom 
their States will prevent both of them from being represented. _ 
It is said that a rifle team irom Atlanta, Ga.,-will ask permis 
sion to represent that State. +9 7 $3 
An interestiag contest this year will be ihe revolver team 
wiateh, in which entries have already heen made b ; Battery A, 
Wight Artillery, Massachusetts; Squadron A, New York; Gover- 
wor’s Horse Guards, Atlanta, Ga.; Essex and Monmouth troops, 
New Jersey; Second Regiment, District of Columbia, and Fourth 
Regiment, New Jersey. . 
In the individual military championship of America match 
more than twenty States will be represented, and in the’ Wimble- 
don cup match at 1,000yds. six more targets had to be built to 
aecommodate the number of shooters who: will line up. : 
A conyention of riflemen will be held at the club house of the 
New Jersey State Ritle Association on Sept. 5 to organize a na 


ticnal league of riflemen, : 4 : 5 
Lr, A, S, Jones, Ass’t Sec’y. 


Grapsheating. 


ii you want your shoot to be announced here send fo 
wotice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS. 
Sept. 12-13.—Salemn, N. ¥.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 
ander the auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club. 


Aug. 8—Auburn, Me.—Tournament of the Auburn Gun Club. 


Aug. 7-8.—Bass Lake, Ind.—Third annual target tournament. 
Jack Parker, Mer. 7 J 
Aug. 7-8.—Birmingham, Ala.—Amateur tournament given by the. 


Peters Cartridge Co., on the grounds of the Birmingham Gun 
‘Club; $150 added. John H.-Mackie, Mgr. 

Aug. 14—Binghamton, N. Y.—All-day targel tournament of the 
Binghamton Gun Club. ret Neng ¥2 

Aug. 14-15.—Xenia, O.—Xenia Gun Club's tournament. 

Aug, 15-16.—Akron, O.—Akron Gun Club’s tournament. _ 

Aug. 15-16.—Rochester, Ind—Rochester Gun Club’s tournament. 

Aug. 17. Crawfordsville, Ind—Voris vs. Crawford, for Elwood 


‘cmp. c 
me - 17.—South Norwalk, Conn.—Third open summer shoot of 
tie Naromake Gun Club. E. H. Fox, Sec'y- ; . _ 

Awg. 18.— Newark, N. J.-E C cup and championship of New 
Jersey, between Messrs. F. E, Sinnock, holder, and H. 
Stevens, challenger, on grounds of East Side Gun Club; mer- 
«handise shoot same day and place; open to all. ; tf - 

Aug. 21.—Springfield, Mass.—All-day tournament of the Spring- 
fiald Shooting Association; grounds near Indian Orchard. 
Gut Club. John E. Bassett, Sec’y. | Pp. 

Aug. 22-23. Oswego, N. Y.—Riverside Gun Club’s tournament. 

Aug, 23-24.—Lafayette, Ind—Tournament of the Lafayette Gun 
Chub, under sanction of the League. J. Blistian, Sec’y. 

Ang. 23-25.—Arnold Park, Lake Okobojii—Amateur Park tourna- 
ment. > ap a 

aes 24.—Walhalla, S. C—Shotgun tournament of the Semi- 
Centennial, under auspices of the Walhalla Gun Club. J. A. Steck, 
Sec’y-Treas. co . r 

Aug. 25-26.—Milwaukee, Wis.—Tournament of Wisconsin League 
of Gun Clubs. € 

Aug. -28-31.—-Arnold’s Park, Okoboji Lake, 
tournament; $700 added. T. A. Marshall, Sec’y, Keithsburg, III: 

Sept. 1-3—Hamilton, Ont.—Hamilton 


ment of the Schenectady Gun Club; bluerocks and magautrap. 
Harry Strong, Sec’y. : 

Sept. 3—Trenton, N. J.—Labor Day tournament of the Walsrode 
Gun Club. George N. Thomas, Sec’y. \ 

Sept. 3.—Blandon Park, Richmond, Va.—First annual tournament 
‘of the Virginia Trapshooting Association, under the auspices of 
the West Pind Gun Club. Franklin Stearns, Mgr. i 

Sept. 3-4.—Muncie, Ind.—Two-day tournament of the Magic ye 
Gun Club. One day at targets, one day at sparrows. Chas. E. 
Adamson, Sec’y. } A ae « iy ae, 

Sept. 3-4.—Sylvan Beach, Oneida Lake, N. Y.—E. D. Fulford’s 
live-bird and target shoot, . Fy — 

Sept. 4——Haverhill, Mass.—Jlaverhill Gun Club’s 
ment; distance handicap. ey 

Sept. 4.—Meriden, Conn.—Fifth annual Labor Day tournament 
of the Parker Gun Club; $25 added. C. S. Howard, Sec’y, | 

Sept. 45.—North Platte, Neb.—Tournament of the Buffalo, Bill 
‘Gun Club’ on Col. Cody’s Scout’s Rest Ranch; $250 added. Geo.. 
L. Carter, Mer. A . ¥ = 

Sept. 4-6.—Wichita, Kan.—Tournament of Kansas State Sports- 
men’s Association. G, Parham, Sec’y. . 

Sept. 12-13—Homer, Ill—Annutal tournament of the Triangular 
‘Gun Club; one day targets; one day live birds. C. B. Wiggins, 
‘Sec’y. 

Soi 12-13.—Pensacola, Bla.—Two-day shoot of the Dixie Gun 
‘Club; bluerocks and live birds, V. ]. Vidal, Sec’y. ; 

Sept. 14-15.—Platte City, Mo.—Trap shoot of the Platte City Gun 
‘Club. S. Redman, Sec’y. , — 

Sept. 16.—Sherbrooke, Can.—Tournament of the Sherbrooke Gun 
‘Club. 

Sept. 18-21.—St. Thomas, Ont.—Tom Donley’s fourth annual 
tournament; live birds and targets. “ ie 

Sept. 27.—Zanesville, O—Tournament of the Zanesville Gun Club. 
L. A. Moore, Sec’y. 

Oct. 2-4.—Swanton, Vt.—Robin Hood Gun Club’s three days” 
tournament. 

Oct. 11.—Greensburg, Ind.—Tournament of the Greensburg Gun 
Club. C. D. Tillson, nee ye , 

Oct. 12-14.—Louisville, Ky.—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
‘targets and live birds._ Emile Pragoff, Sec’y. 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
lay afternoon. ~ : 

CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
% live birds; $5-entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 

Interstate. Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht 
Sun Club—Saturdays. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


(Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publicativn Fr 


open tourna- 


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- these coluinns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 


on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. What 
alisuch matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 44% Broud- 
way, New York. 


Under date of Aug, 6 Mr. E. D. Fulford, of Utica, N. Y., writes 

us as follows: “Twill give a shoot Sept. 2 and 4, at Sylvan Beach, 

popular summer resort. First day fiiteen events 

of 10 targets each, 50 cents entrance, four moneys, Rose system, 

ratios 4, 8, 2, 1. Second day ten events, targets, same as above? 

one event at 10 live birds, $5, class shooting, 40, 40, 20. Targets 
2 cents. Live birds 25 cents,” 


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Mr. LEE H. Stevens, of New Brunswick, N. J.. again challenged 
Mr. F. E, Sinnock, of Newark, to contest for the E C cup, whieh 
State championship significance. Ang. 
ate, and the place is the grounds of the 
A merchandise shoot also will be held, 


The Springfield Shooting Club's tournament has been post- 
‘poned irom Aug. 14 ta Aug. 21, as the first date chosen, Aug. 1, 


18 is fixed upon for the 
South Side Gun Club. 
open to all. 


~-conficts with that of the Massachusetts Shooting Association. 


lrogrammes may be obtained of Mr. C. C. Merritt, 461 State street, 
Springfield, Mass., in whose care guns and ammnpnition may he 


sent, 
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In a contest for the J. B. Shannon cup between Messrs, C. FE. 
Mink and H, B. Fisher on the grounds of the Clearview Cun 
Club, Philadelphia, on Saturday ‘of last week, the former won- hy 
the score of 94 to 73. 


‘Ane. 22—New Haven, Conn.—Tournament of the New Haven. 


Ta.—The Indian : 


Gun _ Club’s tournament. - 
Sept. 3.—Schenectady, N. Y.—Fourth annual Labor Day tourna- = 


‘July resulted in a tie between Méssrs. Brufty, 


Séventy-five dollars cash prizes will be added to the purses. 
There are ten events on the programme—five at 10 targets. five at 
15, $5 and $10 added; with a uniform entrance of $1... Fox: the: 
information of shooters the following, is presented in :the pro- 
gramme: € 
purses. Object amusement—not money making, 1 
purses, Rose system, 10-bird events, three moneys, ratio.- 4, 
3, 4%; li-bird events, four moneys, ratio 5, 4, 3, 2. rap rules 
of American Shooting Association to govern,. Manufacturers’ _ 
agents and Mr, Ten-Gauge Gun cannot compete for prizes. 


the annual mountain excursion from Charleston on Aug, 22,” 


conyenient to grounds, if engaged in adyance. Make you 

rangements at once and:ayoid the rush. Ammunition shipped 

prepaid to Secretary-Treasurer will be delivered at- grounds free 

of sharge. Shooting will begin at 9:30 A. M. Further informa- 

-tion’ cheerfully furnished upon application to J. A. 

Treas,” Sa 
ee. 


cursion rates on account of Semi-Centennial, also om account oi -_. 
ood -- . 


accommodations for shooters ¢an be obtained at $1.to $2 per day 
Our ar: 


Steck, Secty =* 


“Price of targets, 1 cent each; deducted ftom. the.“ 
Divisiom “ci - 


On Aug. 4 there was a light attendance at the weekly: shoot of ---' -- 


The main eyent was a handicap, 


the Keystone Shooting League. 
Stevenson broke 24 oiit/ ai. 


at 60 targets for a merchandise prize. 


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his first 25, while Hallowell was but one behind. The Keystone ~ 


Shooting League has accepted the challenge of-the Phttnix’ Gun- 
Club to contest a series of target races, There. probably will be. 
teams of twelve .and the first contest is likely.to take place at 


Holmesburg Junction, on the grounds of the Keystone Shooting - 


League, on Aug. 25, ; i : 

The scores in-the main contest on Aug 4-were: W. N. Steven. 
son, 16, 47; E. R. Russell, 16, 44; J, J. Hallowell, 18, 42; D. San- 
ford, 18, 42; W. J. Davis, 17, 38. ; 


Under date of July 3l Mr. Ansley H. Fox, of Baltimore, ‘who hag- Das 


distinguished himself as a shooter of great. skill, informs us that be- 


becomes a professional on Aug. 1 in the interest of the Winchester 


Repeating Arms Co., and will shoot their “pump gun” and their 
ammunition, Mr. Fox has already established a wide acquaint- 
ance among sportsmen, and acquired a thorough knowledge si- 
tournament matters, so that he enters the new field fully equipped 
as to skill and knowledge. .As a professional trap shot he now is 
one of the very able and gentlemanly class called professional 
shooting gentlemen of exceptionally high attainments and ability. 


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The New Haven Gun Club, New Haven, Conn., has issued the 
programme for its target-tournament, to be held on Aug, 22, com- 
“mencing at 9 o’clock. There are twelve events, 10, 15, 20 and 2% 
targets, a total of 160, with-a total entrance of $12. “There is $20 
‘added money. Targets, 2 cents. All eyents at unknown anfles., 
Over twelve entries, four moneys; under twelve entries, three 
moneys, ‘Those who wish may shoot for targets only. To reach 
the grounds take State street cars to Schuetzen Park. Refresh-. 
ments al.the club house. John E. Bassett is the secretary. 


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_ The contest for the championship of New Jersey, of which fhe. ° 


E C cup is the emblem, between Mr, KF, E. Sinnock, of Newark,. 
and Mr,.H. H. Stevens, of New Brunswick, was keen and good, 
with a close finish. Out: of the i) targets each broke G €x- 
cellent score, and a 92:per gent, gait. 


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Messrs. J. J. Hallowell and Ansley H. Fox passed through New. 
York on Monday of this week, their objective point being the | 
Interstate shoot at Newport, Vt. Mr. Hallowell has been doin 
some great work recently on live birds, and Mr, Fox has been 
conducting his efforts on similar lines on targets in the good old 


State of Maryland. His long runs and hizh scores on targets have 


heen deserving of attention and praise. 
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Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, Pittsburg, manager of the Interstate A¥- 
sociation, passed through. New York on Sees of last week., en 
route for the Interstate shoot at-Newport. Vt., to be held on- 
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. His early arrival on the 
scene Where the battle is to be fought will insure that every. 
detail is arranged to a nicety and that Mr. Shaner will conduct. 
the shoot with the same precision that Sousa conducts a band. - 


The Medicus Gun-Club, of Brooklyn, L. L., has under contideca en 


tion the matter ef a semes of shoots, with a medal of cup and. 
cash prizes, to be given in the near future, 
Medicus Club are actiye in promoting the sport, and to this end. 
have oftered many yaluable 
earnest attention to, it. 


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Mr. T. Wi Morfey, in the third-and last contest for the. cham = 
pionship of Long Island trophy, at Interstate Park, Queens, on ~; 


Aug. 2, won on a score of 24 out of 25. He made the same score 
in the two previous events. The trophy now becomes his pro 
erty. He used a Erancotte gun, E C powder and U. M. C. shells 


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On Labor Day, Sept. 3, the Schenectady Gun Club, of Schenec- 
tady, N. Y.,.swill hold its fourth annual inanimate target shoot om 
its new grounds. Twelve events will be shot over a magautrap. 
4 complete, programme will be issued later. Mr. V. Wallburg is. 
the president and Mr. Harry Strong the secretary. ; eg 


The Keystone Shooting League, of Philadelphia, has challenged — = 
Pa., to a team contest.: ~ 


the Phoenix “Gun: Club, of Phcenixville, 
There is every probability that teams representing the two clubs 
will compete in the. near future. : 


4 


Through an oversight we omitted to mention that the Tepro- — 
ductions of photographic scenes connected cenit U 
shoots at Paris were taken- from the French 


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au Grand Air. 5 : 
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The Walhalla, S$: C., Gun Club has issued the propram fi, 

qi a, S “7 1 K programme of 

their shotgun tournament of the Semi-Centennial, to be Tteld under 

their auspices, on Aug. 24. -The events are open to amateurs only_ 


2 


Mr. 5. G. Miller, Haverhill, Mass., informs us that tl aver- 
hall Gun Club will hold an open tournament on Sept, ri Haver : 
will be a distance handicap. Targets 114 cents. : 


R 


Mr. John Parker will hold his-aiext International 
on Sept. 11, 12, 18 and 14, Detroit, Mich. There 
petition on hoth live birds and targets. 


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periodical “‘La Vie 


tournament ~ 
Will be com: 


-- The date of the forthcoming tournament of the Buffalo Bill Gun 


Club, at North Platte, Neb.; decaridd 


has been changed from Se 
4 to Sept. 4 and 35. eke 


BERNARD WATERS. 


Charlottesville Gun Club. 

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Aug, 6&.—Appended are: the scores miade 
4m our grounds on Friday, Aug. 3.° The first event Was-a match 
to decide the ownership of the handsome silver medal presented to. 
the club by its president, Mr: H. A. George.. This medal has been 
shot for each week since the season opened, and our-last shoot in- 
E pet Keller, George and 
Snew and Was shot off in our regular shoot on Aug. 3 ae auth 
by Snow. The scores; whet" : 


Events: i es Events: 1 2 3 
Targets 25 25 25 ‘Targets: o5 9% oF: 
Keel teragt nt 8 ns oe 21 19) Dh George Wee Cher. 92 D4 BS 
Watson, Cpa 20 18°20 Bruffy 2.7.2 owe 11 22 99 92 
Walter 2. sana: TT 15 Snow «05.1. Moo Be Bf 


D. R. Swow, Sec’y. 


The members of the: 


prizes, besides giving their time and- 


; ; In the shoot-off at 10 tar- = - 
- gets Sinnock broke straight and won out by one target. —_ 


with the recent great _ ~ 


_ understood that I am warring 


Small-Bore Guns. | 


Winnirec, Man., Aug. 2—Editor Forest and Stream: Believing 
that perhaps a few lines on the subject of small-bore guns mi ht be 
af interest to some of your readers, I yenture to publish the iollow- 
ing in the hope that others may benefit by what I have learned— 
mostly from actual experiénce afield and now by scientific tests 
over the chronograph: : PAA, we 
) Whatever may be the outcome of this paper, I wish it distinctly 
( / with no caliber or make of gun, 
neither am I exploiting any kind or brand of powder, but simply 


' qarrating facts as I have found them in an off-hand way, the sole 


| that is to say, no one having actually shot afield 


purport being te lend a helping hand to the novice, rather than to 
try to undermine deep-rooted notions or prejudices existing in the 
iminds of veterans of far greater ability with either pen or fowling 
piece than the writer can ever hope to attain. Still, while only 
an average shot afield, I can fairly lay claim to at least a great deal 
of experience gleaned over a yast extent of territory and stored 
during the last forty years. } aA at “ea 

During “1899 the writer found himself in print ventilating a few 
erude but, honest’ opinions on smallbore guns. As might have been 
‘expected—indeed, as was expected—these ideas and recommenda- 
tidms met from some quarters adverse criticisms—principally, how- 


Bin sact ee on theories, for, if my memory serves me, not one 


e/individual combated my views from a practical standpoint 
i with a smail- 
bore. gun made complaint against it—while, on the other hand, 
many letters in my possession written by some foremost sportsmen 
declare they will never use_a wide-bore heayy gun when one of 
reduced weight and caliber is available. f ( ; 

In writing as I did, I purposely refrained from going into 
technicalities and’ elaborate details, knowing to what length stich 
matters could be sput out, and furthermore fearing that in the 
maze of bewildering controversies sure to follow the main facts in 
the case stood a very good chance of being absorbed entirely, and 
nothing but an:array of verbiage, hallucinations and yapid tradi- 
tions suryive. So I did not quote from books, nor relate passages 
at second hand, but instead I merely contented myself with telling 
sthers what a 20-gauge gun had actually done in my hands when 
field shooting, and, to use the vernacular, ‘“‘sat mum”’ ‘until such 
time ‘as: IT could be backed by a few irrefutable proofs coming from 
a scientific source, the better to corroborate, if needs there be, 
what &tual experience had Aiea taught me. 

Practically, I myself learned nothing. I knew beforehand that a 
20-bore gun, properly loaded and decently pointed, would give a 
good account of itself at any reasonable distance on all upland 
game. I also knew, having found it out for myself, that such a 
gun, if correctly choked, could pull down very tall duck, and for 
decoy shooting, to fhe man satished with killing one bird at a shot, 
nething larger need be used, In the event, however, of wanting to 
mow-down a swath through a flock of birds a compact shooting 
gun of any caliber could neyer appeal to the person with such in- 
élinations, for it stands to reason that no amount of mathematics 
can possibly make %oz. of shot cover as much space as a couple 
of counces, all pellets being apart equidistant. 

However, it is not as a duck gun that I uphold a 20-gauge, nor 
have I ever said or thought so reduced a caliber is equal to a 12- 
boréjin actual.execution. But I do think and firmly believe that a 
good 120 weighing say 6 to 6%4lbs., properly bored according to 
what the gun is inteded to kill, and properly loaded, is a good 
énough' gun for any sportsman to carry, especially where long 
traps are made and when one must carry his own ammunition, 
So, in all fairness to the 12-bore gun, brought to its present state 
of perfection, acknowledged by all practical and scientific men 
to be the best weapon when one only may be possessed, un- 
guestionably and undeniably a more powerful weapon than an 
tube of narrower gauge, and in all vital points superior to such 
when weight of gun. and ammunition are of no object, I say the 
12-bore is by all odds the gun, and I never have said, written or 
thought otherwise. ie 

But, while freely admitting, as I fain must, the superiority of the 


sing 


l2:gauge, I wish it distinctly understood that where the minimum 


weight and maximum of comfort are to be considered, then by 
all means give me the 20-bore gun—i. e,., the full-size 20-gauge 
#un—not the toy 20 that handles like an umbrella, but one of 
sufficient weight to withstand its full charge without undue recoil 
and still sufficiently light to be carried over hill and dale, swamp 
and marsh, from sun to sun without wearing one out, or jumping 
so high at every shot that the second barrel is of very little use. 
For my part, I consider a 6-pounder as about the proper weight 
for a 20, and 64% for a 16-gauge. These are both guns of full 
weight, and it is mot wise to go over that, for if one is willing to 
carry. a surplus of steel, iron and wood, then by all means go 


to a big er gauge. For instance, a 16é-gauge gun at over 634lbs. 
as a fie ean is simply a monstrosity; better carry a 7lb. 12-bore 
and haye done with it, or even a 12-bore at even weight of 63{lbs. 


Tt is equally absurd to use a 9b. 12-gauge as a wildfow! gun 
when one ae that weight of 10-gauge is so much more. deadly a 
weapon; Or 1llb. 10-bore when an 8-gauge at lllbs. is so much 
‘superior. A 

bo, allowing all things to have their proper place, I would say 
that a 20-gauge gun with 28 or 30in. barrels should weigh in the 
neighborhood of Glbs., or a few ounces more or less, according 
to the fancy of its owner, and due regard being given to purpose 
far which gun is intended, 

Now, in the matter of ammunition, there can possibly be no 


‘conflict, of opinion, for here are the official figures, which can 


easily be verified. 

* Fitty ordinary 12-gauge loaded cartridges weigh 5%4lbs, using 
3drs, of bulk nitro powder and 13g0z. of shot. The same number 
of 20-gauge shells, containing. 2¥drs. bulk nitro powder and %oz. 
of shot weigh only 4%lbs., a net saving of l4lbs., to say 
nothing of much smaller space the latter will occupy and greater 
facility with which they nmiay be packed or stowed away in differ- 


ent pockets owing to much reduced bulk. 


‘This additional 1%lbs. of dead Weight in ammunition does not 
weigh one down so yery much when contemplating a long tramp 
through a snipe marsh, for instance, but—but—it does make a 
tremendous difference toward evening, especially when birds are 
Scarce, shots few and far between, sun hot, ground boggy, and 
more than thirty seasons have rolled by. So that a pound or two 
in gun and as much more in ammunition will convert a very 


pleasant, jolly day's sport into a most soul-harrowing, treadmill, | 


laborious task, as any one can testify who has tried it, 
unbeliever I can only say try it, and be convinoed. 

As to recoil, it is the writer’s firm opinion that more men have 
gone off in their shooting in the last few years by overloading 
their guns than from all other causes combined; ‘and light 12- 
bores have certainly not helped things much in this direction— 
albeit an underweight, overloaded small-bore will be equally 
vicious as a kicker; so I prefer for my own use that a gun of any 
gauge should have sufficient weight; hence I like a 6lb. 20-bore. 

After this long preamble, atid in support of what I said regarding 
20-bores, I respectfully submit the following ballistic tests made 
at the famous works of the Union Metallic Cartridge Co.. at 
Bridgeport, Conn,, to the officers of which I am deeply indebted 
for their universally courteous treatment and now for having 
placed at my disposal their splendidly equipped testing range, 
so complete in all its details as to leave nothing to be desired. 

To, Mr. William M. Thomas (familiarly known as U. M. C. 
Thomas throughout the width and breadth of this eae one of 
the greatest living experts in ballistics, and to whom all kindred 
subjects are plain as A, B, C, IT am and have been for many 
years under a debt of deepest gratitude, for ef such lon -enduring 

‘patience, kindness in suggestions and willingness at all times to 
lead the groping blind, I frankly admit I know not his equal. 

In his able assistant, Mr. Howard D. Hodge, I found a man 
thoroughly au courant, and one so ready to help along with that 
cheerful manner that inyites interrogation that I cannot remem- 
ber ever having passed more pleasant and instructive days than 
at the range of the U. M, C. Co.; and with its officers. to whom 
T_am_indebted for the following tables, submitted in prooi of 
what I have already said regarding small-bore guns. 

Ballistic tests made at Bridgeport, Conn., May 3, 1900, over the 
range and on chronograph of the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. 
Tests made by Mr. Wm. M. Thomas and his assistant, Mr. How- 
ard D. Hodge: 

Parker gun, No: 82403, 20-gauge; length of barrel 30in., Titanic 
steel; both barrels full choke, chambered for Jin. cases: shell, 
3in,. U. M. C.. Smokeless, 20-gauge; powder, Hazard Blue Ribbon, 
2iedrs.—say 3lgrs.; shot, Tatham’s, Yoz. Na. 7 chilled; wads, 
Trap, %%in.; Express, %in,; black edge “C” card, all 0-gauge: 
Velocity in feet ee. from muzzle. Pattern in d0in, circle, 

4 


To the 


19 
915 228 
919 237 
929 191 
920 202 
904 211 
896 222 
918 226 
909 214 
918 214 


Average, 2 2 Pelicts. 


Average, 9136 ft. seconds. 
Variation, 46 pellets. 


Variation, 33 ft. seconds, 


Same. Gun.—Shell, 3in. U, M. C. Smokeless,’ 20-gauge; powder, 
Schuttze, 2i¢drs—say 35grs.; shot, Tatham’s, Jgoz,, No. 7 chilled; 
wads, Trap, 3in.; Express, 3in. black edge “C9? card, all 20- 
gauge: F 


Velocity in feet 40yds. from _ —Patterri in 30in, cirele.— 
muzzle, Right Batre. Left Barrel. 
945 214 oe 
920 198 _ 227 
925 199 233 
928 223 226 
928 191 203 
923 225 210 
927 101 —s 
5)1099 
923 221 Average, 219.8 pellets. 
915 - a = 
538 8) 1632 


Av., 927:8ft. secs.-Ay-; 204 pellets., 
Variation, 30 ft. seconds. 

Following this test, 10 shots were fired under precisely same 
conditions, using Hazard powder, but leaving out the Ben card 
wad under the shot, and an average yelocity Gf 896 foot seconds— 
variation, 31 foot seconds—was obtained. J 

Taking pattern of left barrel for 5 consecutive shots gave an 
average of 211 pellets. i 

Then 10 shots were fired, using Schultze, omitting “C’’ card wad, 
as above, giving an average velocity of 919 foot seconds—variation, 
24 foot seconds. Pattern ‘of leit barrel 6 consecutive shots, 205 

ellets. 

s As will be seen, the ““C” card wad improved the shooting of the 
gun, adding but very little to the recoil. : 

Now, the average velocity reached by the 20-bore gun, using 
its normal fox mean, of course, a 20-bore sufficiently heavy to 
fire with comfort to the shooter and safety to the gun (2%drs. of 
bulk nitro powder and %oz, Tatham’s No. 7 chilled shot)—is say 
915 to 920 foot seconds, as against a velocity of -850 foot seconds 
accorded to the 12-gauge field gun with its normal load of 3drs. 
ot bulk nitro powder_and 14g0z. of same size and make of shot. 
So that the 20-bore in legs shows up well with its increased velocity 
of about 70 foot seconds. 

As to pattern, that is all a question of individual guns and 
chokes. ‘This particular 20-bore is full choke in one set of barrels 
and goes beyond 75 per cent. of its entire charge within the 30in. 
circle at 40 measured yards from its muzzle—which ‘is a splendid 
performance. 

By reducing the powder perhaps, 2grs. a greater percentage of 
shot might be accounted for, and certainly by diminishing the 
charge of shot to *0z,, or by decreasing to 2%4drs., a greater 
velocity would assuredly be obtained. But as these tests were not 
made to determine how much shot could be bunched on the 
plate, nor how fast they could be sent there, but merely to arrive 
at an approximate idea of what this little gun was actually doing 
with its every-day charges, I submit that the tests as given above 
prove beyond question that the gun is a splendid performer, and 
that it was loaded in capital style. I use at quail early in the 
season 2hedrs, bulk nitro powder and “40z. No. 91% or No. 10 
shot; later along, No. 9 shat, always using chilled shot. At snipe 
2iedrs. and joz. Nos. 8% or 9. shot, and on very windy days 

o. 8 or even 74 shot. At duck, No. 6 or No. 7 shot, and for 
geese I would use No. 4 or No. 5 shot, 
opportunity of testing this gun at geese, but I hope to this winter, 
and certainly will if opportunity ofters—just as a matter of ex- 
periment; not that [ regard a 20-bore as an ideal goose gun by 
any means, for in this kind of shooting one seldom carries the 
gun or its ammunition, so that the greatest charm of the small 
bores does not enter into the game, 

Availing myself of the opportunity of testing the shootin 
ities of my 12-gauge hammer pigeon gun, I further encroached on 
the goodness of my affable hosts, and I now append tables showin 
what a modern Parker full-choke pigeon gun can do when loade 
with first-class ammunition. . 

The loads tested were average pigeon loads. 
Wdr. to 4dr of powder makes but little difference in this gun, 
but with 8drs. to 3lgdrs. the pattern would tun about 5 to 8 
per cent. higher than patterns given below. 

Ballistic tests made at Bridgepost, Conn, May 3, 1900, over the 
range and on chronograph of the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., 
under direction of Mr. Wm. M, Thomas and his assistant, Mr, 
Howard D. Hodge: 

Parker gun, No. 86687, 12-gauge; length of barrels, 32in., Titanic 
steel; both barrels full-choke, chambered for 3in, shells; shell, 3in. 
U. M. C, Trap, 12-gauge; powder, Hazard Blue Ribbon, 34édrs,— 
say 43grs.; shot, oz. Tatham’s No. 7 chilled; wads, Trap, Tin, 
black edge, 3gin. Express, 44in. black—all 12-gauge: 

Velocity in feet ae from muzzle Pattern in 30in. circle, 


qual- 


981 282 
988 276 
995 293 
970 286 
5)4926 2)1413 


Average, 985.2 ft. seconds, Average, 282.6 pellets, - 
Variation 25 ft. seconds. Yariation, 17 pellets, 
Substituting. 4gin. black-edge wad over the Trap and using 3%4in. 
shell: Average velocity, 956 ft. seconds; ayerage pattern, 253 
pellets. ui 
Average velocity and pattern with equal charges of Dupont 
powder practically the same. 
Same Gun.—Shell, jin. U. M. 
Schultze, 344drs—say 49grs.; shot, 
wads, Trap, %4in. black edge; gin, 


C. Trap, 12-gauge; powder, 
14%40z, Tatham's No. 7 chilled; 
Express, Win, black edge—all 


_ W2-gauge: 
Velocity in feet 40yds, from muzzle, Pattern in 0in. circle. 

964 283 
978 245 
98% 292 
984 254 
979° 237° 2 

5) 4894 #1311 


Average, 978.8 ft. seconds. Average, 264.2 pellets. 

‘ Vartation, 24 ft. seconds. Variation, 55 pellets. 

Substituting a Shin. black-edge wad over the Trap wad and using 
a 8¥%in, shell; Average velocity, 970 ft. seconds; average pattern, 
272 pellets. 

Continuing this test for 5 consecutive shots, using 45grs. Laflin 
& Rand powder and 140z. Tatham’s chilled shot, loaded in 2¥%in. 
Aeme shells, gave an average velocity of 916 ft. seconds; yariation, 
30 ft. seconds, Patterns were not counted, but from what I know 
of the gun and the powder I am certain they would haye com- 
pared well with any made. Perhaps a longer shell would have 
ahohensed the velocity, but as nome were available no test was 
made. 

J am quite sure from what I know of the shooting of this 12- 
gauge gun that by following up and casting about for different 
combinations of wads closer patterns could have been obtained, and 
doubtless greater yelocities as well; but as regularity of one shot 
with another and distribution are such important factors nothing 
further was done, In fact, there was not time to go into either 
gun more than superficially, and 1 feel that neither gun is a freak 
of its kind, but only what may be expected of any good full-choke 
gun of that particular make, 

I will conclude by saying that I took up the 20-bore with hesi- 
tation, not to say distrust. Now, I want no gun of larger gauge, 
and as proof of this I am now haying a 28-gange built for next 


i have never had an , 


An increase of 


any gun clul in the State of 


“fAue. tt, 1006. 


City Park Gun Club, ~ 
New Ortrans, La., July 30.—Some of the scores made ‘at’ the 
City Parl Gun Club’s shoot were excellent. Saucier won the prize 
shoot from scratch, on the good score of 24 out of 25, making his 
fourth win, tiefng Mr. Pitard, who also holds it four times this 
season. EF. WH, McKay shot an unusually good rate of 90 per cent,. 
which the boys did not expect of him, closely followed by Saucier, 
Who made 89 per cent. Altogether the day was a very enjoyable 
one, i nae 
- ‘Lhe club membership is constantly increasing and the members 
ieel yery enthusiastic over the outlook. A new club house is,to be 
erected and the grounds géneraliy renovated. The club will give 
a tournament in, the near future of both live birds and targets,.and 
propose to give at least $500 added money, and it is expected that 
a number of the most expert trap shots in the country will be in 
attendance. The score of the prize shoot is as follows: 


Hdcp, Broke. Total. Boe Broke, Total. 
: 1 


Saucier ,...,, 0 24 24 ictoyaie ees ee 3 17 
Kaufman 0 22 los Bertandy tere,» 0 15 1b 
IPICOW lapse 5 16 21... Newman ..... 12 21 
RON Sn em be Ae 0 20 20 ° Darcantel 3 14 17 
Wyingtee hse e 0 15 Th Stote tates 0 14 14 
Sweepstakes: : ¥ : 
Events: B20 05? Be Gae RT 9S1) 
Targets 10 16 20 15 15 15 15 15 10 16 
NOVICE ne tusst pees oan SOLACE ea SD 6121610111215... 9 13 
Bacteressess aero aee cians cirheweeneeete 10 12 17 14 17 13 44 12° 8 13 
ACaTiitiag Pattee enna red Pee eee eee 7 15 15 13° 13°13 10... 7 12 
Bical 275 557. 2G Ie on ee ee mere ne OEE us. coer ae 
BW A be a ep edl 44 do dade dodaddsde dod doe de 18 15 15 13 14°44 99 13- 
“Lae eee N.S ha AREER ER EEE ETEEELLEL REL erent mein i Gore 4d dort peg, 
Pitard ..... pee tsl-|-lliainls ed se 9 ee te ae Te BPE ieee tyes Oe 
Newman ........... REAL Tete tee, EP Ln. LOS. So seers R 


Five Pairs: Novice 6, Saucier 8, WieKay 8, Kautman 7, Tabry 5, 


East Side Gun Club, 


Sacinaw, E. §., July 29—The Bast Side Gun Ciub held a very 
successful shoot yesterday afternoon. Some good marksmanship 
Was a feature of the afternoon sport. Expert shooters were present. 

The East Side Gun Club had one of the best shoots of the sea- 
son yesterday afternoon at their grounds in the Stolz woods and 
every condition seemed to be favorable to making the event 4 
successful one, The weather, which looked a little like rain about 
noon, did not intérfere with the shooting, and eyery marksman 
seemed to be in excellent trim. The shooting was good and some 
Ae! faney hits were made. p 

o. 1 was a practice race, 


Wo, 2 the Gun Cl Yo. : 
erett House. The scores; ae a a * es 


Events: Pigg rere Events :. aha Pap ae! 
mob A af a eee 25 925. 25 
@lseSce ieee fale LOGS ES l-lel-tel hea a Lf cS 
W W_McQueen...... 22° 17 k Cc Gane ee pniaig SAL ths 3 8 
ica Fetay O48) is co ie Oe 13 14 11 foe Wall, irae = 15 14 
SSINITI wa yin asses LOY Gel Heyde ..,...... ll wR 
JOELMIEZE eh eee een ‘10 12 LL Dambacher yp Pet 
Henkel ............ 10 6 14 C Schneuker Sarees 
ee Lafayette ....... 2) Td Wren neldee 1,1) bite chy eee 
ee Oe oe Sota ref He oe ed GN REISE DES eel 
JieElLentivie doves eeet LOM hie wehassSehmntdiee, sri. dh 
S B Hoffmann........ 15 14 .. Henry Henny ........ .. 13 
foun M. Messnier..... 16 207 O7 “Spendcér Aiwa wesoiiet oe 4; 
Bonner ..........., AD LRA Oa Sei. ieee ene 8 
W H Merrill .......,. eS SP ea Se i 14 40: 4 
F Johnson ...1.2...:. 1094 Se —OVA Shadbolt ot 10 15 
H W Moshier........ 16 10 16 John Harmann ...... .. 12F 
Wm Grant ..22.2-77:! 2 ie 22 Wames Walthite: y.2.es 12 


C B Martindale....... 15 


The shooting all through was good and the winners of the heats 
did not get them without a struggle, John M, Messner won the Gun 
Club medal in Class A and Joe Smith in Class B, Joe Smith won 
the Eyerett House medal Two crack shots were present—R..O. 
Heikes. of Dayton, O., and W. W. McQueen, of Hastings. . Mr. 
Chas, Schmidt gave an exhibition shoot and broke 14 out of 15. ‘ 

Jonny M. Messyer, Sec’y. 


Brockton Gun Club, 


Brockton, Mass., July 28—Nos. 1 to 5 were the 
No. 7 gives the handicaps, No, 8 the totals. 
good for shooting, 

Le Roy was high with 94, 

We had a lady who tried her hand at the targets and broke 3 
out of 7. We think she did very good, as she never shot a gun 
be‘ore. We are in hopes to make a good shot of her. __ : 

Gr Te 8 


rize shoot. 
The conditions were 


Events: : Lo 2) 8) 4b 
‘uargeis and handicaps 10 16 10 10 ° 


REARS Rectan) OHS ADA SASS 3 10) 10) (Set9e47 eoes50 

Leonard 9 8 10 8 44 18 50 

Hepner 8 10 9 8 48 8 60 

eu ine Ls aS nea eh Ba eee et : “ i 41 ae 50 

[ole (as RRA RC) AAR Sree Char bl 41 11 50 

Grant ne pnein tt § 8 6 9 39 10 49 

Paylite mers ree ie Reet Oe 4-9 6°. 7 36 10 46 

Events 11 12 13 14-16 16 17.18 19 20 21 22.23 

Targets: 1) 10 1010 101010107010 * * * 

HUIS Gado sae sy aly 

SNE Mines. BA. Mr ree Sali, 

10 81010. fens Ge Shy 

88768 68 7,, 98 9 

8 8 7 8 6 7 710, Gatun 

6 510-4. Age = |. / 

SH Phe... SEO NOCE. « COUCers AP ee fe ete eo ee 
*Doubles. A. F, Leonarp, See’y, 


Noramake Gun Club. . 


SoutH Norwatk, Conn., Avg, 3.—&ditor Forest and Stream, The 
third monthly summer open shoot of the Noramakes is to be held 
Friday,, Aug. 37, at the club grounds, Darlan’s Point, reache 
trom AY, ¥Y. N. BH. & H. R. R. depot by white trolly car. ‘The 
preceding shoots have all proved very enjoyable and the partpei- 
pants have invariably expressed their appreciation of the efforts 
of the Noramakes, who are the peers of any club in the State in 
their ability to run a shoot as it should be run. Targets for this 
shoot will be 1 cent each, and at this price we expect a large 
following of cracks. A good programme will be run off, 10 to 20 
targets in each event, sweeps from 50 cents to $1.50. Shells, etc., 
may be shipped to E. H. Kox, South Norwalk, who will also fur. 
nish programmes or other information, or Gehrmann, presi- 
dent of the Noramakes, who will be pleased to hear from any of 
the fraternity regarding the third open shoot as above. 

Included in the programme of the Noramakes at their third 
monthly open shoot will be a team shoot for five men, 30 targets 
io each man, with $10 donated by the club to the winning team, 
Sweep optional. Teams are looked for from New Haven, Stam- 
ford, Meriden and other places. The propgramme will be an at 
tractive one and will he ready shortly, The team race is open to 

onnecticut, B Fox, 


Trap at Kansas City. 


Kawsas City, Mo.—In the July shoot for the Elliott medals at 
Washington Park, Kansas City, on July 28, at 25 live birds, 


season's shooting, and I hope later on, when I know somethin ge ; fein z 

ah fo) epatt fhrough these coluhins what 80 dhimmutive @ CUP magt gic Tate SEEDY 8 eS aa 

SS aleve s es) en) Ue, oS 5 Geot Wiascory 20: i4ii)iiisasgapneesy oes 2212990112112129012990999 99 

Honi soit qui mal y pense. Ti the aboye will induce some R S Elliott, 29 -1202121222120221124 1 1g272—23 

brother sportsman 10 try a small-bore gun, and should the ex- OM Tepe ty ee ed 2202111299991991791999999 94 

periment prove, satisfactory, which I tnust) at may, (then L gill 47 elAtten, 36,0. yeast tela 1112021111110112902111112—22 

ieel amply repaid for the little T have done in this direction, my TEs cap edit a ear yim Aeerre net Oe 920211111111210112112299 92 

principal object being to “lessen the white tan’s burden” by ws EIRTINOS ee eee Ae 2229911 901202022221 121222 99 

guiding him toward hghter guns and loads, thereby increasing his Vira ALT raat Wii hil Ue wae ‘ 2211112212212120121122102—23 

pleasure afield and moving along in the right directions. Ine Wauetan 30. . 2c. c. ec eesssereeseee + + +220102100120010022101 2010—14 

Ee GavcHo, Ted EAE, FEY ete ee mete n aR TG TRE Roa oe 

sy Seck traits 20a sees lees eo eueeeereney ak sav / ; 

Standard Gun Club, “elie eerie A ofove sug Aeeealh | de sete 2911991 299911111121011012 93 

Battimore, Md., July 31—Large scores were a feature of thé SUS EMallett wens. crease scene ances center 2190112211 221272011111111—23 

fourteenth weekly shoot of the Standard Gun Club, held to-day. F } MARE EDS ee nee annn ewan eet etre 2120200011211221102211112—20 

Leader, in the season’s club race—No. 4 in the scores appended— P Franke, 30......-..-.---.-..- S55 555 5550. 0221201201121222111111102—21 
was high with 49. The scores: _ _ Newt Beach, 39,............--- peters ee 021111141 2111121110w. 

: 123 4 Events: 4 - Dr Longfellow, 30-.,~.-----..0---+ 2. + «212021211 2291229911910121—23 

10101550 ‘Targets: TOTGRHR Uae oars cece ae cased plele lates 2100211111121122110211202—21 

Den glesdae eines een cae pee iy Planck, 28...--.- =~ 0121101121011 211000—19 

91014 49 Bramble ET sG@ldsner 28. tas oss fey eee gh » + -2292212101212011222211211—23 

. f wS0l0I09. Milhomesienyyyaames ees et Ay Pe Ditamas; oaUer sete: tite et pe 1222222222202122222201 29224 

i 8-914 42 Westport : IW Bramhall, CE eee oe atitatoe ier: 2219112222221 21991 2992122 25 

Franklin ....,-.-+---- 7 718 33 nee fe A F Rickmers, 80....20.2.c--se0esee nares 2211222221222221100122221—23 

Storr vssrecdeoverseres 2s 10 15048" Malone iicassas sense ie et SAT. S Smith, 28.0.2 cecceeeeec ce vseer sees ss dl bZe2220222101 2112101121 —22 

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Intercity Shooting Park. 


MinneArouis, Minn—The shooting on these grounds during 
the past week was all that could be desired. Not only is this true 
as far as the shooters are concerned, but the management as well. 

find it almost impossible to give to you at present the scores ot 
‘each weekly shoot. This is due to the fact that this is my first 
year and there is so much that must be done to place the grounds 
in fair shape, and again my string of dogs require a large part 
of each day, and they cannot and must not be overlooked, 

I leave here for the chicken fields on Aug. 10, and I trust and 
fully believe you may hear of two or three of the dogs before the 
fall trials ate over. I ineclose you scores made during the past 
weelc: ’ ; ; 

Tuesday, July 24.—The day proved too warm and still for live 


birds. Notwithsanding, they gave the shooters a tace for their 
money. In the live-bird event the shooters stood at slyds.: 
Dlayse esests seve ...-1212211022— 9 Hirschy ......:...-22222w 
Black peccececeee sn LO2ZI2Z22212— 9 Golzian sevescses-es 0202111220— 7 
SRlanz werneh saeeeses . 11*1002122— 7 eer ABeedocet. 0221221022— 7 
Wilkinson .........0112220221— 8 rs Johnston...... 217111211210 
Gayl seer ee oes OOMUIZIO0=—95 5 OaBrien Wares. eee 2111121*12— 9 
French ¥... 111212222210 Payne sseer-s,--- +e 21*12*222— 8 
Kelsey ..- 2OVTZ22212— 8 ROSS sscvcrerrercess 1121121*12— 9 
P Hanser . ..111212*222— 9 Barber .......--.---110U012210— 6 
Morrison ..ccseeens 22222W Smyth .. veey + -0001010112— 5 
The target events were, each at 15; 
vents: 123 4 5 Events: 123 45 
Hays’ 22222 seeseeee, 1212181214 Hirschy .......... 14 15 15 14 14 
Black s2.26.-2 joeee 2D DDIS A310 (Golzian’ ...-...-. «. 11 12 14 12 12 
Hanz o.2.s02206000 13 13 18 14 12 yennerce Sripecioue 13 12 12 13:13 
_ Wilkinson ......., 18 13 12 12 12 rs Johnston .... 14 15 14 13 13 
Carl Sass ow 20 1092 32 14 ©7 Brien .....0.. 5. 10 12 10 11 12 
renchy s..e. ssn ase te TOSIUeI2) Payne ones. 8 12 11 11 11 12 
Kelséy .:...... ...- 26-1212 18 13 Ross .sss.,:.-----. 1 1 isi 
P Hanser ..... ++» 1313 121214 Barber ......-..--- 6 9 710 8 
IMOTESGW Soeeen cs lpetowle Ie Tie SSimytld “dees. yes «<7 910 9 4 4 
Events: 1223 465 6 7 8 91011121814 15 1617 18 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 25 25 
BM bA, Andon WHE TZ Tea Sele Os LO Teves cies ads ass contents areas hale 
Coreen nn neiae ee aes P30ee ea hoe ek Meesp masse Se wee ee ede 
P Hanser .:..... 15 14 12°15 14 13 12°13°13 1 13-14 2... 2. 22... 
Ielséya Wicie years 1G PRD ABBA TOE ac se ae as ee Bk ak ne 
Thompson ...... Abs TIT TES 1) iS PAS pe aie rg Bi ig seciee ape 
OlZa eaten 15 11.12 1813121215 8 81411 14 4 18 21 2017 
pralleys saeee mse duals. dood ord ad bse ee enn Ge eter ec 20 
donee Bee cue fH Pele tbe dee eee etree tele teres am ears arm a ° 
OnDISOI Sen eas =e 1315 Ta That ToS ABR Ba fae ee eae o> 
Wide I Kehyvolineyetj a yeu dks) aUS als aie ae oo ee on nc oo ono 
UOC GSN wane ebro te 1S eae Tal eas ons tes Bo eer er epee 
POU) eels aseptic AUR SP AD ince teers teil) ORC) OL eee er Nneiee rere eer oe Ce oa tong 
Wilkinson ...... 15 14 12 14 13:13 13 12°12 18 14:18:12 12 14.49... 
HORA Sas 5 50 58G555 ie sy ARE aa VP a BOE ee eae coe cee ae Ce wry ee cet 
Bischer ........- di 14 14 18 12 11 11 12 14 18 18 12 14 12:12 23:18 |. 
TIDAL Pgh aaa aa Re CHEN TERIA). Sa. eb eens SMD CT RC oo) wees 
Dayton ....-..... TAT Wg Ca eee EEE re Pa pact pet tee Ok Go eae Oy 
Desa agee she saad 712 9 912 12138 11 12 14 12 12 13:13:14 16 22 .. 
SEVENTY: Wlstetee te elnios 10 913 $1f 81211 91011122 § 910 2016.. 
‘Sreleibos AP Re Asan 45 Genoa areee Peet: te SOIR c[meecry ahd, niibale sal ue ola 
(Cech) awa seeds aes ul oie 7e Scere apie h aE Sali) wb ila ae a, PEL anes 
Tata hseaesee sage PUSLOR GAT LORe sy Shop tet ope ciowss wi) lee iowa ss sooo ob 
Emmerson ...... TRAE) emia sey epeantee oct ol tecars LORI G 
TLownby ......... IU UU) aie er AU a ee Py BS SHG of UR ae 
Gaia) eee [Aas Pe RES seed scene oo ae Is 
Ramaley ..- Hi ee lt eee sco ee beet eore te Jee A 
Kennedy ADESSO. spark) se set be enor 5S ea Ae 
Dunmers Saecee  RIUMES Iioean ooesoc fn eas sd 
Holt ....- lZetSeloniaecd) bOers cae ee ee 
Miller ....- BAO TOs ae te Ee +, iliea 
White ,...,.-...- Orel One ce Seach Aan 
Catamaran ,..... 15 13 10 12 12 5 aS ed Baal shoe 
IDRIS basso or sass UNO cia pen olny se pegisso Gal oole Be eae 
IMS e Ay eh esontier ec eee faiete sey Steet aA be gikins cc dipal ty) 


‘Saturday, July 28, proved a good day, and some good scores 
were made. Mrs. Johnston’s shooting was of a very high order. 
J. C. Thompson, Morrison, P. Hanser, Golzian and Mr. Johnston 
also did good work. : , 


Minneapolis Gun Club, 


Thursday, July 26.—The day was perfect, but failed to draw a 
large crowd. Those present made some good scores. This is 
especially true in-the case of Mrs. Johnston, Messrs, Johnston, 
French and Brown. “+ 1 

Val Blatz diamond badge: French 13, Biffton 12, Hays 13, Mrs. 
Jehieton I, Johnston 12, Ford 12, Stone 12, Terrell 13, Shorty 18, 

r. Brown 14. Mrs. Johnston won badge. - : 

Schlitz diamond badge: French 23, Biffton 24, Hays 21, Mrs. 
Johnston 21, Johnston 20, Ford 21, Brown 238, Terrell 21, Shorty 13, 
Barber 138. Bifiton won badge. 

Paegel diamond badge: French 24, Biffton 23, Hays 23, Mrs. 
oheston 22, Johnston 23, Barber 8, Brown 21, Ford 22, Terrell 23. 
french won badge. ’ 

The .shoot this aiternoon was poorly attended, although the 
weather was all that could be desired. Those that were present 
enjoyed themselves immensely, as their good scores show. The 
tournament to be held on these grounds on Aug. 3 and 4 will be a 
crackerjack, as far as attendance is concerned. Shooters from the 
entire Northwest, as well as all of the professionals, will be here. 

Club badges, 10 singles and 5 pairs: French 18, Biitton 18 Mrs. 
Johnston 16,, Johnston 18, Ford 15, Shorty 11, Barber 16, Brown 
18. Johnston won senior badge; Mrs. Johnston won junior bodge; 
Ford won amateur badge. 

Aug, 2.—lhe Minneapolis Gun Club had their weekly shoot 
Thursday. The best shooting was done by Stoakes, who won 
all the badges in his class. The St. Paul Rod and Gun Club hold 
their annual shoot to-day and to-morrow at the Intercity Shooting 
Park. The scores: | a, 

Club badge, 10 singles and 45 pairs: Hirschy 18, Stoakes 18, 
French 17, Johnston 13; Mrs. Johnston 12, Bull 19, Thompson 20, 
Stone 17, Hoffman 12, Dock 20. 

Thompson won senior badge. Stone 
-won amateur badge. ‘ 

Wal Blatz medal, 15 singles: MHirschy 11, Stoakes 14, French 10, 
Johnston 13, Mrs. Johnston 10, Bull 9, Thompson 9, Spear 6, 
Gotzian 9, Fisher 8, Bailey 6, Palmer 7, Evander 14, Henry 13, 
Hamilton 6, Tlughes 13, Ebe 13, Spratley 11, Stone 7, Demmick 6. 

Stoakes won badge. 

Schlitz badge, 25 singles: 
Johnston 19, Mrs.- Johnston 17, Bull 19, Thompson 19, Spear 15, 
-Gotzian 18, Fisher 14, Bailey 18, Palmer 18, Evander 22, Henry 20, 
Hamilton 15, Hughes 22, Ebe 23, Spratley 21, Stone 20, Bergen 19, 
Novotney 16, Hoffman 16, Beyer 19, Fish 19, Gold 19. 


Stoakes won badge. F : 

Paegel badge, 25 singles: Hirschy 22, Stoakes 25, French 19, 
Johnston 16, Mrs. Johnston 21, Bull 15, Thompson 11, Spear 18, 
Gotzian 12, Fisher 20, Bailey 18, Hofiman 22, Holt 18, Moore 20, 
Stoneman 17, Beyer 20. 

Dr. Brrr. 


Stoakes won hadge. 


Bull won junior badge. 


Hirschy 20, Stoakes 22, French 17, 


Wational Gun Club. 


MinwavXkEE, July 31.—Inclosed find the scores of the National 
Gun Club prize shoot, held at National Park, Milwaukee, on Fri- 
day, the 27th inst., there being four events of 10 live birds each. 
They were a lively lot of birds for this season of the year, and 
kept the shooters guessing as to what-was coming next. 

The first event was for the regular monthly prize shoot, and the 
three following were sweeps. 

Dr. Williamson, one of our best shots, was shooting a pump 
gun, but did not do as well as he might, owing to the fact that he 
was trying to see how quick he could shoot the second barrel. 
We made some very pretty shots, however, and did excellent work 
with the second barrel. 


First event, 10 birds: = wee 
Bush wpe. -s haeeageodenede—J O00 Ge spear eee etal 0122111112— 9 
Collins ........ ive chttI422222-—10 9 Sttith 2,22. 22eecne: 0121102010— 6 
Klapinski ...-....5 1201022112— 8 Bogart .....,..2... 2222222012 9 
HS Blake.......:.2022022222— 8 Thomas ......--...2222002222— 8 
T Shere -f2oWine =. 2010121101 7._—Ss White .......2..... 2122110222— 9 
R C Wharton......1212212202— 8 Reed -...... est 2101222201 — § 
Second event: 
Thomas «------ ~..0222222222— 9 Williamson ........ 2222220202— & 
Colnils’ <.sc-.--2- = W210 Blake ........ ss, 0009229929 7 
EE LT MENA 4 171211121210 White ...122.1 -+ 2 +1200020212— 6 
Klapinski .-.-.-... 0200021021— 5 Rice ...0.. see eeseee 0221020210— 6 
Sherer -....-..-..-.. F112001110— 7 Haskell ............0001110011— § 
Barshilys-peree anata oy90220022— 7 . «'  - ; : 
Third event: : . : 
Thomas ...-.-... o202110I— & White --...--...-_. 222110201I— & 
Sollins .,.---..-.--1110101102— 7 Haskell -.........211020T0100— 4 
Rogers .,---.. aoe O121711220— 8 Blake ..... _. 212997199110 
We ...y1-. , ----- A220100020— Ff Wilhamsoq ,.,,,, 2002220222— 7 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Fourth event: 


Thomas ....,-.+.-.201021200i— 6 White ...... oaeee1202012010— 6 
BAG eee a eel dae 2110 e eLaslcel mesures stetereroinre Llib (Hel lel 
RICe a sy ahs seats bebe 1002222122— 8 LinpLeyY CoLLins, Sec'y. 


IN NEW JERSEY. 
South Side Gun Club, 


Newark, N. J.,. Aug. 4—The contest between Messrs. Sinnock 
and Stevens for the championship of New Jersey was the main 
event, though the sweepstake and merchandise events were well 
patronized, as the scores will show. No. 4 gives the handicaps 
for Event No. 5, a merchandise one. No. 7 gives the handicap for 
No. 8, No. 9 for No. 10, tie, and No. 11, handicap for No, 12, tie. 
Sweepstake eyents, Sergeant system. The scores: 


Events: 123 4 5 6 7 8 91011 12-13 14 
Targets: 101010 * 2520 *25 *10 *1010.. 
10 10.00 02539 022 ., .. ... 10. 
Gb SS. Aes Se a e2ee ye ce) ae LOD. 
6 8 8 22419 225 110 110 9 
Het Sa at) nOecls Law Oommen ctied outa Nien oD 
So be 4* Gee Tht 2ae on Sei ce Oe atl 
iy Wath Wee ky whee ete ce SL, 
Fe ALY UE PRS ee ee ee od 
SUP Sel)! wep Deeks wend Wala x 
T 996. 4°20 22 ee ct ‘ es 
iteraicd Meee tists andeseas 2 GesO? Sagi dnp ee emer yee Poa e Ph 
aa mine ihGee caannbode Lor Coe GOS ST alsa vel y mal eaciaiisiee pl evtemes s-mehac 
Whitehead” .)....2 20sec seers De A ee ee eee 
(GiEva eae Ara Sinbaorer robes ees ay ey ALAS sale Sean ee 
IDEN Ateneo orryad. fees? oe 10 7 lwid 222. Re 
PRG eraliea yada ae ade ceonetas cise rats Soe sreunels 9 2wi7? 425 210 11010 8 
Smobnersie Besedcgugg gon 208 bots 44th 10 024 ,, 028 . tie ts 
SECVETISMh hs ca cheaa tei ae eae, as arenes 0 20 23 Feeal ate. 
Mies absiG As SHO AAG Ea eMEoobLn Fi 12216 219. OM ex 3 
IBGE Repo A ondoasonoood beng Ou 62314525 2 9 is -9. 6 
ID ranliiee ye anh en pee A ae OO BE pd oS Ga eps rate ne hey ee Us 
TRG Lh sta cli, cteleeiotes «.ais act eset : TE G225s “Spl 02s “Sc. a 
ERS lres re Rede ete cae elds alee hop paid WeBy Sep Ser 7 5 
Baefer: Sse cusa tcc heel epee yeas 40 hie nee 4, 
*Handicap. 
E C Cup. 
The E € cup contest, emblematic of the championship of New 


Jersey, between Messrs. F. E. Sinnock, holder, and H. H. Ste- 
vens, challenger, was a close, well-contested race, resulting in a 
tie on 46, which was shot off at 10 targets, Sinnock winning by 1 
target on a straight score. The weather was cool and pleasant, 
with a good light. The scores in detail follow: 


E C cup-contest, 60 targets, unknown angles: 
H H Stevens.........cccceeete sooo es LIIIIIITIAIIIIII 10011111 — 23 
A499... 10123 —46 
SBS iniockspans paste eew eters ap eas 4499111110011 11— 24 
119191910111109111011111—22 46 


Tie, 10 targets: 
Stevens 22.0222. 0... Hi011II— 9_-—«“Sinnock ........... 119111171—10 


Freehold Gun Club. 


Freehold, N. J., Aug. 3.—The most interesting thing that took 
place after the regular event was the brush that occurred be- 
tween Widman and Thomas, of the Walsrode Club, of Trenton, 
who were present as visitors. Widman challenged Thomas to a 
race at 10 birds, loser to pay for supper and other refreshments. 
The scores below show what took place: 


. First Race. Tie on 9. Third Race. 
Watsbarere? 54 seg benon Goon 1111111011—9 = 11111101018 +=. 11111011018 
Acree Aoonecre rere iio: 111010119 1111110119 1111710111—9 


Thomas won three dinners and the extra refreshments, and be- 
cause they dallied too long over the same missed three trains. 
Both enjoyed their visit and expect to pay the Freehold Club an- 
other one soon. 

Event No. 1, 30 targets, point system, with extra targets added: 


Wandevere, 1 ..... Goutal, 1101031111111111111101111011911 —27 
Thos Lah, 3 epeeshooohuopodesdud 111111100101019111110011111101011 —25 
Burtis, 1 ..... annsopssgsaceéseene 1414011104111011911111011111011. —26 
Islas Ye 3 SER SeAH do oneoat tadess 11110111110111100100011414110101 —23 
Marldoon, 4) oo. c esas wheene «+ -24901011.110911111111001110111001 —28 
Twas IDs Wea A Aachercs ) ape ee 1410301111111011011111111101111. 27 
ect lithpamato teins secite nsrets sactees 111001100001111110101000011001101 +18 
lOferareianiray BD Aa erro +» -111110001100111010000110001010100 —16 
W B Ellis, 1. « « -11110111101000111111111.00111. —24 
Widman ........ « « -Q00141111119111311101111110100 —23 
Miltowias) were este + » »L01011911101011111010111110110 —22 
eB ERE nanetcoes en trong eenonte 14.1111.011910011.031111111010110 —23 
oie, GL datbendeanccenaay <sreletpie is 11101000110010010001101101110111100—19 
Jos —28 


pb 1 TOL eel meas eratvielvnatereieveyniursrere aie 11411010114.1111110111111110191 


Staunton Gun Club. 


Staunton, Va., Aug. 3—Herewith find scores made at our reg- 
ular shoot this week. Mr. Sillings again got in some of his fine 
work and broke 50 straight. ‘The scores: 

Event No. 1, 50 targets: 


Quensen .......-. 09.100110001110001110011100110111110011111111011011—31, 

bd yee Apgoaressrac 191191111911.0111.00017111111 01001. 111011110101111011—39 
Fae Teyna bi Nees SP er 1091111110011.0111109011011111111110111111110111110—41 
Steinbuck ....... 10101110000100111162111010110111111110110010110101—32 
J_ Wayman,...... 11410010101111001111111010100101010110111111010011—33 
McDaniel ....... 111111001001111011.00111111111111110101110113111110—39 
Silesia se 1110101011000 0000911191010111.1.011.11011111 1 45, 
ISSiraCOfGs tress. es QV9V1000019 10010009. 0010000000... 01 47 


1009.1200090.00050101101111111100001.11.11.1111111111—46 
11100001111000100010101100111110011010010110111100—27 


E Wayman 
() E Smith 


IBA. wake boednod 01010790101011100100100011100101010113.001110010101—25 
Event No. 2, 50 targets: 
Wks: 5466 cer 1491991191111 10111.009.1911.1111111111—4 
J Wayman....... 1190.00019011101110100111911111110111101111011111—44 
(Ohne BAAR Seana gn ae 01.910100100000010110100010101000010000001000100010—15 
Steinbuck ....... 01119110111011110101111111111110111111010111110011—40 
Dawson --.;s0+0s 01100110000110000101111001111000100011101111010101—26 
Summerson ~-,... 14.10011111111010011111100911191111113.10110111119—41 
Sillings ..... geo = PVYVGV001100901901 19.0019... 50 
© E Smith....... 111.01111011111100101111110011101111111000110110010—35 


Merriken 20, Steinbuck 12, Worthington 11. 
F. M. Merrixen, Sec’y. 


No, 3, 25 targets: 


Bellows Falls Gun Club. 


Tue Bellows Falls Gun Club held a shoot on the club grounds, 
Drislain’s field, Thursday afternon, July 26. Below is given the 


score: 
Events: Wees oe bao Events: ERC eB ot iT a 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 op Sp Targets: 25 25 25 25 5p 5p 
AY? stale (obs Foe, viet Se are 0 poietan wae JARUISSE] ey oeitetens Sree net ee Onat 
Gibson ........ Usha Be A MIDS Seiten oe 16 13 9° 9 
Morrison ...... ». 1721 4 8 Underhill ..,... .. aon kei 
Fassett s.ccsee: 2017 -. 19 8... Shepardson /-.. J. rial Biss Be YO 3:3 


Event No. 3 was for the Flint cup. 


The windup was three eyents of miss-and-out. Below is the 


score: 

Gib SOU aces we oe sw seen re ees 65 dn PE D111 W111 1110 
SVs aoa a iepet BES Soe ee hee 10-1710 1110 
Knight ease cece mernesees sewed a beek as SEKI 55 i) 11014111111 
Underhill ..... sfatets[oWavels| sun’ edwrge se Bie 1110 _ 10 191711111110 
Us BB ee Ts ee Se ceckrrsx 110 Reacher 
ERITS Sek ey ET oc coatarstete own ary auras Nie tke 10 10 11191110 
TAGs 1) 4 yaaa Deak ahaa 10 WwW §©1110 
Mlekoutto)h, See aa ae a ee 11110 ty) 1110 


C. H. Grason, Sec’y, 


Catchpole Gun Club, 


Woexcorr. NW. Y., Aug. 1.—Sceres made to-day on our grounds 
were as follows: 


Wadsworth v...:.4::¢::ssc0sseenevenes AOL At 111—24 

UT 1110111111711 11111194 

0111111111111111111011171—98 
10101111401111011111171111—91 99 

PE ntl act iis tree »- -1000011111111111110111111—99 

1111011011001110111011111—19 

110111191111011111111111193 
0111011.111111101011111001—19—81 

<a psa a a ESN 1101011110111111111100110 19 
; —. « 14111100111111111710017111-21—~40 

Segmman oo sy eeveyseeeeyyeypypee sy 111111 01011101071 1111011120 

| FA, W,, See’y, 


WESTERN TRAPS. 


ered 
Garfield Gun Club, | 


Chicago, Aug. 4—The appended scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the fourteenth trophy shoot of 
thé season. C. P, Richards carried off the honors of the day by 
breaking 25 straight in the trophy event, winning at the same 
time Class A medal. B medal was tied for by A, Hellman and 
T. Eaton on 22, while J. D. Pollard took € on 21. ; 

The day was an unpleasant one for trapshooting, being very 
hot, and enough humidity in the atmosphere to make it very de- 
pressing. The attendance was good for a hot midsummer day. 


Sweepstakes: 


Events: 123 46 6 7 #«£2zEvents: th Cees Gialip alr 
Targets 151015 * *1015 ‘Targets: 151015 * * 10 1 
Keck 7.1... SF OR a Ta ae Se Wrattipy aces ~14 911 9 7 718 
IRMUSHISS oy ieth) Ra LUNIA! TOD Spee auGLaliam wnsan cl pehl) at rh. ue iheoees 
TNhopmioktcy am em ee ee aoe ore OIG e wpe Tb le te ere AS: 
RCGVTI Oe cate cates eae abe deed Com cam OTING oan fai tretele Dee ae eye eek 
PUIG ete saan MOTT ae tees aeesey HO kcGlie ary are OR ila Da) Baer 
Sweezy ..... Si A nd hes oe, ACLS a eee Gea ot id vesreen- ye 
Bollard eeenns LO) th ba Seu. Pally, GENS toca cer ce 
Martin ...., Wa Ne est al Dr Meek 1... .. Uf So eee ee 
Richards .... 1010 ,.. 10 aL ies ces 1 ae Se tO 
Maevbhoee a 9 812 7 6 8 9 De Clerg erlimp more tat toc 
Cooper 10 710. -- T Baton o 814 7 7 7TI8 
Hellman la’ £95 s 2a oS Or eShawes cons ee S914 4 7 8 8 
JT Wolff 9 911 6 ie RG Barmard: vorl0) seesenia mess 
F Wolff RONG a ee RS Es PL eee ae, tg 
*))oubles. , 
Fourteenth trophy shoot, 25 sitigles: 
CUD Rech ikleectcleta ste sgiable esse tanks ntl 1000001100011101111011.100—13 
RENTS ise ee ese ts Sey sitet ta dada tht renin 19019999991191101011111 -—-24 
Rives GIN Ot GOtbe ses adeneae a ce-ebctivtnce mb be -oye 44.099.01.01119119111111011 21 
Gilet ikelilra loin fated idiviging sss 0001011101100011111010000--12 
PMI Gy Mar lase,aytcetee cece er eet aud aig ee hdlandtalaluPate 1000111110101001010001111—14 
SWEREZY. eta caceden cote ee tater re reac aeie «-.4101011100110011110101110—1 
i) DyPoellardy fener. oe Ye rejaletetsabiars2 where wee -109091191111100013101111—21 
Jak VE WUE rO ede Eee Saas ee enemas acaeat 11100911.001131001103111011—1 7 
GP betGioit Gow iantctecteceg aces eater ereteret vist ctaty is 1999911191119111111114113—25 
See NYCO UT ee laloislein inte seems Soviet eee» 1A11101191109111 1110111123 
RANT Wide WGC. cto ctonesm ian cecebanitias Fated pti 1110101111010001111111010—17 
EON GOODE hess cee eet a ea tatacnpppiline 1100100001001001011010111—12 
TE Rep iat 13 Se Pee PNG > OP PON th nea net . « -114009111911111101111111—22 
NDENCleroorneeses tae nue etree . .0900011110011001110010010—11 
SIMA WSe os thai epee fk Sem epee nate « -111111101111011711110130—21 
NWA LEE rearaate tur tena sacri ick octainla ae? ...-1000110110000101007110001—11 
hy PUT AMI Let pdasee See htt erate raenee 1111111111101110100111001—19 
Be Se Gtahattivessseeteeerese ay ne EA nG 1011119191919 110311111 1—23 
Hpensely va sanimusseeraretls bee eth edhjen 0000000000000000000000110— 2 
Sitolhdns fe edo scbotecebedslebeet bec nace 6000000000000000000000000— 0) 
Saal ter, eee SSeS oDOne lh oP baer YC 111111101110019111111101—21 
HN McGowan 12)..0.5,... oe pao satiate oe 0110111010011011101000171_15 
dle Ea YOTIS, AUC ee ee ae Pista Doles 01199119911119911111100111— 22 
DE Say se tee grag bap pHO Ea be ae lerelabate 1191991111199991101111101—23 
2 e Bartiardpusse the bere Pere hema k lee 1011113011001011110111000—14 
uss 


hee tee ee ate vaeay eee ee eye -L011011001010011001901110—14 
j Dr. J. W. MEEK, Sec’y. 


Mississippi Walley Notes. 


Tue Progressive Gun Club, of East St. Louis, announces its an- 
nual midsummer tournament at its ground on the East. St. Louis- 
Belleville suburban line, Aug. 12. A good programme is arranged 
and all are invited, a, "ie? eae 

The cities of Roodhouse and Jacksonville will give a joint open 
target. tournament at the grounds of the Roodhouse Club on 
Aug. 8 and 9, Targets will be thrown from two traps and $5 and 
$2.50 will be given for first and second averages for the two days. 
The programme calls for 250 rounds each day. ' 

Fred Schiess won the Piasa Gun Club trophy at Alton in the 
open shoot Aug. 3, against a good field, Fred shot an excellent 
race and deseryed his victory, ~ 8 v 

_The Piasa Club will probably be in line with a target and live- 
_bird shoot some time in the fall. , j 
_,, An all-day shoot was given at Dupont Park, St, Louis, July 29. 
A number of the boys, viz., Mr. Burnett, Blake Collins, Ed Pren- 
dergast and Chas. Clark, had gone to the Dardienne Flats ‘‘to sink 
a few frogs,” and the attendance was therefore not as large as 
expected, but those present not only shot through the pro- 
gramme, but took in a few extras and finished with a little practice 
at Dave Ellioti’s famous live birds, And they were not all re- 
trieved within RSuaUE, ejther. The scores: 


vents 345 6 7 8 910 Shot 

Targets 10 10 15 15 20 20 15 10 15 20 at. Broke. Avy. 
Melzeree wuinnakareas 10 71314181711 8.... 115 94 ark 
Spencer ........... 1010 1414191715 81318 150 188 920 
a RaKS nt) eee» sa 101015 13 1919 14101220 150 142 946 
Dr Johnston ..-... 1010 11 191919138 8 141, 150, 8132 880) 
Sandberg ........ y eorlLOeLOREUML2 ee OD ee nie 85 59 aes 
Niioiongeteley e454 e ify eal ree ay RUD hy dels ae 25 19 BEES 
Heiligenstine ..... Slip gt ualeea ll aliaiye igh eeabl 2x 130 §=.107 -823 
Senblinnet ence come mre 10 9 141316 18 13 10 15 .. T3057" TIS 972907 
Dic iVeMey sciats vies ot etl uae Seley GAS Ty een 65 41 BoE 
Miss Esittg i... iii... heehee es eae et abl ald 60 44 
betonvagstiiek 5 SHSM ade CS AeA, is 8 10 17 45 35 


Or eee hi Mrany Sioa a: 
At anrctilake ie pr 


ON LONG ISLAND, 


Long Isfand Championship. 


Tyrersrarre Park, L. T., Aug, 2.—There was quite an active afier- 
neon at Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., to-day. The main event 
was the contest for the championship of Long Island. It was 
such a foregone conclusion that Morfey would win it that interest 
in the competition ceased after the second contest. Jn the three 
contests he scored 24 out of 25 each time. Morfey, Kemble and 
Webber were the only ones eligible of those who shot in the last 
contest. Each 5 were made a special sweepstakes, so that there 
were fiye sweepstakes in the scores in the cup event. This will 
explain the withdrawals, ete. Morfey, since he has put his new 
Francotte gun in commission, which fits him perfectly, has been 
shooting up to the highest standards and could hold his own with 
the very best professional or amateur shots of the country. His 
time is quick and his shooting with both barrels is admirably aecu- 
rate. He is quite 3yds. better than the best shooters who ordina- 


Apr pinls eecdecse S65 bo be se 
Sfalloh® Ban cee SOneh bot ees 


> rily are at the grounds. 


The birds were quite a good lot, but there was no wind and 


therefore the conditions were quite favorable for the shooters. 
The scores: , 
SAW Wtortey, e0b= ee, e 22222 22222 22292 20222 22092 94 
DOF TGSE Kemp lem osees vege 22222 Vi21* 22122 12939 9191994 
rN. Av Webber i300. cece. cheers 22222 22222 22200 22233 022%2—91 
R JN NAGE a 32 fe ye borer neha 22121 *02222 21122 11122 tw, —20 
Capt Morey, 295.) 2a shee eo 23 ene 11120 02 01220 21122 11222 
TARE a beS. 0629 te on rear? Tein ot 4s 90 20 
Events: 12. Seedtche co lf Events: D2 3 4 of 7 
Targets ie Stee a Seka n see ee Darects~ op 2D ete ey 
Morfey, 30... 14... 5 1 $3115 Banks,- 29... w10 5 6 O.:. 
Money, 29...15.. 3 6 829 4 Webber AA: 6 9 30 16 
Wels BUEAS TR Bon aan, isi Page 93 el REE 


*\Miss-and-ou 


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Robin Hood Gun Club. 


SWANTON, Vt.. July 380.—Interesting trapshooting contests are 
TOW, almost daily occurtences at the shooting grounds of the: 
Robin Heod Powder Co., Swanten, Vt. Among those who took 
part in the events there Saturday evening, the 28th inst., was 
cne of our most celebrated surgeons and Maj. Cathy, a former 


aid of Gen, Joe Wheeler. The Doctor believes that the 14-eauge is 


the best all-round shot gun; the 12:cauge is too much of a cannon, 
while the 16-gauge is too small for an all-round gun. The Doctor 
claims to be good authority on thig subject, as he begins on 
chickens and ducks early in the fall in the -West and_ shoots 
through the South during the winter and‘early spring. Though 
a persistent follower of feathered game, he is no “game hog,” as 
he is content with a small bag, and never exceéds a certain limit. 

The Major, whois quite lame from a severe wound receiver in 
Cuba, manages to keep his scores well up toward the front when 
facing the traps: — ‘ 


Events: . Ped Pat eet) Gon. 

‘Targets; 15 10 25 15 15 25 10p 
Paes SA Earn eer 2 EP PR Sp nF = 7 3 ae 12 10 20 16 
Ita oreo ones eee = 122 vse , 
Wiantheciaesdm 2 o Miaetes oake sae oti is Wer go 9 TS 10 oF ae a 
RODiInMeLoad Mel OMRECSS Som whe le eC ally Be eh 
Tickcons seminal 1 ieee me ah tse ake ai 
JW es ey Gee enbelinieteeaod Gehan vnc tan Mies dup whl ~sn ata 


120 


FOREST AND STREAm. 


_[Auc. 14, 1900. 


Leg eof 
anes —. Altoona and Vicinity. 
= 

Artoona, Pa.—There has been considerable actiyity among trap- 
shooters kereaways during the past month, despite the extreme 
hot weather. Cresson, Huntingdon and Altoona in particular 
have been holding weekly shoots, and all the clubs are more or 
less in evidence. ' 

There has been some talk of forming a league of clubs from 
Blair, Huntingdon, Bedford, Cambria and Clearfield counties, and 
it is likely that the project will be brought to a focus before the 
frost ripens the outing season. There is plenty of good material 
to draw from, atid such a combination would not only stimulate 
the several strong clubs, but strengthen the weaker organizations 
as well. There ate six or eight live clubs within a short radius. 
The object of the league would be not only trapshooting, but the 
enforcement of the game and fish laws, which ate being badly 
abused in many localities. ; 

The Saturdes, half holiday affords an opportunity for the Al- 
toona boys to try conclusions at the trap, and some lively con- 
tests can be seen at the grounds any Saturday afternoon, rain or 


shine. Following are some of the recent scores: 
eA ee ie re te A eh all) 
15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 
14 10 12 di 13 


Ge tS B00 fo CS E500 60 
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9 13 10 15 wy 1 1 ‘i 
Hetaes SEMPRE Oe tenia scab ats be’, 8 6 

Rother af 6 3 & ai) Bs Sy 7 
Feeney 2 4 7 3 4 
House 7 i 12 a 8 13 
Wharton 2°07 ene 3 
Young 3.6 5 3 6 7 
Dipner 8 14 da) 29) a8 14 
Forney 913 ugh Pk? 18 
Hanigan 6 9 TKN ey a) 10 


A most enjoyable time was had Saturday afternoon, July 28, at 
the grounds of the Cresson Gun Club, it being the occasion of a 
farewell shoot in honor of their president, Mr. Frank P. Aber- 
crombie, who has been transferred from superintendent of the 
Cresson & Clearfield division of the Pennsylvania Railroad to a 
similar position on ihe Amboy division of the same system, with 
headquarters at Camden, N. J, Dr. F. M. Christy and G. G. 
Zeth, of Altoona, and J. R. Hull, of Parker Brothers, Meriden, 
Conn., took part in the shooting. The members of the elub 
almost to a man were in evidence, and the afternoon was spent 


most pleasantly. Following are the scores. Events Nos, 3 and 
7 were doubles, and No. 4 was a walking match: 

Events: Le AS SP cL re Hie Vy 

Targets ‘ 25 wor 10, 2b) 208 to 40 
ABIDE ec oles eledershefeichapefores. CE A acaracecdepoertet ayd.5 iets 8 Ode Ne 
HeeleEree eins Bae Secretion tierra ie 4 2 in (al 
TSGIeGE Mpcer goes eee Bi 7 $n 
IMGT syonee seven meee terial es teessigeianscaterest gers esate PEE cre 34h ere 
ioe ea Meche phen ldautiee a sare pet dbesa tainted L205 b> ht Gl Gees tb 
IRiG hand Saeeeeen s e ere re ask treeoneeiere teers TM there ge et SR eet Ly 
IBECemAat ee eee ence crate eae leds Gin 3S aa) Oi 
(Chariton ace sateite 1 etl fertrninseaa te ateret CPoakee AP net akih a 43 
Gloves reir oes reece ae aiicees Rs 7 aI Glin 3 ett 
TEE cient dea te nee ae RPS eeeeee STs Aha tosysaes chon, 1ST cepa eetvee Sep Ty SRT 
OUBrich Seyeee rere se sea dssaiemenis. nesses TE We i oe SBE Mee S33 
Thompson sli Tey te Aide Ye 3 
Tatil)” poresee 2 un (9 =boat 15. 16 
(Ohi ARREARS RBAS Scar ecenirscm ye 420 ee le ee 
\WHatinks G54 HESSS U6 So <j jn gone ees Re BY 3 
(CS6i? HSS 5455 SUHORL BO LEIT Into stots « 4 4 12 12 4 
Colette eeeh eens aie Lae aortde ane se rtreniee cer el ee Been 
(Ria) BeSeads eSghatee done awdtoometeedscn Fy tae “OE hes 
Congelll acter acs Ane Lin OTE Sheu dtecodd he ot foo 

SCE” are Sea SO ag QA ehrmeterershch a1 tra nACnTe wire ct et en tery Ll) 
TARE? 158 ei rissa Qui cose eae mite ab bit , 1 


After the events had been shot out the party repaired to the 
Anderson Hotel. Mr, Abercrombie was called into the parlor, 
where Mr. Charleton, on behalf of the club, in a neat speech, pre- 
sented to him, as a parting memento, a handsome quartered oak 
gun cabinet. Mr, Abercrombie fittingly responded, after which 
all adjourned to the dining room, where mine host Wendroth 
had prepared a bounteous feast of good things, and over which 
several hours were spent in exchanging reminiscences of the trap 
and field. 

In Mr, Abercrombie we lose one of the best and most gentle- 
manly trapshooters in this section. His association with shooters 
is an influence for the refinement of the sport, and the club to 
which he belongs has a tireless worker. What is our loss, how- 
ever, is New Jersey’s gain. ’ 

Mr. J. R. Hull, of Parker Brothers, Meriden, Conn., spent 
seyeral days among Altoona shooters recently. 

The Huntingdon Gun Club has enlarged its club house, and 
now has a most convenient and pleasant place for a day’s shooting. 

Tom Keller, of the Peters Cartridge Co., was a business visitor 
several weeks ago, and was too busy to tarry long enough to meet 
the boys and have a “go” at the trap. Next time, Tom, you won’t 
get off so easily. h 

Since writing my last letter to this journal I have received a 
letter from one of the members of the Johnstown Gun Club, in 
which it is claimed that I was mistaken in my recent assertion that 
a proper feeling did not exist between that organization and the 
Altoona Club. It is to be boned. that the gentleman is correct, as 
nothing would be more gratifying than a resumption of the old- 
time shooting relations between these clubs. 

The Cresson Gun Club has recently built a very neat and con- 
venient club house. Heretofore they were at the mercy of the ele- 
ments during shoots. Now they are right up to date. 

Anent the forming of a league and the revival of friendly con- 
tests between clubs, it might be well to venture the assertion 
that this cannot be successfully accomplished until the money- 
making greed has been eliminated from shoots. I have talked to 
a number of members of various clubs, and find that about all 
the old “sores” date back to some time when the sport was lost 
sight of and the winning of money (no matter how accomplished) 
was the only object. Manufacturers’ agents and professionals 
haye never done half the harm to our local shoots that our own 
80 to 90 per cent. men do. We are now encouraging shooting for 
targets, and, when sweeps are gotten up, a very small entrance. 
I recently attended a shoot where some twenty-five shooters, from 
40 to 90 per cent. men, shot throughout the programme, not one 
dropping out, The entrance was so small that even the man of 
moderate means could stay and take chances of getting a place 
occasionally, the better shots got sufficient return for their small 
investment, all had a pleasant time, and the club got a snug sum 
from targets. ‘There would be some encouragement for matiu- 
facturers’ agents to attend such shoots. We cannot expect them 
to pay big expenses and shoot for targets when the local sharks 
are driving away the very class of shooters they want to meet. 
Take, for example, the Altoona Rod and Gun Club’s Wopson- 
enock shoot last year. A fine atray of cracks stayed throughout 
the programme for targets only; but the amateurs were not there, 


and while they helped the club out from a financial standpoint they ~ 


could not get the return that they were entitled to. 

Of course this theory is not a new one; it has been advanced 
inany times, and it surely deserves more thought than has been 
given it by those who make up programmes. 

Previous to the changes made in the State game laws some years 
ago the writer, who represented the State Sportsmen’s Associa- 
tion in this county, championed the cause of open season for wood- 
cock hunting during the month of July. Our legislators from this 
district supported the measure in that form, The majority of the 
counties were of the same opinion, and it became a law. Recent 
observations have convinced many of us that the law is not a 
wise one. Bags of this king of game birds have been brought in 
that contained more than half their number of birds not much 
more than one-third grown. Only a few days ago I saw a bag of 
six that had scarcely been able to fy. There is little or no skill re- 
quired to kill them, and it is to be wondered that men who call 
themselves sportsmen would do so. 

There have been a fair number of birds hereaways this summer, 


and, let alone till October, there would be fine sport. It is to be 


hoped that the matter will be taken up again by the association 
and the next Legislature, which convenes early in the new year 
‘induced to make the entire summer a close season. : 
The trout season, recently closed, showed quite an improvement 
over recent years. The medsures taken to prevent the ollution of 
streams haye been effective. Some members of the Altoona Rod 
and Gun Club plantd a large number of fry last spring and the 
prospects for good fishing a few yea¥s hence are very bright. 
Referring to the trout season calls to mind a little incident that 


appeals to those of us who see the funny side of life, and I have 
thought it worth telling to the readers of these items: 

Two prominent members of the Altoona Rod and Gun Club, 
known among their associates as Billie and Willie, all togged up in 
sportsmen’s attire, and laden with the wants of the nimrod, one 
day went a-fishing, Their objective point was a stream, the better 
fishing ground of which ran through some inclosed, advertised 
land. So they first proceeded to square themselves with the owner. 
Tn this undertaking they were quite successful. The big-hearted 
farmer not only granted them the desired privilege, but invited 
them to share the comforts of his mountain home; and that night 
they, wrapped in the downy comforts of his “‘spare’”’ bed, dreamed 
pleasant dreams. Scarcely had the first streaks of the next dawn 
begun to peep through the treetops when they were called to 
breakfast, and at an early hour they were ready to start for the 
stream, only a few rods distant. Now, Billie is an all-around sport, 
in the true sense of the term, At the traps he is a top-notcher, in 
the field a sure shot, either with rifie or scatter gun, and knows the 
woods and streams like a book. He took occasion, before getting 
down to business this morning, to give Willie some points in 
fly-casting. He rigged up his tackle and began to illustrate just 
what he had been explaining, when all of a sudden he felt such 
a jerk that might have chased the heart of any angler up into his 
throat, It did more than this with Billie. He had been somewhat 
wild in a cast and had hooked a full-grown sheep that had not yet 
been divested of its winter coat. At this moment a race began 
that would have put to tears the most sober minded. Great visions 
of New York sporting goods houses appeared before him. There, 
suspended between him and his sheepship, was the finest rig they 
could produce, Willie was rolling on the sod in a ft of laughter. 
Farmer Reed came out of the barn just in time to see the start, 
and in a furious rage hallooed to him to stop chasing that sheep, 
In allowing them to fish on his lands he had not supposed that 
they would be mischieyous enough to pester his stock, A moment 
later the real situation dawned upon him and he hastened to the 
house to summon the family to see the fun. All the time Billie was 
doing his best at second place in the race. The sheep had led the 
way in several circles around the barn and Billie had by this time 
given him so much line that 1t would have been difficult to a new 
spectator to tell which was the pursuer and which the pursued. 
Presently Mr. Sheep concluded to try new tactics and started for 
the woods. The fences they had to cross and the water that Billie 
struck before he knew he had come to it took all the line he had, 
and as he fished himself out of that sparkling trout stream the 
much-abused sheep climbed a friendly hill on the other side. 


Pigeon Shooting at Ostend. 


Tre following is taken from the Paris edition of the Herald: 

Ostend, Monday.—The most valuable single pigeon shooting 
prize ever shot for was concluded yesterday at the Tir Wellington, 
Ostend. For the six preliminary events and final no less than 
100,000 frances had been given by the Kursaal Club. 

Shocting began on Momday, the 16th imst., and 185 shots took 
patt on the opening day, the stakes being divided between Messrs, 
C. Robinson, E. C. Oakley and Sir R. Musgrave. 

For the finals yesterday there were ninety entries, all the best 
shots of Europe competing, Perhaps the only absentee of note was 
Count V. Voss. With this exception all the famous pigeon shots 
who are to be found at Monte Carlo every winter were present. 
The following names chosen from the list will suffice to show the 
importance of the meeting: 

Messrs. Vernon, Barker, Roberts, Sir R. Musgrave, Hodgson 
Roberts, Dudley Ward, J. Curling, the Hon. Fitzroy Erskine, B, C. 
Oakley, Lord Portarlington, Lord Savile, French Brewster, Hor- 
ton, T. R, Ker, Powell-Cotton, F. M. Cobb, A. Meakin, S. P. 
Watkins, were among those who represented England, Mr. 


Crittenden Robinson and Capt. Emmerson represented the United . 


States and Mr. Mackintosh, Australia. Signori Riva, Crespi, 
Mainetto Ghido, Galetti, Comte Gajoli, Grasseli, _ Fadini, 
Pederzoli, Comte Radini, Marconini, TFabbricotti, Guidicini 
and Puccinelli represented Italy. Germany was represented 
by Count Dankelmann, Herren Hans Marsch, Von Mau- 
beuge and Yon Pape; France by MM. Journu, Faure, Baron 
Gourgaud, Gervais, Maxton; Spain by the Marquis De Villa- 
viciosa, All the crack Belgian shots were present, of course, at 
their head MM. L. De Lunden, Chevalier D’Ydevalle, Paul Lun- 
den, Baron De Coppin, Count J, De Lannoy and Baron De 
Molemhbaix. : 

Sheoting began at 1 o’clock and a fashionable and represencative 
gathering soon filled eyery available chair of the admirably sit- 
uated tir, which may be said to be the most perfect pigeon shoot- 
ing building in_existence, so much so that the authorities of the 
Gun Club in England have asked for plans, ete, to copy the 
building and its installations. 

At the end of the 16th round only seyen shots remained on the 
list, these being Mr. Robert, 2674 meters; M. Faure, 25 meters; 
the Chevalier D’Ydevalle, 2446 meters; Count Dankelmann, 261% 
metrs; Baron De Coppin, 22 meters, and M. Maxton, 22 meters. 
It will be seen from this list that all the chief nations stood an 
even chance of winning the eyent. The betting was most brisk, 
M. Journu and the Hon. Fitzroy Erskine being among the heay- 
iest layers of odds. 
each time that Mr. Roberts grassed his bird, and the tumult was 
Ereat whenever the crack English shot returned up the steps with 

is gun, 

From the outset he, along with Messrs. Robinson, Mackintosh 
and Count Dankelmann, was made a favorite. The Californian 
and the Australian cracks dropped out, Mr. Mackintosh being 
furthest back on the 2944 meters mark. There can, however, be 
no doubt but that Count Dankelmann—who is a mighty hunter, 
like M, L. De Lunden—and Mr. Roberts were shooting best. 
Goth seldom used their second barrel and mostly shot their birds 
stone dead. A clinking bluerock brought about the first-named’s 
downfall, and at the 28d round only Mr. Roberts and M. Maxton, 
who hails from Calais, were left in. They agreed to divide the 
stakes, and on shooting off in the 24th round M. Maxton missed 
and Mr. Robert was left the winner om the verge of 7 o’clock. 

There was great enthusiasm, and Mr. Harry Roberts was carried 
shoulder high, receiving congratulations from all sides and the 
gold meda!. This great success was by no means needed to es- 
tablish his fame. He is as well known at the traps as his name- 
sake at the billiard table, and is the type of an English sportsman. 


Woonsocket Gun Club, 


Woonsocket, R. I., July 30.—The local club held an open shoot 
Saturday, July 28, in which members and visitors from Providence 
and Pascoag joined: 


Events: ge be Pe i liv Fyfe teh et) 
‘Targets: 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 
Angles JOP ACI UL OS er Aus U 
Roots CECE Rey coageat onus egen tid ses 18) 19) Ti 15) 14 18 11 94 
Spi tithy Oe Gene oe pone hod eee 13 12 11 19 12 17 12 18 
RWW PATETOL Mic crates pethheion stuns 12 16 14 15 18 14 
WU Teri RRR =e Riate eee eerie 12 16 13 16 d1 16 10 17 
pai ol ate: Leas 8 a eee, ey ae a 18 18 14 19 14 17 14 19 
Buidtorgre £08 cece cared eaese tier rein Se oe i) al ds wl eases 
» SE GWell Ke sees. Oe teaen epee baed 10 10 9 10 6 18 8 6 
WT eT Re heyy at I le oe sey abt. abhi 
DER S Um Le ee ee ened present eae 10 11 18 12 10 16 d4 14 
MES eee wephASIE RASS 14 18 15 17 12 16 12 17 
W © Darling... tis Ua TEE eG OF 
Memehratte Mae ery i. ORSON ees cS. ¢ ap he me wil: 
AAT Olde ee aes TS AG Bidcnadet te & tt 16 9 10 8 7 10 12 
IEV RET ese ee eee Cee mares 52 2 Sc ga noble mtbr att Ree tole 
Batehtother Se0io cdaddeddd ease vie cre Seo et taaid 
HARE ariio ees, ton LAB NE 8 10 14 13 9 
Pode Reset Aer rere ee EE i) 


anne Kent, “Sec’y, 4 
Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Club. 


FircHsurc, Mass., July 30.—Our regular shoot was held. this 
afternoon, and some very good shooting was done, Rob showing 
up in good shape. If he keeps up this gait he will make the 
older shooters hiistle, 

Our first match shoot with Gardner, Leominster and Fitchburg 
will take place in Gardner on Wednesday, Aug. 8, in the afternoon. 


Events: 123 45 6 7-8 91011-1913 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 25 10 15 10 10 25 
Gon crsea eter een ini 77676 612060 7 8 
Wultleres) shite eieeatcr ts 10 5 9 610 61017 71010 319 
Guitletn: UV eeyerdeiecs elise obeclee ole 1010 8 814 23101410 8 15 
RODS Ci cccddestobtacsieeerenter tele Sat sore uke SGN ee todas. 2 
LOA Ng RO ARB Hace? Guacd mhaMOd Caeiae ieeamns Hell at er een nea 
Wovevan ll losses cedar eerie scars! oe age Hite tb a a uneag en ~ 
hand | ARB ERA KE ARE ee CO ACee th sy) TA a kaos Be Age IO Ae es 
LULL A RAR EE Rd 43 5 oan oeher eel ees 4 65 914 712 8. 
WATE Cll) w eee eee pen ete ye 51219 8 6 8. 
nS fe SARA AS ORS EMER MEBs AiR pt titty ATE) Oe 14°28. 8 .. 22. 
PAV EYISLS oeleipy miele sinrenalsie an site : weoreknn ac) MOTUS: “ 
T. O. Comverse, Sec’y 


The latter stood up and yelled with delight - 


Boston Shooting Association. 


Boston, Mass., Aug. 1.—The all-day shoot of the Boston Shoot. 
ing Association at Wellington to-day was a grand success in point 
of numbers. Eighty shooters were present, and a majority of them 
shot in the events which were open to them. It was the largest 
attendance at a shoot in Massachusetss for more than ten years. 
Unfortunately, we were not prepared to handle such a crowd to 
the best advantage and had but one set of five traps ready. It 
took nearly an hour to fix the handicaps and shooting on the reg- 
ular programme did not begin until 11 o’clock, After that time 
more than 6,009 targets were thrown. 

We had to plead guilty to the charge that we did not have traps 
enotigh and threw ourselves on the mercy of the shooters. With 
one or iwo exceptions they appreciated our predicament, took it 
in good part, accepted our apologies for the day and our promise 
not to be caught napping a second time. “ 

Delegations of shooters were present from New Hampshire, 
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, all sections of Massachu- 
setts, and manuiacturers’ agents hailing from various other States, 

Events 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 were open events, with a distance handi- 
cap. Paid agents stood at 20yds., expert amateurs at 18 and ama- 
teurs of 80 per cent. and below at 16. 

‘Events 2, 4, 6 and 8 were open only to amateurs whose shooting 
average was 80 per cent, and below, all standing at l6yds. Event 2 
was also shot by the paid agents and expert amateurs as an extra, 

It was a bright, sunny day. A brisk wind blew directly across 
the traps, causing the left-hand targets to climb suddenly into the 
air and the right-hand targets to drop and duck, so that machine 
shooting was out of order and individual judgment on each target 
was required. ‘These conditions account for the comparatively low 
averages. 


The programme called for fourteen events. The last five could 


*not be shot on account of the difficulties above mentioned. 


Leroy was high among the paid agents, Herbert among the ex- 
pert amateurs and P. H., Sawin and George carried away the 
honors among the amateurs. 

Below are the scores and also the averages of all who shot in 
four or more events, the shooters being giyen the benefit of frac- 
tions in per cent, 


Everits 1, 2 and 7, known angles, Events 3, 4 and 9, unknown 


‘angles. Events 5 and 6, reversed angles, The scores: 
Events: ge a eee Tie pf Hie 
Targets: 1515.20 201515151515 Av. 
CGiHith MRS eS aire oe sleclemeaiciais sletees AOA Oe sas os 720 
Tenders Le We ree eee saen ele renee ATL er eee «160 
PLERH ental Sy stares Sats aoe t eee ssa an 1315176 ., 12... 14.. 14 890 
IE O Veen vy yest ne ene es ee aemaes U2tel iene tl ade pei 2830 
IBV eg ee Loe es aoecsta soe capel, Rp Th Setees eglengateee gu La Gt ahr uke ibe Fee -740 
(Refch esl 8 ee ee oe] le Soe 7” sae here -670 
PIR EL WieseL Re eatancsnttstitsimeaeta pore nares AGRI Sea ye AE BE A v0 
Rilo Shs Bees Ree eae eee (EPSP ees See pee a roe, «700 
Aveta Sh erates Doses Corie msc sey eye Ab Ue, eee Te i 
Boldt hes ae ee era SALE E> syn cg ay By Wee 
Martin, 18 IB he eS) ep Se NT AEA ne +650 
Starke a6) snsa02 Se P il a Sete Ar aes 600 
Nardini, 16 - B11 1414 9101292 8 71720 
Mason, 16 Lao ates) ae ey, 660 
Haskell, 16 8 812215 6 7 91210 600 
George 16) SRE eee eee yes IAUI718 TIIWI2Z1b 820 
TV RL GS eee nee nei nero pee 9141612 .. 11 10 10 12 740 
EBOTdce pall OW sacl aaaaee ler saetectariraiee asi Gini) mee pe oe 4. ane 
eonardy lor ste sernerueeeaqeneet ere eT ee ; Hh 
Manse 6 ens wes oe hea a (tere re aes oe rans oie 
HATRED A (1G Miccat wmcrttes a sree tora See ech rea 3 aioe 
TESTA, Woe plein eect eceddeae: pr aBh eh Gh re a oe $3 650 
Marlin, 16 PPD BB ewes Perey He .650 
Bartlett, 16>... pee tt het Le a Aa ia Soo 
Stacy, 16 .... Aere MaRS Ree tay fh) 
eLig: wl Oo tetra tren seri Eeee seree + 14 81278:. 8... 6. 610 
veh esate aii Sori Srp paren SS ass ye CSS Tee -610 
10a) 5 ee Cine bewe eee ete sap eneee sO) IZ ITIGWI1T16513 ~=—. 830 
TDitcewi rae Roper OEA Fe Vi Megan ec one 470 
Glarks MIGe SPS eee eee cerry eee IRI MIRE OR “ 650 
BUSr DCs | [hte eget cette ies See Widilid.., AA ag 130 
FC aI soenaberaceer re rerriy Sylow A OSS de OOO ee 680 
Doten, 16 6 ae WS Pao) A hos 480 
r Rae be Re a cise 
att Dssiat aR TB | Be be | - 640 
LO, OG ALOP Se at Ok ee 560 
Sr emmy ae Vet? Bet 28 040 
Bais plete 2A eis PY BS Po B00 
dar tocereacS -coeheas bA0 
J altareakye rp akh Hy oe 2650 
tet te ee dae re ee OS <2 
amb teat Gy oe oe A a -450 
phiegccerey tess a et ae! x 
Rr Tee ae CREEPER PRR LAC HER ELA ELT 19 13141610 138131413 ‘sa 
Wood, 16 ........ aaa a ree yy Ae ey? ieer ste eb Db a ee 550 
Worthing .slGe pres hiecnnbeety teed bee SR SC ee eo 640. 
ANTSOTs IR. bbbts et hee ttt et EMG Rig sak AS Ea RG) 
VYozier, 16 .... Goslli nr ee ppnow aie bea jase 
Bowen, 16 .. +p Sete la es 1G. (Borate 630 
Rowen TOR cine Se es ee He WANs By aes ests 
OdelkicleGlts teu. cee ete ckeeeoeeeneaet ae ae wieder ss are 
airy aT Soayeee Set sot seeceBenEeoes. B6 TVG ee ae Ee ea 
feypiwre ce JOT ae ase ee eeem eee eee eres oe $11 10 .. = rH 
CX plies he poe ene cece peer ee lt Cee w Se gta? 
Lincoln, 10) -. 0.2.0.4. mcm tae vic toe Os 117, Ae Seweie: “yt: 
IREGHEY, phe ia 2 woes ee ceieeer. be. GoBrlL). « EG ve athe. «460 
Lyman Beet APE, Poet cu ch, 1. TADS Boe, «480 
Tarte, 169 pn ae apie rat . Dahman. oped estan has 
sires 1G Se een aes es 13 12141011121210 °#.730 
FRGWiey WLOUn sees eiere sate DL ser anes 610 
Crompton, 16 ....... Diet Qe ap oer en aoe e 390 
Grabtree, 26> Accesses OPS Ske. LO el se -610 
MickyplGeeenerroe ey Oe alot Sse, sees «590! 
Burton, 16 ..,... Se ares 4108) beh bet «390 
GalkeimGeec..es se Se aes ee eae ee li ap ditt) 
Rylan av6r ee ee ee sotetre hh nt 25, ert SHOTS al erweate ot B20 
PShatriy LS; mens ieee qeun acter reat ars FONTS. tia ae Saas 
Teland 16 er cetera rece eee eee ener tied ade a3) Serare 


Sherbrooke’s Coming Tournament. 


THE Sherbrooke (Canada) Gun Club is getting ready for its 
annual shoot, which this year is to be held on Thursday, Sept. 6. 

As has been editorially remarked in these columns, "they give 
good shoots at Sherbrooke,” and the coming one is to be no ex- 
ception to the rule.4 They haye given eight or ten during the past 
few years, and all have been successes, i 

A new application of the Rose system is to be used. Instead 
of haying a fixed ratio for all eyents the divisions will be varied, 
Thus, the “hot uns” view with pleasure lb-target events with 
only two moneys, while those who prefer even a little piece of the 
pot will find lots of eyents with five and six moneys, : 

It is always Rose system at Sherbrooke, and the ratios are 
fixed? 2, 14.8) 2,-14 5, 3, 2; 15.8) 5, 3,2; 13.98, 8 5,08; 2, 1. “You can 
shoot for big money, or small money; or you can shoot for fun. 

The clib’s new magatitrap, installed this season, will be used 
for the regular events, and for the usual merchandise side show 
the old traps will be set up. 

The grounds you haye heard of before. 
perfect. fe 0, J ; 

Thursday, Sept. 6, is in Exhibition Week, and the railways pive 
such low rates from all points in the Northern States that no one 
need count the cost of his ticket among his expenses. From many 
points it is less than a cent a mile, 3 r 

If two cr three days can be spared for the trip, visitors will 
be well repaid for their time in visiting the exhibition. The at- 
tractions, day and evening, are excellent. 2 

Programmes of the shoot will be ready shortly. 

r Jos, G. Wartom 


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A CONTRAST. 


TAKE the case of the angler who chafes under the re- 
straints of his work until he can get away, who has his day 
or week of fishing, and then returns and takes up the 
grind again. Suppose he had a month or six weeks of 
it, would he find the same zest in casting his’ flies in 
the last week as in the first? This much at least may be 
said, that as fishing and shooting are occupations so com- 
plex and with elements so diverse, the satisfaction of them 
is likely to endure for a longer time than of any other 
branch of sport. Age cannot wither nor custom stale their 
infinite variety. 

If we would appreciate how sane and rational are the 
sportsman’s pursuits of rod and gun, we must contrast 
them_ with the common amusements affected by great 
masses of mankind. Consider as an example ready at 
hand the diversions so popular at the Bowery end of 
Coney Island—one of the playgrounds of Greater New 
York. Here is a vast congeries of cheap hotels, bathing 
establishments, iron piers, drinking saloons, clam chowder 
“joints,” dancing pavilions, merry-go-rounds, roller 
coasters, chutes, aerial railways, restaurants, gambling 
dens, Ferris wheels, palmists’ “parlors,” fortune tellers’ 
tents, female beauty shows, more gambling dens, variety 
entertainments, song and dance halls, pornographic penny 
peep shows, open air games of chance, peanut, popcorn and 
candy stands, penny-in-the-slot weighing machines, wild- 
man-from-the-Philippines fakes, exhibitions of micro- 
cephalous idiots, Japanese jugglers, Egyptian dancing girls, 
Wild West shows, Frankfurter sausage grills, trained ani- 

_ mals, racks of cat effigies for target ball throwing, rifle 
shooting galleries, lung testers, astrologists’ booths, lifting 
machines, lecture platforms, sledge-hammer muscle tests, 
ring pitching banks, Punch and Judy shows, clam and 
lobster counters, pretzel peddlers, electric light photograph 
galleries, freak shows, flying horses and catch-penny de- 
vices without number. The air is rent with the cries of 
huckster-voiced “barkers,” the strident shrieks of the 
calliopes, the rattle and bang and roar of the roller 
coasters, the ear-piercing whistle of the peanut ovens, the 
crash of hammers, crack of rifles, thump of target balls, 
discord of brass bands, falsetto of black songsters, beating 
of drums, and the confused din and hurly-burly and up- 
roar of rival stand keepets bawling to the multitude. And 
it is a multitude indeed. Tens of thousands of people 
visit Coney Island on a week day and a hundred thousand 
on a Sunday, to plunge into the vortex, emerge and go 
home fully persuaded that they have had a good time. 

But what would be the effect of subjecting a Coney 
Island holiday maker to a continuous term of a fortnight’s 
participation in the seaside diversions which for an hour 
or an afternoon he appears so thoroughly to delight in? 
Compel him for two weeks to ride on the roller coasters, 
throw the target balls at the cats, imbibe schooners of 
froth, shoot the chutes, ride on the merry-go-rounds, listen 
to the vacuities of the vaudevilles, Gaze at the muscle 
dancers, spin around on the aerial railways, weigh himself 
on the slot machines, contemplate the wild Philippino de- 
youring his chunk of raw meat, study the idiot in its cage, 
test his lungs, have his fortune told, the lines of his hand 
read, his horoscope calculated, pound with the sledge ham- 
mers, have his picture taken by electric light, peep at the 
pornographic photographs, lunch on the Frankfurter 
Satisages, hear the falsetto singers, ride on the flying 
horses, attend the beattty shows and the Wild Wests and 
the Japanese juggling performances and the snake 
charmers and the- monster the only one of its kind ever 
caught alive—let him do all these things every day, or do 
any one of them all day, for two weeks, what would he 
think of it at the end of the term? It is reasonable to 
conclude that if he came out of the experience with 
faculties so far preserved as to make a coherent state- 
ment, he would declare that as for him he had had enough 


eee. 


NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1900. 


Copyricut, 1900, sy ForesT*aNp STREAM PuBLIsHING Co, 


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of the Coney Island recreation to last him a lifetime, even 
to the one hundred and nineteen years of the late John 


Gomez. . 

When one contemplate the pleasure making of the 
multitude at the shore, hoW sane and sensible in contrast 
are the sports of forest and stream. 


W. P. GREENOUGH. 


WE regret to announce the death on Aug. 3 of W. 
P. Greenough, Esq., Seigneur of Perthuis, Quebec. The 
end came at his fishing chateau on Lac Clair in the midst 
of the virgin forest where he most loved to live. 

Mr. Greenough was a frequent contributor to Forest 
AND STREAM. He wrote as G. de Montauban, having 
taken the name of one of his beautiful lakes, Lac 
Montauban. . 

On the death of his father about fifteen years ago, Mr. 
Greenough retired from business in Boston and under- 
took the care of the estate in Canada. This seigneurial 
estate consists of over one hundred square miles of 
spruce forest. It is a sporting paradise. The numerous 
lakes and rivers are the home ‘of the trout, and caribou 
roam at will over the undisturbed forest. The hospitality 
of the fishing camp at Lae Clair will not soon be for- 
gotten by many people in both the United States and 
Canada. The camp laws were: 

Les caprices des femmes. 

The game laws. 

The Ten Commandments. 

Mr. Greenough was a rare raconteur and an ardent 
lover of local traditions, history and folk lore.. He would 
drive a day’s journey for a good story. To preserve the 
tone and style of some very old French-Canadian stories 
he had them successfully recorded on the graphaphone. 
He was a great admirer of French-Canadian life and 
character. The beauties of life in the Province of Quebec 
are well told in his books, “Canadian Folk Life and Folk 
Lore.” 

Mr. Greenough will be missed by the friends of sport, 
game preservation and forestry, and by many people in all 
conditions of life to whom he has shown kindness and 
hospitality. 

“?Tis winter; thicker on the lakes 
Their frozen fetters grow; 
The myriad life that summer wakes 
Is buried deep in snow: 
Still come, let’s go, 
‘Le bois est toujours beau.’ ” 


THE TORCH AT LEECH LAKE. 


THE recent excursion of delegates from the Milwauleee 
meeting of the Federation of Women’s Clubs into the 
proposed National Park region of northern Minnesota 
resulted in the discovery of what appears to be a diabolical 
plot on the part of the lumbermen to get control of the 
territory by ravaging it with fire and thus acquiring it 
under the provisions of the iniquitous “dead and down 
timber” law. The facts are given in a letter written by 
Mrs. Lydia P. Williams, President of the Minnesota 
Federation of Women’s Clubs, to Mr. Charles Cristadoro. 

Landing at a point on Leech Lake to walk across and 
meet the steamer on the other side, Mrs, Williams and 
companions made discovery of a kerosene torch which had 
been used very recently to burn a fine group of pines. The 
following day another torch was found; and Mrs. 
Williams writes, “When I commented on the startling 
discovery of this criminal act to a resident standing by 
when we landed at Walker, the reply was, ‘Oh, yes, your 
find is not a rare one. The lumbermen intend to have the 
pine on this reservation if they fire the forests to get 
it, and then they'll give you women the land for a park, ” 
. This indicates the nature of the opposition to the estab- 
lishment of the park. Those who are fighting the proj- 
ect are a few lumbermen who want to get the lumber, and 
leagued with them the gin mifl and brothel keepers and 
gamblers who prey on the lumber-jacks and the river 
drivers. It is the few against the many. The interest of 
private greed against that of the people at large. 

Mrs. Williams gives as the verdict of the visiting dele- 
gates from the Federation of Women’s Clubs—and they 
represent a membership of 200,000 in the various States— 
a resolution that “The pine growths of these reservations 
should be preserved as a proper setting and outline for 
the magwificent lakes they border, an object lesson in 
forestry and a National Park.” . awe” 


| VOL. LV.—No, 7- 
No. 846 Broapway, New Yorr 


Of a contest between incendiaries of the woods on the 
one side and an organization of 200,000 women on the 
other side, the event should not be in doubt. 

The Minnesota National Park will be achieved if only 
the public shall be educated to an understanding of what 
it means for the generations of to-day and to-morrow, 


SNAP SHOTS. 


That Maine man who, as Special tells us, would have 
the game laws repealed and the sportsmen kept out of 
Maine as immoral persons, must have been unfortunate 
in his opportunities of observation or else have viewed 
the man of rod and gun asquint. There are, it is true, 
numerous persons who go down to Maine under pretense 
of fishing or shooting, for the main purpose of having a 
spree; indulge in a prolonged drunk themselves and cor- 
rupt natives with whom they come in contact. Such men 
may call themselves sportsmen and may be regarded as 
sportsmen by the people among whom they go. But no 
intelligent citizen of Maine, we trust, would think of 
accepting such persons as typical of the sportsman’s class 
or in any fair sense representative of it. There are black 
sheep in every flock; but the hundreds and thousands of 
visitors from other States who have been resorting to 
Maine for the last quarter-century for fishing and shoot- 
ing have not been of a character to give ground for just 
imputation upon their respectability or morality. 


The time has gone by when slurs on the expeditions 
of sportsmen could find reason in wilderness sprees. 
There was a period when it was a common custom to go 
into the woods under pretense of fishing, but with the 
real purpose of a debauch, and when the bottle and demi- 
john and keg were the chief factors of the luggage. 
There are such expeditions to-day. But reckoning the 
grand total of outings, the sprees are a negligible part of 
them. The average camper of to-day conducts himself 
in this regard in the woods just as he does at home. 


Dr. J. S. Palmer, Assistant Chief of the Biological Sur- 
vey, is engaged in an investigation of the merits of.the 
Belgian hare as an addition to our American catalogue 
of domesticated animals, and perhaps of wild animals, if 
it shall breed in a wild state. The hare-breeding industry 
was started in California less than two years ago by the 
importation of stock from Europe; it struck the popu- 
lar fancy and has been developed at a marvelous rate, 
The promoters of the industry claimed that the hare 
would be a valuable product for food and for its fur, from 
which is made the felt of felt hats. But so popular has 
the fancy proved that the breeding animals have com- 


~manded high prices for stock purposes, and to-day the 


hare ranks in price with the favored breeds of dogs and 
choice strains of poultry. The fad is spreading, 


Dr. Palmer’s investigation has for one of its purposes a 
determination of whether the Belgian hare, if it were to 
escape from captivity and breed in a wild state. would 
prove a menace to agricultural interests, as the wild rab- 
bit has done in Australia and New Zealand. One con- 
sideration in the problem, and a most important one, is 
the fact that the Belgian hare has a value for meat and 
skin; and no creature which thus invites pursuit is likely 
to prove a nuisance. If the hare shall ever become wild 
in this country breechloader and factory-loaded ammuni- 
tion may be depended upon to keep it within bounds. 


Some of the Long [sland coast salt-water fishermen who 
discovered a new pocket. of bass and fluke and porgies 
the other day had famous fishing until the market fisher- 
men observed them, and in their smacks descended upon 
the hole and cleaned it out. The ruin of the spot as a 
resort for pleasure fishermen has greatly incensed the 
local boatmen and others, who have seen not only the 
fishing destroyed but their own profitable occupation 
gone as well; and they have been discussing the prac- 
ticability of forbidding market fishing. As a considera- 
tion of dollars and cents, the pleasure fishing by amateurs. 
who pay generously for board and boats and bait and 
often give the bulk of their bass away. is worth vastly 
more to the residents than any commercial fishery could 
ever be. If there were a practicable way to confine fishing 
to fishing for sport, these people would do so purely for 
business reasons. It is the fishing which pays them best, 


122 at 
Che Sportsman Courist, 


Canoeing in South America. 


Or all the adventures encountered during a year and 
four months traversing the second largest of the earth's 
rivers, the Parana and its tributaries, the most thrilling, 
and those that will leave on my mind the most vivid im- 
pressions, were experienced on the River Cuyaba, some 
2,000 miles north of Buenos Ayers, after having paddled 
our canoe from March 12 to Aug. 7. The settlements 
that might in any sense be termed civilized were few 
and far between—in fact, except it was here amd there 
a steamboat wooding station, only Indian villages were the 
habitations for hundreds of miles in any direction. This 
was a season of inundations, the banks of the rivers we 
had traversed in many places being several feet under 
water. Having to depend upon our rifles to provide our 
meat, often it would be several days hefore we could find 
dry land enough upon which we could do any hunting or 
light a fire to cook a meal, By the time we had reached a 
point some fifty miles above the Rio San Lorenzo, we had 
come to a country where we considered it might be mace 
profitable for us to stop a few months. Our ammunition 
and stores had run low, and to stock up anew for the 
period we had decided to remain in that vicinity, a trip 
must be made to Cuyaba, some 300 miles north, | 

Leaving my companion, | took passage on a passing 
“charta,” or flat boat, pushed by long poles in the hatds 
of Indians and half-breeds. It was my intention to re- 
turn in about fifteen or twenty days to our camp, but | 
was destined to be delayed on account of not receiving a 
telegram from New York via Rio Janeiro, the telegraph 
line from Cuyaba te Rio being interrupted for many 
days, Instead of twenty days, it was nearly forty before 
I landed agai on the*bank of the river near where we 
had pitched our tent. 

It was a little past midnight when my effects were all 
on shore, Our camp had been located some distance 
from the bank of the river, se I did not think it strange 
that my companion was not at hand to*meet me; besides, 
he was a very sound sleeper. It took some time to make a 
blaze of the damp wood to light up the surroundings, by 
which time the launch was well down the river and nearly 
out of sight from my position. At this moment a thought 


dawned upon me ta go down to the cave around the _ 


bend and see 1f my canoe was moored in its usual place, 
Grasping a brand from the fire, I started, swinging it 
around my head to keep it ablaze, to light my way. One 
can well imagine my.surprise to find no canoe, and about 


the landing no tracks of recent making were visible. Could - 


it be that I was alone upon that wilderness spot, a 


veritable jungle, with no habitation except here and there - 


an Indian camp for hundreds of miles? 

The Indians of the section at this time had been at 
war among their neighboring tribes two or three years 
before colonized by the State of Matto Grosso, and an 
attempt had been made to make soldiers of them. Their 
nature would not permit of this state of existence, so they 
soon deserted and dispersed in roving bands, subsisting 
by hunting and fishing, and traveling long distances. and 
stealing cattle from squatters here and there. They are 
said to have been cannibals, and to this day they are ac- 
cused of that barbarous practice, Only two years ago 
one of their bands crept into the limits of the city of 
Cuyaba at night, murdering men and carrying off women 
and children. At a very recent date whole settlements 
have been massacred and the houses burned by this tribe 
of daredevils. While passing up the River Curyaba we went 
ashore at several banana and orange groves where once 
were settlements, but the owners had been killed or had 
deserted them on account of fear. This tribe is called 
Coryados. They are very large frame and muscular, 
heads and features above the average in size. Scarcely 
one of this tribe can be found standing less than 6 feet in 
height. Firearms they do not use, nor do they believe 
in them, using bows and arrows and spears for every 
kind of game. Nothing is so wild or ferocious that they 
cannot secure it. They shoot fish by lying on the back and 
shooting straight up into the air that the arrow may in 
descending enter the water perpendicularly among the 
shoals of fish. They hold the bow with the feet usually, 
and use both hands to draw the arrow. A bow which 
they will spring to the arrow-head, one unaccustomed to 
it could not draw it back 6 inches. 

Having had dealings with this tribe, and seeing in 
experience what many had told me before, is it a wonder 
that my heart sank within me when I realized in that 
imstant my situation? I could not wait till daylight to go 
to the camp ground, so I secured a torch and set out 
to go over the road to it, cut through thorns and the 
everywhere-prevailing caraguata. My last hope vanished 
when I found there also no trace of recent habitation ex- 
cept tracks of alligators, tigers. better known as the South 
Ametican jaguar, and antas, which abound in all parts of 
Central South America, Going back to where my effects 
had been landed by the steamer. IT could not refrain 
the words aloud, “What shall I do with all this?” 
Placing my foot unon a log at the riverside, a thought 
came to me that “if this is only sound enough I will 
dig out a catioe and go down the river. rather than’ wait 
here a month for the mail packet.” Making a thorough 
examination by torch light of the quality of the wood, | 
prepared to go to work.on it, The only tools T had were 
a small hatchet, a sheath knife and.an old c1tlass, all of 
which I had sharpened while at Cuyaba. The sun was 
well tp when I stopped work for breakfast. As for pro- 
visions, there was at hand a very abundant supply for 
me alone for six months. The log and the prospects of 
making a canne of it had braced me up wonderfully, and I 
ate mv breakfast with good relish. 

Satisfied in that respect. I sat down on one end of 
the log, eontemnlating and planning another attack on it 
with my little hatchet. when hannenine to cast a elance 
toward a climnp of wild hanana plants. T was juct in time 
to see a moving obiect of some kind, which looked like a 
man retreating. Grasning my rifle without a second of 
thoneht 1 ran across the anening to set a view of the 
other cide of the clumn of nlants. and there. standing 
with their hacks to me, were three ctalwart naked Indians. 
They had been spying and undonhtedly contriving some 
way to approach me and my effects without danger to 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


themselves, I judged them to be friendly or they would 
have pinned me with arrows betore this, so with rifle 
across my arm ready to present in an instant, I began to 
walk toward them, making heavy foot treads to draw 
their attention toward me. When they turned and saw 
me, they showed no sign of alarm or surprise, but ad- 
yanced toward me in the same manner as any fmendly 
native would do, ready to shake my hand. ‘hey were 
evidently ‘Corvados. One of them spoke a little Portu- 
guese, but as my own knowledge of the language was 
rather limited, it was very hard to converse with him. 
The Indians were much interested in the work I had al- 
ready begun on the log, while 1 counted the days on my 
fingers to them that it would take in the construction of 
the canoe, Vhis was a blind le, for alone I could have 
finished it roughly in two days at least, so that it would 
answer my purpose. Thinking they might be of service 
to me, I explained to them that 1f they would assist me, a 
piece of canvas which they very much coveted would 
be given them as soon as the work was completed, Know- 
ing the tribe to which they belonged to be a band of 
cowardly thieves, I feared that if they were permitted to 
return to their camp they would act as guide at night to 
pounce upon me with their braves and carry off all I 
had there, Tn such a case a fight must take place Against 
great odds, i 

~ Like all other Indians we had entotintéred in Sotith 
America, these were hot an exception in relation to beg- 
ging. If they are not in a position to steal, they are not 
backward as to asking for anything they covet that you 
may have. In this case they informed me that they were 
very hungry. I handed them some galiafas (a kitid of 
bread so hard that it requires a hammering to break it) 
and some jerked beef, They devottred it with dispatch, 
Then handing one a knife, atiothet the cutlass, I showed 
them how to chip tp a flake from the log to be pulled off 
by the third Indian, while it was my place to follow them 
tip and smooth the slivered portions with the hatchet, 
taking good care that I worked a safe distance from 
and fronting them, that every moyement could be watched, 
The log was a soft kind of wood and of sttaight grain, 
enabling us to progress finély, As often as every hour 
through the day they gaye me to understand that they 
were again conforme (hungry), when more hardtack and 
dried meat would be given them. Repeatedly they would 
ask for pinga, a very common intoxicating liquor made 
from sugar cane. There was a two-quart bottle of the 
cane juice in my “bolsa,’”’ which was carried as an anti- 
dote for venomous bites, but I knew that to. give them 
one drink would only whet their appetite for more, until 
they would get unmanagable, so ] kept it secreted, as it 
happened, for a more serviceable purpose. About 4-0’clock 
in the afternoon one of the Indians feigned illness, and 
gave me to understand that he could work no more. It 
was in yain that I urged him to continue. Doubling 
himself up and holding on to his stomach with both 
arms, like a boy that has eaten too many green apples, he 
made for the shade of a tree near by, and for a few 
minutes seemed in great agony; but soon became quiet and 
appeared to be sleeping. The fact that his companions did 
not express any sign of sympathy for: him caused me 
to be suspicious, so | kept an eye over in his direction 
as often as possible, and proceeded with my work. My 
whole attention was engaged, with my back toward him 


for a few minutes, when, upon looking around again I 


found he had sneaked out of sight. J saw that all their 
weapons were in the place they had deposited them in the 
morning, so 1 at once concluded that the redskin had 
started off for their village, and at night would lead the 
whole posse down upon me. Now was my time to 
bring out the pinga for the two remaining, They drank 
moderately and modestly at first, and wotld offer me a 
pull at the jug, but soon they took full possession of 
it, and their generosity vanished like the tanglefoot they 
were drinking. They became very happy, and danced 
around like big monkeys until they were exhatsted, 
tumbled over in loving embrace and fell asleep near the 
edge of the water. Watching them carefully and working 
at the same time on my canoe until they became helpless, I 
had so far completed it that before stinset 1t was launched 
and loaded with my effects to within 4 inches of the gun- 
wale, and I was ready to start on my lonesome voyage 
in pursuit of my companion. 

From the Indian who had talked to me in Portuguese it 
was quite certain that they knew something of my com- 
panion, and that he was either killed or driven away by 
the Corvados, I could not tell which, but that he had 
gone down the river a few days previously was the 
cherished, thought in my mind. 

The two drunken savages were lying one across the 
other with their heads down the slope of the bank. Pulling 
them around in a more comfortable position, I spread the 
promised canvas over them to keep off the vultures, alli- 
gators and tigers while they remained in their stupor. 
Then seating myself in the stern of my dugout, I pushed 
off into the stream, and by the time the darkness of night 
had settled about me had glided silently and swiftly down 
the stream three or four miles. All night long I guided 
my crait before the rapid current, stopping only at day- 
light to make a fire on the bank and prepare breakfast. 
Delaying here no longer than was necessary. I was seated 
in my canoe, paddling it rapidly. hoping to he able to 
enter the Paraguay River some time the following dav. 
I should undoubtedly have reached it before nightfall if 
it had not been that a little shooting match had delayed 
me about two hours the first and another on the second 
My first adventure was with the South American 
elpehant, better known as tapir. In this sectinn of the 
country, whenever you find a forest, the “howling mon- 
keys” will be your constant companions. Along the edge 
of the river grows a tree, the bud and fruit of which 
they feed upon. Like children at the zao, I never became 
tired .of watching their curious actions. and I was thus 
engaged, when, within a dozen yards of me. emitting a 
loud whistle like that of a steamer, a monstrous tapir 
that had been disturbed from his bed rushed wildly up 
the bank. My rifle. alwavs at my tight side, was in an 
instant aimed at the back of his head as he was retreating. 
The Winchester. 44 being rather lisht for such laree 
game, merely stunned the brute. so before I could stake 
my canoe and reach him, he was again on his feet and 
stood contemplating his sudden misfortune. The tapir in 


appearance is between the elephant and the hog, and’ 


knowing them to be aggressive and extremely Savage 
when wounded, T realized my situation when the monster 


{Aue, 18, 1900. 


turned upon me, not more than to feet distant. Bringing 
my rifle again into action, I planted a bullet between his 
eyes. lt required two more shots to kill him. I found the 
hide so thick and heavy that it would have been too much 
to add to the load of my canoe, so I ctt out a piece of 
meat from the loin, which proved to be quite palatable 
when broiled over a heap of glowing coals, 

By noon the long line of torest had been passed, and 
spread out on either side were great level plains as fat ds 
the eye could reach, with an occasional palm grove. All 
over this level country stand the great ant heaps like 
sentinels. In some localities they are black and in others 
brown or white, depending upon the nature of the earth 
from which they are constructed. The occupants are so 
numerous that paths leading from one to another of the 
heaps resemble sheep paths; eyery blade of grass is 
cleaned otit that thete may be no obstruction in their way 
of travel. Qut upon these panipis the ciervo and vernado, 
the pampas deer, are seen feeding, often in droves of 
dozens in a place. But upon this occasion IJ had no in- 
terest in hunting them, haying sufficient meat on hand ta 
last me for several days. As I rounded a bend in the 
river in the twilight of the evenitig, I came suddenly 
upon a noble buck, statiditig knee-deep in the water, At 
night ard ih the-mornitig the deer go to the riverside to 
slake their thirst from off these vast plains. This one 
being the largest of the kind I had évet seett, atid poas- 
sessing a noble pair of artlefs, I deterinitied to sectire it 
if possible fot ‘the Horiis dlotie, Raising my rifle I sighted 
and fired, but was surprised to see the deer pltinge fur 
the sHore ds if my bullet had not take effect. I fired 
again as he tan, but with tio better résult than at first. 
My past experience with this kind of game had taught me 
to follow up their trail, for it is often they will run at 
full speed a hundred yards or more with a bullet directly 
through the heart. This was not an exception, for | 
had not far to go through the tall grass betore I came up 
to it where it had dropped dead, my first bullet haying 
pierced its vitals near the heart. Retmoving the twenty- 
pronged antlers from the head, I returned with them to! 
my canoe and proceeded on my journey down the river. 
Darkness had again settled about. Millions of fire bugs, 
together with the growl+thug-thug, of the alligator as it 
rose to the surface, an occasional stiatl of the jaguar, the 
croaking of monstrous toads, the snapping and barking of 
the Jobo, a river seal, together with much else that sounded 
strange and weird, rendered this night lonesome beyond 
extreme, The great vampires, numerous here, cast ghostly 
shadows upon the silvery surface of the water as they 
passed and circled around my head. 

Far away to my left the light of an Indian camp-fire, 
which it is the custom of the sayages to build around 
them at night, arose and shone upon the misty at- 
mosphere. I gave this no thought at the time, for the 
course of the riyer seemed to be carrying me away from 
it, but half an hour later [ had turned a bend and was 
gradually winding, until directly in front of me I beheld 
the camp, located close to the river’s bank. There were 
no forest trees to cast their shadows along the line of 
the river on the opposite side to hide me from their 
view. Wondering how I could pass them unseen, upon 
deliberation I determined to risk it, so crossing the river 
I crouched as low as possible in the canoe, allowing it fo 
drift along by the current, hoping that if seen by them 
at all they would think it only a log or an island of 
cunialota, which are ustial foating objects at all times in 
these waters, Just as I was congratulating myself upon my 
good fortune to pass them unseen, a howl went up from 
their dogs, which had evidently scented me, At once by 
the light of their fires I could see flitting forms of the 
Savages as they congregated on the shore. I made no 
move toward paddling, but continued to drift along as 
before, until I saw a ripple along the shore near their 
camp, which suggested that they had launched a canoe and 
were in pursuit of the object of their surprise. Ther 
rising from my crouching position, I brought my paddle 
into play and sped down the riyer at a rapid rate, with 
the Indian canoe fast gaining upon me. This race con- 
tinued probably for two miles, when it became evident that 
I must bring my rifle into play in order to frighten my 
pursuers. | fired six shots in their direction as fast as it 
was practicable to overhaul and shoot my repeater. This 
shooting had the desired effect, for they reversed their 
paddles and were soon out of sight, going up the stream. 
By midnight a dark line of forést was discernible in 
the distance, and an hour later I steered my canoe into a 
little coye, where I moored for a rest. Arranging a 
bed as comfortable as possible under the circumstances in 
my canoe, l was soon asleep. 

Awaking early in the morning, I made ready for my 
departure on my journey in order to cover as much dis- 
tance as possible during the cool of the day. for while 
the sun is overhead it is always very warm, rendering” 
it almost necessary to stop work of any kind until the | 
sun gets well in the west. While noiselessly gliding 
near the bank of the river, on a large fallen tree, its 
branches extending 40 feet or more out over the water, [ 
noticed a strange object, as if some large animal was 
crouching low on the trunk. Upon nearer approach the 
spots on the body proved conclusively in my mifid that it 
was a tiger, with his head leaning down over the opposite 
side of the tree trunk in an earnest watch for prey. These 
South American tigers are great fishers and are good 
climbers. They watch their opportunity as a fish rises to 
the surface, attracted by the saliva which the animal emits 
from its mouth for bait, when with a clip with its sharp 
claws the beast 1s almost sure to land its prey. The brute’s 
attention was so much taken up in its eagerness to procure 
its morning meal that I had drifted to within a dozen 
yards of it before it either heard or scented me, Theri, sud- 
denly raising its head, it gave me a beautiful shot for the 
center of the forehead. Rolling off the tree into the 
water, it sank at once, as is common for all dead animals 
to do in those waters, Procuring a hook, I fished his 
long tail to the surface and catching hold of it soon had 
the tiger landed. Upon examination I found this one to 
be the most beautifully marked and to possess the mast 
perfect set of long teeth of all that I had ever seen, so 
could not resist the temptation to take off and cute the 
skin and head for future mounting, notwithstanding it 
would add at least 25 pounds more to the load of my 
canoe. j Aes 

Pavas de monte being numerous on the trees about whet 
my appetite for a broiler, so brought down a plump hen 
for my breakfast. In flavor and quality of flesh these 


‘and roped their boats around the rapids, 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


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birds compare with common barnyard fowls nearer than 
any other wild birds, and are quite as large as a prairie 
chicken. Their shrill cackle may be heard sounding 
throvgh the forest at each hour of the day and night, and 
as One imagines the katydid to repeat that word, so does 
it seem that the Pava names each hour—one starts the 
call, which is taken mp and sounded from one brood to 
another as far as you can hear it in all directions. 

This day began very warm, so I skirted along the 
shady side of the river during the forenoon, but owing 
to the scorching rays of the sun as it reached the 
meridian 1 was forced to seek for a cooling shade in the 
forest. Jt was after 3 o’clock in the afternoon when I 
started again. Just at sunset of this day I entered the 
Paraguay River from the Cuyaba, and at dark was sur- 
prised to see as I turned a bend of the river a row of 
fifty cr more lights that suggested to me that they were 
the lights om board of a steamer coming up stream. 
My first thotight was that unless [ could run into some 
nook for safety along the shore, a. steamer as large as 
that must be to carry so many lights would kick up such 
a swash and rolling waves-as to sink my canoe in- 
stantly.. Thinking there was no time to lose I hastened 
for a place of tefuge. Luck I thought favored me, for 
at the place I landed there was a small, narrow stream 
that allowed of the passage in of my loaded dugout, 
There I sat for a half hour or so expecting every min- 
ute to hear the steamer’s paddles close at hand; but 
neither hearing nor seeing the craft I ventured to push 
out into the stream again, and soon found how badly 
one could be fooled even in this far-off wilderness. 
What had seemed to be a steamboat’s lights proved to 
be nothing more nor less than a flock of birds resting 
upon some tall swamp willows—birds that have power 
ol producing a bright illumination. It is said that these 
birds teed exclusively on the fire flies so numerous in 
that region. I had often been told of such a species, 
but these were the first I had ever seen. Upon my ap- 
proaching them closely they took flight and the lights 
vanished. J. G. Kine. 

[TO BE CONCLUDED. | 


An Alaska Trip. 


Forty-Mrre Post, Yukon Territory—The accompany- 
ing photographs are of the Forty-Mile River Cafion. 
Forty-Mile Creek, as it is called here, is over 150 miles 
long, draining a large country on the west of the Yukon 
River. It empties into the Yukon River ten miles. below 
this falls and cahon, At its juncture with the Yukon on 
the south side is situated Forty-Mile Post. This is a 
trading station for miners and Indians. Directly across 
the Forty-Mile is Fort Cudahy. The Canadian Govern- 
ment has bafracks here, which are occupied by the North- 
west Mounted Police. Photo No. 1 shows the river 
rounding a point and the commencement of the Half-Mile 
Rapids in its mad rush through the cafion. Photo No. 2 
shows a particularly dangerous place to ride down over 
or to pull a loaded boat up through. This was realized by 
the two Cheechockos who:are pulling their boat up. 


Gheechocko is Russian for stranger or newcomer, and is 


used exclusively in Alaska instead of tenderfoot. They 
had not gone 10 feet from where the boat shows in'the 
phetograph when the party nearest to the boat pulled the 
nose inshore a trifle too much and the boat swamped in a 
jiffy, resulting in the loss of nearly everything in the 
craft. The old-timers do not take such chances, but pack 
their outfit around and rope their boat up empty, as 
shown in Photo No. r. There is an old Indian narrative 
connected. with these rapids, which was told me by oné of 
the young bucks of the Ketchumstock tribe who spoke a 
little English. Their village is on the headwaters of Mos- 
quito Fork, a tributary of Forty-Mile River, and about 
130 miles from the mouth of Forty-Mile Post. The 
Ketchumstock Indians once a year, usually in June, when 
the water is at a fair stage for pulling loaded boats back 
to their-village, come down to the post to barter their furs 
and skins for merchandise. On one of these annual trips 
some time in the fifties they left their village in skin 
boats, taking their squaws, kids and dogs with them, only 
leaving behind a few of the very oldest who were too old 
and decrepit to stand the trip back, when they all walk and 
pull*their year’s supply of “white man’s grub” in the skin 
boats: The supplies consist mostly of rifle, ammunition, 
tobacco, tea, sugar, flour, calico and blanketing for lining 
furs and skins. On the trip here concerned they had 
camped at the mouth of Bear Creek, which comes in one 
and one-half miles above the cafion. 

‘The next morning they all, with one exception, walked 
One Indian, 
called White Eyes, with his squaw and four-year-old 
boy, started through in a small boat. The boat turned on 
him and threw him against a rock, capsizing the craft, and 
though he came up and got to shore his squaw and little 
boy were swept away by the flood. When White Eyes 
saw this he gave a yell, drew his knife and cut his throat, 
dying on the bank overlooking the mad waters that had 
robbed him of his wife and child. What seemed to add 
pathos to this story told me in broken English and In- 
dian was that the squaw and the boy were found alive and 
all right on a rock around a bend about a quarter of a 
mile below where they went under. She held to the boy 
and saved herself, and was taken off the rock alive and 
well, only to find that her man had committed suicide. 

In those days there was no trading post at the mouth 
of the Forty-Mile as at the present time. The Indians had 
to go up the Yukon forty-eight miles to Fort Reliance. 
This: was below what is Dawson City now. Fott Re- 
liance was simply a trading post in those days. and owned 
and run by the Hudson Bay Company. Calling a place 
fort or something or other in Alaska does not signify that 
it is fortified or defended by cannon. The Hudson Bay 
acigene in the eatly days built heavy stockades around 
their store buildings, and that is why this country has 
50 nutny places commencing with fort. There is now no 
Tort Reliance, nor any one living near the site. Before 
the purchase of Alaska by the United States the Klondike 
Indians captured and burned the buildings and stockade. 
However. this section is not stipposed to belong to the 
United States. It is claimed by the Canadians, 

Im the summer of 1807 T made a trip from Forty-Mile 
Post up the Forty-Mile to look at a placer claim on 
Chicken Creek, which I had an option on, and also to 


do some fishing and hunting, and stake a claim if any- 
thing should be struck on the river. I got in for the trip 
up the river with two old-timers—Billy Wilkinson and a 
fellow by the name of Irwin, also a Cheechocko, named 
Richardson, We had one boat and about 1,200 pounds all 
told in our outfits. Our boat was a polling boat, and 
besides being a little aged, on account of being left in 
water through the long winter, it was a little shaky for 
the big load we had. However, we made it to the mouth 
of Franklin Gulch, eighty miles up, without any serious 
mishap, 

The first day out we made the foot of the cafion, ten 
miles up. The next day the best we could do was two 
miles, as we had to pack our stuff around the rapids. We 
camped at the mouth of Bear Creek. This was in 
July, and we could see plainly until after 10 o’clock at 
night. As soon as we pulled the boat in shore at Bear 
Creek, Wilkinson hunted a fish pole, took a line and a 
fly off his hat and started up the creek. While we were 
making camp, unloading the boat and getting ready for 
the night, Billy came back with enough grayling for our 
supper. After supper we got a nice string. I never saw a 
grayling in this country that would weigh over 2 pounds, 
and 1% pounds is considered a large one. The next day 
we made Sam Patch’s, This is twenty-three miles from 
the Yukon. When we came in view of his cabin we 
were @rected with a sight that was good for the blues. 
The Stars and Stripes were floating from a pole over his 
cabin. The Canadian boundary line crosses the river 
just below Uncle Sam’s cabin. Uncle Sam, as he is known 
here by everybody, when we arrived was busily engaged 
all to himself “cussing” a couple of “flannel-mouthed 


The coast streams, at least the ones near Juneau, have 
mountain trout in them. 

After filling up on fish for a few days, we shouldered 
our pack straps and decided to get a little further back 
from the Indian hunting ground, We climbed another 
divide and followed the ridges about fifteen miles, drop 
ping down a little for water, and camping on what is now 
called Butte €reek, near its source. Here we found acres 
of blueberries and bear signs galore, I walked the berry 
patches for two days without seeing a bear. Then I con- 
cluded that they must be early birds, and the next morn- 
ing I was up and out in the berries at 2:30. Our Alaska 
days were still long, and at this hour I could see fairly 
well to shoot. 

I had been from camp about a half-hour when I saw 
what I had wanted a shot at for a number of years. He 
was back toward me and on his haunches, picking berties. 
I looked at him for about ten seconds. Say, but he could 
pick berries! He saw me when I raised my rifle and 
dropped on to all fours, I fired and missed him entirely. 
He started quartering from me over a ridge. I gave him 
another shot that knocked him off his pins for an in- 
stant, but he went over the ridge out of sight. I followed 
fast as possible. When I got to the top of the ridge I 
could hear him threshing around in a thicket about 5a 
yards down the slope. I made a rush for the lower side 
of the thicket and waited. I did not enter the thicket, as 
I did not think it would be very safe to “mix” with him 
about that time.. In a few mintites he quieted down and 
I went in and found I had a yearling black bear. The 
ball had struck him about a foot back of the left shoulder, 
passing clear through him and smashing his right 


FORTY-MILE CREEK, 


Micks” who had borrowed a pick and shovel and had left 
the country, and had left him so far as pick and shovel 
were concerned, I had never met him, and ventured to 
ask him if he was from the New England States origi- 
nally. He said that he had left Worcester, Mass., in 
"48, and never had been back. He then wanted to know 
why I asked him that question. I told him that never 
since I had left Massachusetts had I heard the expres- 
sion that he applied to the purloiners of his pick and 
shovel. 

The next day was Sunday, and we rested. We were 
seven days from here to Franklin Gulch, wet to the waist 
all day long, and considering ourselves lucky if we did 
not get in all over before the day was done, We tugged 
and pulled up over Kink Riffle, Twin Riffles, Dead Man’s 
Riffle, until it seemed to me there was nothing but riffles. 
We were nine working days to the mouth of Franklin 
Gulch, eighty miles up the Forty-Mile River. I found 
our hard work was not over when we arrived here, for 
our outfit of 1,200 pounds had to be packed ten miles 
over a motntain on to Chicken Creek. We took a 75- 
pound pack each, starting early in the morning, and 
covered the ten miles, leaving our packs on Chicken Creel 
and coming back the same day. Somehow or other I 
never could class this job as “recreation,” more especially 
as Chicken Creek runs into Mosquito Fork, and the 
mosquitoes don’t seem to realize that the fork was named 
after them and that they ought to stay there; instead 
of this they swarm up Chicken Creek by the millions, 
Soon as we were packed over I visited the claim that I 
had an option on and found that I was up a plum tree” 
so far as that was concerned, as there was only about 
one-quarter enough water for use in a placer mine. 

After a few days’ rest I started for a hunt. A Mr. 
Janes was with me; he was from the States; sent in look- 
ing for quartz mines. We took bedding and grub on our 
backs. I had my .45-90, 1886 model. Janes had a revolver 
and prospector’s pick. We went about ten miles over a 
divide on to Buckskin Creek and camped at what is now 
known as Forty-five Pup. It is a stream running into 
Buckskin at Claim No. 45. We stayed here several 
days, Janes prospecting while I hunted and fished. T 
fond several bull moose heads, but the Ketchumstock 
Indians had carried off the balance of the moose the win- 
ter before, ; ; | 

I-tried fishing and caught all the grayling we could 
eat. I only had one fly-hook, and broke and lost it the 
second day out. I then took a small trolling spoon and 
broke off two of the hooks; took off the spoon and part 
of the feathers, 
the fish we wanted. In the interior of Alaska we have 
no trout of any description; there is only the grayling. 


and with this crude affair caught all 


shoulder in fearful shape. We skinned. him, took all we 
could pack and cached the rest and started for Chicken 
Creek. J have eaten young roast pig, but it certainly was 
not in it with this young bear, fattened on areas 

. Jay. 


William Parker Greenough. 


ANOTHER stimmons to the spirit land has reached the 
ranks of the contributors to Forrst anD STREAM, and one 
whose name was a household word to the regular readers 
of this paper, who was the most faithful of friends, the 
most gentlemanly and most lovable of men and the very 
highest type of a sportsman, heard and answered the call. 

“G, de Montauban” has been these many years a 
familiar mame to the lovers of Forest AND STREAM. 
Month after month I had read and re-read above the 
signature those charming sketches of hits of the woods 
and waters of the Province of Quebec and of their in- 
habitants of fin, fur and feather that always awakened 
the desire for more of them, and had never guessed, until 
accident revealed the fact, that the much-looked-for nom | 
de plume concealed the identity of the genial Seigneur of 
Perthuis—W. P. Greenough. Perthuis is a large and 
valuable seigniory in the County of Portneuf, some forty 
miles west: of Quebec, richly stocked with merchantable 
timber, and Montauban is the name of one of its lakes. 
Another one is Lac Clair. Here the hospitable proprietor 
and his brother had erected a roomy and comfortable. 
camp—for what the Greenoughs have they delight to 
Share with their friends—here Mr. Greenough lived 
fot good part of the year, surrounded by his children and 
guests, and here he died, after a long illness, on 
Friday, Aug. 3. Once he wrote: “Lake Clair is our 
grand sanitarium. Whatever little maladies we have are 
ustially left there.” He brought his great ones there 2 
few weeks ago, and there he has left them, too, behind 
him. Others may@®again enjoy the beauties of that ideal 
camp on the forest-iringed lake, but to those who, like 
the writer, have enjoyed the hospitality of its departed 
host, it can never seem the same in the future that it was 
in the past. 

William Parker Greenough was born in Portland, Me., 
July 1, 1829, and received his education in the Cambridge 
schools. At an early age he began his business career, 
and subsequently played an important part-in’ the flour 
trade, with his place of business on State street. Later, 


his lumber interests drew him to Canada, and he made 


his home in the village of Portneuf, adjoining his seig- 
niory, though much of his time, as already mentioned, 
was spent in his camp on the edge of Lac Clair. In May 


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he fell ill and came to Quebec and subsequently went to 
Montreal to consult his physicians. It was in the latter 
mentioned city, whither he accompanied him from Que- 
bev, that the writer saw him for the last time. — Then 
he went out to his great sanitarium at Lake Clair and 
still grew apparently stronger, and then—the end. Death 
as dtie to cerebral apoplexy. His remains were taken to 
Cambridge, and there the funeral service was held on 
Monday, the 6th inst., at the residence of his brother, 
‘the well-known Latin professor of Harvard University. 

Mr. Greenough was the author of ‘The Cruise of a 
Woman Hater,” but will probably be better remembered 
in the literary world as the writer of “Canadian Folk- 
Life and Folk-Lore,” a charming volume of out-of-door 
freshness, and of studies of habitant life and manners, 
published by George H. Richmond, of New York, in 1897. 
It was beautifully illustrated by his son, Walter C, Green- 
ough, of that nest of artists, Upper Montclair, N. J., who 
preceded his father between one and two years in “‘cross-® 
ing the bar.” ; 

Mr. Greenough’s latest book contains many rare little 
gems of sport and camp life. Here is a description of his 
tent for winter camping: “Not too large for two nor too 
small for six—he who is not happy in it is not a woods- 
man and I do not want him with me.” [ 

“One thing,” talking of fishing, he writes, “I will say 
for ourselves—we never waste any fish. When we get as 
many as we can use, we stop fishing. And although we 
never get any fish big enough to tell lies about in the 
newspapers, we seldom fail to catch enough for our next 
meal.” 

To the devoted wife, daughters and brother of our dear 
departed friend, the respectiul sympathy of thousands of 
fellow sportsmen and readers of ForEsT AND STREAM will 
undoubtedly go out with that of 

E. T. D. CHAMBERS. 


Quzeec, Aug, 10. 


dlatuyal History. 


A Sportsman’s Museum. 


Boston, Aug. 11.—Editor Forest and Stream: Some of 
your readers may be interested in an account of what may 
be seen in Mr. A. B, F. Kinney's museum, which is lo- 
cated in a large upper room Of his residence in Worcester. 
Having occasion toa confer with Mr. Kinney on matters 
connecied with the work of the Central Committee, I. 
met Mr. Kinney at his store on Front street, and aiter 
business matters were concluded he invited me to dine 
with him at his house. That it is the home of a sportsman 
is apparent as soon as one crosses the threshold and: is 
ushered into the spacious hallway. 

I have mentioned the museum as one room. To be more 
precise, it is the whole house, with one room set apart 
for curios. Reception room, parlor, dining room—in 
fact, every room I had the pleasure of entering contains 
evidence of Mr. Kinney’s skill as a hunter. Had it been 
any part of my plan to secure material for a letter to 
your paper, I would not have been without a camera, As 
it is, I will only mention a few of the interesting 
things which it was my privilege to see, and, in a general 
‘way, present a sort of summary of what trophies the 
house contains. 

There are no less than six heads and antlers of elk, 
four moose heads, an extraordinary caribou head, head 
of buffalo, shot twenty-two years ago, only two years 
previous to the last one killed; a mountain sheep, and 
which for twenty years held the record as the finest 
specimen, and was beaten only four years ago by the one 
Wm. Jackson got on the Great Northern road. This was 
set up by Mrs. Kinney, who has often accompanied her 
husband on his long trips to distant sections. There is 
also a mountain goat, and mule and white-tailed deer 
without number, 

Specimens of birds include the ruffed grouse, blue 
grouse, pinnated or prairie chicken, quail, spruce partridge, 
Canada goose, brant, several species of ducks and shore 
birds, besides owls, herons, loons, etc. 

Of skins there is almost an endless variety. One of a 
erzizly bear I admired very much. Mr. Kinney told me 
that he has the skin of every fur-bearing animal of North 
America, from the grizzly down. Of fox skins he has 
every shade, from the black to the albino. or pure white. 
The upper room is filled with specimens of minerals, 
woods, plants, shells, Indian relics and work, as well 
as Mexican, many of them gathered by Mrs. Kinney upon 
her numerous trips, and all derived from original sources. 
Besides, there are heirlooms of every sort, from the old 
spinning wheel to tH® antiquated candle snuffers, 

For nearly an hour Mrs. Kinney entertained us with 
descriptions and incidents connected with the collectng 
of the numerous specimens. 

I was much impressed by the great variety of objects 
which I saw having directly or indirectly a bearing upon 
practical sportsmanship. 

On our return to the office Mr. Kinney called my 
attention to a specimen of brook trout (to all appearance 
a veritable Salmo fontinalis) of extraordinary size, and 
which may beat all records. Its weight was 15% pounds, 
length 36 inches. It was caught by Mr. Alton W. Eaton, 
of Worcester, in Flying Pond, Vienna. Me. on May 16, 


1900. 

Our President, Hon. Geo. W, Wiggin; sur Librarian, 
Dr. E. W. Branigan, with Ex-Attornevy General A. E. 
Pillsbury, of Boston, ate now in the Spencer region of 
Maine. Henry H. Krmpatw. 

5, PARK STREET. 


Quail in Confinement? 


Burrato, N. Yo, Aug. 2—While wheeling through the 
Park Zoo with my father yesterday, I heard the call. un- 
familiar in these days, of Bob White, and found that Cura- 
tor Crandall had made a new home for his hevy of 
quail, which haye been in captivity now about a year, with 
only a loss of five out_of thirty-one. They seem quite 
tame and contented. Dr, Crandall tol us that a wild: 
quail had been in the yicinity all day and had tried to 
get.in with the confined ones, W 


Game Gag and Gun. 
A Chance to Get a Wicose. 


It has been my privilege during the past few years to 
contribute several articles to Scribner's Magazine, de- 
seribing as best | could some parts of the British Amer- 
ican wilderness, which, greater in extent than the Uniced 
States, begins at our northern border and lies as far to 
the north as any one can go. After each article has 
appeared, 1 have received a great many letters asking 
where to get guides, the expense of a trip, what to take, 
the chance for getting a shot, ete. So it has occurred to 
me that readers of ForEsST AND STREAM would be glad to 
know a few of these things. My only excuse for volun- 
teering the information is that I have been there, and 
personal experience, if simply told, is always interesting. 

The two most accessible regions for those who wish 
to hunt that grand animal, the moose, I believe to be 
central New Brunswick and the upper Ottawa country, in 
Quebec and Ontario. No one should think of going to 
either place unless he has at least a month to spare. I 
know a bicyclist who stopped over night at a farmhouse 
on the road from Fredericton to Woodstock, N. B. In the 
morning, attracted by the charm of the big woods at the 
back of the clearing, he borrowed a W. R. A. rifle, model 
of 1873, with four cartridges in its rusty magazine, and 
went forth. Before 10 o'clock he was back at the house 
and he had killed two big bull moose. He told me he did 
not consider moose hunting much of an undertaking. I 
also saw the mangled remains of a young moose which 
had been run down by an engine on the Canadian Pacific 
Railway, between Mattawa and Kippewa. But these cases 
are exceptions. 

In New Brunswick one reaches the moose country by 
walking through the woods for fifty miles or so, and in 
the Ottawa country by canoeing for two or three days. 
There are many stormy days, many days when the woods 
are noisy, and all these things take time. I once killed a 
fine bull in one day’s hunting, but it took six days to get - 
to the grounds and six days out. If it had not been for 
the happiness of the twelve days’ journeying when. the 
rifle slept in its overcoat, I should not haye thought the 
trip very successful. Ji one expects to adhere to a 
schedule arranged in New York, so many hours to the 
hunting grounds, so many hours hunting, bang! bang! so 
many hours back to New York—if he expects to do that 
in the Canadian woods, he will be disappointed, In 
heaven we shall have all the time there is, and this re- 
semblance between heaven and the Canadian woods in the, 
fall is one of the most charming things about the Cana- 
dian woods. The guide, whether white, red or a little 
of both, will not hurry, and if you let him alone, and 
remember that he knows his business a great deal better 
than you do, he will surprise you by his accomplishments 
before the month is over, There are some men, and there 
is at least one editor in New York, whose motto is “How 
shall we punish our guides?” J am happy to say that 
such creatures almost always get the punishment them- 
selves, and the poor guides, as ihey sit around the fire 
afterward, are blessed with a store of recollections which 
make them smile, and smile again. I have met many men 
under many different circumstances, and I never yet knew 
a woodsman who would not break his back for the suc- 
cess and comfort of a visitor who treated him at all well. 
If I could have the society of but one man for a thousand 
years, I should, I think, pick out a dear friend of mine 
who, at this moment, is probably poling a pirogue up 
the Sou’ west Miramichi, helping some city man to kill the 


- last salmon of the open season. 


The best guides in New Brunswick are quite likely to 
be engaged in advance, and yet a man who gets on the 
train, goes to Fredericton, stops at the Barker House and 
gets acquainted with Fred Coleman, Billy Chestnut, Billy 
Walker and the rest of the leading citizens there, will soon 
get all the news as to whether Henry Braithwaite or 
Arthur Pringle or Jim Paul or some other guide can be 
had. A few telegrams to Newcastle and Bathurst and 
Perth will get the state of the guide market there, and I 
would bet any man ten dollars that he could go to 
Fredericton unannounced, make his wishes known and 
in forty-eight hours find himself in tow of somebody who 
knew the places where the moose and caribou do con- 
gregate. Then, if he did not have moose or caribou for 
dinner within the next few days, it would be a case of 
bad luck, and a better chance next week. 

Men who have been all over the world agree that there 
are few earthly spectacles so glorious as a New Bruns- 
wick forest in the blazonry of the autumn leaves. Amid 
the somber background of spruce there is a plentiful dis- 
play of the yellow and red and brown of the deciduous 
trees, all in an intensity of coloring which I have never 
seen elsewhere, 

The Province of New Brunswick is fortunately situated 
as a game country. There are railroads on all four sides, 
but none across the wilderness to cut it up. Up the 
Tobique from Perth, up the Nepisiguit from Bathurst. up 
the Ristigouche from Campbellton and up the Nor’ west 
Miramichi from Newcastle, it is easy to go by canoe, and 
the grounds reached in this way are more hunted and 
more famous, but not quite so well-stocked with game, 
perhaps, as the less accessible country north of Little 
Sou’west Lake, where Henry Braithwaite is almost the 
sole pilot who knows the way. For beauty of scenery, 
for reliable guides, for comfort and for certainty of get- 
ting shots at the most stately game in North America, 
New Brunswick ts peerless. , 

But while singing the praises of that wonderful land, 
what shall be said of that vast, little-known, seldom- 
visited country, the fairyland of the canoeist, which is the 
birthplace of the Ottawa and its brotherhood of a hundred 
lesser streams; where the lakes are so redundantly 
watered that many of them have twin outlets? There, if 
you are prodigal of time, you may journey by canoe for 
hundreds of miles, in any direction you choose and need 
only make short and easy portages here and there over 
plain paths which were well worn five hundred years ago. 
All along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. west of 
Pembroke, there is a vast game preserve which is almost 
limitless. The key to the whole upper Ottawa country, 
however, is Mattawa. If you write to the Hudson Bay 


bh The 18 


Company there, you will be able to insure care and atten- 


tion from the Indians and haltf-breeds whom they feed, 
clothe and control. Jt is a great mistake to suppose that 
the Hudson Bay Company desire to keep sportsmen out 
of Canada. At Mattawa the company run one of the 
finest stores in the country, and they supply provisions, 
canoes, tents, all one needs, at very moderate prices. 

you need do is to write, saying, “Please engage me two 
men and supplies for a month, to go moose hunting in the 
Kippewa country,’ or in Ontario, and they will be 
ready for you. Ontario, as readers of Game. Laws in Brief 
know, will have an open season on moose this fall for the 
first time in several years, F 

The physical features of this region are very remark- 
able. Lake Kippewa, for example, has about 600 miles of 
shore. Yet scarcely anywhere is it ten miles wide, and in 
most places much narrower. Its shores are as crooked 
as if drawn up with a puckering string. Kippewa Station 
is on the shore of the lake. Many moose are killed here 
every fall, but the better country is further north, two 
or three days canoeing, or as far as one chooses to go, and 
the multitude of lakes and streams in every direction is. 
past belief. 

One can leave the railway at Temiscamingue, and go 
up the lake of this name by steamer to Baie de Pére. Here 
we may take canoe for Lake Quinze, and the adjoining 
region, where the moose are very plentiful. All through 
this region, since the killing of cow moose has been 
checked, the moose are on the increase. If one is am- 
bitious and wishes to go ip to Lac Ja Barriere in snow- 
shoe time, he can see some good caribou hunting. 

North Bay, Ont., is another good railway point from 
which to reach moose country this fall. It is only a few 
miles by tote road to Lake Temagamang, another place 
that makes the sportsman feel like Alice in Wonderland. 
And I think the best bass fishing on this continent right’ 
now is in and about Lake Nipissing, on which North 
Bay is located. 

Is it not a fine thing now, gentlemen of the brother- 
hood, who feel that we were born a hundred years after 
the woods are gone—is it not a fine thing to know that 
there is a country like the one we have dreamed about, 
where the birch bark canoe is, as of yore, the standard 
means of transportation? In the chosen parts of Canada 
one can have just as good a time hunting as Daniel Boone 
had in Kentucky, with the added convenience that the 
Indians, thanks to certain Jesuit gentlemen of long ago, 
will not shoot you in the back, but will, on the contrary, 
cook a very fair meal and swing a paddle all day for 
two dollars! Yes, for a dollar, if you get a hundred — 
miles from the railroad. 

I have not said a word about the Lake St, John coun- 
try, because I prefer places where things are more 
primitive. There is a region of Canada that it would pay 
a man to visit 1f he had the time, and when he came 


back he could say he had been somewhere. It would take 


at least three months, 

Out of the unknown north, into the great Gulf of St. 
Lawrence, pour down a score of splendid rivers, far 
east of the Saguenay. Any one who has the least talent 
for geography, who will look at the mouth of the Berse- 
mis, the Outarde, the Manicougans, the Marguerite of the 
north shore, the St. John of the north shore, the Mingan, 
the Moisie, the Natashquan—any one, I say, who will 
contemplate the floods which roll out from those capacious. 
rivers, will be impressed with the fact that it takes a 
vast extent of territory to accumulate all that water. 
Big rivers are not born in little countries. And yet you 
neyer met a white man who had been to the head of 
any one of them, unless he was a Canadian Government 
surveyor, But it is a journey that might easily be ar- 
ranged. There is a steamer down the coast once in 
two weeks from Quebec. Or, better yet, you can charter a 
little schooner at Tadousac, or Riviére du Loup, or at. 
Gaspé, to take you where you list, all for little money. 
Now at Seven Islands, at Moisie, at St. John, at Mingan, 
at Natashquan, are Hudson Bay stores, and here come 
the Montagnais Indians down from the interior ever 
June to dispose of their furs. Any one accustomed to 
American Indians will at once recognize the Montagnais 
for a fine, hearty lot of folks, They have a country all to 
themselves, they bring out big catches of fur, they spend 
the summer at their seashore resorts, where many of 
them own hundred-dollar sailboats. And if you think they 
are of doubtful reliability, watch their greeting to the 
devoted missionary whose yacht finds no sea too storr @ 
to go to them. You may find that the business-like buclg! 
who wears store clothes and wants three dollars a day, b 
compromises on a dollar and a quarter, has a surprising 
number of wives for.a Christian. But then, even som’ 
good white men—well, as I was saying, up in thay 
Labrador peninsula, where the Montagnais go for their 
steady job, there are ouananiche in the lakes and cari- 
bou on the mountains in schools and droves. Why, if 
what those Indians tell me is true, the schools are regu- 
lar universities, and the droves are like the ancient flocks 
on a thousand hills that we read about. I was camping 
on fhe Mingan a few years ago, and a native took me 
back about fourteen miles. up to the top of a high moun- 
tain, and offered to give me all the fish and game I ever 
thought of. I suppose his title to the country was just ast 
good as that of a certain personage who did the moun- 
tain-top act in a tempting manner long ago. I never 
wanted to go anywhere so much as I did to cut loose and 
go back with him, And mind you, there are no farmers 
and bushmen to rtin against up there. It is a country 
where there are just Indians and fish and bears and cari- 
bou. Up the St. John of the north shore there is a place 
where the salmon have to jump a fall, and right by the 
fall, separated by only a little ledge of rock, there used '° 
be a little pond or pool, where many of the salmon feff} 
in and could not get out, The bears had a habit of fish: 
ing in that pool, and they mussed up the rock so much 
with fish bones and things that the Provincial Govern. 
ment sent up a party of surveyors to blast out the rock 
ledge and spoil the bears’ fish pond, If you don’t 
lieve that, send to the Department of Forests, Lands asf 
Fisheries, at Quebec, and get the official report, It is a, 
print, and if I was at home I would cite the page, Tha) 
is a region where the wilderness comes down to the very 
doors of the codfishermen’s huts, and it always will, be- 
cause nobody can raise any crops there. To get a look at 
the big caribou heads, one would have to go a long way. 
But I tell you there are a lot of things talked about in 


the newspaper. It would be fun to make the trip. Not 
ten white men ever went from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to 
Ungava Bay, across country. We know less of that great 
peninsula than we do of Central Africa, I have seen Dr, 
Robert Bell quoted as saying that the grizzly lives east of 
Hudson Bay. I do not believe he said it, but who can 
say it is not so? We know a lot about Alaska, There 
are half a million square miles of eastern Canada that no 
man knows much about. And it is a country where a 
canoe will go, too, and there are paths over the portages 
as plain as Broadway, and a good deal older. 

And out in Manitoba, east of Lake Winnipeg, and up at 
Little Slave Lake, and out in British Columbia, where I 
was last fall—but for heaven’s sake, this rambling screed 
is twenty-one pages long, now. I tell you, boys, when I 
git to talkin’ about this here Canady, I sort of fergit 
myself ! Preperrc IRLAND, 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Chickens in the Northwest. 


Cuicaco, Jl., Aug. 11.—Mr. Geo. E, Bowers, the able 
game warden of North Dakota, writes a very welcome 
letter, under date of Aug. 7, regarding the chicken and 
duck prospects of his goodly commonwealth, His letter 
follows: ; 

“Office of State Game Warden, Fargo, N. D., Aug. 7. 
—It has been some time since I heard from you except 
through the columns of Forest ann STREAM, so I thought 
I would drop you a line and at the same time let you 

“know that the boys still shoot as of yore. The prospect 
was never better for good duck and prarie chickens than 
this year. We had a yery dry season, which is the praper 
thing for young prarie chickens, though hard on the far- 
mer. | woud like to have you join us on our annual hunt 
on the opening of the season, Aug. 20. We haven't got the 
old liner and white pointer, or the black bitch that you 
hunted over when you were last here. for they have since 
gone to the happy hunting grounds, but we have some 
of their offspring, also some setters which we consider 
good dogs. If you can come out this season I will try 
to give you a run for your money. Come, and bring your 
knitting and enjoy yourself.” 

I would like the best way in the world to get out into 
Dakota again, and I presume the best thing that ever could 
happen would be to have Mr. Bowers, the Chief with 
Two Stomachs, and myself get out into Gokey’s duck 
country once more. I am afraid, howeyer, that it is going 
to be impossible for me to get that far away from home 
at that time. Mr. Neal Brown of Wausau, Wis., wants 
me to come up there to shoot again this fall. and I haye 
promised Mr. W. A. Powel to come down to his place in 
Mlinois. Meantime comes an occasional bit of business that 
has to be done, so I think I will compromise the chicken 
opening by staying home and working—rather novel sen- 
sation, and not altogether welcome, but we have to do it 
‘once in a wh™ in this business. I am sure the Fargo boys 

will duly and properly open the season, and that they 
will have plenty of birds to shoot at, too. 

All reports seem to agree as to the great abundance of 
birds in Minnesota and Dakota this fall. Mr. W. L. 
Agnew, advertising agent of the Great Northern Railway, 
tells me that he is getting in carefully compiled reports 
from the agents along their lines, and the stories are pleas- 
ingly different from those of this time last year. The 
season has been perfect, and the crop is unexpectedly 
good, Mr. Agnew says, however, that the sooners are at 
work and have been for some time, in many points of the 
Northwest; and it goes without saying that more than 
half the chicken crop will have been harvested before 
opening day arrives. There are a good many birds, really, 
in many parts of the Northwest, but they are hunted so 
‘hard and so early, by so many men, that they do not show 
‘up very big a little later in the fall. There is an army of 

guns out each day at the first of the season; and each 

night before the season. 

So open and flagrant has been the violation of the Mins 
nesota game laws by early shooters. and such the un- 
doubted evidences in the markets of St. Paul and Minne- 
apolis, that the sportsmen of the two cities have united 
for a systematic war against the abuse. They are joined 
by Goy. Lind, who has expressed his wish that the move- 
ment may be carried on most vigorously. The St. Paul 
Rod and Gun Club has called a meeting for this after- 
moon, will raise a fund and appoint special detectives to 
merret out the offenders. Among other men interested in 
this work are the following: Drs. C. A. Wheaton, J. A. 


Hauser, Paul Gotzian, Albert Fischer, Dudley Finch, A. 
Fonda, J. B. Emerson, J. L. D. Morrison, M. L. Country- 
man, Frank Novotny, Edwin Isle, John L. Townley, C, R. 

ilkinson, Joseph Henry, Charles Librook, George Som- 
mers, Jr., George Benz, Jr., Charles Thompson, J. C. 
ighhouse, H. N. Cook, M. N. Goss, Judge Olin B. 
ewis, Dr. S. M. Kirkwood, president; A. E. Perry, 
secretary. 

Mr. A. W. Hooper, for a long time vice-president of 
he Winchester Repeating Fire Arms Company, though 
recently resigned from the more active managerial work 
pi that great concern, starts this week for a six weeks’ 
four and hunting trip in the Rocky Mountains. He will 
be guided by Billy Hofer, who leaves Chicago to- 
morrow night, to join Mr, Hooper at Gardiner, Mont., 
Aug, 15, The first part of the trip will be through the 
ellowstone Park. About Sept. 1 the party will go from 
whe Park into Wyoming, southeast of the Park, in all like- 
ihood, and the beautiful fall season of the Rocky Moun- 
cqins will then be enjoyed by Mr. Hooper for nearly a 
month. After that he returns East and goes to New 
Brunswick for a hunt after caribou and moose, In all 
ikelihood, Mr. Hooper will shoot a Winchester, and will 
wet game with it. 


eturn, Mr. W. D, Eaton and wife, of Burlington. Ia., 
who will be in the Park and adjacent country until snow 
drives them out. Mr. Eaton is local attorney for the C., 


ander charge of “Doc” Hall, a party of four, who, at last 
pvord, were having a good time—Messrs. Storer, Lund 
nd Snow, with a lady or two of the party, They will see 


those far-away Hudson Bay stores that you do not read in 


Billy Hofer takes out in October, afer Mr. Hooper's 


B. & ©. Railroad. Mr. Hofer now has out in the Park, 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


the Park very nicely thus. The stage line drivers call the 

Park guides the “savages,” and this is the term by which 

the guides know gach other. Yet such savagery is very 

pleasant, HoucH. 
HAarTForD BurLpinc, Chicago, Ll. 


The Virginia Game Outlook. 


CHASE City, Va., Aug. o—Editor Forest and Stream: 
The inelosed 1s from the Richmond, Va., Times of last 
Sunday. J do not know who the author is, but it very 
correctly gives a forecast of the game prospects in this 
State. W. D. Paxton, 


Within a few weeks now the turning point of the year’s 
seasons will have come, the nights will be cool and there 
will be a frostiness in the early morning. That will- cause 
the huntsman to feel again that life is worth the living and 
fill him with that impatient eagerness for the fields of 
thick stubble, and the bare woods, with their brown beds 
of leaves, from which the quail and the woodcock will 
whir, when flushed, into deeper cover, All the memories 
ot seasons past, of long tramps and no shooting, the 
exact spot where the birds rose, where they scattered in 
the open, and where he broke his record, and the work 
of his favorite dog—all these, so dear to the hunter's heart, 
will come with fresh interest with the approach of fall. 
The old pointer will sniff the air as he recognizes the 
coming season, and take on new energy after the lack-in- 
terest, sleepy life he has been forced to lead throughout 
the passing peace of the summer. The familiar Bob 
White, the call of the quail, has been the constant music 
in the farm lands of Virginia during the past summer, 
coming from every green clump and stream’s brink, above 
the rattle of the binder, in the wheat’s golden sheen, as 
sweet music to the ear of the harvester and a note of 
promise to the passing hunter, 

t is predicted now that birds will be more plentiful in 
Virginia next season than for ten years. As there have 
been no heavy and lasting snows through the winter, great 
numbers of them survived, and the summer, so far, has 
been free from hard and driving rains which are so de- 
structive when the birds are yet young. To these favors 


_ of the season are attributed the abundance of the birds in 


the State, which promises such royal sport for the true 
sportsmen, 

While the last Legislature was in session there was a 
concerted effort on the part of the huntsmen of the State 
to have enacted a uniform game law, but unfortunately 
politics were allowed to enter into the disctission of the 
law, and it was defeated ; so that for the coming season the 
old game laws of the State remain in force, 

In some counties, the season opens as early as Oct. 1, 
and in others on the 15th, but in most of them quail can- 
not be shot until Noy. 1, which is by far the best date, as 
prior to that time some coveys are found scarce feathered 
and almost fall at the crack of the gun, not having been 
struck by a shot. These young birds will invariably utter 
a peculiar little note as they rise, and it takes a novice in 
the field°or a man mean enough to shoot birds on the 
ground to pull a trigger on one of thems When a covey 
so young is found the proper thing to do is to move on 
to the next field, as they are too small to serve on toast, 
and not have your friends suspect you of killing larks or 
sparrows. Nor is there any honor or sport in bagging 
them. 

Around Richmond the birds are plentiful, but soon after 
the season opens they are well killed out, as the nearness 
to the city causes the country to be closely hunted. Armies 
of men and scores of dogs are constantly in the field. 

The promise for turkey hunting in those counties where 
they are usually found is said to almost equal that of the 
quail, and there is in store some old-time turkey hunting. 
In the counties of Amelia and Buckingham, where they 
have always been found, they are reported in unusual 
number. There is about turkey hunting an indescribable 
fascination that, as the advertisements say, must be felt 
to be appreciated. One a victim to it will have days 
during “the season’ when it is useless for him to try to 
accomplish anything, for the woods are calling and he 
must go, any means, for the turkey, of all game birds, is 
the wariest—well-called the monarch of game birds. But 
whether he return with a fine gobbler tied to his saddle 
ring or empty-handed, he has had a day of enjoyment 
and excitement. What could be finer than to see the sun 
glistening on the early morning frost, the trees resplendent 
in their many-colored dress, rivaling the rainbow in the 
brightness of their tints? 

This is enjoyable when the turkey has flown to haunts 
unknown of man, but when fortunate enough to start a 
flock, then there is royal sport. The dog’s sharp bark, as 
he rushes into the flock, and the “put-put” of alarm, as 
they arise for their beautiful, swift, graceful flight is 
sweeter far than “lovers’ tongues by night, like softest 
music to the attending ear.” 


A Florida Game Preserve. 


A TAMPA correspondent of the Jacksonville Times- 
Union and Citizen says that a large land deal has just 
been closed there by Hendry & Knight, who have handled 
so much property within the last few months. The deal 
mentioned is a little out of the ordinary, both for the size 
and for the purpose to which the land is to be put. The 
sale was of 63,710 acres of prairie land in Manatee coun- 


ty, which lies in a solid body, and has for years been the. 


property of the Plant Investment Compaiy: The land has 
been bought by Messrs. T. S., F. J., E. C. and C L. 
Knight, all of Charlotte Harbor, and they will inclose the 
land for a game preserve, which will be the largest in the 
State, The tract, in addition to a little the purchasers 
already owned there, comprises three solid towtiships. It 
is so watered and wooded as to make it an ideal game 
preserye. The new owners will devote their energies 
toward making this place one that will be well worth own- 
ing. All of the gentlemen are sportsmen, and they do 
not like to see the game disappear so rapidly as it has, so 
they have determined to have a place where they can 
do as they please and keep the pot-hunters out. 


The Forest AnD STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday, 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as mueh earlier as practicable, 


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. Guides and Employers. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

It seems to me that Coureur des Bois has given 
some very poor adyice to novices and doés not under- 
stand the sturdy independence of out American gitides, 
They are not seryants nor slaves, but more of compan: 
ions and friend, who feel responsible for the welfare and 
enjoyment of the person or persons who place themi- 
selves in their charge. 

Whoever engages the services ol a guide upon this 
plan will never have anything to complain of, hut who- 
ever is unwise enough to treat them as servants and 
navvies will have just cause to complain. 

As the great Scotch poet has said, “A man’s # man 
for a that, and the glorious old woods are ereat lev- 
elers, where money and style and the fads of fashion 
do not count for much. So when the novice goes to the 
woods I advise him to secure -the companionship of an 
honest, noble, natural woodsman and make him a friend 
and companion instead of a servant. And there will 
come nothing of it but a first-class, enjoyable vacation. 
If one wishes to run everything and haye his own way. 
then go it alone and do not draw the contempt of good 
men by showing ignorance and arrogance, 

I do not know what kind of men Coureur des Bois 
has employed, but if he has held them under him as 
servants he cannot get the best out of them—not if they 
are like Americans, BRAVER. 


In the Maine Woods. 


Deap River, Me., Aug. 10.—Game seemingly was 
never so plenty as this year. Moose are seen by almost 
every party that goes for a fishing trip. Four were seen 
last week by Harvey and Herman Harlow at Black Brook 
Pond. Deer are more common than sheep in this. section. 
Miss Eva Parsons, of this place, has a little fawn which 
was got in the Dead River nearly drowned and starved. 
It is doing well now. Partridge are to be seen in good- 
sized broods on eyery hand. Great fun is expected at all 
kinds of small game, Fishing, some good catches of big 
trout have been made all through July and August so far. 
Mr, Fred H. Butterfield, Walter Butterfield and Mr, 
Stephen Perry, of New Bedford, Mass., got eight one day 
at Round Pond that weighed 2% and 3% pounds each. 
They were here for two weeks. They also made a trip 
to the famous Spencer Stream region—they got some 
good ones there. hey got about 500 during their stay, 
saw lots of deer, and photographed several big bucks at 
very short range. More people are coming to Maine this 
season than ever before. Big crowds are expected at all 
the resorts here for September shooting. 

Jim Hartow, Registered Guide. 


Another Game Preserve. 


Hewterr’s, L, L, Aug. 13—The lands between this 
village and East Rockaway, south of Main street, have 
been legally set aside as a game preserve by the owners 
There are already several flocks of quail on the property, 
and the ponds and streams are favorite haunts of wood- 
cock, The lower meadows, fronting on the bay, are feed- 
ing grounds for snipe and meadow hens. 


Meadow Hen Season Open, 


Bast Rockaway, L. I, Aug. 13.—The meadow hen 
open season begins on the 16th inst. The birds are in 
good condition, but they are not very plenty, owing, doubt- 
less, to the way in which they have been slaughtered in 
previous years. The awkward birds are an easy target for 
amateur gunners and small boys, who often get so close to 
the birds that they blow them all to pieces, 


Sex and River ishing. 
ANGLING NOTES. 


The Ristigouche. 


Looxine out of the open door at 
rainy morning, I can see the waters of the Ristigouche 
of the old maps and grants, and the Restigouche of the 
modern maps and railway folders, hurrying down to 
Matapedia post-office and Matapedia railway station, and 
I have good reason to believe that there are salmon in 
the very water I look upon from the house, but they are 
safe so far as the salmon fisherman is concerned, for this 
is Sunday, and the salmon rods are unjointed and stand 
in the corner of the hall, and lines are unwound from 
the reels and drying in the bedrooms. 

On the New Brunswick side of the river, and just above 
Alford’s, where the Upsaleuitch comes in, the American 
and British flags are flying above Camp Harmony, show- 
ing that the members of the club are at home. but the 
evidence of the flags is not necessary, for I have scen Mr, 
Dean Sage, Mr. Wm. Sage, Mr. J. W. Burdick. Col. 
Stackpole and Judge Hamilton on the river, some of them 
in the act of killing fish, or losing them, and Mr. Mitchell 
and I are to dine there later in the day. The river 
guardian has just walked out of his shanty on the oppo- 
site shore, just below the Capt. Sweny cottage, and is 
taking a look at water and sky. As he was out all night 
protecting the river and watching for net drifters, I pre- 
sume he can tell just how hard it did rain in the 
night, and if we may expect the river to run down still 
more, as we hope, so that salmon will lie in the Alford 


Alford’s this cold, 


‘water, of expect it to remain stationery, so that when 


Monday comes we must go down to Grog Island. where 
yesterday I lost a big salmon—my only rise—from the 
parting of a knot in my leader, and where Mr. F. W. Ayer 
killed three fish. The Upsalquitch shows that it is still 
good water, for the stones under the water break at 
Camp Harmony. which mark its decadence for big fish 
when they appear. or still under water. I fished it in a 
pouring rain one day and killed: a salmon of 17% pounds. 
which took out all my casting line and a good part of 
my back line and gave me more’ sport than a 241 -pound 
fish in the main river. The following day Mr. Mitchell 


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Ashed it and killed a 19-pound fish on the same water, his 
own, and in the afternoon five fish from 81% to 24Y2 pounds 
on the Sage water. So far the fish killed seem to have 
been fish that were nipped as they were passing up the 
river on the flood, and were attracted by some fly as 
they passed, for there is no evidence that they “lay,” as 
the mver men say, long in any of the pools. I had one 
lesson to show that a man should never put his fly on 
the water of this river, or any part of it, at any time, un- 
less it is in condition to kill. . : 

The Alford water is late water—that is, it is rapid when 
kigh, and until the water gets down the fish do not lie 
in it. Even at this time it is considered about 2 feet above 
fishing condition, and several days ago, when it was still 
higher, a salmon took my fly in it, and he has got it 
yet, so far as I know. ; 

I came in to ltinch and stood my rod against a tree at 
the door, which was all right enough, but I left my leader 
on it, which was wrong. Usually I take the leader off 
and put it in the damp box, but on this occasion I did not, 
for I had thought I would put on a fresh one, as there 
appeared to be a weak place in the one on my line. After 
lunch Mr. Mitchell and I took our rods and walked down 
to the canoes, and as the man pushed out I unhooked the 
fly from the reel bar and cast it on the water near the 
canoe, and a salmon happened to be there where one was 
“ot expected, and I found that what had appeared to be a 
weak place in the leader really was one, though it might 
have killed the fish had the leader been wet instead of 
ary. 

Green Smoked Salmon. 


The rainy Sunday morning had made way for a bright 
sunny noon at the time our men poled us up and across 
the river to Camp Harmony to dine. 

Stanford White made fhe plans for this camp, perched 
high above the water, and it is about as perfect as a 
fishing camp can be made. The veranda on one side 
almost overhangs a portion of the home pool, giving an 
excellent opportunity for the fisherman who may be 
sitting on it to watch the movements of the fish in this 
pool, and the view down river is particularly fine. 

. Returning one evening to the house, I met Mr. White 
coming down from the upper portions of the river, and 
he reported very indifferent success, but later I saw in the 
score book at the Ristigouche Salmon Club that Mr. 
White, having learned that the salmon had appeared in 
considerable numbers up river, had again gone to the 
upper pools of the club and killed, as I now recall it, 
something like twenty-three salmon. But I am getting 
away from the dinner at Camp Harmony, where, in my 
estimation, the chief dish was a green smoked salmon. 
One gentleman went so far as to say he preferred the 
green smoked salmon to fresh salmon, Anyway, I liked 
the fish so well that I asked Mr. Sage to call tp the 
Indian who officiated at the smoke house to tell me how 
he smoked the fish, and here is how it is done, as | 
noted it on the back of an envelope: Split the fish down 
the back, take out the back bone, put in pickle of salt, 
molasses and water. Molasses one-half cup, salt and 
water enough to make brine and cover fish. Leave fish 
about two hours in pickle, then open fish, put skewer 
across it on skin side to hold it open and flat, rub a little 
sugar and pepper in flesh side and smoke.two days with 
gmoke from beech wood. For green smoked salmon small 
fish should be selected. The smoke house is made of 
bark with an opening in front near the bottom for the 
smoke fire, and a door at the back for putting in and 
taking our the fish. 

Unfortunately, few, comparatively, will be able to ap- 
preciate just how good green smolted salmon is, for it will 
not bear transportation, and therefore must be eaten where 
salmon are killed. or contiguous thereto. Mr. Benedick 
said at the dinner table that he would at least try the 
experiment of taking some of the smoked salmon to 
Albany, but later the Indians said, even for that distance, 
the fish should be smoked another day, when & would 
keep for a week. 


Camp Harmony After Dinner. 


It is #he most natural thing in the world that in a sal- 
mon fisherman's camp tke conversation after dinner over 
cigars and pipes should be of salmon and salmon fishing. 
Daniel Adams, one of my canoe men, had told me of 
killing a 15-pound salmon with worm bait while fishing 
for trout, and he knew of other trout fishermen who had 
killed salmon in like manner, and of eel fishermen who 
tad killed salmon on cut bait. Alexander Mowat had 
assured me on more than one occasion that salmon wottld 
take worms on the bottom, and I mentioned the instances 
that had been related to me. Judge Hamilton contrib- 
sited the fact that his father had killed salmon on min- 
dow bait, and Mr. Ayer practically closed the discussion 
by saying that everything went to prove that salmon took 
the fly because they thought it something to eat, and they 
took it because they wanted to eat it if it proved palatable. 
Mr. Mitchell said he had seen three salmon take the fly 
under the most favorable circumstances for clear obserya- 
tion. -In each case the fish eame up behind the fly slowly, 
as minnows have been seen to swim after a bait drawn 
through the water, and advancing without hurry or 
cai seized it and turned down toward the bottom 
with it. 

Mr, Dean Sage brought out a book of souvenirs, a few 
of which I shave before me as I write, and which I 
will mention separately. 

Oxe is a well-worn Jock-Scott, hooked into a sheet of 
uote paper bearing the following legend: “This fly was 
taken from the lip of a salmon weighing 2% pounds. which 
rose to a fly cast in the Upsalquitch Pool, Ristigouche 
River, Quebec. The salmon was killed by Mr. Bryan at 
7:30 P. M. Wednesday, June 38, 1883. and in addition to 
the discovery of this fly being attached to him, it was 
observed that he had been presumably gaffed, there being 
a wound in his shoulder an inch long, unhealed. This 
fly was identified on Thursday by Dr. Ferber, of New 
York, as one belonging to him with which he had hooked 
a salmon Tuesday, June 27, 1883, at 10 A. M., which 
broke the casting line and escaped, after being struck 
with the gaff. Dr. Ferber hooked this fish in the Alford 
Pool. half a mile below where he was killed next day 
ee Mr. Bryan. Dean Sage, Camp Harmony, June 209, 
1884, 
A farge silver-doctor on single hook attached to a 
broken casting line had this on its wrapper‘ 


FOREST AND_ STREAM. 


“The inclosed fly and casting line was fast under the 
lowest jaw of a 24-pound saimon (outside), killed by 
Dean Sage on the camp pool, mouth of Upsaiquitch, Ris- 
tigouche River, N. B., June 16, 1892. he tty had evi- 
dently been in the salmon for several days, as the wound 
made by it was suppurating.”’ 

The casting line or leader appears tu be nearly com- 
plete, and I imagine from what is left that scarcely more 
than a length or two of gut is broken from it, At the 
breach the gut is smaller than at any other portion of the 
leader that remains, and quite likely the small length of 
gut was overlooked by.its former owner when he placed it 
on his reel line. If the fish that he foul-hooked did 
not show itself before its escape with the fly, I expect 
that to this day the fisherman to whom this fly once 
belonged fondly imagines that when he lost his fly and 
leader he lost a 4o-pound salmon, even if he did not at 
the time estimate it at 50 potinds. Mr. Sage’s memoran- 
dum answers a question that is frequently asked: “How 
do fish get rid of haoks that are fastened in their mouths 
when they break tackle and escape?” ‘‘The wound made 
by it” (the hook of the fly) “was suppurating.” That 
tells the whole story, for when suppuration has proceeded 
to a certain point, the hook would come out of itself. 

One more quotation from the legends in the treasure 
book and I will be content for the present. This time 
it is a Jock-Scott in fair condition, for it would yet kill 
fish. This is the explanation of its retirement: 

“With this Jock-Scott fly. tied by Forest & Son, Kelso, 
Scotland, I killed in the Ristigouche River, Canada, in 
June, 1883, besides three fish that broke loose after being 
hooked, the following salmon: 201%, 20, 20%, 244, 20, 
22, 26, 23, 38, 12%, 27, 28. Twelve in all, weighing 
282 pounds.—Dean Sage.” 

As the fish averaged 23% pounds, in spite of the 12%4- 
pound one, the twelve were above the average of June 
fish in the Ristigouche, as Mr. Mitchell tells me a fair 
average for the early runs fs 22 pounds. As a contrast to 
this fly, I may say that I put on a new Jock-Scott this 
season and killed one fish of 2414 pounds-on it, and there- 
after #ie fly was scarcely recognizable, it had been so 
chewed and mangled by the fish. The salmon did not 
show above the water after taking the fly until it was 
gaffed, and it was not until I saw the fly that I knew 
what he had been so busy about that gave him no time to 
leap. One wing was gone, and the jungle-cock from 
the other and the body of the fly looked as though it had 
been chewed by a puppy instead of a fish, and it was not 
sufficiently respectable to again offer to the king of 
fishes. 

Drifting. 

The chief duty of a salmon river guardian is to pre- 
vent poachers from drifting the salmon pools. No light 
is required for this style of poaching a salmon river, and 
it is done almost silently and so quickly that a guardian 
may be alert on one portion of his beat and still the 
drifters may get in their deadly work and escape from 
another portion of the same beat. Mr. Mitchell owns a 
pool on the Upsalquitch not far from the main river, and 
one day I killed a fighting fish in it, and the next morning 
Mr. Mitchell went up to fish it while I went down to the 
Grog Island Pool on the main river. During the fore- 
noon one of my men, Daniel Adams, said he feared Mr. 
Mitchell would not haye success, for it was in the air the 
evening before that the Upsalquitch* was to be drifted 
that might, and this led me to question him on the stb- 
ject. There was a time in all probability when drifting a 
salmon pool was considered a legitimate occupation by 
neatly every able-bodied man on the river. It was the 
easiest and cheapest way to get salmon for home con- 
sumption fresh or to salt down for winter, or to sell, and 
they considered that salmon came into the rivers for the 
benefit of the settlers quite as much as for the sportsmen 
who leased the fishing from the Crown. I do not propose 
to discuss the right or wrong of the procedure, but drifting 
was practiced more or less openly. so far as the settlers 
were concerned, for apparently they were all tarred with 
the same stick. For the benefit of the uninitiated, I may 
say that drifting is practiced by stretching a met across 
the river at the head of a salmon pool with a canoe at 
either end of the net and drifting it through the pool. 
Daniel said that a drift net could be operated at a pinch 
by one man in one canoe, though two made better work of 
it. On the very water where we fished, he told me he had 
known thirty-six salmon to be taken in two drifts, the 
largest a fish of 40% pounds.. 

The drifters became guardians under the new order of 
things, and they were the very best of men to locate nets 
when they did their duty, but it was hard to break away 
from old practices and associates who had not become 
guardians, and so one year when I was on the river the 
etiardian on the opposite shore was seized by the drifters, 
bound and gagged and thrown into the bushes, while the 
drifters did their work, and later it was found that the 
binding was done by a preconcerted arrangement with the 
drifters. Daniel, however, when he changed to a guardian 
from being a drifter, determined to do his whole duty, and 
he told me that on one occasion the Ristigouche Salmon 
Club sent for him and said that it had come to the 
knowledge of the club that there was a drift net located 
on a certain pofttion of the river, and if he captured the 
net the club would pay him $100, and if he captured 
the net and the men they would pay him $150. How he 
got the net I will tell as nearly as possible in his own 
words: “I got a man to help me, and we were both sworn 
in as officers, for I had at that time ceased to be a 
guardian. The first night we came down to that clump of 
trees just below young Dawson’s house, which you can 
see on the other side of the river, and pulled our canoe 
out. It was not fully dark, for we could see the people 
going along the road to church, it being Sunday night. 
We had not been in hiding long before we heard the 
sounds of leads going out over the side of a canoe, and 


then we put our canoe in the water and paddled down 


stream. We fotind one canoe out in the stream with two 
men in it, and another canoe on this shore with one man 
in it. They saw us and all paddled for the shore, the 
single man being so close to land -that he was away before 
we got near him, but the other two had a close call, though 
they escaped. They left both canoes on the bank and ran 
for it, and there was no use of our trying to catch them 
in the dark. We did get the net and found one salmon in 
it, and we took the fet to the club and were then paid 
$100.” I told him he was fortunate in getting his re- 


fAue, 18, 1680. 


ward after only one short evening’s work, when perhaps 
he expected me to tell him thar 1c was a clever piece of 
detective work, but I had been informed that drift nets 
cost $8 each, and I could not help it if my thoughts did 
wander to the possibility that if Daniel and lis assis:ant 
had not been perfectly reliable as special guardians, there 
was a clear profit of $18.40 to each of the five men en- 
gaged that night. Also, I did wish to ask why the canoes 
left on the bank were not captured, and by this means 
the owners found, but it is not always best to ask too many _ 
questions that might prove troublesome when you are 
seeking certain kinds of information, for the founiain of 
information might suddenly dry up and leaye your thirst 
for knowledge unquenched. 

Without doubt there will be much sympathy for the 
men who settled on the banks of the river in the wilder- 
ness to subdue it and make homes for themselves under 
adverse conditions, for they owned the land and were not 
permitted to fish for salmon in the streams upon which 
their farms abutted. The fishing in the whole river was 
leased by the Crown to Col. Bridges for fifty dollars, as I 
now remember the sum, for the Crown at that time 
claimed to control the salmon fishing in the rivers of 
the Province, and it is little wonder that the early settlers 
and their sons, who were forced to become expert canoe 
men, also become expert salmon net drifters. 

Since the courts decided that a settler owned the fishing 
to the middle of the stream on which his farm touched. 
many settlers derive a handsome income from leasing 
their salmon fishings, and the farmers and their sons have 
not forgotten under the new order of things how to 
manage a drift net and a canoe at the same time if the 
night is right for the purpose. As a matter of fact, lam 
told that there is now very little drifting, The men are 
employed as gtiardians and as canoe men, and it is more 
profitable to follow in a path that does not lead to a court 
of justice that deals out punishment for illegal fishing. 


Setting Poles. 


The poles used by the men to push the canoes up 
stream are iron shod, and the Ristigouche is a highway 
for canoes and scows when the fishing season opens. The 
fishing in Grog Island Pool, when the water is igh is 
close in shore at one point where the shore is very rocky, 
and often when I have been fishing there, canoes and 
scows would pass up river at intervals during the day. 
You can hear the “click,” “click” of the iron-shod poles a 
considerable distance as the men pole upward. The white 
men pole up past you within short casting distance with- 
out a break in the ‘click.’ “click,” but when the canoes 
are manned by Indians they will reverse their poles before 
they get very near to you, using the wooden end in the 
water, which makes no noise at all, Often I have taken 
my attention entirely from my fishing to watch the In- 
dians. I imagine the stern man takes his cue from the 
man in the bow, for there is no spoken word that I have 
been able to hear. Both poles are reversed as though 
they were operated by a single lever, and sil@mce comes 
for a time, and then the “click,” “click” is resumed some 
distance above you. I haye yet to see a white man reverse 
his setting pole at the point I have mentioned. 


Motion in Salmon Fly. 


Mr. Henry P. Wells in the “American Salmon Fisher- 
man” gives directions for casting in salmon fishing and 
the manipulation of the fly afterward: 

‘When the cast is complete, his rod will point across 
the current. Retaining the rod in that position, its tip 
still pointing in the same direction, he causes that part of 
his rod to vibrate up and down in a perpendicular plane 
through an amplitude of about one foot, and with a 
rapidity of vibration about double that of his pulse. When 
the line where it enters the water appears to gently slap 
its surface at every downward vibration of the tip of the 
rod, the motion ts correct. 

“The fly is now acted on by three forces: first, the cur- 
rent, tending to sweep it down stream; second, the re- 
straining power of the line, tending to hold it back, and, 
third, the vibratory motion of the tip of the rod. The re- 
sult is that the fly describes an arc of a circle of which 
the tip of the rod is the center, and the line the radius, 
and that it travels this path by a succession of impulses 
and halts, timed by the rate of vibration of the tip of the 
rod, When the fly moves, its motion draws the wings and 
hackles together; when it halts, they expand. Thus the 
parts mentioned seem to open and close, something like an 
umbrella, and a yery life-like and attractive appearance 
is given to the fly.” 

T have never seen but one man fishing for salmon who 
did not vibrate his rod in the manner indicated by Mr. 
Wells. All the sportsmen do it, and all the canoe men 
do it, so far as I have observed, and it is really a 
study to note the different degrees of vibration given to 
the rod by different fishermen. I have done it myself 
until this year, for I have always accepted as true that this 
vibration did open and shut the wings and hackles of the 
fly. Two years ago I became satisfied that in the Rict'- 
gouche the current was so strong in June that it did not 
permit the hackles and wings to open as I have believed 
they would when the rod was vibrated. This year I ex- 
perimented much more thoroughly, and could not see that 
the feathers of the fly did anything but cling to the shank 
of the hook, and so said to Mr. F. W. Ayer, whom I con- 
sider one of the best salmon fishermen who fish the 
river. He said that he did not vibrate his rod at any 
time; that the current was all sufficient to give the fly a 
life-like appearance, and finding that the motion did not do 
what I had always believed it would do, I stopped 
vibrating the rod as a saving of energy. To be sure, from 
habit I would find myself vibrating the rod at times h t 
after a day or two I rarely did it. Mr. Ayer argued that 
slightly hooked fish and clean misses came from the 
yibrated fly. That the fish started for the fly in a certain 
position, and before he reached it it had been moved a 
hand’s breadth and so there was a chance for a miss, being 
foul-hooked or slightly hooked. Be this as it may, what 
is the use of expending energy to keep your rod in mo- 
tion, up and down, up and down, all day long, if it adds 
nothing to the attractiveness of the fly at the end of 
your leader? Possibly in more sltiggish rivers it may be 
desirable to vibrate the rod, but if I were to fish the Risti- 
gouche for fifty seasons, I would never again make a 
practice of vibrating the rod, I do not know how it may 
be on the Dartmouth, the Moise and other rivers Mr. 


> ‘ 


Aug. 18, 1900.] 


Wells has fished, but I am satisfied that the Ristigouche 
current does not require a yibrated rod to make the fly 
attractive. In fact, Mr, Wells says later in his book, 
speaking of the vibration of the rod; “This is the usual 
and perhaps the most effective method of displaying the 
salmon fly. Some, however, allow the current to swing 
the fly steadily through its orbit, omitting altogether to 
vibrate the tip, while others impart a rapid quiver to the 
tod, both of which methods are at times successful, In- 
deed, when a particular fish has been located, upon the 
capture of which the angler has set his heart, all these 
methods may be tried in succession with profit.” 

Tf we all thought alike it would be a monotonous world, 
and I doubt not that Mr. Wells’ advice is good, but I 
do not know of any angler on the Ristigouche more suc- 
cessful than Mr. Ayer for the water he has to fish, and 
if permitting the fly to swing steadily through, -its orbit 
will do the business. Why vibrate the rod? It proves 
nothing that Thad more rises after I ceased to vibrate the 
rod than I did before, but such was the case—but there are 
risers and risers. : 


Kelt with Eggs. 


This year Mr. Mitchell beached a well,rounded kelt in 
June, a female, and as his canoe man tailed it to remove 
the fly, about 100 eggs came from the fish. They ap- 
peared to be perfect eggs of good color and healthy, and 
came from the fish as easily as at spawning time in the 
fall, when the females are ripe for egg taking.. For some 
reason these eggs had been carried over from last fall, 
when she probably deposited the bulk of her eggs on the 
spawning bed, possibly far up the river. 

Trout that are spawned artificially in a hatchery pond 
will return again and again to the spawning race if the 
men do not get all the eggs at the first or second handling. 
If only a very few ripe eggs remain, the fish will run up 
into the spawning race after she has been stripped by the 
spawn taker, but this salmon was apparently going down 
to sea with free eggs more than seven months after the 
regilar spawning season. This was mentioned in a 
group of salmon fishermen, and several similar incidents 


Were mentioned as coming under the observation of those » 


then present, 


Mr. Mitchell’s Score. 


The writing of these notes was begun on the Risti- 
gouche River and left unfinished for lack of time to 
complete them. They were added to in New York, Cale- 
donia, Syracuse, Lake George and elsewhere, always un- 
der most unfavorable circumstances for writing. The 
first sheets are somewhat worn from being carried in my 
bag twice pretty well over the State during the past month, 
und to-n.ght I determined to finish them before I started 
-Q- morrow on another journey of ten days. Mr. Mitchell’s 
lecter, from which I. quote, followed me from place to 
pace, to be finally deposited with the unfinished notes. 
He says: “I only arrived home to-day (July 7), having 
stretched a point and remained a week longer on the 
river than was my original intention. The fishing was 
gocd at times after you leit, and at other times it was 
dull. . 

“T finished up with thirty-one salmon and one grilse. 
Weight of all, 603 pounds. Leaving out all under 20 
pounds, I had twenty fish as follows: 2414, 22, 22, 22, 20, 
2214, 23, 20%, 24, 20, 23%. 2014, 2114, 2214, 28, 2414, 2214, 
2472, 2342, 24%—456 pounds.” 


A Woman’s Score. 


One morning, as we passed down river over the Daw- 
son waters, where Billy Florence fished so many years, 
Mrs. John Reid was fast to a fish, and was about to bring 
him to gaff—in fact, after our canoes had passed, one of 
our men, looking back, saw the fish taken invo Mrs. Reid’s 
canoe. On the following Sunday, when we called at the 
Dawsons’, Mrs. Reid told us that that fish weighed 35% 
pounds, and the same day she killed one of 25% pounds, 
and a day or two later she killed one of 34% pounds, and 
at that time the men at Dawson’s had not equaled her 
big fish. In the same pool young Mott, son of Jordan 
L, Mott, Jr., last year killed a salmon of 43 pounds, and 
the single-hooked fly came away as the fish was gafted, 
and then it was discovered that the barb was gone, so 
gee young man was extremely fortunate to have sayed 
nis fish. 


Rescuing Salmon Fry. 


The Alford water at a proper fishing stage has a wide 
bed of gravel on the left bank. This gravel bed, the 
bottom of the stream in high water, grows wider and 
wider as the water recedes. At first there are several 
pools in the gravel, but as the water gets lower there is 
but one, and eventually this dries up. Every spring there 
will be a quantity of salmon fry in these pools in the 
gravel, and ultimately they gather in the last remaining 
pool, which is at that time a considerable distance from 
the river. Mr. Mitchell has been in the habit of rescuing 
the fry and placing them in the stream, and he does it in 
the summer. When the pool, which maintains the same 
level as the river, gets small, he digs a hole in the lowest 
part of it and in this hole he sinks a bucket, the top level 
with the bottom of the pool, Wednesday the pool became 
dry, and the salmon fry gathered in the bucket and were 
carried to the river and liberated. Often I have wondered 
how many similar places there may be on the river where 
salmon fry are left to perish for the lack of some one to 
do as Mr. Mitchell has done for a number of years, and I 
haye wondered how many young salmon were utterly 
lost during the many, many years before Mr. Mitchell 
began his work of rescue. There are minnows in the 
pools also, but the young salmon may be distinguished by 
the fatter fin back of the dorsal, which is peculiar to the 
salmon family. It would be well worth the while of 
anglers up the river to see if there is not rescue work of 
this sort to be done nearer to the head waters of the 
Ristigouche than the Alford water. 


Salmon in New York. 


Within a year or so I printed a letter in Forest AND 
STREAM from an old resident on Salmon River, N. Y., in 
relation to the salmon in that stream in the early days the 
letter being procured for me by Excise Commissioner 
Lyman. Last year salmon returned to Salmon River, and 
the Legislature made an appropriation for the purpose of 
constructing fishways in the stream that salmon may Teach 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


spawning grounds in the head waters, and it is there that I 
am going to-morrow to see about the construction of the 
fishways. Hon, T. M. Costello tells me that the salmon 
come into the river about Sept, 1. 

A. N. CHENEY. 


Fishing in Lake Keuka. 


Lake KeuKa is one of the many gems of water adorn- 
ing the central part of New York State. It is a celebrated 
water for great lake trout and black bass. It also con- 
tains pickerel, very large perch, etc. There are also some 
rainbow or California trout in the lake, but how few or 
how many we cannot say, as those we have taken have 
always been caught when fishing for black bass with live 
minnows, 

We shall not attempt to give details of all the good 
fishing grounds of Lake Keuka; it is a large sheet of 
water, about twenty-eight miles long. We shall simply 
note the parts which we have always fished and where we 
have always been rewarded with good catches. As will 
be seen by our map of the lake (which is from memory) 
it is Y-shaped; the two arms are known as the East and 
West branches, 

The king fish of Lake Keuka is the great lake trout, or 
togue; it is sometimes called salmon trout by the natives 
around the lake. Without doubt, the best grounds for 
these fish is in the deep water which lies below the 
Bluff, and reaches as far down as the little point jutting 
out below the Grove Springs Hotel. It also runs up 
into the East Branch for about a mile and into the West 
Branch for a quarter to half a mile. We have marked 
this ground on the map thus: ........5.... 

This deep water runs from 60 to nearly 200 feet. About 
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about 60 feet of water. The springs are rather difficult to 
locate, but if the angler can do so he can always be sure 
of getting some of these fish. 

The local fishermen use regular clothes lines for lake 
trout fishing, weighted with nearly 2 pounds of lead to 
carry the end to the bottom. This cumbersome tackle is 
absolutely unnecessary. We use an ordinary stiff bait 
rod with a bass reel, having on it 400 to 600 feet of 
copper wire, gauge about 30. This line will run straight 
to the bottom from the reel, without any sinker what- 
ever, although to insure the line being kept taut, and also 
free from kinks, we use an ounce sinker. This copper line 
is strong enough to handle the biggest trout that will be 
found in Lake Keuka, 

There are two different ways of fishing for lake trout— 
first, with live bait 6 or 8 inches long on a Seth-Green 
gang; with this bait we let out line sufficient to carry it 
down to where the trout are on the feed; this depth your 
guide can tell you, as they keep in close touch with the 
trout throughout the season. The second way is to use 
a spoon—a wabbler, not a spinner. These wabblers should 
be about the size of Skinner’s No. 9. They should have a 
good swivel fastened on one end and a strong single hook 
soldered on the other. Lake trout will take silver, copper 

.and brass spoons, nor do they show much particular choice 
for any or either. When really hungry. they will strike 
at anything moving. On one occasion we opened a lake 
trout and found in its stomach an old corncob. Now what 
spoon the fish took this for we have never been able to 
decide. 

Slow trolling always gives the best restilts for lake trout. 

As a black bass water Lake Keuka has no peer. The 
bass are very plentiful and run large, averaging 2 and 3 
pounds. The ground which we always fish for bass, and 
which we believe to be the best in the lake, is the western 
rocky shore from the Urbana Wine Cellar up to Branch- 
ville, which is at the end of the West Branch; then again 
on the eastern shore of the West branch, from Branchyille 
down to the Bluff. 

We have marked these bass grounds thus: xxxxxxx. 
Our best catches have been made by trolling. using the 
following baits: st. A No. 2 silver casting spoon 
(Skinner’s), witha live minnow. 2d, The following flies 
surmounted by a No, 2 silver spoon (Skinner’s): The 


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Delaware-belle, silyer-doctor (a regular salmon fly) antl 
the black-princess, We have also made some good catches 
with ordinary fly-casting, using regular bass ties, but the 
fish taken this way at the surface run much smaller than 
those taken by trolling in deeper water nearer the bottom. 

As we have previously stated, rainbow trout are an un- 
known quantity in Lake Keuka. Those that we caught 
were probably in water from 20 to go feet deep on the 
edge and outside of the bass limit. We have marked their 
water thus: ooo00000. The only bait that we have ever 
taken them on in Lake Keuka has been minnows, and the 
largest specimen scaled nearly 5 pounds. 

For those who are fond of dallying with the little long 
noses—pickerel—Lake Keuka offers some good grounds 
on the eastern shore. Starting from the little point jut- 
ting out just below the Grove Springs Hotel, it is good 
pickerel ground all the way up to the point about a mile 
above the hotel, and then all over the little bay beyond the 
point. 

We have marked their ground thus: — — — — — —. 
The best bait to use for these little fellows is a No. 2 
brass Skinner casting spoon with a little piece of white 
belly from another fish on the hook as bait. 

One of the best table fish, and as gamy a fish as any 
angler wishes to have playing on his rod, is the large 
perch of 2 to 3 pounds, which are quite plentiful in Lake 
Keuka, They will be found both on the bass and pickerel 
grounds, 

Gibson’s is about the best spot to stop on the lake for 
the fishermen, as the best fishing lies all along in front 
of the hotel, and further, one can secure good and reliable 
guides there. 

To reach Keuka Lake the best route is to take the Dela- 
ware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad to Bath, which is 
six or seven miles from the lake. From Bath the angler 
can take either the Bath & Hammondsport Railroad to 
Hammondsport, or take a carriage and have an hour’s 
delightful country driving. From Hammondsport 
steamers leave regularly, calling at all the hotels and 
principal points all the way up to Penn Yan, at the head 
of the East Branch. Any angler spending a few days 
fishing the waters of Lake Keuka will be sure to be well 
rewarded and return perfectly satisfied, with a determina- 
tion to try again his skill against the plucky, finny tribe ef 
this queen of waters. J. CHURCHWARD. 


Aue 6 


Trouting in California. 


Goop results are being realized at the present time by 
anglers who are visiting the mountain streams of Cali- 
fornia, but the grandest stream as yet visited by she 
writer is the Truckee River. The accommodations 
afforded sportsmen by the Southern Pacific Company 
cannot be excelled, Take San Francisco as a center; by 
leaving on the 6 P. M. train the angler reaches the 
Truckee River the following morning, and, if he so de- 
sires, can be on the stream at 7:30. 

There are several hotels along the route, but the prin- 
cipal and best stopping place Sor anglers at present is 
Boca, a few miles from the State line. Good fishing may 
be had at almost any point on the Truckee. Boca has its 
admirers, the Union Mills its admirers, Floriston its ad- 
mirers, Verdi, also, its admirers. When the new hotel 
which is now in process of erection at Floriston is finished, 
it will be well patronized, especially during the months of 
July, August and September. 

The Truckee River is well stocked and well looked 
aiter, and great credit is due to the California Fish Com- 
mission for the admirable manner in which they look to 
the interests of the anglers in protecting the fishes during 
the fall and early spring, when so much illegal fishing 
is being carried on by the natives on the different sections 
of this stream. Quite a number of arrests were made this 
spring, and the offenders were heavily fined. 

The San Francisco anglers who visit this stream year 
after year have each their respective haunts where the 
trout hide. For instance, Geary’s Flat is known to ail 
anglers, and is well whipped in the latter part of July 
and the first week in August. Wells’ Riffle is another 
equally prolific stretch. Butler’s Salmon Roe Pool is also 
well known. All sportsmen who want good trout fishing 
should not fail to visit this stream, the angler’s para- 
dise, in California and Nevada. 

In fishing on this river, it is well to be provided with a 
pair of gum boots, leather soled and hob-nailed. A great 
many, however, discard the gum boots and use a pair of 
trout shoes well nailed. The rocks and boulders, which 
are very plentiful, are quite slippery, and at certain times 
of the season covered with a greenish moss, which makes 
the foothold anything but secure. In fording the Truckee, 
which can be done at several points between Truckee and 
Reno, it is well to be supplied with a wading stick. It is 
of great assistance, and never in your way if tied to your 
button hole and allowed to float in front of you while 
fishing down stream or when stamding in mid-stream. 

The market fisherman is a very necessary adjunct to the 
average angler who visits the Truckee River for the first 
time. Jf unsuccessful the first few days and he wants 
to send home a mess of trout to his friends, he simply 
pays 25 cents per pound for 15 or 20 pounds, skips them 
to the city and no one is a bit the wiser, except, perhaps, 
an angler or two who have to resort to similar methods 
and must necessarily keep mum. 

The rainbow trout take a spoon readily in the middle 
of the day, when they will not look at a fly, however 
artistically placed before them. A Mr. LaForge, who 
was a resident of Boca for a number of years, was the 
most successful spoon fisher on the Truckee. He in- 
vented a spinner which is used now by a majority of the 
spoon fishermen, and it is known as the LaForge spin- 
ner. It does excellent work, and can be had only at Boca. 
In spoon fishing on the Truckee it is well to wse a 
moderately stiff split-bamboo 7-ounce rod, and for fly- 
fishing a 534 or 6-ounce rod. ‘The best -flies are the 
coachman, royal-coachman, red-ant, red-spinner, grizzly- 
king, professor, queen-of-the-waters, caddis. March- 
brown, jungle-cock-wing, brown-hackle, red-body and 
gray-hackle, yellow-body, tied on Nos, 10 and 1@ hooks 
for morning and mid-day fishing, and Nos. 6 8 and 10 for 
evening fishing. A-large, gaudy-colored fly, just at dusk, 
allowed to sink, is a great killer. 

* To many of the readers of this yaluable paper, a word 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


_TAue. 18, 1906. i 


from California seems almost like a voice from_ the 
wilderness, but it must be remembered that.in our State 
the Forest AND STREAM has a great many friends, who 
are always glad to learn of advantageous places to in- 
dulge in the greatest of all sports. -The: sportsmen of 
other States may be some day induced to try our streams. 
JAMES Warr. 


June in the Wild Woods. 


BY PAUL TARBEL. 


A thing of beauty is a joy forever: 

Its loveliness increases; it will never 

Pass into nothingness; but will keep 

A bower quiet for us, and a sleep 

Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathings— 
An endless fountain of immortal drink, 

Pouring into us from the heaven’s brink.” 


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THis beautiful simile is as true now as when Keats 
wrote it, and its truth will become more and more general 
as the tone of the nation’s moral and intellectual standards 
improve, It is a lovable thing to have a beautiful im- 
amigation, but after all, beautiful fiction written by beauti- 
ful imaginations is lovable only for its portrayal of fancies 
and facts into one harmonious whole—as it pictures ideals 
and nature as we would like to have it in every day life. 

The fascinating qualities of Mary Johnson’s “Yo Have 
and to Hold” lie largely in the wonderful descriptions of 
the colonial condttions and the almost photographic repro- 
ductions of life in the wild woods. It is natural for 
humankind to yearn unconsciously, to be near to nature’s 
heart. 

Many instincts lie inherent within us, which speak 
up at times to prove io us that we are aiter all but nature’s 
children. Nature 1s to-day, and ever will be, what it was 
thousands of years apo. Sufficient unto the day is the 
happiness you can get out of it, and it were much better 
if we can see only the good things of this world and let 
the evil die for want of attention. 

I want to tell you about a country, and it is only a 


SHACK. cae 


AN EMERGENCY 


twelve hours’ ride from Chicago, that contains within its 
borders as much of natural grandeur, simplicity and 
beauty as any human heart can desire. A country of 
wild woods, of peaceful lakes and streams, of ruggedness 
and health-giving influences, of wild deer and partridges, 
of eagle and song birds, of all things as primitive and 
lovable to the student as the day Master John Rolfe took 
to wife Pocahontas, or Captain Ralph Percy so romantic- 
“ally wedded Jocelyn Leigh. 

Oh, for a day in June in the wild woods of Vilas county, 
Wisconsin! I have just returned from there, and the 
breath of all things I saw and heard is still upon me, 
I take it for granted you love such things, or why would 
you be reading this paper? 

I shall talk like a plain man, who knows not intimately 
nature, nor her ways, but who loves it all, oh! so dearly. 
Like one who has eyes to see and ears to hear. Not a 
scientist am I, nor an expert fisherman or hunter, but 
that is not necessary, for the country I am going to tell 
you about is not in need of diplomats to make it known, 
nor expert anglers to catch its fish, nor practical gunners 
to obtain its game, 

It is a beautiful country for plain people. Believe me. 
you can catch as many muskellunge or black bass with 
your plain rod and line as yonder nabob with high-priced 
split bamboo, reels, flies and other paraphernalia. all of 
which makes it patent that he pretends to a knowledge no 
one can master, fF 

Star Lake, Wisconsin, is on the Chicago, Mil- 
waukee & St, Paul Railway. Six miles. this side 
of that terminus is a side track in the very heart of 
the wild woods, termed by courtesy Glenbrook. That 

is where my friends, Knapp and Christy, and your Ser- 
vant. leave thé luxuries of sleeper and diner. It is June. 
9. 1900, and we are here for a ten days’ outing, Our 
destination is Boh McGregor’s camp on Big St. Germain 
_Lake, one of the thtee hundred distinct waterways of 
Vilas county: a 

Glenbrook is reached at 11 o'clock in the morning 
Bob had been notified days before to meet us with his 
pony and buckhoard. It was my intention to-print 2 
photograph of Bob’s backwoods lvyery, but he insisted 
that the jdea ot conveyance was patentable, and he wished 

i : F wt RLY 


I would wait. -The thing was wonderfully, yes, fearfully, 
concocted, and why we arrived safely at camp after a 
drive of seyen miles is beyond my ken; but Bob's child- 
like confidence in both was so captivating that each time 
after trying to knock over some majestic pine. instead of 
driving around it, and expressing our desire to assist by 
walking the remainder of the way, Bob would exclaim, 
“No, siree. Sit still. We're all right! You can’t break 
this rig.” 

Just a mile from Glenbrook we passed through some 


AN INLAND BASS LAKE. 


woods, that presented an exceptional opportunity for a 
view. Here it is. The wind blew from the west, from 
the unknown, I turned my head and it beat against my 
forehead, cold and fragrant with the essence of the forest 
—pine and cedar, dead leaves and black mould, glen and 
hollow and hill—all the world of woods over which it had 
passed. The ghost of things long dead, which face or 
voice could never conjure up, will sometimes start across 
our path at the beckoning of an odor. 

The entire ride of seven miles was an unbroken chain 
of enchantment, but some of its fascinations were lost in 
our efforts to maintain a state of equilibrium. Bob proved 
a skillful driver—only once were we really anxious. 

And here is a picture of Camp McGregor, on the shore 
of the lake. It did not take us a great while to don our 
camping garments, and soon we were on the shore, re- 
viewing the grandeur of our surrotindings. Before us 
lay the lake, a sheet of water so placid and limpid that 
it resembled a bed of the pure northern atmosphere, coni- 
pressed into a setting of hills and woods. The lake is 
about three and one-half miles in length and from one to 
one and a half miles wide. 

Of course, its margins were irregular, being indented 
by bays and broken by many projecting points. There 
is one effect such scenes always produce, and that is 
solemn solitiide and sweet repose, On every side, look 
which evet way you will, there is nothing meets your 
vision but the mirror-like surface of the water, the placid 
view of the heavens and the dense setting of the woods, 
So tich and fleecy were the outlines of the forest that 
scarce an opening could be seen, the whole visible earth, 
from the rounded hilltop to the water's edge, presenting 
one unyaried hue of unbroken verdure. As if vegetation 


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DESERTED LOG ROAD 


NOW A RUNWAY. 


were not satished with a triumph so complete, the trees 
overhung the lake itself, shooting out toward the light, 
and there were miles along its shores where a boat might 
have pulled beneath the branches of hemlocks, alders. 
beeches, birches or melancholy pines. In a word, the 
hand of man had never yet defaced or deformed any patt 
of this native scene, which lay bathed in the sunlight, a 
glorious picture of affluent forest grandeur, softened bv 
the balminess of June. J 


Mr.. Knapp had brought with him a pair of binoculars, . 


and through the magical power of these glasses all dis- 
tances and effects were brought close to our delighted 
vision. We acted like a trio of children. “My turn next,” 
and when at last we heard the unmusical toot of the sup- 
per horn,, we were loath to go, But go we did. T was 


the last to turn away. The binoculars were in my pos- 
session, and looking toward a point about a half-mile 
distant, I noticed something moving, and watching closely, 
presently saw emerge from the water line a large doe and 
two beautiful fawns. I called to Christy and Knapp to 
return, gave them the glasses and asked them to look. 

They did, and saw what I had seen. We then and there 
determined to lay for doe and fawns the following day, 
and, if possible, obtain a few photographs of liye deer in 
the wild woods. How we succeeded I will relate to you. 

Let me say a word here about my guide, James Ford- 
ham, J had written to him to meet me at the McGregor 
Camp, and with his usual promptness he atrived about 
stipper time, Jim is a reliable, sober and industrious 
guide. A man who loves nature and her ways instinctively 
—a good hunter and a splendid fisherman. The next 
morning we breakfasted and all were afloat by 4 o'clock. 
Remember, in June in Vilas county it is broad day- 
light until 9 o’clock in the evening, and the sun begins 
to throw its first rays before 3 o'clock in the morning. 

Knapp and Christy, both able and enthusiastic fisher- 
men, determined to spend the day trolling for muskel- 
lunge, pike and bass, but Jim and I, with our glasses 
and camera, were after closer acquaintanceship with Mrs. 
Doe and children. 

I had spotted the exact location of the appearance of 
the deer the evening before, and pointing the place out to 
Jim, he stated it was at the mouth of Lost Creek, Lost 
Creek leads to Lost Lake, as Plum Creek leads to Plum 
Lake. I might mention here, there are about eight fine 
lakes easy of access to Big St. Germain. 

A half-hour’s row brought us to our destination, and 
looking along the shore we distinguished many fresh deer 
tracks. This view of Lost Creek shows the exact spot 
where deer cross constantly, and Jim advised locating 
here. Of course I adopted his suggestion, and if you will 
look closely at the picture on the right shore you will-see 
our boat. : 

I moved about ten rods toward the lake. and entrench- 
ing myself amid the profuse shrubbery, I arranged my 
camera on its tripod, had its focus arranged that if any 
Jive thing crossed on the point in the left of the picture T 


TWO FISHERMEN EACH WITH A BASS ON HIS LINE. 


had only to squeeze the bulb to obtain its likeness amid the 
wild surroundings. The heaven was clear as could be, the 
air invigorating as pine-laden atmosphere must be, and 
the beauty and quietness of the surroundings can be 
judged by this view. 

Jim started for the dam, about two miles above, to ex- 
amine some deer licks, which he promised to keep salted 
to insure good sport when the season fell due, so now I 
had about three hours’ uninterrupted quiet before me. 
Everything bore that serene expectancy which is so char- 
acteristic of this locality. Now and then a robin, a tip- 
up or a kingfisher, and now a lone wood duck, would pass 
up or down the stream. The surface of the beautiful sheet 
of water was now glittering like a gem in the rays of the 
morning sun, and the setting of the whole, clothed in the 
richest verdure, was lighted up with a radiant smile, 

Is it any wonder that Deerslayer, when asked where his 
sweetheart resided, answered: “She is in the forest 
hanging from the boughs of the trees, in a soft rain, in the 
dew upon the grass, the clouds that float about in the 
blue heavens, the sweet springs where I slake my thirst, 
and in all the other glorious gifts that come from God’s 
providence.” 

But where is the doe and her twins? 

Hark! What's that? Looking intently toward the 
point, I see two tiny spotted toddlers wading out from 
the bushes. Not more than four or five feet, but there 
they are as plain as life can make them. They are cer- 
tainly not over two or three weeks old, spotted like two 
leopards, ears so large and awkward looking, their knees 
hardly seem able to support their ungainly little bodies, but 
happy as the children of the forest only know how to 
be when no danger is nigh and big mama is present to 
warn and watch over them. 

But where is mama? Ah! here comes the stately old 
dame. First she puts only her nose out of the bushes, 
looks up and down the stream, sniffs the air, and seem- 
ingly satisfied that all is well, she slowly and majestically 
walks out in midstream and takes a drink. The little ones 
hy this time are cavorting like two kittens, splashing the 
water and making a great deal of noise. Mama is 
afraid. evidently, there is too much noise, for she backs out 


“of the water. and the little ones obey her instractions and 


reluctantly follow, 


Aue. 18, 1900.) 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


129 


Fortunately, there is quite a clearing along the left 
bank, and slowly and stealthily backing about 10 feet up 
the hill, I gain a position where I can plainly see mama 
and the babies without being seen or heard. 

The old lady is quietly feeding, nipping the tender 
branches with much relish. The little ones think it is 
time for their breakfast, and to watch them as they pull 
at their source of nottishment reminds me of a full- 
blooded Jersey cow with a calf. I wonder if long years 
ago there was any relationship existing between the two? 

The doe is a big female. She weighs 200 pounds. She 
wears her spring and summer garment—her red petticoat. 
The duties of maternity evidently agree with her, for 
she is sleek and fat. Now mama compels the toddlers to 
stop eating, and even gives the largest of the fawns a slight 
tap on the head to prevent his rushes for more sustenance. 
This furry thing promises to be a buck, for he is deter- 
mined to get what he wants, but his mother is too qtick 
for him. She leaps from one side to the other with the 
. agility that only a deer possesses, and now both little ones, 
eritering into the spirit of play, run and jump in imitation 
of their mother. Now the dame runs twenty rods up 
the hill, and the little ones follow. Now they all come back 
pell mell. No sooner have the little ones reached the 
water's edge than they repeat the performance again 
and again. 

How proud mama looks! Were there ever two such 
lovely fawns? Not to her way of thinking. After haying 
run about ten times, they evidently tire and come up to 
partake of the maternal font. But instinct teaches that 
it is not good to eat when so heated from violent exer- 
cise, so the mother leads them to water, lets them drink 
and then again tempts them to repeat their performance 
of running and romping. It strikes me the mother has an 
object in view. Can it be to teach her young to gain 
strength and surefootedness? I think so, Now the two 
urchins come tumbling down the hillside with an im- 
petuosity that is undeniable. The smaller one of the two 
is enabled to stop jist at the water’s edge, but the baby 
buck is coming so quick and he has so little control of 
himself, he tumbles from the embankment and falls with 
a resounding splash into the water, and then begins to 
bleat exactly like a calf. as much as to say, “Mama, mama, 
sister pushed me in the water. Come help me, I am hurt.” 

And now I make my mistake. The entire affair is so. 
ludricous, I laugh, and that very loud, and then you 
should see the doe, One quick look in my direction, one 
quicker jump into obscurity, a-call for her offspring and 
that settles it. Then I think of my camera, and pressing 
the bulb, the best I can do is to give the picture of the 
scene where this happened. I am very sorry, but will try 
and do better next time. 

In a short time Jim return. I tell him of all I have 
seen, and he tells me so much of the deer licks and the 
profusion of tracks and deer that we embark and row up 
the creek to the dam. 

Counting the turns and twists of the creek, it is a four- 
mile row, but we take it slow and admire our surround- 
ings. Here is a picture of the dam and the old logging 
road. And if you have good eyes and will look where you 
can see the water, you will see two large deer. I was too 
far distant to obtain a distinct picture, but I hope the 
general beauty of the spot will recompense you for the 
failure to locate the deer. 

The rest of the forenoon was spent in this neighborhood. 
I counted before it o'clock eighteen deer, crossing and 
recrossing the creek below the dam. I watched a bald- 
headed eagle steal his breakfast from a fish hawk and 
then sail back to his nest to keep warm the one solitary 
ege. I saw a litter of wildcats (there were three), the 
old one snarling and raising her hair as such varmints do 
when cornered or scared. 

“Jim, what is that coming down the road? Why, yes, 
two brown dogs. What kind——”’ 

“No, Mr. Tarbel, those are two bear cubs. Wait and I 
will scare out the old one.” 

With this, Jim jumped down the embankment and 
tan toward the cubs, howling like a fiend. He had not 
gone more than twenty rods when the she bear broke the 
woods, and with an angry growl called her young ones 
and was lost in the shrubbery before you could count ten. 
And this continued all day, one scene of wonderful 
things, native and wild, health-giving and educating. 

At noon we ate our lunch and then started for the big 
lake. The rest of the day was to be spent in fishing. At 
the junction of the creek and lake is a small bit of sandy 
beach; attached to a stick pushed well down in the 
sand was fluttering a note. We were soon in possession 
of it, and we found it to be a message from Knapp and 
Christy, asking us to come to Lake Content. Their guide 
had impressed them with the fishing possibilities of the 
little Jake, and even Jim acknowledged it was a renowned 
place for black bass. 

Lake Content lies almost parallel with Big St, Germain, 
north of it, and there is a little thoroughfare connecting 
the two, not more than three rods across. As we came 
naerer to this point, Jim pointed out the exact location to 
me, but I could not distinguish it. 

As the bushes hung in the water beneath and pines that 
had the stature of church steeples rose in tall columns 
above the smaller birch, beech and hemlock, until their 
branches intermingled, the eye at even a short distance 
could not detect any opening in the shore to mark the 
egress of the water. In the forest above no ttaces of this 
outlet were to be seen from the lake, the whole presenting 
th same connected and seemingly interminable carpet of 
leaves. As we came within a few rods, the thoroughfare 
stood plainly revealed, and while Jim pushed the boat 
through, I walked across the narrow strip of land and 
beheld Lake Content. It is small in comparison with Big 
St. Germain, but is unquestionably one of the most beauti- 
ful spots in all the world, 

Friend Knapp and Christy with their guide and boat 
were soon sighted, and having arranged my fishing tackle 
we slowly trolled toward them. When within six rods of 
them they both shouted, and looking I saw that both had a 
large fish on their hooks, I thought this would be an ad- 
mirable picture to produce, so here you are. My friends 
had excellent luck, and showed more than forty fine bass 
and pike, and one 14-pourid muskellunge. 

The rest of the day was spent in fishing, and in calling 
the attention of one another to diversity of events. Now 
it might be a deer on the shore, then an exaeedingly lucky 
strike, but whatever the octasion, it was pure, native, 


to us. 


healthy, life-giving joy and recreation, every hour of 
which added weeks to man’s life and mental vision. 

We stayed at McGregor Camp one week; we were 
hospitably entertained by genial Bob and his wife; we 
brought home each a very large box of bass, pike and 
muskellunge, and laid our plans for the hunting season to 
come, with great hopes and expectations. 

How sorry we were to leave it all. I know that I felt 
it was no uncommon privilege for any one to enjoy such 
stirroundings constantly, and pictured to my mind the 
possession of a home in this wilderness, where I would 
be content to liye from one day to another, enjoying 
Nature. 

“Paul, you know you would like it for a few weeks, but 
you would soon tire and yearn for the tumult of the 
city,” says my wife. Well, it may be I would, but I doubt 
it, and now while I write there comes to my mind a little 
haven of reftige Jim and I built last fall near a runway, 
where we spent many an hour unseen and unheard, and 
had all the tribe of Wahpitas come dangerously close 
I walked to this place with my friends, and here- 
with present you a picture of it. with my guide, Jim, and 
my friend, Christy, in the foreground. 

Well, it is time to say good-by. I have written a 
great deal, but probably have said little to interest you. 
However, I will do better next time. Don’t let me forget 
to say when we got ready to go to Glenbrook, Bob Mc- 
Gregor was the proudest man in Vilas county when he 
drove ts in a brand new three-seated buckboard attached 
to two fine young horses, which reminded us forcibly of 
our other ride, because it was so different. 


Bass Fishing from the Car Window. 


CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 7.—The average commercial 
traveler of to-day is too much engrossed with business 
to take advantage of the opportunities that are afforded 
him from time to time to go fishing. Then, on the other 
hand, every man is not an enthusiastic follower of Wal- 
ton. Our tastes vary according to our early education. 
Some prefer horse races, others baseball and tennis. or 
perhaps golf, but for me, give me a fishing rod and a 
nice quiet stream or small lake and I can soon forget 
every earthly care as I patiently wait for a rise. 

The sunshine of the past few weeks has brought on the 
fever again, and many are the fish that I have caught (in 
my mind, of course) from the car window. 

As I am gliding swiftly through the country in the 
early springtime, when nature is donning her beautiful 
summer garb, how often do I see a nice pool beside some 
giant boulder, or a sunken log where I am almost sure 
that an old 3-potind bass is awaiting his opportunity to 
seize a nice fat minnow or frog. How cautiously I ap- 
proach the spot and make my cast; the minnow lands 
just at the edge of the shadow, there is a swish and a 
splash and away he goes, making the reel fairly sing. 
Careful now lest I strike him too quickly. Ah! the steel 
is firmly set and he is off in his mad rush straight for the 
opposite side of the pool. See! he breaks and shakes his 
head in his vain endeavor to free himself from the cruel 
hook. Away he goes again, and the merry click of the 
reel is sweeter than the sweetest music. Careful now, for 
he is making for that old sunken treetop, and if he suc- 
céeds in reaching it he is almost certain to free him- 
self. At last his rush is checked, and I start to reel him 
in slowly, inch by inch. Now he is off for another rush, 
and goes straight for the bottom, where he sulks for a few 
seconds, but after a little coaxing he has finally turned on 
his side. Isn’t he a beauty? Now if I can only land 
him successfully. won’t he be a prize! He makes two or 
three more short rushes and is finally brought to net, and 
after weighing him I find that he tips the beam at 3% 
pounds, and another one has been caught “from the car 
window.” 

The thought occurs to me here that a great many of the 
fishing tales that we read from time to time in some of our 
sporting journals, that are beautiful from a rhetorical 
standpoint, are manufactured in this way, so to speak, and 
.the fish that are invariably caught are (a great many of 
them) caught from “the car window” or in the easy chair 
of the den. I much prefer the genuine article, how- 
ever, and have managed to steal away several times during 
the season for a quiet day with the bass, but my catch, as 
regards numbers, has not been very large. 

On Decoration Day I successfully landed two 3- 
pounders and one weighing 2 pounds—not so bad after all, 
considering the fact that they were caught in the Chagrin 
River, about twenty miles east of Cleveland, a stream that 
is almost “fished to death” on account of being easily 
reached by street cars from the city. ‘ 

I expect to leave on my annual fishing trip about Aug. 
27, and many are the preparations that have been made by 
myself and friend, L. F. B. He is an enthusiast on the 
fish question, and his good wife informs me that if I 
don’t stop relating stories to him she will be compelled to 
start an aquarium in the bath tub and stock it with some 
good-sized fish for his special benefit. Our destination 
will be Rondeawt. Canada, and if the fishing is as good as 
last year, I hope to report some good catches of bass and 
pickerel. If any of the Forest Anp STREAM family, resi- 
dents of Ohio, desire good bass fishing during September, 
this is certainly the best place I know of. It is easily 
_reached from Cleveland—only four hours’ ride by steamer, 
and good hotel accommodations. If you go during Sep- 
tember you will not be disappointed. 

WauH-WadH. 


Boys Dynamite Trout’ Streams. 


THe Newburgh Journal of Aug. rr reports’ that Dr. 
Willett Kidd, the game protector, learned recently that 
some lads had dynamited a trout stream in Sullivan coun- 
ty in the vicinity of Livingston Manor. He went out to 
Sullivan county this week to investigate the matter, and 
learned that the boys had exploded a dynamite cartridge in 
Cat Tail Creek, a natural trout stream which empties into 
the Beaverkill at Livingston Manor. The stream had 
also been stocked by the State, and there was a great deal 
of indignation among the sportsmen at the willful viola- 
tion of the law. Many trout were killed by the explosion. 
One of the dynamiters pleaded guilty before Justice of the 
Peace Peter Millspaugh, and paid the full penalty. War- 
tants will be issued for the remlamder of the party, 


Tarpon Fishing at Tampico. 


Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 6.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
I note that you have published my paper on “Winter 
Fishing at Tampico,’ but am sorry that you did not see 
fit to reproduce more of the photographs that I sent you, 
for the reason that perhaps some of your readers will 
think that the big tales 1 told about fishing need some 
ocular confirmation, 

I note a few typographical errors, but only two of the 
ate of any consequence. In two places you call a salt- 
water pike a ‘““whalo” instead of “robalo.”’ This error is 
due primarily to my bad handwritiug, and secondly to my 
typewriter, who failed to interpret it properly. The sec- 
ond error is yours, for you inake Dr. Howe say that the 
head of a big tarpon that he landed looked like that of a 
“sow’’ instead ofa “cow.” 

After writing the paper that you haye published, I 
made, early in March, another trip to Tampico with Dr. 
Howe, staying there five days and catching in all thirty- 
five fish, four of them being large tarpon and the rest 
principally jackfish. Inone day, inside of an hour, I took 
two jackfish, each exactly 4 feet in length. They must 
have weighed 50 pounds apiece. Unfortunately, I had 
no scales with me that day to find out their exact weight, 
but they were by far the largest jackfish that I have ever 
seen or heard of. I took them at the mouth of the river 
above the city, just where the Mexican Central Rail- 
Way crosses. 

_ Dr. Howe did some pretty big fishing with his hand 
lines at the mouth of the river opposite the city. In about 
four hours one day he took four sawfish that measured 
from 13 feet to 15 feet each in length. He caught also 
two or three tarpon and jackfish while I was with him, 
and after I left, a number of others. In fact, he struck 
some very fine fishing after my departure, as some photo- 
gtaphs that he has sent me will testify. 

_ My object in writing you this letter is to call the atten- 
tion of those of your readers who are tarpon fishermen 
to the fact that it is now practicable to arrange for 
fairly good accommodations at La Barra for next winter. 
I am trying to induce Mr. Frank Hetfield, the hotel 
keeper, and Mr. Robert Farley, the taxidermist, at Tarpon 
(Aransas Pass), Texas, to go down to Tampico for the 
months of December, January, February and March. 
When I saw them about a month ago, they had nearly 
made up their minds to do so. All they want now is a 
little encouragement from tarpon fishermen, so I would 
suggest that those of the fraternity who want some ex~- 
cellent sport next winter, correspond at once with Mr. 
Hetfield and make arrangements to go down there, The 
town of La Barra is a watering place for Tampico and 
vicinity, and the few houses there are in great demand 
through the summer months, but in winter they are 
empty, consequently. Mr. Hetfield could at very little ex- 
pense arrange to furnish fair accommodations for sports- 
men, He would provide cots and bedding and would 
set a much better table than is to be found at the hotels in 
Tampico. Mr. Farley would be prepared to mount tarpon 
and other fish for any sportsman who might desire his - 
services in that line. He does his work exceedingly well. 
_ If my business will permit, I shall go down there early 
in December and take with me several friends. 

If I can furnish any other information to gentlemen who 
contemplate trying the fishing at Tampico, I shall be 
pleased to do so. My address is No. 664 Gibraltar Build- 
ing, Kansas City, Mo. J. A. L. WaAbDELL, 


Canadian Angling Notes. 


Whenever we Canadians do any talking or preaching to 
the fishes, it is not usually on the lines of the sermon 
preached to them by St. Anthony of Padua; nor do we 
read them anything from the columns of Forest anp 
STREAM, preferring to keep our business secrets to our- 
selves. Therefore I hope that I am violating no trust when 
I quote from a letter just received from Brooklyn, 
in which the writer—a well-known member of the New 
York Press Club—says: “I shall start on my vacation 
Sunday, the 19th inst., and have promised myself the 
pleasure of dropping in on you about Wednesday morning, 
the 22d. Can you give me a little advice on the subject 
of flies? I suppose I will need some for both trout and 
ouananiche. This is strictly confidential. I don’t want the 
fish to know Iam coming. Poor fish!” 

There may be others in the position of my Brooklyn 
correspondent, and so at the risk of repeating what I have 
written on former occasions, I shall mention some of the 
flies that are likely to prove most serviceable for both 
trout and ouananiche in Canada, from the present time 
to the end of the fishing season. Ouananiche are taking 
smaller flies on the Grande Décharge than they rose to in 
the early part of the season. Jock-Scott and silver-doctor 
should be tied on No. 5 or 6 hooks. Duller coloted flies 
may be used on No. 4 or 5 hooks jtst now, for the water 
is heavy on account of recent rains. Should fine weather 
set in—and we have had scarcely any of it here this year— 
still smaller flies may be required, and it will doubtless be 
well to have some on No. 7 or 8 hooks, such as the Gen- 
eral-Hooker, cow-dung, hare’s-ear, queen-of-the-water, 
etc. The brown-hackle and coch-y-bondhu are often very 
telling lures. In the rivers flowing into Lake St. John, 
somewhat larger flies may be employed, and I understand 
that the ascent of the Peribonca to Lake Tschotagama, and 
of the Mistassini and Ashuapmouchouan rivers is likely ¢ 
be made during the next five weeks by several parties of 
visiting anglers. 

The standard flies for trout in this north country, after 
the Jock-Scott and other small salmon flies, are the Par- 
machenee-belle, grizzly-king, professor, queen-of-the 
water and coachman, in about the order above given, 
though many others are successful, including all of those 
recommended above for ouananiche. 

In the shape of a box of handsome fresh ovananiche 
that reached me this morning from Lake. St, John, I had 
visual demonstration of the splendid sport being at pres- 
ent enjoyed by anglers on fhe Grande Décharge. ] 

Press of literary and other engagements has kept the 
undersigned so closely chained to business that he has 
had but part of six days’ fishing so far during the sum- 
mer, but in that time, notwithstanding the lateness of the 


season for salmon fishing, he was fortunate enotigh to 


get some rare sport, including a successful fight of one 


180 


hour and fifty-five minutes with a 36-pound fish, another 
fish of 33 pounds, one of 28, and a number of smaller 
ones, which left an average weight, however, of 19% 
pounds. Mr. Joncas and Mr, Lavoie, two companions, 
did almost equally well, and would doubtless have done 
much better, but that their guest was always compelled 
to occupy the best of the pools, with his young daughter, 
who has two good salmon to her own credit, 

The salmon season has been a very satisfactory one. 
It is estimated that Mr. J. J. Hill and party took out ot 
the St, John River, on the north shore of the Gulf nearby, 
half a ton of fish on their fly-hooks. The run of fish to 
the St. Paul River in Labrador was so large that one 
man and his son secured in nets a hundred barrels of 

sh, 

3 Mr. Sam Ehrich, of New York, has had good sport on 
the Nepisiguit. 

Mr. (eee R. Wilson and Dr. Shepherd, of Montreal, 
have been very successful this season on the Grand Pabos. 
Tt was the Doctor’s first experience in salmon fishing, and 
he was fortunate enough to land a fish of 42 pounds, after 

_a struggle of three hours. 

_ FF. FH. Daniels and party, of Worcester, Mass., have had 
good sport on the Little Cascapedia, and Messrs. Law, 
Patterson and Small have done well on the Godbout. 

E, T. D. CHAMBERS. 


Quesec, Aug. 10. 


New England Anglers. 


Boston, Aug. 11—Mr. John G. Wright's fishing on 
the north shore of Lake Superior was not so much of a 
success after all. The trip by steamer was delightiul. A 
-tug was chartered to take the fishermen to Bolkow Bay, 
and from thence they were to fish the river entering the 
bay. When they arrived at the bay they found that a 
jam or boom of logs completely blocked the entrance to 
-the river’s: mouth. ‘There was nothing for it but to make 
-a Janding below and tramp through the woods for five 
miles to the river. This was done with considerable dif 
-ficulty, and after reaching the river the trout fishing was 
‘unsatisfactory. Conditions were against the fishermen 
‘and Mr, Wright sent his rods home by express and put 
-in the time sailing about on the fine steamers that ply 
the lake, At the entrance of some of the bays, partic- 
‘ularly the Sou, the pickerel or pike fishing was good, but 
‘Mr. Wright went out for trout fishing. Now he says 
that the whole of a fishing trip is in knowing exactly 
where one is going. ; 

Mr. FE. C. Stevens, of Boston, is putting in some time 
pickerel fishing at Lake Dunmore, Salisbury, Vt. He 
carne home the other day with a bad bite on his hand. 
Tt was that of a big pickerel. In attempting to remove 
-the hook, after the fish was in the boat, a vicious snap 
of the cruel jaws caught the fisherman’s hand. The pick- 
erel weighed 5 pounds. Mr. Stevens says that it was all 
the one they got hold of that morning and he did not 
care to tackle another in exactly the same way. Mr. C. 
A, Brown, who is summering in Plymouth, finds some 
‘good bass fishing in the ponds there. There is a kind of 
a close masonry about exactly where these bass are 
caught, The fortunate fishermen say, “In. the Plymouth 
ponds” and stop there. When one remembers that there 
are dozens of ponds in the town of Plymouth the feeling 
is that the information is not very definite. Bass fishing 
is fair in the vicinity of Falmouth, with some tatitog 
being taken. Bluefish are positively scarce in Buzzards 
Bay so far this season. 

Mr. N. C. Manson was in Boston Friday on a flying 
trip from Camp Leatherstocking, Richardson Lake, Me., 
where he is surnmering with his wife and brother. He 
reports the fishing remarkably good for those who 
know how to find it. The fishermen at the Upper Dam 
are having pretty fair luck, but of late some of them 
have been fishing the West Arm, in deep water, and have 
been taking a good many trout. The water in Richard- 
son Lake is at spring height and the report is that the 
‘Union Water Power Co, is going to keep it so for win- 
ter use. This is widely different from a year ago, when 
they drew off some 20 feet of water and there were no 
rains to fill the lake till nearly spring. It is a fact that 
high water is good for the fishing in any lake. The 
weather is remarkably cool there, while they have had 
showers and rains almost every day for six weeks; no 
drought. The woods are almost as full of water as in 
the spring. A curious storm occurred there a week ago 
last Thursday, A big shower came up over the moun- 
tains. Soon it burst in the form of fite hail, which 
actually drifted to a depth of several inches in the vio- 
lent wind. When it was over Mr, Matson went out and 
gathered panfuls of snow or fine hail and pelted his 
wife and brother with snowballs. Aug. 2 the mercury 
fell 15 degrees in eight minutes, going down to about 
4o and staying there over night. 

Boston, Aug. 13,—The latest fishing report’ is of a sal- 
mon of six pounds, caught by the veteran angler, T. B. 
Stewart, who is summering at the Upper Dam, Me., as 
usual, A big salmon was also hooked at the Birches the 
other day, but escaped just as the net was being put 
under him. He was estimated to weigh twelve or fifteen 
pounds. Better fly fishing is reported at Billy Soule’s 
Pleasant Island camps. Late Moosehead reports are-of an 
improvement in the fly fishing there. The wardens there 
are after the killers of a bull and a cow moose, the bodies 
of both of which have been found floating in-the water, 
The cow moose was evidently shot through the head. ° 

A big moose recently ran into the city of Bangor, Me., 
and finally brought up in Mount Hope Cemetery.- It 
seems that he was looking after the last remains of some 
of his kindred, but sportsmen suggest that he should have 
gone into the taxidermist’s shop there. But later Water- 
ville, Me.,. has carried off the palm for having big game 
close at hand, The other evening the proprietors of one 
of the millinery stores of the city were talking with some 
carpenters about repairs to be made, when they heard a 
big crash in the back room of-the store.’ The crash was 
followed by the rattle of hoofs on the hardwood floor. 
Investigation’ showed the presence of a deer that had 
crashed through the window of the room. The animal 
immediately rushed into the front shop, when the car- 
penters attempted to catch it. There it went through 
another glass door, or window, and gained the street. 
Tt then tan up one street and bounded into a gentleman’s 
grounds, where it hid in the shrubbery, and could not be’ 


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found. It is evident that the deer was being chased by 
dogs, and running down the back way in the rear of the 
stores on Main street, had sought refuge in the millinery 
store, not being aware but what the glass window was 
empty space. It had been badly cut, probably by the glass, 
since it left considerable blood in the store. The Fish and 
Game Commissioners and wardens say that they are 
having mtich trouble from the chasing of deer by dogs 
that happen to come near to the farms and settlements. 
They find that both the shepherd dogs and collies will 


chase deer whenever they happen to find them. They 


have been obliged to order several dogs destroyed. This 
is very displeasing to the owners of the dogs, and they 
swear vengence on the inoffending deer. Indeed the 
Maine papers mention one farmer of some political influ- 
ence as coming out and proclaiming: “Down with all 
game laws. Stop all appropriations for the protection of 
fish and game and the payment of wardens and commis- 
sioners.” He is trying to get a hearing, and will work 
to send men of his own stamp to the coming Legislature. 
He says that the farmers get nothing for the sum paid by 
the State, while a lot of drunken and immoral men are 
drawn into the State to hunt and fish. Besides debatich- 
ing the people with whom they come in contact, they ten- 
der it unsafe to be in the woods during the hunting 
season; their guns and rifles not only killing one another, 
put endangering the lives of everybody living in and near 
the game sections. SPECIAL. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


The Faithful Horse. 


Cuicaco, Ill., Aug. 11.—The other day, while walking 
along the street, I saw a little group of persons gathered 
about some object which served, as sometimes almost 
anything will serve, to draw together a city crowd. It 
was only the body of a horse, a dead horse. It was a 
large, white horse, though not of any distinguishing qual- 
ity to command especial attention at that stage of its 
career. It was lying with its head on the curb, and its 
troubles were over; so much for sure. The harness was 
already stripped from it, and no doubt made ready for 
some other horse, which was, perhaps, glad, or sorry, to 
take the place of the dead one. It was only one of the 
little brute tragedies, I was about to say one of the brutal 
tragedies, of city life. © 

Yet this horse had a story, He was a hero of a horse. 
For a good many years he had drawn a horsecart in the 
fire department, and he was intelligent, faithful, trained. 
There ‘came a call for the horsecart, a run for a little, 
nasty, fire in some back alley. The day was hot, the way 


‘a bit long for an oldish horse. The big white horse paid 


no attention to these minor details. It was his business 


‘to run with the cart, and he ran, full and fair up in the 


harness every foot of the way. When the driver pulled 


up at the edge of the curb, and the men began to unreel 


the hose, the old horse gave a sigh, lay down with his 
head on the stones, and died. He was a dead horse then. 
That was why. they took the harness off from him and 
gave it to some other horse. 

The old horse had been chained to business all his life. 
He never quite got to the place when, after a time, he 


‘was going to take a vacation. He had been a good faith- 
-ful_servant, and always pulled up in the collar. After a 
time he was going to see better days. Maybe he does now. 
‘He ‘was: going, after a while, to be turned out to pasture 


mow and then; but they never quite got around to that 


part of it.» He was a fine horse, splendid horse, worth a 
heap: of money, becatise of his intelligence and his train- 


ing and his gameness. He’s dead now. 
It’s a good deal that way with men, when you come to 


think abotit it: | 


If you can’t go fishing while you are alive, what chance 
have you got wher you are dead, and another wearing 


your harness? . ” 


And yet what a kick there was in that good right foot! 


‘Why didn’t he kick, jast a little? Why didn’t he reflect, 


just a littler, 
He’s dead now He was a fine horse, grand horse, very 
good, very faithful, very intelligent; and very dead. Ap- 


parently he will be dead for a considerable term of years., 


Had he read “Omar Khayam,” he might have gone fish- 
ing, and so perhaps have missed that particular fire. I 
wish he had. There ought to be something better in life. 
or in death, for a horse or a man, than to end his lite in 
the harness, and die with his head against a stone. 


A Record of Heat, 


Chicago is always breaking records, in one thing or 
another, and when she can find no other records to break, 
she breaks her own. This past week has broken the Chi- 
cago record for sustained héat, the thermometer hanging 
around the 93, 94, 95 and 96 hole almost all the time. The 
usual lists of deaths and prostrations are printed daily, 
and it has been only the hardy who could say that the heat 
did not seriously trouble them, Under such conditions, 
such a thing as sport is hardly to be thought of, though 
a great many have left the city in order to get to the 
cooler country, and haye taken their fishing tackle along 
as well as their ducks and bathing suits. All above here, 
and far out into the Northwest, the hot wave has been 
hanging on for a week, and the end is not yet, though 
rains are falling in Minnesota, and a shower here in Chi- 
cago to-day has created the hope that things are soon to 
improve.- The outlook is poor for good fishing this week, 
though it is likely this is the last serious hot spell for the 
Northwest this season and that we shall soon have the 
beginning of the fall. 

It has been a bit wonderful, when one comes to review 
the season, to note how the bass fishing has picked up in 
spite of heat and dry times, in all the lower Wisconsin 
country. At first the season started off badly, but it has, 
if anything, improved, and has been good even in sultry 
August, when the bass haye needed a palm leaf fan more 
than they have a square meal, The good old Fox Lake 
chain still turns out bass and pickerel for those who know 


how to go after them, and to all appearances will keep ~ 


on doing so for some time to comie. 

' Perhaps President Nat Cohen of the State Fish Com- 
mission has something to do with it. It is very likely, for 
the commission has been steadily planting native fish 
right along, not monkeying with trout and ring-tailed 


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wonders from the Old World, but just plugging along, 
seining a few carloads of native fish out of the bayous, and 
dumping them into places where they will do most good. 
Mr. Cohen was good enough to give this office a call this 


week. He is as full of enthusiasm as eyer, and reports all 
things lovely. ee 


Who, What and Where. 


Mr. C. W. Smith, of this city, had a nice little trip to 
Grass Lake last week. He got fourteen pickerel and 
twelve bass in two days, his biggest pickerel weighing 
734 pounds, and his biggest bass 434 pounds. He had 
eighty-five pounds of pickerel—not a bad showing for a 
water within sixty miles of Chicago, and fished by thou- 
sands of anglers every season. 

Mr. Chas. Olk has again hied him to Lake Villa for a go 
after the bass. He is getting to be one of the regulars. 

Messrs. L. F. Crosby and Mr, Harry Miner are going 
up again to their favorite waters, Wind Lake and Wa- 
bassee, out of Burlington, Wis. They got forty-seyen fine 
bass on their last ttip in there, Mr. Miner has been up 
once nearly every week during the summer, and has 
caught several hundred bass in there, more than anyone 
of whom I have records this season. 

Much has been said of this Wabassee and Wind Lake 
country, but not everyone knows all about it and its ac- 
commodations. It is best reached out of Burlington, Wis. 
There is no hotel, but J. L. Larson’s farm house on Wa- 
bassee Lake will take in guests. This lake is sometimes 
called Minister's Lake, because a parsonage was omce 
built there for the pastor of a Norwegian church. This 
lake does not show such big bass as Wind Lake, but the 
latter can be reached in a short time, and boats can be 
obtained within fifteen minutes’ walk of Larson’s house. 
Tt is a qttiet, restful sort of place, and as may be noted, 
can produce bass upon occasion. 


Two Kings, 


The 37'4-pound muscallunge which was reported caught 
very early this season at Sand Lake, Wis., by Dr. Baxter, 
of this city, who went in with Q. von Lengerke and Chas. 
Lester, has been mounted and is now shown in the win- 
dow of Von Lengerke & Antoine’s store. It is as hand- 
some a ‘tinge as I ever saw, and is the record fish for 
Wisconsin this year. It is surely a kingly-looking fish 
and a monarch of the fresh water sea. Next to it in the 
same window is a good tarpon, 103 pounds, which was 
taken by Mrs. Coon of this city. Here we have the king 
of the salt water game fishes, and a very nice show the 
two kings make. 


Some Michigan Grayling. 


Very interesting is a photograph which is this week 
sent in by Mr. Joseph Horner, manager of the Consumers’ 
Ice Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., a photograph which 
shows four fish. A dozen years ago it would not have 
been regarded with much interest, but it is a curious thing 
to-day, because the fish are grayling. It seems that the 
grayling are not really all gone, but are very few and far 
between. Mr. Horner says, in his letter accompanying the 
picture: “I send you a photograph of my first grayling. 
I was anxious to get a few before they were all gone. 
The four shown in the picttire are the result of two days 
work on the Manisteé River, the fish being fair specimens, 
from 10 inches to 12 inches long. I got one, on a fly, not 
three inches long, but the largest ones took salted min- 
nows. IL heard you were looking for grayling, so thought 
I would consolé you with this picture of some grayling. 
at least.” 

It is too bad that there can be no way to save this 
species. The thought comes all the more naturally, be- 
cause Mr, Horner speaks of taking a yery small grayling, 
which would seem to indicate that the fish did breed at 
least to some extent last year. 

The thought comes all the more naturally, becatise Mr. 
Horner speaks of taking a very small grayling, which 
would seem to indicate that the fish did breed, at least 
to some extent, last year. 


Chisago Fly-Casting Club. 


Mr. Mansfield and Mr. Lovett are expected early in the 
week from 'Frisco and will be kept here as long as pos- 
sible after the meet is over. 


E. Hover. 
HartForD Buitptnc, Chicago, Ill. 


Barnegat Fishing. 


BARNEGAT Crry, Aug, 13.—Sportsmen this week have 
been dividing their time between the fishing and the snipe 
shooting, The flights of snipe are not very strong as yet, 
but there have been enough to make it interesting. 

There have been but few surf fishermen here this week, 
and as a consequence the catches of red drum have not 
been large in numbers, though some of the drum canght 
have been large in weight. One weighing 36 pounds was 
caught by Mr. Brown, of Camden, surf fishing in prefer- 
ence to using a boat, He also caught an 8-pound striped 
bass. Two other men named Brown from Woodbridge, 
N. J., are well to the front in striped bass fishing. Their 
catch included one of 21 pounds, one of the largest caught 
this summer, and another of 14 pounds. 

At this place one can take his choice of the kind of 
fishing he wants. If he is a novice, he generally goes out 
in the hay for weakfish, which anybody can catch with a 
common bamboo rod, using shedder crab or shrimp for 
bait. If he is an angler, who enjoys the sport of landing 
a gamy fish, he may try surf fishing for striped bass or 
for red drum. Still others chum for the drum, and try 
the slews and channels for the striped bass. Others think 
that the sheepshead offer the most sport, and they are 
content to wait all day anchored off the point in the chan- 
nel for a bite or two. Several have been caught lately, 
their weight running from 8 to 12 pounds. Mr. Ridgway 
has been the most successful so far at this kind of fishing. 
“Uncle Cale” Parker, who for many years was the best 
sheepshead fisherman on the coast, is getting too old and 
too feeble to follow his favorite sport any longer. 

Fishing outside and in the inlet is also very good. Out 
on the banks the sea bass are biting rapidly. It is current 
report that John Adams, a handline fisherman. made 
seventy tollars last week catching sea bass on the banks 
and shipping them to the city markets. where they only 


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bring about three or four cents pe’ pottnd—which means 
he must have caught at least a fon of fish with hook and 
line. The croakers, porgies and tig weakfish have also 
been biting in the inlet. Weakfish weighing 5, 6 and 8 
pounds have been landed, but the bluefish have been com- 
patatively scaree. Still blues can be expected at any time 
in August, and every cottager and each surfman at the 
station house has his favorite squid outdoors so that he 
can pick it tp om the run if any one calls out that the 
“biuefish are on.” 

Walter G, Berg, chief engineer of the Lehigh Valley 
Railroad, with two friends, made a catch of 75 croakers 

d 68 big weakfish outside one day this week. Some of 
the weakfish were eight pounders. 

Mr. Duffy and Mr. Calhoun, of New York, who are 
stopping at the Sunset Hotel, boast of 216 sea bass, 25 
“flukes” (or flounders) and a few porgies, which they 
brought in after a day spent in the inlet. 

But these are only sample catches; dozens of others do 
as well. Fishermen frequently fish from the inlet board- 
walk, atranging a comfortable place to sit, and cast out 
into the swiit running tide which cuts in close to shore. 


Scranton, Pa., Aug. 13,—Editoy Forest and Stream: 
Tt may interest some of your readers to know that they 
can reach the best fishing ground for red drum or channel 
bass on the Jersey coast at Barnegat City by leaving New 
York on the Pennsylvania road at 12:20 for Barnegat 
Pier. A small steamer connects with this train for Barne- 
eat City, where they will find excellent accommodations 
at the Oceanic. The boat connects with the morning train 
returning. This has only been put on this summer. If 
they secure the services of John Adams they will be 
almost sttre to get fast to a drum. Jn an hour and a hali’s 
fishing one afternoon last August I was fast to four of 
these big fish, and landed- one with rod and reel that 
weighed 32 pounds. I had about 150 feet of line out, and 
he fought every toot of the way in. They are a very 
game fish, but they must not be confounded with the black 
drum. J. H. FisHer, 


New Fishing Grounds. 


Queenswater, L. [., Aug. 13—The rush to the new 
fishing grounds, known as Queenswater Ridge, was so 
great that it was soon fished out. As soon as the 
phenomenal catches by amateur fishermen were reported 
the fishing smacks located the grounds and remained on 
them night and day until they were so far exhausted as to 
make fishing no longer profitable. New fishing grounds 
have been discovered east of the old Fishing Banks, but 
they do not as yet yield fish as freely as Queenswater 
Ridge did when it was first discovered. Bluefish have 
been very erratic in their biting. Some days the catch 
has been good, while other days no fish were hooked. 
Weakfish ate becoming scarce. Sea bass, fluke, porgies 
and blackfish are the fish which fill up the barrels of the 
fishing parties. 

Wreck Leap, L. I,, Aug. ti1—Joseph Murphy, the 
comedian, is having a great run of luck fishine from his 
sailboat, the Kerry Gow. One day last week he broke 
the local record by catching sixteen kingfish. Another 
day he caught fourteen weakfish. Fish are biting freely 
out at the wreck of the Iberia, and few parties come in 
with less than a barrel of fish. 


Chicago Fly-Casting. 


Curcaco, Aug. 11.W—Here is the score of the contest of 
the Chicago Fly-Casting Club held to-day. Our open to 
the world tournament will be held Aug. 17 and 18 at 
North Lagoon, Garfield Park: 


Long Distance Accuracy Bait 
Distance and Accuracy, and Delicacy, Casting, 
Fly, Feet. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. 
I, D. Belasco....-.89 oe Hd 93 1-5 
I. H. Bellows..... 99 : 95 1-2 93 2-5 
I.. I. Blackman... .. r a 88 
Rca ErOWIne sts Sts os is 85 2-3 
H. Greenwood..... .. F 8&7 3-5 
H. G, Hascall. 98 $4 1-8 96 2-5 
N. C. Heston..... .. rs 94 4-15 
E. R. Letterman. 33 96 2-15 
C. A. Lippincott--. 93, 94 13-15 
DIN. beet hors 94 5-6 92 4-15 
A. GC. Smithi. 97 91 1-3 87 11-15 
H.W. Perce... «> 83 96 8-15 
H, H. Ainsworth. .. ve 93 1-2 92 15-15 
G, Hiniterlightner. .. a 86 4-5 


Holders of Medals—Long Distance Fly, I. H. Bellows; 
Accuracy and Delicacy, I. H. Bellows; Bait Casting, H. 
W. Perce. 

Geo, G. Murrett, Sec’y and Treas. 


Little Sebago Lake. 


Menprorp, Mass., Aug. 10—Lhe Ridgewood club house, 
Little Sebago Lake, Maine, membership composed of 
Medford, Mass., gentlemen, has been open the past 
six weeks and will not close its doors until the last of 
September. . 

The veteran fishermen, Messrs. Childs and Dunbar, 
have been sojourning there the past week, during which 
time the stests haye been amply supplied with black bass 
and white perch. 

As usual at this time of year, in these waters, the bass 
rise to the fly very little, live bait and the troll being 
the only sure way of getting a good catch. Only a few 
years ago this lake was stocked with white perch, and 
this is the first season that they have been caught in any 
quantities. 

As a whole, the fishing in these waters has been better 
this season than for many years past, several 414-pound 
bass having been taken by different parties, Secretary 
Covelle being among the number. 

The club building was greatly added to in the early 
spring, giving greater accommodations than ever before. 


; “In the Louisiana Lowlands,” 


IncraAm, Pa, Aug. 9—Edifor Forest and Stream: 
Fred Mather’s “In the Louisiana Lowlands” is an ex- 
cellent book—as handsome as it is good. Every line of 
Mather’s is worthy of preservation, There are through- 
out his writings such an intelligence and such a spirit of 
gefilality and kindness as to make him lovable. 


T. J. CHAPMAN, 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Newfoundland Salmon Fishing. 


Editor Forest and Stream; 

Induced by the statements in the N, F, Railway folder 
I paid a visit to the island and found, after fishing on 
several rivers on the west coast, that the salmon fishing 
was poor. About 80 per cent, of the salmon caught with 
rod did not run heayier than from’ four to five pounds. 
As regards the larger fish, of from ten to fifteen and 
sometimes twenty pounds and more, of which there were 
a fair number, they take a fly very badly and do not rise 
as readily as the larger salmon do in the Canadian rivers, 
where also although there are trout, there is no such 
swarm of very small salmon as found in all the rivers 
in Newfoundland. Other sportsmen whom I met cor- 
roborated my experience. 

As regards trout, there is good sea trout fishing in some 
of the brooks up to three pounds in weight, but as any 
one knows, these fish give poor sport, as they never 
jump. As regards trout fishing in the lakes, it is beneath 
contempt, the fish being in very poor condition and 
weighing from a quarter to half a pound, or less. 

In the face of these facts what becomes of the state- 
ment in Mr. Reed’s folder respecting the island, that 
“Tourists are satisfied that the sport of salmon and trout 
fishing cannot be equaled in any other part of the world”? 
Comment is needless. 

But there is more to come. To back up this ridiculous 
and most inaccurate description, appears on the folder a 
photo representing an angler and his guide on the bank 
of a stream with rod and landing net (it should have 
been a gaff), and lying at their feet nine large salmon that 
appear to be from about twelve to twenty-five pounds—- 
truly a magnificent day's sport. Well, I discovered that 
this picture was “‘faked,’’ as these fish were caught in a 
net, and then the photo was got up. VIATOR. 


Che diennel. 


Fixtures, 


FIELD TRIALS, 


Aug. 21.—Emmetsburg, Ia,—Third annual field trials of the 
Lowa Field Trials Association, .M. Bruce, See, Des Moines, Ia. 
t 


ug, 28.—Sioux Falls, S. D,—Inaugural field trials of the South 
seis ed Trials Association. Olav Haugtro, Sec’y, Sioux 
alls, S. D. 


Sept. 3-4—La Salle, Manitoba, Can.—Western Canada Kennel 
Club’s annual field trials. A. Lake, Sec’y, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 


an. 

Sept. 6-7.—Brandon, Manitoba, Can.—Third annual field trials of 
the Brandon Kennel Club. Dr. H. J. Elliott, Sec’y. 

Sept, 11.—Carmen, Manitoba, Can.—Fourteenth annual field trials 
of the Maniteba Field Trials Club. Eric Hamber, Sec’y, Winnipeg, 
Manitoba, Can. 

Oct 30:—Senecaville, O,—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association’s sixth annual field trials. A. C. Peterson, 
Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. 
ov. 7.—Hampton, Conn.—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
J. E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 608, New Haven, Conn. 

Nov. 7-8.—Lake View, Mich.—Third annual field trials of the 
Michigan Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 
ich, 

Noy. 12:—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
dependent Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 


nd. 
Nov, 13.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. Wells, Hon. Sec’y. 

Noy. 16.—Newton, N. C.—Eastern Field Trials Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 

No. 20. =! Illinois Field Trials Association’s second 
annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, Ill. 

Noy. 20.—Ruthven, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec’y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. 

Nov. 20 ._ Pa.—Central Beagle Club’s annual field trials. <A. 
C. Peterson, Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. 

Nov. 22.—Glasgow. Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. 

Nov. 27.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual feld trials of the Missouri 
Field Triais Association. L. §. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. 

Nov. 30.—Newton, N. C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Dec. 8, Derby, Theo. 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 


Cat and Dog. 


From the London Spectator. 


Ir is time that the controversy concerning the superi- 
ority of cat or dog should be discussed on some more 
general ground than that of British feeling or human 
egotism. The case is prejudiced, if we are to weigh the 
cat's merits on practical grounds, for the cat is essentially 
dranmiatic; or if we are to estimate her character from the 
Western point of view, for the cat is an Oriental; or finally 
il we are to consider the moral qualities of the cat solely 
in relation to the desires of the human being. In all such 
cases the vulgar estimate of the cat would be the true 
one; and according to this vulgar estimate the cat is a 
domestic, comfortable animal, usually found curled up 
like an ammonite, essentially selfish, essentially cruel, 
and apart from these two drawbacks, essentially feminine. 
“The cat is selfish, and the dog is faithful.” “This. sums 
up a judgment founded on willful denseness and gross 
egotism. In respect to what is the dog faithful and the 
cat selfish? The judgment rests on this—that the human 
being is a very little portion of the cat’s world, but is the 
all-absorbing object of the dog. Here, plainly, Greek 
meets Greek, and we had better let the accusation of 
egotism alone, 

It is commonly said that cats are devoted to places, 
and not to persons. We have never found this true; 
but, if it is the case, it not improbably results from the 
fact that many people are devoted to kittens, but not 
to cats. Then the cat’s devotion is transferred to the 
scene of her romances, the corners where she has lain 
in ambush, the place where she has secretly viewed the 
movements of her foe or of her prey, the place where she 
has experienced the surprising and absorbing joys of her 
kittens. The truth is that the scope of a cat’s emotion 
and experiences too nearly resembles our own. We 
prefer the devotee. It is thus this general scope of life 
that chiefly differs between different races of animals. 
The moral qualities differ from individual to individual. 

The dog’s conscience takes a2 somewhat higher rank 
than the cat’s for the chief part of his moral code he 
accepts as a law given by a higher being. He shows a 
desire for moral approbation when he has behaved well; 
he is depressed by moral disapprobation quite apart 
from the fear of the whip. But a cat defies the external 


-as a medium of information, but the cat revels in it. 


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code if it dare, and covets admiration rather than moral 
approbation. ; 

Aisthetic sensitiveness scems more developed in the 
cat than in the dog, The keenness of a dog’s intelligence, 
combined with the inferiority of nature that lies behind 
it, inakes the employment of the senses almost entirely 
utilitarian. Among esthetic sensibilities the enjoyment 
of music is the keenest and most common, and the per- 
ception of color perhaps the rarest. Neither the cat nor 
the dog can compare of course in musical susceptibility 
with the parrot, who is shaken by storms of emotion; 
but we have known a cat to show very marked pleasure 
in a whistled tune, It is common to find dogs who 
“sing” following, to some rough extent, high or low 
notes of music; but one doubts if such imitation is 
conscious or based at all on enjoyment. The dog ap- 
pears depressed, with lowered head and tail, or un- 
comfortably excited, and a kind of thrill precedes. the 
sounds. On the other hand, both cats and dogs appear 
ito be conscious of the sounds they utter until experience 
of definite teaching has shown them the result. Facts 
seem to point to the conclusion that the voice is not, 
purposely produced; and that though sounds may give 
warning or guidance to other animals the utterance is 
dependent on physical impulse. When the impulse is im- 
itative, it may depend ultimately on such sensation as is 
felt by some people in the throat when a Bourdon stop 
is on the organ, and by most people when they hear, for 
instance, the cheering of a large crowd. If this is so, we 
are on the wrong tack in comparing the sounds of ani- 
mals, varied and specified though they are, to language, 
and should rather compare them to weeping and laugh- 
ter, which proyolke an imitative response, or even to the 
sounds of a man who has early become dumb through 
deafness. For in such cases it is not purpose, but effi- 
cient cause, that must be the subject of inquiry. 

With regard to color, both cats and dogs appear to 
have little zsthetic perception. We have heard of a 
dog appearing to prefer scarlet to blue, but it is diffi- 
cult to eliminate the effect of association in dealing with 
a single instance. Cats, however, seem to show a definite 
esthetic perception of texture—esthetic, for it is not 
ordinary bodily comfort’ which rules. They may like 
to sleep on velvet, but they revel, waking, in the feeling 
of crackling paper or texture of stiff silks. And there is 
a well-authenticated story of a cat which goes into the 
garden to lick the undersides of foxglove leaves, and 
cannot be kept from trying with his tongue the texture 
of flannelette. But the keenest zesthetic pleasure for a cat 
lies in the region of smell. The dog uses smell merely 
She 
will linger near a tree trunk, smelling each separate 
aromatic leaf for the pure pleasure of it, not, like a dog, 
to trace friend, foe or prey. If the window of a close 
room is opened the cat leans otit, smelling the air. New 
dresses are smelt, partly perhaps for future recornition, 
but also apparently for pleasure. A strong smell, above 
all a spirituous smell, is not only disagreeable, but 
absolutely painful. Lavendar water may please a tiger, 
but it will put a cat to flight. 

This apparent power of zsthetic enjoyment in the cat 
is counterbalanced in the dog by a quality we are wont 
to rank highly, yet not without a haunting misgiving. 
The dog has a rudimentary sense of humor. It is the 
commonest thing in the world to see a petted dog try 
to laugh oft a scolding. If he is encouraged, if his fool- 
ing is successful, he will repeat it again and again with 
growing exaggeration, will roll with wide mouth and 
absurd contortions, or fly at one’s face'to lick it. On the 
other hand, he will recognize that teasing is a humorous 
proceeding, and when he begins to get bored will try to 
stop it humorously. 

Now the cat is saleninity incarnate. To punish it is 
to catisé instant offense, to tease it is to outrage its 
dignity. The better bred a cat is the more easily is it 
offended. But the “sense of the ridiculous” is after all 
a gross quality; and the humor of one age seems 
vulgarity to the next. A cat is never vulgar. The old 
Egyptians said that a cat reasoned like a man, and the 
root of rhe matter is there, In the dog there is a quicker 
intelligence, a greater adaptability, and more facility in 
planning, But a dog cannot, as.a cat can, determine its 
own end and purpose, and live its own life. He is after 
all the kinsman of brer fox; but the cat is a scion of 
royalty. 


Hachting. 


Yachting Fixtures, 1900. 


Secretaries and members of race committees will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list and 
also of changes which may be made in the future. 


AUGUST. 
15-17. Hull-Massachusetts, midsummer series, 25ft. class, Boston 


Harbor. ; 
16 and alternate following days, Newport ¥. R. A., TOft. series, 
concluding races, Newport. 
17-18. Annisquam, open, Annisquam. 
18. Mosquito Fleet, club handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
18. Royal St. Lawrence, Hamilton trophy, 22, 20 and 17ft. classes, 
Pointe Claire, Lake St. Louis. 
18. Horseshoe Harbor, annual, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
18. Canarsie, Corinthian race, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
18, Geen City, 20ft. class special, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
orwalk, club, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
18. Penataquit Cor., annual open, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
18, Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harber. 
18. Beyerly, Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay. 
18. South Baston, handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
18. Corinthian, championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
18. Columbia, championship, Boston, Boston Harbor, 
18. Duxbury, 18ft. class, Duxbury, Mass, 
18. American, club, Newburyport, Mass. 
18. usnns po watt, commodore’s cup, 
eawanhaka Cor., Center Island cu 
19. Hudson River, ladies’ day, New 
20. East Gloucester, open, Gloucester. 
90. Manchester, handicap, Manchester, Mass. 
23. Plymouth, open, Plymouth Harbor. 
26. Haverhill, third championship, Haverhill, Mass. 
94-26. Inland Lake, Lake Geneva, Ill. ; 
25. Royal St. Lawrence, Lake of Two Mountains regatta. 
95. Duxbury, open, Duxbury, Mass. 
55. Nahant, dory class, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 
26. Huguenot, annual, New Rochelle, Long Island Sound. 
95. Manhasset, special, Port Washington, Long Island Sound, 
95. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
#5. Penataquit Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay, 
25. Jamaicg Bay, open, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 


® Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
ork, Hudson River. 


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25. Kingston, club, Kingston, Leke Ontario. 
B He aa cham ionship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
95. South Boston, ladies’ day, City Point, Boston Harbor. 


. ittt. ; 
8 ance Cor., Center Island memorial cup, Oyster Bay, 
25, 


Queen City, 17it. apecial; Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
Cod, open, Provincetown, Mass. | 

31. aoe vamhave! and Philadelphia Corinthian, interclub matches, 

Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 

98. Wellfleet, open, Wellfleet, Mass. 

9], Wollaston, open. 


Long Island Sound. 
27. 
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Cruise of the Crescent. 


—— 


The Skippet’s Yarn. 


As a native expressed it later, the water of Great Bay 
is “spread out pooty thin.” It is a large circular bay 
probably five miles in diameter, and the average depth is 
about 4ft.; but in many places it is nearer Ift. at low 
water. Upon further exploration, the entrance to Mark's 
thoroughfare appeared impracticable, and the chart 
showed no thoroughfare dedicated to any of the other 
apostles. So when the Crescent was again afloat and the 
crew had scrambled aboard, we sailed along the southern 
meadows, keeping well off shore, to look for a more pro- 
fane passage. In a few minutes we catne up to an oyster- 
man in his punt and hove to to ask him where we could 
find a passage into Grassy Bay. Such of his answer as 
was audible a boat’s length away referred us to an in- 
definite “over yander’ and a “stake,” supplemented, as 
we drifted apart, by a sweep of the arm covering some 
ninety degrees of the horizon. Thanking him, we filled 
away again, much encouraged, if not enlightened. After 
sailing about two miles we opened tp a wide cove, and on 
the opposite bank of it, saw three shanties, where infor- 
mation regarding our course might be had. But right 
across the mouth of the cove stretched an ugly bar, show- 
ing yellow just below the surface of the water. Skirting 
this bar, it was found to end about soyds. from the 
meadow, and beating up this passage we rounded a 
point and found ourselves in a narrow thoroughfare. 
But where are we? and Does the creek go our way? were 
the questions that nobody could answer. So we ran the 
boat's nose on the meadow (we had no tender) at the 
mouth of a little creek on the banks of which were the 
three shanties we had seen from the bay. They were 
occupied by market fishermen from Atlantic City, who 
spend the night here, fish at dawn, and wait for the tide 
to take their catches across Grassy Bay. In answer to our 
hail, an obliging brother (they fish with hook and line, not 
nets) paddled out in his sharpie and informed us that we 
were in the “Main Ma’sh Therfer’ (Main Marsh Thor- 
oughfare), and that Grassy Bay lay beyond the next 
point, a quarter of a mile away. He said the tide was 
too low for us to get through that night. We were in no 
hurry, however, and our new friend, after supplying us 
with fresh water, came aboard and piloted us to an an- 
chorage where fish were to be caught. After giving us 
elaborate instructions as to the course across Grassy Bay 
and drinking our health in ten-year-old, he left us to furl 
and ‘‘stop” the sail and get the tackle out. 

He was a good fellow and knew his ground (or water), 
for the “weakies’” bit at once, and bit hard and kept on 
biting. The Cook, a true sportsman, insisted on return- 
ing to the water all fish that could not be used. The 
Skipper seconded this, to be honest, in a half-hearted 
manner, for “tis hard to part with a fine fish that you 
have just fought to a finish, The temptation was too 
much for Koons, who quietly dropped his fish into the 
box, whence most of them mysteriously found their way 
back to their swimming grounds. Koons said he didn’t 
mind this; 1t was quite right in theory, but he hadn’t the 
heart to release his captures himself. The crab bait ran 
low and Koons baited with the white belly of a weakfish. 
He soon had a strike, and his line ran out until the reel 
was neatly empty, and Koons was so frantic with ex- 
citement that Walt had to hold him to prevent him from 
jumping overboard. Then the line came back slack, and 
when it was reeled in the hook was gone, the gut cut off 
close to the line. The Skipper said it was a shark, and 
Koons said he would catch it. He did hook it, or another 
one, with the same result. Then Walt got out a trolling 
squid, tied it on a heavy bluefish line and baited it with 
half a weakfish. Result, a bite, a slight tug, a cut line and 
a departed squid, Then Koens lost a squid in the same 
fashion, and we adjourned for supper. After that inter- 
esting event was over, Walt prepared a shark line by wir- 
ing a heavy hook onto the end of the sheet rope, and bait- 
ing it with a generous slice of weakfish, let it drift out 
with a bit of board for a float. His sharkship had prob- 
ably had enough of hook diet, for he declined to take the 
tempting lure. It was almost dark by this time. The 
wind had died out and our piratical friends, the mos- 
quitoes, from the surrounding meadows put in their ap- 
pearance and made Koons wish he was a smoker. Fortu- 
nately, when the full moon rose, which was shortly after 
the daylight faded, a cool west wind sprung up, which 
drove the pests away and insured a comfortable night’s 
sleep, Their sweaters on, the crew disposed themselves 
comfortably on top of the cabin to enjoy the pipes and the 
music of Koons’ mouth organ. The Skipper indolently 
baited up and cast his line down tide, and, stretched full 
length, puffed contentedly. Feeling a tug, he struck, and 
there came a rush that brought him quickly to his feet 
Then began a great fight. The fish, a shark by the way 
it swam, ran ott fully Soyds. of line before it was stopped 
Now it came back for the boat, swimming low down just 
cleared the cable as it passed across the bow and made 
another wicked rush as long as the first, and came back 
under the stern. This necessitated some firm persuasion 
to prevent the line fouling on the rudder, and another wild 
run followed. So it went on back and forth and round 
and round the boat for fully twenty minutes. The con- 
test was rendered more exciting because even in the 
moonlight it was impossible to see the thin, dark sill line 
and the movements of the fish had to be followed hy 
watching the tip of the tod. At last it was led gently but 
firmly up to the quarter and Walt slipped the net under a 
tolb. shark. It was hooked in the lip, so that the gut was 
_enirely clear of the sharp teeth, which accounted for the 
capture. A few blows of the hatchet quieted the ugly 
brute, and he was laid on deck to be weighed at Atlantic 
City.. We had neglected to provide ourselves with scales. 
althotteh, as Walt suggested when he was cleaning them, 


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the weakfish had a-plenty. As their scales, however, are 
not Government standard, I have refrained from stating 
any weights on their authority. 

The tide would not serve for an early start next day, 
so we sat until a late hour, singing all the songs we 
knew and enjoying the fine moonlight effects on the rip- 
pling waters, the green meadows and the far-seen line of 
low hills to westward marking the boundary of the hab- 
itable mainland of New Jersey. 

The next morning was warm and fine, and by 7 o’clock 

the Crescents had had their swim and were at work 
preparing breakfast. The cooking debate between Koons 
and the Cook had by this time become a rather perfunc- 
tory performance, Koons haying gradually and grace- 
fully retired from the contest. Of course, he had not 
really wanted to do the cooking from the first, but, being 
a lawyer, naturally seized upon the opportunity for an 
argument, Upon examination of Walt’s shark line, 
which had been set over night, it was found that the 
bait had been eaten off, but the wired hook was left. 
After breakfast, while-waiting for the tide, the rods were 
gotten out, and though the fish did not bite as fast as on 
the previous evening, the sport was good. We were able 
to contribute a goodly number of fish to the load of our 
friendly fisherman of the night before when he passed 
us returning from his early morning expedition on Great 
Bay. 
At tt o'clock, the flood tide being two hours old, the 
fleet of sharpies got under way and we prepared to fol- 
low them. Just as the Crescent began to forge ahead 
under the inftuence of the gentle south wind, a large 
catboat came into the thoroughfare and we lay to for 
her to pass, in order to follow her lead. A quarter-mile 
sail brought us into the peculiar piece of water (?), Grassy 
Bay. We had wondered why no soundings were given on 
the chart for the greater part of this bay, but the reason 
was now plain. The chart gave the soundings at low 
water and at low water the upper half of the bay has no 
water in it. At least the surface of the water is so close 
to the roots of the tall sea grass that it is hardly visible. 
The lower half of the bay is composed of shallow flats, 
but is crossed by a deep channel, propbably cut by the 
tide making in from Bigantine Inlet, though we did not 
investigate this. 

Well, we followed that other boat along the north 
shore of the bay, moving -very slowly through the long 
grass, which was now barely covered by the water. For 
some reason the other boat’s sail was single reefed and 
the Crescent soon forged ahead of her, and not tacking 
soon enough, grounded in the mud. And what soft mud 
it was! But we didn’t want to wait for the tide to float 
her, so overboard went all of us and got her head around 
and worked her back into the wake of the other boat, 
which we then followed, spilling the wind out of our 
own sail to keep astern and making short tacks until the 
channel before mentioned was reached. There the Cres- 
cent filled away, and passing through a break in an ugly 
looking bar that appearently extended all the way across 
the bay headed for the bridge of the Brigantine Railroad. 
Through not knowing the best water, we kept too far 
off the meadows here, and trying to lay a straight course 
for the drawbridge ran into a flat again. But the fresh- 
ening wind heeled the boat enough to reduce her draft 
somewhat, and with board up and sheet started she 
bumped across the obstruction into deeper water and 
tacked for the draw. . The Cook was engaged in the 
prepatation of one of his famous “stews,” while Koons 
braced the stoves in a more or less upright position. It 
was the first and last time they tried to cook while under 
way. Every time the boat came about a lively duet of— 
well, unparliamentary remarks—was audible in the cabin, 
and at last the Cook put his head out the door and 
swore if the boat was not ‘‘sailed straight’’ he would 
desert at the next port. It was pointed out to him that 
the watch on deck was not responsible for the velocity 
of the wind and the rough water and he retired grumbling 
to his fire. After passing through the draw a boatman 
whom we hailed informed us that our way lay through 
the second “therf’r,” and a beat of half a mile brought 
us to said “therf’r,’ a mere creek about 50 feet wide 
Half way through we anchored to permit the cook to 
serve up his “stew,” which, to tell the truth, was well 
received. Then we got under way once more, but tried 
to sail teo close in, coming into the last reach of the 
thoroughfare, and stopped for a moment, while Walt 
and the Cook (in “the altogether’) combined duty and 
pleasure by taking a bath and pushing the boat off the 
sand at the same time. Crossing the arm of Absecon 
Inlet, known as Main Channel, we entered another narrow 
passage through the meadows and came out into Abse- 
con Channel and opened up a view of Atlantic City, a mile 
away. A few tacks down the channel, with the Crescent 
heeling until the lee rail was submerged and bounding 
over the slight swell from the ocean, brought us to the 
inlet pier. The big catboats here threatened to crush in 
the sides of the lighter built’ Crescent, and an arrange- 
ment was soon made with Capt. C., of the Star, to moor 
our boat at his wharf on the canal. There the Crescent 
was tied up and the crew donned their shore clothes and 
landed to “take in” the si¢hts of the*overgrown and too 
popular resort. Atlantic City, with its rushing crowds 
and its miles of side shows and photograph galleries on 
the ocean front, had few charms for the Crescents; they 
love the sea too well, and the proper atmosphere for its 
enjoyment is absent from the place in July and August, 
at any rate. What the crew did and the sights they saw 
in Atlantic City the Skipper, having spent his time with 
his family, who were summering at the shore, knows 
only by hearsay. It has nothing to do with the cruise 
any way. Koons was unfortunate enough on Monday to 
lose his light tod, reel and line. Starting for a day’s 
fishing, he was getting his tackle ready and left it on 
deck coming out of the canal. The word was given to 
stand by ready to jibe. but Koons did not know the 
nature and results of jibing in a fresh breeze, and when 
he picked himself up and got out of the cabin his rod 
was gone. The water was shallow at that point and 
Koons and Walt jumped overboard and waded back, but 
were tunable to locate the spot, and thereafter Koons 
fished with a-heavy rod and heart, : 

Tuesday fornenoon the setting in of the flood tide found 
all the Crescents on board and a gale blowing from the 
northwest. Shortly béfore 11 o'clock our little yacht, 
under close-reefed mainsail, left the sheltered “canal” 
and dashed over the long swells across. the inlet, around 


{Auce. 18, 1900. 


the “staked island” and up the Main Channel. Across 
the entrance to our “second therf’r” was a bar, which the ~ 
tide had not yet uncovered, so we went two miles fur- 
ther and ttied two other passages, both of which we 
found too shoal a short distance in. So we ran back to 
the original thoroughfare and found enough water around 
the edge of the bar to let the Crescent through, When 
we came out into Grassy Bay the tide had not risen enough 
and we anchored in a sheltered corner to wait for it and 
have dinner. The afternoon sail across Grassy Bay was 
without special incident except a rather lively time hunt- 
ing, in that three-reef gale, for the elusive passage across 
the bar in the middle of the bay. For the rest, we found 
good water, and about 4 o’clock dropped anchor in the 
Main Marsh Thoroughiare, where we had decided to 
remain over night for the sake of the good fishing. Run- 
ning into the meadow bank to catch some crabs for batt 
we encountered an ancient fisherman, who told us that 
he would not for any consideration swim in those waters, 
as we had done when we anchored there before. He said 
the morning we left an 8-foot shark had been seen in the 
thoroughfare. Koons was sure this was the fish that had 
taken his hooks off, for anything less than 8 feet he was 
sure he could have held. The A. F. was reminded by 
this of other blood-curdling monsters of the deep that 
he had seen, and treated us to stirring accounts of their 
capture until the supply of bait was sufficient, when we 
put off for our anchorage. The sport was again excel- 
lent and we were able to present some twenty-five fish 
to the master of an oyster sloop that passed about half 
an how later. In return the sloop’s foremast hand 
dumped a supply of luscious bivalves into the cockpit of 
the Crescent. Koons was so delighted at this exchange, 
which fot a time relieved him from the painful necessity 
of returning his fish to the water, that he volunteered to 
open the oysters himself, which he did, and they proved 
a pleasant addition to the supper. Another pleasant even- 
ing further endeared this lonely anchorage to the Cres- 
cents, and they unanimously resolved to come again and 
stop there next year. 
[T0 BE CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK, ] 


Oconomowoc Y. C. Regatta. 


Cuicaco, Ill., Aug. 11 —Argo, the crack 20-footer owned 
by Mr, L. F. Gates, of Oshkosh, this week at the regatta 
of the Oconomowoc Y. C., won both main prizes—the 
Oconomowoc Y. C. cup and the Green Lake cup, This 
gives the Oconomowoc cup to the Winnebago boat for a 
permanent possession. 

Meteor, owned by Robt. Nunnemacher, Milwaukee 
Y. C., won the Pabst trophy. 

Entries for the regatta were Problem, Walter Dupee, 
Oconomowoc Y. C.; Imp, C. D. Peacock, Jr., Chicago 
and Green Lake Y. C,; Harriet H., Henry L. Hertz, 
Pistakee Y. C.; Avis II., Wm, N. Pelouze, Oconomowoc 
Y. C.; B. & F., H. R. McCullough, Green Lake Y. C. 
The above are all Chicago-owned boats. Other entries 
were: Robert Nunnemacher’s Meteor, Milwaukee Y, C.; 
W. L. Dayis’ Anita, Neenah Y. C.; L. F. Gates’ Argo, 
Oshkosh Y. C.; George Brunder’s Aderyn. Pine Lake 
Y. C.; William H. Meyer's Dora and William Kieck- 
hefer’s Dorothy, both Pewaukee Y. C., and Gardner 
Green’s Peerless and Hayes Murphys Galatea, both 
Oconomowoc Lake Club. 

The regatta was sailed under Inland Lake Y. A. rules. 
Wi. Cothroll was official measurer. 


FIRST DAY, AUG. 6. 


The fast Fox Lake boat, Harriet H., which made so 
good an impression at the Fourth of July regatta of 
Columbia Y. C., at Chicago, took the first heat for the 
Oconomowoc ctip. She was handsomely sailed by Nick 
Morris over the nine-mile course, four and one-half miles 
and repeat, and held matters well in hand, except on the 
short leg, where there was windward work. In the latter 
Argo gained upon Harriet. Problem, Diipee boat, seemed 
hardly at its best in the stifish wind that prevailed. The 
boats crossed the line in the following order: Harriet H., 
Meteor, Problem. Dora, Argo. Harriet dropped to lee- 
ward and led. Meteor and Problem fought a little duel 
under a slack wind in the lee of the island, and later 
drew out well up with Argo and Aderyn, Harriet by this 
time having established a decisive lead. The main in- 
terest was between Harriet and Argo. and between Meteor 
and Problem. Argo made her gain in the brief windward 
leg, a half mile in length, and she went up from fifth 
place to second, leading Aderyn, Meteor and Problem. 
The start was flying. Following are the sailing times: 


Harriet UL, Pistakee V7 Ci. 2 ss.se., “ASRS 1 00 30 
Argo, Oshkosh Y C....... wetarent 1 01 42 
Aderyn, Pine Lake Y. C.. 1 02 05 
Meteor, Milwaukee Y. C.. -l Us UT 
Problem, Oconomowoc Y. C.. ..1-03 36 
Zaza, Oconomowoc acer Glubsmerer ss sasaeaeea beeen eee ae 1 05 28 
Dora APewaukeemsy Cie. oe nade dev odatoe toe Nees dye v onl muerte 1 06 34 
‘Avis: El Oconomowoc Vents ir arvicntes cites c cesar pctiancien ae 1 09 54 
Galatea, Oconomowoe Lake Club.............secesseeeeses 1 10 20 
Peerless), Oconomowoer sMaker Club iiicecsc. cece sculeseletineeet 111 63 


SECOND DAY, AUG, 7. 


Argo made it two straight to-day and cinched the cup. 
The wind was stiff, and she could stand it. Admirably — 
sailed by Luhm, her skipper, she gave her nearest rival a 
very handsome beating. The same course was sailed as 
before, twice around the triangle. Wind, W.S.W. and 
fresh, The order of start was Argo, Galatea, Harriet 
H., Dora, Meteor, Aderyn, Problem, Zaza, Peerless, Avis 
II. On the second leg, the windward one, Harriet seemed 
not to point in the same class with Argo, and was also 
outsailed by Aderyn, which ran up from fifth place and 
got within thirty seconds of the leader. A duel between 
Aderyn and Harriet on the third leg, off the wind, lost 
time for both boats, and gave Argo a fine chance, which 
she was not slow to improve, so that she had a clean lead 
of one minute at the end of the first round, Q@n the 
second round Harriet out-manetvered Aderyn and gained 
a lead very lively at the turn for the first leg, but this duel 
of the others continued to give Argo the best of it, and 
she gained a two-minute lead, Harriet now second. 


Times: 

ATBO cyeseseee Pr redscdore (ufsapedel e(e Maes es os egress tte 1-4 07 39 
Harriet H. ..-..-.-+-+55-- AON Galdtea forcneveneaseeeeees 1 09 25 
Problen. see-e- eee eae 1 02 ea PIs 5S See eos 
Afleniie tantcss tte udner ser ieO02Zepe aAwis Fite POR de ekare anon sah alae 
Meteor Reb e besos wees snces 1 05 44 Peerless eee eee eee eee 9 47 


Aus. 18, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


1338 


The two winners were started for the third race, the 
rubber, at 3 P. M. The wind was stronger than in the 
morning. Harriet exchanged courtesies with Argo, this 
time going over the line first. Harriet hugged the wind 
inshore to fend Argo out of the windward berth. Harriet 
lost the wind inshore, and Argo got a lucky puff outside a 
bit further, and forged ahead and to windward of Harriet, 
blanketing Harriet. At the first turn Argo led by forty 
seconds. Soon after the turn Harriet ran aground and 
lost two minutes getting off, Argo finishing the first round 
of the course three minutes and twenty-seven seconds 
ahead. On the next round, Harriet, in the windward 
work of the short leg, gained four seconds in a half mile, 
but this was but a drop in the bucket, Argo being too far 
in advance, and winning with a lead of four minutes and 
fourteen seconds. Times: 


Jieie. Sas anraancocernenreeecs 053 08 Harriet H. 
Argo thus won the Oconomowoc cup. 


ove coreeecee 0 57 22 


THIRD DAY, AUG. 8. 


Another factor came into the racing to-day. Walter 
Dupee’s boat Problem proved indeed a problem for them 
all, and won the first heart of the Green Lake cup race in a 
hair-raising finish with Harriet H., the fast Fox Lake 
craft which has been so close to the line at every finish in 
these waters this season. At one time Harriet was two 
minutes and thirty seconds back of Problem, but she was 
nicely handled, collaring Problem for the place almost at 
the line. The latter, however, was sailed coolly and 
pluckily, and Skipper Walt saw the bow of Harriet mid- 
ships of Problem as he went across. 

Argo, which won the series yesterday, played in hard 
fortune to-day. Harriet handed her a blanket at the start 
and set her so far back that she never could challenge 
either Aderyn or Meteor. Just past the first buoy B. & F. 
cut in and went into third place: but went aground not 
long after. Harriet lost of her time in a case of repairs, 
her traveler carrying away. At the Narrows she had, 
however, made up a lot of distance, and getting here a nice 
flaw of wind, closed up with Problem, which had outrun 
all competitors to this short distance from the home buoy. 
Harriet actually passed Problem for a moment, within 200 
fathoms of the line. Another puff caught both boats, and 
Problem seemed to have the better of it, crossing first by 
a half length. Times: 


Hroblentaeseeecase teed serene ISASWOOME Oram usages s cet loate eee 1 24 25 
Wketaatare 18h Me BRAN ey ere BSL SS OTe Sin arentire Selee Same et aeons 1 24 44 
WNFET COT Messe conse ers a phane Percale PETA ee aisle ne cishes sttee eed 1 24 54 
mAderyny ei ee ecsccnehaleeen ASZBLOLS Fara Wes ccotutea soe beste Withdrew, 
ICR Ge ee ene ae oer 1 23 16 


FOURTH DAY, AUG. 9. 


Argo, beaten yesterday, would not be denied to-day, and 
again made it two straight, winning the Green Lake chal- 
lenge cup, handily taking the measure both of Harriet in 
the morning and Problem in the afternoon. The wind 
was stifish and to Argo’s liking. In the first race of 
the day the boats crossed the line at the start as follows: 
Harriet, Aderyn, Imp, Problem, Meteor, B. & F., Galatea, 
-Argo, Dora. Harriet had something to the good, but on 
the weather leg let Argo up to within ten seconds of her. 
On the last leg the wind was abeam, and it was a pretty 
fight between Harriet and Argo. At the Narrows Argo 
had collared Harriet, and she outfooted her thence home, 
Winning by thirty-seven seconds. Meteor and Problem 
also made a close thing of it for the leaders. Galatea 
stood by to help B. & F., which had carried away a 
shroud, Times: 


BATE Oubs ates Sade okie Las oh OPDSCON erlarcet oon ensntnase aces ..-1 00 07 


It was now between Argo and Problem, the hard-fight- 
ing Harriet being at last out of it. The two winners had a 
merry fight of it, Mr. Dupee making a splendid showing 
with Problem, double reefed and with a storm jib only, 
and, even so, giving the stiffer boat a tussle which she will 
not soon forget. Problem led by ten seconds at the 
weather buoy, and by eighteen seconds at the end of the 
first round. This, however, was the end of it. Argo 
carried full canvas, and was too good in this weather for 
Problem. At the first turn Argo had passed and gained 
forty-five seconds on Problem. On the short weather leg 
Problem pointed nicely. She set a working jib, but it was 
now too late for her to hope, and Argo showed her heels 
to Problem thence in. Times: 


PNT hernia peetete nich ecient e 05731 Problem 


FIFTH DAY, AUG. IO, 


For the Pabst trophy, open only to yachts of Waukesha 
county, Wis. A stiff wind. The start was in following 
order: Aderyn, Problem, Meteor, Zaza, Dora, Avis, 
Peerless, Galatea. Avis capsized in the first round, at 
the end of which the order was Aderyn, Meteor, Problem, 
there being forty-two seconds between the leader and 
Meteor, Problem twenty-three seconds back of Meteor. 
The rest were outclassed. On the next round Meteor 
picked up considerable time on Aderyn, and the latter 
claimed a foul on a close shave which Meteor gave her on 
‘the third buoy. Foul was not allowed, and Meteor won 


by thirty-three seconds over her nearest rival. Times: 
ADELC OTs tata ines oe. decades: OGSra ee oras foc ada. caste dere te 1 04 56 
Woden: teases teeter see OFooeS0 Galatea wipe rures setactl eke: 1 09 00 
EPODIETIM eameceaadene sete 0 59.28 Peerless ........0.....0205, 1 il 22 
PATA us eta oy ebb ese aaneeae 1 02 02 


Argo Sold to Milwaukee Men. 


Pleased very much by the fine showing made by the 
Oshkosh boat, Argo, Messrs. W. A, Starke and R. E. 
Giljohann, of Milwaukee, made her owner an offer for 
her, the price said to be $1,000, and Mr. Gates sold the 
Doabs which will hereafter sail under the Milwaukee 

urgee. 


30-Footers at Newport. 


Tue 30-footers sailed a race on Aug. 6in a strong S.W. 
breeze over the Dyer’s Island course, the times being : 


Elapsed 
DOG Lityamil ae Cee) O rei gest aeaee ae yee eee Vn a | 2 02 SI 
Viedar Naat bagonee een 25.0%. cceteeods. 7. Un oemanels ra. 2 04 18 
Esperanza, W._B. Duncan, TS Rt ie ew 5 ah a bideis teen 2 06 53 
Vaqueros Ulm, sRuthertord: ua) mee Unrest yn 2 08 37 
Wine Wig te Sem nO Ok Stern ne beets ee youteas re screen atest 2 08 42 
Polly noes Bracelet dey heen ti, uae aH 2 09 27 
Asahi, W) So Miller. folie Wi neset Entec eile ale Ay 21011 


On Aug. 7 the 30-footers were joined by three half- 
“faters, the latter sailing over an eight-mile course, while 


the 30-footers sailed over an eighteen-mile course to 


Dyer’s Island and return. There was a light N.E. breeze, 
and the times were: 


30-Footers. 


Start. Finish Elapsed 
VELA pee RGIS FOO Kesees nite. epepeeer obras 3 08 00 5 55 19 2 47 19 
Veda Goubaconmtescmnitaesris aernen: 3 08 00 5 55 36 2 47 36 
Vaquero III., W. Rutherford...... 3 08 00 5 5b 47 2 47 47 
Atsahity Ws oscMaller: ccotikl deckc ce 3 08 00 5 56 58 2 48 58 
Esperanza, W. B. Duncan, Jr..... 3 08 00 5 57 48 2 49 48 
Waorothiy,; tae ee UDolane..ss-c2e. ee 3 08 00 5 57 58 2 49 57 
Pollywog, A. H.. Paget............. 3 08 00 5 58 36 2 50 36 

Half-Raters. 

Breeze, G. Roelker, Jr.........---5 3 16 23 4 32 52 116 29 
Eaglet, W. Grosvenor, Jr...........8 16 15 4°34 29 118 14 
Hawk, W. Gammell....-....¢.0:.. 3 16 19 4 39 28 1 23 08 


A sweepstake race was sailed on Aug. 8. The race was 
started in a light south wind, which became stronger 
before the finish, and the course was a triangular one. 
Wa Wa ran ashore, and Pollywog and Dorothy withdrew. 
The times were, start 3:14: 


Finish. Elapsed 
ASan Wie Gs OMINMGrT eg. essences ceccaeensine nes 5 46 58 2 32 58 
RVC ie Gr ACUI tenth Pek re dis Wot a eltevelcara ye 5 47 19 2 33 19 
Esperanza, WB. Duncan, Jier.éoi.sleesedeaase 5 49 12 2 35 12 
Vaquero IIT., W. Rutherford...,-..........+..5 51 18 2 37 18 
WW HV dg OOK Se sete ett cect enl eee s chk Withdrew, , 
RollywopqeAs HE: OPagerto.t.. isn) dotiedscennene Withdrew. 
Worquliveeumye mb olan ten jit cele terelaeia renienses Withdrew. 


On Aug. 9 a race was sailed in a light wind, which 
shifted from N. to S.W. The course was sixteen miles 
from Rose Island to Fiske Ledge and return, and the 
times were, start 3:36: 


F Finish. Elapsed. 
Esperanza, W._B: Duncan, Jr....--..-.....2:-,.5 56 aL 2 20 31 
Hollsiwor nels Ublem Lavet.cAdcceencscee: co secniias 6 00 46 2 24 46 
Weds a Gre baGotiers. ty bwiehth hn nine kite icicle «eee 6 05 03 2 29 03 
Vivace REE TOOK Ste: nla sio ce cake sPange ted Withdrew. 


On Aug. 10 a race was sailed over the Dyer’s Island 
course in a good S.W. breeze. The start was made at 
3:20 and the times were: 


Finish. Elapsed. 

AAMT ARIE. S18 18S gavel eS els le olan relays Grew nn Ans 5 42 04 2 18 04 
TOT Vii rane Elem gts A teeta cee en, ec en 5 42 24 2 18 24 
eda, a GEsB acorns Srssciodetsete.e cece las eres cee es 5 42 31 2 18 31 
Gt othiys elle ye Wolaneens iw rs oe bee eee 5 44 46 2 20 46 
Msperanzar VW be usicas Irises eaeeene eee 5 46 01 2 22 O01 
Vaquero LID, W. Rutherford.................. 5 46 37 2 22 37 
Asahi Wis. Maller also ye nee aeligte.ee ee eee oe Withdrew. 


Burgess Y. C. 


MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS BAY, 
Monday, Aug. 6. 


Tue Burgess Y. C. sailed its open race, postponed from 
July 26, on Aug. 6, in a light, variable breeze, that just 
moved the yachts along, the times being: 


25ft. Class, 


Elapsed. Corrected. 
Birt, Pabyan & McKee Soy tees tesewcts «oe 2 48 20 Pet: 
Raceabouts. 
Jolly Roger. B. B. Crowninshield......,....... 2 41 23 
PIAL meron KEN DROD DIT Ss ot eee noe ae noes 2 49 37 
orbsimetbort, QU 2) Noy leu. Gelber eR Ate ores yc 2 51 08 
Runaway Girl, H. Tweed.........5.......000005 2 51 14 
Knockabouts. 
Opiisah eit, eo wre shostetees seen ee een aan 3 02 00 ae 
DUzzane wD) ELEWStermies cons tk men Se 3 13 30 i 
Handicap Class. 
Weyer rd eo serl aon ollett see eeeee ny pra han 2 40 O1 2 40 01 
Salve View Sart etctvalnees eon raneee nite te 2 45 07 2 43 31 
Mistrals SUG W,. dWeaittlely a ucreonesctcleas cee wiwens 2 51 14 
Onday Je Greenotghiwinss.).uqdseddeds eee Bs 2 49 45 
Water Lily, J. D. Safford 2 54 00 
Geisha, sGoWa Waynes. veter ooo a 
Dragon, C. M. Baker....... 
Wamleless: \Wa) He Stiarteyy| re. e cca eee ee Withdrew. 
2lft. Cabin Class. 
aniiet ene ameeeLaniiihot Often ae en eee 2°51 07 3 oh= 
Rambler, Pommeroy Brothers................. 3 01 387 nd 
18ft. Class. 
Dauntless, Benner & Patten............ce0se02: 1 24 18 
Fantasy, William Allerton... 0.22... lis. snes 1 29 14 
Berbapsy gi. be eR ODItSGMm-LEE ote ees aoe eee 1 41 02 


Lobster, C. E. Hendrie 


Moccasin, A, D. Irving 
Gee Whizz, F. G. Macomber, J 


The judges were J. H. Goodwin and Isaac B. Mills. 
Gee Whizz protested Moccasin. 


Manchester Y. C, 


MANCHESTER, MASS. 
Tuesday, Aug. 7. 

THe Manchester 2g Ge of Manchester, sailed its annual 
open race on Aug. 7 in a light N.E. breeze. There were 
twenty starters, but no close finishes, the best being in 
Class K, in which Jolly Roger beat Pirate 1m, 15s. The 
times were: 


Elapsed. 
Special Class. B 
LBIGI TIRE NY, EUS by (ell Sanaa er Ba enoc dM en cere tey Pip de ae 1 24 50 
INDE S Es ASH Uh (Connvivelthya® Sea Se ee Oeil Mir Withdrew. 
7 Class D 
Tire Lap yeitis eam LOG ete « Meni: Penn i tan tire Wen aoe 1 32 24 
(ra. ie sahes (aes ot ots bag teeta Qe ee oe nme 1 39 07 
Meters id sa He Mollctiss | Jen see oe ie wei a kk 1 40 28 
Tae en fais Class L 
SOKO eee EL In SOty see weenie eae A Htoaddhdt ing 1 33 62 
TRUSSES, IRE AE MADRE aay theta omer ah Ae 2) ae MO ge Or 135 o7 
f Class § 
aBiewoata. NU, IP. Were Rate ee ee 1 57 22 
Wan dhs GRE A Colt air ti|peae eet ne ie on A ++ el 80 04 
-_ Class K—Raceabouts. 
Jolly Roger, B. B. Crowninshield...................------e. 1 36 38 
Petal eRe Gnabon hinsaiee eee Re en are so) one toe 1 37.53 
Tunipoo, J. L. Bremer...........< op hla ee eer et Piet ee on 1 42 42 
SETTERS (GaRSIN UT erat a Ria Cle nly 2 es gn DiI Ae 8 1 45 2 
Class T 
Dauntless, Benner & Patten......... Pees OC he Ce eparoben, er ee 1 BO 07 
Retrele GapHew lating ve, rir erkacs Aaa aadd dye 1 51 04 
Perhaps, J. E. Robinson......... Macnee RAE san ton a ROE ee 1 5 57 
ircomih Enis” ivan rie: Al we 8 dete esaeam 1 54 59 
Fantasy, Wm. Allerton.,.......... Peta ene eerehe: ates st ae iain epee 1 58 41 
Lobster, C. E. Hendrie............. Rate Bvata\a)(elaratatd cash) i | eetea eels 1 59 48 
Joque, Walter Kelly................ Tye Pann pastas «3k gue eee Withdrew. 
Class -X 
Cola Sire w pais Rerk insincere es far Sopra, rath 209 10 
Bilkkielskkin Moning Brdthers © wwe), llc aica¥eandadee, ln 2 33 10 
Witch, Henry Wigglesworth...) .....000..ccc0cssecneece sc... 2 43 10 
tei tye Comltirals -, wen Men Leal oa) idds-45%: canes Withdrew. 


The judges were A. G. Wood, ei Ww, Mansfield, 1H 
P, Dodge and S, J, Connolly, Mansfeld, 


Corinthian YC. iii AINAAA_ AMAT 


MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS BAY, 
Wednesday, Aug. 8. 


-Tue Corinthian Y. C., of Marblehead, sailed the first 
race of its midsummer series on Ang, 8 in a light south 
breeze, the times being: 


_ 


4 Corrected, 
30ft. Class. ; 
Hanley wWeek, Bachtesor. ctitawavoveres dor. oe d 1 39 03: 
Empress, Hayden & Parker............... os 1 48 36: 
Eyl ekov risen eebenro wise oer nten yr < 1 49 30) 
Cartoon toward (Parkete. ».u44 seeps Gekise nels a 2 05 10) 
: 25ft. Class 
Hirt; Fabyan & MoWiees. fate, sires csacescass 1 42 31 1 AQ 44 
Never bird" Desbin geo leticsrsmmssererrs cree. ie 1 57 49 1 57 49) 
18ft. Class 
Bantasy, vir GAl er Otis .pqemonspeeen ts se cad 1 57 05 1 49 43° 
Dauntless, Benner & Patten...............005. 1 51 06 1 51 06 
Lobster, Combs ehdtieme ts ceeeeetee 4 we 1 58.59 Not meas. 
Perhaps. (tia vRobmsonss ss wuts mine ee eee De 1 59 38 1 54 28 
Ny mile Otsear eeerkitiseweke of Pp ii atmerre te aie 200 22 LAT 06: 
Toque Walter Kelly incsh ere daaen eee ae 2 05 06 2 01 00: 
21ft. Special Class, ~* *- 
Lookout; Ay Hi. Higginson... tes wtaate ets ee 111 52 1 U1 52 
FLOStess; sHS9Me ePaxonsede nce i Ot tsene beers . 1 36 56 ibabl py 
Class A—Raceabouts. Sei 
Jolly Roger, B. B. Crowninshield............. 1 44 03 AE od 
eibaniaipree Vivien ae. Ren IED Doub ee hore were tee 1 48 20 BA ed 
Pirate mae G- ROD DIN Seana Ee rea nny nre ane as 1 48 52 a leis 
Banderlog, Joshua Crane, Jr................... 1 50 35 Ohare 
Class B—Knockabouts, 

Optisdhebice SiLee hoster mere eenen: al bee eas +l 50 18 EB he 
[Dhetesa isola visee heen tenes meet eee kee weet 1 59 52 hae) fa 
Class C—Handicap. 

Sally Vin. Lee PemBercivalues, ~ en oe we ae 1 44 56 1 38 39) 
aVITStr al uR eV amLaittlony sen mite 2) wee LIne 1 51, 15 1 44 58 
Gossiptete Brooksase, caeeera. cea ae eit 1 46 59 1 46 59 
Dravon Gili sBanttethern. an mul netn nubian 1 56 48. 1 48.25; 
'SISs Gopal day. Comlcah cece ccehe aaaeeue cee Meets: 1 58 54 1.52 37 
Viaticos (ECs Pay ered ented See. ate) hema 2 02 56 1 54 31 
Brigand, Hay AS iNMorsansss cael de aeee en 2 04 59 156 3h: 
erbltati i eh Sie aN Velii BIR Anan ee ete eee CEI 210 38 1 58 03: 
(Mnivetter sb ras Ca eEbil lanes Aopen ee 213 41 2-03 12) 

: Class D—Handicap Knockabouts. 
SMSC ad DE AO Tail iKory, allicda5 h SAMAR ES ohm aenrb 1 41 41 1 39 Su 
Comer eter sbenconeeectencs as) ieee 1 46 05 1 43 02: 
InHiStles Aw ea Vic hannotie. sacey) eee nene nnn 1 46 42 1 46 42 
Waters ily lem Re oaltorcdeee ae) a) sseeene Donen: 1 48 58 1 48 58! 
Syomncicses IN TOL, INosa ie ba deg dob oh orem Sane cle nT 53-11, 
Maia Siverett. Palness. = ss tx. Siler cess 2) ONS. Withdrew. 
16ft. Class. 

Gee Whizz, BG. Macomber, Jr... .).....<..... 1 04 50 

Moccasin’ RAve Dn slnyitios ene 2) en Minna 1 05 27 

Ugly Duckling, C. F. Lyman................... 1 08 00 

Mow sii Wale balimerg ay tpeattee line sgn nhan 110 48 

Rikki Tikki, Loring Brothers................... 1 12 12 

ievclonen Ham Ga aMacomberenise a serie ee ano 1 14 27 


Hull Y. C, 


HULL—BOSTON HARBOR: 
Saturday, Aug. 11. 


Tue Hull Y. C sailed a club race on Aug. if-in a 
strong S.W. breeze, the times being: 


HO Class. i 

Elapsed. Corrected. 
ATRISY ciss® erty Bro wile vetehtetenee omen 1 38 05 Jets ee 
Paepress,sblayclens Gn (barker cieessres 2: anaes | 158 54 re 
iii ley way Veet oma che santo eS, Gey ae 2 26 42 Aas4 = 

25-Footers. 
Harte babyan Sa Vickkeex saa sctyy pies ane. toe 2 03 54 See ees 
HermesA. W. Chesterton! ..2)...ss.¢eeteaecs. 2 05 46 sone 
Wnithle SPetersnlae ln eMioehse—antni ueesegey les 210 48 
21ft. Handicap Class. 
SUGGERE AB ORIAR Ss aw tea 8 patna eel Ae eS 1 41 22 1 31 22 
NMikeeiGs Ae Coolever. Sol aeen, Cave iey neal h 1 43 42 1 31 42 
Elo ly5. BVViseie Min DW ere Sa soa gna cr nya eae ee 1 38 57 aL Ba! ye 
Wares Via e ee ate iti ek nen ent eee nln 1 33 58 1 33 58 
Caterpillar Wier aeiseyecrs a ean ting semen me 1 52 03 1 36 03 
Wabsterin Gz aal<eiphie ss tes oeen te etna Seni 1 40 33 1 37.33 
Sale Se ce ME Ye teh op uiine lies Reet 1 44 50 1 40 50 
SdUawe eA wv. eB lidinrgaue casita e were ae mes Withdrew. 
18ft. Handicap Class 

lafunowisy, VACe 10S ABN Git - oe a nea ede A 1 43 20 1 30 40 
Zaza, Lauriat & Humphreys................-... 1 46 00 1 35 00° 
Goblins GawWerGanterbunyes: see senna 1 47 17. 1 36 17 


The judges were Miss Bessie M. Carter, L. B. Flint 
and H. N. Nute. _ 


Duxbury YuG. 


DUXBURY, MASS. 
Saturday, Aug. 11. 


Tue Duxbury Y. C. sailed a race on Aug. 11 in a good 
S.W. breeze, the times being: 


21ft. Class. 


Elapsed 
Ran fives AEB OW. al ereneee en seek ee ee ae aise ate hoe ses 1 49 20 
(Geisha Wea l-ae\Valiiiiatie ee nomen ek Phere Sel een ne Sue 1 49 51 
SGamipersy Reeds Brothers sees Tees en nee ees 1 55 56 
Nancy Hanks, P. W. Maglathlin..............0-cceceesecees 157 12 
18ft. Knockabouts 
Mobster. (Cy Cw Clap pees baxknn ieee teh eas een Cee nee 1 55 37 
Dazzler mGoodspeed erothens. tenia neste Teen mnn nnn 1 56 387 
Spider she Ente wean 7, hosmodead aie Cllon aero envaney 0 MNP: 57 23 
Wiptawakes EbeMe dp oneseesss 6 qO7 Shea, 8. eee: med 1 59 30 
Milady lathe Adame es a: nota eee |e see wees Shor ak 2 02 37 
@omMbair Ga Re Gitshinare sonst rey oy genes ere OE On 2 03 03 
Handicap Class 
die Ba B: eNonwood-.scssmoeenee ten St caddac EN a BH bAanEs 4 1 51-32 
Rainbows We tOnmondsnneer cs sede ce keene Sree eee 1 56 03 
Wolphin, New Miontorises seo: coe a oaledes meee eels, Son), Une 1 58 02 
ved erase me SITINOTSe os Sees Ba eens sere nts 2k RNS 1 58 48 
IRSredomne se Liem VGC CLO Wee erent tee ne en as tee nema Withdrew, 
Gafi and Spritsails 
alondwe Geek oStete seein tere PEER EES Seen. Jone 2 28 40 
Weal aay Walia aoe EEE & Soda se be SOSA ear eet) ey ween at 2 33 32 


Whinthrop Y. C. 
WINTHROP—BOSTON HARBOR, . 
Saturday, Aug. 11. 


Tue Winthrop Y. C. sailed a handicap race on Aug. 11, 
the times being : 
a Zoft. Class, 


yn Elapsed. Corrected 

cokes ARES OYA NYG BS HOS enh 1 26 30 1 11 30 
Mierh es Gun Mac@ontellipeperereniio msn ., s0 00: 1 23 52 1 14 52 
Cygnet, J. R. Hodder........ 4 BA ona ar Disabled. 

21ft. Class. , 
‘Imavantis. dice MVEA Gi Ena see ees ee ee 1 17 53 1 12 52 
Reith AME SSE RIGha Gt ssteret setae) onto nnn sees 1 82 18 115 13 
iG SOLACE WAIL: scien scale te en loeee oes 1 35 24 L 18 24 

sit. Ciass ? 
Tihehmeas seeehewlcsbitryetes. 8? ost ie h-ee ean ee 0 56 10 0 50 10 
Elector.’ EBae Wes Eu b bards.) caw none + Lee 0 57 18 0 1 18 
Della Wik bat Ailetiie sal danse Gate oo. yan keepin: 0 52 26 0 52 26 

ie Lift, Class. 

lash 9 Wi ee Myrick yao 22.055 dette A: ..1 06 19 0 46-19 
va, EP elias ae Sects hie t at ete eR Th OTe 55 0 46 52 
Caper, We Wy Colsonsrreterserrrepesser ess ee ately 0 51 1h 


MINNESOTA. 
Photo by Notman, Montreal. 


-Seawanhaka International Chal- 
: lenge Cup. | 
Sixth Match—Royal St. Lawrence. Y, C.—White Pear Y, C. 


Third Day—Second Race. 


MONDAY, AUG. 6, 
Windward and Leeward. 


Tue shrower of Sunday afternoon was followed by an- 
other between 5 and 6 A. M. on Monday—a small thunder 
storm with little wind. It cleared, however, by break- 
fast time, and the morning was hot and calm. The St. 
Louis towed the boats to Pointe Claire at noon to find 
no wind about the lake, and it was not until 2 o'clock 
that a light S.E. breeze came across from Chateaugay. 
The St. Louis at once ran up to the Beaconsfield mark of 
the triangle and anchored for a starting line, and as soon 
as the steam yacht Nama could be hailed she was sent 
away to log the course and lay-the outer buoy. The pre- 
liminary signal, was given at 2:50, before the Nama 
started, the preparatory at 2:55, and the start at 3 o’clock. 
The course was two miles from off Beaconsfield Point 
across the lake almost in line with the cross on Nun’s 
Island. vata & / 

Minnesota crossed first, very shortly after the gun, with 
Red Coat on her weather quarter. ‘With the very light 
air, even less than on Saturday, and perfectly smooth 
water, all parties looked for a certain defeat of the red 
boat. Within a minute after crossing Minnesota came 
about, and on port tack barely cleared Red Coat’s bow, 
the latter at once tacking on her weather, when Minnesota 
came about again. She gained nothing by three short 
tacks to compensate for the risk of fouling in the first 
tack. They worked along, the crews to leeward, and it 
was soon apparent that Red Coat was at least holding 
her own, and that Minnesota was not leaving her as on 
Saturday. For the first half hour it was a question which 
of the two was gaining, one or the other of them taking a 
-little lead. Red Coat was plainly holding on better’ than 
Minnesota, and pointing quite as high. As they neared 
the mark Red Coat began to show, a steady gain, which 
amounted to over a minute at the end of the leg. 


Turn. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
ieee (Cort ay PGE ake ...,0 42 40 0 42 40 0 01 20 0 01 20 
Minnesota ............. 83 44 00 0 44.00 Stes — oh He 


They set spinakers to starboard and ran home slowly, 
going a little by the lee and jibing spinakers off Pointe 
Claire. The first round finished: 


AL vet d 
urn Slapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Ret: Coat. siivrorvstasas 419 18 0 26 38 Coyle 0 00 52 
Mannes6ta aaihacveties 4 20 10 0 26 10 0 00 28 5 histett 3 
Round. 

Elapsed Gain. Lead. 
PPC UMG Oat eine tc ees toer te hie 119 18 0 00 52 0 00 52 
Why gent otyep ee eager ne leroy > gies nyt: fay ol 0), Jp oe whore 


They started to windward under the same conditions 
as on the first round, but the wind fell before the middle of 
the leg was reached. About 5 o’clock the wind shifted to 
the east for a short time, while a thunder storm was ma- 
king up in the north. The outer mark was timed: 


Turn Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
RedeiG@oatur.sesns snd 02 50 0 43 32 0 05 38 0 06 30 
Minnesota c..s-. ess. e> > 6 09 20 0 44 13 Cage he n Ah As 


What little wind there was at the turn fell entirely, and 
at 5:20 it began to rain, while the clouds grew heavier and 
blacker in the north. The yachts were becalmed. so far 
as any visible wind was concerned, though they made a 
little progress toward the mark. The storm to the north 
finally sent out a breeze from N.W., which caught Red 
Coat first and brought her in to the line with storm jib 
and sheets flattened. The end of the round was timed: 

1% 
Turn. ree Gain. 
Ted Coat..c.....0.4--.6 08 20 1 00 30 hopes 
Minnesota ceyerrreecee:6 07 20 0 68 00 0 02 30 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Round, } 
Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Red (Contaas keto nintheeereore cyiae 1 44 02 0 03 08 0 04 00 
Mintiesota) Ceeesess. toe eee ee 1 47 10 pen. “Pet ay 


The only question now was whether the wind would 
hold until’ 7 o'clock. The storm was still threatening, 
with a little thunder and lightning and rain most of the 


‘time, but its future developments were very uncertain. 
- There was still fifty-three minutes left before the time limit 


expired, and with booms well off the port quarter both 
boats were making good time. The outer mark was 


timed ¢ . 

; Weibel Elapsed. Gain, Lead. 
Red Goat tad ages ere scents 6 17 02 0 13 42 Pesthetsi 0 02 58 
Minnesota .....:-...... § 20 09 0 12 40 0 01 02 ge 


_It was now a beat to the finish, and as long as the wind 
held the boats moved very fast, but about 6:30 the wind 
fell again. After a little time it came in harder, and 
when Red Coat was within 300yds. of the line she stopped 
and tied in her second reef, standing on across the line 
under reefed mainsail only, Minnesota making a spec- 
tacular finish as she came up and drove over the line un- 
der full sail. The finish was timed: 


Ee 
Finish, lapsed. 


; Gain. Lead. 
Red Coat..........7....6:48°38 0 31 36 0 00 04 0 038 02 
Minnesota -........2.2:6°51 4 0.31 40 rf Se) ra ge OF 

; . ’ Gain Lead 
Red Coat..... I led pie tate Se es Ot as 0 03 02 
Minnesota 0 00 58 ee 

ety Elapsed. Elapsed. 
Red Coat........ caenesesd 48 38 Minnesota te Eee nnetaenk 3 51 40 


. By the time the yachts were made fast astern of the 
St. Louis, it was dark. and the rain was falling. They 
ran out into the lake to pick up the mark boat, and it 
was nearly 8 o'clock before the St. Louis and her string of 
yachts and boats, made fast to a long towline, ran into the 
club pier at Dorval. The race committe and the two 
crews were invited to dine with Vice-Com, Simms at the 
Forest and Stream Club at 7:30, but if was nearer 9 
o'clock when they met, a party of about twenty. The 


‘dinner passed off very pleasantly, and the party broke up 


at a late hour. ' 


Fourth Day—Thitd Race. 


TUESDAY, AUG. 7. 
Triangular Course. 


Though the rain ceased during the night, it began by 
6 o'clock on Tuesday morning, a light, steady drizzle, with 
next to no wind. the vanes showing N.E. Owing to her 
mainsail shrinking with the wetting of Monday's showers, 
Minnesota shifted to the new sail used in the first race. 
All hands spent the morning about the club house, with 
no hopes of a race, but unwilling to miss any possible 
chance which might turn up. About noon the wind 
freshened a little, though it was still raining, and after 
luncheon it was. decided to go up to the course. 

The St. Louis reached the starting mark off Pointe 
Claire about 2:00, and sails were set on both boats, the 
preliminary being given at 2:20 and the start at 2:30, the 
course being sailed with buoys to port, making the third 
leg to windward. 

Red Coat crossed first in the weather berth, breaking 
out her balloon jib and spinaker on the line, while Minne- 
sota, but a little astern, lost some little time in setting her 
kites. Shortly after the start the rain stopped, and as 
there was now a moderate breeze and smooth water, the 
boats reached off very fast, Red Coat holding her lead 
easily. They jibed at the Beaconsfield mark as follows: 


Elapsed. Gain, Lead. 
Red Coat...... re 01112 0 00 18 0 00 18 
Minnesota .........00. 0 11 30 » Bo el See ae 


With booms well off they reached very fast for the 
second mark, St. Louis preceding them. When the 
steamer had run the full distance there was no mark to 
be seen, and there was nothing to do but to stop the 
yachts as they came up. Alcyone, Nama, Wild Rose, 
Chipmunk and the other yachts and launches were all 


able for both racing mén and spectators. 


[Avs. 18, 1g00.- 


\ RED COAT. 
Photo by Notman, Montreal, 


hunting for the mark, and after a time the triangular 
float was discovered, quite near to the St, Louis, but with 
the pole and target floating in the water. The float was 
hauled on board and the pole reshipped and stayed, and 
the orders were given to rettirn to the line for a new start. 
The two yachts beat up to the line with a good breeze, and 
the new start was made at 3:40, the weather now being 
clear. . The sky was overcast and gloomy, but there was 
a good breeze, and altogether the conditions were fayor- 
The Duchess 
of York was out, with a very small party. and there were 
quite a number of sailing boats, dinghies, skiffs and other 
small craft. Again Red Coat led over the line, setting her 
spinaker smartly, while Minnesota first set her balloon 
jib and then her spinaker. They ran very evenly, Minne- 
sota once going ahead but Red Coat repassed her at the 
Beaconsfield buoy, which was timed: 


Turn, Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Red "Goat...............3 53°00 ) 18 00 0 00 08 0 00 08 
Mianiwesota --- os... 22. 3 53 08 0 13 08 Ae eS Stet 


The wind was almost abeam on the second leg, and 
they traveled very fast. the times being: 


Turn Elapsed. Gain, Lead. 
Redetaay anposecreuel 4 00 20 0 07 20 0 00 18 0 00 21 
Minnesota .........+0.. 4 00 41 0 07 33 ei Sten ts 


than at the start, and the greater part of the course was 
sailed on a long starboard tack with a short hitch at the 
end, The first round was finished: 


Turn Elapsed Gain. Lead. 

Tegal (Gia Ags coo 0e 4 15 00 0 14 40 0 01 29 0 01 50 

Minnesota ............- 4 16 50 0 16 09 ae sh 
Round. 

Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 

TREC eG Orbe ee te fe cenresniats sa|aieneastararasetere 3a 00 0 01 50 0 01 50 

AW Gbobotetsteymct) cat pcatraraee erareerereerv ore any am 0 36 50 BE in i AS 


Red Coat again set her spinaker more promptly than 
Minnesota; the second and third rounds were both repeti- 
tions of the first, except that both boats carried working 
jibs instead of balloon jibs over the second leg of the third 


round. The times were: 
First Leg. : 
Turn. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Red @oatsensiscncecte. 4°26 38 0 11 38 oa BE 0 01 30 
Minnesota. 2. .is- 0.9... 4-28 08 0 18 00 0 00 20 Sea 
Second Leg, 
Turn. Elapsed. Gain. Lead, 
Rega Godteesape ns oes ee 4 34 27 0 07 49 0 00 10 0 O01 40 
Mintiesota 1.....:...:. 4 36 07 0 07 59 Tete nate Sd 
Third Leg. 
ep, 
Turn Elapsed, Gain. _ ead. 
Red Gotten nen Sees aa 4 47 25 0 12 58 0 01 15 - 0 02 55 
Minnesota 240... vs 4 50 20 0 14 18 eh 4 gene 
Round. 
’ Elapsed Gain. Lead. 
Reds Coat” Neve d. ate ee eee mee ernie 0 82 25 0 01-05 0 02 55 
UGNGOORES OWE 6s eae ak | 0 33 30 Sexes ae 5 
Third Round—First Leg. ; 

y urn. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
IMEI LOGE SA SI Seb ne ocod 5 00 00 0 12: 35 2 RA che 0) 02 05. 
Minnesota ............ 5 02 05 0 11 45° 0 00 50 Ae 

Second Leg. : 
Turn. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Red¥ Goat. ernekepen. 5 OT 50 0 07 50 0 00 08 0 02 13 
Minnesota ...5..55.4.. 5 10 03 0 O07 58 Mets fr, sh oer 
Third Leg. 
wi Leg. 
Finish. | Elapsed Gain. —~ Lead. 
Ried MEpatmaa ined eats es -5 22 30 0 14 40 0 00 04 0 02 17 
Minnesota ...... veseeeD 24 47 0 14 44 as Ay ap ae 
Round, 
Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
(Red Goat eaecn iste eleeeeecoe giencesert, 05 a ped 0 02 17 
Minnesota .......... Ar cA WR UR ER Hits asy ere 0 00 38 AeA ES 
Elapsed, Elapsed. 
Red Coat........ sasseesd 42 30 Minnesota ..... a eeeeal wa 


This finished the fifth match of the Royal St. Lawrence 
Y. C., with a record of three straight races. That the 
visitors were disappointed is a matter of course, but they 
certainly showed no signs of it, every one of the large St. 
Paul contingent accepting the result in the best possible 
spirit. The only expression of regret was on the part of 

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the Canadians, that such opponents had not at least scored 
one race after the fine showing of Minnesota on Satur- 
dave — 

Immediately after Red Coat had crossed the line, Com. 
Ordway gave notice to the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. 
committee on the steamer of the intention of the White 
Bear Y. C. to challenge for next year. 

On Tuesday evening Com. Molson gave a ball at the 
yacht club in honor of the Americans. The club house 
and grounds were handsomely decorated and illuminated, 
and as the weather was merciful for once and with- 


RED COAT, 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


During the cruise there will be the usual races for the 
owl and gamecock colors and a race for launches... 

At 1 o’clock the yachts left the rendezvous for the 
starting line. There was not enough breeze to sail the 
boats, the yachts merely drifting to the line.’ At 1:30, 
the time for starting, there was still no breeze, and at 3 
o'clock the start was finally made in a light southeast 
breeze that just moved the racers. The race was twenty- 
one and one-half miles, over a three-leg course. 

At 3 oclock the cutters were sent: away, Syce cross- 
ing the line first, followed by Countess, Effort and 


MINNESOTA. 


Photo by Notman, Montreal, 


held the threatened rain, the affair was most enjoyable. 
On Wednesday Minnesota was shipped on a flat car and the 
party started for home in the two private cars, all 
promising to return next year if their challenge is ac- 
cepted. Not only did the best of good feeling prevail 
throughout the whole contest, but the Americans prac- 
tically owned Lake St. Louis and the adjoining shores, en- 
joying a free and unostentatious hospitality which can only 
be rightly appreciated by those who have attended the in- 
ternational matches at Doryal. 


New York Y. C. Cruise. 


Rendezvous, Glen Cove. 


GLEN COVE TO HUNTINGTON BAY—COMMODORE'S CUP. 
Monday, Aug. 6. 

THe first day of the New York Y. C. cruise dawned 
dreary and foggy. All day a mist hung over Hempstead 
Bay, and, until late in the day, there was not enough 
wind to ripple the surface of the sea, There were 
Baars at the rendezvous on Monday the following 
crait: 

Steamers: Corsair, J. P. Morgan; Intrepid, Lloyd 
Phenix; Viola, Abram Baudouine; Artemis, F. G. 
Bourne; Barracouta, Edward Kelly; Electra, Elbr-dge T. 
Gerry; Mirage, Cornelius Vanderbilt; Radha, Adrian 
Isean, Jr., with the Rega.ita Committee on board; Cler- 
mont, A. Van Santvoord; Kismet, J. Maxwell; 
Varuna, George F. Dominick; Tide, C. Hoyt; Flor- 
ence, A. H. Alker; Llewellyn, W. B. Brannegan; 
Columbia, James Stillman; Scout. August Belmont; 
Electra, E. C. Benedict; Wild Duck. Gen. Francis V. 
Greene; Nirvana, W. R. Sands; Duchess, Leonard J. 
Busby; Privateer, R. A. C. Smith; Embla, J. T. Will- 
jams; Marietta, H. B. Moore; Parthenia, A. H. McKee; 
Anita, George B. Wilson; Nourmahal, John Jacob Astor; 
Akela, W. H. Ames; May, A. Van Rensselaer; Satanella, 
Perry Belmont; Reba, Nathaniel Witherell; Maspeth, 
Cord Meyer; Altair, E. D. Trowbridge; Tillie, F. L. 
Osgood; Forget-Me-Not, W. H. and G. P. Butler. 

Schooners: Katrina, J. B. Ford; Hildegarde, Geo, W. 
Weld; Constellation, Francis Skinner; Wayward, Chas. 
Smithers; Quissetta. H. F. Lippitt; Latona, H. C. Eno: 
Fleur de Lys, Henry Walcott; Shamrock, H. P. Ward; 
Rosemary, F. C. Fletcher; Emerald, W. E. Iselin; Ki- 
wassa, E. P. Morse; Uneas, C. P. Buchanan; Ingomar, 
Morton F. Plant; Sachem, Frederick T. Adams; Glen- 
doveer, Malcolm Graham Jr.; Crusader. S. L. Heusted, 
Jr.; Gevalia, H. W. Coates; Carlotta C. F. Ulrich; Alert, 
Clement A. Griscom; Meteor. E. J. Hall; Rusalka, F. F-. 
Olney; Indra, J. M. Richmond; Laurus, J. C. Ayer. 

Cutters: Rainbow, Cornelius Vanderbilt; Yankee, H. 
P. Whitney and H. B. Duryea; Mineola, August Bel- 
mont; Hester, C. L. F. Robinson; Hussar, James Baird: 
Sistae, J. B. Rhodes; Shark, F. L. Ames; Isolde, F. M. 
Hoyt; Altair, Cord. Meyer; Astrild, A. G. and H. W. 
Hanan; Athlon, E. B. Haven; Wasp, C. H. Dodge: 
Kiowa, A. EH. Fowler; Eclipse, L. J. Callanan; Ondawa., 
H. J. Roberts; Uvira, R. P. Doremus; Sayonara, C. B. 


Hendrickson; Jessica, J. M. Macdonough; Syce. H. S. . 


Redmond; Hebe, J. R. Maxwell; Lotowana, I. O’C. 
Sloane: Countess, O. Sanderson; Xara, W. I. and E, C. 
Van Wart; Isolt, C. N. Nason; Altrurian, F. A. Haight. 

The programme for the cruise, weather permitting, 
is as follows: ; 

Monday, Aug. 6—Race for the Commodore’s cup from 
Glen Coye to Huntington Bay. 

Tuesady, Aug, 7—Squadron run, Huntington Bay to 
Morris Cove. 

Wednesday, Aug. 8.—Morris Cove to New London. 

Thursday, Aug. g—New London to Newport. 

Friday, Aug. 10*-Newport to Vineyard Haven. 

Saturday, Aug. 11—Vineyard Haven to Newport. 

Sunday, Aug, 12—The squadron will remain at anchor 
at Newport. 

Monday, Aug. 13—Races off Newport for the Astor 
cups. Je 

Tuesday, Aug. 14—There will be a meeting of the 
captains on board the flagship at noon: 


Sf aes ee — -_ 


Kiowa. Shark, Astrild, Altair, 
all crossed after the firing of the handicap gun. The 
schooners started next, with Wayward in the lead, Quis- 
setta next, and Indra,- Uncas and Rusalka_ following. 
Constellation, Katrina, Latonia, Ingomar, Neaera and 
Kiwassa were handicapped. The 7o-footers started at 
3:15. There were in this class Rainbow, Mineola and 
Yankee. Virginia was at Bristol undergoing repairs. 
The wind was still very light, and it was almost a drift- 
ing match to the first mark. } 
breeze sprang up, which later freshened considerably and 
the race was finished in a good breeze. Cornelius Van- 
derbilt’s Rainbow crossed the finish line first, 3m. 49s. 
ahead of Mineola. Yankee finished 2m. 18s. later than 
Mineola. Rainbow therefore won the Commodore’s cup 


Hester and Hussar ries 


At 5 o'clock a fair S.S.W.. 


Second Day—Fitst Squadron Run. 
HUNTINGTON BAY TO MORRIS COVE. 
Tuesday morning promised no_better than Monday, 
with a heavy mist and a flat calm, Shortly after 11 o'clock 


a light wind blew in from the east, and at 12:15, when 
the cruising trim sloops were sent away, a good wind 


was blowing. Interest again centered in-the 7oit. sloops, 
in which class were entered Mineola, Rainbow and Yan- 
kee. Virginia had not yet joined the fleet. Mineola got 
over the line first, Rainbow following, with Yankee last. 
Mineola led throughout the race and beat Rainbow by 
16m. 58s: and Yankee by 20m. 30s. Corona was the 


lost her bowsprit and: topmast and Vinita lost her bow- 

sprit. The yachts finished in an eight-knot breeze, and 

the times were: _ _ A 
Sloops—Class H. 


, 4 - Start... - Finish. .. Elapsed. Corrected. 
IESE Ci tinmetinnvotaeir sila 12 17 56 3 34 45 3 16 49 Lea yen 
IANS Grid eprase erases teat 12 15 42 3 45 01 ‘3 29 19 Sf at 

Sloops—Class J. ; 
GROMER NEL Loch dt beet 1651 . 420 30 4 03 39 4 03 39 
Wks Pia! p ttitee te weaeeies 12 15 20 3 47 48 332 28 3 22 28 
Bredoiiae save. eerne eee 12 15 53 5.18 02 5 02 09 5 02 02 
Retreligy.aese Beeep et: 12 16 31 4 48 56 4 32 25 4 28 30: 
: Sloops—Class K. : : 
SAE al set it FE Har Bp 12 15 “42 3 53° 17 3 37 3b 3°37 35 
Al tates oe Wr ri cteh ts 12-18 38 3-59 18 3 40 40 3 40 40: 
DMR, Be sbaES <n Pies Fe +. 12.20 00 5 45 19 5 25 19 5 25 19 
Miussam Dt ces. es 12 15 42 4 38 5L 4 23 09 4 23 09 
Dicttem wie fae on eee aneles 4 22 26 406 11 406 IL 
Ondawal Jit lise. . nos ede(e28 4 50.05 4 32. 37 4 26 35 
SVICEM MISE poe ghee ats 12 15 02 3 45 12 3 30 10 3 30 10 
TEGQEGWATIA’  senkcceutees 12 15 00 4 45 57 4 30 57 4 25 04 
JESSICA ve esin ees ia sid Loe tod 5 02 09 4 44 55 4 43 48 
USVI AS Barre eee ea aa tas 112 18 54 5. 25 53 4 06 69 401 15 
ole Sloops—Class. L. 
Efebes 3245S 5ee see lus 12,18 21 411 51 3.53 30 3 53 30 
WWE a eect pss BOD Withdrew. ~ = 
; ened | Sloops—Class -M. . 
Gotntessi.seakidnerdess 12 16°42 4 30 56 414 14 41414 
1 ORF Foye ese SHAUL bee 12 15 24 4 31 35 416 Il 416 12 
BSOWal asians eeltterces 12 17 46 4 39 36 4 21 50 4.21.50 
(Onis Ty OK EN ER oe obtain 12 19 38 5 tH 30 4 51 52 4 51 52 
Schooners—Class A. ; 
Constellation ........- 12, 25 00 3 38 58 3 13 58 3 13 58 
CroWNO Ee! dui dee HAE Pua 12 24 59 3 21 20 3 56 21 2 50 18 
Hildegarde .........:. 12°25 00 3 28 50 3 03 50 3 03 50 
Schooners—Class D. 
Q@uissetta: 2.2..005206.- 12 20 35 3 36 46 316 11 316 11 
TRASSbam, na Sapedccceees 12 22 35 4-10 25 3 47 50 3 42 26 
IPB eie hl a ln ERA ame 12, 21 25 356 48° ~~ 3 «35 23 3 35 23 
Miakeyspattche oderh ee Sutet ie 12 22 13 4 13 59 3 51 46 3 46 35 
Schooners—Class F-. : 
HSIWRISSED: So dhonncotoest 12 17 46 4 39 36 4 21 50 4 21 50 
\WWeenyiweandls ates stan eres 12 23 51 4 23 11 3 59 20 3 51 53 
INET, Se eer Bogkdos 12 24 35 4 34 42 4 10 07 404 11 
Adres ee orden baa 12 23 38 4.18 32 B45 04 3 45 04 
MELT Cans e erry ayaa = 12 22 26 5 15 50 4 53 24 4 53 24 
Taw baa oragasos 12 22 18 4 53 05 4 30 47 4 30 47 
Geévyaliay (isos sscaeien « 12 22 59 4 41 32 418 33 4 15 48 
Sloops—70ft. Class. 
Mineola ..21..+-+3-¢-- 12 30 42 3 55 40 3 24 58 3 94 58 
Rain DOW |). eveuseuntes 12 32 03 413 59 8 41 56 3 41 56 
WHIMS obo peeutkighimss 12 32 05 417 33 3 45 28 3°45 28 


ON BOARD THE ST. LOUIS, 


C. D, Mower, 
W. P. Stephens. 


J. W. Taylor. 


in her class, Quissetta in ‘the’ schooner class and Syce 
in the sloop (cruising trim) class. The times, as they 
had been taken when the club. boat leit, were: 


Sloops—Class H—Racing Trim.: 


. Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Rainbow sect. tiiceess dees sees 3 17.00 6 46 08 3 29 08 
WPS ONE! ee soma eines ioe cpa 3 16 41 6 49 38 3 32 57 
Wan keer cuajadap tsi! at Mules Someones LAD 6 52 15 3 35 15 

Schooners—Cruising Trim. 
Constellations saiassahaceence enone: 10 00 7 02 34 3 52 34 
DR GOMaty Eames cerre avin qidasdels 3 10 00 > Benes gH Le 
Onissetta Sets RT RE Te 6 Oe, 3 07 46 6 59 30 3 51 44 
ec Sry rice ee ee clas eet set ap 10 00 7 14 39 4 04 39 
RAT ON SIEPE ES Citi t-iinle (ac as OVO es Me cee ASA Ae 
Kawassay a. lk oe. 10 00 eek) ae 
Wayward .. 07 43 é 
Indra sa 3 08 20 
Wamneasse 08 43 
Rusalka .. 09 03 
INES let Ob ARR ee 
Huron Feyh fil 

ester nae 2 

Astrild 41518 

Jasn 4 04 06 
Shark 4 07 03 
Altair es 
Hussar If ae 
Sistae Tr 

vee 3 59 47 
Hebe 417 12 
Effort — 
Kiowa 
Countess 


CG. Ay Reed 


W. Q. Phillips. 
_ Montreal Witness Photo. 


H. Van Vleck. 
L, P. Ordway. 


Third Day, Second Squadron Run. 


MORRIS COVE TO NEW LONDON. 
Wednesday, Aug. 8. 


On Wednesday morning there was a moderate east 
wind, and the start was made at 9:50, Syce being the first. 
over the line. Virginia joined the fleet Tuesday night, and 
led the boats over the finish line in the run to New Lon- 
don, beating Mineola, the next boat in, by 22m. 21s. By 
noon the breeze had flattened down badly, and the yachts: 
were scattered over miles of water. Yankee was be- 
calmed for more than an hour and was beaten rh. 45m, §s- 
by Virginia. The times were: : 


70-Footers. ; 

a gf tart. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
WBE 3 4 Sodandsnesaeear ene 10 50 20 4 33 41 6 28 21. 6 28 21° 
Teri byeh: (Ae RANE oe igh onbae 10 06 15 439 33. 6 33 18 6 33 18 
Yankee B nares slay Brats Sapte 10 05 20 5 54 45 7 49 25 7 49 25 
VAT SITT Cron wy Pern ent 10.06 40 4 09 20 6 02.40: --6 02 40 

j Sloops—Class J. 

BIOSIS Gets onotwies Syst yan oA § 50. 29 6 15 14 8 25. 45 8 25. 45 ~ 
peseaital” Pe ry beerteourdeare 95459 61400 81901 ..8 19 OL 
BH} ase dor Sooo kr esnnmantoeae 9 50 35 6 50 12 8.59.37. 8 59. 87 
Sloops—Class J. 
WidS De riche hapa ee Peete cies 9 51 56 6 04 24 8.12. 24 8 12 24 
Sarwan atts Meee oon ee teierttciorete 95143 704905 93292 .9 10.49 ' 
Petre] Pye Litt eee slates 9152 15 6 34 15 8 42. 00 8 36 37 
Sloops—Class K. 
Shark j.. sea. ‘ay aint 1....900 41 44036 . 6.4955 .6 49 55 
Pathe Ny deidoeide ondudsoa dct 9 50 21 5 05 50 7 15 29 7 15 29 
JADE SHOT IM se bearer nena: 95125 70500 95345 9 53 25 
ISIC et eso ee ne. 95407 63642 93235 8 32 95 


Ss balehats et ore 95426 Withdrew. i 1 
ap ee ee eae Le: : 9 50 by q 00 iL 8 09 Md 8 of 08 
¢ angie’ 19 54 7 139 «92 
pe riens Re © cepeper ele 95253 71108- 91815 9 10 47 

Sloops—Class L. 
NITRO ay ec Ge ieee O12). oT RT B4) 694607 «9:46:07 
GR SrEseoe ER =a vs § 5425  Withdrew. 
Sloops—Class M. : 
Effort eGR 65555 «(9 U9 OL 44 
ett, Nae ae wa esr 95235  Withdrew. 
(ees lnm eens eee 95155 60550 $1355 818 55 
Schooners—Class A. e 
Hildegarde ...-:++e<+s++e+-- 95822 25049 7 52 27 a 52 27 
Constellation ..s1--++++-==5 9 58 22 54625 +748 138 ea or 
(ROTOMAY ee cdee) aterm ee aes 9 57 19. 5 48 28 7 51 09 5-13 & 
Schooners—Class D. ‘ 
Deieectia: 2), tae 95602 52436 72834 7 28 34 
RARIDE cue Baader tuRee ee 100000 60511 80511 8 04 38 
(Tear RG: owen ne site 95650 62312 $2622 8 26 22 
XABOMARf-1 eee SSA 95814 62222 82408 81653 
Schoners—Class 1. Pet m4 
Wayward :eceseeceeustsrewss 4 59 05 6 Ub 47 8 06 42 8 06 42 
NteaGuah UC. iSerudekatie ah 95905 6254 82149 815 95 
deal at eee heeant setae 95957 7 16 42 91545 9 15 45 
failacweee ye Tne ce Nicer 10 00 00 Withdrew. i 
Nick Oe ota nea: 95805 73830 94027 9 402% 
Ceara hate bce ee Ee b ape mass) 400000 61645 81645 8 14 57 


Fourth Day, Third Squadron Ron. 
NEW LONDON TO NEWPORT. 
Thursday, Aug. 9. 

A light N.N.W. wind blew on Thursday when the 
~vachts started for Newport at 10:25. Before the yachts 
‘made the nrst mark the breeze had become very light, and 
a strong ebb tide helped to make trouble for the skippers. 
‘he wind shiited continually, but was never strong. 
Rainbow was the first to finish, crossing the line at 
5:20:12. Whe winners in the various classes were: Rain- 
bow, Wuissetta, Syce, Wasp, Mayilower and Hester. The 
day's racing was uneyentiul and unsatisfactory, and it was 
Jate at nugnt before the last of the yachts finished. The 
following times were taken up to 8 0 clock : 


5 29 OL 
{TID ON Ng lad dad ceereee. whe 5 2612 Hester ..,seceeerereresees 7 
Guisnatta bo ah mean ia 5 28.25 Yankee .....e,s0--seereres q a 
WMineOla’ pylesc.-- esses tess 615 52 Virginia ...isececscseceres 7 ree 
Since ina trroaoo wiSccnten 34 58 Tsoide ...-----secreereee at 5 
WES SE cuca 5 bqq adic 7 09 41-Ingomar ..,----«sesee ».2--8 03 40 
Maytlower ....---ss+-+---- 7 29 00 ae 


The scene in the harbor at night was a brilliant and 
spectacular one. More than 200 craft of all kinds were 
anchored there, and a: full moon and clear, starlit sky 
added to the charm of the picture. The fleet was the 
largest ever gathered in American waters, 


Fifth Day, Fourth Squadron Run. 
NEWPORT TO VINEYARD HAVEN. 
Friday, Aug. Io. 

Friday morning promised no better than Thursday. 
There was very little wind and a great deal of heat. A 
light breeze sprang up at about 9 o’clock, which in- 
ereased to such an extent that at 11:50, when the sloops 
were sent away, a good S.W. breeze was blowing. Hilde- 
garde and Constellation fell in together for a duel, while 
the 7o-footers closed in in a pretty raee. It was the best 
day’s racing of the cruise. Virginia was the first to finish, 
but was disqualified for sailing inside the middle ground. 
Wasp, Sistae, Petrel, Latona and Katrina were also dis- 
qualified for the same reason. The times were: 


Sloops—Class I. 


Start. Finish. Elapsed, Corrected. 


Hester 115018 40730 41717 41717 
Astrild 115228 42144 442921 4 29 21 
Isolde 115117 42118 42901 4 29 01 
Sloops—Class_ J. E 
WWE OS cprereronrhsarnade Se 11-51-87 .~ Disqualified. j 
Sener ies Han nnonode ee 1.50417 44312 45255 4 57 26- 
Petrel .:... CE eats terns 11 51 28 Disqualified. 
Sloops—Class K. 
Sten! aonsotteonedssssasccun 115040 42903 438 24 4 38 24 
SBE qaqa or oeteeOe GAB Ae 11 51 51 Disqualified. 
BO VSN ee inne nie SG cv Aber ole 115044 #43218 44134 4 41 34 
ON UAWA We can see nests soe 11-5828 55725 50357 65 03 57 
Sloops—Class M. 
Lives Ooepesaeplaraenp ees 112903 51123 52220 £5 20 20 
BEG Way ea end byerurioh eas steno tee 11 31.33.. 50259 51126 5 11 26 
Schooners—Class A. tale a 
alderarde BWuspacs.eecene eee 115601 35052 35451 3 54 51 
Constellation ...,..........- 1156-04 34502 34924 3 4903 
Schooners—Class B. 
OLODE ieress nessun sheet eee 11 55 388 34659 -35121 8 51 21 
Mayflower ...-11 5755. 40350 405 55:— 4 03 16 
Schooners—Class D. 
TISSOLTA Dor ne v'e-<iehas ok oee pre 115517 40525 41008 441008 
DEHINA- Gate ass doles els eee 115818 Disqualified. 
Satoriay waste rsakeerees scott 115515 Disqualified. 
Schooners=Class F. 
WiiWatd saa eaetswe osu ae 115733 42657 42924 4 20 24 
Marcas user ies Sere CEE 115653 44113 44420 4 44 20 
TORRE oe 6 ore oeeHABEN SAS ey iP 120000 44623 44623 4 46 238 
8 Special Class. 
WARE. —poeooneo pst fk > 1220556 384900 34304 Disq’d 
WeAMIGeGS stuns “Saladin see 120512 345950 35438 9954938 
WV EO awe ve foun date niches esele teats 120554 35053 34459 83 44 59 
ATID OMIM ee id nash eer ate 120516 35021 34505 3 4505 


Sixth Day, Fifth Squadron Run 


VINEYARD HAVEN TO NEWPORT. 
Saturday, Aug. 11. 


A brisk S.W. breeze, which blew steadily all day, made 
Saturday's run as interesting as that of Friday. The 
start was made early, Syce crossing the line first at 
9:45:14. Constellation and Hildegarde had an interest- 
ing race, Constellation losing her foretopmast, but beating 
Hildegarde 2m. 50s. Mineola again led the fleet over 
the finish line, and won the Brown cup and the cup 
offered by F. H. Lippet to the 70-footer winning the 
greatest number of runs. Quissetta won the Vice-Com- 
modore’s cup, offered to the schooner winning the ma- 
jority of the runs. The times were: 


Sloops—Racing Trim. 


Start. Finish. El P 
Diebler ce 01% g43c a bree Cyyectst: 
TGS pA eat 25 saps to 100200 24902 44702 4 47 02 
IVE iLL laseeetwe a casericnbl 1.521000 41 25137 45056 450 56 
Rainbow .....c.cescneeteess 100015 25344 45399 4 53 99 
a Sopra I. 
ESTO ee ceed lddceiiieere 3 13 22 5 14 

PANTS TTL) CL dole latn ioc oc)neis oie ptal phctalcte 9 46 16 3 26 19 5 40 of - 7 e 
Blicclcreememrenies ied yates 94621 32201 53540 5 35 49 

Sloops—Class J. 
NATED Seta aa tees sly ators 94557 33956 55359 55359 
Petre) wane weet ws vast hien cae 94618 40954 62336 6 21 37 
“SHUTE ELEN ap cen ay Senge gaa se 94532 Withdrew. 

Sloops—Class K, 
SHANE a aise ho sisississls Ebonn 94522 35608 610 46 6 10 46 


SYCO. eFay ada HEEL IETS A secerer 94514 40540 62026 6 20 26 
Ondawa cesvaveaniececter ccs 9 45 18 Withdrew. 
Sloops—Class: M. 
EROLE mete Tero ree cris © te eae 94600 42910 64310 6 43 10 
Schooners—Class A. 
Constellation ............... 9 51 3 3. 23 33 5 31 59 5 31 38 
~ Hildegarde ........y.00----- 95236 32704 653428 5 34 28 
Schooners—Class B., - 

(fordnd, <pausiesiiesee« Dee oe 95052 30017 50925 509 25 
SME tire =A cyoeieeenenete 9 538 21 3 31 46 5 38 26 5 35 46 
Schooners—Class D. 

Oiissetha ae eee tere ee neers 950°38 31555 S257 § 2b 17 
SM Sp Gn ae ee aoanee 95022 3 27 29 53707 £5 37 07 
ASGHMAS;EL Banna oem ti oceam eer 95203 411316 61910 61839 
Schooners—Class F. 

[yeti 8 0 A gosocdor baie 9 53 14 4 12 37 61923 619 23 
Wicryipy cic] nen we em eaoly cece stoee 9 53 46 Withdrew. 
UT CA Se dtvce does tee oionitine a = Stoke 92°29 Withdrew. 


Seventh and Eighth Days, Astor Cups. 
NEWPORT. 
Sunday and Monday, Aug. 12-13. 

Sunday was lay day for the fleet. The day was spent 
quietly, everybody resting for the races for the Astor 
cups on Monday. Monday proved to be the best day of 
the entire cruise. A strong S.E. breeze blew in from 
the sea, and the conditions were right for an interesting 
race. Syce ran on a rock on Saturday and was unable to 
race. This left eleven boats in the race. The Vineyard 
Sound course, 38 miles, was selected. The starting gun 
was fired at 11 o'clock, Altair crossing the line at 11:00:04, 
Rainbow two seconds later, followed by Mineola, Isolde, 
Virginia, Hester, Shark, Yankee and Astrild. The start 
for the schooners was signaled at 11:05, Quissetta crossing 
fifty-three seconds later, six seconds ahead of Corona, At 
the first mark the yachts were timed: ' 


Elapsed. 
Mineola 2 BU 22 
Rainbow 2 dd 15 
Virginia 2 58 ob 
Yankee 2 55 28 
Hester 3 09 00 
Corona 3 04 31 
TSOlde) 2: 5 cas pat} pes ere een eae eine peer 3 14 39 
Astrild 3 21 21 
OTE se GAGA GSA GOASHDAS Unbemtincteu gus Ke Ser ae- 2 37 40 3 31 47 
FMB Baan Rhea ee tale PADD DD PPBONAMS S665 5895590 3 3/ 60 4 37 46 
SATE tte stay Hehuhn th tapdie edtaradasetedane'ate fete eieN blob bittents 2 39 00 3 34 44 


The wind had freshened and had shifted slightly east. 
Soon after rounding the first mark Yankee’s balloon jib 
topsail was ripped at the clew, and the crew had some 
ditficulty in getting it down. In the reach to the Hen and 
Chickens Lightship Rainbow gained forty-one seconds on 


Mineola. As the yachts rounded the second mark they 
were timed as follows: 
Finish. Finish 
Mineola ,..-. refrac res| EE DeldsoU ee OLOL ase anes Ano Aotcson 2 34 20 
Rai bows ssesaene sateen eee als Mester caster teats serio 2 39 BU 
AVA TITAS sete secttieie tts trepeceee 12) Uisolde Pertrertsnes Rem sects 2 42 00 
Wankeée? tins Reieierirsdteererccas 2 25 40 
Spinakers were set to port for the run home. Hester 
carried away her topmast, and was in trouble. Rainbow 


continued to gain on Mineola, but Mineola crossed the 
line first, forty-five seconds ahead of Rainbow. The times 
at the finish were: 


Sloops. 

Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
\W6eeeteoktzt See At Again sieetdo- 11 00 56 3 DT 25 4°56 20 4 56 29 
Mbt) Ey shee BARA AAA Aa 1i 00 08 3 51 00 4 50 52 4 50 52 
Wankel Sete ta lenas salient 11 04 37 3 57°35 4 §2 58 4 52 40 
ARATE OWA wisestateteetnctinis eis Beker 11 00 06 3 52 07 4 52 01 4 51 37 
ET ESTCL es at tent ae ase a easeee 11 01 05 4 32 47 3 31 42 5 24 33 
Astrild ....5. ee ase tase garry oe li 04 59 4 33 04 5 28 05 5 09 33 
JIG GE ae oro ce 11 00 46 4 20 37 5 19 51 5 01 19 
A tad na, ote. aera 11 00 04 4 48 40 5 48 36 5 13 14 
Shatdee scenester ieee ae 11 04 16 4 50 34 5 46 18 5 10 a6 

Schooners. 
Corona" "sn... unease 11 05 59 4 08 28 5 02 29 5 02 29 
@inissetta "we sys eneepeaes as 11 05 33 4 37 18 5 31 25 5 138 43 


Mineola won the Astor cup for sloops; Corona won the 
Astor cup for schooners; Isolde won the Redmond cup 
for Class I sloops; Shark won the Robinson cup for Class 
K sloops. 


Corinthian Y. C. Open Regatta. 
MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 


Saturday, Aug. 11. 


Tue Corinthian Y. C. sailed its open regatta on Aug, 11 
in a strong S.W. breeze, the times being: 


Special Class. 


Elapsed. Corrected. 
(Griagece, ISL. Vethanaes qon pyaec don sscecedsrc sr 1 02 49 1 02 49 
Lookout, A. H. Higginson..... ope ears .., Withdrew. 
Third Class. 
Monsoon, A. W. Erickson.........cecesecssnes 1 37 22 1 30 29 
Dauntless, Bennet & Patton.......,....-....+-- 1 33 41 1 33 41 
Eobster@23h) iliend pies: atas once aes 1 43 00 1 42 50 
PAIS yo Vie eel Lett Okrersltepeil fore abetsia slataneintatelal sete kee 1 53 43 1 47 39 
Petrel se sn20 eee osu, cen nen pseattene deb1e29 1 51 29 
Joatre, We iellenettarntsse arch terion ae sale tia ciare 2 01 03 2 06 57 
Class <A. 
Jolly Roger, B. B. Crowninshield. ...1 26 43 1 26 43 
Banderlog, J. Crane, Jr.. -»-l 27.44 1 27 44 
Sintram, W. P. Fowle.... sieeetesiemesae Disqualified. 
Runaway Girl, H. Tweed....... ae ee Vows Disqualified. 
Class B. 
Opitsah; Sees bosten peta sn se ol eee eel neers 1 30 50 1 30 50 
Jacobing Ty Ee jacobs. s...se riaaieltepaepi aie 1 380 55 1 30 55 
Spryg) IRE Stowe se geer.ger usp aus eee elle eae 1 32 59 1 32 59 
Suzanne, Hy Brewster. sade e ticles er panne Disabled, 
Class C 
Tonise; sey lc allvernS- sci nleneeiees se amitertions 1 23 59 1 18 37 
AATICGHMEIEN PAeeeCxcl ame ees ..-1 28 05 1 21 23 
Onda, J. Greenough............ +l 25 49 1 21 38 
Sally LV,, L. F, Percival 1 23 48 1 22 58 
Dragon, C. M. Barker... 1 29 43 1 24 41 
puwett, FE. A, C. Aull 1 34 48 1 24 44 
sis, G. H. Mayo ... -1 30 45 1 28 18 
Elvira, M. Bartlett..... .-L 32 06 1 28 45 
Lillian, H. E. Whitney «--1 40 32 1 30 28 
Geisha, eM slaymess senmend teens mae ae ee 1 42 30 1 34 08 
Brigand! ES “AY MMorseuens saseereslesicecacoones 1 48 22 1 42 30 
Ow wata\:: Sa eee Fno Geen RA asec aes Withdrew. 
OSSID. aii ss ses esate ee ane cortrprttereen ,-Withdrew. 
Glass ss . 
Spiristeny i OF INorthareer ene tee eter ene eeet iene 1 19°13 1 16 50 
WETS IDE LEST aA Aat ee Ap Acad etn ite ete kets a anareiaig) 1 23 44 119 46 
Bife, Jo eA Mienhities sess eonasdaesas ree i dteage cent 1 24 31 1 21 21 
Poubrette, Mi. Midatees mess esenennnreeeeaeaaae 1 28 03 1 24 03 
Class E. 
0 38 24 
0 41 00 
0 42 06 
0 43 40 


Owana and Gossip were disabled. 
The Corinthian Y. C, sailed the final races in its mid- 


_ ment of the Schenectady Gun Club; bluerocks and 


summer series on the morning of Aug. 11 in a good S.W. 
breeze, the times being: te 


Handicap Class, 


; Elapsed. Corrected. 
Dally ehye elgule pPercival weyers rene renee eerie 1 28 58 1 28 58 
Lisi Sis Pid earn, ines neta pee 1 32 18 1 30 31 
Mistral, San Wesicittleny eae eee ee ee 1 32 42 1 30 55 
Quincy Cup Boats. i 

Rookouty Atte Eheo in screens enn eran 0 58 45 0 58 45 
Hostess, H. M. Faxon........ MSS vesse el O4 24 1 02 37 

: Class D : 
Thistle, Je DEL WWE SPATIT ae oe eee 1 21 25 12025 
Spinster, F. A. North.,... ..1 24 26 1 21 59 
Maia, E. Paine......... ..1 26 07 122.02 
Water Lily, J. D. Safford 7.1 23 41 I 2eea 
Una le Waly SGA REE, foi ron coaam dates tae op WEBB SIEY 1 30 5b 


The Seawanhaka Cup. 


_ THe following comment on the Seawanhaka cup match 
is from the Montreal Witness, a paper whose standing is 
almost as well known in the States as in Canada: 


The successful defense of the Seawanhaka challenge cup 
for small yachts has become so much a thing to be ex- 
pected, that Canadians generally are in danger of forming 
the opinion that it is a natural and easy thing to achieve. 
This is very far from being the case. The demands upon 
the mental and physical energies of our able designers 
and sailors which it entails are very onerous, and the 
men who respond to them are entitled to every considera- 
tion. Nor is it a small thing that Canadians should win a 
victory such as this. Yachting is to-day what the piratical 
cruises of our Viking ancestors were, the manifestation 
ot the latent sea power and prowess that is our in- 
heritance, and is there a better measure of men than their 
success in compelling the winds and the waters to serve 
their will? The races have passed off without a single 
hitch or an unpleasant word, and the White Bear Club 
has captured—if not the cup—our respect and esteem. 
It encountered hard luck on Saturday, and bore it 
magnificently, and if we are to lose the cup we hope it will 
be to such thorough sportsmen. The designer and cap- 
tain of Red Coat has again designed, with labor, scientific 
knowledge and great practical ability, not one, but four 
successful boats, to a new rule, and has, in taking the 
selected boat to the front, displayed ability, courage and 
capacty for sheer hard work that are altogether ad- 
mirable. Mr, Duggan does not stand alone in the defense 
of the cup; he is bravely and ably backed up by his club 
and his crew, but his is the ability that makes the effort 
victorious, and Canada can well be proud of the amateur 
designer who has made a record such as no professional 
designer has ever made, and the amateur sailor who has 
won five international yachting contests in five years. 


Texas. 


Houston, Texas, Aug. 10.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
In looking over your issue of Aug. 4, page 95, I noticed 
an article signed by Mr. E. Hough, of Chicago, and I 
am yery much surprised that you would publish a letter 
that would slander the State of Texas by calling it a 
famine-stricken and pestilence-stricken State. Mr. Hough 
is evidently ignorant of the conditions of Texas or he 
would never have made such a statement as he did, and 
it should be strictly understood that any one that has ever 
been in Texas would not make any statement of this 

ind. 

Our cotton crops, you know, amount to over three and a 
half million bales every year; our wheat is exported all 
over the world; almost every known article of food we 
can raise in this State; our mining industries are very. 
large and Texas is now coming to the front as one of the 
greatest rice producing States of the Union. 

When he speaks of pestilence in this State, the records 
drown him out; we have had no pestilence since the yel- 
low fever some thirty years ago, and we have had no 
diseases except those which are local. 

We have hundreds of miles of paved streets and roads 
in the State. . 

_ Have you never heard of the Congressional appropria- 
tion to dig a deep-water channel from the Gulf of Mexico 
to this city? The contract for this has been let. 

We trust that you will correct the referred to article. 

THEO BERING, JR. 


Qrapshooting. 


If you want your shoot to be announced here send fn 
actice like the following: 


$ es 
-Fixtures. 


{NTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS. 


Sept. 12-15.—Salem, N. Y.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 
under auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club. 


Aug. 14-15.—Xenia, O.—Xenia Gun Club’s tournament. c 

Aug, 15-16.—Akron, O.—Akron Gun Club’s tournament. 

Aug. 15-16.—Rochester, Ind.—Rochester Gun Club’s tournament. 

Aug. 17.— Crawfordsville, Ind.—Voris vs. Crawford, for Elwood 
cup, 

Aug. 17.—South Norwalk, Conn.—Third open summer shoot of 
the Naromake Gun Club. E, H. Fox, Sec’y. 

Aug. 18.—Newark, N. J.—E € cup and championship of New 
‘ersey, between essrs. F. E. Sinnock, holder, and H. H, 
Stevens, challenger, on grounds of South Side Gun Club, at 1:30; 
merchandise shoot same day and place; open to all. 

ate 21.—Springfield, Mass,—All-day tournament of the Spring- 
field Shooting Association; grounds near Indian Orchard. 

Aug. 22--New Haven, Conn.—Tournament of the New Taven 
Gun Club. John E. Bassett, Sec’y. 

Aug. 22-23.—Oswego, N. Y.—Riverside Gun Club’s tournament; 
$100 added. G. W. Tully, Sec’y. 

Aug. 23-24,—Lafayette, Ind.—Tournament of the Lafayette Gun 
Club, under sanction of the League. J. Blistian, Sec’y. 

Aug. 23-25.—Arnold Park, Lake Okoboji—Amateur Park tourna- 
ment, ; ; 

Aug. 24.—Walhalla, S. C.—Shotgun tournament of the Semi- 
Centennial, under auspices of the Walhalla Gun Club. J, A. Steck, 
Sec’y-Treas. 4 4 ; 

Aug, 25-26.—Milwaukee, Wis.—Tournament of Wisconsin League 
Ane Geet Arnold's Patk, Okob Lake, 

Aug. -31,—Arnold’s Park, oboji Lake, fa.—The Indian 
tournament; $700 added. T. A. Marshall, Sec’y, Keithsbureg, Til. 

Sept. 1-3.—Hamilton, Ont.—Hamilton Gun‘ Club’s tournament. 

Sept. 3.—Schenectady, Y.—Fourth annual Labor Day tourna- 
ma, r. 
Harry Strong, cc'y eves AY gautrap 

ept. 3,—Trenton, N. J.—Labor Day tournament of the Walsra 
Gun Club. George N, Thomas, Sec’y, eas 


ae 


Ave. 18, 1900.) 


Sept. 3.—Seven Stars, Near Pottsville, Pa.—All-day shoot of the 
Pottsville Game and Fish Protective Association, : : 

Sept. 8.—Haverhill, Mass—Haverhill Gun Club's open tourna- 
ment; distance handicap, . 

Sept. 3.—Meriden, Conn.—Fifth annual Labor Da tournament 
of the Parker Gun Club; $25 added. C€, S. Howard, Sec’y. 

Sept. 3-4-—Blandon Park, Richmond Ya.—First annual tourna- 
ment of the Virginia ‘Trapshooting Association, under the auspices 
of the West End Gun Club. Live birds and targets, Franklin 
Stearns, Mer. "2 

Sept, 3-4,—Muncie, Ind.—Two-day tournament of the Magic Puy 
Gun Club. One day at targets, one day at sparrows. Chas. E. 
Adamson, Sec’y. . es f 

Sept. 34 -Syivan Beach, Oneida Lake, N.. Y—E. D. Fulford’s 
live-bird and target shoot. : 

Sept, 45.—North Platte, Neb.—Tournament of the Buffalo Bull 
Gun Club on Col. Cody's Scout’s Rest Ranch; $250 added. Geo. 

. Carter, Mgr. 
eee t. 16—Wichita, Kan,—Tournament of Kansas State Sports- 
men’s Association, G. Parham, Sec’y. . 

Sept. 6-7.—Sherbrooke, Can.—Tourriament of the Sherbrooke Gun 
Club. } 

Sept. 1213—Homer, Ill—Annual tournament of the Triangular 
Gun Club; one day targets; one day live birds. C. B, Wiggins, 

Sent. 12-13.—Pensacola, Bia eda shoot of the Dixie Gun 
Club; bluerocks and live birds, V. J. Vidal, Sec’y. ' 

Sept. tee hotel Mo.—Trap shoot of the Platte City Gun 
Club, 5S. Redman, Sec’y. 

Sept. 18-21.—St.. Thomas, Ont—Tom Donley’s fourth annual 
tournament; live birds and targets. ; 

Sept. 27.—Zanesville, O.—Tournament of the Zanesville Gun Club, 
L, A. Moore, Sec’y. 

Sept. 27-28.—Erie, Pa.—First annual target tournament of the 
Erie Rod and Gun Club; $100 added money. W. S. Bookwalter, 

tor, Sec’y, J 
oe 98 and Noy. 13:—Dexter Park, Brooklyn.cUnder auspices 
of the Greater New York Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live 
birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized gun club in 
the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shoot- 
ing commences at 10 A. M. Mr, L. Schortemeier and Dr. A. A. 
Webber, managers. : ’ 

Oct. bd Ganon, Vt—Robin Hood Gun Club’s three days 
tournament. 

Oct. 11.—Greensburg, Ind.—Tournament of the Greensburg Gun 
Club. C. D. Tillson, Sec’y. 

Oct, 1214.—Louisville, Ky.—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
targets and live birds. Emile Pragoff, Sec’y. 

Oct. 19 and Noy. 23—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, 
N. J.—Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men 
team race; 20 live birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized 
gun club in the U. 5, are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweep- 
stake shooting commences at 10 A, M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier 
and Dr. A. A, Webber_managers. 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
(lay afternoon. 
’ CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


23.—Interstate Park, Queens.—August contest for the 


Aug. 
Dewar trophy. é . 

Sept. 11 and Oct. 26.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Under auspices 
of Medicus Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live birds per 
tian; 29yds.. Members of any regularly organized gun club in the 
U. S. are eligible’ Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shooting 
commences at 1) A. M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier and Dr. A. A, 
Webber, managers. . ; 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
-Club—Saturdays. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication ix 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided untess otherwise reported. Mail 
all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York. 


Under date of Aug. 10 Mr. Louis H. Schortemeier, 201 Pearl 
Street, New York, writes us as follows: “A series of team contests 
at live birds, open to teams of three men from any regularly 
organized gun club in the United States, will be held in the 
months of September, October and November, 1900. Shooting for 
sweepstakes begins at 10 A. M. Team shoot at 2 P. M. each day, 

_ The dates are as follows: Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Interstate Park, 
Long Island; Friday, Sept. 28, at Dexter Park, Long Island; 
Wednesday, Oct: 19, at John Hen Outwater’s, New Jersey; Friday, 
Oct. 26, at Interstate Park, L. I.; Tuesday, Nov. 13, at Dexter 
Park, L. I.; Friday, Nov. 23, at John Hen Outwater’s, New Jersey. 
The team shoot will be three men on a side, 20 birds each, or a 
total of #0 birds to a team, All at 29yds, rise. The 20 birds may 
be shot at by individual shooters in an optional sweepstake. All 
Sweepstake events will be handicapped by the management. En- 
trance to team contests, price of birds only, at 25 cents each. 
To the winning team each day will be given a sum equal to 1% 
eents for each bird shot at on that day, including sweepstakes and 
team shoot. .To the three high guns qualifying in five out of the 
Six contests in, the team shoot, or individuals shooting at the 20 
birds with them, there will be divided %% cent for each and every 
bird shot at in the entire six contests, team shoots and sweepstakes 
included. A trophy will be given to the club team winning the 
Breatest number of shoots in the six contests. These contests will 
be held under the auspices of the Medicus Gun Club, at Interstate 
Park; the Greater New York Gun Club, at Dexter Park, and the 
Moonachie Gun Club, at John Hen Outwater’s. Managers, L. H. 
Schortemeier and Dr. Ashley A. Webber, 168 North Sixth street, 
Brooklyn.” 

8 


__The Bristol Sheepbake is the main event at the Parker Gun 
Club’s Labor Day shoot on Sept. 3, at Meriden, Conn., and, like 
the regular programme events, it is open to all. “The bake is 
divided so that each competitor can tie, if he have the necessary 
skill and endurance. There are ten events on the regular pro- 
gtamme at 15 and 20 targets, $1.30 and $2.40 entrance, and one 
event at 10 pairs, $2.40. There is a total of 175 targets, and a total 
entrance of $18.50. Grounds are open at 8:30 A. M. Programme 
starts 9:3) A.-M. Purses will be divided by the Rose system, 
four moneys, Price of targets, 2 cents, included in all entrances. 
Shooters may enter for price of targets only in all events. Take 
electric cars to Hanoyer Park. Cars leave depot every 15 minutes. 
Loaded shells for sale at club house. Guns and shells shipped 
to C. S. Howard, prepaid, will be delivered at the club grounds 
free of cost, A Bristol Sheepbake dinner will be served on the 
grounds, censisting of baked lamb, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, 
fried sweet corn, etc. Tickets, 50 cents. Apply to the secretary, 
C. 5. Howard, for further information. 


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The Sherbrooke Gun Club, of Sherbrooke, Can., have added one 
more day to their tournament, and the dates are now Sept. 6 and 
7. On the invitation card sent out to shooters by the club is the 
following: “Our tournament will be held Sept, 6 and 7. It comes 
in Exhibition Week, and railway rates are extremely low from all 

Points in Canada and the Northern States. We have the best 
and prettiest grounds in Canada—eyery one Says so, and every 
one knows. We give good shoots. Our programme will be mailed 
to you in a few days, and we think you will like it. It will 
consist of about 170 targets each day, in 10s, 15s and 20s, and Rose 
system will prevail. There will be two-money events for you and 
six-money events for the weaker brother, and three, four and 
five money events for all. The regular events will be shot over 
the magautrap, and the eyer popular merchandise series oyer 
expert traps. Come and see us at home. You will enjoy your- 
Selves. Stay over and see our exhibition. It is a good one.” 


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The programme of the Riyerside Gun Club, Oswego, N. Y., 
Ang. 22 and 28, announces $100 in cash added, and that there 
will be four general average prizes—$10, $7.50, $5 and $2.50. All 
who compete for averages must shoot through the programme, 
and those who shoot for targets only are not eligible for them. 
There are twelve events on each day, at 10, 15 and 20 targets, 
entrance based on 10 cents per target. Targets, 2 cents, included 
im all events. Magautrap and bluerocks will be used. All 
moneys divided 40, 30 20 and 10 per cent. A first-class meal may 
be obtained on the grounds at reasonable rates. Out of town 
shooters may ship their shells and guns to C, A, Tanner, Oswego, 
Which will be delivered on the grounds free of charge. Shooting 
Gommences at 9 a’clock, Mr, G, W. Tully is the secretary. 


FOREST AND; STREAM. 


Under date of Aug. 11 Mr. Franklin Stearns, of Richrhond, Va, 
writes tis as follows: “The tournament of which programme 15 
inclosed will he held on Sept. 3 and 4: We have decided on ac- 
count of the large promised attendance and numerous requests 
for two days to add the extra day, on which there will be both 
live birds and targets, all sweepstakes, as the merchandise prizes 
will be assigned to the first day. Through T. W. Tignor’s Sons, 
of this city. the Remington Arms Co, has donated a fine gun 
ta be shot for in events Nos, 8 and 9 combined These events will 
be counted as per programme in the merchandise prizes and sweep- 
stakes. For the gun contest an extra entrance fee of $2 will be 
charged, to create a fund to be used in purchasing each year a 
Remington gun for the annual meet.” 


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Mr. T. H. Keller, the tireless and ever popular “'T. K.,” Eastern 
representative of the Peters Cartridge Co., is enthusiastic over 
his company’s new shell, the Peters Ideal, which after much ex- 
perimenting has been brought to’ a high degree of perfection. 
As to quickness of ignition, highest velocity and best pattern. 
Mr, Keller earnestly asserts that a trial is all that is necessary to 
convince any one of the new shell’s excellence in every particu- 
lar. Business duties have so thoroughly occupied his time of late 
that he is seldom seen on the firing line now as compared with 
former years, but when he does appear, no One receives a more 
spontaneous welcome, and no one is more of a leading spirit in 
making the gathering enjoyable. 


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Baltimore is developing a class of shooters who are in the front 
rank of skill, as class men. On Aug. 7 Mr. Hood Waters engaged 
with Dr. H. E. Lupus in a match at 100 targets, and made the 
excellent score of ag to 98, the latter a score which is not to be 
considered lightly. Mr. Waters unfortunately is still forced to 
use crutches, hence the score, in his crippled condition, raises 
the inquiry in one’s mind as to whether he might not haye secured 
the other 2 targets had. he been free from injury. We are in- 
formed that they shoot: a return match, same conditions, on the 
Baltimore Shooting <Association’s grounds on Thursday of this 


week, 
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The Haverhill Gun Club, Haverhill, Mass., will give a distance 
handicap shoot, open to all, on the club grounds, on Sept. 3, 
Labor Day. The handicaps will be 16, 18 and 20yds. Shooters 
whose skill is less than 80 per cent. will stand at I6yds.; between 
80 and 85 per cent, inclusive, 18yds.; over 85 per cent:, 20yds. 
The Rose system will govern. “There will be eleven 15-target 
events, $1.25 entrance, targets included at 146 cents each. Lunch 
served free of charge. Shells for sale on the grounds. The club 
will add $10, to be divided among the three high guns—$5, 33 
and $2. Ratios 5, 4, 3 and 2 in sweepstakes. 


The Chesapeake Gun Club, of Newport News, Va., reorganized 
recently. Olficers were elected as follows: President, Thomas F. 
Stearnés; Vice-President, Dr. Joseph Charles; Secretary, G. B. 
James; Treasurer, D. M. Ausley; First Field Captain, C. Bargamin; 
Second Fieid Captain, W, K. Stowe, Jr. -Much interest was mani- 
fested, and a large number were in attendance. A team of five 
members will be selected to represent the Chesapeake Gun Club 
in the great shoot to take place in Richmond, on Labor Day, 
Sept. 3. = 

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There will be a contest for the Dewar trophy at Interstate Park 
on Aug, 23. This is the third of the series. The two previous 
contests for this trophy were won by Dr. A. A. Webber, who used 
his new Qlharles Daly pigeon gun for the first time in the first 
event of the series, killing 25 straight from the 30yd. mark, and 
24 in the second contest, 49 out of 50 in all. The series, however, is 
a long one, running till June, 1902, twenty-four events in all, so 
that there is still a wide margin for changes-of leaders. 


On Saturday of this week at 1:30 P. M. Messrs. F. E, Sinnock, 
of Newark, and H. H. Stevens,-of New Brunswick, again join 
issue for the E € cup, emblematic of the championship of New 
Jersey, This race should be very close if the one on Aug. 4 be- 
tween them for this trophy is good data to judge from, as they 
tied on 46 out of 50. In the shoot-off at 10 targets, Mr. Sinnock 
killed straight, and thereby won by 1 target. ‘There also will be 
‘merchandise events open to all, same day and place. 


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Mr. Ed Taylor, the eminent ballistic expert. and trapshooter, 
completed 25 years, Friday of Jast week, in the employ of his com- 
pany. 1n the quarter of a century he has seen many changes in 
arms and ammunition, besides being a conspicuous factor in bring- 
ing them about. Robust and athletic in physique, he can shoot 
pistol or shotgun with great skill, and can now, as in the past, 
trail a moose to his lair with the best of the youngsters and 
oldsters. ee 

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_On Aug. 7, on the grounds of the Baltimore Shooting Associa- 
tion, Messrs. Tom Deford, Jr., and Louis McKim, members of the 
Elkridge Hunt Club, engaged in a match at 25 live birds each, for 
$400, this being their first experience at the traps. They tied on 17 
—a remarkably good score, considering their inexperience in this 
specfal branch. In the shoot-off at 10 birds: Mr. McKim killed 
straight; Mr. Deford lost 1 and the match, 7 


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The team shoot of the Naromake Gun Club, South Norwalk, 
Conn., of which mention was made in our columns last week as 
being limited to Connecticut clubs, is open to clubs of any State. 
Shells and guns may be shipped to Mr. E. H. Fox, South Nor- 
walk, Conn, 

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Dr. J. L. D, Morrison, of St. Paul, Minn., an amateur shooter, 
distinguished himself as a performer of skill and endurance with 
the shotgun, as will be noted on reference to the report of the St. 
Paul tournament, published elsewhere in our columns. 


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Our correspondent Hawkeye, in_the report of the St. Paul 
tournament, mentions that the St. Paul Rod and Gun Club con- 
templates holding a three days’ tournament the- first week in 
September. 

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The Erie Rod and Gun Club, of Erie, Pa., announces its first 
annual target tournament to be held on Sept. 27 and 28, with $100 
added. Mr, W. 8. Bookwalter is the corresponding secretary. 


Mr, F. M. Merriken, Secretary of the Staunton, Va., Gun Club, 
on Aug. 10 broke 50 targets straight in a 50-target event, and what 
erackerjack could do better? 2 


BERNARD WATERS. 


Charlottesville Gun Club. 


CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 11 The scores made by the 
Charlottesville Gun Club, Aug, 10, follow: 


IW: OMWiatson seaateresesseasshnns rer hnes 1941011114111111111110110—22 
Har fie py arate ce a eee apt NN -1101111101111101111111111—22 
George ceiests Nea op Uh eee hres cen! 1011111111114 2.4 
Walker “a,cacs ote sseangs tiie Jee yee oy od 0010111110100111110111011—17 
INEISOri San neon e eres PPT EOP ee. 1001001010001010110000100— 9 
UG R Bhi te). ce darcbes.s men ahem wid an AeA eee 1100100101101101001001110—13 
Loy dilaoeterrds remrens jas6eqqd4 AAA 5h Soe 011110119011011911111141191 
ANTErS Otis aa msee Ser Renner iicky. bey pee Sadie 0010111110111010101101101—16 
Waid delletnneses meunteren tid. see ue wera 0101001101011110101111011—16 
SHOW, pateteeet eePr eerie col phnds taaehs 1101011011111911T111110111—9, 
TP WAM A Mae aes TUE Oo Swine epee 1111111101111001101110101—49 
Second event, 25 targets: 
ES-1i fRie rite ide ee oe yes eet lan 111101111191011911111111 93 
Gearsedistsseene rere JAP PCEE CeCe. 1917999191191111T111101110—93 
DEEN fF Totti cteseit 4 Sang HANA Aas eel balla «~~ « -0111110111111110111000100—17 
Anderson ..,,....... Eee oe ae Shee 011101101110111T011601111 18 
Tryna tas Sages Phe dsinncts See in eae 1000001010111000001010000— § 
Watson .,.-.......... siiy'aisia = aAnees rebeee 41999119100171111111111101—99 
SHOWS G aawee Teens tees, as sense Site 1999919111111 95 
Walker ..... prerrmeesncewnssesu sees sero ye otl11101011111991131010110—99 


Sxow, Sec'y, 


IN NEW JERSEY. 
Walsrode Gun Club. 


Trenton, N. J, Aug, 8—To-day marked the regular monthly 
badge contest of the Walsrode Gun Club at their grounds at 
Hutchinson's Lake, a little way below Trenton, Thomas captured 
the gold badge again, winning twice in succession, and Oakley 
won the silyer batdge after shooting off a tie with Coates. The 
other eyents were sweepstakes for tickets for our Labor Pay fon: 

esides 


nament. A funny thing occurred with Van Arsdale. 
shooting one chance for himself, he also shot for Martindale. He 
scored 8 for himself and tied with Coates for 9. Shooting off the 


tie, he made 5 to 4 for Coates, winning the ticket for Martindale. 
Two team races at 25 birds per man were shot by Thomas and 
Farlie against Coates and Thropp. ; ’ 
Events Nos, 1, 2, 3 and 4 were for tickets; No. 4 was the tie of 
No. 3; No. 6 was for the badge shoot, 10 to qualify for the compe- 
tion; 'No. 7 was the gold badge shoot; No. 8 was the tie of No. 7; 


No, 9 was the silver badge. he scores: 
Events: aoe Anes Goon) ose Sli: 
‘Targets: 101010 51515165 161510 .. 
Mate cAnSdalee. prretint eens seth essen gs oe EE eb 
MUG E Rae brea watasa score it 6th 0 10 Ds 2 Tn 
Barlves 2c hs os sateen s Sie acs aaa i ab) ae L0s iet2- or 10 fee 
TUSHToo ari cise taletatefotctals Inleteleecmeetsione lyse Pal tia 7 ape O Oops ABE ae 
Oakley> atone 5 Det penal ee Ss 
Mickie ..... ieee ae Pel ee 
Coatestinr Sse bbe osc tad MPSS peek elas peated Os “9.137 79 8 
Whartindale er bh art anda sd weh aa beh useless hat tet eis hy tee oe 9 5 
Match, two-men team, Josers pay: 
IMT OGpam ae aeeee cher: a. semis 1111110111100101101001331—18 
(Riayravete delee Aan A AAG A RSM atta Ath 1001101110110111100011110—_16—34 
MUHANTAS. sae erties dete ae he eet 41091101991311401111113101—21 
IB ATNFE) | dates titans eens ah heed, fear ee eee 0019111114011J11011111011—20—41, 
Same teams, same conditions: 
“LHLOPD" -ascjlutien a duseesualinapee eres sd 1011101110011 110111101111—19 
COates Higgs os RU ee ees Bears, 0110110001111101111101011—1 736 
FEHOMaSe ese h ese rans ieee an ae Ens te 1110111111010111010101011—18 
ok: Got ae? iS EPL EBA 5 a8 abe: 1914110111111010111111110—21—39 


Farlie 
Trap at Yardville, 


Widmann’s grounds; Hurlingham rules, 50 cents entrance, one 
money: 


WWaithmanie nies euiece + tas berets 22222222.222222020 22222222 —24 
222222222202222222222222*—23 AT 
Grp SEE Pin Wresdet tn casio ne dee bot r 2221121212111112212211021—24 


1122121111201121211212111—24 48 


At the close of the shoot at Widmann’s Page challenged all of 
the local shots, Farlie preferred. 


Outwater’s Shoot. 


Hackensack River Bridge, Aug. 7.—The live-bird shoot given by 
John Hen QOutwater, managed by Mr, L. H, Schortemeier, was a 
success. There was quite a good attendance and several extra 
events were shot in addition to the programmie. 

No, 1 was an extra event, $3, birds included. No. 2 was the 
Hackensack handicap, a preliminary event at 7 birds, $3, birds ex- 
tra, three moneys, Rose system. 

No. 1 was the first regular eyent, the Hudson handicap, 7 birds, 
$3, birds extra, three moneys, Rose system. No. 2 was the Bergen 
handicap, 10 birds, $5, birds extra, class shooting, 40, 30, 20 and 10. 
No. 3 was the Essex handicap, 7 birds, $3, birds extra, class 
shooting, 50, 30 and 20. To the three high. guns $10 was divided, 
$5, $3 and $2. The scores: 


No. 2. No. 2. 
RET Ciecoo sete sleet ae tbe vette 1211222>-7 1122222—7 
Steffens, 29 ...... ee 0101112—4 1222112—7 
@itoreZ9 © ees ease 11101226 0201211—5 
TL AWESE™ Zp thrice eas etre t bat 1201102—5 0122101—5 
Dr Davis, 27 21210116 1*12010—4 
FG EDEN CCU na falta hn utinine bee heres 21212227 =. 2012212 6 
INAwelies27) Ane tas See a era 0111011—5 =: 1*01010—3 
VU ETE yep 270 5 ape i ne Oe G8 es 01211216  221220*—5 
Morteye usb sn eertminn ct iene ene cele Sees 22222026 
CaptaiWor byte en enscr: ances © acini tne eae eeeante 1111020—6 
MACY) CLO Nas Cetra nc geek uae Mihi lenin Sones 21U1212—6 
IPIEGCy, ao) pesskitieee merewnttrn e eae Sdrondtee yee 2222220—6 
DC ELVES sept War Bee Wh Sur heer Ohh Aen a pee Pe in AR eae 2222112 —7 
COUNP wobec eens hewn pee yt ee Gi SSN Nb 2011222—6 
No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. 

LRG Pal) ror treks gue 222222112110 12221117 —- *211211110— g 
Renbenwe Asean enone , -2212220221— 9 22102216  2101111121— 9 
(Ghadoyet at} pease Anan ARR 211*121202— 8 1112120-6  .....,........ 
ay ey ga Vinee ieee tens 1210012120— 7 012210*—4 =... ees 
JOR JOE EE Pet Senate itine eacee 2 — Re St Opin 48 Sean 
Koerelte29) cece ose neens 2202110022— 7 LISI Te RAT y css 2 
Morleyuscuen eerie 220222222*— 8 22292227 2199999992 40 
Capt Money, 30 ......... 2212200*02— 6  0121102—5, 1011212212—9 
SETAGY; 20) enone ane D200 228 tetas) cetaneunbaen e 
1 Givehe, May Gree ode bese ac *222002222— 7 20122226 2999090220— 7 
dS EU RRPAY Bet ouocucnaeree 2212220210-— 8 12°0021-4 1... 
Gount (285 Seer. 1121220110— 8  1002002—3 21012012**— 6 
IDEmerestymese ee. odes sales 12*1101222— 8 1122121—7  260211020w 

IN OL) SOT p : totosa cer tases aaa Fe 012052224 a) cane 
Whitley ,.27) 200 ccsssasteee, fantasies. QOOWNI2—4 ae siis 
NO enmalcers sons ene yas DPMP ys Wn 2022222—6  0222*22092— 7 


Forester Gun Club, 


Newark, N. J., Aug. 11—The regular monthly shoot, owing to 
the intense heat, was slimly attended, but four shooters putting 
Im an appearance. We were to have started off to-day with mer- 
chandise prizes to shoot for, but with the vote of the shooters 
present we changed our programme. The scores: 


Events: 123 4 5 Events: al An eile ta 
J J Fleming....... 22 See eese oh ellen we eernes... DTS eo shee i 
MME Smiitiiencnn sees LOWERS ee Koch; aneree TH %5, 9! 3) 2 


Event No, 1 was at 25 targets, followed by 10-bird events. 
Joun J. Fremine, Sec’y. 


Staunton Gun Club, 


Staunton, Va., Aug. 7.—The scores made in the 50-target event 
on Aug 7 and 10 are appended: 
Aug. 7.—Eyent at 50 targets: 


Sillings ......... 1111100000109. 1111.11.111111.1111101011011110011-48 


Merriken 6 1000191911111111101111010100111111100111111 111143 
Harris ... fe» -1110001111091110111191119919111110111111111101100110—40 
Kiracofe ......... OV111111100119911010111911919191111919119117111011111_44 
Steinbuck .;..... 1111101111019111101111911111011004.11111 1111111011 43 
Buensen micas ss 11111011111011000131001110111000110110001101110111 33 

OES oe oacee 00007110111110010141000001110110111001111001100111—29 
Wore wean herr 00100001001100010100110000101000010100001100010110—17 
MicGayae tear. se 11011111111101101411110111111001110101110100111111 39 


E F Wayman... ~ALOV119.1001101191111101111101111119111111111111111- 47 
Aug. 10.—Event at 50 targets: 


Ganhenieen.te ee Q09409991911100.1111011111111011111100101111110 —42 

Steinbuck ....... 0010011111101110111111110110111110111011T WHAT 

McCo EVI staat ata ttacr 11010011000010011011110019111111111101017111111110 35 

oe WG) sees ee eee 0100000011100011110101101001101011010101711011101128 
UM Ueste e walsre 


: »-1114041111010000111010191911111101111001111101 
O E Smith. 10101011111 00001111T101T 11140111 10110111 TOLL iore ee 
DOCOrN ALYVY001 1900991010119. 


F, M. Merrtxen. 


Robin Hood Gun Club, 


Swanton, Vt., Aug. 6—The regular club shoo i 
Hood Powder Co.’s Park, Swanton, Vt, on Sarna Ee pa 
the 4th, was a ladies’ day, as over one-half the large audience pres- 
ent were ladies, who were very much interested and liberal in 
their applause when a grand-stand break was made. The scores: 


Eyents: es, tei AG SAS: ed 

Targets: 10 15 20 10 45 20 5p 25 25 

Bohanone seca codes Hla eee ee TLIC ie 9. 162 ee Oeus 

TEVA bs, BSH ARE Here a Dine ae COLE AS10913. 15) "623 22 

CA yeh ecko Oe ea re Oe fie Piece FGseITo 16> ye iseee 

Beene Settee oe el ae are Ome JOB AE itis aise Ss fl ae 

Tintern, ee kee aes eee SDP ahi SP atin SR} RL 
NAP Pe wocuangudaeiyye rere ce 8 13 138 8 10 13 & 29 

Richardson .........0... eee if Sie OES Geet Sok 

See Wo hehe * 

i aly aks eSA18 + 

tie ae” GORE Se ~ 

aes (See 2S8 xe 

o aa 4 oe 14 


WESTERN TRAPS, 
Eureka Gun Club. 


Curcaco, Aug. 6.—In the monthly- contest of the Eureka Gun 
Ge ‘of Tomes held at Joliet and Ugden ayenues yesterday, Dayid 
Chicken won the trophy in the main event. E. Bingham made the 
high average of 93.33 in the pr he aps Ae The main eyent was at 
2! unknown angles. he scores: 7 
eee Chicken 19, W. Brown 11, Bowers 17, Plumber 16, Ku- 
bick 11, Werner 11, F. Brown 13. 

Sweepstakes, unknown angles: 


Events 123 4 5 Events: 123 4 5 

Dargets 15 15 15 15 15 Targets: 15 16 16 16 16 
CopR i aaka etre. 13°9121413 Bloomberg «.-...+« 6 4... 
Bingham ‘..... .14141414.. Gerber . cet! 
Bowers «ec. WDA 1218 --  Pulz yeseenev ees 
W Brown ..,.---. 1810141310 Isubick 
KF Browm 2236s. 1i.,°914.. Piumber 

TEL alge bse 10 8 13 12 15 


Chicken 


Crescent of Chicago. 


W. R. Whorrie won. the trophy in the bi-weekly live-bird con- 
test of the Crescent Gun Club at Brighton Park yesterday at 10 
live pigeons. The score: ' 4 

Ga ber 8, Rener 5, Whorrie 10, Irwin 9, Crandall 7, Hedley 7, 
Eck 6, White 9, Ford 6, Auer 6, lriend 8, Hipkin 5, Wies 8, 

The day’s shooting ended with a sweepstakes at 1U targets from 
the magautrap. \horrie; Irwin, Priend, Kdwards, Engsitrom and 
Crocker scored 10 each; Colburn, Ford and White, 9 each; Wies, 
Eck and Crandall, 8 each; Elias, 7; Eberle, Auer and Hipkin, 5 
ees idler, 4; YEE: 3, : erase oie 
Hartrrorp Buirpinc, Chicago, Ill. 


Gatden. City Gun Club. - 


Chicago, Ill, Aug, 11,—The following events were shot to-day 
at the shoot of the Garden City Gun Club. The club shoot at 15 
birds resulted as follows; 


Meeting Wells vu cmcce iy bh barsareae A201222121— 9 21120 iii, saree nanee 
alien Seat eae eee ase *)2222U222— 7 11121 0 12212 12120 
Dewan iz fsa yaisqutemerseeeeres DIN eYAae— A seve) Gnlalehl wey) smile 
Pe MS hiaahonets 64664 coke: VOWOII22I— 8 ane - tee eee) sees 
dD raham tome ies aecroe 
me ie ar 1220. -12222- 110 
=A Smith 227122 20 PARAL hee 
Amberg 2111 20012 21222 
8 22111 2110 
O’ Brien 
Levi 211 OL eees s 
eee RAVELRIGG 


Garfield Gun Club, 


Chicago, Aug. 11,—The appended scores were made on our 
prcadakwaedea aH the occasion of the Garheld Gun Club’s fifteenth 
trophy shoot of the season. . ‘ 5 l 

The day was sultry and very hot, with but little wind, R. Kuss 
and C. P. Richards tied for A medal on 24. W. Pe Northcott won 
B on 23, while W. A, Brabrook captured C on 19, 

As many of our members are out of the city our attendance was 
the smallest for a long time, only nineteen participating in the 
trophy event. The scores: 

Yeam race: 


INOrEhtottaesas eta eren sada idadadaee cere cee 140111111111110—13 
TIT 5 444.5 6 GOAN EE SEAR aOR OS theeaea 1111111110111 —14 
SIMEMCS Cor ee pate cu leanistaatepeiincasueei eer: pated 111010111101171—12 
AVLOTE Sawn ee auGd eer R er ET ed retiree 001101111111111—12 
Brauwook yr pstestekenekiswese eee nee ese ee 100001110010111— § 
Ch kiiss® Fit leteeece ete eee tthe ip eebiegias 000010011110101— 7 
POlSrcih seeet peas eee eT eee bee tas 101111111111001 412 
Gras) 2A: Oe oe ee a kn SL ree drs 001010010101001— 6 
APNIGCG OWA Poem cree: Ulloa tenement an 001011000010000— 4 
=D) ee SELUtH ipa ey see etieet nse cena ee cnenl OU TOGO Oldie feta 
JECTS Ae De AO DE DAD EAL eeat ii nhc e teeta re 111011110111101—12 
MP BG OG oa aaa See oops aaaanees ee eees es -L11101001111111—12 
Dy Meeks ate iis de ct ace er i cate erie 111111011.011101—12 
Hellman 05... eccseescccseesestecsesvoeeee., -100111111101010—10- - 
NN CRESTS Sims perenne hiachssbas tanec ei tet iar s 11.0111011100111—11, 
1 rae COLE Sie Bee re See cence eee eins, ein oes oe 111111101011011—12 
lszieenreticlil ne areeis Th Peer tee sae ob rene oe 001011111000001— 7 
Pee Gowarie teach peatea ays nent mht cen . .100111000101111— 9 
Iteuichiands —sitae eles setemaaeere DES sete 001100000000000— 2 
"AO Fe IEG EEE ptheege ire 078 ho a egorrsaarenano in citis 100010000111111— 4—91 

*Huff’s score divided. : 

Fifteenth trophy shoot: 
UNS shite obicertlmpensasteee inicio Rota seitinniaterin 1101011011111001001131101—17 
VEG Gro Watt niy, = eet note etna ld eet eT eee ie 0000100000601010100000100— 5 
Ee TASS Si ata ee Ben Te lan eae 1011911011111 1— 24 
MW ABeN orthcothone sree inne osu teenie 101111011911119111113111—23 
A Vic Gowan nner ale eee ete eamouitenen ne 011.0011100111010110010111—15 
EDF Bollansl Peet see yee ee 1111001111011100111011011—18 . 
DPW ie cle Beene eee anes ohn aa ee 14419.11101111011110111—23 
GaPoRichavds, 2) ly enluiece fendamoree fi 499909111911101111111 11 —24 
AMAT Ey Kole tatal Sat Sed ac ere HHP EEG Ticee epee gene wt 1111119111111110191111010— 22 
STEMI (Quithaaare fe ee hepeeenete 0111110111010101110011110—17 
AS Eel rari) Pere es tee et ae 1111111010101111111111110—21 
iS Ln Acetate Abe geet tae vere sey tiny Lipa 1101100111911111111141111—22 
Ft Geb Benard) seers tar ns sete eee 1001111100101000110011111—15 
TRU eTTLO Mn Menten enieaeal Pim Eee ie min 1000111100011011110111111—17 
DS MEPENIOLIE Meee manent eer ner ee nme 0110110011111110111111111—20 
WIP wae deyactoyraredle 2h on. as 4am en nner eS 0011100111111111110101171—19 
IOWOURG TURFs Gannon seen 44 QQ4RR YAS: Soetecarnae! 0111101110000000000000111—10 
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Sweepstakes: ; 

Events: A mene aE Events: Up Zp earth | 

Targets 16.10 5p 15 Targets 15 10 5p 15 
IMEI G HRA Pr bacreaa clot NO BY ae an TOMER WIA hee nea, et ks 
IPE\eGowanteeieen eee By ase 5] Taber ai od mem ueor, 1110 5 14 
IRV ISTISS) aig eetonns ALPES DoE ABE S58 I Cong enne AQ OS ens 
Wont cotpeiaennteneven 1410 6 IBardiad) er vy totene te 8 3 8 
A McGowan ....... s. 8 5 5 Melanoma th thas 

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Dr Meek ......... Ans MUU ye ae, URN ORO S Pel yhomeg oa, on Ana ae 
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Smedes ...., teenaret J1 6 210 Thomas ........ a lalasah > ‘ 


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Dr. J. W. Mesrx, Sec’y. 
Chicago Gun Clup. 


Chicago, Aug. 11.—This was a very poor day for target shooting, 
as it was a very dark day, with rain. Nevertheless, Buck made 
the high score in the trophy event—24 out of 25—with his new 
gun. There was a poor attendance, most of the members being © 
taken up with golf. Members who do attend have decided to take 
out a search warrant for the officers of the club, as they have for- 
gotten how they look, excepting the president, who is here rain 


or shine. The scores: 

Medal shoot, 25 targets: 
MANE awe ae, PERE Miaiele cel: 1000111001000111111110100—14 
ORIGEU CK yaaa eat eae 1040191111110 111124 
sVirebaits eran, ems e, eee s Alan 2 Sana 10191911111111111111000110—20 
Py pe Eant Orig cem scien ite 01.011.10999111114113111111 99 
Bowles ..,., gia: <ti-[on een heniets PELL Ech y+» -1017001110191111110111111—90 
DER Carsore Aes: Caaat renee Mie ee Mueite 1191119111111110001011111 91 
URsmlts FOALS OT ale Liotta ORT nee 110111111101110101101001--18 
We DeStaunand a5 Olly eee Seen 191191111010111011111111 99 
Wallbersge.s Salad orennn nnn cSnnuinny skein 0000101.011100191101010110—13 

Monthly trophy: 

Bitcks aaeneees 111111101011000—10 R B Mack... .101114101911110—14 
Dr Morton .,.11011711110111143 Stannard ..... 101101141111140—32 
Bowles ....... 117110111111101—_18 Walters ...... 111111010011441—12 


Dr Carson ,..111100011101101—10 


Practice, 15 targets; Milliken 7, Buck 12, Vietmier 11, Mor 
6, Bowles 11, Mack 8, Stannard 12 Walters 7 ug a la aa 
Practice, 15 targets: Carson 9, Buck 12, Bowles 11, 


“Whoever runs this paper,” 
Picked up an old copy of the New York Diurnal, 
polar -relief ‘expedition. “isa lobster,” 

HA the Beer asked his mate. _ . - 
“Why, he «says, “Under no’ circumstances shoul L i 
the water after a meal? “Where ate we ta get Hr Serpe At 
delphia Press, ae” fw ’ 4 


dropped: by’ a 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


remarked the walrus, who had — 


Fort Smith Gun Club, 


Hort Smiru, Ark., Aug. 5—Although the annual tournament of 
the Arkansas State Sportsmen’s Association generally marks the 
close of the trapshootmg season in the town in which it is held, 
quite an interest is still manifested in the game in this vicinity, 

Un Saturday, July 28, for instance, the club threw 1,800 targets 
in the regular bi-weekly prectice shoot, and I believe we throw 
more targets in Fort Smith than in any other town of its size in 
the United States. 

On this occasion we had as a visitor Mr. M. A. Hanson, of the 
st. Louis Gun Club, and though shooting a strange gun and 
Strange shells, he nevertheless demonstrated that he was a good, 
hard, consistent performer, as his scores will indicate, for be it 
known we have one of the most deceptive grounds in the South 
over which to shoot, The targets are thrown hard and far and the 
background is the heaviest kind of green trees, ‘ 

On Aug, 4 Mr. Herbert Taylor, of St. Louis, representative of 
the Dupont Powder Co., was a guest of the club and proceeded to 
make life miserable for the good ones. Herbert is not only a good 
shot and a good fellow, but is quite a ladies’ man, and many of 
the fair regret his early departure, 

On Aug. 4 Mr. Walter Mulraney won Class A medal on the fine 
score of 23 out of 25. This’ was Walter’s first win of the trophy in 
four years and he was heartily congratulated on his splendid 
shooting. j 

On July 28 Mr. Kimmons won the medal on a score of 22, tieing 
with Leach and shooting the latter out in a miss-and-out, as he 
lost his first bird. 

Following are the scores for fotir practice shoots; 


Shot Shot 
at. Broke. Ay. at. Broke. Av. 
Joeach 555 en 15 61 -813 Webber ........ 100 5b 550 
Durden ........ 100 66 -G0U Dowd .....+..6- 25 13 ~620 
A C Williams..160 87 .580 J B Williams..25 11 .440 
Trobridge ..... 50 29. 580 Gardner ....... 50 10 ~»©=. 200 
Shot Shot 
at. Broke. Ay, at. Broke. Ay, 
Weach. swasserses 100 qT 170 Echols .......- . 50 27 -540 
SST CL mene me eteees 150 86114 .(60 Webber .,..-,--100 51 -610 
Kimmons 4,....125 ~ 98 -744 C H Boyd..... 50 21 2420 
Hanson ...,..-. 1U0 70 -W0 Rosamond ..... 50 21 ~420 
Mulraney ......150 105 -(00 unt ...... Se 3 310 
A W Boyd..... 15 51 “680-7 Dowd srseserece 09 ney ale! 
Williams ...... 125 69 5bz 
Shot Shot 
at. Broke. Ay. at. Broke Ay. 
Deeache s.2isi444 BA) Ti 800 A W SBoyd..... 25 he Sn) 
DayLoneen: sae ies 76 60 -800 Dowd .......,- 50 16 320 
C H Boyd...... 7 40 - 1583 «Webber i....... 75 21 - 2280 
Harrington .,.. 25 12 480 
Shot Shot 
: at. - Broke, Av. at. Broke. Av. 
Kimmons ...... 25 20 -800  Elartwell ....... 50 24 480 
C H Boyd..... 50 33 -660 Leach .....-.-. 5 70 660 
Mulraney ......125 81 -648 Webber ,....... 50 14 280 
Dowd! Lamson . 50 24.480 -- Rutherford 25 iibins tees 


Auburn Gun Club, 


Avuzsurn, Me., Aug. 12.—Herewith are the scores of our annual 
tournament, held Aug. 8. The morning, promised an ideal day 
for shooting, but about 11 o’clock it began to rain and kept it up 
pretty much all day, which made the shooting rather unpleasant at 
times; but with a good warm fire in the club house andga nice 
warm dinner, the boys managed to keep up spirits and do a very 
good job at smashing targets, eSpecially the Waterville squad, 
which you will see is shooting in great form. If the State shoot 
is not held up their way next year it will be a great surprise to 
most of the shooters in the State. We always thought they only 
had five men in their club, and if ome of them should be sent to 
Congress or elected President we should stand a show of beating 
them, but up bobs Dana Foster, with his pump gun, and has to 
try real hard to miss even a few in an all-day shoot, so we may as 
well give it up that they have the invincible team of the State, 
though we are going to keep after them as best we can. 

Our Saturday shoot was a success, as usual, and the veteran 
G. R. H. shot the afternoon programme through without a miss. 
The scores: 


Events: 123 46 6°7 8 91011 Shot 

Targets: 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 25 at. Broke, 
G R Hunnewell......, 17 12 17 13 17 14 20 13 17 14 21 200 175 
CeEys Contlere wee 17 12 19 14 20 14 18 13 14 12 20 200 173 
A SHley one cttees pee heer 17 11 18 11 14 13 16 11 16 14 16 200 152 
(Geoe Golbetss eset 17 10 17 13 18 14 16 13 16 13 12 200 170 
bY Emerton waicctasaen 1611141210171 138 814 9 t4 200 132 
DeecAcda irs it omnmnye -. 17 §$ 15 12 15 13 18 14 14 14 15 200 155 
J Coleman . 13138 1613 14 91212 811419 200 140 
ATTRIIT! pone . 20 14 18 15 19 13 20 14 18.15 24 200 190 
W R Rich.. -- 16 138 18 10 18 13 16 14 17 14 23 200 172 
(G) ANe ios ih 3555555 kobe 17 14.17 11 17 10 17 14 18 15 22 200 173 
INTRING Ral orn uier les 19 15 19 12 18 13 11 14 18 14 21 200 Ai4 
AN Es Neale Fi iganee pat 17 15 16 13 15 12 17 15 15 14 23 200 V2 
EY Wapbalest sen ennrereee 18 13 17 15 15 10 16 13 18 12 19 200 166 
F W MAHarrington....., 17 14 17 12 13 15 14 15 15 13 19. 200 164 
Hs Wes \iytiictres enero 1612138 912 61810 7 911 200 is 
S A Greene.,..-....-5 16 18 19 15 19 15 16 14 18 15 21 200 181 

W H Stobie:.2.i..52.. 18 13 18 10 18 14-18 14 18 15 25 200 176 * 
DE TEhoster-ceurranoes 19 15 19 15 17 14 18 14 19 13 25 200 189 
SE wereapleyni eee 20 15 19 13 20 14 20 15 19 13 24 200 192 
AViLAMRcicianniae merce 15 12 18 13 17 10-14 13 17 11 19 200 159 
MVE IEE Ifoverabeoe es ah nee 15 13 14 12 10 12 13 14 20 15 21 200, 159 
W S Whitmere....... 1115 14 14-14 Wa 9 ey 140 100 
(O) Jb, lidar. ee eo aye ipebk ae Cab abloakealieey yy ye 160 108 
ED ESD) overran ee eee bs 14a 5 oh ee eee ae ee 70 53 
S) Let bbyeereeeenrtene AeA ei ary, wee SL al, asp, 95 78 

Weeks ol eleni: tens ae eee eT eantD aS oie thee 
C. E. Conner. 


Minneapolis Gun Club. 


Mryneapotts, Minn., Aug. 9—The weather to-day was entirely 
too warm for the shooters and yery few turned out for the regular 
programme, There were some good scores made, those of Mrs. 
Johnston, Stone and Thompson being especially worthy. 

_As I write the name of Mrs, Johnston it reminds me that Annie 
Oakley will be in the city on Monday. I have heard a number of 
persons make the remark: “The loads or the birds she uses are 
‘fixed.’ *? Now I want to say to those who are of this mind that 
they are very much mistaken, and I ‘give the following as my rea- 
sons: Annie Oakley shot through the last four or-five Grand 
American Handicaps, which events are recognized as the cham- 
pionship events of the Wnited States, and she got into money. 
Miss Oakley is a most charming and pleasant person to meet and 
she has scores of friends who are net only proud of her acquain- 
tance, but who appreciate her skill and will back her in any fair 
race, be it at targets or liye birds. Miss Oakley while in the city 
will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Johnston, president of 
the Minneapolis Gun Club. - 

he scores: 

Paegel badge, 25 singles: Thompson 21, Johnston 19, 
ston 20, Stone 22, Spear 16, Dow 14, Brown 19, Moore 
Stone won badge. 


Club badges, 10 singles and 5 pairs: Barber 9; Hoey 8, Dow 10, 
Stone 15, Spear 7, Thompson 18, Johnston 16, Mrs, Johnston 14, 
Brown 15, Downer 9, White 13. Thompson won senior badge. 
Mrs, Johnston won junior badge. Barbet won amateur badge. 

Schlitz badge, 25 singles: Thompson- 22: Johnston 21, Mrs. 
Johnston 22, Stone 21, Spear 12; Dow 15,- Klosterman 8 W: P. 

rewn_238. Brown won badge. - - - : 

Val Blatz badge, 15 singles: Thompson 18, Jéhnston 12, Mrs. 
Johnston 11, Stone 11, Spear 7, Dow 9. Thompson won hadge. 


Mrs. John- 
19, Hoey 8. 


i Catchpole Gun Club. 


_Wotcore, N. Y¥., Aug. 9—The scores made on our grounds to- 
day are as follows: : : 


Wadsworth .....0... SEV tect 11111111101.10111111014101—91 
Fowler yop weeht ns See aan ae eee, ~0111011011111117141010000—1 
Pein hs Seni Bak lvl ee eet ames dy 100010014111110T111001000—14 
Wadsworth -..isscnvesescsereeccc eee TAIT T11011—94 


; T1101 117111112497 
A. W., Sec’y. 


t 


[Auve. 18, 1900. ' 


Standard Gun Club, 


Battimore, Md., Aug. 7.—Notwithstanding the intensely hot 
weather, there were thirteen shooters present to-day at the fifteenth 
shoot of the club. Whe guns in longer events became extremely 
ne Storr was high man; John was next, and Franklin was third. 
The scores: 


Events: 


Storr 


1DYeeavay Aree ee, andacann. al fy 
Johnson 


After the regular events were finished a match at 100 targets, for 
a purse and price of targets, was shot between Mr. Hood Waters 
and Dr. H Lupus, Both of these men have been shooting in 
first-class form of late, and as the Doctor is considered very strong 
on these grounds it was thought he had a good chance of beat. 
ing out his opponent. Yesterday, however, Mr. Waters was in 
rare good form. He made a run of 40 Straight in practice, and 
in the race went along smoothly, catching his birds nicely, until 
the 64th target, a straightaway, which was hit hard, but enl 
dusted. Vhis was scored lost, making a straight run of 104. In all 
he shot at 155 and broke 150. To beat this kind of shooting was 
too much for Dr, Lupus, who made a good score—one which would 
Win many a race. The last 25 targets of the race were broken 
straight by each contestant. 

Mr. Waters shot a Parker gun, Schultze powder in a Smokeless 
shell; Dr. Lupus ‘shot’ a Winchester gun, Ieader shell and 
Dupont powder. The scores: - 


Hood Waters........,.., IA seca earteed 19191911011111111111111 265 
1099901991111 
4401919191111101.111111110— 28 
1091011111111 95 —98 

Dr BEES Dupussedees econ: Grtceye ouete oa 101909111111111101111111— 98 
0199101111111 93 
11116110711111101111111193 
111901111191111911111195 9 


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LESSONS ceo Soe sopeabeces LO oe 


Trap Around Readias: 


Reapinc, Pa., Aug, 11.—At the monthly medal shoot to-day of 
the Mt. Penn Gun Club, of this city, Howard Saylor, president 
of the club, Won, breaking 23 out of 25 targets. Dietrich, with 22, 
was second, and Hunsberger, with 21, third. 

Pottsville, Pa., Aug. 8.—At a meeting of the Pottsville Fish and 
Game Protective Association, of this city, held to-night, it was 
decided to hold an all-day open target tournament on the club’s 
new grounds at Seven Stars, near Pottsville, on Labor Day, Sept. 
3. Eine merchandise prizes will be offered in some events, and a 
fine programme of open sweepstakes is being arranged. ‘The 
club has secured the services of Arthur Fink, of Reading, to 
manage, and a fine squad of assistants to assist. Pottsville is 
situated in the coal region, and this shoot will draw crowds of 
shooters from all sections. Any person desiring -a good time 
should make it his business to visit Pottsville on Labor Day and 
have the Pottsville boys entertain him at the shoot, Samuel Gore 
is secretary of the Association, and will answer anything desirable. 

West Chester, Pa., Aug, 11,—Phcenix Gun Club came here to-day 
and defeated the home club in a team shoot by the seore of 178 
to 172. The scores follow: 


Pheenix Team. 


West Chester 


mA. Team. 

Jennsen Williams a fil 

ollman Howard 
PRECISE Mee dees eames a Brinton 

intth eee eee eee ce Lumis 
Willson Mowry 
Crothers Holland 

ogue Ferguson ......2++- B 
W Miller SEL Varo nearer .F4 
H Miller Bellerg- cet ee ensues 16 
Harris Bord sreamte yee Pott 10 
Hogue .. IEocneve ey asn caer ee eee 12 
Dotterer .., de Chiiri seve sence pees ely? 
BHC Sin eects Mian 20—178 Gill ....,, (aenltonon veces —172 
eet Duster. 


J, F. Weiler Gun Club, 


ALLENTOWN, Pa.—There were shooters in fair numbers at the 
last monthly shoot of the J. F. Weiler Gun Club. C, F- Kramlich, 
who has held the gold medal for several months, again won it with 
a score of 20 out of 25, in the medal event. Nos. 1 and 2 were at 
live -birds.. The scores: 


Events: 1h pst in Events: gb eee eh 
_ Targets: 7 610410 25 Targets: 7 61010 25 
Pe Sitaubse maser ite Beast 6 OSSNeMP cava aida sped LS aa 
C Moyer ....... ren, pda ate tan ai ie CeIMEISer abe Se dere fia eee 
C Blaydon ...,,... 5-... 314 O H Ackery-csica'es 1a 7 817 
Niponess.segeres 16 2 tec ee op \yvernpesey Eee hd beg 
aeresclercmn te erien eens Sein Anes oalgane PO aoa eae a) 
C E Kramlich..., 6.. 7..20 S Blandon ...... hehe tive lt 
Pe Vierinic te soerecn Hp 4....... | Bauman mes toi Jie {ioe 
Geo tear DaOeer ne tical tere Strauheeepaeee Aheyeibrn debe) Te enat ML 
Ms iRlosad thiseetesast Ga ayes Grniesemem erie brstsi dees eee lo. 


In an event at 10 birds the scores were: Sobers 9, C. Miller 6, 
J. Hahn 7, C. Walker 8 B. Foelker 9, C. Blaydon 5, J. Jones 8, 
age Painter 8, M. Brey 9, C. Kramlich 10, M. Keppler. 4, Q, Rit 
ter a 
_+n.an event at 6 birds the scores were: Steckel 4, J. Hahn 5, J. 
Jones 5, C. Blaydon 3, C, Miller 5, B. Foelker 6, €. Kramlich 6, 
Sobers 4, Geo. Painter 6, Q. Ritter 5. 


Bellows Falls Gun Club. 


BELLows Faris, Vt.—The gun club grounds’ record was broken 
by C. H. Gibson, scoring 98 out of 100, missing the 90th and 91st 
targets. 

‘the Bellows Fails Gun Club held its weekly shoot on the club 
grounds, Drislain’s field, Thursday afternoon, Aug. 9.. They had 
for visitors the crack shot J. S. Fanning and F. C. Gale and 
Stephen Bartlett, The people were anxious to see Mr. Fannin 
shoot, as he held the grounds’ record with 95 ont of 100, with J. 
R. Hull second with 94 out of 100. Below is the score for the 
afternoon: 


Events: 12 3 4°65 6 Events: 3 

Targets 10 25 25 25 5p 15 Targets: 10 25 25 25 5p 15 
M RG ie vale 818 22 28... .. J Fanning..... 10 24 25... & 
E Worwood.... 9 28 2222 6.. Dr Morrison... 1020 .. 20 .. le 
C Gibson.:.... 10 25 25 25 .. 18 EF, Gale......... 71512 44 .. 11 
© Shepardson.) 689M 2 VARA eee bye a Ee 
EE Hassetta) e9aliitks Tene Le Gapronm anu Seed Soe all 
Dr Knight..... 716 ..14 710 S Bartlett....., .... Weise a P 


Event No. 2 was for gold a watch and was won by Gibson with 
25 straight. Event No. 3 was for a camera and was won by 
Gibson with 25 straight. Event No. 4 was of the Flint cup series 
and Gibson scored 25 straight. 

The next shoot will be held Friday, Aug. 17. 

C. H, Grsson, See’y. = 


Country Gun Club. 


Myerstown, Pa., Aug. 11.—With the awfully hot weather and an 
extraordinarily hard west wind, a few shooters faced the traps 
this afternoon, but made poor totals. The attendance was better, 
however, than the last Gime. “The next shoot the number will be 
greater and more interest be shown, Hope to have better 
scores to show the next shoot: i : ; 


Eyents: “al ore 
. Targets: 10 10 7 
M Shanaman............ nr 
UIE FASE EC OCOLEOBEAL OE Teo. 
J Shanaiman. oe ane 4 22" 
WW Pietzeen cree ees « eat ee! 
Bleckere fers ur ie ee 
‘G Shanaman.... . 2h 


“De man dat’s dissatisfied an’ shows it by workin'?’ ‘said Unele 


- ‘Eben, “kin be credited wid hones’ ambilion; but. de,aman- dat 


shows it by: talkin” ain’ nuffin’ but a plain kicker."—Washington 
Star. Hl eee 


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‘Aus. 18, 1900.) 


Interstate at Newport, Vt 


Tue fourth Interstate tournament, 1900, opened at Newport, Vt, 
under favorable conditions as far as mumbers were concerned, 
there being eight squads to begin the day's sport. The weather, 
however, was not propitious, ‘ . 

The shooting began at 9:30. By 10:30 rain came, and from this 
hour on until 4 P, M. the shooters on the line were obliged to 
stand in the rain. About this time Manager Shaner calied the 
shooting to a close for the day, leaving 50 targets to be shot at 
in the first day’s programme. ; P 

The morning of the 8th dawned with a leaden sky,, pouring 
rain, sodden ground and general gloom. 

As the early morning hours wore on disconsolate shooters could 
be seen moying around the hotel or gathering in groups discuss: 
ing the probabilities of clearing weather, of which no signs were 
given—only masses of rain clouds from horizon to zenith, and it 
rained. 

Finally hope departed; and when this goes in all human affairs 
the heart breaks and there is complete resignation to the in- 
eyitable. The dispirited shooters began to arrange for the exodus. 

The Newport, Vt, Gun Club is a brand new aitair, yery recently 
otganized, many of its members having no experience at the 
traps. Mr, Benj. Norton, of the Hazard Co., is to be compli- 
mented on bringing the Newport shooters together in club or- 
ganization and rendering them much valuable assistance gener- 


ally. 

The officers are: T. A, Woodbridge, President; H. Robbins, 
Treasurer; J. R. Akin, Secretary. ‘ 

The entertainment committee at the tourney were the following 
club members; A. E. Grow, M, Brown, €, Huntington, 

Ainong the visitors were members of the Sherbrooke Gun Club, 
of Canada, all good sportsmen and leading business men, as fol- 
lows: C. H, Foss, G. C. Thompson, N. G. Bray, F. M. Craig, 
W_ E. Loomis, J. Kirkpatrick and C. D. White; and from Sutton 
Junction came two more good men, to wit, A. W. Westover and 
H, Hibbard; 

The W. R&. A. Co, wete represented by J. H. Cameron, the 
tjuiet man, quietly getting in his work, and Mr, €. E. Roberts, 
who lends color to any assemblage he attends and whose popu- 
larity is increasing. Ben Norton, of the Hazard Powder Co., with 
Ben's smile that makes a man content with everything in this 
life. Happy Jack Hallowell, of the U. M. €. Co., was more than 
usual in evidence, for he did some refereé work that called for 
prompt action in the face of a contradiction, Well, the earth 
ceased to move in that minute of time, and then the shooters 
went right on shooting, glad of the prospect of being able to get 
to their homes alive, 

Mr. Jack Fanning, of the Laflin & Rand Co., was present, shoot- 
ing not quite up to his usual high average. L. Colville and 


B. Leroy Woodward, of the Dupont Powder Co., were present. - 


Mr. Woodward interested the spectators by his remarkably quick 
handling of the gun.- Jack Hull, of the Parker Gun Co., kept 
pace with the leaders; his Adonis figure made an exquisite fore- 
ground to the landscape. And there was Bob Root, of the C. F. 
Pope Co., Providence, R. I., the phenomenal New Englander. 
What possibilities there are for this light-hearted, even-tempered, 
cheerful-under-all-circumstances man, to say nothing of his execu- 
tive ability in conducting the accounting department of a tourney. 
I have heard eleven men ask eleven different questions at one 
time on matters pertaining to the scores, the division of money, 
sale of cartridges, change of places in a squad, the best load to 
use, the delicacy of flavor of the Providence lobster broiled as 
compared with the crustacean found in other places, and Bob 
answered all quickly and correctly. There was, however, a soft- 
ening of the yoice when he referred to the lobster question. When 
a teal bad man goes to Bob and enters a vigorous protest, vul- 
garly termed “‘kicking,”* then Bob is at his best. e don’t say 
a word, only looks at the man, his eyes growing sadder and sad- 
der until that kicker moves away, completely ashamed. Why, 
I’ve known the most vigorous of these gentry to shed tears after 
undergoing one of Bob’s sad looks. 

The gentlemen from Sherbrooke, Canada, announce a tourney 
for Sept. 6 and 7. The scores: 


Tuesday, Aug, 7, First Day. 


Events 123 46 6 7 Shot 
Targets: 16 16 2015152015 at. Broke 
Fanning ......... AARRAAG fn bos 10 13 19 14 15 19 12 115 102 
Hull TNO SARRR ER Siriaas an 12 14 20 14 12 18 14 115 105 
WICK EN, me nsasees SAA eared 18 14 20 14 13 17 14 115 105 
eee Royo vicskes ties yas serenevesvon 1414 17 14 14 19 14 115 106 
Jailer alt dee Eee ~lWWIbWI2IM 2115 90 
ROOL) Weyer ere ver tey oes whee ale 214171718 812 8 115 83 
Griffith ....... 6 oe Beg ey . 14411 17 13 13 17 14 115 99 
Hammond tok y seen eeecede vee . 12 14 14 11 13 18 13 115 95 
Bakers. ck ct eee so) leas phetetely dete 1213 7 12 18 12 115 90 
Bartlett 11 14 10 15 17 13 115 94 
Marlin ., 13 15 14 14 20 14 115 98 
Budlong .. 9 7 61014 8 115 63 
Selby... 812 9 716.. 100 62 
ALHMtox ee nal, rare artes ety . 12 15 14 13 13 17 14 115 98 
Halcombe ...... retin persia sae fry 6 oth oie aie fy Solis 63 
Bray ithe Musences © Ts ss a5a555% »11121114141713 #115 97 
MM phaveryeftoyel a ns cre eas SQ 5 4 SARA . 91014141016 9 115 82 
Westover aA ae eee iva re anvaec- oo 11 10 17 12 11:17 «18 115 91 
Wailitiers is oi ode oie ialelnlate eee leat sa 13 18 15 15 13 19 15 115 103 
AWVEN tof Doel 6 lan stor ger ebebe 9 10 12 Svan} 85 61 
AMOLTER b Suterian cohen init seen oe te CUNT LHE eee oes 65 36 
TANG IIS We aiewsslscieisletsiaste aids deca per HO oa GF 3 8 sc 65 47 
Morgan .. . 11 10 16 10 .. = 65 47 
CATHEN ee PST GEL 1 ters ER ae 
Or ETRE Ele ya seerg gee serge at Og sare 4 4 Pathe) Ses 65 a0 68 38 
Greenwood 17 11 12 17 10 115 93 
Swiveller ...... 18 12 12 14 12 115 92 
Norton pe AS GUI BLTG) Sr Salilys 14 
Roberts : li 913 9 115 12 
(Cetheatss coving | ATA AAA AMAR AC Gee 9 81110 8 811 135 65 
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Second Day. 
2) Ww 4b 6 
5 15 20 15 15 20 Broke 
6 14 16 13 J4 2 89 
vet GAL 14 12 13 17 81 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


‘ ‘Dick SwivELLer. 
Dusted “Targets, 


The “dog wagon” fed vou well. 

White, of Sherbrooke, Canada, won several firsts. _ 

Baker and Hammond shoot woodchucks nicely, don’t they, boys? 

Marlin and Bartlett were right up among the leaders the first 
day. , 
The change of backgrotind made the game a hard one, indeed. 
Some of the boys thought so. y 

Percy Benedict, of the City Park Gun Club, New Orleans, looks 
charming in his red hat. 

Fanning was not in his usual form. 
him a little stale. A short rest is needed. . 

J. J. Hallowell, Howard Marling, Jack Fanning, ©. E. Roberts 
and Ben Norton were of much assistance as referees. — . 

Budlong suggests that the Interstate Association shingle its old 
tent. It wouldn’t be a bad idea, as it leaks badly. . 
Griffith was somewhat out of form and did not shoot up to his 
usual average. When at himself Jed can make them all hump. 

B, H. Nerton represents the Hazard Powder Co. and W, L. Col- 
ville the Dupont Powder Co. They are both good fellews and fast 
friends, 

Don’t lose sight of that man Dickey, He represents the Parker 
gun and E, C. powder, and if he can’t be on top he will be there 
or thereabouts. ‘ ‘ 

The officers of the Newport Gun Club are as follows: President, 
F. A, Woodbridge; Vice-President, W. C. Loveless; Secretary, J. 
R. Aiken; Treasurer, Harry Robbins. 

Three thousand six hundred and twenty-five bluerocks were 
trapped the first day and 2,350 the second day. This was not half 
bad whet the miserable weather that prevailed was taken into con- 
sideration. 

Manager Shaner was the recipient of several presents from his 
friends in the Providence Gun Club who attended the tournament. 
He is thinking of starting a drug store one of these days. 

There wads a rumor that one of the prominent people present 
had purchased a half interest in the night Junch wagon while here. 
At any rate the “dog wagon” was very much in evidence about 
noon the first day. 

A, H. Fox represents the Winchester Repeating Arms Co, He 
is real clever and surprises the boys sometimes with his big scores. 
When at himself Fox will give any of the crackerjacks a brush, 

Hammond is all right, and that is no joke, and shoots a fine gait 
as long as there is no hoodoo in his squad. He says he didn’t get 
nervous until he met the hotel clerk after getting mixed in the 
number of Budlong’s room, 

The thanks of the Interstate Association, as well as those of the 
Newport Gun Club, were tendered to Mr. R. €, Root for valuable 
assistance in the cashier’s office. They may make them better than 
Robert, but we haven’t.run across them yet, 

John J. Hallowell, who represents the Union Metallic Cartridge 
Co., lent valuable assistance toward making the tournament a suc- 
cess. He ably assisted Manager Shaner, taking charge of the 
score boards, refereeing or doing anything else required of him. 


Too much work has made 


St. Paul Tournament. 


St. Paur, Minn., Aug. 5.—The fifth annual tournament of the St. 
Paul Gun Club, held at the Intercity Shooting Park, Aug. 3 and 
4, was a success in every way. 

The shooting was done from two magautraps, and at bluerock 
targets, 4 ‘ 

Seventy-five shooters faced the traps the first day, and thitty-six 
shot through the entire programme. 

There were fifty-nine entries the second day, and twenty-five 
finished the programme, ' > 

There were twelve l5-target events on the programme for each 
day, besides a five-men team contest for the H. C. Hirschy Blue 
Ribbon trophy at 100 targets to each team, Aug. 3, and the Min- 
qeeara Game and Fish Association trophy at 25 targets the second 

ay. 
Manufacturers’ agents were permitted to shoot for targets only 
without cost—a new and good departure from the old system of 
having those who shoot for targets pay two cents for each target 
shot at. 

The trade was represented by Fred Gilbert, Dupont powder, 
Parker gun and Winchester shells; €C. W. Budd, U. M. C. Co., 
Parker Brothers and Hazard powder.; Russel Klein, Peters 
Cartridge Co.; H. C. Hirschy, Hazard Powder Co. 

On the first day Gilbert had high ayerage with 165. The second 
day Budd and Morrison were high with 167. In the team shoot 
for the Blue Ribbon trophy, the Wheaton, Minn., team won, 
beating the St. Paul Rod and Gun Club team No, 2 1 target. 

In the contest for the Minnesota Game and Fish Association 
trophy Mr. Morrison, of St. Paul, won the trophy for the third 
consecutive time. Mr. Vander, of Wheaton, gaye him a good 
race for the trophy, and it was a good hot shoot-off, each man 
scoring 10 straight in the first tie, 9 each in the second, Morrison 
winning in the third tie with 9, to Vander’s 8. 

Mr. H. C. Hirschy had charge of the office work, and was the 
right man for the place. 

Mr. W. P. Brown, manager of the park, looked after the traps 
and saw that squads were ready. 

The weather was very warm, with a stiff breeze blowing directly 
in the faces of the shooters. 

The targets were thrown about 65yds., and owing to the wind 
were quite erratic in flight. ; . 

Mrs. Johnson took part in most of the events, and with her new 


' Parker did some good shooting. 


Mrs. Murry was on hand the second’ day and made some good 
scores. Mr, and Mrs. Shattuck were out’ both days, but did not 
take part in the shooting. 

A number of the visiting sportsmen were royally entertained by 
Mr. and Mrs. Shattuck on Friday night at their home, and several 
letters were read from friends who promised to attend the tourna- 
ment, but for some reason not given did not come. 

We were informed that the St. Paul Gun Club will hold a three 
days’ tournament the first week in September, either on the State 
air grounds or at the Intercity Shooting Park. This is the week 
of the Minnesota State Fair and will insure a good attendance. 
They have not decided as to what kind of a programme they 
will have, but as the St. Paul Rod and Gun Club are up to date 
it will no doubt be a good one, 


Friday, Aug. 3, First Day. 


Events 12845 6 7 8 9101112 Broke 
Wiesel estas of Pata retort 1210121212 79 8 8 711 9 117 
Thompson 12.13.1318 141512141312 1414 157 

RR een nw 14 10 14 11 14471 1415 12121373 152 
Wallace ..... -BUUWRNMBNnhwy i142 
Kribbs . 1218181071 1812 912 9 912 125 
P Hauser «.- 3181112131011 1214141311 147 
Die aeae ace ene 11 11 141210111011 614 w w 
Ciilcis data ohenenecncnsy, 13-11 12 1214 18121113131213 i149 
Wilkinson .........2.2-- 131212 614 91211151213 14 148 
¥ Novotny o22.. 0... -... 1012 11342 8 9310 14 12 11 w 
A Eyre SOR emma inns 8111011 61018 911 S110 118 
Brindly 2... .,/2,..-.-.... 15 71212111015 134012 712 4137 
sethya Daun Nee 1212-13 44131812101) 134311 162 
Siitase eetee led geen eee 11 1010 9301313121212 713 4132 
Pigtails eae ee yaaa che 0 12.912 1211131711513 $1311 140 
Iecibntete ers a rc oy Sea di 9 910 wwi0 Tw www ae 
Davidsomee ctre senses 14 9 12 1993 1 111212941395, 1y. 
Uwieetecaleie” | a fsis gg oft Ween peruse 1415131313 9 91314 14 1414 45h 
Sorenson 1) 1212 111210 9 11 13127313 138 
Baily 1213101211 9121214141413 147 
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Foster 1210 912 71113 9 9137310 gs 
Demmick Tel UNS cebierse beizene een aloe 
Steege 18131213 9 6151412111410 142 
ints eure S HPAL GN, Sicihleiipreeiatsysal ape | a 
French . ISP R ae Labia td OT NS Ore 
Stokes ..1/..., ae 124111 13121213 61413 8 6 421 
HESTON. Ga ew Pe ee 14141210 91413121214 9 9 29 
PAEREr gq cebuiadis ae dahihs 15 13 13 13.1413 131012141415 159 
Johnston -2....... re eees 14.13 13 13 14 1318 10 1214 1415 133 
4 COsialtorntaktcet st, fied 10 Ips eee Perera res 

Bret eben a a. 2 « Q 11 11 912 14 12 10 1112 35 
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ISGISEY, Tyree en beag ene dindve tod lola to LE IOUSS. ae aa ee rs 
Gilbert wesosp-eeeserevuevy AF 1445 14 1415151935 1221212 165 
Hirschy ..,.-: secoovons 1214131418 1415 1315112413 168 
Morrison . cooveeen 12 15 13'13 14 12:14 11 13 eee 160 
Bidar eee: eres teers 14:1415'13 1811 131115123300 155 
Kine syasseveyseeyeveoeeee JO 12 1112 111212121513 7412 146 
SDPraPye veeveressesisss oe 12 12-12 131212121413 13 4414 155 
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Fredette Be eat lili 9 9 Bee oe eee 5 ee 
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Shoot for the H. C. Hirschy Blue Ribbon trophy, 100 birds, iv 
the team; 
Wheaton, Minn., Team. 


LCUCLL MAM Hees eet eee eee 7 IB Wanders: st ocne aise sees 19 
DLOKCa Man aioe yetreentna tse 11 Wayidsonu we. seuereeee saree 17 
IB ifihdiy poems ee eee tele 12 SOLenconl sos seseeene dees. 15 
BAT Ice To ena et eaaeieleeteh ty ely siale 18 Ralinets Yiseess sass terecrens 14 
TELS S CLIN stetetey eeatelaty Been 180m) Bartryers seer eee ante 1i—82 
St Paul R & G C Team No. 1. Minneapolis G C Team No. 2. 
INGGETTSOn sa ries Ra rar Patt 14 Melich .......... 14 
a ROWUD SOM) Nawwecmesen eyed +16 MOUND BLS RARE RS icine 
(ip Co es Owe ge Shr nearer st 15 rs Johnston 
ISGHEI Wenugaairees +e hens 16 Stone. See BTS 
SUE Tye bert oa ee aaa te 16—77 Nelson ..-.-...eseceeevsese 
St Paul R & G € Team No. 2 St Paul G C Team. 
12) Wske sb eehd beeen any Packie 18 Gotzianice ss nesses oeeces Ppere ti) 
ID Etre oe Henne AEN egal! 1G Ue) (shes pee re er 14 
one sirsineaMoa tt trees kee ce eae GotrontCoP cae Apter All 
“Wilkinson ..... Art te i" MAIO ATIen cleretate eterelalstarpaee sls oa ule kaa: 
EF Novotny..........-, sare d7—81 elsey Tei pinreltsrarete Jane e-AS—bS 
Saturday, Aug. 4, Second Day. 
Events: 123 46 6 7 8 $101112 Broke 
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Waden reg avs sees Horeanssoce ty SP OK Reape Gye Te a Anke 
Britton. waeesey Wesmneeess te 10 11 183 121318 18 913141012 148 
HUTT Cli Wp baste daseeee rs cee 13 14 13 15 1411 1213121314 9 4153 
IEE) ra cecocbonn snot 13 1413 121418 141113121412 155 
IPM austria enness es sereess 1413 13 11 14 12 1313151381212 155 
BERS our See SPOR Re 131115 911 9 712141010 8 129 
Chic arse tee seen 141313 121212141310101211 146 
WwW. ilkinson eS ts sree ates 13 13 14 13 14 10 14 15 12 10 12 10 150 
Cotzianm see sea artes aes 1411141311 14181112 91212 146 
is}eine Aaa eiiers4 are mene +. 12 11 11 12 12 1018 8. .. 101) "re 
Wallace .......52.. veveees 11 18 1412 1414 101010.. .. .. so 
Thompson ..... vesseveoens 141415 11 131014101314 7810 151 
MLECCG Me satan. eee 14 10 1213 11 18 12 1014127813 86447 
ESTE s canaanenein 10 7 S293 9990 22. ok aos 
Hughes s2.2.5ceguiet eee eee 12 915 11121014 1414111413 149 
be a AUP ree meee 14 12 1011181218 14 81112 8 138 
A Cana wo ueleleleratete tri 15 12 10 10 15 13 10 111110... 
Bennett BLS Nee aa areca ss» 14174131318 81412131812 8 147 
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Shell Sato soc Stycr ron eer 12 13 13 14 12 1118 12 131211 11 147 
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TSCEDLGs ape etea eee se 12 11 11 12121812 813141512 145 
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Hirschy Ptadprnascacdtis 14 15 15 13 14 13 11 14 12 12 14 14 161 
Morrisons hetee tenes see 14 11 13 14 15 18 14 15 14 15 15 14 167 
BUCA waa tet anen ear 1215 15 1514121413 14141415 167 
Kline boone sfeiieie sisterereeritte 12 14141418 911141310 8 14 155 
Span Sigs tet ot Peer e bse Bie , 15 13 14 12121013 1418151112 164 
AD OUEN canst ee eelre sone ae 12 12 15 13 141013 1012151312 1651 
IBIOSSOmmeerenurentee eer 10 15 15 12 14 11 111813141513 156 
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avid Sons te een ene: 15 13 111412111314... .. ., 
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Minnesota Game and Fish Association trophy, 25 birds per man: 
MeGraw ......: FL Soe ite pee rene 18 Highhouse 
Parkenae saeco ieee me 22 Mrs Johnston 
TWNONICE Scie tacnon nego pene qe 24 Johnston 
cae BS Gart ete oa 5a0d8 S46 a pata eb Rae eee | ee 9A 
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Thompson 
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Wanz Gans OO od ce se edar Netra f 18 Thomas ...,.... 
BRO Wiles trae ee shee ont oe ney is D risen ene mitll COOam lamin Anime 
Buctette a easier eevee eale iMirs Miiricya net een 
INAS AREA EE See hence) uta: | eeu 
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ae NO, at 10 birds; : 
iopesltasel mA cn saa e Assent 10, oP Haviser ...,...... 

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SHOE OteeEBLOT Din tess i ne Se nn WG) oo 0c 
MMGoritSt tt te-s swiss staat reverseeeed EO Vander .........50.-0.. 9 
Shoot-off at 10 birds: ae 
Morrison’ misc.s 0. lds wees veecess TE Vander. ......... “ 8 
Morrison winning the trophy for the third consecutive time 


retains the same. 


FIAWKEYE, 


Take inventory of the good things in this issue of 
Forest and Stream, Recall what a fund was given 
last week. Count on what is to come ‘next week 
Was there ever in «'! the world a more abundant — 
weekly store of aportamen’s reading? ie 


140 


FOREST AND STREam,. 


[Aue. 18, 1900, 


Peters Cartridge Co, Tournament. 


INGHAM, Ala,, Aug. 7.—It was the grandest amateur shoot 
Qoisee in ‘the Zouthe Some time since the Peters Cartridge 
Co., of Cincinnati, O., decided to give the boys in the South a 
tournament, and it was decided that they hold the same at Bir- 
mingham, Ala. Their representative, Mr. John H. Mackie, was 
sent here to arrange for the shoot and make all preliminaries, and 
under Mr. Mackie’s management and the auspices of the Birming- 
ham Gun Club, with R. H. Baugh as assistant manager, the grand 
success was obtained, viz.: The largest amateur shoot given in 
the South in years, showing*an average entry in each event of 

rty-four shooters. . 
arate Sunday, the 5th, the shooters commenced to arrive, and kept 
arriving until the morning of the 8th. They were from all over 
Alabama, Tenessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia. Monday 
afternoon was devoted to practice. The background for the tar- 
gets was very bad, and combined with this the ground rose ta 
quite an elevation, which made it very dificult for the boys to 
“cet on to em.” This accounts in part for some of the poor 
scores made. ’ y, 

The fun started promptly at 9 o’clock on Tuesday morning, with 
a full entry_of fifty-four men, and kept up until darkness closed 
the sport. Two sets of traps were used—the magautrap and the 
Sergeant system. It was one incessant popping of guns and the 
call of the shooter, “Pull” and the reply of the referee, “Dead” or 
“Lost,” as the case might be. Your correspondent at one time 
about midday, after partaking of a hearty lunch, undertook to ref- 
eree the match, and the cool breezes and balmy air, with the 
steady popping of the guns, threw him into a doze. There is no 
place in the writer’s memory where he has enjoyed an outing bet- 
ter than he did at the Country Club, on whose grounds the shoot 

yas held. 
uae the first day’s programme each contestant who shot through 
the full programme shot at 175 targets. Mr. Abe Frank, of Mem- 

his, Tenn., won the first day’s highest average of 9144 per cent, 
ollowed closely by Dr. Wilson, of Savannah, Ga., who scored an 
average of 90 per cent. Mr. Frank led Dr. Wilson 3 birds on the 
opening of the last day. Each killed 150 out of the 175 shot at, 
and that left Mr. Frank winner of the handsome trophy donated 
by the Peters Cartridge Co. to the winner for the highest average 
for the two days. - . ; 

Mr. E. J. Squires, of Cincinnati, O., a representative of the 
Dupont Powder Co., shot the highest average of all for the two 
days, but as he was not entitled to shoot in the amateur ranks he 
was debarred from winning the trophy. 

There is no doubt but Dr. Wilson would haye won out had he 
not been taken ill in the early morning of the last day’s shoot. 

Aside from the shoot the spectators and participants were 
greatly amused and entertained by Mr. Frank, whose tricks at 


AT BIRMINGHAM, 


legerdemain were so marvelous that he would be a credit as Her- 
mann’s successer. The only Irby Bennett—he was on the grounds; 
also Harry Lemcké, the very popular Southeastern representative 
of the Peters Cartridge Co., from far-away Savannah.; also Maurice 
Kaufmann, the New Orleans, and Mr. John E. Avery, the Atlanta, 
representatives of the cartridge. y 

After the shoot was concluded a memorial was passed among 
the shooters by Mr. Robt. Baugh, of the Birmingham Arms Co., 
the signatures to attest the appreciation of the shooters and Bir- 
mingham in particular to the Peters Cartridge Co. for their liber- 
ality and sportsmanlike spirit in promoting trapshooting in the 
South, and also many thanks to Mr. John H. Mackie for his able 
management of the shoot; and trusted that the time would not be 
far distant when this company would give a shoot, if not here, in 
some near point in the South, when there is every reason to be- 
jieye there would be a large, if not larger, shoot, as all partici- 
pants were so delighted that they have all promised to attend any 
shoot given by this company within 200 or 300 miles of their re- 
spective homes. 

Thirty dollars cash was added by the management to the last 
event and helped send the boys home happy and closed the whole 
shoot with great satisfaction to all, 

Below are full scorés of the two days: 


Tuesday, First Day, Aug, 7. 


‘Events 2 ees beat TSO e10 

Targets 15 15 20.15 15 20 15 15 20 25 Broke 
ATI PEI 4 -)-1efa le ues aie eens sw 13 15 19 141518131318 22 160 
COC UILESM selh taal heen celine 13 14 19 13 12 20 12 18 18 22 156 

mpker Gt ens, ehShsie Senet aees AU DELE SBP SO ee ke 500 
VV Oa Pe acai techy tp ta ocr 1415 18 15 1418131415 21 8157 
HAVER pD EEL oon cor arden Sky sual ieysyaelroattLaes ie) 1k 127 
CORRE Th fo plicedsocemedss 121318111017 9181522 140 
DIAM Anith apache ye earn eae 12 12 1213 14 15 15 14 16 19 132 
IBGOW Whar. t heey atat  eee te ee 13 13 14 13 15 16 13 15 17 20 150 
JBERE RT, PRB EON en AS saa 13 18 12 12 919 10 13 17 22 146 
Seq Weer ke each ARBRE EE 11 10 13 12 917 12 12 17 19 132 
Etheridge 13 13 1411 131710101817 136 
Pinkston 121113813 812 81315 .. se 
Broyles . 121015111416 91215 18 122 
Garthe ...-... 11113 S§181510 62415 117 
Pooler $1214 91111 9 12 16 18 120 
Turton ..... 10) 10 16:10 12: 1510 9 1. 2) are 
RGGI EL See sea ctor tteslneen taaee 11101414 91210 91447 125 
LAGS 4.559855 SHARE yn oA eres 141015 9 14 15 10 11 18 20 136 
Tiviniestore Perse. aie. neee ae, 14 13 19 13 12 18 12 10 18 24 153 
ial iSeries. Arey yg audoede Secure 1113161210 9 9 13 13 19 125 
Ensen ee els tach tas LR ee. ot ELBE ee = 
Wiocdworth: meres seen) woe 10 11 13 1012 16 8 12 17 19 128 
PGT GersonweL. Pardue nh ae 18 9 12 11 12 16 11 10 16 12 122 
(Gry Tua Peele onde aes i oo 12 912121118 9 11 15 17 126 
LOO Ve treed decid act eee tom 11 11 17 14 15 17 12 14 15 21 144 
ROVETE Dae Perth caecnien oh Ae 9 12 14 12 10 20 10 11 18 15 126 
Whomimsonr wee secure Rene ene 7 12 18 12 10 17 10 10 13 19 128 
Bretnandellgtee-oety oo. cee neee s 13 13 14 10 8 18 14 12 12 18 127 
GArsnd) Sore eeeeresis.2 fe) iieelen besa. 9151413 9 14 12 101719 136 
Romhaagi) eee. 2 12s eee eee 0) 71215 6 617 9131417 116 
DTT E VER me is a cucu rncuceah MeN AN M1 14161211 20 9131621 148 
VTA ET Sesencwucncuctoncs coc mtac Ge aided 1212 9109 91615187419 119 
Vass sini Pern TL 10 11 17 14 12 17 10 12 15 24 142 
Chaser Pi ysemiiies<) pies oo. W215 111818 7151790 «861g 
DN ws Pat ees was ale en tab leche 1311 8121218 8134421 190 
INREG An iie ae Lol ae eS 15 12 16 12 12 14 12 13 16 24 146 
licker al ee ee 121311 11 9 16 12 12 15 22 185 
Loe ie ee oe pee eet IS 14 16 12 12 17 15 14 14 99 149 
CIvetee.T ce ee th eee ive kabeiers ats 13 15 16 10 12 18 13 14 10 20 133 
Ab batters a. : - eee 12 15 19 11 14 2012101820 151 
DOC A RE eae ee he OL Any Bee 9 11 13 14 13 14 14 17 20 
WYNER GS ae. Sopa ape wate cn TS el OTS UT 10: 120 
Miran Minn Bae. | es a W110... 18 12.. Teale 
NIATIOW CN cdue ca sors poe ee 6 ete Oe os 
Briges, Psp anwy rzpwes ericson ah Re Pe tr matte 


Shemcke. 2: sesress PRE CRO LE OTL UE wishealiie och pablo a 5 ep 
Perkins esse teer ses cseree oda 11 8 12 SNES AE terest Les 4 
WWHUSOnn Ment ndmean once sc oree see Tet) Lisa elie Ae ae 
MS ABGSterisseg needa t=. sa)e7 etme eae erertreee| Osean 
Ragsdale: issiaiasesese-sssaes ser Se on d1 515 .. 11 10 2 
Banks wi qt 
Watson 
L C Smith 
Stillman .... 
Haynes .. 
Fuiler 
Adams 
McDonald 
JESS ond aod usaa ers Mino ot: 
REE et teien cb type aneeice Ute Tet nn ee ey Ee ee ane 
Ta re Sots thong bet teudduce 
Events: She Pie se et ap ae Ue ese Aha) 
Targets 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 25 Broke 
SRETITE ica meth de scoot cee eee hate ee nee § 12 17 1214 20 15 14.17 21.. 151 
Mig MAL CS Bette ne lens aceon 12 15 20 14 13 16 15 14 20 22 161 
PN Dok ii Pater 1h ts s 54 alwere . 12 11 19 12 1218 121516 23 8§=- 150 
SAGE Te Valery tects ciarsiooe rein cee Ladierriotes 12 11 16 12 13 14 10 7 18 20 143 
NAWATSUTT oy) dager elepadtethaaaees 14 9417111417 141318 24) «= ab 
HOAStDAI ne stntedococamen tases e 8 11 16 12 10 14 11 13 16 13 124 
TACAMITETIIATIT ee teerterereres and eae 111415 9ILI710913 1218 126 
ASCOWTU ee be her chitter 4a meen res ee 14 14 18 13 11 15 14 12 18 22 151 
ISEWBEA Gao S bab babe Rott ol 9101913 141913121422 145 
Seige (SE ARLOALEABNACS SbQek ser 9 4H 12, 913 101014 8 91514 115 
WEARS EMER S AAA 4 Sh OB OR BE SAE 1416131219 24 152 
IBTOVIES) yoy citsfatiiey ar main sl snne ple ele 121812141618 143 
GALEN EL dase nas dere ee ee ee IZ AS 12 11 15522" «131 
Henderson 13 15 12 15 17 19 145 
Livingston 15 16 12 13 17 22 153 
Woodworth 9 18 11 10 17 13 116 
POGleie Saetaataled eons aaa late 11 11 8 10 12 16 117 
Reig etatkisess catches erenaahede 161811 81419 124 
McCormack 13 17 14 14 15 19 145 
rel data Lee, see be saree rele 18 15 14 12 12 17 135 
NifotsKae Delabobooecteeceebecert oes 1012161812319 121419 20 148 
Over, Sypaa ceeded ier as 12 91610 1111131218 20 132 
Metiloxten ei sdaaiey tare ada 14181515 712 8111417 126 
Bh erida ee oe 121215 111417101014 24 140 
Ait: eis Al invar esas cs eGeee ee 161815 9101210111721 183 
(nay oe aices Meeks dane cie eane 12 91571 8 13 10 11 15 21 125 
MIG Oy assis eee sere an ate ne 12 12 17 13 12 13 12 10 12 19 133 
POVTEL ee nities ule sass isp ate sale eeee 11 11 18 12 11 I7 12 10 16 16 134 
Thompson. Geese sco se neue ae 1 915 10 12 17 11 13 14 19 131 
10141718 11712121718 i141 
131018 8111718121720 134 
» 141015181115 8111620 4127 
101711 8 813 7121813 102 
15141712 915131418 22 149 
IB Teta Tet lO aeeee taeee ree ear e 10 716 71210 8131316 112 
WES Rai eon Sones seer ee core cone 138 11 15 1012 1213121618 134 
Ghase™ _. atin trereet ees 9141514 91712 91820 187 
*Beinhete” aeeesi ee eee 111012 9121811101213 118 
Bariseeerieeiee DOMEPobEnceenend NST Shale We OL at Re ee 
VEST SAT aee ectetee aerate eee 55 TAT ES vie ty oy at ron 
IGT teh SBABBAAANASRRAR A ACT ath oy TUDE a ea es eee eb 
info e sa guccene tee cree aba Tt Bl Sei ore a ee 
Pinkston speed seiss ace meee SAG" JOS ee ee . 
Berks nyt rntusaesa sete ee py aid Ta er, ee eee a ae * 
Watson Ue teas 5 tara teiee res UE AI YE ee cae ee E a4 
@harmberlyn Saesssusesesme anes eres 5. 0a5 AS all alanis 5 
Wolemiie cians eiee actos on Pee et) eRe A eet were 
J H Brown 6. ll 9 12 as 
Chamberlain ee ice gt CORA ee oe 
McDonald ere UN eth aus 
JELSSV OP eeen Rte nn eee eee G5 ep BPP ae A 25 AG nae 
IRtsVo rive’ Srey MPP oe Hee tity to peachy aera eee 10141017.. .. Ra 
LA DOD ope utr Ores tee ee ae re ae een 9 14 17 ay5 
dita was vee ee ee ee nee eM ots ct le Hylbsss IOS.) eo Mes 
Ist Day. 2d Day. Total 
SPR e rapes ites: meyer ts tae tee ne 156 161 317 
SNLSYSL USM ratg iar Poem APPEL SSE ityosy jboadu cme 160 151 311 
OT eVVISON sanageeee tl erlve ae cette 157 151 308 
Olney ine Stoo eae Benes hn icric een etins 153 153 306 


Abe Frank, Memphis, won first ayerage and medal. 
*Shooting for targets only. 


N otes, 


There was a race between Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee for 
a watermelon, but the winners of the race, who were the Alabama 
boys, failed to get the melon, 

Dick Pooler, after the first day, said: “I will give Mr. Pooler’s 
gun, also Mr. Pooler, a talkin’ to, and to-morrow we will both 
go out and break them all”; but evidently he forgot to, from the 
looks of his score. Dick generally shoots at the top. 

R. H. Baugh (to whom a great deal of credit is due for the suc- 
cess of the shoot, as he kept it before the boys’ eyes all the time 
by. sending notices to them and working like a trooper) shot a 
good race and was one of those who were most pleased over the 
success of the shoot. : 

- Charlie Reif got in late the first day. He gave as his excuse 
that he was taken sick. Of course, we will have to believe him 
because his looks bore out his statement. 

The traps and shells seemed to vie with each other for best 
record. The traps made but one miss and there was not a single 
missfire or balk among all the Ideal or New Victor shells used. 

The Birmingham squad—Eastham, Brown, Baugh, Smith and 
Fowlkes—held their own and took down a good share of the purses. 

Mackie was here, there and everywhere, one of the busiest men 
on the ground. 

Mr. Vaughn, cashier, had the money ready for the boys the sec- 
ond day by 4 o’clock; also the averages figured out. That speaks 
well for both the cashier and the management. 

Abe Frank, of Memphis. we can’t say much about, as everyone 
knows him; but we think his name ought to have been Hermann 
No. 2 from the tricks he played on the boys at the grounds, . 

The photographer took a picture of Lemcke, Avery, Kaufmann 
and Mackie, the representatives of the P. C. Co. The united 
beauty of these gentlemen, however. was more than any extra 
heavy plate glass could stand and smashed the plate the instant 
the shutter was opened. ; 

- L. J. Squires, of Cincinnati, made it look like the targets were 
not hard to break, as he made dust of them very nearly every time 
he pulled the gun to his shoulder. 

Harry Jones came out to the grounds on the second day with 

fs E 52 aso Oreste A ea a We aioe oot] 


a 12-foot Boxer’s or Chinese gun and said Irby Bennett had to 
shoot it and Peters cartridges. 

Moody says: “Take those right quarterers away, as I cant 
hit ’em,” 

Dr. Wilson, of Savannah, wants them thrown a little harder the 
next time, A 

Genial Harry Jones was here, there and everywhere, and his 
jolly ways and comic remarks pleased the crowd. He tried to 
shoot one event, but would not let his score be published, as he 
said his friends would not believe it if they saw a straight score 
after his name. 


Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Club, 


Fircurure, Mass., Aug. 10.—The club held its seventeenth 
regular shoot of the season this afternoon, with sixteen shooters 
present, The excessive heat and the wind from an approaching 
shower made the conditions very unfavorable for high scores for 
the first few events, but after the shower passed it was quite a 
model afternoon. We had with us to-day Mr. Thompson, from 
the Orange Gun Club, and judging from the way he broke the 
targets, being on strange grounds, and it being his first experi- 
ence shooting over a magautrap, should say “he’s all right.” 

We were glad of the presence of three of our own members— 
Messrs. Dix, Hawkins and White—who haye been constant at- 
tendants, but this year have been unfortunate in having trains so 
that their runs came on the dates of our shoots. We hope the 
Seal eve is broken now and they will again be with us at each 
shoot, ; 

And there are those Leominster fellows, who are always around 
when there is any sheoting going on, and how we should miss 
them if they should stay at home. Their genial ways always add 
to the enjoyment of the occasion. They seemed to be in better 
spirits than usual to-day. It must be they hadn’t forgotten the 
event at Gardner on Wednesday last. We haven’t either; but 
then I shan’t say much about it. We came in third, and I agreed 
with one of the members of the team when he said, “The only 
reason we weren't fourth was because there were only three 
teams, ; 

We don’t seem to be much good in a match. We do our best 
shooting when it doesn’t count, and we ate all asking ourselves, 
“T wonder why? I wonder why?’ But we always have a good 
time just the same. 

Appended are scores of to-day’s shoot in full: 


Events; 12345 6 7 8.910 
‘Targets 10 10 10 25 Sp 10 10 10 10 25 
ITE ON oe oes Sort RGR OMS AOD OO TAG AAA ATS Taates Uo, OM LOe Ne mus: etal be Be 
se ee tsar 1449 5-OOAAG AE SAS SOE oe zeae ds et itd sats 4 Ff 
McDonald SF eel os ee ee 
WHRITCUP CELLED Rtcakre cue ce ema a hin AX... 
Crupletgiecc ccc oo etek ent fe ve Gy By PBs 
Converse 8 6 6 8 22 
PSE Ve eae en 
Andrews 1 BOG oe. 
Russell ttt bast auteds ons 
Stickney 6 8 6 6 918 
Deira rin Seton! Maryn Lares 489 6 718 
Hawkins Bo 3b. (8 a 
Obey Spaetanee scenes te Edgars tere eeeenion vn He: Se elie GAP el 8 
ASHtOMA SS cece set Le eer R Renee he. +4 SC nce Eee. Sioa tes 
SEHOM DSO vee sate pas cine ee eee ee eae ee 1D: SF Fae 
Wilders awe sence widchtecict emcee eel f ae) Loe Sees: Gaal Ti 


‘Mississippi Valley Notes. 


PROGRAMMES are out announcing the amateur shoot to precede 
the big Indian tourney at Lake Okoboji. The dates for this event 
are Aug. 28, 24 and 25, Targets are to be thrown on the Sergeant 
system, and the programme calls for ten 15-bird events each day. 
On the 24th a special race will be shot at 20 birds for a sterling 
silver cup. The management will be in the hands of Hinshaw 
brothers, who offer five high average and four low average prizes. 
While this is to be in all respects an amateur shoot, many of the 
experts will be present, getting in form for their own affair the 
following week, and it will in all likelihood be one of the big 
shoots of the year in the Northwest. 

The Lewiston, Ill., Gun Club gives its annual midsummer tourna- 
ment on the 15th inst. Targets will be thrown from magautrap at 
5 ESE each, and the programme calls for fifteen events, embracing 

shots. 

The Knoxyille Gun Club is one of the thrifty new shooting 
organizations of north central Illinois, holding practice meets: every 


week, The following scores were made at the last gathering:: 
Events: 123 45 6 7T 8 910 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 1010101010 = Av. 
IMG Esko As Gacea ose ceca hs Seas 710 9101010 910 9., +933 
(harlecmpewnene eit seus os taees iE Tt ONESere iE Sunny ee -T61 
I, ews) Wy epercecer anaes abseiated = 876679 766., 688 
idk wba wis Was, crate netnone eee it. 7 6 6 7 6 $10.. 688 
EVO TE Web rlepcetera’s eres ce ateaielneny « 6) 16165 9175 7) (6 ee 2675 
IBUtts Meus ceo cet oue et 5647858 767 ~~ «4660 
Babcock |. .2.23.....0.4 Cert he ny 6378 8 7876 5 650. 
TBiGr Ce War, vd tig det a ae eaters eee oe tre Sem OTE ORM we One (iit 1 eeeanpe -bOT 
1h Ge Lea, SS Se diicess tooess 4 4 5 8 893.6 Stl) | (2508 


Some very good shooting was done by J, H. Lewis, having shot 
over a trap but once before. 

Mr. Pierce wasn’t up to his usual clip, but says he will Jean a. 
little more forward in the future. 
Scien Ve F. C. Rresgr. 


PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT, 
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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1900. 


VOL. LV.—No. 8. 
{ No. 346 Broapway, New Yor 


NEBRASKA PRAIRIE CHICKENS. 


Nebraska sportsmen speak in high praise of Governor 
Poynter’s attitude respecting game protection and his 
recent action in prodding the sheriffs to do their duty 
is deserving of hearty commendation. As related in our 
Omaha correspondence, while the State has an abundant 
supply of law and adequate machinery for protecting 
prairie chickens, the market-hunters have actually been 
iv the supremacy in certain districts and have had 
things all their own way. A vigorous campaign is now 
waging to suppress them, and in this Governor Poynter 
is taking commendable part. In this he is making a 
record worthy of emulation by other executives. 

The known attitude of the Governor of a State has a 
prodigious effect upon the way in which the game and 
the fish protective system is administered. When a 
Governot of Illinois a few years ago vetoed a measure 
for the protection of introduced game birds on the 


ground that it could not rightly be made an offense to . 


kll game birds, his stand had an immediate and ap- 
preciable influence to weaken the popular respect for and 
observance of all game and fish laws. In New Jersey 
to-day the well-known aggressive hostility of the Gov- 
ernor to game and fish protection has seriously weakened 
those interests. On the other hand, when the present 
Governor of New York recognized the importance of the 
protection of fish and game, calling attention to 
it in his message and promising for it his official support, 
that action was recognized as a distinct and effective 
impetus. The case of the Nebraska prairie chicken ap- 
pears to be a desperate one, but the citizens of that 
prairie State have no reason to abandon their game pro- 
tective activities so long as they have a chief executive 
who is ready to do his duty. 


WASTED DAYS. 


Nor even the royal sportsman has all the heart desires. 
It is related of King Humbert that one of the unsatisfied 
wishes of his life was to come to America for a Rocky 
Mountain hunting trip after mountain sheep. His busi- 
ness of being King held him too closely; and even had 
the assassin’s shot not found him out, it is improbable 
that he would have resigned his throne before becoming 
too old to think of a mountain climb for sheep. 

On the other hand, there died at his Adirondack camp 
the other day an American railway king, who, with 
every opportunity for game, big and small, and game 
fish right at hand, had never paid the slightest attention 
to either. His Adirondack “camp” was a camp in name 
only, being one of those elaborate and luxurious sum- 
mer residences which mark the new Adirondack era and 
have about as much woods camp character to them as a 
<portsman’s “den” with pictures on the walls has to the 
lair of a grizzly. In it was not even the atmosphere of 
camp life relaxation, for in his Adirondack camp this 
wonderful man of affairs kept busy a force of stenog- 
raphers and clerks, while he exercised that capacity 
for continuous labor which made him a prodigy among 
the business giants of his time. 

With free access to all the well-stored game countries 
penetrated by his railroads, and with the choice fishing 
adjacent to his Adirondack summer home, C. P. Hunt- 
ington never knew what it was to sight a rifle or wind a 
reel. One of his boasts was that he had never wasted a 
day in fishing or hunting. It would be simply a matter 
of tallying to find a million people who might say the 
same thing, but who are not by virtue of having wasted 
no time with rod and gun any the nearer being Collis 
P. Huntingtons or railway kings. There are others, too— 
and it would be only a matter of tallying to count a 
million of them—who haye made a life success which 
amply satisfied them, yet who have found time to get 
some of the pleasures of the fields and the streams as 
they have gone along, and have not by any means counted 
their fishing and shooting days as wasted hours. 

The doctrine of the merit of persistent industry is so 
familiar that we are wont to ascribe to continuous labor 
an inherent virtue which it does not possess. It is no 
credit to a person that he sticks to business so per- 
sistently that he never takes time for recreation. “Wasted 
days”—those days are wasted which a person who has 
enough already devotes to getting more, There is such 
a thing as inordinate wealth getting, just as there is 
inordinate fishing: for a score, The young man is in less 


danger of wanting appreciation that he must hustle, than 
his elder is of not finding out that there is something in the 
world besides business. Everywhere about us we see 
the melancholy spectacle of old men holding their noses 
to the grindstone because they have never learned, and 
are now too set in their ways ever to learn, that there are 
green fields and solemn forests and the open sea, not to 
mention the diversified resources of a dignified leisure in 
the town. We may count on the fingers of one hand the 
cases we know of those who have missed success in life 
because they wasted their time with shotgun or fishing 
line, while the city directory is full of the names of 
those who would to-day be vastly better off had they 
learned the art of rational recreation. 


THE DOG FOR PRAIRIE CHICKENS. 


In the good old years of long ago, yet years which 
are not so far in the past as to be beyond the memory of 
men now still alive and active, at this season of the 
year the members of the literary canine world were agi- 
tated from its center all around to its circumference over 
the momentous issue as to which breed of dog, or which 
individual dog, was the best prairie chicken dog. Un- 


der the impulse of vindicating his own convictions and’ 
convincing or confounding his opponents,. 


each writer 
contended as nature best fitted him, thus the debates were 
vivacious to a degree; for, being participated in by the 
wise and learned, the witty and stupid, the men of peace 
at any cost and the literary gladiator of war as a pleasure, 
the discussions were conducted with that figurative nicety 
and directness of pen and pencil which is said to ma- 
terially prevail when the shillelaghs are swinging through 
the air and cracking every head in sight. Alas! have 
the glories of the chicken dog, as a matter of common 
debate, departed? Where now are the lengthy and in- 
volved theses of the dog, brindle in color and bob-tailed in 
expression, which wks uncompromisingly held forth as 
the only true type which could run three days from 
sun to sun, and find more chickens the while than all 
the rest of the dogs in the country collectively? 
is the contention that the native was better than the im- 
ported dog, the reds were better than the blues, the 
Irish were better than the English, the Gordon better 
than the Irish, and the pointer better than all? 

The glories of the shooting world have not been the 
least impaired; they exist to-day to a greater degree 
than ever, but the ignorance and the opinionated 
vehemence of the old days have gone. At the present 
day, the sportsman knows that the right kind of chicken 
dog has a bob tail or a long tail, is red or white or blue 
or yellow or all combined, is setter or pointer, his merit 
resting on usefulness as a worker. The agreement which 
has been established came about naturally when leit 
to the arbitrament of the true sportsman instead of the 
multitude who at that time were commercially crying 
their dogs for revenue as the huckster cries his wares. 
When we compare the literature of the canine world 
of to-day with that of the years some time since, we can 
congratulate ourselves on the greater knowledge, the 
tolerance of opinion and the decrease of the vulgarian, 
though there may not be so much raw enthusiasm. 


THE CAMPERS’ CRIMES. 


Ir all men were what they should be, the camper would 
be a joy and a delight to all his kind. He, of all others, is 
the man whose life, while in camp, should be innocent 
and void of offense. He has left behind him the cares, the 
worries and the temptations of every day life; he has 
nothing to do but enjoy himself. He should be happy 
himself and a cause of happiness to others. 

Notwithstanding all this, the camper is sometimes an 
injury to his fellows, and a curse to the country. where 
his vacation is spent. The damage that he does is seldom 
or never willful, but is due to ignorance and thoughtless- 
ness, catises which may be as criminal and as harmful 
as if the blackest intent provoked hurtful act. ; 

To-day the newspapers tell us of terrible forest fires 
taging among the mountains of Wyoming and Colorado, 
which are said to have been started by campers. In the 
West the past winter was one of very light snowfall, and 
to many sections the spring and summer brought no 
rain. The forest floor has lost much of its moisture, and 
is ready for the spark. The match carelessly thrown 
away, the pipe knocked out, the half-burned cigarette 
dropped on the ground may any of them start a blaze 


Where’ 


which ‘no human effort can control. Far more dangerous 
than any of these, however, is the neglected camp-fire, 
from which the live coals may be scattered by a puff of 
wind, or the fire from which, attacking some dry root, 
may eat its way along under the ground for hours or 
days, and at length, under favorable conditions, start the 
blaze whose results no living man can foresee. 

It is bad enough to witness the results of such a fire in 
the timber, to ride for days through what was once a 
forest of living green, abounding in life of plants, in-’ 
sects, birds and mammals, now dead and barren of any 
living thing, a forest of naked sticks, charred black by 
the fire or weathered white by the winter storms, where 
the only sound is the humming of the wind through the 
treetops or wailing scream of two crossed and rubbing 
branches. All this is sad enough to behold, but in itself 
is only a sentimental injury. Besides this there are 
economic damages which we cannot measure in money, 
although we know that their cost is enormous. 

The neighboring range may be burned off and the live 
stock accustomed to feed there must be moved away or 
starve; the ranchman’s hay, his buildings, even his stock 
or his family may be destroyed; finally the water supply 
of a considerable area may be so diminished that its 
productiveness may be greatly changed and great loss or 
even ruin may result to the dwellers in the section. All 
this may happen because some man or boy—a camper— 
was too careless or too lazy to put out the spark of his 
tabacco or to carry a bucket ot two of water to throw 
on the fire. 

The pleasure-seeking white man might profitably imitate 
the Indian whom he is so likely to despise, but who has 
been taught to care for himself and for others. Like 
the red man, he might well crush out with his fingers the 
last spark on the extinguished match, spit upon the 
burning end of his cigarette until it no longer burns, and 
pull apart his camp-fire an hour or two before leaving 
camp, so that for the most part it may have gone out. 
Let him think a little, and realize the injury that his 
carelessness may work for others. 


When Thomas Best issued the ninth edition of his 
“Art of Angling,” he wrote in praise of the pastime: 
“Not only kings and princes, but even queens and ladies 
of the first rank, have taken a delight in this rational 
and pleasing recreation.” And to give emphasis to the 
participation of the fair sex in fishing, he embellished his 
little book with the frontispiece which we copy to-day in 
aur angling pages. Here she is just as she went fishing 
one April day in the year 1810, and a pretty picture 
she makes in costume quaint to modern eyes. The flies 
are interesting. Some of them are known to the present 
day; Best describes eighty-nine, and tells how to make 
and use them. The artist who drew this picture 4ad 
one trait well developed among his successors of to- 
day; he has given us a bent rod and a loose line, two 
things which are never found in conjunction in nature. 
There were artists two thousand years ago who were 
more technically correct in those little details to which the 
sportsman’s eye goes first. Here in outline is a fresco 
from a house in Pompeii. It is Venus and Cupid angling, 
aud while Cupid has hooked a fish, the mother has made 
him her prize. There are no lax lines to the rods in 
this picture; its author had perhaps been fishing him-. 
self in the Bay of Naples and knew that when the rod 
is bent the line is taut. This interesting example of 
Pompeian art is now in the possession of Mr. R. B. 
Marston, editor of the London Fishing Gazette. 


Bob White is making his way around the globe. From 
New Zealand comes a favorable report of the work of 
introducing the American quail into that country. The 
birds were sent from Kansas via San Francisco, and 
after a long and tempestuous voyage, which proved fatal 
to a large number, 430 of the first consignment reached 
their destination, but the death rate then proved to be 
very high. Subsequent shipments were more successful, 
and lots of from 20 to 200 have been distributed at 
a dozen different points. Jn its fifteenth annual re- 
port the Wellington Acclimatization Society notes that 
the quail are doing well in their new home. One serious 
drawback to the enterprise is found in the poisoning 
operations which are carried on extensively for the sup- 
pression of the rabbit pest. Large numbers of the birds 
are known to have perished from this cause, 


142 


The Sportsman Conrist. 


Canoeing in South America. 


[Concluded from page 123.) 


I had hardly recovered from the “steamer” fright 
when, as I was passing very close to a bluff along the 
bank, standing perpendicularly about twenty feet high, a 
rush and a grunt denoted that a drove of capybavas on 
the top of it had been surprised from their repose. The 
brutes, acting upon the impulse, scenting danger, 
plunged headling for the water, regardless of the direc- 
tion of the object of their surprise. Imagine my horror 
when a dozen or more of those monsters darted trom 
the precipice directly at me, as it it seemed. All but 
one struck the water short of me. That one jumped a 
few feet over the canoe. 
to 200 pounds each and raised quite a commotion about 
my craft. It was only good luck that saved me from 
being sunk by them, for if any one had landed in or 
on the edge of my loaded boat nothing could have pre- 
yented such « catastrophy. This animal is of the rodent 
‘family and abounds in great numbers in central South 
America, It ig killed for its flesh. Persecuted by the 
crocodile and hunted upon land by the tiger, it must 
often wonder if lite is worth living. When in motion 
it has the appeatance of a hog, but when seated on its 
haunches “it looks like nothing but itself” is the best 
description One can give of it. i 

Alternating from paddling to drifting, often dozing 
throughout the evening until] midnight, | find myself 
hard aground on a sand shoal. Overcome by my con- 
stant work for three days and nights, I resolve to tie 
up and for a few hours have quiet rest. Before day- 
light I was aroused from my slumber by the sound 
ot human voices. Throwing off my muscetero | looked 
out upon the river and saw below me in the moon’s 
rays a canoe being pushed against the current by two 
Indians, the first human beings I had seen since leav- 
ing my starting point. As they came along they passed 
close to me and cried out in poor Portuguese, “Sobier 
se amego meo, atmana aque’ (Arie, my friend, the 
morning is here). 

Before breakfast time I had reeled off a good num- 
ber of miles to my credit toward Curumba. Shooting 
a fine wild turkey I landed, built a fire and roasted it, 
greatly enjoying the mea! after the early morning run. 

Then resuming my paddle, I sped before the current, 

feeling in the best of health and spirits, passing bend 
aiter bend of the river, whirlpool after whirlpool safely 
at each point, and little thinking what awaited me be- 
fore the sun designated the hour of noon. At 10 o'clock 
I had come to within two or three miles of the most 
northerly point of the Dorado Mountains, where the 
river divided, and I chose the riacho instead of the main 
river and was emetging from this to the main river, 
having no thought in the least of danger. The swift 
current rapidly carried me out in the cross rip, when to 
ty horrer I saw dust and leaves rising in the air through 
a deep valley and from the mountain sides. The whirl- 
wind struck the river, covering several acres of space. 
and rapidy moved in my direction, kicking up fhe 
water in spray as it advanced. Being a half mile from 
shore, | knew my situation to be a bad one, In less 
time than it takes to tell it the squall had struck the 
tip. The spray became so dense that I could hardly see 
beyond it. There was no time to retreat, for jn a 
minute it surrounded me, kicking up short waves that 
tumbled into my craft from head to stern, filling it in- 
stantly. My load being about all dead weight and 
stowed well forward, the canoe dipped head first. As F 
jumped to clear the suction the sinking canoe would 
cause I remember saying aloud, “Well, I’m in for it this 
time.” Swimming off a few yards, 3 looked back to 
see if anything of the load had floated. I saw my 
bolsa, containing some clothing and some illustrated 
magazines; also my camera and a hand satchel con- 
taining my valuable papers and journal of eight months’ 
writing, with about two hundred photos and pencil 
drawings. . 
_ The satchel being of the most importance, I swam for 
it, and when within a few feet it turned over on the 
side, having filled with water, and sank out of sight. 
Turning my attention then to my camera in a water- 
proof case, I secured it, swam to the bolsa again, opened 
and deposited the camera in it and tied it up again, 
resting my left arm upon it for a life preserver, See- 
ing my paddle drifting, I secured that also. The bolsa, 
being water proof and air tight, gave me great confi- 
ence. 

The squall that had so suddenly come upon me passed 
as quickly and left the river again as calm and tranquil 
as if nothing unusual had happened. The country on 
the west side was flat and inundated for miles away 
back from the river, and the east side for a considerable 
distance was also covered with water, although #he 
mountains were plainly in view, and toward that shore 
I began to guide myself and baggage. Looking from 
the middle of the stream toward either bank one could 
see no sign of the inundation, for hanging from the 
tree tops and branches grew dense masses of Jlemas 
matting together to the edge of the water; but upon 
coming near to where the shore seemed to be I found 
the water very deep and the bank of vines so thick as 
to render it impossible to find a safe landing. When 
going up the river several weeks previously we had 
passed an Indian village of the Guato tribe, which I 
tecokned to be only a few miles distant. Being com- 
fortable in the warm water and drifting rapidly, I con- 
cluded to continue my downward course until I should 
arrive at theit settlement, unless I became exhausted. 
rather than to seek for refuge among the branches of a 
tree, where one could possibly. wait for many days be- 
fore a passing steamer of a charta might come that 
way to offer assistance. In all these rivers, along the 
shores there exists a small, rayenous, golden colored 
fish called peranu. 
bare feet with their exceedingly sharp teeth and ren- 
dered it necessary for me to again work out to the 
center of the stream, where they never go, as langer 
fish are sure to prey upon them, and in deep water shere 
was less danger from alligators, so abundant, It was 
from my situation quite interesting to notice the earanchas 


They were in weight. irom 60. 


_at once surretinded me in evident curiosity. 


These now attacked my ankles and © 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


or yultures, everywhere present, especially in cases of 
distress. From their distant soaring high up overhead, 
hardly discernible to the naked eye, often like black 
meteors they pierced the air in my direction. Coming 
to withing a few feet of my head they would dart up 
again with a whirring sound, mournful in the extreme 
to me, and then circle back again to their lofty place 
of observation. There were at times hundreds of car- 
rion crows with their sharp eyes upon me, ready to 
pounce down and pick out my eyes at the first evidence 
6f weakness on my part. Days seemed to pass instead 
of the five hours from the time I entered the water 
until, upon turning a point, there appeared before me a 
long line of shoal above water, at the end of which was 
staked a log canoe, and its occupant, who appeared to 
be an Indian, fishing with a rod and line, His sharp 
eyes caught sight of me as soon as | saw him. Standing 
upright and shading his eyes with his hand, hé quickly 
saw the nature of the object drifting toward him, and 
hastily pulling ap the stake that held the canoe he pad- 
dled into midstream in my way. While yet several yards 
off he began to jabber in his Indian tongue to me, but 
not being able to understand him at all I kept silent 
myself. As I dwifted in reach of him he reached out 
and caught hold of my bolsa and dragged it into his 
canoe, then grabbed the paddle from me, leaving me 
Helpless in the water. I must confess that it looked 
much as if he intended to steal my life preserver and 


paddle and lJeaye me for the fishes and alligators /or- 


vultures, and then made a motion as if to paddle away. 

Two or three violent strokes brought me in reach of 
the gunwale of his canoe, which I grabbed with both 
hands and werked hand over hand toward the bow, and 
to saye me from upsetting him the Indian could do 
nothing more than to stay in the stern and balance it 
until I had pulled myself up astride the bow. There I 
sat for a minute looking at hmm and he at me, The 
Indian had an expression of “Get out of here,” while 
f would have liked to hawe said, “What are you going 
to do abont it?” Had he made a moye toward me I 
would have turned the Jog over instantly; but after mak- 
ing a few grunts and gesticulations he picked up his 
short paddle and headed down stream, where about two 
miles below was the Guato village, at which place we 
landed, 

A large crowd of braves, squaws and their children 
My res- 
cuer also seemed to receive a good share of attention. 
He was looked upon as a great hero. The naked chil- 
dren, at first shy and not a little frightened to find a 
white man in the midst of them, soon became confident, 
and as | opened the little baggage sayed with me they 
crowded eround and expressed great curiosity as one 
alter another of my effects were spread out to dry. 
While opening the bage to put my camera in it some 
water entered and tan down among the illustrated jour- 
nals at the bottom. As they were spread out on the 
beach to dry the Indians pounced upon them lke yul- 
tures, being completely carried away with the illustrations 
they contained. Ater a few minutes of consultation 
among themselves, they naotioned me to follow a guide 
they seemed to have deputized for my Special benefit. 

He towk me to a small hut made of bamboo with a 
palm leaf roof about 200 yards ba¢k from the river and 
ushered me into it with all the grace of a more civilized 
individual, with a few grunts, as they seemed to me then, 
and mech xesticulation conveyed the information that all 
the hut and all the surroundings were at my disposal. 
Expressing my thankfulness as best I could, | proceeded 
to make myself at home as he went back to his people. 
This Indian I soon learned was their chief cacique and 
medicine man. 

Shortly after donations in the shape of fo@d enough 
for a dozen meén were brought to ine from different 
directions in catabash or mata shells, but neither knife, 
fork nor spoon to aid in feeding myself. The food con- 
sisted of cooked meats, fish and beans all together in 
chowder form. All during my stay with that tribe of 
neatly a month the same ceurse of food was served. 

My first occupation in this new element was to manu- 
facture the, to me, most indispensable knife, fork and 
spoon of wood, which served me thereafter. Much of 
my spare time was put in by making such articles of 
hard wood for many of them as presents, seeing their 
appreciation and desire for them. 

Much of my time was occupied while a guest of the 
tribe upon the bank of the river watching for a passing 
chatta or possibly a launch by which I could make my 
departure to some more modernized habitation. Curum- 
ba was still nearly 300 miles down the river and Cuyaba 
600 or 7e0 north. During my stay with these Indians I 
had an opportunity to see a little of their habits in life, 
upon which I might write at length, were it not best for 
me to hurry along with my adventures. They suPsisted 
by means of hunting, fishitig and raising: cattle that 
roamed ayer the mountain sides and broad esteros hbe- 
yond. They made great show of affection for their wives, 
husbawds and children. It was quite an affecting scene 
to witness the departure and the arrival of a band of 
hunters. Their departure was giver to a great show of 
lamentation and affection on the part of the squaws, par- 
ticularly, and upon their return into the village again 
their coming seemed to have been heralded far in ad- 
vance, for the women and children would hurry out to 
meet them and to relieve their husbands or lovers of their 
burdens and bring in the tophies. 

When called upon to mourn the death of any of their 
people it was a custom asmong the squaws to sit upon 


the ground, put their head down ‘between their knees, 


and then roll around and around the corpse until ex- 
hausted, and again, after they have sufficiently rested, 
they fall in line with those already dancing in a circle 
around the body. 

One cannot describe the horrible torture they endure 
and inflict upon themselyes during these orgies, tearing 
their hair and cutting their flesh from head to foot with 
a sharp stone of flint which they hold between thumb and 
finger and jab into their flesh at intervals. When they 
fall bleeding and exhausted they are dragged out and 
their places in the circle taken up by others. During the 
day time the men take ne part in this ceremony, but at 
nitht they indulge in hideous howling and contortions. 
They hold in each hand some vegetable shell resembling 
a long slim squash shell. These they fill with stones 
and swing about with all the energy they possess until 
they ton fall exhansted. to be dragged away, The 


_ distance to witness the combat. 


fAué. 28, to00, 


Diety they despise and worship or 
Spirit only. 

Having been told that these people sometimes indulged 
in flesh of their own kind for food, as soon as | could 
talk with them at all I asked one of the squaws who 
brought me the every day potchara why they did not 
make a feast of me. She answered by poking at my 
ribs and shaking her head doubtfully, as much as to say, 
“You are not fat enough.” Happening to be one of the 
lean kind was no doubt my salvation. My conversation 
among them was conducted principally by the means of 
my pencil through picture language. 
with them nearly a month I was surprised one morning 
to see them engaged in launching a Jarge canoe, and 
then they loaded it with hides, tallow, beeswax and jerked 
betf. They were evidently preparing to go on a voyage 


propitiate the Evil 


Aiter I had been | 


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to some trading station, and as Cumaba was the nearest 


I hoped they were going in that direction. My hopes 


were not vain, for after all was ready they sent one to _ 


inform me that I could go with them. 

The canoe was manned by six stalwart braves, who 
after taking a very affectionate farewell seated themselves 
three on each side as near the bow of the canoe as they 
could sit and began paddling down stream, They had 


taken on board several hunting dogs, and their bows, 


arrows and spears, Whenever the banks of the river 
along the course would admit of the dogs running they 
were let on shore, and when their barking denoted 
game at bay the Indians would land and in a short 
time refurn with the skin or bring the whole animal 
with them. Twice they had brought on board tiger skins, 


and as we were nearing Curumba, having a desire to see _ 
them kill a tiger, I made it known to them that when the - 


dogs had stalled another I wished to go with them. We 
had not long to wait, for the barking of the dogs brought 
again the ‘excited ejaculations from the Indians: ‘‘Tegre! 
Becho! Bechot”® Following the sayages, who went 
through the dense undergrowth of weeds, thorns and 
brambles like so many snakes, we soon came upon 
the object of our pursuit. Looking up into the branches 
of a large tree that the dogs were guarding, there, crouch- 
ing on one of them, gazing down with an expression of 
confidence, sat the tiger. After taking a careful survey of 
the surroundings, five of the Indians took their stations 
with spears in hand, while the other came over to me with 
a bow and arrow and asked me to shoot the brute with it. 
That was a new departure for me, but realizing their pur- 
pose, I took the bow, fixed the arrow to the string, took 
aim and let it go; but as the bow was so stiff for me to 
pull back, not being accustomed to it, resulted in a yery 
weak effort to drive the tiger from his perch, the arrow 
striking him and glancing off into the forest beyond. The 
Savages were much amused at my poor shot, but called out 
to me to try it again. Fixing another arrow, I took de- 
liberate aim and hit the tiger on the head, but the force 
was so weak that the arrow fell back to the ground, The 
tiger evidently did not like to have his ears pierced with a 
sharp stick like that, and seeming to compreherid thar I 
was his persecutor, turned toward me, lashing his tail and 
showing his teeth defiantly. Concluding to defer my 
tiger shooting until I could avail myself of another rifle, 
J handed the bow to an Indian and walked off to a safe 
I had not lone to wait 
to see the finish, for one of them took the bow, lay down 
upon the ground, fixed and sighted the arrow, holding 
the bow between the toes of both feet. Away went the 
arrow with a twang from the bowstring, strikange the 
tiger in the shoulder and piéring him to the arrow head. 
With a snarl of pain and rage he jumped from his perch 
about to feet high, and not being able to gain a new hold 
upon the branches fell back to the ground, to be caught 
in its descent on the points of two spears in the hands 
of the Indians that ran under him as he fell. It is need- 
less for me to say that after those two thrtists and an 
arrow through its vitals mo danger existed from con- 
tact with it. Hastily removine the skin (which is valued 
at about $ro in gold in that country), we returned to the 
canoe and resumed our journey, reaching Curumba the 
next nicht. ; 

There | met a former acquaintance who was in charge 
of a small steamer running monthly trips from Asun- 
cion, Paraguay. He granted me a first-class passage to 
Asuncion on his crait, where I was obliged to stay for 
three months before I could secure funds from New 
York. J. G. Kone. © 


Sooner. 


A wazy, still, Indian summer day, with scarcely a 
breath of air stirring; a grove of beech and maple, each 
tree aglow with gorgeous coloring of red and gold, set 
like a flaming jewel in the deep green of the surround- 
ing forest of pine and hemlock, spruce and cedar; in the 
grove a spot where two rtinways, faintly traced in the 
carpet of red and gold under foot, crossed each other, and 
at their intersection, the only blot wpon the landscape, 
the only thing to mar the beauty and the perfect har- 
mony of this scene, where all else harmonized—a man 
with a gun, and that man myself. 

The picturé immediately loses half tis charm. I felt it 
then. I felt my presence to be a proianation of this fair 
temple of nature. I felt—but just at that moment my 
ears were greeted with a sound that sent jall further 
thoughts and feelings scattering among the dead leaves 
at my feet; a sound that is music to the ears of all lovers 
of the rod and gun, the far-away baying of a hound hot 
on the trail of a deer. 

In ‘a moment I was all eagerness. My sense of un- 
worthiness vanished and in its place came a desire for 
slaughter. and — made ready to desecrate that lovely 
spot by murdering one of the most beautiful of God's 
creatures. The deep voice of the hound sounded nearer 
and nearer, coming from the trail on my right. This 
was strange. thought I, for the deer had gone in that 
direction on that runway not more than an hour before. 
I expected him to do as other deer had done before, 
circle around and come in on the runway on my leit. 
which led to the lake. Evidently this one had doubled 
on his tracks or something was happening. The dog 
was very near, but where was the deer? y 
’ Down the trail he came, giving tongue at eyery other 
jump—not the deer, not the antlered buck I had pic. 
tured in my mind, byt only the hound—only Sooner in 
‘all his glory. - 


: Ave. 25, 1900.] 


“You fool!” I shouted in my wrath. “You blankety 
blank idiot, you! You are running on your back track.” 

He was somewhat startled and pulled up so short that 
he performed a pecluiar evolution of his own invention 
before coming to a standstill. He gazed at me reproach- 
fully and withdrew to a safe distance and sat down to 
think out the situation. It had been such a fine run and 
he had been having such a beautiful time until my harsh 
“voice broke in on his dream and brought him back to 
earth, True, he was running on his back track, but it 
was an unintentional mistake, and mistakes were liable 
to occur among the best of us. And then Hogarth’s 
warning came back to me and my anger evaporated. 

“Sooner’s Sooner,” he had said to me when I started 
out. “At times he's all right, an’ at times he’s a dern 
fool. You'll git mad as thunder at him, but ’twon’t do 
you tio good. Ef he spoils yer huntin’ with one o’ his 
smart tricks y’ needn’t be s’prised. Yessir, Sooner’s 
Sooner, an’ when you’ye said that it covers: the hull 
bizness.”* 


I lit my pipe and with a “Come on, you fool dog,” 
started back to camp. Sooner trotted at my heels look- 
ing bored. That was my first hunt with the most en- 
tertaining dog I ever knew. 

In appearance he was a strong, well built, deep chested 
hound. His color was liver and white and he was well 
marked. He had a fine head and eyes that could almost 
speak. So much for externals. It was his internal 
mechanism—the working of that wonderful, fertile brain 
—that made Sooner what he was. 

He never did a thing twice alike. There was a de- 
lightful uncertainty in his every act. He was as full of 
surprises as an Arkansas mule—if you have any idea 
what that implies. 

It is a strong comparison, but Sooner’s history will 
bear me cut in it. These surprises were not always of 
a pleasant nature. One moment you would be aston- 
ished and filled with admiration at that dog's sagacity; 
at the next you would be wondering if a bigger fool on 
four legs ever walked the earth. 

Old Hogarth had a Yankee’s keen sense of humor 
and enjoyed Sooner hugely. He was very fond of him; 
but for that matter so was everyone that knew him. He 
was always such a “good fellow.” After some especially 
brilliant achievement of an idiotic nature he would look 
at you with his big brown eyes and say, in dog language: 

“Neyer mind, old man, it will be all the same a hun- 
dred years from now. We made a mistake this time, 
but we'll try and do better next time,” ; 

That was one of his strong points—the faculty of al- 
ways making you a party to his blunders. His manner 
never implied the use of the personal pronoun. It was 
always “We.” Sooner would haye made a good editor, 
He displayed such sublime sang froid when he should 
have been in disgrace and shirked responsibility so easily. 

Although he was five or six years old when I first 
knew him, he still retained many of his puppyish ways. 
He had an utter disregard for what he ate. All food 
looked alike to him, and moreover, he had the reckless, 
devil-may-care disposition of a puppy. He weighed con- 
Seqtiences after a thing was all over. He lived entirely 
in the immediate present. When he had an object in 
view he went at it with all his energy in an undeviating 
path. He never took a roundabout course, If a wind- 
fall were in his way when he was anxious to get any- 
where he went through, or over, or under, the windfall. 
This might take more time than going around the ob- 
stacle, but it fitted in with his idea of the proper way 
of attaining one’s object. On thé other hand, if he 
just “went out to see,” as Hogarth expressed it, the long- 
est way around was always the shortest way home. 

His expression was deceiving. It was that of a 
thoughtful, studious-minded dog whose one object in 
life was to do right. He had a habit of puckering up 
his brow, like a person in deep thought, as though he 
carried the affdirs of the forest on his shoulders, - This 
expression was usually intensified after he had made a 
higger fool of himself than usual. 

Bill and he were great friends. Sooner understood 
Bill better than Bill understood Sooner. When Bill 
got the “buck fever” and threw his rifle in the lake at a 
buck, Sooner appreciated the act as something worthy 
of himself. It may be that he did not thus reason it out, 
but it was very apparent that Bill was imbued with the 
selisame reckless disregard for consequences that pre- 
dominated in his own-actions. 

Hogarth’s other hound, the Old Gal, had a great con- 
tempt jor Sooner, but this did not worry the latter in the 
least—in fact, he seemed to reciprocate the feeling be- 
eause of the Old Gal’s conservative disposition, Of 
course, there were other dogs about the place, but they 
were all of a nondescript character and not worthy of 
mention on the same page with Sooner. 

Sooner was a waif, or, more correctly speaking, a sol- 
dier of fortune. No one knew his antecedents. He had 
dragged himself into Hogarth’s yard one day, worn out 
and exhausted, after a long run on the trail of a buck, 
There was no telling how far he had come, as a fast 
hound will cover many miles in a day and keep it up 
for two, or three days. But he had driven the buck into 
the lake and the Hogarth boys had killed it; therefore 
they treated the dog well, and as he liked the place he 
remained and became one of the household. For reasons 
already given, Hogarth named him Sooner. — ; 

The time Sooner discovered he had fighting blood in 
his veins marked an epoch in his life. He overestimated 
his ability, it is true, and suffered in consequence. A new 
settler moved into that part of the country and estab- 

fished himself about six or seven miles from Hogarth’s. 
Regarding the size of his family he was far behind 
Hogarth, but when it came to dogs, it was simply a 
walkaway. Several breeds were represented in this col- 
lection, but the “‘yaller dog” predominated. __ 

Sooner undertook to clean out the entire crowd alone 
and unaided. It was something of an undertaking and 
he spent six out of seven days in the hospital while the 
War was On. 

“He doesn’t seem to be much of a fighter,” I re- 
marked to Hogarth one day when the subject was under 
discusssion, i ‘y: he 

“Oh, he kin, fight all right,’ Hogarth replied; ‘it’s 
his tedgment whats wrong. Sooner’s a fust-rate fighter, 
‘but he’s a dern poor jedge of dorgs.” 


_ if he was comin’ toward me. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


He was game, though, and stuck at it until he had 
conquered each one of the new dogs in turn, with the 
exception of a huge brindle bulldog. With this dog he 
employed strategy. .He bowed down before him and 
addressed him with smooth words and made friends with 
him, and then one day he enticed him over to his own 
home and all the dogs there pitched on the brindle bull 
and half killed him. Sooner became more blasé than 
ever after this achievement, It so plainly showed his 
superiority to all the rest of dog creation. 

This fighting trait was unusual in a hound, for as a 
tule they are peaceably inclined. It served to accentuate 
the fact that Sooner was not like other dogs. 

“He’s the derndest cuss y’ ever see’d,” said Hogarth 
on one occasion, when the conversation had drifted 
around to Sooner. “He’s did a few things what can’t 
be beat by no dorg livin’ or dead, Ever tell you ’bout 
the time I got ketched in a b’ar trap? No? Waal, 
“twas this way: 

“One day I got a*idee in my head I’d do somethin’ 
smart consarnin® a big b’ar what was foolin’ ’round 
these yere parts, so I got out a big b’ar trap I had an’ 
fixed ‘er up ready fer bizness. 

““Whar y goin’, an’ what y’ goin’ t’ do?’ sez the old 
woman to me when she see’d me start out, Now, the 
old woman’s allers wantin’ t’ know somethin’ what don’t 
consarn her, nohow. She axes sech plum foolish ques- 
chins. +As they ain’t no sense in arguin’ I jest sez: ‘I’m 
goin’ out t’ see,’ sez I. ’Twas plain ‘nuff I warn’t goin’ 
shootin’ with a b’ar trap, Course I took my rifle ‘long 
in case of accidents, as you never kin tell when you’re 
goin’ t need it most. 

“Waal, that was onct I didn’t show up so all-fired 
smart after all, the way things turned out, I sot the 
trap all right an’ sot her t' hold any b’ar fer keeps ef 
he got to monkeyin’ ‘round it. I had ’er fastened round 
a tree with a slipknot in the chain. After workin’ *bout 
two hours, mebbe more, an’ jest as I was ready to start 
fer hum, I made a mess of the hull bizness gener’ly by 
steppin’ in the trap myself. Don’t know how on airth I 
come t’ do sech a dodgasted foolish thing, but I done 
it, an’ thar I was ketched ‘round the ankle tight ’s I’d 
want to ketch any b’ar, b’gosh. I was five miles from 
hum, an’ night comin’ on, an’ *twas cold at that. ’Twarn’t 
what y’ might call a cheerful layout, My gun was leanin’ 
up ‘gainst a tree out of reach, an’ I couldn’t let nobody 
krow whar I was. An’ seein’ I hadn’t said nuthin’ to 
nobody ‘twarn’t likely they’d find me ina hurry, Y’ see, 
that’s whar I warn’t so smart arter all in not answerin’ 
the old woman. They’s no tellin’ when you’re right 
when you're dealin’ with wimmin, 

“Waal, that-air trap hurt worse’n the devil, I kin tell 
you, an’ did consid’able cussin’ to sort o’ ease the pain. 
That helped some, but it didn’t loosen the trap, an’ I 
couldn’t git at it proper to open it. I forgot t’ say that 
Sooner’d come ‘long with me. He'd struck a trail the 
fust thing, near whar I was settin’ the trap, an’ gone 
yelpin’ off on it, same’s usual. Now, here’s where the 
funny part 0’ this yere bizness come in. As I was settin’ 
thar wonderin’ how things was goin’ to end, all to onct 
I heerd Sooner ’way off in the woods, an’ it seemed ’s 

I listened close, an’ you 
bet yer life the next twenty minutes seemed like years 
afere I could know fer sartin that he was a-comin’ my 
way. When he got whar I thought he could hear me I 
hollered an’ whistled like anythin’, but he never heerd 
me, but kept on comin’ nearer an’ nearer. Seein’ they 
warn't no sign of a deer, I made up my mind Sooner 
was runnin’ on his back track. An’ sure “nuff he was. 
He come nigh runnin’ plum into me, but when he see’d 
me he pulled up short an’ stared fer a minit or two, an’ 
then he sort o’ took his bearin’s an’ sot down to think 
things over. 

“T called to him purty loud an’ he come up lookin’ 
sort 0’ s’prised an’ innocent like. When he see’d what 
was wrong he looked at me as mitch as t’ say: ‘Waal, 
you're a bigger fool ’n I thought you was.’ An’ then he 
did some thinkin’ fer a spell. After a bit he raised his 
head an’ sniffed ‘round, ’s ef he was gittin’ his bearin’s, 
an’ then he lit out an’ left me. I was mad, ’cause I 
wanted to use him some way. ef I could, an’ I was sure 
I wouldn’t see him again. I yelled an’ whistled an’ 
cussed at him, but he never noticed me, but jest kept 
a-goin’, an’ I never see’d him run so fast afore. 

“’Twas gittin’ dusk when Sooner left me an’ it got 
dark purty soon, an’ thar I was with nuthin’ t’ do but 
trust- t’ luck that somebody’d find me. An’ *twarn’t 
much of a chanct to gamble on, at least fer that night. 
‘Twas three or four hours arter that, I reck’n—seemed 
like years—when all t’onct I heerd a rifle shot an’ bimeby 
Sooner’s moosical yoice j’ined in with the shootin’, an’ 
then IL knew what that-air dorg ’d bin up to. He’d gone 
‘way back hum fer help. Arter a while he led ’em to 
me—Bill and the boys—an’ they onloosened me an’ 
rigged up somethin’ like a stretcher an’ carried me hum. 
Sooner didn’t make no fuss over what he’d done, as 
some dorgs might have done. He acted just ’s ef he 
was used to savin’ people’s lives every day. 

“When I got hum the old woman was layin’ fer me, 
an’ she said, sez she: 

““Stepped in a b’ar trap, did you? What did you do 
that for? Next time mebbe you'll ansur a civil queschin, 
an’ then ef y’ git lost we kin find you,’ sez she. ‘Serves 
y’ right, this time, 

“They ain't much use in arguin’ with wimmin, so I 
said nuthin’, but I’ve allers had mote respect fer Sooner 
since that time—likewise fer the old woman’s queschins.” 

Such was Sooner. Many years have passed since I 


’ last saw him and it is doubtful if he is still in the land 


of the living, I have an idea that he “died with his 
boots on,” if I may so express it, for he was not fated 
to come to his end like an ordinary dog, 

When I think of Sooner my thoughts stray back to the 
old haunts and J smell the pines and the hemlocks and 
the -spruce, and I listen to the wind whispering and 
sighing, and even moaning (it must be a sad tale it tells 
over and over again so many times) and I feel—ah, well, 
you know the feeling. 

FAYETTE DUuRILIN, JR. 


The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as mueh earlier as practicable. 


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143 


The Sliding Rock of Papase’ea. 


“On, I say now!” exclaimed the Captain of the British 
gunboat then on guard duty in Apia Harbor, “you can’t 
expect a man to believe that sort of thing, you know. 
Of.course, whatever you say about the political affairs of 
this beach I must believe, for that’s your line of country 
and I’m here to do your shooting for you whenever it 
becomes necessary. But it is pretty stiff to ask me to be- 
lieve that you sit in the wet and go sliding down a face of 
rock without hurting yourself.” 

“Still, it is a fact, none the less, and a very exhilarating 
fact, indeed, as you will confess if only you will try it 
for yourself.” ai we 

“Now, madam, that is rather too much. You have 
entered into a conspiracy with my wardroom officers 
to make this tour of guard duty memorable to me. First 
you got me bragging as to putting up heavy weights, and 
it is true I can put up more pounds than any one of the 
ship’s company, and then you whistled up the bow oar 
in your boat and had him beat me at my Own game. 
Next you led me on to make the remark that it would be 
easy to include that waterfall of yours in some morning 
stroll; it took me all of fifteen hours of breakneck work 
to get there and back in one day, and I was in such a 
state that I could not go to the German Consul’s ‘bier- 
abend’. Now you are trying to get me to give an ex- 
hibition of coasting down a hard rock for the amusement 
of your fellow conspirators in the wardroom country. At 
my time of life, and having attained command tank, I 
must decline to assist in the undertaking.” 

“But, Captain, will you accompany us if I promise you 
solemnly that the First Luff shall do all the experimental 
sliding, or the Engineer or even the Paymaster?” 

“Why, it’s positively absurd. You know that the 
human body will sink in water. And this water you 
say 1s only 2 inches deep. Now, in the name of all 
hydraulics, how are you going to slide like a bubble on 
the surface of the water and not touch the rock below? 
But on your solemn assurance that I can inspect all the 
conditions before venturing on any such exhibition, and 
that you will interpose no objection to my sacrificing 
all of the junior officers in turn, I am willing to join your 
outing party.” 

Tt was because the captain of this particular British 
gunboat was just as good as gold and as strong as an 
ox, to say nothing of his being as green as grass about 
Samoa, that the preceding conversation was due. He 
had been induced to make a few tripjs into the bush, and 
after the hard experience he was beginning to be a 

trifle suspicious. But as to the Sliding Rock at Papase’ea 
there was no reason for such suspicion, as will be made 
clear in this story of the trip, 

Fortunately for Capt. Rason’s peace, the trail to 
Papase’ea is so regularly traveled by the residents of 
Apia and the few tournists who have the time that it is 
open to equestrians all the way from the beach to within 
100 yards of the bathing place. That in itself was a great 
thing, for foot travel in Samoan bush is anything but 
easy, and one learns to welcome any spot for the ter- 
minous of an excursion which will obviate the wearisome 
footsteps in the steaming atmosphere under the thick 
shade of the tropical forest. Here comes in the ad- 
vantage of having a practically amphibious boat’s crew. 
The first of their duties was to row the boat and sing, hut 
on shore excursions it was their duty to attend on horse- 
back, and the opportunity was offered them to carry on 
little speculations on their own behalf by renting ponies 
when such an opportunity arose, as in this case, when it 
became necessary to mount the greater number of the 
officers of the H. B. M. S. Royalist. 

A trip to Papase’ea is always a picnic and a mmerry- 
making, for there is something invigorating about the 
water of the mountain stream, which is so much cooler 
than any water on the beach as almost to seem cold, that 
it is impossible to avoid growing rapidly hungry. And 
there is something so unusual about the sport on the 
rock as to set even the morose in good humor. At the 
Same time it must be remembered that the Samoans tre- 
gard it a solemn duty to eat on all occasions when there 
is anything edible. But in the islands it is just as easy 
to extend dinner hospitality in the btsh as it is in the 
best domestic appointments, It resolves itself down to 
an enumeration of the number of cans that must be 
opened and the number of corks that must be drawn, 
and those are operations that can be done just as well in 
the woods and by the streams as under the roof of a 
house, 

The boat's crew were sent out ahead, each armed with 
the necessary provision for the picnic. But even with 
them ott of the way, it was an imposing cavalcade that 
set out from the Consulate on the road to the woods. 
With the British officers and the Samoan girls and the 
interpreters and the inevitable Talolo, the party 
amounted to more than twenty, and that is a large num- 
ber in Apia except on steamer days. It made a long 
and sedate cavalcade down the beach road in strict 
obedience to the municipal ordinance against riding 
faster than a walk. The Royalist contingent had come 
so freshly from a long cruise that none of them felt like: 
galloping and probably all were just as well satisfied to 
know of the state of the law. This was made quite mani- 
fest when the party turned back from the beach and into 
a long stretch of good road exempt from any restriction 
on speed. Here the Samoan girls started their half- 
broken Tongan ponies into a speedy gallop and laugh- 
ingly challenged their respective officers to catch them. 
To attempt to chaperon the next two miles of horse race 
was about as futile as it would be to play propriety to a 
three-ring circus. By wise use of a seemingly impractica- 
ble short cut (this was due to the wisdom of Talolo) along 
a soppy trail through a taro swamp and then a clump of 
sugar cane with a few water jumps and a pig fence of 
stone to clear, it was possible to get ahead of the race. 
and to capture the First Luff and the girl who had taken 
the lead. As the other galloping pairs came up they too. 
were stopped, and last of all came the Captain, pounding 
steadily on in the rear with a much winded little rat of a 
pony that had never carried the weight before. All were 
then content to settle down to a more sober and decorous : 
pace, for the naval contigent were beginning to feel that . 
no matter how experienced they might be in riding the 
waves it called for a different seat when it came to a flat 
face in Samoa, 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Awe 25, 1600. 


Since turning inland from the beach the road had been 
a straight causeway in the swamp, known as Tiger Bay, 
and the only thing to see was the taro, the cane and the 
banana—no shade for this whole stretch of race course, 
and no breeze, for the trade wind has never the force to 
make itself felt behind the coastal fringe of cocoanuts. 
But when the higher ground was reached, the character 
of the scene underwent a change—the swamp was left 
behind, the road now lay under the grateful shade of tall 
trees and between clumps of bushes loaded down with 
gorgeous blossoms. Samoan houses began to appear 
under the shade of the breadiruit trees, with their great 
and jagged leaves, and around a bend in the road we 
came upon the town green of Vaimoso, with its chiet’s 
orator standing in the shade to hail us with the never 
omitted question, “Whither go ye?” and to propose that 
we alight and drink kava. But Talolo, whose delight it 
is to do all sorts of mannish things, replies in form that 
America and Britannia are out upon important affairs of 
state and cannot delay, but that some day we will return 
to see this lovely town of Vaimoso, and will talk wise 
politics with its chief. In studying Samoan it is not so 
mtich a question of grammar as-of learing to lie grace- 
fully. Talolo was born that way. 

Beyond the village we began to ‘breast the hill, and 
climbed and climbed over a broad road half overgrown 
with weeds, until we came upon the few houses 
which make the little settlement of Lotopa, where a few 
settlers have cleared the bush and set out plantations of 
coffee. Here the government road stops short in a clump 
of bushes. Here also were the boat’s crew in waiting 
with the supply of refreshments. There was the begin- 
ning of a mutiny when Samuela and his outfit discovered 
that this was not to be an eating station, although he had 
gone to the trouble of gathering nuts and bananas and 
leaves for plates. But as it was only an hour from the 
Consulate, and as, in addition to whatever breakfast they 
may haye had with their own families, each of the crew 
had consumed a pound-tin of corned beef, half a tin of 
salmon, unlimited cabin biscuits, and all the sugar soup 
or tea wanted, it was felt that they’ could manage to 
bear up for a little while longer. It was.not so much 
that they were individually hungry as that they were dis- 
posed to yield to the Samoan national hunger, which is 
invariably excited by the presence of food. 

At this end of the road a broken-down stone wall 
gave an opportunity to squeeze through the close clump 
of bushes, and then it was seen that there was a narrow 
trail behind. Here there was no tendency to gallop or 
scamper, for the trail is too narrow and too crowded with 
stones to permit of any relaxation of the attention. The 
path was cut up with the roots of the high trees, and 
every root in the soaking mold was a trap for the feet ol 
the unwary, for with the closest care one or other oi the 
ponies would slip on such a root and then would follow 
a series of wild gymnastics which were the reverse of 
steadying to the rider, no matter how much they might 
tend to restore the equilibrium of the pony. Another 
forest danger was from the low-hanging branches and 
from the lianas pendent from tree to tree. These ire- 
quently hung so low as to sweep a rider from the pony’s 
back. -I had long since trained my boys when going 
ahead and encountering any such obstruction to give 
warning and to use the cry, “Low bridge.” That seems 
plain enough for most people to know what to expect. 
But it bothered at least one of these young Englishmen. 

About five minutes after Samuela had set up that shout 
for the first time, and it had passed back all along the 
line, we had stopped in a fairly smooth and open place 
for the duller members of the party to overtake us. One 
of the junior officers then said: “Do you know, I just 
made a most stupid error, All the Samoans shouted 
something that sounded almost exactly like ‘low bridge,’ 
and ever since I have been looking out for a bridge. But 
cf course there wouldn’t be any real bridges in this 
jungle, and of course I was misled by the similarity of 
words in the two languages. But it was a droll blunder, 
now, wasn’t it?” 

With the assistance of a diagram and a concise recapit- 
ulation of the history of the Erie Canal, I thought that I 
had made my explanation of the phrase sufficiently clear, 

“Yes, yes; 1 understand,” my navy boy replied. “When 
you say ‘low bridge,’ that’s only a figure of speech. But, 
don’t you know, it’s rather misleading. You see, you are 
looking out for a bridge that would be underfoot, and so 
you have no warning about the low branch overhead, 
don’t you know; and then you are swept off the pony’s 
back. Of course, it’s only one of your ways, but you 
have so many odd ways, you Americans. The idea of 
calling a branch a bridge, it’s most extraordinary.” 

At last the trail through the damp depths of the forest 
led our party to the sound of dashing water, and we 
found ourselves in an open space which afforded grazing 
for the ponies. The sound of the falling water was plain, 
but no water was in sight. Struggling through the high 
grass of this small meadow—grass that measured more 
than 6 feet—we came to a jumping-off place, where a 
steep and wooded slope led down to a_small mountain 
stream, which was making noise enough for a river. 
Here. we scrambled down the bank with the assistance of 
roots and projecting rocks and hanging yines, and at 
every step regretted that we were not monkeys. Once 
safely at the foot of the descent we were at the summit 
of the waterfall. . 

So far as goes the geography of the untsual, there are 
but two such sliding rocks in the world—one in the 
Negri Sembilan region of the Malay Peninsula. the other 
in the bush at the back of Apia. They depend for their 
interest on the feature in common that a deep pool is 
overhung by a slant of rock, over which trickles a 
stream, and that by sitting in the stream at the top of the 
rock the swimmer may be plunged with high speed over 
the rocky surface and forced deep into the pool below. 
Tt is said in behalf of the Samoan Papase’ea that the slide 
is longer and steeper, the plunge more rapid, and the 
stibmersion in the pool deeper than in the Malayan ex- 
ample. 

This waterfall in the Samoan bush is, in fact, triple: 
The lower cascade has only about 5 or 6 feet of fall, and 
the basin at the foot is shallow. The middle one of the 
series has a fall of no more than a dozen feet, and the 
basin is only slightly deeper than the one below. The 
upper cascade falls 30 feet, and the basin is so deep that 
the swimmer coming over the fall does not touch bot- 
tom at the end of the plunge, although his velocity is 


‘water near the lower outlet. 


_ water in the basin it might do damage. 


excessive. The Samoans call these respectively the 
swimming places for children, for women and for men. 
Tt is to the latter only that the name of Papase’ea prop- 
erly applies; and very few travelers ever think of looking 
at the lower cascades of the series. 

The breakneck trail down the hill slope Jands us in a 
leafy amphitheater, where stepping stones enable us to 
cross and recross the stream, while oyerhead the branches 
mix and imeet to form a grateful shade. The lower side 
of this bowl in the valley is marked by a dike of vol- 
canic rocks, worn smooth by the coursing waters, which 
pour along in an ungovernable torrent when there are 
storms in the hills, Vhe upper ring is filled with a pool 
some 6 feet in depth and bounded by the smooth rocks 
and the trunks of tall trees. Into this pool flow several 
rills, which trickle at ordinary stages of the water from 
several slopes of the hillside, It 1s probable that these 
rills are all parts of the same stream which has been 
split up by obstacles above. Nothing at all is known 
about the stream higher up in the mountains, for its bed 
is quite impracticable for travel—what with the rocks in 
one place and the fathomless bogs in another and always 
the dense tangle of low-lying branches and interlacing 
lianas. And it the explorer comes upon a stream higher 
up in some clear place, it is impossible to identify it as the 
Papase’ea stream, for there are so many brooks on the 
Samoan mountains that one cannot be safely distin- 
guished. from another. It is probable that the stream is 
one of those which drain the central morass on the 
Tuasivi, for its waters are so cold as to point to a 
source at a high altitude. Wherever these waters come 
from, they all collect in the pool. 

This reservoir serves aS a pressure regulator for the 
falls, After the heavy rains the stream is a raging 
mountain totrent, into which it would be suicide to 
plunge, as any one can see who will watch the force with 
which it tears out trees and great blocks of rock from the 
banks. But at ordinary stages, when there has been no 
storm in the higher altitudes, the water scarcely trickles 
over the portion of the volcanic dike which constitutes 
the sliding rock. 


The first 3 or 4 feet of this dike are nearly level, and. 


owing to the wearing of the frequent floods as smooth as 
so much glass. The water trickles in a narrow channel 
worn but a few imches below the common level. The 
next 4o feet pitch downward at a sharp angle of the same 
glassy smoothness. Then the rock breaks off abruptly 
about 10 feet above the stirface of the water in the lower 
basin. This lower pool has been excavated by the floods 
to a depth of more than 30 feet, and has nearly vertical 
sides, so that there is only one small area of shallow 
A geologist would prob- 
baly class it as a large pot hole with a diameter of about 
40 feet. Into this pool the length of the slide is about 
50 feet, the last to of which are in the air, the slide along 
the rock being some 40 feet of length, with a vertical 
descent before reaching the final plunge. 

When the water in the stream is low—that is, in gen- 
eral, when it is safe to essay the slide—there is not 
enough water going over the dike at the right spot to 
make it advisable to slide, for much escapes oyer other 
channels, and those channels are so filled with ragged 
rocks as to discourage any travel which involves the 
principles of sliding friction. But by damming the other 
outlets the water held in reserve in the upper pool can be 
concentrated until its whole volume passes over the 
smooth channel in the dike, where it can make the 
sheerest plunge to the basin below. When thus gathered 
the stream is about 3 feet wide at the brink of the fall 
and 2 inches deep. 

Capt. Rason was still more than ever disinclined to 
engage in such sport after he had looked the ground 
over and had measured the depth with his finger. He 
took refuge in the science of hydraulics and proved to his 
own Satisfaction that the slide could not be made in 2 
inches of water without damage some how. 

Meanwhile the others of the party were going to see 
the thing through without regard for mathematics at all. 
One of the Samoan girls undertook to carry one of the 
young lieutenants over the rock just to show how. 
Down in the stream she sat and instructed him to sit 
behind her. The attitude was just the same as in coast- 
ing on a double-runner sled in the lands where there is 
snow. The principal point to be observed is that the 
lieutenant shall look steadfastly over the girl’s leit 


shoulder while she wears her head to the right, for if the~ 


two heads should come together when they strike the 


all the necessary instructions, the pair inched along the 
rock until the full force of the stream caught them. Then 
they went at breathless speed on the surface of the falling 
cascade down to the final flight through the air, and 
were submerged in the basin at the foot. 

The Captain, being in no restricted sense responsible 
to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for the 
well-being of the officers committed to his care, watched 
the flight with anxiety, which was not relieved until he 
saw his officer climb out of the basin in good order and 
start to clamber up the face of the rock. Then, con- 
vinced that. the impossible was the easiest sort of thing 
if only you saw how it was done, the good Captain 
hastened to be the next to go oyer. Declining all aid, 
he sat in the stream, but he was too eager in hitching 
himself forward to the place where the current over- 
comes gravity. The force of the water took him broad- 
side, and before he could correct his position he was sent 
rolling as well as sliding. Thus he came to the final 
flight head downward and made a magnificent dive into 
the basin, Thenceforward for an hour or more there was 
a-steady succession of dripping humanity, Samoan and 
Furopean each awaiting the turn to go over the rock. 
Only one anxiety tended to mar the enjoyment—an 
anxiety voiced by my young Talolo between plunges 
when he asked, ‘“Bimeby I think so we eat for you, for 
me?” Reasured on that point, Talolo subsided, and the 
fun went on. 

The last plunge was the most daring of all. The 
engineer officer undertook to walk down the slope in the 
water. He explained that he was sure it was not as dan- 
gerous as we might think it, for the whole of his weight 
would tend to keep him on the rock, and the only pur- 
chase the water would have on him would be his ankles. 
He did walk steadily down the slope in the swirling 
water for at least 20 out of the 40 feet of the slide. Then, 
as the current was catrying his feet out from under him, 


cat 


Having received | 


- the axe. 


* mass of comb that filled the cenital cavity. 
two large pails, and then a second hole was chopped ~ - 


he gaye a jump forward and apparently into the basin. 
But he said—and it ts more probable—that he landed on 
his feet lowér down the slope and took a second jump 
thence into the basin. Such a thing had never been 
heard of before at the sliding rock, and the Samoan wit- 
flessés may be counted on fo put this record shde into 
their traditions. 

But sunset was fast approaching, and no Samoan is 
really comfortable in the bush after dark. As soon as we 
reached the Lotopa road again the sunset and then the 
ride home was made in brilliant moonlight. 

LLEWELLA Prerce CHURCHILL, | 


One Day in a Sonora Camp. 


I HAD a very strong impression that we ought to move 
camp. Our surroundings were picturesque; there was 
abundance of feed for our horses; wood and water were 
right at hand; it was only seven miles to a base of sup- 
plies, but The but meant that the dry bed of a river 
at the commencement of the rainy season is an excellent 
place to leave. So we went about ten miles up the Santa 
Cruz, where the little cafion terraced back from the 
springs that are the source of the river, and on a shaded 
platiorm some 8 feet above the stream we pitched our 
tents. Expecting to be here for at least two weeks, the 
ground was leveled off in front of our principal street, 
and our artist even went so far as to bring agaves and 
cactus from the adjacent hills and lay out parterre after 
parterre in the howling wilderness—a wilderness it was 
indeed, but no desert. Ash, sycamore, walnut and willow 
shaded us, Festooned over these were gigantic creepers. 
Gaudily colored birds with harsh voices chattered irom 
branch to branch, and large squitrels, similar to our 


eastern fox squitrel, offered tempting marks for our .22s8.~ 


We knew that we should have plenty of sport in the 
quail, partridge and pigeon line, but we were not calcu- 
lating on any large game for at least a four days’ 
journey. Then we expected to find numbers of antelope, 
bears, lions, besides very good fishing in the Yaqui River, 
So on this particular July afternoon when Q) and Will 
came in from taking the horses some four miles away 
to pasture, and reported that they had seen a-couple of 
brown bears and had probably wounded one, and that 
fresh deer signs were to be found within 150 yards of 
camp, we were undecided whether to give them the horse 
laugh or to be filled with unwonted enthusiasm. I had 
seen deer tracks up the cafion only the week before, so 
I knew that deer were somewhere in the country, but 
the bear proposition I took no stock in. Nevertheless a 
hunting party was made up and started out at daylight 
for whatever luck might throw in their way. 

A dozen birds that were waiting to be classified and 
skinned and a press iull of plants that needed changing 
stood between me and the trip, Furthermore, I knew 
that a twenty-five-mile tramp and lying out for a night 
or two would be on the programme for the boys, and I 
had no desire to risk either the time or strength on any 
such uncertainties. I worked patiently hour after hour 
until my stomach indicated the approach of noon, Then 
I was interrupted by a quick stép, some more bitds were 
thrown upon my work bench, and Van, breathless from 
running, asked: 

“Say, do you know anything about bee trees?” 

“So far as reading Thoreau and Burroughs and Forest 
AND STREAM, and listening to John Muir expatiate on bee 
trees in Yosemite, I am pretty well posted, but I’ve never 
had any practical experience in the matter. Why?” 

“Oh, I think ve got a bee tree down here—not a 
very big one, and it may not be a bee tree at all, but I 
think it’s worth looking into.” 

It did not take many minutes for those of is who were 


left in camp to hit the trail down canon, The first who " 


started was armed with a pint cup and a teaspoon. The. 
rest were somewhat better prepared for the work before 
them. Twenty minutes later we turned out of the gorge 
into the rolling grassland, where rocks are covered with 
maiden-hair fern and, making rare patterns in the green, 
an oxalis is found strikingly like the wood sorrel of the 
New England mountains. Not was this all; for the 
fragrance of the jasmine was waited to me for the first 
time, and I felt that violet, orange blossom, magnolia 
or any other perfume was not to be compared with the 
odor that now filled the air, I wanted my botany press, 
but before I could make up my mind to return for it the 
tree that we had come to examine was located. 

Tt was indeed a very small oak, the trunk proper being 
only some 5 feet in height. Near the top of the trunk 
was just such a hole as a high-holder back in the Eastern 


States would have pre-empted for a nest. A very few . 


bees were passing in and out of this yery small hole in 
the very small tree. I began to think that the pint cup and 
teaspoon would hold more haney than we could possibly 
get. Fortunately for the rest of us, Van had faith, and 


helieved that faith without works is dead. So he encased — 
his head in a mosquito-proof helmet, put on his gloves , 


and commienced to chop into the tree about a foot below 
the hole. The music of a circular saw in a country saw- 
mill was just about duplicated in the heart of that old 
oak. It was a gentle, suppressed rumble at first, with 
a gtadual crescendo, until the saw seemed to be making 
250 revolutions a mintite. Then came the shrill wail of 
agony that indicates that a knot has been struck, and otit 
of the hole the bees poured—hbig and little, young and 
old, but each especially desirous at that particular time 
to make use of his business end. 

When the excitement had somewhat subsided and from 
a safe distance the rest of us saw Van standing as still 
as a statue, his helmet covered with bees, we held a little 
council of war and determined to try the effects of a 
smudge. A fire was. kindled about three rods away, and 
under cover of the dense smoke that arose irom the damp 
oak leaves we pushed it nearer and nearer, until the 
bee song ceased and Van was able fo resume work with 
Before the tenth stroke a thin streak of sweet- 
ness came out with the blade and commenced to drip in 


golden lines down the rough brown bark. Two yertical ~ 


blows and a section of bark was split off, exposing the 
This filled. 


near the ground, a secondysection was split off, and our 
hard work was done, : 

We forgot the pigeon potpie, and the squirrel stew that 
had been simmering over ihe fire for three or four 


‘ 


Ate. 25, 1900.] 


148 


hours. We were not even envious of the bear hunters. 
We simply went back to camp and proceeded to extract 
honey by the most prinitive method. Two flour sacks 
were filled with comb and hung in the sun. The honey 
that dripped into the vessels beneath was clear and of a 


rich amber color, It was much more fragrant than any 


honey that we had seen before, and the five gallons that 
we carried were as acceptable to us as anything in the 
provision line that could have been purchased. Supper 
was over. The day’s work was done. Bees and’ birds had 
alike gone to rest. The last. rays of the sun were yet 
playing in the walnut leaves overhead as though reluctant 
ta give the new moon a chance to show herself. As 
we were sitting, half-dreaming, at our tent doors, there 
came from the cafion the sound of a rifle shot, and then 
another. It was not like the boys to shoot simply to let 
us know that they were nearly home, and they would not 
waste their ammunition on small game. While we were 
yet wondering, Will staggered into camp under as pretty 
a load of game as one would want to see, Over one 
shoulder hung a bear cub, and over the other a-deer that 
was yet almost smoking hot. We relieved him of the 
task of skinning and dressing, as well as of getting his 
own supper, and soon his comrade, Talton, came in, and 
as the two sat by the camp-fire they told the story of the 
day’s adventures, 

They had. gone about two miles from camp, follow- 
ing up the creek, when they jumped a deer. The boys 
greeted it with a fusillade, but apparently it got away un- 
hurt. The boys didn’t care very much, and besides it 
was bear that they were after. A deer was only good to 
practice on for elevation. An hour more of stiff walking 
and the sun was beginning to beat down very hot upon 
them. Hughes and Hanson were in the lead, and at the 
same time that they were endeavoring to locate some 
carrion of which they had just got a sniff an old she-bear 
with two cubs sprang up in the very direction in which 
they were looking, Over a little hill and down into a 
‘cafion before the two H.’s had fairly gained their senses 
britin jogged. Then the lead commenced to fly. Others 
of the party came up, and a great butte, a mass of caves 
and cliffs, was surrounded. The report was—and it has 
since proyed true—that there were lion dens galore as 
well as bear dens in that rocky fortress. However, the 
boys tracked and scoured the région for the rest of the 
day and not a sight of the old bear did they catch, though 
they killed both of the cubs. Four of them agreed to 
stay out all night for a possible morning shot. Will and 
Talton were to come in and tell us, so that there would 
be no cause for anxiety in camp, and they had jumped up 
the deer that Will brought in, Talton waiting to get a 
shot at its mate. 

Tt was the next night before all the boys came in, and 
they brought more venison, the other cub, two foxes and 
a few pigeons. Almost a week has passed, but the old 
she-bear cometh not to bag. Almost every morning 
we see her fresh tracks within a quarter of a mile of 
camp, and the horse wranglers get daily shots at the 
brown, unwieldy mass that hides among the cliffs. Even 
as I have been writing the report has come that she has 
taken refuge on a Jedge from which she may be easily 
dislodged. Five of the boys have gone to get her, but 
I have lost no she-bears. J prefer just now to watch the 
sunlight in the walnut leaves, to listen to the creek, to 
smell the jasmine. When the game comes in I like to 
hurrah with the boys and to eat my share. 

The deer that we get are much smaller than the black- 
tail, They dress.from 50 to 60 pounds. Our cubs dressed 
about 40 pounds each. Have not yet seen a sign of a 


tabbit on this side of the line. One little 
pest visits us nightly.» The little skunk is alto- 
gether too common for pleasure. He is smaller, 


slimmer and varies some in his markings from the North- 
ern skunk. Withal he is inclined to be vicious, and will 
often use his teeth in preference to his natural mode of 
defense. The Mexicans are more afraid of him than they 
are of, snakes or lions, claiming that a skunk bite in- 
variably produces hydrophobia. But I doubt if there is 
any kind of a bite that the Mexican and Yaquis cannot 
cure with the herbs of this land. The Yaquis especially 
have a most wonderful pharmacopceia, and I belieye that 
some day they will add greatly to our materia medica. 
Far from being the savages that newspapers represent 
the Yaquis, they are more intelligent and more honest 
than the average Mexican, and an American can travel 
among them without the least fear of molestation. 
SHOSHONE. 


Rio Sanra Cruz, Sonora, Mexico, Aug. 6, 


100 Sportsmen's Finds. 


Some of the er Discoveries Made by Those Who Are 
Bx or eeise for Game or Fish. 


13 


Two boys—-Jerty Coons and Frank Lyons—while trout 
fishing in Black Creek, near Coalton, Pa., found the 
skeleton of a man in a hollow tree at the foot of Roar- 
ing Falls. A tin box, 6-inches square, lay by the side 
of the skeleton, which was standing erect in the hollow 
trnk: - The box contained $135 in gold coin, the latest 
date being 1855. There was nothing in the box or any- 
where about the skeleton that threw any light on the 
identity of the remains. The boys divided ‘the money 
between them and the bones were buried in the Method- 
ist graveyard. The ‘old hollow oak has been known 
for-many years. ' It is a gigantic one and it was known 
to have been hollow, but was neyer explored. There is 
no possible way of determining who it was who chose 
this graye or how he died. 


14 


A caye was fouttd by some htnters, who accidentally 
discovered it while*chasing a wounded wildcat near Red 
Bud, Dll. The cave is situated in the region known as 
the ““Sinkholes,” which is eight miles west of Red Bud. 
The entrance to the cave is about 7 feet in diameter, but 
alter enteting the size varies, it bemg 20 to 25 feet té the 
ceiling in some places. In the center of this cayé flows 
a stream of clear’ water, which contams numerous small, 
eyeless fish. A number of them were caught and placed 
upon exihibition, but they lived only a few days. 


-broken wilderness, with no white inhabitants. 


RMatuyal Histary. 
What Cows Were These? 


Ty my capacity of cowpath inspector, I have usually 
heen able to recognize all the quadrupeds I met with. 
Just now, however, in an excursion into colonial history 
| have come upon the trail of some herds of uncertain 
breed. I haye been reading extracts from the reports 
which the French Jesuits stationed among the Indians 
oi central New York sent to their superiors. The 
“Jesuit Relations,” to use their own title, are a mine of 
natural history as well as of ecclesiastical, political and 
ethnical history. Readers of Parkman’s works will re- 
member how deeply he delved among them. 

These missionaries to the Five Nations were sent from 
lower Canada, and, excepting those going to the Mo- 
hawks, they commonly went by the St. Lawrence River, 
Lake Ontario and Oswego River. The journals of their 
voyages abound in interesting incidents and observations. 

Simon Lemoine with a companion went from Montreal 
to the Onondaga village, near the site of Syracuse, in the 
summer of 1654, when northern New York was an un- 
He re- 
peatedly mentions encountering herds of “cows” or 
“cattle,” as the French word is translated, and it is not 
quite clear what animal is meant. Perhaps some reader 
of Forest AND STREAM has considered the question and 
is prepared to answer it, 

Five days out from Montreal, and beyond all settle- 
ments, Lemoine made this entry: “July 22—The rapids, 
which for a season are not navigable, compelled us to 
carry our luggage and canoe on our shoulders, On 
the opposite side I perceived a herd of cattle [wild cows, 
another translation words it] grazing at their ease in per- 
fect security. Four or five hundred are sometimes seen 
in this region in one drove.” 

Having completed his errand at Onondaga and re- 
turned to Lake Ontario by the Oswego River, with an 
Indian escort, he notes: “Aug, 22—Coasting quietly 
along the shores of this great lake, my sailors kill with 
a shot from a gun a large stag. My companion and I 
content ourselves with looking at them broiling their 
steaks, it being Saturday, a day of abstinence for us. 

“28 and 29.—The chase stops our sailors, who are in 
the best possible humor, for flesh is the paradise of the 
man oi flesh,” 

The Frenchman's “stag” may well enough haye been 
a Virginia deer, and offers no puzzle. Two days later 
Lemoine writes: “First day of September.—I never saw 
so many deer, but we had no inclination to hunt. My 
companion killed three, as if against his will. What a 
pity, for we left all the venison there, reserving the 
hides and some of the most delicate morsels.” 

Evidently the game hog oi to-day is the same old game 
hog, It is pleasing to find that in old times, as in our 
umes, his witless slaughtering was reported with a pro- 
test. 


Again the missionary meets with the questionable 
“cows.” It is is Sept. 2, and apparently back in the St. 
Lawrence again, that he writes: ‘Traveling through vast 
prairies, we saw in divers quarters immense herds of wild 
bulls and cows. Their horns resemble in some respects 
the antlers of the stag. 

“3d and 4th.—Our game does not leave us; it seems 
that venison and game follow us everywhere. Droves of 
twenty cows plunge into the water as if to meet us. 
some are killed for sake of amusement by blows of an 
acess 

A certain idea of amusement is always to be expected 
in a certain class of persons. These sayages who pre-+ 
ferred to amuse themselves with the vivisection of their 
prisoners had on this peaceful occasion to content them- 
selves with knocking down cows too unsophisticated and 
tame to escape them. Their linea! descendant mentally 
and morally is the “sportsman” who hammers a swim- 
ming deer’s skull with an oar in default of chance of 
ability to kill one legitimately. 

In 1655 the Jesuit Francis le Mercier with others made 
the trip to Onondaga. The party ran out of provisions 
on the way up the St. Lawrence, found poor hunting for 
a time and was reduced to straits. “‘At this juncture,” 
writes Mercier, “we made prize of a wild cow. The 
poor beast had been drowned; its flesh was already in a 
state of decay, but appetite being a superior cook, with- 
out salt or spices, we still found this meat not only very 
acceptable, but exceedingly well flavored.” In short, it 
was “high,” skyhigh perhaps, but high and appropriate 
to the most aristocratic palate. The missionary con- 
tinues: 

“On the 15th [October] God caused us to pass from 
destitution to abundance. Eight bears had fallen into 
the hands of our hunters. Immediately all our people 
became butchers and cooks. Nothing was seen but flesh 
and grease and skins. Four pots boiled continually, and 
when it came to the knives and teeth no one asked for 
bread, wine, salt or sauce. It was most excellent, with- 
out seasoning. 

“On the 17th the abundance continues; our people 
killed thirty bears. One man killed ten for his single 
portion. A singular ceremony followed this great 
carnage, which was to drink the grease of these bears 
after a meal, as we drink hypocras in France. Afterward 
every indiyidual rubbed himself from head to foot with 
this oil, 

“24th.—We arrived at Lake Ontario, a very beautiful 


Jake, Five stags were killed this evening at the entrance 
of the lake, The incident was sufficient to stop our 
patty. * * * It is pleasant to witness the swimming 


of herds of cows from island to island. Our hunters 
often intercept their path as they return to firm land 
and place themselves at the landing places, conducting 
them to death at the most desirable spot.” 

Now what were the animals that these educated men 
agreed to call by a name which other educated men 
agreed to translate “cows”? It would hardly have been 
natural to apply such a namé to the small conimon deer. 
and they seem to have used the word stags for-these and 


to haye distinguished them from the ‘wild bulls” by 


saying that the horns-of the latter resembled the antlers 
of the former. The moose roaimed northern New York 
and the iemales might naturally enough have been called 


eows, but neither they nor the deer cottld have been ex- 
pected in droves of hundreds. Some of the Jesuits’ 
references suggest the buffalo, but did they ever throng 
these dense eastern forests? And how could their horns 
be said even to “resemble in some respects the antlers 
of the stag”? 

Should we not conclude that these wilds of New York 
were stocked in that earlier century with the elk, now 
so long unknown in the East? The language of the 
travelers seems to fit the appearance, the gregarious 
habit and the comparative tameness of that animal. What 
is known as to their former existence in our North 
Woods? And as to tHeir disappearance if they once 
were here? 

Leaving the “cows,” whatever they were, whether 
elk, moose, buffalo or caribou, we find in the Jesuits’ 
reports frequent mention of more familiar denizens of the 

» woods and waters. In the summer of 1656 a company of 
French went from Canada to Onondaga Lake to make 
a permanent settlement. The priest who reported the 
trip wrote that on the shoals of the Oswego River “our 
people took while journeying thirty-four salmon, spear- 
ing them with their swords and striking them with their 
oars. They are so nutmerous that we could strike them 
without difficulty.” " 

It is well known how the salmon swarmed in these 
streams belore their passage was blocked by dams and 
the forest which had shaded their spawning grounds 
was turned into sawdust to pollute the water, Their 
capture was an important industry on the Onondaga 
River after the settlement began, 

The Indians pointed out to the Frenchmen the salt 
springs, which have figured so largely in the history 
of Syracuse, and one of the Jesuits observed that “in 
spring there gather around these salt fountains so great 
# quantity of pigeons that thousands are caught in a 
morning.” ‘ 

There were less desirable visitors also, which we rec- 
ognize easily enough from the description, though the 
Canadians had not met them in their more northern 
home, “There are found here,” says the “Relation,” 
“certain serpents, unseen elsewhere, which we call ser- 
pent a sonnettes, because in creeping they make a noise 
like a locust or grasshopper. They bear at the end of 
their tails certain round scales, connected with each 
other in such a manner that a simple motion produces 
this peculiar noise, which can be heard twenty paces off. 
These rattles continue to make a noise after the death of 
the serpent, though not so great as when alive. The 
inhabitants of the country say that the scales are an 
antidote to the poison, which is very virulent. The flesh 
is said to be as well tasted as that of the eel, and is 
efficacious in fevers; the flesh is much used for food. 
Its body is about 3 feet long, larger than a man’s wrist 
and marked over the back with dark and yellows spots, 
except the tail, which is nearly black. It has four teeth, 
two above and two below, long and sharp like needles. 
They bite like a dog and cause the venom to How into the 
bite through a little black spur, which they draw out of a 
sac in which the poison is inclosed. The person bitten 
presently swells and dies after a peculiar manner. We 
know not whether they are attracted by the salt; but this 
we know, that at our residence, surrounded by springs of 
fresh water, we are not troubled with them.” 

Nor do I know whether the decline of the salt busi- 
ness at Syracuse is associated with the disappearance of 
the rattlesnakes, but to the best of my knowledge the 
snakes have gone with the pigeons. May the pigeons 
get back first. Bristot HI. 


[The question asked by your correspondent is answered 
by another extract from the “Jesuit Relations” to which 
reference was made in Forest anp STREAM two months 
or more ago, and which we here reprint. It was written 
in the autumn of 1646 by the good Father Hierosme 
Lallement from Quebec. He says: 

“There is found here a speeies of deer different from 
the common ones of France. Our French call them ‘wild 
cows, but they are really deer; their branching horns 
have no likeness to the horns of otir oxen, and their 
bodies are very dissimilar and of much greater height, 
These animals go in troops, but to assist one another 
during the winter they follow one after another, the 
first ones breaking the way for those that come after; and 
when the one which breaks and opens up the path is 
tired it places itself last in the beaten path. ‘The deer 
in France do the same in crossing a river when they 
happen to be in a herd. According to report, these ani- 
mals hardly stop in one place, continually traveling within 
these great forests. The Elks do the contrary. Though 
they walk together, they obserye no order, browsing here 
and there, without straying far from the same. shelter. 
This is what prompted some days ago a Savage, who 
wished to become sedentary, to say that the Elks were 
French, and that other sort of roving deer Algonquins, 
because the latter go to seek their living hither and thither 
within these great forests, and the French are stationary, 
tilling the earth at the place where they make their 
abode. Besides these deer, there are two other species— 
one of which is similar or which has much likeness to our 
deer of France, the other of which is believed to be the 
Onager or wild ass of the Scripture. It would be using 
repetitions to attempt to speak of them in this place.” 

Here the “wild cows’ are obyiously what we to-day 
call elk; the “Elks,” what we call moose; the deer similar 
to those of France, the Virginia deer; while “the Onager 
or wild ass of the Scripture,’ which, Father Hierosme 
intimates, has heen sufficiently described in the Good 
Book, is, of course, the caribou.] 


Forest Business Problems. 


Dr. C. A. Scuenck, Forester to. the Bilimore Estate, Biltmore, 
N. C., has prepared a valuable pamphlet entitled “Some Business 
Problems of American Forestry.” The problems “were compiled 
With a view to showing the American wood owners the financial 
character of professional forestry. The object in forestry, as in 
any other business, is the production of high and safe interest in 
capital.” The problems cover a wide field. Under the conditions 
named one shows that a Florida longleaf pine tract of 100,000 
acres_is worth $9 per acre; another that the owner ot a yellow 
poplar tract in the Claw Hammer Valley, N. C., should dispose of 
all trees having a diameter of 214 feet or more; another that it is 
more profitable for the owner of a spruce forest to cut down to 
14-inch diameter trees only, than to 10 inches or 19 inches; another 
that under conservative lumbering a Minnesota white pine tract 
will pay ee cent. on the investment; and so on, With a variety 
of cases. The pamphlet is supplied for one dollar, by the French 
Broad Press, Asheville, N. C. =2 : 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


(Aue. 28, 1900. | 


Cranes. . 


Troy, N. Y., Aug. 14,—Editor Forest and Stream;- 
Can you state “if the brown or sandhill crane (Grus 
canadensis) is the young of the white or whooping crane, 
(Grus americana)? Some of the writers_make this 
claim, but I have never heard any one in the West make 
such a statement, and it does not seem reasonable, as 

where I shoot in North Dakota there are-500 sandhill 
cranes where one white crane 1s to be seen. 

Very few white cranes are shot in the West, but 1 
understand that there is no difficulty in getting them in 
Florida. There is a white crane that frequents the 
marshes near the Everglades that has a_ fine-toothed 
comb on one of the toes and has beautiful white feathers. 
Can you give me the name for this bird? Cc. E. W. 


The brown crane (Grus canadensis) 1s not the young 
of the white or whooping crane (G. americana). The 
young of the last named bird is in general color white, 
more or less patched and overlaid with rusty. The head 
is completely feathered—has no bare patch on crown or 
cheeks. There are two species of brown crane (G, cana- 
densis and G. mexicana), which differ chiefly in size, the 
first being slightly the smaller_of the two. In neither 
of these are the cheeks normally naked, as they are in 
the white crane. The “white crane” of the Florida Ever- 
glades, referred to by our correspondent, is not a crane 
at all, but a heron (Ardea occidentalis), a species equal- 
ing in size or larger than the great blue heron (4. 
herodias), 

Great confusion exists in the popular mind as to 
what is a heron and what a crane. A very large majority 
of people no doubt believe the two terms synonymous 
and apply either to almost any large wading bird. As 
a matter of fact, however, the similarity between cranes 
and herons 1s wholly superficial, They are different in 
structure and in habits, and persons accustomed to se¢ 
both birds are not likely to mistake one for the other, 

Setting aside the physical differences, which are those 
to which. the naturalist would first call attention, the 
many obvious differences in habit will readily be detected 
by any one whose attention is called to them. 

Those who have had an opportunity to see any of our 
cranes on the wing know that they fly with the neck 
stretched out at full length before them. As a rule they 
fly during the migration in large compamies, and are very 
noisy, calling to one another at frequent intervals with 
loud resonant—if guttural—cries. Often they fly so high 
above the earth that while these cries may be heard, the 
birds which utter them are too far up in the sky to be 
seen by the human eye, Sometimes in such a case a 
long search of the sky may reveal a few black specks, seen 
for a moment, only to be lost again, .which are the 
migrating cranes. 

In western North America cranes cannot in any sense 
be considered birds of the marsh. Although, of course, 
they often alight on sandbars in the rivers and along 
streams, yet they ate, in fact, birds of the upland, o1 
the high prairie, feeding, marching about and dancing— 
fer they do dance—far from wet lands. 

The heron, on the other hand, will be seen to fly with 
the neck bent upon itself so that its head seems to rest 
between its shoulders and to be supported from below by 
this bent neck. Herons are usually—but not always— 
solitary in their flight, and at all events never gather in 
great companies during the migration, as do cranes. 
They breed, however, in colonies, which the cranes do 
not. The greatest number of great blue herons that we 
have ever seen together was at daylight one April morn- 
ing, when twenty-eight—flying in a loose company—were 
seen to reach the Connecticut shore—apparently from 
the South—and alight there, Herons as a rule are silent 
birds, the night heron being perhaps the most noisy of 
our common species, and this only utters an occasional 
croak. They are distinctly birds of the marsh, delighting 
in wet places, from which they draw their food. In- 
deed, one of the physical characteristics of the 
herons is closely related to this lite, passed in large 
measure where heavy grass, reeds and bulrushes grow 
close together. This is the extreme compressibility of 
the body in cettain species by which the process of 
squeezing its way atnong the elose-set stems is made 
easier, a character which reminds us not a little of the 
same adaptation in the rails. The cranes, en the other 
hand, usually have stout, robust bodies. 

The herons are most closely related to the storks and 
ibises: There are abottt seventy-five species, scattered 
all over the world, and usually inhabiting tropical or 
temperate regions. Some of the forms are quite ex- 
traordinary. 

All herons, except the so-called hammerhead (Scopus) 
are provided with the curious powder down tracts— 
“sreasy, yellow spaces covered with tutts of gray or 
black filaments, disintegrating into bluish or whitish 
powder.” These tracts are found on the back, breast and 
belly in different species. They have been stated 
to be phosphorescent and to give out a light which aids 
the bird in its nocttirnal fishing !- 

The plumage of the herons is loose in contrast with 
that of the cranes, which is decidedly compact. 

The true cranes ate few in number by comparison with 
the herons, there being only about fifteen species, of 
which America has the three already mentioned. Their 
neatest relations in America are the courlans or crying 
hirds of Florida and the rails and coots, 


A Poison Ivy Poison Antidote. 


CARTHAGE, O., July 30.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Some time in July, 1899, Mr. Henry Talbot alluded to 
that bane of camp sites, poison oak or ivy. J, wrote an 
article describing an ever ready antidote, sending a 
stalk of the herb known locally as “ragged milk weed” 
—and as I have since learned also as “China lettuce’— 
and asked for the botanical name. In a foot note to the 
published article you said that you were tunable to identiy 
it and requested a pressed leaf and if possible the 
flower. By this mail I send in package a full plant cut 
in three sections. Also upper sections of two at different 
stages and tops after branching and flowering. I have 
been unable to see a flower, but the final stage is like 
what follows the blooming of the dandelions. I also 
send some pressed leaves, and hope that you may be able 


to identify it, and- will give. the botanical: name, Used 
as a wash after scraping or macerating, it is the best 
remedy I haye eyer seen used, and should be generally 
known. E. S. WHITAKER. 

The plant is the prickly lettuce (Lactuca scariola— 
LINN. ). 


oe 


The Plover’s Southern Flight. 


OuatHe, Kan,, Aug. 23.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
I heard the first note of fall to-day, the clear, bubbling 
treble of the upland plover high in the clear sky. They 
have raised their broods and now by twos, threes and half- 
dozens separated by many yards in the air they are flying 
leisurely to their winter home in the South. Of all the 
signs of the fall, this is the earliest. They nest early. I 
found many of their nests in the prairie grass here when 
I was a boy. Four beautiful, buff-colored eggs, spotted 
with maroon, very pointed, always completed a set. Their 
eggs are as large as a prairie chicken’s, but the bird 
does not look to be one-tenth as large in body. One 
would not believe the eggs belonged to the bird unless he 
were assured that it were so. The praities in central 
Kansas are covered by these birds now. They are burst- 
ing with fat and are delicious eating. They are nearly all 
gone in eastern Kansas; and J kill but a half-dozen once 
or twice a year here now. Frank Hopces. 


Game Bag and Gun. 
Duck Shooting with Fred Mather. 


[lt may be remembered that in the autumn of 1898 Fred Mather 
published in Forest anp STREAM a note saying that he would like 
to make a cruise in congenial company on Renee Island Sound. 
Our correspondent, Mr. W Avis, responded, and out of the 
correspondence grew a duck shooting excursion, of which Mr. 
Avis writes pleasantly as follows:] 

Somehow this note seemed to hit me. Not that I 
supposed it was intended for me personally, but | had 
often engaged im just such trips on the Sound. I 
penned regrets that I was unable to join him on such 
a cruise at that time, owing to the heayy rush for war 
materials, and the inability of gun workers to get time 
off, But I proposed a cruise just as soon as the war 
should end. This brought an immediate response, and 
opened the way for a most pleasant correspondence, 
which continued to just before his lamented death. 

The season was too far advanced before an oppor- 
tunity offered for a cruise. Then came a chance for a 
vacation, and duck shooting being in season, J secured the 
use of Mr. William Barker’s cottage at Sachem’s Head, 
Conn., and invited Major Mather to choose a compan- 
ion and join me. He accepted, and invited Dr. Bashford 
Dean. I met them by appointment at New Haven on the 
arrival of an evening train from New York on Nov. 9. 
Through some juggling of the railroad management, the 
time table had been recently changed. The train which 
I had figured on getting in fifteen minutes or so had been 
taken off, and this necessitated a wait of over three 
hours, We visited my brother, G. E. Avis, and passed 
a couple of hours listening to selections on the piano, 
singing, and in telling yarns. Major easily led in the 
story telling, and he kept us in a roar with his ready wit. 
Tt a letter written Oct. 19, 1808, he had said, “I am old, 
but don’t grumble about it, and hate the old duffers who 
do, I was sixty-five on Aug. 2—not as spry as a boy, yet 
I somehow consider myself to be one.” The curtains of 
gloom rolled back in his presence, and jollity reigned 
supreme. 

We landed in Guilford near midnight, and a box on 
wheels dignified by the name “stage” and with just 
seating capacity for four was awaiting our arrival. A 
small lamp burned in the forward end and cast dim, 
sickly rays, which scarcely lighted the interior, A rough, 
jolting Hite through a night as black as Erebus landed 
iis at our destination. 

At I o’clock we had what the Major termed “breakfast 
No. rr.’ A look at the weather before turning in re- 
vealed a threatening aspect, The darkness was so in- 
tense you could feel it, and masses of ill defined blobs 
scurried across the sable dome; right out of the south- 
west they came. Falkner’s light burned like a living coal 
in the chilly gloom, and the surf tolled a solemn requiem 
on the sands. A drop of rain gave ominous notice of 
foul weather for daylight. We retired at 2 o'clock. 


“Though the fog be dark around us, 
And the storm blow high and loud, 

We will whistle down the wild wind, 
And laugh beneath the cloud.” 


Daylight came foggy, cloudy and wet with rain. The 
wind roared fiercely out of the east, and whirled the mist 
curtains in fantastic distortion across the tumbling, white- 
crested, leaden seas. The surf lashed the somber, stream- 
ing rocks with sullen fury, and its steady roar inter- 
iningling with the heavy downpour on the shingles re- 
sembled the sullen boom of artillery amid the rattle oi 
musketry. Not much of a day, indeed, for duck shoot- 
ing, but “what a day for ducks!” 

I had overcome the habit long ago of growling at the 
weather, yet | was sadly disappointed this morning. 

cared little on my own account, but I did want the Doc- 
tor and the Major to get as much shooting as possible, 
especially on account of Dr. Dean’s time being so limit- 
ed. It was absolutely necessary for him to reach home 
on Sunday evening, as his classes needed his attention 
on Monday, But he and the Major seemed perfectly 
contented. “Harry,” said the Major, “don’t worry over 
trifles. We realize that you feel for us, and know that 
you neyer ordered this, You are exceedingly long of 
limb, but not lengthy enough to turn the faucet off. Let 
us let her sprinkle unmolested, We are satisfied, the 
ducks are satisfied, and after you referee one of Dean’s 
pancakes you will be satisfied—and there you are!” 

The pancakes were decidedly a revelation, and set off 
a substantial breakfast to perfection. After dishes were 
washed decoys were overhauled, guns were put in order 
and ammunition was got out. When all these matters 
were attended to the day was well advanced. Then 
while the Dactor and the Major took a whirl at chess I 
donned rubbers and went in search of a boat for the mor- 
row. 


“T feel like a boy to-night.” 


Rain fell.in torrents all day, but what cared we? Et was 
chess, joke; song and laugh; and when we retired late in’ 
the evening it seemed <as though we. had never. been 
strangers. ; 

Morning broke in light and shadow. Bierve blustering® 
squalls swept across the water out of the west, and it was 
miserably cold. -Hezvy cloud masses scurried over the- 
heavens and cast swiftly moying light and shade patches 
over the green, white-crested surges. The shore was a” 
line of seething breakers, and the sea was churned 
into foam on the off-shore rocks. Intermingled with -this - 
tumbling world of turmoil could be seen the outlines of ; 
ey close-reefed vessels and swiftly moying flocks ‘ot, 

ucks, 

After a hot hastily prepared breakfast the ‘dishes. were | 
left to take care of themselyes. Rubber boots, sweaters 
and overcoats were donned; then the decoys, guns and 


' other plunder were lugged down to the boat, which 


rode in comparatively smooth water in a depression of 
the beach. 

Something had been left behind, and the Doctor and I 
returned to the cottage for it. On our way back to the 


boatwe saw the Major and the proprietor of the Sachem’s 


Head House leaping and running over the rocks along 
the shore; they were shouting and pointing seaward. 
The cause of their excitement proved to be the boat 
adriit—decoys, guns, shells, oars and all! She rose and 
fell on the waves and courtesied at us in a tantalizing 
manner, and she droye on before the wind just about 
50 feet outside the line of breakers. We had left her 
untied with the tide rising and the wind off shore. 

The shore trended northeast, and I knew something 
must be done qtickly. Should the boat cross the bay 
she might strand on Vineyard Point, which forms the 
east shore of the bay, but there was a possibility of her 
mising th I As 
she wouldn't come to us I went into the breakers. It 
was a case of getting soaked, but it solved a vexatious 
problem. We bailed the boat out and the Doctor yvol- 
unteered to get her out through the breakers. It took 
a stiff argument to keep him from tackling the job, but 
I was already wet, and there was no use of two of us 
being in that condition. After three or four attempts 
I managed to get her through, and the fun was ended, 

How to set decoys in such a wind and sea presented 
another serious problem; but after a rough and tumble 
bout with the elements Dr. Dean and I solved it. The 
wind persisted in a dogged attempt to sweep us into a 
seething yortex, where the sea boiled over a jagged 
reef just north of Hump Rock, but we couldn't see it 
that way. After the task was finished I returned to the 
cottage for a change of clothing, 

Ducks were not plentiful, but the few that flew shore- 
ward liked the appearance of our decoys. They came in 
singles and small bunches, and “Mark south” and other 
directions was soon the only talk. A bunch of broad- 
bills came out of the southwest straight for the decoys, 
Right heartily were they fusilladed, and two dropped 
i and the other wounded. 

It took a slashing tussle with wind and wave to cir- 
cumyent the cripple. Then on our way back the Major 
keeled over an inquisitive broadbill which swam to the 
decoys while we were in plain sight. ° 

It was cold on those rocks, and the Major stood the 
expostire well for one of his years. Now and then he 
would rise from his cramped position in a cleft in the 
rocks, raise his arms above his head and stretch. Then 
he would stamp around and say, “Boys, I am stiff enough 
to cut up into railroad spikes!” Then he would wipe 
his glasses, pull his corduroy hat moré firmly on his 
head, take a good look around and drop out of sight 
again. Not a murmur—not the least word of com- 
plaint eyer came from him; but there was ever ready a 
joke on his lips. 


The wind shifted to northeast, and as the tide lowered 
the sea lessened in the cove. The Doctor and I had man- 
aged to keep warm chasing cripples and drifting decoys, 
but the decoys now stopped drifting and cripples were 
getting scarce. By lunch titie we were four broadbills 
and one coot ahead of the game, to say nothing of a 
ravenous appetite! 

Ducks were scarce indeed that afternoon, our limit 
being an old squaw and a coot. There was enjoyment, 
however, in patronizing the sheltered nooks and in 
breathing the pure outdoors. We watched the vessels 
sailing through the Sound and examined the barnacles 
and other marine life which grew on the rocks. It was 
after sundown by the time the decoys were up and the 
boat made snug for the night. 

It is generally claimed that coots and old squaws are 
worthless as food. This theory is decidedly erroneous. 
Dr. Dean took the breasts of the coots and the old squaw, 
boiled them in onion water for ten minutes, wiped them 
dry, then broiled them just enough to sear on each side. 
They were then cut checkerboard fashion on either side, 
had a lemon squeezed over them and were salted, pep- 
pered and buttered, They were then placed in the oven 
a short time and served hot. That was decidedly the 
best tasting dish I ever sampled. Perhaps it was the 
appetite, btit we were blessed with a bountiful abundance 
of other food, there being on the table pancakes, pota- 
toes, beans, raw onions (in a letter relating to the com- 
mussary the Major had said, “Onions first, last and for- 
evyer.’), sliced ham, bread and butter, cake, jelly, jam and 
apples; but the king dish was the coot and old squaws. 

Supper over at last, and the guns having been thor- 
oughly cleaned and oiled, finally came the gathering 
round the table, and good-natured banter on the eyents 
of the day was followed by an exceedingly well-told 
story of travel and adyenture in Italy by Dr. Dean. 
Then came anecdotes and a witty recitation by the 
Major, who let himself loose, because, as he confessed, 
Tn one of his letters he had 
said: “I am not young, but ike a lively companion, 
because I am mentally lively.” We retired fairly sore 
from laughter over the Major’ s wit. It could indeed be 
said of him: 


“Over manly strength and worth, i 
~ At thy desk of toil, or hearth, = 
Played the lambent light of mirth.’ 


Saturday broke fairsand mild. There was a little. wind 
and a slight swell rolled out of the southwest. The off-. 
shore rocks were covered, and this necessitated our set- 


Aus. 25, 1900.] 


owned that but for his valuable services the war would 


ting the decoys off the point again. Ducks were exceed- 
ingly scarce, especially in the cove. Few came to the 
decoys, and they were coots and old squaws exclusively. 

The Major and I partly killed the monotony of waiting 
for shots by getting the Doctor’s 1o-gauge shells mixed 
with our I2-gauge ones. This caused us to have ‘busi- 
ness on hand.. Two.coots came for the decoys,-and our 
guns failed to work, The Doctor had a monopoly of the 
shooting for a while. It took half an hour to rectify our 
mistake, 

The Doctor passed most of the time lying in the 
sun and reading a book. I crawled over to the Major 
and said, “I am sorry that ducks are so scarce. People 
here informed me that they were plentiful.” 

“The Major looked over the top of his glasses and re- 
plied, “I have known you but a short while. I took you 
to be a person who counts the success of a trip by the 
fun and rest one gets out of it, rather than by the amount 
of game one shoots. I hope J have not been mistaken?” 

“T hope net, Major, but you and the Doctor have 


come’—— 

“Tut, tut. Now don’t worry about us at all, We are 
enjoying ourselves immensely. Just see Dean lying 
on his back over there. He is totally oblivious of 
the absence of ducks and is so interested in his read- 
ing that he doesn’t hear us talking about him. Only 
see what a beautiful vermilion the sun is painting his 
nose. This is freedom for him and for me too. The 
Doctor has forgotten for the present that there are such 
places as colleges and lecture rooms.” 

We watched a flock of old squaws feeding in the 
dazzle of the sun just outside of Hump Rock. Presently 
the Major looked up and half in soliloquy said: “Yes, 
this is freedom, indeed; for me—this is rest. If you 
had read between the lines of my note to Forrest AND 
STREAM you might have discovered the wail of an old 
man who wanted to get out into the sunburn. The wail, 
in fact, of one who has outlived his comrades of the 
rod and line. Yet somehow I don’t feel old. No, I feel 
as if I never could be old. I wanted to engage in one 
more campaign before I die and for two months have 
assisted in organizing a regiment, Then came disap- 
pointment. -The Governor promised to take us and went 
back on his word; but let it pass. I got discouraged, 
tired and weak.” 

“Major, if I only had sand enough to go to war I 
think I would like to enlist in a regiment commanded 
by you.” 

The Major smiled and said: “I would like to com- 
mand a regiment of sportsmen. I think they would 
prove good soldiers, who would take things as they 
come and not grumble about the weather or grub. War, 
you know, is the grandest game that man plays, and 
hunting tigers, bears and other wild animals doesn’t 
compare with it. The game, you see, lacks arms and 
intelligence. JI missed my vocation in not going to 
West Point; but in times of peace the army would be a 
dul] place for me.” 

The tide was half out and the wind gone entirely when 
we returned to the point, after lunch. The Sound was 
smooth as glass and not a cloud flecked the deep indigo 
sky. Long Island hung an even defined mirage far down 
on the southern skyline, and away in the east wings of 
pearl seemed to float against ethereal blue. They were 
sails. The outermost rocks showed 3 or 4 feet above fhe 
surface and just beyond them a flock of ducks showed 
as large as ostriches, 

The decoys were taken up and we rowed out to the 
rocks, where we set them again. We found some dif- 
ficulty in secreting ourselves, but the slowly falling tide 
aided us in overcoming this. 

The Doctor was absorbed in the contents of his book 
and appeared to be oblivious of his surroundings. Ap- 
pearances are sometimes deceptive, however, and this 
proved to be such a case. The magic word “Mark!” 
caused the sportsman to overcome the student. Quickly 
dropping his book he grabbed the 10-bore. There was a 
commingling of flash, roar and smoke and a duck tum- 
bled from somewhere out of the air and lay motionless 
on the water far beyond the outermost limits of the 
decoys. Jt was the most remarkable shot made on the 
trip and fully 80 yards away. 

We stayed until the sun dipped like a burnished shield 
of gold into the emerald sea. Then a faint night air 
breathed raw and chill across the darkening waters. It 
_ came out of the corner where Falkner’s eye was flashing 
and caused infant waves to murmur low complaints 
against the somber rocks. We got our decoys and left, 
and five ducks—old squaws and coots—lay in the bottom 
of the boat. 

When we reached the cottage the fire was out and it 
was chilly. This puzzled us, for we had left a good 
coal fire at noon and had adjusted the drafts so it 
would keep. A fresh blaze was started, the kettle was 
filled with water, and we drew close around the stove; 
but it grew colder. A look revealed the fire barely 
blazing. “It evidently needs lubrication,” said the Major, 
reaching for the shovel and kerosene. The flames roared 
and the pipe got red hot. “Just a little coaxing, you 
see, and there you are.’ In about three minutes we 
began to freeze again. “It is singular it doesn’t burn,” 
said the Doctor. ““The wood was perfectly dry.” 

“We will pump oil as long as it lasts,” replied the 
Major, and suited the action to the words. Again there 
was a roar and the pipe turned red. For a while we 
were nearly roasted; then gradually began to freeze. 
Once more was oil applied, but with no better success. 
Finally the kettle got to snapping and hissing in a way 
that portended an explosion. One of us lifted it from the 
stove and it was empty! I had filled it to the brim, and 
the mystery was solved. An examination revealed a 
large hole in the bottom, and it had been a contest be- 
tween fire and water, 

After supper we had company. An elderly gentleman 
with a red nose and high-pitched yoice called. This in- 
dividual developed a nervous tendency to absorb all the 
red-eye in camp. Between imbibitions and expectora- 
tions of tobacco juice on the front lids of the stove he 
imparted the information that he was a veteran of the 
Civil War and a church deacon, He grew sentimentally 
eloquent and told us of his deep love for his neighbors 
and about the way they persecuted him. Then came 
army reminiscences, and he frankly and unblushingly 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


have ended differently. We admitted that the man’s 
modesty was ghastly, 

“What corps were you in?” asked the Major at the 
first chance, : 

“Fifth—noble Fifth. Experience, did you ask? Gad! 
You bet I’ve had experience. Why, why, you won’t be- 
lieve me, I know, Most people I talk with get jealous 
ota I saw, and did, too. Gad! I rode seventy-five 
miles’’—— 

“Pardon me, comrade,” interrupted the Major; “your 
narrative, I have no doubt, will prove interesting, as 
well as pathetic; but before you proceed I would like a 
little information. Tell me, was it in the Fifth Army 
Corps that you learned to stew rum in tobacco juice?” 
And he pointed at the top of the steve. 

Our caller blinked and was phazed. Then he tried 
to asstime an injured air, couldn’t, and finally compro- 
mised by pouring out four fingers without being asked. 
Then he buttoned his coat, extended a cordial invita- 
tion to himself to call at any time and drifted away in 
the darkness. 

“Nerve counts for much in the fight for existence,” 
said the Major, “and that duffer has plenty of it and 
will get through life without hurting himself. I'll bet 
ie commissary saw more of him than the firing line 

id. 

There was more shooting on Sunday than we had heard 
at any time, but not by us. After breakfast the Doctor 
and I voted for a walk, while the Major preferred to 
work on some promised manuscript. 

Our walk took us to Chimney Corner, where the club 
house stands. To the northwest the water was alive with 
coots and old squaws; and there was a sprinkling of 
broadbills. Down in the west a long line of boats ex- 
tended from shore far out into the Sound. There was 
a constant popping of guns, and all in open defiance of 
game laws. 

The morning sun shone warm and.touched with soit 
luster miles of this romantic shore line, and°the island- 
dotted waters. 
gems of the Sound, the wondrously beautiful Thimbles, 


with which legend has connected the pirate Kidd, On- 


one of these islands a curious hole in the solid rock is 
said to have served as a punch bowl for Kidd and his 
crew. In another there: is a harbor named after the 


pirate captain, and it is-perfectly invisible a few yards 
The supposition is that Kidd's vessel found | 
‘refuge here, as by lowering her topmasts she could be - 


away. 


completely concealed. 


Returning to the cottage, we found that the Major ! 
had made not the slightest headway with his manu- — 


The deacon-veteran had paid him a visit. 


script. 
We missed him very. 


Dr, Dean left us that night. 
much during the rest of our stay, 


We had just cleaned the dishes when the owner of the 


boat we were using dropped in. The conversation drifted 
to a discussion of gaine and fish laws. Like many other 
misguided people, our visitor argued that laws of this 


kind are made for the benefit of the wealthy to the dis- : 
advantage of the poor. “I would like to know,” said ‘he, | 


“what right any man ot set of men has to tell mé that 
I can’t shoot a bitd whenever I want to. What right 
have these people to tell me when and how I shall take 
a fish? They didn’t make the birds and fishes and they 
don‘t own them, neither.” This argument was empha- 
sized with a resounding thump on the table and a dull 
look of wisdom. 

The Major toyed with a fork and asked; 
birds and fishes belong to you?” ~ 

Our visitor looked puzzled an instant, then answered: 
“No; but they don’t belong to them, neither.” 

*Who are the owners, then?” 

This was a poser—something our friend had not 
thought of before. His natural antagonism to wealth 
and intelligence had ever laid at their door the blame 
for what his contracted mind considered an injustice. 


“Do the 


He sputtered and stammered and finally said: “They 
belong to me as much as they do to them.” 
The Major tapped the table with the fork, “Yes, my 


man,” he said, “these things belong to you just as much 
as to them, but no more. The game and fish belong to 
all of the people, and the people rule in this country. 
You should understand that-all the people of a State 
have more right to tell one individual when and how 
he can take their fish and kill their game than one indi- 
vidual has to kill and take what belongs to all. Now, 
what right haye you to kill and take the game and fish 
which belong to all when the established rules of all 
distinctly say you shall not do so? Ought you to hold 
special privileges over all the people?” 

“That's nice soundin’, but,’ with a look of triumph, 
“what right has this game got roamin’ ‘round on my 
Jand? And what right have these fish to swim in the 
water that flows through my land? What right have 
people got to fish and shoot on my Jand?” 

“The fact that game roams over your land and that 
fish swim in the waters which happen to flow through 
your Jand gives you no right whatever to kill and take 
fish and game out of season. You must know that the 
State specifies conditions even under which you are priv- 
ileged to hold and own land. Fail to pay your taxes and 
the government under which you live will confiscate that 
which it has allowed you to hold under conditions. If a 
man’s cow or horse gets on your land, that neither es- 
tablishes your ownership to the animal nor gives you 
the right to kill, although there are laws under which 
you may collect damages, The State reserves condi- 
tions under which game can roam over the land and 
fish live in the waters within its limits. If people tres- 
pass on your posted land that authority which tells you 
when and how you may take fish and game will prose- 
cute them.” 

Our friend had evidently strusk a hard proposition. 
He scratched his head and said: ‘“‘Well, jest to be 
agreeable, we'll allow you're right. 
it do to catch fish at any time?” 

“When I was a young man I saw the Western plains 
coyered with thousands of buffalo. Do you know that 
at the present time there is not a herd of fifty wild buf- 
falo on those plains? ‘There were no laws govern- 
ing the slaughter of the animals at that time. Let 
me tell you that wise game legislation at that time 


Five miles to the west lay those emerald — 


they would meet us on eur way in. 


But what hurt can 


147 


would have preserved the buffalo and that eyes as young 
as yours could have feasted on just such sights as mine 
did. Wild pigeons used to darken the sun. They have 
gone with the buffalo, Game laws would have kept them 
with us indefinitely and they could have been hunted to- 
day. Men who believed as you do, rich and poor alike, 
deliberately exterminated them, As it has been with the 
pigeon and buffalo, so it would haye been with the fish. 
I haye been connected with State and National fish’ 
commissions and can speak with authority when I tell 
you I know many rivers and strearws which used to 
swarm with fish, but which became barren through lack 
of judgment in fishing them at all times and in all ways 
and never replenishing the diminishing supply. Wise 
laws and scientific fishculture have reclaimed some of 
these waters and they are once more prolific. This has 
cost time, study, work and a heavy expenditure of money; 
and this has benefited you as well as the richest man in 
the United States. Now, my man, are you in favor of 
protecting or destroying this great work?” 

“The words, “Are you in favor of protecting or des 
stroying this great work?” acted like an electric shock. 
He slapped his knee and heartily said: ‘Well, I swear, 
I never heerd sech a lecture about fish and game afore. 
From now out you can count me in on fish and game 
protection. Im mighty glad I come over to-night: it’s 
done me a pile of good.” ‘ 

When he had gone I congratulated the Major. “You 
are a most successful fish and game protection evangel- 
ist,’ I said. “I would have got mad at the start.” 

“Yes,” he answered, “and Jost your man. I never 
argue with stich material unless I think there is a chance 
to conyert it. It would not do to get mad, for it is just 
as essential in life to know how to land your man as 
it is to know how to land your fish. Keep cool, don’t 
get excited, and yout may land both; and there you are.’ 

Monday broke beautiful indeed. The sun shone with 
simmer warmth and the surface of the Sound rose and 
fell in measured, unwrinkled undulations. The soft 
sighing of the infant surf curling on the sands resem- 
bled the low, even respirations of a weary sleeper, Hump 
Rock’s ebony head barely showed, for it was flood tide 
and the smooth-running sea, dipping to within a foot 
or two of the rock’s crest, scintillated like a silver crown 
circling the head of some black chieftain. Imagination 
conjured Falkner’s Island, with its lofty lighthouse, di- 
rectly amidships, as a giant ocean greyhound anchored 
in a burnished sea. Sails dotted the water like snowy 
wings of living things, and flocks of ducks here and 
there resembled silent, gondola fleets. 

Few ducks decoyed that glorious morning, but it was 
here, on Vineyard Point, that I suffered the mortification 
of discharging my gun prematurely. While ducks were 
scarce, yet the Major was present to observe things. 
“See that little old squaw out there?” said he. “There 
he goes, down to the bottom. Does it occur to you that 
the little fellow isn’t doing all of that diving for fun? 
While we are talking he is skirmishing around on the 
bottom for something to eat. He may find a clam, but 
the chances are against him. The little chap is working— 
working that he may live. There are human grunters 
who whine through their existence and claim that the 
world owes them a living; but nature teaches that the 
right to_exist depends on the ability to gain a living by 
work. The world knows and cares nothing about such 
presumptuous duffers, and it’s a pity they were ever 
born.” I think the Major was right. 

After lunch the Major preceded me from the cottage 
to the boat, When I arrived at the beach he was con- 
versing with an elderly gentleman, the driver of a gro- 
cery wagon. “‘There’s a fine flock of ducks jest beyend 
the pint,” the man was saying. “TI see ’em as I druy 
over the top of the ridge. Ef you git Pother side of the 
pint you kin sneak on ‘em dead easy an’ kin knock over 
a hull lot at one shot.” : 

“Thanks, my friend, but we neither shoot nor eat 
such ducks as those, That breed is juiceless, indigestible 
and bad for the liver.” 

“Good gracious! Is that so? 
uy ducks be they, anyhow ?” 

The Major’s face was as solemn as that of a Sphynx 
as he answered: ‘They are wooden, my friend. We 
set them out there this morning.” 

“Git ap, Jack! Git ap, I say! Dang yure lazy bones! 
Wooden—wooden, hey? Well, I'll be blawed!”’ A bend 
in the road hid the outfit. 

It was nearly low water, so the decoys were shifted 
to a point off Hump Rock. A few ducks were lured and 
we got an occasional shot. A coot puzzled us by swim- 
ming to a rock out of range, where he waddled out of 
the water and began to preen himself in the sun. He 
seemed decidedly at home and our firing failed to dis- 
turb him, I finally started after him with the boat. 
“He will fly before you get in range,” said the Major. 
I expected he would, but he did nothing of the kind, 
for I rowed to within 25 yards and knocked him over. 
The Major declared the performance very unusual. The 
duck was not a cripple and an examination revealed no 
sign of blindness. 

A few ducks lay in the bottom of the boat when the 
keel grated on the sand after sundown. Two little girls 
tripped toward us. One carried a tin pail. ‘Please, 
Mister, get me a pail of water?’ said she. I got the 
water while the Major joked with them. I have failed 
to mention that these little ones met us with the same 
request every evening, The Major hugely enjoyed chaf- 
fing and joking with them and always ‘wondered’ if 
He evinced a deep 
loye for children, and I mention this simply to illustrate 
this good feature of his personality. 

Next day proved peculiar—the most peculiar dey for 
successful duck shooting, perhaps, that could be imag- 
ined. We failed to get out until near noon, and the fall- 
ing tide was not 3 feet below the crest of Hump Rock 
when the decoys were anchored off that spot. Not a 
tipple disturbed the surface—not even a noticeable swell. 
There was not a breath of air, and it was uncomfortably 
hot in the sun. The Sound resembled a limitless vat 
of molten metal, owing to a gauzy haze. Out of the edge 
of the mist curtain from all directions Soundward came 
ducks in singles, pairs and bunches. An incessant string 
swept to the decoys and we lay on top of the rock in 
plain sight and fusilladed to our hearts’ content. It was 


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[Auc. 28, 1900, 


hard to distinguish the ducks at times in the dazzle, and 
after the sun had made some westering it was utterly 
impossible to see those which came out of the west 
straight down a blazing path which made the eyes ache 
to look into, I never saw ducks decoy so well, and our 
guns got too hot to hold. Under the prevailing condi- 
tions we were wretchedly off in judgment and killed 
but few. After firing all our ammunition we had just 
nine ducks—all old squaws and covts. Then the distance 
to the nearest decoy was measured, and it was just 45 
yards. It looked not an inch over 20 yards. No won- 
der we missed so many. 

I went after ammunition, and when I returned the tide 
had receded so that it was possible to get 10 yards nearer 
the decoys. This afforded hetter opportunity, too, for 
concealment: but as the sun neared the horizon a breeze 
sprang up and the ducks stopped decoying. 

Next day broke chilly, with rain. So exceedingly mis- 
erable was it that we decided not to go out. As the 
Major had a lecture on for Friday night and would be 
compelled to leaye next day at the latest, we voted to 
end the trip. Then, at 12:15 P. M., we bundled our 
belongings into the deacon-yeteran’s grocery wagon and 
after a three-mile drive through train and mud we boarded 
the train for home. The last thing I heard the Major 
ask our driver ran like this: “‘Comrade, does it partic- 
ularly benefit your horse when you squirt tobacco juice 
all oyer his gambrel joints?” 

Blunt, jovial Major Fred Mather! The last I saw of 
him was as he wended his way to the Junch counter in 
the New Haven depot, after a farewell handshake. He 
had a watt of forty minutes for the express. He, Dr. 
Dean and invself had arranged for a trip through China- 
town after New Year's, and I anticipated a royal time. 
The Major, however, was subpcenaed as an expert wit- 
ness in a trout brook case at the last moment and the 
Doctor and T were compelled to make the trip without 
him. I was sorry, for the Major missed a capital time 
and we missed him. 

I received a number of letters from Wisconsin from 
him amd cordial invitations ta yisit h'm. He seemed 
to enjey my discomfiture over the premature discharge 
of my gun and usually mentioned it whenever he wrote. 
In one of his last tetters he said: “When near Duluth, 
Minn., pull my latchstring, but don’t shoot off your gun 
when a flock of bears is coming in.” 

His letters suddenly ceased and I wondered over it. 
for he was always prompt about answering. There came 
a ride home from the city with Forrest AND STREAM In 
my pocket. The horse stopped at a wayside trough to 
drink and IT opened the paper. Two heayy black words 
nearly took my breath away— ‘Fred Mather.” He would 
never write again, mores the pity. 

Personally [ had known the Major but a short while, 
but through his writings he had been a friend from my 
hoyhood days. Somehow I contracted a deep liking for 
this man, who was old in years but not in spint. Like 
wine, with years this iking will improve. 

In ane of my first letters to him T expressed admira- 
tion for his writings. His answer was characteristic. 
He said: “You have said that you read my articles in 
FOREST AND STREAM and that you admire them, J am 
glad to know this. They are what | have observed in a 
lifetime of fishing, and there is a heap we all have to 
learn. - You will be disappointed when you meet the 
writer.’ “Disappointed” should have read “delighted.” 

I quote what appeals to me as a beautiful pen picture: 
“On the wall of my den hangs a pair of buffalo horns 
saved from the slaughter of that day. Below them are 
a pair of snowshoes and the sword of an officer of the 
line, Sometimes an old man rests his eyes upon these 
relics until the present is forgotten. The ritshing bison 
with their thundering tramp and grunting snort go by 
in countless herds, which somehow change into battalions 
of armed men with glistening bayonets and ragged col- 
ors, which afterward fade into the brown of the forest 
and the stillness only broken by the fall of the snowshoe, 
until he is aroused by a soit hand on his shoulder and a 
soft yoice by his side says: “Hadn't you better get 
ready for dinner? You've been asleep.” 

Perhaps the great hereafter holds as delectable a region 
as the beautiful Indian belief, and that the author of the 
beautiful pen picture above has found that place. Who 
knows but that an “old man” has found perpetual youth 
and his “comrades of the rod and line’ on shaded shores 
by mystic waters where spirit zephyrs softly sing? 


Wititiam H. Avis. 


Nebraska Prairie Chickens. 


Omada, Neb., Aug. 20.—The lovers of sports afield are 
just at present having a Serious fime of it in this State 
as a result of their vigorous efforts to preserve the prairie 
chicken and quail from extinction. The market-hunter 
has made such inroads through Nebraska in the past few 
years that sportsmen fear that the birds will totally dis- 
appear if severe measures are not resorted to. But the 
market-hunter is not easy to curb, and as he has a certain 
sort of following in the northwestern section of the 
State, he is making a fight for existence that is surprising 
the opposition. Agents of the State Associaton are ma- 
kng arrests in different parts of the State daily, and a 
very vigorous campaign is being carried on to stop illegal 
shooting. C. H. Curtis, of Omaha, is the State agent who 
has charge of the prosecutions. The State Association 
has found systematic work necessary, as the authorities 
in the western counties appear to he in sympathy with 
the market-hunters and do nothing against them, except 
In a perfttnectory way that is not effective. Goyernor 
Poynter last week sent an open letter to all Nebraska 
sheriffs, recounting the charges that prairie chickens are 
being slaughtered in open violation of the law and 
threatening to have some officials impeached if they did 
not enforce the law. Following this us, Mr. Curtis, ma- 
king his headquarters at O'Neil, the center of the finest 
chicken grounds in the world, has begin to make arrests. 

Tt is against the Jaw to ship birds by express or freight 
luring the closed season, but a commen trick is to ship 
the birds'in trunks and boxes under cover of merchandise, 
but when the game is to go to New York, Chicago or 
some other remote port this trick cannot be resorted to 
in hot weather. Mr. Curtis last week caused the arrest 
of a number of Northwestern trainmen at O’Neil for 
participating in 4 new trick, The market-hunters fix up 
{ td ew aw Pee 2 


a deal with certain trainmen, and when a train runs into 
the town where they have brought their supplies the big 
box with ice is loaded on the end of a train like the news- 
boy’s box of stock. The trainmen see to it that the box 
is delivered at its destination. Thus, if a game inspector 
suspects that birds are being shipped by express or 
freight from a given point, he can only watch the offices 
of the company, and thus the game is shipped ott under 
his very nose without danger of detection. Since the 
State Association has discovered the new trick, how- 
ever, thousands of chickens have been confiscated. 

The matrket-hunter in Nebraska has heen shooting 
chickens since June 15. At that time the chicken is not 
fully feathered and cannot fly very far at a time. He is 
not protected and thus is easily exterminated. Market- 
hunters whe are unable to ship their stock out as fast as 
killed, place them in- cold storage until Sept. 1. Last 
year 1,200 chickens were found in one house at Alliance, 
Neb., by the State agents and confiscated. 

The market-hunters find the business yery ‘profitable, 
On the Omaha market a dozen young prairie chickens 
were worth five dollars. lf they can be gotten to Chicago 
or St. Louis the price is just dottbled, and if they can 
be gotten into the New York market the chicken is very 
nearthly worth its weight in gold. The market-hunter 
himself gets about 4o cents each for the chickens, and 
his expenses are very light. Even as scarce as chickens 
are in Nebraska to-day, a market-hunter can get ten to 
fifteen daily. This ineans twice as much money as can be 


THE ORIGINAL SHIRT WAIST MAN. 


earned at any other vocation during July. August and 
September. By that time the fields through Nebraska 
have been swept so clean that it ceases to be profitable 
to hunt for the market. The birds have been thinned 
out so and so badly scattered that a hunter must cover 
many miles in a day to get a few birds. Ten years ago 
when the market-lninter began his work in Nebraska it 
was no trick for a man with a single gun to get a hundred 
chickens a day. 

In 1893 the writer visited Holt county, Nebraska, with 
a party of Chicago sportsmen. In a single afternoon’s 
shoot each gunner killed more than a dozen chickens. 
This is the center of the chicken country and the birds 
are plentiful there if anywhere. Two years ago I went 
back there with the same company of Chicago shooters. 
After a hard day's work seven chickens were secured. 
divided between six guns. This was the record. Where 
covies were to be found in every stubble field to the 
number of twenty-hye in 1893, single birds were to he 
found last year. These were badly scared and would 
hurdle off into the brush a mile ahead of the dogs. 

Chicago and Eastern gunners might as well stay at 
home this year. Two years later, if the present campaign 
succeeds, perhaps soine sport may again be had on 
Nebraska's flower-studded prairtes, but not naw. Even 
the lohelia, the bright, blue prairie flower upon the seed 
of which the pinnated grouse feeds, seems to be disap- 
pearing from the prairie of western Nebraska as if in 
syinpathy with the birds that once regaled themselves 
heneath its cooling leayes. This bright blue blossom was 
at one time as comimon to the prairies of Nebraska as the 
sxoldenrod, and wherever it was to he found near the open 
stubble the chickens were sure to be. Gs Oe Py 


Long Island Snipe. 


Massareoua, L. I,, Aug. 2r,—It may interest some of 
your many readers to learn of the snipe shooting to he 
had in this section. The snipe are with tis now. and some 
good hags are being inade. The outlook is very good. 

Mr. W. K, Benedict and friend. of New York, spent 
the day with the snipe yesterday, killing forty-two large 
ones, including ployers, yellowlegs, robins and willets, alco 
a basketful of smaller snipe. 

The gttides report an unusually large quantity of 
meadow hets this season also. E. M. B: 


Bay Bitds at Barnegat. 


BArweGarT Crevy, N. J., Aug. 20.—-Bay birds are flying in 
far greater tuimbers now, and ott on Sea Dog Shoal they 
are killed by the scare and the hundred daily. Samuel 
Hufty,. City Controller of Camden, has a record of 72, 
58 and 60 in three successive days, many of them>bittern 
and wallet, FLASH, 


See the list of good things in Woadcraft im our adv. cals, 


-good success. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. . 


Chicken Country. 


CxHicaco, Ill., Aug. 19.—From very trustworthy sources 
I have to-day the following information regarding good 
prairie chicken country in Mininesota and North Dakota: 
“With reference to your verbal request regarding in- 
formation as to points whete there is pretty fair chicken 
shooting, please note the following list: 

“Bellingham, Halstad, Thief River Falls, Warren, 
Argyle, Stephen and Hallock, in Minnesota, and points 
on the Ellendale line, Hankinson, Rutland, Ellendale, etc., 
and others in North Dakota, In the vicinity of Willmar, 
Atwater and Litchfield on the Willmar line. 

“These are a few points from which I have received 
good reports of the numbers of chickens. There are 
other localities which I have no doubt are equally as 
good, but these, I have reason to believe, will prove very 
favorable for the first two weeks of the season.” 


Protection in Ohio. 


Hon, O. C. Brown, Judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas, Dayton, O., has issued the following call to the 
farmers and sportsmen of that State to join in a pro- 
tective moyement for the game birds: 

“The present unsatisfactory and contradictory laws 
enacted by the last Legislature, ostensibly for the pur- 
pose of better protecting the birds, fish and game of our 
State, furnish ample proot that there is a great lack of 
accurate information as to what measures will best 
accomplish the purpose aimed at, 

“Some of the -most useful and beautiful song and in- 
sectiyorous birds are not protected at all. Certain mi- 
gratory game birds, useful only as food, which breed in 
Ohio, are lost to us entirely, by being protected so late 
in the season that none remain when the hunting season 
opens. E 

“In accordance, therefore, with the resolutions adopted 
and the instructions given me at and hy the convention 
of fish and game protective clubs, held in the city. of 
Columbus, February last, 1 hereby give notice that a 
meeting will be held in said city at 10 o’clock A. M., Tues- 
day, Sept. 4, 1900, at the Chittenden Hotel, for the pur- 
pose of organizing and forming a State Fish and Game 
Protective Association, and all farmers’ clubs, fish and 
same protective associations, gtin clubs, fishing clubs and 
all organizations haying as one of their objects the pro- 
tection and preservation of birds, fish and game are 
hereby earnestly invited to attend, to unite in and form 
a State organization for the object above stated. _ 

“The State fair will be in progress from Sept. 3 to 7. 
Malf-fare rates will doubtless prevail upon all railroads 
runnne into Columbus. 

“Let us have a strong turn-out, as the importance of the 
subject should command thé attention and support of all 
thovehthal men. ; 

“By direction of the committee. 

; “QO. C, Brown, Chairman. 
“R, T. Dosson, Akron, O., Secretary.” 


Back from Alaska. 


Mr. Harry Lee, well known as a big-game hunter in 
the West, whose successful Alaska hunts have been 
chrenicledsin the Foresr AND STREAM, called at this office 
to-day with Mr, Crane, of the Savage rifle. to pass the 
time of day. Mr. Lee is just back from a two months’ 
trip in the West, this time to the Yellowstone National 
Park and other parts of the Rockies. He reports a 
splendid time, and Mr. Crane reports a splendid business. 

E. Houes. 

Tiarreorp Buinpinc, Clicago, Ill. 


Massachusetts Shore Birds. 


C. A, Brown, who is simmering at Plymouth, says that 
the boys, mostly local gunners, are getting a good many 
graybacks, yellowlegs and peep of the shore side at 
Plymouth. He continues to have good luck bass fishing 
in Great East Pond in-that town, taking six good: ones 
on a trip the other day. L. J. DePass, son of L. W: 
DePass, a boy of only twelve years, has spent a week 
gumung at a camp owned by his father and another 
gentleman, on an island off Ipswich Bay. He has a little 
16-gauge gun, and loads his own shells with two drams 
of powder and half'an ounce of shot, or thereabouts. On 
the present trip he has killed eighty shore birds, the 
most of them game of good size, including yellowlegs 
and snipe. His ammunition gave out for his little sun, 
but the shooting was too good to leave, and he took the 
big to-gauge of his father’s partner and ttsed it with 
He said: “LI had to hold her pretty solid 
or she would kick me over.” 

Aug. 20.—Two. Boston gunners brought up a good bag 
of shore birds from the vicinity of Essex Bay and Annis- 
quam Saturday. They disposed of their game jin the 
market, although they would searcely like to be termed 
marlet-hunters. They say that some good flights of gray- 
backs, yellowlegs and other snipe have gone along. Sey- 
eral gunners went down to Plum Island Saturday, and 
several started for the vicinity of Monomoy. They say 
that they do not intend to shoot Sunday, for there is na 
Sunday down there. All the summer guests, at every 
point along the beaches, are sailing, playing golf. or af 
some other amusement, every Sunday; not the slightest 
difference can he noted from any other day, “Why 
should we not shoot?” SPECIAL. 


Game in the Indian ‘Lerritory. 


VeLma, I. T.—In the Indian Territory August finds us 
with quite an unusual supply of game. The heayy floods 
which last year destroyed our quail crop have missed us 
this year, and the result is, I believe, twice as many 
quail as I ever saw here before, The woods and fields 
are just simply teeming with them, I thmk I am safe 
in saying I could easily kill 100 in a single day within a 
radius of ane mile. The prairies now are covered with 
upland plover, as they are every summer in this locality, 
and although there is hardly any game law here, yery few 
quail are shot before October—it's too hot I guess for the 
matket-hunter to keep his game, and the netter watts un- 
, t “ ti + 
ti] The weather is- cooley 50 he can ship his “dressed 


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poultry” to Kansas City or Ft, Worth. It is pointedly a 
breach of the law to net quail or ship them owt of the 
Indian Territory, but they do it just the same, and I 
for one am going to try to prevent some of it. I am 
now in communication with the proper authorities, and I 
will let Forest Ann StreAm readets know of the de- 
velopmenis. . 
Regardless of the fact that deer for some time have 
been a “scarce article” in this_country, I learn from re- 
cent reports that further north from the Rush Creek 
country, on northeast even into the thickly settled Okla- 
homa, an abundance of deer have been seen of late. I 
have it from reliable authority that on Little River in the 
“Pot'” country (Pottawatamie county, O. T.) there is 
quite a number of white-tailed deer which are ex- 
ceedingly tame. We have here also the pinnated grouse in 
ereat abundance later in the season, and quite a number 
remain hete through summer, nesting and rearing their 
young on the adjacent prairies. Altogether, considering 
the small number of sportsmen in this country, the pros- 
pects are flattering for a good time when the leaves be- 
gin to fall. W. 


Sea and diver Sishing. 


Chicago Fly-Casting Club Open 
Tournament. 


Cricaco, Ill., Aug. 17—The third open tournament of 
the Chicago Fly-Casting Club ‘began to-day under rather 
discouraging circumstances, though this was purely on 
accotnt of unfavorabile weather. The skies were threat- 
etiinig all the morning, with showers of rain, and by 11 
A, M. the downpour was so heavy and continuous as to 
cause the discontinuance of the work at the buoys, the 
judges being fairly. drowned out of their position on 
the boat, This brought the contests late into the after- 
noon, when at last the rain ceased and there appeared 
promise of a better day to-morrow. 

The grounds at Garfield North Lagoon to-day were 
arranged with the expectation of a pleasant time, and 
indeed the time was pleasant in spite of surly weather. 
Three tents furnished accommodations for the working 
force, the dining force and the guests and members. The 
latter had a large marquee just back of the western 
platform, and this was resident for the most of the 
attendance during the frequent squalls. Lunch was 
seryed in the open tent at about noon, during a let-trp in 
the tain, The local arrangements were all that could 
be required, 

There were just three communities represented in the 
{ournament—two only besides Chicago—yet there were 
present without doubt the best casting talent of the 
country, and the display of casting was a great one. From 
San Francisco came Mr, and Mrs. W. D. Mansfield, Mr. 
and Mrs. E. A, Mocker and Mrs. A, E. Lovett, all the 
aboye gentlemen members ‘of the San Francisco Fly- 
Casting Club, and anglers not only of reputation, but of 
ereat sicill. These men to-day showed in the front rank 
of every competition, and are to be expected well in the 
front at the end of the tournament. This may be said in 
spite of the fact that every one of the California men 
is suffering with illness caused by the change of climate, 
and is feeling much below his personal average of fitness. 
Mr, Mocker is perhaps better physically than the others, 
as he has been in this part of the world for several days, 
coming on ahead of the others for a little fishing over in 
Berrien county, Mich. Mr. Mocker made a hard run in 
the dry-fly work to-day, ranking very high in delicacy, 
and losing out only at the hands of the accuracy depart- 
ment. Mr Lovett and Mr. Mansfield took first and 
second in the distance and accuracy contest with the 
fly, and they made a vety fair Start in the team con- 
test; all4ound casting, in which only the bait feature 
was run off to-day. ; 

The representation from Grand Rapids, Mich., could 
not have been better chosen. With the veteran John 
Waddell came Mr. Chas. B. Kelsey, Mr. Douglas Berry, 
Mr. Asa Stewart. The Grand Rapids men made a hard 
fight for first in the dry-fly, and each of them showed 
himself in perfect control of his implements in that trying 
competition. It was thought at first that Mr. Waddell 
had this event safe, then Mr. Kelsey veered into favorite’s 
place, Mr. Stewart also making a good try for it. Grand 
Rapids does not so much run to bait-casting, and not so 
much was asked of her men in that line. Neither was it 
expected that the Coast men would care so much for 
this art as the Chicago boys, who have perhaps mastered 
this work better than any anglers in America. The end 
is not yet, however, in the bait work, and we may have 
surprises in store to-morrow. , : 

Chicago did not want to win anything in this tourna- 
ment, but yet must try her sportsmanlike best to do 
so, of course, To-day Chicago was first in the bait 
work of the team contest, and she took first in the dry-fly, 
second in the same eyent, and tied two men for third. 
This is a great honor for this city, for dry-fly 1s the past 
mastership of the angle. and her men met the best in 
the land to-day. 


Valuable Prizes. 


The club list of special prizes is a long and attractiye 
one, as is shown hereinafter. Special mention should be 
made of the handsome trophy brought along by the San 
Francisco boys from their club, to be offered for the 
prize in distance and accuracy, both bait and fly. The 
diamond of this trophy is a beauty, and the enameled 
flies and leader loops which are let into the gold facings 
are samples of really artistic design and execution. It 
is a vast and lovely world, that of the great. American 
West Coast, and it is in the forefront of artistic as well 
as material things. Fine men and fine women grow there 
amone other fine things, amd sa far as Chicago can see, 
the main oecipation on the Coast seems to be that of 
casting the Sy. 


Rules of the Competitions, 


The following are the general rules governing the com- 
petitions of the toirnament: = 3 . 


-jng only. 


RULE I. 


All persons competing for prizes shall pay an entrance fee as 


follows: One event, $3; two events, $5; three events, $7; all 
eyents, $10. Intties to each event close 30 miniites before contest 


cemmences. 
RULE II, 


The captain shall be the executive officer of the day, and shall 
examine and approve all tackle used in the events. The secretary- 
treasurer shall receive all entrance fees and issue cards to con- 
testants, designating their number in the order of competition, ‘The 
time-keeper shall start and close all events. We shall signal the 
judges with a flag, and call time to the contestants, 


RULE IIL 


The contests shall be governed by two judges and a referee. 
In case of disagreement the referee shall decide. The decision 
of the referee shall be final, except as to a question of interpretation 
of rules. Jn such a case contestant shall have a-right of appeal 
to the executive committee, provided that notice of such appeal 
is giyen to the captain before the close of such contest, 


RULE Ivy. 
All casting shall be done single-handed only. 


RULE V. 


Competitors may consult their own wishes in choice of reel and 
line, but lines must not be knotted, leaded or weighted, and bait- 
casting reels must be free running. 


RULE VI. 


The leader shall be of single gut, and shall not be less than 6 
nor more than 9 feet in length. One fly only shall be used, of a 


ON AN APRIL DAY IN THE YEAR I810. 


sizé not smaller than No. 12 or larger than No. 6. Snell must not 
exceed 6 inches in length, Hooks shall be broken off at the bend. 
Haltounce rubber frogs tised in the bait-casting events will be 
furnished by the captain. 


RULE VI, 
No cast shall count after the judges have notified contestant that 
fiyi is missing until same is replaced, 
RULE VIItT, 
Ti tackle breaks cottestant shall be allowed to replace same if in 
the opinion of the judges it was defective. 
RULE TX, 
All ties shall be cast off immediately after the contest. The 
loser shall be entitled to the prize next in order. 
RULE X. 


No one except actiye contestants and captain shall be allowed 
nearer the judges or casting pier than 10 feet; and any contestant 
distracting the attention of the judges, time-keeper or active con- 
testant in any manner whateyer, shall forfeit all rights or claims 
and be barred from any futtire contest of the club. 


RULE XI. 


The general rules and usage of the club shall be used in deciding 
any question that may arise not covered by the rules in this pro- 
gramme. 


First Event, Accuracy and Delicacy, Fly. 


Shortly after 11 o’clock A. M. the first event was be- 
gtin, that of accuracy and delicacy with the fly, six- 
teen entries. The sky was lowering, the wind very puffy 
and hard to gatige, the butioys being shifted several times 
in the attempt to escape its caprices. The conditions 
could not be called good, yet were not outside of sporting 
conditions. Judges were W. H. Talbot, of Nevada, Mo.; 
Douglas Berry, of Grand Rapids, Mich. Referee, Geo. A. 
Murrell, secretary of the club. The Chicago men made a 
fair showing in this competition, though hardly in the 
same class with the two Coast men, who went to their 
work with a confidence that seemed to show a perfect 
familiarity with the winninig points of the game. Mr. 
Mansfield used a Yery heavy line in his work, size D, 
which also was apparently used by Mr. Lovett. The lines 
ot these two casters cut straight and true across the 
buoys. there being only two requirements, to get the fly 
the right distance, and get it inside the tings. The 
Chicago man most nearly approaching this straight. 
heavy, slashing tournament gait was Harry Hascall, of 
Chicago, who also appeared to use the Coast form of full 
hody work rather than the canonical wrist motion which 
is of stich small avail in tournament casting. Mr; Bel- 
lows, a favorite for place at this game, made a fair show- 
Had it not been for Mr. Hascall the twa 
Friseo experts would have heen inva class by themselyvs 


and several grades away from the rest of the talent, The 
scores of 98, 97 I-3 and 96 were the one, two, three places. 

At the short buoy Mr. Mansfield lost but one point. 
On the second he made a little bobble, the wind coming 
up ui a gust just then, and here he took a demerit of 
4. ‘On the third hoop he was set back 3: Mr, Lovett’s 
wotk was very consistent, and he scored perfect three 
times at each ring, losing four points, each time one foot 
from’ perfect, certainly a very memorable exhibition of 
careful casting. Mr. Hascall lost his gait on the second 


ring, losing 2 on the first, 6 on the second, 4 on the third. 


Mr. Waddell lost 4 on the change to his second buoy, a 
bit of hard luck, as he was centering his rings admirably 
up to that point, Mr. Kelsey, of Grand Rapids, also 
cast in very good form, and his work was model in many 
ways, he losing points chiefly on the swing from one buoy 
to the next. A close heat was trotted between Capt. 
Letterman and Mr. Rey. C. A. Lippincott, the former 
92 2-3, the latter 92 1-3. The scores: 

_First Event.—Fly-casting, fixed distance and accuracy, at rings 
245 inches in diameter, 50, 55 and 60 feet. Rod not to exceed 814 
ounces. ‘There shall be made five casts at éach ting. One minute 
shall be allowed in which to extend line to 50-foot buoy, When 
the contestant has extended his line and is ready, he shall call 
“Score,” and the next cast thereafter shall be counted. When 
five consecutive casts have been made at 50-foot ring the judges 
will announce “Next ring.” Contestant, if he so desires, can 
make not to éxceed five dry casts before dropping his fly at the 
5d-foot ring. A like procedute shall be followed between 55 and 60 
foot rings. If fly falls inside of ring it shall be scored perfect; for 
each foot or fraction of a foot from ring a demerit of 1 shall be 
scored. Fly striking ring will be scored outside. The sum total 
of such demerits divided by 3 shall be considered the demerit 
per cent.; the demeérit per cent. deducted from 100 shall be the 
percentage. The contestants having the largest percentage shall 
pe declared the winners. 

I. D, Belasco 781-2; J. H. Bellows $2, L. I. Blackman 70 2:3, C. 
F_ Brown 762-3, IH, Greenwood 902-3, H. G. Hascall 96, E. R. 
Letterman 922-3, C. A. Lippincott 921-8, F. N. Peet 931-3, H. W. 
Perce 871-5, A. C. Smith 922-3, A. P. Stuart 85. Ci B. Kelsey 
89, J. Waddell 912-3, A. I. Lovett 98, W. D. Mansfield 97 1-3. 

_ First prize, diamond medal, Chicago Fly-Casting Club; A, E. 
Lovett, Leonard rod, 81-2, 98 per cent, 

_Second prize, English fly-rod, value $15, Montgomery Ward & 
Co.; leader book and two dozen leaders, value $12, Wm. Mille & 
Co,; total yalue of second prize, $27: W. D,. Mansfield, Leonard 
rod, 81-2, 971-3 per cent. 

Third prize, one year’s subscription to the American Field, 
value $4, American Field Publishing Co.; extension rod case, value 
$3, Lanz, Owen & Co.; gold-plated fly-pin, value $5, Geo. L 
Burtis; total value third prize, $12: H. G. Hascall, Devine rod, 8 1-2, 
96 per cent. 

Fourth prize, expert reel, value $2, A, F. Meisselbach & Brother; 
one-half dozen bass flies, G. EH. Burtis, value $1.25; two dozen bass 
flies, yalue $2, Hibbard, Spencér, Bartlett & Co.; total value fourth 
prize $5.25: I. N, Peet, Leonard rod, 81-4, 931-8 per cent. 

Fifth prize, artificial minnows, value $1, F. A. Pardee & Co.; 
four dozen flies, value #4, Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.; total 
yalue fifth prize, fo: A. C. Smith, Devine rod, 81-2, 92.2-8 per cent. 

Sixth prize, two alligator bait lines, value $2, J, L. Wan Uxem; 
one P. S. ball bearing bait, value 50 cents, P. & S. BallBearing Bait 
Co.; ane revolution bait, value 50 cents, Wm. Shakespeare, Jr.; 
total value sixth prize, fa: E. R, Letterman, Chubb rod, 8 1-2, 922-3 
per cent, 


Second Event, Team Contest, Bait. 


Judges, Mr. Mat Benner, Mr. A. Stewart; Referee, Mr. 
A. C. Smith. . 

The bait section of the team contest was next taken 
up, but was discontinued for a time on account of a 
heavy rain, which made it impossible either to cast or 
to score. Three teams entered for this, one each from 
Chicago, Frisco and the Rapids. Messrs. Mansfield and 
Lovelt made the Coast team, Messrs. Waddell and Kelsey 
the Michigan team, Messrs. Hascall and Peet the Chicago 
team. This was a very interesting competition and was 
closely watched by all present. Individually, it was hot 
for a time between Messrs. Hascall and Lovett, and it - 
was thought once that Hascall was next to top man, but 
the figures proved his running mate, Fred Peet, to be 
entitled to second place. Haseall’s last shot at the blue 
buoy was a 3, and Lovett followed with a 2, both men 
meeting applause, as it was then thought they were prac- 
tically tied. 

Mr. Mansfield does not claim to be a master of the free 
reel, but he showed himself a thinker and an original 
man in this as in his fly work. He had his reel screwed 
tight up, so that it ram far from free. It was his theory 
that this would prevent the fatal backlash, and give 
him better control of his bait. He did well in practice 
on this basis, somewhat dangerous to attempt, but in 
his trials in the contest he met two or three facers which 
set him back pretty badly. Twice he struck perfect, but 
once he caught a sharp stop, which landed him 50 feet 
away trom the buoy, a distance which he could never 
make up., 

Mr. Peet scored 3 perfects in this work, and main- 
tainied a very killing average throughout. Mr. Waddell 
was perfect twice, but twice he came to grief, and landed 
60 feet away from the mark, which gave him a sad task 
to make up. Mr. Hascall was perfect 3 times, but once 
made the fatal “bad one,” going. wide 17 feet. Mr. 
Lovett, winner, was perfect twice, and 9 feet was his 
worst deviation from the buoy, a very even and regular 
gait indeed. Mr. Kelsey was a beginnes with the bait, but 
plickily held on through the somewhz? annoyinig ordeal 


of the free reel, Scores: 

ASN BGO VELL acer t teres esialees naenranrcne 97 14-15 at 
Wah Wanisn eld sein sce ers eee eek ee esee aay ae 86 2-3 923-10 
Eee aScCall Neciteen ce eneeee cree coeds trees -96 10-15 63, 

TORS I Eee ae ahs aia aig a cee ae ete lac ee ee 97 7-15 97 1-15 
Yrohinge aieetel als Pen ist ee Peer 85 8-15 7 
GrBe Wielseur day hee sere ee oe Perl latedeh oietcichs 14 8-15 80 1-30 


Third Event, Dry Fly. 


Fourteen men entered for this exacting contest. Of 
thesé, Mr. Lovett was perhaps favorite, on the showing 
of practice during the afternoon, where he was watched 
closely by some of the knowing ones. He was a favorite 
also late into the actual competition, and in the opinion 
of the writer was given jist a shade the worst of it, if 
anything, in the delicacy side of the scoring. The wind 
was not so fresh then, hut the fresher wind is an ad- 
vantage and not a disadvantage in this work, for a little 
ripple of water disguises a ripple by the fly. However, all 
this scoring must, of course, be much a matter of opinion, 
and the result was that given only after dividing the scores 
of two judges for delicacy (Mr. Babcock and Mr. Letter- 
man), and of two for accuracy (Mr. Benner and Mr. 
Berry). 1 liked Mr. Lovett’s theory of dry-fly fishing 
very mich. Hts retrieve is especially good, hardly leaving 
a discoverable marl wpon the water. Mr. Mansfield 
has, as usual, a different theory, and I would not cal! 
it impractical, and wo doubt it would catch fish. ry 
accuracy ta, of geurse, very great, but his pesavery off 


150 


FOREST, AND: STREAM, 


[AuG._25, 1900. . 


line is much quicker and more impetuous, not requiring 
the tine which is used by such casters as Kelsey, Waddell 
or Lippincott. The latter gentleman was favorite for 
this contest in many minds, and surely made a grand 


showing, his retrieve being especially good. Hascall also 


did fine work. Mr. Ainsworth is a new member of the 
Chicago Club, and did creditably indeed. The third of 
the Coast men, Mr. Mocker, was in the very first flight 
in the delicacy part of the contest, but fell away a bit 
on the accuracy. Mr. Babcock, one of the judges, scored 
the following demerits on his sheet, which tallied pretty 
closely with those given by Mr. Letterman: Lippincott, 
6 off; Lovett, 8 off; Mocker, 6 off; Kelsey, 6 off; Hascall, 
8 off; Dr. Brown, 20 off; Mansfield, 8 off; Peet, 12 off ; 
Smith, 6 off; Bellows, 4 off; Perce, 32 off; Waddell, 2 
off; Ainsworth, 12 off; Stewart, 28 off. Mr. Waddell’s 
score for delicacy was the best made in the. lot, only 2 
points from perfect. So much for fishing rainbows in a 
quiet pool. Space lacks to present in full the scoring of 
the other judges. Totals follow: 


Third Event.—Dry fly-casting for delicacy and accuracy, at rimgs 
25 inches in diameter, 35, 40 and 45 feet. Rod not to exceed 5 3-4 
ounces, There shall be made five casts at each ring. Contestant 
allowed_80 seconds to extend his line by dry fly casting to 3o-foot 
ring. Scoring shall begin the first time fly strikes water. When 
contestamt has made five casts judges will announce “Next buoy. 
Contestant must then lift_his line, and in not less than one nor 
more than five dry casts, reach the 40-foot buoy, scoring to begin 
first time fly strikes the water. A like procedure shall be tol- 
lowed between 40 and 45 foot rings. If fly falls inside of ring it 
shall be scored perfect; for each foot or fraction of a foot from 
ting a demerit of 1 shall be scored. Fly striking ring will be 
scored outside. The sum total of such demerits diyided by 3 
shall be considered the demerit per cent.; the demerit per cent. de- 
ducted from 100 shall be the accuracy per cent. Each contestant, if 
he so desires, can make not to exceed fiye dry casts between each 
score cast. In addition, there shall be kept an account of delicacy; 
100 per cent. being considered perfect. The delicacy percentage 
shall be determined by the two judges and referee; if necessary 
in this event more judges shall be appointed, each of whom shall 
mark the per cent. in which, in kis opinion, the contestant is 
entitled. The sum total of such percentage as so marked, divided 
by 3, shall be the delicacy per cent. The delicacy per cent. and 
accuracy per cent. shall be added together and divided by 2, and 
the result shall be the percentage. ‘ i y 

A perfect cast is: (1) Fly to fall by its own weight without a 
splash. (2) On first cast fly must float. (8) Leader to fall on the 
water with no apparent disturbance of surface. (4) Retrieve must 
be made without cutting the water by leader or fly. emerits 
are: (1) Splash of fly, 2 to 10 off. (2) Failure to float fly on first 
cast, 2 off. (38) oer by leader, 2 to 10 off. (4) Bad retrieves, 
2 to 10 off. (5) If fly strikes water on first cast between buoys, 
10 off. (6) Failure to retrieve on last cast, 10 off. Two or more 
demerit charges may be added together on each cast to obtain 
total demerit. Loose line on platform or coil or line in hand is 
not permitted in this event. Contestant may begin with fly ex- 
tended from tip the length of rod. Each retrieve must be made 
with rod, excepting that contestant may grasp line and make 
partial retrieve y stripping line once only. 
_ i. H. Bellows 97, C. F, Brown 89 1-3, H. G. Hascall 96 1-6, C. A. 
Lippincott 961-2, F, N. Peet 941-6, Tl. W. Perce 991-3, A. C. 
Smith 961-6, A. E. Lovett 951-2, E, A. Mocker 952-3, C. B. 
Kelsey 941-6, W._D. Mansfield 951-2, Douglas Stewart 911-2, H. 
H. Ainsworth 96, John Waddell 94 2-3. 


First prize, diamond medal, Chicago Fly-Casting Club: TI. ie 


Bellows, 97 per cent. 
Second prize, split bamboo tod, value $30, Von Lengerke & 


Antoine: C. A. Lippincott, 961-2 per cent. 

, Third prize, Martin automatic reel, engrayed, value $20, Martin 
Novelty Works: Divided by A. C. Smith and H. G. Hascall, 96 116 
per cent. 


Fourth prize, fly-book and three dozen flies. yalue $7, Mont- 
gomery Ward & Co.; tourist repair case, value $7, Wm. Mills & 
on; total value fourth prize, $14: H. W. Ainsworth, 96 per cent. 
Fifth prize, four dozen flies, value $4: artificial minnows, value 

$1; total value fifth prize, $5: E. A. Mocker, 95 2-8 per cent. 
Sixth prize, two alligator bait lines, value $2, J. L. Van Uxem: 
Divided by A. E. Loyett and W. D. Mansfield, 951-2 per cent. 


Visitors, 


There were several ladies who attended to-day, among 
them Mesdames Mansfield and Mocker, of San Francisco r 
Mesdames Bellows, Peet, Russell, Murrell, Perce, Letter- 
man, with others. 

A prominent guest was Mr. W. H. Talbot, the maker 
of the well-known Talbot casting reel, who was in evi- 
dence upon the grounds in person, as well as in the form 
of his popular product. He brought with him as a special 
gift to Mr. F. N. Peet, the handsomest reel the latter 
ever saw, a pure silver, gold-mounted, diamond-set reel 
with spindle running in bored agates, a handle of red 
agate and an exquisite ornamentation. The work on 
this reel is of the very finest. Mr. Talbot says he would 
not like to duplicate it for $100. Three years ago he 
promised to make Mr. Peet a fine reel if he would win the 
club medal for bait-casting with a Talbot reel, This is 
how the promise was kept—certainly very handsomely. 
Members of the club very generously offered to enter a 
sweepstakes for it if Mr. Peet would put it up, but he 
had to decline. 


Gear. 


Mr. Mansfield used an English fly-reel and line in his 
work, with an Amerjcan rod. Most of the bait rods are 
of the short, 7-foot pattern which was originated in 
Chicago. The long-distance fly-rods ate, of course, of 
the clumsy, powerful, 11-foot type, more forceful than 
elegant of look. The display of fine angling goods is a 
notable one, for every man here is an expert, which 
means something of a crank, and each with a half-dozen 
outfits of the finest sort. 


Looks. 


Mr. Mansfield, as earlier mentioned in these columns, is 
a man of medium height, stocky, strong, sanguine of 
temperament, with sandy moustache and blue eyes. Mr. 
Lovett is an older man, taller, a bit gray, with powerful 
form. Mr. Mocker is younger than either of his com- 
panions from the Coast, in the middle weight class, and 
of heavy, muscular build. John Waddell is a sporting 
figure as he stands at score, lean, angular and active, and 
he turns away with a good strong walk which he got on 
the Pere Marquette. Mr, Kelsey is a bit lighter than 
Mr, Waddell, and Mr. Stewart is oldet, grown a bit gray 
in good works. Harry Hascall and his friend, Ashley 
Smith, of the local forces, are much alike—youngish 
looking, slim, dark and active. Mr. Bellows is heavy 
and powerful of build. Mr. Perce, the Club President, is 
very slender and tall. Mr, Lippincott is a spare and 
muscular man, who would be a hard one on a trail if 
trained to it. And so it goes. It is hard to pick a type 
for a fly-caster, The good ones come in all sorts of 
packages. We have the best packages here that the coun- 
{ry can scare up to-day. 


Saturday, Second Day, Aug. 18, 


To-day ended the tournament, and it was a day to be 
remembered. The weather was awful. The fickle Chi- 
cago climate made one of its kaleidoscopic changes. 


Yesterday we had rain all day. To day we had a heat—a 
terrible, dense, moist, sweltering heat—the worst which 
any of us have felt in Chicago this summer, which has 
been the worst summer ever known here in the opinion 
of many citizens. At the top of the Auditorium tower 
down town, where the cooler breezes from the lake had 
sway, the thermometer stood at 92 degrees. What it 
was in the hot little valley near the lagoon, surronded 
by trees and houses and large buildings of the car barns, 
exposed to the full rays ot the sun, and cut off from 
eyery breath of air, is something which must be left to 
guesswork, since there was no thermometer on the 
grounds, It was no doubt 98 or 100 degrees, probably 
more in the sun. This, and this alone, prevented the 
tournament from being a very satisfactory meet in every 
way. It did not stop the jollity, but it left Chicago under 
a deep cloud in the minds of all the visitors who have 
come so far to attend this meeting, It would seem 
unwise to chance another meet in August, though it is 
much a matter of chance in this climate at any date. 


Californians Sick, 


Under these oppressive weather conditions the San 
Francisco men suttered very much, Mr, Mansfield worse 
than any of his friends, He tried to do some work in 
the morning eyents, but by 2 o'clock collapsed under the 
ailment which has nearly brought him down for the past 
few days since leaving home. He was forced to retire 
from the accuracy bait contest and did not enter for the 
long distance fly-casting event, his own specialty, and 
that for which he came all the way to Chicago. He 
hoped to make a new record. No man could make a 
record here to-day with the fly. The air was dull and 
heavy and the best of the visitors said it was like casting 
against a brick wall to try to get a line out, There was not 
a breath of air to aid. In these trying conditions John 
Waddell, of Grand Rapids, failed of doing half what 
was his due. Mr. Mocker, of the Coast, made a nice show- 
ing with the long fly, but was not at his customary gait 
at all. The hardy, active, well-seasoned athlete from 
"Frisco, A. E, Lovett, quite captured the honors at the 
long fly, being alone in his rank at 105 feet, though dis- 
gusted at what he called a poor showing. Mr. Lovett 
has made a good record here both days. He takes back 
to San Francisco the handsome special trophy offered 
by his club for best average 1 accuracy at bait and fly, 
the beautiful matchbox mentioned in the list of prizes. 
The Chicago boys wanted this very much, but they could 
not reach it. 

In the long distance bait-casting (distance dnd ac- 
curacy combined, properly speaking), which was held on 
the green, nothing of interest turned up, unless it might 
be termed interesting to see a lot of the best bait casters 
in the cotintry go all to pieces in a contest like a lot of 
beginners. Everybody went wild. This event has not 
been popular with the Chicago boys for three years and 
the visitors were not partial to it. Mr. Salter’s win was 
on a better average adherence to the line, thaugh he did 
no very long work with the frog, Others had a bit of 
hard luck here and there from a bouncing frog, which 
scored off from a cast otherwise much better. Nearly all 
kept safe in the court, but the best of the experts made 
fluke after fluke. 


Records Broken in Bait Accuracy. 


One event of to-day was worth going far to seé and 
gave a distinguishing quality to this tournament, This 
was, the accuracy bait contest, which brought all the tal- 
ent on hand, All the records of the country, and indeed 
oi the world, were broken to pieces. No club record 
has ever approached those of to-day in open tournament. 
Every man seemed at his best, and for some occult rea- 
jon the conditions seemed as good for bait casting as 
hey were poor for fly-catsing. Time and again the 
uoys were hit plump with the frog at 60, 70 and oo feet 
trom the score. It would have been a hardy bass that 
would have lingered near the marks in this contest. It 
was more like pistol shooting than casting. Especially 
“ratifying was it to see that Mr. Kelsey, of Grand 
Rapids, who had such hard Inck yesterday at bait work. 
to-day made one of the best scores and went ahead of 
some of the best men in America. So marked an im- 
provement is as much a source of ielicitation as though 
he had really won first, and it is not all of the game to 
win all the time. Mr. Kelsey’s score of 97 would have 
been easily top score two years ago on these very 
grounds, and might be again at any future time, for the 
entire entry seemed to be outclassing themselves. Smith, 
Peet and Hascall, of the locals, took all the premier 
honors, but they put up so hot a game that there was 
no getting a look in, The Coast came in here after 
Grand Rapids, Mr. Lovett putting up 964-5, certainly 
enough to win at any ordinary gait. 


Team. Contest Fails. 


The team contest was decided on a two-thirds basis, 
only two of its features being worked out, the long dis- 
tance fly being discarded, since Mr. Mansfield could not 
cast, and his team was therefore unqualified. Grand 
Rapids withdrew. and Messrs. Peet and Hascall, the 
Chicago team, having won in the first two features—deli- 
cacy and accuracy fly and accuracy bait—were Jeft un- 
opposed and were declared winners. 


Long Distance Fly Disappointing. 


The long distance fly-casting, the event which was 
watched for with greatest interest by all and which 
brought out the best part of the crowd perhaps, was a 
disappointment, as above indicated. There was not a 
man who felt that he had done his average work in this 
specialty, and both workers and spectators were disap- 
pointed, Many wished to see Mr, Mansfield cast, but 
there is no reason to believe that he would have ap- 
proached his own average records had he competed to- 
day, The weather was a fluke of the worst sort and the 
fly-casters are lucky to get off alive, 

The Pacific Coast party goes on East from here to- 
morrow and will visit points on the Eastern seaboard 
in the hope of striking a decent climate. The Grand 
Rapids men say there is no place like home. Really, the 
Chicago club must apologize for the weather it put on 
tap. It need apologize for nothing else. 

There was a big crowd ont to-day, perhaps 400 per- 


sons, forty or fifty of these ladies, relatives of members - 
and visitors and all much interested in the work. These | 
made themselves as comfortable as, possible under. the. 
trees and in the tents, Eyen at sundown the heat had 
abated but little. wi‘ bag ale 
One yery well satisfied gentleman was Mr. W. Hi, 
Talbot, the reel maker from Nevada. “I am from Mis-. 
souri,” said he, “and you will haye to show me if any 
reel is better than mine. Jt won every prize in all the 
bait events, all the winners using it except Bellows.. 
Belasco, Greenwood and Letterman, I am thinking now 
of moving the club to Nevada.” Set 


Team Contest, Dry Fly. tee ae 


The first event of the day was the second lap of the 
team contest, that at dry fly, delicacy and accuracy. Air 
heavy, wind imperceptible. Messrs. Hascall and Peet- 
won by a scant margin over the Coast.men. Mr. Peet 
was perfect three times on the first buoy, lost 8 on the 
second and 7 on the third, his delicacy bringing him up 
better. Mr, Hascall lost 6 on his first buoy, 9 on No. 2: 
and 7 on No. 3. 

Mr. Mansfield was perfect five times in all, though he 
lost 7 on No. 1, 6 on No. 2 and only 4 on No, 3, the 
jurthest buoy, Mr, Lovett was perfect twice, both on 
No. 1, losing 3 on No, 1, 9 on No. 2 and 8 on No. 3.. 
Fis delicacy saved him out. 

Mr. Waddell, of the Grand Rapids team, was perfect: 
once,,and he lost on his accuracy side, falling back 6 
on No. 1, 9 on No. 2, 13 on No. 3. At delicacy he was 
better. Mr. Kelsey improved clean through, losing 8 
on No. I, 13 on No. 2, and only 2 on No. 3. In delicacy; 
he did well. Scores. : 

ana Team.—F, N. Peet 961-2, H. G. Hascall 951-3; totall 
Saab Tat neon Wey agents, 18) Mansfield 951-6, A, E. Lovett 96;: 
total 95 7-16. ; 

Grand Rapids Team.—John Waddell 941-6, C, B. Kelsey 94 2-63 
total 94 1-5, 

The Chicago team haying won also the contest, as re-: 
ported yesterday, and the long distance fly contest being, 
abandoned, the Chicago team was declared winner of the: 
team contest. The Judges to-day were E. R. Letterman, 
Donglas Berry; referee, E. A. Mocker. 


Event No. 2, Long Distace Bait. 
Judges, L. F, Crosby, Geo. M. Lee; referee, E, A. 


~Mocker. There were seventeen entries, the best of those 


present. They all cast like a picnic of drunken sailors, 
man after man retiring with a short fluke to think about, 
Sometimes the frog bounced, but more oftén it was the 
reel. Fred Peet was picked to win this and went out 
after it hard, but caught a crab at the last cast. Bellows, 
Hascall, Smith, Lovett—all the standbys—fell down one 
after the other. Mr. Salter was the most consistent per- 
former and kept to his knitting. His average of 103% 


_feet, it must be remembered, is really not so good ini 


figures as on the ground, the demerits for side cast being; 
subtracted. The scores: 

Bait-Casting for Distance and Accuracy Combined.—Casting. to) 
be on a lawn within a court 30 feet wide, with tape line extending; 
down the center. Five casts shall be made with halflounce rubber 
frog. Score is made from spot where frog rests, If frog first strikes. 
outside of court, cast is lost. If it first strikes inside court andi 
hounds out, cast is counted, Perfect cast is within 1 foot of tape: 
lime. For each additional foot or fraction thereof from tape line: 
a demerit of 1 shall be scored from the distance indicated byy 
nearest point on tape line, 


. Waddell: 


Wilkinson Co.; C. & N 
x. R. Co.: A. E. Lovett, 100 2-15 per cent. ‘ A 
Third prize, Shakespeare reel, value $15, Wm. Shakespeare, Jr.:. 


two Burtis baits, valtie $2:50, Geo. H. 
prize, $9.25: F. N. Peet 93 17-20. 

Fifth prize, four dozen flies, value $4, Montgomery Ward & Co.; 
two artificial minnows, value $1, F. A. Pardee & Co.; total value 
fifth prize, $5: C. A, Lippincott 86 13-60. A 

Sixth prize, Harrimac landing net, value $2.25, A. F. Meissel- 
bach & Prather: one Burtis bait, value $1, Geo. H. Burtis; two 
artificial minnows, value $1, F. A. Pardee & Co; total value sixth 
prize, $4.25: H. G. Hascall, 7617-30 per cent. 

Seventh prize, two alligator bait lines, value $2, J. L. Van @xem: 
one P. & g. ball bearing bait, value 50 cents, P. & S. Ball Byaring 
Sait Co.; one revolution bait, yalue 50 cents, Wm, Shakes)xeare. 
Jv.; total value seventh prize, $2: I. H. Bellows, 74512 per cenfé 


Third Event, Accuracy Bait 


This was the big show and was worth the price of 
admission. Such bait-casting was never before seen in 
the West, and as the West is the originator and perfector 
of this system it is likely its equal was never seen in all 
the world. It looked very easy, man after man taking 
the pace and swinging in close behind the nearest rival 
and cast after cast landing against or in and around the 
distant buoys. There were three rounds at the sets of 
five buoys, distances of 60, 70, 80, 90 and roo feet from the: 
score, change of distance arbitrary. Each man thus had! 
fifteen casts and the element of chance was eliminated. 
Tt was a long and hot contest, but it was eagerly watched’ 
throughout in spite of the burning sun. At 80 feet 
Harry Hascall hit the buoy plump on top, the frog tak- 
ing a long bounce. At 70 feet he struck against the side 
of the buoy support. At too feet he was time and again 
around the point, and he never had a fluke of the Teel. 
Neither did Kelsey, of Grand Rapids, who this morning 
could not have cast downstairs with the windows open. 
At vo feet he was against the buoy, and at too feet he hit 
it plump. After that he could not miss. Peet was never 
far from center at any station and held an even, killing . 
gait all through. He struck the yellow buoy, 100 feet 
away, full with his frog on one cast, Smith, wiry and 
lean like his fishing companion Hascall, seemed also 
unable to miss the buoys, and his was the best exhibi- 
tion of acctirate bait-casting that has ever been put up 
in any contest, club or open. His control over the bait 
was marvelous, Lovett followed his own system of cast-- 
ing beyond and pulling down on the mark. He made 
pretty work, all the more remarkable from the fact that 
he did it with a strange rod—one of the club rods—he 
having broken his own this morning. Salter was doubted 
able to win this event also, and he did not. Waddell 
was in hard fuck, though his 80-foot work was fine. 


as 
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Perce, the resident of the club, was only 5 inches off 
on the 70-foot buoy, Lippincott missed the 8o-foot buoy 
once by-a scant 2 inches, Letterman did nice work also, 
and indeed it seemed as though everybody in it was 
doing good work. It was not known for some minutes 
after the close of the contest who was the winner, Mr. 
Hascall being thotight first so far as the spectators could 
tell. It was a near enough thing to leaye every man 
plenty of comfort. Judges, W. H. Babcock, A, Stuart; 
referee, Geo. M. Lee. The scores:- 


Fifth pical aaceataey, bait-casting at buoys 60, 70, 80, 80 and 10) 
feet. Three casts shall be made at each buoy with half-ounce tub- 
ber frog. The order of buoys to be announced by the captain. 
All contestants to finish casting at first buoy before the next is 
announced by the captain, and a like precedure throughout the 
contest. If frog falls within 1 foot of buoy cast at, it shall be 
considered perfect; for each additional foot cr fraction thereof that 
frog -drops trom such buoy a demerit of 1 shall be made; the sum 
total of such demerits, divided by 15, shall be considered the 
demerit per cent.; the demerit. per cent, deducted from 100 shall 
be the accuracy per cent. Fre@running reel only allowed: 

j._B. Armstrong 75 2-5, IL. D. Belasco 96 11-15, L. I. Blackman 
88 2-5, C. F. Brown 89 1-15, H. Greenwood 96 2-3, H. G, Hascall 98, 
N. C. Heston 802-5, E. R. Letterman 962-3, C. A. Lippincott 
943-5, F. N, Peet 982-15, H. W. Perce 822-3, G. W. Salter 96 2-15, 
A. C. Smith 982-5, H. H. Ainsworth 9114-15, A. E. Lovett 96 45, 
G. Hinterleitney $4 1-5, C. B. Kelsey 97, J. Waddell 798-15, D. 
Berry 85 13-15, H. Parker 93, I. H. Bellows 95 1-3. 


First prize, diamond medal, Chicago Fly-Casting Club: A, GC; 
Smith, 98 2-5 per cent. + 

Second prize, Talbot reel, value $28, W, H. Talbot: F. N. Peet, 
98 2-15 per cent. . " 

Third prize, spiral fly-rod, value $20, F, D. Devine Co.: H. G. 
Hascall, 98 per cent. u 

Fourth rize, Gayle reel, value $15, Geo. W. Gayle & Son; C, B, 
Kelsey, per cent. ’ 

Fifth prize, split bamboo fly-rod, value $15; two dozen flies, value 
$2; Eoreleaiiic $17; Montgomery Ward & Co.: A. E. Lovett, 964-5 
per cent. 


Sixth prize, one Lenson fly-book and four dozen assorted flies, 
value 312, Wm, Mills & Son; one All Right reel, value $1.75, A. 
F, Meisselbach & Brother; total value sixth prize, $13.75; I. L. 
Belasco, 9611-15 per cent. a 

Seventh prize, one dozen Burtis flies, value $2; one-half dozen 
leaders, value $3; Yawman & Erbe automatic reel, value $8, Yaw- 
man & Erbe Mig. Co.; total value seventh prize $13: E, R. ‘Letter- 
man and H. Greenwood, 962-3 per cent. 

Eighth prize, tapered fly-line and half-dozen leaders, value $6.25, 
W. J. Cummins; two dozen flies, value $2; total value eighth prize, 
$8.25: H. Greenwood won tie on 7. ‘ i an 

Ninth prize, Burtis baits, value $2, Geo. H. Burtis; two artificial 
minnows, value $1, F. A. Pardee & Co.; total value ninth prize, 
$4: G.-W. Salter 96 2-5 per cent. 

Tenth prize, two alligator lines, value $2, J. 
bait, value $1; total value tenth prize, $3: 
951-3 per cent. 


Fourth Event, Long ‘Distance Fly. 


Only ten men qualified, Mr. Mansfield at the last mo- 
ment deciding not to compete. A rather hollow victory 
was won by the husky and fit looking Lovett, who cast 
as though his future happiness depended on reaching the 
further shore with his fly, and who distanced all com- 
petitors, Fred Peet being nearest’to him with 102 to his 
105 feet. 

Mr. Beet was first at the score. It was blazing hot, and 
he was drippinig with perspiration from the hard work 
with the big rod. He changed rods twice and seemed to 
have rather hard luck in keeping control of his line 
sometimes. The air was heavy and dead. Mr. Peet was 
irregular, part of the time away from the floats, but his 
pluck and strength brought him in for two or three long 
ones, and he came in second, 

Mr. Kelsey followed Mr. Peet. A fine high back cast, 
but he lacked driving power to the font, reaching the 
end of the float line rarely and weakening in the ordeal 
of heat and stifling air. ~ 

Dr. Brown, third at the score, made hard work of it 
and did not get on the floats more than once or twice. 

Mr. Smith followed. He handled his back cast with 
a sweep that kept it high and he showed good control 
of his line. though tiring at the hard work. 

Mr. Bellows was next and showed good form with 
the big tournament rod, as is his custom, but he said 
it seemed impossible for him to get his leader straight- 
ened out. It may have been that a slight air met the 
fly at that part of the course. 

Mr. Mocker was next. He showed much strength 
and carried a nice back line. He went to the floats at 
once and repeatedly, showing a very good control over 
his line. 

Mr. Hascall was next and made a good impression, 
though slight for such heavy work. He knows the game 
and was soon along the buoys, with three very nice lies 
and a very fair average of direction: and control. 

Mr. Belasco‘also made a good impression. Mr. Lovett 
says he could teach Mr. Belasco to do 115 feet in a week. 
He is large and strong, though yet shy in a few points 
of the game. His work improved under Mr. Lovett’s 
coaching. . 

Mr. Waddell again played rather in hard luck, though 
he showed a mastery of his tools and knew the game 
nicely. He could not account for the folding up of his 
best casts and retired with a puzzled look. It may have 
been that the air was now freshening against the score. 

Mr. Lovett was picked for winner before he had done 
a half dozen casts. He was not there for any other 
purpose, either, and was eager, indeed a bit nervous. He 
was on the point of asking for a change of direction in 
the line of the buoys, for a faint air could be plainly 
felt coming in now and then toward the score, though 
it was baffling and shifty. Mr. Loyett at once went 
along the buoy line and clung there handsomely, his win 
being very decisive. The scores: 

Fourth Event.—Lone-distance fly-casting: No limit to tod or 
line. Ten minutes_shall be allowed to extend fly to greatest 
possible distance. Wo time allowance for replacing fly. 

Judges, E. R. Letterman, Douglas Berry; referee, E. E. Critch- 
field; timer, C. H. Chadwick. 

I. D, Belasco 91 feet, I. H. Bellows 100 feet, C. F. Brown 80 
feet, H. G. Hascall 100 feet, F. N. Peet 102 feet, A. C. Smith 93 
feet, C. B. Kelsey 92 feet, E. A. Mocker 95 feet, J. Waddell 75 
feet, A. E. Lovett 105 feet. ‘ 

First prize, diamond medal, Chicago Fly-Casting Club: A, E. 
Lovett 105 feet. > 

Second prize, Silkine fly-rod, value $30, John M. Kenyon: F. 
N. Peet, toe feet. 

Third prize, Emeric fly-book, value $5, Clabrough, Golcher & 
Co.; Mackinzie box. with one dozen leaders, value $10, A. Carter 
& Co.; total value third prize, $15: H. G. Hascall 100 feet. 

Fourth prize, one dozen leaders, value $5; two dozen flies, value 
$2; total value fourth prize, $7: I. H, Bellows 100 feet—lost on tie 
with Hascall, an 


Fifth prize, two artificial minnows, four dozen fies: 
Mocker 96 feet. 
Sixth prize, two-alligator bait lines, value $2, I. L, Van Uxem: 
‘A. C. Smith 93 feet, 
Evening Meeting. 
The casting was concluded a trifle after sundown, in 


L. Van Uxem; 
I. D.. Belasco 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


heavy, murky, dead air. The handshakings of farewell 
soon began and the pleasant party dispersed, the greater 
part to assemble a little Jater at the Park refectory, 
where a little collation had been prepared by the Chicago 
Fly-Casting Club. lFreshened up by the change of sur- 
rounding, a pleasant hour was passed by the members 
and visitors, speeches and presentation of prizes being the 
closing order of the day and of the tournament. The 
prizes were awarded as hereinbefore mentioned, the San 
Brancisco special prize going to Mr. Lovett on a score 
of 98 at distance and acctiracy with the fly and of 
96 4-5 in accuracy with bait, a total of 97 2-5 per cent. 
Mr. Salter took the bait average on 99 89-120, receiving 
the Van Uxem rod. At an early hour the meeting ad- 
journed, E. Houcn. 
Hartrorp Burrtpre, Chicago, III. 


A Boy and Ie ea wion: 


Quesec, Aug. 16.—Edifor Forest and Stream: Official 
business recently called me away for a few days below 
Quebec. I spent July 23 and 24 at Matane, about 200 


miles below Quebec, on the south shore of the estuary 
of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 

A little over a mile up the Matane River is a large 
saw. mill belonging to the firm of Price Brothers, of 
Quebec, and at the foot of the dam of this mill begin the 
salmon pools belonging to the Matane Fish and Game 


A POMPEIIAN WALL FRESCO. 


Club, composed of a few gentlemen residing in Quebec, 
Ottawa and other ‘cities, The fly-fishing having been 
very satisfactory this season and the people not poaching 
nor otherwise causing any trouble, the club rewarded 
them by throwing open the fishing to the villagers, who 
all thoroughly enjoyed it while I was there. Unfortu- 
nately, I did not bring my salmon rod with me. Had I 
done so I should have had capital sport. 

I saw one fine salmon killed by a man who had only an 
ordinary bamboo pole and line, with no reel. I saw 
another party, who had a fine salmon rod and reel, lose 
three salmon running. But the strangest fish capture was 
by a young boy, who had a rather long common bamboo 
pole with a line tied at the top. He fastened a good- 
sized salmon fly to the line, without leader, and tried -his 
luck for sea trout. After two or three casts he found his 
fly taken by a fresh-run 15-pound salmon, which, after 
leaping twice, made a dash and broke the line off at the 
top of the pole. The boy felt awfully cut up at losing 
his fish and his line and fly. After thinking over his 
misfortunes for a few moments, he decided he would 
take a boat, row out, and try and recover his line and 
fly. He soon discovered his line floating on the water, 
caught it and began hauling it in, when the salmon, which 
was still fast, showed decided resistance. The boy, fear- 
ing to lose his line again, quickly took a turn around the 
thwart or seat of the boat, which stopped the salmon 
from going any further, He then rowed ashore, towing 
his salmon, which was fortunately well hooked by the 
big fly-hook well fastened back of the tongue. Then the 
boy triumphantly hauled the fish ashore. 

When I returned here, I told this story to some of my 
friends at the Garrison Club, who appeared to think T 
somewhat exaggerated. I therefore wrote my friend, Mr. 
John H. Patton, the Collector of H. M. Customs at 
Matane, and asked him whether what I related was really 
the truth and nothing but the truth. I inclose Mr, 
Patton’s letter, giving the age and name of the boy and 
vouching for the truthfulness of my story. and adding 
another, which you are welcome to publish if you think 
they interest brother anglers, fish stories being just now 
fashionable and in order. U. Grecory. 


Dear Mr. Gregory: Y duly 
inst. The circumstances you 


- Matane, Aug. 13.—M 
recelved yours of the 3 


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allude: to respecting the boy catching a salmon with a 
bamboo rod.and no reel is a fact. He is a son of Mr. Jos, 
Lavasseur, fourteen yéars old, and an expert fisher, 

A rather singular circumstance happened, when I was 
present, many years ago on a salmon fishing excursion up 
the River Matane with the late Sir A. T, Galt and his 
son, John (now one of the fitm of Galt & Galt, of Winni- 
peg). We were up in two canoés, and arriving at a 
salmon pool named Boncannien. We told Jack Galt to 
put up his trout rod to see if there were any fish in the 
pool while we were camp making. After fishing a short 
time, he called out, “I have hooked a fish.” We at once 
joined him and witnessed as hard a fight between fishet- 
man and fish as could be wished; it lasted over one hour, 
and when the fish was played out one of our boatmen 
waded out and took up the fish, and to his astonishment 
could not find the fly in the fish’s mouth, but after further 
inspection found that the gut had made a half-hitch 
around the salmon’s tail, and Galt had been playing him 
in that extraordinary position, the fly hangng about 6 
inches below the tail of the fish, Yours sincerely, 

Joun H. Parton. 


Tarpon. Fishing. 


_KAnsas: City, Mo., Aug, 7—Editor Forest and Stream: 
I: you will furnish the necessary space in your columns 
I shall write a series of letters on “Tarpon Fishing,” ad- 
dressed to the readers of your ~aper, with the intention 
of starting a discussion on the subject, for the purpose 
of making more popular this finest of piscatorial sport 
and providing all necessary information for those who 
purpose giving it a trial. 

Tarpon fishing has obtained among fishermen in gen- 
eral a reputation of being rather slow sport, involving a 
great deal of long and tedious waiting for few if any 
strikes. This is due to the fact that the fishing has gen- 
erally been done in a wrong manner and in wrong places. 
It has often been told to me that certain parties have 
spent two or three weeks in Florida in winter, fishing 
every day and all day long for tarpon, with the result 
that they caught either none at all or only one or two 
fish. Such an experience as this no tarpon fisherman 
or even would-be tarpon fisherman need ‘ever again an- 
ticipate, tor there are times and places where the silver 
king bites often and fiercely, and where a man who knows 
how to do it can land seVeral fine fish per day. 

The series of letters that I purpose writing will be upon 
the following subjects: 

First—Where to go. 

Second—Tackle and outfit. 

Third—How to fish for tarpon. 

Fourth—Allied fishing. 

Before commencing this task, I am going to ask each 
tarpon fisherman who reads your paper to contribute his 
quota of information to the general fund by taking a hand 
in the discussion of these papers, criticising whatever he 
may disagree with, and supplementing them wherever 
possible with data from his own experience or from tha 
of others upon whose word he can rely. 

The information thus amassed would prove of great 
interest and usefulness to anglers for the “grande 
écaillé,” consequently I would ask the privilege of col- 
lecting it later on into book form, so as to make it 
available for everybody. 

Tarpon fishing is only in its infancy; and no matter 
how popular it may become it will for the following 
reasons never be exhausted: 

First—The supply of fish is practically unlimited. 

Second—Tarpon fishing is recreation for only the well- 
to-do, as the expense that it incurs is comparatively 
great. 

Third—This fishing involves nearly always a long 
journey to and fro; and 

Fourth—The fish is unsalable in the market, and only 
the yery small ones are really fit for food. 

Such being the case, no one need fear that, by making 
public what he knows about tarpon haunts, he will be ruin- 
ing good fishing grounds and spoiling his future sport, 
as would be the case were one dealing with bass fishing 
in a small lake or district. 

Before beginning my labors on the proposed series 
of letters I would like to obtain some encouragement 
from a few of your readers by haying them notify me, 
preferably through your columns, that they will help me 
out on the work by taking part in the discussion. 

J. A. L. Wapvetr. 


Megantic Club, 


Reports from the Megantic preserve continue to note 
the best of fishing, with members and guests well satis- 
fed. The latest reports say that bass fishing is good in 
Megantic Lake, in the vicinity of the club house. F. A. 
Nichols has taken a black bass of 4% pounds there. The 
same reports say that partridges are really very plenty, 
and excellent shooting is promised as soon as the season 
opens. SPECIAL. 


CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 


CANOEING In SoutTH AMERICA, 
Soonrr—Aw Unorpinary Doc. 

THE Siipinc Rock oF PAPASE’EA. 

In A SONORA CAMP, 

SPORTSMEN 'S FInps, . 

WHat Cows WERE THESE? 
CRANES. 

Duck SHOOTING WITH FRrep MATHER, 
NEBRASKA PRAIRIE CHICKENS. 
Cutcaco Fry-Casting TouRNAMENT. 
A Boy anp A SALMON. — 

Tarfon FisHINnG on Bayou TEcHE, 
Aneitine Notes, ny A, N, Caeney. 
BARNEGAT FISHING. 

CRUISE OF THE CRESCENT, 

Yacut RAce Reports. 

Trap HANDICAPs, 

TRAPSHOOTING PAST AND PRESENT. 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Auc, 25,.1900, — 


De ae = Nee i at - 


On Bayou Teche. 


From the souf de wind am blowin, 

In my dugout I is goin 

Down de bayou to dat eddy whar 
de catfish loves to hide; 

Whar de gray moss am er sway1n, 

An de pearches dey is playin 

Roun de roots of dat old cypress 
down by de rivah side. 


Den I baits em wid a fish worm, 
An I lay I make some fish squirm; 
I'll des show dem finny beauties 
dat der aint no flies on me. 
But ob skeeter dar’s er plenty, 
An Ise shore dars more dan twenty 
\ Hundred tousand round yer. Shoo! 
Dey’s so thick I skase kin see. 


Ob de peatches dar is many, 

An dars catfish more dan antiy, 

An Ise shore ter cotch er plenty 
foh de comin ob de de night. 

But long time I tries er minner 

An as shore as Ise er sinner, 

I done fished foh half an hour 
an I didn’t git er bite. 


Whar dem sunfish an dem daces? 

Deys done hid in fohty places. 

Ise des honin for dem fishes, an 
T nevah likes ter wait. 

Now dat beats de berry debbil, 

Dat I nevah gets er mbble_ . 

When I sees dem lazy fishes er 
swimming roun de bait. 


All de day de fish am risin, 

An its mighty nigh surprisin, 

But I specs dose fish aint hungry 
‘an dey aint er gwine ter bite. 

Some fine day deyll be er nappin, 

An er line I’ll gently drap in, 

When dar appetite am better an 
I'll catch em des fur spite. 


Now de ebenin sun am sinkin, 

An Ise dene er heap ob thinkin 

Bout dem fishes. Specs deys done been 
hooked des as like as not. 

Ise done tired ob dis yer fussin, 

An Ise done right smart ob cussin; 

An fur me I spec old Satan will 
make it mighty hot. 


Dar de gators gin to beller; 

An 1 knows fur dis ole feller 

It am much safer up de bayou 
endurin ob de night. 

Tho Ise mighty fond ob fishin, 

Yet I lacks a heap ob wishin 

To be bait fur a gator, cos he 
takes so big er bite. 


Now de whipporwil!s am callin, 
An de chillens am er squallin, 
De ole woman’s in de cabin wid 
her stew pan clean and bright. 
_Rotin de hatth she goes a-singin, 
Cos she thinks dat Ise er bringin 
Home a mess ob pearch or catfish, 
but I nevah got er bite. 


Now de white man when he fishes 
Am de very first who wishes 
For to wake up all de neighbors 

wid de blowin of his hon. 
Tf I is an ole lame nigger, 
I dont’cut no sich er figger, 
For dar is about dis fish tale 

no lies, as she’s yo bon. 

Bayou TECHE, 


ANGLING NOTES. 


The Zuls Fly. 


_ A_LETTER that came to me at my home while I was 
in Canada was written by Mr. Charles Stewart Davison 
acknowledging a copy of an extract from the Forest, 
Fish and Game Comunission containing an article by 
Prof. E. P. Felt, the State Entomologist, on “Insects 
Injurious to Forest Trees.’ The article has three col- 
ored plates (and I -will send copies to those who may 
desire them until my supply is exhausted), showing the 
insects described in different stages of development, and 
one of them arrested the keen eye of Mr, Davison, who 
writes of it as follows: 

“One thing which will not come amiss to your pisca- 
torial mind I note—i. e., Plate 2 (Fig. 16), two speci- 
mens of the maple borer moth; at rest and expanded 
seem to indicate a reasonable basis in nature for the 
‘sulu,”’ especially the small scale-wing variety of that 
on occasion useful lure; but equally they point (if we are 
to follow nature in our flies) to the desirability of a light 
yellow hackle tied palmerwise over the black body. I 
suppose Prof. Felt would be horrified to think of his 
accurate and excellent plates being considered, even 
momentarily, from the point of view of ‘guides to fly- 
tiers. Apologize for me to him for my audacity in so 
doing.” 

Mr. Stewart need make no apology to any one, for 
any person who can give a sound reason for the ex- 
istence of some of our wonderfully made artificial flies 
is to be commended. and I am sure that Prof. Felt will 
be delighted that he has been discovered to be the means 
of accounting for the existence of the zulu as a counter- 
part of something in nature rather than the product of 
an augler’s mind, whe has moments of aberration, or 
lucid intervals, whicheyer way one chooses to put it, 
when artificial flies are to be constructed or created. 

The Zulu has never been am especial favorite of mine, 
and J am not particularly familiar with it, but I recall the 


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red tag which the maple borer possesses, and that the 
fly has a black hackle tied palmer-fashion and wound in 
with either silver or gold tinsel, and it is quite possible 
that the creator of the Zulu had the maple borer in, mind 
when he gaye the fly to the angling world. The Reuben- 
Wood I considered the fancy of some angler who desired 
to add to the already long list of flies, until Uncle 
Reuben told me that he had simply copied a natural 
tly he saw on the water. The Lord-Baltimore I first saw 
as a black bass fly, and accepted it as another fancy, until 
the late Prof. Mayer told me he first tied the fly as a 
trout fly, copying an insect that he had found on the 
water in Maine. Observant anglers may yet find the 
Ethel-May, the Genevieve and the Sairy-Ann to exist in 
nature under some long Latin name, and thus justify 
their creators for building the flies, even 1f they never can 
be justified for their selection of names. 


Salmon River ° 


Since writing the last batch of “Angling Notes” I have 
visited Salmon River, N. Y.; in fact, only returned from 
there this evening, The State having made an appropriation 
for building fishways in the stream, I went to see the 
conditions which existed and find what necessity there 
was for fishways. Last year at least fifty to seventy-five 
salmon appeared in the river at the lowermost dam on 
the stream in the village of Pulaski and attempted to 
jump the dam, which has a long apron below it. The 
fish were unable to scale the dam, as at every jump they 
fell on the apron. There are four dams on the stream 
between the lake and Salmon Falls, all within a distance 
of a mile, and not one of them would stop a salmon for 
one minute if there was a sufficient amount of water 
running over them at the time the fish appear, but the 
fish caine into the river the last of August, and the dams 
at that time were dry. So much of the water is used for 
power purposes and diverted through races to mills that 
T found all the dams absolutely dry. The lowermost 
dam—four miles from the lake—is the only one having 
an apron, and it is also the highest, being —— feet. This 
dain is very old, except at one end, where a log sluice has 
been constructed with an apron 26 feet long, and is to be 
rebuilt, The next dam was being rebuilt while I was 
there. The entire bed of the stream is rock and gravel, 
and contains no fish other than trout above the lower- 
most dam. The gentlemen I met at Pulaski are of the 
opinion that a considerable number of salmon were taken 
by questionable means last year. Above the uppermost 
dam there is an abundance of water, and if the salmon can 
be helped over the dams, and before and after escape 
the poachers, they will find spawning ground, as they did 
when the river teemed with this fish early in the century. 
The salmon have reappeared in the river as the result of 
plants made in the stream by the United States Fish 
Comunission, and I have no doubt that after the fishways 
are built—as they will be as soon as possible—Mr. Cos- 
tello, the member from Oswego county, will introduce 
a bill for their protection until they can have a chance to 
re-establish themselves in Salmon River. It would be 
interesting to know the season of the year salmon for- 
merly entered the river, as August seems late, even con- 
sidering the distance the fish have to travel [rom the sea 
to reach it, when it is considered that they enter the 
St. Lawrence in May. Possibly there are those who 
can throw light on this stbject. 


Brook Trout from” the Sea. 


Eyery salmon fisherman is, I presume, more or less 
annoyed by trout taking the fly when casting for salmon. 
I think that trout under these circumstances have been 
characterized by one writer as “vermin,” The salmon 
fisherman makes no effort to hook the trout that rise to 
his salmon fly, but often they will hook themselves, and 
they then have to be taken in and removed from the 
hook. This year I was troubled less with trout taking 
the salmon fly than in former years: but one day the 
conversation at luncheon turned to the, subject of sea 
trout fishing late in the season, and in the afternoon the 
canoeinen said that the run of trout from the sea was just 
beginning in the Ristigouche, and that all the trout went 
down to salt water and came into the river again when 
the smelts ran up from the ocean to spawn, as they fol- 
lowed the smelts and fed upon them. I had caught trout 
that were very silvery, showing that they certainly had 
been in salt water to acquire the prefix “sea” to the com- 
mon name “trout,” but I had also caught trout that 
showed no signs of having been to salt water. Every 
evening when returning to the house from up or down 
tiver the shore opposite the farms would show a number 
of children and older folk fishing from the bank for 
trout, and one evening I left the canoe and walked the 
last half mile and examined a number of strings of trout 
caught by the children. Some of the fish were uunmis- 
takably sea-run trout, but each string had fish that had 


not been to sea to acquire the silvery coating which 1s | 


an indication of this journey, and from what the settlers 
told me the trout had not been up from the sea long 
enough to lose the sea livery, I noticing that all the 
small trout, which I should call yearlings, had not a 
suspicion of coloring to indicate the influence of sea water 
and food, and that many of the two-year-old fish (1 am 
assuming their age from comparing them with trout in 
confinement in hatchery ponds) also lacked the silver 
over the spots. So I was led to believe that yearling 
trout do not go to sea, and that all two-year-old trout 
do rot remain in fresh water all the year, In fact, I did 
not see any trout that I thought had been regularly to 
sen, They had been down probably to the tidal portion 
of che river in brackish water, and the run of larger trout, 
which comes later in the season, may be fish that are 
regular old salts; but I am satisfied in my own mind that 
it is a mistake to say that all trout in the Ristigouche go 
to sea, for | cannot believe that any of them go until they 
are of a size that I would call two years old. é 


New York Fish Commission and Yearling Trout, 


Ever since the creation of the Forest, Fish and Game 
Commission of New York, in 1805, when the rearing of 
fingerling and yearling {rout was inaugurated in the 
public hatcheries of the State, the output of fish of these 
sizes has steadily increased, and the demand for them 
has increased far beyond the means of the Commission to 
supply. The fingerling trout are sent out in the fall, as 
a tule, when they are from six to eight months old, and the 
yearlings are sent out to be planted when they are from 


twelve to fourteen months old. Trout will spawn the 
second fall after they are hatched, and thotigh they ate 
about eighteen months old they are still generally called 
yearlings. Last year the Commission introduced a bill 
in the Legislature which provided that it shotild have 
power to close streams that they were planting to re- 
stock them for a term not to exceed fiye years. The 
Commissioners of other States have this power granted 
them by their Legislatures. With this power the Com- 
mission could rear trout until they were twelve months 
old-and then close a stream for a.year and plant the year- 
ling in it. Before the trout could be taken legally they 
would have had an opportunity to spawn in the stream 
once at least, for closing a stream is to prohibit all fishing 
in it. When the bill I refer to finally passed and became a 
law it provided that the Commission could close streams 
that it was trying to restock, only when requested so to 
do by a majority of the town board in which the stream 
was situated. One solitary town board has made ‘such a 
request. This law left the Commission as powerless as 
it was before, and as the law now stands the Commis- 
sion may plant a lot of yearling trout m a stream and 
the planting will occur about the time that the trout fish- 
ing season legally opens, The yearlings planted by the 
State are from's to 9 inches long, nearly all over the legal 
limit of 6 inches, and the hatchery men may put the fish 
in the stream one week and the next day or the next 
week the fishermen may catch them all practically, and 
the stream is no better off in the way of permanent re- 
stocking than it was before, and the only result is the 
turning in a lot of yearling liver-fed trout that the State 
has reared at considerable expense to furnish very poor 
sport and worse food for a lot of men and boys who will 
not look forward beyond the ends of their respective 
noses, but will clamor for more yearlings to be treated 
in a like manner. At the August meeting of the Com- 
mission the State Fish Culturist recommended to the 
Commission that no more yearlings be ‘reared by the 
State until the Commission had power to reap the benefits 
to be derived from rearing yearlings by closing the 
streams it! which they may be planted until they have had 
an opportunity to spawn at least once. By this arrange- 
ment the State will save the expense of feeding the fish 
through the winter, from six or eight months of age up 
to twelve or fourteen months of age. The Commission 
very promptly adopted the recommendation, and the 
days of yearling planting in New York are over until the 
end aimed at in rearing yeatlings can be accomplished 
legally. 

Last spring I caused to be planted in a brook hear 
where I live 500 yearling trout, and I did it against my 
judgment, but at the request of my physician and others 
who are earnestly interested in restocking a splendid 
natural trout stream that had been overfished.. Every 
possible means was taken to keep the planting of the 
stream a secret. The wagon with the fish droye to one 
stream and the men made a pretense of platiting the trout 
and then they were taken elsewhere and put in the water. 
While it was of necessity known that the trout were 
planted somewhere, it was believed with good reason 
that the precise stream was not known. I wrote a letter 
to the local papers saying that the fish had been planted 
in streams in the vicinity, and if the fish were not caught 
this season they would spawn in the autumn and do much 
to repopulate the brook with trout. Furthermore, the 
fish were liver-fed and not the best of food until they had 
fed on the natural food of the streams. 

I might as well have addressed myseli to the north 
wind, for one young man caught some trout 7 to 9 inches 
long most unexpectedly (thirty or forty fish), and he 
informed other young men of same caliber that he had 
discovered where the fish were planted, and they set to 
work to catch all that they could of them, and from what 
T can learn I think they haye succeeded. The first young 
man boasted that no cock-and-bull story about being 
poisoned with liver-fed trout would frighten him, and he 
would take what he could, liver-fed or otherwise. . 

A former Fish Commissioner planted some yearling 
trout near his home, and the next year he was asked if 
he desired another lot of yearlings, and he said, “No,” 
very emphatically, and then explained that when the first 
plant was made fishermen followed the wagon contain- 
ing the trout from the car to the streams and begat 
fishing before the men who did the planting had lett 
the stream. : 

Streams can be restocked if the fish are given a chance 
to live for a year in it before they are killed, but it 1s use- 
less to try and stock a stream if the stock fish are taken 
out within a month after they are planted. If the law- 
makers give the Fisheries Commission power to throw 
safeguards around the fish they plant I presume the Com- 
mission will resume the planting of yearling trout. The 
men composing the Commission are presumably selected 
for the office because of their fitness for this special work, 
and it is fair to suppose that as they make this their busi- 
ness they are better fitted to judge of the needs required 
to make fish planting successful than any town board in 
the State, and then too they are not influenced by local 
influence. They desire to be known by their work and 
take pride in it that it shall be suecesful, and it is pretty 
safe to trust them with the details that will make it suc- 
cessful, for if it were not so they would not in all proba- 
bility have been appointed to fill the office. A man who 
devotes his time and his thoughts to the work of a 
forest, fish and game commission may not know bow ta 
tune a piano or on which side to milk a cow, but the 
chances are that he will know more about forest, fish and 
game than a justice of the peace or a town clerk who 


has never been called to exercise his judgment in these 


matters. ___A. N. CHENEY. 


“Fishes of North and Middle America.” 


We have received from the National Museum Part IV. 
of “Bulletin No. 47, the Fishes of North and Middle 
America,” by Dr. David Starr Jordan and Dr. Barton 
Warren Evermann. This fourth and concluding volume 
contains numerous addenda to the text of the first three | 
parts, and illustrates more than 930 of the fishes included 
in the work. This descriptive catalogue is a monument 
of industry and erudition. The Systematic Arrange 
ment as given in this last volume shows that “the fish 
fauna of North and Middle America, as now understood 
by the present authors, embracés 3 classes, 30 orders, 
225 families, 1,113 genera, 325 submenera,, 3,203. species 
and 135 subspecies” ; | 


Aue. 28, r000.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


188 


| Barnegat Fishing. 


~Barnecat City, N. J., Aug. 20.—When the bluefish are 
- about, few sportsmen spend much time on any other kind 
of fishing, There is an exhilaration about hauling in 
-bluefish from a fast moving boat, with the swirl and 
break of the waters on the shoals all about you in the 
‘narrow inlet, the dart and plunge of the gamy fish, the 
roll of the yacht, the salt spray in your nostrils, even 
the pair of fingers torn and cut by the friction of the 
swift-moving stout squid line, that captures alike the 
novice and the old-time sportsman. . 

For a fortnight past the blues have been in the inlet 
_ occasionally, and for the past few days all the time. It is 
a sight to be remembered to see twenty or thirty yachts 
sailing about the bar, their white sails gleaming in the 
bright sun one moment, and purple or orange in the shade 
as they go about on the other tack. While they have not 
caught bluefish in such large numbers as often happens, 
still nearly every yacht has gotten its share. Captain 
Joel Ridgway, for many years keeper of the Life-Saving 
Station here, but who was retired by a grateful Govern- 
ment last year because of advancing years, has been 
showing that he is still good for something when he has 
salt water under him, by sailing fishing parties this 
summer. On Friday he had out Mr. W. C. Mackie, of 
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, and they made a catch of 
forty-five bluefish. Some of these were as heavy as 7 
pounds. On Saturday and Sunday the catches ran 
smaller in numbers, but were well distributed among 
the various boats. 

Kingfish, or barb, which many sportsmen consider one 
of the gamiest of inlet fish, have been biting finely of 
late. Mr. E. G. Chandlee, of Philadelphia, was out Sat- 
urday with Capt. Al Sprague, who seems to have an in- 
stinctive knowledge of where fish should be found, and 
returned with forty-eight barb. Ex-Senator John Taylor 
has also been here from Trenton, trying the barb, and has 
been very successful in attempts. 

The catch which excited the most comment on Sun- 
day was of four big black drum, caught by Dr. Wal- 
hauser, of Newark. who was out in the yacht Olive, Cap- 
tain Henry Brown, of Forked River. These big fish« 
were brought in to the dock and were admired by every- 
body. Two of them weighed from 50 to 60 pounds each; 
the other two were 20-pounders. The fishermen had 
caught a few bluefish, but-had anchored and were chum- 
ming for sea bass and porgies, when the drum happened 

_along. There were more in the school, but it isn’t every 
oné who can land a 50-pound drum, and so some of them 
escaped. 

-Sheepshead are always one of the most desired of all 
fish by the anglers, who boast as much oyer a 12-pound 
weakfish as they would over one of those 50-pound drum, 
Messrs, G. W. Savage, of New York, and V. H. Skirm, of 
Trenton, have been among the most successful sheeps- 
head fishermen this week. Their catches ran’ up to 10 
and 8 pounds to a fish. 

Mr. T. W. Synnott, of Glassboro, N. J., bas been 
having fine sport fishing, and sec has General Superin- 
tendent Frank Sheppard, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 


who has had his sail and power yacht Sculpin. 
REVOLVER. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Western Salmon Fishers. 


Curcaco, Ill, Aug. 19—Mr. W. B. Mershon and 
friends, of Saginaw, Mich., are back from his salmon 
water on the Cascapedia. The party was made up of Mr. 
and Mrs. Mershon, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Harvey, Mr. 
aud Mrs. Geo. Morley and Mrs, Jack Morley, with a 
boy or so, nine of the party in all. They had a fine 
time, and though late for the salmon, were lucky enough 
to get some anyhow. Mr. Geo. Morley killed three, his 
best one of 31 pounds, and his first salmon. Mrs. Harvey 
killed one of 29 pounds, and Mr. Mershon one of 23 
pounds, which, added to his fine take on his earlier trip, 
surely gives him a nice season to remember. Of trout, 
Mr. Harvey took one of 414 pounds, one of 334 pounds. 
Others were taken of 234 pounds, ete. The trip was most 
delightful for all, and the ladies return exceedingly well 
pleased with the experience. 


On the York. 


Rey. C. A. Lippincott, of this city, is one of our best 
known fly-fishers, and his name figures prominently in 
the annals of the Chicago Fly-Casting Club. Mr. Lip- 
pincott is lately back from a most pleasant visit on the 
York River, of Quebec, where he fished three weeks as 
the guest of Mr, Reid Murdock, of Chicago, who con- 
trols that entire river. Mr. Murdock has been on this 
stream for twenty years or so, and has botight thirty 
miles outright and leased the balance of the fishing waters, 
so that he hag a grand property, with three lodges and 
seyetal guardians. Mr. Lippincott had never before killed 
a salmon, and his luck was most gratifying, He killed 
twenty fish in all, his heaviest 30 pounds, and on the day 
he got this biggest fish he also had fish of 26, 20, 11 and 10 
pounds. His average for the stay was 16 7-9 pounds. A 
salmon of 37 pounds is the record on the York, where 
the fisl ordinarily do not reach the great weights. The 
experience was one which deeply delighted Mr. Lippin- 
cott, ahd he speaks in greatest admiration of that region. 


From the Rockies, 


Mr. Leonard Goodwin, of this city, has returned from 
his angling trip in the Rockies. Most of his fishing was 
done near St. Anthony’s Falls. Idaho. He had grand 
sport, and is in loye with the Rockies. Fish (mountain 
trout) of 3 pounds they had in abundance, and Mr. 
Goodwin says he could ask no better sport. 

FE, Houcu. 


Hartrrorv Butipine, Chicago, Ill. 


Big Bass in Brome Lake. 


Sutten Juncrion, P. O.—Among the many beautiful 
lakes for which the Province of Quebec is noted, Brome 
may -be mentioned as one of the best known and most 
centrally located. It is situated sixty miles from Mont- 
teal and torty miles from Sherbrooke ; and extending as 


it does from Knowlton to Foster, it taps the branch and 
main lines of the Canadian Pacific Ratlway. The former 
crosses an arm of the lake about two miles out from 
Knowlton, thus rendering Wah Wah’s dream of “Bass 
Fishing from the Car Window” a practical possibility, 
as the railway bridge is one of the best known locations 
for pickerel and powt, with an occasional bass. 

In Brome Lake fishing is always good, but this year it 
is better, probably due to better protection during. the 
spawning season, The citizens of Knowlton, alive to the 
interests of their town, sttbscribed liberally toward the 
maintenance of special wardens during the months of 
April and May. In the early part of the season many 
fine strings of pickerel were taken, but the month of 
August has been a record breaker for large bass, one 
man taking thirteen, which weighed 60 potinds, and a few 
days later he again landed twenty, ten of which tipped the 
beam at 50 pounds after they were taken ashore. Another 
party landed roo pounds in a day, and still another cap- 
tured an 8-pounder, which, I believe, is the record for 
the lake. Such sport as this is hard to find, and the man 
who could not appreciate it would be content with little 
short of pie three times per day and ice cream Sundays. 

A. W. WESTOVER. 


San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 


MepAL. contests, series 1900, Saturday, contest No. 11, 
held at Stow Lake, Aug. 17. Wind, light west; weather, 


windy ; 
Event Event Eyent 
No. i, No, 2, No. 4, 
Distance, Accuracy, ——— Event No, 8,—-—— _ Lure 
Feet Percent. Acc % Del. % Net % Casting? 
DECANE 1) aimee py rent 87 93.8 91 70 80.6 
Brotherton .... 116 86.4 91 73.4 82.2 
br Glssie. sen 105 73 86.8 70 75.4 
edwards ....... 100) 84.4 $0.4 75.10 83.1 
Jalikor Phdgeadesoy 83 84.8 repack Pe a 70.41 
IN Rabee yp 8 Po ae 103 95 78 76.8 77.4 
Reed .sisc.....> 106 92.8 86.8 73.4 80) 
CITI OMe rea pslele ere 98.6 93.4 94 73.4 3.8 


Judges, Battu and Young; Referee, Muller; Clerk, 
Smyth. ; 
Medal contests, series 1900, Sunday, contest No. 11, 


held at Stow Lake, Aug. 12. Wind, light west; weather, 


foggy: 
ISAT Weer 95 85,8 90 70.40 80.5 
Brotherton 120 84.4 91.4 80.10 86.1 
Brooks ......,. 92 85.4 54 68 76.4 
Hiveneth 444745 > 105 he ae i fx 
Daverkosen 114 $2.8 50.8 73-4 82 
Foulks ...,.... 90) 85 79.4 73.4 76.2 
JERI AG) Sireeqeay at" 74 77 70.10 Gyaul 
Willet sf.8s2e3% 100 89 86.4 81,8 84 
MMOUME geese tte 96 88.4 SS 77.6 82.9 
ReedWsssceuee. 105 95 86.4 75 80.8 
Judges, Foulks and Everett; Referee, Battu; Clerk, 
Smyth. 


Lake Rasa, 


Boston, Aug. 18.—Salmon fishing at Lake Auburn, 
Me., has held out well into the hot weather. It has not 
been particularly brilliant at any time this year, only an 
occasional fish being taken. But the catch has been 
sufficient to keep up the interest, with a great many 
boats out. Last week Dr. Jenkins, of Philadelphia, caught 
a salmon of over 4 pounds, and a few days before a 
citizen of Auburn got one of 6-pounds. Now the alarm 
begins to be spread that the waters of that lake are being 
contaminated by fishing, and particularly by the fact that 
a number of summer cottages are located along its shores. 
Both Lewiston and Auburn draw their water supply from 
Lake Auburn. Prominent citizens haye come out in 
newspaper articles claiming that the drinking water of 
the two cities should not thus be polluted. They would 
ask that all fishing be stopped, and that all the cottages 
be torn down. Fish Commissioner Henry O. Stanley has 
been called upon for his opinion. He ridicules the idea 
of contamination hy what fishing there is done on the 
lake, and by the few cottages along the shores. He 
regrets that the fishing has held out so well. He would 
have preferred it to have stopped short off at about the 
same time as on other seasons; so late and sticcessful fish- 
ing draws hard on the supply, SPECIAL, 


The Black Bass Record. 


Tue record weights for black bass so far as known to 
uis are as follows: 


Small-Mouth, 10 Pounds. 


This fish was caught in Round Lake, Warren county, 
New York. It was weighed and the weight vouched for 
by Mr, A. N. Cheney. 


Smali-Mouth, 1144 Pounds. 


Another fish, caught in Glen Lake, Warren county, 
N. Y., was reported to have weighed 1114 pounds; and 
Mr. Cheney believes the record to haye been authentic. 


Large-Mouth, 231% Pounds. 


Caught in Florida and recorded in Fores, AnD STREAM, 
The head is preserved in this office. 


The Salmon Rivers. 


_ Boston, Aug. 18.—The salmon fishermen are return- 
ing, and the general report is that the catch has not 
been as good as usual. The Ristigouche fishermen are 
not generally well satisfied, so far as heard from, while 
fishing in the Tobique has not been satisfactory. Dr. 
John Bryant, the well-known yachtsman, has returned 
with his boys from the Tobique. He found the fishing 
yery poor. Still, there are Some exceptions to the re- 
ports of poor luck. Mr. D, H. Blanchard has returned 
from his river, the Southeast Branch of the St. Mar- 
giteritte, and had good sport. He took about thirty 
salmon, some of them up to over 30 pounds. Mr, Walter 
M, Brackett, the salmon painter, has returned from the 
same river. Mr Btackeit’s portion of the river is a little 
further down, or below Mr. Blanchard’s. He has taken a 
salmon of 41 pounds, a very fine fish, with several others. 
On the other hand, Mr. Blanchard’s partner in the salinon 


river, a Philadelphia gentleman, fished the pools of their 


tiver before Mr. Blanchard 


got there, with the result 
of scarcely a salmon, ; 


SPECIAL, 


The Sait Waterg League. 


Tue regular monthly meeting of the Protective League 
of Salt Water Fishermen was held at Wall’s Hotel, in 
this city, on Monday evening, Aug. 20, President Theo- 
dore Biedinger presiding. The reports of the Secretary 
and Treasurer showed a flourishing condition of affairs 
in the League, and much enthusiasm was manifested by 
the members present. 

President Biedinger announced that an agreement had 
been reached with the Hudson River Netters’ Organiza- 
tion whereby the latter will co-operate with the League 
in its efforts to have a law enacted obliging the netters 
to raise their nets three days of each week. and thus 
give the fish a chance to go up the river. The League 
introduced a measure at the last session of the Legisla-. 
ture to this effect, but it was vigorously opposed by the 
Netters’ Organization, and was defeated. The informa- 
tion that the netters are now supporting the League in 
its efforts to pass the bill is very encouraging. 

The League will also introduce a measure at the next 
session of the Legislature prohibiting the menhaden fisher- 
men from netting within five miles of the shore. Senator 
Depew, one of the directors of the American Fisheries 
Company, who operate the menhaden nets, has promised 
to support the bill. 

Mr. F. Felger, of Newark, N. J., informed the mem- 
bers that he has organized an association to aid the 
League in its fight by haying laws enacted to protect the 
Jersey shore from netters. ‘This association already has a 
membership of seventy-five. 

A letter was read from Col. Milliken, of the Board of 
Directors of the League, to the Forest, Fish and Game 
Commission, requesting that, inasmuch as the League has 
done more to protect the salt water fish than any other 
organization, it be consulted in the matter of appointments 
of game wardens, The reply of the Commission was 
that the protectors appointed by the old Commission are 
protected by the Civil Service law and cannot be re- 
moved without cause. As there are no charges against 
these protectors, there are now no appointments to he 
made, but the request of the League would be placed on 
file and receive proper consideration. 

Mr. L. H. Johnson, of Asbury Park, N. J., spoke of 
the conditions confronting the fishermen of the Jersey 
shore. He recounted some of his experiences in the 
good old days before the shore was lined with nets, when 
1o-pound bluefish caught on hook and line were noi 
scarce, and when oné could get a good catch of weakfish 
in places where there are now none to be had. Mr. 
Johnson attributes the change in affairs to the net fish- 
ing. Formerly, he said, one could see -hundreds of 
pounds of menhaden on the shore, whence they had been_ 
driven by the bliefish, which came in close to the shore. 
Now these menhaden are caught in nets 1,800 feet Jong, 
and, there being nothing for the bluefish to feed on, they 
no longer come within reach of the surf fishermen. At 
Seabright there are two nets each about hali a nule 
long, and every morning from four to s1x tons of fish are 
taken from the nets. These fish bring two cents per 
pound in the New York market. In answer to the con- 
tention of the netters that the League is attempting to 
deprive honest men of a means of earning a ltying, Mr. 
Johnson said that before netting was carried on to its 
present extent the Jersey coast was alive ‘with small boat 
fishermen, fishing with hook and line for the market. 
These men greatly outnumbered the netters of to-day, 
but they have been driven out of business by the ad- 
vent of the nets, and have been obliged to seek other 
means of employment. Mr. Johnson advises the use of 
the sea clam for bait for striped bass in preference to 
the shedder crab and blood worm so commonly used. 

President Biedinger said that enormots loads of fish 
are sent each day to Barren Island to be converted into 
fertilizer. Many cases of good fish, packed in ice, just 
as they were received from the Jersey coast. are sent 
down each day, because the marketmen cannot get their 
prices for them from the peddlers. It is this wanton waste 
of fish that the League is working so hard to prevent. 

The next meeting of the League will be held at Wall’s 
Hotel, 160 West Thirty-first. street, New York, on Mon- 
day, Sept. 17. | 


Tarpon and Remora in Rhode Island Waters. 


ProvipEncE, R. J., Aug. 11.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
If for nothing else, Narragansett Pier will become noted 
this season for the capture of fish rare in these waters. 
The latest acquisition is a remora or sea sucker, whose 
home is in the waters of the China Sea and the east coast 
of Africa. The specimen was caught on Tuesday even- 
ing off Billingston’s dock by Frank Chase and Fred 
Whitford. This inhabitant of far-away waters is of 
peculiar formation, with a body similar to that of an 
eel, while one side of the head is round and the other 
flat. The one caught is only 14 inches in length. An- 
other tarpon has also been secured in the same trap in 
which the first one was caught at the Pier some two 
weeks ago. Thedast specimen is almost identical in size 
with the first fish caught, being about 5 feet in length 
and weighing some 55 pounds. 

‘Large catches of squiteague continue to be reported 
from all parts of Narragansett Bay, though the individ- 
ual fish are somewhat smaller than those of last season, 

W. H. M. 

[There is one remora (Remora remora) which 1s 
found in Atlantic waters north to the latitude of New 
York; and another (R. brachyplera) which extends to 
Cape Cod.]| 


A Big Brook Trout. 


Evrenvitir, N. Y.—A brook trout caught by Dewitt 
Low in feeder of the Lackawack Stream, near here, 
weighed 6)4 pounds, and measured 26inches. R. L. C. 


Wisconsin Fishing. 


Goon reports of muscallonge fishing come from Rhine- 
lander and Manitowish, Wis., with pike aud bass for 
variety. : 


See the list of good things in Woodcraft in our adv, cols, 


154 


Che Fennel, 


Fixtures. 
FIELD TRIALS. 


Aug. 21.—Emmetsburg, | 
Iowa Field Trials Association. 
Aug. 28.—Sioux Falls, S. D.—Inaugural fiel 
Dakota Field Trials Association. Olav Haugtro, 
Falls, S. D. = 2 ; 
sent. 3-4—La Salle, Manitoba, Can.—Western Canada Kenne 
chive annual field trials. A. Lake, Sec’y, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 


Can. j : steve 
Sept. 6-7.—Brandon, Manitoba, Can.—Third annual field trials o 
the Brandon Kennel Club, Dr. H. J. Elliott, Sec’y. Poaeal 
Sept. 11—Carmen, Manitoba, Can.—Fourteenth annual el trials 
of the Manitoba Field Trials Club. Eric Hamber, Sec y, Winnipeg, 


Manitoba, Can. : 
t 30.—Senecaville. O.—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
pecieene Association’s sixth annual field trials. A, C. Peterson, 


y Pa. f / 
Sor L asthe Conn,—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 


i *y Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 
rie, Bae Peeper "Mich —Third annual field trials of the 
Michigan Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 


—Third nual field trials of the In- 
Te P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 


Sec’y, Des Moines, fa. 
er eS rand irials of the South 


Sec’y, Sioux 


ich, 
Noy. 12.—Bicknell, 
dependent Field Trials Club. 


Ind. : 
Nov. 13.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
fora coal Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon, Sec e 
Nov. 16.—Newton, N. C.—Eastern Field Trials Club’s twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 


i Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. | . 
SUC n Se ea Se TAOS Field Trials Association’s second 


No. 20. : 
‘sls. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, Til. > . 
an eae Onigttc! ceaneeseccnd annual field trials jot 
the North American Field Trials Club, F, E. Marcon, Jr., Sec’y, 


eC pecan : 
Wines eae centeal Beagle Club’s annual field trials. A. 


Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. : 
ONG: are eon ean cata Field Trials Club’s annual 


i ibson, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. ; } 
AT so EEE es Seda eR arrival field, trials of the Missouri 
Field Trials Association. L. §. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. ' 
Nov. 30.—Newton, N. C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill. Conn. 


Mad Fits and Other Fits. 


Editor Forest and Streant: 

It is humorous to notice the positiveness of some 
people and the credulity of others who obseive their 
positiveness. Let them say a mad dog was killed and 
ihe fact is settled. They know all about the disease and 
can diagnose without a possibility of error. 

But I leave these wiseacres to speak of several cases of 
fits that came under my notice. I had a pointer that had 
been poisoned with strychnine, but which, by the timely 
use of laudanum and tannin, recovered. After that he 
would occasionally have a fit, which I could quite easily 
distinguish from the spasms caused by strychnine. One 
day, as I was sitting in my house, somebody called, 
“There is something the matter with your dog!” J ran 
down stairs to find him pitching and falling, and trying to 
get on his feet. To prevent him from plunging against 
objects, I held him down until his symptoms passed off. 

At the time there was a young man near who seemed 
half scared to death: and the way he vaulted the fence 
was a credit to a double-somersault acrobat. 

Another man who was at work on the roof of a house 
nearby yelled with the voice of a catamount, “Kill him! 
He’s mad!” We 
He was then four years old, and lived to do service in 
the field for about seven more years. 

T had a fine Gordon setter that was taken sick, and I 
had reason to think he had been given poison by some 
person with whom the Golden Rule was no more than 
honesty with a thief. He kept in his kennel, and a sicker 
dog I never saw, to all appearance. His mouth was 
flecked with foam, and when I offered him food or drink 
he would turn away his head, as if to say, “Don’t urge 
it; I loathe it.” Perhaps nine persons out of ten would 
have declared he was mad; but he showed not the least 
inclination to bite anything. Seeing that death was in- 
evitable, I led him out and shot him, which in my sorrow 
‘I would not have done could I have trusted the police- 
men and others, whom I had known to do the most 
bungling work of this kind. 

Incidentally, white froth is not an indication of rabies, 
but a stringy, ropy saliva is. 

A dog was taken with a fit in this city, and was at 
ence shot at. Wounded, he ran, with a lot of boys and 
men after him with shotgtins, wrought up to the highest 
pitch of excitement and vengeful impetuosity. They 
shot him after he had crept under a house to escape his 
tormentors. 

Dogs and cats are liable to fits. Cats sometimes act 
strangely. I had one that would start on a sudden to 
run around the room with uncommon swiftness, as if 
being hotly pursued. -One day the door stood half open 
and she leaped over it as though it was a fence but 4 feet 
high. N. D, ELtrne. 

CenTrat City, W, Va. 


International Field Trial Club’s Derby Entries, 


CHATHAM, Ont,—The Derby will be followed by the 
All-Age Stakes, open to. all pointers and setters, irre- 
spective of former winnings, the entries for which close 
on Nov. tI. 

At a meeting of the executive committee held at the 
Garner House, Chatham, on the 8th inst., the following 
gentlemen were invited to act as judges: Dr, Totten, 
Forest; J. S. Armstrong, Detroit, and A. Harrington, 
Leamington. 

English Setters. 

Charles Mills’ Nell’s Dash (Dick—Brighton Nelly). 

John Kime’s Lady Dot (Druid, Jr—Lady Dell), 

W. B. Wells’ Selkirk Hope—(Tony’s Hope—Luna). 

J. B. Dale’s Lady Sparkle (Dan Thiers—Lady 5S. 
Gladstone). 4 

Geo. Kime’s Dell's Pride and Tripley’s Grace (pedi- 
gree not given), ’ 

H. M. Graydon’s Hidden Mystery (Brighton Bob— 
Venus). 

H. M. Graydon’s Top Gallant (Roy of London— 


Fanny). 
J. B. Evans’ Nelly Evans (Roy of London—Fanny 


II.). 
¢ W. Shaw’s System (Druid’s Count—Belton Girl). 


Ia-—Third annual field trials of the” 


» order. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


L. H. & M. A, Smith’s Rhoebe’s Kate Wind “Em 


Tony's Boy—Rhoebe Wind ’Em), 
ea & M. A. Smith’s Rhoebe’s Dan Wind ’Em 


(Tony’s Boy—Rhoebe Wind ’Em). 
Pointers. 
Marcon & Morton’s Lord Jingo (Lad of Jingo— 


Blacksie). 
J. W. Haeesis Count of Kent (Duke of Kent—Belle). 


J. W. Aitken’s Duchess of Kent (Dike of Kent— 
Belle). 


Points and Flushes. 


Mr. R. B. Morgan, well known as a trainer and field 
trial handler, but more specially in later years as a 
trainer for field work specialty, has settled in Pryor 
Creek, Indian Territory, and has already achieved a 
distinctive popularity with his new neighbors. The Pryor 
Creek Clipper devotes three columns to Mr. Morgan and 
his kennel, and therewith publishes a portrait of Mr. 
Morgan’s famous English setter, Mandan. a celebrated 
winner in his day, back in the 80's, Mr. Morgan was 
one of the first to be identified with field trials in Amer- 
ica, and his name is conspicuous in their history as being 
among those who achieved success. 


The prize list of the nineteenth annual dog show of 
the Danbury Agricultural Society, to be held on Oct. 2 
to 6, at Danbury,"Conn., can be obtained on application 
to Mr. G. M. Rundle, the Secretary. Mr. James Morti- 
mer will superintend the show. The judges are Messts. 
Dudley E. Waters, Grand Rapids, Mich.. St. Bernards; 
George Jarvis, New York, pointers; Dr. H. Clay Glover, 


New York, setters and fox hounds; A. D. Lewis, Hemp-- 


stead. L. I., collies and sheep dogs; Geo. F. Reed, Bar- 
ton, Vt., beagles; Henry Jarrett, Chestnut Hill, Phila- 
delphia, fox terriers; Wm. M. Caswell, Rye, N. Y., Irish 
terriers; Chas. H. Mason, New York, all other breeds, 
Entries close on Sept. 20. 


Machting. 


Yachting Fixtures, 1900. 


Secretaries and members of race committees will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list and 
also of changes which may be made in the future. 


AUGUST. 


28. Plymouth, open, Plymouth Harbor. 

95, Haverhill, third championship, Haverhill, Mass. 

94-25. Inland Lake, Lake Geneva, III. F 

25. Royal St. Lawrence, Lake of Two Mountains regatta. 

25. Duxbury, open, Duxbury, Mass. 

25. Nahant, dory class, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 

95. Huguenot, annual, New Rochelle, Long Island Sound. 

25, Manhasset, special, Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 

25. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 

95. Penataquit Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 

gh. lamaica Bay. open, Canarsie. Jamaica Bay. 

95. Kingston, club, Kingston, Lake Ontario. 

25, Corinthian, championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 

95. South Roston, ladies’ day, City Point, Boston Harbor. 

25. Quannapowittt. f 

95. Seawanhaka Cor., Center Island memorial cup, 
Long Island Sound. 

25. Queen City, i7ft. special, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 

27. Cape Cod, open, Provincetown, Mass. | 

97-21. Seawanhaka and Philadelphia Corinthian, interclub matches, 
Ovster Bay, Long Island Sound. 

98, Wellfleet, open, Wellfleet, Mass. 

31. Wollaston, open. 


Oyster Bay, 


Ir seems that the 7o-footers are not the only yachts 
which are suffering from lightness of construction, Here 
we have the 51-footers Shark and Altair hauled out, with 
their bows twisted in mttch the same manner as the 7o- 
footers, only worse. It is said that Shark’s stem re- 
sembles a letter S. This sort of experimenting may 
undoubtedly bring out a Cup defender which will put 
the challenger for 1901 up a hollow tree, but there is not 
much satisfaction in it for the men who have had these 
boats built—Boston Globe. 


Cruise of the Crescent. 


od 


The Skipper’s Yarn. 


Next morning, after a swim (abridged but riot aban- 
doned because of the A. F.’s shark stories) and breakfast, 
the Crescent was once more gotten under way and went 
dancing across Great Bay and past the fish factory with- 
out incident until she grounded in the bight of a bar at 
the Anchoring Islands, back of New Inlet. A little 
maneuvering in the teeth of a strong ebb tide soon got 
her clear, and she was once more in the deep water of 
the inlet, and courtesying to Father Neptune like the 
little lady she is. Crossing the inlet the Skipper trolled 


with the only remaining squid*on the boat on the chance - 


of striking a bluefish. He caught nothing, however, but 
bunches of Aoating sea grass, which necessitated con- 
stant reeling in and—remarks. The Cook said the re- 
marks were uncalled for. until he was invited to try it 
himself. A heavenly smile illumined his features a mo- 
ment later and he reeled in a huge tangle of seaweed. 
When he saw what he had caught—well, the Skipper was 
justified. By noon the Crescent was moored at the 
wharf of the Beach Haven Y. C. and dinner was in 
\fter that important feature of the itinerary was 
disposed of the Skipper lay down for a pipe, and owing 
to the satisfying nature of the Cook’s performance fell 
asleep almost immediately. The crew thereupon meanly 
deserted him and went over to the beach for a walk and 
a surf bath, and the Skipper slept peacefully until their 
return about 4 o’clock. As soon as a supply of fresh 
water had been put on board from the Hotel de Crab 
we sailed out to the fishing grounds and enjoyed an hour's 
good sport before supper. After that meal the biting 
fell off until the Skipper noticed that some kind of fish 
were feeding on minnows at the surface of the water. 
Taking everything off the line but one hook, he baited 
up with a nice juicy joint of crab, having a long streamer 
of white meat attached, and allowed the tempting morsel 
to float out on the tide. The bait was snatched almost 
immediately, and after a struggle the largest weakfish 
of the cruise was boated. The surface fishing for weak- 


[AuG. 25, 1900. 


cn nnn UEEEEIEI SEES 


fish was a new wrinkle to the Crescents, and the absence 
of any lead on thé line, allowing the fish more play, made 


better sport than any they had yet enjoyed. At this an-. 


chorage we spent another fine moonlight evening, en- 
livened by the presence of some gay sailing parties from 
Beach Haven. During the night we were wakened by 
a terrific jolting and creaking and found.that a north- 
erly gale had risen and a strong flood tide was. holding” 
the Crescent stern-on to it, while the big waves beat-away: 
as though they were trying to batter her-to pieces .or at 
least tear the rudder off. Making the tiller fast. we 
turned in again and slept as best we could until morning. 
The gale continued and the Cook refused to get break-- 
fast with the boat dancing around like an unbroken colt.’ 
This necessitated running in to the Beach Haven wharf, 
where the water was quiet. After doing full justice to 
the Cook’s weakfish (and beans) we got under way for_ 
Barnegat Bay. By the time the upper end of Little Egg 
Harbor was reached the gale had died away to a zephyr. 

The reefs were shaken out, but still in the narrow chan-— 
nel of lower Manahawken Bay our progress was slow, 
wind and tide setting against us. Walt, in an abbreviated 
costume, stood in the bow and sang out “Hard a-lee!”’ 
whenever he saw yellow water ahead. Between times he 
deftly netted the crabs as they sprawled by on the surface. 

Then he would give the net a twist and-send the lively 

crustaceans sliding aft over the top of the cabin, to create 
4 panic in the gentle breasts of his shipmates. ‘ 

After a tedious beat against wind and tide up a chan- 
nel averaging 70 feet ‘in width we reached the Tuckerton 
Railroad bridge. Through an error of judgment in try- 
ing to pass the wrong side of the draw there was a mo- 
mentary mix-up of boat and drawbridge. The Skipper 
called tor assistance to get the Crescent clear. There 
was no response. Walt, Koons and the Cook were gaz- 
ing enraptured at a group of fair mermaids who were 
bathing from a boat moored nearby. There was no 
moving the crew. They did not wake from their trance 
until the unaided efforts of the Skipper had swting the 
Crescent clear of the bridge, fortunately without damage. 
Then they wanted to know what the hurry was, anyhow. 

Wriggling out through the tortuous channel into the 
open bay, we afichered to wait for the tide to cover a few 
of the bars and incidentally to discuss the ever-welcome 
lunch. The sail up the bay in the afternoon was rendered 
interesting by the entire disappearance of the channel. 
We searched all the way across the bay for it. Then the 
Crescent ran aground, and all hands, wading alongside, 
sailed her about a hundred yards through a bed of mud 
and grass. Finally the rising tide simplified the search 
for water and we rounded Gulf Point and were once 
more in Barnegat Bay. The wind was rather light from 
the N.N.E. and the Crescent bowled merrily along, ap- 
parently relieved. as were her crew, to feel aqua salus un- 
der her keel, in place of terra mudda. 

Five o'clock found the Crescent off Cedar Point and 
her crew fishing for their supper. Then, as the rising 
wind and darkening sky portended a rough night on 
the bay, we ran into Cedar Creek, where we obtained 
fresh water and found a delightful anchorage in the lee 
of the pine woods. Soon the aroma of coffee and frying 
fish (and beans) mingled with the odor of the pines and 
the crew gathered about the homely board and did full 
justice to the fare. 

The next morning, Friday, after the usual prelimi- 
nafies, we ran up before a fresh southerly breeze to 
Island Heights. By the time we reached Good Luck 
Point the wind had increased to a gale and we were 
obliged to reef for the run up the river. The post office 
and other points of interest in the borough were yisited, 
including an ice cream saloon and a provision shop, after 
which wé sailed over to Swiss Cottage Cove, otir first 
anchorage, for a swim and dinner. After dinner the 
Skipper kept ship while the crew went ashore to pick 
huckleberries in the woods. « - 

In the afternoon it dawned upon the Cook that the 
next day would <nd the cruise, and as a fitting finale for 
the outing he set to work to prepare a stew that should” 
eclipse all his previous efforts in the culinary line. The 
result would certainly have been a finisher in more than 
one sense had the Crescents not been mercifully provided 
with ostrichlike digestive apparatus. The Cook is an 
economical cook. He was determined that nothing 
should be wasted. He overhauled the stores and put 
them all in his pot and stirred them up. Some of the 
ingredients of this delectable concoction were a can of 
tomato soup, a can of chicken soup, a can of baked 
beans, salt pork, meat of two weakfish, potatoes, new 
onions, pickled onions, eggs, doughballs, more baked 
beans and other things. The Cook said he could eat 
some for supper and the rest would do for the next day. 
It did. Walt says his share did for several days and the 
Skipper was waked during the night by Koons tossing 
about and trying to batter down the centerboard trunk, 
apparently under the impression that it was the Cook. 
However, beyond these slight expressions of discontent 
there were no bad results, which shows beyond perad- 
venlure that there’s a Divinity that shapes our ends, 
rough-stew them as we may. Koons has been worried 
ever since. He is afraid his failure to die at sea that 
night proves that he was born to be hanged. 

The gale from the south had continued all day, and 
toward evening we went out close reefed to see how it 
looked on the bay. As we ran out from the sheltering 
woods the wind caught our bit of rag and the good little 
Crescent heeled over until the water was boiling along 
the bottom of the cockpit combing. The water was 
smooth, but out beyond Good Luck Point the whitecaps 
were running, and as we ran into them a big one struck 
the bow and came aft in a sheet over the top of the 
house, the most of it catching the skipper in the eyes 
and mouth. Koons, who, as has been remarked, is not 
a sailor, always expressed the utmost confidence in the 
Skipper’s judgment, but when that first wave came 
aboard his pathetic reference to his wife and little ones 
indicated that what little confidence he had left had been 
transferred to Providence. It didn’t seem to comfort 
him much either. It was rough weather, but easing the 
sheet and humoring her, the Crescent took it very well, 
if she did wet her crew pretty thoroughly. - 

Landing at the pier at Seaside Park, we strolled over | 
and took a look at the ocean, which seemed to us scarcely 
so rough as the bay we had just crossed. Then the 
Cook heated up his stew and the crew were so hungry 
he had to-go and buy some ham and eggs to supplement 


what was left of the stew for breakfast. We had intended 
to-run down to Cedar Creek that night, so as to be on 
the fishing grounds early in the morning, but the gale. 
showed no signs of abating and the drawbridge was 
impassable against such a wind and tide. At 4 A, M., 
hhowever, when some one rtdely awakened the Skipper 
by yanking him off the seat where he slept the sleep of 
ithe just, the conditions were more favorable, and after 
a hasty -breakfast the Crescent was once more got under 
way and headed down the bay. It was almost 7 o’clock 
when we-came to anchor at-the shell beds, This time we 
were-after- fish to take home, therefore they bit very 
slowly. After a time the Skipper discovered a reason for 
this-in the fact that the fish. were feeding on minnows 
at the surface, while we were fishing near the bottom. 
Quickly putting on a small float with 2 feet of line below 
it:and a long white streamer of crab meat for bait, he 
made a cast, and in about two seconds was playing a 
lively weakie. The other fellows adopted the same 
method, and in an hour and a half we had boated some 
forty fine fish, including two hake which the Cook had 
enticed from the depths. We were much amused during 
this time at the antics of a little silyer-sided fish about 
3 inches long which played leapirog. Koons was fishing 
with a small, spindle-shaped float and the little fellow 
would leap over it and immediately turn and leap again. 
He kept this up for perhaps ten minutes, When Koons 
had a strike the fish would wait until he made another 
cast and then begin the game again. But now it is time 
to weigh anchor for the last sail, for the wind is light and 
railroad trains, like time and tide, wait for no man. So 
put by your faithful rods and hoist the sail and take your 
last look at the broad bay, the sand beaches, the light- 
house, the green meadows backed by the darker green 
of the pine woods, and whisper a prayer that you may 
live to come again next year. Then get to work and 
clean those fish while I hold the tiller and enjoy the 
sail. Now we are rounding Good Luck Point, the fish 
are all cleaned, the duffle is packed in that much-abused 
trunk and the end is near. Koons and the trunk were 
put ashore at-the Island Heights Station and a little later 
we brought the Crescent up to Mr; Kirk’s wharf at Toms 
River and Jeft her. With many regrets we turned our 
backs on the happy. free life of the past two weeks and 
took the noon train to town, with all that that means 
of drudgery, convention and commonplace. The cruise 
was oyer. 


Beverly Y. C. 


tales WING'S NECK—BUZZARDS BAY. 
Saturday, Aug. 18. 


‘THE @pen race of the Beverly Y. C. on Aug. 18 was 
sailed im a moderate S.W. breeze, the times being: 


25ft. Knockabouts. 


Elapsed 
May Queen, D. L. Whittemore...... De Pa erts Loows Sevebe et tien 3 00 09 
Aalst pea, Ee Wits ipsa) tse eeee ca pene cates ccs ee teube ease 3 12 22 
Braille, wore Uns DOO Wri caisson esi tk kilt eticeeutain. ook Not timed. 
. 21ft. Knocabout Class. , 
MAKELESS | AVAL Ne EEATKISONIE, espe de nase diet cutie een oocseenae 2 20 02 
“yrilla, R. MINIONS eth, Wee eA” SE Wena ae tesla. Zee 2 21 20 
Sylvia, S. D> Warren....... nfo n Self teee Lem rubhalsigasieee at ee dae 2 24 1 
Amarita, L. Bacon..,... Se ee ee ie typ ains ea 
Kectrele eee) ella bney mmr i rae cel ee lake vee fete ek ett neat 2 26 U1 
Edith, C. M. Baker......... Hoe dS nobddTaoEs Ietwodod Aasors 2 26 02 
Bohemia, R. L. Barstow...............5- RAAB A SES a0 DARDS SARS 3 2 27 00 
Fourth Class Cats. 
Howard, H. O. Miller..... Phos Bm ehh hee 1 53 03 
Wicd seleeehe web iincessteern: Shon eee tera eer ye ne een ae 1 53 57 
Hod) He the eiolmese S202 Woeaccetect sane Pes sleds Wen Ae 1 57 05 
Dany rLowarde stockton mash seins ace). se ate etn Celtel Ge oe a Pt 2 01 16 
15ft One-Design Class. 
fein a ee barkaris ory iinet Sleldee eee aes sicgioes tees anece 2 06 22 
piieckamaro; ON ee Pe, sMInMMONS es ees ensdrepenine et koseda cent 2 06 47 
Wim, F..W. Sargent ............- SbSShbbby Gobel ibhteberneric 210 11 
Mlcaser chs ene Hirinions: cdi ses a cee fons conics ceeneecen ee 2 10 27 
Peacock, R. Winsor....... niet ee ines obs abeeec th steitie shies aye slate oe 2 10 49 
| Ceol irapeeis (Og SS paki teal tie rein rete oy ITT BOS op oe 2 11 16 


Hull Mosquito Fleet | Y. G, 


HULL—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Aug. 18. 
THE regular weekly race of the Hull Mosquito Fleet 
Y. C. was sailed on Aug. 18 in a light west wind, the 


times being: a : 
‘ Irs ass. 


. Elapsed. Corrected. 

Swirl, W. A. Comey.. 2 13 46 13 4 
Caterpillar, W. Keyes..... 2 24 53 2 21 63 
White Crow, A. L. Crowe.. 1.22 28 35 2 26 35 
IMS OVEN RELIVE ene soe sate feet see jaseiaa dee 2 28 45 2 26 45 
Bethy Sew. Crookers 194.4. 2.9.-cksdeea-ap male 2 32 27 2 28 27 
MIBV ESSAY REL EEEEECER ER eekicce ck cekthcechincuk betes Withdrew, 
IDeA Weggbond didadaak Cas ses aeansate = Shae alien Withdrew. 

a Second Class. 
spe Ele blots eta esr ea kee ee ek Pe eee 2-25 09 2 23 09 
‘TechneHs E. Lynch: s2c.staasscasaccsehac AL 2 29 34 2 29 34 
GManiOmey ete wlan Solin ret toreeien ities bas Pear 2 37 42 2 36 42 
jE setaee.] Geow JOHMSOM qini emsijeiiae aides lo adeadas 2 41 13 2 41 18 

UML AU funy tle gett det Pavedetcl acl val ielicuneleicte estes Not timed. 

Columbia Y. C. 
? CITY POINT—BOSTON HARBOR, 


Saturday, Aug. 18. 
Tue third championship race of the Columbia Y. C. 
aes sailed on Aug. 18 in a light westerly wind, the times 
eing : 


Elapsed. Corrected. 

AeNe; ELirany ehattensOMess. sss. «cere es caus acca 1 14 11 1 09 11 
Catnryriiee peeks eVOMU tne. saekl.nate reuse te retelc 117 35 110 50 
Strideaway, Clarence Snow....,.... AH eeO mite 117 30 1 12 07 
Nelicay Gie He Goyespssasnorieic caer eee Gram Le Sieta) 1 13 46 
Annje A., James Leveredge.............-00-005 1 20 50 1 14°05 
Katie M., John. Murray..s. 2.00.0. c.c cece eee ee 1 27 41 118 18 
Uranus, Thomas Mitchell.........-.0000.0-000-. 1 27 51 118 21 
POSiemVi-y hlctrnys PELOuMStantce sas iicietels eleste cieeta) sine Withdrew. 


The judges were Com. E. J. Powers, C. F. Heath and 
A. J. Beckenhuis. The race of Aug. 4, which was not 
finished, will be resailed and the championship decided 
on Aug. 25. 


Duxbury Y. C, 


DUXBURY, MASS. 
Saturday, Aug. 18. 


‘Tue 18ft. knockabout class of the Duxbury Y. C. sailed 


a race on Aug. 18, the times being: 
Oom Paul, George P. Cushman......... on 
Lobster, C C 
Spider, H. 

Dazzler, Goodspeed Bros............0csse0ees 


ey f 
Annisquam Y. C. Series. 
ANNISQUAM, MASS. 
August 16, 17, 18. 

PREPARATORY to the Annisquam Y. C. series of three 
open races for Y. R. A, classes and the H. O. boats on 
Aug. 16, 17, 18, three of the latter and the 25-footer 
Early Dawn sailed over from Hull to Gloucester on 
Aug. 15, the prize being a $50 cup. The wind was light 
and variable all day, shifting between south and east. 
The times were: se 


Elapsed. Corrected. 
Isyotlays AW JEG Ase ee encnnbotne tras oH, ..3 34 30 34 30 
Empress, Hayden & Parker.........2+,-psrerene 3 36 25 3 36 25 
A Kgtis,. dbo Be IBrowil.: oss nus tole sanieasd saa « 3 43 39: “3 43 39 
Early Dawn, J. E. Doherty....... Perdew reseed OT DT. 3 54 31 


Hanley wins the $50 cup. ih 

On Aug. 16 there was a heavy rain and fog until late 
in the afternoon, the race being postponed to the fol- 
lowing morning. In the evening there was a band con- 
cert, vaudeville show and dance, at which many were 
present. : 

On Friday morning there was no wind, the race being 
started in a calm at 11 o’clock to sail once around 
the small triangle, 5 miles, with a time limit of 1h. 45m., 
which was afterward extended to 2h. A light breeze came 
in, very fluky and variable, but enough to make a race, 
the times being: 


25ft. Class. 


lapsed. Corrected. 
Talint. abvin we WMGEKGE: iene tess wes. 1 48 09 ' 1 47 24 
JBESavEE eS Wes DA TRAC nies eee otte ch vernes ees ar 1 59 58 1 59 58 
Barly aDawin, J. JE) Doherty lee. i iad 2 01 16 2 00 30 
Hermes, A. \W. Chestertom .......-....--..0005 2 01 31 2 00 46 
impress, Flayden & Parkers... 1. .eccesys se nie 2 00 48 2 00. 48 
Athy UNSyti Senile ein STO WIIN wd apletaieeais, Wises seeca te 2 01 38 2 01 38 
Gantoony TS Barker Slay. seyeekiecsor esse liens 2 05 14 2 05 14 
Handicap Class. ; 
FAltineay eds y. ess STIG peelle efeitos bread atateretere 1 45 138 1 45 13 
(horustvals WI SS TBk. UMS We Ae oo a nacatoordddody 1 56 50 1 55 32 
Ouinettaae hy Ae Cet Lees ee ainias saute ithe. 2 09 08 1 58 50 
abasco, eheaty Oo eRiCharGs.tyeas  aceeseueess oF 2 08 45 2 04 00 
21ft. Cabin Class. 
Runaway Girl, H. Tweed .-1 52 08 1 52 08 
Ariel, A. W. Gosher............-. 1 55 26 1 55 26 
(UIs, ANGIE «se sees sbesosonamecdeh. bes oot 1 55 42 1 55 42 
Rammer pres HOmenyae neces svisetetcejeme sea) hehhe 1 56 00 1 56 00 
18ft. Class 
Dauntless, MennervSe Patten) S-cteueaecsssccee © ar bs 1 47 21 
Sinko) elakoqes IL IRSeG ete chy preseee nop Bape eo 1 49 30 
ING byes sRerkaiitce ss 25. eek usta tee eNO 1 50 05 
(Gira JU Io ibe UREA AoN Ga asposnanlnearery eaeck Yc 1 51 05 
Hike 134 iat Ge BMiere he pa cos goctboobt mtd it) 1 52 30 
° 1hft. Class. 
Evelyn, D. H. Woodbury.. 1 45 24 
Lynx, F. L. Cunningham... 1 47 08 
Gaboo, W, O. Adams. .........05..-.- 1 EE, 1 48 12 
Wail, ID) (Ge, Ubpochedteaisl pce 4 G38 ioe eoGebonceb & AY oF 1 53 18 
Abnleprsisay IOUE,. SE IBT. MGs ieee oe onaoehabencekins et Ed 1 54 09 
sigheeway, Md Ly. Ei eetoyeee Beet ooooconoo booGe on & fe enc 1 55 43 
15ft. Class 
(Oynilis heey Ie IE: Masa aa coeds ee etreadenun 4 od ar. 1 41 16 
TYOTOLMTE AME, elites we etn Steerer trae deneacahetrtaternis nes BAe 1 41 30.. 
LAAN ene ETE gernt tins seinh teers eae veehls ee tenses 1 45 28 
iDyspeton Wily Wiowlenhd ita) 6 ob se ha olor ones an sonch Ae Be 2 06 45 
19ft. Class—Skiffs and Dories. 
ive) Afs 1D Raley Bret Sete ore ine.) age Mireleaty ad peg pees ta toe MY 
Tizadore, H. V. Friend. 


Naomi, P. G. Saunders.. 
Victor, Chester Chase..... 


rH 
Songs yo 09 
Sass 
won 
Somnosn 


(Oxopiay Tee yTt, TA, Takami ees Til eae en mewacoduded a FO ne 

16ft. Class—Skiffs and Dories. 
Tabasco, W. R. Rowe..........- avarel chet Doan ne ee on 1 40 33 
Mattie eee a mba yatE Ota seers rete soe ss nee een ace 1 44 08 
leant Nite, IB IWo IN Roney ceca sar eAnAsSoog o ul 30 1 52 15 
Bob yan Se webs UA Least ssiaeaetsaa satel tt 1 55 47 


By 3 o'clock, the start of the afternoon race, there was 
a light southerly breeze, which freshened during the 
afternoon. The triangular course was badly laid off, one 
side being very short. The times were: 


25ft. Class. 


Elapsed. Corrected. 
Empress, Hayden & Parker.......,.-.......... 1 23 28 23 
ldlkiae, [iklonenn poe WiketiGere.* bn he BORER cotenpoe 1 27 42 1 25 49 
AMIE yan Wingo B ek PACH Oo cceraic creyeterela s tieiste| areessc.cre earan 1 26 27 1 26 27 
IAT Keyri Shan mee ee SEO hears insecner es ps aaa s 1 29 39 1 29 39 
Hermes, A. W. Chesterton...........5:s000-00e- 1 34 02 1 32 09 
Early Dawn, J. E. Doherty.............+20--0+ 1 35 10 1 33 17 
(Genjeifovaynle Ikke Weil leave = aoe eeSasMeepoe se 6 Ao. Withdrew. 
Handicap Class. 
Alethea, Colby & Smith.................. a, © 1 36 12 1 36 12 
Oyarnesele dik. Tee Us ls Ieee een neh ot danndecde te noc 213 52 2 09.03 
Thabascomnear Gey Rich aALds sates, weenie eles eraetiee 2 28 00 2 20 58 
Shtischen, (Overs? Uverto haa pie Pee ane iees 2 43 00 2 33 55 
MipettawGh eA Gl Pai ye elon av oleeieee este strates 2 58 00 2 43 17 
21ft. Cabin Class. 

Rangawaye Gurley ee MiWeedi cccce -actetermiecic) = 5+ ee 1 48 15 
Rambler, B. Pomeroy..... APPA ASD ACHAAT ANS 5m Od 1 54 30 
LOGS LM DIRE an On Se RAR Ea EA Bde Meditira — ere an 1 58 43 
Jere ID}, (Wie SNe y rev eaAd ddr nanotinnnie teobe Le 2 38 42 

18ft. Class 
Watmntlesspetetiner sic eb atbetieta sas ele lelttuplalelae ls ess 1 52 10 
Shoktey sire, Pps Vesa Ae Re BeBescbocreertboseb=tteaoo pd 2 02 18 
Noah Cai erin Sapa a eee eno aire 215 20 
daw Bop ep G@ep \vLerchanitesntjey 6 psscgeencseezae us dees 2 20 35 
Cir ces ise DDL Seotressi sie anise aaa meee kt Withdrew. 

15ft. Class. 
Evelyn, D: H. Woodbury...:.........s.04 yennt 3 nimene 2 49 38 
Gahcew Wie wed aris) yi) sadaaeciestasnitielenms) 20 2]e 3 03 00 
JogieS Ie ID (Guntb re ters sapere aneenssonAnl A hB bb 3 21 22 
NaVirai oe ID) (Ge UM betaied yn (FRM ys AS Se Se AOAC ee Fed 3 27 00 
TabascowUMlrs Bees caasen ws yeseensspescsesae Withdrew. 
SS CUILMaeree eeAe et REINo lacs nity ous Sele sba ape eee Withdrew. 

15ft. Class, 
Onlys Onesie he Perkins: pieces. ereeteeeee eee es 2 56 12 
DOT Oth eer Pees lelelele sts elevabala| tats) ctavstatevscebd Ufo 2) Withdrew. 

18it. Class—Skiffs and Dories. 

TES oF see rept eaypotet cts ters Sahai co Slate we ols pares aelegeated Saeke 3 03 52 
Naomi, P. G. Saunders ee, net 3 30 00 
iMiaatdoneraltaaeteten dents ek aeat cous neang hans cen amealall ae 3 33 00 


Class F, dories, did not sail, the race being postponed 
till Saturday. 

On the last day there was a light S.W. breeze in the 
morning, but just at the start it shifted to west or west by 
north, and continued to freshen until there was all the 
boats could carry without reefing. The times were: 


25ft. Class. 


Elapsed. Corrected. 
Hianlewa Weis Rache’s pores sade te pg sates plats cate 1 23 00 1 23 00 
A Kiya se ORE BLO WILacs <eists'sssuige cso sct ale sy 1 28 45 1 23 45 
Empress, Hayden & Parker..............-+-+-- 1 25 14 1-25 14 
Gartooumeliemedricerce heck Cleat toltalscaletas tpi 1 27 03 1 27 03 
Hermes, AL W. Chesterton.........2020-002+00-- 1 30 21 1 28 28 
Birt Fabyan & McKee... 2... eee. se eae eee: 1 30 50 1 28 57 
Early Dawn, J. E. Doherty.--..---..----2..45.. 1 34 05 1 32 12 
mc A. ¥. C. Handicap Class. 7 

pivette, Be eA Oe ET ere ee ee ee, tae, pen oo 1 44 24 1 30 15 

pitsah IT., S. Foster.:. .-.1 38 40 1 33 09 
Onda, J. Greenough... esoil Fait 1 33 59 
Alethea, Colby & Smith.. ,.1 34 15 1 3415 
Tedesco, Pear & Richards. ..-1 46 21 1 36 51 
Sisdie umeve ert, aes sahsee owaadel tepius Ae 1 47 58 1 40 28 
Kamadore, Lovell Bros...., Tiedt can fms ocx areca 1 53 33 1 43 56 


21ft. Cabin Class,” 
Rambler, B, Pomery..cssessssccesone 


Samay (ee Verh ye cretsins Coeecrnbh st eh Re Urgittiserts 1 34 50 
Runaway Girl, H. Tweed.iec.c.ssuscceeesereves 1 37 03 ey 
IE y AWN Vind CrOSTHED fis, disaacu sae belle alters sett m 1 40 02 ine ws 
I8ft, Class, 

Dauntless; Benner & Patten,........<..<cses-s+. 1 26 50 
(Gaia TID p Ud be EY Fe oye ee eB pore etn 1 2910 | 
INanbpoler: AQ 183) Metallica Aan drow nnneeribt poder 1 42 10 

: 15ft. Class. 
Evelyn, 1. He Woodbury sess ue ecte esd ++4s.0 45 30 hy Pines 
Gaboo, Wie eee Nani) ery sortie calule i tedaney ne ie 0 45 02 rates 
VV iit cre Deen ondeeci tas lea tliclin pe teth i cipstafetared dates nist orviseiecd 2 0 47 18 Bay che Mt 
Sduahy Hye higeotwe. sate. eases aes Peerswlcle -5a5-0 46 25° at a 
Tabasco! Wi, Eis Wieginiii.csi.etyen<saes. 0 46 32 Liab is 
; - 15ft. Class. 
Only KOne spb erittisee cosines ated & 0 47 20 Ho gS er 
1Dfasido NG AWK, (Ub NEGA Setar niderdng dane, be 0 48 55 ae 

18ft. Dory Class. 
TES Alc year aleve lneited.e ¢ oni pe ciite SS sdhbaasanntee 0 50 15 ‘ Hf. 
Naomi, P. G, Saunders...., wiped y ate aster stare a aE enetd 0 61 42 + | 
Tisadore, H. W. Friend...............- Piseeese 0 52 58 A 
cable; why mVeeebincizeries sas atures cee nob earns a fe 0 59 53 - 
16it. Dory Class. 
TE eA IE SEG rredeceno oobob bee ouurtbece 0 54 04 
Weewenel# JP IES Mevenmenterot Go nocd On eE ee fons snd 0 56 30 
Rag Time, E. F, Noyes...... _ 
Victories Con (Glaser. Hel) Sen neMn eer nl ose hmenyss Jasons 
Iola, C. Daggett ......... Wetmmryen roe tentials 1 12 30 eee: 
The judges were Arthur G. Wood, Chairman; Com. 


Luther S. Bent, F. W. Hastings, Felton Bent. Com. W. A. 
Tucker, Capt. D. H. Follett, Benjamin L. Knapp, Walter 
E, Stone and Arthur Millet. 

The visitors received every courtesy and attention from 
the home club, tugs being provided to meet the yachts 
and tow- them in. In addition to the races, entertain- 
ments were given every evening. 


American Y. C. 


NEWBURYPORT, MASS. 
Wednesday, Aug. 15. 
Tse American Y. C., of Newburyport, sailed its post- 
poned open regatta on Aug. 15 in a light south wind, the 
course being 8 miles, naut. The times were: 


Class T. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Dauntless, Benner & Patten....,......:s0eeeree 1 43 14 eet wae 
Class S. 
LI SOni cea ge peas Ob acne sen nian ie nine pens sae nteslints 1 48 36 : . 
Special First Class. 
Mectoxenye Grn Van OUrorassn.pemcseraene eres 2 12 09 1 46 35 
ruant,- William! Balechhenssaceens:. peccseesseod 214 25 1 46 53 
ANEOMISH Uy aC Liye ani eeraeaia te tale cbt. iienes eens 2 28 15 2 03 35. 
Special Second Class 
INAwPemob MOR Wertieteryte le We ocenor Hanesoyceraoney 1 50 03 117 01 
ive Wanke ey SH ss Mood yaencce sous Nada igamee 1 58 49 1 26 00 
eatsipaire, aVView Aten Wshetalomes bet sala aresenatale 2 07 55 1 34 46 
RAGEOOTIS Wise Grw elon SOLsaee ea serene ene 2 06 56 1 35 24 
SHULD AMEPATTICITONe wee enero tari, orn en nares 2 24 52 1 50 20 
Witch, Cogswell & Smith... sre 34 19 2 04 55 
SiC whine Cm @inuicn yet -2 44 32 2 11 50 
Anything, H. B. Higgin 2 45 04 2 16 39 
Nimrod, J. S. Powen. .Withdrew 
CirlewmePerny eAnOSery sacs dari meee ene Withdrew. 
Emanon, a \GeiRoddis as yoatnieueedenecet a\Vathdrew, , 
‘ Special Dory Class. 
Daniela Vrs getl ss De VV Alice ye. ie lai ol-ldeglsiel peste es 1 32 58 ates 
Need Ginenkenn IDA IR UN fenizeeales. LEAKE RRA eee cone ee 1 41 14 Py nl re 
Wactorsebdeard, Ghacce ss sien seen pee ann 1 43 10 at y ae 
Briskie, larry Moody... 220/251. ss nace acauues 1 49. 30 oes ee 
Go Ahead, A. W. Greenleaf.,..........0.¢00005 2 14 08 ieee 
Alice. Cavlievsl ott npccss teemity. ts tie canna ie Withdrew. 


Plymouth Y. C,. 


PLYMOUTH, MASS. 
Saturday, Aug. 18. 


_ THE Plymouth Y. C. sailed a ladies’ race on Aug. 18 
in a light breeze, easterly at the start but shifting to 
S.W. The times were: 


18ft. Class. 


Elapse E 
JESebi MOTO, Wa, Olsen Abo cempaneenrn6n6qaa m5: 1 20 6 oer 
Ghallen'ce ene E a ATWOOd sts. nin anne 1 21 58 AP 
Sittawalces En sVieMlones: sine symone haa 1 24 44 2 SS 
IVI diy a plane clair s pees peonie nen ee nnsn yOu 1 26 14 ny ee 
Raguda, William Burgess, Jr..........0..220005 1 26 59 “ te 
IDyovyovaiow, del}. Mania aay eRae Rena bbe Salas ieee 1 28 33 : oe 
Grace wily iSaeWestony bie eu eke kos.an perenne be 1 28 45 - 

: Handicap Class. 
Nancy Hanks, P. W. Maglathlin............., 117 28 1 15 58 
Fanny D., A. E. Walker me iakya 1 18 09 
Frolic, J. C. Dawes 1 22 52 
Geisha, W. T. Whitman 1 24 06 
12 


The judges of the race were Cornelius F. Bradford, 
George D. Bartlett and J, F. Bittenger. 


South Boston Y. C, 


SOUTH BOSTON—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Aug. 18. 

Tue South Boston Y. C. sailed a handicap race on 
Aug. 18 in a light S,W. breeze. At the secoad buoy Nah- 
ma, Velma and Jungfrau were in collision, Nahma being 
protested by the others. The times were: 


F Elapsed. Corrected. 
Mbeystoremals LABS ARSE ce pele end tiractae 1 59 58 2 20 58 
Iyer, Th dhe AByaBl ons Kea pBA Adee Rate goncqcele 2 02 04 2 25 04 
atiras yy mm\Netl iant AT et torts emc oboe mame eetes 1 58 32 2 23 32 
itvarsacsey TAD UE. ARES Gis «pea abenodseer yin deer at 2 09 08 2 30 08 
INaliria se Amano rin isers.clanadte-teltcia teeta nein ne 219 47 2 42 47 
iia Nin ceeds Perkiniss.cty sega nee team 2 26 24 2 44 24 
Meshal rips iiy bey ater ae coir ne nee 2 26 42 2 44 42 
Tielene Wate ecy pl hire: ecu reenmeany osueun annie 2 35 48 -2 48 48 
INCE eH heethant sah veya oo ReL ee Withdrew. 

WW Giltin © [Eds No sit es oes Cnoeoborine predate: 6 Disabled. 


The judges were Arthur Fuller, G. H. Godfrey and 
Frank Williams. 


Quincy Y. C. 


On Aug. 18 the Quincy Y. C. sailed a race from Quincy 
to Marblehead Rock, the times being, start 2:30: 


. Elapsed 
Of bynyeteny 1B RaW al TONES triceps sno SA 5 AEE MEINE ec lerre ci csi: 4 35 00 
Cleopatra, F. 

Moondine, W. 

Velleoda, F. Rice:........,, 

Yseulet, L. O. Crocker 

Goblet oo. ee eaeee t 

Countess, D. Davis 

16 FT ae A hs ns ose Ader Ako seb dans 

Hustler, Whittemore & Rollins 

Cartaion riba CaM Oss @-creeareet ereerstoreatr log eee eae 6 05 00 
Paulin eee Bro wri bee is elect scree terete Mee 6 08 00 
see Canis ASE (GS ee ee Pe ribet hE 6 55 00 


FOREST ANDs STREAM. 


_ [Ate. 28, 1068. 


Newport Y. R. A. Special Races. 

NEWPORT—OFF BRENTON’S REEF, 2 
Tire fifth race of the Newport Y- R. A. series for the 
soft, one-design class, which was to have been sailed on 
Aug. 16, was sailed on Aug. 17. On the first day these 
was a fresh breeze, but with so much sea as to make it 
dangerous for these delicate creations. There was very 
little wind early in the morning, but at 11:40, the time 
of starting the race, a light” S.W, breeze was blowing. 
The course was a triangular one of 15 miles and repeat. 
Rainbow was the first to cross the line, 24s. after the 
cun, followed closely by Mineola. On the reach to the 
first mark Yankee gained rm. 238. on Rainbow, the times 
at the first mark being: 


Turn Elapsed. 
TASER e LCA 9 SA ORMISBRR CEE RRs etter, 12 02 00 0 21 36 
TER Ay he eS EMM rn nee reenact 12 03 10 0 22 46 
Viuntaet hy Rapronenics. cri pe ees sien: pene 120450 0 20.18 
7G rene tuy Vie Iv LE mented Ctr 12 05 15 0 22 15 


ji 1 c hts for the 

Baby jib topsails were set on all the yac 
beat to the second mark, 514 miles. On this leg Yankee 
continued to gain, and rounded the mark first, the times 


being: 


Turn Elapsed 
Van kee cc evuacscseeer teen sctrsresareeeres creer ses 1 11 40 1 06 50 
NIGERED aN Sotad cau ticki ays caaticiodiea te 1142 108 2 
Toate et Ck Maen REPOS. Rat Mn 112 21 110 21 
EACH pibtercee sade Pr PRL ERO ES EOP oe 118 14 1 12 59 


The third leg was a run to the lightship, 572 race 
Spinakers were set, but were soon taken in. Mineola 
and Rainbow had a close race ot it, Yankee still leading 
as the times were taken.at the third mark: 


Turn Elapsed. 
STN Se Ads aoc PHB Aoc ere re OOP DOSS Orecrrnn 2 03 30 0 dt 50 
MoE eda) eee kutige tok ae ee eA Metal eae on 2 05 55 0 55 13 
IH CEE ee NON URL: eaeonney bane: 207 00 0 54 39 
Tienes Srek, Maio anion nocache ae SINT 2 10 00 0 51 46 


On the reach Yankee lost several seconds by carrying 
a baby jib topsail. In a freshening breeze, with lee rails 
awash, the yachts were timed on the first leg of the second 


round : 


Turn ee ae 
A rier tee bic - ou eee ppc ores 2 25 50 0 22 2 
SER Oooh tapen Me acd MER 2340 0 22 35 
Rainbow .....-. ecw edee send capitan emilee ete cies se ; oe i een 
Miia: oo. ce eee cece eee en sna et atte ee remessls 


The second leg to windward was sailed in a good 
breeze, Rainbow taking the lead from Yankee, the times 


at the mark being: 


Turn. Elapsed 

Set Gey AES: pact een AIT 3 22 25 051 
ee Sy tes APE ine: APR ucaik sR 3 23 15 0 57 25 
ame Bite ae dee ttn i -essabande ces perenaie 32535 0 55 25 
Virginia [UTES Sie TR ei dds ad ae isla erg 3 20 25 0 53 15 


As the run to the finish line was started a squall ap- 
proached from the N.E. Rainbow and Yankee were able 
to finish before the storm broke, but Mineola took in all 
sail and was towed into the harbor. Virginia finished 
under jib and mainsail while the storm was at its height. 
The times at the finish were: 


Start. tte ges 
i TIN OnE HSH doe taco icee! 11 40 24 40. 22 2! 
a Re eS EN 114237 40409 42132 
Wireinia ....-visas PICA Meth oe aie 11 43 00 4 13 21 4 30 21 
Wane ola cc ia cabalabeley wuleeieip rip ies 11 40 28 Withdrew. 


On Saturday the start was postponed nearly an hour for 
lack of wind, but at 12:25 the start was given over the 
15-mile triangle, the first leg to windward. Rainbow, 
Mineola and Yankee crossed promptly, but Virginia held 
hack until the time was nearly up. Rainbow gained 
in the windward work, the first mark being timed: 


Turn mlapses 
‘ o BAA: 2 Aether = eee en rs 1 26 20 7 
pambew POP Ea inh ec ANTI Pee chan cement 1 27 30 0 57 87 
NERA STE, Be tloe reese Pitre rine rca eis eee 1 28 15 1 02 38 
ET oe EN n Min A wi tein: Sune eMan, en oeist ats 1 34 15 1 08 24 


With spinakers to starboard, they ran off the second 


leg as follows: 


Turn Elapbed: 
i MS ya ttid oP Ae iP Oca 2 21 45 0 55 % 
SRE ARNOT TG eo 20 ee ees retin rep nite! 2 24 30 0 56 15 
WaE GiiNii se aitipe csc netene siete oboe de sites tae ees een 2 25 00 0 57 30 
Uaioe ob ee ae ee Hb ee ae ote Ep RO ERS 2 30 55 0 56 40 
They then jibed and ran to the line, the round ending: 
Turn stat 
} Ot AS sacks URE ERROR BEEBE GM frome aac 2 45 00 0 5 
anath gi. SRA BM doin 45 9455 ap siete eee 2 48 30 0 24 15 
AUTRE Gita WESh, Ot etn hae Raper Bris AAA Seb cee bp er pee ar 2 49 15 0 24 15 
Via leSey aeata tt cule ce cbehepi nial ts peperer teats sete knee 2 55 40 0 24 45 


On the wind again, Yankee broke tacks with the others 
and lost badly, the time at the first mark being: 


Turn Elapsed. 
ARELTIN ECW nd Sancti te Sb s act = ¢ okt gree alse ees ae ee eral, 0 50 30 
iiititeey EDU eS Sab enbphideeder A Age See wh ted $0335 eae 3 38 05 0 49 35 
WERENT? obo eren rina dadeit doce tisk duct acre ae 3 40 00 0 50 45 
VET Be earrateure ete ese gre Eenalets Lode Eaneas sieis tine Wistert aint SOU) weal) 0 54 50 


Spinakers were again set to starboard and they ran over 
the second leg in almost the same time as before, except 
that Yankee brought up a breeze with her: 


Turn. Elapsed 

SAAC We Mechelle ecle ORR ates mre Se Tana te ANA AS 4 32 45 0 57 15 
INATESCIER GaSe s.4 5 4445-5cees Sarinddn Oo Jossadoobn 4 34 50 0 56 45 
Mare inide = oor omeL enn Shino Lum ee RAUeeee MOnEnr. 4 37 40 57 40 
SP ATMRCES cee iey pedis ee ain heated eens 4 42 40 0 52 10 

The race finished: 

Start. Finish Elapsed 

WRAP Yf-n pe ecgeane etiee srehediac asa ae 12 25 23 4 56 23 4 31 01 
Winona SSE Seca ae Pesca not 12 29 53 5 02 26 4 32 33 
Wade ola 14d as atrerk oe hee Angee ne 12.253 4 58 32 4 32 55 
MATINEE cris pat tinleeied eee at ad pete 12e2A bl! 5 09 54 4 44 03 


The eighth race was sailed on Aug. 20 in a very light 
and variable wind, but one round of the triangle being 
sailed. There was no wind at 11:30, and a postponement 
was ordered, but at 11:55 the boats were sent away with 
a light breeze on a reach for the first mark. Rainbow 
went over first, with Yankee close under her lee and 
Virginia just astern of Yankee, Mineola being the last, 
with 5s: handicap. A little while after the start a shift of 
wind to S.E. gave Mineola the best position, and the 
first mark was timed: 


natigsates seeeUt 12-27,00. Mankee s2tiss5t.c.....- 8 TON 00 
Fees wor bebe es doe A227 35" Virginia 2)2h42...4..2.2 1948 00 


The wind was on end, but very light on the second 
leg, and the race was slow. Virginia tried the inshore 
tack and was badly left. The second mark was timed: 


PTC Or rele de viestein esl: atels phy letter e eae eee 1 49 02 
Rainbow 


Mineola 
Rainbow 


Rainbow and Yankee turned close together, the former 


taking the better position. As they ran down wind 
she managed to male a clear lead on Yankee, and finished 
just ahead. The last lez was run under spinakers until 
near the line, when the wind headed the yachts and they 
came in on a reach. The times were: 


Start. Finish. Elapsed. 

Rainbow, Cornelius Vanderbilt...11 59 32 2 40 34 2 41 02 
Yankee, IT. P. Duryea & H. P. 

WEE ESS). acre tre teres ree ee 11 59 42 2 40 58 2 41 16 

Mineola, August Belmont........ 12 00 00 2 42 11 2 42 11 

Virginia, W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr,..11 59 56 3 03 42 3 03 46 


The score now stands: Yankee. 9 points; Mineola, 8; 
Rainbow, 6; Virginia, 1. The ninth race will be sailed on 
Aug. 22. The owners of the 30-footers have offered a 
cup for a special series of heat races for the 7o-footers, 
the yachts starting in pairs. 


30-Footers at Newport. 


The 30-footers sailed a race on Aug. 11 in a strong 
S. breeze over the Dyer’s Island course, the times being: 


Finish. Elapsed. 
Worothy, sh BY solani ca, teetareiere pec itiees whe ee Dea UL 2 11 01 
Esperanza, Wee: eDumcatines s.52..5 ses eee eee ee 5 33 52 2 11 52 
Wa Was JROSBrooks: See 5. Ole eee eRe eee 5 34 45 2 12 45 
Vaquero IJI., W. Rutherford De SDeLo 2.13 29 
GIS Wor, le shia seaccineea ss ea ee ears ..5 37 14 2 15 14 
Asahi We. Si Maller: (Pa o¥ cass ces sen es 5 38 11 216 11 


On Aug. 14 a race was sailed over a 12-mile course in 
a N. breeze, which later shifted to S.,-the times being: 


Start Finish. Elapsed, 
AEE MT eh DPM A RRA net R Sarge 3 38 00 5 33-12 1 ba 12 
shen, Seeeei eta an ne co eee meee saoa hy) 5 83 34 1 55 34 
AVREKG bz) HO ats ee a 53 38 00 5 838 44 1 55 44 
LI OrOthys Meee RA ARSE: £5. d see eta 3 38 00 5 34 57 1 56 57 
Asahi Baise oes a eee Ree Per Sati 5 36 40 1 58 40 
Polly Wore Sst setaesrees st ereevene eee 3 38 00 5 38 03 2 00 03 


On Aug, 16 a race was sailed in a good N.E. breeze. 
The start was made at 4:08, and the times were: 


i Elapsed 
Me ers ae gr Cora erie re een: 5-4 1 26 32 
ASE a, arses aero Teed We iee eee TRE tein ee 8 1 30 01 
Pollywog ‘ 1 31 58 
Wa Wa 1 36 12 
Vaquero ITI. 1 87 07 


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The Herreshoff 5i-F Taye 


Tue following is from the Providence Bulletin of Aug. 
15; it is corroborated by similar reports from other 
sources: 


The two new yachts of the 51-foot racing class, Altair, 
owned by Cord Meyer, of New York, and Shark, owned 
by Lothrop Ames, of Boston, arrived at Bristol from 
Newport yesterday aiternoon in bad condition from the 
rough seas they experienced in the Astor cup races of 
Monday. They are, if anything, in a worse condition 
than were the 70-footers after the last race in the series 
sailed for the Newport cup. Both had their bows twisted 
very badly and lifted upward to a greater angle at the 
forefoot than were the 7o-footers. Cocked up in the air 
as ate their forebodies, from a point below the waterline, 
the stems from a point just abaft of where the forestay 
leads to the deck bend downward, making the twist some- 
what suggestive of the form of the letter S. 

Shark was hauled out on the marine railway last even- 
ing to be repaired and have extra bracing. The frames 
were twisted and there were indications of the rudder 
post haying started, one oi the planks was broken, and the 
underbody showed imdications of the planks working 
violently as the white wood of the edges of the planks 
could be seen. Oakum hung out of the seams forward 
also. 

Altair was hauled out on the Walker’s Cove marine 
railway this morning, and was probably a trifle worse 
off-than Shark in her underbody, Shark having had metal 
braces on each side of her forefoot two weeks ago, which 
probably made her a trifle stiffer. Altair had her stem 
scarf started by the strain forward so much that there 
was a seam open nearly its whole length a quarter of an 
inch in width above the scarf. The oakum hung out in 
strings under the forefoot, while water trickled out of the 
seams down toward the bottom of the lead. The ab- 
sence of metal keelsons in the construction of the boats 
naturally makes them weak when in a seaway, working 
the frames out of shape and making the planks see-saw 
with each other when carrying sail. 

Mineola, Mr. Belmont’s 7o0-footer, atrived this morn- 
ing for a new boom, 


The Fisher Cup. 


On Aug. 18 Mr. Frank M. Gray, of the Royal Canadian 
Y. C., went to Charlotte, N. Y., as the representative of 
the club, bearing a formal challenge for the Fisher cup, 
now held by the Rochester Y. C. The cup will be de- 
fended by Genesee, now owned by C. M. Van Voorhis, of 
the Rochester Y. C., and the challenger will be repre- 
sented by either Beaver or Minota. These two yachts were 
sold after the Canada cup races of last year, Beaver to 
Dr. Garratt and others, and Minota to Mr. Beaumont 
(Jeavice call lemoter thine. (On mvaneniee 
weeks Minota has been hauled out at her builder's 
yard, Oakville, and the lead added last year. on top of 
her original lead keel, .with some inside ballast, has 
been transferred to the fore end of the keel, deeping 
it there, thus increasing the stability and adding to the 
lateral plane. Beaver has been tinchanged since last 
year, and carries the same sail plan. Trial races between 
the two will be sailed this week, Mr. Atmilius Jarvis 
handling Beaver and Mr. H. C. McLeod Minota. The 
cup races will probably be sailed off Charlotte on Sept. 
8, 10 and IT. 


Joke. 


I note with some interest and not a little concern the 
protest printed in the Forest Anp STREAM of Aug, 10 over 
the signature of Theo. Bering, Jr. The latter seems to 
think that I have much damaged the State of Texas by 
referring to it as a land of “famine and: pestilence.’ and 
goes on to give statistics showing the size and dignity 
of his native land. What I wrote regarding this com- 
monwealth was not primarily intended to cause the State 
to stop doing business, I called it, playfully, with a bit of 


“season. 


Within the past two | 


Chicago persiflage, a land of “famine and pistolence.” — 
Pistol. P-i-s-t-o-]. I reckon Mr. Bering knows where 
the expression “famine ard pestilence’ came from, and _ 
perhaps he may remember the former reputation Texas 
bore as the land of the pistol. I ought to have labeled 
that joke. Indeed, perhaps the proofreader killed it by 
correction, I don’t know. I am sure. The main thing is 
to assure Mr, Bering that I have eaten many square 
meals in Texas, and hope to eat some more, and that I 
have a greater affection for no State and no people than 
for this same. If the wheels of her commerce have been 
temporarily clogged by this unlabeled joke, I trust she 
may now begin to do business again, Privately, I am of 
the opinion that the above joke might have been better, 
but it was as good as I could afford for the money I 
am getting. I sayvy all that deep water improvement, 
etc., for I have been there. This was a deep water joke. 
; , _E, Hovuex. 


A. C, A. Membership. 
Western Division—R. H. Henkle. 


Kifle Range and Gallery. 


Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. 


San Francisco, Aug. 5.—At the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club_ 
on July 15 few were in attendance, the majority being out camp- 
ing and shooting game. Scores, Columbia target: : 

Back scores, rifle class medal: N. Robinson 199, Dr. H. C. 
Trask 150. 


All comers’ rifle medal, 200yds.: 
A B Dorrell (Pope .32-40)........05 


5 3.3 5 G17 2 4 6-56 

21010 1 3 6 610 8 8—64 
Rifle record: 

Dr J F Twist(€.22-15 Winchester).........-....20220 99 115 120 124 


22 and .25 rifle medals, 50yds.: 
AS DI DOL Eel Mh wee ns crderdin: cease tae yest 20 26 29 29 31 
Dr GEE Wisti eas .us couse eer sane ee te te 28 24 27 28 39 41 43 
Mis yaa VV atl tira Sey eters epee a 30 36 38 41 , 
GE Ratibles ie ath 2a aie a ies ela ee ee 37 


Pistol record scores: Dr. J. F. Twist 75, N. Robinson 63, 

Twist revolver medal: Dr. J. F. Twist, 99, 99, 

Aug, 5.—Many of the members haye returned. Dorrell is on the 
sick list; Washburn, Daiss and Dr. Twist came to the range, but 
preyious exertions at camp had destroyed their shooting equi- 
librium at targets. They rested. Dr. Twist invited us to feast upon 
his first buck, and such a banquet seldom falls to our lot! He held 
it at his bachelor quarters, and only one married man (O, 
Feudner) got in. Drs. Trask and Hunsaker are in the wilderness 
hunting bear and deer. If they are as successful as Dr. Twist 
and as generous we shall have venison enough for this 
This luck has followed us. We, with Hoadley“ and 
Becker, spent two weeks at Mr. M. W. Fairbanks’, 27 miles out - 
of Cloverdale, and we sat down to venison at his table the first 
night out. He is one of the old-time hunters, sixty-two years 
old, and a fine shot now. He killed a spike-buck from his house 
while we were there with his. .2215 Maynard. The Maynard is his 
favorite. Little hunting was done by us, we preferring to talk 
and shoot with Mr. Fairbanks, who gave us much of his ex- 
perience in the past. He ha§ a houseful of firearms, ancient and 
modern. Becker and Hoadley were greatly taken up with them, 
and he very generously presented them each with an old-fashioned 
Colts powder and ball revolver. The .45 which Becker got was 
similar to one which, Mr, Failbanks said, was the only weapon - 
he carried while tending his 20 miles of bear traps. He said he 
had shot as high as three deer a day with it, and kept a dairy ~ 
farm of 250 head supplied during the season with venison. 
Hoadley’s relic’ was a small Colts powder and ball revolver, ivory 
handle, geld-plated cylinders, and remainder silver-plated and 
highly engraved with an eagle in relief on the handle. Becker 
and Young took their reyolvers, and used them largely during 
their trip. Becker used King’s No. 1 Smokeléss powder, both. 
Becker and Young doing very satisfactory work. WYoung’s last four 
shots were four kills—two squirreds and two bluejays—one squirrel 
being over 50yds. and the jays about 40yds. Becker killed a rabbit 
at T6yds. Af20yds, with King’s Smokeless and his Colts service, he 
welded four consecutive bullets together in an oak tree. They ~ 
penetrated 3%in. 

Young placed four consecutive with King’s Smokeless and his 
bullet (which weighs about 218grs.) in the L-ring at 2Oyds. These - 
welded, but did not penetrate over 2in., being softer. Becker 
shot the regular bullet (44 Russian), but hardened to about 1 to 
20. This seems necessary to get the best results with nitro 
powders. There is more joy in hitting small game with a revolver 
or pistol than in killing large game with rifles. Young laments 
the loss of his pistol and revolver, which were cracked and ruined. 
by nitro powder. 

Now for our home scores, which were made under trying 
weather conditions. Class medals, one entry, members only, rifle, 
200yds., off-hand shooting. Experts: 


AS bape. eee pane VA Arora 5 BS Had DSS Sak EM ete th ee) 
Backs Senne Pace. avetee eeu GS 69-4) SS 88 55 
Sharpshooters: : 


G lsariey (.25-20 Winchester repeater).5 9 7 2 411 9144 8 10—79 
Marksmen: Mrs. C, F. Waltham 122. 7 Te ’ 
Pistol, class medals, 50yds. Experts: F. O. Young 57, G. M. 

Barley 64. 
Marksmen: Mrs. G. Mannel 78, Mrs. C. F. Waltham 84, G. 

Mannel 86, O. Feudner 113. 


Back scores shot with revolver: 
OQ Feudner......... orb ee et oteies ite Oe 119 107 95 104 78 101 - 

Feudner likes this weapon and will excel with it undoubtedly 
if he persists with it as he has the shotgun. 

All comers’ re-entry matches, 59yds. Pistol medals: 
444446 84 


Sah soles. cero! 
385 611 7 


8 4-42 
4 3 3-48 
37 6 1 B= 52 


Other scores were: F. O. Young, ‘55, 59; P. Becker, 58; Mrs. 
Mannel 86. 
Twist revolver medal: 


60 67 80 81 
, 62 62 
Omhendsmentr oer eee hircne jie pp eet oe tee tee 125 
ais AUCH TRS medal: : : 
apt a Lea Leen te)-tal-)) Peel eieiaietiteee boy bine ree 20 18 23 2 
emelcirrielereen tenet 1. en een free ReL+ al BB NGS 280 Bt 
O Feudner .............. Palate ee Bee Ph ole 3 82 32 33 38 39 
IVES Vata IMs tsa maceet tic rete aie Bene ome az 40 
_ Rifle, 200yds.: F o - 
HCG) Metoeuever Up uy dois ies trsttidsiee 5 2656 48 4 38 4 7 4-49 
9° 2-6 240 3 HA2 6 46 


Other scores were: A. H. Pape 69, G. Mannel°74, 86. 

Military and repeating, Creedmoor count: P. Becker (80-30 — 
carbine), 46, 45, 44. consectttive, ; 

Record scores, 50 yds. Pistol: Mr. Prichard 49, 61, 64; G, 
Manne! 72; Mrs. Mannel 72. : i 


F. O, Youn, Sec’y. 
Elite Schuetzen Corps. a 


Brooxtyn.—At the regular setmi-monthly shook of the Elite 
Schuetzen Corps on Aug. 4 at Cypress Hills Park the following 
scores were made: 

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Zz ue 20 23 16 21 23 22213 


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Cincinnati Rifle Association. 

(iseinsati, O,—The following scores were made in regular 
compeétition by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association on 
Aug. 20 at Four-Mile House, Reading road. Conditions: 200yds., 
wlichand, at the standard American target. Hasenzahl was de- 
clared champion for the day with the fine score of 91. Thermometer 
registered 8. Tight wind, 4 to & o'clock: 


Hasenzaly tek ee Aes Se ee § 9 $10101010 8 9 9-91 
109 8 8 710 6 8 9 8-88 

8 8 81010 7 7 610 8—82 

RGSS" hem eeanee otace (ct Sy eile eee §10 8 81010 8 7 9—87 
610 7 8 8 810 9 9 S—83 

7 910 7 710 9 7 7 10—8 

RAT re sh tie bhai te BOL Sasso wee 110 9 9 G6 9 910 9 G84 
9 97910 6 8 7 710—82 

‘ : 910 9 8 9 610 6 6 9—82 
(Tue euch teehee hed dark beh edcisisis < sis 10 91010 8 6 9 8 8 6—84 
9 9 710 9 8 510 6 9-82 

9 9 8 71010 9 5 6 §—8L 

EL Cea he open Wee rion onoeian 8 8 9 610 79 9 5 879 
610 68 93 97 9 9-76 

$10 7 6 8 7 8 6 6 6—72 

GTS CH Eke ns tRebocs | as ere toeecae tice at Toon YC Py eG teat tiers 
WwW 8 6 910 8 6 7 6 878 

76 79 810 9 8 5 TT 

AAS S HI CM pes tote ote eb Bebo woe 8 5 8 7 T 8 T 8 8 10—6 
0 + 78.6 8 9 6G 9 4-72 

7598 7578 8 TT 

QE) HYR oem eee Means Soto er es Esse 679 8 9 5 6 7 9 §8—i4 
09 8 68 9 3 7 4 T7/1 

6 610 46 5 3 9-8 bf 


Rifle at Shell Mound. 


Saw Francisco, Aug. 13.—The weather conditions at Shell 
Mound range were unfavorable yesterday, as it was foggy. The 
range, however, was well. patronized. Capt. L.. Siebe, the pro- 
prietor, is making improvements preparatory to the big ‘“‘Bundes- 
fest’? next July. All Coast marksmen are a unit in their efforts 
to make this shooting festival a success. We hope to have a large 
delegation from east of the Rocky Mountains. Scores of yesterday: 

Germania Schtietzen “Club monthly class medal shoot: First 
champion class, F. P. Schuster, 227, 216; second champion class, 
R, Stettin, 206, 201, First class, J. F. Bridges, 218, 207; second 
class, D. Salfield, 202, 200; third class, J. Beuttler, 177, 171; best 
first shot, J. F. Bridges, 24; best last shot, F. P. Schuster, 20. 

San Fraiciseo Schuetzen Verein monthly medal shoot: Cham- 
pion, D. B. Faktor, 449; first. class, R. Stettin, 405;.second class, 
not filled: fourth class, J. Beuttler, 365; best first shot, D.- B. 
Faktor, 25; best last shot, F. Schuster, 24. y 

Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club monthly bullseye shoot: F. P. 
Rust 368) F. Rothjun 460, J. P. Schuster 840, J. De Wit 858, G. 
Schultz 909, F. Koch 932, H. Stelling 1,069, D. Salfield_1,175, H. 
Huppert, 1,198, J. Gefken 1,287, A. Moeker 1,297, W. Gottschalk 
1,298. 


‘Independent Rifles’ regular monthly medal shoot: Corp. P. 
Schonig 43, C. Iverson 27, Sergt. G. Mitchell 38, C. Schefer 23, R. 
Bither 29, J. H. Kuhike 44, H. Gaetgen, Jr., 20, H. Felix 26, H. 
Gaetgen 34, Lieut. E. Moenning 34, J. W: Reiley 8, F, Brink- 
mann 21, D. Steffens 27, A. Wolfgramm 14, Dr. W. A. Meier- 
dierks 34, Sergt. J. Heinbokel 17, H. Marzholf 35, F. Schmidt 29. 

Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club rifle scores——Gold medal: 
D. B. Faktor, 222: A. B. Dorrel, 218, 218, 220. Silver medal: J. F. 
Budges, 201, 211; H. Hinkle, 210, 206. Bushnell trophy: D. W. 
McLaughlin, 216, 214, 223, 217; F. P. Schuster, 207. econd class 
trophy: J., Killimann, 208, 197, 199, 198; G. Tammeyer, 194. 

All comers’ pistol, 50yds.: J, E. Gorman, 98, 95; M, J. White, 91; 
W. Bennett. 79; L. C, Hinkel, 78. ROEEL, 


Rifle Notes. 


At Riverhead, L. I.. a rifle club was recently formed, with officers 
as follows: President, Col. James Storer, of Aquebogue; Vice- 
Presidents, George ©. Benjamin, of Riverhead, and John, H 
Corwin and Oliver Corwin, of Aquebogue; Secretary, John Bag- 
shaw, of Riverhead; Treasurer, W. F. Flanagan, of Riverhead. 


4 


The Zettler Rifle Club’s programme for the remainder of the 
season is as follows: Aug. 26, Sept. 9 and 23, and Oct. 14, 


&% 


The Savage Arms Co,, of Utica, N. Y., havé received a cablegram 
from aris, conveying the information that they have been 
awarded the gold medal for the finest firearms. 


Crapshoating. 


If you want your shoot to be announced here send tn 
notice iike the following: 


+. Fixtures. | 
INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS. 


Sept. 12-18.—Salem, N. Y.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 
under auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club. 


Aug. 22—New Haven, Conn,—Tournament of the New Haven 
Gun Club, John E. Bassett, Sec’y. 

Aug, 22-23—Oswego, N. Y,—Riverside Gun Club’s tournament; 
$100 added, G. W. Tully, Sec’y. 

Aug, 23-24.—Worcester, Mass.—Grand tournament of the Worces- 
ter Sportsmen’s Club. Open to all. A. W. Walls, Sec’y. 

Aug, 23-24—Iafayette, Ind—Tournament of the Lafayette Gun 
Club, under sanction of the League. J. Blistian, Sec’y. 

"Aug, 23-25.—Arnold Park, Lake Okoboji—Amateur Park tourna- 


ment. : 

Aug. 24—Wetson’s Park, Chicago, Tll—J. A. R. Elliott, chal- 
lenger, against E. S. Graham, holder, in a_ contest for the 
Dupont Smokeless Powder Championship trophy. Begins at 2 
o'clock P, M. A 

Aug, 24—Walhalla, S. eae tournament of the Semi- 
Centennial, under auspices of the Walhalla Gun Club. J. A. Steck, 
Sec’y-Treas. 4 : 

Aug, 25-26.—Milwaukee, Wis.—Tournament of Wisconsin League 
of Gun Clubs. ; ; 

Aug, 28-31—Arnold’s ‘Park, Okoboji Lake, Ia—The Indian 
tournament; $700 added. T. A, Marshall, Sec’y, Keithsburg, Ill. 

Sept. 1-3.—Hamilton, Ont.—Hamilton Gun Club’s tournament. 

Sept. 8._Schenectady, N. Y.—Feurth annual Labor Day tourna- 
ment of the Schenectady Gun Club; bluerocks and magautrap. 
Harry Strong, Sec’y. . 

Sept. 3.—Trenton, N. J.—Labor Day tournament of the Walsrode 
Gun Club. George N. Thomas, Sec’y. 

Sept. 3—Seven Stars, Near Pottsville, Pa—All-day shoot of the 
Pottsville Game and Fish Protective Association. 

Sept. 8.—Haverhill, Mass.—Hayerhill Gun Club’s open tourna- 
ment; distance “handicap. 

Sept. 3.—Meriden, Conn.—Fifth annual Labor Day tournament 
of the Parker Gun Club; $25 added. C. S. Howard, Sec’y. 

Sept. 3-4——Blandon Park, Richmond Va.—First annual tourna- 
ment of the Virginia Trapshooting Association, under the auspices 
of the West End Gun Club. Live birds-and targets. Franklin 
Stearns, Mer. 

Sept. 3-4——Muncie, Ind.—Two-day tournament of the Magic City 
Gun Club. One day at targets, one day at sparrows. Chas. E, 
Adamson, -Sec’y. 

Sept: 3-4—Sylvan Beach, Oneida Lake, N. Y.—E. D. Fulford’s 
live-bird and target shoot. 

Sept. 45.—North Platte, Neb.—Tournament of the Buffalo Bill 
Gun Club on Col, Cody’s Scout's Rest Ranch; $250 added. Geo, 
L. Carter... Mer. ' 

Sept. 4-6—Wichita, Kan.—Tournament of Kansas State Sports- 
men’s Association. Parham, Sec’y. 

Pena 6-7—Sherbrooke, Can,—Tournament of the Sherbrooke Gun 
Club. 

Sept. 12-18—Homer, Ill.—Annual tournament of the Triangular 
ae Club; one day targets; one day live birds. C. B. Wiggins, 

c'y. 

Sept. 12-13—Pensacola, Fla.—Two-day shoot of the Dixie Gun 
Club; bluerocks and live birds, Y. J. Vidal, Sec’y. 


tee eee - — - — —-- 


Sept. 14—Salem, N. ¥.—Live:bird shoot of the Osetie Valley 
Gun Club. William L. Campbell, Sec’y. 


Sept. 14-15.—Platte City, Mo—Trap shoot of the Platte City Gun 


Club. S, Redman, Sec’y. 

Sept. 18-21—St. Thomas, Ont.—Tom Donley’s fourth annual 
tournament; live birds and targets. ' 3 

Sept. 19-20.—Zanesville, O.—Tournament of the Zanesyille Gun 
Glu; LE: A, Moore, Sec’y. 

Sept. 27-28.—Erie, Pa —First annual target tournament of the 
Erie Rod and Gun Club; $100 added money. W. 5S. Bookwalter, 
Cor. Sec’y. . 

Sept. 28 and Noy. 13.—Dexter Park, Brooklyn.—Under auspices 
of the Greater New York Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live 
birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized gun club in 
the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shoot- 
ing commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L. Schortemeier and Dr, A. A, 
Webber, managers. 

Oct. 2-4—Swanton, Vt.—Robin Hood Gun Club’s three days’ 
tournament. 

Oct. 11.—Greensburg, Ind.—Tournament of the Greensburg Gun 
Club. C. D. Tillson, Sec’y. 

Oct, 12-14.—Louisville, Ky.—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
targets and live birds. Emile Pragoff, Sec’y. 

Oct. 9 and Noy. 23.—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, 
N. J.-Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men 
team race; 20 liye birds per man; 29yds. Members of any #rganized 
gun club in the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweep- 
stake shooting commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L. H, Schortemeier 
and Dr. A. A. Webber managers. 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
(lay afternoon. 

CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


Aug. 23.—Interstate Park, Queens.—August contest for 
Dewar trophy. 

Aug. 25.—Interstate Park.—Two-men team race, at 50 live birds 
between Dr. Wm.°> Wynn and T. W. Morfey vs. Dr. A. A. Webber 
and G. Hagedorn. 5 

Sept. 3.—Interstate Park.—Labor Day shoot of the New Utrecht 
Gun Club; live birds and targets. 

Sept. 11 and Oct. 26.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Under auspices 
of Medicus Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live birds per 
man; 29yds.. Members of any regularly organized gun club in the 
U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shooting 
commences at 1) A. M. Mr, L. H. Schortemeier and Dr. A. A. 
Webber, managers. 


the 


Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 


25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 
Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication ix 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed, Ties 
07 all events are considered as divided untess otherwise reported. Mail 
all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York. 


The Interstate Association’s trapshooting tournament given for 
the Osoma Valley Gun Club, Salem, N. Y., Sept, 12 and 13, has 
a programme of ten events each day—seyen at 15 targets, $1.50 
entrance, and three at 20 targets, $2 entrance, Bluerocks 1% cents 
each, included in all entrances. Shooting commences at 10 o’clock 
the first day and 9 o’clock the second day. ‘To reach the grounds 
from the south, trains leayiny Troy, N. Y., at 7:45 and 10 A. M. 
and 1:55 and 5 P. M. reach Salem in less than two hours. 
From the north, trains leaying Rutland, Yt., at 8:30 A. M. 
and 3:45 P. M. reach Salem in less than two hours. 
The club’s shooting grounds are about five minutes’ walk 
from hotel headquarters. The Rose system will govern the 
division of moneys in the ratios 8, 5, 3 and 2 Guns 
and ammunition forwarded to The Ondawa, Salem, N. Y., will be 
delivered on the shooting grounds free of charge. Loaded shells 
will be for sale on the grounds. A special purse of $15 will be 
presented by the Osoma Valley Gun Club to the expert shooter 
making the highest percentage shooting through the entire pro- 
gramme; and a $10 gold piece to the amateur making the best 
percentage shooting at not less than three-quarters of the targets 
specified in the programme. On Friday, Sept. 14, the club will 
liold a live-pigeon shoot, of which the events are as follows: Five 
birds, 33, four moneys; 7 birds, $5, five moneys; 10 birds, $7, six 
moneys; 18 birds, $10, two moneys for every ten entries or frac- 
tion thereof; high guns. Other events to suit the shooters. Birds 
25 cents. Handicaps, as far as possible, to be arranged according 
to the schedule of the Grand American Handicap. NHeadquarters 
for sportsmen, The Ondawa House and the Central House. The 
eminent trapshooting general, Elmer E. Shaner, will command on 
the firing line, during the tournament. Mr. William L. Campbell 
is the club’s secretary, 


The programme of the Schenectady Gun Club’s Labor Day 
(Sept. 3) shoot presents twelve events at bluerocks thrown from 
a magautrap. here are two events at 5 pairs, $1.15 entrance; 
four at 15, $1.25; four at 10, $1.15, 65 cents and 40 cents; one at 20, 
$1.30, and one miss-and-out, 25 cents. Money divided 40, 30, 20 
and 10 per cent., except No. 6, at 10 targets, 65 cents entrance, 
which has two moneys, 60 and 40 per cent., and No. 9, which has 
16 targets, 40 cents entrance, one money. Targets 2 cents? 
Manufacturers’ experts and professional shooters may enter for 
targets only. Others may shoot for targets only if they wish to do 
so. Lunch and shells may be obtained on the grounds. Take the 
nion avenue trolley cars at the Edison House, going east to the 
golf links, at 7, 22, 87 and 42 minutes past every hour. Shells, 
guns, etce., sent care of V. Wallburg, captain of the Schenectady 
Gun Club, will be delivered on the shooting grounds free. Shooting 
commences at 10 o'clock. 

; R 


The Times states as follows: “‘Aug. 18—Members of the Key- 
stone Shooting League are preparing for their coming match with 
the Phenix Gun Club team, which will be shot on the grounds 
at Holmesburg Junction next Saturday. As the team match calls 
for 50 targets per man the shoot yesterday was at a like number, 
a prize being awarded to the high gun, which was won by Howard 
Ridge, who broke 47 out of 50. The targets were thrown very 
fast, and aided by a strong wind they made very difficult targets 
for the marksmen to hit. The shooting was in two strings of 25 
each. In the first string Ridge broke ont straight, Mink second 
with 23. In the second string Ridge lost his first target and fin- 
ished with 22. Early in the afternoon John Hallowell and B. F. 
McFadden shot a match at 40 live birds, Hallowell winning by 
killing his 50 straight.” 

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For some weeks Mr. T, W. Morfey, Chief of the Bird Depart- 
ment at Interstate Park, and by grace of geod shooting, chief of 
shooters about New York, has been considering the matter of 
openly challenging any three shooters of New Jersey to a match 
at 100 birds each, the three matches to be shot on the same day at 
Interstate Park. When asked about the jar and fatigue of shooting 
at 300 birds in one day, he tilted up his nose scornfully and de- 
clared it was as easy to shoot at 300 birds in one day as it was to 
drink a lemonade in August. But first-class shots are nearly as 
plentiful as first-class mosquitoes in New Jersey, and if they (the 
first-class shots) should hear of Morfey’s craving there might be 
blood on the moon, figuratively. Still, Morfey is a gladiator at 
present. So there you are. 


Elsewhere in our columns will be found an acceptance of Mr. 
Elliott's challenge to Mr. Gilbert, to contest for the E C cup, 
emblematic of the inanimate target championship of America. 
Aug. 31 and Arnold’s Park, Ia., are the time and place fixed upon 
for the match. The indications are that Mr. Elliott will be a 
busy shooter in the latter part of the month, for Mr. E. S. 
Graham has accepted his challenge to contest for the Dupont 
ireol- and fixed upon Aug. 24 and Watson’s Park as the date 


and place, 


Mr, L, A. Moore, secretary-treasurer of the Zanesville Gun 
Clb, under date of Aug, 15, writes us as follows: “Please an- 
nounce through Forrest Ayp STREAM the change of dates for the 
tournament to be given by the Zanesville, O., Gun Club. In 
place of Sept. 27, as formerly announced, change to Sept. 19 and 
20. At the request of numerous prominent shooters who have 
signified their desire to be present, the above change was mage. 
rom present indications, the attendance willl be very large, the 
team event alone insuring forty-eight shooters booked to date. As 
this is a handicap tournament, the amateur here has protection all 
stifficient, and no doubt will be largely in the majority. The 
programme will be out soon. Any one desiring a copy can re- 
ceive same by writing to L, A, Moore, secretary.” 


Concerning the Twin City Gun Club, of Royersford, Pa., the 
Press has this to say: ‘The old Lwin City Gun Club has dis- 
banded, and Aug, 11 a new club was organized, which will con- 
tinue to use the same name, These officers were elected: President, 
Samuel Hines; Vice-President, George Quay; Secretary, George 
Diethl; Treasurer, Jacob Johnson; Captain, . E. Buckwalter. 
Seventeen names were secured on the charter. The club decided 
to change its present quarters, and will locate its club house 
in ID. Sower’s meadow, along the trolley line near Spring City. 
They also decided to hold an all-day shoot on the new grounds 


Tuesday, Sept. 11.” - 


Capt, A. W. du Bray (Gaucho), the distinguished representative 
of Parker Brothers, recently visited the city of Winnipeg, Man., 
and, as will be noted on referring to his communication, “‘Rem- 
iniscences of Winnipeg,” published this week in our trap columns, 
he is profoundly impressed by the genuine sportsmanship and | 
hospitality of that far Northland, though, strange to say, the far 
North, to residents of Winnipeg, is considered as being a thou- 
sand miles further toward the North Pole. Frankness_ compels 
us to say, however, that Capt. du Bray’s experiences in Winnipeg 
were not a one-sided affair, for the true sportsmen of that city 
were gainers in forming his acquaintance as he was in forming 


theirs. 
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The programme of the Annual Summer Target Tournament, held 
under the auspices of the Hamilton Gun Club, Hamilton, Conn., 
Sept. 1 and 3, announces $279.25 in cash and prizes. There are 
twelve events on each day, 10, 15, and 20 targets, based on 10 cents 
entrance, excepting No. 10 on the first day, a merchandise event 
at 10 targets, 50 cents entrance, and Nos. 6 and 10 on the second 
day, the first of which is a handicap at 25 targets, $3 entrance, for 
the Bell organ, and the second a three-men team race, 25 targets 
per man, $2 per man, entrance. These special events are open to 
Canadians only. Manufaeturers’ agents and experts may shoot 
for targets only. The Rose system will govern the division of the 


moneys, 
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The New Utrecht Gun Club will open its fall season at Inter- 
state Park with an all-day shoot on Labor Day, Sept. 3, when, in 
addition to the regular club shoots, a series of open sweepstakes 
will be provided at both pigeons and inanimates. These events 
will be open to every one, but the club reserves the right to reject 
any entries that may be objectionable. In addition to the sweeps, 
the club will offer appropriate trophies to the winner in both club 


and open events. s 


Mr. F. E. Sinnock, of Newark, again made good his title to hold 
possession of the E C cup, emblematic of the chara of 
New Jersey, in his contest last Saturday, with Mr. H. H. Stevens, 
the challenger, of New Brunswick. ‘The score was 46 to 45. Im- 
mediately after the contest the holder was challenged by Mr. 
Wm. B. Widmann, of Yardville, N. J., and the challenge was ac- 


cepted. 
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On Saturday of this week there will be a two-men team race_at 
Interstate Park, Queens, between the redoubtable gladiators Dr, 
Wm, Wynn and Mr. T. W. Morfey on the one side, and Dr. A. A. 
Webber and G. Hagedorn on the other. It is a handicap race 
at 50 birds, the contestants standing respectively at 30, 33, Bo and 
28yds. This should be a close and interesting race under the 


novel conditions. ® 
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The programme of the Worcester Sportsmen’s Club, published 
elsewhere in our columns, is of special interest to shooters, par- 
ticularly New England shooters. There will be a contest for the 
championship of New England, and a three-men team race, be- 
sides the other programme events. Mr. A. B. F. Kinney, of 
Worcester, has donated $50 in cash to the tournament. 


In our report of the match between Messrs, Widmann and Page 
at Yardville, N-J., published in Forest anp STREAM last week, 
it was mistakenly stated that the match was for 50 cents a side, 
whereas it was for $50 a side. The match was at 50 live birds, and 
the very excellent scores of 48 to 47 were incomparably above any 
50-cent limitations, = 


Mr. Ansley H. Fox, of Baltimore, writes us under date of Aug- 
18 that “Out of the local and out-of-town shoots which I have 
attended this week I have scored 510, an average of over 95 per 
cent. on the entire 542 shots. I have only been using a pump 
gun for the past ninety days.” 


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The October shoot of the series given under the management of 
Mr. L. H. Schertemeier and Dr. A. A. Webber, at Outwater’s 
grounds, is fixed fer Oct. 9, instead of Oct. 19, as at first an- 
nounced. The dates of the series will be found fully set forth 
in our “Trap Fixtures.” 

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At the Brantford Gun Club’s shoot, Brantford, Can., Mr. C. A. 
Montgomery, of Brantford, won the silver cup given by the club 
for high average, he making the excellent performance of .923 
per cent. 

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The Dansville, N. Y., Gun Chib has fifteen events in the pro- 
gramme of its Labor Day shoot, Sept. 3. The events are at 10, 15 
and 20 targets, $1, $1.50 and $2 entrance, with a liberal guarantee 
of money. Targets 2 cents. Shooting commences at 9:30. 


In the contest for the championship of the Yonkers, N. Y., 
Gun Club recently, a 50-target event, the second. one for the cup, 
Mr. A. Rowland was the winner with a score of 39. 

BERNARD WATERS. 


Brockton Gun Club. 


Brockton, Mass., Aug. 11.—It was a very hot day, and we all 
did some very poor shooting. Nos. 1 to 5 was the handicap prize 
shoot; No. 7 the handicaps; Nos. 9 to 11 were singles; Nos. 12 
to 14 doubles. 


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In the Louisana owe tants. 


Appearing first in Forrest anp STREAM, these little stories are 
rescued from the oblivion of yesterday’s newspaper in answer to the 
demand of many readers. Col. Mather stands sponsor for the 
genuineness of the incidents upon which the sketches are -based 
in his statement that they happened while he was engaged jn the 
Louisiana Lowlands collecting specimens for the United States 
Fish Commission. The dialect is wonderfully well imitated, the 
incidents amusing, and the character studies admirably done. 
Breezy, sound and entertaining, these stories are among the best 
Southern tales that have appeared for many a year.—Philadelphja 


Ledger. 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


{AvuG. 25, 1900. 


Trapshooting in the Past and Present. 


Edttor Forest and Stream: 

lt is so many years since I fired my first shot over the traps 
that | hardty realize how the years haye slipped away. I had been 
shooting in the covers in this Section for some time, and although 
my first attempts on our fas-flying ruffed grouse and elusive wood- 
cock were rather unsatistactory, 1 kept on, and constant practice, 
combined with a little common sense, brought a most decided im- 
provement. wri 

To me then, as to others who were new to such work, killing a 
pigeon at 2Lyds, rise looked very easy. Practical work, however, 
showed that 1 could not always kill them. Jn those days trap- 
shooting meant 2Zlyds. rise, ground trap, one barrel, gun below 
elbow until the bird was on the wing, with an 8lyd, boundary. 

As 1 look back to the old days on the grounds of the Jremont 
Gun Club, of Koston, 1 think we enjoyed ourse:ves fully as much, 
if not more, as at any ot the more recent tournaments where 
graven images took the piace of live birds, and where the princi 
pal object seems to be to use up as many targets and cartridges 
as possible, and to give every one so much shooting that one day 
is all an ordimary shooter wants tor some time. 

At tournaments in times past the gun was held below the elbow 
until the bird was on the wing. (nly one barrel used. Now, I 
claim that with the expert of to-day holding | bis gun at the 
shoulder, pointing at the trap before the word Pull” is uttered, 
and with the use of both barrels (éven though the rise be sUyds, 
instead of Zlyds.), a pigeon stands much less chance of getting 
away than under the oid rules. J do not wish to underestimate 
in the least the skill of the present expert. Wall any of them under- 
take to equal some of their best scores as made under present rules 
by shootmg at selected birds, gun below the elbow, use of one 
barrel, 2lyds. rise, 80yds. boundary? 

With the advent of the artificial targets, the Legowsky clay 
pigeon, and its successors of asphalt make, tournaments multiplied 
m all parts of the country. It was always easy to have an 
abundant supply of the graven images on hand, whereas with liye 
pigeons it was often the reverse. ‘ ; 

While the supply of wild pigeons held out it was easier to get 
enough oftentimes, but what birds they usually proved to be! 
After being crated about, they no more resembled a wiid pigeon 
in its natural condition than does a crow in its flight resemble a 
tufted gronse. Plunge traps usually had to be used to get them 
off the ground at all, oA. 

To return to the tournaments; At first, such events at artificial 
targets were well attended. They were open to all, In my time 
I have taken part in shooting contests in many parts of the 
country from Canada to New Orleans, and the tournament having 
the largest attendance of actual shooters and where the money was 

aid in freely was at the first Legowsky clay pigeon tournament at 
qrand Crossing, Chicago, in the spring of 1884, rs 

About a year after the above event, the “kicker’’ began to be 
heard from, and he and his relatives have been very much on 
hand ever since. The kicker as 1 have met him was never much 
of a shot. He came of the stock which might shoot for a genera- 
fion without improving. When he made numerous misses they 
were accepted as a matter of fact, and the usual remark, “It is of 
no use, I cannot break such targets!” 

The men who became good shots (some af them no better 
adapted physically than those who did not improve) and who 
therefore won were those who took pains to improye who when 
they missed certain shots knew that it was on account of poor 
holding... ‘ : 

At the third tournament of the Legowsky Clay Pigeon Co., at 
Springfield, U.,in the spring of 18sa.the question arose of what to do 
in order that the men who could not shoot (and who apparently 
never would take pains enough to learn) would win as much as 
the good shot. It seems to me that this question has been a 
puzzle ever since, and bids fair to continue so. 

No doubt many of the shooters who attended the Legowsky 
tournaments at Chicago, New Orleans and Springfield remember 
Ben Teipel, of the Cincinnati Club, Teipel cou.d shoot as well 
as the best of us, both with his gum and his mouth. Should there 
be what Edger, of Marlboro, Mass., called a “jaw” going on, Ben 
was sure to take part. Eloquence, however, was not his strong 
point; yet at a well attended meeting one night during the 
tournament at Springfield, O., where the question of handicapping 
or barring certain good shooters came up, Teipel made the first 
and, so far as 1 know, the only speech of his life. His language 
may not have been as choice as it could have been, yet it was 

ctical. 
BAS I remember, he said: “I started out as a trapshooter a few 
years ago. L could not shoot very well, and when I went to 
tournaments I put in my money and never saw it again. I made 
up my mind that I must learn to shoot better or stay at home. 
I kept pegging away, and now I can shoot as well as the fellows 
who used to beat me. Now some of you say, “Bar him out,’ or 
‘Handicap him so that he cannot win.’ To — with such rules. 
Learn to shoot as I did or stay at home.’ i 

Now L am out of trapshooting, and have been practically for 
some ten years past. When I was in it I claim that I was second 
to no one from New England, and my record then as made in. open 
competition will prove it. To-day 1 am one of the has beens, 
I am told, however, by some of the old-timers that tournaments, 
particularly in New England, are growing poorer every year (as 
far as attendance of men who shoot through the programme, win 

r e, is concerned), a 
Memeentis Bey a tournament of the Boston Association 
at Wellington, Mass. This tournament was advertised as one at 
which the poor shot would compete on even terms with the expert. 
The manager of the above tournament 1s one of New England’s 
best expert-amateurs. His showing as such was proven time aiter 
time. My first meeting (to my recollection) with this gentleman 
was some years since at the outlet of Lake Rossignol, in Nova 
Scotia, It was just coming out with a bull moose which I had 
shot, while he was just starting in. I certainly admire his 
courage in attempting to rum a tournament satisfactorily ta all. 
Settling the Chinese question (to me) would be as easy, Well 
the tournament was well attended. When our party reached the 
grounds there were in all some twenty men with guns on hand. 
1 was glad to see the old grounds again (I had not been there for 
some ten years). 
; The veteran b. R. Dickey said, “Stark, I am glad to see you 
once more. I have not seen so many men on the old grounds for 
a long time.” As the time passed, shooters (or at least men with 
gums) kept arriving. They did not show up with the promptness 
of the old days. Still there were a good many. The programme 
gave a certain number of events, and in some cases there were 
something over sixty entries; but 1t seems that quite a percentage 
entered for the targets only,, In no event was the entrance fee 
over $1.80, including targets. Just think of it! Shooting simply 
for practice. Tournaments were different in the old days. Never- 
theless, | am glad I was there. A few of the old-timers were on 
hand. Most of them plainly showed they were old fellows. T. H. 
Keller, of Peters cartridge fame, was on hand, and I was glad to 
meet him again, even if I have a slight grudge against him, inas- 
much as he gave me a little advertising some years since, a5 
being present at a New England tournament armed only with an 
umbrella. Tee Kay had a sort of irritating effect on me, however, 
at our last meeting. He is not as young as he was once, and 
what is provoking ite does not show his age as he should. It is 
very lent he has an easy time and nothing to think or worry 
about except getting a good dinner, and the way in which he 
kept the scant supply of waiters busy proves my statement. I 
never had any cause to think Tee Kay was much of 4 shot, and 
T really think he has lost none of his skill. a, 

There was a time when it would have been a picnic for me to 
have tackled him. To-day—well! I have nothing to say except that 


if he will come up to Concord on Labor Day, Sept. 3, I will shoot | 


him a friendly race on the grounds of the Concord Club for a box 
of quickest-on-earth cartridges, or any other reasonable stake. 
Or should he prefer to visit me at the old homestead after Sept. 
15 I should be happy to entertain him, and will guarantee that if 
he will follow me through our covers for a couple of days J will 
ive him some shots at our elusive ruffed grouse and guarantee 
hint that he will not exterminate many of them, and also that he 
will lose a few pounds, which I think he can spare. You are a 
good fellow, Tee Kay, and I mean all I have said. You are the 
only one of the old gang on whom age leaves no trace, and whose 
skill with the gun neither grows more nor less. Come up and visit 
me, and I will introduce you to some good fellows, and you can 
either sell or give away a few of your quickest-on-earth cartridges, 
and thus combine business with pleasure, and you may haye all 
the grouse both of us kill. C. M. Srark. 
DunzgarTon, N. H., Aug. 16. 


Platte Gun Clitb’s Programme, 


THE Platte City Gun Club has issued the programme of its fall 
shoot as follows: 

“We do not think you can afford to miss the fall shoot of the 
Platte City Gun Club at Platte City, Mo., Sept. 14 and 15. We 
have as fine a background as you could ask, and a magautrap and 
a set of expert traps. We will charge only 1 cent for targets, and 
divide the remainder of the purse by the Rose system, viz.: 15- 
target events, four moneys, 6, 5, 4, 3; 25-target events, fiye moneys, 


7, 6, 5, 4, 3; 50-target events, six moneys, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 Interstate 
Association rules, 

“On Friday, Sept. 14, events 1 to Swill be at 15 bluerocks, entrance 
21.50; event 10 at 25 bluerocks, entrance $2. 

“On Saturday, Sept. 15, events 1 to 9 will be at 15 bluerocks, en- 
trance $1.50; event 10 at 50 bluerocks, entrance $4, 

“This being purely an amateur shoot, experts and manufacturers’ 
agents will not be petra te to share in the division of the purses, 
but we will be glad to see them and have them shoot for the price 
of the targets. 


“We will furnish tents and camp on the grounds during the’ 


entire shoot, and Friday night have a good old time around the 
camp-fire, feasting upon fried fish and old-time Virginia burgoo, 
prepared by two Kansas City epicurian sportsmen whose reputation 
as burgoo masters is second only to their prowess at the traps. 

“Our club boasts of perhaps the best fisherman in the State, and 
as the Platte River abounds in excellent fish he assures you all 
you can devour, and you will be interested in hearing how he 
caught them, 

“This combining an outing with a shoot is a novel thing, and we 
think a good thing—twill add years to your life. 

“Come, shoot, eat, drink and be metry with us, for to-morroy 
you may die, A. D. Park is president; S. Redman, secretary.” 


Worcester Sportsmen’s Club’s Programme. 


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Tue following inyitation and programme has been issued by the 
Worcester Sportsmen’s Club for its grand tournament at Worcester, 
Mass., on Aug. 23 and 24, We suggest to the Management, mot 
as from fault-finding, but from friendiy interest, that its handicaps 
are very faultily arranged, as 18yds. is practically no handicap at 
all for an expert, nor is I4yds. any advantage to the novice. The 
true theory is to set the expert back so that he will have real 
difficulties and thereby bring him down to the level of the average 
shooter, who should be at a mark whereat he can perform best. 
At 18yds. the expert has no such difficulties, while the noyice at 
l4yds. has practically all the faults and failings that he has at 


eS 
following is the circular:  - 

“We extend an invitation to all shooters to come, and we trust 
this programme will be satisfactory to all. If you cannot come 
pass this programme to your friend and invite him to come, We 
hope to have 100 shooters, and will be prepared to accommodate 
them, and give them all the shooting they want, Shooting will 
begin each day promptly at 9 o’clock, and the following programme 
will be shot: 

“On Thursday, Aug, 28, Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 6 are distance handi- 
caps at-10 targets, with an entrance fee of 70 cents; Nos. 3 and 4 
are open events at 15 targets, entrance $1.30; No. 7, 26 targets, 
open, entrance $2; No. 8, 25 targets, open, entrance $5. 

On Friday, Aug. 24, Nos. 9 and 10 will be distance handicaps at 
10 targets, entrance 70 cents; Nos. 11 and 12 aré open events 
at 20 targets, entrance $1.40; Nos. 18 and 14 are distance handi- 
caps at 1h targets, entrance $1; No. 15 is an open event at 25 
targets, eritrance $5; No. 16 is an open event at 25 targets, with 
an entrance of $2, 

“In all distance handicap events experts will shoot from 18yds.; 
sSemi-experts from l6yds,, and amateurs from 14yds. 

“Events 7 and 8 on Thursday will constitute one-half of a 100- 
bird race for the championship of New England for 1900, and 
events 15 and 16 on Friday the other hali; but any shooter who 
cannot attend both days will be allowed to shoot the whole 100 on 
either day. The shooter who breaks the most targets in the 100 
will receive $25, and the amateur who breaks the most targets in the 
100 will receive as a prize a silver loying cup emblematic of the 
amateur championship of New England for 1900, donated by the 
well-known jeweler F, A. Knowlton, of Worcester, Mass. 

‘Event 12 will be a three-men team race, and the teams will be 
made up as follows: Cards bearing the names of two atnateurs will 
be put in a box and will be drawn by the expert shooters; each 
expert will add his name to the two on the card which he draws 
and thus complete the team, The prizes will be $4 to the first, $3 
to the second, $2 to the third, and $1 tp the fourth, 

“Mr. A. B. F, Kinney has very generously donated $50 to make this 
tournament one of profit as well as one of pleasure to you, and we 
have tried to place the money in such a manner as to be satis- 
factory to all shooters; $15 will be given for the highest averages 
of the two days’ programme—$10 to first and $6 to second. 

“Secretaries of clubs will please distribute programmes among 
their members, All of the popular loaded shells will be for sale 
on the grounds. Dinner at the club house at 12:30. Take Green- 
dale cars for the grounds, stop off at Huntington avenue, All 
sweeps optional. Sweepstake moneys divided 40, 30, 20, 10 per 
cent., class shooting. 

“A, B. F. Kinney, President; A, W. Walls, Secretary.” 


ON LONG ISLAND. 
Talkisms. 


A RECENT issue of the Brooklyn Eagle has the following: 

“There is some talk of Mr. Jim Elliott being matched to shoot 
ene of the New Utrecht Rod and Gun Club cracks at Interstate 
Park early in the fall, the local man to be backed up by the 
club; but who the selection will be cannot be told at the present 
writing. When the subject was broached at the shooting grounds 
the other day, Mr. Bobby Welch was spoken of, but the latter re- 
marked that he would be very busy during the balance of the 
year, and respectfu]y referred the job to Capt, A. W. Money, 
The veteran stated that he would mot be able to shoot such a 
match, as all his time would be taken up in trying out new guns, 
and that he did not think he would be able to get one to suit 
him in time to shoot Elliott a match. He believed that if such 
a match were made Mr. Yom Morfey would be the proper man 
to represent the local contingent. Morfey replied that nothing 
would give him greater pleasure than to show Elliott that the 
latter did not know a little bit about papshoosag, but that on 
account of gathering in his crops he would be unable to undertake 
the job. Several others were spoken of, notably Mr. Ed Banks, 
but as he was not present his views could not be learned. How- 
ever, if Elliott should come on there would no doubt be a dozen 
ready to rélieve him of some of his cash if a match on terms fair 
to both could be arranged, . ; 

“The remark made by Morfey about gathering in crops really 
has some truth in it, as Tom has branched out as a farmer since 
he took up his residence at Interstate Park. -He has an able 
assistant in Mr. Herbert Dressel, and the pair have been studying 
so hard of late that they can now tell potatoes from cabbages, 
Dressel claims that he is particularly fitted for a country life, and 
that he had often thought of marrying a farmer’s daughter and 
spending his days among the butterflies and the birds, Morfey’s 
farm is quite an institution. One cannot help seeing it as he 
enters the main gate, stretching away to the left as far as the 
house, and Dressel is authority for the statement that there are at 
least twenty different kinds of cabbage planted in that big patch.” 

It is hardly to be assumed that the farm work would interfere 
with a match, as a deer standing in the middle of the afore- 
mentioned cabbage patch could browse around its outer edges. 
At the present time no raw cabbages could interfere with any. 
match if Mr. Morfey and any other great artist were seriously 
inclined to meet. Nothing tends to decrease the list of champions 
as does competition, Nothing tends to add to the laurels of the 
champion as does competition and victory. However, Mr. Elliott 
is not a2 man who comes under the head of delicatessen as an 
opponent in a shooting match, and however such race might end, 
if 1t ever came to pass it would be a great one. 


Eureka Gun Club. 


Interstate Park, Queens, Aug. 18.—All the events were 5 birds, 
$2 entrance, high guns: 


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Chesapeake Gun Club, 


Newrort News, Va., Aug, 17—The regular weekly shoot of the 
Chesapeake Gun Club yesterday afternoon for 50 birds resulted 
in the following scores: G. B, Ln Sach T. F. Stearns 43, Dr, 
Charles 40, B. B. Semmes 40, E, W. Milstead 38, Rufus Baker 34, 
A, G. Fifer 38, W. K. Stowe, Jr., 30; Dr. Lee Robinson 25, D. M. 
Ausley 22. 

The shoot in Richmond on Labor Day (Sept, 3, 1900) will, I 
think, be well attended. We hope to take with us at least ten 
men, and Portsmouth will have as many. 

Tos, F, STEARNs, 
Prest, Chesapeake Gun Club. 


Owatonna, 


At Owatonna, Minn., the Twentieth Century Gun Club has been 
organized with the following membership: President and Captain, 
F. G, Schuman; Secretary and Treasurer, Edward Zamboni. The 
members of the club are as follows: F. G. Schuman, Edward Zam- 
boni, Silvy Zamboni, William Gumboski, H. Sanders, ite Emil 
Buboltz and Aikert Markson. The club will hold bi-weekly meet- 
ings on grounds northeast of this city. 


Indians. 


; The bills are out for the Wild West show at Okoboji, Ia., Aug. 
28-81, This programme book is done into verse by Mr. F. C. Riehl, 
of Alton, Ill. The portraits are good, and the descriptions pat 
and clever. As to the shoot, watch the smoke. It will be a warm 
one; $690 cash, Three big trophies. All the shooters will bring 
their wives and families, and any Indian leaving his family at 
home must pay a fine of $50. This shoot will be the most sociable 
one ever held in the West, and following the amateur shoot earlier 
in the week at the same place, will surely close the Western 
Season with the best of good feeling, H 


Gartield Gun Club. 


Chicago, Aug. 18—The following scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the fifteenth trophy shoot of 
the season. K, Kuss and W, P. Northcott tied for honors of the 
day, winning the medals in Classes A and B respectively on a 
clean score of 25 straight, while J. D. Pollard and A. McGowan 
tied for C medal on scores of 20. 

Ihe day was excessively hot and the atmosphere, owing to the 
great amount of humidity, was very evervating, making it an ex- 
tremely unpleasant day for trapshooting. The attendance was fair, 
considering atmospheric conditions, twenty-two members partici- 
pating in the trophy event. The scores: 

Fifteenth trophy évent, 25 targets: 


Prag cc Grehyyzi treet nen ee eee na » »»4214101110111011110101311—20 
P McGowan .... 


W P Northcott . 


suka 


Ce et re ie ar ae ee er eas 


Ce a i eri 


Bader bento ween seen ysccerc ees oLLQ119011111111190011001I—19 

EE Delano) ee eee ene Ces rector -1100111010110110101100010—14 
IN GEOR Oral nase ne teen De eee 1010100111101101111110111—18 
JE Sab gst bxes 3 horrors nee Ou yaar ie fe pment 4111010011011010111110011—17 
Jor SC SE Graves scant peeeeutre wees 11001,0110010100110011010—13 
J Wolff perme ampreenmabs Aset ona ses ween 1107111110011014311101101—19 
Dr C&C O Byrne yy: palette 1111010100101100110111100—15 
Mert eLoway rt anny eee tn ceteris hepetos 0110100111101110001110101—15 
_Team shoot, 15 targets per man: 
Reuss: ae 2295 12 . Northcott .........4. pone © 
Ne Slanted seniene neem! Hellman . ‘ 12 
C P Richards Young 
PUTTER Css Aner i ee Pollard 
Ab abrnier ner aqua J Wolff 
Rbopersn tr neat ae oe A McGowan 
HO URTATI NN Stein on tee aes TO Ts ba ashlee = Sipe cy ae fi 1 
avi pres pee tee Barnard 1 
Dr KGraveny 2 yr enorit DreOBymiey pastessssees 6 
Hf McGowan F le hatétam yy sy qoreeare oe & 
BANG haa pee eL ede Seen 6 Mids taal) yaetatstalalartcrimeeni hint bev 
@\Barss: ei Ae tennepe Blithe ass: 2 oveactehunenenees p11 

apeeEaakes : 

argets 15 10 Bp 15 15 5: Targets 15 1 

A McGowan... 94 4.. ., i Walitie Sate i ne 5 5 * 
Ey MeGowan) Pr! 1635.0 eS. adentan 8 31214 6 
Northcott ...., , 14 OF O7 dae LS Delans boo 7 2 
Abdztitiy Ag ekgeers aly RY yeab) he Tommy .. Lf Fears Ae 
IRSA ES ee ey Pete Saree ene Barnard .... 9 41614 5 
Thomas ,.;:005 9 6. 4 a ue R Kuss wsas 10. 2. 2. ee 
ONC rarer ME wc Louth) eis eyelet» Mn bana Sh Si res 
Pollard ... byes BY} ro Wolff eo tS a ae 

chards ,... UL Espity) Se eS r O’Byrne Sa Bb ww, guattets 
Dr Meek Giirwe ee dee A Siredestl sii tany ae nnn 
Hellman)... s00145 fear oanyeu. anf J Lowry....... + &..14 4 
SMEdeS cesses) l8 Cah Gi 6L) aowder lee Vo eeeienwe canine 
Eels Coupereray 0 "6 er eee ETeR oHaris Sottero Be ear 


Dr. J. W. Mex, Sec'y. 
Chicago Gun Club, 


Chicago, Aug. 18—In No. 3 th iti itl 
unknown targets. The scores: spree WiGe Ie) ate Coie 


Medal shoot, 26 targets: 


Wael tity ere seeene tat ae teetetaretate S Taeee les 1OLTATLOOLLEAOOL—20 
Oye z Seieras a ween Fem bbs Hes = best 11111011.10110111110011101—19 
oat ue adie de pig eer toulele deem eree cove ee eee »LLL0111111111011111000111—20 
a a OUSEE Lea meine -0010001001111110101111111—16 
OLTOiea cedes sth ee lee ee Dn Pe ree 11110111101.00111001011011 17 
Monthly trophy, 16 targets 
Naeiniyerg cr beaten ei, ere «+» .101811110111101—12 111110110 — 8 
Militiicenn Weenenueasreres vee 110110000110000— 6 eto tei 
a eae ett, SSS acu enn eget reine Lees eee : 
Borroff «-y..0ccl scl LSonotontnepg A ouu— 9 
Bye patakces 
Targets: 26 Gp 10 15 Targets: 
Mibonivers sees ne etees 21 (4 Dr Wvlorton, cases: ie q i 
Ma iKerteees rertirens nd NU traits AikVoraie Pye eeL Obey. PHT 


OS Bucl rp riers ecOMe DL Gods 


Minneapolis Gun Club, 


MinneAporis, Minn., Aug. 16.—The attendance at the shoot of 
the Minneapolis Gun Club was not as large as usual, owing ‘a 
the absence of seyeral of its members, who are attending the 
southern Minnesota State shoot at Rochester. Some very good 
scores were made, considering the wind, which blew direct in the 
shooters’ faces, Whe following are the scores in the different 
oie neanas at Intercity Park: 

a atz diamond badge, 15 targets: “Johnson 12, Mrs, John- 
ston 9, Hawkins 8, De La Barre 17 1 ‘ : 
it. Tohnston See aan. 1; Neeley 9, Noerenberg 9, Gerber 

chlitz diamond badge, 25 targets: Johnston 22, Mrs. Johnst 
22, De La Barre 23, Hobbs 16, Neeley 15, Noerenberg 1 Gerber 
pee Ae oe Ase onaiptes won badge. : 

aegel diamon adge, 25 targets: Johnston 22, Mrs. Johnston 
21, De La Barre 21, Neeley 19, oerenberg 16, Gerber 17, Stone 19. 


Johnston wen badge, 
Club badges, 10 singles and 10 pairs; Johnston 16, Mrs. John- 
12, Gerber 17, Stone 12. Johnston 


ston 1h, Neeley 11, Noerenber 
won senior badge. Mrs. Johnston won junior badge. Gerber 


won amateur badge. 


Jackson—Feckford Contest, 


Scppnectapy, N, Y., Aug. 18—Herewith are the scores 
Jackson and Fecktord match for the possession of the Kilgour 
medal. Jackson’s score was 72 to 61 for Feckford. The match 
took place to-day and the weather was fine. There was not much 
wind, Jackson has held the medal for a long time. Feckford chal: 
lenged him to contest for it and Saturday, July 25, was fixed upon 
for the contest. That time Feckford won’ the medal by a seere 
of 63 to 64. This was the first time that Jackson lost a race in — 
te fs ea feast Seen ed Ree immediately and the 
contest was set for Aug, 18 In the latter mat 
OMe ee being 72 fo 63, Casati eoriewni Hy 

Ir, Jackson is the expert of the South End Gun Club 

He has won the Rensselaer Co. trophy for the past three + sea 
some fine medals also, He also is 4 member of tha Schenectady 
Gun Club, ds is Mr. Feckford, the latter residing in Albany. 
They will shoot again on Saturday, Aug. 23, for the Kilgour — 
medal, on the Sa Hpneety Gun Club's grounds, and on Monday. 
Bean §, this elub will hold its fourth annual Johar Day fourna- 
ment. 


— 


‘hue. 25, 1600.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


189 


. sir oe 


In the Matter of Handicaps—I. 


In target shooting, handicapping by distance is now coming into 
Such general yogue that some information concerning it may be of 
special interest to new clubs, and eyen to older clubs, which have 
given the subject but little if any thought. Before treating of its 
particular details, let us consider some of the principles on which it 
Tests, 

As every one knows, the trapshooters, compared one with an- 
other, vary greatly in the skill which they possess in the use of 
the shotgun. Among the thousands of them there are degrees 
from the lowest to the highest; but, as in most every other inter- 
est, the majority of approximate skill will be found between the 
two extremes, the intermediate degrees. 

For the sake of illustration rather than for any nicety of pre- 
cision, let us assume that the average of tournament skill is from 
70 to 100 per cent. It probably varies even more, but at this 
estimate it is evident that there is a wide difference in the capa- 
bility of shooters who enter a competition. Indeed, it not infre- 
quently happens that there are extremely yariable degrees of ability 
in the same individual, which may manifest themselves one event 
after another many times during the same day, or perchance the 
in-and-out shooter performs phenomenally well one day and unac- 
countably poorly the next. 

The high class men—those who can shoot up to a certain high 
standard of excellence with reasonable certainty day after day—are 
few indeed as compared to the great sum total of shooters. On 
the other hand, the shooter who does not improve with practice 
‘and who has not an ever lively belief that he can do better next 
time is rare indeed. 

But in tournament matters the amateur—by the way, a misnomer 
as it is generally used, for it is mistakenly applied to him who 
shoots poorly instead of to him who is not a professional—long 
Since discovered that he could not be even moderately successful 
in competition with the expert on even terms, and therefore he 
for a time competed very little of not at all in such sections of the 
land as had afforded the best opportunities for his trapshooting 
schooling. The modesty of the beaten trapshooters, exhibited by 
refraining from competition, was regretfully observed as a matter 
of course, and a cure for it was sought. 

However, instead of directly considering the matter of skill as 
between man and man, the point wherein lay the true equity, there 
were by wise men evolved many ‘“‘systems’’ more or less intricate 

‘which governed the division of the moneys, and which, though 

professing to make a more equitable division and competition for 
the “amateur,” were fallacious, misleading and inadequate. It re- 
guires but little thought to perceive that juggling with what a 
shooter 1s competing for detracts not a jot from the skill of the 
man opposed to him, nor adds a jot to his own chances. When 
one considers the irrelevancy of such efforts and their absurdities 
“in practical use, it will appear strange that they should ever have 
had so much serious consideration. ’ 
- It may be safely assumed that a poor shot and an expert, stand- 
ing on the same mark in competition at a target tournament, are 
not in equitable competition, regardless of what mathematics may 
be applied to the division of the moneys. Wnder these conditions 
‘the winner is knewn before a shot is fired. As a matter of 
figures, it is conceded that the money can be so divided that the 
tailender will receive a part of it, but, so far as having an equal 
chance with the expert—a chance to have the honor of beating him 
as well as to have the honor of winning the prize—the poor shot 
has none, though under such systems he had a constant chance 
to be a tailender, 

Let us assume that there are two shooters, A and B, in’ com- 
Petition, and that A is a 95 per cent. class man, while his opponent 
fluctuates about 80 per cent. Let us further assume that they have 
#10 as the subject of competition, $5 put up by each. Now, if we 
juggle with the $10 with any kind of asystem, as a matter of equity 
it does not eyen remotely affect the competition between A and B. 
A breaks his 95 per cent., and B his 80 per cent. just the same, 
regardless of how the money may be’ divided. ‘There thus is 
no competition between them in its true sense. A knows to a 
certainty that he can beat B. He therefore does not need to ex- 
tend himself. On the other hand, let B exert himself to his utmost 
and there still is such a distance between him and his opponent 
that there is not, excepting as a matter of trapshooting fiction, any 
race. 

If we consider that the $10 are so divided that A gets $5.10 
and B gets $4.90, and that B after all is but 10 cents loser, we are 
then confronted with the proposition that he quite as well might 
have shot for 10 cents in the first instance, and furthermore that 
if he shoots times enough with A, it is but a question of the 
number ‘of times before the money is transferred from his pocket 
to that of A. 

Wow the common sense method of establishing an equity between 
A and B is to deal directly with them. We observe the differences 
of skill and we proceed to establish a handicap. B can perform 
best at a certain mark, which let us assume to be say 16yds., and 
we place him there, Put A at 20, and if he is still too strong for 
B, put him back still further. Do not for a moment consider that 
there is any difficulty in the problem of making A equal to B in a 
competitive sense, There is none. Nothing can be done to make 
B shoot better, but much can be done to make A shoot worse. It 
is only a matter of putting him back far enough, whether he is 
shooting at either live birds or targets. There is a distance point 
at which there is a reasonable equity of competition between A 
and B, at which both will have to exert themselves to their 
utmost to win, and at which there is a real race between the two 
opponents, instead of a mere juggle for the money. This prin- 
ciple holds good among a greater number of competitors as well 
as it does between A and B. It establishes an uncertainty as to 
Who can win, and so long as this uncertainty is maintained there 
is interest and competition. 


However, tournament managers, up to within a very recent - 


period, seemed reluctant to meddle with the experts seriously 
by setting them back to a greater distance, and hence any kind 
of other makeshifts which were plausible on their face and 
sufficiently well supported to get a trial, served to divert the 
multitude of shooters till such time as numerous practical tests 
exposed their fallacies. 

Under many of the old “systems,” so far as any equity of com- 
petition is concerned, the weaker shooters neyer had it. Tt was a 
cinch from first to last for the expert. 
solution is all the more astonishing in view of the fact that the 
true principles of handicapping were observed in live-bird shoot- 
ing, as well as in other forms of competition. In running races 
the superior horse carried a greater weight; the faster sprinter gave 
his weaker competitor some yards of start; the trotters were 
guarded by classification, etc., but, strange to say, target shooters 
were supposed for a long time to be properly safeguarded by some 
intricate mixing up of the moneys which were to be shot for. 
Such was not unlike the system of the old doctor who gave an 
emetic to remove a splinter from the foot of a patient. 

The: recent Grand American Handicap Target Tournament at 


The neglect of the true ° 


Interstate Park, while not the first that adopted the principle of a 
distance handicap in a target tournament, was the first which 
adopted it in a comprehensive and efficient manner, Some man- 
agements had rather timorously adopted 14, 16 and 18yds, as con- 
taining the elements of a handicap, and some had even tised the 
20yd, mark, but it remained for the Interstate Association to adopt 
distances which would establish a true equity among the shooters. 
This tournament determined a great deal in respect to handicap- 
ping and to the ability of the experts, all valuable for future 
reference. It determined that the latter were so far superior to the 
average shooter that the matter of a couple of yards back of 16 
was too insignificant to be worthy of consideration. It determined 
that the l@yd. mark as a standard is too close for the average 
shooter of to-day, Tt should be reserved in a hamntlicap for the 
weakest shooters. However much this mark may have been correct 
in the early days of trapshooting, or, rather, after the early days, 
what with improved guns and loads and the greater skill of the 
multitude of shooters, it for a standard is too close now; 18yds. 
would be better. 

The average tournament shooter, standing at 18yds., is not 
handicapped in the least, and as for putting the expert at I8yds. 
with the idea that he is thereby handicapped, it is absurdly er- 
roneous. Placing a shooter at I4yds. with the idea that he thereby 
receives an advantage is still more erroneous. A shooter who is 
not good enough to have a fair chance in a tournament on his own 
skill from the l6yd. mark cannot be benefited by standing nearer, 
for if the No. 1 and No, 5, at l4yds., are as wide apart as at l6yds. 
‘the angles of the targets are much more acute, the field of vision 
is not so wide, and the load of shot has not time to scatter so 
for if the Nos. 1 and 4 traps at 14yds. are as wide apart as at 16yds. 
mark, his chanees to win in any tournament are very remote in- 
deed. He should bear in mind that no handicap can compensate 
for an absence of a reasonable degree of skill. There is, or 
should be, a distinction between a handicap and a school of shoot- 
ing. If, however, a novice chooses to enter a competition, know- 
ing that his skill is inadequate to reasonably insure success, it is 
his own affair, and yet he could obtain equally as good schooling 
at much cheaper rates. If he enters with an idea that a handicap 
will compensate for the absence of skill, he deceives himself if 
there are any important differences in the skill of the contestants— 
and in tournaments there generally are such differences. 

It was shown at the recent Interstate target tournament that 
targets could be broken with much success from the 30yd. mark. 
At the I6yd, mark the shooter can see his target well, the target 
angles aré not particularly acute, and the targets are well within 
reach of his gun even when near the end of their flight. This 
should be the closest mark. The real handicapping begins after 
the 18yd. mark is passed. The distances then begin to be more in 
harmony with the ability of the better shooters and the powers 
of their guns and loads, and to tax their skill. 

The matter of handicapping will be further treated in following 
papers. BERNARD WATERS. 


Reminiscences of Winnipeg. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

Chatting one evening in South America with Gottschalk, the 
famous pianist, I yentured to ask him how it was that he had 
named one of his beautiful compositions ““Recuerdos do Para.” 
Why Para and not some other larger city? Said he, in a 
dreamy way, “‘Well, friend, I have been about this world a great 
et but { never have left a place with more genuine regret than 

ara. 
describe, and can_still less shake off; so I dedicated that piece 
to the memory of Para.” 

And so it is, for while it may be true that the wanderer seldom 

forms a lasting attachment for any one place it is equally certain 
that some particular spot rivets itself into his mind with far 
greater force than many another—be it for some person or persons 
for whom a warm attachment is formed; be it for some special 
attraction in the way of scene or episode; some startling surprise, 
coming as it does to break the monotony of routine travel; ,or 
some series of such affairs, clinched the more firmly by acts of 
universal kindness and good fellowship extended to one far away 
from home and friends. 
_ Possibly Gottschalk, though encountering less tinsel and elitter 
in Para at the mouth of the Amazon than in Paris on the Seine, 
felt that his reception there was of more spontaneous sincerity 
and therefore more charming to him. Hence we now have 
“Recuerdos do Para’ and no “Recuerdos de Paris.’ 


To me, then, in an humble way, I say “Recollections of Winni- . 


peg, for a combination of all the pleasures that go to make some 
phases of life brighter and happier than others overtook me at 
Winnipeg, that bright and shining spot~in the far-away North, 
whence my mind constantly reverts with feelings of deepest ad- 
miration. gratitude and delight. 

_An attempt to analyze in a cold-blooded way why we like or dis- 
like some places, people or things is an unsatisfactory task—a 
tedious one, We are aware that children and dogs intuitively know 
their true friends, and so it is with the genuine born-in-the-wool 
sportsman. There is an unseen and indescribable bond which, in- 
tangible though it be, fastens one man to another, regardless of 
religion, politics, creed or nationality, and that bond is sports- 
manship. We remember with unfailing fondness the chum who 
diyided his last few shells when birds were flying low _and fast. 
We remember the men who shoot on their own side. We never 
forget those who, though loving their horses and dogs best, have 
still breadth enough of soul to see good points in ours where they 
exist, and we love them the more for it—for these are the manly 
men, who most heartily applaud a good shot, a bold leap, or 2 
plucky act of any kind. These are sportsmen, and I verily believe 
that no place of equal population can boast of more of such men, 
take them as they come, than can Winnipeg. 

Naturally my mind reverts to Winnipeg, Land of the Far North 
—albeit cold and bleak in its long winters, yet fostering as it does 
warm-hearted men, sportsmen. 

Dense centers of population are not calculated to-develop in man 
the same noble traits of character that we find in more sparsely 
settled localities, so perhaps it comes about that the bold and 
sturdy men who first pitched their tents in far-away lands, re- 
moved by many miles from civilization, develop many sterling 
traits of character which might have remained dormant had they 
lingered around the old homestead fireside in ease and luxury, 
independent of help, excepting that which their wealth procured. 

Whateyer be the cause, the effect is the same. The chivalrous 
hospitable Southron strides into your affections by his genuine 
politeness, affability and spontaneous generosity. Every well- 
bred traveler has commented on this, nor could he do otherwise, 
for it is all as apparent as the blazing sun, the moss-covered 
grand old oaks, the singing of the mockingbird, the glorious 
Mississippi surging down its widespread banks. 

Whatever else he may have lost in the way of sheckels and 
chattels, the born Southern gentleman has these traits, and they 
have proclaimed him what he is—a prince if in His power, a hos- 
pitabis host always, perchance with only a meager meal to divide, 
but always with an open heart and a free hand, and therein lies 
the charm of it. 

My first visit to Winnipeg, though a flying one, brought back to 
me many of the fascinating traits of the far sunny South, and 
jhough getting but a hasty glimpse I stood amazed at the 
similiarity of its people. Now. having seen and known more of its 
men, I find a still greater resemblance, for never in my life have 
1 been received with more cordial hospitality, courtesy and bon 
camaraderie than at Winnipes—Land of the North—cold and 
bleak in the winter though it be! i 

So I say with reluctance and deepest regret. au_ revoir, you big, 
brawny men, whose handshake savors of a tug of war; aw revoir. 
my friends, whose lusty, hearty cheers make the woodland rine: 
ail revoir, brother sportsmen, but not farewell. Think kindly 
as you may of your erstwhile guest of one who can never forget 
Winnipeg, ee ; Gaucno. 


“No, you kain’t go swimmin’,” cried old Farmer Hardman; “I 
got this here axe tew grind, an’-——.” _ - 

"Oh,” protested his young son, “I don’t wanter be a-grindin? 
thet ole stone all the time.” as 

“Why. you worm! How dare ye? _Ye'll do as T say.” 

Then, tradition has it, the worm turned.—Philadelphia Press. 


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’ agepregate, with .928 per cent, 


To me there is a charm about the place which I cannot ' 


. The Brant County Rod and Gun Club. 


“BRANTFORD, Canada, Aug. 17.—Appended are the scores of our 
tournament, held Aug. 13 and 14. Mr, | Montgomery, of this 
city, won the handsome silver cup given by the club tor high 
Mr. Forest H. Conover, represent- 
ing Dupont Powder Co., was a close second, . 

There was a good attendance of both shooters and_ spectators, 
and the presence of Mrs. Draisey, a lady shooter from Galt, created 
a decided interest in trapshooting in this city: 


Monday, Aug. 13, First Day, 


Events: 12a oy 4 Oe Op iar oa le 
Targets 15 15 20 25 20 15 25 15 15 Total. 
Rate sprees ee soccldndotallatie atta 8 12 12 22 15 11 24 13 11 128 
Beceem esa ajnos sete aestie ay ..- 10 13 17 21 19 18 24 13 14 144. 
GOonovierie ny eeduneidiedag-eeeah is: s. 1413 20 23.16 14231514 b2 
SM thie aly Sen ween ifepecitees ane etre tka, 13 12 19 24 19 14 21 18 14 149 
(Chpihete Fay yebeocn eee trae actuate Bove MESO a a me ty hy Bes et, fy 
WD TATSe Vaasa par ene rence wane iL IL cliccatia mes eh dian Umelcar ae . 
Wray Or My ace sipentace Pesce ‘ oy 1813 18 221715 231414 149 
Tete weniesits bE pee e aaa eee doors ere DHAIG 14 16D 200112 Wh 
Stevierlsaes nents Sites eval toticor ob te PASESE 1212 17 221613 23 1415 144 
AVInatL Gee wee rarepe Le eee es Aen ee - 117172113 7161010 112 
Westbrook ...... pared ves agelaiaaisteeeslt . 141217 201715 2013 11 8139 
Mrs Draisey ........ Bina terntadacota staples WZ oe La, oe ae eee oe oe 
Montgomery ......- ei me Re 18:14 18 23.2013 221515 158 
MGiriuclhtiq¥e Ueiberoeetore, csvesvoeee 13 14 18 25 16 14 19 13 13 147 
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WalSor Steeda setntememaias anon ss s. -- »- 16 19 16 13 23 14 12 Per 
ASW OS or dete Dene Pennine eee PD ee RD specie icra ble 8S CARs re 
Bugger ». 16 22 16 13 20 12 11 wa 
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Mitchell rf . Ae RoreGr a Bon 
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Tuesday, Aug, 14, Second Day. 
Events: tL 23 6 6 “2 8 9.4 
Targets: 15 15 20 20 15 25 15 2015 Total. 
TSELE@ SD Marie a Mane oe key ede 10 14 14 12 11 19 13 12 13 118 
G@OnOVErShassnsbecna Fated scavsawsaaa 15 14 18 19 12 25 14 17 18 147 
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Stevens ....s..es . 12.10 .. 16 11 22 11 19 12 nae 
Summerhays . - 141418 18 15 23101912 148 
PricGw taadileres SPAR bs) 12 24 12 15 12 132 


Montgomery 1. 13 15 17 
Westbrook i a8 14.16 11 20 11 13 11 aa 


8 .. 15 15 13 mea 


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holt ene iwateliedosuiacits ess Weyeiaesanes 1413 16 15 10 18 12 19 13 

(Gehi BAO DBE RBESBODOBE BEBE OEOUEEA Glia ma cae tee th 313 810 8 
Mitchell ..... BEBO S A E6B et LE Reger way thei f Kort ae 
Reo Kart ease eoRDeHeH LCS, Oe. bee cat ieee i 14 i Bat 
Wires, PASC Yeats cenesncns aArciehines (lauren Memiem FS 0 8 hed HEA 
SDP RES “2. BARRE SERS toss Pict on cchweates fee Saas ie 13 16 11 


A. B. Curcttrre, Sec’y. 


Zanesville Gun Club, 


ZANESVILLE, O., Aug., 21.—Herewith find scores made at prac: 
tice shoot on Thursday last. This change of date was made at the 
request of numerous gentlemen who desired to attend, but found 
if heid the latter part of any month the usual necessary trial 
balance would prevent. So numerous were such requests that the 
club quickly saw the impossibility of pulling the tournament 
through in one day, so they decided as above. 

The programme calls for five 10 and 15 target events and two 
20-target events for each day, with an entrance of $1 and $1.50: for 
the uwo former, per se, and $1 only for the 20-target events. The 
latter being for merchandise prizes only, and for amateurs only, 
no one eyer having made over 70 per cent. is eligible to these 
last two events. 

Money divided in the first two named events Rose system, 6, 3, 
2 and 1, with privilege for targets only, should satisfy the most 
pronounced amateurs. 

The main feature of the tournament naturally centers in the 
team event, to which the club adds a very handsome and valuable 
prize. Five men and one substitute to constitute a team. All 
members of a team must be members of one club and enter as a 
club team, Each team pays an entrance of $25. Each to shoot at 
125 targets per day for the purse and prize. Purse divided 50, 30 
and 20 per cetit. 

A\t this writing eight teams are entered for this event. 

The tournament will be a handicap one, 90 per cent. men being 
placed at 22yds., and 70 per cent. at 1éyds, 

Shooting will be done over a magautrap and one set of expert 
traps will be rigged up in case of accident to the magautrap, or the 
impossibility, owing to a very large number of shocters, of carry- 
ing out the programme over the magautrap. 

The elub is an old and very popular one, its membership con- 
sisting wholly of merchants and business men. It has had a wide 
experience in giving tournaments, hence those desiring to attend 
can be assured of a royal welcome and an enjoyable time. For 
programme and particulars write to L, F, Moore, the Sat 

= n Club 


Seores made at practice shoot by the Zanesville Gu 
Thursday, Aug. 16: : 
Shot TR tt Shot 
at. Broke. Vv at. Broke. ; 
Porter ae.messee 50 46 i EMULE ces rcecces . 50 34 ay 
all. Dare 45 SU Cary eee oe» 110 (63 66 
IG Sipho) Seoooooe, 100 8&9 89  Chappelear .... 50 33 66 
IDpekeperey AOE ie 50 41 So sinclereeenan aie 100 62 62 
Reyieré 2... 50 Ai) St) lESereyiee TE ae 31 -62 
Moore ...,...,. 7) 57 7 Mercer ........ 61 61 
R Pit ga ste, 100 75 -15 MReasoner . 40 -61 
Wales... cscs, 50° 37 74 owers 28 56 
EL Vai wenn ses baa) “13 BITS wossedoes 54 .D4 
Holloway 35 70 ONES Nasetea oes 36 48 
Warner aise 5 88 7 Lilienthal 0.2... 22 44 
Hartmeyer ..... a 25 mri 


L. A. Moors, Sec’y. 


Staunton Gun Club. 


Staunton, Va.. Aug. 18—Herewith find scores made 5 the 
members of the Staunton Gun Club this week; 4 


Event at 50 targets on Aug. 17; 


Opie Hy tiosagasas (10060 001160201,000001009001011.1101101000000101))11—17 
Steinbuek ...... .0110100111011110111111111001111010010100010111171—38 
Garb SI otmdasiad a 11011110101111101111.014.1011111111011001011111101114 
OSS Sint wma 194919909910. 11.00011111.00111111111001111010010001—37 
Da wson ; . 01000011 100101100100100011001009000000001111000101i—18 
Kiracofe ......... 001110010011911111111010111011.01111111117110011011—37 
Event at 50 targets on Aug. 14; 
wensen .....-+~+L1101110110011011111101110111111011000110110111110—36 
teinbuck .,,..,,11100011111110110010111111110111101101110010111101—23¢ 
Garherwsvagsaese. 100114101111101110111111001111.01111110111000111111-_39 
= WRG Eton os Agag scree 14010191110111119111101011191114110001.901111414 44 
Merriken ........ 10009101119191111071071111101111001011971111119114 40 
E Smith...... 0020000710401111011111001011001010000000.010001011__23 
Summerson ..... 1141111111091111011.0001111101110101900011 014137 
Event No. 1, 25 targets: : . 
TIEN SEIN wre cee yes esas vonseknetonad 14.0191111011191111011 1122 
Summerson ....-. set ae Stee eee A 0111.111001111910000111101—-17 
Event No. 2; at 25 targets: L.. 
(Ouensen) cajrsieusseacs Repel aetna? 1919111111101010111111411— 22 
SUMIOMETS OM versa ad sins -101111110001017.011111111—19 
VECLS Ove Me ie alate nin eLvecisialein aoe ania aa ee 1101001111113110111011111—20 
Sproul Wb dene eer ee ease ees herr wanmansceceas 4111011101111117111100011—20 
OB Smithy vuwe sepieene cece often ma 1111010010110110110101100-—15 
Aug. 16.—Event at 25 targets: : 
Merriken ....-+ eee, A that ASR, di 1111101101 110247011911111—91 
ChelOtoN? So satoe cote ASE IP Paya y-O1111011101111011911011 1129 
Steinbuck ....-... SO pPenrhe teqh pk rtu Sees 0111111111110010011011101—18 
Garber x. 2eeoauss Sopa pcebeéacicot her cree 1110101111111410111011011—95 
Quensen 


ro NAAR Rab ost Soon Saher < oeore -011111091111000100111101117 


Mr. Gilbert’s Acceptance, 


ones LaxkeE, A ee ; rie eat eee and, Stream- 
leased to accept the cha enge of Mr, J. r . Eli t ; “an 
Fished, to # match for possession of the EC éup, Hata ier at dale 
the inanimate target championship of “America, r ‘ 
Friday, Aug. 31, 1900, ard*Arnokl’s Park; Ta. as time and place. 

: _ PRED Grrneer, 


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FOREST AND STREAm. 


{AuG. 25, 1900. 


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Mississippi Valley WNotes. 


W. T. Crare won first ayerage at. the Roodhouse Gun Club 
tournament, Aug. 8 and 9. He scored 98 per cent. of his shots. 

The Progressive Gun Club, of East St. Louis, gave a pleasant 
shoot at its: grounds on the Belleville Turnpike road Aug. 12, 
The shooting of Stephen LePage was a feature of the day. He 
averaged about 95 per cent. on programme events, dropping but 
8 targets: and making a continuous run of sixty-odd straight kills. 

The Heims Club trophy was shot for in the one 20-bird event 
and Frank Payeur won on 19, and it made him feel so good that 
he remembered all the boys at the refreshment counter. |The 
scores are appended; 


Shot 

Events: 123 45 67 8 91011 12 at. Broke. Av. 
Prendergast . 9 811 912 718 7141814 8 160 185 B43 
Collins .....- 9 9141013 816 91317 9 8 160 1140 875 
@hasel eens a 914 915 917 9111813 7 60 140 -875 
Dr Clark .... 6 511 610 918 9141715 G6 160 126 “187 
Spencer ...-. 10 9141018 10 20 914 2018 9 160 151 943 
Riehl) en ie 91) 13 914 919 81381814 .. Te tae steed 
Bellcour ..--- 7 VGol4) 65125 5S Da os, = 
P Baggerman 8 714 812 $18 8.... +. + ‘Sa eye sh AA 
LePage -..+++ 91015 1015101710151913 9 160 lhe 950 
Schiess ....-. 9 814 712 717 91213137 160 133 830 
W Baggerman 7 613 711 816 910.. 4 Chr Ate eae 
Dr Cetind ... 9 715 911 714 9.... 7 F 
Paveni ease HAS) oe Re eee tt) Ge be oA dss ‘ 
Johnson ..... .. 815 915 918 9.. 15 13 10 ¢ 
Coleman .... .. RETA an teh EE Saud he et oO te - 
Ge weiss SA SA 55 PV) ey Mme cote oe 7 
ialdwin tl seenech Lene elrlon relbsedncn ss 
Holmes ..c. .... . 604 815 T.. 
Becker wise, A) fe AO Se es = 
Miss King ........-. 11 818 ..1014.... is 


The monthly medal shoot of the Peoria Gun Club_ was held on 
July 12 at the handsome grounds north of the city. Fifteen mem- 
bers contested, Leisy proving the winer with a score of 43, The 
detailed score is here given: 


BGrdea ux seems Aa GEAR AAA 111101111111000110771111—21 
0011119111010100101111101—17—388 
AWWigIteES) orWl Gaeke 3 aidttle-b «ise elem we eee 1111110011011011110111110—19 
1101011011101100101011011—16—35 
Nias sonsoocedJadeunth eect seoooeuos 11.41111100111001100111010—17 
0101900100000011101111010—11—28 
WARortman, sob bb enseeases wea ey te ele 1110101001110110011111111—18 
0111011110111001110111000—16—34 
FARTS One re cea heiCeUS EAA EE IO det S 1910111111911111110111011—22 
1100141141101110111101111—20—42 
IGGENS oncteers de ennrtee NAS aes eOedE 1419191111991911111101111—_24 
41411011111111110110100110—_19—43 
Siete eparpy nee aghbhasaeasad near 11001.01111110011010101110—16 
011.0101011100001110101010—13—29 
WTNEES 6 peters aheddbso* ghog \ododssasess 1911011111011111011000111—19 
4410101101001011111111011—18—37 
GC AAIEINLAS) ee Adetaletaa sent etter serps aieltle 4111111111110111101110111—22 
1110110101111019101111111—18—41. 
Geleiltiatin coset: soils sutnat syste tensios=tlalals |= 1111011110010111111011111—20 
1111011101011011011111010—18—38 
MGRER 449 sg enonos tance a er er ees 1001100101111101111000100—13 
1011010001110100000100001—10—23 
TSI | Anobess4snGnpeesso3boddog asonmnae 0100111101111011100110100—15 
0000000000011011100011100— $—23 
Shain) governor tee eos GO eh ek cane 0101011111011111101110011—18 
1101001001100011001100010—11—29 
Nic Wlicarene me ecaiaee eee ae 0100100010000100100001111— 9 
1000000011011.001011110010—11—20 
SOUMTTSLOMe ayia aes ets esate Crate cesses 1011101001011001011010010—13 


0000000011001011011110000— 3—22 


Following the medal contest Tom Scott brought out a coop of 
his famous live birds and gave the boys some trouble in a 7-bird, 
$3, birds extra, miss-and-out. The honors in this event were di- 
vided by Leisy, Meidroth, Portman and Scott. The scores follow: 


Meidroth .........-....++. 1211121 
SPOLtIN AIS erceusisieaiisaterar ey 1112212 
COU cauiiensat ats sere ger eeu 1121212 
Wiebeniensccsseaestas esos 1012221 
NAVolbotorey a Qo Sareea serie 1110212 


The Lewistown, Ill., Gun Club gave its annual summer shoot 
on the 15th inst. The boys were unfortunate in having a very 
wet, unpleasant day, but it takes more than a little rain to dis- 
courage a crowd of Illinois enthusiasts when they have gathered 
for a day of their favorite pastime at the traps. Shooting began 
late, but a programme of fifteen events was nevertheless carried 
out and all enjoyed the occasion thoroughly. E. E. Deterline car- 
ried off the honors for the day, with 1om Marshall, Guy Burn- 
side and Joe Thompson hard after him. Out-of-town visitors were 

. E. Fulton, Athens; J. C. Ramsey, Manito; Thos, Tucker, 
Villiamsfield: T. A. Marshall, E. E. Deterline, Keithsburg; L. 
Avery, Erwin; Gus Portman, Peoria; Guy Burnside, Knoxville; 
J. C. Thompson, Canton; J. B. Nye, Rushville; Joe Estes, Cam- 
den; J. P. Fleming, Ipavia; J. E. Fulton, Athens, ‘ll. 

The officers of the club deserve special credit for the happy, 


businesslike manner in which the shoot was conducted. The | 


scores: 

Events: 12 8 45 6 7 8 910 11 12 13 14 15 

Targets: 10 15 10 15 10 15 20 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 20 Ay. 
Guy Burnside .... 1014 714 710161011 1015 9 131017 865 
Deterline ......... 1010 10138 81316 7141014 9 14 10 20 890 
Tom A Marshall.. 91410 14 8 917 9151018 813 10 17 833 
jiohn RP Niyers.... - Vipetye t) Ye shally 3) Glib Vale cl ay ale -720 
Lucten Gray ..... inte (a. fe TRA yan ay ve ati ect) Shey sey airs . 105 
J C Thompson... 713 612 91516 914 71410141017 .865 
Bishop: +. fhosai.. Talse Sele G Ieee el 0) vege claece sone 700 
Gus Portman ...2 712 812 814-. 9151011 914 et -806 
W N OButler.,.... Wok Aion “Hag TF Oo fe eee, 486 
Alstelae" Sages wet. NAHB Ry as" eps eer ne ga ta atc cots claw pop 620 
feta S Ate eletelare re 611 712) 8144161012 912 7 12 10 18 802 
PAVIETIVON [eles seve us (als Sols ae aaa oe 107 
Hulton 22... 6 9 61258 att oe ice 603 
Hstessn.... Sp ttl ey EA. 1a) : 4 166 
J_R Maguire. gt, Wh Uh ete a . 600 
EIQ WA ict sterSies.. ce tee of eel 4 Ne AST 
Ey Nove sen ules Shuts HP ee Tf te 653 
GON] Groat et ews ae bs § 9 617 742 
Dilworth Aa Vee ee A Bets ie 48 - 700 
(ek Mbeya cue ko ay an 700 
J P Flemming....... 5 6 15 728 
IES RTe Rae etm a, Ad 7H) 

F. C. Rresr 


A Notable Shooting Event. 


When brave meets brave with scatter gun, 
Then must the fragments fly. 


One of the most striking and unique shooting programmes that 
has come to hand Jately—or indeed in the history of the sport of 
trapshooting in America—is the invitation and prospectus ot the 
second anntial. tourney of the Indians at Lake Okoboji, Ia., Aug. 28, 
29,-30 and 31. Botind in neat pamphlet form, the drab cover sur- 
mounted by the embossed figure of a typical brave in war paint 
and full regalia, the first glance at the booklet prepares one for 
something unusual. Upon the first page the tribe extends a gen- 
eral invitation “‘to all sportsmen to be present with wives and 
children.” Continuing, they state that the “Squaws and papooses 
of the Indians will be there in a body in charge of tepees, and 
will furnish entertainment to wives and children Of visiting sports- 
men. 

The shoot is to be held at the beautiful Arnold’s Park grounds, 
the traps throwing targets directly out over the lake, with five 
miles of clear water for background. The shooting will commence 
promptly at 9 each day, latest devised American Association rules 
governing. Moneys will be divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 in 15-bird 
and 30, 25, 20; 15 and 10 in 20-bird events; all ties to divide. Targets 
will be thrown at 2 cents, and nothing deducted. Shells shipped to 
Chas. H. Copley, Spirit Lake, Ta., will be cared for and delivered. 
The programmie calls for 200 targets each day, with $140 daily added 
to -purses.' Eighty-dollars also will be distributed to eight high 
guns for the four days, and three silver cuys will be awarded in 
the 90, 80 and lower classes. 

The feature of the Hee edie) however, that will make it valued 
and lasting beyond the life of the usual missive of its kind is the 
main text, comprising the poetical “Legend of the Scatter Shoot,” 
a true,to life phote of each of the twelve braves, and a paragraph 
of eight lines of verse describing in happy -style the idiosyncrasies 
of each., Surely it will be a. meeting well worth attending. © 

The text of the verses will be-appreciated by the general reader. 


and is here given; 


Indian Anniversary, 1900. 


Long ages since, when in the land 

Erst feli the game to hunter’s hand, 

There dwelt on Okoboji’s shore 

An Indian versed in savage lore; 

And every habitat he knew 

Of beast or bird, that ran or flew— 

A prophet-priest, profoundly wise, 

Who looked at life through deathless eyes. 


Him to consult great chieftains came 
Ere going forth to deeds of fame; 
None doubted e’er his counsel just, 
Each took his word in perfect trust; 
And so it came that none could vie 
In skill of hand or practiced eye 
With these brave warriors of the West, 
When they drew bow in any quest. 


But when at last Neanthe came, 

The prophet for his own to claim, 
The grizzled seer, all undismayed, 
Called to his side the strong and staid— 
The ablest shots of hill and vale, 
Greeted each guest with friendly hail, 
He gave to each a magic dart, 

Aye to preserve the hunter’s art. 


“Methinks,” he said, “the world will change 
To scenes and customs new and strange; 
But while the sun and moon endure 

The shooting instinct is secure, 

And ever to the Indian race 

A mark that nothing may efface, 

The gift as marksmen to excel, 

Will echo, to the last farewell.” 


So taught, our Indians come to-day, 

To shoot, forsooth, at birds of clay; 

For through these countless moons the use 
Of arms, oft followed to abuse, 

By base disciples, so hath told, 

That field and fen no longer hold 
Sufficient for the greater need 

That marked the prophet’s dying creed. 


Throughout the land, north, east and west, 
These warriors have pursued the quest 

Of honors on the titled field, 

And none was ever heard to yield 

The least advantage when the game 
Held trophies for the tribal fame; 

And many a noble piece, well won, 

Hath fallen to their scatter gun. 


Now, all contention laid aside, 

The tribe is met once more to bide 

A season by the verdant shore, 

Rich in its fund of golden lore; 

To know that life 1s yet a boon, 

In social pleasures to commune, 

To call the roll of fixed commands, 
And name each warrior where he stands. 


There’s Thomas A, Marshall, the worthy High Chief, 
A mighty big Indian—the honored top sheaf— 

The Long Talk, so named from his capital scheme 
To signal afar through the jingle machine. 

He shoots the long arrow that killeth afar, 

And giveth him place among many a star. 

Go ask of the gunners down Handicap way 

What think they of Marshall, and mark what they say. 


George W. Loomis, the graye and austere, 

The frank, open-hearted, and always sincere; 

Chief Ne Talk, they call him, a title most blest, 
Bespeaking the spirit that rules in the West; 

The unostentatious that ne’ertheless leads 

And winneth its way through the language of deeds. 
We joy in his presence, his absence bewail, 

And fear him in battle, where few dare assail. 


And there is Fred Gilbert, Big Indian, Heap Talk, 
Whom oft we have singled to win in a walk; 

Who puts both his voice and his gun to good use 
When down on the marshes he calls the wild goose. 
But be this a warning to whom so it suits, 

That Fred never talked quite so well as he shoots. 
And *ware to the warrior who conjures his mind, 
That he in this Indian a victim may find. 


Now Budd, as Chief Dago, was surely misnamed, 
Since for his complexion how could he be blamed? 
And surely none ever showed livelier cheer 

Or wisdom in counsel than he hath done here. 
He fought with the foremost in many a fray, 

And oft for his standard hath carried the day. 

And here is a maxim, as every one knows, 

That Charlie’s a leader wherever he goes. 


Frank Parmelee stands, like the bison he knew, 

A growth of the West, just as broad and as true; 
With* wit ever ready, nor stutters may stump, 

The pointed replies of Chief Buffalo Hump. 

He shoots from the shoulder that nears his off eye, 
But, mark you, his record is always up high, 

And all the world knows there’s a flood of good cheer 
Afloat in the melee when Parmelee’s near. 


Here’s Rolla O. Heikes, the Bald Eagle, beware: 
This title means more than an absence of hair, 
The eye of the eagle is his at the score, 

And he hath won medals and laurels galore. 

He loves a fair circle and plays 2 good hand, 
The best of good fellowship’s at his command, 
And ne’er was an evening of livelier cheer 

For all, than when ‘‘Pop” and his banjo appear. 


And Chauncey M. Powers, who wasn’t content 


- With old-fashioned methods, but needs must inyent 


A Wipe Stick, so handy that cleaning a gun 
Ts almost, by contrast, a skinful of fun. 

A prince of good fellows, with only one flaw, 
Perchance, in the lack of a nice little squaw. 
He shoots like an Indian, the best of his race, 
And he’s a good warrior who follows his pace. 


Now, Richard S. Merrell, Chief High Kick, you know, 
Can pay all the debts that the prodigals owe; 

For failure to do when the battle is done, 

The dance of devotion, salutmmg the sun. | 

But Dick’s a good Indian, and cheertully gives 
Himself to the task that our homage receives, 

He stands for devotion to duty, whose name 

Hath won for these warriors a Hagon of fame. 


“And Elmer E. Neal} the Black Diamond, who comes 


With midwinter comfort to gladden our homes. 
He’s short, and he’s broad, and he’s jovial withal, 
And his smiles like a shower of mulberries fall 
On all who approach, he’s an Indian of worth, 
Both pertaining to things on and under the earth; 
A typical Hoosier,-a leader of men, |. 

And all who have met him will know him again. 


This one is MeMurchy, Chief High Ball, you know; 
The fruits of the corn and the yine when they flow 
In due moderalion, bring wit and £08 cheer, 
But Harvey’s a benedict now, and I fear 

The Indians have lost and shall know him no more, 
As he who was first in their circle of yore. 

But e’en as we know him we honor him most, 

And here’s to him doubly a health and a toast. 


Ves, Tripp is an Indian beth wise and discreet; 
He rides in the wagon and spareth his feet, 
Although he can set a remarkable pace 

When up at the score for a forty-bird race. 

He’s suave and he’s blasé, and sarcastic aswell, 
And other things, too, that the muse may not tell. 
We miss him to-day, for he’s over the sea, 

Alone ’mongst, the heathen in fickle Paree. 


And William R. Crosby, Chief Kinnekinnic; 
Wherever the battle he stands in the thick, 

And shoots as he chews on the succulent weed, 
A page that is almost a marvel indeed. _ 


Who aye hath encountered that bright, kindly eye 
Knows well what it is with his mettle to vie; 
He’s honest and fearless, whatever befall, 

And “Fair as Bill Crosby” “s watchword for all. 


So have we named them one by one, 

And now the minstrel’s task is done; 

It but remains for all to know 

That pleasure here to come and go 

Is left to each; whate’er desire 

For entertainment may inspire. 

A. gala season—let it iall 

As one for each and each for all— 

That long years after it may hold 

A place in memory’s crypt of gold. é 
: F.C. Riewt., 


Natromake Gun Club, 


SoutH Norwatk, Conn., Aug. 18.—Herewith are the scores of 
our third monthly summer open shoot. We had a fair aggrega- 
tion of shooters and several good averages were put up. Event No. 
10, team shoot, open to teams of five men, was not so well pat- 
ron:zed as we had anticipated, New Haven was not visible, nor 
was Bridgeport. South Norwalk won easily on a score of 131 out 
of 150 targets, or close to 88 per cent., which is a rattling good 
team average, at least for this locality. ~ : 

Johnny Jones, the official scorer of the Grand American Handi- 
cap, was with us and acted in a like capacity for the Naromakes, 


Events: 123 45 6 7 8 91112 13 14 

Targets: 10 15:10 20 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 20 1 
Hariinonds pene meat 914 815 915 913 712 $1818 
NP ABM Ba nagssassaqousccd coonteee 4: 9141013 10 15 1013 9151020 8 
Weller, JF... 0... eee eee eee yey 410 717 512 511 610 516 ., 
LASER Noma ha eeyi50a5 9 3 uttoosanas i ddpeteliie tule Qodete gael el Quy, 
MEGS AGNES. A544 4595349 yoo aG S814 813 714 513 9111014 8 
VOSS ote pater rs hy ee ee eee 8131015 8121012 710 819 8 
Risitoplapeere tt tere phones mre ee 10 ey dae Rah ee ee) ey abe 
Drake menooleterurenecrs testes tibet) ee oe Soon tbalbaler absy A 
(ope TME Goris een else net mopeeck th tat tee “hy peers 
Iedbenatchtovets: - AY 92 dete san os 1410 16.,14..13 8 1466, 
REEVES, Marts sony tuvtsaee ewer aly i ot Cae SPE ee 
McNally ih PGF a Ge TE Mieiyy EEE TS 
IDG eee Ea ae eee GL eh ik 168s: Sl Fe Be es 
CHR ems pet clserciceieictes «rieetol alten eee ee Py EB “SSE GaSe ee 
TOPE 5444 559655054 Ee es eh Sens Peres ts eee. Th ke IB vy 
J Sturges USE MES SOE eA OSS RO MIEE ES | ET Bete ich Sin 
Noaleye seen clos eeipresy eAD bp bret bss ort seeks aig gies ie he 
JERI igus toe ER MS EG ERE Raha ai RRO Asuna en 
Morehouse Wah Bitar § 
Haggerty ol, ca] 


Stamford—Fruit 25, Hendrie 22 : 2} 
ah 2 endrie 22, Reeves 25, McNally 23, Capron 


eee 17, E. Sturges 17, J Sturges 18, Soley 8, Hull 18 


Glen Rock Gun Club. 


Gren Rock, Pa., Aug. 16.—The crack Baltimore shooters were 
strongly represented at the successful shoot of the Glen Rock 
Gun Club to-day. Mr, A. M. Sietz managed the affair ably and 
smoothly. The regular programme called for 150 targets, and had 
hine events, but two extra events were added and shot after the 
live-bird shooting was finished, late in the afternoon, near dark, 
so that they are not really a part of the programme, though added 
to it in the scores for the sake of convenience. In the pro- 
gramme events Schultze was ahead of all competitors. With the 
two extra events added he and Fox tied on 166 out of the total of 
180. On live birds Schultze and Malone killed straight through 
the entire programme, The scores: 


Events: 123 4 5 6 7 & 910 0 

Targets: 10 15 20 15 25 10 20 2015 1515 Total. 
Oxceettia4) il seach ves claeteec es 10 12 18 15 22 9 17 19 14 15 15 166 
Malone ...... RS 8 Se Be See 9 11 17 15 23 9 18 20 18 14 12 161 
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Event No. 7, 19 singles and 5 pairs, 

Live birds.—First event, 7 birds: Fox 7, Malone 7, Burke 7, 
Schultze 7, Leland 7, Burnham 7, Krueger 7, Eyster 6, Spangler 
6, Burns 6, Beck 6, Lauber 6, Wiley 5, Bortner 4, Gouchmanh 3: 

Second event, 7 birds: Malone 7, Schultze 7, Burnham 7, Leland 
6, Eyster 6, Gouchman 6, Burke 5, Krueger 5, Sparks 5, Sietz 4, 
Wiley 4, Burns 4. ; 

Malone, Burke, Schultze, Krueger, Burns and Gouchman quit 
with 3 straight kills in a miss-and-out. 


Robin Hood Gun Club, 


Swanton, Vt., Aug. 16—The heavy rain on Saturday, Aug. 11, 
kept all but the fox and duck shooting element away trom the 
Robin Hood Gun Club shoot, and they could only weather three 
events, which are given below: 


Events: 18 Events: 
Targets: 10 20 10 Targets 10 20 10 
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EN gbl Aes yin ye ie UP iat 2 Sepia cet eer ol 14 9 
Bohanon .......... tone oe Go Was Ganpenters -oue-sessee = 615 7 
Austin ,.....-- Iaeene Volley eh 10M SRO DITSOMN pepeeatels cr erptee se pate q 8 


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IN THE WILD RICE FIELDS. 


SCATTERED over the northern country between the 
Hudson River and the Missouri are many thousands of 
reedy swamps and shallow lakes, and great stretches of 
wet meadow land, where the wild rice grows. In the 
spring, so soon as the water is warmed by the genial 
rays of the advancing sun, the tiny pale green spears 
show themselves above its surface, and, all through the 
hot summer, grow taller and stouter, until, when August 
comes, the tasseled heads begin to bow with the weight 
of the flowers, and a little later the soft, milky grain 
appears in a waving crop. In the good old times, be- 
fore the white man’s foot had explored every recess of 
our land or his plough furrowed every prairie, or his 
crooked gray fences disfigured each landscape, these rice 
fields were the homes of innumerable wild creatures. 

On their borders the herons built their nests, and in 
the open waters, among the stalks, they did their fishing. 
In and out among the stems, the wild ducks and grebes 
swam in daily journeyings, while the rails and the coots 
ran or waded or climbed among the stalks undisturbed. 
Here the muskrat had his home, living, in the sum- 
mer, perhaps, in a hole on some higher piece of ground 
and in winter building for himself from the reeds and the 
stems of the rice a house, solid, sttbstantia! and im- 
pervious to the cold. Here too lived the mink, taking 
his daily- toll of fish or frogs from the water, sometimes 
killing the muskrat and now and then feasting greedily 
on the eggs or the young of some bird whose nest he 
had despoiled. 

Among the rice or the reeds the blackbirds built their 
hanging nests of grass. supported by three or four natural 
columns, and all through the heat of the June days the 
mother bird brooded her pale blue, black-streaked eggs, 
swinging easily to the movement of the rice stems, like 
the sailor in his hammock at sea. More solid and sub- 
stantial were the houses built by the marsh wrens; round 


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balls of grass, deftly woven about a stalk of the rice, 
roofed over as well as floored, and with only a narrow 
hole for the passage in and out of the tiny owner. Some- 
times a single pair built half a dozen of these nests near 
one another before making a habitation that pleased 
them, and those that they had left were taken by the 
bumblebees for homes in which to do their housekeeping. 

Rarely, in such marshes, might be found the nest of 
the great gray goose; the female brooding her eggs on 
a solid nest placed on a foundation of reeds and grass, 
the faithful gander not far from his mate, ready at an 
instant’s warning to fight bravely in her defense, should 
prowling fox or coon or wolf approach his home. Then, 
after the yellow goslings were hatched, the pair led them 
by well-known paths hither and thither through the rice 
fields, telling them where the best food was to be found, 
where danger might lurk, and teaching them how to 
live their lives. 

But it was when autumn came and the ripened grain, 
loose now in its husks, began, as the breezes blew, to 
drop down into the water below, that the greatest ac- 
cessions came to the life of the wild rice fields). Now 
from the north, singly and by tens and hundreds and 
thousands, came flying the hordes of water fowl which 
had been hatched and reared toward the borders of the 
Arctic Sea. Their numbers were beyond belief, and such 
as no man of the present day can hope to see again. 

Flock after flock, they came dropping down into the 
marsh, until the open spots were crowded with their 
dark bodies, and from the concealment of the reeds, 
where no water could be seen, tumultuous clamorings 
told of other thousands hidden there. In those days, 
when ducks were food for the infrequent dwellers of those 
regions, the single discharge of a gun would supply the 
hunter with birds enough for several days; then, no one 
thought of shooting ducks or geese except to eat, and 


indeed ammunition was often far too valuable to be - 


wasted on birds. In the old days it was the practice of 
the Indians, when camped on the borders of the wild 
rice lakes of Minnesota and Manitoba, to enter the water, 
and, fixing a chaplet of grass or rushes about the head, to 
wade very slowly close to the flocks of unsuspecting fowl, 
and, seizing them by the feet, to draw them, one by one, 
beneath the water until enough birds had been obtained 
to satisfy their wants, . 

To such lakes and sloughs, where the birds regularly 
came to feed on their migration, the gunners of years 
ago used to resort, and, taking station on some point of 
jand or on a muskrat house or in a boat concealed in 
reeds, to have, without the use of decoys, such shooting 
as to-day is hardly dreamt of. 


SNAP SHOTS. 


In the autumn of the year 1540 the first white explorers 
of California, whose adventures were forcibly told in 
1808 by our correspondent Mr. H. G. Dulog, reported 
that in the waters of the Gulf of California they saw a 
great serpent. As described by Martinez, who chron- 
icled the adventures of the little band, its head was of 
the bigness of a wine cask and it had eyes about the 
size of a breastplate and long white teeth, As it swam 
fast through the water about 200 paces from the shore 
it held its head high above the surface, and over the 
waves were seen from six to nine folds of its swimming 
body. In the summer of 1900—360 years later—certain 
Americans who were engaged in the contemplative pur- 
suit of fishing in these same waters—off Guaymas—saw 
and promptly reported another sea serpent whose de- 
scription would well enough fit the one reported by 
Martinez. Thus, after three and one-half centuries comes 
to us confirmation of the observations of Father Jayme, 
Martinez, Estreda and Bejar. 


There are many idle hours in camp—hours when for 
one reason or another neither fishing nor hunting is in 
order. He gets the most out of camp who has resources 
to employ these by-hours in something besides simple, 
vacuous indolence and laziness. A fortunate principle 
of human nature is that study of a subject awakens and 
promotes interest in it, If we investigate any branch of 
the outdoor world—bird life, the growth of vegetation, 
entomology, the structure and distribution of the rocks— 
indeed, any such subject, simple or complex, we discover 
the universal experience that such study gives enlarged 
opportunities of entertaining one’s self antid woods sur- 


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roundings, And so it is well to make provision for 
increased camping enjoyment by equipping for it with a 
knowledge of some one of these branches of natural 
history. The more one knows the more one is eager to 
know. Thus, by the principle we have referred to, of 
the growing interest which always comes with the acqui- 
sition of increased information, one may return from his 
outing with a gain of something more than the moose 
head or the shoulder of venison. All the realm of nature 
is the sportsman’s for his study and gratification. It is 
not to any one’s credit that the camp hours unoccupied 
by hunting or fishing hang heavily, when the day, from 
dawn to nightfall, might be full to the minute. 


The action taken recently by the American Fisheries 
Society looking to the erection of a monument or me- 
morial tablet to the late Professor Spencer F. Baird is 
worthy of all praise, The project deserves the support 
of every one interested in fish or fisheries and ought to 
be carried through successfully in a very short time, 
Prof, Baird was one of the greatest of scientific Ameri- 
cans, but was at the,same time so modest and retiring 
that his achievements were for the most part known 
only to men of science and not to the great public. It. 
is high time that steps were taken to erect a lasting 
monument to his memory, and the Fisheries Society may 
be congratulated on having set on foot the plan. It is 
proposed to erect this memorial at Woods Holl, the scene 
of much of Prof. Baird’s work in connection with fish- 
culture and marine biology. The members of the com- 
mittee having the matter in charge are Dr. H. M. Smith, 
chairman; Hon. FE. G. Blackford, Dr. E. W. Blatchford, 
Hon. Geo. M. Bowers, Frank M. Clark, Vinel N. Ed- 
wards, Dr. Bushrod W. James, Hon. Geo. F. Peabody, 
Hon. Redfield Proctor and W. de C. Ravenel. 


Acting Superintendent Goode, of the Yellowstone 
National Park, under date of Aug. 27 reported to the 
Secretary of the Interior the welcome news that forest 
fires, which had been- raging in the Park, had been ex- 
tinguished. The conflagration was for the most part 
confined to dead and down timber, and the telegram says; 

“The last report from the scene of the fire is to the 
effect that it is completely extinguished. Was held at a 
point about two miles from the road until extinguished 
by the rain. The burned district is out of sight of any 
travel, and damage to the beauty of the Park is re- 
merkably slight,” 


‘The financial value of forests as pleasing elements in 
the landscape are beyond compute in regions which de- 
pend upon the attractiveness of their scenery to promote 
the tourist business. From the White Mountains and the 
Rockies this summer have come stories of forest de- 
struction by the lumbermen in New Hampshire and by 
fire in Colorado, which threatens seriously to impair their 
tourist value. The marring of the sweep of forest seen 
from Glenwood Springs would be nothing short of a 
national calamity; and when we read of the passive 
acquiescence in the skinning of New Hampshire moun- 
tains we marvel that the citizens of a State which draws 
its revenues so largely from scenery-allured summer vis- 
itors can be so fatuous as to make no effective protest, 


The prize of $100 or a gold medal of equivalent value 
presented to the Military Service Institution by Dr. 
Louis L. Seaman for the best paper on “The Ideal 
Ration for an Army in the Tropics” has recently been 
awarded. It was won by Capt. E. L. Munson, assistant 
surgeon, U. S. A., whose contributions to Forest AND 
STREAM will no doubt be remembered by many of our 
readers. Dr. Munson’s energy and ability have kept him 
well to the front during these late years of war, and as 
time goes on: he is likely to be more often heard of. 


“There are many lakes in Lapland abounding in’ fish 
to a miracle,” wrote a historian of the country nearly two 
centuries ago, “and these lakes are called by the Lap- 
landers Saivo—i. e., Holy—because they look upon 
them as sacred, and will not allow the least dirt to be 
thrown into them.” If during the last two centuries the 
people of America had shared something of the Lapps’ 
reverence for the waters stocked with fish, so that these 
should not have been converted into sewers and poison- 
ous and deadly drains, our fishery resources would have 
been the richer for it to-day. 


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[SEprrT. 1, 1900. 


Che Sportsman Gourist. 
The Weed that Catches Fish. 


In the Vaiala Reef there is in particular one pool that 
attracted me from its first discovery. It is easy to find, 
for the bearings are plain. Stand on the beach in front of 
the Consulate, in which for years this country has tried 
vainly to find some rhyme or reason in the affairs of 
Samoa, set your back against the tall flagstaff and wait 
until the one clear spot in the outer fringe of breakers 
shows the false passage which has more than once been 
mistaken for the entrance to Apia harbor, a mistake which 
even a rowboat cannot afford to make. Then wade out 
in the warm water of the lagoon along that line and about 
two-thirds of the way to the barrier reef the pool will 
be found; in fact it is the first really deep water. J 

My first experience with it was accidental. Wading 
at first, and then swimming when the coral would permit, 
I suddenly found myself floating where the water was 30 
feet deep. It was as clear as crystal, blue as the corn- 
flower, and my downward gaze saw every detail on the 
white sandy bottom and on the coral walls. 

I swam across the pool and took a position where I 
could study its details, 

Experience alone can yield any faintest conception of 
the marvelous beatities of these pools in South Sea reefs; 
mere words of description would seem turgid, and no one 
would venture to put on canvas the brilliant colors which 
alone could do justice to the oceanic garden. ‘Tlie corals 
are @Overed with vivid colors such as the rainbow alone 
can match, the tip of every stony spray and twig in this 
submarine shrubbery is as gay as the brightest fowers in 
*longshore gardens, and the gentle flow of the water gives 
them a semblance of motion such as they would possess if 
they were really plants instead of stalks of solid lime- 
stone that cut and tear whatever is dashed upon them. 
In and out among the trunks and branches, the water 
‘seeming almost a sort of atmosphere, fly schools of 
painted fish, which in their thousand hues rival the 
brightest birds and butterflies of the upper air. 

It was the fish that most attracted me in this pool. I 

‘had become familiar with the bright colors and odd 
shapes of these denizens of the tropical sea, but never 
before had I seen fish exactly like these, which seemed 
to have a monopoly of this basin, and I seldom saw 
them elsewhere in the same waters, and then only singly 
and not in schools as they were here. The pool was 
about 60 feet in diameter and roughly circular im its 
outline. Of just how many of these fish were in it I 
should hesitate to express an opinion, but there were at 
‘least half a dozen distinct schools, and in each school 
“were many individuals. They were shaped like the 
mackerel, almost uniformly less than a foot in length, in 
color a brilhant yiolet, with a quieter shade down the 
backbone and on the fins and tail, which were a 
dull drab; gill covers, bright scarlet, the same color 
appearing on the rays of the fins and in a series of 
smoothly circular spots along the median line of each 
side graded from one as large as a cent just behind the 
gills fo a mere pin head at the tail. 


The name of the fish I never learned. We have no © 


museums or works of ichthyological reference in Samoa 
to help me out. I described the fish with painstaking 
accuracy of detail to Tanoa when I returned to shore, but 
his only reply was that he did not know it. Then I 
made him wade out with me to the pool. and gave him an 
exhibition of the living animals. He looked with much 
care at them. then he soused his head into the pool to get 
a better view under the surface. When he came dripping 
to the surface he gravely pronounced that they were 
“Va sa,’ which meant no more than that they were fish 
tabooed for the benefit of the chiefs, and that he was 
not high enough in rank to know anything about them. 
I fear that this was a vain delusion, for the density of 
the ordinary Samoan ignorance on the most common 
questions of natural history is seldom illumined by a 
single ray of comprehension, 

- Not satisfied with Tanoa’s general ignorance nor con- 
tent with the mere looking at this living picture of -one 
of tropical nature’s own aquaria, I could not rest until 
I had caught some of the fish themselves. The first 
day was confined to observation. I waited until the aiarm 
of the school at my sudden and terrifying appearance in 
their zenith had subsided, then worked around to a 
stem of coral on which I could rest without casting a 
shadow into the pool. From this inconvenient perch [| 
watched them feeding with an eye to learning what bait 
would most attract them. 

In waters so crowded with animal life of the lower 
orders, it was by no means easy to see just what these 
gaudy violet and scarlet fish were feeding on. Clearly 
they were not bottom feeders, for each of the schools 
was hovering in the middle depth, never sinking to the 
sands, and only rarely making rapid dashes to the sur- 
face; it was equally clear that they did not feed on the 
corals. and in general it seems that the coral pulp is dis- 
pleasing to all the South Sea fish, although the crustaceans 
_ find much of their sustenance in the living tissue of 

the reef-forming corals. So far as I could observe the 
food of these fish, it seemed to be the small jelly fish 
and the zoea stage of the crustaceans. It was observed 
that all the feeding was done from below upward; no 
amount of food below the school attracted any atten- 
tion. but anything above the school was followed upward 
to the surface or until the animals dodged below their 
finny pursuers and there found immediate satiety. Later 
on I found that there was an anatomical reason for this 
upward feeding. Under each eye was a ridge or shelf of 
hard bone or cartilage which seryed as a hlinder to cut 
off all the view downward—in fact, the fish could not 
look over their lower eyelids, and were necessarily blind 
to all that was zoing on in depths below them. In addi- 
tion to the purely marine food supply any small bright in- 
sect that floated on the surface caused a wild rush of all 
the fish, and in most cases the insect. unless it was one of 
the hard-shelled beetles, was snapped up. 

This seemed to give me all the necessary information 
as to the taking of violet fish with scarlet trimmings, even 
though they were held under a taboo for the high chiefs 
for I had my own opinions as to the relative rank of 
coffee-colored magnificences and the American woman— 
in fact, the best was not a whit too good for me if only 


I could catch it. This may not be altogether in harmony 
with the general official instructions that my husband had 
receives. to pay strict attention to native ideas of rank 
and the pomp of circumstance so long as they did not 
affect our foreign relations, but the diplomacy does not 
exist which shall interfere with the rights and privileges 
of the American woman who would go fishing. Tanoa 
had instructions to collect a bait can full of young jelly 
fish and another of the zoea stage of the crustaceans. My 
own more scientific task was to whip up a few flies that 
should suggest the gorgeous brilliancy of the native but- 
terflies. It was not difficult to get the materials—a stone 
thrown with the skilled aim of any Samoan boy would 
bring out of the leafy coronet of the nearest cocoanut 
palm a native parrot, gay with all the shades of red and 
blue and green that one could desire. My supply of 
crewels furnished all the rest of the chromatic scale, and a 
good long dip in cocoanut oil would fix the silks so that 
the contact of the salt water would not change their 
colors or soak them into a soggy tangle. Furthermore, 
Samoan experience argues that the cocoanut oil is a good 
lure in itself for the fish of the islands. My lightest 
trod and strong silk line completed the equipment. For 
the rest I needed no more than my bathing suit, for in 
the neighborhood of the reef barrier there was no telling 
when some larger wave might leap over the coral wall and 
set me afloat. To my preparations I added a much worn 
camp stool, for the coral is not a comfortable seat, and I 
preferred to take no chances. 

I must record that all these preparations were in vain. 
I tried the rainbow fish with jelly fish and with young 
crustaceans. The bait was attractive enough to the rain- 
bow fish. As soon as it reached the water, they rushed 
for it immediately, but they were wise enough to see the 


hook, and with a derisive whisk of their tails they shoyed © 


the lire away and returned to something less dangerous. 
When I found that this was useless, I tried chumming. 
The fish gobbled up the bait as it sank through the 
water, and the little that did reach the sands was without 
effect, for chumming can never be of any good with fish 
that have brackets under their eyes which cut off the view 
downward. 

Next I tried my gorgeous flies. It is not a little hard to 
cast under the steady blast of the trade wind, but I 
felt that I was sifting my confections of crewels and 
parrot feather on the surface of the water in much the 
same style as a fluttering insect would swamp itself in 
the foreign element. The fish seemed to think the same, 
for they came rushing to the surface in what seemed 
eagerness to snap up the pleasant food. But again the 
little glint of Kirby blue showed the falseness of the 
pretense, and the rainbows flashed away. Probably when 
the schools were in safer depths some wise old fish quoted 
to them sage finny proverbs such as “‘All’s not fly that 
flutters,’ and “Beware the good meal that has a string 
tied to it.” I do not know that Samoan fish have such 
proverbs, but from my experience I suspect it. At any 
rate, bait and fly proved absolutely useless. 

By this time I was not alone. All children ate ctirious, 
and the Samoan youngsters are no exception. One can 
hardly blame them forewanting to see what was going 
on. It does excite attention that cannot be avoided if the 
marine landscape presents such a prominent picture as 
that of a woman in a bathing suit sitting three-quarters of 
a mule out in the Pacific Ocean on a camp stool with a 
green-lined white sun umbrella over her head. Without 
being a savage, almost anybody would wonder what such 
a spectacle might mean. Accordingly I found half a 
hundred of the little children of Vaiala wading out to 
me, content to sit quietly om the coral blocks and watch 
what might happen. In a general way I had come to 
recognize Jong since that my movements provided these 
small and laughing savages with their closest approxima- 
tion to the juvenile delights of the circus. 

Having all these spectators, I put them to use. I 
recognized that rod and line would serve me not at all in 
this tide pool so proyokingly crowded with these gay 
fish that scorned the hook, no matter how cunningly con- 
cealed, But I had some hope that a net would prove 
effective. Therefore, I dispatched some of the children 
to shore to borrow nets for me. They brought back a 
magnificent assortment, for I had not followed all the 
niceties of the Janguage in describing just what sort of 
net I needed. There is a single word for all this sort 
of fishing gear, and that was the word I used, not remem- 
bering that each variety of net has its own name. and 
that no Samoan ever knows enough to use the slightest 
particle of common sense in aid of one who is not adept 
in the niceties of their language. 

I had asked for fishing gear, and it was fishing gear they 
brought me—gear of every sort that they knew. Here 
came a youngster packing out a length of rope covered 
with tassels of cocoatitit leaves, a thing that could be 
of no imaginable use in my deep pool. Next was a 
quartet struggling with a wooden hand barrow heaped 
high with a hundred-fathom seine, of which the meshes 
were so large that it would hold nothing smaller than a 
codfish. Others carried small dip nets, which could be 
used only in the shallowest pools. I had asked for nets 
and it was nets that they had brought me, according 
to the best of their lights. Some had even brought out a 
stock of fish traps of basket work, but they were of no 
more service than the nets. Yet from the mass of ma- 
terial placed at my service, and for which I knew I should 
have to reward each youthful bearer, I did manage to put 
together a purse net that would fit within the pool. With 
the assistance of the children I succeeded in setting this 
in the pool, but, of course, all the fish had been frightened 
into the safe seclusion of the coral forest. After the 
net was set I waited fer the fish to come back. It was 
altogether useless. The fish swam up to the outside of 
the net and looked at the meshes, then they swam back 
under the coral and told the others that there was 
something wrong. At evety twig of coral I could see a 
fish gazing curiously at the pool and its treacherous 
contents, but not one would venture out where I might 
eather it in. 

The stir on the reef and the errand of the children on 
the shore had interested Talolo. He did not know what 
I was doing, but that I was doing something was enough 
to bring him to me. I explained that I had been trying 
to catch these rainbow fish with bait and with the fly. His 
first comment was that fish of this sort were forbidden 
to all but chiefs. That was a thing I knew already, for 
Tanoa had told me, and anyway, J explained that it made 


no difference to me in the least, for I was entitled to the 
best there was going. Then~he explained that they 
would not take the hook under any circumstances. I 
thought I knew this already by dint of experience. Next 
I showed him my purse net, only to be told that it was 
impossible to met these fish, a truth of which I was 
rapidly becoming conyinced. 

“What shall 1 do, Talolo?’” I asked. “If you and the 
rest of the chiefs eat these fish there mtist be some way 
of taking them, and you must show me how,” 

There were few things that Talolo liked better than 
bossing a job, and particularly when by so doing he could 
give me a new demonstration of his theory that I had no 
business to tackle the natural history of Samoa without 
his guidance. To the crew of small children he delivered 
a Set of positive orders, which set them at work collecting 
the nets, including the purse that I had set in the-pool. 
With surprisingly little delay they lugged their gear back 
to shore, and to one of the more trustworthy youngsters 
my rod and appurtenances were intrusted, with direc- 
tions that he wake Tanoa up from his afternoon nap and 
tell him to dry it carefully, because, while it was no 
good in Samoa, I might want to use it some time in my 
own home. 

Then Talolo fotind a seat in the water alongside of my 
camp stool and proceeded to tell me stories. He told 
me how much he loved me, but by this time that was a 
well-worn fiction and was understood to be no more than 
a preliminary step to the request for the satisfaction of 
his manifold wants. From this he branched off to the 
solemnity of the taboo that existed oyer these fish, and 
the dreadful happenings that were bound to make them- 
selves felt in the insides of any man or woman who 
should venture to eat them without being to the manner 
born. Even the one method which would catch them was 
forbidden to those of low estate under most unpleasant 
penalties. After all, he was of the opinion that my 
rank -and station was sufficiently high to admit me to 
share in these fish, and my goodness of heart toward him 
was so great that he was sure that | would bestow on 
him some slight gift in recognition of his services in my 
assistance. 

By the time this harangue was finished and Talolo had 
received assurances that he would not go unrewarded, the 
children came wading back, and each one bore a back 
load of green vines with large round leaves. The plant 
was in a general way familiar to me. That is to say, I 
had often noticed it growing on the beaches just above 
high-water mark. But I never had seen it in flower, nor 
did I know of any reason why it should be held above 
any beach weed. It was not at all ornamental, and I 
Was unaware of the fact that it was useful. 

The children built up a platform of coral blocks on the 
reef and carried it above the level of the water, On this 
platform the back loads of yines were deposited and each 
carrier set at work making them up into tight bundles a 
yard or so in length and about a foot thick, tied around 
carefilly every few inches. When the bundles were all 
made up, one of the children gave Talolo a stout stick, 
with which he beat each bundle several smart blows. 
Then tying to one of the bundles a few sinkers of coral 
rock, he cast it into the pool as néar the center as pos- 
sible. The same was done with the others, and a con- 
siderable area of the sandy bottom was covered with 
these green fagots. 

Of course the very first bundle frightened all the fish 
away to their hiding places in the coral thickets, but as 
soon as the last bundle had made its splash the schools 
of fish returned to their feeding ground. We sat on the 
brink of the pool to await developments. For fully five 
minutes nothing happened. The yines were anchored at 
the bottom, the fish swam aboye, and I was ready to vote 
Talolo’s efforts as great a failure as my, own. But then 
a change began to make itself manifest in the deepest 
school. Instead of swimming lazily the fish began to 
dart hither and thither on irregular courses and then 
to swim hurriedly to the surface, where they clustered 
nearly straight up and down, with their mouths out of 
water and gulping air. The surface current and the 
breeze drifted these fish to the edge of the basin, where 
the children picked them up and put them in my creel. 
In a few moments another school floating a trifle higher 
was similarly affected, and came stupefied to the sur- 
face, and was caught. 

It was clearly one of the vegetable fish poisons of 
which I had heard as being extensively in use in the 
South Sea islands. The clubbing which the bundles of 
weeds received set free the active sap, and it gradually 
mixed with the water at the bottom and thence extended 
upward in the still basin. This could well be the case, 
for at the bottom the coral walls were practically 
solid, and whatever current of the moving tide there 
might be was confined to the upper levels. ‘The stupety- 
ing influence of the weed seemed to extend actively up- 
ward for 10 feet—at least above that depth the fish were 
not sufficiently affected to bring them to the surface. I 
noticed also that in the case of fish which were brought 
to the surface the effect of the poison seemed to wear off 
in about fiye minutes, and after their recovery they 
seemed to sufter no ill effects, but swam about placidly in 
search of food. 

Talolo convinced me by actual test upon himself that 
the weed is harmless to the human system. TI nibbled 
one of the stems and found nothing but a slightly sweet 
sap, which reminded me more of the juice of a water- 
melon than anything else. But on taking some salt 
water into my mouth with the sap I found the taste | 
changed to a sharp and pungent acid. It is probably 
that sea change that acts upon the fish. 

By the time my creel was filled to overflowing, and 
the last few fish had been strung on a stem of the weed 
that caught them, the seat of my camp stool was awash. 
I gave the word for the return to shore, for. 1 never 
could feel at ease with my brown kindergarten in deep 
water, even though I knew iull well that every smallest 
baby of the lot could st “m before it had learned to walk 
on dry ground. It always brought me into sympathy - 
with the clucking Dorking that has hatched out a chitch © 
of ducklings. Accordingly, I gave the word for the 
long wade back to the glistening beach. But Talolo 
would not have it so at all. Even if I were forgetful, he . 
knew that there were several things vet to do. With a 
national facility at speech-making, he haraneued the 
small tribe, and laid down the law to them with all the 
authority that a chief's son could exercise, Immediately 


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every one of the children took a prompt header into the 
pool and swam to the bottom, from which they collected 
all the poison yines, and did not rest until they had 
“dragged them into a tide channel, where they might 
float away. I should hardly have thought of that last 
detail, but it argues in Talolo a recognition of the prin- 
ciples of game preservation. When that had been ac- 
complished Talolo told off the detachments of youngsters 
who were to carry ashore my variotis belongings, re- 
Serving for himself the fish, and then I noticed that the 
taboo on the fish had proved so strong that not one of 
meaner rank had so much as touched them. 

On the beach he and I conducted the important opera- 
tion of counting the catch. As he laid them out in 
order on broad banana leaves, I reckoned twenty-eight, 
but Talolo positively announced seven. When I first 
encountered that proposition I had found it hard to 
understand, but in time I became reconciled to the 
mysteries of Samoan counting, even though I never 
really acquired the art in all its niceties. The “tasi, lua, 
tolu, fa’ became as familiar to me as my “one, two, 
three,” but I was always forgetting when two were one 
and when one was one, and when three were one. Co- 
coanuts are an example; two drinking nuts count one; 
palusami, ii 1 remember correctly, it takes three to be 
counted as one. Evidently with these tabooed fish the 
unit was feur. Aiter the count Talolo claimed two, mean- 
ing eight according to my count, for his father Le Patu, 
inasmuch as he was chief of the village, and therefore 
entitled to his rake-off in accordance with the princi- 
ples which are found universally applicable to rank and 
station. 

As to my own “five” of the gayly painted fish (really 
twenty according to my arithmetic), I lost no time in 
putting them to the pan test. Like all the smaller fish 
oi the coral: waters, they were good eating, yet not so 
conspicuously good as to account for the chiefly taboo 
that has heen placed upon them, But I had an amusing 
experience with Tanoa when it came to cooking the 
dinner. He had a shadow of title to rank as a talking 
man in some distant village, and indeed he had no 
greater delight than to bawl ceremonial speeches on 
my behalf, but a talking man is far removed from a 
chief, and he explained that he was not high enough 
to touch these fish. After a long argument, I did suc- 
ceed in convincing him that he could do for me what he 
could by no means do on his own account. So he dressed 
the fish and put them on the pan, but I could see that 
he was by no means at his customary ease. We had some 
for dinner and some for breakfast, and still there were 
several left over, since not one of my domestics would 
dare touch the fish for their own food. After break- 
fast I heard Tanoa shouting a speech on the village 
green outside of our compound, and the burden of his 
address was that out of the goodness of my heart I was 
presenting to the chiefs of Vaiala “three” of the tabooed 
fish, which of course meant a dozen. This was as good 
as any way oi disposing of them, for there was no way 
of keeping them for the next dinner. The talking man 
of Vaiala made a long speech in acknowledgment, and 
then the highest chief there present stalked out from 
the great house of the village, picked up the leaf on which 
the fish lay, raised them formally to his head and car- 
ried them from yiew. As it was not long before the 
smoke began to curl up from the village pit ovens, | 
have reason to believe that my fish fed the chiefs. 


LLEWELLA Pierce CHURCHILL, 
* 


alatnyal History. 
Three Feathered Fishermen. 


ONE summer afternoon not so very long ago I was 
lying in the shade of some alder bushes on the bank of a 


little Connecticut stream pulling at a friendly old pipe - 


and watching the pale blue smoke curls roll gently out 
over the water. I had been fishing, or pretending to fish, 
for nothing in particular, and had been as successful as 
such indifference deserved. In other words, I had not had 
a nibble, and I thought I would just finish my pipe and 
then saunter up the-river to a spot where the fish were 
more enthusiastic and would usually bite at anything, pro- 
viding there was a hook attached to it. 

I arose and stretched myself and was about to pick up 
my rod and make a start. when, from a dark opening in 
the woodland which lined the further shore, a large slate- 
blue bird came flapping slowly across the water toward a 
strip of grassy bank some 50 yards above me. With his 
graceful neck curved back between his shoulders, and 
with his long, black legs trailing rudder-like in his wake, 
there was no mistaking the majestic form of that prince 
of fishermen—the great blue heron. He alighted, and 
with a few long, deliberate strides took up his position 
near a small clump of reeds, where he stood as motion- 
less and inconspicuous as a weather-beaten stump, I sank 
down again in the shadow. There were now several 
reasons why I would not walk up the stream. In the first 
place, I could not violate the etiquette of the sport by 
disturbing a fellow member of the Walton brotherhood. 
particularly as his supper depended on his sticcess. But 
apart from all courtesy, I had a great curiosity to see 
this master craftsman display his skill; I felt that interest 
and respect which nearly all amateurs feel for the work of 
a professional. 

As he stood there with his head drawn close to his 
body, his attitude appeared to be meditative rather than 
alert, but I knew that his eyes were taking note of every 
ripple on the water, and every movement beneath its 
surface. For some time he remained absolutely motion- 
less, but presently I thought I noticed the head moving 
stealthily forward. Then. as though propelled by a steel 
spring, the spear-like bill was htirled into the water, and a 
moment later my friend was beating to death the first fish 
of his “string.” He swallowed = head first, and with 
his bill and crest still wet and shining he resumed his 
attitude of meditation. There was no unseemly hurry or 
excitement as we sometimes see displayed by other birds: 
just quiet confidence, silent dignity. 
that I was in the presence of a gentleman: unobtrusive 
himself, and for reasons of his own desiring to be left 
alone, Again there was a lightning thrust, and an unfor- 


I instinctively felt _ 


tunate green frog was soon following the fish. Before the 
surface of the water had become quiet again, the heron 
was standing impassive as before. Now he slowly raised 
one leg, and tucking it under his wing, stood perfectly 
steady upon the other one. 

It was some time before he struck again, and in the 
meantime he might have been a snag sticking out of the 
bank for any evidence of life which he gave. At last, how- 
ever, the seeming snag leaned slightly toward the river. 
There was a movement which the eye could not follow, a 
swirl im the shallow water, and the heron jerked his 
dripping head into the air. He had missed his aim. 
There was nothing but the fact to show that he had not 
been successful; not the slightest visible irritation or im- 
patience as he quietly resumed his former attitude. 

IT watched him fishing thus until the long shadows of 


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BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, 
Photo by E. H. Baynes. 


the trees across the river crept over the water, and until 
at last he mounted slowly into the air and disappeared 
over the wood from which he came. 

Thus did I first become personally acquainted with this 
noble bird, and I felt myself a privileged character, as one 
who is taken into the confidence of some old and illus- 
trious family, and day-dreaming, my thoughts went back 
to the time when the ancients regarded the heron as an 
augur and consulted him concerning the coming of storms 
and tempests. Then, in imagination, I followed the bird 
to the middle ages. I was out upon a great plain, bordered 
by a wood on one side and by a river on the other. The 
wood was the home of a thousand pairs of herons, and in 
the early mornings the sun shone upon the plumage and 
spear-like bills of an army of birds as they winged their 
way at vast heights toward the river. 

It was afternoon now, and the herons were beginning 


LITTLE GREEN HERON, 
Photo by E. H. Baynes. 


to return from their feeding grounds, singly and in twos 
and threes. Presently a gay party appeared upon the 
plain; knights and ladies in quaint costumes, mounted on 
spirited and richly caparisoned horses, and all laughing 
with good-nature and the anticipation of amusement, It 
Was a royal hawking party, equipped for heron-hawking. 
They were accompanied by four Dutch falconers and a 
man on foot carried six couples of trained peregrine fal- 
cons on an oblong frame of wood padded with leather. 
This man walked in the middle of the frame, which hung 
by two leather straps from his shoulders. All the hawks 
had leather hoods over their eyes, and sweet-toned 
tinkling bells were hung upon their leg rings. One of the 
knights called the chief falconer and made some inquiry 
about the wind. The man pointed to a few fleecy clouds 
which were drifting against the blue sky in the direction 
of the heronry. This appeared to be satisfactory to the 
knight, who nodded his head, and immediately the fal- 
coners began to take the falcons from the frame. When 
each had a bird upon his wrist, they mounted their horses 


and sat watching the sky in the direction of the river. 
Presently a heron flying at a great height appeared, com- 
ing homeward on the wind, Two of the falconers rode 
out again upon the plain and stationed themselves directly 
in his path. When he was almost above them, they slipped 
the hoods from the heads of the falcons, which, looking 
upward, were but a moment in catching sight of the heron. 
The straps which held the birds to the wrist were quickly 
loosened, and encouraged by the cries of the falconers, the 
hawks dashed away skyward. They rose in a spiral, and 
the heron, seeing the approaching danger, also began to 
soar. The falcons, however, being much swifter of wing, 
soon gained upon their prey, which, the better to evade 
the expected attack, disgorged his cargo of three or 
four fish in mid-air, One of the hawks, now rising well 
above the heron, half-folded her wings and descended 
like feathered lightning upon her prey. The latter, how- 
ever, alive to eyery movement of his pursurer, shifted 
from tinder at the critical moment, and the falcon, missing 
her aim, shot far below him. The second falcon now 
coming up, “stooped” in her turn, to be evaded as skill- 
fully as the first one had been. Six times did the noble 
bird escape the merciless talons of the hawks, and each - 
lime did the latter return to the attack. At the next 
“stoop,” however, the heron, doubtless wearied by his 
many efforts to escape, was unable to evade the furious 
onslaught of the falcon, who struck him full upon the 
neck. The other falcon now made her “stoop,’ and 
“binding to,” all three birds on outspread wings came 
floating down together. As soon as they reached the 
ground, the heron began to thrash about with his bill, and 
a faleconer running up grasped him by the neck to prevent 
him from injuring a falcon. As a reward for their 
work, the hawks were given a live pigeon, which they 
tore in pieces and devoured in the presence’ of the 
falconer. 

In the meantime a couple of fresh hawks were let loose 
at another heron, which also succeeded in dodging its 
enemies for some time. At last, becoming tired and 
seeing a falcon swooping down upon him, he threw back 
his head as though to ward off the blow, and received his 
adversary upon the point of his long, sharp bill. The 
foree with which the hawk struck was sufficient to drive 
the bill through her body, and hawk and heron came 
tumbling to the ground together. The hawk was dead, 
but the heron was taken alive, and later in the day sent 
up for a single falcon, who struck it down at the first 
“stoop.” 

As they came to the ground, the scene changed, and I 
imagined myself wandering with Alexander Wilson in 
one of the great cedar swamps of southern New Jersey. 
Now we were wading knée deep in water hidden by green 
scum, and stained to the color of coffee by the decaying 
vegetation of ages. Now we were forcing our way 
through tangles of close-growing laurel, or scrambling 
over rotting, moss-covered tree trunks. Overhead the 
tree tops were locked together, shutting out the sun 
and causing a perpetual gloom. At times the stillness 
was broken -by the hammering of a woodpecker. or the 
guttural croaking of a frog; and occasionally from the 
depths of the lonely forest came the hoarse screani of a 
heron. We pressed on through treacherous bogs and 
almost impassable undergrowth to a dismal spot where a 
score of giant cedars stood with their gnarled roots 
squirming like water snakes in the slimy ooze. In the 
top of each of these trees waved a great mass of sticks, 
and above them majestic birds flapped back and forth, 
honking loudly like wild geese. We were in a heronry of 
great blue herons. We climbed up to some of the nests 
and found them rather shallow and lined with smaller 
sticks. Some of them contained four large light blue 
eggs, and others pearl-gray young. The latter were fat 
and heavy, and were doubtless well-supplied with fish 
and frogs by their untiring parents. 

As I watched them I thought I heard Wilson calling 
me, and as I started up to go to him I found myself still 
lying on the bank of the little Connecticut stream. It 
was already dusk, and my clothing was damp with the 
falling dew. ° 

I took up my rod and creel and started homeward along 
the river. Frogs were tuning their bagpipes near the 
bank, and bats could be seen flitting and wheeling against 
the western sky. A voice from the air almost above me 
called “Quok,” and I looked up to see the dim form of a 
large bird hurrying along toward Long Island Sound. An 
instant and the gloom had swallowed him, but from the 
rising mist there came to me that lonely cry, each time 
more faintly than before, which always has for me a 
subtler charm than the brilliant music of. the brown 
thrasher or the little Aute-like whistle of the Baltimore 
oriole. It was the' voice of the black-crowned night 
heron, whose black, white and gray plumage makes it the 
most conspicuous member of its family to be seen in New 
England. Night herons are much more numerous than 
their big, blue cousins, and some single heronries con- 
tain the nests of more than a thousand pairs of birds. 
Nevertheless, owing to their nocturnal habits they are 
not so frequently seen, except in the breeding season when 
the voracity of the young often causes them to visit their 
muddy feeding grounds both by day and night. Their 
food consists chiefly of small fish, which they capture 
along the shores of both fresh and salt water. The young 
birds in’ their first plumage are totally unlike their 
parents. They are grayish brown in color, and for a 
long time they were supposed to be the female birds. As a 
matter of fact, however, the latter so closely resemble the 
males that it is almost impossible to distinguish ther 
without resorting to dissection. 

If we leave out of account their more distant relations, 
the bitterns, but one other member of the family besides 
the two herons mentioned nests in New England. © This 
is the diminutive green heron or poke. We see the 
little fellow most frequently along the shores: of ponds 
and creeks or the banks of wooded streams, where he 
wades for his food of small fish and frogs. Sometimes 
he may be found standing perfectly rigid, waiting for fish 
to come within striking distance, or watching for the re- 
appearance of a frog which is hiding in the mud. In the 
latter case the moment the luckless batrachian pokes his 
nose out of his hiding place, he is seized in the-heron’s 
bill, beaten to death on the bank and swallowed at the 
convenience of his captor. 

Unlike most other members of their family, little: green 


herons do not ustially:nest in colonies, single pairs often 
reigning over a considerable area of woodland. That they 
_ do sometimes nest in colonies, however, I know, for only 
last spring L saw two heranries, one of which contained 
twenty-three. nests. It was on a wooded island some 
three or four hundred yards long by perhaps a hundred 
yards wide, covered with saplings averaging about twenty 
feet in height, and with an undergrowth of wild azaleas 
and other bushes. The nests were all built in the saplings 
from twelve to fifteen feet from the ground. Most of the 
nests consisted of a mere handful of black sticks, so loosely 
put together that in many cases the eggs could be seen 
#hrough the bottoms of them. I examined several nests, 
_ none of which contained more than five eggs, though these 
. herons do sometimes lay six. They were of a uniform 
'. pale blue color, and had a beautiful dull surface. Even 
those in the same nest in many cases differed greatly in 
size and shape, theugh “elliptical” would describe the 
outline of most of them. The birds themselves were very 
much agitated and flew rapidly back and forth above their 
nests, squawking loudly. Occasionally one of them would 
alight on a tree and walk along a branch to some point 
commanding a view of the nest. Here he would crane 
his long neck and watch me suspiciously, all his move- 
ments being accompanied by a nervous twitching of the 
ie 

The young birds bear a strong resemblance to their 
_ parents, from which they can be distinguished, however, 
_ by the blackish streaks on the neck and underparts and 

the wide buffy margins of the wing coverts, 

All the hérons are fishers, and they are not only 
-among the most skillful, but also among the most qitiet 
- and orderly members of their craft. Moreover, they take 
_ only what they need for food. They are trtte sportsmen, 

relying entirely upon their own skill, and have never been 
known to use nets, dynamite or poison. Therefore, they 
_.. should be treated as sportsmen by their less skillful human 
. brethren. and should not be subjected to the uncourteous 
_-and sometimes cowardly and inhuman treatment which 
they mow receive. Their ancestors have fished in these 
streams for thousands of years, and in spite of most 
grieyous provocation, not a member of their family has 
been guilty of a breach of the peace. Lower your gum 
then, take up your heron snares and makes these timid, 
harmless bitds your welcome gtests. No more 
Picturesque bird than the heron exists, and the sight of 
_kim standing motionless on the bank of a stream or 
pond is worth many fish. In him, moreover, you have an 
. opportunity to entertain a distinguished guest—a friend of 
' Adexander Wilson and a companion of Izaak Walton. 
ErNnrEsT HaARoLtp BAYNES. 
‘Stamrorp, Conn. 


Z 


Game Bag and Gun. 
Game North of the Line. 


Kipp, Mont., Aug. 20-—Years ago, not so many years 
either, but a long, long time when measured by the 
_ changes which have since taken place, there was a broad, 
_ deep wagon trail searring the prairie from the head of 
navigation on the Missouri River in Montana to the 
rivers of northwestern Canada. In the days I speak 
of, the International Boundary Line had not been sur- 
» yeyed, and no one knew where Uncle Sam’s territory 
ended and the Queen’s began. 

The prairie was covered with buffalo and antelope in 

. those days; the breaks of the rivers and the cottonwood 
_ groves swarmed ‘with elk and deer. On every high 
ridge, along every range of river bluffs, bands of the 
‘wary big-horn cropped the short, rich grasses, com- 
paratively safe from the pursuit of man. And along the 

- streams, by the borders of prairie lakes and springs, were 
‘to be seen thé smoky lodges of the prairie people—the 

-. Blackfeet, the Bloods, the Piegans, Gros Ventres and 
Sarcees—lords of an almost illimitable dothain, oppressors 
of surrounding tribes, enemies of the white men who 
ventured to penetrate their country and exploit its wealth 
of robes and furs, 

Regardless of the dangers which daily and nightly 
beset them, a band of bold-hearted traders annually 
started from the Missouri River, and with wagon and 
_ pack train penetrated the wilds of this Northwestern 

~ country. Indian arrows and bullets could not stop them; 
. they traveled northward to the St. Mary’s, the Belly and 
Old Man’s rivers, and further to the Little and Big Bow, 
“> the Red Deer and the Saskatchewan, and with axe in one 
hand and rifle in the other, built impregnable forts, whete 
they stored their goods—dry and wet, but principally 
wet—and fleeced the Indian of his hard-earned robes. 
. And why not? Sentiment and ethics were all very well 
“i their place, but they had no place in the grim realities 
“of those days. The Indian wanted alcohol, yet would 
‘t“surder these who furnished it when he had a chance. 


_'~ The trader risked his life to supply it; consequently, if 


-’fe could make the Indian pay a $7 robe for a drink of 
diluted spirits, was he getting more than he earned? 
In those days might made right, and, after all, that is 

— natureé’s inexorable law. In spite of our boasted civiliza- 

“tion, does not that law rule the world to-day? Read the 
daily papers and—think. 

Nothing now remains of the traders’ trail but dim 
and grass-grows furrows, The buffalo were extermi- 
‘'nated. Railways penetrated the country. and the long 
_ strings of “bull trains’ freighted with robes, with the 
* pelts of elk and deer, wolf and beaver, became a thing of 
* the past. And the traders, one by one, in time were 
' “buried under the sod or drifted to other climes. Only 
“thee or four remain who can tell of those wild and ex- 

citing days, ; 

“Recently the writer had occasion to revisit the Northern 
country, but’ instead of going by bull train or on horse- 
back or in a dead-ax wagon drawn by a pair of wall-eyed 
cayuses, we boarded the sleeper of a Great Falls and 
Canada train at Gtéat Falls and steamed rapidly out of 
the station, following practically the route of the old 
wagon trail clear to Lethbridge, Alberta, the present 
terminus of the road. Leaving the Missouri, we fol- 
lowed up the Valley of Sun River, past the painted houses 
of ranchmen, past vast fields of timothy and alfalfa and 


this stream, 


.struction of log buildings and palisades. 


waving grain, where formerly we had» seen the painted 
lodges of the Blackfeet in a setting of red, drying 
buffalo meat and white-fleshed robes. Kok-sis-stuks-kwi 
(River-of-the-Pile-of-Rocks) is the Blackfoot. name of 
The word sounds something like that for 
sun; likely some early adventurer made the mistake, and 
as Stin River it has ever been known to the white men. 
The north fork of this stream, instead of starting from 
the summit of the Rockies. and flowing directly east- 
ward, as most streams on this slope do, follows a wide 
timbered and prairie valley for over a hundred miles 
straight south from its source before it breaks through a 
deep caiion out into the plains. Probably this valley and 
its bordering mountains afford the best big-game shoot- 
ing now to be found in Montana. The few parties who 
have tried it report plenty of elk, deer, big-horn, goats 
and bear, 

Leaving the Sun River, the railway climbs out and 
over a wide stretch of high, dry prairie land, and then 
down into and across the Valley of the Teton. And 
then we climb out again pnto the high table land, and in 
an hour or so come to Maria’s River, so named by Lewis 
and Clark after one of their sweethearts. Kai’is-1-sakta 
(Bear River) the Blackfeet named it in the long ago, and 
even in the writer’s time it deserved the name, for 
grizzlies were uncommonly plentiful along its breaks 
and timbered bottoms. Here, where the railway crosses 
the stream, was once a trading post, a quadrangular con- 
Fort Conrad 
we named it, and for many a year it was the center of a 
large fur trade. Not a trace of the fort remains; the 
ever-changing river has been eating away the bank upon 
which it’ stood, and at last taken it all down in its 
yellow flood. It was here in the spring of 1882 that the 
last Indian skirmish in northern Montana took place. We 
had a large band of horses, which were corraled every 


night, and turned out to graze during the day time in 


charge of a herder. In the afternoon of this day, the 
herder left them to graze on the hills until dusk, while he 
came in as usyal to get his supper, but when,he went 
out again, not one of them was to be found; where he 
had left them, a long, befeathered “coup stick” was 
planted in the ground. He hurried back to the fort, gave 
the alarm, and there was a grand rush by every one for 
rifles and cartridge belts, saddles and bridles. Fortu- 
nately, some thirty lodges of Piegans were encamped 
across the river, and they not only gladly loaned what 
saddle horses were needed, but insisted on joining in 
pursuit of the thieves. It mattered not to them who they 
might be, for they were at war with all surrounding 
tribes. It was quite dark when the pursuit began, so 
dark that the trail of the marauders could not be seen, so 
one party rede away to the south, one to the north and a 
third, under the leadership of Jack Miller, eastward over 
the hills bordering the river. 


The raiders were a band of about too Crees, and as 
we found out later, they had lain in the brush seyeral 
miles below the fort for some days watching for an 
opportunity to get away with our herd, or that of the 
Piegans. Through some misunderstanding or unforseen 
circumstance, when they took our band, five of the Crees 
failed to be on hand in time, and three or four miles 
below the fort Miller’s little party ran right into them. 
Likely the Crees thought they were their friends bringing 
them some horses to ride, but when they saw their mis- 
take they fired a volley at the approaching horsemen and 
ran down into a deep hollow between the hills. It was so 
dark then that they could only be seen by the flashes of 
their guns, but on the other hand, their pursuers, standing 
or riding about on the rim of the basin and outlined 
against the starlit sky, afforded a very fair matk. Bul- 
lets flew thick and fast from the Winchesters on both 
sides. Miller’s horse was shot from under him and 


tumbled over and over. throwing its rider a heavy fall, but 


luckily doing him no harm. Tail Feathers got a glancing 
shot, which neatly cut his scalp open from his brow to the 
back of his head, exactly on the line where he parted 
his hair, He fell to the ground as if the bullet 
had penetrated his brain, and was unconscious for some 
little time. Little Dog was the next victim, getting a 
shot in the thigh, and then. Bear Paw had two fingers 
shot away. But despite wounds, the little party kept 
shooting away into the dark hollow, and gradually the 
fire of the Crees dropped away, until one gun answered 
them, and finally that ceased too, Then, with perhaps 
more valor than discretion, Miller, Tail Feathers and 
Bear Paw charged down the steep incline. Three of the 
Crees were dead, one dying and the other had fired 
away his own and his comrades’ last cartridges. But he 
was game to the last; he rushed at them with his gun 
clubbed, but he fell, pierced by several bullets, at their 
horses’ feet. It was a proud moment for the Piegans. 
They scalped the enemy, took their arms, and cut off 


‘several feet and hands for their women to kick and 


knock about the camp. 


We never recovered our horses. Likely they were 
sold and traded, or kept concealed in the country far 


north of the Saskatchewan until we gave up trying 


to trace them. 

The Marias was always a great country for sharp- 
tail grouse and sage hens, and a ranchman who boarded 
the train at this point said that they seemed to be as 
plentiful as ever, few of the settlers having the time or 
caring about shooting them. We also learned that a 
number of white-tail deer are to be found in the river 
bottoms, and are rapidly increasing, the ranchmen having 
all agreed not to molest them, even in the open season. 
They are said to be very tame, allowing teams and horse- 
men to pass within a couple of hundred yards of them 
without paying any heed whatever. South of Marias 
and particularly between Fort Conrad and the Knees, a 
couple of buttes thirty miles distant, antelope are said to 
be fairly plentiful. 

A run of ten miles northward from the Marias brings 
us to Shelby Junction, where we cross the tracks of the 
Great Northern Railway. Leaving the Junction, the train 
runs up the left side of what we used to call the Alkali 
Fiat. This was, in the rainy season, the bete noir of the 
old-time traders and freighters; even a light shower 
would make such a sticky paste of the soil that it was 
impossible to cross it with loaded’ wagons. For a dis- 


> [SEP 1, 1900, 


tanice of eleven-miles in this flat the railway runs by the 
side of a narrow, shallow, grassy lake. It is a great 
breeding place for all kinds of aquatic and shore birds, 
and we saw thousands of them floating on the water 
and walking about on the bars. It was May 18 when 
we passed there, and we were stirprised to see a flock 
of some twenty or more snow geese rise from the shore 
in front of the engine and circle out into the lake. Con- 
ductor Waghorn told us that last year a flock of about 
the same size remained on the lake all summer, which 
was still more surprising. for we had always believed. that 
these fowl never stopped south of the Great Slave Lake 
country. Is it possible that, as Mr. Waghorn thinks, they 
breed in these northern Montana lakes? 

And now, after a little, we approach the Rocky Spring 
Ridge. I would that I had time and space to tell of the 
part this long range of frowning bluffs has played in the 
history of northern Montana; of the battles between the 
different Indian tribes, and between the Indians and 
white men, which have been fought along its slopes and 
rocky walls.. But that is not the purpose of this article, 
What I started to do, and have been so long getting at, 
was to tell the readers of Forest anp StrREAM something 
about these Northwestern plains and the shooting to be 
found here, Probably there is no other place in all 
America which affords such splendid antelope, sharp-tail 
grouse and water fowl shooting combined as-the country 
lying between the International Boundary Line and the 
South Saskatchewan, in the vicinity of the Great Falls & 
Canada Railway. Going over and returning, we saw 
each time numerotis small bands of antelope from the 
windows of otir car, especially im the vicinity of Milk 
River, which is crossed thirteen miles north of the line. 
Those who dread the fatigue and vexations of a pack 
trip in the mountains, and who yet wish to get out for a 
breathing spell in the high, dry altitudes of the North- 
west, cannot do better than to give this country a trial. 
Starting from Coutts, at the Boundary Line, or from 
Milk River Station, further north, one cannot help 
having a successful trip, no matter which way he goes. 
Personally, I would prefer to go down the river, camping 
along its brush and timbered bottoms. A four-horse 
team and wagon for carrying the tents and supplies, and a 
gentle saddle horse for each sportsman, would be all the 
outfit required for such a trip. Except for one or two 
ranches, and a station of the Northwest Mounted Police 
in the vicinity of Writing Stone, twenty miles east of the 
railway, the country is yet uninhabited. For some years 
the Canadian Government has not allowed its Indians to 
go forth and butcher antelope, and as a consequence the 
shy and beautiful*animals are rapidly increasing. How- 
ever, they never have been scarce in this vicinity; the 
almost illimitable and deserted plains stretching away to 
the east and north afford a vast breeding ground for 
them, where they are seldom disturbed by man. 

At the place called Writing Stone, the river rushes 
through a rock-walled caion, on the sides of which in 
by-gone days the Indians were wont to picture their deeds 
of war, their encounters with fierce animals, and their 
dreams. These pictographs show up as plainly now as 
they did the day they were so laboriously cut into the 
rock by patient hands. Wiuth rude flints, and perhaps 
later with steel, the simple red men have here left a record 
of their life well worth traveling a long distance to see. 

Below Writing Stone the bottoms are heavily timbered 
with cottonwood, affording shelter for white-tail deer, 
which are fairly numerous. In the breaks and couloirs of 
the river ridges, and especially northeast of the Sweet 
Grass Hills, mule deer can be found in sufficient numbers 
to insure good sport. Still further eastward, where the 
wild plum and cherry grow in profusion, the patient 
hunter may be rewarded by a shot at a grizzly. Several 
have recently been seen by the Mounted Police. 

As yet this country has never been shot over by sports- 
men, excepting Lord Swansea, of England, who several 
years ago bagged six antelope, several wolves and coyotes 
and any number of chickens in less than a week, -He is 
a large shareholder of the railway, and slept every night 
in his private car on some side track along the line. 
Sargeant Farver, of the Mounted Police, told me that, 
with a good dog, he could raise from fifty to one hundred 
coveys of chickens (sharp-tails) a day along Milk River. 
This stream along most of its course is very sluggish, with 
innumerable slews and pond holes, where ducks and geese 
breed, and which afford a resting place for the great 
flight of fowl to and from the North. There are also 
hundreds of shallow, grassy lakes, some many miles in 
extent, lying north and south of the river, where the 
best of shooting can be had from Sept. 1 until winter. 
Canvasbacks and red-heads are almost as plentiful as 
the other ducks after Oct. 1. 

Let not the pot or market hunter who may chance to 
read these lines think that he can come out here and ply 
his nefarious trade. The game laws of Canada are 
strict; the Mounted Police, here, there and everywhere, 
are ever on the lookout for just such men, and their 
shrift would be short. What has been written here is 
solely for the benefit of Forest AND STREAM sportsmen 
readers whose creed is moderation, and who believe in 
fair play. Such will receive a hearty welcome from the 
guardians of the Boundary Line, true sportsmen them- 
selves, and they will do all in their power to insure the 
visitor a pleasant time. J. W. ScHurtz. 


Worth Dakota Praitie. Chickens. 


Farco, N. D,—On the opening day of the chicken 
season, the 20th ult., at Tower City, N. D., our party 
bagged forty, and on the 21st thirty-eight The weather 
was suffocatingly hot. The hemp fields were uncut and 
many birds, especially second broods, were still under 
cover in'the flax. The shooting will be better later on. 
The sportsmen here consider that the season opens too 
soon, Sept. 1 would be early enough, and I think that 


Sept. 15 would be still better. - 
» =F A. W. pu Bray. 


New Jersey Shore Birds. 


Bayvittz, N. J., Aug. 28.—There ate yery few bay 
birds flying, and the fish seem to have moved, as they are 
not biting very fast, Herz. 


Sept, t, 1900.) 


Tame Deer but Not Tame Work. 


PrrHaps the following details of a little rifle shooting I 
did a few days ago, under conditions which at the first 
glance seemed quite incompatible with the necessity for 
skill with the rifle, may be of use to those of your readers 
who may be placed under similar circumstances and want 
to get a little sport out of unpromising materials. 

The house where I am at present residing in England 
has a large park surrounding it of some 4oo acres; the 
wall is partly of brick and partly oak palings; the ground 
is undulating with clumps of trees of great ‘age, and 
several ponds. I have a herd of some 100 spotted fallow 
deer (Cervus dama), some seventy black fallow deer 
(Cervus dama norwegi—these are very rare), and a dozen 
Japanese deer (Cervus sia). As the deer increase very 
rapidly, it was necessary to lall four of the largest bucks 
of the light or spotted fallow deer. 

There being ladies and children often passing through 
the park, I selected a rifle of as small a caliber and small 
powder charge as possible, to reduce the danger of any 
one being hit by a glancing bullet. My rifle was a double- 
barreled .36-cal., hollow express bullet, with wooden plug 


in hollow, and carrying some 8 grains of black powder. . 


The deer being intended to give away to friends, as veni- 
son, I decided only to shoot for the brain. 

Starting about 4 in the afternoon, I found that it was 
“impossible to still-hunt. The bucks (it being Aug. 9 and 
their horns still in velyet) were lying in a bunch under 
some trees, where it was impossible to crawl up to them 
unperceived. With park deer the wind does not much 
matter, as they are so used to people passing to and fro. I 
therefore walked up to them. They got up and stood 
looking at me, bunched up so close that I did not dare to 
try and shoot at the head of any one for fear of hitting 
the body of another. I slowly walked round them, at 
_the distance of about 50 yards, trying to get them strung 
out a little, and after about twenty minutes I was just 
getting a big one to step out from the rest, when two 
ladies came walking down a path. behind them and started 
‘them off on a run. \ 

They went right across the park and picked up a lot 
‘of does and the Japanese deer, These were a nuisance 
during all my subsequent shooting. as they are so bold 
they will come right up to one and get in the way of a 
shot, and then go and stampede the fallow deer. The 
Japs ate so rare and difficult to get over alive in Eng- 
land that oe must be very careful not to shoot one by 
mistake. Besides this complication, two fallow bucks 
which I had recently purchased to cross with my deer, 
joined the bunch, and I had to be most particular to 
keep my eye on both of them for fear of shooting one of 
them by mistake. j 

After a lot of hard walking and occasionally running, I 
cut off a small lot of about fourteen deer, which included 
a very fine buck, and induced them to get toward the 
brick wall at the bottom of the park. There was a 
round pond here, and I used the bank (the water being 
very low at the time) to get within 30 yards of the buck. 
He was standing a little apart from the rest, his tongue 
out from running and looking back over his right shoulder 
at me. Standing up, I took a steady aim and put the 
bullet between the lower lid of his eye and his eye. drop- 
ping him in his track without a kick. On skinning him 
we found the skin was not cut, and curiously enough his 
eye was not injured, only slightly pushed out of its socket. 

he bullet had gone on into the brain and broken up 
there. His horns had seventeen points. This had taken 
me nearly an hour and a half’s hard walking and running. 

Next day at to o’clock I started to get the remaining 
three bucks. When I went out I found all the deer werenow 
thoroughly alarmed, and did nothing but bunch up as close 

-as they could, the bucks lowering their heads and push- 
ing into the middle of the bunch, and every time I leveled 
the rifle there was a wild stampede. I therefore got old 
Blackstone (2:20) into the road wagon and got my man 
to drive round the herd constantly, “rounding them up” 
whenever they tried to break away. In this way, after 
about half an hour, we got a small lot containing a good 
buck by themselves. LI got them to stand‘close to where 
I had shot the buck the day before, but made a bad miss 
when I shot at his head, as he dodged and shook his head at 
the shot. I think I must have gone just over between his 
horns, as I aimed high tor fear of breaking his jaw. He 
rushed up toward the stable, and just as I was getting 
up to him for another shot, my coachman’s two smallest 
- children came running out almost onto him. He whipped 
round and went under a clump of trees by the kitchen 
sarden, and stood looking to the right. Resting my rifle 
against a tree trunk at 30 yards, [ put the bullet in at 
one ear and out at-the other, dropping him stone 
dead, shot through the base of the brain. 

The rest of the bucks in this lot were too small, so I 
left them and went to look for some more. My trotter 
worked out another small bunch out of the big herd, and 
I went round two of the ponds at the lower end of the 
park for over an hour, trying to get a big buck without 
hitting the two big ones I had bought for breeding, and 
which, uniortunately, were also in this bunch. At last 
T got a long shot, about 80 yards, at a big buck, who 
stood clear for a moment, but the bullet went through his 
left ear. I took ott the telescope and had a good look 
at him, but saw that no damage was done—only a clean 
hole through the ear. 

In a féw minutes | got a shot at another one facing 
me, tiearly in the same place, at about the same distance. 
At the shot there seemed to be freworks of blood all 
round his head, and he made a big rush and dive, and 
then went and stood among the other deer. On looking 


at him with the telescope, | found that I had hit his right ~ 


brow point, close to the head, and splintered it into frag- 
ments, these fragments being held together by the velvet 
of his horns and hanging down his face. He was not 
quite as big a buck as I had at first thought, and after 
yery carefully examining him I came to the conclusion 
that there was no serious damage done, and so left him. 
To-day I saw him feeding with the rest of the deer, quite 
well, and the place all dried up and nearly healed. 

I at last got this bunch down near the nightingale 
walk, and a big buck stood under an oak looking back at 
me, I took an off-hand shot at 35 yards and got him 
in the poll clean through the brain, and he fell stone dead. 


' tuffed grouse, he is hard to equal. 


FOREST.AND _STREAM, 


He had thirteen points, but was heavier than either of 
the others I had shot. I now needed one more. There 
was one buck with the points half-way down each horn 
in the form of a cross which I particularly wanted to 
spare for breeding purposes, as I wanted to perpetuate 
that form of horn, but unfortunately he was just the one | 
got for my last shot. I was so intent not to shoot any 
of the other bucks I wanted to spare, that I forgot him 
for the moment, and his horns being in velvet, he did not 
show these crosses distinctly, the points not having 
reached their full development. I worked a bunch round 
almost the same way as the last, and he stopped almost 
where the other had fallen and got the bullet at 4o 
yards through the brain. He had twenty points, and 
was the biggest buck in the park, barring the two new 
ones I have just imported. 

The above rather long-winded description shows how 
I got two days’ hard exercise and the need of fine work 
with the rifle, out of what at first sight looked like 
shooting which would require no skill. W. W. 

Kent, England, 


Game Prospects in New Hampshire. 


As the open season draws near, it may be of interest 
to know what the prospects are. From what I have 
seen, | am inclined to think ruffed grouse are rather 
scarce. I have not, however, been looking about to any 
extent. In years past I always saw quite a number of 
birds while driving along our country roads. The past 
summer has been an exception, and I do not recall seeing 
over half a dozen grouse in all. Not long since I went 
out late one afternoon to try a dog, intending to buy 
him for a friend. It was very hot, and dry, and I went 
over some: ground before finding anything, and then 
started four grouse, which seemed to be all in that brood. 
The birds were about half-grown and very wild, getting 
up some 35yds. ahead of me and making a long flight. 
I wish to say something regarding the above dog. He 
is a good-looking pointer, said to be six years old. His 
owner said he would point and trail a bird well, but 
would not retrieve. As I could buy the dog for the 
small price of $5, I advised my friend to take him, which 
he did. Since, I have received word from him that he 
would not take $50 for the dog. From what some of 
my neighbors tell me, I should judge there may be a 
fair number of young grouse in this section. Of course 
such reports are usually circulated just before any 
season opens, and often they fail to materialize, 

As for woodcock, from my experience of nearly thirty- 
five years in this section, they seem to be following our. 
former supply of wild pigeons, Some seasons we get a 
fair number of flight birds, but the supply of those 
locally bred seems to be a thing of the past. 

At the last session of our Legislature, during the 
winter of 1898, an ineffectual attempt was made to adopt 
the Platform Plank of the ForEsT AND STREAM, Various 
States were realizing the necessity of such a law. Massa- 
chusetts was one where it was most needed. Boston 
had long been looked upon as the free dumping ground 
of all sorts of game from all parts of the country. The 
game dealers there were a hard crowd to beat. Yet 
Massachusetts got ahead of New Hampshire in the 
matter of prohibiting the sale of game. Great credit 
is due to those men of the Bay State who were untiring 
in their efforts to preserve from utter extermination 
what grouse and woodcock were leit. 

I was talking recently with a man about the closing of 
the Boston market. He has in the past killed a good 
many birds and usually sold most of them: wherever h 
could get the best price; yet he said to me, “We wan 
such a Jaw here in New Hampshire if we are to hav 
anything in the future to shoot.” 

There are market shooters, however, who see, or think 
they do, a chance to get higher prices than ever with thi. 
open market of Massachusetts closed. I know a young 
fellow who formerly lived near here. J think he is the 
best bush shot in the State. As an exterminator of 
This man can and 
does earn good wages at his trade, yet when the open 
season draws near he quits work entirely and spends all 
the season (day after day) hunting. He is a market 
hunter in eyery sense. Every bird means so many 
dollars or cents, He wants every one he starts, and the 
way in which he will follow up a wild and wary old 
grouse has caused many of them to think life not worth 
living. Now, this man said to me recently that just be- 
fore the season opens he should come'to New Hamp- 
shire and locate the broods of birds, and when the open 
time came he should put in all the time hunting and 
that he expected to sell his game in Massachusetts for a 
higher price than ever. I told him then and there, be- 
fore some of his friends, that if I could hear of his ship- 
ping game out of the State I would do my best to con- 
vict him, and I would put my friend Wentworth, of the 
Game Commission, on his track. 

Unfortunately we cannot prevent at present the open 
sale of game in this State. The market shooter can and 
will kill ten times his share. We can, however, make it 
hot for the fraternity when they try to ship their game 
out of the State. Last year, after the season closed, I 
heard from a reliable source, of a party from Massa- 
chusetts who spent some time in a certain section of 
New Hampshire and took home with them seventy-five 
of our grouse, which they sold for a high price in the 
then open Boston market. Now, should this party 
attempt the coming season to repeat their performance 
of last year (and as I understand of previous years) I 
will endeavor to see that they make the acquaintance 
of Mr. Wentworth just about the time they cross the 
line, and I will guarantee them they will have good cause 
to remember the meeting, In all probability, what T have 
said will not be read by the party I refer to. The 
fraternity of which they ate shining lights, as a rule, do 
not read Forrest anD STREAM, nor anything of an ele- 
yating nature. 

We have here to-day a fair supply of ruffed grouse, and 
with the protection they should have they would last 
to a certain extent indefinitely. To the genuine sports- 
man, the man who goes out with dog and gun for 
recreation, and who is well satisfied with what birds he 
can use, or perhaps, if unusually fortunate, enough to 
spare for some friend who is “chained to’ business,” we 


“progressive. 


165 


extend a cordial welcome. As a rule, they pay well for 
what grouse and woodcock they bag. They surely leave 
an equivalent in dollars and cents, 

I have been told that practically there was no differ- 
erence between the man who shoots for the market and 
him who shoots for sport, and that both would kill all 
they could. This may be:true to a certain extent. There 
are men who never think of selling any of the game they 
Isill, yet at times some of them will kill for the sake of 
kiling when an opportunity offers. They, however, are 
exceptions. In the market shooting class there are no 
exceptions ; they always kill all they can, and only regret 
not being able to kill more. 

I_ am glad to say that the Granite State has to-day 
a Governor who is heart and soul interested in its 
welfare, He is not a sportsman. Nevertheless, he is a 
credit to old New Hampshire. He is young and he is 
He is the originator of “Old Home 
Week.” Other States are following his example. Un- 
fortunately his term soon expires. Doubtless he will have 
a worthy successor. Yet I cannot but think, could we 
haye him for another term New Hampshire would gain 
thereby, 

It may seem somewhat incongruous to speak of our 
State’s chief executive under the heading of “Game 
Prospects of New Hampshire,” yet I take the liberty of 
so doing, knowing how keenly he is interested in all 
things pertaining to the good of his native State. To 
show that he is interested in game protection, I will quote 
a few words from his last address at an Old Home Week 
gathering. “‘The fostering of those resources which 
make for the pleasure of the sportsman and the natural- 
ist would be of incalculable value to us as a State.” 

New Hampshire has to-day a fair supply of game, 
both fur and feather. It is not what it has been; yet 
such as it is it is well worth protection, and the most 
practical protection is to stop the sale. 

C. M. SrTarx. 
Dunsarton, N. H., Aug, 22, 


Illinois Prairie Chickens. 


Curcaco, Iil., Aug. 25.—Mr, Allen W. Jones, of Clin- 
ton, Conn., writes me under date of Aug. 20 regarding 
his chance of getting a chicken if he comes to Illinois. 

State Game Commissioner Harry W. Loveday is a 
prairie chicken shooter himself, and he has a great 
many invitations to come out for a chicken shoot at the 
opening of the chicken season with one or other of the 
many local wardens. Herice he may be supposed to 
have a better knowledge of the chicken crops at different 
places than almost anybody else. He to-day told me 
that the supply of birds is reported to be very flatter- 
ingly large in many different parts of the State. He 
thinks La Salle county is about as good as any. Minonk, 
in that county, has a lot of birds now. Rochelle, in 
Ogle county, is another good place. Grand Detour, also 
of Ogle county, is good. Still another point in this” 
county is Earlville, and I have advised Mr. Jones to go 
to Earlville and to inquire for Mr. J. J. Poole, who is 
Congressional warden at that point. 

Other points which are reporting a lot of birds now 
are Streator, Ill, Galesburg, Ill, and Henry, in Mar- 
shall county. That is down toward the duck marshes. 
At Le Roy, in McLean county, there are birds reported 
in numbers at this writing. Mr, Robt. Simple is warden 
there. Belleville, in St. Clair county, is yet another point 
which is said to be good. It is thought that these places 
are all more or less well patrolled, and so far as is possible 
to determine these are as good points as any in Illinois 
to try for a chicken hunt in season. One should get 
there as close to the opening day as possible. I was 
amused to-day by a gentleman who took me to task for 
mentioning a point where he went hunting four years 
ago and had poor luck. The same point is very good 
this year. He at length admitted that one resident 
told him he had himself killed seventy-five birds in one 
day at or just before the opening of the season. That 
is where the birds go. The chicken crop is swiftly har- 
vested, no matter where you go for it, in these days. 


E. Hoven. 
Hartrorp BurLpine, Chicago, Til, 


Further on the Same Subject. 


Micuican Crry, Ind.—Editor Forest and Stream: T 
have been much interested in Ransacker’s exposition of 
the term sportsman, but think his conclusions all wrong, 
To artiye at a correct definition of the word “sports- 
man we must first look at the meaning of the qualify- 
mg word sport. It is defined as pastime, diversion, 
amusement, etc. A sportsman must therefore be one 
fond of sport. Anciently almost the only pastime of the 
upper classes was field sports, and gradually the term 
sportsman was restricted to those who enjoyed this par- 
ticular form of amusement. 

It seems to me plain that Webster, when he defines a 
Sportsman as “one who pursues the sports of the field,” 
and adds, “one who hunts, fishes or fowls,” intends the 
last as only explanatory of what these sports are. Tf 
a man hunts or fishes or fowls for his diversion he is 
a sportsman ; if for any other reason, he is not, He may 
adopt these pursuits for gain, or because his physician 
has recommended them, or for many other reasons, but 
unless the pleasure of the occupation is the incentive he 
1s nO sportsman, but simply a hunter or a fisherman. 

That a man who follows hunting or fishing for a liveli- 
hood takes pleasure in his occupation does not make him 
a sportsman, for the simple reason that business, not 
pleasure, is the determining factor. Many mechanics 
take a certain pleasure in their work, but we would 
hardly be justified in speaking of a shoemaker, for in- 
stance, as engaged in the diversion of making shoes. 

On the other hand, a sportsman is not necessarily a 
gentleman. He is no more apt to be so than are the 
devotees of any other form of amusement. He may be 
a game or fish hog; he may be a low blackguard, but 
when he pursues game or fish for amusement he is a 
sportsman and no amount of abuse, however well de- 
served it may be, can affect his position as such. Tt 
is a pity all sportsmen are not also gentlemen, but such 
is very far from being the case. A taste for field sports 


no more makes a man a gentleman or fits him for their 


companionship than does a preference for football or 
golf; in fact, | believe any candid sportsman will admit 
that out of tity men who go aneid with guns or betake 
themselves to the waters with rods or fish poles for sport, 
a greater proportion will be ignorant, worthless charac- 
ters than would be found in the same number who 
sought almost any other respectable amusement. ; 

It is for this very reason that HOREST AND STREAM is 
essentially a sportsmian’s paper. There is no other class 
so desperately in need of instruction as they. Not in- 
struction as to how to get the largest bag, or the longest 
string of fish, but how to get the greatest amount of 
pleasure with the least destruction of the sources of 
that pleasure, . 

If every sportsman in the country would read Forest 
AND STREAM regularly for five years, there would be a 
wonderful elevation of sentiment among them; but as 
that.is too much to expect I can only wish it to be in the 
hands of as many as possible, especially of those who 
need it the most,the sportsmen who are also fish and 
game hogs. : LEXDEN. 


100 Sportsinen’s Finds. {8 - 


Some of the Queer Discoveries Made by Those Who Are 
Looking ior Game or Fish, 
gate fet 


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Harvey Wolf, while hunting recently near Galesburg, 
Ill., made a peculiar discovery a mile from the village in a 
piece of woods belonging to the heirs of the late Lyman 
Qua. It is an excayation some 8 feet square and 5 feet 
deep, which was evidently an enlargement of a natural 
depression. Jn one corner was evidence that fires had 
frequently been maintained, and empty cans were in 
great abundance. A wild cherry tree growing near the 
excavation was cleated from the ground to the height of 
its lower branches, a distance of probably 25 feet. It is 
evident that the tree had at some recent period been used 
as a lookout. Notwithstanding its apparent accessibility 
the locality is, owing to its peculiar situation, a retired 
one, Many people connect the discovery with the numer- 
ous petty depredations which have at various times dis- 
“turbed citizens there, Others are inclined to the belief 
that more serious offenses may have made a hiding place 
desirable to those who constructed this one. 


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_ Weldon F. Fosdick, of Hackensack, N. J., found five 
$1,000 7 per cent, gold-bearing bonds. He went to the 
Bergen county almshouse to transact some insurance 
business.. Being a hunter, he took a short walk in the 
woods near the almshouse and was attracted by a squir- 
rel, which led him to investigate a hollow tree. He saw 
a piece of newspaper sticking out of a hole in the tree. 
He pulled the paper out and found the bonds wrapped 
tp in it. They were wet, but otherwise in good condi- 
tion. 
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While hunfing foxes in Essex, Conn., the deep baying 
of hounds at a certain point attracted the attention of the 
sportsmen. Investigating, they found the dogs in an 
immense thicket of briers. After many attempts they 
cut into the thicket, when to their surprise they saw a 
large cave at the foot of a heavy ledge of moss-covered 
tock. A fire was built at the mouth of the cave, and 
when a fox sprang from the hole it was shot. The 
vault was about 20 feet in length and 17 in width and 
from 9 to 10 feet high. Within it were two old candle- 

sticks, a number of lead bullets and an old-fashioned 
flintlock gun with a decayed stock. It is believed that 
‘this cave was once the hiding place of settlers when 
beleaguered by Indians. ; i 


The Forest and Srream is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much eaflier as practicable, 


Sea and River ishing. 


ANGLING NOTES. 


Trout and Acids, 


Never do I go into Sullivan, Ulster and Delaware 
counties in summer but I am impressed with the nunaber 
of boarders. to be found in eyery village and every farm- 
house. It is one of the most picturesque regions within 
the borders of the State, and it is not to be wondered at 
that the people from the hot cities flee to this mountain 
region of pure air and good country living. Every habi- 
tation seems to harbor its quota of summer boarders, 
and boarding appears to be the chief industry of that 
region. Great flocks of broiling chickens at the farm- 
houses, and acres upon acres of garden truck in the rich 
valleys, and herd after herd of Jersey cows in the pastures 
indicate that the summer boarders im the counties I have 
named are well nourished by the food pravided hy the host. 
The summer boarder desires something more than good 
air atid food and shelter. He seeks rest and change, and 
desires to be amused. I shall not attempt to recount the 
various forms of amusement to ‘be found in the country. 
but fishing is one of them, and the region I have referred 
to is rich in trout streams and trout lakes, and waters 

where coarser fish may be found. The State has one 
fish hatchery in Sullivan county, and is to build another 
in Delaware county, and one would think that the people 
who entertain the summer boarder and thereby live, would 
ase every endeavor to foster the trout fishing to amuse 
and entertain their bread and butter. On a recent visit 
to the region of which I am writing, I found it infested 
swith acid factories that were running their refuse into 
the streams and thus killing the fish. I was in a measure 
prepared ta find that injury was being done to the fish 


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in the streams by a letter I had received from Mr. E. R. 
Hewitt, of New York, who said he found dead trout in a 
stream he was fishing near Fallsburgh, and he said the 
fish were killed by an acid factory on the stream which 
permitted its refuse to run into the water. Mr. Hewitt 
is a chemist and knows whereof he speaks. However, 1 
was not prepared to find the acid works so numerous as 
they are. One of the acid factories was on Spring 
Brook, one mile from the point where it empties into the 
Beaverkill, and the brook is two miles above the State 
hatchery. I sent a4 man to procure some of the water and 
send to me, and also to dip a bucket of it from the 
stream and put a trout of known size into it and note the 
result. He reported that a 6-inch trout placed in the 
bucket of water lived four minutes, and when I saw 
the sample of water, I was surprised that the fish lived 
as long as it did. I was informed that the owner of the 
factory was “largely interested in the boarding business,” 
but the boarding business and the acid business will not 
mix any more than oil and water. The owner of the 
factory having heard that an agent of the State had been 
investigating the cattse of the death of trout in the 
streain, at once removed the poison from the stream and 
ran it into vats, which he built at sufficient distance from 


the brook to insure that it would not seep into the stream. 


As soon as evidence can be procured, the State will 
bring an action against other-owners of acid factories 
if they do not, upon proper notification, cease to poison 
the streams and kill the fish. One thing is sure, as [ 
have reason to believe—the State will not in the future 


_ furnish trout for any stream that is in any way tainted 


with refuse from an acid factory, for it would be a waste 
of fish to plant them in such waters. 

One stream that was recommended for the proposed 
Delaware county hatchery had on it a saw mill and an 
acid factory. It is for the interest of the people in that 
section who are in the “boarding business’ to be active 
in taking measures that will put a stop to the poisoning 
of the trout streams, for unless this is done it would be 
far better for the State to abandon the hatchery in Sulli- 
van county and devote the money now used for its main- 
tenance in hatching and planting trout where they will 
not be killed by acids as soon as they are put into the 
water. 

I believe, however, that the people when they realize 
the injury that is being done to the fishing by these 
factories will of themselves take action to abate it, and 
that their apparent apathy on this subject is because they 
do not understand how their own interests are being 
damaged by stream pollution. 


Water Pollution Generally. 


Our present law upon the subject of water pollution is 
not definite enough, as to be ettectiye it shouid prohibit 
pollution absolutely. The English sporting papers have 
for months been devoting much space to the subject of 
river pollution, and one article in Land and Water is so 
to the point and appears so nearly to conditions in this 
country that I shall make extracts from it: 

“That some need for legislation exists may be readily 
gathered from accounts in newspapers of fearful and 
wholesale destruction of fishes, and gross.pollution of 
streams, only perhaps in a short paragraph pithily de- 
scribing the terrible results of the incursion of in- 
jurious matters into a well-stocked water. People seem 
to regard such waste of life as a mere nothing. The 
Legislature has been exercised as to the matter on occa- 
sions, and has brought forth one or more bills on the 
subject of the repression of the evil. We still read that 
further legislation is absolutely needed, legislation of a 
practical character. * * There must be as little as 
possible discoyerable in the acts that may cripple in- 
dustry, a strong guard against anything that may cripple 
free use of water for fishculture.” 

That the sanitarians should be ready to join with the 
sportsmen and pisciculturists follows as a matter of course, 
They both want one and the same thing. Why have they 
not made common catise before, and made their voices 
duly heard in formation and demonstration of a strong 
public opinion? Such a force, if only properly used, 
cannot well be resisted by any body, however influential it 
may think itself, _ ! 

If only people would but interest themselves more in 
this question of pure water, river pollution and waste of 
polluting matters would very soon atitomatically come 
to an end. If we only look with sufficient care and eyes 
that want to see, there is seldom any real difficulty in 
finding some useful outlet for “wastes” of manufacture. 

A way having been found for neutralization or other 
remedial treatment, the next question is the best manner 
of presenting the subject to the persons affected; in other 
words, the polluters. The whole gist of the matter re- 


solves itself into one problem. 


Given a strong public opinion, determined to stop 
existing evils, respecting or resulting from injurious mat- 
ters in any way admitted from any source into waters, 
would not the existing powers of the Legislature be 
strong enough to cope with the existing evil? 

Is their present form of a really practical and workable 
nature? If it is not, how could it be altered? 

Such inquiries, whatever their source, Government 
or other, so far from harassing an honest industry, might 
in the future, as in the past, throw some new scientific 
light on the source of danger and so remove it, as well 
as suggest or indicate ameliorations in the processes, for 
which the manufacturing interests would be ultimately 
grateful. 

A manufacturer does not like to have his special work 
overhauled. As long as he commits no nuisance he need 
have no’apprehension of interference or inquiry. The 
scope of any inquiry should be strictly confined to cases 
wherein pollution of water or air has actually occurred, 
and none but offenders can complain with justice of any 
proposed inquiry or legislation. This point amply suffices 
to disarm opposition of, or on, the part of, any right- 
minded person, and no trade secret would be violated, 

All opposition to a law which would absolutely prohibit 
the pollution of our waters comes from manufacturers 
who apparently have little regard for the rights of others, 
Sawdust and acids and other poisons are permitted to 
tun into the streams on which mills are situated simply 
because it is cheaper to foul the water in this way than 
to remove the cause of pollution and dispose of it on the 
shore. A representative of one of the large paper mills 


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in northern New York said to me when I told him that 
the lime from one of his mills was killing the fish below 


the mill: “Would you have us throw all these men out 
of employment because the refuse from the mill kills a 
few fish that some rich fisherman might otherwise catch?” 

“No,” I said. “I would have you employ more men 
and build vats on shore and let all your refuse run into 
it and then dispose of it, and not injure the people below 
you on the stream who got a fair amount of fish from the 
tiver to add to their food supply before you built your 
mill; and I think you would feel better if you ceased 
what I consider a high-handed outrage and a violation of 
the spirit of the law, even if your dividend were decreased 
in consequence one one-hundredth of one per cent. per 
annum.” It is always the same old story of throwing 
men out of employment to please idle fishermen, and it’s 
absurd on the face of it. One mill on the Hudson was 
threatened by the S.ate with an action for polluting the 
water, and they erected yats and conducted the waste 
into them, and within a month a man came along and 
paid the mill owners 25 cents per ton for the waste, but 
the mill owners never sent a note of thanks to the State 
for compelling them to do something that added to 
their revenue and their self-respect. 

A large saw mill, also on the Hudson, ran its sawdust 


-into the river until the river bed for miles was a mass 


‘of decomposing sawdust. It could not possibly remove 
it from the stream, and what were a few fish compared 
to an industry that employed labor! The mill finally 
found they could save money by burning the sawdust in 
an allied industry, and at once troughs were constructed 
under the mill, belts with scrapers were placed in the 
troughs and soon the sawdust was gathered automatically 
and conveyed from a central sawdust pit by team to the 
adjoining mill, where it was burned. The truth is, the 
industries as a rule find it cheaper to run all the waste 
and poison into the streams, and apparently they care not 
one sou what becomes of it or what damage it may do to 
the public at large if they are permitted to save them- 
selves the expense of taking proper care of it, and the 
evil will go on until the law, a law that cannot be dodged 


‘ or evaded, compels the owners of the mills and factories 


to remove the waste from the streams, It is wrong, 
absolutely wrong, to permit such a state of things to 
exist, and the chances are that oncé the factory and mill 
owner is made to abate the nuisance he will find a 
market for his waste. It is his business to do this, not 
the business of the general public. so long imposed upon 
by those who poison our streams and fill them with 
waste. The labor question has never entered into the 


question at all. It has been and is a matter of dollars and 


cents required to remove the waste and dispose of it on 
shore, and some day a long-suffering people will arise 
in their might and insist that laws of health, decency and 
economy in the food supply shall be complied with. 


Stocking with Adult Trout. 


Dr; Drummond told me in Montreal. that in 1802 the 
Laurentian Club placed 132 adult trout, fish 3 to 4 ounces, 
in Lac au Foin, a body of water of about fifteen acres 
that never before contained trout. This lake was con- 
nected with two other lakes, one three by one miles in 
size. Now all three of the lakes are well stocked with 
trout, and on Aug. 3, 1899, two dozen were taken that 
averaged 2 pounds in weight, and one weighed 4 pounds, 
Tt is unnecessary to say that all the lakes were abundantly 
supplied with food for the trout, and that after the plant 
ing in 1892 the lake was not fished to death by the club 
members to see if they could catch the 132 trout planted 
for stocking purposes, as would have been done had the 
trout been planted in public waters in New York, This 
example shows what can be done in the way of stocking 
a body of water if moderate fishing only is indulged in 
after the fish have had time to establish themselves in it. 


Late Salmon Fishing, 


Hurrying to a train in the Union Station at Albany one 
day last week I met Mr. William Sage, and finding the 
train ten minutes late, we had a little fish talk. He said 
that after I left the Ristigouche heavy rains raised the 
river, and apparently many salmon passed up river to 
spawning grounds above the rod fishermen, but as the 
river tan down again, the fishing was good, and he be- 
lieved it would be good to the end of the season as 
limited by law. He said that Mr, Kennedy, Ptesident 
of the Ristigouche Salmon Club, killed over seventy fish 
in the Ristizouche and Cascapedia, and on two’ days at 
least he had-to stop fishing because he had killed the 
limit, which I think is eight fish, though it may be ten. 


An Ancient Reel, 


A gentleman who has on several occasions furnished 
me with interesting information on fishing subjects, has 
put me under fresh obligations by sending me an old 
fishing reel, of which he says: “The reel was given to 
me by a man who told me his grandiather made and used 
it seventy years ago. The man is now forty years old, so 
it is quite probable. I do not know that there is any 
particular history connected with the reel or whether it 
ever helped any one to land a fish. You will see that one 
of the bars which hold the disks together is removable 
by taking out two screws in either end, and when the 
bar is removed a screw driver can be inserted to reach a 
screw hole in the reel seat, and this makes it evident that 
the reel was fastened to the butt of a rod with a screw. 
Reel seats were probably mot in use when this reel was 
made, or if so the maker did not know of them. I think 
I would prefer to fish with a hand line than stich a 
weapon. Do not sent it back, as I will present it to you 
as a relic of old times.” 

Ii my correspondent had said the reel was reputed to 
have been made 170 years ago; the reel itself bears no 
evidence to dispute it. The disks are of brass and the 
spindle a bit of iron wire bent on the outside-to form a 
crank handle, and the reel has no click or check of any 
sort, but otherwise it closely resembles a modern reel in 
form, The bearings of the spindle are much worn, and 
other indications are stich as to convince me that the reel 
has seen much service. I think a proper abiding place 
for this relic is the case in Forest AND STREAM office, and 
there I will send it to bear witness that long ago some 
enthusastic fisherman made for his own use. in all ptob- 
ability, a reel that was “the best he knowed.” 

A. N. CHENEY, 


Sept. 1, 1900.] 


The Great Back Bay of Lake 
Champlain. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

In more than one of my very pleasant chats in th 
past, I have been told by you that if any angler discovers, 
or thinks that he has discovered, anything new in regard 
to black bass, it is his duty to give it to the world, and 
that the only way in which he can do so is through the 
columns of Forest AND STREAM. 

I have just returned from a two weeks’ trip to the 
Great Back Bay of Lake Champlain, which is near the 
northern end of the lake, and where most of the black 
bass im the lake are to be found. The most noted resort 
for anglers who visit these fishing grounds is known to 
the Post Office Department as the Lake View House, bit 
to the angler it is known as Samson’s. Why the United 
States Govetnment should take delight in misleading 
anglers and giving most absurd names to fishing resorts 
is past finding out. 

For many years, running through the forties, fifties and 
sixties, the most magnificent and best known stream in 
this State was the Beaverkill, lying largely in Ulster 
county, and there are very few yeteran trout anelers in 
this State who have not spent many days and weeks at 
the delightful retreat known as Murdock’s, and the post 
ofice on this stream should haye been known by that 
name, but the post office through which alone Mr. James 
Murdock could be reached has always, until recently, 
been known by the ridiculous name of Shin Creek, Why 
this name should be imposed upon the post office can be 
easily understood. About two miles below Murdock’s 
there is a little tortuous stream emptying into the Beaver- 
kill, which comes down from the mountain side, full of 
small trout and running throtigh ravines in many places 
between high and ragged rocks and full of ugly stones, 
and no angler ever followed the body of that stream 
with unprotected shins without feeling that the name 
of the post ofice was eminently appropriate, and we must 
look elsewhere than to the United States Post Office 
Department for sentiment. 

In the fifties many anglers discovered that the upper 
part of the Rondout Stream was a fair rival to the 
Beaverkill, both in the beauty of its surroundings and 
the wealth of its trout, and an angler impressed with his 
discovery exclaimed “Eureka!’’ and somebody caught the 
expression and in the early sixties a post office was estab- 
lished about two miles below the delightful resort known 
as Smith’s at Sundown on the Rondout with the digni- 
fied name of Eureka, and many an angler has failed to 
reach either of these streams, because he did not know 
the post office address of either James Murdock or David 
B, Smith. 

Tt is quite in line with the above suggestions that I 
had a peculiar experience in trying to reach the fishing 
resort generally known as Samson’s, and situated on the 
east shore of the Great Back Bay, about six miles from 
St. Albans, Like many other anglers, I have known of 
the fine fishing at this place for many years. but have 
always known of the resort as Samson’s, and when I 
stepped from the cars about 5 o'clock one morning in the 
last week of July and was met by a person who asked if 
I was the angler who was to go to the Lake View House, I 
very promptly answered “No,” with the result that I had 
the privilege, after getting my breakfast at the hotel, of 
hiring a team to take me to the Lake View House. 

After arriving there I feund that the person who was 
sent for me was impressed with the dignity of his posi- 
tion as driver for the Lake View House, but very 
promptly condoned the t.atter on his promise that here- 
after when he goes to the depot for visitors he will re- 
veal himself as simply representing Samson’s, so that 
other anglers will not fall victims to his mistaken ideas of 
his true position. 

Those desiring to reach this delightful resort can leave 


New York on the New York Central & Hudson River - 


Railroad at 8:45 A. M., reaching St. Albans at 7:55 in 
the evening, which means an evening ride to Samson’s, or 
they can take the train leaving New York at 6:25 P. M., 
reaching St. Albans at 5:25 in the morning, and by 
telegraphing to W. J. Samson at St. Albans, which will 
be forwarded by telephone, a team will be found at the 
depot, and boats provided, so that anglers taking the 
night ride can be assured of substantially a full day’s fish- 
ing on the next day. 

The name of this place—Lake View House—is quite as 
appropriate as that of Shin Creek. The hottse, which 
will contain about thirty guests, is situated on the east 
of the Great Back Bay; to the sotttheast can be seen the 
majestic outlines of Mt. Mansfield, the highest of the 
Green Mountain Range, being something over 4,000 feet 
in height. To the southwest can be seen Mt. Marcy, the 
highest peak in the Adirondacks, with its crest some 5%400 
feet high, while all the adjacent mountains of the Adiron- 
dacks are in full view. In front stretches the Great Back 
Bay of Lake Champlain, containitg several large islands 
atid extending some twenty miles north and south, and 
from six to eight miles to the west. 

This bay contains many teefs and shoals, where the 
water is from 10 to 15 feet in depth, and in many places 
the water is from 75 to 100 feet in depth, where those who 
are fond of deep-water fishing can take a large amount 
of wall-eyed pike. 

The fishing during the last week in July and first 
week in August was only moderate, as might have been 
expected, and I visited the place for rest and recreation 
with a knowledge that it was too early for good fishing. 
The habits of the bass are perhaps a little more pro- 
notinced here than in many places, and that on’ account 
of the depth of water in the lake. In the latter part of 
May or in June, when the water has become somewhat 
warm, they ate to be found mostly on spawn beds along 
the shore, as there are no streams running to or from 
the lake which they could frequent for the purpose of 
spawning. After brooding their young they may be 
found along the shores eatine crustacea, fresh-water crabs, 
etc., for a short time, and then as the water becomes 
warm they sink into the deep water, 

In the latter part of July they form in schools and can 
frequently be taken on the reefs, which are quite abundant, 
but the Jarger bass, which frequently weigh from 4 to 5 


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pounds, are generally taken in the latter part of August 


or in the month of September in water from perhaps 15 
to 20 feet in depth. My largest catch during my trip con- 
sisted of twenty small-mouthed bass, ranging from 1 to 24%4 
pounds, not counting, of course, seventeen bass weighing 
less than a pound, which were returned to the lake alive. 

My main object in writing this article, however, is to 
state a fact in regard to the black bass in this bay which 
came within my personal knowledge, and which I think 
is peculiar to the present year. — 

During the last week in July and the first week in 
August I saw quite a large number of the largest female 
bass which were taken and which would weigh from 1 to 3 
pounds, cleaned, and noticed that in many of them the 
spawn was fully ripe, while in many of the others I 
noticed incipient spawn, which in the course of nature 
would not mature until next spring. 

The season, it is true, has been about two weeks later 
than usual on account of the late spring, but, in any 
event, the bass should have been through spawning not 
later than the first week in July. Mr. Samson also in- 
formed me that many of the bass which I did not see 
also contained spawn fully as ripe and perfect as that 
found in fish taken earlier in the season from the spawn 
beds, and yet these fish were taken from the schools 
which wete roaming over the reefs and shoals, and I 
could see nothing in.the lake to indicate that the fish 
were not entirely through spawning, 

I write also to say that if the present practice of taking 
bass in the lake with nets, which is permitted at certain 
seasons under the laws of Vermont, and also from the 
spawn beds, is continued, they will be practically de- 
stroyed in the next few years. The State of Vermont, 
which owns this part of the lake, has passed laws 
sufficiently stringent to prohibit illegal fishing, but those 
who should enforce them simply wink at all the violations 
of them, unless, perhaps, they should catch some luckless 
stranger coming from a distance, and by arresting him 
make a show of enforcing the laws. . 

While on my trip I met a couple of residents of St. 
Albans, who told me that the fish protectors did not 
pretend to enforce the law against the residents of that 
place or against those who live on the shores of the 
lake, although they knew of its violation, and to cor- 
roborate their statement, they told me that it was a com- 
mon custom for persons living in St. Albans to take bass 
during the close season from the spawn beds, and they 
further informed me that during the last spring or early 
summer they visited the lake with the knowledge of the 
fish protector during the close season, and that on one 
of these visits they took from the spawn beds, between 4 
and 7 o'clock in the afternoon, eighty large bass, some 
of them being of the weight of at least 3 pounds. 

Tt is due to Mr. W. J. Samson to say that he refuses to 
fursaish bait to those who violate the law, and endeavors 
to discourage its violation, but if those who thus violate 
the law cannot take the bass in any other way, they simply 
take them with a naked hook from the spawn beds, and the 
larger the fish the more easily can it be taken in this way. 

The question is a very simple one, and it is this: If 
the taking of bass from the waters of the Great Back Bay 
with nets is permitted at all hereafter under the Vermont 
law, and if those living in the vicinity are permitted to 
take them from the spawn beds or during the close 
season without risk of prosecution, then these magnificent 
waters are doomed as the natural home for the small- 
mouthed black bass. As it is, the fishing in these waters 
has already suffered seriously from the practices to 
which I have referred, and unless they cease, and that 
immediately, they will be entirely abandoned by anglers 
in the near future. 

I found while on my trip that the people living near 
these waters have an impression that the bass are so 
abundant and their chances for reproduction so great, that 
their numbers are not likely to be reduced to any great 
extent, either by illegal fishing or fishing with nets; but 
this is a grave mistake. The grounds in this portion of 
Lake Champlain suitable for spawning purposes are not 
very abundant; there is no large stream running into or 
out of the lake in this vicinity where the bass would 
naturally go for the purpose of spawning, as the bass of 
Lake Ontario go down the River St. Lawrence, or those 
of Lake Erie down the Niagara River to within half a 
mile of the falls, and where the small fry would be 
largely protected against destruction by their natural 
enemies, but the bass are forced to spawn in the lake 
itself, and as it abounds, among other fish, with yellow 
perch and rock bass. it is only a question of time in the 
near future when the bass will be reduced to a point 
where these natural enemies of the small fry will prevent 
tTecuperation. Some twenty years ago the waters of the 
St. Lawrence teemed with black bass, and anglers visiting 
this river were always sure to find sport, but these bass 
largely came from Lake Ontario and went many mules 
down the river for the purpose of spawning, and were 
taken before their return to the lake in large numbers 
and without reference to size, with the result that the 
black bass fishing in this river is at the present time so 


indifferent that anglers for them are forced elsewhere — 


for the purpose of enjoying their favorite sport. 
Ten or twelve years ago there were no better waters 


for taking large black bass than the Bay of Quinte, but - 


the Canadian Government has allowed, and still allows, 
fishing for them at certain seasons with nets, with the 
result that the large fish particularly have been to a great 
extent destroyed. 

Those who now visit the Great Back Bay are, as a 
rule, not content with a few large fish, but save and 


destroy all that are taken, little and big, and when they 


have more than needed for their own use, frequently pack 
them in ice and ship them either to their friends of to 
market. : 

It is not too late to save these magnificent waters, but 
in order.ta do so the taking of bass with nets must 
be prohibited, the laws protecting the spawn beds and 
establishimg a close season must be respected and en- 
forced; all small bass bass must be returned to the 
waters alive and the daily catch to an angler or to a 
boat limited, as it is now under the laws of Canada and 
those in the State of New York, and the State of Ver- 
mont must also provide a sufficient number of protectors, 
especially for these waters, with the same powers to 


fully. 


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make search and arrest those violating the law that are 
now given to fish protectors under the laws wx this State. 
f J, S. Vaw CLEEF. 

PovGHKEEPsIE, Aug. 20, 


A Novice’s First Fish. 


Boston, Aug. 25.—Mr. S. C. Dizer has just returned 
from a fishing and canoeing trip from Moosehead, through 
the Carry, the West Branch, the lakes, and down the 
Allaguash to New Brunswick. He says that this is one 
of the most delightful trips to be imagined. There is 
scatcely carry or tramping and toting enough to give 
a man good exercise, Still, there is paddling, which the 
voyager may always do, if he chooses. At Long Lake he 
made a pause for fishing, and had remarkably good suc- 
cess. He landed four or five doubles, weighing as . 
high as 2% pounds to the fish in One case, In another 
case the double was a trout and a big chub. Here the 
skill of the guide was required to land the slow and 
down-pulling chub attached to the sprightly trout, bound 
to come to the surface. The net was first worked under 
the chub, and then it was the matter of a moment to get 
it under the trout, Each of the five doubles of Mr. Dizer 
was netted without losing a fish, They counted fifty-six 
deer in all, many of them at Long Lake. They also 
saw six’ moose, two or three with good antlers, already 
far advanced in the velvet. One deer was noted with a 
remarkably broad and full pair of antlers. The guide 
suggested that they would be out of the velvet in a couple 
of weeks. The guide paddled-Mr. Dizer up to within 
about a canoe length of a while doe, The light was 
splendid. What a chance for a camera! But, alas! Mr. 
Dizer had no camera. One old doe stood and stamped 
her feet at the canoemen with the greatest independence, 
“A most beautiful sight,” says Mr. Dizer, Mr. Dizer 
planned and the guides ctit a new trail down to Chase’s, 
ott the left side of the river, and along by the river. He 
Says that it is shorter and better than the old trail on the 
right side of the river. It does not leave the river, which 
makes it much pleasanter for tourists than the old trail, 
which leaves the river for a lone distance. 

Mr. L, George Brown has just returned from a camp- 
ing and fishing trip to the Upper Dam, Rangeley waters, 
and he brings back a pretty good story of a Lewiston, 
Me., business man who had suddenly become an angler, 
whom he met there. The Lewiston man had evidently 
never caught many fish, although he hardly admitted but 
what he was atl expett angler of many seasons. He 
arrived with his party one night, to do some summer 
fishing. Early the next morning he was at the Dam, rod 
in hand, and descended to the apron to wet his line. 
The rest of his party were not quite as anxious as he, and 
stood on the bridge watching. Almost the first cast the 
angler felt a tremendous pull. He lost all control of his 
nerves and all care for the opinion of his brother anglers 
in a moment. Dropping his rod he grabbed the line with 
both hands. Luckily, it was a new and a strong one. He 
drew the fish in, hand over hand, in a moment, and had 
him out on the apron. The fish was leaping and writhing 
at a great rate. The man was excited. The fish would 
get off the apron and into the water. Jumping on the 
fish with both feet, the mat soon had him under him- 
self. Holding him down with both hands, his knees and 
body. he shauted to his companions on the bridge: “How 
shall T kill him? How shall I kill him?” They directed 
him to get his hands about his gills and hang on. This 
the excited fisherman did, and soon had a 6-pound land- 
locked salmon under control, which he triumphantly held 
up before the astonished gaze of his friends, with ‘the 
question, “Who says I don’t know how to fish in Range- 
ley waters?” ‘No one presumed to argtie the qttestion 
of the angler’s skill, while congratulations were in order. 

Aug. 27——Members of the Inglewood Club, with in- 
vited guests, have lately been enjoying an outing at their 
club belongings, Loch Alva, New Brunswick. In the 
patty last week were Hon. Henry E. Cobb, ex-Mayor of 
Newton; Mr. and Mrs. Morton Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. 
J. Follett, Austin Follett, Wm. Done Follett. Mr. and 
Mrs. George W. Brown, all of Newton: Mr.*and Mrs. 
Burt March, Master Buster March, Col. and Mrs. Hop- 
kins and family, Judge Dunbar and Mr. John C. Curtis, 
of Boston dnd Mr. Creelman, of Colorado. The fishing 
has been fairly good for Augtist, and was pretty generally 
indulged in. Mr. Follett and his two sons were about 
the most persistent fishermen of the party, and one even- 
ing Mr. Follett took twenty-six trout, all on the fly. 
“But,” he remarks, “this was one of the best catches 
of the trip.” Mr. Brown fished about all of one hot 
day and caught two little trout, from a spot near the lily- 
pads, which the Follett boys had located. Every mem- 
ber of the parity is charmed with the location, and the 


Inglewood Fish and Game Club is a permanent institu- 


tion. By being members of this corporation or guests 
of the same, the visitors are saved the disagreeable bother 
of fishing licenses, such as have been troubling anglers _ 
from the States sa much the present season, and con-- — 
cerning which appeals have been taken to the Govern- 
ment at Ottawa. . oo? 
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Crane, of Boston, have ended their: 
vacation and fishing at the home of the Megantic Club. 
Mr. Crane had caught 1,000 trout on the trip up to last 
Thursday, and says that he could have caught a great 
many more, had he desired. Nearly every one of these 
trout, be it remembered, has been rettirned to the water 
uninjured. The fixed rule of the club is-that no fish shall 
be saved, except they are wanted for the camp tables. 
Mr. Crane says that the fishing has heen poor of latein 
Big Island Pond, doubtless due to the hot weather, But . 
L Pond is all that the angler could wish. He says. that -. 
he could easily take 100 trout there in a day. fyi: 
Fishing in Maine waters is holding out most wonder- - 
The great question is, Can the stock stand.up:. ” 
under another such season? A Mr. Mitchel has lately, 
taken a salmon of 634 pounds and one of 414 pounds, and 


a Mr. Lilly one of 5 pounds, at the Mountain View . ~ 


House; Rangeley Lake. A lady, Mrs. Coburn Haskell, of ~ - 
Cleveland, O., caught a salmon of 6, pourtids and ro. ... 
ounces at Bemis last week. Mr. Walter Raymond, of-: 4 


Brooklyn, N. Y., is having remarkable success with Wittens, =, 


minated flies of his own invention, at. Pleasant- Island. .° 


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Camps, Cupsuptic Lake. He brings in handsome strings 
of trout almost any evening when he tries his flies. Pos- 
sibly here is one of the secrets of the tnusually great 
catch of trout and salmon from Maine waters the present 
season—new and improved fishing tackle. I thoroughly 
believe that very many of the trout and salmon taken 
from the Rangeley waters late this season have been on 
the Stanley and other spinners. Other inventions are 
also rife for the taking of trout and salmon. What is to 
be done to keep up the supply of fish against the improved 
apparatus? Others are alarmed concerning the supply 
as well as I, and the best-posted anglers of the country 
are asking what the Maine Legislature will do this winter 
toward testocking. The Shilo Fishing Club, of King- 
field, Me., is to stock Tufts, Dutton and Grindstone 
ponds out of its own pockets. It will also ask to be 
allowed to screen the outlets. SPECIAL, 


A Few Miles of Fishing on the 
Upper Delaware. 


By the Upper Delaware we mean that part of the river 
which runs from Deposit down to Port Jervis and Mil- 
ford, Pa. For successful bass fishing in these parts of 
the river, the water must be in the right condition; it 
is so when it is low and clear. Fishing is never very 
satisfactory in the Delaware when the water is high or 
colored, or both. , 

We present to the readers of ForEsT AND STREAM a 
rough pen and ink map of the Delaware River from 
about a mile and a half above the Lackawaxen station 
on the Erie R. R. to about three miles below the Shohola 
station, a distance by the river of nearly eleven miles, but 
by the railroad only about eight. This stretch of water 
includes some of the finest pools and holes in the river, 
and consequently some of the best fishing. Before pro- 
ceeding further with our subject, we can advise our 
readers that the condition of the river from Port Jervis 
up to Deposit can always be learned promptly by apply- 
ing by letter and inclosing postal card for reply to any 
of the station agents along the line of the Erie R. R. 
from Port Jervis to Deposit., or by application to the 
general passenger agent, New York office. 

Should any fisherman start when the water is right, 
but on, arrival at the proposed fishing grounds find that 
something has happened in the meantime to throw it 
out of condition, his trip and time are by no way lost. 
Should he make Lackwaxen his objective point, York 
Pond is only a mile and a half or two miles from the 
station; he can take his guide, outfit and bait up to this 
little lake, and as it is entirely formed by springs it is 
never out of condition; it is only a question of whether 
the bass are on the feed or not. Should the bass not be 
on the feed, the angler can give his attention to pickerel, 
which are numerous and average a good size. York 
Pond is as pretty a little piece of bass water as any 
angler ever wet his line in. If Shohola should be the 
point of arrival, and the river is found to be out of 
condition, Washington Lake is only three or four miles 
away, and is always an excellent bass and pickerel water. 

If the angler finds the Delaware in proper condition— 
and it is seldom otherwise during the fall season—we 
can guarantee him a warm reception from the gamiest 
family of black bass that ever strained a rod either in 
lake or stream. 

The best live baits for the Delaware River are small 
catfish, grasshoppers, crickets and helgramites. The 
best artificial baits are the Delaware-belle and black- 
princess trolling baits and the following artificial flies: 
Black-princess, Montreal, yellow-Montreal and silver- 
doctor. The black-princess will take, on an average 
seven or eight bass while either of the other flies is 
catching one. When trolling in’ the eddies or casting in 
the rips with minnows we always use a No. 2 silver 
Skinner’s casting spoon. 

We will now make a start at Lackawaxen from the 
Delaware House dock, having Fred the guide as our 
motive power and companion. He knows the river well, 
and is an honest. faithful, trustworthy guide. The only 
trouble with Fred is that he is rather inclined to get one 
up pretty early in the morning and keep one out until 
long after the dinner bell has ceased to ring in the even- 
ing. Weariness of arms and hunger are things unknown 
to Fred when the bass are on the feed, and if there is an 
old bouncer anywhere prowling around seeking what 
the can devour Fred is almost sure to run across him 
and sake a fin before the sun sets over the western hills. 

From the Delaware House dock we will row across the 
river and commence trolling up stream close to the New 
York shore, this being the deepest side of the pool and 
the current being 2 little stronger there than anywhere 


PENNSYLVANIA 


else. Explanatory of how to fish this water, we will use 
two rods—one on each side of the boat. On one line 
we will have a No. 2 silver Skinner’s casting spoon with 
a minnow on the hook; on the other a Deiaware-belle. 
About half way up the pool we cross the outlet of York 
Pond. It is always well to circle that point of water 
two or three times before moving any further up. It is 
seldom that one passes over the mouth of York Pond 
outlet without getting two or three bass, and generally 
pretty big ones. From here we will continue along the 
New York shore to the head of the pool. We will now 
take our boat up into the rips about the center, where the 
current is running swiftest, cast anchor, take off the 
spoon from the hook with the minnow on it and fish the 
boiling water as it enters the eddy with the plain minnow. 
It is well to allow the minnow to run down as far as 50 
to 75 feet into the pool. As soon as this boiling water 
has been fished with minnows, we let our boat run down 
about 75 or 80 feet, then cast anchor again and fish the 
smooth water with crickets, grasshoppers or helgramites 
if we have any. When we have thoroughly tried this 
water, we again put on our trolling rigs and work down 
the Pennsylvania shore until we come to the point on 
which the Delaware House stands. Just off this point 
there is a deep hole, which we have marked on the map. 
The water is about 14 or 16 feet deep. We anchor our 
boat on the edge of this hole and still-fish it with what- 
ever live bait we nave. There are always some very large 
bass lying in this hole, and if fished in the evening, just 
before sunset. one is. almost assured of getting two or 
three good fish out of it. It is no uncommon thing 
to take into the boat twenty-five or thirty bass out of 
the Lackawaxen pool, and: generally a few thoroughly 
good ones. 

We will now leave our boat and scramble around and 
get below the dam while Fred “shoots the chutes.” We 
will enter the boat again below the canal bridge and 
swing out into the river. This pool is known as Tower 
Eddy; it is very uncertain at all times. Occasionally a 
few good fish are taken, but more often only a few 
small ones. We will shoot the rips on the New York 
side and anchor directly our boat strikes smooth water. 
Just below this point there is a little drain running into 
the water, probably from the canal. One very often 
picks up one or (wo large bass still-fishing here. From 
this point we will commence trolling again, crossing the 
eddy and working the Pennsylyania side.. From Gan- 
non's Eddy we will run down to Dunayan’s (a few short 
rips only divide the two). This eddy should be thor- 
oughly fished by trolling, keeping principally on the 
Pennsylvania side. At the foot of Dunayan’s Eddy on 
the Pennsylvania side there are two rocks standing 
well out of the water in about the center of the rip. The 
first rock is about 75 feet from shore: the second one 
about too feet from the shore, 
rock—say 30 or 40 feet—there is a deep hole; we have 
had several good catches from it. On one occasion we 
got four fish, every one running between 4 and 5 pounds. 
This hole should be fished with live bait. 

We will now drap down to Big Cedar Eddy, which is 
very much like Dunayan’s Eddy, in that the bottom is 
full of big boulders, which are first class hiding spots 
for the big bass. The principal fishing is from the center 
to the Pennsylyania shore. 

From the foot of Big Cedar the river takes a sharp turn 
and forms almost a semi-circle of shallow rips; these 
are not worth fishing. Around the bend of the river 
the rips end at the commencement of the pool known as 
Four-Mile Level. Here the conditions change; the 
deep water and the fishing is on the New York side. 
Anchor your boat on the right hand side of the first 
strong current, shown in our map, and fish it with live 
bait. From this point move 50 feet nearer to the New 
York shore and fish this current in the same way. They 
are two excellent spots for big fish. Troll the eddy well 
before leaving it, as it is all good water on the New 
York side. 

From Four-Mile Level down to Shohola, a distance 
of nearly two miles, the river is one continuous mass 
of rips and big holes. Magnificent catches can be made 
in this water by casting, but there is not 10 yards avail- 
able for trolling, The first pool of importance that we 
strike again is known as Little Cedar Eddy, and is situ- 
ated just above the bridge which leads from Shohola 
a the Pennsylvania side to Barryville on the New York 
side, ~ 

Commence fishing this pool at the foot of the rips; 
anchor your boat a little distance up into the rips and 
tise Minnows and helgramites. A little distance down on 
the New York side, just off the pine trees, is a deep 
hole. This is a good spot for large fish. On the Penn- 


sylvania side, just above the bridge, there is a clump | 


of rocks; just aboye and a little off these rocks is an- 


Just below the second . 


_ carry it along its natural course. 


other very deep hole. This is a good spot for wall-eyes. 
After still-fishing the above-mentioned spots, the eddy 
can be trolled up and down and alongside the main 
current, which starts in at the head of the pool on the 
New York side and crosses over about half-way down to 
the Pennsylvania side. Just below the bridge there are a 
good many rocks, some of which show out of water. 
This is an excellent spot for bass. Anchor your boat 
and still-fish with live bait among them. As the current 
is yery swift, a heavy anchor is necessary to hold the 
boat. Just below these rocks and rips there is a small 
eddy known as Shohola Eddy. It is not of much ac- 
count. The angler may be lucky and pick up one or 
two small fish. From this eddy the river for about a mile 
and three-quarters is one continuous mass of holes and 
tips. The water is very swift, and requires an expert 
guide to successfully take the boat down through it. No 
novice to the river, however good oarsman he may be, 
should attempt to go down these rips without first 
taking some one who is acquainted with the currents to 
point out the peculiar turns and twists they take. 

Nevertheless, this stretch of water is a magnificent 
fishing ground. One hole in patticular has always been 
a favorite of ours. It lies running in on the Pennsylvania 
a favorite of ours, It lies at the mouth of the Shohola 
Brook, which is quite a large stream running in on the 
Pennsylvania side: 

After leaving this turbulent and rapid water we enter 
one of the grandest pools in the Delaware. We have no 
hesitation in saying that it contains more big bass of 
4, 5 and 6 pounds than any other pool in the river. The 
water on the Pennsylvania side is very, very deep, and 
probably stands next to Narrowsburg as a wall-eyed 
pike hole, 

The best way to fish this eddy is first to commence at 
the head and drift with the current along the Penn- 
sylvania shore, using live bait. The ground should be 
gone over, up and down, at least a dozen times. Occa- 
sionally anchor in some good water and still-fish for 
about half an hour. At the lower end of the eddy on 
the New York side, just at the commencement of the 
rips, the water takes a sharp little turn and runs up 
quite close to the canal. This is known locally as the 
Horseshoe. It is probably not more than 50 feet across. 
The water has a circular sweep, as shown by the arrow 
marked on the map, It is probably 12 to 16 feet deep and 
is always literally alive with enormous big black bass, 
We have stood on the canal wall when the water has 
been clear and counted as thany as thirty to forty bass 
lying on the bottom or moving gently around. We 
would make a big wager that not one of these bass would 
scale less than 3 pounds, while the majority would run 
4, 5 and 6 pounds each. 

Any clear day when the water is bright this school of 
fish can be seen. The best way to fish the hole is to 
anchor your boat about 20 feet from shore at the upper 
end of the horseshoe, where we haye put an X on the 
map; use for bait the biggest minnows you can get, or 
little catfish 5 or 6 inches long. ‘Cast your bait toward 
shore and run off line fast enough to allow the current to 
Do not draw the line 
in until you find the bait has left the horseshoe and is 
being carried down into the rips. Some of the biggest 
bass we have ever taken in the Delaware have come out 
of this little hole. But the funny thing is, you will never 
get more than one or two at a time, : 

We make it a rule always after catching one or two 
to leave the spot and go back into the eddy for an hofir; 
then try it again. 

If the angler is of a nervous temperament and is leaving 


- Shohola to fish Handsome Eddy we would advise him to 


get out just below Shohola Eddy and walk along the 
canal towpath until he strikes Handsome Eddy. It is 
only about a mile and a half, and by the time he gets 
there his guide, if he is a good one, will be in waiting for 
him, with a mice dry boat; but if the guide is a duffer 
(like some we have seen come down these rips) 
the angler will meet a sorry looking individual, having 
the appearance of a “drowned rat,” his boat upside 
down, and his oars scampering merrily down the next 


rip, 

The probable reason why Handsome Eddy is such an 
exceptionally good pool is that it is so seldom fished, 
No one has a boat on it, and being about midway be- 
tween two stations on the railroad anglers very seldom 
either go up or down it, and is generally religiously left 
alone. 

JAMEs CHuRCHWARpD, 

New Yorx, Aug. 10. : 


The Forest awp Stezaw is put to press exch week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach ue at the 
latest by Monday and ge much“ __ 48 practicable, 


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Newrounp LAs, Bristol, N. H., Aug. 25——The fishing 
season for lake trout and landlocked salmon at this lake 
has about gone by, and closes one of the most successful 
seasons we have ever had. Of course, there are the usual. 
grumblers, men who are too “tired” to row a boat, or too 
dilatory to start out in the morning. These have had 
their usual luck (0), but with the diligent fisherman the 
story has been Veni, vidi, vict, 

To recapitulate all of the lucky or, more properly 
speaking, the earnest fishermen who have been rewarded 
with fine catches of trout or salmon. would tax your 
readers’ patience too much. It will suffice to say that out- 
side of the State a few may be mentioned whose busi- 
ness engagements only allowed of a day or two to fish. 
From Massachusetts the Boston HEames-Coburn party 
took seven trout, largest 14 pounds. From Gloucester, the 
Smith party, a fine string of salmon, average 5 pounds. 
From Northampton, the Kingsbury party, trout and sal- 
mon. From Danvers, Wm. Burns and party, trout. From 
Springfield, D. Campbell and party, salmon and trout. 
From New York we had a devotee of fishing in Ex-State 
Senator Wm. L. Sweet, of Waterloo, who, by the way, 
said he would like to bring with him in r&8o1, B. B. Odell, 
now talked of for Governor of New York. 

We had the pleasure of again meeting Mr. Wm. D. 
Kelley, of Philadelphia, president of the Clearfield Coal 
Corporation, who was accompanied by his son and 
daughter, the latter gracefully landing a 10}4-pound trout 
after fifty minutes of steady strain on rod and reel. A 


dJady from Braintree, Mass., made a remarkable catch of 


five fish (total 39 pounds) one forenoon, the largest a 
salmon of 12 pounds, 

The next in order in this county is the open season 
for game, which begins Sept. 16, and indications are 
that game of all kinds indigenous to the State is plenty, 
especially deer, as numbers have been seen this summer 
swimming in the lake for their health and sniffing around 
the hotel piazzas, presumably to get a look at the other 
“dears.” Hi. 


Fishing at Asbury Park. 


Aspury Parx, N. J., Aug. 25—The past week has 
given us a small taste of surf fishing and of small 
fishes. What are known as school bass have been quite 
plentiful all along, running in size from 1 pound to 3 
pounds in weight. What we need is a regular shake-up 
of old Neptune, which will send the big fellows in. I 
have on several occasions taken three and four on a single 
tide. While they are always welcome, still the “big one” 
is always looked for. : 

On Thursday morning we saw what was a most wel- 
come sight. reminding us of ye olden times. A school of 
blues broke inshore within 50 feet of the sand, cutting 
and slashing a school of menhaden. Not a man had 
squids along, and. of course, there was nothing to do 
but let them take their departure with ranks unbroken. 

The fishing in river and bay is not up to the standard 
in most places; the extreme heat has no doubt had some- 
thing to do with the matter, and sport should improve 
from now on. The Shrewsbury and Raritan at Keyport 


are giving about the best returns so far as large weak - 


fish are concerned. Some good catches have been made 
at both points the past week. Bluefish and channel bass 
are biting freely at Barnegat Inlet. I expect to visit that 
point within the next two weeks for a few days and try 
my hand at that most interesting game. 

. Lronarp Hu tr. 


Alaska Grayling. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 

The mention by your correspondent of grayling in the 
northern tributaries of the Yukon is interesting. This. of 
course, is Backs’ grayling, which is different from the 
Michigan and Montana varieties. Lt. Schwatka men- 
tions having found them in the main river in 1883. In 
the near future a trip down the Makenzie River by 
steamer and via the Ft. McPherson trail to the Porcu- 
pine country in Alaska will be a pleasant summer out- 
ing, or the tourist may cross the divide from the Peace 
River to the Pelly, an eighty-mile portage. 

CHAs. HALLOCK. 


Rhode Island Landlocked Salmon. 


FisH COMMISSIONER WM, H. BoarpMan has stocked 
Sneach Pond at Cumberland Hill with a large quantity 
of landlocked salmon fry. The ponds in the immediate 
vicinity of this village would also have been stocked, but 
the law requires that.a. brook must empty into the pond, 
and as there is no brook emptying. into Scost’s Pond or 
the new rivet, both of them were omitted in the’ distribu- 
tion. ; | 


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The Philadelphia Dog Show Association begs to an- 
nounce that its dates have been changed from Nov. 21, 
22. 23 and 24 to Nov. 28, 20, 30 and Dec, 1. The show 
will be held at Horticultural Hall, and the committee now 
have under consideration the matter of the prize list and 
the list of judges. The following bench show committee 
will be in charge of the show: Clement B. Newbold, 
President; Edward Moore Robinson, Alexander Van 
Rensselaer and Louis A. Biddle, Vice-Presidents; Mar- 
cel A. Viti, Secretary; S. Boyd Carrigan, Treasurer; 
John C. Groome, C. Leland Harrison, Reginald K. Shober, 
James W. Paul, Jr., Robert Toland, John W. Geary, 
Francis Edward Bond, Mitchell Harrison, D. Murray 
Bohlen, Henry Jarrett, Sidney W. Keith, George R. 
Packard. Mr. James Mortimer will be superintendent 
of the show. and Dr. C. J. Marshall veterinarian. All 
communications may be addressed to Marcel A. Viti, 
Secretary, 320 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia. 


Entries for the third annual bench show of the Texas 
Kennel Club, to be held at Dallas, Texas, Oct. 9 to 13, 
close Sept. 25. Entry blanks and all necessary informa- 
tion can be obtained of the superintendent, Dr. Geo. W. 
Clayton,Box 914, Chicago, Ill. 


Canoeing. 


American Ganoe Association, 1899-1900. 


Commodore, W. G. MacKendrick, 200 Eastern avenue, Toronto, 
Can. 

Secretary-Treasurer, Herbert Begg, 24 King street, Toronto, Can. 

Librarian. W. P. Stephens, Thirty-second street and avenue A, 


Bayonne, N. J. 
Division Officets. 


ATLANTIC DIVISION. 

Vice-Com., H. C. Allen, Trenton, N. J. 

- Rear-Com., Lewis H. May, New York. 

Purser, Arthur H. Wood, Trenton, N.Y. 
CENTRAL DIVISION, 

Vice-Com., John S. Wright, Rochester, N. Y. 

Rear-Com., Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y, 

Purser, C. Fred Wolters, 14 East Main street, Rochester, N. Y. 
EASTERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., Frank A. Smith. Worcester, Mass. 
Rear-Com., Louis A. Hall, Boston, Mass. 
Purser, Frederick Coulson, 405 Main street, Worcester, Mass. 


NORTHERN DIVISION, 


Vice-Com., J. McD. Mowatt. Kingston, Ont., Can. 
Rear-Com., E. C. Woolsey, Ottawa, Ont., Can. 
Purser, J. E. Cunningham, Kingston, Ont., Can. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., Wm. C, Jupp, Detroit, Mich. 
Rear-Com., F. B, Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Purser, red T. Barcroft, 408 Osis Building, Detroit, Mich. 


Regatta Committee: R. Easton Burns, Kingston, Ont., Can., 
chairman; Harry Ford, Toronto; D. B. Goodsell, Yonkers, N. Y. 
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Meet of 1900, Muskoka Lake, Aug. 3-17. 
Official organ, Forest AND STREAM. 


' Fixtures. 


September. 
1-5. Toronto, club cruise. 
8. Toronto, fall regatta. 
15. Toronto. sailing races. 


American Canoe Association. 


Twenty-first Annual Meet. 
COCKBURN’S POINT, BIG ISLAND, LAKE ROSSEAU, MUSKOKA. 
Alig. 3-17. 

WHILE in its annual search for pleasant camping 
grounds the American Canoe Association is botind to no 
one locality, but is free to choose within a very extensive 
area a flew site each year, as.a matter of fact 
the meets are held for three out of four years 
among the Thotsand Islands of. the St. Lawrence River, 
with an occasional excursion into some new and distant 
region. In the course of twenty years of this wandering 
the Association has visited Lake George four times, 
Lake Champlain-four times, the Thousand Islands nine 
times, the Canadian lakes.once, the Hudson River once 
and the seaside once. | After four sticcessive camps on or 
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st. Lawrence, there was last year a desire for a’ change, 
and as the Northern Division was willing to take, though 
out of its turn, the commodoreship and the ‘meet, the 
choice most naturally turned to the interior of Canada. 
The beauties of the Muskoka lakes, of which all Canadians 
are justly proud, haye been extolled at many of the 
meets, and when this locality was named as its first 
choice by the Northern Division, it was accepted by the 
Association without objection. To those who, without 
having visited Muskoka, had looked into the question of 
its availability for an A..C. A, camp at some future time, 
two objections presented themgelves—the distance from 
the geographical center of membership, and the nature 
of the ground, which is generally unsuited for a large 
camp. While some misgivings were felt on both points, 
and as it proved with good reason, the proposition of Com. 
MacKendrick and the Northern Division for a meet at 
Muskoka was willingly accepted by all other officers and 
members, and there was a general disposition to make 
the meet a success THat this has been accomplished 
will probably be conceded by practically all who attended 
the camp, especially those who were there for the longest 
time, At the same time, it will probably be a very long 
time before another A. C. A. meet is held on the Mus- 
koka lakes. 

The lakes themselves proved all that their many ad- 
mirers claimed—a clear, bracing atmosphere, beatiful 
scenery on every hand, rocky and wooded shores and 
islands, many studded with picturesque cottages, and 
yet with only a remote suggestion of civilization, as the 
houses were well hidden in the thick woods. The water 
was, if possible, finer than the air, clear and pure to a 
remarkable degree, with a softness that made it perfect 
for bathing. The weather was all that could be asked; in 
common with all other parts of the country, the hot wave 
was felt about Muskoka, and in the early part of the 
meet one could sleep all n'ght with hardly a sheet for 
covering, while as a consequence of the intense sultriness 
there were several heavy showers. On the whole, how-— 
ever, the campers were far more comfortable there than 
in me New York, Montreal or even_the summer 
resorts. In ordinary seasons the climate must be all that 
is claimed for it. The camp itself, in personnel and 
amusements, was a thorotighly enjoyable one; a pleasant 
lot of people, many well acquainted from former meets, | 
and with a larger proportion than usual of ladies, man- 
aged to make the two weeks pass very quickly, with 
nothing startling or sensational, but with constant occupa- 
tion of one sort or another appropriate to the occasion— 
paddling about the islands, fishing, bathing, watching the 
races, excursions on the lake steamers, camp-fires at 
night. The number registered—175—-was comparatively 
small, as the remote location prevented the usual casual 
attendance of old A. C. A. men who run up for a Satur- 
day and Sunday in camp; all hands, however, were canoe- 
ists, or, at least, campers. and prepared to enjoy them- 
selves in camping fashion. There were no tourist or 
hotel parties; no invasion by the country people, and 
there was no attempt at elaborate dressing. The matter 
of dress, once much discussed, has settled itself; those ~ 
who raced, especially the paddlers, wore jerseys and 
white duck trousers, while those who lounged about the 
camp and did no racing and little or no paddling -wore 
the usual yachting rig—cap, blue serge coat, outing shirt 
and white ducks. The ladies contented. themselves with 
plain clothing, well-suited for every-day wear about the 
camp or afloat. : ; 

The two difficulties inherent to the general site—the 
distance and the nature of the ground—were felt by all, 
and they will probably prevent, another meet at Mus- 
koka for many years. The distance—or rather the time— 
from Toronto is a serious obstacle, especially to those 
who have already made a night's journey to the secondary 
starting point. The writer left Toronto at 1r A. M: on 
an express train and reached camp at 7 P. M., after a 
most tedious journey of only a little over a hundred 
miles, with many delays both on the train and the steamer. 
Coming home, the steamer left camp at g:30 A. M., and 
thé train reached Toronto at 6 P. M. As Toronto is 
about fifteen hours’ ride from New York and Boston, it 
was Practically a matter of.a full day and night.. The 
camp ground was selected only after many searches by 
Com, MacKendrick, and others who were more familiar 
with the Muskoka District, and from all that we ean 
learn, it is one of the few sites which were at all avail- 
able. Though wild enough to all appearance in passing 
in a stdamer, the shores and islands have been pretty 
nearly all purchased by summer residents, from Pitts 
burg, Pa., m particular, and other distant points in the. 
States and Canada, and eomparatively few spots are left. 
Of these, all are marked by the same characteristics— 
hifly and very rough ground, with numerous rocks, and 
few beaches and landing places, and an abundance of . 
second growth trees, and probably underbrush as well, 


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Being private property, with a summer cottage in the 
midst of the grounds, and held at the regular summer 
rental, the camp site was selected only after a thorough 
search had failed to discover anything else at all suitab: 
The island, for it is practically such, though nominally 
peninsula of Big Island, is entirely too small for a 
A. C. A. camp. The ground is quite high in the cente.. 
very rough and rocky for walking. The tents in mat 
cases were pitched on an incline. Only portions of tl 
shore gave access to the water, and there was but o 
beach where the canoes could be hauled up easily ana 
safely. Though the racing courses could be seen from 
the wharf, which was in a convenient and central loca- 
tion, many of the tents had of necessity no outlook over 
the water, owing to the growth of trees in front. * 
leasing the ground, the Association was obliged to givi 
guarantee that no trees should be cut or injured. 
shown by the sketch, the camp ground was excellent 
its general layout, but it was entirely too small. TI 
main camp and Squaw Point were within easy earsh 
and everything was a little too crowded. Had the isl: 
been about double the size and had it been possible to tri,,, 
out all underbrush and many of the smaller trees, it would 
have made an excellent camp ground. The wharf was 
conyeniently placed, with the camp store, headquarters and 
the mess tent near at hand; the ladies’ camp was on a 
pleasant hillside well up over the water, and the men’s 
camp would have been all right with a little more room to 
spread. The house was, of course, out of place in the 
midst of a woodland camp, but it was there and could 
not be dispensed with. During July Com. MacKendrick 
and his family occupied it, also living there during the 
meet. The drawing room served for the business meet- 
ings, and the wide piazzas were very pleasant of an after- 
noon, all being weleome when Mrs. MacKendrick dis- 
pensed tea. The necessity of locating the mess tent im- 
mediately alongside the house was unfortunate, as it made 
the tent very hot by shutting off the breeze. Of the mess 
itself, run by a caterer from Toronto, it js only neces- 
sary to say that it was better than last year, but by no 
means satisfactory in the quality of the food and the 
nature of the cooking. 

In comparison with the Vhousand Islands. there is 
very little to be said in favor of Muskoka for an A. C. A, 
meet. While the climate may he superior, the change is 
one that is felt but slightly by those from the coast, 
To a man from Boston or New York, the difference in 
sky, water and air on the St. Lawrence and on Muskoka 
is a small matter; both make a change from the salt air 
that is grateful fora time. In the matter of scenery there 
is little to choose, but the broader waters of the St. 
Lawrence, with the shores now wooded and now in open 
meadows, have hothing to fear beside the steeper and 
more densely wooded shores and the narrower waters 
of Muskoka. Either place is good enough for a summer 
outing, probably the best to be found among the summer 
resorts of the East, but in the two important points of 
accessibility from the States and Canada alike. and of the 
number and excellence of the camp sites, the advantages 
are entirely on the side of the St. Lawrence. Those who 
have seen. Muskaka this year through the medium of the 


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two weeks, one could see the three lakes to far better 
advantage by omitting A. C. Ay meet for one year and 
sinply making a thorough tour of Muskoka. ; 

Of the administration this year, it can with justice be 
said that it has been energetic, business-like and sys- 
tematic, and so far as can be Seen prior to the annual 
financial reports, the Association has been managed suc- 
cessiully. A great deal of work has fallen upon the 
shoulders of Com.’ MacKeéndrick, and for this year at 
least the office has been no sinecure. The various com- 
inittees were made up of good and reliable men, but it 
has so happened that many of them have been able to do 
but little work. The immediate arrangements for the 


camp, preparing for wharf, tent floors, etc., were im the’ 


hands of Mr. R. Osler Wade, of Totonto, who 


after doing the preliminary work was prevented by’ 


a change in his: business from attending the meet. 
so that in the absence of all but one of the original 
committee, this work’ fell upon Com. MacKendrick per- 
sonally. His lieutenant and aid was his nephew, once the 
little Mac of the Jesstip’s Neck meet, now a strapping young 
man. The arrangements in this department were very 
satisfactory. ‘Those’ who ordered in advance found their 
tents ready pitched, with floors and cots, the tents and 
cots being rented. The regatta committee, after the 
many-sided troubles of last year, was picked by Com. 
MacKendrick with great cere, and was an exceptionally 


[SEPr. 1, 1900. 


- good committee, but at the last moment Mr. R. Easton . 


Burns was detained at home by business, leaving only 
Mr. Goodsell and Mr. Ford to manage the thirty races. 
‘Mr. H. R. Tilley took Mr. Burns’ place, and proved a 
;capable and efficient substitute. The committee was 
further strengthened by Messrs. W. J. English and W. C. 
Jupp, as starter and judge, and by Mr. C. F. Wolters, as 
clerk of the course. The judges were both experienced 
and skillful, and in the hands of Mr. Wolters the records 
_were kept in perfect form, every event being recorded in 
‘full in the book immediately on the return of the com- 
mittee from the finish. The regatta work was done en- 
tirely from the shore or from boats and canoes, no launch 
being hired. There were few protests and no genetal com- 
plaints. The races were bulletined in season and run off 
as nearly to the schedule as the weather permitted. 

' The work of the transportation committee, owing to 
various circumstances, was practically done by two mem- 
bers, Mr, D. D. Allerton, of New York, and Rear-Com. 
Hall, of Boston, the local arrangements with the Grand 
Trunk Railroad being made by Com, MacKendrick. It 
is but fair to say here that in addition to his other duties, 
and through Sec’y-Treas. Begg being unfamiliar with this 
work, Com. MacKendrick edited the Year Book, and 
personally secured the very large number of advertise- 
ments which it contains. 


In accordance with the wishes of the executive com- 
mittee, a yery simple arrangement was this year adopted 
for the headquarters. A small tent was pitched for the 
Commodore and a double one beside it, with a fly in 
front, for the Secretary-Treasurer, who was in attend- 
ance all the time. In this tent the trophies were dis- 
played and the office and post office were located. On 
the platform in front, beneath the fly, a long table of pine 
boards was built, where pens, ink and paper could be 
found at all times, a great convenience that was duly 
appreciated by men and ladies alike, For those naturally 
thirsty ones who had accepted-the hearty invitation of 
the Commodore to leave their bars at home, a big, new 
washtub was filled with official lemonade, a truly tem- 
perance beverage that was free to all The contracted 
area and the nature of the ground, made in part of de- 
cayed trees, left but few places, for camp-fires. There 
was one in front of headquarters and one in Squaw Point. 

The attendance this year was distributed between the — 
Northern, Atlantic, Central and Eastern divisions, the 
Western Division sending but two men, one, of course, 
being Vice-Com. Jupp. The Northern Division was 
naturally well represented, especially from Toronto and 
from summer residents of Muskoka, who took part in the 
races, The Atlantic Division sent a party of over fifty, 
including a number of ladies, the New York C. C. party 
nung about twenty. Among those present were 
Vice-€om. Allen, M. D. Wilt, R. J. Wilkin, P. F. Hogan, 
L. J. Hall. J. J. Armstrong, C. F. Wolters, H. R. Tilley, 
Hugh Neilson, J. N. MacKendrick, C. P. Forbush, J. 
McD. Mowatt, R. B: Burchard, W. P. Stephens, k. J. 
Wicksteed, L. W. Seavey, Paul Butler, R. N. Cutter, 
S. R. Upham, F. C. Moore, H. H. Smythe and C. V. 
Schuyler. Mr. Butler had no canoe, but lived on a 
house-boat with his nephew and nieces, the brother and 
sisters of Mr. Butler Ames. The list of old members 
who were not present would be a very long one—Vaux, 
Whitlock, Gibson, Oliver, the two Wackerhagens, Fred- 
dy Mix, Winne, Barney, Ford Jones, Edwards, Col. 
Harry Rogers and many more who once were the A. 

The following was received during the meet from two 
old members: A 

Dawson City, Aug. to, yia Toronto, Aug. 17—Regret 
being unable to attend. Kindest remembrance to old 
friends, 

Epwin E. FRENCH. 
Constance G. FRENCH. 


The sailing canoe, so far as the evidence of this meet 
eoes, is a thing of the past. There were in camp eight 
decked sailing canoes, one being a new one. Mr. Arch- 
bald had his famous Mab, and with her was the older” 
Mab Iy sailed by Mr. G. T. McMurrich, a Toronto 
yachtsman, but a noyice in canoe sailing. Mr. Moore ' 
had a ew canoe, Pioneer IL., a very handsomely built 
boat of Spanish cedar, the work of a local builder on 
Coney Island Creek. She was of much the same model 
as the four canoes built for the New York C. C. last year, 
with little freeboard and no sheer at all, but greatly su- 
perior workmanship. The old Az Iz was present, also 
Mr. Sparrow’s old Eel, and hidden away in a clump of 
bushes ‘near headquarters, apparently not floated this 


A, G A EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN CAMF. 


Sept, 1, 1900,] 


FOREST AND _STREAM.. 


HEADOUARTERS—COM. MacKENDRICK AND SEC’Y-TREAS. BEGG. 


season, was Com. MacKendrick’s old racing canoe Mac. 
This year the Sailors’ Union was not to the fore. There 
was not the requisite number, ten, to make the trial race 
compulsory, and none was sailed. From such opinions 
as were expressed during the meet it is evident that there 
is no ardent desire on the part of any one to revive the 
sailing canoe, either in the racing machine class, a re- 
stricted fast cruiser class or a one-design class. As far 
as we heard any opinion as to the new Royal C. C., cruis- 
ing class, it was unanimous to the effect that these craft 
were too large for such transportation as is necessary 
in this country. 

The great interest this year was in the paddling racing, 
there being an unusual number of paddlers, and some 
yery good ones, in camp, largely from the Toronto C. C. 
With the finest sailing waters in the country at its very 
doors, Toronto C. C. has no sailing canoes except Mab, 
and there ts not a sailing man in the Toronto C. C. to- 
day. The club brought up two war canoes, the only 
ones in camp, and several good races were paddled, but 
between scratch crews, as it was impossible to get any 
other and even difficult to make up the requisite number. 

The programme of the races was as follows: 


Record. 


Event-No. 1: Paddling and sailing combined, % mile 
alternately; total 3 miles; time limit 144 hours.- Start 
to be made under paddle. The same seat shall be used 
as in event No. 3, 

Eyent No. 2: Paddling, % mile with turn. 

Event No. 3: Sailing, 4% miles; time limit 2 hours. 

Note—The rules governing the record events will be 
found in Rule 5 of the Racing Regulations. 


Sailing. 


Event No. 4: Trial race, under Rule 1 of Sailing Regu- 
lations; 6 miles; time limit 2%4 hours. Starters in the 
trophy sailing race to be selected from this race under 
Rule 5 of Racing Regulations, 

Event No. 5: Trophy sailing, 9 miles; time limit 3% 
hours. See Rule 5 of Racing Regulations. 

Event No. 6: Dolphin sailing trophy, 714 miles; time 
lint 3 hours. The canoe winning first place in event 
No. 5 wili not be allowed to compete in this event. 

Event No. 7: Novice sailing, 3 miles; time limit 114 
hours. Open only to members who have not sailed a 
canoe prior to Sept. 1, 1899. 

Event No. 8: Cruising canoes, 3 miles; time limit 114 
hours, See Rule 1 of Racing Regulations. 

Event No..9: Open canoes, paddle 1% mile to wind- 
ward, and return under sail. 

Event No. to: Open canoes, 1% miles. 

Event No. 11: Atlantic Division cup. 

Event No, 12: Central Division cup. 

Event No. 13: Eastern Division cup, 

Event No. r4: Northern Division cup. 

Note.—In events Nos. 9 and 10 canoes must conform 
to regulations governing canoes for paddling races. 
Events rr to 14 will only be held if not sailed at Division 
ineets. Regatta committees will arrange their own races. 


' Paddling, 

Eyent No. 15: Trophy, 1 mile straightaway. 

Event No. 16: Novice, % mile with turn; single 
blades. Open only to members who have never paddled 
a race outside their own club races. : 

Event No. 17: Open cancf v2 mile with turn; single 
blades, 4 = de 


Event No. 18: Tandem, % mile with turn; open canoes; 
single blades, 

Event No. 19: Decked or open canoes; single pad- 
dling; % mile with turn; double blades. 

Event No. 20: Rescue race No. I, men proceed in usual 


A. € A. WAR CANOE TROPHY, 


way. No. 2, men to be lined up on shore. When gin 
is- fired No. rt upsets his canoe and No, 2 launches and 
proceeds to the rescue, picks up his man and tows the 
capsized canoe across the finish line. Open canoes; 
single blades; 314 mile straightaway. * 

Eyent No. 21: Fours, % mile with turn; single blades; 
open canoes. 

Event No, 22: Tail-end race, 44 mile; open canoes; 
single blades. Paddler to kneel in stern and paddle 
stern first with the wind. 

Event No. 23: Relay race; open canoes; single blades: 
11% miles over sailing course; three men from each club 
or division, 

Starters paddle around first buoy, pass an article to 
second men, who paddle around second buoy, passing 
to third men, who: paddle to finish, 

Event No. 24: Ladies’ tandem; 4 mile straightaway; 
open canoes; single blades. 

Event No. 25° Hurry-scurry; run, swim and paddle. 
A’ short portage: will be-introduced in this event if prac- 
ticable. 

Event No. 26: Tournament; poles to be provided by 
the committee, 


War Canoes. 


Event No, 27; A. C, A, championship, 1 mile. with 
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a No. 28: Tug of war, 1 minute heats; best out of 
3 heats. 

Event No, 29: Division race, 14 mile with turn. Each 
Division may enter.any number of crews. 

Event No, 30: Race between picked teams from the 
A. C, A. and the Muskoka Lakes Association, for a 
trophy donated by G. R. R. Cockburn, Esq. 

Ji three clubs from the Northern Division enter teams 
the Divisien will put up a trophy for a Northern Diyi- 
sion race. 

Notes. 

All canoes entered for paddling races will be measured 
and weighed. 

All events in which less than two entries present them- 
selves will be canceled. 

In events where less than three start only one prize 
will be, given. 

In paddling races all turning buoys will be left to port. 

The committee reserves the right to add to this pro- 
gramme at the meet by notice posted. 

; R. Easton Burns, 
Kingston, Ont., Chairman. 
Harry Forp, 
D. B..GoonseE Lt. 


Entry List A, C. A. Races 1900. 


Mab II., C, BE. Archbald..,.........-Royal @anadian Y. C., Toronto 
Mab L., G. T. McMurrich............ Royal Canadian Y. C., Toronto 


Pioneer II., F. C. Mooré.........- »....New York C. C., New York 
Chance, H, H. Smythe............ ves1-New York C. C., New York 
Vana, Woolsey Carmalt......... «ees... New York C. C., New York 
Az Iz, Geo. W. McTaggart........ ..... New York C. C., New York 
Bele )e WaeSpancOwseurst emerson ssse+eee0sLoronte C, C., Toronto 
-- RAY MicINictiol teelwi cit. sek era eee ..loronto C. C., Toronto 
———— _ Ee iMeNichol) ys oo. - +--.-+«... Loronto C. C., Toronto 
5) EA IE) Sinatgsg uy, Goont ononorccncF ...--loronto C. C., Toronto 
————, R. R. Woods...........2.,..0 00 »..-Loronto C, C., Toronto 
——,, T. Simpson................. des ...Loronto C. C., Toronto 
——§.,, Geo. H. Dill........ 553% IBRD Cone Se .Toronto C. C., Toronto 
—— y Roepe browts aris. BAD ..foronto C. C., Toronto 
Se he Vaughan... rans Sa .- Toronto C. C., Toronto 
———, Wm. Alexander................. ...- Toronto C. C., Toronto 
, H, G. Dilmuth....... PUR Boe vac Toronto C. C., Toronto 
Se AY er AC OM Ale aise pet dels alten tate oe Toronto C. C., Toronto 
- gO ME DER Willi ee sacle nen Red Dragon C. C., Philadelphia 
———, J. McD. Mowat.......-.-......- Kingston Y. C., Kingston 
, E.R. McNeil.......-. Britannia B. C., Britannia Bay, Ont. 
Neg elo yitchgeae ashe Britannia B. C., Britannia Bay, Ont. 
———-; L. Turcotte........5.. Britannia B. C., Britannia Bay, Ont. 
————,, W. R. Percival........ Britannia B..C., Britannia Bay, Ont 
———, E. J. Minett...... Behe hate avia (attic Toronto R. C., Toronto 
———,, S. A. Minett...... dro gobo. o- tito tine Toronto R. C., Torento 
———, F. C, Bloomfield...........5.. najoctar Sooretees Hamilton, Ont. 
—_—, H. ©, Allen............. Park Island C. A., Trenton, N: J. 
————,, T. Henry.................. .....Cleveland C. C., Muskoka 
= eWe aces PLiGhea se pepnietics ee vot ulsteioe senate Peterboro, Ont. 
——_— Wms) KETO SD yirity tease ahatareieledntyra ay elatate: dete taw tea Airasaos ae ...Inniton 
——, Wm. Carter........2.... eee ee Bis gine heen boc Hea teideo Ace, 
— JD), se, Lebtas J ins Aba rchakce peri Hesypess rer ator Wawbewawa 
Event No. 1—Record Combined.—Aug. 18, 1 A. M. Wind N. 
to N, W. light; water smooth; start 10:38. 
Finish. : Elapsed. 
Te Wet LS PALLOW «cere ccuyae nll eeistan Pelee aes Withdrew. 
— ee Gn VV, Mic Dap part oars cnaeee ccs seieece 12 00 16 1 22 16 
Event No. 2—Record Paddling.—Aug. 15. Wind S. by W. 
light; water smooth; start 10:00:47. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
——, G. W. McTaggart.............2..0005 -10 05 30 0 04 43 
Eel, J. W. Sparrow...1......- OE 1S. vesveeeeeeO 05 35 0 04 48 
Event No. 8—Record Sailing.—Aug. 14; start 11:00. 
: Finish, Elapsed. 
=, G. W. MecTagegart.....cc.ccceeeeeeees 12 07 05 1 07 00 
Behe aa SDALLO Wien means were tee) ae ced ecjercle Withdrew. 


Event No. 4—Trial Race.—No entries. 
Event No. 5—Trophy Sailing.—Aug, 15. 
erate; start 3:00. 
Ist 2d ad 4th 5th 6th 
Round. Round. Round. Round. Round. Round. Elapsed. 
Mab I1., C. E. Archbald— 
31785 35450 35455 41345 43245 45221 1 52 21 
44500 50500 2 05 00 


Wind S. by W. mod. 


Az Iz, G. W. McTaggart— 

321.30 35940 40240 422 30 
Jaoni, G. T. MceMurrich— 
32410 3 44 30 


40645 42835 45300 51645 2 16 45 
-Chance, H, H,. Smythe— 
323.10 34820 40710 42940 453840 51755 217 55 
Vana, W. Carmalt— 
32800 40230 43000 45555 51945 65315 253 15 
Pioneer 11., F. C. Moore— 
381810 Withdrew. 


Event No. 6—Dolphin Trophy.—Aug. 16. Wind W. by S. mod- 
erate; start 3:48:05. 
Ist 2d 3d 4th 
Round. Round. Round. Round. Finish. Elapsed. 
ike WIZ eo ane 41235 43055 44845 506 20 5 26 45 1 38 40 
y 431 20 45110 5 10 50 5 32 20 1 44 25 
41055 4 29 20 44805 Withdrew. 


Wana 2 perc eye am Broke rudder—withdrew. 
Event No. 7—Novice Sailing.—No race—only one entry. 
Event No. 8—Cruising Canoes.—No race—only one entry. 


Event No. 9—Open, Paddle and Sail.—Aug, 14; start 12:18:38; 
paddle 4% mile to windward and return under sail. 


Turn. Finish. Elapsed. 
$n fn Gs Melboronerettah <aanece 12 25 30 12 31 40 0 13 02 
ens EAE McNaiGh oli snares 12 25 00 12 31 55 0 18 17 
or Arenal dena . 12 26 10 12 32 45 0 14 07 


Event No. 10—Open Canoe Sailing.—Aug. 16. Wind light; little 
sea; start 11:49. 


Finish. Elapsed, 
Wabmliik SG abatArchpaldieereeee nn EUbEe cere 12 27 43 0 38 43 
ge ize Gre Sic Reiorit tie.) ar nn eee 12 31 30 0 42 30 
— wb. MWeNicholitea, scene eeraen: apna eas 12 48 50 0 59 50 


PIONFER IL—F, C, MOORE, NEW YORK ©, ¢, 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[SEPt. 1, 1900. 


THE TAKU FORT—SEEN FROM THE 


Event No. 11—Atlantic Division Cup.—Aug. 16. Wind W. by 
S., moderate; start 3:48:05. 


dst Round. 2d Round. Finish. Elapsed, 
Pioneer I1......5--2..55 4 10 05 4 29 20 A 48 05 1 00 00 
fA MYA Soe Re er Adon 4 12 35 4 30 55 4 48 45 1 00 40 
Ghance 2......: ye... 412 30 4 31 20 4 51 10 A 
Wahi 4 ees ene Seo Sorids Broke rudder—withdrew. 


Event No. 12—Central Division Cup.—Canceled; no entries. 
Event No. 18—Eastern Division Cup.—Canceled; no entries. 
Event No. 14—Northern Division Cup—Canceled; no entries, 


Event No. 15—Paddling Trophy.—Aug. 15. Wind S.W. by W., 
light; water smooth; start 11:42. 


Finish. Elapsed 

= , R. R. Woods....seeepeverecccereseere 11 50 57 0 08 57 

———, E. J. Minett.... 0-00... sees e nesses Ti 51 16 0 09 16 

, J. McD. Mowatt...--.-----+-2,-seeees 11 51 28 0 69 28 

, BE. McNichol... ...2 eee ec ee ee cece ees il 51 45 0 09 45 

ee Se 1G) Bloontheld Me ete cents = 11 52 05 0 10 05 
——-—,. M. Dy Wilt...c. ieee tere ene ene eee ete Withdrew. 
= , D. MecNichol.........-..seeeeceeeeeee Withdrew. 
, H. C. Allen.ce.es se. see scev ence eect ees Withdrew. 


Event No. i6—Novice, Single Blade.—Aug. 18. Wind light; 


water smooth; start 3:42, 


Finish. Elapsed. 
a WE I a Fern eng FSA 8 46 511-5 004 511-5 
———, G. W. McTaggart....-....+----seeres 3 46 59 0 04 59 
————, J. Simpson. .:...:--veeeeee ees eseee Disqualified for fouling. 
Event No, 17—Open Canoe, Single Blades—Aug. 15. Start 
2:33:35. i 
pose Dice 4 
De wp. Wetter end anon eaniaoniaos acon 2 4 } 
R, 5, Naya em EPS HP ia dos tutte Pe 2 37 48 0 04 13 2 
IAW NT ON Chol it ca. tees |e lolew abies sae uin es ud =e ee Roe 3 
Ty Tene lesleeleiecjeene et sw ecerer es * a ove Mt 4 
FE: GliBloomfield. oc. 002 cece ere em eee nees © ae ve 5 
Rs ING Browileey.c.nsecsecceeeresiaisicnis = ye o> 6 
E WieNichHolcc. count eteadeeertensie ne ve PP 7 
J. J. Vaughan.,.....:-.sseceeeeeeeseeee ene =e 4 lyidirs 8 
Event No. 18—Open Tandem.—Anug. 14; start 10:00. 
F. C. Bloomfield nl Minetts ce. otsbc00- ene 0 03 48 1-5 1 
R. Woods and T. Henry... ....-s sess sees cee “Nigh Ae 2 
E. McNichol and A. MecNichol---....-.-+-++<.-+ seers ty RAs 2 
E. R. McNeil and W. R. Percival 4 
A. L, Lynch and L. Turcotte...... 5 
R. N. Brown and George Dill.........s-.0-+-+-05+ = ne ss 6 


Event No. 19—Decked or Open Canoes; Single, with Double 
Blades.—Wind light; water smooth. Aug. 13; start_ 3:00. 
EB. J. Minett, disqualified ........++.0..-+ssue- 0 03 52 2-5 
H. C. Allen 


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Event No. 20—Rescue Race.—Aug. 13; start 5:00. 


S. A, Minett and E. J. Mimett.....-:.cseepereses seers Disqualified. 
E. McNichol and A. McNichol........-ccceeeeee er net casa snares 1 
A. L. Lynch and D. Pratt.......-+s+sssceee ener eee erccstes feses= 2 
E. R. McNeil and W. R. Percival..-..-:.-++++-+++ Le ees 3 
R. D. Woods and T. Henry........sspeer ere re ree tute t tree e ress tes 4 


Minett brothers disqualified for failing to fill canoe on capsize, 
as per racing instructions. 


Event No. 2i—Fours.—Aug. 13; start 3:3). 


mR. Neil, W. R. Percival, L. Turcotte, D. J. Teaerlys: pages ye 1 
FH. Jacks, D. Pratt, J. J. Vaughan, RK. WiOOUSs ab eer keksan tt 2 
GE. Dill, E. McNichol, A. McNichol, R. Ni abonvil: bem ie 3 


Event No. 22-Tail-End Race.—Aug. 15; start 11:30. 


E. McNichol........-- bP Mee cope  rilap = oslarwgratehdedsfategeyiam Uiincacs 1 

TD, FEN ry ..ccccececcc reer eee seen ene sarepecece steer rete sss seasccancne 2 

A, McNichol ......--- wine emer etar sents pee eneeeeeeer etree reasnancenes 3 

FE. C. Bloomfield .....--- esse eece cere eee eee te eereeeeteeeeeneneneete 4 

GW. McTaggarte.cecccccsctanecneteeeueccetetem ets tcascas eaten es 5 

W.. JR. Percival .s.cce20e> ss eens AP Odb ded bdocn aaa otk CAN A a 1D 

Geo, H. Dill...-. We Gade Sa 5-prccen Le eee soy Oe nap arnlas T 

R. D. Wo0ds..e.cscese cece eescuer enter eeeesareeacs vaceeree rep nes 8 

i No. 23—Relay Race-—Aug. 16; start 10:37:49. ie 

a ¢ 1st Mark.” 2d Mark, Finish. 

E. McNichol......ssessers: id tcbuedd 

BR, N. Browteenceccccssecrstsencese 10 49) 30) 

A. McNichol... c.soneerressssny Ha 10: 53°45 

R.- Woods...-.++-+ SrtpopuAn t acs 10 42 30, 

T. J. Vaughan, cere -yeeenionecuepers 10 49 26 

Tet Penn yaeacy sone Seaancp here et 10 53 50 

i, J. Minett...... Sherehererineniiell aemee 

¥F. C. Bloomfield. ...,-+erceyreerys 10 49 10 

WD; Brett ssa Nees ncsetaaun es aer 10 BS 58 
Event No. 24—Ladies’ Tandem.-No entries, By request a 


tandem race for tandem canoes, % mile straightaway, open, single 
RON hol and Miss “All 002 

. MeNichol and Miss Allen. csv ryyiayenyteee 0135 -- 1 
E, McNichol and Miss ROWE ieresereesy res caer 2 
M D, Wilt and Mrs, Wilts visceveeaceresuvenvens Puy ye g 


ree No. 25—Hurry-Scurry.—Aug. 15; start 5:30. 


CAMP. 


ATs Tey nch. nts Sabie la Rite coe cee e bla anim ata eteretbsratyianars(s isla eee ily 
EB, McNicholiig soci leew cuces ences sere cme eer cedeaenssaneennmensen 2 
Dy WPratiy Aeoede nos simecto ange steuke etree were mrnerrpgiy peatere aes 
Wa URE Percival’ sha ge hele nunc code ashe bhaemnreen erry We te leas ot 
WG PR ooinitiel dl eancprettee'yaeeecs viele etttent eee ackebereeertrer ace faa ion ee bos 6 
A. McNichol j..ccccsccessaes Pewee cere int Somers pooreastri Af i 
INIT MEV teres seh seiber scant Eenioetatehe Ce elvans rat ree per eree ot 
J. W. Sparrow. ccc cceecseccuscspeetpescencessurervepreeacearsens ste oi 

Event No. 26—Tournament.—Aug. 16, 6 P, M. 

B. McNichol and R. N. Brown... -.ssireere reece ween ects ieee reeiute 
M. D. Wilt and D. Pratt, Jr.....- sues ree eeet ener error er tem nes 2 
H. C. Allen and A, McNichol... .cccsseer ec cd eevee erst eerste one aan 
E. Minett and ZT. Henry...... ecccccc crete pee tees rwcnssnssesecee nh 
N. A, Powell and J. McD. Mowatt.,...-.:.-.creccs ets tteessennes 6 
G. W. McTaggart and F. C. Moore.,,.--..+-0e ese eseeceties pie Be 


Event No. 27-War Canoe Trophy.—Aug. 14; start 5:30; wind 

S.W., strong with sea; course almost to windward. 

Toronto C. C.—R. N. Brown (stroke), A. McNichol, E, 
A. Blackhall, George Dill, D. Cuff, T. Simpson, H. Jacks, 
J. J Vaughan, R. Woods, H. Dillmuth, W. R. Percival, 18), 
Turcotte, E. McNichol (coxswaitt).....-.ees:eeeeessser ness 0 

Park Island C, A-—F. C. Bloomfield (stroke), E. J. Minette, 
D. Pratt, Geo. W. McTaggart, T. Henry, W, W. Crosby, 
R. R. Woods, Wm. Alexander, E, R, McNeil, A. L. Lynch 
H. €. Allen, Wm. S. Carter, W. J. English (coxswain)....0 07 59 


Event No. 28—Tug-of War, War Canoes.—No entries. 
Event No. 29—Division Race, War Canoes.—No entries. 


Event No. 30—War Canoes, Picked Crews.—Aug. 13; start 4:30. 

Wind very light; water smooth, 

A. C. A. Crew—R. N. Brown (stroke), Geo. Dill, A. Mec- 
Nichol, J. J. Vaughan, D. Pratt, A. Cufi, H. Jackes, F. 
Simpson, J. McD. Mowatt, E. R. McNeil, A. iL. Lynch, 

W. R. Percival, L. Turcotte, P. J. Syms, E, McNichol 
(coxswain) 

Muskoka Lakes Association Crew.—T. Henry (stroke), B. 
Minett, A. G. Bell, S. McK. Brown, J. D. Dunn, G. 
Monteith, M. Henry, A, Minett, J. MeCulloch. V. 
Robinson, W. A..Smith, P, S. Blackford, W. Woods, FE. 


See ore re ee eee ee i rio iy 


Minett, J. DD. Mourfich (coxswaitl),2.s2.--- seers eee eee toes ee 
Extra Race—Ladies’ Hand Paddling,—Aug. 16; start 11:00, 
Miss Jessie “AmeS...-s,.s-esssesge+>-4e5 LEAD PAR DRE NON SLB EA te Ane 1 
Mase: (S, “EiePAaies ie y ocean egerer tess cleo ps os dives weiss At se 4 
Miss Bertha Allen.........; TSA RAEAAL 2 ASSIA A RRR ir hl 3 
“Mass Wowelleceniee + ecgseg oe cxf oo RSAMYE EER ESSER REAR ARR ee ae 4 
Wis OE. (CRRA Erte apes eee cesar tate tae le sation Sue emseemmiens, ih 5 
BN etsy IN OM D Fy PANU IO U Rewer AAPA EEA AML ASA AiG PhS Saif kite pm 6 
Special Event—Gunwale Paddling.—Aug, 16; start 6:30. 
E. McNichol...... ‘renee epcertte Salat he spt ste ree mistsialedaup weg py pafaype). duns wake Hi 
AL McNichol’ \...Qhsavank sadam naw ar Supastiwnbs SDP e eon havin ie 2 
Gy WaiMeDacvartravesheryes ie platere + staal daac A Sa Seren 
Tey ING SBC Wa Ro tay tere iGO NE rl UNSERE TE MES) D564 nd bb poe 4 


Port Carling Cup—Paddling.—Aug. 16; start 4:00. 
E. R. McNeil, W. R, Percival, L, Tureotte, A. J. Lynch...,,.. 1 
R. Woods, BR. N, Brown, T. Henry, HE. MeNichol...,,-........4. 2 
Geo. Dill, A. McNichol, J. J. Vaughan, E. H. Blackhall......... 3 


free and the first and third reaching, 


As will be seen from the above list, the entries were 
almost all for the paddling events, and in open canoes 
without names, the day having gone by when a canoeist 
was known as a mark of fame by the name of his canoe. 
The races began on Monday, Aug. 13, and continued 
until Thursday night. There were no outside spectators, 


_the camp throughout being remarkably free from visitors, 


only an occasional party in a launch or sailing boat stop- 
ping for a time. The record races fell through entirely, 
only two men competing, and only one of these finishing 
in two of the three races. The trial race, Event No. 4, 
was dropped for lack of the requisite ten entries, as there 


were but six canoes entered for the sailing trophy. This, 


the great race of the meet, was practically a duel between 
Messrs. Archbald, who has held the cup in 1894, 96, 97 
and 09, and Moore, of New York. The race was sailed 


. in a moderate and rather puffy breeze, with clear weather 


and smooth water, the second leg of the course being 
Mab II. took the 
lead at the start, but Pioneer IJ, made a good race over 
the first round, being but 35 seconds astern, They sailed 
very evenly on the first and second legs of the second 
round, Pioneer catchting Mab at the second mark; but 
here’ Mr. Moore’s slide broke and dropped him many 
fathoms deep into the drink. He came up and righted his 
canoe, but she rolled over the other way; then he re- 
gained his slide, floating at a little distance, and again 
mounted the canoe and tried to ship it, this time split- 
ting it into two separate pieces. After his withdrawal, it 
was only a sail-over for Mab. The other sailing races 
were uninteresting—the novice sailing and the cruising 
classes had no entries and the Dolphin trophy and the 
Atlantic Division races were very tame, the other three 


‘division races failing entirely. 


The paddling trophy race was well contested, and in 
good water, the course being straightaway. Unfortu- 
nately the boats were thrown together near the start by 
the lack of room between two islands, and several fouled 
and either spoiled their chances or withdrew entirely. 
Mr. Minett led for over half of the course, but was finally 
passed by Mr. Woods, who sat in his canoe and paddled 
a very short, quick stroke, which he held from start to 
finish. It was not a graceful or apparently an effective 
stroke compared with the long steady swing sometimes 
seen, but being sustained steadily it drove the boat to the 
front in the last quarter. ; 


The paddling race for decked or open canoes with 
single or double blades resulted in the disqualification 
of Mr. Minett for fouling the mooring line of the buoy 
at the turn with his paddle, and thus swinging the canoe 
around quickly, In the Rescue race he was also dis- 
qualified for tossing his canoe over quickly without fill- 
ing her with water and then emptying her, as the in- 
structions demanded. Several war canoe races were 
schediiled, the principal one being for the permanent 


_ war canoe trophy presented this year by Messrs, Mc- 


Caskill, Dougal & Co., of Montreal. This is a large 
panel of polished oak hearing a copper shield yery 
handsomely etched, the central portion bearing a photo- 
etching of a war canoe at speed. It is the work of Mr. 
R. Hemsley, also of Montreal. The Toronto C. C. made 
up a club crew, and Vice-Com. Allen undertook to make 
up a second crew from such paddlers, regardless of divi- 
sions, as were in camp. The result was that two men 
from the T. C. C. fifteen had to go with the eleven 
men, all that could be mustered for the other crew, thus 
making two crews of thirteen men each, The course was 
a mile straightaway, and as it happened, to windward in 
a fresh breeze and a liyely sea, the boats being in pretty 
rough water at times. The T. C. C. crew won, after 
a well-contested race. 


During the first part of the meet the members made 
excursions about the lakes. One day a number went over 
to the Muskoka Lakes Association at Beaumaris, where 
the two war canoes with scrub crews paddled a race. 
The principal entertainment of the meet was the storming 
of the Taku forts, of cotirse under the management of 
Mr. Seavey. The whole affair was entirely impromptu. 
While about the cainp, with nothing to occupy his time, 
Mr. Seavey noticed the small, rocky island about a hun- 
dred yards from the point, and made plans to utilize it 
for the benefit of the camp. Sufficient funds were raised 
by a public subscription to purchase a supply of boards 
and joists and to send to Toronto for rockets, Roman 
candles, red fire, etc. With the aid of some volunteers, in 
particular Mr. R. J. Wicksteed, of Ottawa. one of the 
old A. C. A. men, a high fence was built, in the outline of 
a fort, siirmotnted with a very celestial pagoda. A few 
dry colors were procured and with but one old paint 
brush and some rags and sponges, the amateur artists 
set to work under Mr. Seavey’s instruction, and by literal 
datibing turned the’ stricture into a very fair imitation 


Serr. T, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


“ALL OVER’—THE MEET OF 1900, 7 


of a stone fort. The natural color of the wood was left 
in places, and by the use of black, red and yellow, the 
fort at a distance of 20yds. would pass for a very 
good piece of scene painting. The pagoda was decorated 
by several rows of Chinese lanterns around the different 
roofs, The part of Li Hung Chang was taken by Mr. 
Seavey himself, with various Boxers to support him in 
the defense of the fort. The allied fleet, of war canoes 
and other craft, was headed by the British war canoe, un- 
der command of Admiral Wicksteed, the American in 
command of Admiral Wilkin, the Japanese under Ad- 
miral Allerton, while the German navy was under the 
personal command of His Imperial Highness, William 
Il,, impersonated, without permission, by W. F. Gouin- 
lock, of the: Toronto C, C. What, with torpedo boats, 
sampans, junks, dispatch boats and other small craft, a 
very formidable fleet was mustered in the bay at sunset. 
Owing to a lack of harmony among the allies, it was 
nearly 9 o'clock before the fleet advanced, the band, a 
cornet on the shore, proudly pealing “God Save the 
Queen.” The American navy was greeted with “Star 
Spangled Banner’ and “Yankee Doodle,” while William 
Il. led his warships into action to the stirring and ap- 
propriate national anthem, “Ach Du Lieber Augustine.” 
The firimg began from thé fort, and was returned with 
spirit by the fleet. One rocket from a warship struck 
squarely in the center of the fort, in close proximity to 
the fleet of Li Hung Chang, The battle lasted for about 
half an hour, making a beautiful spectacle, the many 
rockets crossing under the dark skies. In the end the 
forts were fired, but being built of wet lumber, they 
burned slowly, and long after midnight they were smol- 
dering, though only a pile of ashes remained in the 
morning. The photo was taken by leaving a plate per- 
manently exposed in the camera during the entire en- 
gagement. The affair passed off most pleasantly, the only 
drawback being the presence in camp through the rest of 
the night of a large horde of Boxers, who in language 
and manners quite sustained the reputation given to them 
by the newspapers. The efforts of the Commodore suc- 
ceeded in driving them to their tents at last. but even 
then it was nearly sunrise before the camp was quiet. 
The subject of rowdyism in camp came up again this 
year in more public form than usual, and in spite of the 
earnest efforts of the executive to secure a reasonable 
amount of quiet, decency and order in camp. After the 
disgraceful lack of discipline last year, a number of mem- 
bers who are not teetotalers or more than ordinarily 
rigid in their ideas, were of the opinion that some change 
was necessary if thé camps were to be kept up. In view 
of this feeling, quite generally expressed by old mem- 
bers, and of his own ideas on the subject, Com. Mac- 
Kendrick has for the past year used his personal in- 
fluence to induce men to come to camp without the 
private and club bars, and to assist him in restraining 
the few turbulent ones who are certain to turn up at any 


large gathering. The result was not specially gratifying, 


as the vaudeville performances began on one of the first 
nights in camp by the singing of an obscene song fo an 
atidience, including some of the officers and more 
prominent members, who accepted it without’ rebuke. 
With this beginning, the noise and disorder increased 
to such a point within the first few days that Com. Mac- 
Kendrick called a meeting of the executive committee and 
tendered his resignation of the office. This was not 
accepted, and promises wére made that every aid would 
be given him in maintaining his authority and suppressing 
the growing disorder. This year, as in the Hay Island 
camp of last year, the ladies’ camp was so close to the 
main camp that the singing and foul language about the 
camp-fires late at night could be plainly heard—in fact, the 
sort of noise which has characterized many A. C. A. 
camps between taps and sunrise can be heard only too 
plainly for upward of a mile on a still summer night in a 
clear atmosphere. 

After this trouble was settled for the time, there came 
to camp a member of one of the largest canoe clubs, a 
man who had not been to the meets before, and in spite 
of the presence of ladies about the island by day and of 
the neighborhood of the ladies’ camp at night, had his 
own ideas as to the amount and kind of both language 
and liquor which were appropriate to a gathering of 
gentlemen sportsmen. After two nights, a second méet- 
ing of the executive committee was.called and the offender 
was invited to leave camp, which he did, one of his fellow 
club members, though not directly censured by the com- 
mittee, accompanying him. Prior to this, however, the 
noisy all-night revels of this party disturbed a camper, a 
member of the Toronto C, (,, wha undertook to argue 


_ word now and then, they make little trouble. 


with the patty, and met with some pretty. striking 
language. He left camp next day and returned to 
Toronto, taking up the matter in the paper with which 
he is connected. This article aroused a great deal of 


feeling among the members, and restilted in several letters 


to the yarious Toronto papers. 

The earnest efforts of the Commodore and some others 
to maintain order in camp have met with a very dis- 
couraging reception from the men at large, even though 
they do not partake in or approve of the disorder. In 


_ almost every case a few words at the outset from any of 


the officers or the older men would stop matters. before 
they were fairly under way, but most men will at least 
hang around the crowd to see what is going to happen. 
We remember well the quiet, gentlemanly and decided 
way in which at a very pleasant camp-fire at the meet 
of 1889 at Stave Island, Mr. D’Arcy Scott, of Ottawa, 
then quite a young man, requested a.gentleman to stop 
a song he had just begun. The evening had passed up 
to that time with music by mandolins and banjoes, and 
the singing of ‘‘Alowette’ and the regular camp songs, 
but one then popular member had come to camp with a 
private répertoire of his own. A very few words at the 
right time settled the matter for that evening at least. 
Offenders in these cases are of three kinds, First, the 
common hoodlum, who shows just what he is by day, as 
well as by night; fortunately such are quite rare. as 
there is little in canoeing to attract them, and they are 
usually so bad that there is no trouble in expelling them. 
Second, the younger men who are not particularly bad 
in themselves, but who think there is something smart in 
playing the “bad man,” so far as liquor and bad language 
will Iet them. They are generally as easily influenced 
for good as for evil, and if kept within bounds by the 
example of the older men and the officers, and a judicious 
The third 
class is composed of men of good social and business 
standing at home, prominent in social and other cliuhs, 
sometimes active canoeists. For fifty weeks of the year 
they masqtierade as gentlemen, but they come to the meet 
for a couple of weeks of relaxation, with a trunk full 
of bottles and a mind well stored with choice songs and 
stories. It is this class which makes the trouble in 
camp. Secure in their recognized position, these men can 
laugh at the efforts of a few of the officers to discipline 


‘them. In fact it has even at times happened that they 


controlled the executive committee. To oppose them at 
all) requires a great deal of nerve and moral courage on 
the part of the Commodore, and to oppose them success- 
fully a great deal of tact is also necessary, as they are 
clever and apt to secure the sympathy of a great many. 
Eyen in the present case, there were quite a number of 
men who professed to be in favor of a clean and decent 
camp, and yet thought that it was very hard that a man 
should be expelled from the camp for merely being pub- 
licly drunk and offensively and foully noisy. The popular 
idea seems to be that the unquestioned harm to the 
Association, the direct insults to the officers and to the 
ladies in camp, and the annoyance to the men who wish 
to sleep at least between midnight and 7 A. M., and who 
object to a,continual flow of foul and’ senseless noise, all 
count as nothing if the offender is known as a “good 
fellow.” 

This yeat the division meetings were held within the 
divisions, except the Northern, which met on Aug. 14 
and elected the following officers: Wice-Com., G. A. 
Howell, Toronto; Rear-Com., R. Easton Burns, Kings- 
ton; Purser, Norman Brown, Toronto. Committee— 
A English, Peterborough; E. D. McNeill, Britannia 

ay. 

The question of the meet of 1901 proved quite a seriotis 
one. At the meet of last year the prospects were dis- 
cussed, as is usual, and it was decided that as the North- 
ern Division was willing to take the present meet out of 
its turn, the meet of Igor might be open to the new 
Western Division should it prove willing and able to take 
it. The’ matter came up again at the annual meeting of 
last November, most of the members being favorable to a 
meet in the West, provided the conditions were favorable, 
This year the Western Division sent but two members to 
the meet, and there was no indication that it would be 
able to manage a general meet next year. This being 
the case, it was the turn of the Northern Division, accord- 
ing to the regular rotation. The other divisions were not 
particularly anxious for the meet, the Eastern having in 
view a possible salt-water meet in a year or two, but not 
being ready for it now. The Northern Division agreed 


to take the coming ‘meet, and nominated Mr. H. R, 


Tilley, of the Toronto C, ©, for Commodore, but Mr, 


173 


Tilley, who was in camp, declined to serve for private 
reasons. The meeting for the election of officers was 
held on Aug. 14 and adjourned to the following day. 
As Mr, Tilley then declined the nomination, Mr. C. FE, 
Britton, of Gananoque, was nominated, and notified by 
by telegraph. A final meeting was held on Aug, 23, and 
Mr, Britton having accepted, was unanimously elected. 
The election of Sécretary-Treasurer was left open until 
the Commodore-elect could be consulted as to an asso- 
ciate officer from the same locality. It was the unanimous 
Opinion that the next meet should be held on the St. 
Lawrence in the immediate vicinity of Gananoque and 
Clayton. A number of points in connection with the 
administration of the Association were discussed at the 
meetings, and a special committee was appointed to pre- 
sent a uniform system of accounts for the Association in 
all years and for the divisions. The executive commit- 
tee will meet again im October or November at the call 
of Com-elect Britton, and probably in Kingston or 
Gananoque, so that it can imspect such sites as are pro- 
posed for the next camp. 

The prizes were presented on the evening of Aug: 23 
in the mess tent, the regular prizes being shields of gold 
and silver mounted on polished oak, the design of Mr. 
J. D. Kelly, of the Toronto C. C. Special votes of 
thanks were passed to Mr. Cockburn and Mrs. Eaton for 
prizes donated and to the donors of the war canoe trophy, 
also to Mr. Seavey for his labors in amusing the camp. 

‘The photos were taken by D. J. Howell, 5 King street, 
west, Toronto, who has a large number of views of this 


and previous meets. 


Machting. 


Yachting Fixtures, 1900. 


SEPTEMBER. 


Quincy, open and club handicap, Wuincy, Boston Harbor. 
osquito Fleet, club handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
. Indian Harbor, tall regatta, Greenwich, Long Island Sound. 
Hartford, special. 
-Larchmont, special classes, Larchmont, Long Island Sound, 
Hudson River, fall cruise, New York, Hudson River. 
Hull-Massachusetis, club, Boston Harbor, ; 
Queen City, cruising race, Voronto, Lake Ontario. 
Beverly, open, Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay. 
Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
American, cluh, Newburyport. ‘ i 
South Boston, sailing dinghies, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
-2-8, Columbia, cruise to Marblehead, Boston, Massachusetts Bay. 
-2-3, Squantum, cruise. 
-2-3. Corinthian of Marblehead, cruise. 
. Seawanhaka Corinthian, Center Island cup, Oyster Bay, Long 
Island Sound. - 
. Haverhill, race and chowder, Haverhill, Mass. 
. Atlantic, 36ft. and smaller classes, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
. Larchmont, fall regatta, Larchmont, Long Island Sound, 
uiney, handicap, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
ahant, dory class, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 
. Sachem’s Head, annual, Sachem’s Head, Conn.; L. I. Sound. 
Norwaik, annual, Long Island Sound, 
Canarsie, ladies’ race, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
Newport, club, Newport, Narragansett Bay. 
. Norwalk, annual, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
Taunton, club, Taunton, Mass. 
Penataquit Corinthian, fall race, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
Jamaica Bay, club, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
Corinthian (Phila.), club, Essington, Delaware River. 
Portsmouth, club, Portsmouth, N. H- 
. Winthrop, swimming and rowing, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
Lynn, open, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 
Beverly, open, Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay. 
Quannapowitt, yacht and canoe races. 
uincy, club, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
Hlull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
Hull-Massachusetts, invitation race, Hull, Boston Harbor, 
Seawanhaka Corinthian, fall regatta, Oyster Bay, L, I. Sound. 
Larchmont, schooner cup, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
ueen City. 22it. knockabout class, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
ftaverhill, club, Haverhill, Mass. 
Ferataquit Corinthian, epoca Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
Manchester, handicap, Manchester, Mass. 
. Columbia, cruise to Hull. 
. Winthrop, cruise to Hull. 
. south Boston, handicap race to Hull. 
8-9. Y. R. A. of Massachusetts, rendezvous at Hull. 
8-9. American, cruise, Newburyport. 
8-10. California, cruise to Suisun, San Francosco Bay. 
il, New York, fall sweepstakes, New York, off Sandy Hook. 
15. Manhasset, closing race, Port Washington. Long Island Sound, 
13, Atlantic, fall race, Sea Gate, ‘New York Bay. 
15. Atlantic, club, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
15. South Boston, sailing dinghies, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
22-23. California, cruise to Martinez, San Francisco, San Francisco 


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22. Riverside, fall regatta, Riverside, Long Island Sound, 
22. Canarsie, Commodore's cups: Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
22, Haverhill, fourth championship, Haverhill, Mass. 


Infandubaker eh) Roaster 


August 20-23. 


LAKE GENEVA, Wis., Aug. 20.—The third annual re- 
gatta of the Inland Lake Y. A. began this morning un- 
der yery pleasant auspices, and if the outlook shall fulfill 
its promise of this date the event will prove all that 
could be asked. This is a very pleasant and suitable 
place for the regatta, the lake itself quite large enough 
and deep enough to give good sea room and steady 
breezes, and the local arrangements of a nature to make 
everything run smoothly. This is one of the most dis- 
tinguished of the Northern summer settlements, and the 
pretty sheet of water is surrounded with the pleasure 
palaces of men who can afford to have chocolate ice 
cream and pie for breakfast every day if they want to. 
The local club is endeavoring to give all the visitors a 
good time, and doing the best it can, as are the local 
hotels, to take care of an unexpectedly large contin- 
gent of outside tourists and yachtsmen. The enterpris- 
ing Northwestern Railroad with good foresight some 
time ago issued a pretty and valuable little folder de- 
scriptive of the lake and of the proposed regatta, and this 
of itseli has done much to bring a handsome crowd of 
handsome people. The village bears a very prosperous 
look to-day. 

The weather promises to be better this week than it was 
last, during the extremely hot spell, and if the wind 
holds to we shall see keen work here this week. The 
races are set for 11 and 11:05 daily for the two classes— 
the twenties and the seventeens—this allowing ample time 
for the finish and a long afternoon for rest and enter- 
tainment A busy programme of excursions, - dances, 
stag parties, smokers, etc., has been Jaid out for the 
pleasure of the visitors, and it is likely that things will be 


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[SEPT. I, 1900. 


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HAULING OUT 


merry as one Or more Marriage bells throughout the 


week. 
Camp and Boat Accommodations. 


A very commendable feature of the local arrangements 
is the long row of tents, nearly a score in number, 
which stands under a beautiful row of leaty maples on 
the bank of the lake opposite the starting point. Here 
the visiting clubs have their quarters for crews and 
owners, and this is really the center of affairs, though all 
the hotels are crowded. Just beyond this comely spot 
are the big boat houses of the Geneva Ya Cy and here 
there are ample accommodations for all the visiting craft. 
At the close of each race the yachts are to be prought 
around to this dock, run up on a floating track and 
triindled on a truck to a berth for each on trestles, where 
she can be thoroughly inspected alow and aloft, and 
where she is perfectly safe from injury. This work is 
all done by the men employed for the purpose, and the 
skipper and crew alter a race have only to get into dry 
clothes and take a rest. In time for the race each 
boat will be put into shape at the dock for the hands of 
her crew, all the hard work being done by the local work- 
men. This relieves the crews very much and is a feature 
which has elicited much favorable comment. 


Officers. 


The following are the officers and members of the 
Th. Toe, SNe 

Members of the Association—White Bear Y. C., Green 
Lake Y. C., Delavan Y. €., Pine Lake Y. C., Lake 
Beulah Y. C.. Fox Lake Y. C., Milwaukee Y. C,, West 
End ¥. GC, Lake Geneva, Wis.; Lake Geneva Y. C., 
Minnetonka Y. C.. Oconomowoc Y. C., Pistakee Y. C.. 
Pewaukee Y. C., Oshkosh Y. C., Nodaway Y. C., Nee- 
nah. Wis.; Oconomowoc Lake Club, Chicago Y. C., 
Neenah Y¥. C.. Lakeside Y. C., Fond du Lac; S. & C. 
Boat Club, Edgewater. . 

Officers—J. W. Taylor, Pres., White Bear Y. C., ad- 
dress Globe Building, St. Paul, Minn.; Benjamin Car- 
penter, Sec’y and Treas., Lake Geneva Y. C,, address 
208 South Water street, Chicago, Ill. Executive Com- 
mittee: Frank H. Libbey, Oshkosh, Y. C.; Henry L. 
Hertz, Pistakee Y. C.; Benjamin Carpenter, Lake Geneva 
vie @ 


Following are the officers of the Lake Geneva Y. C. 
H. H. Porter, Jr., Com.; Byron Boyden, Vice-Com.; 
Julian Rumsey, Rear-Com.; H. A. Beidler, Sec’y and 
Treas. Executive Committee: H. H. Porter, Jr., Chair- 
man; Benjamin Carpenter, Julian Rumsey. Directors: 
H. H. Porter, Jr.; Byron Boyden, H. A. Beidler, Ben- 
jamin Carpenter, Julian Rumsey, Lawrence Heyworth, 
Wallace Fairbank. Entertainment Committee: J. H. 
Moore, Chairman; H. G. Selfridge, Lawrence Heyworth. 
Press Committee: Lawrence Heyworth, Chairman; H. 
H. Porter, Jr.; Benjamin Carpenter. 


Progtame and Rules. 


The daily programme, showing the order of the week's 
work, follows: ; 

Monday, Aug. 20—Lake Geneva Y. C: regatta, open to 
all boats in the 2oft. and 17ft. classes of the Inland Lake 
Y. A. Prizes presented by the Lake Geneva Y. C. 

Tuesday, Aug. 21-—First race in each class for the 1900 
championship of the Inland Lake Y. A. 

Wednesday, Atte. 22—Second race in each class for 
the 1900 championship of the Inland Lake Y. A. 

Thursday, Aug. 23—Third race in each class for the 
1900 championship of the Inland Lake Y. A. The Inland 
Lake Y. A. gives a first and second prize in each class 
for the series. 

ORDER OF RACES—TO DECIDE WINNERS. 


The I. L. Y. A. championship cups shall be awarded 
as follows: ‘There will be three races in which all qual- 
jifying boats may compete, then: (a) If the same boat 
wins all three races she shall be declared the winner of 
the cup. (b) If one boat wins two races ana another 
boat one race, they shall race against each other until 
one of them has three races to her credit. She shall then 
be declared the winner of the cup, (c) If three different 
boats each win one race, these three shall sail one race, 
the winner of which shall be declared the winner of the 
cup. These rules apply to both classes. Each club is 
entitled to one entry only ih each class. 

Friday and Saturday, Aug. 24 and 25, will be reserved 
for the sailing off of postponed races, etc. 


COURSES. 


Monday, Aug. 20. in' the Lake Geneva Y. C. regatta. 
the course for the 2oft. boats will be from, the starting 
line off the city of Lake Geneva, around buoy No. 4, at 


THE YACHTS. 


the head of the lake, and return. ‘The course for the 

t7ft. boats will be from the same starting line, around 

ney. No. 3, between Kaye’s Park Hotel and Williams 
ay. ; 

Tuesday, Aug. 21, Wednesday, Aug. 22, and Thursday, 
Aug, 23, in the races for the-championship of the Inland 
Lake Y. A., one of two courses will be determined upon 
by the judges on the morning of each race. At their 
discretion both classes may be sent twice around a 
triangle in Geneya Bay, or irom the usual starting line, 
onee around the buoy No, 3, between Kaye’s Park and 
Williams Bay, and return. All buoys must be left on 
the port side. The finish line will be the same as the 
starting line, which will be between the home buoy and 
the judges’ boat. 

START. 


A preparatory gun will be fired on the judges’ boat 
at ro:45 A. M., and a red flag displayed for ten minutes. 
A warning gun will be fired at 10:55, and a blue flag dis- 
played for five minutes. The starting gun for 2oft. boats 
will be at 11 o'clock, and a white flag shown. At 11:05 
the gun will be given for starting the 17ft. boats and the 
signal of the Lake Geneva Y. C. will be hoisted. If a 
race is postponed until afternoon three guns will be 
fired and a blue flag will be hoisted over a white one. 
In such event the preparatory gun will be given at 2:15 
P. M., a warning gun at 2:25 and the start of 20ft. boats 
at 2:30. and of 17{t. boats at 2:35. 

Should a postponement until the following day be 
then decided upon, three guns will be fired and a blue 
flag hoisted over a white one. 


STEAMERS, 


The owners and captains of steam yachts, public 
steamers and all power boats are earnestly requested to 
keep off the course. The yachts Tula, Ethel Mary, Ad- 
miral and Cygnet will act as patrols. These will fly a 
white flag crossed with red. The public will confer a 
favor and aid greatly to make a fair race by obeying their 
instructions. 


The Entty. 


_ The following boats are Here, with names of the nom- 
inating clubs shown. In this list are the best boats. of 
this year that have come out of the West, as well as the 
standard winners of last year and the year previous. The 
delegations irom each competing club are very full, and 
as each boat is well manned and is here to win, there is 
all probability of a very interesting as well as exciting 
week of sport. This is the most typical and valuable 
meeting of yachts and yachtsmen ever held in the West. 
There is a feeling that we are getting close to type in 
the best of the 1900 boats that we have here. Individual 
comment on different boats will be more proper later in 


the week: 
20PT. CLASS. 

Te OshkosheyesGa Carole eae te: F. H. Libbey 
2m Sos eakeeve (Ge AMOLTSEL Me neneL tien tee H. D. Ford 
3. Pine Lake Y. C., Aderyn.........,...Géo. Brunder 
4. Oconomowoc Y. C., Problem...Walter H. Dupee 
5. Milwaukee Y. C., Meteor...... Robt. Nunnemacher 
OF, AG netejeunn IDES MGR, Mano tee poe manne C. D. Peacock 
7. Pewatikee Y. C., Argo.iie..:: Giljohann & Starke 
San Witte: Pea fey a Gen eS ie eta le enna L. P. Ordway 
gs Neenah y.e@,, Anita, ce coe Aun, eS ts W. L. Davis 
10. Lake Geneva Y. C., Mahoohoo...H. H. Porter, Jr. 
tl. West End Y. C., Duchess........ Hudson & Taylor 


129 SWelavan Va, ‘blenrietfas oss essen de eas 


14. Pistakee Y. C., Harriet H........Henry H, Hertz 
15. Lake Beulah Y. C., Lassie..........Byron Boyden 


16. Chicago Y., C., Juanita...........-. D. B, Southard 
17. Cedar Lake Y. C., Algonquin.......... Geo, Braun 
17FT. CLASS. 

30, Fox Lake Y. C., Flying Fox......... W. #H. Lyford 
31. Nodoway Y. €., Tramp......- sie He Gerba Glare 
ipod ortal da 0 Cow psloben ry aes pion oberon, .R. R, Davis 
33) White Bear VY. Gs Attila eso. ee L. P. O1 lway 
34. Pewatikee Y. C., Serapis............. J. W. Sheets 
a5. West End Y. C., Runaway Girl....... Mark Healey 
36. Pine Lake Y. C., Fortuna............. A. H- Vogel 
alae (Cinbvenerer Ot (OX, ATG a Asha aptays D. B. Southard 
38. Lake Geneva Y. C., Coon....... Kelloge Fairbanle 
39. Saddle and Cycle B. C., Neola...... G. M. Pynchon 
40. Wake Beulah Y. G., Sakita............ A. D. Erskine 


‘The Course. 


The daily course is one of two which are laid ont, the 
longer one being up through the narrows of the lake, 
the shorter a triangle laid out in the bay off the town, and 
in view of the boat docks throughout. The longer course 
was sailed to-day in the open regatta, for the four hand- 
some cups offered by Lake Geneva Y. C., two in each 
class. The outcome of to-day’s sailing shows that every- 
thing is practical and very well calculated to bring out 
the actual quality of the entry. - 


Monday’s Race, Lake Geneva Y. C. Regatta, 


‘The free-for-all to-day for the handsome special prizes 
offered by the entertaining club was watched with great. 
interest, and by none more eagerly than those who are 
concerned with the development of the Western designs in 
these craft. Would the past year, as has so frequently been 
the case, prove as far behind the procession as though 
it were a century ago, or would the best of last year’s 
boats prove close rivals of this year’s product? There 
were the two new St. Paul boats of Amundson, one for 
each class, the St. Paul and the tidy little Attila, the lat- 
ter a mere shell, whose hull would weigh not over 4oolbs. 
and whose whole lines and finish are of the most cob- 
webby sort. Another by the same designer is the old 
Avis, once owned by Wm. Hale Thompson and now 
sailed as Henrietta, of the Delayan Y. C. This boat 
was good enough to win everything at Oshkosh two sea- 
sons back, but is not thought dangerous now. Then 
from Oshkosh comes the brand new Caroline, two 
months old, a freakish looking thing with forked bow 
and stern, concave under hull and a general half cata- 
maran look, which may or may not prove dangerous. 
Jimmie Jones designed this new and odd one. Davis, 
also a Winnebago builder, is on hand with Aderyn, one 
of his last year’s boats, and a good one, and he is also 
the designer of Anita, a new one of this season and 
much liked on the bigger water to our north in Wiscon- 
sin. Mahoohoo is a local boat designed by Mr. H. H. 
Porter. Problem, sailed by Walter Dupee for the glory 
of Oconomowoc, is a 1900 boat, and Gus Amundson, her 
builder, is here to watch her try. It may be imagined 
that it was anybody’s book before the start, and the 
results, as reviewed this evening, leave it anybodys book 
still, for if there are any such things as in-and-outers in 
boat building these twenties show it. 

It was a last year’s boat that won the coveted honor 
in. the 2oft. class to-day-—-Aderyn, the tried and faithful 
Winnebago craft, whose record of last year is so well 
sustained by this victory to-day. 

In the little fellows the march of time in boat building 
was more apparent. It was all Attila, and the fragile 
creature did not give her competitors a look in at the 
proceedings. 

The White Bear pennant received another elevation in 
Problem, which sailed.a clever third next to Mahoohoo, 
the local entry, which was in second place, to the general 
surprise. ae ; 

In the seventeens first and second went to Neola and 
Sox, both this year’s boats, and very likely looking ones. 
Annie, the new Chicago seventeen, capsized and her 
crew had to be picked up, her skipper, D. G. Roblin, 
sticking to the hull for quite a watery wait of it till 
towed in. 


Accidents. 


The wind was fresh and gave some of these lightly 
built cratt all they wanted. Caroline, the bootiack from 
Oshkosh, broke a traveler and could not effect any re- 
pairs. Another Winnebago boat to come to grief was 
Anita, which carried away her mast clean and nigh about 
broke the hearts of her admirers, who, however, found 
comfort in the fact that her rival, Caroline, did not take 
the race herself. Algonqttin was another to capsize, and 
old Henrietta parted a throat halyard, while Harriet H., 
the Fox Lake boat with the weird history of good and 
bad luck, kept up her record with a jib that went out of 
commission at a very bad time. Mahoohoo could tell 
a hard luck story also, her spinaker boom giving way 
on the run home. In the seventeens the chapter of acci- 


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dents was cotitinued, though not to so great extent, 
Runaway Girl parting a shroud and withdrawing from 
the course. 


The Course. 


The course sailed to-day was something like seyen 
miles and return, being from Geneya Bay to a point well 
toward the other end of the lake, near Lake View. The 
general direction was southwest, and as the wind was 
close to that point, most of the first half of the course 
was to windward, and the return practically free. The 
first mile ar more was a beat a windward, with a little 
easier sheet for the last portion of the course on the 
first leg. 

The 20-footers crossed the line in the following order: 
Aderyn, Mahoohoo, Meteor, Juanita (the old Chicago 
boat Bald Eagle renamed), Problem, Argo, Harriet H., 
the rest scattering; but the start on the whole was good. 
There are no time allowances and there has been hard 
work to get them all down to the rule, Caroline sacrific- 
ing quite a section of canvas for one. St, Paul, Aderyn, 
Caroline and Anita were apparently out for a hot fight, 
for they all drew in and took the best of the windward 
positions. Inside the half mile Meteor led Harriet and 
Louise. Harriet, however, drew well to the front, and 
at the Narrows challenged Aderyn for a smart brush 
through, until the Fox Lake boat met the misfortune 
that temporarily crippled her. Problem bettered her 
rather bad position clear through to the rough weather 
beyond the Narrows. Anita clung ta Aderyn and liked 
the lumpy water apparently very well, closing up within 
a hundred fathoms of Aderyn not far from the turning 
buoy, at which point she lost her mast and was out of 
it for the day. Aderyn was well sailed, and she showed 
good windward work. St. Paul was not so good in point- 
ing as was expected oi her by the more sanguine, 

Aderyn won her race on the first leg, having a lot 
of water between her and her next rival after Anita was 
disabled. Harriet H. had fought up into a good’ place 
for the turn, but could not quite reach it when she stood 
for it and had to go about again, giving place to Ma- 
hoohoo. Old Henrietta was in the running at the buoy. 
but here met her misfortune. At the turn the order and 
times were as below: 


Tel se, hs SON OeDOTO eS Duchess ...,. hear ee ey 12 31 05 

Mahoohoo Probleme s.455.5++5 resus 12 32 15 

Meteor pee Sista eet kaa e 12 39 00 

Harnet H Sia Pach Hekate 12 89. 55 
“agg! Oo aancodndbe ates 


All broke out spinakers for the run home, and at this 
Walter Dupee found something to his liking with 
Problem, which drew up into third place from a bad 
‘berth in seventh. Mahoohoo also liked this free work 
and cut down the lead of Aderyn sharply, and St. Paul 
did better at this than at the beat. Aderyn, however, 
was not to be robbed of her long advantage and she 
romped in with a bit to spare, the follawing being the 
times: 


ANE ASR Sentient ot cee a Polsess: WNLEECRTS oe sac dacejaeaddee 219 00 
Mahkoohoo Valve. .es eee PRD RIO Time TENS) tag 4 gree eee 2 20 15 
ra plemiy weet cis Pelayo! acini wes wes" PAA Reena Ee eS 2 23 19 
LATE etaMEL ees ce cep eh eee ne > AMIR [hbeveane:ty Ee eds ee 2°30 19 
HES SAguLorad oneegaododskecs 2 18 39 AGSTCME he Sees PPE ere ee. 2 30. 53 
Duchess \..0-......-.0..-) MAREE Efcibete: «yy pope ee Sao oL be 2 31 19 


The Seventeens, 


The little boats sailed the shorter course, turning at 
the Williams Bay buoy, about four and one-half miles 
and return. They did as well as the big ones in what 
sea they found. Attila was an easy first, working well 
forward in the windward work and displacing Tramp, 


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CAROLINE. 
Designed by Jimmie Jones, Oshkosh, Wis. 


which was best away. Attila passed Coon, which at one 
stage led her. Neola and Sox were the only ones that 
gave her any bother, and these she shook off before the 
turning buoy was reached. Her stock to-night is very 
high. The smaller boats do not seem so closely matched 
as the twenties, The times were: 


ECL UT Ze Mase s aies se vphAscnaleete ‘Dake aUabe calcite vee erre et seree rten 2 03 06 
Neola) Riyeiss.+s nee SASHA MN ante pnt diene ee orc ecectt 205 09 
‘Steg Sey ae, ey Pee uaacee coal nad alm LODO TI Emre bee heceiet een 2 11 58 
Flying Fox...crcersussss-2 OL 15 


Tuesday—First Championship Race. 


To-day brought out a surprise and set yachtsmen to 
wondering yet more strongly if the end has not been 
nearly reached on the present lines of improvement in 
these small craft. There was a fair field and no favor 
and it was not a this year’s boat that won, nor was it a 
last year’s boat. It was the old grandmother Avis, now 
known as Henrietta, which was built in 1808. She was 
considered a good boat “in them days’ and she seems 
to be worth a casual thought to-day. She gave the 
smart Anita, considered one of the best of this year, 
nearly two minutes of a beating. One may call it luck of 
the wind puffs or fortune of good sailing—and Henrietta 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


was well sailed—but here are the facts, and the de- 
signers are looking down their noses and wondering it 
they have not perhaps conquered all the world, 


The Start. 


The course to-day was about the inner or Geneva Bay 
triangle, twice around, or eleven miles in all. The 
wind was fresh, though none too regular, and was from 
southeast. The first lez was sailed free, the second 
reaching, and the ruh home was a beat to windward. 
The start was a lovely sight both for yachtsmen and lay 
spectators. The boats were all well maneuvered and 
went over the line close packed, all under balloon and 
spinaker and offering a vast mass of canvas. The sev- 
enteens were sent off five minutes astern of the twenties. 
There was any quantity of jockeying and crowding, and 
at this some of the boats lost valuable time, though it 
was hard to break away from the ruck of craft that massed 
in. together for some distance beyond the line. The fight 
indeéd continued up to the last les of the race, when 


ADERYN, 
Designed by Jimmie Jones, Oshkosh, Wis. 


one or two of the well placed ones got finally pocketed 
and could not pull out in time, 

Argo, winner of the Oconomowoc regatta this sum- 
mer, slid into rather the best berth to one side of the 
bunched boats and held on well in the lead, reaching the 
first turn with a bit to spare, close followed by Aderyn, 
Henrietta ard Problem. Argo took the lee berth of the 
nearest ones on the second leg, and here Anita saw her 
chance, for she set a balloon jib and raced past Argo. 
This trick pleased Problem, which also passed Argo in 
similar fashion. Aderyn and St. Paul stood up above 
Henrietta and went on, lapping Problem and crowding 
her out of her chance for the second buoy, the order at 
the second turn being Anita, Aderyn, St. Paul, Problem, 
Argo, Henrietta, Mahoohoo. 

On the weather leg they went into a merry war of 
jockeying again, splitting tacks and keeping a jealous eye 
each on the other. Henrietta stood out into the lake 
further than the others and was rewarded by a better 
breeze, Henrietta on her first tack showed ahead of 
Argo, Mahoohoo and Anita. Problem had by this time 
out-maneuvered St. Paul and Aderyn and challenged 
Henrietta and Argo, which were now a near thing to- 
gether. Between Argo and Problem there now ensued 
a hot fight, and in their close attention to their personal 
matters of lufing and jockeying they apparently forgot 
Henrietta, which led the procession at the first turn of 
the home stake by over two minutes. 

Running free for the second round, Problem found 
something much to her hand and put up a stiff gain on 
Henrietta, which now had become a favorite in spite of 
her two years of antiquity. Argo kindly put up a 
blanket for Problem and cut down her speed, but at the 
turn Argo was badly handled and made a poor showing 
when she rounded to. The time at this fourth buoy was: 


Henrietta + ici.titeeess<? 120649 Meteor is 
Problem ee bes ee 12 08 14 =Argo 

Sh Pale ee ee, 12 08 22 Anita 

Mahoohoo; <...,.284447+- 12 08 32 


Thus it was still a yery close question between the 
old boat and several others. The boats back of the 
leaders. however, began the old fight with one another 
all the way down the next lee, At the fifth buoy the 
arder was Problem, St. Paul, Mahoohoo, Meteor, Argo, 
Anita. Problem went furthest inshore, but played in 
bad luck and got squeezed out by St. Paul and Mahoo- 
hoo, which put her in a tight pocket. These three now 
fought out a bitter little battle and alowed the next 
three back of them to creep up and take a hand in the 


internecine war. They fought it on out. Meantime, 
Henrietta held calmly on and won nicely. The time 
was. 
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FNC ERY SL cece oa peace eEledg Ses rohessws yesiameered aan 2 00 05 
Mahoohoo ........... weer plea ie» Carolin cans ae coy pees 2 01 121 
TH PPP AS Spe epoca teats PESO M20 Wassic gens sid eesti eke c ee 2 01 30 
Problem ....2..4 tp pss evade Te SSE) ae MATS eg <a op a bb atn 9 erie et 2 06 35 


Man Overboard. 


Young Hertz, son of Com. Hertz, of Pistakee Y. C., 
was one of the crew of Harriet H., and in tending the 
spinaker boom was knocked overboard. He was prompt- 
ly rescued by means of a life preserver that was tossed 
to him, The loss of time was not very considerable. 


Weeds. 


Caroline, a strong tip by the knowing ones, finished in 
the last division, much to the surprise of many of her 
friends from Winnebago. Seeking for excuse for this, 
her crew found that she had picked up a mass of weeds 
on her board, quite enough to account for her dull and 
logy work. 


The Little Fellows. 
' Meantime, the seventeens were following the same 


course, Jt became obyious that the races in this division 
are apt to be fox chases. It was all Attila again, and 


Gus Amutidson must have felt a certain pride at seeing 
two of his boats—Henrietta and Attila—designs of the 
past and of the present, take first honors respectively 
to-day, 

Neola was first over the line, Sakita second, Attila 
taking the last place in the sart. They held these rela- 
tive positions well on through the free leg, Sox and 
‘Annie pulling up into it a shade as the first turn was 


heared. Reaching, on the second leg, Neola bettered 


her lead, the rest of the fleet being still well behind, with 
Attila in the fourth place. Attila now had a brief duel 
with Annie, the new Chicago boat, but soon took her 
measure and passed her as she liked, Attila now went 
out after Sakita and collared Neola for the lead at the 
home stake on the first round, Neola, however, holding 
the weather berth to the turn, They now straightened 
out for the second round, and on the first leg, running 


free; Attila simply sailed away irom everything else and 


won with a lot to spare, the times recorded by the 
judges being as follows: 


Attila U2 DE) se aareate ys Seas ores a7 eww so 2 00 38 
Neola 15622 Flying Fox ..,.......5 1+-2 02 48 
Sakita orl 58 10 


Time was not taken on Tramp or Annie: 
A review of the fleet to-night finds Henrietta certainly 


with one win to her credit, though she is not feared for 


to-morrow by some of the others, Caroline insists she 
can beat the lot when she carries no weed ballast under 
her keel, Anita, sailing with a new mast to-day, gives 
warrant that she is to be recokoned with. Problem is a 
good possibility. Aderyn does not look so likely and 
St. Paul has rather lost favor, though- White Bear 
neighborhood has glory enough left to-day at that. 


Wednesday—Second Championship Race, 


Anita, the Winnebago 1900 boat, won first to-day in 
the twenties. Attila made it two straight tor the cham- 
pionship and leaves the issue forthe second class out 
of doubt. 

‘Caroline, the Winnebago bootjack, was second in the 
twenties, and a very close second indeed. The wind was 
only a fluke and either boat might have had the better 
of the yarying airs in the inner bay where the finish 
came. 

The day was fair, the southeast breeze light and puffy, 
especially in the bay where the home stake was located. 
The course was twice about the inner triangle, the first 
leg running free, the second hauled and the last reach- 
ing, broad. 

At the start Harriet H. was first over the line, Aderyn 
second, the rest not so well off, As they lined out the 
order was seen to be Harriet H., Aderyn, St. Paul, Argo, 
Duchess, Caroline, Problem, Henrietta, Anita, the last 
fiye pretty well bunched together. They did nothing im- 
portant on this leg and rounded the first buoy in the 
following order: Harriet H., Aderyn, St. Paul, Argo, 
Problem, Henrietta, Anita, all the others in a close 
bunch back. 

On the windward work of the second buoy Harriet and 
Aderyn led on the starboard tack. Argo came up be- 
times awd St. Paul for a short time was in the argu- 
ment. Imp, Caroline and Meteor stood off on the port 
tack, and when Imp came about she was crowding up 
on Harriet. Anita held well up into the wind and gained 
a very enviable position, which now seemed to be cov- 
eted by the bootiack Caroline, which began to split 
tacks, though well to leeward, so that it could not be 
told which boat had the lead until they ran close on to 


a ATTILA, 
Designed by Gus Amertidson, St. Paul. 


the second buoy, It was on this leg that Anita and Caro- 
line showed their heels to the fleet, and thenceforward 
these two boats had most of the attention. The order 
at the second buoy was Anita, Caroline, Henrietta, 
Aderyn, and back of these a way were Imp, Argo, Si. 
Paul, Harriet, Mahoohoo. : 
Harriet and St. Paul had a warm brush to the buoy at 
this second turn. At this point a strange sail was seen 
in among the others and proved to be the 17-iooter 
Attila, which started five minutes after the twenties and 
had here run up among the bulk of their fleet. On the 
reach home Harriet the capricious got sulky and quit, 


. not pointing where she should. The pace grew too hot 


for a lot of them and the duel between the two Winne- 
bago boats went on. At the home turn the order was 
Anita, Caroline, Henrietta and Aderyn together, Argo, 
Imp, St. Paul, Harriet H., Mahoohoo. j 

They now were off for the second round. Anita set a 
balloon jib and began to outioot the fleet. She outran 
everything but Caroline, which also put up her balloon 
and clung on desperately, though with Argo creeping 
up now-and again on Caroline in third place. At the 
approach to the first buoy of the second round Argo 


had‘ passed Henrietta and Aderyn, the rest strung out. 
At the turn they stood Anita, Caroline, Argo, Henrietta, 
Anita having a lead of nearly one minute over Caroline, 
the others rotinding to about thirty seconds apart in the 
procession, 4 ; 

For the fifth leg the skippers took different courses 
and those who made the longest tacks to starboard 
seemed to lose by it, among these Harriet, Henrietta, 
St. Paul and Mahoohoo, Problem now coming up and 
passing the three boats that were next ahead of her. 

Tt was on this leg that the duel became bitter between 
Anita and Caroline. They stood off on the port tack 
and then began a series of short tacks, tit for tat, all 
down the leg. This was much to Caroline’s liking and 
she cut down Anita’s lead and finally challenged her, 
laying a course across the bows. Caroline was too 
anxious and the wily Davis made her luff, but she hung 
on and came back again, so that at the turn she was a 
scant thirty seconds astern of Anita. Aderyn was one 
minute thirty seconds back of Anita, Argo two minutes 
later, and then Henrietta, shaving the buoy close, ahead 
of Imp and Harriet H. A } ' 

The tun home, reaching, was an exciting continuation 
ot the due] between Anita and Caroline, and would haye 
been a still. hotter matter had the wind held steady all 
through the leg, As it was, under the shifting condi- 
tions of the air off the high bluff, Caroline actually took 
the windward berth away from Will Davis, which 1s 
considered a hard thing to accomplish, It gave her no 
eventual advantage, for as she came on Anita caught a 
better puff of air ahead and slowly forged on, while Caro- 
line lay almost becalmed. ‘Thence in it was a lufhing 
match, with all the skill of both clever skippers in play. 
Caroline got a bit of a breeze and crawled on and on, so 
that within a hundred fathoms of the home stake it 
seemed that she lapped Anita, though it was claimed 
that she did not. Aderyn now got some wind and closed 
up a bit on Caroline, but no one had eyes for anything 
but the blood-curdling, waiting, crawling duel between 
the two Winnebago boats in the lead. It was no longer 
a matter of seamanship, but a matter of luck. The boat 
first to get a slant of air would be the first to cross. 
Fortune fayored Anita, which caught enough wind to 
carry her slowly over in advance. Anita finished four- 
teen seconds ahead of Caroline, Aderyn, which had laid 
a long course and got a nice slant of wind, crowding up 
into third place within four seconds of Caroline, bene- 
fited largely by the scrap between Anita and Caroline. 


Argo came in for fourth place. Times: 

PASET ew Sy te eps pce noaeeo 8-8 ee Pate Pye IBEcpe ie IS perro eee lon 2 08 04 
Warocline py adie eeas smitten POS R56 este Mea Bee nee ee, 2 08 05 
PAT EHVI Ser citl. sskaae sere 20402 Juanita, Disqualified...... 209 27 
ATC Osho ioe ia old stance 20453" OMeteon .- ape ee= sees oes 10 33 
Iepiniettae cose mewerclect 2e0Gsi28 chess seme eet. eerie 212 16 
Rroblemiing dos eecteet ue Pees 206 88 Algonquin ....0ncecenees 2/13 13 
Mahoohoo 44 20.4602-ss00e5 PPG: g assie Lees, soiees eee oe ee 2 15 30 
IGS Rap kuwe Cees eg Saad POO SSO UISes see rrccreee eee 2 22 04 


There were no mishaps in this race, except that at 
the start Juanita, the one-time Bald Eagle, fouled one 
of her competitors at the line, going over before the 
gun and then getting into'trouble when she came about 
jor a second try. 

The Seventeens. 


There was nothing but Attila in the second class, and 
“she administered another decisive beating to her asso- 
ciates. From the position on the observation boat not 
much could be told of the little ones, as the twenties were 
followed closely. It was easily to be seen, however, that 
the championship is a hollow thing for Attila. That she 
will win to-morrow is accepted as a matter of course. 


To-day Annie did not finish the course. The official 
times of the seventeens were as follows: 

TATERART i Hegoch see ees DAY Fada IS eerie dm rae ee 2 19 52 
Neola ti peeeranesnents sere 16938 lying: Pax. ys sdeecceny 2 20 21 
Sakitnes gs sawsnan eas soe el any Tramp Ne es ktoeer mrt 2 21 32 


Thutsday—Third Championship Race. 


The interest was raised to yet greater pitch to-day. A 
third winner was produced in the first class, Aderyn, 
winner last Monday, which to-day proved a very dan- 
gerous one for the best of them, though she has reached 
the dignified old age of one year. Problem took away 
the honors from Caroline in a weird drifting finish for 
second place. The whole finish in this race was unsat- 
isfuctory, it being a fluky wind for Aderyn and a still 
more fluky one for Problem in second place. 

In the seventeens Attila made it three straight for the 
championship, as was expected, there being but a languid 
interest in this affair, so far foregone, To-night Attila 
was bought by Mr. B. B. Felix, of Fox Lake Y. C. 


The Start. 


The weather was fair and warm, the faint wind S.W., 
the start being made to windward, and the course set 
being the long run up the lake to the buoy opposite Will- 
jams Bay, thence home, the race being thus windward 
going otit and nearly free for the run home. 

The boats crossed the line in the following order: 
Aderyn, Problem, Juanita, Mahoohoo, St, Paul, Duchess, 
Anita, Imp, Caroline, Meteor, Lassie, Argo, Harriet H. 

Back of the first-class boats the seventeens were started 
in this order: Attila, Sakita, Tramp, Sox, Neola, For- 
tuna. Three-fourths of the way in on the home leg 
Attila again showed in among the 20-footers. 

In the line-out of the big fleet after they spread across 
the line at the gun, St. Paul, Anita and Louise stood far 
inshore on the port tack. Adern kept well out in the 
middle of the bay, iollowed by Caroline and by Meteor 
and Duchess. The inshore boats seemed to have made 
a mistake and did not catch the slant of wind they ex- 
pected for their long tack to the Natrows. Mahoohoo 
was sailed as though she intended to go ashore on the 
point, and everyone wondered what was-the idea in 
standing so far inshore. The example of Aderyn might 
have taught the inshore boats a lesson. She caught a 
better breeze out in the open and forged steadily ahead, 
pointing up splendidly and apparently being out on a race 
all of her own. She did not tack once until she had 
gotten far out inte the Narrows. Her only rival was 
Caroline, who pointed well up. Duchess and Meteor had 
their measure taken, but the bunch was far astern of 
these, well strung out. No one spoke of Problem and 
the latter was not at any early stage of the race a feature 
in the game. The first and second boats stood on this 
tack for over twenty minutes. Meteor at the Narrows 


_ point Duchess again showed in the game, 


FOREST -ANDs STREAM, 


found. her jib was pulling her head off and tried to-use 
a storm jib, the change doing her no good at’ the gait 
which was then going in the first flight of the twenties. 
Caroline was first to go about at 11:28, Aderyn going 
about at 11:20. oe 

They had to beat through the Narrows, and at this 
The main 
interest was already centering in Aderyn and Caroline, 
Anita, winner of yesterday, being far back among those 
who had misjudged the fickle Geneva wind and that had 
lost their chance in the race on that account, and engaged 
in a scrap with St. Paul. Caroline made up a lot of way 
under this split tack work, and fought Aderyn as hard 
as she had Anita the day previous. It was thought at 
that stage that Caroline would win. The wind was 
fresher when the boats passed out through the narrower 
part of the lake and began to figure on the turn, 

At this point, well within sight of the buoy, a peculiar 
thing was going on. Far up to windward above them 
all and sailing so close to share that one could have 
tossed a biscuit from the boat to land, the game little 
Problem came edging rapidly along, as independent of 
the others as though she were out for a leisure sail. 
Gus Amundson, her designer, had her tiller, and Walter 
Dupee, her owner, was tending sheet. She was doing 
lovely work and all the guest boats and pleasure steamers 
saluted her repeatedly as she came right in among the 
gallery and held on high into the wind until she had the 
buoy well in view. At this point Argo retired from the 
race and went to her dock, : 

Sudden interest now attaching to Problem, which had 
come up out of absolutely nowhere, speculation began 
as to her chances to win. Her work free in light wind 
was reviewed, and she at once became a hot favorite for 
winner of the race. Her stock rose yet higher when it 
was found that when she went about at last and stood 
over toward the buoy she crossed the bows of both 
Adryn and Caroline. This was at I2:o1, 

Meantime, Caroline and Aderyn were chopping away 
at short tacks and it was seen that Caroline had earned 
first place over Aderyn, for she crossed Aderyn’s bows 
twice as they rushed desperately near on opposite tacks, 
While they fought it out Problem made a spectale of 
them both by rounding the buoy five minutes ahead of 
them at 12:25:13. Problem at once broke out her bal- 
loon and set a great pace back for home, going almost 
hull down before the nearest rival got around the turn. 
Caroline displaced Aderyn at last and was about the buoy 
at 12:30:13, Aderyn at her heels in 12:30:17. 

Straightening out for the run home, Caroline set her 

balloon jib and made chase for Problem, that was slip- 
ping down the lake like a ghost. Aderyn here appar- 
ently deliberately threw the race away, for she stood 
far inshore on a port tack, and went back on practically 
the same line upon which Problem had come up when 
she made her big gain on the first leg. Problem and 
Caroline kept down the middle of the water. Now Ma- 
hoohoo came up out of nowhere in particular, and Louise 
for her first time got a brief look at the leaders. Ma- 
hoohoo shaved the buoy too close and apparently fouled 
the cable with her board, for she lost a lot of time and 
lay still for the best part of a minute, going about at 
12:38:15. Diichess made it in 12:39:12 and Lassie, an- 
other unexpected appearance, in 12:39:28. Mahoohoo 
on rounding to broke out spinaker and Duchess a bal- 
loon jib. At this point the little Attila again showed, 
out of her class and well in among the big boats. 
- Caroline and Problem both winged out now, and at 
this Caroline, which is tipped to be a rough water 
boat, showed she could do a thing or two in the light 
wind as well and began to gain very rapidly on Problem. 
Far off to their leeward was Aderyn, but the latter now 
began to surprise everybody by beginning to come up in 
the front position, apparently having caught the breeze 
which she sought inshore. The race was thus still un- 
won and might go to anybody. The three leaders as they 
approached the Narrows on the return began to draw 
closer in together and there was a prospect of a grilling 
finish. Stich, however, was not to be the case. 

The wind, which had been none too steady on the way 
out, now became still more faint and freakish. It seemed 
to come not in any steady, even quantity, but in long 
slants and streaks, which might or might not strike any 
given boat, even closely as they were now placed to- 
gether." It was not, therefore, a yachting finish which 
now came off, but a mere drifting match, in which luck 
was the determining factor. 

Problem had a bit of trouble with her spinaker at the 
start of her run home, but it then began to draw better, 
and she footed it handsomely for a mile or more. Caro- 
line also broke out her spinaker and seemed to do as 
well at this free work as vaunted Problem. Caroline be- 
gan to crawl up on the latter slowly but steadily and had 
the air held at this stage would have passed her. They 
seesawed away in exasperating fashion, Aderyn meantime 
sailing fathoms to their inches in the air she was getting 
now. At 12:56 Aderyn passed Caroline, and at 12:57 she 
drew on ahead of Problem, every inch of her canvas 
drawing, It was now getting too close to the home 
stake for many incidents of this sort to happen without 
some one getting a beating, and at this point Aderyn 
was picked to win. 

Caroline still hung on Problem’s stern and bitterly 
fought for the lead. She crept up in a slant of wind, 
lapped Problem and blanketed her, but the next moment 
lost the puff which drove her up. At this time Aderyn 
was a hundred fathoms in the lead of both. Problem 
had just enough wind left in her shaking sails to push 
ner nose on in advance of Caroline. A half minute later 
Caroline again tried for it and passed Problem by a 
nose for the first time on the home run. For six minutes 
Caroline held the leading position over Problem, with 
no gain to mention, the jibs of both boats filling and 
collapsing almost alternately. Then Problem got a 
breath of fresh air and at 1:14 she lapped Caroline. At 
1:16 she passed Caroline, her canvas now drawing full, 
Caroline lying becalmed a biscuit toss away from Prob- 
lem. Problem challenged Aderyn for the lead, the lat 
ter now having a turn in the doldrums. Now the spin- 
aker of Problem seemed to be of more hurt than help, the 
wind shifting a point or so, and she took it in, first 
Aderyn and then Caroline following this) manetiver. 
They now all three lay in irons. A steamer gave Prob- 
lem and Caroline a bit of wash, from which Aderyn was 
more free. All this time the wind was fresher back up 


5  [Szpr, t, 1900. 


the lake, as it had been for these three leaders, and ‘Ma- 


hoohoo, Duchess and Lotiise came bowling on down 
into’ the field of vision. 

At 1:26 there came a little rippling puff of air upon the 
water, wrinkling up the surface into tiny ripples, in a 


line which gradually worked on out from shore toward 


‘where the three boats were lying, less than a quarter of 


a mile from the line—indeed, only a few hundred feet. 
It was seen that the first boat to get this puff would be 
the winner. Aderyn, lying slightly in advance, was the 
lucky one, and she got tinder way, leaving Problem and 
Caroline becalmed. Then the little wrinkle on the water 
reached out as far as Problem and the latter drew away a 
few feet from Caroline, which lay further out in the 
lake by a dozen yards. There it failed and faded away 
and Caroline was lying idly waiting while Problem be- 
gan to travel. Meantime Mahoohoo came boiling on 
down in a stronger.flaw. It was too late for any hope 
for Mahoohoo or for either of the two boats which had 
fought for an hour so stubbornly for the advantage. 
Aderyn crossed the line a trifle in advance. The sailing: 
times for the ten ot eleven miles course were as below: 


AMERVII, Lisi aadecceeekiie 2:28 32 Henrietta 

Eroole mee crierltdeiladdcele 22927 St. Paul 

Warolime Fe ieijociladelee 230 35 Anita 

MahoGhoos sesseceeniin ssa: 232 20 Meteor 

IBY OE sogaqdas san bboes Pao lipiie =| Bangs Pine o pedrert ace: 
Louise: 28 ee ee 2G Of “Harret Els i.) .0o22. close 2 54 07 


There was thus another winner in the field and there 
are to be three boats in the final contest to-morrow. 
Surely it is an even thing among the Western boats this 
year. I 

Attila Wins in Second Class. 


It was so empty a contest in the little ones that the 
judges did not even keep the time on any of them except 
Attila, who won her fourth race of the week with amus- 
ing ease, the sailing time over the same course as that of . 
the twenties being 3:00:01. If ever the old nautical joke 
about there being “no second” was true it was in this 
case. The new owner of this fair craft may feel that he 
has got a winner. If the closeness of the 2oft. competi- 
tion continues to-morrow as it has all through the week 
the man who owns the winner dare not say that he 
actually has a winner, ior there are two or three others 
which are nearly as well entitled to the name, so very 
even is it between them. For instance, Caroline to-day, 
after her technical defeat, remains quite in the class with 
either Aderyn or Problem, and would be as safe a boat 
to back as any of the three for a series of a dozen races. 


The Annual Meeting. 


The annual meeting of the Inland Lake Y. A. was held 
to-night at the “headquarters” at the public library, 
though why the title of headquarters was given this place 
is a mystery, as no one has been able to find there any 
member of the local club, which is host of the meet this 
year. The meeting began with practically only visitors 
present, Mr, Taylor taking the chair at about 9 o’clock. 
The following clubs were present by delegate or proxy: 
White Bear, Green Lake, Delavan Lake, Pine Lake, 
Lake Beulah, Fox Lake, Milwaukee, West End, Ocono- 
mowoc Lake, Oconomowoc Y. C., Chicago, Lake 
Geneya, Neenah, Pistakee, Pewaukee, Oshkosh, Noda- 
way and Saddle and Ccyle, 

The rules were suspended and Saddle and Cycle Boat 
Club, of Chicago, which had no formal delegation pres- 
ent, was allowed to vote through two unofficial repre- 
sentatives. 

The first thing taken up was the vote for place for the 
next meet, and here there was a hot fight. It was known 
that Pewaukee Y, C. wanted the meet, and Com. Con- 
way was there to take it home in his pocket, Upon 
the other hand, Green Lake Y. C. was equally eager to 
get the 1901 meet and had a strong delegation solid. 
Com. Conway held proxies from most of the lower clubs, 
his defeat being due to the vote of Fox Lake Y. C., 
wae did not vote as did its near neighbor, Pistakee 


| etl 


Oshkosh and Neenah each put in a feeble bid for the 
meet, both admitting that it might be the turn of some 
other club now, though it is conceded that Winnebago 
is the best sailing lake in the Association country. Com. 
Conway explained that Pewaukee could offer good hotel ~ 
andvrestaurant accommodations, would take care of all 
boats daily and receive and ship same, and would board 
the crews free and furnish a. guest steamer, a band and 
other features. Com. Conway alluded feelingly to the 
near location. of Waukesha, whose water has made Wis- 
consin famous. He showed maps of Pewaukee Lake and 
made a strong case. 

Mr. Edward Rosing spoke for Green Lake. He said 
he was not there to try to buy the meet, but could offer 
good boat accommodations, boats hauled free, good 
hotels and the best sort of a sailing course. The informal 
vote that was taken showed Green Lake with 7 votes, 
Pewaukee 5, Oshkosh 1, Neenah 5, Com. Libby with- 
drew the name of Neenah. On the formal ballot Green 
Lake received 10 ballots, Pewaukee Lake 8, and the 
meet goes to Green Lake. Com. Conway moved that 
the vote be made unanimous and it was so ordered. 

Sec’y Carpenter now came in and his report ensued, 
showing that the Association has a balance of $100 or so 
with all bills paid. Two new members were admitted— 
Cedar Lake Y. C., of Indiana, and Saddle and Cycle 
Boat Club, of Chicago. 

Com. Gilbert, of Neenah, suggested September as a 
better month than August for the meet. It was decided 
to refer the time of the meet to the executive commit- 
tee, the latter being advised to set a date in September 
when the moon was full or nearly so. 


Professionals Barred. 


Rather important action now followed. Com, Ord- 
way, of St. Paul, moved that henceforth the by-laws 
should prevent the admission of any professional sailor 
into the competition as skipper or member of crew. 
Com. Ordway said; “We want to get back to the pure 
Corinthian basis on which we started, and which ob- 
tains in the East. I know it is a temptation to use pro- 
fessional help in this way, and one likes to see his boat 
developed to her best possibilities, but it is far more im- 
portant that we develop young sailors of the amateur 
sort, who will order new boats of these same profes- 
sionals and sail them for themselves. By a profes- 


sional I mean any man who works in making and sail- 
ing: ‘boats, not a designer or fitter.” 

A long discussion followed Com. Ordway’s proposi- 
tion, though it was of a favorable sort. It was explained 
that this should not take effect until the 1901 meet. Com. 
Ordway then attempted to define the term “professional” 
and found this difficult, as have a great many men before 
him. The definition was at last left to the executive com- 
mittee, which was instructed to report to a special busi- 
ness meeting this coming October in Chicago. It is 
very likely that the committee also will find it difficult 
to make a complete definition of the term professional, 
but there is practical agreement as to the policy of the 
Association, in this regard. 


Change in Measutement Rules, 


This was very proper action and it was followed by 
Com, Ordway with another matter of yet greater im- 
portance—not less than the change oi the measurement 
rules now in use by the Association. It is apparent to 
all that the boats now produced are rarely fit for more 
- than a single season, and Com. Ordway said he had seen 
boats in the East which were so strained even in their 
trial races as to be ruined and worthless. It seemed to 
him that the proper thing would be to work toward a 
stronger and more enduring type of boat, so that one 
could ieel that he had a boat, one which he could sell if 
he wanted to and one which would last more than one 
season if one cared to keep it for further sailing. He 
therefore proposed an amendment to the rules abolish- 
ing the waterline measurement, and using the Royal St. 
Lawrence Y. C. scantling rules, cutting down the meas- 
urements solely to sail area, This he said would allow 
a builder to build his boat of any length he liked and any 
water line he chose, and if he cared to make it goft. he 
could, if he thought he could drive such craft with sooi:. 
of sail. -He thought the result would be a better craft as 
a type, a boat and not a rule-beating machine. Com. 
Ordway was asked to send copies of the Royal St 
Lawrence Y. C. rules to each member and the matter 
was referred to the October meeting of the Association’s 
executive committee. Com. Hertz, of Pistakee, moved 
that this fall meeting be held and that it be given full 
power to pass upon the proposed changes of these rules. 
This was carried. 

A vote of thanks was extended to Com. Norton, of the 
West End Y. C,, of Geneva Lake, for the handsome cup 
which he presented to the winner of the 20ft. champion- 
ship. This cup must be won two succeeding years to be 
owned by the winner. 

Election of officers resulted as follows: Mr. J. W. 
Taylor, of St. Paul, re-elected President; Mr. Ben Car- 
penter, oi Chicago, re-elected Secretary; Messrs. W. L. 
Gilbett, of Neenah Y. C.; C. D. Peacock, of Green Lake 
Y.C., and W. H. Lyford, of Fox Lake Y. C., Executive 
Committee. 


Friday—The Final Race, 


Thus say the judges. A 
it to be only 
It was but a 


Anita won by ten seconds. 
half-dozen newspaper watches declared 
six seconds, for seconds, two seconds. 
ghost of a win. 

Aderyn, the 1899 boat, sailed by her owners, H, O. 
and George Brunder, of Milwaukee, with R. F. Schorse 
and A. C. Riebrock as crew, made a rare fight for the 
honor. She was well sailed except in one instance. On 
the home leg of the first round she was too slow in 
breaking out her spinaker, and allowed Anita to close in 
on her and make the best lead which had been attained 
at any part of the race, ; 

Henrietta, which was hardly able to look in at the rac 
for the first five legs of the course, gained more than 
either boat on the last leg, and made a respectable third. 

Anita was sailed by her owner and designer, W. L. 
Davis, of Neenah, with Will Krueger, Frank Leyins and 
Jimmie Jones as crew. It has been said that the two 
best sailors in Wisconsin are Will Davis and Jimmie 
Jones, and Anita would seem to show this to-day. 
Jimmie Jones, it will be remembered, designed Caroline, 
which has fought Anita so hard all through the week, and 
which in one’s personal opinion better belonged in the 
finals than at least one other. Mr. Davis designed Aderyn 
last year himself, and perhaps he was gtiessing several 
times to-day which was the better boat of the two. 
Aderyn came up close enough plenty of times for them 
all to talk it over in sociable fashion. 

Anita this morning before the races was favorite for 
winner, with Henrietta as well backed for second as 
Aderyn. 
’ The Start. 


The start was a pretty thing. The night previous there 
had been rain, but the morning cleared, and a wind of 
steady and fairly fresh quality came in from east. It was 
seen that there would be a whole sail breeze, outside at 
least, and it seemed that the regatta was about to end 
with at least one yachting finish, 

The fifteen-minute gun found the three ‘boats, each 
turned up within an inch of her life, exercising around 
in the bay, as eager and active as race horses. They 
made a beautiful picture as they flitted back and forth 
and made passes at the line and returned to wheel 
again with the swallow-like speed and ease peculiar to 
these rule-breakers and record-makers, the 20-footers of 
the inland lakes. 

They got the five-minute gun and came back: behind 
the line. in view of the packed boats and docks. Each 
skipper knew his business, and it was sure to be a close 
thing. Davis timed Anita to the very second. He 
edged her up to the buoy and let her lie motionless for a 
moment. Her boom swung a trifle at the right mo- 
ment, and she crossed at the gun without a lost fathom 
of space to cover. Lapped on her was Henrietta, with 
Aderyn in the lee berth, only five seconds back of Anita. 

It was reach, beat, and free this time, respectively for 
the first. second and third legs of the inner triangle, 
though really it was something of a beat at times on the 
first leg out, The course was twice around the triangle, 
perhans about ten miles. 

Anita whipped over to windward berth at once after 
the start, Aderyn next to her, but not so high into the 
wind, Henrietta further to leeward. Aderyn, after a 
short run, took a notion to cross old Henrietta’s bows, 


' 


FOREST. AND STREAM. 


and did so, and not cotitent, repeated the trick a moment 


later, as both dropped over inshore, hunting for more 
wind, which is a common occupation of a yacht on this 
freakish lake. Then a bit of sailing happened which 
surprised nearly all who witnessed it. The old grand- 
mother drew up on Aderyn on the lee side and lapped 
her, apparently haying caught the wind she wanted. A 
moment later she sailed clean past Aderyn to leeward 
and ran ahead of her a couple of hundred yards, laying 
chase to Anita, which was running for dear life out 
further in the open. Henrietta made a pretty try for 
windward berth over Anita, Each boat was now reaching 
with main sheet slightly started, and it was no walkaway 
for any one of the three. They rounded the first buoy 
in following order: 

PATA cee Wig ON = ae cneece a= 111530 Aderyn 
TSG OA » QA Ae rer 11 16 12 

They now came to the crucial test of the windward 
work, and at this Henrietta did not do so well, and began 
to fall off rapidly. . Anita was held up stiff, and as the 
wind was fresh here at the time, both Anita and Aderyn 
heeled far over, Anita showing a glimpse of her center- 
board more than once above waterline. All the crews 
were out, legs and all, and it was a really pretty bit of 
yachting here for the spectators. Aderyn outpointed 
both the other boats here unmistakably, Anita was first 
to tack, going about to port at 11:20. Aderyn challenged 
her on the opposite tack, but Anita Iuffed up and declined, 
going to starboard. Aderyn pointed up handsomely, 
and swiftly ran up into the windward berth and passed 
Anita decisively, easily outfooting her at this stage ot 
the game. Henrietta stood far down to leeward. a quarter 
of a mile at least, and did not come about on port tack 
till 11:26:04. . 

Aderyn’s: windward work was wonderful, and she 
sprang to. fayorite’s place at once. She seemed able to 
make the buoy on the one reach. Anita meantime tacked 
four times within a couple of minutes, This looked like 
amateurish sailing, but it was not, and was on the other 
hand very good sailing. Davis was simply feeling around 
for the wind that Aderyn was getting. He could not 
find it, and so saw the Milwaukee boat rapidly slipping 
away from him. Aderyn, however, had to make a port 
tack, which she did at 11:31:06, She then set out for 
the buoy straight, followed at 11:31:34 by Anita, which 
made a close thing of it after all at the turn. Henrietta 


SAO BEL Ee Lane Ea Tl 16 48 


came up on a long tack from far down the bay. Times 
at the second turn: 

Aideryrt. I2ceei ices hee toe 11 32 08 Henrietta ............... 11 36 38 
cUETT Meret teh seco eee 11 34 23 


They now came to the test of running free, and to 
this the Milwaukee boat took very kindly forthwith, 
though she set no extra canvas. Anita upon the other 
hand was keener to see the advantage she had here, and 
it was right here that she won the race. At once she 
sprung a big cloud forward, and it was seen that she 
was using her big spinaker as a balloon jib. This was at 
11:37. Anita began to overhaul Aderyn hand over hand, 
though the latter had established a good lead before Anita 
was well straightened away on this leg. Aderyn showed a 
very culpable lack of seamanship here, for she must have 
seen what the balloon was doing for Anita. To make it 
still worse, Aderyn, now getting well up into the inner bay, 
where, for some mysterious reason, the home stake has 
been established—the very flukiest part of a fluky lake— 
lost her wind, and even her working jib fell flapping. 
This was easy for Anita, which bowled on down upon 
her with every inch drawing full. Aderyn now fumbled 
about, lying actually in irons, and losing all her beaut ful 
start, while she tried to get up some sort of canvas. She 
broke out spinaker just in time, or An‘ta must surely 
have passed her. Meantime, from every throat came the 
ery, “Look at Henrietta!” The latter liked this side 
of the course. She came down with a big kite-like bal- 
loon floating high at her masthead and pulling like a 
team of runaways. Never was a prettier sight seen on a 
yachting course than that offered by this grand old one 
both times she came down the free leg in this race. She 
would have done them both at this sort of thing, and 
as it was, made a distinct gain on both. 

Now Anita ran into Aderyn’s calm streak. Everybody 
anathematized such a place for a yacht finish, the air in 
this little bay failing entirely at the very place it was 
wanted to be regular and calculable. In the luck of the 
wind, Anita had a shade the better of it, and took a bit of 
air from Aderyn now and again, as she crossed her. It 
was a pass by courtesy of the wind, however, for jtst 
at the home stake the two were nearly lapped. With one 
of his smooth dodges, Davis jibed his boat square around 
the buoy with his spinaker still up. and was off, with the 
big sail coming down, for the reach before Aderyn was 


about. Time at the home buoy, first round: 
ATTA Gghasgaate etree Ss ii 46°28 “Henrietta ....:..,+.7---- 11 48 32 
ANGER RENE oe ee eee cea ll 46 33 


On the reach, second round, where Anita had stood up 
furthest the first time around, Aderyn again took the 
honors in the pointing, and she was handsomely «sailed 
by the Brunder combination. Henrietta, as before, got a 
quarter of a mile to leeward, 4nd Anita drew further 
inshore than before on this leg. They got out-into a 
fresh and steady wind here, and all the boats were well 
heeled over. Aderyn once more insisted upon first place, 
and it was exciting at the fourth turn, where the times 
were; 

AGENTS iastelllemiils vers: 1203 08 Henrietta 
Anita 12 03 13 


Peace ene reer scar cee 


Henrietta was first about after turning this buoy, Anita 
and Aderyn standing pretty well on. Aderyn went about 
before Anita, and she held the windward berth. Close 
hauled, she now led Anita r5o0ft. The latter, however, 
seemed this time to tedeem herself a bit as to windward 
work. and apparently pointed as well as Aderyn. She 
gained upon Aderyn, and it grew a, see-saw. up to the 
buoy, all the boats now showing plenty ‘of wind and 
needing seamanlike handling. To the wonder of every- 
body, both Anita and Aderyn stood up so well that 
neither needed to tack for the full leg, both having judged 
the distance perfectly when they stood on past the last 
turning buoy. They made the second buoy as follows: 


Scorn eh eeeny 121442 Henrietta ........:.:.2.: 
ESO BAITS, 8 12 14 53 Ree 


‘day evening. the 18th instant, 


ti? 2 


The last boat was thts making a gain over her former 
position, Adetyn was again ih the lead at the same 
station as on the last round, but Anita was now only 
eleven seconds astern of her, whereas Anita was two 
minutes and fifteen seconds astern at the same point upon 
the former round, 


The Finish. 


On the run home Aderyn was first owt with the 
spinaker, Anita following, winging out. Henrietta broke 
out her big balloon and again made a grand sight as 
she came down before the wind on her gallant, though 
hopeless, chase of the two leading boats, her balloon far 
aloft, seemingly detached from the boat and impelled by 
some inyitsible hand. 

Anita and Aderyn had but eleven seconds between them — 
at the turn, and they had to work through the zone of 
varying and baffling airs, In the luck of it, Anita drew 
alongside, and the two lay side by side, the two big spin- 
alkers folding and flapping. As they were able they feebly 
zigzagged in tiny tacks, fighting for the better berth of it. 
Aderyn tried to cross Anita's bows, but Davis would not . 
permit, and managed to keep his boat on the better side 
of the last fluky chance, luffing across Aderyn’s bows. 
Again Aderyn tries for it, but her spinaker falls hope- 
lessly against the stays, and Anita crawls’ oyer the line, 
inch by inch, not over four seconds ahead, Aderyn not 
rounding the buoy, and Henrietta sweeping also inside 
the buoy, Time officially taken: 


ATER AA Po Riclelstotateitns ore er 2°2455% HWentietta 2... pss en src ere yr 
INGE VIN sas vsievurdenie sires 2 25 01 : 
Review. 


The regatta can be called nothing but successful, and 
it brings forward some very interesting deductions, 
which, however, may go for naught next year. As to 
Lake Geneva as a place for holding this regatta, it is 
hardly likely the village could get a vote from those who 
were visitors there this year. The boats were splendid, 
and they were sailed in a sportsmanlike manner, and the 


. local camp and care of the boats were perfect. Socially— 


and there should be a social side to these pleasant meets— 
the week was one of frost and chill, and in regard to this 
there was much quiet comment among the visitors, which 
Green Lake Club would do well to avoid next year. As 
to the village accommodations, they could not by any 
possibility haye been worse. The hotel which was the 
“official hotel,” perhaps by virtue of some contribution, 
though that is not stated, was good enough to raise its 
rates to nearly dotible its customary charge, and more 
than treble what its accommodations were worth. It 
furnished neither light to work by, table to feed by, nor 
bed to sleep by, and on the whole was all that a hotel 


“at such a time should not be. There was also a firm of 


“official photographers,’ who charged $2, $1 or 50 cents 
apiece, as they could get it, for pictures of indifferent 
sort, by virtue of its appointment, presumably. It would 
be yery much more pleasant not to make such comment 
upon an event otherwise exceedingly pleasant, but it is 
due to the Association that the facts be known to those 
who were not present, Let there be no more club frosts 
or village hold-ups. 

A heavy rain fell this afternoon and put a hard task 
on those who were shipping boats home. As the train 
pulled out for the East, nothing was heard by way of an 
echo of the regatta except the low murmur of the waves 
upon the shore, and the harsh, strident crunch of the jaws 
of the millionaire cottagers eating their evening pie. 

Hove. 

Hartrorp Buitpine, Chicago, Ill. ' 

[Several photos of the yachts are unavoidably left 
over until next week.] 


The F isher Cup. 


THE proposed match for the Fisher cup between the 
Rochester Y. C. arid the Royal Canadian Y. C. has been 
arranged, and the races will be sailed on Sept. 8-10 and 
the following ,days, until one yacht has won three Taces, 
The match was first proposed by the Royal Canadian 
Y. C. in the following letter: 


Toronto, Aug. 2, 1900,—Secretary Rochester Y. C., 
Rochester, N. Y.:_ Dear Sir—At a meeting of the sailing 
committee of the Royal Canadian Y. C., held last night, it 
was stated, in conversation with some of our friends 
of the Rochester Y. C. on the occasion of the recent meet 
at Cobourg, that your club was anxious to receive a 
challenge for the Fisher cup from one of the 35-footers 
built by ws for last year’s Canada cup races, but on re- 
ferring to the printed conditions of the Fisher cup it 
was found that ten months’ notice was required. I was 
requested, however, to write to you to ascertain whether 
the proper notice would be waived if the R. C. Y. C sent 
a challenge to race for the Fisher cup, off Charlotte, be- 
tween Sept. 8 and 15 with a yacht in the 3sft. class." 

Our club has not yet official knowledge that the owners 
of our three 35-footers eligible for such a race would be 
willing to put their yachts in the club’s hands. but we 
believe that they would. Meanwhile, we are writing 
this letter to ascertain if you would entertain stich a 
proposal. I am, dear, sir, yours faithfully, 

F. J. Ricarpe-Seaver, Hon. Sec’y. 


_A_ favorable answer being received from the Rochester 
Y. -C., the following was sent: “i 
Toronto, Aug. ti, 1900.—John F. Griffin, Esq. :Cor- 
responding Secretary Rochester Y. C.: Dear Sir—I have 
to inform you that the Royal Canadian Y. C. have the 
honor to challenge for the Fisher cup, at present held by 


_ your club, with a yacht in the 3sft. class. : 


If. agreeable to you, Mr. Frank M. Gray, chairman 
of our sailing committee, will present a formal challenge 
in Rochester, and arrange all details of races, on Satur- 
on arrival of steamer 
Toronto at Charlotte. 

An early reply advising us that this date for meeting 
Pe Hee ee Or arranging another date, will greatly 
oblige. 

I have the honor to remain, yours, etc., 

PF. J. -Rrcarpe-SeAver, Hon. Sec’y. 


On Aug. 18 Mr. Gray went to Charlotte, and after 
a meeting with the officers of the Rochester Y. C., every- 


: 


178 


thing was arranged to the satisfaction of both parties 
and the following formal acceptance of the challenge was 
sent: 

To the R. C. Y. C,, Toronto, Ont: 
your challenge of Aug. 14 for the Fisher cup. We name 
the yacht Genesee as the defender of the same, Yours 
truly, A. G. Wricut, Com. 

Rochester Y. C,, Aug, 78. : 


The full conditions of the race were drawn up at the 
conference and signed by both parties, the yachts to 
be of the 35ft. class, in which the Canada cup was raced 
for last year, and up to the scantling tables in comstrtc- 
tion, 

Both Beaver and Minota are still in the Royal Canadian 
Y. C., and in commission under new owners, No 
changes have been made since last year, except that in 
view of this match being made, Minota was hauled out 
at her builder’s yard, Oakville, the first of this month and 
some extra lead, which had been added on top of the fore 
end of her original lead keel, with some carried inside, 
was molded on to the fore end of the keel, thus lowering 
the weight and increasing the lateral plan. Both have 
the same sails as used last year. On Aug. 18, in a 
club race in a light breeze, Beaver beat Minota, both 
beimg sailed by their owners. On Aug, 20 a trial race was 
sailed, Minota being sailed by Mr. McLeod, her de- 
signer, and Beaver by Mr. Jarvis; the wind was light 
and Beaver won by 1m. 32s, On Tuesday afternoon a 
second, trial took place, again in a light and variable 
wind, the times being: 

Wirst Race—Start, 4:25:02. 


We hereby accept 


MATT OAL Wee elioedb as cake dee nlon mie bleee nclctelehtede 0 23 
ideas A RAW RA 484 6 RO ee Sredmbcred 5 08 380 0 88 28 
Second Race—Start, 5:10:22. 

With et- Bos aap dese fene fod teay eatin wkesh nies 5 52 22 0 42 00 
GAN ETrade ciegeiatetals siete ts in eyoietalgalsltne aga ceepertabcatalniy giche 5 54 00 0 43 48 


The race of Wednesday was in a very light air, only 
a drifting match, each being favored in turn, the times 
being: 


Start Finish. Elapsed. | 
Reaver, Ah yajqadens hens tee 4 58 05 6 23 45 1 25 43 
MiTiO raat Se OCR N PARRY Leia 4 55 22 6 24 15 1 28 63 


On Thursday two more races were sailed in a whole 
sail breeze from the east, the times being: 
First Race—Start, 4:22:05, 


ea Elapsed: 

B FT a ntananan nate pep bess MbEsintcte tt inciat ater simi aiy ts laren aden ate 4 5b ct) 

iat MaDe SESmRR SRO Sha Me tts dee ti 45600 0 34 00 

Second Race—Start, 5:05:00. 

Beaver -.6 88 30 0 33 30 

ALi Cte Aeece Peak ececucer teres tet Par aee: 53910 0 34 10 
The races will continue daily, starting shortly after 

4 P.M. 


The races will attract much attention from the yachts- 
men of the lakes, and it is probable that a large number 
will be present at Charlotte. The Royal Canadian Y. C. 
fleet will cruise over, and other races are probable be- 
tween the Toronto and Rochester boats, as the Hotel 
Ontario cup is also open for competition. Genesee will be 
sailed by Mr. C. G. Davis, who handled her so suc- 
cesstully in the Canada cup races of last year, in which 
she defeated Beaver. 


Newport Y. R. A. 


SPECIAL MATCHES. 
Newport, Aug. 22-24, 
THE ninth race of the 7oft. series, sailed on Aug. 22, re- 
sulted in a foul between Yankee and Mineola JI. at the 
first mark, the latter being so disabled that she with- 
drew, both making protests. With a fresh S.W: breeze, 
all carrying second club topsails, they were sent away at 
11:40 to the eastward, to sail two rounds of the 15-mile 
triangle. Yankee crossed to windward and &s. astern of 
Mineola, while Rainbow was nearly handicapped. As 
the two leaders reached way fast in close company, Yan- 
kee to windward set a protest flag, claiming that Mineola 
fouled her. As they nearer the first mark on starboard 
tack to luff round, Yankee was clear ahead, and as she 
raunded, Mineola crossed her wake and hiffed round in- 
side and to windward of her. The two came together, a 
man was swept off Mineola’s bowsprit, and Yankee with 
her bowsprit demolished Mineola’s headgear. They 
dragged along together, the man being picked up by a 
hoat from Mineola after he had caught a life buoy. 
When they were: cleared, Mineola had lost her jib, stay- 
sail and bowsprit and withdrew, being towed to Bristol, 
Yankee was somewhat damaged, but she continued, both 
Rainbow and Virginia being astern at the turn. They 
beat to the second mark and reached in, the round being 
timed ; 


Finish. Elapsed. 
Yankee ..... past rbd Yar ers SSIS ICI iat 3 1 12 69 1 82 27 
AVRWSESY TUITE. | boa becepraiesteirey pws ak tAAG ECR BASS SOBA 1 14 54 1 83 35 
STD ON OD ernest eat eer ee LES BEARS RABE 1 15 57 1 Si m4 
The second round was timed: 
Start Tinish, Elapsed. 
Mankeg sts UW opts tee 11 40 32 2 46.34 a 0G G2! 
AWA he ss hatlch ae wre Maer Pre Bete err tes: 11 41 10 2. 48 46 3 07 27 
Rainbow. s..0.0. -,- 11 44 43 2.49) 04 a 04 21 
Vinbeteeh pepe ey We ees re eee pei 11 40 24 Withdrew. 


This race made the record, Yankee 10 points, Mineolz 
8, Rainbow 8, Virginia 1. 

The last race was sailed on Aug. 24 in stormy weather, 
the wind being strong from S.E. varying to S.W., with 
heavy rain, though there was little wind near the end. 
All set second club topsails, but Virginia parted a halyard 
and dropped hers to the deck, fortunately with little 
damage. She set a jib-header in its place, her crew, a 
green one, working slowly. At the start at r1r:55, Rain- 
bow went over promptly, and just to windward Mineola, 
while Yankee crossed just before the handicap gun. They 
beat out to the outer mark with a heavy rain and plenty 
of wind. As the catboat had drifted, the committee 
boat took its place as a mark. The turn was timed: 
“Niieola he aessetss -..cl2 48 00 Virginia 
RaWbOW. weer es eee ses ses 1249 01 Yankee 

They reached to the second mark under balloon jib: 
topsails, and then trimmed down for a close reach to the 
line, where they were timed: 


b Finish. Elapsed. 
iitaGla? keene. ors pee renee es. Seorre eee itt 1 34 25 1 39°17 
REID O WS cle] oteeuy rsa eert ere rena dae nas vl 80 25 1 40 15 
“SE foeph bt: 25 Tam HME Eas a ak a Sy cae 1 43 10 1 46 37 
Ment Nese 5 hb 8 Say AR eee ee real 43 51 1 44 05 


Virginia attempted to set her club topsail, but was 


ing commences at 10 A. M. 


‘ 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


unable to do so and withdrew. Yankee did excellent 
work to windward on this leg, her time being 44m. 50s,, as 
compared with 48m. 35¢. for Rainbow and 4om. 35s. for 


Mineola. They carried spinakers over the second leg 
and reached honie in a light breeze, the final times being: 

Start. Finish. Elapsed, 
WLITLE OVE cerpe aba oot itn bE Rett ie 11 55 08 319 24 8 24 16 
PR ATTUKOMC We sys cect aed tein | deer eee 11 55 10 3 21 06 3 25 56 
NE) ot ene eee ee ee RTE ee, Ii 59 46 3 25 17 3 25 31 
Mii eiiitsae sso) oe tel o PR args li 56 23 Withdrew. 


New York Y. C, 


THE LIPTON CUP, 
New York, Sept. 13. 

AS was announced on the flagship at the rendezvous 
for the annual cruise, the $1,000 cup presented to the 
club by Sir Thomas J. Lipton, will be offered in Class H 
(single-masted vessels and yawls, not over 8o and over 
7oft. racing length), and will be sailed for on Sept. 13 
over a 30-mile windward and leeward course, out from 
the Sandy Heok Light Vessel. Should there be no 
finish within the time limit (64 hours), the race will be 
started on successive days, Sunday barred, until decided. 
Sailing directions (with chart) can be obtained at the 
club house after Sept, 1. 

The steamer Cepheus (Iron Steamboat Company) will 
be put on for members and their guests. She will leave 
the foot of West Twenty-second street at 9 A. M., land- 
ing there on her return. Members’ tickets, $2; extra 
tickets, $3. All tickets will include lunch, exclusive oi 
wines, etc., and may be obtained from the committee at 
the club house. 


S, NicHotson Kane, 
CHESTER GRISWOLD, 
i Wm. Butter Duncan, JR., 
Regatta Commnuittee, 


Sag Harbor Y. C. 


SAG HARBOR—PECONIC BAY. 
Saturday, Aug. 18. 


Tue Sag Harbor Y, C. sailed its first race on Aug. 18 
in a light S.W. wind, the times being: 


Start. Finish. Elapsed. 

Wa Wa.....--- le hy Gute he Pye 1503 3 39 25 1 48 48 
Welianata cha wee ene en aus un meas 1 50 55 3 49 55 1 59 00 
Winatreduyt i thoeouyse as penta ob 1 50 16 8 51 00 2 O00 44 
PAVIOL Se ever wiv Senet Me aAbaecuhkah Gite 1 50 &2 4 01 00 2 10 08 
(STD Sd coh eee pagel pease eae ed 1 51 05 Withdrew. 

Inieferrsivare!c eye Bahl obo aac 1 62 00 4 05 40 2 13 20 

Grapshacting. 
Fixtures, 
INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS. 


Sept. 12-18—Salem, N. Y.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 
under auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club, 


Sept. 1-3.—Hamilton, Ont——Hamilton Gun Club’s tournament. 

Sept. 3._—Schenectady, N. Y.—Fourth annual labor Day tourna- 
ment of the Schenectady Gun Club; bluerocks and magautrap. 
Harry Strong, Sec’y. 

Sept. 3 Trenton, N. J.—Labor Day tournament of the Walsrode 
Gun Club. George N, Thomas, Sec’y. 7 

Sept. 3—Seven Stars, Near Pottsville, Pa.—All-day shoot of the 
Pottsville Game and Fish Protective Association. : 

Sept. 3.—Haverhill, Mass.—Haverhill Gun Club’s open tourna- 
ment; distance: handicap. = 

Sept. 3.—Meriden, Conn Fit annual Labor Day tournament 
of the Parker Gun Club; $25 added. GC. 5. Howard, Sec’y. 

Sept. 3-4.-—Blandon Park, Richmond Wa.—First annual tourna- 
ment of the Virginia Trapshooting Association, under the auspices 
of the West End Gun Club. Lave birds and targets. Franklin 
Stearns, Mer. ered 

Sept. 3-4.—Muncie, Ind.—Two-day tournament of the Magic City 
Gun Club. One day at targets, one day at sparrows. Chas. E. 
Adamson, Sec’y. ‘ 

Sept. 34.-Sylvan eerie: Oneida Lake, N. Y—E, D. Fulford’s 
ive-bird and target shoot, ' 
fone itt ete Platte, Neb.—Tournament of the Buffalo Bill 


Gun Club on Col. Cody’s Scout’s Rest Ranch; $250 added. Geo, ~ 


L. Carter, Mer. 

Sept. 4.6.— Wichita, Kan.—Tournament of Kansas State Sports- 
men’s Association, G. Parham, Sec’y. 

Sept. 6-7.—Sherbrooke, Can.—Tournament of the Sherbrooke Gun 
Club. ‘ ail 

Sept. 12-13—Homer, Ill.—Annual tournament of the Triangular 
Gun Club; one day targets; one day live birds. C. B. Wiggins, 
Sec’y. cw 

Sept, 12-13.—Pensacola, Flai—Two-day shoot of the Dixie Gun 
Club; bluerocks and live birds. V. J. Vidal, Sec’y. 

Sept. 14.—Salem, N, Y.—lLive-bird shoot of the Osoma Valley 
Gun Club. William L. Campbell, Sec’y. j 

Sept. 14-15.—Platte City, Mo.—Trap shoot of the Platte City Gun 
Club. S, Redman, Sec’y. ‘ 

Sept. 18-21.—St. ‘thomas, Ont.—Tom Donley’s fourth annual 
tournament; live birds and targets. ; 

Sept. 19-20.—Zanesyville, O—Tournament of the Zanesyille Gun 
Club. L, A. Moore, Sec’y. \ 

Sept. 25-27.—Omaha, Neb.—Fiith annual target tournament of 
the Dupont Gun Club. H. S. McDonald, Sec’y. 

Sept. 27-28.—Erie, Pa.—First annual target tournament of the 
Erie Rod and Gun Club; $100 added money. W. S. Bookwalter, 
Cor, Sec’y. Ah 

Sept. 28 and Nov. 13.—Dexter Park, Brooklyn.—Under auspices 
ft the Greater New York Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live 
birds per man; eyes comers Stats oraaiiced Se Bipase 
igible, Commences a . M. Sweepstake - 
Ae EUR He aur aan Mr, L. Schortemeier and Dr, A, A. 
V er, Managers. : 
ieee 34 Swanton, Vt.—_Robin Hood Gun Club’s three days 
i ment. 

Sone 11,—Greensbung, Ind.—Tournament of the Greensburg Gun 
Club. C€. D. Tillson, Sec’y. ' 

Oct. 12-14.—Lowisville, Ky.—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
targets and live birds. Emiile Pragoff, Sec’y. 

Oct. 9 and Noy. 28.—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, 
WN. J—Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men 
team race; 20 live birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized 
gun club in the U.'S. are eligible. CGommences at 2 P. M. Sweep- 
stake shooting “commences at 10 A. M. Mr, L, H. Schortemeier 
and Dr. A. A., Webber managers. 

Newark, N. J._South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
(lay afternoon, 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK, 


and G. Hagedorn. 
Sept. ge tattistate Park.—Labor Day shoot of the New Utrecht 
‘Gun Club; live birds and targets. ‘ ‘ 
Sept, 11 and Oct. 26.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Under auspices 
‘of Medicus Gun Club; three-men, team race; 20 live birds per 
swan; 29yds.. Members of any regularly edaeee gun club in the 
"UO, S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shooting 
‘cammences at 1) A. M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier and Dr. A, A, 
Webber, managers. . i 
Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 
Interstate Park, Queens.—Weelsliq, shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 


Club—Saturdays, Las fi sus 


| [Sieer, x, 1960. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


The programme of John Parker's tenth annual international 
shooting tournament is now ready for distribution, The tourna- 
ment is open to all, and will take place on Rusch House grounds, 
Jefferson avenue, Detroit, Mich., Sept, 11 to 14, Shooting on the 
first three days at 9 o’clock; on the fourth day at 8 o’clock. There 
are ten events each day, of which five are at 15, four at 20 and! one 
at 26 targets. ‘Io each event each day $5 is added. The entrance 
is based on 10 cents per target, except in the special events. Ut 
these No. 6, for the Peters Cartridge Co,’s international handi- 
cap trophy, at 25 targets, has 75 cents entrance, [vent 6, the 
King Powder Co.’s two-men team international handicap trophy, is 
at 25 targets, $1.50 per team, Event 6 on the third day is the 
Peters Cartridge Co.'s international expert trophy—no handicap, 
every one at 2lyds., entrance 75 cents. The price of targets is 
included in all entrances at 2 cents each, excepting events 6. 
Five dollars in cash is given to the best average on the first day. 
Sept, 14 is live-bird day. The programme is: Event 1, 5 live birds, 
entrance $3; divided 60 and 40 per cent. Event 2, 7 live birds, 
entrance $5; divided 50, 80 and 20 per cent. Event 3, 10 live birds. 
entrance $7; divided 40, 80, 20 and 10 per cent. Gillman & Barnes’ 
international liye-bird trophy, value $150; handicaps 26 to 82yds. 
Event 4, 25 live birds, entrance $25, $50 added: divided 30, 2a, 20, 
15 and 10 pee cent, intrance includes price of birds. The man- 
agement adds important information as follows: ‘Messrs. Hodgson, 
Howard & Marks donate an expensive and handsome trophy to 
any Michigan or Canadian shooter making the highest average 
any one day on targets during the tournament. All target events 
shot under handicaps—l4 to 2lyds. There is a good chance to take 
in the excellent bass fishing on St. Clair Plats, also a little duck 
shooting, though rather early. Take car in front of Wayne Hotel 
and transfer to Jefferson avenue through car, which tuns direct 
to Rianne Ship all shells, etc., to Hcdgson, Howard & Marks, 
93 Woodward avenue, and they will be delivered free of charge 
on grounds, First-class up-to-date meals at Rusch House on 
grounds. Fish, frogs and chicken a specialty. Shooters protected 
irom weather. Plenty loaded shells on grounds. Extra live-hird 
sweeps shot every day. Birds and traps ready for practice at all 
times through tournament. Practice shooting Monday, Sept, 10. 

ules and conditions: American Association rules. No targets 
will be thrown over 50yds. Target monevs divided 30, 25, 20515 and 
10 per cent. All of the target trophies become the property of 
the winner, The Gillman & Barnes’ live-bird trophy must be won 
three times, not necessarily in succession, Nobody has won it 
over once. Class division in live-bird events. Plenty of help. 
Come and see a first-class up-to-date shoot. If anybody by his 
shooting on the first day proves that he is unfairly classified the 
mistake will be rectified the next day. Address all communica- 
tions to John Parker, 465 Junction avenue, Detroit, Mich. Paul 
Weise is the manager.” : 

Rg 


A long Jist of merchandise prizes is enumerated in the pro- 
gramme of the Virginia Trapshooting Association’s first annual 
tournament, Sept. 3 and 4, at Blandon Park, Richmond, Va. ‘Phere 
are eleven events for the first day, of which the fifth is defined as 
jollows: “Eyent No. 5, to be contested only by five-men teams 
representing trapshooting clubs in Wirginia, 50 targets per man, 
the winning team to be the holder of the Virginia Trapshooting 
Association’s team cup (solid silyer $50 cup) until the next annual 
contest, the club first winning the cup three times to be entitled 
to permanent possession, A medal to be given the highest in- 
dividual score in any competing team. Ties to be shot off in the 
next succeeding event or events. Gold stick pins to be given 
the five shooters composing the winning team; high scores to 
choose.” Nos. 8 and 9 are at 20 targets, a handicap on the total 
of 40 bluerocks for a Rerhington gun. No. 11, at 20 targets, $2.40 
entrance, is a consolation race, governed as follows: “Winners 
of merchandise prizes in previous events are barred from competi- 
tion for same in event No. 11. This event must be shot through 
by those contesting for the high average inedal, and the scores 
in the same will be counted in awarding sweepstakes. Time per- 
mitting, ties for prizes in this event will be shot aif at 10 targets 
per man; otherwise they will be decided by ‘toss up.” Sept. 
4, the live-bird events will be arranged to suit the pleastire of the 


shooters. Birds, 5 cents. Target entrance based on 10 cents. 
In target shooting, the programme of the preceding day will be 
followed. Magautrap and one set of expert traps will be used. 


Shooting commences at 9 o’clock each day. A permanent organ- 
ization of the Association will take place at the store of T. W. 
Tignor’s Sons, 1219 E, Main street, Sept. 3, at 8:30 P. M. Guns 
ind ammunition sent in care of this firm will be delivered on the 
grounds free of charge. Shooters “caught” dropping for place will 
have their entrance money returned, and will be Barred, Manu- 
facturers’ agents may shoot for targets, Free wagon will take 
shooters from the cars to the grounds. Lunch served to’ shooters 
free of charge. Murphys Hotel will be headquarters. Mr. 
Franklin Stearns is manager, and his address is P. O. Box 6, 
Richmond, Va. 
& 


The programme of the Sherbrooke Gun Club, Sherbrooke, Can., 
for the two-day tournament, Sept. 6 and 7, is alike for each day. 
There are twelve events—two at 10 targets, $1; eight at 15 targets, 
$1.50, excepting one at $1; and two at 20 targets, $2 entrance. The 
Rose system will govern the divisiom of the moneys. There will 
be a merchandise event at 12 targets, 18yds. rise, expert traps, 
unknown angles, 50 cents entrance, entries unlimited, Ties in 
this race will be shot miss-and-out. Concerning its policy, etc., 
the club sets forth the following: “Sherbrooke again inyites all 
amateur trapshooters to come and break bluerocks. ‘This year 
we have changed our date to Exhibition week. The Eastern 
Townships Agricultural Association holds its great show Sept. 3 
to 4 It is the biggest thing of the kind in the Province, only 
excelled in all Canada by that of Toronto. It is very latgely 
patronized by Americans as well as by Canadians, and for this 
reason the railway fares are reduced to nominal rates from all 
points in Canada and the Northern States. The regular events 
of our programme will be shot over the magautrap. For this 
style of shooting our ground is particulatly well adapted, as it 15 
perfectly flat, while the background is good from all positions, 
We haye made a. little innovation in the system ot division of 
moneys, which we think will meet with the approval of everybody. 
Instead of using the same ratios in all events, we have varied the 
divisions s0 as to make some appeal to the hitters and some to the 
missers, while in every case each will get exactly what he earns, 
Of course we are Rose systemists all the time. We always tise the 
best of paid help in every department, and can promise a nice, 
smooth-running shoot. When we say that John W. McNicol will 
fill the office of cashier, everybody will know that that important 
position will be in the best of hands. Professionals and agents 
are particularly desired for the sake of their company, but will 
shoot for targets only.” 

R 


The Triangular Gun Club, of Homer, Ill., offers at attractive 
programme for its tournament, Sept. 12 and 13. The first day 
is devoted to targets, of which there are twelve events, eight of 
which are at 20 targets, entrance $1.50 to $4. There is one eyent 
at 10 pairs, $2; one at 10 targets, $2; one at 15, $1, and one at 
25, 2dyds, rise, use of both barrels, The second day will be 
deyoted to live birds. There are six events, two at 7, three at 10 
and one at 1 live birds, $7, $10 and $15 entrance; handicaps, 26 
to "8lyds. Magautrap rules goyerm the target shooting. No 
bang, no bird. Refusing difficult birds not allowed. Targets 2 
cents; pigeons 25 cents. The programme also contains the fol- 
lowing: “The club extends a cordial invitation to all trap- 
shooters io attend our fall tournament, and it is our desire to give 
our patrons and fellow sportsmen two solid days of shooting. 
Although we have held a number of small tournaments (all of 
which were well attended), this is by far the largest we have ‘ 
ever undertaken, and you can rest assured we will bend every 
effort to make it a howling success. Our grounds are inside 
the corporate limits, being only a few blocks from depot and 
hotels. They are equipped with a magautrap and. set of Vvecbird 
traps. We also haye a set of expert traps, which will be called 
into use if occasion requires. Sufficient canvas will be erected ta 
protect shooters from any kind of weather. Also plenty of seats 
will be at hand, and everything made as comfortable as possible. 
Guns and ammunition shipped to C. B. Wiggins will be delivered 
on the grounds free of charge.” 3 


& 
In the team trace between Dr. Wynn and Mr. T. W. Morfey on 
the one side and Dr. A, A. Webber and Mr. G. W, Hagedorn 


on the other, at Interstate Park, Queens, L. J., on Saturday 
of last week, the former won by a score of 88 to 85. The race was 
closely contested throughout. The two medical gentlemen stood 
at 80yds., Morfey at 33 and Hagedorn at 28. Each one shot at 
50 birds, $12.50 per man, losing team to pay for the birds. The 
birds wete a mixed lot, averaging well as to good quality, with 
an occasional swift, strong bird, which taxed the skill to the 
utmost. 2 = 


Szpr, 1, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


179 


Jw pe ee ee ee 


Mr, Paul Litzke, who in his spare days for some yeats past has 
deyoted his energies unselfishly to the upbuilding of trapshoot- 
ing interests and to the literary features of sporting journalism, 
has made his debut in a wider field, which is more commensurate 
With his literary taste and talent, namely, that of news editor 
of the Little Rock Advertiser, which is mow soon, as per its 
announcement, to become a daily. In its editorial reference to 
the new pen it has added to its collection, it states: “The policy 
of the paper will of course remain unchanged. It will continue 
to battle for the masses and the interests of the common people, 
as it has done from the first issue, Mr. E. E, Audigier, the city 
editor, will continue to make the paper the most up-to-date in 
the city, and with the new blood infused by the acquisition of 
Mr. Paul Litzke as news editor, the paper will not only con- 
tinue the most popular in the city, but cannot help but become 
still more popular and influential.” 


R 
Mr. E. D, Fulford, of Utica, N, Y., announces that the pro- 
gramme of his shoot at Sylvan Beach, on Labor Day and the 
following day (Sept, 3 and 4), is open to all, and all ate cordially 
invited. There will be fifteen events at 10 targets each, four 
moneys, Rose system, On the second. day there will be ten 
events at 10 targets, and one event at 10 live birds, $a entrance, 
three moneys, class shooting, 40, 40 and 20 per cent. Pigeons, 25 
cents extra; targeis, 2 cents extra. Heaquatters at the St. 
Charles Hotel. This programme should appeal to the great body 
of shooters who desire sport and competition at a fair ex- 

penditure. @ 


In the contest for the Dupont trophy, at Watson's Park, Il, on 
Aug. 24, between Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott and E. S. Graham, the 
former being the challenger, each contestant shot at 33 birds. 
Elliott won with a score of 32 to 28. Concerning this match, Ravel- 
rigg writes us as follows: “There was a strong wind from south- 
west, quartering in on the traps. Elliott had good luck in having 
the dog retrieve his seventh bird, which took wing on the dog’s 
approach, end was all but over the boundary fence. Graham 
had hard luck on his 28th bird. If struck the pround about Git. 
inside and bounded over the 2ft. wire fence, dead.” 


& 


Mr. C. H. Curtis, captain of the Dupont Gun Club, of Omaha, 
Neb., has been quite busily engaged of late in the interests of 
game protection. Under date of Aug. 24 he writes: “I have been 
up in northwestern Nebraska prosecuting market hunters. I did 
not haye the best of luck, but have got that class of hunters pretty 
well scared out. You can bet we are doing all we can to stop 
them.” The Dupont Gun Club has fixed upon Sept. 25, 26 and 27 
for its tournament. Mr. H. §. McDonald is the secretary. 


® 

The first annual outing, Leavenworth, Kan., of Aerie No. 55 
BF. ©. E., will be held on Senator Stone’s farm, Sent. 9. The 
shooting prograinme consists of twelve events, 15 targets each, 
$1.50 entrance. The average money for shooting through the 
togramme is divided as follows: First, $5; second, $3; third, $2. 
qiasoets will be thrown free. The shoot is open to all, Convey- 
ances will meet each train. Mr. H. W, Koohler is the manager, 


& 

Capt. A. W. Money, of the E, C. & Schultze Powder Co., de- 
parted for the famous waters of Lake Okoboji last week. It is 
said that his son, Mr. Harold Money, will return with him, after 
which it is safe to expect that there will be a general shaking up 
of champions and championships in the East, for the young 
gentleman, when be hied Westward some months ago, was of the 
very best in skill at the traps. : 


" 


There were five contestants for the Dewar cup at Interstate 
Park, Aug, 23. This is the third contest for this trophy, and as 
in the preyious ones was won by Dr, Webber, he killing 24 out 
of 25 at the 30yd. mark. In view of his record for this trophy and 
the relative showing of his competitors it would seem to be time 
that the skillful Doctor went back yd. 


R 
In the twelve-men team contest of the Keystone Shooting 
League, of Philadelphia, and. the Phcenix Gun Club, of Pheenix- 
ville, Pa.. last week, the former was yictorious by a score of 501 
to 458. Each man shot at 10 targets. This contest is the first of 
a series. e 


Mr. E. C. Fort, captain of the gun club at Fremont, O., writes 
us as follows: ‘Messrs. M. C. Sanford and E. C. Fort will shoot 
a match at 100 targets and 25 pairs on Sept. 4, for the champion- 
ship of Sandusky county, and $25 a side and the gate receipts,” 

BERNARD WATERS. 


At Hot Springs.’ 


Hor Srrines, Ark., Aug. 23.—Trapshooting has been somewhat 
ata standstill for a few weeks past, owing to the extremely warm 
weather and the absence of several’ shooters. Interest seemed 
revived again to-day, and seven shooters faced the score. 

Mr, Norton, representing the Peters Cartridge Co., made us a 
friendly call, and although he did not shoot in his usual form he 
did very good work. ° : 

Considering our grounds, which are very hard, and that we throw 
very sharp angles, few strangers have made a creditable score 
over our traps. } 

Williams usually gives a good account of himself at the score, 
but to-day he stubbed his toe in the Jast half. 

De Long worked hard for a straight, but on his last target, 
which was an easy one, he failed to break it. He will leave to- 
motrow for Lake Okoboji to participate in the Indian Wolf 
tourney, 

There is some tall afloat about giving another big shoot here 
this winter, If such should be the case, we will give the best shoot 
ever held here, and every one knows we usually give good ones. 


Herewith find scores of to-day’s shoot: 


Wesson yo scieass DNV TAT 109099 000191910009.1.1911111110 49 
Bryan s.essese 11101011.0000911111.11111101010111011011. 111011111140 
Williams ...... « V0D101190.1911111011111 11110110111 01.0011110001101 —40 
ipa efareslsbesser Siestsoue 114191191101.00111..0.01.0911111111101 1071111111011 49 
INGTLGIIO ware icisyee DOVVTITIV7 0191101111011 0.011101 43 
Wollinece oe 111011100991.19.1101101111111110101111107111010173—49. 
Sammons «...+.... ee ee OT Te A 
ECRETARY, 


Minneapolis Gun Club. 


Minnearozis, Minn., Aug. 23,—The attendance at the weekly 
shoot of the Minneapolis Gun Club was small, but the day was 
perfect. The best shooting was done by French, Most of the 
old regulars did well. 

Paegel diamond badge: Johnston 20, Mrs. Johnston 21, Hirschy 
19, French 23, Nelson 15, Steck 17, Stone 20, Neely 19, Rymers 10, 
Hoy 8 French won badge. 

Schlitz diamond badge: Johnston 22, Mrs. Johnston 19, Hirschy 
24, French 23, Nelson 16, Steck 24, Melich 17, Mrs. Melich 18, 
Gonnella 16, Rymers 12, Stone 19, Neely 17, Smith 15 

Ties: Steck 4, Hirschy 5. Hirschy won badge. 

Club badges, 10 singles and 10 pairs: Johnston 17, Mrs. Johnston 
14, Hirschy 18, Erench 19, Neely 17, Nelson 14, Melich 18, Mrs. 
Melich 12, Steck 13, Stone 14, Barber 10, Hay 9, Pauly 11. 

French won senior badge, Neely won junior badge, Melich won 
amateur badge, : 

Val Blatz diamond badge, 15 singles: Johnston 15, Mrs. Johnston 
14, Hirschy 12, Prenech 12, Nelson 6, Steck 12, Melich 14, Mrs. 
Melich 7, Gonnella 10, Rymers 7, Stone 11, Neely 11, Mattson 8, 
Moore 14, Hazard 15. Johnston won badge. 


Bellows Falls Gun Club. 
BELLows Faris, Vt.—The Bellows Falls Gun Club held its 


weekly shoot on the club grounds, Drislain’s field, Thursday 
afternoon, Aug. 23: 


Events: thew? Events: ah Ee 

‘Targets: 10 25 10 5p Targets; 10 25 10 dp 
Shepardson ......... 21 9 AV rp typ pee ssees pais hs They as! 
Worwood ..2:....... Wo eS «we CATO Te sesy tenors snl. Ae aA 
Gibson «s-se.ssese-2, 922 9 7 Dr Morrison......... _. 18 10 _. 
Russell ....... aspiene 10020 96-6: Dr Kriteht 25). 8, ecoas eal ® MEL 
Underhill -..,.:.-.... 619 


Eyent No. 2 was for the Flint cup. The last event was miss- 
and-out. Below is the score: 


Gibson ..... (aceeebas Pema try nS Sod seta rest t tae M1114 
SSEpATCSOM) Gaege ewes ene Neen BERG ee ey ee 1401711711111111110 
WeGloin eee en itcLrceeeerer Npacee: + 6111171911110 
PRUSSEI] Pl ypaces ss sess Wels slots “iieetocter: ns 111111117110 

Norwood eS Pa byrreessrowistscses se + .2110171110 

Dr Morrison Scwtestspsres piwypeeuane Bee wee e eel 

Pr Knight eae ee COSC EP tte t ees seyestsee teeny dd 


The lowat Tournaments. 


Indian and Amateur Shoots at Okoboji Lake. 


Owe of the most important shooting meets of the summer, if 
not of the entire year, began this week at Arnold’s Park, Okoboji, 
Ia, It must be borne in mind that, while these two tournaments 
are entirely distinct and under different managements, they are 
really linked together as one—an amalgamation of the local ama- 
teurs and Budd-Gilbert shoots of other years. Preparations were 
made and work done jointly, but this week’s enterprise, as such, 
Was entirely in the hands of Messrs, Hinshaw brothers, ot 
Okoboji, who deserve much credit for the vim and up-to-date 
business methods with which the event was carried out. In this 
connection, however, must not be overlooked the work of the 
genial Mr. F. C. Whitney, who as secretary and purser gave the 
utmost satisfaction, and left nothing to be desired, 


Okoboji Lake. 


It was indeed a happy coincidence that brought the Iowa 
amateur und Indian shoofs together here at this time. Okoboji 
is a beautitul lake, in the garden spot of a peerless Western State. 
With an altitude of 1,900ft. above sea level, it is one of the highest 
points in Lowa; thirty miles long, chemically pure and teeming 
with fish, it lies jeweled within a circle of low hills in the crater 
of a voleanic upheaval of the unknown ages of the world’s history. 
A more pleasant and appropriate point for a midsummer tourney 
could be found nowhere in the midcontinental States—a state- 
ment borne out by the fact that last year’s attendance was this 
year more than doubled. : 

Arnold's Park is situated on the east shore of what is known as 
the West Lake; it is of easy access by either the C., M. & St. P. 
or the Burlington railroad system, the latter requiring a picturesque 
six-mile drive over from Spirit Lake, and the indispensable con- 
veniences of post office and good hotel accommodations. Mr. 
W. B. Arnold, the genial proprietor, accorded the shooters a 
specjal rate, and placed everything at their disposal for the two 
weeks of the double tourney. 


How ‘Targets Were “Thrown. 


It was the original idea of those two worthy Indians, Charley 
Budd aiid Fred Gilbert, to place the traps right out over the 
lake, so that any target thrown would be silhonetted against a back- 
ground of clear water, and the plan worked out to perfection. 
Two sets of expert traps were placed just in the edge of the lake, 
and targets, specially manufactured for the occasion, were hurled 
out T0yds. across the water. It made a very pleasant combination 
for shooting, but flights and angles were thrown somewhat into 
confusion by the reflection of the sun at different times, and 
scores were thereby more or less adversely affected. Traps and 
targets were in the hands of the manufacturers’ own repre- 
sentative, 


‘T hose Who Were There, 


Among the well-known amateur and professional trap shots in 
attendance were noted the following: G, E. Hughes, Fonda, Ia.; 
W. B. Linell, Eldora, Ta.; C. M. Woodbury, Charles City, Ta.; 
Pred Gilbert, Russell Kline, C. H. Copley, Spirit Lake, Ia.; E. 
C. and L. Hinshaw, Okoboji, Ia.; F. S. Parmelee, G. W. Loomis, 
H. 5. McDonald, D. Morrill, Omaha, Neb.; L. F. Crissman, 
Ottumwa, Ia.; N. E. Johnson, C. W. Budd, Des Moines, Ia.; 

. H. Sykes, Beverly, Il.; Webber Grommar, Baylis, Ill.; T. A. 
Marshall, Keithsburg, Ill.; Guy Burnside, Knoxville, Ill.: W. R. 
Crosby, O’Fallon, Ul.; F. C. Riehl, Alton, Ill.; C. M. Powers, 
Decatur, Ill.; Frank Hodges, Olathe, Kan,; E. E. Neal, Bloom- 
field, Ind; C.D. Lindermann, Adams, Neb.; John Redfern, 
Sloan, Ia,; H. P. Blaisdell, C..E, Schmidt, La Verne, Mo.; E. A, 
Johnston, Sigourney, Ta.; BC Whitney, Des Moines, Ia.; Capt. 
Sedam, Denver, Colo.; Harvey MeMurchy, Fulton, N. Y.; Rolla 
O. Heikes, Dayton, O.; W. C. Portman, Luke Baldwin, Jackson, 
Minn.; E. Bird, F. Churchyard, Fairmont, Minn.; J, G Smith, 
Algona; J. O. Koethe, Omaha; Ed Peck, D. Baringer, Sioux 
Rapids, La.; Wm. Mitchell, Perry, Ia.; E, R. Hickerson, Moberly, 
Mo.; J. L. Middleton, Omaha; E. G, Wallace, Marshalltown, Ia.; 
Capt. A, W. Money, New York; D. F. Pride, Cincinnati, Oh 
#. Fulton, Athens, Ill.; J. H. Tamm, B. J. Sibbert, Dennison, Ia. 


Preliminary Sweeps. 


_On Wednesday, Aug. 22, a short programme of seven pre- 
liminary sweeps was’ shot, Fred Gilbert making a tun of 80 
straight, aud losing but 2 targets. Fred has’ been practicing at 
shooting over the water, and the game was not so new to him 
as to most of the boys, who found the flights of the birds over 
the water rather deceptive. Some good general averages were 
made, however. 


First Day, Aug. 23, 


Everything was propitious on the opening day, Just a light 
breeze in from the lake kept the air comfortable and added zest 
te the sHooting. by occasionally whipping a target into an unex- 
pected turn, he targets were going about 60yds., but did not 
leok so fast, and many of the boys, especially late comers, who 
had missed the opportunity of previous practice, found the game 
anything but easy. 

fred Gilbert sustained his first pace, losing but 4 in the pro- 
gramme. Tom Marshall and Geo. Hughes came next with but 
12, and then came Budd and Crosby with 13 skips each. The 
squad consisting of Neal, Marshall, Parmelee, Gilbert and Burn- 
side made another “record,’’ scoring 75 straight in the last event 
of the day. The scores follow: 


Events 23 4 5 6 7 8 910 Broke. Av. 
SCE exscae to cate Soe 13 12 14 12:13 14 11 14 14 1 132 880 
Parmelees onan sseren see = », 14513 138 1413 1412141215 185 900 
CLOT eo oceecnantnde 151515141415 18151515 146 1978 
igabemsd eS saya ays ene 1441413131211 15111475 132 880 
MGR NAN Sto doe nets h 1411 1413121514151515 138 -920 
PVE SLi ee hen 12:18 12 11 13 1414121273 196 840 
AVG Canth eya eee eee +» 8121313 12101212 1414 190 800 
Eire Goa nnn aeeieec, 15131513 141414141274 138 920 
Bday, eee en ep oe a. -. 14131512 141513141344 137 .913 
Tonnsouer eee ss! oebee, 141413 111412151415 15 136 -906 
RAE CH Se eran sang ante fos 12 18 141418 1212101412 197 846 
Sehwartz, Wleksyucnas sesees 13.12 151213 1214121314 130 866 
itch cl Spee ereeeeenners 1414121213 1514141512 136 -906 
= AS Siniiiispemeeroane ree 12141213 121010181231 #119 - 798 
ald Wirtge.: severe ll 9121110 8 51013 9 4108 -720 
IB sufel ake ee enon ee eee +e 141212 1313 14111311 = (124 826 
Portman nde EN eacr teeth an! PmlAsile Fh eRe Meee ane ~ aN 
elie Dee ees itis 131112121018 7121518 198 853 
ENTS TVET oe ents eee tastes ae 188 1 Fi WII 1g 1% «868 786 
GEL Silber een : LOI 6 911 9 610 $711 91 606 
Chincha . 15121412 181112121512 198 -853 
E, Hinshaw ..... 1310111212 6 911 812 104 693 
Lindermann ry 12 14 14 11 14 14 14 13 15 44 135 -900 
J, G. Smith... 10 1213 9141211111318 18 786 
Crissmian A Ae rarer aers, 151015 8141212141314 197 ~846 
Crash yee eee ake 14121313 151414191515 137 913 
RIgh]) Sener tee Lie 1218 13 15141451312 1413 734 893 
Sine. eee nL LL 1512 121215131813 7419 i239 880 
Redfern i.) 111013 918 Tigi 14 ~~ i926 840 
SGOT Seamer LLL tne 14 13 11 13 13: 12.13 1 14 1 125 +833 
ILE Lin slay ety ayn 91213 14131812141512 198 853 
Vorlyele Be Cn eran a a 18 a a 101010 9 16 105 -700 
Erankiine eens nas be! 2 3 147213 912 122 
Blaisdell (eee ire cae, HoU TR ELI Gig eel Se IS, ie 
Lh Essa so4nanel eek 1115141415 1413121518 1326 -906 
Marnill 5 erent 1071112131110 7101318. 110 +183 
Wallace 2..70..) ne theres 12141815 1413814491414 135 =900 
Viaikereevinne ee) ok, ARUP aoe Lee Tile eu) ted vent 
Schocris cevseeinoe te elon, 11 1011 1012 1312131548 120 800 
Melntyre 2 20 on. 13111012 912 91297411 113 -158 
ByKesr overseers lege LE ote Pe eT OP aa Meret 
Elodvicee  nepar nn nr ares J. | 1214131510113 111412418 195 835 
Beanie rns aoe sk Se 7 8 910 14 11 14 11 oily 
Groninecaeeeee weenie or oe 4G IU be et eS ais Eee 
Calveran ae ee eeeer ee oi b.” orice n=» Jolly 19-19 12 
Mariel aye ems site wee a ee een 13 11 15 9 12 14 

EGLTIME een eae Sera ee Ol ee Tavira as “Oe es 
IB} S'> Joksuy.t453 sag Ont A a ae bee ee Wes 13 10 11 10 12 13 tee ap 
midein ae” of Jats sane 3, an aii Amr mob eat) Boe et 
Schur .235 ie “yhpbacsr® On joo os 4 HE any Sera ah te 
Copley ereeaeriiceie ees 2 OR a TRG en he on 
Irate) Fler se feialekafgdalelahly ey pe 2 He Me 12 9 12 ry 


Second Day, Aug. 24, 


The morning broke dark and lowering, promising A wet day; but 
there was no rain beyond an occasional sprinkle. However a stiff 
wind developed early in the forenoon, which increased steadily 
into almost a gale, beating down wpon the birds, and making 


‘ 


shooting so difficult that averages suffered greatly. W. R. 
Giosby., guessed in negotiating all but 8 of the 150 targets: on 
the programme for the day, while Gilbert and Linderman lost 
9 each, and divided second honors. Crosby also got the long 
run for the day, breaking the first 60 straight, and finishing a run 
from yesterday of 100, 

The scotes are appended: 


Events: 123 45 6 7 8 910 Broke, Ay, 
ier) Eases eth. sisleiearion 12.14 1415181812141211 180 866 
Parmelee ...... Wels. de ele 10S 10131205300 12 806 
Giibert, \ 2 neavely ate 14151 414141513141414 141 940 
Biuritsidel Sus aevee tee. 1813131698 12121381413 131 -873 
Vliet Ly areca tee alata « 14 14138 14181512121213 132 88) 
[Slir1eaeeen pereerener. pies 11 12:13 1811 1200121213 119 7198 
Me Gan tinieyve ceriteat metas = 9141514141310 101214 125 8383 
ighteliege Taner aeen ee ade 14 14 13 14 127 12 18 18 12 12 129 -860 

RISTUCE Ms oe setter eee ae tc 1315 14 15 12 15 14 13 11 13 135 900 
feoMbtastehis a Ss ceases cae chk 14 14 1412 1342151381315 135 900 
Linderman ..... Pale erty wu 14.15 1215-15 15 14 13 15 13 141 940 
(Saale eral PEP Oneness 151515151415 14141714 142 946 
ieidinubies AA AAE DRA a ree WI2I3 IW WWI 12 813 «7 780 
FUETIUCKVI TN oho cyt reounvrerorene re 13141114151510 91114 126 840 
Miovibllll Bae ene cece Be! -ovs 1013.11 12 11 15 11 12 10 12 115 166 
BE LAnoalal Be ARE eerie ae ceer cr) 1517381110 912111015 8 14 760 
Ayn alle Cotes ae ie a eel 11 121212151510111013 122 813 
AVI Ee bi yeu nevareaioeers cose dee lpedoeleelselee igs As ABO 866 
By RAY oTLIL ELT ev tiareeaeg eae o> 10 8123 111212121111 9 110 733 
Rach Seow scee acca ees 1413131218 1475131212 131 813 
Eine) ee cee 14 14 13 14 13 13 13 11 13 12 13 866 
Giissman Jo...-- .. 14412 11 18 12 10 7 13 13 12 118 . 186 
Li Hinshaw . . 1413 11 12 14 14 12 14 12 12 128 «858 
Redfern +. 1L18 1311121211 9 8 9 4109 726 
MCLE. weretatecteleneters 131110181112 7111418 115 766 
Campbell ee OSLO SOE Sls ete Se ee eb, 
Gilera eee nae 71112 81014 8 11 10 11 96 640 
PDEUETATE © Fatatetan ee So mae saya 810 91211121118 1412 dd 740 
WENESEN PS ph alnial Segre tere eereeh AOR LST Ol et G71 ee ks sie? 
Lhe AB otsle ys ye More tra Sens 2111412 81811111113 116 113 
NVISITGH satan ots ea teres ae 13 13 181413813 14121215 132 880 
Isai ABS ee eee Dee) HE TEE MU WY a ee nse ae 
UE Wrcholiuhel Geers erie pase 11151018 91211 M111 114 760 
SIC CELIEL iE wclsereesctrp matte woe lle Felons 8h bt Oot Ose aneaee Bats ie 
J. G Smith..... sated SES oe La waere Sead penn ence ; a 
Bick mar is seme cease eee ee tLe Dimas ct ee cee a 
AT SLAVGStine th began hese Tb ABS ees ye ee ee te es 
DGC epactaiaretes setae el aR ny wit Ub lol PA nae eeu se. ie $4 
Mclntyre 22s ihtecassane ssc Aa hie 23g Le a eae ae per ve 
etsse] Se ee ee onder BY ye CS te le tee Agta pe an 
I holarets th peree men eice ere e 1413 5141214 71012 9 108 -720 
Cisse Sirintlyet ee re ee ee nee Sy She eee epee tat bij 
NicHolsonmattrsrrrrr rr some, 1h eee Ae pte 

Eiiroriaeess eLesereeere aes De hal.” Wili.., 81112 9 

SHENG Sinope gssagaqqne ce. wh OO OS iGins Ghillie st 

(QGibre Swain eres assqqqaseas Me Ae a4 Be Sade ay 5 

Elmer .......- asanaes OS OE BS A pb bah bean 

Bevan ...... adele Reto 

Siledty Senne uee x TESS tee 

Van Stanbere ...,,. oe OS 1875 


A splendid silver cup donated by the management was shot for 
the last thing on the programme, and was won by Geo, Hughes, of 
Fonda, Ja., after a shoot-off with Kline and Scheer. 


The Springfield (Mass.) Gun Club. 


EXCELLENT weather conditions, beauitiul grounds, good man- 
agement and a select gathering of shooters, all combined to make 
the all-day tournament of the Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club, 
Aug. 21, a very enjoyable affair, Although only about twenty-five 
shooters faced the magautrap, we have no hesitation in asserting 
that another meet, similarly conducted, will find double that num- 
her of the devotees of the sport on hand with guns and am- 
munition, 

Among the out-of-town shooters who participated were A. W. 
Stacy, the crack shot of Belchertown, Mass.; Messrs. Ray, Nor- 
wood and Gibson, of Bellows’ Falls, Vt.; Harvey, of Windsor 
Locks, Conn.; Fowler, of Westfieldd; Judson, Denison, Shearer, 
Tucker, Chapin and Crosby, of East Brookfield; Medico, of Am- 
herst; Manchester, of Munson; Downing, Bolt and Blamey, of 
Holyoke, and Gamwell, of Pittsfield. While not heavily repre- 
sented as regards numbers, the trade furnished a contingent not 
to be surpassed for genial good-fellowship, good shooting and solid 
worth, in the persons of Jack Fanning, of the Laflin & Rand 
Powder Co.; Mr. Hull, of Parker Brothers, and Capt. Bartlett, of 
the Marlin Fire Arms Co. 

Among the members of the club, Merritt, Coates and Jordan 
set a very decent pace at the trap, as the following scores will 


show: 
LS ee ete Coee'G ate PC SEmOI MLO 
10 10 15 10 10 15 20 10 15 10 
9°10 15 9 10 18 18 § 44 9 
Rs. Loe Oe RieieS= 198 or sip es 
coe BE aut Eye ee Ty) 
9 9 13 8 8 12 18 8 14 9 
De EY nib a thease 
fe Ace AGI Shy Git bes Sepa 
uae oe ep ees ye ORS 3 
Si deo i Ses Goat ay 
(iT OP Shadie A. ce So eer 
poe Ey Site at EN Ste Seat i 
ee ote SS eG 71 Coe wach neh mk 
610 1 9 6 9H 38 1 7 
Sais ce EOD Fis SOUT ae 
- 9 14 6 7 9 14 7 12 8 
-« 812 7 7 13 144 9 {2 8 
ie iy alt A as SG ai re ake fn 
LOTTE Re Oe ee oe ee 
pe TS 10 1 aye ASh ara 40 
See OM IO RTA tse er 
9 1 9 9 14 46 49) 95; dg 
oe te ter EI Pr SR Gi} 
ay Eeagts ahh ve SG. El 
wie om) es Oe Teihe tk 
Swe Sera 7s 


T was at 5 pairs and 10 singles, 


Event No, 

Thirteen extra events were shot, the names and scores of win- 
ners of first money im which were as follows: 

Extra No, 1, 10 targets: Gibson and Stacy 9. 


Extra No. 2, 10 targets: Jordan, Fanning and Chapin 10, 
Extra No. 3, miss-and-out: Merrit and Chapin divided, 12. 
Extra No, 4, 10 targets: Merritt 9, ; 
Extra No. 5, 5 pairs: Stacy, Coates and Merritt 7. 

Faas a No. 6, 15 targets: Stacy, Jordan, Harvey, Merritt, Denison 


Extra No. 7, 10 targets: Stacy 10, 

Extra No, 8, 10 targets: Jordan 10. 

Extra No. 9, 15 targets: Stacy and Harvey 13. 
Extra No. 1, 10 targets: Stacy and Harvey 9. 
Extra No. 11, 15 targets: Medico, Stacy, Haryey 14 
Extra No. 12, miss-and-out: Jordan 8. ve 
Extra No, 13, 5 pairs: Coates and Merritt & 


eh) Wak 


City Park Gun Club. 


New ORLEANS, Ang 2(.—Notwithstanding a rain storm of un- 
usual severity yesterday. a few of the enthusiasts at the clav 
bird game defied the elements im an attempt to connect with 
the elusive target. All things considered, the sport was good 
some fairly good scores being made. There Was a meeting held 
on the grounds, the sense of which was that the season should 
be extended to Jan. 1, 1901, to which date reeular weekly shoots 
will be held. The general interest in trapshooting throughout 
the South has remarkably improved during the past year, and a 
tmhost promising field for the manufacturer is sae ' 


Events: Yea) Be 48 AG 07 Events: Late Bie LG day 7 
Targets; 1015 2010 15 290.25 ‘Targets: 10 15 20-10 15, a oF 
McKay .,... 13 15 1015 19 28 Novice ..... @IS8-15- 2) 4 15 
Benedict .._. § 13 16 Be 1222 Newman .:..,,... 153) 92. 40 
Saucier ..... op: upont ir 
Paitin deh eta -! a Ge 
Handicap shoot, 25 targets: 
Benedict ...... begeeed. enn ad 111111111011101111111 11022 p__99 
McKay ...,-++0s ¢ eases Ce pant 149111911111107011711111193 95 
Saucier ........., Ava Ut 1111111111111911111110011 93 Qo 
Novice ........,, tS on 160100000110111111710110115— 474 
Bufft we... ie, Oe eee 117191109000000001111710113— 89} 
Wewntany hiv. tenn bl ee 1010110109001001000100110—10— 519 
Dupont <.0..2ss02 Kueh ee man 0100100000101113100001110—11 397 
Tie, miss-and-out: 
McKay (ree pteerersewem (i ee tIT Saweien oe. see eee. 1116 


Keystone Shooting League vs. Phoenix Gun Club. 


PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 25.—The series of matches between 
teams of the Keystone Shooting League and the Phenix Gun 
Club began at Holmesburg Junction to-day, and resulted in a yic- 
tory for the home team. ‘There were ten men to a team, and. 
each man shot at 50 targets. As a team score the Keystone’s was 
quite high, as they broke 501 targets out of 600 shot at, a trifle 
over 84 per cent. The Phoenix team scored 458, 43 targets less 
than their opponents. The targets were thrown from a magautrap. 
The weather was close and sultry, so that gun barrels became hot 
and unpleasant to handle, and perspiration flowed copiously. ' 

The Keystone team took the lead at the very start, and were 
never headed off, each squad gaining a few targets. The shoot- 
ing was done in squads of six men, three men from each team 
making a squad, each squad shooting at 25 targets per man be- 

retiring. ; 
aie the Gating: team J. H. Miller did the best work, breaking 
46, H. C. Buckwalter, the crack shot of the elub, breaking 45. 
For the Keystone team W. N. Stevenson made the high score, 47; 
Landis second with 46. 
score—47—Landis second with 46. A 

Following the team match several sweepstake events were con- 
tested, Howard Ridge winning the bulk of the money. The 
scores follow: 

Pheenix Gun Club, of Phoenixville, Pa. _ 
VAD Dnlliste: severance = eens viet eee 1101011111411100111111110—20 
1111110111111000101110111_19— 35 


THAR EIS: eng series vielebtie lenis vie min om 1010110100111111110111011—18 
100111110110110110001101—16—o4 

Laboyy rye yoreteyro Jee etre ouuegn sae 101110110710101100011111117 
Ren EnnTRe id 
Oe tira sherk eased doen 101101091011 U ly j 
eae eee 1101011101101010111111011—18—38 

(LOPMErS fetes bs caries ss tee mt = 1011101111000111001111111—18 
ER EPERE ERE RRR 

Walter -seseentpr 72-2 eee eee OLIVIA Py 
utidiaggsta 1101.011111100111111111110—21_45 

JOHNSON sisecrcec eset tne eeeee 1011111011111107111111111—_22, 
4111110011111111111100111—2145 

Syrebhyole ach aeaoncacs cODObON ued = 1100111010110001110111101—16 
1100110111100111111010001—16—52 

ID Yor ania s* Cee gs oo- bbombobuuuEE 0111111100111111011111000—18 

0111101010111110100011011_16—34 

1) DB) UCU Des BoA bap eeeont so) 110111 0011111111111111111—22 
J 1191101111111191111111111—24 46 

WHEW Obak POS ANedodoudsebb bse see 1110111101010111111110110—19 
1110011.011110101100110011-16—35 

Pei lettecee cn Cubana lee nie st eens 111111111111011.101011 01122 


0101011011110111111011011—18—40—_458 


Keystone Shooting League, of Philadelphia, Pa. 
PaNISEte ob etn cl oer a iameee 1111110011111911119171111—23 
41111110119111110111111111—23—_46 


Stevenson iebplddctackin «ates ese 4499119.190191111111111110—28 
, 1131111910191191111111111—24_47 
DongeneckOr Bye sdedddes sess oe 11410.1111111011.011111011—22 


0110101111101111111110111—20 42 
IRIE op AGacnenerecoobes gab 006020 11.11101111111110111001011—20 
410110010111111911111110—24_44 


oon Sy Serlsecooss bo beaodincodd 0111100111101111011110111—19 
0111110011011011110111100—17—36 
(SE MUON MAN po oee Cote RRC oBOREE 1111111011111111.11100111—22 


104111110111111111110011 2148 
RESALE Sibel, Saere sais acm athim oC Pe Teneo 1110011111111111111111111—23 
1101010013111199111101111—20—_43 


Wolstencroft .......... sacraarkeen 1911101111111311111110100—21 
1111001111011111100101111_19—40 
Vidi ctelonennnrnert a an Ga 1110001101100111011111111—18 
4111911010111111111110011—21—39 
Gartled ery ye panera ar 1101011111111101110110111—20 | 
1001111011011011010111111—18—38 
ISH GTe tees s oy nae ened a8 alevremee 1111100113111141111110100—20 
1111111011011111010113110—20—40 
Fh ernyny soa eh pees eee 1111100111101011111111111—21 


1119111111111101111110011 2243501 


Sweepstake events.—No. 1, 15 targets, $1 entrance, four moneys, 
Rose system:* Pehlert 11, Torpey 9, Ridge 15, J. H. Miller 14, 
Johnson 10, Hallowell 18, Buckwalter 11, Dotterer 9, Crothers 10, 
Holman 12, Smith 9, Wynn 9, Fisher 10, Cartledge 13, Hobbs 14, 
Davis 10, Russell 12, Landis 12, Stevenson 11. 

No, 2, same conditions: Cartledge 11, Henry 12, Johnson 12, 
W. H, Miller 9, Buckwalter 13, Holman 12, Hallowell 18, Dotterer 
il, J. H. Miller 7, Crothers 8, Torpey 8, Ridge 15, Sanford 8, Rus- 
sell 13, Hobbs 11. 

No. 3, same conditions: Johnson 9, Wilson 10, Buckwalter 14, 
Henry 14, Hobbs 12, Russell 13, Hallowell 11, Dotterer 11, J. H. 
Miller 14, Holman 11, Torpey 9, Cartledge 11, Ridge 14. 


Charlottesville Gun Club. 


CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 26.—Herewith find scores made at 
the two last shoots of the Charlottesville Gun Club. Some of 
our younger members are improving rapidly, and are making the 
“old stagers’” look to their laurels. 

Much interest is being manifested throughout the State in the 
State shoot, to be held under the auspices of the West End 
Gun Club, of Richmond, Va., Sept. 3. This club is one of the 
largest and best equipped in the State, and all visitors to the 
tournament, under able management of Mr. Franklin Stearnes, 
may be assured of a royal good time. 

Event 1, at 50 targets; shot Aug. 17: 


WOM Watsonlsa tissue cece it 6 Via ecsatat 1101911110110114911111011—21 

: 190011191111111101101 23-44 
SHOWS i Gey mp nsccimn tuck sane ee eee sheet 101111111111010111111111- 92 

} 4100110110.111011111111111_ 23 45 
Goll Britfe vires massa uae scene Vcean 1001111111111011111111111 28 


111101111911111111100111 23 46 


\G TU MAPPER Gnu rterat ee toda 1111100011111011111111011 20 
4911111111111011110111111-23 48 
PAS a Puan «earn Aly eel Croke incerta 0191100101311111111111111 21 
1111010111110111101111111 2142 
BEL, SWVIAES tava ssm pais te tite sacle Seren 11111.1110110011110101111 120 
0000000001110111111011110 1333 
Goch ran yn yo saucy cess ban tee eae 1101111000110011101 01111117 
0119110100001101100101110—14—31 
tO TE A aaosuce oS ces rane pana 019101011111011110110141—19 
119.0111111010010101010111—1 736 
AN GELSOIT Ie en; os Esl oLnbluadeeittos 1011110111110001101110000—15 


1011.001101111010001100111—15—30 
Event 2, at 25 targets, shot Aug. 17: H. T. Nelson 13, Lawson 8, 
Robertson 14, Keller 17, Waddell 16, Morvant W, C. E. Buckle 15, 
E. Bruffey 21, W. O. Watson 19, Anderson 15, Loyd 23, Snow 23. 
Event 3, three-men team race; shot Aug, 24: 
Copal birsns tsetse thy fuerte ee aes 1411191911110 2.4 
1909099111.11.1911111111111—25 49 


eretoniitch A RAR SD Boo onomedooonor 4499091711110 1— 94 
101111119191111011111 07122 46 
SUNS Ca erty Gena oeOraaribGerorn oe pan 1990111111910 94 
1110111111011101101101111 20.44 139 
IDG Wash. CRE eb Reith el cet ornreen 1411100100111100111111101 18 
. 0111111011.000101111111010—17—45 
FE MTB GET pes nts stato ahve etre Ake Fy ef 1991191110111111111.11111— 24 


100191111101110111111111019 a 
EOD \ ATS ONINe sete epee ee teheerl oer, 1070111111101110000111111 18 
1111 10711011010100111111115 37415 
__ Event 4, at 25 targets; shot Aug. 24: Walker 22, Anderson 12, 
Keller 16, Robertson 18, Waddell 17, Peyton 20, Morvant 21, 
Event 5, at 25 targets: McGhee 12. Buckle 9, Irvine 7. Twyman 
14, Walker 18, Anderson 16, Peyton 22, Morva>t 114, Marshall 20. 
D. R. Snow, Sec’y. 


IN NEW JERSEY, 


Walstode Gun Club. 


_Trenton, N. J., Aug. 21—At the shoot of the Walsrode Gun 
Club last week the weather was stormy—continued showers. 
Event No. 1 was a preliminary race at 25 bluerocks, Thropp 
winning, 
Thomas ran 15 straight in event No. 4, and went up in event 
No. 8 on doubles. 
Farlee ran straight in event No. 10. 
Coates had a new Parker, and did excellent work, as did Thropp 
and Farlee also. 


Targets: 


t 


{ 10 15 25 10 15 15 10 10 15 Sp 15 
SUNS) act area ee eee ee rue 81219 91815 8 911 8 12 
Parlee 9 Bey Sted eee eee itieerts . 1018'.. 91012 9 912 612 
(Chino Pee tere pee | ()c\cuscn aeons. NLL SGodel ee Rerun iets 
GRO Dore nto see FE UVR RYT $1020 71212 7 710 6 19 
Harrison ..,. brits Be Sy la ORES) Ges 
tynnelley LESLESLinmseereraseCP PIT UTIa oN a5 deat eo pe Hlotev ates ati) 


ON LONG ISLAND. | 


Shooting at Interstate Park. 


The Dewar Cup. 


Aug. 23.—The Dewar cup competition was the main event of the 
day, and had five contestants. The conditions were $5 entrance, 
birds extra, handicap. Dr. A. A, Webber was the winner with the 
excellent score of 24 out of 25, and this was his third successive 
win, and all the wins which have been made for it. The scores: 


OD MAb, CR eran wicca Kye ye emer 001112122221221*211111212—22 
WY IVINS otras) O es sa slajelsiets clslulslslslelereperctaistae 222220" 222222020220 2002"2 23 
SHEMENIS: ALO eaheates sus pis ye siz asm ns dipeesss 1122202210211102201212012—20 
ID Webbe t 30 le aio nates satraerecset 222222222.22.22202222222222—24 
IDERANVE* PAT Wasa peer suee 354s so20gnbanad as 2%222200212*1022220222922 1% 
Wyhatal pi 6 PES ey anon Ducosasa dap Sona lntanon 012222220220200*200*22200—14 
Five birds, $2, high guns: ; 7d 
Webber, 80.3........1...% 29990 Al SS Darhlers e2eb cs eveeieserents 222()1—4. 
Wynn, 29...... toredtepnoc 20012—S Thomas, 30............... 22222—5 
Steffens; 29.0...i0 00.0... 20121—4 


Wynn-Morfey vs. Webber-Hagedorn, 


A most interesting and closely contested match was shot at In- 
terstate Park, Queens, i\ng. 25, between two-men teams, Dr. VV. 
Wynn and Mr. T. W. Morfey against Dr A. A. Webber and Mr. 
G. W. Hagedorn. The birds were good as a whole, though 
rhixed in quality, with very few sitters and quite a number of 
screamers. The performance of Morfey from the 383yd. mark 
was quite admirable. He started in a bit unsteadily, but after 
the 11th round he began to get the swing and time, killing 37 
out of the remaining 39. Dr. Webber was close up with 44, Mr, 
R. A. Welch acted as referee: 


Morfey and Wynn. bs 

SRV IVECO Re Vireae rane ce moans cree 2222082222" 22222222020822 21 
2222220222222222992292222 ta 45, 

TDKE IE AGU PhaE Oe A tt laden eaten oo 22121111112212*2122121102—23 
2*22102221221*21021222120—20—43 
88 

Webber and Hagedorn. 

Dr A A Webber,.,.....,...- Peeters 202222222222222222922*220 22 
02*2202222222299229792929- 99d 

G W Hagedorn.,...,.. SEH DAADSOPADOOS 12211121122*1112021*100#2—19 
1111.091211121212111202101 2347 
85 

Fifteen-bird event, high guns: 

Dihomase sore aeons 222222222222 2202 —15 
Welch, 30,...........- 12212*121212"22 13 
Lockwood, 28 11*022*21122202—11 
NABI) (E MeL PARR R MBE APPA An AARABBE TEAR K car, Tepe 21121*002*12121—11 


Several miss-and-outs ‘were shot. 
WESTERN TRAPS, 


Elffott Wins Dupont Trophy, 


Cureaco, Ill, Aug. 2a): A, R. Elliott yesterday found E. S. 
Graham, of this city, easy for the Dupont traphy, which the latter 
had won from Joe Barto not long ago. Graham set the number of 
birds at 33, but this was no hoodoo for the Kansas City crack, who 
only went into a trance and forgot to wake up until he had killed 
them all but one. Graham was not quite so fortunate, losing 2 
out of the 25-string, and 3 more out of his last eight. Two of 
Graham’s birds were dead out of bounds, his first bird shot at 
going out in this way. He then killed 7 straight, missed, and 
then killed 15. 

Elliott. was first at the score, and he killed straight out to his 
12th. After that there was not much to write about on his side 
of the sheet. 

The birds were very fast and strong. Wind, high and incoming. 
The score! 


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Garfield Gun Club. 


Chicago, Aug. 26.—The appended scores were inade on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the sixteenth trophy shoot of 
the series, 

S. E. Young carried off the honors and also Class A. medal 
on a score of 22. W._P. Northcott won Class B medal on 20, and 
A, D, Dorman won Class C medal, also on 20, 

The day was an ideal one for trapshooting. A light breeze 
blowing, quartering across the traps, made the flight sotmewhat 
erratic, but not enough to discourage even a beginner. 

Twenty shooters participated in the trophy event, several others 
coming later. 


Trophy shoot, 25 targets: 


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ARDD: (Poltird. 07 eo cache adacee eres 1011110010010000111001111 14 
ge Aco wan loro hae MN eae ,. «.0000110111100111010101110 14 
Raa Catt Ane aol m wii ne OO et ly ry 111100111111110011101111120 
WP SNiprilicatin, 1,5 csnegiined MeeeO Ts 1411111111110111111100001—20 
DEAS WAT eCIC rr. sii Cita ent ate 111010101111011011101110119 
PRAISE RP ce C neces es ee ee me 1100100000000010000001000— 6 
F I Cooper....... mihiperetieecccr asain nr. 1110011010011011111401111 18 
SAL enn eaeep eer bE ees ot 1111011111111111111101111 28 
ITN DE Nera g de aipnes 4 «aoe Come CAN SS 0101011101111110110101111 18 
CLEY Richares peeeeee Coceee essa a aemeeene 1110011110011101111111111 20 
STD SOT een nn ence tact 1111101111111111111110101 22 
PwBacnand es ten lTaey eeene eee 1101110101111001011111111—19 
RAIN ot pee eeee. petr nent roto 1311011111100101111111110—20 
H Delano ........-...000- Nei Sere 0001111101100001110011110-—14 
A UMArSHally (yc cos. eine te -001011001110110011101111116 
TA R Elliott... -1411111191100111111111111 23 
Dr A Huff... . . .011,000011.0110011100110011 13 
Tee ecClstr beac verm TE TET 0111011111101011100011111 18 
SLURS cep ea a ee Oe ean 0001000010001100111110000— 9 


D M Parker... Rae vey a athy At (1001.101110000000000100001— 7 


Tt: Maly Saaz shes L ni-nannnne Seer 1101091.111711111101010110 19 
Sweepstakes: 
Events: 1 23 4 f 67 Ieyents; 2+ Gedo Gi eg 
Targets 15 10 Sp 15 15 15 10 Targets: 15 10 5p 15 15 15 4u 
Pollard ..... Uy SP Tho yn Ue Tobia ML. Th atl ioe 
A McGowan. 9 8.. .7,. 5 5 Dorman .., 49 9.. 10 
Reso yee 129 911 ..13 9 De Dong 5 Si eee 
Nortitcatm aaedlee Oe Pie Tose Ieiori ls on a PARED Adu 4 
Dr Meek.... 10 8. — 1 NWEOIE GS Ao ee 
Gukass oe. Grice tt an 4} His W Jones... § 10 ae 
Cooper ..... Dee te la: Se Ralph) Oe re 25! viens alone 
R Tarney....10 8 ae Ibitidy 2.) He ore ees fb 2 
Richards....- TH 39 4°45, 5:2 *9) Delano. eee L) Prom We th ee i) cen it 
A Steele.... 12 8 So Wiles ile a ee ee 
ABewesy Sou ne. TO 5 TAS va) 965 SHAR ea se: on a OE OB 
Youngs 72a oe 7 ale ve 
Team race, 16 targets: 
Fe G Rartard gages abl Dorman ........ “obasetite 12 
RR Kuss state este esa oe 15 HUTOtEME Meets Sree ee weld 
FReS ALOT Gt Deke riers eee ere pal Richards! seers: pathos 18 
Ballad peers weresendO Dy Viernes, 8s ay ak 
Marshall” eee eee aul Wiaolitdera te cceccs Thence alt) 
OOPEl a: ane aa et [avoid meaeadiia ay. Pees At 
O Barnard,..::.,.- Aenea Drags EDT ae tee So (Oe a alt 
Diy Diddy ee eae {4 A MeGowan............., 10 
Yamner! Jeena Daas ess il BW Wolff ..... pence eee 5 
Vows Sei ee 5—108 Young .,..-..... Ted ten 5—104 


Chicago Gun Clu, 


Chicago, Ill., Aug. 26.—Besides the following, a few extra cvents 
were shot; ; a 


‘Winchester; Messrs. Taggard and Kingsbury, 


the guarantee for _a pleasant tournament. 
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Handicap cup shoot, 25 targets: 
Buck, 3, 24; R. B. Carson, 1, 18; Cady, 1, 14; Mrs. Carson, 4, 20, 


Vietmeyer, 1, 21; Irwin, 1, 20; 


, 


Monthly trophy, 15 targets: 


Vietmeyer ....11010171131—14 Dr Morton... .000111101101111—10 
Uribe Pe eect ce T1001N1100111 1331 Cady ...... 101111001001111—10 
Milliken ...... 001010100000110— 5 Mrs Carson...101110119111011—i2 
WBitel Ee aeowens 111101111010011 11 \" Stannard. ..11011111101011112 
R B Mack... .01010111001140i— 9 Dunbar .......010110100101011— 8 


Ir Carson..... O11101100110013—. 9 Smith, Jr...... 111011111101101—12 
_Trophy shoot, 25 targets: Vietmeyer 23, Irwin 23, Milliken 14, 
©. J. Buck 17, R. B, Mack 21, Dr, Carson 19, Dr, Morton 22, 
Cady 16, WD, Stannard 22. 


Bellows Falls Entertains Fitchburg. 


Tux Bellows Falls Gun Club held its weekly shoot on the club 
grounds, Drislain’s field, Friday, Aug. 17. The boys received notice 
that the Fitchburg Gun Club would pay them a visit and arrive 
on the 9:30 A. M. train. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Ray, 
Norwood and Gibson, met the visitors at the depot and escorted 
them to the Hotel Rockingham, where arrangements had been 
made for an early dinner, which was served at 10:30. After dinner 
the club had a barge in waiting and conveyed the visitors to the 
grounds, and shooting began at 11:30, twenty-four shooters taking 
part, The club had for visitors the following named gentlemen: 
Mr. J. S. Hull, Tere eCHURG the Parker gun; Messrs. Wilder, 
Converse, Cutler, Rob, Estey and Dr. Russell, of Fitchburg; 
Mr. Andrews, of Leominster; Messrs. Lasure and Nelson, of 
i of Walpole, and 
Mr. Nelson, of Bernardston. The two events that caused- the 
most excitement were Nos, 3 and 4, Mr. John Flint offering o 
cash prize of $5 for high gun in a 25-target event, and No, 3 was 
decided on as the event. Messrs. Converse, Underhill and Gib- 
son tied at 23, and on shooting off the tie Gibson won out with 
10 straight. “Event No, 4 was a team race of seven men, and 
was won by Fitchburg with a score of 135 to 123 for Bellows 
Falls. Two of the Bellows Falls men shot poorly. About 3,000 
targets were thrown during the afternoon. The only regrets 
were that the Fitchburg boys had to leave for home so early 
(3:30); but they waited until they only had time to catch the 
rear platform of their train. We hope to be able to meet the 
Fitchburg teain again this fall and haye another match with 
them, as the record now stands one win for each team. Below 
is the score for the day: 

Team match: 


Fitchburg. Bellows Falls. 
Walidiiy sa as Oe es vetrone sects s 22, ety re ee dasesige sees sete +028 
Converses Ste ye noseee 21 SOTO Gl lear reareree weareecrare epee a2 
Gutlea er Pel chi usnmeceoesse 19 Gibsorr Qietecres Soeerees 21 
TOTMRATSSEll ee nenene eee i7 Capron ,*%.:.;. 610.565 4 suites Ce 
USISE Ofeis b Rr elie eee tect 19 Wight syste eee eee 16 
PANSUGHT NSS LI Ete te Shr oie cl 20 IWiognisonl reaqq tas sekinenee 18 
JEST 4s OAs ren ba 1i—135 Underhill ..,¢22.258532 .« .20—138 
Events: if OL Be oO OTS 
Targets : 25 25 25 25 10 25 8p 10 
Wallen Mxhahs larepentieetoursen Wale toate nS’ 7s 320 122 ee PR OE 
Conersde Giver eres ces te ere ere RA eS ig tk A 
Gittler oi rant trace fie EERE CREOLE Oe 21 23! 2A 9 Poh te 
RGD peti hae le a ae ae parr atee es ae like 19 ALBUS Tien ee are 
Omi horep sdheaheorereen to tena eheey aoe 14" GO Ry eyes 
Amdrewe: Silithus meee SE! ama eo Se ees 
Wcastire=si nu esate. aie pee meelnn Ait UG Gta Kaelin eS aes 
Dr ME ts Byes sence alvsye vere eels Le 2) 6 5 a) eaGeeen 
Russell Banco eae ore aL the 15 20 19 2. 2A) as atte 
AG trisa iis aee! hop aateuthin ks willy senine 24 23 25 24 10 ee 
Rig Sphere yea aed aoe peat Pn aE OU 21 20 22 22 Raene 
INGEWO Od ae siea tise oe rede Pee DL Nn ons zi 9) 2122; PAD Oe tee 
Gibsous Giteresiturecrsvaee eae Paper awa za pot 23 ZO 2 A 
Dr Morrison -s....0sse- LES PP Ve Ab 0.7) IMSS Ts es So, 
Capron si. rapt rnenhte nuneek ern auaanne Ol Dh dR. oie ee 
Digekassell. +hsan Eben web cede nS ae Te ake ES Fe alt 
SUMPSON sttatipttice ste epee ne SLG-8.4 Seo) eee 
Wrderhill! y,ajcqemetece save rdngated nan Rie ate uN) Ste ee 
Bassett onaristmantesshenseeenin reas Pam ie as RS “a (iP 
INEISO Here eee, alee edlaly a a2 
Magrard Migoiieesseees easel eerie sete Base LEE SS aed 
Flt t#.stuuceereued tieaee wee bee tates mot cetyl WS Ss SS 
IME SDULY 352244403 2ss0-ec0n—es sna Coie ot ter ee wens EE! pep» at! 
Powellei te Fut eet bie ab eee Vhevesee Dae oe, Sos SR: aK Aa 


The Country Club. 


Brraincuam, <Ala., Aug, 8—We, the undersigned, desire to 
express to the Peters Cartridge Co. our hearty thanks for one of 
the most enjoyable and successful tournaments ever conducted in 
the South, Their contributions to the different events have been 
most liberal. 

The large attendance and the remarkable success of ‘‘the shoot?” 
is largely due to the Company’s wise and judicious selection of 
Mr. J. H. Mackie as manager. His name will hereafter serve as 


. H. Baugh, Birmingham, Ala.; T, J. Watson, Birmingham, 
Ala.; E. J. Huchall, Pratt City; W. P. Lueg, Alba, Ala. 

The Birmingham Club, composed of forty men, has instructed 
its secretary, R, H, Baugh, to sign the aboye, 


R. Trenton, Pensacola, Fla, W. J. Tingley, Trenton, N. J. 
F. A. Gricler, Birmingham, Ala. H. Jones, Birmingham, Ala. 
C. A, Jones, Birmingham, Ala. E. P McDonald, Birmingham, 
J. _R. Livingston, Chattanooga, Ala, 

Tenn. O. E. Porter, 
N. B. Oliver, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tenn. 
S. Matlowe, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Ae J. Grady, Jr., Sheffield, Ala. 


Chattanooga, 


Gleene Foster, Tuscaloosa, F, H. Woodworth, Chattanooga, 
Ala. Tenn. . 

W. T. McCormick, Tuscaloosa, F. C. Htheridge, Macon, Ga, 
Ala. J. C. Boyles, Columbus, Miss. 
S. Friedman, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Ai. H, Chamberlayne, Patton, 

Gros Smallwood, Tuscaloosa, ae - ae 
Ala. ip Wee Chamberlain, Birmingham, 
a. 


i Abbott. 
Blt E. i. Forney, Birmingham, Irby Bennett, Memphis, Tenn, 


W. W. Garth, Columbus, Miss, 


Ala. 5 
‘Lee eNPoa dys Hepsi eh eee aes H. Campbell, Franklin, 
. B. Aird, Pratt City, Ala. ‘enn, j 
ES A. kirk, Pratt City, Ala. H, Voss, Mobile, Ala. , 
A. H. Frank,,. Memphis, Tenn. Joe Brignardello, Memphis, 
Thos. Maxwell, Tuscaloosa, Tenn. at 

Tenn. G, H. Ellerbe, Birmingham, Ala. 


Robt. Smith, Birmingham, Ala. 
esse W. Brown, Woodward, 


la. 
W. T. Vass, Mobile, Ala. 


E. J. Brown, Birmingham, Ala. 
H. S. Smoth, Birmingham, Ala. 
Cc. F. Eastham, Birmingham, 

Ala. : 


Magic City Gun Club, 


THe second annual Labor Day tournament of the Magic City 
Gun Club, at Muncie, Ind., Sept, 3 and 4, has a target pro- 
sramme on the first day and live birds on the second. There are 
twelve target events, 10 and 15 targets, based on 10 cents per target, 
‘J| shooters entering for the entire target programme will receive 
a rebate of $1.50. Magautrap rules. Targets 2 cents. There 
are four live-bird events on the second day, at 10, 25 and=10 spar- 
rows, $2, #5 and $2, and a miss-and-out, 50 cents: The 25-sparrow 
event is for the State championship. The spare time will be 
devoted ta extra sparrow and target events. Sparrows 10 cents, 
with a rebate of 2 cents for each one killed. Four moneys, except 
in miss-and-out. Shooting commences at 9 o’clock. Shoot rain 
or shine, Ammunition and limch to be obtained on the grounds. 
Ship guns and shells to Chas. A. Adamson, who will deliver them 
6n the graunds free of charge. 

This is the season of the year when the youn 
turns lightly to thoughts of shooting in verse. 
notice of the club’s invitation: : 


‘MAGIC CITY GUN CLUB TOURNAMENT. 
“Sept. 3 and 4, 1900. : 
“There’s poing to be a great big: shoot given on Labor Day, 
You must come, brother shooter, you must come; 


There'll be bluerocks in the sky, and everything but rock and rye, 
You must come, brother shooter, you must come, 


mans mind 
ead and take 


“There's going to be some big guns at this shoot, so they say, 
You must come, brother shooter, you must come; 

Jim Head may trip up Neal, but Doc Britton’s sure to heal, 

And Ed Rike may Heike our way on that big Labor Day, 
You must come, brother shooter, you must come,”  —~ 


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CoryricuT, 1900, BY Forest. AND, STREAM Pusrisnive Co. 


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TWO PRACTICAL SERIES, 

WE begin to-day the publication of two important series 
of practical papers. The first is that on “American Wild- 
fowl and How to Take Them,” by George Bird Grinnell. 
The chapters which are to follow will give a particular 
description of each individual of the family, including 
the: swans, geese, brant and ducks, with illustrations by 
Edwin Sheppard, the well-known illustrator of Baird, 
Brewer and Ridgway’s “Water Birds” and other works. 
By means of the text and pictures in Forest AND STREAM 
it will be practicable for the novice to learn his ducks 
and for the older gunner readily and certainly to identify 
any strange fowl that may fall to his gun. 

The second series of papers, of which the first chapter is 
printed to-day, has to do with “Training the Hunting 
Dog for the Field and Field Trials,” by B. Waters, This 
is an exhaustive and in every sense practical manual 
of instruction for developing the field dog for its highest 
usefulness as an adjunct to the gun in the field; and the 
successive chapters will command attention by reason 
of the common-sense and efficient system set forth. 

These are among the features which in the months to 
come will maintain the interest and usefulness of the 
ForEST AND STREAM as a sportsman’s journal. 


THE TIME OF YEAR. 


THE season of maturity is at ‘hand. The rye and the 
wheat fields that in midsummer shone with yellow stubble 
are hidden now, by the green of the ragweed, which 
through the winter. will furnish food for many birds. In- 
the cultivated fields, vegetation is dying down and the tall 


stems of the corn are yellowing as the grain grows hard. 


Already from some trees crisp brown leaves are falling 
to the ground, while others are beginning to show the 
colors that denote their ripening. The spikes of the 
goldenrod are brilliant now with orange blooms, and the 
white panicles of the wild carrot wave in the breeze above 
the green rowen of the mowing lots. Whitened by the 
dust tossed up by every passer, the) asters’ bloom along 
the roadside. 
than it was a month ago, the nightly cry of the katydid 
slower and more sleepy; yet, beneath the stone in front of 
the house or hidden under the floor near the fireplace, the 
cricket trills his song with as much energy as ever. 

The farmer has begun to gather his crops; the birds 
and the mammals have reared théir young and are resting 
from their labors: the larve of insects are spinning their 
cocoons; seeds ate dropping off the weed stalks. All 
things are making~ ready for the long rest which is to 
prepare the way for the production of another year. 

It is at this time that the gunner fares forth to harvest 


for himself the fruits of the field, now, alas! so much 


more scanty than in days gone by. Aside from the sum- 
mer woodcock shooting, still practiced in a few States, the 
first shooting is that of shore birds and rail, which is 
desultory and local and often very unsatisfactory. Then 
follows the first shooting at prairie chickens, which 
happily promises this year to be very good. The long dry 


_time which: brought anxiety. to the farmer’s heart, insured 


a good crop of ‘birds to the sportsman. 
__ It will not'be until a month or two later, however, that 
shooting can. be enjoyed at its best, for it is when the 


weather is” coal and crisp that.men and: dogs alike show 


the’ ‘greatest energy and are able to put ferth their 
_best effort to follow up the wary denizens of field and 
copse. . Then, when-the ground at morning is hardened by 


> the frost; when ‘the air is clear, fresh and bracing, sq 


For single 


‘sportsmen take theirs home. 


The drone of the cicada is less sharp now . 


that each respiration delights and stimulates; when the 
leaves have for the most part fallen from the trees, so 
that it is possible to see even at a considerable dis- 
tance the gray shadow which, darting among the branches, 


reveals the prey for which he longs, the gunner may en-_ 


joy to the full the pleasures of the field. 

And yet inthe old days there was surely a charm about 
the sport of rail shooting. The gunner who stood silent 
in the bow of the skiff as it moved slowly through the 
swishing grass never knew precisely what fortune might 
have in store for him. The next bird that rose before the 
boat might be a silent rail, flapping off on uncertain 
wing; or an awkward bittern, complaining with raucous 
voice against the disturbance of his solitude; or a heavy 
black duck, quacking a loud alarm to all his fellows; or 
a bunch of bluewings, rising in a close mass and then 
separating into fragments like an exploding shell, Some- 
times, if the boat passed close to the shore, a brood of quail 
might even rise with startling rattle from some weed 
patch where they had been resting, or out in the river a 
ruffed grouse might wing his silent way from shore to 
shore. 

In those days, though we shot with muzzleloaders yet 
sometimes the spoils were great. Perhaps if they had’ been 
less great we might have more birds to shoot: to-day. » 


BRINGING IT HOME. 


THe shooter who is looleins up the seasons fond the- 


shooting restrictions as given in his Game Laws in Brief 
is apt to be perturbed when he finds that he’ may not 
bring home from the shooting country he plans to Visit 
the game which he fondly trusts will fall to his gun. The 
average sportsman has just enough human nature in his 
composition to make him want to bring his game home 
both as a substantial evidence of his success and as a 
good thing which he would enjoy sharing with his 
family and friends. To be denied this privilege is in many 
instances regarded as a harsh deprivation; and there are 
many considerations which support the contention that 
the non-resident shooter should be permitted to take 
home with him a reasonable amount of the game he has 
killed. 

When a non-resident shooter pays a sum of foiverence 
for the privilege of killing game within the boundaries 
of a State which by statute discriminates against non- 


yYesident sportsmen, he should in common fairness haye 


the privilege of taking home his game,, just as the resident 
If he is prohibited from 
taking with him any game without the limits of the State. 
he is deprived of all advantages other than the mere 
pleasure of pursuit and capture. The State therefore is 
almost the sole beneficiary from the effects of such non- 
resident legislation. By the license fees it adds to the 
resources of its treasury, the game killed by the sports- 
man is kept within the limits of the State, and therefore 
adds materially to its food supply, while large sums of 
money are expended by the visiting sportsmen for the 
ordinary expenses of living, thereby adding to the com- 
mon wealth. Hotels, livery stables, railroads—in short, all 
such institutions within the State—are gainers from the 
influx of sportsmen. 

' As a matter of equity, the payment of a considerable 
sum of money directly to the State would imply the 
giving of a commenstirate consideration in teturn. It 
cannot be said on good grotinds that the mere privilege 
of plirsuing and capttiring the game is stich a sufficient 
material return for the license fee, for the reason that the 
capttire of the game adds materially to the food supply 
of the State. and therefore contributes a material benefit 
to the people. Besides. there is nothing in the license 
which guarantees any game or any capture. The licensee 
merely has the privilege of finding game if he can and 
taking it if he can under certain restrictions. As few 
sportsmen ever sell their game, there is nothing to re- 
imburse them aside from the mere pursuit and capture, 


All sportsmen take a just pride in returning with 


trophies of their prowess and skill. To take fish or 
game. and then to be forced to leave-it behind ‘one. con- 
stitutes an outing without a climax. If. one were per- 
mitted to take with him without the State a certain limited 
quantity of game as his absolute property, it would not 
in the least detract from the purpose of game preservation, 
yet would give a material and equitable return for money 


directly contributed to the treasury of State, and in- 
directly contributed to its welfare through the- common 
channels of business amd living expenditure. . 

In equity, the giving of a material consideration requires 
a material consideration in return. Such non-resident 
game laws as exact all the material advantages while con- 
ceding in return only the immaterial, violate this eprineiply 
of | equity, 

By conceding the ownership in a cettatn limited amount 
of game to be taken -out of the State by -the non- 
resident sportsman who has complied with all the laws 
pertaining to-it, the game supply of the State would not 
thereby be the least endangered. The common restrictions 
as to amount, and that the owner must accompany the 
game—testrictions now in force in many States—are 
formed properly to safeguard the people’s interests. In 
such manner the law abiding sportsman who. has paid 
well for all privileges would arrive at his domicile with — 
something to exhibit and enjoy instead of a mere memory 
of things which have been. 

The purpose of the absolute non-export law is, of 
course, to check the shipment of game to market; and 
if the strictest prohibition were necessary to secure this 
end, there would be no complaint. But the-experience of 
several States has abundantly demonstrated that the 
market shipment may be stopped without depriving the 
sportsman of taking his game home with him. A law 
absolutely forbidding the carrying of game “out of the 


State is therefore unnecessarily harsh, 


THE SPORTSWOMAN AND HER ‘WEAPON. 


THE sportsman who is the father of a family very 
naturally looks forward with pleasant ‘anticipations to 
the time when his boys shall become his pupils and com- | 
panions in the field: But if he have the misfortune or 
good fortune to have no boys, but to be blessed solely 
with girls, what then? 

Nothing can be pleasanter than to share enjoyments 
with one’s dearest friends, and this certainly, ought to 


‘include both sexes, yet some consider it an impropriety 


in woman to engage in field sports. That must depend 


largely on the view that is taken of field sports, whether 


they are cruel in their nature or rather whether that 
element is predominant, for it cannot be denied that 
suffering is inflicted in their exercise. , But-one sports- 
man’s implement there is, with which the sportswomari 


‘may secure her trophies of the field, with the absolute 


certainty of inflicting no pain, and which demands no 
more time than the gun to become skillful in its; use, while 
more caution, patience and woodcraft are called for, to get 
within proper range of the object. 

The sportsman may stalk his- game to within two or 
three hundred yards and obtain as fair a shot with his 
tifle as he desires, or with the smoothbore to the shorter 
range of that weapon, and be reasonably Sstire of cutting 
down the flying bird or running animal; but the wielder 
of the camera must gain a closer range to sectire the 
game. Yet when secure, it is for all time an unmangled 
trophy, entire amid its actual surroundings, not a pair of 
antlers or a head jutting from a blank wall, nor brush nor 
tanned pelt telling no story. There are no close seasons 
to be heeded, and rarely a trespass sign. prohibiting the 
use of this harmless instrument. a 

The grouse strutting on the drumming log, his brown 
wife sitting on her nest among the arbutus ‘blushing 
blossoms and rusty leaves or blustering and fluttering. in 
defense of her scurrying chicks; the woodcocl nesting 
in the tussocky swamp side; the hare in, her, summer 
suit of brown—are all as fair game as when the grouse— 
cock, hen and full-erown brood—skulk ‘in ‘frost-painted 
thickets; or. the woodcock lies close tinder the golden 
leaved birches on a sunny October hillside; or the hare 
when she sits in her form as auite and- silent as the snow 
around her. 

In all this hunting with a camera there is “the same 
- salthful exercise. the wholesome exhilaration, the need 

+ as much woodcraft to insure success as_in‘ hunting 
with the deadly sun. Having all these. advantages with 
no tendency toward hardening the heart and without a 
Suspicion of unwomanliness, it offers our’ ‘wives, sisters 
and daughters all that they can desire in- Me wey of ont. 
door recreation, 


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| [Serr 8, t900, 7 


Che Sportsman Gourist. 
In the Philippines. 


Minpanao, P. I., June 25.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
I send you by this mail a box containing the skin of a 
bird killed in a marsh near this station about a month 
ago. As it may be lost or injured in its journey of 
10,000 miles or more to New York, I will describe it. 
A curved and jagged scarlet colored beak, black head, 
tawny crest and neck, black body and wings, white spread- 
ing tail of ten feathers (like a white-headed eagle), with 
black tips, black legs and talons. 

A chief of Duganob sent me a bolo, and said that he 
would try to obtain a Moros Lantaca from the Moros 
of the hills, who, I am informed, still have in their pos- 
session two or three iron helmets and a chain armor 
taken from the Spaniards in early days, 

The town of Dapitan was settled in 153% by a Baloano 
named Pagbaya, who held the title of Prima of Dapitan, 
and established the Fort Ilihan with 800 families, 
on the arrival of the Spaniards in 1564, they received them 
cordially and established the Church of Dapitan. 

There is.a tradition that there was once a very beauti- 
ful woman here whom the Sultan of Zolo wanted very 
much, He sent for her, but she refused his advances. 
Thereupon the Sultan sent sixty ships and there was a 
fierce. ight in the bay, which left the Sultan ten ships 
and much disappointment. ‘ 

When the natives went on board of the first Spanish 
ships, they were naturally astonished to see the sailors 
eating stones (sea biscuit) and fire (cigars), and letting 
loose thunder and. lightning. 

In 1717 this Province was established, and a civil force 
of natives organized and maintained until the Spaniards 
left in December, 1808. 


According to the records, this Province contains 13,000: 


native Christians and 20,000 Supanos, or unbelievers, 
These are the fellows that the Spaniards used to fire 
square bullets at. To hold these people in check, to 
maintain order and see that the civil laws are properly 
adininistered, one company of U. 8. Volunteer Infantry 
is stationed here. 

The climate is delightful and dry. with cool nights. 
Prior to April 1 there was no rain for several months. 
Since that time we have had about To inches. The country 
ig hilly and mountainous, covered with forests. Monkeys 
abound. It may. be said that we have monkeys to burn. 
It is as common to see the soldiers leading their monkeys 
down to the beach to catch sand crabs as it 1s to see (in 
the States) a lady with her lap dog. 

Cocoanuts are plentiful. The soil is sandy and affords 
good natural drainage. The products are: Hemp, 8,000 
picos; rice, 50,000 cavanes; corn, 10,000 cayanes; copra, 
5,000 picos; sweet potatoes, 1,000 picos; gave, 1,000 picos; 
ube, 1,000 picos; lumbia, 100 cavanes; buri, 50 cavanes. A 
good quality of tobacco is raised. Schools are the great 
institutions here, and much attention is paid to them. 
The boys form in company line and go through the 
setting up exercises. They are learning English rapidly, 
and are polite and neat. The women weave from hemp 
the banana and pineapple fiber, a beautiful fabric of 
varigated pattern, as filmy and soft as lace, which they 
make up mto waists and blouses. 

life is easy here, with fruit in abundance, fish in the 
sea and hogs and chickens running at large, conse- 
quently there 1s not much ambition to work, but I think 
they do very well considering the climate and condi- 
tions. Though there is no priest here, the people seem 
devoted to their church, and there is a constant clanging 
of bells and succession of services and feast days. 

There is a fruit here that grows on a tree of good 
size, that tastes like a mixture of mango and muskmelon, 
as large as two cocoanuts, with a.green rind, rough like a 
hubbard squash. The bananas are the finest I have seen 
anywhere, and supplied almost at nature’s price. Good 
cigars are obtainable at $2 (Mexican) per hundred. 

In the hills a small species of deer is found. On. the 
island of Mindaro is found a wild buffalo, so-called— 
small, fierce, with curving horns. The soldiers had in 
captivity here a small dark-furred animal, with large 
brilliant dark eyes, rarely surviving captivity. The cap- 
tain of the Manila told me the name of it the other day, 
but it has slipped my memory. To our great regret, it 
died. A noisy bird, like our meadow lark, has been 
noticed. Snipe are plentiful, * 

[The bird above described, which came duly to hand, 
is one of the hornbills (Cranorrhinus leucocephalus), a 
species found only in the Islands of Mindanao and Cami- 
guin, in the Philippines. The species is evidently not 
common, for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington 
had none until this one was presented to it, 

The hornbills are an interesting group of old-world 
birds, not very distinctly related to the todies and king- 
fishers. They are of great size, unwieldy, slow of flight 
and have enormous beaks, ornamented with a huge horny 
crest or casque. The bones are large, but very light, their 
walls being very thin, and they are much permeated by 
air, The hornbills are thought to be the survivors of a 
very large family, which is now for the most part extinct. 

Of some of their habits of life, Dr. Alfred Russell 
Wallace writes as follows: “They have powerful wings, 


but their heavy bodies oblige them to use much exertion 


in flight, which is ‘therefore not very rapid, though often 
extended to considerable distances. They are (in the 
Indian Archipelago at least) entirely frugivorous, and it 
is curious to observe how their structtire modifies their 
mode of feeding. They are far too heavy to dart after the 
fruit in the manner of the trogons; they cannot even fly 
quickly from branch to branch, picking a fruit here and 
there; neither have they strength nor agility enough to 
venture on the more slender branches, with the pigions 
and barbets; but they alight heavily on a branch of 
considerable thickness, and then, looking cautiously 
round them, pick off any fruits that may be within their 
reach, and jerk them down their broad throats by a mo- 
tion similar to that used by the toucans, and which has 
been erroneously described as throwing the fruit up in 
the air before swallowing it. When they have gathered 
all within their reach, they move sideways along the 
branch by short jumps, op rather a kind of shuffle, and 


Later, - 


the smaller species even hop across to other branches, 
when they again gather what is within their reach. When 
in this way they have progressed as far as the bough 
will safely carry them, they take a flight to another part 
of the tree, where they pursue the same course, It thus 
happens that they soon exhaust all the fruit within their 
reach, and long after they have leit a tree the barbets 
and Lurylaimi find abundance of tood on the slender 
branches and extreme twigs.” ' 7 

The breeding habits of the hornbills are extraordinary. 
The eggs are laid in holes in the trees, and after the 
female has entered to sit upon her eggs, the male walls up 
the hole, leaving an aperture large enough only for his 
mate’s bill to pass through. Through this narrow open- 
ing she receives her food, which usually consists of fruit 
of one kind and another, often of figs. The hole 4s de- 
scribed by Mr, Horne is finally but little wider than a 
man’s finger. A great deal has been written about these 
birds, whose curious habits have attracted the attention 
of many observers. ] 


Bill, 


Bit was Hogarth’s eldest son. As I have had occa- 
sion to remark before, he was a big, red-haired, red- 
bearded giant, slow of speech and bashful to a paintiul 
degree. He was a simple child of nature—a big, over- 
srown boy—the kind of a man that never grows old. 
Sooner was the same kind of a dog. > 

Bill’s age was anywhere from thirty to thirty-five. No 
one seemed to be very well posted on this subject. Old 
Hogarth’s information was rather yague and indefinite. 

“Don’t know,” said he, “jest how old Bill is, He's 
somewhar ‘round thirty, more or less. Can't say which. 
Y’ see, they was one or two what come afore him an’ 
died. An’ they come so fast in them days, me an’ the 
old woman sort ©’ lost track on ’em, an’ never could 
zactly place Bill, nohow, Can't see as how it makes 
much difrunce, “cause he won’t live no longer from 
knowin’, 

Bill was the least concerned of any regarding the date 
of his advent into this world of misery. He was a 
stoic, in a way, and took everything for granted. I had 
known him for some time, and had hunted with him 
several seasons beiore I discovered that he possessed 
ideas outside the ordinary routine of his daily existence 
—in fact, that he was a true “backwoods philosopher.” 
I doubt if he had anything that might he called a re- 
ligion. Such things were apt to be overlooked in the 
education of Hogarth’s children. But Bill had theories 
of his own that served him very well, in lieu of some- 


‘thing more definite—more orthodox—and so he fretted 


not his soul, 

It was a pleasure to watch him in whatever occupation 
he was engaged for the time being. He neyer went at 
a thing in a half-hearted way, but always with a great 
rush, and he threw his whole soul into anything he 
undertook, and worked himself up into a state of wild 
excitement. He always had “buck fever’ when he saw 
a deer—always. This seems almost incredible when you 
‘consider that he had been born and bred in the woods. 
nome of his deeds while under this spell are almost past 
belief. 

We would start out early of a morning with the dogs 
—Sooner and “the old gal”—running on ahead. We all 
knew that Sooner was liable to err at times, and our 
interest was never greatly aroused until “the old gal” 
added her treble to Sooners deeper bass. But this 
knowledge made not the slightest difference to Bill. 
Let either dog give tongue, and away he went with wild 
yells, covering the ground with great strides, and clear- 
ing logs, and other impedithents in his path, with 
mighty bounds, 

He would “keep a-goin’” until he struck a runway, 
then he would sit down and wait for the rest of us to 
come up, occasionally giving a loud halloo to let us 
know his whereabouts. We would place ourselves at 
our respective stands, and Bill would generally make 
for the shore of the lake, to be on hand in case the deer 
should take to water. If this happened, there was sure 
to be much excitement in his neighborhood for the time 
being. I remember one incident that is apropos. 

A big buck broke cover near Bill’s stand, and dashed 
out into the water. Bill fired and succeeded in wound- 
ing the animal, but not seriously, and it struck out for 
the other sidesof the lake. Bill was immediately *‘pos- 
sessed,” and with a yell that brought us all forward on 
the run, he hurled his rifle at the deer, and then plunged 
in the lake in pursuit of the game. 

He was a powerful swimmer, and gained rapidly on 
the wounded buck. He reached his side just as the dogs 
dashed out of the woods, and just as Jim appeared on the 
shore some distance below. This was Jim’s first deer 
hunt, so we forgave him after it was all over, but it was 
exciting while it lasted, Bill had seized the buck’s 
antlers in his powerful grasp, and a mighty battle was 
on. The dogs were drawing near, to lend a hand in the 
fight, when Jim opened up with his repeater and com- 
imenced blazing away indiscriminately. In vain did we 
shout. Fle kept it up until he had emptied his rifle, and 
then he “came to” and sat down in a state of collapse. 
Fortunately the bullets went wide of the mark. That 
aS. the greatest sensation Jim ever créated in his whole 
ite, 

Bill was oblivious te his surroundings, Let thunder 
crash and mountains fall—what mattered it to him so 
long as he had a deer in hand? In spite of his great 
strength, unarmed as he was, he had all and more than 
he bargained for, and it was an even match between 
him and the buck, when Sooner arrived on the field of 
battle. That ever-ready dog sailed into the fight with 
the confidence born of blissful ignorance, and they made 


_ an end. of the buck just as Jack and I arrived on the 


scene. We hauled the exhausted but triumphant Bill 
aboard, and likewise the much-disfizgured Sooner. 

But apart from these outbursts, Bill was.a silent, easy- 
going, good-natured giant. You could not impose upon 
him, for the simple reason that he was so far above any 
thought of self that imposition was entirely out of the 
question. It was second natute for him-to, sacrifice bis 
own for some one’s else comfort. I first got.an insight 
jlo his true character one fall when he and T wer= alone 


said, an’ I reck’n I orter be 4 good jedge, 


in the woods for three or four weeks. Jack and Jin 
had each “married a wile,” and therefore they could 
not come, Foolish men. 

) Sitting about the camp-fire of an evening, Bill's 
tongue would become unloosed, and at first bashfully 
and then gradually gaining confidence in himself as I 
proved an appreciative, sympathetic listener, would he 
unbosom himself of his strange thoughts and fancies. 
All that was needed was a little manet'vering on my part, 
a little gentle coaxing, and when once under way his 
shyness wore off, and he sailed along—if I may use the 
expression—like a ship without a helmsman, blown in 
whatever direction the varying current of his thoughts 
might direct. 

Civilization as embodied in myseli—the civilization of 
a big city—was one of the problems of life he could not 
erasp. 

“Hit’s a dern funny thing,” he said to me in his slow, 
easy drawl, one night as we were sitting at the camp- 
fire, “how you folks come way up here huntin’. Seems 
’s ef haft the fun was in jest sprawlin’ ’round in yer old 
clothes. Can’t see why y’ don’t wear em to hum. Don’t 
seem ’s ef ‘twould be much what y’ might call sport, hav- 
in’ to go “round all togged out an’ oncomf’table, ’s ef 
y’ was goin’ to a fun’ral, the hull blessed time, Hit beats 
me why y do it. I sh’d think a man what likes the 
woods the way you do would jest naterly live in ’em 
where he could be comf table. 

“Now, all I wear most the year, when ’tain’t cold, is a 
flannel shirt an’ a pair o’ blue jeans, an’ a pair o’ shoes 
—sometimes, The shoes is jest as it happens. I’d ruther 
go barefoot any day. Barefoot ’s a heap more coim- 
ttable “n shoes, an’ more naterl like. Dad’s old woman’s 
great on style—sometimes. She’d have a feller wear 
shoes the hull blessed time when they’s strangers “bout. 
The old woman’s got consid’ble what y’ might call pride. 

“Clothes is funny things t’ me. You city folks think 
a heap more of ’em than y’ orter—clothes an’ money, too. 
Guess y’ ain't no happier ’n I be, nuther. Guess y’ ain’t 
no more what dad calls edefied, seein’ the tall houses 


an’ the cars an’ all them other contrapshuns y’ have to” 


hum in a b’iled shirt than I be in my old flannel one 
here, a-seein’ all they is ? see in the woods an’ a-smellin’ 
the pines an’ the hemlocks an’ the spruce, an’ all them 
things all day long. 

“Seems to me they’s more fun lyin’ with yer back up 
*gainst a mossy log, watchin’ the red squirrels fightin’ 
an’ jawin’ each other *bout nuthin’, jest like the old 
woman gits at dad ’casionally, an’ listenin’ to Sooner 
makin’ a fool of hisself on a trail of his own make up 
an’ all the time knowin’ ‘tain’t nuthin’; or ef y’ feel sort 
o’ like doin’ somethin’, jest cuttin’ yerself a pole an’ 
goin’ down to the stream an’ yankin’ out a few leettle 
speckled cusses fer supper, or else in jest sittin’ ‘round 
the fire, same ’s we be now, chinnin’. Seems to me all 


that’s a heap more fun an’ more edefyin’'—as dad says— 


than sweatin’ in a big city, with a b’iled shirt on an’ a 


collar, jest tryin’ to make more money *n some other 


feller, an’ never gittin’ anuff at that, an’ ef y’ want a 
breath of good, fresh air havin’ t’ come way up here to 
git it, as y’ say y’ do; I say hit beats me why on airth y’ 
live like that when the woods is so much better. I know 
the feelin’, “cause when I go up to Peshtigo fer fun or 
anythin’ else I’m allers alfired glad ¢ sit back to the 
woods again. Hit beats me how you kin stand it.” 

It beat me also, and so I changed the subject. 

“Bill,” said I, “you ought to get married and have a 
home of your own. Have you never thought about it?” 

Bill blushed like a school boy, 

“Onct I did,” he replied, grinning sheepishly. “I got 
all I wanted that onct, an’ I reck’n me an’ no gal ain’t 
goin’ to jine hands right away in a hurry. As dad sez, 
‘Wimmin’s queer.” He’s bin matried a long time, an’ 
had a hull lot o’ kids an’ sperience, an’ ef he ain’t 
fmilyer with their trail by this time ’tain’t likely I sh’d 
know much "bout the bizness. *Tain’t my line, nohow, 
marryin ain't. I only tried onct, an’ that was more'n 
nuff fer me. 

“T sez to myself, as you was jest sayin’: 

“Bill,” sez I, ‘hit’s *bout time you was a-hitchin’ up 
with some gal an’ gittin’ married,’ sez I 

“Twas in the spring o’ the year, when a feller gits 
kind o’ restless like, an’ I’d bin doin’ some loggin’ in 
the winter, an’ had a leettle money saved np—mebbe 
sixty or seventy dollars—so I thought ’twas as good a 
time ’s any fer huntin’ up a gal, as they was no tellin’ 
how long my pile would last, an’ I hitched up an’ druv 
to Peshtigo, 

“They was a hull lot o’ loggers in Peshtigo, spendin’ 
their money an’ gittin’ drunk, an’ raisin’ the devil gen- 
erly. J put up at a hotel an’ begun lookin’ ?round fer 


. a likely gal to sot up to. Seein’ ’s I was a-courtin’, I 


thought I’d put on a leettle style, so I bought a bran’ 
new pair o’ shoes an’ a pair o’ red socks. My! but 
them socks was red—redder’n my hair, b’gosh, an’ that's 
some red. 

“Waal, ‘twarn’t till next day I ’spied the gal. I went 
into a eatin’ house to git some grub, an’ thar I seed her. 
She was waitin’ on the men what was eatin’, an’ a-sassin’ 
of ‘em plenty. She had the reddest hair I ever seed, 
bartin’ my own, an’ was freckled as a turkey ege. She 
was a right smart size fer a gal, an’ had a deep voice, I 
sot over in a corner an’ watched her, waitin’ fer the men 
to git ont so’s I could have a clear trail to work on. 
While I was sittin’ thar a-waitin an’ a-wonderin’ how to 
begin my couttin’ them new shoes begun hurtin’ an’ 
burnin’ like fire. I stood it ’s long ’s I could, an’ then 
I jest naterly pulled *em off an’ sot thar with them red 
socks more’n loomin’ up. They certainly was red, an’ 
no mistake. 

“Bimeby most the men left, an’ the ones what stayed 
was too. drunk to notice much, an’ the gal come over 
10 me. 

“*Waal,’ sez she, sort o’ snappy like, ‘what kin T do fer 
your’ sez she, 

“Thinks I, ‘Pll have t’ say somethin’ perlite, 
an’ sez, ‘That’s purty hair 0’ yourn,’ sez I. 

““None o’ yer lip,” sez she, ‘or I'll have you thrown 
eut. “People what lives in’ glass houses shouldn’t throw 
mo stones,’ sez she, , ; 

““T ain't throwin’ no stones,’ sez I; ‘I meant what I 


‘case my 


so I up 


awn hair is sort a’ reddish’ 


4 


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“Go ‘long! sez she; ‘ef y’ want some grub say so or 
else git out. I ain’t got no time fer foolin’,’ 
“Not knowin’ what t® say, [ sez, ‘Give me some grub, 
- and she went arter the grub. 
"“She’s got sperit,’ thinks I. ‘But sperit ’s all right. 
Dad’s old woman's got a heap 0’ the same article, an’ 
dad’s managed ¢’ git on somehow. I guess she'll do.’ 
Jest then she come back. She sot the erub down with 
a bang, an’ started t’ go, 
‘Let's talk,’ sez I. 
**’Bout what?’ sez she. 
“**Bout gittin married,’ sez I, not knowin’ what else 
t say. 
““What y’ giyin’ us?’ sez she. ‘Fer ever sakes, what 
do y mean, anyway?’ 
“*T mean what I say,’ sez I. 
you gittin’ married,’ sez I. 
“*Go ‘long,’ sez she. “You've bin drinkin,’ sez she. 
““T ain’t nuther,’ sez I. ‘I mean every dern word I 


*Let’s talk *bout me ’n’ 


say.” 

“You're crazy then,’ sez she, lafin’ at me. 

“*No more’n you be,’ sez I, gittin’ my dander up. I 
* jest naterly hate to be laffed at. 

““You're a queer un,’ sez she, 
sez she, lookin’ at my feet. 
Be them yer courtin’ socks?’ 

“Skuse me,’ sez I, feelin’ purty cheap; ‘I plum forgot 
imy shoes was off,’ an’ I tried t pull them new shoes on, 
but Pll be cussed ef they’d go on. They'd shrunk up 
or my feet had growed bigger, I never could tell which, 
“cause I ain’t tried t’ git ’em on since. Anyhow, I 
couldn’t no more’n git my big toe inside "em, an’ she 
stood thar, laffin’ more an’ more. 

““Dern the shoes,’ sez I, gittin’ r’iled. 
is, will you marry me, red socks an all?’ 

“What y want to marty me fer?’ sez she. 

““"Cause I come here to find a woman,’ sez I, ‘an 
you're her. An’ cause you've got sperit an’ are large, an’ 
‘cause you've got sech red hair, like mine,’ sez I, thinkin’ 
1 had her fer keeps. 

“*You’re guyin’ me,’ sez she, an’ before I could say 
I warn’t she up with a big dish of boiled cabbage an’ 
Squashed it over my head so hard the dish broke, An’ 
then she ran out the room, laffin’ fit to kill, 

“I dug the cabbage out my hair, an’ picked up my 
shoes, an’ went out an’ hitched up, an’ druv hum. I 
sorter laid it to them red socks, but [ ain’t hankered arter 
no wimmin since. Guess I’ll git “long all right by my 
lonesome. Dad’s right. Wimmin’s queer. 

“Guess we might ’s well turn in ef we want t’ git up 
early in the mornin’. Hope I ain’t talked too much.” 

“Not enough, Bill,’ I made answer. “But it’s getting 
late, so we might as well call it a day, Good-night, and 
don’t forget to call me early.” And then we turned in. 

Dear old simple-minded Bill. I envied him many 
things, but most of all his honest simplicity, and his 
contented mind, Bill was a gentleman. The very best 
of them all—one of nature’s gentlemen. * 

Fayette Durtin, Jr. 


on 


‘My! what red socks !’ 
“They’re redder’n yer hair. 


‘The queschin 


| Gens des Bars } 


Vil.—Simeon ie Moody. 


Unrit ten years ago the Tupper Lake section was a 
wilderness. Scattered here and there were sportsmen’s 
hotels of a rather primitive type, but the trapper and 
squatter still had things pretty much their own way, and 
there were no stores and no trade aside from an occa- 
sional peddling fur buyer. Then came John Hurd with 
his railroad, and almost in a night the second largest 
town, in the Adirondacks sprang up in McLaughlin’s 
cow pasture—a sprawling, unpainted and unlovely con- 
gzlomeration of frame shanties, with the scarf marks of 
the saw still fresh on the raw lumber. The town swarmed 
with pot-hunting Canucks from over the border, who 
hunted on Sundays and did their best to exterminate 
the game by every illegal device known to man, while 
along with the smooth talking commercial men came the 
land owners filled with an inflated appreciation of the 
value of their forest areas that boded ill for the old 
settlers Jacking deeds for their fire-scarred clearings. 
The subsequent history of Tupper Lake is best told in 
figures, with a plentiful sprinkling of dollar marks, 
About all that connects the town to-day with the un- 
commercial era are the few old-timers who remain. 
The pioneer of these is William McLaughlin. who was 
born in Calais, Me., in 1812, and who came to Tupper 
Lake with a lumber company forty-seven years ago. 
Gardiner Simonds was then trapping from his camp at 
Simonds’ Pond, and a hunter named Cole had cleared 
an acre on the shore of Raquette River and supported his 
family on venison and fish as a mainstay, with a few 
vegetables by way of a relish, Saranac Lake village was 
the nearest point where supplies could be had in summer, 
and in winter there was little communication with the 
outside world, except by way of Potsdam, forty miles 


away. 

Me Laventin started the typical backwoods lumber 
farm, which is designed primarily to furnish hay for the 
horses. The first year hay was drawn all the way from 
Lake Champlain, sixty miles through the center of the 
Adirondacks, across frozen lakes and over mountain 
tanges by the poorest of makeshift roads. At times 
when storths delayed progress some of the teams ate 
up all their hay and turned back without ever seeing 
Tupper Lake. It was customary for three or four teams 
to travel in company, and all were fed from the load of 
one of the sleds. 

White pine was the only timber cut. It was floated 
down the Raquette River to Hewittville, three miles 
from Potsdam, and there sawed into lumber. The river 
was then in much better condition for floating the logs 
than it is to-day, and only thirty-five days were required 
for the drive, whereas logs that goa by this route at 
present are from seventy-five to one hundred days on the 
way. Continuous driving has scooped out the banks 
and widened the stream, and with less water, it is a vastly 
more difficult and tedious matter to get the logs through 
than it was in the early days of lumbering. 

Aside from the lumbering, hunting and trapping fur- 
nished the only inducement to settlement, | 


A hunter named Clark came in from Vermont about 
the same time MeLaughlin reached Tupper Lake, but 
left after a two years’ residence in the woods, and was 
sueceeded by Simeon J. Moody. 


Sim Moody. 


Though a nephew of Mart Moody. Sim Moody is 
three years his senior, haying been born March 1, 1830, 
at Saranac Lake, where his father had gone from Keene, 
N. H. <At the age of twenty-four Sim moved to Tupper 
Lake. MeLaughlin had not made much headway with 
his farm, and there was then not more than half a 
dozen acres of cleared land about Tupper Lake. To 
the south the forest stretched unbroken a hundred miles. 
The woods were full of game and fur, and trout abounded 
in all the streams and lakes, 

Moody was already an expert hunter and a fine rifle 
shot, despite the fact that he had only recently acquired 
the art of shooting left-handed, This was necessitated 
by an accident. Some years before, while standing on 
a fallen tree chopping, the log had given way and he had 
been precipitated on the upturned edge of his axe, sever- 
ing the principal chords of his right hand, and making 
it impossible for him to pull trigger with it. 


“eM Moody’s First Bear. 


Like most backwoods boys, born with a love of hunt- 
ing, Moody began shooting as soon as he was able to 
carry a gun. His first game was a bear, shot in a trap. 
Some men who were coming up the Saranac River 
twelve miles below the village happened unexpectedly 
upon seven bears feeding on chokeberries at the edge 
of one oi the little natural meadows of the river bottom. 
They had a rifle, and fired at the bears, but did not suc- 
ceed in killing any. Sim’s father heard of the occur- 
rence and traveled post haste to the spot, carrying three 
traps with him. He set the traps, and the first time he 
visited them he had two bears, and eventually he suc- 
ceeded in capturing the entire seven, a striking instance 
of his skill as a trapper, 

Sim yisited the traps with his father, and was allowed 
to kill one of the bears, Apparently the old gentleman 
was breaking in the hoy much as he would have broken 
in a dog to hunt. Soon afterward Sim killed a yearling 
buck while alone in the woods, and though only twelve 
his career as a hunter had begun, 


Bears and Deer, 


The same year that Sim killed his first bear his father 
shot a bear in its den within sight of the Lower Saranac. 
He was on his way back to start a-deer, accompanied by 
a mongrel bulldog. The dog ranged off through the 
woods, and presently the elder Moody heard him barking 
furiously at a hole under the roots of a birch tree. 
Moody thought the dog had a hedgehog in the hole, and 
hurried over to pull him off, but when he reached the 
spot he feund that larger game had been located. He 
climbed upon the roots of the tree and stamped, and 
seeing the bear’s nose cautiously thrust out from the 
gloom he pushed his rifle barrel down between the roots 
within a few inches of the head and fired, putting a ball 
directly between the bear’s eyes. 

The bear had made a snug nest of leayes and bark, and 
Moody had quite a task clearing away the débris before 
he could pull his bear out. “Bears come out in the 
spring in good condition,’ remarked Sim. “It is the 
same with a woodchuck; when they first come out wood- 
chucks are always fat. They claim bears come out the 
2d day of February. I knew one to come out that time. 
It was a tame bear at Dannemora Prison that was left 
out doors and had to hustle for himself pretty much 
the same as ii he had been in the woods. He came out 
the 2d of February and wallowed all around over 
the snow drifts) That was the first time he had been 
out of his den since fall. 

“Jess Corey had one on Indian Carry that used to 
den up. Old Baker had a big one that denned up every 
winter for four or five years till he sold him to be sent 
to Italy. 

“Those bears were left out where it was cold, and they 
had to den up to keep from freezing, whether they got 
iood or not. They would make themselves some kind of 
a nest, and then when it snowed on them they were all 
right. Bears generally manage somehow to den up 
just before a storm. 


Bear Trails and Tracks. 


“At Indian Carry I once saw where four bears had 
gone along in the snow, and you couldn’t have told 
whether there were four or a dozen, for each bear stepped 
exactly in the footprints of the bear ahead. I followed 
the trail a piece till I saw where the old bear had turned 
and walked up a road a little, and the three cubs behind 
had ctit across lots. each one taking its own course. 
When’ the cubs came to the road they all got into the 
old bear’s trail again. It would have made a man feel 
funny to see those four bears snaking along nose and 
tail through the woods about dark. I have often seen 
where two bears traveled together on snow, and they 
always made but the one trail. 

“A bear toes in like an Injun. Hedgehogs’ fracks 
and coon tracks are like a bear’s, but there is a con- 
siderable difference when you come to examine. A 
coon has a foot a good deal the shape of a child’s, except 
that it is more peaked at the heel. A hedgehog’s track 
is broader and more stumpy, 


Natural Curiosities, 


“Tve got a white hedgehog skin by way of curiosity. 
I killed a big buck over here late one fall with little 
nubs of horns only half an inch long. He ought to 
have been carrying a heavy set at that time of year. He 
was all right physically, and I never could see what ailed 
his horns. Another time we killed a doe in the river that 
had wool on her just like a sheep. You could pull the 
wool out by the handful... Tt was nearly white and longer 
ne a deer's hair, and it was curly just like a sheep’s 
wool. 


Trapping and Hunting. 


“lve always trapped since I lived in the woods here. 
and I’vé ketched my share of fur, I guess, ve ketched 


hundreds of mink, otter, black cat and ‘saple,’ and 2 

guess there ain't anybody better on foxes. In war times 

mink brought as high as $12 and $14. I’ve sold lots for 

$10. Good otter and fisher were worth $10, and ‘saple’ 

$1.50. My trapping lines ran to Raquette Falls, and 

oe the river to Sol’s Island, and south to Little Tupper 
ake, 

“The deer I shot were sold to Bartlett and Baker at 
Saranac and shipped to New York, I helped kill t25. 
deer one fall with father and McLaughlin. Hi Averill 
hunted with us, foo, We killed them on the river and 
around Tupper Lake, still-hunting or with dogs, accord- 
ing’as we could do best. 

“In rutting time bucks run to water’ soon when a 
hound is after them. Their necks are swelled, and they 
can’t stand to run far. 


When Deer Wete Plenty, 


“I hunted for the market for years, Thirty or forty 
years ago game was plenty. There were ten deer then 
to one now in the very best hunting ground that is left, 
I went out one afternoon from my house and killed 
three nice deer in two hours, and the next morning I got 
two more, -and all five were hung up there in a little 
piece of woods, where you could see from one to another. 

“L was still-hunting on a light fall of snow out by a 
swamp. I followed a trail up into a little sag of spruces 
and saw a buck feeding, I put my knee on a big log 
and fired at him and then dropped back behind the 
log and loaded. When I had a charge in the old gun 
I got up again, and over to the right I saw a doe looking 
at me. I shot at her, and she went off out of sight, 
and when I got another charge in I followed her. I 
hadn’t gone three rods, when I saw another buck. TI 
shot him, and he lay down, and I went to look for the 
first deer, and found the doe lying dead close to him. 

“I hung up my three deer and went home, not having 
been away from the house much over two hours. 

“The next morning 1 went out to get my deer, and near 
the place where they hung I ran on to two more. I was 
just coming out of some thick balsams into a little glade, 
when I saw a buck standing there. I fired at him, and 
he circled within a rod and dropped right close up. 
Before I could get my riffe loaded I saw the doe looking 
at me. I hurried, but she went off in the woods before 
I was quite ready. It must have been my lucky day, 
though, for she stopped before she went far, and J fol- 
lowed her up and got a sight and dropped her handy to 
the others. All five deer were then within a few rods of 
each other, and the three bucks and two does were full 


* grown and as fine specimens as you ever saw.” 


Wolves and Foxes, 


“I haven't seen a wolf in this country for thirty years. 
The last wolf's track I saw was in the snow on Little 
Tupper twenty years ago. Now that the wolves are 
gone, I think the foxes Kill a great many deer in the: 
spring oj the year, when they are dropped. They often 
find where foxes have killed the little fawns. I think a 
bounty should be put on foxes, for deer ain’t any too 
plenty now, and we need all we can raise. 


The Last Moose. 


“The wolves went off into Canada. I think the moose 
did the same. My brother Phineas got the last moose 
killed in this country, Bullard and Leonard, of Malone, 
were with him in the boat, and they were jacking on Bog 
River, below Mud Lake. Bullard had a single barrel 
rifle that carried a ball bigger than my thumb, but when 
he saw the moose the critter seemed so big he didn’t 
dare shoot. The moose walked right up to the boat and 
put its head over the jack and looked at them, and 
Bullard never shot till after it had turned and was walk- 
ing away. The ball hit the moose in the side and killed 
her. She was a big cow, and after that no more moose 
were killed in this country that I heard of, I don’t re- 
member the exact year Phineas killed the moose, but 
it was just before the war, for he went to the war, and 


died as a result. 
Travels of a Beaver. 
“There are some beaver on the St. Regis now at Whit- 


ney Pond. Only two beaver were killed on the Raquette 
since I have been here. The last one was killed fifteen 
years ago. That’s it over the door. I had it stuffed and 


mounted as a curiosity. My father killed nine beaver 
over on the St. Regis and broke up their colony. The 
next year one of the boys saw some work on Wolf Pond. 
He brought me a stick a beaver had cut and asked what 
did it. I went over there with him and saw the work, 
but the beaver hadn’t stopped there. 

“Later on, I went up the Raquette to a bend, where I 
had killed the other beaver a long while before, and 
here I found the second beaver had stopped, too. There 
was a lot of driftwood in the bend, and he was living 
in the bank in under the drift. He had his trail where 
he got his alder and popple for food, and in one place 
where a logging boom was in his way he cut right 
through it instead of going around, 

“That beaver had traveled a long way to get to the 
place, and I don’t see how he ever found it. From the 
St. Regis he had crossed over by way of Fish Pond to Long 
Pond, and then into Floodwood on Rollins Pond on the 
Saranac. After that he got into Big Wolf Pond on the 
Raquette by way of Pink Pond, Meadow Pond and Long 
Pond, and then through Little Wolf into Raquette Pond 
and the river. Animals know a lot more than most 
people give them credit for knowing. That beaver was 
in water most of the time, but there were places where 
there wasn’t even a little brook to follow, and he never 
got off the trail, and went right through to the spot he 
set out to reach.” ~ 

First Growth Pine, 


Neatly banked up beside the fence at Moody’s farm 
last winter was a pile of several cords of shingle blocks 
cut from first-growth white pine trees that had been dead 
nearly half a century. All were sound and serviceable, 
though some of the sections were much whiter and closer 
grained than others. Moody explained the difference 
by stating that part of the pine had been cut with the 
sap in it, while other trees had been killed by fire or 
flood, and stood till the sap drained out, 


. iia 


“Some of the blocks are from the tree old Clark cut 
to cover this house forty-seven years ago,” said Sim. 
“T: believe they are just about as good now as they 
wete then. These first-growth pines are noble trees to 
last.” 

“Yes,” said Fred Moody, Sim’s son; “seems as if 
some of them never would rot. At Wolf Pond we wanted 
to get out some shingles, and we shaved them from an 
old first-growth pine that had fallen so long ago it had 
birch trees growing on it half the bigness of my leg. 
The Northern Adirondack Rairoad cut through a point 
on Woll Pond Brook, and in the sandy soil and muck 
they found trees buried two or three feet under sround 
just as sound as they ever were.” 

“Tell you what I see up at Corey's,” said Sim. “They 
dug a ditch to drain a pond and took from it a balsam 
stick that had been cut by a beaver. It laid there on the 
table, and somebody asked me when it was cut. “Don’t 
know, J said. ‘Looks new’ Well, sir, it came from 
under three feet of solid ground.” 

“Hardwood susts and moulders away,” said Fred. 
“Pine and cedar and such wood lasts a long time under 
the right conditions.” 


The Horns in the Tree. 


A local newspaper contained an item which seems at 
one time or another to have been printed in half the 
newspapers in the United States relative to the set of 
deer’s antlers embedded in an oak tree, which are on 
exhibition in the State Museum at Albany. The item 
gains its point by its explanation that the horns became 
embedded in the tree while on the head of the living 
deer, It cites the familiar fact of deer fighting trees 
and brush to rid their horns of the velvet, and draws 
the conclusion that this particular deer did the thing a 
little too well, and drove his horns into the young oak 
with sich force that he could not extricate them, and so 
perished, 

Sim grunted his disgust at the theory. “Some hunter 
put them there after the deer was dead,” he said, with 
the positive assurance of a man who knows. “Dave 
Cronk, of Saranac, has a set he cut from a beech tree 
that had been laid up there years before and were covered 
by the solid wood. Didn’t you ever notice how when 
the lower limbs drop off the second-growth pines the 
wood covers the nubsP You'd think the trees were 
clear as a whistle till you came to saw them up, and then 
you found them full of knots. A growing tree covers 
anything it gets a chance to cover, as a matter of self- 
protection. It would cover the ends of those deer horns 
just as it covers an old limb, That’s the natural way to 
look at it, Don’t need any fish story to explain the 
thing,” BurnuamM. 


Night Witchery on the Lily Pond. 


“Won't you get some pond lilies?” These words camt 
fram sweet lips—long since but dust—to the farmer’s boy, 
at a time when the pressure of farm work forbade the loss 
of time for what was looked upon by those having 
authority as foolishness. But the wish and the will found 
a way, and so at night the light boat was loaded into 
the wagon, the old torch used on so many night excur- 
sions by brook and river was filled and trimmed. and 
darkness found the boy on the shores of the little pond 
where the lilies grew. A few moments sufficed to unload 
the boat and drag ir through the border of tall grass and 
water plants out to the open water; then the torch was 
lighted, the oars put in place and a journey which 
opened up to the boy a new world was begun. 

On one side the familiar meadows of the Agawam 
stretch away into the darkness; on the other the hillside, 
covered with trees, rises abruptly to the upland. The 
lihes which through the day are open, are closed at night, 
showing through a jacket of green just a bit of white as 
the light of the torch reaches them. A few strokes of the 
oars sends the boat among the lilypads, and the gathering 
begins, at first just the prosaic picking lilies. But gradu- 
ally the spirit of the darkness, brooding over water and 
meadow and hillside, takes possession, and the boy feels 
as if he were intruding where no mortal had right to 
enter, The air, damp and heavy, is so laden with the 
sweetness of the lilies, that if it were possible one were 
drunk with their perfume, The trees massed against the 
sky take the form, ‘there, of men and beasts striving for 
the mastery, there of castle, turret and battlement. The 
meadows, lighted by thowsands of fireflies, reach away 
like a fairyland. The cry of the plover coming clear and 
distinct from the darkness overhead seems like the wail 
of some lost wandering spirit. A little bird, stirring in its 
sleep, gives out a few notes so liquid and sweet that they 
but add to the glamor of the night. The old logs on the 
hillside, glowing with phosphorescent fire, seem like the 
camp-fires of the Spirit Land, The waters of the pond 
within the circle of the torchlight are as black and pitiless 
as those of the river over which the old Charon ferries 
his unwilling passengers. The boat seems lifted up and 
floating, not on water, but upon some liquid between 
water and air, A floating branch brushing against the 
boat seems like hands from some invisible power reach- 
ing up to draw the boatman down to destruction; and 
so when the cry of some stricken wild creature comes 


from the hillside, in very terror the oars, resting in their 


locks, are seized and the boat is sent for shore and 
safety. But a few strokes break the spell of the night- 
time, and with a low laugh at his own fears, the boy re- 
members the beloved and his errand, and the gathering of 
the sweet plunder goes on, The night heron, disturbed 
in its fishing, flaps heavily away; the muskrat, resenting 
the intrusion of strangers in its domain, disappears in the 
liquid depths; the frogs, with notes of bass and treble. 
keep up the concert of the night, and sometimes the hand. 
reached out for the jacket of green and white that holds 
the heart of sweetness, closes unsuspectingly on the 
clammy, squirming wh'te and green jacket of a froggie 
sitting motionless on a lilypad—and with what energy the 
little fellow is sent out into the darkness. But soon 
enough lilies are gathered to satisfy even the greed of 
the Jover, So the boat is sent ashore and the boy, tired 
but happy, goes to home and rest, 

All around us are new worlds if we-but have eyes to 
see and ears to hear. Pine TREE. 

Emporta, Kan, 


Blatmal History. 
The Copperhead. 


It is strange and regretable how little true informa- 
tion the general public has about snakes. Careful studies, 
and observations on living individuals, enable me to 
Sive a good description of the characteristics of the cop- 
nerhead, which is in my opinion the handsomest and 
most interesting of our venomous snakes. I shall be well 
pleased if the plain and truthful statement of my experi- 
ences in this line shall give some satisfaction to the 
readers of ForEST AND STREAM. 

The copperhead, scientifically named Ancistrodon con- 
fortrix, or Agkisirodon, as it is more recently spelled, be- 
longs to the family of pit-yipers. This latter name is 
derived from a curious, blind depression on the upper 
jaw, between the nostril and the eye on each side of the 
head. It is, according to the size of the individual, froii 
one-eighth inch to nearly a half-inch deep. Nobody, as 
yet, has found out in what consists the function of this 

it. 

2 The color of the copperhead varies according to locality, 
the condition of soil on which it lives, age, and particularly 
the time before and after sloughing, or, popularly termed, 
shedding. About three or four weeks before this process 
is accomplished the color of the snake becomes dull and 
the markings of the skin nearly, or often completely, dis- 
appear. But as soon as it appears in its new raiment, it 
is like a new being, and is with difficulty to be recognized 
as ihe same snake as. before. 

The coloration does not always correspond with the 
name of the reptile; there are far more specimens clad in 
shades of gray and brown than the really copper-colored 
ones, which are most beautiful. The original of the 


Leonhard Stejneger, one of our most prominent author- 
ities concerning the poisonous snakes of North America, 
says: “The distribution of the copperhead in a general 
way is co-extensive with that of the banded rattlesnake 
(Crotalus horridus), though as a rule it does not extend 
quite so far north. As a compensation, it goes cons:der- 
ably further south in the western portion of its range, ex- 
tending into the southern part of Texas.” | 

From Texas came the two beautiful specimens which I 


have been so fortunate as to observe during an extended 


period of time. Besides man, its worst enemy, the copper- 
head has many others in the animal kingdom which 
work for its destruction, Owls, hawks, weasels, skunks, 
cats and hogs, and, last but not least, several kinds of 
snakes—for instance, the black snake, popularly called 
racer; the king snake and others—not only kill, but devour 
the venomous reptile.. 

It is therefore wise not to destroy indiscriminately these 
and other harmless species, against which only people 
afflicted with prejudice or ignorance can wage war. Na- 
ture herself seerns to check the increase of this dangerous 
serpent, for it is not very prolific. The female copper- 
head produces, so far as known, only once a year, bear- 
ing from eight to ten young ones, which are born alive. 
This is quite at variance with the accounts of some sensa- 
tional writers, who put the number as high as fifty and 
more, | 

I am sorry that I cannot give this handsome reptile 
any other testimony but the worst in regard to its charac- 
ter. In spite of the best treatment, the two snakes de-. 
scribed aboye remained violent, indomitable, vicious to 
a degree, from the day of their arrival to their very end. 
All naturalists, some of them, as for instance, Garman, 
having observed numbers of this kind for years, declare 
unanimously that the copperhead can never be tamed. 

T regret it very much, because the sight alone of these 
gorgeously colored and marked creatures was a treat 


THE COPPERHEAD—PHOTO FROM LIFE BY A. W. 


present illustration is one of these, and if the camera had 
been able to reproduce the color as faithfully as the very 
characteristic markings, there were no need whatever to 
give any further description. This copperhead is of a 


bright terra-cotta color, even with a tint of coral red, par- 


ticularly on the head. The lighter ones of the transverse 
bars are shaded in pink, and almost white. while the dark 
markings in rich chestnut-browngare in striking contrast 
to the shiny red of the general color. The abdomen is 
of a very pale coral tint with symmetrically disposed dark 
Patches at the sides of the ventral scales. Toward the 
tail the pink fades into yellow on the lower side, while 
on the upper the red turns into dark green, 

A second specimen was of an altogether different colora- 


tion, but had identically the same markings. It was of a 


soft ash-gray with a most delicate hue of pink, with al- 
ternating cross bands of nearly milk-white and hazelnut- 
brown. The abdomen was cream-colored. It was a very 
acres snake too, but not nearly so beautiful as the 
other. 

The exaggerated photographic perspective gives here 
the head of our’ reptile far smaller than it is in reality. 
It is rather large in proportion to the body, triangular in 
shape and bearing nine large. lustrous crown plates well 
in front between the tip of the nose and the eyes, over 
which the superciliaries project and give them a peculiarly 
fierce expression. The yellow or reddish eyes have ellip- 
tical pupils, indicating nocturnal habits. The back part 
of the head is covered with small, wart-like scales that 
continue on the conspicuously slender neck, but become 
large and keeled along the body and stand in twenty-three 
tows. There are 150 to 160 abdominal plates: the sub- 
caudals are entire, except the last twelve to eighteen, 
which are divided. The tail is short, conical and ends in 
a curved, pointed horn; it occupies only one-eighth of the 
length of the body, which scarcely ever exceeds 3 feet in 
full-grown individuals. 

I refrain from giving a description of the working mech- 
anism of the poison apparatus, which is about the 
Same as in other snakes of the viperine order; it is a 
topic for itself. But I can say that the venom of our 
reptile is considered less virulent, compared volume for 
volume, than that of the rattlesnake. A bite of either of 
these snakes may cause but little trouble, under some 
circumstances, or may prove absolutely fatal under dif- 
ferent ones. The venom itself is a viscous, greenish-yel- 
low fluid, closely resembling the white of a raw egg. 

As abiding places, the copperhead favors marshes or 
meadows with high grass, shrubbery and rocks, where it 
finds sufficient shelter and can lurk for its prey, which 
Eons of small matnmals, chiefly rodents, birds and 
TOgs. 


to me every time I looked at them, the red specimen 


_jn particular. 


The copperhead in all its actions conveys so thoroughly 
the idea of wickedness, of malice, that the superstition 
of those poor people who see in every snakelet the im- 
personation of the evil one may be excused when the 
reptile in question is concerned. ' 

What magnificent attitudes of challenge and defianc 
the creature assumes when its ire is roused by the slightest 
proyocation! How the threatening eye sparkles, the 
tongue darts in rapid succession, the tail quivers with 
excitement! Every nerve and miuscle is ready to throw 
forward the back-bent head, mouth open and fangs 
erected, to deal the fatal blow. Amd yet the snake is 
only on the defensive; it relies upon the terror which 
its appearance inspires to keep intruders at bay; it never 
attacks so long as it remains unmolested, or pursues those 
who retreat in time, whether human being or animal, ex- 
cept when it is hunting for food. Moreover. it is only 
too glad, after so much display of animostiv, to retire to 
a place of shelter for its own security—a trait characteris- 
tic to most of the dangerous reptiles, which denotes 
cowardice. 

The photograph of this snake was taken under particu- 
larly trying circumstances, with the result of many spoiled 
plates. A badly lighted room, a very refractory subject 
that could scarcely be induced to keep still for a moment, 
while a time exposure of at least twenty seconds was 
needed, and with no understanding whatever on the part 
of the “sitter” for an artistic arrangement, calculated ta 
enhance his beauty, made a complete failure of a first 
attempt, The repeated handling, poking and waving at 
the snake, although most gently done, to get it into 
one of its strikingly characteristic positions, rpused its _ 
temper to such a degree that in a fit of violent contor- 
tions it fell from the table and struck wildly at every- 
thing used to lift it up again. Finally. in the paroxysm 
of rage, it bit itself twice—once very near the neck and 
once in the middle of the body. From the latter wound, 
distinctly yisible punctures, oozed two drops of blood, 
drying soon after. In consideration of the excited state 
of the animal, the hope to obtain a good picture was 
given up for the day, and it was put back in its cage not 
without apprehensions that the self-inflicted wounds might 
haye bad consequences. And so it was indeed. Contrary 
to the belief of many—even scientists—that no venomous 
reptile can’ poison itself or any other of its kind, our 
beautiful copperhead soon gave unmistakable signs that 
it was seriously and, as the end proved, fatally affected 
with its own deadly yenom. 

It lost first some of its exuberant vitality. and on 
the third day after the accident a whitish eruption, simi- 


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lar to mildew, broke out, first about the nose and the 
wounds, later spreading all over the body, until it was 
completely covered with an ugly looking tetter, and death 
came within a week. As soon as the first white spots 
began to extend, another attempt to obfain a successful 
photograph of the snake was made in haste, 

In spite of a beginning sluggishness, the creature was 
still so lively that it was necessary to cover a table with 
glass plates, on which the rapidity of its locomotion was 
not only considerably impeded, but alsa easier to be con- 
trolled. ' 

Animal photography—evyen under favorable circum- 
stances—always Tequires quite an amount of patience, but 
a camera and a copperhead are a combination to test the 
equanimity of an angel, particularly when the operator 
takes it at heart to obtain a teal good picture. The last 
tin €, when the snake behaved tolerably well for once, it 
remained quiet during fifteen seconds, but soon became 
neryous again, beginning to shake the tail. ‘This necessi- 
tated the capping of the lens before time, The tesult was, 
nt course, far from perfection, and I feel inclined to 
apologize for presenting it to the public. It may only be 
accepted for the reason that it shows nevertheless how 
the reptile looks. The photograph was intended originally 
just tor privete use, In memory of my beautiful copper 
head, 


Hints on Pheasant Rearing. 


Dr, T. S. McGiiivray, of the Canadian Pheasantry, 
Hamilton, Canada, has written some useful data about 
the birds and their rearing; and these, though intended for 
the author's owt correspondents, will proye of general in- 
terest and vale, He writes: 

English. Chinese (Mongolian), versicolor, Reeves and 
Elhotts are in fall plumage at five months old and breed 
treely the following spring, sometimes before they are a 
year old, The youne hens of the English, Chinese and 
versicolor (Japanese) tsually lay better than the old ones. 
The yotmg Reeves are sometimes so wild that they will 
not bréed the first year; but when kept tame they breed 
freely at a year old. The males of silver, Swinhoe, Lady 
Armbherst and golden are not in full plumage until after 
they monlt the second summer, when they are a little over 
a year old; but the golden and Lady Amherst will breed 
freely-at a year old, Our young golden hens did better 
this past summer than the old ones, arid the chicks are 


A CHINESE DEER. 


stronger bitds. The Swinhoe may lay at a year old, but 
seldom does, and the silver not till two years old. 

The most common questions are the following: 
as Give a full description of all the pheasants you 
Nreed, 

We have ten varieties of pheasants, all of unique 
beauty, whose plumage is as varied as the rainbow, and 
it is impossible to give a description in a Yetter or circular. 
We would ‘recommend a book on pheasants which will 
give as nearly as is possible, in black and white, a descrip- 
tion of the different kinds of pheasants. 

2. Do pheasants require artificial heat in winter? 

No. Most breeds of pheasants will stand as much cold 
as the prairie chicken. Some of our birds we leave in 
the open air the frostiest days and nights, when the 
thermometer is far helow zero. 

3. If a person wishes to start pheasant raising with, 
but one breed, what variety would you recommend? 

If the birds are wanted for shooting preserves, we 
would recommend the English or Chinese (Mongolian) ; 
but for pets there is none so suitable as the golden. They 
require but little room (12 x 12), and aré very hardy, 
easy to raise. readily tamed and always in demand if you 


wish to sell, as the feathers alone of the adult male will 
bring about $8. 

4. How long do pheasants’ eggs take to hatchr 

Golden trom twenty-one to twenty-two days, Amberst 
about twelve hours longer, Chinese, English, versicolor 
and Reeves twenty-four to twenty-five days; silver and 
Swinhoe twenty-eight days. 

5. How many hens to a cock? 

Golden, English, Chinese, Elliotts, versicolor and Reeves 
you can keep one cock with four or five hens; silver and 
Swinhoe should be kept in pairs. 

6, Is there custom duty on pheasants? 

Q Pheasants pass free of duty between Canada and the 
tates. 

7. Why is it so hard to get purely bred golden. 
pheasants? 

The golden and Lady Amherst belong to the same genus, 
and imterbreed so freely that there can scarcely be found 
in Great Britain or America, a golden pheasant that is 
not tainted with Ambherst blood or vice versa. The first 
crass gives a beautiful bird far handsomer than either 
parents, and this has tempted most fanciers to cross them, 
but atter the first cross the colors rim together and pro- 
duce a mean mixture, with no decided coloring. 

8. What is the best way of hatching pheasant eggs? 

We find Cochin bantams the best incubators for 
pheasants’ eggs. They should be set on clean ground, out 
ot doors, where there 1s ho impure air, 

9. What time of the year is the best to buy pheasants? 

We always advise new beginners to buy their pheasants 
in the early fall, for besides getting the same birds for 
half the money, it gives them an opportunity to study 
the habits of the birds before spring, when the breeding 
season begins. In fact, there ate some of the wilder 
yatieties of pheasants that will not breed the following 
spring if shipped from their original homes and to strange 
caretakers later than December. Most pheasants should 
be in their breeding pens a month before the laying season 
begins, and should not be disturbed till the season is over, 

10. What is the cheapest way ta make a pen for a pair 
of pheasants ? 

The cheapest pheasant house we know of can be made 
by taking three t2-foot hoards, 14 inches wide, Then 
take a piano hox which ts just 6 fect across the front, 
Take out the lower front 14 inches from the floor up. 
The piano box (6 feet) and the piece you cuit ott of the 
piano box (6 feet by 14 inches) will make one end; that 
with the other three boards (t4 inches by 12 feet) will 


Fasten the corners 


give youl a sqiiare yard of 12 feet. : 
Then nail woven 


with hooks and eyes. Do not nail, 


“wire on a 2 x 2 scantling frame, which raises the wall 


of the yard another 2 inches, making 16 inches high, which 
is enough for pheasants when covered in with woven wite. 
Better to have the covering in two or three pieces. A 
small door should be cut in one of the side boards for 
the convenience of food and water. Unscrew the sloping 
boards on top of the piano box, put hinges on and convert 
it into a lid that can be lifted up or locked down. Put 
roosts im the piano box, and all is complete for a pair of 
pheasants, When the ground becomes soiled this pen 
can easily be moved. 

Pheasants ‘should not be allowed to see out of their 
pens during breeding season. They should know no 
world but the world within the walls of their pen. 

A common shed with a waterproof roof, and no cracks 
between the boards to cause a draught, facing the morn- 
ing stn, is a first-class place for pheasants—except the 
Swinhoe and silver, which might require a little tore 
protection in this cold Canada of ours. 

Tr Is there more money in raising pheasants than 
faney poultry? 


Yes, vastly, at the present day—after you have once 
secured for yourself the stock. We will here reason it out. 
A pound of pheasant flesh can be produced as cheaply as 
a pound of chicken flesh. Now we will compare the 
profits of raising chickens with those of golden pheasants 
as being the favorite and most profitable of pheasants. 
We will take say ten pairs of the best bred large breeds of 
chickens. Out of these ten pairs, no matter how well 
bred, you cannot get more than two pairs that will sell 
for fancy prices, the defects in fowl are sa numerous. 
Put it that the two perfect pairs qwill sell for the same 
price as the pheasants, or balance them off at $10 per 
pair; the other eight pairs bringing market price at say 
60 cents per pair—$4,80, which makes in all $24.80 for the 
chickens. There are no culls among well-bred pheasants, 
The pheasants, ten pairs at $10 per pair, $100, Allow that 
the fowls will weigh 15 pounds per pair and the golden 
pheasants 5 pounds per pair; this will give you $2 for | 
every pound of pheasant you have raised, and about 1614 
cents for the chicken flesh. If the hens when raised are all 
sold at market prices (say 60 cents per pair), the propor- 
tion would be as 4 cents to $2 in favor of the pheasants— 
i. &., every pound of pheasant raised would sell at $2, and 
hen flesh at only 4 cents, and yet it costs as mtich to. pro- 
diice a pound of hen as a pound of plieasant, Besides, if 
an old cock pheasant dies in full plumage you sell the 
feathers for from $6 to $8. If a rooster dies it is all a 
loss. We find that pheasants’ eggs are much more fertile 
than the domestic hens’ eggs, and with us, young 
pheasants are more easily raised than chickens. 

Our final advise is—Beware of cats, 


A Strange Chinese Deer. 


RECENT dispatches from the vicinity of Pekin, the seat 
of the Chinese fighting, tell of a scout made by American 
troops through one of the hunting parks of the 
Emperor of China, which lies close to the city, and 
which is known as Nan-hai-tzu. This park is famous 
as one of the places where the Emperor of China takes 
his. pleasure, and it is also of especial interest to natural- 
ists as Being the one place in the world where the re- 
markable deer known as Elaphurus davidianus is known 
to exist in the wild state. This species, which is known 
to the Chinese as ‘the four dissimilarities’ and is said 
by them te show points of resemblance to the deer, horse, 
cow and ass, was named for the celebrated missionary 
and traveler, the Rey, R. P. David. 

Some years. ago we printed in the Forest anp STREAM 
a picture of this strange deer, which is now reproduced, 
together with the following notes: 

In its conformation this deer is very different from the 
others of the family Cervide. The head is somewhat 
short, the hips very heavy, and the feet very deeply 
split. The tail, which is much longer than in any other 
kind of deer, terminates in a bunch of long hair, being 
thus like the tail of a bison. But perhaps the most re- 
markable character of this strange animal is the horns, 
which seém to be placed on its head backward. All 
known deer have the frontal prolongations so disposed 
that the antlers have their points directed forward, but 
in the present species this is not true, for the points of 
the antlers are directed toward the animail’s hips. I 
these antlers should be put in the hands of the taxi- 
dermist, he would be almost sure to direct the points for- 
ward, thus exactly reversing the natural position: 

This animal is timid, excitablé and fierce. A mere 
nothing sufficies to excite it. It moves about but little 
in the day time, but seems much more active at night. 

Until within recent years this animal was unknown to 
naturalists. The first ones brought to France were 
obtained from officers of the household of the Emperor 
of China by M. De Bellounet, the Minister of France to 
Pekin, but before this pair reached the Jardin d’Acclima- 
tation at Paris, the Zoological Gardens of Berlin had 
already received one. 

We do not know whence this deer comes, nor of what 
region it is a native. We only know that for centuries 
the species has lived in freedom in the parks of the 
Emperor of China, as the fallow deer lives in our 
European parks, , 

This animal is a dweller in the forests, and fears neither 
cold nor storm. Tt has a rough coat, doubled in winter 
by a warm fur, which it sheds in spring. Its color is 
dirty white or a pale fawn. Every year in the spring 
the females in the Jardin d’Acclimatation each give birth 
to one young one, whose growth is altogether remark- 
able, for in the aiitumn the young, then about six 
months old, are almost as tall and heavy as the adults. 

Besides having bred in the gardens at Paris, a number 
of these deer haye been raised of late years in the park 
of the Japanese Emperor at Uwino at Tokio, as well as 
in the zoological gardens at Berlin. The SPECIES seems 
to be hardy and easily reared, and perhaps might adapt 
itself to captivity in any Jand. + 

Tt would be interesting to learn whether during their 
scout through the Imperial Park at Pekin, our troops 
aa any of these deer or had an opportunity to taste their 

esh. 


Not the Passenger Pigeon in Cuba. 


Stx or eight months ago, when the old yet ever new 
question of the passenger pigeon was interesting our 
teaders, Mr. C. H. Ziegenfuss wrote to us that near 
Santiago de Cuba, where he resided, pigeons were 
abundant, which were said, by persons who should 
know, to be passenger pigeons. 

We wrote Mr. Ziegeniuss, asking him to send us some 
of the remains of the bird to which he referred. Fora 
long time nothing was heard from him, but at lensth a 
letter came containing some fragments of a pigeon, 
but the letter having been mislaid we are only now 
able to annourice the identification of the bird sent on. 
Tt is Coltumba squantosa, Bonn., a species found in several 
of the West India Islands, and common both in Cuba 
and in Porto Rico. The general color of the bird is 
dark bluish or purplish slate color, and it does not in 
any respeet resemble the passenger pigeon, for which i 
appears to have been taken. ; 


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Game Bag and Gun. 


American Wildfowi and How to 
Take Them. 


BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. 


I.—The Duck Family. 


No group of birds is more important to man than that 
known as the duck family. They are called the Anatde, 
from the Latin word Anas, a duck, and belong to the 
order Lamelliorostres, or birds whose bills are provided 
with lamellze, by which are meant the little transyerse 
ridges found on the, margins of the bills of most ducks. 
Sometimes, as with some geese, the lamelle appear like 
a tow of white blunt teeth; in the shoveller they con- 
Stitute a fine comb-like structure, which acts as a strainer, 
while in the case of the mergansers they have the appear- 
ance of being real teeth, which, however, they are not, 
since teeth are always*implanted in sockets in the bone of 
the jaw; and this is true of no known birds, except some 
Cretaceous forms of western America and the Jurassic, 
Archeopterys. 

The bill is variously shaped in the members of the 
duck family. Usually it is broad and depressed, as in the 
domestic duck; or it may be high at the base and approach 
the conical, as in some geese; broadly spread, or spoon- 
shaped, as in the shoveller duck, or almost cylindrical 
and hooked at the tip, as in the mergansers. Whatever 
its shape, the bill is almost wholly covered with a soft, 
sensitive membrane or skin, and ends at the tip in a 
horny process which is termed the nail. From this fact 
the family is sometimes called Unguirostres, or nail- 
beaked. 

The body is short and stout, the neck usually long; 
the feet and legs are short. The wings are moderately 
long and stout, giving power of rapid and long-continued 
flight. There are various anatomical characteristics, most 
of which need not be considered here. 

One of these, however, is common to so many species, 
and is so frequently inquired about by sportsmen, that 
it may be briefly mentioned. In the male of most ducks 


the windpipe just above the bronchial tubes on the left . 


side is usually expanded to form a bony, bulbous en- 
largement, called the labyrinth. Except in one or two 
species the female does not possess this enlargement, and 
there are some of the sea ducks (Fuliguline) in which 
it is not found. The labyrinth varies greatly in different 
species. In some it is round and comparatively simple, 
in others large, and instead of being more or less cylin- 
drical in shape it has the form of a long three-cornered 
box. The labyrinth has been stated to have relation to 
the voice of the bird, but what this relation is has yet to 
be proved. 

In addition to the labyrinth, some species of ducks have 
an enlargement of the windpipe near the throat, and the 
swans have the windpipe curiously coiled within the 
breast bone. 

The plumage of these birds is well adapted for pro- 
tection against wet and cold. All possess large oil glands, 
and the overlying feathers,’ which are constantly kept 
oiled, protect the down beneath them from moisture, and 
form a covering whose warmth enables the birds to en- 
dure an Arctic temperature. There is a great variety in 
the coloring of the plumage. The sexes in the swans and 
most geese are alike, but in the ducks the male is usually 
more highly colored than the female. The males of some 
species are among our most beatitiful birds, as the mallard, 
harlequin, wood duck and the odd little mandarin duck of 
eastern Asia, while in others the colors are duller, and 
in the female and young are often extremely modest and 
subdued. Most of the fresh-water ducks possess a patch 
of brilliant iridescent color on the secondary feathers 
of the wing which is usually either green or violet. This 
is called the speculum. A less brilliant speculum is seen 
in some of the sea ducks. 

The males of certain species possess peculiar develop- 
ments of plumage or of bill, such as the curled tail 
feather of the mallard, the long pointed scapulars and 
long tail feathers of the old squaw and the sprig tail, 
the peculiar wing feathers of the mandarin ducks, the 
stiff feathers on the face in-some sea ducks, the crests 
of many species, and the peculiar processes and swellings 
on the bills of certain sea ducks. 

The duck family is divided into three sections—the 
swans, the geese and the ducks proper, These last again 
are subdivided into shoal water or river ducks, or diving 
ducks, and mergansers or fish ducks, 

The swans are characterized by their large size and 
extremely long necks, and are usually white in color, 
although the Australian black swan forms a notable ex- 
ception. The naked skin of the bill extends back to the 
eyes. Only two species—with a European form attributed 
to Greenland—are found in North America, One of 
these, the common swan, covets the whole country, while 
the slightly larger trumpeter swan is found chiefly in 
the West. The swans constitute a sub-family of the 
Anatide, and are known to ornithologists as the Cygnine. 

Less in size than the swans and in form-intermediate 
between them and the ducks are the geese. They have 
necks much longer than the ducks, yet not so long as 
the swans. Like the swans, they feed by stretching down 
their necks through the water and tearing up vegetable 
food from the bottom, Geese and swans do not dive, ex- 
cept to escape the pursuit of enemies. Most geese are 
found within the limits of the United States only in 
autumn or winter, and breed far to the north, although 
up to the time of the settlement of the western country 
the Canada goose commonly nested on the prairies and 
along the Missouri River, sometimes building its nest 
in trees; that is to say, on the tops of broken cottonwood 
stubs, standing 30 or 4o feet above the ground, The 
settling up of the cotintry has, for the most part, de- 
prived these birds of their summer home, and it may be 
auestioned whether they now breed regularly anywhere 
within the United States, except in the Yellowstone 
Park, where protection is afforded them. 

With the geese are to be included the tree ducks, a 
group connecting the sub-families of the geese and the 


FOREST AND-STREAM, 4 


ducks, and known by naturalists as Dendrocygnee. They 
ate found only on the southern borders of the United 
States, and thus will but seldom come under the notice of 
North American sportsmen. They are really duck-like, 
tree-inhabiting geese. There are several species, occur- 
ring chiefly in the tropics. 

The true ducks are divided into three groups, known 
as lnating, or shoal-water ducks; Fuliguling, or sea 
ducks, and Merging, fish ducks, or mergansers. These 
three groups are natural ones, although the birds belonging 
to them are constantly associated together during the 
migrations, and often live similar lives. No one of the 
three is confined either to sea coast or interior, but all 
are spread out over the whole breadth of the continent. 
In suminer the great majority of the birds of each group 
migrate to the further north, there to raise their young, 
while others still breed sparingly within the United States, 
where formerly they did so in great numbers, 

As is indicated by one of their English names, the 
fresh-water ducks prefer fresh and shallow water, and 
must haye this last because they do not dive for their 
food, but feed on what they can pick up from the bottoms 
and margins of the rivers and pools which they frequent. 
The sea ducks, on the other hand, are expert divers, 
many of them -feeding in water from 15 to 30 feet deep. 
The food of the mergansers is assumed to consist largely 
of small fish, which they capture by pursuing them under 
the water. They are expert divers. 

The food of the fresh-water ducks is chiefly vegetable, 
consisting of seeds, grasses and roots, which they gather 
from the water. That of the sea ducks is largely animal, 
and often consists exclusively of shellfish, which they 
bring up from the bottom. Yet with regard to the food 
of the two groups, there is no invariable rule, and many 
of the sea ducks live largely on vegetable matter, while 
the fresh-water ducks do not disdain any animal matter 
which may come in their way. Both groups, with some 
possible exceptions, are fond of grain, which they eat 
greedily when it is accessible. ‘The far-famed canvas- 
back derives its delicious flavor from the vegetable food 
which it finds in the deep, fresh or brackish waters of 
lakes, slow-flowine streams and estuaries, while the 
widgeon, which is one of the typical fresh-water ducks and 
is equally toothsome, feeds only in shoal water. 

The flavor of any duck’s flesh depends entirely on its 
food, and a bird of whatever kind which is killed after 
living for a month or two in a region where proper 
vegetable food is to be found will prove delicious eating, 
whether it be canvasback, redhead, widgeon, black duck 
or broadbill. On the other hand, a black duck, redhead, 
broadbill or canvasback, which had spent a month or two 
in the salt water, where its food had been chiefly shell 


fish, will be found to have a strong flavor of fish. Thus: 


the fine feathers of a canvasback are not necessarily a 
guarantee that the bird wearing them possesses the table 
qualities that have made the species famous. 

Hybrids between different species of the fresh-water 
ducks occur quite frequently, and many perfectly authentic 
examples of this have been examined by competent 
authority, although in many instances a supposed hybrid 
is nothing more than some speciés with which the gun- 
ner is unfamiliar. In his great work, “The “Birds of 
North America,” Audubon figured a hybrid under the 
name Brewer’s duck. Hybrids between the mallard and 
the muscoyy, the black duck and the pintail are not un- 
common. One of the latter, which I still possess, I killed 


in Wyoming, and I haye killed several black duck-mailard * 


hybrids in North Carolina. Besides these, ducks have 
been killed which appear to resemble a cross between 
mallard and gadwal, between teal and pintail, and even 
between wood duck and redhead. On the other hand, 
some years ago, when my gunner picked up a male Eng- 
lish widgeon which I had killed, he suggested that it was 
a hybrid between a redhead and a widgeon. 

It is to be noted that the hybrids supposed to be a cross 
between the black duck and mallard, while possessing 
the general appearance of the black duck, appear to ex- 
ceed either parent in size, and that the males often possess 
the curved tail feather of the male mallard, 

Ducks and geese are to a great extent nocturnal in 
their habits. Many, if not all of them, migrate by night, 
and in localities where they are greatly disturbed on their 
feeding grounds they are ‘likely to pass the hours of day 
in the open water far from the shore and not to visit their 
feeding grounds until evening or even dark night. In 
many places along the New England coast it is the prac- 
tice during cloudy nights, when the moon is latge, to 
visit‘ the hills in the line of flight to shoot at the ducks 
and geese which fly over from their daily resting place on 
the salt water to their nightly feeding ground in ponds, 
rivers and shallow bays, or before daylight in the morn- 
ing, to resort to the same places, in the hope of getting a 
shot at the birds as they fly back toward the sea. 

During moonlight nights the birds frequently feed at in- 
tervals all night long, and in many places advantage is 
taken of this habit to shoot them either by moonlight or 
by fite lighting, 

Ducks are found all over the world, and appear equally 
at home in the tropics and on the borders of the Arctic 
ice. There are about 200 known species, of which not far 
from sixty are found in North America. Their economic 
importance is due not merely to the fact that they occur 
in stich numbers as to furnish a great deal of food for 
man, but also because of the feathers and down which 
they produce. To the inhabitants of many regions they 
furnish clothing, in part, as well as food. In some parts 
of the world, whole communities are largely dependent for 
their living on the products of these birds. subsisting for 
portions of the year entirely on their flesh and eggs, 
and deriving a large part of their reyenue from the sale 
of feathers and down. Many examples might be cited of 
northern latitudes where the gathering of eggs, birds or 
feathers forms at certain seasons of the year the principal 
industry of the people. 

familiar species, whose economic importance to dwell- 
ers in high latitudes can hardly be overestimated, is the 
well-known eider duck. This bird is occasionally shot 
on the Long Island coast in winter, and is then a common 
visitor to northern New England. Its slightly differing 
forms breed on the sea coasts of the northern parts of 
the world, and are very abundant in the Arctic regions, 

In Greenland, Iceland and Norway the breeding grounds 
of the eider duck are protected by laws which have the 


[Seer. 8, i900. 


universal support of the inhabitants. Indeed, these breed- 
ing grounds are handed down from father to son as prop- 
erty of great yalue. Every effort is made to foster and en- 
courage the birds. Sometimes cattle are removed from 
islands where they have been ranging in order that the 
ducks may breed there undisturbed, and a careful watch 
is kept against depredations by dogs and foxes. Accord- 
ing to Dr, Stejneger: “The inhabitants [of parts of 
Norway] take great care of the breeding birds, which 
often enter their houses to find suitable nesting places, 
and cases are authenticated in which the poor fisherman 
vacated his bed in order not to disturb the female eider 
which had selected it as a quiet corner wherein to raise 
her young, In another instance the cooking of a family 
had to be done in a temporary kitchen, as a fanciful bird 
had taken up her abode on the fireplace.” 

On many of the breeding grounds in Iceland and Nor- 
way the birds are so tame as to pay little attention to the 
approach of strangers, Often the nests occur in such 
numbers that it is dificult to walk among them without 
stepping on them. On the little island of Vidoe, near 
Reikjavik, almost all the hollows among the rocks with 
which the ground is strewn are occupied by nests of the 
birds. Here, too, they occupy burrows especially pre- 
pared for them, as with the sheldrakes in Sylt. 

In “Baird, Brewer and Ridgway’s North American 
Birds,” Dr. T. M. Brewer quotes Mr, C. W. Shepard, 
who, in a sketch of his travels in northern Iceland, gives 
the following account of the tameness and breeding 
there of the eider: 

“The islands of Vigr and Oedey are their headquarters 
in the northwest of Iceland. In these they live in un- 
disturbed tranquillity. They have become almost domesti- 
cated, and are found in vast multitudes, as the young 
remain and breed in the place of their birth. As the 
island (Vigr) was approached we could see flocks upon 
flocks of the sacred birds, and could hear their cooing 
at a great distance. We landed on a rocky, wave-shorn 
shore. It was the most wonderful ornithological sight 
conceivable. The ducks and their nests were everywhere. 
Great brown ducks sat upon their nests in masses, and at 
every step started from under our feet. It was with 
difficulty that we avoided treading on some of the nests. 
On the coast of the opposite shore was a wall built of large 
stones, Just above the high-water level, about 3 feet in 
height and of considerable thickness. At the bottom, on 
both sides of it, alternate stones had been left out, so as 
to form a series of square compartments for the ducks 
to nest in. Almost every compartment was occupied, and 
as we walked along the shore a long line of ducks flew - 
out, one after the other, The surface of the water also 
was perfectly white with drakes, who welcomed their 
brown wives with loud and clamorous cooing. The house 
itself was a marvel. The earthen walls that surrounded 
it and the window embrasutes were occupied by ducks. 
On the ground the house was fringed with ducks. On the 
turf slopes of its roof we could see ducks, and a duck sat 
on the door scraper. The grassy banks had been cut into 
square patches. about 18 inches having been removed, and 
each hollow had been filled with ducks. A windmill was 
infested, and so were all the outhouses, mounds, rocks: 
and crevices. The ducks were everywhere. Many were 
so tame that we could stroke them on their nests; and 
the good lady told us that there was scarcely a duck on the 
island that would not allow her to take its eggs without 
flight or fear. Our hostess told us that when she first 
became possessor of the island the produce of down from 
the ducks was not more than 15 pounds in a year; but 
that under her careful nurture of twenty years it had 
risen to nearly t00 pounds annually. Most of the eggs are 
taken and pickled for winter consumption, one or two 
only being left in each nest to hatch.” 

Although breeding in great numbers on the coast of 
Labrador and in other Canadian waters, the eider duck 
is practically not protected there, and indeed is scarcely 
made use of commercially in America. We have not yet 
advanced sufficiently to take advantage of our oppor- 
tunities, ; 

Dr, Leonard Stejneger, in the “Standard Natural His- 
tory,’ writing of the European sheldrake (Tadorna)— 
which mtst not be confounded with any of the birds 
(Mergus) ‘which we of the United States call sheldrakes 
—almost parallels Mr. Shepard’s account, but on a 
smaller scale. He says: “The inhabitants on several 
of the small sandy islands off the western coast of Jut- 
land—notably, the Island of Sylt—haye made the whole 
colony of sheldrakes breeding there a source of con- 
siderable income by judiciously taxing the birds for eggs 
and down, supplying them in return with burrows of 
easy access and protecting them agaitist all kinds of in- 
jury. The construction of such a duck, burrow is de- 
scribed by Johann Friedrich Naumann, who says that 
all the digging, with the exception of the entrance tun- 
nel, is made from above. On top of small, rounded 
hills, covered with grass, the breeding chambers are first 
dug out to a uniform depth of 2 or 3 feet. These are then 
connected by horizontal tunnels and finally with the com- 
mon entrance. Each breeding chamber is closed above 
with a tightly fitting piece of sod, which cart be lifted up 
like a lid when the nest is to be examined and plundered. 
Such a complex burrow may contain from ten to twenty 
nest chambers, but in the latter case there aré usually 
two entrances. The birds, which, on account of the pro- 
tection extended to them through ages, are quite tame, 
take very eagerly to the burrows. As soon as the female 
has laid six eges the egeins commences, and every one 
above that number is taken away, a single bird often 
laying twenty, or thirty eggs in a season. The birds are 
so tame that, when the lid is opened, the female still sits 
on the nest, not walking off into the next room until 
touched by the egg gatherer’s hand. When no more fresh 
eggs are found in the nest, the down composing the 
latter is also collected, being in quality nearly equal to 
eider down.” 

The importance of the wild fowl to the natives of north- 
ern climes has been indicated, and it is well known that 
in the United States the killing of these birds on their 
migrations and during their winter residence is a matter’ 
of some commercial moment, giving employment to many 
men and requiring the investment of tiot a little capital. 
Years ago, when the birds were far more numerous than 
now, isolated posts of the Hudson Bay Company im 
Canada depended for support during a part of the year 


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on the geese that they killed during the migrations and 
dried or smoked. Gunning for the market occupies many 
men during the winter, and the occasional great rewards 
received for a day’s work in the blind or the battery lead 
many to make a serious business of it, though it is quite 
certain that, taking the season through, the work will 
not pay ordinary day's wages to the man who guns, 
Nevertheless, we knew of a gunner who in January, 1000, 
killed $130 worth of birds in a day, and of another who 
in February, 1899, killed $206 worth in one day. It must 
be remembered that this gunning is going on during the 
whole winter all over the South every day except Sun- 
day. The number of birds killed must be very great and 
must far exceed those hatched and reared each year. 


Moose Hunting. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

The season is fast approaching which brings to mind 
sweet recollections of past vacations in the wilderness, 
spent in pleasant company, during the most beautiful time 
of the year. It also rekindles im the heart of him who 
is a lover of rod and rifle that irresistible desire to go 
back to lake and river, mountain and valley, buckboard 
and tote road, tent and camp-fire. The nearest thing to 
the actual enjoyment of a hunting or fishing trip that 
the city man can get is the pleasure of reading the ex- 
periences of other sportsmen in Forest AND STREAM. 
Though some of them are highly colored, they are, never- 
theless, very interesting, Some are more than interesting 
—they are surprising, as is the one entitled “Mr. Mu- 
late’s Big Moose,’ Forest AND STREAM, Novy. 4, 1809. I 
quote this from it: “Your correspondent knows of a 
resident of New York city who has just returned from 
Canada with the heads of three large bulls,” ete. In what 
part of Canada, I would like to know, can any one 
legally kall or have in possession at one time three bull 
moose? ‘ 

Mr. Noah Palmer’s article on “Moose Calling” in the 
number for Jan. 27, 1900, was very interesting to me, 
particularly as his experience accords with my own fe- 
garding the abilities of guides in “calling’’ moose. My 
experience, extending over a period of neatly twenty 
years, leads me to believe that there is not one guide in 
fifty who can “call” moose, and I have studied the art for 
many years, and have “called’ many moose; still, I am 
sure there is much for me to learn, My studies have been 
made with Indian hunters of the largest experience, and 
much has been learned by listening to the vocal pyro- 
technics of the moose ladies themselves, and sometimes 
at close quarters. I cannot help believing that the number 
of moose killed by calling is very small, and that there is 
little danger of their extermination from the practice, 

Regarding the propriety of “calling” moose, I cannot 
agree with Mr, Alden Sampson, Forest AND STREAM, Jan. 
20, 1900. “Calling” is just as sportsmanlike as “sneaking” 
upon them, which any one can do when the conditions are 
favorable on the show. To “call” successfully, the hunter 
must have patience, be willing to:suffer loss of sleep, cold 
and discomfort; he must be able to so control his nervous 
system that he can defy “buck fever’ when a moose is 
approaching. To call sticcessiully, the hunter needs a 
musical ear, and a musical memory, and even then it is 
difficult to remember and reproduce the call and whin- 
ing of the female moose. Many men can make sounds 
that will elicit an answer from a bull under certain con- 
ditions, but it requires skill and experience in the art to 
make him come into the open, or into the water. There 
are times when moose, like other animals, will come, ap- 
parently through curiosity, to almost any sound. I have 
known a moose to come to the sound of the axe while my 
guide was felling a tree. Caribou are inquisitive, and 
will come to investigate a noise, just as deer will some- 
times return after being unsuccessiully shot at to see what 
it was that frightened them, 

Ii moose calling be practiced at night, a moonlit one and 
absence of wind are essential. It is almost useless to 
shoot at these animals, however close you may be to 
them, on a dark night, and if there be any wind they are 
almost. stire to get one’s scent and tun away. Moose 
do not always come “straight as an arrow” to the “call.” 
They will sometimes mistake the direction from which the 
sound comes, as did one which | called on Oct. 11, 1806, 
on a bog in Maine. 

A few minutes before 6 o’clock that evening, in com- 
pany with my guide, the ground was reached where we 


intended to camp until morning, but as it was so calm 


and still, and we had yet a little daylight, the guide pre- 
yvailed upon me to call. An answer came before I had 
time to remove the horn from my lips. The moose, ac- 
companied by a cow, which tried to stop him by whining 
and a short call, came to the head of the bog and passed 
down behind the bushes almost to the lower end of 
it, abottt half a mile,egrunting as he went. 

When I found that he had mistaken my position, I 
wanted to call again, but the Indian said, “No; he find us; 
he find us.” It was rapidly growing dark, and at last the 
moose stopped grunting. I called again. He answered 
and came back toward us, but it was so dark when he 
reached the base of the knoll upon which we had taken 
our position that we could not see him. He and the 
cow could be heard trampine around near us, and break- 
ing sticks for some time afterward. then wind and rain 
came and they moved away, apparently without scent- 
ing us. 

Tt is rather remarkable how moose sometimes act when 
shot at in the night time. Ten years ago I shot a very 
large bull on a clear moonlight night; he was standing 80 
yards away in a shallow lake facing me. Two bullets 
from a .45-7o Winchester rifle were placed in his chest, 
oud he came straight for the canoe, but dropped 30 yards 
rom it. 

Three years ago I called a moose for a friend. The 
animal came to a stand about 15 to 20 yards from us on 


the edge of a Jake; he was looking toward us as we 


approached in a canoe. At the first shot he made three 
leaps straight for the canoe, and one more leap, it seemed, 
would have landed him on top of us, but he suddenly 
changed his direction, went by the canoe, and came to a 
full stop in the water a few yards to the right of us. With 
his broad side in view, one shot from a .30-40 Winchester 
dropped him immediately, but he was almost as quickly 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


on his feet again, when a second “put him out.’ Why 
the two moose should have come straight toward the 
canoe I cannot explain, except that becoming rattled 
they simply jumped in the direction‘in which they were 
headed, I don’t think it was for the purpose of attacking 
the canoe. 

Much has been written in your journal about the 
relative merits of the various rifles used in moose hunting. 
It seems to me that the man behind the gun is a greater 
factor in determining success or failure than the weapon 
used, 

Almost any of the ordinary calibers are good enough 
for moose if steadily aimed at the right part of the animal. 
The .30-40, .40-65, .45-70, .38-56 are all good enough for 
the distance within which game animals are usually shot— 
viz., 150 yards. I prefer the .30-40. 

Now about the reports and advertisements from the 
big-gate regions. Why do not the reporters from these 
placés tell us about a few of the tmnsuccessful parties who 
have hunted there? I hunted nearly six weeks in New 
Brunswick last fall and saw only one fair head in all 
that time, and saw the tracks of only two large moose. 
I went into the Province again on snow in December, and 
found an abundance of small tracks, and this in a region 
that has a reputation for moose. I met the late S. L. 
Crosby, of Bangor, returning from the left-hand branch 
of the Tobique last fall; he told me he had seen twelve 
moose on his trip, only one of them a bull, which he 
shot, and it had a very good head. Last year I saw three 
heads on a train coming from New Brunswick. One of 
them had a fair set of antlers and the other two were the 
heads of young moose, having two to four points on a 
side, but they were all reported as fine heads (to Forest 
AND STREAM, I think). 

In New Brunswick one misses the deer. At the rate 
caribou are being killed there, it probably won’t be long 
before a close time will have to be called upon them. New 
Brunswick has shortened the season for moose and cari- 
bou, The season now opens on Sept. 15 instead of Sept. 
I, and the license fee, which was $20, is now $30, This 
looks as if the Provincial authorities believe that the 
game is disappearing too rapidly and too cheaply. 

I have met more hunting parties on my trips to the 
Province than on similar trips in Maine. I have hunted 
in the Miramichi, Tobique and the Canaan River regions 
of New Brunswick, and very extensively in the best 
regions for game in Maine, where I secured some fine 
moose heads. I should reply if questioned about the 
game countries as follows: Maine and New Brunswick 
are about equal for moose, mostly cows and calves. Deer 
are wonderfully abundant in Maine, and only fairly 
plentiful in parts of New Brunswick. Caribou seem 
plentiful in some parts of New Brunswick. Some ten 
years ago | hunted in Nova Scotia, and moose were more 
abundant there than in any country I had ever visited, and 
from what I hear about the Province I am inclined to 
think they are still plentiful there. 

I think the game interests of Maine and New Bruns- 
wick are being more efficiently guarded than ever be- 
fore, and still there are men who, when an opportunity 
offers, kill more moose and caribou than the laws allow— 
in other words, take what does not belong to them and 
therefore must belong to some one else, or to the State, 
for the State inflicts the punishment.’ I am wondering 
whether larceny would be too hard a name to apply to this 
offense. The railroad, the pulp mill and the forest fire 
are fast robbing the north woods of their beauty and 
attractiveness, and the time is coming when something 
will have to be done to save the woods, in order to 
preserve the water sheds, for ‘tis well known that cut- 
ting away the timber causes the streatns to dry up. 
Sportsmen should do all they can to prevent forest 
fires, while they are powerless to help in other ways, 

CAMPER OUT. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Opening of the Shooting Season. 


Cuicaco, Ill,, Sept. 1—To-day is opening day for the 
West. All the city is on foot, on horseback, or on wheels, 
atid is moving out into the fields and marshes. Not 
for a half-dozen years has the outpour of city shooters 
been so great as it is this week, and not for very many 
years have the prospects been so good that those who 
go out will get something to show for their pains. It 
may be stated with every confidence that this is a good 
game year, not only for Illinois, but for the entire 
Northwest. It is something of a surprise to discover 
that, in this time of threatened extinction of the prairie 
chicken, the latter bird is by no means a thing of the 
past tense, but is strictly within the plans of the shooters 
of to-day. So far from the chicken being exterminated, 
even in Illinois, it is more abundant this fall than it has 
been since the first year following the three years close 
season we once had’ in this State. With changed habits, 
and shorn of many of its erstwhile lovable characteristics, 
it is trile, yet none the less as big and brown and comely 
as ever, this old-time Illinois product is to be found in 
numbers enough to entitle it to a front rank position in 
the possibilities of the week current. By the middle of 
the month there may not be so many birds, and they will 
know more than they do to-day, but to-morrow, and for 
the next week or so, there will be many a man who will 
get good chicken shooting, and get it without going to 
Dakota or Minnesota. 

Reports continue to point to La Salle and De Kalb coun- 
ties as the best chicken grounds for this State, though, of 
course, this by no means covers the situation for so large 
a bit of cotintry as the big State of Illinois. The southern 
half of the State, naturally a better breeding ground and 
at least shot no harder than the northern end, has per- 
haps a better stock than the average of the upper part 
of the State, but in that lower country it is practically 
all corn, and the shooting must be expected to be mostly 
an evening hour along the edges of the corn and sutbble. 
At least so advises me my friend, Warren Powel,’ who 
says he*can show me some chickens, but only a half-hour 
before dark each day. In mid-day the birds “hole up” 
in the wide cornfields, and are almost impossible to work 
to any advantage to the dog. 

I hear there are some chickens out at Waterman, west 
of Chicago, a local warden saying that he knows of eight 


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coveys there upon which he can put his hand without any 
trouble as soon as it becomes legal to do so. This tip 
is to be used by two or three shooters, who will probably » 
go out there to-night. Others are going to De Kalb 
cotinty, among these Oswald yon Lengerke, who will try 
it at Minooka first to see what validity there is in a strong 
tip he has from that town, where a local shooter advises 
him he is sure of sport this week. At this point last fall 
one shooter killed 200 prairie chickens in thirty days 
to his own gtin, which is extraordinarily good for this 
State in these days. He said he never had any trouble in 
getting a dozen birds a day, not hunting very hard at that, 
and he thinks there are more big there now than there 
were last year. 

Lee county has a lot of birds this fall, but that is a 
hard place to break into, the farmers having a numbér 
of associations for the prevention of outside hunters 
coming in on their grounds. It was in this county that the 
old Rising Sun Game Park was formed, of which I wrote 
some years ago, at which time a friend and myself had 
very nice shooting near Ashton, in Lee county, The big 
grouse have always hung around those old-time feeding 
and breeding grounds, ahd without doubt many of the 
boys at Ashton, Lee Center, Amboy and other local 
points, to say nothing of the few Chicago shooters who 
have the entree there, will get a grand bit of sport there. 


Ducks. 


The chickens will not be the only birds to occupy the 
attention of the men who are starting out this week-end, 
for September also opens the duck season for the North- 
west. It is pleasant to be able to say that this year is a 
good wet one on the old-time Horicon Marsh, and the 
club men who have fought the bitter fight for those pre- 
serves will have a substantial reward this fall, if they 
can keep the bandits at arm’s length. There is a nice 
stage of water, and water is all that was ever needed 
there to assure good sport.» A few of the Chicago con- 
tingent are going up to Horicon to-day, though others 
think it still too warm for a duck shoot, and will wait 
until a cooler time comes. The bulk of the Northern 
flight will not come down for thirty, forty or sixty 
days, of course, and any shooting on the Wisconsin 
marshes in September is on local birds. 

It used to be the case that we could get some fun along 
the good old Kankakee on Sept. 1, on the wood ducks and 
teal which breed there. I have recorded bags of two or 
three dozen birds to the gun on the Kankakee on open- 
ing day, within the last five years, and this all served to 
keep up the reputation of the stream, though the shooting 
rarely lasted for more than a week on these local-bred 
birds. This fall, I am sorry to say, the crop of local 
teal or wood ducks does not ‘seem to amount to much, 
There may still be a few plover hanging around. After 
a while there will be a few jacksnipe, but not very many 
in any likelihood, and perhaps in October a scant and 
hurried flight of Northern ducks, but the ruining of the 
Kankakee progresses so steadily that it is hardly fair to 
tout that region as a burning success any more, or at 
least not for this particular fall. 


Quail. 


One thing is sure beyond the remotest peradventure, and 
that is that we are going to have more quail this fall in 
Illinois and Indiana than we ever had, or at least more 
than is remembered by any of our shooters. Ducks will 
be a poor or a patchy crop. Chickens will be a better 
crop than the average by a long way. The quail crop 
will break the records. This bird seems to be the sal- 
vation for our Western sport. There is no finer sport on 
eatth than Bob White affords, so that our local men may 
feel quite happy at the prospect of the season. — 


Extraordinary News from Northwestern Game Fields. 


Sr, Paut, Minn., Aug. 31.—This entire city is up and 
inoving away. The streets are crowded with hunters, and 
many a wagon goes by with a dog tied to the tail gate 
and a portable boat in the wagon bed or trundling on a 
truck behind. It is said that the exodus of chicken 
shooters and duck shooters was never so great as it is 
to-day, It is a pleasure to be directly upon the spot at 
the opening of the season, when the opening really means 
something by way of game. The men here are very 
businesslike in their outfit, and there are a hundred 
perfectly lovely dogs to be seen about the stores, the 
streets and the depots. (1 have counted sixty-five bird 
dogs in this town at odd moments to-day, some of 


‘them very likely lookers.) Roger Kennedy bought him 


a new dog by mail this week, and got him this morning by 
express. He was in luck, for the dog is a beauty, with as 
handsome a marking and as good a set of running gear 
as | have seen for a long time. He has a head big as a 
tin kettle, but he isn’t meant for the bench, and I 
prophesy he is a bird dog, without ever having seen 
him work. You can pretty nearly tell whether a dog has 
sense by the way he acts. 

Local gun stores say there will be from 200 to 500 
shooters leave this city to-night on the way to the chicken 
fields, among these a few Eastern parties, one from 
Massachusetts, who have gone, and left no names behind 
them. The counters of the gun stores are crowded by all 
sorts of men and all sorts of dogs, and all in all, this is 
the loveliest shooting spectacle I have seen for many a 
day in the old Northwest, toward which the thoughts of 
our upland shooters turn so instinctively these days. 


Lots of Birds. 


There are lots of birds, thousands of birds, birds almost 
everywhere. This is what every shooter you meet here 
tells you to-day. This statement applies for Minnesota, 
North and South Dakota. There has not been for ten 
years so grand a crop of birds, and perhaps not for 
twenty years have so many young birds been produced 
in proportion to the breeding stock left over. The con- 
ditions have been simply perfect, not only for breed- 
ing, but for the shooting, now that the shooting season 
is here. At first the weather was phenomenally dry, hence 
just right for the domestic plans of the grouse. Then 
there was a dry summer, though not too dry for good 
feed. Lastly, within the past thirty days, there have 
been copious rains over much of the Northwest, so that 
it is sure the dogs will be able to run without any trouble. 
ae heart of the chicken shooter has much license ta he 
glad, 


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Chickens Raise Two Broods. 


Of course, we all know that the quail will very often 
rear two broods in one season, though usually this occurs 
far to the south of this latitude. It is not of common 
knowledge, however, that the prairie chicken ever raises 
a double brood in the same year. Indeed, in all my life 
time of acquaintance with this bird, I never heard it 
even mentioned that it ever did such a thing. M. F. 
Kennedy, of St. Paul, tells me that he once knew it to 
happen, more than a dozen years ago, but never but that 
once. This year, the “double clutch” is again not only a 
possibility, but an actual fact. The report comes in from 
different localities, notably from the neighborhood of 
Bird Island, where it is proved beyond a peradventure. 
What this means for the current and the future chicken 
crop of the State may easily be figured. I do not hear 
that the birds bred twice in Dakota, but there is as much 
reason to suppose it there as here, subject to exceptional 
local conditions. This does not mean the not extraordi- 
nary instance of a second laying after the first nest has 
been destroyed by accident, but the successful rearing of 
two full broods of young. In yery many instances double 
coveys have been seen this summer, the young birds of 
two sizes, but all under care of one hen. The old bird 
seems to keep the two coveys under charge, the same as 
she does one. The first brood at this time may be very 
likely almost full grown. 


What to Use. 


_ A writer in the current issue of a New York magazine 
states that in the month of September 234 drams of 
powder and a load of No. 8 shot is about the right thing 
for prairie chickens (perhaps for a 16-gauge). I remem- 
ber that two years ago in the Red River Valley of 
Minnesota I was out on Sept. 1 with some gentlemen 
who found it difficult to stop the wilder birds with No. 
6, and one shooter was using 5’s. Fred Merrill, with 
whom and his brother, Dick, I shot at Stuart, Minn., a 
few years ago, used No. 4, and excused this rather unusual 
choice of a load by saying that he did not like them to 
get up and go away out of range. It is ‘not necessary to 
state ‘that no shooters now use so light a load as that 
mentioned, which is below the proper quail load for any- 
thing but a 16-gauge. The average gun used by the 
shooters of this country is the 12-gauge, and the load is 
ordinarily No. 7 at this date, with 3 drams or more of 
stiff nitro. These big birds are getting fast and strong 
very rapidly. They cannot be handled now as they could 
in July and August. It is wonderful how quickly they 
get educated after the full forces of the shooters, 


Points. 


There are different points which seem to be commonly 
accepted as good ones for chickens this fall. Minnesota 
men, of course, patronize home chickens a little bit 
more than they would were there no gun license in 
North Dakota. Crookston, Minn, ; Hallock, Minn. ; Litch- 
field, Minn.; Bird Island, Minn.; Windham, Minn. ; 
Heron Lake, Minn,; Avoca, Minn., are all points which 
are spoken of very well to-day by those with whom I 
have been talking. South Dakota is alive with birds this 
fall, they say, Webster or Preston will be good to re- 
member there, or almost any place well out on the new 
line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. New 
roads mean good shooting for a year or so. 

Out here, upon the edge of the actual shooting grounds, 
we are in closer touch with the shooting game than in 
Chicago, but by this time to-morrow there will be a good 
lot of Chicago men through here on their way out for 
a share of the fun in what is no doubt to be the best 
season known in the Northwest for many a long year. 


Houex. 
Hartrorp Buripine, Chicago, Il. 


Maine Guides. 


Boston, Sept. 3—The celebrated Snowman case is 
to be tried again at the September’ term of the Supreme 
Court at Farmington, Me. It will be remembered that 
Elmer Snowman, of Rangeley, one of the older and best 
known guides of that region, believing that the guide 
law of that State infringes upon his constitutional rights 
as a citizen, has declined to take out the requisite license; 
that he has once or twice been prosecuted and brought 
before the courts for guiding without a license, and been 
beaten and fined by the lower courts. Last year his case 
was carried up on the question of constitutionality of the 
guide license law. The Law Court, after tetaining its 
decision for many months, decided that the law is con- 
stitutional, but sustained exceptions preferred by Snow- 
man's counsel. These exceptions related chiefly to the 
judge’s charge to the jury, and their being sustained gives 
Snowman a chance for a new trial. Snowman is an un- 
married man, with no one to look out for but himself, and 
hence his brother guides look upon him as just the one 
to carry their case through the courts. How well they 
love the guide law is shown in the fact that almost the 
entire cost of Snowman’s defense and carrying the case 
up to the full bench has been paid out of a fund con- 
tributed by the guides themselves. The cost of the 
coming new trial will also be paid by them, The guides all 
over the State are deeply interested. In a newspaper in- 
terview Snowman is reported to have stated that there 
is still $250 at Moosehead, contributed by his brother 
guides, that has not yet been touched. The feeling is so 
intense at Rangeley that it has been carried even into the 
school question, and the teacher of the high school has 
been ousted because he was favorable to the side of the 
Fish and Game Commissioners and the local game war- 
den. The guides are reported to have turned out in a 
body for the purpose of defeating the warden faction, at a 
fecent town meeting. A well-known Rangeley guide said 
to me the other day, “I wonder that Commissioner Carle- 
ton has so little tact and is so stubborn concerning the 
guide license law. He makes enemies of the guides in that 
way, where they should be his friends. The guide law, as 
J understand it, amounts to little or nothing to the State. 
Though the Commission taxes every mother’s son of us $r 
a year, the License Bureau, that has had to be established 
at the State House, has cost for clerk hire, etc., about all 
the license fees have come to. If he had given us some 


sort of a law that would have helped us, a law whereby 
we could have entered into some sort of a competition as 
to our ability, and then have rewarded the best and 
most experienced of us with a State license and a badge, 
we would have gladly paid even $5 for the same. But, as 
it is, any boy who can row a boat, and some who can’t, can 
get a license, and is just as good as the best and most 
experienced of us under the law. I have a case in mind 


now where last year the brother of a gentleman in Bos-. 


ton took out a license, just to evade the law requiring 
that non-resident sportsmen hunting in Maine must be in 
chrage of a registered guide, The brother is a Maine 
lumberman, and did not even accompany the hunting 
party of his brother, only to show them where to camp. 
going back to his mill at once.” 

The case mentioned by the guide above is not the only 
one. I know of a Boston party fitting out to hunt deer 
in Maine, and they don’t intend to employ a guide at 
$2.50 per day. The brother of one of the party lives in 
Maine. He has already taken out a gutide’s license. 
although he has not yet guided a single day. He will 
accompany his brother's party on their hunting trip. 

Sept. I opens the season in Maine, when sportsmen 
may lawfully take a single deer for camp purposes, by 
taking out a $6 license. But the deer may not be 
transported from the State. Still, “the antlers wil! be 
left to be transported later.” A Bangor report says that 
this is the second year of the September license law, and 
by the Commissioners it is regarded as a success; since no 
more deer are killed than before the law’s passage, the 
State receives something for its game. Last year nearly 
3,000 licenses were issued, for which it is estimated that 
about $16.000 was received by the State, while not more 
than one man in four killed a deer. This law applies to 
the counties of Oxford, Franklin, Somerset, Piscataquis, 
Penobscot, Aroostook, Hancock and Washington. 

SPECIAL, 


Meadow Hens Plentiful, 


QuEENSWATER, L. I., Sept. 3—The meadow hen shoot- 
ing has never been better than it has been since the open 
season began on Aug, 16, The birds are found on the 
flats along the edge of the meadows and around the 
salt ponds. They are easily shot and a good bag may be 
obtained in a few hours. 


Sea and River ishing. 
The Rise of Don Antonio. 


HE was a yerfy superior person, this Don Antonio 
Oromo, and interest in him was accentuated by certain 
legendary wraiths, possibly of the imagination, that drifted 
in and out and were common talk about the gayly deco- 
rated boat stands of Santa Catalina, Don Antonio cer- 
tainly never claimed to be a descendant of Montezuma, or 
that his ancestor was a great captain of Viscaino’s 
fleet, which visited the island in 1602; in fact, nothing 
could be traced to him except a statement that his grand- 
father once owned the island and traded the property, 
now worth millions, for a white horse; why white no one 
knew, I had fished with him as the guest of a friend on 
divers occasions, and the only words he uttered were, “Si, 
sefior,’ in a mellifluous voice in response to the stern 
demand for more chum when, possibly, he had fallen 
asleep. Yet despite this, Don Antonio had “an ancestral 
reputation,” which a certain manner, suggestive of 
romance, lent color to, No’one had ever heard of him as 
a boatman or fisherman; indeed, a Mexican rival in the 
gaffing line, of no particular ancestry, laughed loud and 
long when he learned that Tony was going to row during 
the tournament season. 

“What, him!” said Nicola. “He never see a gaff in he 
life. He fish? Why, he don’ know a tuna from a skip- 
jack, He mak’ me tired, he do, there’s a fac’. Tony 
rowin’? Eh! who say he’s a don? He better be up 
Middle Ranch grubbin’ cactus; there’s wha’ he b’long.’’ 

Don Antonio must have heard these and other criticisms, 
but he said nothing, and whether deep down in his Aztec 
heart he was determining to give back these taunts, blow 
for blow, no one could tell; but the fact remains that he 
was another example of what opportunity will do for 
latent genius. 
season, not long after the mid-summer solstice, still silent 
and imperturbable, he stood, a prominent figure in one 
of the greatest feats in the world of angling, overshadow- 
ing and silencing all his critics among the boatmen, 
gaffers and chummers of the island, 

It came about as follows: The tuna season at the 
island closes for some mysterious reason on or about Aug. 
1, though specimens have been reluetantly caught in the 
middle of that month, and their high and lofty tumbling 
may be witnessed far into the fall. The ending of this 
season of musctilar conclusions with the greatest of 
game fishes finds a small army of expert anglers, who 
delight in the excitement of this big game, with summer 
but partly gone and the tuna retired from the field, its 
season being May, June and July. Jt is now that the 
resources of nature, so far as they relate to big game at 
the southern California islands, become apparent, and 
instead of putting away the split bamboo and green-heart 
rods and big tuna reels, the angler, who perhaps wears 
the blue button of the Tuna Club, turns to the black sea 
bass, that giant of the tribe, that is peculiar to the 
Kurisiwo, where it flows by the kelp-lined shores of 
southern California. A fierce war has always waged in 
the vale. of Avalon, where it opens into the summer sea, 
over the respective qualities of this bass ponderous enougk 
to be the Atlas of the fishes and 


“Sustain the spacious heavens” 


of the sea. 

A few choice spirits, doughty knights of the rod—and 
I will not gainsay their skill and prowess—bear the 
standard of this fish on their escutcheons and claim that 
it is the hardest fighting game Of these waters, the 
superior of the tuna or any of the gwsat conquestadores 


He was born to fame, and at the end of the - 


of the angling arena. In the Tuna Club they have their 
black sea bass cups on which their winning names and the 
ponderous weights of their catches are engraved; their 
linked gold badges, worn proudly at annual banquets, and 
like all minorities, they claim the world as theirs. As 
each season larger fishes in both classes—tuna and black 
sea bass—are caught, the tension becomes more acute. 


The boatmen side with their employers, and so by virtue - 


of his patron, perhaps Don-Antonio became an advocate 
of the big bass and in his way fought its battles with 
the tuna gaffers, and bore their gibes and scorn with 
easy philosophy. “Los paises del sol dilatan el alma,” he 
once retorted to his disputant, whereby Don Antonio 
implied that those born in this land of the sundown sea, as 
Joaquin Muller has it, have so much expansion of the 
soul that such things do not worry them; and so he met 
the knights of the tuna, held his peace, and blew the blue 
smoke of his cigarettes out over the vermilion-tinted 
waters of Avalon. 

Ii one were to take a smal!-mouth black bass, build it 
up until it was 6 feet long and stuff it until it weighed 
anywhere from 200 to 500 potnds, some conception of 
the appearance of the black sea bass (Stereolepis gigas) 
of Santa Catalina and southern California in general 
might be formed. It is a perfect bass in form and feature. 
Its eyes are blue; its upper surface tinted old mahogany, 
and its under surface gray—a mighty creature of solemn 
mien, 

“Deep in a cavern dwells the drowsy god 
Whose gloomy mansion nor the rising sun, 
Nor setting, yisits, nor the lightsome noon: 
But lazy yapors round the region fly, 
Perpetual twilight, and a doubtful sky.” 


Ovid might well have had the great bass in mind when 
descanting upon the home of the god of sleep, as while 


the tuna frequents the high sea, now blazing its way into_ 


the sunlight, the black sea bass lives in the canopied 
forests of kelp, whose long green leaves form caves and 
retreats of fantastic shape ever changing with the cur- 
rent, that sweeps along the rocky coast in whimsical and 
erratic measure. 

It has been my fortune to take many of these fishes 
weighing from 100 to 347 pounds with a small hand line, 
to have lost many with the rod, and once to have been 
fairly beaten in a short rod trial of twenty-two minutes. 
Taking the fish on the Hand line (though I would not 
be understood as commending it) is not without its excite- 
ment, as my capture of a 247-pound specimen off the rocks 
may illustrate. We rowed around the south end of the 
island, passing the long Pebble Beach, by the sea lion 
rookery, whose inmates stared at us lazily, roaring and 
barking hoarsely by the Sphinx’s head that gazes eternally 
into the west, where 


“Tempestuous Corus rears his dreadful head,” 
then ttirned to the northwest and over the long ground 


swells, moved up the island to the restless kelp beds—the 
home of the bass, The shore here is precipitous and 


wild; beaten by the winds of centuries, and colored with | 


all the tints that mark the sunsets of this isle of summer. 
There is no shore line in rough weather; the pitiless sea 
piles in, buffeting the very base of lofty mountains, and is 
tossed high in the air in white flocculent masses amid the 
booming and crash of contact with seen and unseen rocks, 

Directly back of Avalon, a half-mile off shore, in 60 
or 70 feet of water, lies a vast submarine forest of kelp 
for which the bass invariably make when hooked inshore. 
Within roo feet of the surf is another kelp bed, whose 
leaves lie along the surface and repel the waves—the feed- 
ing and spawning ground of the fish. In one of the little 
bays formed by the kelp, we anchored. hauling aboard 
one of the great leaves for the purpose, that could be 
tossed over at short notice. It is a sport in which the 
angler must at times let patience possess his soul; and I 
have sat for hours feeling the throbbing line without a 
strike; but this is the exception. 

Our line, baited with a 7-pound whitefish, was tossed 
over and allowed to sink within 4 feet of the bottom, and 
with a turn about the rowlock, we waited, fishing be- 
times for sheepshead with the rod, a gamy creature 
ranging up to 15 pounds, 

So engrossed were we in this sport, taking the big 
banded fellows as fast as they could be fairly and honestly 
played, that the object of ouf trip was all but for- 
gotten. But suddenly the sheepshead ceased biting, there 
Was an ominous pause; it was either sharks or bass. I 
teeled in my line and took the bass line in hand. The 
current was running to the south, and played upon the 
line with a gentle musical rhythm. Now a marvelous 
jellyfish fouled it and was rent asunder, or a mysterious 
olive-green kelp frond swept along like’ a living thing, its 
dim shape faintly outlined against the blue. The ocean 
was as smooth as glass, the wind gods were resting, and 
the only break on the clear surface® was the fins of yellow- 
tail, that glistened in the sunlight as they patrolled the 
kelp, or the fairy sails of the silver and blue velella as 
it rose and fell—an idle ship. on a windless sea. Suddenly 
I felt the line tauten ,as though the coming flood had 
increased in intensity. How it thrilled and imparted to 
the nerves a tingling sensation! Greater and greater came 
the tension. I dropped the leaf anchor oyer and paid out 
a foot, now two, very slowly, now gradually increasing 
until the line was gliding over the side like a living thing. 
The boat, that by actual test" weighed but 125 pounds, 
whirled gently around, then haying given the unknown 10 
feet of line, I stood up and struck home. Down on my 
knees, almost overboard, I went, jerked by the fierce 
response, and through my unyielding hands hissed the 
line, churning and ct#ting the water, slicing it into great 
crystal sheets: 

I had the coil amidships,-and it fairly leaped into the 
air as the fish made its rush, 20, 50, 100 feet. I seized a 
coil and braced back. Nearly elbow-deep went my arms 
in the water; down went theyboat, my companion jumping 
to the bow to offset if down until the water was 
dancing at the rail; down until the man in the bow seemed 
to be up in the air; down so deep that my face was so near 
the surface that I could hear the mysterious crackling 
sound against the keel. I was about to give way to this 


.doughty plunger when he turned. I sprang to my feet and 


took in the line. In a great circle he surged around 


Sept. 8, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


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the boat, and I gained by desperate hauling, not moving 
the fish, but pulling the light boat to him, in this way 
making 30 or 40 feet. Then, without warning, he jerked 
me to my knees again, and with sturdy lunges strove to 
take the boat under waiter, and I was content to give, inch 
by inch, foot by foot, until he calmed down. ‘The bass 
was now headed for the off-shore kelp bed, half a mile 
away, towing the boat so rapidly that the foam rose under 
the stern in an ominous wave. The secret in this fishing 
is to fight the game continually, for does the man at the 
line rest, the bass recovers in an equal ratio and the 


contest may be kept up until it reaches some retreat off, 


shore and plunges into the kelp, breaking the line. To 
prevent this I played the bass constantly, hauling when 1 
could and slacking only to prevent foundering; now flat 
on the bottom, bracing to withstand a desperate rush; now 
taking in the line, feeling savage blows, never stopping, 
until fifteen minutes from the time of the strike I saw a 
gigantic black and silver form coming slowly out of the 
blue. When the fish saw me it plunged down in a vicious 
rush. but I turned it up again and by strenuous effort 
brought it near the stern. The boat was so small and 
light that my companion lay in the bottom to preserve 
the equilibrium, and I attempted to gaff the monster, hold- 
ing the line in my left hand and gaffing it amid a terrific 
flurry. Once the iron in, it was jerked from my hand 
eight or ten times, and’ 1 nearly followed it overboard. 
For half an hour I maneuvered, and every time the fish 
was brought within 5 feet it either plunged down or 
rushed around in a manner that boded ill for our safety; 
indeed, twice the boat almost foundered. The wind had 
sprung up and was now blowing fresh from the north- 
west, and the sea had picked up in a surprising fashion, 
adding to the difficulty; but finally the bass was brought 
alongside and after many efforts a rope was passed 
through its gills and mouth and lashed. Then we sat back 
to breathe and eye the rising sea. The boat, instead of 
rising on the swell, was held down by the fish, and it 
was evident that a breaker might sink her. 

It was impossible to get the fish aboard, and to tow it 
around Church Rock, where there was a heavy sea, 
seemed inviting disaster; but we attempted it, and after 
running the gauntlet of the Sphinx, in an hour’s pull, had 
the fish in smooth water. For five miles we towed it, 
finally meeting some fishermen. whom we hired to aid us 
in hauling the fish aboard. The fish almost filled the 
boat, and I sat on my game while my companion rowed. 
But we were so low in the water that the least sea 
would have foundered us, so we engaged the men to con- 
yoy us in, and finally entered Avalon Bay masters of 
the situation. 

Similar experiences characterized other catches, and 
induced the belief that the big bass could be caught with a 
rod. It remained for Major Charles Viele, of the Cavalry, 
to demonstrate that this could be accomplished. I accom- 
panied him to the same locality one morning, anchoring 
over a school of fish, undoubtedly, as they bit fast and 
furious. The steam launch was anchored in shore, and 
the Major opened the campaign by casting from the small 
boat alongside. The moment he hooked his fish the 
boatman pushed off and rowed after the game, adopting 
the method so successful in tuna fishing. The bass took 
him too yards or so to sea in the first run. In the mean- 
time I had cast from the launch, and hardly had the 
bait reached the bottom before my reel began what proved 
a requiem for lost tackle. I was firmly anchored, and 
the bass took my line and tip; then more line and two 
tips, and after I had hooked four fish and used up my 
rods, demonstrating that I could not stop them, I threw 
over a hand line. and presently landed a bass of 100 
pounds; then one of 248 pounds, the latter with the aid of 
the Major, who, singularly enough, left his fish after 
two hours’ fight and came aboard for lunch and reinforce- 
ment. The bass had towed the boat about, giving them 
a royal battle, and had finally reached kelp and fouled, but 
it was still on. The line was tautened and the rod lashed 
to a tin oil can and left floating. Later a grapnel was 
successfully used to tear away the kelp, and in half an 
hour the bass was gaffed, and with two other large fish 
we steamed for port. The Major's bass weighed 227 
pounds, while my hand-line catches weighed respectively 
too and 248 pounds. I had timed him at the strike, and 
he brought his fish to gaff in two hours and thirty-eight 
minutes, 

This was in 1804. Then came the catch of Mr. S. M. 
Beard, of New York, who took several large fish with rod 
and reel, and finally that of Mr. F. V. Rider, formerly of 
New York, now of Pasadena, who in 1898 startled the 
angling world by landing in fifty-five minutes a bass 
we'ghing 327 pounds—a feat accomplished only by a de- 
termined and continuous fight. During this time the 
fish towed the angler several miles, making a series of 
furious rushes before it was brought in. giving its captor 
the record of the largest fish ever taken with rod and 
reel, During the Tuna Club tournament every effort was 
made to break this record. Col. R. A, Eddy, of San 
Francisco, an enthusiastic member of the Tuna Club, took 
five black sea bass weighing respectively 240, 246. 322, 227 
and 196 pounds. Mr. F. VY. Rider landed three fish 
weighing 175, 182 and 151 pounds; Dr. Bently three of 
150, 184 and 165 pounds; Col. Daniel M. Burns, one fish 
of 218 pounds, and Mr, George B. Jess, one of 145 pounds. 
These catches are quoted here as being very remarkable 
when it is remembered that each was made with a twenty- 
one-thread linen line, little larger than many anglers use 
for a 5-pound small-mouth black bass. 

During these days Don Antonio was still rowing. I 
frequently saw him in the' afternoon, when the purple 
shadows were creeping ott from the lofty cliffs along 
shore, near the tuna grounds; or he would be seen riding 
a heavy swell in the lee of the Sphinx, looking as imper- 
turbable, as he chummed for his patron, as the great face 
that was bathed in the spray of the restless sea. On 
stich a day I hooked a bass off the kelp beds and lost 
it, then with the camera photographed a more fortunate 
angler, Mr. F. V. Rider, whose boat was rushing away 
with a wave of foam beneath her stern. despite the 
vigorous efforts of the boatman. Again I hooked a bass 
that with brilliant burst of speed took 300 feet from the 
reel and carried the boat on with surprising force. It 
is always the largest fish that escapes, and this was surely 
the “record breaker.” I. could hardly move it, and the 
line sang and hummed like a lute touched by some mystic 


fingers deep in the sea. It was a question of stopping the 
bass before it reached ihe kelp bed, half a mile off shore. 
For twenty minutes I vainly lifted and essayed to feel, 
each moment the fish nearing the dreaded kelp forest. 

The approved and only method of procedure was to 
taise the rod gradually with both hands, then lower it 
quickly, reeling as it dropped, but I believe I never swayed 
this monster far from the even tenor of its way. Hx- 
hausted, I handed the rod to a companion; he too failed, 
and the great fish, now but. a memory, dashed into ‘the 
kelp and so passed out of history, leaving a dangling 
line alone to tell the story. 

It was near the end of the season that Don Antonio 
crushed his rivals among the boatmen of Avalon. The 
long days of summer were growing shorter, the cool 
winds that had made the island an ideal spot for angling 
were dying down, and day after day the sea lay like a 
mirror, its surface cut by shoals of innumerable fish. The 
sea birds were coming down from the north—long, un- 
dulating lines of shags passed north and south, clouds of 
gulls followed the bait catchers, and the west at night 
became set in autumnal splendors, ineffable tints of gold 
and red. The delightful fall fishing season was on— 
September—with two more fishing months to follow. A 
rain had cleaned the sleeping ait; the blue haze on the 
distant mountains softened the rugged outlines; the 
chaparral and trees took on deeper tints of green—all 
telling of the waning summer and the coming of the 
island winter, the season of flowers. 

One morning when great bands of vermilion shot _up- 
ward from the horizon, cutting deep into the sky, Don 
Antonio rowed his patron out from this Pacific Vale of 
Ayalon, that in Celtic mythology is a “paradise in the 
Western seas.” The channel was calm, and the rhythm 
of the tide gave a gentle undulation to the kelp leaves 
that lay bare, glistening in the rising sun. The tide was 
low, and all along shore the black beard of kelp brought 
out the rocks in strong relief. On the points eagles stood 
pruning their feathers for the day; a school of sea lions 
were making for their rookery after a circuit of the north 
shore, and as the boat rounded the point and entered 
the light green water as fair a sea and smooth, stretched 
away as one would ever see. Don Antonio dropped his 
anchor near the beach, half a mile above the rookery in 
sight of the sea lions that lay basking on the black 
rocks, arranged his rope to cast off at a moment’s notice, 
placed his oars in position, baited the hook with 3 or 4 
pounds of albicore, and while the angler made the cast 
began the chumming which is supposed to aid and abet 
the capture of fish in all climes. . 

The equipment of this black sea bass angler may be of 
interest, His rod and reel were designed especially for 
leaping tuna and black sea bass; the silent reel was 
equipped with heavy patent anti-overrunning brake and 
leather thumb brake, and held perhaps 1,000 feet of 21- 
thread linen line. The rod was a split bamboo, 7 feet in 
length, with long butt and single joint with agate guides. 
A 6 or 7 foot bronze wire leader was attached to the 
line, the hook being a Van Vleck pattern—a singular 
shaped silver hook in favor among tarpon rod experts as 
rarely coming out. | 

A light wind sprang up and stirred the air and swung 
the boat to the east, gently rippling the water. As the 
moments slipped away the angler leaning back in his 
chair, with rod across his knees, the line overhauled and 
between his fingers, as the big reel had no click, glanced 
over the San Clemente Channel at the long, low island 
that loomed up in the blue haze. It was not a day of 
waiting. Presently came an ill-defined tightening of the 
line; it might have been a drifting kelp leaf. possibly the 
shifting current; then it slackened, and the angler took his 
rod in hand, his right clasping the butt, the left caressing 
the bamboo grip above the reel, as he well knew that the 
largest of game fishes in the bass tribe are the most deli- 
eate biters. There was no mistake here, and Don An- 
tonio dropped his cigarette, threw off the turn of the 
anchor line and held the buoy in his hand. Now the line 
was slipping, inch by inch, through the smooth agate 
guides, and Don Antonio, dropping into Spanish in his 
excitement, whispered hoarsely, “Ahora, ahora!’ But 
not yet; the bass might have the heavy bait merely be- 
tween its lips to be jerked out by a too hasty strike. An- 
other foot, until 10 or 12 had gone, then the rod rose in a 
strong well-directed strike, and the game was on. Stse- 
stse-ceese-ceese! goes the line, hissing through the water, 
the silent reel unburdening itself to the measure. Over 
goes the buoy, around whirls the boat and bravely they are 
away. Stern first it surges with Don Antonio holding 
back gently at the oars. The rod pounds the air under the 
terrific jerks and the expert at the rod is almost lifted 
from his seat by the impetuosity of the rush. Directly out 
to sea the fish goes, headed for deep water, and as at this 
particular point there is no kelp, the combat was to be on 
its merits. In a few seconds the boat was rushing stern- 
first into the swell beyond the lee of the island. a big 
wave beneath the combing stern. Ten, twenty, thirty 
minutes slipped away, and the boat was well off shore 
where the wind was rising, and the angler meantime 
had done little but hold the rod, vainly pumping with 
700 feet of line out, the fish ever boring down. After a 
desperate effort it was turned when it rushed in shore, and 
at the end of an hour was again towing them seaward. 
Sometimes a few feet of line would be gained and as 
many lost, the fish adopting tactics designed to wear the 
unsuspecting angler out; rising suddenly to plunge down 
with irresistible force to circle the boat, then to run in. 

Don Antonio all this time held the oars in silence. back- 
ing water, offering all the resistance possible, and keeping 
the stern of the boat to the fish. The sea was rising under 
the northwest wind. and to sit in the stern of the boat 
rushing against a liceavy sea was io invite disaster. Once 
a big comber came surging in. and rein had to be given 
the wild steed tiat, fortunately, turned inshore again, 
overriinning its former course. But it was presently a 
question of cutting away the fish or foundering, when 
the angler, in an inspiration. bethought him of a bottle 
of oil in the boat. and a moment later Don Antonio was 
pouring it over the side. The change was magical; the 
fluid mysteriously blazed a spot to the windward of the 
boat perfectly smooth, and presently the singular spectacle 
was witnessed of a low boat in the center of a heavy 
sea, yet in a zone of perfect calm Yo or 12 feet across. 
Here Don Antonio held the boat while the angler re- 


_newed the struggle, and two hours from the strike, reeled 


the fish to the boat. Up it came, slowly swimming 
around in decreasing circles, and as its full proportions 
dawned tipon him, Don Antonio made a fervent appeal 
to the saints. The bass seemed as long as the boat—a 
giant—and as it turned, its huge tailed deluged the men 
with oil and water, [It was then that Don Antonio reached 
out and gaffed the heaviest fish ever taken with fod and 
reel—gafted it-well. But what then? It struggled like 
a wild beast, threatening to carry the anglers dawn, and it 
was only after a mighty contest that the bass was securely 
lashed astern; even then it could not be towed, as they 
were three-quarters of a mile off shore. A passing boat. 
whose oarsman was a rival of ihe Don. was hailed and 
came down to them, and with tlie comaraderie of sports- 
men the world over, offered their services. By the com- 
bined efforts of five men the bass was hauled into this 
boat, the fish filling it, the cr-w taking to the other. 
In this way the bass was towed into Ayalon, where it 
was forthwith triced up on a huge crane and weighed. 
“Three hundred and seventy pounds, sefor.”* Little won- 
der that it had towed the boat eight miles and had been 
saved only by pouring oil upon the water. 

In this way did the record pass to Mr. T. S. Manning, 
of Philadelphia, and as Don Antonio walked through the 
little town that night, he was followed by a crowd of 
Mexican boys, who said in hushed tones, “It is he; he 
gafted it,’ His victory was complete, and on the recard 
book one may read after the entry of his patron’s catch, 
‘Ton Antonio Oromo, boatman; the largest game fish 
ever gaffed.”’ ; 

CHARLES FREDERICK HOLDER, 


*On Aug. 20, 1900, Mr. Franklin 5. Schenck, of Brooklyn, took 
a 380-pound black sea bass, killing it im twenty minutes. Ile 
thus holds the record and wins the cups and prizes in the Tuna 
Club tournament of this year. 


ANGLING NOTES. 


The Pioneer Fish Breeder of New York. 


A ¥Ew weeks ago, when writing of pioneer fish 
breeders and giving the experiences of Gen. Schenck, I 
had it in mind to follow with brief mention of Hon. 
Stephen H. Ainsworth, of West Bloomfield, Ontario 
county, N. Y., who was the first to hatch fish artificially 
in this State, and therefore the New York pioneer, and 
who.as such has had scant justice done him in the litera- 
ture of fish breeding. In May, 1889, Mr. Ainsworth 
wrote me a long letter concerning his experience, and 
this evening I made a search for it, with other papers 
relating to his experiment, and now quote his own 
language: \ 

“T was born in Burlington, Otsego county, N. Y., on 
the oth day of March, 1809—eighty years ago last March 
—and had to work my way up as best I could) My 
advantages for an early education were very poor, but I 
had a great deal of energy and a world of push, and 
have been successful in my businéss operations from 
boyhood to this time. I constructed my trout ponds in 
1859 and commenced the artificial cultivation of trout in 
1860. In 1862 S. P. Allen, the editor of the Rochester 
Democrat and Chronical, visited my ponds and wrote a 
long article about them, and printed it in his paper. It 
was this article, I suppose, which brought Seth Green 
here soon after to examine the ponds. Green soon after 
went to Caledonia, N, Y., and bought a portion of the 
creek, and came back: and wanted me to go in partner- 
ship with him and teach him how to take the spawn and 
how to manage the trout and spawn during the time of 
incubation, etc., which I refused to do, but told him if 
he commenced in the business I would write him and his 
place. up and send all my orders for trout and spawn to 
him; which I did as long as he was in the business; and 
T went to Caledonia several times to teach him to do 
every part of the operation, from taking the spawn to 
the hatching and care of the fry. When the State de- 
cided to commence the cultivation of fish, Judge Folger: 
then State Senator from this district, wrote me wishing 
me to be one of the Fishery Commissioners, but I did 
net desire the office, and recommended Seth Green. 
He was appointed and served through his life in one 
capacity or another, and made a good officer. So it 1s 
a positive truth that Seth Green learned trout culture 
of me. 

“Norris, in his book ‘American Fishculture,’ Philadel- 
phia, Porter & Coates, 1868, gives all the facts of my 
success in the cultivation of trout, and what I did for 
Gteen, and copies may be had of the articles I wrote 
for his benefit about his ponds, and also copies of the 
article by S. P. Allen, about my ponds, which brought 
Gteen to me. In fact, quite a portion of his book ts 
devoted to my discoveries in trout breeding. 

“T was really the first successful propagator of brook 
trout in this county. Prof. Ackley and Dr. Garlick 
hatched a few eggs in their office in Cleveland before I 
did, but I did not know it for years after. 

“T was a member of the State Assembly in 1861; Presi- 
dent of the Fruit Growers’ Society of Northern New 
York, and President of the Agricultural Society of 
Ontario county. I haye two medals—one from the New 
York State Poultry Society, 1869, for the best spawning 
race, and the other from the Société Imperiale d’Ac- 
climatation of Paris, France, for my improvements in 
Pisciculture, 1869. A silver medal of the first class, and 
T was made a life member of the Society.” | 

Mr, Ainsworth was a fruit grower in western New 
York, and piped a number of small springs to bring 
them together to make his trout ponds. His invention 
of a spawning race consisted of a double screen of 
wire covered with gravel. The trout ascended from the 
ponds to this artificial race, and in remoying the gravel 
to make a spawning bed exposed a wire screen, the 
mesh being of such size as to permit the eggs to fall 
through to a second screen underneath of a mesh small 
enough to hold the eggs. The eggs were fertilized 
naturally, and the eggs first deposited were safe from 
any spawning trouts that came later that might desire 
to eat the eggs of their predecessors. It is true that 
Ainsworth’s spawning race is obsolete, but the same is 
true of other inventions in fishculture that were con- 
sidered improvements subsequent to the spawning race. 


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[Sepr. 8, 1900, 


There can be no doubt that Mr. Ainsworth worked out 
his improvements on independent lines, for the very 
nature of his invention is the best proof of this, for he 
copied no one, and he has told me that he had never 
heard of Jacobi, Remy or Gehan when he commenced 
his fishcultural work. I think he is in error, however, in 
thinking that Garlick and Ackley only hatched a few 
trout eggs in an office in Cleveland. Their first ex- 
periments were conducted in an office building, and it 
was there that Dr. Sterling was called to see the trout 
embryos, and strangely enough Dr. Sterling was the 
only American who witnessed the experiments of Remy 
and Gehan in Paris, conducted under the directions of 
Prof. Coste. Sterling was a classmate of Garlick in 
Cleveland before he went to Paris, but he assured me 
several times that the Paris experiments made no im- 
pression on his mind, and he knew nothing of Garlick’s 
experiments until he was called to see the fry that were 
hatched in 1854 in the office of Drs. Garlick and 
Ackley. Subsequent to this, however, these pioneers 
did have a hatchery. Just before Dr. Garlick’s death he 
presented me with half a dozen copies of the now very 
scarce “Treatise on Artificial Propagation of Certain 
Kinds of Fish, by Theodore Garlick,’ in which the 
author said: ‘““The plan adopted by Prof. Ackley and 
myself, and which we find to answer the purpose in 
every respect, is as follows: At the head of the spring 
we built a house 8 feet in width and 12 feet in length. 
We placed a tank made of 2-inch planks, 4 feet wide by 
8 feet long, and 2 feet deep, in the end of the building 
nearest the bank. The water from the spring enters 
the tank through a hole near the top, and escapes 
through a similar hole at the other end, from which it is 
received into a series of ten successive boxes. These 
boxes are 18 inches long, 8 inches wide and 6 inches 
deep, and are so arranged that the first is much higher 
in the series than the last one. They must be filled 
with clean sand and gravel to the depth of about 2 
inches, the same being placed at the bottom. The 
impregnated eggs are to be scattered over and among the 
gravel, care being taken not to have them in piles or 
masses,” 

This, I think, will show that Garlick had a regular 
hatchery, much after the manner of a hatchery of to- 
day. In fact, just before Dr. Sterling’s death he made 
an effort to restore the hatchery for the purpose of hav- 
ing it photographed for me, and the work oi restoration 
was in progress at the time of his death. 

The fact that Garlick did have a hatchery and did 
hatch trout on, a greater scale than a mere ofhce ex- 
periment, does not alter the other fact that Mr. Ains- 
worth was the first man in New York State to hatch 
fish artificially, and that he was one of the pioneer 
fish breeders that few people in this day and generation 
know of as such. 


Black Bass Baits. 


Black bass have long had a reputation of being 
peculiar in regard to the kind of bait that they are par- 
tial to at different times, and probably there is no fish 
taken with bait for which so many different kinds of 
baits are provided by the fisherman who seeks this 
capricious fish. Crayfish, minnows, dobsons, worms, 
grasshoppers, crickets, artificial fly, larva of the dragon 
fly, frogs, trolling spoons, are but a partial list of the 
lures employed to bring this dusky fish to the landing 
net. In West Virginia I found a fisherman who swore by 
a black lizard as the most killing bait for black bass. 
In the Potomac River young bullheads are deadly, but 
at times nothing that the fisherman can command will 
prove attractive. Twice this evening | have been told 
that the black bass fishing in Lake George is very good 
this year, and that the common earth worm is more 
deadly than minnows, crickets, grasshoppers or cray- 
_ fish, the baits commonly in use. In Glen Lake, not far 
from Lake George, the golden shiner (bream) was for 
a period of time the most effective bait that could be 
employed as black bass bait, then yellow perch took 
the place of the golden shiner and killed most of the 
very large black bass recorded from this lake. 

Black bass do not look with favor on a bait with 
which they are not familiar, and in a lake that never 
cofitained crayfish this bait was almost unnoticed until 
the crayfish were planted and became abundant, and 
then it was effective. The same I have found to be true 
of the dobson, for while it is an excellent bait in waters 
where this larva is found naturally it is comparatively 
worthless in waters where the bass are not familiar 
with it. 

Many years ago I went to a small lake that had been 
stocked with black bass, and I made a business of pro- 
viding baits of various sorts, and sent an extra wagon 
with a boatman and a man to care for the horses, and 
they took the baits. We had dobson, white and black 
minnows, grasshoppers, crickets and crayfish, as well 
as Spoons and flies. 

Not a thing would those bass take all that day of the 
baits provided, until late in the afternoon I noticed a frog 
in the bait bucket, that the oarsman had caught while 
we were at luncheon. I put that frog on my hook, and 
the moment I cast it on the water a bass took it, and 
I caught two more fish on the same frog. The oars- 
man was put on shore to get frogs, and when they were 
secured the bass took them furiously, and we left them 
in a biting mood when the setting sun told us it was 
time to start for the hotel where we were spending the 
summer, That evening I related my experience to a 
gentleman in the hotel, and the next morning at day- 
light he started with the same oarsman I had had and 
they went to the lake and caught frogs, but the bass 
would not look at them. Not until they had caught 
minnows in the outlet on a minnow hook did the bass 
respond to their lure. This note would not have beeti 
written had I not been on the Niagara River the past 
week and there found that shedder crayfish was the 
best bait for black bass. I know that it used to be 
thought that crayfish was not the proper bait to offer 
bass until September, but in the Niagara the crayfish 
was supreme in the middle of August, and I saw a mas- 
calonge taken on a crayfish by a State employee fishing 
lor black bass, Two hours after T return home I am in- 
formed that worms are the best of baits in dake where 


crickets were generally considered as good as the best 


When the new fishway was built, it was not placed in 
the old channel where the salmon and alewives were 
accustomed to go, but was placed, as Dr. Morris stated, 
where the fish did not go. Furthermore, although it 
complied with the regulations of the law, perhaps, it was 
so constructed that at night it could be closed so as to 
prevent the salmon from going through. Again, the 
old fishway was removed and the dam raised higher and 
slabs, sawdust and all kinds of mill refuse haye been and 
are allowed to run in the stream, polluting it to the ex- 
tent of being an unhealthy, unsightly and dirty obstruc- 
tion eyen to navigation. | 

Several years ago, in a public town meeting in the ad- 
joining town of Edmunds, which lies just across on the 
other bank of the Dennys River, a resolution was adopted 
inviting the State Fish Commission to come to the 
town and investigate the state of affairs, and also hear the 
opinions of the inhabitants of the town upon the subject. 
Alas! the Commission came not; they turned a deaf ear 
upon the subject, and in consequence the mill people are 
in control, 

An arm of the Cobscott Bay branches inland from the 
Passamaquaddy Bay at Eastport for over seventeen miles 
and gives tidal water nearly up to the mill site of the 
Dennysville Lumber Company. The shores on either 
side are far more picturesque and beautiful than those 
of Mt. Desert or Old Orchard. Fish and game, deer. 


ducks, partridges, even bears, certainly abound. Shad, 
which were formerly caught, haye disappeared. Ale- 
wives and salmon are not as plentiful as formerly. Un- 


less some action toward their preservation is taken, the 
trout and black bass and pickerel may follow, In the 
months of R smelts are*generally plentiful, and one may 
obtain, almost for the asking, clams and an abundance 
of that rare and delicate mollusk, the scallop. Board is 
for black bass. So it will not do to decide what is the 
best bait for bass in one Jake or river because a certain 
bait is good in another. The local fishermen can tell far 
better what is the correct bait to use than jor the visiting 
fisherman to depend on any fine spun theory as to baits 
that he has been successful with elsewhere, 


Brown Trout. 


Every little while some one asks how to catch brown 
trout that have been planted in some particular water and 
established themselves therein, and in a letter that I 
find waiting for a reply a correspondent says that after 
the brown trout were planted in a local stream they grew 
rapidly, and at two yeats of age would rise to the fly, but 
after that time they would not take fy or bait. The 
brown trout is a more rare fish than our native brook 
trout, and fine tackle and fine fishing is necessary to 
bring the fish to basket. If a man will use gossamer 
leaders and very small flies, and cast the flies ever so 
gently on the water, he will succeed in killing brown 
trout, but such leaders and flies as are required for 
brown trout fishing the average fisherman would con- 
sider only fit to catch minnows. The brown trout can 
be taken at night with larger flies and stouter leaders, 
but in the day time it must be “fine and far off” to Kill, 

Just here [ am reminded of a conversation with Mr. 
Archibald Mitchell one eyening in June when we were 
salmon fishing on the Ristigouche. He was looking over 
my stock fly-book, and noticed some fine trout casts 
that he had sent me from Scotland when he was there on 
a visit. The leaders were of drawn gut, and the flies 
were No. 16 and 18 ‘hooks. He said that when he was 
a young man in Scotland the manner of fishing was to 
use a single fly like one of those on the cast, and watch 
the stream for a rising fish. When a rise was discovered 
the fly was cast to fall directly in the circle on the surface 
of the water made by the rising fish, The cast was 
measured, of course, with the eye, and the moment the 
fly alighted, if it was not in the proper spot, it was at 
once retrieved and another cast made. Even if the fly 
alighted properly it was not allowed to sink, but was re- 
drawn before it became submerged, so that it was by a 
sticcession of casts at a rising fish that the fishing was 
done, and never permitting the fly to sink beneath the 
surface of the water. At once it occurred to me that this 
may have been the origin of dry-fly fishing, for in the 
latter style of fishing the fly is cast on the surface a 
little above the rising fish and the fly swims over it by the 
action of the current, and is then retrieved if there is 
no strike, and the fly is dried by switching it backward 
and forward in the air to dry it before another cast is 
made, 

Brawn trout anglers in this country may learn from 
this the delicacy required in successful fishing for this 
trout, and it has been planted so extensively that soon or 
late the anglers who would bring the fish to their basleets 
must practice the highest degree of the angler’s art— 
fine and delicate casting with the finest of tackle. 

The State of New York has adopted the policy of de- 
creasing the output of brown and rainbow trout and 
increasing the output of native brook trout, and to this 
end the State ponds have been and will be again gone 
over to remove the stock of large breeding brown and 
rainbow trottt and materially reduce the stock and in- 
crease the stock of native trout. This is made neces- 
sary by the greater number of applications for the native 
trout over those of other species. The brown trout in 
the hatchery ponds and in the hatching troughs and rear- 
ing races 18 a more hardy fish than the native brook trout, 
and less subject to disease, but the demand for it is not 
so great as for the native fish. The red-throat trout 
Promises well, but it is not yet sufficiently established in 
Eastern waters to determine just what its standing will 
be in the salmon family in Atlantic waters. In the 
West it is highly prized, and years ago when I caught this 
fish in Utah and Wyoming, T thought it the equal of the 
Eastern brook trout on the hook. This fish has not been 
planted as extensively as the brown or the rainbow, hut 
it has been planted im a number of good waters, and in a 
few years we will know just what position it will fill in the 
fish world. A. N. Cienry. 


Take inventory of the good things in this issue of 
Forest and Stream. Recall what a fund was given 
last week. Count on what is to come next week 
Was there ever in all the world a more abundant 
weekly store of aportamen’s reading? 


Panther Lake. 


Andover, Sussex County, N. J. 


PANTHER LAKE is one of the most beautiful little sheets 
of water east of the Alleghany Mountains. Had some 
Scenic artist planned its shores; he could not have made a 
panarama more pleasing to the eye. All of the northern 
and western shores are covered with heavily timbered 
spurs and hills, with here and there miniature precipices 
and bold, rocky points. The eastern shore is undulating 
and rolling meadow lands with a perfect picture of pre- 
cipitous broken rocks surmounted and surrounded by 
pines in the center. The southern shore rises very abrupt 
ly for about 50 or 75 feet; the slope is covered with . 
magnificent chestnut and oak trees. Behind this fringe 
stretches the luxtriant peach orchards which belong to 
Mr. Chrispell. 

These crooked and interesting shores encircle a sheet 
of water absolutely spring fed. Many years ago it was 


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thoroughly stocked with small-mouthed black bass, which 
have thriven wondertully, and to-day we can safely say 
that we know of no water that contains bigger ones. We 
haye fished Panther Lake many a time, and generally 
get some good fish out of it, but the bass in this water 
are peculiar to themselves in the way they féed. First 
of all, we have never been able to take one by casting 
or trolling; we have never been able to take one either on 
crawfish, helgramités or minnows. We have caught a few 
on crickets and grasshoppers. The best baits for them, 
which are very plentiful in the neighborhood and easily 
obtained, are frogs and perch about 5 or 6 inches long. 
Any one can take a few worms and go into one of the 
little bays of this lake and catch perch enough in half 
an hour to last him a whole day’s fishing. Mr. Chrispell 
must have a private farm of frogs, for if you express a 
wish to him for a few, within half an hour he will haye 
half a pailful for you. 

The bass appear to feed in spots in this lake; we have 
never catight any beyond the places which we have 
marked. The first place is Burnt Rock To fish this 
spot, anchor your boat as closely to shore as you can; 
your bait should not be more than 15 to 25 feet from 
the shore. The second spot we would mention would be 
around the old ice house point: quite a sandy bar runs off 
this point, and the bass come out on the bar mornings and 
evenings to feed. The next spot to try is the cold spring 
which lies midway between the old ice house point and the 
southern shore. Another good place is about the center 
of the southern shore. Anchor your boat about 50 feet 
out and lay your bait 15 to 25 feet from the boat towaril 
the shore. The next spot is off the new ice house point. 
Anchor your hoat quite close to shore—in fact, cast your 
anchors on the shore—and fish 15 or 20 feet from the 
boat, 

We will now start down the lake, pass through the 
narrows and take the shore on the right hand side. We 
have taken a few bass here, but very few; also a few 
around the islands in the lower part of the pond. 

Now for the modus operandi. Anchor your boat, bow 
and stern, and draw your ropes pretty tight so that the 
boat cannot swing with any breeze. The angler can use 
one or more rods, which should all have reels on them 
where the click is movable. Use a 3-foot leader with a 
four 0 or five o hook, put a buckshot on the line end of 
the leader. throw your bait 10 or 15 feet away from the 
boat and allow it to sink to the bottom. As soon as it is 
settled, lay your rod across the boat and take the click 
off the reel, so that it runs freely; do not attempt to 
strike the fish on the first run, or when running, except 
when the bait is small. Ag soon as the line begins to 
run off the reel you may know that a bass, and a big one. 
has taken your bait. Jt is -well then to take 
up the rod and place your thumb ever so lightly on the’ 
line in the reel to prevent it’s overrumning. As soon as 
the bass has stopped (and he may not stop under 60 or 
80 feet, and sometimes more) yott can then put on the click 
again and wait for the second run. As soon as you feel 
him on the second run, snub him good and hard, as you 
have a lot of Tine ont and a great deal of elasticity tq: 


Sept. 8, 1900.] 


overcome, He may not start off on a second run for a 
minute or two minutes. They generally dispose of a frog 
much quicker than a perch. We have always found that 
frogs are the best bait in the morning and perch in the 
eyening, and we have never been able to induce the bass 
of Panther Lake to take anything, satisfactorily, in the 
middle of the day, Experience has taught us that it is far 
more remunerative from 9 in the morning until 4 in the 
afternoon to either do a little mountain climbing and get 
some of the most magnificent views within a couple of 
hundred miles of New York, or to while away the interim 
coaxing pickerel and big, perch out of the weeds, There 
are any quantity of them to be caught, and coming out of 
cool spring water their flesh is hard and sweet, and makes 
an excellent morsel for the table. 

The way to get to Panther Lake is over the Delaware, 
Lackawanna & Western R. R. It is somewhere about 
fifty-five miles from New York, You take the main line 
to Waterloo and there change to the branch train which 
is in waiting. Tell the conductor that you are going to 
fish Panther Lake and want to be put off at Mr. 
Chrispell’s, . All the conductors on this branch line are 
good fellows atid sportsmen. If there is no one to get 
off or to take on at the flag station a quarter of a mile 
below, they will stop the train directly opposite Mr. 
Chrispell’s house, where you have only to walk across the 
roud into his garden, By writing to Mr. Chrispell a few 
days in advance, you will find him waiting alongside the 
train when it stops with a healthy country smile and a 
warin welcome for you, also any quantity of information 
of where to go for the big fellows in Panther Lake. He 
has boats on the lake and will always get a man to row 
you if you so desire, Mr. Chrispell’s post office address 
is Panther Farm, Andover, Sussex county, New Jersey. 

This is an exceedingly nice little spot for any one to 
stop for a day or two when he feels that he would like to 
have a tug of war with an exceptionally large bass, But 
no sportsman must go here with the idea that he is going 
to get thirty ort forty bass, or even twenty bass, a day; 
he is only likely to get three or four in the morning, and 
as Many again in the evening, but they will run anywhere 
from 3 to 6 or 7 pounds. 

About a mile below this lake is another known as 
Cranberry Lake. Itis simply a large reseryoir to feed the 
‘Morris and Essex Canal. It is an exceptionally good bass 
water early in the season, but in the fall we cannot recom- 
mend it, as it is simply a mud hole, the water of the 
lake having been drawn off during July and the early part 
of August to keep the canal full, 


Awcust, 1900. JAMES CHURCHWARD, 


New England Waters. 


Boston, Sept, 1.—As the autumn days draw nearer a 
a great many trips are being planned. Mr. George C. 
Moore, of North Chelmsford, and Dr. French, of Boston, 
start this week for Cheyenne, Wyo., on an extended 
trip. They will stop at Cheyenne long enough to witness 
the annual round-up of cowboys, cattle and broncos, and 
the festivities of that occasion. They will try the 
shooting in Wyoming, and then go to South Dakota for 
prairie chicken shooting. Both are crack shots, and 
both loye the shotgun and rifle. They will be absent 
several weeks, Deer hunting parties are already being 
prepared for many sections in Maine, and the general 
report is that deer are more plenty in that State than 
a year ago. Mr. A, T. Waite, of the Boston Herald 
staff, has just returned, with his wife and son, Master 
Courtland B. Waite, from a visit to the Upper Dam. It 
was the height of the boy’s ambition to see a deer, and 
he saw one, With his father he visited Richardson Pond 
one day and saw seven deer. They also tried to jack 
photograph deer at night. The guide paddled them well 
up to a buck standing in the water. The old fellow took 
alarm and leaped for the shore. There he turned around 
and stamped his feet and snorted, to the great delight 
of the boy, His father turned the jacklight on to his 
majesty, and in a twinkling he was off, not even leay- 
ing time for any sort of a camera shot. But the boy 
almost wilted with envy or disappointment the next 
day, Chester Swett, who was guiding a party of fisher- 
men at his camps on the same pond, was out in a boat 
with a lady. They saw a deer swimming across the pond. 
Swett put after him with the boat and caught him. He 
hitched him with a fope and pulled for the shore. 
The moment the feet of the deer touched bottom he 
Was up in the air and off. The lady was nearly drowned 
with his splashes. Swett had hold of the rope, but was 
twitched out of the boat and up on the shore, nearly 
overturning the boat with the lady. He clung to the 
tope, and finally got the deer down. But in attenipting 
to fasten his legs the guide was cut and kicked by the 
sharp hoofs till he was bloody and black and blue, At 
last the deer was tied and quiet, and Swett proposed 
putting him in the boat and pulling around to the camp. 
But the lady would not have it. Not much She did 
not propose to be upset by a wild deer! Swett con- 
cluded to shoulder the deer and carry it across the woods 
to the camp. There the deer was fixed up and induced 
to stand and have his photograph taken. Since then he 
has been liberated, and is away in the woods. All this 
young Waite did not see, and hence his disappointment. 

Mr. Elmore C., Ayer, with his family, has been on a 
fishing trip fo the streams in the neighborhood of The 
Forks, Me. He found the trout fishing excellent, though 
it was mid-August. He was also pleased with the small 
hotel where he stopped on the Canada road, a few miles 
above the Forks. There are reports: of good bass fish- 
ing in the ponds at Lisbon, Me, Mr. Richard O. Hard- 
ing and’C. H. Danforth and wife are just in from a 
bass fishing trip 1o Pine River Pond, North Wakefield, 
N. H. They took nine bass from 2% to 3% potinds. 
Mr. Danforth is so pleased with the fishing there and the 
location that he has gone back for another pull at the 
bass. SPECIAL. 


See tlic list of good things in Woodcraft in our adv. cols. 


The Forest AND STREAm is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should Teach us at ths 
latest by Monday and as mugh garlier as practicable, * 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


Hints on Grayling Culture. 


BY DR. JAMES A. HENSHALL, 
(Read before American Fisheries Society.) 


THE successful culture of the Montana grayling and the 
Safe transportation of grayling eggs, under proper condi- 
tions, ate no longer matters of experiment. My first at- 
tempt, two years ago, to hatch and rear the grayling on 
the same lines as those usually pursued with trout, was 
almost a total failure, owing to a lack of suitable condi- 
tions and a want of experimental knowledge concerning 
the character of the eggs and habits of the fry. 

The published accounts of the experiments of Seth 
Green and Fred Mather with the Michigan grayling in 
1874 were both meager and unsatisfactory, and availed 
nothing; nor was I able, consequently, to obtain any 
additional or definite information on the subject from Mr, 
Mather, who seemed to have forgotten all the details con- 
nected with his experiment, 

Both Green and Mather pursued the same method in 
hatching and feeding the grayling as with brook trout, 
which leads me to doubt that either of them succeeded in 
rearing the fry. 

In the first place, grayling fry cannot be reared in the 
hatchery in cold spring water, owing to its low tempera- 
ture, and the entire absence of natural food, for neither 
air nor food exists in spring water as it issues from the 
ground. 

Neither can the fry be induced to take the artificial 
food generally used for trout fry, to any great extent, in 
the hatching troughs. 

In my first experiments I was much chagrined and dis- 
couraged at seeing the diminutive organisms curl up and 
drop dead to the bottom of the trough, notwithstanding 
a great variety of substances had been offered to induce 
them to feed, 

At this time I was impressed with the apparent re- 
semblance of the grayling fry to the lake whitefish fry, 
both in size and appearance, which led me to think that 
they also required similar food. Upon examining the 
fry under the microscope I discovered that my surmise 
was correct, inasmuch as the grayling fry had two fang- 
like retrorse teeth in the upper jaw similar to those in 
the lake whitefish fry. This fact at once solved the 
problem. 
stich natural food as is found only in the water of streams 
and lakes. _ 

Acting upon this hint, I turned all the remaining fry 
imto a sheltered, shallow bight of the creek that flows 
through the hatchery ground. There they did well for 
several weeks, when they sought other portions of the 
stream, 

In the following autumn I constructed a large pond and 
supplied it with creek water by a ditch 1,500 feet in 
length. From this pond I supplied the nursery ponds 
with creek water. By holding a glassful of this water to 
the light hundreds of small crustaceans (Entomostraca) 
could be observed, appearing to the naked eye like specks 
of dust, and this was just what the grayling fry needed, as 
miy subsequent experience proved. 

Another desideratum to be considered for grayling is 
the warmer temperature of créek water as compared with 
spring water. They also need sunshine. While trout 
fry usually seek the shady side of the ponds, the grayling 
fry prefer the sunny side. 

My method is now to transfer the fry, as soon as they 
begin to swim on the surface of the water in the hatching 
troughs, and-before their yolk sacs are entirely absorbed, 
to the nursery ponds. They take kindly to the change, and 
at once begin foraging for their natural food of crtsta- 
ceans, insect larvae, etc. They are extremely active for 
such small organisms, and pursue their minute prey un- 
ceasingly. Soon thereafter they can be taught to take 
liver emulsion, and still later they begin to eat each 
other, for they are as much addicted to cannibalism as 
the pike-perch fry. The only remedy for this proclivity is 
to provide twice as many fry as it is desired to rear, and, 
aS soon as practicable, to separate the larger from the 
smaller ones, 

In stocking streams with grayling fry it is my opinion 
that they should be planted within a few weeks after 
they are transferred to the rearing ponds, or even as 
soon as they begin to swim freely, as is done with lake 
whitefish fry, provided that suitable places be selected 
in the stream. Shallow, weedy situations in the eddies or 
back water of the smallest tributaries should be chosen. 
There they would find their requisite food, and be safe 
from the depredations of larger fishes. 

At our grayling auxiliary station some two million fry 
are planted each season in the adjacent creeks as soon 
as they begin to swim, and the result is very apparent 
the following autumn, when the waters fairly swarm 
with grayling fry several inches long. The grayling 
is quite shy, and a wilder fish than the trouts, and cannot 
be so easily tamed—another reason in favor of their being 
planted early in life. 

very impertant matter to be considered when the fry 
are placed in the rearing pond is to see that there is 
no leakage in the drain boxes, and that the-screens are 
caulked in their grooves, and the screens themselves 
reinforced by perforated tin of the smallest caliber, other- 
wise many fry will escape. I have lost thousands from 
leaky outlet boxes, when, apparently, they were perfectly 
tight. But, as grayling fry will worm themselves, at 
first, through a pinhole, it is evident that the utmost pre- 
caution must be observed to prevent their escape. 

Previous to the present summer I have had considerable 
trouble in shipping grayling eggs safely. The period of 
incubation being short, and the shipment occurring during 
hot weather, it seemed impossible, with ordinary means. 
to transport the eggs to a distance without a loss of from 
25 to 90 per cent., owing to the high temperature to 
which they were subjected en route. 

Heretofore we have used the ordinary egg shipping 
case, which, while answering well for frout eggs, has 
proved a failure, even when well supplied with ice, for 
grayling eggs. Last winter I devised and built a re- 
frigetator case that has proved to be just the thing needed. 
A brief description of this case may not he amiss: The 
outside hox is 30 inches squate, and from 12 to 18 
inches feep, according to the number of eggs to be 
carried, At inner wall of light stuf, say 4 inch thick, of 


It was imperative that they be supplied with. 


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the same depth as the outer box, and 27 inches square, 
without top or bottom, is provided. The space between 
the outer and inner walls is packed ‘tightly with dry 
sphagnum moss or dry sawdust. The stack of egg trays 
is placed in the center of the box, leaving a space about 
5 inches between it and the inner wall, which is filled 
with broken ice. On the top of the trays is a hopper, with 
perpendicular sides, 4 or 5 inches deep. The vertical sides 
of the hopper allow free access to the ice chamber around 
the stack of trays, The trays are 12 inches square on the 
outside and but 44 inch deep. This permits twice as 
many trays ina stack as with the ordinary trout trays. 
The eggs are placed in a single layer on each tray and 
covered with a piece of mosquito netting in the usual 
way, but no moss is placed over it, as grayling eggs will 
not admit of as much pressure as trout eggs; the outer 
membrane of the eggs is quite thin and easily ruptured. 
By this method of packing the trays are received at Boze- 
man Station in as perfect condition as they leave the 
auxiliary station, after being subjected to a wagon haul of 
forty-five miles and 250 miles by rail, and at a temptra- 
ture not exceeding 40 degrees Fahrenheit,’ This has been ~ 
also the condition in which they arrived at distant points, 
according to reports received, even, as in some cases, when 
they were en route a week. 

As a matter of expetiment several trays of eggs were 
shipped but six hours after fertilization to Bozeman Sta- 
tion, with the result that fully 25 per cent. of the eggs 
hatched. Heretofore similar experiments with green eggs 
resulted in the loss of all the. eggs before their arrival. 
By maintaining a temperature of not to exceed 4o degrees 
Fahrenheit the development of the embryo is retarded, and 
the eggs can be safely shipped to any distance so long as 
this condition is observed, It is my opinion that grayling 
eggs can be safely shipped within one or two days after 
fertilization, but this has yet to be determined by experi- 
ment. Should this prove to be true, it will be an im- 
portant factor where:the eggs are to be shipped a long 
distance, requiring several weeks for the journey. 


An Enemy to Brook Trout. 


Ix the summer of 1899 a disastrous epidemic made its 
appearance among the brook trout in a Long Island 
hatchery. The first evidence of this was seen in May, 
when the director of the hatchery found in one of the 
ponds a trout whose side was pierced by a clean-cut hole. 
This hole was thought at first to have been caused by the 
bill of some bird like a kingfisher, but later other dead 
fish were found with similar wounds, and after a time it 
became evident that some disease was at work, and 
during the summer the fish died at the rate of hundreds 
every day, until at last in December every fish in the ponds 
had died, 

In October the attention of Mr. Gary N. Calkins was 
called to the matter and an investigation begun. This 
showed that the disease was caused by a hitherto un- 
described genus of parasitic protozoa. This extremely 
low form of life belongs to the same class as the malaria 
germ, although the effects of the parasite on fish in no 
ways resemble the effects of the malaria germ in man. 

The affected fish is sluggish in its movements and is 
evidently of diminished vitality, while holes like those _ 
above referred to frequently occur. Sometimes one or 
both eyes have gone, in other cases patches of skin and 
the muscle lying under it have disappeared, leaving large . 
holes or depressions in the body. Other fish still are 
without fins or lower jaws. 

While the investigation was carried far enough to show 
how the disease acts and how the fish becomes affected, 
two very important points, its origin and its remedy, are 
as yet tnknown, Mr. Calkins determined, however, that 
the spores of the disease are taken into the digestive 
tract of the fish, that they there develop into adults, which 
are not more than one-thousandth of an inch of length, 
that these adults penetrate the muscle cells of the in- 
testine, that here spores are set free which are carried to 
all parts of the body and at different points form accumu- 
lations which prevent the natural nourishment of the sur- 
rounding tissues, which then die and fall out, leaving 
holes in the body walls. Mr. Calkins has named this 
parasite Lymphosporidium trutte. The matter is of the 
very greatest interest to trout breeders and anglers, and 
it may be hoped that further investigation will show not 
only the cause, but the cure for the trouble, 


The Dam at Dennysville. 


Dennysvittz, Me. Aug. 21.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: Being a resident of Dennysville, from where 
Dr, Robert T. Morris writes, describing the conveniences 
and inconveniences of our little community, and; having 
noticed his article in the Foresr anp Stream upon the 
subject, I take the liberty to-corroborate the same. In 
writing I do so from a sense of justice to the people in 
our community, who, for the past five years, have been 
compelled to look on and behold the wanton and dite 
destruction of that which for, perhaps, ages past .the 
Dennys River was noted. I have it upon the atithority of 
old residents of the town that Dennysville enjoys the 
reputation of being the, first river in the United States 
(as early as 1832) where salmon were killed with the fly. 

I also write with a hope in my heart that it is just 
possible that the agents of some society, established per- 
chance for such a purpose, may glance at my state- 
ments and investigate the same. Should they do so, T 
cannot but feel assured that they would find some method 
or means to restore the condition of affairs. 

Had I been in existence prior to or coincidental with 
Father Adam, and been consulted as to where, from the 
months of May until November, I desired the location of 
the Garden of Eden, I, without a doubt, would have 
answered in favor of a location at or near by Dennys- 
ville. Asa typical spot of nature, it is complete. Situated 
upon the west bank of the Dennys River, it lies extending 
back over a series of beautiful sloping hills, cool and 
pleasant as a Maryland May day throughout the whole 
summer long, and is indeed a veritable nineteenth century 
paradise. 

However, jn spite of the fact that two Washington 


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(Serr, 8, 1900, 


county judges are connected with the Dennysville Lum- 
ber Company, owing to quite a disturbance having been 
created over local wholesale poaching of the salmon, 
which were caught illegally, complaints were lodged, and 
the lumber company were compelled to build a fishway, as 
the old one was not deemed to be a fit or propet one. 
cheap and accommodations homelike and fair, but the 
territory is in the hands of the Philistines. 

Our only hope of salvation is that among some of your 
interested readers there will arise some philanthropic 
David, who will study the situation, see the benefit he 
will be doing humanicy and stbdue Goliath, or inform 


your readers as to how to go about it to do the same. 
‘TAXPAYER. 


Cannot Be Measured in Coin. 


OCCASIONALLY, and without giving the matter due con- 
sideration, people characterize our great trout breeding 
establishments as mere toys, playthings for the benefit of 
the rich or idle. Point to the unanswerable statistics of 
the’ marine, the salmon and Great Lakes hatcheries, and 
ask triumphantly, “Where are yours?” There are some 
things in the world whose value cannot be measured even 
in coin of the realm. The statistics of the brook trotit 
are graven on the heart. 

In the Koran there is a passage read?ng thus: “If a 
man have two loaves, let him sell one and buy a lily; 
bread feedeth the body, but the lily is food for the soul.” 
So it is. In pursuit of the brook trout, in wandering mid 
field and forest, by shady brook and rushing mountain 
torrent, in communion with nature in her wilder, grander 
inoods, the weary souls of countless thousands have been 
refreshed and strengthened into truer, better and nobler 
lives—W. T. Thompson in paper read before the Amer- 
ican Fisheries Society. 


Mullet in the Colorado. 


Own the third of this month a large number of mullet 
were taken in the Colorado at this place. They were 
taken. mostly by the Indians with dip nets. This fish is 
said to be very abundant at the mouth of the river, about 
150 miles below here, but so far as I can learn they seldom 
reach this locality. A number also entered the Gila chan- 
nel. One jumped into a boat. It measured 15 inches 
long from the point of its nose to the end of its upper 
tail fin, and weighed 17 ounces. 

A salmon (Phwyetrochetlus lucius, Girard), weighing 21 
pounds, was taken in the Colorado this morning. Be- 
cause of the late rains in the country the river water is 
running almost red. PIMa. 

Yuma, Ariz, Aug 24. 


A 67-Found Dien Fish. 


Lone Breacu, L. 1., Sept. 3—A local fisherman who was 
fishing in the surf for bass, hooked what he believed to be 
a small whale. After a lively struggle the fish was 
brought near enough to the shore for bathers to get a 
hold of it, and it was dragged up on the beach. It was 
a drum fish weighing 67 pounds, and was 43 inches long by 
13 inches in circumference. It was a remarkably fine 
Specimen, and one of the largest fish ever caught in this 
vicinity. 


“Che Fennel. 


Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIALS. 


Sept. 6:7.—Brandon, Manitoba, Can,—Third annual field trials of 
the Brandon Kennel Club. Pr. H. J. Elliott, Sec’y. 

Sept. 11.—Carmen, Manitoba, Can—Fourteenth annual field trials 
of the Maniteba Field Trials Club. Eric Hamber, Sec’y, Winnipeg, 
Manitoba, Can. 

Oct 2.—Senecaville, O.—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association's sixth annual field trials. A, C. Peterson, 
Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. 

Nov. 7.—Hampton. Conn,—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
trials. J. E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Hayen, Conn. 

Noy. 7-8.—Lake View, Mich.—Third annual field trials of the 
aurenigon Field Trials Association. E, Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 

ich, 

Nov. 12.—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
pep cued Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 

na 


Nov. 13.—Chatham, Ont—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec’y. 

Nov, 16.—Newton, N, C,.—Eastern Field Trials Clubis twenty- 
second annual field trials--Members’ Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 
Simon C, Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 

No. 20. ‘ .—Illinois Field Trials Association’s second 
annual field trials. O, W, Ferguson. Sec’y, Mattoon, 

Nov. 20.—Ruthven, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F, E. Marcon, Jr., Sec'y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. 

Nov. 20 _ Pa,—Central Beagle Club’s annual field trials, <A, 
C. Peterson, Sec’y, Homestead. Pa. 

Nov. 22.—Glasgow. Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. Rarret Gibson, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. 

Nov, 27.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annua! field trials of the Missouri 
Field Triais Association, L. S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. 

Nov, 30:—Newton, N, C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Dec. 3, Derby. Theo, 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill. Conn. 


Training the Huntine Dog 
For the Field and Field Trials, 


I.—General Principles. 


Doe training, considered as an art, has no mysteries, 
no insurmountable obstacles, no short cuts to sticcess. 
By certain methods, man simply appropriates the efforts 
of the dog to his own service. Once that his prey is 
found, man has great powers of destruction; but as com- 
_ pared to the dog, he is distinctly inferior as a finder. By 
concerted action, man and dog can find and capttire much 
more than they could if working independently. In his 
Search for prey. the dog’s purpose is distinctly selfish, as 
is man’s, but being much inferior he must needs take the 
position of servant. However, his pleasure in the pursuit 
is so great that, even if denied possession after the prey 
is captured, there is still sufficient incentive to satisfy 
his self-interest and generally he is content to exercise 
his best effort for the pleasure he feels, with some hopes 
to share in the fruits. 
The dog is gregarious by nature, and prefers to hunt in 
packs; but the concerted action of the pack, in the effort 


to capture its prey, is not the manner best adapted to the 
requirements of the sportsman. In the pack, the dog may, 
in the efforts of a common purpose, recognize and defer 
more or less to a leader; but, while this characteristic to 
hunt in company is of value to the sportsman, the manner 
of its exercise to best serve his purpose must be subjected 
to much modification and restriction in some of its parts. 
The dog, when working to the gun, must take a part so 
distinctly secondary that it is that of servant. To suppress 
or restrict his inclination to take the leading part so far 
as it is against the best interests of the gun, and to 
school him in some special knowledge for its advantage, 
constitute an education called training or breaking. 

The art of dog training is acquired by intelligent study 
and practice, as proficiency in any other art is acquired. 
All who have the time, talent and industry may become 
Skillful as dog trainers, as all who have these qualifica- 
tions may become skillful in any other accomplishment, 
trade or profession, But, in the education of the dog. as 
in the education of boys and girls and men and women, 
there is no educational system which compensates for 
ignorance and inefiiciency if deeply grounded on the part 
of the teacher, not for incapacity on the part of the 
pupil. There must, at least, be the ability to learn how 
to convey knowledge on the one hand, and on the other 
the ability to receive it, else there can be no proper 
progress. 

The mental capacity of the dog and the knowledge 
necessary to serve him throughout his life are infinitely 
less than those which are necessaty to man, but none 
the less his manner of acquiring knowledge is in a way 
similar to the manner employed by man in his own efforts 
in that respect. 

Some years ago, when the ability to train a dope was 
considered as being in the realm of the marvelous, it 
was looked upon as a “gift,’ a something of capability 
conferred by nature, and quite independent of experience. 
At the present day, sportsmen have no faith in the skill 
of him whose knowledge is only stich us is innate from 
birth. On the other hand, any system held forth as 
having some inherent virtue, whereby a dog may be 
trained quickly and thoroughly regardless of his capacity 
to receive training or his trainet’s capacity to give it de- 
notes that the advocate of stich system is yery simple 
concerning the matter of which he treats or else is not 
over scrupulous as to ihe manner of treating it. 

While this work will fully set forth a description of 
the natural qualities of the dog, their relation to field 
work, and the best manner of diverting them from the 
dog’s own purposes to the purposes of the sportsman, suc- 
cess in the application of this system depends entirely on 
the trainer himself. Some natural capability on his part 
with some experience to supplement it is essential before 
any substantial progress is reasonably to be expected. 
The mere reading of a work on dog training, and some 
hit or miss attempts at applying its precepts, do not con- 
stitute an education in the art. An accomplished dog 
trainer is not the product of some hours of reading with 
thereto added a few more hours of trouble with a dog. 

He who acquires the art must acquaint himself with 
dog nature, with the details of practical field work as they 
relate to setters and pointers, and, to a reasonable de- 
gree, with the manner of imparting knowledge to a crea- 
ture so much lower in the scale of inteligence than him- 
self, He, furthermore, must specially school himself in 
the quality of self-restraint; for in the attempt to govern 
man or dog, it is essential that the goyernor learn to 
govern himself. However good the instruction may be in 
iseit, 1t in no wise can compensate for the inefhciency 
consequent to ill temper if the latter be exhibited. In short, 
no treatise can de more than set forth what should be done 
and what should not be done. 

In dog training, as in all other branches of human 
effort, there are men who are eminently efficient and men 
who ate otherwise, and yet the man who 1s eminent in one 
profession may be distinctly incompetent in all others. 
Apart from these extremes, the averdge man may attan to 
useful. practical efficiency as a trainer. ‘To determine 
whether one cati train or not, it is necessary to make the 
attempt, for without such trial one cannot know definitely 
anything concerning his abiltty- 

While this worl: will treat fully of the dog's capabilities 
and the proper manner of conducting his education for 
the service of the gun, from the foregoing remraks it is 
clear that the matter of patience, industry, perseverance, 
good temper and talent lies with the trainer himself, Inci- 
dentally, it may be remarked im respect to patience and 
pood temper, that no one can train dogs successfully 
without them, or. at least, a partial equivalent im per 
severance and self-control. Yet wliule they are prime 
requisites, they are offenest the least observed by the im- 
petuious amateur, 

Hurry and harshness always seriously retard the dog's 
education instead of advancing it. In most instances 
the beginner gives the dog an order, then hastily proceeds 
in a conyersational way to tell him what it all means, and 
failing to accomplish his ptirposes in a moment, he be- 
comes irritated,’ warm and inclined to use force. If the 
dog struggles to escape from what is so amazing and pain- 
ful to him, yet from what was intended to be an instruc- 
tive lesson it begets anger and this in turn begets violence. 
The transition from the A B C’s to a flogging is commonly 
very quick, in the first attempts. Being advised so fully 
on this point, the beginner should exercise the greatest 
care in ohserving self-control and an intelligent considera- 
tion of the dog’s powers; but strange to say, the advice is 
at first rarely heeded. 

Sooner or later, the trainer must learn that punishing 
a puppy teaches it nothing useful; that it evokes distrust 
and resentment; that it lessens or destroys all affection for 
the trainer and all interest in his purposes: and that 
when fear dominates the puppy, he. being in a disorganized 
state of mind, is incapable of learning even the simplest 
lessons. When in this state, his confidence must be re- 
stored by kind treatment, and then a greater degree of 
patience and selt-restraint is mecessary than was neces- 
saty before. : 

If the amateur would consider the days when he was a 


pupil at school himself. he would thereby better grasp the. 


disadvantages under, which the puppy labors. With a bet- 
ter intellect, with the advantages of a language both oral 
and written, and with more years at school than would 
measure twice the age of the average old dog, the average 


| can sally forth afield to kill birds. 


boy makes slow progress even in the rudiments. If, in- 
stead of patient teaching, the teacher shook him by the 
collar, cuffed his ears or kicked him in the ribs as the 
true method of cotiveying knowledge, no sensible person 
would expect the boy to learn much; indeed, corporal 
punishment, even as a corrective, has been almost entirely 
abolished in the public schools. And yet the same patient 
effort on the part of the teacher in educating the boy is 
much the same as that fo be observed in the education 
of the dog. 

Dog training, in any of its particulars, is not a matter 
of set forms and arbitrary methods. Each particular 
pupil should be developed according to his inidvidual char- 
acteristics. ‘There are hundreds of little differences of 
dog character and capabilities to be noted and considered, 
and until the trainer can perceive, understand and take 
advantage of them, his attempts to teach will be more or 
less arbitrary and mechanical. He may. now and then 
have some success with an arbitrary method which hap- 
pens to fit a certain dog’s peculiarities, but it is merely a 
happening. It requires but little thought to perceive 
that it is absurd to apply a set method alike to the nervous, 
the weak, the stupid, the intelligent, the lazy, the timid, 
the slow, the industrious, etc., for such must result in 
many failures. 

Methods therefore should be adapted to the circum- 
stances of éach individual case, compromising as much as 
possible with the idiosyncrasies of the pupil with a view 
to obtain the best results and not with a view to miain- 
tain any arbitrary method. By kindness, and not attempt- 
ing to force progress beyond the dog’s capacity success 
will result in every case where it is possible. Nothing 
progressive in learning can be expected of the mentally 
weak, the constitutional loafer, or the dog whose nose 
is functionally incapable of serving up to the require- 
ments. 

So far as the dog’s education is concerned, the trainer 
may proceed on the theory that the dog learns only from 
practical experience; that all the advantages of oral 
communication possessed by man, excepting a few of 
limited degree, are denied to him; that his intellect and 
his ability to learn readily are far inferior to those of 
his teacher; that he needs time in which to learn, as did 
his teacher before him, and that in the matter of force 
against force he is practically helpless, Let the lessons 
be prepared and taught with a recognition that his puppy- 
hood corresponds to infancy, and thereby afford him an 
opportunity to learn them from his standpoint. The 
teacher’s standpoint, if it ignore dog nature and dog in- 
tellect, may be incomprehensible to him. 

The beginner should also bear in mind that the dog’s 
education proceeds om certain lines regardless of the 
terms used to denote it. Thus the terms “training” and 
“breaking have a common application, As commonly 
used, their significance is synonymous. Either one, how- 
ever, apart from their technical significance, could be 
construed as having distinct meanings. For instance, it 
may be considered that a dog is trained to do what is 
right and broken from doing what is wrong. Theoretic- 
ally, the former may not presuppose any punishment at 
all, while the latter may presuppose more or less; prac- 
tically, the theory is a failure, Several writers have drawn 
a fine distinction between the words as they relate to 
training, as though therein lay the fundamental principles 
of the art, though it is quite independent of any juggle 
of words. A dog trains on without punishment if he 
does not need it: if he does need it, it should be given to 
him. Some dogs require very little punishment; some 
require a great deal. If he needs punishment, punish 
hit ; if he does nat, do not punish him. The amateur may 
take his choice of terms, but this is the correct procedure 
under either; it is all a matter of training or a matter of 
breaking or a matter of both as the trainer pleases. How- 
ever, at no time does a dog need punishment simply be- . 
catise the trainer is angry at him. It then is a matter en- 
tirely distinct from training. Venting anger on a dog is 
io proper part of his education. 

The dog is naturally fond of compaty. He prefers the 
society of his fellows, though he recognizes the domination 
of man, and has a profound affection for him. Neverthe- 
less, his purposes when seeking prey are quite independent 
of man and quite selfish, when they have their unchecked 
natural play. He may love his master with a fervor 
unlimited, but all that is no factor when he is in hot 
pursuit of a rabbit. From the untrained dog’s point of 
view, the chase and its possibilities are strictly a matter 
between himself and the fabbit* in manner similar to 
the relation between dog and dinner; and the whistle, loud 
commands and praise, he then alike ignores. This self- 
interest displayed by the dog is an important factor in his 
training, for there must always be sufficient incentive 
of a selfish nature to induce his best effort. 

There are writers who solemnly affirm that the instinct 
to hunt is by nature implanted in the dog for the benefit 
ot man. or at least such small number of men relatively as 
The nature and acts 
of the dog oppose this egotistical assertion on every point. 
The dog never enjoys himself better than when on a self- 
hunting outing; the proceeds of his efforts he needs and 
uses for food when he is permitted to do so, and when 
on his predatory excursions he rather avoids than seeks 
the company of man. 

In a wild state he seeks his prey in a manner similar 
to that in which he seeks it in his excursions afield when 
domesticated. It is his manner of obtaintmg a food supply, 
and hence the manner of obtaining the wherewithal to 
satisfy the cravings of hunger. Meat is his natural food. 
He craves it as the ox craves grass when hungry, and 
each eats according to its nature. Man does not care for 
the grass as food for himself, and not wanting it, he does 
not deem it worth while to assert that the ox seeks prass 
instinctively for the benefit of man; yet he does want the 
dog’s prey. and therefore it is quite an easy matter to 
assett unthinkingly that the dog chases rabbits and other 
game, not for himself, but for his master, besides on 
his own account being a great destroyer and consumer of 
vermin. However, as the dog is naturally carnivorous and 
utilizes its prey for food the facts seem to indicate that 
his seeking instincts are for his own organic preservation. 

However, aside from the matter of mere profit to hitn, 
the dog takes a fierce pleasure in the pursuit and capture. 
Over and above the obtaining of a food supply, he finds 
a savage delight in conquering and killing. Thus sheep 


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killing dogs and wolves, when they attack a flock of sheep, 
kill far more than they need for food, Most dogs will 
attack a rat or rats at sight, and never cease their efforts 
till the last one is killed or escapes. By a course of educa- 
tion, either direct or indirect, all domestic dogs are taught 
what animals they may kill and what they may not. With 
setters and pointers, this is not always an easy task, as 
any one who has been out in the country with some ma- 
ture, city-bred dogs on their first outing can testify. The 
farmer’s sheep and poultry then have cause for alarm, 
This instinct to piirsue and kill is dog nature, and more- 
over it is good dog nature, Checked to proper limitations 
and schooled to the sportsman’s purposes, the traits dis- 
played are what make the dog a useful servant. He has 
the inclination, intelligence and capabilities for hunting ; 
these the sportsman applies to the furtherance of his, own 
pleasure. 

Left to his own inclination entirely, the dog hunts for 
himself. Nevertheless, his passion for hunting is so great 
that he will submit to mutch restriction in his methods 
‘and great loss in respect to what he captures, before he 
will desist. Yet too much restriction may lesson his 
ardor; too much punishment may suppress all effort, 

So far as teaching the dog how to hunt is concerned, 
the trainer is such an unimportant factor that he is hardly 
worth considering; but he is an all-important factor in 
giving the dog the necessary opportunities to learn, These 
being given, the manner of ‘seeking, or whether he seeks 
at all, lies with the dog. The beginner generally falls into 
the error of attempting to train the dog betore the latter 
knows anything about seeking or finding. The true 
method is to permit the dog to-seek and find in his own 

. manner, and then school his efforts to the use of the gun. 
However expert a trainer may be, any efforts directed 
toward improving the dog’s natural methods of hunting 
are likely to end in failure, or are likely to mar them. 

If a dog is naturally deficient in speed, nose, stamina, in- 
dustry, intelligence, etc., no trainer can supply the qualities 
which nature omitted. It is impossible to make a good 
dog out of a naturally poor one, though the reverse is 
possible. In this connection it may be mentioned that a 
good pedigree is not necessarily a gtiarantee of a good 
worker. A poor dog with a fine pedigree is no better than 
a poor dog with no pedigree at all. The test of field merit 
is the test of the individual himself; the excellence of an 
ancestry may be something entirely apart from any 
qualities possessed by the individual, or it may be present 


in a greater or less degree; it all is as it may happen to . 


be. The dog as a worker must stand or fall on his own 
merits. 

In character, intelligence, stamina, industry, selfishness 
and unselfishness, etc., dogs vary quite as much as men 
vary, and there are no hard and fast rules for the training 
of the one any more than there are for the training of the 
other, He is the best teacher of man or dog who can 
best understand the capabilities of his pupil. so modifying 
or combining methods that they are presented in the best 
manner to the pupil’s capacity and the circumstances of 
the particular case. To determine nicely all these points 
requires close observation and good temper, and also the 
teacher must always keep in mind the two standpoints, 
his own on the one hand as a teacher imparting knowl- 
edge, and on the other that of the dog whose intellect is 
relatively weak, whose ability to acquire ideas is rela- 
tively limited, and whose nature is such that the lessons 
of servitude are repugnant to him. Although compara- 
tively slow in learning the lessons inculcated by his trainer, 
the dog is quick to learn how best to apply his powers for 

the benefit of his own needs. 

The beginner who feels his way carefully along will 
make much better progress than he whose efforts are 
marked by inconsiderate haste. It is easily perceived 
that if the trainer does not endeavor to understand the 
nature and capacity of his pupil, his efforts to teach will 
be far from good. And yet what he fails to learn at first 
he must learn at last, for he must learn to understand his 
dog before his dog can learn to understand him. 

Let the amateur consider that the dog’s education 1s 
properly a matter of weeks and months, and not a matter 
of a few lessons carefully given or many lessons torcefully 
given; that the trainer’s haste does not in the least add 
to the dog’s ability or inclination to learn, and that a puppy 
ig an undeveloped creattire which needs age for the proper 
development of its reasoning powers. 

B, WATERS. 


Poinis and Flushes. 


We are indebted to Mr. C. W. Buttles, of Columbus, 
©., for a fine reproduction of a field trial scene, showing 
dogs in competition, mounted judges and spectators. It 
represents some of his artistic effort. 


The Greyhound (English) Stud Book, Vol. XIX., con- 
tains the names, colors. ages and pedigrees of greyhounds 
registered therein up to June 1, 1900; and full informa- 
tion on subjects relating to coursing. 
of Mr. Horace Cox, Field Office, Windsor House, Bream’s 
Buildings, E. C., London. 


Aue. 30 the Ladies’ Kennel Association decided to 
offer its premierships and specials at the shows to be held 
in the following cities: New York, Boston, Philadel- 
phia, Chicago, Providence, Cleveland, Baltimore, Dan- 
bury, Milwaukee, Pittsburg and San Francisco. ‘ 

M, K. Bren, Hon. Sec’y L. K. A. 


THe Connecticut Field Trials Club, of which Mr. 
John E. Bassett, P.O. Box 603, New Haven, Comn., 
is the secretary, is earnestly interested in promoting field 
trial interests and sportsmen's interest in the East. Its 
field trials are open to all New England and will be 
run at Hampton, Conn., commencing Nov. 7. The 
Derby is open to séttérs and pointers whelped after Jan. 
1, 1899. The entries to this stake close Oct. 3. The 
All-Age Stake is open to setters and pointers which 
have not won fitst prize in any recognized field trials. 
Entries close Oct. 17. Forfeit $5 arid $5 additional to 
start in each stake. Purse divided 50, 30 and 20 per 
cent. The judges are Messrs. John C. Chamberlin, 
Bridgeport, Conn.; Ransom T. Hewitt, South Wethers- 
field, Conn., and Joseph T. Lane, Hartford, Conn. Mr. 
E. Knight Sperry is the president of the club. 


Tt can be obtained - 


Machting. 


Yachting Fixtures, 1900. 


SEPTEMBER. 


Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 

Hull-Massachusetts, invitation race, Hull, Boston Harbor. 

Seawanhaka Corinthian, fall regatta, Oyster Bay, L. 1. Sound. 

Larchmont, schooner cup, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 

pacen City. 22ft. knockabout class, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
averhill, club, Haverhill, Mass. 

Ferataquit Corinthian, special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 

Manchester, handicap, Manchester, Mass. 

Columbia, cruise to Hull. 

Winthrop, cruise to Hull. 

South Boston, handicap race to Hull, 

-9, Y. R. A. of Massachusetts, rendezvous at Hull. 

8-9. American, cruise, Newburyport. 

8-10. California, cruise to Suisun, San Francosco Bay, _ 

li. New York, fall sweepstakes, New York, off Sandy Hook. 

15. Manhasset, closing race, Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 

13. Atlantic, fall race, Sea Gate, New York Bay, 

15. Atlantic, club, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 

15. South Boston, sailing dinghies, City Point, Boston Harbor. 

99-98. California, cruise to Martinez, San Francisco, San Francisco 


yagegncaco—t 


30 96 90.00.90 90 


Bay 
99. Riverside, fali regatta, Riverside, Long Island Sound. 
22. Canarsie, Commodore’s cups, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
22. Haverhill, fourth championship, Haverhill, Mass. 


The Fisher Cup Matches. 


CHARL@TTE, N, Y.—LAKE ONTARIO, 
Sept. 8, 10, 11. 

Tue full conditions agreed to by the Rochester Y. C. 
and the Royal Canadian Y. C. to govern the coming 
matches for the Fisher cup are as follows: 

Conditions governing the match for Fisher cup, to be 
sailed between yachts representing the Rochester Y. C. 
and the Royal Canadian Y. C. 

Rules.—The racing rules shall be those of the Lake 


-Yacht Racing Association as existing at this date, sub- 


ject to such conditions and variations as are herein pro- 
vided and in accordance with the deed of gift dated 
Noy. 5, 1895, and the supplementary conditions in con- 
nection therewith, dated Nov. 5, 1898. 

Construction—The yachts shall be of wooden con- 
struction in accordance with, the scantling tables in the 
rules above mentioned. 

Size of Yachts——The competing yachts shall be in the 
35it. class, 

Number of Races.—The winner of two out of three 
races shall be declared the winner of the match. 

Dates of Races—The first race shall be sailed on Satur- 
day, Sept. 8, 1900, and the other races on consecutive 
days thereafter until completed, Sundays excepted, 

Courses.—The races shall be sailed on Lake Ontario 
off Charlotte, the first course to be over an equilateral 
triangle of 3% nautical miles to the leg, twice round, or 
21 miles in all. 

The second course shall be five nautical miles to the 
windward or leeward and return, twice round. The 
steamer bearing the buoy for this race shall be started at 
the time the preparatory gun is fired. 

The third course, if a third shall be necessary, shall be 
arrived at by the toss of a coin between the skippers of 
the competing yachts, the one winning to have the right 
to name the course, the same to be either a repetition of 
the triangular course or a course to windward or leeward 
and return and the same distance as the course on the 
second day. The triangular course shall be so sailed that 
one side of ‘the triangle shall be to windward if possible. 
In windward and leeward races all buoys shall be left to 
starboard and in triangular races all buoys shall be left to 
starboard or port, as directed by the judges. 

Time.—All races shall be started at 11 o’clock A. M. 
Any race not completed in five and one-half hours by the 
winning yacht shall be resailed. 

The start may be postponed by the judges: 

First, in case of fog. 

Second, if in their opinion the space rotind the starting 
line is not sufficiently clear at the time appointed for 
starting. 

Third, in case both yachts consent to a postponement. 

Fourth, in case of serious accident to either yacht, as 
hereinafter provided. 

Fifth, should such a course appear to them desirable. 

And in case of postponement the.judges shall determine 
the time for starting, but in no ease shall a race be 
started later than 1 P. M. 

A yacht crossing the line before the starting signal is 
given shall be recalled by five short blasts of the whistle 
and the hoisting of her national flag. 

An unfinished race shall be resailed until completed. 

Accidents—In case of accident to either yacht prior 
to the preparatory signal notice thereof shall immediately 
be signalled to. the judges, who shall have power to post- 
pone the race if the accident, in their opinion, is sufficiently 
serious fo warrant such a course, of if an accident 
occurs during a race the yacht to which the accident has 
happened shall have sufficient time to make repairs before 
being required to start in the next race, 

Serutineers.—Each yacht shall have on board during 

the races a representative named by her competitor whose 
weight shall not exceed rsolbs. 
_ The names of the scrutineers shall be given to the 
judges not less than twenty-four hours before the first 
race and the scrutineers shall report to the judges within 
six hours after the termination of the race, . 

Management.—The races shall be sailed under the man- 
agement of three judges, none of whom shall be interested 
in either yacht. One shall be appointed by each club, and 
the two so appointed shall select a third one on or be- 
fore Sept. 1, and they shall act as judges and timekeepers 
and settle all disputes. The decision of a majority shall be 
final in all matters. 

_ The judges -shall be the regatta committee referred to 
in the rules of the Lake Yacht Racing Association. 

Measurements.—The certificates of the measurers of the 
Rochester Y. C. and the Royal Canadian Y. C. given 
under the rules of the Lake Yacht Racing Association 
shall be accepted by the judges unless they or a majority 
of them shall deem it expedient to make a fresh measure- 
ment before or at any time during the races. Each yacht 
shall be entitled to a copy of the certificate of the other 


yacht and in the event of a fresh measurement being 
made shall be entitled to have a representative present 
when such measurements are taken, 

Crews,—The crews shall be limited to six»men, whose 
total weight shall not exceed 1.o5olbs, 

Instructions.—Charts of the course and instructions 
shall be furnished to the competing yachts not later 
than 7 o'clock on the morning of the race. 

Alterations—These conditions may. be altered or 
amended by mutual agreement at any time. 

As the result of a number of trials, Minota was selected 
last week to represent the Royal Canadian Y. C. Mr. 
“Amilius Jarvis will sail her. Mr. Doris has been at 
Charlotte since Aug, 28, fitting out and sailing Genesee. 


The America Ga: 


Tue following is from the European Edition of the 
New York Herald, and confirms the opinion that Sir 
Thomas Lipton has no immediate intentions of chal- 
lenging for the America Cup: 


Sir Thomas Lipton, in conversation with the Queens- 
town correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at the Royal 
Cork Y., C., said that no time had been mentioned for 
the international race up to the present, 

“You see,” he remarked, “there is no challenge yet sent 
to America, and consequently arrangements could not be 
made, . 

“T intend calling my new yacht Shamrock, the same 
as her predecessor, 

“The challenger will have the advantage of testing her 
sailing qualities when she is built with the old Sham- 
tock. They will have trial races. I have not changed, nor 
do I intend to change. the construction of the old boat, so 
that she may have a fair trial with the new boat in 
exactly the same shape as she was when she competed 
with Columbia.” 

Asked if he considered American yachtsmen equal to 
British, Sir Thomas said; 

“T do in every respect. I say without fear that there are 
no finer yachtsmen in the world than Americans.” 

He could never ascertain, Sir Thomas went on to say. 
why American yacht ownets sought after British skippers 
so much as they had. He expressed his gratitude to 
the yachting fraternity in America for the extraordinary 
welcome they gave him and for their sportsmanlike con- 
duct in the management of the races, and for the general 
courtesy extended to him. He received mascots and other 
tokens of good luck from all parts of America, from Eng- 
land as well as from Ireland, and from Germany. 

Fitzsimmons, the great pugilist, even sent him a horse- 
shoe, but all in vain. The best boat won on her merits. 

“TI did not,’ he added, “spare money on Shamrock’s 
build, nor in racing, nor in equipping her with crew and 
gear. She cost ten times as much as any other yacht 
that ever raced for the America Cup, besides what it cost 
to take her across the Atlantic.” 

Sir Thomas was then asked if there was any truth in 
the report that appeared in the newspapers that the next 
challenge would be made by him under the auspices of 
the Reyal Cork Y. C. 

He replied that there was not, as that matter had not 
yet entered his mind. 

He had received a cablesram that day from Mr. J. V. S. 
Oddie secretary of the New York Y. C., inviting him to 
attend the vace for the Sir Thomas Lipton cup, but unfor- 
tunately he was unable to do so. 

He was at present going on a visit to his friends in 
the west of Ireland, j 

Asked if he would retire in the event of another chal- 
lenger appearing in the field, Sir Thomas answered: 
“Undoubtedly. I have had one chance, and I would 
riake way for any one else, and in addition, I would place 
al his disposal my yacht, Shamrock, for trial races pre- 
vious to the departure for America.” } 

Finally, Sir Thomas expressed a decided opinion that 
Shamrock was the best craft in England adding that the 
boat that went to America must be able to vanquish 
Shamrock easily to have any chance of winning the cup. 


Kingston Y. C. 


KINGSTON, MASS. 
Friday, Aug. 24. 

Tue annual race of the Kingston Y. C. on -Aug. 24 
was sailed in a freshening S.W. breeze that called for 
two reefs before the finish and disabled many yachts. 
The times were: 

25it. Class. 
Elapsed. 3 ; 
eves) GAY) Wa Ghestertony ce nec. jel eesleae eis dias 287 5 ripe 
Baker.......... Disabled. 


Early Dawn, J. E. Doherty Disabled. 
2lit. Cabin Class, 
AACA ECI DOYS Wocel even toast lags orem iientag SoMa LESS 
SCaMpera MRCeds  BLOSpslelecic. cee wa aa ealelaciailat peverel 56 
ISG Aee CHOIR VOIAE It 2 5 ee ack tts nctee diab wile nteryiater se 2 47 30 
Geishay eVWViewdee aWWilthuratie see nse 5 cnit's o/sleistelsiatar Disabled. 
DoSsia.~ Bie AP SPhemistetesssssteenst stele ceeee bn Disabled. 
Baniry OMA. I) Walkers 2t st 2seemccernaases Disabled. 
18it. Class. 
Dauntless, Benner & Patten....-......c.ssc0ees 2 38 51 
Redticay eWis SBULPESS, faam ss «co octet eis cuieuaee wast 2 43 00 
Knockabout Class 
Spider, H. H. Hunt........2.-2e certs essenaee 239 32 
srtnenwalkes ably Mes OTe e vcsacses meer mnteme em eels 2 40 09 
AWaistermcde te: Clary crrvss hae atl eke elie: 2 40 39 
IN adt EL R, Aidainis tosis toeeeret cero en ellen 2-40 48 
Dazzler, Goodspeed Bros. .c..5.2-.ceeansecwens 2 44 54 
Oom Paul, G. P. Cushman.............2c.0u0. Disabled. 
Handicap Class. 
Binetell; es Hy owes. =-s7escaelnyiiese snes 2 49 05 2 37 05 
White Swallow, E. Watson...-....csccecsseces 2 50 17 2 38 17 
WO lpHinw ee EVLOTLOtns 15 ade eees secinciie weer eon 3 00 58 2 49-53 
Rainbows, We Ornionds a sesuste cs cseesre ea ees oe 2 51 59 2 49 59 
Meritass) Ai EtOlMes! matcin aaa cnaeincemeticecstas 3 08 07 2 50 07 
Watquay Cl Fostetsceqs nase se eee re) woeile nae a Withdrew. 
Nancy Hanks, P. W. Maglathlin............... Disabled. 
Rooster, A: BE. Walker..22...2.0.....cecceeeres Disabled. 
TVR cc pol naa eae dats teers eesti eee tects ely retcelcie, eleie Withdrew. 
Frolic, J. Dawes........ Withdrew, 


Solitaire, B. B. Baker Withdrew. 


Forest AND STREAM is a chosen medium for the inter- 
change of experience, opinion, sentiment and suggestion 
among its sportsmen readers; and communications on 
these lines are welcas2d ¢= **> columns, 


194 


Duxbury Y. C. 


a” DUXBURY, MASS. 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 


THE Duxbury Y. C. regatta was sailed on Aug. 25 in a 
wind shifting from S.W. to N.E., and only of moderate 


strenoth. The times were: 
2bft. Class. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
TMermes, A. W.. Chesterton, ........:0c.ecessees 1 01 56 Swe, 
Beatrice, John Cavanagh.......--...:++, SAAR 1 04 24 Be, oe 
arly Dawn, J. Woherty..........-2s.0e..- ee 1 04 387 ht theahc 
21ft. Cabin Class. 
ISO, ME PRETOT. wale. aietet nels sabes ersiair 
Fanny D., A. W. Walker 
Halcyon, S. C. Winsor - 
Scamper, Reed Bros 
raza DCO DOV bee. eae dae eee eee > sree ee tues risers 
WKittawake, HL. M. Jones... sicscceee ere sees eeee 1 21 38 oP 
‘(Oom Paul, G. P. Cushman.......:...+-+.s0eees 1 28 48 = tee 
WMazzler, Goodspeed Bros.........-++.++++eeeees 1 27 07 es Aa 
CWbilehi) Ue Ik Teele rekeey ss gong a doen sopaauras 1 27 28 be Ss 
‘Spider, Hi. HE. Hunt.....22 ieee ete s eee cee 1 28 14 3 ts 
Swobster Ul GanGy Clapph copii: = -ctnrine seer = 1 29 18 
Handicap Class. aan. 
PRooster, (Al) Watsons ces... lees wealete fen sere tne 1 05 46 0 50 46 
SWibibchverel, SS TEA Woe age eee se 1 10 53 0 54 58 
Tolitaine, WG aWBalcere «ys etew dete ss serge ete bee 1 41 21 1 00 37 
Dolphin, N. Morton. ........-.05- 522 sece eg ees 1 26 02 1 02 02 
Hinverel ly: Wow SBLOSe. bess meee bb pee iieeieiie eo 1 22 32 1 03 382 
‘Challenge, E. B, Atwood...........2.s0esse+s- 1 21 3 1 08 38 
Dauntless, Benner & Patten.................-- 1 24 39 1 04 39 
‘Grace, M. S. Weston, Jr.....-++---+se-eeeeeenes 1 28 02 110 02 
Wiehe, AN, Islophiiteisies Une: sto sseocemctgd sie sa5 150 51 1 10 51 
Dyan (CR IPG WiGielswvele elas paHosodn. gop oe cesoa sa 1 33 10 1 11 10 
UPsshqrekontg, Ty IY (Ceictosoakshal, qqnd dcaneddu doen 1 88 38 1 14 33 
BOlicw iy We DAWES Tse ao st-y- teres ter te are inyeie seis 1 41 34 1 14 34 
Rainbow, W. Ormondssc0: les ee 1 32 34 1 14 34 
White Swallow, E. W. Watson................ 1 36 02 1 16 52 
ibaivomet, (CN TIMOR gan toe eonre vos dence daotos Tbe 1 48 25 1 20 23 


The judges were George E. Fowle, Jr., of the Duxbury 
Y. C.; Com. John C. Dawes, of the Kingston Y. C., and 
Com. C. F. Bradford, of the Plymouth Y. C. 


Boston Y. C, 


SOUTH BOSTON—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 
Tue Boston Y. C. sailed a club race on Aug. 25 for 
cups presented by Com. B. P. Cheney, the wind being 
quite light from the eastward. The times were: 


Class <A. 


Elapsed. 

(Clarette, Walter Burgess............ 1 EE Nant itt hw Ses 1 49 5d 
UECibbakeksy, 105 Jay Yoinretictie S854 5 48e sso es Soseoobeb bounce wet lepombl 
Griselda, A. F. Armstrong 2 00 16 
ABIES, 1s AE, ISEB Rb Somos sr ancotcicad ose seo Janne inpaeeas 1 39 47 
Merle; Wa TOP Uinmers sad rae ssics cote eof ae Oe cert fees s, vraveryrabeleresetess is 1 51 55 
felere: Wal *Si Bincessunncscseceaeccee ce entat vss veesies sists 1 58 08 
tethers vaty Wh) IBAB afily | SoS atone Sess Rey noe n Go Eananodess 2 10 33 
“Tourmaline, G. We. Gnapini aise. s cc caec ser ote eens nin nln 210 35 

Class G: 

Ising OBE. Abas yell, 346436 44Raa55serocddiucdosostiesat oud 1 52 29 
‘Coquette, B. DL Aimsden.......si0 sevens cence essen eee ens 1 58 28 
Meander, FE. B. Merriman. ch... cece ete eae ener tee eter ene 2 05 34 
IV epielemles noes ELA COOOL «eye gietclsicls siere aieetere sin lereyeielejninie|stayy Sra 2 06 30 
Special Class. ’ 

Ptestlessemllewelwgleistreiienn = sitcsestebtne ae a4 4 cf a esl BAL th 
Meise, Miele is leyadleag | 3) Sanco nnoui nnn bdeee ranges carro 1 55 11 


The judges were J. A. Stetson, C. G. Browne, W. H. 
Bangs and H. W. Wesson. 


Marine and Field Club—New York C. C. 


BENSONHURST—GRAVESEND BAY. 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 

THe Marine and Field Club held a race on Aug. 25 in 
honor of the New York C. C., there being three classes— 
the N. Y. C. C. knockabouts, N. Y. C. C. canoes and the 
Marine and Field Club knockabouts. The wind was 
very light, but races were sailed, the times being: 


Elapsed. Corrected. 
2 04 06 2 04 06 
2 07 18 2 07 18 
2 14 30 2 14 30 
C. C. Knockabouts—Start, 3:25. 
IRED DIGS Ulster. tie tie. coat mann ke RODE. 2-30 51 2) 30 51 
SSP ULS Pirslelas ie at eeaetnect cute eh ies wrote 5 59 30 2 34 30 2 34 30 
TINA Th ae eee takes oh spececssscesegs Sot Sash reece 5 59 39 2 34 39 2 34 39 
DWitctit emai weil ca sees SP eata ne 5 54 35 2 29 35 2 29 35 
AVIEMENKOT Creda tera Cah cooencetonnte Withdrew. 
Bical Lae Mien ale see «eile han ahar 5 54 59 2 29 54 2 29 54 
Marine and Field Club Knockabouts—Start, 3:40. 
Sleylark) 35. felt de... eee gs oes Withdrew. 
Kiel pie’ iain saeteatet see ate tayo ea epnle 5 56 08 2 16 03 216 02 
kebbetehetsl | leew ems Saat A s5sbens 6 00 18 2 20 18 2 20 18 
TSP RO ART Oe « SHR A 4k 6 OR Bes Casati td pea Withdrew. 
SMwectilenn Pueyhe ste eee Reker ere 6 O01 42 2 21 42 2 21 42 
NEDSS IED 6 OE SS Seen GEESE AAA MARA RAGS I 6 00 385 2 20 35 2 20 35 
ying THOM ecidedce nee: aceon eh eer e 6 01 07 2 21 07 2 21 07 
Vientuife) fy chet. cate an ose es Withdrew. 


In the evening about forty members of the New Yorl< 
C. C, dined at the club house as guests of the Marine 
and Field Club. 


Beverly Y. C. 
WINGS NECK—BUZZARDS BAY. 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 


THp race of the Beverly Y. C. on Aug. 25 proved little 
more than a drift in spite of a light wind at the start. 
The times were: 

25{t. Knockabouts. 


Elapsed. 
Wikent® (Oyster) ADE 1G. \Webhamere eye a ei adoossocedeoneraeses 2 03 33 
LONGI AS SUL ACARD ae ooueosts ss obsc ogo D nes as0s ROM 2 07 22 
lO, Aolaan Ween lshoseyie nae: ummeese Ose aod quBsAnonwunsode 2 13°25 
Bit lday noe) Roee WO Wo; cy-eeeeas ace ee inlet cen anne 2 15 08 
21it, Knockabouts. 

eaereSS: AWS INE Uelenudictoyens ts ane bled yore Ce madert a aos 2 08 O1 
aessiltzey egy NAVE AER aon ahifoy ghspP-toly eer eyelid dud Pa arencemurerereirs eis 2 10 29 
Take bab ere MI DEC A SE oehat pure uyy a ee nee A peri oh scukueeacoagaeauc 212 31 
UGestre|§ wry Scee lel mien. ht st. R nl taees a; seen en Ea 2 14 30 
SV IVI OI) AON VEER ET tee br et sate Ana Pte 6 Jae) eee A aR 2 15 58 
Lexelapeakeere iw Me UsysncimoN anne etter ra Ahem OLS oat a. 2 18 12 

Hite Cais iealccren steak «eres ciate et eh rn tne ee Disabled. 
ILO weird, SETS GeelVINI] etvmeteeteneee nen ENT ceri cert hee 1 53 30 
Hod, H. B. Holmes)..... 1 56 20 


Daisy, Howard Stockton 
15ft. Class—One-Design. 


AOE TSED UI a JEP WA eciopele dies ohn tongs ee enohbpse Pana = 8. 1 46 55 
Vary pare Wije SATO eri time en men, RE SNS NRE RoC 4 lek a 1 48 10 
ecACOCk MRS aN VAiSOr 8e aeee oP ern nnn eR PP nya Lull 1 51 03 
abeaser wes WV oe inmonsyod ue Cees cee PEAR kai 1 51 05 
MAA nG Ose Needles LTE Ceres. eer Henry mwnOnT RS sal Dae 


FOREST:AND STREAM, 


Corinthian Y.1C. | aaa 
MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 
Tue postponed race of the Corinthian Y. C., of Marble- 
head, from Aug. 18, was sailed on the morning of the 
25th in a light easterly wind, the times being: 


Raceabouts. 
ld cers 
ally Rogen iB B. Growninshieldv ee. sense es pasescses sess 1 
ities Ice, a (Gehta, Phas 4 sat SAUAHAHS Aaa GAAS aagne anne a2} alr 
Shima eeniee ety A enone. 55s ASASAAS SAS SAAS SS OS SRS sonny +»-1 24 58 
erat pane Gabelly) ek eAIeC Ee 26h coche ates a gocod BARCEeG on 1 26 48 
Sreryoemniin (Oy IROL WW MCS ae Seba stSco sh essonschnsonns 1 27 25 
% Knockabouts. eee 
Opiteal: Wl, “Sy He Hostersdpaieneeneeaman eee celeste este sje 
Sneenie: F:. Brewstervisn sete oie ea eee eee ee REL F 1 37 OL 
anny WWoasier, 1s BE Jee Chys Sy. bk oh oso sa sondpeodonopooe 1 41 04 
Meodacey) JE). ID iata kpigob acne sooner ces photoes neon 1 43 12 
Class A 
Elapsed Core 
Dragon, C. M. Parker......- Py egies ciaslesiene eee 1 32 38 
Tea EIR WE WeLKAs pase oe tetas aie te ntaeeiients 1 35 38 1 32 51 
THSIG Gs, JRL ING oieio wiquaas soos seb onsoosooo ts 1 35 22 135 22 
oe 1 36 11 1 34 16 
Adie ile ANWR NG TLEDITUCCSIic ervtceoe a neree en ateerlsenrre nies tes esemienta 
hrstte, A. is WIGAN OI om Sos de tdoesceeis 1 36 26 1 36 26 


In the afternoon a race was started with six classes, but 
owing to the light wind only one finished, the times 


being: 


16ft. Class. 
cea 
UT Bibra inary, (Ch BN, Maton see soon kaos janneokererto 
Gre. Whizz, F. G. Macomber, Jr........... Ens DN ee todos ples 117 41 
Wikotdesicgei, AN IDL) AbVAnaletcte | bebe ops sg UU atk orenabancidecdd 1 22 06 
Wikonvtelbs Wye, 10 Teens Kf on oh novooets coadcguundouceoaedaunn 1 23 00 
(Giizatopace, Ty Tl. AVE reo oyese ha Sh A oho babacepdongeboatasod 1 23 07 


Williamsburgh Y. C. 


NORTH BEACH—FLUSHING BAY. 
Sunday, Aug. 26. 


THe Williamsburg Y. C. sailed a race on Aug. 26 ina 
flat calm, varied by a heavy thunder squall, only a few 
yachts finishing. The times were: 


351t, Class—Cabin Sloops. 


; : Elapsed 
ieYowinee, (hcikeht eke TO Chyslehol 155445944 1g Foon A Aomori 5 50 00 
25ft. Class—Cabin Sloops. 

Goh nee Saas Git eh d Aner eee ren Ber Shper et Ey, maate MoU 5 09 00 
INpeakopGly (O}, ASiib MARS hand) Oy gonatecdonaananjedac Withdrew. 
25it. Class. 

Innocent, Rawlingson & Fleming.................eseseeeese 5 04 00 
Idscaueie, UE, Te EYEE Ae Pg Sc OO pate EOCENE TES EO SO Withdrew. 
20ft. Class—Cabin Catboats. - 

IRoyiaere ek Gui Gch he Pah eet sunasncd otie cnganddodda sto s>S0Nbo 1 02 00 
Mdgtsike, (Oy Melebe nace) oe te ere Weer oy oa eruhe Withdrew. 
Fidith® S22 2V3,- UR'GS Gti ath, Ae vee cee Peete anrererertrere ole asters Withdrew. 
2bft. Class—Cabin Catboats. 

Biizaces WANS BND Platt Sele taepede: ied iste arctic ote aE a eteyole eterno ete 0 58 00 
Galant hen m VWallarn® gn eabe amr eerie ee eet vet tele tetas oe Withdrew. 
25ft. Class—Open Catboats. ‘ 

Antec, COs sInellss sae okie eet eer ee CRP Ret eee deere Withdrew. 
PATA ON Vai tit Hie On bis sernintin tentials munis ialess .... Withdrew. 

20ft. Class—Open Catboats. . 
Edith W., Fred Eardley.. .. Withdrew. 
Undine. James Lurstein.. .. Withdrew. 
Titer Wee “Werther moh veacs sss sacs a6 chance .. Withdrew. 
ial cons #0.) aBertinel ce hires bts tte ok,ste Sane neti stel ate eae otis Withdrew. 


Hull-Mass Y. C. 


HULL—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 


THE Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. sailed a race on Aug. 25 
in a moderate easterly breeze, which came in late in the 
afternoon, following a calm morning. The times were: 


H O Class. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 

Al Keyrisy J ie (Browitte atete-t nists dans 2 04 2 a 
Hanley, W. F. Bache...... -2 04 55 
Empress, Hayden & Parker....0...iiiscsccsa, 2 06 15 

21ft. Handicap. 
Nacobink RE ee) colic yamine ans eee se erent ste 217 19 2 14 19 
Gater pillars, (WV amet ey.c cay Wicket lace amr aniied aie 2 37 15 2 22 15 
Swirls AS WEN STaiirite wears Acute eet oe Seneteetes 2 28 27 2°25 27 

18it. Handicap. 
Hazay Ehomiphnreys dc) aitiata necks aatie as enne 2 20. 27 2 08 27 
GolingGcomi Vem CaiicnDii GyAtaranrs meen er eit: 2 381 39 217 14 
Levicohbe JNA ABERWENEo age heat epee os 2 31 24 219 24 


The judges were Herbert N. Nute, Wm. E. Sheriffs and 
Laurence B. Flint. 


Royal Hamilton Y. C. 


HAMILTON—BURLINGTON 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 


THE Royal Hamilton Y. C. sailed a race on Aug. 25, 
the times being: 


BAY. 


30ft. Class—Start, 2:80. 


Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Inlet ehatl at ryess o7 Soekrosbe Sp atnAa sed 4 05 10 1 35 10 1 35 10 
ELA Wa ite Aen cee eye) aici teeter 4 24 30 1 54 30 1 39 30 
iRigyoeay INO eNA SAKA kk ea epee ae 4 28 05 1 58 05 1 43 05 
25ft. Class—Start, 2:35. 

[ROS Ct ari Ta Hema oe Knysna eee 4 34 40 1 59 40 

SA REN WIV ae teletaleerie aegis eteentsl oat eee 4 35 30 2 00 30 

UOT eo drehercimpitaddctias rete HME ROD 4 35 45 2 00 45 c 

16it. Skiff Class—Start, 3:15. 

Saree 3 4 51 20 1 36 20 

Flight 456 15 1 41 15 

Sothis 5 08 25 1 48 25 3 
Amah 5 34 25 2) 19 25 4 


Kink 


Hull Musquito Y. C. 


HULL—BOSTON HARBOR, 


Saturday, Aug. 25. 
THe Hull Mosquito Y. C. sailed its weekly race on 
Aug. 25 in a light easterly breeze, the times being: 
First Class. 


Elapsed. © ted. 
\spenet, Litchtheld ..4 55 15 eee 
Jewel, Tilden 22. itcces 5 16 28 5 08 28 
6th, cer aglcer eaeeee pis i we a by aan eer 5 09-11 5 09 11 
Peult) Taynch wee eee een. eee eee Nee ee ne 6 13 14 509 14 
Rifas King |. see hehe re vation Cony eye 5 22 54 5 
IM Mhcioya, IMIERGIGRRL | ee dated soey sem Adena dee 5 24 57 a Be 
Oom RaultS Biitiat eer ern cools eee nee 5 30 39 5 24 39 
Lsidoras- Cleverly, eee ee eee anes Eee ee 5 28 13 5 26 12 
HESStSea we OW ISaie wala eae edie eee 5 38 11 5387 1 
Ripple, Maxwell... sccsesseugyessae ey daa yeeqe eed 42 5B 1 42 be 


|[SEPr. 8, 1900. 


East _Gloucester” Y. C."Annual Race. 


GLOUCESTER, MASS. 
Monday, Aug. 20, 


Tue East Gloucester Y. C. sailed its annual open race 
on Aug. 20 in a fresh N.E. breeze, the times being: 


25ft. Class, 
Hdcep. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Ondar (Green ouciionatne eee ete ate 1 57 18 1 24 40 
shred lation atte he Ge ery teeta seat is poe sid 1 57 29 1 25 20 
adit. Class—Handicap 
Rambler, Pomeroy (eee ssayaeurer: =o 4 1 55 04 1 51 04 
Althea, Colby & Smith............. Scratch, 1 58 04 1 58 04 
G)pitsaliwelelasel! OSLe Lr ayeet erent 4 1 58 54 1 54 54 
Alice and Maud, McCurdy......... 1 1 57 53 1 56 53 
Maryis, Smothers & Brooks........ 5 2 02 00 2 57 00 
weal, TEMAS Sac hoslieee tans 5 2 02 00 1 57 20 
Jorilianwe Datesamten stares rae G ues it 2 01 00 2 00 00 
ESTE ICES oho Ha sGeMdG doe sesan adnan 8 2 08 28 2 00 28 
Ibe EA Iie IE eksheeyeyne oo Bom pey nine 5) 2 09 08 2 04 08 
2lit. Class—Open. 
Dauntless, Benner & Patten....... we 1 51 07 1 09 16 
LOtiets: IGls, JBsterefilo cs Coe be bene 3 1 51 39 1 09 56 
21ft, Class—Cabin, 

Petrelyeelaiiiten sews eepete : apr Bs 2 00 57 117 46 
Bernice, Lawson Bro 8 2 01 08 1 20 40 
Nymph, Perkins . 2 02 OL 1 22 05 
Kamador, Lorell Bros............... 2 14 40 1 33 05 

SHApSOLweberrys leaeeey ener eee 4 Withdrew. 

17ft. Class. 

Evelyn, Woodbury .........2.......- ue 1 38 58 1 02 24 
Stepeellog, IME et! a A SS aa ders 1 45 30 1 10 01 
MENT DSMWz YY FS yma ew ete cr, eck hig 1 47 14 1 13 17 


The winners were: Onda, $20; Rambler, $15; Althea, 
$10; Opitsah IT., $5; Dauntless (subject to protest), $12: 
Petrel, $12; Bernice, $8; Nymph, $5; Evelyn, $8, and 
Squab, $5. 

The judges were Messrs. P. W. Merchant, A. L. Mil- 
lett, Archie Moore, W. E. Parsons, J, R. Jeffrey and I. E. 
Stanwood, 


Shelter Island Y. C. 


SHELTER ISLAND, L, I. 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 


Tue Shelter Island Y. C. sailed its annual regatta on 
Aug. 25 in a light breeze, the times being: 


43ft. Class—Start, 1:50. 


Length. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Hebe, J. R. Maxwell.......... 43.00 50946 5 09 46 teint 
Eidolon, James Weir, Jr...... 42,00 5 34 03 3 43 382 = tiy 
etiont, Abe Matthys, eens 86.00 53403 3 43 32 3 
30ft. Class—Start, 1:55. 
Oiseau, J. R. Maxwell........ 29518 “Bb UT 59 322,59 fA ee! 
Marion, F. M. Smith......... 28.87 52620 88120 8% 29 45 
Martha, Weber & Dun........ 28.06 54430 349380 8 46 45 
Orhikcys Gee aslentinice wees nna ee 5 43 36 353838 3 50 52 
Jessica, George E. Reynolds..27.95 Not timed. 
- 25ft. Class—Start, 2:00. 
Mariposa, Herbert McCall....21.00 60421 40421 9358 21 
Slag elLA Ray Ra tisssereee 123.29 50044 80049 38 48 34 
Evelyn, A, E, Bancker....... 23.47 50059 30059 30059 
7 30ft. Class—Catboats—Start, 2:00. 
Regina, O. A. Lamont........ 30.00 60025 40025 ..... 
Biigiiiyie, | birdsall) wranisen es esac 5 04 42 3 41 42 ers RATES 


28ft. Class—Catboats—Start, 2:85. 


Duchess, Samuel Pickardt..,.16.17 6 01 30 BEAN I wn AS 

Nueva, T. \. Brigham... 17.69 5 06 05 2 21 08 At An 

Winniwish, A. Kuttroff....... 15.45 6§ 17 20 3 42 20 cOiete ts 
20ft. Class—Catboats—Start, 2:35. 

Nan Ven, C. R. Hendrix..... 19.88 50405 8 29 05 £ ie! 

Rattler, W, P. Henes........:20.00. 452988 217 38 dSh ds 

Merula, F. W. Jenkins....... 20.85 465824 22824 1... 
1bit. Class—Catboats—Start, 2:35. 

Surprise, F. M. Smith........ 15.00 5 30 23 Das ae = lend 

Anemone, Lawson ....:..+:.. 15.00 52507 25007 meee 


Shinnecock Bay Y. C. 


GOOD GROUND—SHINNECOCK BAY, 
Saturday, Aug. 18. 


Tue Shinnecock Bay Y. C. sailed a club race on Aug. 
18 in a light breeze, the times being: 
First Class. 


Elapsed. Corrected. 

WIG och SU outs sebeine baa coe tO Andante Sasso 3 04 3 258 2 
Orange NBOOVEens seh essen tera animales neleee veeed 22 40 3 19 19 
Westiels teentpictsre mer ertcannerti tele merit aire reeeved 24 20 3 24 30 
Sweetheart (disqualified) ............ wee eee 3 34 35 3 17 22 
Teirrit ory Meemter ick tdacie weltcriic oon Emiee erree tetera tie 1.18 29156 3 25 02 

Second Class. 
Brumnhide: epee seackaes week see Beatties 3 21 25 3 21 11 
ady War caretons ssc tettasae cain paar Genco 3 22 59 3 21 19 
Litt Sdehad eee eee ee pee eie s eae nee aes te 3 26 34 3 26 34 

Third Class. 
Defender Weare ea salons ene sate +22d 19 28 8 17.22 
NMAVeiial | oR PAA RAR AAR ATE Sanoninisnoen traseeeere oll 3 19 29 
Esperance gsyagacts Jette acu an eee aie een nene 3 23 00 3 23 00 
EL ALCYOT gs cserdepsululs C1 Robecontee ne REIS Ean eee 3 28 33 3 26 27 
Eb O81 Fete n Ale bitestile eee hose cer ne Coan aah ae ee 3 40 39 3 380 48 


Melody won the Queen of the Bay cup in addition to the 
class prize. , 


Motiches NG : 


CENTER MORICHES—MORICHES BAY. 
Saturday, Aug, 25. 


Tue Moriches Y. C. has been presented by Henry Mc- 
Aleenan, of Brooklyn, with a cup valued at $300, to be 


‘ sailed for annually by yachts of the club, and to become 


the property of the member who first wins three races. 
The races will be handicaps. The first race was sailed 
on Aug. 25 in a light S.W. wind, the times being: 


Allows. Finish. - Elapsed. Corrected. 
AWK yo Nt eriddingeris teases ieee pea, Fae 42440 14940 1 49 40 
odor Minecer sn sanhheen Ree 050 42309 14809 1 47 19 
Sap hae weewerscrmereeeererinte 200 42545 15045 1 48 45 
Elarmonive tyes set Dern 311 43015 15515 152 04 
easter © Peures ee Rca tee seeeece, 550 42551 15051 14501 
\Gxetatte ered mtic ca ons -ecsorer tot eit 720 43930 20430 157 106 


Columbia Y. C. 


CITY POINT—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 


Tue Columbia Y. C. sailed its final championship race 
on Aug, 25 in a light easterly breeze, the times being: 


i Elapsed. Corrected, 

Cathryn, J. R. Young...... {isha sey Monee eeliatnesl 1 38.15 
Acme, Hiram Patterson..... -.14455 © 1 34 55 
Strideaway, Clarence Snow 1 47 45 1 37 00 
Wasp, James Nolan....... -1 47 30 1 37 00 
Uranus, Thomas Mitchell -1 5b 50 1 39 50 
Nelka, G. H. Coy...... ae aces -2 01 59 1 44 59 
Annie A., James Leveridge...................- isabled. 

Miiawasne @iernlece Da vis! ge sue deen epsom eae Withdrew. 
Marguerite, Frank Mason...............0--.50- Withdrew. 


The judges were Com. E. J. Powers, Fritz Pfund, A. its 
Beckenhuls and Theodore Campbell. 


Szrr. 8, tooo.) 


FOREST AND- STREAM. 


finist §} Lhe 30-Footers at Newport. 
Wuitte the Seanwanhaka cup races, the New York Y. C. 


Finish Elapsed. 
inl, Oe Ie I eitheses Atte casa son aneuberneereeos 5 05 16 Aes 
Esperanza, W. B. Duncan, Jr........-.---++-+ 5 05 55 1 31 55 
NGA Ten Ve ree LVI Vererpisuyets sink ie cieletyieleleteeeel-tatetalsicrs 5 06 10 1 32°10 
Vaquero IIT., W. Rutherford..............--+- 5 08 35 1 33 35 
NYU Vics ECT MOIS S lideivetsln tien kaon ee eres 9 a= Withdrew. 


Wa Wa fouled Esperanza and withdrew. 
On Aug. 20 a very good race was sailed over a course 
from the outer harbor around Beaver Tail and Seal Rock, 


Elapsed 
Dorothy, H. Y. Dolan....s..3 ss eee esse nee - ee 219 32 
Wa Wa; R. Brooks....... 2 22 50 
IRRSiy GS Wee Tetley aa Boers 2 23 05 
Vaquero IIT., W. Rutherford 2 24 35 
Pollywog, A. H. Paget 2 27 10 
Esperanza, W. B. Duncan, Jr 3 2 29 52 

- 15ft. Class—Start, 2:39. 

Breeze, W. G. Roelker, Jr.........-- sss 2:00. 4 56 40 217 40 
Eaglet, W. Grosvenor, Jr... 2... reee seen enseee 4 59 25 2 20 25 
Hawk, W. Gammell, Jr...-... 000s ee eee renee eee 5 02 15 2 23 15 


On Aug. 21 the course was around Brenton’s Reef, 


ANITA, 


Winner of Inland Lake Championship. Designed by Will Davis, 
Oshkosh, Wis., 1900. 


twelve miles, for a cup offered by H. B. Duryea, the times 
being, start 3:33: 


Finish. Elapsed 

Dorothy, He WY. Dolan. eee ee os ee eit 515 5 1 42 51 
WiateWt eS rOOk Sioa) aac acee ina oe pores be 5 17 47 1 44 47 
Toye iAvoyesp Uae LBL. ARAM AAAS svinntmoocacichone 5 19 09 1 46 09 
Vaquero IIT., W. Rutherford....,,..-.-..--.-- 5 19 18 1 46 18 
Esperanza, W. B, Duncan, Jr......-....-..-.-- 5 20.10 1 47 10 
Vora, R.-N. P56 ees Rpt ds di shomnceee 5 20 18 1 47 138 

15ft. Class—Start, 2:35. 

Breeze, W. G. Roelker, Jr...... eases Notine ;-4 45 40 210 40 
Eaglet, W. Grosvenor, Jr...... pulebosscanteeeae 4 50 40 215 40 
Hawk, W: Gammell, Jr............-.. Satan ase. .4 51 20 2 16 20 


On Aug. 23 the fleet sailed around Brenton’s Reef 
again in a fresh S,W. wind for a cup offered by H. P. 


Duryea. Dorothy fouled a lobster pot and withdrew. 
The times were, start 3:35: 

Finish Elapsed 
Pollywogr, A. Hy Pagets...cccccssen ccs cennnnees 5 21 57 1 46 57 
Hera, Ri, Ellis...0...e-yee-- ste anannnnas «5 22 58 1 47 58 
Asahi, W.0S, Miller. .... 2.100222 2242-21003 .5 23 29 1 48 29 
Mia Wits ogis sc eceieeny aces hehe er frites 5 21 44 1 50 44 
Esperanza, W. B. Duncan, Jr...---.-------.--- 5 26 OL 1 61 01 
Vaquero IIT., W. Rutherford........... .-,--:-Withdrew. 
Dorothy, H. Y, Dolan.......:.--=---.- Satie Withdrew. 


On Atig. 24 the course was around Bishop’s Rock, two 


rounds, making thirteen miles. Pollywog took the ground — 


and Asahi gathered so much eelgrass that she withdrew. 
The times were: 
Finish. Elapsed. 


Wa Wa, Reginald -Brooks......<<0++:seceseee-6 40 08 3 10 08 


INLAND LAKE Y. A. RACES. THE START, AUG. 22, 
Vaquero, W. Rutherford......,.--.+.+-+-s1++05 6 41 20 3 11 20 
Dorothy, H. Yale Dolan ........ 6 41. 35 #11 46 
Esperanza, . H. Willard 6 42 08 $12 08 

sali) W. S. Miller... 2... .csss esse cnee ese ens Withdrew. 
Pollywog, A, Hl. Paget........:sesvecsseteseseee Withdrew. 


On Aug, 25 the Dyer’s Island course was sailed in a 
good S,W. wind, the prize being given by Mrs, Almeric 
Hugh Paget. The times were, start 3:19: 


Finish. Elapsed. 
Wa Wa, Re Brooks).........0.0scec---seseee mene 5 41 07 2 22 07 
Esperanza, W. B. Dunean, Jr a 44 19 225 19 
Pollywog, A. H. Paget....... 6 465 51 2 26 51 
Vaquero II1., W. Rutherford 5 46 17 2.27 17 
[BRecee emi DOING ET Gehry asnooos tone doeadouersrss 5 51 3 2 32) 3 
Dorothy, H. Y. Dolan ...... peep fore toeeee Goth th Withdrew. 


On Aug. 28 a sweepstake race was sailed in a light and 
variable wind, oyer an eight-mile course, the times being, 
start 3:27: 


Finish, Elapsed. 
1BGeee IR ANG ONES eae ne DA Ob bo boeRA Solus 5 25 26 1 58 26 
Pollywog, A. H. Paget........ 02 s..eseceess ieee 20. a 2 02 21 
Vaquero I1l., R.' P. Carroll........--...++-+.05 5 30 06 2 03 06 
Dorothy, Gy Wr Dolan. .c inn tesesesr tresses ane 5 30 47 2 03 47 
NG arie Weg ioe UVR eeeelsteisletsieies ass) ase eee tee Withdrew. 
Wa Wa, Ri. Brooks oe. fc ieee  to ccd cewenien Withdrew. 


Another sweepstakes was sailed on Aug. 29 around 
Brenton’s Reef, the wind being fresh from the south. 
The times were, start 3:38: 


| Finish. Elapsed. 
Dorothy, C. W. Dolatio.....0...-.. 5+... cee ened 18-21 1 40 21 
Wan Wi SRGe eB TOO]S.).2 0. o. close gen ee slelalelelenelelesies 5 21 O1 1 48 01 
Esperanza, W. B. Duncan, Jr......-----..00--0+ 5 21 42 1 48 42 
Pollywos, Av En) Pagetin, fice usessepee-e ens 5 22 04. 1 44 04 
Vaquero III., W. Rutherford............- +5 24 11 1 46 49 
Asahi, W. S. Miller «....... BONO pee eae eeneas Withdrew. 


On Aug, 30 the Dyer’s Island course was sailed ina 


strong $.W. wind, again for a sweepstakes. Pollywog 
fouled Hera and withdrew. The times were, start 3:20: 
Finish, Elapsed. 
Dorothy, Gi Wi Dolani.. wo. py eere es or omen ses 5 33 47 213 47 
Vaquero III., W. Rutherford.................. 5 34 09 214 09 
Asahi, W. S, Miller........ pitB abit reeset nt 5 36 31 216 31 
Esperanza, W, B. Duncan, Jr....-.-.....-..--- 5 26 38 2.16 38 
dating?) JS) TAS I DU MR Sika e are beggegeeracs 5 387 48 217 48 
Pollywog, A. H. Paget Withdrew. 


Woods Holl Y. C. 


WOOD'S HOLL, MASS. 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 


Tur Wood’s Holl Y. C. sailed two races on Aug. 
25 in a light S.W. wind, the times being: 


Regular Regatta. 


Elapsed. Corrected. 
Susie, E. E. Swift 32 0 1 30 53 
Fish, F. C. boster 1 33 18 
Emma, A. M. Ferris 1 33 26 
Florence, W. L. Howes 1 34 07 
Te ANE IB ASIEN Ni aac baeasaoddaa suoeo os 1 1 34 14 
White Dove, J. P. Sylvia 1 35 22 
Maxine, G. P. Clark 1 44 OL 
Saupe itee TY AS Hib aearnconh oreo eneceern chaAGaty: 1 31 48 
Fish, F. C. Foster i 1 34 04 
Kae Wao GR errise ttt derek Lipa cin treip ord cre arose 1.35 44 1 34 14 
[Depnoreteny vay, WE) Dora oe tae errata oro ce 1 34 46 1 34 381 
Elorences We TW.) elo wes. tise. s nse sessce > ees 1 34 36 1 34 36 
White Dove, J. P. Sylvia. 1 35 58 
Wihiistioy (Gq Jee TOR erage a8 a5 4qadcrotecoco oon 1 42 01 


Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 


OYSTER BAY—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
: Saturday, Aug. 25. 

Tue Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C. had two races scheduled 
for Aug. 25, one for the Leland challenge cup, held by 
Bee and challenged for by Wyntje, in the morning, and 
one for thé Robert Center memorial cup in the afternoon. 
The first race was declared off for lack of wind, after a 
long wait. The second was sailed in a light breeze from 
S.W., the times being: 


Raceabouts—Start, 3:50. 


Finish Elapsed 
Scamp, Johnston De Forest..::.scceseesseee cus 6 47 52 2 57 52 
herrea lobe AVE, (Cig Ras sseanunto cone gbsao5 jor 6 47 57 2 59 57 

Knockabouts—Start, 3:55. 

Syren. IDE spina) 1s iefora epoca ren sn nanp eerie 7 10 30 5 15 30 
Bees NelSon e Bie Brite petscscpctenecnteinictncicisin pensiarss sreieelor ile 3 18 18 
Wiisarnies Joss ekssinilstie ke oete reken PP nebbo 714 31 319 81 
Heron, If. R. Coudert........002ceccceeeeeeerees re atjmete 8° 22°33 


Annisquam Y. C, 


ANNISQUAM, MASS. 

Saturday, Aug. 25. 
Tue Annisquam Y. C. sailed a race for the special class 
and the 15ft. class on Aug. 25 in a fresh south wind, the 


times being: 
: Special Class. 


Elapsed 
Rathosinee dar tessaaees s< sneeisnieEeheLee erp San ree eee ean este 1 54 41 
Tiriflers THIDWES is ccc cna sigwcceilreesiricewiens cn ages eens 2 07 06 
Schatz Bent wuswnednst OE a he ITI re eet ees «+2 13 38 

15ft. Class. 

Lynx, Cunningham ..--... rb OS geen as reser ath Rees. wo. 1 58 56 
Evelyn, Woodbury .....--s.s:ssssssee- i ietaaecc aaa Sane terns 
Tabaseo I!f,, Wiggin..--- Beyer yt vis beprerrctrcacwtn tr reuly/ any) 
MMRlee LURE ntl We POs seoneesesons bee ha ige erent bab ea siibnereenee 42 
Gertrude, Damon ciccccccceeces stare sesaescntscecccensansnnee O9 42 


Huguenot Y. C. Annual Regatta"; 


NEW ROCHELLE—LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 
Tur Huguenot Y. C. sailed its annual regatta on Aug. 
25 in a very light and variable wind from S.E. to S.W. 
The times were: 


43ft, Class—Start, 12:35. 

. Length. Finish. 

Eurybia, Charles Pryer.....:. 40.02 5 08 40 

Fleetwing, C. M. Fletcher....43.00 6 15 00 

86ft. Class—Start, 12:35. 

Anoatok, J. E, Martin, Jr....34.00 4 40 1 4 04 18 Maky tf 
Yawls—36ft. Class—Start, 12:40, 


Elapsed. Corrected. 
43340 43029 — 
4 40 00 nt 


Possum, W. N. Bavier.......- 36.00 52ii16 4-41 16 ero 
Sloops—30ft. Class—Start, 12:45, 
Alerion, A. H. Alker.......... 29.70 449 30 4 04 80 a oe 
Boreas, Cord Meyer...,...... 30.00 Withdrew. 
Cabin Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 12:55. 
Rochelle, I, Kelly ........... 25.00 3 58 30 2 58 30 Ped oc 
’ Open Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 12:55. 
Amomo, C. S. Towle......... 5.00 350.30 2 55 30 % came 
Agawam, W. L. Diaz......... 22.50  Withdrew. 
Special Class—25ft. Cabin Sloops—Start, 12:55. 
Aleedo, G. C. Allen........... 25.00 4 26 40 3 3 40 568 t.8 
D. F. Fox, J. E. Van Hagen. .25.00 Withdrew. 


Cabin Cats—25ft. Class—Start, 12:55. 


Win or Lose, J. S. Appleby..23.50 31700 2 22 00 pees 
. Raceabouts—Start, 12:40, 

Sissel Lap lis HS GGLOLC em) then crclects anaes 33418 2 4418 re ok ae 

Spindrift, Pirie Bros.......... .... 34200 2 62 00 & 
Seawanhaka Knockabouts—start, 12:50. 

Thelga, A. BP. Dhayer.......-. 21.00 4 91 30 38 11 a0 “ 

Scintilla, J. R. Hoyt.......... 21.00 40800 38 18 00 =i 
Open Sloops—21ft. Class—Start, 1:00. 

Oacy SRS ONG IB avietr tensors reier 21.00 843800 2 48 00 = 

Rody Ralph) awa vada) ceera= 21.00 83640 2 26 40 Susie 

__ Open Cats—2lft. Class—Start, 1:00. 
Mongoose IJ., Simeon Ford..21.00 2 20 30 ie SE 


3 20 30 


CAROLINE, ; ; 
Designed by Jimmie Jones. Built by Jones & La Borde, Oshkosh, 
Wis., 1900. 
Spunk, Proctor Smith......... 21.00 3.4320 2 48 20 re eee 
Kilaare, T. A, McIntyre...... PARTI BESET EL Baiy —F Br, 
Kazaza, T. J.. MeCahill...... 2100s BsSi4o BeaT eo” eee 
+ Special Class—2lit. Open Cats—Start, 1:00. 
Miriam, J..M. Price........... 19.86 34640 » 24640 ..... 
Spindrift, M. Goetchius....... 18.60 3 47 30 24730 2 45 36 
Cabin Cats—21ft. Class—Start, 1:0, 
Psyche, W._N. Stevens....... 20.00 3 59 00 2 59 00 ‘ 
Marion, J. P. Donovan........ 21.00 35250 252 50 . 
18ft. Knockabouts—Start, 1:06. 
Pagan, R. W. Jackson.......-. 20.18 3 45 15 2 50 15 “ 
Bronco, H. C. Ward ......... 20.18 3 39°35 2.42 35 ci 
Open Sloops—l8it. Class—Start, 1:05. 
Sora, W. Hoey, Jr--:1..+...- 18.00 33200 2 27 00 She 
Palame, W. W. Swan...i..0:. 18.00 384600 2 41 00 3 shite 
Nora, wins eselinn nes eae eumente 18.00 34810 2 388 10 Qe A 
Balm @.cAb Miler eee wen eas 18.00 34528 2 40 10 Pefct ie 
Nike; Guy Forbes..... Peer 15.64 34130 23630 23147 
Open Cats—l8fit. Class—Start, 1:05. 
Sneeke, R. Bavier,........---- 18.00. 4 22 40 8 17 40 je 
Dories—Start, 1:10. 
Rudder, H. Stevensen,...... .... 2 58 00 1 48 00 deere 
ieee As Goryi eke ensiet rasiiasa's 25740 1 47 40 feties 
Prize, H. H, Van Rensselaer. .... 381245 2 02 45 same 
Scat, Wy Re Howland): tee. ee 302780) leb2e30 . 


The winners wete Eurybia. Anoatok, Possum, Alerion, 
Rochelle, Amomo, Alcedo, Win or Lose, Sis. Thelga, Rod, 
Mongoose II., Spindrift, Marion, Broneo, Sora, Sneeke 
and Dud. : 

The race comm*‘ttee included Messrs. J. Nelson Gould, 
H. C. Ward and E. Hanford Sturges. Mr. T. R. Ebert, 
of the New York Athletic Club, gave a special cup for 
the raceabouts, won by Sis, 


_——  — 


Indian Harbor Y. C. 
GREEN WICH—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, Sept. I. 


Tue Indian Harbor Y. C. sailed its fall race on Sept. 1 
in a fresh easterly breeze, the times being: 


Schooners—65ft. Class—Start, 12:40. 


AS Blapeew 
f ard, C. Smithers.........--0eeee-see cress 4 02 4 3 2 
Maes Ji, Uy Words. 2 cemaeseee - oe he 8 56 15 316 15 
Sloops—36ft. Class—Start, 12:50. ; 
O Shima San, H. J. Pratt.......---.eeeeeenene Withdrew- 
Anoatok, J. E. Martin, iad Salaiger ec 
Yawls—36ft. Class—Start, 12:50. 
Escape, G. Matthews..------.-.+.++seeeessseeets i ae ie 3 B a 
Freya, G. J. Bradish..---...0-+--.--2eeeesstenss ioEaee 
Flora, H. H. Laudon...--.--2-.00-.-seseerseees i : 
Sloops—20ft. Class—Start, 12:55. _ : wen 
Alerion, A. H. Acker.......---2-22+-++e erences 3 a ay an ae 
Marguerite, J. H. Dingee......------- ete enes 3 8 BB oe Pe 
Enpronzi, A. Peats...s...---..sseceee ester enacee : oe g ae 
Oiseau, J. R. Maxwell.....2----.++ceeercsnrsee: 
Catboats—Cabin and Open—2aft. Class—Start, uD aa 
Win or Lose, J. S. Appleby..--+--++sseceseeres 3 Bf a see 
Vagabond, Fancher and Bartram...-2.-++:s00- 3 2! ye 2 
Kenwood, A. B. Cornell..-....-2-+-seercessrere Withdrew. 
Keel Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 1:05. pte 
Murmur, B. Wood.........0.+---seecccer er eenee at of z ovat 
Adelaide, Dr. J. M. Woodbury...-.--------+-+- 3 24 ee 
Rochelle, Edward Kelly......++++++-+rscssesnes 3 04 53 . 
Centerboard Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 1:05. 
Amomo, C. S. Fowler.....---+++++ss+sseeese2ee Withdrew- Rooes 
Robin Hood, George Garland.....-.-.-.--- see 27 25 2 
Raceabouts—Start, 1:00. a, 
Sis, F. T. Bedford........----++--- eo te y aut i 
Racer, H. McCrane....-.-+...----++ 3 ae 
Snapper, H. L. Maxwell ae ae 
Scamp, J. De Forest...-..++-+-+e+res0e 
Spindrift, Pierce Bros...----++-s+ssessseeee ‘ dons 
Colleen, L. R. Alberger..-..-..--- i rites Sere as é 
Open Sloops—2lit. Class—Start, 1:10. 
Ox, Robert Revie! Pee ae asldada spel Shale foe ocr ee fons 2 44 18 
Open Catboats—21ft. Class—Start, 1:10. 
Mongoose, S. RGus ete 8 aR ice tno : a = 3 He e 
ho apace epee? Withers 


gore K. % Be Swath Pee bo nc ter igs cera Oo Withdrew. 
Open Sloops—i8ft. Class—Start, 1:15. 
Maya, Anderson Dana.......2++++-+-e+eerrsees 3 58 51 2 44 51 
Qpen Cats—i8ft. Class—Start, 1:16. 
Hi Jink, H. B. Towle.......---.2+seeeeeeteerees Withdrew. 


Wee Winn, F. Sherwood......-------+-++-+--++ 417 08 3 02 08 


Canarsie Y. C. 


CANARSIE—JAMAICA BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 
Tue open fall regatta of the Canarsie Y. C. was sailed 
in a reefing S.W. breeze that proved too much for several 
of the yachts. The times were: 
Cabin Cats and Sloops—-20 to 30ft. 


Finis Biapeees Corrected. 
Hattie E., C. J. Fitzmaurice....... 4 45 52 2104 ake 
Tene Beane EB RSG ot 4 37 42 2 02 42 2 02 42 
Madelaine, Dr. Nradner..... Joeeeee Withdrew. 
Open Cats—20ft. and Over. 5 
Lilie, S. W. Sheets Not tage Revie eal 4 40 28 1 54 18 1 52 23 
Jennie, W. J. Gallagher........--. 439 26 1 5d 20 1 55 20 
Gaddic, Hitwxe) Kart. toe: o2 cece. sees 4 43 56 2 02 06 1 56 16 
Siren, IF. J. McGeehan.........-..- Withdrew. 
Tam o’ Shanter, H. Sparr......... Withdrew. 
Arrow, Com. C. J. Neilsen........ Withdrew. 
Open Cae eee Fe g5sor Sie 
a Simitieete ee eee ae p 5 35 
ee aT: Sabine .5 09 31 2 20 51 219 29 
Alert, W. Mayer.....-.--.--- 5 11 05 2 23 54 2 22 10 
Sweetheart, J. H. Mayer.........-- 5 12 14 2 ad 32 2 22 15 
Anna, A., G. H. Garner.......-..- 2 48 04 Withdrew. 
The winners. were as follows: Cabin cat, Irene, 


Canarsie Y. C,; open cats, Lillie S., Jamaica Y. C., and 
Ideal. Carnarsie Y. C. 

Lillie S., of the Jamaica Bay Y. C., won the prize for 
the fastest time over the course, and Jennie, of the same 


club, second prize. 


Manhasset Bay Y. C. 


PORT WASHINGTON—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 
Tue Manhasset Bay Y. C. sailed its annual fall regatta 
on Sept. 1, the times being: 
2ift. Knockabouts—Start, 3:36.. 


SKerbennb bly Uf key NaMonin gore AA SAC eaA sco ot se 21 aya 
Lassie, pc. V VED Cee eats gate aspstarsiststotesrte iets ssripesess 5 80 17 1 55 17 

18ft. Knockabouts—Start, hes Gos Se 
divs¥e: Sterejehes Ay AW Bieler nooo dbase 5 2 
Chinook, we int, WWkeresevaly Post yenoyetasocene ome 6 04 24 2 24 28 
Jessica, George “BOWIES: 15-20 ee cctre ees cosenet Withdrew. 

Cabin Cats—Start, 3:46. , 
(GhisheVeesloe WRCeGc-. see ace sess: pial net 5 49 ot 2 04 54 
laGigetoney, WES, eaten oe Aen a con nhreupape 5 50 45 2 05 45 
Flat Bottom Open Boats—Start, 3:50. 

GazelletoG @ 6 COx co Be ne see series feats 5 56 03 2 06 03 
Weta Leave, IEE LG ea on omic som singin cnt eae l4 6 04 22 2 14 22 
[EGR IDE ING Wie aang nn 55 Sener <5 ergs 6 05 10 215 10 
1Dfayey alae Renato) ihe AAR AR AYA A 5 Aare aie een 6 05 40 2 15 40 


The winners are Scintilla, Scoot, Chisbe and Gazelle. 


Brooklyn Y. C. 


BATH BEACH—GRAVESEND BAY, 
Saturday, Aug. 18. 

Tue Brooklyn Y. C. sailed a race for the Commodore’s 
cups on Aug. 18 in a fresh southerly breeze, the course 
being a four-mile triangle on Gravesend Bay. As a 
squall threatened near the end of the second rogind, the 
race was called by the committee. The times were: 


Class A—Sloops and Yawls. 


Start, Finish, Elapsed. Corrected. 
Charlotte, A. McKay........ 34900 53948 15050 146 45 - 
Ojibway, John R. Brophy...35045 53910 14825 1 48 25 
Dulwich, C. Kempton....... 35100 55145 20045 200 45 
Hermes, |. E, Haviland..... 36220 553388 20118 20118 
Belle, D. J. Cu’pepper....... 34930 60255 21825 213 95 
Frolic, W. Bonner........... 3 53 30 Withdrew. 
Class B—Open and Cabin Cats, 
Clecto. IN. T, Cory.) "ae. 2 2 3 54 30 5 39 45 1 45 15 se 
Qui Vive, G._ Freeth -f 14415 5 3455 14040 140 46 
Ethel, T. G. Webb 355920 Withdrew. 
Minnehaha, W. H. Phillips..4 04 30 Withdrew. 


The iudges were Com. F. S. Turner, Fleet Capt. Charles 
A. Kelly and R. W. Rummell, chairman of the regatta 
committee. 


FOREST AND: STREAM, 


Penataquit Corinthian Y. C, 


SHORE—GREAT SOUTH BAY. 
Saturday, Aug. 18. 


THe Penataquit Cor. Y. C. sailed an open regatta on 
Aug. 18 in a very light S.E. wind. Two important cups 
were raced for, but there was not enough wind to make 
‘the races interesting. The “Queen of the Bay’ cup was 
won by Constance, the holder. Another trophy, called 
the Smith-Pinkerton-Tucker Combination: cup, was put 
up by the owners of the yachts Elinore, Pinkie and Wee 
Three, of the 30ft. class, for these three boats alone. It 
was won by Wee Three. 


36it. Class—Sloops—Start, 11:05. 


BAY 


(o) 


inish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
IMPATIENCE, eras cecuvie ot aceon nemee 2 50 45 3 45 45 3 45 45 
30ft. Class—Sloops—Start, 11:00, 
PAO et chee yrinri nen citer mimes ioe Withdrew. 
Gayeiye psyecee cent tee reenter ntee 3 16 33 40633 . 40617 
IPS irri caaen s metesrececetrmeee cielsrapeteas emetic Withdrew. 
Wee wPhieert- cs) s.a4t.teseateseasanae 3 25 53 4 15 53 413 45 
Marine ene ete akee uae ee ae tcauernt & 3 238 25 4 13 25 411 09 
OSAWAIA Eoas scare obese k hae nhs tee 3 49 00 4 39 00 4 32 48 
25ft. Class—Sloops—Start, 11:15. 
IBGE, Gono nee des Saitoh sed 3 Withdrew. 
SCtap eomaretcrersrresretes ereceeeees 3 24 10 409 10 415 16 
21ft. Class—Sloops—Start, 11:20. 

@onstances iv. vee. a eenen nannies di 20 04 4 00 04 4 00 04 
SELL Ov Ee ay AOR Maat GaGa Sinarnb ibe 11 52 40 4 32 40 415 01 
2oft. Class—Catboats—Start, 11:25. 

Wanda \ shes cusaneseiscunes cad teases 23 05 3 58 05 3 58 05 
pei Stealers Spats Rate mea tae ate ietale aerate 3 46 12 4 21 12 4 21 12 

Grethiy cayss eee cede taedes cae te 3 43 19 4 18 19 414 46 
21it. Class—Catboats—Start, 11:80. 

ROE Wa gota beter = sete meee ee erro ene 3 49 32 4 19 32 4 18 00 

Tifi --3 49 42 419 42 418 33 


Grace , .. Withdrew. 


The annual meeting of the club was held at the club, 
house in the evening. The reports on committees were 
read and approved. after which the following officers for 
the ensuing year were elected: Com., J. Adolph Mollen- 
hauer; Vice-Com., Regis H. Post; Rear-Com., Charles 
A. Schieren; Treas., R. A. Bachia; Sec’y, Freeman T. 
Hulse; Board of Governors. George W. Elder, Rawson 
Underhill, Joseph E. Owens and J. M. Ceballos. 


Keystone Y. C. 


TACONY—DELAWARE RIVER, 
Sunday, Aug. 19. 


THE Keystone Y. C. sailed a club race on Aug. 19, post- 
poned from the preceding Sunday. The wind was fresh 
N.W. The times were: 


Skiffs—Start, 10:45, 


Finish Elapsed. 
Poe Mahtiptoreys:+ oes «oe pemeeene 16 
Gluey, Heh Awress soli siete ars eae wel 
W. Gloss, W. Knowles 3 
BS RenlyseWieiWarner ©) eee Pate Pea ene 12 07 00 1 23 00 

Second Class Duckers—Start, 10:50. 
Martha, Geo. Wheatcroft.............. Ves 12 07 00 117 00 
Awehiee AGF, IS whi cHarhanchs eer h Cleon ay 12 08 30 1 18 30 
Edith M., Horace Ayres........ccss004 Mtoe 12 09 00 119 00 
IDE ID) re NYG PLCS Nt ptis ya bance A oeee ser Sere 12 11 30 1 21 30 
Veit ilicaell arrive: | peelldTesion aterpronen ree eee ere eres *.++-12 18 00 1 238 00 
First Class Duckers—Start, 1:24, 
Alberti Sre@isuallctoss apne peer enema mann: 2 22 20 0 58 20 
Bertie S., W. Clausen ....... eh eee nn pe 44.4 2 22 35 0 58 35 
GeoreedB sy AGCOns PASGe ache area eee 2 23 55 0 59 55 
IBESSiG) 05; | Vee Ding eer tas: 2 yan Teen nenennmIE 2 21 00 1 00 00 
McGinty |Geos ibe @Sace-camenne seen nena 2 24 30 1 00 30 
Jie etipsts IRD Biowateeeescs tee Harorcete autos 2 25 10 1 01 10 
Flounder, J. Brewer......... Sessions 2 26 00 1 02 00 
Skiffs—Start, 1:09. 
Alberta, J. Millington............ bathe mn toes Note poeLOUSO) 1 O01 50 
BeeWeillog Wir otlen eeen enema cee trae sane 2 10 58 1 01 58 
Gliteyy his hee Awaes eee eee nn peer ne rn Sim ne 2 11 56 1 02 56 
WiiGlossens Wisllcnowless amano nene sors nen. 2 12 58 1 03 58 
Second Class Duckers—Start, 3:05. 

Edith MG alee blisters ccrope snus tee ene ner 4 12 50 1 07 50 
Littlie Harry, W. Clausen........ ons Tice 4 14 55 1 09 55 
Anna V., Geo. Le Sage...... Rist aadeneee oveveed 16 55 711 55 
Martha’ (Geo,) \Witeatcrotti:. ssc sstnnewwer ss teed 417 22 1 12 22 
Evite Ds, So" 6 Sire ce ie tren. wid ree eu 417 30 1 12 30 


Larchmont Y. C. 


LARCHMONT—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Special Race, Saturday, Sept. 1. 

Tue Larchmont Y. C. sailed a special race on Sept. x 
in a moderate easterly breeze. Isolde and Astrild were 
matched together, while Altair was present to meet the 
altered Hussar II, whose mast has been shifted aft 3ft. 
and rig changed from jib and mailsail to cutter. With a 
good breeze from the éast, there was, of course, a tumble 
of sea. Hussar II. made but a poor showing in the first 
part of the race and finally parted her bobstay and with- 
drew. The times were: 


Cutters—60it. Class—Course, 30 miles—Start, 11:35. 


Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Astrild, Hanan Bros..... he Hiei 4 54 54 5 19 54 5 19 54 
Tsoldew tHe \ite io yi-ese eye sce 4 54 03 5 19 03 5 18 09 
Cutters—5lit. Class—Course, 22 Miles—Start, 11:40. 
FNhesbbey LOfosesl Iles ee Mic eds ys yy a 19 40 a 39 40 3 39 40 
iissa Lames) ebaird.....2 eek Withdrew. 

Cutters and Yawls—43it. Class—Course 22 Miles—Start, 11:40. 
Katonah, Dudley Williams........ 4 31 50 4 51 50 4 51 50 
FMllontercyeres, ep Tl, WBE Rekee a 4 29 36 4 49 36 4 37 26 

Sloops—s6ft. Class—Course, 22 Miles—Start. 11:45. 
Countess, O. Sanderson........... 4 09 24 4 24 24 4 24 24 
Cherokee, E. W. Clark, Jr........ Withdrew. 

Sloops—18it. Class—Course, 11 Miles—Start, 11:52, 
Sandpiper, A. Belmont............ 2 47 02 2 Bd 02 2 55 02 
Kingfisher, R. Belmont.......,.... 2 58 23 3 06 23 3 06 23 


Gloucester Y. C. 


GLOUCESTER—DELAWARE RIVER. 
Saturday, Aug. 18. 


Tur Gloucester Y. C. sailed the third championship 
race on Aug. 18, the times being: 


Second Class Duckers—Start, 3:00. 


‘ Finish. 
Eisenbrown, A. James......-.-.+...: --8 50 00 
To MeGinn, John Lewis. --.0 51 00 
Pat Owens, Joe Peoples. Aa as Sy sthgs cari arene 3 52 00 

Third Class Duckers—Start, 2:10. 

atianines 22 2 By Wal sores tld) dfs nace eee eee ee eee re 4-20 00 
Paso ek AS.) LOPE AD Epa BoB R OO est dE BAAS ROM ee nes ay en. 422 00 
Atimicamilies TSize eee warded dao ou) oe een ee 4 23 00 


The judges wete George L, Kurtz and T. Minnehan. 
/ 


{SEpr. 8, 1900, 


A. Dangerous Yacht Race. 
from the New York Tiszes. 


Sir THomas Lirton may or may not be something of a 
wag. If he is, he may easily be suspected of preparing 
a practical joke on the yachtsmen of this country. Sir 
Thomas has offered a handsome cup to be sailed for by: 
the 70-footers off Sandy Hook. The date selected for this 
contest is Sept. 13. Possibly that will prevent the joke 
from working itself out in all the beauty of its details. 
But then, again, it may not. For there is nothing in the 
world more uncertain than the weather. And September 
is one of the coy months of the year. If the first of the 
fall months is in one of its sweet moods, the sun will 
shine in yellow splendor through a soft blue haze along 
the New Jersey coast every day and the surf boats will 
go in and out through the surf as carélessly as they would 
enter and depart from the mouth of a creek emptying 
into a river. ‘ . 

But Sir Thomas Lipton no doubt remembers that last 
year he lay with his Shamrock and Erin in the Horse- 
shoe, and day after day in September the wind blew a 
fine whole-sail breeze and the white horses raced north- 
ward along the coast. A thrash to windward meant wet 
decks and a leaping bowsprit. It was’ rare yachting 
weather, and Shamrock had no races to sail. What a pity 
that such weather should be wasted! Who forgets 
that when the Cup race dates arrived in October the winds 
went to sleep and the white horses were stabled? Day 
after day the fleet went out to the starting point, but the 
breezes would not blow and the month was nearly sped 
ere the contest was completed. Sir Thomas remembers 
all that. And so he offers a cup for the seventies, and 
they are to sail for it in the mtddle of September, 

Now let us suppose that genuine summer yachting 
weather makes its presence felt along the Atlantic sea- 
beard about that time. Those white horses will come 
out of their stables and will go galloping northward once 
more. When the seventies start out from the lightship 
they will have to butt their way seaward against a blue 
water roll. There will be no Gay Head to shut off the 
flying seas from the southeast and no Long Island to hold 
in check. those from the southwest. It will be genuine 
ocean racing. 

And that will not be good for the new 7o-footers. Does 
any one suppose that Sir Thomas is ignorant of the fact 
that, when it blew off Newport, these remarkable racing 
machines almost went to pieces and that two of them 
came near foundering from stress of weather in a fresh 
whole-sail breeze? It is hardly possible that Sir Thomas 
does not know about that. Now, can he really have 
thought to tempt the seventies to their destruction by 
offering them a cup to be raced for off the Hook? Would 


-it not be the yachting joke of the century if these four 


latest products of American designing skill went out to 
sea and were wrecked in the attempt to sail a race in opén 
water? Let us hope that their designer and builder will 
get them all sufficiently strengthened with piano wires ere 
they make the perilous venture. 


Bristol Y. C. 


BRISTOL, R. I. 
Saturday, Aug. 18. 


Tue Bristol Y. C. sailed a club race on Aug. 18 in a 
fresh S.W. breeze, the times being: 


First Class—Start, 2:35. 


: Finish, Elapsed. 
Martian ts at) ee Wolfs. nee nearer eeee 5 14 15 2 39 15 
Raenil dy sel Ostia fae seers ee 5 1 815 2 39 15 
Cornelia, R. W. Comstock, Jr....3......+0+-0+s 4 55 46 2 20 46 
> Second Class—Start, 2:37. 
Budget, Almy Brothers............. Hes Ace sige tu 5 21 20 2 44 20 
Third Class—Start, 2:39. 
Caroline, A. S. Brownell.............. resent 5 29 30 2 60 30 
Fourth Class, 
No entries. % 
Fifth Class—Start, 2:43. 
Finish Elapsed. Corrected. 
Gloriay POPS Howe suelade cases 4 28 10 1 45 10 1 41 45 
Volante, W. H. Thurber........... 4 35 05 155 05 1 55 05 
Alice, L. M. Minsheri st. .20iil.) Withdrew. 
Sixth Class—Start, 2:45. 
OpoOssemi 2 iicce sear tere dre; “orn 4 21 45 1 36 45 


Canarsie Y. C. 


. JAMAICA BAY. 
Saturday, Aug. 18. 
THe Canarsie Y. C. sailed a club race on Jamaica Bay 
on Aug. 18 in a very light S.E. wind, making a drift at 
the finish. During the race, when Arrow was in the 
lead, one of her crew, Mr. Wolf, was knocked over- 
board by the boom in a jibe, but was picked up, though 
Arrow lost her first place. The times were: 


Open Catboats Over 20it. 


‘ Start. - Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Uneeda ...........0000% 3 21 22 5 34 45 2 13 28 2 13 28 
Pireb erent se seh eee Withdrew. 
Caddie ....- res 554 SS 45 3 22 15 5 36 10 2 13 55 2 12 40 
ie tAtrow sseeeree cies 3 21 48 5 36 25 2 14 37 214 27 
Open Catboats Under 20fi. 
Tdlea) sake scasss acta as 3 29 07 ot timed—walkover, 
Sloops. and Cabin Catboats. 
(GET Eta anaes 3 18 16 5 34 43 2 16 14 216 14 
Madeleine ...........; 319 30 Failed to finish time limit. 
tetrGmectine gece ccamsate é 16 35 5 36 42 2 20 07 2) Laeb7 


Jamaica Bay Y. C. 


ROCKAWAY—JAMAICA BAY. 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 


Tue Jamaica Bay Y, C. sailed an open race for catboats 
on Aug, 25, the times being: 
‘First Class—Start, 3:45. 


: i Finish Elapsed. 
Sweetheart, Dr. J. C. Meyer, Jamaica Bay....6 20 00 2 40 00 
Eunice, C. Krause, Jamaica Bay........... .--6 45 00 3 00 00 

Second. Class—Start, 3:40. 

Jennie, W. G. Gallagher, Jamaica Bay......... 6 00 00 2 20 00 
Minnehaha. O. L. Roehr, Bayswater Y: C..... 6 02 55 2 92 55 
Arrows G Jp.Welsony Canarsie GV, h@ser. oth eres 6 04 30 2 24 30 
Mildred-Myrtle, C. W. Hay, Jamaica Bay..... 6 10 20 - 2 30 20 
Mattie, F. Ll, Starke, Bayswater Y. G........- Withdrew. ~ 

; Third Class—Start, 3:50. ' 
Wee Madah, F. L. Nichols, Bayswater Y, C.,.6 46 00 3 54 00 


Serr. 8, 1000, ] 


Knickerbocker Y. C. 
COLLEGE POINT—LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 


Tue Hampden class of the Knickerbocker Y. C. sailed 
a race on Sept. 1, the times being: 


Elapsed. 
Miss Bales Gorn sesh aelee LAS Oflessire ssl © es y vey pe = =m mins ie» .1 5U 
Heniave le eet hati Coegdanee tein aos c= see a be a EE A 1 57 58 
iberabtabet) MBO} RSyantlateyerree Soar pecen me ees Ses aspepeatte 1 57 59 
Bilateme rir dowm brevity Sto sarny egret are Vane atetayee oor rier eet online festa 2.00 28 
Blackbird, Rodman Sands. BEEP DE bung ects 2 10 18 
Biiliboy, WW. dG. ewan. 1-2. eee asec cpnny cee ew nieee es 2 15 02 


In the afternoon the fleet’ ran over to Port Washington 
to visit the Manhasset Bay Y. C. 


The Newport “Leakabouts.” 


_ Tue Newport “leakabouts,” otherwise known as the 

seyenties, have been most interesting boats whenever they 
could be persuaded to stay afloat long enough to sail a 
race. In good, hard cruising weather they have a tendency 
to seek shelter ‘‘where haply lies their petty hope in some 
near port or bay,” and there they get pumped out and are 
towed to a shipyard to be doctored. After receiving steel 
plasters and other attentions they appear again, looking 
as well as ever, and, with all their faults, they certainly 
have supplied the best racing of the season—New York 
Tribune. : 


Canoeing. 
A. CA. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

I hereby give notice that at the next meeting of the 
Executive Committee of the American Canoe Association 
I shall move the adoption of the following resolution : 

“Resolved, That the term of office of the member of 
the Board of Governors elected from the Western Divi- 
sion of the American Canoe Association shall be deemed 
to have begun on Oct, 1, 1899, and to expire three years 
thereafter, or on Oct. 1, 1902.” 

The effect of this resolution will be that the present 
members of the Board will retire in the following order, 
thus avoiding confusion: Northern Division member, 
1901; Atlantic and Western, 1902; Eastern and Central, 
1 


903. 

I shall also offer the following: 

“Resolved, That the election of commodore from and 
selection of the location of meets in the territory of the 
various divisions, as at present constituted, shall be in 
the following order: Central, Northern, Atlantic, Eastern 
and Western.” 

I also inclose a copy of certain proposed changes in the 
racing regulations which I have forwarded to the Regatta 
Committee for their action in accordance with Chapter 
TX. of the By-Laws, and Rule XXII. of the Racing Regu- 
lations. Henry M. Dater. 


To the Regatta Committee of the American Canoe As- 
sociation. Gentlemen: In accordance with Chapter IX., 
Sub-Division 8 of the By-Laws and Rule XXII. of the 
Racing Regulations of the American Canoe Association, [ 
hereby submit for your approval the following proposed 
changes in the racing regulations of the A. C. A., and 
[ hereby give notice that at the next meeting of the 
Executive Comm/‘ttee of the Association I shall move 
the adoption of the same: 

First. To amend Rule I. of the Racing Regulations by 
adding after the word “canoes” at the end of the para- 
graph therein contained entitled “Dimensions and Limita- 
tions—Sailing,” the following: 

“No fixed metal rudder shall be used, and all drop rud- 
ders must be so constructed and fitted that the same when 
fea up shall not project below a fair line along the 
keel,” 

Second. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 
above paragraph, and after the change above proposed, the 
following: “In all sailing and combined races, no rig 
other than a practical hoisting and lowering rig shall be 
used.” 

Third. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 
above patagraph, and after the changes above proposed, 
the following: “No deck sliding seat shall be used in 
any race.” 


Dated New York, Aug. 31, 1900. 
Henry M. DATEr. 


Wessmuk’s Canoes. 


Tarpon Sprines, Fla., Aug. 23.—Editor Forest and 
Stream; Sixteen years ago a drayman drove up to 
Tarpon Ranch with two canoes packed in one box— 
the Smarty, weighing 16lbs., and the Rushton, weighing 
olbs. 150z. The two canoes were in company for over a 
year, then they were separated. The Rushton was car- 
ried by Nessmuk, while he remained in Florida; the 
other and larger canoe has been paddled early and late 
by Mrs. Tarpon. 

While Nessmuk was here he kept the Rushton busy. 
After she left she was owned and paddled by a young 
lady in Anclote. But young ladies will get married, and 
then they haye no use for a canoe, and so the Rushton 
has got back to Tarpon Ranch again, and is snugged up 
alongside the Smarty, apparently well pleased to be here. 
And the two canoes barring a few scratches, are as 
ready for the water as the day they were taken out of the 
box sixteen years ago, 

Poor old Nessmuk! ‘The sight of the little 1o-pounder 
calls back the many pleasant cruises we have had together. 
He was a pleasant companion. He had failings—as who 
has not?—but he was intensely human. May he have a 
better canoe in the happy hunting ground. 

: TARPON. 


Rifle ange and Gallery. | 


Columbia Rifle and Pistol Club. 


San Francisco, Aug, 19,—Columbia Rifle and Pistol Club had a 
range full of shooters and visitors to-day, Conditions were un- 
favorable for fine scores, but nearly all the contestants gained on 


good. 


The trip into the hills after game 


their totals of ten best scores. 1 A 
has done the boys and girls good. Mannel beat his average with 


22 rifle, using Peters semi-smokeless .22 long rifle cartridges. 
Becker shot U.’M. C. factory ammunition in his mew service 
44, with good results, and he made his usual ayerage (45, Greed- 
moor) with his .30-30 carbine. Dorrell Jed in the rile contest, and 
Young did good average work with Peters .22 shorts in the 
pistol contest. LEdgren introduced a new feature at the noon 
hour. He desired to see if throwing the hammer and putting the 
shot would strengthen his nerve tor shooting. He hurled the 
16ib. hammer 150{i. and put the shot 39ft. “How easy it seems, said 
Dr, Twist, and he caught the hammer and swung it around his head 
like a buzz-saw; but, alas! he couid not let go. It was a question 
for a moment whether the Doctor would come out right end up, 
but he did, and the ladies and gentiemen cheered him with a 
hearty laugh. Only the Doctor, Edgren and Young tried the 
sphere, the others believing it would ruin their holding; but 
Edgren returned immediately to the stand and put two shots into 
the 6-inch ring at the 200yd. range, and Young and Dr. Twist shot 
better than usual with pistol. It ts argued that strong men need 
work or vigorcus exercise before shooting, and we think weak 
ones need it to strengthen their nerves. ; 

The scores, Columbia target, cti-hand shooting; open to alll 
comers. Rifle, 200yds.: 


A B Dorrell, consecutiye..........- 8 168 66 65 4 6 9—b4 
3210, 14 Ade bel $—63 
5 28 2 611 8 5 12 1049 
C M Daiss...... eee nvraeaieh th re yeaah 90 eft yal) ee Ales: 
265 7 7 81014 6 77 
9110 6 5 4 61213 1-57 
18 38 5 910 4 6 112 13—76 


Back scores, class medals: A. J. Brannigan 8&8, G. Hoadley (,30-30 


carbine) 102, N. Robinson 160, 196. F 
Military and repeating rifles: P. Becker, .30-30 carbine, 46, 44, 45 


(Creedmoor count). 
Pistol medals: 


FOY BAe EE CREDO voy a 55 382 3 3 8 4 6 140 
— BY Sl BRS iG ep 

3) paul 8) Bi PY, SF th Ber 

. 39368 264 7 4-52 

Dr. Twist _58, 60, 64, 66, 85; back score 68: G. Hoadley 61, 61, 85; 


revolver, 
score with . 

Twist revolver medal: ; 
P Becker 1225, 455555 51 638 64 81 80 99 
FO Young b2 62 61 69 72 

22 and .25 rifles, 50yds,: G, Mannel 20, 21, 22, 23; A. B. Dorrell 
22, 28, 30, 31; Dr. Twist 24, 27, 33. : 

Record scores, 50yds, .22 rifle; Mrs. Mannel 38, WN. Robinson 456, 
56, 60, 66. : 

Pistol: Mrs. Mannel 77, N. Robinson $2, Miss Childs 89, A. J. 
Brannigan 98. ’ 

Mr. Horace Stevens has formed a pistol and rifle club at Bakers- 
field, Cal. It will be run on the plan of the Columbia Pistol and 
Rifle Club. Mr. Stevens has been a constant visitor at the 


latter club’s shoots, and loves the sport for sport’s sake. 
F. O, Youna, Sec’y. 


Grapshooting. 


Fixtures. 


INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS. 
Sept. 12:18—Salem, N. Y.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 
under auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club. 


Sept. 6-7.—Sherbrooke, Can.—Tournament of the Sherbrooke Gun 
Club. il 
Sept. 12-18.—Homer, Ill.—Annual tournament of the Triangular 
Son Club; one day targets; one day live birds. C. B. Wiggins, 

ec y. 

Sent. 14—Salem, N. Y¥.—Live-bird shoot of the Osoma Valley 
Gun Club. William L. Campbell, Sec’y. ; 

Sept. 14-15.—Platfe City, Mo.—lrap shoot of the Platte City Gun 
Club. S, Redman, Sec’y. ; 

Sept. 15—Omaha, Neb.—Contest for the Republic cup between 
Mr. Frank Parmelee, holder, and Mr. J. A. R. Elliott, challenger, 

Sept. 18-21—st. Thomas, Unt.—lom Donley’s tourth annual 
tournament; live birds and targets. ; 

Sept, 19-20.—Zanesyille, O.—Tournament of the Zanesville Gun 
Club. L. A. Moore, Sec’y. if 

Sept. 19-20.—Pensacola, Fla.—Two-day shoot of the Dixie Gun 
Club; bluerocks and live birds. V. J. Vidal, Sec’y. E 

Sept. 25—Worcester, Mass.—All-day shoot of the Worcester 
Sportsmen’s Club. A. W. Walls, Sec’y. 

Sept. 25-27.—Omaha, Neb.—Fitth annual target tournament of 
the Dupont Gun Ciub. H.S. McDonald, Seo’y. 

Sept. 27-28.—Erie, Pa.—First annual target tournament of the 
Erie oe and Gun Club; $100 added money. W. S. Bookwalter, 
Cor, Sec’y. r 
Sept. 58 and Nov. 13—Dexter Park, Brooklyn—Under auspices 
of the Greater New York Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live 
birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized gun club in 
the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shoot- 
ing commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L. Schortemeier and Dr, A. A. 


Webber, managers. 
Oct. 2-4.—Swanton, Vt.—Robin Hood Gun Club’s three days’ 


tournament. 

Oct. 11.—Greensburg, Ind—Tournament of the Greensburg Gun 
Club. C. D. Tillson, Sec’y. 

Oct. 1214.—Louisville, Ky.—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
targets and live birds. Emile Pragoff, Sec’y. 

Oct. 9 and Nov. 22—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, 
N. J.—Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men 
team race; 20 live birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized 
gun club in the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweep- 
Stake shooting commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier 
and Dr. A. A. Webber managers. 

Oct. 18.—Altoona, Pa—Altoona Rod and Gun Club’s live-bird 
handicap. G. G. Zeth, Sec’y, Altoona, Pa. 

Newark, N. J—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
(lay afternoon. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


Sept. 11 and Oct. 26—Interstate Park, Queens.—Under auspices 
of Medicus Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live birds per 
man; 29yds.. Members of any regularly organized gun club in the 
U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shooting 
commences at 1) A. M. Mr, L, H. Schortemeier and Dr. A. A. 
Webber, managers. 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance.’ First contest took place June 20, 1900. 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


The Dixie Gun Club, of Pensacola, Fla., has changed its dates 
to Sept, 19 and 20, so as not to conflict with the Chattanooga shoot. 
There are events at live birds and bluerocks; the latter 2 cents, 
the former 25 cents. The live-bird purses will be governed by 
class shooting, 50, 30 and 20. The Rose system will govern the 
target purses; 5, 8, 2 and 1 in 15-target events; 7, 5, 3, 2 and 1 in 
20-target events. Manufacturers’ agents may shoot for targets only. 
Merchandise will be given for average prizes. A fish dinner will 
he served each day. Extra events will be shot after the programme 
events are finished. Rates have been secured from all points. 
Those who wish to secure hotel accommodations in advance can 
do so by writing to the secretary. Mr. B, Forbes. 


On the grounds of the South Side Gun Club Saturday of this 
week has been designated as the date for the next contest of the 
“ C cup. whose significance is the championship of New _ Jersey. 
Mr. F. E. Sinnock, of Newark, N. J., is the holder and Mr. W. 
Widmann, of Yardville, is the challenger, _- 

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Dr. A. A. Webber, of Brooklyn, and Mr. S, Van Allen, of 
Jamaiea, L. T., have arranged to shoot a 100-hird match at Inter- 
state Park, for $100 and the cost of the birds. Judging from 
former performances the match should be close and the scores 


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Mr. John Wright has claimed Sept. 20 for his all-day live bi 
and bluerock shoot at Interstate Park, L. I, The Sekine 
will be ready in a few days. 


The “Handy Book for Trapshooters and Sportsmen,” issued by 
the King Powder Co, and the Peters Cartridge Co., of Cincinnati, 
O., will be sent to any applicant upon application to that cum- 
pany, or to Mr. T. A, Keiler, Mastern agent of both companies, 
80 Chambers street, New York, It contains trapshooting, rifle 
and pistol rules, ete., and a full description of their popular 


products, 
he 


At the last shoot of the Michigan State League, Bay City, 
Aug, 22 and 28, Frank Shearer, of Bay City, won the expert cham- 
pionship, scoring 24 out of 25. Chas. Vianders, of Flint, Mich., 
won the semi-expert championship with a score of 23 out of 26. 
F. GC. Merrill won the amateur championship with a score of 22 out 
of 25. All used Peters Cartridge Co.’s ammunition. 


Owing to Monday of this week being a_holiday, and the conse- 
quent pressure in the printing office of FoREST AND STREAM on 
Tuesday of this week, we regret that the publication of some 
communications is necessarily postponed to mext week. 

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Under date of Aug. 28, M# Thomas Donley, of St. Thomas, 
Ont., writes us as foilows: “Kindly announce that on account of 
pressure of business, I] am obliged to postpone my tournament 
from QOct, 18-21, I will notify you of the dates later.” 


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The contest for the E © cup, emblematic of the target champion- 
ship, shot at Lake Okoboji, Ja, Aug. 31, was won by Fred 
Gilbert, the holder. Mr. J. A. R. Elliott was the challenger, The 


scores were 143 to 128. . 


Mr. Paul H. Gotzian, secretary of the St. Paul Gun Club, St. 
Paul, Minn., announces that $350 will be added to the ~nh’s 
ar---1 tournament, to be held at Inter-City Park, Sept. 13, 14 
and 15, © 


Mr. Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Iowa, has issued a challenge 
to Mr. J. A. R. Elliott to contest for the cast iron bade. now 
held by him. His challenge is published elsewhere in our columns. 


In the Indian shoot at Lake Okoboji, Mr. Fred Gilbert won 
high average; Mr. W. R. Crosby was nevt. A fll renort of this 
interesting event will be found elsewhere im our columns, 

* 

Mr. W. R. Crosby, of O'Fallon, Dll, has challenged Mr. Fred 
Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Ia., to contest for the target championship 
of which the E C cup is the emblem, 

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Saturday, Sept. 15, has been agreed upon as the date for the 
contest for the Republic cup between Mr. Frank Parmelee, holder, 
and J. A. R. Elliott, challenger. 

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In the forenoon of Oct. 13 the Altoona Rod and Gun Club, of 
Altoona, Pa., will hold a live-bird handicap. In the afternoon 
there will be target events. 

Bernarp Waters. 


In the Matter of Handicaps—II. 


(Continued from issue of Aug. 25.) 


By an error in the previous paper, when treating of the l4yd. 
mark and its fallacies as they relate to handicaps, the meaning 
was obscured by using the word “traps” instead of the word 
*score,’’ as follows: “‘A shooter who is not good enough to have 
a fair chance in a tournament on his own skill from the I6yd. 
mark cannot be benefited by standing nearer, for if the No. 1 and 
No. 5 marks are as wide apart as at l6yds. the angles of the tar- 
gets are much more acute, the field of vision is not so wide and 
the load of shot has not time to scatter so wide; for if the Nos. 
1 and 5 traps [this should have been Nos. 1 and 5 marks] at 
ldyds. are as far apart as at the 16yd. mark his chances to win 
in any tournament are very remote indeed.” 

To bring out this point clearer, let us assume that either the 
magautrap or the Sergeant system is used. The shooters, stanct- 
ing at No. 1 and No. 5 marks, are respectively then at the ex- 
treme right and left of the score. Let us further assume that the 
score is moved forward till it is even with the traps. The shooters 
at Nos, 1 and 5 will have many difficult. crossing shots betimes, 
for it is self evident that standing in close to the extreme right and 
left of the traps introduces conditions which are against the best 
success of the shooter. As the field of vision of the average man 
is about 60 degrees, it is apparent that if an object is placed too 
close to the shooter it is then within a very narrow field and is 
much more difficult for him to see, and when seen its flight is 
much more difficult to follow. Thus the shooter standing at 
i8yds. has a much wider and better field of vision than has the 
shooter who stands at 14yds. The former can see much more of 
the target’s flight at the first glance and can cover and follow it 
better with the gun. If instead of placing the shooters forward 
and back on parallel lines which intersect the 16yd. mark they 
were moved forward and back on lines radiating from the center 
trap, there would be real and equitable handicaps adjusted. Toa 
more fully illustrate, let us assume that the handicaps are to be 
from 14 to 25yds. Then the 25yd. marks are in the circumference 
of a circle whose radius is 25yds. Now, if lines are drawn from 
the center trap through the l6yd. marks to the circumference of 
the circle, and if the shooters are placed where these lines inter 
sect at the different scores, a real handicap will be established. 
The scores then will be as a whole fan-shaped. : 

Every yard back of the 16yd. mark will have added difficulties to 

the shooters who stand on them and every yard nearer will have 
its advantages. Shooters standing then at the Nos, 1 and 5 marks 
at 25yds. would be the ones furthest to the right and left of the 
traps and those standing at the 16yd. mark or the I4yd. mark, if 
there was one, would be the closest to the center. At the latter 
mark the flights would approximate more to straightaways, while 
at the 25yd. mark they would be mostly difficult angles. 
’ In the average club shoots a handicap from 16 to 20vds. is 
enough, for the reason that very few clubs have a membership 
whose best skill averages over 85 per cent., decreasing from that 
to 50 per cent., more or less. Compromising with the factors 
which one must consider in the matter of handicaps at target 
shooting—that is to say, the field of vision, the spread of the 
shot to such a degree that the shooter reaps the best advantages 
from it according to his skill and the equity of the competition— 
the 16yd. mark is close enough for the nearest score. The true 
theory of handicapping is to place the weaker shooters at the 
mark where they can shoot the best, then placing the other 
shooters, according to their ability, on the marks back of the 
weaker ones. Therefore, the proper procedure in handicapping is 
to set the good shots further back instead of moving the poorer 
shots forward of the 16yd. mark, for setting a’good shot back and 
at the same time moving a poor shot forward in no wise estab- 
lishes an equity. It is an easy matter to put any shooter back 
far enough, however well he may shoot, so as to establish an 
equity with the shooters on the 16yd. mark. By such a theory and 
practice a true competition is established instead of a trapshoot- 
ing fiction. : 

The length of an eyent in relation to the number of targets it 
contains should be considered in the making,of handicaps. In 
short events, Say in a programme made up of 10 and 15 target 
events, the better shots ‘should be penalized more’ severely than 
when in the 25, 50 and 100 target events, for in such short races 
the expert is likely to make betimes runs of 10 and 15, and the 
purpose is to make him shoot just as hard and with as much of 
a remove from a cinch as the man who is at the nearest mark, If 


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(Suer. &, 1900. 


the weakest. shooters have not a reasonable degree of skill, noth- 
ing in the way of a handicap will compensate for 1t- 

The favorite handicaps of managers of the smaller tournaments 
at present seem to be from 16 to 20yds. as to distance, with the 
16, 18 and 20yd. marks for choice. Using but three marks simpli- 
fies the work of the handicapping committee, but it would be 
hetter to utilize the 17 and 19yd. marks also. By so doing the 
handicaps can be adjusted with greater nicety. However, when 
but three marks are used, probably, in a general way, mo 
better plan for handicapping can be suggested than to place at 
the 16yd. mark all shooters whose average is below 80 per cent, 
Shooters who average from 80 to 85 per cent. should be placed at 
the 18yd, marl, and those whose average 1s more than 85 per cent. 
should be placed at the 20yd. mark. Indeed, the 85 per cent. 
shooter not infrequently makes straights in short events and should 
be watched rather closely. Managers should reserve the right to 
change the handicaps, one event with another, as they see fit, in 
order to maintain an equity. If a shooter should so far forget 
himself and his fellows as to shoot poorly with the intent ta ob- 
tain a better handicap, as soon as he begins to take adyantage of 
it he can readily be put back again, so that in the long run he is 
a loser by his trickery. 

The foregoing refers to the handicaps in a general way as to 
the distances. There are many other particulars which refer to 
the idiosyncrasies of the shooters or their peculiar capabilities, 
which should be considered by the handicap committee when im- 
posing the handicaps. ‘To illustrate this point, let us assume that 
there are two experts, A and B, who at ifyds. can to reasonable 
certainty break 90 per cent. Let us further assume that A shoots 
in much quicker time than B and thereby catches his targets and 
breaks them much closer to the traps. While 4yds. back might 
not make any special and material difference to A it might make 
a vast difference to B, the slower shot, especially in windy weather 
and bad lights. Again, some shooters perform quite well in short 
events, while in the long events they, from Jack of stamina or 
nerve, “‘go to pieces.”” Whatever personalities the shooter may 
have in the way of affecting his shooting, they are good data for 
consideration in the making of a handicap and are essential in 
establishing the proper equity. It is therefore a requisite that the 
handicap committee should know the shooters. 

To the end that, in respect to tournament handicapping, the 
readers of ForesT AND STREAM should haye their information from 
the very best authority on this subject, I wrote to the famous and 
able manager of the Interstate Asyociation, Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, 
of Pittsburg, Pa.,; for his views. With that promptness and cour- 
tesy so characteristic of him, he replied as follows: 


To begin with, I don’t belieye that 25yds. is far enough back, 
as it does not giye the handicapper enough leeway to properly 
handicap that great class of tournament shooters who average from 
83 to 90 per cent. That is the hardest class to place on the 
proper mark. : ’ 

However, going on, a basis of 14 to 25yds., I would place them 
about as follows: 

94 to 95 per cent. men, 25yds. 

92 to $8 per cent. men, 24yds. 

90 to 91 per cent. men, 23yds. 

88 to 89 per cent. men, 22yds. 

86 to &7 per cent. men, 2lyds. 

84 to 85 per cent, men, 20yds. 

82 to 838 per cent. men, 19yds. 

80 to 81 per cent. men, 18yds. 

78 to 79 per cent. men, 17yds. 

76 to 77 per cent. men, Ifyds. 

74 to 74 per cent. men, 15yds. 

72 to 72 per cent. men and under, 14yds. , 

To some people the foregoing handicaps may seem severe, but 
if you want to be just to all you must watch out for that great 
intermediate class of shooters; you can easily take care of the 
crackerjacks and the poorer shots, but you must be careful what 
you do with the “between ones,”’ 

Some of these days when I can find time I am going to arrange 
ua scale of handicaps on a basis of 16 to 30yds. I do not mean 
it to be an official one by any means, but just for my own satis- 
faction and by way of comparison when an argument turns up, 
as it occasionally does, of all of which you are aware. 


The manner in which the scratch men pulverized targets at 
Interstate Park during the handicap and the skill they displayed 
quite sustains Mr. Shaner’s opinion that 25yds. is not enough for 
the back mark. 

BERNARD WATERS, 


The New England Championship. 


Ar the shoot of the Worcester Sportsmen’s Club, held at Wor- 
cester on Aug. 28 and 24, the main event of the two days was the 
contest at 100 birds for the championship of New England, which 
was won by me last year on a score of 98 out of 100. The condi- 
tions governing the contest were set forth in the programme as 
follows, viz.: ‘The shooter who breaks the most targets in the 
100 will receive $25 and the amateur who breaks the most in the 
100 will receive as a prize a silyer loving cup. emblematic of the 
amateur championship of New England for 1900, donated by F. A. 
Knowlton, of Worcester.” 

There were, therefore, two championships at stake—the absolute 
championship of New England, which could be won by either a 
professional or an amateur, and the amateur championship, which 
could be won only by an amateur. 

At the conclusion of the 100-bird race the scores stood as fol- 
lows, viz.: Federhen 96, Leroy and Sawin 95 each. I had un- 
doubtedly won the absolute championship again and the $265. 

At the finish of the race I went into the club house, put up my 
gun and went to the ofhce, which was in charge of Mr, Walls, the 
Secretary of the club, under whose management the shoot had 
been held. I asked him for the money due me and it was paid. 
I then asked Mr. Walls for the cup. He replied: ‘You do not 
win the cup; that is a second prize.’ A championship cup a sec- 
ond prize! 

1 called his attention to the programme, which stated that the 
cup represented the amateur championship of New England; that 
J was an amateur, had broken the most targets in the 100 and had 
therefore won it. Mr. Walls made no reply, but left the club 
house, Mark you, Mr. Editor, not a question did he raise in man- 
ner or shape as to my standing as an amateur. 

Mr. Walls returned to the office in about ve minutes and JT 
again demanded that he deliver the cup to me. He then set up 
the claim that I was an “expert.” Well, Mr. Editor, what does 
that mean? Hundreds, yes, thousands, of amateurs are ‘‘experts,”’ 
but they are nevertheless amateurs. The term ‘expert’? means 
nothing more than possessing a certain degree of skill. Paid 
expert. Ah, that is another story. 

There are but two classes recognized in the shooting world, 
viz.: Professionals or paid experts constitute one class and ama- 
teura the other. There were several well-known professionals at 
this shoot, namely, Leroy, Fanning, Hull, Dickey and several 
others. 

‘The definition of what constitutes a professional or paid expert 
has been fixed for years and no one ought to know it better 
than Walls, He does know it, Mr. Editor. The definition is 
‘printed im the books issued by the Interstate Association, has 
been recognized by all the shooters in the United States and all 
the well-known sportsmen’s papers. : 

The definition is as follows: A professional or paid expert is 
a person who shoots for hire, whether he be paid in money, guns, 
ammunition or anything else. All others are amateurs. 

In the latter class I am and always shall be. I have been recog- 
nized as an amateur in all the New England and Middle States 

- in which I have shot, and I have attended hundreds of tourna- 
ments in the last eight years, Not even a suspicion can be cast 
upon my standing as an amateur. I challenge the world to pro- 
duce a single act of mine which will in the silghtest way affect 
my amateur Sets I challenge Messrs, Walls, Kinney or 
any member of the Worcester Sportsmen’s club to do it. Mr. 

Walls himself wrote an article in the Forest Anp Stream this 
spring, in which he described the score made by me last Septem- 
ber at Worcester, and the closing words of his article were: ‘This 

remarkable shooting was done by an amateur, Herbert M. Feder- 

hen, Jr., of Boston,”* 


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Mr. Walls claims that at a recent shoot of the Boston Shooting 
Association, of which J am president, I classed myself as an 
“expert.” This statement is not cotrect. I classed myself as an 
“expert amateur,” as a reference to the programme will show. 

It would have made no difference if 1 had classed myself as an 
“expert,” for, as I have already explained, an expert may be an 
wmateur, “Paid expert’ is the dividing line. 

[ offered, Mr. Editor, to leave the decision of the question to 
the shooters present. Walls refused. I offered to leave it to the 
sportsmen’s papers—the Forest AND SrReAM, the American Field, 
Shooting and Fishing, all recognized as standard authorities by 
the whole shooting world. Mr. Walls again refused and declared 
that he would decide the matter on rules of his own. 

In spite of my protest and the indignant expression of opinion 
uttered by men Whose names are household words in the shooting 
world, namely, Leroy, Dickey, Hull, Marlin, Wheeler and a host 
of others, Mr, Walls gave the cup. to Sawin, a member of the 
Worcester Sportsmen’s Club, whom I had beaten by 1 bird. Gave 
the championship cup to an amateur who had just been beaten by 
an amateur in a race for the selfsame cup. 

Was I an amateur when T broke 98 out of 100, and did TI sud- 
denly become “expert”? when I broke 96 out of 1002 To show the 
palpable outrage of the decision on Mr. Walls’ ‘own reasoning, 
viz., his “‘expert’’ theory, Mr. Walls himself classed Mr. Sawin as 
a “semi-expert” at events shot at this very shoot. 

Mr. Kinney, the president of the club, Was very profuse in his 
personal offer to give me another cup. Mr. Walls would take 
away the cup which rightfully belonged to me. Mr. Kinney would 
make two amateur champions, one of whom had just beaten the 
other. What a perfect inctibator of championships these worthy 
officers of the Worcester Sportsmen’s Club were. 

Now, Mr. Editor, Mr. Walls’ decision cannot change my stand- 
ing as an amateur; neither can it take away from me the two 
championships which [ won. He has simply, as secretary of the 
Sportsmen’s Club, given a cup which belongs to me to another 
inan, For that wrong J have a remedy at law and shall avail my- 
self of it, probably before you print this article. 

The Worcester Sportsmen’s Club should immediately call a 
meeting and disavow the action of their secretary and endeayor to 
remove the shadow which has been cast upon them by his action. 
I think they will when they appreciate the injustice he has per- 
petrated upon a brother shooter. 

HERBERT M. FrepEeRuHEN, JR., 
28 Court St., Boston, Mass. 

Aug, 30. 

[An expert may be either an amateur or professional, and the 
term therefore does not necessarily denote professionalism. | 


Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Club. 


Firexpurc, Mass., Aug, 30.—The Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Club 
held its regular shoot yesterday afternoon, and it was the ap- 
pointed time for the second match in a series of three between 
Leominster, Gardner and Fitchburg. The conditions were ten 
men from each club, 50 birds a man, unknown angles, shooting in 
squads of fiye, and each squad shooting at 25 birds before retiring. 

The aiternoon opened up with perfect conditions for such an 
event, and aiter a few events were shot for practice the match 
was called at 2:30. The Leominsters started in with their first squad 
and were allowed to shoot at their 50 birds with a slight wait 
after 25 to allow three of their members to get back to their busi- 
ness. This proved a little adyantage, as the perfect conditions 
were soon interrupted by an approaching thunder shower, and 
by the time Fitchburg’s first squad got half through their second 
25 it burst in all its fury. Rob called ‘Pull,’’ the bird started, and 
as he pressed the trigger a bolt of lightning struck a pine tree 
about 150yds. from the shooters’ score, the pull board was thrown 
irom the puller’s lap, he and the trap boy both receiving a slight 
shock, and the shooters at the score were all more or less dazed. 
lt is needless to say that the bird that Rob shot at was lost, and 
also the next few shot at by the men after they had felt them- 
selves oyer to see if they were all there. 

The judges soon called time, and all retired to the house for 
shelter unharmed to wait for the shower to pass over. After the 
shower the light was very bad, and _Gardner’s and Fitchburg’s 
last squads were much handicapped. Leominster won by 18 birds 
and Fitchburg was second. The next match will be shot at 
Leominster, Sept, 19, when Gardner or Fitchburg are due to win. 
Below are the scores of the three teams: 


Leominster, i 
RIGE 6. fe ved Q140111109991101111111111010011009191111111111111—48, 
Wood-...1.. 4941019.09110111.111110011019111003110111111111101—4() 
Morse ...... 10101111111.11.10100110111100111111101000000001:1100—20 
Legate ..... 14111.0011111031111111110011011,011010001011.11101001—85 
Burbanle ....10100199111019110111111111001111019111111110101141—4, 
Gates .,..:. 11111111.011010001011110111011100010110111111010011—34 
Powers ...., 0401000101111111010111.11101001911111111111110T1110—37 
Andrews ..,11010111191101101110011111101010111111111110111110—39 
Stickney ...11111111011111011010101100011010011001110100011111—33 
Batra senses Se te ane maa meen TLIU aM REGO Scie SE 
itchburg. 

Rope esses 10100111111.1101101.10111111010011111001,011100101110—34 
Beane aa caee 11010101111101111110001111010111001110010000011011—8 
Donovan ...10110110001001011110111011111111111111111101011000—25 

aylor ..... 11911111110101001101110101111111001100001111101111—236 
Walton ..... 10101111110101001101110100110011017101111010101111—28 
Wilder ..... 019.11.0111111111111111101.001.011.1111111010011011110—39 
Converse ...11191111011111191911101111110110131111111100110100—40 
Gutlerseeee 11011109111919101111111111100191.0101111111111111—- 44 
BE Stya ne cenmee 01000100111011111111110011111111010001110010011011—33 
Russell .... OECTA EEL LODO TE OL ETLLOL O01) 0100 E28 — 352 

ardner, 

Le Noir ...141011111001011119111111100101141141 1110001111111 —40 
Dodge ...., 00011111001000111110011.00100100110100000101010100—22 
Knight ...,01111111111011010111111111111000101101010111111111—39 
Belang... 1011101011.001010011.110111000000111010001000110011—26 
Crabtree ....000111110110011111111111000101011011111011 0017101134 
Shiva. Aas 11101101099111193.001111100100101010111111311111010—2¢6 
Morse ...... 000011011119111111011000110111010101001100171000000—26 
Shattuck — ..01110000100011000110111001000100101101010110100101—23 


Knowlton. . ..100110011110111100011001000001110111111 01141101111—39 
Turney ..... 00111111.010001010101101110011100001000101101110011—27—305 
M. A. Cutter, Treas. 


Trap at Dupont] Park. 


ST. Lowrs, Mo.—This was a 100-pigeon sweep, shot Aug, 26. 
The birds were a good summer Jot. The boundary was 2lyds., or 
Monte Carlo. The race was shot at Dupont Park, St. Louis: 


ACCS ace me patete atiiint at Ee ees 1110112122212022212922919 93 
222*221221121221122999999 94 
22022211212222929911*1919 95 
22222222*2222220022229021—91—91. 

meededed tet fel se seidge is a ORAS PEA 110*2*1112222022220229121—90 

: 12112121222*21112311112*1 93 
190921*11141121211711122 93 
1102221121122222291 102292 99 99 
SS tr REOPEN 45.4 444 AAA A 192112111111212112212111 94 
21221112211112201122201*1—92 
1122111212111212011291119—94 
110111111*211122210219121 99 99 
rencdenad stall site pee ee - > + 1D1*122212202111111111212 98 
20211111111*212*101121012 90 
1212102211112"9.2111112191 98 
1211921122122111121122022— 94 9) 
ere 44 ildooddd ek vepee ees .1122720111000212102121210—19 
101202010112111122*112110—19 
222*2212010111201111#1122 90 
121110012122121212211 29119489 
BOAO AA RA AAS eve t betes nee 222222222011 00122229997 2 97 
211222121122121222999999) 95 
222122112222223111*291979 94 
2111121222222222112(02129 999 

Crh 7 Jp oer oednnbe ce 2*21221222*71112221929915- 99 

1221*22120112111122119111- 9 

2271211222221 2291297011919 

211121212201211221272229) 94 _g9 

match was shot on Saturday 


Spencer 


Alexander 


Dr Clark 


St. Louis. Sept. 2--The second 
afternoon, Sept. 1. The birds were a poor lot, mostly, new and 
then a good one. This was the second race’ between these teams 
the other being won by the same team on the score of 68 to (6 
two weeks ago. The scores: 


Chasel han J eee eee eee beet bene ce ae 62211122211222299999999999 or 
DEiClarl: 2, .serreeeee mere oe 22222122222229222112212)9 94 
Blake Glodelseiaalelelefureretekstettaeerae.tt + St lam 1122211122022021112%02199 9) 7 0 
13)) 0) cere eee yA) ) WE Dep ee tee 1121112222221918"21121411—94 
Cahanne: ci." eieet ee ae eee ++ +. 2022222222222111209991990 94 
MMieemod! heap meee easahesn ea each 1219112122221220"121129122 99 77 
Sweepstake shoot: 

Rrendergdsh 22. seep eee iereennebanen ssa, 222112222121 1221299191999 oF 
(Griesediecia oa) tres h ei nntn inane amainnne 2122222112212921212191999-9- 
SCTE SEEE Le piv sveigotanelelitectkeerias + -221202212122222*211119109—99 
foresight cay SLT VE Dayz E, Exzrorz, 


The Indian Shoot, 


And mighty were the braves who fought, 
And noble was the fray. 


Tu Indians began theit second annual tourney and pow-wow 
at Arnold’s Park, on the east shore of Okoboji, the grandest lake 
in the Northwest, on Aug, 28. I do not know wha it was who 
first applied the name Indian to this aggregation of the foremost 
wing shots whom the world has yet produced, but the title was: 
surely Well placed; and if the shades of old Chief Okoboji and his 
gallant warriors are aware in the Happy Hunting Grounds of what 
transpires in their old haunts they must be well pleased that their 
name and title has been so worthily bestowed. 

Never in the history of trapshooting was a more truly repre- 
sentative and cosmopolitan crowd of shooters brought together 
in this country for a tournainent of target shooting exclusively, 
and rarely if ever haS the management been as businesslike and 
satisiactory in every particular. None need take offense at this 
statement, for it must be remembered thal these men have been 
following the game for lo, these many moons, and when their 
aggregate knowledge and ideas are brought together on one 
eyent and practically applied the acme of accomplishment may 
well be expected. 

Such was the case here. Every Indian had his duty assigned, 
and went about it with the philosophical stoicism that characterized 
the nature of “the first Americans.” The grounds—the same used 
at the amateur shoot of the previous week—were remodeled and 
made as nearly perfect as possible. ‘The targets were thrown as 
never before from fwo sets of expert traps, at a tension that 
Hag them out over the blue waters of the Jake full T0yds, from 
née score, De 

The time chosen was propitious, inasmuch as, coming in the last 
week of the summer season, most of the guests had gone, and 
the shooters, many accompanied by wives and families, had every 
adyantage of accommodation and service. And it is only fair to add 
that the owners and management of the park did everything in 
reason to make things pleasant and agreeable for all. The social 
end of the occasion was therefore no small part of this Meeting, 
and it is this that will be remembered and cherished long after 
the details of scores and averages are forgotten. There were 
music, dancing, bowling, boating, yachting and fishing parties 
galore wheneyer shooting was set aside, and time hung heavy on 
eA ees Ese 

n Monday afternoon, the 27th, a special programme of eight 
1j-bird sweeps was shot, W. R. Crosby init first place Wath ae 
average slightly above 95 per cent. 


First Day, Aug. 28, 


Che \eather was wonderfully propitious for the inauguration of 
the big shoot. Not. a cloud flecked the sky, and there was just 
enough breeze blowing to make the day pleasant. Arrangements 
had been made whereby each of the Indians was responsible for 
one squad of shooters, and he had to see that they were always 
ready at the score when called. Thus much time was saved, and 
targets thrown at the rate of 2,600 per hour. Big Chief Marshall 
promptly at 8:30 called the crowd to attention and announced the 
code of rules that would govern the tourney, and at 9 o’clock 
sharp the first gun was fired. Late arrivals for this particular 
occasion were Mr. and Mrs, J. S. Johnston, of St, Paul; H, C. 
Hirschy, of St. Paul; Col. A, C. Courtney, of Syracuse: C. E. De 
Long, of Hot Springs; V._A. Rossbach, of Des Moines; J. 
O’Brien, of Sioux City; J. A. R. Elliott, of Brooklyn; Ed Bingham, 
oi Chicago; Dan Bray, of Omaha; F, C, Rice, of Chicago. 

There were altogether forty-eight entries for the day, and the 
programme was finished by 4:30 in the afternoon, when several 
extras followed, the shooting continuing until late. Crosby was 
high man for the day with 11 lost, Gilbert and Hirschy being 
close followers with second and third. 

Scores are appended: 


Events; ity 


2 4 5 6 7 8 9101112 Broke. Ay. 
Courtney ........44. 1011131411 141311 1612 1117 158765 
Johnston ei... 1211 16 121215 101218131416 161 [805 
De duerieeet sy Jae 1313 16 15 1316 101117131279 168 340 
Burnside 2.0.0... 1612 17 1111.16 18 15191413 20 71875 
Ry Gale Riva ke es 1413 16131416 141318141418 477 88h 
Crisman .ies.ss- 6 $15 1413 14 18 1215 18141348 172 “gan 
L Hinshaw .,....... 41 1417 13.10 15 121247141017 463. 1835 
Marshall ..2,.220... 31419 14134913 12171215 20 181 1905 
NEUES cr ss Sk 815 1513 121412141814 14 14 64 «1490 
Linell 1... ae 1413 18 813 2012134715 1419 176 «—¢880 
CROs Gi eaitakl de oR 13 18 2014 15 2014141915 1418 189 “hap 
Linderman ......... 15 14 17 14 13 19 14 12:18 18 13 20 182.910 
Sindy oh. c onl 18 12 18 14 13 16 13.15 181315 19 479 «895 
Kine ge heyy eoey 13 14 12 12 12.16 12 9 201415 20 “1es 840 
ISTO penn NA ee 1318 17 12131715 12 1612 13.17 170 “850 
Eeqdsly Sone, seen 14 1419 13 14 17 14 13 19 12 13 182.910 
Rossbach ......2.. 101422 91315 81216131116 148 "740 
Morrell 2.1.02. -1213 16 11116 101 14 9 14 1455 “775 
J A Smith. 1115 15 M15 111012 812 920 4152 “760 
Slocom .... - 1415 17 11 1116 12 18181512147 170 © ‘850 
White 11... - 15 T3 16 11 40.19 1413.97 15 1215 170 ~— “50 
Hodges ..0.0..c..0, 113 14 13 1115 1116 16.15 12 14. 160 © “800 
ELeicebiast vale hiteate 13.13 17 14 14.19.10 13.1813 18 18 475) “a75 
STS Bricne why sc tye S412 15121413 776131815 152 “760 
E Hinshaw ....... /WLM 1131018 61216 13 116 us 740 
Gilbert *ysuce. <a 15 14 19 14 13 18 16 15 2010 14.19 186 1930 
Tirschiya qos, eee. 13 15 17 121418 1414 2015 1548 185 “995 
Mrs Johnston....... 1312 1413.18 12 111315181015 © 154 770 
Johnston y.... 2.00. WW 1615 91913 12 20131817 167 ~ 1835 
Leniae ia (dee eepan UNI BI 14 18 171411 1b 165 895 
AT Aciitisyye. fs) tee oans 13916 8 917111015 8 611 139 1695 
Capt. Money........ S12 1992131813 1418121017 471 g55 
Kersher ..J...0.sc0- 1211 11104116 12 11 1214 817 160 “800 
SET POHtS oP eye ees 114293 12111413 1118151448 168 ~ “349 
Seomce ees... WAP AS Ws IS 1114 19 1315 19178 gg 
Yobetts” Iva) inetaat 2 1 91214 9 915 8 1345 ’ 
Ward wsssceutenss IGP. fe up Re ae ac TA ee ae ee 
Parmelee ...siisee. 1 ITN 11515 1417 «isi “8nE 
Rake Galt oo caine 101317111916 111171713 1318 We, ae 
Agari: ies cineutsute G12 IWWUWISWI1Iw 156 “780 
Beran v.seeseyee-e- 2101 T1115 8 915 81118 140 “400 
Franklin .....t.., = 112161315 1212 151118 171 gs 
Bingham ...... + 11420 1413.17 11. 12:17 13 5 171747879 
F C Rice © 7101610111314 11151845 16 451 “a5 
Sedam . - 915 FRM 81210131310 9: 
Way) ides; Seamer eee os (ox s 
Shear . SSS TADS THIS SS 
Stone , é rete af ids Hee are 


Second Day, Aug, 29, 


The weather was as perfect as on the opening day, but there 
were little uncertain gusts of wind playing about oyer the bay 
that made the flight of targets very uncertain, and the result was 
« much lower average of scores. Only a few men sustained or 
improved their general averages. One of these was Gilbert. who 
lost but 1] and got high place, Hirschy being second and Crosby 
third. Work began promptly, and the programme was finished 
early, 10,000 targets being thrown during the day, The scores: 


Kvents: 123 4 5 6 7 § 9101112 Broke. Av. 
Courtney 5..0....... 12:12:17 1213 15121415151216 165 925 
Jolimstop . 2a 42 14 13 11 11 16 13-15, 17 15 12-13 167 .S3a 
De Long Wordccdare: 14 13 15 14 14 16 12 16 17 13 11:17 170 =. 850 
Burnside lee ache 13 16 19 15 14 17 13 11 18 14 44 19 182 -910 
ped eet lrestcrite thon ul a rf HE ue oy vi ie a 12.13 16 170 850) 
FISMAN weeyecesnses 14 dd 14 15 » 13 19 13 15 19 3 & 
TL. Hinshaw 10.0... iE at peli Hea ina Cok p mae de er LN a 
NEat Seth saat cen 10 13 17 13 18 16 15 11 17 15 J4 20 174 -870 
DGky Sawyer ure meee 10159812 8 17 14 1217131517 166 -830 
(ipersthly Sega 555. 11 14 15 12 12 15 10 18 19 12 11 17 161 -805 
Crosby Sieh eta nah 915 1915 13 20 13 15 17 14 15 1s 183 -915 
Tindermain 22. 45 10 18 14 14 17 15 15 18 12 11 19 179 -895 
MiQUO eeenyeenn ss sane df 13 15 14 15 18 15 18 18 4213 18 178 -890 
ILSGRS” on SRRSENR EES 42°15) 18 12 13 20 14 18 19 14 15 17 182 .910 
RI pee 13 12 15 12 14 17 13 34 18 13 10 17 167 -885 
Mitefaetsy Uerrucetprercet 4 11121410 717 71217 141018 149 145 
Capt Money ....,.5 911161213819 9121512 916 158 165 
- Franklin «,--..,,,+. 812 18 13 14 13 12 13 1613 12 16 161 ~805 
AMIOtt wis nance. s 13 15 16 11 12 19 12 15 ts 1442 15 170 ~850 
BAGO TNC Gavriel ete iatote ie J1 18 15 14 13 17 13 15 18 12 15 18 174 870 
Gilbert 3230 lo... 14 15 19 15 18 19 14 15 17 15 13 20 189 ~945 
Li Mirsrel ene AGC IC He yt , 15 18 19 14 14 20 12 15 19 18 15 18 187 «985 
Mrs Johfiston ,,,-.. 8 1317 11 717 12 14 16 12.10 19 166 - 180 
1 S Johnston . W144 16138 1817 111114 «+f 8 15 147 Fit! 
(atlas sent 141417 14 9 16 15 12 16 14 11 18 170 : B 
White Ser n2 14 13 14.12 15 17 ae es4 sees 
FHOdBes se sce essere 10 11:15 19 11 18 ee ee py = duds 
Heikes Pore srsenl waste 18 13:19 15 10 1812-18 18 11 1419 174 3870 
OYBtierg pense sca, see W418 11 12IR IS RWI 17 ~~ AAN Sony 
E Hinshaw svererrere BIW IWMI IFIGIGI1G «606164 ~—.g20 
Budd vereeveserssees WUIDIGIBITIZ IIT 141219 «176 SS 0 


Sept. 8, 1900.] 


Rossbach <..+....... 10 11 17 10 8 16 11131510 712 140 # .700 
locom ave tet dala al 121516131117 166 830 
AN Smittiiveesec.sas BRS Goce Ct Oe ohn, Oe tn cre 

Bay TSS LIN ut i af 13 10 18 15 14 15 12°12 1 172 ~—-.860 
ODELISE ayes mblas rate Me We ee ak ae as bly 

marmclee isms panes te te 20 11 13 17 13 13 18 12 12 19 176 880 
TAKE aannteessaver PSO toy Co. owe Oe ee se ‘he 

ssyeordeetrn” SosS-toe bee. 13 14 19 14 12 18 12 11 18 13 11 18 173 ~865 

F C Rice.......,..-. 1012 14 14 91911141713 916 158 . 790 

PBit) Saneeessnsvesess 121118 7 915121417 18 14 16 158 .790 

ee eashiees Pasa, LOakoaG toatl en eumee asters abe ~ 

hod Ares Ser Ao Beye ee Un os, ee ae we 

Cheey Seo I SAS 91011 91012 9 71510 810 125 -625 

Ise aaien 23 eels ens Iepalapatanbss sae Get cd A Eeta be eo Cis Fe, 

FAUT) poe na ee coece oe Ua ec yeweare = -<Pte Aah 


© 


This was a repetition of the two preceding days, with a clear 
sky and wind enough to keep the shooters guessing as to flight 
of targets. Crosby and Gilbert continued their game of seesaw, 
the former again winning first place. Several of the boys im- 
proved their averages materially and the programme was shot 
through at a merry pace. The scores: 


Eyents: 1 2.3 4 5 6 7 8 91011 12 Broke, Av. 
Courtney -..2.52.0% 1414 14111213138 1318131218 165 825 
DhWSLOML. Sy oe see ee 12141713 1419131414 81317 167 -838 
WONG ONE heccicwlccuss 14 14 17 15 13 18 14 14:18 14 13 19 183 -915 
(sibbartrliles AR oa ea 12 14 16 18 14 17 12 14 18 14 13 18 175 .875 
Teal nupidsetcigene aes i4 14 17 10 12.17 12 15 19 14 13 19 176 -880 
(Greta be Sey ey en ne 10 9181112181411 16101415 158 790. 
Tedtptalaeyecl | Sa eee 141017151415141415111416 169 «845 
Marshall ....-4.- ~-- 15 15 19 13 14 19 15 12 18 14 15 19 188 -940 
Oye teetyateenneden 141818 121516121318 111219 178 865 
Testa Dee eee aie .. 14 14 18 12 14 2014 14 201573417 186 -930 
Crosby ...-.-<s55 ++» 1515 19 15 1418 1418 20151419 191 955 
Linderman, ......... 15 15 15 12 15 19 14 14 17 13 10 17 176 .880 
SSEbuGhY Gefetfee is »--.+ 15 13°18 18 11 17 12. 11 15 13 1217 167 +835 
TRING Bese eneaneeS WI2ZA9IW4 WI 141419131517 176 880 
Gt ull: Qae SeeEESerEee 11 12 20 15 10 17 14 13 17 14 11 18 172 -860 
MICOS: vescys - 121448 9 10 17 11 10 18.14 13 15 162 .810 
Capt Money . 121418 14 9 19 12 12 18 13 11 18 169 «845 
Franklin .... . 12 13 15 13 13 20 13 13 16 15 13 15 161 -805 
Elliott -... 12 12 17 13 12 18 14 12 17 12 14 20 1738 «B65 
Sconce 15 15 19 14 14 20 13 14 19 12 15 19 189 945 
Gilbert .. 14 14 19 15 14 19 14 18 20 13 14 18 187 935, 
selicschy s—..--- 14 13 19 14 12 17 18 14 18 14 15 18 181 905 
Mrs Johnston , . 8 6 14 dt 15 15 11 10 1711 11 15 145 125 
ess Johnston rece ne 10 13 14 10 10 12 10 10 17 13 13 18 140 700 
ehry ery eee 10 12 20 12 13 18 13 12 16 14 15 17 172 -860 
TBST gy Pelee seed ae 13 12 17 12 12 17 11 13 16 14 12 18 167 -835 
Bie URCen les cakes sees 14 13 16 10 12 19 12 10 16 12 18 15 162 -810, 
eTIOeS yee rassre | 12 13 18 14 13 20 11 15 14 14 14 20 178 890 
TOBITeTI© ceqeae pees = 10, 15 16 10) 4: 16 S12 16) 2. se boc TAA 
E FElinshaw ........ 18 12 16 13 14 18 13 12 14 10:13 18 170. 7850 
BPS caste yaa ee eto a, 3)0 3 15 15 16 15 12 18 15 15 17 13 14 17 182 -910 
iRosshach yar sae- . 12:12:15 12 10141211 15141214 = 158 +765 - 
(Sifeyereriet asserts ns 11 12 17 14 10 18 13 14 16 12 15 16 168 1840 
SS teeter eee ase 991617 8ll........ .. Ss PR. 
Bray .-.+--.-.-+,--- 14 14 14 13 11 18 151218141320 17 875 
Parmelee ...-...-3.- 15 12 19 14 14 18 15 14419141220 186 -930 
Kersher .:........5. L415 1121501 911 61216 150 150 
por Sante eiriconse it a Mies Ti Gy pelo Oh ee vos 

ngfellow .....-.. " ht ee Sn Het 2 

Battle NFS aonteciooe OM 3 9 911 1 .. 17 12 12 13 dhe 

RWiells Wosecesmech er ns el 21511 6:16.12 22 13 8 9,15 es 
Wan Stanberg ........ +. ., -- -- Hl .. 15 1011 15 F 
Jackson | seqdeeoceuge a6 af 4 


[aye series heen Seek MEO ISS Ly Remetaer toe UL Go A aes 


Everything was favorable and conditions combined to make the 
last the crowning day of the big tournament. General averages 
Were about sustained. Fred Gilbert again came to the front 
and won the high average for the tournament, Crosby finishing 
Second and Hirschy third, The scores follow: 


Events: 12383 45 67 8 9101112 Broke. 
[Gaysbrnetah yy Bee P eee Pere 14 13 15 10 12 16 12 13 16 11 14 15 161 
NN E Johnson.......,..... 14 13 15 10 12 16 12 18 16 11 1415 16L 
De Long .....-. 13 12 20 15 14 17 15 12 19 13 13 19 182 
Burnside -.....< . 12 10 20-14 12 18 15 14 19 11 14 20 179 
Weal” 3. eses 13 13 16 13 12 19 12 15 18 15 14 17 117 
(Crisman ... .- 151419 141419151418141317 186 
Marshall .. 14 15 19 18 14 17 14 14 17 14:12:17 180 
Doty ... 165 13 138 12 14 1514141813 9 14 164 
Lineéll 15 9 17 14 12 19 13 13 18 13 14 16 173 
Crosby® |)2.. se. 2 14 15 20 15 13 19 14 13 19 12 14 18 188 
Rei pcimatiotse salma doe clare 14 11 19 14 13 15 11 14 201315 20 8 8=6179 
DAML Sakata seated. 151818 18 1417141515131219 178 
PB itrisses Sree ote ote ae fares = s.r 14 12 18 15 13 18 14 14 17 13 14 18 180 
TaTS eR hee ae sR AR AAs 14 18 15 138 18 19 12 14 17 12:18 15 170 
BOOTS iter iciatconieoenisle es Ti 12 181414171011 15111314 .160 
Bingham .,.-.--.....2.... 9 13 16 13 13 18 14 11 17 10 14 15 163 
ArpgeerUichel ht ae Aaa 12181518 81610 9 101113 18 148 
J AUR Elliott .......-.-- 121416141218131519131217 175 
SCONCE. (Abita dew cae he ened 14 14 19 12 14 20 13 11 18 14 15 20 184 
Gilberts tu cee esehaceseue-e 15 13 18 14.13 20 15 15 18 15 15 19 190 
Si gSChiys pemicic eieteie amnion 18 15 20 14 15 16 14 13 20 13 14 18 185 
Mrs Johnston ..........-- 14 18 18 15 12 16 12 10 15 11 13 15 164 

DUTISHOI es gre oleae Oc ene ee 14 13 12 13 11 14 13 13:15 14 10:17 159 
penne S535 70 Sober bere 12 13:17 13 11 18 10 13 17 18 14 17 168 
indi ce eee esas caeeses eee 14141610 1215131218151418 171 
SRICEL .tusneeees secu dB Rabpalit sty sbpabl ale aBy yecitabyabisaly 160 
Se GSS Beene ene nam wees 18 13 19 15 15 17 15 18 18 14 14 17 183 

(tatsl SateeOes sous Adenece 141817 141819 151319151419 185 
By PTIshaw chcceene ce ane 18 15 18 131314121417 1013 16 163 
BOSS DACHE Mg les eters ooo alnle © 141018 7131414 819 14 12 17 160 
UT a) pal caper ine Ae ae 14 18 17 10 13 16 14 11 18 121418 170 
IParinelee #2. : ae. os candies 12121815 8 203544171415 17 177 


The following table shows totals and averages of all who shot 
the programme of 800 targets: 


First Second Third‘ Fourth Total 

Day Day. Day. Day. Broke. AV. 

Courtney .... melas -165 165 161 644 805 
ohnston . 161 167 167 164 659 828 
Be Long 168 170 183 182 703 -878 
Burnside 176 182 175 179 71 .888 
Neal . LiT 170 176 V7 100 -875 
Crisman 112 173 158 186 689 861 
Marshall . 181 174 188 180 723 903 
OLY eee 164 166 173 167 667 833 
Linell ,-, 176 161 186 173 696 -870 
Crosby .,. 189 188 191 188 visyt -938 
Linderman 182 179 176 179 716 -895 
Sandy .. Vig 178 167 78 102 817 
Kline . 168 182 Lit 180 - 706 -882 
Riehl . . 170 167 172 170 679 . .848 
IBidd..3.4.. 182 176 182 185 725 906 
Rossbach - ~ 142, 140 153 160 601 151 
Slocom ..... 170) 166 168 170 674 -842 
SEREIICES) shjsts « 1715 174 178 183 710 -887 
C Hinshaw . 148 164 170 163 645. 806 
Gilbert ....- “ASG 189 187 19 752 7940 
Elirschy .t.-.. 185 187 181 185 738 «922 
Mrs Johnston. 164 156 145 164 15 <T73 
S Johnston.. 167 17 140) 159 613 -766 
enry s+. 165 + (190 172 168 675 1848 
Loomis .. 139 14 loz 160 610 762 
Biliott .... . .L68 Li0 173 175 G86 57 
Sconce ... 178 174 189 184 125 06 
Parmelee ..- si 176 186 177 700 815 
Franklin ... weLTL 161 161 148 641 STA 
eri ame vycep see es eee 174 173 169 163 679 848 
WG Rice: po... -- 5.5 1.161 158 162 160 | 631 “788 


The E C Cup Contest, 


One of the most memorable features of this tourney was the 
contest between J. A. R. Elliott, challenger, and Fred Gilbert, 
detender oi the E C cup, emblematic of the world’s championship 
at inanimate targets. The match was called at 2 P. M., directly 
aiter the conclusion of the Indian shoot programme, and it was 
witnessed by what was probably the largest crowd that ever at- 
tended a shooting match in the West. Mr. Gilbert was of course 
the drawing card. and his friends who had never enjoyed the op- 
portunity cf seeing him in an important match before came down 
tom Spirit Lake and the surrounding country to the number of 
Six or seven thousand. They were accompanied by a brass band, 
fully prepared ta see him win, but actuated by courtesy and fair- 
ness to keep their enthusiasm within bounds until the conclusion 
of the match. Then the band struck up a march of triumph, and 
eyery steamer on the lake turned the pressure into the throttle 
Valve until the noise was deafening. T) was a striking refutation 


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of the old hackneyed adage that a prophet hath little honor in his 
own country. Mr. Elliott, however, was the first one to con- 
gratulate the winner, and took the result in good part.) 

The targets were thrown under the regulations governing this 
trophy, as the others had been, directly out over the lake. Rolla 
Heikes was referee, W. R. Crosby puller and T, A. Marshall and 
H. J. Sconce official scorers. Elliott missed his fourth bird, and the 
race was 2gainst him from that time on. At the end of the first 
50 Gilbert was one to the good; on the 100th round he had increased 
this lead to 7, amd in the doubles he ran 8 ahead. Gilbert shot 
With ease and apparent confidence, while Mr. Elliott was mani- 
festly at a disadvantage in the flight of the targets over the water, 
which had fooled so many of the shooters during the preceding 
two weeks, 

The scores are appended; 


Known traps: 


Bote Peeper ene TEAS Sone io mite elise take 49109910111911111111111—24 
: 1091199111011011.111111— 24-48 
Gilberts pebes peers ieee ivietostsle Ait ie 1119110011110 11.11— 24 
1009000019001 10. 1—25 49 
Expert rule: 
BINGte See sere teed ele jak 1010191119101011111101111—20 
1109911111101 022-49 
Gilberteqyenteawerrs apa ede ielles le! e's 1941109111110 11—24 
; 19191919011101119101111—24 48 
Doubles: 
EITO ERIS Saas e alec clainl s' Side 11 10 11 10 11 00 11 11 10 10 11 11 10 
11 10 10 00 01 11 11 11 11 11 10 11—238 
Gilberts aregderespeee teure.s 11 11 11 11 11:10 11 11 12 11 10 11 11 
11 01 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11i—46 
Recapitulation : Grand 
Known. Expert, Doubles. Totall 
MEST EE, A et eee oetoe west sie sys,¢ oreo tit 48 42 38 128 
Gillette Fin peESP ER ERR e smear anes sak 49 48 46 143 


Prizes and Cups, 


The average cash prizes awarded by the Indians were won and 
awarded as follows; First, Fred Gilbert, 752, $20; second, W. R. 
Crosby, 781, $15; third, MW. C. Hirschy, 788, $12; fourth, C. 2 
Budd and H. J. Sconce, divided, 725, $10; Fifth, Tom A. 
Marshall, 723, $10; Sixth, Dick Linderman, 716, $7.50; seventh, 
Guy Burnside, 711, $7. ‘ 

Three splendid silver cups were also given by the Indians for 
contestants who had followed the entire programme and shot in 
the 90, 80 and 70 per cent. classes. All ties in these several classes 
were shot off at 50 targets. The first was won by Charlie Budd 
with 49 scored; for the second cup Frank Parmelee also scored 49, 
and for the third J. S. Johnston was high with 44, 

Little Glenn Konvalinke, the seven-year-old wonder, gave an ex- 
hibition in the afternoon, and was presented with a medal bearing 
a jeweled likeness of the old Chief Okoboji, the first preceptor 
of shooting in this section of whom history bears record. 

The scores in the cup races were as follows; 90 per cent. class: 


Marshall Pe enone terre cs nce nensaeies 1011019110199119101111111—22 
Y100104.090111.1111111 2.446 

CrOSDY We sted) 9 leer eren teint te anne aunts 1119119111101 0991111128 
1490909000111 1112548, 

Dagnetel | AeA Sa re ort Sete is 49.1111911109111111111111—24 
4101991011111 —-25 49 

dalytten S882 Aba side ue puter ts so oc 1191110111111411110111111—23 
4999111110111 24 47 

Sconce: 2..-:-+ Bete asa e ashe ad 2 Pir ~ » -1110119111101111111110111—22 
1909910111111 25 47 

Gilbert ...-.+.. aes een o oaoope4d 0071111111101110191111111_22 
141117111111111111101111—_ 24-46 

Eighty Per Cent. Class. 

Goniineyerers.cctesdacapdaa eee eee 141101991111010101111110—20 
y 1117010011000011110110111—15—35 

INe SBKVOh TSO mses e shah 4 Sete y deacesce eth e 1111101071111101111111011—21 
0101110011000011110110111—15—36 

Wem Wong geese anne ii aise rac cancel 0101111011101010111110111—18 
; : 011119111100110011100011.11 785 

ROL CInsiCem tae eena ete aatetc sd PRR Ee Te 19141991111111100.1011.11—21 
4419911111111... —24 45 

SUE os ORO BOA AAE sinloteer bercachk © BE lare 199199101 110111910111110—21 
' 4440100911911911111111111_28 44 

GCIGM a veel slaty ye eee 41.019919110019109111111_21 
‘ © 440909009111. 2.4 45 

LC ee oA Bore Aaa er chrany ea tened! 0000713111111011101111013—18 
. 4990949019011 11111112548 

Binge inl meee cleae ys hot 6Soncn Gad 1910091911111114111111101—28 
1409991110191110000111111—19 —42, 

DLGEO MI se enu tls eels wee = ute rie Uae ngs 9490011091111111111110— 24 
. 199410111110110111011111191 45 

lie ties sae tals ooo alata gratelcl ieee: Sale Bt as oe 1990910119944119111101171—23 
’ 0101191199111111119111111-28 46 

TEMG n shia wi Patlerle alg (eods seesba ni taausartite 1410011111101110101101111—19 
4100114919911911111711111—23 43, 

Sandyy oar danse strbunessteeiepsmeyae: atels ¢itte »-1119100111111111011001101—19 
j 1419101919.111.10111110 —22 47. 

Ral vile Seen etc Pee On dbtrnnpnnss 1100711910110111111111101—20 
111911111111011110111—23 43, 

ELEMIS (itlndee tas eiedeenedinitinte 1199191011110011111011171—27 
f 1001011919.0919911111111.1 32 —43, 

DMI Gti Vi naaer ics vis eft owcey see ieee wees 19199001111119109191 111123 
1110991011111 23 —46, 

HAEMElCOd elementers arch sails hese nes esa 1411991111110 24 
\ 1199009191111. —25 —49 

RTE te toeertarg batt a she oe, tole Seca 44991191111111111100111 23 
1141101001111110110111111—20—43 

ID fate Stance betisencdea 4 errs agree 1919111101111 — 25 
a Ae 1009193111011111111711111—22 47 

intel Weare ten sac ate ne ets fen T eee O0149711711111111110011111 28 
: — 200900911.11111011111110 23 46 

end e cerirciva as anierers sl feigheleterr eek eee ets 199099119111 01111111111—94 
4009999117... —24—_48 

j Seventy Per Cent. Class. 

FG TRACE sce k (Ree Bee Coe an leee sk 14911.011111110111:100110—20 
1101091111111111110111111 9249, 

ROSS bach Mm Panmineme Eee V catnrirc 1191011111111111111110110—22 
1910110101107111101111111—21 43 

piicse lolmstomseerene poousecrcre sascrers 411101101101111111111101—21 
41101101910011119111011111—20—41, 

ISICON ltl onteasnnoctsinr eraser 4919111191910 T1111 24 


1201110111001114111111110—_20—44 
Incidental Happenings, 


Capt. Money proved by his definess with axe and shovel in the 
preparation of the grounds that he is 2 worker, as well as a prince 
of good fellows. 


Pop Heikes sustained his reputation as the most Successful . 


fisherman, and his famous banjo was indispensable at the evening 
camp-fire pow-wows. 

One of the great treats of the tourney was the exhibition of little 
Glenn Konyalinke, of Mason City, a lad of only six years, who 
shooting a little 20-gauge Parker gun centered 14 targets out of 
20, standing 8yds. back of the traps. 

Fred Gilbert had his meanest “half hour” of the year when he 
dropped 5 in a 15-bird event during the afternoon of the first day. 
But he made up jor this the second day. 

Tom Marshall fully established his reputation as an incomparable 
master of ceremonies, 

_Jim Elliott and Bill Crosby shot a challenge race at “snake 
doctors,’ of which the air was full on Thursday afternoon. ‘They 
found these little insects very “foxy” marks, and the race was 
declared a draw on the tenth round. 

Charlie Budd has long been known as a hustler, but he won 
himself new laurels in this meet, even gzoing so far as to hitch 
himself to the front of a wagon load oi targets when these ran 
out in the midst of the’programme, and had to be brought in a 
liurry from a neighboring barn. 

It is estimated that more shots were fired in this two 
teurney over Okoboji Lake than by all the duck 
have pursued that sport there for twenty-five years, 

Frank Parmelée’s cottage was ever the home of good cheer, and 
not an evening passed but a merry circle found joy and welcome 
about his camp-fire. ‘ 

. E. De Long shot his new single trigger gun action, on which 


Weeks’ 
hunters who 


" he has patents pending, and demonstrated its effectiveness, 


“Dude” Gilbest, as he is familiarly known in this country, did 
mot disappoint his friends, and they haye good reason to be proud 
of him and his work. 

And they are already talking of the Indian shoot for 1901. 


Match for the Republic Cup. 


Mr. Frank Parmelee has set Saturday, Sept. 15, as the dat 
Omaha as the place, where he will defend the Republic cum agstn 
e on R. Elliott, whose challenge for that trophy was lately pub- 
ished. 


An International Tournament, 


One of the interesting things that transpired at the Indian 


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shoot was the launching and indorsement of a proposition for a 
match tourney between ten of the best trap target shots in this 
country against a like team of English shooters, for a purse of not 
less than $5,000, The idea was originated by Mr. Paul North, of 
the Cleyeland Target Co., during his recent European trip, and 
he says he has no doubt but that the matter can readily be ar- 
ranged. The plan is for the American team to shoot on our rapid- 
fire system, using one barrel only and any standard American load, 
the Britishers 1o shoot two barrels, on their system, and with 
standard English loads, all standimg at 18yds. Mr. North says the 
Englishmen are so confident of winning that they want to guarantee 
cur party $2,000 expense money in ease we lose; and it is hardly 
necessary to state that the chance of losing is not regarded as a 
serious possibility by our boys. The match, if arranged, will 
probably be at 100 targets. per man, best two in three matches; 
contests to teuke place early in the season of 1901. 


Gone a-Hunting. 


This is the time of year when the desire to be abroad on fiera and 
plain becomes irresistible in the heart of the true sportsman, and 
all find time and opportunity some way-for a few days or weeks 
of the fascinating pastime. The Indian-Wolf shoot at Lake 
Okoboji marked the end of the summer season at the traps, and 
from there the boys broke into little parties of twos and threes 
going out afield. 

Fred Gilbert and Mr. E, S. Rice, of Chicago, are spending a 
week chicken hunting in southern Minnesota. 

Elmer Neal, of Bloomfield, is the guest of Russel Kline, for 
a week of hunting in the vicinity of Spirit Lake. 

Jim Elliott and Capt. Boz Sedam are enjoying a shooting and 
fishing trip to Excelsior Springs. 

Frank C, Rrient. 


Amateur Shoot at Okoboji Lake. 


_ On the last day, Aug. 25, the contrasts presented in target shoot- 
ing were forcibly shown in the weather to-day as compared with’ 
Friday. The sky was clear, the air bracing and everything favor- 
able to good scores. Shooting began early and continued on ex- 

+ tras long after the programme was finished. Fred Gilbert again 
won high average for the day, Crosby being second and Marshall 
third. The scores follow: 


Events 123 45 € 7 8 910 Broke Av. 
INK Res Ceeycettain ee ee 14141214121118111215 198 853 
Parmelee Meelsisieaa Wee s- 15°13 18°13) .2 13:15 13 Pe wee 
Gilbert .......e00 Ba eae eh 14131514151518141518 141 949 
Eye RAGES oes) ee hee oc ayes 12121212121414131311 125 .833 
Marshall sscds.e.445 eee 151415 15111515131214 139 997 
SIT WES ire arene ot 13 101312 81415141414 197 347 
McCartney ..csssesecsc)s 12 10 1218 1381314131312 125 933 
TERSNES Scone bocgen aanre . 15121413 141411121411 120 867 
iEiniotch SE ARIOSS WAgAoapeames 13 1513 14141410141318 133 3887 
TOkhSOns setenisguemsnt +. 121315141315 121291212 130 .267 
iridermanwn terrence tthe 12 14 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 13 138 -920 
Crosby lie... tee 1415 1414141314181415 140 .993 
IBERGRATEES Aaa Re eh tees 11 818111112 813 912 408 .730 
Sandy ...... Ee bat 15 13 1113 131414131513 134 893 
Morn. eon eeneee 1213 121811121818 914 422 si 
Patch haemnreoie Meh ces ame 11 12 1018 141312101413 192 818 
Capt Money ......c.----. 13 1115 11141311131315 129 60 
Rigd geste eee ana enna 10 9121211111014 7 9 105 700 
WIELD ance ieee tee ties 91211 10121310101211 10 733 
RICHEY ae Oy gay do edeas 13 1414 14151212141515 138 “990 
CHEM ATI Tee Poids 14 913 14111218131413 194 397 
EUtel | eee ag nisaeiss wet 13 13:14 1315 1414131313 135 900 
le Hanishaype sees tha sees 13 14141211 1412131418 120 367 
IS sitet lo ce Mh ar eepeatonees ices PHT NEAA TELE TUk |. ves ne 
ANCHE phe? gts ee, syanee 14121011131111121412 120 800 
WIHTEG MR ee tent i yteres >» 1514121515 1413141214 198 990 
IME SweseR shanti Se suk teh oie) 1212 1212111212 812 7 411 © {740 
Tbh hoop yeas heen coh. 10 9 61101412 141172 32 8.747 
Biltieraet-5 MM See are STG A dae yee ee MUP an ve 
Black Jpccta Fh AeNh ress. 111410 1381411 10131312 191 309 
E Hinshaw ..... -.. 15121414141410111210 196 _e40 
Franklin 2 Ed Eh ieee een le aia ko 
Nicholson . 1D Salat SE 1o Pee Cen ce, Caen Cee 
Abrahams eS eae ee . 3 y 
Doty BMA Opes, sean, | Le i 
Goff RBI de, Se ae a 
Ward PS haesi some Mid in sah et ; 
Stevenson < Le OAL ve ae ay : 
Paul Jones Lede Pr aoNeey AA uae i 
Pillsbury . STS Bi ae a Se ey 
ee as = Ie eee hy Sb te; nee 
AVES Sail Sita gears eee SO gE be erat s 
EAN Term te. tae Oe ri Seen woe en ® ee ei 
SLUR Warr telns Hint op Ay as ey Sabla beat wy 
Hixon Dipl ssa tea tity aS eee pve ‘The ruehek race 66 Bes bb aht rate cree 
Winlkerii 215 erste a, Mee pice ee Teg hele Se SS isa “2 

Aug. 23. Aug. 24. Aus, 25. T F Av. 
NGale se 23s Paces ec ee ee 132 730 138 0. of 
Parmelee OS aa ere eens oesesh. 35 127, a8; Ae ; 
Gilbert ........ ah Core Ee ae 146: 141 141 428 “951 
(PRINS ih eek tO aL OR NS iy 132 131 125 388 862 
Marshall <2... area Oe Pmee 138 49132 «= 189° 409s“ g09 
Kit OS eee ee Soo 126 119 127 372 827 
McCartney .......... eo Be 3 120 125 125 370 822 
Hughes ........, Wit es 138 129 130 397 2882 
BE Yrtalell APP ey. 4 Sek Soe R PENTA A 137 135 133 405 900 
qehueon Spear dun tere 135 130 410 2891 

ALCL re, oS ulyidiuteters stil at delete oe essocks 
Ch ya claw eae tee ae eee ae 130 es oe ob aa 
MG CHES UOSOE: | 0Gas Rene 136 130 ae =. i 
SHAR Srnithes. 22h sped oa 119 110 aA x. ae 
Baldwin ........ calgon te 108 By: a ant << 
Bird veeseveee cette 124 a a Ay hex: 
NOTTT Mee aise s Seg ate CORT EE cae et 128 § 2 8 “807 
AVET Leet, Meltth v3 RNC ne . 118 i Ws a aye 
Go" /Sinith.. ssg4ges .. ot ds ai cae an 
hutch pk eee sae 128 ah val me meh, 
E Hinshaw s020240.1 i066 86 BG 

indermati ....... if 1. é 2, 
eG Siishemenereiana REE Rhames 118 pan e ei Pa 
Crism Arie pees ee aap nee anemia 127 118 124 369 “320 
Greishiy 1 tes ech Rihana 37 142 140 419 eo 
Riehl Be eet es WED Eta i paren i 131 138 403 856 

8 eo a5 6 8s eee at Celine wee 5 7 
ped SENG Fala y te saat ele ee ree 126 “ae sae om as 

DOTATS at eanle | ee La Pepe me 125 7 108 350 778 
Ibs DEM eaC IN: “dadonn balioe sane 12 326 “Bre 
Carlrslet We date el wnt. 0 ae i Bt et pe 
Franklin a dene. ea alt 122 114 re 4 7M 

BRO vee pate ec NMEA Sain ED Ti 126 1286 184 B96 -88i) 
NMOS ESS oe co ubycay cies Satay 110) 5 9 : Si 
Wallace Gan, sey iets by oa 135 oF ue oa th 
SCHOEME p-tra), See Ne nen & 12) = ae hen rue ey 
McIntyre ....... teens: Reel 113 A zeae wD 
Badeasgre Oren ann 1 , 125 108 105 338 51 


eo ee of total averages for the 
bert im the lead with an average of .951, Crosby al 
331, Linderman third with .920, Marshall fount tee ood ae 
filth with .900 and Riehl sixth with .896. wa 
Cash prizes were awarded as follows, 
eee 
Aig: yerages—Linderman, first, $12: Marshall, s : 
JonneOr. third, eine oe Hughes divided fourth ee: as 
ow ‘yverages—llodges, first, $10; E. Hinshaw. second $2: ; 
Hill hee ae g oe $ imshaw, second, $8; Mor- 
he shoot was altogether a big success. There w 
gets thrown and everything was satisfactory from oan Sea: 
Cap Event—Hughes 19, Johnson 15, Neal 14, Kinkead 10, Klein 
19, Crisman 18, Ward 11. Hixon 16, Beran 16, Franklin 17 Steven- 
son 18, Tamm 11, Mitchell 18, Abrahams. 10, Doty 14, Mayshall 16 
Linderman 18, Kehm 18, Loomis 16, Sandy 16. Novotney 17’ 
Linell 18, Burnside 16, Walker 15, Wallace 14, FE, ‘Hinshaw 16 is) 
Hinshaw 15, Shear 19. Linn 12. Le oe Pe 
Miss-and-Out—Hughes 3, Kline 2, Shear 2, 


week's work places 


going, of course, only to 


i. ©) Rien 


Gilbert Challenges : Elffott.* 


Arnorp's Parx, Ja. Aug. 30.—Editor Forest d St ~ 
hereby challenge Mr. J. A. R, Elliott to shoot me aonuehn es the 
cast iron badge, which he now holds. T inclose $50 forfeit, be 


F 
(Fifty dollars received.] RED GILBERT. 


ee ee 

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[Serr, 8, 1900. 


Walhalla Gun Clisb’s Tournament 


Watauva, S. C., Aug. 25.—The. first’ trapsnooting tournament — 


of the Walhalla Gun Club took place om the 24th inst... and- was 
one of the most interesting—not to say unique—events) of its kind 
ever seen in the South. The shooting was witnessed by a crowd 
variously estimated at from 600 to 800, which was so delighted 
with the exhibition that it moved up as one man close ‘upon 
the heels of the shooters, cheering the contestants after each shot. 
It was a good-natured crowd, and it was out for fun, 

The programme said that the object was amusement, not money- 
making, and so the spectators got up foot races, wrestling matches 
and exhibitions of jumping with and without hop-skip attach- 
ments., etc., for the amusement of the shooters. 
count for some of the low scores made. 

The shooting, however, was as hard as the management could 
make it under the Sergeant system—i. e., low, flight of targets 
thrown fully 50yds. at extreme angles, The division of money was 
by the Rose system at ratios of 4, 3, 2, in 10-bird, and 4, 4, #, 2 in 
15-bird events. There were three full squads in each event, except 
the last, which is given below as the most representative of the 
day’s shooting: 

Event No. 10, 15 targets, four moneys: ~ J 
sopreste sas 111110110011111—12 


Peterman ..... 111111100100101—10 Avyery al 
Jeffords ....... 11111910111110—13 Pinckney -....111100171011101—11 
Peters, 2... ..7.- 191001011173171—12 CC Earle ....... 111111001100111—11. 
Jeni GGr) ASA SSA BARE 111100003111111—11  P Farle ....... 011001111100101— 9 
NEEL aaa 111100001773111—11 Sf: E Crayton..101100001101110— & 
RtECE Ne ryan cet 111110001101001—12 5S B Crayton... .100010100011111— § 
Trousson ..... 011111110110101—11 Jaynes ........ 111001110100010— 8 


The Charleston Palmetto Gun Club was well represented by 
Messrs. G. H. Peterman, W. G. Jeffords, Jr., J, C. Peters, Frank 
Heidt, Geo. H. Swan, Mike Trousson, F. D. Pinckney, Jr., and 
G. A. Steck. There came from Anderson, S. C., Messrs. J. E. and 
S. B. Crayton and Messrs. Paul and C. Earle, while Mr. J, E. 
Avery came from Atlanta. 

The Walhalla Gun Club is but two months old, and it was not 
to be expected that its members would go in and shoot the pro- 
gramme through. The proposition was a tough one, and some 
amateurs of long experience steered clear of it.- Following are 
the scores: 


Events: i Peay SE Say A re oie ey allt Mitoye2y) 
Targets: 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 1015 Broke. 
Pefotiiane hae esecee vel he tattle 713 811 714 81410 10 102 
Metros” baswe nutadee eh iemidtdde 918 714 7111014 9 13 107 
BUGLE Soto iasi a ietce ee daar te VelODeSelON ate seem ane 80 
ET CG Geeta re acts nied yee acne oaitiene yay abl eth ib esyeiey opal! 95 
Wall ugre iste hare ov ore rice eres aeteebucsnty 915 Stl sis 00 fia 102 
fo) etc eae ee ee ene eines MPP TP SED) SUEY Sa cise ttt) lspeale 84 
APOUSS OTs salatetajelscuies sgh aad 8 es 914 710 6 9 811 611 91 
PAV ETVs sdsien ell talwewe eee Shee Veit bs eS te UGae 6. eS. Goh 73 
E Crayton........ aetibebelitie Kea Spabk Viable Sep abies ts 88 
Bre) ee etek tay eps aes 710 611 59 6 9 82 
GOebyrless eu iee ese beet CEN aoe 710 ..111010 611 baie 
S B Crayton 0 SOM AON. toe 6S 
Pinkeye ee Jos yb: Slibss, at GP Seahl 
R McMahon .. oe Nip Sr iba Kite 
Ap dic, Jon ta ed) eeeincnrinereo urn re pare cee ees 
LD yeye cts h es ae reprise of 2 ce ate ey one 
EV eawyilcittsp ay hepa a bs ie eis ia ae ooneveore mee eae stad (ane a 
(OGG ert SMS ete eta swe a en oree ae ne oi, dats aro hy eit: 
Me NeMahonecw etme toenteee set hiniese eee 4 Gs Pe of: 
Alexander .,... iisleaarsiev ete vee) da Fe Biles 1g eet. Vo 3 
Jaynes ba peee tees sree nerys eS Mebl h tee poe eee 8 8 5 2 8 


SECRETARY. 


New Haven Gun Club. 


THE tournament of the New Haven Gun Club on Wednesday, 
Aug. 22, was a success, although the attendance was not so large 
as expected. However, these seem to be the days of small. crowds, 
and if a club can get together twenty-five or thirty shooters it 
is doing extremely well. . 

On this occasion a total of about twenty men faced the traps 
and banged away at the elusive targets until they were tired. 

The-trade was represented by J. S. Fanning of Laflin & Rand 
Powder Co.; J. R. Hull, of Parker Brothers, and Messrs. Bartlett 
and. Marlin, of the Marlin Fire Arms Co. Others from out of 
town were Feigenspan and Sinnock, from New Jersey; Fox and 
Drake, from South Norwalk, Conn., and Williams, from Salem, 


Messrs. Fanning, Hull, Bartlett and Marlin shot for targets only 
through the entire programme, 

The three best averages were as follows: Fanning, first, .912; 
Hull, second, .906; Feigenspan, third, .900 

Following are the scores: 


Extras 
Events ace ey Sip ye eG) aC ale 8} 
Targets 10 10 15 10 25 10 10 15 10 201015 10 15 15 
Inehepnbkavee Bry \Sahoppdosne 81014 92110 913 9191014 ...... 
Lahili SS eREN. 6S een 8 8 9141025 9 813°819 9138 7.... 
Wgsyelihih” SARE Ah bbcode 94 51012 619 8 512 613°8°9 7.... 
BP antlerteerseasheie inital 8 $13 820 9 714 716 812 91514 
Helmets panlersaeetteneente 71018 10 25 81012 9 17 1018 7 18 14 
ATUIRGGK Wane ereieinl aieinlareeele 9 915 718 9 6 9 918 612 iby RS 
IBRISKOLS ace aoe oe els 7 6 8 218.5 5 8 717 710 re 
Clamcoiea es tenn ease 8 911 919 8 8131015 910: 812.. 
WR SS lene eats = Serene Hee) WSS fee cenOel (amy Liremeed) Tein: 
LAG ECV ane coeds gi edaes GuATeR ce ieee ce nna COPE) eee 
Stevenson! esate sas eer iene fo ne HRA Sally weyakce ee oe Yoon 
Claridge . Se ae ea PAU AS Sh Saree ole Oe 
Robertson 5 418 818 9 911 918 911 Salt ae 
Williams (CG) es ye eB; jibe AR ee 
Ogee ie BP hi eval” ty ahah ar eater? BS She ty 
WO Traice 5) T Vi Ate G OT Sas enns sie 
UST ivoss sakceoamroo aD Sh cea: LSS Cteenel ae hy eo £10 1b 
UTANC SB See 54 eerie Oe) een it = re 2a 79s I PAS, 5 0 eal? 
IRGttermeem ecole ant hekiee: Bhan 5eal a4 ee IRE Stak a .. IL 
Uderoiohinie Cao taweddg a: t Oe oe Be 614 6.. 8 6 6. Joe Oe 
Eine Mob soo hn adhasdondte ac PARSE So By. ie Ge 5 ete 


Altoona Rod and Gun Club. 


Attoona, Pa., Aug. 29—The Altoona Rod and Gun Club will 
have a live-bird sweep, handicap rise, on Saturday, Oct. 13. This 
tace will be shot off in the forenoon, and the afternoon will be 
devoted to targets. Full particulars will be announced in due 
time, The following scores were made at the recent weekly shoot; 


Events: RR ooh ssSeeda GPG To 3 
Targets: 10:15 10 15 10 15 10 15 
Killitts 1 Leos Ge gloss ty 
ba Fihdek ARS, We pido bare setae yf Cy ie ntil aS Ry ABS sp git 
Sands (hades Tsp SHR Ye aie SO Sb} 
McNaught Sea Tbe. aes ie Ae 
NV olf eb ee eGR Te Oe et 
Bender Be ibe cemavk vy ips We al 
Homan Go tab: Bl Rees 
EUGH Se Sat See Eh od rletn eee nee celeb itins fa Soe to 4G 
ISTE MR TS “Sees Bos eso pen & In Ree ee o aa PWS 
Dp anata an cnet tis net LLORES ee Me Eat - 
CAEN errata RA en be Be Oe RS 1 
INR CORTES OS ee hdtie Bartha ttc ah goo tr, GG hl rh: 2 4 10 
Geri Re Cee a eee el eee ens Pines cee, ae Sey 
(CHSC ENS en uRShAM bors Eso cee pectic ac ee ie Sa AF Ae Se ee 
McNaught ...;; Perea 0120110116 onian ............,, 001102021—5 
ISGUURE RESIN Feo yeren ren nro *22100200—4 Dipmer ......:....... 00202*222—5 
Spree eokaepay souteo PerPAMBlANE Se LOG vabia) Aa see QA yheen 001110*00—8 
ciate MO eee Cee ns (Has Lets bss = oe edn 111211200—7 
Ge Bellige et tphiek 002210010—4 


Kirsch, 16.......--- -. 20 19 J1—50| F. Ahlers, .26....... _. 19 17. 14—50 
Mackie, Tiss).0lseqen L9e22 vk. 7 SE rdhatsy 2895) i aa 9 14 13—36 
Maynard, 6.......... 23 22 6—50 Stub, 10.....,.. pote Lite" 748 
Heyl, 28 8 18 144@—50 Dr Smith .:.... deees Lodi w 
Frohliger . 14 16 20—50 Gambell, 6. . 18:18 w 
Jay Bee. 10 1418 4-286 Teipel, 10... 1 21 w 
Myers, 23) 4 14 11 14—38 | Coutzler, ZO Soon 1-9 w 
Tuttle, jetta) 18,1639) Jonesy 85-7. evokes 8 lw 
Ties: ¥ ee a: 
~ ites, pinching saa ++. 25 25 24 Frohliger, 14.1... pi-ce 20 20 a0 
# Maynard, Bet..s.tessets 2028 ino oR GABIET SS Tra wes evs yay x00 10h 04 
Heyl, TW ieiseaytoners< neo Oh ay . ree ~ : or 


' fall promises to-furnish 


Cincinnati Gun Club. 


THE, semi-monthly, shoot for the Peters Arms Co, medal took 
place at the Cincinnati Gun Club Saturday, Aug. 25. The interest 
in this and other trophy events is being well sustained and the 
“some lively sport for the club. Follow- 


ing are the scores: — 


This may ac- - 


rie Portsmouth Gun Club. 


Portsmoutu, N, H., Ang. 25—The second cup: contest between 
teams: of the Exeter, Dover and Portsmouth clubs was the main 
feature of the shoot to-day.! The weather was exceedingly hot. 

Hvery preparation was made by the members of the local club 
to receive and entertain their guests, and on their arrival at the 
depot they were met by Mr, H. Dennett, as representative of the 
_ club. The out-of-town sportsmen and their ladies, numbering 


twenty-nine from Dover and fifteen from Exeter, were conveyed 
‘in the electrics to the field, where a cordial welcome awaited them. ~ 


President Storer and the members of-the local club extended a 
very hearty greeing. ‘The ladies were present in goodly numbers 
and Were as enthusiastic as the most ardent gunner on the field, 

Field Capt.’ Merwin had everything in readiness and shooting 
Was at once in order. ‘The failure of some of the’traps to work 
well was a matter of. regret and caused some delay, but was 
unavoidable, and the purchase of a>magautrap is only a question 
of a short time’ with the club. 

As captain of the local team, Secretary Philbrick presented the 
handsome cup to J. W, Titus, of the Exeter Club, who made a few 
yery happy remarks, including the wish that at’ the next shoot 
Dover might share honors by capturing. the cup. 

Three cheers for the winners were followed by three for each 
of the other teams. and then, as if even all this were not enough, 
shooting continued until sunset. The fuljl score of the team shoot 
is as follows: , 4 

Dover Gun Club, 


WARSI, po eA AS gu sha jodseseaoaae Ey ne 10010100101101111100—i1 
IBisheriee. sas sech eee ea AGA SST ear ieacrs 5 11001101001100010010— 9 ~ 
(NGS) fl gel SARS Wet @deg aae age TOE 011111.01011010101011—13 
IRGC Tah EHO be Sonne eel eta ar. 211111191101111101111—18 
MATCH alleen Sesh shes tea chere eats tpl 11110111.001101000110—12 
IMorPar! Cyc iics enn pte elec aecteaerc es 11111101100000111111—14—77 

; Exeter Gun Club. 
Falbore Pose teten coh te rene eaten Rene 10110101111101101101—14 
Taheteyenc ne hn. n a ate Tay cRiCN Aietenne 01111011111111111110-17 
Urea Shreya clek lclelerelsviieie tient talelett maniatete te eteeise tate 10101111111101111101—416 
(CHrdbtg (Sah yee Sa 4 Sees dodcna 01011001111111100101—13 
WGAGDED” stins cee Cee eaeeh erg ea ptar ese ae 11001101001110011111—18 
Backford: sree re sesinayqutPece entire prac = ute ie 10011110111111111001—15—88 
Portsmouth Gun Club. ' F 
Philbricks scone tweneeauen teste sateen 11101111111010101111 16 
WE TAe  gact coisas Ioeesk etch tone Ta pein © et eee 0101111111110111111118 
Wiesttn, fea tee oaks sae eat aimee hw seen 00010011101111101101—12 
INTATISOSIO ec pee halve NVI e eaters enee 11111001111011111101—16 
StOnar Pech ccnemechccetaten ee cm eo eta 11100100101100000111—10 
ShitecGie Osea snbe sang dsr dseasgceqeocsic 11010011111101011111—14—86 


Jt was throughout a most successful day, and heartily enjoyed 
by every one. Among those present and who did some splendid 
shooting was Eastman, of the Boston Gun Club, who is at present 
at his summer home at Odiorne’s Point. 


Many local sportsmen also were on hand, if not to participate, at - 


least to enjoy the shooting. Over 2,000 bluerocks were thrown, 
and the field was strewn with the fragments. Among the specta- 
tors were many ladies, who evinced: very. evident interest in the 
sport. 

PThe local club was on hand with-full.ranks, and the ladies did 
their share to make the day a_success. 

President Storer assumed his new-duties with his customary ease 
and geniality, and was in the lead in hustling for the comtort of 
his guests. The shoots are plainly demonstrating the fact that the 
bluerock shooting is becoming yearly more popular and its par- 
ticipants more nutnerous. It is hoped to hold a number more 
shoots for the cup before the season closes. 

During the day F. I. Brown officiated as judge to the satisfaction 
of every one, his decisions being very fair and impartial. Maurice 
Goodwin us referee also served most agreeably, with careful atten- 
tion to his duties, Others whose services were greatly appreciated 
were Alonzo Titus as cashier, Edward Gray as scorer, Outer Cul- 
lum _as blackboard scorer, while Field Captain Merwin kept a 
careful eye on the traps and -trappers. 


Warren Tournament. 


Warren, O., Aug. 26.—Herewith find scores of our tournament, 
held Aug. 28: 


Events: i A ele ay ie ye ahs ey ay a be a 9a Ela bs 
Targets: 10 15 15/2015 15 201515151520 * * * 
Shaner 2k. atest 8 12 13.19 13 15 18.13.14 151417.1 7 0 
Perkins yondrecceaercri nce 712121711 1418151518 1417... .. 
Hwaltelens Waitercekeboy he 6 14 12 19 15 14.19 16 1415 151912 § 13 
Rcarari S1LD US reatrat foe tapotete stele 813 11 16 10 15 14:13 11 15 12 14412 8 10 
UO Wiens ete sea retirees WII WW U4 IG bbw 381 
Philipsy enenawe tesa ened 714 9ISILIZIEIO WWW .... .. .. 
Moore Sones boa eiescests 514101214 9 8 6129 5 1 5 2 
(KOT RS OG soe ei eee ae 7141217 .. 1218 14131381016 7 6 4 
Bggerstom, teukliueneece PASTS IS AL AAG Ae oilee coe oe 
RXGHTOTEIKEN SE > oceomoodoouaod KF, Oe Aa ony aes. 55 pb ei Pani GEep Ae Ad 
Siurchitereeeerenekeek kere 6 staple TTS ea ee a id 
ICTR Sash Soka cnr SUZ HS Fela Pe eee ee 
Wart ling geyeatencnh~ = ED pea ly er gg A Sper ieee ate er ae 
Abita: 25 554s ss OT Tl Ay Br eagles: as, Me 
FPOWELB eee Ree Riche ent he G SES eee Pre ict cee bok eee, eae 
see NV AT be. Sok arh cocoon eee DeOl a, AS eS ee S10) ae 
Jab aahie — oriad ore oem on We oa) vee we wee ee ee we eee 
Hershy ,.... GQueccripe ose (pan yy ea yea eae Se 
Nutt WAGE eet a Ry tas est Ger Ged Be dens 
Rand (SEPT STAM ol) Sp ANe Osa) Ah SAMs Aree eer, 
Scott i Te ee ee: staf Tole Lefe’ctatae le tree os Se eed 
Nant TOT ete tiene cient fee emer DEL Giaitel lel tela soclG ate reticle shanti 
IMIG Gin S Soc vecne hice itinria sie ntatem eet es 10 911 9 7 T1I0TL O 4 O 
Whe ialoye™ 2 ac anity, Migly wistatohs ede tae eels 8101811 9181414 5 0 0 
Flencderson: i atartr ype ere ne a aaa Ey Bt ag nn te 


*Events 18, 14 and 15 were miss-and-outs. Ewalt and Runnell 
divided in 13 and 14 and Ewalt won in 15. 


Rost. W. Ewatr. 


Chesapeake Gun Club, 


_ Newrort News, Va., Aug. 23—The shooting tournament, which 
is scheduled to take place at Richmond Labor Day, promises to 
“bea great affair.. 

Already it is known that teams from Staunton, Lynchburg, 
‘Lawrenceville, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Charlottesville and Newport 
Nev will participate and other Virginia towns will fall into line 
ater. 

Mr. Thomas F, Stearnes, president. of the’ Chesapeake Gun. Club, 
of this city, has received a letter from one of the promoters of 
the Richmond shoot. The letter states that seventy prizes are to 
be offered and present indications point to a great success. 

The local club will send a team to Richmond to represent it 
and this team will be made up of the five members making the 
best average in the regular weekly events of the club. At the con- 
clusion of the shoot next Wednesday afternoon this team will be 
selected. 

The regular weekly shoot of the Chesapeake Gun Club took 
place yesterday afternoon, Fifty birds were used and the score 
OllOWS: 

Ansley H. Fox 48, Thos. F. Stearnes 48, Dr. Joseph Charles 42, 
G, B, James 41, C. Bargamin 40, W. N. White 39, B. B. Semmes 39, 
A. G, Fifer 35, D. M. Ausley 26: 


Carolina Gun Club, 


Carouina, Kk. I., Aug, 25.—The following scores were made on 
the grounds of the Carolina Gun Club, Aug. 25. The day was a 
scorcher, ‘owing to the presence of Frank Arnold, of the Provi- 
dence Gun Club, who seemed to: enjoy the heat as well as any 
of the boys. Fred C. Barber gave an exhibition of his skill in 


breaking bluerocks -with felt wads instead of chilled shot. We 
will omit the score made in his exhibition: 

NVieiVettcall fe Ps heisaets tei) a/s se /cle epee 111110101111101111101111111101—25 
A: BE, Brow tes. sein: Ahairtic bobs ~ « -100109919101111011101111411110 93 
Metcalf ..-..22¢ a SAY eet ka Lae - -11110111001111000110001997 111020 
es At old sumer he naal tae oceecL Be: ~~ = -000711101010101191101110011341—20 
C E Kenyon....... Syed tnonta ees -11010111111001000011100011411119 
“ct Nr BrOWwneeeerebee eek eel neues -011100111111011111010110101000—19 
1G sBanberseeeee ene -10110111000101011110101010111119 


" Bailey . 
Fete -,. 


MDS Sea een “-:141111011000101100900111101110- 
cE BroOkS.--0oce. cess sre ress +-- O100H1 011911100111 001100001tOn ay 
Cyctin' fh ene: iss bate 100010011110011100101010011011_36_ 
- W. Brown, Sec’y. 


_ The Forest AND STREAM is put to. press each week on Tuesday. 


_Correspondence intended for publication should reach ys at the 


Jatést, by Monday and ‘as much earlier as practicable, 


Lakeside Rod and Gun Club. - 


A vERY pleasant and interesting shoot was held at Burlington, 


 Vt., Thursday, Aug. 23, 1900, the same being held by the Lake- 


side Rod and Gun Club. A number of shooters visited this de- 
lightful city some four years ago to attend an interstate shoot 
that was held here, so that the spot and its surroundings are 
not unfamiliar to many of the boys. f : 

The club only decided to give this shoot some six days before 
it was held. It happened that the city was giving a street fair 
that week, so the club boys thought the shooters in nearby towns 
would like to take advantage of cheap rates to Burlington and 
take in the fair as well as the shoot. hey were favored with the 
following visitors: Messrs. Barrett and Stub, from Montpelier, 
Vt.; Mr. Hicks, from Chicago, Ill., who is visiting frends at 
Montpelier; Mr. Porter, who travels for the window shade end of 
the large establishment of Parker Bros., and who naturally put 
a Parker gun to pretty good use; Mr, Greenwood, of Enosburg 
Falls, Vt.; also Mr, B. H. Norton, of the Hazard Powder Co., was 
a visitor, Particular notice and complimentary remarks were 
made by several of what all thought was the most perfect system 
of trapping for a small shoot. Several events of 15 birds were 
shot from standing, three men to the score, taking their positions 
at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and trapping all targets at tinknown angles 
from No. 2 trap only. This took only one trapper and made 
*quite a novel shooting, shooting at 8 and 6 targets at a time and 
then move. But I can assure you the secret of the success of 
this system lies in the trapper. Dr. H. BE. Colvin has a colored 
attendant to drive his horse, etc., whom he has dlso' broken in to 
trap targets for him, as the Doctor is very fond of taking an 
afternoon off to enjoy this sport. ; Meet 

This colored gentleman is the quickest trapper in the United 
States that I know thus far, He can load a trap just as “fast as 
three shooters can stand there and call “Pull.” Boys, try it; it 
works like a charm. ‘ s 

The Lakeside Rod and Gun Club wish an announcement made 


Norton | 
Greenwood is. cerer-saneess _ 9 
Colvin... 


) Lhe ‘rain fell 
Herbert Taylor, 


of St. Louis as our guest. 

Weekly medal shoot, handicaps in parentheses: : 
INTC LG Eiy gs aicricy eieteteta Wp sivlplp atatetctetstotetstecitolates eee 1191110010111 111—_ 3.4 
SAUCION, Fras sisiyteilstovelectpeeictiseiats ste ceeteeieee 1111111101111 1111111124 
Kaiti ater y steaisel telctie ele ters aici eiteee ee 1110011101110101111111111—20, 
Stoner tsa ee sis es os ioe ee 0111110111711001111111110—20 
WOvICes (4) i igs cum ctecm sede seiner eas 1110111110111010010111110—18 
IBENECICH@ on ies poe peut ne ere cet oaen eee es OOTILTT1111111911 1141711 — 23 
Smith, Wy eeeste aie hs em ao A i OE tC. 1111110110111110111011011—20 
SOT ee GLO) ovat wicks nate cite nele nal chee, sagen 0000041101101100100010001—21 
Fiuitt (8) -s5 we eee Ce Po ee SI ee 1100110111100100100011110—23 
‘Layidi wees es eee 86 21 eee eee eee LOVITIIIIII110101111110101—20 

Tie on 24: : : 
a al SES ee Serer OE oy fas 1111110 Saucier , ae eees sts 1G BT 
Eyent at 20 targets: 
MORNE 25.0 dee vite icb nee Mes TOS TALE 1111010101011 017 
Saucier ....... Veen, salt hea MSN eee ban 11104111110111101110—16 
Keapifmdm, wy) kya. Pe ARAM) Rona AGn db one 010120111.10101111010—18 
Benedict  19-(tn tile Huse Mees See nee re oe Sete 1111.1110111101010111—16 
Navicet @. emia: (ah ih eines sdodpunoc™ 01.011109111100111101—14 
Mi@vicey Sec bee i hea eh cle detec cece snd eect sOL0101T 0171 01001007010 
StGncde val ate eeel ne pea ac cece eee elon entle terete 01011114111111000011—14 
BREE E eo Oo dag Lonurn oh isa uee Mamcdocubdarncococs 1119111111011111101—18 
Benedict ......... oad daudbo ab ep sbdocoadcoddies = 01111101001110111110—14 
Wy Puente ee ao yen ke ese 555 556 Sea 1919111111101111130—18 
Events 12-3 4°55 Events: 1 $465 
Targets: 155p151015 Targets: 15 5p 15 10 15 
Campbell ......... ase.) 2. -Benediot 4... .000s 13 818 914 
Keautman: 270.00 Apel: ee LO Stones ta rassad roel oa Usle 
SAncter ah hth 15... 141014 Novice ......,. Arpad seeps sO) 
MekKsye 2 tisuua. 4 2. 13... SeRibeae ope pty each Sh 3 Prt 4 
ARE NAGS eee pele oi 13... 11 i Dupont) oc. cccgenn Oy AID oi 
Samithay sa eae ‘ Pruett Smith’ ./2,,. slelniaatale new Satake : 


National Gun Club. 


Miatwauker, Wis., Aug. 27.—Herewith find the scores of the 
National Gun Club’s monthly live-bird prize shoot, which took 
place on the 24th inst. The fact that there were so many straight 
scores will show to you, without any information from me, that 
they were an even, fairly easy lot of birds. Nearly all were 
flyers, but not very fast. The scores: 


Klapinski ...,..,.--1121120102— 8 Bush ........... +. . -2220202122— 8 

hever ss asenne , 111212112110 Thomas ...........- 122222222210 
Stith pes gee ee ODI 21 Oo noe ese eeeeeneee 2212102212— 9 
(OSS. CPRAR AM se 0242211022— 8 Bogart ........ «++» -22021221312— 9 
Gollingse, eee ee 121112112110 Reed ......... yoo ~0t112201011— 8 
SCOEtmatarineatreae ve, 95 2211222122 30 Becker ..,.,,... --.-1112011122— 9 
Wharton ...-,...,.,411000210I— 6 White ......00s00.¢0112121121—10 
(CChiivekg Veep Eten 2111220201— 8 Dubray ....-.0.....2202212222— 9 
Deiter’ ...... itera <e 1220222222— 9 Jey Ell ...........: 222222222210 


Linpiry Cowrins. 


Robin Hood Gun Club. 


Swanton, Vt., Aug. 30,—There was a fair attendance at the 
Robin Hood Gun Club’s regular shoot the afternoon of the 25th. 
Champion Robin Hood, Jr., was present. So far no one has sand 
enough te challenge for the international individual medal that he 
holds. Below are the scores: 


Events: nee 


Events: 1 23 4 556 34 5 6 
Targets: 15 15 25 2010 20 Targets: 15 15 25 20 10 20 
Austin ......... 8ii.... 710 Robin Hood, Jr 13 13 24 -. .. 20 
Bohannon ..... 52 2. 6915) Garpenter “Sie = 5 0m a2 
Dickson ....... 9120.12) 6416 Martin Siitieeens > sees, GUL 
Richardson ,... 12 91914 718 Flick ........ Lichen 12 817 
Riitseiondl.« Ss. 


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A BOY EXPERIENCE. 

THe thirteen-year-old son of a Baptist minister living in 
Brooklyn disappeared the other day. His father had 
obtained for him permission to fish in the lake in Pros- 
pect Park; and when night came he did not return home. 
A general police alarm. was sent out; and on the following 
day the park lake was dragged, but no clue was obtained 
of the missing lad’s whereabouts. Nearly a week after- 
ward, when the Coney Island police made a haul of 
vagrants, the boy was discovered among them; and a 
very miserable and penitent boy he was. “I’m hungry and 
tired and sleepy, and I want to go back home,” he told 
the magistrate, between his sobs, and they sent him back 
to his father and mother. 

The ready explanation of a thirteen-year-old boy’s 
chasing away irom home and taking up with tramps is 
that he has been reading things. Jt never enters into 
the heart of a healthy minded boy that there is joy among 
the outcasts of society until he has imbibed the foolish 
notion from some “boy's own paper” or from the story 
books of adventure well-meaning fiends are forever in- 
dustriously grinding out for publishers who are willing to 
print anything the law allows. 

There is something extremely pathetic in the discontent 
and the grotesque misunderstanding of his relations with 
his home and family which many a boy from ten to 
fifteen has imbibed from this literature. He moodily im- 
agines that his father and mother do not understand 
him and are against him, and that the only thing for him 
to do is to leave home and go away somewhere where he 
will have appreciation and justice. Just where this some- 
where may be is, of course, quite vague—as vague, in fact, 
as are the expedients by which, when at large, he is to keep 
body and soul together. There is never anything want- 
ing on this paint in the books and story papers; there the 
hero always makes a shift not only to find bread and 
butter, but to perform deeds of valor as well, and to win 
distinction, which, if not honorable according to the con- 
ventions of society, is at least, in his boyish eyes, glorious 
and enviable. Tt 

Most boys who pass through the experience happily 


never get to the point of actually absconding; but even 
if it comes to that, there are many much worse ex- 
periences_a boy might go through. This Brooklyn 
youngster had ‘a hard time in his herding with Coney 
Island tramps; but it may well enough be that the pathetic 
misery of those days when he was playing the star part 
of the boy’s story paper hero will prove to be the making 
of him. The medicine was bitter, but for that quality all 
the more efficient. There is no reason in the world why 
a youngster who runs away from home, if only he gets 
back in time, may not grow up to be a successful man, 
an honored citizen and a father with a boy to repeat his 
own foolish escapade, 


PIKE COUNTY GRIT. 


A CORRESPONDENT, who writes from Bushkill in Pike 
county, Pa., complains of the constant and open viola- 
tion of the game law which is practiced there. Under an 
old county law the season in Pike county opened on 
Sept. 15 instead of on Oct. 15, as the State law now 
reads; and although the county law was repealed 
so long ago as 1897, the local shooters have never paid 
heed to the change, but have gone on shooting a month 
ahead of time. Again, although the law expressly for- 
bids the hounding of deer, it is estimated that of the 120 
deer killed in the county last season, 90 per cent. were 
killed by hounding, and half of these were killed in the 
water. For the past ten years, it is said a party of deer 
hunters from Scranton have’ visited Pike county and 
killed deer in June; this year they went into camp on 
June 5, killed two bucks at Rock Hill Pond. and carried 
them home through the back country. Game is shipped 
out of the State contrary to law, much of it passing 
through Port Jervis and Stroudsburg, where it might be 
intercepted by wardens if there were wardens to inter- 
cept it. 

To relate these abuses is one thing; to provide the 
remedy is another. The Pennsylvania situation is peculiar. 
A game commission is charged with the duty of en- 
forcing the laws, but has been given absolutely no funds 
to work with. As Secretary Kalbfus has explained in our 
columns, the Commission is powerless to do anything 
beyond what may be accomplished by voluntary service 
ot the use of funds given by individuals. Jt is beside 
the mark to complain that the Commissioners do not en- 
force the law; they are doing all that can be done with- 
out funds. 

The only hope for Pike county game, under existing 
conditions. is to be found in such voluntary personal 
activities as the right minded and law abiding citizens 
of the county may be moved to undertake on their own 
initiative. If there are three men in the county who have 
the time, the inclination and the grit, they can ma- 
terially abate September shooting, the hounding of deer 
and the exportation of game. A large endowment of 
grit would be required. We would be immensely gratified 
to learn of its existence; and to record some practical 
results of it. 


MINNESOTA FORESTS. 


Gen. C. C. Anvrews sends us his fifth annual report as 
Chief Fire Warden of Minnesota. The document is 
remarkable for the showing it makes of immunity from 
desastrous forest fires in 1890; only ten fires are recorded, 
with a total damage of $1,541; and of the fires only one is 
credited to fishermen, and none to hunters, whereas in 
previous years these two classes of woods frequenters 
have been responsible for more fire damage than the total 
sum here recorded. The showing for the year 1to00 will 
be tar different. The drought which prevailed for three 
months, up to July 1. was unprecedented, and in the 
ODinion of many exceeded that of 1804. when the terrible 
Hinckley fite occurred 
A suggestive paragraph of Gen Andrews’ report is 
one in relation to the reluctance entertained by the resi- 
dents of a district to inform wpon or aid in the prosecu- 
tion of one who carelessly sets the forest or the prairie 
afire. “Communities often feel that a man is being 
wronged.” says Gen. Andrews, “if he is prosecuted: they 


do not stop to think that’ the principal object of punish- 


ment is to deter others from committing similar offenses. 
Very good people are liable to be careless, and when we 
punish 2 man who, in a heedless and careless spirit, sets 
a fire im very dry and windy weather, which he ought to 


know he cannot control and which destroys or endangers 
the property of others, he should be made an example of; 
not for revenge or because we wish to injure him, but as 
a warning to many others to refrain from doing the same.” 

The case is cited of a farmer in Chisago county who 
in dry and windy weather set a brush fire, with no one 
at hand to control it, which spread and destroyed two 
thousand dollars’ worth of hay belonging to his neigh- 
bors; and yet the chairman of the town board refused to 
make a.complaint, and when at the instance of the Chief 
Fire Warden the culprit was prosecuted, the magistrate 
imposed a fine of only $15 and $3.05 costs. This Minne- 
sota apathy -is of a piece with the prevailing indifference 
with which fire carelessness is popularly regarded outside 
the district of human habitations. Let a house burn 
down and we make a great ado over it; let a clump of 
trees go up in smoke and we give it hardly a passing 
thought. Yet the hottse may be rebuilt in a month; to 
restore the trees would consume the span of years of three 
generations of men. 


THE CHANGES ON THE MAP. 

A REPORT comes from Canada that projected wood pulp 
mills threaten the fishing waters of the Lake St. John 
country. Engineers have already begun work on the 
Grand Décharge, where mills are to be erected at a cost 
of between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 of American capital. 
If these enterprises shall go through, they will mean the 
destruction of a fisherman’s country, which without giving 
it special thought we have all regarded as lying beyond 
the danger of invasion even by the consuming pulp in- 
dustry. But as one looks over the map of North Amer- 
ica, and reviews the immense areas which he himself can 
remember as once remote and hardly accessible wilderness 
wastes well stocked with fish and game, and compares 
their present condition with the past, he realizes how 
mistaken it is to think of any wild country, even the 
most distant, as safe from the invasion of modern en- 
terprise. Alaska was once regarded as an Ultima Thule, 
where the moose and the bear would have harbor for 
centuries; but the miner who discovered the gold of the 
Klondike changed all that, and changed it in a twinkling, 

The significant fact is that to-day we do not actually 
appreciate, even though we complain of it, the rapidity, 
extent and thoroughness with which the game and fish 
districts are being ruined, and how in one instance after 
another the “heart of the woods” is converted over night 
into an industrial center. We talk about this to one 
another and write about in Forest AND STREAM, but we 
realize it fully only when we are balked of our plan to 
visit some favorite hunting ground of the past, where now 
the steam whistle is heard. where of yore the elk bugled; 
or when we seek in vain some new range to make up for 
the old. And the pity of it is—for us and for those 
who are to follow us—that if more wisely taught we might 
have had all this industrial development without the utter 
ruin of the game and the fish along with it. The de- 
struction of our native resources of wild life has often 
resulted from carelessness, thoughtlessness, criminal heed- 
lessness, instead of from any reasonable necessity. A 
Wiser Scheme of exploitation would have giyen us the 
profit without the loss. 


OHIO. 

Out0 has made a new start. Ata meeting in Columbus 
last week a State convention of sportsmen was organized. 
the particular purpose of which is to bring order out of 
chaos, to get a sane game law, and to promote in general 
the interests of the man with the gun. 

The serious drawback in the Ohio game condition has 
been for years the antagonism which has held between 
the farmer and the sportsman. Whatever substantial 
basis for this there may have been on either side, one 
thing is certain and true beyond peradventure, and if is 
this: Eliminating the ruffans and trowdies who are 
not representative sportsmen, and the churls and boors 
who are not representative farmers, there is no divergence 
of interest between the farmers, who own the land and the 
shooting rights that go with it, and the sportsmen who 
seek the privilege of shooting over the land. We shall 
look to this new Ohio Fish and Game Protective Asso- 
ciation to do much needed work in the direction of pro- 
moting a right understanding between farmer and sports- 
man, and the establishing of relatioris between them 
cordial and profitable to both sides. i? ay 


sy 
The Sportsman Cauvist. 
Torches on the Reef. 


Ir any one were to ask me if I would consent to go 
jacking for chromo fish with the assistance of a piece of 
an umbrella rib rubbed sharp on a stone, I should, of 
course, deny that I could ever be guilty of such a breach 
of the laws of true and honest sport. Yet that I have done 
just this thing will be set forth in this narrative of one 
night’s experience in the purple night of the South Sea 
within the spray of the foaming breakers of the restless 
ocean. The only exctise that can be offered is to plead 
the custom of the country, and Samoa must be taken as 
a fair exctise for all sorts of moral derelictions. It even 
excused on one ghastly occasion the offense of dynamiting 
fish—a story that must some other time be told, 
Just, why all moral sense vanishes in Samoa must be the 
study of the practical and dogmatic moralist. The coun- 
try and the climate do seem to rip the Decalogue into 
shreds, and ‘the common decencies of sport are a sealed 
book. * Nowhere else in the wide world would one so 
rauch as dream of killing fish with a flaming torch and a 
barbed spear, but in Samoa it is the regular thing for all 
the women of the native villages in the dark of the 
moon. 
It has its picturesque side at any rate, To see the 
glare of the torches out at sea, the long alleys of light 
reflected on the still waters of the lagoon, to hear in the 
pause of the thunder of the breakers on the reef the shrill 
cry of women, all this is a scene to attract the attention. 
Add to this the unbroken calm of the windless evening 
when the feathery plumes of the cocoanuts are stilled at 
last, the ebb tide smell of the orange scum which rises 
from the exposed coral, and you haye a scene which can- 
not be matched away from the islands of the tropical 
Pacific. 
The reef lay a good long mile seaward from my beach 
jn Vaiala, and the beach was only a few feet from the 
front gate of my compound. Out on the reef the torches 
glared like the lights of some city seen from the deck 
of a vessel becalmed in the offing. From time to time a 
torch expires here and there, and the night is so still that 
it takes an act of reason to overcome the imagination 
which makes one think the sound of the hiss is heard as 
the fat leaves fall into the water. In a slow progress the 
eroups of torches move eastward along the reef until the 
fishers reach the Vailoa sands, a mile or so up the coast, 
where the reef pools cease and there is no fishing ground. 
My first source of information was, as usual, young 
Talolo. The young girls of the village had been giving 
me a concert on the veranda—Lise and Fuatino and 
Manima, who was a grotesque young imp of not quite ten 
years, Talolo had engineered the concert and had dis- 
tributed the reward in the shape of handfuls of sugar 
candy lozenges. which some enterprising trader had had 
manufactured in the colonies with Samoan mottoes in 
- pirlliant red, such as “Talofa’® (love) and “Lan Pele” 
(my darling). In addition to his duties as impresario, Ta- 
lolo had used his horsehair fly flapper to keep me free from 
the poisonous attacks of the mosquitoes, which make the 
dark a torment in the islands. When Fa-agaoi, the boy 
whose name carried an unsolved romance of kidnapping, 
had paraded the beach with the rattle of the wooden 
drum which serves for curfew, the other children had 
scattered to their homes. But Talolo remained, for he 
seemed to hold-himself superior to all the laws of the 
elders and the village schoolmaster, perhaps because he 
was thé son of the village chief. Meanwhile he waged 
war on the mosquitoes and idly steered his conversation 
in the direction of showing how mutch he was entitled to 
4 sixpence or a tin of salmon or a pen and a sheet of 
letter paper, or some other of the means whereby the Jad 
made his devotion to me profitable to himself. 

Such talks with Talolo called for little close attention. 
I knew that if he kept up his liquid flattery long enough 
I would yield to his blandishments, for after all, a tin 
of beef or salmon more or Jess amounted to little at the 
time. Idly listening to the lad and idly looking out upon 
the lonely sea beyond which lay home and the land where 


life was less dependent on the can-opener, sparks of ~ 


light began to flash out upon the night from the sea itself 
and to attract my curiosity. 

“What are the lights, Talolo?” I asked. 

“Oi! Oi! Oi! Se mea fa’atatyaa. Nothing much,” 
he lazily replied. “Only the women on the reef, that’s 
all. Samalia and Fa’afili and Salatemu—that’s my mother 
now. you know; they are catching fish, good for eat for 
me for you to-morrow. [ll bring you some. If they 
bother you I'll make them stop until you go sleep.” 

Really, there never seemed any limit to the things 
which young Talolo could do when he set about it, and 
if I had only given him permission he would surely have 
stopped the fishing even if it did bring a morning famine 
on Vaiala, But it is not in my nature to put a stop to 
anything that has to do with fish, not even the eloquent 
language of a Billingsgate fishwife. Accordingly. I for- 
bade the boy to interfere with the torches on the teef, and 
asked him only to tell me how the women with the lights 
caught the fish. , 

“TYailo, tama’itai, ou te Je iloa,”’ he replied. “I don’t 
know, lady; I know not at all. That is the women’s 
fishery, and J am a man. How should I know what they 
do?” The little wretch was only a boy. after all. He 
had not even advanced to the stage of being tatooed, but 
he had all the masculine scorn of female employment. 

“But I am a woman, Talolo.” I said, “and as such J 
am entitled to know. Won't you tell me how Samalia and 
Fa’afili and yout mother Salatemu and the other women 
catch the fish for you and all the rest of the men to eat 
in the morning after you have sung your hymn and said 
the prayer?” 

“Moni lava.” replied the boy. “That is true indeed. 
The Papalangi men are such fools. JT have been wonder- 
ing whether the Fa’amasino Sili would always give you 
salmon and pisupo to eat in the morning when other 
women here have to go out and get the fish for their 
men to eat. I will tell Salatemu to take you out on the 
reef to-morrow night and teach you how to get the fish 
as women ought to do. But you must get ready. Have 
you aspear? Do you know how to make your torches?” 


{ had ta confess my ignerance and lack of preparation, - 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


But Talolo saw to it that the error should be corrected, 

“Tanoae,” he called to my servant, who was stretched 
on a mat around the corner of the veranda waiting to 
shut up the House when I should feel sleepy. “Tanoa, the 
tama’itai goes to-morrow night upon tke reef to catch 
the fish for the Fa’amasino Sili to eat in the morning, for 
he has grown weary of giving her things to eat, and now 
she must feed him. In the morning yow much teach her 
how to make the torches and you must make her the spear 
to take the fish with. Now you can bring me a tin of 
sardines, which will be her loving gift to me for telling 
her what she shall do, and then I will tell Salatemu to 
teach her how the fish are caught at night when they 
come to the torch,” 

The first thing in the morning I found fhe sumny side 
of my compound strewn with leaflets of dead cocoanut 
leaves. Long before I had aroused for my morning 
swim the faithful Tanoa had begun the preparation of the 
torches for the coming night. In case of any need, the 
South Sea islander falls back upon the cocoanut with a 
reliance upon its qualities which the experence of ages 
has shown to be well grounded. A single leaf of the 
cocoanut may range from 10 to 30 fect in length. On the 
tree when the trade wind blows it seems as light as a 
feather; in the still night when it falls to the ground a 
massive weight, which could knock a man senseless if it 
should hit him in the descent. It is only in the evening 
calm that these leaves fall, and the prudemt when they are 
abroad at night keep away from the cocoanut shade lest 
they be struck by falling leaves or ripe nuts. Each leaf 
has about a hundred Jance-like leaflets, each 4 or 5 feet 
long and some 2 inches broad. These leaflets are full 
of oil, and when dried in the sun burn with a brighk 
flame and a dense cloud of aromatic smoke. It was 
these leaflets that Tanoa had spread out in the sun to 
give them a thorough drying before making the torches 
which I was to carry for my fishing. Each torch consists 
of ten leaflets laid together in a neat bundle with ends 
alternating, half of the tips and half of the butts brought 
together. Every few inches the leaflets are tied with a 
strip of dry hibiscus fiber which in the islamds is nature’s 
substitute for the.ball of twine of civilization, But here 
enters the comical division of labor between the sexes in 
Samoa, Tanoa could gather the leaves and strew them in 
the st to dry, but when it came to collecting them in 
bunches and putting the cords about them, he was for- 
bidden to help, for that was women’s work, and I had 
to wait for Salateriu to come under the guidance of 
Falolo, 

The making of the gpear, however, was entirely man’s 
work, and Tanoa set about it. The sole requisites were a 
1o-foot pole and an old umbrella rib. The latter was 
easily supplied in a land where tlrere are four months of 
unintermitting downpour of rain, and where eyery day in 
the sunny season a shower may be expected. And the 
gales of the hurricane season turn so many umbrellas in- 
side out that in every house there is a stock of gamps 
which have served their usefulness. , 

Having selected the rib from one of the broken um- 
brellas, Tanoa cut it across about an inch above the 
epreader and half an inch below it. The spreader itself 
he cut off at a distance of half a foot from the rib, thus 
leaving a wire shaft with a toggle an inch and a half 
long, The two ends of this toggle he reduced to sharp 
points by dint of much r#bbing on a lapstone of smooth 
basalt. When his hours of mdustry had accomplished the 
proper degree of sharpening. he set the toggle in relation 
to the shaft so that its shorter ena formed a sharp angle 
with the spreader, and then hammered the joint so that 
the two parts would retain that relative position under 
ordinary circumstances, yet not so tight as to prevent the 
toggle from pullmg out to a right angle when drawn upon 
by the struggles of a fish impaled upon the sharp ins#ecu- 
ment. When this had been completed to his satisfaction, 
he lashed the device with cocoanut husk senmt on the 
end of the stick. The remainder of the equipment was a 
basket of cocoanut leaf with a braided sord @ sling about 
my neck to carry the catch. 

By this time Talolo breugkht Salatemu to inspect the 
preparations. both hungry, of course. After they had 
been fed a light repast of a couple of bread-fruit and a 
pound of tinned corned beef apiece, Salatemu assured 
me that all the requisites had heen provided and that 
she would tie up my torches. Before that task had been 
completed, mother and son needed the slight refreshment 
of a tin of salmon and a hunk of cold, boiled taro for 
each, it being understood that Tanoa assisted at each of 
these snacks just to show that there was no hard feeling, 
even though I could not join in the meal. I have never 
been able to go the limit of what Samoans will take in 
the way of food; no matter how much I have given them 
by way of experiment, they have always seemed capable 
of taking more. 

After Salatemu had eaten alf that I was prepared to 
place before her, and had declared my outfit all that 
could be required, 1 asked ahowt the clothing I should 
wear, 

“Well, you walk some and you swim. some on the reef,” 
was her answer, “so you wear what you swim in.”’ This 
made it plain that my bathing dress was the proper garb 
for the reef fishing. But there had to be an axldition. 
These Samoans go barefoot all their lives, and it is nothing 
to thena to parade upon the reef in their natural feet. But 
unless one has undergone a preliminary training of hun- 
dred-yard dashes oyer broken bottles or solemn parades 
over hot ploughshares like the early Christian martyrs, no 
civilized woman used to going shod could ever venture 
on the reef with its jagged sprigs of coral. In prepara- 
tion for the emergency, [ took an old pair of canyas 
pumps or Oxford ties belonging to a larger+footed mem- 
ber of the family, and had Tanoa stitch an armament of 
Manila rope all over the Soles. Expertence has shown 
that for wading in the coral waters there is nothing like 
Manila hemp; eyen leather is cut to tatters in a few mo- 
ments. This will serve to show the texture of the soles 
of these Samoan women who walk on the reefs barefoot 
and suffer no harm. 

In the early evening when the tide was ebbing, Salatemy 
came bacl to see af th Was teady, As soon ag the shore 
patches of coral began to appear aboye the reeeding 
tide, I took my spear and slung the bundle of torches 
and the creel upon my bask, firmly fastened my topesoled 
shoes upon my feet. and set foxsth seaward. The water 
was pleasantly warm, and for the first part of the way the 


a \. [SEpt, 15, 1900. 


going was easy, for we took advantage of a slant of sand 


which extended out in front of the house, I could see 
little to help my steps, for the torches were not to be 
kindled until we reached the reef. But I could just dis- 
cern Salatemu in the darkness as my guide, and on the 
right hand and the left I could hear the chatter of the 
other women of the village. 

All at once the bottom dropped out of the sea. There 


‘was nothing to step on, and I found myself soused over 


head and all into the warm water. My spear lost itself 
instantly, and I had to swim out. When I came again to 
the surface, I found that I had dropped into a tide pool, 
while my guide had kept on the rim, only a few feet away 
from me. With her aid I recovered the spear and found 
footing once more. My torches were wet, of cotirse, but 
that made no difference, for the water does not stick to 
the cocoanut leaflets. It was not the last time I had such 
a ducking, for the reef is full of these deep pools, and 
it is impossible to see them in advance. While our torches 
were yet unlighted, the only light was the will-o’-the-wisp 
glow of the coral and the sharp phosphorescence of the fish 
darting from pool to pool as our advance scared them 
out of cover. : 

At last Salatemu and I reached the dry footing of the 
barrier reef. It is about 50 feet in width, broken chips of 
coral for a footing, here and there a pool, and seaward the 
majestic wall of the breakers thundering in from sea as 
high as a house and combing over in flame-specked foam, 
and at intervals broken by deep passages where the waves 
coursed shoreward, It is close to the reef that we catch 
the fish with jack and spear, the small fish on the shore- 
ward face of the barrier coral, and the large fish such 
as mullet and bonito in the passes, 

When we had reached the reef it was time to kindle 
the torches. Every woman had brought her store of 
matches, and had kept them dry in a manner that they 
alone could have thought of. The matches had been 
tucked into their hair, and no matter how often the 
women had been forced to swim, the matches remained 
dry, because her hair was so soaked with cocoanut oil that 
the water could not reach the matches. All along the 
reef for a mile the torches began to gleam, and by tlicir 
light we could make out the dripping forms of brown 
women holding torches aloft in the left hand and poising 
the spear im the right as they skirted the reef pools. ads 

Salatemu had stationed me at the edge of a 10-foot poo 
with a clear, sandy bottom. At first I could scarcely see a 
thing until I learned the knack of holding my torch both 
above and behind me, and of keeping my own shadow 
off the strip of water which I was watching, There were 
fish there, fish in plenty, for I could see them darkly flash 
across the line of light. As soon as I spotted a dark 
body slowly moying over the illuminated sand, J] cast my 
spear, It struck m the sand 2 feet beyond the mark, which 
continued its slow progress. Then I recalled my knowl- 
edge of refraction and remembered how the water litts 
any object and makes it necessary to aim below. The 
second time I struck the object at which I aimed and 
brought it to the surface. But Salatemu’s laugh of Scorn 
soon convinced me that it was not worth the taking— 
one of the leathery sea-cucumbets a foot in length, neither 
ornamental nor edible, although a close relative of the 
trepang, which is also found, though rarely now, and is 
worth its weight im silver when smoked and dried for 
the Chinese market. By the time I had cleared my 
spear, the pool was filled with a school of fish. and [ 
cast at random. 

Beginner’s luck! I drove my spear quite through one 
fish and into a second, and landed both. Salatemu began 
to think that she had nothing to teach me, and I was 
canny enough to take all the credit that was coming to 
me for the chance shot. The fish were misshapen cob- 
bler fish, each as large as a saucer and decorated with 
long frills, but for all their picturesque appearance I knew 
tiem to be good in the pan. 

The next few casts were blank, until I discovered the 
not unnatural mistake [ was making. The light of my 
torch was so sharp, the water so clear, and the bed of 
sand so devoid of dull shade, that. I was aiming not at 
the fish, but at their shadows on the sand, and, of course, 
overshooting every time. But this pool was now ex- 
hatsted, and Salatemu and I moved along to another. 
After bringing up two or three small fish, ] made a 
cast and lost my spear. I could see the shaft sticking up 
a little below the surface, but that was all—the point had 
stuck in the coral at the bottom, I was helpless, for the 
tricks of jacking on the reef were new to me. But Sala- 
temu came to my rescue, for she was familiar with such. 
incidents. Like a fish herself she took a header into the 
pool, and I stood by and watched her descent, At the | 
bottom she gave a tug on the spear and disengaged it from 
the coral branch into which I had driven it. But that’ 
plunge scared all the fish away from that pool, and we 
moved on. 

Next we camé to a deep passage in the reef which we 
had to swim across. While Salatemu was showing moc 
how to atrange a taft of my spare torches on which to 
Hoat my lighted one while swimming, I heard a rhythmical - 
splashing inshore of us. All at once there flashed into 
sight a gleam of hight leaping from the water. I did not 
kwow just what it was, but instinctively 1 cast my spear 
at the spot where I thought it would next emerge. More 
good Wick! The spear pierced a leaping fish in its flight 
through the air, Inyoluntarily I followed the spear, for 
I toppled over into the channel and came up within reach 
of the shaft before the fish had had the time to recover its 
motion, Seeing what was up, Salatemu followed me, and 
with united efforts we brought to the solid reef a brilliant 
mullet, which I found afterward weighed all of 8 pounds. 

That ended my fishing for the night. I had convinced 
all the Samoan women that I was capable of doing better 
than they, that I could land two fish on a single drive, and 
that it was nothing at all to me to kill a fish in the midst 
of its leap. I was afraid that any further attempts would 
spoil the record, and wisely I desisted. Just about the 
same time Salatemu came to gertef by stepping on a sea 
urchin. Quoting the old proverb, “fofo alamea,”’ which 
is nearly the equivalent of our proverb about “a hair of 
the dog that bit you,” Salatemu lifted up her foot and 
picked off the offending urchin with a body about the 
size of a tennis ball, and armed on its upper hemisphere 
with spines all of 2 inches Jong. These spines can inflict 
a very ugly wound, and one that is likely to suppurate 
and prove yery obstinate in healing, Following her native 


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medicine, she turned the urchin flat side up and applied its 
jaws to the wound until it caught hold of the skin. Then 
she stood like a wading bird on one leg until the urchin 
had, as she explained the operation, sucked out all the 
poison and dropped off. When this had been accom- 
plished, she picked up a slab of coral and smashed the 
ucrhin and ended by eating its meat, all being necessary 
to the treatment. After this accident she could fish no 
more, and we slowly waded back to shore. For her kind- 
ness in showing me the mysteries of terching fish on the 
reef, 1 opened my creel and gave her all my catch except 
the big mullet. That I felt I was fairly entitled to. 

The only thing in this fishery which shows the least 
influence of the toreigner is the use of the umbrella rib 
in the spear. Before the foreigners came to Samoa witli 
their umbrellas to displace the aboriginal rain shield of a 
banana leaf, the fish spears were tipped with the barbed 
thorn of one of the indigenous shrubs found everywhere 
at the edge of the bush. 
piercing the fish, and the barb held them as well as the 
wite toggle, but the thorns soon broke if they hit the coral. 

On the return to shore, Tanoa was awakened to clean 
the mullet and to salt it to secure its keeping over night. 
While he was at his task he kept up a running com- 
mentary of flattering congratulations on my skill with the 
spear, as shown by my wing shot at the fish in air. But 
the next morning when we had the fish for breakfast, my 
graceless Talolo came around and sat on the floor of our 
dining room in the shady corner of the veranda and 
developed a long chain of logical demonstration in proof 
that, as usual, he should have a tin of something. The 
gist of his argument was that inasmuch as I had*shown 
that I could go out on the reef to catch the family meals 
like any other woman, there was less need for hoarding 
our supply of provisions in tin cans, and on that account 
we could all the more readily spare him some salmon or 
corned beef or eyen sardines, and perhaps throw in a can 
of jam. 

And this was the sentiment of Talolo, without whose 
aid I should never have shouldered my bundle of torches 
and tried the night fishing on the reef. It is only one of 
the many reasons I had for feeling that Talolo was not 
altogether disinterested in his attentions to me, 
LLEWELLA PIERCE CHURCHILL, 


Concerning the Doctor. 


We had pitched our camp near Middle Inlet, on the 
same side of the lake as Hogarth’s. The other two J.’s 
were along this time. It was only their second year of 
wedded bliss, but the longing for the woods and “the 
smell o’ the pines’ had attacked them with such force 
that they had invented excuses, and resorted to subter- 
fuges in order to escape for a few weeks from the re- 
stricted charms of connubial joy. 

Jim claimed he was threatened with nervous prostra- 
tion, due to overwork, and Jack was in a very bad way 
with a combination of something he called malarial hay 
fever. Neither gaye evidence of the ravages of disease, 
ibut they explained by saying that they believed in taking 
va thing like that in time, that the disease was really lying 
dormant in their system ready to wake up and go to 
work at any moment. : 

J had given them three years to arrive at this stage of 
the game. It generally takes that long. I knew that the 
next year they would not stoop to underhand methods. 
When the proper time came they would simply “go north 
for a little rest,’ and Mrs. Jack and Mrs. Jim would 
each give a sigh of relief at having them out of the way 
during housecleaning time. It is good to profit by other 
people’s experience. I am still unmarried. 

“I met the Doctor a week or so ago,” Jim announced 
one evening—our third or fourth in camp. 

“What was he doing?” asked Jack. * 

“Same old thing. Exploiting some great idea and 
loafing. I told him about this trip, and he said he would 
like to come along, but was too busy.”: 

“The Doctor is all right in civilization,’ said Jack, 
“Dut he’s a devil of a nuisance in the woods. He is like 
an irresponsible kid. Remember how he was always losing 
himself that last time?” 

“You can forgive him much, though.” I remarked, “be- 
cause he is such good company.” 

“True.” assented Jack. ‘He is great sport, and I 
~wouldn’t mind a week or so of him. I'll bet any man a 
dollar he will show up yet.” 

“Til take you,” said Jim.- “He can't raise the price of 
the fare up here. Here, Joe. You hold the stakes.” 

The next. day Jack won the bet, but, as things trans- 
pired, not the stakes, It was late in the forenoon—almost 
dinner time—when we heard the rattle anu rumble of a 
wagon over on the old disused corduroy road that passed 
our camp not a great distance away. Vhe sound brought 
us all to attention. We heard the wagon stop, and then a 
call—a long-drawn out “Whoop-e-e.” 

“That's the Doctor,’ Jack exclaimed. 
be along. You lose, Jim.” 

“Are you sure?” asked Jim, 

“Sure as the dollar yow lost. 
call in Africa.” 

We answered the Doctor with a chorus of loud war 
whoops, and went forward to meet him. We espied him 
in the distance, seated in the lumber wagon that had 
‘brought him thus far, and evidently engaged in an alter- 
cation with the driver. 

“He doesn’t seem in any great hurry to meet us,” Jim 
wemarked. 

“Tt's his way.” said Jack. , 
remember why he came.” 

The Doctor saluted us with a graceful wave of the 
hand as we drew near, agua} 

“Tam trying to convince this man here,’ he explained, 
indicating the driver, ‘that two dollars is an exorbitant 
price to charge for bringing me over from the junction. 
He insists on two fifty?’ a 

"Tm derned ef I'll take a cent less,” the man interposed. 
“Tt’s wuth two fifty ef it’s wuth a cent. I ain’t drivin’ 
folks ’raund fer my health, mister.” 

“Vou 'see,”” said the Doctor looking grieved, “his mind 
is not open to conviction, and arguments are wasted, If 
one of you will loan me a couple of dollars I will settle 
with him, Fifty cents is all the change I have,” 


“T told you he'd 


I would recognize that 


1 


“He is probably trying to 


The thorn was-just-as good for ° 


FOREST AND STREAM, §* — ' 2 


Jack and I exchanged winks, and I produced the stake 
money and handed 1 over to the Doctor. He paid the 
driver, and climbed down from the wagon and shook 
hands all around. 

“Where are your traps?” Jack inquired, peering in the 
wagon. 

“My baggage? Oh, I didn’t bring any. Did’nt want 
to be bothered with it. Just thought 1 would spend a few 
days with you and get a little rest. J brought some wet 
groceries along that | thought might come in handy.” He 
nshed around under the wagon seat and brought out a 
suspicious looking package. ‘I can’t vouch for the quality 
of it,’ he added, as he handed the package to Jack, “but 
it was the best I could get. It certainly cost enough.” 

We thanked him for his thoughtfulness, and started 
back to camp. On the way the Doctor apologized for 
dropping in on us in such an unceremonious fashion. It 
was wholly an unpremeditated move on his part, he 
explained. He had got to thinking about us, and had 
jumped on the first train without bringing so much as a 
tooth brush—with nothing, in fact, but the clothes he stood 
in. There was nothing unusual in this, as it was the 
Doctor's way of doing everything. He was always un- 
prepared, and let emergencies look out for themselves, 
trusting to providence to “find a way.’ He was one of 
those people whom other people feel called upon to pro- 
tect. whose troubles other people always transfer to 
their own shoulders. But he was a fine story teller and 
the best company imaginable, therefore we forgave him 
his eccentricities. 

When dinner was over we skirmished around, and 
managed to get him rigged out, after a fashion, in a 


combination suit of wonderfully ill-fitting garments, and ~ 


then we sat around him in a circle and laughed at him. 
He presented a yery ludicrous appearance. He was one 
big misfit from the hat that came down over his ears,.to 
the shoes that were two or three sizes too large. 

The Doctor was a man a little past the heyday of youth, 
though he still retained much of his youthful vigor. He 
was scarcely above medium height and thin_in propor- 
tion. He still possessed a very heavy head of hair, iron 
gray in color, and he wore his beard, of the same color, 
rather long; this, coupled with the mild, innocent expres- 
sion of his big blue eyes, tended to give him quite a 
patriarchal look. 

He was easy going, almost to the extent of shiftless- 
ness. In this respect he was not unlike Hogarth’s Bill. 
Many of us, 1f we dared follow our own inclinations, or if 
circumstances permitted, would belong to that school 
of philosophic idlers. If we only dared. or if somebody 
had not invented that perpetual motion machine called 
“public opinion.” 

At some period in his life the Doctor had become im- 
bued with a desire to acquire learning, and, incidentally, 
the honors pertaining thereto. It was merely a spas- 
modie burst of ambition—a spurt which, from his own 
account, did not last long. But before the inevitable re- 
lapse set in, he succeeded in obtaining a degree of some 
kind and became a doctor of something-or-other, though 
of what we never could clearly understand. 

After we had transformed the Doctor from a patriarch 
into merely a strange looking object, he borrowed Jim's 
shotgun and said he would step out and see if he couldn't 
get a partridge or two for supper. He did not get a 
partridge, but he did get lost, and it was after dark be- 
fore we found him. He took the matter philosophically, 
of course. He said that he had been doing circles of 
varying dimensions for at least two or three hours, and 
if he had kept on, in time would probably have embraced 
the camp in his circuitous wanderings. He advanced a 
new theory on the subject of getting lost. 

“Tt's a case,” said he, “of your right leg not knowing 
nor caring what your left leg doeth. In fact, each leg is 
utterly independent of the other, and both utterly in- 
dependent of the rest of the body. They practically dis- 
own the body, and if they could. would detach them- 
selves therefrom and go on their separate ways rejoicing. 
The mind, or brain, is supposed to telegraph every move- 
ment you make to the necessary muscles, etc., involved, 
but when you are lost, the connection is broken, the 
wires are cut. You signal to your legs, “Go sou‘h and 
go in a straight line.’ Your legs respond by going north 
and going in a circle. You can’t understand it. and 
doubt your own senses, but the reason is plain. Your 
legs did not get the message. I consider it worth getting 
lost to have made the discovery.” 

That was the beginning. If the Doctor did not get lost 
every day, and sometimes twice a day, it was not his 
fault. We decided that he was doing it on purpose. that 
he was trying to prove his theory, but after he had slept 
out two nights without a fire—he never had any matches 
when he needed them—we changed our minds. 

Jack said that when he got back to civilization he 
was going to have his college confer another degree 
upon the Doctor. 

“What sort of a degree?” the latter innocently asked. 

“L. L. D,,” Jack replied. 

“But why L. L. D.?” inquired the Doctor, somewhat 
puzzled. 

“Tt stands for Long Lost Doctor.” said Jack with a 
grin, and I think he was grateful to the Doctor for creating 
an opportunity for this joke. Jack thinks himself funny. 


You must haye a climax.if you would have things be- - 


come interesting, and all on a day our climax came. I 
started out one morning to set a bear trap. The Doctor 
begged to go along, as he had never seen the operation. 
T reluctantly consented, after laying down certain rules 
and restrictions, 

The spot I had selected was near the end of an ald 
windfall. When once on the ground I was soon hard at 
work. In order to get rid of the Doctor’s unwished-for 
assistance, I told him to take my rifle and go around to the 
other side of the windfall and see what he could see. He 
gladly complied with my request, and his graceful ficure 
Was soon out of sight. He had been gone ten or fifteen 
minutes, and I was beginning to wonder if he had broken 
his record and lost himself 1m such a short time, when T 
heard a rifle shot. The shot was immediately followed 
by terrified shrieks and cries for help. I started in the 
direction of the sound on the run. I was thoroughly 


alarmed, my one conclusion being that the Doctor had © 


shot himself. I dashed around the windfall, expecting 
to see him writhing in his death agony, byt the Doctor 


Was nowhere in sight. But something else was. Some- 
thing ‘every bit as imteresting. Not ten rods away was 
an enormous black bear. He was growling and snarling 
with rage, and endeavoring to chimp a small beech tree. 
We discovered each other at the same instant, and he 
immediately transferred his attentions to me. It was 
not a time for meditation. “Lhe rapidity with which 1 
shinned up the uearest tree has never been equaled. The 
bear attempted to follow suit, but luckily the tree was too 
small for him. He could not get a good hold on the 
bark, and only succeeded in raising himself a few feet 
from the ground and then slipped back. This hut added 
to his fury. After several ineffectual attempts, he gaye 
it up and went back to his first tree. J noticed that he 
limped, and that one of his legs was bleeding. And then 
I looked around for the Doctor, whose cries had suddenly 
ceased, only to break out afresh as the bear left my harbor 
of refuge. : 

“Oh, Lord, here he comes!” he cried. “‘He’ll get me 
this time, sure. Help! Keep him away, can't you? Why, 
oh, why, did I shoot him?” 

And then I located him. He was up the beech tree as 
high up as he could climb. He was a-straddle a limb and 
hanging on for dear life. He made such a comical picture 
of abject terror and despair ihat in spite of my own awk- 
ward predicament and my recent terror, I was obliged to 
laugh. That laugn did a great deal toward restoring my 
lost courage, and I pulled myself together and proceeded 
to “size up” the situation. 

“Keep cool and don’t get excited,’ | called to the 
Doctor. ‘He can't climb the tree. You've wounded one 
of his legs, Where's the rifle?” 

“T don't know. I dropped it when he started for me. 
Are you sure he can’t get up here?” 

“Of course not. Brace up or you'll fall out of the tree. 
How did it happen?” 

“l saw him and he saw me, and he started to nun 
away, and I shot at him, and then he turned and came, 
for me, and that's all I remember till 1 found myself 
up here. I wish I hadn’t shot him, 1 was a fool to 
do it.” 

“IT agree with you,” 
mess of things. 
out.” : 

As if in answer to my stggestion, the bear left the 
tree and took up a position midway between the two 
trees. He sat down and commenced licking his wounded 
leg, at the same time keeping a closé watch on both of us. 
Escape was out of the question. I could see my rifle 
lying where the Doctor had dropped it a short distance 
from my tree, but it might as well have been in camp for 
all the good it was to me. 

It would hardly do to repeat our conversation—espe- 
cially my side of it—as the hours dragged on with no 
change in the situation, save when the bear furnished a 
little diversion now and then by trying to get at one or 
the other of us. It was late in the afternoon before any 
signs of relief appeared. It was the welcome voice of 
Sooner that announced the arrival of aid. Following 
his tustial tactics, he came through instead of going 
around the windfall. The bear heard him and prepared 
to do battle with this new foe. 

Sooner broke through the tangled mesh of roots and 
branches, and pulled up short at sight of the bear. He 
took in the situation at a glance. He made a feint at 
attacking the bear, and the bear prepared to meet him 
half-way. But Sooner was wise, and dashed off in an- 


I assented. “You have tade a 
He'll probably stay here and starve us 


other direction, and the enraged bear started in pursuit. 


This was my only chance. I knew that the bear would 
not run far, that he would return to keep guard over us. 
I slid: down the tree and made a dash for my rifle. The 
bear discovered the move just as I reached the rifle, and 
came straight for me. I took quick aim and let him 
have it. The third shot bowled him over and ended his 
career, 

When it was all over, the Doctor came down from the 
tree and gave thanks. He walked around the carcass of 
our recent foe, and went so far as to place his foot on 
the neck of the beast. 

"How are the mighty fallen!’” he exclaimed. ‘‘Well, 
we did for him that time, didn’t we? It was not exactly 
comfortable up in that tree, but it was well worth the in- 
convenience to have bagged this fellow. I don’t want to 
boast, but I am glad I had a hand in it.” 

“Were you very badly frightened?” I innocently asked. 

“Qh, no! Naturally, I was just a little nervous at 
first, but the feeling soon wore off, JI was afraid that he 
might get you, as you were unarmed, you know.” 

“You didn't seem at all frightened.’ I remarked. 


‘“But- honor to whom honor is due,” I added, as I ob- 


served Sooner cautiously approaching. “Unto Sooner 
be all the glory. Had it not been for that 
good dog, we would still be up a tree,’ and I took my hat 
off to him and saluted, He endeavored to appear in- 
different, but he could not entirely conceal his elation. 
He knew where the credit belonged as well as we, and his 
pride was excusable. 

Jack and Jim, who had come out to hunt for us, arrived 
on the scene in,time to help skin the bear, and we made 
quick work of the task. TI made the Doctor tell the story, 
as he was much beiter at that sort of thing than T. He 
had a more yivid imagination and less regard for the 
unvarnished truth than myself, Modesty compels ‘mé to 
State that much. He did not disappoint my expecta- 
tions, although he made my share in the adventure appear 
somewhat diminutive, I might say almost insignificant. 

We had bear steak for supper that night, but the Doctor 
would not partake of the delicacy. 

“I have been seeing bear and smelling bear all day 
long,”” he explained, “‘and I don’t care to taste bear also.” 

The next day he pleaded business, and having borrowed 
enough money to pay his way home, bade us farewell. 
Hogarth drove him to the Junction. 

We broke camp a week or so later. When we went to 
settle our account at the combination store at the Junction 
the proprietor thus addressed me: 

'They’s a bottle of tanglefoot charged up to you, 
y'know.’ 

“Ng; I didn’t know,” I assured him. Who charged it? 
Did either of you buy any whisky here?” I inquired, turn- 
ing to the other two. — 
“Ne, “Twant them,” said the proprietor of the com- 


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bination store. “’Twas the other gent what come by 
himself. He wanted the best stuff I had, and told me to 


gharge the bill, two déllars, to you, so I done it, seein’ he 


tee 


was one of the: party.” — 5 see 
“The Long Lost Doctor déserves another degrees, said 
Jack. “I wondered where he got it. I had one drink of 
it and it made me think of the time | ate tabasco sauce for 
éatchup by mistake.” eh 
I said nothing, but I paid the bill. I have never 
been able to rightly decide which was the real clhmax— 
whether it was when I was treed by the bear or when I 
paid that bill, Fayette DuRIN, JR. 


In the Old Plymouth Woods. 


From the Boston Globe. 


Prymouts has the largest township in Massachusetts, 
the oldest. civilization, the most dramatic history and the 
greatest wilderness. Between Plymouth. yillage on the 
north and Buzzards Bay on the south, Caryer and Ware- 
ham on the west and the shore on the east, 1s an immense 
tract of barren woodland, as sparsely settled as. it was 
two centuries and a half ago. There are a iew deer there, 
afew rabbits and many foxes, partridges and quail, while 
the numerous ponds are full of black bass and pickerel, 
but for more than fifty years rhe land has been steadily 
decreasing in value. ; 

The area of the township of Plymoutl is 50,070 acres, 
or about eighty square miles, and of this territory Sixty 
square miles is practically uninhabited. The population 
of.the township is estimated to be 9,000, of which nine 
teen-twentieths live in Plymouth village, Manomet, Chil- 
tonville, Ellisyille, Cedarville and the other settlements 
along the coast. 


es 


The people of Plymouth live upon history, and every 
carriage driver will talk off volumes in the course of a 
half-day ride. The monuments, the consecrated rocks, 
the museumts and ancient homes of the pilgrims, are thor- 
oughly known, but the great wilderness is called Plym- 
outh Woods with a sweep of the hand which banishes 
it from further mention. “They do say,” remarks some 
old:resident, “that there is a pond for every day in the 
year and a mudhole for leap year.’ This oft-repeated 
statement rather stretches the facts, but/the ponds, many 
of which are large enough to be called lakes, are really a 
feature of the town. William T. Davis says there are 175 
which have names and contain-fish. But the ponds, beau- 
tiful as they are, have attracted but a small handful: of 
summer visitors, who have satisfied their longings for 
a_lodge in some vast wilderness. But from the first there 
seemed much hesitancy about settling in the Plymouth, 
Woods. The woods of pine and oak could not be cleared 
without great labor, and even when a clearing was made 
the soil proyed to be poor and unproductive. The salt 
marshes and cedar groves to the north of Plymouth 
seemed far more attractive, so the southern country was 
left. to a few hardy men, who, like the Indians they dis- 
placed, lived chiefly by fishing and hunting. 

As time went on, however, there came a demand for 
lumber and fuel, which made the woods more yaluable. 
Wood lots were then*a marketable property, and the 
whole territory was cut,up by wood roads,-many of 
which still remain, apparently for no other purpose than 
to coniuse the traveler. But for the past fifty years the 
timber has steadily decreased in value. Pitch pine is re- 
placed by white pine for building and by coal for burn- 
ing. The steam engine, which at first burned wood and 
thus increased its marketable yalue, not only gave up 
wood for coal, but brought coal to Plymouth in competi- 
tion with the native fuel. Cordwood, which would have 
brought $8 a cord fifty years ago, can be bought for $4 
or $4.50 to-day. This wood costs $1.25 a cord to cut and 
must then be piled-up for six months or a year to season,. 
with a good chance of being burned by a forest fire and 
thus becoming a dead loss. Even if it escapes the fire it 
costs $2.a cord to haul it into town over the deep-rutted 
sandy roads, so that the final profit is small. . But even 
this margin of profit disappears when it was shown that 
the fires have frequently devastated the available wood- 
Jand, and’ that it has been necessary to allow the oaks ta 
grow twenty or thirty years and the pines even longer 
before they are fit to cut. 

So, as game has grown scarce and wood unprofitable. 
many of the original settlers have bandoned the farm for 
the town, in mogt cases being able to sell out for a small 
sum to a Portuguese or Italian immigrant. It is con- 
ceded that these foreigners can live where a native would 
starve to death. The Italians particularly seem to. have 
the*art of getting the utmost possible from a small patch 
of. unfertile soil. They choose little: farms on the out- 
skirts, of the villages and do considerable business’ with 
people of their. own race: 
lies just at the edge of,the woods. The rocky pasture 
and the rough meadow’ are bare and dry, but the cow and 
spare horse are led by boys to graze by the wayside. An 
older. boy was plowing over a field of stubble under the 
personal direction of a ‘big, black-bearded Italian, who 
swore strange Roman oaths-in«tones:of thunder. His 
Gnions, corn and cabbages showed infinite care. In‘ the 
_ fall his harvest is easily made:in‘time for his whole fam- 
ily’ to: <0 to work in the cranberry bogs, where between 


them they can make enough money to last them through ~ 


the «winter. OF a: 
In the old days when woodland was‘sold ‘the bog land 
was-thrown-in without even. being measured, but during 
the last forty years ctanberry bogs thave become enor- 
i. amously. valuable, and the cranberry-industry has been 
the salvation ofthe town. There is'a small income in 
inayflowers, pond lillies, swampberries and blackberries, 
which-abound in the woods, but there‘ have been some 
great fortunes and many comfortable *livings made in 
cranberries. Cranberry bogs have recently been worth 
as high as $1,000 an acre, and’ one concern cleared over 
$160;000 from a year’s businéss, and yet this important 
industry does very little to settle the: country, as the es- 
tablished bogs are entirely deserted for three-fourths of 
the year. : Fas Ss 

During the picking season men; women' and’ children. 
Ttaltans' and natives, gather it the bogs, even from so 
far away as New Bedford. Some camp upon'the ground. 
and others walk miles to and from ‘théir work daily. It 

a : i ‘'Lt a 


Sera ' ‘ Pauly 


tor four years before it begims.to yield. 


A typical farm -of this“sort ~ 


be a very poisonotis snake. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


is a short Season of three or four weeks, frequently inter- 
rupted by ‘strikes at the large bogs and.changes at the 
small dines, but the pay is good-for picking, white the 
screening employs a limited number of people far into 
the Winter. ‘The biggest profits were inade when eran- 
berries were $25 a barrel, but the price has steadily de- 
creased to, $5 or $6, and «a bog must he planted and tended 
a One ol the in- 
terior settlers had a bog of an acre which yielded 105 
barrels one season,.and which he finally sold for $1,000. 
He said it was not unsuual for families living near the bog 


19, earn $400 and more during the picking and screening 


season, and his own sons had started in Jife that way. 

But there are many accidents which may befall the 
cranberry crop, and as greater capital 1s now required 
the available. bog land is coming under the control of a 
few large owners, who are prepared to put money into the 
business. ) 
saying machinery, the old settlers see in cranberry pick- 
ing a fading opportunity und believe that the future ot 
the Plymouth Woods will depend-upon the summer vis- 
itor and his demand for milk, eggs, berries, ice and service. 

_ Yet this summer visitor is wondertully slow in coming. 
It is not because the distances are so-great; but rather be- 
cause the roads are sa poor, that this is'so. The bicycle 
is effectually shut out of the sandy wood roads, and the 
automobile has not yet made the attempt. A cottager 
living near ihe center of the woods says that nine horses 
are worked to their full capacity in keeping his establish- 
ment in touch with the outside world. 

There have been people who have sought absolute se- 
clusion and a simple lite, who have hidden their cottages 
in thick woods by the srde of a pond, but they have been 
tew. The second summer coitage was built twenty years 
ago, and there has scarcely been one a year added since. 
Meanwhile the big landed proprietor has stepped in and 
is getting control of large tracts of land for game pre- 
Serves, ; : ; 

. The most notable of these are Eben D. Jordan, of Bos- 
ton and Robert B. Symington, the thread man, of New- 
ark, N. J. Their estates. are adjoining, running south 
and west from Chiltonyille, and together they have fenced 
in nearly 5,000 acres. Their fences are about & fect high, 
of strong steel wire, with meshes small enough to prevent 
dogs or foxes irom getting in, or-Hares or low-flying 
birds irom getting out. : 

Both men are great pheasant fanciers, while Mr. Jor- 
dan is also stocking his estate with deer and Belgian hares 
and thoroughbred horses. He is fortunate in possessing 
some of the best farming land in the township, as well as 


_ the so-called Cathedral Woods, a group of lofty, primeval 


pines, branchless to their tops, and hetween whose trunks 
a perpetual twilight reigns. 

Donal S. Mackay, of Newark, is also a large owner in 

the same locality. Dayid-L. Webster, of Boston, has 400 
acres near Bunks and College ponds, and Albert S. Hath- 
away, ol Wareham, has about 700 acres near Five-Mile 
Pond and Half-Way River, Edward C. Turner has 2,000 
acres, but it is mostly woodland and is assessed at less 
than 50 cents an acre. Lucy E. Tisdale, of Wareham, has 
1,400 acres, while James E. Keith, of Chicago, has soo 
acres near Grassy and Fearing ponds. Much of the 
woodland is assessed at only 25 cents an acre, and one 
parcel of 620 acres is valued at $100 or about 16 cents an 
acre. 
_ But figures are chilly things, and to get warmed up it 
is only necessary to strap on a knapsack and start on a 
tramp through the Plymouth Woods, from the northern 
to the sotithern extremity. The writer having recently 
acquired sea legs did this at a disadvantage, and was in 
addition handicanped by extreme hot weather. He did 
not make record-breaking time, but he saw the country 
and became intimately acquainted with some parts of it. 

A side trip to Billington Sea was easily made, for it is 
only a mile and a half from Plymouth post office by 
good roads and parkways. "They say that in r62t Fran- 
cis: Billingham, being lost in the woods, climbed a lofty 
tree and discovered this body of water, which he took 
for an arm of the sea. One of the best authorities, how- 
ever, thinks that the name sea was used in the German 
sense as Zuyder Zee, At the present day the banks are 
steep and thickly wooded, and only an occasional roof 
shows among the tree tops. | s 

Great South Pond, which boasts a colony of summer 
visitors, is also of easy access. Long Pond. on the other 
hand, is in the center of the wooded district, so far off 
any traveled road that an unexpected visitor is almost 
unknown, Leaving Plymouth village bythe training 
green, the road leads by a few scattered houses, a farm 
or two. some bits of pasture and straight into the: woods. 
It is second, or twenty-second, growth oak, which alter 
a few miles becomes mixed with pine, but either trees are 
high enough to furnish shade. There is a deserted house, 
a turn in the road, and then a long march along the wire 
fencing of the Jordan and Symington estates. There was 
one chanberry bog, one brook, two or three houses and 
four well-dressed scarecrows in something like eight 
miles of walking. A young man with a stick, suspected 
of being a pond lily hunter, killed a puff adder, said to 
vety. The pond lily hunter began 
by criticising other pedestrians, but after learning that they 


' had climbed all the Rocky Mountains he developed into 


quite a decent chap, who confessed that beside collecting 
pink pond lilies he was in the mayflower gathering busi- 
ness. the cordage working business and the cranberry 
picking business at different seasons through the year. 
He-said that in the cranberry season he sometimes walked 
seven miles to the bog and seven miles home again 
every day, and he still liked walking, except for bull- 
dogs, and he carried a club for them. The lily hunter's 
road branched off, unfortunately, but the next morning 
he appeared again, haying walked nine miles before 
breakfast time. 

Before reaching Long Pond the butned woods appear, 
a waste of,grim, black, stumps, with scrub oaks springing 
up around their stumps. Fine wood ashes mingled with 
the sand under foot, and occasionally with the air aboye— 
a God-forsaken country, as-any one might easily belieye— 
but, turning. sharply to the right, there is the shade of 
a. well-cleared grove, soon the glint of water, and on 
the shore of Little Long Pond the comfortable summer 
place of the Stearns family, 


“js.the smallest post office in Massachusetts. 


What with combinations of owners and labor- | 


are on the Western prairies. 


(Seon ge; 4O8eh , 


Just beyond is Lone Pond, set like a diamond in 
White sand. There is a picturesqtte bridge across the 
counecting stream between the two ponds, and beside it 
At a liberal 
guess the Long Pond post office is 18 inches in height, 
depth and breadth, for itis simply a letter box, at which 
every One acts as his Own postmaster. When a man goes 
to town he takes the letters Jeft for mailing, and when 
he leaves town lor the lake he brings the mail for the 
community and leaves it in the box for each to help him- 
self. There are no regular hours or even days for col- 
leetions or deliveries, but that matters little to people 
who have painted their cottages dark green and hidden 
them in the thickest foliage that surrounds the pond. 
Myron W. Whitney, the singer, has a cottage near by; 
also Charles 5. Davis, a lawyer, F. A. Hatch, Howard 
Davis, Mrs. Fessenden and a few others. ody | 

Gallows .Pond is close by, and between them at the 
turn of the road is the little one-story farm house which 
used to be the home of Branch Pierce, the famous hunter 
whom Daniel Webster was wont to yisit. All the old 
settlers tell Webster-stories, and the tree where he would 
hang his deer is still pointed out, They say also that 
Gallows Pond gets its name, not on accunt of the men, 
but the deer that were hung there. Gallows Pond, which 
is much smaller than Long Pond, has the same beauti- 
{ful beach and two or three cottages on its northern bor 
der. In the same group is Haliway Pond, which is, on 
the whole, the most characteristic of the lot, with a more 
varied scenery and a wilder appearance. 
dleback which separates them, both ponds can be seen, 
and a glance shows that Halfway Pond is at a much lower 
level. 

- But the thoughts of the amateur explorer were turned 
toward luncheon, for the hour was late, and even a glass 
of milk would seem a feast. Soon an attractive little 
farmhouse was sighted, with three promising-looking 
eows gtazing in the neighborhood. ‘The house proved 
to be ydcant. except for a colored hoy who was gather- 
ing together some old iron, and explained the utter im- 
possibility of getting milk there. Nearby was the fam- 
ily graveyard of the King family, where lay William Kine, 
who was born in Revolutionary times. The post office 
ol Raymond promised much, seeming like an oasis in 
the desert, but the best the genial official could do was 
birch beer off the ice and hardtack. 

Postmaster Raymond said that deer had come within 
half a mile of his house earlier in the season, but he 
thought there was small chance of getting them to wait 
to have their pictures taken. Mr. Raymond yery nat- 
urally tales an interest in his post office and wants to see 
it do well, and the primitive letter hox which some of the 
summer folks at the other end of the pond persist in 
using is a constant eyesore to him. 

Bloody Pond, which lies just east of the group, is so 
named from a historic fight between the colonists under 
Capt. Church and some of King Philip’s Indians, The 
pond is yearly divided by two opposite points, which 
form an easy lording place. 
and when the Indians were wading across shot so many 
that the water became red with blood, or vice versa. It 
is a singular example of the loose history of the woods 
that the story is told both ways. Despite its sanguinary 
name, Bloody Pond is a very picturesque body of water, 
and Walter Redding, of Quincy Point, is building a com- 
fortable cottage on the western point. ? 

In trudging back to Halfway Pond, where he had 
planned to stay over night, the traveler fell in with a 
young man of the neighborhood, who discoursed upon 
the dangers of a great city like Boston, The young 
man had himself experienced those dangers, and finally, 
with divine help, had overcome them. In a frank, gen- 
erous way he tried to induce the wayward explorer to 
share the benefits of a consecrated life. The incident 
was one caiculated to make a strong impression, illus- 
trating as it did the force religion gains over people 
whose lives are of necessity narrowed by the monotony 
of the wilderness. 

Martin Van Buren Douglass lives on the bank of Half- 
way Pond, in-the house where he was born. He is road 
overseer, constable and the conservative man of the 
neighborhood, and with George G. Barker, of Boston, 
and Dean Briggs, of Haryard College, practically con- 
trols the water front of the pond. In past times the 
home of Martin Douglass has-been a favorite resort of 
sportsmen, and his brother, Warren, now seventy-three 
years old, has been a noted nimrod. Each is an interest- 
ing man in his way, but Warren is more typical of the 
old hunter, tall, lean, with a strong nose and an eagle’s 
eyes. He has a notion of coming to Boston some day to 
see the street cars go under the ground. Mr. Barker, 
who has a very handsome estate, shares its comforts 
in the summer with a number of poor children from Bos- 
ton, for whom he has built and equipped a charming 
home near the water’s edge. The neighbors speak with 
great enthusiasm of the good deeds of Mr. and Mrs. 
Barker and their son, who is going into the cranberry 
business quite éxtensivély. 

Both south and west of the Long Pond group the 
country is wild and uninhabitable, and the wood roads 
so confusing that it is considered dangerous for a stranger 
to go without a guide. At one time sheep ranged. in 
these woods, being rounded up from time to time as cattle 
The mutton was excellent, 
but the industry was unprofitable on account of the dogs 
of the neighborhood, whose attacks upon the sheep were 
unceasing. oul, Ome Shape 

To Rocky Pond, Big Sandy. Ezekiel’s and» White 
Island the way is without the slightest sign of human 
life. White Island Pond is one of the largest in the 
district, very irregular, surrounded by shady groves and 
white beaches. There is a summer camp here and near 
by cranberry shanties; also a bridge over Red Brook. 
Then beyond is a wilder wilderness, where the only 
sign of life is an occasional well-concealed blind for 
hunting wild fowl in the season. After repeatedly losing 
his way, but finally getting through to civilization, the 
traveler struck across to Bournedale and started north by 
Herring Pond, through the coast country. The bulldog 
trolley is quite common in this neighborhood, Usually 
a wire is stretched about 6 feet high from the house to 
the barn, and from it is hung a short rope, to which the 


From the sad- . 


The settlers lay in ambushs , 


SEPT. 15, 1900.] 


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dog is attached. The result is that the dog’s racing and 
barking is confined to one beaten track, and though he 
often vibrates between the two buildings like a shuttle, 
the lives of many innocent chickens are temporarily saved. 

.For the most part the Plymouth woods extend east- 
ward close to the shore of the bay, and most of the scat- 
tered farmers of this region depend upon fishing for a 
livelthood. On a little bluff north of Ellisville, with the 
woods in the background and the booming suri at his 
front door, lives Capt. Ezra Pierce, who was raised at 
the Branch Pierce place, at the head of Long Pond. 
Capt. Pierce, though born in the woods, has lived a sea-! 
faring life, and now in his old age fishes and hunts with 
impartiality, He sauntered up to the house about dark, 
with a gun in his hand, having been down the road a 
piece for a woodchuck, which he didn’t get. His father 
used te keep a tally of his déer by notches on his gun- 
stock, and his record with one gun was 264, he having 
killed twenty-three for four seasons hand-running. “That 
old gun; with a barrel more than 6 feet long, was bought 
by Wiliam T, Dayis the Plymouth historian, for $30,” 
said Capt. Ezra, adding, in a drawl, with a characteristic 
droll look: “’Twan't wuth 30 cents.” 

Capt. Pierce said that when Danicl Webster used to 
come to hunt with his father he would be allowed to go 
too, thongh but a lad, as he killed his first buck, unaid- 
ed, when he was fourteen years old. “Father used to call 
me Cook,” said the Captain, “and ~when he came home 
to see that buck hanging under a tree at Gallows Pond 
he says: ‘What you got there, Cook, a deer or a horse?’ 
Well, we sent that buck 1ip on a sloop bound for Boston, 
bit the sloop made two tries, but couldn’t beat by Minot's 
Light, so that deer was weighed in the Plymouth mar- 
ket at last and knocked the record.’ 

He said that Webster usually stttck close to his stand 
and would not leave it on any account; but one day when 
if, Was raining so hard that he could not do anything he 
left his stand and went back to his house. When the 
great man found that young Ezra had stuck to his stand 
and shot a loon he promptly gave a quarter of a dollar 
for it. Then Webster would march up and down the 
floor, swinging his arms and singing, and he sang well, 
in the boy's estimation. Capt. Pierce says the foxes are 
most all poisoned or trapped out in his section, but he 
still sees deer occasionally, “but they don’t know my 
nationality or where I come from,” he naively remarks, 
in compliment to his own woodcraft. 

Five miles beyond Capt. Pierce’s, to the north, the elec- 
tric railroad is reached and encroaching civilization is 
elbowing the woods out of the way. From Manomet to 
Plymonth village there are farms on one side and sea- 
side cottages on the other, and a man prefers to ride, 
rather than walk, especially if he has done twenty-four 
miles in the blazing heat the day before. 

Thinking the whole thing over, it is a pretty safe guess 
that neither the landed proprietor, the cottager nor the 
cranberry man will make any great change in the Plym- 
outh wilderness for t00 years to come, while the forest 
fires only change it temporarily to perpetuate its bar- 


Blatuyal Gistorg. 
The Cat. 


A rEw months ago our cat gave birth to two kittens. 
A pile of straw had been provided for her in the middle 
of the barn floor, as being a sunny spot in the day time. 
She was very content with this place, only supplementing 
the straw with an old piece of lace curtain which the 
children had thrown across a camp chair. After several 
days—a weelc or more—the children announced that the 
kittens’ eyes were beginning to open, and upon inspec- 
tion a barely perceptible slit was disclosed, scarcely 
enough to let any light through. 

The mother cat had done a wise thing. She had car- 
ried her kittens to the very darkest place she could find. 
to wit, the “back bedroom” of the girls’ “dolls’ house,” 
Over in the corner, and there she kept them until the 
kittens’ eyes had completely opened and become accus- 
-tomed to the light. 

How did she know when it was time to take those 
kittens out of the light? J 

When the kittens began to crawl around and occasion- 
ally to slip down the first step of the stairs, she carried 
them back to their dark corner with as much patience as 

a human mother would carry her baby back to safety. 

But a little later, when they seemed to her to have 
grown old enough to have some sense, she began to 
scold them, and in no uncertain accents. Still later, when 
their education began, the scolding sometimes gave place 
to a right smart boxing. It was irresistibly ludicrous to 
see her walk up to one of them and give it a smart box 
on one ear with one paw and then a similar box on the 
other ear with the other paw. But before I speak of the 
education of these two kittens I must not forget to re- 
mark the old cat’s evident knowledge of modern medical 
science. She knows all about germs and the value of anti- 
septic conditions, for as soon as a person or a child got 
through “nursing” or stroking or touching one of her 
infant offspring she carefully washed it, or that part of it 
which had come in contact with the person. It goes with- 
out Saying, therefore, that the kittens grew up into comely 
antl healthy cats. 

As nearly as I can conclude from my opportunities for 
observing it, the process of education consisted in les- 
sons in climbing, fighting and hunting, in the order 
named. The method of instruction in each case was by 
example. There was no lecture course in cat language. 
To teach them to climb, she began by getting them into 
a playful mood, which was invariably accomplished in the 
good old human way of filling their stomachs. Then the 
mother cat made for a post with a great flourish and 
climbed up it about 2 feet. Before a long while the kit- 
tsns*tried it, but the minute they found themselves off 
the: ground they had an accession of juvenile fright and 
backed down. Following lessons made them more ven- 
tuiresonie, and the mother gradually increased her climb 
and gradually coaxed the kittens to follow her, until now, 


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at Six months of age, they can climb trees as well as their 
mother, or think they can. 

Soon after beginning the climbing lessons she began to 
teach them to fight and by dint of many counterfeit maul- 
ings and boxing matches (1 imagine with 6-ounce gloves) 
they became-skilled in the manly art of self defense. 

Lastly she began to teach them ‘to hunt. She would 
catch a large grasshopper and call to her progeny in a 
peculiar tone of voice which they soon grew to under- 
stand meant “Mother has caught us a grasshopper.” She 
then dropped her prey in front of one of them, and if it 
tried to fly away before the kitten got it she caught it 
again and dropped it in front of it once more, when the 
kitten pounced upon it, doubtless making use of the 
skill in fighting and boxing theretofore acquired. Grad- 


ually the kittens began to follow their instructor afield 


and to catch their own hoppers, although the mother cat 
still continues to fetch them seyeral fat ones each day, 
giying them to each of her children, turn about, and be- 
ginning, so far as | have obseryed, with the light gray 
one, for whom she entertains a preference. Perhaps it 
was her first botn. Who knows? 

I used to think that animals were born with an in- 
herent knowledge of their functions and duties and pow- 
ers; but the more I see the more I see I was mistaken, 
They learn, ; Grorce KENNEDY. 

Sr. Louis, Mo, 


A Bird Lover’s Back Yard. 


THE bluejay is a daily visitor to our back yard. His 
Saw-edge voice is generally the first bird note I hear in 


the morning, but he sometimes intersperses this with a bit’ 


of song of a tender, wheedling nature, which somewhat 
dulls the edge of that otherwise harsh voice of his. 
His favorite retreat at the present time seems to be 
the grape arbor.’ How well he knows that the Concords 
are ripening there. In the early morning I sneak on him 
unawares, when he considers himself safe from any intru- 
sion, just to note his momentary confusion. Although 
detected in the very act of eating a grape, he assumes an 
“I-didn’t-do-it” expression that seems wholly comical. 
How he tries to brave it out! At once he is deeply ab- 
sorbed in other directions, as if such a tidbit as a grape 
never existed. Hlopping here and there, he pretends to 
ignore my presence, but still giving me a stealthy glance 
now and then. This farce is kept up until finally he sees 
a good opportunity to leave, and emitting a defiant note 
he quickly grabs a grape and away he goes to the roof 
of the barn. 

Directly in the rear of this building is an alley where 
the telephone wires overhead serve as a convenient perch 
for passing birds to tarry for a moment to view the sur- 
roundings, if for nothing else. Bluejays resort there, 
sometimes half a dozen at a time, and an occasional 
blackbird, robin, catbird, sparrow hawk and oriole look 


that way also. The red-headed woodpecker and highhole 


prefer the smooth sides of the telephone pole to the wires. 
Whacking it a few times, through force of habit, I pre- 
stiime, they fly to the tall*soft maple just beyond, where 
the latter invariably makes his presence known by his 
joyous call note. To me it is always associated with 
iresh and breezy things. To the back yard it brings the 
air of the fields, the woodside. It is a haunting refrain 
from boyhood, 

The Baltimore oriole is a famous and persistent grape 
tippler, and the catbird also loves to tast of the juicy 
clusters of the Coneords. Day after day I heard her 
feline mew issuing from the leafy covert and saw her as 
she flitted to a more secluded position. I knew that she 
was there for something more than mere shade, and kept 


my eye on her accordingly, until I detected her sidling up. 


to a cluster, select a grape and fly with it to the big 
syringa bush hard by, where she spends considerable of 
her time. From this retreat she sometimes serenades 
us during the twilight—a low, tender nocturne—that to 
some extent compensates us for her disagreeable squawks 
and catcalls. She is more yoluble in the d-y time. Often 
for an hour at a time she will pour forth ‘that curious 
medley that has won for’ her a sort of mockingbird rep- 
utation. While I admire and wonder at her singing, I do 
not understand it; there are too many twists and turns. 
In fact, it is all Italian opera to me. 

Our next-door neighbor, a lady kindly disposed to the 
birds, places a large dish filled with water day after day 
under a maple in her yard. It attracts the birds as a con- 
venient bathing resort, as she intended it should. How 
the robins, bluejays and our lady graycoat, the catbird, 
vie with each other in getting the first chance to take 
their morning ablutions! The latter goes about it in an 
elegant, careful tanner, characteristic of all her ways, but 
the bluejay usually tumbles into it with a swoop and a 
splash that scatters the water in all directions. , 

Almost daily I hear the weird notes of the yellow- 


billed cuckoo and sometimes catch a glimpse of him as 


he stealthily flits among the trees or shrubbery. The 
other day one was bold enough to perch on the clothes 
lines near the house. It afforded me a fine view of this 
handsome bird, and I enjoyed it. When he finally de- 
tected me watching him, IT caught the feat-look in his 
wild eye as he hastily took flight. 

Chickadees generally prefer the early morning to call 
on us. and they are indeed welcome visitors. Happy lit 
tle fellows, their visits are altogether too infrequent. At 
rare intervals I hear their phcebe notes, What a sweet 
bit of melody, so tender, plaintive and flutelike. The red- 
head is the prevailing woodpecker in the neighborhood. 
A projecting piece of tin on the eaves of the house 
seryes him lately for a drum, and what a racket he 
makes! Downy and hairy are merely transients. Gold- 
finches now come daily to the sunflowers for seeds, and 
the few scattered blooms of the honeysuckle on the lat- 
tice still Iure the hummingbird. We also have the 
screech owls. I hear their wailing in the big maple 
beside the house when nights are darkest. Since cherty 


time the cedar birds have not been in evidence, but yes-— 


terday I heard an -unmistakable fine, wheezy whistle. 
Making a detour, I discovered a dozen or more perching 
demurely im the cherry tree, the scene of bygone ban- 
quets. The fussy little house wren pops up when least 
expected and generally in out-of-the-way places. His 
vivacious, gushing strain is still heard at dawn. Small as 


he is, he is a4 factor ta be reckoned with. He takes de- 
light in berating grimalkin, for well he knows that the 
sneaking creature has been the cause of many a tragedy 
of a nest, The robin, with his open, unsuspicious ways, 
was the greatest sufferer. Even the bluejay, who built 
his nest in a maple im front of the house, was not safe 
from the depredations, and the home was broken up. 
Scattered blue feathers under the cherry-tree told part 
of the story. The bluebird is a rarity. I have not heard 
his warble or seen the flash of his blue wing since early 
spring. From my. limited point of observation, such an 
event would be worth remembering, 

I love to see the blackbirds pass by overhead in the 
evening on their way to some favorite roosting place. 
What an exhilarating sight! The flight to the roost 
commences about sunset and is kept up until nearly 
dark, At dawn they return to their feeding grounds in a 
western direction. Just why these dusky cohorts should 
select the residence portion of the city to spend the 
night instead of some remote tree in field or pasture, 
close to their feeding haunts, is one of the mysteries of 
bird life. Sometimes, after the birds haye passed in the 
direction of the roost, the whole band will suddenly re- 
turn in, detached flocks; singly and in pairs. Flying 
about excitedly, they settle in- the nearest Wayside tree. 
There is a noisy pow-wow and up they swoop again, 
more circling about, and finally again depart roostward. 


THEODORE M. Scuracx. 
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, guy. 1- 


‘Change in a Bird’s Habits. 


Man’s interference with the operations of nature is a 
subject so familiar as to be almost worn out. Yet it is 
interesting to notice the new directions in which the 
earth or its inhabitants are changed by this interference. 
We introduce rabbits into Australia and they devastate 
the land. A few pairs of English sparrows set free in 


- North America have covered the continent from ocean to 


ocean. In the Island of New Zealand is found a parrot, 
the food of which was soft vegetable roots, dug from the 
ground, honey and the nectar of flowers, but since New 
Zealand and the islands of the neighboring seas were 
settled by man and the industry of sheep raising intro- 
duced, this parrot has given up its diet of vegetable food 
and now feeds on flesh. It began by devouring the flesh 
of sheep which had died, but at the present day it is said 
that the parrots alight on the backs of living and un- 
injured sheep and dig holes in the- flesh, which they tear 
out with their strong beaks and devour. 

A recent note published by Prof. E. Ray Lankester, of 
the Natural History Museum of London, tells of a some 
what analogous change in mode of life in a group of 
birds found in South Africa, known by the common name 
“beef eater” or “ox pecker.’ These birds, which are 
telated to the starlings, have always. been regarded as 
useful birds on account of their habits. They frequent 
the herds of cattle and large game found in South Africa 
and feed upon the ticks and grub which infest these ani- 
mals. They have also been called rhinoceros birds, from 
the fact that they are almost always found with these 
animals. The birds are said to run over the backs, sides 
and bellies of the cattle, like woodpeckers on a tree, search- 
ing for insects or for the grubs which lie close beneath 
the skin. So useful were these birds considered that, at 
the recent International Conference on the Preservation of 
African Wild Animals, it was decided that special pro- 
tection should be given to this species. 

Recently, however, Prof. Lankester teceived from Capt. 
Hinde, of the British East Africa Protectorate, some 
notes on this subject which are of great interest as show- 
ing the general adoption of a new habit. 

Capt. Hinde says: “The following case of wild birds: 
changing their habits may interest you. The common 
thinoceros bird (Buphaga erythrorhyncha) here formerly 
fed on ticks and other parasites which infest game and 
domestic animals; occasionally, if an animal had a sore; 
the birds would probe the sore to such an extent that it 
sometimes killed the animal. Since the cattle plague 
destroyed the immense herds in Ukambani, and nearly all 
the sheep and goats were eaten during the late famine, 
the birds, deprived of their tood, have become carnivorous, 
and now any domestic animal not constantly watched is 
killed by them. Perfectly healthy animals have their 
ears eaten down to the bone, holes torn in their backs 
and in the femoral regions. Native boys amuse them- 
selves sometimes by shooting the bitds on the cattle with 
arrows, the points of which are passed through a piece of 
wood or ivory for about half an inch, so if the animal is. 
struck instead of the bird, no harm is done. The few 
thus killed do not seem in any way to affect the numbers 
of these pests. On my own animals, when a hole has 
been dug, I put in iodoform powder, and that particular 
wound is generally avoided by the birds afterward; but if 
the birds attack it again, they become almost immediately 
comatose and can be destroyed.” ; 

Capt. Hinde also believes that these birds carry the 
cattle plague from one herd to another and thus render 
useless isolation as a protection against the spread of the 


disease. 
a ee 
Quail Tamed and Bantam Gone Wild. 


' Tryon, Oklahoma, Sept. 3.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Early in the summer I found a quail’s nest containing 
sixteen eggs, which I put under a bantam hen, and every 
egg hatched. The quail are now {full grown and as tame 
as chickens, and do not wander far from the barnyard. 
But what seems very Strange to me is that they roost 
With,some chickens in the top of a black oak tree about 
25 teet above the ground. Another Strange feature is 
that while these quail remair tame,-the bantam hen that 


Quail are the only game we h left 7 } 
P : ave left in this easter 
part of the Territory, and they are ve astern 


dozen in this neighborhood in two d 
hope the Lacey bill will put a stop to such slaughter. 
W. S. CHENOWETH, M' D, 


206 


Game Bag and Gun. 


American Wildfowl and How to 
.Take Them.—lIl. 


BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. : ' 
(Continued from page 187.) 


Swans, 
Sub-Family Cygame. 

Tuer swans are the largest of our water fowl, and the 
American species measure nearly or quite 5 feet in 
length. The naked skin of the bill runs back to the 
eye, covering the lores; the pill is high at the base, but 
broad and flattened toward the tip; the tarsus 1s reticu- 
late, and shorter than the middle toe. In our species 
the feathers do not come down to the tibio-tarsal joint. 
The two American species are white in the adult plum- 
age, the immature birds being gray. 


e 
The Trumpeter Swan, 


Olor buccinator (Rich.). 

The plumage of the trumpeter swan is white through- 
out, the naked black skin of the bill extends back to the 
eyes, covering what is called the lores, and the bill and 
feet are wholly black. The tail feathers are twenty-four 
in number, and this character will distinguish it from 
our only other swan, the species which follows. The bill 
is longer than the head, and the bird measures about 5 
feet in total length. The spread of wings is great, some- 
times 10 feet, Audubon records a specimen which weighed 
38 pounds. 

The young are gray, the head often washed with rusty, 
but grow whiter as they advance in years. The gray of 
the head and neck is the last to disappear, In the young 
the bill is flesh color at the base, dusky at tip; feet gray. 

The trumpeter swan is a Western species, and is 
scarcely found east of the Mississippi River, Formerly 
it bred over much of the Western country, though wn- 
doubtedly most of the birds repaired to the far North 
to rear their young. Many years ago we found it breed- 
ing on a little lake in Nebraska, and I have seen it in 
summer on the Yellowstone Lake, in Wyontng. The 
nest is built on the ground, and the eggs vary in num- 
ber from two to five. *y . 

In agreement with what!is known of the trumpeter 
swan in the United States, its breeding grounds in the 
North appear to be inland. Explorers give the Hudson 
Bay as one of its resorts, where it is said to be one of 
- the earliest migratory birds to arrive. Jt breeds on the 
islands and in the marshes, and on the shores of the 
fresh-water lakes, and is said to lay from five to seven 
eggs, It is stated also that it is monogamous, and that 
the mating is for life. During the period of the molt, 
when the swans are unable to fly, they are eagerly pursued 
by the Indians, mot always successtully, since they are 
able to swim and to flap over the water as fast as a canoe 
can be paddled. The swan breeds also in the barren 
grounds on the head of the Fraser River, and at various 
points on the Mackenzie River; it has been reported also 
from Norton Sound. 

The note of the trumpeter, from which it takes its 
mame, is loud and resonant and so closely resembles that 
of the sandhill crane that it is not always easy to dis- 
tinguish the two apart. The young birds of the year are 
pale gray in color, and the plumage of the body becomes 
white earlier than that of the head and neck, These young 
birds are very good eating, while the older ones, as a 
tule, are very tough and hardly edible. 


American Swan. 


Olor columbianus (Ord.). 

The common swan is slightly smaller than the trump- 
eter, but is colored like it, except that on the naked lores, 
just before the eye, there is a spot of yellow. This, how- 
ever, is not invariably present, and is usually lacking in 
the young birds. 
twenty-four, and this with the fact that the nostrils open 
half-way down the bill (instead of being in the basal 
half, as in the trumpeter swan), will always serve to dis- 
tinguish the two. 

The young are gray, with a pink bill, which later 
turns white, and finally black. As the young grow older, 
the body becomes white, then the neck, and last of all 
the head. 

_ During the autumn, winter and spring this swan occurs 
in greater or less abundance all over the United States, 
occasionally being found as far south as Florida. It is 
rarely seen, however, off the New England coast. Its 
breeding grounds are in Alaska, and Mr. Dall reported 
it common all along the Yukon, and says that it arrives 
with the geese about May 1, but appears coming down 
the Yukon instead of up the stream. It breeds in the 
great marshes, near the mouth of that river. 

This species is said to be much more common on the 
Pacific than on the Atlantic coast, in winter resorting 
in great numbers to lakes in Washington, Oregon and 
portions of California, where it is often found mingled 
with the trumpeter Swan. 
the South Atlantic coast. 

The whooping swan of Europe (Cygnus cygnus) is 
supposed to occur in Greenland, and is therefore given in 
the ornithologies as a bird of America. It has not been 
taken on this continent. It is white in color, and has the 
bill black at the tip, with the lores and basal portion of 
the bill yellow. : 

[The species described in the issue of next week will be: 
The two snow geese, blue goose, Ross’ goose, white- 
fronted goose and emperor goose. ] 


A Veteran Rhode Island Sportaman: 


‘Tue late Edgar Pratt, of Providence, was one of the 
most ardent sportsmen in the State, having since boy- 
hood been a lover of hunting and fishing, and had always 
taken an active interest in the preservation of the game 
birds of Rhode Island, 


The tail feathers are twenty instead of © 


It is common in winter on. 


FOREST _AND_ STREAM. 


Mr. Pratt was born in Bridgewater, Conn., in 1839. 


A little more than twenty years ago he became connected | 


with the firm C. F, Pope & Co,, which for years was the 
meeting place of the foremost gunners and fishermen of 
the State, and it was here that he became on intimate 
terms with such well-known men as Newton Dexter, 
Horace Bloodgood, Henry Saxton and a number otf 
others who wielded the rod and gun. 

Edgar Pratt lor many years made trips with these 
gentlemen in the Maine woods and Adirondacks for big 
game, and along the Atlantic Coast for fish, and he was 
the life and soul of the party, possessing a fund of anec- 
dote and always having a good story.on tap. He was 
quite a joker, but his jokes never had a sting, and in 
consequence ‘his friends grew in number from year to 
year.—Providence News. 


Wlaine September Deer Hunting. 


Boston, Sept. 10.—The Maine $6 license deer hunting 
season, which had started oft with something of a boom, 
has come near to being brought to an abrupt termination. 
An Augusta dispatch of Saturday says the Pish and Game 
Commissioners have issued orders tnat no more Septem- 
ber licenses be sold. ‘his is by reason of the serious 
drought which prevails in most parts of that State, ren- 
dering forest fires exceedingly liable. Indeed, some bad 
fires have already started in Hancock and other counties, 
and are raging seriously in valuable timber lands. Lhe 
exceedingly wet weather which prevailed in most of the 
wooded country of Maine during June and July has been 
followed by no rain at all for several weeks, and reports 
say that the forests are extremely dry. Doubtless the 
timber land owners have invoked the aid of the Fish and 
Game Commissioners, who have the licensing of Septen)- 
ber hunters in hand, to keep the hunters out of their 
forests as much as possible. I do not understand that 
it is in the power of the Commissioners to revoke deer- 
killing licenses already issued, though they have-issued 
orders to both game wardens and licensed guides to use 
every precaution to prevent the starting ot forest fires. 
The September licenses are for sale at different hunting 
resorts, and the order to sell no more is likely 
to be obeyed rather slowly. It is possible to date 
a license back a few days. Possibly the Commissioners 
may not be willing to believe that such a trick would be 
attempted, but one can hardly help mistrusting the work- 
ing of such a system, especially when aware that the 
licenses are for sale by the proprietors of hunting and 


fishing resorts who have allowed the killing of deer by’ 


guides and guests all through the month of August. This 


1s a pretty strong'assertion, but I have seen-a letter, writ- - 


ten in August, by a lady stopping at one of these hunting 
resorts, to a lady friend, stating that the guides “mys- 
teriously disappear at night,” and that,“mountain lamb” 
is served-on the table the next day, and for several days 
afterward. The proprietor of the camps from which the 
letter was written has the September licenses for sale. 
As stated above, the September license shooting of deer 
has started off with a good deal of force, and a good many 
deer have been Killed. A Dixfield, Me., hunter was one 


of the first successful ‘ones to be reported. He had his- 


deer located.” They were coming out into the fields to feed 
every morning. He was on hand before daylight the 
first day of September. The weather has continued as hot 
as August, and the deer have continued coming down to 
the water, especially since the woods are so very dry. 
Hunters with licenses in hand have been successiul in 
killing deer by simply being on hand at the water and 
near to the runways.’ This has been additional sport for 
the late fishermen, who have dragged their stay into 
September. SPECIAL. 


The {Mountain Quail of North 


Carolina. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

I read with much pleasure your correspondent’s recent 
description of the “pink beds” on the Vanderbilt estate 
in western North Carolina. I have been there and seen. 
But there is another location in that section still wilder, 
more rugged, more mountainous, and 1,000 feet higher 
on the plateau, where precipices drop 1,800 feet perpen- 


dicular, a dozen waterialls leap crags twice the height 


of Niagara and lakes two miles long fill up the deep 
valleys between the peaks. There are no other lakes in 
the whole mountain region. Here the mountain trout 
(true speckled salmos) turn the scales (their scales) at 
2 pounds ayoirdupois, quail fly higher than anywhere else 
in the South, foxes are keener, deer ruin better, bears are 
more lusty and wild turkeys strut more and scratch 
harder than in any other part of the Blue Ridge. Once 
in a while a panther (the true Felis concolor) stirs the 
woody precincts of the pine-root bogs; and the delight 
of it all is that it is not only easily accessible by rail and 
graded turnpike, but available to the public. 

For eight consecutive years this inimitable game pre- 
serve of 26,000 acres of wilderness and tilled acres ad- 


joining Biltmore has been policed by the mining and. 


hotel company which owns it, and each succeeding year 
under its rules adds to the abundance and variety of its 
game. Guests have privileges, under permit, to shoot 
and fish all over it, and living accommodations are fur- 
nished to each according to his means and choice. 

I would like, Mr. Editor, to speak more definitely of 
this region, but perchance other landlords would be 
jealous; and besides, it needs no advertising for profit. 
Each one of its three well appointed hotels has been 
crowded all summer, and they accommodate, with aux- 
iliary cottages, some nine hundred guests. The com- 
pany owns and operates thirty-one miles of railroad, and 
at its terminus mountain wagons are ready to whisk the 


tourist up to Midlothian heights at a speed of five miles’ 


an hour, or even to the sky line of Mt. Toxaway, 5,000 
feet above sea level, where there is a lookout lodge which 
harbors a score of such guests as desire to remain over 
night and see the sun set and rise and observe the 


planets in their glory. An-easy carriage drive like this. 


to so high an altitude is phenomenal.in mountain’ climb- 


ing. But saddle horses ate available at all times when 


[ SEPT, 15, 1900, 


wanted, and rough and gentle riders from every corner 
of the United States go up almost every day the year 
around to register, preparatory to voting that the out- 
look is incomparable, for, from the rounded summit’ of 
Mt. Toxaway, which stands an isolated cone in the cen- 
tral landscape, an undulating cincture of blue eminences 
belts the horizon at twenty miles equi-distant, among 
which it is claimed that no less than forty are 6,000 feet 
high and upward. Such a marvelous presentment chal- 
lenges comparison. Visitors to the White Mountains, 
in New Hampshire, for instance, will stand in awe of 
‘the Presidential Range, aligned in grim array against 
the sky; but here we have a circumvallation forty miles 
in diameter which includes elevations like Pisgah, Mitch- 
ell, Black Mountain, Chimney Top, Bald Rock, White 
Top: and a dozen others, all noted and higher than Mt. 
Washinston. There is very little to break the contin- 
uity of forest which blankets the intervening expanse, 
only a clearing here and there or a bit of color like the 
feldspar cliffs of Whitesides. But the kaleidoscopic 
changes of sunlight and shi#dow, rainbows and showers, 
fogs and mists, uitibrotis and tentious clouds, the play of 
lightning and passing of the winds, are transcendent. 
From my vantage point on the observation tower I have 
seen four showers at once at different points of the 
compass—seen them conceived of the vapors, bred on 
the sky line, approach, culminate, drench the earth, dis- 
solve and disappear in a sea of sunlight blent with 
roseate, green and yellow colors like those which envelop 
St. John’s celestial city. 

I have said that quail fly higher here than aywhere 
else, and so they do. They are mountain quail, sure 
enough. None of your tacky piny woods partridges 
that pick in the pea patches of the low country, but great 
plump fellows that Hock on the high summits and “rise” 
with the sheep and young turkeys and come with the 
test to take a handout from the lodge keepers, I have 
seen meadow larks, too, 6,000 feet above the sea. But 
the finest quail shooting of all is around Brevard, in the 
valley of the French Broad, which is here controlled by 
the company I speak of, All throngh this month of 
September they wil] be good flyers, and from Oct. 1 to 
March they will be in prime condition. If 1 wete to rec- 
ommend any place in the State to sportsmen it would be 
this. So much comfort Soes with it, too; such effusive 
hospitality and no hardship, with a winter climate 
which averages 40.3 degrees, against Asheyille’s 37.2 
and many sunny days when the temperature tantivyp 
between 60 and 7o degrees; no corn-shuck shakedowns, 
no sinkers, no vermin. Half way up the motuntains 
among the tote roads and prospectors’ trails it is diffi- 
cult for a novice to distinguish between the deer trails 


and hog tracks. The formerare the most plentiful, as will 


be apparent to those who see the point, The deer’s toe 
is sharper than the hog’s. Ruffed grouse are found in fair 
abundance, while turkeys are plenty near the corn fields 
and farm houses, lower down. Bear trails, worn smooth 
by frequent use, traverse the woods, too often near the 
pig pens, and Mr. Chas. N. Jenks, one of the early min- 
ing engineers, claims a record of twenty-seven of the 
briites, 
the variety of game. ~ The fact of the woods being bare of 
leaves two months sooner there than on the Atlantic side 
of the State makes a trip to Jackson cotnty most attract- 
ive, while the expense is at a minimum, 
guide foolishness does not pervade this precinct. You 
get your permit from the manager-and the natives are 
there to offer their services. There isn’t much tar on 
their heels in this part of the State, 
CHaArtes HALock. 


An Adventure with a Moose. 


Deap River, Me., Sept. 4—Fditor Forest and Stream: 
On August 17 Messrs. F, D. Asche and F. D. Van Nos- 
trand, of New Yoik city, came up here for a two weeks’ 
trip. A few days were spent in fishing near by home on 
the Dead River for pickerel and small streams for brook 
trout, and they had good luck, getting all they wanted. 
We then packed up and started for Black Brook Camp, 
ten miles back in the woods, where pond fishing was to 
be had for trout and whete they might see some big 
game. 

After getting a good mess of trout and supper being 
over, I suggested that we take a row up the stream to 
see some game and get some trout for breakfast. We 
had not gone far when we heard loud splashes in the 
water ahead of us. All kept still and I paddled on, It 
was beginning to get dark, and as we went around a turn 
in Beaver Stream what should we come on to but four 
moose—a big bull, a cow and two calves: We paddled 
up to within 5 rods of them. The bull went ashore and 
started away. I ran the boat in ahead of the calves and 
the cow started for the shore, The old bull was now 
about 150 yards away, when he stopped and gave a loud 
bellow, All the others stopped and stood their ground, 
He made the second challenge and then charged on 
us, coming back into the water very near our boat; and 
about this time we began to realize what we were up 
against, and slowly we backed away from him, not 
daring to turn around for fear of a more fierce attack. 
Slowly we crept away and got to camp, all vowing that 
they had been just as close to a bull moose as they ever 
cared to get. 

Three other attempts were made during our stay there 
to go up to Beaver Dam, and each time we were faced 
by the bull and challenged to stop or expect a figlit. 
We all stopped. But what a chance if only it had been 
Open season. 

The boys saw deer in every place they went; several 
nice bucks. Ten wete seen im one day. All could have 
been shot very easily, They also saw a wildcat. While 
here they got about 100. trout and fifty pickerel, the larg- 
est 645 pounds. They were well pleased with their trip 
and they say if any one wants to get into a wild place and 
among big game they can surely find it hete. They also 
saw two beavers, with pariridges and ducks in large 
numbers. They are planning for a larger party another 
year and a much longer stay, so as to be here in the 
shooting season. Jim Harrow, , 


Lynxes, wildecats, opossums and raccoons add to 


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CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


The First Written Desapiption of the Yellowstone Park. 


Mr. Olin D. Wheeler, in connection with his “Won- 
derland” and other literary work on the Northern Pacific 
R. R., every now and again runs across some very in- 
teresting information regarding the early West, in re- 
gard to which land and period there are few men in the 
country better posted than himself, Mr. Wheeler has 
uneatthed an ancient Mormon newspaper, which con- 
tains what he considers to be the first written description 
of the Yellowstone Park, that Wonderland which he has 
come so much to love and which everybody loves wha 
knows anything about it. Regarding his curious dis- 
covery it is proper to let Mr. Wheeler speak for him- 
self, with the hope that among the wide circle of ForEst 
AND STREAM réaders, comprising all sorts and condi- 
tions of intelligent folk, there may be some one who 
can add fo the fund of knowledge already in Mr. Wheel- 
er’s hands. He Says: 

“Knowing the wide interest that Forest AND STREAM 
takes in everything pertaining to Yellowstone Park, I 
wish to call your attention to a recent discovery in rela- 
tion thereto of some interest and value from a historic 
standpoint. I first called attention to it briefly in the 
St. Paul Dispatch of Aug. 6 last. 

“The early history of this region is now well known. 
There seems no doubt that John Colter, one of the 
Lewis and Clarke expedition (1804-6), was the first 
white man of record to visit any portion of what is now 
embraced within the Park boundaries. This was some- 
where from 1806 to 1810. James Bridger, the ‘Old 
Man of the Mountains, saw some of the geysers about 
1840-45. Capt. Raynolds—not Reynolds, as usually 
written—was on the borders of the Park land with 
Bridger as his guide in 1860, but was unable to pierce 
the mountain batriers and penetrate the region itself. 
Capt, DeLacy, in 1863, passed around Shoshone Lake 
and through the Lower Geyser Basin. In 1869 Folson 
and Cook spent more than a month there, and in 1870 
the Washburn-Doane expedition made a thorough ex- 


AMERICAN SWAN, 


ploration and gave us our first authentic and. detailed 
knowledge concerning this Wonderland.* It is a re- 
markable fact that until the Washburne-Doane expedi- 
tion no accounts appeared from-any of these explorers 
that gave the public any real conception of what was 
to be found there. Even the stories of Bridger and the 
other trappers, who knew personally or from others 
of the geysers, were so told or published as to cause 
entire disbelief in them, 

“Tt seemed, therefore, somewhat strange that, as far 
back as August 13, 1842, an article accurately describ- 
ing the hot springs and geysers of this region was pub- 
lished in the Wasp, 2 Mormon paper of Nauvoo, II. 
Tt is due to Mr, N. P. Langford, now of St. Paul, then 
of Helena, Mont., afterward the first superintendent of 
the Park and well known to your readers for his partici- 
pation in the first successful ascent of the Grand Teton 
in 1872, that this article was resurrected from its sleep 
and placed in its proper place on the record. Mr. Lang- 
ford saw it and had the foresight to have it reprinted in 
the Helena, Mont., Herald on Sept. 12, 1872, since which 


time it has formed a part of the literature of the Park. 


There was, however, no cltie to the author and efforts 
to discover him have been unsuccessful until now, 

“A short time ago, by accident, my attention was 
called to an article describing the geysers in an old East- 
ern publication, which I at once connected with the 
description in the Wasp. A few days later there was 
placed in my hands Vol. II. of the Western Literary 
Messenger, published by J. S. Chadbourne & Co., of 
Buffalo, N. Y., in 1842-43. : 

“On page 12, No. JI., July 13, 1842, under the title 
‘Rocky Mountain Geysers; Extract from an Unpublished 
Work Entitled “Life in the Rocky Mountains,” ’ is found 
the Wasp article, but here again the name of the author 
is not revealed. On page 20, No. III., July 20, 1842, I 
find another description from the same pen on the 
‘Chanion of the Colorado’; on page 30, No. IV., July 
27, another extract from the same work on ‘Indian Chiy- 
alry, and in succeeding numbers other articles ap- 
peared. In No, XXVIL., Jan. 11, 1843, on page 214, and 
preceded by an editorial notice, the chapters frqgm the 
book itself are regularly begun, and now we learn who 
the writer was- 

“Under the general heading ‘Wild Western Scenes’ 
is the title proper, ‘Life in the Rocky Mountains,’ and 
then follows: ‘A diary of wanderings on the sources 
of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia and Colorado, from 
February, 1830, ta November, 1835, by W. A. Ferris, 
then in the employ of the American Fur Cov’ 

“This well illustrates the character and scope of the 
work. It is taken from the unpublished manuscript and 
the contents are a treasure house of lore, respecting the 
trappers, fur traders and mountaineers and their life in 
the mountains seventy years ago, 


| : 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


“Ferris started with a party of thirty men from St. 
Louis on Feb, 16, 1830, and from certain statements made 
I suspect he himself was from the vicinity of Buffalo. 
He visited the geysers May 19 and 20, 1834, 

“The geyser article in the Wasp was undoubtedly re- 
printed from the Messenger. Two facts indicate this: 
First, the Wasp published it a month later than the 
Messenger did; second, the Mormon excitement around 
western New York and eastern Ohio and in Illinois was 
then high, as an inspection of the columns of the Mes- 
senger shows, and many Mormons were scattered 
through the New York and Ohio region. Through them 
the number of the Messenger containing the descrip- 
tion of the geysers reached Nauvoo, and seeing a good 
thing the Wasp editor copied the matter, seemingly with- 
out giving credit for it. The original publication of this 
fine description should, therefore, be credited to the 
Western Literary Messenger of July 13, 1842. 

“Since this discovery I have had forwarded to me 
from the Buffalo Public Library the succeeding volume 
of the Messenger, in which the publication of the Ferris 
articles is continued and, concluded. In No, XNXYV., 
Vol. IIL., Jan. 6, 1844, the description of the geyser is 
repeated, with a porition of the article as first printed 
left out and a few lines, material in but one sense, added. 

In the first volume—Vol. Il—there are chapters 
T.-XXIV., inclusive. In Vol. III. the chapter notation 
is abandoned arid the articles are published as “original” 
and separate ones, yet in chronological order, and there 
are twenty-six of them. 

“Tt has generally been thought that Ferris’ description, 
which is also given in Capt. Chittenden’s ‘The Yellow- 
stone National Park,’ referred to the Upper Geyser Basin. 
Ferris described two geyser areas—one he himself saw, 
the other described to him by trappers. After a careful 
study of his route and of what he says I am unable to 
conclude that he visited the Upper Basin himself, but 
the description given by the trappers appears to fit that 
basin fairly well. What Ferris saw is to my mind very 
uncertain. I cannot reasonably identity it with any area 
now known and am inelined to think that he visited some 
spot now extinct in geyser action, or one remote from 


the usual paths of exploration and consequently known 
to us but slightly, if at all. What may have seemed to 
him, or indeed may have been, a wonderful spot sixty- 
six years ago, might now be passed almost unnoticed. 

“T am curious to find out more about the man himself 
if possible, and if any of your readers who may chance 
to read this can assist mein this line I shall be grateful 
to them. As before stated, I think he came from the 
vicinity of Buffalo,” 


San Antonio as a Game Resort, 


Away down South in Dixie lives Aztec, once a semi- 
quasi-Mexican, since he lived across the line (I hope 
for nothing which he cannot live down, and I presume 
not, since he now writes from San Antonio). Aztec 
vaunteth the charms of Santone as a game region, in- 
stancing the fact that in the dooryard of one of her 
leading citizens, to wit, Albert Frederick, of 230 Obraje 
street, there was on last Saturday caught a live alligator 
whose load water line was above 4 feet in lineal extent. 

This march of progress causes one’s heart to sink. 
For a long time we thought Chicago had the record for 
wild animals, and we even yet occasionally kill a wolf, 
a fox or a boa constrictor in our midst, as they say in 
New York; but this last news from Santone casts a 
gloom, We have never caught a wild alligator in Chi- 
cago, nor eyen heard of one im this immediate vicinity. 


Still Buying Hound Pups. 


Our old friend Capt. Bobo, who is now located at 
Ingram’s Mill, Miss., has been down in bed with fever 
for quite a while back, but to-day comes a letter from 
his neighbor, Capt. W. I. Spears, who says that Bobo 
is up and around again, and that the first thing he did 
was to buy twelye brand new hound pups, just to show 
there 1s no coldness. I wonder- what Bobo would do if 
he had to live in a city where he couldn’t have forty or 
fifty hounds around the place. These new ones go into 
commission next November and take their own chances 
when they go on a Bobo bear hunt, 


The Western Chicken Crop. 


Curcsco, Iil., Sept. 8—The returns of all things human 
are apt to differ somewhat from the anticipations in re- 
gard to the aforesaid things human. In no respect is this 


‘more true than as applied to the annual chicken crop. We 


predict a grand sticcess of the annual campaign the week 
before the seasons opens, and the week after it opens we 
diligently take it all back again. At least, this is the 
usual course of the game news regarding the Western 
grouse supply, which is one of the most elusive subjects 
that anybody ever did try to hold down in a news’ way, 
provided one is bothered with any conscience or is trying 
to get at the facts, - Jee 


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The facts in relation to our Western prairie chicken 
crop seem to be much as below. ‘There was without 
doubt or question an unusually large supply of birds, 
nearly double the average of the last ten years. This 
applied to practically all our Western States, Minnesota, 
North and South Dakota more especially, and also to 
Illinois in what was thought to be less extent. The above 
situation was without doubt true up to the week just 
preceding the opening date. It was at that time that-the 
real chicken crop of the Northwest was harvested, and 
more especially the crop of Minnesota and South Dakota. 
The shooters who tried Minnesota found in very many 
instances that they were just one week too late. They 
came back home with a large percentage of stories of 
half-coveys and wild birds. It is not a matter or guess 
as to these matters with a chicken shooter. He knows 
without the least difficulty whether or not there have 
been guns in ahead of him in a country where he is 
shooting. Hence it is to be accepted as fact that most of 
the chicken shooting in many parts of Mitinesota was 
done just before and not just aiter the opening of the 
season. This seems to be the conclusion of the Minnesota 
shooters, though, of course, it is a conclusion yaried with 
many cases of fine sport in bits of country which had 
been better protected. Ex-Warden S. F. Fullerton, af 
Minnesota, went out in the country near Fergus Falls, for 
instance, with four other shooters, and they had every 
right to expect fine sport there; indeed, they did have 
fine sport. The five guns in four days bagged seventy- 
seven birds, an average of not four birds a day to the 
gun, which is not sport. Last year they got 228 birds 
on the same country. They found that they were simply 
following shooters who had cleaned out the birds before 
the law was up. Their experience was a very common 
one, though nearly every one agrees that the crop was 
something phenomenal this year, and that the sooners 
must have had a picnic of most unmitigated proportions. 

T do not learn so much from North Daktoa, but I am 
disposed to believe that the gun license has pretty well 
protected that State this year. South Dakota is said 
to have been more visited by the ubiquitous sooner. From 
Wisconsin I get but scattered reports, though many state 


TRUMPETER SWAN, 


that the birds were about as numerous as they were last 
year. Near Fox Lake, Wis., the shooters went out aiter 
ducks more especially, and they nearly droye the local- 
bred ducks to the tall timber, but the chicken hunters did 
not do much business with the grouse, a shooter by name 
of Austin, of Fox Lake, who bagged fourteen on one 
day, seeming to be high gun for that neighborhood. There 
are not many chicken dogs in there, and without a good 
dog chicken shooting is a delusion and a snare, I have 
not yet had word from my friends, Mr. and Mrs. Neal 
Brown, who made a camp hunt near Babcock, but feel 


“quite sure they gave some account of themselves. 


Here in [Winois something of a surprise turns up, We 
seem, from all available sources of information, to be 
about the banner State of the Middle West in the chicken 
industry. The largest bags of which I have word, with 
one exception, were madeé_in Illinois, and made within 
‘sixty miles of Chicago. Eddie Pope, of this city, who 
shot near Emmetsburg, fa., killed sixty birds to his own 
gun in two days, and this, I think, is the best bag of 
which I get authentic word. Yet right here at home, 
near Aurora, Ill., which is a thriving little city on the 
Fox River, and only forty miles or so from Chicago, 
three men bagged sixty-seven chickens in one day. This 
last is the best Illinois bag of which I have any word. It 
is closely followed by another report from Gilman, a 
town just south of Chicago, on the Illinois Central R, R., 
and a place once much affected by our upland shooters, 
Two guns there bagged sixty-two chicketis-in two days, 
or rather a day and a half. A less well-authenticated bag 
is reported from the Kankakee, of thirty-seven birds to 
two guns, Sept. I. 

Dr, Oughton, of this city, who went out with a small 
party of friends from Dwight, Ill., the first of the season, 
comes back delighted after his experience in that once 
famous chicken region, which I suppose was in its day 
the original natutal empire of the prairie grouse. He 
got forty birds to his own gun, and says he never in all 
his life saw the birds more abundant. 


Two Mayors. 


On opening day of the chicken season there went forth a 
nice little party of two from the city of Chicago—Mayor 
Carter H. Harrison, of Chicago, and Ex-Mayor Hemp- 
stead Washburne, of Chicago. It is of record that these 
two were mayors on different platforms, but they are good 
friends, and they think quite alike when it comes to the 
platform of Forest AND STREAM and of sportsmanship in 
general. Mr. Washburne was guide, and led the way toa 
point not so very far to the westward of the city, where 
he said there Was no visible reason why there should not 
be plenty of prairie chickens. They could not scare up a 
good dog between them, and though they came back satis- 
fied that they could have made a good bag had they had 
a good dog to work on the many big bunches of birds, 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


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[SmrT. 15, 1900, 


they found, they only got about a dozen and a half of 
birds between them. A malicious daily paper of this 
city prints a two-column head story about their killing a 
tame white turkey for a prairie chicken, but this has no 
atiidavits accompanying it, and nothing goes around the 
city hall except a petition or an affidavit. Both the 
Mayor and the ex-Mayor state that they are going back 
later after their revenge, 

Oswald von Lengerke, with two companions, who went 
to De Kalb county, had poor luck. only getting thirteen 
birds between them. They very likely were trailing 
sooners. Indeed, it has been much a question of tlie 
activity of the oleal wardens, and where the latter have 
done their duty the birds have been found in very reason- 
able quantities. Of course it was*impossible that so bic 
a region as the State of Illinois should have been absolute- 
ly patrolled, but it is gratifying to feel able to say that the 
work was done better than we thought it could be, and 
that the results are better than we could have hoped for. 
Tt has been proved that we can have prairie chickens if 
we only take care of them. Illinois has done her work 
fully as well, perhaps better, than some of her sisters 
further West, where the pressure on the game resources 
is less severe. 


Action of the Lacey Law. 


The United States statute known as the Lacey Law 
comes in this fall for its first proving out in regard to 
the shipment of game, and this early view of its effect 
would appear to show that it is destined to be of the 

reatest value in the preservation of our Western game. 
t is sure that it has caused our Chicago game dealers 
the greatest solicitude, and they are laying their fences 
with far less of that ‘careless arrogance which marked 
their attitude in the days of the fines, and perquisite 
wardens, when the street was practically wide open, and 
the devil caught only the delinquents on the street assess- 
ments for “protection.” We used to protect the street in 
the old days. Perhaps after a time we shall protect the 
game. It is stated that this anxiety among the game 
dealers is shared also by the hardened. sinners, the 
dealers, of New York, who are at a loss what to do about 
their game supply for this coming winter. Even the 
game dealer is afraid to go against the long arm of 
good old Uncle Sam, At Buffalo, N. Y., one dealer, who 
had gotten in ten barrels of plover and chicken§ from 
Missouri, labeled. as poultry, and who had started the 
outfit for Boston, was nipped to the tune of $1,000. This 
was in the middle of August, and it was hard luck for 
the dealer, who would have been all right a few weels 
later, since Missouri is one of the few States from which 


game can be legally shipped now. In 1895 Missouri passed "| 


a non-export law, but this seems to have lapsed last 
June, What this means to the Missouri game covers 
this fall we may very well leave to the imagination. 

Nebraska is another State, and I think the only one 
other Western State, to let down the bars for the market- 
hunters in Jaw, as she has long practically done, in fact. 
She repealed her non-export law, for what good reason 
it is impossible to surmise, unless it was at the instance 
of the old proverb that money talks. This fall she will 
reap her reward. Her covers will be combed for her 
game, and the latter will be hurried to Chicago, Boston 
and New York, because during her shooting season her 
game can be legally shipped. It would seem an easy guess 
that the sportsmen of Missouri and Nebraska, seeing in 
what situation they are placed, would at once hasten to 
pass non-export laws as once they did. If they do not 
hasten, they will wake up with their game birds in cold 
storage. Such a policy of dilly-dallying is fatuous in 
these days. The market of New York alone could sweep 
the above two States clean of every living game bird this 
fall, and still clamor for more. 

E. Hoven, 


Hartrorp Buripine, Chicago, Ill. 


The Minnesota | Park. 


p Mr. CHARLES CrIsTApoRO writes in the St. Paul Pioneer- 
ress: | Cs 


Those working to secure a national park at the head-: 


waters of the Mississippi river are certainly “building 
hetter than they knew.” Every disinterested person will 
concede that the establishment by the Government of such 
a patk within the borders of our State would attract many 
thousands of visitors annually. The publicity already 
given this Leech Lake region throughout the Union by 
the advocates of this park has already given the hotels at 
Walker and Cass Lake an overflowing patronage. The 
arguments to be put forth for the saving of the pine 
forests on the Chippewa reservation and the hequeathing 
of same to the people for all time to come are legion. _ 

But above all is the plea that the dentiding of the head- 
waters of this river will seriously affect the whole Missis- 
sippi River Valley. Every village, town and city along the 
banks of this river from St. Paul to the Gulf of Mexico 
is necessarily concerned and deeply interested in the sub- 
yect. The opening up of this reservation to settlement 
means simply a repetition of the Red Lake reservation 
timber sale, where the Government only realized on be- 
half of the Indians from the lumbermen $198,000 for tim- 
ber cut and removed and actually worth $1,500,000—a 
deficit of nearly $1,300,000 unlawfully gained and which 
should be refunded to the Indians. Opposition to the 
establishment of the national Minnesota park is to-day 
coming wholly from this source. It is with the people at 
large amd the Mississippi Valley particularly to say 
whether private interest shall prevail against the public 
zood. 

* e es i 

And-in its comment upon Mr. Cristadoro’s urgent ateu- 
ment, the Pioneer-Press says editorially: 
_ Mr. Charles Cristadoro utters a voice of prophetic warn- 
ing against the denudation of our forests. The warming 
will not be heeded, we fear, until it is too late. As the 
years go by vast breadths of forest will he mown down 
by the insatiable machinery of the modern lumber camp 
as our wheat fields are mown by the modern harvester— 
but no sower will come in the springtitne to replenish 
the bare fields with the seeds of a new crop. No new 
crop is ever planted to take the place of the forests swept 
away at the rate of many hundreds of millions of feet 4 


year. Soon the whole forest region from the shores of 
Lake Michigan to the headwaters of the Mississippi will 
be stripped of its timber. At the rate at which this 
denudation is.progressing it will not be ten years before 
this whole forest region will be as bare of trees as the 
praities west of the Mississippi. What then? Is it true 
that our rainfall will cease or be greatly diminished with 
the disappearance of our forests? That our lakes and 
rivers will dry up when the sheltering woods which stand 
suard over their sources shall have been swept away? 
That the wheat and cornfields of this granary of the world 
will become a desert like Sahara? Mr, Cristadoro is of 
that opinion, and he quotes the warning lessons of history 
in support of this theory of the dependence of the rainfall 
on the preservation of the forests, These warnings have 
heen repeated many times, in many different ways, with 
abundance of historic illustration, but it has made no 
difference in the desolating march of the armies of axemien. 
The lumbermen are not considering the effect of their 
wholesale destruction of our forests upon the climate. 
But there is one thing which, at least in New England 
and in some other parts of the country, they are con- 
sidering, and that is the effect of this vast annual whole- 
sale waste of timber upon the value of their property. 
Some of them at least are beginning to see that in this in- 
discriminate cutting away of all timber in theit path they 
are wantonly wasting their capital, and that if their tim- 
ber-cutting was conducted on business principles they 
would so manage it as to keep in view the growth of a 
new tree in place of every old one cut down. If re 
forestation is generally adopted in our wooded regions it 
must be through the efforts and co-operation of the lum- 
bermen themselves, acting not for any remote philan- 
thropic purpose or with any view to the future effect on 
the climate, but solely with a view to the pecuniary profits 
which will result from a scientific system of reforestation. 
The friends of forest preservation must appeal to the 
interests of the lumbermen themselves. 


The Ohio Association. 


Conumeus, ©., Sept. 5.—Editoy Forest and Stream: 
As previously arranged, some of the representative sports- 
men of Ohio met in this city yesterday and organized the 
Ohio Fish and Game Protective Association. 

We hope to establish an association that will be able 
to employ a few first-class fighting attorneys, who will 
especially-inform themselves on the gamé and trespass 
laws and be prepared to aid any warden in-convicting those 
who violate either the trespass or fish and game laws. 

. We also hope to be able to encourage the passage of 
honest and equitable laws that will be acceptable to all 
sportsmen irrespective of their position in life ot circtim- 
stances. 

The necessity of such an association is now acknowl 


_édged by all fair-minded men on account of the ignorant 


and unreasonable Jaws now in force. 

At-the meeting yesterday Chairman Judge O. B. Brown, 
of Dayton, occupied the chair. J. C, Porterfield was ap- 
pomted temporary chairman. The Committee on Con- 
stitution and By-Laws consisted of A. J. Hazlett, of 
Bueyrus; Dr. D, W. Boone, of Bellaire; B. F. Seitner, of 
Dayton. The Committee on Permanent Organization 
was made up of J. C. Porterfield, Columbus; Georgé Fal- 
loon, of Athens, and T; R. Smith, of Delaware. 

Mr, Seitner, of Dayton, offered these resolutions. which 
were seconded by Mr. Hazlett and unanimously adopted: 

Whereas, The birds, game and fish are the common 
property of the people, therefore be it resolved, That it is 
the duty of all good citizens to protect and preserve all 
song and insectivorous birds beneficial to agriculture and 
horticulture, and to protect and preserye all game, game 
birds and fish to the end that this valuable source of food 
supply be not destroyed or impaired, and that the right 
to hunt, pursue and capture and take game, game birds 
and fish in a lawful manner during proper seasons as a 
pastime or recreation or for food by the people, be not 
curtailed by class legislation. 

Therefore be it further resolved, That we, citizens of 
Ohio, interested in the protection and preservation of the 
birds, game and fish of our State, in convention assembled 
in the city of Coltimbus, declare it to be our purpose 
to associate ourselyes together in a State organiza- 
tion for the protection of birds, fish and game, and to 
protect and defend our rights in this our common 
property. 

The constitution adopted provides that the name of the 
association shall be the Ohio State Game and Fish Pro- 
tective Association. Its objects are declared toa be to 
secure co-operative work by individuals and clubs of the 
State of Ohio for the protection of all game, game birds 
and fish, and also the protection of song birds and all 
insectivorous birds beneficial to agriculture and horti- 
culture; to procure the enactment of judicious and effect- 
ive laws for such purpose, and to rigidly enforce the laws 
so enacted; to advocate the public game breeding pre- 
serves; to Inaintain a vigilant supervision over the public 
officers elected or appointed to carry into effect all laws 


enacted for the propagation and protection of birds, game | 


and fish; to ascertain, defend and protect the rights of 
sportsmen, and to promote the afhliation of all members 
of the Association throughout the State, 

The Association is composed of clubs, associations and 

individuals interested ii the objects. The annual dues 
are $1 for individual membership and $1 for each delegate 
a club or association may be entitled to. The annual 
meeting, composed of its officers, individual members 
and delegates from each club or association, will,be held 
on the third Tuesday in January of each year at such 
place as may be designated from year to year. Each club 
or association 1s entitled to one delegate for every twenty- 
ty members or fraction thereof. 
_ It is made the duty of each club or association to keep 
iN communication with this association, to promote the 
cause of practical game and fish protection in their dis- 
tricts and to notify the secretary of this Association of all 
violations and prosecutions. 

The Committee on Permanent Organization reported 
for officers and Board of Directors the following, who 
were tmnanimously elected: President, Judge O. B. 
Brown, Dayton; First Vice-President, D. isa Moore, 
Athens; Second Vice-President, T. R. Smith, Delaware: 


Secretary, J. C. Porterfield, Columbus; Treasurer, Wim. 
FE. Burdell, Coltimbus. 
Directors—E. Best, Dayton; Dr. D. W. Boone, Bellaire; 
L. A. Moore, Zanesville; George Haswell, Circleville; 
Frank Rochester, Logan; Major®J. B. Downing, Middle- 
town, * 
A Committee on Membership was appointed consisting 
of George Haswell, Circleville; A. J. Holloway, Akron; 
Dr, D. W. Boone, Bellaire. F 
_ The Association will meet the third Tuesday in Janu- 
aty, T90T, in Columbus, O. 
J. C. Porterrizip, Sec’y. 


Connecticut Rail Shooting. 


Mitrorp, Conn., Sept. 11.—Some years ago the rail 
shooting on the Housatonic River near Milford was very 
good, and sometimes there would be 110 birds to a boat, 
but for the past few years the birds have decreased in 
number, and twenty would be a big bag. , 

This spring, however, there have been no high tides to 
destroy the nests, or hard storms to kill the young, and ~ 
when the season opened there were a great many birds in 
the marshes. These are still all local birds, the ones from 
the north not having come yet. There have been but few 
hoats on the river, and they have brought in good 
bags, ranging thirty to fifty-five. 

No black ducks, teal or wood ducks have heen killed, 
although one bluewinged teal was seen. 

; RUTHERFORD PAGE, 


Take Notice. 

Tue Game Laws in Brief and Woodcraft Magazine 
number dated July, 1900, contains the game laws of the 
United States and Canada, revised to this present date, 
Sept. 15, 1000. It is complete, accurate and reliable. See 
advertisement elsewhere. 


100 Sportsment’s Finds. 


Some of the Queer Discoveries Made by Those Who Are 
Looking for Game or Fish. 


18 


At Highland Falls. N. Y.. unusual excitement was 
caused by the report that a robber’s hidden treasure had 
beén discovered by boys, who were hunting rabbits in 
the mountains. Investigation showed that John Hager, 
with two companions, chased a rabbit to a heap of rocks. 
and when they began to remove the stones a quantity of 
silver was disclosed to view. The. boys carried it to the 
flome of Martin Hager, who at first thought it was 
Capt. Kidd’s buried treasure, which is believed to be 
hidden somewhere on the outskirts of that village. When 
the silver was cleaned the engraving showed that most 
of it was the property of hotels, some of which went out 
of existence many years ago, and some belonged to, pri- 
vate [amilies further down the river. 


19 


R. D. Durrett, an old-time resident in Panola county, 
Miss., while out on a coon hunting expedition found a 
large sum of gold in a hollow tree. The aniount, aceord- 
ing to one report, was $209,000, and according to another 
$40,000. It is said that the lucky finder has not made 
public admission of the fact, but the rumor has gained 
eeneral credence and some say that he has acknowledged 
to his intimate friends that he found a considerable sum 
in gold coin. Some ten or twelve years ago Mr. F. M, 
Gilchrist, it is*said, found quite a sum of money while 
tearing down an old building near the place where Dur- 
rett iell into his forune. The money, it is thought, was 
hid away many years ago, either by an old man named 
Sattenwhite, who was tegarded as a miset by his neigh- 
bors, or else by a man named Hunt, who some yeats 
ago moved irom Panola county to southern Mississippi 
and who is still living, although in a demented state. 


20 


At Millerton, N. Y., Robert Dakin was hunting on 
Indian Mountain, somewhere in the wildest part. He 
discovered a cave. Te crawled down and into the hole, 
struck a match and discovered that he was in quite a | 
spacious room. He struck another match and found 
many relics, such as pottery. turtle shells, teeth of ani- 
mals and other things, He filled his game bag with the 
relics, crawled out, marked the spot and continued hunt— 
ing for squirrels. The pottery is especially interesting. 
Nobody knows how ancient it is. btit it 1s probably of 
Indian make, 

24 

Chasing a bear in to the dense woods of Pike county, : 
Pa, a few miles from Dingman, a party of hunters came 
across a cave, On investigation they found it inhabited 
by Austin Seldon, who for flty years has occupied it as 
his home. The man was sick but refused aid, saying he 
was well able to care for himself. After much persuasion 
Sheldon said: “Here I-have lived for years and here | 
hope to die. I want no other company than these moun- 
tains and woods give ime. 
that they will leave me to follow in peace my own 
desires.’ When young Sheldon was married, his bride 
died after a few weeks and he left the world. Sheldon 
says he comes from Connecticut and his people are in 
good circumstances. He lives mostly on vewetables and 
chickens raised by himself, 


22 


Howard and Lucius Rightsell and James Barnett, while 
on a hunting expedition along Deer Creek, three miles 
south of Manwattan and fifteen miles east of Brazil, Tad. 
came upon what at first seemed to be a cave in a hill 
about roo feet high. The opening at the base of the 


_mound was found by their dog. The men enlarged it by 


removing some boulders and crawled in. They went 
down an inclined way of dry earth for about 15 feet and. 
at the base found and explored fourteen passages, 4 by 8 
feet, each leading to a large room, from which a small 
air passage communicated with the surface of the hill. 
The rooms had been ent out of limestone and there were 
roof supports. Bones of men and of animals were found 
there, . ; 


All I ask of my fellows is. 


= 


Sept. 75, T900.] 
a Sea ‘and River Dishing. 
Fishing in Florida. 


A WiSHING party, with fishing regalia, a full hamper ot 
{oothsome edibles and a typical Florida day! No wonder 
it was that the crowd envied them as they drove off in 
their light-running camp wagon. The party numbered 
but four. First was the expert fisherman, the most 
Scientific angler of the county—a true fisherman in every 
sense of the word. Next came the visitor from Pennsyl- 
yania, who for three winters had practiced the art of 
Florida fishing, plying his line six days a week, resting 
on the Sabbath by talking “fish” and recalling to mind 
those childhood days when it was too wet to go to Sunday 
- school, but not too damp to go fishing for chubs in the 
little brook back of the old homestead. The third 
member was the Florida resident and business man 

who enjoyed the sport for the recreation it brought, as 
well as for the eating that always “goes.” It mattered 
not whether this individual fished with a silk line or a 
hemp string—he caught fish, his comrades claiming for 
him that he caught as big fish as he sat on the brook 
asleep as at any other time. The fourth member was 
the “tenderfoot,” a young Pennsylvanian, who tangled 
his line among those of the other fishermen, whose 
“score” often became weighty from his fellow fishers’ 
catch, aud’ on a return from an expedition, distributed 
fish with a gusto that was childlike and mirth-provoking. 

A’ ride of twenty-five miles through open pine forests, 
stretches of prairie and along the shores of Tohopekeliga, 
and out party halted at Canoe Creek late in the after- 
noon, The two Northern men, with that eagerness that 
belongs to the angler, made a rush to the creek to try 
their bait and be convinced that the trout were biting. 
The tent was pitched and hay given to the horses; later, 
however, it was decided’a better camp could be made 
right on the bank of the creek. Here the “chug, chug” 
of the striking trout kept up an incessant commotion in 
the water as they fed on the minnows, and fairly set on 
fire the enthusiasm of the entire party. While two of 
the members made camp, the visitors took off the wiry 
edge of their enthusiasm by catching a dozen or so trout 
for supper, each cast of the minnow being quickly fol- 
lowed by the landing of a fish. 

Supper was soon announced, with its steaming coffee 
and sizzling trout, {rout done to a mouth-watering 
brown, that had but a few minutes befote been leaping 
and Striking in the water. How the hearts of those 
Northern men pulsated with excitement as they listened 
to the swish of water made by some large trout striking 
only a few feet from them. 

Supper was soon dispatched and the party betook 
themselves ta the bank of the creek for an hour of royal 
sport. The scene was picttiresque in the extreme—a 
flickering camp-fire and four very happy, excited. fisher- 
men, each anxious to out-do the other in size and num- 
ber of fish caught during this period of ferocious feeding, 
Above was a cloudless sky with the round full moon 
rising slowly out of the forest on tlre left, while to the 
right, bordered with a narrow fringe of cypress, stretched 
three miles of lake. A broad prairie lay in front, its 
Jevel surface only marked by the winding sluggish creek. 

The Florida men, after pulling in fish incessantly for 
an hour, wearied of the sport and quit, the fish still 
hungrily taking the hook. The trip had been arranged 
for the special pleasure of the senior member of the 
party, and to give him an experience of “catching fish as 
fast as a baited hook could be thrawn’’—a statement he 

had always taken with a “grain of allowance.” It was 
now proposed that the finishing touch should be put to 
memory’s picture, and that the elder man should make a 
record, With two poles and the expert angler baiting 
hooks and taking off fish, this Pennsylvania member was 
put on his metal pulling out trout for five minutes, and 
such trout as they were, when it was found that he had 
toute beauties to his credit, averaging about 3 pounds 
each, 

A lively minnow thrown into the water meant instantly 
a strike from a trout—in fact, they were so ravenous that 
they struck at the corks on the lines, and finally to test 
their _rapicious appetites, a piece of skin from the flank 
of a large grinuel was put on the hook and several trout 
were caught with it. Provided with two buckets of 
ininnows from town, this rapid fishing soon exhausted 
them, and while two members of the party went to the 
lake with a minnow seine, the others continued to catch 
trout with dead minnows and flank of grinnel. As the 
two Pennsylvania members continued -to satisfy their 
score, it was discovered that the hay had been left at the 
first camp site. The excitement and danger encountered 
in this short walle can best be related by the man wha 
so narrowly escaped death, and is as follows: 

“Walking along the prairie by Harwell’s side, tufts of 

_wire grass dotted the way. Just before reaching our 
first camp site, which was near a large bunch of saw 

palmetto, I was suddenly hurled a distance of about 10 

feet by the vigorous shove from Harwell’s right arm, as 

he at the same time exclaimed ‘Gracious, what a rattle- 
snake!’ As J had seen no evidence of a snake, nor heard 

any, I was inclined to believe the treatment rather a 

rough joke, and asked where the snake was. He pointed 

to the ground over which I had just passed and toward a 

dark object, which I had thought was a bunch of grass 

and had moved out of my cotirse enough to keep from 
striking it with my toe. Still, not hearing the electric 
solind of the rattle, and from my position it yet looked 
like a dark stump, I could not yet believe Harwell saw 
atight, but shifting to the side where my resctier stood. 
the rays of the moon clearly showed the large yellow 
diamonds of a very large rattlesnake in its coil, head erect 
and ready for business. It was not until we began to 
peer closer and lay plans for killing him that he sounded 
his rattles. This metallic. sound on the still night air 
had very much the effect of an electric shock—a cold 
shiver ran up the spinal column, and a shaking of the 
knees follawed, when I realized the close call I had 
made. With gtins at catnp, our only alternative was 
for one to stand guatd near the snake while the other 
went for sticks with which to kill him. He now soon 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


ended his career, and was taken back to catnp, but was 
left outside. We decided not to mention the stake 
episode that night lest the fishing dreams of our friends 
be intermingled with scenes of diamond-backed rattlers.” 

At daybreak the Northern anglers were again hard~at 
work away up the stream, When they came in, the elder 
man had completed a score of 100, He was satisfied and 
happy, and ready for breakfast. During their absence the 
rattler had been stretched its full length (6 feet) beside 
the tent, with its head under, just near where the tender- 
foot slept. On their approach, the hideous reptile met 
their eyes—the cooks indifferently (?) working away at 
the other side. The elder man for-the moment felt the 
shock, but he quickly recovered himself, and taking in 
the situation, helped the plotters stampede the tender- 


foot in his mad rush for his gun inside the tent, which . 


was unfortunately near the snake’s head. He came rush- 
ing out without it, his face aglow and his eyes almost 


‘popping out of his head, saying he “Couldn’t get his gun 


for the snake,” but determined that the trophy should be 
his, he rushed frantically. around, all, oblivious to the 
mitthful faces of the party who were simply splitting 
their sides at his buck ague and acrobatic: feats over the 
guy ropes of the tent. Grabbing a shotgun from the other 
side, it was with difficulty he was prevented from filling 
the snake full of holes, and thus spoiling the skin’as a 
trophy. This amusing climax to the snake episode was a 
bright ending of an averted tragedy, 

"A fisherman will fish and a fisherman will lie,” but 
no need did this party have for the art of Ananiasism. 
Away from Kissimmee, but a fraction over a day,. they 
caught fish till they wearied over it. The fish had bitten 
so magnificently that at the beginning it was realized more 
fish could be caught than could possibly be. disposed 
of, therefore care was taken to unhook the fish without 
injury, and return them to the water. 
catch, enough was saved to supply all friends with a 
Mess, ° & 

In memory’s storehouse this fishing trip in Florida ever 
lingers, and those Northern men live over and over again 
the delightful experience to Canoe Creek:as they tell 
it to friends in that Monongahela’ Valley, where. the 


taking of a catfish or an occasional sucker is a feat*rare 


and worthy of newspaper comment. 
Minniz Moore-Wittson. 


KISSIMMEE, Fla, 


ANGLING NOTES. 


Pound Nels in Lake Erie, 


A rir of fish dealers in New York city applied to tue 
Fish Commission for a license for each of the pound nets 
to he: operated in Lake Erie outside of the limit fixed by 
law. inside of which no nets may be operated. The firm 
paid the license fees and obtained their licenses and sent 
material to the fishing grounds to construct their pounds, 
and then the trouble began. .Local fishermen in Buftalo 
objected to this wholesale fishing, and Commissioner 
Lansdowne, who resides in Buffalo, was appealed to, and 


he, acting under rules framed by the Conumission, wrote; 


to the office of the Commission in Albany on Aug. 16 


‘and directed that the licenses should be suspended until 
-action cotild be taken by the full board at their next 


monthly meeting. On the first of the week following, the 
president of a sportsmen’s association in New York city 
appealed to Commissioner Wood at the New York office 
pf the Commission, and he, not knowing that Comunis- 
sioner Lansdowne had already directed that the licenses 
be suspended, also wired to the Albany office of the Com- 
inission, giving like instructions. The firm of fish dealers 
then appeared in Albany,.through an agent, to -know 
why, etc., but Commissioner Lansdowne had acted prop- 
erly under Rule 17, printed on every license issued, which 


says: “The Forest, Fish and Game Commission reserves - 


the right. to alter, amend, repeal or modify any or all of 


the foregoing rules and regulations, and may adopt new - 


ones at any time as they may deem expedient. They may 
revoke any license granted hereunder at any time, and 
for any reason which to them miay seem sufficient,” 

The Commissioners make the rules, and they have 
power to amend or alter them at theit pleasure, but the 
Legislature makes the laws, and the Commissioners have 
no power to amend or change them at their own pleas- 
ure or at the pleasure of any one else, and it is their duty 
to enforce them after the lawmakers have framed them, 
and here is one of the laws handed over to the Coninis- 
sion to enforce. It is Section 73 of the Forest, Fish and 
Game Law: 

Nets in Lakes Ontatio and Erie. 


Fish may be takem with nets in the waters of Lake Erie except | 


Within one-half mile of the shores or islands thereof, and within 
five miles of the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek; and on Lake On- 
tario, except within one mile of the shores or islands thereof and 
within three miles of the mouth of the Niagara River. Fishermen 
licensed £0 fish in said lakes may hang or reel licensed nets on 
the shores thereoi io clean and dry the same. 


Under this and other sections of the law which permits . 


the use of nets, the State has granted 1,180 licenses to 
net fish as follows: : | 


TTS Gi SRAM erates CCT OTIS ips cneistan athe ees aap teat 650 
Delaware River, Séction 75.....-....,.-. ade on By 25 
Wappenwers: Greeks -Sectrom 74 cess pains 0 opie sida aetee 10 
RordontiG@reek, Section 75-555 2402 s.242 25.2. ses I5 
SHULER cin, coleel sto Aden ant ere oe ae det guenes. 25 
Bays, east end Lake Ontario, Section 74.-.......... 100 
[belicee (Okentaheaa ys “fo atato nevis} ele cls “Fe esin CUBAN toa eee 100 
IbakesRinies sscemon 73, ees een neds aateks 2 $2, os eel OO 
Diserra Wetkcmr Seton, OXL poy vn Step erage oom mo ad ols 45. 
Minnow nets, Section 62........-.-...,.,-.--- Slat) tO 
Mill Site and Perch lakes. Section 64............, , 10 
1,180 


The licensing of minnow nets atid nets to take coarse 
fish in inland waters not inhabited by trout other than 


lake trout is discretionery with the Commission, and:has - 


been done only for obtaining bait, and the licenses were 

sesnge last fall for frost fish, bullheads, etc., in Perch 
ake. 

} The matter of issuing licenses is placed in the hands 

of one person, who, under the general directions of the 

Commission, scrutinizes all applications and bonds, seeing 

that they conform to the law and rules of the Com- 


. 


Of the morning. 


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mission as to form and sufficiency, and who has studied 
the license system since its beginning in 1895, He writes 
all the licenses and they are signed by the secretary oF 
assistant secretary of the Commission. , 

Tn the matter of exercising the diseretiénery powers 
conferred by the Legislature upon the Commission té 
license the use of nets to take coarse fish in inland lakes, 
it may be said that this power was exercised to grant only 
{en stich licenses in 1899, and none wete granted 1m 1900, 
The license clerk issues this form of license only as 
directed by resolution of the Commission. a 

In Lakes Erie and Ontario the Commission has no 
discretionary power, and any kind of net cam be used. 
See Section 73, already quoted. All persons who have 
complied with the law and the rules have been licensed 
to tise pound nets in said lakes, without reference to 
residence of applicants. The law allows no discretion in, 
the matter of licensing any particular kind of form of 
net in these particular waters, nor does it limit the privi- 
leges to residents of any partictlar locality as long as: 
they are residents of the State. : 4 

The license provides that no net shall be used with mesh” 
less than 14-inch bar (this is a tule, not the law), and 
the license is granted subject to the following provisiorts' 
printed in it and forming a part of the licenses: “Pickerel, 
pike and wall-eyed pike must not be taken during’ March 
and April. \ 

“Muscalonge inust not be taken between Feb. 28 and 
May 31. Black and Oswego bass must not be taken’ 
between Dec. 31 and June 16; more than twenty-four of 
stich fish must not be taken in any one day by any one 
person; if any such fish are taken less than To inches in 
length they must be immediately returned to the water: 
from which taken, without injury. b 

“Lake trout or salmon trout less than 15 inches in 
length, must not be taken; if caught they must be re- 
turned to the water immediately and without injury.” 

These provisions are incorporated in_the license be- 
cause they conform to the law and are entirely outside 
af the jurisdiction of any rules that may be made by, 
the Commission. I shall not atternpt to discuss the 
merits or demerits of wholesale netting, but I have tried, 
to explain the situation,in regard to the particular licenses, 
that were granted for Lake Erie by giving the law and 
showing the difference between, the kw and the rules 
made by the Commicsioners. If it is wrong to license 
nets'in Lake Erie,. the remedy lies in a repeal of the 
law and not in finding fault with a Commission that had 
nothing to do with making the law. Upon representa-: 
tions made to one of the Commissioners the licenses for 
the pound nets-haye been suspended, and what the next 
step will be remains to be seen. I have heard that the. 
fish dealers will mandamus the, Commission to compel 
it to make their licenses operative under Section 73, 
should it fail to act favorably at its next meeting, but up, 
to this writing it-is all in the air. The primary. object 


-of a-fish commission is to cultivate food fishes and 


cheapen this form of food supply, and incidentally -to 


‘propagate the so-called game fishes, which are just as- 


mitch food fishes,.as the commercial fishes. The fishes. 
classed as commercial fishes are as a rule much,more 
prolific than the game fishes, and some of.the former can , 
be taken only in nets, as they do not bite a baited: hook. 
For instance, the brook- trout produces on an average. 
from 500 to 1,200 eggs, the black bass from 2,000 -to 
10,000 eggs, and they may be:called typical game fishes. 
The shad produces from 30,000 to 150,000 eggs and will 
not take a hook;-the whitefish produces on. an average 
35,000 eggs and-will not take a hook; the pike perch pro- 
duces from 200,000 to 600,000 eggs; the muscalonge pro- 
duces from ‘100,000 to 400,000 eggs; the pike, commonly 
called pickerel, -produces from 160,000 to over 600,000 
eggs. Salt water fishes taken in nets and on trawls are 
still more prolific, as for instance the codfish, which pro-" 
duces over 9,000,000 eggs; striped bass, over 2,000,000; - 
flat fish, 500,000 to 1,500,000. eggs; mackerel, 600,000 ; 
eggs; tautog, 1,200,000. It would be manifestly unfair ' 
to permit the use of nets in a trout brook to take fish : 
that do not spawn much over i,800 eggs per fish, and: 
which may require.t50 days to hatch the eggs, while it | 
would, be proper to net pike perch under’ restrictions 
which first of all observe the breeding season—a fish — 
that produces an average of 200,000 eggs and which re- 
quires but. twelve to eighteen days to hatch. Net fish- 
ermen, the men who take food fishes in a manner to 
reduce their cost to the people, must from the very na-” 
ture of things have some rights which the law is bound 
to observe, but what these rights may be I shall not 
venture ai opinion here. . aa 
Anglers (hook and line fishermen) are apt to look on ~ 
all netting in fresh waters with disfavor; but when they ° 
look at the matter dispassionately they must fealize that 
restricted netting is necessary if food fish is to be 
placed before the people at a reasonable price. The con- 
flicting interests appear to clash, when each should have 
its own field of operation, if the selfish element could be 
eliminated and haye common sense take Tts place. 


The Steelhead. 


The steelhead trout, formerly called the steelhead sal- 
mon, is another introduced fish from the far West that 
promises *to do well in, at least, some Eastern waters. 
They have been planted in several lakes and streams in 
New York, but just what they will do in public waters is. 
so fat a matter of conjecture. 

Mr. Kent, of the Tuxedo Club Fish Committee, wrote 
me in July: “I wish to get some landlocked salmon 
smelt for Tuxedo Lake. We have done so remarkably 
well with the steelhead salmon, which have proved them- 


‘selves to be a most excellent fish and exactly suited to 


our waters, that I am-anxious to help matters by pro- 
viding ‘them with proper food’’ Later I had some corre- 
spondence with another member of the committee, Mr.’ 
Thos. Stokes. and I quote from one of his letters; 

“T was glad to know that you had tried the experi- 
ment of planting steelhead trout in Long Island and Lake 
George, but fear that you have put the fry out too young, - 
as we have fotind in our experience in Tuxedo that it 
does not do to put them out before they are two years old, 
so that they can protect themselves, particularly # there 
are pickerel or black bass in the same lake, We have 
found that the steelhead grow very rapidly after they 
are put out, and are yery game, and F the age of two 


810 


and a half to three years will average fully a2 pounds in 
weight. They rise freely to the fly, such as the black- 
gnat and white-miller, seeming to care more for the 
plainer fly than the highly colored. It has very often 
taken me from fifteen to twenty minutes to land one of 
these fish with a 4 or 5 ounce rod. ‘hey seem rather to 
prefer the white spoon with long troll, or a hook baited 
with worms, to the fly. 

“You ask if there is any outle: to the sea from Tuxedo 
Lake. There is not, with the exception of by way of 
the Ramapo River, whith you know is. dammed up to 
such an extent that the fish cannot get back.” __ 

The one thing I have been in doubt about is, will the 
steelhead remain in fresh-water lakes and make no attempt 
to go to sea, as is their habit on the Pacific Coast, and 
this is a matter that can be settled only by experiment, 
That they will breed in fresh water when confined there- 
in from birth, the U. S. Fish Commission has demon- 
strated. I have planted steelheads in a Long, Island 
stream where they can easily go to salt water when so 
inclined, and in several lakes in northern New York, 
where they will get to sea only with difficulty after a 
considerable journey by a tortuous route. It may be pos- 
sible to breed the steelhead in fresh water for several 
generations until they in part, 1f not wholly, lose the sea- 
going habit, and this the State of New York is now 
doing, and I think the U..S. Fish Commission is also 
doing the same thing in Maine and on the Pacific Slope. 
This fish has been planted in Adirondack League Cluh 
waters, as well as in the public waters of the-State, and 
in club waters the steelhead will be under closer obserya- 
tion than in wild waters, so that their habits and pecu- 
liarities may be determined. The steelhead, the red-throat 
and all other members of the salmon family hatehed 
artificially in New York State were exhibited alive at the 
State Fair in Syracuse during the week beginning Aug. 
27, and visitors had an opportunity of comparing the 
different species*so far as coloring and general appear- 
ance goes. 


Mascalonge, 


The only mascalonge hatchery in the United States is 
one operated by the New York Commission at Chau- 
tauqua Lake, where several millions of fry are hatched 
annually. The greater part of the fry is returned to the 
lake, as it is the policy of the Commission to return to the 
waters from which it takes fish eggs of any kind a far 
greater number of fry than would result if the fish were 
permitted to spawn naturally. The State has declined to 
plant mascalonge in any waters where they did not at some 
time exist, and where there is a remnant left, and fol- 
lowing this rule, mascalonge fry have been planted chiefly 
in the St. Lawrence and Niagara Rivers, and in some’ few 
lakes known to contain the fish to a limited extent. Last 
year a considerable plant of mascalonge fry was made in 
the Niagara River, and last week I went with Com- 
missioner Lansdowne on a tour of inspection of the river 


on a steamer employed by the State to capture illegal nets. . 


The most of the mascalonge fry were planted in a 
ereek on Strawberry Island, and the game protector told 
us that the creek contained thousands of fingerling from 
the planting. When we went ashore and followed the 
creek toward its source, we saw a number of young 
mascalonge, and upon netting one in a landing net it 
proved to be about 4 inches long, a very satisfactory rate 
of growth, and greater than I had expected, but it was 
accounted for by the great abundance of natural food 
in the water. An incident of otir visit to the island I 
would not like to put in print if Commissioner Lansdowne 
had not been a witness of it. Walking along a path by 
the side of the creek, I passed under some trees which 
shaded the path, overgrown with weeds and damp from 
a rain the previous night. There was a slight incline 
before me, and as I put my feet on it to ascend, both 
feet slipped backward, pitching me forward so that I 
struck the ground with the palms of my hands. The 
cause of the fall was a vast quantity of caddis flies congre- 
gated on the grass, and when I stepped on them I ground 
them to pulp like oil, and my feet went out from under 
me instantly and my hands crushed the flies into other 
masses of pulp. They seemed to cover the ground half an 
inch deep, and it being early and cool in the shade, the 
sun had not warmed them to activity, as it had an in- 
numerable host of their fellows which filled the air in the 
sunlight, and covered weeds, trees and a deserted house 
as though they had been plastered with flies. Hete was 
fish food galore, and it was not at all wonderful with 
such a supply of larve to draw upon as the flies indicated 
the water possessed, that the mascalonge had grown so 
rapidly. Minnow food was also abundant for the fish to 
avail themselves of when the mascalonge get larger. and 
crayfish were also plentiful, and I was told that at another 
season they had a flight of May flies similar to that which 
is noticeable on the St. Lawrence. The men on the 
steamer have found a large number of illegal nets set and 
seized them, and with a thorough cleaning out of the 
nets future. plantings of fish in the Niagara should 
thrive wonderfully on the rich pasturage in the water, 


Albino Trout. 


Two years ago about fifty albino brook trout were 
hatched at the Sacandaga hatchery of the Forest, Fish and 
Game Commission of New York, but all died but one. 
This one grew finely, and was kept in one of the hatchery 
troughs until it was 9 inches long. It was almost milk 
white with pink eyes, and last Friday I visited the 
hatchery, which is two miles from Lake Pleasant. J found 
that the fish had died the day before, and it was thought 
that some of the many visitors had injured it unin- 
tentionally. There is still an albino Jake trout at tlie 
hatchery from this spring’s eggs, but the fish is cream 
color, and one eye has been injured, so it is doubtful if it 
lives long. A. N. CHENEY. 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


The Spawning Habits of the 
Lake Sturgeon. 
| BY LIVINGSTON STONE. 
(Read before the Americ n Wisheries Society.) 


THe first I knew about my being expected to present 
a paper this year to the society on the subject of the 
“Spawning Habits of the Lake Sturgeon” was on seeing 
in a tecent issue of Forest AND STREAM that I was billed 
to. prepare such a paper for this meeting. If it were not 
ior my having been put on the programme I should not 
venture to offer anything on this subject unless it were 
tinder the title of “What Little I Know About the Spawn- 
ing Habits ot the Sturgeon.” ‘ 

As a correspondent wrote me recently, “the sturgeon 
is a strange fish.” 
the subject of this paper, is a strange fish. It has a 
sttange shaped body, a strange head, strange mouth and 
skin, and a strange appearance generally; and one of the 
strangest things about the fish is that during the same 
week, and on the same spot, you can find female sturgeon 
with their eggs in almost every stage of development! 
This throws us all at sea as to their time of spawning, 
atid we are not much better off in regard to their places 
for depositing their spawn, for if they ever have fixed 
spawning beds where they go regularly to deposit their 
eggs, I can only say that I never saw a fisherman yet who 
knew where those spawning beds were. 

Another strange thing about the Jake sturgeon is that 
the fishermen never, or_almost never, catch a spawning 
female in their nets with ripe eggs in her. They catch 
them when they are almost ready to spawn, and when 
they have just spawned, and also with eggs in them in 
all stages of development, but hardly ever with ripe eggs 
ready to be extruded. 

The peculiarities of this strange fish haye made it 

yery difficult to gather information about their spawning 
habits, and still more ditficult to collect and impregnate 
their eggs. 
. The: first instance that I know of sturgeon ege¢s being 
successfully taken and hatehed oceurred in 1875, when 
Seth Green, assisted by A. Marks, obtained from the 
fishermen who were fishing at North Hamburg, on the 
Hudson, a ripe male and female, from which four pans 
ol eggs were taken by the Cresarian operation of cutting 
the fish open. This occurred on June 7, about ro A. M, 
On June g, about 3 P. M., the first movement of the em- 
bryo was observed. On June to the eggs began to hatch, 
and by 5 o'clock the next morning, Jume 11; all the eggs 
were hatched out, The temperature of the water during 
the period of hatching averaged abeut 70 degrees F. 

In 1888 Prof. Ryder, of the United States Fish Com- 
Mission, made a very thorough study of the sturgeon 
at Delaware City, Del. (see the United States Fish Com- 
mission bulletin for 1888), and in 1893 Dr. Bashford Dean 


made some interesting experiments, also at Delaware 


City. and since that time eggs have been frequently taken 
froin sea-poing sturgeon. ~ 4 

All the above experiments and studies have, however, 
been conducted with the salt water sturgeon (Acipenser 
SHUNIO), 

The lake sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus) is another 
fish, attd, as far as I am aware, no extended obseryations 
in regard to this fish have been recorded, except those by 
William Lang, in 1890, for the Ohio Fish Commission. 

li the spring of 1899 I received permission from the 
United States Fish Commission to hunt for ripe stur- 
geon eggs on Lake Champlain. Two fishermen haying 
igcated at Alburg Springs, Vt., for the purpose of catch- 
ing sturgeon for the New York market, I arranged with 
them to have the privilege of examining all the sturgeon 
they caught before they were butchered, and for the time 
established myself at Albure Springs with Mr. J. B. 
Lamkin and Mr. Myron Green fer assistants. 

On May 18 we overhauled our first batch af sturgeon, 
to the number of sixteen. Two females*appeared to be 
nearly ripe and we put them in our pens, hoping that their 
eggs might mature sufficiently in a few days to be taken 
and impregnated. Of the remainder, ten were males and 
fout were females, These were then butchered by the 
fishermen. On opening the female fish their eggs were 
found to be far advanced toward maturity, and it looked 
as if in a week or two, at the latest, we should strike 
fish with iully ripened eggs. In point of fact, unaccount- 
able as it seems, we never caught any sturgeon the rest 
of the season that had any riper eggs than these had, It 
is Needless to tell the story of our continued disappoint 
ments. The fishermen brought in plenty of fish and al- 
lowed us the utmost freedom in examining them or. pen- 
ning them up, as we chose, but although we followed up 
the sturgeon until the latter part of June, examining them 
all and penning up what we thought to be nearly ripe, 
we never came across a single ripe fish or took a single 
egg. All that we examined were either spawned out or 
not ripe, and none of those that we confined in the pens 
seemed to make any progress toward maturity. 

I will only state that the fish we examined seemed to 
grow less mature, if anything, as the season advanced, and 
at all times the development of their eggs presented the 
most perplexing variety. By way of illustration, I will 
state the condition of the eggs of the female sturgeon 
that were killed by the fishermen and examined by us 
on several days. As I said above, the eggs of the fish 
that we examined on May 18 were in all stages of devel- 
opment. The same was true of those examined on May 
25, although on both days there were some that were very 
nearly ripe. On the 29th, when we had expected to find 
fish about fully ripe, we examined, in all, the eggs of four 
females. The eggs of the first fish were only half devel- 
oped, the second fish had just spawned: the eggs of the 
third were just forming, and the eges of the four 
about one-fourth developed. The same discouraging ex- 
perience continued until the end, wheu, after following 
the sturgeon thirty or forty miles southward from Alburg 
we abandoned this will-o’-the-wisp chase and returned 
fo Cape Vincent Station, it being then the last week in 
June. 

This spring, 1900, | renewed the hunt for ripe sturgeon 
eggs, this time, however, not in the open waters of Lake 
Champlain, but in the Missisquoi River, a tributary 


At least the lake sturgeon, which 1s | 


th were - 


* 


[Sner. 15, 1900. 


which emties into the lake in the extreme, northwestern 
corner of Vermont. That’ sturgeon went tp this river 
in the spring just-after the run of pike was over, was 
well known, but whether they ascended the river to 


“spawn or to teed on the vast quantities of pike eggs and 


sucker eggs-that had been deposited up toward Swanton 
Daim, was not so definitely settled. iY 

There being no funds of the United States Fish Com- 
mission to spare this year for the purpose, no systematic 
attempt could be made to find ripe sturgeon, but through 
the obligingness of the river fishermen and the help of 
Mr. Myron Green, we were enabled by persevering effort 
tO Score sOme success and to make a few valuable dis- 
coveries, 

While the sturgeon were running there were two gangs 
of sturgeon fishermen on the river besides those fishing 
at Swanton Dam. We prevailed on those fishermen—I 
do not know how, and it is a surprise to me yet, for 
they never had any pay for it—to hold the fish they 
caught until we could examine them, and also to keep in 
confinement any that we thought were nearly ripe. In 
this way we obtained an opportunity to examine over 
a hundred sturgeon. ‘ 

Without going into tedious details more than is neces- 
sary, I] will state as simply as possible the results of our 
observations, and they are as follows: 

(1). The sturgeon do go up the Missisquoi River to 
spawn. This was proved by the fact that the fish going 
up the river all had eggs in them of about the same de- 
gree of ripeness. Some had eggs that were fully ripe, 
while all that were caught going down the river had 
spawned out. 

(2). The sturgeon spawn on the rapids below Swan- 
ton dam, for they were caught here fully ripe. Mr. 
Myron Green, who is a very careful and correct observer, 
thinks that they lie in the deep water below the rapids 
until they are ready to deposit their eges and then ascend 
to the rapids to spawi. This corresponds to a consider- 
able degree with what hasbeen observed of the spawn- 
ing habits of the pike perch. 

(3). The sturgeon spawning season on the Missisquoi 
River is very short, and when the spawning is oyer the 
fish all go down the river with a rush, and though there 
may be hundreds in the river one day, in forty-eight 
hours there may not be one Jeft in the river. The rush 
down stream this year was on the nights of May 27 and 
28. They began to go up the river about the 20th, al- 
though there were sturgeon at the mouth of the Missis- 
quoi Riyer as early as the first week in May. The stur- 
geon spawning season on the river this year was, there- 
fore, the week between May 20 and 27. 

(4). The sturgeon does not always deposit all her 
eggs at one time. A female fish whose eggs wete so 
ripe and loose that they came from her without pressure 
was found, on being killed and examined, to have at 
least two-thirds of her ovaries filled with immature eggs. 

(5)... When the female sturgeon is ripe her abdomen 
sags when the fish is litted by the tail, as in the case of 
ripe salmon. -Hence there is no: difficulty in distin- 
guishing a ripe female. Her eges also flow ‘from her 
very easily; so easily, in jact, that the difficulty with a 
Tipe fish in artificial spawning-is not to get the eggs out, 
but to keep them in. 

(6). The mystery of the fishermen never catching. a 
ripe fish in their gill nets is solved. It has been unques- 
tionably a mystery why female sturgeon were caught with 
eggs in every possible stage of untipeness, but never with 
eggs entirely ripe. It is a mystery no longer, however. 
The secret of it all is'that when the female is ripe the 
eggs flow from her so easily that when entangled in a 
net she throws out all her ripe eggs in her struggle ta 
escape, so that when the fisherman takes her out of the 
net he finds only a spent fish. Mr. Green says that they 
throw their ripe eggs so readily that éven in taking a ripe 
female ashore from the pens she would be likely to throw 
her eggs before she could be quieted enough to be 
stripped. 

Now that this explanation of what has seemed so 
mysterious has been discovered, it appears so simple 
that the wonder is that no one has thought of it before. 
Very likely this has occurred to many of you who are 
here present, but I can truly say that I have never found 
a fisherman yet who knew the true reason of his nof 
catching ripe female sturgeon, or ever even hinted at it. 

(7). We succeeded in actually taking and inipregnat- 
ing a few sturgeon eggs. We found them to be glutinous. 
like pike perch eggs, and requiring the same treatment 
in handling and impregnating, The eggs are about one 
eighth of an inch in diatneter and can be readily hatched 
in the same jars that are used for hatching whitefish and 
pike perch eges, and in the same way, There is this 
difference, however, between the eves of the pike perch 
and those of the sturgeon, that the shell of the pike perch 
egg is very hard, and the shell.of the sturgeon ege is 
thin and soft. ' 

Some of the sturgeon fry hatched at the United States 
Hatchery on the Missisquoi River this spring were- 
brought safely to Cape -Vincent Station, the first lake 
sttirgeon fry, I think, that were ever hatched under the 
auspices of the United States Fish Commission. 

As to the question whether sturgeon eges can be 
taken, impregnated and’ hatched artificially, I should say 
that great pains must be taken to capture them properly 
and to confine them properly. Jn fact, the preparation 
for this part of the work must be very elabarate, Tf this . 
is not done, lake sturgeon hatching will be a failure; but 
if proper attention is given to these points. I am con-_ 
vineed that lake sturgeon hatching will be a success, at 
least wherever the parent fish can be found restricted jn 
their movements to a small area, as, for instance, in the | 
Missisquoi River. 

Allow me to add, in closing, that for most of the in- 
formation acquired this spring in regard to the sturgeon 
T am indebted to the persevering efforts and keen obser- 
vation of Mr. Myron Green and to the accommodating 
and liberal spirit of the tiver fishermen, without which 
we should have accomplished nothing. 


The Forest AnD STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier 3s practicable, 


~Surt, 18, 1900.) 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


, Fish, 

Curcaco, Ill., Sept. 1—The Western season in the re- 
view seems to have been rather a poor one from the 
angler’s standpoint, perhaps largely on account of the 
long spells of intensely hot weather. The record on 
muscallunge, so far as I can learn, still belongs to Dr. 
Baxter, oi Chicago, 38% pounds, taken in Sand Lake. 
Wis., early in the spring. I hear of no bass over 6% 
pounds, that from Waukesha county, Wis. In trout 
nothing of special interest appears, except that from the 
Pere Marquette there were some rainbow records of a 
4 and 5 pounds, a very good increase in average over 
the weight of last year, they tell me. It is comforting to 
add that the grayling, thought to be gone forever, has 
this year been found again by two or three different par- 
ties. JI have private word from a géntleman who saw 
some grayling brought in this month by a friend from 
the upper part of the lower peninsula. I recorded the 
taking of a few by yet another gentleman of Michigan. 
I had an invitation to go grayling fishing this week with 
some Michigan friends who know what they are talking 
about. I had an invitation this spring to go out this 


summer with an Alpena gentleman who knows a stream - 


whete there are still a few of these rare fish to be found. 
There are still a few grayling, but they are very few. 
The records of the famous Au Sable River for large takes 
of trout, brook and rainbow, continue to be very inter- 
esting, more from numbers than from size, so far as 
the average report goes. All in all, the trout fishing 
seems to be improving in the States of Michigan and 
Wisconsin. the bass fishing holding its own, the muscal- 
lunge fishing deteriorating. Maybe next year the scale 
will be reversed. It js much a matter of Suess. 


There Are Grayling in Michigan. 


There are grayling in Michigan. Not many; not enough 
to fish hard; not enough to go after if you want a baslxet 
and do not go for the gentle curiosity of it. But there are 
grayling there. They are breeding, and it is among the 
Possibilities that they may increase. Such are conclusions 
based upon several reports at hand this season from 
Michigan gentlemen who are good enough to giye the 
results of their personal observations. One of these, a 
friend of mine, writes entertainingly as below regarding 
his recent trip, which was made expressly for the purpose 
of running down a grayling rumor: 

“I was awfully sorry you could not go with us, We 
had a fine time, but not a great many fish, though we 

did not expect many. Three of us in three days, though, 
did take twenty-five grayling. I am going to write you 
all about it soon. It was a joy to once more, after a 
lapse of these many years, cast and hook with a small 
fly (No. 10. and No, 12) my old friend with a centerboard 
on his back. What-a rush the first one would he ; and no 
one knows, who has not taken a grayling with a fly, how 
Inagnificent are their leaps to free themselyes from the 
hook, how they shake themselves in the ait and keep at 
it, and how delicately you have to handle them. If this 
stream could be protected so there would be absolutely 
no fishing of any kind for three years, I think we would 
have Michigan grayling again. The logging is prac- 
tically done, and it never will be a trout stream. We 
have found both large and small grayling in it, taking 
them three, four and five years old, and the next jump 
was to yearlings, and I learned, just as I was coming 
away, that the Fish Commission a year ago put in some 
Montana grayling fry. I only took one of those little 
4-inch fellows after that, and on examination of the dorsal 
fin, with the naked eye. I could not discover any of those 
widescent spots that are so well known in Michigan 
grayling. Had I had an inkling that those yearlings were 
Montana fish, I would have made a mote critical ex- 


amination, for I caught dozens of those little fellows, and’ 


thought at the time it was a sure indication that the native 
fish were breeding and breeding well. 

“Just as soon as I can get time, I want to write up an 
article on this grayling trip. I really feel that I have 
material for something that will be quite valuable as a 
fishing story, or possibly dignified with something a little 
better than a story.” 

The story surely will be both valuable and interesting, 
and the sooner the better, 


Biggest Bass. 


The biggest bass of which word is at hand forthe sea- 
50n of 1900 in this part of the world is one of 7 pounds 3 
Ounces, a big-mouth, taken at Fox Lake, Wis., by Mr. 
Fred Lorenz, of Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. Lorenz fished with 
Mr. Frank Brice, and they took a string of twenty-one 
bass, whose average was over 3 pounds. If is of this 
party that the story is told that the two men cast for a 
* bass which they saw rise inshore, and both caught him, 
the fish swallowing both frogs and being played by both 
rods. This, however. was not the big bass above 
chronicled, whosé weight is vouched for by Mr. D. J 
Hotchkiss, of Fox Lake. 


man. 
Hartrorp Butnpinae, Chicago, 11. 


And Hotchkiss is an honorable 
E, Houan, 


West Virginia Bass and Game. 


ROMNEY, W. Va.—Editor Forest and Stream: Have 
heen intending to write you a short account of our bass 
fishing on the South Branch of the Potomac this season 
and of the prospects for hunting this fall. We have 
caught a great many small bass and some few large ones 
here this summer, but the river has been so low and we 
have had such a drought and so much hot weather that 
the large fish have not been biting. Also in our river 
there is practically no protection on the bass. With the 
tie raftsmen catching bass in the spring and the people 
with their cursed fish pots in the fall, together with so 
many fishing, and no protection for the bass, in a couple 
of years there will be no more bass fishing in the South 
Branch of the Potoinac. . 

_ Our prospects for hunting this fail are 
fact, parttidges 
for seyetal years, 
letter, 


good, In 
and pheasants are more plentiful than 
. Otr game laws in this State are a dead 
They will never be better uptil our Legislature 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


gives the game warden power to appoint a deputy in each 
county to enforce the game law. In Hampshire county 
lots of fishermen bring their guns and shoot everything 
in sight, and at Capon Springs the residents kill game 
and take it to the Springs and sell it to the guests at a 
good price. In Hardy county, which is the most lawless 
county in the State as to gaime laws, they have no close 
season, and do as they please. In Randolph county they 
run deer with dogs in the summer and shoot small game 
at any and all seasons. Our turkey season commences 
Sept. 15, which is two weeks, if not more, too soon. 
Our $25 license law on non-residents is a farce, and only 
gives the citizens who hunt to sell the advantage, and 
shuts out a great many sportsmen who hunt for the pleas- 
ure of it, Petey 18h 


The League of Salt Water Fishermen. 


New Yorx, Office 106 West Thirty-first Street, Sept. 
to.—Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. Charles A. Shriner, 
ex-protector of New Jersey, has promised to attend our 


» next regular meeting of the League, and Mr. F. J. Mc- 


Guire, secretary of the Hudson River Netters’ Organiza- 
tion, has promised to be with us on Monday evening, Sept. 
17. It will be one of the most interesting of the League 
meetings, and will pay fishermen from far and, near, to 
hear those two distinguished men talk. It is with pride 
that I invite all true fishermen to attend. Mr, Edgar 
Hicks, game protector of the New York waters, has also 
been invited to attend. 

It pains one that while so many fishermen go fishing, the 
most of them do not even think of joining the League to 
work for their own protection. They all see the cause of 
poor fishing in our nearby waters, and yet they do not 
come and give a helping hand to abate it. Just to 
think of it—dues only $1 per year, about 8 cents per 
month. Surely that is a mere trifle, and yet it helps to get 
a law passed and enforced that will benefit the masses in 
the end. How many there are who pay that dollar and 
yet do not attend the meetings; this also is very wrong; 
fishermen should take more interest in the meetings. 
Attend, one and all, and I know that in a very short time 
things will be very much as we fishermen want them. 
The League is well organized and it is the wish of the 
officers to make it a banner League of New York State. 
A bill will be presented to the Legislature this. coming 
winter that will provide restrictions well placed to‘ benefit 
all—fishermen and netters alike—and we must: have the 
fishermen (tide water) with us to indorse the same, and 
then to enforce it when it becomes a law. J earnestly 
hope that all will be interested in this, and above all, will 
come to the meetings ‘and hear what is being done, and 
help us, aS we need all true fishermen in this work to 
restore good, fine fishing again. I hope to see, many new 
faces at our next meeting. 

. T, Breprncer, Pres. 


Mexican Tarpon and Game Grounds. 


SHANNON, Ill—Editor Forest and Stream: I was 


highly entertained by Mr. Waddel’s descriptive articles © 


on tarpon fishing at Tampico, and while I have never 
pursued this sport and know nothing of its details, I take 
the privilege of “chipping in” merely becattse I have been 
in Tampico and feel a friendly interest for our sister 
Republic. : , itp 

Mr. Waddel speaks of fishing parties resorting to 
Tampico during the winter months for fishing in the 
Gulf. Aside from this special attraction they should 
find Old Mexico a most excellent ground to play over. as 
her historical rise and fall and rise again are laden with 
romantic legends that one can muse and dream over when 
the tarpon will not bite. 


Some fiity or sixty miles back from Tampico on the » 


Mexican Central R. R., where the foothills begin, and on 
up over the mountain ranges along the narrow cafions 
and back among the plateaus, are numerous little towns, 
haciendas and native clusterings. There are Rascon, Las 
Palmos, Las Canoas, El Alva, Villas and a multitude of 


. Other places along this line where abounds excellent 


shooting, ; 

At Villas, Rascon, in fact any of the places named, a 
petson can find all the deer, turkey and parrots a man’s 
heart could desire. It is only a short ride from Tampico 
on a direct line, where one can go up in the morning and 
back in the evening, thus having a whole day’s pleasure 
where the game is unlimited and the notse of the rifle and 
shotgun for sport is practically unknown. Also, nearer 
the coast he can, if he wishes, spend enjoyable hours 
with the wildfowl, snipe and other aquatic species. ‘ 

These are only side trips, but I feel assured will be 
a pleasing diversion to the follower of Father Izaak when 
the winds blow hard and the waves roll high. 

E. K. StepMan. 


San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 


Mernax contests held at Stow Lake, Aug. 25. Contest 

No. 12, Wind, west; weather, foggy. 

Event Event Event 
pe 43 Se 2, ieteneks ors 

istance, Accuracy, ———~- Event No. 8—_—— Ut 
Feet ‘ Percent. Acc. % Del. & Nets Casting# 

Battier ns OT, 50 $5 70.10 80.11 

IBtoGk sey 96 86.4 87.4 72.6 79.11 

Brotherton 114 94.8 $0.4 77.6 83.01 

Edwards ....,. 86 90.8 81.4 77.6 84.5 

Everett ....... 17, 91 90.8 84.2 8f.8 

Helles Snr fe. 79.8 8a.4 73.4 19.4 

Muller ....... 102 88.8 ° 90 85.10 87.11 

Skinner ....... 12 90 97.4 75.10 86.7 

Watts, sienna sn. 88 70.8 . 4 

Aug. 26—Wind, west; weather, fair, 

Baptviecyydaee pap 96 87 91.4 73.4 827 “ 

Brooks ....... 105 87.8 79.8 66.8 73.2 

Brotherton ... 111 91 90.8 72.6 $1.7 

Dayerkosen .. 114 84 89.8 72.6 81.1 

Everett’ ..5.... 112.6 H+ 93.4 73.10 84.7): 

Fanlks 22.5..5 95.6 TT.4 82,8 65.10 74,3 

Haiphe tht! SI 83.8 SS.4 7.410 79.7 

Anyek” -sain oh 8 41.8 64.2 80,5 

Pheliler yes vid Rn Sid 67. 76. U1 

Muller .4..,.. 45 Sb 88.4 T3.4 80,10 

pea ate ie Bias ova 99 91.4 92.8 71.8 82.2 


referee, Muller: clerk, 


lveiee Stoo 


Judges, Eyerett and Batty; 


Brotherton, - 


811. 


Che Fennel, 
| Fixtures. 
FIELD TRIALS. 


Sept. 1819.—Brandon, Man.—Third annual trials of the Brandon 
Kennel Club. Dr. H. James Elliott, Sec’y. y fj 

Uct 3U,—Senecaville, U.—Monongaheia Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association’s sixth annual field trials. A. C, Peterson, 
Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. , : re Ae 

Nov. 7.—Hampton, Conn.—Connecticit Field Trials Club's field 
trials, J. E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Hayen, Conn, | 

Noy. 7-8.—Lake View, Mich,—Third annual field trials of the 
Aichiged Field Trials Association, E. Rice, See’y, Grand Rapids, 


ich, 
Nov. 12,—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
dependent Field Trials Club, P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 


nd. 

Nov. 13.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. nec 

Nov. 16.—Newton, N, C.—Eastern Field Trials Club’s twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 
Simon C, Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 

No. 20. 7 .—Illinois Field Trials Association’s second 
annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, Ill. : 

Nov. 20.—Ruthven, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club, F. E. Marcon, Jr, Sec’y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. 4 

Nov. 20. . Pa.—Central Beagle Club’s annwal field trials. A. 
C, Peterson, Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. " o 

ov. 22.—Glasgow, Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. ! § 

Nov, 27.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Triais Association. L, S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. P 

Nov, 30.—Newton, N. C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake, Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill. Conn. 


Training the Hunting Dog 
For the Field and Field Trials, 


Il.—Instinct, Reason and Natural Development. 

As tending to a better understanding of dog nature, con- 
sequently as tending to a better application of the ways 
and means of a dog’s education, a brief discourse on 
the instincts of pointers and setters, their powers of rea-_ 
son 11 the abstract and as applied to field work, and the 
best manner of development from the sportsman’s point 
of view, is essential. fe 

To the average beginner, all dogs ate simply dogs, 
and all dogs are alike. This is a natural consequence 
to commencing as an educator without first acquiring any 
correct ideas as to how dogs Jearn and what they learn, 
or indeed without any thought of the matter, even after 
he commences the training; hence it never occurs to 
him that the apparent stupidity of his pupils may be an 
index of his own inability to teach. A man may be ever 
so able to instruct one of his own kind, whose mental 
capacity, being similar, he understands, and: yet be unable 
to instruct a dog, whose mental capacity is so dissim- 
lar and therefore so misunderstood. Let him carefully 
note how the dog learns; how much his intellect can com- 
pass lesson by Jesson and how much as a whole; what to 
teach step by step and how to do it, and at the same 
time retain his pupil’s affection and confidence. 

As to instinct, nothing is more difficult to define—in 
fact, the definition of it has never been satisfactorily 
given by even the greatest philosophers. Abstruse spec- 
ulations concerning it have been advanced, but all are in 
that broad realm of speculation where the intangible 
reigns. No one can tell how the colt, when its age is 
measured only by minutes, is impelled to suckle its dam 
and sticceeds in doing so, or how it knows enough to 
follow her about, or how it recognizes and obeys her 
voice; or how young birds know how to build a nest 
without ever having seen one built, or how they know 
that it is necessdry to build them at all, or how they 
have the migratory impulse and know the proper direc- 
tion to take when they migrate, or how the grub knows 
how to spin an envelope around itself, etc. The manifes- 
tations of instinct in the animal world are innumerable. 
Even a brief treatment of them would require a volume 
of space and the trainer, after reading it all, would know 
nothing definite concerning them save that they ex- 
isted and seemed to be independent of all experience in 
their exercise, 

Those who care to further investigate this subject will 
find much of interest in respect to it in “The Descent of 
Man,” by Darwin; “Animal Intelligence,” by Romaines; 
“The Senses and the Intellect,” by Bain; “Animal Life 
and Intelligence,” by Morgan; “The Principles of Psy- 
chology,” by James, and in works of Spencer, Wundt, 
Buchner, Wasman, Hume, Wesley Mills and in those 
of a host of other writers, German, French and English, 
all of whom most interestingly present much to instruct 
and much more to confuse the reader, 

-When, however, an animal consciously performs an act 
as a means to an end, all the recognized authorities agree 
that the act then comes within the domain of reason. 
Dogs at a very early age profit by experience and dis- 
play a discriminating use of their acquired knowledge. 
It is impossible to draw a definite line between instinct 
and reason, but the two as a whole are easily distinguish- 
able. Thus the natural impulse of the dog to hunt rab- 
bits or birds might be termed instinctive, while the man- 
ner in which he conducts his pursuit of them in his ef- 
forts to capture is an act of reason, 

His physical structure closely resembles that of man. 
His brain is somewhat similar in shape and material to 
man’s, and it relatively serves the same purposes. Like 
man, the dog gains a knowledge of the external world 
through the means of his senses—hearing, seeing, tast- 
ing, feeling and smelling, the latter being the one most , 
used and the most keenly developed. 

The common, every-day life of the dog in and about 
the home of man displavs in innumerable Ways a keen 
perception of cause and effect. He learns to a nicety 
what privileges are permitted to him, at what time and 
place and of whom he may expect to receive his food, 
what people are most friendly to him, what places afford 
the most comfortable sleeping quarters for summer or 
winter, what dogs of the neighborhood best romp or hunt 
to his liking, ete. All his acts are founded on knowledge 
wcquired by experience, and as instincts are quite inde 
pendent of experience, the distinction js apparent. 

All’ instinets:are much alike as displayed one animal 
with another. They may vary in the degrees of intensity, 
but they are the same in kind. The mother’s love for 
her offspring, the instinct of self-preservation, etc., are 


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i 


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manifested much alike by every individual. On the 
other hand, acts of reason vary greatly in their manites- 
tations concerning the same object. For instance, out of 
several methods by which a purpose may be accom- 
plished, as in the pursuit of a rabbit, some dogs adopt 
one method, some another, according to the governing 
citcumstances at the time, such as whether the dog was 
alone or one of a pack; his knowledge of methods derived | 
from prior experience; his ability to discriminate as to 
methods; his ability as to bodily powers—that is, whethet 

he had sufficient speed to rush and capture at once, OF, 

being slow, whether to make a long race on the basis 

of endurance, etc. The same dog, indeed, not infre- 

quently employs different methods at different times to, 
accomplish the saine purpose, accordingly as experience 

improves his knowledge or maturity improves his intel 
lect, or as different circumstances govern. a Seed 

Instinct holds relatively as small part in the life of the } 
dog as it does in the life of man. Dogs inherit the in= 
stinct of selftpreservation, the maternal and paternal in- 
stinct and the instinct to seek a food supply, etc., but in 
the activities of life, in choosing means to ends, their 
intelligence holds full sway. 

Experience and observation add to the dog's store of 
knowledge as they do to the store of man's. : 

The dog’s knowledge is a growth. Whether he 1s 
wild or domesticated, he has much training of mind and 
body to undergo before he fits into his enyironment to 
the best advantage to himself. If in a wild state, he must 
learn all the wiles of pursuit, of attack and defense, both 
as an individual and as one of a pack, Ina domesticated 
state he intelligently fits himself to lis environment by 
following the lines of least resistance, Cuffed for jump- 
ing on the bed, driven irom the parlor with a broomstick, 
scolded for barking in the house or thrashed for am at- 
tempt to steal food from the table, etc., he ayoids the 
experiences which are painful and makes the most of 
such privileges as are pleasant and allowed to him. 

In time, as experi€nce directs, his manner of life be- 
comes his habit of life. He ceases to have a longing for 
the comforts of the parlor and forbears stealing food un- 
less he has a safe opportunity. ; 

The moral nature of the dog never reaches to a height 
which commands much confidence. He is naturally a 
predatory animal, and his marauding instincts, though 
reasonably dormant in his own home, ate quickly brought 
into activity on outside opportunity. In the home ot 
his master’s friend, where he is for the first time, the 
dog most brazently searches every nook and corner, dis- 
regards his home manners and does not hesitate to ap- 
propriate to his own use any food he may find, Accord- 
ing to his point of view he is doing no wrong. Such is 
his nature. In time, with more thumpings and more 
painful experience, he learns that the rules in force at 
his own home are also the rules to be observed when 
he is in other homes, and he governs himself accord- 
ingly. However, he easily drifts into vagabond habits 
if opportunity offers, such as sneaking off into the fields 
and woods. on self-hunting trips, associating with vaga- 
hond dogs, etc,, and at such times he will indulge in many 
freaks and fancies of which he would not be guilty if 
under the eye of his master. 

He has a profound affection for his master, but that 
does not in the least signify that he loses any of his 
own individuality or interest in his own manner of life. 

On the matter of his affection, by the way, he has been 
lauded to heights on the one hand, quite as unwarranted 
as he was depreciated on the other in the matter of in- 
telligence. Dogs love their masters, it 1s true, but not 
as a rule with the loyalty and devotion so dear to senti- 
mental writers as a theme when elaborating on the no- 
bility which dogs possess. 

The average dog, however much he may exhibit affec- 
tion for his miaster to-day, will be quite content to take 
up with a new one to-morrow. A few appetizing morsels 
of food are sufficient to excite his interest, a few pats on 
the head evoke his friendship, and a few repetitions of 
friendly attention win his affection. Some dogs haye a 
more consistent devotion than others: some are braye 
and will fight for their masters as they will fight for each 
other; some will run from danger, regardless of whom it 
may threaten. 

The dog, being-gregarious, has a natural repugnance to 
loneliness, In a wild state, he lives in packs with his 
fellows, and observes much the same watehiulmess and 
devotion to the common good that he does toward his 
home in. domestication. 

The wild instinct of friendly alliance is expressed in 
domestication. He forms an attachment for his master 
and the members of his master’s family. He may, how- 
ever, form a more friendly attachment for a horse. He 
concedes the domination of his master, but he concedes 
the same to the leader of the pack in a wild state. 
Hounds in domestication have a leader to which they 
look for leadership in the pursuit of foxes, etc. 

The dog in domestication soon learns to consider his 
inasters home as his own. If he prowls away from 
homme, seeking to investigate other homes, the dogs of 
the latter consider that their homes are invaded, and they ~ 
hark furious resentment, or perchance fight and give the 
intruder a sound mauling. The strange youths throw 
rocks at or imaltreat him if they can lay hands om him. 
Thus he learns that his own home is the most pleasant 
to him. He does not know of any other home, so that 
accepting the best home of which he has any knowledge 
is not a matter deserving of any special evilogy. 

Some writers have not hesitated to exalt the dog as 
being, in many noble characteristics, superior to man. 
His devotion, fidelity and unselfishness are favorite 
themes. Man, too, possesses these traits. Nevertheless, 
on analysis, all these qualities, as exhibited by the dog, 
ate found to be far short of the ideal perfection ascribed 
lo him. The man who first said “The more. I see of 

men the better I like dogs” could hardly haye been 
serious, or, if he was serious, he knew neither men nor 
dogs, assuming that he had a normal mind. The dog as 
he really is is companionable and devoted enough. Man, 
nevertheless, could lose the companionship of the dog 
much better than the dog could that of man. In material 
advantages he is a gainer by his association with man, 

On the question of animal intelligence, the eminent 


= Ve) aad 


‘yudest primitive state approaches 


philosopher, Dr. Ludwig Buchner, in his work, “Man in 
the Past, Present and Future,” : ; i 
is sufficiently well known that the intellectual life of ani- 
‘nals has hitherto been greatly underestimated or falsely 
interpreted,. simply because our closet philosophers al- 
ways started, not from an impartial and unprejudiced ob- 
servation and appreciation of nature, but trom philosoph- 
ical theories in-which the true position, bothof man and 
animals, was entirely misunderstood. But as soon as we 
began to strike into a new path, it was seen that intel- 
lectiially, morally and artistically the animal must be 
placed in a far higher position than was formerly sup- 
posed, and: that the germs and first rudiments eyen of 
the highest intellectual faculties'of man are existent and 
easily demonstrable in much lower regions. The pre- 
eminence of man oyer the animal is therefore rather 
relative than abselute—that is to say, 1t consists in the 
otreater perfection and more adyantageous development of 
those characteristics which he possesses in common with 
animals, all the faculties of man being as it were pro- 
phetically foreshadowed in the animal world, but in mau 
more highly developed by natural selection. On closer 


consideration, all the supposed specific distinctive char- , 


actens between man and animals fall away, and even those 
attributes of humanity which are regarded as most char- 
acteristic, such as the intellectual and moral qualities, 
the upright gait. and iree use of the hands, the human 
physiognomy and articulate language, social existence 
and religious feeling, etc., lose their yalue or become 
merely relative as soon as we have recourse to a thor- 
oughgoing comparison founded on facts. In this, how- 
ever, we must not, as is tisual, confine our attention to 
the most highly cultivated Europeans, but must also take 
into the account those types of man which approach 
most nearly to the animals and which have had no op- 
portunity of raising themselves from the rude, primitive, 
nattral state to the grade of the civilized man. In such 
a study as this, just as in the investigation of the animal 
mind, we at once arrive at the knowledge of quite dif- 
ferent things from what the closet philosophers in their 
pretentious but hollow wisdom have hitherto endeayored 
to make us believe, and we ascertain immediately that 
the human being in his deepest degradation or in his 
the animal world so 
closely that we involuntarily ask ourselves where the 
trie boundary line is to be drawn, Whoever then wishes 
io form a judgment as to the true nature of man or his 
{rue position in nature must not, as our philosophers and 
soi disant ‘great thinkers’ usually do, leave out of con- 
sideration the primeval origin and developmental history 
of man, and looking merely at his own little self in the 
delusive mirror of self-esteem, abstract therefrom a pitia- 
ble portrait of a man after the philosophical pattern. He 
must, on the contrary, grasp at nature itself with both 
hauds and draw his knowledge from the innumerable 
springs. which flow, here in the richest abundance.” 


Commenting further in this connection, he -writes:. 


"The second volume of his (Bucliner’s) “Physiological 
Pictures’ will also contain an, essay upon the mind of 
animals. In this essay it will be shown by finmerous 
well authenticated cxamples and facts that the intellectual 
activities, faculties, feelings and tendencies of man are 
joreshadowed in an almost incredible degree in the ani- 
mal mind. Love, fidelity, gratittde, sense of duty, re- 
ligious feeling, friendship, conscientiousness and the high- 
est self-sacrifice, pity and the sense of justice and in- 
justice, as‘also pride, jealousy, hatred, malice, cunning 
and desire of reyenge,.are known to the animal, as well as 
reflection, prudence, the highest craft, precaution, care 
for the future, ete-—nay, even gormandizing, which is 
usually ascribed to man exclusively, exerts sway also 
over the animal. 
mental laws and arrangements of the state and of society, 
of slavery and caste, of domestic economy, education and 
sick nursing: they make ‘the most wonderful structures 
in the way of houses, caves, nests, paths and dams: they 
hold assemblies and public deliberations and even courts 
of justicé upon offenders; and by means of a compli- 
cated language of sounds, signs and yvestures they are 
able to concert their mutual action in the most accurate 
inanner. In short, the majority of mankind haye no 
knowledye or eyen suspicion what sort of creature an 
animal is.” ian haa’ 

Darwin, in his great work, the “Descent of Man,’ has 
a paragraph in the chapter “On the Affinities and 
Genealogy of Man” whose import is specially to the 
point. He remarks: “Some naturalists, from being 
deeply impressed with the mental and spiritual powers of 
mat, haye divided the whole organie world into three 
lingdoms—the human, the animal and the vegetable— 
thus giving to man a separate kingdom. Spiritual pow- 
ers cannot be compared or classed by the naturalist, but 
he may endeavor to slow, as I have done, that the mental 
factulties of man and the lower animals do not differ in 
kind, although immensely in degree. A difference in 
degree, however great, dues not justify us in placing man 
in a distinct kingdom, as will perhaps be best illus- 
trated by comparing the inental powers of two insects, 
namely, a coccus or scale insect and an ant, which un- 
doubtedly belong to the same class. The difference is 
here greater than, though of a somewhat different kind 
from, that between man and the highest mamimal. The 
female coceus, while young, attaches itself hy its pro- 
boscis to a plant, sucks the sap, but never muves again, 
is fertilized and lays eggs, and this is its whole history. 
On the other hand, to describe the habits and mental 
powers of the worker-ants would require, as Pierre Huber 
has shown, a large volume. I may, however, briefly 
&pecify a few points, Ants certainly communicate infor 
mation to each other and several unite for the same work 
or for games of play. They recognize their fellow ants 
alter months of absence and feel sympathy for each othier. 
They build great edifices, keep them clean, close the 
doors in the evening and post sentries. They make 
toads as well as tunnels under rivers and temporary 
bridges over them by clinging together. They collect 
food for the community, and when an object too large 
for entrance is brought to the nest they enlarge the door 
and afterward build it up again. They store up seeds of 
which they prevent the germination and which, if damp, 
are brought up to the surface to dry, They keep aphides 


sets forth that, “Indeed, it © 


Animals. know and practice the funda- | 


and other insects as milch cows. They go out to battle 
in regular bands and freely sacrifice their lives for the 
common weal. They emigrate according to a precon- 
certed plan. They capture slaves. They move the eggs 
of their aphides, as well as their own eggs and cocoons, 
inte warm parts of the nest, in onder that they may be 


quickly hatched, and endless similar facts could be given.. 
On the whole, the difference between the mental powers . 
af an ant and a coccus is immense? yet no one has ever’ 


dreamed of placing’,these insects in distinct classes, much 


less in distinct kingdoms, No doubt the difference is. 


bridged over by other insects; and this is not the case 
with man and the higher apes. But we have every rea- 


son to believe that the breaks in the series are simply 


the result of many forms having’ become extinct.” 


These extracts, given for the reader's consideration, 


present the convictions of men who have made this and 
related subjects a liielong study, whose opportunities for 
acquiring information were relatively unlimited and 
whose mental equipment fitted peculiarly well to the 


exactions of their chosen field of research, all of which 


qualified them for the making of sound: conclusions. 
There is a comprehensive literature on this subject, ex- 
tremely interesting in itself, only incidentally related to 
the subject of training, yet worthy of the attention of 
him who earnestly seeks a broad knowledge oi the sub- 
ject. Before making pertinent investigation on either 
subject, if is not diffenlt to believe that the dog acts 
wholly by instinct and that the world is flat; after un- 


prejudiced investigation it is impossible to believe either. 


Considered as a being, physically and mentally the dog 
develops much. after the manner of man, but with re- 
strictions imposed by nature and by man which force 
him to recognize his inferiority and dependence through 
life. . 

Superior force is a quantity in’ life to which all must 
yield. 
to it, As between man and dog, the latter from puppy- 
hood is taught submission and dependence.’ There is 


sufficient force at every point to repel all attempts which. 


are obnoxious to man, his master. He recognizes this 
from an early age and grows into doghood with a full 
acceptance of it. The exceptional dog which betimes has 
the idea that he has force enough to meet force generally 
goes yiolently into’ the bourne provided for bad dogs, 
whence they never return. Heredity tends io ‘the per- 
petuation of the dogs which are most submissive. The 
destruction of dogs which are of a bad or ‘titisuitable 
temper would tetd toward' the extermination of the most 
savage and the perpetuation of those which most amiably 
accepted the place in domestication assigned to them by 


man. Thus, they grow up deferential by habit, dependent - 


from inferiority and gregarious by nature. 
B. Warers. 


Sheep Dog. Trials in Wales. 


Late in the Summer montis of cach year the flocks of 


all Wales are left to-roam at will over the heather-cov~ 
ered hills, while the shepherds take their trusted collies 


and go to compete for the coveted shepherd's trophy, the 


Cambrian Stake and Cup, and not only do the shepherds 
of Wales compete, but they come from the highlands of 
northern England, from far across the River Dee, to 
try the metal of the dogs of all counties at their skill at 
handling the flock. The events of the whole year are 


figured from these sheep dog trials, and as soon as they 


are run the shepherds commence to figure on their chances 
to win in the coming year. These trials are their one 
relaxation from work, their one pleasure and their annual 
holiday. As one drives through the vales of this great 
sheep district, the native will proudly point out that, “Yon 
dorg win cup three year gone,” or of another dog that 
happens to be seen, “"E’s a likely brute, an’ minds the 
flock weel, but na ceen go fer cup.” This sport is their 
life, and these nimble collies are their daily helpmates 
which share every joy and every hardship with their 
masters. ¢ 
Nestled down in the beautitul hills of Wales near the 
ancient village of Llangollen is Plas-yn-Viyod, the home 
of Captain Best, of the Royal Nayy, and in his park the 
trials are held, and to him is due'the honor of having 
promoted this excellent form of sport, and each year he 
turns his place over to the public for the competition. 


The trials afford an opportunity of observing the won-' 


derful training of the dogs, a chance for the shepherds 
to decide their disputes. as to the superior intelligence 
of their animals, and a holiday for the entire country- 
side. 


Stake is the coveted prize of all Great Britain, and to 
these simple shepherds it means more to win this stake 


than it does to some great horseman to win a Derby, for ° 


the work of these dogs is not a pastime with them, but 
it is their livelihood and really their lite. 

The test consists of driving three sheep around and 
through a series of flags and gates, and finally into a 
sinall pen that has a very narrow opening, and all of this 
must be done by the dog alone, simply directed by the 
master, who stands near the pen. The sheep used are 
selected from different flocks, and consequently strange 
to each other, making them more difficult to handle than 
if they were all accustomed to running together. The 
stnall, wild Welsh sheep are also found much harder to 
handle, and consequently make a more severe test for the 
dogs. The field is a beautitul, hilly portion of Captain 
Best's park, pertectly suited to the sport, as it is a natural 
amphitheater, and so affords an excellent view for the 
spectators. The dogs are required to take the sheep 
over a course fully half a mile in length before they 
finally bring them to the goal, all of the course being in 
full view. Directly in front of the spectators and 


‘judges, the field drops away into a little hollow. and 


ther rises to a steep incline to another field, and it is far 
up on this hill that the sheep are held in a pen, to be 
released when the word is given. a 

The shepherd directs the contesting dog from a position 
near the judges’ table, where a post is driven into the 
ground, to which a cord about 25 feet long ts attached, A 
loop at the end of the cord is held on the arm of the 
contestant during the competition, thus preventing his 


Men feel its mandates; even nations must bow: 


Wales is the home of sheep dog trials, and the Cambrian . 


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going more than the stated distance in any direction. _AS 
soon as the dog has taken the flock through the various 
openings and around the flags and up to the pen, the 
shepherd may go to the assistance of his animal and help 
him pen the sheep. = 

The ctowd assembles early on the day of the trial, and 
an air of expectancy is rife, The hum of conversation 
ceases for a moment as the first number 15 posted, a burst 
of applause as the first dog goes on the field, and the 
contest commences. 

-An old grizzled shepherd advances to the post and ad- 
justs the cord on his arm, receives his instritctions from 
the judges and finally the word to commence. Three 
sheep ate turned into the field away up on the hill aboye, 
at such a distance that one can scarcely make them out. 
‘ The shepherd raises his staff and points in their direction 
and says quietly, “Hie to ‘em, Lassie,” and off the beau- 
tiful collie bounds as straight as an arrow, but turning 
every hundred yards or so to see that the direction first 
indicated has not been changed. On she goes up the 
hill, until she encounters the high wall that separates the 
adjoining field, in which the sheep have been loosed; here 
she hesitates and again looks back for instructions. 

“Gang over!” shouts the shepherd, with a wave of his 
Staff, indicating his wish, and over goes Lassie, and 
another command of “Hie away!” sends her on up the 
hill, where she presently finds the sheep, the first point 
in the competition, ; 

“Gang away back!” comes the next order, and around 
to the rear of the sheep races the dog. The animal 
works noiselessly, as the worst trait that a sheep dog 
can have is that of barking at a flock, ‘They are never 
supposed to alarm the sheep unless it is necessary to do so 
to move some stubborn member of the flock, 

Now comes the task of sending them along the crest 
of the hill to a flag high on the slope, around that and 
then directly through an opening in the wall. “Coom in, 
Lass!” brings the dog along the hill in the direction of 
the first flag, with the little flock scampering before her. 
Not always does the master speak to the collie, but very 
often a shrill whistle attracts her attention, and the 
staff indicates the desired direction. Down the hill 
gallop the sheep, headed far below the flag, and as it is 
required that they go above it, a call of “Coom farther 
im!’ brings in the dog, and sends out the little flock just’ 
around the flag. 

“Get back!’ shouts the shepherd. Away bounds the 
faithful dog to the rear. 

“Get farther back!’ sends her even more around until 
the sheep are turned straight-in to the wall through 
which they mitst go. Along this wall they run at full 
speed, and so fast that they will surely pass the opening, 
so the dog is bidden to “Coom away ‘round!’ and around 
she goes in a great detour, heading off the flock right at 
the gate. They hesitate and the shepherd gives a shrill 
whistle and the dog stands fast with her eyes fastened on 
the sheep. They look stupidly about for a moment and 
then oné of them looks toward the opening, through which 
they are to go. “Coom in steady, Lass!” calls the master, 
Slowly and carefully creeps the dog. The sheep turn and 
walk through the opening as naturally as though oftheir 
own accord. This bit of clever work on the part of 
the dog brings forth a cheer from the crowd, and as half 
of the trial is successfully done, the excitement runs 
high. 


All this time the sheep have been kept on a keen 
jump with the dog close at their heels, but the pursuit 
has been so careful and so steady that the sheep are not 
in the least startled or worried, and if they are given « 
moment's rest they immediately commence to nibble at 
the grass. _ 

The third point has been scored, and only three minutes 
and a half have been used out of the short ten minutes 
allowed to complete the task, but the real work is yet to 
come. The old shepherd will tell you that “any fool dog” 
will bring a flock to you, but that it takes a real sheep 
dog to take them away with intelligence. 

The master works the dog well to the rear of the 
sheep, and then bids her to ‘“Take “em away,” and away 
they go straight for the final opening, which is really an 
imaginary gate between two short sections of fence, and 
consequently mich harder than if it was really an opening 
in a fence, as it means nothing to the sheep or to the dog 
to go between these bars. The dog does not under- 
stand what is wanted, while when they are put at a 
gate in a fence the dog knows perfectly what is wanted 
after a few conimands have been given, and then he will 
work of his own accord, with an intelligence that is sut- 
prising. But with wonderful obedience the dog follows 
the direction indicated by the master’s staff and the words 
of command. Ji the sheep hecome frightened by a sudden 
rush, a sharp whistle will bring the dog to the ground 
Jong enough for the flock to become quiet. After a bit of 
clever work the dog puts the flock through, and as they 
go scampering’ off to the far corner of the field, the 
shepherd calls for Lassie to “Git far back!” and to 


“Fetch ‘em up!” and in they come with a seurry and a~ 


rush toward the pen, which is the final test, Then 
commences an animated game of “pigs in the clover,” for 
it is exactly like that exasperating puzzle that was the 
rage a couple of years ago. 

At this stage of the trial the shepherd is allowed te 
leave his position by the stake, and is permitted to 
assist his-dog in penning the flock. The opening to the 
pen is just wide enough to allow one sheep to enter at 
one time, and they show a decided disinclination to go 
into the inclosure. They break and run around it, and in 
an instant, without any word of command, the dog is 
around to head them off and bring them back. They face 
the dog and stamp their forefeet in a challenging man- 
net, when they are cornered, as though they were about 
to attack her. Easily the master and the dog work up on 
the flock in perfect unison, and in such a careful man- 
ner that the sheep do not become startled. 

“Easy a bit, Lassie,” whispers the shepherd, and Lassie 
steps forward a couple of feet. 

“Steady a bit,” and she stops. 

If the sheep show an inclination to bolt, the dog is- 
cautioned to “Lie down!” and instantly she drops to the 
ground and watches the sheep, unless they again attempt 
to bolt. One of the sheep turns his head and looks into 
the pen for a moment, and instantly the master calls 


softly, “Crawl up, Lassie,” and she crawls along the 
ground on her belly, neyer rising to her feet until the first 
sheep has his head well into the pen. Where one goes 
the rest will follow, so with a wave of his staff the 
shepherd calls sharply, “At ’em, Lassie!” and the dog 
rises quickly and takes a couple of steps forward, and 
in go the littie Hock amid the cheers of an appreciative 
crowd, ¥ a 

That is the way of a well-run trial when every point is 
scored, but not all of the dogs are so successful, and 
many a shepherd goes hdme at night with a heavy 
heart, full of disappointment because his dog did not do 
his best or because of an unusually wild sheep that bolts 
the flock in such a manner that no dog could keep it in, 
Some ‘of the dogs that work to perfection with a flock 
on their own hills will do nothing at a trial, and. on 
the contrary, it is said that dogs are being trained for 
field work simply for the prizes that would do nothing in 
the field, but fortunately this practice, that only appeared 
this year, has been regulated by strict rules, preventing 
any but regular sheep dogs from competing. Z 

During the morning of the trials there are two courses 
on which to run the dogs, so that the entire competition 
may be finished in a day—the Ty’n-y-Celyn side and the 
Vivod side, and the winners of the two morning trials are 
brought together in the afternoon. It is cttrious to note 
the effect that the presence of the crowd has on both 
the dog and master m some cases. The Ty’n-y-Celyn is 
some distance across a little vale, and consequently very 
few of the spectators went over, unless there was some 
dog working that they wished particularly to sec. 

One little brown animal came to the trials with a won- 
derful reputation as a great sheep dog, and in the morn- 
ing, on the far side, he carried his flock over the course 
in a remarkably short time, and it looked as though he 
was a very probable winner, and so when he was called 
in the afternoon the crowd was full of expectancy. The 
shepherd was a Welshman, and did not know a word of 
English, but received his instructions from the judges in 
his own fongue, and then faced the trial. The sheep 
Were teleased on the hill above, and the little dog was 
told to find them, the shepherd indicating the direction 
with his staff, or rather attempting to do so, for he was 
not able to convey his wishes to the dog. It was a simple 
case of “stage fright,” for the mountain shepherd was 
completely bewildered by the crowd of people that was 
looking on, and the dog suffered in consequence, Up and 
down the little dog ran, and louder and louder shouted 
and whistled the shepherd. The crowd became amused, 
and their amusement only made matters worse for the 
Welshman. Finally, after a vain attempt for ten minutes, 
time was called, and another dog was sent to bring in the 
sheep that were camly grazing on the far hillside, and the 
shepherd called away his little dog and was soon lost in 
the crowd, downcast and heart-broken at his failure. 
Even the dog seemed to share the chagrin of his master, 
for he hung his head and slunk away as though he realized 
his fault, and yet this same dog had won his match in 
(he morning in a most wonderful manner, but the failure 
later inthe day will be the regret of the life of this simple 
shepherd. fe ; 

Dog after dog comes up to try his skill, and one after 
another they meet with more or less stccess, but none 


* can lower the time that Lassie has made, and she is 


awarded the coveted cup and the Cambrian Stake. The 
winning of an event like this one becomes tradition in the 
families of these men of the mountains, and for years 
to come the children and tbeir children will tell of how 
Lassie won the cup. 

Then follow the trial for two dogs working together 
and in this six sheep are used instead of three, half of 
the number being from one flock and half from 
another. The first part of the trial is similar to the one 
with one dog. They are to be carried around the flag 
on the hillside in the same manner, to be brought through 
the gap in the wall and then through the opening be- 
tween the two bars. All of this is infinitely easier with 
the assistance of another dog, and the marvelous manner 
in which they work is wonderful to watch. Back and 
forth they run behind the little flock, never allowing them 
to swerve to either side, each dog obeying the commands 
that the master directs to him. Should the sheep bolt out 
of the cotrse, the master would call, ‘“Laddie, coom 
away round!” “Lady, get farther back!” and as each 
dog would mind the respective order they would bring the 
flack back into the course. As they go through a gate, a 
command of, “Laddie, watch ‘em!’ would bring Laddie 
to the side of the gate to prevent the sheep from 
going past the opening, while Lady would work back 
and forth to send them through. If the dog did not 
mind instantly, the master would call sharply, “Lady, 
did’st thou hear? Get farther back!’ They work in 
perfect unison, minding every gesture, whistle or word 


of command, and yet at times they are fully a quarter of a 


mile away. 


When the last gate is passed. instead of taking the six 
sheep to the pen, the contestant must separate three 
specially marked ones and pen them with one dog, leaving 
the other dog to watch the remaining three and prevent 
their coming in with the others again. 

Two of the most interesting dogs that worked at 
Llangollen this year were Old Pink and Gem. the former 
being given the commands entirely by whistles, while 
Gem received verbal directions. Different inflections of 
the whistle meant different orders to the dog, 
would send him far away; one similar to the ordinary 
manner of calling a dog would bring him in, A rising 
note would send him to the right and a falling one to the 
left in just the same manner that an old cavalry horse 
obeys the trumpet calls. 

Another queer pair were Handy and Sam, run by a 
shepherd from Llandderfel. Sam could only understand 
Welsh, while all of the commands to Handy were given 
in English, and it was most amusing to hear the master 
as he handled the dogs in the trial. 

When his name was called, he led his faithful dogs to 
the starting point, and as the word was given to com- 
mence, he spoke quietly to them. “Get far away, *Andy,” 
he commanded to one, “Cer draw rett pell, Sam,” and 
away scurried both dogs.  - 

“Get farther back, ‘Andy,” “Symer yn draf deg, Sam” 
(Take time), and instantly they would obey the respective 


A trill _ 


words of warning. At times the shepherd would merely 
eall the command without using the dog's name, and tha 
cffeet was quite the same, as the one had no knowledge 
of the Janguage spoken to the other, 

“Come ‘round, ’Andy.” 

“Dal draw, Sam” (Keep away). 

Not a little fun is created by this use of two languages 
so totally different, and the crowd laughs heartily at 
any trew command, but at the same time they are most 
appreciative of the excellent work that is being done. 
The two animals are- almost human in the manner in 
which they receive and obey the will of their master; 
every word is heeded instantly and every direction indi- 
cated with the staff is obeyed, always looking back 
for new directions. 

“Tyd yma atat i?’ (Come here to 
shepherd as the little Welsh dog goes 
around the flock. 

As they near an opening in a fence, the man’s voice 
drops into a coaxing key, as he catitions careful work 
from the dogs, lest they flurry their charges and cause 
them. to bolt at the critical moment. 

“Gorf edd lawr!” (Lie down!) ie 

“Steady a wee bit, “Andy.” ; 

This caution has had its effect, for through they go 
and on to the next part of the test. 

During the trials the other shepherds sit about with their 
dogs, awaiting their turn, and watch with keen interest 
the success or lack of success of their rivals, Each break 
or stidden turn of the sheep is followed by hundreds of 
eyes, and each sharp recovery of the flock by the dogs 
is hailed with breathless applause, These simple country 
folk do not hesitate to give vent to their feelings, no 
matter whether it is to applaud some clever bit of work 
of one of their friends’ dogs, or to give a shout of 
Satisfaction at some mistake or bad luck of a rival. The 
etiquette of applause is that a man may express whatever 
his feelings may happen to be, and even though it is 
directed at a failure, no offense is meant and none is 
given. These men are here for a day’s good sport, and 
to try the skill of their dogs, and there is none of the 
spirit of underhand rivalry that so often creeps into 
sport where money is at stake. These shepherds have 
their strong convictions as to the relative merits of the 
dogs, and they defend their views almost to the point of 
blows, but for all that, they bear no ill will. 

“E's a grat’ worker, that Andy, but ’e’ nay cen win,” 
remarks an old shepherd, without taking his eyes from) 
the field. 

“Yon’s tha’ style, ta bettern Owd Pink herself.” 

“Na, they'll lose at the pen.’ 

“Steady, mon, time’s close,” breathlessly whispers 
one, as though the dog could hear and understand. 

The sheep are stubborn, although finally one turns his 
nose into the pen. A cheer goes up from the crowd. 

“He’s won!” they cry. 

So it would seem for an instant, but suddenly a little 
wether breaks, just as victory is within grasp, and whirls 
off down the green hill. Quick as a flash the faithful 
Handy is around and is bringing the frightened sheep 
back to the others, but the flight of this one has startled’ 
the other two, and they huddle to the side of the pen 
away trom the opening, watched by the other dog. It 
will take but a minute to bring them back again, but it is 
too late. The whistle blows, time is up and the cup is 
lost—not from any fault of the dog nor of the master, 
but because of the sheep. There is a great difference in. 
these little wooly animals that are turned out at the 
trials, and a great deal of the success of the shepherd 
depends on the character of the sheep that he happens to. 
draw. Some will run together, crowding their heads. 
close to each other and never bolting. thus making it 
very easy for the dog to handle them. Others will bolt 
the moment they are loosed on the hill, all going in. 
different directions. ‘In a case of this sort no dog living 
could bring them together in the short ten tinutes 
allowed, but that is the fortune of the game, as no 
allowance is made by the judges in such a case. 

No matter what the disappointment may be, these coun- 
try folk never show any sign of anger or of displeasure. 

One old Welshman faced the trial ground with a dog 
of great reputation—one that had worked in the High- 
Jands with the flocks for seven years or more, and was 
known to be able to handle a flotk with wonderful in- 
telligence. ' 

The sheep were turned out on the hill, and the dog 
followed the master’s bidding, as indicated by his staff, 
and in less than a minute had discovered the sheep. With 
the same wonderful instinct, he brought them along: the 
hill, around the flag and through the first gate. 

The crowd cheered every movement of the beautiful 
collie, and shouts of approval greeted each success. (A 
continuance of such work would mean certain posses- 
sion of the cup. 

“"E wins easy!’ a shepherd boy shouts. 

“Yon’s a true Wales dorg,” says another looker-on. 

But just as the last of the trial was to come at the 
pei, one of the flock, a young ram, bolted and made 
directly for the crowd. A little stream in the castle 
park separated the trial ground from the spectators, and 
into this stream plunged the frightened ram, And there- 
he stayed. After him came the dog, but no power could 
move that stupid bolter. The dog swam into deep water 
on the far side of the sheep, but to no purpose. The 
sheep was tired and frightened, and, in fact, he had 
conipletely lost his senses, and while the dog attempted 
to move him, the few minutes allotted for the test were 
rapidly slipping away. The crowd “shooed” and threw_ 
sticks at the ram, but to no avail. 

“He's lost,” mournfully says some admirer of the dog. 

“Time's up!”’ calls the judge, and the shepherd whistles 
to his dog and bids him to “Coom in.” The dog comes 
up to the master, panting from his exertions, but with his 
ears drooping in a downcast expression, showing only 
too keenly that he knew that he had made a failure, and 
it seemed he must realize that he had lost the cup. 

There was no anger shown by the shepherd, only 
disappointment, and as he stooped to snap the chain on 
the collar, he said gently, “Ta did weel, ma lad; twa na 
fault o’ thine. Yon ram be crazy.” 

Another young dog was not so enthusiastic, for right 
at the critical moment, after a, few moments’ hard run, he 


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made for the stream, and waded into it, where he stood 
lapping the cooling water, utterly unmindiul of the com- 
mands of his master, while the sheep scampered off to a 
far corner of the field. The crowd was highly amused, 
and they cheered heartily each endeayor of the shepherd 
to persuade his dog to continue the test, but the collie 
had enough of what he probably considered mere play, 
and forthwith quit. ; 

It must not be supposed that all of these clever sheep 
dogs are handsome, full-bred collies, for, quite to the 
contrary, some of the most intelligent of them are mon- 
grels of the most plebeian type. They are “just dog,” but 


in many cases they make the most intelligent workers in | 


the trials. It is a well-known and recognized fact that 
the best dogs with the flocks are the lower-bred animals. 
At the trials it is seldom that one of the high-bred, 
aristocratic collies, such as are seen at the bench shows, 
wins the cup. It is not inferred that the prize-winning 
collie does not work the flock as well, but it is a fact 
that the under-bred dog seems to do better work at the 
trials. It is a similar fact that the majority of the 
best trick dogs that are seen on the stage or in a circus 
are the mongrels. 

The shepherds tell many tales of the sagacity of their 
dogs, and of incidents that have happened while they 
were afield that makes one feel that these sheep dogs 
have more than the usual amount of intelligence alloted 
to such a dumb beast, and that they have more than brute 
instinct. 

While waiting for his turn, one of the shepherds sat 
holding a little black dog that was so homely that it 
would have attracted attention anywhere, and was more 
noticeable here among so many fine looking animals. He 
was a little ragged, unkempt looking imp with a very 
white face that, with the black coat, gave him a very 
impudent look. I stopped to pat his head, and in an in- 
stant his tale was wagging like the pendulum of a clock 
with the balance wheel missing. The man seemed pleased 
that I noticed his dog, and he commenced to tell of 
what great work the little animal was capable. 

“But for yon dorg I na be ’ere to-day,’ said the 
herder, and then following the story of how the dog 
had saved his lite. 

The shepherd was away up in the highlands searching 

for some of his flock that had strayed, and as he climbed 
about in the rocks, he missed his footing and fell some 
distance to the rocks below. The fall did not deprive 
him of his senses, but he soon discovered that both of 
his legs were useless, as they had been broken by the 
fall. He was perfectly helpless, and to attempt to drag 
himself to the house would be out. of the question, and 
as it was late in the fall and far up in the mountains, the 
cold night would be almost certain death. Shouting was 
of no avail, as he was a long way from the house, and 
could not possibly make himself heard. Gradually the 
pain increased, and in a short time it was relieved by 
unconsciousness, 
_ Shortly after this, the faithful little dog appeared at 
the house, and by whining and barking he showed un- 
mistakable signs of there being something wrong. He 
ran up the path to the mountain, barking furiously, and 
then back to the house again. There was no doubt that 
there was something the matter, and so some of the 
men started out with the dog. As soon as he saw that he 
was understood, he bounded away up the path, only 
waiting at the turns to make sure that his followers 
would not be lost, and led them directly to the scene ot 
the accident. 

That is why this little black dog, not worth a dozen 
shillings, could not be bought for a fortune, and whether 
he wins a prize or not, his master is fully convinced that 
he is the greatest dog that ever lived. 

When sheep are lost in the mountains or covered up in 
the drifts of snow that pile so high on the fells of north- 
ern England, or in the hills of Wales, the dogs show 
this same sagaciousness in finding them, and afterward in 
making the fact known to the shepherd. Whole flocks of 
sheep have been lost under the snow for ten or twelye 
days at a time, and in nearly every case the faithful 
dog has located them. The sheep will live a long time 
when coyered up in this manner, as they huddle together 
and are kept from freezing by the warmth of each other's 
bodies and by the heavy blanket of the snow itself. They 
move about enough to make it possible to nibble enough 
of the vegetation to keep them alive, and so are kept from 
starvation until they are found. In many cases, however, 
whole flocks are lost at one time. 

James F, J. ARCHIBALD. 


South Dakota Trials. 


Tue trials of the South Dakota Field Trial Associa- 
tion, run in the vicinity of Sioux Falls, S. D., on Aug. 
28, 29 and 30, were ably judged by the eminent fancier, 
Mr. Thomas Johnson, of Winnipeg, Man. 

In the Derby, which had nine starters, the winners 
were, first, G. W-. Cortright’s b, and w. pointer bitch 
Jingo’s Hessen (Jingo—Rose Lee Hessen) ; second, Ortiz 
Fruit Farm Kennel’s b., w. and t. setter dog Ortiz Pride 
(Rodfield—Mark’s Nellie); third, A. McLachlin’s w. 
pointer- dog Joe Howard (Brighton Joe—Missouri 
Queen) ; fourth, A. T. Burger’s b., w. and t. setter dog 
Cook Cousins (Count Rodfield—Lente E.). ; 

The All-Age Stake, fourteen starters, had winners as 
follows: First, J. S. Crane’s b. and w. pointer bitch 
Zephyr IJ, (Rip Rap—Jingo’s Jay) ; second, John Otten’s 
b., w. and ticked pointer dog Tick’s Dot (Tick Boy— 
Kent’s Quéen); third, J. S. Crane’s b, and w. pointer 
bitch Dot’s Daisy (Jingo—Dot’s Pearl); fourth, G. 
Clay’s b. and w. pointer bitch Josie Brighton (Brighton 
Joe—Jingo Flora). : 

Aug. 20 was fixed upon as the. date of next year’s 
trials. Officers elected were: President, E. H. Gregory; 
Vice-Presidents, J. Otten, H. A. Subilia, G. A. Dodds and 
Dr. G. T. Page; Secretary-Treasurer, Olay Hangtro. 


A Portsmouth sportsman thought he had made a 
lucky haul a few days ago. His eagle eye detected five 
fine storks disporting themselves on a local waste, and, 
alter much trouble he succeeded in stalking them and 
bagged the lot.. He took the rare birds to a local tax- 
idermist, and a day or two later learned that the storks 
had escaped from Sanger’s circus, which was visiting the 
neighborhood,—British Sportsman, 


FOREST; AND STREAM. 


Western Canada Kennel Club’s Trials 


Tue Western Canada Kennel Club’s trials were run at 
La Salle. Manitoba, on Sept. 3 and 4. Mr, Frank Richards 
acted as judge. 

In the Derby the winners were, first, J. Lemon’s Dum 
Dum; second, F. W. Scott's Oaken Valley; third, J. F. 
Prendergast’s Fly. Very highly commended, F. W. 
Scott’s Wapella Joe; A. Gale’s Dandy, and Hamber and 
Code’s Sheriff. There were ten starters in this stake. 

There were ten starters in the All-Age Stake. The 
winners were, first, J. Lemon’s pointer dog Sport IV.; 
second, W. H. Thompson’s setter dog Rod o’ Light, Jr.; 
third, A. Gate’s pointer dog, Prince. Mr. Richards, the 
judge, was publicly thanked and presented with a 
souvenir by the club. 


rs 


Is it true that if you apply the X rays to a dog’s lungs 
you will sce the seat of his pants?—The Sun. 


Machting. 


Yachting Fixtures, 1900. 


SEPTEMBER. 


15. Manhasset, closing race, Port Washington, Long Island Sound, 
18. Atlantic, fall race, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 

15. Atlantic, club, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 

15. South Boston, sailing dinghies, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
29-23. California, cruise to Martinez, San Francisco, San Francisco 


ay. 
22. neers. fall regatta, Riverside, Long Island Sound. 
22. Canarsie, Commodore’s cups, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
92. Haverhill, fourth championship, Haverhill, Mass, 


FoLttowine the race for the Lipton cup, the Atlantic Y. 
C, will give a special race for the 7oft. class on Sept. 15 
over the club’s regular course, starting off Sea Gate. 


THe occurrence at the Quincy Y. C. open race of Sept. 
I is fortunately of a sort which is now so rare as to be 
exceptional, though it calls to mind the good old days of 
the sandbaggers when a prize was not won until all hands 
had gone ashore and fought for it. While the present oc- 
currence on its merits is to be regretted as reflecting no 
credit on the sport of yachting, the decision of the com- 
mittee in refusing to consider protests legally filed with 
it only makes bad worse. It seems to have escaped the 
notice of the race committee that there are two distinct 
and entirely disconnected points involved. The owners of 
the two yachts each filed a protest against the other, and 
if, as it appears, this was done according to the require- 
ments of the rules, they have a right to demand of the 
club and the race committee a hearing and a decision of 
the alleged fouling. After the finish of the race a per- 
sonal encounter took place upon the club float between 
members of the two crews, a blow being struck. This is a 
matter with which the club should deal,. as an insult to 
itself. It has, however, nothing whatever to do with 
the foul and the counter protests. Should the matter be 
allowed to rest as it now stands, a very mischievous prece- 
dent will be established. : 


THE race committee of the Newport Y. R. A. has a 
most difficult task in hand over the counter protests of 
Yankee and Mineola, the evidence on both sides being 
positive and contradictery. The committee has been 
taking the evidence of a number of persons, and as yet 
no decision has been announced. 


Larchmont Y. C. 


LARCH MONTS—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Monday, Sept. 3. , i 
THe annual fall regatta of the Larchmont Y. C. on 
Labor Day was sailed in exceptionally fine racing weather, 
clear and sunny, but with a fresh S.E. breeze that made 
close racing in all the classes. The list of fifty-four 
starters included Astrild and Isolde and the rerigged 
Hussar II., but none of the 7o-footers, only Mineola II. 
being in the vicinity, on the ways at City Island for 
cleaning. The start was made at 11:30. On the first 
round Cherokee, the new Hanley boat from Philadelphia, 
fouled the first mark and sank the dory used as a mark 
boat, afterward withdrawing. Hussar II., after being 
badly beaten by Altair, ran afoul of the centerbord cutter 
Tigress at anchor in the harbor, taking the topmast out 
of Tigress. Audax broke the crouse on her bowsprit, and 
O Shima San parted her throat halyards, The first round 
was timed: 


PMA ean ihep 4-5 5 yd Steers mst os TWAS < Grol Gita Mi hocoe aye 1 01 52 
ISatrAticeeo heaters tt ane (5 g05 Siva peter pr valriww esses ss oe t 02 20 
Wayward sp..csceeceees eet 116 23 Spindrift, raceabout...... 1 02 52 
incontinent eC eeee rere Gi ean ines alee bet ne 1 06 30 
SARS {isi cle ee eee eee ees bistciketih, onl Seana eee eRe ee 1 07 00 
sleyotkate? Pow eee dn icdanntaga se) 310 We te at eee need 1 11 12 
Witatc Seen seee eee GPa mepkaon in CO COMD CEES 1 14 10 
iEbissat wlulons wees see eerie ifibtene folkebeh peel ee 1 19 00 
Katonah Shbitalanaer 1 iohbn eer saanne 1 19 30 
Albicore WarieiSHer tease e-b ser cent 12125 
Countess N Ota shee ears sree 1 23 50 
Cherokee Dud os eee) flees se ste siaoe aS 1 39 58 
“Anoatolk Prize Dr aes Moria Taye os i =o Ee valie 1 62 30 
O Shima San LG HISC ws fetAeiirercerre rts el 1 15 08 
Eséape ..s... TeGIS Tithe Weaeerle sinner st)-\- 1 29 10 
Flora ...... Mongoose Il ......-... 1 06 30 
Enpronzi .-. Kazaza eng pope ON rte Trek en one 1 25 40 
Oiseau Spindrift, catboat......... 1 54 50 
Rochelle Ia INI), + one 1 47 10 
Adelaide 
The final times were: 
Schooners—Special Mateli—Start, 11:35. 
Racing Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 

Atlantic, Wilson Marshall........... 86.31 % 30 49 53 30 49 
Katrina, James B. Ford....-....,.... 73.14 330 13 3 35 18 

Schooners—Class F—Start, 11:35. 
Wayward, Chas. Smithers..........- 63.82 3.20 40 3 20 40 
neds, GC. Py Rchariatrnntener ssc 51.46 Withdrew- 

Special Match—Start, 11:48. 

Wayward, Chas. Smithers.....--....63/82 R20) 40 20 40 
Lotawana, cutter, T. O’C. Sloane-..46.98 Withdrew. 

Cutters—THit. Class—Start, 11:40. - 
selthes hs Wil Sel ovine eee ee fil). 45 4 00 39 a 59 45 
Astrild, Hanan Brothersy,y))));;71+;SL.20 400 08 4 (iH) 08 


‘tion held two races on Sept. 


[SEPT, 15, 1900. | 


Cutters—51fit. Clash acrte ine oie ee: 


Altair, Cord Meyer......cccoscsasaces 9 5: Gi 
Hussar TI., James Baird............. 50.78 3 11 23 pie A ss 
. Sloops and Yawls—Start, 11:45. : 
Albicore, yawl, S. J. Hyde......+..... 45.00 3 37 49 3 31 44 
Katonah, D. Williams.,............- 42.05 3 387 08 3 387 08 
Sloops—s6it. Class—Start, 11:50, 
Anoatok, J. Martin, Jr-.........1..... 34.00 3 8b 43 3 32 27 
Countess, O. Sanderson..:........... 35.72 3 34 48 3 34 48 
Cherolveer Ean Clank Mince sryee eee 85.91 Fouled satkeboat. 
O Shima vSany es ePrate seusse ees 35.81 Disabled. 
= Yawls—36it. Class—Start, 11:50. 
Escape, George Matthews...,...,--. 30.42 3.55 24 ae =i 5 
IMioN aL, del Sake Ibpyaekonns | see noeomer ie 35.36 Withdrew, 
Acdsee Wie SHlato ties eae ose er :80.33 Disabled. 
. Sloops—0ft. Class—Start, 11:50. 
Enpronzi, Alfred Peats.....- Paterson rece 30.00. 3 37 18 jn 
Orseau, J. R. Maxwell, Jr...... Babee Pt ath! 3.38 27 = 3 
PAVGr Tories /Ney SHIeueAtl Icey sine Steaua Maree 29.70 Withdrew- 
Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 11:55. 
Rochelle, Edward Kelly............. 24.83 1 52 52 1 52 52 
Adelaide, J. M. Woodbury........... 22.50 2 15 08 2 11,06 
“ Raceabouts—start, 11:55. 
Colleen, hl, R. Alberger....5....5...-21.00 211 03 
Snapper, H, L. Maxwell........- vaetziedd 2 12 15 cn se 
Spindrift, Pirie Brothers,...... here 21.00 2 13 45 sales 
: Seawanhaka Corinthian Knockabouts—Start, 11:55. 
DOTEA Sonim cnen at ie Ure icuent ements 21.0 2 22 35 bos Paste 
iiiveloaweAs Pp rhienyer yee ell bieee ees 21.00 2 23 00 since 
‘ Sloops—21ft. Class—Start, 12:00, 
Rod, L. Tselin 050: P fr dacceectniee * 19.40 2 24-28 mote 
OS Win SNe Mis civaier: 205 eieuek ocean omens 21.00 2 28 24 ar oe 
J . Sloops— 18ft. Class—Start, 12:00. 
Sandpiper, Raymond Belmont........17.27 2 34 36 b-AbP OA 
Kingfisher, August Belmont, Jr,...17.27 2 42 29 wae ee ek 
IN Gai IESE limi a. cert pete, geen 17.27 2 49 52 ike oie 
Blim Blam; AyD: Ptincers.s5..-+- 18.00) Withdrew. 
alain Wiese Soave eee ny 8 yeremw ine Withdrew. | 
One-Design Dories—Start, 12:00. 
LO Rid \ Grp ee Remit the a8 se temtecit la so : 3 12 00 eee 
Prize, Td. Wan densselaeness pes) Al 4 01 19 wee ba 
: Cabin Catboats—s0ft. Ciass—Start, 12:05. 
Loniscy, Jolin Knox yl ss..... 26.58 2 19 00 35086 
Deisure,) John ios 2.5.62. woeekn 27.96 2 43 37 Pecisetst 
Fugitive, Alfred Birdsall........./... 28.11 Withdrew. 
- Catboats—25ft. Class—Start, 12:05. 
Mongoose TSP Ouden cae aneReee et 21.00 2 01 85 shre ig 
Win or Lose, J. S. Appleby......... 23.50 Withdrew. 
" Open Catboats—20ft, Class—Start, 12:40. 
Kazaza, T_ J. McCahill, Jr..... As a 19.40 2 28 36 PLY 44 
Spindrift, M. Goetchius..,....-...... 18.60" 3 10 54 weer 
apepebalie’s aie ee Eig has oerk tem x . 19.00 Withdrew. 
a Open Catboats—l5ft. Class—Start, 12:10. 
Bouncer [1., A. D. Tappan......... 15.00 ; 310 57 obs t8 
Wee Winn, F. Sherwood..<.:,-.:5.. 14.08 Withdrew. — 
DIGOOPL serene nee 5 yehenenr aay PEAS + 14.80 Withdrew. 
_* Hampden One-Design Class—Start 10. 
Mibabe, 5. H- Mason Beer Aeros = ae : aS S ae Woh : 
A, a ea ee ei 3 20 49 ct 
Billiboy, W. G. Newman.......,.0.. sc. Shae aah eae a 
Weenie Me OnAN Borde Agi Acme tee, orm Withdrew 
Bitclepird! Rey ny sheen enn Withdrew. 
Sbetileink Bee Peo bee scanesoccrnrr. A eee Withdrew. 


The winners were Atlantic, Wayward, Isolde, Altair 
Albicore, Anoatok, Escape, Enpronzi, Rochelle, Colleen. 
Senta, Rod, Sandpiper, Dud, Louise, Mongoose I., Ka- 
zaza, Bouncer IT. and Mibabe. =4 


Royal Canadian Y. C. 


TORONTO—LAKE ONTARIO, 
Monday, Sept. 3. 

THe Royal Canadian Y. C. sailed a race for the Prince 
of Wales cup on Sept. 3 over a triangular course on Lake 
Ontario, the wind being fresh from the south, The times 
were, start II :00: 


a a P Handicap. Finish. Elapsed. 
Merrythought, A. E, Jaryis.......Allows. 211 18 3 11 18 
Canada, G. H. Gooderham..... -.0 05 22 2 34 23 8 29 01 
Wieda, Ar G? Petchenwyi.4e., ..0 O1 25 256 03 3 54 38 
Meliiay iin ve ca sana ap anne et lmce 0 06 56 Withdrew, 
Wivia, MeRae & Bath........... . 0-11 30 Withdrew. 
Beaver, Dr. Scadding.............. 0 20 08 Withdrew-. 


‘On Sept. 1 three of the smaller classes raced in a 
moderate easterly breeze, the times being: 


22ft. Class—Start, 3:00. 


Finish Elapsed. 

NT ATTA PE OLIN pe celvie sive oince einstein. aciie bine scenic s-eee4 41 00 1 41 00 
ANNs epee) WA ee i Aa a Breit inet ieee: 4 45 30 1 45 30 
AME CABIN p b5-tate-evrecbriaed ce tee nen eee BD Withdrew, 

. 16ft. Class—Start, 3:05. 
Wihitecap, “erorerwas  walns.cutaeerautsinn liste ti iat 4 37 00 1 32 00 
Galcewalls, siismepsee te oe nan ngr emer hnevas uaini) sie 4 44 10 1 35 10 
(Gayest hSSiy Hares iGoningabocisss 1s Sots joy sees esas ee 4 44 25 1 39 25 
poiyeXoatat TAY bp eerie) Gao SPSS ESS OS OSE BB BEE Ba 4 52 15 1 47 15 
Sr nity SE epee atc seats ache sek Se ietes IH 4 55 00 1 50 00 
eVects fru ss situate sbi ttetelel setter dendsatratersicdeialit el ie 5 16 30 2 11 30 

, Dinghy Class—Start, 3:10. 
(GebeeGohdcitaris sey eee eda Calc ee iaiee 4 36 20 1 26 20 
CGypeatmat meee ek Rea REAR he heer 4 49 10 1 29 10 
SGM OY octrmarcita on ce ate Eia bk tha sebpes . Withdrew. 


Lake Sailing Skiff Association. 
TORONTO—TORONTO BAY, 
Monday, Sept. 3. 


Tue Toronto clubs of the Lake Sailing Skiff Associa- 
3, resulting as follows, start 


2:00; 

Cakewilleasa s+ test riokon onl DR Moher pa. Seem ee Peres $3 3 22 07 
AWihiteeamirtlessrerasaasee Sonate tN se DN ieiee meee 5 ney mune ee 3 22 12 
Wannicemrn- te setaodedie eee 3 21 24 

Start 4:30: 

(Galewallen cuties paces taciase Hor MELUSHICN  cnatancaneaten tere 5 16 17 
Ga price beret ereees tr ererial ocr eeulde lites Jb eee sileseetes ee ider 5 17 08 
VEE IVE CHO e salt seers eteregie ets 5 16 04 


Cakewalk won the money prize and championship cup 
for the 16ft. class. Whiteeap won a silk flag presented by 
Oldreive & Horn. The 15ft. class also raced, Sigma 
winning the Hiram Kitely cup for the second year in 
succession and thus holding it permanently. 2 

The skiffs Sheila, Sara, Ethel, Kink, Amah and Flight 
came from Hamilton. 


South Boston Y. C. 


SOUTH BOSTON—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 


Tue South Boston Y. C. sailed its final handicap race 
on Sept. 1 in a moderate easterly breeze. the times being: 


Elapsed. Corrected. | 
Tnima C., Peter Coupal............55 Aa tantods 1 47 39 217 39 
(trade Iie, 1O> ADs Maslsinge fsunehonno4 oddest 2 03 30 2 27 30 
flelen, Watren Spurr....-............. Bthtesre (6 217 57 2°27 57 
Awilda, Ormsby & MeCarthy.............- OO 2 05 31. 2°98. 81 
Duster, James Ty Ball, ..--.2--2..-.-0..--:% peed 23°08 2 29 08 
Wahma, MGs Bamiber -.-.-.-...-----+------* fi ..202 13 39 2 34 39 
Velma, J. Codman........--+.+++ BSA ..2 22 18 2 37 18 
Alesha, Mr. Smiythe.-... iaatos RaW dsh iad dees 2 24 40 2/42 40 
Dream, Dr, Doggett Pee articerirt fit HAAS ERTS 4G 16 246 1¢ 


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Com. F. M., 


d . Isolde. 


‘THe cutter Isolde, now owned by Com. F. M. Hoyt, 
Stamford Y. C,, was désigned by Will Fife, Jr., and built 
at the Fife Yard, Fairlie, for Peter Donaldson in 1895. 
She was designed for the go-rating class under the old 
rating rule, and she has been considered the most suc- 
cessful of her class. Her dimensions are: 


Length— 

OR Hil she Rep opel, coe een ote S4it. 6in, 

LPL elem nan pete rage ee hoe Aine Sina eA A 6oft 
Overhang— 

OW) seein ime att pet Heise fo it eS Seegee Litas 

COUT Reh eye ey Ne abe. 13ft. 61m. 
Breadth—° 

AESRULCHIC NES teeteriias Sach sce ehee eee plete 

ICAU GIGa" ABR ete ne Wy 0 Papeete cae £0 15ft, 
Freeboard— 

Ow ern eee tren Oct seen ee Freee . Aft. roin. 

TGS te PA, fa dca, shat eet oe Se eas anc se reed 2ft. 8in. 

CO Umiteraee eae Ae poet ee eS phe wee, PG ite Ort, 
ratte. | gon aa:ee 0 AM dre et E cstts BES Specs 1rft. gin. 
Saileale carp Veevce ay sittleae Ss eomcanh oes 4,000 sq. ft. 


Isolde is of the full composite construction, the steel 
angle frames being liberally strapped and braced. The 
stem piece is backed by a long and strong steel girder 
which takes the downward strain of the mast. The plank- 
ing is of elm, pitch pine and teak, 2in. thick. and the deck 
is 134in. thick. Though designed primarily for racing, the 
yacht is fully fitted below with all the cabins and state- 
rooms common to a yacht of her size, and very comfort- 
ably furnished. In her first season she made fifty-two 
starts and won thirty-one first prizes and six others, the 
total value being £1,162. What is more remarkable than 
her record in the 40-rating class is her good performance 
under the linear rating rule, in the 65ft. class, the equiva- 
Jent of the old 4o0-rating. She is a handsome vessel and 
in every way a credit to her designer. 


Bayview Beaurepaire Challenge Cup. 


Saturday, Sept. 1. 


Tae annual race for the Bayview-Beaurepaire challenge 
cup took place on Sept. 1 at the head of Lake St. Louis, 
the winner being Glencairn IIII., sailed by Mr. Duggan. 
The cup, won in 1897 by Ishkoodah, in 1898 by Vixen and 
in 1899 by Folly, is held under the following conditions: 

1. This cup is presented by Mr. R. R. Stevenson, and 
shall be known as the Bayview-Beaurepaire Perpetual 
Challenge cup, to be competed for annually. 

2, The object of this cup is the encouragement of yacht 
racing on the upper part of Lake St. Louis. 

3. The race is to be a handicap one, to be held on 
the first Saturday in September, or as near that date as 
possible. 

4. A committee of five, at least three of whom shall 
be residents either of Bayview or Beaurepaire, shall be 
appointed by the donor, and it shall be their duty to see 
that the race takes place each year, and their decision 
shall govern any change that may be made in the condi- 
tions governing the cup, the committee to have power to 
fill any vacancy caused by the death or retirement of any 
of its members. 

5. The holder of the cup shall.each year sign a declara- 
tion of trust in which he shall agree to abide by the con- 
ditions governing the cup, and shall hand the same back 
to the committee at least a month prior to the date set for 
the race. 

6. It, is intended that the race shall be open to all 
yachts, irrespective of club or class, whose thickness of 
hull planking is at least Yin., but the committee reserves 
the right/to refuse any entries, or to @ebar any particular 
class of boat, 


antler 9 lee pod Ia 5 


_ 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


| ISOLDE—CUTTER, 
Hoyt, Stamford Y. C. Designed by Will Fife, Jr., 1895 


7. The sailing rules shall be those of the Royal St. 
Lawrence Y. C.  ~ = 

This year extra’ prizes were offered for second, third 
and fourth place, 

The following gentlemen made up the special sailing 
committee: R. R. Stevenson, the donor; David Poe, 
Leslie Dowker, C. P. Sclater and W. Ernest Bolton. 

The course was laid out in T shape, one mile to each 
leg, or six in all. The wind was light and variable all 
through. The club steamer St. Louis towed up the yachts 
from Dorval and Lakeside and carried a party of specta- 
tors. A race for the one-design dinghies was won by 
Mares, with Neverhudae second. 


Canatsie Y. C. 


CANARSIE—JAMAICA BAY. 
~ Sunday, Sept. 2. 
Tue Canarsie Y. C. sailed a race on Sept. 2 over a 
ten-mile course in a two-reef breeze from S.W. Arrow 
started with one reef, but withdrew. Tam O’Shanter 
lost her mast. The times were: 
Class A—Cabin Catboats. 


‘ lapsed. Corrected. 

liptsvates, IGte ANE hanis yet HR glee irs fab on aeige bees an 2 02 42 2 02 42 

lelaaitees 1D, MOS dias WONT ele - on ryan h 210 42 2 10 42 

Madeline, Dr: (Bradnet Tinie. eeces seen as +++. Withdrew. 

Class B—Open Catboats Over 20it. 

Lillie S., W. Sheer 1 54 18 1 52 23 
1 55 20 1 55 20 
2 02 06 1 57 16 
Withdrew 
Withdrew,, 
Disabled, 
Disabled. 

Class C—Open Catboats Under 20ft. 
2 05 35. 2 05 35 
2 20 51 2 19 29 
2 23 54 2°22 16 
2) 24 82 2 2215 
Disabled. 
Match Race—Open Catboats 17ft. 
BUREN ewe citisleys, (it imesntye.cluen- aeeteerd ees 1 31 00 1 31 00 
WViolagthiner love tinmanatadyoitads ls bjsodaee neds 1 38 30 1 388 30 


The regatta committee included W. W. Tamlyn, T. M. 
Mannion and Alfred Holsten. 


Atlantic Y. C. 


SEA GATE—NEW YORK BAY, 
Monday, Sept. 3. 


THERE was wind to spare, from S.E., on Labor Day at 
Sea Gate, and the Atlantic Y. C. laid out a course inside 
Coney Island Point. There were twenty-three entries, 
but only sixteen started and nine finished, the times heing : 


s6ft. Class—Sloops—Start, 12:35. 


‘ Racing Length. Finish. Elapsed. 
Akista, George Hill..............0+: 34.75 2 14,10 1 39 10 
LORS ere Ce eeheir cosy eis er eee 35.00 22115 1 46 15 
Narika, F..F. Cornell.......0.-..0.00+ 30.47 248. 30 2 08 2u 
Harbinger, W. W. Genet............- 33.00 Withdrew. 

Sloops—s0ft. Class—Start, 12:40. 

Rhumama, W, T. Bernard............ 30.00 Withdrew. 

= . Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 12:45. 
Ojibway, J. R. Brophy........-2....s 22.94 2 01 50 1 16 50 

ong and Dance, E. F. Luckenbach.22.68 2 07 30 1 22 30 
Kittiwake, J, B. Palmer...........:- 23.30 2 10 40 1 25 40 
; F Sloops—21ft. Class—Start, 12:45. 
Wraith, Calyin Timpkins,.......5.... 20.25 2 03 08 1 18 08 
Brenco, F.C. Moore..... Peery eee 2 16 05 1 31 05 
Minnetonka, S. E. Vernon....... eral Capsized. 
Charlotte. A. Mackey...... Ran Bese 21.00 Withdrew. 
Pebble, R. W: Speir...... DL Meee 16,54 Withdrew. 
Constanct, F. D, L. Prentiss....... 17.00 Withdrew. 

. Catboats—Start, 12:50, 

Whiff, T. W, Hawkins......... +... 21,00 2 11 40 121 40 
Cleota, N. MI ef Cryer tinglissmarpenicd wase Withdrew, 


The Newport 30-Footers. 


By way of variety, the owners of the Newport 3d 
footers have introduced heat racing in pairs, the first race 
being sailed on Aug. 31. Wa Wa and Hera were sent 
over a course from Brenton’s Reef Lightship around 
one of the marks’ set for the races of the 70-footers. 
Wa Wa won, but Hera claimed a foul. and asked for a 
resail; this was not agreed to, but the race was given to 
Hera. Pollywog and Asahi and Doroth- and Vaquero 
were started from Rose Island to sail around Brenton’s 
Reef Lightship, Dorothy beat Vaquero, and as Asahi 
gave up, owing to a bad leak, Pollywog won her heat. 

On Sept. 1 two more heats were sailed from Rose 
Island around Brenton’s Reef in a S.W. wind, which 
fell during the race. The times were: . 


First Pair—Start, 4:07... 


. Finish. Elapsed, 
Wena, IED. SE IDOIRN Eno cocoa tooo oreuubladd 5 50 59 1 43 59 
Raollyiwo se Asma Gle ele pete maces vader iee cine: eas 5 51 27 1 44 27 
Second Pair—Start, 4:17. 
Wsperdnizan Wages Se)uticariver op sims tee vesicles 6 06 18 1 49 19 
era, Re CNIS Teh rs eemeeeer nas ee areas 6 07 44 1 50 44 


Hera held a good place until she was caught on the 
return by a tug with a long tow of harges. 

On Sept. 3 a race was sailed over the Dyer’s Island 
course in a strong S.W. wind for a cup offered by Mrs. 
A. Cass Canfield. The times were, start 3:28: 


Finish. ~~ Elapsed, 
Dorothy, H. ¥. Dolan.........:2.-;- eh aleletce tom OURO: 2 08 32 
Wal Wal Mie ME tOOks maimenyaecdnss uhh ater nenniesTelG 2 05 19 
Vaquero IIL., W. Rutherfurd..... ............5 36 12 2 08 12 
Esperanza, W. B. Duncan, Jr 2 09 21 
Ffegai IRGUIN SE rSiigeann aie wee sen ekvana Ls) yecheaa HI 211 01 
Asahi, W. S. Miller.... 212 03 - 
Pollywog, A. H. Paget 2 12 38 


a seven-mile course in a moderate breeze; Hera, steered 
by Miss Alice Blight, won, the order being: Hera, Miss 
Blight; Wa Wa, Miss Gladys Brooks; Vaquero, Miss 
Eustis; Dorothy, Miss Louise Potter, and Pollywog, Mrs. 
Almeric H. Paget. 

In the afternoon a cup presented by Mrs, Wm, Payne 
Thompson was sailed for in a fresh southerly breeze, the 
course being from Rose Island around Brenton’s Reef 
Lightship, The times were, start 3:45: 


Finish, Elapsed. 
IW cenVVia ont UO ks. lutte seme se teed aes et ne nec oite 1 37 29 
IWGrothiy Ve Nala. peepee enema ee ene 5 22 47 1 37 47 
Hera, ING SBIGU ea. Ree Fae reer ei ery 5 25 39 1 40 39 
Wsabig Wearos Millers top eepenns seen rennin ait: 5 26 46 1 40 46 
Wadtero, WroeRutherturds «ce eeimecescnesssenu 5 26 00 1 41 00 
Esperanza, Wil be ancariny Jos. cee sts eee ees 2 26 06 1 41 06 
Wolly WoowcAn Hesbap et. i a.ce nee syn ererenay ... Withdrew. 


Pollywog fouled the cable of the’ stakeboat at the 
start and withdrew. On Sept. 5 Mr. Winthrop Ruther- 
ford gave a cup, the Dyer’s Island course being sailed, 
start 3:25: 


Finish. Elapsed 
WV Wicket me DOO k Geunkecs aes arate aire Len: 5 49 08 2 24 08 
Vaquero IIJ., H. B. Duryea...... Ul Met neehe ne bOS09. 2 25 09 
DSN ARE INES MUBIER re ee so oot: Bobapdod dans 5 50 31 2 25 31 
Polly wor Ay He Paget edie eeten 50 48 2 25 44 
Dorothy ely we Wolane. 9 iste aue a eeen nena s IOs 2 26 02 
Esperanza, W. B, Duncan, Jr...... WE Peay god: 2 26 34 
VAM ehh iG poy mI GUM bre gl eas Avago Sik ,-... Withdrew. - 


On Sept. 6 two reefs were needed over the Dyer’s 
Island course, a good sea running, The times were, 
start 3:23: 


x Finish, Elapsed. 
Wat WayeeR es TRELOOKSi asnaiiew tase yefa mig wien 5 30 36 2 07 36 
IDKohAohanaye, Wale We, OK, oe Mares heed Serene sags 5 34 02 211 02 
Vaquero, W, Rutherfurd.......)...c...0.00000. 534 41 211 41 
Eliera rile IN ARIS Signa cue ce teeter ets ica get oars 5.85 08 2 12 03 
sali (We Ss: vinllen se eee tate alee syle 5 36 13 2 13: 18 


Bristol Y. C, 


BRISTOL—MOUNT HOPE BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 


Tue Bristol Y. C. ended its racing for the season on 
Sept. 1 in a fresh S.W. wind, the times being: 


First Class—Jib and Mainsail—27ft—Start, 2:10. 


Finish. Elapsed. 

AMIRI ES Ia, IP, IDYS WViolbtge seoregcascs sean) sence «2-5 00 50. 2 50 50 

Third Class—Jib and Mainsail Under 21ft.—Start, 2:10. 
Bridget, Almy Brothers.........:......0ee0+0e0s 3 57 40 1 43 40 
STeeZ eae aa koclccr) wemavue: intr AS aogbedtety) 401 14 1 47 14 
Nagle a Vin Groswenoipede seventeen tein nn nem ye 4 08 15 1 49 15 

Fourth Class—Catboats 21ft. and Over—Start, 2:10. 
Colleen, M. Considine 2s NTS PUY 2 50 27 
Orinda, C, A. Gardner. Withdrew. 
Garoline, “AL Brownell). ).5) 3). 0. cree cee en 5 10 08 2 54 08 
Mblem, G, E. Darling 4 51 07 2 35 07 
Wictonp aVesbowents, peuvent anes ues eO OF 2 45 26 
Pet, Schofield & Spencer...............0..0-005 A 08 45 2 52 45 
lahesietin. Wy IRE. AA 2 ope ene 6 02 01 2 46 01 
Mildred,, B. Siti Gly ayeee ane yee er ets tele Withdrew. 
; Fifth Class—Catboats Under 21ft.—Start, 2:18. 
(als rrayg i! 5 PART G Wee nee neee eka ey pee | 411 2h 1 52 25 
URivalae Vom Ge eAttt OLC/ ey, anes Merten ryan 4 08 07 1 50 07 
JENS hie NWO, ADH AV OYeYSI han wen eet aed pene cel 4 13 27 TL 5 27 
KObunna Ss TRL AYE Fame TRC a etek ot 4 21 3: 2 08 32 
NE US Sel] ed COME La city hyVicll ts Nas O45 yee ny = ee ann 417 45 1 59 45 

— sixth Class—Old-fashioned Cathoats—Start, 2:20. 
EOUIG re Dee Ce. OMe Tue ie Miia! tet o.oo On oe ee Withdrew. 

NWCaN TUR YE JBL, SCR EPEOIESTS 5 35-6 snc hnoeeee ee: 4 22 25 202 25 
Seventh Class—Boats of Unique Design—Start, 2:22. 
Opossum,- > WHlerreshott..). fa) a + 04 00 1 42 00 
Columbia, Wood Brothers..................... + 05 56 1 43 56 
Unique, Wilkinson & Whitehead.............., 4 04 10 1 42 10 
Kighth Class—Weetamo Y. C. One-Design Class—Start, 2:24. 
Sele temhorp ad Oro (Chiersyahena toa seep aanh Ct teenie pmven @eh § 4 29 28 2 05 28 
Rouse, Wotiiite Brothers, sss snncannnieee eres 4 26 29 _ 2 02 29 

Sonate ames, Elunte. ssh eee asee eee Benen Withdrew. 
alanis shoes Rooks fennel ee nn LL ene 4 25 43 201 48 


Ninth Class—Special for Cat Yawls 380ft. and Over—Start, 2:30. 


eased aac eel en ley een eee env aay 5 08 00 2 38 00 
Intesaearalyaly Ibs AM. (Olas A peafnot lds cuty orator 5 30 39 4.00 39 
HNN (CL PTB IaH apa aerracln leaner saved ea Uleeeny 2 36 27 


Mosquito Fleet Y. C. 


SOUTH BOSTON—HOSTON HARBOR, 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 
Tuer Mosquito Fleet Y. C. sailed a handicap race on 
Sept. 1 in a light east wind, the times being: 


First Class. i 
Corrected. 


. Elapsed. 
I Stanen Com ean Wontar yen motte rn yi iy rsd cement 1 28 36 1 53 36 
Alda aGotmts Gam LamVrootteyes ees escsswirs sree 1 54 54 1 57 50 
Myth, James T. Powers,..... Nae aint eb Neha 1 55 17 1 58 47 
Helen, RACVE s pares. Fs SE aE Paecdor 2 12 00 2 04 12 
. 1 Second Class. 
Aureolusy (Res elan ders, tute sil-pbulssciaasunbe 2 02 41 ° 212 41 
Bassiey Ar SHerlackarcensiine ss yer ess i: veegeesara OL 21 216 2 


Beverly Y. C. 
WINGS NECK—BUZZARDS BAY. 

THe Beverly Y. C. has enjoyed a season of very lively 
racing at its station on Buzzards Bay, with good entries 
of modern boats and closely contested races. The fol- 
lowing are the official reports ot the recent races: 

Race for Van Rensselaer cup, Marion, Saturday, July 
28. Judges, J. G. Palfrey and David Rice. Wind, S.W., 
light, increasing to strong. 

Length. Allowance. Elapsed. _Cor. 
0 10 15 


i 3606 1 24 51 
i ueen, D. L. Whittemore.25.00 0 aio 

Quakeress, W, F, Harrison..... pee vat 0 4 a ad a BA 
i ipaq ye Bacotin mado os bis : 6 36 
lula, Ww. H. Winship.........+. 95.00 01015 1 39 87 1 28 FA 
Nokomis, A. Winsor... 55,00 . 01015 1402 1 30 18 
Uarda, J. Parkinson, Jr 15.00 02324 154i 130 47 
fina, J. Parkinson,..... "95.00 01015 141 04 30 49 
Kestrel, L. S. Dabney.. ‘91.00 01480 1 46 37 1 32 OF 
Sylvia, ‘S. D. Warren... "t97.00 014380 1 46 46 1 22 16 
Brunhilde, S. R. Dow.... "95/00 01015 148 31 33 16 
Bohemia, R. L. Barstow “1.00 01480 14816 1 
Howard, H, ©, Miller.. 49.00 O1827 15434 1 36 07 
Weasel, F. Burgess.... 18.00 0 1827 1 54 49 1 36 ra 
Waskite, W. B. Scofield 12.09 02628 20310 1 36 a 
Opah, H. B, Stone... 26.00 00920 14637 137 W 
Maori, W. W. Plinney, 18.00 Q 18 2 1 86 1 L 31 40 
een Went it 26.00 00920 14912 130 62 
Peacock, R. Winsor.:. 15.00 02324 20449 141 26 
Edith, W. W. Swan... 15.00 029394 21559 152 35 
Thordis, T_ B. Wales 26.00 00920  Brokestay. 
Daisy, H. Stockton.... 18.00 018 27 Withdrew. 
Rival, A, L. Register. 19.10  Withdrew. 
Flash, A. P. Young.....-. 18,00 01827  Withdrew. 
Columbia, H. ae Wetherell...... 15,00  Withdrew. 
Islander, G. H, Richards et al.25.00 Withdrew. 
Hod, H. B. Holmes....-..-.--- 18.00  Withdrew. 


May Queen wins Van Rensselaer cup; Howard wins cup 


for catboats. ‘ 2: 
Two hundred and ninety-seventh race, third Corinthian, 


club house, Saturday, Aug. 4. Judge, F. E. Cabot. 
Wind, N.E., variable. 


Lene Blep ee 
May Oueen, D. IL. Whittemore......-......06ss 25.00 2 
anit de, S. Re Dow. --cceceee ete eee esay aries 25,00 2 oe 23 
Nokomis, A. Winsor........--+-seserereeereseess 25.00 2 09 1b 
Cyrilla, R. W. Emmons......-...-.++-+-+ A apne 21.00 2 06 31 
Quakeress, W. F. Harrison.....--.-.-+¢+ss1--s+ 21.00 207 11 
Rectal, Ty, “Se Dabrleya fl.) sss molec lee aan met eae 21.00 2 07 a7 
Vedith, C. M, Bakers. ..c.sssseveresseeeneretsveees 21.00 2 08 56 
Bohemia, R. L. Barstow.....-.escereeceereeeeees 21.00 2 11 67 
Amanita, L. Bacon si wsteees stueseaes suneceee ene etal 247 28 
Hod, H. B. Holmes.........-+ess sees re eeeeees 18.00 2 01 52 
Howard, H. ©. Miller,....-..+-sccccsesevereecnee 18.00 2 01 55 
Weasel, F. Burgess...cescecessseecressenserueacs 18.00 ANY 38 
Daisy, H. Stocktom.......c.:eeesceeee ec eree er rens 18.00 2 04 53 
Teaser, R. W, Emmons, 2d...... Seer Coa UO 15.00 1 44 54 
Flickamaroo, N. F. Emmons..... oardace ett tape 15.00 1 46 08 
Uarda, J Parkinson, Jr....---++ss-secsesserereee 15.00 1 46 11 
Peacock, R. Winsor... gecs-ee-eceesesccrersreces 15.00 1 49 51 
Vim, F. W. Sargent, Jr. rh Wo Feet 15.00 150 41 


Race at Club house, Saturday, Aug. 18. Judge, F. E. 
Cabot. Wind, S.W., but variable. Courses. 25ft. re- 
stricted, 15 5-8 miles; 21ft. restricted, 11 2-3 miles; 4th 
class cats, 8 7-8 miles; 15ft. one-design, 8 7-8 miles. 

o5ft. Restricted Class—Start, 1:20. 

Finish. 

..-4 20 09 3 00 09 


May Queen, D. lL. Whittemore.... 3 
Ulla, W. Hl. Winship...-....0- 1-4 28 25 8 08 25 
Brunhilde, S. R. Dow......--++ Bene Peaaur ee gmc eo dea 3 11 30 
21ft. Restricted Class—Start, 1:30. 
Ouakeress, W._F. Harrison.......2+---++++ +. .8 00 02 2 20 02 
Cyrilla, R. W. Emmons, 2d.-.....00:eeeseseenes 3 5 20 2 21 20 
Sylvia, S. D. Warren......scsessesecrereecasens 3 54 11 2 24 11 
Amanita, L. Bacon.....seccasectsreseccterrsses 3 55 51 2.25 51 
Kestrel, L. S. Dabney....cc.sscecveeevesctaneers 3 56 OL 2 26 OL 
Edith, GC. M. Baker......c-ececsucsepnctereesees $ 56 02 2 26 02 
Bohemia, R. S. Barstow..-.....c+sereeseeee sesso Dt 00 2 27 00 
Fourth Class—I8ft. Catboats—Start, 1:40 
Howard, H. ©. Miller .......--.s2tsseceeeecees 3 33 03 1 53 08 
Weasel, F. Burgess....ccssseessreceeercrtecvers 3 33 57 1 53 o7 
Hod, H. B. Holmes.....c..ee-+s RA AAS bor eeeed 8f 05 a BT OF 
Daisy, H. Stocktom......-+.-coesseneecersertnes 3 41 16 2-01 16 
15ft. One-Design Class—Start, 1:45. 
Uarda, J. Parkinson, Jr..... Me edt ne aiecutene 3 46 22 2 01 22 
Flickamaroo, N. F. Emmoms,.,....++esceresoes 3 47 47 2 02 47 
Peacock, R. Winsor....+-scerenys ae weet apstoes 3 50 11 2 05 it 
Teaser, R. W. Emmons, 2d..... amyitetesehee hasty 3.50 27 2 05 27 
Vim, F. W. Sargent....ccccrssses MAAS o aes 3 50 44 2 05 44 
Go Bye, S. G. King.......secereceescnceccnccees 3 51 15 2 06 15 


This race was for club members only, 

Corinthian race at: club house, Saturday, Aug. 25. 
Judges, W. E. C. Eustis, F. E. Cabot. Wind, S.W. fair 
breeze. Courses, 25ft. restricted and 2rft.. restricted, 1134 
miles; 4th class catboats, 87g miles; 15ft. one-design, fal 


miles. 


Finish, Elapsed. 

25ft. Restricted Class—Start, 1:05. 
May Queen, D. L. Whittemore..........--..-.- 3 08 33 2 03 33 
Ulula, W. H. Winship......<...cc-eeeee sees eens 3 12 22 2 07.22 
Eina, J. Parkinson....1.ssscsseenceerecscesserere 3 18 25 2 13 25 
Brunhilde, S, R. Dow......cccesscereseeeeeenees 3 20 08 215 08 

21ft. Restricted Class—Start, 1:15. 

uakeress, W. F. Harrison.......222-+cese+e+e 8 238 OL 2 08 01 
yrilla, R. W. Emmons, 2d.......----.+-ssere+s 3 25 29 210 29 
igertwoumers, LOR PRL ees a len an) oae pid ee eneen gon oat ob 2 12) 21 
Sylvia, S. D. Warren.......:- Preteccihy abt werent 3 30 58 215 58 
Kestrel, IL. S. Dabney......: PPL a onzccr REIT 3 29 3 2 14 30 
‘Bohemia, R. S. Barstow....... tah veil Sato s 3.33 12 2.18 12 
Edith, (Co IM. (Baker. (2... 2222s eevee ween ee te Withdrew. 
Fourth Class—l8ft. Catboats—Start, 1:25. © 

Howard, H. O. Miller. Lea e 3 18 30 1 53 30 
Hod, H, B. Holmes. 3 21 20 1 56 20 
WDaisy.) TM SEGCKLOI I tu rictstda dele cleielele)el eee b eeacatere 3 23 11 1 58 11 

15ft. One-Design Class—Start, 1:30. 
Wardas fn, Parkinsons is: sense see hee tierra 3 16 55 1 46 55 
Waves TL) WW Sabres R ahaa ag pe Weider reved 18 10 1 48 10 
Peacocks iResVWaTISOD. peste tr bou sanauirs nase ree: 3 21 03 1 51 08 
Teaser, R. W. Emmons, 2d....... Pylssttbsislogiuiress 3 21 05 1 51 05 
Flickamaroo, N. F. Emmons....... tee A seceed 21 21 1 51 21 

Beverly Y. C. open sweepstakes race, Sept. 1. Wiaind, 


light S.W. Courses, 25ft. class, 1134 miles; 2rft. class, 
1134 miles; 4th class (18ft.) catboats, 77 miles; 1sft. 
class, 8 miles. , 


' : Length. Start. Finish. Elapsed- 
May Queen, D. Whittemore...25.00 11011 32655 216 44 
Ululay WW? A. Winship.....-... 25.00 DZIdOTL 33322 ~ 221 11 
Nokomis, A, Wimnsor........0: 25.00 11007 84146 2 31°39 
Cyrilla, R. W. Emmons, 2d...21.00 1 21 84 ° 34110 © 219 36 
Quakeress. W. H. Harrison...21.00 12109 34111 2 20 02 
Sylvia, Si D, Warren....:--. +--21.00 12044 34210 2 21 26 
Edith, C. M. Baker..:....:..:-21.00 41-2108 34630 2/295 22 
Amanita, I. Bacon.........-+) 21.00 1 23 16 3 51 25 2 28 09 
Kestrel, L. S; Dabney......5.: 21.00 120254 8 54 56 2 34 21 
Bohemia, R, L.Barstow....... 21500 122015 85795 237.10 

Fourth Class Catboats. 

Howard. H. O, Miller.,......- 18.00 13210 231946 1 4736 
Daisy, H. Stockton........... 18.11 1 30 20 3 18 56 1 48 36 
Hod, H. B. Holmes........... 18.00 = 1-30 52 3 19 47 1 48 55 
‘Maray, FP. R. Wright......... 18.00 13258 32250 1 49 59 
Weasel, I’. Burgess........... 18.00 Ruled out on protest, 
(OU BVE) Se Oe RINE sa. remo oe 15.00 1 87 45 3 21 68 1 48 92 
Vim, FR. W. Sargent........... 16.00 13502 32022 4 45 9 
‘Teaser, R, W. Emmons, 2d,..15.00 13900 82558 1 4658 
Elarda, j. Parknitson, Jite----..15.00 1293832 3:25 40 W4T os 


‘ 


FOREST ANDs STREAM, 


Flickamaroo, N, H. Emmons.15.0 Je 2b 
Peacock, R. Wimnsor...,..... 15.00 13740 425 


Judges, C. E. Hodges and S. G, King. 


Corinthian Y. C. 


MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 

Tue Corinthian Y. C., of Marblehead, sailed a cruising 
race on Sept. 1 from Marblehead to Gloucester, starting 
at 2:30 P. M, in a fresh N.E. breeze and arriving about 
5 o'clock. The times were: 


lapsed, Corrected. 
Puritan, J. O, Shaw..-..- tates eS ACShr tpt 2 15 37 2 15 37 
Adrienne, H, P, Smith....sererececeestvtere-ss 233 45 2°28 11 
Special Division B. 
Baboon, A. P. Loring..........- Pore reste ceee 2 49 43 2 46 43 
Rondinay WD, yeh ercivally a) trees ciemeiee ee eeetieaie 2 59 16 2 59 16 
Second Class, 
Sapplro; wAeeWa, PRG gases dette Gitte tet 2°35 20 2 15 20 
Halaia, Loud Brothers teeee et enpomlseod 218 31 
GOSSIP, SBE BLOOKSas sn ctetes ete iticel areas ae Sens 40 42 2 25 42 
Melusina, J. A, Burnham, Jr..-..... uses sus ees 2 59 46 2 42 45 
Columbine®  E. Shy Siuthewarelesee were 3°08 37 2 45 37 
Conama, PS PE Wibitesen iss etine aca cree ses 3 10 26 2 48 25 
ANTS OG RY Sis), asheoW Ny tury hi buncentauucle is cu 3 22 00 3 00 50 
Garette, Walters Burgess, ascension nomen ive Disabled. 
Third Class. 
Oivana, R. Boardman.........+2...2.-.- nae 223 17 2 20 17 
Mistral, Te Welittle tai neues wets vneiatatents 2 20 43 2 45 43 
sally [Vi dee y (Perctyalesnsscsnes uie.er Site 247 44 2 47 44 
Isis; G. (Hi) Mayoryiveweceee ESPEN ves 2 58 12 2°53 12 
Dragon eiiccaeaheesssheoe reset any ne arr #8 Loc E 3 01 30 2 55 30 
Brigandy bcs Ae VOrses uur emeees a ntenniie s---2d 04 07 2 66 07 
itidray (2S. Bs Shanplesseeess steele nner eee 3 10 41 3 02 41 
IPrivatecia pV Vewlanl ATL GtOleniae Dercte sea teeen nr Tetery 3 15 38 3 05 38 
TERE Ereh git MORDAW MRUe Ie a epee nnn a gy aan 3 24 30 3 15 30 
Srey TDL IRS She bel CEs Oem ye meee niet a a Not timed. 
; P Fourth Class. ; 
SILtraM Wee OW Geta cee en cece ner ee 2 41 42 tp tach ae 
Scaperoat, Gs. Oh Wesbostetnr s:set sey neato 3 19 05 trate 
. Fifth Class. 
Anita) Badan anh ella. essa senses ae eet pene 2 46 39 2 46 39 
Opitsah If., S. H, Foster....... Ar eee oo) More 2 64 00 2 54 00 
‘Thistle, -A. P. Mackinnon........... specs avdarnes 3 07 24 3 04 24 
Jenny Wrenn, F. E. Peabody....-..-.......0+-- 3 14 37 3 09 37 
Rheresa mise avisnens oe \ectienoias she Sehr reais 3 23 02 3 17 02 
Hathor, © ID! Wainwright: .)...2 0. neeee ene 3 46 00 3 38 00 
Agnes, BD: G; Holder, Jr..-..........1....----+. Not timede 


After the finish off Ten Pound Island Opitsah II. pro- 
tested Anita for carrying too much sail. 

With the racing yachts were the following- steamers: 
Hanniel, Scymitar, Noria, Eugenia, Pilgrim, Aurora and 
Valda; also the sloops Sirona, Brenda, Jackdaw, and the 
schooner Frolic. 


Olympic Y. C. 
BROOKLYN—NEW YORK BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. r. 


THE Olympic Y. C., of Brooklyn, sailed its fall regatta 
on Sept. 1 in a fresh $.E, breeze, the times being: 


Class A—Sloops. 


. Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Anita, Wim. H, Hopkins.,......... 3 13 23 4 41 10 118 13 
Swallow, John Storm,.......: Pownce 3 15 40 4 41 20 1 26 20° 
John D., John Daniels............. 3.15 30 4 35 00 1 35 00 
Hamilton, Henry Kane............. 3 15 85 44001 . 14002 
Friendship, J. Samuels......... se--d 20 10 5 01 00 219 10 

ad Cabin Catboats—20ft, and Over. 

Lillian, W. S. Andrews.....,.,..... 5 30 25 210 15 
Jamie S., James J, Samuels,.,..... 3 20 15 5 40 15 2 20 00 
Defiance; P Gebhardirne anise 3 20 12 5 46 12 2 26 00 
Kinderhook, F. Gregory........... 3 23 17 Ade 29 2 30 12 
Kimberley, W. S., Farjeon......-- 3 30 08 5 58 18 2 28 10 
We oJ. 83, We Sanderson....-.02- 3 23 29 5 56 09 “2 20 40 
E. 1. W., J. H, Williamson....... 3 23°30 6 04 47 2 4117 
: Sharpies. 

Pecavie, C, H. Nash...... een ehey 3 39 00 5 40 00 2 10 00 
Annie-Clarence, A, C. Hayes....- 5 59 10 2 20 10 
May, G. H. Borune.......... 5 69 10 2 20 10 
Pantaloon, G. F. Hennessey. 6 17 12 2 25 00 
Hazel Kirke, G, W. McDaniels.. 5 56 33 217 15 
Seminole, G. H. Jenkinson....... 6 17 20 28 14 
Wenonah, S. Avery...... Rees rate, $3912: 6 09 17 2 30 07 


The winners were Swallow, Lillian and Pecavie. | 


s 


Cohasset Y, Cc, 


COHASSET, MASS. 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 


Tur Cohasset Y. C. sailed a championship race for the 
raceabout class on Sept. 1 in a light east wind, the times 


being: es ao gif 
Raceabouts, 
: Elapsed 
Delta, Re Bl Walliams... oo... oes acists cee eeeveeesrnel aagoae 2 34 50 
Harelda, Alanson Bigelow.........cssscseerecerreees Rcisiente Drea 
Weeraysaraih,) Ip Wak, She ES A soins cone oot crecenAcenns acs 2 41 22 
(episeteiakt, wal (C., (Re RTOS a Soh memoo ote ooo chegrhenesnsas 2 41 33 
RelloralsGaiGrockermwe. nisscnesaaicus neeaemeeame Pere cles 2 48 45 
ING rercl en VWEMEENSMD CALS cttstemherctart eretatete sParnopverpimein a ernyarasieyeet in sealer 2 46 5b 
TelGano HA AlAeVLOOL Ss lb .ee bo oleae ingens etearoe ge ees seer 2 51 02 
Knockabouts, 
kan ey. (GuevVees Acco... ow .ve enh es Ee bee Eee rt Oa taaean tate 2 27 00 
Wolke KCL Vike diya a fen Andee ye os a Pebeniceh BenghOeee 2 31 40 
1b5ft. Class. 
Swallow, J: JR tRichardson soc) ot easerse ess eae siase aiwiaa 6 évaik 0. 59. 49 
dicyspe doe) IDS Mito Scar ee ASRS Ei coe cabin tka We poe 1 01 50 


Chicago Y. C, 


CHICAGO—LAKE MICHIGAN. 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 


Tue Chicago Y. C. sailed a race from Chicago to Wau- 


keegan on Sept. 1, the times being: 


Class 4B. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Charlotte R.,......... 10 40 32 3 43 15 5 02 43 5 02 43 
Class 5A. ‘ 
Prairie’ one coe erect 10 40 08 3 21 05 4 41 02 4 41 02 
Josephine ..........-- 10 40 04 3 48 22 5 08 18 5 08 46 
Class 6B. 
ETT alee cca erates 1) 42 17 3 41 30 459 12 456 13 
ilattrerie Popes cere ints 10 50 00 3 59 55 5 09 bb 5 09 55 
Rina EL eek ueeeen ee 10 45 10 4 41. 00 5 56 10 5 51 18 
x Class 8B, 
WTKEENL. Sira.si a1, eR eee 10 43 00 8 51 17 5 08 17 5 08 17 
Martha n.aac/eie rect t:: 10 47 00 5.13 40 6°26 40 6 01 11 
Motence JA; e Paves 10 48 25 5 17 52 6 34 27 608 58 — 
Class 10. ; . 
WD Otters avessannnneee 10 45 25 5 26 50) fi 41 25 6 41 25 
Class 2B. 
PGMA. ones is ie 1) 50 00 > 57 41 5 07 41 02 51, 
eR area ye ens wh See 10 50 00 4 06 12 yal ts ber 6°16 12 
Glad Tidings .........10 50 00 Haim { 8 5A 00 6 41 14 


[SEPr. 15, 1900. 


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Essex Y. C, 


BAYONNE—NEWARK BAY. 
- Monday, Sept. 3. 
le csi Y. C., of Newark, sailed an open race on 
Sept. 3 over a ten-mile course on Newark Bay in a pufty 
S.E. wind, The times were: 


Class A—Cabin Sloops Over 28ft. 


at Finish, Elapsed. 
[SRK OE so aes anu guauuLuTE Hasa: Anno snenrragstegrse 1 49 45 1 52 15 
24 aoe obesity otc) tom iit ery phere eos sige 2 04-30 2 04 30 
at el Class B—Cabin Sloops Under 28ft. ~ 
enemys Rage be beer orn@t soonct Ode Aeaaad Teo 1 58 27 1 58 27 
Ci Tels a hamden ory sgt 4 Rese cirleiste net eet leer 1 59 10 1 50 40 
‘ Class C—Cabin Cats Under 22it. 
DCA DILGU ayaa nites ee ere Sieh ety eee ees oe 2 03 20 2 03 20 
Mary td ses eet ee aie Saran meee TALS 207 32 2 05 30 
Class D—Half-Raters. 
MEA VIDE © eciotrraa gee Seale eine cena beets 02 49 2 02 49 
iyi "Viv | adpabbiees eer fe meme ey eee 9 11 38 2 11 38 
Class E—Jib and Mainsail. 
1 D/C) 10 SAA i cetaiectay | oat alte pela Pa 2 09 40 2 09 40 
Menet 5. .csoy sees ee Bel SER eet en eiears +... Withdrew. 
. Class F—2ut. and Over—Open Cats. 
Tempest oe ies ens snes Dp Ae etal. = Sees cts 1 47 24 1 51 59 
| Fito} oem Ree ea eee TON ee eee 2 04 40 2 08 15 
UpESeO alee ret ee aa et ,..2 07 do Z 06 10 
“ Class G—Open Cats Over 18ft. 
Goltlem URGE Renee Ree kee eae es eared ...-2 07 00 2 09 10 
Magdalen  ReRrece;eene mendes peeeee Paka Gaerne 218 05 2.18 06 
= ¥: Class H—16ft, Open Cats, 
Chick Were Ls ye apeikieeen ae ear, eeenaeieeet ed 20532 305 47 
FESSOR cere Wicra sel URI UT Rte ene eae Ck nn hale 2AT 55 2 30 55 
Class I—15ft. Open Gat : 
MAGS Ete iiortaren eaten) CCR Ree en i se 20 12 2 30 12 


Tempest won the prize for elapsed time. 


Westhampton Country Club, 


WESTHAMPTON, L. I, 
Saturday, Sept. r. 


THE Westhampton Country Club sailed its annual open 
regatta on Sept. I over a ten-mile course in a fresh S.F. 
breeze, the times being: 


Class 1 , 

! ia Elapsed. Corrécted. 
1a Gliaz DY soils ps ISN DONO t cs ny Sasa obLneb spuduobUL 1 51°32 147 24° 
Siellawiey Rees Gord alge Hose eine on uaa enn NNO L 50 47 150-47 
Harmony, Dr. Wm. Carr.............4. SonsAbacl est) 1 52 4% 

“ . Class 2. ; 
Idlewild, “G, “Si Halstead. - 2022 0h setae 1 52 05 tot 27 
Julia, Foster Crampton..............-.. avaleloaneeeal 1 52 31 W512 
Melody, Harry Growtage.............eeeeseeues 1 A 10 TBR Wh 
Quijaa, Theo. Jackson.......... Virvese vecsevent 67 40 1 58 36 
Class 32. 
Lady Margaret, Dr. D. Raynor...... Daeg oe epee 1 57 34 1 55 40 
Halcyon, Isaac Gildersleeye,...,..,....-.-- ...1 56 65 1 56 5p 

Briseis, Herbert Markwald...............sesu0u 15 838 1 57 56 
ISHECALGE WM ms. IS PIMs sahseeseeeectspeay fas ee tu 2 00 52 1 58 08 
Emigna, M. Fitzgibbons.......... Se he eee 1 58 49 1 58 21 
iris: GlarenceScamanes see eawnnanmemaiees tes 2 01 51 2:01 2 
GolahseMarsiatl Malla; aetnavaen crneeteee anes eee 2 04 06 202 12 

; Class 4. : 
Wixerne, James Crowell.............-....- Renee 4ilsay 2 Ol 87 
Defender, Frank O. Came.........cccee cece ences 2 02 21 2 02 05 
Hiborn, Griswold Denison............-.....+2- 211 12 2 03 12 
EP alleviates aVVis- a Vsge bts Lorie, strane satan vaoe ne 2 04 02 2 03 46 


Idlewild and Julia sailed a dead heat. Halcyon parted 
her throad halyards, but won-second prize. 


Hull—Massachusetts Y. C. 


HULL—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Sept. r. 


Tue Hull-Massachusetts Y, C. sailed a good race on 
Sept. I in a moderate easterly breeze, The times were: 


25ft. Class. 


* Elapsed. ~-Corrected. 
Tea DOVE Pe Wh ea once aepeecoen 2-25 48 meee 
Hermes, A. W. Chesterton,..........-..00e0eee 2 38 45 Le ite 
Little Peter, J, J. Moebs.....ccssesesenee vaeee Dad g “4 
‘ First Handicap Class. 
Jacohing el. by acobscn,asecesy ssn deasae ss aa 5 ce 2 20 25 2 17-25 
SqiiawaneA., LVEMEBintiameosomes ceceneerse aoae ae 2 35 56 2 1755 
Swirl, B. S. Snow...,.. peaAdeaoscac anohoteadedh v2 27 35 2°19 35 
ETollivsy Wie MiesW are, taaea see snes bets nnearery eaten 2 24 53 219 53 
Catterpillar, W. PRP. BKeyes.........++.+-+ Rea CR BOLO 2 20 35. 
Shyessa, Alfred Doupglass...........+-++++0% ++..2 33,50 2 26 50 
Second Handicap Class. 

Zaza, Humphreys & Lauriat. 2 .2 27 26 215 264 
Goblin, G. W. Canterbury .- 231 50 2 15 50 
Petrel, W. H. Lunt 2 20 31 
Barbara, ‘A, F, Hayden : 2 21 1 


Marine and Field Club. 


BATH BEACH—GRAVESEND BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 

THE one-design class of the Marine and Field Club 
sailed a race on Sept. 1 for the Luedeker cup; the wind 
was fresh from S.E., making a lively race. The times 
were, start 3:35: 


: Finish Elapsed 
MORRIS 4h eee reer eossc gps ab ae eei na ibdbnoe 5 19 55 1 44 55 
ISIE: Srp yt ianicers racine tess sone ternenrenesies +=) 20 22 1 45 22 
‘livarrt cs HO xa ostarnnaiectie,titrsries eo eee eee er veeved 2l 16 1 46 16 
SMWeetweart Sap cap nciainie ives seein see renee aoe 5 21 59 1 46 59 
ISSR R eae CIOL ES setat te ene menr ae ese eee ee ee 5 22 14 1 47 14 
SV iatels airy eign ocr He DHSALeY et SRana enn ars 5 22 50 1 47 50 

Ted3ek Ve PERE R BSE AP anc HaoUENOrHS S545 S48 8S SU8 Here, Withdrew. 


The record now stands: Kelpie, W. K. Brown, Io 
points; Quinque, Smith & Hilliard, 8 points; Flying Fox, 
Buckman & Cones, 7 points; Sweetheart, F. B. Fiske, 2 
points; Skylark, L. S.. Eaton, 4 points; Stinger, A. P. 
Clapp, 4 points. 


Kingston Y. C, 


KINGSTON, MASS. 

Saturday, Sept. 1. 

Tue final cup race for the 18ft. knockabouts of the 
Kingston Y, C. was sailed on Sept. 1 in a light east wind, 
the fimes being: 


Elapsed. ~ 
Oom Paul, Geo. P. Cushman..... pert sine eee seers verse eet LO! BO. 
Dazzler, Goodspeed Brothers........-..-- Ratalet fates Ps Perens 211 47 - 
Kittawake, Henry M. Jones........ Sa Aree pre pence teh et 2 12 30 
Miladi, F: R. Adams.2...2 0.22. eee iw tens rede sale aa 215 45 
Spider, H. NH, Hunt...... a Pt sda Neptatpaap sneer wecorl nat 
TWobsters ules Gul! SClap py ecuwegeee See Neon: hitler ee Ae 2 23 At) 


This-race makes Oom Paul the champion. A special) 
handicap race for boys not over eighteen years ‘old was. 
won hy Winthrop Ford, of Kingston, in Ventas, . 


' Serr, 15, 1900.) _. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


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Quincy Y. C, 
‘ °S) QUINCY—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 

THE Quincy Y. C. sailed its annual fall regatta on Sept. 
1 with a good fleet of starters and a moderate easterly 
breeze. A foul at the line between two of the Hanley 
25-footers led to a personal encounter between the parti- 
sans of the two boats on the club float after the finish, and 
to a very strange and summary decision by the race com- 
mittee, As Hanley and Al Kyris were at the line to 
start, both on port tack, the former came about with the 
gun for the line and was struck by the bowsprit of Al 
Kyris. Hanley claimed that she had fairly filled away 
on starboard tack and that Al Kyris, still on port tacl, 
should have avoided her, Al Kyris claimed that Hanley 
tacked so close to her that the foul occurred before 
Hanley had filled away on starboard tack and before Al 
Kyris could avoid a collision. Each side filed a protest 
with the committee after the race, and as the owner of 
Al Kyris, J. F. Brown was walking along the club float 
he met J..T. Bache, one of the crew of Hanley. Some 
words ensued, and Mr. Brown was struck in the mouth. 
He seized a chair to defend himself, but the bystanders 
interfered. As a consequence of this quarrel, the race 
committee refused to entertain either protest. Hanley 
fared the best in the foul, and made good her advantage 
over the course. Zaza was disqualified for leaving the 
starting buoy on the wrong side on the second round. 
The times were: 


H. O. Class. 
Mlapsed. -Carrected. 

ULMER YRISS Hide. DSTO WAS Wace bata kane ie wearin 1 59 08 
Flanley, W. F. Bache........ Wyewreewisi tu lose 2-1 56 4h 
Empress, Hayden & Parker........-..-. eee: 22 AN 

. 21ft. Class. 
Hestess, H, M. Faxon........ yA Pc Pan 2 02 26 
Zaza, G. P) Shute..)-- DAS Ee iets Cae al i .s2 21 46 
TM eroypabasis, Ws. Sng MC ee gee MH oo eei iee »-2 25 26 

_ 18it. Class. 

Dauntless, Benner & Patten.............----+- 111 09 
BobstereGe embtetuc mittens jt aeiala certs <)el tele 1 14 12 Partie 
“ey T=, lcd epee osenuaemietopecohobbe 1 19 40 Poste ni 

: ‘Class A;—Handicap. ; 
Hustler, Robbins & Whittemore.........-..... 2 15 22 1 35 18 
iMelbhorsten Dice Maly Ito | hopateceniym le yon ieee 2 11 56 1 39 16 
Harbor Light, J. W. Johnson..........-..+... 2°26 57 1 42 08 
Oatlenior stb arkerwecscu egret Nees asia a 219 55 1 43 23 
plang Ge HS Garey Jee is cst tocatah Uhlan» sone 22750 149 01 
Hoke fae (Oe Ops Grey l bie AD OR Ginter titre ena 2 29 12 1 51 02 
Goblin, E. F, Ricker 2 34 02 1 52 01 
Thetis, S.A, Freemans. si.scccsecssveves eevee 227 32 1 52 20 
Arbutus, “Hall! Sc Merritt. cin... saecen series ss 2°27 08 1 53:08 
Moonidyitd, 9W. H. SHaWos joss cee vee swan eoeeers 2 39 56 2 01 2% 
[ieee ETB eB atlev seins eisies tacts scles emee Withdrew. 
(Carncrariony Iga t@s GU KMES yn anne rn get(y Withdrew. - 

} _ Class B—Handicap. P 

Whisper, E, F. Fitzpatrick......2.2.....2..2:005 3 57 35 0 58 3L 
Tautog, AUT Colm menaetemeee ker ametes st 407 21 0:58 38 
BiStoli Kye Wir bat ViOSt.s.rrdat der sinccoeee 1k mE LS 401 33 0.59 29 
SUpEDOpee Wee PAIDeM) ity scseaeeerer oer aes 417 33 1 04 48 
Pad Yami Wiel diwacds. sie rb sb samen eee ees Withdrew. 


The judges were Com. Edwin E. Davis, Vice-Com, 
James 5. Whiting and J. L. Whiton, Jr. 


Savin Hill Y. C.. 


SAVIN HILL—BOSTON HARBOR, 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 


_ THe Savin Hill Y. C, sailed a handicap race on Sept. 1 
ina light easterly breeze, the times being: 


Handicap Class. 


ek Elapsed... Corrected. 

Asso) Tf, ID NG ae it wes CoA Ace pansy aoa nas 1 41 05 117 05 
Restless, A. B. Howland..... ree oe sts pois ote niles 1 40 50 117 50 
db YS ree” DE breve 1 Saad an RAs a 1 48 15 1 18 15 
WitdSeGiy Ae pel OLrorneenibeureresy ereher eres 1 32 10 1 20 10 
halitan, W. EF. Patten...,. rapt sheet tee Seed 1 32 40 1 20 40 
Raliiin, et Wie dueatrnecls py cprensel senescence 1 21 10 1 21 10 
Wa Wa, C. Noble....... eee coe ae ae et ere 1 32.15 1 21:15 
Mashantum, V. C. Lawrence............- Feasts 1 382 00 1 22 00 
foque, W. Eble tao es Sebi e tit tetas «sel 32 20 1 22 20 
Noiiaticesely wScansien.tLataih hi ceste tee eeeeeye 1 24 42 1°24 42 
Vive, AL W.—B: Foster. iis lillie. Pa as 1 46 20 1 25 20 
Hattie, A. Coombs........... Samet meteor eae 1/839 LeRt5) 1 26 35 
I Don’t Know, F. F. Benson,,.........-:.+05 Withdrew. 

Gull, W. H. Besarick........ Horners Meena) Withdrew. 

Tender Class. 

Weaterbesty, Wik, Russellunyyysc.scesses sc ..0 50 00 

‘Heroine 4e! Came Aren patil eoewie eee see 0 64 30 

Smelt, A MOccailows eel nkoceins aie enasy Se 1 29 00 


Royal Hamilton Y. C. 


HAMILTON—LAKE ONTARIO, 
Saturday, Sept. r. 


THE Royal Hamilton Y. C. sailed three races on Sept. 
1 for the Walkér and Monck, the Lucas and the Malloch 
cups, the times being: 


Start, 2:30, Finish Elapsed. 
lytic yA ener alld ne Pe OE gt 5 54 os 3 24 52 
IATA AS eh oie aN Nee ee es le ee tiv U ieee Pee 5 56 43 3 26 43 
PAGLITAMet sere orc SeTeeen tte a ese chefs cs tal stato eT NS 6 04 00 3 34 00 
NMernveronehtiiain.eeeded net cae ct tui e aaee , 6 04 35 3 84 86 

f Lucas Cup—a5ft. Class—Start, 2:35. 
date tweayher aie netic ecetbe mnie 1..-.5..6 05 10 a 30 10 
Beaver vasises DEPOSI oF potas bance hee 6 07 53 3.32 53 
Erma ne atoms Bo Seitebine wintaten ine Tee Een ieee ener 6 10 10 405 10 
UIST Cod AE SES Grn sae menrth oat HEME OE BR AIAgs Sanacita Withdrew. 
. Malloch Cup—20ft. Class—Start, 2-40. 
Hazard, sailover........5.....- peers Pe arstotas 6 07 03 3 27 08 


Quontuck Bay Y. C, 


WESTHAMPTON BEACH, I. T, 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 


THE Quontuck Bay Y. C. sailed its third race on Sept. 
I, the times being, start 9:40: 


Elapsed. Corrected. 
1 28 17 1 28 17 
1 30 12 1 30 02 
1 38 04 1 32 03 
] 129-48 1 24 24 
‘The club has’ elected the following officers: Com., C. 


Dehart Brower, of New York; Vice-Pres., William W. 
Hallock, of Brooklyn; Fleet Capt, C, Dehart Brower: 
Jr.. of New York; Sec’y and Treas., William C. Kimball. 
of Brooklyn; Members of the executive Committee, Erwin. 
$. Spink, of Brooklyn, and T. H. Beers, of New York. 


The Forest anv STREAM is put to press, each week on Tuebday, 
Correspendénce intended for publication. should reach us at the 
Istos+ hy Monday and as much earlier as practicable. ' 


Point o’ Woods Y. C. 
POINT 0’ WooDs, 2, 1, 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 
Tue Point o' Woods Y. C. sailed a race on Sept. 1, the 
final of its Saturday series, the wind being fresh 5.F. 
The times were: i; 


Glass A—Start, 2:55. By A 
] Corrected. 


’ Finish. Elapsed. ‘ 
AW SEE loo SOBRE OSS HOLME aha pe 4.13 65 1 18 55 Wen 30 
1igbgb Ve ugon ooo b ht beblavonee ethics 418 55 1 23 56 123 10 
ERICA CRAP -lasileercert ere e ta eee 4 21-30 1 26:30 1 26 30 
Class B—Start, 3:00. * iy | 

Gain Cite wwel pony eb esses aan inatzens 44610 ~~ 1 35 28 et 
Quaker ...... 4 55 00 1 45 10 1 5h 00 
Sandpiper Withdrew. i 


A. C. A. Membership. 


Central Diviston—John N. French, Rochester, N.-Y.; 
Ray Hill White, Rochester, N. Y.; H. C. French, Buffalo, 
NEG 
Northern Division—H. W. McNeil, Voronto; H. R. 
Harmer, Toronto; A, H. Parmley, Toronto;*G, H, ‘Dill, 
Toronto; T. Simpson, Toronto; G. J. Diyerall, Toronto; 
W. W. Alexander, Toronto; H. M. Jackes, Toronto; J.-J. 
Bell, Toronto; T. A, Horibrooke, Toronto; T. McMur- 
rich, Toronto; J. Hockin, Toronto; A, E. Cuff, Toronto; 
J, A. Muirhead, Toronto; E, Morton, Toronto; CM. E. 
Edwards, Ottawa; L. Turcotte, Britannia Bay; W.\G. 
Massey, Watertown, N. Y. eh 1 : 


Grapsheoting. | 


announced here send fo 


WW you want your shoot to. be 
wotice ua. ioc: following: 


Fixtures. 


‘INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS. 

Sept. 12-18.—Salem, N. Y.—Interstate Association’s tournament, 
under auspices’ of the Osoma Valley Gin Club. - = 

Sept. 12:13——Homer, Ill,—Annual tournament of the Triangular 
gust Club; one day targets; one day live birds.- C. .B. Wiggins, 
ec’y. 

Sept. 14.—Salem; N, Y.—Live-bird shoot of the Osoma Valley 
Gun Club. William L. Campbell, Sec’y. ; : . 

Sept. 14-15.—Platte City, Mo.—Trap shoot. of the Platte City Gun 
Club. S, Redman, Sec’y. | . 

Sept. 15.—Omaha, Neb.—Contest for the Republic cup between 
Mr. Frank Parmelee, holder, and Mr. J. A..R. Elliott, challenger, 

Sept. 18-21—St. Thomas, Ont—Tom Donley’s tourth annual 
tournament; live birds and targets. 


Sept. 19-20.—Zanesville, O.—Yournament of the. Zanesville Gun 
Clib, IL. A. Moore, Sec’y. , 


'Sépt, 19-20.—Pensacola, Fla.—Two-day shoot of. the Dixie Gun 
Club; bluerocks and live birds. , V. J. Vidal, Sec’y. , 
Sept. 25.—Worcester, Mass.—All-day shoot of the Worcester 
Sportsmen’s Club. A. W. Walls, Sec’y. 
Sept. 25-27.—Omaha, Neb.—Fifth ‘annual target tournament- of 
the Dupont Gun Club. H. S. McDonald, Sec’y. . 
Sept. 27-28—Erie, Pa.—First annual target tournament of the 
Erie es and Gun Club; $100 added money. W. S. Bookwalter, 
Cor, Sec’y. : h 
Sept. 28 and Nov. 18.—Dexter Park, Brooklyn.—Under auspices 
of the Greater New York Gun .Club; three-men team race; 20 live 
birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized gun club in 
the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shoot- 
ing commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L-‘Schortemeier and Dr. A, A. 
Webber, managers. se : ; 
Oct. 2-4.—Swanton, Vt.—Robin Hood Gun Club’s three days’ 
tournament. rT’ ¥ 
Oct. 11.—Greensburg, Ind.—Tournament of the Greensburg Gun 
Club. C. D. Tillson, Sec’y. ite 
Oct. 12-14.—Lonisville, Ky.—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
targets and live birds.. Emile Pragoff, Sec’y. ; 


Oct. 9 and Noy. 23.—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, - 


N. J.-Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men 
team race; 20 live birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized 
gun club in the U. S. are eligible. Commences at‘2 P. M. Sweep- 
stake shooting commences at 10 A. M. Mr, L. H. Schortemeier 
and Dr, A. A. Webber managers. r : 
Oct. 18.—Altoona, Pa—Altoona Rod and Gun Club’s live-bird 
handicap. G, G. Zeth, Sec’y, Altoona, Pa. . 4" 
Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 


(lay afternoon. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


Sept. 11 and Oct. 26.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Under auspices 
of Medicus Gun Club; three-men team Tace; 20 live birds per 
man; 29yds.. Members of any pesulenlysoreanized gun. club.in the 
U. &. are eligible, Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shooting 
commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier and Dr; A. A. 
Webber, managers. u : : 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. ' 


- DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores jor publication tz 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed, Ties 
on all events are considered as divided untess otherwise reported. Mail 
ali such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad-~ 
way, New York, 


Mr. L. A. Moore, secretary of the Zanesville Gun Club, writes 
us as follows: “Our tournament is progressing nicely. New and 
inclosed grounds will be used. The office men (three) are being 
drilled to make them competent. The field captain in all our 
practice shoots is showing himself capable of handling fully one 
hundred or more shooters. The press is giving us all the space 
and notoriety we desire. An consequence we are all happy and 
hopeful. From letters received up to this writing, Messrs. Heikes, 
Fanning, Young, Alkire, Trimble, Gamble, Squires, Rhoads, 
Allen, Dade, Waddell and all the erackerjacks will be in evi- 
dence, so you see a handicap don’t scare true sportsmen. Be- 
sides the above attraction, Mrs. Meyers, the present lady cham- 
pion target shot of America, and Miss Nettie King, of St. Louis, 
Mo., will shoot a championship match here during’ our tourna- 
ment, at 50 targets and 50 live birds. To this may be added a 
match to shoot off a tie between Springfield and Bellefontaine, O. 
The club is' preparing two sets of expert iraps to work in con. 
junction with their magautrap, so a breakdown of either will not- 
stop mor even delay the shoot. The tournament is a handicap. 
ene, and will be run on the plan set forth in your paper by 
Mr. Waters. Any one desiring to attend had better read that 
article, then write me for programme, which will be headed 
‘Handicap Tournament Given by the Zanesville, O., Gun Club 
Sept. 19 and 20, 1900.2 Por further particulars see small bills on 
write IL. A. Moore, Secretary.’ y 


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Cencerning the Labor Day ‘shoot of the New Bedford (Mass 
Gun Club, the Mercury states; “During the day about Pah ae 
were released from the traps and the majority of them dropped ‘to 
pieces.”" It is sad to note the insecure manner in which the birds 
were held together, but this is mild compared with the following: 

The rapid fire system was employed and five men shoot in quick. 
succession, the traps being sprung from the shooting stand by, 
electricity. The arrangement was devised, by George Eorers antt 
I. T. Prosser, of Woonsocket, and it works perfectly.” Why were 
the traps sprung from the shnoting stand? ‘ 4 


Concerning its forthcoming live-bird handicap for amateurs, Oct. 
12, the Altoona Rod and Gun Club, of Altoona, Pai, has issued the 
following information: The handicap commences at 9 o'clock 
sharp; 15 birds; entrance, $5; birds extra; handicaps from 26 to 
88yds, Birds will be trapped at 40 cents per pair. Entry applica- 
tions will he received up until Wednesday, Oct. 3, inclusive, and 
must be accompanied by $3, the price of the birds, The entrance 
fee can be paid at any time before gaing to the score, The handi 
caps will be announced the morning of the shoot. A good dinner, , 
free to visiting shooters, will be seryed in the club house dining 
room. Logan Valley cars from the heart of the city direct to the 
zrotinds every fifteen minutes. Loaded shells for sale on the 
grounds. Special loads will be furnished, if ordered when entry 
is made. Interstate Association rules will govern. The handicap 
committee will be D. D. Stine, Tyrone; C. Wendroth, Cresson; 
J. B. Holsinger, Johnstown; L, R, Leister, Huntingdon; Dr. F 
-M. Christy, Altoona, Eyerything is always in readiness for tar- 
get shooting at these grounds, and after the live-bird race has been 
finished the remainder of the day will be devoted to this sport; 


‘events to be arranged to suit shooters. For further information, 


address the secretary, Mr, G, G. Zeth, Local and long distance 


telephone. 
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The programme events of the Zanesville Gun Club's tournament 
are alike for each day, Sept. 19 and 20. There are twelve events— 
165 targets in all—with a total entrance of $14.50, ‘There is also a 
team event at 25 targets. (Nos. 3 and 7, each at 20 targets, $h 
entrance, haye prizes only for 70 per cent. and under. The club 
publishes further information as follows: “‘Purses will be divided 
Rose system—5, 3, 2, 1. Any. one wishing to shoot for targets only 
can do so in any of the events. One-fourth cent deducted from all 
targets thrown to pay high guns, 1, 2 and 3. High guns to shoot 
in all events except 3 and 7. The committee reserves the right ta 
change the handicap on any shooter who in their judgment is not 
rightly handicapped. Shooting will commence at 9 A. M, sharp. 
Magautrap will be used, and magautrap rules will govern in 
connection with A, §. S. rules. Also set expert traps, Referee’s 
decision’ willbe final. Grounds will be open for practice Sept. 18. 
Hot lunch will be served on the grounds. Targets will be thrown 
for 2 cents, Cartridges and guns shipped to L, A. Moore, secre- 
fary, Zanesville, O., will be delivered on grotnds tree of charge.” 


RB 


‘The Cedar Lake Rod and Gun Club has issued its programme tor 
its target tournament Sept. 29 and 30, at Cedar Lake, Ind. Fifteen 
target events are provided each day, mostly 10 and 15 target events, 
entrance based on 10 cents per target. The total entrance the first 
day is $19, the second $20. On each day $5 is added for first aver- 
age in all events, and $10 is added for the first average of shooters 
who shoot through the entire programme. Targets, 2% cents. -Ma- 
gautrap rules govern. Shooting commences at 10 o’clock. Division 
of moneys, 50, 30 and 20 if under 12 entries; if over, 40, 30, 20 and 10 
per) cent. Ammunition and Junch on the grounds. The tourna- 
menti8 open-to all, Gun and ammunition shipped care of Claude 
‘Binyon, Cedar Lake, Ind., will be delivered on the grounds free 
of scharge. a 


The programme of the Erie City Rod and Gun Club, Erie, Pa., 
provides ten events each day for its tournament, Sept. 27 and 28. 
The events are at 15 and 20 bluerocks, entrance based on 10 cents 
per target. All events are at unknown angles. Manufacturers’ 
agents and paid representatives may shoot for targets only. The 
Rose system will govern the division of the moneys. Interstate As- 
sociation rules will govern. Targets, 2 cents, included in all en- 
tries. Lunch will be served on the grounds. Guns, ammunition, 
etc., sent in care of the New Morton House will be delivered on 
the grounds free of charge. Loaded shells for sale on the grounds. 
Added money, $100. \W.S. Bookwalter, secretary. 


Rg 


-In the contest for the E C cup, emblematic of the championship 

of New: Jersey, between Mr. W. B, Widmann, of Yardyille, N. J., 
and Mr. F. E. Sinnock, the holder, the latter won by the score 
of 44 to 42. The contest took place on the grounds of the South 
Side Gun Club, Newark, N. J., on Saturday of Jast week. 


& 


Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, Tanager of the Interstate Association, 
passed through New York on Monday of this week en route to 
Salem, N. Y., to manage the “last Interstate shoot of the season.”’ 
It\is to be held under the auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club, 
Wednesday and Thursday of this week. 


Mr. Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Ia., has challenged Mr. J. A. 
R, Elliott to contest for the Sportsmen’s Review trophy; also for 
the Dupont Live-Bird trophy. ‘These challenges, with others which 
have been made and accepted by these and other great shots, 
will make an interesting series of great matches forthcoming. 


Ld 


On Monday of next week, at Springfield, O., a match will take 
place between, Miss, Nettie King, of St. Louis, and Mrs. GC. F. 
Myers for the Daily Press diamond medal. The contest is fixed 
to; take place at 2 o’clock. : 

. f R 


_There were eleven teams in the team contest of the Virginia 
Trapshooting Association’s tournament at Richmond, Va., last 
week. The West End Gun Club’s team, of which Stearns, Hewitt, 
Boyd, Hammond and Dean were members, won on the score of 
217. out of a possible 250. 

i BERNARD WatTERS. 


Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Clb, Labor Day Shoot, 


Events: 123 4 5 6 7 8 91011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 
Targets: 10 10151015 10 10 10 10 10 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 25 15 
HEA UGSOM DOP stele are OMe, PM VAr. wen ar eet oF 910 21 .. 
SSeS CISC Crewe dies Sealine vee eee i ANON MOuefyne y Mele fh) 
Converse .. 8 812-613:.9 7667910 5 9 8 7 4 61711 
Gilson ..... Dac Vea iia. geedede Ors etl. Vf) Ab Gosia me 
Roby . AeA Aan, Me oe Be ee en Bynes 
Cutler AM. a Fe eT As Oy oe A 
ean . 3 6 SSi8o Resa 2s DS onih eG. veeeea 
Donovan : waking tthe it tri Spee te oe at} 
sty . : 35. FETAL SPS BSG a aie 
Kielty F “ wae. (ie Ay tte vat ibaa Bl ne 
Peck 20.45. A fone “ b> 2 ty do ay, 
Sawyer 5% Pe teal! ee aie 
ates 9 Vay Ve nt ts 
Morse r 5 466 5 4 
Train bre Se SGA Bet tr tee Bt UNAS a poe ae 51 
IBGtbatiices se nwluser set oe see : pele cote 
New ack Pee ee fs : 746 
Sanders ae ple AES 4 
ob wa A eal 


Parker Cun Club, | 


_Mertpen, Conn.—The Labor Day tournament of the Parker Gun 
Club had a total of twenty contestants, whose scores are as fol- 


lows: 
Events: 123 45 67 8 910 
Targets: 15 20 15 20 1h 20 15 20 15° 
PRC AUISE TS rat ay estar a ctstareesenrd tol aed fp feed EU Wicd eed (eins emt GP 
LSet ormobrepennterionet eS teeta IER edit aM, abe aby oe 
AL SEGNS OEP APBRBGREHOM Er 3 54 5QK A Sete 13 18 15 17 42°19 14 18 44 ., 
Ditekerce sob hulk trl tke are chee emer oh 13 17 14 19 12 20 13 16 12 16 
Baker AEE Ena ntngey cps 2 A i 13.1913 1612 .. 12 17 14 14 
DAVATES Copii LLAA Ene ee sida iat neany Mat G Re DSS tease lieee ly meena 
abes Tri. Moanin meee a aE ibe SUR CARR, seine Jeo 
RESIXSALT SVG ecm ete tii snare tector ine Ie etee gee Mel! IEE ce 
ADVE CE years Ae tat tb arfeere rors cfh eee oe 11 16 1419 13 18 11 .. 95 45 
Bradley eee ORS e eT rSe, TAPAS 1G) eee eee 
Mills 1119 1517 12 .. 1248 2. 
OD ss es CAN de, Cp LDA ae! 
.. 16 a -. 11... 12 16 13 18 
condess epee ee ee 1A il Sis) oe 
tae ee Een! EE et tice On See We ohh oP awh ay 
(eA ee wee es 16 13°18 13 1 
Rh epoctheneeAssoenANereie ee oe ee 18 12 


4 (Sept oe 18, O60. ~ 


Virginia Trapshooting Association Tournament. 


Ricumenp, Va., Sept. 9.—The inaugural tournament of the Vir- 
ginia ‘lrapshooting Association, held under the auspices and upon 
the grounds of the West End Gun Club, began on Monday and 
ended Wednesday of last week. > ic , ‘ 

‘he: management, from the encouragement met with from -the 


inception ot the matter, had high expectations of success, but_ 


meyer dreamed of the proportions it assumed. With pertect 

weather, barring the heat, and nice grounds, plenty of refreshments 
dispensed under gratetul shade, 130 men taced the traps, with the 
exception of the Buffalo tournament of 1899 the largest number 
ever at a tournament in the United States. 

A magautrap and a set of five expert traps were used and from 
the beginning, a little after 9 o’clock Monday morning, the 
merry popping of the guns went on until nearly sundown Wednes- 
day, when the last live bird was shot. he live-bird shooting was 
entirely impromptu, about twenty men taking part in the various 
sweeps and “miss-and-outs,”’ shooting up between 600 and 700 birds. 
The scores were not preserved, else they would be sent you with 
this communication, a 

Under the management of Mr. Franklin Stearns, who seemed to 
be everywhere at once, and always in the right place, everything 
went oif without a hitch or jar, except that Mr. Stearns, not 
anticipating so large a number of shooters, had not provided a 
sufticient number ot sets of traps. — 

Among the visitors from a distance were Messrs. Schultze, 
Lupus, Maione, Burk, Wicks, Collins, L. D. Thomas and A. H. 
Fox, 6f Baltimore; Fanning, of New York, and Hallowell, of Phil- 
adelphia, and here let me say that Messrs, fanning and Hallowell 
rendered invaluable assistance in-making things go. They were 
simply indefatigable in their efforts to be usetul and have won a 
warm berth in the hearts of Virginia trapshoorers, who will always 
hold them in greatful remembrance. .» ; 

The programme provided for eleven events, each carrying from 
seven to nine prizes, articles of merchandise to the value of over 
$600 donated by the Richmond merchants and manufacturers of 
sporting goods, but the liveliest interest centered in the contest 
for the silver cup for the best team of five members of a Vir- 
ginia gun club. For this there were entries from Lynchburg, 
Staunton, Charlottesville, Newport News, Roanoke and _ Ports- 
motith and teams from the Deep Run, Lakeside, North Side, Old 
Dominion and West End gun clubs, of Richmond, Some of the 
visitors and their friends rather counted on taking the cup away, 
but when the scratch came, the old West End, represented by 
Hammond, F. Stearns, Boyd, Hewitt and Dean, Sr., won by a mar- 

gin of 9, amidst a perfect storm of applause. 

The gold medals for high ayerage and longest tun were both 
won by Mr. Robert L. Peirce, of Wytheville, Va., one of the very 
youngest men on the grounds, and, by the way, the only one who 
shot a Purdy gun. Mr. Peirce broke 87 consecutive targets and 
was high gun on the two days at targets, with a percentage of .911, 

Monday night, pursuant to notice previously given, the Virginia 
Trapshooting Association was regularly organized and Mr, Frank- 
lin Stearns elected president and Mr. J. C. Tignor secretary-treas- 
urer. 

It was resolved to hold a tournament on each recurring Labor 
Day, the place to be determined hereafter. Below is appended the 
official scores, together with a detailed account of the prize 
winnings: 


vents 2: so 845 6) Vipes) 29 510 ae 
. Targets 15 20 15 15 20 25 20 201515 Broke. Av. 
PST et bee diate 18.18 11 16 18 28 18 20 18 15 164 git - 
ISE:uakeetepatc le GR) preterm res 14 18 12 14 19 22 18 18 13 18 161 894 
Eieeivindareriot ee neni: pee 13 16141219 2318171814 159 883 
(LCA ER TLOYT SBD Aearracer a 1416 11 1217 2217191415 8157 872 
Hallowell .. 11 18 14 18 18 24 17 16 14 12 157 .872 
Fanning .. 18°19 12 12 18 23161813 42 166 866 
Sillings .. 1241711141718 19191514 156 , 866 


T F Stearns. 121615 14 18 2019131314 154 _.855 
W #H Dean, 5 1217 81816 2319171412 151 -838 
FAG EOGoer eta peedes cae 14 15 18 18 16 18 19 18 15 10 151 838 
Moorman ...... Shbhserpe 12 18 10 18 19 2219 17 14 6 150 830 
W C Saunders,........... 1116122118 2117181541. 149 827 
STL Wo peetoticye ec aiicaenieneeaetts 13 14131817 2016151413 148 822 
Weoteams, Seescehe eerste 1818 91314 22181615 9 4147 816 
Wiavanarin penn eceetsre sands 13 18 9 13 15 23 17 16 12 10 146 -81L 
Burciemur er Loeereneneree 916111217 21391610174 145 .805 
i, UG canme any cen kenurits 138.17 101242 2117151414 145 «805 
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Hart ». 11 141438171715331011 185 750 
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Seventeen thousand and seventy-five targets were shot at in car- 
Trying out the programme. 

Event No. 5, contested by five-men teams representing organ- 
ized gun clubs in Virginia, Winning team to be the holder for 
one year of the Association’s $50 silver cup, representing the club 
championship of Virginia, the club winning the cup three times to 
become permanent owner. This event was the most interesting 
of the whole tournament. The shooting was good and close—so 
much so that when the team representing the West End Gun Club, 
of Richmond, after a hot fight against Staunton and Lynchburg, 
finally landed the winner, the cheers of the hundreds of spectators 
literally rent the heavens and deafened all within many miles of 
the West End’s shooting grounds. The following are the scores 
made by the eleven contesting teams in the order of their shoot- 
ing, which was decided by lot. The conditions were 50 targets 
per man—250 per team: 

Old Dominion G. C., of Rich- 
mond. 
Ast. 2d dst 9 2d) 
Half. Half, Totals. Half, Half. Totals. 


Lynchburg G. C. 


Williamson ....23 16 39 YT F Nelson.....19 23 42 
J_C Tignor..... 17 22 39 R-S Terry...... 19 22 4). 
ALA “teocun eens 19 19 38 COW) ‘Scott si 22 19 41 
Gil” cet ees 21 7 38 LL Murrell ...,.23 19 42, 
G D George...17 23 40 Ki Daniel ......22 20 42 
97 oT ©6194 : \ 105 103 208 

Portsmouth G, C, Charlottesville G, C, 

Gallagher .... +20 20 43> H A George....22 20 42, 
UST as Tao e ee, wekt 21 38 BHOW posses 20 22 42 
Byid) As pes os 21 20 4] Link .. .20 11 31 

Grantee etn veel 17 31 Bruffy . 128 49 42? 
Schooler .......18 15 33 Marshall ...,... 15 14 29 

; 93 186 100 86 0-186 © 

North Side G, C., of Richmond, Blue Ridge G. C., of Roanoke, 
Tolson ..... Soce 17 3 R L Peirce....23 20 43 
Coleman °....,.,23 16 38 Dennison ,..... 16 23 39 

Purdie ..,.,. eeelb 20 36 S Walthall ....16 14 30 - 
Bagby <:.:+... 17 19 36 Dickinson ..... 7 16 28 
Lorraine ...,...20 18 38 — — 

= — —_ intasce seers 12 21 38) 

92 89 =181 74 94 «= «168° 
Chesapeake G. C., of Newport West End G. C., Richmond. 
News. F Stearns...... 21 22 43 

Dr Charles ...19 20 39 lewaitt hee 22 20 42 
JAMES Peet sant od At 19 42 ibrontgeh sass a9 +620 20 43 
T F Stearnes..21 21 42. Hammond ,....22 24 46 
JOS oro ee sre 19 38 W #H Dean, Sr.22 21 43 
Bargamin 3 38 — = = 
-- — — 1100-107) 

- 102 92 194 Deep Run Hunt Club, Rich- 
Staunton G, C. mond,—Trap Department. 
Wayman ....:.. 21 22 43 C E Doyle... .,24 21 45 
Sillings ........ 23 22 45 W Buckner ....15 20 35 
Meriken’ ..... yal 21 42 T M Tignor....17 19 36 
McDaniel ...... 22 18 40 J T Anderson, .19 21 40 
Summerson .,.14 22 26 C D Wingfield,15 18 33 
105 ~=—-.206 90 99 189 

Lakeside Country Club, Richmond.—Trap Department. 

Ellyson .......0 20 22 42 W C Saunuers,16 20 36 
@olquitie sere 18 19 37 By Blaw Siecaelh 22 38 
Johnson ....... 21 20 41 — — = 
OT 103194 


The gold medal for the highest individual score in the team race 
was won by Mr. W, A. Hammond, of the West End team, with 
the score of 46 out of 50. Messrs. Sillings, of the Staunton team, 
and Doyle, of the Deep Run Hunt Club team, were close seconds 
with 45 each. The five members of the winning team each received 
a handsom scarf pin set with a precious stone. 

The contest for the handsome gun donated to the Virginia Trap- 
shooting Association by the Remington Arms Co. was most 
warmly contested. This was a handicap event at 40 targets, and 
an entrance fee of $2 was charged, to create a fund with which to 
buy a Remington gun to be contested for at each annual tourna- 
ment of the Association. There were fifty-nine entries for this 
contest, from which were realized $118, to be expended next year 
as above set forth. This event was shot in halves of 20 targets 
each. The winner was Mr, H. T. Nelson, of Clifton Forge, ara 
This contest was limited to Virginians. The scores: 


Hdep. 1st Half. 2d Half. Totals. 
Eliysdu® 5yifvat.. eee 3 eee U 15 18 33 
ade (Steams. Solis i ise Maj elehfeeucrertteleratrts 0 18 16 34 
LETT) oleh CUBES SH NAAR RA 2 nerdy is ne 6 15 3 Bt 
CP AS dN RAMA SSE GB ob Sounder 12 13 11 36 
Tp a) net, Ae, rebeeriiths dre eens 6 0 17 1y 36 
GD (George Tye hae es cates ee Hh 17 15' 35 
oa be ean Can Pt PR ere pee a game Sat 2 14 16 32 
We HOS teaniegey,etmice eee tee cee 0 19 3 32 
MISRUDIIS one hoes ria say shogggaamour 3 18 13 34 
Jap yacebortbot «Ayarniia /eiyenaeines dn Venere 17 16 36 
ES BN elisotp eared cag tut les lye Lass 9 ave 16 40 
Petree wermr riicctety enor sou ciate 0 18 20 38 
158 WSO11, BERR eer he a licen ee 2 16 13 30 
WEES 4 pe Goddoocs ene Berar ihsierioreas 4 15 10 2Y 
[s}oNToW AeA eC enor ete hee 0 20 15 3 
US kebinbeiters Cn ee eee 0 18 18 36 
WRAP Dean Sra eatec chery nan 0 19 17 36 
W H Dean, Jr........ PUSS HS OBOE SEBS 4 16 14 34 
POPC Niel Soin eatestett thle eine 0 16 19 35 
Merry Nee eee teed c ne rele cg ee nee 0 18 20 38 
SOL’ waeteceenk a nlidbbastes ce Pants: ye 17 16 33 
Moorman .......... Aare SR a cea de 0 19 17 36 
Hox Siivatishie nice’ feafene atta tee aerenc 0 16 16 31 
INI DiyeUh WaREre ee Pap etd ddd eed bs 0 12 9 21 
Dennis! Sree senes oes rate eaten 4 14 15 Ba 
Wena blew pistes deine amet ane 4 13 16 33 
Danter recut nee meanest Le VW 18 38 
Buckner Qi. ccecneecis ek il 17 15 BD) 
TL M Tignor . tl) 18 aly 35 
Barrisha: sah. , Devin eis eueh ales airy 4- i 8 23 
Jignes sc rerenaenb etata atsietapara ive qededrayhee ye 8 12 14 34 
Colquitt ......., ralisened 0 bbe te etree 0 17 19 3 
ohnson ..... Dee os pap ee Pts 2 ektnte pee 0 17 16 38 
WW: ST SMichella hiigesss 20 ell cee 0 18 18 31 
HM -ASGeorger:iisiestaeeti bpp oetee pine 0 19 18 37 
0 16 15 31 
7 11 3 f 
3 li ip : 
5 14 14 33 
4 16 14 3d 
4 16 14 34 
, 9 13 ae 3 
0 18 19 aT 
«2 17 17 36 
0 15 18 3a 
~5 iW » abit oT 
hii aks 35 
1 5 38 
LOO) c's ays ea sirwseanvar evans veenie4 Wii Is 29 
Hudgins’ Vicveresnnerenevecesrevierse B hi) ‘i a) 


Dr Anderson .. 


= NN Pets 99 Wiaeereha h ; vi 15 a9 
Dickerson fi ‘A 16 no 
Coir teem rye 14. 13 32 
McDaniel di ma) un 
Wor Rp aXe hour unter ave abl 3L 
IRI EACOT Sue ogitc-eleierrele ejettinie Sebde Poa 14 15 32 
JHE ADV \WENidortal oh AAAprme etree ret 4 u Ww 23 
MMayatidiny Sabah fea seres Stes tg ee 0 17 16 Jo 
Jp OMB testes. ais doen) ane 3 1a 13 30 


The following is the correct list of those who won prizes: 

dirst Eyent—-First, Malone; second, Hlammond; third, Peirce; 
fourth, Hewitt; fifth, Byrd; sixth, Tolson; seyenth, Purihe, 

Second Event—First Hewitt, second, Schultze; third, McDaniel; 
fourth, I, }. Stearnes; fifth, T. FP. Nelson; sixth, Hart; seventh, 
Hudgins, . ; 

Third Event—First, FT. F. Stearnes; second, McDaniel; third, 
Patterson; fourth, Hammond; fifth, Peirce; sixth, Moorinun; sey- 
enth, Wayman. : 

Fourth Event—First, Peirce;, second, Hammond; third, Moor- 
man; fourth, T. M. Tignor; fifth, James; sixth, Meriken; seventh, 
Hewitt. . 

“Sixth Hvent—First, James; second, T. M. Tignor; third, Peirce; 
fourth, Schultze; fifth, W. H. Dean, Sr.; sixth, \WWayman; seventh, 
T. F. Stearnes. 

Seventh Event—First, Schultze; second, W. H. Dean, Sr.; third, 
Moerman; fourth, Purdie; Afth, Boyd; sixth, R. M. Powers; sev- 
enth, Sillings. Bi , 

Eighth Event—First, Boyd; second, Sillings; third, Peirce; 
eae J.C. Tignor; fifth, T. F. Nelson; sixth, Ellyson; seventh, 
will, * 

_ Ninth Eyent—First, Peirce; second, Sillings; third, W. ©. Saun- 
ders; fourth, Malone; fifth, I. Stearns; sixth, G. D. George; 
seventh, W. H. Dean, Jr. 

Tenth Jvent—First, Sillings; second, Daniel; 
fourth, Schultze; fifth, J. 
mons, 

Eleyenth Event—First, Mitchell; second, Kiracoff; third, Buck- 
ner; fourth, J. D, Blair; fifth, Lawson; sixtn, A, B, Blair; sev- 
enth, Winter; eighth, Colquitt; ninth, Cross. 


: L third, Thomas; 
A. Jones; sixth, Scott; seventh, Sim- 


jJoun Jackson. 


' WESTERN TRAPS. 
Garfield Gun Club, 


Chicago, Sept. 1.—The following scores were made on our grounds 
to-day on the occasion of the seventeenth trophy event of the 
season, : 

Richards carried off the honors of the day and won Class A 
medalon a score of 21; Hellman won Class B medal on 21, while 
L. Wolff won Class C on 7. e 

Being the opening day on field shooting, many of the members 
were away taking a sliy at the ducks and chickens, Weather was 
hot. “The scores: ; 


Eighteenth trophy shoot: 


Souls CNGO MIT EE Re Tae. 1 Os Seen es Petlnls oct 0110001101011011111011101—16 
AGA MELD ites LalViciee wots ee eos aty eeraee pales ,1111101111111011111011001—20 
(Snare ra rd see ey etre ees cere ts nua > tear tnnis Q4110491011111111111111101—21. 
UES AN AOIbiNUs Sean aBNRan eee ent eeeeret Senin | 0001001001100000010110001— 7 
DW WOS BREST, 5 feats, foe ae te ee rite. 010111101101001111111111118 
I SEUNE Zien get nd tees Ses a St See ae TAG tT 0191101910119111111111001—20 
Dm MesParlcers epiad trick beacons aye 1010011010011000111000110—12 
A Hellman , +6: Gin dkeees 3 eoeeeeeboeeee 1101411099911111111110011—21. 


Dr. J. W. MEEK, Sec’y. 


CurcAco, Sept. 8—The appended scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the nineteenth trophy shoot of 
the season, 

Class A medal was won by C, P. Richards on a score of only 
17, which was accounted for by the fact of his using a ‘strange 
gun. 

Class B was won by A. Hellman on the splendid score of 24. 
while C was won by Geo, De Clerey on a score of 14, 

The weather conditions were delightful. Nothing finer could be 
asked by the most fastidious. Our members are mostly-away on 


field shooting excursions, hence the small attendance. The scores: 

Nineteenth trophy shoot, 25 targets: i 
Ursus ave eau cee aoe Ce geri eons  -1011101100101011010101001—14 
IRuchaxds) iv. ee - -0110101111011011001101111—17 
IRALOL Dace case riche sell doe Heel eet Tat act cn GN TLE Pn 01111.0101911110110110110—1g 
DEB CLETEV repose ash ORee talent eee Sie Le 0111101000010011101011011—14 
NOC REES SOMA OS EE BOD on ete dd ttn 8 0010100100000100111101111—12 
ASML etl maniac sesame teach ne keee bik 1910111111019111111010. 13 —2- 

Sweepstakes: ' 

Events: 12 3 4 Events: 123 

, ances: 15 10 10 15 Targets: 15 10 10:15 

Dr Meek h4..4secaes ne AOS SAZ Wolfe saeeses.,. cxaaas TSA AT 
Richards. A cyueas ent 1 ae Hellman ......: Spacey 5 Bees Lame a 62 
Patani hie) ens 13: 9 918 Wie eieaebe beach ane . Atecee rs b) 
(DemGleney Vey see rene 


Garden City Gun Club. 


Chicago, Il],, Sept. 8—At Watson’s Park to-day the handicap 
event of the Garden City Gun Club was shot. The scores; 


COTO USt BB seinnaedsi nae oesases tee hppsg ear 202201100420*21011—11 
AS CO ER UB OBL a trerirte apt Har OME DSP io a eset ert: it) 20U201220120*#2  — & 
RECS EPA EA Et eed gre geek nde ET Le 1 LOW 2122001101112—15 
Mabie fab aretspearae eee + Heres tg. teeF Ula ea eis 2211220021221) 2112 —15 
W 2B Wetfing well, 2... ci cee eee eet ee ee oes LULODE2 VEAL 2TIIZT 15 
Cie ath PIER EAS dnesonododeddcsdcodacadsd4 sara 2202"1 2211011 ~~ —12 
A, UA, USO, Wee soy ceo 300 Sacanes Shae + 212020201111 = =—13 
J H Amberg, --*2Z10T1I10NIt )=—12 
VIA cit . OUIIU210221212121 —13 
Sb Peeve Mel iercictalsierereretstatelafsis arataseitr esse cease tessbeWeeetiegsesnea iam 211100202201221w 
i) BQ RUG Sun beoor ere ess t sreeinehroes +t, 20202211211011120 —13 
“Oliphant, 3...... Cheeager reir feeds s reer sed pasos 000020000002020202— 5 
Seven birds, $3, 50, 30, 20) per cent.; also miss-and-out, $2. 
IDE YENP padonssk) ULZTIIW—5 20 Martin .......: 2210111—6 =: 120, 
aACOD) Seruin +.+.0121122—6 = 1220) Oliphant ,..,;.-¥201022-—5 0 
Leffingwell ....U122221—6 1222 Amberg ....... vmu—b «=O 
ans) Gaasacaseay 20212J2—6 2211 Barto |......... 2222122—7 
MWenne Goes sete 0220122—5 LSet pe rpebbass 1071 002—4 
RAVELRIGG. 


Chicago Gun Club. 


Chicago, 1ll., Sept. 8.—The scores made at the weekly ‘shoot of 
the Chicago Gun Club to-day are appended: wee 


Targets: 15 10 15 25 15 ‘Targets: 15 1 15 25 16: 
F FP Stannard,.,.. 141015... 14 Dr Morton ....... .. 718... 12 
Counwelly Go.aseens J vant ae isp lO Vr CUS ele RHR rari be RS als 
Maken sess es TOPE hires rte EeeRetes Rt an goon an MIE oe 
Sundermeier ..... 5 3 9,. 10 

Trophy shoot, 25 targets: . 
BOD SN arte Nia RA Lee ee AREY Cy ene -11111111111011111001011 23 
@ommwellS oon. iene. Terelobotsre sel elulalZio.iiai sistas 111119911010193.59119 111122 
RC Ser, GPS SP OP Per EP SPCHTIET I ge 11101011111010101010110i0 16 
SUUGSINETED | sass aida woe seek 103110111100111110213211—23 
Dre Moran ieisshientstanibde fe veuteae ne te 0917117111011191111101111_22 
Dr Turck 


son tpon Fok Mi SEFSTEEESDMACSRMIEPNC Pep TCRORT hs fad chs 01191711101711.1010100111 18 
34 : - 0000010010011111071 10011113 


City Park Gun Club. 


Nrw ORLEANS, Sept. 4.—Herewith find the scores of iour shoor 
held the 2d inst. As usual, we had rain and plenty of it, and the* 
attendance was notably affected by it. The boys indulged in a 
few events’ for practice on live birds, but they were as a rule poor. 
flyers, the good birds being quite exceptional. . 

During the fall regular events at live birds will be held. 

The City Park Gun Club will send a delegation to Mobile on the 
Yth for an individual race at live birds between Messrs. McKay, 
of the local club, and Fowler, of Mobile, and a team. shoot be- 
tween the clubs. The scores: : A = 


Ten live birds: 


McKatys oc cesar oe 222222211110 “Saucier ..,......-. AT1122#221-— § 
Benedict ......-.+.-2112110111— 9 Dupont ....... vee + 121221212116 
Novice ...... oan 222222022210 Smokeless ,.,......1122211100— 8 


Seventeen live birds: f ' ; 
MeKay ....,42211221202122111—16 Novice .....22221221222021292--16 

Event at 15 targets: McKay 14, Saucier 12, Benedict 15. i 
Event at 15 targets: McKay 14, Benedict 14. | - : 

: iets Paacy 8, Byyapien” 


‘ My 


= i ¥ 


SEPT. 15, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


219 


3 ON LONG ISLAND. 
i Eureka Gun Club. “4 


Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., Sept. 3—The Labor Day shoot 
of the New Utrecht Gun Club was favored with good weather 
and good attendance. 

Miss-and-outs: 


No, 1, No. 2. aie 3. ae 4. 
| oy Mas see te Gosqabot tint sees L210) 1212) : 
eS Ve denn oo fiat any 2120 1120 112222212 22222112 
Morfey, 30.......-- ee tenets te alex p02 «= «2.020 «222209200 OF 
JB Hopkins, 28....... sedgattepae 1i* 2222" 0 21212222 
W Hopkins, 28.......<.0 Werte 0 1122 «© 121121122 1110 
Lockwood, 28...... eee ee EID 1022 220 102 12* 
Van Pet PeGus basen s bs tewen eer ee: 222, 121 0 0 
RIVED DEL ailsiiscereecs tos Pak eapsoas eee SS. errhitic nora 222222* 
PPAS GAOL {yp eeeee seen he np Aenans shu Obata Ost Jeti212 
10-bird Hdep. Hdep. for Rifle. 
PAT INSHLOTM, (AUe\o ele wietnesteace dale sans , 2111102111— 9 22121221112 
B Hopkins, 28.......-+. ea eesibies e$ ++ -2220021121— 8& 22220 
een Cer S staan Tae betiese 222222222210 222201 : 
ATK peGn cee oe = pets pee eae e ass stort eee 62112111122—10 220120112120 
Op lanrtsyy aoe se eats e eeie nace nnd sain T1221022*2— 8 sev ceavceer 
AVLOO GORY ace sasinshpisrets/eoss Anni \aecitetin te: 2Q2*00U212— Tv eevee saves 
TBO WOOG) Zils osi¢srerejsepisielela BAA CAGACAIC W101001012— 6s. cena 
Re Dery OU lp cash solbess sees te sm SSostrgt caw eees. JOC 22221 
Hagedorn, 28..... OPE eee Segue hae 0 
Three Pairs. Three Pairs. 
PANIMS HOME coils ka savanna aade eee tt 1i 10 T1—5 11 11: 11—6 
J B Hopkins, 25........ er 10 00 10—2 10 11.00—3 
NMTOntey teas bres ce keles sacnm rants Shae ..01 00 11—3 11 11 10—5 
TEA VII i Aanenaaors toe Bee ta 4A aes 1 11 10-5 11 10 00—3 
W Hopkins, 25,.....-,.- MS NTRISAS las addalte 10 141 10—4 11 10 11—5 
“Ave eR aoe nner AEH CORSAOR CE Geehcs G 10 00 10—2 11 11 01—5 
Thastettotytateyaly, MRELIE Reh G bas sha Setters 11 10 01—4 10 10 01—3 
(HE PERakerar be VSS OP Eee po snnen as ii 11 10—5 1i 10 11—5 
ILseTrQeN Hass pouty eee teere Agee Pos ornpattrrem i) ays 10 11 01—3 
Club shoot, 15 birds, $10: ; 
Morfey, 31.:...:... nd eee A ee eye veebee ts eee Dane on22200%22 13 
Armstrong, 30 : 211111120112111—14 
Git OSt ii Aterenee: crets delenteniishe seis eene eae eCOOMI M0021 2—I0) 
Wagedorn, 28....... .22*223*21010*20— 9 
Webber, 80.......0.62.4 As : 22222029 22222992 15 
iBinacecovbaus F035 2 Gee SS eee gs Rap Fp es ee SRS Arte, 200102001*12*22— § 
Match at 25 birds: 
SGCINOOU Ratoni negadts serena seer snes 2222922*20222022*12221120—20 
NEES TGE ei larh lve ate wuss. one icecr rue wtlacatotanty wisely 1421021212211221101021122—22 


New Utrecht Gun Club, 


Interstate Park, L. I., Sept. 8—The feature of the day’s shoot- 
ing was the excellent performance of Mr, R. A. Welch at the shoot 
of the New Utrecht Gun Club to-day. The scores: 


Club shoot, 15 birds: 


RSV iclichi eal eiiadte tears teiawas dee nero hk iek 11211.2112122221—15 

BUN MOSLEM Gace parila ae COCR SSA SASS A5 2221111121*2211—14 
Tike WTevhayelsay PAA ys eta Seige! ab e568 Jadoe pen so aosanA 101211112221222—14 
RAWAL DESMA Fety sip ae slopes y divisiscs y sce vey wry yteiste ee eras 222222220222202—13 

C E Lockwood, 28........... is ecchtaty 3p ROLE ferrets 121112221020111—13 

Wigan AWWeyeyell, HA Oe oS aone eae Achdoee see cant oes ennnae 120111112011*11—12 
Sweepstake, 15 birds: . 

LY AW EN hi eMC TEE ES Ay ARR nee ee ar Re 212292999191992 15 
Jel ARIE Obes coer rst Fo bD phn peor otite ae = -222111221212222 15 
MO Veloneluvetnsiad cones hiasarh eset s ts -2211211*2121111—i4 

Dr Webber, 30.... . «222022222222222 14 

CES TOC WwoOd, Si iristeststecie ettee ee eee oars ke -. -110011021011120—10 

+ NVITIT; RVLODEIY Samael ach bbs a.ayscispeee sty orel om dre sticale oats 2*220202*111101—10 


Sweepstakes, 5 birds, club handicap: Morfey 5, Welch 5, Hallock 
4, Lockwood 4, Webber 4, Wood 3. 

Sweepstakes, same conditions: Welch 5, Lockwood 5, Wood 4, 
Mlorfey 8, withdrew; Hallock 3, withdrew. 

Sweepstakes, 5 birds: Welch 5; Morfey 3, withdrew; Hallock 3, 
withdrew; Lockwood 8, withdrew. 4 

Sweepstakes, same conditions; Morfey 5, Welch 4, Lockwood 4, 
Hallock 1, withdrew. . . 
j errant Welch 5, Webber 4, Morfey 3, Lockwood 2, Hal- 
ock 1. 

Nes ease 2 Welch 4, Hallock 4, Morfey 4, Webber 4, Lock- 
wood 3, y 


IN NEW JERSEY. 


Walsrode Gun Club. 


Trenton, N. J,, Sept. 3—The Labor Day shoot of the Walsrode 
Gun Club drew a large crowd. Representatives were present from 
the South Side Club, Newark; clubs from Freehold, Burlington 
and jrom the Trenton Gun Club, and the Cannibals. Owing to the 
large number oi contestants it was found impossible to shoot off 
the entire programme. 

Secretary Thomas was busily engaged in acknowledging con- 
gratulations over the arrival of a baby girl. at his home. 

The scores in the cash sweepstakes are as follows: 


A er 


soi 


I 


Events: 12 3 4 Events: girs ashy 
Targets: 10 15 10 Targets: 10 15 10 
Feigenspan ......... 913, 9:11 ALDELN tee antanane tot aires os 
INMOCK, weees ese sce: Slip el 2. SN ATICE Me aga se la tededes SPSS 
Widmann ............ Vibe Shake 1shosmalve |p oeecly tenn ont ae TORSene 
Pr TANCE ke ecehe Leven HAL Tee Rolle MEVOLIZS Pe psaye lateral nerite ae Ol oo 
BEN OMAS Oy weve a/c Do SLL ORL ae VED DEL wien eens cece sen atte 
Blue Ribbon......... Het oelUn mee harci Sots ok cass eens 125 7% 12 
LEN LOUIS a eee (ee OR = eVIGt Ciel imate en ss eee m8, 4. 
NSaniom wees. ss eto; Zio. eluawroncesiad Museo ip: AS 2. 

MOG peyuy. sacoee seer es 818 713 Williams 

SNE MDA Decne 2 eee 628 9418 Mickel ...... 
BVI dOGn seen ny er 413 4 .. Carson 

Hck eMatheniiwG geseni Maes Hash) 26 wh phise eee sey 
Thropp -. 9 Warner 

Walling . =, 9 Sinelair 

CL AS ee eee ‘ 4 4 


ores Re pbb et were shot. 

n the gun shoot the following tied on 10 targets: Feigenspan, 
R. A. Ellis, Widmann, Torpey, Thomas and sinihinis In the Shoot 
off Feigenspan won. 

Seyenteen men tied on the second prize event, as follows: R. A. 
Ellis, J. Pattern, Messler, Hance, Sinnock, Blue Ribbon, Thomas, 
W, B. Ellis, Feigenspan, Thropp, Widmann, Martindale, Farlee, 
Torpey, Harrison, Valko, Williams. Messler won in the shoot-off. 

The following tied on & out of 10 in the gun case event: Mul- 
doon, Walling, Coates, W. B. Ellis, Sinnock, Hance, Thomas, 
Torpey, Blue Ribbon, Widmann, Feigenspan, Farlee, R. Ellis, 
Thropp, Francis, Hurrison, Harper, Williams, Reading, Valko. 
Feigenspan won. 
’_ These tied in the next event on 7 out of 10: W. B. Hance, 
Messler, Thomas, Wallmg, Lawrence, W. B. Ellis, Sinnock, Van 


Doren, Coates, Farlee, Mitchell, Borden, Widmann, Blue Ribbon, » 


Thropp, Cole, Francis, Reading, 
pe pey. eae won, 

n the fishing rod shoot the following tied on 6 ont of 10: 
Lawrence, Van Doren, Muldoon, Coates, Pattern, Thomas. Wid. 
mann, Borden, Sinnock, Webber, Worthington, Carson, Cole. Cole 
and Borden tied on the shoot-off. and Borden won, 


Forester Gun Club. 


Sep 3.—The Forester Gun Club claims the 
Saturday of April, 1901, for its second annual 


Carson, Worthington, Harper, 


Newark, N. J., 
second Friday and 
oe Ou ae Rt. 

In the club events E. Jewell won first prize L. € 
prize, and D, Fleming third prize, E i Soci sand 


Events: pe. Seth HS ee” BT ss one # 
7 Cummings., 5 7 8.8 649 2 5 oe: Pay | pe Nase 
Stanton ...... ashi eee es Je te lee = rk i 
J_Fleming.... $10 7.8 943) 2 71, 1) 88 {8b 67 
i ORAL eva ee Sets eae ae 
er Sete Tig weet 
Dt wi) Seems 
* arth Ee BLA simp keith. «Glo! -& 
Pate) Esk. aes 210 1- 5 
Pee Sis ee they ole: Ree 
(es (i oe Sepptemeee |. OR soy ieee 
i 79 6 is oe 8 aE a aed nie pick ae 
at oiled ca wh yo Bp 
eek! Sines 1 2 5.15,, yee tite (eae 8 
5 RM ere LPR 7 SPAR 24 GPT 


Championship of New Jersey. 


Newark, N. J., Rate 8—To-day the contest between Mr, W. B, 
Widmann, of Yardyille, N. J., and Mr, F. E. Sinnock, of Newark, 
for the E C cup, emblematic of the championship of New Jersey, 
was shot on the grounds of the South Side Gun Club. ft resulted 
in a victory for the holder, Mr. F. E. Sinnock, by a score of 44 
to 42. Mr. Hayes was judge for Mr. Sinnock. Mr. Thomas filled 
a like office for Mr. Widmann, while Mr. Feigenspan acted as 


referee. The scores: 
WWE MVMTOITIAT Chines ac sce unas sy gy ts 1011111011001114101111111—21 

.) 011011911011101111111111—2 142 
F E Sinnock..... Renin tt beh eePars 11091101919119199 1171111123 


1111911111111000111011111—21—44 

Nos. 6 and 10 below were merchandise events, Nos. 5 and 9 

were the handicaps. Nos. 7, 8 and 11 were the ties. Nos. 1 to 4 
were sweepstakes: 


Events: 56 @ 8 9 10 dd 
“APeohostee, Boe Acer i hht Ab bb bek CSI Aen cored tnalhe MiG 
Feigenspan ...,...-+.+,- Drees: Lbcooe ras lm 
AWYihabraebebes occ er eerinoe , SeeUn penta SOO Neen Tere 
Woates ey ruieresaistst wee bees 519. eee Gant 
ISO: pedme ce cslts tas wets 5 2-22. POETS sth fra Ain 
VeairteArstlall Gaui ciswelerteln weciclae 3 20 - 42110 8 .. .. 
ALLE TstD | Maaee eetvbatre ny wire te aha op aecttetar yee arene oe oe 
SVAN all sot pte ha See cheese: Golf as 819 7 9 2:10 
TiheuiWigetiehal yes joe a dogoceec 422. 422 10 9 9 
Saiugnalarsll< Eeenrocs Wduttin eos. Acne 222°. 3 20 RO 
Gol aie St eane cointsice melden 419, 520 9) TF .. 
ARG Ags phe tere 4 30 CO Ona Les AS Syerill © 4016» dy Jo an 
rag (Gert elites mayenere eperercin tes, label. 5] sa beim SA MY a Pe ee, oe 
iBEyrathteyetnoh!. Arrcuttedcude a CeCe Oe La Scab: pe Oo Bo An trehk 


East Side Gun Club, 


Newark, N, J., Sept. 3—On Smith grounds to-day the live-bird 
events resulted as follows: 


No. 1. No. 2, 
C)EtEtiE saeee SOS AL yn sea biter ood intact 2011121021*0212—11. 1212210—§ 
Stetlensw ers2+-tetone wants cee be ana ee 102011102212102—11 2112022—6 
IMIAGZEM, see ts ersit acces fhe £55 eee aed 1220100101211*2—10 1111201—6 
GGT Uitte Rae eee sani Sate eaves nead.5 9 eee ee 121122171122122—14 2211002—5 
Wrustonm Svicweeced asm sss. Sb. Gov ot eh erevevereretes 212101212210220—12 1*21122—6 
(CG ue ROR E hee ee me sidy fot me ee Geer 10101.2110121112—12 *2121*1—b 
INGEBEL Sete tiie tnt seme 5 5) ht a geri tele led ees Hs 2220201 —5 
TNH ohe Tee ake eh eka cee ence ecorrenae men ene: 11111227 
igGlieir ” Repiaecsneaddng besa pester Prati hienunebe 1121110—6 

Sweepstakes: 

Events: ll "203 4 Events: Bee! 
Otten: -valap ie tieaes acs Die ao eh) OM USCOLM Meats e pnp ane 3) |b 4.3 
Sitani@hotoey reece eee Ae Se Se ee OUT as Some etpcincraiey ee tale oan 
IMMER. AU oh She se one 45 4 2 

Morristown East Side Gun Club. 


Morristown, N. J., Sept. 3—Event 1 was at 7 birds, $3, two 


moneys. No, 2 was at 10 birds, $5, three moneys. No. 3 was at 
10 birds, $5. No. 4 was the same as No, 1. No. 5 was at 5 birds, $2: 
: No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. 
J Brewer. 33..... W1d11—7 11010 11—10 111111011— 9 ...... . 
ji Drake, 82.... 00). W117 111T010— 8.2... eee * 
Whitehead, 28....1110111—6 1110100111—7 .........- 1111111—7 
Orees0 beret me, OUD Ls Ee ee ee) 1111011—6 
Doty. 0s sens W111—7F 11111011101— 9_-s AIT 11—10......, 
Pierson, 28....... 01O110—4 101111110— 8 .......... 1011111—6 
Uhr a ipodeanos W10101—6 -1WWN10101T1—. 99s « 1111710... 
Hathway <-.....- 0111101—5_ 11111 11110— 9 011111017j— 8  0011011—4 
Slatineh Aker ett noes: TLOL0I100I— 6—«w«.. 1111111—7 
PATINStLOME  eragate esensecn | sinilesuinaabe 9) Geek Wieeniond 1111011—f 
ID ere Pca oeregt:n yesoee”  caaccl ee | SPO BAS 0101111—5 
No. 5 
Wrakejes2. ae et W101—4 TLeonard ..........2.6.5-5 00101—2 
Wath a veayeu: Santina a os WMOI—4 eek 2 loser veeceus eae 00111—3 
Sharpie cde. caee arte 11110—4 , 


Grtesediéck—Chase. 


Sr. Lovrs, Aug. 3l—The race for the championship of the St. 
Louis Gun Club was shot on the club’s grounds to-day. E C cup 
rules governed the contest. 


Unknown angles: 


Wha seer prey a4 seas otny woreda Feat 110110991919 119111111111128 
1110011011111111010111111—20—48 
Expert: 
1011001101111010101010111—16 - 
1111100111011011111100110—18—34 
Doubles: 


10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 00 11 10 10 00—12 
10 10 11 10 01 10 10 11 11 10 10 10—15—27—104 
Unknown angles: ' 
Kriesedreckteta rca, see weber tae 010011114.10011011111111111—19 
1111001111011.011111011000—17—36 


0110111110111110100110111—18 
1010010110111011101101111—17—35 


10 10 10 10 10 11 00 11 10 10 10 10 11—16 
10 11 11 11 11:10 OL 10 11 10 11 11—19—34—105 


Expert: 


Doubles: 


Fulford’s Shoot, 


Urrea, N. Y,, Sept, 8—Appended find scores for Sept. 3. The 
shoot for Sept. 4 was abandoned, as no one cared to shoot live 
pigeons. j 

Considering the number of shoots held throughout the county, I 
did very well. The scores: 

Events: 1 
Fulford 0 
Loghlin 
Chapman 
Davidson 
Friday 
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9 

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Brown ... 7 
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Sanford Defeats Fort. 


Fremont, ©., Sept. 4—The match between Messrs. M. C. 
Sanford, of Clyde, O., and E. C. Fort, of Fremont, O., was shot 
on the grounds of the Fremont Gun Club to-day. "There was $50 
as an incentive. The targets were thrown quite fast. The wind 
was variable and puffy. Sanford scored 141 and Fort 126 out of 


150._ The former averaged 94 per cent., the latter 90.6 
Sanford used 2%drs. E C No. 2, I4oz. No. oiled iets 
Smokeless shells: 
Singles: 
DAULORd) Co eaten eee Ee coed nae 1200119111110. 99 
4099999919911 95, 
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ry A 11491119110111111—24 95 
DWUUUNWNVWRHMnoHnad 
HANNAN MNUNHH on —46 
Singles: ! : es 
OS fs eas Satna OREO Ed asses. s «+. .111179111001111001017 11290 
1999791111110 93 
000911911111. 10711111— 94 
meen 491117117110100111111199__¢9 


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Port's second pair was lost by the safety jarring hack, ae 


DoverzSportsmen’s Association. We: 


a ) 

ProrLe winging their way “’way down East in the summer 
time vacation hunt passing through Dover, N. H., would’ scarcely 
believe this old town capable of supporting an organized gun 
club with all modern improvements, and the interest in it extend- 
ing into families and ramifying generally through Dover society. 

The women of Dover, rotund, fair and matronly, florid and 
spirituelle, have an abiding faith in the club’s prowess. The Dover 
woman can be found at the weekly shoots, but it is on stich an 
occasion as was offered Monday, Sept. 3, that the Dover matron 
and maid appeared to best advantage. . They simply had charge 
of the entire programme, except actually firing a gun and keep- 
ing scores. They were on the ground early, accompanied by a 
wagon load of material that eventually resolved itself into 4 
broad and prodigal lunch of infinite variety. The sight of that 
board at 12 M.. just prior to the first attack on its symmetry hy 
Squad No. 1, will linger in memory as one of the beautiful things 
Wrought by woman. ea, 

Imagine, if you please, a table 60ft. long, with immaculate cov- 
ering, bearing cold meats, roast fowl, sauces, pickles, cake and 
pie in bewildering variety; milk, tea, coffee, gilt-edge butter; also 
the ubiquitous bean, cold and hot, cooked after that recipe known 
only to those who live and have their being inside the isothermal 
line. Put your pencil on Canada, close to Rouse’s Point, draw a 
straight line south, finishing a little west of South Norwalk, 
Conn. This is the thermal line of baked beans and perpetual pie. 
Not only were all good things on this table, but to make it more 
attractive, bouquets of flowers were scattered over it in profusion 
and a lovely boutonniére at each plate, and to cap the whole 
lovely entirety the matrons and maids smilingly ready to attend 
and anticipate every want. ; 

I should like to dwell on the subject of New England pie in 
general and Dover pie in particular, but right there the pen 
grows feeble, for out of the English vocabulary, rich as it is, 
words cannot be found to give expression and attune the palate 
in imagination to the delights of Dover pie, The Dover woman 
has solved the abstruse problem of pie 

To the goodly company of paid representatives and manufac- 
turers’ agents the writer presents his compliments, and to remind 
them that he was the only one of the “goodly” in attendance at 
the Labor Day shoot—drop a tear of regret for yourselves, gen- 
tlemen. 

It will be noticed the scores are not high. This is accounted 
for in part by the wind; but for the rest the conditions were good 
—guess it was one day when high scores could not be made any 
way. Much interest was centered in the team contest, won by 
the Dover team. : 

Miskay’s shooting was the feature of the day, though not shoot- 
ing up to his usual average. Miskay handles her gun in excel- 
Jen form, shoots quick and centers the target. What a fine exam- 
ple this young lady and the comparatively few other women who 
shoot are setting to be followed by their sex, 

The distinguished visitors were Miss. M. Kirkwood (Miskay), 
Messrs. Horace and William Kirkwood, of the Boston Gun Cluh; 
Mr. W. L, Colville, of the Dupont Powder Co.; Messrs, Cooper, 
Tilton, Carlisle, Gerrish, Langley and Elwell, of the Exeter Gun 
Club; J. Snell, of the Rochester Gun Club; Messrs. Philbrick, of 
Portsmouth, 

The ladies in attendance were: Mrs. C. H. Mitchell, Mrs. John 
B. Stearns, Mrs. Sam’l Meseroe, Mrs,, Eugene Smart, Mrs. Geo. 
Beard, Mrs. Frank Fisher, Mrs. John Drew. 

The officers of Dover Sportsmen’s Association are as follows: 
President, Sam’l Meseroe; Vice-President, C. H. Mitchell; Treas- 
urer, Eugene Smart; Secretary, John B. Stevens; Team Captain, 
Nat C. Wentworth. , 


Shot Shot 
at. Broke.. Ay. at. Broke. Av. 
Morton ...s.... 150 99 -660 W Fernald ..... 60 35 580 
Langley .......145 93 «710 AL CME Ea Td pietaed 0 27 450 
‘Colville ......,. 160 120 2450 Moses ..... «see 60 40 660 
Gerrish ...,,... 95 44 -460 Stevens ........ 85 54 .640 
Cooper iissssees 95 59 -620 Beard ...... Seepel ly) 80 13 
Carlisle ........ 95 val -740 Philbrick ...... 65 39 - 600 
Bickford ....... 95 55 -570 WAS) atte aes 45 24 540 
Sie 610) pGrifin Sees 75 37 500 
89 MAGN abrerabakee. Gop ne oo 80 47 620 
61. CLOMID reve Mime 80 48 600 
57 7600 Williams ....... 95 48 500 
46 -470 Grant 5 
44 -460 F Wentworth..110 y 
44 -480 Snell 
35 -380 Sowerby 
31 -410 Gillis 
34 -560 Fisher 
29. .390 E Young 
63 510 W Tilton 
15 .330 Manson 
Durgin ........ 20 -660 White 
Biddy sue. wansaeay 32 -0380 Hatch 
DiEMAM (oe eewens SU 36 -450 Seavey 
Kimball ........ 80 43 40 Smart 
G Tibbetts .... 45 22 -500 Abrams 
Peavey .....:5 22 ~=.680 Coffin 
Moore ,........ 95 29 300 


Cup shoot: 
Portsmouth Team. 
Philbrick 


Dover Team. 


Wiierataw.G rth mee eee 1h 

Cece ee eR es se ode +14 

+» 1—68 Stevens .......022.... “rpc UY 

Exeter Team. SMarbwasy.eitee ees rates rep 

Langley i bheteed ey aye uate a it Me Joye ne ehes acne nue 
ARGS on yt, on eee ae oes Vitec] seen eee 5 
Coapem sete PuriGncur 13 pera 


Dick SwiIvELuer. 


Crown Point Gun Club, 


Crown VPornt, Ind., Aug. $1.—Herewith find scores 
weekly shoot of Crown Point Gun Club. Youche se aes 


averaging 95 per cent. for 110 targets from the magautrap. 
The scores: 


Trophy shoot, 15 singles: 
brandt 13, Myrick 12, Keeney 
maw 7, Brannon 6, Hunter 6. 


Youche 15, G. Sherman 14, Flilde- 
12, VY. Sherman 11, Dyer 8 A. Sher. 


Other sweeps were as follows: 
Events; 1 


S Wes ae ee Be of a be 
‘ Eereets 15 10 10 15 5p 40 25 "10 
coe SC AK MEBSN Rey 10° 9 15> 8 40 24h 8 
herman 8 8 12 WT 220° ss 
iittare ay Me eae Based ee nM Ste ges awe 7 os i 
V Sherman a Se Gn 
PELE Be caret gene vi = 
A Sherman : : a F 8 
Brannon at) 5 4 : 
Jaen aufave AK a 38 4 8 ie ig ee 
ADA io Was med dosn heeee ae 3g 8 16 
Hildebrandt Sie g 
Y A New Indian, 
KEITHSBURG, TIl., Sept. 3.—Editor Forest and Streani: At a 


meeting of the Indians, held after our tourhame rece held 
at Lake Okoboji, Ta., I was instructed as Head Chief of the aoe 
to write and thank you for the interest Manifested in our tourna- 
ment, Your Mr. Frank Riehl made many friends both personally 
and for your paper, and so far ingratiated himself into the good 
graces of the Indians that we made him one of the tribe “cee 
assure you that anything we can do in the future to your _ d 
vantage will be gladly attended to. a 


Tom A, Marsmarc. 


Crosby-Gilbert Challenge. 


New Yorx, Sept. 4.—Editor ! : 
teceived a letter from Mr, W. fescue abit 
SOA OHIV IS sas ek ae has challenged Mr. Fred Gilbert for the 
ma pore. aie of the inanimate target championship, now 

I have formally notified Mr. Gilbert to th 
lave asked him to name place and date fo 
eonvenience. 


t have to-day 
check for $50 


© above effect, and 
t the match st hia 


Enwarp Banxs. 


S *. “Chef ies 7 pranks ate ‘ ak * > 
pec y Mhe American EC & Sehultze Gunpow ‘ler Co., Lid, 


220 


FOREST AND STREam. 


SEPT. 15, 1900. 


Worcester Sportsmen’s Club. 


Worcester, Mass., Aug. 31—The two days’ shoot of the 
Worcester Sportsmen’s Clitb was a very successful meet and fair 
weather prevailed and the best shots of New England were in 
attendance. H. M. Federhen, Jr., who won the 100-bird cham- 
pionship for 1899, last year, defended the title successfully this 
year, and won the New England championship 100-bird contest 
for 1900 with the score of 96 out of 100, He was pressed very 
closely by Sawin, Leroy, Hickey and Inman. Jack Hull was too 
busy talking the good qualities of the Parker gun to shoot well, 
and Jack Fanning could center them when he tried hard, but it 
was an off spell—‘too hot to shoot good.’ ; 

The boys took a decided liking to the new cashier, C. H. 
Hildreth. Well; he kept up with the procession, and it was the 
first time he ever saw a trapshooting tournament, and considering 
that it was all a novelty to him he did remarkably well to have 
everything ready to settle with the boys at the finish of the last 


event. Well, come to our next all-day shoot, Tuesday, Sept. 25. 
Thursday, Aug, 23. 
Events By eh pela Ti fs 
Targets 10 10 15 15 10 10 25 25 Broke 
ASU LENE, a GENE otto ntoteh bet attr amet 91015 15 10 9 23 22 13 
AVVilTee era Oe Merten aN, irc ers aqecnicn tee aibtel 9101514 8 10 24 22 112 
CLONE Ns RRS Se etree pieces 10 8151810 8 24 2 111. 
HO iclcevatiese yaaa ten caer eee erty F § 10 13 14 10 10 23 22 110 
firiiriatiay Comet whee eters sawven end nee 9 $1414 9 8 25 22 109 
GAWir eta seene never erates here n es 970 45 12 9 22 24 109 
[Re peRSNbAeS Pape ody seer eotens Tet tire 10, 815 15 9 7 23 21 108 
IAIBeEtOL Ue thdant ee sce ce erih se pisesa eas 9 9 14 13 10 10 21 22 108 
IBiSROS gh Heady dabubcuyoeep emi en. a>: 7 913 14 7 9 24 24 107 
‘Baler Winnett eee rer Loree § 91414 9 7 19 20 101. 
\Grititt He MEERA Ree enene eee enee tele ste 10 71212 8 6 19 20 101 
TELUS biter eens 4 600 0 QUOD ON Oki. 810 14 18 9 10 18 19 101. 
GH RreemeneRennenerereneeeeaas 10 °71312 7 7 20 28 99 
SHania cect ee en cn nerenay Chee 910 12:18 § 8 19 19 98 
SBaLID | otimpabreenie oe ote etek bial 6101412 7 7 21 20 97 
GIBECHEII) Wid hacrsretetseretat eterna ties 7 91514 5 8 18 21 ST 
TDN 2S Bp vaseeew ee atee tua tats eotestos sletnis 6 61414 7 7 2318 95 
OTT Pee poy ene hacia asitlentels 7 911 9 6 819 20 89 
WWVaneHeSter mete teem cbse cd csinacuttin 7 81010 9 81718 87 
PR ar tet Lumet. ceye tae iavee eon Oona (a lalnmiasjaneen 9 7141510 8 21 .. 84 
hohe he settee EME Bar ir apc totitocr lO Siciieee  T helGielg 76 
RS RON Le wee hnrret dre hiaoboduGobEcbaEtets 10 14 12 -8 10 21 .. 15 
Gra birees aie se titibiribaion saan nents «(12 "8, (61005 2. 65 
Olmeys iy eke ete eso 3 diets taiele TOR N2 Tao a, 57 
Carpenterm poor anieevceanes usta taee Ge belthly fe Me a be AT 
Pike 6 6 10006" .9" 5s 47 
Cutler 5 (Heth epalih ie te & pe 43 
McClellan A <te tee Pace AL 3 
rown o ,. 19 19 af 
Hulin 456 Oh! ee ee 27 
Giambexlinee een fees heiee eect es, fen el oe 4 913 26 
lesgbovatshian Ale, fete oc mado’ acta ieee kee U5. 2a, - 21 
eee ee a ted hed aS OE Pa ig eee ea ae 18 tS 
(SUSY Son eters ao ood 3 ee . tone 
SEER Era ght Sone Ac Ie EN EM 7 We ho tpg cist 1 15 16 
Friday, Aug, 24. 
Eyents: 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ; 
Targets: 10 10 20 20 15 15 25 25 Broke 
DEB ETIV ED teeetesetvo ts 3 alelite esicetn te amectoprac etek 10 10 20 19 15 14 24 24 136 
(TRIS chact cote Or hie Or Orn Dhan ARI In eee key Thame bh: Bee 138 
Sasvallen cus aati Utecaeeneoe eee ag 9 8 20 19 14 14 25 24 133 
Hann et peeterse ee nt Oe hae a see 9 9 20:19 14 14 24 24 182 
Dickey. ere tiucsst ted ee 8 7 20 18 13 14 24 24 128 
NWittecler sivp ne Seed eaesuer sal eee 9 919 20 13 14 22 21 127 
TTT, SMG ioe ce os sc onal § 10 18 18 13 14 21 24 126 
IDR ee a annns 455545 35 oOo atte 8 9 19 19 14 12 22 23 126 
eee AR OSLUELECLLCLCCRO RE 6 9 18 19 13 - a 24 a 
Wibento: 2. ea eaupee cea scans 6 10 14 16 14 7 i 
MeClell 8 617 812 12 2319 105 
9 10 18 19 18 18 23 23 110 
6 10 14 16 14 11 21 17 109 
4 617 15 14 10 20 23 109 
7 6 10 12 11 13 21 19 99 
ee eae: BOSE ES Tae Caen wee 14 14 24 22 TA 
A oy Pe GE RBH CURbiSd Ao on ete 12 14 20 24 7 
Bon Aaocd ans So ss te dade si ec 19 14 18 = fe 69 
NET Ses f fae ae Se ee ee a ae 18 11 12 1 67 
Bushank TUL CORR ERinp ence res anes 1618 14411 .... bY 
Valse. Pen Casares rao peeeoen 1 Se ie titlete fey hes 28 
Shaw Scere cere ene chee pease en Tiles ee MLB ai seen ae 16 


Mississippi Valley Wotes. 


THE Piasa Gun Club, of Alton, held its September meeting on 
the 7th inst., and the occasion was marked by the presentation of 
a new Class A medal by the president, Mr. H. M. Schweppe, to 
be shot for monthly or oftener, each contest being at 50 single 
targets. Eight members contested, the attendance being cut down 
by the fact that dove shooting season is now in full headway in 
Iijlinois. Riehl made the high score for this medal, and is first 
winner of it. The W. C, Co. handicap medal was shot for at the 
same time, one score counting in both events, and J. G. Melling 
won, with a 16-bird handicap. The new shooters had rather the 
lest of this contest, all the class 80 or better men going out in the 
first 30. 


Medal shoots: 


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Howell 2... ...4. 41111911111101911110110000113.011.110191110111111001—39 
Richi wievet womens (919.111109190119.0101110991011999119111.1111911111.1—_-44 
Seely, Wa. . sees 0110017 101110791019111011119111101111111011101111—40 
SGHiESSo lo: eee 44.491410990109019119110111091.0191101111011110—48 
Milling, .:...-2.5. 1011.0101011101911101014.000111001111111101000111101—34 
Schweppe ....-.. 441111911191111101.01100010110110111001111111.010001—36 
Col epee tees 11101110100110111010101010010111010000011010101011—34 
Shoot-off for Helck medal: 
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Following these events a number of sweeps were shot, and the 
afternoon was altogether very pleasantly passed. : 

The Homer, Il, Gun Club announces a two-day target and pigeon 
shoot for the 13th and 14th inst. Targets first day; live birds 
second. All are invited, and a good time is promised. 

Elmer E. Neal announces his intention of giving a three-day 
larget and sparrow shoot about the middle of October at Bloom 
field, Ind. Elmer ts one of the Indians, and when he gives a shoot 
it is always a good one. He says this one will be the best that 
ever happened in Hoosierdom. 4 : ‘ full. 

Fieid shooting is now the absorbing pastime here in Illinois, and 
trap work must as a consequence suffer for some time, although 
several teirpaments of no little importance are on the tapis for 
the fall season. . J 

Hon. 1m. A. Marshall left Saturday for an outing and chicken 
shooting trip in the land of the Canuks, 


That International Tourney. 


The informal challenge from John Bulls subjects to a $3,000 
mateh for the international championship, of white mention was 
made i this correspondence last week, has been taken up in all 


camestness by the Yankee scatter gun artists to whom it was 
addressed, and the match may almost be counted on as a certainty 
for next year, Rolla Hetkes, to whom the communication was ad 
dressed, laid the matter before the Indians in their pow-\wow at 
the close of the Okoboji shoot, and it was formally indorsed at that 
meeting. Eight of those present expressed their readiness to go 
and assume responsibility for the match, and the filling of the team 
will be one of the least difficult details to arrange. 

It is thought that the American manufacturers will be very 
/ willing to give their representative shooters the necessary leave of 
absence, and the trip altogether need not consume more than a 
month. The match would certainly do much toward stimulating 
a more general interest in shooting on both continents and for 
this reason, if for no other, ought to be encouraged 
i. €. Rrews, 


Brockton Gun Club, 


Beuckton, Mass.. Aug. 25,—Nos. 1 to § 
No, 8 the handicaps, Wn, 2 the totals, The weather was very hot. 


were the prize shoot, 


Sept. 19 we will hold an all-day shoot. We will have a 
programme and give the boys a chance to win something. Will 
The scores: 


send programme later. 


Eyents aoe hs gO Go ie Se 
es Reyes Lasccesaee Hose eO non van eterde fe 6S ES WO AG tee e0 
Werthings § 9 10 9 42 9 50 
WOO Gekko aerenicrsaiele che eiiinle ine ce eee vele ha ES By GOP te 
Iga ath ce Mate DoE Eee ier anit jist a) iy ts fy Sy ish dks 
‘Coptiin wae PerrereroorreseHnccune 9 7 10 10 42 10 50 
Taylor .. Tie MTeeete SE ab Hy i} 
RODE Tiss cea kccas EB aEES REEL rT fade oe Th Ge isi Tie 
CIM eld) So aadsee eweneaeee Lee Dee ete OeRbT TS Ohw es cen he 
(Bait G O hh BR RARSBEEDCUSCER OOOO ABROAD Se Sor ie TH RE Te Me ay a 


Sa Abi 8 5 8 ook A etinenc eit Sypris 25 
A. F. Leonarp, See’y. 


Haverhill Gun Club, 


HaAverHiti, Mass., Sept. 3—Our Labor Day tournament proved 
much more of a success than anticipated. Notwithstanding the 
fact that there were a number of shoots in our vicinity and the 
day. was excessively hot there were thirty-two enthusiasts present, 
twenty of whom shot the entire programme of 165 targets, and a 
few of the “red-hot ones” took part in three extra events on 
the 16yd. mark. 

Quite a number of yisitors were present, Mr. Stillings, of 
Lawrence; Mr. Taylor, of Portland, and Mr. J. N. Prey, of Bos- 
ton, making their appearance on our grounds; and they, as well 
as all others, can always expect a cordial welcome from our people. 

While Mr. Frey is known all over New England as the Father 
of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, a glance at his score 
(Nichols) will convince any one that he can point the “‘scatter 
gun” in the right direction. Take a look at the summary that 
follows, and note what a leveler of percentages that distance 


handicap is. It has surely come to stay: P 
Events: 12345 67 8 910111213 14 
Targets: 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 
Angles: RURRRURUURUUUU 

AU pend ite, PN cote bbe oo eo ISIZI21211 §Swistd2d2.. . 

George 20 cai escepers o» 10 12 11 {1 10 18 12 12 10 13 13 44 7 

Shatorenchital eas eae a RS AS 910 6 9 8111111121111 .. 

ON ElingsLO ese utensniserrereee 7121113 8141313131811 14 9 9 

LOCEWOOdseLSiiss ee yeeeeeerEt 1012 9°11 138 11 141010131813 8 9 

on es SARS os wee ues Seneh 4b 12° 7 10 11 14 1241 1811715 .. .. 

Gonzales, 18....... pe bane sans 131211 2 8111112 81212 ..... 

Taylor GS as eek pee nee ee W214 9 1001 13:45 9 13 a8. 

RTT ERLE eter tance bens cose ce 13 10 12 11 1413 1210131413 ..... 

Werelniworets Wey on ddbe neon. MDL MU Gh Fe ee TT Se Re ati eee. 

Wowken sls) shea beak sesee wheaat hy FY) Wi a) oe ae eo) Sane . 

Gata ele” ay pe a ie ee 9 9 914 8 61010 7 910. ; 

Follansbee, 16.....5..2..22085 $10 612171 91113210 712..... 

latch ® alGe. inamasemiee asks Teo peo see Ges: ahah ROLL LEN at 

(Grieves; lbh Peaeaenes anne BO Bgl EZ M3 Se ANU ce vile tcl, RS Cea a 

akenchosght gra shetooresssens fe eh say ach iealty Aslan wh yan My Ae 

Thompson, 16 & 90-910) S09) 9) 28> ed B50.) 

Webster, 16.. 1110 14 -. 8125141815 1013... 1. . 

HS TAT ODIN elias eee anTR ee bane Ki si Wf es ctetisy yh Pr a Uap irine Se Fek a 

AC ATIO LOD inne nabcase sae BP CEO Oat dele OOEN- Wile 2 wes 

ATG t STIG Tea eee leee sists 14 13 141813151314 91114... 9 10 

Grattanine Gace deees se eeeaaee CLT 3 210 shoe ae aye, ee cian 

APG, LY bast ebbire Adda n ed PU cee 0) UT Tse te OS a pee 

Ibpeyokey. AGRA SA Ad bade aeuse ee S: a aLOP ISOs ee 

bbl lank ahhh ESpoebe seeeogeene o. LO OTs SOR olde 8 eee 

INGCHOLS RIG: ae etacsdy See, abet Ue Spt fees ee ek Bera 

Mile: qulStecnnaeawes ses eee eee ih Veta YP Tee eS SEES RP Pee 

Gtigasrel Gar neues ea sees e a Ree Pee ee GePOe ele ea re 

Brown; GHGs crekasaessseeee sete ene es a CS Ten ae: ae | Seed 

Did geri Ge ieee ek eee ee ree ahi Gea bk ya $34 

WiestarnsmiG opie ueeu sree aL ee mn nnn Se Robe Pi iad ie LO) resol) ae 

peat beretey | SMV hee tecets Ge oe we ae ee a ek NAM ye ay WP 

Shot Shot 
at. Broke, Ay. at. Broke. Av. 

Lambert ...... 165 131° .798 Thompson..... 165 90 045 

George - 165 127 =(69' Webster ...:<- 150 120 -800 

Spofford 165 109 -660 Burton ....... 166 you -430 

Bowen ... - 1 128 “75 Adams ......- 150 67 .446 

Lockwood Tak WA AGB a ubhstre ena ptaee 165 148 .866 

ozicnessenets? 1650-127 «169 Graffman -.:.. 60 43, -T16 

Gonzales ...... 165 118 1a) “Masp) Yisiasess 120 76 -633 

Layiloriles. tae 165 180 -187 Tancey ..:.:.< 105 69 -657 
ile yee 165 185 -818 Holden ....... 105 74 -704 

Leighton ..... 165 99 -600 Nichols .....<< 90 56 .622 

IcockG) See eens 90 57 EBB TUTE De ey 165 104 -630 

(einivel Sey es 165 100 606 Griggs ....... 60 37 -616 

Follansbee .... 165 109 -666 Brown ........ 16 29 -386 

Hist Ghia cenach 165 16 460. Dodge ......<- 75 51 680 

Grieves 2.040: $5 70 137 Weston ......: 90 50 .555 

Gake Vise 165 94 069 Stillings ss... 80 43 537 

SECRETARY. 
Challenges, 


New Yorx, Sept. 10.—Editor Forest and Siream: Noting that in 
the Police Department of Greater New York there are champions 
in almost every branch of sport, I have in the person of Frederick 
Durr, of the First Precinct, Borough of Manhattan, the champion 
pigeon shot of the department. To prove this, I will back him 
against any man in the Greater New York Department in a live- 
bird match under the following conditions: 

Twenty-five or fifty live birds a man, 28yds. rise and 50yds. 
boundary, Interstate Association rules to goyern. The contest 
shall take place on the grounds of the greater New York Gun 
Club, at Lebohner’s Dexter Park, Brooklyn, L. I. 

J. H. W. Gray, 


New York, Sept. 10.—Editor Forest and Stream: On behalf of 
Mr. Frederick Durr, I hereby challenge (Count) C. F. Lenone to a 
match under the following conditions: 

One hundred live birds, 30yds. rise and 50yds. boundary, Inter- 
state Association rules to govern. The match to be shot at Leboh- 
her's Dexter Park, Brooklyn, L. I J. H. W. Gray. 

201 Pearl Street, New York. 


Rifle Range and Gallery. 


Rifle at Shell Mound. 


BAN Irrawetsco, Aug. 27.—Nearly all of the prominent rifle 
shooters around the bay were at the Shell Mound range yesterday, 
and the sport waxed merry as the day progressed, small side 
matches being in order. Wight and wind conditions were fair, 
but no yery remarkable shooting was done. As most of the clubs 
held bullseye contests there was in fact no special chance for any 
bioken records. One very good score of 10 shots was made in the 
Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club by Dr. L. O. Rodgers, who has 
not attended the meetings for several months. THis 229 rings 
showed that the absence from the range did not spoil his holding. 
Another prodigal son to return was F, W. Belknap, who has been 
among the shooters of Los Angeles for some time past, where he 
has acquitted himself with credit to the Golden Gates. Otto 
Feudner, the well-known shotgun expert, is coming to the front 
us a pistol and reyolver shot. His rapid improvement with these 
firearms is a matter of comment. The scores of the Golden Gates 
were as follows: 

Rifle, 200yds., 25-ring target, 10 shots, Bushnell trophy: D. W. 
McLaughlin, 224, 228; Dr. L Rodgers, 228, 229; F. EB. Mason, 
220, 216; F. P. Schuster, 216, 

Gold medal: F. W. Belknap, 205, 202, 204 

Silver medal: J. F. Bridgés, 205, 222, 206. 

First class trophy: F. W. Belknap, 216, 211, 212, 204. 

Second class trophy: J. Kullmann, 200, 206: G. Tammayer, 215. 

Pistol, 50yds., 10 shots, standard American ‘target, all comers’ 
irbphy: J. BE. Gorman 92, M. J. White 86. 

All. comers’ revolver trophy: J. E. Gorman 86, O. Feudner 74, 

Members of the San Francisco Schuetzen Verein held their regu- 
lar monthly contests for cash prizes on the bullseye target, best 
centess measured by machine. Annexed are the winners in their 
order= 
_L. Bendel 65, A. Jungblut 234, R. Finking 282, F. Rust 372, R. 
Stettin 395, A. Mocker 507, C. Thierbach 535, S. Heino 582, D. B. 
Faktor 587, Herman Huber 604, A. Bertelsen 632, F. P. Schuster 
883, W. Glindemann 922, Dr. F. Crantz 1008) J. D. Heise 1017, Otto 
Lemcke 1077, W. Goetze 1077, J. Beuttler 1164, F. Koch 1202, Otte 
Burmeister 1231. ; 

In the Germamia Schuetzen Club’s regular bullseye shoot for 


cash prizes J. Kefkin and D. Salfield tied for the first prize on 253 


points, as shown by the measuring machine. The winners were, in 
the following order: f f 

J. Gefkin 358, D. Salfield 353, J. Thode 376, A. Jungblut 519, H. 
Stelling 595, Dr. L. O. Rodgers 599, S. Heino 686, L. Bendel 6959, 
Al. ADs ies 733, C. Thierbach 752, J. D. Heise 788, Herman 
Huber 835. 

The Red Men's Schuetzen Company held a bullseye contest for 
cash prizes and the monthly competition for class medals, thé 
latter 20 shots on the 25-ring target. The results are here given: 

Class medals: Champion class, Wm. Dressler, 378 rings; first 
class, P. H. Rulffs 275; second class, Capt. H. Grieg, 381; third 
class, Geo, Wagner, 310; fourth class, D. Tamke, 367; best first 
shot, . Tamke, 22> best last shot, W. Dressler, 23 ; 

First prize, Siebe medal, H. Grieb; second, W. Dressler; third, 
Geo. Wagner; fourth, P, H. Rulffs; fifth, W. Kreutzkamm. 

Capt. Louis Siebe. proprietor of Shell Mound range, has gone 
East on business, and while there will confer with prominent 
marksmen and clubs in the interest of the 1901 Bundes Festival, 
which will be held on his range next July. Large prizes will be 
hung up. One patron has already put his name down for $1,000. 
Several $500 cash prizes haye also been donated. The merchandise 
prizes will he numerous, and some of them will be very ReeaDIES 

: QEEL, 


Columbia Pistol and Ritle Club. 


San IRaAncisco, Sept, 2,—Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club shoot 
to-day was overcrowded, there not being target service enough to 
satisfy the shooters. The matches for class and all comers’ medals 
are getting very interesting indeed, and some of the beginners are 
shooting in expert form. Daiss tied the experts’ class score (53) to- 
day with rifle. Capt. Fred Kuhnle tied the .22 rifle coast record of 
16, using Peters’ new semi-smokeless .22-45 ammunition at 50yds. 
-\t our last shoot he broke all previous runs, using globe and 
peep sights, at 50yds., with 7 consecutive shots in the lin. ring. 
Ve don’t know that this has been done anywhere under same con- 
ditions. Capt. Kuhnle is in his sixty-fifth year, and has been de- 
voted to the military and fine rifle for about twenty years. His 
ability to shoot now, and his record for twenty years as a shooter 
and gentleman among shooters, adds to his popularity with us. He 
is a living recommendation to those who desire a sport that will 
last and make them last. 

Young led with rifle at long range with a fine average, and 
Dorrell was a close second. Becker put up a 47, Creedmoor, with 
his ,30-30 carbine, which counted 75 Columbia rings, 

Daiss led with the reyolyer and forged ahead of Young for ten 
best scores. . 

Young led with pistol, with Hoyey and Barley i, point behind. 
The day was fairly good as to light, but a Hawy wind prevailed. 
Scores, Columbia target, off-hand shooting:  ~ ; 

Class scores, one entry, members only. Rifle, 200yds; experts: 

. Young 53, A. B. Dorrell 65. 

Sharpshooters: C. M. Daiss 53, G. Mannel 84, G. M, Barley 88, 

Marksmen: Dr, J. F. Twist 114, Mrs. C. F. Waltham 138, A. le 
Brannigan 160, H. A. Allen 175, 

Pistol, experts: G. Barley 47, F. O. Young 50. 

Sharpshooters: G. Hoadley 59, Dr. J. F. Twist 87. 

Marksmen: F. Hassmann 56; back score, 71; N. Robinson 65, 
Mrs, Waltham 75, Dr. H- W. Hunsaker 79, Mrs. Mannel 85, G. 
Mannel 86, A. J. Brannigan 91, O: Feudner 96, E. A. Allen 99, 
J. R. Trego 118. 

All comers’ re-entry matches; rifle medals, 200yds. 


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Pistol medals: F_ O, Young, 46, 56; E. Hovey, 47} G, Hoadley, 
54, 59, 68; Dr. J. F. Twist, 55, 59, 59, 65, 68; P. Becker 59, 75; Dr, 
H.W. Hunsaker, 66, 86; O, Feudner, 81; Mrs. G. Mannel 8&6, 

Twist revolver medal: C. M. Daiss, 49, 53, 57, 58, 61, 68, 66, 70; 
P. Becker, 64; Dr. Twist, 88; O, Feudner, 89. 

22 and 25 rifle medals, 50yds.: Capt: Fred Kuhnle, 16, 23, 24, 25, 
26, 26, 26, 27; G. Mannel, 22, 27, 30; A. B. Dorrell, 26, 31; P. Becker, 
22, 25, 26; Mrs. Waltham, $1; Dr, Twist, 34. ! 

Resord scores, 50yds., revolver: Dr. H. W. Hunsaker 86, J. 
R. Trego 89, N. Robinson (rifle) 60, 64, 71. 

F. O. Younc, Sec’y, 


Cincinnati Rifle Association, 


Cincinnati, O.—The following scores were made in regular com- 
petition by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association, Sept. 2, at 
Four-Mile House, Reading Road. Conditions; 200yds., off-hand, at 
the standard target, Payne was declared champion for the day 
with a score of 87. One of our old members was present to-day 
and shot a .25 Steyens’ Favorite. Mr, Hopkins did fairly well 
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No notice taken of anonymous communications, 


M. {., Clinton, Conn.—li the match was conducted under the 
class system, such as is common in trapshooting, the winners 
could be divided into three classes, and the four players who tied 
on 10 for first would play off the tie, and the final winner of the 
tie would take first. Second would go to the player who scored 11. 
For third the ties on 13 would play off. The other system would 
be for the four who tied on 10 to play off for all three prizes. In 
the Jack of any definite arrangement beforehand, the method of 
division to be adopted can now be determined only by agreement 
of all parties concerned. Perhaps the most satisfactory course 
would be to agree as to manner of division'in case of ties and play 


the match over again. 


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LEH ODS COHN Whe Wed 


“lt is a common enough experience, and | suppose 
,ou'ye all had it at one time or another in your event- 
ful careers,” continued the man from Long Island. “You 
have been climbing up a mountain, for instance, and 
while you were actually doing your best on the face of 
rock, reaching up and grasping a jutting point and then 
feeling for a toe-hold and lifting yourself up, you did 
not think at all about the danger you were in. You, 
were simply being cautious. You knew that you must 
be careful or that you would fall; and your mind was 
concentrated upon performing the separate acts by which 
at last you reached the top. Now, whatever may have 
been your actual danger while doing this, you did not 
think much about it at the time, not in any very realizing 
way at least. Your attention, as I said, was fixed upon 
what you were doing. But afterward, when you have 
got all out of danger and look back on what you have 
been through, you are in the retrospection thrown. 
into a state.of fear. 
you now magnify the actual danger and exaggerate to it a 
ridiculous degree.” 

“That's so,’ said the man from Hackensack, N. J., 
“for I’ve been scared after the act in just that way, and 
haye yowed never to be such a fool again as to put my- 
self in the dangerous situation; and then Ive gone back 
and done the same thing over again, and found that 
after all it wasn’t anything to get scared about.” 

“You don’t always want to go and do it over again 
though,” said the man who had been on the frontier 
out West when there was a frontier, “not if it’s In- 
dians. I remember in Montana on one occasion all of a 
sudden it became a duty I owed to my family and my 
country to get back to camp by the shortest route and 
in the quickest way and the briefest time. I lit out, and 
the Indians lit out after me, and we had it nip-and-tuck’ 
until I fetched ‘up all a-running,’ as the saying is, among 
our boys; and the reds, baffled of their prey—as I’d say if 
I were writing this for publication and not as a guarantee 
of good faith—withdrew. And then, when I’d got my 
breath, I was scared. You see, while I was running I 
had no time to think enough about it to be really fright- 
ened. I realized the necessity of flight, and put my best 
foot forward; but it wasn’t a fright in any such sense as 
the panic ] was in when I cooled off and had time to 
realize just what a close call I had had, or thought I 
had.” 

“And while you are talking about this,’ said the Bos- 
ton man, “you might consider the great moral effect of 
such an ex post facto fright. If my boy were as big a 
fool with a gun as are some of the grown men we read 
about in the neswpapers, I would wish for him an ex- 
perience I had of my own when I was a boy. I was 
showing to a boy companion my new gun, which had 
just come from the city, and was expatiating upon the 
beauty of its barrels. the grain of the stock and the 
beautiful action of the trigger, when the trigger illus- 
trated its beautiful action for itselfi—the gun went off 
and the load just singed my companion’s ear. He was 
scared on the spot, as his white face showed, and I was 
some startled too, but I had the real fright afterward, 
when I spent more than a wretched fifteen minutes in 
thinking about the incident that night. The fright did 

its work for me. I have carried the lesson all through 
my life.” 
ese, 


said the man from Hackensack. “A fright I 


- was lying in camp and thinking about it. 
also what you might call an admonitory scare, for from 
- that day to this I have been as careful of fire in the woods 


‘frontiersman, 
And the curious part of it is that 


NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1900. 


once had taught me just such a lesson; though the in-’ 


cident occurred long after I had become a man and 
should have put away childish things, including thought- 
less playing with fire. I once had the fight and fright 


of my life in the Maine woods in trying to put out a’ 


fire I had accidentally started in a clump of birches, when 
the leaves were down and the whole country was as 
dry as tinder, It was accomplished only after tremen- 
dous exertion, and was but barely accomplished at that. 
‘The wind was high, and under the conditions the fire 
would have been extensive and frightful. My experience 
was just such as you have told. I was so busy fighting 
the fire that the actual panic came afterward, when I 
My scare was 


as any one ought to be or could be in a powder maga- 
zine.” 

“*Admonitory scare’ is just the expression,’ added 
the Long Islander. “I would tell you about one I had 
once upon a time myself if the thing that scared me had 
not been so foolish that I am almost ashamed to con- 
fess it. Perhaps the fact that I was young and new to 
shooting may be some mitigation. It was nothing more 
nor less than firing a charge of buckshot into a clump 
of bushes where I had heard a rustle. At the moment I 
thought it was a rabbit. Two or three hours afterward 
I came to a realizing sense that it might have been a 
human being; and I had an experience of this subsequent 
stage of fright we have been talking about. It was an 
admonition about conduct ia the woods that I have never 
forgotten. I learned my lesson then just as thoroughly 
and as permanently as I would have learned it had there 
actually been a human being there to be slaughtered by 
my foolishness.” 

“Your postponed and belated admonitory scares are 
doubtless useful enough in their way,’ commented the 
“and presumably the world has been a 
safer and happier place for the rest of us to live in be- 
cause of them, but it strikes me. that d want my boy 
to be scared before he shot into the bushes instead of 
waiting to find out afterward if it was a rabbit or a man. 
This post-foolishness scare, so to speak, has too much 
suggestion of locking the stable door after the horse is 
stolen. The sort of admonitory scare calculated to do the 
most good is the scare before the fact; not after it.” 

“Capital in theory,” retorted the man from Hacken- 
sack, “but the solemn fact is that there is no teacher 
like experience. You might preach till doomsday and 
the fool with the gun would persist in his foolishness. 
But once he is scared, as I was scared, he makes him- 
self a present of a lot of wisdom, and he gets it for 
keeps.” , 

“Yes.” 
when we've 


concluded the man from Boston, “it’s only 
been scared afterward that we stay scared.” 


THE MAINE WOODS FIRES. 


FROM many quarters comes the same report of drought 
and unfavorable conditions for fishing and shooting catised 
by the extreme dryness. Mr. G. Hills, writing from Co- 
lumbia county, N. Y., says that the covers are so dry 
that a woodcock might as well try to bore in a tree as 
in the ground, and the birds will be very scarce this sea- 
son. Mr. Henry Talbott writes from Washington that 
the great heat and scarce fly water have seriously re- 
stricted opporttnities for fishing in the waters of the 
Potomac and elsewhere in the vicinity. From Massa- 
chusetts comes the story of forest fires which have de- 
stroyed many acres of the venerable Plymouth woods, 
which were described in our issue of last week: many 
square miles of territory have been devastated, and many 
thousands of dollars’ worth of property has been de- 
stroyed. The fires have, of course, driven out the deer, 
which have dispersed Shuguehgue a wide extent of terri- 
tory. 

We have seen a private fetter written from Maine 
warning against venturing into any one of the wilderness 
country of that State anywhere south and east of Ka- 
tahdin. “The cotintry is as dry as tinder,’ says the 
writer, “with no rain since spring along the coast and 
over in Knox and Waldo counties, and the forest fires are 
the worst in seventy-five years. Hundreds: of thousands 
of dollars of good timber has been burned already, and 
every day the heavy winds drive the fires into fresh 


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No. 846 Broapway, NEw Yorr 


fields; some of them have a frontage of eight or ten miles 
each; and there are as many as Six of these great fires in 
Piscataquis, Periobscot and Hancock counties. The 
danger northward is not from these fires, but from ones 
set by careless sportsmen, which may blaze up any day 
and become dangerous to life. J should not want to 
travel on any long grassy stream like the Passadumkeag, 
for example,” adds the writer, “though camping on a 
lake shore would be all right. But no long trips until 
after the rains.’ Happily, at a date subsequent to the 
writing of this letter. a twenty-four-hour rain has done a 
deal of good in curtailing and diminishing, though not 
exitnguishing, the fires, and the situation in the Maine 
woods is not one so full of peril as it was before the 
rain came. With the woods in such tinder-like cond1- 
tion as they have been this summer, to go into them is 
virtually to take one’s life in one’s hands. 

Our Boston correspondent tells us that the Maine 
guides resent the implication that forest fires have been 
set by the carelessness of themselves or the sportsmen 
under their conduct. This is a natural and commend- 
able sentiment. No one in the world is more careful, 
even to the point of over caution, in respect to the safety 
of camp-fires than your experienced woodsman; but on 
the other hand there are few individuals so fatuous as to 
fire and its consequences as is the green sportsman in 
the woods. The Maine gtiides cannot speak for the 
Massachusetts and New York and Pennsylvania and 
Mississippi men who invade the Maine forests and too 
often have no adequate conception of the danger of 
leaving camp-fires unguarded, or of throwing lighted 
matches or burning cigar stumps upon the dry ground. 


POUND NETS AND GAME FISH. 


Berore the League of Salt Water Fishermen in this city 
last Monday evening Mr. Chas. A. Shriner discussed the 
advisabilities and practicabilities—which are very often 
quite distinct things—in relation to abolishing or regu- 
lating net fishing in New York waters. Mr. Shriner 
served for several years as Chief Game and Fish Pro- 
tector of New Jersey, and administered his office in a 
way that reflected great credit on himself and was of 
great advantage to the State, until Governor Voorhees, 
out of unworthy motives, displaced him. His experience 
in the practical work of protection, his long and intelli- 
gent study of the problem, his familiarity with the situa- 
tion and his maturity of judgment as to what is feasible 
and what is not, entitle his views to a respectiul con- 
sideration. 

Mr. Shriner is of opinion that instead of striving for 
absolute prohibition of the tise of nets, a wiser course 
would be to endeavor so to regulate pounds and purse 
nets as to instire a sufficient immunity for game fish, 
while at the same time permitting the taking of fish which 
are not gatne, and which can be taken on a commercial 
scale only by the employment of pounds and purses. He 
recommends legislation looking to this end, and has 
drafted a measure which he recommends for enactment 
by the New York Legislature. 

Mr. Shriner’s proposed law to regulate the taking of 
fish with purse or shirred nets makes it unlawful will- 
fully to take in such nets, in the manner in which men- 
haden are taken, porgies, bluefish, weakfish or any other 
kinds of food fish within tide waters within the jurisdic- 
tion of the State, including the waters of the ocean 
within three nautical miles of the coast line, provided 
that the fishing crew may take food fish for food while 
employed in fishing. The act would also prohibit con- 
verting any food fish so unlawfully taken into oil or any 
kind of fertilizing material. 

The proposed act to regulate fishing with pound nets 
prohibits the erection or maintenance’ of pound nets in 
the tide waters, including the waters of the Atlantic 
Ocean within three nautical miles of the coast line, except 
in compliance with the provisions of the act. It is made 
unlawful to maintain a pound net of which the leader 
shall begin at a point less than 1,000 feet from low water 
mark, or which shall have a mesh of less than §!4 inches, 
or the pocket of which shall have a mesh of less than 3 
inches. The pockets of nets must be raised on Saturday 
before the hour of noon, weather permitting, and remain 
raised so as to render them incapable ef retaining any 
fish, until midnight between Sunday and Monday. Bath 
laws provide for severe penalties. 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Sepr, 22, 1900. | 


The Sportsman Gonvrist, 
An Old Sweetheart of Mine. | 


Tue Parson is not looking through the window to- 
day. No! the parsonage has been deserted for a time 
and seems but a dim memory down on the Kansas 
prairies, a thousand miles away. In fact the Parson is 
something of a shiftless wanderer, with no fixed pur- 
pose. He has purposes enough and they are honorable 
enough, but, ah! too often abandoned at the dictation of 
fate, a frivilous little flirt who seems to have complete 
control of his doings. A strong, purposeful man as the 
world looks at him, the Parson is under the spell of the 
siren. 

All the world knows how strong men have been led 
astray at the beck of some so-called siren. It is thus 
with the Parson. He has been flirting with an old sweet- 
heart—not altogether a criminal flirtation, as the follow- 
ing tale will disclose, but dangerously near it. 

The scene is laid in the brush lands bordering the Red 
River wheat fields on the east. The weather has been 
dry all summer to that extent that it has materially re- 
duced the rank growth of vegetation that usually virgates 
the face of nature in this country. Recent rains have 
dampened the earth till the roads are just moist and 
hard enough to make driving pleasant, while the air is 
cool and invigorating. Like the story that was to last 
forever, a description of this country can be given in a 
few words. In the place of the words which run “and 
then another loctist came in and carried off another grain 
of corn,” you have but to say, “a swale, meadow and 
Baplar grove beyond,” and so on seemingly over all the 
earth. 

If you journey to the eastward of Thief River and 
continue far to the northeast, the thickets will grad- 
vially become forest and the meadows will become 
marshes, wide and sometimes impassable. Tamarack 
swaimps will also come to be a feaure of the landscape. 


The black, lumbering hulk of a moose crossing a marsh. 


is liable to break the monotony, or the more graceful 
figure of deer or caribou shows you that there is more 
than mosquitoes in that vast wilderness. 

Bear and elk are not unknown, as numerous mounted 
specimens in all the hotels and restaurants in the yil- 
lages bordering that land of swamp and tangle clearly 
attest. But my route leads to the westward, where the 
copse becomes smaller and the marsh a meadow, and 
finally prairie level and far-reaching, and at last breaks 
away into an endless chain of wheat fields. 

The weather conditions have a great deal to do with 
it, I haye driven over the same trail twice when first 
it was a dream; next a horrible nightmare. On such 
days, when nightmare conditions are on, mosquitoes 
swarm up from the roadside and buzz about one’s ears; 
there are pools of brackish water standing in the deeper 
depressions of the swales; there is no breeze to drive the 
mosquitoes away; there is no freshness in the air to 
fortify one’s weakness against the murky heat and against 
fle onslaught of the mosquitoes; hence the nightmare. 

One can stand almost any kind of hardship when the 
breeze from the north rustles the poplar leaves as it 
passes freighted with the freshness that makes life sweet. 
Is it any wonder then that I was thrown into something 
of a delirium when a personage of the feminine gender 
whom I had known and flirted with in those days of yore 
strutted across the road in front of me? The shock of 
that old first love went through me like a bolt from the 
thunder riven clouds. 

Tt made no difference to me that this old sweetheart 
of mine was followed by some half-dozen lusty youngsters, 
except perhaps that my passion was intensified by their 
presence. I had a splendid Smith & Wesson revolver 
under the buggy cushion, and my hand involuntarily 
sought the handle, for I felt reasonably sure that I could 
snip the head from the mother or any of her six hopefuls, 
and then it occurred to me that the law read, “Sharptail 
grouse, Sept. 1 to Nov. 1,” and this was only Aug. 1. Thus 
the remembrance of the law deterred me from figuring in 
the “brief mentions” of the day column under the caption 
of “Shot His Sweetheart,” 

An hour after I was spinning along the road, which 
followed a sand ridge, and was almost arched in by 
whispering poplars, when it occurred to me that 1 must 
be close to a small lake where five years before I had 
camped for a week, The place was an ideal cold-weather 
camp in a dense poplar thicket. It was Nov. 1, and the 
ducks that passed in their flight before the wrath of 
Boreas were sure to stop in that wide reach of marsh, 
with here and there a patch of open water amid the fields 
of bulrushes, grass and canes. 

The best point of all to call the wandering pilgrim to a 
brief halt was within a hundred wards of the poplar 
thicket, where the tent was pitched. There were a dozen 
decoys bobbing in an open stretch of water close to the 
edge of the marsh. A convenient bunch of canes made a 
good blind on solid bog, and a bunch of hay shielded who- 
eyer sat ot knelt in it from the dampness beneath. It 
had been cold and blustering all day, and toward night 
the wind increased and the cold became more searching, 
while here and there a flake of snow sifted and eddied 
ghost-like irom the leaden elouds. 

Of the four persons who had helped to locate the 
camp three had deserted, and the Parson was holding the 
fort alone. Most of the southing birds had passed, and 
few that had made their summer home there still re- 
mained. Now and then a single or pair would rise above 
the rushes, and circling a while would drop back again 
in some other locality. Again a flock would come over 
three or four hundred yards in the air and pass as if they 
had never seen the lake, would finally turn, and breasting 
the wind drop down, making several wide sweeps and 
drop graceiully in among the decoys. 

Once a flock dropped close inshore, and climbing on 
an old log sat a solid row of shiny green heads within 10 
feet of the Parson. Then with his characteristic grim 
humor the Parson loomed up out of the rushes like a 
great specter and shouted, “Shoo!” and they shooed. 

Such was the memory, Now, winding away through 
the poplars the Parson fell to wondering if he could tell 
where to turn off to reach the lake. It was a wild spot. 
and human kind seldom came that way. At last instinet 


seemed to tell him he must be near the place, and turn- 
ing into an opening on the west he drove as far as’ the 
teams could be driven, and getting out tied them to a tree 
and followed on through the narrow opening. The un- 
derbtush had grown up and filled the path, but there can 
be no doubt of the place, for there is an old stump where 
a tree has been cut out of the way. A motment later he 
is standing behind the fringe of grass that has grown 
up around the old boat landing. Cautiously parting the 
screen of grass, the Parson peers through, 


There is the old log, and strung along its entire length 


is a flock of ducks, gray, feeble looking things, com- 
pared to the shiny feathers and bright green heads of that 
flock of other days, but mallards just the same. When the 
Parson steps from behind his screen of grass and stands 
revealed with a loud “Shoo, there!” the birds plunge 
from the log and go flapping and quacking away in 
great alarm, while the old one flops frantically about in 
the water between the Parson and her brood, trailing a 
wing as if badly wounded, until the last of her youngsters 
has disappeared, ‘and then she, too, quietly slips away 
and all is still. , 

Take Minnesota north from the headwaters of the 
Mississippi and east of Thief River Falls, and it is the 
most impassable country one could well imagine; yet 
efforts are continually being made to settle it up. This 
season has been exceptionally dry, and settlements have 
crept back into the swamps for sixty miles to the north- 
east of Thief River Falls, When the spring floods come 
that country will all be under water, and the settlers 
will come floating down out of there on rafts, logs or 
anything that will float them, like drowned out musk- 
rats. The misery that attends these Hoods more than 
offsets any good that can come from settling the cotimtry. 

This would have made one of the greatest natural 
game preserves in America. All kinds of ducks and 
grouse are numerous. It is an ideal breeding and feed- 
ing grounds for both moose and deer; bear and caribou 
are still plenty, though killed by the hundred by settlers 
for food during the spring and summer months, 

There must be at least twenty-five mounted moose 
heads in Thief River Falls, and not the tenth part of the 
heads ever came out of the swamps. When one thinks 
of all the misery attendant on the settling up of this 
country, and all the benefits of leaving it untouched, this 
would have been a scheme beside which Mr. Cristadoro’s 
plan of a reserve on the headwaters of the Mississippi 
would have paled into insignificance. Yet Mr. Crista- 
doro’s scheme seems far ahead of the average of human 
intelligence, and though to a man far up in the forks of 
a cottonwood tree it looks as if the park measure was 
beaten, still I shall hope it will carry through, God 
speed the just and crush the unjust, is the Parson’s 
prayer; not long or eloquent, but to the point, 

When the Parson came through the proposed park 
the other day on the Great Northern fast train it seemed 
a brief space between what I shall be pleased to term the 
axe desert and the axe desert again. Just a few stalwart 
primeval Norway, white and spruce pine, and then again 
into the axe desert. As the train halted for a brief time 
at Cass Lake I wondered at the crowds that swarmed 
there. Were these people gathered in expectancy of the 
opening of the pine lands of the Leech Lake Reservation? 
I thought a moment, and decided that to be the case. 

If my decision was correct, the Jumberman must have 
full assurance of the outcome, in which case the park 
scheme is done for. This brings up the question to us 
old has-beens who love to pluck flowers fresh from the 
hand of nature unbent by the tramp of greed, Whence 
now? THE PARSON, 


A Teepee Tale. 


“Dis storms, he put me in de mine of one time when 
*nodder storms been, long, long time ago fore I'll been a 
marry mans,” said Washakie Jo as he poked a splinter 
into a lodge fire and lit his black pipe. 

“Vessir, dat time he’ll been *bout de las’ of Jo, sure; 
I’ll tought so, anyhow, he continued, as he stretched at 
full length on the pile of buffalo robes and furs heaped 
up against the wind wall that his squaw had put up in- 
side the lodge. ‘ 

I knew that Jo had a yarn to spin by the way he 


smoked, and I also knew that the best way to hear that- 


yarn was to let Jo have his own way—to pay not attention 
to the greasy little half-breed—just give him time when he 
was in the mood, you know, for there was a big per cent. 
of Indian blood umder that smoke-tanned hide of his 
and eyery one knows that you ean’t hurry an Indian. 

That is, every one who is wise knows it, so I smoked 
and waited in silence. } 

Outside the teepee walls there was a wailing of wind 
and the tinkle of storm-driyen snow crystals hurrying 
by to add their mite to the dim drifts growing higher 
under the lee of the switch willows; and I knew that the 
gaunt, black, skeleton cottonwoods were dancing in 
rythmic order as they bowed and bent and rattled their 
bones in the fury of the passing blizzard. 

The teepee shook and shivered in the gusts and anon 
the ghostly smoke puffed back and filled the smoke hole 
over our heads and then rushed upward and outward in 
the storm ctrrents a moment later. 

It was snug and warm in there in the dim firelight, 
thanks to the slall of the silent Mrs. Jo, who now 
squatted down on the furs across the fire and looked 
like an old, dim painting that had all faded away but 
the bright bits where a fragment of blanket or barbaric 
finery caught the glint of the red firelight. She sat 
silent, immovable as a graven image, except when there 
was a movement from the little sleeping form cuddled 
for all the world like a white baby in the mass of ftirs 
by her side. There was something pathetic about this 
dark woman of the wilderness who did drudgery and 
bore the children of Washakie Jo. She loved him, too, I 
suppose, in a stoical, animal way, in spite of his dirt, 
his brutality and the bad whiskey that came into the 
teepee when the furs went out in the spring at the little 
trading post perched in the shadow of the fart down there 
where the hurrying yellow river bit at the clay lanks 
and tumbled them down, then hurried on out ol ‘the 
West and on into the East forever. 


By and by when the black pipe smoked freely Jo besan:- 


"Yessir, dat was a had ‘storms dat time. VI been 


wolfin’ an’ trap for de beaver an’ git once in while one 
bears, mebbe two sometimes—dere was good deal bears 
dat time ‘roun’ in de Bad Lan’s in de fall—an’ I'l] had 
good luck. Ill gat plenty furs an’ plenty robe, for dere. 
good deal buffaloes yet. So Ill tought dat’s good 


live in it in_ cole wedder. Dat’s on one little creeks—he 


- place for winter dere an’ I'll builds me good shack for. 


tun to de Little Mizouri, on’y no water in him—on’y — 


some time long pon’. “ 
“Dat kine of place I'll builds dis shack; I’ll wat plenty 
wood, plenty water, plenty evert’ing, 


Aw back on de. 


hill dere’ll be good deal cedar patches in de canyons—_ 


good place for de black-tail deers come when de snow 
get deep an’ drive him down from de open country. 

“So I'll see all dese fing an’ I'll fought dere’ll been 
good place for live, an’ I'll mek de shack in de side of 
de bank an’ make good log front on him, 

“By an’ by I'll got all de grub an’ de trap an’ all de 


powder an’ de lead an’ de pizen for de woll, an’ plenty — 


_terbac for de smoke, an’ I'll pack him all to de shack; 


den I’ll turned de hoss loose for rustle for his own grub 
till de spring an’ I’ll set down here for tive. 

“Well, dat’s all right. I'll go out an’ kill de deer an’ 
de an’ lope an’ put in de pizen for strong so dat he'll be 
good wolf bait when he'll frozed up. Well, seh, dat’ll 
be all right, an’ I'll get good deal wolf skin ‘fore long, 


when juss frosty yet, an’ den he'll come one big’ snow— | 


de firs’ one—an’ mek de hill all white an’ de cedar he'll 
be all blue like de sky, on’y like under de big storm 
cloud, dat kine blue datll be good deal black. 

“An’ den dere’ll be de trail all ’roun’ de lull an’ de 
cedar an’ de little willow in de crick bottom, an’ Ill see 
dere is plenty gamte an’ I’ll fought dat’s good an’ I'll 
been one smart mans for pick dis kine place for winter in. 

“Den I'll kill more deers an’ mek de pizen in him right 
"way ‘fore he’ll got cole, an’ I'll do dis kine o' way ‘bout 
fifteen mile “cross| de country an’ ‘long de crick an’ fix 
it like dat. 

“By ’n’ by de snow come more an’ datll mel it hard 
for travel an’ wear de moc’sin purty bad for come back 
to de shack over night, so I’ll mek de sled for pack de 
blanket an’ de grub an’ I'll goin’ out den for t'ree, four 
day meby ‘iore ll come back. © 

“Well, dat’s all right, for I'll mek de camp in de lil’ 
canyon an’ fix him good so I'll sleeps, no matter for de 
cole, an’ Ill got plenty skins. 

“Den one time I'll been out for tree day an on’y 
got de grub for one day for get bacl< to de cabin, dat’s 
al? an’ de skins—he’s all tied up in de tree where de 
woli he can’t get him, de cache, for pick him up when 
Ill go back to de shack, , 

“Yessir; an’ when de night come I’ll mek de camp in 
de li'l’ deep canyon dat’ll run ’cross de way o’ de sun 
an’ [ll bring good deal wood. You see, de sky he'll 
don't look ver’ good; look lak dat’s big storms on de 
way, an’ J’ll not feel purty good so far ’way irom de 
shack, 

“Well, Pll set up an’ smoke a long time by de fire at’ 
de air kine o’ warm an’ he'll don’t snow. So den Lil 
Vought mebbe goin’ for be thew an’ I'll rol! in de blanket 
an’ sleeps. 

“Well, sir, de nex’ mornin’ de blanket he'll felt purty 
warm an’ eber’ting he'll been so quiety when I'll woke 
up, an’ sit’ dere’ll be snow on de blanket ‘one hand deep, 
an’ still he snow an’ de win’ he blow hard up “long de 
cedars on he full. ' 

“An den he'll bin col’er an’ col’er an’ all de gsroun’ 
he'll be white an’ on’y can see lvl way, like de fog. 

“Well, I’ll mel de coffee an’ fry de meat an’ mek H’l’ 
smoke in de pipe, an’ all de time he'll get col’er an’ 
col’er all de time. 

“Tl tought “bout dis storms an’ de grub an’ all de 
tings an’ I'll mek up my mine for go to de shack quick; 
juss cache de sled am’ de hides an’ take ‘lone de sun 
an’ de lil’ grub “ll got lef’. : 

“Well, seh, I'll strike out an’ travel hard for de shack, 
an’ all de time de win’ blow more an’ more an’ de cole 
come strong so dat by’mby I’ll begin for get cole an’ 
den I'll get mine for juss stop an’ res’ an’ meby go to 
sleep dere in de storms an’ sleep till de snow stop. 

*T"ll fight dis feel for “long time, for I'll know dat’s 
bad sign an’ must get to de shack. Well, I'll come to de 
lv] crick den an’ [Pll tought I'll be so tire I’ll stop an’ 
res’ an’ b’il’ de big fire for get warm, an’ dat]l be mos’ 


ht, 

“So I'll bil’? de fire an’ set down, an’ den come de 
sleepy an’ I’ll walk an’ stamp de foots an’ swing de arm 
for keep awake, an’ de dark come. 

“Well, seh, I'll tought dat I’ll had to stop dere all 
night an’ be ’wake for keep up de fire, an’ den by’m’by 
Tl got warm an’ set down for smoke an’ eat de lil’ 
biseuit an’ de jerked ven’son, an’ ll feel better. 

“Den I'll smoke de pipe, an’ “fore I'll ‘member Ill 
gone right to sleep dere in de storms. 

“Den I'll sleepy li] while dere, I guess so, an’ den 
TV'll woke up quick, for someting he'll bite my foots an’ 
T'll see big wolfs all cover by de snow an’ got de green 
in de eye an’ red in de mouse, an’, seh, he'll pull my 
foots in his tooths an’ datll be all shiny white like de 
fros’, too. 

“Well, PU be good deal scare, I'l guess so, An’ dere’ll 
be good deal more wolfs—one, two, tree, plenty wolis— 
all *roun’, an’ de fire all sone on’y li'l’ bitsy smoke. 

‘Den Vil grab de gun an*® jumps roun’ an holler an’ 
de wolfs he'll ron away lil way an’ on’y show his red 
tongue an’ his mouse all snarly like hell be hungry. 

“Well, seh, I'll be good deal scare dere in de storms, 
cos V’ll know dat wolfs he'll get over bein’ ‘ffaid in Ii!’ 
while an’ den maby he’ll jomp an’ pull me down for eat, 
cos he'll git so hongry on de storm. 

“Pll not be tire now, I'll git de wood all fix for de 
fire, an’ den I'll foun’ out I'll got all my match wet from 
de snow in my pocket an’ I'll feel in de terbacker pouch 
for de li'l iron box for catry de dry match in when need 
*em bad, an’ seh, I'll loss it! | 

“An’ den I’ll got pretty bad scare an’ I'll look roun’ 


for cottonwood tree for climb it if dat wolls hell bod- 


der me, 
“On’y juss li'l’ tree dere so big my leg, an’ Tl stan’ 


dere in de storms an’ de wolf hell all stan’ roun’ an’ 


show his mouse an’ juss wait in de storms for me to fell 


dawn in de snow; den hell know he'll eat me wp an’ ~ 


have no, troubles for do it, 
Well, seh, TH stan’ tt js’ Jong as IN can an’ 1 


Sevt, 24, 1900.1 


FOREST AND STREAM: 


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feel de cole come creepy, creepy ‘long on’ my han’ an’ on 
my foots all “lone dere in de storms an’ de wolfs alt 
‘roun’. . 

“Den, lll sing de strong medicine song an’ say 
by'm’by I'll shoots all dat wolfs I'll can ‘fore I'll go 
anyhow, an’ de wolfs he'll come li'l’ closer all de time. 
Den de big one he'll jomps quick at me ‘fore I'll looks 
‘roun’ most. Il jomp out de way an’ shoots dat one 
an’ all de res’ de wolis he'll eat him up, mos’ ’fore he'll 
got done hollerin’, an’ den de res’ dey’ll come close up 
un’ set in de snow an’ look at mé with his greeny eyes 
an’ I'll nodiss dat de light come li'l’ bit in de eas’. 

“Well, seh, I'll Vought now I'll shoot good deal an’ de 
light goin’ to mek de wolfs ‘fraid, an’ by’m’by TU git 
away an’ go on to de shack, A 

“So den I'll shoot tree, four time, quick, an’ de live 
Woli hell fight for de chance for eat de dead one, an’ 
den 1 il heard somebody holler some, ‘Who-o-0-ce!’ lal 
dat in de storms, an’ I'll holler too, for I'll know’ dat’ll 
be de Injun holler to me. 

“TIL shoot de gun an’ holler plenty an’ den de wollfs 
lie ll look ‘roun’ over his sho’l’er an’) run away. in de 
storms an’ den lots de Injun man holler. 

“Well, seh, I'll been so cole an’ so tire dat I'll fall 
down in de snow an’ can't holler den, an’ I'll shoots de 
gun again up in de sky an’-in li'l’ time dere’ll comes 
five, ten Injun, good deal Injun mans, an’ he'll bring me 
to de teepee an’ take ‘long de gtin. 

“By'm'by LI git warm an’'all' right an’ git de hot 
drink an’ de grub an’ xo to de sleep. 

“So den Ml stay by dis Injuns “bout mebbe two week 
an’ Pll seen de squaw dere an’ I'll mek up my min’ for 
got marry an’ stay home when de storm come. Yessir, 
an’ dat’s how you fin’ me de marry mans now, hey, 
Lil-e-o-tah? 

The silent littke woman on the other side of the fire 
east her eyes down and I thought that there was just 
-a ghost of a smale flitting across her dark face for the 
space of a wink; it might have been imagination, though. 

“Yessir, dat'll been a bad time for Jo for l’l’ while, 
but, Pil dunno, Ill guess dat’s all right, anyhow, for 
Lail-e-o-tah she'll been a pretty good li'l’ gal for’—— 

Slam! 

The sqnaw had playfully hurled a soft fur robe across 
the teepee and completely buried Jo, his pipe and his 
compliments in its smothery folds, from which he 
emerged jater chuckling in his guttural way as he re- 
filled his pipe. A little while afterward there were three 
silent jorms rolled up in the furs, Jo and his squaw sleep- 
ing as nomads can under any and all conditions., while 
I looked up at the blur of light that outlined the smoke 
hole in the teepee top and waited for the roar of the 
storm to bring sleep to me also. 

The last thing I remember was a faint little cry that 
sounded like a child, then a chanted, crooning song 
droned in a strange tongue as the Indian woman lulled 
the baby to rest again—truly a strange thing to hear there 
with the wild, fierce song of‘the storm roaring through 
the air and filling it just outside the walls of a skin lodge. 

a & Ext ComancHo. 


dlatiyal Histary. 
Bobolinks and Rice Birds. 


THE Biological Survey of the Department of Agricul- 
ture has just issued an interesting paper on the ‘Food 
of the Bobolink, Blackbirds and Grackles,” by the As- 
sistant Biologist, Mr. F, E. L; Beal. . The subject is one 
of unusual interest, for the birds in question are well 
known, to almost every one, and some of them at least 
are regarded in certain parts of the country with de- 
testation on account of the damage which they do to 
certain crops. * 

The oriole is reprobated for its injury to the fruit crop, 
the blackbird for the harm that it works in the grain 
fields of the upper Mississippi Valley, while under his 
name of rice bird the bobolink is deemed a curse by the 
rice planters of the South. 

The family to which the birds in question belong is one 
of great economic importance, It includes the bobo- 
link, meadow larks, orioles, blackbirds, grackles and 
cowbirds, species differing widely in appearance and in 
many of their habits. They destroy many noxious in- 
sects and some useful ones, many harmful weed seeds 
and a certain amount of grain. The effort of Mr. Beal’s 
paper is to determine from the great amount of material 
brought together by the Biological Survey what is the 
proportion of good and what of harm done by the spe- 
cies under consideration. The reports on the food of 
the meadow lark and Baltimore oriole have appeared in 
earlier publications of the Department. This paper is 
based on an examination, of 4,800 bird stomachs, 

It has often been remarked that the fruit grower who 
sees with his own eyes a bird take a cherry is likely to be 
convinced that the bird has injured him and should be 
destroyed, taking not at all into account all the good 
which it may do by a destruction of insects which he 
does not witness. Moreover, the observations of the 
average man are by no means always to be trusted. If 
he sees crows or blackbirds walking about in his newly 
planted field he is extremely likely to believe that they 
are eating or pulling up the grain, while as a matter of 
fact tliey may be hard at work protecting it by destroy- 
ing the grubs and other insects which themselyes would 
feed upon it. 

Mr. Beal concludes that while the investigation of the 
food of blackbirds by an examination of the stomach 
contents does in a measure confirm the popular idea of 
their grain-eating propensities, it. shows also that during 


the season when grain is not accessible these birds de—~ 


stroy immense quantities of the seeds of harmful weeds, 


ind that during the whole of the warmer portion of the . 


year—even when grain is easily obtained—they devour 
a great number of noxious insects. 

On the other hand, it is rather startling to learn that 
ol all these birds the bobolink eats the least grain, the 
redwing the next, and-then in order the cowbird, rusty 


srackle, -yellowhead, crow-blackbird, boat-tail grackle, | 


Brewer's blackbird and the California redwing. The first 
two species are those against which the chief complaint 
‘ 


has been made, notwithstanding they are the ones that 
eat the least grain. 

Attention is called to the fact that in many parts ol 
the country the natural autumn food supply of bobolink 
and blackbird has been in a measure cut off by the drain- 
ing and bringing under cultivation of large areas. Where 
once grew vast fields of wild rice which furnished food 
to myriads olf birds, now are pastures, hay meadows or 
erain fields, and the birds turn to the new food supply, 

No one of the birds of the Northern States is‘ more 
familiar or better loved than the bobolink, and its great 
decrease within the past three years has been univer- 
sally lamented, But on the other hand, these birds, as 
Wilson says, are looked upon by the careful planter as a 
devouring scourge and worse than a plague of locusts. 
We quote what Mr. Beal writes of the hayoc: wrought 
by the bobolink of the North when it becomes the rice 
bird of the South, le says: 

It is estimated that the bobolinks, with a little help 
irom the redwings, cause an annual loss of $2,000,000 to 
the rice growers of the South.’ Much of this loss is 
indirect, arising from the necessity of maintaining a corps 


_ of men and boys as “bird minders,” who patrol the fields 


from mormiug till night, fring guns or cracking whips 
to frighten the birds from the fipening crop. Even then 
it is impossible to save all the rice, and it often happens 
that some acres on the borders of the uncultivated marsh 
where the birds resort are so badly eaten that they are 
not worth harvesting. 

As a rule, the shooting is only to frighten the birds, as 
the use of shot would cause as much harm to the rice as 
is done by the birds. The amount of powder consumed 
in this way is enarmous. It is not uncommon to use 
100 pounds per annum, and one planter who cultivates 
a large plantation uses 2,500 pounds in the course of a 
year. 

Col. John Screyen, of Savannah, Ga., in writing of the 
ravages ol the ricebird (boblinlk), says: < 

Its invasions are ruincus to fields on which its flocks may settle, 
especially if the grain is in palatable condition, and in fields ad- 
jacent to marshes convenient for ainbush or retreat. Bird minders, 
armed with muskets and shotguns, endeavor by discharges of 


blank cartridges to keep the birds alarmed and to drive them from 
the field. Small shot are also fired among them, and incredible 


numbers are killed; but all such efforts will not prevent preat waste’ 


of grain, amounting to a loss of large portions of a field—some- 
times, indeed, to its entire loss. Vhe vyoracity of the birds seems 
so intense that fear is secondary to it, and they fly, when 
alarmed, from one portion of the field to another, very little out 
cf gunshot, and immediately settle down to their banquet * * 2 
The preventives in use against the ravages of the ricebirds have 
been already suggested, but they are palliative only, applied at 
great expense, and without commensurate results. * * * In 
short, no effort yet tried consistent with reasonable economy will 
drive the ricebird from the field or afford any well-founded promise 
of their reduction to harmless numbers. 


_A more specific case of damage is that of a field men- 
tioned by Mr. J. A. Hayes, Jr., of Savannah, Ga., which 
consisted of 125 acres of rice that matured when birds 
were most plentiful, and which, in spite of eighteen bird 
minders and eleven half kegs of gunpowder, yielded 
only eighteen bushels per-acre of inferior rice, although 
it had been estimated to yield forty-five bushels. 

Capt. William Miles Hazzard, of Annandale, S. C., 
says: 

During the nights of Aug. 21, 22, 23 and 24 millions of these 
birds make their appearance and settle in the rice fields. From 
Aug. 21 to Sept. 25 our every effort is to save the crop. Men, 
boys and women are posted with guns and ammunition to every 
four or five acres, and shoot daily an average of about one quart 
of gunpowder to the gun. _This firing commences at first dawn 
of day, and is kept up until sunset. After all this expense and 
trouble our loss of rice per acre seldom falls under five bushels, 
and if from any cause there is a check to the crop during its 
growth which prevents the grain from being hard, but in a milky 
condition, the destruction of the rice is complete—not paying to 
cut and bring out of the field. We have trie every plan to keep 
these pests off our crop at less expense and manual labor than 
we now incur, and have been unsuccessful. Our present mode is 


expensive, imperfect and thoroughly unsatisfactory, yet it is the 
best we can do. . 


_ Mr. R. Joseph Lowndes, of Annandale, S. C., in writ- 
ing of the bobolink and redwing, says: 

1 think I am in bounds when J say that one-fourth, if not one- 
third, of the [rice] crop of*this river [the Santee] is destroyed by 
birds from the time the seed is put into the land till the crops are 
threshed out and put in the barns—I shoot out about 100 kegs of 
powder every September, with a fair quantity of shot, say 30 to 
50 bags, and have killed as high as 150 dozen in a day. In the 
bird season it takes évery man and boy on the plantation to mind 
these birds. This work has to go on from daylight till dark in 
any and al] weathers and at great expense for six weeks in the 
fall before the rice is ripe enough for the sickle, and then on till 
we get it out of the fields. These birds, if not carefully minded, 
will utterly destroy a crop of rice in two or three days. 


Mr, A. X. Lucas.’ of McClellanville, S. C., says: 


_ The annual depredations of the birds are in My opinion equal 
in this section to the’ value of the rent of the land, to say 
nothing of the expense of minding the birds, 


Many similar reports of the bobolink’s damage to rice 
have been received by the Biological Survey from South- 
ern rice growers. So destructive are the attacks of these 
birds that it is necessary to plant the rice previous to their 
coming in the spring, so that it can be under water when 
they arrive, and then to plant another lot when they 
have passed on to the North. This method is adopted 
not on'y to ayoid the full extent of the Tayages of the 
birds in the spring, but also that the first lot may mature 
in the fall before the birds return and the second after 
they have passed on to their winter home. But it fre- 
quently happens that one of the crops is “in the milk” 
When the birds arrive in August, in which case it is 
almost impossible to save it from total destruction. 

Mr. Allen C. Zard, of White Hill, S. C.. says that when 
Tice is so planted as to “meet the birds"—that is, to be 
in just the right stage of maturity when they arrive, and 
they come in full force, they will destroy the whole crop 
in spite of powder and shot or anything else. 

As a sample of actual loss, the following statement, fur- 
nished by Col. Screven, gives his account with the bobo- 
link at Savannah, Ga., for the year 1885: 


Cost of ammunition..-.....2..... Sorc ALE og PE UE Ed fed tied $245.50 
Wages of bird minders............. oe eae Oe Pe, Madenrivet dla e 300.00 
Rice destroyed, say 400 bushels.,...,....... Pebtrtts Hee 500.00 

$1,045.50 


Col. Sereyen cultivated in that year 465 acres of tidal 
land, so that he ‘has estimated a loss of less. than one 
bushel of rice to the acre, while most of the rice stow- 
ers estimate the loss at from four to five bushels. 

Capt. Hazzard states that in cultivating from 1,200. to 


TReport of Department of Agriculture for 1886, p. 247, 


1,400 acrés of rice he has paid ag much as $1,000 for 
bird minding in one spring. \ 

Int addition to the use of firearms, various other meth 
ods of avoiding the ravages of the ricebirds have been 
iried, but with, at best, indifferent success. Vo prevent 
the birds from pulling up the sprouted seed in spring the 
device of coating it with coal tar has been used, as is 
effectively practiced in the case of corn. But the method 
ol rice culture is very different from that of corn, As 
s0o0n as the rice is sown it is covered with water, which 
remains on the field until the germination of the seed) 
a period of variable length. The soaking in water so 
affects the tar coating that it no longer protects the 
grain, and when the water is withdrawn th: birds at once 
atlack the seed. Moreover, it is stated by Capt. Hazzard 
that some birds, including the ricebird, hull the grain 
before eating it, an assertion apparently corroborated by 
the absence of hulls mm the bobolink stomachs examined 
that contained rice. (When seeds are, swallowed by 
birds, the hulls nsally remain longer in the stomachs 
than the kernels.) ence, on this account also the tar 
coating would probably have no preventive effect. An- 
other method is to attach small flags to stakes or to fly 
kites over the fields. Looking glasses have also been sus- 
pended in the same way, but all these deyices soon zease 
lo be effective. Placing pieces of refuse meat on poles 
about the fields to attract the buzzards has been tried; 
the ricebirds mistake the buzzards for hawks and avoid 
the fields over which they are flying. But the scheme 
is effective only for a short time, as the bird§ Soon be- 
come accustomed to the presenae of the buzzards and 
pay no further attention to them. 

These facts and figures. are presented for the considera- 
tion of the people of the Northern States, to whom the 
name “bobolink’”’ suggests only poetry and sentiment, 
and by whom the birds themselves are looked upon as 
almost sacred, and are rigidly protected. It is not prob- 
able that any farmer in the North will for a moment 
contend that he receives from the bobolinks that nest 
upon his farm so much benefit that he would be willing 
in return to share the losses inflicted upon his Southern 
brothers by the birds. 

Insect pests ravage the crops of the whole country. . 
No sectiom is exempt from damage, Each erop has its 
destroyers, against which human energy and science 
must contend with whateyer success they may, and in 
most cases some effectual remedy has been devised. But 
the case of the attacks of the bobolink upon the rice 
crop of the South is umique and is probably the result 
of a peculiar combination of causes. 

As before stated, these birds are inhabitants of open 
fields; meadows and prairies form their ideal breeding 
grounds. So much do they avoid woods and groves that 
they will seldom nest in a well-grown orchard, even if 
other accompaniments are agreeable. At the time Amer- 
ica was first settled, the whole northeastern part of the 
country must have presented but few localities, and those 
of limited area, suited to their wants. When the great , 
forests of New England and New York were cleared 
away and transformed into farms with extensive areas of 
mowing land intersected with springs and brooks, the 
bobolinks were not slow to avail themselves of these new 
opportunities and soon colonized the whole. At the same 
time the southeastern coast region was also brought | 
under cultivation, and the tidal and river lands were de-_ 
voted to the raising of rice, thus furnishing the food | 
needed for the augmented numbers, as noted by Wilson. 
As settlement, with its attendant clearing away. of forests, 
spread westward, suitable nesting areas were continually 
added to those already created, and the birds had abun- 
dant opportunity for great increase in numbers, ——- 

Since the bobolinks pass the winter in South America, 
the southern coast of Florida naturally presents to most 
af them the point of departure for the long sea flight to 
their winter homes. Before reaching this spot, how- 
ever, they stop to rest and feed in the rice fields of the 
Southeast, where they remain and recruit their exhausted 
emergies preparatory to final migration. A small con- 
tingent, representing those that have nested in the ex- 
treme western portion of their range, migrate directly 
down the Mississippi Valley to the rice fields of Louisi- 
ana. When the birds arrive from the North they are in 
poor condition, having been debilitated by the exertion 
of reproduction, but they at once begin to recuperate 
with the abundant food furnished by the rice, soon be- 
come very fat, and, after a few weeks’ rest, are able to 
safely resume the southern journey. On the return mi- 
gration the conditions are similar: the birds arrive from 
their winter home tired out with their long flight, and 
find the fields either newly sown with the rice or else 
with the ‘tender blade just appearing above the ground. - 
In each case there is an abundant supply of food, and 
they are soon in condition to pursue the journey to their 
northern breeding ground. 

Here we see the two causes which have combined to 
bring about all the trouble between the rice planters and 
the hobolinks: (1) The fact that the species has prob- 
ably much increased through the extension of its north- 
ern breeding ground, aid (2) the fact that the rice fields 
lie directly in the path of migration and afford a con- 
venient place for rest. md recuperation before and after | 
the flight across the sen. Jt is almost certain that if the 
rice fields were far outside of the lines of migration they 
would never be molested, It is probable that long betore 
America was discovered the bobolinks gathered in the 
marshes on the Southeastern coast and fed iipon wild 
rice and other wild plants previous to departure for their 
winter home, Cultivation of the land introduced a more 
abundant sttpply of food in the South just at the time 
it afforded a great itrease in nesting area in the North. 


A Vermont Wolf Story. 


FERRISBURGH, Vt., Sept, 7.—A strange story comes from 
Waitsfield, in this State; it says that “John Carey, of 
Waitsfield, shot three wolves recently and obtained $36 
in bounty at the town clerk’s office. The wolves re- 
sembled a dog very closely, excepting that they each had 
but four toes on a paw, and the old wolf had pointed ears,” 
It is hard to believe that they were wolves. 

My boy ard his two comrades shot six ducks on Sept. 
1. This way as well as any one did whom I have heard 
of,and show what ¢ ir duck shooting has yindlcd te: 

R. E.R, 


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[Seer, 22, 1900. 


——— Seen eee ee ee ARS A RR 7 Ne) 


The Buffalo Bird. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

In a paper recently published by Mr. F. E. L. Beal, of 
the Biological Survey, on the “Food of the Bobolink, 
Blackb rds and Grackles,” a question is asked which 
many of your older readers should be able to answer. In 
the discussion of the cowbird (Molothrus ater), Mr. Beal, 
after referring to the familiar way in which the cowb.rd 
associates with cattle, says: “As the cowbird is abundant 
in the Mississippi valley and on the Great Plains, it 
would be interesting to know if it formerly associated on 
familiar terms with the buffalo, and such would seem to 
be the case, -as Major Bendire gives “buffalo bird’ as one 
of its former names.” 

Old travelers over the plains in buffalo days who were 
at all observant must have noticed that almost every 
bunch of buffalo, and even every individual buffalo, was 
lkely to be aceompanied by a considerable number of 
cowbirds, which kept close to them all the time. A good 
portion of the birds’ time was spent wa.king about on 
the ground under, or close about the great animal, and 
imy impression always was that the birds were feeding on 
insects attracted by the buffalo, though precisely what 
these insects were I could never make out. The birds 
never seemed to be catching flies or flying insects, but 
either fed from the ground or occasionally picked at 
the skin of the buffalo’s back. Of course it may have 
been that the movements of the buffalo’s hoofs dislodged 
certain insects from their hiding places on the ground, or 
that the droppings of the animals attracted insects which 
the birds liked. 

It is readily conceivable that at the present day in sec- 
tions of the country where “feeding” is practiced—that 
is to say, where cattle are kept up and fattened by being 
fed corn—the cowbird may in part feed on such portions 
of grain as pass und gested through the animal's ali- 
mentary tract, but apparently no such source of food 
supply could have been had from the buffalo when he 
roained the plains thirty years ago. 5 

Concerning the main fact of association with the buf- 
falo there is no doubt, and the name “buffalo bird” of 
course came from this association. It was common to 
see a bird alight on the horn or on the thick wig of the 
buffalo’s head, but the more common resting place was 
on the ridge of the back, where sometimes a dozen or 
filteen birds might be seen perched like chickens on a 
roost, often with their heads all pointing in one direction. 
The matted hair of the top of the head was often spotted 
with white, and it was the rule that buffalo killed in sum- 
mer had on each side of the backbone from shoulders to 
rump a line of chalky white marked by the droppings of 
the birds. 

Often while a man was butchering a buffalo these little 
birds would make their appearance and alight on the 
ground close to him, or perhaps onhishorse’s mane or hips, 
They were entirely familiar and tame, and barely moved 
out of the way, for large living creatures seemed to haye 
no terrors for them. 

The question brought up by Mr. Beal is interesting, not 
only in itself, but as indicating that a perfectly familiar 
habit of a well-known, bird thus seems not to have been 
specifically recorded, until by change in the life condi- 
tions of the animal in question it has ceased to be prac- 
ticed, G. B. G. 


New Yorx, Sept. 12. | 


Importation of Wild Animals. 


U. S. DEPARTMENT oF AGRICULTURE, Office of the Secre- 
tary, Wash.ngton, D, C., Sept. 13.—Under the authority 
vested in the Secretary of Agriculture by Sec.ion 2 of the 
act of Congress approved May 25, 1900, entitled, “An act 
to enlarge the powers of the Department of Agriculture, 
prohibit the transportation by interstate commerce of game 
killed in violation of local laws, and for other purposes,” 
the list of species of live animals and birds which may be 
imported into the United States without permits is ex- 
tended as hereinafier indicated. On and after Oct. 1, 
1900, and until further notice, permits will not be required 
for the following mammals, birds and reptiles, commonly 
imported for purposes of exhibition: 

Mammials.—Anteaters, armadillos, bears, chimpanzees, 
elephants, hippopotamuses, myenas, jaguars, kangaroos, 
leopards, lions, lynxes, manatees, monkeys, ocelots, orang- 
outangs, panthers, raccoons, rhinoceroses, sea lions, seals, 
sloths, tapirs. tigers or wildcats, 

Birds.—Swans. wild doves, or wild pigeons of any kind. 

Reptiles.—Alligators, lizards, snakes, tortoises, or other 
reptiles, 

Under the provisions of Section 2 of said act (as stated 
in Circular No. 29 of the Biolog’cal, Survey, isstied July 
13, 1900), canaries, parrots and domesticated birds such 
as chickens, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, peafowl and 
pigeons are subject to entry wi.hout permits. But with 
the exception of these species and those mentioned above, 
special permits from the Department of Agriculture will 
be required for all live animals and birds imported from 
abroad, and such permits must be presented to the col- 
lector of customs at the port of entry prior to delivery 
of the property. James WILSON, Sec’y. 


Snake Stones. 


THE subject of snake stones comes up again, this time 
from South Africa, where they are said to be somewhat 
common, and are thoroughly believed in. These are 
white porous stones, which, when applied to a place bitten 
by a snake, adhere for a time until the poison is gone 
out from the wound into the stone. Thev are then 
placed in milk, which is said to cleanse them, and so to 
render them again fit for use. They are believed by the 
farmers of South Africa to be taken from the head of 
the snake. ~ : 

A good many yeats ago, investigation into the subject 
in America showed that in certain cases, at least, the 
snake stone was the calcined antler of a deer, from which 
all the animal matter had been burned out. No doubt a 
bit of burned bone which had lost all its animal matter 
would act in the same way. 

These snake stones are commonly compared to pumice 
stone, which they measureably resemble in structure and 
in lightness. It would be interesting to learn just what 
these African snake stonés, and what the Malay snake 
stones, actually are, 


Game Bag and Gun. 


Game in Central New York. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

Central New York sportsmen who enjoy wing shoot- 
ing have long been looking forward wich pleasurabie 
an.icipation to the opening of the season when rutfed 
grouse can be legally killed, and local hunters are fully 
prepared to make things lhvely tor such of these noble 
game birds as may be tound in the woodlands of Oneida 
and adjoining cotinties. Kelable reports fiom different 
localities in this part of the State are to ‘the effect that 
there will be birds enough this fall to furnish fairly good 
shooting, somewhat better probably than last year, but 
this is not equivalent to saying that a large bag can be 
secured without hard work and lots of it, YVe have many 
sportsmen, however, who are undaunted by the prospect 
of long tramps and tiresome siruggies in the tangled 
thickets and underbrush when there aré visions of 
whirring grouse before them, and such ones, it 15 likely, 
will succeed in bagging a good many birds, 

The conditions this fali are somewhat different from 
what they were a year ago and it is probable that ihe 
grouse will be found in different places, Last fall the 
country was exceedingly dry, and hunters noticed that 
grouse were very rarely found excepting in clumps of the 
jewel weed or touch-me-not. This plant usuatly grows 
most luxuriantly along shaded streams and marshes, whete 
the soil is moist but not actually of a swampy nature, and 
for some reason the grouse manifested a decided pretfer— 
ence for its shelter. As the ground is not quite so dry 
at present as it was last autumn, the jewel weed may not 
now prove an infallible guide to the grouse hunter. 

The winter of 1899-1900 was not severe enough to work 
serious harm to the birds in this section, and it is believed 
that most of those which escaped death by chilled shot 
during the open season last year survived the chilly 
weather and deep snows. The conditions were favorable 
during the nesting season for the multiplication of the 
birds, as there were no extremely cold spells nor pro- 
tracted rains, and the summer proved an ideal one for 
them, dry and warm for the most part, with occasional 
showers, which kept the woods and feeding grounds in 
prime shape. In view of these facts it is not surprising 
that the early reports concerning the grouse are én- 
couraging. It is not safe, however, to place too much 
dependence on the first statements which come to hand 
from the localities in which ruffed grouse are found, as 
it has been demonstrated in the past that they are some- 
times misleading. This may be accounted for by the 
eagerness of guides or parties who harbor sportsmen on 
their hunting trips to insure patronage, or, possibly, the 
reports received are allowed to arouse more enthusiasm) 
than they actually warrant. Grouse shooting in this part 
of the State is more apt to appear im roseate hues the day 
before. the open season is inaugurated than it is the day 
after, but notwithstanding this fact hunters ordinarily 
contrive to find a good deal of sport im it after they 
recover from the dampening effects of the first day or 
two in the woods, which seldom fail to be disappointing. 

Of all the reports received thus far regarding the ruffed 
grouse in central New York, those from along the line 
of the Lackawanna Railroad are the most gratifying, and 
in some localities accessible from that road the birds are 
said to be very abundant. Grouse are also more ntimer- 
ous in the Adirondack region than they were last year. 

The clause in the existing game laws which prohibits 
the killing of grouse from Dec. 16 to Sept. 15, both in- 
clusive, meets with the approval of all true sportsmen. in 
this vicinity, and many of them would be glad to see the 
open season still further curtailed. The young birds, as a 
rule, have not matured sufficiently to warrant the open- 
ing of the season late in the summer or in early fall, as 
has been done in the past, and were they protected until 
Oct. 1 they would be much more plump and 1n better 
condition for eating, as well as stronger on the wing, and 
consequently fitted to furnish more lively sport for the 
hunter. In spite of all that may be said to the contrary, 
the ruffed grouse has been steadily losing ground in 
central and northern New York for several years past, 
and a brief open season with efficient protection during 
the remainder of the year is the only thing that will 
prevent the utter extermination of these birds. Many 
sportsmen advocate curtailing the shooting season still 
further on the latter end, as they claim it is when there is 
snow on the ground that the pot-hunters and snarers get 
in their work to the best adyantage. The birds congre- 
gate in the evergreen thickets when winter sets in, and as 
a result the experienced hunter knows just where to 
look for them. On the other hand, it is claimed that the 
grouse are in better condition for eating then than they 
are earlier in the season. But while this may be so, it is 
also true that sportsmen do not care so much about hunt- 
ing them in the winter, and by far the greater propor- 
tion of birds taken in December are killed for the market. 
It was unquestionably a wise act of the last Legislature 
which shortened the open season two weeks on each 
end, and it is hoped that the next Legislature will take 
at least a fortnight more off from the latter end, 
Another wise act would be to make the season for 
shooting grouse, woodcock and sqtitrels uniform through- 
out the State. Section 23 of the Game Laws makes the 
close season for woodcock from Dec, 16 to Sept. 15, both 
inclusive, identical with that of the grouse season, but 
the succeeding section modifies or qualines this by making 
the close season for woodcock in Oneida county from 
Nov. 16 to Aug. 31; in Ulster county from Dec. 16 to 
Sept. 30; in Clinton, Essex, Warren, Hamilton and Ful- 
ton counties from Dec. 16 to Aug. 15, and in Richmond 
county from Jan. 1 to July 3, both inclusive. The trouble 
with this arrangement, in the courities where the seasons 
are not uniform 1s that it affords such hunters as do not 
care to observe the game laws an excellent excuse for 
being in the woods with a gun in the latter part of 
August and the early part of September, and conse 
quently they can bag all the grouse they encounter with 
comparatively little danger of detection. If the open sea- 
son for grouse, woodcock and squirrels began on the same 
date, there would be little exctise for a man to be shooting 
in the woods prior to that time, and if the report of a 


- found in the interjor. 


giin were heard, game officials might find it worth their 
while to investigate the matter. : 

Woodcock have been exceedingly scarce hereabouts for 
a number of years, and as they are migratory birds, it 
is doubtful if any protection afforded them in New York 
Sta.e can prevent their ultimate extinction if they are 
slaughtered in such great numbers in the South as they 
have been in the past.. A few have heen seen in this part 
of the State this fall, but thus far ho very large bags 
have been made. It would seem that this miglt be an 
excellent season for gray and black squirrels, as beech- 
nuts and butternuts are abundant, but so far as can be 
learned they are by no means plentiful. 

W. E. Wotcorr. 
Urica, N, Y,, Sept. 14. 


etetieate Wildfowl and How to 
Take Them.—IIL. 


BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. 
[Continued from page 26.| 


Geese and Brant. 


Sub-Family Anserine. 


THE geese stand m'dway between the swans and the 
ducks in size and general ‘appearance, though their actual 
affinities are not these, the swans and ducks being more 
nearly related structurally thanyis either group to the 
geese. From the swans the geese may be distinguished 
by their smaller size and shorter neck, by having the 
lores, or space between the eyes and bill, feathered instead 
of naked, and the bill proportionately shorter, deeper 
and much less broad, in some forms approaching a conical 
shape, They differ from the ducks in their greater size, 
longer necks and legs, and usually in the shape of the 
bill, which is relatively stouter and Jess broad than in 
most ducks. An important difference is fotind in the 
tarsus, or naked portion of the so-called leg, between the 
joint just where the feathers énd and that below, where 
the toes spread out. In the geese this tarsus is covered 
with a naked skin, marked with small divisions like the 
meshes of a net, while in the ducks the front of the tarsus 
is covered by overlapping plates which are termed scales 
or scutellez. Thus in the geese the tarsus is said to be 
reticulate; in the ducks it is scutellate. h 

In all our species the sexes are alike, but they are very 
different in some South American and Old World species. 

In the sub-family are included the dozen species and 
sub-species of geese found in North Aimerica: They 
are divided into four genera, two of which contain a 
single species each, the others several each. One genus 
is almost confined to Alaska while another has a gen- 
eral distribution in the Northern Hemisphere. The snow 
goose and its forms and the blue goose have a wide range, 
while little is known about that of Ross’ goose. The dark 
colored or gray geese, included in the genus Branta, are 
very abundant along both coasts of the continent, yet are 
by no means lacking in the imterior, They include the 
common Canada goose, with its forms, and the barnacle 
and brant geese. The brant and its Western relative, the 
black brant, are chiefly maritime in ‘habit, and are seldom 
On the other hand, the snow goose, 
and some of its forms, are regular visitants to certain 
points on the Atlantic coast. A few years ago a flock of 
these birds was always to be found in winter in the mouth 
of the Delaware River. Stray birds are sometimes seen 
on the New England coast and on Long Island. On the’ 
beach which lies outside of Currituck Sound a flock 
of five hundred or a thousand of these birds 1s found each 
winter. ' 3 

The gray geese, so called, all have the bills, feet, head 
and neck black. There are patches or touches of white 
about the cheeks or throat, whence they have een called 
cravat geese; the upper parts of the body are dark gray - 
and the belly and tail coverts white, The white-fronted 
goose, gents Apser, is mth paler gray, has the bill and 
feet pink, and has no black except spots on breast and 
belly. In the genus Chen three forms are pure white, 
except for the quill feathers of the wings, which are 
black. All have the head white in adult plumage. ; 
Philacte, the Alaska type, is grayish or bluish in color, 
variously matked with white. 

The North American geese are birds of powerful flight, 
non-divers, well adapted for progression on the land. 
usually breeders in high latitude, but wintering in open 
waters. Some are large birds, while others are smaller 
than some of the ducks, the weight in different species 
varying from 15 to 3 pounds. : 

They feed almost altogether on vegetable matter, large- 
ly grass and aquatic plants; and sometimes. after feeding 
for a time on the roots of certain sedges and other water - 
plants, their flesh becomes almost uneatable from the 
strong flavor given it by this food. 

Geese are noisy birds, the voice of the smaller ones 
being shrill and cackling, while the cry of others, l!ke the 
comimon Canada goose, is sonorous and resonant. 

Many years ago the geese, during the spring and au- 
ttmn migration, were so enormously abundant in portions 
of Minnesota and in Califoria that they did a vast 
amount of damage by eating the young wheat just appear- 
ing about the ground. In those days it was possible to 
approach quite close to them on horseback, and the rider, 
having gotten as near as practicable, would charge 
upon the feeding flock, get among ‘them before 
they could rise out of reach, and knock down several 
with a short club which he carried in his hand. It may 
be questioned whether this method of killing geese has 
been employed for a long time. In more recent years it is 
said to have been necessary for the California ranchers 
during migrations to employ armed men, whose business 
it was to ride about, shooting with rifles at the feeding 
flocks and endeavoring to keep them constantly on the, 
wing. 4 


The Blue Goose. 


Chen cerulescens (Linn.) 

Tn the adult the head and tipper part of the neck are 
white; the rest of the neck, breast, back and rump bluish, 
or brownish-blue, many of the feathers with paler edges; . 
wing light bluish gray; secondaries blackish, edged with 
white; primaries black, fading to gray at the base; tall 


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brown, white margined; under parts brownish-gray and 
white, sometimes mostly white. and upper and under tail 
coverts white, or nearly so. The bill is pale pink, with 
white nail and a black line along the margin of each 
mandible. The legs and feet are reddish. 

The young resemble the adult, but have the head and 
neck grayish brown. ‘The length of this goose is about 
28 inches; the wing measures 16. 

Like many others of our inland water fowl, this goose 
often has the plumage of head, neck, breast and belly 
Stained with rusty orange, as if soiled by iron rust, 

The blue goose is an inhabitant of the interior, ranging 
from the Hudson Bay district south along the Mississippi 
Valley to the Gulf of Mexico. It is not found on either 
the Atlantic or Pacific coasts, except that in a few cases 


ELUE GOOSE. 


it has been taken on the extreme northern coast of Maine. 
Little or nothing is known about its breeding habits, 
though the Eskimos and Indians are authority for the 
Statement that 1t breeds in the interior of Labrador; and 
the occurrence of the species in Maine would seem to 
lend color to this story. Moreover, Mr. G. Barnston, in 
lis paper on the “Geese of Hudson Bay,” states that in 
the migration the blue goose crosses James Bay, coming 
from the eastern coast, while at the same time the snow 
goose makes its appearance coming from the north, 

This species was long thought to be the young of the 
snow goose, and was so figured by Audubon; appearing 
on the same plate with that species. Occasionally speci- 
mens ate found whith haye considerably more white on 
them than is given in the description above, but on the 
whole, it seems to be very well established that the species 
is a valid one. The color of the head and upper neck 
vaties somewhat with age, the white of these parts grow- 
ing purer and less intermingled with dark feathers as the 
bird grows older. 

This is one of the so-called brant of the Mississippi 
Walley, and is known by a number of names, among which 
are bitte brant, bald-headed goose, white-headed goose, 
ove bleu and bald brant. Being confined to the inland dis- 
tricts of the country, it is shot chiefly on the stubbles or 
the sandbars or in cornfields. 


The Lesser Snow Goose. 


Chen hyperborea (Pall.). 


The adult is entirely white, except the primaries, or 
quill feathers of the first joint of the wing, which are 
black, changing to ash gray at the base. The bill is 
dark red, with black line along the margin of mandibles; 
the nail white; the legs and feet red; length, about 25 
mches; wing, 1535. In the young the head, neck and 
upper parts are pale grayish. with the wing covyerts and 
tertiary feathers brown, edged with white. The primaries 
are black, and the rest of the upper parts white. The 
bill and feet are dark. 

The true snow goose is a bird of Western distribution, 
reaching from the Mississippi Valley westward to the 


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coast, and as far south as Texas and southern California. 
Tt, nevertheless, occurs sometimes on the Atlantic coast, 
and I have known of its being killed on Long Island. It 
is perhaps the most abundant goose found in California. 
and occurs in large numbers all over the country from 
the yalley of the Mississippi west to the Rocky Moun- 
tains, where it is often associated with the larger snow 
goose, to be described later. On the plains of Montana, 
near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, they are abun- 
lant, and when they first arrive are quite gentle, so that I 
have often ridden on horseback within easy shooting dis- 
tance of them, although a man on foet would not have 
been perinitted to approach so near. ‘ 

In the Hudson Bay district both forms of snow goose 
are abtitdant, and in old times used to form an important 


article of subsistence for the Hudson Bay pests, Of late 
years, however, they have become 50 scarce that this 
source of food supply can no longer be depended upon. 
While the flesh of both the snow geese is highly 
esteemed by some people, IT haye never considered it 
desirable. Usually it has a strong taste of sedge, so pro- 
nounced tu be, to some palates, very disagréeable, 


Greater Snow Goose. 
Chen hyperboréa nivalis (Forst.). 

Precisely simular in all respects to the preceding, but 
larger. While the length of C, hyperborews is about 25 
inches, with a wing 15% inches, that of the present 
sub-species is 34 inches, with a wing over 17 inches. The 
two forms are often found associated together, and it 
is frequently difficult to determine to which one a bird 
belongs. 

The snow geese differ from many of their fellows in 


feeding largely on the Jand. They walk about much as 


do the domestic geese, nipping the grass and such other 
herbs as please their taste, and resort to the water chiefly 
for resting. 

The nest of the greater snow goose, as described by 
Mr. Macfarlane, consists merely of a hollow or depres- 
sion in the soil, ined with down and feathers. The eggs 
are large and are yellawish-white. 

All these interior geese, such as the blue goose and all 
the white geese, are known amone the Indians and Hud- 
scm Bay peaple of the North as wavies, the blnae goose 
being called the blue wavy, the soow goose the large 
wayy, aud Ross’ goose the small wavy. The larger snow 
goose is common in Alaska. They do not breed in the 
neighborhoad of the Yukon. but proceed further north to 
reat their young. The fall migration takes place in 
September, and by the end of that month all the snow 
geese are gone, In stimmer they proceed as far south as 
Texas and Cuba, where they are reported as abundant. 

As already remarked, snow geese are seen every win- 
ter in the mouth of the Delaware, and also on the coast 
of North Carolina, about Currituck Sound. 

The spéctacle of a flock of these white geese flying is 
a yery beautiful ane. Sometimes they perform remark- 
able evalutions on the wing, and if seen at a distance 
look like so many snowflakes being whirled hither and 
thither hy the wind. Scarcely less beautiful is the sight 
which may often be seen in the Rocky Mountain region 
during the migration. As one rides along under the 
warin October stin he may have his attention attracted by 
sweet, faint, distant sounds, interrupted at first, and then 


GREATER SNOW GOOSE. 


gradually coming nearer and clearer, yet still only a mur- 
mur; the rider hears it from above, before, behind and 
all around, faintly sweet and musically discordant, always 
softened by distance, like the sound of far-off harps, of 
sweet bells jangled, of the distant baying of mellow-votced 
hounds. looking up into the sky above him he sees the 
serene blue far on high flecked with tiny tvhite moving 
Shapes, which seem like snowflakes drifting lazily across 
the azure sky; and down to earth, falling, falling, falling, 
come the musical cries of the little wavies that are 
journeying toward the south land. They pass, and slowly 
the sounds grow faint and fainter, and the listener thinks 
involuntarily of the well-known lines: 


Oh, hark! ch, hear! how thin and clear, 
And thinner, ¢learer, further going! 

Oh, sweet and far from cliff and sear 
The tiorns of Elfand faintly blowing! 


These hirds and Ross’ geese often stop to rest and 
feed on the Montana plains during their migration, J 
have more than once killed them with a rifle at St. 
Mary's Lake in the late autumn, and have started them 
from the little prairie pools, where they were feeding on 
a small farinaceous tuber which is the root of some 
water plant. 


Ross’ Goose. 
Chen Rossa (Baird). 

In color the plumage of the adult Ross’ goose is pre- 
cisely similar both im adult and young to that of the larger 
snow geese; that is, pure white, except for the primaries. 
which ate black, becoming ash color at the base. The bill 
and fect are red; the nail white. The base of the bill is 
usually covered with wart-like excrescences, or is wrinkled 
and roughened. There is great difference in the bills, no 
two being just alike. The young are white, tinged with 
gray, the center of the feathers often heing dark colored, 

Ross’ goose is the smallest of our geese, being about 
the size of the mallard duck, and weighing from 274 to 3 
pounds. At a distance it is hard to distinguish it from 
the snow goose, but the voice is shriller, and the birds 
rise on the wing more readily than most of the geese, 
springing into the air and going upward more like mal- 
lards or Black ducks than like geese. The tange of this 
goose is given in the books as Arctic America in sum- 
mer, and the Pacific coast to southern California in win- 
ter; but, as a matter of fact, not very muck is known aheut 


it. It has been taken quite frequently in California in 
winter, but 1s nowhere abundant. _— 

Tn northwestern Montana it isa common fall migrant, 
coming rather later than the snow goose, and being 
abundant on the heads of Milk River, Cutbank and Two 
Medicine Lodge creeks through October and the first half 
of November. <A few years ago Mr. Jos, Kipp cap- 
tured and partially domesticated there no less than nine of 
these birds, but unfortunately, before the winter was over, 
all of them were killed by the dogs. 

I have seén it there in flocks of from seyenty-fiye to 


ROSS’ GOOSE, 


one hundred, and haye known of sixteen birds falling to 
the two discharges of a double-barreled gun. The flesh 
of those that I have eaten was delicious. 

Dr, J. C, Merrill reports this goose as not uncom- 
mon in the vicinity of Fort Missoula, and Captain Bendire 
has taken it in eastern Oregon in the spring. It is not a 
bird that is likely to be met with by sportsmen except in 
the localities referred to, and there it is usually shot by 
being approached under cover.. 


The Maine Woods. 


Boston, Sepi. 16.—Reports come by mail and telegraph 
that the issuing of licenses to shoot deer in Maine has 
been resumed. A good rain on Tuesday over the greater 
part of the wooded section of that State put the danger of 
forest fires out of the way till the woods become dry 
again, and licenses are being obtained, Moosehead reports 
say that a large number of deer are being killed not far 
from Kineo, Mr, J. G, Plaisted, of Boston, shot one there 
last weck. Some of the Moosehead guides are very 
indignant at the idea that the recent forest fires, or any 
fires, in fact, should be attributed to their carelessness, or 
to sportsmen in their charge. A guide greatly dreads a 
fire. “They have a holy dread of it,” Say$ a sportsman 
who has spent many seasons in the Ma?ne woods. “They 
not only fear the consequences, but they fear the disgrace, 
They are fully aware that every section burned over is 
ruined for lumbering, as well as a sporting region, and 
they have a great interest in both. Most of the guides 
work at lutnbering in the winter,” “ 

In the Rangeley region the deer hunters are at work 
again, since the rain has permitted the further issuing of 
shooting licenses, and made it legal to shoot under those 
issued before the celebrated order to cease shooting till 
atter the woods were aga‘n in shape to be visited by 
sportsmen and guides. It seems that the order did at- 
tempt to stop shooting under licenses already issued, 
although how it could be expected to reach hunters caniped 
in the woods, several miles from either mai! or telegraph, 
it doth not yet appear. A gentleman rettirned to Boston 
Sattrday from a fishing trip to a well-known Rangeley 
sporting region says that he does not believe that the 
least attention was paid to the order to stop shooting, It 
is true that the hunters did not openly go out with their 
rifles, but they were away from camp, and rifle reports 
were, to be heard any day. He says that three or four 
hunters and a guide or two ga ont under the cover of one 
license, and the hunter to whom the license is made out, of 
course, claims the deer. A letter from the section of the 
Upper Dam says that a few big trout have come into the 
Pool, and the fishermen are after them. The writer 
counted ten boats fishing the Pool on Thursday, with four 
persons fishing from the Aprons. - Since the stopping of 
September licenses it is hard to find any one there who 
ever saw a deer, though “caucusses in the bushes" were 
common up to that date. Still. mysterious sounds of guns 
were heard from the woods most any day. Mr. Bugene 
Lynch, of Boston, who has been at the Dam, with Mrs. 
Lynch? has not yet taken his deer. Mrs. Lynch is under- 
stood to have brought down a buck last year. Mr. and 
Mrs. M, H. Curley. of Boston, are also in company with 
the Lynches, Mr. Curley likes the rod better than the 
gun, and has succeeded in taking several fine trout. A. 
Montgomery, of New York, was one of the first to bring 
in a buck, at Mountain View. The first deer of the 
season, killed in the Dead River region, was taken on 
Saturday, Sept. & by a New York gentleman stopping 
at Safford’s, The serious fire at Carry Ponds has been 
put out. Lumbermen were sent ip from the towns belaw 
and soon had the fire in check. A very large hunting, 
fishing and timber region was threatened. The rain has 
stopped the fire in the Saddleback waods. 

The Massachusetts season on partridges and woodcock 
does not apen till Oct. r this year, instead of on Sept, 15, 
as formerly, It is understood that 2 thorough enforee- 
ment of the game laws in this State is to be pushed this 
year. Quail may also be legally shot on and after Oct. ¢. 
But tnder the new law, partridges and woodeock cannot 
he sold in the markets. J. Russell Reed has feft Boston 
with his dogs for a few weeks’ bird shooting ii Maine, 
The law on partridges in that State was off Sept. 15. Re- 
ports concerning the quantity of partridges there are very 
conflicting. Newspaper carrespondents, interested in 
beeming certain seetions, say that they are “very abyn-: 


dant,” “far more plenty than last year,” “have greatly 
increased,” etc. But letters from parties stopping at these 
very sections say that “not a partridge is to be seen. 


A Maine Vote. 


_ Boston, Sept. 15.—The Hon. L. T, Carleton, chairman 
of the Maine Fish and Game Commission, was elected on 
Monday a Representative to the Legislature from the 
Winthrop. district; Reports to the daily papers, as well 
‘as private letters, say that dissatisfied Republicans, Demo- 
crats and Prohibitionists united to defeat Mr. Carleton, 
and fish and game matters were brought-into the fight. 
A farmer was nominated in opposition, and. it is under- 
stood that he was supported on the theory that he is op- 
posed io game and fish laws, and to the further fostering 
of fish and game protection by the State. I have already 
noted in the Forest AnD StrREAM a feeling of dissatisfac- 
tion among a smal! part of the farmers in Maine. One 
man has come out boldly and declared against all game and 
fish laws, and wickedly assailed all lovers of the rod and 
eun as drunkards and debauchers, and declared that the 
’ State ought not to do any more to foster hunting and 
fishing.in Maine. He has secured only a very small fol- 
lowing, and the victory of Mr. Carleton over the combined 
opposition by a majority of 282 votes in a small district is 
reckoned as a victory for fish and game protection and 
propagation. A gentleman familiar with Maine legisla- 
tive affairs tells me that Mr. Carleton will undoubtedly 
be tendered: the chairmanship of the Committee on Fish- 
eries and Game when the Legislature assembles Jan. 1 
next. If that is the case, and Mr. Carleton accepts the 
position, it- will be next to impossible for any legislative 
measures to pass to which Mr.:Carleton is opposed. 
Now the town of Damariscotta is ahead of the other 
Maine towns in the matter of being visited by members of 
the big-game family. A visitor came into town early, 
doubtless in the night, since he was first seen in the early 
daylight, breakfasting on green corn from the garden of a 
citizen. He finished his repast, roamed around the streets 
a while and then disappeared in the direction of the woods. 
- He was a big bull moose. SPECIAL. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Change in the Chickens. 


: “CHIcaco, Ill., Sept. 15 —Quite a change has come. over 
_ the prairie chicken situation in this part of the world 
within the brief space of the two weeks which we have 
now had of the open season. At-the first of the shooting 
season I mentioned heavy bags, such as 67, 62, 36, etc., 
_ made by different shooters within 100 miles of this city 
at such points as Aurora, Gilman, ete. It was considered 
certain that there was an uncommonly heavy crop of 
. chickens, and indeed that was so certain that there is no 
reason to alter that opinion at this time. It is not thought 
that all the birds have been killed, yet they have disap- 
. peared, utterly and mysteriously, as though there had 

ot been more than a very few to begin with, For the 
first.week everybody got birds; now nobody gets any. 

The fact seems to be that the American prairie chicken 
is getting over a good many of its one-time easy-going 
habits and is: becoming something of a general itself in 
the field. lis habits have changed distinctly, and it is 
much more difficult to make a good bag of these birds 
than it was even ten years ago. It is now only the middle 
of September and we haye had no frosts at all thus far 
in Illinois, yet the birds have begun to pack up already 
and have practically leit their earlier covey arrangements. 
They lie in the big corn fields and feed at night, more 
like ducks than chickens. 

There will be better chicken shooting in Illinois thirty 
days from now than there is to-day, for at that time the 
corn will be cut down by frost, the big flocks of grouse 
will be located and the hunter will have a better notion 
of where to seek his game. The birds will then be still 
wilder, but they will be more in evidence, and there will 
exist the chances of occasional shots‘ at stragglers and 
laggards that lie along the edges of the corn. At least 
one can then see the game, even if he cannot kill it. 
This week the hunters cannot find track nor trace of the 
birds, and it is a much mystified lot of shooters who 
have lately been coming back home. I do not learn of 
any bags of consequence this week. 

Oswald Von Lengerke has been out three times after 
chickens. The first time his party got thirteen, the next 
.time six, and this last time, on'the trip from which he 
has just returned, he only saw one chicken. He was 
at Gilman the last time, the place where so many birds 
were found the week previous. He was at Koutts, Ind., 
last week, with Geo. Glissman, a local shooter who had 
several coveys marked down all ready to shoot on order. 
They had no luck at finding these coveys, but did find 
one big band in that some country—about forty birds in 
one bunch—out of which they could get no work. . 

-Another party who hunted three days around Gilman 
with three dogs saw only three chickens in the three 
_ days. . Messrs. Adam. Wolff and Billy Pease, of Harvey, 
hunted two days in that same section of country and they 
put, up only two chickens. Still another party, among 
whom are Mr. D. W. Trotter and J. Wilson, are now 
absent at Gilman, but from all prospects they cannot be 
expected to have much sport. Mr. Harry Chester and 
three friends went down to Koutts, Ind., yesterday, but 
unless times have changed sharply since earlier this week 
they will meet but little luck. In point of fact, the 
chicken season of 1900 is over right now, so far as any 
regular sport is concerned. It has been short, sharp 
and decisive and the chicken seems to have the best of 
it at this writing. 


Ducks and Jacks, 


Mr. W. Johnson killed thirty-three teal one day this 
week at Bluff Lake, one of the Fox Lake waters, and 
reports from the same. place say that there are some 
jacksnipe in at that point. At the Kankakee bottoms, in 
Indiana, a few jacks have been seen within the week. 
Billy Mussey has gone down thete to investigate, there 
being a sort of leaning in his soul for this particular 
and pestiferous bird. I do not think many ducks can 
be hoped for along the Kankakee as yet, but one might 
have a little fun down there with what teal and jacks he 
could find, especially if this good weather holds. 


FOREST AND_STREAM, 


This week thousands of yellow-legs and grass ployer 
showed up on the marsh near the Maksawba Club, on the 
Kankakee, so John Watson tells4me to-day. They have 
found some good feeding ground down there and are 
apt to hang around for quite a while. 

The regular fall duck shooting has not begun to the 
north of us in Wisconsin, and the sport thus far has 
been mainly on.local ducks, about as Sood as it was 
last year in some places atid upon the average rather bet- 
ter, since there has been a good deal of rain in the late 
summer and hence more water and inore feed. 


Wews from Iowa and the Northwest. 
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Mr. J. C. Uartiman, of the Waterloo Courier, Waterloo, 
Tu., is a very well posted and kindly hearted sportsman 
aud he is good enough to send the following notes on 
the shooting in his neighborhood and in the States to 
the north and west of him. The city of Waterloo ts in 
one of the oldest settled parts of the State of Towa, 
which latter i ssaid to haye Jess waste land than any 
other State of the Union and is farmed within an inch 
of its life all over the section where Mr. Hartman lives. 
The latter sends a very fetching photo of his outfit, friend, 
dog, birds and all, and it seems pretty good to a man 
who has been robbed out of his own chicken shoot this 
fall. Mr. Hartman writes: 

“I suppose that you have gathered your share of the 
1900 chicken crop ere this; if you haven't you will regret 
that you were not in it with me the morning of Sept. 1. 
The law was not observed as well as usual in this section 
during the latter part of the close season and fully one- 
third of the birds were killed off by farmers and city 
pot-hunters before the lawful period commenced. Et- 
forts were: made to apprehend the scamps, but it was im- 
possible:to secure sufficient evidence to warrant arrests. 
The first prairie chicken that I flushed this season had 
been crippled. It was a morning early in July and I 
drove out a few miles to rum a little of the fat off from 
old Pat, my Irish setter. He dodged into a clover patch 
near the road and came to a stand. I got out of the 
buggy and went in, a half-grown bird rising as I reached 
the dog. A broken leg that hung several inches below 
the other as the bird sailed away told the story. Five 
others flew up, showing that at least half of the flock 
had been potted. Within to rods of this bunch the dog 
located a hen and four young ones no larger than quail. 
The size of this flock also was evidence of the game 
hog’s work. ~ 

Sept. I, in company with Al. Hummel, I killed my 
share of twenty birds. The bulk of our bag was made 
on the 320-acre farm of a friend who lives five miles 
south of Waterloo, We could have killed more, but pre- 
ferred to leave plenty for seed and the number shot was 
all that two guns should take m one day. They laid 
well to the dog and all of our shooting was done in the 
stubble and clover, none being followed into the corn. 

“Not since 1880 have quail been so plentiful in Iowa 
as at the present, and sportsmen are promised better 
sport in pursuit of Bob White than they have enjoyed 
in many years, The winters of 1882-83-84-85 nearly anni- 
hilated our quail, but their numbers have increased won- 
deriully of late years and this year especially has been 
a most favorable one for hatching. 

“The wild rice crop 1s abundant this fall, and in ponds 
that have not been surrounded by pasture so that the 
cattle have eaten the stalks rice beds are common and 
some fair shooting is looked for when the frosts start the 


_ ducks southward, 


“Gunners who have been to North Dakota and Min- 
nesota reports ducks very plentiful. Bags of from sixty 
to eighty in a half day to three guns are reported. One 
shooter told me that he saw young ducks Aug. 15 that 
could barely fly. Hundreds of these will be potted and 
find their way to the freezers. 

“A coal man who makes South Dakota informed me 
a few weeks ago that farmers told him that during the 
severe drought that section has experienced the past sum- 
mer many ponds went completely dry. Ducks had 
nested in many of these and it was related that the young 
died from want of water, their bodies being found in 
numerous instances, 

“A novel way of smuggling game out of the States 
where shipping of same is prohibited is reported, and it 
is a new one to me. The scheme is this: Purchase sev- 
eral quart fruit jars with patent tops. Fill these with ice 
and pack the birds around them in your grip or trunk. 
IT do not recommend this, but advise game wardens to 
keep an eye on strangers who buy fruit jars.” 


A Dog Story. 


Mr. D. C. Plum, a Chicago gentleman who has a big 
cattle ranch in Texas, and who has seen a bit of sport in 
one part or another of America, tells this story: 

“I used to have a dog, and I thought a heap of that 
dog. He was a Gordon, black and tan, and I called*him 
Grouse. That dog could do everything in the world 
that a human being could do and a good many that no 
human being could. He was the idol of our family and 
the treasure of my heart. I do not expect to find just 
such another very soon. I had Grouse trained and a 
few of us got together in a sort of little club so that 
we could have our dogs boarded together anc well cared 
for. We got a young man who was born in Michigan 
and whose name was Willie Davidson, He was a good 
sort, faithful and a good trainer; not the sort of man 
you would accuse of any sentiment, but a very good 
dog trainer. We had no difficulty while Davidson had 
our dogs, and we knew he loved them, every one. - 

“We used to go over around Chatham, Ont. I know all 
those folks over there, Billy Wells and all the others. 
It was near here that Grouse came to his end, 

“We had a sort of stable where we kept the dogs, and 
one night Willie Davidson, going to the door, stumbled 
over the body of Grouse, who was curled up at the door- 
step, apparently asleep. He told him to get up, but he 
did not move, and still did not move when he pushed 
him with his foot. Davidson stooped over, and, in short, 
he found that it was the same old story. The dog had 
slipped ‘away into a neighboring yard, had found the 
poison that was put out by some fiend of that town and 
ie had killed him. That ended the season for me right 

ere, 

“A short time after that we were down in Tennessee 


(Serr, 22, 1900, 


ca i te ae SLA ee Te a ET 


and we had Willie Davidson with us to take care of the 
dogs. We shot for a time there; and one night we went 
into the house where we stopped, all feeling pretty 
tired, I was cleaning my own gun and Willie was. busy 
about something or other, when all at once I happened 
to have a look at his shooting coat. Now, I had not 
long before giyen him a very nice English hunting coat 
that | had brought over with me for my own use. “Why 
don’t you wear that [English coat—the corduroy that you 
used to like when we were up in Canada?’ I asked him, 
for | knew'he liked that coat and had always worn it 
when he was out with the dogs there. He did not make 
any answer to my question, and I spoke again to him 
moment later. —s : et 

“Why don’t you wear the old corudroy I gave you?’ 
l asked again. Still he did not answer, but bent down 
low over his worl, so that | could not see his face. 1 
thought something. was wrong with him and I said: 
‘Davidson, man, what’s gone wrong? Is anything the 
matter?” 

“He raised his face and looked up at me. There were 
big tears standing on his cheeks. He could hardly 
speak at all, but at length he said: ‘Mr. Plum, sir, the 
truth is, 1 buried old Grouse in that coat. He knew and 
liked it, and I wanted to do the best I could.’ 

“Well, I think he came near to doing the best that 
any man could.” 

' Mr, Plum did not tell his second story immediately 
after his first, but this is what it was when he did tell it: 

“T was out at Cheyenne, one time,” satd he, fand there 
were a lot of cow men in there at the time. -Yiou know 
what a center that city is for the cow trade. Well, it 
happened that we had out there Mr. Moreton Frewen, 
You have read of him; he married a sister of Lady Ran- 
delph Churchill, one of the lovely Jerome sisters, and 
he has later attained a lot of prominence in English poli- 
tics, as you know. Well, Frewen was out in Wyoming 
looking for a chance to make a barrel of money in the 
cattle business, and he was having plenty of help from 
local sources by way of advice and liberal offers to turn 
over all sorts of cow propositions. You know how ail 
that is on the range. tel 

“Tn the course of events we had a little banquet at the 
Cheyenne Club, which perhaps you know is just about as 
good a layout as you can get in New York. You meet 
all sorts of money and all sorts of good fellows there, 
and it is not a place for a man to go if he expects some- 
thing crude. We had a good dinner and a lot. of good 
speeches. I think I shall always remember one, and 
that was made by an Irishman named Plunkett,,a bright 
sort of fellow who was always welcome at the speech- 
making stage. It was Plunkett who made: what,we might 
call the formal address of welcome to the visitors. He 
stuttered a little in his speech and this made him all. the 
more funny. 

““W_ow-we w-welcome you, g-gentlemen,’ said he, ‘t-to 
America. Am-m-merica is the greatest land on e-earth, 
W-we w-iwelcome here all the p-p-peoples of the earth. 
W-we w-welcome the F-Frenchman, the Z-Z-Zulu, the 
S-S-Spaniard, even the Irishman. W-we w-welcome the 
C-C-C-hinaman, h-h-humble as he is. W-we w-welcome 
the Australian to these b-b-broad acres of the w-w-wind- 
s-swept p-p-plains. We w-w-welcome y-you all to | 
th-this land of p-plenty. Ab-b-bove all, and w-w-with 
esp-p-pecial {-f-fervor, d-do w-we w-welcome: here‘ -to- 
night, as alw-w-ways, the E-E-Englishm-m-man, because 
he c-comes here to p-p-pay us t-t-thirty d-d-dollars:for 
our tw-tw-tw-twenty d-d-dollar. cows,’ aus ie 

“Frewen sat solemn as an owl through it all, but we 
had reason to suspect that he did a little thinking over 
this ‘address of welcome,’ ” : a 


fips 


Galveston. 


Galveston! Ah, Galveston! What shall the men of the 
Northwest say for Galveston? Very little that ¢an’ fit 
such a case. Yet a sportsman, as well as a business 
man, may take out his purse, take off his hat and hold 
out his hand. 

E. Hovcw. 

Hartrorp Buripine, Chicago, Ill. 7 


North Carolina Coast Game. 


WaANCHESE, Dare County, N. C.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The bay bird shooting has not been as gooil 
along the Carolina coast this summer and fall as usual, on 
account of the exceeding dry weather, but it has been 
better down here in Dare county than up at Currituck. I 
have been stopping with Capt. M. D. Hayman, of this 
place, and made some good bags. I find for large yel- 
low-legs, plover and dowitchers April and May are best 
months. It is very pleasant shooting there, and I know 
of no place where one can obtain better sport in this 
line. This is also an excellent place for wild goose shoot- 
ing, and very good for redheads and broadbills. They 
have to be shot from a battery, however, and this county 
demands a license tax. of $20 for non-residents. There 
is no license tax required for bay bird shooting nor wild 
goose shooting from the islands in the sound. Capt. 
Hayman has a fine lot of wild geese (live decoys), and 
also battery, redhead, brant, broadbill decoys, etc. I! 
think perhaps the black, brant shooting is better here 
than any other point along the coast—I refer to Dare 
county—and the Captain uses a large house boat and 
follows them up. 

Trout (yellow fin) and salmon or spotted trout (both 
salt water fish) are plentiful now and make keen sport 
for the fisherman. 

Sharks have been unusually saucy this summer, anid 
while no men have been eaten by them, some have had 
very narrow escapes. Capt. James Hobbs, of Kitty 
Hawk, was driving some eattle along the ocean side. A 
young cali among them took to the water and was imme- 
diately deyoured by a large shark. The only case in 
which a man was ever known to be eaten by a shark 
along this coast occurred at Nag’s Head about fifteen 
years ago, but I really think there are “man eaters” here 
at times, 

The quail crop is a large one. 
more favorable. 

Wild celery in Currituck Sound is so abundant that 
one can hardly propel a boat on its waters, and we should 
have fine duck shooting there this season. 


The season was never 


Serr, 22, t900,] 


W. H. Bray, of Currituck, and L. R, White, of Cor- 
rolla, are the only houses who take spottsmen, Most 
of the property is owned by clubs. _ Le oo 

Some fine strings of large-mouth black bass have been 
taken from the fresh, ponds at Nag’s Head this summer, 
one weighing 1114 pounds. 

Any brother sportsman desiring live wild geese for 
decoys will do well to write Capt. M. D. Hayman, Wan- 
chese, as he has one of the finest lots I ever saw. I 
shall be very glad to see “American Wildfowl and How 
to Take Them,” by Mr. Grinnell. I always enjoy his 
articles and know this will be instructive as well as in- 
teresting veading matter. “How to Take Them” is what 
we all want to know, 

More Anon. 


The Tsar as a Hunter. 


Russta, by reason of its immense extent and com- 
paratively small population, offers a magnificent variety 
of sport, says a writer in Pearson’s Magazine. The 
woods of Gatschina, owing to their vicinity to St. Peters- 
burg, are, however, tususally the scene of the biggest 
battues given’ by the Emperor. These estates are stit- 
rounded by a high wall, and are further separated from 
the road outside by a ditch. Dtawbridges guarded by 
‘picked Cossacks give entrance to this imperial residence. 
The woods about it, though often heavily shot, are 
crowded with game, | 

But perhaps the Tsar prefers the harder and more 
toilsome days spent in the forests of Bialowiége, not 
far froti*Minsk, to the south of Moscow. Here an early 
start isthe order of the day, and by 8 o’clock the whole 
party have’ left the Castle behind them. This country 
seat was built some years ago by the Emperor Alexander. 
Ill. It is the rule on such cccasions to breakfast in the 
forest, and at these breakfasts the Empress is often pres- 
ent, seated on the Emperor’s right. This is no new 
fashion, for the Dowager Empress used to accompany 
the late Tsar, taking her children and attendants with her. 

Game abounds in these royal preserves of Bialowiége, 
the list including stags, elk, wild boars, and, rarest ot 
all, the bison. No one, except the Tsar and his guests, 
ever penetrates these ancient forests, whefe a tree is 
never cut. 

Another reason is the fear that the bison (the bison of 
Europe, the autochs, in fact) is in considerable danger 
of becoming extinct, With the exception of the Cau- 
casian mduntains, they are ‘at the present day to be 
found nowhere else except in these forests, and hete they 
are shot but once in three years.’ Last year a hundred 
were Killed, the best having a fine head. This one was 
shot by the Emperor himself, and Gen. Riehter brouglit 
down another fine specitien. None but bulls are shot— 
io hre at a cow is a crime mttclvon a level with shooting 
a lox in a hunting country. 

The stags in these woods are splendidly grown and 
very numerous, our hundred were shot in a few days 
last year. 

Since the Tsar has broached the idea of digarinainent, 
it is said that his Wiews on sport have undergone a coti- 
siderable modification, 


On the Rail Ground. 

Mitrorp, Conn., Sept: 6.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
The rail shooting here last week was quite good, and 
although the bags made were not large, they were enough 
to give a very pleasant day’s sport. . 

‘With a companion I went out on the river on Monday, 
starting at 11 o'clock, and working for two hours. He 
killed forty-three rail-and an English snipe, while I got 
forty-four rail and a black duck. Three other boats were 
out, one of which got thirty, one nineteen and the other 
fourteen. The odd thing about the shoot is that my friend 
lost one crippled bird, while by some accident I neither 
missed nor lost a bird during the day. If his cripple had 
been recovered, we would each have brought in forty- 
five birds. 

The English snipe got up from the edge of the meadow 
near my friend’s boat, and he killed it very promptly. 
The black duck came from up the river when the two 
boats were close together and happened to turn to my 
side. J had slipped a No. 8 cartridge into the left barrel 
some time before on the chance of seeing a duck, and 
although the bird was a long way off, the shot was heavy 
enough to bring him down. The day was cool, clear and 
with a good southwest wind, and the tide was excellent; 
not a high tide to be sure, but a good one. 

Most of the seed has fallen from the wild rice, and the 
grass is beaten down by the passage of the boats over it- 

INcoe. 


A Watch for Mr. Hunt. 


Orrice of THE MassAcHusetrs Fish AND GAME PRO- 
TECTIVE Association, 5 Park Square. Boston, Sept. 17.— 
Editor Forest and Stream; A meeting of the Executive 
Committee was held a few evenings since at the Copley 
Square Hotel. Representative Harry Draper Hunt, of 
North Attleboro, was present as a guest, and was pre- 
sented with a handsome, hunting case gold watch by the 
committee as a token of appreciation of his disinterested 
efforts to secure the passage of the bird bill last winter. 

Chairman Kinney presided, and the presentation speech 
was made by Heman S. Fay, Esq., of Marlborough. Mr. 
Hunt, in a few well-chosen words, expressed his gratitude 
for the gift, and his determination to continue his labors 
in behalf of sportsmen’s interests whenever his assistance 
may be needed. : 

It was owing to the generosity of our chairman that 
the committee was enabled in this manner to recognize 
the valuable services of Representative Hunt. 

.Henry H. Kimsa.t, Sec’y, 


Fall Fish but No Birds. 


Bayvitte, N. J, Sept. 12.—The large fall fish are biting 
freely this week in the bay. There are no bay birds fly- 
ing—in fact, they have never been known to be as scarce 
as now. : , _ HERB. 


Sée the list of good things in-Wooderaft in our adv, cols. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


‘Where to Hold on ae ilodses 


Editor Forest and Stream: 


I would like to hear the opinions expressed in Forest 
AND STREAM as to where is the best place to shoot a 
imoose—that is, to make an instantaneous kill, Let opin- 
ions be expressed on these three shots: st, directly 
facing you; 2d, side shot, and, 3d, going away from you. 

In regard to the first, I say place your bullet directly 
in the center of the chest a little above the brisket. 
2d, Put your bullet in the middle of the meck just for- 
ward of his shoulders or behind the ear. 3d. In the 
center of the rump. This last shot seems to have a 
terrific effect on an animal, These are my opinions; 
now let us hear from others on the subject who “have 
been there.”’ 

It may interest you to hear that the game wardens at 
Kineo are going to keep a sharp lookout for early moose 
hunters this year, and already they have caught one man. 
This fellow shot and killed a bull moose on Northeast 
Carry. Warden Nicholes caught him, He was fined 
$500 and taken to Bangor to be imprisoned for thirty 
days. 
of killing moose in Maine before Oct. 15. ' 

There are several large bulls left in Maine, and I wiill 
try my-luck on Oct. 15. I know where they are, and 
hope to get a big head. SNOWSHOE. 


Sea and River Sishing. 


A Time-Honored Institution. 


H, HOOPER, 


-BY C. 


From time immemorial our family has “gone fishing” 
on Dominion Day. The custom dates back so far that 
even tradition as to its ofigin has been lost, but still one 
can see some membérs of the iamily religiously carrying 
huge lunch baskets and fishing rods, tackle and worms 
down to the wharf and chartering the family row boat, 
launch forth upon the turbid waters of Hamilton Bay. 
That there are no fish in the bay matters nothing at all 
to tis, fof have we not always “gone fisHing” on this day 
each yeat, atid should we abandon such a hoary custom 
fot the ttividl reason that the fish have long since dis- 
appeared? Perish the thought, As we always have fished 
hete on Dotinioti Day, so sttrely we always shall, as 
long as thete is an able-bodied member of the family 
left to keep itp the custom, In fact we look upon it al- 
most in the light of a religious rite. 

Far batk itt the archives of the Hamilton Prehistoric 
Society ate to be found atithentie records of gentiine fish 
having reilly been captured in Hamilton Bay. The in- 
formation, | believe, was discovered tipon a piece of 
Indian pottery and was deciphered alter much trouble, 
but is not generally believed to be true. 

It is also rumored that ai almost perfect speciinen of 
the gentis “intideat,” presetved in alcohol, is on exhibi- 
tion in the sotiety’s musetiit upon special occasions. 
This specitien is sipposed to have been caught by one 
Land (the eaflicst settler), and to have been the fast 
its tace. Certainly there itiay have been fish here in 
the pre-glacial age, or perhaps the tiound builders may 
have seen them, but that is nothing to tis. Nowhere in 
the verbal injunctions handed down in the famiily: ior 
decades and almost centuries is any mention of fish 
or catching fish, We simply “go fishing,’’ and that ends 
our duty. 

Now, last Dominion Day, there being only my father 
and myseli at home, it naturally fell upon us to uphold 
the honor of the family, so packing up the usual ample 
luncheon and shouldering our rods we started for the 
whart. 

Arriving at the water, we discovered the boatman evi- 
dently expecting us. He was a white-haired centenarian 
and reminded me of Charon, Probably he had served my 
grandiather and gteat-grandiather with the same ante- 
diluvian “horse trough” that he brought around for our 
use. So many penknives and fish hooks had beeti 
dropped down between the bottom of the boat and the 
jootboards that the space was quite choked up with 
them. This gave me an idea of its long service. 

At last we were afloat, and deciding that the Apple- 
garth Creek was as good a place for fishing as any we 
rowed across to its and commenced trolling. 

On the way we met several fishermen, mostly in the 
sere and yellow, patiently gazing at their motionless 
floats on the greasy water, Their conversation consisted 
principally of old tales and traditions handed down from 
lather te son, relating to “pike as long as your arm” and 
mythical bass long ago gathered to their fathers. A gen- 
erally peaceful feeling reigned over the scene—no splash- 
ing or changing of bait could be seen, as bait once on the 
aos remained intact until taken off at the close of the 

ay. 

The Hamilton guide books mform us that “perch and 
sunfish” “are to be caught” in the bay. This is mis- 
leading, but the addition of one word would set things 
straight, thus: “Perch and sunfish are yet to be caught 
in Hamilton Bay.” 

But still there are some stubborn people who fish here 


with the firm conviction that they will succeed in captur-. 


img something. I suppose it is bred in them, coming as 
they do from a long line of fishermen. Most of them, 
however, I was glad to see fished from a sense of duty, 
like ourselves, to keep up the honor of the town, without 
any absurd notion of bringing away any spoils. 
lt is certainly great sport trolling, to feel the rod trem- 
ble as the spoon revolves and flashes in the sun; then the 
‘gentle excitment of catching a weed and haying to stop 
to free the spoon. This happened on an average of once 


. in two mintites. 


Thus we beguiled the morning. I noticed about 11 
A. M. that we were becoming a brilliant copper color 
under the fierce heat, but did not pay much attention to 
it then. Of course it was hot; it always is hot here on 
Dominion: Day, especially when the water is like glass 
and a thick scum: rises to the surface and steams under 
the fierce tays of heat. After thoroughly whipping the 
creek from source to mouth, we decided to have lunch, 
and as I had brought my camera to take some yiews of 
the “fishing” for posterity to gaze at we landed on the 


This ought to be thought of by men who think. 


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nearest bank and unpacked the lunch and some bottles, 


the contents of which always cheer and also inebriate if 


taken in proper quantities. But the lunch, like the fish- 
ing, was a failure. We were not hungry, and a cow came 
and bothered us, and a melancholy rustic insisted on re- 
lating to us a number of uninteresting family affairs. Al- 
together we were disgusted, and decided that photog- 
raphy was impossible under the circumstances, How- 
evet, the bottles cheered us a little and gave us enough 
interest in life to commence fishing again. We de- 
termined to ‘‘still-fish” in the Dundas Canal. 

This canal is a rather picturesque place when it isn’t 
hot, but it nearly always is hot. It extends from the 
bay, a matter of six miles, up to Dundas and is bordered 
on both sides by miles of marsh, reeds and wild rice. 

The guide book is again misleading here. It states that 
“ducks abound here.” The ducks of course only exist in 
the imagination of the would-be sportsmen who flock here 
in myriads on the first day of each September. 

I was once foolish enongh to come here duck hunting, 
It was of course on the first, as it seems “‘maladroit” to =, 
come at any other time. We were well provided with 
shells loaded with BB and buckshot, and had lots of grub . 
and decoys. The grub was the only thing we did not 
bring back intact. The shells*we took were regular in-, * 
stitutions, as we had borrowed them from a friend who 
was unable to attend the annual hunt. Many the, weary 
mile they had traveled, having made many journeys to 
the marsh and returned. They had lasted many genera- 
tions intact, and I suppose will last many more, — 

On that particular morning the marsh had its usual 
number of hunters—they averaged about one to,every 20 
yards of marsh and were armed with every known variety 
of “fire irons,” from Greener guns to matchlocks and: 
fuses. 

The “game” that morning was phenomenally plentitul, 
as a large-heron flew over the entire line of guns at a 
height of about 700 yards from the gauntlet of them all 
—and safely. It was wonderful to see each sportsman 
arise as the heron sailed over him, and straightening his 
stiffened joints and balancing himself in his punt, pour 
into the game two charges of all sorts of missles, from 
iron pot legs to snipe shot. But still the heron sailed on. 
Many of the shells naturally missed fire; as they had so 
long been reserved for this momentous occasion they 
had lost their virtue, so it became an interesting matter 
of conjecture as to which sportsman would get: off his 
gun safely, There was in fact quite a rivalry among us 
on this subject, and quite a number of bets were ex- 
changed. Some managed to discharge one barrel, and 
those fortunate ones who got off both were mildly 
cheered. The firing reminded me of a military regiment 
performing a ‘‘feu-de-joie.” 

Every conceivable kind of report was to be heard. 
Ah, it was au inspiring sight, and the air was dark with 
metal for hours afterward, many putting up umbrellas 
to save their hats. And the heron—well, he gave a kind 
of apologetic cough for all the trouble he had caused, 
but he won't return. Me 

But to hark back. In the afternoon we had quite a 
shock. For one bricf instant I almost thought I had a 
bite. Of course it wasn’t. Such a thing would be 


against all history, but while it lasted it was madly ex- 


citing, Just imagine the feelings of an astronomer who 
ior years has gazed at the sky as his father and grand- 
father have done before him. Suddenly he sees the long 
lost comet! These would have been my feelings if any- 
thing so mildly impossible as a fish had fouled my line. 
With this one break in the general monotony we spent 
the long, still, scorching afternoon, and at exactly 6 
P. M. pulled up the anchor and rowed to the wharf. By 
this time we were simply parboiled, and face, hands and 
arms were extremely painful. Our Charon asked his 
usual question, “Haye you caught anything?” for prob- 
ably the hundredth time, and we as usual. answered. 
“No.” What the restlt would have been if we had said 
“Ves” is too dreadful to contemplate. Of course, he 
would have instantly succumbed. At last we arrived at’ 
home, more dead than alive, scorched and burned beyond 
recognition. It took weeks for us to recover from this 
outing. Still we had kept up the custom at all costs. 
We had that much satisfaction out of the affair; but when 
next Dominion Day arrives I sincerely hope some other 
members of the family may undertake to keep up the 
ancient rite. I could not survive another. 

HAwWitTon, Ont, 


The Salt Water League. 


Tuer regular monthly meeting of the Protective League 
of Salt Water Fishermen was held on Sept. 17 at Walls 
Hotel, 106 West Thirty-first street, New York, President 
Theodore Biedinger presiding. There was an appreciable 
increase in attendance over former meetings, and earnest 
attention was paid to the proceedings. The reports of the 
various officers and committees showed favorable progress. 

A letter was read from a Jamaica Bay fisherman, calling 
attention to the illegal netting going on at that place. He 
gave the name of a netter who is hauling his nets every 
day in direct violation of the law, and suggested that the: 
League call the attention of the proper authorities to the 
case. It was decided to carry the matter to Chief Pro- 
tector Pond. , 

Mr. Hesbach, former game warden of Jamaica Bay, 
spoke of the harm done by the netters in the waters of 
Long Island. In Great South Bay nets are so numerous 
as to interfere with the sailing of boats, and carloads of 
fish ate shipped to New York which sometimes do not 
bring a quarter of a.cent a pound, : 

Mr, Charles A, Shriner, former Fish and Game Protec- 
tor of New Jersey, addressed the members on the subject 
of legislation as applicd to fish and game protection. Mr. 
Shriner advised the League to limit its efforts to secure 
regulation of the net fishing rather than to attempt to 
abolish it. He spoke of the difficulties to be encountered 
in a fight to drive out so wealthy a corporation as the 
American Fisheries Company, but expressed an opinion 
that the net fishermen would willingly compromise. He 
recited ‘his experiences as Fish and Game Protector of 
New Jersey, when he fought the menhaden net fishermen 
in the courts and defeated them. At the request of the 
League, Mr. Shriner has drafted a bill to regulate the net 
fishing in New York State. At the proper time these 


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‘ [SEP?. 22, 1909. 


drafts will be revised in a few minor details and intro- 
duced into the Assembly. The provisions of Mr. Shriner's 
proposed measures are outlined on another page of this 
issue. 

At the conclusion of Mr. Shriner's able address, Presi- 
dent Biedinger proposed that he be made an honorary 
member of the League, and the motion was carried amid 
much enthusiasm. 

Several other speeches were made, all of which called 
attention to the need of concerted action on the part of 
the members of the League, many ef whom appear to be 
indifferent to the suceess of the organization. 

The next meeting will be held at Wall’s Hotel on Mon- 
day, Oct: 15. 


The Carp as Food Product of 
Iilinois Waters. 


BY §. P. BARTLETT, 


(Read before the Americ.n Fisheries Society.) 


I TAKE up this subject with a great deal of hesitancy, 
knowing what wide discussion it has caused as to its 
merits and demerits, particularly its demerits, and that 
the consensus of opinion may be opposed to mine; and 
who am I that | should attempt to refute such varied 
authority? But permit me modestly to preface my re- 
marks by saying that | deal with the results of carp 
planting in Illinois waters alone. Here I know whereof I 
affirm, and I base my statements upon my experience 
only, and with profound deference to the opinions of those 
who may have reason to differ with me. 

_ Without egotism, I think I can safely say that few 
men in Illinois have a more general knowledge of the 
waters of the State than I have acquired. ‘lwenty-four 
years of active work in the Fish Commissions have taught 
me many lessons, and more than once I have been con- 
vinced that I have been all kinds of crank in that time. 
The deductions of to-day may be diametrically opposed 


to those of twenty years ago, made under similar 
conditions, but with less experience to guide. From 
the investigations and experiments of the vyarious 


Fish Commissions haye come many practical results, not 
the least among which has been the introduction of the 
German carp. After the United States Fish Commission 
had increased its output of these fishes to an extent 
sufficient to give carload lots to the different States, I 
was instrumental in securing a carload for Illinois. and 
accompanied the car to the yarious points where the plants 
were made, and from these plants has come one of the 
Jargest factors in the yearly product of the waters of the 
State, 

Tt would not be worth while to record here the flood 
of criticism that followed the introduction of this foreigner 
into Illinois waters. This is now only a bit of ancient 
history, seldom revived. I need only say that the press 
generally throughout the State made a vigorous “kick” 
against it, and legislation with a view to limiting the dis- 
tribution was attempted. Yet, while at first I may have 
had doubts as to the utility of the plant, I staod my 
ground, perforce, and defended the attacks against it. 
Public prejudice was largely augmented by the non-suc- 
cess of the many who attempted pond culture of carp 
under conditions which would have made any different 
results impossible. The idea seemed to prevail that any- 
thing would do for carp, and, starting with this premise, 
there were at one time 600 carp ponds in the State, which 
consisted chiefly of holes in the ground filled with surface 
water, devoted not to the carp alone, but free to every- 
thing else on the farm—horses, hogs, chickens, ducks and 
geese; and while even then some carp lived and grew, it 
may be imagined that they were hardly fair samples of 
their kind; and, added, to these disadvantages, they were 
taken out for use regardless of conditions, at spawning 
time, and when cooked were naturally pronounced unfit 
for food. A few, practical enough to give them an even 
chance with other farm products, by supplying conditions 
favorable to the best results, did well with them, and were 
well satisfied with their reward; but the experience of 
the many was made the criterion of success, and carp 
culture on the farm was voted a practical failure. The 
ponds made for them gradually broke down, and the carp 
were catried through the creeks to the rivers and lakes, 
and here began their career of use and benefit. 

For a great many years previous, on both the Illinois 
and Mississippi rivers, it had been the practice of fisher- 
men and farmers in the spring of the year, when the 
buffalo fish “rolled,” to take them by shooting, spearing 
or with pitchforks, and, packing them in sugar hogs- 
heads, they were shipped by river to St. Louis and other 
markets. Those that remained good were sold, the soft 
and tainted thrown away. The net results were, perhaps, 
from one-half to one and one-half cents per pound to the 
shipper, and a loss to the community at large of thousands 
of pounds of good fish. This improvidence continued, and 
up to 1880 the output had constantly decreased, until, from 
the best information we could obtain, only about one 
million pounds of buffalo fish were taken on the Illinois 
River in the season. They were simply “killing the goose 
that laid the golden egg.” Taking the buffalo at spawning 
time, they destroyed not only the stock, but the increase 
as well, until the waters were practically depleted, This 
being the condition of things at the time of the introduc- 
tion of the carp, it but remains to show how they improved 
their opportunity and became a yaluable auxiliary to the 
supply of coarse fishes. For several years the carp were 
caught, but, having a bad name, the fishermen would 
have none of them, and they-were thrown back into the 
water. This, as it proved. was fortunate, for they orTew 
and multiplied, and the fishermen finally awoke to the 
fact that there was a practically unlimited market for 
them in the East, at good paying prices and began to 
utilize them. Year. after year the catch of carp had 
increased, until careful estimates show that 600 carloads 
of them were shipped East last season from different 
points on the Illinois River alone. The prejudice “acainst 
the fish as food had gradually disappeared in this State, 
until now it is found in the fish markets of every town 
and village. and on the tables of almost every hotel and 
restaurant in the surrounding country. 

For years, and seemingly to my misfortune, I was held 
responsible for the introduction and defense of this much 


maligned fish, and I have had plenty of newspaper 
notoriety as its advocate; but I have emerged from it 
triumphant, as it is to-day the universal opinion of every 
responsible fish dealer on the Illinois River that the carp 
was the best gift ever made by the United States Fish 
Commission to the people of the State. 


There are natural reasons why the carp should be pelnti- . 


ful in the waters of our Stale. Not to take too much 
time, I] will briefly say that the Illinois River, with its 
bottom lands frequently covermg fifteen miles from bluff 
to bluff, abounds in low, flat lakes, into which the fish 
so with the overflows of the river, which occur several 
times a year. The water of these lakes becomes very 
warm, yet there is suihcient depth to prevent bad re- 
sults, and here the carp thrive, and trom these lakes they 
are taken for market. The catches are so great as to 
savor strongly of the traditional “fish story,” 25 000 
pounds at a haul being not at all infrequent. and some 
catches have been made that would sound almost fabulous. 
I append herewith a statement or report of the Illinois 
River Fishermen’s Association, which will sive some idea 
of the financial value of this product to the towns along 
the river; and when it is considered that very many of 
the inhabitants of these towns depend upon the fishing 
industry for a living, the benefit of this replenishment of 
these almost depleted waters may be understcod and 
appreciated. 

Peoria, for instance, ships about two carloads of carp 
daily during the height of the season. ‘They are packed 
in boxes holding 150 pounds net of fish. The fish are 
packed in’ icé and then placed in refrigerator cars, and 
not infrequently the fish still show signs of lie on their 
arrival in New York, to which point most of them are 
shipped. Unlike the buffalo, which must be dressed and 
packed im ice tor shipment, the carp are shipped “in the 
rough’—that is, just as taken from the water, with 
absolutely no loss or shrinkage from the scine to the 
dealer, its admirable keeping qualities preserving its edible 
value perfectly. : 

At seyeral points on the Mlimois River holding or live 
pens have been prepared for storing the carp until the 
market or the dealer is ready for them. Notable among 
these storage pens is one owned by Mr. John Schulte, 
The lake in which it is built is six miles long, and 
averages one-half mile in width. Within this lake he 
has built a large inclosure, and the fish taken during 
the hot months are put into it and kept until the market 
is right, when they are taken out and packed for ship- 
ment, Mr, Schulte permits me to give one instance show- 
ing the results. financially, of a catch made by himself. 
The owner of a mill pond wished to have the carp 
taken out of it, and gaye Mr. Schulte the privilege of 
taking them. Mr, Schulte showed me+a check for 
$1,080.35 as the net result of the carload he took from 
that pond. ; 

Buyers from New York houses are stationed at different 
points on the Illinois River all the time, and readily 
take all that 1s offered, just as 1t comes from the water, at 
a net price. 

I give herewith a couple of letters received in reply to 
niy questions as to the value of carp: 

Peoria, Ill., Dee. 17, 1898—Hon. S. P. Bartlett, Supt. 
U. S. Fish Commission, Quincy, Ill. Dear Sir: In an- 
swer to your question aS to my opinion of carp, will 
say, as I have often said, that the carp is the bread- 
winner of the fishermen, and is a cheap food fish in big 
demand in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago. 

The prejudice against the carp here at home does not 
apply abroad. Instead of carp being unfit to eat, scayen- 
gers living on anything and everything, devouring the 
spawn of fine fish, ete., they are a fish of fair flavor for 
eating purposes; do not eat other than vegetable matter, 
such as grass, Hag roots, moss, ete., and never cat the 
spawn of other fish as the black bass does. Oiten | have 
heard it said that the carp was driving the fine fish out 
ot the river. This is also far from the truth, as the 
carp lives in harmony with all kinds of fine fish. The 
only fish that does not seem to like the carp is the buffalo, 
and that is because carp are too lively for them. and 
they cannot stand the jumping about of the carp, but if 
the buffalo have become scarcer we have their cousiti—the 
carp—to take their place, 

In our dealings with our customers since the buffalo 
haye become scarce, in fillmg our dressed fish orders, we 
have had to substitute carp for buffalo very often. At 
first there was great complaint, and orders often read, 
“Don’t send me carp if you haye ho buffalo.” We kept on, 
however, substituting, and now many of the dealers wha 
were so strongly prejudiced against carp order buttalo 
or carp, and many have written us to the effect that the 
people like them since they have given thein a tral 

In summing up this carp question it can be truthfully 
said that the general opinion of the public onthe queés- 
tion is purely imagination, and has no foundation in 
fact, and the best evidence of ftlus is the wonderful de- 
mand for Illinois River carp from Eastern markets, where 
they are sold for Illinois River carp, and not canned for 
“salmon,” as many people believe. Most respectfully 
yours, M. D, Hurtey, 

President Illinois Fishermen’s Association. 


Havana, Ill., Dec. 21, 1898S. P. Bartlett, Supt. U. S. 
Fish Commission, Quincy, Il]. Dear Sir: You ask me as 
to cron of German carp, and my opinion of their value. 

As to the crop of young carp this season, will say that 
there is an enormous lot of them, and by next August 
they will be good marketable fish, weighing from 3 to 5 
ponuds each. 

The Fish Commission did a good thing when they in- 
troduced the German carp in Illinois River. Carp are 
in great demand and'a ready sale. There 1s more demand 
for German carp than for all other fish taken from our 
rivers combined. ; 

From the information I get, as an official of the 
Mlingis River Fishermen's Association, from all points 
along the river, the carp have brought more money than 
the catch of all other of otir fishes combined. Long live 
the carp. Yours respectfully, Jouw A, ScHunte. 

From a comimercial standpoint. then, there can no 
longer be any doubt as to the growing popularity of the 
carp, and as to one other alleged point against therm. T 
would only say that their introduction has not in any 
way lessened the angler’s chances. Bass are more plenti- 


ful now than they have been befere fer years, and con- 
stantly increasing; se are the earp.. There would seem 
to be no need for me to say more in refutation of the oft+ 
eee charge that carp destroy the bass and kindred 
shes. i 

I repeat, 1 am dealing only with what 1 know, and 
what I say applies only in Illinois waters. Possibly, im 
other places, carp may exhibit cannibalistic and mut- 
derous tendencies, but here they get down to business 
and male money, food and friends. 


Canadian Angling Notes. 


AN unusual number of American anglers are at pres- 
ent in the Lake St. John district. The ouananiche sea- 
son, which closes to-morrow, has been a very successiul 
one, and there is every reason to anticipate a constant 
improvement in this sport, now that the Roberval hatch- 
ery has proved itself a success. Another very large lot 
of iry has again been planted from this institution. The 
sport on the trout streams is now at about its best. Last 
week it was very good, but on the lakes the larger fish 
were not rising, on account of the warmth of the water. 
The frost of the last few nights has lowered the tempera- 
ture of the water, and now the large fish are rising more 
freely. A son of Mayor Parent, of Quebec, killed three 
brook trout on one cast in the Outatchouan River a tew 


days ago that weighed respectively 4 pounds, 234 pounds 


and I pound, f 

Large fish are now also being taken in the Jeannotte, 
the outlet of Lake Edward. Among those who have 
fished it this week are L. N. Joncas and Senator Paquet, 
of Quebec, and Carlo Smith, of the Elgin watch works, 
Elgin, I], 

Mr. George E. Hart, of Waterbury, and Mr. Gordon 
Burnham, of New York, have taken some large frout 
out of Lac des Passes, on the Triton tract, and are now 
doing the same thing at Lac des Commissaire, on the 
Nonantum Club limits. They have been joined on the 
latter waters by Messrs. F. S. Bradley, of New Haven, 
Mr. Brown, president of the club; Mr. Thompson, treas- 
urer, and Mr. H. Beck, of New York.- 

Judge Kellogg and Mr. H. Chase, of Waterbury, have 
gone to the Mctabetchouan Club, at Lake Kikisinle. 
Among others who have lately enjoyed good sport there 
are William C. Lincoln, of Pittsburg, and C. M. Cal- 
houn and W. C. Bryant and wife, of Bridgeport. 4 

Messrs. Amos R. Little and Chas. W. Ogden, of Phil- 
adelphia, and E. P. Ricker, of Poland Springs, have been 
enjoying the fishing on the limits of the Penn Fish.and 
Game Club, and Mr. E. W. Brewer, of Springfield, Mass.. 
president of the Amabalish Club, went up to-day to his 
club waters, accompanied by his son and a party of 
friends. 

(in the Triton and Tourilli tracts there are at least a 
hundred visiting sportsmen. Rey. Paul Van Dyke and 
Tudge Swayne, of Toledo, O., are among recent yisitors 
at the Triton, while among those on the Tourilli are 
John L. Holcomb, vice-president of the Phoenix Insur- 
ance Co., of Hartford; P. A. Rawlings, of New York; 
Hon. Lyinan D. Gilbert, of Harrisburg, and David T. 


Watson. of Pittsburg. 
E. T. D. GHAMBERS. 
Quepec, Sept. 15, 


Viy First Fly. 


As ome advances in age and is unable by weight of 
years or otherwise to indulge in sports most enjoyed in 
bovhood, the mind seems to revert and memory to re- 
call incidents of those early years. Recently, while smok- 
ing my evening pipe, my memory went back to the day 
in the long ago and the circumstances under which I 
acquired my first fly. ; 

A gentleman from a manufactiirig town in the State 
of Massachusetts was in company with my father visiting 
the farmers of my native town for the purchase of wool- 
As I remember it was in the month of June, 1836. Brook 
trout were in season. This gentleman was on a certain 
day an unexpected guest at dinner. My mother was 
preparing the best meal she could at short notice, when 
T arrived with a handsome string of trout, the result of 
‘a morning spent at a nearby brook. My arrival was op- 
portune, tor while the food supply was abundant the 
variety was limited. A short time was required to pre- 
pare those .trout for the frying pan, from which they 
went smoking hot to the table. This was a surprise dish 
and found favor with the guest, drawing from him an 
inguiry from whence they came. He was told that the 
boy had caught them.in a brook not far remote. He then 
asked to see the boy, who, though hardly presentable in 
his fishing clothing, came forward, when in substance 
the following colloquy ensued. I was asked if Iwas the 
lad who had caught the trout, and how I caught them, 
I replied with hook and line. 

“Did you use a fiy?” } a, | 

“No, sir: we use bait; never heard of fly bait; use hop- 
pers sometimes, but mostly angle dogs.” 

“And what are angle dogs?” ‘ 

‘Why. just fish worms that we find in compost heaps 
or in muck in the meadow pasture.” 

“T fish for trout sometimes, and with a fly.” 

“Vou cotild catch no trout about here with fly bait; 
flies are too small—wouldn’t stay on the heak.” 

“T don’t mean common house flies, but artificial flies 
are what I use’ ' a 

} had never before heard of artificial flies and evidently 
indicated a doubt as to whether the gentleman was 
speaking in parables or otherwise, but finally said. “J have 
never seen an artificial fly.” and was in doubt if the 
gentleman meant what he said. Calling me to his side 
he took from his pocket a memorandum book. and fram 
between its leayes produced a snelled hook, around the 
bend of which was wrapped a crimson substance botnd 
with a narrow strip of gilt thread, with an attachment ot 
a pair of crimson wings. and said: “This is an arti- 
ficial fly“* I had pever seen a fly in any wise resembling 
it, and asked: “Gan you catch trout with that?’ He 
said ‘Yes’: but T shook my head in doubt, saying: “I 
do not think the trout in eur brooks will bite at that 
You can’t fasten any sinker on that horse hair tied to 
the hook.” Pe, eee 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


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“T don’t require any sinker.” 
“Then how do you make it sink?” 
“T don’t sink the fly, just drop it gently on the water 


‘and skip it along the surface; the fish comes up and takes 


it in his mouth, when by a slight movement of the wrist 
the fish is hooked.” ; 

I was deeply interested and desired to possess an arti- 
ficial fly, that I might experiment im this novel mode of 
fishing. I was made happy when this gentleman made a 
present to me of the fly with the request that I try it and 
report to him the result when he should come again. 
I accepted with thanks and promised ta comply with his 
request. He took his departure soon thereafter, and 
within thirty minutes I had that fly hook with a 6-ounce 


trout attached hung in a willow branch at least 15 feet 


above the surface of the stream. All anglers know that 
a fly treated thus is not likely to be of service long. This 
one was no exception. Within a week from date of its 
presentation my artistic red ant had resolved itself into 
a naked hook with a broken snell. 

, SEPTUAGENARIAN. 
Sr. Lours, Mo, 


ANGLING NOTES. 


Fish Applications. 


THE State of New York distributes through the Com- 
mission yarious kinds of fish free to all applicants who 
desire to plant the fish in suitable public waters. The 
applicants have only to fll out a blank form, answering 
certain questions as to conditions of water and fish food, 
and the fish asked for are generally sent to the railroad 
station nearest to the water in which it is desired that 
the fish should be planted. I say the fish are “generally 
sent,” and this qualification means that sometimes fish 
are asked for that the State does not propagate, or the 
waters may be unsuitable for the fish desired, or the sup- 
ply of certain species may fail in some years. 

The State Fisheulturist has just prepared a circular 
letter to be sent out with each blank application, making 
a very reasonable request of all who fill out applications 
for State fish. The circular reads as follows: 

State of New York, Forest, Fish and Game Commission, Albany, 
WN. Y., Aug. 21.—Every application blank furnished by this Com- 
mission to those who desire fsh for planing in pubhe waters 
bears a conspicuous notice in red ink which reads as follows: 
“N, B.—A separate application must be used for each kind of fish 
desired.” " ; 

This means if brook, brown and Jake trout are applied for, three 
blanks must be used, one for each species of trout, and each addi- 
tional fish will reqiire an additional blank. 

The Commission will furnish all the fish blanks that may be 
desired, but hereafter if more than one species of fish is applied for 
on a single blank the application will be ignored. : 


This request was made necessary because applications 
have been received by the Forest, Fish and Game Com- 
mission asking for two, three and even four different 
species of fish on the same blank. It is bad enough to 
ask for trout [ry and trout fngerlings on the same blank, 
and even that makes confusion when the application is 
entered in the application books in the office at Albany, 
though stich an application can be filled, for fry are fur- 
nished in the spring and fingerlings in the fall; but when 
four kinds of fish.are requested On the same blank “it is 
contusion confounded. The fish may have to be supplied 
from four different hatching stations, widely separated 
and at different seasons of the year, and one blank can- 
not be divided into four parts and sent in four different 
directions without impairing its usefulness. It is also 
bad enough to ask for four species of trout on one blank 
which may have to be filled from several hatching sta- 
tions; but when trout and pike-perch and black bass and 
lobsters are asked for on the same blank the proper place 
for the application is the waste basket. : 

While on this subject, there is another phase of it 
other than the one mentioned that I am sure the Com- 
mission would ljke attention called to, and it is embod- 
jed in a circular first issued nearly five years ago, and 
now forgotten or ignored. The following is a part of 
the circular, and it is as much in force now as when it 
was first printed and sent aut: 


Ajl| persons who desire to obtain fish or fish fry from the Forest, 
Fish and Game Commission, for planting in public waters of the 
State, for under no circumstances are fish furnished by the State 
to be planted in private waters, should apply to the Secretary of 
the Commission at the office in Albany, for blanks to be filled 
out for this purpose, at the same time stating the kind or kinds 
or fish desired. Yhree different blanks are furnished—blanks for 
trout, blanks for fish fry (including all fish furnished by the 
Commission, other than trout and black bass), “and blanks for 
black bass. A separate blank must be filled for each kind of fish 
applied for. All applications for trout (including brook, brown, 
tainbow and lake trout), Whitefish, ciscoes, Adirondack frostfish 
and smelts, must be filed in the office at Albany on or before Ifeb. 
2 each year. ; 

Applications for tomcods must be filed on or before Jan, 1. 

Pike-perch and fmascalonge applications may be filed as late as 
April 1, and applications for black bass as late as May 1. 

Most of ithe species of the salmon family reared by the State 
spawn in the fall and are hatched the following spring, and are 
ready for delivery from March to May, depending “upon the 
season and the situation of the hstchery. The spring spawning 
fishes, like the mascalonge, pike-perch and back bass, may be 
delivered in May and June. Applicants for fish are notified in 
advance of the shipments of fish assigned to them. Applications 
for fish received! after the dates fixed by the Commission for that 
purpose must be pejected for that year, as assignments once made 
are final, The clerical work of filing applications and assigning 
millions of fisl) is so great that it cannot be reviewed for re- 
assignment before distribution begins. 


The idea prevails that because trout fry are distributed 
in the spring and fingerlings tn the autumn that it will 
answel every plirpose if the applications for fingerlings 
are sent in at any* time before the distribution takes 
place, but such ts not the case. With all the applications 
on file at the time fixed in the circular, those who have 
the distribution in charge know how many fry must be 
teserved to be reared to the fingerling age and haw 
many can be distributed as fry. The number of trout 
asked for exceed the number the State has thus far been 
able to hatch and rear and applications must be filled 
pro rata. If there was no fixed time when all applica- 
tions must be on file the result would be that early appli- 
cations would be filled nearly if not quite in full and 
there wotld be na.fish to fill later applications. When 
all apnlicatrors are ig at a given time and the reports 
from the various hatelteries are received in Albany about 
the same time, if is a simple matter to make the 2se#en- 
ments af fry and set aside a sufficient number to be 
reared, always allowing for loss in rearing, and if mec- 
essary scale the applications so that each shall receive 


proper consideration, and a fair distribution will follow. 
Until the fish are hatched no one can estimate how many 
there will be, even from the stock fish under control at 
the hatching stations. 

Pike-perch may appear in great numbers at spawning 
time, afid, as was the case this year, over fifty millions 
oft fry may be hatched from erghty millions of eggs taken, 
or they may fail to appear in numbers and only a few 
esos be taken. Smelt may come into the streams to 
Spawn, or they may not, as has been the case for two 
years, and the fry hatched may be thirty or forty million 
or they may amount to only ohe million. So with trout; 
the number of egexs taken may vary greatly, one season 
with another, and applications for fish cannot be granted 
nati] if is known what the State has to grant; and 
when this is known and the fish and applications are 
brought into conjunction, it 1s smooth sailing to make 
the assignments so far as the fish will go. I say so far 
as the fish will go, for the applications call for ridicu- 
Jous numbers of fish. The banner application was one 
calling for pike-perch, and had the State been able to 
fill it the State fish car would have had to make forty- 
two tfips, each time with a full load of fish, to fill it. 

Tt is not at all unusual for an application to call for a 
catload of something, which may mean from 500,000 to 
7,000,000 fry or 9,000 yearlings, and each application has 
a notice requesting that not more than 500 to 1,000 fin- 
gerlings be asked for at one time. 


Planting Fish, 


In line with what has gone before is the manner of 
planting young fish, and upon this subject the State has 
issued another circular, now as much a dead letter as the 
one already quoted, The first paragraph of the circular 
reads: “Brook, brown, rainbow and Loch Leven trout 
should be planted in small spring rivulets tributary to 
the larger stream intended to be stoccked. * * * The 
fry should be well distributed throughout the length of 
the stream (by planting in rivulets, as previously stated), 
as by bunching the plant there is danger of exhausting 
the food suitable tor the young fish.” 

The directions ate plain enough, but how many of 
those who plant trout fry take the trouble to follow 
them? Recently some one unknown to me sent me a 
newspaper clipping and a newspaper illustration. The 
illustration shows a man in the act of pouring a can of 
trout Iry into a big stream near a highway where a 
bridge crosses the stream. A team and sleigh stand in 
the road near the bridge and three more cans of trout 
fry are on the ground near the sleigh, and I assume from 
the picture and the text of the letter in the newspaper 
clipping that about 20,000 trout iry were turned into 
this big brawling stream, and the reason for it is appar- 
ent from the picture. It was the easiest way to plant 
the fish; the highway crossed the stream, and by carry- 
ing the cans a few feet the contents of the cans could be 
deposited with the least possible treuble and with dis- 
patch; and yet it was all wrong, though it was done by 
an employee of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, 
who shauid have known better. If an employee of the 


‘Commission, in the person of a State Game Protector, 


provides an example of how fish should not be planted, I 
am sure there can be little fault found with those who 
are not in the employ of the Commission who may fol- 
low his example. True, it is not one of the duties of a 
State Game Protector to plant fish, but when they en- 
gage in fish planting they, more than the unofficial citi- 
zen, should know the right way to do it and do it prop- 
erly. I give an extract from the letter in the clipping: 


Stocking Streams. 


To the Editors of The Herald: 

I wish to call your attention to the reproduction of a photograph 
which appeared in the Post-Standard Sunday, April 8, showing 
the Fish and Game Protector planting trout fry. 

For many years the State has spent considerable time and money 
attempting to stock the streams of Onondaga county with: trout, 
and millions of young fish have been planted, yet the question is 
asked year after year, “What becomes of all these trout?” It 
Strikes me that this photograph may explain. ¥ ! 

Every person who has had experience in planting trout will be 
surprised and horrified when he gazes upon the photograph of our 
protector of fish in the act of murdering trout by the tens of 
thousands. The title of the picture shown is “Planting Trout Fry 
in Nearby Streams.” The picture mentioned shows the protector 
deiiberately emptying a can of 6,000 trout fry into the main waters 
of a large, swilt Howing stream where trout fry could not possibly 
survive more than a few hours at the most. Just back are three 
more cans, probably containing a total of 15,000 more small trout 
waiting their turn for slaughter, \ J 

My love for trout fishing prompts me to bring this photograph 
to your notice, in order that the State Commissioners of Fisheries 
may not be held responsible because there is no fishing in our 
county, 

Far the benefit of those who are not familiar with trout planting 
I will quote in brief from the report of the Fish Commissioners 
for 1895, page 149, which is the instructions for transporting and 
planting young fish. . J 

Had our protector first acquired information as to how to plant 
trout, possibly that photograph would never have appeared in a 
daily paper, and the trout fishing would be better in Onondaga 
county. A. FISHERMAN, 

Syracuse, April 10. 

_ There is a prevailing impression that trout fry are of 
httle use for stocking streams, and when they are dumped 
into a stream such as is shown in the illustration it ts 
doubtful if many survive. Natural cenditions should be 
followed as far as possible in planting try, and that means 
that the fry should be planted at the sources of the 
streams away from fish that will eat them, and they 
should be well distributed threughout the small feeders 
of the main s'team to be stocked, for without food the 
fry will not thrive, This manner of planting trout fry 
involyes hard drives through fields or woods and carry- 
ing of cans by hand over considerable distances. When 
the planting is well done natural conditions are im- 
proved upon, and the results from such planting are 
as effective in restocking a stream as though fingerling 
trout were planted in the main ‘stream. The State -can- 
uot rear all the trout hatched to the fingerling age, as 
it has not enough water at all the hatching stations com- 
bined to do this, and many trout must of necessity be 
planted at the fry stage; but if they are not properly 
plawted, as the circular of the Commission directs, little 
benefit will be derived from the planting. If a thing is 
worth doing at all it is worth doing well, and if people 
wish to restock brooks with trout they must do the 
work in a manner to bring about the best results, or 
their time and the State’s fish are wasted. 

What the State Game Protector may have had to say 
for himself when he saw his methods photographed and 


' fresh-water lakes in this vicinity. 


criticised in print I do nat know; probably nothing, for 
there was nothing to say*im defense of such miserable 
fish plant, which simply wasted the fish and made fruit- 
less the effort of the State to restock the water for which 
the fish were intended. Had he read the directions for 
planting fry, a copy of which he doubtless possessed, he 
would have known he was not proceeding in a proper 
manner to get the best results from the planting with 
which he was intrusted, That he permitted himself to 
be photographed in the manner that he was is evidence 
that he believed he was doing the proper thing, and 
therefore I would advise the anglers’ association he rep- 
resented to get some one, else to take charge of their 
fish planting in the future. 


Whitefish. 


There is another matter that may well be threshed out 
here and now, as it is closely allied to what has gone 
before. Many of our inland Jakes now contain vast 
quantities of the very best of food fish that is absolutely 
going to waste because they are not used, and I refer to 
the whitefish, one of the most delicate of food fishes and 
one that will not as a rule take a hook, and therefore, to 
be available as food for mankind, must be taken in nets. 
The State hatches millions of whitefish, the big lake 
whitefish as well as the round whitefish or Adirondack 


rostfish, and every year a large proportion of the white- 


fish hatched are planted in the inland lakes, where they 
serve no good purpose, as a rule, except to feed other 
fish, and it is extremely doutful if they do not destroy 
more food of other fish in the same water, under present 
conditions, than is gained by their serving as food them- 
selves. This could all be changed if fishermen would 
avail themselves of the provisions contained in Section 
64 of the Forest, Fish and Game Law, which reads as 
follows: — [ 

“Frostfish, whitefish, catfish, stinfish, pumpkin seeds, 
bullheads, perch, suckers and sturgeon may be taken with 
nets from inland lakes not inhabited by trout, pursuant 
to rules prescribed by the Commission. Such rules shall 
be subject to amendment dr abrogation at any time and 
may be either general or special, and published as the 
Commission directs.” 

This section of the law, like one otf two others, 
requires a key before one can understand what the words 
actually mean, for on the face of it any waters contain- 


‘ing trout would seem to be exempt from the right to 


net. Not so. When the key, to be found in Article VII. 
under the heading ‘Definitions and Constructions,” is 
examined, for there it is explained that “ ‘trout’ includes 
speckled trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, red-throat 
trout and brook trout.” 

“Trout” does not include lake trout, for the next para- 
graph states that “‘ lake trout,’ for the purposes of this 
act, includes landlocked salmon and ouananische,” [| 
tried to take that s out of ouananiche when I discovered 
it, but it was the law, and being so the word could not 
be correctly spelled without an act of the Legislature to 
justify it. 

With this explanation it will be observed that where 
whitefish are found in inland lakes that also contain iake 
trout (and do not contain “speckled trout” or “brook 
trout,” this redundancy of terms to designate the com- 
mon brook trout being another of the unaccountable 
things im the game law), the former may be taken in 
nets. A license is first obtained from the Forest, Fish 
and Game Commission and the netter would make a 
profit on his catch and the people who buy the fish 
would have oné of the finest table fishes that swims. 

The State hatches whitefish at Canandaigua Lake and 
at Hemlock Lake (at other points as well), and in taking 
eggs a small’proportion of the fish are injured. These 
fish and those caught in the meshes of the pounds are 
killed and sold to local fish dealers at a small price per 
pound, with the understanding that they must be retai ed 
at a fixed price. The demand was so great for the fish 
that one dealer sought to compel the State to deliver 
to him all the whitefish taken in the nets. Whitefish will 
not bear a long journey and arrive in the perfect state 
that they are when fresh from the water. but where white- 
fish can be netted there will be a local demand that will 
exhaust the supply. if one can judge from the experience 
of the men who have had State fish from the nets. 


Brush in Trout Streams. 


If those who desire to stock a stream with fingerling 
trout will go to a little troub’e in advance of the actual 
planting of the’fish they will do much to preserve the 
fish or a portion of them until they have had an oppor- 
tunity to spawn. This trouble consists of cutting a quan- 
tity of brush and throwing it into the stream to form 
hiding places and refuge for the trout. The brush must 
be so thick in the water that no hook and line fisherman 
can get his bait through it and out again wth a fish on 
the hook, and if the brush is placed in the water green it 
should lie lone enoush to lose the leaves and become 
fixéd in the stream. To do this well a considerah’e por- 
tion of the stream should he brushed mear the head- 
waters and the fingerlings. planted where they can avail 
themselves of the brush refuge. would be cafe from the 
hook and line man and the man w'th a met, and when 
they grow tn a greater size and have snawned the trout 
will work dawn stream to places where thev can be 
caught, in a legitimate manner, it is to he hover. 

A. N. CIlenEy. 


“The Outiog of My Life.” 


AREFAR writes from Auburn, Cal: JT have had the “out- 
ing of my life.’ Caught a ro'4-pound rainbow trout on 
an 8-ounce rod; also a 934, an 8, and two 7%, besides 
seyeral 5 and 6 pounders. Also got ducks and snipe 
galore after Sept. t. IT may be able to give you a short 
paper on the subject by and by. 


A Pennsylvania 8Pound Bass. 


Honesnatr. Pa.. Sept. 14—Nir. George W. Cross. of 
Carbonade. Pa.. cantiired with a P. & S. troll on Thurs- 
day last at York Lake a black bass that meastred 2214 
inches in length and weighed just 8 pounds. This is 
believed to be the largest bass ever taken out of our 
G. W. L. 


230 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Movements of Western Anglers. 


Curcaco, Ill., Sept. 15.—There is quite a little exodus 
this week for the muscallunge regions of Wisconsin, 
some of our anglers going out for a try at the fall run 
of that fish, whose reticence and diffidence in regard to 


spoon victuals this past summer has left his reputation. 


under a cloud. Mayor Carter H. Harrison is keeping up 
his reputation as an all-around sportsman by taking a 
run up to Squirrel Lake, near Minocqua, Wis., this weelx 
after niuscallunge, This is one of the best ‘lunge waters 
of that much contested region, or at least it has given 
the best account of itself for the past few seasons, though 
it has shown nothing very heavy. 4 
Mr. Geo. Murrell and.A. Wolfarth had pretty fair luck 
with the big-mouths at Huntley's Lake, near Lake Villa, 
‘this week, taking twenty-five nice ones ini one day’s 
fasting, 3 
_ Mr, J. B. Battelle, long of Toledo, O., is this week in 
Chicago on business and pays this office a call. He says 
that during the month ef August he struck, quit work 
altogether, and taking his wife went up into Michigan, 
in the St. Mary’s River country, and had more fun catch- 
ing trout than he almost ever did have before. He came 
back in fine fettle and thinks the time well spent. ; 
Mr, Frank Washburn, writing from Cass county, Minn., 
reports muscallunge taken at Kabekona Camp of 14%, 
26 and 30 pounds this season. 


. Back ftom the Rockies, 

President Graham H. Harris, of the Chicago Board ol 
Hducation, returned this week from the long trip in the 
Rocky Mountains of which mention was earlier made 
in these columns, and was accompanied home by his two 
companions, Mr. E, Ellicott, city electrician, and Old 
Bill Haskell, who was really the moving spirit of the 
patty since he was the one who had been out in the 
country before and who got his friends to take the trip. 
In every way each man camێ back pleased down to the 
ground. They are all brown as berries and hungry yet 
with the real mountain appetite. They went west of the 
VWellowstone Park, fished the uppor or north fork of the 
Snake; also the Madison, the Beaver and other streams 
of that region, and during an excursion into the Park 
tried the Nez Perce Creek, though with little success, 
perhaps because they were too near the Fountain Basin 
and the water was too warm so low down. They made 
Henry’s Lake their center of operations and had many 
side trips, shooting ducks, grotise and sage hens and 
fishing to their hearts’ content. They caught trout up 
to 3 or 4 pounds, all they wanted, and had all the shoot- 
ing and all the fun they could ask. 

Considerable interest was excited among the member- 
ship of the Wishininne Club, of which Mr. Harris is an 
esteemed member, by a telegram which was received 
irom himi-soon after his arrival in the mountains, anc 
which was addressed to Dr. Bodine at his office here. 
The message asked that one “hair mattress’ be sent oui 
to him at once. It was not considered proiessional fo1 
any member of the redoubtable Wishininnes to sleep or 
a hair mattress while on a camping trip and there was 
grave talk at the daily lunch meetings of trying Mr, 
Harris for high crimes. and misdemeanors. This sub- 
ject was brought up delicately to-day in full meeting and 
Mr, Harris and Mr. Haskell were both asked to explain 
this mattress incident. Mr. Harris said that his telegram 
was mistunderstood and that he sent jor an “air mattress” 
and not a “hair mattress,’ and did not ask to have it 
curled, as was at first reported. There was, however, 
some very suspicious talk in regard to a couple of pil- 
lows which were also said to have been ordered, and un- 
less Mr. Harris can explain those pillows he is apt to 
rest under a very grave cloud of suspicion and will per- 
haps be formally asked at a later meeting to set the mat- 
fer tight or suffer’ summary penalties for the crime. In 
the Wishininne calendar a bootleg is held a good and 
sufficient pillow and is legal tender for the same. Mr. 
Haskell looks as though he could tell a thing or two and 
will probably be subpeenaed later as the leading witness. 


Lost His Grayling. 


Mr. W. J. Hunsaker, managing editor of the Detroit 
Journal, writes me describing the loss of a valuable bit 
of property upon which he kaid long lavished his idol- 
atry, a stuffed grayling that he had accumulated in the 
‘course of his sporting activities and which he classified 
as the pearl of great price among his trophies, Fire 
destroyed it ulterly, and it looks now as though he would 
have to drop work and go out and get another one. He 
may be glad to note the cheering reports of the late issue 
of the Forest AND STREAM, which seem to indicate that 
the grayling is not yet altogether gone, though in a very 
groggy attitude as a species. Mr, Hunsaker will touch 
the heart of many a sportsman who has lost his pet trophy 
_with his words, which follow: ; 

“You'll be pained to learn, I opine, of a disaster that 
overtook me July 1. For a long time I’ve been filled 
with a burning ambition to catch a grayling—the fish 
that is now little more than a glittering memory in Mich- 
igan streams where once it schooled by millions, Finally, 
last May, on Big Creek, a branch of the An Sable, IT got 
one on a Parmachenee belle, in swift water, “just as the 
sun went down.” Jt was a fine specimen, 12 inches long, 
and gave me a nipping fight. Well, I nourished it for 
three days until I got to Detroit and had it mounted. 
Then I hung it over my desk in the office and sloated 
over it and let a few friends in for a gloat or two occa- 
sionally, and fought the zood fieht with it over and over 

again, until IT was convinced that T was a: peacherina of 
an angler, without any manner of doubt. At the flood- 
tide of my pride the customary fall came due. On the 
date mentioned fire didn’t do a thing but wipe out my 
fish from sight as with a fiery sponge. Incidentally it 
burned up $80,000 worth of Journal property besides, but 
that was a mere side issue. That fish was gone, and not 
all the insurance companies this side of a hotter place 
than Detroit in Angust can put that 12-inch silver dream 
back over my desk again, Factories multiply where type 
and presses and Mergenthalers may be had for a price, 
_but the places where grayling are turned out are growing 
lonesomely few and far between.” 


FOREST AND. STREAM, 


- Rhode Island Bass and Landlocked Salmon. | 


Provipence, R. I.—Editor Forest and Stream; 1 see 
by Forrest AND STREAM that the Fish Commissioners of 
Rhode Island have dumped a load of landlocked salmon 
fry in Sneach’s Pond, in the town of Cumberland, Some 
time ago a large lot was put into Moswansicut Pond in 
Scituate. A few days ago the Proyidence Journal told oi 
a gentleman named Geo, Jencks, hooking and success- 
fully landing a bass (small-mouth) which weighed 6% 
pounds. This is all true, too, as the head was seen by a 
man whom I believe to know a great deal about fish. 
But what has become of the salmon fry which was 
planted? It is no wonder bass grow to an immense size 
when they are fed on landlocked salmon fry. 

I expect to hear in another year of its as being caught 
in Sneach’s Pond of a like weight, for this pond was 
stocked with bass many years ago. The bass of Rhode 
Island will be so dainty soon we shall have to use small 
yearling trout to induce them to bite. -There are ponds 
in this State which have never been stocked with black 
bass, which, in my humble opinion, would be better 
places to put salmon fry into than a pond where it is 
known large bass abide. When these fry are all eaten by 
the bass, what a fine flavor those bass will be. People 
will travel from any distance to get a bass fed by salmon 
fry. Keep at it. This State, although small, has lots 
of money, and if we want our bass fed with even the 
speckled trout, we can haye it done, SELDOM. 


Large Adirondack Brook Trout, 


Boston, Sept. 4—Editor Forest and Stream: I have 
before me two articles from your paper dated June 9 and 
16, respectively, which report that Adirondack speckled 
trout have been taken of 6 pounds weight. Mr. Phillips 
states that he could get no definite information of any one 
taking a larger one. The last year that I] camped on Bog 
River (about 1895), St. Lawrence county, my guide, Bob 
Moody, of Saranac Lake, took a speckled trout from Third 
Pond that weighed exactly 6 pounds and 4 ounces. An 
account of the first fishing after being stocked of Spring 
Pond, off Bog Riyer, by Walter Aiken and party, would 
be interesting. Geo, Fayzette, of Dr. Webb's preserve, 
Ne-ha-sa-ne Park, can give the facts if he feels like it, and 
I hope he will, JE XO). ¥C:. 


Gold Spectacles Found in Tamagamie Carry. 


Montreat, P. O., Sept. 11.—Editor Fores! and Stream: 
In passing over the portage between Cross and Outlet 
bays on Tamagamie Lake, Ontario, on Aug. 31, I found 
a pair of gold-frame spectacles. Knowing that all sports- 
men. read Forest AND StreEAM, I ask you to be good 
enough to say in your next issue that the owner can have 
them by furnishing proot of ownership to me, Address 
St, Crotx, care Forrest AND STREAM. 


The Bennel, 


, 


Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIALS. 


Oct 30.—Senecaville, O.—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association’s sixth annual field trials. A. C. Peterson, 
Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. 

Noy. 7.—Hampton, Conn,—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
trials. J, E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 

Noy. 7-8.—Lake View, Mich.—Third annual field trials of the 
ichieet Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 


ich. 

Novy. 12.—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
eect Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 
n 


d. 

Noy, 13.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Clkxb. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec’y- 

Noy; 16.—Newton, N, C.—Eastern Field Trials Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members' Stake. Noy. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 

No. 20. - Illinois Field Trials Association’s second 
annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, IIl. 

Nov, 20.—Ruthven, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F, E. Marcon, Jr,, Sec’y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. 

Nov, 20 . Pa.—Central Beagle Club’s annual field trials. A. 
C. Peterson, Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. 

Noy. 22.—Glasgow, Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. 

Noy, 27—Paris, Mo.—Faqurth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Trials Association. LL. S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. 

Nov. 30.—Newton, C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Dec. 8, Derby. Theo, 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill. Conn. 


Training the Hunting Dog. 
For the Field and Field Trials. 


l,—Instinct, Reason and Natural Development, 
(Continued from page 212.) 


_ Tue life of the dog is relatively short. At ten years he 
is in old age. Few of them live so long; fewer still live 
much longer, In the first year of the dog’s life he goes 
through the same relative course of development- that 
the boy goes through in the first dozen years of his life. 
For a time, as a puppy. he is entirely helpless and de- 
pendent. Gradually strength comes, and he moves about 
without any exhibition of intelligence. As the brain de- 
velops, the mind: begins to act, and. the puppy shows 
‘signs of ideas. Soon play engrosses his attention, and 
this phenomenon of his life, although by the average man 
considered frivilous and tindesirable. is essentially useful. 

Puppies play furiously with each other till they are 
exhausted by fatigue. After a-short rest they may re- 
sume their frolics with unabated ardor, It is ta be oh- 
served that their play is a close imitation of pursuit and 
escape, of cunning attack and crafty evasion, or of am- 
bush or battle, dog against dog. They seize, wrestle and 
struggle in play as they do in actual fight, with the diff- 
erence, however, that they use their teeth in a “make- 
believe’ way, and do not intentionally hurt each other. 
At times the sham battle may develop into a real battle, 
and then there is but little difference in the struggle save 
that teeth are used in earnest. This exercise develops the 
dog’s muscles, his power of actively using his bodily 
capabilities, his mental qualities and a knowledge of his 
own forees and limitations. “—" 


in his wild or domesticated state. 


[ SEPT, 22, 1900, 


If the puppy has no companion of his own..kind, he 
goes through much the: same fierce training with an old 
shoe or. other object, which he will toss about and shake 


and rend, following the instincts of his nature in the 


evolution as an organism, while feeling only that he is 
having a glorious diversion. All these experiences are 
ot infinite yalue to the animal by way of experimentation, 
and the knowledge acquired. in rending, tearing, lifting, 
dodging, ambushing and in developing strong muscular 
activity, etc., is essential to him in his mature life, eithe 
In a wild state such, 
knowledge is indispensable to his existence; in a do- 
miesticated state it is serviceable as a means of attack and 
self-defense to him. His curiosity is also a factor in 
his development. It leads him to unlimited investigation. 
and thereby his nose acquires a functional power of dis- 
crimination which is specially serviceable to him. 

The period of youth is a period of development. Nature 
utilizes it in the most beneficent and proper manner. It 
is the preparatory stage for the tasks of mature. life, 


_ Therefore, until the mind and body have been developed 


in their powers according to nature’s laws, the puppy is 
not old enough to attempt his education. ’ 

Tt is better to let him develop in his own manner till 
he is a year old before the serious attempt at training 
is made. The trainer in the meantime can give the 
ptppy unlimited opportunity to learn by taking him 
frequently into the weods and fields, and permitting him 
to range and seek and chase in his own manner. 

The trainer in the puppy’s experiences represses what 
may be wrong, such as the chasing of poultry and sheep, 
etc., but leaves him to his uninterrupted pleasure other- 
wise. He learns the practical parts of life from his own 
experience, and by observing the doings of his fellows, 
but he learns only from opportunity. , 

Dogs are very imitative. They readily iearn by ob- 
serving the doings of older and wiser and more ex- 
perienced dogs. They have a limited language by which 
they can convey certain ideas, and they interpret quite 
intelligently the significance of certain actions of each 
other and of their masters. : 

With a purpose to give the reader some ideas. on this 
point, as well as to, evoke more serious thought in respect 
to it, the following from “The Descent of Man,” by 
Darwin, is presented. Treating of language, he re- 
marks: “This faculty has justly been considered as one 
of the chief distinctions between man and the lower-ani- 
mals. But man, as a highly competent judge, Arch- 
bishop Whately, remarks, ‘is not the only animal that 
can make use of language to express: what is passing in 
his mind, and can understand more or less what is so ex- 
pressed by another. In, Paraguay the Cebus azare 
when excited utters at east six distinct sounds, which 
excite in other monkeys similar emotions. The move- 
ments of the features and the gestures of monkeys are 
understood by us, and they partly understand ours, as 
Rengger and others declare. It is a most remarkable 
jact that the dog, since being domesticated, has learned 
to bark in at least four or five distinct tones. Although 
barking is a new art, no doubt the wild parent species of 
the dog expressed their feelings by cries of various kinds. 
With the domesticated dog, we havé the bark of eager- 
ness. as in the chase; that of anger as well as growlitig; 
the yelp or howl of despair, as when shut up; the baying 
at night; the bark of joy, as when statting on a walk 
with his master, and the very distinct one of demand. or 
supplication, as when wishing tor a door or window to be 
opened. According to Houzeau, who paid particular at- 
tention to the subject, the domestic fowl utters at least 
a dozen significant sounds. “3 : or 

“The habitual use of articulate language is, however, 
peculiar to man; but he uses in common with the lower 
animals inarticulate cries to express his meaning, aided 
by gestures and the movement of the muscles of the face. 
This specially holds good with the more simple and viyid 
feelings, which are but little connected with our higher 
intelligence. Our cries of pain, fear, surprise, anger, to- 
sether with their appropriate actions, as the murmur of 
a mother to her beloved child, are more expressive than 
any words. That which distinguishes man from the 
lower animals is not the understanding , of articulate 
sounds, for, as every one knows, dogs understand many 
words and sentences. In this respect they are in the 
same stage of devopment as infants between the ages 
of ten and twelye months, who understand many words 
and short sentences, but yet cannot utter a single word. 
It is not the mere articulation which is otir distinguishing 
character, for parrots and other birds possess this power, 
Nor is it the mere capacity of connecting definite sounds 
with definite ideas, for it is certain that some parrots 
which have been taught to speak, connect unerringly 
words with things and persons with events. The lower 
animals differ from man solely in his almost infinitely 
jJarger power of associating together the most diversified 
sounds and ideas, and this obviously depends on the high 
development of his mental powers.” 

In reference to this subject, besides giving his own 
views at greater length, he quotes from a number of 
authorities, who contribute valuable information, and 
who concur in their opinions. 

But, as remarked hereinbefore, so far as the train- 
ing of the dog for field work is concerned, no ideas-can 
be communicated to him by means of speech. He learns 
from actual experience. Such things as are tseful to 
him in the struggles of life he learns readily. 

In his place in domestic life he learns the significance 
of what affects his own comfort or jnterests. He learns 
to interpret correctly his master’s frown or smile, and 
Jearns to know by the tone of his voice whether he is 
pleased or displeased. His watchfulness, so much, and 
so thoughtlessly lauded as the expression of his devotion 
to man, is merely the instinctive watchfulness necessary to 
his safety in a wild state, and is a characteristic which 
he would exercise quite as readily for his own kind and 
the preservation of his lair as he would for.the benefit 
of man. When he barks at strange dogs or gives warn- 
ing at night of the approach of strangers it should-not 
be overlooked that he considers his own home is dis- 


turbed, though it may be the home of his master.. Much 


depends on the point of view. wa 25) 
Tn this connection it may be remarked that while the 
intelligence of the dog has been grossly underrated “on 
the one hand by superficial observers, it has been on the 
other hand quite as unreasonably exaggerated by en- 


SEPT. 22, 1900,] 


thusiastic admirers. The dog is not more intelligent than 
are many other animals, and is inferior in this respect 
to some of them. He is not te be compared to man in 
this matter. Indeed, intelligence in the dog equal to that 
possessed by man would be a most grievous calamity to 
him. It is qtite equal to the demands of his nature, and 
to his position in the scale of organic beings. There are 
_ writers who urge still greater claims for the dog ‘than 
the claim of high intelligence. They maintain that dogs 
possess souls and therefore have eternal life, but whether 
‘they haye or not is not pertinent to the best methods of 
training, and therefore to this work. 
As to his intelligence, his reasoning powers are of quite 
a high order on such matters as come within his im- 
mediate observation. A few acts of many will be men- 
tioned. Some hounds, after repeated chases of a fox, 
will at some later chase lie concealed at a point which 
will intercept him as the other hounds in pursuit drive 
‘him by. Greyhounds soon learn to “run cunning.” Set- 
fers and pointers sometimes learn to leave'the trail of an 
old cock running down wind, circle around him till they 
head him off and stop his running, pointing him then 
accurately. All this is reasoning by the dog over con- 
crete subjects within his immediate observation, If an 
attempt were made to teach him that x represented an tun- 
known quantity, his mind could not grasp the abstract 
idea, and failure would result. Primitive man displays 
but little more intelligence. Such as it is, it, so far as it 
goes, is the same in kind as the intelligence displayed 
by the dog. In cither case a vast store of knowledge 
pertaining to practical living is necessary in the struggle 
for ¢Xistence. 

As to his best development, it must be in accordance 
with his own nature. He must have all the liberty which 
can be consistently given to him, to the end that his 
bodily and mental powers be developed to their best 
limits. He must be treated kindly, so that his attach- 
ment to his master will be deep and lasting—that is to 
Say, associating with his master confers one of the highest 
degrees of pleasure of which he has any knowledge. It 
should be made to him a source of constant delight. 

Play with his fellows, chasing butterflies and little 
hirds, crude attempts at chasing rabbits, galloping over 
the’ fields in the wantonness of surplus energy and ec- 
static spirits, and gratifying his curiosity as to the mean- 
ing- of things, etc., are quite serious enough by way of 


eecupation during the months of his puppyhood, Many: 


atnateurs proceed “on- the theory that if left to himself 
the- puppy will learn many things that are wrong, and 
that -therefore from the beginning he must be under 
constant supervision, and his development must be in 
accord with certain finished educational standards useful 
to-the gun. No theory could be more fallacious. The 
‘true practice, it may be reiterated, is to permit the dog to 
develop in his own natural manner, and then so train him 
that his efforts are made subservient to the purposes of 
the gun, B, WATERS. 


"United States Field Trial Club’s 
cs Derby Entries. 


‘¥uENTON, Tenn.—Fditor Forest and Siream: The fol- 
‘towing dogs have been entered in the United States 
Field Trial Club’s derbies, which will commence on 
-Jan,' 21, r901, on the club’s new preserves in Benton 

county, Miss. 

Grand Junction, Tenn., will be ‘club headquarters dur- 
ing the meeting. The list comprises thirty-three point- 
ers and forty-two English setters. No Irish or Gordon 
“setters: were nominated. 


Pointers. 


~ E. ©. Damon's b. and w. dog Black Jack (Plain Sam— 
Clip Strideway). : uf 
’ G, Chisholm’s |. and w. dog Doc Light (Jingo’s Light 
' —Gill’s Juno). ! : 
N. T. De Pauw’s' 1, and w. bitch Jingo’s Romp (Jingo— 
Nellie Croxteth). ‘ 
- W. 'F. Bocker, Jr.’s, liv. and w. bitch Lady’s Lass 
(Plain Sam—Lad’s Lady). 
L. W, Blankenbaker’s b. and w. bitch Imp (Lad of 
Rush—Blankenbaker’s Spinoway). 
' T. T. Ashford’s liv. and w. bitch Itabit (Von Gull— 
Hessie D). ‘ ‘ 
N. B. Nesbitt’s (agt.) liv. and w. dog Jingo’s Pride 
(Jingo—Speckle Gown), i ; 
Dr. C. I. Shoop’s |. and w. dog Hal the First (Hal 
Pointer—Aloysa). 
L. W. Blankenbaket’s b. and w. dog (Lad of 
Rush—Blankenbaker’s Spinaway). 
J. E._Gill’s liv. and w. bitch Gray’s 
Jingo—Gypsy Jess). 
Geo. E. Gray’s liv. and w. dog Odd Fellow (Young 
Jingo—Eyve). 
Geo. E. Gray’s liy. and w. dog Luck Strike (Alberta 
Joe—Pearl Rip Rap). , 
E, F. Smith’s |. and w. dog Eve’s Jingo (Young Jingo 
—Eve), 
W. H. Beazell’s b. and w. dog Ruth’s Jingo (Jingo— 
Baby Ruth). 
G. Crocker’s liv, and w. bitch Tick’s Maid (Tick Boy 
—Fawn). ' 
G. cents liv. and w. dog Tick’s Pebble (Tick Boy 
—Fawn). 
' J. B. Turner’s liy. and w. bitch Spring Det (Main- 
spring, Jr—Dot’s Pearl), 
C. J. Singleton’s |. and w, dog Keystone Jim (Jingo— 
Speckle Gown). 
J. C. Kelch’s 1. and w. dog Kelch’s Joe (Kickapoo 
Chancellor—Queen Bess IT.). , 
W. P. Austin’s b. and w. dog Tioga Sam (Plain Sam— 
i:ady of Rush), 
_ JS. Brown’s |: and w. bitch Young Eve (Young Jingo 
—Eve). Bs - : 
A. McLachlan’s b, and w. dog Joe Howard (Brighton 
Joe=Missouri' Queen) ee . 
ge S Huntington’s b. and w. dog J. C. (Young Jingo 
—FEve). 
~ Charlottesville Kernels’ liv. and “w. bitch Lolpora 
“Tippoo—Toxic) 2 1 ae, 
““-Charlottesville’ Ketinel’s liv.-and w. dog Kehma (Tip- 
poo=Snrip).” * 


Pearl (Young 


FOREST AND: STREAM. 


Charlottesville Kennel's liy. and w. dog Diaspore (Tip- 
poo—Snip). i. a, 

G. Y. Banks’ I. and w. dog Sam B (Jingo’s Light— 
Phi). 

y H. Johnson's (agt.) liv. and w. bitch Dorothy Dot 
(Rex Kent—Topsey Rush). 

Thomas Johnson’s liv. and w. dog Alberta Joe, Jr. 
(Alberta Joe—Indiana). . 

Thomas Johnson’s liv. and w. biteh Manitoba Blithe 
(Alberta Joe—Indiana). 

Thomas Johnson's liy. and w. bitch Manitoba Victoria 
(Alberta Joe—Midge). ~ 

N. B. Neshitt’s liv. and w. dog Jingo II. (Jingo—Nel- 
lie Croxteth). X 

N. B. Nesbitt’s liv. and w. dog Jingo’s Spot (Jingo— 
Nellie Croxteth). 


Setters. 


T. T. Ashford’s b, w. and t, dog Dan Urbe (Tony 
Boy—May Blue). 

Db. E. Rose’s b., w. and t. dog Ivanhoe (Tony Boy— 
Flash ©O'Dana). ’ 

Medina Kennels’ b. b, bitch Nellie Gladstone (Domino 
—Nellie F.). , 

J. Hl. Johnson’s (agt.) b., w. and t, dog Ruby’s Druid 
(Dave Earl—Tony’s Ruby). 

J. H. Johnson’s (agt.) b., w. and t. bitch Ruby’s Lady 
(Daye Earl—Tony’s Ruby). : 

EK. A. Meise’s b., w. and t. bitch Glad Tidings (Dave 
Earl—Accelerando). , 

C. M. Tway’s b., w. and t. dog Boralena (Iron Duke— 
Nellie R.). . 

EK. L. Jamieson’s b., w. and t. dog Mark Twain (Joe 
Cumming—Miss Osthaus). 

E. Osthaus’ b., w. and t. dog Kipling (Joe Cum- 
ming—Miss Osthaus). ‘ 

A, N. Davis’ b., w. and t. dog Hobson (Rodfield— 
Doll Gladstone). ; 
» W. W. Titus’ b., w. and t. dog Captain Scott (Joe 
Cumming—Miss Osthaus). 

P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t. dog Bell Boy (Tony 
Boy—Lena Belle). 

P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. 
Boy—Lena Belle). , 

P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t. bitch Vevay (Tony Boy 
—Lena Belle). : 

P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w .and t. dog Bow Knot (Why 
Not—Bonnie B.). 

P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w and t. dog Noisy Boy (Why 
Not—Bonnie B.). 

P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, 0. and w. bitch Wilna (Gleam IT,.— 
Trilby). 

J. S. Brown's b., w. and t, bitch Mollie B. II. (Tony’s 
Gale—Mollie B:). 

G. J. Lewis’ b. b. bitch Ragtime Girl (Cin, Pride—Pet 
Bondhue). 

Verona Kennels’ 0. and w. dog Verona Cap (Count 
Gladstone 1V.—Daisy Croft). 

Verona Kennels’ b., w. and t. dog Verona Diable 
(Count Gladstene IV.—Daisy Croft). 

Verona Kennels’ 0. agd w. bitch Verona Reya (Count 
Gladstone 1V.—Daisy Croft). 

Verona Kennels’ o. and w. bitch Verona Spice (Count 
Gladstone 1V.—Countess K.). 

Verona Kennels’ b., w. and t. bitch Wilhelmina (Count 
Gladstone I[V.—Countess K.). 

G. G. Williamson’s b., w. and t. bitch Leading Lady 
(Count Gladstone IV.—Dan’s Lady). 

F. P, Harter’s b., w. and t. bitch Lady Clinton (Lady’s 
Count Gladstone—Nellie Gladstone). 

C. W. Ferguson's b., w. and t. bitch Spray (Marie’s 
Sport—Rita’s Kate). 

C. W. Mullan’s 1. and w. dog Rob. Count Gladstone 
(Lady’s Count Gladstone—Selkirk’s Iris). 

H. B. Ledbetter’s b., w. and t. dog Sport’s Solomon 
(Marie’s Sport—Isabelle Maid). 

H. S. Bevan’s |. and w. bitch Lena Windem (Lady’s 
Count Gladstone—Iris). 

G. E. Gray’s b., w. and t. bitch Annie B. (Uncle B.— 
Pride of Abercorn). 

C. D. Stewart’s b., w. and t. bitch Tony’s Dot (Tony 
Boy—Druid’s Daisy). 

Avent & Duryea’s b., w. and t. dog Dot Roy (Dot's 
Roy—Callie). 

Avent & Duryea’s b., w. 
Roy—Callie): 

Avent & Duryea’s liv. and w. bitch Cora (Topsey 
Ranger—Columbine). 

Avent & Duryea’s b., w. and t. dog Tony Man (Tony 
Boy—May Blue). 

Avent & Duryea’s b., w. and t. bitch 
(Tony Boy—Phcebe Windam). 

James Thompson’s b., w. and t. dog Ruby's Dan (Dave 
Earl—Tony’s Ruby). 

T. H: Noble’s b., w. and t. bitch Count’s Lit (Lady’s 
Count Gladstone—Jessie Rodfield). 

J. S. Henderson’s b., w. and t. bitch Lady’s Iris (Lady’s 
Count Gladstone—Selkirk’s Iris). ; 

R. B. Morgan’s b., w. and t. bitch Dolly Manners 
(Tony— : 

R. B. Morgan’s b. and w. bitch Marse Chan (Lady’s 
Count Gladstone—Lontonio). 

W. B. Srarrorp, Sec’y. 


and t. bitch Tomboy (Tony 


and t. bitch Daisy (Dot’s 


Clip Windom 


Points and Flushes. 


Tn our business columns the Eastern Field Trials Club 
announces the conditions governing its All-Age Setter 
and Pointer Stake, entries of which close Otc. 1, and the 
Eastern Subscription Stake, entries to which must be 
filed at 9 o’clock on fhe night previous to running the 
stake, The judges announced are Messrs. Arthur Mer- 
miman and Theodore Sturges; the third judges will be 
announced later, The Secretary-Treasurer is Mr. Simon 
C. Bradley, Greenfield Hill, Conn.; telegraph station, 
FairfielM, Conn. - 


_ “Interchange of opinion, whether in ordinary conversa- 
tion or in discussion and debate, is among the most in- 
structive and valuable means of forming true opinions, 
yet often it is poisoned by a dogmatism that will brook 
no contradiction and a temper which regards all dissent 
as_a personal affront.” The foregoing, published 
originally in the Philadelphia Ledger, seems to indicate 


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that that paper contemplates adding a kennel department 
to its other interesting columns, Those words of wis- 
dom would be valuable to run at its head under the cap- 
tion of fixtures. It is good to paste in the dog man’s 
hat, and his hat is then good to keep in his hand where he 
can ever see its inside, 


| Dachting. 


te ent 


Yachting Fixtures, 1900, 


SEPTEMBER. 
22-23. California, cruise to Martinez, San Francisco, San Francisco 
ays. a 
22. Rivererde, fall regatta, Riverside, Long Island Sound. 


22. Canarsie, Commodore’s cups, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
22. Haverhill, fourth championship, Haverhill, Mass. 


THE Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. has received a cable 
notice of ‘a challenge’ for, the Seawanhaka ‘ititernational 
challenge cup from Mr. Lorne Currie, of the Island Sail- 
ing Club, Cowes. Mr. Currie is the owner of Scotia, the 
challenger for the Cercle de la Voilé de Paris cup last 
spring. Should the challenge be accepted it is probable 
that Mr. Linton Hope will design the new challenger. 

Tue Manhasset Y. C. has in hand a project for a new 
one-design class of keel single-handers with a small fixed 
cabin, The idea is an excellent one and something of 
the kind is néeded about New York, but the plans as 
proposed are capable of much improvement. A couple 
of years ago we urged on the Sound Y. R. A, the estab- 
lishment of a small class of single-hand keel knockabouts 
of 16 to 18ft. Lw.l and under such restrictions as should 
give a fair cabin for cruising and speed enough to make 
good racing. The idea was rejected then, but there is 
still a place for such a class, either one-design or re- 
stricted, preferably the latter if the restrictions are prop- 
erly drawn, As the Manhasset Y. GC. has a prospect of 
starting its class with ten boats and as there is still ample 
time for action, it would be well if the proposed plan were 
reconsidered and the work placed on a broader footing 
to include other Sound clubs and a design with fewer 
of the modern freak features. 


Royal Canadian Y. C.—Rochester 
ya. 


CHARLOTTE, N. Y.—LAKE ONTARIO, 


_ THe racing on Lake Ontario this season has been quiet 
lt Comparison with last year, when seven new 35-footers 
were launched and Rochester, Toronto and Hamilton were 
engaged in an exciting fight for the Canada cup. The 
annual meet of the Lake Y. R. A. at Cobéfirg was less 
interesting than usual, very few American yachts taking 
part, and the chief event of the year was the racing, at 
Charlotte last week, which ended the season. Two sepa- 
rate matches were sailed—that for the Fisher cup, in- 
yolying two races on Sept. 8 and to, while on Sept. 11 an 
open race was sailed for the Hotel Ontario cup, presented 
by George W. Sweeney, of the Hotel Ontario, Ontario 
Beach. The Fisher cup races proved very interesting, and 
though the final result was a disappointment to the friends 
of the cutter, enough was seen of the two boats ina breeze . 
and sea to justify their belief in the type in other than 
moderate weather. The breakdown of Minota when she 
had the race safely in hand was merely an instructive 
commentary on up-to-date construction, a little lack cf 
strength in one small member throwing extra strains on 
one part after another until the rig was virtually wrecked. 
As construction is as much a part of the game as type, 
model and handling, Genesee, under the circumstances, is 
fairly entitled to a clean record of five straight wins in 
the two international matches—for the Canada cup in 
1899 and the Fisher cup in rgoo. 

“he Hotel Ontario cup was given for yachts of asft. 
measurement and over, and in order to make the condi- 
tions as easy as possible and to induce entries, it was 
arranged to allow time on the old-measurements by the 
Seawanhaka rule, instead of compelling those not already 
measured to obtain measurements under the new girth 
rule. It was expected that a good fleet of starters could 
be brought to the Ifthe under these conditions, the class 
including Onward and Cinderella, of Rochester; Vreda, 
Merry Thought, Canada and the schooner Clorita, of 
Toronto, and Aggie, of Oakville. Canada did not cross 
the lake. Onward, Cinderella and Aggie declined to start, 
and Clorita lost her foretopmast while at anchor. Only 
Vreda and Merry Thought started, but they gave the 
spectators a close and exciting race that was well worth 
watching from the start to within two miles of the finish, 
when chance stepped in and decided the result. Vreda 
is a Watson boat, the first yacht built in the 20-rating 
class under the then new rating rule in 1888—a steel hull 
that was sailed over from Glasgow to Toronto some years 
ago. Merry Thought is a local boat, a cutter of greater 
beam than Vreda, designed and built by Jas. Andrews. of 
Oaksville. Ontario, builder of Beaver and ‘Minota, - and 
launched under the name of Winetta. She is built in part 
out of the Watson cutter Verve II., the lead keel being 
recast in new form, and the old elm keel and other parts 
worked in. She was purchased a few years ago by Mr. 
“Himelius Jarvis, who improved her considerably and re- 
named her Merry Thought, using her regularly for cruis- 
ing, and also starting in most of the races of the class. 
Smartly handled, carrying big club topsails, and fighting 
every inch of the twenty-mile course, these two old-time 
craft made as good a race as though they had cost $35,000 
each and were leaking in every seam. 


The Fisher Cup. - 


The Fisher cup-was presented to the Chicago Y. @ in 
1883 by Com. Archie Fisher, once owner of the schooner 
Idler, recently wrecked in Lake Erie. The Canadian sloop 
Atalanta. the fourth challenger for the America Cup, chal- 
lenged for it in August of the same year, and was beaten 
by the Chicago sloops Cora and Wasp, but a second chal- 
lenge was immediately accepted, the legal notice being 
waived, and on Aug. 8 Atalanta won the cup. She was 
at once challenged, but sailed away with the cup to her 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Szpr, 22, 1900. ‘ 


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home station in the Bay of Quinte. In the following sum- 
mer it was challenged for by Norah, of Belleville, and 
taken by default, and for eight years it was securely locked 
up in the Bay of Quinte. The Royal Canadian Y. C. 
made several efforts to get a match for it, notably with 
Zelma in 1891, but could never obtain satisfactory terms 
from the owner of Norah. In 1891 the Bay of Quinte 
Y. C. revised the conditions on which the cup was held, 
Mr. Fisher declining. to take any action in the matter. In 
1892 the old sloop Onward, built at Islip, L. L., by Lon 
Smith in 1875, and long known as Lesbia about New, 
York, then owned in Rochester, challenged for the cup 
and was beaten by Norah in July, but in a second race in 
September she won and took the cup to Rochester. In 
1893 the late Norman B. Dick, of the Royal Canadian 
Y.C., owner of the cutter Zelma, built in 1891, challenged 
for the cup. Mr. Dick had been unable to get a race with 
Norah while she held the cup, but he was rather more 
fortunate in this case, as the match was made and a date 
set. Before the time, however, Onward went off on a 
ernise, and the Rochester Y. C., left without a defender, 
offered the cup to Mr. Dick on default. This he refused, 
and the cup was left in Rochester. It has since been held 
by the Rochester Y. C., to whom it was intrusted under 
mew conditions a few years ago by the owners of Onward. 

Genesee has been in commission this year, but has not 
raced. She has been unchanged from last season, when, 
after the races, she was purchased by Mr. Chas. Van 
WVoorhis, of the Rochester Y. C., one of her original crew. 
‘As a matter of course. Mr. C. G: Davis, of Boston, was 
asked to sail her again. Beaver and Minota have re- 
mained unchanged except that this summer Minota’s lead 
keel and deadwoods have been remodeled under the d rec- 
tion of Mr. H. C. McLeod, her designer. By referring 


to the lines in the Forest AND STREAM of Feb. 10, 1900, it , 


will be seen that the fore end of the lead is rounded up 
quickly, somewhat as in the second Valkyrie. On trial 
last year some extra lead was added, being inserted in 
the deadwood just above the lead keel, and some was 
placed inside. These two portions of lead have been re- 
moved and neatly moulded on to the fore end of the lead 
keel, the deadwoods being somewhat extended, so as to 
sharpen the fore end of the bulb, lower the center of 
gravity of the ballast and increase the area of lateral plane 
on the fore end. The work was done by Mr. Andrews 
im a very superior mantier, the joining of the lead being 
invisible. After a series of trial races last month, a num- 
ber of short races being sailed, in which the two boats 
were handled by Messrs. McLeod and A‘milius Jarvis, 
Minota was selected as the fastest boat in light weather, 
the weather records for a series of years showing that 
light winds were to be looked for off Charlotte early 1n 
September. Mr. McLeod positively declined to sail the 
yacht in an international match, and Mr. A‘milius Jarvis 
was selected as the best man, though his experience with 
Minota was limited to a few irials when she and Beaver 
had changed crews in the trials. 

Mr. Davis came fo Charlotte a couple of weeks before 
the races and put Genesee in trim, everything about the 
boat being carefully gone over. His crew included Messrs. 
C. Van Voorhis, W. M. McDuff, W. B. Miller, A. McDon- 
nell and a paid hand, John Morris. Minota sailed from 
Toronto on Sept. 5, being towed most of the way by the 
steam yacht Wapiti, kindly loaned to the club by Mr. 
Barbour. She arrived the next morning at Charlotte, 
where she was joined by Merry Thought, Vreda, Petrel, 
Aggie, Clytie, Clorita, Gloria and Oriole. Her crew in- 
cluded Messrs. Fred A. Turner, James McMurray. Vin- 
cent Hughes, Charles Lowndes and a paid hand, James 
Young. 

The conditions of the match were given last week. The 
challenging club was represented by Frank M. Gray. the 
defending club by T. B. Pritchard, and J. F. Monck, of 
the Royal Hamilton-Y. C., was chosen by the two as the 
third member of the race committee. The scrutineer on 
Genesee was Ernest McRae. of the Royal Canadian Y. C., 
and on Minota Wilson H. Cross, of the Rochester Y. C. 

According to the agreement, neither boat was measured 
anew, being unchanged from last year, when they just 
measured into the 35ft. class. The principal dimensions 
are as follows: 


Length— 
Genesee. Minota, 
Oe taert Lleeeeten i aetic lees 44.63 it 40.55it. 
FESR TO SAEs Ae Se eat 27.00it. 30.00ft. 
Overhang— 
ICM a Bhat ee erga Se eae 8.18it. 4.33it. 
@ounterh iy thse ee eee 8.76ft. 6.17it, 
Breadth— - 
IBSoRaeile Sat eee sey te 11.63it. $.92it. 
iLO DR eR one Sere Hye ee 8.08it. 
Drati—ulfl ..5.25.-5: 1.50ft. 6.00ft- 
Girth— 
TSH) SAA SARS aos eear pacts re DORON a 16.48it 
Added tor -centerboard... 2i82f ~~. ..1., 
Added for draft forward.. o34ft.  —_..... 
Sota Lee eiendek ett ROPME bah 
Sail Area— 
Vicari Sadlaeeee vo cane aneeneee e I,IOI sq. it. 900 sq. ft. 
Heady thane le estse fetes a 357 sq. ft. 383 sq. ft. 
SiNO tales soe sphc Sent ate 1,458 sq. ft. 1,382 sq. ft. 
LEXOVOSIELIA Sesothsy SE Re ware eee Se 37,52it. 38.00ff 
EN RCRA inte, Shwaalsi ads 25.40it 22.25 it. 
(eh eee es A ca Gd eee 20.45 ft. 22.75ft. 
IDSC AAs Sa = eee, 5 50.80it 53-00ft. 
ILAvARE airs MPMEUT wpe a ese see 34.78ft 35.00it. 


Genesee’s measurements are official. as taken at Toronto 
for the Canada cup races in 18909. Those of Minota are 
taken from the design, and are not her official measure- 
ments. 


First Day, Saturday, Sept. 8 
Triangular Course. 


Except for a lively blow on Thursday night, the weather 
had been clear during the week, and Saturday was a sum- 
mer day, with a clear sky and warm sun the breeze being 
light from N_E. with just a roll of sea heaving in from 
the disturbance of Thursday. Genesee had been out of 
water tor several days and was launched in the morning; 
Minota had been docked and painted at Toronto. The 
breeze, such as it was, held throughout the race, but was 


very variable and puffy in both force and direction, and 
though there were no bad flukes, each boat in turn suffered 


_ through the vagaries of the wind. The start was made 


at 17 A. M., the line being between the western pier head 
of Charlotte Harbor and a mark boat anchored off there, 
all buoys being left on starboard hand. During the pre- 
liminary ten minutes the two boats seesawed about the 
line some distance apart, and there was no close maneuver- 
ing. Just before gun Genesee stood for the line, a little 
too soon, and Minota came about on her weather and 
crossed between her and the mark boat, well timed and 
with good way on. The iriends of Gefesee were naturally 
in the majority on the various yachts and steamers about 
the start, and the advantage of Minota was a disappoint- 
ment, but there was a loud cheer as Genesee started ahead 
and ran out clear from under the other's lee. The ap- 
parent gain. which gladdened the hearts of the landsmen 
amounted to nothing, as in the light breeze Minota was 
pointing well and holding on, while Genesee was steadily 


sliding to leeward and losing ground in spite of her speed . 


through the water. Starting on the srtarboard tack, they 
had the sea on the beam. They held this course for over 
twenty minutes, Minota doing much the better windward 
wark and throwing Genesee squarely into her wake when 
they came on port tack and headed into the sea. Minota 
had gained steadily from the start, and at the end of forty 
minutes she had a lead of nearly three minutes, The 


& 


FISHER CUP, 


breeze freshened for a time and Genesee picked up per- 
ceptibly, holding on better as she heeled down.- She made 
up much of her loss in a short time. and then about held 
Minota for the rest of the beat to the first mark, where 
they were timed: 


Turn. Elapsed. _ Gain. Lead. 
Niihota s-Sexeeee sts 11 68 00 f) 58 00 0 01 45 0 O1 45 
Geneseer seasyet neeeee F 11 59 45 0 59 48 ot 499 goo ue 


Minota had rove off a new balloon j¥ halyard, and the 
tope kinked very badly, so that it was necessary to lower 
the sail after it was partly up and then to send a man 
aloft to clear the turns. This cost valuable time, and 
Genesee, with her balloon jib set smartly, was fast over- 
taking her. They held some distance apart, Minota head- 
ing to windward of the second mark and Genesee straight 
for it. When a couple of miles had been run, Genesee 
was about on Minota’s beam, and a hundred yards to 
leeward, and they held the same relative positions until 
within a couple of minutes of the mark, when a favoring 
pat caught Genesee and put her in the lead, the times 

eing : 


Turn, Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Genesee .........0.5.205 12° 82 00 0 32)15 0 02 13 0 0G 38 
Mit Otawes shaed aiaaeit Scan 12 82) 28 0 34 28 ee Ss AS 


After a jibe at the mark they reached for home with 
sheets a little harder than on the second leg, Genesee still 


gaining. The end of the round was timed: 
Leg. 
Turn. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Genese€ -____. a ee 12 58 20 0 26 20 0 01 15 0 01 48 
MiintaecomeeeneresAa spas 1 00 03 0 27 35 oe - Boe Fe 
Round =a 
Elapsed Gain. Lead. 
Gbheset: lata tives toi cc woe Pee ees 1 58 20 0 01 43 0 01 43 
Wirlatay li eonsecnes a onan 2. ee eee 2 00 03 reed, Be ye, 4 
Genesee stood off on port tack after passing the home 


buov, but Minota went by on starboard tack and held 
it (senesee soon coming about. It was soon apparent that, 
a: in the first round, Genesee was sliding to leeward and 
nota was doing the better work, but after a short time 
the breeze freshened and Genesee began to increase her 
Jead. They broke tacks and at times were some little dis- 
tance apart in a very tuneven wind. which was freshening 
from the westward. Frequently after tacking one or the 
other was at once headed off, to her temporary disadvan- 
tage. As long as the wind held Genesee continued toa 
gain. They were broken off by the sea. and both were 
compelled to make several tacks near the mark. The times 
were: 


Torn. Elansed. Gain. Lead. 
Genesee’ i2.<issett sae 1 58 35 055 15 Ae 0 01 40 
Mario ta. 4-aeeies te a a a5 0 55 12 0 00 03 a 


As the result of nearly an hour’s sailing to windward, 
Minota had gained just three seconds. 

Startins with a good lead and on her best point of 
sailing, Genesee reached very fast and ran away from 
Minota. There was no visible reason for the great differ- 


a 


ence on this one Jeg as compared with all the others, and 
it is probable that Genesee’s big gain of nearly six minutes 
in a little over three miles was largely due to some small 
advantage in the wind. The second mark was timed: 


Turn. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
GeteSCb 5 ae hus nee 2°24 43 0 81 08 0 05 48 0 07 28 
Minota ..0 0.0... Fee: 23220 03656 ..... aie 24 


They reached in to the finish with booms on the other 
side, and the times showed a few seconds’ gain for Minota. 
On both rounds Genesee made her largest gain on the 
broader of the two races. The final times were: — 


Leg. 
Turn. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
GrSUeSCGms seek en ent ae Papaya, 1b] 0 27 32 Pan 0 07 26 
Minecta 2.4: thes land Tok 2 59) 41. 027 30)=— + «0 00 02 ty Ae 
Round. 
ears Gain Lead. 
IGEN EGC Gwe co ce teehee Sen teeta kees ate 1 53 55 0 05 43 0 O07 26 
Winotad eee ereece, ieee tree EL ne 1 59 38 cies Las 
j Elapsed. Elapsed. 
Genesee foi actos. 3 52 15 Man GiiEEet Ceeawe Regent 3 59 41 


After the trace Minota was hauled out at the yacht 
club and her bottom and topsides carefully rubbed down. 


4 

i 

i Sunday was another clear day, with a light breeze on 
“the lake, which tempted some of the boats out. Over on 
the east bank of the Genesee River, just above its entry 
into the lake, in a marsh of sedge and willows, lies all that 


4 is left of the yacht which stands next to the schooner 


y America in international yachting, the Watson 1o-tonner 
Madge. Built at Govan, Scotland, in 1870, and winner of 


Wt her class for two seasons, in 1881 she was sent out to New 


; York by her owner, in the care of his captain, James 


Lok Duncan, and consigned to a friend, Mr. W. Lindsay 
wit Blatch, then living in New York. The idea of Mtr. Coats 


sg was to test the narrow cutter against the best of the center- 
board sloops, and several series of races were arranged 
‘by Mr. Blatch with the owners of Wave, Schemer, Mis-. 
tral and Shadow, the best sloops of the day in New York 
and Boston waters. In the seven races thus sailed, Madge 
won six times, being once beaten off Newport by Shadow. 


ve is s 3 a 
\Her victories over the New York sloops Wave, Schemer 


jand Mistral were convincing, they being very badly beaten, 
land in some cases abandoning the course and making for 
home disabled. After the races, as Mr. Coats had no 
further use for her, she was offered as a gift to the Sea- 
wanhaka Corinthian Y. C., but was not accepted, and she 
was used for a time by Mr. E. S. Auchincloss, and later 
sold to Mr, E. W. Sheldon. Later on im her career she 


@ifell into the hands of a novice, who attempted to make 
i a cruising yacht of her, fitting up the interior elaborately 
esis PW 


ith walnut furniture with marble tops after the atrocious 


a i fashion of the day. A bulwark of solid plank 2'n. thick 


sand 12in. high was built around her. the light forged tron 
@ cleats were teplaced by heavy cast ones of steamboat 
‘pattern, the bowsprit and bitts were blocked up from the 
** deck to match the new rail, and everything possible was 
; done to disfigure and damage the pretty little ship, 

» We first made her acquaintance on an August day in 
1881, when, hurrying from the train which had carried 
us home from the second meet of the A. C. A. at Lake 
George, we boarded the Anchor liner Devonia at the 
foot of Dey street and found Madge securely chocked up 
on the main deck aft on the starboard side. A short time 
after we boarded her from a canoe off Tompk’nsville and 
made the acquaintance of her clever skipper and his active 
Scotch crew, as it proved in the subsequent races a most 
capable outfit. Madge was then as pretty a ship as ever 
floated, with her smart plumb stem, straight sheer, high 
freeboard and fair swept deck line and deck planking. 
There was no bulwark, merely a light rail, the copper was 
carried well above the waterline, especially on the bows, 
and the smooth black topsides were relieved by a gold 
stripe and scroll; kept in perfect condition, with a fine 
suit of Lapthorne & Ratsey sails, the whole appearance 
was in marked contrast to the centerboard sloops of the 
day. The construction was very heavy about the keel, but 
very light above the waterline, the topsides being of 
Spanish cedar and the deck very light, with beams widely 
spaced. Some six years later we sighted Madge at anchor 
off Whitestone after the improvements already mentioned. 
She was almost unrecognizable, as her original hull was 
sunk deep in the water through the added weights below 
and-on deck, while her sheer was destroyed by the high 
bulwarks, and to complete the evil work, she was painted 
white from rail to waterline, even over her copper. If 
we are not mistaken. the sail area had also been in- 
creased. She had, of course. done with racing, and little 
more was heard of her, though her victories were still 
working wonderful results in the regeneration of Amer- 
ican yachting. 

Some years later we met her again, on fresh water, with 
the racing fleet of the Lake Y. R. A,; in 1888 she was 
purchased in New York by a party of cutter cranks from 
Rochester, Mr. G. P. Goulding and several associates, 
and taken through the Hudson and the canals to the lake, 
pontoons being used in the shoaler of the canals, Same of 
the rubbish has been removed from the interior and the 
bulwark was cut down to a height of about 3in., including 
the rail, but she was still badly overweighted and below 
her lines. It was a matter of principle with her owners to 
carry the enormous club topsail at all times, regardless 
of wind and weather, and it was a familiar sight in the 
lake races to see her skating around with spreaders barely 
clear of the water. The effect of this work was to tear the 
light deck and topsides apart, and a goodly weight of 
forged iron straps was added about the chainplates and 
runner plates. Some six years ago Madge was condemned 
by her owners, hauled out where she now lies, and her lead 
was removed and sold. For some reason the planking was - 
all stripped off except the wales. but the deck was left. 
She is now a melancholy wreck. Her great elm keel, nearly 
aft. wide, with a heavy keelson about 8in. square of green- 
heart, are sound to-day, as are many of the futtocks and 
sawn frames, the scantling looking immense to eyes ac- 
customed to modern construction. Though only eight 
miles from a wideawake American city, there is still a 
length of lead pipe plainly exposed inside the hull. the 
underwater discharge of the pump; while on the sternpost 
and on the rudder, which lies rot'ine in the marsh, are 
three pairs of bronze pintles and braces. The spars, 
rigging, deck hatches and interior fittings were stored 
ashore at the yacht club, and on his arrival Mr. Jarvis 
looked wp. the owner and made an offer for the entire 
lots which was accepted. It is his intention to set ‘up the 


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Serr, 22, 1900.]] 


mast, topmast, gaff and rigging in front of his home in 

oronto, with a brass plate bearing the name of the 

acht. The tiller, an iron forging, is a curious piece of 

tlaekemith work. The brass rudder cap with the yacht’s 
- name was missing from the collection. 

On Sunday morning a party from Merry Thought and 
Gloria rowed across to inspect the wreck, and incidentally 
took possession of such brasswork as still remained, as 
mementoes. With the aid of a big hammer and a pinch 
bar the four deadlights, still in the sides, were removed. 
also the rudder braces and other parts. Mr. Jarvis retained 
the rudder braces, which will probably see service on 
some future yacht. Mr. Turner, of Minota’s crew, secured 
a couple of big brass rings which were set into the fore 
foot to lock the scarf of keel, stem and deadwood, and 
Mr. Stephens carried off a pair of the deadlights and the 
oak rudder stock. In spite of all her misfortunes of later 
years, the wreck still shows the clean, full lines, the fair 
sweep of the midship section and the handsome sheer of 
the old Madge. It will be a long time yet before she is 
forgotten by ‘those of the old “cutter cranks’? who once 
knew her so well, but it will be still longer before the 
lessons she taught will be finally obliterated from Amer- 
ican yachting. 


Second Race, Monday, Sept. 10. 


Windward and Leeward. 


Monday was as fine as the preceding days, with a 
moderate wind from N.N.E. and a lively roll to the sea. 
Early in the morning the wind blew at about six to eight 
knots, but during the race it rose to nearly fifteen. Minota 
was launched about 9 o'clock, in perfect condition so far 
as her bottom and topsides were concerned, haying been 
rubbed down and the bottom freshly painted with a tar 
composition sent out from England for her last year. The 
starting line was laid out to the westward of the pierhead, 
the course being five miles N.N.E. to a markboat set be- 
fore the start. When the committee steamer came out 
just before the start, there was too much sea to permit 
her to land on the weather side of the pier, and she was 
none too quiet and easy in the short stop she made under 
the lee to allow the committee to jump on board after 
starting the race, Both boats had been out about io 
o'clock to try the wind, returning to the harbor, Genesee 
tying in her first reef. They kept apart in the preliminary 
work, but came to the line together at the last, and as 
Genesee went over on the weather end of the line, Minota 
came about close on her weather quarter, both being on 
starboard tack. Before they were well settled down to 
work it was apparent that Minota was the better in this 
wind and sea, she pointed quite as high, footed as fast and 
held to windward much better. At the end of the first 
quarter of an hour she was a couple of hundred yards 
clear to windward, and doing the better work as they both 
headed into the seas. Genesee was the first to tack, at 
I1:10, taking the seas on the beam, Minota also coming 
about. Three mmutes later several of her crew ran for- 
ward as she was quickly luffed, and it was seen that 


something had gone wrong. Almost at the same moment | 


three men were seen en Minota’s bows, one being out on 
the bowsprit. Running quite close under Genesee’s lee 
those on the committee boat could see plainly that her 
dolphin striker or bobstay strut had given way, and the 
crew were trying to repair in by wedging a piece of wood 
between the bowsprit and bobstay. This was finally ac- 
complished, and the bowsprit further secured by a piece of 
wood lashed on top of it. The repairs were very crude, 
but they held through the race, and as the bowsprit is 
quite short the boat suffered little more than the loss 
of way while she was in the wind and the weight was 
forward. 

Minota was so far away that the work on her was only 
partly visible in the sea, but it was learned. later that she 
met with the same trouble. The dolphin striker was 
made of two light pieces of band steel, little more than 
lin. wide and "in. thick, riveted together at the ends and 
separated in the middle by a space block about iin. thick. 
This “‘truss’’ was light enough, and it had stood through 
two seasons, but to the eye it was a flimsy affair at 
best for such a vital point. It gave way at about the 
same time as that on Genesee and fell into the drink, the 
paid hand coming aft and reporting that it was gone and 
nothing could be done to replace it. Mr. Jarvis gave 
the stick to Mr. Turner and went forward on to the bow- 
sprit and an attempt was made to wedge the pieces of the 
floorboards between the bowsprit and bobstay, a distance 
of nearly 3ft. As each piece of 7gin. spruce or pine was 
wedged in it was split by the thin wire as she plunged 
into the sea, until at last a piece was found with a cross 
knot in it which held. Before this much had been accom- 
plished the mast had gone aft so far that the shrouds 
were throwing a cross strain on the spreaders, and it was 
found impossible to heave it forward to its place. 

In spite of the disturbance of three men on the bows, 
Minota continued to gain, but more slowly than at first, 
and at 11:40 she was at least 300yds. to windward, the 
two still on port tack. Genesee was the first to tack, at 
11:42, Minota coming about two minutes later in a goad 
position. At 11:49 Genesee came about again, and two 
minutes later she tied in a second reef. as it was now 
blowing pretty hard. She is steered in strong winds by a 
tackle on the tiller, and this tackle had been taken to 
back up the bobstay, leaving Mr. Davis more than he 
could handle with the stick alone. until a couple of Dlecks 
were found somewhere and a new tiller tackle rigged. 

Meanwhile the strain had been telling on Minota’s 
spreaders, of light steel tubing, and she came on pork tack 
at 11:53 to relieve the starboard spreader, Mr. Jarvis going 
aloft and trying to back it up with sticks and lashings. 
Soon aiter the port spreader collapsed and left the boat 
in very bad shape. From this out the course of the yacht 
to the weather mark was governed by the necessity of 
keeping her on one tack or the other while repairs were 
attempted on the lee rigging. Genesee was heeling to a 
bis angle under her double reefs, but she was gaining a 
little on Minota. The latter overstood the mark and came 
down for it with sheets lighted, starting home with boam 
to starboard and setting her spinaker. The times were: 


Turn. Elapsed, Gain Lend. 
Minota _.. 12 08 28 1 O08. 38 0 06 30 0 06 20 
Genesev .., -.d2 14 58 1 14 58 bay ee 


As Miuota ran in, Mr. Jarvis was still working at the 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


masthead, and a second man went up to assist him, the 
only hope being that the spreaders could be strengthened 
while off the wind so as to stand the second five miles to 
windward. The boat rolled in the sea, and the mast 
threatened to go out of her every minute. After being 
about eight minutes on her way in, also under spinaker, 
Genesee shook out both reefs and began to overtake 
Minota. } ' 

The cutter had carried her whole mainsail easily through 
the wind and sea as long as the gear held, but it was 
eyident that she could not stand the strain in her wrecked 
condition, and as she neared the line one reef was tied in. 
While Mr. Jarvis was busy at the boom end with the outer 
reef points, she jibed over on her spinaker, immediately 
jibing back. She rounded the home mark with the reef 
in and jib down, setting her second jib slowly, Genesee 
jibed over at 12:38, as she neared the line, and turned in 
three reefs for the new bout to windward. The end of the 
round was timed: 


Leg. A 
Turn, Elapsed. Gain. Lead, 
intr bean sate pons specter dads 12 42 20 0 33 52 wes eee 0 04 19 
GeneSe€ poseciy seerceean 12 46 29 Q 31 41 0 02 11 yee et 
Gain. Lead. 
Minota 


0 04 19 0 04 19 


oh ae 


(Genesee .. 


On the riin in Genesee had gained over two minutes, and 
with third reef in she started off in fairly good shape, 
though there was more wind and sea than she wanted, and 
she fell off to leeward. Minota was now jilling along 
with her reefed mainsail half spilled and second jib partly 
up, making a worse showing every.minute as the patched 
rigging gave way. After twenty minutes the forward 
starboard shroud went and there was nothing for it but 
uup-stick for home. The last break was-in the eye of the 
bronze turnbuckle, a very poorly proportsoned affair, with 
a very large and heavy barrel and screws of good size. 


MINOTA. 


The eye which broke, .the upper one in which the shroud 


- was spliced, was round and over an inch in diameter, the 


metal of the ring being about 34in. in diameter. Just at 
the top, where the strain was concentrated, a deep center- 
punch mark had been made to center the casting by in 
turning up the thread. The strength at this point. was 
utterly disproporlioned to that at the bottom of the 


threads, and this in turn was as much too small for the. 


large and heavy barrel. : 

Driving easily off ‘the wind, Minota made the harbor 
with her mast on end, about all that could be asked under 
the circumstances. Genesee continued, with ample time 
to finish within the limit, rounding the outer mark at 
2:08, the beat of five miles being made in rth. 21m. 21s., or 
6m. longer than in the first round, She ran in without 
incident, and finished at 2:39:25, her time for the run being 
31:25, and for the twenty-mile course 3:39:25. 

There was a general regret on both sides over the ter- 
mination of the race, as every ohne was anxious to see the 
match tought to a fair finish without accident. Minota’s 
crew took their defeat with the best possible grace, and 
they had the hearty sympathy of the Genesee party. In 
fact, throughout the whole meeting there was no break in 
the good feel:ng which prevailed. 

The first race showed the superiority of Genesee on a 
reach, where she is as fast as her long scow-like side would 
indicate; on the wind, however, she is markedly deficient, 
especially when but moderately heeled. She has not the 
lateral plane to hold her, and until she is heeled far enough 
atid driven hard enough to roll up a strong lee wave and 
give her a bearing for her bilge, she slides off to leeward 
in a Way which no speed on end can offset. While 
Minota gains nothing to speak of by heeling, Genesee 
gains a good deal at both ends, and in reaching this differ- 
ence tells. It would seem that Minota should outrun 
Genesee with booms squared. but this point was not tested 
on the triangular course, and in the second race the con- 
dition of the rigging and the disturbance caused by two 
men aloft 6n Minota off the wind made the test of no 
value 


Hotel Ontario Cup. 


Tuesday, Sept. 11. 
Triangular Course. 


In addition to other courtesies to the yachtsmen, the 
Hotel Ontario presented a handsome silver cup for a race 
of yachts of over 45it. measurement, but as already 
stated, only Vreda and Merry Thought were willing to 
start. The weather was clear on Tuesday, but the wind 
was very light from S.E., the water being smooth. The 
friangular course was selected with buoys to'port. Both 
yachts carried their Jargest club topsails as they worked 
about the line. There was not enough wind for quick 
manetivering, but both started promptly, Vreda being 
ahead and to windward, and Merry Thought in a poor 
position on her lee quarter. It was a reach to first marl. 
the leg lying along the shore off Windsor Bluffs, and the 


233 


mark off the mouth of Irondequoit Bay; both carried No. 
I jib topsails, and Vreda worked out a clear lead. After 
some ten minutes the wind shifted so that sp’nakers 
would draw on starboard side, Merry Thought ran upon 
Vreda and they made the first mark after a slow race 
thus far. The times were: 


Vired a artenee nie taping ce 11 37 45 Merry Thought.......-.. ll a7 55 


The wind freshened considerably at the mark, and they 
started very evenly on the second leg, both setting balloon 
foresails and heeling to the wales. The wind continued 
to freshen until Merry Thought took in her balloon stay- 
sail, when she walked through the lee of Vreda and luffed 
out, but Vreda started up and held on to first place. 
She took in her large jib topsail and then her balloon stay- 
sail, afterward setting a small jib topsail, but after a hard 
fight Merry Thought took the lead from her before the 
second mark was reached. The turn here was so broad 
that iz was impossible to time the two, but Merry Thought 
had a good lead as they reached close-hauled on star- 
board tack. The first round was timed: 


Merry Thought........ eelaesUh OG wVireda. onthe pbw weeks he 12 32 03 


Spinakers were quickly set to starboard and carried for 
ten minutes, when a light rain began to fall. The two 
stowed their spinakers and started a lively luffing match. 
which took them off their course and well in toward 
Irondequoit Bay, The wind freshened still more as they 
neared the first mark, and Vreda lowered her big club top- 
sail for the beat on second leg, in anticipation of a squall, 
while Merry Thought stowed her jib topsail. They jibed 
over and stood for the mark together, being timed: 


Witecltw idee sane t peuke series 10215 Merry Thought......._... 1 02 26 


Merry Thought worked out to windward across Vreda’s 
wake as they rounded, and soon had a plain overlap, her 
bowsprit end being well up with Vreda’s waist. In sp'te 
of this, Vreda deliberately luffed up to stop her, and then 
bore away and ran out a clear lead. The promised wind 
did not come, and Yreda was in sad need of a topsail, so 
her second club went up, her crew working smartly, but 
before the sail was drawing Merry Thought had run 
clear ahead to leeward. After getting by Merry Thought 
came about and crossed Vreda’s bows, then tacked well 
upon her quarter but she gained little ar nothing by 
this maneuver. As they stood on close-hauled for the 
second mark, Merry Thought weathersng out, Vreda 
reached off ahead, but in a little while she was repassed by 
Merry Thought. The sky had cleared and the wind was 
falling at 1:20, when Vreda lowered her second club top- 
sail and reset the big one, but still Merry Thought was 
leaving her. The second mark was timed: 


Merry Thought........... 1 41 30 Vreda 


As Merry Thought had to allow rm. 4s., it was fairly 
certain that she would win with but three and one-third 
miles to go. She stood by the mark on port tack for 
some distance, Vreda following her, but when the latter 
had gone but a short distance from the mark, the wind 
fell, and both were left becalmed. After some twenty 
minutes of drifting they caught a very light breeze from 
S.E., and trimmed for the reach in, then Cinderella came 
in from the lake with boom squared before a N.E. breeze. 
Vreda caught the new wind first and was under good 
headway before it reached Merry Thought, Passing her 
to windward and coming in clear ahead, the times being, 
start 11:00: 


Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. Gain. 
WH eats female beer 28 2 82 32 3 32 32 3 32 28 0 02 00 
Merry Thought.......... 2 33, 28 3 33 28 3 33 28 Pet = 


No protest was made\by Merry Thought over the luffing 
in the second round, though one would have g_ven her the 
cup. . * 
Gloria leit Charlotte for Toronto just after the with- 
drawal of Minota on Monday, and with’a fresh breeze 
on the starboard beam, probably made a good run across, 
the distance being about 100 miles. Aggie and Clytie 
sailed about noon on Tuesday, for Oakville and Hamil- 
ton, respectively, the weather being fair with a light and 
variable breeze. Minota, in company with the steam yacht 
Wapiti, left in the afternoon, On Tuesday a violent 
gale swept over Lake Erie, doing much damage at 
Buffalo, and reaching Lake Ontario on Wednesday morn- 
ing. When it struck Toronto all hands were kept busy 
rescuing the yachts and boats at anchor in the bay. 
Minota and Wapiti put into Oak Orchard and waited un- 
ti Ithe gale was over, afterward teaching Toronto in 
safety. Vreda and Merry Thought laid in Charlotte 
Harbor, and so far as reported Aggie avoided the gale. 
It is reported, however, that Clytie lost a man on the 
Passage across the lake. The wind blew over sixty miles 
an hour on Wednesday, but the gale was short-lived. 


Corinthian Y. C. of Philadelphia. 


ESSINGTON—DELAWARE RIVER, 

Saturday, Sept. 8 
THe Corinthian Y. C., of Philadelphia. sailed a good 
race in the knockabout class on Sept. 8, the course being 
eight miles in a moderate N. E. breeze. All of the yachts 
touched the ground during the race, but Grilse and Kid 
made a very close finish, the times being: 


Elapsed. 


- Finish. 
embite Ry 3 eeindiditttdtcd setae ee Ge Peer eo 5 27 00 2 38 00 
RG) cae ie le dete Sets deeper nce co Bie Seas 2°38 28 
IASCTHSGE SR eee eye Oo dob suki ...-3 34 05 2 45 05 


The club expects to have a good fleet in the 36ft. R. M. 
class for next season, there being now two new boats— 
Cherokee, owned by E. W. Clarke and Pankewis, owned 
by C. W. Clark. The conditions of yachting on the Dela- 
ware River strongly favor the centerboard type over the 
keel: and in a moderately deep centerboard of modern 
form it is possible to get excellent accommodations, good 
speed and freedom from danger of capsizing on a draft 
which can be worked to advantage outside of the main 
ehannels of the river. 


Wonder, yawl, J. M. Hartshorne, has been sold to F. 
M. Freeman, owner of Dragoon J., who will rename her 
Dragoon TI. The yacht will sail from Greenwich, Conn,_ 
about Oct. 15 for a long cruise down the Southern coast, 


The Yankee-Mineola Protests. 


- Tue decision of the race committee of the Newport 
Y..R. A- in the two pairs of counter protests of Yankee 
und Mineola in the race of Aug. 22 was made public on 
Sept. 15. The race committee found it necessary to hear 
a number of witnesses on both sides and to weigh care- 
fully a quantity of conflicting testimony, The full text 
of the decision is’as follows: 


In Race, Aug 22, 1900.—In view of the fact that both 
yachts haye protested as to the first foul, the committee 
will consider the first foul only, rejecting the second, in 
accordance with the precedent already established by 
the committee that the act by which a yacht disqualifies 
herself thereby deprives her of all further rights in the 
race. The following are the protests and claims sub- 
mitted: . 

Newport, Aug, 22—To the Regatta Committee, New- 
port Y. R. A.—Gentlemen: I beg to protest the Yan- 
kee on the reach ‘to the first mark to-day for not keep- 
ing-clear of the Mineola and fouling the Mineola when 
luffing, the Yankee being the overtaking yacht to wind- 
ward. Yours truly, Aucust BELMONT. 

Newport, Aug. 22.—To the Regatta Committee, New- 
port Y. R, A.—Gentlemen; While regretting the col- 
lision at the first mark to-day, I protest the Yankee for 
coming about on the port tack when she was unable to 
clear the Mineola, which was on the starboard tack and 
close hauled after rounding the mark. Yours respect- 
fully, oa Aucust BELMONT, 
First Protest.—Started eight seconds ahead of the Yan- 
icee, she being to windward and about a length astern of 
the Mineola. The Mineola immediately luffed, after 
erossing, up to the Yankee, and when she met her the 
Yankee yielded to the luff, the Mineola’s compass show- 
ing southeast by south. The boats luffed alternately and 
bore away, the Yankee gradually overtaking. The Min- 
eola bore away till the compass showed east by south to 
avoid fouling the Yankee’s mainsail with the masthead 
spteader, the Yankee bearing away with her and killing 
the wind in the Minevla’s head sheets, causing the min- 
eola to luff without taking the helm, and in doing so 
the Yankee’s boom end caught the bowsprit shrouds of 
the Mineola. The Yankee, being the overtaking boat, 
should have kept clear, and consequently the fouls were 
hers. Aucust Betmont, Owner. 
Second Protest—Wind W.S.W.; course, E.S.E., four 
iniles. The Mineola approached the first mark on a broad 
reach in the iinmediate wake of the Yankee and about 
2ott. astern of her. When about 1ooyds. from the mark 
the Mineola began trimming down and taking 1m her 
jib topsail, and when about 2o0yds from the mark hore 
away to leeward of the Yankee and trimmed down her 
mainsail close and fit to go on the wind. 

The Yankee luffed around the mark ahead of the Min- 
eola and on a wider circle, owing to her coming down 
closer to the mark, while the Mineola luffed on the 
wind in a shorter circle, but astern of the Yankee. The 
Mineola held her way, passing the mark on the starboard 
tack and headed about S.S.W., while the Yanke sailed 
around the mark with a sufficiently wide turn to leave a 
ffee opening for the Mineola to come in without coming 
into the wind. The Yankee came about and began to 
fill away on the port tack without paying any attention 
to the Mineola being on the starboard.tack. 

‘The course of the Mineola could not then be changed 
to wear away clear of the Yankee. If held on her course 
she would have cut head on into the Yankee’s quarter. 
The helm of the Mnieola was then: put hard to port with 
the owner’s assistance in an effort to luff clear. The 
Mineola struck the Yankee just aft of her rigging and 
gradually rounded to and became locked on the port tack 
under the lee of the Yankee. The mark had already been 
rounded when both yachts passed the mark on the star- 
board tack, and the Yankee when she came about on the 
-port tack did so when she was unable to clear the Min- 
eola. Aucust BELMONT, Owner. 

Regatta Committee, Newport Y. R. A.—Gentlemen: 
I beg to protest the Mineola for fouling Yankee in to- 
day's race. The first foul occurred in the following man- 
ner: Both boats were reaching for the first mark with 
booms to port. Mineola luffed and Yankee, to avoid her, 
luffed also and was heading southeast. Yankee got Min- 
eola’s wind and drew rapidly ahead. Then Mineola kept 
off while Yankee held her luff. Then Mineola luffed 
sharply, with the apparent intention of going under Yan- 
kee’s stern and struck the leech of Yankee’s mainsail 
with the outer part of her bowsprit shroud. I beg to 
protest Mineola under Rule 7, The second foul oc- 
curred in the following manner: In rounding the first 
mark Yankee had a clear lead and tacked around the 
mark. Mineola attempted to foree a passage between 
Yankee and the mark, and in so doing struck Yankee 
just aft of the rigging. I beg to protest Mineola under 
Paragraph 2 of Rule 12. Very truly yours, 

H. B. Duryea. 

In the protests and at the hearing certain contradictory 
statements are presented. Mineola claims to have been 
forced to bear away in order to avoid fouling with her 
topmast spreader the mainsail of Yankee; further, that 
Yankee bore away with her and so approached her too 
closely, thus ultimately causing the foul. Both of these 
statements are denied by Yankee—as to the danger of 
fouling the topmast spreader and as to bearing away. 

In the protest of Mineola these circumstances appear 
to be cited as explanatory, and the main claim is based 
upon the duty of Yankee, as an overtaking vessel, to 
keep clear. In order to prove that Yankee forced Min- 
eola to bear away, it is necessary for Mineola to prove 
that.a foul would have occurred had she not borne 
away. As to the charge that Yankee bore away with 
Mineola, and was wrong in so doing, this charge would 
be included and judged in considering the general charge 
that Yankee, as the overtaking yacht, failed to keep clear 
as requited by the rules. 

_In view of the conflict of testimony and the general 
character of the claims under the protest of Mineola. the 
committee decline to consider the above alleged. facts 
as distinct and separate issues and instances of foul sail- 
ing, and have decided to confine themselves to the actual 
foul or contact, it being the basis of the protests and 
clear as to the essential facts, and to consider all other 
circumstances only as related to such foul. In'the judg- 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


ment of the committee the following are the essential 
facts: ; 
First—Yankee was the overtaking yacht to windward. 
Second—An overlap existed, as proved by the fact of 
the foul. 
Third—Mineola luffed and touched the lee side of the 
leach of Yankee’s mainsail with her (Mineola’s) weather 
bowsprit shrouds about 6it. from the bowsprit end. 


Fourth—Had Mineola not luffed the foul would not. 


have occurred, 

The rules cited by either side tespectively appear to 
cover the case. They are as follows: 

By Mineola—Rule 5—Overtaking.—An overtaking 
yacht shall ,in every case, as long as an overlap exists, 
keep clear of the yacht which is being overtaken, except 
as specified in Section 12. The overtaking vessel, if to 
leeward, must not luff until she has drawn clear ahead of 
the yacht she has overtaken. 

Rule 8—Luffing—A yacht may luff as she pleases in 
order to prevent another from passing her to windward. 

By Yankee—Rule 7—Altering Course—When of two 
yachts one is obliged to keep clear, the other shall not 
alter her course so as-to involve risk of fouling. 

The rights and obligations conveyed in these rules are 
equally important and binding, and these rules must be 
construed in the light of common sense and as dependent 
upon and explanatory of each other. 

As to Luffing—The phrase “in order to prevent” should 
be noticed. In the opinion of the committee this rale 


does not conyey a right to luff when such Iuff will no - 


longer act to prevent another yacht from passing—that 
is, the leeward and overtaken yacht has'no right to luff 
into the other and-cause a foul when the windward yacht 
has drawn so far ahead that the leeward yacht can no 
longer by luffing actually prevent the other yacht from 
passing her to windward. In sucha case the windward 
yacht is practically unable to avoid a foul, and when this 
point is reached the leeward and overtaken yacht is 
bound to hold her course under Rule 7. Rule 7 is univer- 
sal in its application to the right of way rules, and only 
by fixing such limit to the right to luff can Rules 7 and 8 
be satisiactorily harmonized, Where the right to luff 
under Rule 8 ceases the obligation to hold the course un- 
der Rule 7 begins. This point is certainly reached when 
an overtaken and weather yacht can no longer luff clear 
by yielding to the luff of the leeward and overtaken 
yacht. ' 

Judging from the points of contact, it appears that 
Yankee had reached such a point that Mineola by luffing 
could no longer prevent Yankee from passing her to 
windward, and that Yankee was no longer able by luff- 
ing or otherwise to avoid a foul. 

The question as to whether Yankee, as the overtaking 
vessel, kept sufficiently clear of Mineola turns also upon 
the bearing of Rule 7 upon the right of way rules. In- 
asmuch as an alteration of. course in contravention of 
Rule 7 would carry with it the responsibility of a foul 
resulting from such alteration, it seems only fair to can- 
clude that under existing rules the obligation upon one 
yacht to keep clear of another is limited to keeping clear 
of such other yacht as does not unlawfully alter her 
course. . 

In the present case Yankee was obliged to give all 
necessary room as long as Mineola had a right to luff, 
When, however, Mineola was bound to hold her course, 
Yankee was within her rights in giving only sufficient 
room to pass clear had Mineola so held her course. In 
the written and oral statements the committee finds the 
luff admitted on the part of Mineola and they find no 
evidence to show that without such luff there would 
have been a foul. 

As to Yankee’s causing the luff, Mineola claims that 
Yankee in passing so blanketed Mineola’s head sails as 
to cause her (Mineola) to luff without change of helm. 
Even if admitted, this fact does not, in the opinion of 
the committee, necessarily place the responsibility of 
Mineola’s luff upon Yankee, and especially because of the 
following admissions by the owner of Mineola at the 
hearing on Sept- 5: 

First—It was admitted that at no time was Mineola 
out of control. ! 

Second—That the mate of Mineola. stationed forward, 
gave a signal to indicate that Mineola, if allowed to luff, 
would swing clear of Yankee, and that the sailing mas- 
ter of Mineola afterward asked the mate why he (the 
mate) gaye the signal so soon. 

The conclusion of the committee is that Yankee did as 
the overtaking vessel keep clear as required; that the foul 
was clearly due to Mineola’s luff; that Mineola was re- 
sponsible for luffing and wrong in so doing. Yankee is 


sustained in her protest and Mineola disqualified. 


RALPH N. EL tts, 
Woonsury KANE, 
A. Cass GANFIELD. 


Riverton Y. C. 
RIVERTON—DELA WARE RIVER. 

Monday; Sept. 3. ‘ 

THE Riverton Y. C. sailed the final race of the season on 

Sept. 3 in a fresh S.W. breeze that fell just before the 


finish. The times: were: 
Catbeats—Start, 238. 

f Finish Elapsed. 
SeaeGuil Mhcemle aon teeees sss senna enn a neane 4 56 2 28 00 
Peerless, H. F_ Stoddard.... ..--9 01 15 22815 — 
Priscilla, Philip C. Clarkson. 5 02 10 2 30 15 
Butterfly, A. G. Marshall.... See ia By 2 30 15 
Leila, Blair Ferguson........ A Oras Aen e sala ELAR: 2 31 23 

Mosquito Boats—Start, 2:36. 

ING: UL) cA SGre sGotikeiiy Meee CREE RE n Greate 4 34 20 1 58 20 
No. 2, Charles M., Jr., & Robert Biddle, 2d....4 35 15 159 15 
Noh lS ehiison Grater ieee ere nee meee eee 4 38 15 2.02 15 
Not-s; ohn eee Biohermr ner enn tne mete sedate 4 57 00 2 21 00 
No. 3, Thomas Walnut........-.....sceeess »-+.-Fouled flagship, 
INGRAM ashe Wie. Tepe be  oe aenseooponnen yy Withdrew. 


This being the last race, the prizes for the mosquito 
boat series were awarded, as follows: First prize, silver 
berry dish, won by A, G. Cook, 5r points; sécond prize, 
compass, Charles M., Jr,, and Robert Biddle, 2d, 44 
points; third prize, nautical clock, T, H: Walnut, 22 
points; fourth prize, set brass lanterns, Filson Graff, 19 
points. . 

The catboat prizes were: First, cut glass dish, won by 
Lee Cook; second, large loving cup, won by H. F. Stod- 
dard; third, small loving cup, won by P. C. Clarkson. 

In the knockabout class the Kaloola won a handsome 
carving set for Capt. H. N. Emmons, 


(Sept, 22, 1000. . 


Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. Cc, — 
OYSTER BAY—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Sept. 6, 7, 8. 


Tue Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. planned for three . 
days of racing at Oyster Bay on Sept. 6, 7, 8, the first 
two days being devoted to the raceabout class, which was 
to race for a cup presented by J. R. Maxwell, while the 
last day was the annual fall race. It was proposed to race 
the raceabouts in pairs, but out of the five at the station 
on Thursday only three were ready to start. Spindrift 
could not make up a crew, and Scamp broke the club of 
her jib just before the starting gun. The other three, 
Raider, Sis and Snapper, was started at 2:50, the course 
being a triangle of six and three-quarter miles on the 
Sound just outside Oyster Bay. There was a strong S.W. 
wind, and Sis and Raider carried single reefs, while 
Snapper tied in two. The first round was timed: 


SIGS Gaashoy eeu ore hrs BLOoAVe FOTADDEH™ Mean Onnnesre rae ree 3 58 50 
Raiders & su thre eer eee 3 56.18 ‘ e. 
The final times were; 

, e - Finish.. Elapsed 
WIS) HEV RB ECTOnd Oyen ne -e nie SmaI ona news 4 48 50 2 08 50 
Bail cher ail Guan (eat eae nn Ly ae eae nena 459 15 209 15 
Snapper, H. L, Maxwell,......,.... Ssh as Ayes Withdrew, 


After the race Mr. Bedford claimed the cup on the 
ground that he had won practically the final heat. The 
race committee referred the case to Mr. Maxwell, who 
gave the cup to Mr. Bedford, and offered another for the 
following days. . 

On Friday Sis did not start, and. Scamp won, with 
Raider second, Snapper third and Spindrift fourth. 

On Sattrday the wind was fresh from the east, but 
after the first round it fell and came in lighter from S.W. 
A very good race was sailed with a large fleet of starters. 
The 46-footer Iiderim was matched against the smaller 


Norota, giving her half the regular allowance. Norota 
won on eyen time. The times were: 
Cutters—60ft. Class—Start, 1:15. 
" -—. : Length. Finish. Elapsed, 
Iiderim, 1. \W. Satterthwaite..... »-. 64.00 4 55 08 5 40 08 
, Cutters#43ft. Class—Start, 1:15, 
Mirth L1., J. Wm, Beekman......... 41.738 ~ 4 40.56 3 25 56 
Norotd: =O) aSSu6 innikari eee ener nrer 4 36 45 3 21 45 
a , Sloops—36ft. Class—Start, 1:20. 
O Shima San, H. J. Pratt...........35.81 5 09 57 3 49 57 
Yawls—36ft: Class—Start, 1:20, | 
aNiSey BE AVS ADEN Roo aol oe pe meme ALL! fh 22 1.0 4 (2 10) 
Flora, MWenry 11. Landon...........2 35,36 5 52 10 4 $2 10 
‘ ' Sloops—30ft. Class—Start, 1:25. 
Oiseau. J. .R. Maxwell, Jri....00. 29.16 509 09 a 44 09 
INit We EE, Macdonald: i tince. 29.93 5 28 30 5 55-30) 
Alerions wNo ile Idates eireaay Ween nee 29.89 AT 32 5 42 32 
Marguerite, John F. Dingee......... 29.96 5h i 3 51 26 
Enpronzj, Alfred Peats......0.......20.00 fh 10 58 2 45 5S 
A Cathoats—20ft. Class—Start, 1:25. 7 
Windora, John Green.........0.+-. 4.30.00 h 1802 8 4502 
, Raceabouts—Start, 1:35. 
Raider ie eM Crate yobs ect 21.00 > 4 19.07 814 07 
Soe ewe betas dais hes eer aay 21.00 147 15 By TG) 
Colleen, 1. R, Alberget.....: Pepe 21.09 140 10 * 16 10) 
Seaiup, Johnson De Forest-......... 21.01) 151 12 a 16 12: 
Sloops—26ft. Class—Start, Tf. ~ el : 
Murmur, Barclay Ward............. 25.0) 5 1b VW Beatie ia 
Rochelle, Hdward Kelly.,........... 25.00 1 51 87 od IL ot 
; Catboats—-35ft, Class—Start, 14, ’ 
Warda, 1, U0. Gordon....0:2.5...-- 24,64 Do 16 08 36 08 
Win or Lose, J. S. Appleby,........ 23.50 ho 14 00 3 dt Of) 
7 Sloops—21ft. Class—Start, 1:50, : 
Ox pi RNase baniereeeeeee eer EL cEeneee: 21.00 410 50 2 20 50 
, Sloops—18ft, Class—Start, 1:50. 
Flim Flam, A. D, Prince...... Steies 18.00 411 14 2 21 14 
a Catboats—e5ft. Class—Start, 1:40. . 7 
Spindrift, M. Goetchins ...-18.60 Not timed. ; 
Mongoose, Simeon Ford 3 56 40 2 06 40 
Sloops—15ft. Class (Special)—Start, 1:55, motes 4 
Moya, Anderson Dana.............. 17.50 . , 4 18 28 2) 28) 28 | 
Nonraeibewis: Uselinpes.yces meer ny eee ue 4 17 32 2 22, 32a 
Catboats—18ft. Class—Start, 1:50. ry 
Wee Win, F. Sherwood.............. 14.08 4 20 07 2 30 07 
Seawanhaka Knockabouts—Start, 1:40. ; ; 
1a eifanee ARGS (eletuns (evpceulfine yee 21.00 5 20 31 3 40 31. 
Senta, Daniel Bacon.................21.00 5 20 05 3 40:05" 
Dacoit, H. H. Mossman....,........ 21.00 Withdrew. , 
Special Match—Start, 1:15. 
Ilderim, T. W. Satterthwaite........ 54.00 4 55 08 3 40-08 
Mototay Os. Vee Brittih ares eens teers ae 4 36 45 3 21 45 
The winners were Norota, Audax, Alerion, Sis, 


Rochelle, Win or Lose, Mongoose II., Nora and Senta. 
Norota won the special match race, and sail over prizes 
were awarded to Ilderim, O Shima San, Windora, Ox, 
Flim Flam and Wee Win. 


Brooklyn Y. C. 


BATH BEACH—GRAVESEND BAY, 
Saturday, Sept. 8. 
Tue fall regatta of the Brooklyn Y. C. was sailed. on 
Sept. 8 after being postponed from the previous Saturday: 
The wind was light from the south, and the times were: 


35ft. Class Sloops—Start 3:80. 


Finish. Elapsed. 
BESS Wine ailasweentr te ceeereecei ee (AAS S Sorhin diebealy) 1 44 17 
Kangaroo 1.9) 16 46 1 46 46 
LEBEN 5645565 45 5obDereor LoOBe aaa 1.25 16 28 1 46 28 © 
OS aa tren an lets bn aia RRR Arierct, coches oe ees Withdrew. 
25ft. Class Sloops—Start, 3:35. 
Ojb Way eras cee cantesteda taper ene tee 5 30 47 2 00 47: 
SOMEY arte ari Geseasey nis tassPil AAI eee eal Withdrew. 
Charlotte: Aes saad ta ercdon oie ita bate cates 5-58 52 2°23) 52 
20ft. Class Sloops—Start, 3:35. 
Bebble se Tse rasta aa PC EEL ees 5 52 55 217 55 
Par Rare ears ag otters acon a eisai fore Cie ee Pee Withdrew. 


Marine and Field Club. 


BATH BEACH—GRAVESEND BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 8. 


| THE final race of the Marine and Field Club one-design 
class for the Snedeker trophy was sailed on Sept. 8 in a 
moderate southerly breeze, the times being, start 3:35: 


: Finish. Elapsed, 
Kelpie, mph esiiis qe-uecee ataeh senna cseaets Netce ch 5 57 27 -2 22 27 
Gini esteun tay seem hen mea eee Pe Neid t ercrtear 5 57 50 2 22 50. 
Simeetheahte sr sonchocsiae eee eee Rone eae eee 5 58 49 2 28 49 
Flying Fox....... eat b eee e teen de eee vers eeesewense 6 00 07 2-25 07 | 
Wistert nae so alain aCPreney eee) rr Pe 6 00 56 2 25 56 


The standing of the yachts at the end of the Snedeker 
trophy contest is as follows: Kelpie, 18 points; Quinque. 
12; Stinger, 6; Skylark, 5; Sweetheart, 4; Vixen, 2, 


' i 


Sept, 22, igoo, | 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


¢ GENESEE, 


Larchmont Y. C. 


. L RCH MONT—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
is ‘Saturday, Sept. 8. 


In..addition to the annual $500 cup for schooners given 
by the Larchmont Y, C., Com. Postley this year gave a 
cup of similar value for the 70-footers, while the club 
offered prizes for the two imported cutters, the 51-footers 
and the 36-footers. Saturday was clear and warm with 
a moderate easterly breeze; the course for the larger 
yachts was a triangle with two six-mile sides, the first 
mark being well out in the Sound, and the usual three-mile 
leg across from Hempstead Harbor home, two rounds 
being- sailed.. -The smaller yachts sailed an eleven-mile 
triangle, two rounds. The schooner cup brought out an 
indifferent lot of entries, the big Corona, formerly Colonia, 
and the little Quissetta, the former allowing over thirteen 
minutes, with three old boats, Atlantic, Katrina and Way- 
ward. In the 7oft. class, Mineola 1b, Rainbow and Yankee 
were present, Virginia being at Bristol. In the schooner 
class Corona beat Quissetta by only four minutes elapsed 
time, the little boat thus winning by ten minutes. With 
a single gun for the start, Mineola crossed fifteen seconds 
after the smoke, and Rainbow followed within five: sec- 
onds, but Yankee was nearly a minute late. The leaders 
were soon hard at it to windward, standing across to the 
Long Island shore and making tack after tack in com- 
pany, without regard to Yankee astern. This duel proved 
so interesting that both-far overstood the first mark, which 
Yankee fetched nicely in due time and rounded, leaving 
them to discover their error and run down with lifted 
sheets to find her hopelessly in the lead. The times at this 
mark were: 


Turn Elapsed. 
tesa ATS AG 4 Id 606d GO UREotibLcdj a adbobotoos 12 33 46 0 53 46 
Reon Baa A eda Ro Re Sec bbdeedenaseeede ca 12 41 10 1 06 10 
Woh scelaltia! (7 Axe BEA) VS SSSR So SOME BODE bute 12 42 14 1 07 14 


They ran to the EcmEpicre mark under spinakers, and 
were timed: 


Turn Elapsed. 
ie Ulecen A An WU Ee wae ah oe ea ere Here etree ae d22 32 0 48 46 
Miarreaky 4.22/52 /581t alg Se aaseee Siiasins seats als /s a 1 31 54 0 49 40 
Rainbow Re Aaa ets Rebs bik. 4 Gatdde acs tare Sola coiele ss ereibieee tos 1 32 12 0 51 02 


A short reach on roan tack brought them to the 
line, where the first rounded: 


Turn. Elapsed. 
Wankeeshesentee (lett ey ocr ate kates oe tte els 1 40 26 0 17 54 
bbe ol BAe KSC BROBARE AN ARBOR Ne: SdRs4na a6 S0Rise 1 50 10 0 18 16 
RGU bMDTON Ark WARPED AB AP AD? PE AAE ARE RE AY RE 1 50 35 0 18 19 


With Yankee for a pilot, the others made as direct a 
course as possible to the windward mark, the times being: 


“4 : Turn, Elapsed. 
Yankee 2 42 08 1 O1 42 
Mineola ..2 50 00 0 59 50 
Rainbow 2 51 54 1 01 238 


The wind had been falling lighter, and off Hempstead 
Bay Yankee lost it for a time, “but catight the first of a 
light S.W. wind before the others, and the mark was 
timed: 


Turn. Elapsed. 
Via RG Ge Pesach ates ener tinces pretest arttee ov eee ‘palbstse a8 3 39 00 0 56 52 
Mineola Cell pieced tyrone bes mites nee 3 443 0 54 31 
EDIT OW, “Sais yop hes vauere yer Seen en eit ene seeeee ed 49 00 0 57 06 


They ran home under spinakers, before the new wind, 
the times being: : 


Turn. Elapsed. 
WANKER Spo8 Sees Ghee nes ong nek he re actadataiie te 412 57 0 33 57 
WIS GOVAN a nieew oni sestnitonmeniace ed ats aN eae eet 4 20 50 0 36 19 
RAGING Wal espa see coats Renee. ou leeiiaa oot 4 24 18 0 35 18 


Astrild and Isolde made a very close and inter esting 
tace. On the first windward leg Isolde gained one minute 
and one second, but she lost this and thirty-six seconds 
more on the run, making up sixteen seconds on the reach 
home, so that she started the round twenty seconds astern 
of Astrild. When Astrild had added one minute and fifty 
seconds to this in the six-mile beat, the race was decided. 
Altair: played with Hussar II., as usual, beating her all 
over the course. The old 30- footer, Veda, easily saved 
her time over the new Herreshoff Countess, and both beat 
the Hanley Cherokee, The full times were: 


Schooners—Start, 11:40. 


Racing Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Ouissetta, H, F. Lippit..:... sib ere ale 73.59 4 52 50 4 38 52 
Corona, L, Case edyattle ss nsseses3e 93.07 44854 +4 48 54 
_ Katrina, J. B. Ford: i.vecssceecueesee -13.14 + 538108 5-16 40 
Atlantic, Wilson Marshall............86.31 Not timed. 


Wayward, C. Smithers.........5..5...63.82 Not timed. 


Cutters—80ft. CES Serer 11:35. 


Yankee, H. B. Duryea and H 
WHSEEICY aid oe ete eekly Abi acitlere s aisle! 76.36 4 37 57 4 37 57 
Mineola, August Belmont........... 76.73 4 45 50 4 45 50 
Rainbow, GeWan Gerbil thane deste: 76.34 4 49 18 4 49 18 
Cutters—70ft. Class—Start, 11:45. 

Astrild, Hanan Brothers............. 61.39 5 03 85 5 03, 36 
Isolde, PM Vib. Gy tac eee crroninre 60.45 5 OT 53 5 06 59 
Cutters—5lft. Class—Start, 11:50. 

Altair, Cord Meyer.........4..00..-5: 51,00 A138 44 4 13 44 
Hussar IT., James Baird.../.......... 57278 4 21-07 4 21 07 
36ft. Class—Start, 11:50, 

Veda, Robert Bacon sib bandeepeaan eueee: 4 23 23 4 12 04 
Countess, Oswald Sanderson......... 35.71 418 16 418 16 
Cherokee, E. W. (Oi BSH JR oo ee ge 35.91 4-33 10 4 33 10 


Keystone Y. C, 


TORRESDALE—DELAWARE RIVER, 
Monday, Sept. 3. 


Tue Keystone Y. C. sailed its annual fall race on Sept. 
3 in a fresh S.W. wind, the course being twelve miles 
on the Delaware River. The times were: 


Second Class Duckers—Start, 11:16. 


Finish. Elapsed 

dip he Mewar itistern 2 mace mate eee eee am 139'30" 2 23 30 
Hines Wh WW eGolltinse, meyse hc ialanel onli 1 43 00 2 27 00 
Little Harry, Geo. Hirst.. 1 46 00 2 30 00 
EAUITIAa INE yo MWe Teh CAIN ace ete ee tee ee ee 1 47 15 2 31 15 
Martha, ‘George Vea TGrOLbs aeeeee se vee ve 1 50 00 2 34 00 

Sse Skiffs—Start, 11:34. 
ZAlyertin Wise el litte LOTo eee emer ie eee tse 1.1 46 05 2 12 05 
Fr. Reilly, Were Walp eran errs Semen een ane 1 50 05 2 16 05 
{BilgXey, “Wii * Lee WEIPRE SL Oh pba no. joao bnenabedacete tds 1 52 00 2 18 00 
essie, W. Knowles. 1+. n222t- ype etna ae 1 55.00 2 21 00 
Gluey, Wich Ayres ks oy sensei en ene eae he 1 56 40 2 22 40 
First. Class Duckers—Start, 12:38. 
Bertie S., W. Clausen....... 1288 3 2 00 30 
Albert S., €. Shallcross.. 2°41 40 2 03 40 
Bessie, Sy WInheETECELUTT ELE ctee cet cee ite 2 42 02. 2 04 02 
McGinty, George Le Sage............ Othe Chat a 2 43 20 2 05 20 
eeLLinst wheter owls me leper tat cicecmere tend commas 2.47 00 2 09 00 
George B., George: Dinghame:ns.e.asce seen 3 00 00 2 22 00 
Eel ay kOe en Gayn Gris they tet) Sete ae fale eieleaten ov sto 2.57, 00 2 19 00 
Flounder, dip, GUC! San on eae Nariar RAN WAS carte yous doe 3 00 30 2 22 30 
First Class Duckers—Start, 4:14. ; 

Benbieloreea Glatisenweciunesiiesanacte a onsee 5 28 20 1 14 20 
Isiah. AVG JD vi Tyee Bab bo kaoodsesebeneppnbes 5 29, 55 1 15 55 
McGinty, Geonpes We Sarcasm Neon cnet e tees 5 30 40 1 16 40 
TAMMDYSE foe | ESE roa naannbecddannenbdebonan nn 5 35 30 1 21 30 
Jie labs) Ie ekyon se) Uraccredhnaabeasnness tapddgnt 4 36 15 1 22:15 
(Ceaiasidere 18 VAY. Ola] leben ine Dane de ear niy aves bah): 5 37 10 1°28 10. 
Blounder, TD Davenport:...).....20.25. 552202). 5 40 00 1 26 00 


Sunday, Sept. 9. 
The regular weekly race was sailed on Sept. 
N.W. wind, the times being: 
First Class Duckers—Start, 1:30, 


9 in a pufty 


. Finish Elapsed 
literate: Sit Wi TORTS GS Tian a aetna se re ee, 2 37 45 1 07 45 
Albert S., a MISTOr eetrai cs pate Et ee ana aN oan 2 39 10 1 09 10 
Bessie, S. Ra oEEES Asien Bree eT St eh Pee EC 239 15 1 09 15 
John Hirst, SOR o caret eI Tera ace 2 40 15 110 15 
George B. rete [PASS wamee teres ter tiene ets 2 40 55 1 10 55 
McGinty, (Gereas IDSEIe ore anot he ann oede 2 41 18 111 18 

Skiffs—Start, 1:54. 
All berteium ls me\iellinie horiecnnnen Jue Mened ateenae ant 3 04 10 1 10 10 
Gluey, George Wheatcroft..........-..0...200- 3 10 18 116 18 
HR erlivatWeeWaorers 1 e. © eee 3 18 45 1 24 45 
W. Glosser, I). (CSE Deb pegeton toons ao Sas 3 21 40 1 27 40 
Jibo, W. Teach ee) ELE eee edt ae 3 25 00 1 31 00 
Second Class Duckers—Start, 3:29:15. 
Dei e IOP Wem triToris st ek ec hs eee bine heads noes 5 05 32 1 36 17 
Edith M., NPP RStath Ge huecdeatauauseeee Pas bel: 5 16 50 1 47 35 
Martha, George Weheateroftess seaseeaee asec ee 5 25 30 ~ 1 56 15 
Anna V., PeaWahatebead, 2s) uti: 2. see ys 3 .---5 35 00 2 06 15 
Little Harr Vamleas UEe IMckKanesidt sa.4. cll eee 5 38 00 2 09 00 
First Class Duckers—Start, 3:39, 
Rcrtles maa eOlalisen mate Andee Moana sy gee fn 4 57 35 118 35 
BeSsign SMe Dingeses fu oucvsssccasel cee. 5 02 20 1 23 20 
McGintv, George Bingham........12............ 5 05 30 1 26 30 
Xeon Si. BL, TBST eke oe hen Anbre Al eynne Rae 513 45 1 34 45 
John Hirst, Dr MEACO SIU nancy gl ane cen eee 5 15 30 1 36 30 
George B., H. Vandegrift....0...ccccccccccee eee 5 21 50 1 41 50 


Hull Musquito Y. om 


CITY POINT—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Sept. 8. 
Die Hull Mosquito Y. C. sailed a special race on Sh Sem 


8 in a moderate S.E. breeze, the times being: 
f Elapsed. 
Mojave, RENT sagobedebone: 10605 AK 35 AN SAAN A RA ARR 5 1 15 30 
IE. SSETRE ayia eA 65 Ke RD ye) 1 25 00 
TURE SHINGGISe SAKOW SSRERAUI Rei (k Jer Geen an CHa (Ss 1 25 18 
Essefsee, JIGS SAREE EL Cl 20s RR ne oe eet Os ap 1 25 23 
{eG CURES iy ee bar iia nal ecient ine FTO ES stete 1 29 30 
Ripp iE ds ee encore AAA Ace 7: 5 te ei ee etehcren ek ees ety UW 
eer deh, Claric Biaiic's wet eens eS SS SSDS ey ae eee OES 1 44 23 


The judges were George $ Smith and C. McDonald. 


Y.R. A. of Massachusetts. 
THE annual rendezvous of the Y. R. A. of Massachu- 
setts took place on Sept. 8 off City Point, the fleet sailing 


over to Hull next day and passing in review. The record 
for the season is as follows: 
Class D—25ft. Cabin Yachts. 
: Total Per- 
Starts. Jsts. 2ds. ds, centage. Average. 
Miivar MO OL tlaecd OO Sia iL 7 3 it) 895 814-11 
Saige LPM Rare ie AA AAAS 11 4 5 V 760 69 1-11 
Iiieticlivens Wich attired seraretieneese a0 4 2 3 650 ‘69 1-11 
EIET ESP ORs eter acute 8 it) 0 4 185 23 1-8 
strejjee. See! A i! 0 1 0 65 11 4-5 
Ufigtedt eee res ee Py Tee 1 0 i) 1 85 06 2-5 
Ee eri Ga tee Sheet pital ote 1 0 0) 0 15 | 02 45 
(ybiied Ween ieret tt vote 1 rT) 0 0 15 02 4-5 
Class L—2lit, Open Yachts. : 
ELOSLESS Shp rteees onic g.3 6 4 1 0 465 U7 1-2 
(RS eUCP NIL 66 44 4 Sete ce 5 1 3 1 300 60 
We COIs Raper Reeetees met Hi 1 2 2) 300 60 
aa kort senmneere tee a7 | 1 0 0 100 331-3 
Class S—21ft. Cabin Yachts. 
Harriet ..... Fe A ne & 5 2 a) 630 78 3-4 
SOx. we one AAR Ete 10 4 4 0 675 b7 1-2 
(ONGRa ISTE: BAL cas Syren, 8 2 2 2 400 50 : 
(aie Ws Aa Sy CE Ree kre a 2 2 0 0 200 40 
Oppitsaly Wg eos 289 ten re 2 1 0 1 135 27 
eta Vere: wane spe sets oe 1 0 1 0 65 13 
Carrie My... Se eberen 3 0 0 1 50 10 
scystae 2, ec linn eee 2 he. 0 1 50 + 10 
Viitisee BeheRelryee. Vee oie 1 a) 0 1 fi) 07 
_ Class T—lsit. Yachts. . 
IDetsrithkrste pp eo fonb. 11 10 1 0 1065 $6 9-11 
aritet Sy thee ae ot nie hn ettriis 6 1 3 0 310 512-3 
TR Sides ol PAREN 4 1 1 2 285) 434-5 
ISGDStGrme Sh. ss onieease ek a | 2 1 295 421-7 
ates cine at cada 10 0 2) 5 335 33 1-2 
Cath rym tye cet en ea ee 4 1 0 0 145 20,2-5 
irice SIMI pees pe eat se 3 0 2 it) 145 202-5 
dNerehb\eoet eet peter a Pee te if 0 ) oe 130 18 4-7. | 
Fl ecto te maang teetaess foe ne te 3 0 i} 1 65 114-5" 
Pe TobUTONHWIES Pele Se ka stan 2 0 0 0 30 051-2: ; 
Class X—I5ft. Yachts, 
WATEESSE. \ Ox tenb oh bameh anna. 7 5 1 it) 568 80. 5-7 
PAV OTited Si wiwdnetse oc 5 1 0 295 59 
1eyctoh dees CM eA uke 2 1 0 0) 115 32 6-7: 
AVA Wyte iitine te grapes 2 0. 1 1 100 28 4-7 
Grrelcatae eet enon ss 3 0 0 2 70 20 
IRGSSH lees biyet, Reg sirds a5» 1 =O i) 0 15 04 2-7 


In figuring percentages, it is assumed that a yacht shall . 
have started in at least half as many races as; any; yacht 
in her class. aa 


Victoria Y. C. . na 
HA MILTON—BURLINGTON BAY, | 


Saturday, Sept. 8. . 


Tue Victoria Y. C. finished its racing on Sept. 8 i ina 
fresh easterly breeze, the times being: 


30ft. Class—Start, 2280.’ 
. Finish. Elapsed 
EV Ta wathae  trorset suteire ceo RUNG Tey Mees Wend bree 4 49 10 2 19 10 
Enea saeco ot Fo: aes NE ee em Pee 4°51 07 2 21°07 
Ise oy ona AGORA e Meee mot b hb Oetontsoot Ono eome ree. 5 03 45 2 33 45 
25ft. Class—Iror Brigger Ctup—Start, 2:35... 
Rosemaryn ‘ 505 05 23005 , 
ROK G Cae. cells 5 05 15 2 30 15 
RS TSIEN a aca Tieiie Ore nth item rtd fab Jecbk begcoda 5 10 30 2 35 30 
Skiffs—Start, 3:00. : ite 
SG en eerelete oats s we res Hae une eee ee toe at dak 5 14 10 2 14 10 
Shelia: heehee wit ea coated. ere. sate 5 15 05 2 13 05 
Bihan Mesh per ae mene RAS Gi At ciel ITS 2 24 05 
Gentlemen's Dinghy Race—H. Green, J. Jutten, E. M. 
Longtin. 


Ladies’ Dinghy Race—Miss A. Allan, Miss C. Turnbull, 
Miss M. Potter. 


Gentlemen’s Fishing Contest—D. Tracey, 31 fish; Ww. 
Allan, 30 fish; Geo. Wark, 30 fish. Booby prize, E. Doran; 
T fish. 


Ladies’ Fishing Contest—Miss A. Allan, 9 fish; Miss M. 
Potter, 8 fish; Miss M. Omand, 7 fish. - Booby prize, Miss 
Jean Chapman, 1 fish, : 

In the eyening the party went to the beach _ on “the 
gee ees Minerva, HiSLNSAasT ots to the club house about T1 
o’cloc 


Corinthian Y. C. 
MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 


Saturday, Sept. 8. 


Tue third class of the Corinthian Y.-C., of Marble- 
head, sailed off the final race for the class cup on Sept. 


8 in a light east wind, the times being: 


Oivana, R. Boardman 
WEI sir al ie Rem VVimlb itt) center ene: 
Isis, G. H. Mayo met Seas ian weet eG ad a ldddeld fone een OAL 


In the afternoon a race was sailed for the cup presented 


by Com. Shaw, the wind being fresh S.E. The times 
were: 
Elapsed. Corrected. 

Gossip EMBroolisw aw senate seen. es 2 23 49 16 57 
Flirt, aia NICS Sey ea ieee Bie i A nea ns 217 20 217 20 
Brigand, FE A, Morss./... SOE AD 6 Od Rtas 2 31 50 2 20 51 
Oivana, R i Boakdinartes: en een cbkee. wlkcee ee 2529) 52 2 21 38 
Jolly Roger, B. B. Crowninshield........ Tas Bap eekoe on | | sumohbg 
Sintram, W. P. Fowle..... ae adie hunt co ig 2 29 01 2 22 09 
Iris, G. H. WER OS otra riuryinta 45m foe NAMIE La 2 33 10 2-22 11 
Runaway Girl) H.W. Tweed... oe... os eee 2 30 58 2 22 44 
Never Did, D. H. Follett...............s...0... 2°35 1 2 22 50 
INES tral RNA TERE lee ey pices naa sichiinivat nee 2 3456 2 23 57° 
iGnenlheway, ke, ARS Wb eee Rye | i eee ewe yt 2 31 10 2 24 18 
Bilin cP cintl erin ert ae pean nev ae iN Nine Sere 2 38 30 2.27 31 
Wiest) NP SIDP “akebwotsser Meme ben eed Gu 2 Aa. 3B 2°34 12 
Fifi, ils AUR eTLAT It O'S e epee ae cose te hee oh Ae 2 48 03. 2.34 19 
Opitsah Te Sra nite OS LEI carhet, 0 tate oe Soh eel DIRS 2 42 44 2 87 52 
Quill, J. F. NCL eat > REO Ai Mae Cietes BET 2 48 43 2 39 06 
Cycle, eee Vite Omi etiam irs ree iene ene 3 01 00 2 47 16 
Salling ee Percivale wees eben en, Withdrew, * i 
Ipabatieey Wihs ASE leer a, eed anh ok shies ane Withdrew. 

The winners were: Gossip, Commodore’s cup; Flirt, 


$15; Brigand, $10; Oivana, $7, and Jolly Roger, $5. 


Pewaukee Y. C, 


PEWAUKEE LAKE, WIS. - 
Saturday, Sep*. 8. 


Tue Pewaukee Y. C. sailed 1 a 


race on Sept. 8, 
the times being: La bY 


Class A. 

Minish. Elansed 
ID Tos arteritis oA Ann AS ee 6 OL 57 1 04 51 
Dorothy qikisy-wee cee. See! © pb Soe ee 6 10 30 1-13 24 
[dleSEtone + peer eee iwee wa 1) ey 6 15 25 1 18 19 

; Class B. ’ 

ROCHA QSASt aes paneer oe aoa oS opted: hn i 6 O07 df, 1 12 d6 
TOTES ee MME tatters otae free ate est Ae rab <5 6.08 23 mee) 
GlAgy Sar LEME es Pane yee Me itt eth oc ote serene Withdrew. ee | 


The judges were A, S. Hathaway. i W. Bade. and A. G. 
Miller; timekeeper, G. W. Schrets, 


236 


New York Y. C. Lipton Cup. 
NEW YORK. 
Thursday, Sept. 13. 
| Tur many New York yachtsmen who have been tina- 
ble to follow the races in Eastern waters have looked 
forward to the Lipton cup race for a sight of the full 
quartetie of 70-footers in open water. Uniortunately they 
were doomed to disappointment through the whim ot 
the weather, the winds being light and variable and spoil- 
ing what might easily have been the race ol! _the year. 
On the preceding day the waters about New York were 
torn into spray by a furious gale, a touch of the tail of 
devastated Galveston and the 


the terrible cyclone which : 1 
Gulf Coast. With a clear sky and bright sunlight there 
ig that by ro A. M. 


came up a breeze in the early morn s 2 

was blowing over sixty miles per hour. The wind and 
accompanying high tide did much damage to yachts 
about New York and the Sound, many going adrift and 
being sunk or wrecked. 

By Thursday morning the gale had passed and there 
was but a light air from N.W. The four boats were ready 
in good condition, having been specially prepared for 
this tace. They were sent away over the long course 
with spinakers barely drawing. They blew quietly down 
wind at the rate of about four knots. The wind shifted 


at the outer mark, $0 that they reached home on one 


tack, thé whole affair being devoid of interest. i 
‘The Lipton cup was presented to the New York SACS 
last spring by Sir Thomas Lipton, his original offer of 
a $500 cup being increased to one of $1,000. It was leit 
to the club to decide upon the class and conditions and 
the- very fitting selection was made of the 7oit. class 
and the outside course. As it happened, it is unfortunate 
that the cup, being of such value, was not given for a 
series instead of for a single race. The race committee, 
Messrs. S. Nicholson Kane, W. Butler Duncan, Jr., and 
J. F. Tams, selected two alternative courses, one of fit- 
teen miles straightaway to windward or leeward and re- 
turn and one of seven and one-half miles to be sailed twice. 
The start was set for 11:30 A. M., off the Sandy Hook 
Lightship, and Yankee was ready at the line in good 
season, but Rainbow was late and it was noon before 
Virginia and Mineola II. came out to the line, in tow. 
The preliminary signal was given at 12 M., the course 
being signaled S.E. by E. dead to leeward. The prepara- 
tory was given at 12:15 and the start at 12:25. The race 
wovld have been more interesting had the two-round 
course been chosen, but the signal called for the one 
run of fifteen miles and back. The start was of the sate 
kindergarten sort, with three minutes in which to cross, 
which spoiled the race at the outset. Yankee made a 
poor start at 12:26:14, or Im. 46s. ahead of the handicap 
gun. Mineola was timed almost to the second, crossing 
on the 3m. handicap gun, and the other two, Rainbow, 
with 27s., and Virginia, with 33s. handicap, were better 
off than the leader. All carried big club topsails and 
spinakers were set to port. In a very short time the 
other three had blown down on Yankee and her nominal 
lead was tutned into an actual handicap of 1m. 46s. The 
work of the four to the outer mark was slow and unin- 
teresting. None on the attendant yachts and steamers 
expected that the race would finish within the time limit 
of six and one-half hours, and as for the boats therm- 
selves there was no appearance of racing. Rainbow 
and Mineola held to the southward, the former soon 
jibing and keeping the most southerly course. She ap- 
parently caught a light draft of air which the others 
missed and in time worked out quite a long lead, round- 
ing the outer mark 5m. ahead. She overstood as she 
came for the mark, but there was no need of hurry. The 


times were: 


TRAD OW 5 eerie Fe daeeed ah eenaneeunien Pe EEE one aes 4 04 23 3 36 23 
DVATcee Panera cot ag ee bens sas nee meme 5 as os 4 08 O01 3 41 47 
IVINTTOCLA sine RLS gle ae one tiene care See chon ees Pees 4 08 59 ~3 40 59 
\Watetareb el Seep eeiane res east ment tere oriieiaderen piesa 4 09 52 3 41 52 


The wind had been shifting as they neared the mark, 
and when Rainbow trimmed sheets for home she was 
able to lay the lightship easily, the breeze being S.W. 
and puffy. Mineola evidently mistrusted the fickle breeze 
and stood well out to windward of the others, making 
a fine picture as the wind freshened for a time. Vir- 
ginia, well astern, was having fun of her own by shifting 
jib topsails, trying a large one with poor results. The 
trace for second place between Mineola and Yankee 
would have been interesting had it not been certain that 
Yankee could not win on elapsed time, even though she 
mught finish first, as she actually did. The reach in was 


timed: 
TRENTO Ws | sag ts se areata Reo ree teresa ea ne eats etal 5 54 13 1 49 50 
Meinicete Sank, NSD Dae ee a Gee ne mee, tenn On iar ae 5 57 28 1 48 36 
SIRS RECO IEE Ree elope Et Ree SUE e EN Sau AUS it Meek tie bral oo 1 49 11 
BVAT UIA g Se .e ahh, see tera kbar oe eres mati hernace iene 5 59 03 1 49 27 
The full times were: 

eerteanty Finish, Elapsed 
Rainbow, Cornelius Vanderbilt...12 28 00 5 54 13 5 26 13 
Mineola, August Belmont......... 12 28 00 5 57 36 5 29 35 


Virginia, W. JK. Vanderbilt, Jr...12 28 00 5 59 08 5 31 08 
Yankee, H. P. Whitney and H. 
RB Duryea 5 57 28 53 


Rainbow beat Mineola 3m: 22s.; Virginia, 4m. 50s., and 
Yankee, 5m, Is. 

Corsair, Privateer, Nourmahal, Vergana, Oneida, 
Willada, Kismet, Elsa, Anita, Tide II. and a few other 
steam yachts were out on the course. The steamer 
Cepheus carried the members of the New York Y. C. 
and a sister boat had a good number of outside spectators 
on board. 

An interesting point in this race is the introduction in 
New York waters of the flashing cone of polished tin 
on the mark. This device was used by the Royal St. 
Lawrence Y. C. in the Seawanhaka cup matches be- 
tween Glencairn Il. and Momo L, in 1897, on Lake St. 
Lous, ad proved very effective. It is now used by other 
clubs on fresh water. The flagstaff of the buov is sur- 
mounted by a cone of polished tin, about tin. in diam- 
eter and height, with the apex upward. The motion of 
the buoy on the waves throws the cone about and in 
sunny weather the flash may be seen for miles. 


‘The Forest ann Srream is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as mueh earlier as practicable. 


FOREST ANDs STREAM. 


Atlantic Y. C. 


SEA GATE—NEW YORK BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 15. 


Tue Atlantic ¥. C. met with good luck in the weather 
on Sept. 15 for its fall race, an easterly breeze of over 
twenty miles an hour making a lively race for the 7o- 
footers and the two imported cutters; the smaller craft 
had more wind than they wanted, but the sport was ex- 
citing. The race was an open one for all classes, over the 
regular club courses, the larger boats sailing around the 
Scotland Lightship and the smaller over inside courses, 
which, however, were quite lumpy enough to please the 
veriest sea dog. Only two of the 70-footers were present, 
Mineola and Rainbow, both swinging second club top- 
sails, as did Astrild and Isolde. The start was made at 
noon off Craven Shoal Buey, Rainbow to windward of 
Mineola, and each well timed. They sailed very fast on 
the reach to the Southwest Spit, Mineola trying to get by 
to windward, and Rainbow luffing to stop her, until they 
were close up to the East Bank. Both carried jib topsails 
to the elbow, but stowed them with the wind ‘on end to 
the bell buoy off the point of the Hook. From this out 
they had a reach on port tack to the Scotland, Rainbow 
fetching the mark, while Mineola made a short tack. 
They were timed: 

Rainbow 143.20 Mineola acaasdocncennnnees 1 45 05 


Rainbow started for home with a baby jib topsail aloft, 
but when she saw the big one break out on Mineola’s top- 
mast stay she shifted to her No. 1. It was very rough off the 
Bar, but the two made good’ weather of it, as they reached 
in to the bell buoy, Rainbow increasing her lead: Running 
in to the Spit, Rainbow’ did not set her spinaker until 
Mineola set the example. They were timed at the Spit; 


BNE Sbol aon mane viorep pate ee meer ie AYR COCO ness ee 2 26 30 


They jibed over and reached for the line with a fresh- 
ening wind on the starboard beam and a good sea running. 
Rainbow finished fifty-one seconds ahead. 

The race in the next class was also very interesting, the 
two boats being equally well matched. Isolde came for 
the line too soon, and Astrild won the weather berth, but 
before they reached the Spit the older boat was ahead, 
the times being: 


ee eee ea 


Mineola 


DEORE yy ne suena oe ote TROPA: MANSONI Cy hetsectomocy sl brestnce 1 58 20 
At the Scotland they were timed: 
sal demise ns nates sot a ACODLOG, Dsirtldy see gsa sass tis 2 2 08 30 


Isolde continued to gain all the way in, finishing with a 
lead of over four minutes. _ 

Uvira agreed to give five minutes’ allowance to Ondawa, 
formerly the Burgess 40-footer Nautilus, a similar boat to 
the well-known Nymph. Their course was around 
Orchard Shoal Light and Southwest Spit Buoy, nineteen 
miles. The cutter won by twenty minutes. The fin-keel 
Akista won easily in her class. The full times were: 

Cutters—80ft. Class—Start, 12:05. 
Length. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Rainbow, C. Vanderbilt....... .... 3 00 05 2 55-09 ae 
Mineola, August _Belmont.... .... % 01 00 2 56 0) 


Cutters—7O0ft. Class—Start, 12:15. 


Isolde, F. M. Hoyt.........- --60.45 33049 31849 315038 

Astrild, Hanan Bros..........- 61.29 33502 82002 3 2002 
Sloops—Slit. Class—Start, 12:20. 

Uvira, R. P. Doremus.,-_.-.; 47.13 31220 26120 257.20 

Ondawa, H. J. Robert......... 465.93 3 36 44 3 16 44 311 44 
Sloops—s6it. Class—Start, 12:25. 

Akista, George Hill........... 36-00 32308 3 08 08 ee 

Hlossie, GC. SriKanig 7s ees. 36.00 33949 3 14 09 , 

Narika, F. T. Cornell......... 30.47 Withdrew. 


Sloops—0ft. Class—Start, 12:25. 
Rhuhama, W. T. Bernard..... 30.00 408 52 3 43 52 
Sea Flower, C. E. Schuyler...30.00 Not timed. 


Sloops—25it. Class—Start, 12:30. 


Kittywake, Palmer Bros....... 25.00 3 21 07 2 51 07 
Ojibway, J. R. Brophy.....-.. 20.00, 3S 1b 3s) “246 
Song and Dance, E. Lucken- — 
[scKels WM AAA a (Reisen dao pate pet ro 23.7 32>) ede een DS ee 
Sloops—21ft. Class—Start, 12:36. 
Bronco, F. A. C. Moore...... 21.00 Withdrew. 
Spots, D. D. Allerton......... 21.00 3 08 58 2 28 68 
Wraith, Calvin Tomkins...... 21.00 3 03 04 2 28 04 
Sloops—iS8ft. Class—Start, 12738. 
Venture, E. S. Ives............ 18.90 Withdrew. 
Pebble, SRe VW esopein.e.. ses sees 18.00 332.35 2 47 35 


Rainbow won the Adams cup, a very handsome trophy. 
The second prize in the class, the Weeks cup, was not 
awarded. The other prizes were donated by ex-Com. 
Weston. if 


Glocester Y.° C. 


GLOUCESTER CITY, N. J.—DELAWARE RIVER. 
Sunday, Sept. 2. 
Tne Gloucester Y. C. sailed the fourth race of its 
championship series on Sept. 2, the times being: 
First Class Duckers—Start, 4:00. 


Finish. 
Minnie €., Charles Dinlay.......-..,. Ke scuees ieee ae hehe 4 56 00 
JaoermMontoniie, Nel Vebors. eM Tf fe + 56 OL, 
Joe Wie Givin eA eur Ebernmyas sae aye eee y eee eee renee ERRNO 

Second Class Duckers—Start, 4:00. 

Woodman and Florrie, Geo. Smith................-., ‘ 5 05 00 
Catharine Wes Ben Wilson... 6 05 30 
Freda K., Fred Kurtz...... Ot Gee a OF OO 
ANI Nitest Dye ela miyae@) iT yes ee eee 5 09 00 


Penataquit Corinthian Y. C. 
BAY SHORE—GREAT SOUTH BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 8. 


Tue Penataquit Corinthian Y. C. sailed the last race af 
the season. the final of the Schieren cup series, on Sept. 
8 in a fresh S.E. breeze. The times were, start 2:05: 


Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Gaye evr recpeeeepe iat as Lee 4 04 38 1 69°38 1 59 38 
Marie ESTE ee TEs tle 411 58 2 06 5S 2 65 08 
Wileitic SESS) i ceeeeeee sapere ee 412 50 2 07 50 2 04 20 


Royal Hamilton Y. C. 
HAMILTON—-BURLINGTON BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. &. 


_ THe Royal Hamilton Y. C, sailed a race on Sept. 8, the 
times being: 


e. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Wiking ....., soap Hols tldeilsleckiaer ont. te 2 26 35 2 26 35 
LB Geprh see Svihccbetsta state aterrelecrir ra rises 5 06 25 2 31 25 2.28 21 
TA iiae ap ss ros.tcce seiner usbiinen meatier pa ctiek a 2 28 35 2 28 85 


Manhasset Bay Y. C. 


PORT WASHINGTON—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, Sept. 15. 


Tue Manhasset Bay Y. C. sailed its final race on Sept. 
15, starting in a light S.W. breeze, which freshened during 
the race. Alerion broke her port spreader near the start, 
but finished the race, and came in a close second to Oiseau, 
Raider profited by a luffing match between Scamp and 
Sis and won first place. The full times were; : 

Sloops—20ft. Class—Start, 1205. 


f - Finish. Elapsed. 
raviocqnnty MOfortul WWE OR ss joebenn ses - wWevest os 4 11 5) 3 06 55 
Oiseau, J. R. Maxwell, Jir...... Re es a 410 42 305 42 
Jdynagngdonaray oAMbineysh [Mere sete ea heb Oden onenos 42% 40 oli ay 

Raceabotits—Start, 1:10, 
Scamp, Iq Me Boresti iy neckecn teen eee eres 3 21 25 2 1925 
Raider, (Al, Me (@ranes.. 22... 3 20 17 210 1% 
Spindrift, Pirie Bros... .3 25 30 215 30 
Disn LL S lB edford se eee yen ne Een pean ememwer 3 21 40 2 11 40 
. Knockabouts—Start, 1:15, 
AINE Cy VY, wee) ie eaan ae nh eee e er pene 3 34 45 219 45 
Steelers Vat WEN Meare. eee oh sso g esas one 3 34 02 219 02 
MTS al eekst As CIB sete freer rare ae een | 3 30 20 2 15 20 
Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 1:20. 
Rocirelie Wheel lyn vennaetnane ter eae eee ene 8 12 52 1 62) 52 
BY Catboats—2oit. Class—Start, 1:20. 
Win or Lose, J. St Appleby....2._.- Sr es nS 3 34 40 2 14 40 
Vagabond, We. EH, Holahwit sic) cicseeelll ie 3 3 38 211 2s 
“ Sloops—21ft. Class—Start, 1:25. 
OS ce SINE, “lee rnbe comet ble 5 omen Seal 2 55 32 1 30 32 
i Knockabouts—Open Class—Start, 1:25. ) 
Seuitilas Wty RUSE Gait aot ee= ae eade ta eee 3 36 OT 211 07 
Sloops—I18ft. Class—Start, 1:30. 
SEGUh IBY. Vel sVyickis teens << aa iecnhns =e nee 3 01 27 1 31 27 
deteieqical ey Nes VAS evel Cohen OO ar ane n eno 2 53 40 1 23 40 
Helstrele laid, ACS Scere men eae semen aee 2 52 20 1 22 20 
Chinook, R. Borbes| Morgan, Jr..........0..... Withdrew. 
ING Dagens GRBs elit Seeds: soe Teepe en tee ries neers 2 52 05 1 22 05 
lover rmousbie USE CEP EER Cie ree Seca at ee mieee ge 2.58 40 1 23 40 
: _ Hanmpdens—One-Design—Start, 1:30. 
ISARELsIshaColy Wiese bra Leek Me A ene Ae paleele. S olquidpina 54 4 3 81 00 2 01 00 
WVITOTICN SAW NRO SV Le pa ee On ern een 3 3420 * 2 04 20 
Billyboy, W. G. Newmans...) s.....2....--005 3 43 15 2 13.15 
Dories—Start, 1:40. 
Dud GaAs Coriyon ses SEA tentsa ean ee 3 00 47 1 20 47 
isedelal Dili WW KOS TGC b be epee ae be oe dou de 3 01 35 1 21 35 
ARriZEs lass Aiea weet tnd yl d tp pai eeren eee 3 10 33 1 30 33 


The winners were Oiseau, Raider, Mistral, Vagabond, 
Nora, Bluebird and Dud. Sailoyer prizes were awarded 
to Rochelle, Ox and Scintilla. 


Quincy Y. C. 


QUINCY—BOSTON HARBOR, 


Tue following notice relating to the dispute which fol- 
lowed the Labor Day race was sent out last week by Jas. 
S. Whiting, secretary of the race committee of the Quincy 
Y.C.: “The Quincy Y. C, has received letters of apology 
over last Saturday's unfortunate occurrence from the 
owners of the Al Kyris and the Hanley. The hearing on 
the protests is set down for Sept. 13.” 

On Sept. 3 the last race of the handicap series was held 
off Hough's Neck, the times being: 


Class A. 
_ Elapsed. Corrected. 
Garaentn, fi (Cy worsen vsti e U-lerereneeawlqepe 1S 36 118 36 
Hustler, Whittemore & Robbin 113 11 1 21 11 
Harbor Light, J. W. Johnson -1 16 51 1 24 51 
Arbuius, Merrit & Hall 117 1 26 00 
GG Gr bi Carew: 118 34 1 26 34 
Gohlin, E. F. Ricker. Pemedheal re! 1 28 
TWtororetihtark=y AMS MMU STIG ig gag 505 (bac 4d sdc 6 Ron ey Withdrew. 
entice, al, MEATIEY riniceeeien chit liiiay aeeau Withdrew. 

Class B. 
atitoge AL AY Cinco eerste re alte sek are atic 1 23°24 1 27 24 
Whisper Bode iPifzpatnicloo sie. ova ee Disabled. 

This makes the record as follows: 
Class A. 
ist 2d 3d 4th ith 

Race. Race. Race. Race. Race. Total. 
Efustler, BINS Sse, ee dete ean 190 Ny) 100 60 60 340 
Cs NGRA Bona saan ane en aioe 60 100 40-100 20 320 
Ear iare (rie iiteauesc| aed untae 20 40 60 20 40 130 
Wadntaictintte ena adel tldtelal litte 21) 20 20 ae 100 160 
ISGIT GREE jo oon tole ect aerate 40 60 20 ere 120 
AG COEPLUTIIM yeeets) hom telchiebttel ate cee ees 20 20 40 20 ©6100 
IBeaiEiCe wey tees oy SUE Cee a 20 20, 20" 20 80 
PVG OILENVATES Clai}-}-<) deseo ot epee 20 20 es 20) 60 
Biichial Sco Aa MAE BABA BED OEP E 60 SeR eR er 20 20 ee . 40 
Iutleralee BARNES Aes SE AAB AVA AAA 20 Y st i 20 
IBIATER bs suppinc ery ta vLaeten ots 20 - 20 

Class 1, 
NR Etunelss ined See nD See 100 40 100 Bac 1m = 340 
NYS TS ee nee de oc 60 60 20 ate otk! 140 
RetuhoTeloh aj, ora enna tony Scenes eect 20 100 nye pbs Ae 126 
FUT NAT TE ceca § Smreeiayctain aime eeeme® 40 40 


i Elapsed 
Ormeme, Wi Pe Harkey oipcpes ee4-tosuesetre Hh asta! cle etree 1 20 00 
Bobolink * Wr Bil “Widseernrcametee tee hua anes se ene cure 1 2010 
Gleopatra, “Fo Ho" Grarlesmeseose oa e-need ee an. CLELESEECEL ELL EL 1 20: 30 


Wollaston Y. C, 
WOLLASTON, MASS. 
Friday, Aug. 31. 

THANKS to a fresh easterly breeze, the Wollaston Y,'C, - 
sailed a fine race on Aug. 37. Little Peter was com- 
pelled to sail alone. bit she made hér percentage of 100 
in the Y, R. A. record, though she received no prize, T 
open 21-footers made a good race, Hostess outsailing Lit- 
tle Peter; but Tacoma tore her mainsail in shaking out 
a,feef and was compelled to withdraw. Harriet should 
have won in her class. but she finished on the wrong side 
of the mark boat. The times were: 


Onip. (Canin elass) 


Tuittles Reter, AM esMOebss. ae cbe mee men ete ate no ee kine yee 1 26 37 
21ft. Open Class. 


Hostess, H. M. Faxon 
Cleopatra, F. F. Crane 


Mavetibere VE TD iS isi oe haan Anacseacueeeot Si Salen yh OM 
21ft. Cabin Class. 

Piews (Gr. Veh qedvablss (5 Bij se AAA S45 OZ OCG UNIS BHASS BA Bes 1 24 00 
Usona, E. Pryor...... SOO GOPAE UG TOL OUDE 2aG shor HHRANaAHn tH 1 25 37 
Godieticniiy) DY Ainsdatier rie) tener ine ecerene nism nines 1 25 57 
Dosia, B. A» Phemeslee.... 0 ye ses Be ens see LS AD 1 38 43 
Harriet, L. T. Harrington......... SUVS TEESE PT eee Withdrew. 

18ft. Class, 
IDFanslecy As euilse (le VERLARS He oy bsg yea nedogea Saadee ts 1 23 38 
Lobster, C. H. Hendrie..... dlotatash arate set uatetetess ig iocgia)s oe ay eee 1 26 41 
Perhaps, J. E. Robinson........ Hi den Ee ee Withdrew. 

é 15ft. Class, 

Favorite, G. W. Blover..:.......... Pyivereerssssere- esse... Withdrew. 


The judges were Com. J. A. Fenno, Vice-Com. EL A. 
Merrill, Dr, W. G, Curtis, C. W. Page, C. F. Marr and 
C, 5. Jones, A sigan 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


pass Hull-Massachusetts Y¥. C. 


HULL—BOSTON HARBOR: 
Saturday, Sept. 8. 

THERE was a fresh easterly breeze blowing at the start 
of the Hull-Massachusetts, Y. C. race on Sept. 8, but 
during the afternoon it fell somewhat, and reefs were 
shaken out. The H. O. class has finally gone to pieces, 
Mr. Clapp having permanently withdrawn Orphan from 
the racing a few weeks ago, and Empress and Al Kyris 
having since refused to race in the class, leaving Hanley 
to sail alone. To-day the former pair, without the H. O. 
in their mainsails, sailed the first of a series of three 
races for a special cup, while Hanley sailed alone in the 
H. O. class. The Crowninshield keel boat Flirt again 
sailed a fast race, beating Hanley and the two other 


centerboarders. The times were: 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Empress, Hayden & Parker.......---+----+++-+:- 2:20 31 tenes dc 
Al Kyris, J. F. Brown...-- SSE bourse tid ee ty 2 20 58 
; H. ©. Class é 
BeLtan levy ay Vien) bach Govern ye tee ae wanhn ton ba eae Aa 
25ft. Class. 
litt, Pabyan we Melee co.) ceysneeee menses 219 41 
ithe Peter, whl. Moebsencace sss kaeneede sees le 2 30 49 elds 
Hermes, A. W. Chesterton: ..........--.4-5-00+ 2 34 58 ates [et 
21ft. Handicap Class, 
Jeb AINE IN ete sa stsetos, pdrocemsacannt 2 03 49 it 58 49 
Nike, ©. A. CGooley-4-..-..-. 2. -nenanreneressect 2 06 16 2 07 16 
Squaw, A, M. Blinnescc.. 2.1 ee sce deee rte -+ = see Withdrew. 
18ft. Handicap Class. 
Barbara, A. F, Hayden............-------+-+--+=2 08 32 2 01 40 
ivent App aha dnkuloapa) hese te QO SORE O DODOR OCC HEEEI 2 10 4¢ 2 02 32 
Goblin, G2 VW WWanterbutyessoss sss ee cee 2 14 04 2 03 04 


The. judges were W. Avery Carey, L. M. Clark and 


La Re lent , 
After the race Little Peter protested Flirt, and Hermes 
protested Little Peter for a foul at the starting line. 
Saturday, Sept. 8. 
The wind was still east on Saturday, and of moderate 


force, A club race was sailed in addition to the second 
match for tHe cup. The times were: 

Ee). lass 

Elapsed. Corrected. 

Manley ee Web A BAChess ttccacclue erry oe < vs ne J 52-25 Hef 

25ft. Class. 
Hermes. A. W, Chesterton 
Little Peter, H. Moebs...... 

2i{t. Handicap Class. 
ea ete ARIS Un iets Paw te pls We EAS a 1 56 40 1 40 40 
Petrol Nan VV Feu MV Loma GV clog arate eeu Ace rays ones ate treme ms arale 1 45 43 1 40 48 
Shiyessa, Alfred Douglas.............---.---..- 1 54 36 1 47 36 
Wike, Go Ay Cooley cs 202 nn. oe eel ei veccie m neisin 1 57 30 1 48 30 
lDETmunae, IS deh Aaya er Re BABA Beso a 1 47 36 1 47 36 
SHPO OS ahaha hee eC See Ee hada nbeoc 1 59 15 es ylal ss 
18ft. Handicap Class. 

Barbaray esha) wlay Meni se eleyeG eil-lillietericie ce 1 55 5t 1 46 51 
Zaza, Humphrey & Lauriat..---- ABS S4S555555546 1 54 20 1-48 20 
Wearne GeorvesiseEiillseee. ayes. cles meh pee pe nas 2 12 54 207 54 

Match Race. 
AI Gyaras len Bey ESTO Wile east ener eee 1 5d 17 
HEimpress, Hayden & Parker..2..- 22256. 22- 5000 -oe 1 58 00 


Cohasset Y. C. 


COHASSET, MASS. 
Saturday, Sept. &. 


Tur raceabout class of the Cohasset Y. C. sailed a 
good race on Sept. 8 in a moderate southerly breeze, the 
times being: 


Elapsed. 
Harelda, Alanson Bigelow, Jr.......... vee 2 38 40 
elite, Go Ba Wailliamisoyes sy, eee “owner 1 39 50 


Barracuda, A. C. Burrage...... 


Monsoon, J. A. Knowles. 1 41 10 
Pilearione Pe MeNOOLSeec wane ye eye ee 1 41 53 
Remora. wats Ora cher’ cis. s ieee ee peg taigt Eee Sibel guaiy 1 45 00 


Knickerbocker Y. C. 


COLLEGE POINT—LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, Sept. 8. 
Tue Knickerbocker Y. C. sailed a race for its Hamp- 


den class on Sept. 8 in a fresh S.E. breeze, the times 
being: 
K. Y. C. Hampden Class—Start, 4:15. 

Finish. “lapsed 
Misbabes Gomes. ERO Wason Pe ese -cH a 6 05 09 1 30 09 
Pé(iikrs, 1) ODF, TEE a Spa ea tees Rc eas RR 6 12°58 1 57 58 
Abowsbictat. Ij (Ol) JSyeriewiiyoyn ogsne- 556558 5555 0n0nSad5 6 20 55 2 05 55 
Blue Bird, Inving Sands.............-.......-.. 6 24 30 2 09 30 
Black Bird, Rodman Sands........-...--..--... 6 14 22 1 59 22 
BalithoyewWs Gr.) Ie win aie ioc.ocn ese en== a4 pba e 6 21 30 2 06 30 


Staten Island Y. C. 


STAPLETON—-NEW YORK BAY. | 
Saturday, Sept. 8. 

Tue Staten Island Y. C. sailed a race for its challenge 
cup on Sept. 8 over a fifteen-mile course on the Upper 
Bay, Akista, owned by George Hill, winning by ten 
iminutes from Siren, Com. C. F. Wiegand. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


Hamilton, the 35-footer built last year by J. H. Fearn- 
sidé for the Canada cup trials, has recently been sold to 
a Buifalo yachtsman. She has been renamed Echola and 
jon Sept. 8 sailed from Buffalo to Detroit to take part in 
a race on Sept. to. The “Weir boat,” as she was called 
during the trial races of last year, the 35-footer designed 
and built by Hugh Weir, is now named Clytie. 


®& eB 


Troquois, schr., has been chartered by J. G. Neafie- 
Whittaker. of Philadelphia, to R. M. Thompson, New 
York Y. C. 

RRR 


Tt 5 reported that Vice-Com. August Belmont, New 
York Y. C., will place an order at Bristol for a steam 
yacht of about 15o0ft. length, to have a speed of 28 knots. 

REE 


Marietta TIT.. H. B. Moore, has been chartered to E. 
H. Harriman, New York Y. C., who will cruise on the 
Sound and down the Maine coast this fall. 


ReER 
The annual meeting of the Riverton Y. C. was held 


- generally. 


on Sept. 4, the following officers being elected: Com., 
William R. Ellison; Vice-Com., Charles M. Biddle; Secy, 
John H. Reese; Treas., Charles M. Biddle, Jr.; Meas., 
H. Mellvain Biddle; Finance and Executive Committee, 
John C. S. Davis, J. Hayes Carstairs, Charles W. Davis, 
C. C. Rianhard and E. B. Showell; Regatta Comimit- 
tee, Blair Ferguson, Albert G. Cook and Somervell Solo- 
mon. The club has oyer 100 members and a fleet of 


thirty-eight yachts. 
Re RT 


The annual meeting of the Huntington Y. C. was held 
on Sept. 6 and the following officers were elected: Com., 
Robert L. Crooke, of Brooklyn; Vice-Com., Arthur Kk. 
Buxton, of Brooklyn; Rear-Com., Albert W. Palmer, of 
East Orange, N. J.; Sec’y, Daniel Slote Wood, of Flunt- 
ington; Treas., H. H. Gordon, of Manhattan; Trustees, 
Ansel B. Gildersleeve and George K. Rogers, oi Hunt- 


izgton, ; 

BS em RR 

The Northport Y. C., has just elected the following ol- 
fiecrs: Com., J. B. Morrell; Vice-Com., Charles E. Van 
Iderstine; Treas., Benjamin Carroll; Sec’y, H. Davis 
Ackerley; Fleet Capt., I. Nash; Trustees, Edward 
Thompson, J. B. Morrell, Charles E. Van Iderstine, H. 
Davis Ackerley, Benjamin Carroll, J. H. Ireland, J. W. 
Hiltman, N. S. Ackerley and John W. Arthur. 

RRR 


Jessie, steam yacht, Wim. Murray, has been sold to 
Major Wm. A. Wilkins, of Gainesville, Ga., who will 
use Her in Southern waters, her hailing port being 
Savannah. 

mr me 

Hebe, the 36-footer designed by Crowninshield for 
J. R. Maxwell, has been sold to Wm. Bancker, of Shelter 
Island, 

BR er 

Presto, steam yacht, designed by C. D. Mosher, has 
been sold by Com. J. A. Mollenhauer, Penataquit Cor. 
Y. C., to T. H. Newberry, of Detroit. Presto has proved 


-a very fast boat, claiming a record of a mile in im. 59s. 


Com. Mollenhauer takes in part payment a 55{t. launch. 
me 


Capt. Wm. Hansen, the well-known yacht skipper, 
died in St. Luke’s Hospital, New Bedford, on Sept. 8. 
He was born in Bergen, Norway, in 1847, and after 
working with his father as a fisherman from boyhood he 
went to sea at the age of seventeen. In 1870 he was one 
of the crew of the schooner Alice and in 1871 he was in 
the schooner Josephine, and a year later in the schooners 
Vesta and Silvia. For six years he was in the schooner 
Haze, Henry. A. Mott, as mate, and later he was in the 
schooner Peerless for six years, two as master, and also 
in the schooner Social. He was best known as skipper 
of Sachem under her original owners in 1886-87, and later 
of Quickstep, a good boat which he sailed well. In 1893 


he was in command of Vigilant in the America Cup races, 


with Vallcyrie If, 

mee 
_Anoatok, the winner in the 36ft. class in the Larchmont 
Y. C. race of Sept. 3, has been disqualified on protest for 
carrying a professional skipper in addition to her regular 
crew. The first prize thus goes to Countess, the second 


boat. 


Canoacing. 


Amendments to the Rules. 


WE publish below a number of proposals for the amend- 
ment of the A. C. A. constitution, by-laws and racing 
rules, which will be submitted to the coming meeting of 
the Executive Committee. We shall publish all such pro- 
posals as may be received in time in the October Canoeing 
Number, and we hope to have at the same time a thorough 
discussion of the various proposals by A. C. A. men 
er _All letters should reach us by Saturday, Sept. 
29, if possible, and in no case later than Monday, Oct. 1. 

Toronto, Sept. 10.—Editor Forest and Siream: 1 
hereby give notice that at the next Executive Committee 
meeting of the American Canoe Association I shall move 
the adoption of the following changes to the by-laws: 
__That Chapter 12 be numbered 13 and that the words 
“The affirmative vote of three-fourths of all’ be struck 
out and the words, “A majority vote of” substituted, 

That Chapters 13 and 14 be amended by being num- 
bered 14 and 15 respectively. 

That a new Chapter 12 be introduced, as follows: 

“Chapter 12. Order in Camp.—When a member com- 
plains to the Commodore of any member or members 
creating a noise after 11 P. M., the Commodore must in- 
vestigate the matter, and if the charge is sustained he 
must request the offending member or members to leave 
camp, The Commodore may request any member to 
leave camp if, after due consideration, he is of the 
opimon that better order can be maintained thereby.” 

‘ i W. G. MAcKENprRICK. 

New Yorx, Sept. 1o.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
This 1S a copy of certain proposed changes in the racing 
regulations which I have submitted to the Regatta Com- 
mittee of the A. C. A. for their action in accordance 
with Chapter IX. of the By-Laws, and Rule XXII. of the 
Racing Regulations: 

“To the Regatta Committee of the American Canoe 
Association—Gentlemen: In accordance with Chapter 
IX., Subdivision 8 of the By-Laws, and Rule XXII af 
the Racing Regulations of the A. C. A., I hereby submit 
the following proposed changes in the racing regulations 
of the A. C. A.: 

“First. To amend Rule I. of the Racing Regulations 
by adding after the word ‘canoes’ at the end of the para- 
graph entitled ‘Dimensions and Limitations—Sailing’ 
the following: ‘No fixed rudder projecting below a 
fair line along the keel shall be used and no drop rud- 
der shall be used that, when drawn up, projects below 
the said line.’ 

“Second. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 
above paragraph, and after the change above proposed, 
the following: ‘All decked sailing canoes shall have a 
cockpit large and deep enough to sit in comfortably,’ 


“Third. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 
above paragraph, and after the change above proposed, 
the following: ‘All decked sailing canves shall carry a 
practical double blade paddle.’ 

“Fourth. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 
above paragraph, and after the change aboye proposed, the 


following: ‘Ihe sliding seat shall mot exceed 4ft. 6in. 
in length.’ 
“Fiith. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 


above paragraph, and after the change above proposed, the 
following: ‘In all sailing and combined races, no rig 
other than a practical hoisting and lowering rig shall be: 
used’ 

“Sixth. To further amend Rule J. by adding to the 
above paragraph, and after the change above proposed, 
the following: ‘All open sailing canoes must have at 
each end water tight bulkheads or air tanks capable of 
sustaining the occupant aboye water when swamped.’ ’” 

Frank C. Moore, A. C. A. 1342. 

New Yorw, Sept. 14.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Please publish the following amendment to the Constitu- 
tion of the A. C. A., as required by Artcle XII. In Article 
IIl. insert the words “able to swim” after the words 
“eighteen years.” Henry SmytuHe, A. C. A. 1308. 

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10—Editor Forest and Stream: 
I inclose for publication the following proposed amend- 
ments to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Amer- 
ican Canoe A'ssociation. M. D. Wit. 

CONSTITUTION. 

Article VI. Add “Section 9” as follows: “Racing 
Board—Each division in its proper turn, at its annual 
mecting, shall elect in the same manner as its regular 
officers, one member of that division, to serve on the 
Racing Board of the Association, for a term of three 
years, or until his successor is elected.” 

(For duties of Racing Board see Chapter 9 of By- 
Laws.) 

Article VII, Paragraph 3. Amend by léaving out the 
words “a Regatta Committee of three members for 
the annual camp of the A. C. A.” after the word “ap- 
point.” 

BY-LAWS. 


Chapter IX. Amend Paragraph 1 by adding the words 
“Racing Board and Division” between the words “Duties 
ot” and “Committee” im the title, making it read as fol- 
lows: “Duties of Racing Board and Division Regatta 
Committees.” Further, amend Paragraph 1 by sub- 
stituting the words ‘Racing Board” for “Regatta Com- 
mittee’ as the last words of the paragraph. 

Amend Paragraph 2 by substituting the words “Rac- 
ing Board” for “Regatta Committee’ wherever they 
occur. 

Further amend Paragraph 2 by leaving out the word 
“and” between the words ‘paddling’ and “trophy” on 
the third line and insert the word “sailing” after the 
word “club” on the third line, making this part read as 
follows: “Including the sailing and paddling trophy 
races, the three record races, the club sailing race,’ and 
insert after the words “club safling race” at the end of 
the third line the following: “The paddling races for 
one, two and four men with single blades, and the 
paddling races for one, two and four men with double. 
blades, and the relay race for teams of three men each, 
with double blades.” Insert after the words “three re~ 
ord races” on the third line the words “the free-for-all 
sailing race.” 

Amend by substituting the words “Racing Board” for 
“Regatta Committee’ wherever they occur. 

Rule I1.” Paragraph 2. Amend by leaving out the 
first and third sentences beginning “No canoe shall be,” 
etc., and “Members must paddle.” etc., respectively. 

Paragraph 3. Amend by leaving out the whole of the 
first sentence beginning “A canoe which is,” etc. 

Rule V, Amend the first paragraph to read as fol- 
lows: “Prizes shall be given as follows,” instead of 
“Flags shall be given as prizes as follows.” 

Amend Paragraphs 2 and 3 by leaving out these two 
paragraphs entirely and _ substituting the following: 
“Prizes shall consist of shields or some lasting memento 
with the event, the letters A. C. A., the year expressed 


- in four figures, the place of the meet and the words ‘First 


Prize’ or “Second Prize’ expressed thereon. The prizes 
for any one meet shall be uniform in shape and design. 
Prizes donated for special races or competitions may 
be accepted at the discretion of the Racing Board. No 
prizes of money shall be raced for. All prizes not 
awarded are to be destroyed.” 

_ Amend the fourth paragraph by leaving out the words 
“if more than nine entries for the sailing trophy are 
present” on the third and fourth lines. Further amend 
the fourth and fifth paragraphs by substituting the words 
“free-for-all” for the word “trial” wherever it occurs. 

Amend by adding the following new paragraph: “There 
shall be paddling races with single blades for one, two 
and four men in a canoe and with double blades for one, 
two and four men in a canoe, and a relay race for teams 
of three men each, with double blades, one man in a 
canoe.” 

Amend by adding a sentence at the end of the rule as 
follows: “At least one-half of all the paddling races, 
mcluding the race for the paddling trophy and the relay 
race, shall be straightaway.” 

Rule [X., Paragraph 2. Amend by omitting all of 
the paragraph after the word “protest” on the fourth 
line, and substitute the words “and a decwion of a ma- 
jority of the members present shall be final.” 

Add to the last paragraph of Rie IX. the sentence 
following: ““No man shall contest in any race until he 
has been two days in camp, except in war canoe races, 
except by special permission of the Racing Board.” 


A.C, A. Membership. 


Eastern Division—James*L. Powers, W. E. Piper, Geo, 
E. Fickett and William J. Ladd, 
Western Division—Geo. B. Stewart, 


Take inventory of the good things in this issue 5 
Forest and Stream. Recall what a fund was given 
last week. Count on what is to come next week 
Was there ever in all the world a more abundant 
weekly store of sportamen’s resding? rg 


mie ee ee ee 


238 i. 


Rifle Bange and Gallery. 


New Jetsey State Shoot. 


Wimbledon Cup Match. 


held under ihe auspices of ihe Nee Peano 
State Rifle Association, at Sea Girt, te dies ee Pheer eet 
; nétitors. ‘The ¢ itions were: Qpen to all citizens res 
convetitors. Merce 30 ; 1,000yds., any rifle within 
ents of the United States, 30 shots at 1,000yds., any TING chk 
agence cleaning allowed, Se VRE eee Se | 
8-puint handicap for military rifles, f-point han pt special 
eee rifles. Prize, the Wimbledon cup, value $000, The scores: 


Tus great event, 


W eV, Houle; HhiladelPiis 258009584045 54 6140 
Dr W G Hudson, New Jersey... 4555 1553 555058 ay 
Capt Hobart Tuttle, New Jersey.. 4 5 2 - i y 2 i ‘ z ‘ 3 . ey iy 
Capt W F Whittemore, New Jersey : 4 ; 3 3 ; 4 ; ‘ j A e Be i 
Maj G/B Young, District of Co 9 tt js 02008304 0-0 
Lieut A M Allison, Ist Regt, D 6. ; ae ; Ea ‘ au i y we fi : 5 


i Villiam B. Martin, 2d Reet., N. ).; Lieut. W. W. Cook- 
sein keer a Ganumbia: J. G, Dillin, Philadelphia; Colin k. 
Wise, Passaic, N. J.; Capt. Rine A. De Russey,, Bin ee Yi 
Serat, _ 1 69th Regt.; Maj. nr} man, Jr.. 
Ree Fa Shot but withdrew before the finish of the 


match. 


Schuetzen Team Match. 


A ( s jerme i target; en- 
s of five men, 10 shots per man, German ring 5 
Pee tose Uasar ean, Prizes: Gold medal to each member of the 
winning téamisilyer medal to eazh member of the secorid team; 
bronze medal to each member of-the third team. Us 

Z er Rifle Club of New York—First Team. pg 
Re Cc ech ce ANG Sears x 19 19 20 22 21 21 22 24 20 20—208 
Dorrler.....s.-- 21 24 24 19 21 21 19 22 17 20—208 


M Dorrler...c1..-0. sees ee eee 2 2 0 

SMR OPEL Nena ate ieee 19 0 24 20 25 18 21 20 21 28-191 

Ce ae oi dL Meee 17 16 22 22 48 21 21 21 20 22-200 

FL ELOLgES: ee tins st) Guled alerts 21 22 18 20 15 17 17 14 17 9170-977 

iladelphia Rifle Association. ; 

TI J Mehard...... rae Pe 32 OL 18 28 22 23 22 20 9 21-201 

Hcacloslitage igh 4 cearaccete 23 10 18 13 20 18 16 20 21 18177 

FC Goddard...) )iiivveseeceae 18 20 2) 23 16 14 23 15 8 21178 

JOB AT Ce Ss <5) y510 6 keer eee 19 16 20 22 24 20 24 15 22 22204 

TS HYS he aA eae 7 1G 23 26 24 22 20 13 22 2290444 
Zettler Ri He Club of New York—Second Team. ; 

pe ewe Rare 18 21 17 22 23 20 20 24 21 20-206 

Mn UBSe foun macann ce Cee ess 23 11 13 22 24 24 18 22 20 19-196 

Geo Purkess oo. .u2.ceeceeeee 18 *0 23 22 17 16 18 20 16 23-188 


Geo Schlicht 21 19 17 22 20 23 12 24 22 21—201 


Geo Weightman .,..-,.......-. 14 14 13 25 19 14 18 12 20 16—165—9bti 
: anhattan Rifle and Reyolyer Association, b 
Gillian ee ens AT 20 20-21 24-22 21 13 22 6-186 
Wale UiAen tciiccsaeccoees 17 0 18 23 25 20 20 15 22 21181 
fed uns ae evens Meuse eae V7 23 17 12 33 92 18 24 24 15195 
PIC MS ay Machin alan. aera 17 19 24 019 25 19 18 23 22186 
Dr W G ffludson.........00-+- 17 17 14 25 22 24 22 21 21 22-205—953 
Hobok Independent Schuetzen Corps. _ 
eee eee IT 1 22 18 28 16 11 14 20-175 
wy ck 22 20 2116 21 24.16 21 2 22185 


Bessemer ener eens GL 


. -7 419 17 18 14 ) 
.. if 20 20 18 10 16 23.18 2016—175 
IBerkMann acvecsiee- 2-53 0=— 17 20 25 11 22 21 23 17 17 19—192—%8b2 
The Hilton trophy was held by the New Jersey contingent. The 
SaniGns were ates to everybody; distances 500 and 600yds. ; 
7 shots at cagl distance} Tifles, any military; firing at both ranges 


16 19 11 10—135 


E 


. 


to be G w- on the same day; otherwise scores are void; re-entries 
allowed ale scords;™ , 
New Jersey. 
tee —— Yards. 
nny 200. 500. 600. 
istriire: sblayes bait uaieres-nperacsebenunnert? 30 2 30 
Private Hrulschimidt ....0,:22-+eesse sete eres . 30 30 30) 
Private Maller 1... 5c200ee sce c neers sence eens 29 30 32 
Private: Parken 60. sta cece sero ret seer asers 24) 30 S 
Kieut, Martin =. .0-6.).9.-..2 0.5 Possess ao : 31 3 
Private Malcolm. 7 30 24 
Musician McGan Fa 27 
Capt. Springstead 29 3a 
Gol® Reed ence -cs ee ase 30 30 
Major Lohman .... 3 3 
Private Hudson oo 30 
Capt. Whittemore 33 31 
BREATHE TOLD Sarsiees eict.t Peleirenel ta daiplele itis tale ev eos 372 361—1082 
idede; Wye: (a5 AdSARA utils s555n0 SOE ee ObnpodD 33 ol 
Corp: Datibe ........ 34 28 
Lieut. Hazeltine ( 33 28 
SeTetr MICA DI sngee ese esa chelentiriees AStadundrn 32 32 32 
Capt Clarew, Acyde cust sae ce ebeas fete apeie nt 31 27 
ASU pe VALS Ths ecalslslelsaleea bee treaties 28 24 
SYS yoqeg tShaablwe aad sabciMigdaoganQAnnOHbOObObObb UE 30 25 
Ev abe sy ANePELeds erie aire. seein cei e ait ble 25 28 
creutacwaswall. Bir A tateeter.a dada less 30 26 
Ordnancé Sergt. Covill 33 29 
Sergt. Leushner ....... 30 28 
Private Dardingkeller 32 28 
ALSATTOEIE, nA. ap cece pene 53 Tassschynatershes 352 371 334—1057 
District of Columbia. , 

Private Appleby 29 32 26 
ieut. Parnen )....,.5 29 27 
Sergt. Whitacre ... 28 32 
Private Dickey 3 28 
Private Stewart 3 29 
AP AM etiery ia SITUS, ya siclcsstotetotene of daretatepete eel tiedape eters Pree 35 27 
Lieut, Cookson 30) 28 
SUAS sh ig sta Fo he GE TS Re A ok DAB Se Ann sA ins 28 29 
Lieut. Leizear 29 83 
WHIVATEL SCOtL ssrcee sede sau eibiane ne eeeete ace 31 7 
Private Taylor 33 32 
Jsicuts WBellee ls AOLAEL Ene eee Om ELE nee 27 30 

Team totals 366 348—1066 
Private Nutter 25 07 
Capty JLGG Pesniuscseeces « lete Ree Renee ethan 26 30 
Private Hilton 24 21 
Private Vandeventer 20 22 
Conny Codd etons een cane meesiee sehen 28 24 
STR CHAP ILTION uh paedelee a outlet on crane rei 29 84. 26 
Gorn. o sL.Oikise aco wires eee rank REL ERE 06 13 21 
Pinatas C OlisotHiekeoey seni see se recent een ne 19 15 13 
GU Git LUT CH STS aimed \ ietain eicteciee uien ectieaes eee 27 32 25 
COND Pc Att Ss PRET arene cine era en tee 25 19 15 
RY VaAte IDA Giese oye nlp aes on eee fee es rane 17 10 20 
TEAC ELEANOR MeN ait erp eee py ee PAL 19 7 

HERS Rape titoterk (Se Me BeBe» 8 6.0 cba meh RICO 266 205 241— 772 


The President's mateh was for the military championship of 
America. This mateh was shot on Sept. 7 and & in two stages. 
the first stage at 200, 300, 500 and GO0yds., 10 snots at each distance, 
the second stage at 800 and 1,00Nyds.. 10 snots at each distance, 
the same rifle to be used at all stages. Competiturs shot with the 
rifle of the model adopted and issued by the State they represent 
or the U, 5. Navy or Army magazine rifle. Sergt. MeCalley shot 
for a record only. Whe scores: ' 
nll tS 

200 300 400 600 8001000 T11. 
Maj J B Young, Washington, D C,.44 44 45 42 99 9.999 


Maj J C Bell, Washington, 1D C..... 39 39 d4 87 36 998-5198 
Priy HL Smith. Washington, D C..89 42 47 95 86 94 999 
Sergt. W D Wuddleston, Mass........ Bo «638 «43 dg 4g 99-957: 
Private K WV Casey, New York...,....89 42 47 98 49 97 949 
Seret. G, H, Doyle, New York....... 42 o 46 43 4d 99 “don 
Corps Wake, INewieork, 0.0.10 oe 44420 4044 49 A 958 
Lt W M Farrow, Dist. of Columbia. 42 44 44 2 OR a6 —247 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Lt A M Allison, Dist, of Columbia..87 30 41 46 42  984—230 
Sergt W. F. Leushner, Buffalo.,..... 43 43 44 44 32 32-238 
Lt W W Cookson, Dist. of Columbia.43 40 48 44 39 41-—255 
Private S [I Scott, Dist of Columbia..40 45 41 40 42 J4—992 
Capt W EF Whittemore, New Jersey..46 44 47 35 46 44 262 


marsh, NCCalley. .. 25.) een be aes 41 44 46 47 44 39-255 


Other matches and winners were as follows: 

Inspector's match, Lieut. W. Milton Iarrow. _ 

Hayes medal match, Lieut. W. W. Cookson, District of Colum- 
hia; score 67, 

Gen. P, Meany match, Sergt. David McCalley, Australia; score 94, 

Winchester match, Lieut. W, M. Farrow, Washington; score 48. 

Members’ match, Gen, Bird W. Spencer, New Jersey; score 30; 

Department rifle practige match, Lieut. Farrow. 

Harper’s Weekly mateh, Lieut. Colloday, Washington. 

Revolver championship match, Asa I. A. Himmelwright, New 
York. 

Rite and Revolver Association military revolver championship 
match, Lieut. R. H. Sayre, Squadron A, New York. 

Pistol championship match, J. B. Crabtree, Springfield, Mass. 

Colt Automatic pistol mateh, C. H, Taylor, New Hayen, Conn.; 
score 63. ; 

Re-entry reyolyer match, Thomas Anderton, Boston; score 144. 

Laflm & Rand match, Lieut. Cookson, Washington. 

Carbine team match, Squadron A, New York. 

Consolation match, Lieut, H. H. Leizear; score 92, 

Interstate milttary match, District of Columbia team; score 1049. 

New Jersey National Guard match, fourth Regiment team, N. 
(rN. J.; seore 708. 

Savage match, Sergt. G. H. Doyle and M. Appleby, tie, 6h. 

Revolver team match, Battery A, First Regiment Light Artillery, 
M.. V. MM. 

Remington match, Sergt, W. IJ. Leushner; score 90. 


Schuetzen Match A. 


All comers’ continuous match; entrance, 50 cents, tickets unlim- 
ited; 200yds., standing, body free from support; 7 shots on the 
Standard target, with llint bullseye; any weight rifle wigh any 
trigger pull, sights (including telescopic), and palm rest; é eaning 
allowed between shots; the allowance for military rifles will be 4 
pomts 6n each string; the aggregate of three scores to count for 


all prizes; ties divided; twenty prizes, ranging from $50 to $2, The 
scores: 

Lal WN Wet enstey Sos Syst 2 65 65 63193 Nathan Spering ....59 59 57—175 
George Joiner ..... 65 62 62—189 F W Holt........... 62 60 58—175 
VIN) Giclee seein 67 61 60—188 W D Huddleston...60 56 56—172 
LE AAILGIN aya ene 63 62 61—186 W T UWhiler......... 62 60 49—171. 
FIGS Rosseaasasanaake 63 60 61—184 P Paulsen .......... 58 57 54—169 
ViaGueDalitniy eee ee ...62 61 60-183 G Schnering ....... 56 55 53—164 
FH Holees: 61 61 61—1838 W A Tewes......... 60 12 2—164 
IL PB Hansen........ 61 59 59—179 TL Brehm ........... 57 56 51—164 
JEeeGy iBUSStn non nee 61 59 58—178 KC Goddard....... 55 54 51—160 . 
W G Hnudson....,..59 58 58-175 P J O’Hare......... 58 51 48—157 


Schuetzen Match B. 


All comers’ continuons match; entrance, 50 cents, tickets un- 
limited: 200yds. standing, body free from support; 5 shots on the 
German ring target; any weight rifle with any trigger pull, sights 
(including telescopic), and palm rest; cleaning allowed between 
shots; allowance for military rifles, 5 points on each string; the 
aggregate of two fickets to count for the first five prizes, one 
licket for fifteen prizes; ties divided; twenty prizes, divided the 
Same as in Match A. The scores: 


RSS VISEE.O Demasee uit ne 11S) 118—281 NE ROSS isesasee se 14 113—227 
Geo Schlicht 1... ..... 114 116—230 HH Molges! wcisc.0.s. M4 112—22¢ 
Geo Joiner .......... 14 114—228 

George Perkins sc..:..:...s.. 4 Dr W G Hudson,...,...+..2: 109 
M Dorrler Nathan Spering .............: 108 
Ernest Fisher ohne Gorricsei ees ree 108 
Ue) Te Eee icogoean sas Sains oe MURA UP TE MOIR ENED sss Sgocaee ae 107 
C W Dickey G Schnering ass paket teen 107 
L P Hansen eel ards: eee te eee 107 
ESBS een) eae yee ee 1401-110 Thomas Keller .)c2.2........ 106 
WE Aw Tieyes.1,4)) een anes 110) SIRSS Busses agate 106 


King’s Semi-Smokeless powder and Peters ammunition won nine 
first prizes—the Wimbledon cup, the Schuetzen, Interstate Mili- 
tary, Regimental Team, All Comers’ Military, New Jersey Rifle 
Association trophy, Winchester, Military Revolver Team and 
Revolver Re-entry match. 


Rifle at Shell Mound Range. 


San Franctsco, Cal., Sept. 10.—Yesterday was monthly medal 
day for most of the clubs shooting at Shell Mound range. D. W, 
McLaughlin did fine work with his new Pope barrel just re- 
ceived, and F_ E. Mason made the fine score of 231 in 10 shots, 25- 
ving target, at 200yds. Scores of the day: 

Independent Rifles, monthly class and medal shoot: J. Kellen- 
berger 86, Corp. H. Frederickson 24, F. Skowran 27, C. Frederick- 
son 30, J. H. Kuhlke 38, C. Granz 35, F. Schmidt 13, H. Gaetjen 
36, Sergt. C. Andrews 39, H. Felix 35, Sergt. H. Kuhlke 41, Lieut. 
FE, Moenning 39. 

Germania Schuetzen Club, monthly medal shoot: First cham- 
pion class, Dr. L. O. Rodgers, 225, 213; second champion class, R. 
Stettin, 214, 206; first class, I F. Bridges, 220; second class, J. D. 
[eise, 209, 200; third class, J. Beuttler, 161, 162; best first and last 
shots, Herman Huber, 25 each, 

an Francisco Schuetzen Verein, monthly medal shoot: Cham- 
pion class, D. B. Faktor, 413; first class, J. D. Heise, 424; second 
class, J. Lankenau, $91; third class, W. orken, 373; fourth class, 
‘\, Hagedorn, 372; best first shot, W. Glindemann, 24; best last 
shot, R. Stettin, 24. 

Cempany F, First Infantry, National 
monthly medal shoot: Lieut. AL H. I 
40, Cc. St. C. Cleveland 39, Sergt. C. E. Surryhne 39, K. A. Milli- 
can 31, Sergt. H. W. Doscher 34, W. M. Cohn 27, J. Milledge 23, 
W. H. Homer 22, L. Schatze 18, ©. C, Homer 10, 

Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club, monthly rifle practice: First 
class, trophy, F. W. Belknap, 217, 225, 216, 210; A. B. Dorrell, 218; 
es M. Henderson, 218, 212. Club silver medal: J. F. Bridges, 206, 
197, 217, 213; H. Hinkel, 210; J. Heuerwas, 212, Gold medal, C. M. 
Henderson, 230, 219, 209, 221, 208, 221; A. B. Dorrell, 215, 215, 224, 
216; F. W. Belknap, 228, 

Bushnell medal; D. W. McLaughlin, 225, 225, 227, 225, 229: F. RB. 
Mason, 281; Dr. L, O. Rodgers, 291, 


C Guard of California, 
rying 44, Lieut. W. A. Varney 


ROEEL, 


Grapshooting. 


- ff you want your shoot to be announced here send in 
aatice like the following: 


Fixtures. 


INTERSTATE PARK, 
Sept. 20.—Interstate Park.—Brooklyn Gun Club’s shoot; live 
hirds and targets. John Wright, Mer: 

Sept, 19-20.—Zanesville, O.—Tournament of the Zanesville Gun 
Club. L. A. Moore, Sec’y, 

Sept. 19-20—Pensacola, Fla—Two-day shoot of the Dixie 
Club; bluerocks and live birds, V. J. Vidal, Sec’y. 

_ sept. 25.—Worcester, Mass.—All-day shoot of the Worcester 
Sportsmen’s Club. A. W. Walls, Sec’y. 

Sept. 26-28—Omaha, Neb.—Fifth annual target tournament of 
the Dupont Gun Club. H. S. McDonald, See’y. 
sept, 27—Martford, Conn.—Annual tournament of the Colt Gun 
Club. James Carter, See’y. 

__ Sept. 27-28.—Erie, Pa.—First annual targer tournament of the 
pate See and Gun Club; $100 added money. W. S. Bookwalter, 
-or, Sec’y. 

Sept. 28 and Nov. 13.—Dexter Park, Brooklyn.—Under auspices 
of the Greater New York Gun Club; three-men team Tace; OU live 
birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized gun club in 
the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 3 P. M. Sweepstake shoot- 
ing commences at 10 A. M. Mr, L. Schortemeier and Dr. A, A 
Webber, managers. : 

Oct. 2-4-—Swanten, Vt.—Robin Hood Gun° €lub’s three days’ 
tournament. 

Oct. 2-5.—Bloomfield, Ind.—The Bloomfield Gun Club’s third 
penal tournament; targets und sparrows: $200 added. E. E. Neal, 

ec y. 


Gun 


. 25, is open to all shooters. 


(Serr, 22, igou. 


Oct. 4.—Weet Chester, Pa—Annual fall shoot of the West Chester 
Gun Clubs $20 added. F-. achus, See’y. ; 

Oct. 10-11.—Circleville, O.—Fall tournament of the Pickaway 
Kod and Gun Club; targets and live birds. G. R, Haswell, Sec’y. 

Oct. 11.—Greensburg, Ind.—Tournament of the Greensburg Gon 
Club. C. D. Tillson, Sec’y, 

Oct, 1214;—Louisville, y.—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
targets and live-birds. Emile Pragoff, Sec’y. 

Oct. 9 and Nov. 23—WHackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, 
N. J.—Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-mei 
team race; 20 live birds per man; 29yds. Members of an organized 
gin elub in the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweep: 
stake shooting commences at 10°A, M. Mr. L. H, Schortemeler 
and Dr. A. A. Webber managers. > 

Oct, 13.—Altoona, Pa.—Altoona Rod and Gun Club’s live-bird 
handicap. G. G, Zeth Sec’y, Altoona, Pa. 

Oct. 16-17.—Raleigh, N, C.—Peters Cartridge Co.’s target tourna: 
ment. John H. Mackie, Mgr. 

Oct, 23-24.—Baltimoré, Md.—Live-bird tournament, under the 
auspices of the Baltimore Shooting Association. 

Oct. 23-25.—Atlanta, Ga.—Peters Cartridge Co.'s live-bird tourna- 
ment. Jehn H. Muckie, Mer. : 
Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
(lay afternoon, : : 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK, 


Sept. 11 and Oct, 26.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Under auspices 
of Medicus Gun Club; three-men team wee 20 live birds) per 
man; 29yds.. Members of any regularly organized gun club in the 
U. S..are eligible, Commences at 2 P, M. Sweepstake shooting’ 
commences at 1) A. M. Mr, L. H, Schortemeier and Dr. A. A. 
Webber, managers, 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contést took place June 20, 1900. 


Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. \ : 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores Jor publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed, Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mati 


all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York, 


The programme of the Brooklyn Gun Cluh’s shool, to be held 
at Interstate Park on Thursday of this week, provides nine events, 
of which seven are at targets, as follows: Three at 15 bluerocks, 
tL entrance; three at 20, $1.25; one at 50, $2. The two live-bird 
events are handicaps. They are as follows: Seven live birds, $5; 
10 live birds, $7.50. ‘Targets 2 cents, included in entrance, Bird¢ 
25 cents, also included in entrance. The Rose system will goyern 
the moneys in the bluerock events, class shooting in the live- 
bird events as follows: Seven birds, 50, 30 and 20; 10 birds) 40, 30, 
20 and 10. ‘The 50-target event is *he Jast competition for the 
Sanders-Storm trophy. Shooting commences at 10:30. Lunch 
will be served in the Casino at 12:30, Mr. John S. Wright is the 
manager, : : 

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A strange thing has happened—at least itis strange from the 
Shooter’s point of view, whatever it may be from the golfer’s. 
Mr. Edward Banks and Mr, C. M. Lincoln, manager of Interstate 
Park, were proceeding Interstate shootward to Salem, N. Y. 
hey were discussing ets while om the boat, when Mr. Banks, so 
the story goes, told Mr. Lincoln to wait a bit and he would il-- 
lustrate the point by showing his own. gun. He produced the 
famous old case, and pulled out—a golf stick! There was no 
gun, He had forgotten it. This will explain something in the 
way of the first day’s scores at the Interstate tournament. The 
scores are published elsewhere in ‘our columns. A strange gun 
and a hurricane and a golf stick do not produce good target scores, 


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The Colt Gun Club, Hartford, Conn., announces Sept. 27 as the 
date of its annual tournament. Its next medal and prize shoot will 
be held on the 22d inst., and two more shoots will determine the 
ownership of the prizes. Its tournament is open to all. There are 
ten events on the programme, 10, 15 and 20 targets, 135 in all, with 
a toatl entrance of $14.05. Shooting commences at 10 o’clock, |The 
grounds are open at 8:30. Purses are divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 
per cent. Targets 2 cents, included in entrance. Shooters may 
enter for targets only. Loaded shells for sale. Take any electric 
car east:from Union Station. Transfer at Main street for Wethers-_ 
field ayenue, or Main street, south to Wawarue avenue. Mr. S, T. | 
Collins is the president. Mr. James Carter is Secretary. 


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Referring to the forthcoming live-bird shoot given by Messrs. H. 
P. Collins and J. R. Malone, Oct. 23 to 25, the latter writes us as 
follows: “The Dupont Cup will be shot for in open competition 
at 25 birds, $25 entrance, $500 guaranteed, and all surplus added; 
handicaps 25 to 32yds. This should make a very attractive shoot, ’ 
as it is the first time the Dupont cup has ever been offered in 
an open event in the South or East since it was first won by Mr. 
Ered Gilbert, in Baltimore, Oct. 25, 1895. Programmes will be 
ready by Oct, 1.” This should be noted by all the great army of 
shooters who desire a good programme with good competition. 
Paste the dates in your hat. 

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The grand teurnament of the Worcester Sportsmen’s Club, Sept. 
Shooting commences at 9:30; the regu- 
lar programme events at 10:30. Sweepstakes optional. In all 
events experts shoot at 18yds., semi-experts at I6yds., amateurs 
(a misnomer) at l4yds. Moneys divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 pér 
cent. Dinner at the club house at 12:30. There are ten events, 
regular, reverse, unknown and expert; a total of 135 targets, and a 
total of $10 entrance. There also will be a 100-target race be- 
tween Messrs. H. G. Wheeler, of Marlboro, Mass., and BE. C, 
Griffith, of Pascoag, R. I. = 


Mr, R. A. Welch, the expert trapshooter, of New York, and Mr. 
C, F. Lockwood, of Jamaica, L. 1., journeyed westward on Tues- 
day of this week to enjoy a term of chicken shooting on the 
prairies, and later a term of duck shooting, they will be guests 
of Mr. Emil Werk, at his shooting box in Minnesota, going 
thence-to Omaha as a starting point for the ducks. Mr. Welch is 
in rare form in his handling of the shotgun, having missed yery 
few birds in the past few months, though he has shot a great deal. 


On Wednesday of this week the Brockton Gun Club, of Brock- 
ton, Mass., hold a tournament under the management of the 
famous expert, Mr. B. Leroy Woodard. Shooting commences at 
9:30. There are eleven eyents on the programme, with a total 
of 165 targets, and a total entrance of $13.30. There also is a 
merchandise event. The handicaps are under 80 per cent., liyds.; 
80 to 85 per cent., I7yds.; above 85 per cent., 19yds. _ High guns. 
Money divided by the Rose system. Sweepstakes optional. 

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The Pickaway Rod and Gun Club, of Circleviile, ©., has sent 
out a notice to shooters as follows: ‘We will have our fall 
tournament at targets and live birds Oct. 10 and 71, and would 
like very much to haye you with us. Our shoot last fall was a 
success in every way—at least we think so, using 7,870 targets and 
940 live pigeons in the two days, The ladies will try and have as 
good dinners as before. All will do their best ta show you a 
good time. Programme will be mailed you later.” = 


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The organization of the Newport Gun Club, Newport, Vt., took 
place recently on Somewhat novel but sound lines, inasmuch as all 
shooting or betting for Money is prohibited. This is the true 
theory on which to start a club whose membership is wholly or in 
a large part composed of novices: It is much ,better for the, 
novice to refrain from shooting for money till he learns how to 
shoot for nothing, f he cannot shoot well for nothing, he is 
much less likely to shoot well for something. : 


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The second anntal tooth tournament’ and clambake of the 
Brooklyn Gun Club is announced ‘to take place on Sept. 9, com- 
mencing at 4:30 P, M. Tt will be held at Interstate Park, Queens, 
L. I. The former tooth tournament was such a pronounced suc- 
cess that a large number of-entries is expected. High averages 
will have special attention. Whe general opinion is that the con- 
testants will not make a miss in the entire programme. 


| Sepr, 22, 1900.7 


Under date of Sept. 12 Mr. W. L. Bowen, Sec’y South Framing- 
ham Gun Club, writes: “At the annual meeting of the South 
Framingham Gun Club the following officers were elected: i, E: 
Isham, President; F. C. Underhill, Vice-President; W. L. Bowen, 
Secretary; E. E, Oliver, ‘Treasurer; L. A. Isham, Captain. The 
above-named, with the addition of E. A. Staples and Myron C: 
Clark, to constitute the Board of Directors.” 


Recently at Mobile, Ala., on the grounds of the Mobile Yacht 
and Gun Club, a match of excellence was shot between Mr. T. 
Carson Fowler, of Mobile; and Mr, Fred E. McKay. of the City 
Park Gun Club, New Orleans. The conditions were 100 live birds, 
20yds. rise, $100 a side. Each scored 95 out of 100 on good birds, 
and killed straight in the shoot-off at 10 birds. The tie will be shot 
off in the near future. * 


In the trophy event at 25 birds, in the shoot-off of the Chicago 
Gun Club. 7th St and Vincennes avenue, Chicago, Ill., last 
Saturday, Dr. Miller was high with the excellent score of 24, In 
the Handicap cup Messrs. Cornwell and Steck tied on 25, and 
in the shoot-off at 10 targets, the former scored straight and won. 
The meeting was marked by some excellent shooting. 


Mr. ©. C. Beveridge (the Dominie) arrived in New York in the 
early part‘of this week, after an absence of several months, save a 
brief visit on Labor Day. He will locate near New York for 
some weeks in ihe near future, and then there will be more vim 
in the shooting interests, for the Dominie is a formidable gladiator 
with the seatter gun. - 


In the match at 100 live birds between Dr. A. A. Webber, of 
Brooklyn, and Mr. S. M, Van Allen, of Jamaica, for $100- and 
the cost of the birds, the former won. The scores were excellent— 
97 to 95. Mr. J. S..S. Remsen acted as referee. The contest took 


place at Interstate Park, L. I., on Thursday of last week. 
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The first contest of a series of four, held by the Florists’ Gun 
Club, on its grounds at Wissinoming, Pa., a handicap at 50 
targets, 25 known and 25 unknown angles, resulted in a tie be- 
tween Messrs. Anderson and Park, each scoring 53. There were 
fifteen competitors. - - 


Mr. E. E. Neal, secretary of the Bloomfield Gun Club, Bloom- 
field, Tll., writes us that $200 in cash will be added to the events 
of the club’s third annual tournament at targets and sparrows, Oct. 
2 to 5& The programmes are out and can be recevied of the 
secretary. 

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Capt, A. W. Money. of the American E C & Schultze Gun- 
powder Co.; sailed on Wednesday of this week on the Germanic 
for England. He will be absent about six weeks. ATI his friends 
wish him a safe and pteasant voyage and a speedy return, 


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Mr. C. Mcl. Clark (Chase), one of the St. Louis, Mo., amateur 
trapshooters, is sojourning in New York for a few days. He is one 
of the gentlemen whom it is a pleasure to meet at the traps, to the 
traps, or from the traps. e 


Mr. F. H. Eachus, secretary of the West Chester Gun Club, of 
West Chester, Pa., under date of Sept. 15, informs us that his 
club will hold its annual fall target shoot on Oct. 4, and that 
#20 will be added. » 


Mr, S. A. Crowell, of Hastings, won the Peters Cartridge Co: 
handicap trophy for the third time at John Parker’s international 
tournament last week, and it now becomes his property. 

4 


At the Meadville, Pa., shoot on Wednesday and Thursday of last 
week the attendance was light. Mr. R. W. Ewalt, of Warren, O., 
distinguished himself by making high average, over 90 per cent., 
as set forth by the Meadville Star. 


Mr. Geo, N. Thomas, of Trenton, N. J., won the gold badge 
the third consecutive time at the shoot of the Walsrode Gun 
Club, Sept. 12, and is now its owner, 


R 
The Dupont Gun Club, of Omaha, Neb., informs us that the 


dates of its forthcoming shoot are Sept. 26, 27 and 28. 
BERNARD WATERS. 


Country Gun Club, 


Myerstown, Pa., Sept. 8—We pulled off the following very poor 
Scores to-day on our Millardsville grounds. The day was threaten- 
ing rain, but otherwise was fair for shooting, but the boys were 
not steady. We hope by next time to be in better trim and show 
up better scores. We expect to haye another shoot in two weeks. 

Nos, 1, 2 and 3 were at 10 targets, practice; Nos. 4, 5 and 6 
were sweeps. ‘Ties were all divided except those for second 
money in No. 4 between G. Shanaman and J. Dietz, which were 
shot miss-and-out. Both missed their fourth and sixth targets, and 
J. Dietz failed on the eighth. But for the lack of time several 
more sweeps would haye been shot. Come again, boys, and we 
will try to show better. All are welcome. 


Events iL 45 6 Events: 12345 6 
Targets 101010 5 5 5 Targets: 107010 5 5 5 
BNOLIMratiti a wctedte Go ek Ab? IDY rare 55 ets 25 Dias; Sod 
Shanaman.... 5 8 2 1.. 3 Weighley ...... ya) Ai vie ee ae 
Shanaman,,o 1 5° 5.. 2. ENEILET Up eleaie shales TT bn) sie ae 
MoShanamany.. 0s <2: 4 4 92)03 Mourty ofiil) 3 Sofi, BAZ 
G Shanaman... 4 7 8 3 2 2 Blecker ... 4 Sees ene 
Te a Se eee. eve MVVa Debate eat pee AL 44 ] 
[ip Gee Wace ee 


Brockton Gun Club. 


Brocxton, Mass., Sept. 3.—The weather was yery hot and windy. 
The first nine shot for the silver trophy—possible 100, with added 
dead birds; the one who, wins it three times keeps it. We have 
shot three times for it, and the score stands as follows: Leonard, 
two wins; Wood, one win; Stork, one win; Grant, one win; 
Taylor, one win. . 

Nos. 1 to 10 is the silver trophy contest. 
handicap totals. ' 


The remainder are the 


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Worthing TD Byte 4G 789" eer ods ogy 
Wood 567 f 5 7 6 7 9 9 8—T07-22— 92 
Murdock 5746 8 6 7 6 7 3—59+30— sy 
Bartlett 778 9 6 7 5 710 10—78+-20— 93 
Leonard 9888 9 8 8 7 S$ 8—81-122—100 
Taylor ay i ie ye i) pail) Ge By Seep Ret 
cott 66 48 6 7 5 5 8 5—62+d0— x2 
Stork Gabe eee Gao et on s6—Go- b= 5 
Grant ” eaieht COMET es? Pry Boat 
Stoddard VRE Uh Br ih SB) et al 
Pratt te abe TSP PTe Ge ERY Tire RL tye 


We shoot for the trophy twice a year—Memorial Day and Labor 


Day. : : 
A. I. Lrowarn, Sec’y. 


McKay—Fowler, 


New Ortrans, La., Sept. 11—A most interesting if not decisive 
race took place on the grounds of the Mobile Yacht and Gun Club 
on the 9th inst, between Mr. T. Carson Fowler, of Mobile, and 
Mr. Fred ©, McKay, of the City Park Gin Club, of New Orleans. 
The conditions were 100 liye birds, five unknown traps, 29yds. 
rise, for $100 a side, Intense interest was manifested, and quite a 
delegation accompanied Mr. McKay from New. Orleans, 


The birds proyed to be a yery fair lot for this season, and 


although a few refused ta fly, every now and then a hummer would 
leave the trap, and it served to keep the shooters as well as 
spectators keyed up to an intense strain. Doth gentlemen scored 
95 out of 100, and shot the tie off at 10 on straight scores each 
when the birds gaye out. 2 

The shooting was excellent, and in good time. ‘The high scores 
Would indicate poor birds, Iut the inference js a mistaken one 
as it was the shooting, which was above par, A 

Fowler started uacily, but shot a game race throughout, and 
hoth he and McKay finished strong. Wach made several sensa- 
fional stops. The 60th bird of Mr. Fowler flew completely around 
the imclosure, and then dropped dead im hounds. Mr. Mcleay's 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


96th had an appointment elsewhere. All who saw the match were 
highly entertained, and hope soon to see the tie decided, 
he scores; 


Trap score type—Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Streom Pub. Co. 
948128555591562985851382548 


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$22918849845458388251481825 
TC Fowler. ,.:. Ta San LEAN oo et ae DEAE 3 paar 
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Tie: ; 
1851581821 4922114154 
FE NeKGHEE HOR oy beers iG Fowler 133294922 5-01 ; 


Percy S, BENEDICT, 
Sec’y City Park Gun Club. 


ON LONG ISLAND. 


‘Team Shoots. 


Interstate Park, Queens, L, I., Sept. 11.—The: first of the series 
of icam shoots managed by Dr. A. A. Webber and Mr. 1Gy aly 
Schortemeier and held under the auspices of the Medicus Gun 
Club had four contestants, Each team had three members, and 
each member shot at 20 birds. Entrance, the price of the birds. 
The New Utrecht Gun Club team came out victorious with a score 
of 56. There are five more team shoots under the management of 
the gentlemen aforementioned, as will be noted on referring to 
our trap fixtures. The scores: 

New Utrecht Gun Club. 
Morfey, , 82. -....00. eens 22292992291221212222—20 


ee ey f 


R A Wel : . 2121222222232) 211120—19 
ant Vee PR al Wuieosbedde bediu eee 2220221222221 202221 7—56 
Emerald Gun Sere eo REDE 8 
alae, LAR bb Lopes Soke 6.5 221122211022 22216 
Be FEisinan Oe he Peto a adatd did eee 2220222212021211*122—17 
S M Van Allen, 30..........5 eR de gi 112*11.21202221100222—17—53 
Medicus Gun Club. 
Dr € E Kemble, 29..,... lap t F .22221*20110112221200—15 
TA Re WinadleZoe ewe. ecu. = .2222200222*202222222—16 
Dr A A Webber 302...020.. sf poses ei ee 222*2120222022720222 —] G—47 
s Brooklyn Gun Club. 
J, R Hopkins; 29. .....0.2+-ss. : BA istece copes: 22211122102221222220—18 
(ub Maclawioodenzns wie eee uaemeeeeeet pues 20222021022111020202—14 | 
ED PIVARZEITs) 20 ela nelsfeldsislslelereiviclote ole'eleie ‘viele eet 201112*012*201221220—14—46 
y c ly: 
J P ee eae ae Noe eters otto eee 02222222927022022222 17 


Sweepstakes No. 1, class shooting, three moneys: Hopkins 
(27) 8, Van Allen (29) 8, Welch (80) 8, Schortemeier (20) 7, Lock- 
rood (26) 7, Morfey (31) 5. f 
; No! ¢ Jie Hae cee system: Morfey 8, Welch 8, Hopkins 8, 
Van Allen 7, Schortemeier 6, Lockwood 5. 


No. 3, same as No, 1: Morfey (81) 8, Schortemeier (30) 8, Welch 


(30) 8, Hopkins (27) 8, Woods (28) 8, Money (29) 7, Webber (80) 
7, Van Allen (29) 6, Lockwood (26) 5. 


Webber vs. Van Allen. 


Interstate Park, L. I., Sept. 18.—The contest between Dr. A. A. 
Webber, of Brooklyn, and Mr. S. M. Van Allen, of Jamaica, 
evoked a great deal of interest in shooting circles since the match 
was made. The general consensus of opinion was that Van Allen 
would beat the Doctor in a 100-bird race, he having more ex- 
perience in such matches, and besides was in fine form. Indeed 
his score of 95 is excellent as scores go, and would have won in a 
majority of contests against good shooters. The Doctor killed all 
his birds, the 3 lost dying dead out, J ; 

Mr, J. S. S. Remsen acted as referee, and received much praise 
for the skillful manner in which he officiated. 

Following are the scores, flights, traps, etc.: 


Trap score type—Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 


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New Utrecht Gun Club, 


Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., Sept. -16.—There was a goadly at- 
tendance of shooters to-day, and the contests were marked by 
a high grade of competition. Welch ran 23 straight in the miss- 
and-out, missing his 24th, and twice ran 15 straiglit in the two 
sweepstakes, which also were shot: 


Miss-anil-out: 


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a eS Ae Ata sleta dni pe caa tata Shiels staret safe lcacata stake cued doke 220112212211212121122227 
Wo rhe edinnwe so Vestn Rb Bo atea sunt tat cise oe Sah slemiaves 222222229292 92 2022, 
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demale Davertporbaes tise sis siuistit sietsisiteceiscilinae s 21.222220221% 

J Ml Pastaust Pee tehe once, corsese spate ce 11012122111121* 

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Ghat Her 9a eee era eerie we ALL AA2AAF 

STS; 28r peer eopecat smaaaerterrret oemak Os (022020 

Vee 30) ie tcosemsreserrerrectitty repel MY). 1210221000 

WV Gil. cA Sen sheeeteetece ietsanwins sicbtewracita ss | 212212211022129992()310 
Tigckw woods ahevenit ty cae tetesi-tssteste a sew eee 1022222*0) 


High gun events, each at 15 birds, $5 entrance: 
Viel chia alee ereueertlearck 211211112212131—15 OU). 2221291119999 1-15 


Wak, veaeseeer ree eee 219211111211 919-15 28. .220112212222991— 14. 
NiOrreyS oe. ac onoee ony oar DIV 22B 20222299915 32)... 220927092919909— 15 
Te A Wy 28.22.0002 .222.. .222201229102099 19 28). 1 22222'*9920229)'1|—19 
iT Davenport 30222... 12121122111121—15 28. .221222220221F19- 19 
J M Postaus, 28.......... 2102112112012i}_12 30 .111027221117 #279 
(DENT POH GSS eee nnn phe do. ade kaesnad 28..2022020w 

Gratien) eee eee) ye shaeate 2S 2. 222220999990999 95 
We ae ~ ne Oe rr ee JU. 01020270108 2%, 
Ya A Dn Craiessure 2S, .212273211029199 14 
TRO Ald. cdeateeYa ties sans 1¢PVE) Lt 28, 1022259%0270999 11 
PaO epee eeceeecees Teaeneereete 8 7T12210210121G— 1 


239 


' 


_IN NEW JERSEY. 


Walsrode Gun Club, 


Trenton, N. J., Sept. 12.—The wind blew a gale at the Walsrode 

shoot to-day, but despite this some good scores were made. In the 
badge events Thomas won the gold medal for the third consecutive 
time, and becomes its owner. Cole won the silver, Coates was 
pen gun in the expert event, and Farlee was in excellent form 
also, : 
The board of governors has under consideration the inaugura- 
tion of a series of merchandise events, in which prizes will he 
offered and handicaps so arranged that each contestant will have 
a certain number of broken targets added to his score, ‘The 
entrance will be the cost of the targets only. At the business 
meeting Secretary Thomas’ resolution to change the name of the 
club came up and was laid over until the next regular meeting. in 
October, which will be the annual meeting of the organization. 
A number of applications for membership haye been received in 
the past month. ; 

In the two-men team match at 25 targets, the scores were: 
Farlee 21, Thomas 23; total 44, Rose 20, Cole 18; total 38. 


Events: Scape eon ee Events: — abe ae Ry rele tay ie Wy 

Targets: 10 15 10 15 5p 10 10 Targets: 10 15 10 15 5p 10 10 
Goates s.000: habla liens) YO EMG. s0hnccsessoare ce dor Aye ter ee bt 
WOETS TTS hance RL (hee seh on. NAKoi ye Ge ay Gees MD) ae ae 
IRGsG) Usseaet a OVO Gol lea ede te UG eae war iL eaed vs len tad semen: 
Thomas « 911 Til 6 8 4 


No. 7 was reverse pull. 

Badge shoot, 15 targets, 10 to qualify: Farlee 12, Thomas 12, 
Coates 18, Bowers 5, Wilson 9, Cole 9, Rose 8, 

For gold badge; high score wins: Farlee 10, Thomas 14, Coates 
10, Wilson 6. , 

For silver badge; high score wins: Bowers 9, Cole 14, Rose 13; 


e WESTERN TRAPS. 


Resolutions of Respect, 


Cutcaco, Ill., Sept. 15.—On Aug. 28, 1900, the members of the 
Chicago Gun Club were called together in special meeting to take 
action upon the death of Mr. L. H. Goodrich, a member of the 
club and an ex-officer of the same. A committee was appointed 
and the following expressions of esteem for the departed and of 
sympathy for his wife were adopted, and the Secretary was in- 
structed to enter a copy of same on the minute book of the club 
and to send a copy to the Forest anp STREAM: 

Death has taken from the ranks of our club oné of its oldest 
and most popular members, Mr. L. H. Goodrich, and we, as a 
club, wish to express our bereavement in the loss of our old friend 
and brother. Nowhere in life are the ties of friendship and brother- 
hood more firmly knit than among sportsmen, and never was bet- 
ter iriend or sportsman than he whom we now mourn. In every 
particular a true gentleman, generous, modest and sincere, excel- 
ling in his favorite _pastime, but never boastful when speaking 
of his own qualifications, Mr. Goodrich may well be remembered 
as a type for emulation by those who will always esteem his mam- 
ory as a personal friend. As a congenial companion we shall miss 
him, and his place among us we can never fill. Realizing the 
weakness of our ability to mitigate this irreparable loss, none the 
less our purpose in desiring to do so is sincere and honest, and 
we hereby tender to his widow our deepest and tenderest sym- 
pathy in this hour of affliction. Respectfulty, ? 

Dr. E. C. Morton, Pres. 
V. L. Cunnyneram. 
CHAs. ANTOINE, 


Mr. C. W. Budd, accompanied by Mr. Gu i 
¥ . y Burnside, de tl 
£ OREST Any, See erics - call this week. Both are eienal 
y and time touches no furth i 
Hee eee urther than it has for many years the 


Harrrorn Burrprne, Chicago, IIL E. Houcu. 


Garfield Gun Club, 


Chicago, Sept. 15, 1900.—The a 
L “ L © appended scores were mad 
gr ounds to-day on the occasion of the twentieth trophy Haat oF 
the season. KR. Kuss carried off the honors of the day and inei- 
aut wee aie honors Keats A medal on a score of 25 straight, 
ss medal was won W. P. Nort i s 
Eollard captured C on 19, ! Po Mite es oer 
\ sharp southwest breeze blew quarterin across the t ; 
king the targets dip and beat down Radllys ana the ehecrine ae 
consequently difficult. Sixteen members particrpated in the trophy 
ete eet orns coming later—not up to vur usual attendance 
a , 
He gcracenst ering the open season on chickens and ducks. 
Twentieth trophy shoot, 25 tar : 
J D Pollard 4 aa 


GON An Oe. Ae aoe Beek 0111111111101110011101110—19 
A E, Martin... SS ous, Seine ee 110011111101101111001101118 
wes Ves tmccoe Prete cate oe oe 1111111111011011111011111_95 
Oo Pare pat ag ernie 1411191994111911111111111_95 
De Jv Me 111100110101011111111111199 
PE OMT aaa ta seen ee ieee: 01011110101010100011111111¢ 
EMeGoWane. -teasaeenesteernsceet caale 010101011100010101001011012 
BE, MOWNE nee seees eee eeccsenececeroens 1010000011100010100011010-—10 
POW Eaton......0.0, 111010011110111111110011119 
Te Wolff ws.s-ss02-. 0000010011000101011010010— 9 
AGG 2 aaagsorat vse cetera Shes 011101111110011011010111118 
Hota oka ote ete 1140100111110110000111100—15 
BOE BEREGU erp Sosiree eye? 010111011111111011010011118 
Pei enie scr s tec eramn nuke ng 0111111111101111111110111 99 
Ro RENE Ect ees Eee Mente ae .« -1101111111101000101111011_18 
cin Pottrtaeeseesseeseees+ + -0000100000001000000001000— 2 
Sweepstakes: ; 
Events: aL) Beeb We ye Events: Dies 
Targets: 15 10 155 Poet paa en 
Pollard ........ 298 6 i iS aoe it yes 
Martin 0.001001 a2 es le en Wee “ISH Re a seme She wR E 
Northeott et) M4 912 6142.) Delano vvvisse -. 1) A BAL A 
BS Rt <a * a EOD on as Eee! ely ppaeec. Me 10 512 8 
ae Bo spe 0 710 IPiAibaetam, . are ee. 9 810 5 
d cGowan Oh TE ea Shay Richards 8 1 
Fee Gawarlee sR GEG TERUG Donate ics) ly es age | 
Wiotinomianseenre Teas 5 9 McDonald 2... 1. 7. 7! i 3 3 
T W Eaton..... 10-43 744 2S 


: é byelte (Sate PST 
Team shoot: Richard 10. N eBid, ion 4 Be 
McGowan 3, P. MeGowan ier uae 9, Pollard 7, Dorman 9, A. 


Hellman 8, Dr. Meek i. iE 5) 
We Tie een 6, T. W. Eaton 9, Barnard 9, Delano 5, 


on 


Dr, J. W. Mzex, Sec’y. 


Garden City Gun Club. 


Chicago, Ill—Mr. ©. H. Porter, of the Garden 
leaves for California and the Pacific Coast in a f 
token of friendship he presented the club’ 
loving cup, to be shot for by the membe 
Se fit. 

At a special meeting of the officers and dir 5 tants 
Sherman House, Saturday evening, Sept. 15, tretoteh uae se tes 
on behalf of the club. The direetars then arranged the followin 
shoot for same: A contest at the regular club shoot Ses 
Wov. 10, 1900, at Watson's Park; 25 live birds per man with hands: 
Cap allowance of birds and distances. |\ eash_ donation All b 
added for second and third high scores. | : nv : 
ete ee was ordered to forward the following vote of th 

Mr. O. H. Porter, Esq.—Deat Sir: At ; i e officer 
and directors of the Garden City Gun Gis Weide, ee 
Purpose of receiving the handsome loving cup you so generousl 
donated to its members, to be shot for as the directors might eae 
fit, permit us, on behalf of our club, to thank you. Coming as a 
Surprise, it is all the more appreciated, as it shows us the generous 
and brotherly feeling you have for your fellow, clubmen. Permit 
us to accept in the same good spirit, and aay the memory of 
flying it always give you as much pleasure as it does us in re- 
ceiving same. 

Done by J.’ H. Amberg, 
Treasurer; C. C. Hess, & 
and J. P. Elolligan, Ro 

Chicago, Sept. Jo. 


City Gun Club, 
i ew days. As a 
with a handsome silver 
rs as the directors may 


anks 


President; H. Levi, Secretar 
ss, Silas Palmer, F. H. Lord, A, 1, Grit 
4Oard of Direetors. 


See tle list af goad things in IPoodcra/t in our adz, cols, 


240 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


(SEPT. 22, 1900. 


Interstate, at (Salem. 


Car eer = 1 = 

Sarem, N. ¥—The! closing Interstate target shoot of the season 
was held at Salem, N. Y., on Sept. 12 and 13, under the auspices 
of the Osoma Valley Gun Club. The morning of the first day 
promised well as to weather, but about 9 o’clock the wind blew 
furiously, the disturbance probably being an outer edge of the 
great Galveston storm speeding on its way oceanward. It was so 
violent that many trees were blown over, and there was besides a 
general straining of everything. Under these conditions, when 
shooters had to brace up stiffly to stay on their ieet, the scores 
made are remarkably good. : 

The club house is situated in the center of a large level held, 
about thirty acres in area, and is only about three minutes walls 
from the, center of the town, A broad covered porch, a icw 
iches above the level of the ground, extends across the entire 
front of the club house, which is commodious and contains every- 
thing needful for the visitors’ comfort. / ! 

A magautrap, five expert traps and a set of live-bird traps, all 
operated by electricity, are the grounds’ equipment. A range of 
hills, woods and green fields form the background. u # 

On Monday the visitors began to arrive. There were Elmer EF. 
Shaner, of Pittsburg, Pa., manager of the. Grand American 
Handicap; J. Howard Marlin, of the Marlin Fire Arms Co., and 
Mrs. Marlin; C. E. Roberts, of the Winchester Repeating Arms 
Co., and Mrs. Roberts. : 

On Tuesday among those who came were J. S. Fanning, of 
New York, representing Laflin & Rand Powder Co.; B. H. Norton, 
of New York, representing the Hazard Powder Co.; W. JL. Col- 
ville, of Batavia, N. Y., and B. Leroy Woodard, of Campello, 
Mass., representing Dupont Powder Co.; eke Hull, of Meriden, 
Conn., representing Parker Brothers; J. H. Cameron, of New 
Haven, Conn., representing Winchester Arms Co.; J. J. Hallowell, 
of Philadelphia, representing Union Metallic Cartridge Co.; C. Il. 
Gibson, of Bellows Falls, Vt.; HE. C. Griffith and F. E. Inman, of 
Pascoag, R. I.; Edward Banks, of New York city, secretary of the 
Interstate Association and secretary of the E C & Schultze Gun- 

owder Co.; C. M. Lincoln, of New York, assistant manager ot 

nterstate Park, and Dr. W. L. Gardiner, of South Orange, N. J.; 
George Bartlett, New Haven, Conn., of the Marlin Fire Arms Co.; 
E. H. Taylor, Jr., New York, of the Laflin & Rand Powder Co.; 
John F. Cunningham, Valley Falls, N. Y.; T. Edmund Doremus, 
Schaghticoke, N. Y.; Myroa Roberts and Harley Guild, Rupert, 
Vt.; E, J. Roberts, Flushing, L. 1.; A. B. Orcutt and A. J. 
Harvey, of Mechanicville, N. Y.; Dr. B. D. Mosher, of Granville, 
N. Y 


Those who reached Salem in season strolled out to the grounds 
Tuesday afternoon and indulged in a little warming up practice 
over the traps. J. J. Hallowell was the liigh gun, getting 67 out 
of 70. Jack Fanning tried a new gun, which didn’t sweep clean, 
and he soon found himself shooting a consolation match all alone; 
but when he took up a gun to which he was accustomed he placed 
his mark at 46 out of 50. 


First Day, Wednesday, Sept. 12. 


Fanning, Leroy and Griffith tied for first honors with a total of 
139 killed out of a possible 165; Hallowell was second with 135; 
Hull third with 188, and Banks and Inman tied for fourth with 12). 

The average number of shooters to an event was twenty-five, and 
4,500 targets were used. ‘ 

The entrance fee tor each man in cach event was $1.50, and the 
purse was divided into four moneys, according to the Kose system. 
‘Vargets were 1% cents. The scores: 


Events; Ty ets ot aoe Ss LU SOF 

‘Vargets: 15 16 2U 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 at. Broke, Ay. 
Bannig .........+- 11 12 16 12 14 16 18 18 19 13 165 139 842 
eked) AK sets fie fem EDD) ob ley ais ale} ANE es) 165 133 HHon 
Colville ...,-.-...... Sa2 41 d0 04 Wb daae ae 10) Gh wae 
JEGEOW, negate ... 181517 8101712151814 165 od 842 
Hallowell -,........ 111414 71318 W4i41/18 16d 155 ood 
Marlin .....,..-.... 1010 9 7T YIBIWWNIWM 16d I Jadu 
Cameron .4°°52..00 $1212 8 6121011 1211 165: 102 cee 
Wonton | Ghsetes sees PA Ai Gy pal) Vay PES ee 28 lis) 57 vate 
JMintcoln Gees. o.- Te ey aoa aeneRalsy Ae Raby ey ainap Tas) Sane 
C E oberts.....-. 9 913 5 910 6 T14 5 165. ST Ha: 
IS ATIS ees etieleseaisteat= 15 9 14 11 11 18 12 14 14 11 165 129 obey 
(Gittins HAMA Saher 13 18 14 14 12 17 14 13 16 18 165 13 542 
ATU TTL Ati Oats asgce soeoase\ oye) eie $10 12 10 13 19 14 18 1s 12 165 129 Hee 
nidaway ieee suse. 1 ee ie oko pone at Coe Gas Os ate 
Bartient) Gases WW Tia I2b 134 Ts 10) be a2 
(Geran Sha genad ah 3c 9 917 711 1612 18 16 11 165 dZt 
Tesatie, albyansgddsco eb ie Oo LOO GS ali) i4: ‘ 
Cunningham .....- 9 7 $ YlW14 TW 5 12 12 165 they 
Doremus ..-...--5- & ih 5 SOMDMIUS oy ila oY: 165 $4 
Wreutt ......5 eaoHiite ey of Bde seh ASR GY ae eetn 116 da : 
TSRYOVET: abB usec 43 SE rbGai; mate LULA se memnos 5m by 115 ayy 
Vermont ....-. Veit Te 2a dads 10) dau di 
(Grbilliel <3 Sonne5 qs ndnad Ue ety Se Sel Bug aati 135 3 
Mosher my TT pee gaa BLY int thats the} 13U Bl 
kKommodore ...... .. W § lu dU d6 Y dt 16 tov 106 
J BiGwa te ete. wastes TE Se rman wet aaa 15 14 ‘ 
ese Zack ares ele arene eer WPA Sot Oo dof deta or 2U 4 
aD WeLCOb GLtouck picts) eeu ctremetees qdaerltl: obey/iel2pemad les uel) 45 64 
Mies ttgey west tates viel Shee wd: rete tyse LOBT 33 PA Pwo) 


Second Day, Thursday, Sept. 13. 


The weather Thursday, the second day of the shoot, was all that 
coud be desired. 1t was delighttully cool and the sun was hidden 
by ciouds ail day. ‘Lhe score ot the day's shootimg shows a 


marked improvement. /anning was high with 15/—.951. Lhe 
scors: 
Events: de) ch 4.25: co, ee 76: O10 Lot 
‘Vargets: 15 Jo 2U 15 15 20 15 15 2u 15 at. Broke. Ay. 
TB ASehmudules i aa Ate 13 44 1/14 14.20 16 1b 40 15 lbs 15/ YL 
UCHUBHO Kets Sate eae 15 12 1/ 15 14 19 14 14 17 14 1b. 151 Hb 
(CLV BADICE Sy phan So Aas 15 14 12 12 12 Lo 12 13 To 10 165 180 
Wenoyierhie kerri ee 151416 1415191415 z014 165 54 933 
Hamowell 2.0.2 .04- d4 18 16 44 14 to 14 12 1 11 165 44u tigate 
SVT ITN eae cletess ob bey bob 1313 17 11 Y iy 12 438 16 12 165 135 aot 
aA haan oss 6 $10 9 41110 1010 8 165 ne) ar 
ENO CUGTIGN PRS miateinal~ ste 6: ib) P18 5 8 bo ag} 165 $+ Axe 
ine Gaius eat iee 9 TI7VWIZI4WI4I18 165 120 bers 
C E Roberts..... S101 1 814 61075 % - 165 juz Hebe 
Ties) Botany Te, Web Ms chapter aye Mest Nema 15 ant ante 
[Gechisgobh) Ap hanpenstah 1315191313 1912141814 165 1650 909. 
TGaere ie Season 14 12 ly 14 11 20 14 13 Is Lv 165 145 oe. 
Ondawa ,.... “donb 10: 7 15 10 1t 15 10 18 16 10 165 i/ Pere 
WeiaNaee Toso oS- 15 11 18 13 14 1/ 14 13 18 13 165 146 
Gu DSO aieteste eesenteln ees 1) 17 15 14 13.19 12 15 20 14 165 dat 
Wratenvalle nes 7 12.1% 18 12 14 Wt WW 13 1 165 120 
Kommodore ....-. 12 10 16 12 10 14 13 14 18 12 165 125 
Wermont Go-sae-.-- 13 11 17 12 12:18 11 ~7 16 12 165, 129 : 
(Gpbuiliel ee Oe abo 9101610 8 138 11 11 16 2 165 Tb Saupe 
Wiapiire: tasts.+s. = eRe LAW) oe 44 44 44 45. 25 65 41 
EJ Roberts:...--. Gita tebe Sean, 64. 05,154 65 37 
VOWS, as see = 2-42 o> 8 917 12 10 15 10 12 17 10 165 120 
ial ANAS oes os. hel esto be is} 9) ahi) akey ail 85 61 
Doremus 2) 2c Be soe 2. eo a12 85 G1 
Live-bird events: No. 1, 5 birds, $3 entrance: 
Golville,, (272.2222. aes Q1222—4 C E Roberts, 20.,.... «. 20020—2 
Worton, 27.....--...-.-.. 222225 Griffith, 28...........-.... 2220%—4 
IBS MEA ye Ai SRE wes 22*22—4 Magnire, 27,..+:-s---.... 140218 
TEGO Hs Sep becesoemtees 53 222225 © H Perkins, 29......... 20222—4 
Fanning, $1....... Aaa kee 22212—5 Doremus, 28.....::...... 9991 ()—4 
Waterville, 26....:...... .20222—4 Ikommodore, 27.......... 11222—5 
oincoin, Wisco sees L002 ED nicdlawae 2ohey eee oe 20999 5 
No. 2, 7 birds, $5 entrance: ’ : 
Colvilles 20.2. ik. oe 012111—6__Ondawa, 28.......... - «1212227 . 
Wonton) c2tee coco tqdadere 21222127 Bryan, 26.2..........., 122012105 
IS e nia SUES Ace g age ts 2222222—T Vermont, 27........... 1222122—T 
TRG DSS sosoeg 3 55a000sE (Sint deen eee oe 2202220—5 
anmings (oleneerees ee (Genhatiecian eet: tert 0100102—3 
Perle sa econ seer essere 1022120—5 C EB Roberts, 26........ 11011*2—5 
Doremus, 28....... Gibson, 20..300.5.4- 5-5 2220201—5 
Waterville, 26..... Maguire, 27. /0..0...0... 2127135 
Kommodore, 27 Guritith, 28 peeerekee nen. 02212296 
Mean, 2 ae M1 STi 0 D i 
Colville (kate pyc a = oremus, DR hee .021*201122— 7 
Hull, 80.......:-..,-2222122912 10 Kommodore, 27... .122012#211— 8 
Waterville, 26...... 1010112211— 8 Ondawa, 28....- + -1222*21222— 9 
Biriyatty 20en ser lone) 0101122221— § Vermont, 27........1222229299 10 
Leroy, 30..-..-..3. 222222222210 Blackfan, 26........ 1020111222— § 
Fanning, 3l..,----- 2000211222 10 Maguire; 27.....111 1212111001— § 
ihortormee2 imeem 222222122210 Perkins, 29.......1: **11017012— 5 
Graham, 27:--0.-.-. (920022000— 8 Guild, 27............ 2222220222— 9 


The Forest and STREAM is put to press each week on Tueéday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
Ip---* by Monday apd ag much earlier gs practicable, 9 


Many Tournament. 


Rosptrne, La—The scores appended were made at the tourna- 
ment held at Many, La., on Sept. 18 and 14.. Only the full averages, 
etc., of those who took the prizes offered for five high gums are 
here given. ‘Twenty-three shooters in all took part. This was 4 
most successful tournament, all things considered. Targets were 
thrown Sergeant system, and were hard, a high wind prevailing 
most of the time.. : 

Welch used Peters shells; Henderson, Leader and 1. & KR; 
Caldwell, E. C, in Leader; Powder, Dupont in U. M. C.; lant 
breth, L. & R. in Leader. Only high guns given above. 11} 
shooting is booming. It took crack shooting to score, as {ithsti> 
were erratic. The scores: 


Events: eee doe 60 Virbac meee 

Targets: is? Gy alse align wey ely else 2) 
Niet V\eelcheetaan- o--anoe f554565 12° 18 13 W4 19 13) 13 14 de Wy 
ElietendersOn...-s.e-essses sees ane alee oie ah obs ee ae asp Ges als 
CG amibreth. 0.2.0. 1 sseeeess 15 12 13 12 18 13 12 13 13 17 
TEMS Galdwcl re eee 3 eaebss diz) Reed ey ie ee ab SCE ae bi) 
AS SPowtlent cs coos to eae 2h aeeeise de Ss es cy) TO) LS 
IS) SV RATSOYAc oo bilan Ee tae deme aro eemec: ibe i demernye sleek me 2 
VEE uy opeabvolgs 44 Seeeeee ees ts: iS SS oie yh ume RL Wife se dy kt 
TT WieINGElYy eet eane Goa Sele miemelie yre ay sles 
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H Henderson. 320 274 .855 A L Powder... 320 258 805 


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Mississippt Valley INotes. 

ly the weekly competition for the Piasa Gun Club medals, Sept. 
14, A. J. Howell won the handicap trophy and Gilbert Lane the 
president’s medal. It was a fairly good day for shooting, but a 
line of low clouds on the western horizon made the low birds hard 
to iollow. : 

The combined scores, counting for both ‘medals, are appended, 
Lane having missed his third bird in the miss-and-out on the 
handicap and Riehl his first on deciding score in the Jong race: 
ee Howell 41, Lane 46, Schiess 37, Schweppe 32, Gaddis 41, 

ole 26. 

The Illinois Gun Club boys are thinking some of haying an- 
other of their famous merchandise shoots some time during the fall. 
Their tournament, given on this plan last year, was a marked 
success. 

Dr. J. W. Smith and Alex. Mermod have a novel contest on for 
next week at Dupont Park, St. Louis. They will shoot at 100 live 
bitds each, the loser to pay for birds for both, furnish a supper 
and a, box party at the theater. This is enough to make one re- 
solye not to do it again. 

The St. Louis pigeon shots have by common consent adopted 
the Monte Carlo 2lyd. boundary for all their contests. It is a 
pretty good thing to put spirit into the game on shooting summer 
birds, but would be a pretty stiff proposition on some of the well- 
sroomed wind-splitters that proverbially fly from these traps during 
the winter season. 

Dave Elliott entertained with targets and live birds at Dupont 
Park, St. Louis, Sept. 8. The fact that this is dove shooting time 
told on the crowd in attendance, but Dave did not allow any one 
to get lonesome. A target sweep programme was shot, including 
a 50-hird race for a handsome silver smoker set. Chas. Spicer, a 
new shooter. scored the full string with his handicap of 8, and 
was in no danger until W. B. Crosby, whe was a visitor at the 
grounds, pending his departure for the Detroit shoot, slipped in 
and scored 50 straight with his new Smith gun. Crosby, how- 
ever, declined to compete for the prize, and the boys “smoked 
up’ at Spicer’s expense. 

Subsequently a $2 miss-and-out at live birds was called, -Crosby 
and Spencer dividing on the 10th round. Others who lost early 
in the game continued to shoot for birds. 

The scores follow: 


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Live-bird miss-and-out: 

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Surtees re 2121110 Spicer ..,.........020100202202221 
IRTCHIP SPOS eee: 2222222220 Bowman ......... 1210 

Spencer .......... 2222221212 ING ah ifoval Peery ese 212021212111120 
Dr Spencer....... 12112* ; 


‘The Peoria Gun Club shot for its three medals Sept. 9. Geo. 
Walport won Class A medal, Clyde Portman won Class B medal and 
A. Walport won the Class C trophy. The scores are appended: 
Mills 42, Zip 37, G. Portman 44, Sammis 35, Baker 48, Wm. Hoff 40, 
J. Hoft 42, Chas. Portman 84, Scott 35, Shamo 23, Clyde Portman 
a, A. FE. Leisy 41, G. Walport 45, A. Walport 31. 


Trap Around Reading, 


Reapine, Pa., Sept. 15-—The target shoot held tgsattany on the 


South End Gun Chib grounds, this city, was a success. The 
scores: 
‘vents: 1) “2 Bp eh Oe koe es 

: ‘Targets: 1 10 70 10 10 10 10 10 
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Hamburg, Pa., Sept. 8—The shooters of this place held 5 Raraee 
shoot to-day, John Confer winning first money by breaking 19 
out of rete The scores: 5. ' : fies 1 

Twenty-five targets, unknown angles, per man: Dunkle 10, C. 
Confer 18, J. Confer 18, Sousley 15, Moyer 17 © 10, €C 


Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 15.—The Eastmere Gun Club, of this. 


city, grounds on, Twenty-third and Berryhill streets, will hold a 
target and live-bird tournament om Sept. 22. The target events 
will be at 15, 20 and 25 targets, with. 75 cents, $1 and $1.25 as the 
entrance fees. Merchandise prizes will be awarded in some of the 
target events, The live-bird events will commence at 2 P. M., the 
-programime calling for 15 birds, $7 entrance, and 10 birds, $5 
entrance. Shells and refreshments for sale on grounds. George E. 


Daggett is president of the alub, and ‘J. Rudy recording sec- 

retary, 4 ; “e 
Beckyille, Pa., Sept. 8—The Beckville team of ten shooters were 

defeated here to-day in a live-bird match by the Pottsville shooters, 


' each man shooting at 10 live’ birds, the scores being 62 to 53. 


D USTER. 


Newport Gun Club, 


5 

NEwvort, Vt., Sept. 15—A meeting for the organization of the 

Newport Gun Club was held in the Odd Fellows’ Hall, Wednesday 
evening, Sept. 6, at 7:30. Several of those interested in this 
movement were present, and a club was organized with the tollow- 
ing effeers: T. ©. Sheldon, President; Elijah Huntington, Vice- 
President; J. R. Akin, Secretary; H. ‘T. Robbins, Treasurer; Harry 
Ilouse, Director. ‘The director, together with the above-named 
officers, will constitute the club’s board of directors. 
_ Mr. 5. \W. Beauclerk, of Irasburg, yery kindly attended this meet- 
ing, and by many timely and valuable suggestions did much toward 
assisting in the formation of our club, Jt was the unanimous sen- 
liment of all present that our club be conducted on a very 
economical basis; that all hetting ot shooting for money be de- 
barred from our events; that no Stnday shooting, practice or 
meetings be allowed, ands that every effort possible be made to 
conduct this club on an honorable, clean, straightforward basis. 
Such a club will be a credit to the members and to our com- 
munity, It deserves and should receive the hearty support of all 
Our citizens. 

Vhe membership fee will be only $1. and it is eatnestly desired 
that the business men and all who are interested in development of 
clean, manly sport in our community should indorse and assist 
in making the eltth a permanent success. 

Suitable grounds will be secured and a shoot arranged for as soon 
ws possible, of which due notice will be given, - 

The first shooting event of the new gun club occurred yester- 
day afternoon. The weather being so uncertain, the postponement 
and the Barton fair were causes sufficient to make the attendance 
small. Another shoot will take place in the near future, which 
will be duly announced. Below we give the percentage made by 
the contestants: i 


Shot-at. Ava Shot at. Av. 
WWammond -......:.% AD 480 Allbee ,....-..,..08 eee 160) 
(GATE SPSS Aho Seo ooane 4() .000: Patterson ...+..-:. » 30 ~Dae 
Huntington ......... at) POU INCE cies vay eben cue AAD 
Blanchard .,-,.,..— 30 400 Lovelace .,.,... Peres LD, -400 
Akific, ¢oSs sore esteees 40) 400) ‘Sheldon 5... 3-5 penile 466 


Joun R, Akin, Sec’y. 


Baltimore Live-Bird Tournament. 


LALtmMorr, Md—The Taltimore Shooting Association has 
claimed the dates of Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 23 and 24, for 
its fall tournament at live birds only, the management being in 
the hands of Messrs, Jas. R. Malone and H, P. Collins. The 
programme of the first day will in all probability consist of a 7- 
bird race, $5 entrance, birds included, high guns to win, with three 
moneys, 0, 80 and 20 per cent.; a 10-bird race, $7, birds included, 
high guns, three moneys, 50, 80 and 20 per cent., and a 16-bird 
handi¢ap, $10 entrance, class shooting, four moneys, 40, 30, 20 and 
10 per cent. 

(in the second day the Dupont trophy cup will be offered in 
Open competition in a 25-bird handicap race, 525 entrance, birds 
included, with $500 guaranteed in the purse, and all surplus added, 
class shooting, four moneys, 4), 30, 20 and 10 per cent., and the 
Dupont trophy cup and 40 per cent. of the purse to go to the high 
gun, All ties for the trophy cup to be shot off at 6 birds per 
man until the winner is declared. American Association rules to 
sovyern in this and all other events of the pregramme. 

In the 15-bird handicap race of the first day, as well as in the 
eyent for the Dupont trophy cup, a very liberal system of handi- 
capping will be adopted and one with which no reasonable fault 
can be found. 

Programmes are now being prepared, and when ready will be 
mailed upon application to H. P. Collins, 22 South Calvert street, 
Baltimore, Md. 4 


Colt Gun Clb. 


Harrrorp, Conn,, Sept. 12—The Colt Gun Club held its medal 
shoot in conjunction with the twelfth prize shoot Sept. 9. About 
thirty members took part. It also attracted a large number ol 
Visitors. 

The club is in a very prosperous condition, new members being 
added at every meeting. ’ 

In Saturday’s shoot Bradley and Hart were tied with a score of 
24 ont of a possible 25, unknown angles. 

The club will hold its annual tournament on Thursday, Sept. 27. 
All are invited. 

The summary of the last shoot is as follows: 

Twenty-five birds, unknown angles: Bradley 24, Hart 24, Har- 
rington 28, Colt 23, Easton 21, McWFetridge 21, Nichols 20, John- 
ston 20, Alger 20, Sexton 19, Purrington 19, Carter 18, Parker 18, 
Rhodes 18, Hollister 18, Root 17, Hubbell 16, Hermann 16, Jones 
15. Collins 14, Stone 14. 

The next medal and prize shoot will be held on the 22d. Only 
iwo more shoots will be held before the prizes will be distributed. 

JAMES CARrER, Sec’y. 


Marshalltown Gun Club, 


MarsHatirown, Ia., Sept. §—The Marshalltown Gun Club held 
its practice shoot ‘Thursday, the first for a considerable time, hay- 
ing suspended the practice shoots through the hot weather. E, G. 
Wallace was high gun with an average of 9294 out of 110 targets. 

Two of the club members, Messrs. Denzel and Cook, who have 
been doing Europe and the Exposition, took part in the shoot, 
using their new single triggers. The guns are beauties from an 
urtistic standpoint, beautifully balanced, and capital specimens o 
the gun builder’s art from every standpoint. L. €. Abbott tried 
out his new Parker trap gun in this shoot. It is a special order, 
und extremely handsome and well built. 

The chicken shooters are stringing back to town with varying 
tales of good or bad spo according to the localities visited> 
L. C, Abbott, D. Wheater, A, 5, Tiffany and B. A. Moscrip shot 
a few days at Lake Tuttle, with fair results. Joe Sander worked 
the territory near Latimer, with meager results. Al Putnam and 
a party report fine chicken and duck shooting near Alexander. 
Several other parties are not yet heard from. 


auswers ta Correspondents. 


Wo notice taken of anonymous communications. 


. 

EF. P., Pottsville, Pa—Three merchandise prizes were hung up 
in a shoot. Now Haverty broke 21, Cook and Seltzer tied wi 
18, Wise broke 17. Seltzer, who was the party who got the prizes 
together, claimed the right to distribute them as he pleased, and 
after some discussion, disposed of them as follows: Haverty took 
the traveling bag; Cook and Seltzer shot off their tie and divided 
second and third prizes+Cook took the smoker, third prize, and 
Seltzer second prize, Wise getting nothing. Now, according ta 
sli rules, and customs, was this right? or how should the prizes 
have been divided? Ans. If the prizes were not first designated 
as first, second and third before the shoot began, the contestants) 
who won should have had their choice of them in the order i 
which they were won. ‘Thus, Haverty should have had first 
choice; Cook and Seltzer divided and shot off the tie, the winner) 
taking second choice, and Wise third, Seltzer’s act was arbitrary. ) 
Tt was contrary to the usage in such cases, and in any event, as) 
he was an interested party it would have been infinitely bettet’ to 
have submitted it to a third party, The fact that he got the 
prizes together is not pertinent to the issue. When they were 
offered for competition they came under the laws of shooting 
unless it was otherwise distinctly specified, and if Seltzer secured 
the prizes in the ordinary way he was more of a custodian tha 
an owner. 

E. J. B., Rockford, Ill—The seqipe for Col. Fox’s fly dope, 
which is reputed to be a sure repellant of biting insects, is as 
follows: Oil pennyroyal, oil peppermint, oil bergamot, oil cedar 
FE. E. quassia, of eac dram; stm camphor, 4 drams; yellow 
vaseline, 2 ounces. M, S.—Dissolve camphor ip vaseline by heat 
when cold add remainder. 


PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 


H. R. Foster, Ashby, Mass,, has a fine lot of pure Chinese 
pheasants for sale for stocking purposes. References: Mass. F 
and Game Commissioners, State House, Boston, or Fitchburg 
Gun Club. TI. 0. Converse, See’y—Adu. ' a 


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IDLENESS AND INDUSTRY. 


Times change. In the old days the average sportsman 
would have found it difficult to convince people who did 
not know much about him that he was not a mere time- 
killing idler when he deserted his bench or desk and 
took to the woods to get a deer or resorted to the 
marshes to circumvent a duck. But in this year of grace 
1900 the Louisiana Legislature has given formal expres- 
sion to a recognition of the fact that a sportsman is not 
an idler, but is and must be an industrious worker. The 
Legislature has enacted a prohibition which declares that 
“no idler shall kill any game in the State.” The distinc- 
tion here drawn by implication is of course complimen- 
tary and gratifying. In Louisiana the idler is one thing, 
the sportsman quite another. One is by official decree 
denied venison steak and quail on toast unless he shall 
put his hand down into his pocket and buy them, while 
the other is iree to wing the good things as they fly. 

It might be suggested that the Legislature acted upon 
4 mistaken assumption when it adopted the theory that 
an idler could do any damage to the game, for unless 
the deer and the wild ducks of Louisiana differ from 
those of the country at large they may be depended upon 
to take care of themselves against any idlers, whether or 
not officially so designated. At this stage of training the 
game of America has become so well educated and is so 
wary and circumspect and given to getting up and dis- 
appearing upon the slightest provocation that something 
much more arduous than idling is necessary to reduce it 
to possession. Your sportsman must be a hustler. 

One might mistakenly imagine from the accounts oc- 
casionally printed describing the ease and celerity and 
dead certainty with which a moose hunter goes into the 
woods one day, kills his moose the next and comes out 
the third, that a moose stalk a la mode was akin to 
reclining on flowery beds of ease, and that bringing 
down a pair of antlers was an achievement as simple as 
the proverbial falling off a log. As a matter of hard, 
cold, solid fact, so far is this from being true that every 
moose hunter of experience knows that the days or 
weeks that he spends in quest of his trophies are likely 
to be the most arduous of his life. Indeed, so hard is 
hunting as a field of physical exertion that it is one of 
the mysteries of human nature that a person will undergo 
the seli-imposed punishment involved in it. To kill a 
moose means to trudge through the hardest kind of 
country; to bear back-breaking burdens; to tax one’s 
strength of endurance to the utmost; to be wet, tired, hun- 
gry and—happy; and it is not for one carry only and 
one day, but for mile after mile and day after day until 
the end is accomplished. 

Doubtless by reading the easy reports of easy hunting 
trips many a trusting novice has been lured into under- 
taking a moose hunting expedition as a pleasure jaunt 
and has been most grossly deceived as to what was in 
store for him when he should leave civilization behind 
and depend upon his muscles and fortitude and grit to 
carry him through, For the one fortunate hunter of big 
game who brings out his prize quickly and without hard- 
ship there are a hundred others who put forth the most 


strenuous exertions and undergo extreme hardship; and 
a large proportion of these return home without any re- 
ward except the consciousness of haying done their best 
in the face of hard luck and the satisfaction of knowing 
that there will be another season and another chance to 
do it over again. 


ANOTHER ADIRONDACK TRAGEDY. 


Tue Adirondacks have supplied their deer hunting 
tragedy again this season, and it is of the kind now so 
distressingly familiar of a man mistaken for a deer. On 
the preserve of the Tahawus Club, in Essex county, on 
Thursday of last week, Dr. Bailey, of Philadelphia, and 
Mrs. S. A. Kerr, of New York, were in the dusk of the 
evening stationed on the edge of a clearing watching for 
deer. Mr. Bailey was standing, and Mrs. Kerr, rifle in 
hand, was sitting on a rock a few feet from him. The 
clearing was known to be a favorite haunt of the deer. A 
New York sportsman looking for game approached along 
the road and caught sight of Mr. Bailey’s hunting coat 
through the bushes 300 yards away. He mistook it for 
a deer and fired. The bullet struck Mr. Bailey in the 
small of the back, passing through the body and striking 
Mrs. Kerr in the right thigh. Aid was summoned and 
the wounded persons were taken to the Holloway Camp, 
where there happened to be among the guests a New York 
city surgeon. Mr. Bailey’s wound rapidly healed, but in 
the case of Mrs. Kerr blood poisoning set in and it was 
necessary to amputate the leg. 

The ready reflection is that what happened here was 
precisely what might have been expected. If a man wear- 
ing a coat that looks like a deer’s coat is in the bush where 
deer are looked for, his coat is an invitation for the 
bullet of the hunter who shoots before he knows what 
he is shooting at. Whether the wearer of the coat shall 
be shot for a deer or shall escape depends upon whether 
or not providence sends along the premature shooter. 

In these days the prudent person will stay out of the 
woods, or, if he must go deer hunting, will make a long 
journey into some distant wilderness avhere he will have 
the country to himself. 

The whole art of shooting as it needs to be taught to-day 
may be summed up in the one injunction—Don’t shoot 
until you know what you are shooting at. This ought 
to be dinged into the hearts of shooters so continuously 
and so persistently that the words would be forever ring- 
ing in their ears and the caution ever uppermost in their 
minds when they go shooting. 


BEARS IN MASSACHUSETTS. 


Ir is certainly a curious incident that in the old settled 
State of Massachusetts, in some of the less thickly in- 
habited districts, the bears should have reappeared in 
such numbers to have prompted any one to contribute to 
the local papers plans for ridding the community of the 
unwelcome intruders; yet Mr. Chas. Hallock -tells us 
that in some parts of Hampshire county bears have been 
seen so frequently of late that the school children who 
haye to make long journeys to school have been terrified, 
and we observe that Mr. Hallock has been instructing his 
readers in the mysteries of bear trapping and in the lore 
of bear dogs—this in Massachusetts in 1900. The bears 
are not the only vermin which have multiplied to an 
unwelcome degree; foxes have killed as many as fifty 
turkeys on one farm in Plainfield, and there are raccoons 
and woodchucks galore. This recrudescence of savagery 
in New England is probably accounted for by the re- 
aforesting of large areas of what was formerly farm land 
or country which had been cleared as woodland. With 
the new growth of forest upon the hills, the old-time 
frequenters of the wilderness, as they existed fifty years 
ago, have come back. The new condition will not be for 
long—certainly not when the ambitious amateur hunters 
of the Bay State learn that they may win their bear 
pelts at home. And as for the foxes, there are kennels 
of hounds in Springfield and Westfield and Worcester 
and thereabouts that may be depended upon to protect 
the turkeys of Hampshire county. With the growing 
refuge the game haunts should have their old-time quotas 
of game; and there are stories of stray deet having been 
seem. not many to be sure, but enough to account for 
the name of Deer Hill a .. ~~ nmington. } 


MARSH FOLK.—I, 


Tue marsh borders a great river which flows through 
a wide, straight trough on its way to the sea. Alternat- 
ing on either side the stream—and occasionally as islands 
in the middle—are wide alluvial meadows, but little above 
the level of the highest tide and often submerged in 
spring and fall by the conjunction of high water and a 
heavy easterly storm, when wind and tide combine to 
dam the river’s mouth and to raise the stream. The bor- 
ders of these meadows slope gradually down to low water 
mark, and here the marsh is covered with tall corn 
grass, brown fruited cattails and low sedge, while a 
little above the ordinary high water’s level grow in rank 
profusion a thousand other moisture-loving plants. 

Narrow, tortuous creeks, often dry at low water except 
for a trickle which drains from the soil above, wind 
through the meadows and sometimes carry a little stream 
from springs on the higher land. In their waters one 
may see shoals of the tiny fish, called mummy chubs, 
busily hurrying here and there, or lying at rest in 
the shallows, or if startled by the approach of boat or 
by a shadow falling across the surface, darting away in 
wild terror, sometimes in a close mass or perhaps scat- 
tering in all directions, or even jumping out of the water 
in their efforts to escape they know not what. Here, too, 
are frogs not a few, and painted turtles, falling clumsily 
from the bank where they have climbed to stin them- 
selves, and occasionally one of the so-called terrapins or 
“snappers.” many of which no doubt find their way to 
the markets of the great cities under the name “diamond 
back.” In these creeks our little friend the green heron 
has fine hunting ground, and often in the mud of the 
bottom at low water may be seen his four-pronged foot- 
prints, and as you pass around the bend he may spring 
into the air from almost under your feet, struggling and 
kicking in his efforts to make time and distance, almost 
as if he were weak and wounded. / 

If we try to imagine how the great wide trough was 
formed through which the river flows we must go back 
thousands and thousands of years to the time when the 
great ice sheet covered the land. Then over all the 
northern country there was no life, for an unbroken 
Arctic winter brooded over these solitudes whose silence 
was never disturbed save by the cracking of the glacier 
or the rush of the avalanche. But gradually the ice 
melted, its margins drew back from the ocean, and it 
retreated more and more to the northward, leaving bare 
a hideous confusion of rocks and boulders and pebbles 
and finer drift, through which and over which poured 
torrents of water that flowed from the elacier’s breast. 

The margin of the ice sheet was not even. It was 
ragged, melting in one place fast, in another more slowly, 
and stretching out long fingers of ice which clung to the 
drift below, as if unwilling to yield its hold on the land 


it had possessed so long. One of these Jong fingers lay 


in the great trough where now the river flows, a bed 
carved out through many ages by the passage of a part 
of the glacier, which now had become an ice river, always 
growing shorter, always retreating and now being eaten 
away by the waters of the salt sea. The marks of that 
carving may yet be seen, for on the rocks which now 
form the sides of this trough, and which for the most 
part are covered with soil, still carpeted with fairest 
green, may he seen the deep scratches made by the ice 
as it rubbed against the rocks, and sometimes turned 
over and over against them some huge hard stone it 
was catrying along in its unyielding embrace. Rising 
out of the midst of one of the meadows is a great island 
of rock covered now with ancient forest trees still wear- 
ing their livery of dark green. In ancient times this 
stood as a great nunatak or island of rock, projecting 
above the ice of the retreating glacier, which split the 
old ice current into two branches. 

The centuries went by. Slowly the ice retreated, slowly 
the earth became bare, slowly vegetation made its ap- 
pearance: at first plants of the lowest form, and these, 
as they died and rotted, made soil which nourished other 
life a little higher in the scale. After a time the banks of 
the river and the hills which bound it were clothed with 
grass and shrubs and trees, not-very different from those 
they now bear. The mastodon, the elephant, the great 
horse, the musk ox and the moose and the caribou'roamed 
over them now. Later these creatures disappeared. Some 
became extinct and some moved away northward, follow- 
ing the retreating ice, and other more familiar forms of 


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life took their place—deer and elk and bears and wolves— 
and soon after these came the red hunter, who with his 
stone-pointed arrows slew the game and from his canoes 
speared the fish that swarmed in the river, or gathered 
the shellfish found at its mouth. But all the time the 
river was running on its steady, unceasing way to the 
sea, and was carrying with it the sand and the silt and the 
fine mud, which at length formed the meadows and the 
islands which are to-day the marsh. 


The marsh is attractive at all seasons, but perhaps 
most so in the spring and fall. Late in April, before 
the grass has started, its level surface is yellow with the 
dead vegetation of the year that has passed, but the 
steep sloping banks which run down to it from the 
higher lands are spangled thick with violets, highest up 
purple, and then blue and pale lilac, until down where 
the soil is quite moist even white ones grow. At the 
marsh’s edge great white banks of the blossoms of the 
bloodroot are piled up,_and along the twisting course 
of the little creeks the blooms of the water cowslip shine 
against the deep, glossy green of the rounded leaves, 
yellower than any gold. Later come the purple blos- 
soms of the adder’s tongue and a thousand other flowers, 
but these are soon hidden by the ever-growing grass, 
through which two months later the mowers will take 
their way, marching in steadfast ranks as they pile up the 
Jong swaths of grass, and at a signal stopping all to- 
gether to whet their scythes in melodious rhythm. 

With the coming of autumn the grass of the marsh 
has grown again, and the green is as vivid as that of 
summer. Slender and light, it stands as tall as a man’s 
knee, and as the wind sweeps over it it bows and billows, 
showing colors and shades which change tnder the sun- 
light as if the shadows of passing clouds were falling on 

the wide plain. Now all the flowers are gone, except 
that here and there along the banks, and where the land 
is higher, purple asters cluster among the tall weeds. 
All along the water’s edge is a border of yellow, here 
wide, there narrow, where the tall stems of the wild rice 
stand, At one point they are upright and thickly clus- 
tered, at another beaten down by the passage of skiffs 
shoyed through them by the boatmen who propel the 
boats of the rail shooters. Scattered among the tall 
stems, or in the floating herbage that has been crushed 
down, lies the flotsam and jetsam of a river—old barrels, 
baskets and hoxes, a railroad tie, a board, tin cans which 
still float, cartridge shells and boxes thrown overboard by 
the rail shooter—a thousand things carried backward and 
forward by the restless tide and at length entangled 
among the grass stems, here to remain tuntil the winter’s 
ice shall grasp them and the spring break-up sweep them 


away to the sea. 
® 


In autumn the marsh life is st#l abundant. Great 
brown butterflies float over it high in air, and at a lower 
level flit smaller white ones, sometimes singly, some- 
times in considerable companies. “Darning-needles,” 
new risen from watery homes. where their youth was 
spent, dart here and there, and prey on the smaller in- 
sects which in the marsh flourish mightily until the heats 
of summer are passed. 

The smaller life of the marsh—never seen by the casual 
visitor—is abundant and at any season of the year the 
naturalist finds this a fruitful hunting gretnd, no matter 
what the branch in which he is interested. But the gun- 
ner who visits these wide meadows in quest of tail, or 
snipe, or the ducks which occasionally drop in here to 
Test on their spring and autumn journeys, notices most 
of all the birds, which make the marsh their temporary 
home and feeding ground. 


; SNAP SHOTS. 


We have had from time to time stories of grouse shoot- 
ing in the old orchards grown up to brush of New Eng- 
land abandoned farms; and the writers of such sketches 
have given us something of the poetry and romance and 
pathos of the changes which have converted the old 
homesteads into ruins and desolation. There are few 
finer touches in Mr. Robinson's “Uncle Lisha’s Shop” 
than the description in the last chapter of the old shop 
tenanted by bees and the partridges. At the meeting of 
the Old Folks’ Association at Charlemont, Mass., the 
other day, a letter was read from Mr. H. S. Gere, of 
Northampton, which describes with such feeling the old 
abandoned homes that we are constrained to reprint it 
for the benefit of Pine Tree out on his Kansas prairies, 
and the many other Pine Trees, of whom—meaning those 
who have deserted the New England hills for other 
latitudes and longitudes—the West is full. 


In our angling columns Mr. A. B. F, Kinney reports 
a fifteen and one-quarter pound brook trout, and for the 
prize justly claims the world’s record. If there is no 
error im its identification as a speckled brook trout. the 
fish is the largest of its kind of which we have authentic 
information, 


mark to the eastward from my veranda, almost the last 


. early start, even in the dark hour before the break of 


‘reef is here about 300 yards in width and through it tuns 


had the grace to really marry, and he has a large family ~ 
of children. In all the family he is the only. one who 
speaks English, except one little granddaughter who is 
the apple of the old man’s eye. The rest are altogether 
Samoan in life and habits, the men being as fully tattooed 
as any of the islanders. In everything but his own sturdy 
moral fiber old Uncle Bob is a beachcomber. He lives 
on the bounty of nature, but he sticks to the civilized 
garb. Money comes rarely to him, and what he can col- 
Tect he deyotes to his little half-caste granddaughter in 
order that she may be brought up at school in Apia and 


Che Sporisnan Courist, 


Fish Shooting in Samoan Seas. 


Urumau always had an attraction for me on my boat 
voyages up the windward coast of Upolu. It was a land- 


thing that was to be seen except on some exceptionally t breu ( 
bright day when the sun cast a dazzling gleam on the be folks instead of sinking into the native savagery. 
sands of Lufilufi, still further away and so low-lying that With old Bob we had our breakfast, partly of otir owni 
it could not be seen except by such reflected light, It supplies and partly of his fish and chickens and vegeta- 
was a rounded sugar-cone sort of cape that could never bles. The cans of meat and biscuit that we left with 
be mistaken. Then there was a long-winded story about him had to be forced upon him with delicacy in order 
Utumau that my Samoan boys never told me in full, for not to injure his sense of hospitality and his feeling that 
a Samoan legend is a test of endurance which few for- it was his duty to gorge the representatives of the coun- 
eigners ever have the patience to undergo, On the voy- try that he may never see again, but of which he is as 
ages this rounded cape always served me for a landmark proud as more highly placed citizens seldom think of 
of the open sea part of the trip. After we had pulled being. 
out from under the shelter of the reef at Letongo Moun- Like most old colored men, Bob was suffering from 
tain it was rowing in the ocean itself until we found the the classical disease known as the “misery.” As he was 
passage into the reef again at Saluafata, and Utumau was not an islander and therefore did not come under the 
the guidepost to show that the quiet water of the lagoon rigid prohibition of the Samoan law, a good drink of 
was only a little way beyond. whisky did him good, all the more because of its rar- 
As Utumau became a iamiliar landmark to me I cher- ity, and a small flask left for emergencies raised him to 
ished the desire to climb its steep sides and to sit at the the seventh heaven. The addition of a bottle of pain 
foot of the single palm tree that crowned its summit. killer and a supply of witch hazel set him up so that he 
That seemed no difficult task, for Utumatt is no more felt he could defy his misery for some time to come. 
than 200 feet high. But the real difficulty lay not ashore, His buoyant recovery was so immediate that he desired 
but in the sea. Just at that point of land the sea breaks to go with me on the rest of the trip. But that I would 
heavily. There is no barrier reef to check the waves, not hear to at all, and compromised on drafting into 
even the fringing reef which’ clings to the shore both service one of his sons and a few Samoans to help guide 
east and west is here absent and the sea crashes on the and cut the path. : 
black rocks so constantly that no boat could live in the Walking is not nice in Samoa; the climate does not 
breakers. The little matter of difficulty only served to at all conduce to such exercise in the jungle where the 
whet my desire to clamber up the steep sides of the point. breeze never penetrates, where not even a hurricane 
As usual Talolo was willing to help me to my wish. could stir the thick air beneath the trees. There.are paths, 
But he said it would be very difficult and we must tell indeed, according to the Samoan idea of paths, cen- 
Tanoa to come along and cut the path. By rights that  turies old, their beginnings all merged in the antiquity 
should have been Talolo’s own duty, but where work of the race in these islands and their prehistoric con- 
was involved he had a stock of reasons why it should  flicts with other peoples whom they class as the Ton- 
be done by some one else. Being quite familiar with gans and the Fijians. But a Samoan path is nothing but 
Talolo’s methods, I agreed that Tanoa should come with a line of jagged blocks of volcanic rock, rarely more 
us, andinfact that the whole boat’s crew should be of the than a foot in width, choosing by preference the sharp- 
party. Under Talolo’s general supervision the party was est saddles of the mountain ridges, devastating to the 
made up, his particular care being the commissariat, and shod foot of the foreigner, although grateful to the tough- 
he was not conten: until he was assured that the boat ened sole of the islander, to whom shoes are an unknown 
should be stocked with cans and can openers enough torment. From Luatuanuu to Utumau we should reckon 
to provide for all the meals that could be eaten in a sin- the distance as rather less than three miles, As a matter 
gle day, even by Samoan eaters. of time it is about three hours, This will furnish some 
As Utumau lies to windward and no small part of the — slight idea of the difficulties of the travel, We proceeded. 
trip was to be made by boat, it was necessary to make an in the formation known to us as Indian file, but which 
is really the general system of all’ savage races. In the 
Samoan there is only a single word 'to express any other 
style of walking than, this of one after another, whereby 
a party ef ten, such as mine on this occasion, will be 
extended over a furlong. This word is “fa’aevaeya,” and 
its only meaning is to walk two and two, with arms 
about the waist, in the moonlight, a mere love parade 
on the beach where space offers opportunity. For a 
brief part of the trip we followed the beach just aboye 
the wash of the breakers. On this open and exposed 
coast there can be no sand; the beach is but-a conlused 
shingle of broken stems of coral, by no means a ¢om- 
fortable foothold. There was about a mile of this and 
then Timothy, son of Bob, turned off to clamber up a 
tocky ledge. When we had reached the summit of this 
ascent we reformed the procession by’ reason of the 
change in the going. All my Samoans went ahead, each 


day, when the trade wind has not yet begun its day’s 
activity. The last point on the coast where a boat can 
land is at Luatuanuu, and it is only in Samoa that it 
could be considered a landing place at all. The fringing 


a narrow streak of perilous channel as tortuous as the 
proverbial ram’s horn, At the entrance to the pass the 
coral blocks are so close that oars must be brought in- 
board and the send of the sea relied upon for motive 
power; then at a certain corner of the channel where the 
impulse of the wave ceases and the backwash is met it is 
necessary to get out the oars and row hard to get into 
a teach parallel to the shore; then there is another sharp 
turn which can only be made when the rollers from the 
otiter sea do not happen to reach that far; and at the 
very edge of the land itself the crew must jump over- 1 
board and haul the boat high up on the shingle of broken with his long knife in hand to cuit away the bushes from 
coral with the rush of the wave, and at the moment it the trail—for in this fertile land a single week will bury 
begins to recede must pick the boat up bodily and carry-~a path in vegetation. With me was the ever faithful 
it above high water mark. So far as I have been able Tanot, to give me a hand at every steep place, and where 
to pin my boat boys down to positive statement, there the difficulties were even greater he was ready to pick 
are four places in this pass where a capsize is imminent; me up and carry me over. The rear guard was Talolo, 
my Own opinion is that it.is-only by a miracle that one a post quite up to his idea of the fitness of things and 
gets through at all. Yet this is set down in the charts the dignity of his inherited position, for in that place there 
as a “good boat passage.” was absolutely nothing to do beyond taking advantage 
This pass and the little village on the shore known as of the way which others had cleared. Thus, over the 
Luatuanuu were our objective point and our plans were rocks, winding in and out between the great trunks of 
made, and carried out, to reach it bright and earlyinorder trees, crossing and recrossing mountain. torrents, we 
to have our breakfast before setting out upon the two covered the distance and reached the beach from which 
or three miles which we should have to clamber over ose the cone-shaped hillock of Utumau. 
afoot before reaching Utumau. At this village we were _ Up this our way led in the bed of a little stream, now 
sure of a warmer welcome than the ordinary formalities in the water itself breasting the current and the small 
and long speeches with which the Samoans greet official waterfalls, again leaping from rock to rock, alway’s in, the 
foreigners. Living the native life in this almost inacessi- shade of overhanging vegetation and helping ourselves 
ble spot was an American citizen, old Bob Wright. There to climb by pulling on the trailing lianas of rattan and 
must have been a history about Bob’s career, if he could convolvulus. The end was reached in time on the sum- 
be brought to tell that which he always preserves in si- mit, where a small spring gushed forth near the roots of 
lence. He is a Virginia negro, and he left the Old Do- the solitary palm which is so conspicuous from every 
minion long before the slavery, days passed by. But point of view. Here was a flat space as large as a good- 
whatever experience he must have had with the wnder- sized room. Here the ready knives of my boys cleared 
ground railroad he kept to himself, and the history which away the undergrowth and gave them material to heap 
he was willing to tell began when he was a runaway up for me a soft couch, on which I might rest under the 
cook on a trading vessel and dropped over the side to palm. We had ascended into a region where the trade 
make his entrance into Samoan life forty years ago. wind was again felt, and under its steady blast fatigue 
Whenever Bob paid one of his rare visits to Apia he and warmth vanished. 
always made a point of stopping in Vaiala to leave a pres- From this hilltop the view was magnificent. On each 
ent of a mat or a bunch of fans, or, best of all, a laying side the brilliant green in the sea traced the lines of the 
of eggs, which were the only really reliably fresh eggs fringing coral, and deeper hues outlined the irregular 
that ever came to my table. When one finds the tie of pools within the reef where the depth was greater. From 
common nationality guaranteeing one’s eggs it is seen the brilliant blue of the ocean a blue wedge between the 
that patriotism is after all a ‘good thing. And old Bob greens showed where the deep water came almost to the 
never forgot the way he had been brought up to address foot of the rock and made a channel for the noisy breakers. 
“quality.” It was a pleasant change from “tama’itai” and _ Still further seaward lay the off-shore danger of the ‘Fale 
the meaningless flowers of Samoan compliment, as mer- Aitu,’’ in English “The House of the Devil,” a deeply 
cenary as one can well imagine, to hear the good old seated sea reef far out from the shore. It is like the Vir- 
word “Mistis” with which I had become familiar in my gin Rocks on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, for 
life in the South. : much of the time it is silent and safe, but at irregular 
Bob was there to welcome us, and even before we had intervals the sea breaks heavily over it and then woe 
come to shore he had recognized the flag at the stern of _ betide the boat that is caught within the area of broken 
our boat and had run up on a lightning-blasted cocoa- water. It is a constant source of dread to the boatmen 
nut the small Stars and Stripes which had been officially when going to windward and their expression of thanks 
condemned, but which was the only return he would ever seems more than empty words when they have passed 
accept for his many kindnesses, and which meant to the it in safety. While on the summit of Utumau I saw it 
poor old exile more than can be easily appreciated. break twice for ten minutes about two hours apart. 
Although old Bob appears in this narrative only as a When our dinner was over and the boys were lying at 
way station for breakfast on the way to Utumau and gorged ease smoking their banana leaf cigarettes. Tanoa 
the gunning for fish. I will surely be-pardoned for dwell- was moved to tell me the story of Utumau. “This,” he 
ing a little at length upon him. He is married to a — began. “is the rock of the husband who lost his wife by 
Samoan woman, one of the yery few foreigners who has the word of his chief and the supernatural power of the 


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family god. Long years ago in the village of Luatuanun, 
which we- have just left-behind us,.there was a young 
- chief named Utu, and he was the handsomest young man 
of all Samoa. The elders of his family sought to have 
him marry the chief taupou girl of the Vaimaunga, but 
‘he did not want to, Over here beyond, where you can 
just see to windward the smoke from the ovens, there 
was a very handsome girl in Solosolo named U, but she 
was not a taupou, for her family was but slight. On his 
way through the bush in the great pigeon hunting of his 
town Utu grew to know the girl and chose her for his 
wife. She was not unwilling, for you know what our 
Samoan girls are; the favor of a handsome chief is a 
thing they cannot resist—indeed, they never try to re- 
sist. So U left Solosolo and came along the mountain 
path and by the.sea to Luatuanuu and went to the house 
of Utu to be his wife. But the elders of Luatuanuu would 
not have her. They droye her out of the town while 
Utu was gone a-fishing, and they bade her return to her 
own town and tell the chiefs of Solosolo, Leota Toomata 
and Leota Seiuli and Leota Leuluaialii, that not even 
their daughters in Solosolo were worthy to mate with 
common men in Luatuanuu. So she went homeward, 
always looking out to sea if perchance she might espy 
the canoe in which Utu had gone out for bonito, in hope 
that she could hail him and save her from this disgrace. 
But when she passed the last of the lands of Luatuanuu 
and reached the first of the lands of Solosolo, right at 
this spot, she met the aitu of the Leota family, who 
asked her why she wept. This was at that time a flat 
cape, nothing but the bush coming down to the sea, noth- 
ing to distinguish it from the rest of the slope. But 
Leota’s god knew the place well. So she told the god 
what indignity had been put upon the three Leotas by 
the chiefs and elders of Luatuanuu. But the god had 
no mercy; they were devils, these old heathen gods of 
Samoa, and he forbade her to carry such a message to 
Anoamaa and the village green of Solosolo, and he turned 
her into the broad rock you see on the hillside just 
behind us, and that rock to this day is U, the maiden 
who was forbidden to be the wife of the chief Luatuanuu. 
But that evening, as Utu came back from sea with his 
canoe filled with bonito, for he was-a most expert fish- 
erman, he steered close in shoreward to avoid the perils 
of the Fale Aisa. As he was running close along the 
shore he hearé the voice of U calling to him to help 
her. Then he saw her in the stone, and even to-day, if 
any man shoulé hear her cry he would be able to see 
her also. Then ike steered up this gap in the reef and the 
sea caught him ed broke his canoe on the shore. Then 
the god of his tamily had pity on his sad plight and 
turned him into +his: hillock, where he remains forever 
close to his wi.e UJ. Just as he was turned into stone he 
was weeping, amd here you see his tears flowing from 
what was his head and trickling down the slope into the 
sea, Since that tirae the Samoans have named the point 
after the young chief of Luatuanuu and his Solosolo 
wile whom the elders rejected, and call the spot Utu and 
U, which is the meaning in our speech of Utumau. But 
the fish which were in his canoe have remained in this 
gap toward the sea, and it is a rich place to catch them.” 
The latter part of the story gave me an idea.. From 
the elevation on which I sat it was easy to see the fish 
in the reef pools swimming in well ordered schools, and 
now and then to espy larger fish swimming into the very 
breakers in the gap. There was no way of getting at 
them. with-hook and line, for the sea was too heavy. 
But it seemed feasible to shoot them from the height, and 
the Samoans are so much at home in the water that I 
had no doubt they would be able to land the catch. I 
am by no means sure that the word catch is ‘applicable 
to fish that are shot, but in default of a better term it 
must stand. On the delusive theory that I might meet 
one of the wild bulls that are said to inhabit the Upolu 
mountains I had carried my rifle and a bandolier of 
cartridges. Greatly to his own satisfaction Talolo had 
been allowed to carry my “shoot gun,” but in a state 
of safe emptiness, a reasonable precaution, since I knew 
he would be behind me, and Tanoa had charge of the 
loaded shells. My first shot at the fish was essayed with 
the shotgun, but I found that the charge was too light 
and the shot scattered too widely to do more than stir 
up a few bubbles on the water. This weapon, accord- 
ingly, I turned over to Talolo with half a dozen shells 
and sent him out to get a few of the pigeons which he 
professed to hear on the mountain slope. As the berries 
were not yet ripe at the shore, I knew that his hunt 
would be futile. When he came back empty handed with 
the report of consecutiye misses I was not at all surprised 
to find that the primers had not been exploded, proof 
conclusive that Talolo had prepared himself to make his 
small contribution of powder to the war stock of Vaiala. 
The rifle gave better results. Of course I recognized 
that it would be impossible to actually touch a single 
fish with the bullet through 3 or 4 inches of water, But 
I had an idea that the shock of impact would serve to 
stun all the fish for several feet around. This proved 
well founded. Every shot into a pool where there was 
seen a school of fish sent most of them white side up to 
the surface. Here the rush of the waves sent them shore- 
ward and my boys ran out and caught them before the 
effect of the shock had passed off. This was all very 
easy when it was a case of shooting at schools of smail 
fish in the somewhat sheltered pools. But the larger 
fish in the gap attracted me. Whether they were really 
the descendants of the mythical fish that Utu lost when 
he was turned to stone and therefore felt it obligatory to 
wait about until his revival I will not venture to pro- 
nounce, but from my eleyated perch it was easy to see 
really good-sized fish sporting just behind the crest of the 
last comber and narrowly escaping the rush of the sea 
that might well have smashed them against the rock, 
Five times I tried to shoot these larger fish: three times 
my rifle bullet came close enough to stun them, as was 
proved by the immediate sight of their whites, and of 
the three my boys on the rocks below were able to cap- 
ture two, one a fair-sized mullet and the other a young 
bonito. The third drifted almost to the shore and then 
recovered consciousness, with a derisive flip of its tail 
righted itself and dashed seaward into safety. The rec- 
_ord of the two that were taken was not preserved, for 
_ just about. that time my, Samoans became suddenly hun- 
sty. . They cleaned the fish and wrapped them in leaves 
and cooked them without delay. I had a chance at my 


FOREST AND STREAMs <‘ 


share, but they were far too underdone to suit any but 
an island taste. 

When I examined these and the smaller fish I found 
but one mark on them, showing that they had been sim- 
ply stimned by the shock of the bullet striking the water, 
either one or both of the eyeballs being ruptured and in 
several instances forced out of the socket. 

Mention has been made before of the frequency with 
which the islanders are seriously hurt and maimed by the 
use of cartridges of high explosives in fishing, All this 
sort of stuff is contraband by law, but the traders will 
sell it whenever they get a chance, and the Samoans 
have to suffer the loss of a few fingers or a whole arm 
He result of the unsportsmanlike practice of dynamiting 
fish. 

The same objection might be raised against shooting 
fish with the rifle. But when one has tried it in the 
islands, when one has seen that it is practically a wing 
shot at the larger fish in the breakers, and that there is 
no wholesale destruction, but only a fair chance at a sin- 
gle fish, with no damage done in the case of a miss, the 
practice is defensible as pure sport. 

LLEWELLA Prerce CHURCHILL. 


Down Among the Fishes. 


Ty the cool shadow of an abandoned scow that lay fast 
aground the bank with her battered bow half hidden in a 
pillow of ferns, an old bass was taking his ease of a June 


morning. It was just after his daintily chosen breakfast— ~ 


the pick of the swimming and flying things around and 
aboye him—a silver-scaled, soft-finned minnow, a deli- 
cate little spotted frog and two or three gaudy flies, most 
prized because hardest to catch. He was aristocrat of 
fishes, with the corners of his mouth reaching back no 
further than the middle of his eyes, the slight jutting of 
his under jaw, the thin, fine scales of his bronze armor, 
the nine sharp spines of the first dorsal—all betokening 
the blue blood of the small-mouthed bass. He was a fish 
of weight—a good 5 pounds—in his community. and a 
patriarch to whose opinions born of much experience most 
of the bass in the stream deferred, and often came to him 
for advice and to listen to stories of adventure. 

Just now there were none of his kind hear him save 
his wife, who hovered about mid-stream, vigilantly guard- 
ing the bed where her eggs, fast glued to the fine gravel, 
awaited hatching. If a water-logged twig or chip came 
tumbling along the bottom threatening to pollute the 
sacred precincts, she seized it before it found lodgment 
and set it adrift at a safe distance down stream. If 
any perch, sunfish or ugly bullhead imprudently ventured 
nearer than suited her ladyship, she would rush at them 
with a short but terribly menacing rush that sent them 
scurrying far out of sight. But when a sucker came root- 
ing along the bottom with his ridiculous looking snout, he 
was met by a more furious and persistent charge that 
drove him well out of the neighborhood; for well she 
knew what destruction that toothless mouth meant to 
eggs. While she was absent in the chase, her lord, who 
all the while was holding his place against the current 
with a slight motion of his tail, moved a little out stream 
and kept guard. It needed but a turning of his grim 
front toward the small fry to send them off in swift re- 
treat; but the great spotted pickerel that came sculling 
leisurely upstream, glaring wickedly about in supreme in- 
difference to his many enemies (and friends he had not), 
was not to be scared by any such slight demonstrations. 
Soit-finned though he was, the cavernous mouth and its 
glistening rows of teeth, sharp as daggers, were not to be 
despised; and really there was no need for quarreling 
witu him now, for he was not notorious as a devourer of 
spawn. But an insatiate destroyer of young fish, even to 
cannibalism, his presence was intolerable to all parents 
of fishes, 

“May I ask you to pass on if you're going up stream?” 
said the bass, fiercely regarding his big enemy. 

“S’posen I hain’t goin’ tu? If it’s your mis’able aigs 
you're so-scared on, don’t worry; I don’t want ‘em; an’ 
I'm _ goin’ when I git ready.” 

“Perhaps so,” said the bass, who just then saw madame 
returning, and made a signal, whereupon she boldly faced 
the enemy. While she thus engaged his attention, her 
lord set the spines of his back fin and made a furious 
charge, raking the pickerel’s belly till the scales rattled 
and blood flowed out between them. So swift and unex- 
pected the charge in the manner of delivery, that the great 
fish, twice the size of both assailants, turned and fled 
down the river, Congratulating themselves upon their 
easily won victory, they resumed their places, she over 
the bed, he under the scow, whence he began a watch 
for something to satisfy his appetite, which recent exer- 
cise had sharpened. Nothing appeared but a. company of 
four well-grown bass on their way to the spawning ground 
further up the river. In whatever haste they might be, 
they must need wait on the patriarch for advice, which 
he was willing enough to impart, though they harrowed 
his feelings with an account of a feast of minnows they 
enjoyed in a shallow near the lake. 

“Never mind,” said he, cheerfully; “there'll be some- 
thing along by and by. Why do you go up into the 
shallow water ?” 

A pert young bass took it upon himself to answer, ‘Oh, 
we want swift, well-aerated water, It’s healthier than this 
sluggish stuff, and food is plentier. Besides that, we have 
a better chance to look out and see the world in shallow 
water.” 

“Yes, and the world has the same chance to see you,” 
the patriarch said. “You cannot make your beds nor get 
yourselves out of sight of every man and boy who passes 
along the banks, as well as every mink that comes a-hunt- 
ing by land or water, and the fish hawks and king- 
fishers that cruise in the air above. Our bed is pretty 
much out of sight of all these; they can’t see me through 
the bottom of this old scow; there is food enough to keep 
us fairly comfortable, and the water isn't bad, though it 
don’t go tearing over -rocks and gravel. For me these 
advantages more than offset all you ‘get up there, and I 
ought to know, for I’ve tried both places. I was hatched 
down here, and thought it too stupid for any fish but 
bowfins and billfish and bullheads and,cels, and those up- 
start cousins of ours, the big-mouths, - . 

“Yes: it is plenty good enough for the low-down 
fellows, for all they take on such airs because jen 


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call “em ‘game fish.’ The annoyance of their company is 
the objection to this part of the river, Well, as 1 was 


“saying, I thotight this no place for bass of the blue blood, 
“and accordingly determined to select a more suitable home 
when I came of proper age. My parents warned me of the 


dangers that would surround, but I held to my determina- 
tion to go where the salmon used to in the old times 
when they were lords of the river as we are now, as I 
had heard from my great-great-grandfather, who was told 
by his, as related to him by his great-great-grandfather, 
who had it from those who lived in the days when red- 
men instead of white ruled all the land. Those were 
happy days for fish, for the redmen wanted no more than 
they could eat, and had small means of getting even so 
many. Their bone hooks and spears and bark nets 
weren't much compared with all the contriyances of white 
men. After a time one winter when we were all out in 
the deep water of the lake, I found a mate—not this 
lady, who is much younger than I,” waving a pectoral fin 
toward madame, “but one of my own age, whom [I lost 
long ago by a crttel death,” he paused to wipe a watery 
eye with the upper fluke of his caudal, ‘‘and in the follow- 
ing May we came into the river and up through the dark 
water to the wrinkled rapids, clattering over beds of 
gravel. It was good to breathe this sparkling water and 
to see through it the oyerhanging trees, the green banks 
and the hillsides far beyond, distorted though they were 
into strange fantastic shapes, as seen through the rippled 
surface. There were plenty of soft-finned minnows, too, 
whereon to feast, and as kingfishers were the only enemies 
we had seen so far, we were well satisfied that we had de- 
cided wisely in choosing our new home. 


“We swam on and on, prospecting for a place that 
should exactly suit us to make our bed in, but being hard 
to please, came at last to a kind of fence of woven 
twine that reached quite across the stream, where it ran 
swift, deep and narrow for a few rods. This fence slanted 
up-stream from either end to the middle, where it came 
to a point, which was further extended by a contrivance 
that we did not then understand, though we learned it 
later to our cost. We swam the whole length along the 
top, which was kept at the surface by wooden floats, but 
could discover no way of passing but by leaping over. 
I was about to do this when my mate called ta me to 
come and see what she had found. ‘This was a round 
passage at the angle of the fence, inte which we went a 
little way to where it ended in a cireular bag*that ap- 
parently gave us a free way up the river. Instead of 
this, 1t opened to a sort of chamber, forriied of the same 
kind of stuff as the fence. It was crowded with fish of 
several kinds, all moving about in seafech of a way out, but 
apparently there was none. We thought we might at least 
go out where we came in, but strangely enough we could 
not find the place. My mate upbraided herself without 
stint for our being in such a bad box, when, if my sug- 
gestion had been followed and we had used our peculiar 


gift, we would have leaped the barrier and gone safely on 


our way. I told her there was no use in crying over lost 
eggs, and the only thing for us was to find a way out of 
the scrape we were in, though to tell the truth I had little 
idea how it was to be done. What this strange contrivance 
was we didn’t know, but guessed it was one of man’s 
cunning devices for the destruction of fish, and if so, the 
sooner we were out of it, the better. 

“Tt was not an agreeable place to be in, apart from 
the confinement and the prospective danger, for the com- 
Pany was not of the best. There was a big pickerel, a 
coarse, vulgar fellow who scared the smaller fish nearly 
out of their scales and made very free with his betters. 
There was an abominable eel constantly wriggling about, 
impartially distributing his filthy slime to everything he 
touched, and there were several bullheads, mighty un- 
comfortable in close quarters with their sharp horns prick- 
ing your sides. , Then there were two or three goggle- 
eyed suckers, mighty harmless looking chaps, if you didn’t 
know that their soft-lipped under-shutting mouths were 
made on purpose for sucking up spawn. There was a 
considerable number of handsome perch, to say nothing 


‘of ourselves, to redeem the genial character of the com. 


pany, yet it was plain to be seen that this part of the 
stream was not free from spawn-eaters, as well as other- 
wise unpleasant companions. But if there was any con- 
solation in the reflection, this was not likely to be of much 
consequence, as it would be the end of all things for us 
when the men came who had set this trap for us. 

“ “What did ye come up here for?’ the picketrel asked, in 
a surly tone; but wishing to be on good terms with all 
fish in these last hours of life, I answered very civilly and 
told him our purpose. 

“ “Wal, I al’ays thought you bass folks was a mess 0’ 
fools, a-fussin’ so wi’ your aigs,’ he said with a sneer on 
his wicked long face. ‘We dump our’n down anywheres 
on the ma’sh, and that’s the end on’t for us; but I 
reckon there’s as many pickerel raised as the’ is bass.’ 

“ “Quite enough at any rate,’ I said, at which he glared 
at me as if he would eat me but for the dangerous look 
of my back fin, which I felt willing enough to give him a 
taste of on the outside of his mouth. 

“"We hang’ our eggs up on bushes, -~where they look 
very pretty, but the ducks, mud turtles and some kinds 
of fish make us a lot of trouble,’ said one of the oldest 
perch, speaking up quite modest and polite, ‘but it’s the 
way we were taught, and we don’t know any other.’ 

“At that up spoke the impudent black fellow, the bull- 
head, “Ef ye wants ter hev an easy job a-takin’ keer o’ 
aigs, ye'jes’ dig ye a hole in the bank an’ drop yer aigs 
into ’t, an’ then back yerse’f in, wi’ yer hade aout; ef any- 
hody comes a-foolin’ ’raoun’, jes sting him. Dat’s de way 
I sarves ‘em.’ 

“The eel, who was a Canadian, said, with a cunning 
laugh, ‘De bes” way was for nobody know de way how 
dey was ley hees aig, Den somebody can’ fin’ hees aig 
for spile ‘em up. Dat de way wid heel. Nobody can’ tol’ 
you if de heel borned or if he hatch of hege. One feller 
say he come off clam, nudder feller say he come off ling. 
Heel ant tol’, somebody ¢an catch’ him, so he go safe all 
de tam hole feller’ 

“Just then we felt the bank shaken by some one ap- 
proaching, and ourselves more shaken by fear when we 
saw a man slowly, slowly drawing nearer and carefully 
scanning the water and searching it with a large hook at 
the end of a pole. This: presently caught in our network 
cage, and fixing firmly into the end of it, he slipped it 


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off a stake that held it and drew it to him. We all 
thought our last moment had come, and to defer it 
a little, crowded into the furthest corners of the trap. 
The terrible man tried to loose a cord, until out of 
patience with the stubborn knot, he whipped out his 
knife and cut it, whereupon free outlet was given at the 
small end of the funnel-shaped net. Then drawing the 
larger end to him, he lifted it well up and emptied us all 
pell-mell into the free water. Dazed by this unaccountable 
deliverance, each hurried’ away after his own fashion, 
the eel and bullheads and sucker to the bottom, the perch 
making quivering streaks of gold, black and red far away 
in the middle depths, my mate and I expressing our joy 
by a somersault in the air and all getting away to a 
safe distance except the pickerel, who hid himself'in the 
nearest tangle of water weeds, whence he took observa- 
tions, He was a shrewd old fellow, whatever else might 
be said of him, for when we fell in with him shortly 
after, he gave a plausible explanation of our singular re- 
lease. He said that our deliverer was a fish warden, whose 
duty was to put a stop to all illegal fishing. Nets were 
among the prohibited devices, and in_ seizing this the 
warden released us. Devoutly thankful for our escape, we 
pursued our journey, now over wrinkles and shallows, 
through switls of swift, deep water, now in the shade of 
willows, now darker shade of pine. Once we saw a mink 
gliding along a bank, lithe, silent and constantly alert 
for game. Next we saw him poised motionless over a 
deep pool, and after a moment shoot into it so smoothly 
that the surface seemed scarcely broken. In a momient 
he appeared, struggling mightily with a perch two-thirds 
as big as himself, which he presently quieted and towed 
to the bank, where he fell to feeding, while the victim’s 
fins were yet quivering, Seeing a perch so large so 
easily killed by a mink, we realized how dangerous an 
enemy he must be to our own kind of a little less Size} 
indeed, we would not have cared to risk an attack from 
him ourselves. 

“We were swimming near the surface on the lookout 
for flies, when a broad shadow fell upon the water, and 
looking higher to learn the cause of it, I saw a great bird 
with a sharp-hooked beak and talons, rushing down upon 
us. We had just time enough to change our course deeper 


when he struck the water with a force that carried him 


quite beneath the surface, and threw the spray up in a 
great-shower. I barely escaped capture, or at least serious 
injury, for one great talon tore the membrane of my 
back fin, giving me such a fright that I bumped my nose 
against the bottom in my wild downward flight. My 
mate and I lay for a long time quite still, but for the 
quick palpitation of our gills before we ventured to resume 
our ojurney, and only then after a careful observation 
skyward, 

“Continuing, we entered a deep, slow pool, where many 
kinds of fish were gathered, resting after the long journey 
against the current. We knew by the steady tremor of 
the water and the dull thunder continually dinning in our 
ears that we were drawing near to a fall, and perhaps the 
end of our travels in this direction. One shore of the 
_ pool was a steep clay bank, abutting against the current 

and turning the course of it along its side, where the 
deepest water was. The other shore was a gravel beach, 
sloping gradually to the margin, and so to deep water. 
It was a pleasant resting place, but too populous to 
suit us for a long stay. We: let ourselves sink to the 
bottom, got in the lee of a great stone quite protected from 
the force of the current, and thought ourselves well fixed 
for passing a quiet night. 

“A little after nightfall we saw a bright light ap- 
proaching. On its coming nearer we discoyered that it 
was a torch of pine knots in an iron crate at the end of a 
staff carried by a man, who was followed by another, hold- 
ing in his hand a long pole with a sharp-pronged spear at 
the end, { 
edge and waded in, slowly advancing as they intently 
scanned the illuminated water before them, while we, sus- 
pecting mischief, as closely watched their movements. 
_ Now their: attention was'drawn to a large fish lying 

directly above ws; but he seemed quite unconscious of 
it, or was°dazed by the bright torchlight, and when we 
gave him a word of caution, as we swam aside to a safe 
distance on seeing the spear raised and aimed at him, he 
remained stationary, not moving a scale’s breadth. The 
next instant the weapon crushed into his skull with such 
. force that an outer prong came qttite through his jaw. 

The stricken fish struggled violently, dying the water with 
~ blood ashe was lifted from it, when we got a fair look 
at his face, and to our amazement discovered it to be our 
fellow prisoner, the pickerel of the trap. 

“The two men were presently joined by another, bear- 
ing a large net, and the first two at onte set about draw- 
ing it, one wading to his armpits as he encircled a good 
part of the pool and many of the fish, with the slowly 
unfolding net, and then began hauling it up the beach. 
Somehow, in the wild confusion of fish dashing this way 
and that, my mate and I got caught inside this terrible 
net, and dashing to and fro to escape, ran against a twine 
wall, now on this side, now on that, and now into the 
crowd of fish at the hinder part and now onto the shelving 
beach, and almost grounded on it, so that the man with the 
torch grabbed me, but my thorny back fin pricked him so 
sorely that he dropped me like a thistle, where by luck I 
could swim, and calling to my mate to follow, rushed to the 
side near the top and with a great leap cleared the upper 
rope and fell safe two good feet outside, my mate close to 
my caudal, both well but for the fright we were in. 

“With one accord, without a look backward to see the 
woeful end of our poor comrades’ tragedy, we made such 
haste to get away that we were in the swirl of bubble 
wreaths at the foot of the falls in next to no time. As 
far as we could see in the dim starlight, the white water 
came ttimbling down the ledge in a long slant, promising 
hard, rough work that was best deferred till morning, so 
we took lodgings with a family’ of our cousins, the rock 
bass, who hospitably offered us refuge. We spent the rest 
of the night lying at the opening of the crevice, watching 
the bubbles twist and untangle as they drifted past, or now 
and then a great fish, stemming the strong current up to 


the churned foam and the foot of the fall, and then drift 


‘slowly down stream. 

' “When morning dawned we set forth to try the ascent 
of the falls, which were like a flight of stairs, the water 
pouring over each step in a broken sheet, with shallow 
pools on either side that made capital and welcome 


They came stealthily down to the water's 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


resting places for a climbing fish. There were schools 
of minnows, and as we breakfasted on them, we noticed 
several young fish of our own kind not longer than our 
heads chasing minnows as big as themselves, and re- 
marked how truly in these gallant fellows noble blood 
would assert itselt, However, I did not doubt that their 
fire and dash were imparted by highly aerated water in 
which they were hatched and bred, and this made us the 
imore desirous to raise a family in these upper waters in 
spite of the dangers attending the undertaking. 

“As we leaped step after step of the rough way, I 
was reminded how, according to the tradition of our old 
bass, the great salmon used to swarm up the same streams 
and were speared by the red men who lived here. 

“Arrived at the top, we found our way more easy, 
though the current ran swift over gravelly bottom. We 
did not go much further before we made choice of a place 
for out bed, where the river doubled a low point of gravel 
and sand, channel very shallow on this side and sloping 
to a good depth on the other. We selected a spot half- 
way between, and carefully cleared it of coarse pebbles; 
madame deposited her eggs and we devoted ourselves to 
guarding them. Now and then the current would roll a 
pebble or water-soaked stick onto the bed, which had to 
be removed at once, or now and then a minnow invaded 
the sacred precincts and paid the forfeit of his life to 
madame; but it was seldom any big fish had to be 
driven, which was usually easily done by both of us if 
we could not accomplish it alone. 

“Upon the whole, we congratulated ourselves that we 
were getting on very comfortably. But it was the fair 
weather that comes before foul, when day after day the 
sun shines unclouded from its setting and then there 
comes one dismaler than night, the sun making no sign 
more than if it were blotted out by the black clouds. I 
was lying under the bank one morning waiting for my 
breakfast to come to me in some form, when it appeared 
in the shape of a fine soft-fnned minnow drifting by, mov- 
ing his fins only enough to keep his head to the current, 
It was an offer not to be refused, so I dashed out and 
seized him, then swam leisurely back and began swallow- 
ing my captive. It was scarcely well within my jaws when 
it was smartly jerked outward by some unseen power, and 
increased in force the more firmly I resisted, whereupon 
I received such a painful thrust in my under lip that I 


was fain to let go my hold on this strangely armed min* 


now, but ‘it would not let me, piercing my lip quite 
through, and when I tried to run away, holding me so 
that I could only swim. The top of the water was 
ruffled by a stiff breeze, so that objects above it were very 
indistinct. I could see what held me, and that there was a 
slender string extending from my mouth, and suspecting 
the cause of my trouble, I jumped twice my length above 
the surface and in the quick glance afforded me dis- 
covered a man on the bank a short distance up stream, a 
slim rod in his hand, and bent and unbent in conformity 
with my movements, and I perceiyed after falling back 


into the water that the man had some way of lengthening 


or shortening the string at will, which, with the spring of 
the rod, kept a constant and very painful strain on my 
pierced lip. 

“T determined not to yield to it, however it might 
hurt, and at last the man, to save the rod from breaking, 
was forced to let me run out several yards of the line. 
Having gained this small advantage, I turned and swam 
toward shore with all my might, until I reached a sunken 
stick firmly fixed on the bottom, and had just time to talce 
a turn of-the line around a projecting end of it before he 
could recover the slack. He could not budge it an inch, 
and I had time now to rest and recover strength. Having 
done so, I braced myself for a grand effort to break 
loose. 1 pulled with all the strength of every fin, but the 
tough line and stout rod held. 

“Until now my mate had not known of my plight. 
Discovering it, she hastened to offer help and advite. 
She saw at once how the sharp hook which had gone 
through the lip was kept from slipping out by a barb, but 
also that a slit was torn in the lip long enough to let it 
out with a little directing. This she promptly gave, and 
I was a free fish again, to my great joy and thankfulness. 
The man on the bank was not so happy—finding his tackle 
hopelessly foul, obliging him to break the line wherever 
it would part; which proved to be near the tip. : 

“As he stood ruefully regarding his beshortened line 
and the blank surface of stream and listening to jeers of a 
comtade who now appeared on the other bank, he was 
scarcely typical of the jolly angler nor of a contemplative 
man greatly enjoying his recreation. He paid me the 
usual compliment that is given lost fish, calling to his 
friend that I was the biggest bass he had seen, which 
somewhat eased the smarting of my lip. He mended his 
tackle and began fishing again in the same place for me, 
though he might as well have cast the bait in the pasture 
grass behind him. His comrade discovered a bed and 
dropped his hook on it, carefully concealed in a worm. 
My mate went at once to remove it, but took good care 
fo avoid its getting inside her mouth, holding to it by the 
upper end of the worm as she bore it swiftly beyond 
the edge of the bed. The angler struck smartly, and the 
released hook sprang harmless high above the surface, 
while we two grinned to our gill covers to see the dis- 
appointment of our baffled foe. He disguised his hook 
with various grubs and bugs, which he cast upon the bed 
again and again, but we managed to remove them with- 
out harm to ourselves, though to his great disgust, and 
he went his way along to where his more lucky comrade 
was having a hard fight with one of our brethren. We 
swam down to the scene of the struggle to advise, and if 
possible give more substantial aid to our kinsman, whom 
we found in a desperate strait. The hook was fast far 
back in his mouth, where all efforts to loosen it by 
leaping or bringing a sudden strain on it proved useless. 
{ told him to try my plan, but the angler prevented it by 
keeping the line constantly taut. We both laid hold of 
the line and pulled with might and main, now against 
our distressed friend, now with him, but could neither 
tear the hook from its hold nor break the line. He was 
becoming exhausted, and could only work his fins feebly. 
inclining more and more to turn on his side as he was 
drawn gasping to the shore. 

“Tt’s all up with me,’ he said, going over on his side 
at last, to be drawn umresisting to the shore and gathered 
in by his captor, which was the last we ever saw of our 


‘ 


'{Sept. 2g, 1660, 


unfortunate friend. The yictorious angler, showing him 


to his comrade, unbltishingly declared him to be much 
smaller than the one he had just lost, meaning myself, 
when, in fact, I was not more than two-thirds his length. 
They say these fishing mén always tell about the fish 
they lose and don’t lose, until nobody pretends ta be- 
lieve them—don't know why they do, unless they: think 
they are making amends for the cruelty to us by this sort 
of Hattery, for every fish likes to be called big. - 

“A week passed without any remarkable adventure. 
We were frequently fished for by men with hooks, withi 
spears and with nets, all of which we had learned to: look 
out for. as we thought. If aman was seen, danger was: 
at once suspected and guarded against, and all sorts of 
food that appeared until the coast was clear of our cun- 
ning enemy. : 

“Once, however, I came near being fooled to my de- 
struction through catching a harmless-looking drowning 
fly that came fluttering along the water. Just in time | 
discovered that there was a slender string attached to 
it, and spat it from my mouth. Closer examination re- 
vealed a tiny hook hidden under the wings of the, sham, 
While I was having a close look, it arose from the 
water, and after a flight high in air, again alighted and 
fluttered along above me as before, I was already, well 
enough aware of its character not to meddle with it 1f I 
had not seen a man weilding a very slender rush-like rod 
by which its movements were controlled. This he con- 
tinued for some time, accomplishing nothing, but tiring 
his arms and teaching me a very useful lesson, and then 
went his way. < ; 

“The eggs began hatching, and the bed was soon. black 
with a lively brood that required constant care to protect 
them from an increased number of enemies. Bullfrogs, 
crayfish, water snakes, mud turtles and many kinds of 
fish were ready to destroy our tiny fry. Some were.easily 
disposed of, but many were tough customers to’ deal 
with, and gave us no rest nor time to get food, so that the 
fishing men who continued their persecution had a greater 
chance to tempt tts with their lures, our stomachs being 
cramped with hunger. When they offered us live minnows 
or frogs, we managed to fare pretty well by seizing the 
bait below the hook, but we did not dare try this with 
worms and insects offered us, ae 

“One day, being as usual nearest the bed, | saw a most 
evil-looking thing appear in the midst of our brood, on 
one of which it laid hold with two strong claws and be- 
gan ravenously devouring. My mate’ seized it at once and 
crushed it with her jaws, thereby making the discovery 
that this new enemy was a most delicious article of food, in 
spite of its forbidding looks. This creature was the 
helgramite, not often seen in these. lower waters, but 
one of the most voracious deyourers of young fish, Next 
day another appeared, and my good mate pounced upomi 
it without hesitation. But, alas! for her too great cotir 
fidence, it was scarcely in her maw than instead of the- 
anticipated pleasant tickling of the palate, she felt the hor- 
rid pang of a hook. She pulled stoutly, but the pdin was 
unendurable, and likely to kill her on the spot, the blood! 
flowing from the gills and mouth. She tried to bite off 
the snell, but the tough gut could not be severed. I tried! 
to break the line, but could:not do so. 

“'T must go. Take care of yourself and do the best, 
you can for the young ones.’ With that she quietly stub-- 
mitted to her cruel fate, and was taken from me forever. 
How I managed to rear one of our helpless brood is more: 
than I know, but somehow I did save at least a third of 
them from the multitude of foes, until they were of am 
age to shift for themselves, and then left those troubled 
waters, and ever since have been quite content with this 
quiet part of the river, as I advise you to De. . 

“T have told you my experience, and now you can 
choose for yourself between spending the summer im 
comparative safety or in constant danzon. ee 

The wise old patriarch knew pretty well which would be 
their choice. As is usually the case, they had decided on 
their course first. then asked advice. They thanked him 
and resumed their way up the river. Not one of them 
ever returned, while the old bass and his present partner 
lived to see that summer’s brood grown to lusty fish, rais- 


ing annual families of theit own. 
Rowand E. Rogrnson, 


Deserted Homesteads. 


Tue following letter from Mr, H. S, Gere, of North- 
ampton, Mass., was read before the convention of the 
Old Folks’ Association at Charlemont, Mass, We copy 
it from the Springfield Republican: 

Northampton, Sept. 1—A, L. Tyler, Esq., President 
Old Folks’ Association; —My Dear Sir: Thanks for 
your very cordial invitation to attend the old folks 
gathering at Charlemont on Sept. 5. I should be greatly 
pleased fo be there and give your old people a hearty 
greeting, but I fear I shail not be able to attend this 
year, so I send you a few words of cheer, as_you suggest. 

Inthe first place, let me again congratulate your, Old 
Folks’ Association on its successful annual gatherings. 
They are unique in their character. They appeal to the 
aged—to all the tender memories and associations which 
surround and give a charm to length of days. Happy 
indeed are they who can look back upon lives well 
spent, upon pleasant associations, lasting friendships, 
sunshiny years. Life at best has its trials and afflictions, 
and none escape them. Strive as we may to avoid therm, 
sooner or later they overtake us. Childhood and youth 
are fill of hope. They see no past. The future only 1s — 
visible to them. But age brings us to-the lofty heights, 
and from them we look back through the vista of years. 
three score and ten perhaps, possibly four score, and to 
her of whom it can be said, “She. hath done what she 
could.” and of him to-whom the words. fittingly-apply, “I 
have fought :a good fight, I have kent the faith,’ how 
pleasing the retrospect! And when your old people meet 
in their annual gatherings, to talk of the things of long 
ago, of the days of their youth, of the events, of their 
riper years, of their hopes of the future life, how delight- 
ful to see in the past only that which has been useftl and 
good, and still is pleasing. . , a” ; 

I know of no other association of its kind so success- 
ful as yours. It is a wonder that more oi them. have 
not been formed. since one might be maintained in almost 


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248 


every filteen square miles in New England. It stands 


* to the credit and honor of the Old Folks’ Association of 
» Charlemont that for thirty-one successive years it has 


-met annually, with ever increasing interest, a joy to its 
members, a pleasure to all the people of its region, Much 
of this marked success must be attributed to good man- 
agement, but much also is due to the hearty co-operation 
of all the old people of the surrounding country. Long 
may the Old Folks’ Association oi Charlemont live and 
Hourish! 

Did I speak of-old associations and old memories? 
Blessed are they who have them in plenty, and good 
ones, Those that cluster around the old homestead and 
the home life of one’s youth are the most tender, the 
most distinct, and the most enduring of all. Five times 
this summer season J have been out for a day’s ride 
among the hills of the adjoining town of Williamsburg, 
among the abandoned farms and vacant cellars and 
ruined wells and fields once cultivated, but now growing 
mostly brush and stately trees. In a ride of about two 
miles over and around “Petticoat Hill” I counted twenty- 
five empty cellars, Seventy-five or eighty years ago 
houses covered these cellars, and happy homes were 
there, with large families of children, and life and thrift 
and contentment were abundant. Seventy-five scholars 
attended the district school in the winter. The land was 
fertile and crops were good. Two deacons were among 
the residents and one captain of a military company. 

Some distinguished people have lived there. Oliver 
Smith, the founder of Smith charities, spent-some of his 
early years there and laid the foundations of his large 
fortune in dairying. Mrs, Olive Cleaveland Clarke. 
mother of Rey. Edward Clarke, was born on one of these 
abandoned homesteads and lived to enter the 1o2d year 
of her age. Dr. Benjamin Ludden and his brother, Prof. 
William Ludden, of Brooklyn, were born there, on a 
spot now covered with growing timber. Dr. Thomas 
Meekins, a leading physician of the town for half a cen- 
tury, was a native of one of these deserted homes; also 
his brother, Stephen Meekins, the founder of the Meek- 
ins Library, which so fittingly commemorates: his indus+ 


try, wisdom and generosity. Not a single house where | 


these people lived is now standing, ; 

One alter another of these families disappeared, until 
all were gone. None came to take their places. The 
unoccupied houses and barns speedily went to decay, and 
to-day not a board nor a stick of timber remain to re- 
mind one of these former habitations. The cellar walls 
have tumbled in, the chimneys have fallen down, the wells 
have been filled, and nothing remains to remind one of 
the scenes of life and gayety that there existed. From 
some of these vacant cellars large trees are now growing, 
and where the densely occupied school house stood there 
now 1s a forest of oaks, maples and birches. ‘The fields, 
once tilled, are growing up to brush and heavy timber; 
the roadsides are filled with trees, overarching the drive- 
way; neglect is seen in the dilapidated fences, and the 
highway is left to be washed by the heavy rains, with 
rarely a visit from the highway suryeyor. Aside from the 
empty cellars, the principal reminders of these former 
settlements are a few decrepit apple trees, relics of the 
orchards that ence were the delight of these homesteads, 
but now storm-beaten and bearing the evidences of age 
and neglect. ; : 

What memories crowded in upon me as I stood upon 
the ruins of these ancient homesteads! On one of them 
I was born seventy-two years ago and spent my early 
boyhood. I knew the rocks and the trees and the hills 
and the brooks and even the fishes in the streams. I 
could tell where to find the best apples, the best nuts and 
berries, and the largest trout. I knew all the people who 
lived there. My feet have pressed almost every rod of 
the roads, the fields and the watercourses in that region. 
Eyerything seemed familiar, and pleasing recollections 
of youthiui enjoyment came uppermost. Once it was, to 
me, home, 

As I go there now there is stillness in the air and Jone- 
liness around. Few human residents are seen there, 
desolation abounds, and only occasionally there comes 
a wandering stranger, who knows but little of and cares 
less for the life that once was there. Six houses only 
remain of what was once the most populous section of 
the town. The little school house has been closed and 
the few school children left are carried in a buggy to the 


- center village for their education, at the expense of the 


town. 

Yet not’ all has departed. Though the people and the 
houses ate nearly all gone, there still remain, brighter 
and dearer with the advancing years, the memories and 
associations of long ago.. These are ever precious, and 
I cherish those that remain with me as the choicest 
treasures of my life. The hills are there still, grand, and 
imposing as of yore. The same blue heavens are above, 
and the same earth beneath, The same sun shines over 
all the region; the same balmy summer breezes play upon 
the hilltops; the same pure, sweet air, fragrant with scent 
of vine and flower and evergreen tree, is there yet; and 
the far-reaching view from these heights is evet the same 
—charming, delightful, unchangeable. 


“Be it ever so humble, 
There’s no place like home,” 


and there are no memories and associations so rich. in 
enjoyment, so comforting to the aged, as those whick 
are connected with one’s youth. 

Haye I[ described a section. of country whose history is 
unlike that of any other? No. You have them all 
around in Franklin county. Go to Hawley and other 
fowns in that region and you find the same empty 
cellars, the same story) of former life and thrift, and the 
same evidence of past and present decay. The same is 


true. to a greater or less extent, all over the hilly regions © 


of New England. It is a melancholy picture, from one 
point of yiew, and yet there is that connected with it 
which possesses an interest and a fascination which lin- 
ger long with the native born and are ever welcome 
companions. Sincerely yours. 

Henry S. GERE. | 


The Forrst Ann StREAM is put to press each week on ‘Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
Jatest by Monday and as miich earlier as practicable, 


Gardens in San Francisco, Cal. 


glatiyal History. 


The White Goat in Domestication. 


Tue Gardens of the London Zoological Society now 
possess for the first time a living specimen of the so-called 
white goat (Oreammus montanus), which, up to the pres- 
ent time, has been one of the rarest animals to be had in 
captivity, Occasionally the young of the white goat have 
been captured and domesticated by ranchmen in the 
West, but we recall only one case where it was exhibited 
to the public in a zoological collection, This, if we 
recollect aright, was many years ago at Woodward's 
The specimen was there 
for a short time only, It arrived in bad health and soon 
died. 

The specimen in London was captured as a kid about 
two weeks old by a Mr. La Montagne, who shot the 
mother in the mountains of British Columbia. 

At various times the Washington Zoological Park and 
the New York Zoological Park have been im negotiation 
with Western men who had young Rocky Mountain goats 
in captivity, but we believe that nothing has ever come of 
these attempts to buy and sell. 

More than ten years ago an extended account was 
published in Forest AND STREAM giviigy what was then 
known of a number of individuals of this species that 
haye been had in captivity in the West. One of the most 
interesting of these was contributed by Mr. John Fannin, 
Curator of the Provincial Museum of British Columbia, 
form which we quote the following paragraphs: 

“A little bullet-shaped head surmounted by a pair of 


tiny, sharp-pointed ears, a mere handful of a body propped 


up on four long and clumsy-looking legs, it was certainly 
the most ungainly animal | had ever seen. lis coat was 
of pure white wool, yery short and slightly curly, and 
with yery little appearance of hair except in the beard, 
which just showed itself beneath the lower jaw. There 
was no sign of horns, although slight protuberances could 
be felt beneath the skin where these would come. It was 
a male, and probably not over-a week old, and the Indian 
had run it down on the side of a mountain after shooting 
its mother, I gave the Indian his price, $2, and, picking 
the little waif up in my arms, carried it to the house. 

“For two weeks I fed it on cow’s milk, weakened with 
water, feeding it about every hour and allowing it only a 
very littl milk at a time. Then for a day or two'l 
added a little oatmeal to the milk, and before long almost 
anything of a vegetable nature was eagerly gobbled up by 
it. It appeared to be always hungry, but, strange to say, it 
would allow no one to feed it but myself, It soon be- 
came a little troublesome, though, for, no matter where 
I went, the goat followed at my heels like a dog. At meal 
times it would accompany me to the hotel, and repose at 
my feet under the table. It would follow me into the 
woods on my short trips after grouse, and the report of 
my gun had little or no effect on it. Ti I climbed up on 
a stump and sat down for a smoke, the goat would -climb 
up too and sit down on its haunches by my side, and 
with its nose straight out in front gazing solemnly into 
the gloom of the deep forest. So long as I kept quiet it 
would remain motionless, The chirrup of a squirrel or 
twitter of a bird failed to attract its attention in the 
slightest degree, but if I made-the least motion to get 
down, it was up at once and ready for a spring. 

“Tt had a passion for high places, which I imagine is 
born with the animal. When I first got it I made a bed in 
one corner of the shed by filling a low box with clean, 
soft hay, the goat standing by watching the operation, 
When it was finished, I picked him up and put him on 
the hay, pulling his legs from under him and making 
him lie down—in fact, giving him to understand that was 
to be his bed. But as soon as I took my hands off him he 
jumped out of the box. At the further end of the shed. 
which was about 15 feet long, stood a pile of fir bark 6 
feet high, corded up in the usual way of cording firewood. 
When he jumped out of the box he walked over to this 
pile and stood for a moment looking up at the top of it. 
Then he backed away from it till within a. few feet of 
where I stood, and taking a run, climbed up that bark 


‘like a cat, and lying down on the top looked at me as 


much as to say, “This is the way we do in the moun- 
tains. From then till the day he died, his bed was 
always on the top of the bark. 

“He was an early riser, and long hefore my ustial time 
of getting up he would rout me out by butting against 
the door. There were two domestic animals it could 


not bear the sight of—a cow and a dog. But while it 


would almost break its neck in its endeavor to get away 
from the former, the appearance of the latter aroused all 
the combativeness of its nature. One day a gentleman 
came into my shop accompanied by a setter dog, when 
the goat immediately assumed a belligerent attitude, walk 
ing around the room stiff-legged, his little hoofs coming 
down on the floor with a loud tap at every step. Finally 
he halted at a respectful distance from the dog, and with 
his head lowered, bracing himself for a last effort, he 
seemed to be waiting, or about to begin, an attack. The 
dog suryeyed the little creature for a moment. and then, 
probably thinking it scarcely worth bothering with, lay 
down on the floor and went to sleep. As the doe remained 
motionless, the goat selaxed its rigid attitude and moved 
cautiously nearer. until, by stretching its neck, it brought 
its nose within an inch of that of the dog. Just then a 
fly_disturbed tne dog’s sltimbers. and in bringing up its 
paw to brush away the insect, it hit the goat a sharp tap 
on the nose. Like the recoil of a steel spring, quick as a 
flash, the boat spraung into the air, and in comine down 
and trying to alight as far away trom the dog as possible. 
he got tangled up in the legs of a wooden chair, which, in 
his hurry to get out of the house, he carried off with 
him. When he shook himself clear of the chair and looked 
tound and found that the house had not fallen and that 
the doz was perfectly quiet, he put on a look of utter dis- 
cust and skulked off into a corner of the yard, where he 
lay down in a clump of weeds and remained out of sight 
till the dog was clear of the premises. 

“As a general rule he was quiet—in fact, mopish—but 
when he did break out in, a playful mood, some of his 
tricks were simply ludicrotis: One day I was sitting with 


a friend in front of my house, when the goat, which had 
been cutting up pranks, evidently for our amusement, 
came and lay down at my feet. The cutting for the stage 
road, which ran past the house about 50 feet away, had 
left a steep bank about 5 or 6 feet high—that is, the road 
was so much lower than the plot on which we were 
sitting. Presently the goat got up, and walking over to 
the edge of this bank, stood looking down this miniature 
precipice to the road. Suddenly he sprang into the air 
and pitched headforemost down the bank, I ran across, 
expecting to find the little brute with its neck broken, in- 
stead of which he was standing at the bottom shaking the 
sand out of his eyes and nostrils, When he got through 
he clirabed up the bank, and turning round, performed 
the same act again, turning a complete somersault on his 
way down. He did this about half a dozen times, throw- 
ing himself on his side and rolling down, covering hit 
self from head to tail with dirt and sand. 

“T allowed hiin the full liberty of the house—in fact I 
could not control him, and it was this unlimited freedom 
that cost him his life. He was always with me in my 
work shop, and would always jump up on my bench and 
stand sagely watching every movement I made. He had 
a great® habit of picking up and chewing anything he 
came across, and one day he did this with one of my 
poisoned bird skins. He had taken the skin outside the 
hotise, and the first I knew about it was when the little 
fellow came running through the door toward me, and 
fell hefore he quite reached me. I suspected what was the 
matter, and litting him, poured some sweet oil down his 
throat, but he died in about half an hour.” 


About thirty years ago, though the exact date is not 
certain (those assigned to the occurrence ranging from 
1869 to 1876, according to the recollections of different 
individuals), a number of white goats were capttited 
somewhere near Deer Lodge, Mont. One of these, tied 
up with heavy rope, was photographed at the time, and 
no doubt many of our readers have seen the picture. It 
is not knowt what became of these specimens. In the 
years 1870, eight individuals were captured near Phillips- 
burg, Mont., and an account of the occurrence was pub- 
lished about ten years later in Forest Anp Stream, and 
is as follows: : 


“David Dobson, his brother Thomas and a man 
named Palmer made up the party, and the ground where 
they captured the goats was the nearly flat top’ ef'a rock- 
covered mountain about twenty miles from the-head of 
the Bighole, near where Phillipsburg now is. | Above 
the general leyel of the mountain top rise here and there 
isolated pinnacles of rock. This flat mountain top was 
the home of)a band of about thirty goats. They had 
been discovered by the men, who supposed that live 
specimens of Mazama could be sold for large sums of 
money. Having provided themselves with a number of 
dogs, one or two of which had been trained to this chase, 
they started out about June ro, 1879. Proceeding with 
their horses as far up the mountain as convenient, they 
camped, and the next morning ascended the rocks on foot, 
taking with them their dogs and ropes. The goats, con- 
spicuous by their whiteness against the gray rocks, were 
soon discovered. They were quite unsuspicious, and 
permitted a near approach. When they began to move 
off, the men loosed the dogs; which soon drove a part 
of the band up on to a rocky pinnacle, where they stood at 
bay, defending themselves by fierce thrusts of their sharp 
horns at the dogs, They paid little heed to the men, who 
were able to advance so close to them as to throw the 
noose of a rope over the head of one of them. This having 
been done, the loop of a second rope was slipped over the 
first one and tun up close to the animal, when it was 
dragged -from its perch. Two men, one on either side of 
it, each holding a rope, could so. far control the creature 
as to keep it from reaching either of them. In this way 
they caught, in three trips up the mountain, eight goats. 
At each visit the goats were wilder than they had been 
the time before, and after they were chased the third 
time they deserted the mountain and were seen no more. 

“The animals when first caught resisted’ fiercely and 

nade vigorous efforts to attack their captors. So violent 
were their struggles that several of them were seriously 
injured, and afterward died from this cause, They were 
necessarily handled roughly, for they would not lead, and 
the men were obliged to throw them down, tie them and 
then carry them on a litter down the mountain to a point 
where a horse could come. Here they were transferred 
to a travois, and so transported to the camp, where they 
were picketed out. Of these anmials four were young and 
four were adults; there were three males and five females. 
The young soon became tame, but the old were always 
savage and morose. All of the latter died within a few 
days, cither from injuries received at the time of their 
capture or from hurting themselves by dashing about 
when picketed. One of the young ones died, probably 
from haying been giyen some molasses to eat. 
_ “Mr. Dobson stated that of the three survivors, one 
was given to the owners of the trained dogs, in return for 
the use of the latter; one was pledged for provisions, and 
one was left at a ranch to be cared for, and is supposed to 
have died. The subsequent history of these animals is not 
known, but it is possible that one or more of them may 
be identical with other captive goats to be mentioned 
Jater—those owned: by Mr, Dickson.” ; ; 

Sometimes about 1875 there were two young goats 
captive in the town of Yale, B. C., in the possession of a 
Mr. McKeon, Their life was short, After they’ had been 
in captivity for about nine months the male was choked 
by the rope with which it was tied, and not long after 
that the female died. One of these animals is said to 
have come from the Skeena River and the other from. the 
interior. They were brought in as little kids, were reared’ 
on, cow’s milk, but soon took to feeding on grass and 
leaves, after which the owner had no more trouble with 
them. The late J. C. Hughes, of New Westminster, stated 
as an_example of the jumping and balancing powers of 
these animals that these kids, if put in an empty -barrel, 
would jump out of it and balance themselves on the chine 
of the barrel. , 


Another account of a tame white foat was tfeceived 
through the kindness of Mr. Howard Rogers, of Fern- 
dale, Wash., who quoted in Forest awp Stream 2 letter 
received by him from the Rev. Jno. A. Tennant, an early 


settler of the State of Washington. It reads as follows - 


_"T-saw the goat on the Columbia River, at the mouth of 
the Wenaichie. in the winter of 1871-72—I think in 
December, 1871. It was caught by an Indian hunter in 
the Cascade Mountains, near the headwaters of the 
Wenatchie, where they are quite abundant. It was very 
small when taken, and was given to a trader living at 
Wenatchie, and raised by him, It was a male, and less 
than a year old, but seemed nearly grown. It ran around 
the house and was a great nuisance, as it could not be 
kept out of the house, but would hide itself under beds or 
wherever it could, and would be found in the morning 
sleeping on the cook stoye. It would go out and eat hay 
wih the cattle, and was most pugnaciously inclined, and 
woe to the cow that dared provoke its wrath, as it would 
follow her for half a day, butting her at every opportunity. 
Like the true goat, it was omnivorous, and this caused its 
death, as it found a pair of old buckskin pants and de- 
viiored the same, which was the cause of its untimely 
decease shortly after I saw it. From what I saw of it I 
think there would be no difficulty in domesticating the 
animal if taken young,” . 

’ About the year 1884 a Mr, Frank Dickson. of Butte 
City, Mont., had three goats which were captured when 
about s'x weeks old in the Cable Mountain about eighteen 
miles from the present city of Anaconda. Mr. Dickson 
was then living close to timber line, and allowed these 
animals entire liberty to go where they pleased. They 
sometimes wandered miles away from home during the 
day, but always returned at night. 

' About ten years ago Mr. James Geery, then post- 
master at Wisdom, Mont., wrote us concerning a tame 
goat which he had owned, He said of it: 

“We shot the old one and then caught the two kids 
with dogs. One of the kids was bitten so badly that it 
died before reaching home; the other was raised on cow’s 
milk, After it had become accustomed to being fed by 
one person, it would almost starve before it would eat 
anything offered it by another. But this was: only while 
we were feeding it on milk. As it grew older it would 
eat almost anything—potatoes, bread, sugar, and it was 
particularly fond of dried fruit of any kind. It would 
follow the members of the family about, was very playful 
and not at all cross. It would lic on top of the house, on 
a place I. had prepared for it, and would see a moving 
object. two miles off much more quickly than a man 
would, 

“If a stranger approached it, it would stand perfectly 
still and look him straight in the eye, not moving a muscle, 
looking to me as if it were on the watch for any hostile 
movement, 

‘We have caught several, both young and old. but few 
of them have lived long. We have caught old bucks that 
would weigh over 300 pounds. The old wild ones ate very 
dangerous, as their horns are sharp and they know how 
to use them. When caught young, however, they are 
easily tamed, and I have caught yearlings that in a 
short time would learn to eat out of the hand,” 

Whether the white goat will live in captivity far from 
its home is not certainly known, and the specimen in the 
London Zoo will be watched with great interest. 


The Vanishing Wild Flowers. 
: From the Stringfield Republican. 


A CHAUTAUOUA lecturer the other day enlarged upon 
a theme very familiar to the Republican’s readers, and 
whose lesson in these many years ought to have been 
borne in upon their consciences; we mean the wanton 
picking of flowers. 

This is a matter particularly worthy of consideration 
in the summer months, when the rich pleasurers and the 
fresh-air children from the cities and the good bourgeois 
as well rush into the country for better air and water 
and the beauty of nature. All of these have the same 
mischief in their hands for the flowers and ferns—they 
cannot content themselves with witnessing the beauty of 
the earth and enjoying the sight, but they must grab 
their handfuls or their armfuls of flowers, Jf the new 
ideas of education as a development of human charac- 
ter to finer sort could reach all these people, they would 
not commit these outrages, which are destroying all the 
tarer beauties in the country as they have long since 
banished them from the immediate surroundings of the 
city.’ Thus the trailing arbutus used to be very abundant 
around Springfield, Chicopee and Holyoke; and now, 
while it may yet be found in a good many spots, there 
are hundreds of its old haunts that know it no more. 
Blake’s woods, now a memory of the past, abounded 
with it twenty years ago; it was found in many a piece 
of West Springfield woods; it was frequent near Inger- 
soll Grove. In Forest Park it is catalogued as still ex- 
isting, but it can only be said to exist—it does not flour- 
ish. Mt. Tom, since it became a resort, is not only al- 
most denuded of arbutus, in comparison with the past, 
but the walking fern, one of the most curious and inter- 
esting of plants, has nearly disappeared, and the cardinal 
flower is quite extinct. It is the common fate of lovely 
things in the rush of human greed. Connecticut was so 
alarmed over the plunder of the beautiful climbing fern 
and the arbyutus some years ago that the Legislature 
put both under protection by statute; Massachusetts 
ought to do the same, for the climbing fern does grow 
north of the State line, though fortunately very few know 
it. The lack of respect for nature was shown, by the 
Way, in the use to which this lygodium palmatum was 
put by those for whom it was grabbed up by the roots. 
Delicate and graceful, with a light, wild fragrance, all 
these qualities were killed by smoothing it out with hot 
irons in order to hang in festoons over lace curtains 
and disfigure “parlors,” The maiden-hair fern is another 
marvelously beautiful plant that is treated in similar 
fashion. If any one wants to see what comes to a coun- 
try-where tourists and summer people abound, they can 
do it in the Scottish Highlands, wherever the Cook and 
Gaze parties and the cockney excursions have traveled. 
Whoever sees a flower or fern in crossing the Trossachs? 
Except of course the heather, the gorse and the bracken, 
which are too hardy and too ready at multiplication to 
be exterminated, They, like our own mountain Jaurel, 
sweet fern, our dicksonia and eagle fern (the same as the 
bracken of Scotland, thotigh less in stature), survive ill- 
usage, But many years ago Lucy Smith (see Mr. Mer- 
riam’s beautiful memoirs of “William and Lucy Smith”) 


FOREST AND STREAM; 


lamented the destruction of the daintiest forest flowers 
in Scotland and northern England at the hands of “cits” 
who thought they loved them because they destroyed 
them. 

Of course there are flowers that may be plucked lib- 
erally without stint, such as the goldenrods and asters, 
the ironweed and the veryain, the ox-eye daisies and the 
black-eyed Susans, the evening primroses, the St. John’s 
worts, the clovers, the loosestrifes, the milkweeds, the 
joepye, the hawkweeds. the lettuces and other hardy 
myriads. But the anemones and spring beauties, the 
polygalas, the arbutus, the spring yellow lily, the colum- 
bine, the pyrolas and pipsissewas, the cardinal flower and 
the fringed gentian—all loveliest of the floral realm— 
such vanish before the vandalism of those who ignorantly 
think they love flowers. It is a trait of human nature— 
love is but a symbol of sacrifice, commonly the sacrifice 
of others, 


,' m Quest of the Missing Link. 


SEVERAL months ago press dispatches from Germany 
announced that an eminent Scientiiic man was shortly to 
sail for the Island of Java for the purpose ot making 
eareful search for further remains of the remarkable mam- 
mal Pithecanthropus erectus, the discovery of which some 
years since created such an interest:in scientihc circles, 
‘A few weeks ago it was stated that Mr. David J. Wal- 
ters, a Yale student, was setling out for Java on the same 
errand, and that Mr. Geo. W. Vanderbilt is delraying the 
expenses of this expedition. ' 

As will be remembered by the readers of FOREST AND 
SrreaM, Pithecanthropus was discovered in Jaya by a 
Dutch physician, Dr. Du Bois, and appears to be either 
the lowest of men or the highest of the anthropoid apes— 
in other words it seems to be what used to be called the 
“missing link’ which bridges over the gap between the 
lower animals and man. ‘Twenty years ago the absence 
of this “missing link” was one of the stock arguments 
advanced against the theory of evolution by its oppo- 
nents, who appeared to be ignorant of the fact that only 
the very smallest fraction of the earth’s crust has ever 
been explored, and that the number of animals which 
have existed since life began on this globe is known 
only by a very small fraction of species. 

The remains of Pithecanthropus were characteristic, and 
consisted of a brain case, a thigh bone and some other 
small fragments. No more interesting contribution to 
science could be made than the securing of additional 
examples of this animal, and it is to be hoped that both 
the explorers who are starting for the island in which 
it has been found may succeed in their quest. 


“Blue Vapor.” 


From northern Kentucky comes a snake story which 
tells of an invasion of hissing vipers, which stand erect 
on the tail before emitting their deadly yenom, at the 
same titne hissing’ with a hiss which may be heard 200 feet 
away. “If the venom comes in contact with a person’s 
skin,” it is averred, “whether the fangs strike or not, death 
is almost certain to ensue.” As yet, we are told, only one 
nest of these poisonous serpents has been found, their cus- 
tom being to travel in pairs. “Last week at Ft. Thomas, 


near the scene of the Pearl Bryan tragedy, a number of 


soldiers who were taking a stroll were attracted by the 
hissing sound in a clump of bushes they were passing. 
Approaching the spot they were horrified to see a cluster 
of hissing reptiles, all spitting forth a volume of what 
appeared to be blue vapor. They summoned assistance, 
and with the aid of several shotguns succeeded in killing 
the entire lot, amounting to twenty-three.” ; 

Thus are the wonders of nature improved upon by, 
the imagination of man. 


Game Baq and Gun. 


American Wildfowi and How to 
Take Them.—IV. 


BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. 
[Continued from page 225.) 
The White-Fronted Goose. 
Anser albifrons (Gm.). 

In the genus Anser the bill is much less stout, than in 
Chen, and the nail, which terminates it, is thinner and 
less strong. The present species is generally grayish- 
brown in color, the feathers immediately about the bill 
being in adults white, bordered behind by dark brown. The 
head and neck are grayish-brown, darkest on crown of 
hhead and back of neck. The body is grayish, many of the 
feathers being tipped with white. The primaries are 
black, the rump slate-brown, the upper and under tail 
‘coverts white, and the tail grayish-brown matgined with 
white. The under parts are grayish, variously, often 
heayily, blotched with blackish-brown; bill, legs and feet, 
pinkish; the nail of the bill white; length, 28 inches; wing, 
over 15. The young closely resembles the adult, but lacks 
the white about the bill, this being dark brown, and has 
no black blotches on the lower parts. The nail of the bill 
is black. 

The white-fronted goose is found in the northern parts 
‘of both the Old and the New World, though the two 
forms are separated by many ornithologists and made 
different races. The American bird is slightly larger than 
that of Europe, but the difference is small, and is based 
on nothing but size. At all events,-for the purposes of 
the gunner they may be considered a single species. The 
white-fronted goose is generally distributed throughout 
this country from the far North to our Southern border, 
but is_rare on the Atlantic coast, It occurs in Cuba as 
‘well as in Greenland. - rt 

In all the Mississippi Valley region it is abundant during 
‘the migrations, where it is known as laughing goose, 
speckled belly, harlequin brant, pied brant, prairie brant, 
and often simply as brant, It is abundant also in Cali- 
fornia. and occurs in large numbers as far south as south- 
ern California. In summer the white-fronted goose is 


[Sepr. 29, 1600. 


found in Alaska, where some breed, and in great numbers 
on the islands of the Arctic Ocean. All Northern explorers 
report it as abundant on the Mackenzie and throughout 
the country bordering the Barren Lands. In America it 
appears to be generally a bird of Western distribution. 
The white-fronted goose feeds largely on grass, and in 
former times did much damage to the young crops of 
wheat on the Western coast during its migrations. It is 
said to feed also on berries, and to be seldom seen on 
the water except at night or when molting. The south- 


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THE WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 


ward migration is undertaken late in September, and the 
flocks of white-fronted geese usually make their appear- 
ance on the Western prairies early in October, when they 
are often associated with snow geese, in company with 
which they feed and journey to and from their feeding 
grounds. 

The flesh of the white-fronted goose is highly esteemed, 
and is spoken of as being more delicate than that of any 
ea goose, except possibly the young of the salt-water 

tant, : 

The nest of the white-fronted goose is usually built on 
the low ground, near fresh-water ponds or marshes, and 
the six or eight yellowish-white eggs are commonly coy- 
ered with down when the mother leaves them. 


Emperor Goose. 
Philacte canagica (Sevast.). 

The emperor is one of the handsomest of the: Amer- 
ican geese. It is a bird of very limited distribution, being 
confined to the Bering Sea and its vicinity, though very 
rarely specimens straggle southward in winter along the 
Pacific coast of the United States as far as California. 
The emperor goose may be known from all the other 
North American geese by the remarkable form of its bill; 
this is extremely short, with a very broad and thick nail, 
which occupies almost one-third of the length, The 
tarsus, or naked portion of the leg, between the toes and 
the joint above, is very short in proportion to the toes. 

In the adult emperor goose the head and back of the 
neck are white; the front and sides of the throat and neck 
are brownish-black, slightly spotted with white; the tail 
is slate-color at the base and white at the end$ the rest of 
the plumage is bluish, each feather having at its end a 


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EMPEROR GOOSE. 


narrow bar of white, bordered by a crescent-shaped black 
marking. The secondary feathers of the wing are slaty- 
black, margined with white; the long quills black. . The 
bill is bluish or purplish; the nail white, darker at the 
edges, and the legs and feet bright yellow. 

The young are similar to the adult, but have the head 
and neck lead color, sometimes sprinkled with white. 

All the explorers of Alaska have found this species 
more or less abundant in that territory. It also occurs 
on some of the islands of the Bering Sea, as well as on 
the Commander Islands, on the Siberian coast. Mr. H. 
W. Elliot tells us that flocks sometimes land on the 
Pribilof Islands in an exhausted condition, sa that the 
natives run them down on the grass, the birds being un- 
able to fly. Mr. Dall speaks of the exceedingly strong 
' odor of garlic proceeding from the raw flesh and skin, and 
says that this odor makes the work of skinning the birds 
yery disagreeable. With cooking, this smell disappears. 

The emperor geese breed on the flat, marshy islands 
of the Alaskan coast, the nest sometimes being placed 
amid the driftwood, even below high-water mark. Like 
most other geese, the female covers the eggs with down 
from her breast. ; . 

When the molting season begins the Eskimo kill these 
geese in coinmon with others, capturing them by means of 
nets set on the marshes. into which the molting birds are 
driven, At this time the destruction of the birds is very 
great. 

This species in Norton Sound is called white-headed 
goose, while the name applied to it by the Russians. is 
sa-sar-ka, meaning guinea hen, evidently from the coloring 
of the plumage. < 


SEPT. 29, 1900.] 


Snap Shots from a Corner of Maine 


CornisH, Me., Sept. 15—Present indications point to 
rather more partridges than for several years. Last sea- 
son it seemed as if about the last bird had fallen, but in 
the spring it was found that a considerable number had 
survived the slaughter, and that the old cocks were 
courageously drumming up domestic relations for the 
coming year. Ags the dry summer was favorable for 
rearing the young, and the foxes so thinned by trapping 
as to make their levies comparatively light, it would 
seem that the yield for the number of breeders should 
be high. But partridge shooting has deteriorated sadly 
hereabouts in the past ten years, Another decade at the 
same rate of decline and it will be simply a thing of the 
past, Moreover, from everywhere comes the same re- 
port—the grouse is going. Clearly something must be 
done ere long for this noble bird, or it will soon disappear 
from our Northern woods. 


However, it seems that the partridge is not to receive 


our undivided attention the present season, for the fes- 
tive gtayback, after a considerable absence, is with us 
once again, though in just what numbers we as yet are 
unable to say. The best bag of which I have thus far 
heard is eight to one gun, Woodcock, too; will be fairly 
plenty, it appears, but owing to a lack of skill in wing 
shooting and properly trained dogs we are unable to 
realize the enjoyment from this sport that, under more 
favorable circumstances, would be the case. 

Deer ate frequently seen, but as this county (York) 
is One of those under special protection, one must cross 
the river into Oxford county to shoot deer, which is 
not so bad after all. A certain M.D., who in his rounds 
through the adjoining mountainous parts of the latter 
county has oiten seen deer in easy pistol range, has re- 
cently provided himself with a big Colt revolver, with 
which he intends to improve any Stitch opportunities as 
occur in future. By the way, an albino deet has been 
hanging around the towns of Hollis and Buxton the 
entire summer—a big buck, clear white save for a little 
color on the ears and top of the head, A gentleman from 
this way recently got a sight of him, while riding through 
that region. The handsome fellow was feeding in a 
field, and allowed him to approach within 40 yards before 
he took fright, Then the man saw that three other men 
had been watching the animal from behind a fence. 
When he apologized to them for spoiling their fun, they 
assured him the deer would soon return, which he after- 
wards found to be the case. Indeed, so often was it 
seen as to lead many to believe that there were several 
white deer in the vicinity. 4 

For the fishing we haye had very good sport with the 
trout, more of these fish being taken than last season, I 
think, and last season was exceptionally good for these 
times. It is not likely that we shall fare as well next 
year, for the severe drought that has prevaifed in this 
region has dried up many of the best streams. Pond 
fishing has hardly been up to the usual, a great falling 
off being especially noticeable at Long Pond, Parson- 
field, which has hitherto furnished the best of sport on 
bass. This season campers on that pond could with dif- 
ficulty obtain enough fish for their immediate use. But 
many bass and pickerel have been taken from the rivers 
(Saco and Ossipee), and some big red-spot trout were 
captured last winter through the ice, on several of our 
surrounding ponds. I hear also that a goodly number of 
pickerel, some of them huge fellows, have rewarded 
anglers through the summer on moose pond, Denmark, 
about twelve miles distant. On the whole, our waters 
bear up nobly, but it should be remembered that there 
is a tremendous dtain on their resources, and there is 
need of all the artificial aid possible. 

But in my judgment, as before intimated, it is for the 
tuffed grouse that we have cause to feel the deepest con- 
cern, and upon all those who haye had the patience to 
worry down through this article IT would respectfully 
urge the necessity of doing something in its behalf be- 
fore it is too late. Let us all give the matter careful con- 
sideration, and if it be found, as would appear. that the 
bird is actually in danger of extinction, then should we 
promntly nite in a move for its better protection, With 
the editar’s nermission I would like to hear from sports- 
men evetvwhere, briefly stating the numbers of the grouse 
in their resnective sections as compared with former sea- 
sons. and what measures, if any, they deem necessary to 
check the growing scarcity of this king of came birds. 

TEMPLAR, 


Wlassachusetts Game Interests. 


_Boston, Sept. 21.—Editor Forest and Stream: I de- 
sire to mention an omission in my recent letter naming 
some of the trophies in Mr. Kinney’s residence. I should 
have stated that they were all wathered as the result of 
Mr. Kinney’s skill as a nimrod. He has informed me 
that he has had a multitude of letters from persons hav- 
ing stich things to sell, which goes to show that many 
of your readers are not conversant with his methods. 
He gathers his trophies by his personal effort in the 
field and is not a collector. 

In a letter just received from him he writes that he 
is in receint of a great many calls for posters and ab- 
stracts of the game laws—about fifty a day on the aver- 
age—this notwithstanding our State Commissioners have 
had twice the ustal number printed for general distri- 
bution. I have sent out from this office more than 1,000 
copies of the new bird law besides several hundred post. 
ers and copies of abstracts. 

These increased calls indicate a widespread interest 
among the sportsmen of the State in the care of yout 
fish and came, especially the game birds. Many people 
siinnose that the expense for this educational wark is 
borne hy the State. On the contrary, everv dollar the 
Association has ever exnended, either in this work or 
in nrosecution, has heen derived from private individ- 
vials in the wav of membershin fees and vearly dues: 

All snartsmen of aur State should be willine to aid and 
there is fo way in which thev can more effectively assist 
in the onnd work than by enrolling themselves on our 
list of members, The admission is $5 and yearly di tes 
are the same. L 

‘Some may sav: “T oo out of the State for came aud 
fish.” Very good. Such have reason to be thankful, and 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


at the same time, with the generous impulses which 


every good sportsman experiences and which: are char- 


acteristic of sportsmen as a class, they should not for- 


get that there are hundreds of devotees of rod and gun 
who must have their recreation near home or go with- 
out it. 

Very few have an adequate idea of the possibilities of 
the State of Massachusetts to produce fish and game. 
Since it has been made illegal to shoot deer they have 
become much more numerous, This is one ilustration of 
what may be done. A few days since I visited the Whit- 
tier homestead, between the city of Haverhill and Ames- 
bury, and was told that a deer had been into a garden in 
the neighborhood. Mr. J. M. Stevenson, of Pittsfield, 
has inlormed me that according to what he believed to 
be reliable reports there had been seen in that section 
not less than twenty deer, Similar accounts come from 
other parts of the State. 
area is greatly in excess of what it was a quarter of a 
century ago, and game of all kinds would, I believe, be 
mote abundant than fortnerly but for the vastly greater 
number who seek it and the wonderful improvement in 
guns, etc. The State has extensive covers and is well 
supplied with rivers, brooks and ponds. Ii our Staté 
Board of Fish and Game Cotmissioners are enabled to 
apply modern methods in developing our resources great 
improvement in the existing conditions may reasonably 
be expected within a few years. Chairman Collins tells 
me he is looking after cases of pollution of streams by 
sawdust. This is work in the right direction. It has 
been a matter of general knowledge that for several 
yeais some of the best trout streams in the State have 
been almost denuded of fish by the neglect of mill owners 
to live up to the requirements of the statutes. 

The chairman also tells me that gratifying reports are 
coming in respecting the general observance of the game 


In some towns the wooded. 


247 


ive feature of our plan is that restrictions apply to every- 
fae alike, and when open at all it is open to the general 
public,’ 

“Members of our Association will be glad to know 
that President Wiggin and the librarian, Dr. Brangan, 
have returned much refreshed from a three weeks’ trip 
to the Maine woods, coming out by way of Quebec and 
the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Vice-President W. S. Hin- 
man has recently returned from a Western trip and the 
Hon, J. Russell Reed left last night with his dog Dick 
for a few weeks’ bird shooting in Maine, . 

“Posters and abstracts of the Massachusetts fish and 
game laws may be had on application to me at § Park 
Square, Boston. ENRY H, KIMBALL, 
“Secretary Massachtisetts Fish and Game Protective As- 

sociation.” 


Canadian Moose for New Zealand. 


WE find in the London Illustrated Sporting and 
Dramatic News the accompanying illustration of a herd 
of moose calves, with the note of their shipment: ‘About 
a year ago the New Zealand Government decided to at 
tempt the acclimatization of the North American moose, 
and entered into correspondence on the subject with the 
sister colony of Canada. The Government at Ottawa at 
once signified its intention of assisting the project by 
all means in its power, arid entered into correspondence 
with Mr, C. €. Chipman, Chief Commissioner of the 
Hudson Bay Company. The Jatter gentleman set in mo- 
tion the machinery of the H. B, C., whose ramifications 
extend over half a4 continent, with the result that a ‘baker’s 
dozen’ of calves were gathered in from Lake Manitoba 
district by employees of the “Great Company.’ The baby 
moose were led into captivity at a very early age— 


A BUNCH OF CANADIAN MOOSE FOR NEW ZEALAND, 


laws in some portions of the State, and he thinks a vig- 
orous enforcement of the laws is looked for by many 
who have not heretofore been as scrupulous as they might 
be in complying with them. The president of one active 
elub writes that his club proposes to put a warden in 
the field very soon. 
_ Probably it is unnecessary to inform your readers that 
it is unlawful to kill woodcock or partridge in this State 
' fore Oct. 1, and that for three years they must not be 
Sold at any season. I will only add an extract from my 
letter, as published in the Boston Herald of yesterday, 
which will, I think, be of interest to some of your readers 
who do not see that paper: 

“The new posters which haye been issued by the Mas- 
sachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association con- 


tain the following summary of the Lacey bill, enacted by .- 


Congress last winter, which will be of especial interest 
to game dealers; 

“United States laws relating to shipping game, All 
packages containing dead animals, birds or parts: thereof 
shipped by interstate commerce must be plainly marked 
with name and address of shipper and nature of con- 
tents. Penalty on shipper, carrier and consignee not 
over $200, Penalty on common carrier for transporting 
game killed in violation of laws of State in which killed 
or from which its export is prohibited, $200.’ 

“T am in receipt of a letter from A. C. Sylvester, presi- 
dent of the North Attleboro Fish and Game Association, 
in which he informs me that his Association is planning 
to hold a sportsman’s show 2nd fair in Wamsutta Opera 
House, North Attleboro, Nov. 16 to 24 next. He says: 
‘We propose to have the best thing of the kind ever 
seen (outside the great cities), and you know that when 
we set out we generally get there. We shall show live 
animals, fish, birds and everything pertaining to sport on 
streams and in forests. There will be all the features of 
a fair, with change of stage programme every evening.’ 

“The Association is not yet a year old, its birthday 
being Jan. 1, 1900, and it now numbers rit activé mem- 
bers. Its method of work is laid out upon broad lines 
and its aims are unselfish, and are thus explained by 
President Sylvester: 

“We do all our work with the distinct pledge that 
the general public have all the rights pertaining to 
members, We stock streains, etc., and make ‘restric- 
tinns for protection which apply to evervbody alike. 
When we are unable to apply State game laws-we lease 
property and apply the laws of trespass, but the distinct- 


soon after they were dropped, in fact. They were hand- 
reared for six or eight mofiths on chopped food, fresh» 
vegetables, fruit, etc., care being taken to get them 
sufficiently tame to stand the long journey before them. — 
They are about evenly divided as far as sex is con- 
cerned ; and were shipped off about a month ago, in charge 
of an experienced Hudson Bay Company official, Our 
illustration is from a photograph taken in the stock yards 
of the Manitoba & Northwestern Railway Company at 
Portage la Prairie, and shows the final round-up of the 
infant herd previously to their long railway journey of 
1,600 miles to the Pacific Coast. Here they embark on 
the steamship. Aorangi for a further sea voyage of a 
pom or more, to the Antipodes. Good luck go with 
them !” 


The Kippewa Moose Country. 


Mineoua, N. Y., Sept. 18.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
I understand that the law on moose will be off on Oct. 
of this year in the Province of Ontario,,Canada. Deux 
Riviéres, a small station same twenty miles east of Mat- 
tawa, on the C. P. R, R,, is quite a rendezyous for sports- 
men and a starting point for many hunting parties. To 
avoid mutual annoyance, I would ask you to publish for 
the benefit of such of your readers as are planning a trip 
in that region the fact that our club, the Caughnawana 
Fishing and Hunting Club, has leased all of the Magans- 
sippi territory from about eighteen miles north of the 
Ottawa Riyer clear to the Kippewa waters, in the Prov- 
ince of Quebec, and that a!l persons who are not mem- 
bers of the said club are respectfully requested not to 
trespass tipon the club lands. 

T do this because last yeat a number of persons were 


greatly disappointed at our insisting upon their leaving 


that territory. The Kippewa waters. which bound our 
leased lands on the north, embtace the most celebrated 
moose country in that part of Canada and we desire to 
avoid if possible having people go up there and unwit 
tingly trespass upon ns to their and aur own annoyance. 
HAtsteEaD Scupper, Sec’y-Treas, 


Shooting Resorts. 


PROPRIETORS of shooting resorts will find the advertising 
pages of Forest ann Stream the hest possible agency 
for acquainting sportsmen with what attractions their 
districts have for shooters. 


Boston and Maine. 


Bosron, Sept. 22.—The forest fires are out. ‘Over 2 
inches of rain has fallen in the coast towns of Massa- 
chusetts within a week, and the great danger from for- 
est fires is over for the present. This rainfall has ex- 
tended up the coast and well into the interior oi Maine, 
and the forest fires, rendered less dangerous by the lighter 
rainfall of two weeks ago, are entirely out for the pres- 
ent, The hunter and guide both breathe easier. The full 
season on Maine deer is open Oct. 1, and all can make 
ready with one of the greatest dangers removed. A feel- 
ing of indignation preyails in Plymouth county. A gen- 
tleman, who has lived and summered in Kingston, near 
Plymouth, for two years and is thoroughly conversant 
with that part of the country, said to me yesterday: “I 
wish that we had some of the careful, honest spirit of the 
Maine ‘guides in Plymouth county. I know not what is 
to be done. Forest fires are getting to be jar too com- 
mon and long prolonged there. Our lives and property 
are endangered every time there is a drought. I am sat- 
ished that the fires are set, and set with either malicious 
intention cr for the sake of the pay to be had for fight- 
ing fires. We paid 50 cents an hour for fire fighting dur- 
ing our late troubles, and then this pay was increased to 
$x an hour. No sooner than one fire was out when 
another would be started. I believe that the Legislature 
should take up the matter of forest fires, They occur'at 
every drought in the cape towns, but could not occur 
but for the carelessness or malicious intent of somebody. 
A commission should be appointed to thoroughly inves- 
tigate the matter, We would gladly welcome the aid of 
the fish and game commission or of hunters.” 

The Maine woods will be full of hunters by the morning 
of Oct, 1. Already several parties have started, and oth- 
ers are making ready. They will take a few days of late 
September trout fishing and a week or two in October 
for deer shooting. C. E. Sprague, A, Kilgore and F. 
Vaughn, of Boston, with Mr. Kimball, of Fitchburg, 
_ started for McDonald’s camps, Portage Lake, Aroostook 

county, Me., Friday evening. They go via Bangor & 
Aroostook to Stacyville, and thence sixteen miles by 
buckboards to the lake. Fishing parties, out from the 
same camps, mention seeing nineteen deer in one day. 
The party will be on the ground one week in October. 

Along with the pleasing reports from the hunting 

regions come the unpleasant sights of deer in Boston 
markets. I met a youth yesterday with a fawn over his 
shoulders. It léoked as fresh as though just ott of the 
woods, He had on a ‘white butcher's frock and was 
carrying the venison to a hotel—about the first of the 
season atid entirely illegal in the State where killed’ I 
asked him where the deer came from and got the usual 
answer: “I d’know.” We wonder if this is the begin- 
ning of deer illegally transported and sold here, or will 
the. Maine Commissioners be able to stop it. I com- 
mend this item to their attention and will do all I can 
to aid them. 

Some of the Boston gunners are still after shore birds, 
althoush the shooting has been unsatisfactory so far. 
The late rains and stormy weather should bring better 
flizhts. Parties are at Chatham most of the time, but 
they get only a few birds. O. H. Smith and Mr. Hilton 

_ will go down to Biddeford Pool for a few days this week 
shore-bird shooting. 
SPECIAL. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Slow Dick Season. 


Cuicaco, Ill., Sept. 21—Thus far our duck season: 
seems to be a little slow. Our chicken season is pretty 
mitch over, and our quail season is yet to be. Jacksnipe 
have appeared in but very small lots, and plover are none 
too numerous. We are getting down to an Old World 
basis here, and a good bag is something of a nine days’ 
wonder. 

- Some of our shooters have gone down to their clubs 
this week to have a look into the ducking situation, but 
nothing yery startling has turned up, The Tolleston 
members have not found very many birds ih as yet. Mr 
W. W. McFarland and Mr. Harry Meine, of the Henne- 
pin Club, on the Illinois River, in quite a distant part! 
of the world from Tolleston, report mich the same state 
of affairs. Each of the latter had eighteen teal to show 
for the trip, which is not so had for the early flight. The 
teal are the first duck to offer aiiy sport at this latitude. 
| Of the Kankakee marshes nothing has-appeared in the 
way Of teal or woodcock to attract much attention, and 
It is feared that this will prove a dull fall on those his- 
toric grounds. The draining of the big marshes has 
been going along steadily, with more or less success, and 
‘there is plenty of 1o-loot corn standing now on ground 
where once the snipe shooting was excellent. 

The. big ditch which was supposed to drain much of the 
old Maksawba marsh has been more or less completed for 
some time, and the Maksawba Club was assessed the tri- 
fling sum of $9,600 as its share of the expense, this being 
one of the luxuries of holding real estate in that county, 
formerly a semi-marine region. The club did not like to 
loosen from quite so much money all at once, and so 
looked up the matter a little in the courts. The attorneys 
discovered from the original county surveys that as the 
ditch is now completed it is 18 feet higher at the upper 
end than it is at the lower. It was respectfully submitted 
that this-sort of ditch would not drain the water the 
right way for water to run, which is down hill, and that 
hence the club didn’t want the ditch and declined to pay 
its share for it. The suit was fought for some time in the 
courts, a lot of the little farmers who have holdings near 
by joining the club in the fizht against the assessment. 
A short time ago the courts handed down the decision, 
which is that the assessment against the club does not 
hold. The county will have to change ends with that 
ditch somehow or other, and thaugh thts would at first 
appear a little difficult, perhaps it can be contrived. All 
things are possible in Indiana, 

To the north of us the duck flight is still hanging fire 
as it is to the south, and indeed we have as yet had no 
weather sufficiently rough to drive the birds downto this 
latitude, Oct. 1 is the natural time for us to get the 


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first of the Northern birds, except the early shift of teal, 
which drop down from oné lake to another early in the 
fall, and which breed more numerously than any other 
duck in Illinois and Wisconsin, There is no reason to 
suppose that the fall flight will be any more of a disap- 
pointment than it has been for several years, and indeed 
there are many reasons to expect that it will be much 
better, for the water still holds, and a duck flight is al- 
ways a question of water. The Koshkonong marsh is 
goud this fall, and some early birds have been killed 
there. This marsh may always be expected to have a 
certain amount of shooting, since the lake rarely varies 
much from its level. Wath the big Horicon marsh it 1s 
different, for it will go almost dry in a very dry year, 
the Rock River, there a very small stream, being prac- 
tically dissipated in the vast area of bogs when the water 
is low in that part of the country, This marsh is a big 
basin, with a lot of drainage area tributary to it, and 
when the local rains are abundant it fills up, and its 
hardpan bottom, down beneath a dozen feet of the soit- 
est mud on earth, holds the water and supports the 
vegetation which is essential on a good shooting marsh. 
A few years of very dry weather will kill off the water 
plants, however, and a single season or half season ol 
water will not be enough to establish a good stand of 
feed again. This fall they are haying good sport in the 
old Horicon country, and if the following season shall 
prove as favorable as this we may look for the big breed- 
ing ground to reach much of its former prestige. The 
crop of teal is good there now, though it is not yet time 
for the Northern birds there. 


March of the Quail, 


There still goes on, more appreciably and distinctly this 
season than ever before, that strange march to the north- 
ward ofi the Bob White quail. Bob White bids fair to 
be the true exponent of “iurthest north’ idea. Some 
friends who shot chickens in lower Minnesota, near Fair- 
mount, this fall, tell me that they never saw more quail 
than they found in there while they were chicken shoot- 
ing, A number of Minnesota shooters tell me that the 
quail is taking the place of the prairie chicken in their 
shooting calendar, and is further north this fall than 
aver. So runs the tale from Michigan also. A day with 
ruffed grouse is a great treat, but a day on a piece of 
zountry where there were both ruffed grouse and quail is 
i double treat, and not to be surpassed in the experiences 
of the field. As a possible experience, this is getting 
closer and closer every year for the Northern shooter. 
At different times I have told of such shooting in the 
Michigan lower peninsula, and I think I never had bet- 
ter fun than in such mixed shooting on these two great 
zame birds. If they had to choose between the two, I 
presume most men would prefer the quail, as it gives 
more action, more shots, more sights at game, but when 
both birds were accessible I noticed that a good many 
of the regular shots would now and again leave the quail 
or slight it and go after the grouse, as affording a bigger 
sensation, if one not so frequent. 

All over this part of the country we hear continually 
that the quail are everywhere, from here south to the 
Ohio River. A new quail club is forming here in Chi- 
cago, with grounds on the Kankakee country of Indiana, 
ef which more later on when the plans are more fully 
matured. There is a meeting of the executive commit- 
tee called for this week. 

The Saginaw Crowd is threatening to go West about 
the first week in October, headed probably for North 
Dakota and after ducks. They are thought to have a 
strong tip on a certain spot, with no less an atithority 
behind it than State Warden George E. Bowers, so they 
are hardly apt to be disappointed. Mr. Bowers enjoys 
the personal acquaintance of pretty much every duck 
and goose in North Dakota, and can tell where to goa 
if any one can. I suspect the Turtle Lake country, but 
do not know for sure. All the stories from both North 
and South Dakota say there is a lot of water and plenty 
of birds. ae 

No Law, 


_It has been the same old story this fall about the prai- 
ric chickens, of no law of any actual virtue so far as 
stopping the early lalling of the birds was concerned. 
[llinois was about the best State so far as we may guess. 
None could have been mtich worse than Towa, if we may 
tess again from the personal reports in scattered cases 
such as come to hand. Eddie Pope, who shot in lower 
Minnesota, says that they found lots of birds, but that 
they had been cut up a good deal before the Jaw was 
out. Another Chicago shooter who has a lot of farm 
lands out in Iowa, went out there to shoot, and paid his 
gun license for the privilege of shooting. He killed forty- 
five chickens in a week, and was very sore. 
he found no covey which had not been shot up, and he 
saw a great many crippled birds. He learned that the 
shooting began in that neck of woods about the time the 
birds came out of the shell and continued regularly 
through July and Atigust. By the time the legal date 
atrives in that land of unreserve the birds are pretty much 
all harvested, in the opinion of this particular shooter. 
There is no sort of doubt that this is the case over a 
great portion of the West. I do not think it is entirely 
the fault of the market shooters, though they do their 
share, but all sorts and conditions of men who live near 
a chicken country seem to find it impossible to. wait till 
the’ law is out. It is ancient habit, T presume, but what- 
éver it is, it is almighty tough on the birds. 


Michigan Forest, Game and Fish Association, 


They are going to try once more over in Michigan. 
It is a hard and uphill fight, but they are going fontae 
Were not the men at the head of the movement so well 
‘known, so able and so accustomed to succeed in what 
they undertake, one might say in croaking mood that it 
is Sire to be the same old story of a good motive, but 
an object too optimistic ever to be attained. The name 
of the new organization which is going to try to stop 
or at least to modify the course of human events as to 
game, fish and forests is the Michigan Forest; Game and 
Fish Protective Association, and has at its head such 
Droiminent sportsmen and citizens as Watts Humphreys, 
Ww, B. Mershon, Geo. B. Morley, Dr. Chas. W. Alden 
Y. Kindler, etc, some of the best men of Michigan, ° 


He said that . 


[SEPT 29, 1900. 


The new Association has its headquarters at Saginaw, 
and the meeting of organization was held Sept. 13 at 
the rooms of the Board of Trade of the latter city, with 


a very full attendance. The officers and committees cho-. 
sen were as follows: President, Watts S. Humphreys; 
First Vice-President, W. B. Mershon; Second Vice- 
President, John Baird; Secretary, Dr. Charles W. Alden; 
Treasurer, V. Kindler; Executive Committee, John P. 
Sheridan, E. P. Stone, Charles H. Peters, Herman Pis- 
torius, Louis Smith, Charles H. Davis, George B. Mor- 
ley, A. Benjamin Williams, George L. Burrows, Jr.; Ed 
McCarthy; Membership, V. Kindler, Dr. C.W. Alden, 
Louis Smith; Legislation and Enforcement of Laws, John 
Baird, V. Kindler, W. B. Mershon; Auditing, John P. 
Sheridan, George B. Morley, George L. Burrows, Jr.; 
Local Organizations, Herman Pistorius, Charles H. 
Peters, Thomas A. Harvey. 

The purpose is to make this the parent Association, 
with membership all through the State, and when any 
given locality has shown a membership sufficiently large 
to warrant the action, to iorm a local branch, to be rep- 
resented by delegate to the parent society. The pro- 
tection of the forests is put first in the list of purposes, 
for though most of the men above mentioned are old- 
time lumbermen or are interested in lumbering opera- 
tions, they know the yalue of the forest through that very 
experience, and know that the forest must be protected 
if the game is to be preserved. The Association will 
hold a considerable weight and will use its influence for 
good and rational legislation. It cannot, of itself, reform 
the whole bad system of our poor laws and slack observ- 
ance of them, but it can do very much in that direction, 
and it is backed by men who are above all things prac- 
tical and not given to talk or to resolutions which do 
not resolve. 


Pearls in the Mississippi. ey 


_ Benj. F. Dayton on Sept. 17 found in the Mississippi 
River near Winona, Minn., a pearl which is thought to 
be worth $2,000, or for which he has at least refused a 
very large sum of money, though these big fresh water 
pearls are nearly always overvalued by the finders at 
first. T. J. McNamara, of the same locality, not long 
ago really sold a pearl for $200, and this is a far bigger 
and better one. It is thought to be the finest ever found 
in the great Papa of the Waters. This shows the luck 
of some men. I have fished all over that country, but 
no pearl éver came my way. I preferred black bass at 
the time to clams. 
E, Houca. 


Hartrorp Butipine, Chicago, Ill. 


“Sportsman.” 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

T was struck on reading in the Aug. Ir isstie of the 
FoREST AND STREAM the discussion by Ransacker of this 
subject, anent his reply to sundry criticisms of his 
former article on the same theme, by what I may term his | 
ufiqte, not to say grotesque, application of Webster's 
definition of the word. I very much doubt if Mr. 
Webster, had he seen this discussion, would have in- 
dorsed the list of forest, field and water vandals whoit 
Ransacker names as being propertly embraced in his 
definition of a sportsman as “one who pursties the sports 
oi the field.” And I further question if his assertion 
that this is not a sportsmen’s journal, and that the readers 
and friends of ForEsST AND STREAM are not and otight not 
to be proud ta be known and rated at home and abroad 
under that general classification of title, meets with any 
general indorsement. Ransacker refers to the term “law~ 
yer” in illustration of his point, but does he imagine that 
because some shysters and blackmailers have worked 
themselves into the calling thus classified, any true lawyet 
who honors his profession is any the less proud of his 
vocation. or any less esteemed in the community in 
which he lives and works? He cites also the careless 
usage of the word “gentleman” as illustrating his point. 
It is very true that the word is sometimes too generally 
used and indifferently applied, but while this is so, it has 
lost none of its original significance, and to say of a man 
in all seriousness that he is a gentleman conveys at once 
the idea that he is also a noble man and a person to tic to. 

I think, though, that part of Ransacker’s trouble lies in 
the fact of his haying gone too tar back for his definition 
of the term “sportsinan,”’ Turning to the new Standard 
Dictionary, I find this definition; “A person who is fond 
of, patronizes of participates in honorable field Sports, 
especially hunting and fishing.” Ah! here we have an- 
entirely different ring. This is the modern interpreta-_ 
tion of the term. There is no calling or pastime of matt 
more truly and genuinely progressive than that of sports- 
manship. Webster's definition was well enough, in his 
time. Game of all kinds was abundant then; men had not 
awakened to a realization of the necessity of conservation 
and protection. Even the trapper and snarer might ‘per- 
haps then haye been accepted as a sportsman, because the 
pernicious nature of his work. had not yet impressed it- 
self upon the public mind. But surely no reasonable 
person will claim to-day that there is any more sports- 
manship in the fellow who takes game or fish that come 
to his hand dead through snares that work in the night 
than in the butcher of domestic animals who sells us bull 
tenderloin as first-class beef at 15 cents a pound. The 
pot-hunter, market-shooter and men of their ilk may 
vatint themselves as sportsmen, but they deceive no one 
as to their true standing. They do not read ForEsT AND 
STREAM, and this paper does mot represent them in any 
way except as it holds them up to the public scorn which 
they so richly deserve. 

Let us not, therefore, despise nor consider for one 
moment any departure from the term of which we have 
been taught for generations to be proud. 

The man who participates in honorable field sports. 

There it is in epigram; and he who follows field sports 
of any class whatsoever that are not honorable, is by this 
definition not a sportsman. Any way, he is uhworthy our 
serious attetition, and we exalt him too much in giving 
him such corisideration. ‘ i 

Just as the gentleman is an honorable man, so the 
sportsman mist be an advocate and follower of honor- 
able sport, and of none else, When he goes beyond 


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that point he rules himself out, and the classification 
is, | think, sufficiently well defined. The man who 
loves dog and gun, rod and reel, but finds his sport not 
especially in the act of taking and killing, who finds in- 
Spiration in the sweep of the freé winds across the 
plains, who catches the melody of the woods and gathers 
the philosophy and vigor of life from the sound of rush- 
ing, rippling waters—he is the sportsman whom we know 
and admire. That he is sometimes misrepresented and 
defamed through impersonation by unworthy persons does 
not hurt his individual standing nor lower the class, and 
the interloper, we may be assured, is soon found out 
and placed just where he. belongs. 

_Let us, therefore, cease borrowing trouble by chasing 
after false gods, being well assured that the sportsman 
will continue to be and to stand for, as in the past, a 
large proportion of that element of mankind which com- 
Poses, in the broadest application of the term, “the salt 
of the earth.” TuLivots. 


The Parson from Indiana. 


Our planets came into conjunction, so to speak, on the 
train, He introduced himself to us, with a bland smile, as 
a Mr. Small, from somewhere in Indiana. 

“Going. hunting?” he inquired, dropping into a seat 
beside us. 

“We are going to try it,” Jack replied. 

“Where are you going?” 

ene are thinking of upper Michigan,” said Jack, telling 
a lie. 

“Strange,” he exclaimed, “but I was thinking of Michi- 
gan myself.” 

“We were only thinking of Michigan,” I hastily in- 
terposed. “I, for one, am in fayor of Wisconsin.” 

“And I am for Minnesota,” Jim chimed in. 

“They all have their strong points,’ Mr. Small agreed. 
“T hadn't thought of Minnesota, but now that you men- 
tion it, it strikes me as a most desirable country for real 
sport.’ 

“You see, we don’t know just where we are going,” said 
Jack, desperately. “In fact, we never do know until we 
get there, and even then we are never positively certain 
about it.” 

-Mr. Small was not in the least disconcerted at this am- 
biguous statement. 

“It's truly a delightful state of affairs,” said he, and 
his bland smile became blander. “I mean the uncertainty 
of the thing. We are in the same boat,’ and then he 
launched himself into conyersaiion, and before we had 
known him an hour he had given ts a complete history 
of himself and all his family. 

He was a “Methodist divine,” he informed us, and was 
off on a vacation, which he proposed to spend in the 
woods deer hunting. He had no idea of where he was 
#oing, nor what he would do when he got there, wherever 
“there” might be. Such trifles he cheerfully left to an all 
wise providence. ‘ : 

He evidently considered us instruments of this selfsame 
providence. and grew greatly attached to us—so attached, 
indeed, that we could not shake him off. Jack said that he 
was the reincarnation of “Mary’s little lamb,” and that he 
had made a mistake, and took one'of us for Mary. 

Perseverance is a great virtue, in its place, and in the 
end the Parson triumphed, and extorted an invitation, or 
more correctly speaking, permission to cast in his lot with 
us, He was deplorably ignorant of everything pertaining 
to the woods, as his first day, in camp proved. He told us 
that he had read up very carefully on the subject of 
hunting, and had gleaned many valuable ideas. 
only be necessary to mention one of them. 

He had a brand new pait of cowhide boots, warranted 

waterproof. These boots had a squeak of their very own. 
Their maker must have had a patent on that squeak, be- 
cause I have never heard anything exactly like it before 
vor since. You could hear the Parson coming half a 
mile away. When Sooner first heard it But I antici- 
pate, 
He also had, among his numerous belongings, a bottle 
of something called asafcetida. I had never come in con- 
tact with that “vile smelling stuff’ before, and I never 
Want to again. He explained to us its uses. He said that 
if you rubbed some of it on the soles of your boots it 
would attract the wolves, and they would follow the trail 
forever, or until you put a bullet through their heads. He 
only hoped that there were plenty of wolves around, be- 
cause he wanted to bag a lot of them. 

We said nothing. but we reveled in the joke that night. 

The next morning he uncorked the bottle, and a change 
came oer the spirit of our dreams. He seated himself 
on a log and rubbed some of the stuff on his boots, as per 
directions, preparatory to an assault on the denizens of 
the forest, It struck our olfactory nerves at the same 
time. We all stopped work. 

“Do you notice it?” said Jack, turning to me. 

“LT most certainly do,” I replied. ‘“What can it be?’ 

“Give it up. Strange we didn’t notice it yesterday.” 

Jim said nothing, He merely rose to his feet, and 
walked around to windward of the Parson, and pointed 
significantly at him. 

The Parson was sitting sidewise on the log, with the 
bottle held at arm’s length from:his averted face, and 
his legs stretched as far away from the rest of his body as 
possible. On his cottntenance there was such an expres- 
sion of pained surprise, oyer which disgust was plainly 
struggling for mastery, that the truth immediately flashed 
upon us. 

“Take it away,” we shouted in unison. 

“For heaven's sake, go bury it somewhere,” Jack added. 
“It'll drive us out of camp.” 

“T had no idea it was like this,” the Parson wailed. 
“Dear me, what shall I do? T’ve put some of it on- my 
boots.” — : 

“Go take a walk then,’ said Jack, emphatically. “‘Go 
down to the lake and wade around. Go anywhere, only 
don’t come back till it’s all off. Keep walking around, 
and take the bottle with yout and bury it.” 

“Do you suppose the wolves——” 

“Don’t stop to talk.” Jack interrupted, “or everything 
will reelc with the stuff.” 

“Tf.a wolf got a good whiff of it,” Jim added, “it would 
kill him on the spot. Hurry up, and don’t come back 
yintil you are deodorized.” 


Te wall - 


The Parson departed, odor and all, and we did not see 
him again until late in the afternoon. In the meantime 
old Hogarth had walked down to camp to shake hands 
with us. We were camping on his side of the lake that 
trip. He was the same as ever, and time seemed to have 
no effect upon him. 

“How is Sooner?” was one of my first questions. 

“Same’s ever,’ Hogarth replied. “‘Reck’n he'll be “long 
purty soon. He started ? come ‘long with me, but got 
consatned ‘bout a noise he heerd in the bushes, an’ left me 
jest t go an’ see, Reck’n he'll be wantin’ t’ stay over here 
with you, ‘cause him an’ the old woman ain’t on speakin’ 
tarms, Jest now. She don’t onderstand Sooner no more’n 
Sooner onderstands her, an’ they don’t git on nohow, the 
difrunce bein’ that Sooner don’t give a cuss, an’ the old 
woman gits mad’s blazes, an’ sw’ars she'll shoot him.” 

“What's wrong this time?’ I asked. 

“They’s no tellin’ what ‘twas. Mos’ likely jest some 
dern foolish bizness. Nuthin’ wuth gittin’ mad ‘bout. 
But Sooner gener’ly fights shy o’ the old woman when 
she’s in ‘er tantrums, seein’ he’s got sense "bout some 
things, an’ lays low fer a spell. Wish I could do like 
him sometimes,” 

Just then the stibject of our conversation trotted or, 
inore correctly speaking, satuntered into camp, He greeted 
us politely, but without effusion, the same blasé old fellow, 
save for the many scars of battle that adorned different 
portions of his anatoniy—scats gained in his crusade 
against the neighbors’ dogs, He inspected the camp, and 
his attention immediately became centered on the log 
where the Parson had sat. Here was something new— 
something he did not tinderstand—and he looked around 
at us for an explanation. None being forthcoming, he 
followed the Parson’s trail a little way, and then gave it 
up and came back and sat down to think about it. 

At that moment an interruption occurred that brought 
both Hogarth and the dog to their feet. A strange creak- 
ing sound broke the stillness of the forest, a sound unlike 
anything they had ever heard before, and growing louder 
and louder every instant, 

The hair rose on Sooner’s back, and then he suddenly 
bounded forward to the Parson’s log. Evidently he asso- 
ciated the strange sound with the stranger odor. He 
struck the trail, and giving tongue with the full force of 
his powerful voice, disappeared in the direction of the 
lake. The other sound ceased for a moment, only to break 
out afresh with renewed intensity, its even rhythmic beat 
greatly accelerated, accompanied by the thud of heavy 
footfalls. 

“Fer the land sakes, what on airth kin that be?” ex- 
claimed Hogarth, looking about for a weapon. 

“Tt must be the Parson,’ I explained. 

“Old asatcetida, sure enough,” said Jack. “I had for- 
gotten all about him. He seems to be in a hurry.” 

The Parson suddenly emerged from the woods, coming 
on the run, with mighty strides, and looking back over 
his shoulder at every o her step. He sank down beside 


‘us exhausted and all out of breath. 


“Where have you been all this time?” asked Jack. _ 
“I got lost trying to lose that odor,’ he explained. 
“Did you hear the wolves after me?” 


“Yes. We heard them,” said Jack, with a wink at the 
rest of us. “Were they after you?” 
“Yes. They jtist started ip a few mititites ago. No 


telling how long they have been following my trail, though. 
They made an awful noise, and they would have had me 
in short order if I hadn’t run.” 

He then gave us a yivid account of his experiences dur- 
ing the day, Old Hogarth was one of the most amused 
listeners. 

“Y" needn't be feared 0’ no wolves,” he drawled, when 
the Parson had finished his tale, “s’long’s you've got them 
boots on, They'd scare a wolf t’ death. They'd scare any 
dorg but Sooner, an’ he ain't got sense nuff t’ git scared. 
Can't say’s I ever heerd jest sech a noise afore. It beats 
me how y do it.” 

The Parson looked slightly embarrassed. 

“T got them pretty wet,” he explained, “and that makes 
them squeak more than usual.” 

“Seem’s so,” the old man replied. “They must ’a’ bin 
made out o’ hog leather, they squeak so. Waal, guess [ll 
be moseyin’ ‘long home. Sooner’ll most likely ‘lect t’ stay 
here to-night, seein’ as he’s got t work out the Parson's 


trail. Ef he don’t back track he orter be doo some time 
to-night. Waal, slong. Hope y’ git plenty o’ wolves, 
Parson.” 


After Hogarth’s departure we had supper, and the Par- 
son, for one, was ready fo turn in early that night. 

“The Parson's experience cooled his ardor somewhat, 
and for a few days he kept close to camp. This was 
considerate of him, as we did not have to hunt so far for 
him when he got lost. He was never out of our hearing 
when he had his boots on. At the end of a week, though, 
his enthusiasm had returned, and nothing would do but 
that he must have a shot at a deer or a walf, 

Soonér, strange to relate, had taken a fancy to the 
Parson. I think it was because he was glad to associate 
with some one who could give him a long start and then 
beat him at doing fool things. But the day came when 
Sooner was to regret his choice, and no doubt he was 
ore cautious thereafter in picking up an acquaintance 
with strangers. 

Vhe Parson determined to go hunting. and to go alone 
with Sooner. We told him that if he lost himself he would 
have to sleep Out all night, and keep walking in a circle 
with his boots on to scare the walves off. He said there 
was no danger, and whistling ta the dog, squeaked forth 
in search of big game and glory. 

Sooner was the first to return. 
distance, and his strange behavior attracted our attention. 
His ustial jaunty air had disappeared, and in its place he 
wore a downcast, dejected look, as though life had lost 
half its charms for him. He came and stood before us 
with drooping tail and lowered head. 

“What is it, Sooner?” said I, 
“What's wrong, old man?” 

For answer he gave me one imploring look, and turned 
in the direction from which he had come, and started 
away, looking, back over his shoulder as though he ex- 
pected ts to follow. s 

“Something is wrong,” said Jim. “Probably the Par- 


stroking his head, 


son has been tip against it. and got himself inta trowble. _ 


Let’s go see,” 


We espied him in the ' 


_‘Sooner miist have had a hand in it, then,” I remarked, 
“He looks ashamed of himself,” 

We followed close behind the dog for a mile or 
two, when we suddenly heard faint cries for help in the 
distance. We hurried forward on the tun, Sooner still 
leading the way, and the cries growing louder every mo- 
ment. The sound finally led us down into a thick, swampy 
place, and there we found the Parson. 

He was in a serious predicament. He was in a quag- 
mire, and had sunk in up to his waist when we arrived 
on the scene. We extticated him with much difficulty, and 
he was forced to part company with his boots in the 
operation. We sat around him, and watched him try to 
serape the mud off, and listciied to his tale of woe. 

“T don’t know what you will think of me,”’*he began, 
“when I tell you what has occurred.” He patised a mo- 
ment. in deep thought. “ilow much are cows worth 
around here?” he stiddenly asked. 

We glanced at one another significantly. We thought 
that his mind was wandering, and to humor him, Jim 
said: 

“Oh, about fifty dollars.” It was merely a blind guess. 

“As much as that?’ said the Parson, dejectedly. “Hunt- 
ing is apt to prove expensive, isn’t it? Well, it might have 
been worse, but I am afraid that I have killed a cow.” 

“A cow?” we all exclaimed, in the same breath. 

“Yes, a cow. It it lying over there in the swamp, near 
the place you found me in. You see, I am unfamiliar 
with the woods, and have never seen a deer running wild. 
Well, when I started out this morning, I had set my heart 
on getting a deer. J think I might have succeeded if I had 
had a good dog, This dog here didn’t seem to enter into 
the spirit of the thing, He didn’t hunt much. He just 
ran ahead, sort of sniffing around on the ground, but he 
really wasn’t in earnest, | know. I blame him for much 
of this trouble, although I am perfectly willing to take 
my share of the blame, and pay for the cow. 

“Tt happened like this. We were walking along in the 
manner [ haye described, and I was sicking the dog on, 
though he didn’t seem to care much about my sicking. 
when stddenly he stopped short and then dashed forward 
into the bushes, and commenced barking loudly. I fol- 
lowed him, of course and he led me quite a chase. And 
then, just as we reached this swamp here, J saw that he 
was chasing what looked to me like a deer, They weren’t 
going very fast, and I managed to get a shot at the animal, 
and brought it to the ground with the third or fourth 
shot. It fell near the spot where you found me, and I 
dashed forward to cut its throat, when I fell into that mud 
hole. 

“As soon as I realized my danger I called to the dog, 
thinking I might send him back to camp with a note 
for you. He came and sat down at a distance, and looked 
at me .and then at the deer. He did this two or three 
times, and then he trotted away and left me. His behavior 
was yery strange. 

“My feelings for the next hour beggar description. It 
seemed such a horrible death to die. .[ could not see the 
deer very plain—or. alas! the animal I had shot for a deer, 
for I soon discovered my mistake. It was a cow. The 
discovery added nothing to my comfort. And then you 
came and rescued me. But'there can be no doubt about 
it. I have killed some one’s cow.” 

We were speechless with varying emotions, but man- 
aged to retain a semblance of our customary decorum. 
We then proceeded to examine the carcass of the murdered 
boyine. 

As the Parson had said, there was no doubt about it. 
He had slain a cow. Whose cow it was was the next 
question. Then I remembered that Hogarth owned a few 
head of cattle, and the truth dawned upon me. The cow. had 
strayed far from home, and Sooner had found her and 
realized that it was his duty to escort her safely home 
again. This he had set about doing, and was no doubt 
happy over the thought that this would square things 
with “the old woman,” when the Parson had stepped in 
and spoiled everything, and now Sooner felt that in some 
way he would -be blamed for the direful deed, hence his 
dejection. : 

He had sat with his back turned upon us, during the 
Parson's narration, a silent and unmoved listener to -that 
tale of shame. No doubt he felt the disgrace of having 
made himself a willing associate of such an ignoramus 
as his companion had proved himself to. be. He still held . 
himself aloof, and trailed along, behind when we had | 
finished our inspection of the carcass and had started back 
to camp. op} tL 

“T shall be glad to get these clothes off,’ the Parson 
reinarked as he walked stiffly along, strangely silent, with 
respect to his lower extremities, now that the boots were -- 
resting in their muddy grave. “I feel like a veritable 
‘man of clay.’ ” : Slaw 

“You certainly look the part to perfection,’ Jack> 
vouchsated to reply. ' hide 

As luck would have it, when we got back to camp we 
found Hogarth there in person. To him:we unbosonied - 


ourselyes, and although deeply moved by the tale, he’ - i 


agreed to break the news to “the old woman.” This fe-: 


moved a great load from our minds, as that was a mis- ~~ 


sion none of us cared to perform. We proceeded ‘to liqui- 
date the affairs of the Parson. He paid over forty dollars 
to Hogarth for the cow, and the matter became history— 
ott repeated history, at that, when any of us get to 
reminiscing, as we sometimes do. ~' 

“T'll keep the hasses locked up;’ Hogarth said to me 
in a loud aside, “till the Parson goes. He might shoot - 
one of “em fer a b’ar. Guess the old woman won’t be | 
much riled, *cause she had it in fer that caow ‘cause the 
dern critter was allers runnin’ away, an’ ef they was any 
loggers *raund they ketched “er an’ milked ’er dry, an’ | 
that made the old woman mad. Waal, slong. Till go 
squar things hum.” c 

As we were lottnging around the camp-fire that evening, 
the Parson thus addressed us: - “When I was in that” 
quagmire,” said he, “I had ample time for reflection, and ~ 
I came to the conclusion that I was not exactly suited 
to this life. I decided that if.I ever got out of that hole 
alive I would go back to Indiana and take a rest. A 
few more such painful experiences would make a total 
wreck of me. I think I'll giveit up and go home. I'll hire 
Hogarth to driye me over to the nearest railroad station 
to-morrow.” . ; ; 

We did not try to dissuade him, and were eager tg help 


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him with his packing. The next morning he left, and we 
heaved a sigh of relief as he disappeated from view 1n 
one of Hogarth’s antiquated vehicles. } 

That was the last we ever Saw or heard of the Parson 
from Indiana, but though lost to sight, to memory he will 
_belalways dear. Fayette DuRLIN, JR. 


One More Squirrel Hunt. 


Wuen September comes I just naturally begin to think 
about the woods and hickory nuts and mast (beech nuts 
and acorns), and wonder if any ‘chips’ are to be found 
under the trees. This year there wasn't any time to go 
and see, but the “boys” said there was no “mast” and 
no squirrels, so I took the gun with me ‘way down to 
Mitchell, where they were reported to be plenty, but it was 
not so, and it took mighty fine hunting and lots of it to get 
- only a few. It wasn’t at all satisfactory, and when I 
got home the gun was put away with a-sigh of regret at 
the thought that I was ‘‘chained to business” and might 
as well give up shooting for good. After a day or two 
I felt that I must have one more stroll through the Harris 
Woods, if there wasn’t a single squirrel in it, just to ad- 
mire the big trees once more, and ito recall the many 
restful afternoons and glorious autumn mornings I hail 
spent in those same woods. I took the gun along. more 
for company than anything else, for the report was no 
mast and, no squirrels. 

It was one of those hazy afternoons—not a breath of air 
stirring, and just warm enough to make one feel a trille 
lazy, and the atmospheric conditions were such that the 
bits of rotten wood loosened by a woodpecker could be 
heard falling through the leaves a hundred yards away. 
On reaching the woods the bicycle was shoved into a 
fence corner behind a bush, the gun taken from the case 
and I began the walk along the old familiar hog path 
that I had followed so many times years ago. Right over 
there is where I got the fox squirrel as he was coming 
leisurely down the big oak, and over there is—— But 
what is this? Beech nuts, and the ground almost covered 
with “chips.”- Squirrel here sure, and he will be back 
here for supper, and I will see him about breakfast. 
Further along the path is an old oak that used to be a fox 
squirrel den. Wonder if there is one there now? Yes; 
look here. A pile of walnut hulls. That is fox squirrel 
sign, And here are mofe beech nut “chips’’—lots of them. 
THere will be some shooting here about 4 to 5 o'clock 
this evening. Here the path begins to follow the edge of a 
shallow ravine, and the “‘chips” are to be seen at intervals 
all along the path. It isn’t much use to look for the 
squirrels now, for they are keeping quiet till about 4 
o'clock, and perhaps later, but I know now where they will 
be when their feeding time comes and begin to think there 
will be pretty good sport, so I sit down on a comfortable 
old log that has been a restful seat for me many times 
before to-day, and tell myself what a good time I’m 
going to haye ‘long about 4 to 5 o’clock, and just think 
how the old gtin is going to wilt two or three squirrels 
with No. 7 chilled shot. : 

Presently there is a faint sound of squirrel barking “way 
over toward the edge of the woods, and I get up and listen, 
Tt is away off to the southwest? No, southeast. It is the 
hardest sound to locate exactly that I ever listened to. I 
slip quietly along down the ravine, walking where the 
leaves are washed away so as to make no noise. The 
barking continues, and after getting a hundred yards 
nearer to it I have it located out at the edge of the woods, 
and gttess he is up a sugar or a beech close to it. Can’t 
tell which, but when I get within 50 yards, get a glimpse 
of him as he whisks round the tree from me. I work up 
within 30 yards, and the barking still continues, but he 
is out of sight on the other side of the tree, I know that 
presently he will get curious to know what has become of 
me, and will come round. After five minutes’ waiting he 
whips round and shows, hanging head downward on the 
side of the tree, and is an easy mark. While waiting to 
get a shot at this one, a fox squirrel is barking off to the 
right of me, and after getting the gray I try to locate the 
fox squirrel, but he has quit barking, and I fail to get a 
sight of him, Another gray has begun to bark over to 
the foot of the bluff, and I go over there, but he quits, and 
J cannot tell which tree he is on, so sit down and wait for 
the squirrel to do the hunting. In about ten minutes he 
breaks out again on a tree that stands on the edge of the 
bluff. He is in plain sight, but it is a long shot, but as 
his side is toward me and there is little chance for getting 
closer, and there is a hole in the tree, and his next move 
will be to get into it, I shoot. He falls and comes to the 
ground, Some 20 feet down the bluff side and starts up 
the bluff. I give the other barre] quickly, but think it was 
a clean miss, for he goes right up to the tree and round 
it. I watch for a sight of him going up the’ tree, but see 
nothing of him, and conclude he has managed to reach 
the hole. I climb the bluff and go to the tree and find him 
dead at its roost. Two others had been barking while I 
was waiting for a shot at this one, so I go aver there and 
wait a while, but see nothing of them. 

Then I take a stroll over to’the northwest corner of the 
woods and hear two more, but can’t find them. See lots 
of “chips” under some beech trees, and make up my mind 
that there will be just three squirrels bagged right»here 
this evening. I sit down and take it easy till 4 o'clock, and 
then Start to go slowly and noiselessly to the various trees 
where signs have been noted. Over at the, south side I 
hear a faint patter of “chips,’ and slipping cautiously 
along, presently locate the tree. Now is the-time to exer- 
cise- the utmost caution, for if the squirrel sees me he 
will immediately hide or start in a wild race over the 
tree tops in an effort to get to a hole. There isino need to 
hurry, so I approach yery slowly, being careful not to 
make the least noise, and presently get within fair shoot- 
ing distance. The leaves can be seen moving. but no squir- 
rel, for the leaves are too thick. I think of going round 
the tree to get a better view, but it isn't safe. and if I 
keep quiet he will come in sight sooner or later, and I will 
get him. After a few minutes he runs out on a’ long, slen- 
der limb in plain sight, and is quickly brought to bag. 

From here I go to the tavine, where sign was first 
noted, and find another one busy with the beech nuts. T 
get close enough, but the leaves are too thick for me to 
see, htt mot for the squirrel, for he sees me and with a 
terrified chatter starts down the tree with lichtning speed 
to get into a hole some 30 feet helow him. ~ He comes so 
fast that J cannot take a snap shot til] he ts within a foot 


of the hole. Evidently he is hit, for instead of going into 
the hole, he jumps onto a limb and in a moment his fore- 
feet let go and he hangs by his hind feet, and a minute 
later falis, catching on another branch and hanging as 
before. While I am trying to decide whether to give lim 
another shot he lets go and falls to the ground. 

This makes four, and the bunch looks pretty nice. Got 
enough for a good Sunday breakfast, anyhow, but there 
will be some more to get on those other beeches, so [ 
slip over there and find two on one tree. Now when I 
shoot one of them, the other will make a run over the 
tree tops for a hole, so I take a couple of shells in my 
hand so as to be ready for some rapid work. The first 
shot brings one of them, and the other is in the next tree 
the first jump, and racing over the treetops at breakneck 
speed, and I am shooting fast, the ejector throws out the 
empties and I can put in fresh ones. The squirrel is a 
good ways off, and there is only a glimpse to shoot at. 
1 keep it up till five shots have been hred. Two of them 
were hits, and as he runs out on a long limb to take a 
big jump into the next tree he hesitates, and, of course, 1s 
lost, for there a shot reaches him that kills. Now there 
are six on the string. and it is getting to be a “mighty 
interestin’ ” squirrel hunt. I'll go and see about that old 
fox squirrel and then go home. The old fox squirrel was 
found on a beech, sending down a shower of chips. There 
were so many leaves I couldn’t get a sight of him, so 1 
shot where I thought he was, and didnt get him. He 
struck out over the tree tops and then the shooting began, 
Six shots were more than he could stand, and instead of 
jumping into the next tree, he jumped to the ground, and 
was unable to get away. He was an extra large old fel- 
low, and probably one that I had had fun with more than 
once before. The string felt so heavy by the time I 
got home with them that I weighed them, The seven 
weighed 10 pounds. I was pretty tired when I got home 
and the gun lamed my shoulder, but say, ('d lke to go 
again to-morrow. O. ‘H. Hameron, 


Temperatures of Recently Killed Game. 


In a recent copy of the London Nature, Mr. G. Stal- 
lard prints a note on the temperatures of recently kuled 
chamois, which will haye a certain interest for big-game 
hunters.. Quoting Mr. E. N. Buxton, who says in his 
“Short Stalks,” “A friend of mine once took the tem- 
perature of a freshly killed chamois, and it stood at 130 
degrees F.” Mr. Stallard goes on to give the results of 
some observations made by him on this point. During 
the last three years he has determined the rectal tem- 
perature of twenty-nine recently killed chamois. These 
he divides into three classes: 

A. Those successfully stalked and dropped dead by the 
first shot (twelve observations). . 

B. Those shot running (seven observations). | 

C. Those wounded at the first shot, but only brought 
to bag after an interval (ten observations). 

In every case save two in the class first mentioned, the 
teinperatures taken within five minutes of death ranged 
between tot.t and 101.9 degrees, the average being about 
101.5 F. But a kid four or five months old had a teni- 
perature of 103.2 degrees, and a doe wounded eight days 
efore a temperature of 102.4 degrees. 

Those which were shot running all droppea dead in 
their tracks, or died almost immediately. In these seven. 
the temperatures were decidedly higher than in the 
previous class. They range from Io1,5 to 104.5. 

In the third class ‘the temperatures are still higher, and 
range from 101.7 to 106.7. Similar results were ob- 
tained by a Swiss friend of Mr. Stallard, who found that 
animals driven by dogs always showed a higher tempera- 
ture than those stalked and killed by the first shot. 

These investigations are precisely what we should ex- 
pect, but they are not without interest for big-game 
hunters. apeey eeny We | 


‘Yexas Duck Shooting. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

Will the recent flood in Texas injure the shooting for 
ducks and jacksnipe? I suppose the salt water getting 
in a sweet water lake will kill the food, but do you think 
that if we have plenty of rain it will wash the salt water 
out of the marshes and the jacks will come in? 

I live in Galvesten, the stricken city, but thank God 
lost none of my people in that terrible cyclone. 

We have—or did have—very fine shooting on Galves- 
ton Island, and near there Col. Moody has his fine lake. 
I was talking last year with one of his market-hunters 
and he told me that he had often killed 300 canvasbacks 
in a day.- Col. Mcody ships these ducks to. New York 
and gets $3 a pair for them. At High Island, Tex., 
thirty miles from Galveston, the duck shooting included 
all kinds and geese. I mean to say all the common 
varieties, with snow geese atid brant principally, and 
jack or Wilson snipe. Two friends of mine bagged over 
roo thereafter three last spring. 

I prefer duck shooting, although I do shoot snipe a 
«reat deal. My best bag last spring, with a friend, was 
129, at Alvin,. Tex., thirty-two miles from Galveston. 
High Island is better for ducks and geese, although win- 
ter before last a friend and myself bagged 108 jacksnipe 
there on Dec. 24. iy Ete 

|The recent Galveston horror has no special signifi- 
cance with reference to ducks and jacksnipe. So far as 
it concerns the jacksnipe, it occurred before their time 
of migration from the North, and in any event their 
habitat and feeding grounds are outside the salt water 
ae As to the ducks, it does not affect them in the 
least. 


Warning to Battery Shooters. 


In previous years it has been lawiul to begin battery 


shooting in Great South Bay Oct: 1, but it must be remeim- . 


hered that the law has recently been changed. and that 
Section 104 of the Game Laws as amended by Chapter 
605 of the Laws of T900 says that “Wildfowl mav he 
taken. by aid of any floating device at any distance from 
shore in Long Island Sound, in Shinnecock, Gardiner and 


_Peronic. Bays. and except from Sept. 30 to Oct. 10, both 


inclusive, in Great South Bay west of Smith’s Point.” 
Battery shooting, therefore, will not be lawful in Great 


South Bay until Oct. 20, and gunners will govern them- 
selves accordingly. This provision of the law will be 


found in the Game Laws in Brief and Woodcraft Maga- . 


zine for July, 1900, and, of course, will appear im the 
October Brief. 


Bea and River sMishing. 
An Arkansas Example. 


Editor Forest and Streanr: 

Vhe country lying around and south of Alma, in Craw- 
ford county, Ark., has some good fishing waters, espe- 
cially the two streams known as Big and Little Clear 
Creek and Rosie Lake with its outlet, known as the 
Deep Slough. Big Clear Creek has many fine black 
bass, crappieés, catiish and various other kinds of fish, 
while the small stream swarms with what is known here 
as sun perch, Rosie Lake is a body of water seyen mules 
jong and averages one-half mile wide. In many places 
the water is very deep, and the outlet, which is from 25 
to 100 ieet wide, in many places is 10 feet deep. These. 
waters are alive with crappies, black and sun perch and 
both kinds of catfish, and in winter thousands of ducks 
stay in this lake and the Arkansas River, which lies just 
south of the lake. I have had some good fishing this 
summer on the slough and lake. The last time J spent 
an evening there | was accompanied by Harry, my sever 
year-old boy, who is the most expert fisherman, age cot 
sidered, I haye ever seen, Arriving at the bridge which 
spans the slough on the road leading to the iake, we 
hitched our horse, and placing Harry on the bridge with 
a small cane fishing rod, with a medium hook and 
sinker baited with a fish worm, I went down to'a log 
some 60 yards from the bridge, where I was engaged 11 
making change to pay a darky for some bait which he 
had dug for us, when I heard a commoition at the bridge. 
and looking in that direction I saw Harry on his feet 
pulling with all his might and calling for help lustily. 
while his fishing rod was bent almost double, and just 
above the water rose the head of a catfish that looked half 
as large as the boy. The darky made a run to his aid, 
while I called to Harry to hold his fish above water. The 
darky reached him, grasped the rod and landed a 1o0- 
pound catfish in good shape. Maybe there was not one 
hapy boy on that bridge. When I asked him how he 
managed to catch such a big fish he replied: “Some- 
thing pulled on my hook and I thought I had it fastened 
to a log till I saw his whiskers sticking out of the water. 
Then I knew it was a whopper and I just went to pull- 
ing and hollered for help.” 

This ended our luck at, the slough. We went to the 
lake and getting in a boat soon had all the fish we 


wanted, landed our boat and drove home in the cool’ 


evening twilight. ' 
The people of this section obey both the fish and game 


laws, and as a result we have good fishing and all the 


quail and duck shooting that any one could ask. Quail 
in droves are raised all around Alma. I have a small 


pasture five acres in extent inside the corporate limits ot 


Alma, and in this two broods of quail haye been hatched 
and reared this season. Bob White sits on the fence and 


calls to his mate by the hour while people are passing‘ 


all around him. ; 

Leaving this section and going forty miles north to 
the line between the counties of Crawford and Washing- 
ton, in the mountains, the squirrel hunting is as good 


as any one could ask. The gray squirrels are numerous. 


and just now are engaged on the hickory nuts and 
acorns and on the corn where fields adjoin the woodland. 
I have made some good bags in the last two weeks, kill- 
ing from two to six at each trip in the woods, and could 
have doubled this, but I never kill any more: than: we 
want to eat. Four years ago I bought a place here and 
made me a summer home, and each season I spend two 
or three months here at Brentwood and never fail to have 


all the squirrel shooting I want. to say nothing of the | 


fox hunting which I have with the best pack of hounds 
I ever saw. and which I have kept here. : 

But that is another story. I am preparing to go back 
still further in the mountains to camp a few days, where 
there are some deer and wildcats, to say nothine of foxes 
and squirrels, When I return Dll give the readers of 


Forest AND STREAM my experience and also tell them 


something of an Arkansas fox hunt.- . : 
J. E. Loupon. 


Brenrwoop, Ark., Sept. 4. 


' The ' Delaware { River. 


Mr. Wu: R. HALELOWELL, who tells us in a postscript 
that he is sixty-eight years of age, writes from Shoe- 
maker's Eddy, Upper Delaware River; “The fishing for 
black bass has not been very good here this season, on 
account of the river being so very low, the hot sun and 
large quantities of small shad and other food fish. How- 
ever, I had a pleasant outing and fair sport. I ‘took in’ 
some fish. My largest bass weighed 414 pounds, I] had 
one of 344 pounds, two of 3 pounds; also my share of 
the small ones, from 1 pound up, and 3-pound pickerel. 
T had my-own skiff here and fished nearly every dav. 
I had a very pleasant outing, which did me lots of good.” 


The Brook Trout World Beater. 


Worcester, Mass., Sept. 20.—Edttor Forest and Stream: 
Adirondack brook trout are not in it with Maine trout. 
We have on exhibition in this city a speckled brook 
trout caught last spring which weighed at the time he 
was taken 15% pounds. This trout was taken in a Maine 
pond, wild and unfed. He is as perfect in form and.color 
as anv small brook trout I ever saw. I think this trout 
a2 world beater. At all events, if not, [ am sure the read- 


ers of the Forest AND STREAM would be elad to know | 


who caught a larger one. A. B. F. Kinney. 


The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 


Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the - 
latest by Monday and 4s tnuch earlier-as practicable, - ae wT 


SEPT. 29,-1900.] - 


_ ANGLING NOTES. 
Ouwananiche in the Toils. 


A French Canadian was fishing on Lake George for 
pike, called there pickerel, His tackle consisted of hand 
fine and trolling spoon. A fish took the spoon, and 
then followed the greatest fight our French Canadian 
iriend ever had with a fish, for, as he afterward explained, 
the fish was as much out of the water as in the water, 
and in his long experience as a pickerel fisherman he 
had never known a pickerel to act in this peculiar man- 
ner. The line was pulled in by the man and taken out 
by the leaping fish until it was somewhat snarled, but 
finally, with a supreme effort, an attempt was made to 
yank the fish into the boat, when the hooks of the spoon 
broke and the fish fell outside of the boat. In the strug- 
gle the ‘long, snarled line had also fallen outside of the 
boat, and into this tangle of line the fish fell and with a 
few struggles wrapped the line about his body until it 
was helpless and the fisherman hit it on the head with a 
club and redticed it to stupor and possession. The fish 
was taken ashore at the cottage of my oldi friend Mr. 
Z. I. De Long, where it was promptly identified as a 
landlocked salmon and the scales pronounced its weight 
1014. pounds. After this. who will say there is no such 
thing as luck in fishing? ? 


A Fair Black Bass. 


While writing this evening, the telephone rang, and the 
maid said I was wanted. There was a friend at the other 
end of the line, and this conversation followed: 

“A big black bass was caught in Glen Lake, and it is 
low at the Turf Exchange if you wish to see it.” 

"How big is it?” 

“Seven and one-half pounds.” 

“Lhave one of that size on my dining room wall.” 

“But yours is stutfed.” 

“The fish you are talking about may be stuffed for all 
that I know.” 

“No; this was just caught, and it Oh! I know 
what you mean now, but I think this fish is all straight.’ 

“IT am much obliged to you for calling me up to tell 
me dbout the bass, but it is not big enough to catise me 
to walk four blocks to see it, for I have caught larger 
black bass from the same lake, and have seen them up to 
TO pounds in weight. Whenever you know of a black 
bass that weighs over 10 pounds, call me up. Good night!” 


German Brown Trout. 


For years I have inveighed against the use of the term 
German brown trout, because it was absolutely improper. 
As well call our native brook trout New York brook trout 
or Connecticut brook trout, because they happened to come 
from either of the States named. Over and over I have 
written that the brown trout is the common brook trout 
of Europe. In Germany it is called brook trout, and in 
Great Britain it is called brown trout. .We cannot adopt 
the translation of the German common name, as we have 
a brook trout of our own, but we can call it by its English 
common name, brown trout, the trout of Izaak Walton, 
and the first brown trout eggs that ever came to this 
country came from England, though the first eggs that 
came here to a State or national hatchery came from 
Germany, and the name German brown trout has stuck 
to the fish in one of the State hatcheries ever since, The 
State of New York made.a fish exhibit at the State Fair 
in Syracuse, and when I reached the building where the 
fish were and read over one of the tanks, ‘German Brown 
Trout,” I felt that I was wounded in the house of my 
friends, as well’as stabbed in my vitals. It required but 
two seconds to pull down the cards bearing this misinfor- 
mation, and:it required at least five minutes to talk to the 
man who prepared the cards and put them over the tanks, 
and the tail end of the talk was that such an offense should 
be deemed just cause for the dismissal of the offender 
from the service of the State. 


Effects of Restocking. 


Coming from Syracuse to Albany on the Lake Shore 
Limited, I sat at dinner with Senator John Raines, when 
he told me that fishing in Canandaigua Lake had not been 
so good in many years as it was at the present time, and 
he réad to me some scores made by lake trout fishermen, 
and said that with little effort a man could take 20 to 50 
pounds of trout in a day with hook and line, and this 
condition he credited to the efforts of the State Commis- 
sion to restock the lake. , 

Harry W. Watrous, ex-president of the Lake George 
Sportsmen's Association, whose summer residence is 
Camp Inn, near Hague. on Lake George, is credited with 
catching a lake trout of 24 pounds in Lake George. This 
is a much larger trout than was ever before taken from 
the lake, 19 pounds being the record up to the time that 
Mr. Watrous made his catch, ; 


What a Few Fingerlings Will Do. 


THREE years ago the United States Fish Commission 
assigned me a carload of fingerling landlocked salmon 
to be planted in Lake George, N Hon. Wm. R. 
Weed, then one of the Fisheries, Game and Forest Com- 
missioners of the State, heard me speak of the assign- 
ment and asked that a few of the fish be sent to Spring 
Pond in the Adirondacks. This is a pond about half a 
mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, and situated not 
far from Bog River. I did not know anything about the 
suitability of Spring Pond for landlockéd salmon and I 
‘thought the Commissioner knew no more than I did: 
but when the United States fish car reached Albany a 
tlerk in the office of the Commission who had never 
taken eniee of a shipment of fish was detailed to meet 
‘the car and take a few salmon to Spring Pond. Two hun- 
dred and sixty fingerling salmon were planted in the 
pond and I imagined that this would probably close the 
incident; but I am very glad to say that ‘I was wrong in 
my surmise, for Mr. Weed has told me the past season 
that several salmon had been taken from the pond 
weighing between 2 and 3 pounds. and one evening lately 
Mr. Charles Sisson, of Tupper’s Lake, met me in a club 
in Albany and told me of the stocking of an Adirondack 
lake with salmon; that a dozen or more fish up to 3 
pounds had been caught and that more had been seen, and 


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it was considered that the pond was well stocked with 
this species of fish. It finally developed that he was 
speaking of Spring. Pond, in which the 260 fingerlings, 
the only plant, were deposited. Even now I can find out 
nothing about the food conditions in the pond, but it is 
evident that the salmon ate thriving, for 3 pounds at 
three years is a fair rate of growth. The same species 
of fish, when planted in Lake George, grew to 6 pounds 
in weight at three years of age, as they had an abundance 
of whitefish food and other food to grow fat and large on. 


To Mr. Hough. 


Last Friday, which was yesterday, I had a desk clean- 
ing in Albany, and to my astonishment I found in a 
pigeonhole a sheet of Forrest AND STREAM with the 
date June 23. In blue pencil at the top was, written, 
“Will Mr. Cheney answer? E. Hough.” What he de- 
sired answered was indicated in blue pencil below. How 
long that sheet has been in my desk or how it came 
there I cannot say. My stenographer was off on a vaca- 
tioty and no one in the office could explain why what 
was probably sent to me personally should have been 
opened by a clerk, for I did not open it and it was never 
called to my attention by the person who attended to 
my mail in my absence, 

Mr, Hough wishes me to answer some queries about 
fish wheels and screens to prevent trout from running 
up stream, and I did not happen to read his notes of that 
particular issue of Forrest AND STREAM, If it is not too 
late I may say I have had no experience with fish wheels 
for the purpose indicated, but fish screens can be made 
to answer the purpose if the inlet stream can be confined 
in a trench or sluice of wood; or you may call it a race- 
way. The screens should be double, so that when one is 
lifted ior cleaning the other would remain in place and 
keep the fish from running up stream. Above the double 
screens there should be a third screen of larger meshed 
wire to catch heavy drift that may puncture or otherwise 
injure the double screens during seasons of flood. Over 
the double screens there should be a hood projecting 
down stream. Otherwise the trout when the impulse 
seizes them to go up the current will jump the screens. 
In stock ponds at the State hatcheries the red-throat 
trout are the worst offenders in this respect, but all spe- 
cles will qualify as hurdle leapers when the desire is 
strong upon them to go up stream for spawning pur- 
poses. Last summer such an arrangement as I have de- 
scribed was made for a hatchery in the North Woods, 
but in this case I put in two sets of double screens some 
distance (about 15 feet) apart. Thé inlet stream was 
confined within a race for a distance of 25 feet, the sides 
of plank being at right angles to the plank bottom, 
The sereens worked in grooves in sides and bottom. 
Beginning at the up stream end was the single screen 
of heayy wire and large mesh, 5 feet from the up stream 
end of the raceway. This was to hold dead limbs, for it 
was in the forest, and other floating materials of a heavy 
nature which could be removed or raked from the screen 
before it was lifted for cleaning. Five feet down were 
the first double screens, and 15 ft. further the second 
set of double screens, each set about r foot apart. This 
space of 15 feet was to be covered to make a spawning 
race when it was needed. Above the raceway a dam was 
built across the stream with one spillway leading into 
the bed of the stream and then into the race, and on one 
side a second spillway, with a gate on a lower level to 
draw the water down from the pond if it ever proved to 
be necessary in time of flood to relieve the pressure on 
the race. The water from the second spillway would, 
when the gate was opened, flow around the race and re- 
enter the stream below it. This was simply a precaution 
against flooding. 

As to the second query, I cannot understand why a 
man should requite any apparatus to take spawn from 
trout 3 or 4 pounds in weight. If the spawn taker has a 
good hold of the tail with a. yarn mitten on his hand 
and the head of the fish under his arm he should be able 
to take the spawn without injury to the fish. In this 
State, when the men are taking muscalonge eggs and get 
a 30 or 40 pound fish, a second man bears a hand in 
holding the fish; but muscalonge of 40 pounds are much 
more passive at spawning time than they are in the legal 
open season when they are hooked at the end of a troll- 
ing line, when it requires a strong harness to hold them. 
In this State an unusually big fish at spawning time needs 
only the hands of the spawn taker’s assistant, and it is 
common for the men to handle alone much larger fish 
than those mentioned by Mr. Hough. If Mr. Hough’s 
friend will dispose of his big trout and breed from fish 
up to three years of age he may not get as many eggs 
per fish, but he will get stronger fry and the aggregate 
ot eggs can be brought up by breeding a greater number 
of smaller fish and there wiil be no need for any apparatus 
to hold the big trout while taking spawn. 


There is, however, a box used to confine salmon when - 


taking spawn. I described it several years ago in For- 
EST AND STREAM as something designed by the late John 
Mowah for this purpose. A cut was made by Forest 
AND STREAM of the box from a drawing I sent with my 
notes, but it was overlooked and never used, and this 
may be a good time to fish it out and run it. The box 
was made long and narrow and open on one side and at 
one end. The other end had a hood into which the sal- 
mon’s head was placed. Midway from the head to the 
foot was a strap to hold the fish in place, and the sides 
oi the lower end of the box were cut away in parts for 
convenience in stripping the fish, which was placed 
belly up in the box. The last annual report of the U. S. 
Fish Commission for 1899, just issued, has two half-tone 
cuts of such a box with a salmon in it in the position for 
spawning, so I have gained something by Waiting, for 
had I replied to Mr. Hough last July I would not have 


“been able to refer him to the illustration in the Fish 


Commission’s report, for the volume came only yesterday. 
In fact, I wondered if this was another coincidence. 


Salmon for Salmon River. 


In connection with my nates on the fishways in Sal- 
mon River, N, Y., I think I said that it was generally 
understood that the planting of fry which resulted in 2 
tin of fish Jast year was made in 189s or "06, and the 
U. S. Fish Commissioin has promised to give me a mem- 
orandum of gll the salmon planted jn this stream, 1 was 


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of the opinion that a plant of salmon fry was made in 
Salmon River long before ’95, and I will back my mem- - 
ory on matters pertaining to fish, when I know it is not 
worth oné sou for other things, This evening, after a.. 
diligent search, I found one record of a planting of sal-. 
mon in Salmon River on May 14, 1884. Forty thousand 
fry were planted from the Long Island hatchery from 
eggs furnished by the U. S, Fish Commission. That 
year 443,700 salmon fry were planted from the same sta- 
tion and all but the 40,000 mentioned went’ into the Hud- 
son River, I planted a good part of these myself, and- 
now I wish they had all gone into Salmon River. Pe 
Last week Mr. Von Bayer, the engineer and architect — 
of the U. S. Fish Commission, met me in Syracuse, and 
after a visit to Salmon River and an examination of the 
same he made all the measurements necessary for prepar- 
ing plans for four fish passes. The lowermost dam is to 
have an improved Cail fishway, the improvement being 
made by Mr. Von Bayer, and the other dams will have. 
coyered chutes, with arms to return the water and ice - 
heads to prevent the chutes from being carried away or 
injured. The U. S. Fish Commission was kind enough 
to give Mr, Von Bayer leave of absence that he might 
visit the dam and prepare the plans for the construction 
of a fishway with his own improvements. The appro- 
priation was small—less than half that in an ordinary 
fishway bill—but it will suffice to build the four fish 
passes, and I hope that six weeks hence JI cam say that 
they are completed. 


Caddis Larvae. 


Having answered the queries propounded by Mr. 
Hough to the best of my ability, I will return the com- . 
pliment by asking him a question. He says on the 
sheet of Forrest AND STREAM already specifically men- 
tioned: “One discovery Mr. Wood made which is of 
interest. He found his trough full of little sticks of wood 
at which his baby trout nibbled eagerly. He broke open 
the supposed sticks and found each to be the case of a 
big grub or worm. Breaking up these things, he found 
his trout eagerly eating them. Then he discarded liver 
and the like and fed on these larve. He had no dead 
lake trout ‘after that, and this last year he raised nearly 
the entire hatch, whereas last year he lost half,” 

Indeed this is of interest, but I would like a few frills 
added to the bald statement that baby trout were fed 
on caddis larya. How old were the trout when they 
were first fed on the larvee?—for they cannot eat solid food 
for some little time after the yolk sac is observed; and 
if Mr. Hough will turn to page 109 of the report of the 
Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission for the year 
1895 he will find the figures of an assortment of caddis 
cases—shell, bark, sand, wood, ete.—and also an en- | 
larged caddis worm; but I had a line put by the side of 
the enlarged figures to show the exact length, and a 
foot-rule will show that the line is three-fourths of an 
inch long. Baby trout will eat the worms all right 
enough, but they must be larger than fry that have just 
absorbed the umbilical sac. Furthermore, how many 
trout were reated on this kind of food, and how big were 
the trout before they took the case and the worm in its 
entirety? Adult trout do not require to have their worms 
shucked, and I once explained in this paper that trout 
with sand in their stomachs did not take the sand for 
ballast, as was claimed, but had been eating caddis worms 
encased in sand. 

Last season a friend furnished me with a lot of cad- 
dis lary from his private trout pond to transplant for 
trout food, and recently I mentioned the great flight of 
caddis flies that I found on the Niagara River and a sim- 
ilar flight on the St. Lawrence; but I would hesitate 
about taking the contract to suply caddis lar for two 
or three millions of young trout in the State hatcheries: 
and as for breaking up the cases, I fear the men would 
elect to grind. liver instead, even if the latve could be 
procured in abundance. If the liver, after grinding, is 
forced through a fine sieve to remove all stringy portions, 
there should be no great danger of killing young trout— 
at least there is no trouble of that sort in the New York 
hatcheries. Caddis larve is a great food for trout and 
other fish, and there are some fifteen species of caddis 
flies, and while I have advocated the transplanting of 
the larve to stock waters where the insect is not found 
naturally, I never heard of feeding larve in a hatchery 
to young trout, and the man who has an abundance of 
this food in his hatchery is fortunate: but I fear it will 
not serve to feed fish on a great scale; but if it will I 
desire to know more about the details. The expression 
“Found his troughs drifted full of little sticks of wood” 
is confusing. Supply pipes to a hatchery trough should 
not admit sticks of wood, for every effort is made to - 
keep the water free of foreign substances by using screns 
and cheese cloth, but treughs are certainly the abiding 
place of trout fry after they are hatched and for a part 
of the time that they are fed on liver emulsion. This 
subject of natural food is one of the hobbies I ride, and 
Mr. Hough will place me under obligations if he will 
get from his friend more of the details of how the larve . 
if procured, prepared and fed to the rout, as well as the 
age of the trout that he feeds. 


Rescuing Trout. 


The streams in Sullivan country have been extremely 
low in the vicinity of the State hatchery at Rockland, 
N. Y., and the men from this hatchery have been en- 
gaged in rescue work. With the streams running lower 
and lower, forming pools with only threads of water be- 
tween or no water at all, no one could tell when or 
where the drought would end or what might become of 
the trout left in the pools, so the men went to work 
taking the trout from the pools and conyeyed them to 
other streams or parts of the stream where they would 
be safe. This work was continued until rain came and 
raised all the streams in that vicinity to a degree that 
made the trout in them safe for the present. 


Steelheads in Tuxedo Lake. 


Mr, Edwin Clark Kent writes me an interesting letter 
concerning the steelhead trout in Tuxedo Lake, supple- 
menting which I have already quoted from a letter of 
Mr. Stokes. also a member of the hatchery committee of 
the club. I quote from the letter in part: ; 

“You will be interested in knowing the result of our 


experiment with steelheads. They were put into. the lake 
late in 1898 and were then over two years, old and about 
7 inches long. They were’ not seen during 1899, except 
that | heard of two being caught. Last spring they ‘bit 
yery freely and were then about from 144 to 1% pounds 
weight, and I was told of some eon but I am 
not sure that they were weighed. consider this ratio 


of growth simply astonishing, They are a very ‘strong, | 


hard fighting fish, stronger even than the salmon, and 
that is very high praise. vt 

I have at last become positive that the salmon are 
breeding in our lake. 


come down through the hatchery supply pipe. As the 
mouth of that pipe is at least 4o feet below the surface 


of the lake, the fry must stay in very deep water. Have 
you noticed that peculiarity in other places, viz., that the © 


little salmon and steelheads are rarely seen? I believe 
that sitice we have had salmon at Tuxedo, some six years 
now, not more than ten fish have been taken under halt 
a pound in weight.” 

I do not know about the young steelheads from per- 
sonal knowledge, for I do not know of any being taken 
from or seen in the waters where I have planted them. 
I sent some to Long Island, and Mr. Edward Thompson, 
who was then Shellfish Commissioner, told me that at 
two years they rose eagerly to the fly. As to the land- 
locked salmon, for this is the fish Mr. Kent refers to, 
it was said in New Hampshire that when they were 
planted in new waters it was rare to take one under 5 
pounds in weight, and this I found to be the gerieral 
belief on Lake Sunapee, in that State. The salmon were 
first planted in Lake George, in the State of New York, 
in 1894, and three years later the first one was taken and 
weighed 6 pounds. The first one was takett in Lake 
Champlain three years after the first plant of the species 
was made, and it also weighed 6 pounds. Since that 
vear (1897) a considerable number have been taken from 
both lakes and I have failed to hear of a single fish 
weighing less than § pounds. But one swallow does not 
make a summer, and what maybe true of Sunapee, 
Tuxedo, Champlain and Lake George may not be true 
of other waters, and yet it may help to form an opinion 
regarding the salmon, its growth and first appearance on 
the hook that will stand until disproven by further 
evidence, and that to the contrary. Certainly no higher 
praise can be awarded to the steelhead as a game fish 
than is contained in Mr. Kent's letter that I have quoted. 

A. N. CHENEY. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Pickerel. 


Cutcaco, Ill., Sept. 21—Mr. H. R. Reed, Western 
representative of the American Review .of Reviews, is 
just back from a fishing trip to Otter Lake, Minn., with, 
his brother-in-law, Mr. L. S. Coe, They had rattling 
fun with the pickerel of that little water, taking some 
60 pounds daily, with spoon and frog bait. Mr. Reed is 
just branching out into the angling industry, and is tak- 
ing very kindly to it. He and Mr. Coe are enthusiastic 
over pickerel fishing and are now in a fair way to go 
after bass pretty soon. 

Trout. 

Mr. B. L. Taylor, of the Chicago Journal, who was 
mentioned as going up to the north shore country of 
Lake Superior last July, was in at the Forrest AND 
STREAM office this week, Jooking for another tp, and I 
have sent him up to Fox Lake, Wis., where I send al- 
most all the broken down Chicago newspaper men whose 
health needs a change. 
splendid sport tip in the Superior region. He camped 
about fifteen miles irom Grand Marais, and fished waters 
of which he never heard before—rivers with canons and 
waterlalls to them, and above all tivers with plenty of 
2-pound trout to them, He took all the fish he wanted 
and says the country is an ideal one for camping out. 
He has tried the Isle Royale fishing and thinks that for 
{rout a Western man teally must go to the Superior 
country. He looks very well after his trip, but declares 
he is in need of another. We all know how that is. 


Illinois Fish Commission on, Seines. 


_ President Nat. H. Cohen, of the Illinois State Fish 
Commission, sends to this office an article which he re- 
cently had printed in a Peoria paper, replying to cer- 
tain strictures upon the work of the Commission. He 
puts the matter succinctly enough from the point of the 
Cominission, and no doubt the food work must always 
take absolute precedence over the game fish propagation. 
But as to those carp—well, the sportsmen of this State 
are not yet quite ready to forgive and forget. Mr. Cohen 
goes on to say in his newspaper article: 


Urgawa, Ill, Sept. §—A recent-article in the Star published at 

Peoria, Ill., in respect to fishing in the streams of the State, and 
especially in the Mlinois River, brings so palpable an indictment. 
against the Iinois Fish Commission aiid against the laws for the 
protection of fish, and so grossly mistepresents the situation of 
an important industry of the State, that an atthoritative reply 
seems fairly demanded in behalf of the interests of the people. 
_ As introductory to what I have to say, I quote the following 
from the article in question: “The time has come when the State 
of Mlinois ought to prohibit all seining in the waters of its rivers 
and lakes. If it does not adopt this measure it will soon have no 
fish to take with hook or line. The time was when the Ohio was 
filled with fish, but seihing having been permitted that river is now 
denuded and there is no fish to be taken.” 

This sounds well enough to the ear of the uninformed, but it is 
wholly erroneous. The fact is the Qhio River never was a fish 
propagating stream because its current is too rapid to favor 
spawning. Originally its stock of fish was replenished from the 
spawning in the trubutary streams, but in later years the sewage 
from the cities along its hanks -has practically ruined: the Ohio 
asa stream for game fish, This, and not seining, accotints for the 
present conditions in that stream. 

Im regard to the Illinois, it may be said that it is im ‘fact the 
greatest, propagating river- in the country, and this for several 
reasons; First, it has an avetage of say not. to exceed one-half 
inch of fall to the mile for a total distance of 200 miles—probably 
more now since the accession of the sreat volume of water from 
the Chicago drainage canal, but still an wunusually small fall 
Before the drainage canal water was admitted, however the 
Illinois always has had immense overflows, which spread out over 
thousands of acres, and which give the fish from ninety days to 
fotir months for spawning undisturbed before the waters again 
recede within the banks of the stream. ‘The drainage canal has 
added 4 to 6 feet to the average stage of water in the river, and 
a greater spawning area than ever, and itis therefore proportionately 
a better fish spawning stream, I think I may safely say that now, 


with an absolutely closed season against hooks3and lines, seines ‘ 


and all other devices, covering the ‘brief period from April 16 ta 


Numbers of fry have this summrer ” 


‘not justrfed,, 


of the law, 


- They canrot justly 


Mr. Taylor says that he had | 


discouragement. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


July 1 each year, the Illinois and its tributaries would have im- 
merisely more fish than they ever had. 


But this is all the protection required. Seining under existing 


regulations for the rest of the year would not only do no harm, 
but would be necessary; and here are the reasons: Highty per 
cent. of all the fish in the Illinois River are kinds that cannot be 
taken with hook and line. They do not take the hook. They must 
be taken with nets, and cannot be taken otherwise. If seining were 
not allowed these coarse fishes—the buffalo, carp and a few others 
which propagate with enormous rapidity—would soon beconie so 
numerous. that the stream would be kept constantly muddy, and 
the game fishes, in which, anglers are most interested, would be 
obliged to abandon it. Game fishes will not habitually inhabit 
muddy water. Thus the proposed prohibition of seining would 
ultimately not only ruin the sportsmen’s interests in the Illinois, 
but it would greatly damage those who depend on the coarse food 
‘fishes for the larger part of their subsistence, 

But, as L have already suggested, these coarse food fishes con- 
stitute by far the larger part of the fish im the Illinois River and 
taken therefrom. In the report of the Illinois Fisherman’s As- 
sociation for the year 1899, it is shown that of 11,205,516 pounds of 
fish taken at twenty different points on the tiver in that year 
9,476,144 pounds were of carp and buffalo, which must have been 
taken with seine. As these figures apply to or are derived from the 
work done at only twenty points it seems reasonable to say that 
they cannot represent more than half the annual fish catch of the 
river, at the most. The black bass is really the game fish of the 
Tilinois; but ‘in the year covered in the report just mentioned 
only 70,221, pounds of them were taken, as against the 9,476,144 
pounds of these coarse food fishes, really the poor man’s fish, which 
cannot be taken except with nets. Yet we are gravely told that 
seining in the Illinois and its tributaries ought to be prohibited. 
Such a regulation would practically destroy the employment on 
which 6,000 to 10,000 people between La Salle and Grafton depend 
for livelihood, and the shipments from whose catch bring into the 
State from $750,000 to $1,000,000 in money every year. It can very 
safely be assumed that Lllinois will not take any such foolish and 
unjust step. ’ ‘ : ; 

But the Peoria paper referred to says “the seinés have killed off 
the pickerel and ‘Wall-eyed salmon’ in Illinois, The statement is 
dams on the lower river—those at La Grange and Campsville— 
prevent them from coming up stream annually to propagate, and 
the pollution. of the water has killed off the supply in the stream 
above, and this explains the scarcity of these fishes on the parts 
of the river above mentioned, ‘ ; 

The Star article'very confidently asses us that an acre of water 
properly cared for will produce more food than 160 acres of corn. 
Evidently that depends on many circumstances. There cannot 
be any truth in it unless the reference is to an acre of water arti- 
ficially furnished with fish and food'for them. Even then of course 
it would require high skill surely to make this acre compete with 
160 acres of,.corn, which in my county this year, at cutrent 
prices, will yield about $3,200 worth of human food, But we are 
dealing with natural, not artificial; conditions, and in the natural 
conditions you may find fifty acres of water where there are no 
fish, simply because there is no fish food, and then an acre where 
fish are abundant because fish food is abundant. What the law, and 
the Fish’ Commission in the execution of it, undertake to do is ta 
preserve these natural conditions as perfectly as consistent with 
the convenience of civilized men and their ever increasing in- 
dustrial enterprises. To undertake more would be folly. : 

An argument thus shown to be faulty in its general premises 
is not entitled to much consideration in the portions in which it 
passes criticism upon the Fish Commissioners as a body. The 
Commissioners serye without pay. They give much time, a goad 
deal of experience, together with the best abilities they have, to 
the discharge of the duties imposed upon them, and do it for 
love of the work and for the advantage of the public. In the dis- 
tribution of fish alone they have added immensely to the working 
facilities of large numbers of poor people who take the liying 
of themselves and their families from the waters of the State. The 
Commissioners cannot hope to secure the complete enforcement 
Many of the obstacles in the way are utterly incom- 
one not experimentally familiar with them. 
be held responsible for the failures of the 
fish wardens. ‘These officers are appointed almost uniformly on the 
recommendation of local people, and they receiye their appoint- 
ments on the well grounded belief that they will make efficient 
men for the place they are asked to fill. The Commission insists 
on the obedience to the law as it is, and hapes the next Legisla- 
ture may see fit to so amend if as to provide a close season ex 
tending from April 15 to July 1 of each year, a step which IT think 
T have already shown would immensely multiply the fish supply 
in the waters of the State. 

Nat. H. Coren, 


President Illinois Fish Commission. 


The Park Again. 


‘Col. J. S. Cooper, whom I name to be a sportsman 
second to none in the West on his record of unselfish 
labor for a common good to sportsmanship and to hu- 
manity in connection with the proposed national park 
in upper Minnesota, is at this writing still absent in 
Minnesota, where he went the first week of September 
for an outing in his beloved pine woods. Col. Cooper 
is by no means done with his fight with the Minnesota 
lumbermen over this park project, and it is by no means 
a foregone conclusion that he will lose his fight. J+ ~vill 
be remembered that this measure has passed the Senate 
and that {he committee stands appointed there, It has 


prehensible to any 


never been turned down by the House, but only denied 


debate, because it was feared to be too strong to turn 
down. It will go very hard indeed if Speaker Hender- 
son shall not see it expedient to allow this measure to 
come up sometime during this coming season, and 
when he does it is well nigh sure that the measure will 
pass in the House. as it did in the Senate. It is to be 
hoped that this will be the case, not only on account ol 
the actual public benefit that will result, but on account 
of the principle of the thing. The spartsmen of America 
have fought an uphill fight. They have met nothing but 
It would be a handsome case of poetic 
justice to see this blue-eyed old man, not so young as 
he once was, but jtist as vigorous and hopeful, succeed 
in what-is really the dearest object of his ambition. 

Mr. Jos, Irwin. of Little Rock, Ark.. writes: ‘Am just 
returning from my White River, Colo., country trip of 
eighteen days. We enjoyed good sport, both shooting 
and fishing. Had all the venison, trout and grouse we 
could use in camp. The trout were much larger than 
those taken in the earlier season last year. I think ry 
buck much larger than that killed by Gov. Tanner.” 


A Forest Fire in the Rockies, 


Does any one who has not seen such a thing know 
what a forest fire may mean? No; it is something which 
dees not compose in cold type. Yet here is a descrip- 
tion of such a fire, which I find in the intitial number 


‘of the Rocky Mountain Magazine, of Helena, Mont.; 


over the signature of my old friend and college com- 
panion, Arthur J. Craven, now a successful attorney at 
Helena, Mr. Craven took a ttip over into the Rose- 
bud. country after trout and there he met that grand old 
man of the. mountains, Uncle Bill Hamilton, of whom 
all Montana is justly proud. It is pleasing: to know that 


Uncle Bill is still well and hearty, that he is as interest-_ 


ing as ever, as kindly and as much disposed as ever to 
draw in the sand his maps of the Montana that was once 
before the white man came, and which could not be 
altogether altered by his coming. Of Uncle Bill one 
could write long and lovingly, for he is one of the few 
real old-timers who are sterling; but it is of the forest 


_ fire that we were to speaky 


“On the afternoon of our filth day af the lake,” says 


To begin with, these fishes are migratory. Two , 


[SEPr, 29, 1900. % 


Mr. Craven, “something happened. Some campers, with 
their families, forded the channel the evening before and 
camped on the eastern shore of the lake a half mile from 
the cabin. About 2:30 in the alternoon these people 
became hungry. The morning catch of fish was in camp, 
but had to be cooked before eaten. A strong wind was 
blowing from the southwest. Their-former camp-fire had 
bared a safe place in the center of the little park where 
they had pitched their tent, but 1t was windy there. So 
they struck a match and started a fire close to the small 
pines on the south edge of this park, so the smoke would 
not blow in their eyes. But the smoke did blow in their 
eyes, and this tiny flame, thus ignited from the match, 
with which to heat the bottom of a frying pan, conspired 
with the winds to burn up the world. This tiny flame, 
dancing on the end of a sulphur match, like an imp from 
Hades, scorned the menial service of a pot boiler; reached 
up. its yellow arms into the thick, resinous foliage of the 
young pine, ran the height of the taller tree in a trice, 
leaped like a squirrel out upon the emerald floor of the 
ballroom inlaid with the tree tops of the adjoining 
grove and there waltzed in rollicking measure with 
Zephyrus, with whom it is said there has existed a dan- 
gerous flirtation ever since Prometheus brought down his 
ardent, red-headed goblin from the heavens. 

“The flames crept up the, mountain, and were there 
caught by the full force of the gale and soon devel- 
oped into a general conflagration, in which height and 


_ depth were covered, with red surges that raced and roared 


like a tornado. Frequently the fagots weuld be hurried 
by the wind, like a skirmish line, several hundred ‘yards 
ahead of the general advance of flame, which, on strik- 
ing a forest, especially of the same general height, would 
sweep from the lake shore to the highest summits with 
the roar of an explosion, and there leaping and lashing . 
into the sky would disappear over the mountain. 

“Uncle Bill was with us at the cabin when the fire 
began, but made a quick half mile to the scene of the 
trouble on little Snow Ball, the veteran racer among the 
cowboys, and soon summoned all hands not needed to 
protect the cabin and our camp. 

“A few minutes showed the utter futility of any further., 
endeavor to extinguish the fire, and we then lined tip 
along the edge of the grass land, determined if possible 
to save the meadow to the north and east of the” cabin.’ 
By this time the entire range to the east was a billoW of | 
flame. The squirrels and grouse, losing all fear of man, 
came rushing by us into the meadow, while the deer 
among the ferns of the gulches far to the northeast in- 
stinctively recognized the jheralds on the wind and 
broke into flight. And none too soon, for up those 
gulches the flames burst with the thunder of the ocean 
and licked their summits miles away, with a crashing 
uproar positively appalling. 

"We walked home in the evening across the meadow 
in the weird, uncanny glamor which well hecame this 
criminal desecration of nature, and listened, on the 
way, to some very choice philosophy from Unele Bill. 
This man has lived among the mountain solitudes long 
enough to be gifted with the quality of individuality—a 
rare possession, which, unfortunately, 1s mow nearly 
extinct, His rugged common sense sticks out of his 
speech like the ledges of rock on a mountain side. ‘Some 
people,” said he, ‘need evoluting for a thousand years be- 
fore they would have enough sense to go to a kindet- 
garten’— a proposition which is here respectfully referred 
to the many perplexed students of sociological and polit 
ical problems. 

“Tt should here be recorded that a Federal Grand Jury 
at Flelena found that no one was to blame. No blame 
on the part of anybody for the damage to the ranch- 
men below. no blame for the alarm signaled that might 
from the mountain tops to the cattlemen fifty miles away 
on the Yellowstone, who fought the fire off the ranges 
might and day for a fortnight; no blame for the destruc- 
tion of thausands of dollars of machinery belonging to 
the prospectors; no blame for burning tip millions of 
feet of lumber; no blame whatever for the desecration of 
this fair region, which nature uplifted and mantled in 
grandeur and splendor for the inspiration of the earth- 
worn and the weary! 

“No; a Federal Grand Jury effected a permanent or- 
ganization by placing a cuspidor in the center of the 
room, equidistant from the chair of each distinguished 
member, and proceeded with the regular order of busi- 
ness of dispatching the Marshal for a few mangy Indians 
who had got a little cheer into a dreary life out of a bot- 
tle on the reservation; and then, after purifying the mails 
and rescuing the timber lands on the public domain 
from the piratical depredations of a few homesteaders 
intent upon a little fire-wood and a few fence posts, they 
indulged in low comedy in masquerade. They took up 
this case and concluded no one was to blame, One mem- 
ber suggested that it was the fault of the wind; another 
that the campers were not to blame for getting hungry; 
while a third, wiser than the rest, blamed it on the fsh— 
no fish, no fire. Until finally a very wise old sage, learned 
in the Jaw, who was once a justice of the peace, of 4 car- 
penters bench in Indiana, summed up the case and log- 
ically relegated wind, fish and hunger back to the AL 
mighty as the cawsa proxinma, and so they declared it was 
ee vact of God’ and fotind an indictment against Proyi- 

ence, 


: E. Hoven, © 
HArtForp Buitpine, Chicago, Mil. 


Keuka Lake. 


Carawsa, N. W.—I send you a photo of a catch of 
Great Lake trout or fogue, caught by two anglers just 
aff this hotel, a few days since. Will Dart was their 
guide. This picture speaks for the fishing at the present 
time without any comment, I would advise any anglers 
coming here for lake trout to bring half a dozen small 
Archer spinners, as bait is the thing they are taking at 
the presetit time, A great improvement in the mode of 
angling has taken place in Kenka during the last couple 
of years. Instead of lines thick enough to hang clothes 
on, the anglers are using enameled lines with 9-foot single- 
gtit leaders, so that with this light rig it requires: some 
skill to-bring a 10-pound trout to the gaff. I saw at least 
a dozen taken this morning off the bluff that would - 
scale from 7 to, 10 pounds, JAMES CrurcH Warn, 


SEPT. 29, 1900.] 5 


P The Ballade of the Bass. 


Wuen the dewdrops bright in the dawning gleam, 
And the dimpling waters in beauty shine; 
When the breathings of morn with odors teem, 
With my rod and reel and a silken line, 
And a feathered hook of quaint design, 
TI stand on the bank in the dewy grass, 
At the foot of a giant Norway pine 
And cast the fly for the gamy bass. 


When smooth as a mirtor are lake and stream), 
And the shady pools hold the quiet kine, 
With the lilies afloat in a noontide dream, 
T lay down the rod and reel and line 
On the shelving shore, and grandly dine 
In the sylvan shades that far outclass 
The dwellings of man; then lie supine, 
And muse on the fly and the gamy bas: 


When the setting sun, with his crimson beam, 
Transmutes the waters to ruby wine; 
Again I return to the glowing theme, 
The glory of rod and reel and line; 
And therein the hour of day’s decline, 
As the exquisite moments swiftly pass, 
With a joy that no language can define, 
I cast the fly for the gamy bass. 


L’Envoi, 
No joy, dear fellow, can e’er be thine, 
Like the curving rod and the whistling line; 
Then let us pledge in a brimming glass 
The far-cast fly and the gamy bass. 
ZERO. 


Fishing at Etretat, France. 


AxsouT 150 miles north of Paris and seventeen miles 
northeast of Havre, looking out upon the English Chan- 
nel, is the quaint and interesting fishing town of Etretat. 
True, it is more of a summer resort for Pafisians, and the 
Casino is a more pretentious club house and far more 
populous than the “fishermen’s club” on the beach, which 
is merely the group of wooden capstans used to hatl out 
their boats, just as they were used by the Gallo-Romans 
Many centuries ago. Still fishing is the principal in- 
dustry, and it has brought and is now bringing more than 
a competence to its followers. 

The bay is little more than an open roadstead, limited 


at each end by a high precipice underlaid by sandstone: 


profusely mixed with flint. Pinnacle rocks stand sentinel- 
like at the outer points, and irregular arches have been 
formed by the wearing away of the softer rock, causing 


semi-detached portions to take on a form resembling: 


flying buttresses. 


The beach is destitute of sand; it is made up of coarse. 


pebbles and small, rounded boulders, chiefly derived from 
the tall cliffs. It inclines steeply and forms a shallow 
crescent from north by east to northwest. 
slopes off very rapidly, and depths of eight or ten fathoms 
are found a few hundred yards from the shore. 

On the crest of the beach are seen the dismantled hulks 
of old unseaworthy boats now roofed with thatch -or 
boards, opened at the side and stern by doors, and’ serving 
as storage places for nets and other fishing appliances 
temporarily out of commission. A little lower down are 
the active fishing and sailing craft, hauled high out of 
the reach of the great tides. 

On the same level are located the bath houses and sun 
cabins of the pleasure seekers. 
Casino, the hotels, the fishermen’s dwellings and many 
pretty villas come into view. Trees, grass and flowers 
grow luxuriantly close to the sea, and the valleys, extend- 
ing to the east and southeast, are rich in verdure, 

Etretat lies to a great extent below the sea level, and 
until within little more than a half-century ago it was fre- 
quently submerged by tides. or inundated by torrents 
rushing down from the hillsides after heavy rains. There 
is now at the northwest edge of the town a submerged 
river which supplies the fresh water needed’ by the washer- 
women, and makes of that portion of the beach a natural 
wash reservoir. Holes are dug in the gravel to the depth 
of two or three feet, and these fill up and remain full of 
water ready for the clothes, although it is not warm. 

The presence of this outflow of fresh water suggested 
the ancient oyster parc (or series of connected ponds) 
still moderately well preserved, although not tised at 
persent except for the storage of oysters from Marennes, 
Arcachon and other celebrated artificial ponds. The 
oysters are kept in long, rectangular boxes pierced with 
holes to allow the entrance and escape of water. Mussels 
are stored here in the same way. The ponds are left with 
only a little water in them between tides. Their excava- 
ae in the solid rock must have involved much severe 
abor. 

The boats are short, broad, deep, with little sharpness 
of bow, a small stern and a strong, iron-shod keel, They 
carry a square mainsail, a small “dandy” at the stern and 
a little jib, supported above a short bowsprit, which 
steps into an iron collar at the left side of the stern. The 
mainmast is well forward in the bow. The lower rudder 
iron is very long, so that the rudder can easily be hung 
even in rough weather, The Etretat fishing boat is a 
rather clumsy looking craft, but it lives in severe storms. 
and brings back its cargo and crew, which are the main 
desiderata after all, 

When a boat lands on the beach, it is quickly hauled 
high up from the water line out of the reach of the 
flood tide, which sometimes reaches 15 feet or even more. 
The stem is pierced, low down near the keel, with two 
holes, one above the other. A rope is fastened in one of 
these and the other end is passed round the drum of a 
windlass on the shore. The levers-of the capstan are 
pushed or pulled by men, women and children who happen 
to be at hand. 2 

The fish are sold at public auction alongside the boat 
by which they were taken. At the present time all kinds 
are dear except sharks, dogfish, small skates and conger 
eels. The good fish include soles, turbot, dorade, rouget, 
dory, bream, bass and mackerel. The dorade looks like 
a scup, and resembles it in taste. The rouget is very much 
like: our common sea robin—it is sweet and firm, bit so is 


-3h 


The bottom. 


Back of the crest the 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


our sca robin to those who know its good qualities. The 
bass resembles the American striped bass rather closely, 
although its stripes are not well defined. It 1s not so 
good for the table: I am informed that it reaches the 
weight of 10 or 12 potmnds here, and I have seen bass of 
that size in Paris. a 

The best and dearest fish here is the sole, and it is 
high priced because of its scarcity at this season, In June 
the sole is plentiful and cheap. The lobster is another 
costly luxury at present, and perhaps at all times. 
Speaking of lobsters reminds me of the fact that the giant 


specimen which weighed 33 pounds and was at one time 


living in the New York Aquarium is now on exhibition 
at the Paris Exposition. I regret to say that the Euro- 
peans almost without exception regard it as a stupendous 
fake, notwithstanding the printed assurance on the label 
of its genuineness. ; 

It seems scarcely probable that the liking for a French 
oyster is anything but an acquired taste. The shell, to 
be sure, is symmetrical and the’ meat looks plump and 
appetizing, but at the first trial the effect is much like 
that produced by a green persimmon. There are people, 
however, who like, or profess to like, the European oyster 
better than the American, and to all such the writer will 
gladly contribute his share. The little black mussel that 
grows on the rocks near at hand is a different article, and 
it is distinctly good for the table. It is usually boiled or 


.. steamed in the shell and seryed in that condition with 
_., butter sauce. 


The flavor is excellent. 
Shrimp of fair size are very abundant, and may be 
bought on the beach either fresh or boiled. The rock 


_ crabs of the tide pools and the deeper waters near shore 


are known-as fourtou. They resemble the common rock 
crab of New York waters very closely, but grow to a 
much greater size. Specimens weighing 2 pounds have 
been seen by the writer, and fishermen say they some- 
times attain to a weight of 4 pounds. The nearest coun- 
terpart of this tourtow is perhaps the giant crab of the 
San Francisco markets, ; 

The shore appears to be barren at first sight, but if one 
searches among the sea weeds and rocks at low water he 
will find an abundance of snails, periwinkles, limpets and 
small crabs. Doubtless a systematic search with proper 
appliances would reveal many other mafine forms of ani- 


. mal life closely similar to those found on the New Eng- 


land coast. In looking over the débris shaken out of the 
trammel nets used in fishing, a small blenny, seyeral sea 
urchins, some starfish and a number of finger sponges 
were discovered. ‘ 

Aquatic birds have been very scarce. Occasionally one 
sees a moderate sized flock of ducks far off shore, flying 
always to the- westward, Gulls make their appearance 
only rarely. In former years the tall cliffs were fre- 


quented by gutillemots and other sea birds for nesting 


purposes. but their persistent and senseless persecution 
by armed fools droye them away forever. _ 

~ Etretat is not without means of gratifying those who 
are fond of sailing and fishing. Parties go out every 
fine day and find plenty of amusement. The mackerel is 
taken not far.off shore, and the bream and bass live near 
the rocks: Some of our friends tell us that the excite- 
ment is not so fast and furious as in the black bass waters 


of Wisconsin, but we are going a-fishing soon to deter- 


mine just how far an angler 4,000 miles away from his 

favorite fishing grounds can be relied upon to give the 

English Channel its due. Tarteton H. BEAN. 
Errerar, France Aug, 30. 


Stocking Lakes with Fish. 


A Winstep dispatch announces the placing of a quan- 
tity of large-mouthed black bass in Highland Lake; also 
in Lake Waramaug and in Twin Lakes. The work was 
not done by the State Fish Commission, but by private 
persons, who obtained the fish from the National Fish 
Commissioin. ‘ ‘ 

There is nothing whatever to be said against the dis- 
position of private individuals to take the trouble of 
stocking public waters with good fish, but it may possi- 
bly be well to suggest to all who have this in mind that 
they take advice from the State Commission before act- 
ing, because it often happens that some particular piece 
of water offers special opportunities for a certain kind of 
fish that will not thrive everywhere, At Twin Lakes, 
for instance, there is already a fair supply of bass, but 
the lakes are adapted to ‘supply lake trout, landlocked 
salmon and one or two other fish that will not live in 
stnaller or shallower ponds. The Fish, Commission has 
done something toward stocking with these fish, but 
much more should be done, and this work should take 
precedence of further stocking with black bass, especially 
the large-motithed variety. It is probable that these fish 
could have been obtained from the Goyernment instead 
of the bass. : 

Besides this there are sometimes good reasons agains? 
stocking with certain fish. If at any place there has 
been much trouble in enforcing the law against usihge 
nets it can hardly be good policy to stock with fish that 
can be taken only with nets, because the use of nets to 
take them will make it practically impossible to prevent 
netting other fish. Cases of this kind have occurred. 
It would not be good policy to allow any indifferent per- 
son to place such fish in such a lake. A trout pond may 
be ruined by the introduction of pickerel. Thus for many 
reasons it is desirable that stocking should be under the 
advice, 1f not the direct control, of the Commission, which 
is expected to be familiar with all such conditions.—Hart- 
ford (Conn,) Times. 


The Maine Waters. 


Sept. 24.—Smelting along the Massachusetts bays and 
inlets is already good and promises soon to be better, 
Cool, frosty nights will increase the sport. Mr. Geo. 
Fliggins, of Cohasset, came up the other day with a good 
story of how the smelt are running. He made an early 
start last Monday morning and caught forty dozen smeit 
in three hours’ fishing. He says that the sport was 
great. The next day he went again and caught seven 
dozen, not caring to fish very long. He somewhat in- 
terested his friends here and they are planning smelting 
parties, e >: 
- Both trout-and salmon are rising to the fly at the 

Soo.) ber ha 


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Rangeleys and Moosehead. Salmon of from 3 pounds to 
o pounds are reported being taken at Haines Landing, 
Mooselucmaguntic Lake. Messrs. Parrott and Maynard, 
of Boston, and Mr. Hobbs, of Bridgeport, Conn., have 
been on a shooting trip to the Upper Cupsuptic waters. 
They went up almost to the Canada line, camping at 
night, with bears about their camp and the ery of the 
Canada lynx to be heard almost every hour. Deer were 
very plenty. They talk of visiting that section again for 
deer hunting, From Kineo come great reports of big 
game in the Moosehead region and the great “back 
country” of which Moosehead is the gateway. 
Richardson Lake, Me., is being drawn down at the tate 
of about 6 inches a day to supply the mills on the An- 
droscoggin below. Mooselucmaguntic and Rangeley are 
still full of water. This drawing down of the water in 
fall is bad for the fish. The trout and salmon go up into 
the shoal water, at the mouth of the streams, to spawn. 
If the water is drawn down the spawn is lost. At the 
Upper Dam some of the big trout are in the pool and are 
being taken. Mr. Seth Chandler, of Lewiston, Me., took 
a trout of 6 pounds there Monday and Mr. G, B. Beatce 
took one of about the same size the same day, Cobbos- 
seecontee hunters and fishermen are having good sport 
at that lake. The Belgrade hotels and fishing camps are 
still reported full. But at the Rangeleys the fishermen 
are gradually winding up their lines and saying farewell » 
to one of the best fishing seasons ever known, 
SPECIAL. 


Celebrating a Birthday. 


ON a certain day in the latter part of August the fish- 
ing fever seized me, and it being also my father’s seventy- 
fourth birthday I quit the grindstone at 3 P, M. and 
caught the 3:03 car for a small station on the Suburban 
road. After leaving the car I had a short walk across 
the fields to the beach where my father had preceded 
me, having driven over with his horse, 

He had a skiff in waiting, and after catching several 
,mummies” with a baited net we pulled away for the 
buoy, teaching it in fifteen minutes, the wind and tide 
being in our favor this time. We anchored away from 
the other boats and close to the buoy, where we have 
had good luck before on an incoming tide. Biting was 
slow, but after awhile I felt a fish (1 was not using a 
float) and struck, and we soon had a fine squeteague in 
the bag over the side. We picked up a straggler occa- 
sionally until just as the sun went down in a purple haze 
nee tinted sky and water we had five heavy fish in the 

ag. 

About this time the other boats began to pull up an- 
chor and head for shore, and as they went by us reported 
their luck, varying from nothing to five—the latter boat 
had five people in it, two of them ladies. As they left 
us alone in the dusk the fish began to bite good, my 
father taking four in succession, making our score ten, 
with honors even. It was now a race to see who would 
take the odd fish. It fell to my lot and I played and 
landed a good fish and then took my tod apart and let 
my father fish what time was left to see if he could not 
tie me again, but the fish had stopped biting. 

We had had fine sport, but the best of all was to see 
my father, with white hair and bronzed face, fight his 
fish, sometimes standing and sometimes sitting, with 
light rod and reel, giving and taking line until the net 
was passed under the victim and one more fish was put 
in the bag. As it grew dark and a fish was landed he 
would ask: “Had I best throw over again?” TI put ona 
fresh bait for answer and soon the whir of the reel told 
that another 3-pound Squeateague was making his first 
tushes, and as I look back upon it I see one fishing trip 
that wgs not a failure. Sr ese 


The F phere s Story. 


; He sat at the door of his shanty, int } 
nd gave his whiskers a’ wipe; 
And scanned the sea for a moment, 
And then began to pipe: 


“°-Twas a cold, raw day last winter, 
And the wind, with an angry roat, 
ipped everything into ribbons, 
And pounded the dreary shore. 


“And we was out in a dory ! 
Achin’ with hunger and cold, 

Till we all seemed shrunk to nothin’, 
And, gosh! how the mad sea rolled! 


“We couldn’t land in the billers 
Without bein’ battered to death , 
We gasped like wolves with hunger, 

As the nor’ wind froze eur breath. 


“Then suddenly out on the water 
There bobbed up somethin’ black, 

While all on us looked in wonder— 
For it warn’t no big fish back, 


“Because it frizzled and sizzled, 
And smoked right out of the wave: 
We rowed for it, all on us frightened— 
Our hunger made us brave. 


“We soon hauled it into the dory, 
And what do you think, by Jove? 
It warn’t no big sea monster, 

’ But a fine little kitchen stove, 


“The pipe was a-stickin’ upward, 
And the lids was on in line; 

And we warmed ourselves around if, 
For the fire was goin’ fine. 


“Then stillness fell on the waters, 
And the big storm -all went down; 

_ And we ate from the pan in the oven, 
The turkey nice and brown,” 


And then he said in conclusion, 
With an awe-inspited ‘“‘alas!”’ 

“Tt simply beats all thunder 
Some things what comes to pass.” 


Overcome by his great emotion, 
He gavé his whiskers a wipe, 

And lapsed into awful silence 
While he pulled away on his pine, 

—New York San, 


The Fores? Anp Stream is put to press each week on Tyesday, 
Correspondence intended for piblication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable, a 


254 


The Dream of a Fiddler. 


Nacers Friant, whom the Syrians of Washington street 
«all “the greatest violin player in all the world,” has gone 
away with a sideshow to play for dancers. The night 
before he left the quarter he dreamed a strange dream ; 
in the morning he told it to Khabi Khayat, who tsed to 
be an editor, and Khayat told it to many people; mow 
everybody thinks that the dream proves Nageeb Fiani to 
be the “very greatest player in all the world. Khayat 
said to them: ‘Who but a great player could dream such 
a dream?” . ; 

Fiani did not want to go away with the sideshow; he is 
tired of the roving life, and would much rather be a 
guard on an elevated train. “What you theenk? he said, 
“Can I get job on elevator train? Sure, I spick Eenglish ! 
I am spick good enough, anyway.” So Fiani would rather 
stay at home; that is why, no doubt, he dreamed the 
‘strange dream, , : 

The player thought he was in a lonely waste place, in 
the hot twilight; and the light faded fast. He had his 
~yiolin with him, and sat down to play; but he had no 
heart for playing, it was so very lonely. Suddenly a great 
lion leaped out of the far-off darkness, and came bounding 
at him, its mouth wide open, its roars fearful to hear. 
Then Fiani was near paralyzed with fear, but, by a great 
effort, he managed to get the violin to his chin, and the 
bow on the strings; then he began to play, and played as 
he had never played before; and so enravishing was the 
music that he forgot all about the lion and thought only 
of the sweet strains. ; ; 

When Fiani looked up again the lion was standing near 
him, the light of rage gone out of his eyes. So, as Fiant 
played, the lion crept closer and put its head on the 
player’s knee, and there went to sleep. 

Then, out of the darkness, there came, also, a woman, 
walking as though under the spell of the sweet music; 
and she was young and very fair. When she saw the 
lion she cried out, and turned to run away; but Fiani 
cried: “Oh, beautiful young lady, do not go away! Do 
not go, but come. The fierce lion will not hurt you so 
long as I play.” R pee 

Then the young lady came confidently and sat by Fiani's 
side; and the lion awoke, and when it saw her beauty it 
changed its place to her side, and again fell asleep. So 
Fiani played sweetest music for many hours; and it was 
not lonely there at all. But by and by the young lady rose 
‘to go: and she sped quickly into the darkness out of which 
she had come. Thrice he begged her to return; and at 


the third beseeching she was lost to sight, and the lion” 


was with her, Then Fiani put his hand to his forehead 
in lamentation, The violin dropped to the hard ground, 
and then it was shivered into one million pieces; and the 
noise of its breaking awoke the dreamer, » bi 

This dream Khahi Khayat translated for Fiant to a 
reporter for the Evening Post, and Fiani asked that it be 
printed in the newspaper, because it was too fine to be 
known only to one man.—New, York Evening Post, 


The dennel. 


Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIALS. 


Oct 30.—Senecaville, O.—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association’s sixth annual field trials. A. C. Peterson, 
Sec’y, ‘Homestead, Pa. ; ; : 

Nov. 7%—Hampton, Conn.—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
trials, J. E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 

Nov. 7-8.—Lake View, Mich.—Third annual field trials of the 
ean Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 

ich. ; 

Nov. 12.—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
pen eS uenl Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, 


nd. 
Nov. 13.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. fells, Hon. Seo. 

ov. 16.—Newton, C.—Eastern Field Trials Club’s twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Woy. 19, Derby. 
Simon C, Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 

o, 20.—, Illinois Field Trials Association’s second 
annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, Ill. 

Nov, 20.—Ruthven, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec’y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. p ; 

ov. 20. _ Pa.—Central Beagle Club’s annual field trials. A. 
GC. Peterson, Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. Re ; 

Nov. 22.—Glasgow. Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. : 

Nov. 27.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Triais Association. L, S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. 

Nov. 30.—Newton, €.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill. Conn. 


Training the Hunting Dog 
-For the Field and Field Trials. 


(Continued front page 231.) 
Ill.—Natural Qualities and Characteristics, 


THE natural instincts of the dog and his manner of 
seeking prey are by the sportsman-designated as natural 
qualities, The term is used more in connection with 
field trial competition, to distinguish between what is 
natural and what is educational. 

Like other members of the carniyorous family to which 
he belongs, the dog is a meat eater. In securing a food 
supply, he naturally takes to the pursuit of other ani- 
mals which are his prey. His teeth are large, strong and 
sharp, are set in correspondingly heavy, muscular jaws, 


and his digestive organs also dencte that he belongs to ° 


catnivora. He possesses extraordinary fleetness of foot, 
bodily activity, courage, great powers of endurance, keen 
and discriminating functional powers of nose and a high 
degree of intelligence in his sphere of life, all of which 
are qualities essential to his existence in a wild state, 
ahd in domestication highly prized by man. 

Without a high degree of intelligence, the possession 
of his destructive bodily powets would be of little value 
to him. All would be worthless if he were brainless. 
Intelligence and knowledge are essential to him both 
in respect to attack and defense: However, his every 
act denotes that he has the intelligence and the capacity 
to acquire such knowledge as he needs. He plans craftily: 
executes according to his plans, or changes them to con- 


FOREST:>AND STREAM. 


form to varying circumstances, His acts are marked by 
great courage and dash when in pursuit and attack, and 
by great prudence and activity when he flees from dan- 
ger. He possesses a certain Sagacity In recognizing 2 
superior force and in refraining from the attack when 
the disadvantages are too great for probable success. 

Singly, he does not hesitate to attack smaller animals 
than himself; larger animals he prefers to attack with 
the aid of his fellows—that is to say, asa pack, A brief 
experience suffices to teach him which parts are the 
most vital of the animals he pursues as prey, and he 
inflicts injury on them accordingly. Different dogs em- 
ploy different methods of attack, according to their 
powers; for instance, a large dog, battling with a wood- 
chuck or other small animal, rushes in, catches it in 
the middle of the back, crushes in its spine and ribs, par- 
alyzing and killing it quickly. Not possessing the power 
to kill in such summary manner, the small dog seizes by 
the throat, shakes the woodchuck till it 1s dazed and 
unconscious, and holds on till he slowly kills it. If he 
is not strong enough to shake it, he holds fast by the 
throat, thereby insuring the least possible injury to him- 
self while inflicting the greatest possible injury to his 
prey, as this hold simultaneously attacks the jugular, the 
windpipe, many important nerves, ete. The fact that 
dogs employ so many different methods of attack is alone 
sufficient to prove that they possess reasoning powers. 

Dogs, fighting in packs, perform at their best in secur- 
ing their prey. Two dogs, fightnig conjointly, making 
common cause against an animal, are relatively far more 
destructive than they are fighting singly, for while one 
engages the enemy in front the other has a compara- 
tively unhindered opportunity to bite and maim the rear. 
Several dogs in a pack therefore are exceedingly for- 
midable when battling against other animals. They time 
and direct their efforts most intelligently in support of 
each other and in defense of each other. In the con- 
certed action of all in the attack on a large animal, each 
may perform quite a distinct part, yet all their efforts are 
directed to the attainment of the same end. Some may 
engage the animal in a sham attack in front while others, 
behind, hamstring it, or tear its flanks. Turn as it may, 
the attack is incessantly maintained, and every yulnerable 
point is seized and injured till the animal weakens. At 
the proper juncture the pack closes in on it and then 
the end soon comes. 

In their methods of pursuing and capturing their prey 
all dogs possess many traits in common, Some, how- 
ever, have special qualities for one kind of pursuit, some 
for other kinds, and these peculiarly fit them for the 
seryice of man when he attempts pursuit himself. The 
foxhound has the speed, stamina and nose so essential 
in the most successful pursuit of deer and foxes. Man 
is deficient in these qualities, so he appropriates the 
efforts of the dog to his own use. The greyhound has 
the dashing speed and determination which enable him 
to catch the swiitest hares or wolves, etc., In a short 
pursuit. ; 

Setters and pointers are particularly prized by man 
for their natural impulse to hunt game birds, and the 
natural methods they employ in their efforts to capture, 
for it so happens that the methods employed by the dog 
for himself are equally useful to man when employed in 
his service. As setters and pointers are naturally of an 
amiable and deferential nature, diverting their efforts to 
the purposes of the gun is not a task of great difficulty. 

The contention made herein that pointing is implanted 
in the dog by nature for his own benefit, and that it is 
but one detail of many others in the exercise of his in- 
stinctive efforts to obtain a food supply, is opposed to 
some exceedingly venerable teachings on this subject. 
That the reader may have a better understanding oi the 
ancient speculation concerning the origin of the act of 
pointing, and at the same time the exalted importance 
of man, as determined by himself, the tollowing excerpt 
ig quoted Irom Stonehenge, whom the public, in his day 
and for some years afterward, accepted as an authority on 
this point: 

In his work, “The Dogs of the British Islands” (edi- 
tion of 1867), he writes: “As some difference of opin- 
ion appears to exist with regard to settets, we have de- 
termined thoroughly to satisfy ourselves as to their 
origin and best form, and we have called all the best 
alithorities to our assistance. We propose to place the 
result of our labors before the public, and to add our 
ewn conclusions. 

“There is no doubt that the sport of hawking was 
known and practiced by the ancient Britons, and that 
the Roman was totally ignorant of the science; but the 
invader at once came to the conclusion that the system 
might be improved and introduced the land spaniel, it 
not the water dog also, into this country. 

“These dogs roused the game, and this was all that 
the hawker required of them in those eatly days; but in 
after years, as we Shall see, dogs were required to point, 
or, in the language, of the quaint old writer, ‘Sodainely 
stop and fall down upon their bellies, and having so 
done, when within 2 or 3 yards, ‘then shall your setter 
stick and by no persuasion go further till yourself come 
in and use your pleasure.’ 

“At first, then, without doubt, the spaniel was merely 
used as a springer for the hawk, which was subsequently 
neglected for the net; and the propensity of the dog to 
pause before making his dash at game was cultivated 
and cherished, by breeding and selection, until at last, 
gratihed by observing the action of the net, he yielded 
his natural impulse of springing at all and set or lay 
down to permit the net to be drawn over him. After 
this the hawker trained his spaniel to set; then he cast 
oft his hawks, which ascended in circles, and ‘waited on’ 
unti] his master roused the quarry from its concealment, 
when she pounced upon it like a pistol shot. 

“When used either with hawks or for the net (espe- 
cially in the Jatter case), a far heavier dog answered the 
purpose than what we call a ‘high-ranging setter.’ The 
net enveloped a whole covey in its meshes and few 
manors would allow of many coveys being taken in a 
day; whilst the disentangling the birds and securing them 
allowed time for the heavy dog to rest and regain his 
wind.” 

_ As further bearing on this point, he refers to it again 
in the same work, in the chapter on the Sussex spanial, 
as foliaws: “About the year 1555 a Duke of Northum- 
berland trained one ‘to set birds for the net,’ and soon 


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mre ee nner 


afterward the setter was produced, either by selection or 
by crossing the Talbot hound and spaniel.” 

From the implication in the foregoing—for the origin 
of the setter as well as the act of pointing are therein 
only matter of implication—it was but a short step for 
later and more superficial writers to assert that the setter 
had a spaniel origin, and that the act of pointing had its 
source in the training of a few dogs to lie down while a 
net was spread over them and the covey which they had 
found. Could anything be more inconsequential in the 
explanation of a simple subject than that in 1555 an un- 
known Duke trained a Sussex spaniel “to set birds for 
the net and soon afterward the setter was produced, 


either by selection or by crossing the Talbot hound and 


the spaniel’? As to the origin of the setter, there is but 
one sensible conclusion—that is to say, we do not know 
what it is. Up to the time of Col. Hutchinson there 
were few authors on canine subjects who wrote from their 
own practical experience, and fewer still who had proper 
discriminating powers of mind. They accepted all the 
absurdities, conjectures and vagaries of the first writers 
as being good matter of fact, and did not hesitate to 
repeat them as being true. By the simple process of dint 
of repetition, it has come to be a general belief that the 
pointing instinct originated as told in the net-and-dog 
story, or as implied by it, for it does not assert it, In fact, 
it admits the existence of the instinct, as shown by the 
remark “and the propensity of the dog to pause before 
making his dash at game was cultivated and cherished, 
by breeding and selection, until, at last, gratified by ob- 
serving the action of the net, he yielded his natural im- 
pulse of springing at all,” etc. That is precisely the case 
to-day, if we substitute the gun for the net and’ inter- 
pret the loosely written description for the facts, The 
dog of to-day has naturally the pause before making his 
dash to capture. He only forbears springing as a con= 
sequence of mttch training, and alter he observes the 
success of the gun on the one hand, and being firmly 
denied the pleasure of springing on the other hand, we 
come to the ancient and modern belief wherein he is “at 
last, gratified by observing the action of the net,” etc. 
The ancient writers were, moreover, handicapped by 
Overweening belief in the sublimity of man, and the spe- 
cial creation of all the lower animals for his benefit. 

Considering setters and pointers from the same wn- 
prejudiced standpoint from which we would consider 
tigers, wild dogs, cats and rats, etc., we observe that 
they possess the hunting instinct and the knowledge of 
the best manner of hunting, to the end that they may 
obtain a food supply. In a wild state their existence 
depends on their ability to pursue and capture. The 
hunting instinct and the manner of its exercise were no 
more implanted in the nature of pointers and setters to 
please or profit a man with a gun than was the lke 
instinct, etc., of their wild congeners, the wolves, din- 
goes, etc., implanted for the same purpose, 

Setters and pointers, though their names might seem 
to indicate otherwise, display no essential differences in 
their methods of pursuit and capture, nor in their choice 
of prey. They delight in hunting rabbits, squirrels and 
other small animals, and prefer them to game birds as 
an object of pursuit. It is not at all a difficult matter to 
break a dog from hunting birds, and not infrequently the 
amateur accomplishes this result unintentionally and un- 
expectedly by punishment in his mistaken attempts to 
train, the result being an unfortunate condition called 
“blinking.” ; 

Not infrequently it is a task of extreme diffictlty to 
break the dog from his passionate fondness for hunting 
rabbits. He for a time will disobey commands, ignore 
punishment and strike out independently to gratify his 
fondness for chasing them, On their trail he gives 
tongtie merrily and flies along at his topmost speed, 
through punishing brier or muddy swamp, never feeling 
fatigue while the ardor of the chase is upon him, He 
uses no special craft in pursuing a rabbit, and if he tried 
he could not well be noisier. Still there is no need then 
of craft and silence. Both pursuer and ptirsued are on 
their feet on the earth’s surface. The former boldly 
utters his ery of pursuit and deadly purpose, striking ter- 
ror into his prey; the latter is silent and uses his best 
powers to escape. 

But in the pursuit of birds the dog changes this method 
tadically, for, befitting as is the noisy method for hunting 
the rabbit, it is wholly out of place for hunting birds. 
The latter have wings, and the dog soon learns that, if 
they are alarmed, they use theth, and that, when once 
awing, they are safe. He consequently must so direct 
his efforts that the birds will not be alarmed, and, indeed, 
so that they will mot even suspect his presence if he is 


‘to compass his purpose. Therefore the merry cry of pur- 


suit and the reckless dashing through brush and open, so 
useful in the pursuit of the rabbit, no longer have place. 

The setter and pointer, when seeking birds, range about 
till they ‘strike the trail; then they follow it carefully, 
silently and alertly. As the setter nears the birds and the 
scent gets warmer, he feathers; his eyes glisten; his jawa 
open tremulously; he crouches as he draws. nearer, 
and tmayhap he may drop to the ground for a 
moment; his nerves and muscles becotne tenser 
in anticipation of the approaching spring into the con- 
cealment of the birds and the resultant bloody ending. 
The pointer exhibits the sane phenomena, except the 
feathering. 

The nose of the pointer or setter is his highest organ 
of sense. It has wonderful functional powers, and by ex- 
perience he acquires equally wonderful powers of dis- 
crimination in its use. 

He follows the trail accurately by his powers of scent- 
ing. When he has drawn near to the birds he has a 
new problem to solye; he must accurately determine the 
whereabouts of the birds in their concealment. If he 
cannot do so, his skill and silence in roading them avail 
nothing. The birds have probably discovered that an 
enemy is about and have sought the most convenient 
cover for safety); When neat to them he sets, stands or 
points, tetms which denote the same act; he is in a posi- 
tion to spring to the extent of his capabilities; his eyes 
are set but are nevertheless keenly alert. If he is not 
quite sure of his distance and the location of the birds, 
he moves, perhaps taking a better advantage of the 
wind and ground, and points again. Satished at length 
that he has made his calctilations correctly, he springs 
from his point vith wonderful agility and generally with 


Spr. 30, 1000.) 


admirable precision, succeeding frequently in catching a 
bird before it can get well on the wing, or before it can 
disentangle itself irom the cover in which ‘it sought 
concealment, * : 

If he has erred in his calculations by not using his 
nose truly he may spring from his point in a wrong di- 
rection, possibly thereby making a failure of the etfort. 
Yet when the birds rise the dog’s eyes come into seryice, 
and if he errs on the first spring he may readjust for the 
second, and if there are any laggards or weak birds he still 
may succeed in capturing one. If he captures and is per- 
mitted to dispose of the bird as he pleases, he forthwith 
eats it with great relish. The fox observes a similar 
method when he attempts to capture grouse. The cat, 
too, exhibits analogous methods in its attempt to stalk 
small birds, etc., trusting, however, more to the sense of 
sight rather than to the sense of smell. 

Many centuries ago man observed this trait of the dog 
and learned that, by restraining it to limits which did not 
permit of the spring to capture, it could be usefully ap- 
plied to his own purposes in the pursuit of game birds. 

Ranging, roading, pointing and the knowledge and 
crafty application of them which comes only from ex- 
perience, the traimer cannot supply. The majority of 
amateurs, however, start on the mistaken theory that 
they must not only teach the dog how to work to the 
sun, but how to hunt birds. Dogs so taught, or rather 
so untaught, become abjectly perfunctory, They lose all 
independence of action or purpose, and look to their 
trainer for orders at every turn. They have lost all idea 
of initiative and therewith nearly all of self interest; con- 
sequently they are more or less listless and slothful in 
manner and are devoid of ardor and industry. 

Let the puppy range and locate the birds in his own 
wild way. Let him alone. What if he flushes and chases? 
All the better, A puppy which will not flush and chase 
at first is a marvel if he is worth owning. Left to him- 
self, the puppy learns to locate quickly and learns the 
kind of cover and the nooks wherein the game frequents. 
With more experience he will modify his puppy ways, 
and at all events the qualities useful to the gun have been 
developed and are in proper form for the schooling to 
the gun. Developed in this manner, besides haying a 
knowledge most useful in the seryice of the gun, he will 
have dash, enthusiasm, persistence and that very desir- 
able quality commonly called “bird sense,’ which the 
dog acquires for himself, and which the trainer could 
not impart to him otherwise if he devoted a lifetime to it. 

The foregoing contains a description of the general 
and essential principles employed in the best develop- 
ment of setters and pointers to their best hunting in the 
service Of the gun, and the proper theory on which to 
conduct their training. ‘They are essential to the field 
dog, but under no other conditions is it possible to 
deyelop the field trial dog; for while the imperfect field 
doe might sive reasonable satisiaction to a shooter, the 
imperfect field trial dog in competition would suffer 
according to his imperfections. 

B. WATERS. 


Points and Flushes. 


Mr. T. W. Samuels, Secretary of the Kentucky Field 
Trial Club, under date of Sept, 21, writes us as follows: 
“The Kentucky Field Trials Club will hold its inaugural 
trials at Glasgow, Ky., Nov. 27, 1900. Entry blanks now 
ready and sent upon request.” 


In our business columns this week, Mr. Theodore 
Sturges, Secretary of the Continental Field Trial Club, 
Greenfield Hill, Conn., announces the conditions govern- 
ing the club’s All-Age and Subscription stakes. The latter 
is open to all setters and pointers, regardless of previous 
winnings, Subscription, $25, payable Oct. 15. It is trans- 
ferable to any one in good standing with the club, The 
All-Age entries close on Oct. 15. The club's trials will be 
run at Newton, N. C., commencing Dec. 3 with the Derby. 


Machting. 


THE: yachtsmen of Lake Ontario have been busy of 
late over the new cutter Gloria, which, though in many 
details decidedly under the requirements of the scantling 
table in use on the Lakes, has nevertheless made a most 
successiul voyage across the Atlantic and up the St. 
Lawrence, The yacht came into Toronto, after merely 
the ordinary cleaning up and painting, of topsides at 
Halifax, with no more signs of wear and straining than 
if she had merely sailed up the lake from Kingston—in 
fact, no one who examined the construction would 1m- 
agine that she had been on the ocean for six weeks in 
very bad weather, The opinion has been expressed, not 
only by professional yacht sailors but by some of the 
better-informed yachtsmen as well, that such a practical 
test as this should entitle the yacht to enter the Lake 
races regardless of the size of her scantling. 

This view of the matter is perhaps natural enough in 
those who have giyen no particular thought to the sub- 
ject; but it is superficid] and crude in the extreme. The 
object of the scantling restrictions adopted on the Lakes 
in 1807 was not merely to secure the building of strong 
yachts, but to exclude the specially costly methods of 
construction adopted on the coast and in England in the 
purely racing classes. The idea as expressed at the 
annual meeting of the Yacht Racing Union of the Great 
Lakes in the fall of 1896 was that the yachtsmen of the 
Lakes were not prepared to give up the general type of 
yacht then in use, of a strong and reasonably light 
construction such as could be had at moderate figures 
irom the local builders, and to pay the extravagant 
prices which the lightest class of construction commands 
both on the Atlantic Coast and in England and Scot- 
land. The feeling at the time was that as conditions were 
and must be for a long time, it would be a loss rather 
than a gain to Lake yachting if the local builders were 
neglected and the racing limited to a few lightly built 
and very costly facing machines imported from salt 
water. 

It was distinctly stated at the time in the discussion 


that lightness and strength were not incompatible, pro- 


-yided that cost was no object, but the general opinion 


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FOREST AND-STREAM. 


was that the gain in speed through extreme light con- 
struction, even though the yacht might be amply strong, 
would be of no material value in a fleet used quite as 
much for cruising as for racing; and that the added cost 
would be a serious injury to the sport. The possibility 
of just such a case as that of Gloria was discussed—the 
bringing to the Lakes the outclassed and outbuilt yachts 
from the seaboard—and at least on the part of those pres- 
ent at the meeting the feeling was that such was not 
desirable. 

The coming of Gloria is an accident and of an alto- 
gether exceptional nature; the yacht was built in the 
most expensive maner, and apparently without regard 
to cost, for an international match, which she won, Her 
owner subsequently became financially embarrassed and 
she was Sold by his creditors at a time when, owing to 
the war, the values of yachting property in England were 
at the lowest point ever known. In addition, being of 
necessity built to the rule and class of the Union des 
Yachts Franeais, she is just enough over the limits of the 
s2ft. L.R. class in Great Britain to be barred from rac- 
ing there. Her present owner bought her expressly for 
cruising and has no desire to race her, nor has he made 
any complaint against her exclusion. 

For one such yacht as Gloria on the sale list there are 
twenty which both in model and construction are un- 
suited for the uses of the Lake yachtsmen, giving no 
accommodation for cruising and, even though strong 
enough to ‘stand the ordinary strains of two or three 
years of racing, lacking in that ultimate strength and 
durability which fit them for many years of useful life. 

Experience has shown that it is quite possible to build 
a weak hull that is fully up to the literal requirements of 
the Table of Scantlings, and on the other hand that it is 
just as possible to build a hull that is amply strong—for 
at least a limited period—in which the scantling is much 
below the limits of the table. In the case of Gloria the 
frames are all of steamed elm, of very small size, but 
‘the entire framework of the hull is braced and stiffened 
by a system of hollow steel braces between the bilge 
stringers and deck stringers and between the keelson and 
the deck beams. The skin is thin, but it is all of ma- 
hogany, the inner as well as the outer, and very thor- 
oughly fastened with copper rivets. The result seems 
most satisfactory so far as even hard-sailing is con- 
cerned, for a limited period; but it is hardly to be 
doubted that the full lile of the yacht will be materially 
shorter than that ef the yachts of heavier construction 
built on the Lakes. 

There is one point which is worthy of serious consid- 
eration. The welfare of yachting on the Lakes depends 
in a great measure on the presence of good local builders 
who can turn out first-class work of a certain grade of 
moderately light all-wood construction at a cast within 
the reach of yachtsmen cf moderate means. There are 
some of these, but none too many, on the Lakes to-day; 
and in the interests of yachting at large they should have 
every possible encouragement. The only protection they 
have to-day is the Table of Scantling, though some of 
them are not yet wise enough to recognize the fact. 
With it abandoned or even weakened, they may look to 
see stheir productions beaten out of sight by even the 
unsuccessiul.of the outclassed racing machines of New 
York and Boston, bought at low figures, and, if fin-keels, 
as many are, shipped to frésh water on a freight car. 


THE decision in the Mineola~-Yankee protests, made 
public last week, has been looked for by yachtsmen with 
more than ordinary interest, owing to previous protests 
in the new class. It is a disappointment to find that 
the committee does not deal with what was really the 
more important of the two fouls, as well as the more 
conspicuous one; but the decision of the committee that 
at the time of the second foul one of the two boats was 
by ‘virtue of the first foul legally ont of the race is a 
sound one in every way. It is known that the case has 
been a difficult one for the comimnittee to deal with, it 
being necessary to hold a number of meetings and to 
take testimony on both sides. To one who is familiar 
with the case only through the published decision of the 
committee it is not an easy matter to give a final opinion 
as to its merits. At the same time, after a careful 
study of the report, we are of the opinion that the de- 
cision is a just one; and certainly the report itself is 
clear, explicit and unequivocal in its meaning. In this 
respect it is a useful addition to those precedents that 
are really stronger than the rules themselves. 

The first foul, the only one which can be considered, is 
simple enough in its principles, the difficulty arising only 
from the several claims of Mineola’s protest and the 
conflicting evidence on both sides. The analysis of the 
case by the committee seems a fair and correct one, and 


so far as we can judge from the small portion of the , 


evidence quoted in the report, the decision is just. ° 


THE death took place at Southampton, on Sept. 5, of 
William O’Neill, the well-known racing skipper, at the 
age of fifty-two years. O'Neill was born at Kingstown, 
Ireland, his father before him being a yacht master. His 
first command was the go-tonner Myosotis, in which ves- 
sel he greatly distinguished himself, haying charge of her 
six season. Next he had the 89-ton cutter Cuckoo, be- 
longing to Mr. R. K. Holmes Kerr, for two years, and 
then Mr. Hedderwick’s famous 4o-tonner Annasona, 


‘ which was top of her class in her maiden season, while 


in her second she was again the champion, with twenty- 
nine first prizes. O’Neill entered the service of Mr. 
John Jameson in 1883 with the first-class cutter Samcena, 
in which he again scored heavily, and then in Irex, when 
he was eyen more successiul. In 1890 Iverna was built, 
and, although she did not do great things in her first 
season, in 1891 and 1892 she proved the leading cutter 
of the day. In 1893 Iverna’s winnings were small, for 
Britannia was in full swing; however, she won a stake 
in a private match with Meteor (née Thistle), then owned 
by the German Emperor. Among the trophies won by 
O’Neill with Irex was the Cape May challenge cup, 
brought home frrom America by Sir Richard Sutton’s 
cutter Genesta, and which Irex wrested from Genesta 
an ve race from Cowes to Cherbourg and back.—London 
ield. 


Mr. anp Mrs. C. Ottver Isein returned to New 


York last week on the Majestic after a six months’ visit 


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to Europe. In answer to interviewers Mr. Iselin dis- 
claimed all knowledge of a coming challenge for the 
America Cup or of any preparations to meet a possible 
challenger. 


Jolly Roger and Scamp. 


A sERIES of match races will be sailed this week on 
Long Island Sound between the Boston raceabout Jolly 
Roger and the New York raceabout Scamp. It is un- 
fortunate in ome way that the latter, selected as the rep- 
resentative of New York, was designed by Mr. Crown- 
inshield, a sister boat to Jolly Roger and built in Boston; 
but as her owner, Johnston De Forest, is a New York 
man, one of the best of the younger Corinthian contin- 
gent, there will be a certain amount of intercity rivalry 
and the races will probably attract much attention. The 
first two will be sailed on Sept. 26, one in the morning 
and one in the afternoon, irom the Indian Harbor Y. C., 
Greenwich. The following is from the Boston Globe: 

On Sept. 14 B. B. Crowninshield’s keel raceabout Jolly 
Roger arrived at Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay, where 
she found Cyrilla and Quakeress hauled out and pot 
leaded, all ready to give her a warm reception. Saturday 
morning the first race was sailed with Cyrilla under the 
auspices of the Beverly Y. C. 

In a light air Jolly Roger got the best of the start. 
The wind was light to moderate through the race and 
yery light at the finish, When the breeze freshened Cy- 
rilla picked up, and when it lightened Jolly Roger re- 
gained her advantage, and she finished in first place. 

In the afternoon about the saine conditions prevailed, 
and Jolly Roger again won, This settled the series be- 


tween these two boats and Jolly Roger held the field with’ 


the stimulant of victory to help her in succeeding races. 

Monday morning Jolly Roger tackled Quakeress, also 

a centerboard Herreshoff production, owned by W. F. 
Harrison, which has held the championship of Buzzards 
Bay for two seasons, The series was also held under the 
auspices of the Beverly Y. C. Again the air was light 
and Jolly Roger came out victorious, 
_ The next race was sailed Monday afternoon in a drift- 
ing air and Quakeress turned the tables on the Marble- 
head boat. The final race was sailed Tuesday and Qua- 
keress was again victorious, winning the series. This 
race, like the others, was sailed in a very light air. 

From the work of the boats the deduction has been 
made that in a very light air Jolly Roger can beat the 
Buzzards Bay boats, and Mr. Crowninshield is of the 
opinion that in a strong breeze the same results would be 
obtained. Both Cyrilla and Quakeress are longer on 
top than Jolly Roger, and in a moderate breeze, when 
they. can just get their ends into the water, they can 
beat Jolly Roger both at windward work and in reaching. 

But it was a contest of designers, between Crownin- 
shreld in the east and Herreshoff, The Herreshoff produc- 
tion carried off the honors, and no matter what the con- 
‘ditions the credit belongs to him, 

Next week Jolly Roger will tackle the cracks in Long 
Island Sound. Her principal race will be with Scamp, 
owned by Johnston De Forest, and the champion of Long 
Island Sound. Scamp and Jolly Roger are sister boats 
and the contest between them should be more than ordi- 
narily interesting, 

The first race will be sailed Wednesday at Indian Har- 
bor, and if a final race is necessary it will be sailed on 
Saturday. Mr. Crowninshield is taking no chances on 
these races and has had Jolly Roger hauled out for a 
thorough overhauling and a coat of black lead. 

Besides her series with Scamp, Jolly Roger will meet 
C. H. Crane’s Raider, and here will come another con- 
test between designers. Another race will probably be 
arranged with Colleen, to be sailed either Saturday morn- 
ing or afternoon at Indian Harbor, : 

On Monday, Oct. 1, Jolly Roger will meet Mr, Bed- 
ford’s Sis at Bridgeport. This will be the last regular 
match race, although it is probable that the Marblehead 
boat will have a chance to take part in several impromptu 
scraps before she is hauled out, 


Yacht Racing Union of North America. 


New York, Sept. 15—The annual meeting of the 
Yacht Racing Union of North America will be held at 
the Yachtsmen’s Club, 47 West Forty-third street, New 
York city, on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 4 P. M. 

A committee consisting of Mr. Clinton H. Crane 
(chairman), Mr. Ralph N. Ellis and the secretary has’ 
been appointed to revise the racing rules of the Union 
and will make a report at this meeting. The committee 
will be glad to receiye communications from representa- 
tives upon the matter of changes in the rules up to the 
date of the meeting. 

A meeting of the Council will be held at 2 P. M. on 
the same day and at the same place. 

Attention is called to the rule requiring a quorum of 
fifteen representatives at the general meeting and of five 
members at the Council meeting. 

FRANK BOWNE Jones, Sec’y. 


Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes, 


THE annual meeting of the Yacht Racing Union of the 
Great Lakes will be held on Saturday, Oct, 13, at2 P. M. 
‘at the St. Clair Hotel, Detroit, Mich. The officers for 
1901 will be elected and the general business of the Union 
will be transacted. Thus far no notice has been given 
of any proposed changes in the rules. The present chair- 
man of the Union is C. E. Kremer, of Buffalo, and the 
secretary-treasurer is J, E. Burroughs, 309 Powers Block, 
Rochester, N. Y. 


Royal Canadian Y. C, 
TORONTO—TORONTO BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 15. . 

THE Royal Canadian Y. C. sailed a race for the 3oft, 
class on Sept. 15, the old Burgess cutter Wona beating 
Sylvia, a comparatively new boat. A dinghy race was 
also sailed, the times being: 

30ft. Class—Start, 2:00. 


Finish, 

World SV uuu eravar tad cee sackaih tance pest 90s Se ty a pla Kol 4 40 10 

Sylvia\ ys pattern oer ee sacle tes LL diate siiia 4 4) 06 
Junior Dinghy Race—Start, 3:26, 

*T) GoaBatberecan tusese ste SS RAAB BBE yr oe nh SAS OAS 8 58 30 

E. Gooderham......... Seb Ur aH AricuTHLy 1499 dq qa ane 4 00 00 

G. Chadwick .,......,. egy. CaS moe eae ria cat aeaaesiey Teves 4 01 07 


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Lysistrata. 


As a fitting successor to two old steam yachts, nota- 
ble in their day—Polynia and Namouna—the new yacht 
just launched for Mr. James Gordon Bennett under the 
name of Lysistrata is a novelty even in these days of 
‘marvelous craft. With other minor features she is nota- 
ble for a contract speed of eighteen knots in sea Service 
and a combination of the naval and yacht types in her 
hull and rig. She was designed by Mr. George L. Wat- 
son and built by W, Denny & Bros., Dumbarton, Scot 
dJand, being launched on Aug. 28. Her length over all 1s 
3roft., wl. 285ft., breadth 4oft., depth of hold 2zit. 6in,, 
tonnage 2,082, Thames measurement, making her smaller 
by a few tons than Valiant, the largest yacht afloat. 
The hull is of steel, with twin screws, driven by a pair 
of triple-expansion four-cylinder engines, 23, 38, 42 and 
42 by 3oin. The four boilers have working pressure 
of 200lbs. 

In appearance 
the- conventional 


the yacht is a marked departure from 
Clyde steam yacht and also irom the 
“new type recently developed by Mr, Watson in Varuna, 
Margarita II., Mayflower and Nahma, in which the bul- 
warks are carried up to form the sides of the deck houses. 
Lysistrata has a perfectly plumb stem, a beautitlully 
moulded yacht counter, and a straight but fair and har- 
monious sheer, the entire 

to the rail showing the hand of the artist-shipwright. 
The deck house is of the conventional form, with a pas- 
sage on the main deck at each side, but both bow and 
counter are covered by turtlebacks. The deck house, 
nearly 200ft. long, gives a large amount of accommoda- 
tion, which is considerably augmented by the space under 
the after turtleback. The smaller houses are located on 
top of the main deckhouse, the forward one surmounted 
by a lofty bridge. One of the most striking features ot 
the yacht is the rig, so far as it goes, a single pole mast 
just abaft the stack, with one square yard for signals. 
The stack is large and located almost amidships. Like 
the mast, it has very little ralke, and the severely vertical 
lines of the stem, stack and mast, with the straight sheer, 
give a businesslike appearance to the yacht which 1s 
most attractive. Below water the keel is very nearly 
straight, the forefoot is moderately rounded up, and the 
rudder, hung on a straight plumb sternpost, 1s slightly 
balanced at the lower end. The two shafts are encased 
out to the hubs by projecting portions of the skin. The 
bilge keels cover about half the length of the bottom. 
The following description of the yacht is from the 
North British Daily Mail, of Glasgow. 


The vessel has been built to plans prepared by Mr. 
-G. L. Watson, Glasgow, and with her has been reached 
the high water mark of yacht building on the Clyde. 
Differing considerably in outward appearance from *the 
conventional type of steam yacht so long fashionable 
both in Britain and America, she is withal a really noble 
‘jooking vessel. She is the largest and most powerful 
yacht yet built on the Clyde, and she will also. be the 
speediest. The most .important departures which her 
‘model presents to the eye of the ordinary layman are a 
straight stem instead of the usual gracefully curved clip- 
per or O.G. cutwater, and the absence of anything that 
can really be dignified by the name of a mast. In spite 
of the want of the conventional sheer to the cutwater, 
the boat shows quite an eye-pleasing bow, and as the 
whole of the entrance lines are at once sweet and pow- 
erful, she should push very little water before her, even 
when going at top speed. The general body of the boat 
is modeled with a master hand, and the long counter is 
as graceful as Meteor’s or Gleniffer’s. She has one huge 
funnel which indicates to the initiated that she is to be 
a flyer, and with the exception of one comparatively small 
mast.abaft the ftmnel—to be used for signaling purposes 
—there is no other spar about her. The new boat is 
turtledecked forward, but allowing for the want of a 
curved cutwater and masts she approximates more close- 
ly in general appearance to the Duke of Sutherland’s 
beautiful Catania than to those more recent big steam 
yachts of Mr, Watson’s designing, Mr. William Clark's 
Tuscarora or Mr. Kenneth Clark’s Katoomba. She is 
to be nominally an eighteen-knot boat, but it is confi- 
dently expected that nearly a knot more will be forth- 
coming on a pinch. To get that great speed she is to 
be fitted with magnificent machinery of the triple expan- 
sion sort, working on four cranks, the horse-power of 
‘which will be about 6,500. ~_ 
The introduction of the four crank engines to our 
yachts has been very little spoken of, but few things have 
made more for the comfort of those on board than those 
same engines. The smoothness with which the higher 
class sort work is so great that in some boats one 1s 
scarcely conscious when they are being started. Now 
the thumping and throbbing so inseparable from the 
engines of the older yachts were among the chief objec- 
tions which the more conseryative of the old school of 
yachting men had to a mechanically propelled vessel, 
and now that these drawbacks are being rapidly annihi- 
lated there will very soon be nothing left. to object to 
in the once-despised and sternly repressed steam yacht. 
At one time the Royal Yacht Squadron would not allow 
a man to remain on its books who so far forgot himself 
-as to keep a steam yacht! Lysistrata is built of the finest 
- steel in that perfect fashion for which Messrs. Denny are 
so famed. In this boat (and her twin sister Margarita,_ 
now rapidly nearing completion at Greenock) Mr. Wat- 
son has introduced a plating novelty, as far as yacht 
building is concerned—that is, the butts of the plates are 
overlapped. It is obvious that a yacht of over 2,000 
tons—in spite of the fact that she is to have machinery 
eapable of taking her along at nineteen knots and bunk- 
ers as capacious as small coal pits—must still haye an 
enormotis lot of space left for cabins and other domestic, 
so to speak. accommodation. Mr. Watson has been as 
successful with the utilization of this space as he has been 
fortunate in imparting a look of grace and power com- 
bined to the boat herself. It is unnecessary to go into 

. details over the internal economy of the boat, but it may 
be added just in passing that the scheme of finishing 
adopted for all.the more public rooms is classical. The 
dining room, for instance, a handsome. airy. well lighted 
apartment, 2sft. lone by TS5{t. broad, is done in the Gre- 
cian stvle. The more artistic work on the rooms is in 
¢he hands of Messrs. Waring, London, Mr. Bennett, 


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form of the hull from the keel 


FOREST _AND« STREAM. 


who has been turning over in his mind for several years 
back the building of a great steam yacht, visited Dum- 
barton recently for the purpose of. seeing 
he was greatly pleased with her. 


The Massachusetts 25ft. Class. 
THE new 25it. class of the Y. ‘R. A. of Massathusetts 
has been one of the disappointments of the year ih yacht- 


ing, much being expected irom it and yery little realized 


either in the way of sport for the time being or of useful 
trial of some intricate yachting problems. The class 
was built under a new rule based on a radical change; 


from the accepted formulas, and with a number of néw 


boats it was expected that there would be good racing 
through the season and that some valtiable light would 
be shed.on. the measurement question. 

The first break camé when the four new boats building 
by C. C. Hanley were discovered to be outside of the 
limitations in the détail of cabin trunk, so that they were 


formally barred irom the regular Association class and 


compelled to race as a special class, Following this 
‘came the discovery that though they could be measured 
into the class with the required weight on board, they 


could not carry their sail with this amount of ballast, and 


when finally ballasted as they pleased through a private 
agreement they ran from 26ft. to 27{t. l-w.l. instead of 25it. 
In addition to this the masts were so, far férward that 
the resulting position of the C.E. caused them to steer’ 
badly, necessitating such changes of rig as have de- 
stroyed all useful comparisons that might otherwise have 
been made as to the relative merits of lofty and low 
rigs. The end has been that the class has raced in a 


slipshod, go-as-you-please fashion without regard to rules, .- 
the ballast has been changed from day to day, according. 


to the promised weather, sails on measurement have 
proved larger than the rules allowed, the sail restrictions 
have been openly violated by a palpable evasion, the 
owners haye reiused to allow any measurement of the 
waterline, and finally, one of the four owners: laid his 
boat up early in the season, refusing to race; and later, 
as the result of a personal encounter between two- other 
owners, two more yachts have left the H. O. class, leav- 
ing but one boat in it. The absence of these jour new 
boats has also been felt in the regular 25ft. class, where 
they might haye more than doubled the interest in the 
racing. 

The following summary of the racing in the two classes 
is given by the Boston Globe. The most interesting 
point in connection with it is the excellent showing of 
the keel boat Flirt, designed by B. B. Crowninshield, in 
a class where the centerboards haye long been supreme, 


The Quincey race of Sept. 1 is not included in the tables 
for the reason that the judges had not rendered a de- 
cision on the mutual protests of Al Kyris and Hanley 
at the time the tables were made up. 

Table No. 1 shows the places in the races secured by 
the boats, but table No. 2 is really the most valuable 
one, as showing how many times each boat has beaten 
or has beén beaten by the others of the fleet. Read 
across ior a boat's wins and down for her losses. ° 

The first of the races of the Corinthian midstmmer 
series is not included in the tables, because the win of 


Hanley over Nixie had no bearing on the other events © 


of the season’s record. The doings of Eleanor and Or- 
phan are recorded as a matter of interest. ~ Thé races of 
Orphan at Hull are not included, since she was ruled out 
by the regatta committee for failing to qualify in the 
class. =. 1 q 

As between the three H. O. boats after the withdrawal 
of Orphan, Hanley has the best record, but her margin 


of wins is so small as to emphasize the closeness of the - 


racing in this class and to show the wisdom of securing 

the racing of the boats by clubs’ whenever possible, 
What might have been the result had the boats raced 

out the season instead of stopping after the Quincy race 


of Sept. 1 is. problematical, but since the owners of 


Al Kyris and Empress chose to consider the affairon the 
Quincy float a mortal offense and to boycott the owner 
of Hanley therefor in spite of an offered apology, the 
record must stand on the racing up to that time, 

Hanley’s margin is a small but a good one. 

The surprising thing about the tables is the fine show- 
ing of Flirt. She has beaten the H. O. boats more times 
than they have beaten her, as table No. 2 clearly shows. 
She is a remarkable boat in many ways, and the writer 
contesses that he must modify his opinion of her abili- 
ties, formed after the Annisqttiam races. The way she 
beat the H. O. boats at Hull down the channel in a 
choppy sea a week ago last Friday was a revelation. 

To an observer on Telegraph Hill the H. O. boats, as 
well as the centerboards of class D, were throwing heaps 
of water, while Flirt was going along finely with half the 
fuss. In smooth water and a good breeze the H. O. 
beats will win from Flirt without trouble, but when it 
comes to a thrash to windward in a seaway Flirt shows 
the full advantages of the keel model. 

Which naturally leads up to some comment on the 
H. OQ. models. The boats were failures in more ways 
than not having sufficient depth of body to conform to 
the Y. R. A. restrictions. They floated at 25ft. waterline 
with the reqtired 2,o00lbs, of ballast aboard, but that 
amount was not sufficient to give them stability in any- 
thing more than a light air. In a puff they would heel. 
out.and throw their sterns up and their rudders out of 
water in a way to make a helmsman lose his temper. 


Deeper rudders and more ballast remedied this fault, 


but the boats went to 26.6 or 27{t. in doing it. 
Nevertheless, they are roomy boats, both on deck and 
below, and are better for cruising than a natrow and deep 
keel boat. With a reduced rig they will be handy, com- 
jortable and able. 
Some light on the question of high and narrow vs. 


broad and low sail plans was expected in the racing of | 


the H. O. class, but the masts on the boats were so far 
forward and the center of effort of the sails correspond- 
ingly out of place that no’ satisfactory conclusions can 
be drawn, Al Kyris undoubtedly went faster when she 
changed from her original high and narrow mainsail, but 
since at the time she shifted her center of effort Gin, fur- 
ther aft it may well be questioned if the shift and not the 
shape of the sail was the cause of her carrying a weather 
instead of a lee helm. 


Lysistrata, and 


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The Manhasset Y. C. 15ft Class. 


Tue following circular has been sent out to its mem- 
bers by the Manhasset Bay Y. C.; is ’ 


Manhasset 15ft. Raceabout Class. 
A special racing and cruising class will be built in the 


-Manhasset Bay ¥. C. for the season of 1901. 


These boats will be of the modern fin-keel type, with 


'‘raceabout rig, t4ft, waterline, 24ft. over all, 6ft. 6in. 


breadth, 3ft. 6in. draft. They have been designed as a 


‘single-handed cruiser, having cabin accommodation for 
‘two, or even three, but at the same time will be suth- 


ciently speedy to insure a good one-design racing class. 

They will be built by Robert Jacob (successor to H. 
Piepgras), of City Island, and of the best material. 

The price for each boat will be $450, provided ten or 
more are ordered, and it is earnestly requested by the 
committee in charge of the class that members or their 
friends wishing to build will address the undersigned 
without delay, as the contracts for the first ten must be 
signed by Sept. 30. 

There will be a meeting of those interested in the class 
at the club house, Port Washington, at 7:30 P. M. Sat- 
urday, Sept. 15 (date of fall regatta), and in the mean- 
time the plans specifications and model may be seen in 
the main room of the club house and any further infor- . 
mation obtained of the committee. 

Manhasset Raceabout Committee—Guy Standing, 
70 West Thirty-sixth street; Edward M. MacLel- 
a go' Wall street; Georg A. Coryy, 37 Maiden 

ane. 


The idea of this class is an excellent one and should 
have been put into effect a long time ago, There is good 
reason to believe that the Skow distemper, which began 
with the 15-footer Question in 1895, has now about run 
its course with the majority of yachtsmen and that there 
will be a revival of the demand for abler and wholesomer 
types, especially among men who want to race at times, 
but not in bathing suits, and who also want a yacht for 


‘eruising and general sailing. With the present knowl- 


edge derived from fast craft of all types and with im- 
proved methods of construction and modern sails and 
fittings, it should be possible to design a small single- 
hander for both racing and cruising that would be im- 
measutably superior to the crait used some years ago for 
the same purpose. At the same time the details of the 
proposed class, as given in the above circular and in the 
sail plan, strike us very far ifom the ideal craft. The 
principal dimensions, 24it, over all, 6it, 6in, breadth and 
3it, Gin, draft, are very good for the proposed use, and 
such a boat should by all means be of the fin-keel type, 
like the old canoe yawls used years before Dilemma was 
dreamed of. In so small a boat there is no gain of room 
through the adoption of the S section, and the cost is in- 
creased and the center of buoyancy raised unnecessarily 
as compared with the T section of the fin-keel type. ' 

In the proposed design, however, the extreme type is 
followed, the waterline is yery short, the hull is shallow, 
the oyerhangs are excessive and the fin is shortened up 
as ‘in the extreme racing craft, with a freak rudder. As 
long as there is no measurement of the l.w.]. there is no 
object in adopting the Skow type of hull; a much faster 
and better boat could be had with a cleanly lined hull 
of say 18it. liw.l., with 2it. overhang forward and 4ft. 
aft, in place of 5ft, at each end. A little added depth of 
hull amidships would not materially affect the speed and 
it would be offset by a lower cabin house, the one shown 
on the plans being excessively high and out of proportion 
to the hull. If the yacht is to be used as a single-hander, 
or even if she is to be sailed day in and day out by two 
persons, with any degree of pleasure, it is a great mistake 
to give her the short deep racing fin, making it necessary 
to hold the tiller in hand and to steer her every moment 
while she is under way. With a fairly long fin and a 


rudder hung on the sternpost in the usual way it should 


be nossible to lash the helm and leave her to sail herself 
while the single-hander is cooking, eating, cleaning up 
or réefing under way. and she will be far pleasanter to 
steer at all times. On the extreme dimensions given, 
the boat with the longer waterline and keel should cost 
no more than the proposed design and she would prob- 
ably give far greater satisfaction, both in point of speed 
and comfort in ¢fuising; while she would be smarter and 
more shipshape in appearance. 


The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should teach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as. practicable. 


tseto Bergen and there put into dry dock. 


Szpr, 49, 1600.| 
The Cruise of the Niagara 


s+" THE steam yacht Niagara, belonging to Howard Gould, 
which reached New York on, Sept. 15, lay all next day 


oft Thirty-fourth street, the ownér and his wife remain-— 


ing on board and receiving a few friends. 
. |, . Niagara has steamed 15,000 miles since she sailed from 
this port on*May 8, She carried’ a crew of seventy-three 

men, all told, at that time, and'had_on board, besides the 


owner and his wife, Dr. and) Mrs.-Clement Cleveland as 


guests. The Niagara went to’ Queenstown, and thence, 
by easy stages, to the Isle of Guernsey, Dartmouth, 
Cowes, Southampton, Havre, and up the Seine to Rouen. 
Here the yacht was anchared..for five days, and the 


»., Goulds visited the exposition, -": Sh) + 


-e- The next port was Ostend, and the yacht then sailed 
to Leith, where Mr.. Turner and Mr.-and: Mrs: Stone, of 
New York, came on board to ‘remain as pests for the 
rést of the trip. —From Leith the itinerary led to Kirk- 
wald, the capital of the Orkney Islands, and thence to 
Reykeich, the capital’of Iceland. Here the Governor of 
the island was received on board with his staff, and the 
party visited the boiling springs. While trying to jump 
across one of these*springs, the Niagara’s quartermaster 


fell into the water and was severely scalded. 

Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland left the yacht at Malde, Nor- 
way. They thereby escaped! the most unpleasant inci- 
».- -dent of the trip. About eighty miles from Bergen, while 

_' the Niagara was proceeding under full steam, her sail- 
'.. Ing master, Mr.-Caws, landed her on the rocks with her 
»-s.bow out of the water.” It was at first thought that the 
"= vessel: was in gteat danger, but she did -not leak, and 
“word was sent to Bergen for tugs. Before they arrived, 
however; Eugene: Higgins’ yacht, the Varuna, hove in 
“sight. She took. the Niagara off the rocks.. 

_ his took twenty-four hours. The Niagara was towed 
It was found 
“that her kéel was flattened for almost the entire length 
of the vessel. “Two weeks of hard work by eighty men 
Was necessary before she was again fit for service) On 
account of the time thus lost the cruise to the North 
- Cape was abandoned. — mis ee 
. The subséquent stay at’ Markstiand was made notable 
_ by a visit from King Oscar, of Sweden and Norway, who 
came into port on his yacht during the stay of the Niag- 
. ara. He ‘spent several hours aboard, accompanied by 
' . several ladies and gentlemen; of his ‘court. On leaving 
 - he sent his photograph-and autograph to. Mrs. Gould. ° 
_ Later the yacht lost -a blade of her propeller while 
| passing through the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal at Copen- 
hagen. She was again docked at that point. While re- 
pairs were being made Mrs. Gould went to London, 
where she purchased a number of pet dogs. One of 
these, the Princess Zora, cost $1,250, and is said to be 

_the second best pug in the world. Mrs. Gould also pur- 
_, chased two other pugs and a terrier. She rejoined the 
. yacht at.Copenhagen and the return trip was begua— 
‘New York Times. 


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Quincy Y. C. 
QUINCY—BOSTON HARBOR, 
Saturday, Sept. 15. 


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_The third race of the special 21-footers was sailed on 
Sept. 22, the times being: 


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On Sept. 22 the regatta committee of the Quincy Y. C. 
met and made the following decision on the counter pro- 
tests. of Al Kyris and Hanley, made over the race of 
LSepteal 5 

“The testimony which was heard having shown that 
the question to be decided was one of fact—whether or 
no the Hanley’s sails were filled and she was on the star- 
board tack when struck by the Al Kyris—the committee 
teaffirms the ruling of the members of the board of 
judges, whose duty it was to watch the starting line, viz.: 
- That the Hanley had filled away on the starboard tack, 
_-and was entitled to her rights on a new course (Chap. 
» 3, Sec. 19, Par. 10) when struck by the Al Kyris. 

_ “In pursuance of the above ruling, which is fully sub- 
stantiated by other members of the Quincy Y. C, who 
witnessed the foul, the.committee hereby declares the Al 
Kyris to be disqualified from the race of Sept. 1. 

.. The protest which the Al Kyris filed against the Hanley 

as, pot allawed2”-.2 . .. 

The-eommittee farther voted, ‘That the committee de- 
clines to take further action in regard to the controversy 

which took place on the float Sept. 1.” 


South Boston Y. C. 


i i: -SOUTH BOSTON—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Sept. 9, 


THe South Boston Y. C. sailed a handicap race on Se. 
9 from off City Point to Peddock’s Island in a lively S.E. 
breeze, the times being: 


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Julia, Munroe & Perkins,.........<s24++-+ tae 09 at 2 27 37 
Helen, Warren Spurr-....-..,-: Rey hee +172 13 44 2 28 4d 
Awilda, Ormshy & MeCarthy.,.,.:..:..0...<: 2 07 09 2 30 09 
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Sayward, Theo. WNicholson..........,. AR ASR Sas 275 24 2 Rip 2 
Bohemian, Field & McMahon.................. 2 22 22 2 37 22 
Velma, J. F: Trotman....... hina oe gutnnmee eceneatane 2-55-33 
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Aaridall wie eeNen inns veom eee Lees oto eee Withdrew. 


The judges were Arthur Fuller, W. H. Godfrey, D. F. 
Carew and Morris Livingston. 


Spray 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


Spray—May B. 
CHICAGO—LAKE MICHIGAN, 


Saturday, Sept, 15. 


Tue little keel cruiser Spray, owned by J. W. Keogh, of 
Chicago, whose lines were published in the Forest AND, 
StrREAM during April, 1808, was built in that year from 


the designs and specifications of W. P. Stephens. Her 


builders, Rice Bros., of East Boothbay, Me., turned out 


a specially good boat, using more than ordinary care in 
following the specifications so as to obtain strength and 
a reasonable amount of lightness. She is ballasted with a 
cast iron keel, as she was not? originally intended for 
racing. During the past two summers Mr. Keogh has 
sailed her in a number of races, and this season she has 
won a fair number of races from May B., a new Cuthbert 
boat-of lighter construction and more extreme form, Of 
late May B. has declined to start in several*races against 
Spray, but she has recently changed hands, and her new 
owner turned her over to Mr. George R. Peare, owner of 
Siren, one of Chicago’s best Corinthian sailors, for the 
final race of the Chicago Y. C. on Sept. 15. The race was 
open to different classes, but only May B. and Spray 
started, so that it amounted to a.match between the two. 
Spray has had her original cruising sail plan considerably 
increased, as she proyed a very able boat. She is now 
carrying 795 sq. ft. in mainsail and jib; May B. carries 
850 sq. ft., both suits being made by Wilson & Silsby. 
There was a strong breeze blowing, and May B. carried 
two reefs in her mainsail and her working jib, Spray 
carrying a balance reef in her mainsail. They started 
from the gun at 3 P. M., May B. going over within three 
seconds and Spray following on her weather quarter, five 
seconds after. The first leg was a close reach to the open- 
ing of the harbor, the two holding their positions ; after 
rounding the pier they broke out balloon jibs, and after 
luffng for a time, Spray bore away for the Four-Mile 
Crib with the wind over the starboard quarter and passed 
May B. to leeward, the latter trying to carry a spinaker. 
They were timed at this mark: | 

Aelih-2.- Ame prets eapepe Be aul at) INSEE Sh ee FEAR pono een tae eat 


The néxt leg of six miles to the Lakeview Crib was 


run with the wind on the port beam, but hauling ahead as 
they neared the mark, Spray still gaining wntil they were 


timed: 


SUDEGY~ Gade tartan fort ecisereres 4 3230 May 


Tt was a close reach in for the harbor, with the wind 
blowing .upward of twenty-five miles per hour in the 
puffs and a nasty sea. May B. shook out her second 
reef, but gained nothing by it, as she could not carry the 
sail in the puffs. Spray continued to gain, and finished 
with a lead of two minutes and fifteen seconds, the times 
being, start 3:00:00: 


Finish Elapsed. 
SULLY ante resol ney Foy arepeearectavere-sraverstovee rained mitaiinet eta 5 83 10 2 33 10 
Meaty. (Biay edauett etna terse wl-oerrereirererrenanL rere hobs 5 35 25 235 25 


The course of eighteen miles was sailed in good time. 
Spray wins a handsome silver cup. 


Hullf—Massachusetts Y. C. 
HULL—BOSTON HAREOR. 
Saturday, Sept. 15. 


Tue Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. sailed a club race on 
Sept. 15 in a fresh easterly breeze, the times being: 


H. O. Class. 
Elapsed. Corrected, 
Jnlawaabese Wie TS 1BeVelerS eer ogteheg codes s6o0h ZAQgeloe Re ume, 
25ft, Class. 
Vedinis LEY on izing maison WW Yea EO Raya Sy etsboodeerekton 2 10 16 
Flermes, A. W. Chesterton.......2.:.5ecvereees 211 39 
21ft. Handicap Class. 
Holly, Wm. Ware......... SOL CEEL GL CRE cota < 2.02 04 2.00 04 
Shiyessa, Alfred Douglass............6........ 207 15 2.00 15 
Hb lew Be ID aia an ee ORME se sae RAR ae 2 11 25 2 01 25 
ID An Eecama Wark brawl atiiy CLtammnr an ait eter te ataeet 2 01 30 2 01 36 
{Excoboxiag “ile WBE, Aveo A ob a ttennosasoeopoceedhoe 2 04 16 2 02 15. 
NIM CR IAG GO ley iis) tape ete. s ayciance deal 2 12 54 2.08 54 
Squaw, A. M. Blinn......., pag se ashe Sccialstadotta Le 2 19 04 2 04 04 
18it. Handicap Class. : 
Barbara, A. F. Hayden...... .2 11 55 2 02 55 
Goblin, Geo. W. Canterbury. 2.2 16 21 203 21 


Zaza, Humphrey & Lauriat,.......3272+4+45+ _.. Disabled. 


The judges were Messrs. William Avery Cary, Louis 
M. Clark and Lawrence B. Flint. 


Sattirday, Sept. 22. 

THe Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. sailed the last race of the 
scason on Sept. 22, starting in a light N.W. breeze, which 
freshened later after shifting to north. Al Kyris made a 
nominal start, to save her Hull cup record. then withdrew 
and left Hanley alone in the H.O. class. The times were: 


H, O. Class. 
Elapsed. © Corrected. 
lakonllese Swe 18. AB Osan ds gq ag asnee Galea oocnesee 2 09 4 aie 
JAVA Sadi i]s. Ba slesioh. Tees O as oor al aeoe Aen tar -.. Withdrew. 
mah: 2lit. Handicap Class, - 
Spinster, DP Sse Oller Kes Bee ies ae eo stin ya labaa 1.52 47 1 44 47 
TING es GAS COO Sayers thee ata el atalatalelatesalatelontoberar aroun susie 1 56 13 — 1 45 18 
SYAARER ID aly SUA) 18s Foal acta ou eee Genie on eae ho ah ed 2 02 18 1 47 18 
Danthea Wer be eanierty .visnmccs see nslee elt ame 1 48 34 1 47 34 
Cater prllary wees Peeves snytntoae se neaetewte rn dette 2 03 42 1 48 42 
EL Oy SV IES AV We Ss Seles Sanat usta yes 1 56 04 1 54 04 
—toamresseh vy ID RG ae Rese 2 02 17 1 55 17 
18it. Handicap. Class. 
Goblin, G. W. Canterbury......... Serre ESE S&B 1 43 53 
Bartbanay Ashe lay demiieencweskaeeesdaaas Bp 1 45 26 
Baz, ecump bpevewaeleanrictee ssrtsa sass neat Se Uy i he aah at 


The judges were L. B. Flint and W. E. Robinson. 


Burgess Y. C, 


MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 15. 


Tue Burgess Y. C. finished its season with a race on 
Sept. 15 in a.moderate breeze from S.E.. the times being: 


. 


_Raceabouts, 
Elapsed 
Runaway Girl, D, Tweed......., Tbs erheeh sateen Aa cice eda see e 1 11 10 
16ft. Class, 
deta lO ube Ey Hove (Ce Uae Pare lec conc taser ine are rr rect fer, 1 05 39 
Cyclops harem Vcr Goin bet. aeeemieeee try a oii: teciswiiatm ane’ 1 07 03 
LVDeseseea s irae bom lb) Wit seh eae ttelcbe etait Cale cclsiavs'v'c.cis.c cleteteleiuienrtehalt 1 11 10 
Dories. 
MSOs OER ee NUE ZALE 2, casein y Mpls wdob beets ncaa eiae 108 24 
Oregon, C. H. Curtis...... «..t 08 45 
Raggy Lug, W. H. Brown........:. ees ie esses ah 1 09 38 


Annie Young 


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Columbia Y. C. 


CHICAGO—LAKE MICHIGAN. 
Saturday, Sept. 15. 
THE Columbia Y. C., of Chicago, sailed its fall regatta 


on Sept..15. In Class 6 Peri won after breaking two 
tillers and' mistaking the finish line. The times were: 
Class 6B. 

: Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected, 
Ege ROWS Ore eee = alec 2 34 36 4 238 20 1 48 44 1 42 05 
Charlotte Resse... 2 36 38 4 29 42 1.58 04 153 04 
Piitta: ails aricererereres 2 34 18 4 38 18 2 04 00 1 56 48 

ae Class’ TA: ° 
NV TCL STL en ececneeeens Dee ee 235 10, 4932-55 L 57 25 1 56 08 
CrlOria. Apoitiel eee eess 2°34 10 4 35 05 2 00 55 eau et 
Class 8B. 
Aan e Me weotter send tots totem wed, OL LO, ‘4 43 22 2 09 12 2.03 20 
AVEDEETIS “eat. foie erotics 2 84 44 ~ 439 12 2 04 28 2 04 28 
Plorence ,......,. 11. ..2 34 36 4 56 20 2 21 44 2 14 20 
Vienna jeteteen aunts: 2 34 10 4 57 59 223, 89 2 16 00 
, Class 9A. 
Query pula (apes Aras 230 30 4 23 32 1 52 58 1 45 14 
Gorordas pense nrenid te 2.31 32 4 28 19 1 56 47 1 49 02 
AA ONGhH ON RSRTM tocin atthe 2 34 37 Withdrew. 
S| GLENS Stu cetreenee erect le 2:34 44 Withdrew, 
Iiophriye® ABI hy yeaa ieagcce Lede 4 33 16 2 01 41 
Class 10.. 
IbYote ebb aun doc boe Fad 2:31 42° 6 02 33 2 36 51 2-25 42 
TAIL HEL lo raslelelolditck Weaete he :.2-40 00 \Vithdrew. 
Class 2—Schooners., 
WWrodradts Soule salto etaneet 2.34 19 4 25 37 . 1 51 18 1 50 46 
SMeautanta ie eteretat etsieie ee fey 2 39 00 43853. 159 58 1 59 53 
Glad Tidings ...,.,.. 2.34: 02 Withdrew. 


Kenickethotkes Y.G, 


COLLEGE POINT—LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
“ Saturday, Sept. 22, 
THE annual ladies’ day race of the Knickerbockér 
we C. was sailed on Sept. 22.in a moderate breeze, the 
times being = 


45ft. Class—Start, 4:00. 

’ Finish, Elapsed. 
Gurtiard, Ta. Fee Zoocier is assees vue aecete ee pe say 4 56 35 0 55 35 
Iihemetoials DRE (Gh Tabblo eny ouemooanc ta: aoe wre 4 56 35 0 56 35 

Sloops—30ft. Class—Start, 4:00. 
aPlora, K. Gr Pauly... Ti fet Os BNA orate Or S82 Withdrew. 
Jetoyeetiions MP ARP ec peeanoaudt AbOEb Ee 5 23 18 1 23 18 
Ouananiche,,Rodman Sands)....................5 13 47 118 47 
4 Catboats—Start, 4:05. 

Ibjoyevisten UwdetiMeerGhers pn Ano ke (sib:dldcceooakanndd 5 01 59 0 56 50 
Meise hin evince eames aie nets Seles eso ae 80 QO 5T 36 
“pisos Wy IDI U&CGYlS ale duccviiulig sees eeneue eebhe 5 00 56 0 55 56 

Qpen Cats—Start, 4:05, 

Mrolic, reds a ikragmlerrc. ee suianineie spins pene 5 00 50 0 55 50 

Marguerite, J. M. Young. s..c sisi. iuu..221.,..16 02 58 (57 52 
; ‘ Hampden Class—Start, 4:10. 
Aerie: he ye sb ALnceeece eee Sen ELEuEnyLuceraie 1 U3 3b 

Blackbird, Rodman Sands....... 1 03 Uv 
Bluebird, Irving Sands........... 1 07 35 
Mi Babe, J. H. Mason........... 1 00 25 
Indian, J. O. Sinkinson............. 02 32 


The winners were: 43it. class, Gurnard; 30ft. class. 
Ouananiche; catboats, Thisbe; open cats, Frolic; Hamp- 
den class, Mi Babe. 


Riverside: Y. C. 


RIVERSIDE—LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
Saturday, Sept. 21. 
_ Tue Riverside Y. C, sailed its fall regatta on Sept. 22 
in a strong N.W. wind that.took the mast out of the cut- 
ter Cymbra and disabled the raceabout Colleen before the 
start. The times were: 


Sift. Class—Start, 1:10. 


’ Racing Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Aitair. (GordelViiev eras qeesasrer ne Ann 51.00 3 16 41 3.16 41 
Hussar II., James Baird...,.;....... 51.00 3 33 52 3 33 52 

Special Match—Start, 12:20. 
Vorant Ti ay EL. iysormiereracs ct 36.00 3 05 42 3 00 20 
Eurybia, Charles Preyer...........:; “40:02 3 03 49 3 08 49. 
Sloops—a6ft. Class—Start, 12:20. 
Cymbra, F. C. Henderson........... 35.57 Dismasted. 
; Sloops—20f{t. Class—Start, 12:30. 
Enpronzi, Alfred Peats.....,........ 30.00 2 47 08 2 47 03 
Kit, T. H. Macdonald.o............. 30.00 2 56 01 2 56 01 
Allerton, -At Hie Alker Aan ieaadacie 30..00 Disabled. 
Boreas, ‘Cords Meyer. ..ciscciiees ences anes Withdrew. 
: Catboats—a0ft. Class—Start, 12:30, 
Windora, John Green......,......... 30.00 3 30 36 3 30 36 
: Raceabouts—Start, 12:35. 
Sissel wale eC nc es heey aye ateene ene 21.00 2 32) 36 2 32 36 
Raider, H. M. Cranes... 3... cscs ee 21.00 Disabled. 
Sloops—25ft. Class—Start, 12:40. 
Rochelle, Edward Kelly.............. 25.00 3 28 25 3 28 25 
Murmur, Barclay Ward.............. 25.00 Withdrew. 
Catboats—25ft. Class—Start, 12:40, 
Vagabond, W. E. Holah...... athererert 24.06 | 2 45 30 2 45 30 
j 2 48 56 2 47 35 


Win or Lose, J. S. Appleby......... 23.50 


National Yacht and Skiff Club. 


TORONTO—LAKE ONTARIO, 
Saturday, Sept. 1s. 

Tue National Yacht and Skiff Club, of Toronto, sailed 
a race for the Barthelmes cup on Sept. 15 in a strong 
easterly wind and rough sea. Several of the skiffs had 
been damaged in the storm of Thursday and were not 
able to start. The race was a handicap, the times being: 


A Start. ist round. Finish, Elapsed. 
, Pirktes fee. cess Ante 3 05 00 3 44 00 4 21 58 1 16 58 
May Belle. ..8 0500 * 3 45 00 4 23 15 1 18 15 
Coxsain arc ..3 05 00 3 47 15 43010 . 1 25 10 
Tainui ... ..8 05 00 3°49 50 4 32 05 1 27 05 
Dream ..3 05 00 3 51 03 4 32 50 1 27 50 
Arrow ..2 10 00 2. 52 135 4 35 22 125: 22 
Vixen ..3 10,00 356 00 4 40 32 1 30 32 
Chance ... .-3 10 00 4 01 20 = eS oa” te 
MATE ape ee ceeis ..8 10 00 3 59 00 
Prana nritie 3 05 00 —_ 


Jamaica Bay Y. C. 
- CANARSIE—JAMAICA BAY. 
: ' Saturday, Sept. 15. . 
A matcH for $150 and the championship of the 2s5ft. 


_class of the Jamaica Bay Y. C. was sailed on Sept, is 
over the club course between the cats Arrow,*Lilly S. and 


Jennie, the latter winning by four minutes corrected 
time, after allowing for minutes to the others. In the 
cabin cat class Orca, was first, Lulu second and Tessie 
third. The race was sailed in almost half a gale from the 
eastward, 


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Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C. 


OYSTER BAY. 
Sept. 18-22. 


Tur Seawanhaka Corinthian Y, C. arranged a race for 
the 7o-footers on Sept. 18, only Rainbow and Mineola II. 
being present. The start was set for 2:30, off Center 
Island, at which time half a gale from the north was blow- 
ing, both yachts being reefed, with jib headers set. Just 
before the signal, Mineola and Rainbow were in collision, 
the former losing her topmast. Rainbow sailed one round 
of the course, when she was stopped by the committee. 
Mineola went to City Island for repairs, while her steam 
tender went to Bristol for a new topmast. The race 
committee met at the club house, and after hearing the eyi- 
dence, disqualified Rainbow and ordered a resail. , 

The two met Sept. 21 in a light wind, W. to S.W. 
Rainbow was well sailed and made a big gain on the 
windward work, finally winning by over five minutes. 
The times were: 

First Round. 


1st Mark. 2d Mark. Home Mark. 
TLATTIDO Wie tialeee ree habe ne anacsle ersresvics 12 49 30 2 03.29 2 32 28 
AN het etoy FUN ce 12 49 54 2 08 59 2 87 25 
Second Round. 
TeeeGhaU TONG comin AO OS SHI ote . ‘ rbritrich) $18 55 3 41 00 4 06 52 
Mineola ....,.02ccewrnsecntterecnes 3 17 59 3 44 37 412 13 
; Racing Length. ee piap sed 
inbow, C. Vanderbilt.....2..+.-4: 76. : 
ee Ii., August Belmont.,..... 76.00 412 13 3 57 18 


Hempstead Bay Y. C. 


FREEPORT—HEMPSTEAD BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 15. 

Tur Hempstead Bay Y. C, ended its racing season on 
Sept. 15 with an open race in a strong S.E. breeze, the 
yachts carrying two and three reefs. Quo Vadis was pro- 
tested for fouling a mark, but the protest was not sus- 
tained, nor were similar protests against other boats. 


Mabel and Beulah: withdrew. after fouling marks. The 
times were: 
—Start, 11,50. 
Sleces=? Finish, alee SBRCU ET. 
6 TACIS eles Ree keene Se lemeyeles 2 die dre 1 52 30 2 02 3 
SP ieees aipcereee eees a ase 20900 21900 21415 
USK 5554 necdmeabeso snes tocmnoc 1 55 30 2 05 30 1 58 45 
] Cats—Start, 11:50. 
NEM Petts eae acta a ES eas 23, 30 2 28 30 2 28 25 
MGrothy eteseneruresbieceiigweeasa.es 2 02 00 2 07 00 2 07 00 
IB eiliatiwaraeekcsscindiase ce ss rrunterr estes SNS 
Fol eB Cpe ce x aa ithdrew. 
ce ee PEELE a astra eas 216 00 2 21 00 2 20 33 
TInt acide ee UEC se ver erat 2 25 30 2 30 30 2 28 05 
ird Class Cats—Start, 12:00. 
Ripple ition. est she: Ss cetste ‘ riot 56 30 1 56 30 1 55 06 
WTaee, rider trtesd De sears steele alta 1 58 00 1 58 00 1 58 00 
Wiehe dota yn cee Oo aA SS oO Se 1 52 00 1 52 00 1 43 00 
AOAC HCE tite ah arsisssricteneey yialelels 1 56 00 1 56 00 1 55 35 


Royal St. Lawrence VG; 


DORVAL—LAKE ST, LOUIS. 
Saturday, Sept. 15. 

Tue last race of the 22ft. class for the Kirke Green 
trophy was sailed on Sept. 15 in a fresh S.E. breeze. At 
the end of the sixth race Ivaloo and Galloo each had 
1s 1-6 points, and Bona Dea an even 15 points. Only 
Tyaloo, Bona Dea and Koorali started, Bona Dea winning 
after a good race and taking the cup. The times were, 
start 3 :42°:02; 


Finish Points. , 
Borla Wea, Gas. HAtOMe aspire celse vs lnle rotten ena tr 4 57 38 
Tyaloo, C, is NETL Diet ria eee ei eiete bie ehetaie eis ose pep pereat 4 57 58 18 1-6 
Koorali, ‘S. “A. Finley. cc. ccs se iet yee per een eens 4 59 08 17 1-3 


Queen City Y. C. 


TORONTO—TORONTO BAY, 
Saturday, Sept. 15. 
Tue Queen City Y. C. sailed a race for the 16ft. class, 


ending the racing season, on Sept. 15, the wind being 
strong from the east. The times were, start 2:45: 


Finish. Elapsed. 
ater an Sere evel eters retepiatad toi erate ye icerctases trates ; ae He : a ae 
SSE AT oR / aeRO err a: 49540 1 40 40 


Corinthian Y. C. 


MARBLEHEAD—MASSACHUSETTS. BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 15. 
Tue Corinthian Y. C. held its sail-off for the scratch 
knockabout class on Sept. 15 in a moderate S.E. breeze, the 
times being: 


Suzanne, FB. Brewster: .21.55554 Taintahes wereetay Nei SseeeereeS 
pecheey i. GS. Glee ast eeppeiseains 
Opitsah Il., S. H. Foster........., h 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


The Cowes Number of The Yachtsman for 1900 is 
quite up to the usual high standard, especially in the 
matter of illustrations, of which there are many, large and 
small. The opening article, “From Cowes to Cape 
Town,” contains the biographies and portraits of many 
yachtsmen, among them Lord Dudley, Lord Dunraven, 
the Earl of Albemarle, lord Sudley, Lord Wolverton, 
Messrs. Philip Perceval, R. C. Leigh, Andrew Coats, 
Claude Allan, H. R. Langrishe and Commander De Hor- 
sey, R. N., who have taken part in the war in South 
Africa, A very striking photo shows the transport Kil- 
donan Castle leaving the Thames on May 25 for the Cape 
with 2,298 officers and men for service at the front, and 
just overtaking the yawl Brynhild, under spinaker and 
mizzen staysail, the leader in the handicap match of the 
Thames ¥%. C., then under way. Another good photo 
reproduction shows the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, 
the old sidewheeler, at anchor in Dartmouth Harbor. 
Mr, Linton Hope contributes an interesting article de- 
scribing some modern freaks of English and French or- 
igin. A good article on the old cutter Fiona, designed 
and built by Will Fife, Sr., in 1865, has excellent por- 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


traits of Mr. Fife and the noted Capt. John Houston, her 
sailing master, and also a view of the Fife yard at Faitlie. 
Two portraits of the yacht are also given, one from a 
painting made i 1866 and one from a photo made as 
she won the Heligoland cup this year. The difference 
in the sails is of itself an eloquent commentary on the 
legitimate advances of yachting. Mrs. Maude Speed, wife 
of the author of “‘Cruises in Small Yachts and Large 
Canoes,’ contributes. a sketch of a cruise on the South 
coast in the four-ton cutter Lerna which Mr. Speed has 
owned of late years and in which the two have made 
many cruises. 


a ea! 


Grapshooting. 


If you want your shoot to be audotuced here send tn 
aostice Ike the following: 


Fixtures. 


PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY’S TOURNAMENTS. 


Oct. 16-17.—Raleigh, N. C.—Peters Cartridge Co.’s target tourna- 
ment. John H. Mackie, Mer. 

Oct. 16-17.—Montgomery, Ala.—Peters Cartridge Co.’s two-day 
target tournament, under the auspices of the Montgomery Gun 
Club; added money. Jack Parker, Mer. 

Oct, 23-25.—Atlanta, Ga—Peters Cartridge Co.’s live-bird tourna- 
ment. John H. Mackie, Mer, 

Oct. 29-30.—Jacksonville, Hla.—Peters Cartridge Co.’s two-day 
tournament, under auspices of the Jacksonville Gun Club; $100 
added. Third day, grand pigeon shoot exclusively under the 


auspices of the Jacksonyille Gun Club, John Parker, Mer. 


Sept. 26-28—Omaha, Neb.—Filth annual target tournament of 
the Dupont Gun Club. H. S. McDonald, Sec’y. 

Sept. 27.—Omaha, Neb.—Parmelee-Elliott contest for Republic 
cup, at 2 P. M. ; 

Sept. 27.—Hartford, Conn.—Annual tournament of the Colt Gun 
Club. James Carter, Sec’y. 

Sept. 27-28.—Erie, Pa.—First annual target tournament of the 
eats woe and Gun Club; $100 added money. W. S. Bookwalter, 

or, Sec’y. 

Sept. 28.—Watson’s Park, Chicago—Championship at targets 
for E C cup between Messrs. Fred Gilbert and W. R. Crosby. 

Sept. 28 and Nov. 13.—Dexter_ Park, Brooklyn.—Under auspices 
of the Greater New York Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live 
birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized gun club in 
the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shoot- 
ing commences at 10 A. M. Mr, L. Schortemeier and Dr, A. A. 
Webber, managers. 

Oct. 1,—Brooklyn, N. Y.—All-day merchandise handicap of the 
Fulton Gun Club, Crescent strect, East New York, 10 A. M. 
A. A. Schoverling, Box 475. 

Oct. 2.—Gilbert-Elliott contest for Dupont cup, at Exposition 
Ball Park, at 2:80 P. M. 

Oct. 2-4—Toledo, O.—Miller Gun Club’s fall 
bluerocks. Geo. Volk, Sec’y. 

Oct, 2-5.—Bloomfield, Ind,—The Bloomfield Gun Club’s third 
ave tournament; targets and sparrows; $200 added. E, E. Neal, 

ec’y. 

Oct. 3—Kansas City, Mo,—Gilbert-Elliott contest for Sports- 
men’s Review cup at Exposition Ball Park, at 2:30 P. M. 

Oct. 4—West Chester, Pa,—Annual fall shoot of the West Chester 
Gun Club; $20 added. F. H. Eachus, Sec’y. 

Oct. 8—Jersey City, N. J.—All-day sweepstake shoot of the 
Hudson Gun Club. H. L. Hughes, Sec’y. 

Oct. 9,—Gilbert-Crosby contest for the E C cup. 

Oct. 10-11.—Circleyille, O.—Fall tournament of the Pickaway 
Rod and Gun Club; targets and live birds. G. R. Haswell, Sec’y. 

Oct. 11.—Greensburg, Ind.—Tournament of the Greensburg Gun 
Club. C. D. Tillson, Sec'y. 

Oct. 12-14.—Louisville, Ky.—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
targets and live birds, Emile Pragoff, Sec’y. 

Oct. 9 and Nov. 23.—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, 
N. J.—Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men 
team race; 20 live birds per man; 29yds, Members of any organized 
gun club in the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweep- 
stake shooting commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier 
and Dr. A. A. Webber managers. 

Oct, 18.—Altoona, Pa.—Altoona Rod and Gun Club’s liye-bird 
handicap. G. G. Zeth, Sec’y, Altoona, Pa. 

Oct. 23-24.—Baltimore, Md.—Live-bird tournament, under the 
auspices. of the Baltimore Shooting Association. 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
(lay afternoon. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 

_Oct. 26.—Interstate Park, Queens.——Under auspices of Medicus 
Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live birds per man; 29yds. 
Members of any regularly organized gun club in the U, S. are 
eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shooting commences 
at JO A, M. Mr, L. H. Schortemeier and Dr. A. A. Webber, Mers. 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 


Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores jor publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed, Ties 
on ald events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported, Mail 


ali such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York. 


tournament at 


The Twin City Gun Club, of Royersford’ and Spring City, Pa., 
announce a tournament to be held on their new grounds Oct. 
6, beginning at 10 o’clock, The Sergeant system and class shoot- 
ing will govern. Trolley cars leave Spring City every hour on the 
half hour to the grounds, which are situated on the M, & C. 
line, between Twin City. and Phcenixville, The P, & R., or Penn- 
sylyania Railroad, affards transportation to Royerstord, Spring 
City and Pheenixville. The programme offers twelve events— 
10, 165, 20 and 25 targets, 50 and 7b cents, $1, $1.50 and $2 entrance. 
The committee is Messrs. H. E. Buckwalter, J. S. Johnson and 
Geo, Quay. , 

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_ We are informed that Mr, R. Merrill, of Milwaukee, Wis., used 

Sporting Ballistite when shooting at the 90ft. tower, London, Eng, 

at the championship meeting last June, making a run of 70 targets, 

and 84 out of 8. Using the same ammunition, Mr, E. Dobie made 

a consecutive run of 108 at the National Gun Club’s meeting 

Glasgow. : 
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The programme of the Westchester, Pa.. Gun Club's shoot, Oet. 
4, provides feurteen events, ‘with $20 added money. Targets 2 
cents, The competition is open to all. Lunch and Joaded shelis 
on the grounds. Moneys divided by the:percentage system. F. Ti 
Eachus is secretary. ~ P 


The City Park Gun Club, of New Orleans, will entertain at the 
club grounds during the Carnival, the great spectacular event 
of the lively season in the yicinity of the great Gulf of Mexico. 


4 


The match between Messrs. Fred Gilbert and W. R. Crosby f 
ine E C cup has been postponed to Oct. 9, at the TeHIAEEIDE the 
atter, 

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Messrs. Frank Parmelee and J, A, R. Elliott contest £ 
Rep aate Cup on Thursday of this week at 2 o'clock, vat Omar 
«Dd, 


7, Joseph Fender 7, Phil Moersch 7, J. P. 


ment this season.” 


_ [Septr2e, 1668, 


On Friday of this week the second contest of the series inaugu- 
rated by Mr. L, H, Schortemeier, 201 Pearl street, New York, 
and Dr. A. A, Webber, 168 N, Sixth street, Brooklyn, will take 
place at Dexter Park, Brooklyn, The conditions are three men to 
a_team, 20 birds each man, 29yds. rise, entrance price of birds at 
25 cents each. The 20 birds mdy also be an optional sweepstake. 
All other sweepstake events will be handicapped by the manage- 
ment. A trophy will be given to the club team winning the 
Se ee number of shoots in the six contests. All sweeps 8 birds, 
3 entrance, birds extra; class shooting, three moneys, 50, 30 and 20 
per cent., alternating with Rose system, 6, 3 and 1 points. The 
optional sweep in the team race has $7 entrance, birds extra, class 
shooting; less than eight entries, three moneys; eight to twelve 
entries, four moneys; more than twelve entries, five moneys, 3b, 
25, 20, 15 and 5 per cent. To reach Dexter Park take ' Brooklyn 
Bridge trolleys or elevated railroad to Manhattan Junction, thence 
by Jamaica trolley to the park, ' 


‘. In the Brooklyn Standard of Sept. 16, under the caption of 

Trapshooting, Old and New,” by 2 “Field Shot,” the old style 
of shooting under Long Island rules, use of one barrel, gun below 
the elbow, is compared with the modern style—use of Doth barrels, 
gun held in any position which the shooter pleases—to the dis- 
advantage of the modern way. The older method is also de- 
clared to be nearer the style of field shooting. Pigeon shooting 
does not resemble field shooting, and cannot be made to re- 
semble it. However, comparing the old style with the new, there 
is a factor in the latter which cannot be ignored—that is to Say, 
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. With the 
use of only one barrel many birds are wounded and escape in a 
maimed condition. With the use of both barrels an insignificant 
number escape. It is much better to have pigeon shooting, use 
ef both barrels, than it is to have no pigeon shooting at all. 


The programme of the Bloomfield Gun Club’s third annual 
tournament provides two days at targets and two at sparrows— 
Oct, 2, 3, 4 and 5. There will be $200 in cash added. uns and 
shells shipped to the secretary, E, E. Neal, will be cared for. 
Shooting commences at 9 o’clock. Two sets of traps, Sergeant 
system. Five per cent. will be deducted from purses for high 
average money, to be divided equally between the ten high guns 
shooting through the entire programme. There are twelve target 
events each day, 15 and 20 targets, $1.50 and $2 entrance. Four 
moneys when over fifteen entries; three moneys if less. There are 
ten sparrow events each day, 10, 15 and 20 sparrows, $2.50, $3 and 
$5 entrance. Twenty-five yards rise, 35yds. boundary; a bird once 
down within the boundary to be scored dead. oneys divided 
40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent.; if less than fifteen entries, three 
moneys. John Parker will manage the tournament, 


_ The New York German Gun Club is in a prosperous condition, 
its membership having largely increased. Mr. John Wellbroek 
is president. On Sept. 17 there were twenty-four members present 
at the club’s shoot at Dexter Park. Dr. B. K. Wood, the nom 
de fusil of a gentleman who saws wood instead of bones, killed 
straight in the club event at 10 birds, with Mr. J. Schlicht. The 
score: Dr. Wood 10, John Schlicht 10, Dr Hudson 9, John Well- 
brock 9, Henry Mesloh 9, J. H. Voss 9,. Charles Cone 9, Peter 
Garms 8, Charles Matzen 8, Frederick Kronsberg 8, Adam Dietzel 
Dannefelser 7, Joseph 
eumann 7, Charles Lenone 6, W. G, Maisenholder 6, Joseph 
Sievers 5, Louis Radle 5, H. W. Meyer 4, J. W. Marre 4, Phil 
Neusch 3, Conrad Pfaff 3, John Martin 0. 


The bluerock tournament of Millers Gun Club, Toledo, O., 
Oct. 2, 3 and 4, has ten events on the last two days, at 15 and 20 
targets, entrance $1.50 and $2. Purses will be diyided according 
to the Rose system, 7, 5, 8 and 2. Oct. 2 is practice day, and as 
many 15-target events will be shot as time will permit. Shooting 
commences at 9 o’clock. Manufacturers’ experts and professionals 
barred. All stand at 1l6yds. Targets 2 cents. Shells for sale on 
the grounds. Guns and ammunition sent in care of the secretary, 
Geo. Voik, 81 Erie street, will be sent to the grounds free o 
charge. One-half cent of each target thrown will be reserved for 
average money, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. 


Oki Sets ne R 


In the final bout for the Sanders-Storms trophy Mr. 
Banks, the Chesterfieldian secretary of the American 
Schultze Gunpowder Co., galloped home some yards ahead of his 
competitors in regular Tod Sloan style, riding on the neck of his 
gun, and also on those neckses of his competitors. He centered 
the targets with most discouraging precision, and worse still 
broke nearly all of them, the latter phase appealing most earnestly 
to the teariul judge and so-called peers. By so doing he segre- 
gated the trophy for all time, so that this occurrence is not 
likely to happen again. It is now in order to propose something 
hard. : | 
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Edward 
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At the Peters Cartridge Co.’s tournament at Raleigh, N. C. 
Oct, 16 and 17, under the auspices of the Raleigh Gun Club, $150 
in money will be added, This tournament, and also that held 
by the Peters Cartridge Co, under the auspices of the Atlanta 
Gun Club, Atlanta, Ga., will be managed by Mr. J. H. Mackie, 
Cincinnati, O,., of whom programmes may be obtained. Also 
programme of the Raleigh tournament can be obtained of Maj. 
McKissick, Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, N. C., and of the 
Atlanta shoot of Mr, Stephen A. Ryan, Atlanta, Ga. 


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The next of the team trophy contests inaugurated by Messrs. | 
Schortemeier and Webber, and the third of the series, will be ~ 
shot on the grounds of Mr. John Hen ©utwater, Oct. 9, Rutherford 
toad and Hackensack River Bridge, N. J. Lake Rutherford trolley 
from Hoboken, Barclay or Christopher street ferries, or from 
Rutherford East to the grounds. 


Mr. A. A. Schoverling, 302 Broadway, New York, informs us 
that “there will be an all-day merchandise handicap shoot of the 
Fulton Gun Club, Crescent street, East New York, on Oct. 1, 
commencing at 10 A. M. Also an all-day sweepstakes shoot of the 
Hudson Gun Club on Oct. 8, at 10 A. M. Opening shoots of 
both clubs for winter season.” 


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Messrs. Fred Gilbert and W. R. Crosby contest for the E € 
cup at Watson’s Park, Chicago, on Friday of this week, as will 
be noted on reference to Mr. Gilbert’s communication, published 
elsewhere in our trap columns this week. 


td wt 
Mr. J. A. R. Elliott has named Oct, 3 at 2:30 P, M., and Ex- 
position Ball Park, Kansas City, Mo., as time and place to defend 
the Sportsmen’s Review cup. e will contest for the Dupont 
trophy on Oct. 2 at the same place. 


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Mr. N. P. Leach, of Swanton, Vt., under date of Sept. 22 writes 
us as follows: ‘Owing to my resignation from the management 
of the Robin Hood Powder Co, there will not be any tourna- 
R . Cay 

At Jack Parker’s International shoot at Detroit, Mich., Sept. 11- 
18, Mr. W. R. Crosby broke 493 targets out of 540 shot.at from the 
2iyd. mark, thereby taking the gold medal for the best general 
average. 

BERNARD WATERS. 


_Gilbert—Crosby Match. 


Spirit Laxr, Ta., Sept, 18.—Editor Forest and- Stream: I am 
pleased to accept challenge of Mr. W. R. Crosby for E. C. cup, and ; 
same Watson’s Park, Chicago, and Sept, 28, as time and place 
for contest. J Free GILeERt, 


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ON LONG ISLAND. 


Sheepshead Bay Rod and Gun Club. 


Sheepshead Bay, L. I., Sept, 20.—Dr. Hill was the winner in 
the club 7-bird event to-day.’ He and R. H, Smith killed Saige 


and in the shoot-off the Doctor won in the second round. he 
scores, ‘ i 
Wm Van Alt, 27....... 210*200—3 R H Smith, 25........ 1221111—7 
Ed Beard, 28.,.......-.0210210—4 G Morris, 26.......... 0222002—4 
Geo McKane, 25.......2211210—6 W Seaton, 28.......... 1100010—3 
H Montanus, 27.......2020212—5 P Suss, 25...0c.sceseee 1201211—6 
Ira" McKane, 27....... 2222202—6 P Kramer, 25.......... 2001220—4 
D J. Heffner, 23....... 02010203 L E Allen, 25......... 2012110—5 
H Kronika, 26........ SHER See MbTOM SHE Vee soc 1222222—7 
EL RSOH ecient 2122022—6 N Sykes, 80.20.00. .0u.- 220w « 
A Soeller, 23.......--.. 02110104 *j B Collins, 27........ *100112. 

B Voorhies, 27....... #110202—4  () tee 5 ee 

*Guest. 

Shoot-of€: : . 
-B Smith...... daoreE aes Seas peale AY TIDES eis «Gear caoeeee PES eOHOehe ii 


Brooklyn Gun Club, 


Brooklyn, L. T., Sept. 22,—Herewith find the scores for to-day’s 
shoot. We had quite a gathering. We have started the fall 
campaign with renewed vigor, twelve shooters taking part in the 


events. The scores: 

Events: 2: “Sy eb be a eS 

Targets: . 10 15 15 15 15 5p 15 10 
Jip Walia OMe ears, ot 349k sees a isieemee 9 12 18 138 14 10 144 9 
1G Cems Leustatieaes prseectonrenee arrears AOS eae Coe AS Ll ee 
N J -Lane..... Bie blero olite eae esteem LS is ee Be Ae ah 
PMeGoldstretin res sy 44 daaslnacens Leiaecne mais Pals: Sot TUS 4 Mb 
FEIIBETo ati eters 4 oe eee ore tee eaeae oe (ip GRY MY wee ee ee GY ait 
dO “Seidel Qip eins te ee ee eat Gia eeme LY See cram eae wm need: 
ARIST Te ARG ole a Os aga ESAISE es Sir a6) 80, WAN) ne als re ABS ty) 
iSmewten dsr: cpteeee ness tenet eae s ee ce oped Ot Mee eS 
Ves crutera Clie ee ets ct tenet Ds pun ten ia nre )e be gts he te 8 
BEF Sankt dll esse HEI AUSSIE SDA © 8 1992) 15 8 
CROMS temo mes cements strrs seine: cetc ta Fey) tas Mh wrt 5 
JEMMISIERTS qaayennnmnmtaseesodbssatencints 2 


Gro. B. PATERSON, “Sec’y, ' 
New Uttecht Gun Club. 


Interstate Park, Sept. 22.—The main event was at I0 live birds, 


handicap, There was a contest, miss-and-out, for a rifle, which 
was won by “Woods.” ‘The scores: 
PIS, PA ee eae 1222202012— 8 Lincoln, 27......... 2102222222— 9 

1A sc 2222012012 8» Post, 28.....0.22.6+ 2211202022— 8 
Onesp 2S. we wiretiers 421122102 7 Woodboy, 28....... 0201111200— 6 
Thomas, 30......... 22222*2222— 9 

Rifle contest, miss-and-out, 28yd. men two misses: 

Jones; 28........ 0222*0 Mah arden at eee ere ede ec 221*221122*011 

Tt 28) alee ntl -2202200 iDgoarerolbor,” PEYE eR sas ge 21002222220 

Tesi, eee sees ataeere. 2202122722120 Woods, 28.........: 22201212121021 


Sweep, divided by Jack and Woods. 


Emerald Gun Club, , 


‘Brooklyn, L. I., Sept. 18.—The shoot of the Emerald Gun Club 
to-day was well attended, as the appended ‘scores will show. 
Messrs, Schoverling, O’Connell, Woods, Amend and Hellers killed 
10 straight in the handicap event. The scores: 


Weiss, 28..........21*1*2022%— 6 Anderson, 25....... 1102100010— 5 
ONE, O84 Lil 012*12222i— § Quinn, 28..... ees (ate 2002212112— 8 
A Schoverling, 28.2222222202 10 -Kay, 28............+ 2221210112— 9 
Dr Hudson, 28....0121111211— 9 Dr Stillmann, 30...2111101221— 9 
Dr O’Connell, 30..2221222222 10 Dr L, 28........... 1111221101— 9 
laren m0 erect cy 2222*22222— 9 Sands, 28........... 2222222022— 9 
Duncort, 25........, T29*129992 9 Joeger, 28.......... 0*22102111— 7 
Dr Woods, 28..... 222212222210 Short, 28.........05 0221122222— 9 
Reagan, 25....... , -12222%0212— 8 Lincoln, 28......... 2222222202— 9 
Koll, 25 eeeee-2021112021— 8 B Amend, 29....... 222222122210) 
BiGit p2Ose acters ces 1022210111 8 Dr Goehl, 25....... 2220021002— 6 
Charles, 25......... 110102111*— 7 Wofeul, 25.......... 2002211112— 8 
Van Allen, 80...... 2222210222— 9 Hellers ............ 221222121110 
Moore, 28.52. 0.00: 2110100212— 7 Warfield ........... 200*010200— 3 
Billings, 28.0.2... 3121110021 § ‘W Amend, 28...... 1100021021— 6 
Hillmer,. 25........ *20222*020— 5 Dr Miller, 28...... 20211112*2— § 


Miss-and-out, $3 a corner, birds extra: Dr, O’Connell, 30yds., 2; 


. O'Connell 9, Dr. Miller 10, Dr. Woods 5, 
Dr. Stillmann 0, Breit 4, 

Match, miss-and-out: Dr. Woods 2, Dr. Miller 1. 

Same conditions: Miller 5,:Woods 4. 

Same conditions. Woods 3, Miller 3, 


At Interstate Park, 


Interstate Park, L. I., Sept. 20.—The shoot of the Brooklyn 
Gun’ Club, under John Wright’s management, had a good at- 
tendance, number of side events were shot beside the regular 
programme, the latter being a mixed affair of live birds and 
targets. Several side races were shot, the most interesting being 
that between Messrs. Banks and Mortfey at 100 targets, the scores 
of which were as follows: E, Banks 87, T.‘W. Morfey 81. 

In two races at 25 targets between Mr. G. S. Remsen and B. 
Waters the former won so decisively by 20 to 18 and 21 to 16 that 
the latter declared he’ would never shoot again till the next time. 
“It might have been worse if 16 to 1. ‘ 

The  live-bird events follow: 


Seven birds, $5, birds included: ; 
BS a le reed chine aap ttre soe 2021122—b W MHopkins............ 0002012—8 
SIALLCELSM ase ad eee ae + 22202226 qT PG pkinSssme needle 12122227 
VE ESE rei atstatons\- een ». -2222220—6 INCOMIM ACETAL a 122U100—4 
UB AUWEl iene eens cnet oe 1121210—6 ‘'S S Remsén......... 2222222—7 
S Van Alleni..... vane «22222217 


BES Ate eth leeetete Porat 211111121210 Dr Webber ....... 2200222222— 8 
a Hopkins 2122022222— 9 IL. Davenport....... 1211221202— 9 
V- Hopkins 2210202222— 8 S S Remsen..... 2022222222 — 9 
Dr Wynn 2122210221— 9 ME EOSE atte see 2012112220— § 
Several miss-and-outs were also shot. 
No. 5, 50 targets: = 
PRANK GELS nen paces Ce sebs pedis sank bbe. 401191111111111011111— 94 
: 191199.111001111111111111—- 23 47 
PIES ATR CTIISEEIU s 2 2A S cnc esl Se Silva. tic 1111111111110011101T10170—21 
K 1110111111111011110111111—22 48 
(patch J EQ TURESAES. So ipedne, ro hiMe Pe aoe agree aire 1011-01101310111110111011—1y 
1111011111111110110101101—20—39 
MEINICOMIV hakiea hea duntets satin cay vous 1101101110101011110111110—18 
1011000111111011111710111—19 37 
SATU ELS I dae he tous dur. xemerevah ial re 0001011110010110010T11011—14 
0101001101011111101011101—15—29 
(Gann PIAA Ree EE SRO Eb os 4111111111.01111110111111— 23 
Ww 
AO Stal lanes stalaie seria ca hwsee eee 010111.0111111011001110111—18 
Ww 
VAS 01 bY) gee Soureeet a neta hHa in oe Heeeeeae ests 1111101100010011011011001—15 


Ww 


Baltimore Shooting Association. 


Battimore, Md., Sept. 22.—To-day started the live-bird shooting 
at the Baltimore Shooting Association grounds, but only a few 
shooters put in an appearance, as they have been ddéding so much 
Shooting on the flats; but in our next we hope to’have all the 
boys practicing for our coming Dupont cup shoot on Oct. 23, 24 
and 25. The boys are going to give you a good shoot. If you 
don’t think so, just come and try it. 

The feature of to-day’s shoot was the 50-bird race between 
Schultze and Savage for the price of the birds and a side bet. 
They were selected birds, and with a strong wind behind them 
made very hard shooting. The scores are considered very good 
under such conditions. Schultze’s 5th and 30th were dead just 
ever bounds; also Savage’s 30th and 38th. 

There was quite an interesting race for the price of the birds, 
5 birds each, loser to pay for the birds, between Schultze, Bonday 
and Darling on one side and Malone, Burke and Savage on the 
other. Schultze’s side lost the first race, but won the second. 

The boys want to know how Schultze could possibly lose with 
that large ugly hat of his diked out with the ble, red and-yellow 
mascots brought from Richmond? ; 

* Following are the scores; 


See Ses ss ee ews = ee = KL KL 


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DIAGRAM OF HANDICAPS. 


Fifty birds, 30yds.: 


SCHhuUlized nae eee ee ge ARNE 21:21 *21222222291122219112 94 
2221*121121711121 2201122123 47 
AVAL EL | corargesbeaietieiiatiqd a ast. Cues eae hi 1222101101201211012201212—20 
21121111211 *111102211111—32-42 
Races for price of birds: 
Yo. 1 No. 2 
NGIMIEZE ES. ne oe ns, soa ae lab aclrae ie 11111—5 ~ 11211—5 
ISYopAtGEN A lon gees bbebot odo np Lee Are niece 121*1—4 11222—5 
De lOArlitips fit; icoy sree eee oc ee 12110-4138 10121414 
SMTP UROL ONS Marte yoo DOHC AG Aces en as nceenee 12111—5 02111—4 
ABUL amerrest promeattca tin atesietertinte eect aro eiaterriere _-21111—5 21012—4 
RENNES. VS apemit Dopettricy cere Sob ae LAAs - O1212—4—1 4 10010—2—10 
M, D, T. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 


Jeannette Gun Club. 


Newark, N. J., Sept. 22.—The shoot of the Jeannette Gun Club 
to-day was held on Smith Brothers’ grounds. A good attendance 
was in evidence. Team races added to the interest of the meet- 
ing. Following are the scores: 


Club shoot, 10 live birds: 

eyerdicks, 25....1112111212—10 Brunie, 28.......... 2021112211— 9 
Schoemaker, 25.....20010010**— 3 Bohling, 28......... 222222222210 
18 WB. Bn) anor 1222012210— 8 Karstens, 28........2*01112221-— 8 
Rottmann, 28....... 2*22211200— 7 Ralphs, 28.......... 2002120221— 7 
Mohrmann, 25..... 211221112110 Steffens, 30......... 1202022211— 8 
Iawoysrevere, PG Aseria d 1001001110— 5 Gerdes, 25.......... 00*0012000— 2 
C Meyer, 28........ 12122102*1— 8 Kattenhorn, 25..... 2000022020— 4: 
Loeble, 28.......... 2222222202— 9 aa 

Miss-and-outs: : 

No. 1. No. 2. No. 1. No. 2 

WWE soc ceoubesor 0 2112112 Mohrmann ....... Wee | shee ber 
Lec bla” aa seee en 20 20 KarsteTi Seen ata sc 2220 0 
SUSE OS. oh eg 220 1111222 Leithauser ....... See ceees 
KerOezernaenueeesss 11110 «(0 {otaedhbaysy Manes PEP nol 
Wellbrock .,...... 222212 2222220 Gerdes ..........--10° sea aaee 
erie worse eee ts 210 210 Ralphsryssdevesanes ax 12 
Koegel ....... *...221222 2222992 

Team race No, 1: 
Leable, .arestenie as 21220—4 Pcunier a tadred etree vice 12112—5 
ifoyeterall AS ett ne 20020—2 Meyer ... 22100—3 
TD EN whats cr iyo 112225 Mohrmann -12001—3 
Roftintanie erect 02222—4—15 Kroeger .... . 21012—4—15 

Team race No, 2: 
Leoble .. TERM ENGR, Boe ytaoecee, cit Fi. 01212—4 
Steffens . MGV GROSS ondseat cade 20021—3 
Koegel Iexoholbbaves Te ons eii ee 00222—3 
Karstens . Mohrmann .......... 21*01—3 
Ral plismerne eens Cll Be eenganeeas cats 00122—3 
ROLEMan TiN aaaseeiee 21022—4 Ker nereta va aueadeee ieee 10112—4 
Kattenhorn .......... 02200—2—27 Gerdes .........0.0- 00222—3—23 


Hudson Gun Club. 


Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 24—These scores were made at the last 
regular shoot of the Hudson Gun Club. The day was fine, but the 
light was not as good as might have been. The attendance was 
larger than for some time past. Some good scores were made, as 
can be seen by the summary. ‘ 

" This was club ‘shoot day, and C. F. Floyd came out on top. 
He was shooting-a new gun—a hammer Parker—and did very 
well, considering that it was the first time he used it. At the 
last shoot he was shooting a pump, and broke 101 out of 104 shot at. 

At the shoot to-day good scores were made by Schorty, Duke, 

Piercy and De Long. 


Events Pdi: 4-25) fl oT 8 (90 1142 

Targets 15 15 15 15 25 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 
Schorty, cose ss nest origeeesrPoose 1am Sterne lbs hime Oa 
TBs! OA RAS-.A 4 Skee UEse BeBeie oe ee OL a Sabot wel (re 
IGE? ned soasise dna sh Meee ee NED S 13 12... 1420101211 9 & 710 
Dtikes fsa ese eae cee Mie, Mee Sa 1 Ges Geog 
OPAp Cyovshee AA) PP! OP PARR AE EE AES ete AST ISTO 11 eGR ae 
IELTS Titian ee eet eas sears aoe ZI 2S OIL TSS OR ei eae 
PR Sc htog, criiicr sean) ake 1010 ..1010111010 6 7 6 5 
OMEN te eee He Ee ONES Ca? math eee 10s. SOOT 
Van Dyne Wig esesesteatesrssraresy IPs eed ty bags PH 8 89 5 5 7 10 


Se we a ee ae a a a eee ee BS Oe Se 


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Eu os Hesye eee crias.sserdentre Teaches, LOMA IOLSS 2 PSaioe te bee 
SChetthl ew. Jes. ns FORE Scsernn Whe fos ie ales By Mee 1 
etolnatatkolst oly Feb Al meet eRe Aen AAS opal ans te Peet och 3 
Wwvlatidleng” Nene AR Aenea RB kmce es tse Re Sd+feann fo. See eae 
SMEs Bip Osh 45 ARR AA ele ae ae 


A. L. H., Sec’y. 
Catchpole Gun Club, 
Wotcort, N. Y., Sept, 18.—Following are scores made by mem- 


bers of the Catchpole Gun Club: 


Wadsworth v...ccssecceueees eiefetatersse oo ee ee L101019119111011111011011—21 
WV0119090101111110.11114.1_25 
101000101111119111111111-—24 


*Club_ shoot. 


Howlers liwteteeasene sacs ee needeccerees 111.010011111111111111 11 22 
14111101111101011110111121 
SHAD DE Le snaaete sn heats sles etets d)atei sie «+ «1001101001111111111111110—19 
; 100111000011.0010111110101—14 

1111011011100 
Burke ... + -1111100110010114111111111—20 


Strait 1111011100101010100100000—12 
1110110010011000111101100—14 
1101110001100001111000110—13 

Scores made by the same club on Sept. 13: : 
BGwilerwe we odects oe eee So Sea teleost att 1090911911111 295, 


000111101111119711011101119 
Wadsworth 


@eenasesssceceas 


SSA cobra Seon mesinpnh deen 1111141110111197111101011— 22 
1012011110111107011111111—20 
11111111101110771 ~ 

Soe eh de tadieniertind da deiner iticcic 1110110001011111111111011—19 
Avsdrefacate n'a eats Siae eS .e Re neat a pS seelgalerarerelileleee 1111010011101011000001100—13 
1100111111111111110101011—20 
Widds worbliess. lvepettmoniaetty a een ey ¢ -111101111101191T111110111—29 
. 110111011 0111171011101. 20 
BiG wiler einnaeeeiee maces Hee Rec DICE aber 1010119111199: 2.4 
; 1001011111011117111111111—21 

Zé EH. A. W., Sec’y. 


Omaha Gun Club. 


Omaua, Neb., Sept. 15—-Herewith find scores of the members 
of Omaha Gun Club. The birds were a very good lot, and made 
the boys hustle to stop them inside the wire. The set of Fulford 
automatic live-bird traps is giving great satisfaction. 

The Dupont amateur target tournament takes place Sept. 26, 
27 and 28, with ten 15-target events a day, with $10 added to each, 
A 25-live-bird handicap, entrance $15, will be shot on the 29th . 
On Sept. 27 Parmelee and Elliott will shoot for the Republic cup, 

Practice on live birds: . 


Burke 
Strait 


LA Tantallet ane Gaon ks ae a OANA GS ARE AAD ao She 1112212122*231111222 19 
FRO BPR sie siarereraste mt te elededel dele «122211 **111221221211—18 
OOM Spear eee etree -121221*2217212229929 19 
Townsend ONS od enews 2 +. -122*1121211111222111—19 
(Geto, ohcrymnece cansaede -12211211111111112*21 19 
TG Wiss coco tes be ee el) -20121102222122121212—15 
Shania. AW ee 4 -122222021212121w 
Johannes ..:.... Memeetalctalarets: clei aletsagtctice et epee aD 1012201222w : 


Twenty targets: Bates 16, Gallagher 16, Fogg 15, Loomis 18, 
Johannes 14, Parmelee 19; Lewis 16, Smead 18, Macfarlane 15, 
Townsend 17, Morrell 19, Scribner 11, Marsh 12, Downs 12, Hardin 


15, Sandy 20. : 
H. S. McDonatp. 
In the Matter of Handicaps—Ill. 


SEVERAL of our correspondents have written to us, asking for a 
more definite explanation concerning the plan of a distance handi- 
CaP, and we therefore present herewith a diagram of the correct 

an. 

The dotted lines show the common plan of a distance handi- 
cap. It is apparent concerning it that the closer in the shooter is 
to the traps the more difficult will be the shots at Nos. 1 and 5 
at the score. 

The fan-shaped plan affords easier shooting for the short dis- 
tance men, and more’ difficult for the long-distance men, as will 
be apparent on referring to the diagram. It therefore embodies 
the true principle of a handicap. 

If the shooters were placed 5yds. apart at the 16yd. mark instead 
of 3yds., aS is the scale of the diagram, it would thereby place the 
shooters still wider apart on the back marks. : 

No lengthy argument is necessary to demonstrate the difference 
between the two systems, er 


260 


John Parker’s Tournament. 


THE great center of interest in shooting circles was John Parker’s 
tenth annual international tournament, held on the Rusch House 
grounds on Sept. 11, 12, 18 and 14. Two large terits aftorded shelter 
for the shooters, and all the equipments of traps, efc., were in 
complete readiness for the activities of the competition. Bluerocks 
and live birds were in ample supply, and everything was organized 
to work smoothly from start to finish, as is the rule under John 
Parker’s able an¢ popular management. 

There were many of the famous shots present, as a glance at the 
scores will show. 


First Day, Sept. 11. 


There was a high wind blowing across the traps, adding greatly 
to the difficulty of the shooting, 

The Peters Cartridge Co,’s trophy was won by Mr. S. A. Crowell, 
of Hastings, Mich. As a testimonial of appreciation _of his valu- 
able services in promoting the tournament, Mr. John Parker 
presented Mr. Paul Weise a eg, Geers: 

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The weather conditions were much more favorable for good 
scores. 
- [There was much interest in the team events, and the competition 
for the international handicap trophy was close. 


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The international expert trophy was the main event of the day, 
and it was won by Mr. R. O. Heikes, with a score of 24 out of 25. 

Crosby's excellent scores were a feature of the shoot, he winning 
high average. 


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WESTERN TRAPS. 


Cedar Lake, of Indiana. 


Tue Cedar Lake Rod and Gun Club, of Cedar Lake, Ind., will 
hold a two days’ tournament, Sept. 29 and 30, on the pleasant 
shooting grounds of this pretty resort for fishers and shooters. 
The shoot is open to all, and comes at a rather good time, just 
after the first flurry of the fall field shooting season. ‘Targets only, 
“5 daily average money, $10 tournament average. A round trip 
ticket over the Monon costs $1. Train at 8:30 A. M. Magautrap; 
targets, 2 cents. F. E. Coppernol manager. 


Audubon Gun Club. 


Watson’s Park, Chicago, Sept. 18—The main eyent of the 
Audubon Gun Club’s shoot was won by Amberg, after shooting 
off the ties with Felton and Gillis, the former of whom had 3 
added to his score, the latter 4. The scores: 


Felton, 3...-.: 211200122122220—15 Baker .......- 1*1212111222*02—12 
j. Grow, dasets 12222*0001LW De Wolff..... *)21011021*0220— 8 
Gillis, 4..-..-. 1211121210122*2—15 Rhoads ....... 001911111121212—13 
Amberg, 0....112122111222212—15 

Ties on 15: 
Amberg ,..-.++ 11022—4 211215 elton .......-, *2211—4 020*2—2 
Gillis” feansce-: (3220) Cn rerrai 

Practice: 


Felton 4 out of 5, Crow 1 out of 2, Baker 2 out of 2, Gillis 2 
out of 2. 


Iilinois Gun Club, 


Springfield, Ill—The regular weekly trophy shoot of the Mlinois 
Gun Club occurred on Thursday, Sept. 20, with about sixteen 
members present. A high wind swept across the traps, making the 
targets very erratic in their flight, and the general scores suftered 
somewhat in consequence. 

Chas. T. Stickle and Arnold W. Butler tied in Class A on 
scores of 23. 

George E. Day won in Class B on a score of 18, and UL. G. 
Moore in Ciass C on a score of 13. 

Appended are the scores in full: 

Class A: Stickle 23, Butler 23, Hall 22, Capt. Smith 21, J. 
Klingensmith 17. : ; 

Class B: Day 18, Dr. Kerr 17, Richardson 17, Lamoreaux 12, 
Mrs. Butler 13, 

‘Class C: Moore 13, Sikes 12, Dr. Hazel 8, Merion 4, 
; \ CHas. T, STICKLE, Sec’y, 


Garfield Gun Club. 


Chicago, Sept. 22.—The following scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the twenty-first trophy shoot of 
the season. ; 

Dr. Shaw won Class A medal on 24, W. P. Northcott won Class 
B on 22, and J. D. Pollard won Class C on 21. 

The weather was ideal for trapshooting, so far as temperature 
and wind were concerned, but there was a peculiar haziness of the 
atmosphere which seemed to trouble some of the shooters. Mr. 
Rhodes, who is president of the Sherman Rod and Gun Club, of 
Columbus, O., was a visitor. He said he came out to see how it 
was done, but proceeded to show how he did it, and broke 25 
straight in trophy event. Come again, Rhodie. 


Events: 123 45 6 Events: 12 3 4 5 6 

Targets: 15 10 25 10 bp 15 Targets: 16 10 25 10 Sp 15 
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Dr Meek ...... LO alice at GRR EIS HRS e55 50 He 616... 611 
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No. 3 was the club shoot. 
Dre. J. W. Mzex, Sec’y. 


City Park Gun Club. 


New Orvrans, Sept. 20.—I take pleasure in appending the 
scores made at the grounds of our local club last week. The 
improvement shown in the club as a whole is highly gratifying. 

The shooting is over a magautrap; targets thrown 50yds. 

The club will entertain on its grounds during the coming 
Carnival festivities: 


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Events: JE 2.0 5g Rae 2h, COn His Sid 

Targets: 10 15 5p 20 5p 15 15 15 10 
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Percy S$. Benenicr, Sec’y. 


Peters Cartridge Company’s Tournaments. 


Crnctnnatt, ©O., Sept. 22.—Editor Forest and Stream: Will you 
please make the announcement that the Peters Cartridge Co., under 
the auspices of the Montgomery Gun Club, will hold a two days’ 
tournament at Montgomery, Ala.. Oct. 16 and 17; added money. 
Jack Parker, manager. 

J. H. McKrssen, Sec’y. 


SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. 22.—Edztor Forest and Stream: Will you 
kindly announce in FoREST AND STREAM the fact that the Peters 
Cartridge Co., of Cincinnati, will give a two days’ tournament, 
Oct. 29 and 30, at Jacksonville, Fla., under the auspices of 
the Jacksonville Gun Club. 

The first two days will be deyoted to targets; $100 will be 
added each day to the programme. On the 3ist, or third day, 
there will be a grand pigeon match. This will be given ‘ex- 
clusiyely by the gun club. 

There will be at least 1,200 pigeons. 

Full programme will follow later. The shoot will be under the 
management of Mr. John Parker, of the’ Peters Cartridge Co. 
which is in itself a guarantee of success. : 

Any information will be gladly furnished by Mr. Parker, 465 
Junction avenue, Detroit, Mich.; Mr. T. H. Keller, 80 Chambers 
street. New York, or by yours truly, u 1 
The lll is H. B. Lemecxe, 


Southeastern Representative Peters Cartridge Co, 


_ , [{Smer. 29, 1900. 


Rifle Range and Gallery. 


Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club, 


San Francisco, Sept. 16—The Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club 
shoot did not have its usual good attendance, owing to the 
German shoot at San Rafael. Pape went over to win the kingship, 
and he did it; at the same time he broke the 200-shot point target 
record, making 3888, or 15 points better than Will Hayes, of New 
Jersey. Mannel and Daiss went with him and looked after his 
interests. Pape shot his .32:40 Pope Winchester, using my load 
of King’s Semi-Smokeless powder. He wins diamond medal, also 
prize for most points, and made 70 on 3-shot target. Daiss got 68 
m one ticket, on the 3-shot target. The boys came home pleased, 
and so was I, as I knew Pape could do the trick if he could’ shoot 
tndisturbed on a good day, which it prayed to ‘be, Mannel and 
Daiss loaded his shells, and he shot very rapidly, finishing nearly 
100 shots ahead of the others. Pape literally shot on a Columbia 
1Zin. black, as he knows now by the disk on a 12in, black the 
relative measurement by Columbia count, which is an advantage 
not fully understood by marksmen. 

Bre Ee Bi Foreman, who knocked out some of the coast 
records on German target recently, has gone to Chicago for a 
long course in medicine. He did his prelimimary practice on the 
Columbia target, and joined this club recently. We had looked 
forward with pleasure to the time when he would shoot with 
us, and are disappointed. Our best wishes go with him. He will 
find plenty of companions among the Chicago shooting fraternity 
who will no doubt appreciate his fine shooting as much as we do. 

Mr. Albert M. Divall, of the Tuolumne Rifle Club, of Sonora, 
Cal.,, and Mr. Geo. W. Jordan, of Boston, were among the man 
visitors at our shoot to-day. Mr. Jordan is recently from Sout 
America. He had a fine three-barreled Daily with him, the rifle 
barrel being .32-20. He tried the Winchester .30-30 miniature bul- 
let with Semi-Smokeless, primed with King’s Smokeless, at 50yds:, 


and had no trouble, using telescope in keeping most of his shots © 


in the i-ring at rest. s 

Young carried off the honors with rifle, pistol and revolver.. It 
was dificult shooting at 50yds., but his 200yd, rifle work was the 
best of the season for average. He placed 29 consecutive in the 
jin. ring, and his score of 41 in the 6-ring. | Mr, Divyall spotted 9 
of the latter shots in a 3in. ring at 11 and 12 o’clock; the 10th shot 
being held low purposely struck the 6-ring at 6 o’clock. 

Dr. Twist led in the .22 rifle contest, with Mrs, Waltham close 
by. Her score of 24 has never been equaled, 


Becker made his .30-30 carbine hold in for a 45 Creedmoor 


again. Young offered him 20 points on this score at the first of the 
year, and will have to do some fine work if he wins, as Becker 
has nearly a 46 Creedmoor average now, 

Scores to-day, Columbia target, off-hand shooting: 

All comers’ medals and prizes; rifle, 200yds,: 


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610 23 9 5 211 4 4-56 

AB Worrele. ee nceeennhs = eae 510 79 76 5 4 1 4-58 
910 4945 417 7-60 


Military and Fepeeinig, Creedmoor count: P, Becker, 45, 44. 

Pistol, 50yds.: F. O, Young, 48, 52, 54, 61; Ed Hovey 54, 55, 61, 
58, 64, 68; Dr. H. W. Hunsaker 55, 81, 83; P. Becker 65, 69; Dr. 
J. F. Twist, 64, 78, 75. 

Twist revolver medal, B0yds.: F. O, Young 53, 57, 59, 59, 61, 61; 
Dr. H. W. Hunsaker 85, 85. 

22 and 25 rifles, 50yds.: Dr. J. F. Twist, 21, 25, 27, 31, 31; Mrs. 
C. F. Waltham, 24, 29, 34, 34; P. Becker, 27, 28, 30, 31; E. A. 
Allen, 42, 43, 45. 

Record scores, pistol: G. M, Barley 56, Mrs. Waltham 97. 

Sept. 17.—At the final shoot to-day of the German Club at San 
Rafael, Pape won first place in the 3-shot match with 73, 71, 70, 70 
out of possible 75. I should have stated that in his 200-shot record 
on the point target of 888 he only missed the 12in. black twice, 
both shots being accidents, and going off into the ground. 

Our club has a banquet outlined for him in honor of his record, 

Another of our members, Dr. Henry Trask, has made a record 
or two also. First he married a very estimable young lady who 
delights in shooting, and they Sngee their honeymoon in the wilds 
of Mendocino county. Second, the Doctor killed seven deer, 
four of which he downed in less than a minute’s time. 
a .30-30 Winchester and soft-nosed bullets. The bucks were all 
inside of 50yds. distance. 

Frep ©. Youne, Ree. Séc’y C. P. and R, Club, 


Cincinnati Rifle Association. 

Tue following scores were made by members of the Cincinnati 
Rifle Association in regular competition, at Four-Mile House, 
Reading road, Sept. 16. Conditions: 200yds,, off-hand, at the 
standard target. A strong, gusty 6 to 9 o’clock wind prevailed 
throughout the day, much to the discomfiture of the shooters. 
Jonscher was declared champion for the day with a score of 81: 


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Eltte Schuetzen Corps. 


Brooktyn.—At the regular semi-monthly shoot of the Elite 
Schuetzen Corps on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Cypress Hills Park, the 
following scores were made: 


Geb Krauss.....-..5 Bkckee veceess 16 17 24 28 22 15 18 16 21 25—207 
21 17 21 20 23 18 19 23 19 22-203 

Toeoellher. ols.. petearpseesene .... 17 17 25 24 16 18 BP 20 22 24 905 
18 23 19 16 15 19 17 21 15 23186 

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20 24 20 20 13 13 22—198 
CHartes K. Hoerninc, S. M. 


Answers to Correspondents. 


No notice taken of anonymous communications, 


Port Jervis —The railroad folder gives the law correctly for 1895, 
but it is five years out of date now, and many of the seasons 
have been changed. The Game Laws in Brief gives all the laws 
and gives them as revised to date. It is impossible for any other 
ferm of publication than one based on the Brief’s method to give 
the laws so that you may fey ——or Fhem- 


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NEWS FROM A FAR-OFF LAND. 


“Far from the common routes of the tourists, between 
the Shetland Islands and Iceland, and almost under the 
Arctic Circle, lie the Faroe Islands. Twenty-two in 
number, mere dots upon a stormy sea and only to be 
reached in fair weather, they consist of elevations of 
basaltic rock rising sometimes to a height of 3,000 feet 
above the waves that dash about their base. The cli- 
mate—-modified by ocean currents—is not cold, yet the 
winter is almost one long night and the summer a 
scarcely interrupted day. The constant winds and the 
furious hurricanes which blow much of the time prevent 
the growth of trees and forbid the ripening of the hardiest 
grain. The people that inhabit the islands are of Norse 
descent and support themselves by fishing, bird catching, 
egg gathering and by the flocks of sheep which pasture 
on the sweet grasses that the islands produce. They 
gather peat, tend their flocks, capture the sea fowl and 
catch the fish. Perhaps above all other men the Faroe 
Islanders are at home on the storm-swept sea, or on the 
narrow cliffs that the birds frequent, and they are most 
expert in the killing of whales and seals. They are a 
hardy, vigorous and loyal race, but the life that they live 
is as different as possible from anything that we know. 

To this distant land Miss Elizabeth Taylor has gone 
to live among these simple people, and we shall soon be- 
gin the publication of a series of letters from her pen 
describing the life of this far-away corner of the globe. 
Miss Taylor is a born traveler and her achievements are 
well known. Not the least of her undertakings was a 
journey to the mouth of the Mackenzie River, a trip per- 
haps never previously made by any white woman. 
side being a traveler Miss Taylor is a trained observer, a 
naturalist and a graceful writer, the charm of whose let- 
ters is not unknown to readers of FOREST AND STREAM. 

In her letters from the Faroe Islands she feelingly de- 
scribes the perils to which their dwellers are exposed, 
tells of their different pursuits—of the egg gathering, the 
bird snaring and the whale killing—and tells it all with 
s® much grace and feeling that these letters will prove of 
exceptional interest to all Americans who read them. 
And as we peruse the story of this hard life and realize 
how much of what must haye happened is left unsaid, we 
may well wonder at the courage and endurance which 
carried a frail woman through scenes of such hardship 
and danger. 


OCTOBER. 


OctToser first has come and gone, and in many of the 
States the shooting season is now open. It is a day long 
looked forward to and eagerly awaited, above all by the 
young, and great are the preparations made for taking ad- 
vantage of it. Guns are cleaned and polished, cartridges 
loaded or ordered, and every efiort is made to have all 
things ready for the great event. 

Too often the joyful anticipations felt with regard to 
the opening day are disappointed. Jf the weather has 
long been dry, it is found that the scent does not lie, and 
the dogs fail to do the good work expected of them. 
Often, too, it is exceedingly hot, dogs are fat, and, not 
having been used for many months, are excitable and 
difficult to control. Ji the shooting takes place in a 
wooded country the leaves still hang on the trees and 
obscute the sight; working through the swamps is 
laborious in the hot weather, and before the day is halt 
over man and dog are likely to be exhausted. The quails 
and partridges have not settled down to their winter 

- haunts, the woodcock have not yet come on from the 
north. It is a time “between hay and grass,” and very 
often an unsatisfactory season for shooting. 

It is true that some of the migratory ducks have begun 
to comme on, ahd there is a possibility of starting from 
the wide brack or from some little lake or pond a small 


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‘bunch of wood ducks, teal or black ducks, and the bring- 
ing down of one or a brace of these gives satisfaction to 
the gunner; an occasional snipe may be found on the 
ameadows, but we all know how uncertain snipe are. In 
‘October the shooting is often a disappointment. 
Different people are likely to take different views of it, 
but to our notion it is far better to wait until after the 
sharp frosts have come to freshen up the heavy atmos- 
phere of September, to clear the leaves from the trees, to 
kill down the rank vegetation along swamps and sloughs 


and river bank, before taking the field for serious all-day 


shooting trips. Then the birds are larger, stronger of 
wing, better able to take care of themselves and more 
Satisfaetory to bag. The work of finding them is far 
easier for the dog, He has then run off the fat accumu- 
lated by a season of idleness, and is no longer crazy with 
excitement, but has settled down to business and hunts 
in a workmanlike fashion that is the greatest pleasure 
to his owner. Then, when the birds jump, it is possible 
‘to see them, and sometimes to make the clever double or 
the careful long shot that gives such a feeling of satisfac- 
tion when it is accomplished. For dwellers in the country 
and those who have plenty of time on their hands, the 
early days of the shooting season might profitably be em- 
ployed in making short jaunts of two or three hours to the 
known home of some brood of quail, or to some piece of 
woods where an old partridge is known to dwell, there 
to give the dogs some exercise, and to work off his 
superfluous spirits and bring him down to the business of 
the year. Longer shooting trips might well be postponed 
wintil the weather conditions are more satisfactory. 


SNAP SHOTS. 


A New York banker, who was arrested in New Jersey 
the other day and made to pay a fine for shooting on 
Sunday, displayed a fine feeling of outrage at the in- 
dignity to which he had been subjected. "They usually 
do. Let a visiting sportsman get caught in a transgres- 
sion of the game law, and the probabilities are a hundred 
to one that he will fume and bluster and tell loudly and 
earnestly of what a big fellow he is at home, and how 
because of his distinction and importance he should be 
considered as exempt irom the law. Such talk, of course, 
avails nothing, except to add to the humor of the situa- 
tion; but it is always interesting as being so significant 
of that common trait of human nature which leads so 
many of us to imagine that legal restrictions are for all 
other sportsmen but not for ourselves. Indeed, it would 
be by no means difficult to find among some of the 
sternest and mast uncompromising advocates of the strict- 
est laws with the heaviest penalties those who are them- 
selves in actual personal practice consistent and constant 
violators of law. They believe in close seasons, in 
limited bags, in non-export laws—but always for the 
other iellows, and always with a reservation in favor of 
exemption for themselves. Ld 


A “boa constrictor,” “the very worst trust in the 
or “vampire’—these are hard names, but even 
such terms fail to express the character of the enter- 
prise which is denuding the mountains of New Hamp- 
shire, and bringing ruin and desolation upon them, as 
described in another column. The gravity of the situa- 
tion cannot be exaggerated. What the remedy may be 
does not appear. For while on the one hand the people 
of New Hampshire have to deal with the remorseless 
greed of the lumber operators, on the other they are 
handicapped and shorn of might by their own indiffer- 
ence and ignorant want of appreciation of the evil and 
the necessity of its cure. There is one way, and one way 
only, to save the White Mountain forests, and that is by 
condemnation and the taking of the land by tight of 
eminent domain. 


In our issue of July 7 last we printed two very re- 
markable photographs of live wild deer; and a third is 
given to-day, with Mr. Seib’s description of the method 
by which the result is achieved. The success of photo- 
graphing wild deer close to depends upon two factors: 
the first is the deer’s disregard of an immovable object, 
and the second is the photographer’s ability to remain 
perfectly still despite cramped limbs, buck ague and 
the fly that lights on one’s nose. The pictures were 
taken by Capt. L. A. Myrick, and we faves -never seen 
any: similar views to surpass them. 


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MARSH FOLK.—II, 


It is the birds that first catch the eyes of most ob- 
servers; and they are of all sorts and conditions. Larg- 
est and most noticeable are the fish hawks, now slowly 
faring southward, with many a pause for rest and food, 
but all to be gone before the advent of cold weather. 
Patient fishermen are they, circling high in air over the 
wide waters and the level marsh and the wooded hillsides, 
checking themselves now and then over the water, and 
then moving in short circles and perhaps hovering for 
a moment over some spot, just as often a kingfisher or 
a spartow-hawk or a bluebird may be seen to hover. If 
the prey seems near enough to be seized the bird drops, 
like a falling stone, or sometimes in long spirals, and 
when it nears.the water it either pauses, if the fish has 
taken the alarm, or drops into it with outstretched legs 
and a mighty splash. For a moment it rests on the 
water, and then with slow flappings of the broad wings 
rises diagonally in the air with the fish held firmly in 
the long, crooked talons. Then, perhaps, for a time be- 
fore alighting, the successful bird flies about in the air, so 
that the fish may die before it begins its meal. The great 
birds are wonderfully graceful in flight, whether they 
merely circle widely about with deliberate flappings or 
scan the water with keenest eye or make swiit diagonal 
darts downward from some great elevation, when they 
wish to change their place. Their white heads and under 


parts make them conspicuous against the dark green of 
' the forests, and then they seem larger than they really 


are. Sometimes, in these September days, a dozen may 
be seen at one time flying about over the river, and of 
these two or three will seem always to have a small fish 
in their claws. 


Greater even than the fish hawks is the great blue heron, 
which sometimes stops on the meadow. He does not 
come often, nor when he comes does he remain long. 
There are too many people about, the steamboats are too 
frequent and the trains pass too near. His taste is for 
more quiet surroundings. When he alights he stands 
for a long time absolutely motionless, and many a gun- 
ner has passed, without noticing it. what seemed to be a 
stake standing at a distance in the meadow, and then has 
been astonished to see the stake all at once come to life 
and fly away just out of gunshot. 

But if the great blue is rare, his cousins the bittern and 
the little green heron are much less so. And there is 
yet another, less in size than any of these, the least bit- 
tern, which is known to few save the ornithologist, 
When by chance one is killed by a gunner, its capture 
causes much speculation and all hands wonder what this 
strange bird may be. With a body hardly larger than a 
rail’s, it spends its time among the close-set stems of 
reeds and grass, which its streaked plumage so closely 
resembles that with a background of grass stems it might 
stand in plain view and never be detected, unless by 
chance it should move. Its big relative, the common 
bittern, is less secretive, though he is very much dis- 
posed to keep to himself and is seldom séen unless the 
boat is shoved close to him or the gunner walks upon 
him. He, too, is protected by a coat of brown streaked 
with yellow, and on the ground may easily escape ob- 
servation. His scent is strong, and sometimes the dogs, 
careering over the meadows after snipe, will stop and 
stand the bittern as they would a brood of quail. 

The green heron is far bolder than any of these. Per- 
haps he has not sense enough to be shy and to keep 
out of reach of the gun. At all events, when started from 
the grass in autumn he may fly but a short distance and 
then alight again and stand watching the intruder with 
more curiosity than alarm, but with all the feathers of 
head and neck standing on end, like a rooster going 
into battle. Let us not shoot the little fellow, who does 


‘no harm and ig an interesting dweller of the marsh. 


The noisy crows, which in respect of their constant 
presence with us are like the poor, are seen now in little 
companies, each of which may perhaps be a single family. 
They wing their way over the tree tops of the valley, up 
and down the river, bent on various errands which we 
cannot guess. Often at low water they may be seen 
stalking solemnly over the mud ‘flats and beaches, search- 
ing for food. They will'not make their presence evident 
by great gatherings and much noise until the weather 
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Among the Indians Sixty Years Ago 


Amone the survivors of the old-time Adirondack 
guides is Louis Watso, of North River, N. Y. He be- 
longs to the Waubanakee tribe of Indians and came trom 
Canada many years ago. His experiences as hunter 
and guide would fill a good-sized volume. He began 
hunting when ten years old, and quit only when the in- 
firmities of age unfitted him for the chase. He is now 
eighty years old, but to my knowledge it is only a few 
years ago that he backed out of the woods a fine buck 
he had helped secure. I have before told ForEsT AND 
STREAM something about the old man, and this writing 
is to describe one of his early expesiences, rather than 
himself. In a kindly way he told the story to the writer 
this summer. : / ‘ 

It will be repeated as nearly as possible in his own 
words: 

“Oh, yos, I have seen wild Indians. Sixty years ago, 
when I was about twenty years old, my brother, who kept 
a store at St. Francis, and traded largely with wild In- 
dians for their furs, wanted me to go with him on a trip 
to the Northwest. So we loaded a canoe with a large 
quantity of goods for barter, and started. We had with 
us another Indian who understood the language of the 
people where we were going as interpreter. It took us 
a month to make the journey. I do not know the name 
of the people we visited, nor of most of the lakes and 
streams we traveled on, but I know one river was called 
St. Maurice, and that we went over the Divide, so that 
the last waters we were on ran westward to the Pacific 


Sportsman Qanvist. 


Ocean. Finally we reached the shore of a big lake 
four or five miles across, and the interpreter said, ‘We 
will stop here. We could look across the water and 
see a large Indian village, but the interpreter said, ‘It 
wont do to go direct to those people. If we should 
they would kill us. We will wait here till'they send some 
one to us.’ So we built a fire and set about getting 
camp ready for the night. 

“Within an hour after the smoke of our camp-fire 
began to rise the interpreter said, ‘Look there!’ I 
looked where he pointed and saw an Indian peeking at 
us from behind a tree. His eyes shined, and he had a 
bow and arrow in his hand. Our man walked slowly 
toward him and spoke to him. Soon I saw another 
peeking at ws from behind another tree, and then an- 
other. They each had a bow and arrow. Finally our 
man made the first one understand that we were not 
enemies, but had come there to trade with their people, 
and inyited them to come to the boat and see our goods. 
But they said they must wait and see what their chief 
said about it. Then they went off, and in about an hour 
several canoes’ started from the village and came right 
across the lake to us. The chief himself was in the 
party. Through the interpreter we told him our business, 
and he went to the canoe and saw our goods for himself, 
Then he seemed satisfied that we had told him the truth, 
and told us to come right over to his village. So we 
put everything into the canoe again and went with him 
.to his village. He told us where to make our camp, 
about a quarter of a mile or so from his own, and we 
were soon surrounded by wild Indians and doing a big 
business, Those people had a big stock of furs, and my 
brother had a big stock of trinkets to trade for them. 
He had a big lot of jewsharps, which cost him about 
three cents apiece, and of colored cotton handkerchiefs, 
which cost him about four cents apiece. Often he would 
get ten dollars’ worth of mink fur for a jewsharp, or 
fifteen dollars’ worth of beaver skins for a bright-colored 
handkerchief. I asked him, "What do’ you cheat these 
poor people so for?’ He laughed‘and said, ‘T ain’t cheat- 
ing them. They hain’t no use/for these furs, and they 
want these soods—it’s all right.’ . 

“The chief give us a strip of river and the woods 
bordering on it for oyr hunting and fishing ground. 


We had a good time, for game and fish were plenty. 
But we didn’t need to hunt or fish at all for a living, 
for the people brought us plenty of all kinds of game— 
deer meat, moose meat and bear meat, besides small 
game and fish in abundance. They were very kind-to 
us. I tell you right there I saw some shootin.’ As I 
said, their weapons were bows and arrows, but how they 
could shoot with them! At five or six rods they would 
take a partridge’s head off every time and not miss. I 
have seen their young men do it repeatedly. 

“We lived among them all winter. We had to, for the 
streams froze over and we couldn't get away. So al- 
together we were with them about six months, and I 
must say I never saw a more peaceful or happy people 
among themselves. I never saw any sign of a quarrel 
among them, but always kindness and contentment. 
Their living was entirely game and fish, and their cloth- 
ing entirely of skins. Their blankets were made of 
rabbit skins, with the hair on, cut into strips about half 
an inch wide and woven together with some sort of thong 
or wood fiber. The blankets were more than half an 
inch thick and very warm, so that in the coldest weather 
they would be perfectly comfortable sleeping on the 
ground, with one blanket under them and another over 
them, and without any fire, while we, with our blankets, 
often had to keep a good fire all night.” 

“Did not their greater hardihood partly account for 
this?” ; 

“Oh, yes; but their blankets had a good deal to do 
with it, t00.”  _ 

“I suppose from their peaceable lives together that 
they did not have any ‘firewater’ among them?” 

“Oh, no; they didn’t know anything about that. I 
suppose we were the first traders who had eyer visited 
them,’ 


PHOTOGRAPH OF WILD DEER. 
From a photograph by Capt. L. A, Myrick. 


“What about their religion?” 

“TI didn’t hear that they had any. I never saw any- 
thing to indicate it. They were just peaceful and happy 
all the time—contented.” 

“How about their family life?” 

“Oh, that was all right. They were kind, and the 
men did their share of the work. 

“When we came away in the spring the chief invited 
us to come again, and sent some of his young men to 
help us over the carries. Our canoe was heavily loaded 
with furs, and the young men would help carry them 
to the next water. When we started on in the canoe they 
would disappear in the woods and be at the next carry 
ahead of us. We always found them there when we got 
there. So they went with us and helped us for four 
days. Finally we told them they had better go back, as 
they were getting so far from home. ‘Oh, no,’ they 
said, ‘it is only a little ways,’ But they started back as we 
advised them to, and would not take any pay for help- 
ing us. 

“We got home all right, and my brother sold his furs 
for several thousand dollars.” 

JUVENAL. 


Wild Rice for Wildfowl. 


WiLp rice has been successfully grown to furnish at- 
traction for wildiowl. It is very prolific and grows an- 
nually on the same grounds, requiring no care to culti- 
vate. It will grow well in almost any water that has a 
muddy bottom, is not too cold and has not a strong cur- 
rent, and is not more than it. deep. It will succeed 
in any of the Middle States and Northwest as far as 
latitude 50°. Rice has been found doing well on prairie 
sloughs of Minnesota, the water of which is tinctured 
more or less with alkali; it has been successfully intro- 
duced into many of the salt marshes of the Hudson 
River and Long Island, and it grows well in fresh-water 
marshes and on the banks of slow-running streams. 
The proper time for sowing the seeds is immediately 
after it is gathered ripe, 7. ¢.. in September. The plant 
is hardy, prolific and aggressive, and usually more than 
maintains a footing once established. Wi 


Photographing Wild Deer Close By. 
Brooxtiyn, N. Y., Sept. 17.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
The deer pictures which I left with you were taken on 


the Roan Creek, Garfield county, Colo., and I will try 


to explain the methods and how difficult it is to obtair 
a fairly good photograph, when it is considered that d’ 
rection of wind, light, time of day, proper location, ete 
must be just right. 

Build a blind with sage brush, and put the camera 
equipped with a Telephoto lens in position, pointing iv 
the direction irom which the deer are expected to come 
Remove the cap from the lens, focus for a certain dis- 
tance, set your shutter, and then when everything is 
ready, sit down bulb in hand to snap, the camera at the 
right time and wait for the deer to come. Sometimes it 
is a long wait and there is no deer; at other times a 
short wait and plenty of deer. 

But they come the wrong way—sometimes from be- 
hind, at other times either to the right or left, but none 
in front of the camera; consequently there is no negative 
and no picture. The next day you try again. Here they 
come straight for the camera! Do you know how it 
feels? Just think of your proverbial first deer coming 
for you in the open! You wait to let it come closer, and 
you shake and tremble so that you could not hit a barn 
door. It is the same feeling when taking pictures at 
50 or 100 feet and over. If the deer come in front of the 
camera make a little noise, just enough to attract their 
attention, and press the bulb. The shutter clicks: away - 
the deer go like a flash and disappear quickly. This may 
represent two weeks of hard work with a few fairly good 
pictures. It is no trouble to get deer to come close to 
you if the.wind is in your favor and you don’t move. 

I have hunted with Capt. L. A. Myrick, who liyes on 


his fine fruit ranch about three and a half miles from De 
Beque, on the Rio Grande River, for a number of years, 
and it was through him that I became acquainted with 
the methods of taking wild deer pictures, and to him 
belongs the credit of having taken the pictures I fur- 
nished you. He is a fine hunter and sportsman, and a 
better companion on a hunting trip cannot be found 
anywhere., Well educated, kind-hearted, he enjoys the 
friendship of many, and ladies or children are in his care 
as safe as in their own homes, He takes out parties on 
trips, has a beautiful, charming home on the Rio Grande 
River, and a few weeks spent with him at his home or 
on the hunt are the most erfjoyable possible, and his 
charges are very reasonable. ; 

Let me tell you, as nearly as I can recollect, his way 


-of telling about the taking of a deer picture in company 


with his friend Wallaham, of Lay City, Colo., who has 
quite a reputation as a wild animal photographer: Time, 
July, 1808. Scene, California Park, where there was 
only one quaking asp tree in the open, and not another 
bush nor tree within 500 yards. “Our camera was planted 
in open view. The deer would come to this tree to roll 
in the dust and fight flies. The deer would see you 
sitting by the tree in beld view, and would stop and 
stamp their feet, but come gradually closer. The wind 
was favorable, the camera slide drawn, and the only 
thing to do was to sit perfectly still. [fi a fly, should 
alight on your nose, just let it stay there and bite away. 
You dare not move a muscle. They would come within 
a few feet and look you square in the face, stamp and 
snort, go off again, lie down and roll in the dust, get up 
again, and take another look, as much as to say, ‘Whe 
are your’ You would sit there for an hour waiting to 
get the deer in a favorable position. If the deer move 
sideways and get your wind, away they ‘stampede, and 
all your labor is lost. It takes ‘lots of nerve and staying 
qualities to get a deer or any wild animal’s picture in 
an open field, but the one we were after we got, even if 
it was a poor one.’ / / 

Gro. Dan Sets. 


The Forrest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication-should reach us at the 
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Old Fort Benton. 


Forr Benton, Mont,, was for years the .greatest fur 
matket in the world, There, season after season, were 
gathered thousands and thousands of buffalo robes, elk, 
deer and bear skins and the yaluable pelts of the beaver, 
wolf and other fur bearing animals, The entire catch 
of half a dozen tribes of Indians, scattered over hundreds 
oi miles of surrounding country, and collected by a score 
or two of braye and enterprising traders, was brought 
here each year lor shipment down the river to St. Louis, 
in the arlier days by flatboats, and later by steamers. 

There was something in this occupation of Indian 
trading irresistibly fascinating. It was not work, but 
an exciting pastime. Few who entered into the business 
ever abandoned it for anything else until the buffalo 
disappeared and other game became scarce and there 
were no longer any furs and robes to trade for. And, 
surprising as it may seem, not one in ten of these traders 
ever saved up money. They made enough, some of 
them hundreds of thousands, but it came easily and was 
spent more easily. Even the wolfer, by half attending 
to business, could catch in a season a thousand wolves— 
every hide worth a five-dollar bill; but ten to one he 
would start in the next fall without a dollar, and with 
proyisions bought on credit. The only ones who really 
made any money in this business were, first the Ameri- 
can Fur Company, and later two or three firms who 
furnished the traders with goods at 300 and 4oo per 
cent, profit, and who also traded directly with the In- 
dians. 

The first trading post in this country was built on 
the present site of Fort Benton, in 1846, by Alexander 
Culbertson, chief factor of the American Fur Company. 
It was made of adobe, was two stories high, and had 
bastions at each end mounted with cannon. It was im- 
pregnable to the Indians, for they could neither set fire 
iv it nor climb the high walls. : 

In those days a “trade” was the oceasion of no little 

ceremony. A tribe of Indians, haying been out on a 
liunt long enough for each one to catch a bale or two 
or beaver (10 skins to the bale), would return and camp 
in the yieinity of the fort. The next morning everyone, 
including the women and children, would put on their 
“best clothes,” paint their faces and moye in a body 
towards the lort, 
_ First came the head-chief leading one of his finest 
horses, then the under-chiefs, after them the warriors, 
and lastly the women and children leading horses packed 
with jurs. Jt must have been an an imposing sight to 
witness, for then the Indians were dressed in their 
native costume, their clothing made of buckskin and 
cowskin, and ornamented with eagle feathers, weasel 
skins, elk teeth, and bear claws; and most of them car- 
ried their native weapons, a bow and quiver of arrows, 
a large, round and brightly ornamented shield, and stone 
knife. When close ta the fort, the whole tribe, as with 
one yoice, began to sing. Then from the cannon roared 
out salute after salute, the great flag was raised aloft, 
and while the cannon were booming and the Indians 
singing, the portals of the great gateway were thrown 
open and the factor, followed by one or two of his men, 
came forth and greeted the chiefs. Then the head-chief 
would say, “Now, to-day am I glad to meet my brother. 
The whife men are my friends, they are as relations to 
me. Now, to-day I have brought my children with me, 
that they may give you their furs. And I have also 
brought this horse as a present for my brother.” 

Then the factor would say:-“‘I am very glad my brother 
has come and brought his people, and I am glad to 
have this good horse. Come now, my brother, let us 
eure and eat and drink and let the other chiefs come 
with us.” “ 

Then the chiefs entered the fort, where a hearty meal 
had been prepared for them. But first each one was 
served with a small dram of liquor. After eating, the 
great stone pipe was lighted and the head-chief related 
to the factor the incidents of the hunt, and while they 
talked various presents were placed before them, the 
head-chief, perhaps, receiving a gun, with flints, powder 
and balls. Then after awhile the chiefs went out and 
told their people the price of various articles and the 
trade began. As an instance of the profits of Indian 
trading in those days, I give below the value of several 
articles in beayer skits, each skin being then worth 
about $5: Flint lock gun, cost about $10, was sold for 
2 obeaver; a keg of powder, costing $5, for Io beaver; 
sack balls, costing $5, for 10 beaver; butcher knife, cost- 
ing $1, for 2 beaver; paper of paint, costing 25 cents, for 
1 beaver; 4 yds. red cloth, costing $4, for 20 beaver. 

After a hot competition for some years the American 
Fur Company sold out to the Northwest Fur Company. 
When this latter firm wound up its affairs, two or three 
different firms started in the business. Besides trading 
directly with the Indians, these firms sold goods to 
smaller traders, who either followed the Indians on 
their hunts or built small posts of their own in different 
parts of the country. Although comparatively safe when 
once they had built their little fort and were settled in 
i., these traders ran great risks journeying to and from 
Benton, for the Indians were quick to take advantage 
of a small traveling party. : 

Before the International Boundary Survey the country 
in that region was rather debatable ground and was, of 
course, unsettled. Taking advantage of this, several 
Benton parties built tradine posts out there, for it was 
the fayorite country of the Bloods and Blackfeet, and 
bufialo were always plenty. 

One of these traders. Mr. Jos. Kipp, established a post 
at the junction of the Belly and Old Man’s rivers. 
in 1872. The buildings of this place formed three sides 
of a square and comprised two large warehouses, a 
trade room and three living rooms. The trade room 
joined on a warehouse, end in the partition were loop 
holes, where, when a “trade” was going on, were con- 
cealed several men with rifles, ready to nip in the bud 
any outbreak. A counter, shoulder high, ran nearly the 
whole length of the room, and behind it, on shelves, 
were stacked blankets and all kinds of goods. Under 
the counter and among the goods were concealed a 
number of revolvers and rifles, all loadcd for instant use. 
On the south side. forming the fourth side of the fort, 
was a high stockade, chinked and daubed, and in the 
center of this stockade, midway between the buildings 


was the big gate. Immediately in front of the buildings 
tlowed the Belly River. This had always been a favorite 
camping ground oi the Indians. On either side of both 
rivers were broad, rolling prairies, mtrch frequented by 
buffalo, and the river bottoms afforded excellent shelter 
jor horses, 

At this place Calf Shirt was killed. I think the story 
of Ius death is worth relating—not on account of any 
bravery displayed by the whites, for they were simply 
obliged to kill him, and did so—but because it illustrates 
a very peculiar and not uncommon trait of Indian char- 
acter, Calf Shirt was the head-chief of the Bloods. He 
Was a renowned warrior and the greatest chief the Bloods 
ever had, from a time as far back as known. But he had 
an ungovernable temper, and in fits of a1 ver had killed 
several of his own people, and for this he was hated and 
feared. Nor was he liked by the whites, for he openly 
boasted before them of the number of white scalps he 
had taken, He was a man of commanding presence, 
over six feet in height, weighing over two hundre | 
pounds, and with regular and comely features. 

Tt was in the summer time; robes and furs were o1¢ 
of season, and little trading was done. Calf Shirt ha | 
bought some goods of Kipp, and haying no robes t) 
pay for them he left his shield with the trader as security. 
Not long after, he one day entered the trading rooin 
and demanded his shield. Kipp happened to be the only 
one in the room at the time and he asked Calf Shirt 
what he had to pay for it. 

“Nothing,” replied the chief, “I want to fight and must 
have my shield. You must give it to me.” 

At this impudent reply Kipp thrust his hand into a 
pile of blankets lying on the shelf, in which was con- 
cealed the nearest revolver to him. But Calf Shirt was 
watching him, and raising his right hand from under 
his blanket in which he had all the time held a cocked 
reyolver, he rested it over his left arm, pointed directly 
at the trader, Kipp, who had never taken his eyes off 
the Indian, saw at a glance that the red man had the 
best of it; and thus they stood, Kipp with his hand be- 
tween the blankets, Calf Shirt pointing a revolver at 
him, when Geo. Scott entered the room. 

“George,” said Kipp, “he has the drop on me; come 
behind the counter, get a pistol and Jdll him.’ 

George says that the next few moments seemed a 
year to him. Huis heart was in his throat, and he felt thai 
most likely his time had come; but he tried to appear 
unconcerned, and acted as if he didn’t see Calf Shirt. 
He whistled and fussed around and finally went behind 
the counter, dropped down on his knees, took a revolver, 
and started to crawl backaround the corner of the counter, 
where, tunperceived, he might get a good shot at the 
chief. But just then without saying a word Calf Shirt 
turned round and walked out of the door, and out of 
the stockade, never once looking back. Neither Kipp 
nor Scott fired at him, as they might have done, for they 
did not like to arouse the Indians if they could help it. 

Some of the whites in the stockade at this time were 
married to Indian women. About 4 o’clock in the 
afternoon one of these women came rtinning into the 
stockade, scared and out of breath, erying: “Calf Shirt 
is coming! Calf Shirt is coming! He says he will kill 
you all.” Just as she concluded, the chief himself came 
in through the open gates. He had on no clothing 
except breechclout and moccasins. He was painted 
for war, wore his eagle-ieather war head-dress, and 
carried in his right hand a revolver. He advanced 
toward the trading room, singing a war song and 
dancing solemnly and majestically forward, first on one 
foot and then on the other. Just at this time there were 


several men in the cook room playing cards, among 


them “Diamond R.” Brown and Dick Berry. Dis- 
tracted from their game by the shrieks of the women 
and the war song, they rushed out and saw Calf Shirt 
advancing toward them. At the same time Kipp and 
George Scott came out of the trade room. Now what 
must have Calf Shirt have thought when he saw all 
those men come out, with pistols in their hands? He 
knew that his time had come, that he would never 
leave that place alive, but he did: not hesitate; he kept 
on singing and dancing. ‘Boys,’ said one, “he means 
business. There is no help for it—we must kill him’; 
and he raised his revolver and fired. Then the others 
commenced. Crack, crack, crack, crack went the 
pistols; and every time a bullet struck the chief. He 
stopped, turned round, and walked slowly back, but a 
little to the right, and all the time the revolvers were 
going crack, crack, crack, crack, and bullet after bullet 
was lodged inthe chief's body, but he never flinched, 
he never even quiyvered when one struck him. He kept 
walking slowly on. Right in front of him was a pit 
where the earth had been dug with which to cover the 
roofs. Right into this he fell, prone on his face. but he 
slowly arose, turned round, emptied his revolver at the 
whites, and as he fired the sixth and last shot he fell 
once more, and died. There were sixteen billet holes 
in his body, most of them mortal wounds. 

A peculiarity of Indian character, illustrated by the 
foregoing, is this: An Indian often gets so angry that 
in the face of certain death he will seek revenge. For 
some unknown reason Calf Shirt had left the stockade 
in the morning without killing the trader, as he might 
easily have done. He went to his lodge, sat down and 
brooded over his wrongs, real or imaginary, and grew 
angrier and angrier, until, throwing prudence to the 
winds, he put on his war paint and went back to get 
revenge. It is probable that he was fired on sooner 
than he had calculated. His object was to get close 
enough to make sure of Kipp; and after the first few 
shots he was probably really killed; and what he did 
afterwards was done mechanically and not with intention. 


TAUUOGAAOUEONAUCENTOUOOSUGAOOOOCONTOANDSEO EEDA 
REPORT YOUR LUCK 
With Rod and Gun 


To FOREST AND STREAM, 
New York City. 


PE UE EOUEE TET EEE EE 


PEEEUOTDE ACO EU NE 


_boom land, lots of land, even more boom. 


Blue Bunnies the Californian Fad. 


‘THERE is always something on the side of California 
that sets you guéssing,”’ said the man with the deterior- 
ated lung’ who had just hastened back to New Yorle for 
i few weeks in each year which miake life tolerable to 

im, 

“Ti I want to live with this breathing mechanism of 
mine permanently out of alignment I have to go out to 
the coast for the winter. Just as soon as the early frosts 
begin to shed the fruit from the mince pie tree, just as 
soon as the fattening turkeys begin to cast mistaken 
defiance at the President’s proclamation of Thanksgivy- 
ing in which I can~but faintly participate, it is incumbent 
on me to slide out to California. If I should neglect the 
warning my executor would be put to the necessity of 
a ‘here lies’ over me, and cashing in my unused trans- 
portation in order to make the estate look big, When 
it comes to the therapeutic properties of the transcon- 
tinental systems I think that | may rank as an expert, I 
know just how every line deals with the one-lungster. 
I have been over the Isthmus. With luck I may last long 
enough to go through the Nicaragua Canal, if they are 
not too deliberate in building it. I have tackled the Sun- 
set Route, the Scenic Route, the old Central Pacific, the 
Shasta Route, the Great Northern, and way down South 
the Santa Fé. There is only one way that I have fore- 
gone, and that is by sail around the Horn, which might 
be damaging to me in the gales which live forever be- 
tween Staaten Island and Diego Ramirez. When it comes 
to the railroads 1 can give practical information on a 
point not set down in any gazetteer, namely, the compara- 
tive advantages of Sherman and Marshall’s Pass on a 
man whose breath comes short and with difficulty when 
he gets a mile or so in the air. In the same way I might 
discourse, with practical experience, on the comparative 
advantages of the different climates of California com- 
prehended within the four cardinal points set forth in 
the jingle, 

From Siskiyou to San Diego, 
From the Sierras to the sea, 


“Rather shabby poetry, isn’t it? But it brings down 
the house at any political convention in California, No 
man knows just who was first guilty of it, but old man 
Sisson up in the Siskiyou country used to smile rather 
deprecatingly when he was charged with it. If he did 


do it that was the sum of his poetical offending, and 
-much may be forgiven a man who has his 


if wisdom in 
beguiling trout. . 

“I've been going to the ultimate West so long—at 
least it was the ultimate West until Hawaii and Dick 
Leary’s moral side show of Guam and the Philippines 
were tacked on—that I can’t drop the old expression all 
at once, that I do not have to give any thought to where 
1 shall go and how I shall get there. The one thing that 
sets Mme guessing when the time for my annual trip 
comes, and | may say the thing that keeps me guessing 
all the time I am out on the Coast, is what side show 
[ am. going to stack up against. That’s no simple thing 
at all, for there is always some new game, and the 
Eastern one-lungster is the come-on who Pays for the 
music and the free lunch and all the rest of the enticing 
accessories. hy? : 

“Let me see. The first game I encountered Was when 
I was set on the southern part of the State. It was 
C I was con- 
vinced irom the start, no man could help that when the 
California boomers got after him. I believe it was seed- 
less oranges that they landed me on first. Now that was 
a splendid proposition and I might have made a fortune 
if it hadn’t been for the San José scale, and if IJ had given 
all my time to it. But there are a few weeks when I 
can live in New York, when I can live at what the 
geographies call the confluence of the Hudson and East 
rivets. Naturally I took the Opportunity to come back, 
and naturally the bugs took that time to get after my 
oranges when there was nobody to pick them off. 

“The next thing was English walnuts, in the Ojai 
Valley, and that was a game that spelt Wealth with a 
big W in every prospectus that came my way. As a 
permanent investment that is really a brilliant success. 
The trees are already pretty fair saplings by now, and if 
nothing happens my heirs and assigns forever can amuse 
themselves gathering the crop. But for a quick return 
on an investment they are what you might call deliberate. 

“The next thing I was caught on was choice residence 
property and villa sites. I bought more of the San 
Bernardino desert Jaid out with neat stakes than you 
would believe. Each lot was a cormer property, right 
next the new university, or the leading church, and op- 
posite the park. They are there yet, they are waiting 
for the university and the church and the park to mater- 
jalize, but I shudder to read the local papers lest I may 
see my mame in the list of sales for delinquient taxes, 

“Then I went in for shares in the grand international 
Monte Carlo, at Tia Juana, half it! Mexico and-half in 
California. That was a very enticing proposition, btit 
somehow or other it fell through. After that I came 
north of Tehachipa, and went in for grapes, at Fresno, 
and eventuated im phylloxera. One year I devoted to 
taising watermelons in the San Joaquin valley, in com- 
petition with the big sugar companies, Prunes in the 
Santa Clara valley caught me one season: if you will 
only stop to figure out the number of boarding houses 
in the United States, and their average consumption of 
this flabby vegetable, you will see how easy it is to write 
an attractive prospectus when you have prune orchards 
to sell. Once I got caught on the northern citris belt, 
at the Oroville fair it was, and I can tell you it takes a 
pretty smart man to see the joint when they elue the 
ripe oranges onto an orchard of willows or madrono 
irees. / 

“All those experiences have taught me a lesson that 
T can profit by. But this season I’ve got hold of ‘the 
newest investment, and it’s a corker. It’s the Belgian 
hare. Now you may think you know something about 
rabbits. Of course you do; you’ye probably had plenty 
of white bunnies that you could carry around by the 
ears, but that’s something entirely different. But the 
Belgian isn’t a rabbit at all; it’s a hare, the raw material 
of ‘*hasenpfeffer.” There is an ever increasing market 
for hasenpfeffer, as people learn to eat it. Hitherto the 
great objection to hasenpfeffer at the restaurants has been 
the suspicion that would lurk that it was made of cats, 


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plain ordinary pussy cats, But now that it is known that 
the great State of California has gone wholesouled into 
the business of raising hares for hasenpfeffer, you ean 
call for it with perfect confidence that you are not getting 
accidentally defunct mousers. If you will only stop to 
think of it, you may never have eaten hasenpfeffer, but 
just as soon as our crop gets on the market you'll see 
what's what. 

“Belgians are a sort of blue bunny, just about the 
same size as white rabbits, with pink eyes, but much 
better shaped. The color is blue, somewhat like a 
Maltese cat, and that color is one of the great points that 
you get marks on when they hold shows, Another thing 
is the marks on the paws; that counts high too. You 
get more marks on shape, and the thing to avoid is to 
Jet the little beggars get paunchy. If you let them out 
in the sunlight the color sort of fades, and a bunny from 
hundred-dollar stock may just through this mistake be 
marked so low that you can’t get more than two bits for 
it. If they get their feet wet, that knocks out the fine 
marking on the paws, and then more of your profit gets 
marked off. If they eat too much, particularly when 
they are young, the shape goes all off. So you see blue 
bunnies are enough to keep you sitting up nights. The 
best way is to keep them in the cellar, in separate hutches, 
and when you go into a strange house you can tell the 
moment you enter the door if they are Belgian enthu- 
siasts. The smell fixes it. It sort of reminds you-oi the 
menagerie in the circus, maybe not so strong, but quite 
as penetrating. You've got to be mighty careful about 
their feed. First thing in the morning you give them 
some chopped up carrot. Then at noon you can give 
them some lettuce or a little cabbage. At night you let 
them have some alfalfa hay. That’s what I think is best 
for them, but there are some people who will tell you 
that’s all wrong. To tell the truth, nobody does know 
exactly. One thing is certain, you may give your Bel- 
gians whateyer you think best—that’s your own lookout; 
but whatever you give them, you must be sure to take 
it out of the hutches just as soon as they stop eating. 
The habit of nibbling between meals is worse for blue 
bunnies than it is for children. And that reminds me, 
if you’re going to keep Belgians you've got to dispose 
of your children. A baby’s one idea of the usefulness of 
a bunny is to swing it around by the ears. Belgians 
won't stand that. Why, I’ve known a registered Belgian 
go off sixty points just in a single interview with a 
four-year-old kid: its ears were hopelessly stretched, 
And you cannot leaye Belgians to your seryants; you've 
got to make them part and parcel of your own life, and 
a good big part at that. 

“These are not any sort of a cheap recreation. White 
rabbits are scarcely salable at two bits apiece, but 
Belgians mean money. You can get a pair for $50, but 
that’s 2 mistaken economy; it’s a mistake that beginners 
make, but they never make it again after they have once 
entered their young Belgians in a show and seen them 
hopelessly outclassed. When you start in to raise Bel- 
gians the best are none too good. If you start with 
pedigree stock it will cost you $150 a pair, and even then 
you are never quite sure of what you are getting. The 
real way is to begin with registered stock, best pedigree, 
and prize winners. That will cost you $250 or $300 a 
pair, but you have the satisfaction of knowing that you 
have started right. Of course, your leverets will not all 
turn out prize winners; no matter how careful you are, 
they will slip out into the sunlight and there goes your 
color, and it is an awful task to keep them from getting 
their little feet wet, which is simply ruination to the 
markings on the paws, Still if you give your whole 
time to it you ought to raise a good percentage of prize 
winners, and the others will bring a good price in the 
market—not the highest price, of course, but something 
pretty nearly as good. 

“Tt is the great topic with all California this season. 
The papers are writing editorials about the Belgians, and 
every paper is running a special department on the sub- 
ject, and the advertising would simply astonish you. 
The future of California is assured, The hares bid fair to 
do more for the State than the placers ever did. Once 
in a while you will find some old fossil who gets in the 
way of progress. They’ve got a lot of stock arguments. 
They compare this sound business investment to the 
Dutch tulip mania, or they call attention to the damage 
that rabbits have done in Australia, or they cite the need 
for the jackrabbits drives_in Fresno. But you know 
how that is, no matter where you go, you will find some 
men who never have the sense to take up with new ideas 
of prosperity. With these few exceptions all California 
has gone wild over Belgian hares, and those of us who 
were in at the beginning of the boom are going to make 
lots of money. Just look at it a moment. Only think 
of the number of people in the United States who have 
never eaten hasenpfeffer, thought it was pussy cat 
stewed. Well, all those people are going to eat it at 
their dinner tables, and they are going to clamor for it 
at their restaurants, just as soon as they know that out 
in California we are breeding the Belgians just for them, 
I don’t believe that there are more than a million people 
who now eat hasenpfeffer, but call it twenty millions if 
you like; that leaves us more than fifty millions who are 
going to eat it within the next few years, and probably 
the coming census will increase the figure enormously. 
That’s only our domestic market. I don’t say a word 
about the export trade, in cold storage. that is hound to 
spring up. But the prospect is simply overwhelming. 
It’s the biggest boom there has ever been im California.” 

LLEWELLA PIERCE CIURCHILL. 


The Linnaean Society of New York. 


REGULAR meetings of the Society will be held in the 
American Museum of Natural History, Seventy-seyenth 
street and Eighth avenue, on Tuesday evenings, Oct. 9 
and 23, at 8 o’clock. 

Oct. a—Frank M. Chapman. 
Camera.” Tilustrated with lantern slides. 

Oct. 23—Jonathan Dwight, Jr. “The Moult of the 
Shore Birds (Limicole) of North America.” 

+y WALTER W. GRANGER, Sec’y. 
American Museum.or Naturat History. 


The ForEST AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Corréspondence intended for publication should teach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. 


“Bird Studies with a 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Gens des Bois. 


VIll.—Plaumadore- 
PLUMADORE PonpD is a beautiful lake near’ the northern 


limits of the Adirondack forest, It was once in the heart 


of a famous hunting country, and though to-day ap-_ 


proached by the ruthless clearings of the Chateaugay 
Iron & Ore Company, who are conyerting the timber 
irom a principality thirty-seven miles long and five or 
six miles wide into charedal and pulp, and though it 
is only a question of a few years when the Canuck 
netters and coasters will have potted the last of its trout 
and deer, the pond, has a claim for recognition for all 
time as the sole montiment of the noble old Indian who 
gave it his name. 

This man, who was born about the close of the Revo- 
lutionary War, lived to be a hundred years of age, and 
in the pioneer days of the Adriondacks was one of its 
best known characters. At the present time his old 
associates are all dead, and there are few living who 
remember Plumadore, even in his final retirement on 
his little hop farm on Deer River. 

The Adirondack historian of to-day has gotten the 
commercial aspect of things implanted far too firmly 
in his ego. To him there was nothing in the woods be- 
fore Paul Smith gave up peddling stoves for hotel 
keeping. Titus in his book, ‘Adirondack Pioneers, 
gives space to a select galaxy of bartenders and does not 
fail to mention Mary Ryan, the chambermaid, but no- 
where is there anything of the Plumadores, Sabilles or 
“Sangermas.” To Dr. Knapp of Essex, formerly of 
Malone, N. Y., I am indebted for the particulars of the 
following slight sketch of Plumadore. 


From Priest to Hunter. 


Plumadore was born in troublous times and first ap- 
pears as a waif picked up by the good fathers in a Jesuit 
mission in Montreal. His parents had been killed in the 
raid of some hostile band, and the boy never knew amy 
family or tribal ties. At the mission he made good 
progress in his studies, and was early set aside for the 
priesthood. By nature he was kindly and high minded, 
and he would undoubtedly haye made an ideal mission- 


ary. 

At eighteen, however, his health began to fail and 
he developed a cough and other symptoms of consump- 
tion. The fathers realized the danger and determined 
upon a heroic remedy. They gave Plumadore a rifle 
and sent him off for a six weeks’ hunt in the woods. 
No doubt they had misgivings as to the result, but it was 
a choice between two evils, and that they took the risk 
of losing the services of their Indian rather than his 
life is infinitely to their credit. 

Apparently Plumadore began his journey from Caugh- 
nawaga on the south side of the St. Lawrence, and to 


this fact rather than to any ancestral influences is due 


the selection of his hunting country in the Adirondack 
wilderness. Plumadore probably followed the Chateau- 
gay River to its chief source of the Chateangay Lakes 
and then traveled westward around the base of the Lyon 
mountain group to the headwaters of the Salmon 
River.* 

Once around these mountains an easy level avenue 
lay open to the southward to Saranac Lake, and beyond 
the country was dotted with lakes and little ponds, and 
was at that time one of the best fur and game sections 
in North America. 

Plumadore soon learned its secrets, and doing so 
regained his health, the pioneer and happy exemplar 
for thousands -of poor sufferers who followed later to 
the Adirondack plateau. 

Plumadore never forgot the mission at Montreal or 


‘his early training, but the fascination ef the woods was 


upon him and he could not return. He made his home 
in the Adirondacks and for many years hunted and 
trapped between the State Dam on the Salmon River, 
thirteen miles above Malone, and Saranac Lake. Much 
of the time he was alone, but he had one fayored com- 
panion, Captain Peter, a Canadian half-breed from_the 
boundary town of French Mills, now known as Fort 
Covington. . 
Discovery of Plumadore Pond. 


It was on one of his trapping trips with Captain Peter 
that Plumadore Pond was discovered. Though quite a 
large sheet of water in the neighborhood which Pluma- 
dore and others had often hunted, its existence was not 
suspected for the reason that it lay on high ground off 
the natural route of travel. 

The trappers used trout as bait, and were accustomed 
to procure them from Wolf Pond, seyeral miles away. 
In a country so plentifully besprinkled with lakes it 
seemed thefe should be some source of bait nearer at 
hand, and Captain Peter often complained of this carry 
from Wolf Pond. 

One day in mid-winter as the two men in company 
were traveling this line the halfbreed broached the 


subject again. Plumadore replied that he believed he 


could discover a lake nearer at hand, and with a spirit 
of prescience located it over the nearest ridge, con- 
siderably to the amazement of Captain Peter, who felt 
periecuy sure no lake could exist in the direction men- 
ioned. 

Plumadore ascended the ridge, and to secure a better 
view threw off his snowshoes and climbed a pine tree 
whose tops reached above the surrounding forest, 
first glance showed him the pond almost at his feet, a 


_cireular snow covered expanse of level ice. 


Captain Peter had gone about his business, and ac- 
cordingly when Plumadore descended he visited the 
pond alone to test its possibilities as a trout water. 

With his hunting axe he chopped a hole in the ice, 
and then dropped in his hook tipped with a bit of bright 
flannel at the end of three feet of line. A second later 
a trout weighing fully a pound was flopping on the 
ice, and Plumadore could see that the water was swarm- 
ing with hungry fish. In a very short time he had 
secured all the trout he could carry,-and when he ‘te- 
turned to camp his object lesson was an eye-opener to 
Captain Peter. : an: : é 


_ *There are two Salmon Rivers in the, Adirondacks, one flowing 
into the St. Lawrence and the other into Lake Champlain, The 
referetice is to the former. ; i da . 


ure *ifele = 


His- 


_ Subsequently the men visited the pond together, and | 
liking the location they established a permanent camp. ‘ 
It was while living in this camp that Plumadore neatly 
lost his life as the result of an accident. r 


Alone and Helpless. 


_ Captain Peter had gone off for supplies, and possibly a 
little of the natural history experience that may be gained 
in a town 
was left alone to tend the trapping line. The first day - 
while on his customary round he struck his foot against 
a sharp pine branch concealed in the snow with such yio- 
lence that the snag ran deeply into the flesh and broke off. 
It was a bitterly cold day and Plumadore’s feet were 
numbed, and he did not at first realize the seriousness 
of his injury. Long before he reached camp, however, 
he could scarcely walk, and when he finally pulled open 
the door of the bark roofed shanty and stepped in his 
legs gave way beneath him and he fell to the floor. . 

He made a fire with what little wood happened to 
be oin the camp, and proceeded to dress his foot. With 
returning warmth and animation the foot began to swell, 
and at the same time the pain became intense. Pro- 


visions were almost gone, and beyond a few sticks of. . 


fuel there was no firewood cut. To make matters worse 
a terrible wind and snow storm. set in, which could not 
fail to delay his companion’s return. . 

The morning of the day following his accident found 
Plumadore unable to stand. He was confronted. by the 
possiblity of death from cold and starvation. He had 
counted on hunting to replenish his larder, and had 
barely enough food to last through the day. His fuel 
was gone and the wind shook the frail cabin and rove 
the snow through and across in miniature whirlwinds. 
Plumadore broke up his bed and the few wooden articles 
in the cabin to feéd the fire. It was certain that if he 
could not keep up the fire he would freeze to death, 
for like most Indians he was thinly clad and provided 
with scanty bedding, and the cold was greater than he 
had ever known. Fortunately, before the last of the 
supply thus secured was consumed, the storm abated, 
and the injured man was enabled to drag himself out- 
side to procure wood. With the abatement of the storm 
the cabin became. much more comfortable, but one dan- 
eee gave place to another, for now there was no’ 
ood, 

What Plumadore endured in the days before Captain 
Peter’s return will never be known in the entirety. He 
melted snow and made a broth with pieces of fox 
skin, and his supply of furs enabled him to stave off 
for a time the worst results of the terrible hunger; and _ 
each day he traveled around in broadening circles on 
hands and knees in the deep snow for his wood supply. 

When Captain Peter found him he was almost gone. 
Care and good food, however, and the tonic of the 
woods soon restored him. The primitive conditions of 
the trapper’s life have a marvelous curative effect for all 
ills but old age. Trappers should never grow old. 


Wolves vs. Frying Pan. 


Plumadore once held at bay a pack of wolves with 
a frying pan. The frying pan figured as a musical in- 
strument and not a weapon. He had leit the implement 
in question at a temporary shanty at Wolf Pond, and 
having ‘use for it started over one day to get it, and as 
this was his sole errand and he was in a hurry he car- 
ried no rifle. | : 

On the way to the pond he heard wolves howling, 
and before he reached the shanty they had grown un- 
commonly bold and he saw séveral at a distante. Secur- 
ing the frying pan Plumadore set out at once on his 
return to the main camp. The wolves had increased 
in numbers and seemed with that wonderful intuition 
possessed by some animals to haye acquainted them- 
selves with the fact that Plumadore was unarmed. 

They pressed in on all sides and he could hear them 
moving in the bushes. Presently some of them ap- 
peared in front sitting down directly in his path. 

Plumadore had picked up a heavy pine knot with a 
spur projecting at right angles with the end, and dash- 
ing forward he threw this at the wolves, scolding them 
at the same time. The wolves retreated slowly, snarling. 
‘The Indian recovered his missile, retaining it to use as a 
club, and as the wolves appeared more threatening than 
ever he made up his mind that they would soon be upon 
him. Just then one of the wolves sprang by so close 
that Plumadore made an involuntary motion with his 
club. The knot struck against the frying pan, which 
he still carried in his left hand, with a resounding bang, 
which was not without its effect on the wolves. Noting 
that they seemed disconcerted he began beating on the 
pan, with the result that the wolves fell back, and he 
was enabled to resume his way to camp. 

He continued his solo to the accompaninent of howl- 
ing wolves till the camp was reached. Dashing inside 
he secured his rifle and shot down the leader, but before 
he could reload the other wolves had disappeared. The 
clatter of the frying pan had warned them that they had 
an animal out of the common to deal with, while the 


-crack of the rifle had proved it to be their terrible and 


merciless foe, man. 


Last Days. 


Plumadore passed his declining years living on a4 
farm where the road from Malone to Meacham Lake 
crosses Deer River. He deeded this farm to a young 
man whom he esteemed, in consideration of caring for 
him in his old age. He was a small man, but carried 
himself well, and at 04 was still erect and in full posses- | 
sion of his faculties. His eye was bright and his teeth 
in ‘either jaw in good condition, He was a firm be- 
liever in Christianity and possessed a kind heart and 
a generous nature. , ’ 

When one of a party of visiting sportmen shot a ~ 
crane he reproved him, telling him it was cruel to kill 
one of God’s creatures which was harmless and at the 
same time tseless for food. Though he had taken a 
friendly interest in this man at first, he thereafter re- 
fused to have anything to do with him, 

Dr. Knapp. who knew the old man at this time, thus 
describes his habits: i 

“Eyery evening soon after sundown he would retire 
to his boat, paddle to some favorite locality (1 never 
saw him use an oar) and then anchoring would spend 


the size of Plattsburgh, and Plumadore .- 


a large portion of the night apparently engaged in fish- 
ing, but mostly in reflection, and in recalling and living 
over the many incidents of the past; for it made no 
difference whether the fishing was good or bad, cyery 
evening it was the same, and he seldom came in before 
two or three o’clocl: in the morning, and from that time 
till half past five or six o'clock seemed to be all the 
sleep he required. His only exception to this rule was 
on Sunday. 
the Sabbath. This day was spent silently and reyer- 
éntly in his little room in pious meditation, broken only 
by an occasional hymn tune upon his flute.” 
J. B. BurNHAM. 


In Sunny Tennessee. 


It is not singular that one’s first day of vacation should 
be spent this year in some of the lovely peach orchards of 
northern Alabama. That of my good friend, Johnnie 
McDaniel, lies on the northern slope of McDaniel Moun- 
tain, some eight miles from my home, and is, | dare say, 
as beautiful an orchard as can be found in the State. 

Uncle “Thaniel, who drove us on that quiet road, aisled 
by great pines, was arrayed in his Sunday Prince Albert 
and neckcloth of flaunting hue and lively pattern. He 
patted his mules none the less affectionately, however, and 
prattled on to them as is his wont in the long days spent 
in their company alone. The July sun had brought out 
the orange and the whorled coreopsis and the several 
varieties of helianthus flamed radiantly from the fence 
rows. The woodthrush and the summer tanager were 
still in song, and from distant grain fields came the notes 
of promise tor another season oi quail shooting, To stand 
among rows of the soft green trees, bending with richly 
colored iruit, seemed justly to place the day at the top 
of la belle saison. At such times even ordinary events 
take on a color as though the day were blessed of saints, in 
whose worship one has some part, 

To middle Tennessee, where I fished im the waters of 
Barren Fork, was a quick transition. To Aug. 1 there 
had been no fishing of consequence on account of the 
unusual rains, but after that time I have mever seen the 
sport so’ good in these familiar waters, The mill pond in 
the town of McMinnville is well stocked with bream, rock 
bass and black bass, and a successful day’s ‘‘breaming”’ 
is to be reckoned among the chief pleasures of the gentle 
art in this section. One is paddled in a canoe with deft 
and silent stroke along the banks, skirting the moss 
beds, and the cast, with light tackle, is made from the 
prow; the goose quill float dips like a flash of light on 
reaching the water, and, if at all expert, a fighting prize 
of green and gold is the swift reward, 

Aside from the many discomforts of mountain trout 
fishing, which somehow heightens the sport to the right 
thinking angler, I regard breaming as quite its equal- 
One is, too, generally more certain of a fall basket, and 
in these limpid streams the table quality of the fish can 
scarcely be excelled. One day my companion and I 
brought home 119 fish, including one 2-pound trout, the 
latter being caught on a reel with some 50 feet of line. 

The fishing over, I am always inclined to linger over the 
beauty of this mill pond till nightfall. The four miles 
stretch of placid water, the lines of birches, silvering the 
green oaks and maples, and the festoons of Virginia 
creeper and grape; the dripping spring, tumbling over a 
mossy ledge with gentle plashes and crowded in very 
honor of its quality by a tiara of jewel weed; the dark 
mysterious sloughs where the great blue heron is some- 
times seen standing sentinel, and where the smaller com- 
mon varieties breed and live, darting in and out with 
cries as weird as their haunts. 

One fair July day we moved our house party from the 
venerable shades of our town house to a cottage at 
Beersheba, in the Cumberland Mountains. Here the alti- 
tude is 2,500 feet, and no summer heat ever penetrates. 
The views from the observatory of the hotel and the Back- 
bone cannot be equaled, possibly, in all this range. The 
cottagers have friendly and congenial circles where read- 
ing aloud, music and cards help to speed the time, and the 
best of all these diversions, the long tramps to the steeps 
and the gorges of Long’s and Laurel mills, Stone Door 
and Father Mountain. Two enthusiasts and myself 
botanized for some time over a wide territory, and for 
two weeks, almost without interruption, I rose at dawn to 
linger awhile over the purpling east at Balance Rock, then 
down to the twilight of Dark Hollow for squirrels. At 
certain stands my ear was usually rewarded by the 
familiar rasp on hickory nuts, and if within range I would 
find quick aim as my dainty feeder reached out for fresh 
food in the festoons of small branches. As I was ex- 
pected back for breakfast, my bag was never heavy, but 
all the better for this, as this splendid dish figured the 
longer in our menus, : 

I notice with regret that the chestnut trees throughout 
this section of Tennessee are dying rapidly. Up to a few 
years since no disease was known among them. I trust 
some reader of Forest AND STREAM may have observed 
this and can explain the probable cause. 

Like the warblers,-lingering yet a little while in this 
delicious air of mid-September, I find that I too must 
turn southward to the white cotton fields of work. 


E, M. 
ATTALLA, Ala., Sept, 28. 


Wild Antmals in Vermont. 


Mr. CArtos L. Smitx sends to the Montpelier Journal 
these statistics of animals killed in Vermont during the 
time from 1885 to 1898, both ‘years inclusive: 

During 1807 and 1898 there were no bounties on noxious 
animals, but although there were considerable many boun- 
ties paid during 18097 and a very few in 1808. they were 
for those animals killed in the year of 1806, after the 
auditor's report had been made and the law repealed. and 
before it went into effect in February, 1897. The audi- 
tor’s report shows for the time above mentioned that there 
were botinties paid on 404 bears, 163 lynx. 46,313 foxes. 
215 rattlesnakes, 1 panther, 1 wolf, costing the State 


$35,353. 


The Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach ws at the 
latest hy Monday and as much earlier as practicable, 


Nothing could induce him t. go out upon: 


datuyal History. 
The Copperhead’s Bite. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

The interesting letter from one of your correspondents 
about the copperhead snake was yery correct in its de- 
tails. The writer forgot to mention the bright green 
plate present on the forehead when that reptile is at its 
best. The gray copperheads are the very small ones, but 
on account of their markings. and their extreme thickness 
in proportion to their length and-their large head, they 
are never mistaken for any other snake. 

The copperhead is certainly a most villainous reptile. 
I have seen them of the length of my little finger with a 
toad inside of them thicker than the end of my thumb. 
Now lool: at your little finger and the last jomt of your 
thumb and you will will appreciate the comparison. 
Again, I saw a copperhead in the summer of ’89 at Valley 
Park, Mlo., that was not much longer than my arm, and 
yet it had a head as large as my closed fist and its body 
was as thick as my arm (my fist and arm are consider- 
ably above the average in length and size). This snake 
was by fat the largest I ever saw of its species, and must 
have been nearly twetity years old. Its head was nearly 
severed by that enemy of all snakes, the hay mower. I 
discoyered it the day after we had cut the hay in a dried 
up swamp that lay close to the yillage of Valley Park. 
So much for this beautiful creeping devil. 

Now, how does it feel to be struck by one? I once un- 
derwent that experience, and in snake days at that time 
when the virus is at its worst. I had heard stories of 
persons dying from the effects of the bite—in fact, that 
very summer a boy, a white woman and a colored man 
had died inside of two weeks in that very neighborhood 
from the effects of copperhead bites. I differ from your 
cotrespondent’s expressed opinion when she states that 
the bite of the copperhead (Ancistrodon contortrix) is less 
poisonous than that of the rattlesnake (Crotalus hor- 
riduws). I have spoken to Indians from the West and 
those who were native of Canada, and without exception 
they haye more dread of a copperhead bite than of a 
rattlesnake bite. For the copperhead bite’ their only 
remedy is to cut a large piece of flesh out and sear with 
a red-hot iron, whereas the remedy for a rattlesnake bite 
was the process of copiotis sweating. 

But the question is, How does it feel to be struck by 
a copperhead? J was once stung by a nest of bumble- 
bees, and afterward counted sixteen stings; the effect 
of this was to case me to yomit and turn very pale 
and weak. I can say that that incident was not even a 
flea bite in comparison to the strike of the copperhead. 
Probably the reader has sometimes caught hold of an 
electric battery and found the current so strong that he 
could not leave go. That is the nearest description I 
¢an give of the pain—you can’t let go. and the pain keeps 
getting worse and worse. You can’t cry; you simply 
howl and roar with agony. I was struck on the fore- 
finger of the right hand, and it felt as if something was 
teating alone the whole course of the ulner nerve to the 
cerebellum. Although I was struck on the first joint of 
the right forefinger, so tremendous was the pain that I 
could not locate the exact spot. It seemed'to me that the 
entire right hand and arm was being run over by a rail- 
road train. 

And here was I in a deep thought notwithstanding all 
the pain, thinking what an ass J was to doubt other 
people’s words. The colored people in the neighborhood 
told me story after story of the danger of the bite. I 
thought of Saint Paul and the viper, and how they niet 
and how they parted, and I said “Nonsense.” If ever a 
human being tried to work the mind cure I did then, as 
I kept repeating over and over the word “ridiculous” 
during the interval of half a minute, and the result was 
that the poison thoroughly entered my system. As Inck 
would have it, I was only a quarter-mile from a steam 
bath, which I rapidly set out for, and I covered the 
distance in better time than eyer was made, The otitward 
passage of the air from my lungs was utilized to give 
forth a roar that brought every one in the neighborhood 
to “see.” For the space of one hour and twenty minutes I 
parboiled in a steam bath roaring without ceasing, except 
the last five minutes, when the pain seemed to leave me, 
While in the steam bath I was aggravated by two doc- 
tors—one wanted me to drink ammonia and the other 
pure alcohol. I refused to drink anything but water- 
melon jttice, and caine out of the process a much thinner, 
paler and wiser mian. 

Dr. Stickney was telegraphed for to St. Louis. and he 
arrived, finding me lying out on the lawn resting after the 
ordeal, My right fingers, hand and whole arm were 
swollen to the extreme tightness of the skin, but the pain 
was gone with the exception of a dull, heavy ache in the 
right lobe of the cerebellum. : 

“Doctor,” I said, ‘‘we will yisit the snake and kill him.” 

“All right,” said the doctor, ‘Will he be there?” 

So taking Al, the colored overseer of the farm, we 
ascended the hill to the black thimbleberry patch, and lo! 
true to the copperhead’s nature, he was there. Al! dis- 
patched him. The specimen in size was not to be com- 
pared to the monster I haye previously mentioned, but he 
was brilliant in hue; the bright green plate on the fore- 
head glistened: in the sun, and all the shades of brown 
were very pretty. The swelling had disappeared by the 
next morning, but a decided tenderness remained in my 
right finger, and I went about my work and considered 
the whole matter over; but I soon found out that the 
worst Was to come. 

One month from the time I was bitten I noticed a 
felon come on my hand close to my forefinger. 
burnt with a red-hot iron in no gentle manner, as I was 
quite mad at its arrival, and suspected something. Two 
weeks after this ] met the noon hour with a raging fever, 
I went to bed for one'hour, and then got up and went to 
work in the cornfield. The next day, one hour later, I had 
a terrific chill, then a fever, then a sweat. People in 
the neighborhood said I had the ague, and that it would 
last a week or ten days. Every day for six weeks, one 
hour later. I would have a terrific chill. I would “shake 
the whole house. Nothing could warm me. Then a fearful 


feyer would come tp, followed by a relieving sweat. I 


This I 


asked the neighbors what it meant, They said, “I had 
the chills and feyer bad ———— (These dashes 
mean silence and wide open eyes.) I said, “I had.’ Now 


ahd then I would go to St. Louis, eighteen miles dis- 


tant by train, and get next the red-hot stove and. freeze 
with a chill; then I would go to the doctor’s for the 
curiosity of haying my temperature taken, 1091%4° F. As 
I would be exhausted, I would sleep there for an hour and _ 
then return, This thing kept up. I never missed a day. 
The chill and fever would follow me through the night. 
September passed by, Octcber passed by, and in Noyem- 
ber Dr. S. W. Dodds though: that cold water would down . 
the fever; but it did not. For nearly four’ weeks 1 was 
treated to cold baths and a very, very low diet; but even 
then 1091%° F, would be registered occasionally. 

In the meantime I had been thinking hard, and I made 
up my mind that all systems and theories of disease and 
cure were wrong. I made up my mind that disease was 
not an entity, but the circumstances that caused the 
disease, and that disease is a friend and should be at all 
times aided and never combated. Acting on this hy- 
pothesis I got inte a hot-water bath of a temperature 
one degree higher than my previous day’s chill, I got into 
the bath during the chill period, and I tell you it was 
pleasant. At this time I was as thin as a human could be 
and live, and was as yellow as an orange. In one week 
after this treatment I was well. Almost immediately 
eight glands under my right arm swelled up and dis- 
charged a most putrid, green-colored, vile-smelling pus. 
Now you see that the purpose of the fever was to ripen 
and separate the poison, so that it could be discharged. 
During all this time I never took a drug. 

I have often been told that the head of a mule, horse 
or cow will rot off if they are bitten by this snake that 
never gives warning, 

After my experience from July to Christmas, 1889, I 
would advise any one intending to try a copperhead bite 
to’ first practice by having all their teeth pulled out of 
their head at once and gradually learn what pain is.’ I 
can tell the whole world that snake bite is a real thing. 

; G, H. Corsan. 


Toronto, Canada, 


A New Coon in TYown. 


Or Jate years Ithaca, N. Y., has furnished a number 
of appetizing stories of wild life foreign to that which 
find its developing influences at Cornell, The forth- 
coming census is expected to show Ithaca as the likel1- 
est cover in the Empire State, with municipal attach- 
ments, in which to successfully pursue the elusive and 
appetizing raccoon, : 

The other day Dr. Loekeby, who resides within a block 
of the busiest business part of the city, succeeded in 
killing a very large coon at the rear of the family resi-_ 
dence, The animal had devastated nearby poultry houses 
of select pedigree to such an extent that its early capture 
dead or alive by virtue of a reward sanctioned by — 
municipal authority or otherwise had fairly become a 
public necessity. Upon a plebeian pitchfork the un- 
terrified M. D. impaled the wild life outcast. and in a 
voice tremulous with the spirit of conquest proclaimed 
himseli a benefactor of the first magnitude. 

And thus Ithacans continue to maintain the city’s 
prestige as the foremost cover for small game within 
city limits in this Eastern country. 

Ruffed grouse fly against window glass and obligingly 
kill themselves for effete banquets. The merry little 
quail alights upon the Mayor's dooryard fence and 
whistles to be broiled for a morning spread on toast. 
The toothsome canvasback gayly disports itself within 
gunshot of the city’s bath house. The great American 
polecat takes his morning spin along State street un- 
molested. Raccoons invade the home of judges and the 
abode of materia medica, and calmly offer themselves 
upon the altar of the colored gentleman's Sunday dinner. 
The husky carp pokes his nose in the public eye abroad 
friendly waters to incite the angler to renewed deeds 
of valor—but why continue to end of chapter? 

Ithaca has established an indisputable reputation as the 
sportsman’s paradise, second only to Chicago, in which 
mighty city the corpulent prairie chicken is annually 


shot along the far reaches of many an unhallowed 


avenue. M, Criit,. 


SAvRE, Pa. i eee. ee 
rly é 
Fish and Mosquitoes. 

From year to year the importance of the mosquito 
seems to be growing, and the efforts made by man to 
redtice its numbers are constantly increased. That the in- 
sect is a transporter of the malaria germ seems to be pretty 
well established, but the study that is now being devoted 
to the subject is likely greatly to increase our knowledge 
of it before long. 

_For most people the mere annoyance of the mosquito’s 
bite is justification enough for his wholesale destruction. 
A good many-years ago Dr. L. O. Howard, of the United 
States Department of Agriculture, advocated the employ- 
ment of kerosene for the destruction of mosquito larve, 
and it is generally believed that this method of fighting the 
pest is more effectual than any other that has yet been 
tried. It is quite certain that in some places the use of 
kerosene has very materially abated the mosquito pest. 

Tt is well known that many small fishes greedily feed 
on the larve of the mosquito, and an example noted in 
Dr. Howard’s recently published. paper on these insects. 
concerning an occurrence which took place in Connecticut 
not long ago, illustrates this very well. Dr. Howard said: 
“In this case a very high tide broke away a dyke and 
flooded the salt meadows of Stratford, a small town a few 
miles away from Bridgeport. The receding tide left two 
small lakes nearly side by side, and of the same size. In 


‘one lake the tide left a dozen or more small fishes, while | 


the other was fishless. An examination in the summer 
of 1891 showed: that while the fishless lake contained tens 
of thousands of mosquito larve, that containing the fish 
had no larve,” 

In cases where water must be stored in tanks or 
barrels for household purposes, the use of kerosene ta — 
destroy mosquito larve might well be impracticable, and 
it is suggested that small fishes might be introduced into 
such’ receptacles in order to keep the mosquitoes from 
breeding in the water which they contain, 


_-_— 


In the Northern Sierra Madre. 


It it worth all the trouble that a person undergoes to 
possess the experience acquired in getting through a 
Mexican custom house, and when one has to pass two 
such robbers’ roosts and the line of gendarmes that ex- 
tends southward for thirty miles froni the Arizona border, 
he has served his apprenticeship and is ready for promo- 
tion. A month's delay within the “iree zone” was ex- 
ceedingly profitable so far as obtaining good collections 
was concerned, but it did not amount to much for big 
game, except in the immediate vicinity of Nogales. When 
we struck southward from Naco we felt that a new world 
was before us, and we were fairly cut adrift from our 
good old Uncle Sam. A last farewell look at the line 
of barren peaks that extend from Bisbee to Tombstone 
and we plunged into the Jabyrinth of mesquite, mescal, 
yucca and cactus that lay between us and the Sierra Madre, 
where there was promise of better sport than we had en- 
joyed for many a day, 

For four days our only game consisted of cottontails 
and two kinds of partridge—the sealed and Gambel’s. 
Then we reached the Babisbe River—one of the head- 
waters of the Yaqui—and entered the foothills of the 
main cordilleras. We left our first camp on the Babisbe 
with high hopes, for we had been told that the region we 
were entering abounded in deer, hears, wild pigs and 
turkeys. Our cavalcade had been jogging along for about 
an hour when a flock of ducks arose from the river be- 
side us, circled overhead and went down not a quarter of 
a mile away. Fairbanks took my gun, and, as he ex- 
pressed it, “sneaked’’ aftér them. We heard the two bar- 
rels go off like one, and in a few moments he returned 
with a brace that were new to me. They resembled 
teal, but were larger than any J had seen before. Refer- 
ence to Ridgway determined them to be Abert’s duck. 


This first success emboldened others of the party, and - 


soon two turned their pack mules over to the charge of 
their accommodating friends and climbed the hills to 
the right. The rest of us just “moseyed” along until 
about it o'clock, when we heard two shots from the 
hunters. There one ot them appeared on the hill and 
signaled for a pack animal. For dinner we had the liver 
of a white-tailed buck that dressed not less than 75 
pounds. Still, the sport of the day was not done, for 
when evening came, and we pitched camp once more by 
the Babisbe, we caught enough catfish to make two good 
meals for ten men. These catfish live in swift water, and 
are much better flavored and more gamy than those of 
the Mississippi Valley. 

At Oaxaca, Sonora, where we recruited for a couple 
oi days, we heard great tales about wild pigs. But 
Oaxaca had other charms for us than listening to hunters’ 
yarns. 
and avifauna, and, better yet, we feasted on melons, 
sweet potatoes and all the vegetables that our Eastern 
market garden produces in an entire season. There is no 
frost at Oaxaca, and the watermelon season lasts from 
July until Christmas. We were shown one vine that was 
said to have botne constantly for three years. Leaying 
the village we climbed the main range by means of one 


of the most picturesque cafions that I have ever seen, and . 


last Sunday afternoon we crossed the continental divide 
and entered Chihuahua. 

The Sierra Madre at this point were a disappointment 
to me from the fact that they are treeless. But it is the 
rainy season and the wealth of flowers is something 
wenderful. The rich green of the new grass is fairly 
spangled with all the hues of the rainbow. A Jong chain 
of rolling hills and level uplands followed—one vast cattle 
range, where we saw numerous herds of antelope, each 
containing from ten to fifty head. Of course, this 
brought a corresponding change of diet. The ruins of a 
large city, where the grassy mounds still retained the 
square shape of the ancient houses, arrested our march 
for half a day. Then we struck the valley of the Janos, 
which we have been ascending for three days. 

At first this valley was wide and the grass was belly 
deep to the cattle. Ranches were about ten miles apart, 
and each *dobe house had its cornfield and melon patch. 
Presently the valley narrowed into a succession of 
beatitiful cafions with level parks between. In the cafions 
vine-clad oaks and syecamores predominated, but the black 
walnut is the tree of the flats. The underbrush was 
luxuriant, and it was a very easy matter to get lost. 
Higher yet we struck large pine timbers, in which we 
have been traveling for a day. The number of ducks 
that are found at this altitude and on as swift a stream 
as the Janos is a surprise to me. We left Abert’s duck 
in Sonora. Here we find a few pintails and large flocks 
of green-winged teal. Apparently the deer have never 
been hunted, for they are close to the trail and allow us 
to approach within 50 yards of them, In the morning 
when it is clear we find them singly and in pairs, but in 
the afternoon after the rain commences, they bunch, and 
several are found together. 

This article was commenced with the intention of 
recording some of my bird notes. I find several changes 
or extensions of habitat, as well as some variations in 
measurement that make me believe that this region has 
never been “done” thoroughly. As a few of these items 
may be of interest to your bird-loving readers, I give 
some of the most important, 

Anas aberti, Ridgw. Abert’s duck, Hab. extends in- 
Jand to Sierra Madre, north nearly to Arizona border. 

A. carolimensis, Gmel. Green-winged teal. Common 
in the mountain basin of Chihuahua. August and Septem- 
ber too early for migration to have commenced. 

Dafila acuta, Linn. Pintail. One large flock found on 
Babisbe River, western Sonora, August. 

Gallinago delicata, Ord. Wilson’s snipe. 

Tringa batrdit, Coues. Baird’s sandpiper. 

Totanus solitarius, Wies., Solitary sandpiper. Three 
soeeies above were found on the Janos River; Chihuahua, 
Sept. 5, 


AY vmphenia semipalmata inoryata, Brew.  Willet. 
Babisbe River, western Sonora, Aug. 30, 
Oreortyx pictus plumiferus, Gould. Plumed par- 


tridge. Common in Grand Cajfion district, Arizona. 
Callipepla squamata, Vig. Scaled partridge. 
C. gambeli, Nutt. Gambel’s partridge. Common in 
desert region of northwestern Mexico, the scaled partridge 


Here we first reached the typical Mexican flora | 


STREAM, 


FOREST AND 


favoring the more arid loculities, while Gambel’s par- 
iridge 15 nearer water. : 

Cyrtonys monteswme, Yig. Massena partridge. The 
most widely distributed so far as altitude is concerned, 
being found in the timbered country, but not on the 
deserts. from the Gulf of California 10 ihe highest tim- 
ber lands of Chihuahua. 

Columba fasciata, Say. Band-tailed pigeon. Wound in 
large flocks in the oak timber of southern Arizona and 
Sonora. 

Melopelia leucoptera, Linn. 
monly called Mexican pigeon. 

Urubitingu anthracina, Licht. Mexican black hawk, 
An examination of several specimens warrants me it 
stating that Ridgeway's measurements are too small. 
Wing of female averages 16.50, and in one specimen went 
over 17.00; other measurements in proportion. 

Melanerpes formicivorus aigustifrons, Baird.  Nar- 
row-fronted woodpecker, Foutd extensively in western 
Sonora along coast and extending inland at least as 
far as Hermosillo. 

Tyrannus melancholicus couwchi, Baird. Couch’s king- 
bird. Found in upper Gila Valley, Arizona. [ believe 
this to be its northern limit. 

Miiarchus mexicanus, Kaup. Mexican crested fly- 
catcher. Western and central Sonora. The measure- 
ment of several specimens proved it to be this species 
rather than its Arizona congener. 


White-winged dove, com- 


Mytarchus lawrenacit olivasceus, Ridgw. Oliyaceous 
flycatcher. Gila Valley, Arizona. 

Icterus parisorum, Bonap. - Scott's oriole. Flagstaff 
Crossing of Little Colorado, Arizona. May. Northern 


reported limit. 

Zonotrichia leucophrys, Forst. White-crowned spar- 
row. Buckskiti Mountains, Arizona, May. 

Cardinalis cardinalis superbus, Ridgw. Arizona cardi- 
nal. Found as far north as Mogollon Mountains, central 
Arizona. ‘ 

Calamospiza melanocorys, Steyn. 
large flocks, northern Sonora, August. 

Lanius Iudowcianus gambeli, Ridgw. Califonia shrike. 
San Pedro River, southern Arizona, July. 


Lark bunting. In 


Harporhynchus crissais, Henry. Crissal thrasher. 
Northern Sonora. 

Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha, Swains. Thick-billed par- 
rot. Pine forests, Pacheco, Chihuahua. Measurements: 


Length, 18.00; wing, 11.20; tail, 7.50; culmen, 2.00; height 
of bill at base, 2.20, 

Trogan. Anterior toes not united for basal half, Front 
serration in upper mandible smaller than that figured in 
Ridgway. Back and scapulars rich metallic bronze, green 
varied with blue and coppery. Crown, occiput, hind neck 
and chin much darker. Rump and tail coverts metallic 
blue. Tail, solid blue; back, with three outer pairs of 
feathers, broadly tipped with white. No white breast 
band, Basal half of outer web of primaries and entire 
basal half of secondaries white. Breast metallic green like 
back, Rest of lower parts bright red. Length, 14.00; 
wing, 7.50; tail, 7.45. Found in pine timber near Pacheco, 
Chihuahua, Altitude, 7,200 feet. Sept. to. 

SHOSHONE. 

PacueEco, Chihuahua, Sept 13. 


The Granite State’s Neglect. 


New Hampsuire’s great wealth consists of the White 
Mountains preserved in a state of nature, and of the 
Merrimac River, having its sources in the mountains, 
which flows down through the length of the State and 
has been well described as the main artery of the State’s 
economic life. The summer resort business is estimated 
to pay the State $10,000,000, and over one-half of this 
income is ,derived from the White Mountain region, 
Nevertheless, the State has chartered a compony that 
is engaged to the best of its capacity in the wholesale 
denudation of the mountains—which not only destroys 
the beauty and attractiveness of the region for the 
summer visitor, but subjects the Merrimac to suc- 
cessive floods and droughts to the great injury of the 
water-power upon which large manufacturing interests 
all down the stream depend. The treasurer of the big 
Amoskeag cotton mills, at Manchester, recently com- 
mented in his annual report on these alarming effects 
of the deforesting of the country at the headwaters of 
the river. 

The operations of the New Hampshire land company 
are described in a pamphlet recently printed by .Rev. 
John E. Johnson, a missionary of the Episcopal Church 
for the mountain region. It is called the ‘“‘boa-con- 
strictor of the White Mountains’ and the very worst 
trust to be found in the world. This company is not 
only deforesting the mountains and destroying the value 
of the river_as a water-power, but it is depopulating 
the region. In its early days it was allowed to acquire 
all the public lands thereabouts for next to no équiva- 
lent, and has been adding to its holdings ever since by 
various processes, chief among which is the crowding 
out of the original settlers or their descendants by 
buying land around their farms, closing up highways 
and the like. It is stated that whole valleys in the 
mountain region have in this way been depopulated. 
The writer of the pamphlet says: 

“Summer visitors to this section of the White Moun- 
tains have noticed the many deserted farms and dilapi- 
dated buildings and haye wondered at such scenes, not 
dreaming that the cause was to be found in the opera- 
tions of a company chartered to do it; that this desola- 
tion was due to the gradual tightening of the coils of 
a boa constrictor legalized to crush the human life out 
of these regions, preparatory to stripping them of their 
forests: for depopulation here is not due to the causes 
which have led to the abandonment of farms elsewhere 
in the State, The inhabitants of this section never de- 
pended exclusively upon the scant returns from their 
rough farms for a living, but rather upon their winter’s 
work in the woods. a dependence that never would haye 
been exhausted had they’ been left in possession, since 
their methods were those which are now advocated by 
scientific forestry. The farmer felled some of the largest 
trees in the woods every winter and hauling them out 
endwise injured nothing, but rather left the rest the better 
Jor it. His successor, the professional lumberman, cuts 
eyerything, rolls it down the n.ountain, erushing the 


(Oct, 6, £900, 


eel nat lice SPER CESS PETES — 


saplings, and not content with that, often burns the 
refuse for charcoal. The land company has boasted 
that exténsive lumber operations never could haye been 
undertaken in this section without its assistance in pre 
paring the way—an assistance which in one instance 
they say involved the preliminary acquisition of 60 dil- 
ferent titles.” 
Everything is subordinated by this company to the 
deforesting industry. Jt puts a yeto on all summer 
resort extensions which interfere with the business of 
cutting and burning. No roads are allowed to be 
opened through the company’s lands to points of in- 
terest. Seekers alter health and recreation are repelled 
and driven away, it is said; and deserted farms owned 
by the company, which are sought by such people tor 
summer homes, are not for sale because that would 
interfere with the prosecution of lumbering on the whole- 
sale plan. In the mountains of Pennsylvania are six 
sanitariums, and in the White Mountains not one, and 
one explanation is that no physician could hope to buy 
a site for such an institution from the New Hampshire 
Land Company. The answer to all would-be purchasers 
is always, “‘We sell only in lots of not less than 10,000 
acres, and to lumbermen’—wholesale operations in the 
work of destruction thus being kept constantly in yiew. 

Mr. Johnson’s description of the situation is indorsed 
as truthiul by the chairman of the board of selectmen 
of North Woodstock, N. H., and by other leading citi- 
zens of the place. He contrasts it with.the public 
ownership of the iorest cantons of Switzerland for the 
public good, and believes that nowhere else in the world 
outside of the Umited States can a population be found 
“abandoned by its rulers to such a remorseless despotism 
as this vampire of the White Motntains, the New 
Hampshire Land Company.” Gov. Rollins has called 
attention to the moral degeneration of many of the rural 
sections of the State, and Mr. Johnson asks whether 
anything else could be expected of communities so 
afflicted as to material conditions by a merciless and 
degrading trust as are many of those in the mountain 
section of the State. The place to begin the evangeliza— 
tion of rural New Hampshire is at Concord, says ir 
Johnson. 

The end of the processes now in full swing is to be 
evidently the skinning of the mountains and then their 
sale at a profitable figure to the State as a reservation. 
This is the game which has been played in the Adiron- 
dacks, and unless there is a sudden and great awakeninp 
in New Hampshire it will not stop there short of sul 
a conclusion.—Springfield Republican, Sept. 25, 


Game ; @agq and Gun. 


North Carolina -Hunting Grounds. 


Wyominc, Del.—Ed:tor Forest and Stream: While the 


“middle and western sections of the old Tarheel State 


have become quite familiar to lovers of rod and gun, 
there 1s a vast region of marsh and piny woods along 
the coast, as yet almost unknown to the sporting world, 
watered with numerous rivers and streams which flow 
to the ocean and up which the tides ebb and flow. It 
is on these waters the wild goose spends his winter 
vacation and the different yarieties of duck are at home; 
while in the great pine forests through which these 
streams wind and bend, there are numerous deer, turkey, 
bear and wildeat. Quail also are found in eyidence 
wherever there is a field or plantation, I have camped 
in the backwoods of Canada and tramped the trails of 
the Adirondacks, have explored the dark ravines of the 
mountains of West Virginia, but have never found a 
spot where all kinds of game, both large and small, can 
be found from one camp as can be done in these delight- 
ful forests of the sunny South. There also the sports- 
man’s privileges are as yet but litttle restricted. He 
may hunt deer with or without hounds at any season of 
the year. There may be State laws for the protection 
of game, but the people of Onslow and adjoining coun- 
ties know little or nothing, of such laws and never ob- 
serve them. Game of all kinds is taken aft any season. - 


- When this section becomes known to sportmen this con- 


dition will doubtless be changed. 

Black bass and pike are also found in all the streams 
and take the hook freely in the winter months. For 
years I have spent my winters in this delightful climate 
and will be pleased to give any information to brother 
sportsmen, either by private letter or through ForEs 
AND STREAM. This locality offers great opportunities fo: 
clubs who desire to secure game preserves cheap. Many 
are already taken, but plenty yet remain, 

S. H. THoMAs. 


Moose in _Ontario. 


HAmiILtTon, Ontario.—Editor Forest and. Stream: 1, 
should be generally known, now the open season for big 
game is near at hand, that the Government of Ontario 
has made a short open season for moose, caribou and 
reindeer. The license for non-residents is $25, allowing 
the holders thereof to kill two deer and one bull moose or 
one male caribou or reindeer in one year, also other species 
of game in season. In consequence of the big-game re- 
gions in Ontario being so easy of access by the various 
lines of railway, there will no doubt be a large number of 
non-resident sportsmen take adyantage of these facilities 
to procure a moose or caribou this season. Moose and 
caribou are found in considerable numbers north of and_ 
adjacent to the main line of the Canadian Pacific Rail- 
way from Mattawa to Sault Ste. Marie and Rat Portage. 

North Bay, which can also be reached by the Grand 
Trunk Railway from .Toronto, is a favorable point to 
start in from for large game. The Ottawa & Parry 
Sound Railway also runs through a big-game country, 
moose and red deer being found within short distances of 
this road. 

In the Province of Ontario there are no large tracts of 
the public domain leased to private parties or clubs, with 
the exception of a few duck preserves acquired from the 
Dominion Government many years ago, so that there will 
be no danger of visiting sportsmen to Ontario trespassing. 

' RANGER, 


i 


267. 


Oil for Guns. 


Unber 6 ofdindfy citelittistanees use vegetable oil on 
ot abotit yout gith lo€ks OF tins, aii ot a chemist, 
but my undetstanding ist tliat te élatily those ails acids 
are used and that a certain per cent. of ste aéids is 
not eliminated therefrom, the quantity fetrdiiing t60 
small is to render their use injurious to human beings of 
animials, but ample when used as lubricants to engender 
4 fine érop of rist. ; 

To use 4 Gottiinoén éxpression, these oils will gum; 
and not only that, biit fof somie reason they are not rust 
removers or preventives. In tite the etmolient prin- 
ciple will disappear, leaying a gummy codting ipoti the 
metal to which they have been applied. Nothing is 
more disagreeable than to find your gun locks working 
stiff and creaky, emitting a dull muffled sound instead 
of a sharp clear click. Examination will disclose, if 
vegetable oil has been used, the delicate mechanism of 
your gtin locks coated with the oil residuum, A strong 
alkili will dissolve this and a thorough washing of the 
gummed parts with alcohol, turpentine or coal oil will 
neutralize the alkili. 

The many oils advertised-for lubrication and presetva- 
tion of your gtin and its parts are doubtless meritoriotis 
and will acconiplish all for them claimed. Nevertheless, 
{ prefer the tse of a home-made article which is not 
only a rust softener but a preventive as well. For tore 
than twenty years [ have tsed it, prepared in my kitchen. 
The matefial from whieh it is tnanufactured is easily 
attainable, its preparation very simple, its keeping quality 
unsurpassed, } 

My formula is not patented nor copyrighted. Tlie 
ingredient is obtained at small cost, consisting of one 
or more individuals of the genus Anser, well fattened, 
procurable by daylight from a farmer’s flock, or from 
the town or village or city market. When picked ‘and 
cleaned, remove the leaves of fat irom the carcass, place 
them in a clean frying pan, to which add a little water. 
Now deliver this to the presiding goddess of your 
kitchen with ditection that she try out the oil contained 
in the leaves, of goose fat. The process is not long. 
Care, however, must be observed that the ingredient does 
not burn, Of course the frying pan will be placed in 
proper relation to the kitchen range and the fire therein. 
The process of ffying should go on until the fat is ex- 
tracted from the substance. Then temove the pan from 
the range, pour the contained fluid into another clean 


vessel, return to the range atid boil tintil all water is. 


evaporated. Then remove and allow all ebullition to sub- 
side. When cool pour into a wide motith clean glass 
bottle, cover the opening and set aside for about ten 
days, at the expiration of which time you will find a 
layer of stearine superimposed by a quantity of pellucid 
or semi-opaque oil of the consistency of dairyman’s 
cream as sweet as the scent of wild rose and of unex- 
celled quality. 
Caution—Should your cook be a German it will be 
well that you seerete that bottle lest she substitute the 
contents in liew of butter with her bread. 
SEPTUAGENARIAN. 


S71 Louts, 


Adirondack Deer and Woods. 


Editor Forest and Stream; 

ave several times expressed myself on Adirondack 
mattets in yottt columns, and beg the privilege of 
doing so again, 

1, As to the present deer law providing that the open 
season shall begin Sept. 1: This is not favorably re- 
ceived by the gtides as a class, nor by a very large pro- 
portion of gentlemen who annually visit the Adiron- 
dacks. I talked with tnany suides about it this sum- 
mer, and did not find one who favored a change from 
Aug. 15 to Sept. 1 for the opening of the season. 

‘lhey say the season is so short there is no longer 
any money in guiding. Many of the sportsmen who like 
to get a deer each yeat, atid who generally employ guides 
in doing it, haye to return home about the opening of 
the season and so do not go into the woods at all. 
This is especially true of professional men, and of all 
who haye children to enter the schools. It is therefore 
probably true of the great majority of men who go into 
the Adirondacks at all. Surely they are as much en- 
titled to their share of sport as the minorty, who can 
po later in the fall. I have before urged these considera- 
tions, but they are worthy of repetition, and are em- 
phasized by present conditions. 
visitors, hotel-keepers, guides and residents in the 
Adirondacks. People will have less desire to go there 
if reasonable sporting privilege is denied them, and 
the less visitors the less business for guides, and all 
residents. Furthermore, many are disgusted with the 
present law, and ihe tendency is to create a lack 
of respect for law. JI have heard many say, “I pre- 
fer to earn money to live on. But if the law cuts off 
my opportunity to do so, I must still live, and my family 
must live, and they shall not lack for meat this winter.” 
The conclusion is obvious; for every deer saved alive 
by shortening the open season, making it begin Sept. 1, 
two or three at least will be killed later to feed families 
resident in the woods. In the interest of the guides, of 
the people living there, and of all who love our noble 
Adirondacks, I ask for a change in the game law this 
winter, putting the opening of the season back to 
Aug, 15. 

2, As to the devastation of the forests: The lumber 
companies are doing this faster than any written stdte- 
ment can make you realize. While it is claimed that 
they only cut certain kinds and sizes of trees, and so 
do not denude the land, I know from personal observa- 
tion that they are “letting in the sunlight’ on large 
areas in such a way as to not only affect the beauty 
of scene, but the amount of rainfall. If our Solons of 
the Legislature had put-most of the time heretofore de- 
veted to modification, and restriction of the game laws, 
to forest preservation and acquisition of more lands by 
the State, their wisdom would have been more apparent. 
A single further instance must suffice. 

Tt is reported that Blue Mountain, the vast, con- 
spicuotis and noble feature of all the splendid scenery 
at Blue Mountain Lake, is this year to lose its crown 


+ 


These work against - 


sf evergreen timber. Scars of the axe already appear 
on the mountain side, and the entife summit is to be 
laid bare. éonfess to a feeling of righteous indigna- 
tion when I heard the report. I hope the State will 
hasten to acquire all the atea possible in the Adiion- 
dacks before it is too late, both to buy the land and to 
preserve the forests. And thisleadst6 _ : 
3: The proposed plan of stipplying New York city 
and all the Hudson River towns with water from the 
Adirondaéks by the State: I believe that in the interest 
of the people of the cities and of the entire State, both 
as regards a good water stipply and the preservation 
of the forests and the greatest natural sanitarium of the 
East, this is the best plan yet proposed, and that the State 
should speedily adopt it. JUVEMAL, 


My First Coon Hunt. 


I was a boy then, abotit the 4ge when the owner of a 
gun was the possessor of all. And an thivitation to spend 
fwo or three days in that picturesque section of Magsa- 
chusetts, the Berkshire hills, was gladly accepted. How 
1 recall those beautiful, crisp autumn days in the latter 
part of October, when nature with her magie touch 
had transformed the landseape into a picture which the 
ereatest artist could never dream of imitating. Having 
cleaned my bfeach-loadet and packed my traveling bag 
with ammunition, I boarded the first train for Hunting- 
ton, whete the old stage drivet eagerly awaited my 
artival to dtive me up the motifitain to my destination. 
That drive was diie to be remembered, Imagine a read 
of six or seyen miles tip a hill almost perperdicular, 
and every few rods we would have to drive over a huge 
boulder, as that part of the count#y was noted for rocks, 
and the ditiver remarked that focks were about the only 
thing that grew there. At last we reached the farm 
house, a weather beaten place, and to all appearances 
built in Revolutionary days; you could lie abed and 
count the stars through the cracks in the roof. Bttt 
what a place for a first-class rest. and with what ex- 
hilaration I awoke the next morning, and with an im- 
patient mood waited that day for evening to cotite, when 
we Wefe to take our guns and dogs and start for the 
corn-field, I ceould picture myself going home with at 
least two or three cooti pelts and a thrilling story to 
relate of that night’s hunt. 

At last everything was ready and we called the dogs 
and started. It was a beautiful night, the air was keen 
and frosty, and what a moon! So clear was the atmos- 
phere that it seemed more like day than night. We 
were going about three-quarters of a mile down the road 
to a neighbor’s corn-field, where many a coon had par- 
taken of his last corn supper, and many a hunter had 
gone home well satisfied with his night’s sport. Haying 
reached the corn-field, we loaded guns and waited for 
the dogs to scare up a coon. And that is about all we 
did do, to wait, and as the heur of three had arrived, we 
decided it was an “off-night’ and reltictantly started for 
home. 

Just as we climbed over the fence at the edge of the 
woods the dog barked and snapped at something, and 
we could hear a hasty retreat up a tree, and hurrying 
over we discovered the dogs had treed the game. There 
between the branches of the tree, about 20 feet from the 
ground, we could see a pair of glistening eyes. J] must 
admit, [ was more than excited, as we had given up all 
hopes of any sport that night. J waited with breathless 
anxiety, while my friend George took careful aim; as 
he had the heaviest gun and we wanted to be sure of 
our game, the honor fell to him, He fired both barrels, 
and down came something crashing through the 
branches to the ground. No sooner had it- struck the 
eround when the dogs had pounced on it and had it 
securely pinioned. Holding the lantern to view our 
prize, what was it but an old cat! Possibly it had strayed 
away from some farm hotise. Just what the animal 
was doing there in the woods at 3:30 A. M. a mile from 
any house, I have never been able to decide, and we did 
not feel inclined to inquire into the matter very deeply. 
A solemn silence seemed to reign oyer both hunters and 
dogs, and like a small funeral procession we started for 
home. Even the dogs felt the disgrace, and one of them 
hid himself for three days and did not eat anything for 
over a week. The story of that night was kept secret 
for some time, but finally leaked out, as the next season 
when I made another trip they were very anxious to 
know how I enjoyed my “coon” hunt last fall. 

W. H. W. 


The Maine Woods. 


Boston, Sept. 29.—Boston merchants and business 
men who love the rod and gun cannot all get away for 
long trips to the better hunting and fishing localities, 
hence they have to be satished with sport nearer home. 
Barrets Camp, on the Concord River, in Billerica, is 
well spoken of by those who find longer trips difficult. 
The camp is only a little over an hour’s ride from Bos- 
ton, besides Barret is spoken of as “a white man, every 
inch of him.” Mr. J. H. Jones has been up there for 
a week or more, a good part of the time. He was ac- 
companied by his father, A. Jones, well up to seventy 
years of age, but loving hunting and camping as well 
as when a boy. He surprised his son by the wing shots 
he made on snipe and grass birds. The wife and boy 
of six were also at the camp a part of the time. The 
youngster shows that he is to take after the father and 
grandfather, for his greatest delight was sitting in the 
bow of the boat with hook and line and catching perch. 
They had good pickerel fishing, while squirrel shooting 
was very good indeed. Mr. George C. Moore, of North 
Chelmsford, Mass., has returned from his shooting trip 
ta South Dakota and Wyoming. He went in company 
with Dr, French, of Boston, one of the noted lovers of 
the gun and shooting grounds. The Doctor has not yet 
returned, They found prairie chicken shooting all they 
could ask for. Duck shooting was also great. At first 
Mr. Moore, althotigh a good wing shot, found it hard to 
hit the swift-flying ducks of that country, but he soon 
“sot on to them.” ; 

The latest reports from Maine say that the leaves are 
already falling fast—doubtless one of the results of the 
extremely dry weather, A gentleman out of the Maine 


interested. 


woods yesterday says that ithe, leaves are coming off 
vety rapidly without changing color, and that the 
autumn foliage cannot be as beautiful as usual. But the 
trees will be bare early, and the early hunters will reap 
the adyantage. 

Mr, William F. Bateman, of Boston, has been on a 
liunting trip to the Megantic preserve. He secured 
two deer on the Canadian section of that preserve, the 
Canadiafi gaime laws permitting of shooting deer in 
September. Here he had a double advantage, for he 
might have stayed over into October and obtained his 
two deer on the Maine side of the line. 

Partridge shooting on the Megantic preserve is re- 
ported better than for years. Duck shooting will be 
good as soon as the weather is cold enough. 

Messrs. ©. L, Howes ard Stanley Howes have re- 
turned from a very Satislactery hunting and fishing trip 
to Upper Magaguadavie Lac, New Brunswick. They 
appreciate the position of the game laws of the British 
provinces, which allow of tlie taking of deer in Septem- 
ber. They easily secured two deer down the lake only 
a short distance from the Hills Camp, in which they are 
Partridge and duck shooting was fairly sat 
idfactory. But they are greatly disgusted with the fish- 
ing, though the waters afe not in the least to blame. 
They are sute that one of their best trout coves has 
heeti treated with a big charge of dynamite. Dark hints 
are dropped concerning the big haul of fish that came 
to the surface after a terrific explosion. Still the game 
wardens cannot seem to locate the miscreants. Naturally 
the owners of the Hills Camp are much displeased, and 
believe that the authorities should take promp action, 
The cove where deadly explosives were used has been 
a favorite fishing ground, where even the ladies, who 
have been taken to-that camp this year for the first 
time, cottld easily have taken trout of from 1 pound to 
3% pounds. It was one of the best fishing grounds in 
the lake. SPECIAL, 


The Palmetto Gun Club. 


CHarteston, S. C., Sept. 22.—A determined movement 
has been started among the sportsmen of Charleston to 
put a stop to the wholesale slaughter and final destruction 
ot the stock of game in South Carolina. At a recent 
meeting of the Palmetto Gun Club, of this city, an 
organization which is cotnposed of representative and 
leading men of Charleston, it was decided that some 
steps must be taken looking to the prevention of the con- 
tinual and flagrant violations of the laws which have been 
passed for the protection of game in this State. Realizing 
that unless something was done and done speedily, the 
entire stock of game in the State would be absolutely 
annihilated, these sportsmen met to face the situation 
squarely and to see in what way it could be remedied. 
The meeting developed, among other things, that the 
members of the gun club at least were heart and soul 
in the movement and would cast their weight on the side 
of securing strict enforcement of the game laws. 

In pursuance of this determination it was decided that 
the Palmetto Gun Club itself would undertake the prose- 
cution and punishment of any person of persons caught 
violating the laws of the State regulating the protection of 
game. The club has, therefore, published the following 
advertisement : 

“A reward of $10 will be paid by the Charleston Pal- 
metto Gun Club to any party or parties furnishing 
sufficient legal proof to convict atty person or perscns of 
offering for sale any partridge or partridges as prohibited 
by the act of the General Assembly of the State of South 
Carolina, approved Feb. 9, 1900, or in any way violating 
the provisions of said act of any part thereof; or of catch- 
ing, lalling or injuring such bird or birds between the 
rst day of April and the 1st day of November, in any 
year, as provided by law.” 

As will be seen, this notice applies especially to the law 
meant to keep the gaine from being sold by commission 
merehants. But it is not the intention of the men behind 
the movement to make it hot for the pot-hunters and 
salesmen alone. They are also going after the sportsmen 
who shoot out of season. There is one law passed at the 
last session of the Legislature prohibiting the offering 
for sale or purchase of quail for a period of five years, but 
there is also another statue which provides that no quail 
shall be shot from the season between April 1 and Novy. 1. 

Already dozens of hunters from Charleston as well as 
elsewhere have started killing the birds, a thing which 
is done eyery year, and it is for the apprehension of these 
as well as the marketers of game that the reward is 
offered. In other words, the real sportsmen have become 
alarmed at the way in which the game laws are being 
violated and are determined to ptt a stop to it. Especial 
attention is called to the notice published in to-day's 
Evening Post in order that due warning may be given. 

As an indication of the determination of the local gun 
club to carry out their movement it may be stated that 
a special committee has been appointed to look after the 
enforcement of the law and to institute such measutes 
as may be deemed necessary in making the movement a 
success. 

The following compose the committee: Gol. Z. Davis, 
W. G. Jeffords, L. L. Cohen, W. G. Chisolm, J. R. Read, 
J. A. Ball, J. A. Miles, J. W. Peterman, W. M. Mucken- 
fuss, T, P. Whaley. 

These gentlemen have agreed to do everything in their 
power to urge on the movement and deyote their attention 
to seeing that the gaine is protected in accordance with 
the lay. ' 

Considerable interest in the movement has also been 
aroused among the lawyers of the city, and a number of 
them have promised to lend their support. Mr. R. C. 
Merritt has been chosen as attorney for the club, and will 
be charged with the duty of prosecuting any one caught 
violating the game law. 

In addition to the above measures taken it is understood 
that an effort will be made to secure the co-operation 
of the city police in catching offenders. Great assistance 
could be rendered by the members of the police force in 
securing proof against commission merchants. The Mayor 
will be asked to give his assistance in this direction. 

The chief trouble which has been in the way of the 
enforcement of the laws in this State has been that there 
was no One directly charged with their execution. This 


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“FOREST AND STREAM. 


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[Ocr. 6, 1¢00. 


is ‘the defect whieh the Charleston club hopes to remedy. 
They are going to make efforts to have a special ‘deputy 
dppointed or- empower. some magisterial officer. 


©The Charleston men are arranging plans so as to have 


a law passed at the next session of the Legislature making 
“it ineumbent for the trial justices of the various townships 
to see that the game laws are carried out. 


Though the efforts of the Palmetto Gun Club will be — 


directed chiefly to the enforcement of the law in the near- 
by section, it is also. their desire that them- movement 
should take hold all through the State, They asl the co- 
operation of all the sportsmen in every section of the State 
and would especially urge upon the country papers the im- 
perative necessity of assistance in carrying out the moye- 
ment which has now been instituted. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Game Review, 


Cutcaeo, Ill., Sept. 29—No flight of Northern ducks 
has as yet appeared in this latitude. As far to the north as 
Fox Lake, Wis., J hear that the shooters are still as 
anxiously looking to the northward as we are here about 
Chicago, A few teal are being killed at the clubs, but 
these little irresponsibles go by no rule. There has been 
a big drop in the temperature the last two days all over 
the Northwest, and perhaps this means an early freeze 
in the marshes of the far North, so that the birds will 
before long begin their Hight to the open arms and the 
bloody graves that await them from Manitoba to Mexico, 
If I had my choice I would not be born a duck at this 
day and age of the world. 

Jacksnipe have shown up-as far to the south as our 
Indiana marshes, and some bags of goodish size have been 
made. Oswald yon Lengerke hunts this bird very regu- 
larly. A week ago, at the famous old grounds at Koutts 
he got seventeen jacks and one woodcock, and he is just 
back to-day from a second trip, on which three guns got 
nineteen jacks on the same cotintry. At Maksawba Club 
the jacks have also been in with some regularity for the 
past ten days, and they are scattered all over, here and 
there, on the better marshes of upper Illinois. 1 hear 
that Ernie McGaffey and a friend went out this morning 
on the Skokie marsh, near Evanston, for a try at the 
jacks, and should not wonder if they had fair sport. To- 
day the weather is just right for a good flight of jacks, and 
the next week should show some fun in this part of the 
world. 


Wisconsin Birds. 


The Illinois chicken season is over, but I hear still of 
an occasional party up in Wisconsin who have had the 
luck to kill a half-dozen birds here and there, and I do 
not believe that the supply of birds in central Wisconsin 
has been so sharply polished off as our stocle in Illinois, 
the cover up there being much heavier on the average and 
the open country less in extent, At Waupaca, Wis., this 
week, I saw one shooter who said that he had killed 
thirty-six chickens this fall. He was a farmer, with a fair 
native pointer. He said that the partridges, meaning the 
ruffed grouse, are a’ good crop in that part pf the State, 
He also spoke of a “wood grouse,” and at first I did not 
know what he meant till he said they hunted them,as they 
did chickens. Then I knew he meant the sharp-tailed 
grouse, which resorts to the woods or thickets more than 
the pinnated grouse. JI haye never heard this name 
used for the sharpie before. At Waupaca there are a few 
quail, not very many, but no doubt more than was the 
case'a few years ago, as all around that place the migra- 
tion of quail northward has steadily gone on for some 
vears. At this point there were a few Mongolian pheas- 
ants released a few years ago, but they seem to have dis- 
appeared and left no sign. 

Mr. D. J, Hotchkiss, of Fox Lake, Wis., has had a 

_ little fun with the chickens this week, and writes as below 
regarding it: 

“Had a nice little time with the chickens Saturday. 
Went up to Pardeeville, twenty miles west of here, and 
went out with Lyle Smith, a friend of mine. We put 
up two coveys and a few single birds and bagged eighteen 
of them. Were all fine, big, strong birds, but pretty wild. 
The first coyey, of eighteen, we put up four times before 
we got a shot, then got only one bird. The next time we got 
into them plenty in the high grass and managed to get 
eight of them, Struck another covey of eight and the 
second time we got them up managed to sectite five of 
them. The other four were single birds that had been 

_ scattered. IT lost another single old rooster that carried 
two loads of shot over into a cornfield about a mile away 
and dropped in the corn, where we were unable to find 
him, Another old rooster gave me the laugh in great 

shape. He jumped from behind a small willow bush in 
the marsh and passed on to another one about two rods 
away, when he turned and made off straight behind the 
bush where I could not see to shoot, I managed to give 

him two shots between the two bushes, but the best T 
could do with him was a small hunch of feathers. We 

,had a delightful tramp and lots of fun, besides getting 
all the chickens we needed in our business. Had two 
dogs, good ones, though they were a little fast on the 
start, and did not hold the Inirds well for a time or two. 
The birds got up the first time half a mile away, but we 
could mark them down easily and managed to stay with 
them until we got our tribute from them.” k 


Wew Sport in the West. 


It is to be feared that the West is losing some of its 
erstwhile woolly quality and becoming sadly effete, A 
friend in Saginaw. Mich., tells me that the sportsmen of 
that place have taken to shooting rail, his words thereon 
following : 

“The sportsmen here have been haying fine fun this 
fall shooting the sora rail. The marshes along the Sagi- 
naw River, and they are immense wild rice beds. have 
heen literally alive with these little fellows for the last 
two or three weeks. The north wind raises the water and 
then is the best shooting. A duck boat with a man to 
punt it through the rice, a light charge of No, ro shot and 
you ate fixed for an afternoon's sport. Bags of sixty or 
eighty have not heen infrequent, and every afternoon 
the phig train on the, Pete Mayauette in Bay city has 

6 fee « Ht, (ib ear a me att 


carried sportsmen to Cheboygannin Creek, which has been 
the favorite spot.” 


The Guide and His Gan. 


The old question of guide and sportsman continually 
comes up. Without doubt the guide has come to stay 
as long as we shall have sport, tor the hurry of modern 
life practically compels the city shooter or the tourist 


sportsman to save his time as much as possible on a. 


trip, and so he has to hire a guide in order to learn a 
piece of country as quickly as possible, By hiring the 
guide, of course, he robs himself of more than half the 
pleasure of his trip, if he be one of the sort who are able 
to take care of themselves, but this giving up part of 
one’s privileges scems to be a part of the surrender man- 
kind makes in the social compact. The guide is there- 
fore a part of society, not a part of the wild and natural 
life, It is the guide who has the fun, and you pay him 
for it. ep 

The question of property in the game a guide kills is 
one which, I believe, has received a certain amount of 


the city hunter to do business with. 


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dozen of them in eyery little town in Saginaw Valley, waiting for 
i J am not over-stating the 
Case in the least, It is true that a sportsman may hire such a 
lninter for a companion or guide, if he will, without doing any 
harm, but it is a fact that the birds killed are sold to the city~ 
hunter, and it is not only what is killed that day, but all that he can 
kill during the season. ‘Two years ago the egg crate game was tried 
hy market-hunters im a certain locality, but they were informed 
that it would not be tolerated, and that ended it. Now they haye a 
better market right at home for all that they can kill. I could 
name you men from Saginaw who did not kill one bird for every 
twenty that they bought and paid for. The number of birds 
shipped out of the country is not a drop in the bucket compared 
to the amount disposed of to city hunters. Now the question 
is; What is going to be done about it? The law cannot reach the 
guilty ones, and if it continues in a few years every lover ot the 
legitimate sport may as well sell his dog and gun. These market- 
hunters are out every day; they have as much Principle of the 
sportsman about them as a butcher; they are cleaning the game 
out of the country just as rapidly as if marketing of game was 
allowed. I have been out with my hounds lately, and can say that 
I do not think there is one bird for every five that were a year ago. 

Here, then, is a subject for every lover of dog and gun to con- 


sider and act on, It is a delicate question to discuss in sporting 


clubs, for some of the worst offenders are prominent in clubs. We 
are powerless to check the evil in the country; the 
remedy must come from the city, One thing is ‘certain, 


if the city hunter continues to give a market to the pot: 


LYMAN AND MERKIM. 


discussion in the columns of Forrst Anp Stream. and 
which still remains unsettled. -Its ultimate solution will 


be when human nature changes, and until then I pre- 
sume the question will appear in as many different lights 
as there aré men who go shooting. Over in Michigan, it 
seems, there are many shooters who go out with guides, 
paying the guides a good stiff price, and keeping all the 
birds that the guides kill. As the latter is in good con- 
dition and steady practice, he naturally kills more birds 
than his employer, and the latter is able to take home a 
nice bag with him, which he can use, give or hang up in 
the family smoke house as his conscience shall dictate. 
There is little doubt that a steady industry of bird killing 
in this way has been going on for years in the lowe: part 
of Michigan. I do not like to come out rabidly ana apply 
all sorts of names to the shooters who have made a prac- 
tice of getting a good bag in this way. Maybe it seems 
right to them. Perhaps it is their business. But may 
they not candidly look the matter over, and may they 
not perhaps reconsider their eatlier opinion as to the 
wisdom of this course? Three years ago lower Michigan 
had a Jot of birds. Last year it was shot out, as I know 
very well. Do the shooters who bring in the guide hags 
prefer to kill a whole lot of birds one year and very few 
or none the next, or would they prefer to have a steady 
supply of birds and a certain regularity to their possi- 
bilities for sport? I should myself rather have it the 
latter way. Be that as it may, there is local criticism on 
the custom, and. for a wonder, some of it comes from 
the country. A Michigan paper prints the following from 
a country sportsman: 


There is one great evil to be met, and that is to stop the market- 
hunter. You may be surptised at the statement, but I can prove 
it, that this is really the only evil worthy of attention. You say 
there is a law now forbidding the sale of birds. And I maintain 
that the market-hunter has been just as busy, killed just as inany 
birds as he could, and marketed them at a better price this year 
than any former season. The only difference is that formerly he 
sold to the butcher, while now he sells fo the alleged spart, the 
cheap skate from the city, who dresses up in hunbiie suit, buys 
a gun and maybe a $5 dog for $50, and goes inte the country to 
buy birds. He puts in the paper on his return how many birds 
he bagged, omitting the price, and calls that hinting, The market- 
hunter is in the field every day, rain or shine, so as to have a 
supply on hand, for the day is past when he can make a killing 
in one day large enough to satisfy the purse of the city hunter 
T conld name one such hunter who admits that he has killed 


yoy ape thaysand birds the pasl season, You will find half g 
SN RSD UES TLE Py er Seip te hy A 


hunter our days for good shooting are numbered in the Saginaw 
Valley. If yan wish it to remain What it has been, the best shook 
ing grounds in the Northwest, then stop those cheap counte eits 
of sportsmen from buying birds and parading as lovers of legiti- 
mate sport, 


A city sportsman of the same State writes in another 
paper to something the same effect regarding this prac- 
tice and other things which are destroying otlr game so 
very rapidly all over the West. 


There are many alleged spprtsmen in Saginaw who go to 
Hemlock, Merrill or somewhere else, and go out shooting with a 
professional guide. Now that is all right if they simply take 
him along because he knows the country, and knows where to 
have the team meet them at night, and can point out the best 
places, aud then let the sportsman kill his own birds fairly on the 
wing or not at all; but they do not do that; they want the guide 
to kill just as many birds as he possibly can, and if the dog pon 
they are more apt to urge him to take first shot, so the bird wil 
be killed, rather than risk it themselves. They are out after meat 
and a big bag and something to brag about. ‘ 

The fact is so many shooters think they are sportsmen, when 
they really do not have the first instinct of a trite sportsman. IL 
saw in the paper some time ago an account of how one of our 
prominent merchants had returned from his spring duck shooting 
trip, giving the number of birds killed, a large quantity, and 
then this same alleged sportsman went on to tell it was the best 
shooting he had had in years.” Did he stop to think that for 
eyery duck he killed he destroyed a mated pair that would have 
yeturned to some shooting ground in the fall with a brood? Did 
he stop to think how worthless the birds were for the table at 
that time of the year, their breeding season? Did he stop to 
think that these same birds had run the gauntlet of a never- 
ceasing shotgun warfare from the time they left their far-off 
Northern home to begin their Southern flight? They had_been 
shot at in Manitoba, North Dakota and on the Platte; or if they 
had taken the Great Lakes as their Southern pathway. they had 
been pounded all through Minnesota. Wisconsin and Illinois. 
Then as Christmas time drew near and they stopped for a breathing 
spell along the Mississippi bottoms in Arkansas and Louisiana 
and Mississippi, the Northern shooter—not sportsman as a rule— 
was still banging away for the Christmas holidays, “to have a 
furt at the ducks down South.” <A little later around Arkansas: 
Pass and Corpus Cristi to their southernmost limit, these same 
buichers with insatiable greed were banging away at them. The 
Jocal item in the Saginaw paper 15. but a sample of the fate await- 
ing: these poor, tired-out spring birds, and the very few that are 
fortunate enough to safely reach their breeding srounds in the 
great Northwest, where they haye the only rest they get out o 
the whole twelve months, 


For the Minnesota Park. 


Gen. C. C. Andrews. the very able fire warden of the 
big State of Minnesota, has always been one of the warm- 


gat advocates of the establishment of the Minnesat 


the 


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national park, about which we have heard so much, and in 


-" “a tecent interview printed ina St. Paul paper he gives a 


_ few points on the probable course of action in case the 
park matter is this season bronght to a favorable issue. 


Tf the joint committee authorized by the bill, which has already 
‘passed the Senate, after a visit to this region reports favorably, it 
is expected an act of Congress will be passed for a commission 
‘'.to treat with the bands of Chippewas who are intérested for 
buying the reservation in bulk, If a treaty be made, the pur- 


- ‘ehase money in such case will not be paid down, but will be 


- credited to the Indians, and the interest thereon at 5 per cent. 
> 4yill be annually appropriated and paid. The project, therefore, 
will not require a large appropriation, as the opponents of the 
park assert. When acquired the forest will he managed by scientific 
foresters. Mature trees will be cut, the young trees leit to grow 
and a sustained yield perpetuated. Naturally the forest needed 
for scenery and recreation around the shore of the principal lakes 


will be left standing. 
eel E. Hove. 


j HARTFORD Buitpinc, Chicago, Il. 


| The Rhode Island Season. 


ProvipENce, R. I., Sept. 29——Editor Forest and Streani: 
The law on game will be off in a few days in this vicinity 
and the local sportsmen are getting teady to trim the 
partridges' and quail. Several years ago the late Horace 
Bloodgood imported into this State a number of 
pheasants, which were turned loose upon his game pre- 
serves on his farm in South Kingston. That they have 
propagated successfully there is no question, and some 
of the young have recently been seen in the vicinity of 
Carolina, which is several miles away from where they 
first received their freedom, There is little question that 
there are more quail and partridges in the south county 
this year than has been the case for many years when 
there were heavy snows during, the preceding winter. In 
fact, similar reports are recetved from other parts of the 
State, The quail seem to have little fear of people in car- 
riages, although they run to cover, but seldom take to 
flight, If a pedestrian approaches, however, theyare on the 
wing instantly. Partridges are seldom seen except in the 
dense woods, unless hunted with bird dogs, when they are 
frequently found in the “slangs” and open places, where 
acorns and birch buds predominate. Rabbits are always 
plentiful in almost any part of the south county, at the 
comtnencement of the hunting season at least. It is prob- 
able that there has been less unlawful killing of game in 
that section of the State this year tham during any pre- 
vious year for twenty years past. 

The clam culture experiments which have been con- 

ducted in the Wickford harbor during the summer under 
thé*direction of Dr. H. C, Bumpus, of Brown University, 
“has been closed for the season. A report on the lobster 
experiments will be made by Dr. Bumpus later. 
' Blackfish or tatitog are reported as being very plentiful 
in Narragansett Bay this fall. Thursday afternoon Miss 
Curtis, daughter of Lighthouse Keeper Curtis, of Rose 
Tsland. accompanied by a friend, succeeded in landing 
twenty-six of these fish weighing 100 pounds. 

The following is from the Providence Journal of 
Sept. 23: 

Philip S. P, Randolph, a prominent society man of 
Philadelphia, who’ spends his summers at Narragansett 
Pier, has once more been made the object of attention 
from the Bird Commissioners of Rhode Island. He 
has been haled into court and, with his hited man, who 


acted as a hunting ¢ompanion, was fined for pursuing ~ 


birds with intent to kill. 

Two years ago he was arrested and heavily fined with 
the same hired man, Nicholas Potter. Then he was fined 
for hunting contrary to law, and also for a bird charged 
as being in his possession. The game officers state that 
it has been his ciistom to dtive into the country with a 
pair of cohs.in' a covered trap, accompanied by Potter 
and a coachman. On arriving at good hunting grounds 
Randolph and Potter, with dogs and guns, left the coach- 
man in charge of the team and went into the woods for 
game. 

Tt was Randolph’s custom to emerge first from the 
woods, and, finding the coast clear, the signal would be 
given to Potter, who would then bring forth the kill. | 

Farmers in the south county have resented the rich man 
going forth with impunity, trespassing on their lands in 
search of game, when others were debarred from such 
indulgence at this season, They sent complaints to the 
Bird Commissioners. Friday Deputy Commissioner Louis 
iW. Knox, who had been detailed to investigate, came upon 
Randolph as he emerged from the woods west of Perry- 
ville in South Kingstown and a few minutes later secured 
Potter. — 

They then had no game in their possession. They 
were taken before Judge Lewis at Kingston and ar- 
raigned on warrants charging them with pursuing game 
with intent to kill and fines of $20 and costs, amounting 
in all to about $50, were imposed. Randolph settled the 
amount with a smile, and made a remark that he would 
not care if it did not get into the papers. 

; W. HH. M. 


Edward H. Howell. 


Mr. Cyas, A. Hatey, of Bath, N. Y., writes of the late 
Edward H. Howell, whose lamented death occurred on 
Sept. 9 at the age of forty-four: “He had been an ardent 
spottsman ever since he was old enough to carry a gun 
or a fish pole. No hill was too high or too rugged for 
him to climb in pursuit of a wary old cock grouse. No 

. stream with its tangled enyironments of grape vines and 
brush was hard enough to quell his ardor when in pur- 
stlit of speckled beauties. Those who knew him—and 
their name is legion—loved, honored and respected him. 
While offering sincerest condolences to his loved family, 
we feel that we have been bereft of an honored member 
of society, a genuine sportsman, a gentleman and a true 
friend.” ; 


Owing to a delay in the preparation of the illustrations, 
we are obliged to defer to the next issue the continuation 
of the series of chapters on “American Wildfowl.” The 
next number will contain descriptions of the Canada 
goose; Hutchins’ SOO5E, white-cheeked goase and cack- 

jing goose. .) <p 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Montana Prairie Chickens. 


Missouta, Mont., Sept. 21.—Hditor Forest and Stream; 
It may be of interest to the readers of Forrest AND STREAM 
to know how the shooting and fishing has been here this 
season. Inclosed find three pictures—one of Master Ly- 
man Stevens, ten years old, son of A. M. Stevens, who 
made a record for himself and his dog Merkim. They 
got ten chickens the first day the law was out. Another 
picttire is of A, M. Stevens and C. J. Lemley, who had 
hunted until they came to a fence, on the other side of 
which stood a tree with this sign on, “Keep Out! No 
Hunting Allowed on These Premises’ Having a fair 
string, we hung them on the fence and got a picture of 
what we had. 

There have not been so many chickens for years as this 
season, Owing to an early spring and long, dry summer. 
the is stated by some prospectors in the hills that some 


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“KEEP ouT!’’ 


of the birds brought off two broods, but I have no direct 
proof of this, The crop of ducks is good on the Upper 
Blackfoot, as we proved on a three days’ hunting trip to 
the nesting grounds. 

Trout fishing was good in the early season of the year, 
bit low water seemed to drive them into deep pools 
early, so we were compelled to use bait or make no catch, 
and a fly-fisherman cannot use bait; it makes him feel like 
killing a deer with a club, or shooting a prairie chicken 
sitting on a fence, 

Large game is to come next, ducks and geese on the 
southern flight, and all depends on the weather here 
whether we get good shooting for either or both. We 
will report on them later. Bert STEVENS. 


Long Island Scotus! 


EAst Quocur, Long Island, Sept. 27,—There was a 
flight of bay birds Monday last. Two local gtinners shot 
132, and other bags have been made of 98 and 48 within 
the last few days. 

The duck season opens Oct. tr. There are quite a num- 
ber of black ducks living on the feeding grounds, also a 
few sprigs. E. A. J 


Shooting and Fishing Resorts. 


REApDERS who are looking for shooting and fishing re- 
sorts are invited to make inquiry of the Forest AND 
Stream Information Bureau, where information may be 
had without cost. : ‘ 


100 Sportsimen’s Finds, 


Some af the Queer Discoveries Made by Those Who Are 
Looking for Game or Fish, 


——— 


23 


Tue finding of the will of Abram Mosher by two 
hunters in Dark Hollow, near Hamburg, Conn., while 
trying to get at a nest ef gray squirrels in the trunk 
of a hollow tree, has averted a lawsuit. The hunters 
found among the leaves and pieces of bark of which the 
nest was composed some scraps of paper with writing on 
them, several handkerchiefs, bits of ribbon and many 
bits of twine. The pieces of paper proved to be the holo- 
graphic will of Abram Mosher, a farmer living near 
Dark Hollow, who died in the early part of last summer. 

Mosher, through inheritance and thrift, was worth 
at the time of his death more than $75,000. He was not 
married, and had no direct heirs. For six years before 
his death he was an almost hopeless paralytic. When he 
was stricken he tried to get one of his relatives to live 
with him, All refused, and he got a young man named 
George Applebee to operate his farm and care for him. 
Applebee attended to the wants of Mosher faithfully until 
he died. A few days before the old man passed away he 
told Applebee that he had made a will in which he had 
given him his entire estate, and he asked Applebee to 
bring him the will, which he would find in the drawer of 
the bureau im Mosher’s bedroom, Applebee did so, and 
Mosher went over it carefuly to see that it read as he 
wanted it: to. 

Applebee carried the wil! back. He had just reached 
the bedroom, when he heard a ery from Mosher, and he 
hurriedly threw the will on a table that stood near an 
open window. Applebee found Mosher unconscious. He 


dk 


never rallied. When Applebee went to look for the will 


it was gone. He searched every nook and cranny, but 
could get no trace of it. ‘et i 

As soon as Mosher was dead children of a second 
cousin laid claim to the estate. Applebee told the story of 
the will and refused to vacate the farm. He was finally 
ejected and the cousins took possession. There. were 
persons who had heard Mosher say that he intended to 
give his property to Applebee, and on the strength of their 
testimony Applebee was preparing to make a fight, when 
the will was found by the squirrel hunters. When the 
fragments of the document were placed together it was 


“found complete, though badly stained. The cousins have 


relinquished the farm, 
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Alexander Howell, Dean of St. Patl’s in Mary Tudor’s 
reign, was a good angler, but his views were regarded as 
unorthodox by the authorities. While he was catching 
fish Bishop Bonner decided to atrest him with a view to 
his trial for heresy. But Howell, though a shining light 
of the Church, did not want to be a burning one too. 
Having received a warning, while fishing in the country 
a pirsuivant was after him; he did not return home, but 
like a wise man, escaped to Holland. When Elizabeth 
sticceeded to the throne he returned from the Low Coun- 
tries, and, remembering a bottle of ale which he had 
hidden in a hole in the bank, he looked for it, and found 
it quite safe. When he uncorked it, he found the beer 
excellent, and so discovered a secret, which has made the 
name of Bass famous throughout the world. 


25 


A French fisherman who threw his line into the Seine 
Canal, near St, Denis, got hold of a package containing 
178 railway bonds, worth $22,000. 


— Sea and River Sishing. 


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Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise. 
them in PorEesT AND STREAM. 


A Memory. 


THERE is a brook away up among the Vermont hills 
which has a particular attraction for at least one in- 
dividual among the millions on earth, It couldn’t have 
the same interest for any other, because no other ever 
enjoyed exactly the same exquisite thrill of pleasure that 
was the writer’s when he caught his first trout. It isn’t 
50 many years ago that the sensation is forgotten. And 
often when the scene is reviewed the brilliant spring day 
returns, with the beauty of the fresh foliage and the 
music of the purling brook, mingled with the vociferous 
chorus of innumerable birds, and one wishes to be again a 
boy, to wander forever by the brookside, to know that 
loved ones since passed to their rest will greet one at the 
door, and to be as ftee from care and worry as then. 

The brook came down from the mountains, even then 
partially capped with snow, and flowed through a meadow 
where it was lost to sight in the springing grass, There 
was a miniature cafion perhaps two feet deep, and in the 
bottom the brook flowed silently along until it reached the 
wall which fenced in the mowing. There it burst through 
the stones and broke into myriads of shining drops as it 
splashed downward and disappeared under a low bridge 
which carried the driveway leading up to the house. 
The upper side of the bridge was covered deep with small 
willows, but the lower side was bare and the brook 
emerged to spread itself into a shallow pool where it 
apparently gathered courage for its plunge through a 
totttious and rocky course along the roadside, thence un- 
der another bridge, down another fall, wandered awhile 
in a sheep pasture and finally lost itself in a larger 
stream which came from another direction. ‘ 

The boy of those days had no modern appurtenances 
for trout fishing. His rod was usually an alder tree cut 
by the brookside and his line was cheap, while hooks 
were few and sinkers were bits of twisted lead cut from 
old water pipes. The bait was invariably angleworms 
catried in a tin spice box, and the creel was a forked 
twig cut from a neighboring bush. And yet, who wouldn’t 
return to those days, with their primitive apparatus, pro- 
vided also the keen zest and unalloyed pleasure would 
return too, and, withal, the success which crowned the 
efforts of the young fisherman? 

This particular boy had been living in a village, but 
his parents had occupied this farm that spring. He had 
explored every possible nook and corner of the plantation, 
including its remotest woodlands, and now it was time 
for fishing. Very carefully he cut his rod, he attached 
the line with extreme care, provided a more than ordi- 
narily symmetrical sinker and prepared to annihilate the 
trout family in that particular stretch of brook. He had 
been told that it was a specially desirable trout-lurking 
place, and he determined to secure one before very long. 

Beginning at the upper end, contrary to all established 
rules of scientific sportsmanship, he worked down the 
stream, using less care than he ought, and meeting with 
no success. The boundary of the meadow was reached 
and he climbed the fence. He dropped his hook into 
the deep hole under the willows at the end of the bridge. 
There was. a fierce tug. A sharp yank on the rod and a 
beautiful brook trout lay struggling far back in the grass. 

The house was only a short distance away, and the 
boy seized his treasure and hastened with all speed to the 
kitchen, where the fish was placed in the water cistern. . 
And he was a beauty. He was fully nine inches long, 
very brightly marked and mottled, with the rainbow 
colors of the Green Mountain brook trout, and which 
are shown by no other known variety. And though that 
is more than thirty years ago, the same trout is in the 
spring which supplies the house with water, to which he 
was aiterward transferred. 

Even though that same boy has caught fish practically 


‘around the world, and has enjoyed the lunge of the largest 


and most gamy species known, there has never been a 


_capture which compares in thrilling experience with the 


first trout captured by a nine-year-old boy one bright 
May morning a third of a century ago, 


Ney Jenery. 


270 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Ocr, 6, 1900. 


TAR 


“A Lake in County Mayo. 


A CORRESPONDENT sends us this well written sketch of 
fishing in Ireland, from the London Standard of Sept. 


Who that has once fished in County Mayo in fine 
weather can ever forget it? Sport may not always 
be quite what it was in the* great days when salmon 
and white trout swarmed, when the fisheries had not 
been half ruined by mismanagement, needy landlords, 
and ubiquitous poachers, and the angler was pretty sure 
of a heavy creel wherever and wheneyer he went out. 
Yet even now, despite many drawbacks, excellent fish- 
ing is here and there to be obtained, white trout are 
fairly abundant, and touching brown trout, every lake, 
every river, every tiny stream that runs sparkling amid 
the glens and mountains of this lovely land is full of 
them, As for scenery, there is scarce a corner of the 
British Isles that can approach County Mayo, with its 
glorious mountains, its romantic valleys and passes, 
its wild moorland, its wonderful seascapes, its unrivaled 
coast line. The cleati, soit air, iresh from a thousand 
leagues of virgin Atlantic, is periection itself, There 
is nathing else quite like it, except, perhaps, in adjacent 
Connemara. Leaying Clew Bay and its hundred islands 
behind us, we drive in the little governess cart up.a 
moorland drive, no great way above the Newport River, 
which, finding an outlet from Lough Beltra, malses its 
short passage to the Atlantic. A seven mile trot into 
Beltra, a beautiful upland lake, set amid perfect solitude, 
lies shining before us. Beyond the lake rises the moun- 
tain of Croaghmoyle, behind us springs Mount Eagle; 
while to the Northwest towers Nephin, one of the most 
formidable of Irish mountains. From Nephin you may 
Stretch your gaze over the waters of Lough Conn, and 
see before you in the far distance Killala Bay, where 
the French landed in 1798. We make our way to one 
of the few dwellings on the shores of Beltra. The lad 
we find here asstires us with true Irish readiness that 
he has the best boat on the lough, and so we outspan, 
and put up the pony, An inspection of the boat, which 
has apparently been lying in the sun for weeks, makes 
us somewhat less certain of our prospects. But the 
eager boy repeats his warranty, we shove the craft into 
the water, and bestow ourselyes and our fishing gear. 
Alas, we are not fairly afloat before from half a dozen 
seatns the water comes pouring in. Desperate bailing 
enables one of us to keep the craft afloat, while the other 
essays a few casts; but it is evident that our voyage is 
doomed, and with what haste we can muster we push 
across the lake for another cabin, where the right boat— 
it is quite evident we have chanced upon the wrong 
one—is to be found. During this hurried excursion we 
have taken three decent brown trout. 

Having changed boats and dismissed our late rower— 
now too downcast even to say a parting word for his 
once incomparable cralt—with the solace of a badly- 
earned shilling, we get upon the water again under 
much more favorable auspices. The sun is a trifle too 
bright, perhaps, but there is a fair breeze from the 
West, and a white cloud or two sails boldly across the 
blue sky every now and again, chequering the lake with 
cool shadews. The sea trout on Beltra have, however, 
been rising none too well of late, and we are by no 
means sanguine. Our boatman manifestly understands 
his business, and moving steadily round the lough, we 
get to work, the soft breeze materially assisting our 
casting operations. Three or four brown trout, the 
biggest of them over half-a-pound in weight, are hooked 
and landed, and then comes that delightful, boiling rise, 
which can never be mistaken, of a good sea trout— 
white. trout as they call them in Ireland. The rise is 
a good one, and the fish is firmly hooked: and now comes 
a desperate little battle betwixt fish and angler. There 
is no better fighter in the world than this pluckiest of 
the Salmonide. Three desperate leaps out of the water. 
displaying the sea-trout’s clean shape and silvery sides 
—critical moiients these—and then the fish bores away 
irantically, demanding and receiving six or eight yards 
of Jine. But the battle is to the strong, and in five 
mintites the white trout is conquered and brought alons- 
side the hoat. One quick sweep of the landing net, 
and the fish. a beauty of just upon two pounds, lies 
before us. Having administered the quietus and duly 
admired the fair proportions of the capture, we get to 
work again. - Another brown trout or two, and then 
follow in pretty rapid succession the bold, pulse-quick- 
ening rises of four sea trout, three of which, vatying in 
weight from three-quarters of a pound to one pound 
and three-quarters, are, after some minutes of delightful 
excitement. brought to bag. Then some few more 
mixed rises, a handsome brown trout of a pound and a 
quarter, and alter that a halt for luncheon, <A. water 
bailiff has been halloaing to us with great pertinacity 
for the last twenty minutes, and now, putting ashore 
for a brief space. we are able to lull his suspicions and 
produce our licences. Poachers of high as well as of 
low degree are pretty numerous in Ireland, and although 
rivets and Jakes are better protected than they used to 
be, a good deal of French Jeave is still taken in these 
remote places. For sea trout, as well as for salmon, a 
one-pound fishing Jicense 1s required, and: occasionally 
asked for, where keepers do their duty. ; 

Tt is curious. by the wavy, how little is known of the 
habits of the sea trout. Were in the West of Ireland 
Peasants and water bailiffs seem to be even less able ta 
enlighten one than their fellows of Scotland or even 
Norway. When and where do the heavier examples 
af these fish spawn? Very few anglers, who understand 
salmion and their ways pretty thoroughly, are able to 
tell you. In various rivers a large proportion of sea 
trout seem to return to the salt water without spawn- 
ing at all, Again, many of the heavier fish seem to 
hana about the coast and estuaries.) Do these ever 
ascend a river with their fellows? They love apparently 
to drift up and’ down with the tide, to just taste the 
fresh water coming down from the rivers, and move on. 
The smaller sea trout do, of course, ascend the upper 
reaches and spawn: the heavy fish. it would seem, much 
more rarely. Male fish, too, among heavy sea trout, 
seem far scarcer than among salmon. One thine our 
Mayo friends are able to bear witness to—a fact well 
Iknown, of course, to most anglers amone the Salmonide 
—and that is. that white trout. unlike their hig cousins 


the salmon, do feed freely in fresh water, Of that there 
can be no manner of doubt. Upon this very morning 
the biggest sea trout killed disgorged the remains oi 
several worms upon which it had manifestly been feeding 
greedily. You may also find them at times stuffed with 
other iood; in salt water, for instance, they are very 
partial to sand eels. It is now, of course, pretty well 
established that the lordly salmon seldom, if ever, feeds 


‘in fresh water; the sea trout is, on the contrary, a hearty 


gourmand in salt water or iresh, and after a spate you 
will occasionally find him absolutely gorged with worms. 

Brown trout, plucky as they are, vary greatly in fight- 
ipg energy. Of course, soil, water and feeding have 
much to do with this. There are three well-remembered 
lakes in Norway, all lying within half a mile of one 
another, and all holding good fish. In the first and sec- 
ond lakes, set amid thick pine forests, the trout were 
dark, heavy and strong, but a trifle sli2ish. In the 
third tari, which lay among rockier and more open 
sutroundings, and was much less engirt with timber, 
the fish were lighter in color and immensely inore ener- 
getic in character. A brown frout of half a pound taken 
in this upland water gave as much sport as a sea trout 
of a pound and a half, which is, of course, saying a 
great deal. In this same Norsk lake char abounded; 
these deep water fish were, however, seldom taken, and 
then only in the hottest weather. 

Towards 6 o'clock, with a respectable creel of brown 
trout, nobly illuminated by nine or ten silvery sea trout, 
we run ashore, inspan oir pony cart, settle our trifling 
account with the boat-lad, and loth though we are to 
leave this fair scene, drive homewards, As we cross 
the solemn moorland, now and again is to be seen 
against the glowing evening sky, plodding homewards, 
a patient ass, its two deep wicker creels, or panniers, 


Jaden to an impossible height with turf sods, behind — 


which is usually perched a ragged, bare-looted boy or 
girl. The turf sods, dug out of the wild bogland with 
so much toil, represent, of course, winter firing | and 
winter comfort in the humble Mayo cabin. These way- 
farers and a bitd or two, a heron, or, as an Irishman 
would call him, a “crane,” cleaving his majestic flight 
against the yellow sky. or a skein of duck, or a sand- 
piper, are the only occupants of the quiet waste. Near- 
ing home, we cast a final glance backward toward the 
lone, majestic mountains, amid which our lake is set. 
Beautiful Beltra, ever fair to the eye and memory, even 
among the romantic scenery of wild Mayo, how pleasant 
are the days passed amid your lovely solitudes and in 
pursuit of your excellent sporting fish! 


ANGLING NOTES. 


A Salmon Score. 


OnE day in August as I was going to my train in 
Albany I met Mr. Wm. Sage on the platform, also waiting 
for a train. As both our trains proved to be ten minutes 
late, we indulged in talk about salmon fishing, for I had 
last seen him on the Ristigouche River, in Canada. Soon 
after 1 made a note of what he told me about the late 
salmon fishing, but he told me another thing about which 
I could not make a note, as it lacked essential details. and 
this was that Mr. John S. Kennedy, president of the 
Ristigouche Salmon Club, had made a remarkable score of 
salmon killed on the Ristigouche and the Cascapedia. 
and that on three different days he had killed his limit of 
eight salmon. ‘The essential details that I refer to were 
the total numbers of fish, weights, etc., and not until I was 
in New York last week was I able to supply them, and 
now give the score complete to the readers of Forest AND 
StreAM. The score tells its own story, and J only call 
attention to the number of fish killed on the Jock-Scott 
fly. A tofal of 88 fish, and 56 fell to the Jock-Scott. Of 
the remaining 32 salmon 20 were killed on silver-doctor, 
7 on dusty-miller, 3 on black-dose and 2 on silver-gray. 
provided I haye counted and figured correctly, First I 
give Mr. Kennedy's score on the 


Ristigouche, 


é i 1, 2ilbs., A, M.. silver-doctor. 
15, Main Pool, 1, 22lbs., A. M., dusty-miller. 
. Main Pool, 1. 22ibs., A. M., dusty-miller. 
15. Main Pool, 1, 241bs., P. M., dusty-miller, 
15. Main Pool, 1, 22lbs., P. M., dusty-miller. 
15. Main Pool, 1, 24lbs., P. M,, silver-doctor, 
16. Main Pool, 1, , A, M., Jock-Scott. 
16. Main Pool, 4, s.. A, M., Jock-Scott. 
16. Main Pool,1, 14Ibs., A. M., Jock-Scott. 
16. Main Pool, 1, 191bs., P. M., Silver-doctor. 
16. Main Pool, 1, 20lbs,, P. M., silwer-doctor. 
17. Sunday. 

18. Rock Pool, J, 19lbs.. A. M.,* Jock-Seott. 
1s- ok Pool, 1, 24lbs., P. M,, Jock-Scott, 
July. . 

5. Main Pool, 1, 22lbs,, A. M., black-dose’ 
3. Main Pool, 1, $lbs., P. M., Jock-Seott. 
Total, 16 fish, 328lbs. 


The sixteen salmon averaged 2014 pounds. Six kelts 
were landed and returned to the river. Mr. Kennedy left 
the Ristigouche Salmon Club at Metapedia on the morn- 
ing of June 19, and arrived at Cascapedia Club the after- 
noon of the same day. He returned to Ristigouche Sal- 
mon Club July 4, which accounts for the two fish recorded 
on July 5. 


Cascapedia River, 
June. 
19. Duffty’s, J, 26lbs., P, M., silver-doctor. 
20. Rock Pool, 1, 26lbs., A. M.. dusty-miller. 
20. Dufty’s, 1, 23lbs., P. M., dusty-miller. 
20. Ledge, 1, 23lbs., P. M., silver-doctor. 
21. Duffy’s, 1, 2ilbs.. A. M., silver-doctor. 
21. Tent, 1, 19ibs., A, M.,, it re ene 
21. Dufty’s, 1, 25lbs., P, M., silver-doctor. 
21. Ledge, 1, 30lbs., P.. M., silver-doctor. 
21. Rock, 1, 26lbs., P. M., silver-doctor. 
21. Rock, 1, 17Ibs., silver-doctor. 
22, Rock, 1, 36lbs., A. M.. silver-doctor-. 
22. Duffy’s, 1, 241bs,, P. M., silver-docter, 
23. Home, 1, 18lbs., A. M., Jock-Scott. 
23. Duffy’s, 1, 26ibs., P. M., silver-gray. 


23. Ledge, 1, 25lbs., P. M., silver-gray. 

24. Sunday. 

25. Maple, 1, 26lbs., A. M., Jock-Scoit. 

25. Maple, 1, 35lbs., A. M., Jobopcott 

25. Maple, 1, @ilbs., A. M., Jock-Scott 

25. Maple, 1, 20lbs., A. M., Jock-Scott. 

25. Maple, 1, 34lbs., P. M., Joek-Scott. 

25. Maple, 1, 2ilbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 

25. Maple, 1, 26lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott, 

2%. Maple, 1, 28lbs., P. M., Jock-Seott. a," Teg 


26. Limestone, 1, 24lbs., A. M., Jock-Seoit. 
26. Limestone, 1, 35lbs., A. M., Jock-Scott. 
26. Limestone, 1, 22lbs., A. M., Jock-Scott. 

26. Limestone, 1, 28lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 

26. Limestone, 1, 13lbs., P. M., Jock-Scoit. 
26. Limestone, 1, 26lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 

26. Limestone, 1, 40lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 

26. Limestone, 1, 40).bs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 

27. Turner’s Brook, 1, 23lbs., A. M., Jock-Scott. 
27. Big Camp, 1, 28lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 
27. Big Camp, 1, 3llbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 
27. Big Camp, 1, 32lbs., P. M., silyer-doctor. 
28. Almonds, 1, 28lbs., A. M., Jock-Scott. 

28. Almonds, 1, 34lbs., A, M., Jock-Scott. 

28. Almonds, 1, 35lbs., A. M., Jock-Scott. 

28. Almonds, 1, 42lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 

28. Almonds, 1, 28lbs., P. M,, Jock-Scott. 

28. Almonds, 1, 22lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott- 
28. Almonds, 1, 20lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 

28. Almonds, 1, 11lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 

29. Almonds, 1, 29lbs., A. M., Jock-Scott. 

29, Almonds, 1, 3ilbs., A. M., Jock-Scott. 

29, Almonds, 1, 39lbs., A. M., Jock-Scott- 

29. Captain’s, 1, 25lbs., A. M., Jock-Scoft. 

29. Big Camp, 1, 29!bs., P. M., Tock-Scott. 
29. Big Camp, 1, 27lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. > 
29, Big Camp, 1, 26lbs, P.: M., silver-doctor. 
30. Joe Martin’s, 1, 44Ibs,, A..M., dusty-miller. 
30. Joe Martin’s, 1, 38lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 
30. Joe Martin’s, 1, 26lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 
30. Joe Martin’s, 1, 33lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 
30. Joe Martin’s, 1, 10lbs., PB. M., Jock-Scott. 
30. Joe Martin’s, 1, 37lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 


30. Joe Martin’s, 1, 26lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 

30. Captain’s, 1, 39lbs., P. M., silver-doctor. 

July. ‘ 
I. Sunday. » ks 
2, Almonds, 1, 24lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 

2. Almonds, 1, 13lbs., P. M., Jock Scott. 

2. Almonds, 1, 19lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 

2. Almonds, 1, 25lbs., P. M., Jocksecte i 
2. Almonds, 1, 14lbs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 7 
2. Almonds, 1, 25lbs., P. M., silver-doctor. 


Total, 64 fish, 1,725lbs. 


This produces an average of 26 61-64 pounds per fish, 
The score shows that on four separate days—June 25. 
26, 28 and 30—Mr. Kennedy killed the limit of eight fish. 
Mr. Kennedy had a guest on the Cascapedia who killed 
eight fish, as follows: 

June. 

30. Leap Pool, 1, 26lbs., P. M., silver-doctor, 

ay AE Pool, 1, 29lbs.. P. M., silver-doctor. 

“1. Sunday. 

. Captain’s, 1, 4ilbs., A. M., Jock-Scott. 

. Captain’s 1, 26lbs., A. M., Jock-Scott. 

Doctor’s, 1, 3llbs., A. M., black-dose, 

Doctor's, 1, 30Ibs., A. M., black-dose. 

Almonds, 1, 25lbs., A. M., Jock-Scott, PS 
. Big Camp, 1, 34Ibs., P. M., Jock-Scott. 

Total, 8 fish, 242lbs. 

Average 30%4]bs. © 

Mr. Kennedy's score on the Cascapedia will furnish 
one given to figures considerable amusement. The four 
days on which he killed the limit of fish the eight salmon 
weighed respectively 229, 228, 215 and 248 pounds, or an 
average per day of 2834, 28%, 2674 and 31 pounds, but 
on each of three days the average was brought down by a 
small fish, yiz.: 13 pounds on the second day, 11 pounds 
on the third day and to pounds on the fourth day. On 
this day, too, the extremes met, the largest fish, 44 pounds. 
and the smallest fish, 1o pounds. The 20th was almost a 
limit day, with seven fish of 206 pounds, an average of 
29 3-7 pounds. There were five fish killed weighing each 
40 pounds or more, and four were killed on a Jock-Scott 
and one on a dusty-miller, but I must leave further figur- 
ing to others, as the score will speak for itself. 

Readers of Forrsr anpD STREAM may recall a score | 
gave, made by Mr. James Barnes Baker. a nephew of Mr. 
Kennedy's, a few years ago in the Cascapedia. I lost the 
score, and only recently found it again, and it is well 
worth reprinting, for I doubt if it was ever equaled, and 
probably will not be duplicated, except possibly on the 
same river. Mr, Baker in one day killed seven salmon 
weighing 28, 30, 35, 35, 38, 40 and 41 pounds, or a total of 
247 pounds, making an average of 35 2-7 pounds. 


PS PI OS Oo ho 1S feb 


Kipling on Fishing. 

Why it is that when I open a book by chance I open 11 
to a paragraph about fishing or fish, if it so happens that 
the book contains anything upon these subjects? Jt was 
in this way that I chanced upon Kipling’s mention of sal- 
mon fishing on the Pacific Coast, and lately J noticed in 
the library at home a book strange to me, and took it 
from the shelf and opened it. It was “The Day's Work,” 
by Kipling, and it opened naturally in my hand to a 
page where my eye caught the word “tarpon,” and so IT 
read the paragraph containing it. Jt was in “The Brush- 
wood Boy,’ and the author says: 

“He became a member of the local Tent Club, and 
chased the mighty boar on horseback with a short stabbing 
spear. There he met the mahseer of the Poonch, beside 
whom the tarpon is as a herring, and he who lands him 
can say he is a fisherman,” : 

| do not know as Mr. Kipling has ever taken a tarpon 
to compare his fighting qualities with the big carp of 
India, but Mr. Alfred C. Harnesworth, who wrote’ of 


since been to India, and tpon his return to London wrote 
me that except for the heat India would be the finest fish- 
ing country in the world. He did not specify the kinds of 
fish he found there, nor did he compare the mahseer with 
the tarpon, as probably he could. bu rf the big carp is 
really so much superior to the big herring-like fighter of 
Florida and Texas. that the Yankee anglers have come 
{o think is the greatest fighting fish of all the list, it would 
be well that we knew more of the giant carp. J doubt it 
any mahseer that swims can equal the jump that I saw a 
tarpon make in Florida, an unhooked tarpon, but I never 
have seen a compatison made between the two fish until 
I read what I have quoted from Mr. Kipling’s pen, and he 
has not qualified as a judge. The Entyclopedia of Sport 
has this to say of the mahseer: 

“The mahseer, commonly running ta 50 pounds in 
weight, and attaining as much as 150 pounds, has its 
habitat only in large, rocky, mountain rivers.” 

Its habitat would make it a more difficult fish to deal 
with when hooked than the tarpon, but apparently it does 
not grow to the weight of the tarpon. To continue the 
description: “It is the most sporting fish in the East, the 
violence of its first rush on feeling the restraint of the 
hook being phenomenal, and constituting a special difficulty 
in its capture. It does not take the bait as a salmon or 
trout ordinarily does, leisurely rising and leisurely re- 
_turning to its place, but with a sudden blow which takes 


Oct. 6, 1900.] 


the angler by surprise, and which will even jerk the sal- 
mon rod out of his hands, if he is unprepared. And this 
blow is instantly followed by a violent rush, to which the 
run of a salmon can bear no comparison. The rapidity of 
the dash is accounted for measurements of the tail and fins 
as compared with the rest of the body of the fish. which 
show that the superficial areas of the propelling and 
directing powers amount together to as much as the 
superficial area of the whole of the rest of the mahseer’s 
body. The sudden jerk and violent rush make it neces- 
sary to fish for it with a thoroughly pliable salmon rod 
that will yield to the first rush more rapidly than it is 
possible for the angler’s hand to do—to yield, indeed, be- 
fore the effect of the blow has even reached the angler’s 
hand, and so to allow the line to run out, but for which 
the strongest tacfkle that can be well used with a rod 
must be broken. The tackle, too, must be good and 
strong, and the running line, the same as for salmon, 
should be 150 yards lone. Other rushes also the mah- 
seer will make before he yields, but none such as his first 
for suddenness and rapidity.” ‘ 

The mahseer has no teeth in its leathery mouth, but 
it has some: cruel teeth in its throat. I have some that 
Mr. Marston sent me without giving the size of the 
fish from which they were taken, but they seem large and 
strong enotigh to compare them with the teeth of a tiger, 
provided the tiger selected for comparison is not too 
large, Perhaps Mr. Harnesworth, haying had experience 
with both fishes, will give the readers of Forest AND 
STREAM a patagraph oy two from his note book, which 
would be more convincing than the broad assertion made 
by Mr. Kipling, who may have written under a license 
issued to poets. A. N. CHENEY. 


Tarpon in Texas Waters. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

In my last letter I did not mention the fishing at 
Galveston, but I will now take the liberty of doing so, as 
it may interest some of my brother sportsmen, I saw 
an article by Mr. Waddell in your paper, in which he 
says he would like to getup a discussion on tarpon fish- 
ing. I think I am the first person to help set the ball 
rolling. Mr. Waddell says, very justly, that it is extreme- 
ly unlikely that the tarpon will ever be exterminated. 
The best reason for this is that the fish are unmarketable, 
and only the well-to-do can take part in this kingly sport. 
Now oi late years, since the Great Jetties haye been 
put tp, tarpon, Spanish mackerel, trout, redfish, jack- 
fish (sometimes called horse mackerel), which average 
in weight 25 pounds, abotind. I landed one last sum- 
mer weighing 40 pounds. I fought him three-quarters 
of an hour with a small mackerel hook, and when I 
landed him I found the barb of my hook was broken 
off. At first I thought it must have been a tarpon, but 
as he did not leap out of the water I knew what 
T had, and stepped back on to a higher rock, and had a 
great time. I had to handle him gently on account of my 
small hook. This started me on big fish. Before this 
i had dreaded them, and regarded them as a nuisance. 
I have had as many as fifteen hooks and sinkers taken 
by tarpon and jackfish in one afternoon. 

The reason for these fish coming to Galveston is this, 
and it is a marvelous sight: There is one continuous 
stream of mullet running down the jetties all day. In 
fair weather men throw for these fish with cast nets, and 
we use them for bait, and find they are the best for all 
fish caught there, except redfish and sheepshead. I have 
tried trolling with a spoon and also a piece of red cloth 
for mackerel, but did not get a strike. In fishing for 
tarpon we use a large mullet about 9 inches long. For 
mackerel, trout and redfish a piece about 2 inches is the 
best size. Jackfish don't give a cent how big or small 
and take them all. 

Last summer I was fishing for tarpon with the 
O’Shatighnessy tarpon hook, long wire leader and a mul- 
let about 9 inches long. I got a strike, and never dream- 
ing that anything but a tarpon would have the presump- 
tion to take such a mullet, I struck at him, as I have 
found that the best way. Every one who has seen a 
tarpon knows that his mouth 1s like a piece of iron, unless 
you get him in the tongue, and I struck him hard, so as 
to drive my hook into his hard head. Well, you may 
Imagine my surprise when I reeled in the line and found 
a small trout about 14 inches long hooked in the side. 

I had a rather queer experience with a tarpon, I 
hooked a big fellow on a mackerel hook with a copper 
wire leader. I was then on the rocks. He left the water 
three times. I then called to the boy at the payilion 
to bring a boat. The tarpon was lying a long way out 
sulking. The boy brought the boat, and as I was step- 
ping in the tarpon made a run. I pressed too hard on 
my leather drag and fell into the boat. At the same 
time the tarpon left the water, and on this jump he must 
have thrown the hook out of his mouth, and it caught 
in is back just behind his fin. Well, when I found he 
was hooked in the back I knew I was “up against it’ 
It was then 6:30, but I determined to play him as long 
as the light lasted, He started straight out to sea, 
but after a very hard tussle I managed to turn him back, 
and he took me back by the pavilion. That pavilion 
must have gone down in the hurricane. Ah! that storm! 
But as the man who ran the pavilion made a great deal 
of money, he told me before I left Galveston that he was 
going to put up a better one next summer, It is on the 
middle—or was on the middle—of the North Jetties, and 
many a delightful night have I spent out there, with the 
‘cool sea hreeze on my face all night and the water 
lapping gently on the great gtanite rocks. 

T have had as many as fifteen or eighteen strikes from 
tarpon in one afternoon; twelve is about the average 
number in an afternoon. At times the instant your line 
strikes the water you have a strike. The tarpon is the 
king of salt-water fish in my estimation, and I am not 
alone. From fifty to sixty Spanish mackerel and trout 
are nothing unustal in one afternoon. 

The way we take sheepshead at home is with a .32 
Winchester early in the motning when they come up 
to the big rocks that are just under the water. You 
can go along the rocks early in the morning and see 
then in great numbers; a steel bullet does the work. 

There is another way of killing these fish: Take a 
pole about 8 feet long, drive a piece of thin iron in the 


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end; have it barbed, and sneak along the rocks and try 


to run it through the fish. The fall is the best time to fish 


for sheepshead at Galveston; shrimp is the best bait 
for them. 

The fishing for tarpon, trout, mackerel, redfish and 
jackfish begins in the middle of May, is pretty good in 
June, and from the middle of June to the first of Sep- 
tember is magnificent. Galveston is not much known as 
a fishing resort, but any one who goes there and goes 
to the Bolliver Ferry Co, will get all the information he 
needs. Jt is from there the boat (a naphtha latinch) 
leaves for the North Jetties, There will be a new and 
better pavilion next stimmer; and one can stay there over 
night. Any one who goes there will leave well satisfied. 
I hope J may have the pleasure of seeing some of my 
brother sportsmen from the North and East next sum- 
met. I hope Mr, Waddell will see this, fot I am glad 
to try and help him with the silver-king, (Gs 15 18F 


A Trip to the Trout Lakes. 


At 8:30 on Thursday morning, May 24 last, Throop, 
Hayes, Deslaurier and I left by the C. P. R, train, arriv- 
ing at Buckingham station at 9:20, where we found our 
man waiting for us with a good team, and after a very 
pleasant drive of three miles we reached the steamer 
Agnes ready to start up the River Lievre with a party 
of merry picnickers on board going to the High Falls 
te spend the birthday of Her Gracious Majesty. Our 
genial friend, Capt. A. McNaughton, was also on board, 
as well as the obliging captain of the steamer, Capt. 
Bothwell. We made good time, and arrived at our 
destination at 12:30, where we found Isaac and his boy 
waiting for us with the horse and jumper. Jt did not 
take us long to get the things snugly packed, and by 
1:30 we were at the lake. It would surprise many people 
to see the places over which Isaac’s horse took our load. 
He actually walked along a single log, and went up and 
down places where it is difficult footing for a man to 
pass. : 

We found the boats in good shape, and by 2 o’clock 
we were at the point, where tents were pitched in a 
lovely spot, close to a stream of clear, running water. 
After partaking of a light lunch we got our rods and 
tackle together and started out for the afternoon’s fish- 
ing, Threop and I going in one boat and Hayes and 
Deslaurier in the other. We did not anchor, but kept 
moving about, one paddling and the other casting. By 
this means we of course covered a very large extent of 
water, and this increased the chances of securing what 
fish might be on the lookout for flies. 

We rose most of them close in under the bushes and 
dead trees near the shore. The day was, however, vety 
bright, not a cloud in the sky, and for that reason doubt- 
less they did not rise very well. However, Throop and 
I managed to land twenty-five nice trout between us. 
We returned to camp about 8 P. M., and found that 
Deslaurier and Hayes had some nice fish, and reported 
having lost some very large ones. They did not move 
very far from camp, and fished with both bait and flies. 
Throop and I used the fly only. We found the most 
killing to be the grizzly-king. Montreal, Alexander and 
Zulu, and they seemed to show a marked preference 
for the firstnamed. The largest trout I caught on the 
trip weighed 24 pounds, and took a fly I made according 
to no particular pattern, namely, body dirt brown seal’s 
fur; hackle, dark brown; Palmer wings, and tail well 
marked pintail. This fly somewhat resembles “Dr. 
Shore’s fancy,” and is a very tempting looking fly. 

During the evening we heard and aiterward saw an im- 
mense trout jump out of the water three or four times. 
From appearances and the noise it made we estimated its 
weight at from 6 to 8 pounds. We tried several flies 
over him, but he would not rise at them. This day 
was just as bright as the preyious one, and the result 
much the same. We returned to camp about 8:30, and 
after a good meal sat aromnd the fire chatting and 
smoking until about 11, when we turned in for the night 
somewhat tired after having been up since 3:30 in the 
morning and at work all day with the exception of about 
an hour when we rested for lunch at noon. The black: 
files were very troublesome on the lake, but were for- 
tunately not very plentiful near the camp. The mos- 
duitoes did not bother us at all until daylight. It was a 
great relief to lie down in the tent at night and feel free 
irom the black flies for a few hours. We had plenty of 
fly oils with us of various kinds, but found the tar oil 
the only thing to keep the flies from biting; even that 
required renewing frequently. Nesmuk’s recipe is the 
best I have tried. 

We were out bright and early the next morning, Sat- 
urday, and fished until about 10 o'clock, when we re- 
turned to camp and packed up, after partaking of a 
sumptuous meal. We then leit for the end of the 
portage, where we found Isaac awaiting us (1 never 
knew him to fail to be on time), and it did not take us 
lang to get down to the river, where we divided the 
fish and packed them carefully in our baskets with 
plenty of ice and boughs. The steamer arrived about 
4, and we reached Buckingham at 5:30. We drove at 
cence to the railway station, and had tea at a nice, clean, 
comfortable hotel near hy. alter which we enjoyed a 
pleasant chat over our trip. until the train arrived at 9:20. 
We reached home at 10:15, and all pronounced it, al- 
though short, ofe of the most enjoyable trips we had 
ever had. Not a single thing went wrong or was for- 
gotten. It is not often that everything goes right on 
such a trip. A slight accident is liable to happen, or 
something be forgotten or broken, which might cause 
considerable inconyenience when one is away from ciy- 
ilization: but everything went well in our case. 

The fine weather of course prevented us making a 
large catch, but we did not go for the purpose of making 
a haul, and we were all perfectly satisfied with what 
sport we had. Our total catch was sixty trout of about 
I pound average weight—quite sufficient to make the 
sport interesting. 

With regard to flies we found that the proper size of 
heok was No, 5 (old seals), and that the grtizzly-king 
dressed with a very bushy body of rather dark green 
seal’s fur was the most effective, as before mentioned. 

WALTER GREAVES. 

OtTTawa, Sept, 17: 


2if1 


The Sea’s Exchange. 


Down in the deeps of the wintry sea, 
Far from the tossing waves; . 

Where the clinging weed is the only meed, 
O'er the sailors’ silent graves, 

‘Down in the deeps an old crab squats, 
Watching with evil eye 

The trawl with its freight of the living dead 
As it passes slowly by. 


Above in the storm-tossed ocean trough, 
In the mist of the blinding rain, 

"Pore the scourging blast the creaking mast 
Groans Joud as a soul in pain. 

‘The craft heels o'er, and the sea’s long arms, 
Like tentacles scekimg prey, 

Suck a man from the shell in the seething hell, 
The toll of the sea to pay. 


Ife saw Death's hand so oft before, 
Its terrors he laughed to scorn; 
But oh! for the widow's anguished moan 
At the break of the coming dawn. 
Yet the mets are heavy with scaly spoil, 
The harvest exchanged for life, 
And his mates must earn for his widow's need 
What he would have earned for wife- 


Down in the deeps’neath the turmoil wild 
The trawl sweeps slowly past, 

Up from the quiet and ghostly calm 
To the force of the wintry blast; 

And down in its place come the form and face 
Of one who but lately laughed 

As he judged the weight of the scaly freight 
In the hold of his tiny craft. 


Whilst the old gray crab from his sandy bed 
Crawled over the smackman’s breast. 
“More room for those who are left,’ he said, 
“May the sea gods help the rest.” 
Down in the deeps the old crab watched 
With active and evil eye, 
‘As the trawl made way for the lifeless clay, 
And drifted slowly by. 
—Kryptos in London ishing Gazette. 


Mahseer Fishing. 


To go with Mr. Cheney’s notes on the mahseer, the 
great game fish of Indian waters, we quate this story, ‘a 
British angler’s experience with the fish in Central India: 

S. and myself took three days’ leave to try our luck in 
one of the numerous rivers known as the “Kali Sind.” 
Fourteen miles’ ride on an apology for a road all over 
black cotton soil brought us te our camp near a small 
village of the usual type on the river bank. It was 5 
o'clock when we arrived, too late for much chance of a 
fish, so we turned out some of the villagers to beat for 
us and had a very good little shoot, getting seven brace 
of partridge and a few quail before dinner time. Next 
morning we turned out early and full of high hopes, fished 
steadily until about 9 A. M., but with no success. The 
river was clear and we could see plenty of fish schooling 
about, but they treated the spoon with the utmost con- 
tempt. Occasionally a fat mahseer would sail after it al- 
most to one’s feet and then turn away with a wag of his 
tail. It was particularly annoying. We caught nothing 
that day. The following day things were not much better, 
S. got one mahseer, 4 pounds, and I got a murril, 4%. 
A murril is not a very sporting fish to catch. He is 
heavy and dull and makes a poor fight of it, but his worth 
as au addition to the larder is undoubted; he is seldom 
absent from any decently supplied breakfast table. The 
first time I caught one of these fish I mistook him for a 
kind of snake, and his proceedings justified my suspicion, 
as no sooner had I freed the hook from his mouth than 
he slipped from my hand and did sixteen annas straight 
back to the tank.. I tried to grab him, but could get no 
purchase on his snake-like body, and in spite of my fling- 
ing myself on top of him he slid gracefully into the 
water and swam slowly away. I know him better now 
and knock him on the head before he is taken out of the 
landing net. ° 

Next day we were both rather stiff and weary and 
turned out rather late. The dead still heat in a river 
bed on a September day is something to be remembered, 
and the smell of the damp vegetation is stifling, so it was 
not to be wondered at that we were both a bit lazy and 
did no fishing before breakfast. There was nothing in the 
weather or water to-day to make one anticipate that it 
would be in any way different from yesterday or the day 
before. But that was just where we made a mistake; the 
mahseer had made up their minds to break their fast on 
this occasion, as I shortly found out. Beginning at the 
same place as on the two previous days—a quiet pool 
below a ford—I was into a lively 2-pounder the very first 
cast, and in a quarter of an hour had two more the same 
size. + I skipped about half a mile of intervening water in 
order to try what seemed the most likely bit—a nice 
rapid about two hrundred yards long and interspersed 
with rocks—a shoal ran down the length of the rapid 
dividing it from a qtiet backwater. Wading down the 
shoal I could cast across the stream, and soon began to 
have a lively time. For more than an hour I was landing 
or losing fish at frequent intervals—the monster of the 
day, of course, defeated me—twice he took out nearly all 
my line, and as I reeled him up short the second time 
I experienced that blank and dismal sinking inside (I 
can't discribe it better), known only to fisherman, as my 
rod suddenly straightened out and the spoon came flicking 
back to me across the stream, I found on examination 
that the hook had broken—bad luck indeed. I put up 
another spoon, which, however, did not last long. Having 
cast across the stream, 1 was hauling in the slack when a 
fish snapped tp the spoon almost at my feet, the line ran 
out, but being a bit kinked caught round the reel. There 
was a jerk that nearly took the rod out of my hands, the 
line snapped, the tod fortunately stood the strain and the 
line came falling back through the rings. That 
mahseer got a jog in the mouth that fairly astonished ‘him 
and for full thirty seconds he kicked about on the top of 
the water, getting gradually further and further down 


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stream. About 1 o’clock the take was over. Fourteen 
fish, total weight a little over 40 pounds, the largest 6 


- pounds, the smallest 114—nothing very great in the way 


of size, perhaps, but they gave me a morning’s real good 


sport, Tiffin over, it was time to be off, as we had a long | 


ride before us, and it would not do to get caught in the 
dark: so I tramped back to camp. On seven. subsequent 
occasions within the next month I fished this river. 
My biggest catch was three fish, and I had three absolutely 
blank days, which I think bears out to a certain extent 


my previous remarks on the “cussedness” of te pale: 


Smelt Fishing in Boston Waters. 


Boston, Sept. 28—Editor Forest and Stream; The 
smelt fishing season has been on for some weeks in this 
yicinity, and large numbers of this highly prized fish have 
been taken. Several of the personal friends of Com. 
John N. Roberts have been playing in great luck re- 
cently. The Commodore (he gets his title from the 
South Boston Yacht Club) has a cottage on Peddach’s 
Island, where he passes the greater part of his time 
from May to December. I have described it before in 
your columns, and it is only necessary to add that it 
is all there, with a substantial addition built last fall. 
The members of his family, children and grandchildren, 
having returned to the city, his fishing friends are now 
being entertained in turn. I haye been down twice 
thus far. 

Col. Henry W. Wilson was down for one fishing, and 
got all he wanted. Both he and the Commodore went 
to the city Wednesday, while I remained alone at the 
cottage, with suggestions from the “Com.” as to the 
course to be pursued the next morning. Mr. George 
Lakin, another enthusiastic fisherman, who occupies a 
cottage nearby, was to go out with me, and as the 
boss didn’t want us to miss a good thing he set the 
alarm clock for 3:15 A. M., and it went off accordingly. 
A good breakfast was soon disposed of, and at hall 
past five we were at our anchors on the fishing grounds 
off Bunkin Island. The day before there were eight 
boats there with fourteer, fishermen, but this morning 
we had it all to ourselves. After a few minutes they 
began to take hold, and for three hours we had all the 
fun we wanted. We weris obliged to stop shortly after 
10 o'clock, as Mr. Lakin was to go to the city on the 
noon boat. We had 2934 pounds of smelts, which is 
the record for the season so far as known. The Com- 
modore returned on the afternoon boat—dinner was 
ready when he reached the cottage, aiter which I tools 
a walk over*the island and gathered a good sized basket 
of mushrooms, The next morning the three of us took 
about 25 pounds of fish, and I returned home in the 
afternoon delighted with my trip. 

The Commodore is a sportsman from the word go. He 
has been an active member of the governing board of 
the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association for many 
years. He is a big bodied, big-hearted mau, and he en- 
joys having his friends at his hospitable board. There is 
nothing about the place too good for them, and the 
only condition he exacts is that if they come to fish they 
shall get up in the morning and he ready for breakfast 
when he gets it on the table. The man who wouldn't 
do that ought not to be allowed to go fishing, much less 


to land on the island. We go again next week. 


Wm». B. SMART. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Fox River Region. 


Cuicaco, Ill, Sept..29—The Fox Lake, Ill, lake 
and river region is showing good sport this weels, the 
best for many days. Ben Stilling, of Pistakee Bay, says 
that the fishing is better there now than it has been for 
years, Fred Peet, A. Wolfarth, E. R. Letterman and 
A. C. Smith are among those who have tried Fox River 
tuns lately, from McHenry down, and they report the 
fish biting freely. They used the spoon hook, anil 


though the weeds are still bad they got fine strings of 


. 


pickerel and bass. 

Dr. Burnett and three friends report fine sport on 
their trip at Bluff Lake,, near the Fox Lake Chain. 
Near the came country, L. F. Crosby has taken 20 bass 
in one day, Harry Miner 14, Harry Babcock 8, WN. P. 
Riley at Sand Lake, the same chain, has had good sport 
with bass and pickerel, and so has Chas. Ollk at Cedar 
Lake, From the Lauderdale Lake, further north in 
Wisconsin, Walter Sharp reports the largest bass of the 
season, 6 pounds. 


In the Muscallunge Country. 


Mr, Geo. Jenney, of this city, is just back from a 
flying trip to the Manitowish and Spider Lake country 
of Wisconsin. He had good luck, and got one of 26 
pounds, one of 17 pounds, and several of weights such 
as 10 pounds, 12 pounds, etc, He tries to look modest 
about it, but really this is the best muscallunge score of 
whtich I have had word for some weeks. 

Messrs. C. T. Fatson, H. Wayne, Jas. W. Hyde and 
Dr, Olney are back this week from a trip in the Fifield 
country. They got no great fishing in the lakes, but on 
trying the Flambeau River discovered that all the “lunge 
in the country seemed to be congregated there waiting 
for them. They had fine sport indeed. Though nothing 
of very great size turned cut, they had one of 27 pounds, 
one of 15 pounds, etc. Mr. Hyde reports 16 partridge 
and 17 muscallunge, which is a good mixed bag. 

Mr. G. K. Thompson, city agent here of the Wiscon- 
sin Central Line, is. at this writing, up in the Fifield 
country with Rev. Mr. L. Potter and wife, and they are 
having good sport. The deer crop is reported by every- 
body as extremely good, the fishermen seeing deer 
almost hourly. 

Messrs. Chas. and Louis Antoine, who were this weels 
up at Squirrel Lake, Wis., after “lunge, bring back al- 
most the only hard Iuck story of the week. They hit 
the Jake when it was in bloom, though it was the last 
week in September; certainly a most unusual occurrence, 
for the bloom is supposed to run mostly in July or 
August. But here it was, and no doubt about it, and 
though they fished three days they did not get a mus- 


FORE ST AND STREAM. 


callunge. The whole shore was turned green by this 


' scouring of the lake, the decomposition of the vegeta- 
‘tion sending out such a cloud of particles that one 


could hardly see an oar a foot deep in the water, 

Harry Hascal and John Waddell had some fishing on 
their trip to Platte Lake, Mich., but met rough, weather, 
so that they could not go out on the lake much of the 
time. 

For the next two weeks we shall probably have the 
best fishing for bass and mitscallunge since early spring. 


The One-Eyed Bass of Washington Park. 


“For many years the guards and watchmen of Wash- 
ington Park, one of the big playgrounds of the south 


division of this city, have known a certain big bass 


which lived in one of the park lakes, and which was 
known among all the local guards and, also some of the 
visitors, as the “one-eyed bass.’ This old fellow had 
lost an optic in some way or other, and yet he seemed 
to have enough brains to get along safely in this world 
with only one eye. 

Had this bass been in a wild water and open to assault 
all the year through, perhaps his finish would have 
come belore now. In the patks of the city no angling 
is permitted except for a short time in the fall season, 
when anglers are allowed to fish for a couple of hours 
in the morning. Yesterday morning there was an angler 
patiently flogging this particular lake where the old 
one-eyed bass lay. He got a fierce strike on his spoon, 
and after.a steady fight of some time, he landed his 
fish, There were several park laborers watching his 
fight, and when the bass was brought up the bank to 
where they could see it, they all exclaimed, “He's got 
old One-eve!” The angler did not stop to give his name, 
but put his bass in a basket, and started down town 
with him. He took the fish in to V. L. & A.’s, and 
{hat must have been at least an hour after it was canght. 
At that time the fish was still alive in the basket, and 
no doubt would have lived if returned to the water. 
It was a big-mouth, and it weighted 5 pounds. The 
name of the man who caught this old fellow is not 
known, as he disappeared before any newspaper man had 
seen him. The lakes at Washington Park are turning 
out some nice bass this week. At Jackson Parl: there 
have also been some good takes made of mornings 


lately. 
' E. Hoven. 
Hartrorp Burnpine, Chicago, II). 


San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
MeEpAL contests, series of 1900, Stow Lake, Sept. 15. 
West wind, warm and mild. 5 


Event Event Event 
No. ;, No, 2, No, 4, 
Distance, Accuracy, ———~— Event No. 8, = _ bure 
Feet Percent. Acc. % Del, % Net% Casting% 
Battle See ee 89 85.4 85.8 70 77.10 
94 88,4 92.8 71.8 §2.2 vs 
Inerhee PSa ides 105 93 92 79.2 85.7 Be 
: say 92-8 86.8 76.8 81.8 34 
Wdwatds ....... 102.6 89.4 90.4 70.10 80.7 5 
Golcher “voce, se-¢ 92 92 75.10 $3.11 “¢ 
87.4 89.8 78.10 82.9 Ag 
Mansfield sisse ss 91,8 94.4 70,10 82.7 Fi 
_ 87,8 91,8 7912 85.5 be 
Young «0... wun 99 89.8 3.4 74.2 3.9 is 
Arar | RRR B BAR sie 91.1 ; - ’ $4 
100 84.8 ts 
Rowler 229.0200 105 87.8 76 60,10 68.5 vs 
Fai elit, sy aneeees St 71.8 $8.8 64.2 76.5 a 
85 71.4 84 66.5 75.4 AL 
EMiyichkossteloeilae es 95 90.8 2.8 69.2 81.5 EM 
96 91 89.8 71.8 80.8 rt 
Mansfield ..... .-. 96.4 92.4 84.2 88.3 4.4 
aH 93.8 92 85 88.6 FP 
Muller .-.....:. 102 93.4 76.4 80.10 78.7 Bas 
Le 4 se suogue Oo : a. « 71 
“13 67 
BTOCMertO ask hee 79 
72. 


Judges, Mansfeld and Muller; referees, Brotherton and 
Battu; clerk, Huyels. 


Whose Was the Salmon? 


Tre angler who hooked the fish, the varying story of 
which has been related in the last two issues, sends us a 
new version, but there is so Jittle likelihood of there being 
any general agreement on the facts that it is clearly 1m- 
possible to express any further opinion on the subject. A. 
informs us that after the salmon broke his line, B., who 
was fishing close te him, fished it up accidentally and goat 
it above the water, but the combined efforts of A, and B. 
were insufficient to bring the line to the bank. C., on the 
other side, was then asked to throw his line across and to 
tie it to those of A. and B. (1 say ‘ours.’ writes A., 
“for B. and myself were acting in unison.”) C, appeared 
to be doing this, but it was seen that he had tied his own 
line on to the broken line. A. and others had to throw 
stones in order to make the fish move, and C.’s line had to 
be assisted off rocks. C, claimed the fish on the grounds 
that he had killed it, Neither B. nor D., who gaffed it, 
claimed the fish, but said it was A.’s fish. A.’s grievance 
clearly is that C. was requested to attach the broken line 
to B.’s, instead of which he attached 1t to his own. Had 
he done as it is alleged he was asked to do, a new ques- 
tion would arise, would the fish have been A.’s or B.’s? 
The matter has now been sufficiently threshed out,—Lon- 
don Wield. 


French Interest in Our Tackle. 


Faurc. St. Honorr, Paris, Sept. 5—Editor Forest and 
Stream: again read in the last issae of yottr very in- 
teresting paper of the Leonard rod being used by some 
of the leading competitors in the Chicago fly-casting 
tournament. JI have sent to the manufacturers for a 
catalogue of their Leonard rod. which I have ‘heard of 
as one of the best. if not the best, of American brands. 

T am told that T. J. Contoy, of New York, is another 
very good maker; and, by the way, I might say I deplore 
that none of the best American fishing tackle makers have 
given us a chance of seeing specimens of their goods here 
this year. Like myself, many French anglers I know 
would be anxious to try the best American fishing tackle 
and compare it with the best English, of which we find 
very good specimens here, . ; wee my, 


Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIAES. 


Oct 30.—Senecaville, O.—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association’s sixth annual field trials. A, C. Peterson, 
Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. 

Nov. 7.—Hampton, Conn.—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
trials. J. E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn, 

Noy. 7-8—Lake View, Mich,—Third annual field trials|of the 
aheiEer Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 

ich, 

Noy. 12.—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
dependent Field Trials Club. P, T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 


nd, 

Noy. 13.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec’y. 

Nov. 16.—Newton, N. C.—Eastern Field Trials’ Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Noy. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 

No. 20. 7 “Illinois Field Trials Association’s second 
annual field trials. O. W. Fergusen, Sec’y, Mattoon, Ill. ° 

ov. 20.—Ruthyen, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F, E. Marcon, Jr,, Sec’y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. 

Noy. 20 . Pa,—Central Beagle Club’s annual field trials, A, 
C, Peterson, Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. 

Nov. 22.—Glasgow, Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. 

Nov. 27.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual] field trials of the Missouri 
Field Triais Association. L. §. Eddins, See’y, Sedalia, Mo,. 

Nov. 30.—Newton, N. C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill. Conn. i 


Training the Hunting Dog 
For the Field and Field Trials. 


TV.—Punishment and Bad Methods, 


Fear in all its forms, bird shyness (commonly called 
blinking), whip shyness, man shyness, gun shyness, or 
a shyness in taking the initiative in anything, is the 
common result of harshly repressive and tyrannical 
methods. Accordinely as the fear is associated with a 
particular object so one kind of shyness may he ex- 
hibited; but fear may be associated with several objects 
if there is cause for it from the dog’s point of view; 
and badly treated dogs may show all the different forms, 
with a general apprehensiveness that something dread- 
ful is likely to happen at any moment. Sometimes a 
form of shyness may result from the mistake of a mo- 
ment, but generally it is the result of systematic harsh- 
ness. 

Whatever the cause, shyness of any kind is more or 
less a serious check on the dog’s training, and if it is 
of the kind known as blinking, it may go far toward 
rendering him worthless. 

_The trainer who succeeds best must have a genuine 
liking for dogs, else he is predisposed to habitual harsh- 
ness or indifference. Those who have no fondness for 
them are rarely much of a success as skillful educators, 
and generally the dog which is so unfortunate as to be 
under their schooling has met his misfortunes of life 
at its very outset. ; 

_ While a dog may misbehave and therefore need, pun- 
ishment as a preventive, it must ever be considered 
that there are degrees of it, times for it, and a manner 
of applying it which renders it most effective. One 
trainer may whip a dog severely without thereby losing 
his confidence or abating his ardor; another one may 
give a less punishment and still evoke shyness, The 
one had the dog’s confidence and affection; the other 
had but a small part of them. 

There are dogs which are by nattite timid, but 
shyness in the average field dog is a euphemistic term 
for fear. When the dog is shy he is afraid. There are 
some painiul associations of the past which he con- 
siders may become the realities of the present, and being 
a reasoning animal he is shy. He is afraid of the whip 
lecause it is associated with painful memories. He is 
afraid of his handler beeause the latter is a being of 
superior force and dangerous in certain moods. He is 
afraid of the gun if the concussion of it has strained: 
and pained his ear drums, if the flash has hurt his eyes, 
if the srl of the foul gases has offended his delicate 
nose, and if he has been thrashed in a way by which 
he reasoned that the noise of the gun was associated 
with the thrashing. He is shy of birds if he is whipped 
concerning them before he -well knows what they are 
or what he is whipped for; the pain then is associated 
with them, and when he catches scent of them he blinks. 
He becomes shy of taking any independent action if 
he is constantly nagged and balked and scolded and 
bedeviled, and it is a fair assumption that his master 
would be so if subjected to the same treatment,’ besides 
having a large fund of hard luck stories with which to 
edify his friends. 

While it is not possible to conduct the training of 
all dogs without evoking a feeling of shyness at times, 
it is quite possible to keep the feeling within botinds 
which are not harmful, if not to dispel the shyness as 
a phase of the passing moment. But if the dog’s fears 
dominate him, his thoughts are concentrated on his own 
safety, and in that frame of mind he is not a promising 
pupil. : 
: A dog may be trained too much as well as too little. 
The true theory of training is, in working the dog to 
the gun, to preserve all his natural enthusiasm, industry, 
knowledge and self reliance as in manner he naturally 
exercises them for himself free from all control. 

When a dog is trained too much, he ts said to: be 
over-trained, but this term does not properly convey 
the meaning of the results of over-meddling, namely, 
the suppression of his proper educational development 
and the slavish subordination of his will, which make 
him a mere unthinking machine in the hands of his 
master. By way of contrasting the difference between 
arrested’ mental development, let us consider the inde- 
pendent action, the resourcefulness, the vigorous indus- 
try of a hound or hounds in pursuit of a fox, of grey- 
hounds in pursuit of a jackrabbit, of selfi-hunting setters 
and pointers when freely ranging alone through field 
and forest in pursuit of prey. These qualities, then at 
their best—that is as the dogs tse them for themselves— 
are at the degree they should be after the dog is trained 
to apply them in the service of the gun. But, if the 
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what the dog must do in every moment and every act, 
perpetually commanding, whistling, signaling, checking. 
him is his every independent purpose, he will become 
‘so dominated and restricted in time that he will be a 
creature without a will or purpose of his own, and will 
look to his trainer for prompting and orders at every 
turn. 

From the moment of the first glimmer of intelligence 
in the puppy till the moment he dies, he observes the 
domination of man. He quickly learns that mam is his 
superior in force and knowledge, and he learns also that 
to him he must yield. Restrictions in working to the 
gun which at first were submitted to under compulsion, 
in fime are observed by him from self interest and habit. 

If the over-trained dog makes a short cast, he returns 
immediately for a command or signal trom his trainer 
‘as to what he should do next, He roads and points 
perlunectorily under submission, His whole attention 
and acts are engrossed in the observance of his slave- 
hood; perpetually balked, thrashed and dominated, his 
ardent desire to pursue and capture in his own free and 
happy manner is either harmfully suppressed or entirely 
extinguished, when he is in the company of his teacher, 
Such are the eyils of over-training. 

A dog over-trained is of much less value ag a worker 
than one that is but partially trained but whose natural 
capabilities are unimpaired. In this connection, it may 
be usefully remarked that practically the properly trained 
dog works without any orders at all. Man and dog seek 
with concerted action or supplement cach other’s efforts, 
working together for mutual sticcess as a team. The 
dog. allowed to work in his own manner, but restricted 
more and more to apply his work in the service of the 
gun as his training progresses, in time learns that great 
success tesults from the joint efforts of his master and 
himself; and he then performs his part with an intelli- 
gence and a practical manipulation of means to ends, 
far beyond any knowledge which could be conyeyed to 
him by his teacher. 

A knowledge of the evils of over-training are essential 
in the development and training of field dogs, but it 
is still more essential in respect to held trial dogs. How- 
eyer satisfactory to lus owner an over-trained dog may 
be in field work, he will not be considered as even ma- 
king a good showing when in competition with properly 
trained dogs which are performing under the critiacl eye 
of the judge. But the distinctions in respect to field and 
field trial training will be more fully set forth in other 
chapters. 


Training a dog to loud orders is a bad, coarse method 
of teaching obedience. It is indicative of bad temper 
in the trainer, accomplishes nothing which could not 
be accomplished in a quieter way, is distinctively offen- 
sive to everyone within hearing of the hullabaloo, and 
gives alarming notice to all the birds in the neighbor- 
hood that a dangerous bloodthirsty man has invaded 
their habitat. It thus impairs success. 

Oftentimes the amateur trainer takes his gun and sets 
forth to kill birds, taking a green puppy along and 
making the education of the latter a mere incident of 
liis sport. Such is not at all training im a proper sense. 
It is commencing at a point which should be at a much 
later stage in the dog’s education. 

After the training has once been begun, regularity in 
the lessons is of prime importance. For instance, it 
will be conceded at once that it is much better to give 
a dog a half-hour lesson on each of ten days than it is 
to give him a lesson of five hours’ duration on one day. 
While a dog has yery good powers of memory, he soon 
forgets his first lessons if it is not refreshed by daily 
repetition in respect to them. The trainer may have had 
a similar forgetiulness concerning his own first lessons, 
which should admonish him to be considerate. 

While punishment betimes is a necessity, its use as 
a whole is unnecessarily comprehensive. There is no 
doubt but what it is inflicted in most instances under 
a mistaken belief that it is useful in forcing a doz to 
learn what the trainer desires he should learn and that 
it really accomplished the desired purpose. The iden, 
so applied, is a mistaken one. Punishment never teaches 
the dog anything other than in a negitive manner; that 
is to say, it simply deters him from doing certain things. 
Tt does not in the least add to the dog’s sum total ol 
knowledge in a developmental manner. For instance, 
if the dog is punished for chasing a rabbit, he jearns 
that the act has painful associations, which are likels 
to again recur if the act is repeated, and expecting this 
he forbears chasing, The punishment does not in ch: 
least teach him the reason why he must not chase, nor 
indeed anything about chasing other than that the act 
results in pain to himself. It is a deterrent, and he un- 
detstands nothing more concerning it. On the other 
hand, if he had not the natural impulse and inclination, 
no degree of punishment would teach him how to chase 
a rabbit or even to chase it at all. From the dog's 
point of view, there is no wrong in chasing rabbit, 
chicken or sheep, etc. They are his natural prey; his 
delight in their pursuit is unbounded; he 1s following 
the natural impulses of his nature; it is his manner of 
obtaining the necessities of dog life; yet if punished he 
yields to superior force and desists. 

There is no part of a dog’s education in which punish- 
ment is of any beneht except as a corrective. The dog’s 
knowledge increases only from experience. The trainer 
can not force his own knowledge into the deg by virtue 
of whip or spike collar. Even when forcing a dog to 
retrieve with the latter instrument, its yalue is purely 
negative. It does not teach the dog anything about 
retrieving, as will be more fully explained in the chapter 
treating on that subject. 

When a dog’s fears are aroused, or when he is made 
needlessly to feel uncomfortable. worried and uneasy, 
his progress as a pupil is slow, If the lessons are made 
obnoxious to him, the trainer has succeeded in making 
them things to be avoided or quickly ended rather than 
things which haye a pleasant purpose. With a violent 
teacher, the dog’s life is truly a sad one. His knowledge 
is then acquired under the most disheartening difficulties. 
Under similar violent conditions, the teacher as a pupil 
wotid tise in rebellion and implore the world to witness 
and right his wrongs. Punishment is a bad enough 
measure when used as a true aid to education. It is no 

art of education when used to gratify anger. 

Until the trainer can control his temper, if he unfor- 

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tunately have one which is fiery, and fit his efforts to the 
dog’s capacity and progress, he will be inefficient. And 
these corrections of himself, no one can do for him other 
than himself. His own judgment and self-control are his 
only reliance, since they are personal and therefore en- 
tirely outside of the scope of any system presented by 
others. . 
B, WATERS. 


Ladies’ Kennel Association. 


. At the meeting of the Ladies’ Kennel Association, 
held at the Waldorf-Astoria, on Sept. 26, Mrs. James L. 
Kernochan presided. It was decided to add the name 
America to the name of the Association, and it is now 
the Ladies’ Kennel Association of America, Rules and 
regulations were auopted. The design for the Associa- 
Ten new members were elected, 
namely: Mrs. C. A. Stevens, Mrs. O. W. Bird, Mrs, H. 
N. Harriman, Mrs. Bradley-Dyne, Mrs. Horace Stokes, 
Mrs. Sidney Dillon Ripley, Mrs. R. L. Stevens, Mrs. 
F. Senn, Mrs. Thomas Moody and Miss Lilltan Mocran., 

It was decided to offer at Philadelphia, besides the 
premiership, a medal to all breeds, the Sands Point Chal- 
lenge Cup for the best St. Bernard dog or bitch, and the 
“Cleo de Mérode”’ Challenge Cup for the best French 
bulldog or bitch, A member of the Association offered 
$500 for a cup of that value for the best American-bred 
bulldog bitch. A member of the Association offered 
by a member, and $500 for a cup of that value for the 
best American-bred bloodhound, dog or bitch, bred, 
owned and exhibited in the rine by a member; to be 
coinpeted for at Philadelphia. The meeting then ad- 
journed. 

N. Kk. Brrp, 
Hon, Sec’y L. BK. A. of America, 

Westaury, L, I. + 


Ganoeing, 


American Canoe Association, 1900-1901. 


Commodore, C. 2, Britton, Gananoque, Can. 
Librarian, WW. P. Stephens, Thirty-second street and Avenue <A, 
Bayonne, N. J 


Division Officers. 


Pens ATLANTIC DIVISION 
Vice-Com., Henry M. Dater, Brooklyn, N, Y., 
Rear-Com., H. D. Hewitt, Burlington, N. J. 
Purser, Joseph F. Eastmond, 199 Madison street, Brooklyn, N. Y, 
CENTRAL DIVISION, 
Viee-Com., C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Rear-Com., Dr. C. R. Henry, Perry, N. Y. 
Purser, Lyman P. Hubbell, Buffalo, N. Y. 
EASTERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., Louis A. Hall, Newton, Mass, 

Rear-Com., C. M. Lamprey, Lawrence, Mass. _ 

Purser, A. E. Kimberly, Lawrence Experimental 
Lawrence, Mass. 


Station, 


NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com,, G. A. Howell, Toronto, Can. 
Rear-Com., R. Easton Burns, Kingston, Ontario, Can. 
Purser, R. Norman Brown, Toronto, Can. 
WESTERN DIVISION, 


Vice-Com., Wm. C. Jupp, Detroit, Mich. 

Rear-Com., F. B, Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis. 

Purser, Fred T. Barcroft, 408 Ferguson Building, Detroit, Mich. 
. 


Official organ, ForrEsT AND STREAM. 


In dealing with the question of disorder in camp Vice- 
Com, Allen gives a very mild and lenient and by no 
means a correct view of the evil. It is not a case of a 
few incidental offenses, but of such a state of attairs as 
prevailed in a recent camp, where one prominent club 
had a large tent, completely fitted up, as a free bar, 
with amateur bartenders at hand by day and night; at 
the same camp one gentleman, a member of another 
prominent club, atter working himself up to a state of 
intoxication, in which he knew nothing of what he was 
doing, started off for the ladies” camp, with the avowed 
intention of “cleaning it out,’ and was, only restrained 
by force. At the same time the executive absolutely 
reftised to take action in these and similar cases when 
urged to do so by many of the older members. 

As far as the area oi the camp is concerned, i it 
is halfa-mile or more in extent, those who object may 
perhaps get out of the area of disturbance, but the 
majority of men in camp, eyen though not specially 
straight-laced, desire to pitch their tents in the main 
camp with others of their club, and at the same time 
abject to being compelled to lie awake all night and 
listen, not only to noise, but to particularly foul and 
obscene noise. These performances are not exceptional, 
but mark every camp, unless they are suppressed at 
the outset with a-strong hand; and the Commodore. who 
sets out to oppose this sort of thing is very apt to make 
himself tnpopular in the the end. pt. we 

If the Association is, as it has always professed to be, 
a model among sporting societies, appealing especially 
to men of refined tastes and gentlemanly instincts, it 
is due to itself that this sort of disorder should be made 
impossible in the future. The question of liquor in camp 
is naturally closely allied to that of general disorder, but 
still they are not identical. This year there was, as far 
as we can ascertain, less liquor and less general drinking 
than usual, a number of men who ordinarily carry 
liquer with them haying purposely left it home. Old 
members will call to mind one club which always had 
a tent with a generous supply of all kinds of liquor, and 
was noted for the extent and character of its hospitality, 
but matters wete managed in such a way that there was 
neyet a cause of complaint on the score of disorder or 
drunkeness. 


We haye thus far received no notice of the annual 
meeting of the A. C. A. Executive Committee, but it 
will probably be held in the latter half of this month 
at Gananoque, where the committee can spend a day on 
the St. Lawrence, in personal inspection of camp sites. 
No report is as yet forthcoming from the Regatta 
Committee, btit a large number of proposals for amend- 
ment of the constitution, hy-laws and racing rules have 


been made,and are herewith published. Some of these are 
good and some the reverse, bul the number of theim 1s 
encouraging, as indicating a inore general interest ou 
the part of members in the affairs of the Association. 
There will be a good deal of business belore the meeting, 
but nothing specially difficult if the proposals are taken 
up in order and the discussion is limited to the main 
points. It is impossible to discuss all the proposals 
here, but we hope that mémbers will study them well; 
there will still be time in the next issue of the Forts? 
AND STREAM for comments and sugestions. One ol! the 
most important proposals is that of Vice-Com. Dater 
for the amendment of the measurement rule, other 
members also haying submitted various proposals in the 
same direction. 


What Vice-Com, Allen modestly calls a “kick” is 
worthy of a better name, as it touches thoughtiully on 
some important points in the Association’s affairs; it 
would be a good thing if more of the members kicked 
in the same manner by openly discussing the current 
doings and happenings of the meet and the Association 
in general. 

The subject of a permanent camp site is one which 
might and should have been acted on long ago, and 
which with each succeeding vear hecomes more pressing 
and more difficult. In 1884 the Association might have 
purchased the whole northeast end of Grindstone Island 
for $600, or less than it spent in 1800 in grading and 
preparing the ground at Jessup’s Neck for the camp. 
As late as 1896, the saine land was still in the market, at 
about five times the old price, but still within its real 
value as one of the few good cainp sites still available 
in the choicest part of the river. Since then it has been 
purchased by the State of New York, for use as a State 
park. 

A site in this vicinity purchased now, if one can still 
be had, cannot fail to appreciate in yalue, and is ad- 
visable simply as a business investment or a new land 
speculation. Apart from this, however, and even from 
the main use of camp site for the meets whenever desira- 
ble, there is another very strong feature, which has thus 
far received very little attention. If the Association thus 
owns and controls a camp ground, every individual 
inember practically owns a site on the St. Lawrence 
River, where he is at liberty to camp at will through 
the season, without regard to the meet. Many who 
cannot take the time within the limited duration of the 
meet, or who do not care to attend a meet at a distant 
point, such as Muskoka or Ballast Island, can still en- 
joy a private camp in the finest camping district in the 
eastern part of the country. This one feature of camp- 
ing at any time through the summer, each party, of 
course, caring for itself in camp style, may be made of 
inestimable value in maintaining the interest of the older 
members and their families in the Association, 


Amendments to the A. C. A. Rules. 


WE publish below an untistially large number of pro- 
posed amendments to the Constitution, By-Laws and 
Racing Rules of the A. C. A,, to be considered at the 
annual meeting of the Execttive Committee, which will 
be held this month. Some of these proposals were pib- 
lished in the ForEst AnD STREAM through the month, 
but we reprint them for the -benefit of those who see 
only the canoeing number, There will still be time to 
discuss them in the next issue, and we hope that mem- 
bers will take the trouble to read them carefully, and to 
express their opinions as a guide to the Executive Com- 
mittee. 


‘New Yorn, Aug. 31.—Editor Forest and Stream: I 
hereby give notice that at the next meeting of the Exec- 
utive Committee of the American Canoe Association I 
shall move the adoption of the following resolution: 

“Resolved, That the term of office of the member of 
the Board of Governors elected from the Western Divi- 
sion of the American Canoe Association shall be deemed 
to have begun on Oct. 1, 1899, and to expire three 
years thereatter, or on Oct. 1, 1902.” 

The effect of this resolution will be that the present 
members of the board will retire in the following order, 
thus avoiding confusion: Northern Division member, 
1901; Atlantic and Western, 1902; Eastern and Central, 
1903. ws: 

I shall offer the following: 

“Resolved, That the election of Commodore from and 
selection of the location of meets in the tertitory of the 
yarious divisions as at present constituted shall be in 
the following order: Central, Northern, Atlantic, East- 
ern and Western.” 

I also inclose a copy of certain proposed changes in 
the racing regulations, which I have forwarded to the 
Regatta Committee for their action in accordance with 
Chapter IX. of the By-Laws and Rule XXII. of the 
Racing Regulations. 

Henry M. Darter. 


_To Regatta Committee of the American Canoe Associa- 

tjon.—Gentlemen: In accordance with Chapter IX., Sub- 
division 8, of the By-Laws, and Rule X XII. of the Rac- 
ing Regulations of the American Canoe Association, [ 
hereby submit for your approval the following proposed 
changes in the racing regulations of the A. C. A., and 
I hereby give notice that at the next meeting of the 
Executive Committee of the Association I shall move 
the adoption of the same. 

First. To amend Rule I. of the Racing Regulations by 
adding after the word “Canoes” at the end of the para- 
graph therein contained entitled “Dimensions and Limi- 
rations—Sailing,” the following: 

“No fixed metal rudder shall be used and all drop rud- 
ders must be so constructed and fitted that the same when 
ee up shall not project below a fair line along the 
ceel. 

Second. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 
above paragraph, and after the change above proposed, 
the following: “In all sailing and combined races, no 
rig other than a practical hoisting and lowering rig 
Shall be used.” 

Third. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 


above paragraph, and after the changes aboye propased, 


the following: “No deck sliding seat shall be used in | 


‘any race.” 
Henry M. DATER. 


Toronto, Sept. 10.—Editor Forest and Stream: 1 
hereby give notice that at the next Executive Committee 
meeting of the American Canoe Association I shall move 
the adoption of the following changes to the by-laws: 

That Chapter 12 be numbered 13 and that the words 
“The affirmative vote of three-fourths of all” be struck 
cut and the words, “A majority vote of” substituted. 

That Chapters 13 and 14 be amended by being nuim- 
bered 14 and 15 respectively. 

That a new Chapter 12 be introduced, as follows: 

“Chapter 12. Order in Camp.—When a member com- 
plains to the Commodore of any member or members 
creating a noise after 11 P. M., the Commodore must in- 
\estigate the matter, and if the charge is sustained he 
must request the offending member or members to leaye 
camp. The Commodore may request any member to 
leave camp if, after due consideration, he is of the 
opinion that better order can be maintained thereby.” 

W. G. MacKenonrick. 


New York, Sept. 10.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
This is a copy of certain proposed changes in the racing 
regulations which I have submitted to the Regatta Com- 
mittee of the A. C. A. for their action in accordance 
with Chapter IX. of the By-Laws, and Rule XXII. of the 
Racine Regulations: . 

“To the Regatta Committee of the American Canoe 
Association—Gentlemen: In accordance with Chapter 
TX., Subdivision 8 of the By-Laws, and Rule XXII. of 
the Racing Regulations of the A. C. A., I hereby submit 
the following proposed changes in the racing regulations 
of the A. C. Av: ; 

“First. To amend Rule I. of the Racing Regulations 
by adding after the word “Canoes” at the end of the para- 
graph entitled “Dimensions and’ Limitations—Sailing,’ 
the following: ‘No fixed rudder projecting below a 
fair line along the keel shall be used and no drop rud- 
der shall be used that, when drawn up, projects below 
the said line.’ 

“Second. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 
above paragtaph, and after the change above proposed, 
the following: ‘All decked sailing canoes shall have a 
cockpit large and deep enough to sit in comfortably.’ 

“Third. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 
above paragraph, and after the change above proposed, 
the following: ‘All decked sailing canoes shall carry a 
practical double blade paddle.’ 

“Bourth. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 
above paragraph, and after the change above proposed, 
the following: ‘The sliding seat shall not exceed 4ft. 6in. 
in length.’ 

“Rifth. To further amend Rule J. by adding to the 
above paragraph, and after the change above, proposed, 
the following: ‘In all sailing and combined races, no rig 
other than a practical hoisting and lowering rig shall be 
used.’ 

Sixth. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 
above paragraph, and after the change above proposed, 
the following: ‘All open sailing canoes must have at 
each end water tight bulkheads or air tanks capable ot 
sustaining the occupant above water when swamped.’ ” 

Frank C. Moors, A. C. A. 1342. 


New York, Sept, 14.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Please publish the following amendment to the Constitu- 
tion of the A. C. A., as required by Article XII. In 
Article II]. insert the words “able to swim” after the 
words “eighteen years.” 


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Henry SmytuHe_, A. C. A, 1308. 


PHILADLEPHIA, Sept. 10—Editor Forest and Streamt: 
I inclose for publication the following proposed amend- 
ments to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Amert- 
ican Canoe Association. M. D. Wirt. 


CONSTITUTION. 


Article VI. Add “Section 9” as follows: ‘Racing 
Board,—Each division in its proper turn, at its annual 
meeting, shall elect in the same manner as its regular 
officers one member of that division, to serve on the 
Racing Board of the Association, for a term of three 
years, or until his successor is elected.” 

(For duties of Racing Board see Chapter 9 of By- 
Laws, } 

Article VII., Paragraph 3. Amend by leaving out the 
words “a Regatta Committee of three members for 
the annual camp of the A. C. A.” after the word “ap- 
point.” 

BY-LAWS, 

Chapter IX. Amend Paragraph 1 by adding the words 
“Racing Board and Division” between the words ‘Duties 
of” and “Committee” in the title, making 3* read as fol- 
lows: “Duties of Racing Board and Division Regatta 
Committee.” Further, amend Paragraph 1 by sub- 
stituting the words ‘Racing Board” for Regatta Com- 
mittee” as the last words of the paragraph. 

Amend Paragraph 2 by substituting the words “‘Rac- 
ing Board” for “Regatta Committee” wherever they 
occur. 

‘Further amend Paragraph 2 by leaving out the word 
“and” between the words “paddling” and “trophy” on 
the third line and insert the word “sailing” after the 
word “club” on the third line. making this part read as 
follows; “Including the sailing and paddling trophy 
races, the three record races, the club sailing race,” and 
insert after the words “club sailing race” at the end of 
the third line the following: “The paddling races for 
one, two and four men with single blades, and the 
paddling races for one, two and four men with double 
blades, and the relay race for teams of three men each, 
with double blades.” Insert after the words “three rec- 
ord races” on the third line the words “the free-for-all 
sailing race.” 

Amend by substituting the words “Racing Board” for 
“Regatta Committee” wherever they occur. 

Rule II., Paragraph 2. Amend by leaving out the 
first and third sentences beginning “No canoe shall be,” 
etc., and “Members must paddle,” etc., respectively. 

Paragraph 3. Amend by leaving out the whole of the 
first sentence beginning “A canoe which is,” etc. 

Rule V. Amend the first paragraph to read as fol- 


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lows: ‘Prizes shall be given as follows,” instead of 
“Flags shall be given as prizes as follows.” 

Amend Paragraphs 2 and 3 by leaving out these two 
paragraphs: entirely and substituting the following: 
“Prizes shall consist of shields or some lasting memento 
with the event, the letters A. C. A., the year expressed 
in four figures, the place of the meet and the words ‘First 
Prize’ or ‘Second Prize’ expressed thereon. ‘The prizes 
for any one meet shall be uniform im shape and design. 
Prizes donated for special races or competitions may 
be accepted at the discretion of the Racing Board. . No 
prizes of money shall be raced for. All prizes not 
awarded are to be destroyed.” 

Amend the fourth paragraph by leaving out the words 
“if more than nine entries for the sailing trophy are 
present” on the third and fourth lines. Further amend 
the fourth and filth paragraphs by substituting the words 
“free-for-all” for the word “trial” wherever if occurs. 

Amend by adding the following new paragraph: “There 
shall be paddling races with single blades for one, two 
and four men in a canoe, and with double blades for one, 
two and four men in a canoe, and a relay race for teams 
of three men each, with double blades, one man in a 
canoe,” 

Amend by adding a sentence at the end of the rule as 
follows: “At least one-half of all the paddling races, 
including the race for the paddling trophy and the relay 
race, shall be straightaway.” 

Rule IX.. Paragraph 2. Amend by omitting all of 
the paragraph after the word “protest” on the fourth 
line, and substitute the words “and a decision of a ma- 
jority of the members present shall be final.” 

Add to the last paragraph of Rule IX. the sentetice 
following: “No man shall contest in any race until he 
has been two days in camp, except in war canoe races, 
except, by special permission of the Racing Board.” 


Boston, Sept. 24—Editor Forest and Streain: | Please 
publish the following amendment to the Constitution of 
the A. C. A., as required by Article XII: 

In Article IX., Sec. 2, Duties of Pursers. Tenth line 
after the words “be announced in one of the official 
organs” insert “giving full name, accompanied by full 
residential address, name of club and name of proposer.” 

It is unnecessary to point out the absurdity of the 
present practice of publishing names, preceded by initials 
only, when directories of several cities in division of 
applicant contain similar names and initials. 

Louts STOUGHTON DRAKE, 


New Yorx, Sept.. 17—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Finding that the A. C. A. Racing Regulations do not give 
the lengths of the trophy, paddling, etc., and deeming it 
wise that each kind of racing canoeist should have at least 
two regular annual races to compete in to encourage him 
to bring his canoe to the meet. I make the following 
amendments to the Racing Regulations, a copy of which 
has been sent to the regatta committee as required by 
Rule XIL: 

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, 


Rule IV. Omit the word “three” and insert instead the 
word “four.” 
Rule V. Paragraph 3. Add the words “by the regatta 


committee.” 

Rule V. Paragraph 4. After the words “No. 1, pad- 
dling and sailing combined” insert the words “three miles, 
time limit one and one-half hours.” After the words 
“No. 2, paddling” insert.the words “one-half mile straight- 
away.’ After the words “No. 3, sailing” insert the words 
“four and one-half miles, time limit two and one-half 
hours.” 

Paragraph 5. Add the words “limited to 75ft.” 

Paragraph 7. Omit the words “The contestant ob- 
taining the highest aggregate of points becomes the lead- 
ing honor man for the year’ and insert instead these 
words: “There shall be a free-for-all sailing race, six 
miles, time limit two and one-half hours. A one-half 
mile paddling race, single blade. A one-half mile pad- 
dling race, double blade. A one-half mile tandem pad- 
dling race, single blade. A one-half mile tandem pad- 
dling race, double buade.” Insert after the words ‘‘pad- 
dling trophy” the words “one mile straightaway.’ In- 
sert before the words “‘trial race’ the words “‘six-mile.” 
Add to this paragraph the following words: “The Dol- 
phin Trophy, seven and one-half mile consolation sailing 
race, open only to the losers in the trophy race, shall be 
called if there are two or more entries.” 

Paragraph 8. Omit entirely and insert instead these 
words: ‘Accredited representatives of foreign clubs 
shall be eligible to start in all races.” 

Henry. SMyTHE, A, C, A,, 1308, 

Yonkers, Sept, 21.—Editor Forest and Stream: 1 
have this day sent the following to Mr. R. Easton 
Burns, chairman regatta committee: for 1900: 

As per Chapter IX. of the By-Laws and Rule XXII. of 
the Racing Regulations, | herewith submit the following 
changes to the racing regulations: First, to amend Rule 
I. Paragraph entitled “Dimensions and Limitations,” after 
sentence ““Leeboards may be carried by a canoe not 
having centerboards,” adding the following: “The 
minimum weight of a decked sailing canoe, exclusive of 
centerboard, shall be t1oolbs.” 

The last sentence of same paragraph amended to read 
as follows: ‘“‘A canoe must use the same suit of sails in 
all races held at any one meet, these sails to be a prac- 
tical hoisting and lowering rig, and must not exceed in 
area 110 sq. ft. for a decked canoe and 40 sq. ft. for an 
open canoe,” 

Amend Rule XXIJ. by adding, “A canoe upsetting in a 
race shall forfeit all claim to the prize unless in the 
judgment of the regatta committee the upset was caused 
by the canoe being fouled by another boat, in which case 
the committee must notify the canoe at once.” 

Not that I personally favor all the above amendments 
have I proposed them, but I think they are a few sug- 
gestions along the line all seem to be thinking just now. 
I think some very good amendments have been offered 
thus far. Mr. Dater, I think, is striking at the wrong 
end in doing away with the deck seat, as to-day it is the 
safest and most comfortable thing about a sailing canoe, 
but there may ‘be some objection to the very long seats 
being used, and as I think the larger sail area has been 


[Ocr. 6, 1900. 


the direct cause for this, I offer the ametidtrent to reé- 
duce the area to 110 sq. ft., and in doitig this I have put 
a minimum weight on the boat to keep some from building 
a very light and unsafe boat for the smaller area. I 
don’t know as I have named the right weight in this 
case, as I haven't weighed any of the fecetit sailitig- 
canoes, but as I understand it, a detail of this kind may_ 
be changed at the executive meeting. 

My. object of the amendment in teferetice to ofie sitit of 
sails is simply to lessen the expense of facirig a éatioe, as 
a man will not have to provide himself with a numbe~ of 
sails ranging in combinations from 128 sq. ft. to 85 sq. ft., 
but can @et a reefing rig of r1oft. and be on even footing 
with all other men. 

My amendment about upsetting in a race is offered 
in a measure to make the more daring sailors more con- 
servative, as we have had men start in a race knowing 
full well that they would upset at the first jibe, but as 
that would only delay them a few seocnds, it did not 
count. but if this rtile is made, they will be more in- 
clined to reef before starting, thereby giving some of 
the poorer sailors a better chance. 

I haye offered these amendments in the hope that 
they tay in some way help to bring more men into our 
races, thereby making them more interesting to otit meets 
and better sport to the men taking part. 

H, LAnstne Qvtcr. 


Fellow Members of the “A. C, (A. 


It is very unfortunate that so mttch notoriety has been 


' given to the unpleasantness ‘atising from firewater at our 


recent meet. [ do not consider this subject a proper one 
for discussion in newspapers and magazines that have a 
general circulation, but it has been discussed at length 
by some who are older in the A. C. A. than myself, so 
probably a few words more will do no harm. 7 
_ In the first place, I think had our camp been on an 
island some forty acres or more in extent, as is usually 
the case, there would not have been so much complaint, 
but where the different camps were crowded together in 
four acres of land, and one could scarcely snore at 
night without arousing the entire camp, we must natu- 
rally expect the owls to make a little trouble. 

Secondly, had the complainant spoken to the Commo- 
dore at once and he had gone quietly to the offending 
pe and spoken directly to him of cainp disturbances 

believe there would have been no further trottble that 
night, nor further disturabnce in that quarter again 


* during camp; but where the matter was allowed to go 


on for several days, as itt this case, and then formal 
action taken, it naturally made a discussion through the 
entire camp, and occasioned a-deal of ill will. 

Thirdly, I am of the opinion that this year there was 
as little drinking as at any time durine the ecleyen years 
that I have been a member. No doubt we have many 
members who join the Association simply to have a 
jolly carousal, and not for the benefit of canoeing and 
the quiet evenings of good fellowship, and J am in favor 
that hereafte# our applicants for membership must be 
canoe gwners if good and regular standing; and we 
might also add able to swim (we do not mean in fire- 
water). = 


In reference to camp sites, the next meet will un- 
doubtedly on the St. Lawrence River. Looking over 
our past records, we find that almost 75 per cent. of 
our récent meets have been held on the St. Lawrence. 
It has been suggested that the Association purchase an 
island in the St. Lawrence, where the camps may be held 
from time to time, if the divisions desire, but not neces- 
sarily a permanent camp site. Ifa division has a bette 
location and one they particularly desire used for theit 
year we would use it; but when we returned to the St. 
Lawrence we would net be compelled to build a large 
dock and spend money on floors, ete. This would not 
only be a saying to the general Association, but to the 
individual member. We could erect a mess pavilior o” 
rough boards that would also serve as an exceller 
storage place for the winter. In this pavilion a lara 
cooking range could be placed, also an ice chest, tliv 
doing away with two of the difficulties of the cainp mes: 
for it is impossible to. prepare food satisfactorily with 
the limited facilities for cooking that we have had, and 
J am one of those who are particularly anxious that we 
shall have a better mess, and if the price per day could be 
raised and the food raised accordingly we believe it 
would be more satisfactory. Some may say that if we 
own a camp site it will not be long before we have a 
pumber of permanent buildings. It will be a very simple 
matter to establish a rule that no buildings but the 


mess pavilion and the ice house shall be erected, 


In reference to racing, we understand that a propo- 
sition will be offered to form a racing board. This is no 
doubt a step in the right direction, and will do much to 
promote an interest in racing and keep it within limits. 
Being somewhat interested in that line. I feel that a 
certain number of paddling races should be specified, so 
that those who purchase canoes for paddling will know 
that there will be a number of events at least in which 
they can compete. The sailing men already have theirs 
set forth in our racing regulations. I believe that we 
should have a few more double-blade events; that all 
paddling races should be straightaway—the turn is un- 
reasonable and of no value. The best races I have seen 
have been in the Eastern Division. They are about - 
evenly divided between the single and double blades, 
and the idea of a turn has never yet been thought 
worthy of consideration. Next year we may expect— 
and that very reasonably—a good attendance of the East- 
ern racers, and some surprise in the paddling line will 
occur, I have attended the meets of various divisions, 
and a great many club regattas, and find it is only a 
portion of the Northern Division that wish the turn 
Therefore it is that I make this appeal that all may 
have a chance at the races without having to learn tricks 
in order to win. From the small interest which has. 
been taken in recent years by the spectators, it would 
seem that we have too many events. We should con- 
sider that at our recent meet, where we had an ex- 
cellent regatta committee, the entire number of entries 
was thirty. which shows that, in the future we would 
probably do as well with fewer events with a consequent 


less expenditure for prizes, although those of us who 
were fortunate enough to capture prizes are more than 
pleased to haye such handsome souvenirs to add to our 
collection. 


Another matter in connection with the races which to 
-se seems desirable is that our paddling races (not sail- 
ing) take place the last two or three days of the first 
week, I have found from experience that if a man 1s in 
camp ten days before the races he is not in_ the best 
condition for racing. It is impossible in’ the first place 
to provide food suitable for men in training; but I do not 
believe that the A, C. A. should be run solely for the 
benefit of the racing men. If a member now desires to 
compete successfully he should come to the meet about 
a day before the races, and will then be in a position to 
meet others who come simply for the racing, and are in 
the best of form. It has been said that if we have the 
paddling races the first week a greater part of the mem- 
bers will leave camp right after the races. We find that 
thirty out of about two hundred take part in races, and 
a number of these are men who thoroughly enjoy the 
good fellowship of camp. We do not think it a good 
objection, for those who merely came to race and go 
home immediately after. We should say, let them go 
if they desire. As the races are not witnessed by many 
of the campers, nor is there a great deal of interest taken 
except among the contestants, those of us who would 
be left in camp could have a very good time among 
ourselves. : : 

T trust that you will bear with me for this lengthy Icicle. 

HArry C. ALLEN, 
Vice-Com. Atlantic Div., A. C. A, 


Toronto C. C. Fall Regatta. 
TTORON TO—TORONTO BAY, 


Saturday. Sept. 8. 
Tue Toronto C. C. held its fall regatta on Saturday. 
Sept. 8. The weather was all that could be desired 
the attendance fair. A large number arrived after the 
races were over to attend the dance which is usually a 
feature of this club's race days. The club championships 
which are paddled for at this regatta in yarious classes 
have usually brought out a large number of contestants, 
and the small number of entries for some of the events was 
very marked. It would almost incur the suspicion that 
there was some tnderstanding among the paddlers. 
The fours in three heats made a series of interesting 
taces. The winning crew, profiting by their experiences 
at the Muskoka meet, changed their style, and as events 
proved, with considerable adyantage. 
The war canoe race between crews 
new boats was close and the finish quite exciting. 


in the old and 


Had 


A. M'NICHOL. 
Winner of Single-Blade Championship. 


the crew in the new boat spurted sooner they would have 
won; as it was they pulled down a lead which the old 
hoat had at 5o0yds. from the finish, of a length to 2ft. 
The results of the races were: 
International Trophy Race—Won by FE. A. Minnett. 
R. R. Woods second .by two lengths. Two starters. 
Championship Singles—Won by A. McNichol. 
Championship Tandem—E. McNichol and A. Me- 
Nichol. Two starters. 


Champion Fours, 1st Heat—G. W. Begg, S. A. Syl- 
vester, A. A, Begg, H. Begg. 

Second Heat—E, A. Blackhall, A. McNichol, J. J. 
Vaughan, R. S. Dill. 

Final Heat—Won by E. A .Blackhall’s crew. 

The war canoe race was won by the old boat, S. A. 


E, A. MINETT. 
Winner T, C. C. International Paddling Trophy, Double Blades. 


Sylvester stroke, and G. W. Begg coxswain, by about 2ft. 

Duck Hunt Race—Won by E. McNichol. 

Tilting Tournament—Won by E. H. Richards and E. 
McNichol. J 

The regatta committee included Messrs. E. A. Black- 
hall, R; S. Dill, G. H. Begg, S. A. Sylvester (secretary), 
H. A. Sherrard (chairman). 

The race officials were: Starter, J. R. Marlow; judge 
at finish, H. J. Page; judges at turn, A. L. Young, A. J. 
Muirhead, E. J. Hathaway: referee, E. Bell; clerks of 
course, A. M. Kennedy, A. F. Sprott, C. F. Lobb. < 

The club has for some years occupied leasehold prop- 
erty on the Esplanade, where land is very scarce and 
viauable. Within a few months ex-Com. Tilley has 
negotiated for the club the purchase of the property on 
which the club house shown in our illustration is located. 
After purchasing the property for $5,000, Mr. Tilley was 
offered $15,000 for it. In addition*to the club house, the 
»roperty includes the water lot and other buildings. A 
meeting of the club was held on Sept. 22. at which the 
yroperty committee made a formal report of the purchase. 
A special committee was appointed to devise a plan for 
amending the constitution and creating a board of goy- 
ernors to care for the extensive interests of the club. 
Steps will also be taken to give fitting recognition of the 
services of Mr. Tilley. 


and - 


British Canoe Association Meet. 


Tne following account of the fourteenth annual meet 
ol the British Canoe Association is by Mr. Ek. A. Wale, 
the newly elected secretary-treasurer, in the Field. 


This interesting and enjoyable event has proyed, so 
far, the most successful camp of recent years. Both in 
the number of members and in their craft there is a very 
welcome increase. To anyone who knows the infinite 
variety and charm of cruising and camping in such well- 
organized gathering it is strange that the numbers 
cannot be counted by hundreds instead of scores. 
Thanks to the excellent arrangements made by the in- 
detatigabie Mr. Percy Nisbet, who ‘has engineered sea 
many camps, we have a splendid site among the trees 
of a private park, and not only is the “tented field” 
picturesque in itself, but the view across the water to 
Hamble is extremely pretty. So far the weather has 
not permitted of any extended cruises, but most of us 
have had some delightiul day excursions up the beauti- 
ful Hamble River, round to Southampton, down to 
Calshot Castle, and other interesting places. Up to the 
present about twenty tents have been erected, and be- 
tween thirty and forty members have been present. 

Among the crait there are two canoe yachts, Trill, 
Mr. Fair, and Lynx, Messrs. Alison and Benist. The 
latter is a fine hard-weather boat, and we may expect 
to see the type increase in popularity. Of canoe yawls 
we have the well-known Galatea, Mr, P. Nisbet; Cray- 
fish, Major Todd and Mr. Quinn; and Porpoise, Mr. 
P. Oliver. Of the R. C. C. eruiser class canoes, Slaney, 
Mr. Cooper, was present for the first half of the meet, 
the only other one being the Solitaire, Mr. Wale. Among 
the smaller canoes we have the Prucas, Mr. Laws, who 
has again shown us her remarkable speed in open waters; 
Rose, Mr. Holbeche, a new member from the Midland 
Sailing Club; Ludith, Mr. Kipling; Rona, Mr. Patterson; 
and the eighteen-year-old Lily of our veteran skipper, 
Mr. Bartley. From the above list it will be seen. that 
every type of modern canoe was represented, and in 
addition there were several nondescript craft which do 
not come with'n that definition. On the whole, the 
weather has not been good till recently, but now bids 
fair to be very pleasant. Comfort in camp life is so de- 
pendent on this factor that the present improvement is 
most heartily welcomed. 

Saturday. July 28.—The opening day found everything 
in order, the large marquee and galley erected and the 
camp steward ready for his duties. Galatea, with Messrs, 
Nisbet, Sr. and Jr.. and Mr. Hodder, had arrived over- 
night, and Trill) Mr. and Mrs. Fair, came round from 
Southampton during the day. The B. C. A. flag was 
run up and properly saluted. 

July 29.—A very stormy day and not much cruising 
done, as a heayy thunder shower and a gale of wind 
made sailing too uncomfortable. . ’ 

July 30—Wind still strong but not enough to prevent 
Mr. Kipling sailing round from Southampton in the 
canoe Ludith, one of the Clyde C. C. craft. In the 
afternoon we received a welcome visit from Mr. J. S. 
Wright, vice-commodore of the American Canoe Asso- 
ciation. 

July 31—Fine day, but strong winds. Galatea, Ludith 
and Rose had a fast sail up the Hamble River and found 
the scenery remarkably pretty. Camp steadily increasing 
in numbers. 

Aug. 1—A wet morning and a hard breeze all day. 
Galatea had a dusting while sailing over the cup course. 
The other craft had plenty of smart sailing in the river 
and up Southampton Water. Messrs. Oliver and Car- 
deli arrived with the Porpoise and Mr. Cooper with the 
Slaney. In the eyening a very jolly sing-song was held 
in the big marquee. 

Aug, 2—Another stormy day, but all hands got some 
cruising in various directions, mostly up river: and as 
about half a dozen more members had pitched their 
tents the camp began to wear a more substantial look. 

Aug, 3—A iull gale with heavy rain in the morning, 


TORONTO CANOE CLUB HOUSE, 


inuch to ihe disgust of all hands; still, some sailing was 
done by everyone present. In the evening Solitaire, 
Messrs. Wale and Quinn, and other members arrived. 

Saturday, Aug, 4.—Apparently the wind had got tired 
of blowing irom the South, for to-day it came with un- 
diminished energy from the northwest. Mr. Hodder 
celebrated the change by falling oyerboard from Galatea; 
it merely made him a little wettcr than belore., As the 
weather cleared somewhat in the afternoon, all hands 
got some most enjoyable sailing. * A particularly suc- 
cessful musical evening ended the week. 

Sunday, Aug. 5.--Wind back into the southard again 
and a nice morning, ending, alas! in a drenching after- 
noon. The usual short cruises up or down the river 
were made in the better portion of the day, but on the 
whole the camp was very quiet. 

Monday, Aug. 6——-The opening day of the Cowes 
week, and, unfortunately, one of dreadful weather, and 
many little accidents to the vessels in the river. Several 
of them blew ashore, taking an occasional bowsprit out 
of some of the other craft they fouled on the way. Not 
much was done in the way of sailing, the principal event 
of the day being one of the celebrated crab teas for which 
Warsash is famous. What a pity the B. C. A. cannot 
change weathers with the R. C. C.; our sort would do 
the cruiser class much more good than the usual drifting 
matches in hght winds. 

Tuesday, Aug. 7—Strong wind,, but weather improy- 
ing, and plenty of sailing done by all the members, ex- 
cepting two or three who had to return home. A few 
more yisitors arrived, and were entertained by Mr. 
Nisbet. 

Wednesday, Aug, 8.—A really fine summer day at last, 
and all hands started off for Southampton, where the 
West Quay regatta committee were kindly giving us a 
race. After a nice sail up to Netley, the wind fell very 
light, and much difficulty was experienced in getting up 
to the line in time: in fact, several craft failed to do so. 
Rose and Solitaire arrived 3omin. after the starting gun, 
but there was such a calm on that only one boat had 
then crossed the line. This continued for half an hour 
longer, and then in a: moment up came a splendid 
westerly breeze, and all foamed off to a fairly equal start. 
With a reach over two legs of the five-mile course (two 
rounds) some fast sailing was done, and a very pleasant 
race restilted, as follows: st, a r4-footer, sailing in a 
class by herself; 2d, Galatea, winner in the canoe yawl 
class; 3d, Solitaire, winner in the canoe class. After 
sailing most of the way back to camp the wind died out, 
and a long and enjoyable day was ended with paddle and 
song. Much to our universal satisfaction we found that 
well-beloved skipper, Mr, Bartley, had arrived. As he 
is still suffering from a nasty accident, we had feared 
that he would not be able to be present. 

Thursday, Aug. 9—A return to the old bad weather, 
wind and rain, and the sailing committee met to map 
out an up-river course for the Lough, Erne Cup race on 
the morrow, in the event of bad weather. Fortunately 
it was not required, as such a course would be very 
squally and fluky in bad weather. Most of the day was 
spent in ttining up our craft for this important race, but 
some time was found for cruising in the evening. 

Friday, Aug. 1o—A grand day and a fine sailing breeze 
for the Lough Erne Challenge Cup. No less than nine 
entries had been received, and the course of eleven and 
a quarter statute miles in one round promised a fine 
sailing test. Unfortunately the wind dropped at the 
start, and three canoes were carried so far below the line 
by the sluicing ebb tide that they retired, wrongly con- 
sidering their chances hopeless. The others got away 
well together to a punctual start at 2:05 P. M.. and soon 
ran down to the Hamble Spit Buoy; rounding this, they. 
met the strong ebb running down Southampton water, 
and for a long time could make but little headway. 
Standing closer in shore than the others, Solitaire and 
Prucas worked out a useful lead, alternately holding 
pride of place. About- 3:30 the breeze piped up strong, 
and Lynx came up and passed Solitaire, who was leak- 
ing rather badly from railway damage, Rounding the 


After Barn Buoy off Netley, Prucas was first, Lynx 
second, Solitaire third, and Galatea fourth. A fast reach 
across the water to Dean’s Lake Buoy produced no 
other change than an increase in Prucas’ lead. Irom 
this point to Black Jack Buoy, below Calshot Castle, was 
a glorious run, im which Galatea took third place. 
Rounding this, Solitaire lost a lot of time in tying down 
a reef, but had too much water aboard to stand any 
chance of winning, and was passed in the long home- 
ward beat by Trill and Galatea. Lynx went excellently 
on this point of sailing, and_ finished only twenty-six 
seconds behind Prucas. Crayfish carried away her miz- 
zen bumpkin, and had to stow the sail. The starting 
and finishing times, with B. C. A, ratings and time 
allowances, are as follows: 


Rating, Allowance. Start. Finish. 
Lynx, Mr, Alison..--..-... 57 Scratch. 2 05 al 4 aT 06 
Galatea, Mr. Nisbet.....+.. 56 0 00 22 20512 5 03 40 
Trill, Mr. Wair..........+22 > 56 0 00 22 Uncertain. 6 08 57 
Crayfish, Todd & Quinn... .4 0 01 16 Uncertain. 5 11 38 
Prucas, Mr. Laws........- 3 0 11 10 2 08 03 4 46 40 
Solitaire, Mr. Wale........ 26 0 18 30 2 05 10 5 18 37 
*Porpoise, Mr. Oliver...... 25 0 14 40 ° ee A et 
*Judith, Mr. Kipling......- -- s 0 18 46 
*Rose, Mr. Cardell........-. 15 0 25 02 ‘ 


*Retired; unable to cross the line. 


Prucas won the cup for the second year in succession, 
ana, from the speed she showed, I think there is little 
chance of any other type of craft taking it from her in 
4 breeze of wind. An excellent camp dinner and smok- 
ing concert finishing the day. 

Saturday, Aug. 11,—The day of our regatta opened 
out beautifully fine, but with little wind tntil the aiter- 
noon. The first race, for canoes under R. Cc. C, rules, 
was started at 10:30 A. M. Solitaire was again first across 
the line, but was passed before reaching Hamble Spit 
Buoy by Prucas. From here to Black Jack Buoy the 
race was a mere drifting match, in which Prucas ob- 
tained a long lead; but the wind dying out entirely at 
this point, she drifted right away to leeward with the 
tide, and Solitaire, who came up last and met a new air, 
turned back to Fawley with a slight lead. This was 
soon wiped out by Prucas, and she led well at Fawley 
Buoy. A smart reach across to Hamble Spit Buoy, 
livened up the race a little, but neither that nor the run 
home changed the relative position, and Prucas won by 
over 4min. from Solitaire, with Rose about the same 
time astern of the latter. Rose, by the by, carried a 
spare mainsail of Prucas in this race, and went very well 
with it, She was very ably handled by Mr. Holbeche, 
who will make his mark in canoe racing before long. 
This canoe is the Turk-built Nautilus design, in which 
the writer has made so many pleasant cruises in the 
Severn, Avon, Wye, and Bristol Channel. 

Race No. 2, for 14-footers, from Southampton; four 
entries were received, but only three turned up. These 
made ai extremely closé start, and sailing in close com- 
pany over the same five mile course as before, finished 


very neatly together. The winner was ‘Lucia, with 
Myrtle only 15sec. behind, Rikki-Tikki being a close 
third. 


Race No. 3 was for canoe yawls and canoe yachts, but 
in the light airs only three started, Galatea finishing 
Aimin. ahead of Lynx and 51min. ahead of Grayfish, but 
this race was declared void, the time limit being ex- 
ceeded. 

Race No. 3, a special scratch event, for all types of 
canoes and the visiting 14-footers, had to be postponed 
till Monday for want of wind, but at 4.30 p. m., the time 
appointed for the sail and paddle race (No. 4), the wind | 
piped up and gave the competitors a heavy drag against 
it to Hamble Spit Buoy. Here Porpoise, with two 
human propellers aboard, led by a short distance from 
Rose, with Solitaire third, and Galatea fourth. Prucas, 
with only one paddle, had meanwhile given up. On the 
run home Rose passed Porpoise and won by 47sec., 
Solitaire being about 2min. behind, and Galatea about 
amin. 

After tea the first event was a tug of war between 
port and starboard watches of the boys on the training 
ship Mercury, starboard winning rather easily. A fine 
race between three of their ships’ boats’ crews followed. 
The course, two and a half miles, was a long one, but 
of their own choice, and the finish yery close. The next 
event was a long obstacle race, with a punishing run 
up hill thrown in. Many started, but only three finished, 
Tair first, Cardell second, and Wale third. Cardell 
would have won easily, but for having to retrace his 
footsteps to round a forgotten obstacle. The tug of 
war, Married y. Single, resulted in an easy win for the 
free and independent bachelor brigade, but the next one, 
Hamble v. Warsash, was well pulled out, although al- 
though Warsash had too much strength for the men who 
had crossed the water. Unfortunately one event, and 
indeed the whole day, was marred by a serious accident 
to Mr, Perey Nisbet. A cartridge in the 4-bore starting 
pistol had failed to explode, and he was in the act of 
opening the breech when the cartridge exploded and 
badly injured the fingers of his leit hand. Every assist- 
ance was promptly given, but, to our universal regret, 
he has since suffered very much from a lacerated and 
painful wound. After all the care and forethought he 
has shown in arranging this meet, such an occurrence is 
most regrettable to us, and we earnestly wish him a 
speedy recovery, But for this unfortunate accident the 
whole day passed off in a thoroughly successful manner, 
and Warsash and Hamble turned up in hundreds to en- 
joy the sports. 

ALF. E, WaAtE. 


The following is from a subsequent issue of the Field: 


The British Canoe Association at the end of its camp 
meet held an official meeting to nominate officers and to 
propose the camp site for the coming year, 1901, The 
officers elected are; Com., Mr. Bartley; Vice-Com., Mr. 
Clayton; Rear-Com., Mr. Laws; Hon. Sec’y, Mr. Wale. 
The influence of the “yacht,” which has been growing 
in the B. C. A. for some years past, took rather a severe 
hold of the clwbh at this year’s meet; and in the result 
a rule has been passed which allows the fixed draft 
of a canoe, canoe-yawl or canoe-yacht to be equal to 
two-thirds of its beam, with a maximum of 3ft. 6in. 
Thus a cruising canoe of 42in. beam can have 2ft, gin. 
of fixed draft: but probably no one in the canoe 
classes would elect to use stich an inconvenient fixture 
on his boat, Possibly if racing were a little more 


prominent in the club the fixed fin and bulb might be 
introduced purely for racing, and proye successiul at 
prize winning; bul such an unwieldy appendage would 
as surely Ill the sport as did the sliding seat. 
It is a move the very opposite to that of conserving 
general utility in the canoe. 

For canoe-yawls, which are usually between Sit. and 
6ft. beam, the fixed draft of git. 61m. would practically 


-turn them into canoe-yachts; all the utility and con- 


venience of the canoe nattire of light draft, the 
ability to cruise in shallow waters and the often essen- 
tial ability to beach and haul up in bad weather are 
wiped out of existence where such a cumbersome fixed 
draft is adopted. At present a canoe-yawl is portable, 
can be carried up a beach on the coast, or over an ob- 
struction on a river, and can be conveniently carried 
on a railway truck or on a steamer’s deck; but add to her 
a fin and bulb, or construct her hull to a 3ft. 6in. draft, 
and you have a craft almost impossible, or at least highly 
inconvenient, for any of these common needs and ad- 
vantages of canoe traveling. 

For the canoe-yacht the draft matters very little; 
we never yet heard of any classification embracing a 
eanoe-yacht. The title was, in fact, coined in disgust at 
canoe-vawls departing from nearly all canoe principles, 
and aping yachts, yet falling short of them in Size, 
comfort and sea-going ability. The only sign of the 
canoe discoverable in a canoe-yacht is that the stern 
or counter is sharp or pointed, and the sections thereof 
are of bow form. This move of the B, C. A, will tend 
to lessen the canoeing element of the club. The increase 
in the fleet of craft with fixed draft of git. 6in, will 
undoubtedly require the club to hold its meetings on 
deep water estuaries, at places suitable for canoe-yachts, 
even though utterly unsuitable for genuine canoes, and 
when this is,so the association will be a yacht club 
living under the title of a canoe club, and in no way 
representative of canoeing. 


In regard to the above amendment of rules we hear 
from a member of that club, and who certainly is well 
posted in all the doings and prospects of the B. C. A., 
that immediately after the meeting it was notified that 
two new “yachts” would be built; and he further states 
that the B. C. A. will probably hold its next meet at 
Pin Mill, on the Ipswich estuary, and the Hope is enter- 
tained that “we shall have our fleet enlarged by at least 
half a dozen of the east coast canoe-yachts.” If so, then 
farewell to the trim-built canoe; paddle, plate and badge 
must go; for surely the badge cannot remain when the 
canoe element has been eliminated. 


We hear from a report of the final proceedings of the 
B. C. A., and which came to hand too late, that a few 
short day cruises were made in the fine weather which 
graced the end of the meet, but it appears that by this 
time many of the canoe men had returned home. No 
doubt the Solent from Hamble affords some yery pleas- 
and cruising for small yachts, but it is scarcely the place 
to do an out and home canoe day cruise; the wind may 
pipe up and make the return impossible. For instance, 
in the B. ©. A. crttise to Beaulieu the river mouth was 
cleared on the return journey at dark, and had there been 
anything like a fresh breeze from anywhere, such as from 
south round by east, to north, the canoes could not haye 
made the return journey that night, or at least to do so 
would have been gravely risky work, However, as things 
turned out, the men seem to have had some pleasant 
cruises to tone down the disappointments of the previous 
part of the outing. 


The Sailing Canoe. 


PHILADELPHIA, Sept, 24.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
After reading the canoeing page of Sept. 8 and Sept. 
22 it looks as if we are really going to have something 
done for the material modification of the sailing canoe 
into something less of a machine, and something more 
of a canoe. But do the proposed amendments go far 
enough? It seems to me that even if constructed in 
accordance with the proposed modification, but up to 
date in other particulars, she would not -be a very de- 
sirable craft for all-round work in good sailing waters. 
Would she, for instance, be any stiffer, any drier or any 
less fragile or more dependable with a fair-sized cock- 
pit, double-blade paddle, hoisting rig, rudder only to 
keel and 4 by 6 shding seat, than at present? 

It seems to me that what we want is a radical difference 
in construction and model, especially in construction. 
Could we get at this by putting a minimum weight limit 
on the bare hull, without centerboard, rudder or ballast 
of say 80 to 100 pounds, or would it be better to work 
out a table of sizes for planking, timbers, keel, deck, 
etc. Shall we allow 4 by 6 sliding seats, as Mr, Moore 
proposes, and haye them snap under us, and let us into 
the drink, as happened to the same Mr. Moore not so 
many moons ago? Or shall we allow no sliding seat 
at all, as Vice-Com. Dater proposes, and have the broad 
part of our trousers get wet from holding her up in a 
sea, and have our legs nearly sawed off by a sharp 
coaming at the same time? I, faith, no. Let us hang 
on to the sliding seat, which is a good thing, but let us 
be moderate, and not take too much of a good thing, 
but limit our taking to say 2 by 6, or the beam of the 
canoe. And again, to quote Mr. Moore, who is to say 
what size cockpit is “large and deep enough to sit in 
comfortably,” what would fit Butler certainly wouldn't 
do for Moore or Dater. In this each man would have 
to be a law unto himself, and we can’t make that kind 
of an elastic contrivance. Why not provide for two 
bulkheads 6in. apart, and all the rest of the provisions 
for the present cruising class? In short, why not pro- 
vide for a canoe instead of a machine? 


M. D. Witt, A, C. A. No. 2263. 


Conduskeag C. C. 


For several years past Jimmy Cartwright, once of the 
Puritans, has been, for business reasons, exiled from 
canoeing and stranded in Bangor, Me.. a place with plenty 
of water, but no canoe club. Those who know the 
energetic disposition of Jimmy will not be surprised to 
learn that he is now the captain of a new canoe club, the 
Conduskeag C, C., of which Mr. Henry Lord is purser, 
The club has an active membership of twenty-four, with 


S$50¢ ; Its object, as set forth in the 
constitution, is “the promotion of canoeing atid small 
boating, as well as of social intercourse among its mem- 


six dssociate members, 


bers,” 


Hachting. 
A Bit of Fisher Cup History. 


CLinTON, Canada, Sept. 25.—Editor Forest and Streant: 
Your story of the races for the Fisher cup reminds me 
of the incidents in connection with Zelma’s attempt to 
win it, which may be worth recounting now that the 
cup bids fair to come into public notice again. For 
many years, up to the time Onward captured it, the rec- 
ord was one of much quarreling over conditions and 
little racing, So long as Norah held it her owner dis- 
played great ingenuity in evading challenges, although 
it is only fair to say that this boat was a cumbersome, 
expensive craft to fit out for a race, and he claimed that 
on two occasions challengers had defaulted after putting 
him to the trouble of getting ready for them. It was 
said that Onward’s challenge was accepted because the 
boat had no reputation as a racer, and she certainly was 
a fairer match for Norah than Zelma would haye been. 
Vhe race itself was more of a bit of fun during a holiday 
cruise than a serious affair, and I have been told by 
one of the Rochester men that Norah’s owner objected 
to a ¢rew lint, and it was agreed to waive it. The 
Onward men promptly unshipped some ballast and took 
aboard a deck-load of their triends, who in the squally 
winds but smooth waters of the Bay of Quinte held 
down the weather rail, and the race was won. 

Norman Dick’s challenge with Zelma was promptly~ 
accepted, but Com. White, owner of Onward, did not 
want to break into his cruising arrangements, and at 
first offered to default. This was declined, Norman 
Dick preferring to await the convenience of Com, White, 
so it came about that the race—one was to be decisive— 
was fixed for some time in September of 1893, the 
course 30 nautical miles, with a time limit of 6 hours. 

While the friends of Onward conceded that she had 
little chance with Zelma, there was a general desire to 
put up a good race, although Onward was in poor con- 
dition, just in from a cruise, and lacking a racing 
skipper and racing crew. She was hauled out and tuned 
up a bit, a crew got together, and Capt. Wood of the 
Cinderella took charge. I sailed on her as scrutineer, 
and remember that the first day the wind was light and 
the race not nearly finished within the time limit, 

The next day we were at it again, the weather un- 
settled, but more promising for wind, A start was made 
in a good working breeze, but a squall came up and 
all the light sails had to come in. It was soon over, the 
wind dropping rapidly, but the club topsail was scarcely 
drawing again before it had to come in for another 
squall, which lasted longer and then dropped to a dead 
calm, in which, for the best part of an hour, the two 
boats used tip the time limit and made little headway. 
As one of the idlers I had gone below to assist in 
preparing lunch for the hard worked crew, when the 
third and worst squall of the day struck us, the crew 
just mangaing to strip the boat to mainsail and jib in 
the nick of time, I have a lively recollection of an 
amusing few minutes looking after sundry piles of sand- 
wiches, which were anxious to spread themselves all 
over the cabin; while the Onward was laying over with 
the water washing green along the lee deadlights in 
the cabin house, a look through the weather side show- 
ing a very wicked sky, obscured by showers of spray 
and driving rain. I thought it just as well that we had 
a competent skipper, and an experienced skimming-dish 
man at that. 

Tt cleared again, the wind fell light, and later on we 
zot beautiful weather, with a moderate breeze, but all 
too late; for Onward, which had led by a small margin 
all day. failed by half an hour or more ‘to make a race 
in the time limit. Both boats made port, with disgusted 
crews. There had been enough work for two or three 
races, and certainly enough wind for one, if it had been 
spread evenly and not Jaid on in chunks. There was 
some talk of extending the time limit, as it was clearly 
too short for average weather conditions, but it was not 
altered, and the crews turned in early for a good night's 
rest, preparatory to a third attempt. 

Norman Dick and two or three of his men slept 
in the elub house—camping out with their dunnage, 
which was all ashore. I was there also, and about 
midnight we were awakened by the rattling of windows 
and swishing of trees outside. Norman Dick jumped ° 
lip, remarking tersely, ‘That’s wind,” and without another 
word hastily dressed, and with two of his crew made 
for the club dock, where Zelma was secured. The outlook 
did not strike me as serious. The evening had closed 
fine, with a light air, and every prospect of settled 
weather. A big tug had left port with three barges, 
loaded with 600 tons of coal apiece, bound for Port 
Hope, and someone had said, as we watched her steam 
out, “That’s a cheap way to carry coal; put that tug’s 
engine into a vessel carrying eighteen hundred tons and 
it would make a poor show. As it is the outfit will do. 
five or six knots and be in Port Hope before morning. 
They have a fine night for the trip.” Not so much as 
a cautionary signal had been displayed irom the pier 
end, and as it afterwards appeared, old Probs. had been 
taken by surpirse. Fi me 

For a while I slept the sleep of a man who had no 
boat fo look alter, but the increasing gale and heavy 
rain prompted me:to get up to look at the weather 
soon after morning: broke, and truly it was a sight to 
see, The gale was coming right out of the north, 
veering at times to the. west, and had already made a 
new ¢lisposition of all: loose things afloat and ashore. 
Trees were down, sideshows and refreshment stands 
blown in or wrecked, the grounds of Ontario Beach 
strewn with débris of all kinds, everything being sodden 
wet, Around the club house small craft were in every 
kind of trouble, some capsized, others adrift, and more 
ashore. An ancient chain ferryboat was no longer 
“chained to business.” but had broken away and gone 
to smash. The U. S>/Revenue: Cutter Com. Perry had 
been tied up to the pier the night before, near the en» 


trance to the harbor, In getting clear to’ run up the 
river f6r shelter she had twisted her rudder stock, and 
had “managed to anchor just below the bridge in no 
vety safe berth, A heavy roll was washing up irom 
the Lake, where the surl was a sight seldom seen on 
Lake Ontario, The pier ends, ten feet above the normal 
water leyél, were buried under solid green seas. 

Onward was safe in a snug berth, but Zelma had dis- 
appeared, It was afterwards learned that when Norman 
Diel turned out he at once decided to make the upper 
river while he had a chance to do: so, 
of foresail Zelma drove upstream, narrowly missing the 


railroad bridge, the draw of which was open but be- - 


ginning to close as she approached, A yigorous blast 
on the fog horn sayed the situation, and then the skipper 
realized that he was scudding up an unknown stream. 
with no light to guide, and no idea of the water. After 
a couple of miles he sheered inshore, the water for- 
tunately holding good, and the boat was tied up to 
some bushes. The remainder of the night was spent 
huegine the galley fire. for the wind and rain made it 
bitterly cold, and all the blankets and cushions were 
ashore. 

Needless to say there was no thotight of racing, and 
soon sterner events claimed attention. At 10 o'clock 
in the morning somehting was sighted out in the lake, 
which with a glass was made out to be the tug which 
had cleared the night before, now trying to make the 
harbor with only one barge in tow. Jt was apparent 
that she was quite unable to handle it, the two vessels 
tossing about as helplessly and drunkenly as a couple 
of logs, the incessant bursts of smoke from the tug’s 
funnel showing how hard she was being fired. 

The barge was cas! off to shift for herself, the tug 
making the harbor with a sad tale to tell. All had gone 
well for half the passage, when the gale struck them 
pretty well ahead. They kept on, hoping to make the 
shelter of the north shore, but the gale and sea in- 
creased until all headway was out of the question. Some 
time before dawn it was decided to turn and run back. 
When the day broke only two barges were found in 
tow, the third having gone down in the. blackness of the 
night, no one knew when. A crew of seven men went 
with her. The second barge was settling rapidly so the 
tug cast off and got alongside just in time to save the 
crew, some of them being picked up out of the water, 
a matter of no small difficulty. 

With the remaining barge an attempt was made to 
reach Charlotte, the tow finally becoming unmanageable 
in the sea and going ashore, the crew getting off with 
their lives. No doubt they struck a soft spot, and cer- 
tainly a sandy beach offered more chances than the open 
lake. These barges were nothing but condemned schoon- 
ers, too ripe to. sail, hanging together by luck for years, 
until in any unusual strain they opened up all over. 

All day long yachtsmen from wrecked and half-wrecked 
craft strageled into the club house and compared ex- 
periences. A huge fire was lighted in the assembly room 
grate and quickly surrounded by soaking togs and wet- 
through men. The place looked like a sailors’ retreat 
such as every nautical writer describes sooner or later, 
save that there was nothing stronger to drink than hot 
tea, which some one produced with the help of a yacht’s 
stove taken ashore for safety. 

Late in the afternoon the gale moderated. Zelma came 
down the river, and Capt. Wood, of Cinderella, invited 
a party of us to a fine supper of stewed clams—chowder 
he called it—and fried mushrooms, the latter having 
srown in abundance after the heavy rainfall. We were 
a cheerful little party. Outside was a dreary prospect of 
wreck and ruin, sodden ground, leaden skies and a wicked 
sea. Inside was the luxurious cabin of Cinderella, the 
best dinner service set out, the excellent clams and the 
tasty mushrooms—the gift of the sterm. We discussed 
the races. and as some of Zelma’s crew had been obliged 
to leave for home, Com. White and Mr. Dick agreed to 
allow the challenge to stand until the races could be sailed 
next year. 

But Norman Dick had sailed his last race. He Became 
seriously ill during the winter and never lived to see 
Zelma fitted out again. The challenge was forgotten. and 
except for the interest occasioned by the arranging of bet- 
ter conditions and the proper trusteeship of the Fisher 
cup, the trophy remained in obscurity until the challenge 
of the present year. WittiAmM OQ. PHILLIes. 


The Seawanhaka Cup. 


WitHin the thirty days from the date of the final race 
of 1900, the time allowed by the declaration of trust of the 
Seawanhaka International Challenge cup, the present 
holder, the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C., of Montreal and 
Doryal, received three challenges. One of these was 
from the White Bear Y. C., of Minneapolis, the challenger 
of 1900; another from the Bridgeport Y. C., of Bridge- 
port, Conn., and the third from the Island Sailing Club 
of West Cowes, Isle of Wight. The last challenge was 
first made by cable, and the confirmation by letter only 
reached Montreal on the day after the time expired. The 
Roya! St. Lawrence Y. C. was desirous of securing a 
Briti-h challenge, as conducing to the best interests of 
the cup as a truly international trophy, and notified both 
of the American challengers, who very generously con- 
Senne to waive their strict rights in favor of the English 
club. 

This last challenge, like that of Mr. J. A. Brand in 
1895, the first for the cup, is in a sense a personal one; 
J octically made by an individual who is indorsed by his 
glub. Last year and in the various Seawanhaka matches 
for the cup, the challenges have come actually, as well 
as nominally, from a club which has held trial races to 
select the best boat available. In this case the challenge 
originates with a British yachtsman, Mr. Lorne Campbell 
Currie, who has asked a club of which he is a member to 
indorse his challenge, as required by the conditions. as 
individual challengers cannot be recognized. Under these 
circumstances it really rests with Mr. Currie to say 
whether he will build one yacht himself or 
whether there will be trial races. The probabilities are 
that, like Mr. Brand, he will build but one yacht, and of 
course, come out himself with her. 

Mr. Currie has for some years past resided in Havre, 
France, and he is a member of the Cercle de la Voile de 
Paris, the Union des Yachts Francais, Union des Yachts- 


Under-a shred- 


men, Cannes, and the Société des Regattes de Havre, He 
is also a member of the following British yaeht clubs: 
Royal London, Royal Northern, Royal Southampton. 
Temple, Southampton Corinthian, West of Scotland and 
the Island Sailing Club, At present he owns four yachts 
—the steam yacht Cairngorm, 81 tons; the two Sibbick 
boats, Bebelle Ill. and Skeandhu, and Scotia, designed 
last year by Linton Hope. Jt will he remembered that Mr. 
Currie challenged last spring for the cup of the Cercle de 
la Voile de Paris, with Scotia, but she was under the 
class measurement, being aesigned for the Mediterranean 
races, and though well sailed by Mr. Hope, she was de- 
feated. It is probable that the new challenger will be 
designed and also sailed by Mr. Hope, which will make 
the races of 1901 very interesting, as he is the strongest 
man in Great Britain in the smaller classes when his skill 
both as a designer and helmsman is considered. Mr. 
Currie has agreed to the same conditions as this year, but 
the date and full details have not yet been arranged. The 
races will probably take place in the latter part of July. 
Mr. Currie’s racing flag has a field with the upper half 
yellow and the lower half black, the device being a Greek 
cross with the same colors reversed, the upper half black 
and the lower yellow. The Island Sailing Club was 
established in 1889, and now numbers 240 members. The 
ofAcers are: Com., Lord Colville, of Culross; Vice-Com., 
Philip Perceval, Jr.; Rear-Com., G. Baring; Hon. Sec’y, 
Herbert Whyatt, club house, Cowes; Hon. Treas., L. J. 
Allan. The burgee has a red field with a yellow castle in 
the center, a 


The Inter-City Raceabout Matches. 


On Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday of last week a 
series of races were sailed under the management of the 
Indian Harbor Y. C. between the raceabout Jolly Roger, 
owned by her designer, B. B. Crowninshield, of Boston, 
and three of the New York boats of the class. The races 
were all sailed in light weather—so light, in fact, that two 
races were abandoned. The first match was for a cup 
presented by Rear-Com, Alfred Peats, Indian Harbor AY 
C. The course was a triangle with three and one-third mile 
sides, starting off Little Captain’s Island, Greenwich, Long 
Island Sound. The first mark was the can buoy on 
the Cows, off Shippan Point, and the second was a mark 
boat out in the Sound off Oyster Bay. The first two 
faces were set for Wednesday, a third, if it proved neces- 
sary, on Saturday. Jolly Roger was steered by Frank 
Crowninshield, with B. B. Crowninshield and E. Burton 
Hart, of New Rochelle, as crew. Scamp, in the absence 
of her owner, Johnston De Forest, was steered by Allan 
E. Whitman, with B. C. Ball and a professional as crew. 
Mr. Ball was the helmsman of Ethelwynn in her suc- 
cessful races against Spruce IJII. for the Seawanhaka 
cup in 1895, his successful handling alone saving the 
cup when it seemed lost beyond recoyery at the end of 
the third race. 

The wind was light from S.E. at the start and the 
course was reversed, making the first leg to windward, but 
it soon shifted to east. Jolly Roger crossed promptly, 
with a lead of 20s., gaining all the way to the outer 
matk, where they were timed: 


Turn, Elapsed. 
PG ie INGE acne Nets Sette ste wins cacy ges. duach trererecarerece 11 50 34 0 50 35 
ES GEhihie boy Cosubohict ht orecda deste: boo seD) aot 11 53 12 0 58 12 


They went across to the Cows with the wind forward 
of the beam, the two reaching very easily. The times 
were: 


Turn Elapsed. - 
Wollys WRG e er euerers owre tr atstis eis etasitesy ecco er slater 12 22 46 32 11 
SCAMP sv eeeseeee eee er ee verse resent pete eeetees 12 53 12 0 32 12 


_ They ran in with spinakers to port, Jolly Roger gain- 
ing, the finish being timed: 


Finish. Elapsed. 
Jolly Roger .... 1 58 06 
SCalD pe iee ore uecde 1 02 05 


The second race was started at 2:45, the mark being 
set two and one-half miles to windward, the wind still 
light from the east. Scamp crossed first, but with little 
way on; the two made a close race to the mark, where 
Scamp had a lead of Qs. 


Turn, Elapsed. 
LEPINE i iy ceu toe ape DAO ODO OG ASI ne Fo oO CseiIee 3 22 05 0 37 05 
holy Asters: f Goedpceseoge cola: rei hie ieee 6 22 14 0 37 14 


Once down the wind, a luffing match followed, to the 
profit of Jolly Roger, whose spinaker was first set. After 
running by the lee they had to jibe spinakers, Jolly 
Roger handling her sails the better of the two, as. in 
fact, she did in both races. The end of the round was 


timed: 

Turn Elapsed. 
OUR ANGE => eoce eee ce CAS res tap RO NO OU Lec arena aia 0 35 39 
Syortaahey ers seeeece st es Oe Re OMB Oi in put itcesall 0 36 25 


On the beat out Jolly Roger showed a small gain, the 
windward mark being timed: : 


Turn, Elapsed. 
Ge RCIA occ mehoonmoson tad t fC SE ROne cru UGE one 4 38 28 0 40 35 
STopMSI PR MAS raOOST SASH SBADeE EB BHO ROSHAN a Ne SMA o 4 39 23 0 40 53 


On the ttn in the Boston boat gained nearly 2m., the 
final times being: 


Elapsed. 
Finish Leg. Course. 
ARonbhie Detect no ocenore anor s 5 21 57 0 43 29 2 36 57 
Scaritpe set aeleene Uh pecs tress tots 525 11 0 45 48 2 40 11 


Two traces were arranged for Thursday, one in the 
morning with the Herreshoff céenterboard Sis, and one in 
the afternoon, with the Crane Raider. The first race 
was abandoned after a couple of hours of drifting. The 
afternoon race was started at 3:10 in a light S.W. wind, 
the course being two and one-half miles to windward and 
leeward. sailed once. With H. M. Crane on Raider were 
C. H. Crane and B. C. Ball. 
on port tack, Jolly Roger to windward. Raider tacked 
to clear the mark boat, but the other held on, expecting 
to weather her. When this was seen to be impossible, 
Jolly Roger came about, but Raider’s bowsprit touched 
her boom. She at once jibed and recrossed the line, ma- 
king a new start to leeward. Raider luffed and after 
ascertaining that her rigging was all right, continued the 


tace. Jolly Roger gradually worked into first place, and 
the mark was timed: 

Turn. - Elapsed. 
Jolly Rogen iene. wea Lr hon Annee Bay 4 07 42 0 BT 42 
Reid Gt eaaeres Aiiaet oh. p renee amo petAd: fetid ele 4 08 46 0 58 46 


They ran home under spinakers, jibing several times in 
the light and variable wind, the finish being timed: 


The two crossed together . 


Elapsed. t 

: Tinish. Beet i % oe 

slijpedtonrenean fearnier de aneis revi ceed 4h 4G ie | 34 46 

Hee ee HT Re 44700 0 88 14 1 37 00 
Inunediately after the finish Mr. Crowninshicld 


apologized to Mr. Crane for the foul at the start. 
On Saturday morning Jolly Roger and Sis started in 
the postponed race, under the management of the River- 
side Y. C., the same triangle being chosen_as on Wednes- 
day, but in the reverse direction, to the Cows bitoy first. 
The wind was very light from S.E., and there was a 
roll of sea. The start was made at 10:50, Jolly Roger 
being 55s. late and Sis 20s. astern of her, The keel boat 
did the better work and increased her lead, though the 
wind was very light. Her crew, however, mistook the 
instructions and headed for the buoy in the Sound, while 
Sis made her way along shore toward the Cows. After 
some time she learned of her error from the committee 
boat and withdrew, there being no possibility of over- 
taking Sis. The latter turned the Cows at 1 P. M., and 
about half an hour later gave up, as she could not cover 
the course within the time limit. She was towed in by 
the steam yacht Kismet, and the match was called off, 
though Mr. Crowninshield proposed that Sis should enter 
with Raider in the afternoon. - , 
A. five-mile triangle was marked and the race with 
Raider was started at 2:35 in a light S.W. breeze. C. M. 
Crane was replaced by H. L. Maxwell on board of Raider. 
Jolly Roger crossed a little ahead, but with Raider on 
her weather, It was a reach to the first mark, both 
setting spinakers after a time. They turned the mark with 
a lead of 57s. for Jolly Roger. and on the beat to second 
mark she increased this to 2m. 2s. They ran home with 
spinakers to port, Raider making up 2s. The times 
were, start 2:35: 


Finish Elapsed. 
Jolly Roger, B. B. €rowninshield...... treeeeeed 44 04 1 09 04 
Raider, H. M. Crane...sc.0.----eees ven tuteenes 3 46 02 1 11 03 


Though Jolly Roger's victories were all im very light 
weather, there is nothing to indicate that she would not be 
as fast in both moderate and heavy weather. 


Lakewood Y. CG. 


CLEVELAND—LAKE ERIE. 
Tuer newly organized Lakewood Y. C., of Cleveland, 
held its first race on Aug. 11, the wind being fresh 
from S.W. with a lively sea. The times were, start 2:20: 


Finish. Finish. 

(Giidsbersie Eonceanoesdnodade SRM ASORSEAC 4 Avosdeécocuddoooy Disabled. 

AIL COMe Menta acre eters re A040, AGLOWLEY = apatite core ate = 4 33 20 

REStless cacuw oeaes i adied: 44 80 Argo va tasierrroe-+- Not timed. 

Vertes applets asic avers he leaty serie ort 41500 Bessie p..npascs: perepcersreeis 4 29 30 

ype ese sy beam aes see 42300 Wleteom t0.... 0.5... sae Disabled. 
lthiolh(@l. Gee oboe uontrets4 ode 4 27 3 


Corsair lost her gaff, Restless her topmast and Meteor 
parted her main shrouds. The yacht Com. Gardner, E. 
W. Radder, won the first leg for the Say When cup and 
the championship flag in her class. On Aug, 25 the second 
race was sailed in a light but freshening breeze, the times 
being; 

A0ft. Class. 


Start. Finish. 
Nortettd my simudeneee pelea peo POC oN « hl otbabey dlaledals 10 40 05 12 51 32 
ATG Cee ht ieee hese cy Se eMTTT erie octet 10 39 25 1 00 80 
(Girgh lifes Lab Rhee ec ad eebeirtane gee Wis 10 42 15 12 45 20 
(GOrsaar rete pg teee ht et bp nicole shel ofatel lad siols Loasice et 10 40 15 12 50 00 
INGStIESSS 2 func taieuntos a enpeh kee end Od ee 10 40 00 12 59 40 
: daft. Class. 
Commoedone: WGandnietpnanaesnl ds ter ciinre 10 39 25 12 41 30 
ETE Ory ee eee Acad he auAes rane Te gathers 10 89 20 12 46 00 
a0ft. Class. 
ABW AKEYOWE acess Sb stacrpeecpcet pent ieresrteeetonrer ees f ieee Nay pees 10 38-30 12 44 45 
(Cum caggaot eS hb POR sau Oerb Rone be Gotocn tress: Withdrew. 
BT OliCwee aie HOE RRS AKAM eM Hadsodbornc tne cer, 1. Withdrew. 
Argo 10 38 50 12) 63 12 
Gypsey 10 39 30 1 08 18 
Growler 10 40 05 1 12 00 


On Sept. 23 a race was sailed over a nine-mile triangle 
in a fresh breeze. Commodore Gardner won her fourth 
race, taking the championship, the ensign and jack pre- 
sented by Capt. McKay. and the ctip offered by the Say 
When. The times were: 

. 40ft. Class. 


Start. Finish. 
(Gira bias. ee Garo egen poewn hb Coe eee ee oa oe 10 40 00 12 21 40 
AVEC ED Lee TN ii ae Ne Dotdosot hey 10 40 00 12 26 41 
Copsey sealer eee Ghee ae oes ease ly 10 49 00 12 35 00 
35ft. Class. 
Commodore. Gardner eeteiieh ble. cleus’ a2 5. = 10 40 00 12,18 35 
Mrefeare nec r n a, eat I Liem te neler hello. 10 40 00 12 27 00 
: 30ft, Class. 3 
Wane a Cre hth ho obeaderaustobor tea sooud on 10 40 00 12 26 35 
IBGSSte) caayicntrme-toere tect Settee erie ate earn e tigeds 10 40 00 Not timed, 
25ft. Class. 
“Rs rl tale cces os ies oP ees ae eee ee ede 10 40 00 12 25 00 
paiietoy Seis ah WAR Lee e ia. pai ah | Ao a 10 40 00 12 45 00 
END SCV eRe ROT lee 1 at hee el nectertioclme nas 10 40 00 Not timed, 


Altatr, Shark and Hussar IIL 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

The fall regatta of the Riverside Y. C.. which came 
off on Saturday, Sept. 22, was especially interesting, 15- 
asmuch as it gave the fast new 51it. R.L. Altair an op- 
portunity to put to her credit a faster race than any she 
had previously sailed over a regular course, and likewise 
an opportunity to give the new centerboarder Hussar II. 
of the same class a much worse beating than in her 
(Altair’s) previous best performance. This race like- 
wise enabled Altair to end her racing for the season with 
a better record by two seconds for a twenty-five-mile 
course than Shark, her sister boat, can show. 

It is exceedingly interesting to find that the very 
best times made by these two up-to-date boats in their 
first season agree to the minute and almost to the 
second, thus: ; 
Siatneke Jagd NG (Ce. IiwIWy dle an sek oes 3h. 16m. 43s. 
Jahebhieg Inunwesrstore: Ne. X05, Sieh 25. 4 pee yin, INOMEE: JTRSy 

In both races the distance was twenty-five nautical 
miles. Thus the best rate per hour for the season 
shown by each of these enlarged and improved editions 
of the famous 20-raters Niagara and Isolde was slightly 
better than seven and a half knots. 

In the Riverside regatta on Saturday Altair beat 
Hussar Il. by a margin of 17m. 98. THlussar’s best per- 
formance for the season was at the rate of about 7 
knots an hour, ; JoOsEPH PARKER, 
WAVERLEY, Mass., Sept. 24, 


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FOREST AND 


STREAM. 


Pacific Interclub Y. A. 


SAN FRANCISCO—SAN FRANCISCO BAY, 
Sunday, Sept. 16. 

AFTER a failure on account of the Se of a mark 
boat, the fifth annual regatta of the Pacific Inter-Club 
Y. C. was successfully sailed on Sept. 16. At the start 
Presto on port tack was protested by Amigo on starboard 
tack, but at a subsequent hearing Presto was sustained 
and the first prize, the $250 MacDonough cup, was 
awarded to her. The times were: 


o5ft, Class—Start, 12:10. 


Elapsed. Corrected. 
: d 2 59 44 2 59 44 
Mare Peel winerre 2 41 13 2 41 04 
Miciys Eecr i ane tas tome Saar Bera. 
Psi 2 59 56 2 56 05 
Special Yawl Class—Start, 12:10. 
COTA EU eeCn Rie bib atna +s aay ee  VaLnore ws J 
Nereid 3 33a 2 29 49 
Gypsie 2 98 43 2 28 43 
Arcturus 2 33 28 2 29 0d 
30ft, Class—Start, 12:20. = 
ASTITE Os Gaaaqs es cue scatters bE bt ,...-8 39 06 3 19 06 3 17 08 
ADOC conocer ered EDUC On HC oee oe de 3 11 15 3 08 46 
Igecivey Lays e Coosa aot PPPaeoCe 310 16 2 50 16 2 50 16 
aft, See te oe 
eT netr Sy Pe Sie a tse PLO E our ett Vithdrew. te 
nee FS tote pO bbb bu See eo 3 32 27 3 02 27 8 00 31 
COMPETI Molise eek etme sae Withdrew i 
Plano OUITAMG Le sic comcer sd aaat ones ae 3 14 58 2 44 58 2 44 16 
44ft. Class—Start, 12:40. ‘ 
(Cie) He Aone Te? pes obo etatin So00s 3 42 30 3 02 30. 3 02 30 
[ROKGRIE | jj suboede neeeermerinn Withdrew. : * 
Gaeedwvell Mite Pn hetero holies Usual 2 50 09 2 47 37 
Neptune Withdrew. 
Tit. Class—Start, 12:50. rf 
(OU MOE © 3G py gestern fetcet MEOCMEROEE 2) Cesk ee 2 38 24 2 18 24 


Kittiwake won the Law cup, the first prize in he 
class. The judges were R. L’Hommedieu and C. L. Tis- 
dale; referee, H. T, Emery; timers, F. C, Coykendall 
and Harry Gibbs. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


Surf, steam yacht, under charter to C. K. G. Billings, of 
Chicago, was at anchor off the New York Y. C, station 
at Twenty-sixth street and East River on Sept. 25, when 
she was fouled by a tow of car floats, thrown against her 
by the strong tide. Her port bow was struck by one of 
the floats, fouling the port anchor and tearing it away, the 
chain damaging the bulwarks. The full extent of the 
damage is not reported. 

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Narada, née Semiramide, Henry Walters, arrived at 
New London on Sept. 25 from British waters by way 
of the Azores, leaving St. Michaels on Sept. 15. She has 
been abroad since last June, Capt, Dudley Brand being 
in command. When within 300 miles of New London 
she broke her propeller. ve ie 


Lady Evelyn, schr., has been sold by J. F. Ackerman to 
David Dunlop, Jr., of Petersburg, Va., through Man- 
ning’s gency. 


Rifle Range and Gallery. 


Mr. Pape’s Shooting. 


San Francisco, Sept. 19.—Mr. A. H, Pape, besides breaking the 
record and winning the diamond medal in the king shoot, also 
made the most points on Sept. 16. On Sept. 17, on the honorary 
target, he made 73, 71, 70, 70, 70, winning first prize, a $75 silver 
set, and the champion goblet for best average on the three 
matches—king, point and honor—being the first time in the history 
of the club that the champion goblet was ever won by the winner 
being first on all the matches. Mr. Pape also won the first prize 
for the five best tickets on honor target. ‘ 

Following are the scores on king shoot of 200 shots, .point target: 
A, H. Pape 388, A. Strecker 865, F, E. Mason 356, R. W. Hyatt 
334, C. M. Henderson and F, W. Belknap 314, Jacob Meyer 305, 


C, Thierbach and D. W. McLaughlin 304, D. B. Factor 300, There 


were seventeen entries in this match, $25 entrance fee, 

Most points: A, H, Pape 504, D. B. Factor 463, F. Ky, Mason 429, 
A, Strecker 365, F. P. Schuster 860, C. M. Henderson #48, PF. W. 
Belknap 324, D. W, McLaughlin 319. ‘ e 

Honorary target: A. H. Pape 73, 71; Jacob Gruhler 78, 70; E. 
Schmidt 72; F. E, Mason 71; D. W. McLaughlin 71; Jacob 
Meyer 70. 7 

Best centers: A. Langer, first; A, Strecker, second; J. McMillan, 
third; A. H. Pape, fourth; A. Gehret, fifth; C. Thierback, sixth; 
Jacob Gruhler, seventh; P, Jacoby, eighth; F, W. Belknap, ninth; 
‘(O. Bremer, tenth; F. A. Kuhls, eleyenth; M. Riebold, twelfth; 
€. M. Henderson, thirteenth; W. lL. Hyatt, fourteenth; PF. P. 
Schuster, fifteenth; F, E. Mason, sixteenth, : 

Following is A. H. Pape’s score in detail, made in the annual _ 
king shoot of the California Schuetzen Club, bemg the world’s 
record on the point target, 200 shots. 

A H 2—18 
I—17 
21 
1—21 
1—19 
3—18 
2-19 
2—19 
8—21 
2—23 
1—20 
1—22 
1—22 
2—22 
3—21 
3—19 
2—16 
3—18 
2—17 
1—19—288 


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Grapshoating. 


Leading dealers in sportsmen’s supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously for a quarter-century. 


Fixtures. 


PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY’S TOURNAMENTS. 


Oct, 1617.—Montgomery, Ala.—Peters Cartridge Co.’s two-day 
tarzet tournament, under the auspices of the Montgomery Gun 
Club; added money. Jack Parker, Mer. 

Oct, 23-25.—Atlanta, Ga.—Peters Cartridge Co.’s live-bird tourna- 
ment. John H. Mackie, Mer, 

Oct. 25-27.—Raleigh, N. C—Peters Cartridge Co.’s-target tourna- 
ment. John H, Mackie, Mgr. 


Oct, 29-80.—jacksonville, Fla.—Peters Cartridge Co,’s ae 
tournament, under auspices of the Jacksonville Gun Club; $1 
added. Third day, grand pigeon shoot exclusively under the 
auspices of the Jacksonville Gun Club. John Parker, Mer. 


Oct. 3.—Kansas City, Mo.—Gilbert-Elliott contest for Sports- 
meén’s Review cup at Exposition Ball Park, at 2:30 P. M. 

Oct. 4—West Chester, Pa.—Annual fall shoot of the West Chester 
Gun Club; $20 added. F. H. Eachus, Sec’y. 

Oct. 8.—Jersey City, N. J.—All-day sweepstake shoot of the 
Hudson Gun Club. H. L. Hughes, Sec’y. 

Oct. 9.—Gilbert-Crosby contest for the E C cup. 

Oct. 10-11.—Cireleville, O.—Fall tournament of the Pickaway 
Kod and Gun Club; targets and live birds. G, R. Haswell, Sec’y. 

Oct. 11.—Greensburg, Ind.—Tournament of the Greensburg Gun 
Club, C. D, Tillson, coy. 

Oct. 12-14.—Louisville, Ky.—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
targets and live birds. Emile Pragoff, Sec’y, 

Oct. 9 and Nov. 23.—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, 
WN. J.—Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men 
team race; 20 live birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized 
gun club in the U, S. are eligible. Commences at 2) P. M. Sweep- 
stake shooting commences at 10 A. M. Mr, L. H, Schortemeier 
and Dr. A. A. Webber managers. 

Oct. 13.—Altoona, Pa.—Altoona Rod and Gun Club’s live-bird 
handicap. G. G. Zeth, secys Altoona, Pa, 

Oct. 17.—Muncie, Ind.—Magic City Gun Club’s target tourna- 
ment. C. E. Adamson, Sec’y. 

Oct. 19-20.—Louisville, Ky.—Live-bird tournament of the Ken- 
tucky Gun Club. W. H. Kaye, Sec’y. 

Oct. 23-24.—Baltimore, Md.—Live-bird tournament, under the 
auspices of the Baltimore Shooting Association. 

Oct. 29-30.—Peru, Ind.—Live-bird tournament of the Peru Gun 
Club. Chas. Bruck, Sec’y. 

Noy. 7-9.—St. Thomas, Ont.—Tom Donley’s tournament. 

Newark, N. J.-South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


Oct. 5.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s live-bird handi- 
cap at 25 birds; handicaps 25 to 32yds.; optional sweep, 

Oct. 12.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s shoot; varied 
programme; handicap and prize event; different rules, 

Oct. 18.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Match at 100 birds, $100 a 
ace hetween Dr. A. A. Webber, 30yds., and Mr. ‘[. W. Morfey, 
Slyds. . . 

Oct. 26.—Interstate Park, Queens——Under auspices of Medicus 
Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live birds per man; 29yds. 
Members of any regularly organized gun club in the U. S. are 
eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shooting commences 
at 10 A. M, Mr, L. H. Schortemeier and Dr. A. A. Webber, Mers. 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. 

Oct. 26.—Interstate Park, Oueens.—Three-men team race at 20 
live birds per team, 29yds. rise; members of any regularly or- 
ganized gun club in the U. S. are eligible; at 2 o'clock, v 
stake shooting commences at 10 o'clock. 

“Oct. 30.—Interstate Park, OQueens.—Match at 100 birds, $100 
side, between Messrs. J, J, Hallowell and T. W. Morfey, 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Target and liye-bird events are presented for the competition of 
the shooters who will engage in the Pickaway Rod and Gun 
Club’s fall tournament, Circleville, O,, Oct, 10 and 11, and $60 
in money will be added. ‘here are twelve target events on the 
programnie of the first day, each at 15 targets and each $1.50 
entrance. Four moneys, Rose system, will govern the division 
of the purses. A magautrap and bluerocks will test the skill of 
the shooters. Those who wish may shoot for targets only. On 
the second day there are four live-bird events on the programme, 
of which No. J is at 5 birds, $40 entrance, two moneys; No. 2, at 
7 birds, $6, three moneys; No. 3, at 10 birds, $7.50, tour moneys, 
and No. 4, a two-men team race, at 10 live birds per man, $10 
entrance, three moneys, handicaps 26 to 32yds. Other events if 
fime permits. Shooting commences at 9 o’clock. A good dinner 
will be served. The grounds will be open on Tuesday for prac- 
tice. Shells and guns shipped to the secretary, Mr. G. R. Has- 
well, will be delivered on the grounds. To the two experts or 
expert amateurs with the best average of the programme $20 will 
be given, and to the six amateurs (mot expert amateurs) with 
best average of the programme $40 will be divided as follows: 


$10, $8, $7, $6, $5, $4. 
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The programme of the Kentucky Gun Club provides two days’ 
liye-bird shooting at its tournament, Oct, 19 and 20, Louisville, Ky. 
Qn the first day there will be one event at 7 birds, $3 entrance, 
birds extra, high guns, and the Kentucky handicap, at 15 birds, 
$10 entrance, birds extra. Other events as the shooters may de- 
sire. On the second day the main event is the Kentucky State 
championship, open to residents of Kentucky only. It is at 25 
birds, $10 entrance, birds extra, and is for the championship of 
the State and a solid silver cup, which becomes the absolute 
property of the winner, This event as to the moneys will be 
governed by class shooting, 35, 25, 20 and 10 per cent., and 10 
per cent. to the club. No entry received after the tenth round 
cn either day. Shooting each day commences at 9 o’clock. The 
grounds are situated at Fountain Ferry Park. The secretary de- 
sires to receive notice from all who will attend, to the end that 
a sufficient number of pigeons may be obtained and handicaps’ 
made. Cartridges may be obtained on the grounds. During the 
week of the shoot reduced rates to Louisville may be secured on 
account of the horse show. 

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Concerning the resignation of Mr. N. P. Leach, mention of 
which was made in our issue of Sept. 29, the Burlington Free 
Press and Times states as follows: ‘‘At a meeting of the di 
rectors of the Robin Hood Powder Co., held here Thursday after- 
noon, N. P. Leach resigned his position as general manager 
on account of ill health, much to the regret of his associates. Mr. 
Leach will continue, however, as an active member of the board 
of directors, retaining all his interests in the company, His 
vesignation as general manager comes as the result of the strenu- 
ous advice of his physicians. Mr. Leach has worked early and 
late getting the new company started, and overcoming many ob- 
stacles, he has brought the Robin Hood Powder Co. to the front 
rank among the manufacturing concerns of its class on this conti- 
nent. The directors find everything running smoothly, with a good 
trade already begun, and still brighter prospects for the future. 
New machinery and other resources are being added to the plant, 
and the success of this enterprise means much for the future of 
Swanton.” 

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Contests as follows will take place at Interstate Park, Queens, 
L. L.: Oct. 18, 100-bird match for $100 a side between Dr. A. A. 
Webber and Mr. T. W. Morfey; Webber to stand at 80yds., Morfey 
at 3lyds. Oct. 26, three-men team race at 20 live birds per man, 
29yds. rise; members of any regularly organized gun club in the 
U. S. are eligible; commences at 2 P. M.; sweepstake shooting 
commences at 10 A. M. Oct. 30, 100-bird match for $100 a side 
between Messrs. John J. Hallowell and T. W. Morfey; each man 
to stand at 30yds. » 


On Friday of this week the Medicus Gun Club will hold a 
handicap at live birds at Interstate Park, Queens, L. I. An 
optional sweep is a part of the competition, The handicaps will 
be from 25 to é2yds. On the 12th inst. the club will hold a 
shoot at the same place. There will be a varied programme, with 
handicap and prize events, and different rules. 


In the trophy event of the Chicago, Ill., Gun Club at 25 targets 


Sweep- 


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Mr. Cornwell broke 24, and made the highest score. In the 
monthly trophy event Mr. R. B. Mack and Dr. Morton tied 
on 15 straight, the former winning in the shoot-off. Jn the 


handicap shoot Messrs. R, B. Mack, C. Antoine and Mrs. Carson 
tied on 24 ont of 25. » 


Mr. F. T. Sherwood, secretary of the Trapshooters’ League, of 
Indiana, Bedford, Ind., writes us as follows, under date of Sept. 25: 
“The Trapshooters’ League of Indiana has this day granted to the 
Magie City Gun Club, of Muncie, Ind., a sanction for a tourna- 
ment on Oct. 17. For further information address C. FE, Adam- 
son, secretary. This is a target tournament.” 


[Ocr, 6, 1900. } 


In the second contest of the Schortemeier series of team shoots 
held on Friday of last week at Dexter Park, Brooklyn, the team 
of the East Side Gun Club, of Newark, won with a score of 56 
out of 60. The members of the team and their scores were: 
Messrs, Steffens, 20, Feigenspan 17, and Hopkins 19. The next 
contest takes place on Oct. 9, under the auspices of the Moonachie 
Gun Club, Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford road, N. J. 


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On Sept. 29 at Holmesburg Junction, Philadelphia, on the 
grounds of the Keystone Shooting League,a match was shot be- 
tween’ Dr. G. D. B. Darby and Charles E. Geikler, for a purse 
ot $200, the former winning by a score of 89 to 84. There was a 
wind and fair birds, with some extra good ones betimes, which 
made a reasonably good test of the skill of the contestants. 


Mr, Thomas Donley, of St. Thomas, Ont., under date of Sept. 
25, writes us as follows: “My fourth annual tournament at live- 
birds and targets, $1,600 guaranteed, which was to have been held 
Sept. 18-21, will take place Nov. 6,7, 8 and 9. Programmes will be 
mailed shortly. For any further information, apply to Thomas 
Donley, St. Thomas, Ont.” 


At the tooth tournament of the Brooklyn Gun Club at Inter- 
state Park there were fifty-two participants. Mr. F. T. Moore, 
the president of the Interstate Association, presided, and the 
dinner was a success in every particular. 


In another column will be found an announcement by the Peru, 
Ind., Gun Club, in respect to its two-day live-bird shoot, Oct. 29 
und 30, High guns will govern the division of the moneys, and 
a handicap will be allowed in all events, 


The Peters Cartridge Co., of Cincinnati, informs us that the 
Raleigh tournament will take place on Oct. 2h, 26 and 27, instead 
of on Oct. 16 and 17. The last day will be devoted to live-bird” 
shooting. 

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In the miss-and-out handicap contest for the Mauser rifle at the 
shoot of the New Utrecht Gun Club at Interstate Park on Satur- 
day of last week Mr. Kryn won in a shoot-off with Mr. Dayen- 
port, 

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At Omaha, Neb,, on Thursday of last week in the contest for the 
Republic cup between Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott and F, S, Parmelee 
the former won by a score of 96 to 95, 

: BERNARD WATERS. 


Keystone Shooting League. 


IlormEspurG Juncrton, Pa., Sept. 29—The programme had 
iwo events, each at 10 birds—one for the championship of the club, 
the other for the championship of Philadelphia. There not being 
sufficient time in which to shoot the two, they were shot as cone, 
the one score counting for both, Mr. H. Landis taking the honors. 
The Darby-Geikler match started at noon’ on the grounds, Dr. 
Darby winning by the score of 89 to 84. The scores in the club 
match follow: 


jel pelaary Ss Syano aon 212212212110 B. MeCoy.......... 2220222222 9 
RF M Hobbs........1222222222 10 J Vandergrift ..,... 11122111*1— 9 
\W_N Stevenson...1222222222 40 A Felix ........... 2210122111— 9 
J Brewer .......... 2112122222 10 Wynn ...-...... ...112*022111— 8 
H Van Loon....... 211222222210 O K Knowles...... 1202*12112— § 
IAD JGgbevebis] aa het 221212221110 ‘Marsden .......... 0011122222— 8, 
Dr Darby ...,.....2222222222—10 C E Geikler........ 2212120101— 8 

Sanford .,,,,.-..221112121210 B Warton.....,.... 0222120022—~ 7 

Ridge!) wees 122222222210 W J Davis......... 2201101022— 7 
yf EDAvis. Houten 111112112110 J Fitzgerald....... 2220001202— 6 
S Hothersoll....... 1101211212— 9 


In shooting off the tie for the championship trophy at 3 birds 
per man, Junius Davis was the first man to drop out, In the 
second tie Stevenson, Brewer, Darby, Sanford and Ridge went 
out. In the third tie Henry and Van Loon dropped. Hobbs and 
Landis now remained, and they continued to shoot tie after tie, 
Hobbs losing his last bird in the ninth tie, Landis winning. _ 

The conditions of these events were: Keystone League handi- 
cap, open to members of the league only, at 10 live bifds per man, 
no entrance, every Saturday afternoon at 2:45. The members are 
divided into two classes» A and B. The members of each class are 
allowed 10 points for a straight score; 9 out of 10, 6 points; 8 out 
of 10, 4 points, 

The second contest is for the grand challenge trophy emblematic 
of the championship of Philadelphia, 10 birds per man, no 
entrance. The winner on any of the dates of this match must de- 
fend on the next date against any and all who choose to challenge. 
In the event of the absence of the holder or challenger, or if 
there be no challenge on any of the scheduled dates, all resi- 
dents of Philadelphia on the grounds can compete. 

The competition started with twenty-one entries, all shooting 
from the 29yd. mark. Out of this number ten made straight scores, 


Darby vs. Geikler. 


Sept. 29—On the grounds of the Keystone Shooting League 
to-day at Holmesburg Junction, Philadelphia, an interesting match 
was shot between Dr. G. D. B. Darby and Mr. Charles E. 
Geikler for a purse of $200, the former winning by a score of 89 
to 84, The birds were a fairly good lot, and there was some wind 
to help make the shooting more difficult. The scores: 


Dr Darby........ 22202122221222120200222222002022222222222290992129 
222.222.2222022*222222292222222222220222220222022222 89 
© & Getkler 2.2 00222*212222212212222220101222222921 2222302202022 


222220122222202222222222202220222022202*2222202022—R4 


Newport Gun Club. 


_Weweort, Vt., Sept. 26—The second shoot of the Newport Gun 
Club was held on its grounds to-day. The weather was fine, and a 
very good number of shooters took part. Following is the score; 


Events 2S oe che IG Bi Sede 

‘Targets: a 5) 10. 10° 10 0) 10) 0) Tos 0 
Woodbridge pny piteeeeet Oo: CBO AT A “esa, 
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J. R. Axry, See’y. 


Worcester Sportsmen’s Club. 


Worcester, Mass., Sept. 25.—It was an elegant day to shoot, but 
everybody was off until the afternoon, when all shot well. 

One hundred-target race, H. G. Wheeler, of Marlboro, Mass., vs. 
i. C. Griffith, of Pascoag, R. 1: : 


22) 24 22—93 


\Wihteeler  Sasetdailudann enh h Reoce peed en Or Ler bik. 25 2 
(Sriftitin Jy Cen Mie carrer CeCe Cee eee ene 21 28 25 20—89 
Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. 
Mees Foosqee 134 11 ENE, Sihenew pve re II 87 
Alberto .........- 135 109 Underwood 64 
Sanyiris cae caetsmiere 135 103 Gutlers pean 54 
IMetenw ya, ewes ee 135 99 Carpenter 51 
Wiheeler sia kicacet 135 96 Wishart eee eee kay 21° 
Gritith igevertecns 100 80 i 


= i 


Winchester Gun Club. 


WincrestEer, N. H., Sept. 28.—To-day’s shoot of our club has 
scores as appended. We had but a small attendance: 

event No. 1: Nelson 22, Slate 16, Pierce 8, Lesure 15. 

Event No, 2: Lesure 22, Burbank 14, Slate 14, Nelson 19. 

event No. 3: Nelson 22, Slate 17, Burbank 15, Lesure 20), 


Oct. 6, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


279 


Erie Rod and Gun Club. 


Erie, Pa, Sept. 28—The first annual tournament of the Erie 
City Rod and Gun Club terminated to-day, and was pronounced by 
ull present to be a compiete success. The attendance was not 
large, but a more enthusiastic and gentlemanly lot of sportsmen 
it has never been my good fortumé to meet at one gathering be- 
fote. They were mostly gentlemen who shoot for the love of ihe 
sport, and come out on all occasions of this kind, bent on having 
a pleasant time, and I am sire are never disappointed. y 

mong the visitors present from a distance were J. 8. Fanning, 
of New York, representing the Laflin & Rand Powder Ca, i W. B. 
Crosby, of O’Failon, Ill., with the Hunter's Arms €o.; Jack Ballon 
well, of Philadelphia, representing the U. M. C. Co.; Engene 
Mallory, of Sistersville, W. Va.,; H. D. Kirkover, Fredonia, N., 
Y¥.; Chas. North, J. D. Morris and F. H. Snow, of Cleveland, O.; 
Howard Sergeant, sales agent for L. & R. powder; L. B. 
Fleming, W. D, Harper and J. C, Taylor (Pills), of Pittsburg; 
Hi. P. Shaner and Jas. Atkinson, New Castle, Pa.; J. A. McNory, 
Greenville; W. D. Taylor and H. R. Nye, of Sharon; S. W, 
Brown, of Butler, and John Dooley, of Conneaut, O. 

On the morning of the first day rain fell in torrents, but ceased 
at 9 o’clock. Dark clouds coyered the sky all day long, however, 
making the light very bad; but as no wind preyailed to interfere 
with the flight of the targets this drawback did not affect the 
scores to any great extent. W. B, Crosby carried off high average 
on, this day with 165 out of 170, his highest run being 81. Jack 
Fanning was second with 162 out of 170, with one run of 78. L. 
B. Fleming, of Philadelphia, was third with 160, 
Atkinson, of New Castle, fourth with 157 out of 170. 

The second day could not have been more perfect for trap- 
shooting if made to order. The sun came out early and continued 
bright and warm throughout the day. A slight breeze came from 
the lake sufficient only to temper the warm rays of Old Sol and 
assist in making this one of those ideal balmy September days 
for which this section is noted. On this day, as the scores will 
show, some phenomenal shooting was done, not only by the pro- 
fessionals, but by our Simon-pure amateurs, several of which 
ranked above 95 per cent, Jimmie Atkinson, of New Castle, scored 

out of his first 100, and Harry Kirkover, of Fredonia, ran 99 

t of his Jast 100 shot at. Billy Crosby again carried off high 
average on the second day with 168 out of 170. James Atkinson, 
of New Castle, was second with 167. J. S. Fanning was third 
with 166. H. D. Kirkover was fourth with 163 out of 170. The 
prettiest shooting of the two days was witnessed in the tenth 
event, the last of the programme, when the squad composed of 
Fanning, Kirkover, Crosby, Fleming and Hallowell scored 99 out 
of 100, Crosby losing the one target, which was hard dusted. 

A pleasant feature of the tournament was the consistent shooting 
of the local boys, especially Dr. Strangway, Will Leyer, Olie 
Riblet and Seth Clover. There were thirty-four entries on each 
day. After the regular programme was finished extra events were 
shot until it was too late to continue the sport. 

The targets were thrown from a magautrap, which worked to 
perfection. All purses were diyided by the Rose system, 8, 6, 4, 
2, except eyents 4 and 10 of each day, which were class shooting, 
four moneys, 40, 80, 20 and 10, 

The cashier’s office was well taken care of by Chas. Van Etten 
and Geo. Blenner. The management was ably assisted by those 
two experienced and popular gentlemen, Charley North, of Cleve- 
land, and Howard Sergeant, ‘of Pittsburg. This was the first 
effort of the new gim club, and they are so well pleased with the 
outcome that already the members are discussing plans for a more 
elaborate tournament at targets and live birds next spring. 

Following are the scores: 


First Day, Sept. 27. 


and Jas. 


Events: 123 46 & @ 8 910 Shot 
Targets: 15 15 2015 * 1520151520 at. Broke 
Astiibree bel eras bye 14 TAY SU Bag pa abet ibe itty aii ala) 
OOK iateetAn eee sep ces 10141718 I711161831217 170 140 
ey erwin ncn ct ch 6 WiWiITIWISIWIM4W14 «17 8 14 
Sane way o.. slop ees De 13.18 181817138 20711218 170 — 148 
LOAN ae! See Ee ee WW IbWGIWITWI16 «6170)~=«(14 
ae ATITTiN aa eee oe oe ee 15 14 20138 191529151418 170 162 
Kirkover ...... SG eae 1415 1714191219121119 170 152 
Cro ye Cea pea b seed ok 14 15 20 13 19 15 20 15 15 19 170 39165 
Bleming- viii. wees 15 12 20.14 18 14 20 14 14 19 170 160 
DOWEL. Piren esis say ecw 13 18 2015 201416151318 170 157 
allory ...... saeree-soes 14931915 9251518141519 i170 i159 
IMODKIs raisers rants acne » 9141814131318 101415 170 141 
lar per! Screen teen e ee 11101911 161418141416 170 148 
Rib abe aerate anton ee 101213 1713145181213 18 170 145 
ASIA SEV, syere anatase v clare clclcly 12101813 ..12 20121315 150 125 
PAtloinSomyee see yee eeepc 12 14 2015 171413151317 170 157 
erveees 1494 201317 15-17 131217 170 156 
vane » TIBIZTUI9 9181013 20 17 139 
canes 13101912 ..1116141519 150 129 
Wf eee. emcee 111318151815 17151817 170 152 
at fer rm Conon carr iia ‘VSG Labl ahh ee abo bee 75 70 
cig akg tee ee ene 12.131511151311131515 170 140 
SDE Vad SLT a ive Serer ebe occas ORB og AB = Tb! <5 plliaksene 90 72 
SMS! Skee pes ivan eee 10151714 .. 14 .. 141415 130 113 
NEV EM lew ededewcs scenes 12141612... 820141317 150 126 
GON, BES SUROHOCDOOSSOSSS 2s cut Bey pa 191419151417 105 98 
Weber! <2ccceye. css ere eet ay ~. «» 1116 14 14 19 85 74 
OLE AU et cccs Ue eccte clessdsn vue eld le ay ate 
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TE aster eee gies eee ee Sem Ls eS 9 12 14 . 
PATE Obs ils ametttered ase tare Gh Ue tee eC 612 14 
*Ten singles and 5 pairs, 
<i ns Second Day, Sept, 28, 
rents: L238 45 € 7-8 910 Shot 
oti gets: 15 15 2015 * 15 20 15 15 20 at. Broke 
Nae os bin tected eee ae 1217214 1447515181314 20 170 8 147 
Straneiay iors 1315 161416-1518131518 170 153 
ASIC SENIAD So Seale sake oreo TA AD AY AD Pn yes ol Be 65 50 
WED ei ese tetas er yee TO TD AD te ois bie ka ee EL 65 52 
dito) RAS RRAS TS es ce oe Cy ARB Se ee nce Boe Cn oe 50 47 
MTA Gye ah ee eee ies WHIT IWWIYIS iba W 170 162 
SO Wo “sserewrrierrirrecee ete 15 15 20 141715 20147148 170 i158 
Manper ele liiaistecns 1218161721515 17111418 170 148 
VIGGEN yoseeeatedse care 13:45:17 141714191112 19 17 149 
Ie EEE 12 12 18 11 16 13 19 14 15 18 170 149 
BA ICHNSONIE er ceevni sstewry ie 15 142015 1518151520 170 167 
Sikitiq — 08 oat Sanne 14131613 15121913 913 170 137 
PAV Sta cote ale hae end 91216138 161318121219 170 140 
Tete ele see »-- OTB 17121711 16111016 170 ©6138 
a AYP SPE Ach aot ESIC 14 14 16 14 16 13 15 14 13 18 170 132 
DSitL Tat] py ease eae ee 15 15 20 14 201415141420 170 166 
[ark onmerngies coe ae tod rere 15 14 17 14 19 15 20 16 14 20 170 163 
REC OS DVIS ereiseclereietee-steteere 15 15 20 15 19 15 20 15 15 19 170 168 
Bleming’ (:---2secciseces 10 1219 14 16 14 18 14 14 20 170 147 
Hallowell 23-2! 15 14 2018 181719151420 170 162 
Wooley ssttaentis cee 101213 14161418111216 170 141 
BO dic vary atone on meters IPP te Re A ec ae : wee 
BNO W ee OSes wet of ib pale a a ae we 
DOB Bae dees cnn phlei ee pal aes Bree ind . 
YT ipals tees soccer spe htc Be pov eO iS hus tr4alys °. 8 Re De “65 HAP 
GIOVE rie eee nit ni ee al oe WWWIWAI4I T4200 KH Ss188 
Seti Ghee be make trscee wee te Bees cast Sie ae ee ee foie 
Cai tiatie patent cad see tees {Ba Pe hy ae Gs OP ee: 
ENG eye See ee rear Ti 10 16 12 om 
BONS rereratere ry ee geen a= FE) eRe Re be Sy ee 1417 
MeESSINGEr siveeevewe cr eey ALY see O34 awed 
Bit et ao et qReE eae ae Wd .. .< 
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*Ten singles and 5 pairs. 
Booxy. 


: Heikes Diamond Medal. 


Dayton, O., Oct. 1.—A distressing incident occurred at the eighth 
m the series of weekly shoots for the Heikes diamond medal 
on the Buckeye Gun Club grounds Friday. “Andrew M. Muinma, 
one of the best among amateur trapshooters of Ohio, had shot in 
two matches of 25 targets each, scoring 20 and 21, when Harry 
Dill remarked to him, “Andy, you are becoming very pale: are 
you sick?’ “No,” was the response; “I never felt better in my 
life, but my eyes seem wabbly and I don’t see good.” ‘Andy 
bathed his eyes, and showing signs of distress sat down just as 
Dr. Salisbury, who was in the match, came to his aid. Andy was 
at that moment stricken’ with paralysis, his brain and entire 
fight side being affected. The sufferer was taken home in the 
ambulance, was relieved of distress, and has recoyered strength 


of mind and use of limbs, so that physicians say he will recover 
entirely. : 

The incident stopped the shoot, and the committee declared all 
scores off, postponing the contest until Friday of this week. The 
scores up to the momient of interruption stood: 

First match: Mumma 20, Miller 23, Wampler 20, Herbert 18, 
Emerick ou ae Lindam nre 21, Craig 17, Altick 19, Ponice 14, 
Schwind 18, Ti z a 

Second match Mumma an Milles 23, Wampler 17, Herbert 20; 
Lindemuth 16, Ponice 16, Tippy 13. f 

In a match at 10 pairs Miller broke 13, Altick 12, Wampler 3, 
Herbert 7, Schwind 6, 

During the afternoon Miller broke 133 out of 150, Herbert 114, 
Wampler 112, 


ON LONG ISLAND. 


Schortemeter-—Webber Shoots, 


Brooklyn, L. I., Sept. 28—The second of the series of the 
shoots managed by Mr. L. H. Schortemeier and Dr. A. A. 
Webber was held at Dexter Park under the ‘auspices of the 
Greater New York Gun Club. Five teams competed, and the 
East Side Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., was the victer with the 
excellent score of 56 out of a possible 60. The conditions were 2 
birds per man, three men to a_ team, and members of any 
organized gun club in the United States were eligible. 

Emerald Gun Club No 


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New Utrecht Gun Club, 


Interstate Park, L. 1. Sept. 29-—The shoot of the New Utrecht 
Gun Club to-day was quite well attended. Two 10-bird events, $3 
entrance, were shot, and high guns governed the division of the 
‘moneys. , . 

In the Mauser rifle miss-and-out handicap contest Mr, Kryn 
The scores follow: 


won. 
Ten birds, $3, high guns: 
1a Pio ersorie t 0201122122 8 Wynn, 29........-.. 122111121210 
TEs PS eae: aoe rian 1112222122—10 B Hopkins, 29...1112101202— § 
Wioodemacnss nals 2111212122—10 amilton, 28....... 0112122121— 9 
Davenport, 30...... 2222011122 9 Martin, 28......... 01212*1221— 8 
W Hopkins, 28..... 22122121"2— 9 
High guns, 10 birds, $3: 
TERS) PRS sae eas ,.0111011101— 7 - J B Hopkins, 28...22*2111212— 9 
Tne eg DE 2222221902 9 T Keller, 28........ 2*22202*22— 8 
W Hopkins, 28..... 1021112*12— 8 


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Dayenport and Kryn shot off miss-and-out and Kryn won. 


Zanesville Tournament. 


ZANESVILLE, O., Sept, 24.—The annual tournament of the Zanes- 
ville, O., Gun Club was held Sept. 19 and 20 at the County 
Fair grounds, which were ideal ones for the purpose, being 
large and commodious, with ample seating capacity and shelter 
from sun and rain. The numerous tents erected by the different 
clubs present were very tastefully arranged. In the foreground 
appeared one magautrap and two sets of expert traps, and with 
three squads up an ideal picture was presented, and so beautifully 
set that eyen old professional tournament rounders and experts 
loudly expressed their admiration. The management under the 
direction of Mr. Geo. R. Haswell, of Circleville, O., was almost 
perfect. The shooting as a whole was high class; in fact, every 
One was so well pleased that he could not help but be jolly, 
which made it pleasant to all; 19,000 targets were thrown the first 
day, and 6,000 the second, rain interfering greatly the second day. 

From the register it was ascertained there- were 112 different 
marksmen present during the two days, 86 being booked at one 
time, the most notable being Rolla O. Heikes, R. L. Trimble, 
Frank Alkire, Luther Squires, R. S. Waddell, Tom Bibbee, C. O. 
Smith, T. Mowrey, D. Smith, Barber, Young,-Ward,. Bair, French, 
Purbaugh, Ed and Tad Shafer, and the celebrated Sistersville, W. 
Va., team, consisting of T. E. Mallory, S. T, Mallory, Ed O. Bower 
(Dade), J. F. Mallory and W. Smith, and ninety-five lesser lights. 

Of the shooting in general too much cannot be said, but no 
matter how excellent, that of the Sistersville team as a whole 
stands out boldly and clear as par-excellent, T. E. Mallory stand- 
ing at the head with the high ayerage of .936, and W. Smith with 
-884 the lowest, the five haying made a general average of .912. 
Heikes, Trimble, Squires and Alkire standing at 21yds. made the 
following averages the first day, which were considered good, as 
the targets were thrown fully 70yds: Heikes 79, Trimble 88, 
Squires 84, Alkire 86. The following day these experts at 16yds. 
made the following averages: THeikes 88, Trimble 89, Squires 89, 
Alkire 94 

The tournament financially was closed up with promptness and 
dispatch, and left a goodly sum on the right side of the ledger. 

Following are the scores for first day: 

Events: Loe 

Targets: 

AD ealabev lad lus ammeter tel deletes ce stele ail elele 
Sid Mallory .. 
F Mallory 


3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 


6 7 
10 15 20 15 10 15 20 10 15 10 15 10 
914 ,. 14 9 14 


4... 913 9 14 10 
4... 9138 914 10 


813 ..12 811 .- 

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710 ,, 12 912..1014 914 6 
912..14 914.. 912 814 9 
8i4..13 611.. 910 913 6 
Bald 11s, Ia sone Was 9 
B14..10 310 .. 711 928 5 


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Wiles® vecraritanetion: caitereantdeee 8121713 813... 914 812 9 
Wharte Saialac tod: keen Said beet ee 91218 14 91217 914 913 8 
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Reviere 8111712 71417 8 9 712 8 
Kappes 612172 8 9 612 710 411 4d 
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Mississippi Valley Notes. 


Tue Lewistown Gun Club members held a very enjoyable com- 

etitive medal shoot cn Sept. 21. R. E. Griffith and H. W. 
Masters chose ten men each, and it was agreed that the captain 
of winning team purchase a medal. The score, however, resulted 
in a draw, and will be shot off in another match. The average 
for the twenty contestants was but a fraction short of 69 per cent.. 
which is a very good showing indeed. The boys are shooting 
regularly once a week, and taking a lively interest. Scores follow: 


=) Team No. 1. 
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H H McCumtor......... tiectespapese 101911111111001111191111 92 
W Cc JETP abi Es Ann mn ae A tes el 0111119111111111010171 11122 
CV Groat. AR SA AAS OES =» 0010113111011111011111101—19 
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PIS GRier es togas ee nee Le seeh eee ey 01001100111100001111 1011115 
W WN OButler........... SEES Le Se —i4 
WisStrgdes eases SPE Ry Pee an 8 1101100011001001001000100—10 
Jr PArindaletneenes sepa een 1110100100001000010100000— S—171 


Butler not being present he was paired with Rhodes to even up 
the teams, 


Team No. 2. 

H W Masters....... Melhig eecinarraete 1001100000110101111111101—15 
WG Sharretts aeioesin eae easite a dvcctt eet 1110211101111111110111111—22 
NEROMWactinesss nse ene Ae bs 1111111111101111011101011—21 
KUM Eove.tieii... PRES Sha Oris eratelerte 0010111111111110011111111—20 
Dr Strode ........ econ eisie RES re Bs 1111011011111111011101010—19 
Tip Belts: Sakaeee aceon eten aco 0011111010011110011110111-—17 
W_H Rhodes................ -1100010101110010111011010—14 
iJ Johnson RereTerercierere eee -000101110110111010000111114 

B ; EF errors --0011111101001011101111100—16 
INGE ainiteres ss sees eee see tate Cones ise 0100110010111010110011100—13 171 


Piasa Gun Club. 


In the Piasa Gun Club competition, Sept. 22, E. M. Gaddis, az 
new member, won the W. C. Co. handicap medal on 30 straight, 
and I. C. Riehl won the president’s medal on a score of 45 out 


of 50. 
Lewistown Gun Club, 


Below are the scores of the team shoot of our elub, held on our 
grounds, Friday afternoon, Sept. 28. 

The affair was of unusual interest locally on account of the shoot 
a week previous, when the same teams Shot a race and tied, the 
scores being 171 each. : 

While the boys did not score quite as high this time—for quite 
gcod reasons, too, in most cases—yet, taken as a club, the scores 
are all right. Griffth’s team won out on the score of 160 to 
Master’s team’s 147. 

4s a result of this shoot the club will have a fine handicap medal 
EDS given by the losing team, to be competed for by- club mem- 

The club already has a gold medal for the best score, but this 
handicap medal gives every member a chance to win. 

The club has leased new grounds, consisting of three acres, and 
will fence it, build a club house, score sheds, and put in live-bird 
traps. The traps will face northeast and have a fine open back- 
ground, with nothing to interfere with the view of the targets. 

_This club cannot be beaten for membership and interest. con- 
sidering the size of the town. It has been organized for “seven 
years, and has kept interest pretty lively during that time. 

The boys shoot once each week—on Friday afternoons—and 
visiting sportsmen are made welcome. ; 
_ The success of the club is largely attributable to the fact that 
in practice shoots the members shoot for targets only. and do not 
have any purses, which will discourage the new members quicker 
than anything and cause them to drop out. 

Secretary McCumber announces a one-day target tourn 
be given some time next month. 

Abs sgores! Y 

eam No. I—R. FE. Griffith 17, L. Gray 23, © Vo Groat 15: 
H. H. McCumber 22, W. C. Purdy 14, Tae Arundale 18, °S i 
Gustine 15, Hi. Grier 13, W, Strode 10, *Butler 18; total 160. 

*But not being present was paired with Rhodes to even teams. 

Team No. 2—H. W. Masters 12, J. R.. Maguire 19, F. M. Love 
15, W. G. Sharretts 18, W. H. Rhodes 18, Dr. W. S. Strode 17 
1. J. johnson 13, H. B. Hill 18, N. Painter 7, HW. Belts 15% 
‘ota 3 

The Peoria-Pekin Twin City Gun Club 
target and live-bird shoot, Oct. 9 and 10. The tourney will be 
open to all comers. ‘argets will be thrown from three expert 
traps on Sergeant system, at 1 cent each. There are twelve target 
and three live bird events scheduled for each day. 

ihe pase oun eee made ane Be owitR scores Sept. 28: 

andicap medal: Gaddis 2 ane 29, Howel i § 
Sehiess 20 pete eh es ’ : Sas AEB 
esident’s medal: Riehl 45, Lane 45, Howel i 
Schiess 41, Murphy 30. bipes iy REISS: 
Miss-andout: Riehl 1, Lane 0, 


ament, to 


announces a two-day 


acer F.C. Rrexx. 


280 


Bes 


es Baltimore Live-Bird ‘Tournament. 


THE managers of the Baltimore live-bird tournament, Messrs. J- 
R, Malone and H. P. Collins, set forth.as follows: _. . 

“In presenting this programme of our, live-bird tournament, Oct. 
23, 24 and 25, we feel that it is not necessary to state that all 
promises’ and guarantees contained therein will be carried out to 
the letter. ‘— pant 

“Observing that there was no strictly live-bird tournament of 
any magnitude scheduled in the Eastern section of the country fer 
the fall of 1900, and believing there are enough live-bird shooters 
to properly support such an event. we have undertaken the task 
of giving a three days’ purely live-bird tournament. , 

“Tn order that our programme may be particularly attractive, we 
have received permission from Messrs. E. I. Dupont de Nemours 
& Co., of Wilmington, Del., te offer in open competition their 
Dupont smokeless powder championship trophy, as the principal 
event of the tournament. This trophy has been shot for a greater 
number of times than any other live-bird trophy in existence, 

“We have endeavored to present a programme the several 
events of which, entrance moneys, price of birds, handicaps, etc., 
will recommend itself to the live-bird shots throughout the country, 
and enable those who know how to and can shoot to land on the 
profit side hy a large majority. . ; 

“The tournament will be held on the grounds of the Baltimore 
Shooting Association. These grounds are well known to a very 
large number, of the live-bird shooters throughout the entire 
country, and by many it is said they are as fast as any in the 
land. They, are located on the Pimlico toad, about 20 minutes 
ride from the center of the city. and are easily reached by electric 
cars. N ; 

“To reach the grounds, take either the Linden ayenue or Druid 
Hill avenue cars to the terminus at Druid Hill Park, and transter 
to either Pikesville, Electric Park or West Arlington car, which 
leaves the park every 15 minutes. ; 

Notes for Shooters.—Headquacters will be at Carrollton Hotel 
Two sets of King ground traps will be in use, and birds will be 
trapped at 25 cents. All ties, except for the Dupont trophy cup. 
will not be shot off, but must be divided. Please advise us at your 
earliest convenience if we can expect you to be presenit. Ship your 
shells in care of H. P. Collins, 22 S. Calvert street, and they will 
be delivered on the grounds. If you ship them by freight, mail 
Mr. Collins the bill of lading, or you may not receive your shells 
in time for the tournament. Shooting will begin promptly at 10 
o’clock each day. First-class hand-loaded shells for sale on the 
grounds. é 

“Mr. James R, Malone needs no introduction to live-bird shoot- 
ers, and he will attend to furnishing the birds throughout the 
tournament, and as he has had several years’ experience in the 
handling of birds he will see to providing the very strongest and 
best flyers that money can procure. 


First Day, Oct. 23. 


“The events are: : - 

“Baltimore ‘Introductory. 7 birds, $7 entrance. bird included; 
20yds. rise. Three moneys—50, 30 and 20 per cent. _ High guns. 
Ties in this event will not be shot off, but must be divided. 

“Suburban Sweepstakes, 10 birds, $10 entrance, birds included; 
30yds. rise. Four moneys—30, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. High guns. 
Ties in this event will not be shot off, but must be divided. : 

“Pimlico Handicap, 15, birds, $15 entrance; birds ineluded; handi- 
caps, 25‘to 32yds., and the handicaps which contestants receive in 
the Dupont cup event will govern in this event. High guns. Six 
moneys—30, 20, 15, 13, 12 and 10- per cent. Ties in this event will 
not be shot off, but must be divided. 


‘\fiss-and-out: Time permitting, miss-and-out events will be shot 


at $5 entrance. 
Second Day, Oct. 24. 


‘Dupont Smokeless Powder Championship trophy: Open to the 
world, $500 guaranteed and all surplus added to the purse. 
I. Dupont de Nemours & Co., of Wilmington, Del., offer for con- 
test their magnificent trophy. The contest is open to the world, 
and the conditions are as follows: 25 live birds, $25 entrance, 
birds extra; handicaps 25 to 32yds, inclusive; three moneys— 
50, 80 and 20 per cent. Class shooting. ; 

“Division of money in the Dupont Smokeless Powder Champion- 
ship event: The managers guarantee $500 im this event, and all 
entries in excess of twenty will be added to the purse and divided 
in accordance with the above conditions, In addition to first 
money, the winner of same is declared the winner of the sterling 
trophy, and will hold same, subject to ithe rules herein published 
and governing holder and future individual contests. All ties 
for first place in this event will be shot off in series of 5 birds 
per man until the winner of the cup is declared. Regular entries 
for the Dupont trophy cup event will close at 12 o’clock noon, 
Tuesday, Oct. 28, which must be accompanied by a $10 forfeit; 
but post entries may be made up to the time the last man fires 
at his second bird by paying $30, Advance entries may be made 
by mailing check for $10 to H. P. Collins, 22 South Calvert street, 
Baltimore, Md., acknowledgment of which will be made promptly 


Third Day, Oct. 25, 


“Consolation Handicap, $50 added; 20 birds, $20 entrance, birds 
included, and £50 added. Six moneys—30, 20, 15, 13, 12 and 10 
per cent. High guns. Handicaps, 25 to 32yds. . 

“‘Miss-and-out events will be arranged to suit the shooters, time 
permitting. 

“This tournament will be under the personal superyision and 
management of J, R. Malone and H. P. Collins.” 


WESTERN TRAPS. 


E C Race Postponed. 


Cureaco, Ill, Sept. 26.—Messrs. Fred Gilbert and Eddie Bing- 
ham paid the Forrest AND STREAM office a visit this week, and 
Fred at the time mentioned the change of date in the race between 
himself and Billy Crosby for the E C cup, which was set for Fri- 
day of this week at Watson’s Park. “‘Crosby was yery kind with 
me at one time in postponing a match that we had on,” said he, 
“and of course I feel like doing as much for him. He suggested 
that it would be more convenient to him if I would agree to set 
the-E € date on until after Elmer Neal’s tournament, and I have 
written him that I will do so, and have named Oct. 9 and Wat- 
son’s Park, Chicago, as the time and place. This will give me 
time to get around here after my races with Jimmie Elliott at 
‘Kansas City, which are set for Oct. 2 and 3.” 


Status of Alf the Trophies. 


All the open trophies are in the hands of Western men, and it 
seems that they are changing hands among the select few who are 
in the trophy trust. To-morroy, Sept. 27, at Omaha, Jim Elhott 
shoots Frank Parmelee for the St. Louis Republic cup. On Oct. 2 
Gilbert shoots Elliott for the Dupont trophy at Kansas City. 
On Get. 3 the same men meet again for the Sportsmen’s Review 
trophy. Gilbert challenges Elliott for the cast_iron badge, but 
Elliott has not yet set the date for that shoot. On Oct. 9 Gilbert 
and Crosby meet here for the E C cup. 


Denison Shoot. 


The Denison, Ia., shoot, Sept. 19-20, was a success in the face 
of bad weather. and all who attended went away satisfied. The 
local men entertained the visitors royally. The out-of-town men 
were White, of Schaler: Hughes, of Fonda; Klein, of Spirit Lake; 
Baughman, MeGaw, Knobby and Brunning, of Breda; Schmelzer, 
of Omaha; Mitchell and Selee, of Perry; Welch and Cress, of 
Wall Lake. A couple of dozen shooters in all took part, the 
scores of the two days being as below: 


First Day, Sept. 19. 


Events ne ee ee sym ie ye ok pe all) 
Targets 10; 16 15 9-20: 25: G5, 15) 20 dS 715 
White 10 13 42 20 14 33 34 16 14 42 
Hughes 9 15 12 20 14 13 13 16 15 414 
Sibbert GOOF 1S eles TT etl ee laa S16 
Klein 9 13 14 19 14 12 18 16 10 12 
Meeres (ORES GES AG oh Gh) Tey Sit aR? Gh: 
Brown (gy ab) Ug sey ae i 2 aal 
Baughman 7 138 11 16 12 12 41 10 9 
McGaw hae A ae 3 
Knobby 6 11 13 12 12 11 14 W210 lt 
SPN Tp RRA CRSA ease te SOT g4 7 1B 12. esha 8 
Baer oe, ss eae Peep AS Ca: “an Sel ceal 1): 
(pati Cota cham <a ame sae tee ? ’ a Fay 


FOREST AND STREAn. 


PTI Spt tase Dee oe ie tase wreatetale 6rd eekly eee, 
Ghai stemseneush sos seerrs coors as (ah SRP Se. Ey ORS aes URS Mee A 
MEO eLacte eits ino oeelnelele ere Vo ea ely At ee ome 

Schmelzer 6.1.0.5 .--saee aes rs e Tee Sb) ky ab oY oat ah) 
Wie hell) hack taut cteesta nmin 9 11 13 16 12 13 138 18 14 12 
GEIB eM REE Le Sel helt age eros rpobk sheer) Sh Tu eyPiksb ley The 
eatin? oA SSApbmiiet edueenou ene ho 218 Colao) 3 Gaara carom: 
Wav TEE pw RE Pe eg ore Ae wee ail 
(Cree be ai iis sco ety At Wy itt} <6 
Campbell .....02.-.ee cee reseees memes cy Oh RS ets i. 
USSR 4 aor ge scodeek ad y ate See Ree ig Lae aehtlen te nL et 
iggy MMs yatorsien Sermo sore : ee Ie 


*Live birds. 


Second Day, Sept 20, 

Events: ne BHT ee wis a etre BLE) bite 
Targets 15: 20° D5 eb be 1s) 0) zal 
WMIietien kaa aas deel uo donde og 12- 19°13) (44 107 1D) te es ee 
PMT SHES! A. AA e pceaseeie et ane 8 19 14 15. 14 14 & 4 23 42 
SHinbyonie Cepogensoe chiar bane na: 319. 910) aS eee a SLOWa ee 
IN Mieh se eaAad sod J00 coarse Tes 14) 12 1s a 205 aie 
NRGELES Mas eee eee rk a aitnds TG. 9: 14 1 Se ees 
IGEYGRCARL phdeg OAc onsale 3 AT 14 “2 seas: es 205 4 

Mi Fes galich 1 oie eet poate Ma Ott Cc 10°19) 2 Wess Tae sO 22 

Thchictiet ap aeia) Pier reo,» prageren twee Coil Ww 14 12 Tg wee et 

Papicrs vie ete cee a 4, 14 12 


Christensen 
Hoover 
Mitchell ves ile : Hh Bis” 
WOUNS Jo... s4 eee es ao) SE Papa 10 Te oe ID 


Mcloly Gi enaaatinites ot een oon LOT ALS. SPST Tt es freee 
CRESS | ee retie en ereurer el: clsleke es 14 716, DY Seiad) os 
Campbell 2222......5 fees32--025 4 4 iB aby 
ah Techie! ps Aa Acinmetarmoorn iho Se es wht “ob AE EPs oe 
[KG Othe eae een pee-t tt teleeticrras nes Ls AF aA ee ws oh a 
[otipeate Aenea tere Teer tees abe wk: Pals GES oe Bi Aik esl op 
Rok {00/iey Wages ces oAoat obedae ge WLGY ALORS Reel ee Te ee 
Delete Bek rh sa puter te AA OS Bee ik ass ARE Ath BB) ee! Bevan 
Dixon, ge serp hone ee a WEE AIT F Be = AS 64 65 cs 64 gh I 

*Live birds. 

E. Hoven. 


Harrrorp Butiprne, Chicago, Ill. 


Garfield Gun Club. ; 


Chicago. Sept. 29—The appended scores were made on our 
grounds’ to-day on the occasion of the twenty-second and last 
trophy shoot of the series. Hicks won Class A medal on a score 
of 24. Eaton won Class B medal on 23, and Pollard Class C on 
22 This closes the target shooting season on our grounds, and 
next week we start on live pigeons, and will shoot every week 
until further notice, The trophy shoots will be held on the 
second and fourth Saturdays of each month. Distance handicap, 
only 10-bird events. Other Saturdays will be specials: 


Trophy shoot, 25 targets: 


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(fs WOT Ses a Pe ses aren, Pe See A | 1111000101010010101010100—12 
IND ELH COL baRoS as ldelaate eh sillsieioe ai ania oe eee ae 1011111110110111101111111—2 
ADE NEC ere iss crateeeie ara eltlal<fasevalesstptehenn| aie cram ects 111101111111011111011111— 22 
Mies Taye itl cie ese tend! tirat 4 4 4o 425 bin hb inde iefertte 1111011001101111011010110—17 
TAPS TA Ve Cele ccciich Sere etmesnie seats Sete tane 1111013 011011110011110111—19 
ARP TSaSSescr eo CbenL Reece ee eee reas sos Shuster 1109911111101917111111111—_28 
POF animes cette. ices ate ove eR oer eres 1111111110131101111111011—22 
RAGHaAnC Siete ot eee iene bette cian kena 01111110111011111111.01111—21 
SD OITA S Mesos pose eb tebe Ceenter ore me riers 0001110011100010110100100—11. 
of DEV oh Wi ee eI, Sms 4 5 191911111111110111110111—2 
IDSC POCWNehalwbee hors eee on tos 3550 . . .0001100111101010011010001—_12 
Patel hie e Are AR Sats bone . --0111011110191111911111111— 22 
PTeliart Aik So nen ndsaseitencetee ens avy 4101111111101111010110111—20 
{BE site bE Se Bri tobe tt 1101111011110011111111100—19 
Beinn wasebne Wnoeee et dich con) ppSbenporbt 1110011.001101101011101001—15 
MicDonaldl tales: seat eeeeew re eens hi Mere 0010010011000010010111011—11. 
Te Wali. 2 Senne ie erent 1110000011011010100011000—11 
ah J aR tel eo AAA Aan 5 SCORES ePasconmda ot 1999911911110 24 

Sweepstakes: 

Targets: 15 10 5p 15 15 10 Targets 15 10 
PP NVieGowedtlss.00) tend Colleen Dumatonees sac ee 8 
GT Keck. Se QS A Se. Use: aVVerlatorn: 5 
Northcott ..:... ACT eet THANE AOR Pe teeRce ASE ec A ee oe 
Mrs Shaw....-- dvs 9. Seen sibel inririseenns tegtes 13 14 10 
AN eliawe tees o's 10 710 9.... Gardner is 
IRSERASSEe ee 12° (5: (8bas 8 Welatio 42.2222 += 4 418 4 
iealicicdly Sans 04 e., 14410 71118 .. McDonald 
Richards! 222... 12: 8" Sjlsath Wee Eiteks! eisai! -Sieee , 
AMetaxenctse Ae 18 9 61140 .. Dr Meek .:.-, 8 


Dr. J. Ww. Merex, Sec’y. 


Dixie Gun Club Tournament. 


Pensacora, Fla,, Sept. 24—The tournament of the Dixie Gun 
Club, held Sept. 19 and 20, was a success, in spite of the non- 
attendance of outside shooters, but four being present, viz.: M. 
Kaufman, of Peters Cartridge Co.; A. H. Fox, of the Winchester 
Arms Co.; H. P. Collins, representing the Hazard and Dupont 
powder companies, and Mr. J. T. Skelly, of the L. & Te Wie 
‘These four hoboes were much in evidence, and made up in quality 
what they lacked in numbers. A. H. Fox won general average with 
his Winchester gun. Forbes won amateur average, shooting a 
Winchester, as did Muldoon, who won second average on second 
day. Welles, who won second average on the first day, shot a 
Lefever. Mr. Skelly did not get here until morning of the second 
day, and, though badly worsted from his all night ride, shot the 
programme out. After the tournament the hoboes and several of 
the Dixies made a trip around the bay on Mr, T, E. Welles’ launch, 
which he kindly placed at their disposal. 

Scores of the seventh annual tournament of the Dixie Gun Club, 
Sept. 19 and 20, at Kuppirian’s Park, follow: 


First Day, Sept. 19. 


Events: Ip, S30 4a OSes 

Targets: 15 15 15 20 15 20 15 25 Broke. Lost. Total. 
“gen JEN ee etree 1312131613 201221 120 20 140 
ISSEOrb eSine peter pete 1411131913181117 16 24 140 
*M Kanimans...2-1...2+- 12 9111512161419 108 32 140 
ADE 1D: AGUS BEEISE 3 9134217 SAG TI I9 105 35 140 
WOU WeHile cee eee ce beer 1411121411 81022 102 38 140 
M A Dubuison..-......., 1112 915 8171317 102 38 140 
Geo, Turton. 325 910 9151115 915 93 47 740 
*H P Collins 818 814 712 715 84 56 «=: 140 
We ibesh: 2) een ree, 1-610 7 210 7 20 73 67 140 
1p Pesletra si regenera ade ace eee BE BE 7 ales iit 43 = 
BID PB Sens Senha suid ele THWab) Be aey Ape A 
AW URRepiuiSone see..-4 s Re Sng oes 
CPi pp ietatiass atta hoes es 14 10 14 14 17 10 21 
Wr Alsbbttss3 +. 228 2222 20 Aglare 2 tar eeometeet 
Smithaes) eet oss Oe G! “habe eines eet. 
IDRBSrosy ls cae AE See oe eee Td te Ly oe ee 
Pee iestairelitid, se ets eee = APM BT nPaKp es 2. 
IY ERATCE Preteen sapien ss ciis © HPA Sb Ardbh os ae ee a5 
Tesh beys ERAS RAE A ee > 1117 12 19 12 21 
AVL ML derrodiely (erga 2 ARR Be Mem, AA 610 8 17 11 17 
Geo) (Randolphie seas ee ee ee woe oe LS ISE2S 
Wire SeYuUIN CEI Ail sip teen tlc etal nk Mud of ee ene OG, jae 
Al 3@ SBIGTIN Cle ce ss one eT ee 12 14 iM 
PPO Nrenewiade oy Baapond pd ue eos 14 15 10 18 cel, 
OMIM Ciliezojwily {HHA em to no a 
IO GIM® sb bo SMH bE er gan SAP 4 4. 


*Denotes manufacturers’ agents, who shot for price of targets 
Boe binds ean Pes ieee eee 

Avent No. 5, 10 live birds, 23yds., five traps, $7.50 entrance 
divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent. :. q 


B Forbes ::1--.-- 122#221002— 8. VJ Vidal... 1... 212202239 

Win ‘Yates, cin. 1121214000 8 MA Dubuison... (00TTLDBIRE 
F E Brawner..--..2011120210— 7 A L Rettinger.....9929900009— 7 
Geo Turton......... §221110220— 1 W K Robinson. ...12*0201122— 7 
Pea aGers eis 1121402021 7. TE Welles......*1*0211010— 5 
VM Fulcher......1122122902— 9 J M Muldon...../1002002020— 4 
*H P-Gollins.:.-.- 21*0*22222— 7. J J Hooten........ 1202202222— 8 
*M Kayiman......- 2102222222— 9 Geo Randolph..... 0110116200— 5 
"A H Fox...scscs- 221*029222— 8 W Abbott......... 2202021210— 7 


*Deénotes inanufacturers’ agents, who shot for price of targets 
and birds only. % : iq 


Event No. 10, miss-and-out: 


B Forbes... .11110111111110111—18 Randolph 10 =i! 
*\ H Fox.1uin11l0N—-17._ «*H CCollins.0 —0 
*Kanfman _.111111111110 | —ll W Yates....0 =O 
V Fulcher..11110 —4 WV Vidal. ,..0 


J Muldon..110. : —2 : 


[Ocr. 6, aeike 


*Denotes manufacturers’ agents, who shot for price of targets 
and birds only. “ ; 

First average, 500 Ballistite shells, donated by J. H. Latt & Co,, 
won by Forbes. Second average, 250 King’s Smokeless shells, 
donated by Peters Cartridge Co., won by Welles. High score 
event No. 4, artotype ‘‘Alert,” donated by Forest AnD STREAM, 
won by Forbes. High score event No. 9, leather gun case, won 
by Randolph, 


Second Day, Sept. 20. 


Events: Ue eS PTE ete 

Vargets 15 20 15 20 15 15 15 25 Broke. Lost. Total. 
MORIeSe ate eins COUR ema 13.1813 1814131824 126 14 140 
PANGS 5 4An 555055555 Lied 15 18 131814151318 124 16 £140 
riuliapkakerae” Aayasagsocccass 121418 1813131123 17 238 140 
WiVaosM Bean AaASAdoeccdos. 1218121713 141218 116 24 140 
Vibwinttopan Geren ads dag5 555 9 18 11 19 14 11 11 20 133° 27S 140 
Gl Gh eis <eoosehereeeeeee 1418121610151219 iii 29 140 
Wet Pinar eee sssoks Heat Gehaeieealte args wRSt)  GENs 
PUGACINENEI Ohno sucDbcodo 916101511121019 102 38 140 
eer tas Po oo eee 9 1412 11 13 13 10 17 99 41 140 
Nguttatg Ipcdn spose coo bern 9311 16 1 9 9 hor 99 41 140 
Rai oriastO0N no wpa n oe pce 9 91212 911 13 15 90 50 140 
*Collins BR Bpabh ats 82 58 140° 
*Skelly 3 711 610 914 81 59 140 
itiGe mnie ere . $16 10 14 14 19 92 28 ‘120 
Norman eae TAOS RAS 4 & a oy 2, 
(Hiroyoiusal MASA St Aa ood esos HA eo ek we 9 d1 “a . 
SF coh Maas cet ADO SANEAR SE AA Ge BE gs fy 3 4 
BEV ee Oo SAS hene BE OFA tt lee Leet 
Relitis: SO ha. ga eset ee ot cee Pee 4... 


*Denotes manufacturers’ agenis, who shot for price of targets 
and birds only. - a 

First average, 500 Smokeless shells, won by B. Forbes. Second 
average, 250 King’s Smokeless shells, donated by Peters Cartridge 
Co., won by J. M. Muldon. High score event No. 2, pneumatic 
recoil pad, donated by J. H. Winters, Clinton, Mo., won by 
T. E. Welles. figh score event No. 4, one pair leggins, won by 
Geo. Turton. High score event No. 9, hunting coat, won by 
i. Forbes. 5 

Event No. 5, 10 live birds, 28yds., entrance $7.50: 


Fores). sae 112111113110 *Kaufman ........- 2221210022— § 
ates) BORG eeeh enna 212212112310 Vidal se ..cserdesene 2120121010— 7 
ON det ere ten ett. 222212222110 *Collins ........ .. . .2222102100— 7 
AReonders Ane ooceGtct 2222*22202— 9 Randolph ......... 2222101001— 7 
Rees) Oe, ia aas 2995 1122210112 9 Robinson ......... 10210*2210— 6 
Weel steel es anwae Q21710102— 9 Hyer -..0.....2.s. 0021002021— 5 
Muldon *211121121— 9 Turner .........-.. 0010020001— & 
Hooten 122192201" — 9 Zelius ...ceec4s see 2002010001— 4 
Norman ..1411212111— 9° *Skelly .-.....5..-.- *002002U0I— 3 
Fulcher 202*121122— 8 ‘ 


*Denotes manufacturers’ agents, who shot for price of targets 
and birds only. 
Extra liye-bird event, 10 birds, entrance $4: 


Forbes 2721122212210 Muldon ........... 1221001121— 8 
NW ALES epee HAT 2I1T—A0* Wadalb en waeee 0202221022— 7 
Norman 112112122110 Robinson .. - -0102210111— 7 
Fulcher 222221211110 Stone ........ . ..2020200113— 6 
*Collins 2210221112 9 Randolph ......... *122001011— 6 
“Kaufman ....-...-- 0222222222 — 9 Zelius ...sesreareee 0000210001— 3 
tie LON Eaten anne es 1111102111— 9 Bruce ....2.52.000% 10*0012000— 3 
ECLS EIS iL eaacutls 1102211111— 9 Blount ............ 0002111001— 5 
“Denotes manufacturers’ agents, who shot for price of targets 
and birds only. Cor. SrEcy. 


Peru Gun Club’s Tournament, 


Peru, Ind.—Editor Forest and Stream: Owing to the interest 
displayed and the large number of entries in the live-bird events 
at our last spring tournament the Peru Gun, Club has decided 
to give a two-day tournament on Oct. 29 and 30, which will be 
devoted entirely to live-bird shooting. 7 

Im this tournament the Peru Gun Club will attempt something 
in the way of division of purses, which has hardly as yet been 
attempted by any gun club outside the larger cities. It is well 
known to almost every sportsman in the country who has taken an 
interest in pigeon shooting that the method of division of purses 
most in vogue at the present time—i. e., the percentage system— 
is most unsatisfactory. The amount of the entrance in most_all 
live-bird events is entirely too large a sum to risk, when the 
chances are that nothing will be won even if the shooter scores all 
his birds. Unless the race be a long one or the birds an unusual 
lot it is indeed rare under this system that a straight, score pays 
more than the entrance. The Peru Gun Club has therefore de. 
cided to make every race a handicap race from 26 to 32yds., 
open to all, and every purse will be divided, high guns. 

The races first day will be short, and, as stated above, all will 
have a handicap, and the purses divided. two high guns to every 
five entries. 

The second day’s programme will consist of one event at 25 
birds, $20 entrance, purse diyided as on first day- 

Programmes will be out about Oct. 15, and can be had by ad- 
dressing Chas, Bruck, the secretary, or the undersigned, 

f J. L. Heap. 


National Gun Club. 
Mitwaukes, Sept. 28—Herewith find scores of the monthly live- 
bird shoot of the National Gun Club, held at National Park to-day: 
No. 1: 7 : ; : + ' in e-€ 


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LinDLEY CoLztins, Sec’y. 


PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 


“Hunting and Fishing in the South, ” : 


A book descriptive of the best localities in the South for various 
kinds of game and fish. The game laws of Virginia, North Caro- 
lina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and 
Mississippi, the States penetrated by the Southern Railway. For 
all information call at Ticket Office, 271 and 1185 Broadway, or 
address Alex S. Thweatt, E. P. A., 1185 Broadway, New York city. 
—Adv.° 


Mr. Fred Sauter, of 3 North William street, New York, has 
recently received a large shipment of elk, deer, caribou and an- 
telope horns, among which are some very fine specimens. Mr. 
Sauter also has on hand a great variety of birds, animals, game 
heads, panels, etc., which make an interesting exhibit. His ad- 
vertisement appears in another column.—A dz. 


The Stevens Arms Co. has recently brought out a new caliber 
9330-190 target rifle, which has met with favor in the hands of 
Mr. H. M. Pope, Mr. Herrick and other well-known riflemen, 
The Union Metallic Cartridge Co. has made a cartridge to fit 
this gun, and their expert, Mr. U. M. C. Thomas, has pro- 
nounced it 2 success, having secured some remarkable targets with 
the .28cal. gun.—Adv. : : : 


The mounting of moose, elk, caribou and deer heads is_the 
specialty of Rowland, taxidermist, of 182 Sixth avenue, New 
ork, wha algo attends to all other branches of taxidermy, and 
invites the public to. call and examine his work. His advertise! 
ment will be found elsewhere in this paper—AdAdz. 4° 


Fo 


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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1900. 


VOL, LV.—No. 15, 
No. 846 Broapway, New Yorr 


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MARSH FOLK —III. 


As one passes over the marshes or along its edge, 
-where the corn grass and the cattails and the tall weeds 
‘grow, tail spring up often from beneath one’s very feet 
or from the bow of the boat, with clumsy flutterings and 
hanging legs—the birds for which at this season of the 
year the gunner searches. They kick and struggle as 
they rise, but after a little they seem to “get going” and 
move off with a smooth, slow flight, propelling them- 
selyes by constant flappings for a few yards, when, if a 
good piece of cover is reached, they drop into it awk- 
wardly, with hanging legs and uplifted wings, and so 
hastily as often to deceive the novice—who has missed 
with one or both barrels—into thinking that he hit his 
bird and that it may be recovered. The old rail shooter 
knows better, and he also knows that having missed his 
bird it is quite likely that he will not see it again, for it 
may refuse to rise, racing off through the grass and get- 
ting away before the boat can be brought near, or, if it 
cannot do this, hiding or diving and clinging to the grass 
with only the tips of its bill showing above the water, 
until it has tired out its pursuers. This bill is just the 
color of the yellow grass stalk and may deceive the 
sharpest eyes. Even ii the bird floats on the water’s sur- 
face, the brown back streaked with paler shades looks 
like a spot of open water crossed by two or three slen- 
der grass stems. But if the dead bird lies on its back 
the paler breast and belly are readily seen. 

In the marsh there are other rails beside the sora. 
One of these, similar in general make-up but little more 
than half its size, is the yellow rail, a bird long consid- 
ered extremely rare, but now known to be far less so 
than was once thought. It is not seen among the corn 
grass, but lives well up on the meadow, where it runs 
among the bogs and grass stems like a mouse on the 
ground, and will hardly take to wing. Sometimes the 
gunner, beating the marsh for snipe, with a young dog, 
may be greatly puzzled by these little birds. His dog 
will stop and point and look, and then go forward and 
point again, and look, and perhaps make eager plunges 
at the grass, and at last a little bird, which by its flight 
he knows to be a rail, but by the white margin of its 
wings he knows is not the common rail, may rise from 
the ground for a short flight, and if he shoots and re- 
covers the bird he finds it this yellow rail, Once a good 
many years ago a man having such an experience de- 
yoted an hour or two to looking for these birds, with 
the result that he secured about a dozen, some of which 
he shot, some his dog caught, some he caught in his 
hand and one or two he killed with his dog whip. 


Besides the others, there is the Virginia rail, not very 


different in size from the sora, but reddish on the breast 
and with a long, sharp-pointed bill—a miniature of the 
clapper rail. 
one is killed, as are also sometimes king rails and galli- 
nules—birds which stand midway between the rail and 
the coot or sea crow. 

The early risen gunner who has reached the marsh in 
‘the gray of the quiet autumn morning is likely to hear, at 
first far off, but gradually growing nearer and louder, the 
faint, thin, whistle of the wild duck’s wings, and perhaps 
‘may see them as they turn against the paling sky, or may 
hear the long rush of their bodies as they slide along the 
still water when alighting. They may be half a dozen 

_ bluewinged teal or a brood of black ducks reared not many 
+hundred miles away, who have journeyed from their sum- 
mer home through the night and stopped here on their 
deliberate southward way. All through the day, and per- 
haps for several days and nights, they will loiter about 
the-river, swimming through the stems of the corn grass, 
sifting the mud of the shores, startled now and then by 
‘passing boat or railroad train, and then after a few circles 
and a short flight up or down the river, alighting once 
‘more to resume their avocations. — 

Now and then the eager rail shooter may come sud- 
‘denly on a group of these birds and may secure one or 
‘two as they rise, or seeing them near some shore may 
iby laborious crawling come within shot of them sitting on 
ithe water. More rarely they will carelessly fly near a 
gunner, and so may lose one or two of their number; 
but the ducks killed in this way are few. 

Later in the season, after the frosts have hardened and 
the rail and snipe have left for good, the marsh is some- 

times visited by a small flock of geese, who, taking their 

way in silence from thes salt water, come in after dark to 


These are not many, but now and then — 


Stolen waters are sweet. 


feed and leave again with the morning’s first light. 
Talkative though geese usually are, these are silent while 


_in the marsh, knowing well that if their presence there 


were learned, guards of gunners would surround their 
resting place and close it to them for the season. 

With much rustle and sharp flappings of wings there 
are often startled from among the wild rice stems groups 
of red-winged blackbirds, which perch on the swaying 
tops, now bare of seeds, and swing and bow with anx- 
ious cluckings before taking safety in flight. Birds that 
are black with red shoulder straps are seldom seen, but 
there are many brown white-streaked ones, the young of 
the year. With these there may be a few reed birds, the 
bobolinks of yesterday, the rice birds of to-morrow, now 
clad in their yellow plumage, and taking their way from 
the North, where they are loved, to the South, where 
they are hated. 

Down lower in the rushes and among the cattails, and 
even in the long grass of the meadow, hop and fuss, like 
all their kind, the little wrens of the marsh. They are 
familiarly wrenlike in looks and ways, and have little 
fear of us as we appear on the marsh, for they will dodge 
about among the reeds, almost withia arm’s length from 
the boat. 
rows is gathering for the southward journey, and of these 
many love to hide among the reeds. There are swamp 
sparrows and Lincoln’s finches and not a few others, 
which he who traveis the marsh learns to know well. 

These are some of the dwellers in the marsh. There 
are not a few others, some of which in winter draw the 
trapper to the snow-covered waste—water mice and 
muskrats and minks and, rarest of all, sometimes an otter. 
The time was, no doubt, when all the streamlets owing 
into the river were dammed along their course by the 
beaver, but that was long, long ago, and the beaver has 
disappeared even more completely than the Indian. 
Rarely, however, after a day when birds have been few 
and shots infrequent, the gunner may see as the boat 
rounds a bend a brown mink sitting on the bank or on 
some floating drift stuff, busily engaged in devouring a 
captured fish or bird; but he is likely to have only a 
glimpse of this shy creature, for in these days the mink is 
watchtul and retiring. 


If you have tramped the marsh until you are wet with — 


perspiration, or have fallen overboard and filled your 
boots with water, it is pleasant on a warm September 
day to strip off your wet things and put them in the sun 
to dry while you lie on the grass of the bank and dreamily 
gaze off over the marsh. Your view takes in a whole 
panorama and you pay little attention to its details, yet 
along the water’s edge you see the great conical weeds 
nod and bow in the wind whose sighing thrqugh the 
rustling leaves above you is interrupted now and then by 
the distant whistle of a train. You see the brown leaves, 
fallen from the trees. on the banks, rush swiftly up 
stream on the flowing tide, you watch the fish hawks 
swing and soar, and the sail of some tiny boat shines 
white far up the stream. The. worries and the cares of 
every day life fall from your mind, troubles are forgotten 
and for a little w hus you are a dreaming boy again. 


BLAME THE GRANDFATHER. 
WHEN the game potting sneaker sneaks, what is it 
that induces his sneaking? We may reasonably assume 
that a person of nrature vears, who moves in decent or 


respectable, not. to say polite, circles of society,’ would 


net of his own yolition turn sneak and steal into the 
weods to kill game out of season, unless there were 
seme compensation in addition to the mere birds he 
might get. If the sneak must have for his belly birds 
killed out of season, he can buy them and so save 
tiring his legs in the chase of them. Manifestly there is 
something more than the game that makes the sneak; 
and this something is the poaching blood in his veins. 

This indeed is a well recognized principle im the coun- 
tries of Europe where shooting is a class privilege. 
There the game is preserved on estates and protecteé 
by armed keepers, and liberty to take it is denied those 
outside. 
a constant provocation to taste of the forbidden fruit. 
The poacher finds real pleasure 
in getting the better of preservée and keeper. To poach 
means #0 circumvent both game and guardian: and 
human nature being what it is, the continued persistence 
of poaching in a game preserve country is precisely what 
might be expected. As generation follows generation c’ 


Now, too, the army of brown-backed spar-- 


Under such circumstances there is, of course,- 


game preservers, so generations of poachers follow with 
them; the poaching spirit is handed down from father to 
son; the babe sucks it in with the mother’s milk. 

But in the United States the conditions of game and 
shooting are quite different. In America the pursuit of 
game is as yet in no sense a class privilege. The covers: 
are free to all alike, under laws which in theory, intent 
and practice are for the common control of all alike, and. 
for the benefit of all alike. Here there is no earthly 
excuse for any grown up gunner to turn sneak in order 
to get what belongs to him, nor any reasonable explana- 
tion of his doing so, unless we find the explanation in 
the presence of poacher blood in his veins. It is a 
familiar fact that many immigrants bring with them their 
old world prejudices against shooting restrictions and 
their poaching propensities. They do not understand 
the American system of game protection as being for 
the public good of all alike. They regard all game laws 
as obnoxious and tyrannical, and wnagine that liberty ~ 
in America means license to kill game according to the 
individual sweet will, Trace back the lineage of the. 
poacher wherever you find him in this country, and you 
will discover the poacher blood in his veins. 

Take for example the case of that fellow who was 
rounded up hy the Rhode Island constables near Narra- 
gansett Pier the other day, and was made to pay a round 
penalty for having sneaked off to kill birds in close time. 
The newspaper reporters who chronicled his sneak ex- ‘ 
ploit, and its prompt punishment, took pains to say 
that the culprit was “a prominent society man of Phila- 
delphia.”” Heayen help a society whose leaders are game 
sneaks, even though the sneaking be bred in the bone. In » 
Philadelphia, as the rest of the world well knows, they 
attach high importance to the grandfather. Society’s 
smile or frown depends upon the aaswer te the question, 
“Had he a grandfather?” No man not duly provided 
with a grandfather may ever aspire to be dubbed as a 
promment society man of Philadelphia, when the re- 
porters tell about his arrest for killing game out of 
season. Conversely, when a poacher is described as a 
prominent society man, if he happens to hail from 
Philadelphia, we may be sure that he had a grand- 
father. Upon the grandfather then let us leniently lay 
the blame for the transgressions of the frail and pecca- 
ble poaching grandson. , 

At the same time let us not weary of punishing the 
grandsons, Philadelphians and all others, until by the 
salutary chastening we shall have eradicated to the last 
trace the poacher blood in their veins. 


The New Jersey law forbids the export of game, and ~ 
the law is of the iron-clad class which permits no ex- 
ceptions whatever beyond the transmission of game 
through the State by common carriers in unbroken 
packages, or of game killed in preserves. This means 
that a New York sportsman who kills game in Orange 
or Rockland or Sullivan county and brings it through 
New Jersey on the railroads is liable to have it seized 


_ by. the New Jersey wardens at Jersey City, and to be 


arrested for violation of the law. This is, of course, a 
harshness which is quite unnecessary for serving the 
purpose of the statute, which is to retain New Jersey 
game within the State limits. A New York sportsman 
who kills game in New York and desires to carry it 


-through New Jersey into New York again, may -ac- 


complish this by intrusting his game to the express 


_companies, which the New York law permits to trans- 


port it in the express car_of the train en which the 
owser is a passenger. In this way it will go through 
and the owner will have the satisfaction of knowing that 
though he has been inconvenienced, he has only com- 
plied with the laws of two States, the intent of which 
is to make difficult the shipment of game to market. 


The tropical game preserve described by Mr. Erancis 
C. Nicholas affords an admirable example of wise fore- . 
thought for the care of a native stock of game. The 
average development of a territory is planned and car- 
tied on. without regard to the ultimate effect upon the 
birds and quadrupeds which constitute a great natural. 
resource for foed and recreation. The company opera- 
ting here was extremely fortunate in having for ‘its 
superintendent on the ground one who had the eye to 
recognize the game supply possibilities and the good 
sense to think of caring for the stock and preserving it 
from the usual effects of settlement. It is an example 
which may be followed everywhere, 


The Sportsman Courist. 


Some South Sea Hoodoos. 


In these random narratives of fin and feather in the 
South Sea, under tropical skies, in the evening calm and 
the steady daytime blast of the trade-wind, in sun and 
terrents of the furious rain, it is only fair to anticipate 
one comment of the friendly critic. It may be thought 
that the game comes to bag too easily; that the per- 
centage of kills is too high to be altogether real; that 
if the fish refuse the bait they always get into creel by 
some other device of net ot trap. In the course of the 
tales various Samoan associates in the free life of the 
sea and jungle have been introduced; the ever faithful 
Tanea has been aroused from his naps to render some 
needed service, the vivacious young Talolo has led the 
way to mountain nooks, and has been content with the 
opportunity to use the “shoot gun,” and has made his 
plaintive appeals for something to stay his appetite; 
chiefs and common folk have contributed to the sport. 
They are all real personages, their characteristics are 
drawn from the life just as I learned to know them and 
to use their several talents. So, too, with the hunting ; 
it is all the record of real experience, the few bright 
spots in an official position which was after all but an 
exile. The fish were indeed taken, the birds were indeed 
killed; it is all fact. But to meet this criticism that all 
was too easy to be true I must devote this chapter to 
the adverse influences that all of us recognize as condi- 
tioning the sport of rod and gun. By this I do not mean 
the bird that is cleanly missed, the fish that breaks the 
tackle, the gang of hooks that get snarled in the coral. 
These ate but accidents of sport that might happen to 
anybody and anywhere. Those which I mean are the 
hoodoos that spoil all the spert of a day. We can reason 
them aside as absurd superstitions in our country, but 
we must acknowledge their power; but among the simple 
savages there is no chance to reason them away—they 
are very present realities, and when we meet them in 
South Sea waters, and on the island mountains, none 
of our acquired wisdom can expunge their power. 


In the islands the old gods are still very close to 
present life, despite the vigorous profession of the newer 
faith which the missionaries have introduced. On vil- 
lage greens the stone churches rise into prominence; the 
people are unremitting in their attendance upon the 
services, weating clean white shirts and gaudy bonnets, 
according to the sex of the worshipers, and carrying 
their Bibles and hymn books wrapped in spotless hand- 
kerchiefs. But in the jungle and on the waters no 
Samoan quite forgets his ancestral gods, the powers 
of nature, and in the domain of the hunter and the 
fisher these old gods reign supreme. Moralists may 
not assume to blame them as untutored savages prac- 
ticing absurd superstitions of an inferior race, for if any 
moralist will only go a-fishing with people of the 
infinitely superior Caucasian race, he cannot ayoid seeing 
a few practices which may not be superstitions, but 
which are certainly believed necessary to luck. What 
the boy does to the worm after it is on the hook and 
before it goes into the stream is proof that there is 
kinship in practice between the savage and the cultured 
sportsman, 

These, then, are a few of the conditions which make 
or mar the success of the hunter and the fisher in Samoa. 

There is good luck in the tiny island parrot that nests 
in the coronal of the cocoanut trees. It is a bird no 
larger than the English sparrow, and quite as compan- 
ionable. It is an impertinent bunch of brilliant plumage, 
green and red and blue; it chatters all the day in the 
trees, and it flies fearlessly down about the houses and 
has no fear of people. Common as it is, it is credited 
with any amount of “mana” or supernatural power, and 
its Moyements are carefully watched. There is a long 
and tiresome song in Manu’a, which is now in the 
United States, that arouses the anger of all the biclsering 
Samoans in the westward islands of Tutuila and Upolu 
and Savai’i, where the people think their kings amount 
to something, yet have to confess the superiority of the 
king of Manu’a. It rehearses the distant flight of the 
parrot from the mountain of Tau, how it passed over 
each island but did not alight, and therefore left none of 
its magic power, Then the song finishes with the ques- 
tion, “Malietoa, is that thy parrot? Why not catch it as it 
flies and then the magic power will be thine? But the parrot 
wings homeward to Manu’a without alighting, and seeks 
its nest on the mountain of Tau.” This is enough to 
start a fight when sung in the hearing of one of the 
Malietoa clan. But even outside of Manu’a the parrot 
brings luck, particularly to such as go to the bush or 
out upon the reef in search of game. If when a party is 
setting out a parrot should fly down among them or 
should alight upon any of their tackle success is assured. 
For this reason prudent sportsmen sit in the shade and 
wait for the parrot to bring them luck. 


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Good luck is brought also by the little gecko lizard, the 
moo, that runs about the houses in search of its food, 
the eggs and laryz of insects. No one ever harms them, 
and they chase in and out among all one’s belongings. 
They are timorous little animals, only two or three 
inches long; and a finger suddenly pointed at one will 
cause it to scuttle away like a flash of light and probably 
ished its tail to facilitate its escape from the threatened 
danger. Still if a mo’o is found in the -creel or game 
bag when it is taken down for use it is a sure sign of 
‘Suiccess. They are pretty little beasts to look upon when 
they are poised for instant flight on the rim of the cTEe}, 

ead in ait as if to scent the danger, their eyes mere 
vertical slits of deep purple in bands of orange, their 
little throats quivering with the beat of the excited 
little hearts. 

Quite the opposite is the effect of the other lizard. the 
Blue “pili,” six or eight inches long. Fortunately it is 
rare abottt the hames of men, although common in the 
woodland Ways. If it is found in any of the gear of 
hunting or of fishing one might as well cive ‘up the 
trip, The least that can happen is failure; it is more than 


_ Teason of its size. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


likely that some distressing accident will follow the dis- 


regard of this warning, It is not only in sport that the 
malign influence is felt. If a blue lizard should drop 
upon the head or shoulders of a man under any cir- 
cumstances, it is his death warrant, and it is very easy 
for these Samoans to lie down and die from such a cause 
as this. Luckily the mere meeting of the pili on the 
path is innocuous, for within the limits of the jungle, even 
to the summits of the highest mountains [ have scaled— 
and they are nearly a mile up above the sea—it is im- 
possible to avoid the lizard that scampers across the 
path. The pili plays a most important part in the legends 
of Samoa. His original was the child of the high gods 
of the ninth heaven, and that is as high as one can go 
in the island succession of heavens, He had the power 
of transforming his shape and of living in the sea and 
in the rivers and in the springs and in various parts of 
the land, From each transformation various high native 
families trace their descent. But for the fisher and the 
hunter he is always bad medicine. 


The majestic frigate bird is another that brings bless- 
ing and curse according to circumstances, When fishing 
the frigate bird is all that could be desired. If he is seen 
winging his untiring flight over a fleet of canoes, and 
the fishers pray him to grant them fair wind, they feel 
that they are sure to have the wind and to come home 
with their canoes laden with the fish of the deep sea. 
But ashore it is different; the frigate bird brings a bale- 
ful influence on the sport of pigeon netting. Every 
night and morning the frigate birds are seen high in air 
crossing the mountain ridges of each of the islands. It 
is a straight passage, for these are birds of the sea and 
are neyr known to alight on any Samoan island. They 
come in from sea at such an altitude that it is hard to 
discern their clear whiteness, but that altitude brings 
them close to the tree tops over the central ridges of the 
islands. These are the spots which, before fire arms were 
introduced, were most affected by the netters of the 
island pigeon. That hunting was a very solemn cere- 
monial. It engaged for days at a time the whole popula- 
tion of the seaside villages, and was conducted in strict 
accordance with ancestral rules. It a pigeon party which 
had taken post on the stone platforms in the earliest 
dawn found a frigate bird swooping close to their nets 
as the day dawned, it was obligatory to relinquish the 
sport for that day. Not a pigeon could be caught, for 
the will of the mountain gods was distinctly adverse. 
Against such a calamity it was necessary to pray hard 
and long in the last hours of the darkness, and to. take 
scrupulous pains that the stone platforms should be free 
of all persons or things that were suspected of being out 
of luck. 


The same idea of good luck afloat and bad luck ashore 
attaches to the albinoes, There are not many of them 
in Samoa, and they are ghastly sights, with their flaxen 
hair and pink eyes, and white skins that the sun can 
never tan. It is hard to understand why these few 
sports of nature should be considered lucky on the sea, 
for in the brilliant glare of the sun they are almost blind, 
while in the depths of the jungle their vision improves 
in proportion to the obscuration of the light, That this 
commonly recognized feature of albinism has not passed 
the recognition of the Samoans is brought out clearly 
in one of the legendary tales that Tanoa once recited to 
me. In ancient times a village only a little way up the 
coast had a large number of albinoes, who seem to haye 
carried things with a high hand, and to have made a 
nuisance of themselves by ruling the people of the ordi- 
nary coffee color. Thete was no respite until the legend- 
ary hero Polu came that way in the course of his 


self-appointed tour to wipe out the various demons 


which then infested Upolu, a sort of South Sea Jack the 
Giant-Killer. He told the people of this hag-ridden 
village to call a “fono” or town meeting for sunrise the 
next morning, and in the great house of the town to 
make a show of yielding to their blanched and pink- 
eyed disturbers of the peace by yielding them the post 
of honor at the west end of the house. As it was cannily 
ordered by the hero, so was it done. The albinoes came 
to the “fono,” and were duly gratified to find that the 
place of dignity was yielded to them without demur. 
But Polu asked that the screens about the house be 
drawn up. Then the east was lit with the glory of the 
dawn, as the deliberations began. At first the albinoes 
directed affairs with their usual high hand, but then the 
sun itself arose out of the morning twilight, and its level 
beams entered at the eastern end where the screens were 
tied up, and fell sharply in the pink eyes of the albinoes 
and blinded them. While they were thus helpless by 
reason of this clever play upon their infirmity the hero 
and the people fell upon them and slew them. Ever 
since that time the few albinoes have been lucky to 
have along when fishing but unlucky companions on a 
hunting trip. Just why this should be so no one knows, 
Tanoa’s only explanation is that it is an ancient legend, 
and he lets it go at that. 


There is nothing in all the five islands that can bring 
better luck than the spider; not the small hunting spider 
that scurries over the walls of houses in pursuit of flies, 
but the large one, as big as the palm of one’s hand, that 
never builds a nest, but clings head downward on ip- 
tights, and watches the course of events with eyes that 
gleam mildly blue, What a spider does for a living I 
never have been able to discover. It moves but slowly, 
it is never seen to bother a fly even at its very jaws, and 
it most certainly is harmless, even though terrifying by 
But it is lucky to have this ugly 
monster about one’s hunting gear. 
that it is lucky, for the spiders seemed to have 4 great 


liking for the barrels of my shot gun. I became so tised 


to it that IT never handled the gun without breaking it 
down and first blowing through the barrels to dislodge 


‘the lodgers which I knew I should find within. 


Other deyices which bring luck are the free use of 
cocoanut oil on hooks and lines, and the careful obser 
vance of old rites in connection with every canoe and 
line and paddle that is used in the bonito fishery. That 


is a very complicated sort of thing indeed, and as the 


benito are by no means easy to catch, it is just as well 
to have some stich excuse to fall back on. a 


Tt seems fortunate | 


[Ocr. 13, 1900, 


Now for the things which bring ill-luck and queer 
one’s sport afloat or afield, They are well nigh infinite. 
One must be forever on guard against the chance of 
meeting with a hoodoo of the most enduring conse- 
quences. ye : : ; 


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The night before you must keep a watchful eye for 
shooting stars. They are a distinctly bad omen in 
general. They signify death of some chief indefinitely 
in the direction of their travel, and the death of one of 
the mighty is a bad thing. It forbids all fishing in that 
direction toward which the meteor flies, it forbids all 
hunting in the direction from which it comes. Even if 
one accords strict observance to these rules it is just as 
well when hunting along the course of the shooting star 
or fishing against it to take the precaution to knot into 
a corner of one’s garb a black pebble and a white one 
just to ward off possible mishaps. 


The foot long centipedeis an unpleasant companion at 
any time. Some one has described him as ‘‘an unpleasant 
chain of disconnected circumstances.” His effect upon 
the skin gives a general impression of a tug of war team 
of angry wasps. When such a beast drops from the 
rafters of the house upon a party about to set out for 
the seaward fishing, or touches any of the gear, it is 
just as well to postpone the trip, for lines will break, 
hooks will catch in the coral and be lost, nets will suely 
be torn and the fish escape. But if the trip is planned 
inland, whether for fish or birds, the hoodoo of such a 
mishap may be wiped out by crossing a patch of growing 
taro. What with the mud underfoot and the wetness of 
the great leaves of this plant, it is easy to see that the 
walk across an acre of such plantation really should have 
some good effect to counterbalance its discomfort. 


Fishermen must observe one precatition as to the tide, . 
if they set out on the young flood they will have no luck. 
Slack water ebb is all right. Even the half flood has no 
bad effect. But when the tide just begins to make, no 
canoe must ever start out. It spoils a fishing trip also 
to launch a canoe bow foremost. That is true of all 
water trips, whether after fish or on other business. I 
have watched the crew of our own boat take it from its 
storage beneath the house and set it in the water hundreds 
of times, and never once did I see them launch it other- 
wise than by the stern. To cough in a boat afloat is a 
danger that must be averted by prompt action. If under 
oars or paddles the crew immediately break stroke; if 
under sail the man at the tiller makes it a point te spill 
the sail. Yet a sneeze is absolutely harmless. To ex- 
pectorate from the boat into the sea is another dangerous 
thing to do. A fishing trip when this happens might just- 
as well be given up, for there is no hope of any catch. 
It is not permitted to bail a boat in white water, except 
it be on or within a reef. = 


With the superstitious in this country it is lucky to 
meet a hunchback, particularly if one touches the hump. 
In Samoa it is the worst of luck and no one would ever 
dream of fishing or hunting in such company. After 
such a chance encounter, the only way of obviating the 
evil influence is to turn backward to’ the house last passed, 
enter and sit down and take some refreshment, even if 
it be only a draft from a fresh cocoanut. This is all 
the more strange for the reason that there are very few 
such cripples, and they are treated with invariable kind- 
ness, being commoly used as jesters in the train of chiefs 
and village maids. : 


It spoils fishing to encounter a rat in the water, and 
the same is true on ‘the reefs when the devilfish throws 
one of its tentacles about the shin. As the common devil- 
fish of the Samoan reefs has tentacles two and three 
feet long closely beset with suckers from the size of a 
two-bit piece down and a considerable power to cut 
the flesh, the latter incident is not only a hoodoo but a 
distinctly unpleasant event. Just why the rat and the 
devilfish spoil sport was explained to me by Tanoa in 
another of his tales, Wery long ago it happened ‘that 
the bat and the devilfish and the rat met on a dry portion 
of the reef, They fell to a discussion of their relative 
speed and challenged one another to a race to the beach. 
The bat teok wing and easily beat the others, but in the 
contest for place the rat did not play fair. While it was 
swimming shoreward it looked down in the water and 
saw the devilfish swimming backward. The rat being 
well tired out dove down to the devilfish and seizing hold 
of it brought it to the surface. Thus the rat was ferried 
to shore, and when the deyilfish grounded in the shallow 
water the rat leaped ashore and claimed second place. 
Just why this account should explain the hoodoo which 
these two animals put on the fishermen is more than I 
could understand, but it seems to be quite plain to the 
Samoans. At any rate, when I expressed my doubts 
Tanoa clinched matters by getting a devilfish for my 
inspection and pointing conclusively to the marks upon 
its pouch which were left by the ancestral rat which 
played this trick. : 


Of all malign influences the worst is the aitu, the old 
Samoan god of place or family, Many times in these 
stories of lagoon and mountain ‘ungle I have reported the 
dangers of aitu and the harm that they are capable of in- 
flicting on the timorous islanders. All signs may. he 
favorable for good sport, yet all of a sudden some busy- 


body aitu interferes and queers the whole business. The 


white person never learns just how to recognize the com® 
ing of the aitu, but to the Samoan it is painfully clear. 
There was only one of the simplest signs of all that I 
ever learned to recognize, and that was the knotting of 
the grass across the pathway. I have no idea what could 
knot grass in this way, though there must be some simple ' 
explanation; but to the Samoan intelligence it is proof 
positive of the passage of a malevolent demon of their old 
mythology. But whether it is a knotting of the grass or 
some of the more obscure signs, aS soon as the Samoans 
haye recognized the presence of an aitu the trip might 
just as well be abandoned, for the obstacles will multiply 
beyond all power of surmounting. 

Some one or other of these signs made for the success 
or failure of all my trips with rod and gun in the paths 
of the Samoan forests and streams and out unon the open 
sea, TLLEW;enna Pierce CHurcem, 


Bch. 13, 1900.] 


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Reminiscences. 


Was there ever a country-born Yankee boy who loved 
the woods and its wild things, or one who merely pos- 
sessed the survival of savagery called by courtesy the 
sporting instinct, who did not i some way try his hand 
and wits at trapping? It is quite apt to begin with the 
mice in thé dairy room, grainery and barn under the 
stimulant of a reward offered of so much a dozen. With 
his outfit of garrotte and wire traps or the simpler in- 
vented bowl and splint spindle, no great skill and care 
are needed, though the more used the better the returns 
in the pursuit-of these small deer. When he aspires to 
rats he has to cope with a much more cunning animal ; 
indeed, an experienced old rat will call forth the best 
efforts of the young trapper. He must be careful there 
are no lumps in the covering to prevent the jaws coming 
together ; but sometimes a gray-headed veteran forgets his 
usual caution and is unwary enough to step into a trap 
the boy has set with little care. 

I remember when the trapping fever first began to 
burn in my veins. A girl cousin from the great city 
was my playmate, and became my partner in this new en- 
terprise, which was proposed by me at sight of a big rat 
sneaking along the border of our playground. She was 
as eager as 1 for the pay, and being heavier than I by 
virtue of her three years seniority, she stood on the spring 
while I, at the peril of getting my fingers pinched, suc- 
ceeded in setting the stubborn trap. Then, according to 
instructions previously given by my elders, after the trap 
was staked strongly enough to hold a raccoon, we spread 
a piece of cotton over it, on which a handiul of Indian 
meal was poured directly above the pan, and then re- 
tired to await the result in what would have been a season 
ot unendurable impatience if it had not been for the won- 
derful tales my pretty cousin told of the great city. Sud- 
denly it was interrupted by an ear-splitting outcry coming 
from the direction of our trapping operations, a sound 
of such volume that I could scarcely believe it to be made 
by a rat, and by the scared look on her face my cousin 
thought that some terrible wild beast was coming to at- 
tack us. I started in hot haste, and assured by my 
movement, she followed. As we ran past the woodpile, I 
snatched a couple of stout clubs from it and gave one of 
them to her. 


Sure enough, though almost too good to be true, there © 


Was our big rat fast in the trap, tugging at it till the 
chain jingled again, while “he roared an’ he shoutut 
millia o’ murthers,”’ as our Irish hired man declared. We 
advanced to the attack in a great flurry of excitement, 
. threshing the ground, the trap, and perhaps occasionally 
the rat, with indiscriminate blows, cheering each other 
on with loud shouts, to which our victim added his shrill 
plaint, altogether making an uproar so unusual that it 
Was a wonder it did not bring all the household to the 
scene. We were glad enough that it did not, as our 
adventure turned out. If the trap had not been a well- 
wrought product of the blacksmith’s forge, our wild 
mauling would haye broken it, But there were no others 
then, the march of improvement having not yet developed 
the cheap factory-made trap. 

But there was mischief to be wrought in another way, 
for presently one of our misdirected downright blows fell 
squarely on the spring, relieving the jaws just enough to 
let go the rat’s foot while he was pulling with might 
and main, and out slipped the foot, and away went he, 
hobbling and limping, yet making speed enough to escape 
our wretched aim, and he vanished in the tangled thicket 
of mallows. 

The woebegone.and rueful faces we turned to each 
other when our captive disappeared so unaccountably were 
complete expressions of bitter disappointment. But when 
it was made evident beyond question that we were the 
cause of the mishap, our disgust and humiliation were 
greater than our disappointment. To make it worse, it 
was impossible to tell whose club struck the unlucky 
blow, and neither one had the consolation of saying, “You 
did it!” ites 

In vain we tried to retrieve our luck by new exploits. 
Our escaped prisoner had gained wisdom by his ex- 
perience, and could not be bequiled by the daintiest baits, 
nor fooled by carefulest covering of the trap, after smok- 
ing it to destroy the scent of iron, which we were told 
by the wise was necessary in trapping wary animals. 
People who ought to know better will tell you the same 
to-day, though the absurdity of the idea is apparent when 
we remember that the house rat is in daily contact with all 
sorts and shapes of iron implements; and that the fox, 
wariest and cunningest of animals that traps are set for, 
trots unconcernedly across and along the railroad track 
and crawls through the wire fence, leaving furry memen- 
toes of his passage on the barbs. It is not the scent of 
the metal that causes wild animals to fear a trap, but that 
of their arch efemy—man. A good trapper understands 
this, and takes constant care not to touch trap, bait or 
anything not covered by water or earth in trapping the 
Warier animals. Our veteran mtist have told his ad- 
ventures to all the younger members of his tribe, for we 
were unable to inveigle even one pink-tailed youngster 
into our toils, and gave up the attempt in despair. 

The boy’s next step upward in the line of trapping is 
usually an easy and natural one of attempting the capture 
of the woodchuck and the skunk, both animals being 
common residents of the open fields and counted as 
enemies by the farmer, who takes no account of the ver- 
min, bugs and grubs they destory, but only of a few beans, 
chickens and eggs. 

My instructor in the simple art was an old black man 
who was a pretty constant member of our family in 
my childhood. ‘He aspired to nothing higher in the line 
of trapping than the capture of what he called “woo’- 
chucks” and skunks—the first for the pelts, the second for 
the oil alone, the fur not being considered of any value. 
The oil was a soverign remedy for croup and rheumatism, 
and therefore in demand by youth and age. 

I have as distinct a picture of Mingo as if it were but 
yesterday that I saw him setting forth on some wood- 
chuck’s life and pelt intent, his carefully preserved straw 
hat put on in honor of spring’s return, and worn far back 
of his shining bald pate, his square-built, solid body bent 
forward from the hips and rocking from side to side with 
the movement of his stiffened rheumatic knees, which 


made him a good customer of his own “skunks’ ile,” his 
toes turned so far out that it seemed as if he might as 
easily walk backward as forward, while his eyes would 
be bent all the time on the ground in search of something 
worth picking up—perhaps a pin if he walked in the 
road, it im the field a leat of sorrel or a sprig of penny- 
royal or an early strawberry. Jt was a wonder to me 
that he could discover a tarnished old pin among the 
dust and litter of the road, and still the wonder grew at 
the dozens which were ranked on the collars of his vest 
and coat to be transferred afterward to his pin box, a 
tube of hollowed elder. The sorrel was given to me to re- 
gale myself with, scarcely less welcome than the straw- 
berry tO my omnivorous palate. The pennyroyal went 
home to join the congregation of bundles and bags of 
healing roots and herbs on the garret rafters, each marked 
with its namie and date of gathering in my mother’s neat 
handwriting. 

The lair of the woodchuck- having been previously dis- 
covered, Mingo led the way directly to it, usually on 
some sunny southern bank where the first greenness of 
spring showed in the young grass and the swollen buds 
of the elder. [i the owner was at home he was usually 
found sitting erect on his earthern threshold, from which 
he precipitately retired to inner privacy with a chuckling 
whistle expressive of alarm and defiance. Then Mingo 
rejoiced exceedingly, for he counted the pelt of the be- 
sieged as belonging to us. ) 

A crotched stick was driven through the trap ring into 
the ground firmly and and the trap set itiside the thresh- 
hold with a piece of paper over the pan to keep the 
earth from getting under it, and the whole covered 
lightly with loam, quite free from pebbles and lumps. 
I watched the operation with cfose interest from first 
to last, when Mingo, having pronotunced his work well 
done, and invited the occupant of the hole to come out 
and inspect it, we withdrew quietly. 

Age and experience had taught my mentor to wait the 
result philosophically, but I was in a fever of impatience 
and was loath to go a rod from the hole until Mingo 
enticed me to the woods with stories of treastires they 
mught yield. If it was too early in the year for the richest 
of thein, there was at least black birch bark, akin in 
flavor to the wintergreen berries that were crimsoning 
the woodland cradle knolls where the arbutus hid its blos- 
soms among the rusty leaves, any one of them a bait 
tempting enough to catch a boy, to say nothing of the 
pretty and imteresting sights. always provided by the 


woods. Mingo cared nothing for these, but only for 
what was edible, medicinal or in some way practically 
useful. The range of each class seemed to me unlimited, 


and he was always surprising me with some new extension 
of one or the other of them. Now it was a bulb, vulgarly 
and very properly called “tallow ball,” for it spread 
itself on one’s teeth and the roof of the mouth with the 
tenacity of mutton tallow. Or it was an “Indian cucum- 
ber,” a root slightly resembling the cucumber in taste 
and crispness. Its chief fault was, there was too little of 
it. Mingo knew just when the pine sapling would 
yield a delicious substance from its inside bark, known 
to us as “'slyvers.” It had a sweet, slightly balsamic taste 
and had a high place in our woodland bill of fare. . The 
tender, sub-acid young beech leaves and tendrils of the 
wild grape had their time and place, and wild ginger 
was always in favor and in séason whenever it could be 
found. The tender white heart of the young leaves of 
sweet flag were highly prized, and the pungent root was 
dug and carried home to become a prime délicacy when 
sliced and boiled in maple sugar. Sometimes in moist 
spots where the sweet flag grew we found and carried 
home the dark green, slender stalks of the “scouring 
rushes,” valued for brightening tin and whitening wooden- 
ware. 

Among them all, enough was found to beguile me 
until Mingo thought proper to examine the trap. 

If it turned out that the besieged woodchuck was a 
captive, Mingo loudly celebrated the triumph as was his 
custom in like events. I have been told that upon the 
occasion of his catching a 25-pound catfish in Little 
Otter one night he raised a shout that awakened every 
sleeper within a mile of him. 

Sometimes a woodchuck was found taking refuge in an 
old stone wall, and if his head was in sight a slip knot 
was tied in a stout cord, which was fastened to the 
end of a stick and so presented to the animal. He 
seized it at once, the noose was drawn tightly around 
the hooked incisors, and the poor woodchuck was hauled 
steadily forth in spite of his protesting whistle and 
growls. 
barrel, or buried first in wet ashes to remove the hair. 
After the grease was quite removed from the skin, it 
went through a long process of rubbing and stretching 
until it was the perfection of toughness and pliability, 
and ready to be manufactured into whiplashes, shoe- 
strings. ball coyers and mittens. : 

When Mingo caught a skunk he approached the cap- 
tive with the respect due to its weapon of defense, but 
whether black, half-stripe or white, the pelt was only a 
hindrance to getting the oil, and when removed it was 
thrown away, I do not know why it was valued so 
little by our trappers in those days, since it is now in 
stich demand, and it was an article of commerce so long 
ago as during the French occupation of Canada, for 
Parkman mentions skunkskins in the export of furs, To 
one who has seen skunks killed merely as verniin and 
thrown away to rot unskinned, it seems strange enough 
now to see them the most persistently trapped of all the 
fur-bearers of the clearings. We are told of people who 
were reduced to the dire necessity of eating skunks, but 
when Mingo had one roasting before the open fire, slowly 
turning on a twisted string as the fat ran from the brown- 
ing surface into the seething pan, it diffused an aroma 
that made me wish to forget that it was skunk that was 
roasting. A hungry man could -easily be fooled into 
eating it, and with rieht good relish, as my old comrade 
Jim used to tell of doing. 
Rowzanp E, Ropinson. 


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Tatest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. 


Next day his skin was immersed in the soap. 


Moose Calling from the Camp-Fire, 


Mucr has been said and written about. the elusive 
moose, his quiekness to scent the approaching hunter, 
he he marvelous celerity atid noiselessness of his 
tayel, : 8 

All these facts would make it seem tl iS 1 

hat this giant of 
& ee could i secured only by exercising the gréat- 

st caution and suppressing all signs’ of 25 
peal beings, ace hotaeans 

n defiance ot the usual Observances, [ ify ‘th; 

de | Su can testify ‘th 

muy Wile and I on a visit last September to New eaites 
wick, Canada, shot two fine bull moose, and in each 
vase ane een asa within six rods of our camp fire 
ich was sheertu d : 
se $8 blazing most cheerfully and lustily at the 
Hes Eee leit New York one ho 

ew taven road to Boston changin r 
on, 2 there to th 
Boston & Maine, and finally mtrusting ourselves and ae 
possessions to the tender mercies’ of a small toad that 
runs from Andover to Plaster Rock, N, B., with the 
pleasing Prospect before us of a two weeks’ huntin 
trip in this beautiful region, ; 
. Our train was steaming bravely along, 
startled by seeing a small girl sudden] 
ae es a field, just ahead of the train, waving frantically 
e arge poke bonnet. The engineer in response obe- 
ciently. sat oft penis and put on the brakes “Ma left 
ler uinbrella on the train yesterday, a ihe 
cs the small apparition. eee eae 
e were all immensély relieved b i 

ere y this announce- 

ment, as visions of a wreck ahead, or a rail displaced 
were flitting through our brains. No other interruption 
ae one PIOTEsS, and in due time we reached our 

npings oO 
pane g Place, a small town near the end of the 

AS we passed through the princi 

AS we é Principal thoroughfare 
this metropolis, I noted a lanky dating vat ne 


t dusty day taking the 


when we were 
y appear running - 


peaiias Cera Pursuing a somewhat uncertain 
se along the road. “Who is that chap?” ce 
aiubea p!’ TI asked of 


“Well,” was the truly laconi a 
lives down in that little house Woudee sale Pant is 
pee ou Berasey of him.” ’ 5 
' nat naively frank individuals one sometj 

in these Tegions. J wished on one occasion Fee ote 
of moose hide moccasins, and had given the pattern of 
my foot, together with some moose hide,‘ to a youth who 
was reported proficient in that line. When he appeared 
with the articles in question, he remarked, “I never! seen 
such big shoes as these, but I cut them out jest the same 
as the pattern showed.” This response was foo much 
for my gravity, and I joined in the roar of laughter 
that followed from our party. When I wished this 
Interesting specimen to accept some remuneration for 
his services, he refused the money, saying that making 
ede as not his regular trade, and that he was glad 

Oo it tor me anyway. I d “hi 

op twenty-five eure fet Byes we i; 

t was cold and dark when we reache e guide’ 
house, and we welcomed the genial ey aS rae 
oye ia ns kitchen, with the unalloyed joy that is at- 
eas ter one has endured the fatigue of 48 hours’ 

As soon as our supper had been well di 
fell to unpacking our camping kit, in order ee ut 
nel Start the next morning. ) 

1¢ tents were carefully disposed of in one 
bedding and clothes made up a second, ath Ree 
a third, while provisions composed the remaining bundle, 

The packing completed, a general stampede to bed 
followed, 4S we were pretty well tired ont. It seemed 
as if I had scarcely closed my eyes when I was wakened 
by a loud rap at the door, followed by the announcement 

Four o’clock, and we must start in an hour.” ; 

To slip on my hunting clothes and boots was the 
work of but a few moments. I found all the guides 
busy downstairs, loading our things on the wagon which 
was to accompany us, as far as practicable. 

We made short work of breakfast,!as daylight was 
making its appearance over the neighboring hills. Boots 
and saddles was sounded, and the expedition started, 

Noon brought us to the edge of a small stream where 
we stopped to-"'bile the kettle” for dinner. Duncan, our 
chief guide, told me that we must not rest for more than 
an hour, as the only place where water was available 
was some miles distant, and it was essential to teach 
there before dark. 

Cheese, coffee, crackers and bread served for a hasty 
meal, and we were soon climbing once more over 
“dead-falls” and breaking our way through the bush. 
Making a way. for the wagon was most bothersome work, 
as we were obliged to fell trees and drag away dead 
wood. Whiffletrees too gave ont with surprising fre- 
quency, causing us to call a halt to make repairs. 

In spite of all our exertions, darkness began to settle 
down on us, when we were still some distance from the 
wished for camping place. The patter of rain on the 
leaves gave motice that the night would be cold and 
disagreeable. “How much further is it, Dunean, before 
we reach that stream you spoke of?” said I, “I should 
Say it was a matter of about fiye miles,” was the reply, 
“We haven't covered as much ground as T hoped for.” 

The rain was now falling fast, and it was so dark that 
all idea of making our prosposed camp was out of the 
question. “There’s a small swamp about a mile off, where 
you can sometimes find water in the wet season,” said 
Duncan. “We'd better try that, because "taint no use 
to camp till we get some water.” “You travel ahead 
as fast as you can foot it, Duncan,” said T, “and we'll 
follow with the wagon.” With exceeding difficulty we 
made our way along the guide’s trail, and finally reached 
the swamp, where to-our joy we found enough water to 
supply ws all. 

Next morning we started bright and early, and at 
noon said good-by to the wagon. We apportioned the 
things into several packs, and then started forward on 
foot. We had worked out the question of “‘pack-car- 
fiers” pretty carefully, and as a result we made satis- 
factory progress, 

How much sulphurous language the badly arranged 
pack has caused! What fiendish pleasure the different 
articles take in disarranging themselves! The unwary 
tourist starts with a miscellaneous assortment of things 
on his back—hominy, flour, condensed milk, etc. In f° 


right hand be has a couple of fishing rods, an axe and 
the butter pail, in his left the paddles, a rifle and a lan- 
tern, ‘Lhe traveler starts and for the first quarter of a 
mile all is serene. Then begins the excitement. His 
pack starts to shift, and perambulates all over his back. 
At the same time its weight is apparently increased by 
500 per cent. Then the fishing rods and paddles get in 
their great work, They arrange themselves in all sorts 
of impossible angles, catching in all the bushes and 
causing a rapid succession of three-story oaths. Tinally 
the camper decides to lean his pack against a stump and 
rearrange. He finds that rearranging is not all that 
fancy paints it, Once in a stooping position it is almost 
impossible to get up again, and when he does he drops 
the paddles, and sa to the end of the carry. 

But to return to our party. We tramped along main+ 
taining a reasonable amount of good nature and finally 
reached our long-looked-for placé that night. 

This camp was near a small lake in the Tobique region, 
situated between two hardwood ridges. A. marshy 
stretch made up the greater part of the shore, while the 
scrubby pines and beyond them the hardwoods, birch, 
oak, etc., stretched out in unbroken masses clear up to 
the summits of the surrounding hills. 

Our camping place was about four rods from the 
northern shore of the lake. We cleared a space in the 
dense undergrowth, and as soon as the lean-to had been 
erected, set about getting fuel. We confined our atten- 
tion to the securing of dead wood, so as to avoid any 
chopping and consequent noise, and then all gathered 
round the fire for supper. 

After doing ample justice to the smoking viands we 
wrapped up in our blankets and lay down by the “Indian” 
fire, one of the guides puffing away at his pipe. 

How impossible to adequately express in mere words 
the delicious sense of comfort one experiences in loung- 
ing around the camp fire in the early evening, after a 
day of tramping and fishing. The logs are snapping and 
blazing, the supper has been mighty good, and when you 
stretch out with your feet to the fire, your head sup- 
ported ou a soft log, and look into the flames, it seems 
as though an indefinitely extended occupation of this 
kind would be the most delightful thing on earth. 

At 10 o’clock we reluctantly abandoned our positions 
by the fire and “turned in” to prepare for the next day’s 
labors. 

At 3330 o’clock the next morning I was roused by the 
guide. Phew! How cold it was! The frost was clear 
up to the tops of the pine trees, making them look like 
a host of hoary old pilgrims. We completed an ex- 
tremely hasty toilet, and then Duncan, the “caller,” went 
down to our “look-out” at the shore. 

He stood there motionless for a few moments, then 
raising his birch-bark megaphone to his lips let forth 
a few preliminary grunts, followed by the long sustained 
mourniul moan characteristic of a moose call. After 
this was repeated two or three times we heard a short 
grunting response from the far shore of the lake. ‘This 
was follawed by a low distinct chirp from Duncan, our 
pre-arranged signal. Throwing off my blanket and 
picking up a gun I softly stole down to his side. We 
waited expectantly, but in spite of all our solicitations 
no moose appeared, and we came back disappointed. 

After breakfast, leaving my wife in camp, I went with 
Duncan to the top of the ridge near us and called again 
without success. Suddenly the report of a gun rang out 
on the clear air, closely followed by a second shot, 
evidently fired from the shore. 

“Come on! Duncan,” I yelled, and started on the dead 
run for camp, where I found my wife. “Pve just shot 
a big bull moose over there on the shore,” she said. 
“T was standing right here near the camp. He turned 
into the bushes, but I’m sure he’s wounded.” I pulled 
off my heayy shooting jacket full of cartridges, and 
Duncan, Harry (the cook) and I started gun in hand 
to where the game was last seen. 

We lost no time in getting around the end of the 
lake, and after traveling a quarter of a mile or more 
from the camp, we came on the freshest kind of tracks. 
The undergrowth here was heavy and the land swampy. 
“Now look here, Duncan,” said I, “we’ve got to separ- 
ate if we eyer expect to find that chap. We'll have to 
go three abreast and try to round him up that way.” 
This we did, arranging ourselves within calling dis- 
tance, I in the center. We struck straight back irom the 
perane after going about an eighth of a mile I found 

ood. r 

I stopped to examine it more closely, when suddenly 
out of the bushes, not 30 feet away, a large bull rose to 
his full height, turned and with a roar charged full at 
me. I had barely time to bring my rifle to my shoulder 
and pull the trigger. I knew that I couldn’t afford to 
miss. The big animal pitched forward and lay breathing 
his last, within 20 feet of where I stood. I had mechani- 
cally thrown another cartridge into the barrel immedi- 
ately after firing, and I now noticed for the first time 
that it was my last cartridge. I had picked up my wile’s 
gun by mistake, and it was well indeed that my first: shot 
had gone home. 

The men soon joined me, and together we examined 
our prize. A fine big chap he was, with fair sized antlers, 
measuring, however, only 40 inches from tip to tip, 
because of their erectness. I found that my wife’s bullet 
had gone through the animal’s shoulder, which would 
have ultimately finished him; a most creditable shot it 
was, being at a range of easily 45 rods. 

The rest of our day was passed in dressing the moose. 
That night we were mighty tired after our exciting ex- 
perience. “I will sit up till a quarter of eight,” said I, 
and it expressed our feelings exactly. 

Friday morning opened windy and disappointing, but 
Dunean kept a careful watch from our “look-out” near 
the shore. Late in the afternoon I heard a subdued 
chirp from his direction, and I soon joined him. 

There across the lake, standing knee deep in the marshy 
waters of the opposite shore, stood a moose. It was a 
sood 64 rods. Getting what I considered a good eleva- 
tion, I fired, with no apparent effect. Hastily throwimeg 
in a second cartridge I fired again, when wheeling sud- 
denly the monse jumped into the bushes. We hurried, at 
breakneck speed, round tothe point where he was last 
séeen. The tracks were clear for a short distance, then 
suddenly ended. Even Duncan, experienced “caller” as 
he was, could not account for it. 

We were wandering aimlessly about beating through 
the bushes, when suddenly Duncan called out “Here he 


FOREST AND STREAM. 
is!’ Sure enough, back of a fallen tree there lay the 
moose stone dead. He had been fatally wounded by the 
seccnd shot, but with the wonderful vitality characteristic 
of the animal, he had gathered all his energies into that 
last convulisve effort which had carried him a good 6 
rods from where he was shot. 4 

On close examination I discovered that in my first 
shot the elevation had been a trifle high, the bullet 
passing through his mane and just grazing his hide. 
‘The joy of our party can be imagined. Two fine moose 
in two days’ hunting! The last animal was close to the 
first moose in size, being a trifle smaller- 

The result of this hunting trip conyineed me more 
than ever of the ethcacy of small caliber rifles. I had 
been until a year or two ago a firm believer in large 
caliber, but had twice been giving the .30-30 a trial. I 
found this size much the best for general shooting, for 
the following reasons: The gun can be made much 
lighter, it is easy to hit at long range and recoil is 
practically negligible, ore 

lt is very dimeuit, on the hand, to keep the align- 
ment when firing a .45-70. The shocking power of the 
30-30 seems as great as the .45-70, and the close range 
shooting of the smaller gum is just as efficacious as that 
of any other caliber. 

A second gun in our outfit proved to be very useful, 
being a Mannlicher 8 mi. 

An amusing criticism was made on a small bore gun 
by a New Brunswick farmer whom we met just as we 
were starting into the woods. He picked up both the 
Mannlicher and a .30-30 rifle. After looking them over 
very carefully, particularly the barrels, he turned to me 
and said, ‘What do you expect to do with these guns?” 
We told him that our fervent hope was to bring down a 
few moose with them. He replied, in a patronizing tone, 
“Well, of course, you can use what guns you like, but 
I’d sooner have a good sized pitchfork,” 
have some full mantle bullets in my pocket, so I turned 
and asked him to pick out any tree which he thought too 
large for a bullet from one of these rifles to penetrate. 
A broad grin spread over his face, and selecting a 24in. 
diameter birch tree he stiggested that if one of these 
tifies could shoot through the tree, he would take back 
all he had said regarding the pitchfork, I raised my 
rifle and fred. When we approached the tree to deter- 
mine the result of the shot, we found that the bullet had 
gone through the tree clean as a whistle, Another big 
birch tree was in the tear of the first tree and on a line 
with it. Out of the second tree we dug the bullet and 
gave it to our doubting friend. When we left him the 
look of wonder had not yet left his face. 

Moose seemed omnipresent in this region, for that 
night, after we had turned in, the two guides came 
scurrying up from their tent, which was about 5 rods 
from ours, ta seek the shelter of our fire, The cause of 
their Alarm was a large bull moose, who was engaged 
in whetting his horns against a neighboring tree, and 
generally kicking up a considerable rumpus. 

These men, who would tackle a bear in the most un- 
concerned manner, were scared blue by the proximity 
of the formidable animal. Their guns were up near us, 
their fire was out and thev were fearful lest their tent 
itself would be invaded by the unwelcome visitor. 

While our ardor for the chase was but heightened 
by our success, the New Brunswick game laws are in- 
éxorable, and since we had but two licenses we were 
forced to bring our moose hunting to an end. 

The fact that our shooting was done in each case 
within 6 rods of the camp is, I believe, a unique ex- 
perience, and shows conclusively that New Brunswick 
is a veritable moose hunter’s paradise. 


C. M. G. and C, W. M. 


ina @htheate: 


SPEAKING of that section of country lying in the 
northwestern section of the Stare of Chihuahua, our 
correspondent writes as follows: 

The El Valle Cafion is enough in itself to invite 
the attention of tourists, while the Corralitos Valley, 
the Chocolate Pass, Namiquipa, Proyidencia, Bavicora 
and Temosachic valleys would be a source of great 
interest from the point of beautiful scenery, ete., while 
the Nallwurachic Pass, leading from the Providencia 
into the Bavicora Valley, would add much interest as 
well as pleasure to the traveling public. These all 
formed one grand panorama of nature. Here are fields 
of interest to any one who chooses to study up the 
treasures of the Aztec and Indians, wonderful formations 
of rocks, while beyond the rugged Sierra Madre are 
lands lying westward of such marvelous beauty that I 
shall not attempt to describe them. Then here and 
there are the unknown homes of the Cliff and Cave 
Dwellers, with some recent markings of the terrible 
Apache, who, however, are now extinct. ' 

The forests abound in game, but the streams do not 
seem to contain the many fish I had expected to find. 

In traveling through this strange country, where we 
believed no white man had ever before been, particularly 
in the section where we discovered the red pine, I found 
in the streams and along their shores specimens of quartz 
which seemed to contain valuable mineral, particularly 
one piece which I shall be pleased to have assayed, as 
it seems to be of a character worthy of notice, and may 
at a future period be of interest to some of our smelting 
friends. 

We encountered no trouble with the natives, but 
were treated always with kindness, so far as they were 
able to offer their services. 

The climate was all that could be desired—beautiful, 
warm, sunny days and cool nights. For seyen weeks 
I rode on horseback and slept on the ground with but 
two or three exceptions: and although while in the 
mountains we would shake from our canvas coverings 
in the mornings one-half inch of snow or ice, still T 
suffered from no illness on that account nor any par- 
gees inconvenience, and was in excellent health physi- 
cally, ad 

Our march was twenty to.twenty-five miles per day, 
being obliged to tiove slowly on account of the packs. 

In the locality known as El Condurusia I saw stacks 
of corn which had grown from fourteen to fifteen feet 
high. In the settletment of Garcia oats had obtained a 
height of seven feet. Most of the land under cultivation 


] happened to” 


(Ger, 13, 1066. 


wis irtigated. Some, however, was without irrigation, 
crops growing naturally, 

Our jaded horses made the last three days of cut 
journey decidedly tiresome, and it was the greatest 
pleasure to me to find myself again in a four-wheeled 
yehicle, giving me a most refreshing rest as I journeyed 
on my way eastward and home from. EH] Valle to Gallego, 
a station of the Mexican Central, a little over one hun 
dred miles south of El Paso, . Re 


Glatuyal History. 


Wolves or Something Else. 


FERRISBURGH, Vt., Sept. 27.—The Fayston wolf story 
puzzles a good many of us, It hardly seems probable 
that am intelligent town clerk would give certificates for 
animals without good proof that the beasts were genuine, 
or could mistake a dog for a wolf, On the other hand, we 
have not known a well-authen cated case of wolf killing 
in Vermont for more than fifty years. It happened about 
1847 or ’48, and I remember how I was not to be allowed 
to go along with my brother to the muster, at a cedar 
swamp a few miles from our home, because 1 was taid 
up with inflamed eyes, and-had to bear not only the pa:n 
but the disappointment. It was more endurable when my 
brother returned and reported that the hunt had been a 
fizzle. There were not men enough to surround the 
swamp, and the wolf escaped to Bristol. There a more 
systematic hunt was organized and the wolf was killed. 
It was in March or April, and the snow was very deep 
everywhere. The last one killed before was within three 
miles of my home in the early ’30’s. He had come across 
the lake from the Adirondacks. - 

Rowianp E, Ropinson- 


Mr. Robinson sends us the story as printed in the local 
paper. Jt runs; . 

“S. J. Dana, town clerk of Fayston, has just paid out 
$36 in bounties for three wolves killed by Henry Cary. 
Because one of John Carey’s cows failed to come home 
with the herd in the evening, Henry Cary started out at 
4 o'clock the following morning to find it, He carried a 
shotgun. Passing through the open pasture he entered 
the woods and climbed finally a ledge of rocks, Just as 
he reached the summit he heard some animal snarling and 
growling. Then suddenly the growling turned into a 
barking noise, and from behind a log up popped a wolt 
pup. At first Mr. Cary thought it was some sort of a 
dog, but he knew it was not a tame one and blazed away 
the moment he recovered from his surprise. ‘lhe pup 
keeled over dead. Mr. Cary found he had actually kuted 
a young wolf. He stood exulting over his prize when in 
the brush near by he heard more barking and growling 
and two more pups appeared. As they did not appear 
very dangerous, Mr. Cary picked up a heavy stick and 
launched it at one of them. hoping to stum it and so get it 
aliye. The stick, however. missed, and the pup at which 
it was thrown retreated into a hole in the rocks, while 
its companion made off. Mr. Cary went home as quickly 
as possible for more cartridges. He returned, and, hunt 
ing about a little while, saw the two pups again and 
fired, One of them was ldlled and the second one was 
stunned by a stray shot. It had so far been a pretty ex- 
citing morning for Mr, Cary, but the fun was not yet 
over. Mr. Cary took his prizes home. He then placed 
the wounded pup in a covered basket, carried it back to 
the scene of his adyeniure and concealed himself behind 
some brush near by. Presently a big male wolf appeared, 
but it was too far away for a shot, so Mr, Cary kept 
quiet. The animal soon disappeared, Mr. Cary, after 
waiting some time, decided to move the basket in which 
the wolf pup was whining to another spot, and stood up. 
He heard at that instant the brush crackling behind him, 
and looking around he saw, just a little way off, the 
mother wolf. He fired, and she dropped dead. Mr. 
Cary had thus to show for his morning’s adyenture a 
she wolf, two dead pups and a live pup, which netted 
him, bounties and all, $48. Mr. Dana wished to buy the 
live pup, and Mr. Cary finally decided to sell it. Mr. 
Cary afterward borrowed the pup from Mr, Dana and is 
using it in the hope of decoying the male wolf known te 
be at large. An investigation of the ledge revealed the 
place where thé pups had been reared. Scattering about 
were miany bones of sheep and other animals. The story 
has been going about Fayston a long time that there were 
wolves in the ne‘ghborhood. Mr. Dana said he had heard 
them growl more than once. Just a week before Mr. Cary 
killed the wolves he had seen a deer pursued by what he 
thought at the time was a dog. The creature wads close 
at the deer’s heels. Mr. Cary thought it was a queer 
looking dog and was surprised at its speed. Mr. Cary is 
now certain that it was a wolf that pursued the deer,” — 


Winosor, N. C.. Sept. 27.—Inclosed find a clipping 
taken from the Index, a local paper published in Hertford 
county, just north of here. Since the publication of the 
article several more wolves have been caught, two of 
which have been sent to Delaware Park, near Franklin, 
Va. It would be interesting to know where they came 
J. H. P. intimates the weight of old wolf at 175 
pounds. I am not up on wolves, but have an idea that he 
has overshot the mark. How large do wolves une go 


The Index correspondent writes from Como, N. C.. a® 
follows: For several months the country around Coma 
has been infested with, until now, some unknown 
ferocious beasts of prey. In ways mysterious hundreds of 
hogs and many sheep have been killed by the midnight 
prowlers. Strange and startlng stories have been afloat. 
and many renorts as to their being seen, though not 
identified. Many were the -surmises and conjectures. 
Some were of the opinion that the depredators were 
bears. The sad and térrible havoc they made, however. 
excluded from my mind that idea, and absolved Bruin 
from the charge, as by nature the cammon black bear 
is not carnivofous, and only resorts to flesh, in the dearth 
of yegetables, to appease hunger. f 

Sitting in my back porch, on two distinct occasions L 


“once recognized it. 


Oct, 13, 1906,] 


heard a most peculiar noise, which was neither the 
The great 
mystery—a mystery at least to many—has been solved, hye 


growling of bears nor the barking of dogs. 


ch 


A colored boy, J. H, Myrick, a few days ago was huntnig + 


small game in that great belt of forest land known as the # 
Low Woods, stretching fur many miles and embracing # 


es 
Sige 


thousands of acres. His attention was attracted by an 
old sow running and pursued by some animal unknown 
to him. The brave boy, though armed only with a gun 


loaded with small shot, manfully stood his ground, On-- 


ward came pursued and pursuer, unmindedly of his pres- 
ence, until they were within 4o feet of him, Suddenly 
the pursuing beast became aware of his presence, and 
turning at the same time to fly, presented a fair mark. 
With the coolness of a veteran hunter the boy discharged 
the full contents of his gun at point blank range. ‘The 
beast staggered, and with yelp and howl fled as best he 
could. Whe underbrush was thick, the boy was alone in 
the very heart of the gloomy forest, and being unable to 
load and pursue ere his prey was out of sight, he re- 
turned home, and to many related his strange adventure, 
accurately describing the place of the encounter and locat- 
ing the part of the body in which the shot must have taken 
elrect. 

A day after Mr. J. C. Taylor, on his way to Como in a 
cart, was attracted by the presence of carrion crows not 
far from the wood path. Curiosity prompted Mr. Taylor 
to investigate, and there lay a gaunt wolf all torn and 
dead. Resolved to establish the true nature of the beasts 
which have made such terrible havoc, he placed it in his 
cart and brought it into Como for complete identification. 
He passed my home on his way and requested me to come 
into the road and examine him. I instantly recognized 
him, though a stranger to North Carolina. By this time 
Mr. Don Spiers, Mr. Thomas Taylor and Mr. Harvey 
Picot had assembled around the cart to look at the grim 
monster still in death. J asked Mr. Taylor to wait a 
minute and I would satisfy him and the others as to the 
beast. I went into my library, and taking down a very 
large natural history, showed them his picture. They at 
I then showed them by pictures the 
difference between the three well-known species of the 
wolf family. The dead beast was a monster in size, meas- 
uring from snout to caudal extremity fully 7 feet, and 
weighing when killed at least 175 pounds. He was what 
is called in zoology the black clouded wolf, an animal 
peculiar only to extreme northern latitudes. Question: 
How came this animal here? We might account for 
the presence of the common gray wolf or the barking 
wolf of Texas. 

The sequel of events proves that he is not alone, but 
accompanied by many more. A day after the finding of 
the dead wolf, report was brought that their tracks were 
numerous and well defined in a field belonging to G, C. 
Picot and Mr. Carter, Thereupon David Vann placed 
some strong steel traps where the tracks were thickest 
beneath some apple trees. His venture was crowned with 
Success, for upon yisiting the traps in the early morning 
Mr. H. B. Picot and his fine dog Bruno, found safely 
caught a young wolf. Quickly came trooping to the 
scene many impelled by curiosity. They clamped the 
little struggling beast, and having safely tied his legs, car- 
ried him to Como. The wolf is there still in a large box 
in the custody of Mr. Hutchins Majette. You can see 
him free of charge at any time. A wolf and a dog are 
of the same family, and at a distance easily mistaken the 
one for the other. Some graduates in zoology, wiseacres 
in comparative anatomy, will not even believe the evi- 
dences of their senses, and no doubt finding a buzzard’s 
callow brood, would swear they were not buzzards be- 
cause they were white. The salient points of difference 
between a wolf and a dog are few, but well defined and 
established. Come, see, and observe and learn. We 
invite hunters and their dogs to a grand hunt, and the 
notice beolw written by the request of Messrs. Vaughan 
and Majette may possibly make their coming both profit- 
able and interesting. We extend a hearty invitation to 
that old-time keen sportsman, Mr. P. D. Camp, who, as 
usual, has a pack of splendid hounds. 

“I mean just what I write. At least a hundred sheep 
and as many hogs, or rather pigs, have in quite a short 
time been destroyed in Maney's Neck by these wolves, 
proving the presence of many here. The wolf slain by 


the boy was a female, and her dugs evidenced the fact of « 


ther giving suck to young. ‘This is a serious matter and 
if neglected will lead to disastrous results not only here 
but to the county. Hah dee. 
NOTICE. 

A reward of five dollars will be paid for each wolf killed 

in Maney’s Neck and presented at Como for identification. 
. B, VAUGHAN, 
J. G. Majette, 

: Commissioners, 

[We believe that the writer in a local paper has very 
largely overestimated weight of the animal which he saw. 
The wolf is very heavy for its size, but never, we fancy, 
reaches any stich weight as that mentioned. At the same 
time. its weight can+only be estimated, as we recall no 
records where wolves have been put on the scales. . 

That wolves should occur now in Vermont and in 
North Carolina—States from which they have not been re- 
ported for many, many years—is most unlikely, and no such 
vague newspaper records as'those quoted will be accepted 
by naturalists, until some specimen shown to have been 
killed there has been identified by competent authority. It 
must be remembered that in these days not one man in 
ten thousand knows a wolf when he sees it.] 


On Sept. 6 a party named Marco Dollintine, of Los 
Angeles county, Cal., was tried for killing quail out of 
season. The defense he set up was rather an unusual 


one; witnesses were called to swear that quail were doing 


a great deal of damage to the grape crop, and that the 
only protection grape growers had was to kill the quail 
when found in the vineyards. Mr. Dollintine himself said 
that he was compelled to kill the quail to prevent them 
from destroying his grapes. It was unfortunate for the 
defense that the deputy game warden who made the 
arrest was able to swear that the quail in question were 
not within a mile of a vineyard when killed. To prove 
also that these guail had not done any harm to a vine- 
yard recently, at least, their crops were opened and 
nothing but seeds nf mountain weeds were found.—Com- 
inercial Adwertiser, 


” 


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FOREST .AN D STREAM, 
Seaboard. Air Line.—IV. 


Report to October, 1900, 


‘Editor Forest and Siream: 


Cool weather with a prevalence of easterly winds dur- 
ing late April and early May caused a serious falling off 
in the usual steady passenger traffic of our spring season. 

About the middle of May, however, there was a rush of 
migrants, and all the woodland retreats were speedily 
filled, Then followed more chill, miserable days, and the 
little travelers, being afraid, I presume, to veniure further 
north, tarried with us for at least a week. I felt sorry for 
them, for though enjoying their society immensely, I 
knew they ought to be well on their way. Still, on the 
whole they did not seem to mind the delay, for despite 
chill winds and dreary skies, they rollicked and sang 
as though in the best of spirits. One balmy morning (my 
notes say May 12) they began to move, and in a day or 
two the transients were mostly gone, and we had begun to 
settle down for the summer campaign with our rgeular 
contingent. 

Grackles appeared in large numbers early in March. 
On the 16th we had a heavy storm of sleet that cased 
all the tree world in ice. During the calm, bright weather 
that followed, the sparkle and flash ‘of sunshine by 
day and the gleam and ripple of moonlight at night as it 
played over the woodland, were marvelously beautiful. 
It was amusing to watch the grackles make a fluttering 
effort to perch among the ice-bound twigs. If they had 
had gumption enough to take a footiul of sand with them 
there would have been no difficulty, but they were uot 
equal to the occasion, so they slid and slipped about till 
the ice thawed, 

I saw the first Baltimore oriole May 7. He was in 
great spirits, seemingly delighted to be back, Yor he 
answered my greeting instantly in his usual breezy man- 
ner. 

Our less fussy little travelers came on in fair num- 
bers. I think all the old families were represented, for 
I recognized practically all my old friends. I know so 
many that it is not necessary for me to take space to 
enumerate, so you must take my word for it. 

The gaudy scarlet tanagers were in far greater num- 
bers than in years past, and a brave sight they made 
among the snow-white petals of the dogwood blooms. 

Cerulean warblers were also more in evidence than 
ustial, and gave quite a tropical effect to their surround- 
ings, while splashing in the basin of the fountain. 

There were plenty of screech owls all through the sum- 
mer. One little fellow used to begin his querulous whine 
at about 4:30 P. M. during the latter part of May. I 
had never heard them commence to grumble before twi- 
light. so I took special pains to find out what his trouble 
was. He had Icoated in a tall spruce, and there I visited 
him, and talked with him several times. -I could not 
seem to comfort him, though I tried my best. He cer- 
tainly looked at me and paid attention while I spoke, but 
the moment I stopped he would begin his doleful whine. 
As “T had troubles of my own” I was obliged to leave him 
with his burden, still for many days he complained from 
his perch in the spruce. 

The summer passed about as usual from a birdseye 
point of view, and the autumn travel was satisfactory. 

Three great sea loons passed over the other day, high in 
air, laughing at me as I stood and watched them. I sup- 
pose they knew I wished to. join them, and the idea evi- 
dently amused them. 

I am aware this report is more of a summary than is 
usual with me, but you are so conversant with the Air 
Line business that detail is really unnecessary. 

There has been about the same amount of incident as 
heretofore, and any bird lover along the line who will look 
over his notes may stipply all that is lacking in this 
respect. 

Memory will bring the rustle of their unseen wings to 
his ears; in his mind’s eye he may see the windblown 
wisps of wildfowl scudding before the gales in the yellow 
gleam of gusty sunsets. . 

This is part of the dividend he will receive, and if of 


kindred spirit with the writer, he will treasure it and be | 


thankful. 
Bay Ripes, N, Y¥." 


Witmort TowNseND. 


Oak Pruners on Long 


Editor Forest and Streams: 

I send you by mail a number of twigs, which you will! 
see—if you examine the larger end—appear to have been 
cut off from the parent stem by the gnawing of some 
insect. oe 

The history of these twigs, so far as I can give it, is 
this. In the early summer, beginning almost with the 
first days of June. these twigs with the green leaves at- 
tached begin to fall from the oaks and the hickory trees 
and continue to drop from the trees until autumn. They 
fall in the greatest abundance in windy weather. if those 
found in the summer be split with a knife it will be 
seen that each contains a worm, or larva, which may be 
assiumed to he the author of the destruction, The fall 
of these twigs does not take place every year. We here 
believe that it comes only in what we call the locust year 
—that is to say, in a yeat when the seyenteen-vear locusts 
make their appearance. Can you tell us what the insect is 


Island. 


eats Paden 


which does this damage, and what steps may be taken 


to reduce it? Lone ISLANDER. 


[The twigs referred to are several from the oak tree. and 
one very stout one from a hickory. They show the work 
of a well-known beetle called the oak pruner (Elapliidion 
villosum, Fab,). This beetle is slender, nearly cylindrical 
in form, dark brown in color and seeming to be dusted 
oyer with a grayish, somewhat mottled. down. Its an- 
tennz are longer than the body and many jointed, while 
the beetle itself is about half or three-quarters of an inch 
in length. 

Our correspondent rightly infers that the cutting off 
of the twigs is performed hy the larva of this insect, the 
work oft which we shall briefly describe. Jt attacks oak 
hickory, chestnut, maple and many of our common orchard 
trees, as well as stimach and even the climhing bitter- 
sweet. On some occasions its attacks on peach orchards 
are sO seyere that trees are severely injured by it. 


285 


The life history of the species is given by Mr. I’. H. 


Chittenden substantially as follows: The mother beetle 
inserts an egg usually in one of the smaller twigs of a liv- 
ing tree. Thre young larva hatching therefrom first allucks 
the wood under the bark, following the grain of wood 
and packing its burrow with its sawdusclike castings. 
As it grows, it cuts its way toward the center of the twig, 
offen consuming the wood entirely around the limb and 
leaving only the bark to support the twig. After this it 
cuts a tunnel along the axis of the twig toward its ex- 
extremity, and plugs ap this tunnel belind it with saw- 
dust. The twig now being attached to the limb only by 
the bark, the first high wind that follows is likely to break 
this attachment, and the twig falls to the ground. In 
the autunin, or sometimes in the early spring, the larva: 
transforms to the pupal stage, and about ithe last of May 
makes ifs escape from the twig it has occupied, a perfect 
beetle and ready to breed, 

The question as to why the larva cuts off the twig is 
one that has been greatly discussed by entomologists, and 
has as yet by no means been settled. It is suggested by 
Mr, Chittenden that the limb is cut off in order that the 
adult insect which is being transformed within it may 
have a free exit from the tunnel in which it lies by 
merely cutting through the sawdust which plugs up one 
end of this tunnel. The boring organs of the beetle are 
feeble, and it could not cut its way through hardwood, and 
perhaps not even through bark. 

Tt does not appear that any very great or serious dam- 
age is commonly done to trees by the work of Elaplhidion, 
although, as already stated, cases have occurred whiere 
peach and pear trees have been seriously damaged. But 
the falling of the twigs on well-kept Jawns and ‘on the 
edges of gardens is undesirable as making an unsightly 
mess. The simplest way to reduce the numbers of the 
insect is to take up these twigs as they fall, and to see 
that during the winter, or, at all events, before spring, they 
are burned. This will destroy all the beetles which other- 
wise would make their appearance, 

We do not know. that any connection between the ap- 
pearance of the oak pruning beetles and the seventeen- 
year locusts has ever been observed.] 


Vermont’s Confiding Deer. 


SPRINGFIELD, Vt., Oct. 4—Zlditor Forest and Stream: 
Mrs. Brown and myself went for a drive on a quiet back 
road yesterday—one of those roads so familiar to every 
country resident, where the trees meet overhead and the 
rush line of sturdy young undergrowth can barely be 
checked at the wheel track. It was one of “those days’ — 
you know them—October, still, warm, hazy. As we 
drove slowly the rubber cushions of our tires making no 
noise, we heard the drum of the partridge, the noisy call of 
crows, and nearer the low fall notes of many of our 
smaller feathered friends. As we topped the steep wooded 
ridge and emerged into the pasture, in the grass-grown 
toad ten rods away a beautiful red deer raised her head 
and gazed intently at these disturbers of the peace: 

Instinctively the savage i mé reached for the rifle 


_ between us, and one hand went into a pocket for the little 


round death, but memory, who had been completely routed 
by this surprise, came rushing back, and I knew that in 
the good old Green Mountain State this proud mother 
and her young received full protection from her wise 
people. 

Keeping perfectly still in the carriage, we worked our 
quiet little horse within 25 yards, when out trotted the 
fawn I knew was near. : 

Working carefully, we got within 4o feet of the pair. 
How beautiful they were. The mother would nibble at the 
grass, occasionally raising her elegant head to take a 
long look at us. The youngster played about like a young 
calf, only with more grace, stopping to thrust his small 
black nose in our direction and stare at us with eyes that 
showed the fear bred of a thousand years of flight. 

All this time we kept moving nearer, slowly, and stop- 
ping at the least sign of alarm. We succeeded in getting 
within 40 feet before they resented our familiarity and 
retired to, the bush, and when we drove by we could see 
them among the thick foliage not 20 feet away, standing 
motionless. : W. W. Brown. 


Food of Ruffed Grouse, 


Norte Arrirsoro, Mass., Oct. 2.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: I am sending you to-day by Adams Express 
five worms in alcohol, taken from a full-grown ruffed 
grouse killed yesterday. I am not sure whether thev came 
Pega the crop or from just under the skin in hollow of 
Feast. 

I saw the bird after it was dressed and should say was 
nearly full grown and of ordinary appearance. 

My experience of twenty years tells me of no similar 
case. Can you tell me anything in regard to the matter? 
Would be perfectly satisfactory if you briefly state case 
and reply in Forest AND STREAM. A. C, SYLvEsTER, 

President N. A. F. and G. Assn. 

[The five “worms” submitted by our correspondent 
prove on examina‘ion to be young slugs (Tebinnophorus 
carolinensis). This species occurs from Canada to 
Florida. . It is a sluggish, inactive creature, found in the 
woods, offen under bark or in decaying sticks or logs. 
The specimens sent, after having been in alcohol, meas- 
ured from about three-quarters of an inch to an inch and 
a quarter in length. The adult reaches a length of about 
four inches. , : 

We have no doubt that these slugs came from the crop — 
of the brid in question, and either ‘by its heing torn in 
removal or in some other way fell into the cavity of 
the breast. They were probably eaten by the bird for 
food, just as it might eat any worm or insect, and we 
have previously known of these molluscs being taken from 
the crop of a ruffed srouse.] 


Migrating Sandhill Cranes, 


CUMBERLAND, .B. €., Sept 20—ditor Forest and 
Stream: The first sandhill cranes were seen passing this 
place on their southern migration Sept. 14.. Their loud 
calls were distinctly heard and many of the birds were 
seen, 


Game Bag and Gun. 


‘Proprietors of shooting resorts will find it ptofitable to advertise 
them in ForEsT AND STREAM. 


American Wildfowl and How to 
Take Them.*—V. 


BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, 
[Goutinned from page 246.) 
Canada Goose. 


Brania canadensis (Linn.). 


Or all the so-called gray geese, the most common and 
best known is the Canada goose. Of this there are four 
different forms—the Canada goose, Branta canadensis; 
Hutchins’ goose, Branta canadensis huichinsi; white- 
cheeked goose, Branta canadensis occidentalis; and cackling 
goose, Branta canadensis minima, Of these the 
common wild goose and Hutchins’ goose are distributed 
over the whole United States, the latter being chiefly 
Western in its distribution, while the white-cheeked or 
Western goose and the cackling goose are exclusively 
Western, although the last named occasionally occurs in 
the Mississippi Valley, 

The Canada goose has a triangular white patch on 
each cheek, the two meeting under the throat, though 
rarely they are separated by a black line. The head, 
neck, wing quills, rump and tail are black; the lower 


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CANADA GOOSE, 


belly, upper and under tail covers white; the upper 
parts are dark grayish-brown, the feathers with paler 


tips, and the lower parts are gray, fading gradually- 


into the white of the belly. The tail feathers number 
from eighteen to twenty, The bird’s length is from 36 
to 40 inches, wing 18, The young are similar to the 
‘adult, but the white cheek patches are sometimes marked 
with black, and the black of the neck fades gradually 
into the grayish of the breast. 


Branta canadensis hutchinsi: (Sw. & Rich,), 


_ Hutchins’ goose exactly resembles the Canada goose 
in color, but is smaller, and has fourteen or sixteen tail 


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HUTCHINS GOOSE, 


feathers. The length of Hutchins’ goose is about 30 
inches, wing 16 inches or over, 
Brauta canadensis occidentalis (Baird). 


_ The Western goose closely resembles the Canada goose, 
although it is slightly smaller, At the base of the black 


WHITE-CHEEKED GOOSE. - 


neck there is a distinct white collar running around the 
meck, and separating the black from the gray and brown 


_ *From advamce sheéts of “The Book of Duck Shooting.” 


FOREST -AND-STREAM: 


of the body. “This white collar,’ Mr. Ridgway writes 
me, “is a seasonal character, and may occur in all the 
sub-species. It fades out in summer and reappears with 
the fresh molt in autumn, Of this fact 1 had proof in a 
domesticated Hutchins’ goose which my father had for 
eight or ten years.” The back and wings are slightly 
paler than in the Canada goose, while the feathers of 
the breast are perhaps a little darker, The tail feathers 
are 18 to 20, as in the Canada goose; the bird’s length 
is from 33 to 36 inches; wing 18 inches or less. This sub- 
specis is also called the white-cheeked goose, 
Brania canadensis minima (Ridgw.). 

The cackling goose bears the same relation to the West- 
ern goose that Hutchins’ does to the Canada goose, ex- 
cept that the difference in size is much greater. The tail 
feathers are 14 to 16; the length of the bird is about 24 
inches. The coloring is almost exactly that of the West- 
ern goose; wing about 14 inches, 

Of these four forms, the Canada goose is the only 
one of general distribution throughout North America, 
It is found from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, 
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific; and during the 


CACKLING GOOSE. 


niigrations is abundant in New England, as well as over 
the more sparsely settled parts of the country. On the 
Pacific coast it is less common than the Western goose, but 
inland it is found in numbers. 

The common wild goose is au early migrant, and often 
passes North while the waters are still sealed in their icy 
fetters. Soon after its arrival in the North, however, 
the water becomes open, and the birds mate and separate 
to select their summer homes. The six or eight eggs are 
laid in nests, sometimes in the marshes, sometimes on 
higher land, not far from water, and again on the broken- 
off stubs of trees, or even in a nest among the branches, 
high above the ground. The eggs are ivory white, and 
are carefully brooded by the mother bird. Early in 
June the young’ are hatched and taken to the water. 
Usually they are accompanied by both parents, and! at 
this time ,if danger approaches, they follow the mother 
in a long ‘line, imitating her movements, sinking lower 
and lower in the water as she sinks in her attempt to hide, 
and finally diving and scattering under the water when 
she dives. Soon after the young birds appear the old onés 
begin to molt, and this is a period of danger for them, 
many being killed at this time by the Eskimos and the 
Indians: 

All along the Missouri River and its tributaries, and 
by lakes scattered over the great plains, the Canada 
goose formerly bred in considerable numbers, and twenty 
years ago broods of these birds were commonly seen dur- 
ing the summer along these rivers and upon the prairies 
near these little lakes. The settlement of the Western 
country, however, has made such breeding places no longer 
available, and the geese are therefore obliged to journey 
further to the North before rearing their young, 

_ The wild goose is readily domesticated, and this fact 
is taken advantage of by gunners, who capture crippled 
birds, keep them until cured, and subsequently use them 
as decoys to draw the passing flocks within gunshot of 
their places of concealment, Not infrequently the geese 
breed in confinement, though it is probable this does not 


take place until the females are three years old. Some- ~ 


times such domesticated geese, when tethered out as 
decoys, escape and swim off to join flocks of wild geese, 
but as the tame ones commonly cannot fly, they are left 
behind by the flocks when these move away, and fre- 
quently turn about and make their way back to the place 
where their fellow captives are confined. A case of this 
sort came under my notice in Currituck Sound in Jan- 
uary, 1900, when an old gander belonging to the Nar- 
rows Island Club, that had slipped his loops and gotten 
away, made his way back, after three weeks of freedom, 
nearly to the goose pen where the rest of the stand were 
kept, The superintendent of the club had heard the goose 
calling for several days and recognized his voice, and 
after considerable search found him in one of the little 
Jeads in the island. 

The flight of the wild goose is firm, swift and steady. 
The birds commonly fly in a A or triangle, though 
sometimes they spread out into a great crescent whose 
convexity is directed forward, 

The alertness and wariness of this bird have become 

proverbial, and when at rest, either on the land or 
water, it is particularly watchful and difficult of ap- 
proach, Geese ate exceedingly gregariotis, and where 
a flock is resting on the water all birds passing near 
them are likely to lower their flight, and after making 
one or two circles in the air, to join the resting birds. For 
this reason, when flying alone or in companies of two or 
three, the goose may readily be called up to certain points 
by an imitation of its cry. Where, geese are abundant it is 
exceedingly common for the gunners to call such single 
birds to within gunshot. 
* In windy weather the geese, when their flight obliges 
them to face the gale, fly low, and often barely top the 
reeds of the marshes among which they are wintering. 
In foggy weather, or when snow is falling, they also fly 
low. keeping clase to the water, apparently looking for 
a place in which to alight. At such times they come 
to decoys with especial readiness. Sometimes in foggy 
weather, when flying over the land, they become ap- 
parently confused and fly about in circles, as if they had 
quite lost their way. 


Hutchins’ gouse, though so like the Canada goose in | 
coloring, differs from it in habits. Its breeding placé 
is further to the North, arid is on the coast near the salt 
water, There their nests are usually constructed in 
marshes near the sea, but Audubon quotes Captain Ross 
as stating that they sometimies breed on ledges of the 
cliffs. In winter this species is found in California and 
in Texas; and on the Pacific coast great numbers are 
killed from blinds, and also from behind domestic animals, 
trained to-gradually approach them as if feeding. 
Hutchins’ goose is common in Alaska, and is reported 
there by all the explorers. Mr, Macfarlane found them 
also breeding on the shores and islands of the Arctic Sea. 

Whether the Hutchins goose is found at all on the 
North Atlantic coast appears to be an unsettled question. 
The books and the gunners alike state that it used to be 
found there, but if it occurs at present it is very. urmusual. 

Like the Canada goose, the Hutchins goose sometimes 
has its nest in trees. A case of this kind is cited by 
Dr, Brewer, who states that in one imstance four eggs of 
this species were found in the deserted nest of a crow or 
hawk, built in the fork of a pine tree and at a height of 
g feet. The parent bird was shot on the nest. 

Besides the ordinary book names applied to this species, 
Mr. Gurdon Trumbull, in his admirable “Names and 
Portraits of Birds,” quotes Eskimo goose, mud, goose, 
goose brant, marsh goose and prairie goose, as well as 
the general term, brant, which is commonly applied to all 
the smaller geese. Mr. Elliot says that among the 
Aletitians this bird is called the tundrina goose, 

The habits of the cackling goose do not appear to 
differ at all from those of the Canada goose, but its range 
is a very narrow one, being restricted during the summer 
to the Bering seacoast of Alaska, its principal breeding 
place being the shores of Norton Sound. It does not 
occur during the breeding season anywhere south of the 
Aliaska Peninsula, the breeding birds from Cook’s Inlet 
southward being the white-cheeked goose. During mi- 
gration it extends along the Pacific coast as far as Cali- 
fornia, but the birds seen in summer along the inlets of 
the British Columbia and Alaska coast are not this species 
but the white-cheeked goose, It reaches California in 
its southward migration about the middle of October, and 
departs again for the North in April. 


Suggestions for a Tropical Game 
Preserve. 


THe idea of making a game preserve on the extensive 
properties owned by the South American Land and Ex- 
ploration Company, Limited, suggested itself to the com- 
pany’s manager because of the great abundance of game 
and the easy accessibility of the property, 

Big game is disappearing, and even in South America’ 
one must be’ prepared to endure fatiguing marches and 
long days in the saddle before, under ordinary circum- 
stances, a place can be reached where big game is really 
abundant, 

The plan proposed is to pitt the administration of game 
regtJations on the company’s property under the direc- 
tion of Forest AND StrEAM, and to give to the subscribers 
of that paper the privilege of hunting oyer the property. 
A description of the place and the real truth about hunt- 
ing for big game in South America is as follows; 

The lands are situated near Colombia, South America, 
on the northern slopes of the Serra Nevada de Santa 
Marta, a rough range of mount¢ns facing the Caribbean 
Sea, but little known, and contining great stretches of 
forest land, interior valleys and lofty peaks that have- 
never been visited by a white man, Within these region; 
every climate can be found, from the luxuriance of the 
most fertile tropics to the barren regions of perpetual 
snow among the lofty interior ranges, Strange Indian 
tribes inhabit the remote valleys, and wild magnificent 
scenery not excelled by any, however famous, rewards 
the eye of the traveler and explorer. 

To reach this region one must first go to Curacao, the 
principal island among the Dutch West Indies, easy of 
access via the Royal Dutch Mail and the Red D Line of 
steamers. From Cutacao a little schooner is taken to 
Riohacha, in the Republic of Colombia. This sail is the 
only unpleasant part of the trip, but at present there is 
no other means of communication. One is on the 
schooner about two days. The voyage is always rapid ; 
because the trade winds and ocean ctirrents sweep con- 
{inuously along the coast toward Riohacha. 

Arriving off this ancient city, one sees a colleckjon of 
low huts along the seashore with perhaps a dozen more 
pretentious buildings. The little schooner comes to an- 
chor in a protected roadstead, the waves rocking it con- 
tinuously, though not with violence. Presently a large 
canoe capable of holding several tons puts out from the 
shore, bringing the custom house officials. There is little 
ceremony entering the port of Richacha. It is away from 
the general line of travel, and but little merchandise is 
to be inspected. The traveler tisually finds that the visit 
of the authorities is im reality not an imspection but a 
pleasant welcome to the once busy city of Riohacha. The 
entry of the vessel is quickly made, papers are inspected 
and the traveler is at liberty to go on shore at his con- 
venience, and he is usually glad to get there after the 
cramped quarters and rough tare of the schooner. Ar- 
tiving at the shore one must be carried ingloriously 
through the low surf and dumped on the sand, while a 
crowd of men and boys fight and struggle for one’s bag- 
gage, which must be first taken to the custom house and 
later to whatever rooms the traveler may engage. There 
are fio hotels in Riohacha. Before leaving Curacao the 
traveler will have equipped himself with a sleeping ham- 
mock, a mosquito bar and other necessities of tropical 
life, These are quickly arranged, and one is at home. 
Tn a short time visitors begin to drop in. A traveler going 
to the company’s property, will have all necessary letters 
of introdtction, and will immediately receive the atten- 
tions of the most prominent people, and will probably 
find good friends among them. t 

The ancient city of Riohacha is interesting, old and 
rather dirty. The traveler is in a novel situation miles 
away from the beaten track, among a population made up 
of Indiatis, negroes, Spanish-Americans and the represent- 
atives of a few proud old families. 

The Indians are the most picturesque, and crowd about 
one eager to See and delighted to show all their belong- 


ss, — 


Oct. 13, 1900.] 


ings, They’ come long distances from a country to the 
eastward to trade in the city, and are continually coming 
and going. In the city they are most friendly, but away 
in their own country it is a different matter, and one is 
not too safe in the country east of Riohacha, But to 
the westward is another regoin. No doubt the traveler 
has been looking with deep interest at a great range of 
mountains over which the stun is setting and the glory of 
the clotids is intensified by a thousand shades of color 
from the glistening snow on the summits to the deep 
_ itple' gray valleys; but perhaps a mist hangs heavily as 
evening comes on, then all indication of the mountains 
is shut out. 
Toward these motintains the traveler is shortly making 
his way, journeying along the coast in a great ‘canoe 
@lanned by rough natives taking him to their village, called 
‘Wibulla, . gr Ne: 

The voyage along the coast is a novel one, made at 
ight under the covering of the tropical stars that stud 
the heavens so abundantly that above the sky seems all 
starlight; and as the open canoe speeds onward the sigh- 
ing of the winds around it and the swash of the waves 
along its sides make rhythmic music in the night. The 
time occupied depends on the wind; sometimes it is only 
# few hours, and at others daylight comes before Dibulla 
73 reached. In this event the canoe is drawn up on the 
sand, and the men sleep during the day; the tropical sun 
is too hot in an open canoe; it is easier to finish the voyage 
the next evening. It never takes more than two nights to 
reach Dibulla, and the’ distance is not over fifty miles. 
On arriving, the canoe is taken across a bar in the river, 
yod just beyond a sheet of quiet water is the little village 
yf Dibulla, a collection of huts inhabited by very poor 
people. The traveler is welcomed, but here finds little 
to interest him. Swarms of teasing black flies and mos- 
quitoes make it desirable to stay indoors, and the people 
show too plainly a sense of want and privation expres- 
sively evidenced in themselves and all their surroundings, 
Some, however, are strong and healthy, and on selecting 
guides one is ready to start for the mountains that now 
are just at hand. 

Where one will start in must depend on the object 
sought, Tf it is the interior valleys. snow-capped peaks 
and strange but friendly tribes of Indians, one will go 
still further along the coast to the trail, probably mounted 
on an ox or bull, because the trail is too rotigh in the 
tipper valleys for any other animal. If one seeks only to 
oot big game with as little trouble as possible, one will 
take a staunch donkey or mule and cross the four or 
ave miles of lowlands that separate Dibulla from the 
mountains. It is probable that during the two or three 
hours occupied in this journey one will form all sorts of 
eyil opinions of the tropics in general and of the place in 
particular. There will be.swarms of black flies and other 
teasing insects, blistering heat and dust, alternating with 
swamp holes and mosquitoes. Arriving at the foothills 
the way becomes pleasanter. Under the deep shade of 
the palm trees cool brooks will be found splashing along 
over clean gravelly bottoms. One must walk here, and 
will not go far before a cool breath coming down the 
mountains will invigorate the whole body. A little 
further and the teasing insects are left behind, and one 

surrounded by all that is luxuriant and beautiful in 
‘ie American tropics—a land of enchantments only ten 
or twelve days from New York. One will have a thou- 
sand questions to ask. But go softly; there is no fresh 
meat for supper, One cannot walk any great distance in 
this country without disturbing a flock of wild turkeys, 
and at any moment the heavy beating of their wings and 
pectliar cry can be expected as they start flying from the 
tall tree in which they were passing the heat of the day, 
giving their cry of warning one to the other and flying 
from tree to tree in all directions, stopping in the higher 
branches to peer about as if reluctant to go further, yet 
Bnxiously watching to know if they are followed. Now 
caution and good sportsmanship. Work carefully 
tvom tree to tree and earn a shot; the game will be 
worth killing; the meat well flavored and tender, to be 
enjoyed later during the cool eyening at camp higher up 
among the mountains. If turkeys fail to bring sport, 
which is rarely the case, then the dogs will soon find 
some of the smaller animals. Wild hogs may be en- 
countered, and it is so certain that game will be had on 
the way to camp that one need have no fear about sup- 
plies of fresh meat. 

The camp at the upper part of the company's property, 
not the lower camps where rubber trees are being planted, 
is the place to stop. There all nature is beyond herself in 
loveliness—a wilderness of forests and a wealth of vegeta- 
tion in variety without number; cold, clear brooks, cool, 
bracing air and that all-rewarding depth of grandeur— 
that sense of the infinite in the touch of nature, un- 
trammeled by man’s necessities, sttpreme in her primeval 
splendor. 

Archeological evidence in the remains of a former 
civilization shows abundantly that these regions were once 
populated by hundreds of thousands and perhaps even 
millions of people; and they will be again. The lands are 
too good, the region too beautiful to remain unoccupied. 
But the game is the interest in this paper. The South 
American Land and Exploration Company, Limited, has 

Wes for about two hundred square miles of the best of 
1ims region; it proposes to develop the property for 
mining operations and the forestry cultivation of rub- 
ber, and the opportunity to maintain a game preserve will 
be unexcelled and will last for years. The principal wild 
animals worthy of interest are the jaguar and the tapir. 
To secure one of either requires no mean skill, and he 
who would be successful must have strength, endurance 
and enthusiasm, for these animals must be tracked far in 
among the mountains. To kill a tapir requires skill, cau- 
tion and patience. Perhaps two ot three days will pass 

fore the animal is finally cornered. Then one must 
‘\ quick with the rifle and hold steady, for the in- 
furtated creature may charge to trample on his pursuers 
and gain his liberty undisturbed. To kill a jaguar requires 
courage as wel! as skill and endurance. One may search 
the mountains for days before overtaking the game, yet 
they are abundant, and one can feel sure of an encounter. 
‘The temper of a jaguar yaries; in some places if is 

cowardly; but in these mountains it is daring, and the 
encounter must be for a life, and one must be cool and 
quick indeed. The jaguars haunt the mountains even 
higher than the company’s upper camps, and the way will 
z ; ‘ ie er) Yet ‘ ' ht 


FOREST AND. 


STREAM, 
be long and rough, and whem the jaguar:is tound the 
sportsman must go forward to the encounter alone; the 
guides will not follow him, the animal is so thoroughly 
dreaded. | 

»xefetring once more to the game preserve, the ‘com- 
pany owns all this beautiful property; the nature of -its 
operations admits of a special effort to preserve the game, 
and sportsmen who care to see the tropics away from the 
beaten track, to visit a beautiful region and haye a shot 
at big game, with plenty of smaller animals always~ at 
hand, can be the guests of the company to shoot over 
its property and use its camps, proyided they are intro- 
duced by the managers of Forrst AND STREAM, .What 
will the company make by it? Nothing, It is not looking 
to make a profit from guests; but the general manager 
likes to do a little shooting himself when he can get the 
time, and would like to start the development of'a tropical 
came preserve. Franets C, NicHots, 


The Initiation of the Tendeeteet, 


Av a certain Adirondack cottage where for years the 
clerical, legal and medical professions have beén much 
in evidence, with a frequent large spicing of educational 
workers—tor the cottage has been noted for its genial 
company and the high quality of its intellectual bill of 
fare—it has long been the practice of the habitués to 


‘initiate’ every newcomer of the masculine persuasion. 


Tt was done, not by set formula nor prescribed ritual, nor 
always by prearrangement, but usually by taking the novice 
on a hunting or fishing trip where opportunities for him to 
fall into some trap and play a joke on himself were 
varied and abundent, and where, if he failed to do so 
unaided, a very little help would suffice to make a com- 
plete success and lots of fun. 

The past summer furnished two yictims, and as both 
“lived to tell the tale,” it is chronicled “for the sake 
of those who come after,” . 

Case I. A young business man from the city. His 
appetite for deer hunting was keen—it had long been 
whetted by camp-fire tales and other items in the ex- 
perience of friends at the cottage. So enthusiasm was at 
the boiling point when he arrived in the mountains at the 
opening of the hunting season. His first trip was with a 
euide, and was unsuccessful—for though he had a shot it 
was a long one, and he failed to score. Next week the 
Scribe went with him to the camp—loved from long asso- 
ciation and pleasant experiences—determined that if pos- 
sible he should get a deer. 

After lunch at the spring packs were left in camp, and 
rifle in hand we proceeded to the pond. The “watch 
rock” was a little promontory rising from 5 to 25 feet 


above the water, and nearly covered by trees and bushes. © 


To reach this yantage point we must drag the boat from 
its concealment, or go a long way around, or walk a 


log lying on the mud and water near the outlet of the 


pond. We took the log, It was 30 to 4o feet long, some 
14 inches at the butt, and about 3 inches and slippery 
at the top. The Scribe led the advance, telling and illus- 
trating how the feet should be placed to insure safety. 
The directions were not followed. The tenderfoot per- 
sisted in crossing his legs and placing his feet in the 
most awkward way possible—toes out on either side the 
log—and, nearing the small end, he began to waver, then 
to slip, then to wabble, and presently, with rifle wildly 
waved in air, he started for China—one foot went as far 
in that direction as length of lez would permit. A brief 
but frantic struggle to regain the top of the log, and the 
other foot went into the mud, Then he waded ashore. 
He had taken his “first degree.” The Scribe offered to 
rettirn to camp with him and build-up a fire to dry him 
out, but he was game, and replied, “No; the sun will dry 
out my clothes in two hours. You go up on the rock and 
watch, and if a deer comes in, shoot it.’ The Scribe an- 
swered, “Very well, I will watch, but if a deer comes 
you shall have the shot.” Positions were taken accord- 
ingly, and within three-quarters of an hour a beautiful 
deer was seen across the pond and about 250 yards away. 
The Scribe crawled on hands and knees through the 
bushes and called the tenderfoot. He was using both 
stin and air to dry his clothes. He had nothing on but 
shirt and hat. Earnest gesture drew his attention, “Big 


deer. Come and shoot it!” “Why, I haven’t my clothes 
on! You shoot.’ “That makes no difference; ¢ome 
along.” “No, you shoot.” “I will not—I came to give 


you a shot. Here’s your chance, so come along.” He 
came. He hoped to put his mark on the deer. The bushes 
put their marks on him. Crawling on hands and knees he 
reached his rifle. Sights were adjusted and he wanted to 
shoot. . “Wait for a broadside.” In a few minutes the 
coveted exposure came. “Now!” The rifle cracked and 
the deer started for home. Then a hasty glance along the 
sights of the Scribe’s .30-30, and a quick jump, a humped 
back and a limp flag told of a hard hit. Then the tender- 
foot dressed—himself, not the deer which we went to 
look for. While examining the trail, the novitiate took 
his “second degree’’—a foot and leg. went into the water 
full length, “Jerusalem! Now I'll certainly have to go 
to camp and dry out.” “All right, we'll go.’ We re- 
turned to the log. The Scribe cut some long sticks to 
aid in keeping equilibrium on the log. When the Scribe 
Was nearly across he said to the tenderfoot, ““Now if you 
cannot walk this log in safety with your stick, I’ll go and 
get the boat and ferry you across.” He replied, “Oh no, 
J can walk it all right with this.” He did along the small 
end and to the middle. Then his nerve began to fail 
and he cried out, “I am afraid I shall fall off before I 
get across.’ “No you won't. Come along, you’re all 
tight.” “No, I shall fall off. I know I shall,’ and he 
did. He came on the large end of the log within 6 feet of 
shore, threw away his stick, grasped the overhanging alder 
bushes, stood wabbling a moment and went with both feet 


into the mud. He had taken his “third degree.” The 
camp-fire was soon blazing. 
Case Il. A professional gentleman from , rull 


of enthusiasm and gallantry. His wife and a lady, their 
friend, would see the beauties of the lakes. The Scribe 
had a big boat, square stern and heavy—a man standing 
on the side could scarcely tip it over—just the thing for 
nervous ladies to ride in till they became accustomed 
fo the lakes. It was borrowed. The tenderfoot weighed 
nearly as much as both ladies, but he loaded the boat as 
follows: The lightest weight lady at the square stern, 

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the heaviest in the bow and himself next the bow seat. 
Of course, as he started backing from the dock the stern 
of the boat was high. The Scribe called to him, “Your 
boat does not balance, Shift your oars and sit on the 
middle seat,” He simply turned ‘around and sat on the 
middle seat facing the bow, and without shifting the 
oars, rowed the boat backward. A Hebrew came aiong 
in a guide boat. The tenderfoot said to himself, “I am not 
going to be outdone by that fellow,’’ and, as “that fel- 
low” seemed nothing loath, the race was'soon on. The 
tenderfoot’s muscle was good. He won, and the boat 
being large was mot swamped by his perspiration. Soon 
the steamer hove in sight. As it passed, the tenderfoot 
observed a queer smile on the faces of the crew while 
looking at him, but he did not suspect the cause. He 
found out when the ladies disembarked and his eye 
caught the square stern of that clumsy boat. He had 
rowed it four miles backward. He was initiated. 
The habitués of the cottage hope to be ready for the 

next candidate in 1oor. JUVENAL, 


Maine and Boston. 


Boston, Oct. 6—The Maine angling season closed as 
it began, a remarkably brisk one. Anglers remained at 
the principal resorts till the last day of the season had 
expired, Many of them fished till after sundown Sunday 
night, Sept. 30, hoping to get a last big trout or salmon. 
Later that night the rigging was all cheerfully packed. 
but on Monday morning a boat or two was to be seen 
on the pool at the Upper Dam, The occupants had 
no fishing tackle, but were looking for the big trout and 
salmon that were to be seen there. The veteran angler, 
T. B. Stewart, of New York, who has fished about 
thirty seasons at the Upper Dam, says that he has never 
seen sO many trout in that pool as during the past 
season. He will go home greatly pleased, for the banner 
trout of the season has fallen to his skill, one weighing 
8% pounds, taken Sept. 21. The same day L. A, Derby, 
of Lowell, caught a salmon of 8 pounds 7 ounces. Sept. 
19, G. S. Osgood caught a trout of 5 pounds 2 ounces, 
one of 3 pounds 7 ounces, one of 3 pounds 5 ounces and 
one of 6 pounds ft ounce. On that day E. H. Abbott, 
Jr., got a trout of 5 pounds r ounce. About that time 
R. N. Parish has a record of a trout of 5 pounds 5 
ounces, a, salmon of 4 pounds and one of 3 pounds 7 
ounces. On the 25th he took a trout of 3 pounds 4 
ounces ‘and one of 3 pounds 8 ounces, On the 27th 
George Hutchins caught a trout of 3 pounds 8 ounces, 
and-on the 28th a salmon of 3 pounds 5 ounces. : The 
same day R. N. Parish catight a trout of 3 potnds 4 
ounces and T. B, Stewart a trout of 3 pounds 4 ounces. 
On the 20th Richard Rowe, of Boston, a veteran angler 
at the Upper Dam, caught a trout of 4 pounds 4 ounces. 
The above catches do not include many smaller trout 
used for the table and allowed to depart unharmed. 

There is a boom in camps and camp lots at the 
Rangeleys. Still the great trouble is that the timber 
land owners will not sell camp lots on any of the Range- 
ley lakes, with the exception of a part of Rangeley Lake, 
and something on one side of Mooselucmaguntic. But 
a number of camps are being built on leased land. 
L. A. Derby and T. J. McDonald, of Lowell, Mass., 
have a fine camp under way on Black Point, Moose- 
lucmaguntic Lake. Four new cottages have been built 
at the Upper Dam the past season. Mr. N. G. Manson, 
proprietor of Camp Leatherstocking, Upper Richardson 
Lake. is dratting plans for a camp on a point below 
his place. The camp is to be built for a friend and his 
wife, who are much pleased with that section. Dr. 
Hayven’s Beaver Island camps, on the same lake, have 
been sold to Mr, J. H. McMillan, of New York, a gentle- 
man of wealth, introduced to that part of the country 
by J. Parker Whitney. It is reported that he will open 
up several new trails to the mountains, ponds and points 
of interest, 

The Maine deer shooters have not yet had their usual 
first-oi-the-season success. So far in October the num- 
ber of deer arriving in Boston from Maine has not been 
one-third of what it was a year ago. It is suggested that 
the very warm weather has had much to do with this;. 
hunters killing deer would not try to ship them when the 
weather is so hot. But I am certain that not the usual 
number have been killed, for some reason or. other. 
Many of the late anglers staid till October, to get a few 
days’ deer hunting. Many of these hunters have been 
disappointed. Some of them were on the best runways 
before daylight on the morning of Oct. 1, but no deer ° 
came, The weather was bright and warm, as it has been 
almost ever since. The guides say that no deer will be 
taken till there comes cold weather enough to send them 
out of the swamps and on to the ridges. 

Boston gunners have been out after birds since the 
opening day, Oct. 1, and a good number of partridges 
and some quail have been taken, C. H. Tarbox, of 
Byfield, has an Irish setter that he is much pleased with. 
He had never worked him till the other day. Entering 
a swampy run, he hoped to start a stray woodcock. 
The dog did exactly as bidden, Soon he came to a fine 
point. Tarbox told him to go on and flush the bird. 
He did so and the game, a partridge, came down before 
it had time to fly a rod. Tarbox told the dog to go on 
and retrieve the bird. The knowing animal quickly 
came to another point, staunch as a ramrod. This would 
never do, to point on a dead bird. The hunter some- 
what severely told the dog to go in and get the game. 
With a knowing glance backward at the hunter, as much 
as to say, “Be careful” the dog crawled a few paces 
further, when up went another partridge. Tarbox got 
this one also. Then with a gay wag of his tail the dog 
bounded in and brought out one bird and laid it at his 
master’s feet, He did not stop here, but went in and 
got the other, without a word of command. Mrs. Tar- 
box says that the dog knows, enough to do just what 
he is told to do, and Mr. .Tarbox says that he knows 
enough to do the right thing, @ven when told to do 
somehting else. They have a neighbor, generally a 
But that setter has gone over and made 
friends with him; goes over regularly to see him. The 
neighbor remarks, “Well, I never supposed that I should 


learn to love'a dog as I love that one.” 


Boston, Oct. 8—The truth must be told to the readers 
of the FOREST AND STREAM, even if it much displeases the 


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[Ocr. 13, 1900. 


boomers of hunting resorts. The truth to come out this 
time is that the first week of the open season on big 
gaine in Maine has praevd a good deal of a failure. More 
than the usual number of hunters have been im the 
woods, many of them staying over from the fishing sea- 
son, with the hope of getting a deer to take out. But 
they haye generally failed. I have seen a number of 
hunters who have returned from Maine, but have failed 
to meet one yet who has shot his deer. They say that 
they tried hard; had good guides, but the deer were not to 
be found. Not more than one deer a day has yet been 
reccived at the railroads here, where ten or a dozen were 
received for the same days of the open season last year, 
A special from Bangor reports the: largest day’s record 
there at twenty-seven deer, against sixty-seven for the 
largest day of the first week of the season last year. The 
total result of the first week of the season this year has 
been seventy-nine deer, passing through Bangor, against 
12 for the same week a year ago. 

Game Warden C. C. Nichols is out with an explanation 
of this fact. He does. not expect that as many deer will 
be killed this year in Maine as last. 
have said that he expects the number to fall off 200 or 
300. His reason is that many sportsmen have already 
killed their deer and convinced their friends of their skill 
as mighty hunters, and that this year they will be in- 
different about killing. Some of the guides do not agree 
wiih him. On the contrary, they believe that the number 
of new hunters will be great, and that the old ones will 
take all the deer they can legally take under the law. The 
true reason is doubtless the fact that the number of deer 
jeft in Maine is smaller than a year ago. The September 
license law has set loose a crowd of hunters and guides, 
and they have invaded the ponds and lakes where the 
deer come down, and have either shot them or driven them 
away. I have it from a gentleman who spent the whole 
of September in a good deer section of Maine that the 
struggle for deer has been almost terrific. He says that 
the law is a sad farce. One license is made to answer for 
a vast amount of hunting by both guides and sports- 
men. A registered guide, a man who tells the truth, has 
told me of a case where one license has been made to do 
the duty of four deer killed at one camp, during the past 
September. J have visited one hunting region myself, 
where the deer were very plenty in July and August. A 
good deal of September license shooting has been done in 
that section. I hunted one day, faithfully, over exactly the 
same ground I hunted over on a day of about the same 
date a year ago. This day not a deer did I start; not 
seeing a sign of one. Last year, under almost the same 
weather conditions, I started seven deer. The experience 
of other deer hunters, so far this October, is beng equally 
sinsatisfactory. A great number of sportsmen passed 
threugh Bingham, Me., another gateway to a good sport- 
ing region, on the last days of September, not to return 
till they had tried for deer in October. But some of 
them have returned with most unsatisfactory reports. 
They shot no deer and started very few that were seen. 
It is possible that all this poor luck may be changed later. 
but I do not believe it will. I fear that the supply of 
deer has been sadly drawn upon, under the September 
license system. Some of the best deer hunters I am 
acquainted with are outspoken in declaring that Maine 
deer cannot stand up under September hunting, Early 
the weather is hot and the deer come to water every day, 
especially when the woods are as dry as they were almost 
all of September this year. Hunters only have to lie in 
ambush, and the very last deer may be killed. In October 
the rains have come, and the deer do not have to go to 
water. The weather is cool, and they take to the ridges, 
where it takes a smart hunter to find them. It now looks 
as thottgh September deer hunting in Maine especially 
early September, is likely to prove a bad mistake. 

The attempt of the Commissioners to shut off licenses 
and keep hunters out of the woods during the dryest part 
of September was “a farce of considerable dignity,” says 
a gentleman who was on the hunting grounds during the 
whole of September. He thinks it should be compared to 
“issuing orders to captains and seamen already gone to 
sea.’ The guides and hunters kept right on. If deer 
were killed they were not brought in. during the dry 
’ weather. lf they spoiled in the woods, it was the fault of 
the law and the weather. SPECIAL, 


Care of Siateune: 


WitHour effort, but with a modicttm of negligence, one 
can in a brief period substantially ruin the finest pair 
of shotgun barrels turned out from the factory of a foreign 
or domestic gun maker. There are several ways to accom- 
plish this result, among, which I may mention the loaning 
of your gun to a friend; another is to leave your gun 
unclean after a day’s-use at game or the traps, and still 
another to toss it in or out of your wagon or boat as you 
might your hitching block or boat anchor—‘there are 
others.” I have.owned some fine guns in my day, and 
have at times loaned guns to friends, which, when re- 
tirned, were, if returned at all, sure to be in bad cond- 
tion. I became tired of that, so I purchased two double 
guns for the use of friends, succeeded in loaning both, 
neither of which has been, or ever will be, returned. I 
am just out of loanable guns; no borrowers need apply. 

More effort is required, but not mutch more, to keep 
your guns in good condition than to ruin them, In the 
days of cap lock muzzleloaders we could never inspect 
the interior of the gtin’s bore without removing the breech 
pins. This was rarely done. We removed the n‘pples or 
cap cones, inserted the breech of the barrels in a vessel of 
water, then with a pledget of tow or other substance 
wtapped on the end of a cleaning rod we inserted the 
end of the rod so equipped in the muzzle of either barrel 
and pumiped away. changing water from time to time, un- 
til the puniped water becanie clear; after which we poured 
through a funnel boiling water into the barrels wntil they 
became hot to the hand; then we drained, wiped dry, in- 
sertcd the cones. mounted the barrels and the work was 
complete, except that to guard against a hang fire we 
miglit at ties test our work by discharging a light powder 
load. The barrels might be leaded, rusted or pilted; if 
so. we were not unhappy; we did not know it. 

The advent of breechloadcrs changed to a great degree 
the cleaning process. We can readily detect mst. pits and 
leading. but most of us adhere to the tse of water for 
cleaning. 1 is sonie years since I have practiced at the 


He is reported to. 


traps. Another gentleman and myself in those years were 
credited with having our guns always in the best pos- 
‘sible condition internally and externally. I was asked 
how I managed to do this. My answer was a surptise to 
my interrogator. I never clean my guns with watem— 
they are never leaded, pitted or rusted, always clean and 
bright inside and clean outside. I use high test alcohol, 
spirits of turpentine or coal oil, generally the latter. After 
using my gun, with a swab moistened with one of the 
above named fluids I wipe out the barrels; then I search 
for lead. This, 1f found at all, will be apparent a few 
inches from the top of the shell chambers. If I discover 
any or suspect its presence, I attach to my cleaning rod a 
brush which I have had constructed of fine brass wire, and 
with this brush scour the gun bores thoroughly, until [ 
am sure every particle of lead has been removed, Then I 
wipe the barrels internally with a clean swab moistened 
with one of those fluids, after which I oil with animal 
oil. I treat the barrels externally with similar care, as 
well as all the metal and woodwork, and finally with a 
piece of oiled chamois wipe all the gun externally, when 
you may, without touching any of the metal parts with 
the naked hand, Jay it in its case, assured it will come 
out when called for in good condition and ready for 
service. ; 
SEPTUAGENARIAN. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Backward Season in the West. 


Cuicaco, Ill., Oct. 6.—Our season still continues back- 
ward in the West, the unusually hot weather over much 
of the Northwest preventing any general southern flight 
of the ducks. While any day may make a great change 
in these matters, at this writing there has been no flight 
of Northern birds within 200 miles to the north of this 
point, and such shooting as we have had in this latitude 
has been merely of a chance sort and of no great 
extent. The week current should see the flight down 
over much of North Dakota and upper Minnesota, but 
we will no doubt have to wait till later in the month for 
such sport as we may naturally expect on the grounds of 
this section of the middle West. 

With respect to the jacksnipe the aboye does not apply. 
These birds haye been with us now three weeks, and the 
moist, warm weather has seemed to suit them, so that 
they have not pulled out for the south, and are not apt to 
do so for some days or weeks. The grounds at Koutts and 
other old-time favorite localities are now im very fair 
shape, and a decent bag is not out of the question to-day 
at any one of a score of points on the Kankakee marsh. 

Bill Haskell, of this city, was last week down on the 
Maksawba marsh with the veteran snipe shooter, John 
Watson, and they found quite a lot of birds in, though at a 
point some miles from the club house. Mr. Watson 
bagged twenty-one jacks and Bill got fourteen, a very 
nice little shoot. They report that a few days before 
their trip the birds were even more abundant, and it was 
on this Same ground that there was made the biggest bag 
of this fall, seventy-two birds, which were killed by a 
local man whose name they did not learn. This bag was 
made last Saturday, a week ago, and on FHirday, a week 
ago yesterday, there was another heayy bag made, fifty- 
two birds, killed by a man fhém Grad Crossing, Cook 
county, whose name Mr. Haskell did not know. This 


heayy shooting had driven out the birds to a great ex- 


tent from this country where Mr. Haskell and Mr. Wat- 
son were shooting, but as snipe luck goes, the very next 
man in there after a rest of a couple of days is apt to 
meet almost as good sport. Mr. Hoyt, a Maksawba mem- 
ber who lives in Chicago, hunted close about the club 
house at the same time the two gentlemen ahovye men- 
tioned were down, and he got thus close to home twelve 
jacks and three woodcock, the latter the first woodcoel 
seen in that part of the world for some time. 

There seems little reason to doubt that a very good body 
of jacksnipe is now in oyer the Kankakee marsh region, 


and it is a good tip to try Hanna, Koutts, Water Valley 


or any one of the old stand-by localities as soon as pos- 


sible, and before the cold wave strikes us, which is due 


at almost any time thus late in the fall. 
Early Birds. 


Those who want to know where the game is going 
might perhaps to some advantage ask the deputies at 
Milwaukee, who are keeping an eye peeled a good deal 
of the time on shipments headed out of their State 
for the Chicago markets.. This past weck the deputies 
seized at Milwaukee 700 partridges and three saddles of 
yenison, all of the same slightly early so far as the legal 
season is concertied. The owner of the game was not 
discovered, but he will probably have a sore spot in his 
heart for the wardens. 


For a Spottsmen’s Exposition, 


Mr. R. E. Follett, mentioned some months ago in these 
columns as in Chicago for the purpose of enlisting support 
for an establishment in this city similar to those of New 
York and Boston, returned to this city during the past 
week, and now reports ihat he has received pledges of 
Chicago capital sufficient to warrant calling the under- 
taking a certainty and a success. The place of the ex- 


position will be the Coliseum building, and the date Feb. 


12 and week following. Some of the wealthier Chicago 
business men have subscribed to the stock, and the good 
follk of this burg will give the enterprise the support 
which they are wont to accord to anything they want 
and which is really good. The organization of the com- 
pany was completed to-day, and the following officers 
were elected: President, ex-Comptroller of the U. S. 
Treasury James H. Eckels; Treasurer, Harold McCor- 
mick; First Vice-President, F. €. Donald, chairman of the 
Central Traffic Associa‘ion; Second Vice-President and 
Manager, Richard E. Yollett. 


Successful Rocky Mountain Trip, 


Mr, John G. Mott, of Michigan City, Ind., whom I 
referred last summer to Wm. Wells, of Wells P. O., Uinta 
county, Wyo., for a big-game trip, went out there a 
month or niore ago.and ts to-day just back. and is a very 
much pleased man. He was.accompanied by his son, Rus- 
sell Mott, and each was successful in getting some good 


heads of elk and antelope. On the first day out from their 


first camp Mr. Mott killed a blacktail, and on his next 
hunting day killed a grand bull elk. They then moved 
camp, but for the next five days did not see any heads 
that they. cared to kill. On the eleyenth day Mr. Mott got 
his second bull elk, another fine specimen. Mr. Russell 
Mott found nothing to suit him till his sixth day, when 
he got his first elk, a fine bull, On his ninth day he 
lulled his second bull. The party was out nineteen days 
and moved camp five times. On the sixteenth day they 
got three antelope—one a doe killed by mistake for a 
buck—and on the following day they got three more nice 
buck antelope, making eleven head of big game. They 
got all the grouse they wanted, but were a bit disappointed 
in the trout fishing, for Mr. Mott says the mountain trout 
out there are wilder and warier than they are in Michigan 
or Wisconsin. He is skeptical about there being such a 
thing as an unsophisticated trout. They, however, got all 
they needed to eat. They were only about forty miles 
from Mr. Wells’ place. They say that both their guides 
were good, and the outfit all they could ask. They had 
along sixteen horses in all, four riding horses, three extras 
and the rest pack horses, which shows the customary man- 
ner of miking these mountain trips to-day. Mr. Mott 
says that Mr. Wells has nearly lost all his old bear pack 
that used to make so much history in Routt county, Colo., 
and later in the Wind River range, only two or three of 
the old dogs being left. He+does not think there are so 
very many bear or cats left in that range, but says that 
for elk it cannot be beaten. For a wonder, Mr. Mott 
comes back entirely satisfied and sure that he was sent to 
the right place, which is comforting, since in these days it 
is not always sture what luck a hunter is to have in even 
the best of our remaining big-game range. : 

At the time Mr. Mott left, there was considerable snow 
falling in the mountains, and they had freezing weather 
nearly eyery night, of course. They met on their trip 
Adjutant-Genera]l Williams, of New York, and his friend, 
Mr, Prime, of New York city, both of whom were going 
far in and high up after sheep, and who ate hardly yet 
ready to come out. 

Mr. Mott said that he enjoyed immensely his first 
hunting trip in the Rockies, and he seems certainly to 
have taken to it mighty kindly. He was surprised alike 
to find how cold it was and how little some of the men 
he met seemed to care for the cold. One of his guides 
went about apparently half-clad. but was warm as toast 
all the time. “‘That’s nothing,” said the guide. “You 
ought to have seen Capt. McNeil, of the Ninety-third 
Highlanders. That Scotchman who was out here not long 
ago. He was right from India, and we thought that he 
would freeze to death, coming from so warm a country, 
but what does he do but take off all his underwear and say 
it was too hot for him. He would sit for an hour out on 
top of a tidge wich a big telescope looking for game, when 
the wind was cold enough to drive us all away, but that 
man—why, he’d melt out the frozen ground for ro feet all 
around him where he had heen sitting, he was that 
warm blooded. He was stire a warm sport,” 


All About Navajo Blankets. 


Speaking of cold weather in camp reminds one naturally 
of blankets, and chance brings up at this time a few 
facts about the best of all camp blankets, the Nayajo 
brand, known to all the real old-timers of the West as un- 
questionably one of the finest fabrics that ever came from 
a native loom in any quarter of the globe, and good in 
their way as any weave of the Orient. The ownership 
of a genuine “old-weave’’ Navajo nowadays is something 
of which one may well be almost as proud as of a real 
buffalo bull hide war shield of the old plains days. In 
the one case or the other, there is only too much likelihood 
of disappointment when the article is put under the 
scrutiny-of one who really knows what it should be. 

Tam tempted to mention of the Navajo blanket primarily 
from seeing this week Mr. Edward Kemeys, who is re- 
cently back from a long trip among the Arizona In- 
dians, taken for the purpose of seeing the historic snake 
dances of the Moquis and of coming in touch with the 
ways of the far Southwest. as he already was with the 
old-time Northwest. Mr. Kemeys has all his life been 
much devoted to the Navajo blanket, and has many speci- 
mens of the old weave, and he added to this collection a 
couple of dozen more of the more modern sort, to say 
nothing of one or two of the rare old patterns whose 
age is their guaranty. 

More than this, I met this week also Mr. H. J. Maratta, 
an artist of this city, who has-been out painting things in 
the Southwest, and who knows many things about that 
country which are not vouchsafed to any transient to 
leatn. Mr. Maratta has some blankets also, and he 
knows a good one when he sees it. The dry goods stores 
now ask $75 to $125 for a genuine old-weaye Navajo. 
When I used to live down in New Mexico we thought 
$25 too much for the best one in the world, and the regu- 
Jar price was a dollar a pound, and furnish your own 
wool, a genuine Navajo squaw being a treasure for a 
community. lee 1 alg 

Times have changed in the Navajo industry, and the 
old-time fabric has become commercialized—indeed, com- 
‘mercialized to the point of counterfeiting. I presume tt will 
be news, perhaps not very welcome news, to just every- 
body who has bought a “genuine Nayajo,” to learn that 
“genuine Navajos” are made in very large quantities out- 
side of Arizona. Located on the Jake shore not very far 
to the north of this city, in the city of Racine, a citizen of 
that city rums a factory there which makes “Indian 
blankets,’ thotigh not calling them Navajos. I doubt 
if one of these blankets would hold a bucket of water 
over night without leaking. as our New Mexico blankets 
did, or if the colors would not run a hit if exposed to the 
rain. 4 

The original Navajo robe was no doubt made of un- 
dyed wool, and the colored blankets date back only to 
the Spanish times. The natives used to take the old red 
cloth, known as Bayeta cloth, which they got in trade 
from the Spaniards, and tntayel it, then reweaving it 
after their own fashion. It was this old red cloth which 
furnished the color scheme which was handed down in 
the Navajo tribe. The old blankets were not very thick, 
but were unspeakably dense and impevious, and showed 
a hard. fine grain. The modern blankets that one buys 
along the railroad now are soft, woolly looking things, and 


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do not very much resemble the old-time blankets. Their 
dyes are not fast, and they do not wear as the old ones 
did, though sometimes unscrupulous dealers counterfeit 
‘the wear by rubbing the surface, just as the vender of 
Turkish rugs gives them age by artificial means. 

Now, singularly enough, the degeneracy of the Navajo 
blanket is not the fault of the Indian, but of the white 
man. It was a white man, a traveling trader, who dis- 
covered that the Germantown wools would do for weaving 
blankets on these old Indian looms. He took these wools 
to the Indians and told them that the white men wanted 
that sort of thing, and the Indians used the wools to make 
their blankets, thinking that they had struck an improve- 
ment. They were surprised when some other white men, 
‘who knew the old weave, refused to pay top prices for 
these inferior soft-wool blankets. The Indians thought 
then that white men were very inconsistent beings, 

I presume that the best stock of Navajo blankets of 
the real sort is now owned by J, L. Hubbell, of Genado, 
Ariz., about sixty miles from the railroad. He is ignorant 
of this mention. Hubbell is an old-time Arizona sheriff, 
and, by the way, was the only single individtial that ever 
stopped a whole railway system by himself. It is said that 
once upon a time the Santa Fe Railroad forgot to pay its 
taxes In some little forgotten sand county in the desert 
and Hubbell strapped on his guns, threw the switch and 
held the whole thing up till the taxes were paid. Since 
then he has become an Indian trader and knows how to 
get along with the Indians as no tourist can. 

' Hubbell conceived the idea of preserving the integrity 
of the old Navajo weave. and he has done so if any ofie 
can have done so. He employed Maratta and Burbank— 
the Jatter the well-known artist on Indian topics—to 
paint in colors the old patterns of these blankets when- 
ever a real specimen was secured. These two gentlemen 
got him up quite a number of the old designs, known as 
avthentic, and they have an open order to-day to send him 
the reproduction of any genuine old pattern which they 
May come across, 

This is how a real old-time Navajo pattern is to be 
obtained to-day, and it is the nearest you can come to a 
Navajo, unless you are so very lucky as to pick up one of 
the old indestructibles that has come down from the 
first days. The trader, who is known and trusted by the 
Indians, and who knows and trusts them, will meet an 
Indian woman at his store. You are there, and you pick 
out one of the old patterns, with all the quaint and mystic 
lines and bars and puzzling figures. The trader asks the 
Indian woman if she can weave that pattern, and perhaps 
she says that she cannot. If she says she can, the trader 
pays her then and there for the blanket, and she goes 
away to her village, perhaps sixty or a hundred miles 
away. The trader pays no more attention to her, and 
in perhaps six months or a year she comes in with the 
‘blanket. Indians are honest. In that way you get the 
old pattern, and the nearest approach possible now to the 
old weave. The trader pays the woman more for weaving 
the blanket than we used to pay for the completed 
blanket when we got them in the Southeast, nearly twenty 
years ago. The prices have gone up, and as Mr. Burn- 
bank says, the Indians are getting civilized, instancing 
the fact that one tried to borrow half a dollar of him 
the other day. 

_ it is said, and I am not sure but I once mentioned 
it in these columns, that some shrewd traders once broke 
into the Navajo reservation and bought a lot of the best 
blankets for two or three doHars an‘ece, because they 
paid for the goods in bright new silver dollars, which 
the simple natives thought were worth far more than an 
old and worn dollar piece. 

The largest Navajo blanket in the world is said to 
be owned by Hubbell, of Genado. It is an old pattern, and 
is 24 feet square and weighs over 200 ponds. It would 
wear well as a dining room rug, but I should not care 
for it on a snowshoe trip for a camping blanket. The 
chief fault of the Navajo as a camping blanket for white 
men is that it is nearly always too small for a sleeping 
blanket, being woven by the Indians originally as a wear- 
ing blanket and not a sleeping cover. It comes from a 
region where the climate is not so rigorous as in the North 
Jands, and it is singular enough that it should be the best 
defense ever made aga‘nst the cold. Its great weight is 
its only drawback, One of the old-time ones was both 
blanket, umbrella and poncho, and nothing could phase 
it. I have often seen a row of Greaser teamsters with a 
freight train. lying at night on seme exposed mountain 
side, with only a smoky little nition fire to temper the 
air, with a few broken, ragged boughs for a wind break 
and a jit'le, abstird, narrow strip of Navajo weave spread 
over their shoulders. Thev made no complaint, though 
their bivouae might have tried the soul of many a North- 
evn man, There was alsn in that region the old native 
Mexican blanket made of loosely woven undyed wool. so 
loose that you poke your finger through it any place, but 
still quite warm much as is the rabbit hide blanket of 
the Alaska Indians, which latter is said to be ideal for 
cold weather. — 

Thus go the times, and pat comment enotigh was that 
made this morning by a certain small persom who was 
speaking of these very things. 

The white men have heen fighting the Indians and 
filling them off as fast as they could, and doing everything 
in the world to show them that they were not fit to tive. 
Now that they've got the Indians about all Islled. they’re 
taking all sorts af pains to get hold of the things the 
Indians used. and they make mich out of their blankets 
and things. This seems sort of funny to me.” 

Tt is sort of funny. As for the fakes, one takes his 
chances. naturally, but 1f von do not believe the fad part 
of the above statement, just price a “gent‘ne Navajo” 
in some hig fashionable dry goods house. It will make 
your blood run cold. My Greaser gave two or three pesos 
for his shoulder strip of a squaw blanket. It wouldn’t 
buy a corner of a “genuine Navajo” to-day at one of our 
commercial emporitums. 


The Saginaw Crowd, 


The special car Wm. B. Mershon reached Chicago at 
5 P. M. to-day. and left at 6:15 over the Wisconsin Cen- 
t-71 for North Dakota. The partv was compored af 
Messrs. W. B. Mershon, Watts Humohreys. Geo. E. 
Morley, C. H. Dayis, Varnitm Lyons, H. T. A. Harvey, of 
Saginaw; Waldo Avery, of Detroit, and A. P. Bigelow, of 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


New York. All are well ecxept Mr, Mershon, 
nearly ill and hopes for benefit in the North. 

At this writing a cold rain is falling in Chicago, and 
heavy storms are reported in the North. The Saginaw 
party will be apt to meet a good flight. 


who is 


Strentrous Sport, 


A friend just back from California says that he ex- 
amined some of the boats which are used in the lower 
coast country in fishing for tuna and yellowtail, and he 
noticed that the gunwales and stern boards were ctit in an 
inch or so, as though sawed, ina deep groye. This he was 
informed was done by the sawing of the line on the wood 
while the boat was towed by some of the big fellows that 
sometimes fall to the fortune of the angler of that land. 
This would seem a bit strenttous, whether it be work or 
sport. E. Houeu. 

Hartrorp Buripine, Chicago, Iil, 


The Adirondack Deer. 


ScuenecrApy, N. Y., Oct. 5.—Hditor Forest and 
Stream: Iam sorry if Juvenal cannot get to the Adiron- 
dacks, now that the opening of the deer season is put 
back two weeks, and I admire his sportsmanship if he 
wails merely from disinterested solicitude for the guides 
and the “great majority,” But I seriously question two 
things—first, should the game laws be framed with any 
regard to the convenience or pectiniary profit of the 
guides, and, second, are the “great majority” of amateur 
sportsmen inconvenienced by the later season? With re- 
gard to the first, the deer are protected and the season 
circumscribed for the benefit of all who may be imbued 
with the charm of hunting, be they guide or other, and 
the guides’ cry of “poor business’ and “no money in 
it’ when the season is cut down should not “cut any ice.” 
Neither do I think that the guides will be so foolish as 
to shoot more than the usual number of deer out of 
season, ftom the necessity of having meat for their 
families, becatise it would be short-sighted policy to kill 
the goose which lays the golden egg, and try to wipe 
out the industry by which, if we believe Juvenal, they 
support their families—which, by the way, they don’t. 
Guiding is a side issue, and business runs good or bad 
according to the chances of the season, and a guide’s 
cleverness in keeping a man out a week to get a deer 
which might have been procured the first or second day. 
Leave the guides alone. They know where their bread 


is buttered. : 

Secondly, the “great majority of men who go into the 
Adirondacks at all’ go there with their families to have 
a good time fishing. boating, walking, driv‘ng and all that, 
and depart with equanimity when the “season” ends with 
August, while the majority of sportsmen stay at home 
and work during the summer months looking forward 
to the fall deer trip with yearning, and roll the anticipated 
morsel in the mouth with keenest relish. They are the 
men who appreciate the change in the open season for 
deer, and who say it is much better as it is, for the 
slaughter of the beautiful creatures is cut down by two 
weeks, and the chances for good hunting increased just 
s0 much for our children’s children. 

Joun A, LEARNED, 


Big Gatne on the Miramichi. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

The big-game season has begun well on the Miramichi, 
and, so far, every sportsman who has come here from the 
United States and reappeared from the woods has brought 
with him his moose, and in some cases, additional trophies 
of the hunt, Among those who have come out during the 
past week are: 

William Crawford, of New York, and A. B. Wallace, of 
Springfield, Mass., who had Ned Way and Carl Bressing 
as guides. They were on the headwaters of the Northwest 
Miramichi. They killed two moose and a bear—all fine 
specimens—which they brought out to Newcastle on 
Thursday, 27th. 

L. M. Thatcher, of New York, who had Geo. McKay 
with him as guide on the Tomognops, a branch of the 
Northwest Miramichi, came out to Newcastle on Friday 
with a big moose. : 

Dr. Callé and Adolphe Kouttroff, of New York, whose 
guides were James Manderville and son, came out from a 
hunt on the Little Southwest Miramichi on Thursday, 
27th, with two moose and two caribou. The antlers of 
the moose heads spread 53 and 61 inches respectively, and 
one of the caribou heads had twenty-seven prongs. 

S.-C. Stanley, of Lawrence. Mass., also came out to 
Newcastle from Remus on the Southwest Miramichi on 
Thursday, with Guide Norris Manderville. 
splendid moose wth him which he killed in that region\’ 

Messrs. H. McK. Kirkland and Irving Kisson, of New 
York, came out to Newcastle on Thursday with two 
moose, which they killed on the Guagus Lake grounds, 
where they were guided by John Wambold. 

On Sunday, 30th, Ernest Houston and Dayid White, of 
Boston, who were guided by Ned Menzies and Wm. Mc- 
Kay on Mountain Brook Lakes, Northwest Miramichi, 
brought with them to Newcastle a moose each. They 
were Al specimens. 

So far I have not heard of a single failure among 
our hunters and visiting sportsmen. Among those now 
on the hunting grounds of the Miramichi in quest of 
moose, caribou and other big game are: 

C. C. Taylor, of Philadelphia, and two friends whg¢ 
have Guides George McKay, Ned Menzies and Will Mc- 
Kay on Tomognops. 

Henry S. Grew and Alfred Rodman, on Motmntain 
Brook lakes, with Ned Wav and Carl Bressing as guides, 

Harty A. Pitman, of Boston, on the Renous, with 
Hiram Manderville ae guide. 

Theodore Hoague, of Boston, is also on the Renous, 
guided by Duncan Manderville. 

Geo, F. Dominic. Jr.. of New York, and a friend are 
with Guide Thomas Weaver, of Blackville, on -Sabbies 
River. * 

German Consul-Genera) Karl Buenz, Mr. Scheckel and 
Carl Pickhardt, of New York, are inthe North Pole-dis- 
trict, Little Southwest Miramichi, guided by Manderville 
and son and others. 


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Edwin C. Holmes, of Boston, is under the guidance of 
Arthur Pringle in the Bald Mountain region of the North- 
west Miramichi, 

Mr. R. H:. Armstrong, of Newcastle, in addition to 
doing his own share of hunting, made the necessary local 
arrangements for all the foregoing, save Mr, Holmes. 

D. G. SmirH. 


CuatHam, N, B.. Oct. Bs 


Wildfowl in Chincoteneue Bay. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

I suppose that every one knows that this bay is half in 
Virginia and half in Maryland. It is hard to say exactly 
where the line is, but it crosses the shoals in such a way 
that we are often gunning in Virginia, and Virginia peo- 
ple are gunning in Maryland. The trouble in policing 
these waters has been that the law-breakers would claim 
to be in Maryland or Virginia, just as it suited them to 
escape ptinishment. Last winter the Virginia Sports- 
men’s Association appointed Capt. Jeffries, an old resi- 
dent of Chincoteague Island, game warden, paying him a 
salary for his services, and I am glad to report that at 
last we are in good shape to protect the wildfowl from 
light shooting and all other ways forbidden in the laws. 
Mr. Jeffries is an honest, upright man, and perfectly fear- 
less. A gunner himself, he is acquainted with every 
crook and turn in the big bay, and is perfectly at home 
on the water day or night. He knows every lawless 
shooter on both sides of the line, and knew exactly what 
trouble he would have when he accepted the position, 
Capt. Jeffries went to each man and warned him that he 
would put him under arrest the first time he caught him 
at illegal work. They threatened to shoot him, burn his 
house, sink his boats and do all manner of terrible things 
to him if he attempted to interfere with them. The re- 
sult has been that Jeffries has nearly broken it up. Two 
arrests were made, and a third man shot at him as he 
was going to him. Jeffries opened on the man with his 
Winchester, and he has disappeared from these parts for 
good. Now we are in a fair way to get a good warden 
on the Maryland side, and between the two it will be pretty 
hot for the lawless gunners. 

There are a few black duck and teal on the marshes, but 
there will be very little shooting here until the first of 
November, when the big flights of shellducks stop on the 
shoals. Geese will also be here about that time. and we 
are looking for a large increase in numbers. Every spring 
before the one past, hundreds of these geese were killed 
here in April at night with etins and fire box, Last 
April. under the special care of Warden Jeffries, I think 
not a single one was killed. This should mean a difference 
in our favor of hundreds of young geese. I have not 
noticed any increase in the brant for a number of years. 
The same favored localities seem to be visited by the same 
sized bunches year after year, tame and easily decoyed at 
first, getting slyer and slyer as the days go by, until only by 
accident is a shot got at them. Redheads and blue- 
bills will be here in December, thousands of them cover- 
ing the shoals and filling the air with quick-passing 
bunches. I think they are on the increase here. I never 
saw them more plentiful than they were in ’98. and there 
seemed to be just as many last year. I had a gen'le- 
man out last march who shot eighty-four shells in two 
hours, and every shel] represented a good killing shot if 
the gun was held right. We have wildfowl here and we 
haye good feeding grounds—miles of it—and now that we 
are protected, we will have the best shooting north of the 
Carol’nas. QO. D, Fourks. 

Srockron, Md,, Oct. 1. 


Wesi Virginia Game. 


Morcantown, W. Va., Oct. 2.—Editor Forest. and 
Stream: It is gratifying to note that small game gen- 
erally is more abundant in some parts of Pennsylvania © 
and West Virginia this season than for some years past. 
In fact, it is many years since squirrels were as plentiful 
as they are this season in Indiana county, Pa.. affording 
local sportsmen privileges which they had counted as 
gone forever. Quail, which have been protected in West 
Virginia at all seasons for four years, are so numerous 
in this section that their cheerful “Bob White” can be 
heard during the season from the heart of our town at 
any time, and it is to be hoped that they may be killed 
sparingly and be allowed to sound their good cheer 
through our mountains and valleys. 

Noth'ng can be more indicative of a community of 
high-minded and right-thinking people than the preserice , 
of a goodly amount of game birds and animals. It 
speaks lotider than words. 

The cultivation which the Forest anp STREAM i5 giving 
to the minds of its readers along that line is worthy of 
the support of all persons and institutions which are in- 
terested in teaching humanity to think right. Tt is with 
pleastire that we note the return of big game to parte of 
Vermont and other old Eastern States, where it had long 
ago disappeared, and we now hope that the sentiment 
which has so long and persistently been advocated is 
reaching the people, and when the people are possessed 
of a disposition to protect the game, then it will be pro- 
tected as no game warden can protect it. 

Wild turkeys are quite plentiful within a few miles 
of here, and one of our townsmen—Geotge Kiger—killed 
two this season. EMERSON CARNEY. 


The North Ametican Fish and Game Pro- 
tective Association. 


WE have received a pamphlet of 200 pages containing 
the minutes of the proceedings of the first convention of 
the North American Fish and Game Protective Associa- 
tion. held at Montreal. Feb. 2, 1900, as was reported in 
these columns at the time. A wide range of stibiects was 
tinder discussion, and the publication in this form is very 
acceptable. 


Viiyinia Birds. 

Staunton, Va.,.Oct. 6.—Birds have never been known 
to be more plentiful than this year. Pheasants are re- 
ported to be numerous, and any quantity of turkeys. Sea- 
son for quail opens Nov. 1; pheasants and turkeys, Oct. 15. 

. Cc. S. 


ME, MN jew 


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[Ocr. 14: 1960. 


Seventh Annual Sportsmen’s Show. 


THE next Sportsmen’s Show will open March 2, 1901, 
Madison Square Garden, New York city, under the 
auspices of the National Sportsmen’s Association, We 
deem it advisable to make this early announcement in 
order to give ample time for preparation, both in the 
trade and among those who desire to arrange special at- 
tractive features, as many weeks and months of prepara- 
tion and careful study is nécessary to arrange and com- 
plete many of the exhibits, and we have learned in the 
past through intending exhibitors that had they been ad- 
vised earlier in the season they would have made hand- 
somer exhibits or shown some especially attractive fea- 
ture. This not alone applies to exhibits of boats, launches 
and camps, but in collecting rare specimens of game birds 
and animals, also fish. Poe 

The management having already received many in- 
quiries regarding the coming Sportsmen’s Show, is asstired 
and encouraged by the interest shown, and desires simply 
to announce the date of the opening of the show so as to 
give all intending exhibitors and those who may become 
interested timely notice. 

As soon as arrangements now under way are completed, 
further announcement will be made. 

J. A. H. Dresset, General Manager. 


Sea and Liver Sishing. 


Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them, in Forest AND STREAM, 


Odd Happenings by the Riverside. 


RecENTLY looking over an old copy of a well known 
English sporting paper, I came upon some stories of 
“remarkable shots’ made at variotis times at fur and 
feather, many of which, to the reader unused to days 
spent by ‘“‘bracken and burn,” would seem to partake 
too much of the Baron Munchausen element to warrant 
credence. But an experience gained in many outings 
teaches differently. Old sportsmen know that very odd 
things do happen sometimes, not only in using shot: and 
bullet at game, but with rod and line as well. Remark- 
able occurrences are not restricted by any means to the 
shooting field alone, and many a fisherman could tell 
of curious incidents by lake and riverside that came under 
his notice while practicing his gentle art. 

In this latter connection, while I cannot lay claim 
to being able to relate anything very wonderful, perhaps 
a description of one or two singular exploits pertaining 
to the wielding of the rod may not proye uninteresting. 

For the possessor of a yacht, who is fond of fly-fishing, 
there is no more charming cruise than one day along the 
south coast of Nova Scotia in the months of May, June 
and July. Many fine salmon rivers and trout streams 
empty into the different bays, on which good sport may 
be had, and itysas on one of these, called the West River 
at Sheet Harver, that I had a peculiar battle with a 
salmon. 

This stream issues from a large lake not far from the 
sea, and falls over a series of ledges between which are 
good pools that fish ascending delight to rest in. I 
found, when I arrived at the mouth of the river on a 
bright afternoon in July—having made a most enjoyable 
voyage thither from Halifax in a trading schooner—that 
owing to heavy rains that had fallen previously the water 
was very high. and on loaking oyer the first pool I saw 
to my astonishment salmon rising—not leaping with a 
splash, but just coming up to the surface, and display- 
ing part of the back and tail in the quietest manner imag- 
inable. JI never witnessed such a thing before. I 
fancy they were on the move upwards, for no fly I could 
show them seemed to attract-attention. 

Next morning, however, I was bright and early on the 
spot, and killed a nice salmon of twelve and a half 
potinds at the first pool ona silver-doctor, lost another 
at the second, after a -ten minutes’ fight, got a ten 
pounder at the third, and at the fourth hooked one in a 
very peculiar manner, and hereby hangs my tale: At 
the first or second cast at the place I rose a fish; but 
though he made a great profession of anxiety fo seize 
it, he did not touch the fly. I rested him, and tried at 
intervals several favorites, a Butcher, Kate, Fairy, and 
an Admiral (the latter fly is held im high esteeem ow 
Nova Scotian rivers, and is made with pale olive pig’s 
wool. body ribbed with gold tinsel, red game cock’s 
hackle for legs, wings from owl’s tail feather—a sort 
of brownish cream color—and antennz of two fibers 
of blue and buff macaw). But it was no use. The eal. 
mon spurned them all with contempt. I was perplexed, 
I confess, but by no means inclined to give him up. A‘ 
Jast finding flies useless I] determined to try a phantom 
minnow, and remoying my fly attached the lure in its 
place. ; ahead i 

Casting well across the pool, I brought the miniature 
fish by gentle jerks down to the spot where I thought. 
the fish was lying, and was fetching it up stream again 


Bo the reel or not fastened to it at all. 


the other side of the river, among great. rough boulders 
he-went into the large pool below; but luckily did not, as 
I feared, cut the line. In this place | had plenty ot 
sea room, as sailors term it, and smoother water, and a 
better chance altogether of dealing with my lively op: 
ponent. We fought the battle out bravely for half an 
hour perhaps. At times it seemed as if he was going 
to have eyerything his own way and continue his 
voyage to the sea, at others 1 managed to hold him well 
in check. But as the struggle went on I began to 
gradually get the upper hand, and drew him toward 
me. Slowly he came, disputing every inch of the way, 
until at last 1 caught a glimpse of him, and was much 
surprised to see he was not so large a fish as the strain 
cn the rod led me to believe. But why, | wondered, was 
he coming tail first, and why had he never leaped once? 
The mystery was soon solved, however, on my gaffing 
and carrying him up the hank away trom the water—the 
latter a practice | have imvariably adopted since ex- 
periencing the disappointment of seeing a salmon slip 
off my gaff and escape. I iound that one only of the 
several hooks of the phantom minnow had held him, and 
this was imbedded beyond the barb in the tough skin 
of his side, about six or eight inches from the tail. 
Trying to reason out how this occurred I came to the 
conclusion that when the fish rushed at the lure he 
passed closely over it, attempting to strike it with his 
tail, and in turning to go down, accidentally fastened 
himself in the way I haye described, He weighed only 
about ten pounds. ; 

I have killed many of the genus Salmo salar, but 
never before or since one that was hooked in any part 
of the body but the mouth, 

I had another singular experience, but of a different 
kind, on the Medway in Lunenburg county, one of the 
best rivers on the south shore of Noya Scotia. “‘Agita- 
ting the insect” one aiternoon on a long swift piece of 
water, a little distance from the tideway, I fastened to 
2 fine fresh run saimon, which at first seemed inclined 
to be yery peaceable, and allowed me to draw him 
qutietly up stream to where there was a capital place to 
manage him. Suddenly he appeared to become alive 
to his danger, and instituted a series of rushes that were 
fraught with hazard to the light gear I was using. Sha- 
king his head violently to get rid of the tether that held 
him, the salmon flung himself out of the water several 
times and then made a desperate race for the rapid below 
the pool. Down this he went, turning somersaults by the 
way, and taking out so much of my line I feared in a 
second or two it would be all run off the reel, and my 
chance of securing him gone. After one of these bounds 
in the air, however, to my great surprise he became quite 
passive, and heginning to reel in some of my line I found 
him strangely obedient to my perstiasive efforts, and 
brought him back foot by foot up stream, turning over 
occasionally on his side and appearing quite done up. 
In a little time I had him gaffed and on terra firma, 
when I discovered that in his wild attempts to free him- 
self he had twisted the casting line three or four times 
round his head and nose, and knotting it in a hitch of 
his own invention had half suffocated himself, the 
water necessary for breathing not being able to enter the 
mouth and pass to the gills. . 

One more incident and I have done. I remember a 
very well known salmon fisher in Halifax telling me of 
an odd thing he witnessed on the La Havre River, also 
in Lunenburg county. 1 must preface, however, by 
stating that the few Micmac Indians living on that 
stream have long ago abandoned the evil ways of their 
forefathers, and exchanged the torch and spear for rod 
and line in catehing salmon. I do not say this reforma- 
tion was voluntary on their part, but rather I fancy 
because of the river warden’s watchful eye, and the 
knowledge that a sojourn in Bridgewater jail awaited 
the offender if caught breaking the fishery laws. How- 
ever, suffice 1t to say that some of the Indians are now 
excellent fly fishermen, and have pretty serviceable gear 
too, They tie most of their own flies, and though these 
cannot be said to rival Fatlow’s or Johnny Reid's finish, 
still they do their work very effectually. But to the 
story. My friend told me he was sitting one afternoon 
(like the biblical patriarchs of old) at the door of his 
tent, on the bank of the river, watching an Indian lad 
casting in a very workmanlike manner on the opposite 
shore. Presently the lad hooked a salmon, which with 
the customary rush and leap made for the middle of the 
stream, and then sped downwards at the best pace it 
‘was capable of. The Indian’s rod showed by its con- 
tracted curve he was putting the brakes on heavily, when 
suddenly it straightened in his hands—the salmon was 
free. It had not only gone, but had taken with it the 
whole line (which my friend afterwards ascertained was 
of white whipcord), that had either been carelessly tied 
The lad stood a 
moment as if cogitatine what was to be done, then run- 
ning to where a canoe lay drawn up on the shore, placed 
his rod in it, pushed off, and in a jiffy was paddling 
down stream like mad in the direction the salmon had 
taken. When he got a certain distance down he stood 
up in the canoe and began peering this way and that in 
ithe water, and presently he made a scoop with his paddle 


with as life-like a motion as I could, when with a mighty ) and lifted up his line, which being white he readily saw. 


tush and back out of water he came at it, and was 
hooked. And then there was a proper fuss. I do no 
think there was a savare foot of that nool that the fish 
did not explore. Back and forth, hither and thither 
he darted. but never leaped once—a thing by the way 
that struck me as beine very strange. At length in 
spite of all that T could do he made for the rapids at the 
tail of the pool, and though I gave him the butt as stiffly 
as I dared I could not check him in the slightest desree, 
By the heavy strain on my rod I took him to be an im- 
mense fish. Town the rapid and inte the next pool 
he riched with lichtenine speed: my reel singitge merrilx 
as J followed as fast as I was able through the water— 
for the trees overhung the bhank—harkine my shins 
hadly, by the same token. againstistindry rocks in my. 
hurry. Here my antavonist stonped about the middle. 
and heran to sulk. However. J succeeded in starting. 
him snon again hy rapping the metal ferrule ‘on the 
butt of the rod with the blade of my sheath knife, and 
then away he darted with a vengeance, this time making 
right across the pool, treating contemvtuously my efforts 
to stop him, and over the fyrthest ttle fall from’ me, on 
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jNow mark the cunning of the redskin. As soon as he 
‘had jt in his hands he caught up his rod. and commenced 
, Yunning the recovered line back through the rings from 
the tip to the reel, and reaching that tied it. no doubt 
securely this time. Then leisurely the lad began to 
vid up, and as good luck wold have it, he found that 
the fish—which had stopped to rest as soon as the strain 
‘was taken off its mouth—was still attached. As soon as 
my friend became aware of this. he also jumped into 
his canoe. delichted with the fellow’s pluck and ingenuity, 
and paddled to his assistance, and_tenewing the contest 
with the fish the lad was towed by him to the shore, 
where, stepping out. he shortly brought his victim to the 

gafi—a bright lusty fish of about thirty pounds. 
‘Doubtless. manv other true stories might be told of 
odd happenings with rod and line which, to fishermen 
at least, would be of interest. 
NEpos. 


The Forysr anp STREAM 18 put to press each weelc on Tuesday, 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latést by Monday and ag much earlier as practicable, 

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ANGLING NOTES. 


A New Walton. 


THERE is to be issued in London next winter a new 
edition of Izaak Walton, to be called “The Twentieth 
Century Edition.” It will be edited by Mr, George A. B: 
Dewar, author of “Dry Fly Fishing,” etc., and will be 
brought out in the best possible manner as to type, paper’ 
and illustrations, and will be sold in large paper for seven” 
guineas—I believe. That Mr, Dewar is to edit the work 
is to give it a hall-mark of excellence that no one will’ 
question, 


A Goose. 


The goose has been used to typify stupidity for so long’ 
a time that I, with others, no doubt, believe the goose to 
be about as stupid a bird as waddles, and yet all geese are’ 
not stupid, as I can testify. I was riding from Cold 
Spring Station on the Long Island R. R. to Cold Spring 
Harbor hatchery of the Forest, Fish and Game Commis- 
sion, with the yeteran, Mr. Totten, who carries the mail 
and passengers to and from the railroad, when an enor- 
mous gander appeared in the road ahead of us with wings 
stretched out and head stretched up and hissing as though 
he would dispute our passage. The horses turned out, and 
for a moment I thought it might be a hold-up, but Mr. 
Totten smiled a superior smile and reached under the 
sea and produced an ear of corn, which he threw to the 
gander as toll, and then he explained to me, “I feed the 
old fellow when I pass, and he expects his corn as much 
as the horses expect their oats at feeding time.’ This 
has nothing to do with fish, but I feel compelled to pay a 
slight tribute to one particular goose that knows enough 
to recognize Mr. Totten and his team as they pass, for I 
noticed that he paid no attention to a team following us. 


Growth of Trout. 


Once a week on an average the year through some one © 
asks me how big trout are at some age or another. Gen- 
erally the query relates to fingerling or yearling trout, for 
those have been the sizes most in demand from the 
hatcheries in the State of New York for planting in pub- 
lic waters. During a year I have occasion to examine a 
great many young trout, hundreds of thousands, more or 
less carefully, but if the general health of the fish is 
gzood and they are well nourished and free from disease, I 
have not been particularly interested to know just how 
long the fish are at a given age. Since the Forest Com- 
mission of New York decided to rear no more yearling 
trout for distribution, but to confine its plantings to 
fingerlings and fry, the query as to size of fingerlings has 
been put more frequently than before. Fingerling trout may . 
be from six to eight months of age. The distribution of 
fingerlings begins as a rule in September, when the 
largest of the year’s hatching are sent out, for fish of the 
same age vary greatly in size, and as the larger fish are 
sorted out and planted, there is more room at the 
hatcheries for the smaller fish, and more opportunity for 
them to get a fair amount of the food placed in the rearing 
races. Within the past ten days I have visited three of the 
State hatcheries—Cold Spring Harbor, on Long Island; 
Caledonia, in Livingston county, and Pleasant Valley, 
neat Bath, in Steuben county. 

At Cold Spring Harbor the men were sorting the brook 
trout into three sizes, all of the same age—about six and 
one-half months. In one dip of the scoop net [ took from 
the race containing the larger fish perhaps a dozen 
trout, and the longest one that I spotted when placed 
beside a foot rule meastired 634 inches from tip of nose to 
end of tail; several were 6% inches long, and nearly every 
one appeared to be 6 inches. There were 7,000 trout 
of the larger size already sorted, and I dipped the net at 
random into the bunch with the result I have given, but 
undoubtedly there were many in the lot that would not 
méastire 6 inches. Of the smaller fish of the three sizes 
some would not measure 2 inches, though all were the 
same age. The stronger fish had secured the most food 
and in consequence had grown more rapidly than the 
weaker ones. After the sorting is completed—and there 
were over 100,000 to sort at that hatchery—the smaller 
trout will have a better chance and will grow more rapid- 
ly than before. 

At Caledonia I looked over 50,000 brook trout fingerling, 
dipping a few from one race after another, and I found 
one 6-inch trout, and only one. The largest other than 
the one were about 5 inches in length, but as at Cold 
Spring Harbor, they were all strong, deep, well-fed fish 
in splendid: health. 

At Bath I did not discover a single 6-inch fish among the 
fingerlings, but 4 and 4% inch fish were common enough, 
and all the fish I refer to were hatched last spring. The 
foreman from Caledonia went with me to Bath, and I 
told the foremen that I did not think the yearling trout 
would be missed next spring by the applicants who got the 
fingerlings this fall. Of course, in wild waters the large 
and small trout must take their chances in the same 
water, for they cannot expect exemption from cannibalistic 
propensities once they are removed from the hatchery 
rearing races, where they are sorted as they grow’ to 
reduce cannibalism to thé minimtim by feeding plenty 
of liver and putting the small trout out of the reach of the 
larger ones. The largest yearling trout I ever measured 
was a brook trout at Cold Spring Harbor, and its extreme 
length was 1034 inches; but 9-inch yearlings are not 
uncommon at the same hatchery. Nor, by the same token. 
ate 4-inch yearlings. With the same food trout will 
grow more rapidly in warm trout water than in cold trout 
water, for trout will not thrive in water above 68 de- 
atees, and they grow more slowly in water ‘that is 45 de- 
grees than in water that is 55 or 60 degrees, There is no 
way of telling the age of a trout that has not been reared 
in confinement from the egg, and I have already mentioned 
the great difference in the size of trout of the same 
age brought up by hand at the hatcheries. 

Perhaps it would be as well right here to qualify the 
statement made above that the largest of the fingerlings 
are selected for early planting. To be strictly correct, I 
should have said of the fish to be planted in filling annlica- 
tions the largest are sent out first when the sorting is 
completed. Before any distribution is made of fingerlings 
a portion of them will be set aside for future breeding 
fish, and very naturally the largest and strongest finger- 
oe ale al es PST ee eat itl oo» Se 


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lings are selected for this purpose. Each year more than 
will be required for breeding fish are selected and set 
apart in a race or pond by theniselves. At breeding times 
in the second autumn these fish are gone over carefully and 
the number desired for breeding are finally selected and 
the balance sent out on applications. Eggs from’ the 
breeding fish are interchanged among the hatching stations 
and fresh blood brought in by obtaining eggs from wild 
waters, and also by the purchase of eggs from trout from 
other States, which are also distributed around the differ- 
ent stations to keep up a continual out cross with selected 

he State of New York is disposing of its big breeding 
trout of different species at the various hatcheries, and 
will breed only from two and three year old fish—always 
selecting the strongest fish for the purpose to obtain a 
tace of yigorous, healthy trout, The big trout serve 
chiefly for show purposes, and the same bulk of smaller 
trout will produce more and stronger eggs. 


i sone “Pickerel.’’ 


In New York State the pike, Lucius luctus, is almost 
universally called pickerel, although some concede so 
much as to call it great northern pike. If the word pike 
alone is used, it generally means the pike-perch ot wall- 
eyed pike. I have tried over and over to separate the pike, 
the pickerel and the pike-perch by describing them in this 
paper, but have concluded that I will not succeed until 
all. the fishermen in the State become subscribers for 
Forest AND STREAM and read its “Angling Notes.” The 
reason why I refer again to the “pickerel”’ is that I re- 
cently looked over a lot of fish applications made to the 
Forest, Fish and Game Commission in which “pickerel”’ 
were asked for, and with one exception I concluded that 
the applicant really wished the pike. The State does not 
propagate any of the pike family but the mascalonge, but 
it does propagate the pike-perch, and it has distributed the 
pike and the pcikerel on occasions, but always adult fish. 
Great care is exercised when pike or pickerel are dis- 
tributed in Satte -waters to place them only where they 
will do no harm to other fish, and that means that unless 

- the, pike or pickerel are already in the water the State 
will not as a rule furnish them for planting. Pike and 
pickerel for distribution are procured only when netting 
inland lakes for other fish, and this year none of the pike 
tribe were taken. ‘They can be hatched artificially, and 
have been in Germany, but it is not necessary. for they 
are perhaps the most prolific of the fresh-water fishes, and 
being spring spawners they require but a few days for 
their eggs to hatch, and if they haye half a chance dur- 
ing the breeding season fair angling will never materially 
reduce their numbers in a pond or lake, but they have 
always been the mark for the man with spear and gun 
when they run into the shallows to spawn. The late 
Count von dem Borne told me of propagating the pike 
and the black bass in his fishery in Germany, and how the 
pike fry worked through into the black bass pond and lived 
on the bass iry before he knew of the mingling of fishes. 
I haye already given the details in Forest AND STREAM, 
but from memory J will say that at five months from 
hatching the pike that had been liying on black bass 
fr 
rnches long: The State of New York may distribute pike 
—the so-called pickerel—next year. but none will be sent 
out this season, although applications for this fish are 
coming in this fall, A. N. CHENEY. 


Propagation of Pacific Salmon. 


BY S. W. DOWNING, 


(Read before the American Fisheries Society.) 


Were I writing this article solely for the purpose of 


reading it before this meeting, I would not presume td” 


go into-details and give a description of the manner of 
securing the eggs and the methods employed in hatching 
them, as it 1s taken for granted that all or at least most 
of the members present are familiar with this work, but 
for the benefit of those who may read the forthcoming 
account of the proceedings of this meeting who are not 
familiar with the work, I will give a brief description of 
the work as carried on at the different salmon stations 
where I have been located during the last three hatching 
seasons. 

First, it is necessary to know something of the nature 
and habits of the fish in question, In most of the streams, 
and especially those extending long distances from the 
ocean, there are two tums of fish, the first occurring in 
March and April, and the other in July and August. 

The fish coming into the streams in the first run go to 
the yery headwaters, reaching the spawning grounds late 
in July and August, where they remain until spent, and, 
in fact, until they die, for it is a fact not generally 
known that all the salmon that ascend the streams any 
distance aboye tidewater die soon after the eggs are de- 
posited. 

The second rtin enters the main streams about July or 
August. These do not ascend the streams to the same 
distance as the first run but they enter the small tribu- 
taries near the mouth of the main streams, apparently 
being more mature on entering the stream, and in con- 
sequence seek a suitable place in which to deposit their 
eggs soon after leayinge salt water. ; 

The method employed by the fishculturist in securing, 
the eggs is to first find some suitable location on either 
the main stream or -some tributary, and throw a barrier 
across, the slats or pickets of which are sufficiently close 
together to prevent the fish from passing between them, 
and high enough to preclude all danger of their jumping 
over, the lower end, of course, resting on the. bottom. 
This barrier prevents the fish from ascending the stream, 
and as it is their nature to push their way as far as 
there is water sufficient for them to swim in, and as they 
never cease the strugele and turn back. large numbers 
congregate just below the barrier, which 1s usually placed 
just above a deep hole where the fish lie during the rinen- 
ing period before seeking the rifles and shoals upon which 
to spawn. Watch is then kept of the movements of the 
fish, and as soon as they are seen on the riffles, fishing 
commences. The fish are taken either with.a seine. or are 
caught in a down stream trap, into which the fish are 
driven by going above them with a seine, and frighten- 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


ing them so that they make a rush down the stream aiid 
are crowded into the traps, from which they are taken, 
and the ripe ones put into crates, where they are held for 
the mext day's spawning, The latter method of taking 
the fish is’ preferred when the nature of the stream 
will admit of it. The green fish taken are always liberated. 
as they will not go away, and thus the fishing is continued 
until the spawning season is over, and practically every 
fish that entered the stream has been handled. ' 

The need of carrying on this work on as large a scale 
as possible will be more readily understood when it is 
more generally known how totally lacking the salmon is 
in that instinct that prompts the two sexes to seek each 
other for the purpose of reproduction. The writer has 
had an excellent opportunity during three entire spawn- 
ing Seasons to study this trait in the salmon, and never 
but once has he seen the two sexes together performing 
the functions necessary to’ fertilize the eggs as they are 
ejected by the female, and in conversing with others who 
haye had ample opportunity for observing these fishes for 
years he has neyer met a” man wh6dhad ever seen the 
two sexes together at ihis time, as we so often seé in 
other fishes, such as the black bass, catfish, sunfishes and 
many others, and for this reason it is safe to say that not 
one egg in one thousand is fertilized when the fish spawn 
on the reefs, naturally, u 
~ A female ‘will select a spot upon which to spawn, and 
if not disturbed will remain there, or nearby, occasionally 
turning upon her side, and, with a pounding’ motion with 


ther tail, and, in fact, with the whole body, eject a few 


eggs. ‘This process'1s’ kept up at intervals of from ten 
minutes to half an hour or more, until all her eggs have 
been‘ deposited; the time consumed being from a couple of 
days to a week or more, The spawning always takes 
place in a swift current, and where the bottom is gravelly, 
and ‘the pounding motion spoken of loosens the gravel 
immediately beneath the fish, and, as the current washes it 
from a few inches to'a few feet down the stream, often a 
hole from, one to two feet deep is thus formed, and a 
correspondingly large pile of gravel made just below. The 
‘eggs that have escaped are consumed by the thousands of 
rivet whitefish, suckers, and the several kinds of trout 
with which these streams abound, as the eggs and the 
gravel are washed down with the current together. 

© But where all this time is the male? Perhaps lying a 
few feet below her, or perhaps a few feet at either side. 
but never once approaching her. The writer has reached 
the conclusion that the only way in which the fertilization 
of the salmon egg has ever been brought about is that 
at those times and places where the fish are so very thick 
in the streams that during the height of the spawning 
period the whole water of these small streams is com- 
pletely permeated with the spermatozoa of the males; 
and when ‘one realizes that each large male produces a 
quart or more of semen during the season, it will be 
readily understood that large numbers of eggs could have 
been and undoubtedly were fertilized in this manner. 
‘But it will be obseryed that the number of eggs, or the 
percentage rather, that are fertilized in this manner, is 
just in proportion of the number of fish in the stream 
during the spawning period, and that in the streams that 
but few. fish enter the percentage of eggs that are fertilized 
is reduced in the same ratio, and as the number of salmon 
entering the straems is becoming less and less each sea- 
son, it becomes more imperative that the work of propa- 
gation be carried on to the fullest extent, as it is in these 
small streams where formerly so many fish ascended, and 
where at one time the chances of fertilization were en- 
hanced by the great amount of semen ejected by the males, 
while now but few ascend, rendering the chances of natural 
fertilization almost nil, that the work of propagating the 
salmon should be carried on to the fullest extent. Every 
stream or tributary that will yield a million or more eggs 
should have a sub-station, and all the eggs possible taken, 
hatched, and the fry returned to the stream, scattering 
them over as much territory as possible. This, in the 
opinion of the writer, would be a far better method, and 
the results in mature fish would be much greater, than to 
have large establishments and turn out many millions into 
any One stream, as each stream or portion of it has but a 
limited supply of the natural food suitable for the young 
salmon. and all in excess of the number that will live upon 
the food supply must necessarily perish; and as most of 
these streams are in a broken country where it is almost 
impossible to give the fry anything like a wide distribu- 
tion, they must necessarily be put out over a very small 
area. Thus it will be readily seen that in such instances 
it would be an easy matter to overstock the streams, and 
eyen if none died from starvation, some would become 
stunted and never reach a normal size: besides, cannibal- 
ism would be encouraged, the larger and stronger ones eat- 
ing the small, weal: ones. 

It has been noticed that in the past few years the num- 
ber of undersized salmon that were taken was steadily 
on the increase, the last season showing a far greater num- 
ber than any preyious season. The only logical conclu- 
sion’ that the writer has been able to reach is that this 
is the result of overstocking the streams where the work 
of propagation is carried on to any extent, numbers of the 
young fish being stunted for lack of sufficient food, and, 
although they live to mature, they never grow to the 
normal size. 

This line of reason will undoubtedly be objected to by 
some on the ground that nearly all these undersized fish 
are males, hut it is known that the fish of any one season’s 
hatch do not reach maturity together; that is, a portion 
will return the third year, while another portion will not 
return before the fourth season, and it is our opinion that 
the males mature, eyen if under size, and return with the 
regular run, while in the case of the female, she does 
not mature until after sufficient time has elapsed for the 
ova to mature, and thus she has one more season’s growth 
than the male, and is consequently Jarger on an average, 
although there are instances of very small females coming 
into the streams, and some haye been taken and spawned 
that have weighed but from 6 to 8 pounds, and the 
eges from them hatched and the fry seemed strong and 
healthy. 7 ; Ae ech eh 

The writer is aware that this article is. but a crude 
affair, but hopes that the main idea—1. e., the need of more 
extended propagation of this most valuable fish—has been 
made apparent. 


See the list of good things im Wooderaft in our ody, cols. 


2901 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


A Day on the Old Mill Pond. 


There is something magical in the name of the old mill 
pond, We all know it.- We have all been there, many 
a time and oft. It is the same old mall pond, whether 
it was in Maine or Kansas, We all saw it when we were 
boys and girls together, years more or less ago. Books 
could be written about the old mill pond, and good stories. 
Proof good enough of the latter fact is at hand in a 
letter from a friend, telling of a single, simple day with 
children for companions and no far-off country for the 
scene. Sito is the preferred name of the writer, and 
thus he writes: 

“To those, like us, who love broad, all-embracing Mother 
Earth, and “worship well with rod and gun’ (as a poetic 
friend once wrote to me), the simplest excursion into her 
realms can fill us with a peace and joy unknown, I 
think, to many all their lives. Therefore a simple account 
of a day on ‘the old mill pond’ with my children, may 
touch a chord in you, and if you think it worth while, per- 
haps in others of your wide circle, and so I will try and 
tell you of it. 

“This old mill pond is the scene of many a youthful 
excursion of mine, and hence has for me a peculiar 
charm. I had not seen it for twenty years, and as it lav 
once more before me in quiet baeuty on an August 
day, I was delighted and a little surprised to find it 
lovelier even than my memory had dared to picture it. 
A good deal of travel and considerable experience of 
beautiful scenes in other lands have surely not lessened 
my facilities in the appreciation and just criticism of 
natural beauty, and, as I stood again on the alder-fringed 
mill dam, across which runs the high road, and saw on 
one hand the smooth sheet of water with its thickly 
wooded banks and floating lilies, its clear waters and rest- 
ful charm, the old mill, and, yes! the same old miller 
bustling about, and on the other side the little ‘crick’ ~ 
below me, almost hidden by rushes and cattails, winding 
away to-the bay beyond, I realized that it was not all mere 
boyish recollection of good old times that kept it i my 
mind when half the distance round the earth lay between 
me and it—no; it was, and still is, beautiful. But I must 
tell what I set out to tell. r 

“T was with my children and we were ‘going a-fishing.’ 

Each with a creel slung over the shoulder, a rod case in 
hand and in each heart an innate love of quiet sport and a 
fisherman’s anticipations of what might happen as to giant 
fish. «The gray-haired miller as we arranged with him 
for our boat, told us that the trout were gone, but he 
had planted black bass in their stead; and now and then 
one was caught, while the yellow perch were as plentiful 
as ever. : 
_ “We soon put our rods together and rowed out on the 
pond. A 5-inch perch was our first game. I tried a 
spitiner, and was soon fast in-a lively fish. It is_a long 
time since I caught a yellow perch, and this 1o-inch fish 
made such a good fight that until he was close alongside 
I really thought it must be a trout. What a fine fish this 
same yellow perch is, and what a good fight he makes! 
How handsome he is, with his tiger’ stripes, brsitling 
dorsal and bright red pectorals! If he only ate as he 
looks and fights he would be worthy of a high place on 
the fisher’s list. My chicks are good sportsmen, and at 
once set our limit on perch at 9 inches, carefully returning 
all fish below that length. '' ji 

“We caught many fingerlings, and each child also had 
the delight of a good fight with the bigger fish—from 
9g to 11 inches. I have not caught a trout in home waters 
for many a year, but it seemed to me that these perch 
fought about as hard as a trout of equal size. Our light 
rods bowed, the lines cut through the water and the 
gamy fish fought well, often making a second ahd some- 
times even a third rush after turning on their sides and 
being brought almost, close enough for the landing net. 
At lunch time we had a fine string of fourteen, and had 
put back at least a hundred little fellows. We felt well 
satisfied as we rowed ashore to eat our lunch under the 
trees. I send you a snap shot of the party, joined by a 
boy friend, comparing their fish. 

“After a delightful meal on the pine-covered ground 
and a review of our catch, we were off again, with better 
luck still to come. We now determined to try trolling 
for bass. I, of course, had a spinner or two among the 
varied collection of duffle I always carry with me, and 
rigging this on a doubled trout leader we rowed slowly 
around the pond. Several perch of large size took the 
bait, and two small bass were caught, but put back. for we 
had read up on the law and found 10 inches the limit on 
bass. My sledst boy caught a small perch, and finding 
him hooked through the lip by the large hook of the 
spinner, I told him to leave the fish on the hook and try a’ 
while wtih this bait. A moment later he had a heavy 
tug, and, after a grand fight, amid the wildest en- 
thusiasm and excitement, I put the landing net under a 
16-inch black bass—a noble fish, and what a fighter! The 
fighting qualities of the perch faded into nothingness 
compared with his rushes and leaps, and my hand was 
shaking with excitement as I netted him. Now came the 


girl's turn, and’in a short time she realized her wish— 


to hear her reel buzz as a grand bass fought for liberty 
with all the reckless dash of his fighting tribe. I think 
we brought him to the boat too soon; at any rate, when 
about 10 feet away, and as I lowered the net, away he 


“went; got a heavy strain on the light leader, snapped 


both its parts and was off with the spinner! What a 
sighing gasp went up from all! He looked full 2 feet 
long and was so near! But all good fishers are 
philosophers, and my daughter said with a sigh, ‘Never 
mind, father. Pll catch another’—and so she did. 

“Dinner time, coming with awful rapidity,, found. us 
with four bass of 15 to 16 inches. Reluctantly we wound 
up the tackle and rowed through the long shadows under 
the banks to the landing. Our bass would not go in our. 
small creels, so each child took a turn in carrying the 
fine string, and if they felt prouder than their parent they. 
must have been puffed up indeed. 

‘As the stn sank behind the woods in the west, a con__ 
tented, happy little party chattered as they trudged. to- 
ward home, ‘Ah! ‘pleasant, wholesome, hungry trade,’ 

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Another memory added to my store—a beginning to those 
of the chicks. 


‘“*No joy, dear fellow, can eer be thine, 
Like the curving rod’and the whistling line.” ” 


Heavy Dressings of Flies. 


Anent the mooted “Taylor system” of fly-casting and 
fly-cutting, and the once-mentioned Japanese fashion of 
Hy-fishing, here is something from an English angling 
journal, the Fishing Gazette, which may prove interest- 
ing to such of the Western readers of the Forest AND 
STREAM as have acquired the habit of cutting off about 
two-thirds of the feathers of the average fly: 

“On the Wharfe, as on neighboring streams, we fish the 
wet fly, and that wet fly is mostly of what is known as 
the ‘spider’ variety. I don’t think this is a very happy 
name for a Yorkshire hackled fly. Such spiders as I am 
personally acquainted with have a decided tendency to 
‘ombompong’—a podgy, plum-pudding kind of body— 
and our so-called ‘spider’ Hies are as spare and lean in the 
body as a charity dinner. They more nearly resemble a 
min‘ature umbrella without cover, and when dry and 
new have about as much likeness in shape to the natural 
insect as the umbrella frame has to a_barn-door rooster, 
composed as they are merely of a wrapipng of colored silk 
on the shank of the hook, and a turn or two of the hackle 
at the head. Yet, once in the water, it is wonderful 
what close resemblance they then bear to the drowned 
insect, with its wings and legs clogged and clingign to its 
body by reason of their water-logged condition. True, we 
occasionally use a winged fly, such as the March-Brown, 
but the spare, tiny hackled flies are our great stand-by.” 

This comports entirely with the Japanese idea of a fly. 
The little Jap hackles which Mr. J. Otis Averill sent me 
are strikingly similar to the “‘spider’’ above mentioned. 
A great many of our Western anglers have long ago made 
this discovery pretty much independently: The average 
artificial fly bought in the stores has three or four times 
as much feather as will cast well or will look well to the 
eye of a trout that is a connoisseur on drowned insects. 
A wet bug is not a very imposing looking object. 

E. Hove. 


Hartrorp Buriprnc, Chicago, Ill. 


Tarpon and Mahseer. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

In this week’s Forest ann STREAM I see Mr. Cheney 
brings up Kipling’s remark in the “Brushwood Boy” about 
mahseer fishing in India. On a P. & O. steamer go:ng to 
India in February, ’95, I heard the Anglo-Indians talking 
of the mahseer and the sport they had taking it. Being 
fond of fishing I made minute inquiries about this fish. 
The account you copy of the fishing must have been on a 
small stream, as the weights were 2 to 6 pounds, and the 
gentlemen I met (army officers and civil servants) spoke 

only of fish running from 15 to 125 pounds. The fish 
gving good sport were those of 15 to 25 pounds, for they 
would give fair play after the first grand rush; but the 
very heavy fish make one terrific run of 500 or 600 feet 


and then go to the bottem and sulk for an hour or + 


more, finally yielding and coming to gaff as the result of 
the long, tiresome strain kept on them with a large hook 
and heavy line. 

My admiration for Kipling is yery great, but when, as 
Mr. Cheney quotes him, he speaks of the tarpon as being 
as a “herring beside the mahseer,’ I think he is talking 
of what he knows not. The anglers I talked with in 
India said the mahseer was their best large game fish. 
but the sport was small as compared with salmon fish- 
ing, and they enjoyed it as being the nearest to that grand 
sport of anything India afforded. 

Garp. T. Lyon. 


And Odd Things Happen in Salt Water, Too. 


Mr. James H. Cochrane, of Brooklyn, tells this story 
of an experience in salt water fishing the other day 
which goes very well with our correspondent’s record of 
unusual happenings on the riyer side. Said Mr. Cochrane, 
“My son Harry was fishing in Jamaica Bay, when he 
hooked a weakfish, and after some play the line parted 
aboye the float, and line and float disappeared. This 
was at 2 o'clock last Friday afternoon. The float was 

one which had been borrowed from a friend, Mr. Stol- 
ler, and Harry had to make the best apologies he could 
for the loss of the tackle. 

“The next day, Saturday. I went fishing with my son 
in the same waters; and finding no success in the bay, we 
started to go around Coney Island outside. I was 
doing the rowing. When we were off Coney Island 
Point we saw something coming in, bobbing up and 
down against the tide, which was going out. We made 
after it, and when we got up pretty close Harry ex- 
claimed, ‘It’s my float.’ We got almost up to it, when 
it disappeared, to bob up again some distance off, Again 
we approached it, and again it disappeared and then re- 
appeared. This kept happening over and over again, 
until [ had chased the thing for an hour and a half, had 
blistered my hands and was pretty well done for: and I 
began to reflect that I was making a fool of myself by 
chasing this bobbing. anpearing and disappearing lure 
all over Jamaica Bay. Finally Harry saw the float down 
just below the surface close to the beat, plunged his 
hand down and grabbed it two feet under water. Sure 
enough it was his float. He hauled in the line, and on 
the end was a five-pand weakfish. Then I felt repaid 
ior my hour and a half at the oars. 

“That night Harry took the float to Mr. Stoller and 
restored it with the remark, ‘I do not let any weakfish 
get the better of me.’ ” 


Muscallonge at Gananoque. 


GANANOQUE, Ont., Oct. 6—Mr. Myer, of New York, 
staying at the International, had great luck fishing on 
Monday. With Frank Latimer as oarsman, he spent a 
little over two hours on the river and was fortunate 
enotigh to secure one of the few muscallonge caught this 
season. It weighed 34 pounds. was 54 inches long and 
24¥4 in girth. It was sent to Mr. Spanner, Toronto, to be 
mounted. In addition to the muscallonge, Mr. Myer 

_ caught five good sized pike. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Shooting and Fishing Resorts. 


THE proprietors of shooting and fishing resorts will 
find it adyantageous to have them registered in the 
Forest AND STREAM’S Inforimation Bureau, that they may 
be brought to the attention of sportsmen. We are con- 
stantly in receipt of inquiries for good resorts, and are 
constantly giving such information, 


A Handsome String of Bass. 


Mr. James CHuURCHWARD sends us a photograph of a 
handsome string of black bass caught by Mrs. Robeson, of 
Central Park West, this city, in Greenwood Lake. The 
catch pulled down the scales at 32 pounds. 


Che Kennel, 


Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIALS. 


Oct #.—Senecaville, O.—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association's sixth annual field trials. A, C. Peterson, 
Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. ) ‘ < 

Noy. 7.—Hampton, Conn.—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
trials. J. E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 

Nov. 7-8—Lake View, ich.—Third annual field trials of the 
Michigan Field Trials Association. E, Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 

ich, 

Nov. 12.—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
ever ent Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 


nd. 

Nov, 13.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelith annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. _W. B. Wells, Hon. Ta 

Noy. 16.—Newton, _ C.—Eastern Field Trials Club’s twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 

o. 20. —Tilinois Field Trials Association’s second 
annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, III. 
ov. 20.—Ruthyen, Ontario, Can.—Second_annual field trials of 

the North American Field Trials Club. Ff. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec’y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. 

Nov. 20. u Pa.—Central Beagle Club’s annual field trials. A. 
C. Peterson, Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. 5 . 

Noy. 22—Glasgow. Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. Barret Gibson, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. 

Noy. 27,—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Triais Association. L. S$. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. 

Noy. 30.—Newton, N, C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill. Conn. 


° 


Training the Hunting Dog 
For the Field and Field Trials. 


V.—The Best Lessons of Puppyhood. 


As intimated in preceding chapters, the most useful 
education to the puppy is that in nature’s own school. His 
best development, mentally, physically and educationally, 
comies from his own powers of observation and action. 
The training which he receives in domestication from 
association with his master, and in the more special school- 
ing in working to the gun, is but a mere incident of his 
education, considered as a whole. But, as the puppy 
develops, the trainer can do much to strengthen the ties 
or frienaly association and evoke therewith enthusiastic 
effort 

If the trainer gives the puppy a run in the fields every 
day or two, feeds him regularly, and joins him more or 
less in his plays, he becomes to the latter an object of 
distinguished consideration. 

Furthermore, the puppy thereby is gradually dominated 
and accepts his master as the one who is in authority. 
His association of ideas, if pleasant, impel him to seek 
his master’s society whenever his self-interest is aroused, 
whether in respect to wandering about through the fields, 
pursuing his prey or looking to him for food and 
shelter, or enjoying the peace and comfort of mind which 
come from agreeable comradeship. By such association 
he forms a friendly alliance with his master, which, after 
a length of time, becomes a habit of life, and if properly 
cherished, a true second nature. 

By joining the puppy betimes in his plays, and when 
afield by permitting him to revel in the delights of 
stragetic stalking and chasing young birds and butterflies, 
circumventing frogs and admiring and studying all na- 
ture through the organ of scent as his master sttdies it 
through the organ of sight, he becomes waywise, gains a 
knowledge of the things of the outer world, besides being 
afforded the freedom of action so essential to his physical 
development and well being. 

A puppy kept constantly on a chain or in confinement, 
as Many puppies are, can learn nothing of yaltie to his 
master or himself, simply because under such conditions 
no opportunity to learn is afforded. The mature city 
dog. which for the first time experiences the delights of a 
visit to the country. displays the most unbounded igno- 
rance, though overflowing with amazement and ecstacy, 
The common domestic animals excite both his predatory 
interest and apprehension of danger. Even at the sight of 
a cow in the pasture, though his instinct may impel him to 
inake a bold front, he is filled with the grayest alarms, as 
shown by his waverings jn alert retreats and reluctant 
advances, near by the strange monster. Again he romps 
about in a foolish manner. doing a thousand trivial 
foolish things, at cross purposes with every happening, 
with his poor mind coer tiles with wonderment. 

The dog which has his liberty learns the meaning of 
everything within his environment and adjusts his de- 
portment accordingly. 

_ The dog which is confined constantly, besides being 
ignorant, is mentally dwarfted and physically inferior. 
more or less misshapen, with a soured temper and an 
impaired canacity for companionship. In fact. if he is 
kept in confinement till he matures, there is likely to be 
a general lifelong depreciation of his faculties and 
canahilities. : 

» While permitting him to enjoy in his own natural, riotous 
manner the eestatic pleasure of exnendine the surplus 
energy, which nature has so wisely implanted in vonng ani- 
mals for their best development, the trainer will have no 
difficulty in maintaining his own domination. Many 
objectionable natural tendencies may be suppressed inci- 


TOcr. 13, 1900. 


dentally, such as an inclination to chase sheep or poultry. 
There is no harm in pursuing them from the puppy’s point 
of view; indeed, he could not know that they were not 
objects of legitimate pursuit and capture till he was so 
taught by experience. From the standpoint of puppy- 
hood, every living thing found in the woods and fieids 
is there to be chased by him, if he feels in that humor, or 
to kill it if he wishes to compass its death, = 

In this connection, by considering how easily he can 
teach the dog to blink sheep, etc., the trainer will the bet- 
ter comprehend how he may unintentionally teach the 
dog to blink birds. He, when blinking, merely associates 
some painful experience with them. If the painfulness be 
from scoldings and whippings, he quite reasonably con- 
siders that they were administered for taking notice of the 
birds at all rather than for flushing and chasing, the latter 
being acts which from his standpoint are at first quite 
right. 

It thus will be noted that a certain degree of freedom 
and association with man is essential to the dog’s best 
education as a servant to assist in the interests of the 
gun. 

The training of a dog to obey a few commands in con- 
finement, when his understanding is dormant and his 
bodily powers undeveloped, is nothing toward fitting him 
for active, practical service. 

Nor are all the advantages of companionship to be- 
charged to the puppy, in the matter of training. It gives 
the trainer the best of opportunities to study the puppy’s 
peculiarities and abilities. He will note whether the 
puppy is intelligent or stupid, timid or bold, diligent or 
lazy, calm or excitable, etc. In fact, it will be a distinct 
advantage to the trainer if he cultivate a habit of close 
obseryation of the traits and doings of his pupils at all 
times. 

No two dogs have precisely the same talents, nor the 
same methods of accomplishing their purposes, and in- 
deed most dogs vary widely in their powers and the ap- 
plication of them. Each dog has an individuality of his 
own, and he can best perform in his own natural manner. 
Nothing therefore will be gained by any attempts ‘to 
make him work up to some ideal, even though it be the 
most famous ideal ever imagined. The idea of the ideal 
can never be communicated to the dog. The most that 
the trainer can do is to make the best of such powers as 
the dog is endowed with by nature. That is the standard 
every time. The trainer develops the puppy to the ex- 
tent of its abilities, and hav‘ng done that he can do no 
more. Having done that, he has done well. If the puppy 
have not the powers of greatness within himself, it is as 
impossible to develop him beyond its limitations as it is 
to deyelop a man into a great orator, muSic‘an. artist etc.. 
if he has not the nattiral talents for any of these accom- 
plishments. ; : 

As to house training or house breaking, as it is more 
commonly called, the puppy acquires most of it by vir‘ue 
of scoldings and the broomstick. If he mistakes the 
best bed and bedroom for a dog kennel, he feels that a 
lashed hide, scoldings, cold looks and unfriendly surveil- 
lance are matters worth noting and heeding. Also driven 
from the parlor at the point of the broomsticl:, he avoids 
it as a place of pains and discomfort. The din‘ng room. 
the table and the food placed upon it are, by virtue of the 
broomstick, conceded by him, sooner or later to be for his 
betters. Banished repeatedly from the house in disgrace 
and deprived of the friendly regard of its members for 
the time. beng, he suffers pain and deprivation, and his 
own self-interest prompts him to learn sooner or later 
what the household regulations are as they concern him- 
self, what the penalties are if they are violated and there- 
fore what privileges are accorded to him on the lines of 
least resistance, B, WATERS. 


Three of a Kind and Another. 


THis picture is a reproduced photograph of the Pret- 
zel-Brown family and Rex, the Setter. The names of 
the Pretzel-Browns are these: Beginning at the right 
hand of the picture comes first, Fritz Pretzel-Brown. 
Next and to his left, Maximilian Pretzel-Brown. father 
of Fritz, and at the extreme left stands Grille Pretzel- 
Brown, mother of Fritz. Between Maximilian and 
Grille reclines Rex, the English setter, who is the digni- 
fied friend and counselor of the P.-B. family. 

Maximilian Pretzel-Brown was born on a stormy 
September night, in the fall of 1889. His ancestors were 
of blue Saxony blood, his father claiming to have barked 
at the king one day as he passed his kennel. His patri- 
clan “origin possibly accounts for his somewhat over- 
bearing conduct with other dogs, for, from earliest 
youth, he always seemed to be spoiling for a fight. He 
was what, 1n these degenerate days of slang, might be called 
“scrappy, and after his monthly birthdays had reached the 
number of eight, it made no difference to him whether it 
was a fox terrier or a St. Bernard that trespassed; he would 
attack it tooth arfd nail,and generally put it to fight. But he 
never attacked a dog smaller than himself. He was very 


jealous of prerogatives, and when the setter Rex was 


introduced into the family in 1891, Maximilian was 
determined to indicate at once his position of head of 
the canine household. Rex being exceedingly good 
natured, excepting when aroused, acquiesced in this ar- 
rangement, and it was only when Maximilian deliberately 
started to take Rex’s chop bone from him that Rex 
turned and put a small hole through Maximilian’s left 
ear with his sharp canine teeth. 

Max, as his intimates call him, is very stubborn, as 
well as slow in obeying orders from his master and 
mistress. Jf engaged in making an excavation on the 
smooth lawn in search of a mole, no amount of ordinary 
speech will cause him to desist, and it is only when the 
head of the house, with stout whip, starts toward him 
that he will look up in the mildest surprise and seem 
to say: “Oh! was that you? Am I wanted?” And only 
then, at last, will he saunter slowly toward the howse, 
stopping from time to time to smell after some imaginary 
aniaml. At the advanced age of eight vears he fell 
desperately in love with Grille, and married her. 

Grille Pretzel-Brown was born a little lady in the late 
fall of 1897. She was a gentle girl from the start, but, 
as she grew apace. her fistire developed into the finest 
lines. Her color is jet black, with tan markings, and 


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just a splash or two of white on the chest. She soun 
developed a distinct fondness for chasing grasshoppers 
and crickets, and it was finally decided to christen her 
“Grille,’ which in German is the word for these little 
chirping insects. After she became the mother of a 
family, she gave up the pastime as being undignified, and 
alter family cares were oyer, devoted her energies to 
mice and rats. 
' Fritz Pretzel Brown occupies the right hand corner 
of the picture, and anyone observing closely can clearly 
see why his master and mistress have affectionately 
dubbed him “tough citizen.” Fritz is always in mischief. 
Look at the shadow of a tail. No photographic lens, no 
matter how sensitive the plates, how instantaneous the 
exposure, could catch the tail of Fritz Pretzel-Brown. 
His short stout legs have a dozen crooks in them, yet 
after he has stolen a sticl, or a ball, or a bone, or an old 
rat from his parents, it would take a clever greyhound 
to catch him in his devious diversions. His disposition 
is kindly to a degree. He will never seek a quarrel nor 
a bath, but for mischievous deviltry he stands easily at 
the head of the class. . 
Different from all three is sedate old Rex, the English 
setter. He takes no stock in moles of mice or rats. 
He never notices grasshoppers, crickets or butterflies. 
He won’t even chase a rabbit, something that puts the 
Pretzel-Brown family into fits. But put him in the 
buckwheat stubble! There’s his forte! eke 
i 4 Yr 


Canoeing. 


American Canoe Association, 1900-1901. 


Commodore. C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Can. 
Librarian. W. P. Stephens, Thirty-second street and Avenue A, 


“Bayonne, N. J 
Division Officets. 


ATLANTIC DIVISION 
Vice-Com,, Henry M. Dater. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Rear-Com,, H. 1D. Hewitt, Burlington, N. J. 
Purser, Joseph F. Eastmond, 199 Madison street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 


CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Gom., ©. P. Forbysh, Buffalo, N.Y. 
Rear-Com., Dr. C. R! Henry. Perry, N. Y- 
Purser, Lyman P. Hubbell, Buffalo, N. Y. - 


EASTERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com,, Louis A. Hall, Newton, Mass. 

Rear-Com,. €. M. Lamprey, lawrence, Mass. : 

Purser, A. E. Kimberly, Lawrence Experimetital Station, 
Tawrence, Mass. : 


NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., G, A. Howell, Toronto, Can. 
Rear-Com., R. Easton Burns. Kingston, Ontario, Can. 
Purser, R. Norman Brown, Toronto, Can. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., Wm. C. Jupp, Detroit. Mich. 

Rear-Com., F. B, Huntington. Milwaukee, Wis. aa z 

Purser, Fred T. Barcroft, 408 Ferguson Building, Detroit, Mich. 
td 


Official organ, Forrest AND STREAM, 


The Amendment of the Racing Rules, 


New York, Oct. 5.—Editor Forest and Stream: Among 
the various propositions published in the last issue of 
FoRESt AND STREAM, looking to a change in the A, C. 
A. racing regulations with respect to the modification 
cf the present type of sailing canoe, are some which 
merit a brief disctission. Chief among these is the pro- 
posal of Mr. Quick to place an arbitrary minimum limit 
‘of weight upon the canoe, exclusive of centerboard. 
Suck a provision might do no very great harm if canoe- 
ing were io be confined exclusively to open waters, but 
for a cance designed for all-around cruising purposes 
and capable of frequent and easy transportation, any 
such provision would prove really karmful.- The condi- 
tions of canoeing in this country differ widely from those 
existing elsewhere, and with us the minimum weight 
consistent with strength and stability is to be aimed at 
rather than the opposite extreme, 

‘To illustrate what a canoe should be, reference’ must 


4 


‘seat will avail nothing. 


THREE OF A KIND AND ANOTHER, 


be had to the purposes for which it was designed. Take, 
for example, a cruise that was once extremely popular 
with canoeists, viz., from Lake George, through Lake 
Champlain and the Sorel River to the St. Lawrence. 
Here was presented ‘almost every condition that a canoe 
might be expected to encounter, from the broad slack 
waters of the lakes to the rapids of the river, with frfe- 
quent carries, where the only lifting and drawing power 
was often necessarily the muscles of the canoeist himself. 
An all around cruising canoe should be adapted to all of 
the above conditions. How would a canoeist in a 
hundred pound canoe, with the additional weight of 
centerboard, sliding seat, rig and duffle, fare under such 
conditions? 
What we want to get away from in the A. C, A, is 
the idea of the canoe as a small yacht. What we want 
to encourage is that able little boat which the older 


canoeists knew, light and stable, at home almost equally 


on river, harbor, lake or pond, in quiet waters or in 
rapids, the most independent craft that floated. 

It is not the weight of the canoe or the conformity 
of its lines to some single arbitrary standard of construc- 
tion that needs regulation. A hundred pound canoe may 
be built with its weight so placed as to allow of the 
most extreme dead rise. Permit the continued use of 
the sliding: seat, and the tendency always will be to 


o 


whittle down the hull to the last point at which a trained ~ 


gymnast at the end of a lever can hold it upright on the 
face of the water. 

Abolish the sliding seat, and add the open cockpit. 
which without the former appliance is a practical neces- 
sity, and the sailor who must then depend upon the 
weight of his body and his skill in handling to counter- 
zalance the wind pressure on his sails will have no 
other resource to aid him in accomplishing that object 
than a more stable hull. Dead-rise construction would 


meet with but little encoragement under such conditions. 


Limiting the sail area without abolishing the sliding 
In 1895 the sail area was limited 
to 130 sq, ft., and great expectations of improvement as 
a result were indulged in. The outcome was a less stable 
hull and longer sliding seat to meet changed conditions. 

The canoe with a sliding seat is perhaps dryer when 
sailing in rough waters than one not so equipped, but 
the absence of this purely racing appliance did not ap- 
pear to seriously dampen the enthusiasm of the old 


-canoeists, who in spite of their distressing condition 


described in Mr. Wilt’s letter in your last isstie, de- 


veloped the canoe and canoeing to a high point oi 
‘popularity, which it did not lose until the advent of the 


sliding seat. It has, perhaps, some redeeming features, 
but it is a purely artificial and illegitimate addition to 
the breadth of the canoe, and none of its good features 
are sufficient to counterbalance the really great evil it has 
done and is doing canoeing. It is the germ of a disease 
that has nearly killed the sport, and the only remedy is 
its complete and final extirpation. 
Henry M. Darter. 


Montreat, Oct..6.—Editor Forest and Stream: As an 
ald canoeist and a former member of the American Canoe 
Association, I have been reading with considerable in- 


terest the proposed amendments to the rules governing 


the decked sailing canoe which are to be discussed and 
acted pon at the next meeting. 

With the usual temerity which prompts fools to rush in 
where angels fear to tread, I am tempted to offer a few 
suggestions which, I think, would tend to make the sport 
more popular in our locality, 

First. Is it not worth considering whether a little extra 
beam would not be a good thing, making a stiffer, more 
roomy and all-round better craft than the present restric- 
tion allows? Would suggest that the classificatoin rule be 
changed to permit a maximum beam of 36in. 

Second. That the length of sliding sea be limited to 
36in., or not longer than the beam of the canoe, 

Third. That.a hoisting and lowering rig be used in all 
races, with proper reefing gear. 

Fourth. That the cockpit area be at least 30 per cent. 
of the area of the deck. | 

Fifth. That the sail area be limited to 120 sq. ft. 

Sixth: That the planking of hull shail not be less than 


‘Gananoque, Canada, on Saturday, Oct. 20. 


Yin, at any point; the deck planking to be not less than 
3-16in. A suitable table of scantling restrictions should 
be drawn up to insure a wholesome, serviceable type of 
boat. r 

In the early nineties canoe sailing was in a flourishing 
condition on Lake St, Louis, but the A. C. A., by placing 
no limit on sliding seat and sail area, fendered it im- 
perative to have a canoe of s*oal draft and light dis- 
placement, if races were to be won. The costly, freak 
construction thus fostered proved a death blow to saliing 
canoe facing, and at the present time there is not a 
decked sailing canoe to be seen on our lake. » 

It is, indeed, deplorable to witness the stagnation of 
such a fine pastime, which so completely furnishes the 
acme of single-handed sailing. 

There are a number of young men here who, while un- 
able to afford the expense of owning a yacht, and too ac- 
tive to take any pleasure out of sailing a one-design dinghy, 
would gladly turn to the decked sailing canoe, providing 
the A. C. A. promoted a healthy type of boat, allowing 
of comparatively cheap construction, and gave them some 
assurance their canoes would not be outclassed for several 
seasons. W. Ernest Bouton. 


The Executive Committee Meeting. 


Com. Britton has announced that the annual meeting 
of the A. C. A. Executive Committee will be held at 
As a large 
number of amendments will be presented, it is most 
desirable that each division should be fully represented. 


Aachting. 


In default of all positive knowledge of the intentions 
of Sir Thomas Lipton, at the present time the only candi- 
date for international honors, the field is clear ior all 
sorts of wild and baseless reports; and absurd and 
groundless rumors made on one side of the ovean 
are cabled over to the other and then back, until by 
mere reiteration they are made to assume a certain sort 
of plausibility. Two weeks ago it was reported that a 
challenge was certain, because Mr. Hugh Kelly, of the 
Royal Ulster Y. C., had been in New York, having run 
across as the guest of Mr. Howard Gould, on board 
Niagara II. Last week it was announced that there 
would be no challenge, on account of the elections now 
on in Great Britain. One absurd story recently launched 
states that there will be a challenge, and that “Mr. John 
Eustace Jameson,’ the great British yachtsman, will 
have entire control of Sir Thomas Lipton’s new venture. 
So far as Mr. John Jameson is concerned, he is well 
known as the maker of a fine Irish whisky, the owner 
of many racing yachts, and the cousin, we believe, of 
Mr. W. G Jameson, the best Corinthian skipper in 
Great Britain. Mr. John Jameson has biiilt and owned 
the famous cutters Silver Star, Samzna, Irex and Iverna, 
he has been a liberal patron of yachting for many years, 
and he has been noted as a successful racing owner; but 
the actual work of caring for and handling his yachts 
has been done by Mr. W. G. Jameson and the late Capt. 
Billy O'Neil. Mr. W. G. Jameson had charge of Brit- 
annia, the representative of her royal owner, during her 
best racing days.. He was on board her in the noted race 
with Vigilant around the Isle of Wight, and he was 
mentioned frequently while Shamrock was building as 
likely to be on board her in her traces with Columbia. 
As far as‘ Mr.. John Jameson is concerned, there is little 
likelihood that he will ever assume stich a responsible 
berth as acting ewner of a cup challenger really owned 
by another. 

There is still time for a challenge within the ten 


- months required by the late Deed of Gift III., and 


beyond this it, is more than likely that the ten months’ 
notice would be waived in case of a late challenge, pro- 
vided that there were still time to build. What Sir 
Thomas Lipton’s intentions are is known only to himself 
and possibly a few friends; such statements as. he has 


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made within the last few months all indicate that he is 
in no serious haste for another match. 


TaERE are two rtmors, current for. Some little time, 

which are at least plausible, one to the effect that Shani- 
rock will be repaired during the winter and raced in the 
Mediterranean, the other that when Sir Thomas builds 
another challenger she will be named Shamrock II. The 
racing of Shamrock next spring will be important or 
otherwise according to the condition of British yachting. 
At that time, if there is any revival and the new bouts 
Sybarita and Distant Shore should be raced, and in 
particular if the German Emperor should fit out Meteor 
IT. for the Mediterranean, the racing of such a fleet and 
the test of Shamrock’s merits among yachts of he: own 
nationality im design cannot fail to be interesting. If, 
however, no new boats are built, and the existing ones 
are not fitted out, the mere sailing of Shamrock against 
Ailsa or Satanita will be of no possible interest to the 
yachting public. ” 
” The mere naming of a yacht may be a trivial matter. 
and one in which an owner need consult only his per- 
sonal preferences, but in the case of a match for the 
America Cup, the great historic event of all yachting, it 
does seem as though some other considerations were 
worthy of attention. i 

Some of the most famous names in yachting are 
connected with these contests—America, Cambria, Magic. 
Livonia, Columbia, Mischief, Puritan, Genesta, Galatea, 
Mavflower, Volunteer, Thistle and Vigilant. The mere 
recital of these names is in itself a history to every well- 
informed yachtsman, his mind instantly supplying the 
details of each race. It does seem desirable that each 
match of this great series, now covering the full half 
century, should be individualized and emphasized by the 
selection of new and suitable names for the contesting 
yachts. The sentiment which attaches to such a com- 
bination as Mischief and Atalanta, or Puritan and 
Genesta, is entirely lacking when it comes to a possible 
Columbia III. and Shamrock II. The series of Valky- 
ries I., ID. and III. is already confusing to the mind in 
running over the history of the Cup races, and there 
seems no good reason why the foolish fad of Lord Dun- 
raven should be perpetuated by other challengers or 
defenders. 

Whether named by chance or design, the defenders of 
the Cup haye until very recent years borne suitable titles, 
names that were at least distinctive and not obviously 
inappropriate. The early names, America, Magic, Sap- 
pho, Columbia, Palmer, Madeline, Mischief, were none 
of them startling in originality or deep meaning, but 
they answered the purpose well enough. The Paine 
series, Puritan, Mayflower and Volunteer. were better 
named, as were Priscilla, Colonia and Pilgrim, the un- 
successful aspirants of the same era. Vigilant was a 
particularly good name, embodying an idea and at the 
saine time new to the yacht lists. Defender was a very 
poor selection, the word being a common noun, a mere 
generic term applymg to dozens of yachts, and mean- 
inegless in its application to this one. Columbia was 
still worse as being worn and hackneyed. and in actual 
use on a number of existing yachts, one of which already 
held a prominent place in Cup history. As for the chal- 
lengers of recent years, they have exhibited exceptional 
ingenuity in the selection of unsuitable names. The Valky-» 
rie of Lord Dunraven was worn threadbare in yachting 
lone before he named the first boat in 1889, and the 
addition of Valkyrie II. in 1893 and Valkyrie III. in 
1895 showed a further lack of originality. The name Dis- 
tant Shore, given by Mr. Charles Day Rose in his prema- 
ture challenge of 1895, has a place of its own as a specially 
awkward misfit in yachting, though he has since actually 
saddled it on a new and costly yacht. In view of the 
fact that Shamrock was distinetly non-Irish in her de- 
sign, construction and the personnel of skippers and crew, 
her owner may be pardoned for once in giving her an 
Trish name, hackneyed as it is; for his other offense, of 
painting her green, there is no possible justification, The 
unbroken coat of bright green from water line to rail 
which disfigured Shamrock last year was not only a 
piece of vandalism and a violation of all artistic precepts, 
but a gross injustice to Mr. Will Fife. Painted in the 
conyential British fashion, with poot-top of red or green. 
black topsides, and gold band and trailboards, Shamrock 
would have shown up as a handsome and shapely yacht, 
any faults of model being reduced to a minimum, so far 
as appearance was concerned, Daubed as she was, with 
but one color, and that a most unsuitable one, she looked 
to the casual eye a yeritable box. Much of the harsh 
criticism which fell on the boat was due solely to the 
paint put on by the owner, and not to the form given 
her by the designer, even though that had its own 
faults. 

Ji this fashion continues in favor we may some day 
see a Columbia IIII., painted in red and white stripes, 
with a blue deck covered with stars, defending the cup 
against a ereen Shamrock III. with a yellow deck. 

Tt speaks but little for the yaunted wit of the Irish 
und for the national literature that these two Irish yachts- 
men have, in the first place, selected old and hackneyed 
names and then duplicated them with the addition of 
distinguishing numerals in later boats. It should be 
possible, if an Irish name is a necessity, to find one that 
is in a measure new to yachting, and not obviously in- 
appropriate, and with a crisp ringing sound to it. On 
(his side it should also be possible to find a new name 
without duplicating or triplicatinge names that are both 
ancient and conventional. : 


Tt is but natural that the long continued defense of 
the America Cup has become largely a matter of senti- 
ment and tradition, so that at the present time it is deep 
in a rut which leads from rather than toward the general 
upward course of yacht racing in the regular classes. 
While improvements in rules and methods are made 
from time to time in the general club racing, it is only 
by slow degrees that these are incorporated in the con- 
ditions governing the America cup. As this trophy is 
by far the greatest in all yachting, and as a match for 
it involves an enormous expense on the part of both the 
clubs and the individuals partaking in it, all the rules 
-and conditions should be as nearly perfect as the sldll 
of man can make them, in order that the sport at large’ 
may derive benefit in some degree proportioned tg the 
i pine -lib it ies Me myo wel : iv 


FOREST :> AND STREAM. 


outlay of both money and labor. Far frém’ this being. 
the case, it has offen happened in the past that the 


conditions were so faulty or one-sided as to make the 
races of no possible value in deciding important techni- 
cal questions, in improving the design of yachts, or in 
aiding the sport in general ways. 

While much has been done in the past three contests 
to remoye the heavy handicaps once placed on the 
challenger, and to give him as fair fighting chance, the 
conditions are still largely left to chance, and while there 
is no longer any intention on either side to handicap or 
take unfair advantage of the other, there is at the same 
time no organized and hearty co-operation in the in- 
terests of yacht racing. ne 

One point, perhaps the most important of all, that is 
still left to mere chance is that of the size of the con- 
testants. It is not necessary now to trace out the origin 
and growth of the so-called 90-footer, which monopolizes 
the Cup racing—for one thing, the imaginary oo-iooter 
of 1887, was a very differetit ship, in size and cost, from 
the real thing of 1899; the cost of the triplicate outfit 
of canvas required for a Columbia would almost pay 
for a Volunteer completely rigged. There is no evidence 
that anyone to-day wishes to build a racing cutter of 
goft. Lw.l. The challenger doés so only because he can- 
not feel altogether safe in risking a smaller yacht in the 
face of the doubtiul meaning of the new deed of gift, and 
the existence of old defenders of that size, and then 
the defender has to rely Gn the spirit and generosity 
of a few wealthy members to build one new yacht to 
meet the challenging vessel. It is generally recognized 
that the resulting boats, such as Shamrock, Valkyrie 
IIL, Columbia and Defender, are worthless even as rac- 
ing machines, except for the Cup matches at long inter- 
vals: 


establishment of a regular class of racing yachts of such 
smaller size as will meet the requirements and the means 
of the wealthier racing yachtsmen. : ve 

Both sides would be better off if the size of the chal- 
lengers were reduced to a point where a permanent 
racing class could be maintained, but at the same time 
neither is likely to take steps to bring about this change. 
On this side there is a popular sentiment; based 
entirely on a fallacy, which demands that the Cup races 
be retained in the nominal class existing for the past 
dozen years, regardless of the fact that such a reasonable 
redtiction of size as has been at times proposed would 
give a yacht much larger and faster than Puritan, the 
parent boat of the Cup class. As long as Defender and 
Columbia are in existence, even though their uselessness 
has been proven, and they lie season after season rusting 
away, the general sentiment is that no smaller yachts 
should be allowed to race for the Cup. The multitude 
who hold to this idea pay nothing toward the construc- 
tion and racing of these expensive machines; they de- 
mand this much of a few wealthy Americans; they give 
no thought to the need of a wholesome stimulus ‘to 
building and racing in the medium classes, to the en- 
couragement of American designers, skippers and crews 
and the recruiting of new men to the ranks of racing 
owners, The one cry is that the Cup must be defended 
by a 90-footer, cost what it may—to others. 


If we are correct in assuming that the continued 
building and racing of even larger atid more costly 
machines than Columbia and Shamrock -is detrimental 
to yacht racing, and desired by neither party, there is 
an easy and simple remedy at hand. Ovtit’ of the great 


fleet of yachts which have figured in the defense of the: 


America Cup, either as principals or in the secondary- 


capacity of trial boats, every one, we believe, is still 


afloat, but most of them are’ out of the question in the 
future, Eyen the four of 1893, ‘Vigilant, Colonia, Jubilee 


and Pilgrim, have long since passed out of the racing: 


field. The only existing yachts of the class are De- 
fender and Columbia, now housed-over on the beach at 
City Island. These yachts are still the property of their 
original owners, according to the New York Y. C. 
book for the year, Defender being owned by W. K, 
Vanderbilt, E. D. Morgan and C. Oliver Iselin; while 
Columbia is owned by J. Pierpont Morgan and Mr. 
Iselin, These gentlemen are the absolute owners of the 
yachts, and they are also thoroughly informed in’ the 
history of the Cup races and of American yachting, and 
of the present condition and needs of the sport. They 
know that as matters stand a new challenge will mean 
a new and still more costly machine, which they, before 
all others, may be expected to pay for and manage. If 
in their judgment the interests of American yacht racing 
will be advanced by a transfer of the Cup contests to 
a smaller class, they can bring this about in a very short 
time. It is only necessary that they sell Defender and 
Columbia in such a way as to make it impossible to use 
them as racing cutters. ; 

Defender’s days are probably over. With the large 
amount of aluminum in her construction it is unlikely 
that she can ever be put to permanent use as a yacht; it 
is doubtful whether she would be fitted out again as a 
trial boat. Her value as old metal is as great at the 
present time as it is likely to be in the future, as the 
top of the market was passed some months ago. Her 
spars, gear, sails, etc., can all be sold to advantage now, 
before they have deteriorated by long storage. With 
more durable metal in her construction, Columbia may 
still be ayailable in some form as a yacht. Reduced to a 
practicable draft of 12 or 1aft., with a centerboard and 
a small rig she would still make a fast and good cruiser, 
and she might with advantage be converted in this way. 
Her bronze plating would be far superior to steel, and 
should insure for her a comparatively large price. Like 
the fin-keel Pilgrim of 1893, she could well be converted 
to a steamer, the lead keel and fin being cut away and 
a new keel, futtocks and floors added, the old plating 
of the fin being used for the new garboards and lower 
strakes. _Mechanically the conversion to either a center- 
board schooner or a steam yacht would be a simple 
matter. a i 1 ae 

If these two yachts were taken as they now stand 
shored up on the beach, the keels and fins removed, and 
the hulls and outfit sold, the way would be cleared for a 
speedy challenge for the America Cun in a smaller class. 
With them out of the way there would be no further 
question of the propriety 


I F 


that they teach no good lessons in design or 
construction; that they are a permanent bar to the’ 


of accepting such a’ challenge, | 


eee 


[Ocr, 13, 1900, 


and as far as the challengers are concerned, they have 
for’ years) desired a smaller size. 


class; and the-representatives of Sir Thomas Lipton, who 
visited -New York, in September, 1898, to arrange for 
the last match, came prepared to negotiate for a challenge 
in the 7oft. class; but abandoned the idea on ascertaining 
that it would not be entertained by the New York Y, C. 
The existence of Shamrock is no more a factor in the 
matter than is that of Valkyrie TI]. The two can well 
be disregarded in all future international events, 


‘The stiggestion here tiade is of direct and inimediate 
importance. There can be no question of the legal and 
moral rights of the owners to dispose of the two yachts 
in any way they may select, The yachts are worthless 
to-day and may he so for several years, until another 
challenge comes. As far as thé sale value is concerned, it 
must decrease every year, |The effect of this large class 
on the general racing has been generally recognized by 
thinking yachtsmen for some years. In fact, with De- 
fender moored for three years in one spot, and with her 
and Columbia, now similarly shelved for an indefinite 
time, it can no longer be contended that sudli a class is 2 
useful and essential member of the racing flect. The 
demand for a revival of some useful and practicable 
class between the ooft. and the s5rft. has been growing 
for some years, and this year has found active expression 
in the construction of the one design 70 class, and the 
importation of three British yachts of the next smaller 
size. Neither of these classes as yet constitute the 
dreaded “yested interests’ which bar all advances in 
yachting. The Herreshoff quartette, however they may 
be patched and cobbled up during the winter, are not 
likely to induce yachtsmen to add to their number, and 


‘the British yachts are of an odd measurement for Ameri- 


can racing. The way is clear now, as it has not been in 
the past for many years and may not be in the future, for 


the establishment of a class of about 7Zoft. l.w.l., under- 


the regular rules and open to all designers. 


Second to the question of the size or class of the 
yachts. in Cup racing is that of the measurement, at 
present in a very tinsatisfactory state. Under existin 
conditions the waterline only is limited, and each side is 
free to oOver-spar at will, offering every inducement to 
dangerous wrecking above decks. Jf common sense 
could but preyail in the making of international matche: 
in the larger classes, both parties would at once come 
together and, failing even a passably good measurement 
rule, which neither has at present, would make such an 
agreement as would be plainly to their mutual advan- 
tage; for instance, méasurement by the Seawanhaka rule, 
with crew on board and a limit of extreme draft, neither 
boat to exceeed a racing measurement of 75ft. This 13 
the regular class rule of the New York Y. C. to-day, ex. 


cept that the crew is specifically limited and need not . 


be on board when the yacht is measured, though the 
latter requirement holds in the Cup races. There is 
nothing novel or radical about it, and it would favor 
neither side, but each would know exactly where it stood. 
The limitation by racing measurement instead of water- 
line is in accotd with the standard American usage, and 
to; a certain extent militates against oyer-sparring. It 
wauld be infinitely better if both parties could agree om 
a new rule, placing some restrictions -on freak features 
and evasions under which an international racing class 
could be built up on both sides, the best yacht of the class 
cn cach side being selected for the Cup matches, but the 
time is not yet ripe for such a rule. Even the temporary 
step outlined above would give a stimulus to building 
and racing on both sides of the Atlantic, and on this side 
it would be of especial value in the encotiragement of 
American designers. 


The present condition of yachting in all classes above 
Sift, is most unsatislactory and discouraging, the spas- 
modic racing of a couple of goft. machines eyery few 
vears (loes far more harm than good. Such machines are 
beyond the reach of even the wealthiest of the real racing 
owners. and these have no suitable class to which to 
build. That there 1s a demand for such a class is shown 
by the four 7o-footers and the three 65-footers added to 
the fleet this year, and yet these boats go a long way 
from being the nucleus of the tight class. 

In the America Cup the New York Y. C. has in its 
hands the most powerful instrument ever devised for the 
encouragement of yachting; but for reasons not neces- 
sary to enumerate here this instrument has long since 
ceased to do good. By prompt and sensible action on 
the part of the club and some of its members, the whole 
ififluence of the Cup may be diverted speedily to the 
establishment of a new and much needed racing class. 
With a challenge once in hand for a o0-footer, as 1t must 
inevitably be in time if matters remain as they are, this 
chance disappears for an indefinite period, and in the 
meanwhile some sort of a class will srow up haphazard. 
probably a failure in itself and a bar to the establishment 
of 4, really good and successful one, 


Ir is now learaed that an addition must be made 
to the long list of partly wrecked racers. Early in the 
year the new yacht Countess, designed and built by the 


Herreshoffs for Oswald Sanderson, of the Larchmont ~ 


Y. C., struck a sunken rock, but, as she soon afterward 
continued racing, it was thought the damage had been 
slight. Yesterday, however, an expert in yacht con- 
struction said that the effects of her wrencfring still 
existed, and could not be put right without a large ex- 
pense. Effort, a sister ship to Cotntess, produced at 
the same yatds for F. M. Smith, did not, like Syce and 
Countess, try fo measure strength with rocks, but she 
ispreported to be almost a wreck as a result of her short 
summer's sailing. The boat is recorded as having en- 
tered five races, and, though it is not known, whether 
or not she was unduly crowded with canvas, it appears 
that she did not stand the strain. She is now hauled 
up ‘af Bristol. Another-new yacht that.must be tre- 
paired is the 15-footer Shark, which the owner, F. La- 
throp Ames, had to leave in Bristol because he could not 


‘get a crew to sail her back around the Cape to Boston. 


As has been printed im: the Tribune, the .new fleet 
of 70-footers was more or less damaged by the season’s 
racing; This: fleet is now gathered or about tq gather 


The first challenge” 
from Lord Dutraven, in 1889, expressly named the oft.” 


Oca. 13, ip0d.] 


Mineola is that her bow is turned up in the air and her 
hull badly strained and out of shape-—New York Trib- 
une, Oct. 5. a tT etl a es 


1 


Tue following is from the New York Timés:. 


; 


A report comes from the Herreshofts’ works that these 
builders have contracts to construct ten of the fifty-one- 
foot class of yachts, to be completed in season for the 
tating next summer, and that the class willbe head- 
quartered at Newport, as-were the thirties and the seven- 
ties, It is also reported that August Belmont’s name 
ig among the yachtsmen who will own one of the new 
boats, and in view of that fact had his seventy-footer 
Mineola towed to New York recently, to be offered for 
sale. 


Accorpinc to Le Yacht the new challenge for the Sea- 
wanhaka cup will be designed by Harley Mead, of Cowes. 
Mr. Currie will try her early in the season, in time to 
build another boat should she prove unsatisfactory. It is 
probable that the English challenge will bring out a-num- 
ber of boats for the trial races of the defense from all 
parts of Canada, and that the new fleet on Lake St. Louis 
will be national rather than local. It is reported that at 
least one other English yachtsman will build a trial boat. 


A VAGUE report is current, coming from Berlin, that the 
Emperor William has placed an order with Mr. Watson 
for a yacht a little larger than the new Sybarita, to make 
her début in the Mediterranean next spring. - 


Tue action of the council of the Yacht Racing Union 


at the annual meeting, in rescinding the linear rating of 


“girth rule’ adopted two years ago, leaves the measure- 
ment question just where it then was, and where it is 
likely to remain so far as the Yacht Racing Union ‘of 
America is concerned. Though this organization has had: 
a special committee at work for some time on the meas- 
urement question, it has no new proposal for a rule. The 
clubs and associatigns which looked to the Y. R. U. of 
N. A, for aid an@*Zuidance in this matter are now left 
to shift for themselves. Apart from the waste of time, the 
only harm that has been done, except to the prestige of the 
new Union, is on the Great Lakes, where a good rule was 
abandoned for a very poor one, with the result that the 
staunch and sturdy keel yacht in successful use on all the 
lakes has been handicapped in favor of the extreme type 
of capsizable racing machine. This result of itself is 


enough to justify the strong protest which we had the 


pleasure of making before the meeting of 1898 against 
what has proved a most unfortunate leap in the dark. 


The Ballasting of the 70ft. Class. 


Tue following letters were made public in New York: 
on Oct. 7 and 8 respectively through all the daily- papers. 
We give them without any comment, as they cover all 
that is known about the case to others than those directly” 


connected with the four new 7o-footers. . 

The first letter is addressed'to the regatta committees of 
the New York, Seawanhaka and other clubs, a copy being 
sent to each: 


New York, Oct. 5.—Dear Sir: The owners of the four 
so-called 7o-footers' entered into an agreement which 
governed certain of the races between them during the 
last summer. 
agreement that it gave the right to any one of the yachts, 
at her own option, to add ballast for the purpose of bring- 
ing her waterline length up to that of the longest yacht. 
and for this purpose I took in additional ballast on board 
Rainbow at different times. 

My attention has just been called to the fact that 1 had 
no right to take in additional ballast in any case, after the 
yacht had once been measured, without notifying the 
authorities under which the races were conducted, or pro- 
curing an official remeasurement. It had never occurred 
to me that I was obliged to comply with this condition, 
but I hasten to say that I think my yacht was subject to 
disqualification for taking on additional ballast without 
being officially remeasured, and.that she was not entitled 
to any prizes won tinder these circumstances. 

I deeply regret that I should have been guilty of such a 
blunder and can only frankly say that it was a blunder, 
but was committed thoughtlessly and without intention. 
I cannot, of course, consent to accept any prize which 
was won by my yacht in violation of the rules, however 
unwittingly such violation eccurred. I beg, therefore, to 
say that I must decline to accept the prizes offered by your 
club, to which I otherwise would have been entitled. 

I shall at once notify the other owners of these facts, 
and shall at the same time write to the various committees 
in charge of the other races which I have sailed, and 
inform them of my error and how it came to be made. At 
the same time I shall return all the prizes I have received 
and refuse to accept the ones not yet delivered. 

Respectiully yours, 
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. 


P 

The following is a statement given to the press by Mr. 
IH. B. Duryea: | 

In an isste of a morning paper I find a reference to 
myself in connection with Mr. Vanderbilt's letter return- 
ing his cups, as follows: 

“What called forth this letter is somewhat a mystery, 
but it is rumored that Herman B. Duryea and Harry 
Payne Whitney, who owned and raced Yankee, intimated 
that Rainbow had an advantage over the other yachts 
which she should not have had.” ae 


The suggestion, as I understand it, is that Mr. Vander- 


bilt was driven to this recent attitude by insinuations made 

by Mr. Whitney and myself. 

justice, as well as us. 
The facts are that not until the racing season was 


over had we any idea that any such thing could have. 


happened. Immediately upon the information reaching us 
T sent Mr. Vanderbilt a letter, of which the following is 
a copy: 

“My Dear Vanderbilt: It has come to my knowledge, 
by such conclusive evidence as to Jeave no doubt in my 
at ee z . 


at the Herreshoff yards The latest’ Bristol report of 


It was my general understanding of this 


This does him great in- 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


mind that your skipper, Capt. Parker, in the middle of our 
recent racing season, and after we had all been measured 
by the official measurer of the New York Y. C., changed 
the trim of Rainbow by putting in more ballast, without 


notice to the officials having charge of the racing and . 


without any official remeasurement, in violation of the 
agreement we made with each other, as owners of the 
7o-footer class and in violation of the rules of all yacht 
clubs, I am sure you will agree with me that you should 
be put in possession of the fact, that you may inaugurate 
yourself the measures proper to be taken under the cir- 
cumstances. Upon application from you I will, if Capt. 
Parker denies it, furnish you the proof. ~ 
“Very truly yotirs, — . 
; “H. B, Duryea.” 


We never had the slightest idea that Mr. Vanderbilt was 
cognizant of the transaction, and we did precisely what we 
would haye expected another gentleman to do to us— 
we mentioned it to no one, but informed him at once. 

It is a matter of congratulation that Mr. Vanderbilt, by 
his sportsmanlike action, has cleared himself of blame, as 
he has in every one’s mind, and Mr. Whitney and I will 
he the first to insist that the cups remain where they are, 
and certainly we will never sail for them ourselves, but 
neither will we sail in any competition in which Capt. 
Parker is the sailing master of a competing boat. 

He is the one who has placed Mr. Vanderbilt and 
American-yachtsmen in this position. Capt. Parker was 
to Rainbow what I was to Yankee. He managed and 
sailed her, as I did Yankee. Mr. Vanderbilt had a right 
to rely upon him as a person experienced in the rules of 
yacing. He had sailed all his life in England and knows 
that after a boat is officially measured a man may not 
change the weights and immersion of his boat without a 
remeasurement and official certificate showing his com- 
plance with the conditions of the race. 

The rule is differently stated in different associations, 
and in some cases one is permitted to give notice and be 
remeasured-after a race, but nowhere would it be deemed 
honorable to change your weights and immersion and 
accept the results of a competition without an official 
certificate of the measurer that your boat complied with 
the conditions of the race. 

A fine situation we would have been in as yachtsmen if 
this matter had slept and Capt. Parker had gone home 
and reported, as he quite likely would have done, that we 
were given to such practices. Mr. Vanderbilt's action has 
saved us from any imputation of intentional wrongdoing, 
but as to Capt. Parker, the case is not the same. The cir- 
cumstances showed plainly that Capt. Parker knew well 
the character of his acts. 

Mr. Whitney and I had been a good deal puzzled in the 
middle of the season by the sudden change that had some- 
how come about in the sailing qualities of the different 
boats, especially Rainbow. After being officially measured 
on July 13, Yankee won of the first five races four, and 
was second in the other. We were quite unable to ac- 
count for the subsequent racing of the boats, but neither 
made nor entertained any suggestion that there was any- 
thing wrong about it. . 

Just as the racing season was ending facts were stated 
to us to which sve were obliged to give attention, to the 
effect that Rainbow had extra ballast on board. We still 
did not believe it. We knew that if it was on board it 
would necessarily be removed at some time, and until the 
removal had-been actually seen by reliable witnesses we 
would not believe any such thing. Capt. Parker removed 
it at night in the most secret manner, and his men engaged 
in it skulked and denied what they were doing. It was 
then that we wrote Mr. Vanderbilt, believing that he had 
been deceived as. well as we. 

The truth was. Capt. Parker was deceiving him as to 
the rule and us as to the facts. 

It is fair to say that if our information is correct as 
to the quantity of ballast added by him, Rainbow’s im- 
mersion was not only considerably in excess of the longest 
boat, but in excess of the 7oft. limit of our class as well. 

However, the amount of change made by adding ballast 
is not to the point. We may not guess at the length of 
our waterline or the amount of our immersion, and add 
and subtract ballast as we guess. 

The official measurer’s certificate is a title to enter a 
class, and we may not change our weight or immersion 
on any view of our own without official verification of our 
act. This is the rule throughout the world, and no one 
knows it better than Capt. Parker. 

H. B. Duryea. 


The Yacht Racing Union of North America. 


Tue fourth annual meeting of the Yacht Racing Union 
of North America was held on Oct. 6 at the Yachtsmen’s 
Club, New York. The following delegates were present: 

J. M. Macdonough, Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Associa- 
tion; A. F. Bancroft, Corinthian Y, C., of Philadelphia; 
F. M. Hoyt, C. P. Tower, E. M. MacLellan and Frank 
Bowne Jones, Yacht Racing Association of Long Island 


‘Sound; A. J. Prime, New York Yacht Racing Associa- 


tion, and Newberry D. Lawton, Atlantic Y. C. 

Mr. N. D. Lawton presided. The report of the secre- 
tary showed that the membership included nine associa- 
tions, comprising 113 clubs, and ten separate clubs. The 
Connecticut Y. C., of Jamestown, R. I., was elected to 
membership. The special committee on revision of the 
measurement rule, Messrs. F. Bowne Jones, C. H. Crane 
and R, N. Ellis, made a report, after which the following 
resolution was adopted; 

Whereas, The adoption of a new rule of measurement 
is to be considered during the coming winter, and as it is 
probable that a rule will be suggested that will be gen- 
erally acceptable, 


Resolved, That the rule of measurement now incor-_ 


porated in the racing rules of the Union be rescinded and 
that it be recommended that the associations and clubs 
represented in the Union use locally such rule of meas- 
urement as they consider most desirable for the purpose. 

The following council was elected for the coming year: 
L. M. Clark and A. H. Higginson, Boston; Newberry D. 
Lawton, F. Bowne Jones, F. M. Hoyt. A, J. Prime and 
Oswald Sanderson, New York; A. F. Bancroft, Philadel- 
phia; Benjamin Carpenter, Chicago; G. Herrick Duggan, 
Montreal; Ralph N. Ellis, Newport; ®melius Jarvis, 
Toronto: Joseph M. Macdonough, San Francisco; A. M. 
Potter, Providence, and J. Adolph Mollenhauer, Brooklyn, 


-the bank under the old willow tree. 


Cruising a la Modeor Much Ado About 
Nothing. _ 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

Having read a few of the perilious cruises described 
in the pages of various journals devoted to the noble 
sport of yachting, it occurred to me that possibly you 
might like to have some of my. experiences. 

I observe that the most approved style 1s to quote 
verbatim from the log. I regret I am unable to do this; 
as mine went down in the late terrible gale when my 
anchors dragged and my craft was brought up all stand- 
ing—(I believe that is the correct expression, but if not, 
I daresay you will kindly supply the proper phrase)— 
against the stage, where the maid servant draws the 
water from the duck pond, but ds the ‘details of that 
awiul time are indelibly impressed upon my memory 
you may rely on the fact being strictly accurate. With- 
out further complaint or apology I will begin: 

Bank Holiday, Aug. 6, 1900,—Eight bells just gone, 
—Billy Jones come aboard, bringing luncheon basket 
—followed by under-gardener wheeling a barrow full of 
beer, After much exertion and difficulty wheeled this 
aboard, found only way was to lighten the contents 
first—they answered admirably. Take great credit to 
myself for thinking of it. - 

Two bells—AIl stowed snugly; began lunch. 

Four bells—Felt less sleepy. Suggested Billy should 
see how weather was and if fine get up the mainsail, 
No answer. Had a pick-me-up. 

Four bells —Billy woke me up, said it was 6 o’clock. 
He thought anchor was coming loose. Told him to go 
to But he didn’t, so 1 got up, and finding it really 
was the second dog-watch, thought we'd better step 
ashore and get ready ior dinner. 

Aug. 7, seven bells—Fotnd anchor had held, at least 
the yacht was where we left her, i, e., jammed against 
Two ducks (birds) 
had got on board. Billy goes after them. Being too 
energetic he trips over the foresheet. Goes head over 
heels into the pond. Luckily wind had lulled; not much 
sea, so I am able to save him. Got a bit muddy, Water 
lully two feet deep—mud six feet possibly, While I was 
doing this, awful squall got up from the E.S.E. % N. 
This was right off the land. Result, yacht with me and 
Billy aboard blown out into the middle of the pond. 

Two bells —The cable has parted. Weare driving help- 
less and broadside on to the stage to leeward. Nothing 
can save us! 

Three bells—We ate bumping awiully against the 
stage. The gardener, brave chap, sees our peril. He 
rushes down with the garden line. He heaves it wildly 
right in the teeth of the blast. Alas! in his agitation 
he has let go of the other end and the whole bag of 
(ricks, iron spindle, winder and peg, all some crashing 
through our weather scantling. We are doomed. The 
yacht gives a few frightful lurches, fills and would have 
sunk only there was not enough water just there. We 
only just step ashore in time before the mud yields and 
our fine boat goes down gunwale under. 

Aug. 8, eight bells—Arrive at the office just as the 
wovernor gets there. No more now, but trusting this 
perilous adventure will be of interest to your readers, I 
remain, 


JAGK-ALL-ALONE, 


Beveriy Y. C. 


BUZZARDS BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 8. 


Courses: 1134 miles for 25ft. and 2tft. classes; 734 
miles for 4th class catboats and 15ft. class. Wind, light 


N.E., hauling to S.W. good breeze. Tide, flood. 
2bft. Class—Start, 1:05. 
: ength Finish. Elapsed. 
May Queen, D. L. Whittemore...... 25.00 3 08 45 2 03 45 
Willa. Ho VWoshipiye: 25 o4- ese 25.00 3 17 23 2 12 23 
Nokomis, Alfred Winsor.....-..-+++, 25.00 3 17 44 2 12 44 
ina, J.) Parkinson... 0; e<<<cnsncas 020-00 3 18 25 2 13 25 
Brundhilde, S, R, Dow......-........ 25.00 3 24 16 219 16 
21ft. Class—Start, 1:15. 
Cyrilla, R. W, Emmons 2d..,.,...... 21.00 3 31 OL 216 01 
Quakeress, W. F. Harrison.........- 21.00 3 33 51 2 18 51 
Amanita, Louis Bacon..............-21.00 3 36 22 2 21 22 
(Dealtdiiy (Oy Wl Riese a oe nce “tees. 21.00 3 44 OL 2 29 01 
Fourth Class Cats—Start, 1:26. 
Weasel, F. Burgess......... Sad aoaren 18.00 2 54 43 1 29 43 
lod), ele (Beehlalmesaa... or eeeenep re 18.00 2 58 27 1 33 27 
Howard, H. O. Miller................ 18.00 2 59 39 1 34 39 
Daisy Ele SLOCKLOM milaseeeeet cot et 18.00 3 02 26 1 37 26 
1bfit. Class—Start, 1:30. 
Uarda, J. Parkinson, Jr.............. 15.00 3 01 22 1 381 22 
AWisats TOU NWA tomidstetra! Soon oa anhogoce 15.00 3 01 40 1 31 40 
Flickamaroo, N. F. Emmions........ 15.00 3 02 42 1 32 42 
Peacock, Robert Wimnsor............. 15.00 3 02 53 1 32 53 
Go= Bie ise Grae Raia op iets ote oe eared 15.00 3 03 02 1 33 02 
Teazer, R. W. Emmons 2d........... 15.00 3 08 58 1 33 58 


The winners were: 25ft. class, May Queen, first; Ululu, 
second. 21ft. class, Cyrilla, first; Quakeress, second. 
4th class cats, Weasel, first; Hod, second. 15ft. class, 
Uarda, first; Vim, seocnd. . 

Judge, David Rice. 


Dorchester Y. C. 


DORCHESTER—BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Sept. 29. 
THe Dorchester Y. C, held its third ladies’ day on Sept. 
29, a part of the programme being a race, the third and 
last of the series. The times were: 


Elapsed. Corrected. 
Scoot, ©. Keyes Brastow.....0ssceseeveree vices 1 03 30 


Worothy, EVA. Goddard s peccrcreerartrenns PEL dit: 1 06 20 0 56 20 
Athena, T. W. Souther............... Ree eee 1 07 50 0 56 50 
Tsao) TOR Woe MOTTO lc oh oe en series bate one 1 10 15 0 57 15 
Marion IT., George R. Coolidge................. 1 02 45 0 57 45 
SHIT Sere: ne Wane lethal, Rey ORE Re ee mene ens 0.59 45 0 59 45 
NGGuis Es, we Ree ET rosie alge idea cies wate ae 1 14 40 1 01 40 
PEELE] ee Lipee VLU rat Wee alii eke tarpreesierettiore ges 5 Withdrew. 


The judges were Hartford Davenport, Oliver F, Daven- 
port, Charles H. Nute and Thomas Leavitt. 

The first prize for the series, a silver cup, was awarded 
to Scoot, the second to Dorothy and the third to Spinster. 
Irene and Athena were tied for fourth place. 


Vhe Forest AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much sarlier as practicable. 


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Drawing N°847 —Feb271900. 
“I RAB, ~DEL, 


‘The Keel Sloop Flirt. 


THERE was a time some fifteen to twenty years ago when 
the keel boat led the centerboard in many of the smaller 
racing classes in the East; the development of the wide 
keel sloop in Boston preceding the narrow keel cutter in 
New York. Of late years the centerboard type, as repre- 
sented by the Cape Cod cat family, has led in the racing 
about Boston, comparatively little attent!on being given to 
the keel boat by racing yachtsmen, except in the knock- 
about and raceabout classes. While some very good keel 
boats have appeared in the last few years in the 2sft. class, 
‘they have as a rule been too good to win many races un- 
der the existing rules. 

The yacht here illustrated, through the kindness of the 
designer, B. B. Crowninshield, of Boston, was design d 
last spring for the 25ft. class, in which a special amount 
of racing was looked for. She was des‘gned under the 
new rules, and special restrictions of the Y. R. A. of 
Massachusetts. As recently recorded, Flirt has raced 
through the season and made a most successful showing 
alongside of the centerboard boats of her class. She is 
owned by F. Wright Fabyan, of Boston, for whom_ she 
was built by David Fenton, of Manchester, Mass. 

Her dimensions are as follows: 


Length— a 
CO°Mancill eae toaesc. tae se apeol 30it. 634in. 
TE ells thee Soe oote nt ti feat eee 25it 
Overhang— 
BOWS Ae ew Eyer a epee oe Fit. Tin. 
Coatiatenmee rs SS, Adel a ele ea cee 7it. 5'4in, 
Breadth— 
ei cdenlen S Ae ee he ott. 6 in 
TES WViaLS et ae rest 85, gk Ea, oft. 
Freeboard— pe 
IBOWe Sok Boe ee ee oe ee ed 3it. 1Y4in 
TUES a dao abe cease aft. 
eDerthnad lio ances Sesto see wets foe a cr Dh seecit: 2i4in 


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Runner 
~~ plow steel 
1S wire. 


hc Spinn dker Aaltiarcl Block 


“6° above deck, 


Shrouds and Head Stay 
Y plow steel wire rope. 


Mast 38 aboveDeckK — Bury 2 


ze 


Jib Sheet Loaders hal 
way batween CL. of deck and 
gunnel 


Soaks ted, Tear aes a aoe : Band with Lugs fer Halbiard 
. 1 Blorks tucldmp ote foat of Maat. 
Threat 


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IDBREURET. 6 ay pte A hits OR EAM Aer atettert 6ft. 6Yin. 
Displacement ......... A eeyicls, ; : 5.08 long tons. 
Ballast—Lead keel .......0.0.200.00-- 2.23 long tons. 
Ratio of ballast to displacement........ 44 
Displacement per inch at L.W.L...... 926.8olbs. 
Midship Section—Area ............04- 15.50 sq. ft. 
IE WEIL, Reime— Aine. We plo pcg Weta toe 2 174.12 sq. ft 
Lateral Plane— 
PAGCOMMITUT One NEE. jc: cca eetee tes 64.10 sq. ft 
ANC ANE RTSUT GG Gte g os 7 a pys tos itis au cteesns) aes 6.84 sq. it 
PACE. (oN il i eens hetaeadt itty 70.94 sq. it 
CULAR, Tsdonet Siiehoxor (Oe an asncaace 13.72{t. 
(GOCHIGICME, piss) i. t sks tater .540it. 
Center of Buoyancy— . 
leheoiaal “Suanotorat Dons jooesconaueds 13.17{t. 
(GomineiGalt Wesabe dduee needs bie oe 527 it. 
Witana ceil eer On eee ey a coe ae 785 sq. ft 
SRR oy tls Clee Cea eter tt a 164 sq. ft 
Aled: aha ool ees enn tates artaapees 949 sq. ft. 
(Cab, inreih SHO OW awn gens cape saan 12.17{t. 


Though intended only for racing, the yacht has a com- 
fortable cabin with two sofa lockers and a berth back of 
each, and 5ft. headroom, the forecastle having two ham- 
mock cots. The lines of the hull are very similar to the 
Payne boat Beaver, though the sections of the bow are 
rounder and fuller; the lateral plane is much more cut 
away than in Beaver, while the latter has the old form of 
rudder. The construction will be given next week. 


Manchester Y. C. 


MANCHESTER, MASS. 
Saturday, Sept. 29. 


THe Manchester Y. C. closed its season with a sail- 
off between Rikki Tikki and Witch for the championship 


gt Siitimakae Rebs 


FLIRT—SAIL PLAN. yy mse 


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of the i5ft. class, sailed in a light N.E. breeze. The 
times were, start 2:30: 
. Finish. Elapsed, 
Rikki Tikki, Loring Brothers................... 3 34 30 wl i 30 
1 06 30 


Witch, Norton Wigglesworth............1....0- 3 36 30 


National Sailing Skiff Associfation. 
TORONTO—TORONTO BAY. 


_ Saturday, Sept. 29. 


THE last race of the National Sailing Skiff Association 
for the Hallam challenge cup came off on Sept. 29 after 
being postponed from Sept. 22. The race was started at 
3:00, in a moderate breeze, the times being: 


ars, First Round. Finish. Corrected. 

Chance ROR Diotirtoee aon 3 44 55 4 40 30 1 39 30 
AAVIOIOE  Inmgannnaabosboncesas 3 56 35 4 44 30 1 43 39 
Vixen -....' tea ces 3 59 10 4 53 05 150 35 
May Belle 4 02 35 4 52. 20 1 52 20 

ream 4 05 05 5 02 50 1 59 72 
Zenetta 4 05 55 51000 =» 2 07 3) 
ENEHOW 1 25 cccl Se lsh tin resin en n ...4 11 20 Withdrew. 
RYE TCO TT: Mets Begs Sx ave Le ere Withdrew. 
National 


Snake Ce Ssh chyraytrabedtey se ACME Eig Withdrew. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


Despite the unpopularity achieved by the Earl oi 
Dunraven in this country, no one familiar with his 
life will fail to recognize his ambition to excel in dif- 
ferent lines, and the energy and ability with which he 
attacks every subject in which he is for the time in- 
terested. Good evidence of this is given in the two large 
volumes just published under the title of “Self-Instruc- 
tion in the Practice and Theory of Navigation.” The 
very natural question whether any more books on navi- 
gation, either elementary or exhaustive, are needed, is 
answered by the author after a very satisfactory manner 
in the preface. An examination of the work indicates 
that he has made good his case as to the possibilities 


of a work which shotild appeal to the average’ yachts- 
man, in no way ignorant or uneducated and at the same 
time neither demanding nor understanding the more’ 
elaborate treatises. Further than this, the work itself 
is well designed to supply just such a place. It is com- 
prehensive in scope and very plain and practical in 
treatment; the necéssary formulas and problems are 
given in stich a way as to be immediately useful 
in themselves, and yet those who desire to go 
further into the subject will find very full explanations 
and demonstrations. The book is published by the 


Macmillan Company, New York, the price being $7.00. 


It should prove a valuable aid to the yachtsman and ama- 
teur navigator who desire to understand the whole sub- 
ject more thoroughly than is possible through the ordi- 
nary handbooks. 

Ree 


The small racer of Francis Herreshoff, Jr., of Brook- 
lyn, named San Toy, that was launched at Bristol on 
Sept, 11, is certainly unique in the matter of light con- 
struction. Of an over-all length of toft. 6in. and a water- 
line of 12ft. length, she draws but 3in, of water. The 
breadth is 6it. The boat is square at both ends and is 
so extremely light that two. men could pick her up and 
carry her easily with all gear on board. The elimination 
of anything like moderate weight timbers for a boat of 
such length is made up for in the way of interior bracing 
resembling trestle work of light oak pieces, placed up- 
right, and also diagonally, from stern to stern. The hull 
is remarkably flat, and is further strengthened by a cov- 
ering oi canvas, painted white. The deck is crown 
shaped, haying a small circular hatch well aft in which 
to stow sails. The’ mast is hollow and in two pieces, 
bound together with seizing. There is no headstay, the 
luff rope of the jib answering for such a stay. The mast- 
head contains two brass spreaders and a forward truss 
not much larger in thicknes than a lead pencil. She has 
been tried in light airs, and with the wind abeam makes 
almost as fast time as a catamaran. The centerboard 
down with a weight of 35lbs. of lead attached to it holds 
her to windward well. 

Her best point of sailing is before the wind or on a 
broad reach. San Toy was first named Boomerang. She 
will be entered next season to race with the Fall River 
racers Unique and Columbia. These boats will probably 
have to allow her time. She raced on Sept. 12 with 
Opossum and beat her. On the next afternoon, in a scrub 
race with Kildee, San Toy won on elapsed time, although 
Kildee beat her on windward work three minutes. The 
designer sailed the Kildee. San Toy ran away from her 
before the wind—New York Times. 


RRR 


Vamoose, steam ‘yacht, has been sold by F. T. Morrill 
to Howard Gould, who will use her between his home 
at Sands Point, Long Island, and New York City. 


Hn eR 


Varuna, steam yacht, Eugene Higgins, arrived at New 
York on Oct. 2, after leaving Havre on Sept. 22. Mr. 
Higgins was on board, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. 
E. Rollins Morse, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Alan Arthur 
and Miss Arthur, and Dr. Mitchell. | 


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Aphrodite, steam yacht, Col, Oliver H. Payne, arrived 
at New York on Oct. 3, from Bristol, Eng., from which 
port she sailed on Sept. 22, calling at St. Michaels for 
coal on Sept. 27. Gol: Payne was on board, with Mr. 
_and Mrs, Dean Sage, of Albany, and Messrs. Kernochan, 
Turnbull and Whitney, of New York. The yacht left 
New York on July 10, and has spent most of the time 
in Seotch waters. 

Ran 


There is an excellent prospect of a boom in the 18it. 
knockabout class in several clubs. Additional boats are 
being built for Duxbury members similar to the success- 
ful boats of last year in that club, while half a dozen 
Hull-Massachusetts members stand teady to build when 
the club’s regatta committee shall have changed the 
present restrictions from 400 square feet of sail to 450 
as now carried by the Duxbury boats. In fact one mem- 
ber has already started his boat on the assurance that the 
change will be made. Several Annisquam men are'also 
considering the building of 18-footers, and nothing could 
be better for the sport than to have these boats built 
ander one set of restrictions, 

The regatta committee of the Hull-Massachusetts has 
appreciated this paint, and will propose to the Duxbury 
and Annisquam clubs an early conference on the ques- 
tion of uniformity, 

Frank N, Tandy is the Hull-Massachusetts man who 
has started an 18-footer, She is of Crowninshield design 
and is being built by Lawley. In Broncho, Mr. Tandy 
had a fine centerboard boat, but this time he goes to 
the keel type, believing that it will best serve his pur- 
posein Hull and Marblehead waters. The boat is 29 feet 9 
inches over all, 6 feet 8 inches breadth and 4 feet 6 inches 
draft. Hei displacement is 4,200 potinds, of which 1,454 
is in the lead in her keel, She will carry 437 feet of sail, 
but 360 feet of it will be in the mainsail. The limit of 450 
feet is allowed in the class, ; 

In model she is of Crowninshield’s best raceabout type, 
with a little longer ends in proportion to her length, and 
shows very clean lines and an easy form to drive. She 
has a cabin 7 feet long and with 3 feet 6 inches head 
room in it, amply sufficient to sit comfortably on the 
transoms. _ She will be heavier than the required con- 
struction, for she has 1-inch frames and 34-inch plank- 
ing, 

Crowninshield has three other orders besides those 
just mentioned. One is a keel raceabout for W. D. 
Hennen, to be used in Long Island Sound; another is 
a 32-footer for W. C. Allison, of Bar Harbor, and the 
third is a Marblehead 16-foot fin keel for A. D. Trying. 
The raceabout will be much the same thing as Jolly 
Roger, except with «t inch less beam and 6 inches 
more over all length. 

Apparently the designer believes that by using the 
longer overhangs to a little better advantage he can 
dispense with a little beam and thus make a finer form. 

The 32-footer is a pole masted sloop, with double head 
rig, and is intended mainly for day sailing, so that her 
cockpit and galley will be large and her cabin compara- 
tively small—Boston Globe. 


STREAM. 


Rifle Aange and Gallery. 


Rifle at Dayton, 


-Dayton, ©., Ott. 1.—The rifle clubs will continue the shooting 
on the ranges, until Thursay, Dec: 27, when the Twin Valley Club 
will close the season with the final medal contest, The firing 
Stand is in the corner of a corn field, the Tange extending 
diagonally across a mill race into a brush thicket at the foot of 
a heavily timbered hill—just such conditions as the deer hunters 
meet in their fall expeditions into Maine, Wisconsin and Minne- 
sota. The distance is 100yds., off-hand, 4in. bullseye; center shot 
counts 12, 4 shots each man, possible score 48, and the regular 
shoot is on the last Thursday of each month: At opeHing bf the 
season the club offered a handsome gold enameled ineddl; em- 
blematic of the club championship, to be contested fot tach 
month. On June 28 Ed Vance won the medal with a score df 40; 
June 26, J, Johnson, score 43; Aug. 30, William Weayer and Jesse 
Johnson tied on 39, and in the shoot-off Weavet wot. The four 
best scores in the September shoot last Thursday were as folldws, 
Jesse Johnson again winning the medal: | 


eat sic nen ate 10 12 12 11—45 E Glander....... 


1211 7 7-27 

The programme for Oct. 25, beginning at 2 P. M., will include 
a turkey match, to be repeated on Thanksgiving Day if the mem- 
bers are not all away on deer hunting expeditions. 


Preble Rifle Club, 


The Preble County Rifle Club held its quarterly~contest for the 
gold championship medal on Friday, Sept. 21, with twenty-eight 
shooters in the mix, 100yds,, off-hand, 4 shots each; center shot 
counts 12; possible score 48, and G. W. Izor won on 44: 


G W Izor..:..... 121211 9-44 HA Hinea...... 9 812 7-86 
hig Serice te cae 912 10 12—43 G Duggins ...... ii 9 8. 836 
GRICE agsisnnle: 911 10 11—41 O Hecathorn .... 12 6 9 9—36 
AIL eee Bam oe ag 12°12°10 Ft) HW Tite ich ene 8 811 8—35 
VB erie tl 711 11—40 A Bikenberry .... 10 5 11 8—84 
Ip FRR masse an 12 911 8-40 Wm Shellman... 611 8 9—84 
Wm Weaver .,... 912 9 9-39 € Tice Vi..,..... 9 710 S—84. 
J W Trugman,.. 1211 610—39 G Williams <t:2.2. 7 512 9—33 
Bee SDItLeEe oy suey qlee, pie dden G30" oOo lTspeint Leeann 1010 8 5—33 
Ike Aster PP Apo aalth Sy Tee) Se iseiigel J 0 10 11 11—32 
CiGlaize ww meeee. 10 7 912-38 A N Clemmer...: 612 9 4—817 
ES Gazelle sneeke 912. 7 $—37 C Wrysong:...... 812 3 7—30 
W Williams...... 711 712-87 G Colvill......... 6 9 & 722 
BAC errata 81111 7-87 F Crouse ......- 910 0 0—19 - 


The winners. of the medal for the three quarters were: A. N, 
Clemmer, March 2, score 44; W. Williams, June 1, score 43; G, 
W. Izor, Sept. 21, score 44, ; 


Deer Hunters’ Retsnion. 


The Preble County Deer Hunters’ Association held its Afth 
annual reunion on the range at Eaton, Friday, Sept. 28, with 
eighty-eight members to pay their entrance of $1 and participate 
in the contest for thirty-two yaluable prizes; l00yds., off-hand; 
four shots; center counts 12; possible score 48. The four targets 
were life-size figures of animals—the bear, deer, moose and 
mountain sheep, Zin. center over the heart. The secretary being 
sore over his deteat for re-election carried off the score sheet, but 
has, promised to turn that and other papers over to his suc- 
cessor this week. This may enable me to send the full score 
for your next issue. C, C. Pitman, of West Sonota, won the first 
prize, a Stevens rifle, for the best general score. one shot at 
each target—42 out of a possible 48. Daniel Sinhart won. first 
prize on a center shot on the bear target, and Thomas Leach 
on the moose target. 

Silas Laird, of Eaton, is the new President of the Association; 
A. N. Clemmer, of West Alexandria, Vice-President; Joseph Poos, 
of Eaton, Secretary; Charles Surfece, of Eaton, Treasurer. 


Montgomery County Rifle Shots, 


The Montgomery County Deer Hunters will hold their first re- 
union near Brookville on Friday of this week, Oct. 5; range 
100yds.,_ off-hand, 

The Dayton Sharpshooters’ Society will hold its thirty-seventh 
annual king shoot on the range, near this city, all day Wednes- 
day, Oct. 17; range 200yds. This is the annual membership con- 
test for the royal insignia, muzzle rest, 5 shots; center counts 24; 
possible score 120. Highest score ever made in this contest, 115. 

There will also be the regular monthly contest for the Society 
championship cup, now held by Mike J. Schwind, with score of 113; 
John Rappold won the trophy when first put up—Jiune 14—score 
103— Succeeding him--in the championship line, M, J. Schwind, 
gy 19, score 111; John F. Beaver, Aug, 16, score 110; M. J. 

chwind, Sept. 20, score 118. This indicates that high scores will 
be made in the king shoot, Oct. 17. On that day also there will 
be sweepstake matches at 200yds., muzzle rest, and off-hand, for 
money prizes, open.to all Ohio and Indiana rifle shots, 

Dan D. Bergk is President of the Dayton Sharpshooters’ Society; 
Adolph Schwind, Treasurer, and Charles W. Sander, Secretary. 

We have two trap trophy contests here this week, three big 
rifle matches between now and Jan. 1, and enough other shooting 
events for an interesting letter each week. eS BinEsEy 


Fall Shoot of the Cincinnati Rifle Association, 


THE fall shoot of the Cincinnati Rifle Association was held on 
their range at Four-Mile House, Reading road, Sept. 30, and proved 
a great success, Riflemen from the local clubs and from Lexing- 
ton, Ky., were present, and it is needless to say that the com- 
petition waged hot, 

The contingent from Lexington proved themselves no mean an- 
tagonists, as their scores will show. They were Messts. Dodge 
and Luxon, and deserve especial mention in that they came from 
afar to contest for laurels, and were rewarded, 

The day was all that could be desired—cool, good light and but 
little wind. A large list of appropriate prizes, kindly donated by 
various Cincinnati merchants, as well as by members of the Asso- 
ciation, and a number of cash premiums offered for most points, 
flags and highest ticket, etc., proved tempting, and the shooters 
went at it with a vim from start to finish. 

The following is a list of the donors: Merchants—Péters Arms 
& Sporting Goods Co., Powell & Clement Co., Bandle Armég Co,, 
Fred Speth’s Sons (opticians), John Bieler, Theo. Foucar, and 
Adolph Jordan. Members: Gindele, Payne, Roberts, Trounstine, 
Strickmeier, Topf, Uckotter, A. Lux, Nestler, Drube, Randall, 
Bruns, Speth, Weinheimer and Jonscher. : 

The committee in charge of the affair are to be commended upon 
the able manner in which they conducted it, as they spared neither 
time nor pains to make it a success, and events proved that their 
Jaber was not spent in vain. The committee in charge was Messrs, 
Gindele, Payne, Trounstine, Nestler and Bruns, and to these this 
Association tenders its thanks. The following is the list of 
winners on both off-hand and rest targets: ‘ 

Ofthand Roberts 83, Drube 83, Uckotter 56, Payne 54, Strickmeier 
28, Dodge 27, Speth 27, Luxon 27, Gindele 26, Weinheimer 26, 
Nestler 25, Bruns 25, A, Lux 24, : 

Rest: Jonscher 86, Scherer 83, ‘Dressler 56, Nestler 04, Freitag 27, 
A, Lux 27, Bruns 27, Topf 27, Trounstine 26, Speth 26, Roberts 26, 
J. Lux 26, Drube 26. 

The three best tickets counted for first 
two best tickets for third and fourth; 
count thereafter. 

Premiums for most points: 
618, $2; Uckotter, 597, $2. 4 ; 

Rest—Trounstine 846, $5; Scherer, 748, $3; Jonscher, 707, $2... - 

Most flags: Roberts, 11, $1; Scherer, 11, $1)” . 

Highest tickets: Drube, 29, $1; Jonscher, 29, $1. 

\ E. D, Payne, Lieut. C. R. A, 


and second prizes; the 


Off-hand—Roberts, 916, $5; Gindele, 


Perfect Less One. 


Tue appended score, made Sept. 22 by Mr, C. S. Richmond. of 
Savannah, Ga., is extraordinary. The conditions were 30 shots at 
bOyds., with a Colt’s .88 Army freyolver, and on the Standard 
military target. Mr. Richmond uséd Peters .88 Service ammuni- 


tion, Out of a possible 150 he scored 149. The scare- 

Ges ERichmends.ssssecdseessoncesn 56 5 65 5 5 56 5 5 5—50 
55656455 5 5 5 549 
b5BSBB5S 5b 5 5 550-149 


9 12 12 10—43 A N Clemmer.... 11 811 4-24 _ 


the best single ticket to 


(Oct, +4, 1906. 


Grapshooting. | 


Leading dealers in sportsmen’s supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously for a quarter-century. 


ff you want your shoot to be announced here send to 
aotice like the following: 


Fixtutes. 


PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY’S TOURNAMENTS, 


Oct. 16-17.—Montgomery, Ala—Peters Cartridge Co.’s two-day 
target tournament, under the auspices of the Montgomery Gun 
Clab; $150 added money. Jack Parker, Mer. 

Oct. 23-25—Atlanta, Ga.—Peters Cartridge Co.’s live-bird tourna- 
ment. John H. Mackie, Mer. 

Oct. 24-25.—Raleigh, N. €.—Peters Cartridge Co.’s target tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the North Carolina State Fair Asso- 
ciation; $250 added money. John Parker, Mer. 

Oct. 29-30.—Jacksonville, Fla.—Peters Cartridge Co,’s two-day 
tournament, under auspices of the Jacksonville Gun Club; $100 
added. Third day, grand pigeon shoot exclusively under the 
auspices of the Jacksonville Gun Club. John Parker, Mer. 


Oct. 10-11.—Circleville, O.—Fall tournament of the Pickaway 
Rod and Gun Club; targets and live birds. G. R. Haswell, Sec’y, 

Oct. 11.—Greensburg, Ind.—Tournament of the Greensburg Gun 
Club. C. D. Tillson, Sec’y, 

Oct, 11-12.—Clyde, O.—Clyde Gun Club's second annual tourna- 
ment; live birds and targets. L. Hock, Jr., Mer. 

Oct. 12—Aurora, Mo.—Magautrap Gun Club’s tournament. 

_ Oct, 12-14,—Louisyille, Ky.—Kentucky Gun Club’s tournament; 
targets and live birds. Emile Pragoff, Sec’y. 
Oct. 18.—Altoona, Pa—Altoona Rod and Gun Club's live-bird 
handicap. G. G. Zeth, Sec’y, Altoona, Pa, 
Oct. 16-17—Cherokee, Ia—Fourth annual tournament of the 
Cherokee Gun Club; liye birds and bluerocks; $75 to $100 added. 
I. B. Wadsley, Sec’y. Chl 
Oct. 17,—Mauncie, Ind—Magie City Gun Club’s target tourna- 
ment, €. E. Adamison, Sec’y. 

Oct..17.—Richmond, Ky,—Madison Gun Club’s live-bird tourna- 
ment. 

“Oct. 17.—Sistersyille, 
ment, 

Oct. 17-18.—Onawa, Ia.—Onawa Gun Club’s tournament. 

Oct. 17-18.—Sac City, Ia.—Sae City Gun Club’s tournament. 
Oct. 19-20.—Louisville, Ky,—Live-bird tournament of the Ken- 

tucky Gun Club. W. H. Kaye, Sec’y. 
Oct. 20.—Richmond, Va.—Cast Iron medal contest between J. 
A, R. Elliott, holder, and Fred Gilbert, challenger, 

Oct. 23-24.—Baltimore, Md.—Live-bird tournament, under the 
auspices of the Baltimore RAG OHRE AS Uoe Hon, 

Oct. 30,—Mt. Sterling, 111—Mt. Sterling Gun Club’s tournament, 

Oct. 30-81—Peru, Ind.—Live-bitd tournament of the Peru Gun 
Club. Chas. Bruck, Sec’y. 

Noy. 1.—Chillicothe, O.—Scioto Gun Club's fall tournament. 

Noy. 18-15.—Minden,- Neb.—Minden Gun Club’s tournament. 

Noy. 13-16.—St. Thomas, Ont—Tom Donley’s tournament, 

Noy. 23.—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, N. J.— 
Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men team race; 
20 live birds per man; 29yds. Menibers of any organized gun club 
in the U. S. are eligible. -Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake 
shooting commences at 10 A. M. Mr, L. H. Schortemeier and 
Dr. A. A. Webber, managers. 

Nov. 27.—Toledo, O.—East End Gun Club’s merchandise shoot. 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun’ Club, target shoot every Satur- 

day afternoon. - 

Chicago, Ill.—Garfield Gun Glub’s trophy shoots, second and 

fourth Saturdays of each month; live-bird shoots every Saturday. 
Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK, 


Oct, 12.—Interstate Park.—Mediets. Gun Club’s shoot; varied 
programme; handicap and prize event; different rules. 

Oct. 18.—Interstate Park, Jueens.—Match, at 100 birds, $100 a 
side, between Dr, A. A, Webber, 30yds., and Mr. T. W. Morfey, 

yds. ; , 

Oct. 26.—Interstate Park, Queens—Under auspices of Medicus 
Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live birds per man; 29yds, 
Members of any regularly organized gun club in the U, S. are 
éligiblé:— Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shooting commences 
at 10 A. M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier,and Dr, A. A. Webber, Mers. 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
2 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. 

Oct. 26.—Interstate Park, Queens,—Three-men team race at 20 
live birds per team, 29yds. rise; members of any regularly or- 
ganized gun club in the U. S. are eligible; at 2 o’clock. Sweep- 
stake shooting commences at 10 o’clock, 

Oct. 30.—Interstate Park, Oueens—Match at 100 birds, $100 a 
side, between Messrs. J. J. Hallowell and T. W. Morfey. 

Interstate Park, L. Fountain Gun Club’s regular monthly 
shoots, the third Thursday of October, November and December. 

Interstate Park, Queens, L, I.—Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
L. t. R. R. Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Café and hotel accommodations. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Mr, J. A. R. Elliott, in his recent matches, has shown a form in 
handling his: Winchester on pigeons which is both adtnirable and 
successiul, On Oct. 2, in the contest with Mr. Fred Gilbert, at 
Kansas City, for the Dupont cup, he scored 99 out of 100 to his 
opponent's 98. Each score is an exceedingly high grade per- 
formance. On the following day they contested for the Sports- 
men’s Review cup, and Mr. Elliott again made 99, while his. op- 
ponent scored 97, one less than that of the preceding day. This, 
too, was a grand performance for each. In his last three matches— 
namely, the Republic cup at Omaha, with Mr. F. S. Parmelee (96 
out of 100), and the Dupont cup and Sportsmen’s Review cup— 
he scored 294 out of 300 shot at, a performance which is not to be 
considered lightly. Mr. Elliott has gone to Maryland to visit his: 
brother and take a rest preparatory to other shooting performances. 


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Under date of Oct. 5, Mr. Thos. Donley, of St. Thomas, Ont.,, 
writes us: “Owing to Nov. 6 being Election Day in the States, I 
have changed the dates of my tournament to Nov. 18, 14, 15 and 
16. Kindly put a notice to this effect in your coming events 
column.” 


W. Va.—Sistersville Gun Club’s tourna- 


8 
In the 25-live-bird handicap of the Medicus Gun Club, held at 
Interstate Park on Friday of last week, there were eleyen con- 
testants,. of whom three killed straight, namely, Messrs. Welch, 
Hopkins and Miller, the two latter standing at 29yds.; the former 
at 30yds. ® 


On Friday of this week at Interstate Park the Medicus Gui 
Club will presenta varied programme, with some novelties in 
the way of the governing condjtjons. There will be different rules, 


handicaps for the events and prizes to be competed tor. 
ri 


. ; ' ‘ 

Mr. J. A. H. Dressel, secreatry-treasurer of Interstate Park, 
Queens, L. [., informs us that the’Fountain Gun Club: has fixed 
upon Oct. 18, Nov. 15 and Dec. 20—that is, the third Thursday of- 
each month—for its monthly shoots at Interstate Park. 


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‘The race between Messrs. ‘Lh. T. “Davenport,” of Brooklyn, and 
S. M. Van Allen, of Jamaica, at Interstate Park, Queens, L. L., on 
Saturday of last week, at 190 birds. was won Sane former, The 
scores were Jo to 89. The race was for $100 a side._ 

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Mr: R. O; Heikes, “the ieee of ’em all,’”’ not in years, but in the 
tise of the shotgun, arrived in New York on Tuesday of this week, 

4 td - J 

On Oct. 20 Messrs, J. A. R. Elliott and Fred Gilbert shoot for the 

cast iron medal at Richmond, Va. 


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Ocr. 13, 1900.] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


299 


The programme of the Peters Cartridge Co.’s tournament to be 
held at Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 16 and 17, under the auspices of 
the Capital City Gun Club, is now ready for distribution. There 
are ten events each day, of which six are at 15 targets, $1.50 
entrance; three at 20 targets,-$2, and one at 25 targets, $2.50, “Lo 
the li-target events $5 is added. To the 20-target events $10 is 
added. To the 25-target events $15, The third day will be devoted 
to live-bird events, of which there are four on the programme, with 
conditions as follows: Five birds, $4; 10 birds, $7.50; 7 birds, $5; 
10 birds, $7.50, Plenty of birds on hand for practice. The followw- 
ing further information isi presented in the programme: “‘A 
handsome gold medal will be given for highest average for two 
days’ targets, -Any profit accruing from this tournament will be 
added to an extfa eyent at the close of the second day’s programme. 
Targets will be thrown at 2 cents each. Two sets of traps will he 
used—the magautrap and Sergeant system. All events will be 
shot over the magautrap, and the odd events over the Sergeant 
system. ‘Target purses will be divided Rose system—b, 3, 2 and 1 
in the 15-bird races; 7, 5, 3, 2 and 1 in the 20 and 25 bird races. 
The referee's decision will be final, except in case of doubt, when 
he may appeal’ to contestants in squad. Manufacturers’ agents 
barred from contesting for the purses, but-~can shoot for price of 
targets. i 
traj) rules will govern all target events. 
be headquarters. Barbecue on the grounds. 
for round irip on all roads entering Montgomery. Grounds 
will be open fot practice Oct. Grounds are located 
at Cloverdale, Cartridges and. guns shipped to T. M. 
located at Cloverdale. Cartridges and guns shipped to T. M. 
Westcott, Montgomery, Ala., will be delivered on the grounds 
bird events will be divided Rose system—b5, 3, 2 and 1. All live- 
free of charge. Live birds will be trapped at 25 cents each. Livye- 
bird races will be handicap races, For programmes or informa- 
tion, address Westcott Arms Co., Montgomery, Ala., or John 
Parker, care the Peters Cartridge Co., Cincinnati, O. John Parker 


will manage.” 
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The Altoona Rod and Gun Club, of Altoona, Pa., of which 
Mr. G. G. Zeth is secretary, provides a live-bird handicap for 
amateurs, to take place on Saturday of this week. ‘The event will 
be at 5 birds, $5 entrance, birds extra, four moneys, class shooting, 
handicaps from 25 to 83yds. Birds, 40 cents per pair. The pro- 
gramme presents further information as follows: “Entry 
applications will be received up until Wednesday, Oct. 3, in- 
clusive, and must be accompanied by $3, the price of the birds. 
The entrance fee can be paid at any time before going to the 
score, The handicaps will be announced the morning of the shoot. 
A good dinner, free to visiting shooters, will be served in the club 
house dining room. Logan Valley cars from the heart of the city 
direct to the grounds eyery fifteen minutes. Loaded shells for sale 
on the grounds. Special loads will be furnished if ordered when 
entry is made, Interstate Association rules will govern. The 
handicap committee will be D. D. Stine, Tyrone; C, Wendroth, 
Cresson; J. B. Holsinger, Johnstown; L. R. Leister, Huntingdon; 
Dr. F. M. Christy, Altoona. Everything is always in readiness for 
target shooting at these grounds, and after the live-bird race has 
been finished the remainder of the day will be devoted to this 
Sport; events to be arranged to suit shooters. For furthr informa- 
tion, adderss the secretary. Local and long distance telephone.” 


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The Peters Cartridge Co., of Cincinnati, O., sends us the follow- 
ing: “At the request of gentlemen interested, the dates of the 
Peters Cartridge Co.’s tournament at Raleigh, N. C., have been 
changed to Oct. 24, and 25, The tournament is given under the 
auspices of the North Carolina State Fair Association, and 
held upon the State Fair grounds. The two days will be devoted 
to targets: The State Fair Association, as- well as the Peters 
Cartridge Co., and others interested, are sparing no pains to make 
this one of the most enjoyable shoots that has ever been held in 
the South, It will be managed by Mr, John Parker, and this fact 
in itself is enough to draw a large number of sportsmen from all 
over the Southeastern States. The State Fair- Association has 
secured low rates of fare from all points in that territory. For 
programme apply to the Peters Cartridge Co.,-Cincinnati, O., or 
Chas. H. Belvyin, Jr., Raleigh, N..C.” The company further advises 
us that, as it is found impiacticable to get a sufficient number of 
birds, the programme of the third day has been abandoned. : 


Rx 


The last contest of. a series of three between the Frankford 
Gun Club and the Penn Gun Club, of Norristown, Pa., which was 
shot.at Bridesburgh, on Saturday of last week, resulted in a victory 
for Frankford. Each club had a previous winning to its credit, so 
that the final win determined Frankford’s supremacy. The con- 
ditions were 25 targets per man, and there were twelve men on each 
team. The scores were: Frankford—Ridge 22, W. H. W. 22, 
Myers 21, Dr. Smith 21, Morris 21, Green 20, W. Johnson 20, Redi- 
fer 20, Krier 19, George 17, Betson 15, Bourne 14—232. Penn— 
Newton 23, Harris 21, Hagy 21, P. Johnson 21, F. Y. Smith 21, 
Cassell 19, J. R. Yost 19, Gross 18, Gleason 18, I. Johnson 17, 
IcMichael 16, Dotterer 14—228. 1 
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The fourth annual tournament of the Cherokee Gun Club, Chero- 
kee, Ia., to be held Oct, 16 and 17, offers a programme at both 
bluerocks and live birds, The magautrap and Sergeant system will 
be used. Between $75 and $100 will be added. The management 
extends a cordial invitation to all shooters. Manufacturers’ agents 
and professionals are barred from the purses, but will have ac- 
commodations to display their goods. Guns and ammunition 
shipped to the secretary, F. B. Wadsley, will be delivered to the 
hotel and grounds free of charge. 


Messrs. Malone and Collins, the managers of the forthcoming 
Baltimore live-bird tournament, are exercising the greatest pains 
in respect to securing a handicap committee which will be of the 
best. ‘To act in conjunction with themselyes they have extended 
invitations to the members of the Grand American Handicap Com- 
mittee, and we are informed that seyeral of them have accepted 
the inyitation. The shoot takes place on Oct, 23, 24, 25 and 
26, and will be held under the auspices of the Baltimore Shooting 
Association. 


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At the recent tournament at Hartford, Conn., Capt. Geo. E. 
Bartlett, of the Marlin Fire Arms Co., won high average, follow- 
ing it with a similar performance at the Branchville tournament, 
where he broke 95 out of 100 targets, and made a run of 52. He 
was accompanied by his wife, who is known on the stage as May 


Westcott Arms Co. will 
Rate of one fare 


Clinton, famous as an expert rifle and pistol shot, and who in the: 


shoots aforementioned was second, scoring 20 straight in one event 
and breaking 87 out of 100. She has only recently taken up trap- 
shooting, but handles her Marlin repeater like a veteran. 


4 


The Crescent Athletic Club held its opening shoot of the season 
on Saturday of last week, and had a good attendance, considering 
that there are still so many of the summer sports to engage the 
attention of the members. Dr. Henry L. O’Brien scored the 
victory for the October cup. The conditions governing the cups 
are handicap, 25 targets over expert traps and 25 over a Mmagautrap, 
allowances added as breaks, handicaps to be changed each month. 


Tn the second contest of the Keystone Shooting League’s cham- 
pionship series Messrs. J. Vandergrift and J. Brewer killed the 10 
birds which was the total number shot at in the event by each con- 
testant. In a four-men team race between Messrs. Darby, W. N. 
Stevenson, Ridge and Sanford on the one side and Messrs. ©. K. 
Stevenson, Van Loon, A. ©. Stevenson and Hobbs on the other, 
each shooting at 25 targets, the former won by a score of 83 to 76. 


At Elmer Neal’s shoot, Bloomfield, Ill,, on the first day, Oct. 2, 
Mr. Rolla O. Heikes was high average, with W. R. Crosby second 
and C. W. Budd third. On the second day C. W. Budd was first, 
Ralph Trimble second and Elmer Neal third, In the high average 
at targets Budd was first, and Neal was high average in the spar- 
row contests, with 223 killed. An interesting report of it will be 
found elsewhere in our columns. 


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Mr. J. L. Head Peru, Ind., writes us as follows: “In writing 
you concerning the coming live-bird tournament of the Peru Gun 
Club, I gave you the dates as Oct. 29 and 30, which was an error. 
The dates selected were Oct. 30 and 31, which correction please 
announce ™ your next issye,” - 


ieee. | Beenare Waters, 


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American Association rules in connection with Magau-- 


ON LONG ISLAND, 


Crescent Athletic Club. 


Bay Ridge, L. I., Oct. 6—The opening of the shooting season 
of the Crescent Athletic Club evoked great interest, and there was 
a goodly attendance of spectators to watch the shooters. The 
main interest centered in the contest for the October cup, which 
was won- by Dr. H. L. O’Brien with a score of 46, 7 of which 
was a handicap allowance. Hdward Banks, scratch, was close up 
with 44, as also were C. Kenyon, Jr., and J. H. Hallock with an 
equal score, Len y 

The committee, Messrs. Townsend, Banks and Higgins, were on 
hand early, and had the mechanical arrangements adjusted to a 
nicety, so that fer the first shoot matters ran very smoothly. The 
scores: 

October cup, 25 expert, 25 magautrap; 


handicap allowances 


added: ; 

Expert rules. Magautrap. Grand 

Hdep. Broke. Hdep. Broke. Total. 
LOY ASO 1G, (Oba a2 wane 4 24 Bi) 22 46 
CaSenyenteywosnepee es cals 6 25 5 19 44 
af lel Jail ios oe eee 3 22 2 22 44 
Edward Banks...........++ 0 21 0 26 44 
DiGiGeddes ssi ee 1 22 1 20 42 
HL Kryn...:, miltinhésw ceo 21 2 21 42 
W W ‘Marshall............. 4 20 4 20 40 
Giihe Raster etree ss 7 17 6 19 36 
IPR 6444994 5545 4 17 3 16 33 
A Waetahkezraneue ssa: err 3 16 2 ary Ba 
G@ Niotmat seals. nests thas 3 14 2 17 3L 
Ap PB OCA hog ahd yaaa 7 15 7 14 29 


Special prize shoot, 25 expert rules; handicap: Banks, scratch, 
24; Geddes, 1, 24; Kryn, 2; 23; Hallock, 3, 28; Rasmus, 7, 21; 
Marshall, 4, 19; O’Brien, 4, 19; Dr. Little, 4, 19; Borland, 10, 19; 
Sneider, scratch, 18; Kenyon, 6, 18, 

Shoot-off, 25 birds: Banks, scratch, 23; Geddes, 1, 21. 

Sweepstakes, 10 birds: Banks 9, Hallock 7, Wilmot Townsend 
7, Rhett 5, Borland 2, Marshall 1. ; 

Sweepstakes, 25 birds: Kryn 21, Sneider 18, Hallock 9. 

Sweepstakes, 25 birds: Sneider 21, Kryn 20, Hallock 16. 

Sweepstakes, 25 birds: Hallock 17, Kryn 16, McKenzie 16, 


New Utrecht Gun Club, 


Interstate Park, L. I., Oct. 6.—In the club shoot of the New 
Utrecht Gun Club to-day Messrs. Hamilton, Welch and Daven- 
port killed 10 birds straight. Mr. Hamilton also scored a win with 
Messrs. Thompson, Lee and Gaughen in the Mauser rifle event, in 
which all stood at 29yds. 

The scores follow: 


Club prize, miss-and-out: 


NVM EIS yeas err tasleg wae 01110 Lockwood ........., «20211010 
EF A Thompson.....,., PALPAECAVR ID ye abil yeah ye incsseoe oe 0011110220. 
2B nor atcis | ernctnerc 1A2VZIP 212 Blamiltom sess e.eeuecene 2101912111 
Gaughen Wosisisessres ss 2221222122 

Club shoot, 10 birds, $10: 
F A Thompson. .,.2121212120— 9 R A Welch........ 1122122122—10 
Etetrmaltor ates © «cess 721212121110 Davenport ......... 1121221211—10 
ATE whicetite aarp 2110121022— 8 Postaus sicicseesese 0212222012— 8 
2B Rll te Wace at Rita 002020w Bill Wynn........- *121112110— 8 

Targets were shot as follows: 

Events: 1 2 Events: aes 

Targets 25 25 25 Targets: 25 25 25 
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IROLE ES ® crotenoeoo are vc Wpidieshl W8tindesy eyed etme one Nn 14:12. 
IBY Sabitoph pence eee 13m 2 JAE Ue pau ba dieayelslees sels Gree ee 
Fiske ..:.. aie reese 5 10 16 


Medicus Gun Club, 


Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., Oct. 5—There was a good at- 
tendance of shooters at the Medicus Gun Club’s shoot to-day, the 
main eyent of which was the Medicus handicap at 25 live birds, in 
which Messrs. Welch, Hopkins and Miller killed straight: Follow- 
ing are the scores: 


No. 1, 10 birds, $5 entrance: 


Righter seat eliee 0221*01122— 7 Welch, 30......,..+ 1222211112—10 
Waiessy 28) caves. ie 201122**2i— T Van Allen, 80....., 222222%220 — 9 
WWansoley PS Baeeee eo 0222222222— 9 J Hopkins, 29..... 222122122210: 
Webber, ievie.ien es 2222222922 10 ‘Lockwood, 28...... 2221220220— 8 
Woods, 28) ......ec 2222022202— 8 Postaus, 28......... 2111022022— & 

Medicus handicap, 25 live birds, $10 entrance: 
Wieleirenci i Mena stn thee ace tt, ili: Sean 22111221212221 21122229192 95, 
Man Allen, =309% ja. ose ate stots een 22202222221 2.2229.2922020022 24 
AW asia PY AAG nese MO Rcailist ls Be SbHortaeee 2222222222212222222222912—25, 
WOO Re Teele. hetisbeie as ABH eacitenscr eon 22:22:222222212922222920222 24. 
Mi ihe $25 Res oe Se ene porate uidt nseertioracg Oe 222222122122122121221 222295, 
Webbewedeiienrtriearit taste eur i nee e an 222222222022227222222 202224, 
IRI Cirterwee Sees nnturketeies psa beke mee ee cen 20220002*220202w 
IWTESSIROR hy se teetas tees Fab tt nod SOS HEE Se 211222122022002w 

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L. T. “Davenport” vs. S. M. Van Allen. 


Interstate Park, L. I., Oct. 6—A match of exceeding interest 
was shot to-day at Interstate Park, L. I., between Messrs. L. T. 
Davenport, of Brooklyn, and S. M. Van Allen, of Jamaica, L. I., 
at 100 live birds, 20yds. rise. The former won by the excellent 
score of 95 to 89. Davenport’s 5th was a difficult driver. His 16th, 
7th, 19th, 20th and 21st were hot drivers, well killed. His 15th 
in the second 25 was hard hit, and died out. In his third 25 he 
had six very difficult drivers, but made the 25 with a clean score. 
He had lost but two in his first 75, but in his last 25 he lost three 
more, and ended with a good score notwithstanding. 

The luck of the draw ran about alike for-each in the first 25, 
Van Allen losing his 18th dead out. In the second 25 his 29th 
and 30th, left drivers, were fast birds, as also were his 42d, a driver, 
and his 46th, a twisting left driver. In his third 25 he lost five, 
of which three were dead out, 


decided, 
Mr. T. W_ Morfey acted as referee. 
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WESTERN TRAPS. 


Garfield of Chicago, 


Curcaco, III, Oct. 6—Garfield Gun Club to-day begins its live- 
bird season, and will continue to hold these live-bird shoots, if at- 
tendance warrants it, each month clear through the winter, and 
until the month of May. The trophy entzy closes on each trophy shoot 
at 8 P. M., and the trophy series begins next Saturday, Oct. 13. 
The trophy shoots will be held only on the second and fourth Sat- 
urdays of each month, in each case at 10 live birds, 15 cents. 
Opportunity for live-bird sweeps will always be present, and with 
the well-known loyalty of the Garfield members to their club, it is 
fair to hope that the coming season will see the old grounds 
crowded every Saturday,.trophy day or not. 

Garfield Club closed its season on inanimate targets last Satur- 
day, Sept. 29. 

HartFrorp Buintpine, Chicago, Ill. 


Chicago Gun Club, 


Chicago, Oct. §.—Please find scores of the Chicago Gun Club 
shoot, held to-day under very unfavorable conditions. A strong 
wind blowing across the traps, with low clouds and rain, is not 
conducive to big scores. You will note, though, that some of our 
doctors were out after medals. Dr. C. W. Carson cleaned up 25 
straight in the yearly trophy event. O’Brien was second with 24: 
Lem Willard and Dr. Miller scored 23 each. 
ane acl Mrs. ees Shan q et 
of the icago Gun Club to-day. hey having spent the s 
in the Rockies, hayen’t had their usual Raetice at clays. ioe 

Lem Willard made high average on the day. 
live birds and targets. Birds furnished by Ullman & Co., and are 
to be handled by the only Frank Barnard. © 


Aan trophy: 
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L Willard ...... foes od Ante tap kerenae es SouuUbVUGEEORGGEEDEETTTECMES 


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and the race was then practically 


of the Garfield Gun Club, were guests — 


Next Saturday — 


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Veitmeyer .,.-- “506 ~ 1111911019101 01007 11111122 
Mrs Howard ..... eS ere 01001111,03001110191017001—14 
TAN W Mor tomes raiser veencve os eet ene 001.011.0101111011111113110—18 
Are Morton meets dete odo ws 14 sears  hecrAMion 0011110100010111111111111—18, 
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Dr SHAW. cesceemune nd siete PS es ieee ee LVI10111110112011111011111-—22 
Winey RPRERGE odd aye WANG ES ea kia 0101110000191011111011111--17, 
A Walters: sa. aust « He SYOY RU AMES (OSE CN 10100000010001 11111001111 13 
Monthly trophy: ’ 
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Mrs Carson ses..> -. -111111101111101 13" 
IRSSBE Wa cles ewe ceases BA nes 555605 010110110101117—10 
Dr Miller yiaviweecees se 111111010111101=-12 
VEIUMIGVIEL, SeeLpeinrretsals,s cisely siete es eas AS aes Seon 111110001001 1—16 
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AN Teo oe meee ri 5.56 4 OCH WIE ALAe2 aA rersrecs Luter. 001110000101100— 6 
Team race: Dr, Morton’s team: 
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Ra Peale ane, eitcun tects celts ty tenvtanas emice cates 101011101111100—10 
A Walters ....., AAP SSNS SSE. Fe Wardeucerhessses 100000011001110— 6—72 
Dr. Miller’s team: 
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Sweepstakes: 
‘Targets: 25 15 15 10 5p Targets: 
Re Belivicic loaves 13... .. .... Mrs Howard 
L Willard ....... 28 ..15 910 Dr Shaw .. 
Mrs Carson ......17.. 1110 .,- O’Brien .....,.... 14 8 § 
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Buue JEANS. 
Garfield Gun Club, 6 


Chicago, Oct. 6.—The appended scores were made to-day on our 
grounds on the occasion of the first live-pigeon shoot of the 
season. 

Weather conditions were decidedly unfavorable, it keeping up a 
constant drizzle of rain and a strong south wind directly across the 
traps all afternoon. 

The birds were not very quick to take wing, but when once 
started were a fast lot. : 

The attendance was not as large as usual, but was good, consid- 
ering the weather; . 


No. 1 No. 2. ° No. 3. 
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Wacky 28 eaneoe He eteislate trees +02210*—3 2112212022— 9 1200*1—3 
Dr Groves, (29. sce ceases ose -L1*011—4 2111210122—. 9 02110i—4 
TE Wiolth, 927... 2228s. obhdAgiaseto ance “ 1220001101— 6 ¥12020—8 
Midgely, 29.......----. a EAE ; 21119141 § 
Richards, 80...2...0..ss0005 So MERE 22222*21*1— § 991191 6 
Dr Mitchell 30......5.:.0<0. vem aieNie . 0212201*10— 6  142110*—4 
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J Wolff; 302.205 SEOUCOSPOIAI ERS Sebel 111212122110 0201016 


IN NEW JERSEY. 


Hudson Gun Club, 


Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 8—The Tegular shoot of the Hud 
Gun Club was held on this date d j . noise: Taree 
passed in breaking asphalts. pen dancote eee ate eae 


This shoot opened the regular fall season, and c i 
; test 
held on alternate weeks, beginning Oct. 21. Thea prone ee 
ork or Brooklyn by Cortlandt street 


easy of access from New Yi 


ferry. Take Turnpik < Ri 
eae pene ay € car and get off at Hackensack River 
‘vents 123.4567 8 91001 19 
10:15 15 15 15 15 15 20 25 15.15 15 
7 14 18 14 12 14 14 T6 24 13 14 15 
8 1415 15 14 11 12 15 98 13 13 
aus 9 14 12 12 14 12 15 17 21 19 eed 
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ae Chense mst binola ate e Cincy» Sloman 8 9 14 14 15 11 15 16 20 19 18 
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BORN HE sasosre i cin chen es lahat 8 9 911! 42 
an OSD OSCR ATE Up Sr Sop ioe Soehowk tasers hese te 5 $1011 6 6 9g 
SR eta OG ora Hcl cett se SARAH LS kata te” ay 8 14 10 
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A. G, Hucnes, i 


West Chester Tournament 


, West CHESTER, Pa., Oct. 4—The West Chester 

its annual all-day target shoot-day. Although fie ne 

very threatening, and possibly kept several away. the shoot Wasa. : 

SEE The visitors from out of town were W. LL. Colville of 

aE Powder Co.; T. H. Keller, Jr., of New York; representin us 
e Peters Cartridge Co.; Messrs. Miller, Hollman and Hagey, 


of Pheenixvill ; : i 
Readineonn feestaaethers from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Radnor, 


he programme was shot i 


n full, as will be seen by the appended 


Scones 

vents: 12345678 9101139 

‘i § 2 18 
peeps 10 15 15 10 15 10 15 15 10 45 15 15 ets 
PEAlAGeaads nee aeons 10 4 1410 14 9 13 44 8 12 18 14 15 13 
C It 61112 412 11 10 10 10 
1)” SUSERGY ARG eee 
15 84511 9 14 15 14 12. 19° 
12 844 13 7 43 Slits ee 
813 14 Salad ey | aera 
7 10 11 10 10 13 12 12 10 
611 9 8 9 1315 11 10 
TU Bibi 9... nb 
8 13 14 10 15 15 11 18 1 
012 11 9 12 14 10 14 13 
8 13-10 13 14 10 14 1413 15 14 
814 91419 912 12°19) 

41112 9 12 12-40 41 

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9.10 12 12 13 


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Jackson TUUVIGEIITERT Tes tre 98 8 ee re we on oe ee So. 10..10 .| 
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300 


Elliott vs. Gilbert. 


Dupont Cup, 


Kansas Crry, Mo.—Kansas City’s world’s champion wingshot, J. 
A. R. Elliott, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, successiully deiended the 
Dupont championship cup against Fred Gilbert, lowa’s star as- 
pirant for the championship title. It was a great contest,-and took 
place on that historic shooting ground at. the Exposition Ball 
Park, Kansas City, where pigeon shooting history has been made 
for the past fifteen years. ‘The race was not over until Elliott had 
grassed his 100th bird, which gave him the grand score of 99. 
Guibert shot a wonderfully up-hill race all the way, Elliott never 
letting him get into the Iead from start to finish, and the Hawkeye 
lad was only one bird behind the veteran at the close of the re- 
markable contest, Only one bird was missed clean out of the 200, 
and that a big white bird that was drawn by Gilbert at the 24th 
round. It was not a very hard bird, but he towered and circled 
in a right-quartering direction. Gilbert shot under him with both 
loads, and the bird perched himself on the grand stand to watch 
the steady slaughter going on at the traps. 

Elliott was in his best form, and until the race was nearly halt 
over threatened to tie his former famous performances on the same 
grounds, he having a record of two winning races where he killed 
100 straight birds—once against Dr. W. F, Carver and again when 
W. F. Crosby was his opponent. He was centering his birds, and 
his load was effective, and half the time he did not use his second 
barrel at all. His first and only lost bird was his 48th, the 
champion having made a run of 4% from the starting 
of the race. It was a strong black bird that started off 
in a right-quartering direction away from the traps, and Elliott 
hit it hard with both barrels. It was going at such a velocity, 
Loweyer, that it was carried over the boundary line and fell dead 
at the club house door. From that on to the end he killed his 
birds clean, finishing with a run of 52 kills. 

Gilbert, after losing his 24th bird, settled down, and from that 
on shot a steady race, losing but one more bird, his 71st, and that 
fell dead just over the boundary line. It was an unfortunate inci- 
dent, however, as it cost him the race. The bird was a hard one, 
and while the audience was naturally in favor of Elliott’s winning 
the crowd sympathized with the visitor, and he was complimented 
by his victor and Kansas City friends on the stubborn contest 
he had put up against the champion. 

It was a shooting match worth going miles to see, and both 
men made many remarkable kills that brought enthusiastic ap- 
plause from the grand stand. . . : 

The weather was ideal for the sport, a light wind blowing across 
the traps occasionally. The birds generally were old, strong 
flyers, and were accredited with being better than an average lot 
by the,experts. There were of course occasional duffers, but as a 
whole they were up and away at the fall of the trap. Gilbert used 
his second barrel at nearly every bird, but it was more from habit 
than necessity, and was shot generally as a precautionary measure. 

Chris Gottlieb acted as referee of the match by special request: 
James Whitfield was the official scorer and W. V. Rieger pulled 
the traps. 

‘Elliott used his favorite Winchester pump gun, and his loads 
were 42grs, of Hazard powder and I4oz. of No. 7144 Tatham 
chilled shot in a Leader shell. 


Trap score type—Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Siream Pub. Co. 


; AIF ERA AFAR FINO LLSASCADAA 2 
JAR ENliotr...2111222221121199129%9299991 2-95 
Le C9 LEE MERA SAR ENO PR RALRK 
92292122121111212112991 ¥1 994 
SOAS RS ST LOR ARE OO RRERN 
D2LL1222122477 191111919271 95 
ABRT ERSIERARRATALATAORA CE 
11212221197291911122121 11—95—99 
‘ ABEORARAARAT LAAT IE ARS AK 
Fred Gilbert....2222229222299929292222299902—94 
LY YES 99 A TANNAAZASNACHY SE 
9222299929292922999999999929 1-95 
LAKAI LAHAT SS LAA RI REA ARK 
1221229222229999929929+*99292-94 
CHR YY RLY RET EOLOT SIRE RASLR SZ 
922%¥1122299911919291992999- 95 99 


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Sportsmen’s Review Cup. 


Oct. 3.—The Elliott-Gilbert match of to-day was nearly a repeti- 
tion of yesterday’s great battle. Elliott. successfully defended the 
title by a score of 99 to 97. While Gilbert lost one more bird to- 
day, he did not miss any, all three of his lost birds falling dead 
out of bounds. This was also true of Elliott’s lost. bird, which 
made a difference of $60 to Bob Elliott, who had recklessly bet 
$10 against $50 that Jim would make a straight score. He won a 
bet on 98. 

Jim Elliott’s great form of the past few weeks has inspired every- 
body with confidence, and every dollar of Gilbert money was 
snapped up quickly, ~ 

The weather conditions were practically the same as those of 
yesterday, excepting that it was a trifle warmer, and the birds 
hardly so fast to fly. Ly ; : 

Gilbert was the first to miss, losing his 4th bird, a fast left- 
quartering driver, which fell dead in the bleachers. He dropped 
another in the second 25, losing the 46th, a left-quarterer that made 
a wide sweep and escaped the first load. Fred hit him hard with 
the second, but he carried the load over the flags. All this time 
Jim was plugging away steadily, killing his birds dead with center 
shots with the first barrel, and kept this up until he had scored 
70 straight kills; then he lost his next bird, a fast, left-quartering 
driver that was hit hard with both barrels, but was strong enough 
to wiggle out. When he did strike the ground he bounced up 
and stayed where he next hit the ground. Gilbert was shooting a 
strong race, but had the misfortune to lose another, his 80th bird, 
a regular duplicate of Ellictt’s only lost. one, which fluttered over 
the boundary line, where it dropped dead. 


V. Rieger refereed the match, and James Whitfield scored. 
The score: ve. : 


Trap score type—Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 


TOR UR LARA BDECHASR SAA ARES 
Fred Gilbert ,., Q2ReDUOY ORR TROLS OD NOY oD O94 


ENN SESAT IR LOSS AA LOC SAAAZ 


2222222922292999999999*99 99 04 
PEAT LAINNSNABARSYAIT TAAL A SY 
222292920909995005 9 0 oo 00s 908 
DAA LRRFARSASLRASIORADAARS 
2222*222932999999299099 90-04-9 
LIP ARIAAA INIA ARS SIA SAIINY 

JAR filliott...22999111 291101 9431954 1 Ty o95 
SR YAA SADA RST LISA AASR ES TAA 
22TIPF2Z21T 1271911101182 5 vo jos 
FASIAAR LOD LS ARIAAY ZCI RAR ET 
VLPLL22997 1 eee ir riii*x22e 7-94 
SEY SHR RENTS SSO OSATYOLTAN 
LitLz2122112112987 %211 892 25 99 

i JAMES WHITFIELD. 


Herron Hill Gan Club. 


Prirsnurc. Wa, Oct. 1—The live-bird season of the Herron 
Hill Gun Club opened to-day. A silver cup in a 20-bird -contest 
was the main event. This was won by W. S, King, who killed 
Straight alone, shooting from the 30yd. mark. The scores: 

First event, 5 birds: - 


McPherson, 27........... 29292 5 Bennett, 2...0.000.0005- 121225 
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WSS? Kenpo es0aees eevee. =e WRENCH GUTESE HAO ER wily jon 02102—3 


Second event, 20 birds: ; 
MeRhersoi® Sa py eee freee wen wen Bont 12222122202232292099- 49 


ALI RIS Ira omen pa ati me ee , 229293219991 90229022— 18 

gS SSR ISSEIC Esc yie ut te9e face ey mre Nn a 22222129222099299999— 9) 

IFeNVIChE RR AP, aot + ki CO heen 2212211112722292912019 

pean aie: See T Peeks tet Giem Emits 1110221120010121227116 
ays 


b Fitet-deemn a-sS0hst 2): mn stelehcee a aN eee oeetee-« 102022201000020001322 10 


The. Forest ann Stream is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest hy Monday and as much earlier ag practicable, 


FOREST AND STREAm, 


The Elmer Neal Shoot. 


Buioomrretp, Ind——Among the notable and most pleasant shvot- 
ing events of the year must be recorded the three-day tournament 
given by Mr. Elmer E. Neal, at Bloomfield, Ind., Oct. 2, 3 and 4. 
Owing to other engagements in various States, the attendance was 
not so large as it should have been, and fell considerably below 
Mr, Neal’s expectations. But it was truly good to be with the 
genial, jovial “Black Diamond Chief’’ and his associates in the 
fine old State of Indiana, and for all who were there the week 
was well spent. 

Targets were thrown on the Sergeant system, and there was not 
a balk anywhere in the programme, \ 

The shooting range is located on a handsome plot, facing the 
west, one mile east of town, and an excellent turnpike road makes 
it easy of access. The genial Jack Parker was on hand and 
managed, with Mr. Neal the executive and financial end of the 


shoot. 
First Day, Oct. 2. 


The weather was fair, bul with a high teniperature that made jhe 
work warm in more than one sense during a good portion ot the 


day. These conditions prevailed without yariation through the 
week. On the first day’s programme Rolla Heikes won high 
average, with W. R. Crosby second and ©. W, Budd third. Mr, 


Budd made the long run of the day, with 44 straight. The seores 


follow: 


Events: Ny ile SE 1 lee ih ee Pant aie 
Targets 16 15 20 20 15 15:20 20 15.15 2010 Total 
O15 13) ee eee ee In 1215 17 1112 2017121118 § 166 
Squires ..-. 13 13 18 18 14 15 201815121818 182 
Heikes 15 15 19 20 14 14 201815 1518 § 191 
Trimble 14 15 20 14 12 15 19 17 10 15 18 10 iid 
PER STE Sooo 14 18 18 16 11 12 17 18 11 ii 16 10 167 
RICH cea eonnoentstoctostete 151518 1814123191514141710 182 
RORY ION SP aeecroe ooeC 13 14 15 1712181719 121817 7. 170 
Spe lrese sete ene 55 ASS A 18 14 20 18 13 1019 18131420 9 i181 
Weyers {eae -.. 11141717 14151919101318 9 176 
Bile Wy wei palaee een ie 111216171315 181914131610 174 
IRGCRUS LaMarr sos 8 om aes tee It 1419 18 151318 161413 1710 178 
Wal eae saat thc eaten abyablobbyabpaeL GL Ig) oy oka ee 86 
ieimakily Pan LR Sree SLSR shan 1412 2018 11 141920151419 § xt 
(Giving ereitrgintinhr pheno tore 1315191813 151918141420 & i185 
(Gicaivatcie sant setpieitee niente 18121612 141217161211 12 5 163 
ESAT TS Vt ence setts eetaleeees . 13 1118-17 14 12 18 141413 17 § 190 
Wb ee 5 ese reo Sen i oe 6 Br i Te og Go) ao 6 
LCL ste RSCEEER HEHE EEEEDEMOONEL Bf. BA 710. V7 


Second Day, Oct, 3. 


On the second day an occasionally stiff breeze affected the 
scores adversely, but Charlie Budd came to the front for first place, 
while Ralph Trimble was second and Elmer Neal third. The 
score: 


345 67 8 910 
20 20 15 15 20 2015 15 2010 ‘otal 
Uielbrd3 2 Gey ees 112 
17.18 15 12 161813 14417 7 175 
20 16 15 13 18 19 13 14 18 10 182 
19 19 14 14 20 20 14 13 19 10 188 
2016151418 20111518 9 178 
191915 15191712 14719 9 185 
1719 1210 1414121339 8 4157 
1717 44121717 1413816 9 = 172 
16 20 14 13 20 20181519 10 §=181 
WAS 1B Te AAS See ala: 
20 18 14 14 20 19:14 14 19 9 191 
19151813 19141171118 9 166 
19 20 1415 2018 151516 9 184 
171912131718 131217 8 4173 
181215 91915 91116 & 152 
151818 151717 i219 9 ae 
IBIEdSOB) sek. seen e trout 3 
Livenguth 175 
Thompson 120 


The sparrow programme called for 150 birds to the man for two 
days. ‘The birds were furnished by ‘M, T. Hill, of Indianapolis, 
and trapped by him from his own traps. However, on account 
of a strike of workmen in the mines operated. by Mr, Neal, it 
was decided by the shooters to run the two together, thus closing 
the shoot Thursday evening, = 

That these 285 sparrows were shot by the men, in adélition to an 
extra at each end, is ample evidence that all worked smoothly and 
well. The birds were a fine lot of lively little fellows, with not a 
single sitter, and it wanted only a good wind to make this a yery 
stiit game. ek : 

On the first day’s lot of 150 birds, Budd was high man with 
5 lost; Heikes and Neal tied for second with 6 each, and Riehl 
next with 9. On that portion of the second day's programme shot, 
including 85 birds, Riehl lost but 8, Neal 4 and Hughes 6. In 
the sparrow programme Neal won first place with 228 scored, Budd 
second with 222; and Heikes and Riehl tied for third’ with 219. 

Five per cent. of purses was deducted for average moneys to the 


eight high guns for the week; Charlie Budd won first, Heikes and — 


Neal tied for second, Hughes was third, Crosby fourth, Riehl 
fifth, Tripp sixth and Burnside seventh, 


joined: 
Events: ° 123 44 6 7 $ 91011 1218 14 15 16 
Targets: 15 15 20 10 10 15 15 20 16°15 15 15 2010 1015 ©=Total. 
De Long...... IE NTR RD Cae RPE PD TPM ay 8 ee Bint 
Heikes ....... 1415 20 9 91415 20 1414 141318 9 9 14 219 
Crosby seeesu 141217 5 91812 191514141217 10 8 14 205 
Budd ....%.... 15 15 19 10: $915 15 18 1415 12 1419 § 10.44 222 
Vir schreet ee 12 151910 6121217131213 1317 10 & 14 2038 
“Neal et. 15 14 20 9 915 14 19 13 14 15 14 18 10 40 14 223 
Burnside ..... 151419 8 9121218 1513141447 9 913 211 
Riehl ye eee 13 14 20 10 8 15 12 20 14 11 15 15 18 10 10 14 219 
SDTIp Dies sees se 15 1518 10 915 1417 131313 1419 10 9 12 216 
Wughes ....... 181815 9 9121520175 141472 20 9 915 214 
_ Graham nee: ae dnae, ate meh oe Tesla ue 25 
High averages, three days: ; 
Sparrows. Targets. Total. Sparrows. Targets. Total, 
S Aeyeialae a aaas 222 315 597 Crosby 5 Bin 574 
Neal ...... 225 369 592 Riehl ..... 219 Bist 570 
Heikes .,.219 aie 592 Tripp .....216 345 561 
Hughes ..214 362 576 Burnside ..211 33 BAT 


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A Pleasant Pow-Wow. 


Mr. Neal, in his ever happy manner, invited a company of 
special friends, including the Indians in attendance, to take dinner 
at his happy home Wednesday evening. ‘This, it is hardly neces- 
‘sary to add, was one of the most pleasant features of the week, 
both in the present enjoyment it afforded and the glad remem- 
hbrances which it leaves with those who were there. The feast at 
Mr. and Mrs. Neal’s hospitable board and the hours that fol- 
lowed in association with that fine family circle will stand recorded 
in the imperishable tablets of tribal fame. 


Elliott—Parmelee. 


Appended are the scores of the Elliott-Parmelee race for the 
Republic cup, at Omaha, Neb., recently: 


CA RSE iott ia seeee. sy caeheliielie 2222112221121121121221411- 95 
2212222*2021 2212212121199 99 
22221222222222299) 9901191 5a 
2222122222022112221991291 94 96 
IPS; Rarhel ees seen: 1,5 ew 2222222022222229999999999 94 
: 22220222222929999999 (12999 94 
'2222.222220222222229929909 99 
222222220022222299992099% 94 a5 
iC. Ria 


Iflinois Gun Club. 


SPRINGFIELD, IJ]—Thursday, Oct, 4, was the regular elub shoot 
at 25 targets aver magautrap, and sixteen shooters faced the traps 
in this event. = 

Class A had six representatives, and the prize in this class was 
captured by G. T, Hall on the excellent score of 24. Smith and 
Bogardus gave Mr. Hall a hard chase for front end honors, but 
landed one target short. 

Mrs, Butler and Mr. Richardson tied in Class B, and Mrs. Butler 
Was awarded the prize through the courtesy of Mr. Richardson, 
who waived his chances in favor of the lady. Mrs. Butler shot 
avery pretty race, centering her targets in fine style, and if she 
continues to improve at the same rate as her scores show for the 
past six months, will deyelop into one of the best lady target shots 
in this country, ; 


The figures are sub- - 


~— 


[Ocx. 13, 1900, 


Geifert won in Class C after shoot-off with Dr. Hazell. Ap- 
pended are the scores: ‘de f by n 
Class A: Hall 24, Capt. Smith 28, A. H. Bogardus 23, A. W-. 

Butler 21, Stickie 20, Klingensmith 19. 2 
‘Class B: Richardson 20, Mrs. Butler 20, Call 19, Dr. Kerr 18. 
Class C: Geifert 16, Dr. Hazell 16, J, BH. Sikes 12, U. G. Moore 9, 
Chas. Sehtick 10, Chas. Schuck, Jr, 12, 
: Cras, T. Srrexrtz, Sec’y. 


Trap Around Reading. 


KovrersrKorp, Pa,, Oct. 6.—The first annal target shoot ot the 
Twin City Gun Club, of Royersford and Spring City, was held to- 
day, the crowd being rather light, The scores follow: 


livents: 123456 7 8 9101212- 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 1 
J Johnson 9 SNORT TVG 66s Grebe 
uohe Pe Sone bres hte eo ae ee sen gOike: Pe aT eee, 
eee coin SL ka aan a ae JER ee alte ye ga 
PR Tek LE SA oem sada tC 99 9 B10 iS 9 
EASE ARORA RA Ae Bovey, 589799 78 9 
7510 73 44665 
44464465.,. 
ite valtese Sep erao three rest Centre 65 Bb Sian 679 7 8 
PMEDhe aes Cenrete RMS Asan hLpoo bi. oy les me et acto] +3 8 (oo 
OC ne ag Seer He bBo cbmc Sule i «hie Mh, ty as G 45 


Reading, Pa., Oct. 6—The target shoot to be held on the 
grounds of the Independent Gun Club, of Sinking Spring, on Sat- 
urday, Oct. 20, is expected to be a well attended shoot, as the 
number of tickets sold to date is away above the number that had 
been expected. Harry Coldren, the well-known wing shot, of 
Reading, is placing a fine $80 Parker gun up as first prize. The 
tickets are 15 targets for $1. Besides Sweepstake events, all 15- 
target events, $1 entrance will be shot, and a large shoot is ex- 
ee Shooters taking the Womelsdorf car at Fifth and Penn, 
Seading (car with red flag going west), will go direct to shooting 
grounds, which are at Hamily’s Hotel, Sinking Spring. = Mr, 
Coldren has secured Arthur A, Fink, of Reading, to manage the 
evénts. Loaded shells for sale on grounds. Any information 
address Manager Fink, 426 Franklin street, Reading, Pa. 

Iarrisburg, Pa., Sept. 22,—The annual fall tareet and live-bird 
tournament of the Eastmere Gun Club, of this city, held to-day, 
Was a success. Jack made two straight scores in the target events,, 
while C. Whiteman won the 15-bitd race. The scores of the live. 
bird events follow: 


No. 1, 15 birds: 


Burnham ...., 202222222222222 14 Wilson .-...-.. 22()222222222099 74. 
Fa Cren es ee. + L11920710172010—1]  Wields .._.....1 12111111212210ii—13 
BEDS? soe es 220221101202111—12  Kreuger .._._- 11122211239192%—14 
W Stephvens. .2*210221222122012 Ray ......-.-.. 22222010101111142 
EG ecere 22020222220222--11 © Whiteman. ..121129112113191- 15 

No. 2, 10 hve birds: - 
(Sel Ofituareeeees 1112122712—10  Kreuger .....,,.... 1122211000— 7 
W  Stephyens. -....2221211111—10 Whiteman. ..,. . -1121211110— 9 
Metzear ia ase oun T001022100— 6 EIS) poe lglley tr 1122222310— 9 
WirlsSGiet tetnan une 121221122210 FF Clark ....s.i ce eue 0022222222— 8 
lehebsalgeseat op gp pbier 222001211110 Ray .....-..s.se0ees 1111201210— § 
C Whiteman.-.... ~1210211112-- 9 

Target events; money divided 40, 30, 20 and 10: 

Events: Te Be eS 4S SRE EE 

Targets: 25 20 Ib 25 20 20 
Burnham 24 17 15 22 18 48 
Kreuger 23 17 Ti 20 19 is 
Bi etephiven st reyees eerie 20 14 14 21 15 13 
VE foyal eps eee icin oe aur 21 18 10 19 19 47 
Keffer tL ie eit 
Smith 22 17 G4 22 37° 7, 
Parker apa aly) ee ie LP 
Sprout 1, le Sey 2S PL 
W Stephvens ...... one Maeda e ay ¢ da 14 49 16. 9 21°... 45 
Espenshadesss sy ey ateare sneer eee 10s = Sees Aes Aig 
Murnane ..... wha ice Cee Crd terercesdn te 26 2S Ub Agee, aa 
HE eee et eaten anit the + 1? 21. 16 13 25 20 15 
NB vay A are AL EE Pee ye LSTA Th ab 
UBL bovebeptelk OAR a Rey, Muborsa) eoa sueagaaa am COMMA ETO MLE ainslecuriee Le 
TB clam eters Ret tema WU Sueded aca .. 17 IS 12 1) 18 12 413 
Mietzgar: fi vasesuhingheniieee enn ant me + 45) a 12 Oe 6. By a 
i Can renee e (meninl wer ewckagrs Wok af teay la OP A a el 
Berestrerser che fee etn ee sate SY a le i ee i ee 
Captain .....- Stee 2 VOGt ha hea ee Fae Fare! ainda, “Seca LS 
Detweilert nas aids sea y sensei eeeees Y A Saeko eee. | hoe ees 
VETS aileule suse ee helt case ay Sede een eee merry ch) ahd fen 

Duster. 


Keystone Shooting League. 


Houmsspure. Junction, Pa., Oct. 6.—In the second contest of 
the series for the championship of the Keystone Shooting League 
at Holmesburg Junction on Oct. § John Vandergrift and. John 
Brewez killed their 10 birds straight. The weather was sultry, and 
the birds were slow in consequence, 

The contest is open only to club members, and is at 10 birds 
per man, handicap rise, no entrance, although there is an optional 
sweepstake of $2.50. 

F, M, Hobbs had a clean score up to his last bird, which he 
succeeded in bringing to the ground with the second barrel, but 
when the dog went after it it proved to have life enough left to 
scape over the fence. 

Seven men finished with scores with one miss—Henry, H. B. 
Stevenson, Budd, Davis, Whitaker, Hobbs and W. N. Stevenson— 
while Yan Loon and O. K. Stevenson finished in the eight elass, 

Three live-bird sweeps were contested. The first was at 5 birds, 
and was won by Vandergrift and Budd, each having clean scores. 
In the second event at 5 birds Henry, Vandergrift and Smith 
killed straight. The third sweep was a miss-and-out, Henry, Budd 
SE ere dwiding pnS Dirse on 9 kills. 

€ wind-up ior the day was a téam match at targets between 
Dr. Darby, W. N. Stevenson, Ridge and Sanford, and Hobbs, 
Q, K, Stevenson, Van Loon and A, C. Stevenson, 25 targets per 


man, Dr. Darby’s team winning by the score of 83 to 76. The 
score follows: 

Club shoot: “ 
Henry, 30....; o) dive. 121110212— 9 © K Stevenson, 29.0212292021— 8 
Vax Fit Ueee ee 2012I—10 Budd, 30......... ,-1122102212— 9 
HB ssevenson, 29.1222221102— 9 Davis, 29......,....2211122901-— 9 
Sanford, 29......... *202201122— 7 Whitaker, 28.......2122291011— 9 
Fitzgerald, 28......0212220010— 6 Darby, 29..........01*2022991 7 
Van Loon, 28..... 0220222222 § Schenck, 27........ *102000020— 3 
smithy, ZOMG irene: *2192122*)— 7 Hobbs, 30:........ 2222221220— 9 
Brewer, 30).....0.. 221221122210 W WN Stevenson, 30,2222920992— 9 


Sweepstake event, 5 birds, 30yds. rise, $2 entrance: Vandergrift 
5, Budd 5, Henry 4, Brewer 4, Smith 4. ' 
SWeepstake event, 5 birds, 80yds. rise: Henry 5, Vandergriit 5, 
Smuth 5, Brewer 4, Budd withdrew. 

Miss-and-out event, 30yds, rise, $2 entrance: Henry 9, Budd 9, 
Brewer 9, Van Loon 8, Davis 7, Whitaker 6, Vandergritt 4, Smith 2. 
' aie team race at 2h targets per man had members and scores as 
ollows: 

Darby 19, W. N. Stevenson 18, Ridge 23, Sanford 23; total 83. 
aeons a O. KX. Steyenson 23, Wan Loon 17, A, C. Stevenson 

; tota L 


In the opening live-bird shoot of the fall and winter season, held 
by the Herron Hill Gun Club, on its grounds, at Davia Tsland,, 
Mr. W. 5S. King, the famous trap shot, won the silver cup in the 
inain 20-bird event, making a straight score from the 30yd. mark. 


PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 


Se 


Nobel’s Ballistite Powder in a Hot and Damp Clmate, 


Last October T took out a supply of Ballistite cartridges to 
Salvador, Central America, where the climate is bad enough to 
find the weak points of a nitro powder, with the temperature 
varying from 67 to 110 degrees in the shade and a heavy dew at 
night, even during the dry weather. During the wet season the 
extremes, of temperature remain much the same, ‘but the at- 
mosphere is so humid that everything kecomes mildewed at once. 
In spite of this and the variation of temperature I never found 
one of Ballistite cartridges miss or hang fire, though some of my 
fiends using other smokeless compounds had net such a for- 
tunate experience.—G, H. Ziegler in London Hield : 


~— Hix 


ST AND STREA 


A WeEkxty Journat or THE Rop anp Gun. 


CopyricuT, 1900, ny Forest anp Stream Pusutsuine Co, 


RMs, $4 A YEAR. 10 Crs. A Be 
Six Monts, $2. 


NEW YORK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1900. 


VOL, LV.—No. 16. 
1 No. 846 Broapway, New Yor 


7 


ROBINSON—OGDEN. 


THE present number of Forest Anp Stream will bring 
sadness to many a heart. Richard L. Ogden and Rowland 
FE. Robinson, two of the oldest, the dearest and the ablest 
of the correspondents of Forest AND STREAM, have passed 
over to the great majority. The pages: that once knew 
them so well will not again charm the reader with their 
delightful pens. The loss to Forest anp STREAM and to 
its readers is as wide as the continent, for Ogden died 
on the shores of the broad Pacific, while Robinson passed 
away among the green hills where his boyhood days were 
spent. 


Captain Ogden was a sportsman of the old school, ener- 
getic. virile, hospitable—himself a lover of pleasure and 
delighting to give pleasure to others. He was devoted to 
sport, in its theory and in its practice, and to him sport 
meant what it would be expected to mean to such a man, 
and had none of the meanings which in these later days 
have often come to degrade the word. He was-an honest, 
cheery, loyal gentleman, who possessed the gift of telling 
frankly and most charmingly his beliefs and his experi- 
ences, and it 1s not too mutch to say that some of the 
letters from his pen that have appeared in Forrest AND 
STREAM have been as popular as those of any writer. 

Robinson on his part was a lover of nature and familiar 
with all her varying moods. He possessed unequaled 
powers of description. Keen eyed as a trained naturalist, 
he recorded his observations in language so tender, grace- 
ful and poetic that the reader not only saw what the writer 
saw, but shared the writer’s high thoughts. Nor was 
it nature alone—as we understand the word—that Robin- 
son studied; for in the characters in his books, with 
which we are all'so familiar, he has revealed to us types of 
manhood and womanhood which exist. to-day, as they 
have existed for more than a century, among the moun- 
tains of Vermont and New Hampshire. Uncle ’Lisha, 
Sam Lovel, Antoine and Cap'n Hill are characters that 
will not die, and to many readers all over this broad 
land, and, indeed, in other climes—for where has New 
England not sent her sturdy sons?—they are as real as if 
we had seen them in the flesh, grasped their hard hands 
and heard their drawling speech. " 


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i 


It is the personality of the men that at this time moves 
us most. We recall their kindliness, the large hearted- 
ness that put them in close sympathy with their fellow 
men, and so with their readers; the joyous fondness of 
“Podgers” for the irrepressible small boy, and the delight 
with which he narrated his mischievous adventures; the 
tenderness of “Awalisoose,” the heartiness with which 
he threw himself into the lives of his characters, the 
sweetness of his description of nature, and the kindly 
humor which bubbled from his always cheerful spirit, and 
which made him as dear to the friends and neighbors of 
his home as he was to the most distant friends made 
through Forest AND STREAM, in China, or Japan, or merry 
England, We reprint—for we shall all be glad to read it 

_again—the pleasing picture of Mr. Robinson in his home 
as Mr, Burttham found him on a visit to Ferrisburgh two 
years ago, 

May the earth rest lightly on the frames which held 
these genial souls, 


ROWLAND EVANS ROBINSON. 


TUespAY morning of this week brought a letter post- 
marked Ferrisburgh, Vt., Oct. 15, and bearing the word 
“Urgent.” The endorsement told what was within, even 
before the seal was broken and the contents were read: 
“T know you will grieve with us when you know that 
father died this afternoon. He seemed: just to go to 
sleep, and we-were all with him. Even now we cannot 
help being thankful that he is out of pain at last. He 
had failed very fast since last Wednesday. night, and 
suffered greatly.” : 

So the end-has come; and Robinson has passed away. 
We of the great Forest anp STREAM family may mourn 


fot a loss which is very real and very personal to each one. 


of us, and we may grieve with those who are to-day sor- 


rowing for their dead; but for him Wwe cannot grieve. 


For to him, after long suffering, patiently borne. peace 
and rest haye come at last, a 


Mr. Robinson was widely known and beloved as a 
writer, and his books have an assured and permanent 
place in the literature of New England. But that which 
is best worth recording of him and holding up to the ad- 
miration of the world and cherishing of him in this, that 
in the face of difficulties which would have dismayed and 
discouraged one of weaker fiber, and under the ever 
present stress of constant physical suffering, he was 
buoyed up with a courage, a fortitude and a triumphing 
of spirit over body, which were as admirable as they were 
marvelous. In these days of heroes self-proclaimed over 
the land, this man, in his retired farmhouse in New Eng- 
land, was living a life whose every day and hour partook 
of the heroism of which humanity stands most in need. 


Mr. Robinson was born in 1833 in Ferrisburgh, Vt., and 
with the exception of a brief period spent in New York 
city, he had always lived in the old homestead. He came 


ROWLAND E. ROBINSON, 


of Quaker stock, and was a farmer, as his father had been 
before him, Of his youth we all know, for he has written 
of it in many a reminiscent chapter in the Forest anp 
STREAM (we printed one only last week) ; and we have 


always liked to fancy that in Sam Lovel, as painted by. 


Robinson, there was much of Robinson himself. We 
know that the boy had a keen eye for the things of 


nature—the leaf and the flower, the fern and the forest 


moss, the lichen and the fungus: all these, the thousand 
and one phenomena of day aad night, the ways of the 
wood folk, were observed and learned with a thorough- 
ness which were an abiding comfort to him in those after 
years when sight failed and he could see them only as 
fixed in memory. When total blindness came, as it did 


more thatt ten years ago, it seemed doubly pathetic that 


one who took such keen delight in seeing things and 
studying nature’s ways should. thus have had the world 
shut out from him. But as we once told him hali-play- 
fully, but truly, he had seen more of the outdoor world 
in his seeing years than the average person would though 
living with sight unabated far beyond: the allotted three 
score years and ten. 
others see through the magic of his pen. It was a-con- 
tinual marvel that this man, propped up_in bed, and in 
the dark, could picture the woods and the marsh and the 
skies so yividly that by a graphic, illuminating touch he 
could bring before the eye of the reader the thing as it 
was, and as author and reader both had seen if, = 


And as he had_seen, so he made: 


R. L. OGDEN. 


Captatn RicHarp L. OGdEN passed away at his home in 
San Franciseo on the 3d of this month. The end came 
peacefully ; it was, they said, practically the sinking away 
of old age, the parting which comes when the earthy 
tenement outworn and weak can no longer contain the 
spirit, j 
Captain Ogden was the “Podgers” of Forrest AND 
Stream. To the readers of this journal the news of his 
death will bring pain, as it has to those in this office whose 
privilege it was to have known him personally and to 
have enjoyed his friendship. . . 

R. L. Ogden was born in Otsego county, N. Y. His 
father was a lawyer, and among the men whom he knew 
in his boyhood was Chancellor Kent. Young Ogden had 
all the enterprise and activity characteristic of a healthy 
bodied and healthy minded American boy, and he had his 
full share of youthful experiences, which were charmingly 
related in after -years in a series of reminiscences pub- 
lished in the Forest anp STREAM. Once, drawn by the 
glamor of the ring, he ran away from home to join a 
circus, in due time to return to the parental roof, cured 
for the time of wandering, but with no daunting of that 
spirit which in after years prompted him to see the world, 
and caused him to know so much of the ways of men who 
make up the world. At fourteen he entered the office of 
his elder brother, Major E. L. Ogden, Assistant Quarter- 
master U. S, Army, stationed at Buffalo. In 1852, going 
to California, he entered the office of Major Robert Allen, 
Quartermaster U, S. Army, as chief clerk and cashier, 
Here he remained until the increase of the army, when 
he was appointed First Lieutenant of the Fourteenth U. S, 
Infantry. A few months later he was promoted Assistant 
Quartermaster of the Department of the Pacific, a position 
which he held for about ten years. This was during the 
Indian wars in Arizona and the Northwest, when supplies 
for the army for California, Arizona and Washington 
were provided from San Francisco, and Captain Ogden 
handled many millions of Government funds. It was 
while occupying this position that he came into contact 
with General Grant, and an incident occurred which 
formed one-of his favorite reminiscences. . 

During this time he was sent by the Government to 
South America in a charter ship for a cargo of commis: 
sary and quartermaster supplies, and while waiting the 
slow movements of the contractors he improved the op~ 
portunity to make an extended trip on mule back into the 
interior and along the south coast, meeting with many 
interesting adventures. At the close of the war he re- 
signed his commission and went into business with W. C, 
Ralston, president of the Bank of California, engaging 
with him’ in extensive mining operations and industrial 
enterprises until the death of Ralston. At the time of 
the failure. of the Bank of California much of Captain. 
Ogden’s fortune was lost when the Kimball Company 
went down. 

Captain Ogden organized the first company and opened 
the first mine on the Comstock ledge, with J. D. Winters 
as superintendent, and was aiterward largely engaged in 
operating the mines of the great Comstock ledge, being 
associated with Flood, O’Brien, Latham and other 
prominent mining people. 

During his residence in California, for a period of 
twenty years he was special correspondent of the New 
York Times, and at a later period wrote to. that journal 
form Europe, China and Japan. Among the many enter= 
prises in which he was engaged in a long and busy 
life was the building of a schooner for trade in the Pacifie 
Islands, on which he sailed, his own supercargo, and he 
used to tell how he had been’ made king of one of the 
islands, and was perhaps the only American citizen who 
could lay just claim to royal prerogatives. He used to 
say jokingly that at some future day he should shake: off, 
the shackles of civilization and go back to assume a mild 
sway over his loyal subjects. 

During his long army experience he met and was in- 
timately associated with nearly all the officers of the old, 
army, including. Generals Grant, Hooker, Sedgwick, ‘Me-: 
Pherson, Sheridan, Custer, Sherman, Crook and _others.. 
Not many years ago, while living in this -city, he had: 
completed the manuscript of a book of reminiscences: of: 
the old army, and one day he promised to bring this down’ 
to.the Forest AND STREAM office. At the appointed time 
he appeared with the intelligence that a chambermaid, 
mistaking the manuscript for waste paper, had thrown 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


I) Bow, 


[Octr.: =e tgd0, 


if-out ; nor ‘Rould ieent cenrah ever recover it. 
who know ‘the charm of Captain Ogden’s style and the 
interesting character of his reminiscences will, understand 
in. some meastire what was lost to us when these stories 
the men and the scenes of the old army were destroyed. 

“Captain Ogden was noted throughout the army for his 
ieeed dogs, guns and extensive sporting outnt, and with 
these, then and in later years, as is told in our yachtnig 
columns to-day, he was ever ready to equip his friends. 
An, recent years, as he often wrote in his “Commentaries” 
Gas Forest AnD STREAM, though he had lessened inclina- 
‘tion to use his guns in the field, he delighted as much as 
ever in the contemplation of their artistic perfection, and 
he’ ised_ to confess that he could never pass the window 
of a-gun | shop without stopping to admire the guns and 
perhaps ‘envy theit possessors. 

: Always active in the promotion of sports, he was one of 
the chief organizers of the San Francisco Yacht Club, 
established the California Sportsmen’s Club and social 
elubs. He built the first ark, the favorite type of shoot- 
ing boats with California duck marsh shooters, imported 
foreign game birds, and bred high class dogs. All in 
all, he led an active and busy life, during which he man- 
aged to travel extensively and to see much: of the world; 
he met with many adventurous experiences, and amassed 
a store of reminiscences. for the unfailing entertainment 
of his hosts of friends. It was this extended experience, 
this wide knowledge of the world, this understanding of 
hitman ‘nature with its foibles which gave character to 
his writings and made him for quarter of a century one of 
the favorite contributors to Forest ANp STREAM, His 
stories of field incidents, his accounts of the many. curious 
pets: he had made of wild animals, and his good natured 
“Commentaries” ‘on the writings of other contributors, all 
these were of material and style that insured an interested 
reading of whatever: was printed over the -signature of 
Podgers. As a writer Podgers reflected the humor and 

. Shrewdness | and kindliness which made his cony ersation 


always mess and his companionship so delightful, 
i a : 


«Wen Capt. Ogden was a clerk in the office of the 
United States Quartermaster at San Francisco, in 1855, 
Gen. U. 5. Grant, ‘then Captain Grant, having resigned 

; his . commission, left Oregon, where his command was 
stationed, and set out to return to his farm near St. 
Bouis, Mo. What happened upon Grant's arfival*in San 
Francisco is‘told in the following extracts from Captain 
Oxders diary: — 

AS ie was. closing the office a shabbily dressed person 
‘came, in and inquired for Major Allen, Q. M., who had 
gust left. I did not at first recognize him, but. on asking 
if ‘I could attend to the matter of his business with the 

[ajor, he produced a certificate for per diem services 
‘on. a court-martial, which, of course, identified him. 
‘The’ certificate entitled him to about $40, but. it 
was _incorrectly drawn atid. virtually void, of, which 

t I informed him, and also that we were destitute of 
Sse wherewith to pay it in any case, whereupon his 
aie ans: fell, and a look of utter despair came over 

“He turned to leave. the office, then hesitated a 
“nsinent and turning back asked me if I would allow him 
to sleep “on the old lounge in Major Allen’s office in 
‘the next room, for,” said he, “I Have not a cent to my 
mame.’ I said, “You need not do that; here is a dollar 
‘for your lodgings.” He replied, “I am greatly obliged, 
“but with your permission, I will use the dollar for my 

inner and breakiast and the lounge will save me the 
“dollar.” So he slept on the rickety old lounge, and I 
found him there when I went to the office early in the 
“mnorning, and when I said, ‘You had a hard bed, oY ini 
Teplied, ° ‘Oh, I slept well, ‘and saved my dollar.” 

“He said that the certificate was a matter of much 
importance to him, as he had depended upon the amount 
to pay for a steerage passage East, and without it he 
‘could not’ do it. I was so struck with his look of de- 
jection: that I said, “Well, I will cash the certificate 
‘personally, and can send it back to Oregon for correc- 
‘tion.’ His face brightened up at once, and signing the 
sual voucher, he said, “I am greatly obliged to you 
‘for the favor, and now I must go and get my ticket.” 
It occurred to me that I could help him in that direction, 
stO0, possibly, and said, “I will g0 to the office with you, 
‘and. may get you some concession.’ - Walking over to 
“the Pacific Mail Steamship office I left him outside, and 
going in explained the case to Mr. Babcock. We were 
‘paying the company thousands of dollars for transpor- 
‘tation and I frequently obtained concessions for officers 
“in the way of free passes’ for their families, hence did 
imot hesitate to ask. Mr. Babcock in his prompt, off hand 
“way, said, “What do you want?” I said as near a free 
- pass as he could give in the cabin. He called to the 
ticket clerk, Mr. Haven, and gave orders to issue a cabin 
‘ticket on payment. of the regular fare across the Isthmus, 
«which the. company had* to’ pay for each passenger, 
“which. in his-case was tantamount to a free pass to New 
York. I came out of the office and announced my suc- 

-gess to! Captain Grant, who,-as a matter of course, was 

jdlelighted, as:the arrangement left him with some little 
money, fifteen dollars, in his pocket when he Janded in 

»New York to get home with. 

+1, Having occasion. to go to the steamer to see friends 

Hoff, I met the Captain again and he showed me the nice 
Stateroom that had fallen to his lot, and said, “This is 
 preat luxury and what I-did-not expect, and I am in- 

x .debted to you-for it,” and adding, “the. prospect of ever 
‘being able to reciprocate is certainly remote, but strange 
-things:hapnen in this world, and there is no: knowing; I 
only: wish I: could. see the wav to, do it, for you-have been 
very kind to me, when I had no claim upon you at all.’ 

How vrophetic his words were we all can testify, nor 
did he forget the favor, for when, later, I held a com- 
mission, and was desirous of being ordered East, he was 


7 hose 


about ten days. 


_of malarial’ infection of a double tertian type. 


asked by Genevil Rufus Tngails to sidlorse my appli- 
cation, he did so, saying, ““Have him ordered to your 
staff of assistants.” General Wright telegraphed’ that I 
could not be spared, hence I did not get Hast. 
“Subsequently when he became President, I was written 
to by General Babcock, by his order, asking. me what 
he could do for me, but having no political ambition, I 
id “nothin 
ra did not Bs him again from the time 1 bade him 


R. L. OGDEN. 


good-bye on the steamer until,one day about a year be- 
fore his death, | met him in the elevator in Wall street, 
when he at once recognized me and shaking hands, said, 

“Are you still living in San Francisco? And why did 
you leave the army?” I said to better my condition. He 
musingly remarked, “Perhaps some may by resigning, 
but isn’t it pretty ‘much the case of the hare and the 
tortoise? 


THE MOSQUITO MALARIA EXPERIMENTS. 

SEVERAL months ago, duting the discussion of the 
niosquito malaria theory, first formulated by Dr. Manson, 
iy was announced in the FoREST*ND STREAM that an in- 
teresting experiment to test this theory was about to be 
made in Italy. Dr. L. Sanbom and Dr. G, C. Low, of 
the London School of Tropical Medicine, arranged to 
spend the time from May to October in the most danger- 
ous part of the Roman Campagna, near Ostia, This is a 
situation where scarcely any individual spends the night 


without contracting a ‘virulent type of malarial fever. 


These doctors were to be exposed to the night air, to 
drink the water, and to take no quinine, but to use the one 
precaution of protecting themselyes against the bites of 
the Anopheles—the malaria-carrying mosquito. This exe 
periment. has been going on since May, the investigators 
living in a mosquito-proof house during the hours wher 
the mosquitoes feed—that is to say, from an hour before 
sunset until an hour atter sunrise. 

On Sept. 13 Prof. Grassi visited the investigators, and 
having found their physical condition excellent. he sent 
a telegram to Dr. Manson, congratulating him on the 
results thus far reached. It thus appears that the ex- 


periment, so far as it has gone, strongly supports the ¢ 


mosquito theory of malaria. 

Further evidence is-giyen by a Dr. Elliott, a member of 
an expedition sent out from England to investigate 
malarial fevets in Nigeria. He states that the members 
of the expedition, although haying spent months in places 
noted for their malarious character, have been perfectly 
well. They have, however, been most careful in their 
use of mosquito nets, and themselves attribute their 
freedom from illness to this care. All this is negative 
evidence of very strong character, but there is positive 
evidence to be had also. 

Dr. Manson’s son, a young man who has neyer been in 
a malarious country since childhood, has proved the con- 
verse of what has been shown by the experiments of Dr. 
Sanbom and Dr. Low. By escaping mosquitoes these 
gentlemen escaped also malaria, but at Dr. Manson's re- 
quest there were recently sent to London three cages of 
the mosquito which carries malaria, which mosquitoes 
had been fed in Rome on the blood of a patient suffering 
from malaria. These mosquitoes were received in Lon- 
don in three batches, the first one arriving early in July 
and the others respectively in August and September. 
Young Mr. Manson was bitten every second day by the 
insects of each batch until they died—a period usually of 
The subject of the experiment con- 
tinued in excellent health until Sept. 13, when his tem- 
perature began to rise, and he showed all the symptoms 


Further 
examination revealed the présence of the malaria parasite 


ip the young man’s blood.. | 
‘These experiments are’ of the’ highest interest, and give 

thé-greatest encourazement to further investigation. 

They will undoubtedly be coritinued until results have 


been arrived at so definite as to be of permanent and 
lasting yalue to the race, 


to the home of the sage of the Little Otter. 


“the primeval hunters of the Champlain lowlands, 


A Visit a Rowland Robinson’ S 


: «Biron Forest and Stream, Dec, 1, 1898, 


THe other day I made a pilgrimage by boat and Bieycle 
The house 
stands on a rocky elevation, twenty or thirty rods back 
fromthe main -road, surrounded by a native growth of 
oak and beech and ‘hickory, except in front, where the 
exotic locusts and Lombardy poplars mark the approach, 
A mile away on either side are Lewis and Little Otter 
creeks, and in front is Lake Champlain, though no water 
can be seen from the house. 

The principal feature of the landscape is the Rebadice 
dack Mountain range, of which there is a magnificent 
view. The house is a fine old mansion, the newer por- 
tion dating back of the War of 1812, and the older part 
antedating the Revolution, 

Inside is a wealth of trophies and much interesting 
and beautiful material of especial interest to sports- 
men. ‘There are arrow-heads and implements used by 
and 
bullet moulds and rifles of the white men who followed. 
The antlers of a Vermont moose are oyer the door, and 
near by are antlers of elk and deer.- On the walls hang 
half a dozen gtins, and sketches and paintings of game 
and fishing and shooting subjects abotind. “The atmos- 
phere of the home is distinctly artistic, for not only mas- 
ter and mistress have the talent for visual expression, 
but also one of the daughters. Mrs. Robinson’s oil paint-.. 
ings of game aré truthful and felicitous, but in father and 
daughter the love of line, as exemplified in black and white 
illustration, is the ruling motive. 


In his ese book, “A Hero of Ticonderoga,” is an 
admirable portrait of Rowland E. Robinson. It is the 
face of a strong, thoughtful and broad-minded man— 
a man who, despite the fact that he cannot see his sur- 
roundings, takes the keenest interest in every-day, life,. 
and criticises men and events with a philosophy that ds, 
alike humorous and ‘kindly. What the picture does not | 
describe is the good coloring and Hardy physique of the 
sixty-five-year-old six-footer, 

Mr. Robinson does not strike you as being a blind 
man. Certainly no one ever parted with eyesight more. 
gracefully. 

In conversation his look follows the speaker, and there 
is no feeling of anything out of the way or call for 
sympathy or special attention that is sometimes so awk: 
ward and constraining, Robinson is a born host, and 
instinctively puts his guest at his ease. 


Our conversation was largely about FOREST AND 
STREAM. Mr,- Robinson has a love of the .paper nour- 
ished by many years’ friendship with its editors. and con- 
tributors. He mentioned them all by name, and in- 
cluded Schember and Day, of the printing office force, . 
but for fear I should leave some of these Foresa anv 
Stream friends out, I will not attempt to give the list. 
Of two of the brotherhood who have gone to the ‘ma- 
jority he made particular mention. One was Ufford, 
whose story of the Irishman treed by a pseudo cea 
recurred to memory and furnished a good laugh, and the 
other was O. O, S.,, the quizzical humorist, who hid” 
tragic suffering behind a jester’s mask. Robinson ‘cor=| 
responded with O. O.°5., and has one letter written two: 
days betore the latter’s death, which is as free from re- 
pining or self-commiseration as the moon is of prcen 
cheese, 


Of himself Mr. Robinson. said little, and he took more 
interest in talking of what others had written than of 
his own stories of the old Yankee frontier life. In a 
general way I gathered that his first love had been for 
drawing and illustration, rather than writing, and that 
he had only taken up the pen when the pencil and brush 
were denied him, He js a natural Story-teller, as any 
one who listens to him five minutes finds out, and his 
keen, natural observation, strengthened by artistic train- 
ing, has apparently gained in power indirectly through 
his misfortune, The little touches in his descriptions of 
landscape or stitch a commonplace as the expression of 
berries falling in the basket in “Ras’ berrying in Danyis” 
show the refinement of observation. 

Sam Lovel, Mr. Robinson says, is a creation and not 
a portrait, but the statement will not make him any: 
the less a portrait to those who have known the fox- 
hunter and fisher on the Slang, 

Sam Lovel is a character with whom most sportsmen 
are acquainted, and to such the truth of the likeness 1s 
a source of neyer-failing pleasure. 


I arrived at the Robinson homestead before the family 
had risen from dinner, and was shown into- the old- 
fashioned dining room, about which was that air of 
homeliness and hospitality that seems the special property 
of old houses. I had already dined, but was persuaded 
to take some bread and honey, and then some mushrooms 
but lo and behold! when the time came the mushrooms 
were all gone. Mr. Robinson said the incident reminded 
him of the case of an old Quaker lady at whose house 
a visitor arrived cold and wet after a long drive. 

“Thee are cold and wet,* said the old lady, 
needs spirits; won't thee have spirits ? 
any spirits in the house.” 

As it turned out, however, the case wasn’t a ‘parallel. 
Some fresh - mushrooms Werte put on and cooked and 
seryed up on toast, deliciously hot and appetizing, and” 
better than any I had ever eaten before. , 

1 happened to allude to the fact that Mr. Rotman: 
was called Jidge Robinson on the New York side ie 

Lake Champlain, and the fact amused him greatly.-“These. 
peaple over here don’t appreciate me,” he said; with a- 
smile; “they're more apt to call me Rowl, ‘or any old nick, 
name, than Judge.” : 

“But aren't you a- judge?” Lt sheds wie Oo ; 

No, ” said Robinson, ‘not that I tetas pane ee! ' 

- Some one: suggested .that the::title. might’ have? eee 
given in an honorary way,: and: then: Mrs:, Robinson's :, 
brother, who -is an old-time, Colorado frontiersman\ said, 


wT hee 
But we hayen't - 


-. 


“Why, Rowland, you're a Justice of the Peace, aren’t you? 


In parts of New York State they call a justice Judge. 
You'd better move across the lake and ert the benefit of 
your five I RB. Burneaw, 


Ocr. 


er 


20, ip00,] 


Che epotisman Gourist.. 7 | 
In Old Virginia—VIL. 


the kitchen who has been 
™ _ 23 
waiting ror you, so he says, since sun up, eee io) 
hostess, this morning alter vur fishing trip. ae ee 
Uneie ob. and he has come to get you lo & posse 
hunting with fim; but you must come “ to Para eh 
betore taking up the matter, tor he 1s a galt fae 
fellow and will keep you talking for half the mo; 
Pe I ? 
ar “¢ send him off. Ye 22 a 
iM 2 meee word to Aunt Ellen to give pi: break 
last; so he 18 nos ikely So BOW S01 house alter break 
‘ : 1 r L to the © ; 
Te oe ate a block by the kitchen 
pu d Uncle bob seated on se 
aes Somat a very toul old cidy pipes. loaded wit 
Sat singed dOg fair. - \ 
4 Crh lat smelled like sing ' 
rc pa ra sun!’ said fhe, removing we pipe and pulling 
‘ant, \ 
oft nis old hat. “rope you 1s weil, pare ret es 
Assuring him that my health was good, Eee 
to. wurk .o the windward ot the pipe, and g 
SE el a ae Pentwcoh the block I sat down 
y flim resume uls ; ek 
Sake sem nearby, and he proceeded to state the Ob) 


<4 r n 3 : in’ 
ae este Suh,” said he, “I done heah ‘bout ses ee 
on eee 10 my folks—yo’ know [ ie eee ae 
Lauy's raw—an was yo was mighty NO Se eA 
an’ lad been doin’ A pow ml sight ot M3 ae cae 4 
arr sum yit: | aes up an cum C para 
aie ita: Baia posstan hunt wid eae A Si boys ; 
aris an enjoy some huntin what 15 _ vee eran of Vir- 
1 is got de bes’ houn’ agawgs dey 1s in 
‘| , 

ginny ? nossum is sho’ tat now. woe 
soap eeactiig muerested, but the old man Heenaeat 
fast as he talked, and the winds yeered irequen sien HS 
te the tuil benefht of his pips; 2 J i pene 

3 ipe or make the interv1 : , 
iaietas i aa trick that oiten failed, but 1 conclude 
ore ey do want ‘to go possum hunting, ae 
and am glad you came over,” said I. Sade 
cigar, amu We wil Be ane se tae aie ae ie 

is o yo, =u bea ati th i 
check i espace ean) Suh, dis is,’ hoiding 1t Actes 
between his thumb and forefinger and Se, he mice 
{ will des tote it home wid me an Ae eee 
Sunday, an’ den if 1, do have a Dore ne ae s a) 
des spread a good eee vine ee in do * 
s er yo’ Suh, I des will, sho. ==), ; 
ae tanite ot ‘my pian to suppress the pipe made a 
short session ye aon our arrangem 
hunt were speedily pertected, ; 

he old man took his departure as 
would “be on 


saver knowledge enough of the sport of possum hunt- 


; ‘ ly 
ing with enthusiastic devotees to know oe ae i eat 
tested a sportsman’s staying qualities, an Beate 

k. I loafed through t 
strong Ea euI eS to hard oR reed , 
and took a long map in At a 
Sera hitar the lamps ae Ne aks ae ae 
dogs were heard coming up througt Bro} ie fe 
was shouting and blowing of horns, ming otis 
sar bugle calls of the hounds, which was pee 
Slay ec teacine barn lot by the two house Selle 
The noise grew in volume, as every negro a . ee , 
dog tried to make himself heard above all the HES a 
finally reached a climax when the farm manager stepeee 
out on his porch and split the air with three o 
in gtick succession. : 
oie enti . find a dozen or more men SIRE 
when I joined them a few moments later, but ue ¢ 
Uncle Bob’s party to consist only of himself an i ye 
boys, Morgan and Jeff by name, and three large blac 
zi hounds. ; e 7 
ane oe were in high glee over the success ot ee ae 
rival, and.seemed to think that the row they Be stic- 
ceeded in kicking up reflected great cuedit on all con 
cerned. n 
The start was made from the COBEN s 
companying tis, making it a party of five. er 
Only The three Honnae were allowed to go, the other 
dogs being safely tied up, as they would only interfere 
with the trained dogs. : 
No weapons were carried, unless two axes could be 
so classed, but’a lantern was included in the outfit at 
my special request. ‘ Hn. 
‘We made for the thick timber down along the river, 
and the dogs were set to work with a EET: dahr! boys, 
git ‘long wid yo” an’ preceed to hump yo'self’s,” from 
Uncle Bob. . . 7 
Reaching the fiver where it was, spanned by a foot 
log we sent Morgan across first with the lantern to light 
the way. Half way over he slipped, and with a’ fright- 
ened yell fell into the river. tri 
The light was extinguished, so we could only judge. 
what was taking place by the sounds, 
There was a terrible commotion in the water—cough- 
ing, snorting and blowing—then we heard sounds that 
indicated an arrival at the opposite bank of ‘the fiver 
by the unfortunate boy. “Is yo’ wet?” the old man called 
out. 
“*Cose J’se wet, pappy,’ was the reply in a querulous 
‘tone, ‘fan’ I mo’s drown-ded too.” , 
Owing to our light being out we concltded it was 
best to take no chances, so all got down and “‘cooned’’ . 
the log. Lay 
Aetiine on the other side we found Morgan shivering 
in his wet clothes, and concluded to build a fire and dry 
him off. re 
But just as we started in to gather wood for that 
purpose one of the dogs struck a trail near by, and in a 
- moment we were all in full cry after him, down. through 
=the dark woods. — - ae Titan hae 
-The other dogs quickly took up the trail, and led the 
- yelling crowd of hunters at top speed. | / 
...The pace was too hot for a tenderfoot, and-I soon 
. fell behind, but enthusiastic and excited, continued to 


by 


“You have a visitor in 


suring me that he 


house, he ac- 


3 


followed by .a long clear call. 


ts for the © 


han’ wid de boy an’ de dawgs at des good = 


on my development of back and bicep muscles. 
ing three big, strong fighting dogs was proving an- 


-FORESr AND STREAM: 


companions, guided by the noise, until I came to grief. 

A vine caught my foot and threw me over a fallen 
tree, knocking all the enthusiasm’ and most of the breath 
out of me: Nae } 

When I finally regained my feet and found my hat I 
would hear nothing but the faint baying of the dogs in 
the distance. 

Taking the direction as well as I could, I made a fresh 
Start. 

‘After I had fallen over or run into évyerything at all 
prominent on my route, and was becoming both ex- 
hausted and discouraged, I noticed a change in the 


- voices of the dogs, and pausing a moment to listen found 


that they had treed, é 
Encouraged by this fact I made another ran, and with- 
Out serious mishap soon came up with them. 


Men and ‘dogs were gathered around a slim oak tree, 


not over a foot in diameter, and the excitement of both 
had reached the highest pitch. 

They had, ‘apparently, forgotten me, and seemed 
surprised when I joined them. ‘Hit a possum,’ Uncle 
Bob was saying in reply to a question, “an’ a fat one, 
too, lem-me tell yo’. 

The tree was favorable to climb, and Morgan was soon 
sWarming up for the purpose of shaking out the possum. 
Meanwhile I sought information as to how Uncle Bob 
knew it was a “possum” and “fat,” : 
“Knew by de way de dawgs run de trail dat it was 
possum, ’stid of coon, an’ it fat cause it clim’ little tree.” 
And he was right, for the next moment the dogs were 
worrying a big fat possum that sounded like a sack of 
meal when it struck the ground after being shaken loose 


. from the limb on which it had taken refuge. 


“If that had been a coon we would: haye had fun,” said 
the farm manager, “ 
“Well Suh,” said Uncle Bob, ‘seein’ coon fiten’ de dogs 


is good fun, but eatin’ fat possum is sho’ bettah ob’cose. 


“I is goin’ to show yo’ gentl’m’ns what my dawgs kin 
g y 


do ef we duz fin’ a coon, but fat possum is plenty 
good ‘nuf for me.” 

We worked back toward the low bottom by the 
river where the timber was tall and the prospect best 
for coons, for I had a strong desire to see a set-to be- 
tween the three splendid specimens of the canine tribe 
and a well developed coon, ; 

Our progress was necessarily slow, as Morgan left 
the lantern to its fate when he fell in the river, but we 
soon got on what Uncle Bob pronounced "Ole man 
coon’s stampin’ groun’.” 

Soon off to our right we heard a sharp quick bark, 
This was promptly an- 
swered by short eager barks of interrogation from the 
other two dogs, In a few moments all three dogs were 
in full cry on a hot scent. 

“Dat sho’ is game,” said Uncle Bob, “’cause ole 
Bustah opened de ball. Hol’ on, hol’ on; dey is comin’ 
dis way. Whoope-e! boys, talk to um.” ' 

They were, coming in our general direction and soon 
passed nears. 

“Coon, pappy, coon,” shouted Jeff; who was the nearest 
one to them. as they passed-by; “dey runnin’ de! logs,” 

The farm manager explained that the coon always 
traveled along all logs and faillen trees on his route. 

We fell in behind the dogs, and I soon fell far behind 
everybody, but finally arrived on the scene of action just 


as the boys were beginning with their axes on a big. 


poplar tree in which the coon had taken refuge. Stand- 
ing on opposite sides of the tree they were making the 
chips fly with as much apparent precision. as though 
working by bright daylight. — PAYS SS 

The other two hunters were lining out the direction in 
which the tree would fall. Noticing*ty arrival Uncle 
Bob came to me with the request that 1 hold the dogs, so 
that the four might chop turn about and get the tree 
down in short order, assuring me that it.was no trouble 
as the dogs understood it, Taking me off some distance 
from the body of the tree, and calling thedogs, he pro- 
ceeded to post and instruct me, 

The dogs seemed to understand what was exr--ted 
of them, and took position at once huddled up ose 
together. ‘ Sd 

“Now, Suh,” said my instructor, “de tree goin’ fall dis 
way, but hit won’ con’ fah nuf to hu’t yo’, Suh. De 
coon he jump des quick as de tree lite, en des den you 
mus’ leg-go de dawgs; but pleas’, Suh, don’ let dem go 
twel de tree is good down, caus’ dey sho’ to run undah 
de tree an’ git killed. Dey will rast’l wid yo’ a little bit 
w’en de firs’ crack come, en ef de tree crack loud an’ fall 


‘slow dey will buck some, but dey won’ bite yo’ nary’ 


bit, an’ so please, Suh, don’ yo’ let ’em loos’ too soon, 


or else I lo’s de bes’ houn’ dawegs in de whol’ Nunited 


States, I des sho’ will.’ a4 ; 

Then seating me upon my heels: immediately behind 
and partly upon the middle hound, he put one of my 
arms around the neck of a dog on each side and bid 
me draw them close together until I could clasp my 
hands under the throat of the middle dog. 

They iully understood the arrangement, and assisted 
me by crowding up as close together-as pessible, so four 
of us could have been covered by 4 shooting jacket. 

My position was fairly comfortable, and I felt as 
though I had purchase enough to hold a team of mules. 

I was not altogether easy in my mind about the big 
tree that was *being felled my way, as 1 feared the old 
man’s estimate might be incorrect, and it might-fall on 


me, but the thought-of the highly prized dogs I held 


was somewhat reassuring, The old man might have 
taken some chances on my safety, but not on the dogs’. 

The chips flew as they, in turn, plied their axes, and 
as each large chip struck the ground the three dogs 
whined in concert. and shook with excitement. 

-, Before it seemed possible that the choppers were near 
through their work, the tree gave a sharp crack of 
warning, . } ) 

Instantly the three dogs rose as one straight into the 
ait on their hind feet, bringing me up standing. My 
grip held, and as the sound was not immediately re- 
peated, they sank back into their former position. 

I proceeded to tighten up my grip and commend myself 
Hold- 


easier task than expected, 


a = = = — 
“fun as best I could through the thick woods after my 


~ mouth as it would chamber, and I quit, 


' to the buff. 


a ; : 203 


Another crack of the tree brought us all four up 
standing, only to drop quietly back into our former 
position, showing conclusively to my mind that the dogs 
fully recognized that I was master of the situation. 

A yolley of cracks, accompanied by a sound of: rend- 
ing and breaking, came next, and the big tree started 
down with a rush, I heard one of the boys .call out, 
‘Stan’ clear; she’s a-comin’,” and strained my ears to 
hear the first limb strike the ground, so as to loose. the- 
dogs at exactly the right moment. They were not jump- 
ing and struggling as I had expected, but were cowering 
close to the ground in a bunch, having, I concluded, 
recognized the utter futility of their struggles against 
my restraining’ arm. ° v® 

The sense of smell has long been supposed to be the 
lound’s strongest point. This is an error; he hears 
even better than he can smell. When the fifst leaf on the 
longest limb of that falling tree touched the ground all 
three of those black and tan bunches of steel springs set 
with hair triggers heard it, and it fired them simulta- 
neously. They shot straight up with a force that would 
have broken the strongest log chain ever forged. My 
vaunted strength offered about as much resistance as a 
cardboard wad over 3% drams of E C in a cylinder bore. 
But I was faithful to my trust; I did not let go. 

Straight up in the air I went, turning over at least 
once, for I remember to have seen the’stars shining 
down into my face. I thought at the time I was above 
the tree tops, but presume that was a mistake, due to 
my excitement. 

By rare good luck I did not strike a stump or root, 
but fell flat on my back in the soft woods earth, with my 
feet almost in the top of the felled tree. I was badly 
shaken up and profoundly surprised, but had no time 
given me even to take stock of damage. This surprising 
act, which I believed and fervently hoped to be my 
“grand finale,’ was only the “curtain raiser.”. As 
struck the ground I heard, mingled with the heavy artil- 
lery and fireworks of my fall, the crash of limbs as the 
big tree settled down and something heavy struck me 
about midships and slid to my breast. Before I could 
hazard a guess as to what it was the tree bounced off the 
ground and fell full length on me—at least that was my 
impression. What really happened was this: The coon, 
a monster and dead game, jumped when the tree struck 
and lit by chance on me, The dogs mounted him at once 
and compelled him to fight without any choice of loca- 
tion. My ambition to be in a game coon fight was 
realized all too literally. I was the fortifications, the base 
of supplies, the field of operations, and the coon’s under- 
study. And yet—I confess it with shame—I was not 
satisfied. I felt that I was in bad company, and wanted 
to cash out and quit the game—I mean get away. 

The coon swore unceasingly in strange and awful 
oaths, and the dogs were guilty of very undignified and 
rowdy conduct. I had not recovered myself sufficiently 
from the shock of the fall to struggle effectually, but 
instinetively threw up. my arms to try to protect my face. 
It was already protected—a dog had his foot in the corner 
‘of my mouth and was apparently straining with might 


-and main to push it around and button it on my ear. 
His other foot was planted on my windpipe, which he 
effectually closed for the time being. The other dogs 


were using my anatomy with perfect freedom, as suited 
them best, and the noise was a little ahead of anything 
ever heard betore or since, Every few moments a hold 
would break, and there would be a change all round, 
but not for the better. The coon was on his back, siz- 
zling around like a drop of water on a red hot stove, rip- 


. ping and tearing everything he touched. Every few sec- 


onds he would fasten to a dog, which would spring back, 
raising the coon a foot or so; then failing to break his 
hold, drivé him down on me like a battering ram, with 
all the combined weight and power of the four combat- 
ants, each dog setting his feet, braced with the highest 
tension, ittto a tender spot. My clothing was quickly 
ripped into shreds, and my wounds came too fast to keep 
count of. In one of the lightning changes a dog set 
his foot against the point of my chin for a brace, and 
just before my neck broke it slipped off, his nails laying 
open my cheek up to the roots of my hair, I began to 
call lustily for help at the beginning of the fight, but a 
hound immediately crowded as much of his foot in my 
a it hada ‘horrible 
fear in the early stages of the fight that my companions 
night run in and use ‘their axes, but after the fight had 
lasted a few moments axes lost their terrors entirely. 
Flat on my back I lay, with eyes and mouth tightly 
shut, certainly “in,” but not of, the desperate battle. T 
wondered why it was I had never realized the abandoned 
brutality of the so-called sport of coon hunting. Bull 
fighting was a Sunday school Picnic compared with it. 
I honestly concluded that no man with a single gen- 
tlemanly instinct would indulge it himself or countenance 


it in others. 

I have no idea how long a period of time the fight 
covered, but do know it seemed a very long time, and 
know further that the:coon never retreated from his first 
Position, ; ; 

When the fray did finally cease, one of the boys struck 
a match and found me lying on my back, dirty, ragged 
and bloody, with a bigs dead coon stretched full length 
‘cross my breast, the dogs still tugging at him, with their 
feet braced against me. I hoped—and_ believed—that 
there was nothing further for me to suffer, but was dis- 
appointed. Looking down at me in the most surprised 
manner, the old man said: “Lawd ’a’ mussy, Suh! yo’ 
had’n’ ought to ’a’ run in to holp dem dawgs; w’y, one 
of dem kin whop any coon in de woods—des give him 
time. Tis skeer’d de yhas hu’t yo’, Suh!” 
__ They had hurt me, badly, too, but not as badly as his 
idea that Ivhad been fool enough to volunteer for that 
fight did. . 

We made up a fire and examined my wotnds. 
were many, but not deep or serious. | 
literally riddled on the outside, 


They 
us. My clothes were 
and in places torn through 


After a rest, we started back toward home; and treed 
again befote leaving the woods. The other hunters and 
dogs were’ ager, but I had lost interest in the sport. J] 
positively refused to hold the dogs or take any other part 
in this. brutal pastime: and retreating to a safe distance in 
the woods, sat down and waited the result, 


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The coon escaped irom two 
until the third tree was telled. ‘Lhere was a great deal oi 
noise and excitement atrenaing this kill, but 1 had been 
surlerted with both, so remiained in retirement. My ap- 
petite tor blood and carnage was absolutely satistied. I 
haven't become addicted tu the yice of coon hunting. — It 
ismot sport, 1 admit prejudice, but it is not the prejudice 
of ignurance. 1 am a veteran, and can show scars to 
prove it. Lewis HOPKINS. — 


On Medicine Brook. 


It was one of those hot, sultry August days, so fot 
that this old world of ours seemed reauy to burst into 
‘Lhe air Guivered with the heat, and the leaves 


a 


hase. 


on the birenes aud tmap.es and the many bushes lining, 


the banks ot Medicine brook curied up, parched aid 
dried, because of the heat. Hyen the tall pies sustered, 
‘hese oid kings ot the torest laid aside their wonted air 
ot proud mdiuerence, and stretched up their arms ap- 
peauugiy to Heaven. | tithe 

“Give us tain,’ they moaned, “or we perish,” 

It, needed but a spark to transform this vast forest into 
a roariug sea of fame, and the men of the woods knew 
this and exercised due caution. 


With a singie exception, tne fishes in the brook were 


the only liviuig things that contrived to keep cool, and 
even they were glad to seek the sheltering shade of the 
overhanging bushes at the bottom of some deep pool. 


I happened upon this lone exception quite unexpectedly, — 


and aithough not wholly unprepared, still the discovery 
came in the nature of a surprise. é' * 

1 was Wading down the brook, fighting mosquitoes and 
flies, and saying things, and at the same time endeayor- 
ing to keep up an appearance of ishing. Lhe trout were 
lazy and responded but indifferently to the most clever 
manipulation with fly or baited hook of which 1 was 
capable. I was disgusted with the fish, but it was cooler 
in the water than anywhere else, so I was in no hurry 
to leave the stream and return to. the hot, odoriferous 
lumber camp where we had foolishly taken up our quat- 
ters. A lumber camp in hot weather is a thing all wise 
men will shun. 

I rounded a bend in the stream, and stopped short in 
my tracks at the sight that met my eyes. Lying in the 
water at full length, and squirming about ina strange, 
unaccountable manner, with only his head appearing 
above the surface, was the Doctor. 

Now I knew that he was fishing on the stream, but he 
should have been about half a mile ahead of me, as I had 
placed a full mile between ourselves when we started out 
that morning. I calculated that this would give the trout 
time to settle down and recover from the panic which 
the Doctor’s passage through any stream always caused 
among the inhabitants thereof. I knew that this imter- 
vening distance would be considerably. lessened by the 
time we had covered three or four miles, as the Doctor 
possessed ways and means of getting into difficulties 


known only to himself, but we had not been fishing much _ 


oyer an hour, and here he lay before me, 

‘What in thunder are you trying to do?” I exclaimed 
when I had fully grasped the situation, and realized’ that 
it was the Doctor himself in the flesh and in the water. 

He raised himself to a sitting posture. 


“Oh, hello there,” he called out in astone of relief. 


“Tes you, it is? Was afraid you never would come. 
I’ve-been waiting here for hours.” 


“What are you wallowing around in the water for?’. 


I asked, wading toward him. “Trying to get cool?” 

“Cool,” he cried, and I noticed that his teeth were 
chattering. ‘Cool? Why, man alive, this water is sim- 
ply frigid. I am chilled through and through.” 

“Why don’t you get out then,” I inquired, wondering 
at this new phase of the Doctor’s ever changing’ char- 
acter, | 

“You don’t suppose I am staying in here on purpose, 
or for the fun of the thing, do you?’ he asked re- 
proachfully. “I’m caught by the leg and can’t get out. 
My foot is between two rocks, and I can’t budge it, For 
Heayen’s sake come and help me, I’m frozen,” 

I. went to his assistance, and soon had him released 
from his uncomiortable watery couch. He found a sunny 
spot on the top of a huge boulder in midstream, and 
spread himself out there to dry. : 

“Tt was a new experience for me,” he explained, “I 
was standing on one of those. rocks when my foot slipped 
down between them and I found myself caught in a trap. 
The more I tried to pull it out, the tighter it became 
wedged in. I stood there and stood there, until I felt 
like one of.those ‘standing room only’ signs in front of 
the theaters: And then the thought struck me that if 
I laid down in the water it_-would help matters some. 
But it wasn’t much of a thought, after all, because when 
catried into effect it only made matters worse. My foot 
refused to be released, and when I went to stand up I 
found that standing room had all been taken, and I 
couldnt budge. It was really a serious predicament to 
be in, and might have ended disasterously for me.” 

I congratulated him on his escape from a watery grave, 
and asked him what luck he had met with fishing. 

“Nothing to speak of,” he replied. “You see I am not 
used to this new rod of mine. it is so long, and has 
such a peculiar action,. When I get the hang of the 
thing, though, I'll beat you all. J know its possibilities.” 

Now this rod of the Doctor's was a source of no little 
amusement, blended with a slight degtee of awe, to the 
rest of tis. It was fully eighteen if not twenty feet in 


length. He had mdde it himselithat'is, he had bought 
a long cane pole, and cut it into lengths of four or fiye 


feet and then jointed them. The ferrules were not the 
right size for the joints, but the Doctor had stuck them 
on in some way, and the completed rod had as many 
different angles as there were joints, and an endless 
variety of eel-like movements when in use. lt was a rod 


full .of surprises, and, according to the Doetor, great: 


possibilities when manipulated by one thoroughly familiar 
with, the cqinplexity of its character. But the Doctor 
was net such a one; Hlowever, he was not easily dis- 
couraged. and struggled maniully, day after day, to sub- 
due this strange thing fashioned by his own hands, 
‘When I pull a trout ont the water,” the Doctor 
continued from his perch on the boulder, “I never know 
in what ditectfion he is going, nor where he will land. 
If i plan to toss him out on the bank, he is more than 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


trees, and was not caught 


manage a fly. 


came on, and with it a thunder shower. 


him. to be of a stern and melancholy disposition. 


likely to come straight at me and’ slap fite in the face, - - 


‘Yo say the least this is apt to prove disconcerting. 1 
have jost more than three good ones in that way tins 
morning. You may have noticed another one, back 
there, laanging from the branch of a tree about thirty feet 
above the stream. ‘hey often land in trees, generally 
in a tree that is hard to climb, too. How do you suppose 
it happens so?” ; 

“Can't say,” I replied, “utiless it’s the joints that cause 
the trouble. They don’t-seem to be properly balanced, 
or something is out of order.” 

“Maybe so,” said he. “I’ll look the thing oyer; not 
that it will do any good, hecause I’vé spent rhost of my 
time since I’ve been here in doing nothing else.” 

[ left him examing the odd contrivance, and continued 
on down the stream with a better prospect of catching 
a few “lunkers” now that the Doctor was behind me. 1 
had fair luck, good enough to make mt forget the heat 


‘and insects and other discomforts of the body. I waited 


for him at the bridge where the road to camp crossed 
the stream. His basket was almost empty, and.I took 
pity on him and transferred some Of my, trout into his 
creel, well knowing that by the time we reached camp 
he would be able to give a viyid account of just where 
and how he had caught each and eyery one of them, 
It was an extraordinary faculty he possessed. aa 

Jack had met with better luck than the rest of us. He 


‘is one of the few men I know that can successfully 
I always make a botch of fly casting. . 


Jack was bemoaning the loss of two big trout. 


_ ‘They were two large ones,” he said, sighing deeply.- 
“Great big lunkers. They would have gone over two 
_pounds apiece, Iam sure. J almost had ‘em on the bank, 


too. I'll never get over it, and I'll always be wondering 


just how much they did weigh.” 


“Makes me think of an experience of mine this suni- 
mer,” said the Dector. “I was driving through the 
country, and missed my way, and before I knew it night 
I was forced 
to take refuge in the first house I came to. In response 


_to my loud halloo, a man appeared from the house, and 


came leisurely toward me. He was well on in years, but 


seemed gtite active, notwithstanding. 


“From the expression of his countenance I iNaeed 
e 
wore a gray bunch of whiskers, very much like a paint 
brush, on his chin which was constantly in motion. 
Whether the motion was caused from the use of tobacco 
or from a habit of whispering to himself I could not 
tell, as he did both incessantly." ~* j 
““T should like to put up here for the night if possible,’ 
Ties s TN MEIER aT sh Aine > . 
“He looked me oyer carefully, including the horse and 
buggy and everything else in the inspection. 
“Yep, said he, and vouchsafed not another word, but 
opened the gate, and I drove up to the barn. : 
“He unharnessed my horse for me in silence, and led 


him to a stall and backed my buggy under a shed to . 


shelter it.from the storm, and then conducted me to the 
house,, still maintaining that oppressive silence. 

“After supper I tried to make conversation, but my 
efforts were of no avail. There were only himseli and 
wife present, and they were sphinxes. \ All at once; when 
I was beginning to. despair, he picked up his chair and 
slowly crossed the room and planted it very deliberately 
alongside of mine, and sat down. I smiled encourag- 


- ingly, but he never once looked up and his wife kept 


right on, with her knitting. mi 
“Suddenly he turned his head and stared at me out of 
wide open, light blue eyes, and made this remarkable 
statements ; : 
““T ain't committed a sin fer seven long years,’ he said, 
In slow, passionless tones, and then paused long enotgh 
for. this, unusual assertion to. sink deep into my brain. 


_ ‘Fer seven long years,’ he repeated, as though he would 


clinch the argument. ‘“Abaout eight years ago I com- 


mitted two large ones.’ 


“Tt was so unexpected that. I spoiled everything and 


blurted ont a loud ‘Ha! Hal!’ 

““We don’t ‘low no levity ’raound here, the old 
woman remarked, without lifting her eyes from her work. 
The old man picked up his chair and returned to’ his 
former place beside his wife. 

“T felt myself in disgrace, and sneaked off to bed: 
In the morning I tried to draw him out, but he was a 
stone wall for silence, Haven’t been truly happy since. 
I am always wondering what those ‘two large ones’ could 
have been. Your two trout made me think of it,’ he 


coneluded, turning to Jack. 


I am sorry the Doctor told that story, because I, too, 
have been wondering ever since. 


A day or two before we broke up camp the Doctor fur-' 


mished his customary diversion. We had been looking 
for it, and had begun to think that he was going to dis- 
appoint us, but he was true to himself. 


There was a certain bend where Mediciiie Brook 


formed a broad, deep pool, and in that pool there was 
always a big trout waiting for me. It was my discovery, 
and needless to say I kept it to myself. 


fifty feet from the edge of the stream, A big beech tree. 


growing at the foot of the embankment, stretched put- 


its branches far over the water, and the current had 

scooped out deep hollows beneath its roots;,and there 

is where the:trout loved to lesn: Ay he 
On this particular day Twent forth from camp with 


: : On ‘one side” 
the bank rose with a steep ascent to a height of forty or: 


the determination firm. in any breast:to-break all records. » 


Tt was a-fine ‘day forthe: fish: The rain had come and 
gone, leaving a curtaificof fleecy clouds over the face 


of the scorching sun; the air tas-fresh and cool, and a. - 


light west wind -rustied ‘through =the tall trees. Surely 
the trout would<bité-well on such a day, and [- was ii 
clined to anticipate my Success. ° , L 


As I drew near the pool I paused and baited my hook, - 


and made all“réady to’cast in, and then-crept cautionsly 
forward... But: just as“ gained the clump of “bushes 


behind which I was ‘wont‘to conceal myself when angling = 
in this bend, my ‘atterition was suddenly arrested-by. the . 


sound of a voice. I! looked -all“about,but thereswas po 
one in sight. and I was. beginning to. thinkathat-my ears 
had deceived me, when a slight:sustling-im the big: beech 
tree caused me to Slance up, and thé-naysterye was -solyed. 
The yoice belonged to the Doctor, of course. 

He was working himself slowly along a mb of the 


_ himself. 
“yet, 


[Oct. 26, foos. 


tree overhanging the pool, and«rntteringsto himself in 
unmistakable terms of dsapproval. Wangling from the 
end or this limb a trout—a pie one weighing a pound or 
more—lhune suspended by a short piece of line. ‘The 
Doctor had treed anothér fish, and evidently did not 


intend to lose this one. 


So intent was he on his Gectipation that he was totally 
oblivious: of his surroundings, so I coneealed myself in 
the bushes and awaited developments. The further out 
on the limb he got the more precarious became his 


position, which fact he did not seem to realize, all his 
thoughts being centered on the trout. 


And then something seemed to attract his attention 


down stream. tor he suddenly paused, and craning his 


neck to one side, peered through the leaves. Evidently 
what he saw did not fill his soul with gladness, for he 
settled back on the limb and made himself as small as 
possible and kept very still. At the same moment I 


heard the sound of footsteps, and the next instant 1 


caught the glint of a rod as the slender tip flashed back 
and forth through the air, and then a fluffy, tempting fly 
settled lightly on the water in just the right spot, and 
was drawn skillfully along the surface. It was a beau- 
tiful cast. 

“That must be Jack,” was my inward comment. Again 
the rod flashed, and again the fly, but this time one of a 
different color, struck the water. It was all in yain, 
though. No big lunker rose to the alluring bait, and I 
could immagine Jack’s rage and chagrin. He soon ap- 
peared, working his way warily along. , 

“What a place for a trout,” he murmured softly to 
“Wonder if Joe or any, one else has tried it 
Guess not, or they'd have mentioned it. Don’t 
understand why I don’t get-a strike, though.” 

[ was enjoying the situation immensely. I always do 
when I alone have the key to a situation. The Doctor, 


.judging by his expression, was mortally anxious lest 


Jack should discover his: presence. up the tree. For once 
in his life he was content to remain a silent and inactive 
spectator on the scene.: He knew full well how Jack 
would revel in’ the discavery and make sport of him. 
But, for the nonce, Jack’s whole attention was centered 
on the pool. and the capture of the trout lurking in its 
depths. — ~ 

A slight rustling-in the beech tree caused me to look up. 
and I saw that the denouément was about to take place. 
The Doctor was beginning to slide. The thought of 
the trout had overcome his lear of Jack's ridicule, and he 


had made a last desperate attempt to gain possession 


oi the fish, but had-overbalaneed himself and it was all 
up with him, ~With a yell that awoke the echos of the 
place, and even startled me—though half expecting it— 
the Doctor descended with a rush. He struck the water 
with a loud splash in the very spot and at the same in- 
sitant that Jack’s Hy. landed gracefully on the surface of 
the pool. . 2 
Probably no angler eyer met with quite so great a 
surprise as was accorded to Jack at that moment. It is 
not much to his discredit to say that he was badly 
seared. Twas his “not to reason why,” and he bolted up 
the high bank without once looking behind him, nor 
paused tntil he reached the top. Here he turned and 
glanced back.. Not seeing a panther nor a royal Bengal 
liver 1n pursuit he hated im his mad Hight: The sound 
of a great commotion and splashing down in the pool 
reached his ears, and'-he judged jit expedient to hold 


himself aloof and- await developments: oD 


In the meantime ;the Doctor was doing his best to 
drown. The water was not over his head, save in one 
spot, and he insisted upon sticking in this particular 
spot. I waded in and caught him by a waviiig arm and 
dragged him to the bank, where the water was only two 
or three feet'deep, and then withdrew to a distance and 
waited for the outcome. I knew that in hi&* befuddled 
state of mind he would not recognize. me, He soon 
found his breath, and his frantic cries for Help*browght 
Jack to his senses, and he came leaping and sliding down 
the bank into the stream, and hauled the Doctor ashore 
all in a moment.’ : 


When the latter had partially recovered from the effects” 


of his immersion, I arrived on the scene all out of breath, 
and demanded explanations. i 
profuse in his thanks to Jack, and Jack was trying to 
look as though he did not feel like a hero, but with poor 
success. a ) 

“It’s nothing. Nothing at all, I tell you,” he kept 
reiterating, throwing out his chest. ‘“You.would do the 
same tor me any day. J] consider it lucky that I was 
around to save you.” 

“But how did it all happen, and what's the trouble, 
anyhow?” IJ inquired. . ~ 

“Well, as for me,” said Jack, “I was fishing in the pool 
there. when all of a sudden, just as I made a cast, some- 
thing came flying through space and landed square on 
my fly with a yell that would have startled steadier nerves 
than mine. T confess that for a moment I was a trifle 


upset. but the cause of all the trouble soon dissolved 


itself into the Doctor, here, and as he seemed in danger 
of drowning I hauled him out. But what I don’t under- 
stand is where he came from. Where did you come from. 
anyhow?” he asked, turning to the, Doctor: 

The Doctor looked painfully embarrassed, and was 


seized with an attack of coughing. We slapped him on 


the back, and then Jack put his question again: 

“Where did you come from?” — Ry ; 

“Oh, I just fell in,” the Doctor replied, with a weak 
ao “We'd better be moving on or T'll be catching 
cold.” q 

“But where did you fail from?” jack persisted. 

“Down the bank, I suppose,’ I suggested, not wishing 
Jack to have everything his own way. “From the looks 


af the ground somebody or something has gone up and. 


down there in a great hurry.” 
Jack's yearning for information suddenly vanished. ” 
“Tf I were you.” he said to the Doctor, “I would be 
moying about. You're apt to catch cold if you sit around 
in those wet.clothes. I know a fellow that’ caught 


* pneumonia in that way and nearly died.” - 


The Doctor was growing’ ~ 


"And then they talked of other things,’” T murmired J 


as 1 picked ap my réd arid statted on down the stream. 


As I Jeft them I heard the Dector remark’ that he’ had | 


broken his rod. and so would not fish any more that 


day. but would return to camp and get on some dry - 


clothes, 


———— 


Ocr, 20, 1900. 


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308 


By - careful questioning each one learned just how 


much and just how littie the other knew tegarding the 
attair at the pool, and when I reiurned im tne evening 
they had concucted a story that dovetiued so beautdutly 
it would haye deceived any jury, and | had not the 


heart to bring contusion upon them. And yet each one 


Suspected the other, and in the bottom of his heart knew 
that he was merely weaving strange fancies into tair 
sounding words. : 

“By the way, said I to the Doctor just before we 
turned in, “did you get that trout?” 

Hie stared at me biankiy for a moment. “Dear me, I 
forgot all about it ” he began and then checked him- 
sel, 

“What trout?’ Jack inquired, 

“One that be dropped when he fell down the bank,” 
{ voiunteered. “I saw it theré when I arrived on the 
scene, just as you rescued the Doctor.” 

“t had one, but I lost him,” said the Doctor resignedly. 
“It was a big one. It weighed about three-pounds. lt’s 
all on account of that infernal rod. The man that told 
me about it is’a fraud, and [ propose to tell him so some 
lay.” 

“Where is the rod?” I inquired. 

“L broke it all to pieces. ‘There is nothing left of the 
thing, I am glad to say.” 

“Hunny you didn’t say something about that trout 
before,” said Jack suspiciously. 

“I forgot all about it in the excitement of the moment,” 
the Doctor expiained, beginning to show signs of ner- 
yousness. 

“Don’t see how you could,” Jack growled. “Three- 
pound trout are rare.” 

“They are that,” I remarked. 
every tree—do they, Doctor?” 

The Doctor tooked worried, and maintained a dis- 
ereet silence. [ took pity on him and addressed myself 
to Jack. 

“What would you haye done,” I asked him, “if, instead 
of the Doctor, a panther had landed in the pool?” 
“Don’t know, | am sure,” he answered, as though the 
thought had never occurred to him before. “It would 
haye been a good chance to finish him with my revolver, 
and I think I should have taken the risk. But I am 
getiing sleepy, and am going to turn in, You'd better 
go back there to-morrow, Doctor, and look for that trout. 
Good night.” 

I have never told them all I know about the affair, 
and I still get my fun cut of it when we are together. 
They both are endowed with extraordiany powers of in- 
vention, and it is interesting to observe the wonderful 
workings of their imagination, especially the Doctor’s. 
He would make a good politician. He can change his 
mind as gracefully as any woman, and it is so easy for 
him to make himself believe anything that the occasion 
demands. 

Yes, the Doctor would make a first-class politician 
with a-big P. As a senator he would be a gramd success, 
but as a fisherman—well, the least said the better. 

Fayvatre Durwin, Jr. 


Climbing Black Head Mountain. 


I usep to have an idea that mountain climbers belonged 
to a class of individuals with particularly lively imagina- 
tion, or bumps of exaggeration abnaemally developed. 
But I do not think so any more. On th contrary, I think 
that cleaning an Augean stable, or anything of that sort, is 
mere child's play to climbing a mountain. And yet I 
have not been up Mt. St. Elias, or even the Matterhorn, 
but only Black Head in the Catskills, 

On one occasion the sapient Fhackeray wrote: “Young 
man, never, zever climb a mountain.” _ 
a.boy, and I remember well with what contempt it in- 
spired me. What a great lazy fellow that Thackeray must 
have been, I thought. Oh, the presumption of youth— 


oA cere A ened 


“They don’t grow on 


always pretending to know better than age! With what 


bitter force Thackeray's advice came back to me when——. 
But I anticipate. 

The sun was shining brightly when De K. and I got up 
and cast our eyes toward Black Head. There was the 
majestic dome looming against the sky exactly as it had 
loomed for centuries and centuries. Presently a white 
cloud floated over it, broke and. then floated down the 
side in fragments. This might have served to remind me 
that Black Head was literally among the clouds, but I 
only thought of the beauty of the picture—mnever concern- 
ing myself with the climb before me. 

Breakfast was dispatched and then we made ready. De 
kK: slung his camera over his shoulders and I my field 
glasses over mine. In addition to these, we burdened our- 
selves only with a bottle of water, some sandwiches and 


_apples. Gaily as two boys bent on a bird-nesting expedi- 


tion, we started off. Keeping to the high road for about 
half a mile, we met our worthy host, honest Walter 
Schoonmaker, of Mountaindale, who, observing our jaunty 
air. remarked with one of his slow, wise smiles: “You'll 
haye a different gait coming back!” and then with another 
smile he swayed his body from side to side. We only 
scoffed at him and resumed our march with the utmost 
confidence. 

Turning off the high road we made our way through 
several fields and strips of wood and at length came to 
the foothills. These seemed interminable, and so winded 


one of us that when hal way up the steepest of them . 


he called a halt, and sitting down grew. very pensive. 


Looking up he saw that practically the mountain had all 
yet to be climbed, It was‘*then that Thackeray’s words 
came back with such bitter. force, and the repentance of 
the whilom scoffer was sincere and absolute. However, 
in-a little while I got my sacond wind, and jumping up 
felt ‘stronger and more determined than ever. ‘Advance !” 
was now the word. In half an hour more we got over 
the foothills and came to the first real ascent. _ Being 
well broken in or warmed to our work we took this with 
more or less ease. Our traf lay through a.part of the 
mowntain which had been necently swept by fire, and 
looked very black and desolate. By to o’clock we were 
on. What is known as the Hoe’s Back. This ascent. was 
sradual, but at the end of #. we came to what looked 
like the side wall of a house. There was no turning baek, 
ofcourse, nor yet turning adide, for on either hand was 


a-deep ravine. -Inclining farward, therefore. until we 


Bae mF ao) | ee ‘ : ! “~ 


I first read this as 


might have been said to be on all fours, we set to work. 
Digging our hands and feet mito the earth, we crept for- 
ward cautiously. There was little or no vegetation to hay 


‘hold on, and the earth being loose and gravelly it is need- 


less to say that we spent a bad quarter of an hour.: Not 
the least anxious part of it was when De K., who is a 
very fiend among photographers, unslung his camera and 
asked me to pose, before a piece of rock in our path, 
The look I gave him, in which anguish and appeal were 
blended in equal parts, would have melted any ordinary 
heart, but when De K. is on photographic business bent 
he is inexorable, and so 1 had to pose, That the camera 
did not reflect my heels merely as I went crash:ng down 
to destruction was due to a mercy of Providence. It 
was certainly, I am conyinced, owing to a decree of 
fate, angered at De K.’s hardness of heart, that imme- 
diately after this the bottle of water which he carried in 
his pocket fell out and was dashed to pieces. It seemed as 
if all our hopes had simultaneously met with the same 
fate, and I involuntarily covered my face in my hands and 
groaned. To go on without water? That was now the 
question, The day being cool, we decided this in the 
affirmative, though perhaps imprudently. Well, the top of 
the “wall” was at length reached, and to be sure we 
heaved a sigh of relief, as we wiped our perspiring brows. 


' Then we set out along a pleateau on which the walking 


was easy enough, but presently got among heavy timber 
and underbrush. Trail there appeared to be none, so we 
had to steer the best way we could. Arduously forcing 
our Way along, we came to the base of Black Head, 

Now began indeed a terrible climb—oyer rocks, fallen 
timber, dense underbrush. all on a steep incline—it almost 
resembled the task of Sisyphus over again. I was too 
serious now to even think of Thackeray's jeu d’esprit, 
but fortunately I felt no inclination to sit down, Neither 
evidently did De K. Indeed, we were strung to the 
highest pitch. There must be no breaking down now! 
seemed to be our mutual thought, as we silently and 
laboriously moved upward. Rreaking down! That meant 
a night alone in those sayage and solitary wilds, from 
which we both recoiled with a sort of horror. How long 
we had been engaged in this last ascent we did not know, 
or apparently care, so absorbed were we in the idea of 
reaching our goal, Suddenly as the sun appears from a 
rack of clouds, the latter appeared to our delighted eyes. 
A vast table rock, washed to an ivory smoothness by the 
rains of countless ages. Upon it we jumped with a cheer, 
and then casting our eyes about——, Well, we felt re- 
warded. Wherefore attempt to picture that view! There 
is in it that which strikes man dumb and makes him feel 
how impotent language is after all. 

An hour was consumed in blissful ease, eating our 
frugal luncheon and contemplating the panorama that lay 
stretched before us. De K. was the first’to rise, and 
again the camera was unslung and again the button was 
touched—not once, but half a dozen times. But, pshaw! 
What's the good of photographing such scenery as that! 
It almost seems a desecration. I hinted something like 
this to De K., but he replied that he merely wanted to 
get me in, whereat I blushed and felt smaller than I think 
Teyer had before. 

It being now 2 o'clock, we began to consider the ad- 
visability of setting out on our return. but having ob- 
served that the summit of Black Head seemed to be a 
little higher than the rock, we decided first to penetrate 
there. To do this was only a matter of ten or fifteen 
minutes’ progression. When at length we judged that we 
had reached the very top we stood in silent contemplation. 
The ground was covered with moss and felt to the feet 
like a, Turkish carpet; pines rose up thickly on all sides 
with here and there one fallen and rotting on the ground; 
the light was dim like that of an old cathedral; absolute 
silence reigned, save, for a faint sighing of the wind in 
the tree tops; the place seemed full of a solemn awe, and 
one felt as if he were in the very sanctuary of nature. 
Through what zons this place has remained the same, I 
mused. Perchatice since the great upheaval not half a 
hundred human feet have penetrated here. Unconscious- 
ly a sense of sadness and oppression stole upon one, as if 
one were remote—far from the world, as upon the bosom 
of the ocean. 

It was with a feeling of relief, yet not unmixed with 
regret, for there was a strange fascination about the spot, 
that we set out on our retttrn. Now our march was all 
down hill, but the same obstacles lay in our path, and 
besides the downward motion was very trying on the 
knees. After getting clear of Black Head with its terrible 
tangle, we pursued our way along the plateau, and de- 
cided, instead of returning by the “wall,” to search for 
another trail. This we were fortunate enough to find 
about a mile further on toward Webster Mountain. 
Thanks to the coolness of the day and the few apples we 
carried, we had not experienced any serious thirst. There 
being one apple left, De K. was for halving and eating it. 
but I would by no means hear of it. With the utmost 
gravity I represented that we were still far from home, 
that a hundred accidents might befall, and that that arple 
might yet prove our salvation. De K. laughed. but he kept 
the apple in his pocket until we reached the foothills, 
There was it halved and partaken of joyously. 

As we left the towering mountains behind us, n‘ght was 
falling rapidly and nothing was'to be heard but the karsh, 
wild cries of the woodpeckers and the doleful quayer- 
ing of the red owl (Strix asio). The latter resembles 
nothing so much as the wailing of an infant, with the 
addition of some horrid quality which can only be de- 
scribed as tinearthly... Falling on the ears of one un- 


accustomed to hear it, in the forest % the stillness of the: 
night, it is almost enough to make the blood run cold. 


Grateful was the sight of home and the ‘shining lights 
—the friendly faces of the cheerful board. We had-come 
out of the wilderness and having done our work we 
took our ease. FRANK Moonan. 


NAMELESS REMITTERS. 


The Forest and Stream Publishing Co. is holdinz 
several sums of money which have been sent to it for 
subscriptions and beoks by correspondents who have 
failed to give name and address. If this note comes 
to the eye of any such namelebks remitter we trust to 
barr from him. ; 


_ me to believe that this is not true. 


ry | dlatuyal Distary. 
_ Cherry-Eating Foxes. 


_ Editor Borest and Stream: 


The other day my farmer shot two fine specimens of 
the gray fox in the swamp not far from the house. They 
had evidently been there a good while, and appear to 
have been feeding on rabbits only. . 

A peculiar feature of the autopsies is that in the cas” 

of both animals I find from twenty to thirty wild cherry 
pits throughout the course of the small intestine. I 
should like to know why this is. Is it analogous at all 
to the habit in the domestic dog of occasionally eating 
grass? ‘The pits at this season have nothing left on them 
Save a suspicion of wrinkled skin. 
| All through the summer I have found on all the fox 
runs in the neighborhood droppings which contained 
many cherry stones. I have always supposed that these 
belonged to the raccoon, but what I saw yesterday leads 
FARMER: 
_ [it is well known that seyeral species of the dog family 
in North America to some extent feed on fruit. . The 
domestic dog is, of course, accustomed to a mixed diet, 
of which flesh constitutes only a small part. We have 
scen many dogs that would eat apples, and others that 
would swallow down grapes as fast as they were offered 
to them, Domestic animals, however, have perverted 
Bae and offer no sure guide as to what wild animals 
will do, 

On the northwest coast we have seen the droppings of 
gray or timber wolf which were composed almost en- 
tirely of the seeds of the salmon berry, while it is well 
known that the coyotes of the Southwest feed to a very 
considerable extent on the fruit of the prickly pear. The 
foxes of Alaska and the northwest coast feed almost en- 
tirely on the wash of the beach, which consists largely 
of fish and shell fish; our own red fox in times of scarcity 
eats fish, crabs, shell fish, eggs and even insects. The 
South American guara lives largely on fruit and roots, 
as does also the so-called raccoon dog of Japan. The 
African fennec, which is a fox, is fond of dates, and is 
said to be able to climb the date palm in order to ob- 
tain the fruit. There is a crab-eating dog in South 
America, which may be assumed to take its name from 
the food it lives on. In general terms, it may be stated 
that the doglike animals of Southern countries, appear 
more disposed to adopt a vegetable diet than those in- 
habiting the North, 

The food habits of the raccoons and of the bears are 
well understood to be omnivorous, and beechnuits are 
said sometimes to be eaten by the fisher or black. cat 
(Mustela pennantit), 

The gray fox is more given to eating vegetable food 
than the commoner red fox of the North, although fruit 
1s sometimes eaten by that species. It is said that oc- 
casionally the gray fox tears down the cornstalks and 
feeds on the corn in the milk. That a knowledge of the 
fruit-eating habits of foxes is old is shown by this quota- 
fion, attributed to him whose name has become as a 
proverb for wisdom: “Take us the foxes, the little foxes 
that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes.” 

The fox grapes of Eastern American, however, so 
familiar to every country dweller, are believed te have 
received their name not from the fact that they are eaten 
by foxes to any extent, nor from the further fact that they 
hang high and so are inaccessible, but from the slightly 
foxy or musky odor which the clusters exhale, 

We have no doubt that foxes commonly eat cherries 
because they like them, but we should be very glad to 
record further obseryations on this point from any of our 
readers who may have had opportunity to make them. } 


Naturalists on the Yukon. 


THE publication known as North American Fauna ig 
the especial official organ of the Biological Survey of 
the United States Department of Agriculture. It is 
issued at irregular intervals, and each issue is complete 
in itself, containing one or more interesting papers on 
birds or mammals or faunal areas or an account of the 
study of some special region. 
_ In No. 19 of this publication, which was issued Oct, 6, 
is presented a paper giving the “Results of a Biological _ 
Reconnoissance of the Yukon River Region,” prepared 
under the direction of Dr. €, Hart Merriam. Chief of 
Division of Biological Suryey. The pamphlet ives a 
general account of the region, an “Annotated List of the 
Mammals,” by Wilfred H. Osgood, and an “Annotated 
List of Birds,” by Dr. Louis B. Bishop, of New Haven, 
Conn, It is illustrated by a number of full-page plates, 
some giving views of scenery along the route, others 
having a bearing on the habits of squirrels, and others 
still showing skulls of various mammals. ; 

The railway from Skagway and the tram service about 
the White Horse Rapids have already made very light 
the labor of reaching the Yukon district. The distance 
traveled by Mr. Osgood, Dr. Bishop and A. G. Mad- 
dren—more than 1,800 miles from Skagway to the Bering 
Sea—was comfortably traversed. Their Progress was 
easy and rapid, and, except for an unfortunate capsize be- 
ween Fort Yukon and Fort Hamlin, was without acci- 
dent. But the mosquitoes made life a good deal of a 
burden for the explorers, until they had become more or 
less‘ accustomed to them, and had learned to protect 
themselves against their attacks. ‘ 

Mr. Osgood’s discussion of the faunal regions passed 
over will have an especial interest for all biologists; the 
more so,’ since the region about the upper Yukon has 
never before been studied. It is not surprising that much 
interesting material should have been collected: 

Among the larger game reported. on by Mr. Osgood 
are the two species of caribou, the barren ground and 
the mountain. The mountain caribou is said to be quite 
common in northern British Columbia, but spending the 
summer on the higher groud, it is seldom killed at that 
season by traveling parties. The domesticated reindeer 
has in some cases! strayed away from the Government 
herds imported into Alaska and become wild; 


306 


The Alaska moose is still numerous, but apparently 


not long to remain so. In winter miodse meat 1s the 
staple diet for both Indians and whites, and the price 
paid—from $1 to $2 per pound in the miming camp— 
naturally stimulates hunting. Sheep are abundant at cer- 


tain points on Lake Bennett and Lake Tagish, and Mr, ~ 


Osgood’s remarks show that we have still a good deal 
_to learn about the sheep of the North. White goats are 

not uncommon in the coast mountains. Mr. Osgood 

describes in his paper seyeral new forms: of mammals. 

Dr, Bishop’s paper on birds includes 171 species, and 
‘on many of them the notes are full and interesting. He 
observes that of 42 species of migratory, birds—exclusive 
of those with a continental range—which occur as sum- 
mer residents of the Yukon Basin above Fort Yukon 
31 per cent. haye their center of distribution in eastern 
North America, 33 per cent, near the Pacific coast, and 
36 per cent: in western North America, not far from the 
Rocky Mountains. Of the bird fauna of the route as a 
whole Dr. Bishop says: 

“The country we traversed between Skagway and 
‘Circle divides itself into three quite distinct faunal dis- 
tricts. The coast of southeast Alaska belongs. to the 
Sitka district of Nelson, White Pass Summit; and the 
heights above Glacier belong to the Arctic-Alpine zone, 
and the Yukon Valley belongs te the Canadian and 
Hudsonian zones. In the last the Canadian element is 
most pronounced in the lake region, with a very slight 
infusion of Sitkan forms, the strictly Hudsonian species 
increasing and the others decreasing as the Yukon 
winds north toward Fort Yukon. Beyond this point 
Hudsonian forms predominate, giving place to Arctic, 
where the Yukon Joses its identity in the tundra of the 
delta. The upper Yukon Valley may be divided faunally 


at Fort Selkirk, where the Pelly from the Rocky Moun- - 


tains and the Lewes from the Coast Range unite to form 
the Yukon proper, fifteen species of land and shore birds 
occurring above this point which have not been found 


between there and Fort Yukon, and twelve having been . 
recorded between the Pelly and Fort Yukon which have © 


not been taken above. Of the 128 species and sub- 
species found between Dixon Entrance and Fort Yukon 
.22 per cent. were common to the coast of southeast 
Alaska and the Yukon Valley, to per cent. confined to 
the coast, 55 per cent. to the Yukon Valley, and 4 per 
cent, found only on White Pass Summit and at similar 
altitudes.” 


The Pheasant and the Farmer. 


._ We hear a great deal concerning the usefulness of the 
English pheasant to the sportsman and oi the bird's abil- 
ity to take care of itself during our Northern winters, but 
-very little is said or printed about the value of this ’ 

_species to the farmer. Yet, like most other birds of the 
group to which it belongs, the pheasant is extremely 
useful to the: agriculturist, and most so at the season 
when insects are most numerous and are engaged in 
the function of reproduction, ; 

It is in spring, summer and early autumn that the 
broods of ruffed grouse wander through the swamps and 
along the edges of the open fields, devouring all the in- 
sects that they can capttre, and the quail, with her, 
brood, journeys backward and forward through the 
open lots, where grow grain and potatoes and vegetables, 
destroying each day myriads of flying and creeping 
things which, if allowed to live and breed, would next 
year destroy farmers’ crops. In this good work the 
pheasant takes its part, and where numerous they ac- 
complish a vast deal of good. Nearly twenty years ago 
nineteen pheasants were turned loose on Vancouver 
Island, B. C., and protected for a term of years. They 


have greatly increased and have spread up and down ~ 


the island, and this is the testimony borne in their favor 
Py Mr. W. B. Anderson, the editor of the Cumberland 
ews; 


“A bird often execrated—and this most unjustly—is 


the English pheasant, or its cousin, the cross pheasant, | 


more common here. This is one of the most useful birds 

‘to the farmer of all. He sometimes eats a bit of grain, 
but pays for this tenfold by the number of predatory in- 
sects he destroys. Farmers there are who condemn him 
and hound him off for his grain-eating propensities, but 
these are the ones who do not pause to think before rush- 
ing to conclusions. The insect-eating habit is strong 
in all the birds of the order galline, to which belong 
the pheasants, grouse, partridges, quail, fowls, etc., and 
the good they do in insect destroying was well exempli- 
fied this season, when certain persons, preferring to let 
their fowls have the garden crop in preference to the 
cut worms, turned in their chickens. Those in Cumber- 
land and Union who did that are the only ones who now 
have any cabbages or other soft-fleshed vegetables, 
Those who depended on paris green to accomplish the 
work, lost more or less, especially cabbages and cauli- 
flowers. The pheasant was working in the fields just 
- as the bantams and other fowls were working in the 
gardens. Many of them fell victims to the poisoned 
bran placed in the fields to destroy the worm. We 
believe, however, that most of our district farmers 
are fully aware of the fact that these birds are of far 
‘greater benefit than of harm, and accordingly deplore 
ine untimely and unintentional destruction of so many of 
them,’ : 


That the pheasant is a destroyer of insects by whole- -' 


‘sale and so is useful to the farmer is a fact well worthy 


= the-consideration of sportsmen and agriculturists, when . 


its introduction is contemplated, and should induce: 


farmers and land owners to do whateyer may lie in their . 


power to prevent the destruction of the birds and to 
protect them at’all seasons. While the matter as yet is. 
one: which ‘possessess-a practical interest chiefly fof 
portions of the West and the South, where only pheasants: 
-are abundant, the growing interest in this. bird and the: 


jc ancreased attention ndw being: given. to its introduction 


' justifies @ consideration of-this phase of its.yusefulneéss.°-~ 


~ “The Seaboard ‘Air: Lined* 5 
Editor Forest and Stream: 


Ms 


Tn my report of “Seaboard Air Line:—TV_’-I -wish to-*: 


make correction. For “cerulean warblers” kindly sub- 
stitute “indigo birds” and oblige. 


Mee > 


Wiimor TowNseEnn. 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


E : F hy, * 4 
Treatment .for {Snake Bites.| - 

HaVING sperit Over a year among the native hunters and 
farmers of the most primitive mountain region of south- 
western Arkansas, where the number of poisonous snakes 
was uncountable, including the copperhead, mountain or 
timber rattlesnake and rock or diamond-back rattlesnake, 
upon the uplands or mountains (and while I write I can 
lift my eyes to the skin of a diamond-back upon the wall 
of, my office, 434 feet long without the head or tail, which, 
sporting seventeen rattles, fell before the muzzle of my 
Winchester just as he was about to spring at me, which 
speaks for the size of some of the larger specimens of the 
upland regions), the bottoms along the streams are 
plentifully supplied with cottonmouths, water moccasins 
and various kinds of adders, it follows as an axiom that 
many persons are often bitten by a snake, and the native 
simple way of treating it I learned in this way: 

One of the natives and J were hunting mineral out- 
crops on the Boar’s Tusk Mountain in June, 1896, when 
we came upon a huckleberry patch and began gathering 
and eating the ripe berries. My guide cautioned me to be 
on the lookout for snakes, saying, “Them cussed varmints 
hide under the huckleberry bushes to ketch the birds when 
they come to feed on the berries,’ and I was very careful, 


~ but he was not, for I soon heard a sharp cry from him, and 


on looking at him saw him throw his left hand and arm 
in the air and shake off and throw to some distance a 
diamond-back which had struck him midway of his left 
forefinger. While I was scared as badly as if I had my- 
self been bitten, the hunter drew his knife and made two 
quick cuts on the finger so that it bled freely and began 
stripping his finger to force the blood out of the cuts. He 
then took a piece of common alum out of his pocket and 
bit off a piece as large as a large-sized chestnut and 
chewed it up and swallowed it, and then he bit off and 
chewed fine another piece of alum, which he placed upon 
his cut finger and tied up with a piece of rag torn from 
the bottom of his homesptin cotton shirt, and then he 
hunted up and killed the snake and again began gathering 
and, eating berries, to my surprise. 

In answer to. my question as to the need of going to 
town to consult a doctor, he said, “The blood runnin’ 
from the cuts took out all the pizen, but if it didn’t all 
get out, the alum will fix it, but them cuts will give mea | 
sore finger for a day or two,” The result was no swelling 


- of eyen the finger, and he said that if a man would always 


cut through the bite and let the blood out and take alum 
there was no danger from the bite of any snake. 
W. F, RIGHTMIRE. 


Game Bag and Gun. 


Proprietors of shooting resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forrest AND STREAM, 


The Massachusetts Association. 


Boston, Oct. 13.—Editor Forest and Stream: The 
Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association held 
its first meeting of the season on Thursday evening, Oct. 
It, at Young’s Hotel. 

An irfyitauon had been extended to a dozen or more 
of the outlying clubs to send some member who would 
speak up6n the “origin, history and work of his club,” or 
if it shoyld not be feasible for any one to be present to 
send to the secretary a written account. The responses 
were very gratifying. Many of those invited came to the 
meeting and others sent letters or manuscripts to be read. 

In the absence of the president, Vice-President Rockwell 
conducted ‘the meeting with his accustomed grace and 
ability: it 

The first to be called wpon for a few remarks was Mr. 
A. B. F. Kinney, of Worcester, who referred briefly to the 
work of the Central Committee last winter. He spoke of 
that organization as the “offspring” of the Massachusetts — 
Fish and Game Protective Association, and said he should 
wish to be informed soon whether the Association had 


further use for the committee. 


Chairman Collins, of the State Commission, spoke 
briefly of the work of his Board. He said it now has 
twenty-three paid deputies in the service of enforcing the 
game laws. He suggested that gray squirrels and rabbits 
should not be shot prior to Oct. 1, as men go out pretend- 
eee be hunting those animals when they are really after 

irds, I 
Mr. John Fottler, Jr., president of the Rod and Gun 
Club of Massachusetts, complimented the Association and 
Central Committee for its work in securing the passage ~ 
of the bird bill, and said that im his opinion it was “the 
most important step for game protection that had ever 
been taken by the Legislature of Massachusetts or of any 


other State.’ 


Probably that opinion will not be called in question by 
those ef your readets who are familiar with the history 
af game! legislation in the various States of the Union. 
Mr. Geo. H. Hassam represented the Needham Gun Club, 
He gave an outline of its history and pledged its members 
to the support of any measures that should be favored by 
the State Association, Mr. Geo. G, Tidsbury. president 
of the Ashland Gun Club, spoke entertainingly of his 
club, and said he believed every man who was a mem- 


‘ber of such a club was almost sure to be interested in 
'gaine protection. He therefore recommended the Massa- 


‘chusetts Fish and Game Protective Association to en- 


courage such clubs.and make it a 
such clubs in every town. 
. Secretary C. F..Chamberlayne gave’ an outline of the 


part of its work to start 


‘Old-Celony Club-and its efforts in abolishing the use of « 
~ seines, nets, weirs. and pounds in the waters of Buzzards 


eect) fae 


-+-Dhe members exhibited great interest in the’ account of’ 


“by the: président,. Mr.,A.-C. Sylvester, this being the’ 
-youngestof those.on ‘our list, oreanized Jan,"t, 1600, and * 

emb fir. Sylvester attributes’ 
+ the remarkable growth and sticcess of the club to ther” 
fact that, while the..club) secures leases of woods and -: 


the-North. Attleboro-Fish and’ Game Association, a$ giver” 


~ 


now, numbering 140 members. 


streams and puts out birds and fish, it does not reserve 


- exclusive privileges to club members, but it admits the 


public at large to its territory when it is open to club 


off sone -of 
“yi ht an se 


= woe Mae . 


CTS “ty eek 
(Oer. 20, 2908: 


members. Representative. H.°D. Hunt would have':been 
with us if his notification had reached him in time. We 
all wish success to our enthusiastic friends in North Attle- 


boro, and hope all sportsmen who can will attend their 


sportsmen’s exposition, which is to open Noy. 16. ~ 
Others speakers of the evening were L. Frederick Rice; 
of Brookline; C. J: H. Woodbury, of Lynn; Hon: R. S: 
Gray, of Walpole, and Mr. C. G. Gibson, of Boston, The 
time was so fully taken up by the large number, of speakers 
that the reading of manuscripts was necessarily postponed 
to some future meeting, The secretary has valuable 


papers from Geo. H. Palmer, Esq., of North Bedford, 


upon the Southern Massachusetts Fish and Game League, 
and from Mr, C. W. Walls, on the worcester Sportsmen’s 
Club. Mr, M; E. Hawes,-president of the East Wey- 
mouth Fish and Game Association, and Mr, Wm. B. 
Phinney, of the Lynn Fish and Game Protective Associa- 
tion, expected to be present, but were unavoidably pre-~ 
vented. The next meeting of the Association will be on 
ane second Thursday of November as fixed by our ‘br 
laws. aed 

Considering that it is a little early yet for evening: din- 
ners, the attendance of our own members was fairly good, 
and all went away with the feeling that our own Assocta- 
tion is not “the only pebble,” and that we had received 
many valuable ideas and suggestions by hearing how other 
clubs do things. D. T. Curtis, the nestor.of anglers; Col, 
Enos Stoddard, Col. E. B. Parker. Dr, B. V. Howe, Dr. 
E. C. Norton, Dr. A. R. Brown, H. F. Colburn, L. 
Crocker, Mr. N. Le Roy and Mr, Hewson were some of 
those in attendance. 
Henry H. Kimsa tt, Sec’y. 


A Wet Coon Hunt. — ; * 


— 


The Hunt in Prospect. 


I spent the summer of 1896 in my native village in 
western New York. September was creeping on ‘apace. 
A prospective coon hunt for my special benefit had 
been discussed for a number of days. While the season 
was hardly propitious, still [ was desirous of parttci- 
pating in one hunt at least before my vacation ended, 
necessitating my departure from boyhood scenes. Of 
course, the hunt could not go'on without havying~Jack 
Rumsey along. He was perfectly willing to go almost 
any night, but he would not promise much success, 
because his old hound from a’ summer’s period: of 
inaction had grown fat and lazy. An attempt could be 
made at any rate, ei. om 


Jack | Riumeey. | > 


It would be a pleasure for Mr. J. B, Burnham to-meet 
Jack Rumsey. The result would be a chapter in his 
delightful ‘‘Gens des Bois” series. He is such a char- 
acter, so filled with the lore of the woods and waters, 
and few in his section of country know the haunts of 
the wild creatures better than he. Successful as a-fox 
hunter, he is also equally skillful in following the wild 
honey bee to its hidden store of sweets. Coon ‘hunting 
is his special delight. The performance of a hard-day’s 
work on the farm is no drawback to this pursuit when 
the season is at its height. Fatigue and loss of sleep 
in this case are not to be reckoned with when the 
right party desires him and his famous old hound as 
companions. man of medium height,. powerful 
frame, kindly mien and unfailing good humor,: the 
passing years haye dealt gently with old Jack, for now 
at past sixty he is as active as most men-of half his 
age, and as “tough as a pine knot,” to use his own 


expression.. 
Our Destination. 


The long-looked for evening arrived. Rumsey: nad 
made arrangements to take his team and wagon and 
drive us to a stretch of woods about seven or eight 
miles southwest of the village, but the weather looked 
so forbidding that he deemed it better to go afoot and 
explore Finn Gully ard contiguous woods, nearer by: 
three or four miles, and’ where he had secured seyeral 
coons the previous fall. a 


The Party. 


mae 
There were seven in the party, including Phillips, an 
enthusiastic young nimrod and general roustabout, who 
had often accompanied Rumsey on his various hunting 
expeditions; Dowling, a jolly son of Erin, who would 
be “in at the death,’ come what will, and “the tintid 


-one,” who proudly claimed the distinction of carrying 


‘the lantern, Hunting and fishing yarns from Jack be- 
guiled the way until the gully was reached. How dark 
and frowning its defiles looked! The moon, which. 
occasionally beamed forth through rifts in the clouds 
the fore part of the night, was now totally obscured 
in an inky sky. We were fairly launched. _ : 


In Coonland. 


Silently we stole along like so-many dumb snanes 
Here and there along our path the glowworms- showed 
their miniature light, and the mysterious “fox. fire” 
danced and hovered in the dark shadows. To break 
the silence, a screech owl gave forth its doleful wail, 
and “the timid one” fell gently over a questionable foot 
bridge that crossed the path. - . . a 


Trouble Begins. al : 
Trtuie to the prediction of his master, the hound did 
not feel’ inclined to do any work, His actions -were, if 


anything, exasperating. After disappearing for a few 
minutes, reviving ford hopes .that we would eventually 


hear the: ‘music. of ‘his voice: in- his, triumph. of-.treeing 
‘the’ quarry, he would- suddenly: return. panting to the 


path, evidentlyfeeling’ more-contented to followin his 


_ctiaster’s footsteps..* Jack's -usual- serenity:-was., ruffled. 
“The fame ‘of his ‘hound: font g ke 1 
“talk ye?” ha finally satd. se z 


soys. what'd 
“Belore-£-g0-caon hanting with 
you again; PHamake: several trips by: myself,and wear 
_the--old fellow’s fat, and then he’ll..be all 
rede mesh ooky. Tse ee hats Massy: Cita ta ees3 hein pn 

(The end’ of :the- gully owas-ifinally reached. After 
scrambling” up” a+ “steep~ hillside, - we - etnerged_ into 


freshly plowed field. The hound was there ‘before 15, 
acting as a sort of reception committee of one. Seein 


feces Db: 


— ==, 


Ocr. 20, 1990.] a ain 


‘that he was not inclined to do any moré wandering, © 


amecthrew ourselves on the fresh earth ta rest from. our 


exertions, me stati OR 
We Were Tired. 


Tobacco now acted as a soother. Jack produced 
an ancient pipe, leisurely filled it, and after the weed 


was in full blast, sauntered to the edge of the woods, in 
a meditative mood. An ominous silence reigned, Save 
for the murmuring of a brook, the woods were hushed. 
It was the traditional calm before the storm. We were 


.almost afraid to speak. Our six outstretched figures 


were like so many clods. Finally the timid one mut- 
tured something in an undertone about wishing he 
And now 


were home. 
It Commenced to Sprinkle. ‘ 


This suggested a return, but Jack, who had rejoined 
us, would not listen to it. “No,’ he said; ‘we'll work 


-along the woods on top of the gully, and then if nothing 


+7 


shows up, well go.” Well, we stuck to our guide, lit 
the. lantern and commenced further explorations for the 
festive coon, penetrating deeper and deeper into the 
woods. But it was a yain quest. The hound did not 
change his tactics, and in a disgusted mood we halted 
in the midst of some small pines in a corner of a high 


-rail fence. To add to our discomfiture 


The Rain Now Came Down 


like a pent-up outpouring of the masses. Like sheep 
in. a pen we jhhuddled under the flimsy roof the pine 
afforded, making the best of our miserable situation. 
Jack had found a hollow under a projecting log, and, 
snugly ensconced on a dry bed of leaves, was quite 
willing to brave out the storm. 


Experience with a Grapevine. 

Dowling was. restless; his nature was not to be 
eurbed. He cast about for something to amuse the 
party, From the feeble light shed by our “beacon” he 
soon found it in a wild-grape vine swinging from a 
pine over a bank hard by. On the impulse of the 
moment he took a short run, grasped the vine and 
swung off. Alas for Willie! Grapevine and all were 
“consigned to the depths,’ and landed with many a re- 


| peated crash into the bushes below. We rushed to the 
- scene of seeming disaster to ascertain his injuries, when 
~ we heard his voice issue forth in that time honored 
+ Bowery refrain, “Oh, Uncle John, here I will remain.” 


What a comical looking object he was when he finally 
crept forth, on all fours, as it were! Not to mention 
his bedraggled appearance, one tail of his old frock 
coat had decided to keep company with the bushes and 
briers, Forgetting the downpour, we couldn’t help but 


join old Jack, from his retreat, in boisterous merriment. 


suggested a song, 


-! 


Willie had longed to amuse. He did. 


Our Nocturnal Devotions. 


We once more resorted to our shelter under the pine) 
where the rain now leaked through in little rivers. 
Philosophically, we turned to “Rain” in all its phases as 
a good topic for debate until Jack grew weary of it and 
Our nocturnal devotions were about 


to begin. It was a sad sound that assailed our ears 


» When the timid one started up “Nearer, My God, to 


. grandeur. 


Thee” in a quavering voice. This was too much for 
Jack. He crept out of his retreat and started for the 
singer, but by this time the song had died away and the 
“moaning tree tops took up the refrain in solemn 
The basso now commenced to spout forth 


“Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep,” but this capped 


» the climax and a stampede began. A feeling to get out 


“followed with: the gun. 


of the woods was uppermost. 
the rain, was 
we'll not 
Dowling, 


The open road, despite 
at least preferable. “If we stay here, 
only be rocked, but drowned,’ quoth 
and over the fence he went. Phillips 
But, oh, what of the lantern 


»-bearer. the “timid one,’ he who was ever intent on 


' all kinds of trouble! 


stumbling, falling and innocently getting himself into 


fence, he fell down on the other side. No, 
‘hurt, but the “beacon” had managed to get underneath 
him in his rapid descent, Tt must have been a Sorry 
looking thing. We could only feel 


Our Light Had Failed. 


In times past I have often threaded my way on dark 
nights through the- boyhood woods, where I was fa- 
miliar with every path, nook and corner, and rather en- 
joyed the sights, sounds and sensations that such vigils 
brought. But the ways were even then beset with 
obstacles, “clear sailing” was not wholly mine. Here, in 
a strange piece of thick woods, intersected with ravines 
and gullies, our sensations, in consequence, were not of 
the, pleasantest sort. We were indeed in a dilemma. 
And then such gloom as enveloped us now! Could the 
traditional Egyptian darkness be worse? It encom- 
passed us like a shroud, twined its meshes around us, 
fairly bumped into us. Our matches had also received 


the “blue shivers” from our water soaked garments. 


at 


"| Se 


A faint phosphorescent glow was all that tewarded our 
efforts fer a light. 


Stumbling Through the Darkness. 


Meanwhile the rain came down harder than ever, but 
its yolume mattered little to us now. Jack admonished 
us to keep close and follow him. We followed, but 
somehow it was first this and then that one who would 
‘get separated. : Feeling my way along, a queer lonesome- 


' hess crept over me. I paused to listen, when I heard 


=e 


some one (Dowling it proved to be) say, “Who is 
here?” Prompt came-an answer, “I am (Phillips); let’s 
gather’ in.” So we ‘three gathered. Where the. others 
were -was of no consequence now. (I met them the 
next day.) 
laugh of Jack, enjoying himself, no doubt. - Having lost 
our guide we proceeded to dq some guiding ourselves. 
Yes, the way was rough. It seemed as though every 


fallen tree and log. had congregated in. our path to- 


worry us: (1 fell over three, at least.) .Sudden contacts 
with trees were no rarities; the rough surface of many 
a pine, maple,‘ oak and hickory did some promiscuous 


Fy 
5 = - 
‘ 


Carefully reaching the top of the 
he wasn’t . 


"Way \off in the woods we heard the familiar » 


raping against nose and cheek, :and, receding wet 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


branches wandered in uncertain lines across our faces 
with no gentle caressing touch. I didn’t roll down a 
gully; it was Dowling (1 heard him enter his protest). 
But I did step into a depression and-I thought it was 
six feet deep. Thus our path was mightily beset, until 
we entered what seemed like some kind of a clear road, 
At least there were no prostrate trees, logs, rough bark 
or receding branches. And a glimmer of light ahead! 
We had unwittingly stumbled on the road leading 
through the gully. The highway was just beyond. ~~ 


Out of the Coon’s Domains, 


The mud of the open road felt good. Better speci- 
mens of “Weary Willies’ never traveled in Coxey’s 
army as we trudged along. The moon. struggled 
through the clouds once or twice, and by its feeble light 
I consulted my watch, It was nearly 12 o’clock. The 
rain was still falling. The swishing of the water in 
‘Dowling’s shoes gave forth a painful sound. In the 
distance the lights of the village glowed aa aa 


like warmth and spirit. 


Adirondack Deer. 


Editor Forest.and Stream: 

The season for deer shooting in the Adirondack 
region is now well adyanced and the crack of repeating 
rifles and reports of breechloading shotguns are heard 
at frequent intervals throughout the wilderness. The 
mountains, hills and valleys are patrolled by vigilant 
huriters, some of whom are experienced in this line, and 
others whovare not, while lakes, ponds and marshes are 
posted with sentinels, who watch day and night for the 
coming of the timid deer. In those sections of the 
wilderness where lumbering operations haye been car- 
rred on and roads cut through thé woods the hunter 
finds it comparatively easy to make his way about, even 
though he does not pay especial attention to his bear- 
ings or the direction in which he is going. These 
roads are often several miles in length, and at intervals 
are crossed by others, so that a person can cover a good 
deal of ground in the course of a day and run little or 
no risk of becoming lost. In many places on these 
lumber roads there are long stretches where a view can 
be had for perhaps 50 rods or more up and down the 
line, and these afford advantageous points to watch for 
deer, particularly if their runways and the road intersect, 
as is often the case.- In certain localities these roads 
are a good deal frequented by deer, and the hunter is 
more likely to obtain a shot by keeping to them than 
he would be to plunge into the pathléss forest. Lumber- 
ing is being carried on so extensively that these roads 
can now be found in almost every part of the woods. 

Notwithstanding the great ntumber of hunters that 
have been and are in the wilderness this fall, and all 
the shooting that has been done, comparatively few 
deer have been killed. The woods have been extremely 


dry nearly all the fall and consequently still-hunting has _ 


been practically out of the question. It has been de- 


lightiul recreation walking about in the forest, but in spite | 


of the utmost care which could be exercised the hunter 


could not move so noiselessly as to enable him to get’ 


close to a deer. “The fallen leaves would be stire to 
rustle with every footfall, and dry twigs would crack with 


surprising frequency, so that the deer had early and’ 
timely warning of the hunter’s approach, and when a 


shot has been fired-it has usually been when the game 
was on the jump or run. Then, too, the foliage on the 
shrubbery in the woods is very dense and this has ren- 
dered it impossible to see far in any direction, excepting 
in occasional localities, where bushes do not abound. 
At present the leaves on the bushes are mainly of a 
bright yellow color, and they interfere very materially 
with the work of the hunter. The leayes on the large 
deciduous trees are falling rapidly, but those on the 
shrubbery are the last to drop. 

To be sure, there have been quite a number of deer 
killed in the Adirondacks this fall, but for the most part 
their capture has been largely due to luck, not perhaps 
wholly luck in the shooting, but in the opportunity 
therefor, Good examples of this were seen on the first 
day or two of the open season this year. 
morning of Sept. 1 a guide saw a big buck feeding in 
the cornfield near the Bald Mountain House, on Third 
Lake, Fulton Chain, and shot him without any trouble. 
Late in the afternoon of, the next day a party of four or 
five hunters, who were stopping in a cottage on Fourth 
Lake, started out with the intention of spending the 
night on a small pond, or ponds, watching for deer by 
moonlight. They had gone only a short distance from 
the cottage, however, when they started up three deer, 
and their guide shot a handsome buck, which fell dead 
in the highway. 
proportion to the number of shots fired the number of 
deer killed thus far has been small, and this fact is, no 


doubt, to a certain extent, due to the snap shots and. 
One . 
hunter who watched on a lake shore four or five even- — 


long range firing which has been necessary. 


ings and saw deer every night but one, sometimes. two 
or thrée deer together, admits having fired eight shots 
at one animal without injuring it, and shocting at sey- 
eral others, which he failed to hit. 
who have returned from the Adirondacks after scouring 
the locality they visited thoroughly for three or four 
weeks, did not get a single deer. They say the signs 
of deer are scarce, and give it as their opinion that the 
animals are not there any more, but have probably been 
killed off. It is believed, however, by those who are 
most familiar with the condition of things, that there 
are a great many deer in the woods, and that this fact 


will be evidenced by thé number-of animals killed lazer — 


in the season. 


‘The hunter who’ sticks to the lumber roads where - 


they can be found, not only stands a better chance of 


‘getting a good shot at a deer than he does when prowl- . 


ing arotind among the fallen tree-tops, where he can 
sée only a few rods in any diréction, but he lessens the 
risk of being shot himself by mistake through the 
carelessness Of some other person. is is a point 
which kas a good deal of weight with many, as 
accidental shootings have been so’ numerous in the 
wilderness during the past few’ yedrs that experienced 
hunters and guides are becoming very cautious in their 


. being mistaken for a bear. 
_ red, coats, jackets or shirts are the best things for woods 


Early on the’ 


Tt has already been intimated that in. - 


Some hunting parties, — 


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movements. It has been repeatedly demonstrated to 


the sorrow of many hearts—and homes that there are 


excitable, careless or thoughtless amateurs who are 
liable ‘to blaze. away at any suspicious looking»: dark 
object which they espy in the woods without pausing 
to see whether it is a man or a deer, or who unhesita- ~ 
tingly fire when they see a bush move and hear the.. 
bush ‘crack. Under ordinary circumstances these inex- 
perienced fellows might not be able to hit the side of a 
‘barn 20 rods distant, but nevertheless: their shots seém 
‘deadly accurate when aimed at a fellow mortal in the 
woods, and no- one cares to make a. target of himeelf 
for them to, €xperiment on, ~ E a 

Last year there were a score or more of shooting 
casualties in the Adirondack region, a number of which - 
were fatal. Thus far there has been only one shooting 
fatality this season, so far as can be learned, but that 
occurred last week. Howard Sitterly, aged 20 years, 
whose home was in Euclid, N. Y., while walking along 
a deer runway near Otter Lake, was mistaken for a deer 
and shot and killed. Jt is said fhat the man who, acci- 
dentally shot him has lived in the woods nearly all. his 
life. Ordinarily fatalities of this nature are occasioned 
by amateurs, as hunters of long experience usually make 
4 point of seeing clearly what they are shooting at. 

In view of the lamentable shooting accidents which 
have occurred in the past, every deer hunter should do 
all in his power to lessen the risk to himself and others. 
The man who kills his friend or guide, or perhaps, an, 
utter stranger, while hunting in the woods must neces- 
sarily undergo a seyere punishment from the agony of 
mind which follows the act, and time will fail to wholly 
obliterate the sad memory; but notwithstanding this 
fact it would seem that there ought to be a penalty. at- 
tached by law to carelessness when a hunter shoots a 
fellow being in mistake for a deer. Up in the woods of 
Lewis county, last week, a patty of young and ambitious 
sportsmen shot a valuable Jersey cow, having mistaken 
it for a deer, atid they had to settle with the owner for 
their carelessness, but when a human being is the 
victim the law provides no penalty. It seems to be a 
difficult matter, in fact, to frame an act which will ex- 
actly meet all requirements, and eyen with the most 
stringent laws accidents would still be liable to occur. 
In order, therefore, to reduce the danger to the mini- 
mum all hunters should exercise as much caution as 
possible. It is a wise and important rule never to shoot 
at an object unless you cati see the full outline and color 
sufficiently to enable you to swear to its identity. 
Another extremely important precaution is in the matter 
of costume. The hunter should never wear a brown or 
gray coat when in the wilderness during the shooting 
2eason, as when wearing either of these colors he may 
easily be mistaken for a deer by some not very careful 
sportsman. The writer has known of more than one 
instance where experienced hunters have leveled their 
Tifles at objects. which they supposed to be deer, but 
which subsequently proved to be men in brown clothes, 


. and only for the rule which these hunters had made for 


themselves, never to shoot at anything unless they could 
tell positively what it was, the long list of casualties 
from accidental shooting would probably have been in- 
creased. Black clothing should also be avoided as far 
as possible, as the person weating it runs the risk of 
Probably green, white or 


wear during the shooting season, and it is well to avoid 
brown or gray eyen in hat, vest or trousers. Many ex- 


_perienced woodsmen wear no coat when hunting, and 


their shirts are of some very light or bright color, so 
that they cannot easily be mistaken for a wild animal. 
There was one instance last year, on the Fulton Chain, 
where a young man shot and killed his brother, who 
wore a red sweater, mistaking him for a deer, but 
hunters will find that due care exercised in the matter 
of clothing will go far toward preventing accidents, 
Then if everyone will follow the rule never to-shoot 
until the game is positively identified, few, if any, of 
these sad mistakes will occur. 
W. E. Wotcorr. 


Utica, N. Y,, Oct. 12. 


New Hampshire’s Game. 


THE season of 1900 opened on Sept. 15. The usual 
prediction of birds being plenty has failed to be verified, 
as it has been doing more and more each year. On the 
morning of the opening J shot five grouse within-a mile 
of my house, I found them scarce and but two. small 
broods. Young birds as well as old were very wild and 
hard to find a second time. I have been out a few times 
since, and made out to get a few birds by working hard; 
but what a contrast to years past! In times past I could 
start ten birds easier than one now, and we have miles 
of good ground. 

There are several young fellows in this neighborhood 
who are would-be market-shooters. They sell every 
bird they can get. The price offered by our market 
men is considered high; yet, as one of my neighbors said 
(who has hunted day after day in every cover in this 
vicinity), “I can’t kill enough birds so far to pay for the. 
shoes I wear out.” TE" 

The account of the “Granite State’s Neglect” in . 
Forrest AND STREAM of Oct. 6 is well written. The 
truth, however, of how the lumber of the White Moun- 
tain region is being destroyed has not half been told. T 
will see that the above article of Forrest Anp: STREAM 
is reprinted in some of our local papers. 

New Hampshire will realize the necessity of better 
game and lumber protection when there is little of 
either to protect. 7 ‘€. M..Srarx, 

Douwsarron, N. Hi, Oct. 10. oe A : 


Carrier Pigeon Shot. 

New Yorx, Oct. rr.—A carrier pigeon, haying: the in- 
closed ring upon his leg, was shot by tiseee at Wiendce 
Island, Jones’ Inlet, south of Freeport, Long Island, Sun- 
day, Oct. 7, at about 3 P. M. The ring reads N H L gaoa. 
T send you the information, thinking that perhaps you may 
be able to notify the owner, who probably will be glad 


to know what has become of his bird. 


See the list of good things in Wooderat § 0% our adv, cols, 


308 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Oer. 20;° 1600). 


In the Old Dominion. 


cE “And, hark! I hear the pheasant’s muffled drumming, 
The Bob White whistles in the early morn; 

A drowsy bee mid purple asters humming 
The far, faint tenor of the hunter's horn, 


*And now from yonder beech trunk sheer and sterile, 

The rat-tat of the yellow-hammer’s bill; ne 
The sharp staccato barking of the squirrel, 4 
ty A, dropping nut, and all again is still!” 


Rep October is here—the old year’s pride, the sports- 
man’s joy! Decked in scarlet and gold he comes over the 
fields hke a crowned prince with a great tollowing of 
huntsmen in his train. 


Who does not long to follow him beyond the city walls - 


into the crisp woodlands, where the brown pheasant makes 
the echoes, to the dark dell where the woodcock rises 
on sudden wing, and over the fields where the soft thun- 
der of the rising covey quickens the pulses of the oldest 
huntsman ? 

But enough. I started out to report the outlook for 
‘sportsmen in the game fields of eastern Virginia. It is, as 
everywhere this season, unusually fine, owing to the dry 
suinmer just past. The coveys of quail are unusually 
large, and but for the forest fires that have undoubtedly 
destroyed many young coveys, it seems probable that there 
would be more than the land could support. When this 
happens, they invariably migrate to new feeding grounds. 
However, so long as the hawk and owl, arch enemies of 
the quail, are allowed to “increase and multiply” with no 
premium set upon their crafty scalps to hunt in season and 
out, night and day, 365 days and nights to the sportsman’s 
fifteen or twenty days in season, so long will all his legis- 
lation for the protection of game of this class be of no 
avail, and far better turn loose all the pot-hunters in 
America in the fields than suffer-these skilled hunts- 
men to prey upon the coveys from the time of in- 
cubation till the covey is destroyed. Why not divert 
the efforts of pot-hunters to the enemies of the birds by 
offering a premium on their scalps? This was done long 
ago in the Old Dominion. Why not now and everywhere? 

All small game is abundant this season—gray squirrels, 
hares, oppossums and coons. Deer are killed in about the 
usual numbers, but the flocks of wild tarkeys are said to 
be the largest ever seen here, thanks to the drought at 
breeding time, which to all but the sportsman was indeed 


an “ill wind,” L. P. Brow. 
LuMBERTON Va; 
’ Retribution, van 
Ts is the forest suburban; the murmuring pines and the hem- 
locks, 
Bearing the scars of the axe, and gray with the smudge of the 
camp-fire, 


Stand in silence, disconsolate, as one whom all hope has aban- 
doned; 

Dreaming of epochs primeval, and shuddering when in the distance 

Sounds the loud crack of the rifle, and the turbulent yelp of the 
sportsman. 

Sighing in helpless. submission at the throb of the hatchet descend- 
ing. 


Down through the glades of the forest, the Fool Killer stalks on 

his mission; : 

Responding with kindly grace to the boughs of the monarchs above 
him; 

Friendly was he with the trees, and all manner of Nature’s crea- 
tions; 

Listened he now to their woes, as the branches with fingers caress- 
ing, 

Whispered the story of shame, which told of the joss of their 
comrades, 

Telling in sorrowing tones the tale of the Rape of the Forest. 


Up rose the Fool Killer then, and sighing in calm resignation, 

Strode through the aisles of the forest straight to the camp of the 
hunters; 

Five of the Sportsmen there were, and clad in the raiments of 
Sportdom, a eal 

Laden with wampum and guns, sombreros and leggings and bug- 
juice; 

Beautiful picture it was, as the Fool Killer gazed on the tableau; 

Sighed as he pondered the reason, the Which, and the Why, and 
the Wherefore, 


Forth from tts soleleather casket the rifle is arawn, and its owner, 
Proud with the pride of possession, passes it round for inspection; 
Points to its carving fantastic, and showing the tricks of the safety, 
Testing the hammers with care, admiring the sheen of the barrels, 
When—bang! and four of the Sportsmen are erying in extenuation, 
The wail of the imbecile ever; “TI didn't know it was loaded,”’ 


Just as the sun is descending, in the flickering haze of the twilight, 

Perched on a log sits a man; indeed it is one of the Sportsmen, 

Watching and waiting to kills and clad in his garments of canvas, 

Furnished a mark for his friend. “He thought "twas a deer in a 
thicket,” 

Bang! and the sorrowing Sportsmen, reduced to a fripleét in num- 
bers, 

Were “Awfully sorry it happened,” and the Fool Killer smiled in 
his slumber. : 


Hushed is the ‘voice of the wave, as it kisses the cheek of the 
boulder, = 

Telling the story of him who fished for the leaping ouananiche: 

Rocking the slight canoe and laughing in reckless abandon, 

Shouting aloud with glee as his boatmates strove to dissaude him. 

Fishing now for him are the two disconsolate Sportsmen. 

And the Fool Killer smiled in his dreams, as he rested awhile from 
his labors, 


Stepping ashore from his boat, and dragging his rifie behind-him, 
Tangled the hammer and oarlock. But the tale is as old as the 
mountains: , i 
One Sporisman alone is lefts and the Foo! Killer stirred from his 

slumber, , ; so 
Knowing full well that the fool is immune from his personal folly, 
Grimly whetted his axe, and—hark to the chant of the Foresv] 
“Slowly grind the mills of the gods, but exceedingly fine is the 
output.” De, F. J. Teuserss. 
LAnsingepnen, N.Y. : 


Nee a alte pts oe 


—d 


_ bréd in captivity. 


American Wildfowi and How to 
Take Them.—VI, 


BY GEORGE BIRD GRIN NELL. 


Carry [Cboatinued frou page B06.) — : 
Barnacle Goose. 
Branta leucopsis (Bechst.). 
Another species of this group is the barnacie godse 
(Braitta leucopsis), which is entitled te mention here 


only to complete the list of eur wildfowl. It is a strag- 
sler from Europe, where it is very common. No doubt 


it regularly occurs in Greenland. A specimen has been 
taken near Rupert Howse, at the southern end of Hud- 
son Bay, and others in Nova Scotia, on Long Island and 


BARNACLE GOOSE, | i 1! 


in Gurtituck Sound, in North Carolina, It is Hot & bird 
likely to be met with by the sportstiet, and yet if met 
with it should at once be fepotted, since every instance 
of its capture is of interest. It is a small bird, only a 
little larger than a brant, and may be known by its 
having almost the whole head white. The lores—that 
is to say, the space between the eye and the bill—the back 
af head, neck and breast, are black; the wings and back 
are gray, the feathers being tipped by a black bar and 
margined with white. The under parts are pale atayish; 


the bill, feet and legs black. The young have the white 
cheek patches dotted with black, and the feathers of the 
back tipped with reddish-brown. 

Tt seems noteworthy that the few specimens of this 
bird taken in America differ from specimens from Europe 
in being somewhat paler, 

The barnacle goose breeds in great numbers in Siberia 
and Spitzbergen, and it is found in winter very abun- 
dantly on the west coast of Great Britain and the north 


Wipe, WM 
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LULLED 
Wy 


BLACK BRANT. 


coast of Ireland. In some places in England the, barnacle 
goose has been to 


Brant. 
Branta bernicla (Linn.). 


Two species of brant, known as the brant or brant 
goose (Branta bernicla), and the black brant (Branta 
migricans), occupy respectively the Atlantic and Pacific 
coasts of America, Both are salt water birds, and, as a 


rule, ‘do not venture inland. They are found almost ex- 


some extent domesticated; and! has 


clusively on tide waters, although stragglers ‘have’ oc- 
casionally been taken in the Mussissipp: Valley. The 
ordinary brant of the Atlantic coast 1s common to the 
Old and the New World. Both these species are small 
geese, hut little larger thati Ross’ Bo08e, whieh, as 
already stated, is about the size of a mallard duck. Thé 
common brant has the head, neck, breast and fore baek 
black, with narrow touches of white on either side of the 
heck, just beloW tht Hedd. The upper parts are brownish- 
gray, much as in the Canada goose, but é4¢h feather is 
narrowly margined with grayish, The under parts 4ré 
grayish-white, fading into pure white on the belly, the 
upper and under tail coverts being also white. The middle 
of the rump and the quill feathers of the wing are blackish. 
The tail is black, as are the bill, legs and feet. The young 
is not noticeably different, except that the white touches on 
theyneck are likely to be absent, and white bars cross the 
Witig, fofitied by the white tips of the secotidary feathers. 

Vhe black brant, or Paeifie brant, Branta nigricans 
(Lawr.), is similar to its easterh relative, but instead 


of havite the faiht white feck totiches, it Has a broad 


white collar about its neck, which, however, d6és fot quite 
meet behind. The general color of this bird is much 
darker than that of its eastern relative. The upper parts, 
wings and under parts are dark brown, ift sharp cotiirast 
to the white belly and upper and under tail coverts. The 
length is about 25 inches, and the wing 124 inches: 

The brant has the fepiitation of being the bird that goes 
furthest Horth to breed, and until re-efitly its Hest was 
unknown. Captain Fielden found the hrzt test and exes 
in latitude 82 degrees 33 minutes horth, and subseqtently 
many others in the same neighborhood. These tiests wére 
on the beach, near the water:.. [tj Greerlaad Dr, Walker; 
who found this abetied Hedt Godthaab, as well ds in the 
mouth of Bellot's Straits, found nests built ii the eliffs 
which formed the sides of the strait. On the Europeati 
side of the water the bird has been found breeding in 

reat numbers at Spitzbergen, where the ground was 
ound to be coveted with its nests. i 

During i$ migtatiots the brant appears on the New 
England coast iti Getobet of November, and is found from 
thefe sotith Moke the Atlatitic ds fat’ 48 Sotith Caroliiia. 
Its fayorite wintering ground seems to be the cbdsts of 
Virginia and North and South Carolina, where it remaitis 
in great flocks all winter, unless driven further south- 
ward by extremely severe weather. It is a gentle, unsus- 
picious bird and is readily decoyed. On the Massachusetts 
coast it is killed chiefly in spring on the sand bars, to 
which it resorts for the purpose of sanding. Jn its more 
southern haunts it is commonly shot from a battery or a 
bush blind: ty , i 

Bratit do fot dive for theif food, but feed in the samie 
way as do geese, swans and other shoal watet PLUK 
by stretching the long neck down to the boftemi atid 
puling up the grass that grows there. It is thus ev.- 
dent that they can only feed at certain stages of the 
tide. 

Brant are not uncommon in captivity. and are tsed 
in New England as decoys on the sand bars. The flocks 
of migrating birds rately éome up to the land or to points 
of marsh where there is afiy opporttitity for concealment. 
and thus few are shot ffom thé shore, except on the bars. 

The range of the black brant has already been i vert, 
Two or three specimens have been taken on the Atlantic 
coast, but these were merely stragglers. On the Pacific 
coast i wititer_it is found on salt water bays and estu- 
aries, from the Stra‘ts of Fuca sotith te San Diego. They 
make their appearance iti Octobet, and leave again in 
April, ] he 

Black brant appear to be very little shot, flotwith= 
standing their great numbers. On their northward tit- 
gration they tsually proceed in small flocks of from 
twenty to fifty, but at times collect in such immense num- 
bers that great quantities of them ate killed: This 1s 
especially true if the birds have to wait near the edge of 
the ice for the northertt waters, which they are seeking, to 
become open. =: , 1 

The black brant breeds tear the Afctic Ocean. Mr. 
Macfarlane found their tests oti Tittle islatids in fresh 
water ponds or in rivers, and saw tatty others on the 
shores or on islands in Franklin Bay. The umber of 
eggs In a nest was usually five. * 

In its migration this species follows the Alaskan coast. 
over the Bering Sea, passing outside of St. Michael’s 
Island, proceeding to Stewart’s Island and thence north- 
ward across the open sea to Golofin Sound. They are 
found in Norton Sound by the middle of May, and breed 


Where Are the Game Constabl. s? 


East Rockaway, Long Island, N, Y., Oct. 15.—The 
meadows and woods were overrun with pot-hunters yes- 
terday. They violated the law, both by killing robins, 
larks atid rabbits, but also in gunning on Sunday. No 
effort was made to stop them, Friday night a net was 
hauled in the mill pond above Charles Davison’s mill, and 
two large striped bass were caught. They weighed 29 and 
32 pounds, It is said that four bass have been seen in the 
pond, and that a fish ttap has been set to catch the other 
two, The game constables do nothing to prevent the 
illegal gunning or fishing. To whom should we appeal? 
QOUABAUE. 


A snake came near breaking up the prayer méet‘ng in 
the Flemington Baptist Church last night. While the 
meeting was in progress'a woman stiddenly discovered’ 
the snake wriggling down the aisle. Others saw it about - 
the same time, and: there came near being a panic. The 
cooler heads averted this, however, and one of the male 
members asked the leader to discontinue the services until 
he had killed the reptile. It was soon dispatched and the 
meeting was resumed. It was just an innocent little 
garter snake, a foot long, but some of the ladies were — 
willing to aver that it was a 10-foot rattler. with eighty- 
seven tattles and a button.—Philadelphia Record. © 


Take inventory of the good things in this issue of 
Forest and Stream. Recall. what a-fund was given 
last week. Count on what is to come next week 
Was there ever in all the world a more abun ant 
weekly store af enartsmen’s reading? — es 


Ocr, 20, 1900.] 


| A* September Afternoon. 


= oe 

A vast expanse of prairie, dotted here "anit there with 
spots of darker green, where the rushes grow from the 
muddy bottoms of the ponds, and there are also a few 
squares here and there of dun-colored stubble lying 
alongside other squares of corn. The sun shines through 
the thin haze of smoke with a lazy warmth. The drowsy 
hum of a threshing machine comes from the edge of one 
of the big patches of stubble, and the cloud of dust it 
raises floats slowly away in the lazy drift of air. Away 


* down near the other end of the stubble three brant are ~ 


looking for shattered grains of wheat with one eye, and 
watching the threshermen with the other. 

“A man catrying a gun and followed by an old setter 
comes over the top of a knoll and sits down on its top 
to rest a little and take a look. He sees the three brant, 
picking wheat out of the stubble. He wants one of them, 
but how is he to get it? 
the foot-high stubble. It seems a hopeless case, but the 
more he looks at the brant the more he wants them, 
until it seems as if he just must have one of them. There 
is a big weed some 60 yards from the brant. and by 
making a detour of neatly half a mile the weed can be 
put between the man and the brant, so he goes back over 
the knoll and out of sight. Presently he peeps over the 
top of the knoll in another place, and lies down, not to 
crawl toward the brant, but literally to drag himself on 
his belly for 400 yards. His clothing matches the color 
of the dead stubble, and so does the color of the Jemon- 
colored dog. As the man goes down he gives the dog a 
word of caution, and the dog gets down and crawls along 

‘his master’s trail. When the brant are looking for grain 
the man drags himself along, and when they raise their 
heads he flattens himself on the ground and lies still, and 
this is very often, for the brant are suspicious, and if the 


men at the threshing machine were not attracting’ most - 


of their attention the man would soon be discovered. 
It takes over half an hour to get to the big weed, but 


at last it is reached, and he takes a cautious peep. It 


looks a long ways to the brant. All of 60 yards, and 
hardly worth while to shoot. However, he has some 
extra heavy loads of No, 4 shot, and will try them a 
“couple of times for luck, and perhaps he can get a little 
closer before they fly; but the instant he pokes his head 
around the weed every brant head goes up. They are 
about ready to fly anyway, for the threshing machine 
has stopped, and the men are watching the man with the 
gun. As they are well bunched now is the time to shoot, 
so he suddenly rises to his knees and gives it to “em. 
Whoop! Winged one, and one of the other two goes 
away as if it had not been touched. The dog 1s sent 
for the winged one, but the man keeps his eyes on the 
two that are flying away. Aiter they have gone half a 
mile one of them “lets go,” and tumbling over and over 
falls on a plowed field. Then the men at the thresher 
give a yell of sympathy and approyal, and resume their 


Jabor; and the man goes over the plowed field and finds 


the brant lying on its back with its feet in the air. 
; _ ©. H. Hampton. 


Choke-Bored Guns. 


Earby in the sixties the gun store in Concord, New 


Hampshire, was owned by John I. Eastman. Eastman. 


was considered the best all round shot in the State, and 
1 do not think his equal has been seen here since. He 


was an expert, wing shot, as_no doubt some of the old. 


time sporismen recall, who knew him-in the days when 
in the covers around Concerd, woodcock and grouse 
were abundant. London and Canterbury and other ad- 
jacent towns in those days were known to-a few as first- 
rate grounds, not only for local birds, but in fight time. 
At rifle shooting, and also with a pistol, Eastman was 
equally expert. Chicken and turkey shoots were numer- 
-ous then, and the way in which Eastman knocked over 
turkeys at from forty to sixty rods was rather discour- 
aging to those who set them up. 
Eastman had the reputation of 


He would guarantee 


hard shooting guns. ( : 
in a -12-inch circle 


very close, 


To pellets oi No. 8 shot Z 
at cight rods, using 114 ounces or less of shot. The 
first choke-bore | ever saw was of his boring. I was a 


boy then, and one afternoon T was out with a high 
priced English gun, when I met a local hunter, who 
aiter admiring my gun said he had one whith would 
outshoct it. He produced a very cheap looking gun, 
and we tried both at targets. His gun beat mine aboitt 
four to one. Afterwards I saw some guns of the same 
boring. Usually the barrels were bored to within 
about one-eighth of an inch of muzzle, leaving what 
looked like a ring of small wire just at muzzle. He 
also used sometimes what he called the hammer choke, 
a light hammer being used on the muzzle. Now 
the gun makers of to-day would say that such 
methods of choking a gun would not be at all durable, 
and probably it wou'd not, as guns are now used with 
nitro powder and chilled shot, but as guns were used in 
Eastman’s time they were said to hold their close shoot- 
ing for a long time. 
There was one gun owned by a well known sports- 
man of Concord which I wish to mention. This gun 
was a light twelye bore, made by Hollis & Sheath. 
Some time in 1864 the owner took this gun to Eastman, 
asking him to make it shoot as close as possible. The 
gun was first bered on what Eastman called a long 
choke, something like the taper choke of to-day. The 
hammer choke ,was also added, At an 8-inch ring 
at eight rods this gun would pattern over 200 pellets, 
using one otince of No. 8 shot. At eighty yards, 


using, as I was told, No..6, shot, it- would average 


from six to eight pellets in a 6-inch circle. The owner 
shot a fox at eight rods, using No. 8 shot, killing 
him instantly. He said he shot at the fox’s head, and it 
looked as though about the whole load struck it. The 
ears locked like a sieve on account of shot-holes. The 
gun shot with great penetration and always shot to the 
Scenery. a) - ‘ ah. 
*~ “The “owner said that practically for about any sort 
-of game shooting the gun wa’ useless, when he hit a 
itd it was spoilt, and that it would cut to pieces any 


There is no cover except’ 


choke-boring the 
muzzleloading shotguns of those days. and producing 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


gray squirrel, no matter how tall a tree it was on. 


This gun was sold to some one in Salem, Mass., and 
I am told it beat easily every gun there shot against it. 
During the winter of 1885 I saw, at New Orleans, a 
celebrated gun made by W. W. Greener, which had 


_ been treated at {he muzzle with a hammer by its owner 


The gun in question was Dr. W. F. Carver's celebrated 
“Qld Widow,” and when I saw it it showed plainly the 
hammer treatment. 

The modern choke bores all shoot pretty well, and 
many of them too close for cover shooting, yet L think 
there are times when some of us would like to own 


such a close shooting gun as the Concord one I have 


spoken of I know I tried for some years to get a gun 
for our style of fox hunting. I tried a number of guns 
irom twelve to eight bores and also about every shot 
concentrator I could hear of, Some years since I saw 
a light gun one barrel of which was bored on what was 
called the rife choke. The owner of the gun said that 
he could kill at every shot a’ single duck sitting in the 
water at eighty yards. Shortly afterwards I saw the 
agents of this gun, and said that I wanted to get a gun 
which would shoot close enough with large shot to kill 
a fox at one hundred yards. They thought they could 
furnish a ten-bore on the rifle choke system, which 
with single B shot would kill a fox at every shot at 125 
yards. I ordered two guns with the understanding that 
I was to give them a good trial at a target the size of 
an ordinary fox standing broadside at 125 yards, and if 
the guns wold average three pellets in the target I 
would take them. Some three months later the guns 
arrived, and I spent half a day making targets with 
them. They were both complete failures at all distances 
down to forty yards. JI packed up both guns with the 
targets made’ and sent them back, and never heard of 
them afterwards. 

Now the full choke bored guns of to-day shoot pretty 
well. The trouble I find with many of them (and I 
have giyen the most careful trials to a good many) is 
that they do not shoet to the center of the target shot 
at. They will shoot high, low or to right, and often 
to get such patterns as the makers claim, a large target 
has to be used and the 30-inch circle selected. 

Some years since, when the fen-bore was used a good 
deal, a party of duck shooters were at Currituck. There 
was considerable talk at might about long range shoot- 
ing. A sportsman present said his gun would average 
three No. 8 shot in a target the size of a silver 
dollar, at ten rods distance. The result ‘was a het of 
ten dollars a side for ten shots. Every time the gun put 
three or more pellets in the target it won a dollar, and 
when it failed it lost a similar amount, The trial came off 
on a_still day. and, the gun failed in ten shots to put 
a single pellet in the target. I would suggest 
to any of the owners of what they think extra close 
shooting guns the following test: Measure exactly forty 
yards from the muzzle’ of the gun. 
that distance and put one of anv of the targets now 
nsed for trapshooting on the stake, with edge toward 
the gun. Shoot say five strings of ten shots each, and 
see how many times you can break ten straight. Simply 
knocking the target off the stake does not count—it 
must be broken, in. at least two pieces. Trv it and let 
us hear about it. : €. M. Stark, 
Dunearrox, N. H, Oct. 16.’ 


The Maine Guide Law. 
Boston, Oct, 13.—The celebrated Maine guide case is 


settled, and probably settled for all time. The Snowman 
case. which ‘has claimed the attention of the Maine courts 


for the past two or three years, has evidently been settled, - 


and the Commissioners are victorious. Doubtless others 
with similar cases will accept Snowman’s as a test case, 
fully testing the license guide law. Elmer Snowman, 
one of the oldest and best known guides of the Rangeley 
region, a man well liked by. all who have ever employed 
him, ‘a good citizen and a gentleman, conceived the idea 
that the law requiring a guide to take out a license is 
oppressive and unconstitutional. He resisted in the 
vear 1898. and attempted guiding without the required 
license. He was arrested and arraigned for guiding with- 
out a license. He stood trial by jury. which convicted 
him. 
Foster & Hersey, of Portland, filed exceptions, and made 
motion for arrest of judgment. The case subsequently 
went to the law court. May ro, 1896. The law court 
rendered its decision, overruling exceptions: as to in- 


sufficiency of indictment and as to the constitutionality: 


of the statute under which thé indictment was found, but 
sustained exceptions as to the charge of the presiding 
justice to the jury. On these exceptions Snowman’s 
counsel advised him to ask for a new trial, and in it he 
was also supported by brother guides and associations of 
guides. The new trial was granted, but somehow Snow- 
man has weakened, and at the present term of court at 
Farmington he has withdrawn his plea of not guilty and 
has been fined by Judge Whitehouse $50. Revort says 
that Mr..Snowman has naid this fine and asked for a 
license for etiiding. Will the Commissioners grant it? 
Newspaper rumors have it that they will. The case has 
excited a great deal of interest, inasmuch as it has in- 
volved a guide of so much note, and must be regarded 
as a test of the constitutionality of the lay _- - 

Oct. 15.—Still the reports show that hardly one-half the 
number of deer are being taken in Maine that were taken 
for the corresponding time a year ago. 
of Saturday savs the total number of deer passing through 
that city for the season to date has been 224; same time 
last year, 492. Still. the week showed, a gain of twenty- 
four deer over the first week of the season. Other ont- 
lets to: the. big-game sections of-that State do not make 
as good a. showing as the section above Bangor. From 
the Rangeley section very few deer have been broucht. 
The section ahove Bingham makes even a nooter showing 
rempared with a vear ago. From foolish renorts abont 
deer in great abundance. the naners given fo baominge the 
game regions have come around to admittine that deer 
are not as nlenty as last vear. but still abundant. They 
have also fixed un several excuses for the small number 
brought out, one bene the warm weather, makine sports— 
men not cate to bring out their trophies; another the 
jdea that wet weather and falling leaves have made hunt- 


Drive a stake at- 


His counsel, then Enoch Whitcomb, but later , 


A-Bangor special 


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ing difficult and. unproductive. 


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But the true answer comes 
from sportsmen returned—the deer are not there.’ C. E. 
Sprague, A. Kilgore and.F. Vaughn, of Boston, and Mr. 
Kimball, of Fitchburg, have returned from, their hunting 
trip to. Portage Lake, Aroostook county, They got only 
one or two small deer, though hunting for ten or tweive 
days ina good game section. Mr, Krank Gannong, of the 
Boston Herald, is back from a hunting trip to the woods 
above Caribou. He got no deer; saw but very few. . 
Mr, C. H. Fairbanks has returned from his annual 
shooting trip to the Megantic preserve, where he was 
accompanied by Mrs. Fairbanks. They propose building 
an ideal log camp of their own on the grounds of. the 
preserve. He saw several deer, and got a good buck, 
but did not see half as many as he saw on the same 
grounds a year ago. He also found partridges very, scarce 
where they wete plenty a year ago. The guides account 
for this under the theory that the chicks were;killed by the 
wet weather in June and July, when it rained in that part 
oi the country every day, more or less, for seyen weeks, 
Mr. W. R. Bateman has returned from the same preserve. 
He was fortunate enough to secure a bear as well as a buck 
deer with six prongs to each antler E, M. Gillam,, of 
the Boston Advertiser, was out with the boy in the Read- 
ing woods after partridges Friday morning. The dog 
worked finely and put up one bird, which the boy shot. 
They also secured a rabbit or two. They think partridges 
in their section are about the same as last year as to 
numbers, but wild and very hard to get. Mr. John G. 
Wrisht has been absent for a couple of weeks, quartered 
at the home of the Cominodore Club, Moose Lake, Me. 
He is an active meniber of that club, and much interested 
in testocking the waters with trout and salmon. The 
salmon are doing well, his party having hooked on to one 
or two good ones before the law came on, but being un- 
accustomed to handling such lively fish. the prizes got 
away. They had fine white perch fishing, 
SPECIAL. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


The Rockies. 


Cuicaco, I., Oct. 13.—This morning Billy Hofer, of 
Gardiner, Mont., stepped into the office just as though he 
belonged here, and I reckon maybe he does while he is in - 
this part of the world. Billy is just back from a trip of 
forty-five days with two gentlemen prominent in the 
affairs of the Winchester Repeating Fire Arms Com- 
pany, and as usual he was successful in showing: his 
clients plenty of game, each killing his legal two head. 
of elk without the slightest difficulty, and both getting 
yery fine heads. The hunt was made south and sovtheast 
ot the Yellowstone Park, and the party saw probably over 
600 elk in all. and took their time in getting the speci- 
mens they wished. They had along a Wyoming licensed — 
guide, as the law requires, and, of course, had to take out 
Wyoming game licenses. Billy says that the local guides 
kick on the Wyoming law. They don’t mind it so much 
if a non-resident has to pay $40, but they hate to dig out 
$10 themselves. That seems to make the law more of a 
personal matter. 

The Winchester party had a very pleasant time, and 
put in a part of the time in fishing for trout, of which 
they took abundance in the Snake River, the Buffalo 
Fork and other streams which they met on their voyaging 
through the mountains, which extended as far southeast 
as the corner of the Wind River range. Billy says that 
this year the elk horns are the best he has ever seen, or at 
least has seen for years. The past two winters have been 
mild, the food good and everything has conspired to make 
the big game tat and comfortable, so that the elk had full 
opportunity for expansion in the matter of horns. 

A peculiar incident took place during this trip, which 
shows the occasional lack of brains on the part of a 
naturally shrewd wild animal. They were traveling along 
through the mountains one day, with their pack train, hav- 
ing two or three sets of elk antlers lashed on top of the 
packs. They heard an elk whistling, and presently he 
came into sight. Instead of running away, he stood and 
took a good look at the caravan of horses, and seeing the 
horns sticking up seemed to think that he had rtin across 
a new sort of elk, which none the less he was plenty willing 
to tackle on general principles. He came on down within 
50 yards of the pack train, challenging all the time, and 
seeming to be surprised that he could not pick a fight. 

Billy tells me that snow fell in the Park on Aug. 19, and 
it has snowed since then regularly, and the outlook is for 
lots of snow. He says the coyotes are very numerous in 
the Park now, and th’nks they may make trouble for the 
antelope. The antelope have come down in numbers on 
the Gardiner Flats already, the earliest date of their ap- 
pearance there ever known, Oct. 3 seeing them there 
in numbers. It must be prettv bad up in the moun‘ains 
to drive them down so early. The party saw some buffalo 
Sign while en route through the Park. but did not see 
any buffalo. The Government is building a wagon road 
through the lower part of the Park out to Cody. on the 
Burlington road, and this work probably drove the buffalo 
away trom near the Yellowstone Lake region. 


- Billy tells me that thie whole Northwest is flooded, the 


fall having been a very wet one. Grass is a foot or 
eighteen inches high in North Dakota now, and is plum 
green instead of déad and dry looking, as is usvally the 
case. Between this city and St. Paul, on the Milwaukee & 
St. Patil Railroad, there haye been such heavy floods that 
for six days no train got through on ene section of the 
road. Just this side of Portage. Wis., Billy saw a singular 
thing. There had been a freshet near there which had 
flooded one of the :wamps. and anparently it had driven 
ot of the swamp all the spiders that ever had lived there. 
They had taken refuge on the railway embankment and 
had spufi webs until the clay and gravel were almost en- 
tirely ohseured from view. Every one has noticed how 
plainly a web’shows when covered with dew of a morning. 
Billy says that it was a strange and wonderful sicht this 
morning when-‘they came through there. It has an- 
parently been a good spider year up in that part nf Wis- 
consin, for the tra’n passed through water which was 
literally covered with them. They Jay in-windrows, and 
pie wind blew ridges of the dead spiders up along the 
shore. 

Wildfowl of all sorts are reported very abundant this 


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fallout in the Nellowstone country, and Billy Hoier. thinks . 


that.thig is a-good game:year for all sorts of game in. the 
West. 
Singular Fall Weather. 


This has been a peculiar sort of fall in this part of the 
world, and what Mr. Hofer says is only further instance 
of:a singular’ season. It has been very wet all over Wis- 
consin and Minnesota for.some time, especially, the last 


thirty. days, and at Chicago.we have had.a very warm and 
ope fall*thits far. It is indeed quite like.spring, and not 
only have the human beings felt the resemblance to muld. 


springtime, but the shrubs and trees have .been utterly 
deceived. A great many trees have shed their annual 
coat. of leaves, and are now upon the point of putting out 
btids for a second crop. In the parks of the city and im 
the. woods adjoining here the sprouts and. buds are well 
advanced on their second growth for the year,. We willl 
have allsorts of odd things happen if this warm. spell 
holds out. In: the woods near here there are said to be 
violets in bloom, though this is not supported by any direct 
testimony... 7 eae 

It may be imagined what effect such unusual weather 
is having upon our shooting season. All calculations are 
upset. The jacksnipe are no longer in evidence, and may 
have gone north or south, as one chooses to guess at it. 
The duck flight is not yet at hand in any unmistakable 
extent, nor can we do more than guess at the time-when 
it-may be expected. It is thought that the duck crop ts 
better than ordinary, for plenty of water nearly always 
means plenty of ducks, but since the high water has 
extended over a wide part of the Northwest the birds may 
bevery widely scattered, and the shooting not so heavy as 
it sometimes is at points which always have water when 
other regions are dry. P 

J do not know of any shooting near Chicago this week 
worth mentioning, though I understand that some of the 
Swan Lake Club members are going down there to-day 
and Monday next, which looks as though there might be a 
tip in ftom there. No word has come up to-day from 
Koutts, Ind., saying that it is worth while to try it there 
for’ jacksnipe, and no reports would seem to make it a 
cinch fora bag at any of our better known localities. Mr. 
C. H: Willoughby is among those who will try Swan Lake 
this coming week. Mr. Willoughby, by the way, is just 
Back fromi Ashley, Minn., where he had a very successful 
duck shoot this past week. Ay 
--At this writing there is no report of any approaching 
cold waye or storm to the north or northwest of here. . 


The Diving of Crippled Ducks. 


“1 believe that the first thing I ever wrote for the good 
old Forest anp STREAM dates back to about 1881, and if 
my recollection serves it was a description. ofa trip two 


or three of us boys had recently had in floating down the ° 


Skunk River of Iowa in the fall, and shooting ducks along 
the ice banks that had formed along the river. It was 
just about Thanksgiving time, but very cold that. year: 
We got a good many ducks, and I remember very. clearly, 
even to-day, how much trouble: we had in getting the 
birds we knocked down unless they were killed stone 
dead. ‘They were sure to dive and hide under the ice if 
they had a bit of vitality left to dive with, and we lost a 
great many birds in that day’s shoot. We had only 
muzzleloaders and black powder, of course. I never have 
had just such an experience as we did that day, nor 
ever. seen ducks act so strangely. They seemed too cold 
to fly, and would skulk and hide rather than take wing. 
The ducks we killed were mostly mallards, that species 
being the latest to leave the central part of Towa in. the 
fall, and upon rare occasion lingering around open water 
holes well into the winter time. There was but a little 
pen water in the céntér of the river at the time we made 
this trip. ; ies 
I presume every shooter who has very much expérience 
has seen ducks strike the water and then mysteriously 
disappear, never to be seen again. I for one can recall 
many such experiences, though never one so extensive as 
that of the trip down the Skunk River above mentioned. 
Once, I can recollect, when I was a boy, I knocked: down 
two, mallards that rose out of a little shallow smartweed 
slough ahead of me. They both fell in the water; which 
-was hardly over 18 inches in depth at any point, and which 
was covered partly from view by a growth of weeds that 
stuck up all over the surface. Boylike, I plunged into the 
‘water, boots and all, not even waiting for the old: dog, a 
very good retriever, to take his share of the performance. 
But, though both dog and boy did their best for nearly 
-an hour in and around that shallow little slough, we never 
“saw, hide nor hair of either ‘of those mallards again, and I 
had to go home with a story at which everybody scoffed 
“except my father, who had perhaps had -similar luck him- 
self some, day. . +e 
.» A shooter out in Minnesota writes to a local paper of 
that State this week upon this yery subject of the diving 
_of crippled ducks, and what he says is of interest-to 
shooters, many of whom may bring to memory such ex- 
periences as my own when seeing the subject mentioned 
‘as: it is herein: ; 
“Le Sueur. Minn., Oct. 9.—It is a well-authenticated 
_dact, and known to all ornithologists and’ duck hunters. 
that a wounded duck will often dive and apparently not 
- come to: the surface again, although the place is watched 
-for hours. In scientific works where this is spoken of it 
is accounted for by saying that the duck catches hold of 
grass or roots under,the water and either drowns or dies 
of its wounds in a few minutes, the death rigor of the 
jaws preyenting the body from coming to the surface. 
-This.theory is probably correct as regards ducks dying of 
-their wounds; but that they must otherwise drown is 
-certainly not correct in all cases, as some well authenti- 
ated -instances have proven in the case of spoonbills and 
‘sawhills,. good. divers, but-it is not likely they possess any 
i marked ability over all other water fowls for remaining 
painder-wateEt 6 oeoes uc oh, Lo Papa ems 
. "A -sawbill was wounded and dove on being pressed by 
the-dog.. After swimming around for some ‘time the dog 
-took refuge on some rtishes hear by ‘and reftised to come 
- when called: The hunter went to dinner and remained 
‘-away-at least an hour and a half, and on ‘his return found 
~the-dog-still on. the watch... As the dog. insisted that: the 
duck was there, the man made a search for if. which’ took 
considerable time, as the moss was thick, with nearly a 
font of water over jt, When taken from the water the 


bequest they came to me. 


—<Vhe Phrest. Ann STREAM ‘is. put to. 


FOREST - AND:ISTREAM.: 


en NE ee FE —- - Se ees | = 
duck was found to havea broken wie: but ‘étherwisé was 


by its long immersion. ~~ 
“The second case was on 
spoonbill. This duck dove on‘being shot, the hunter -wait- 
ing some fifteen minutes for tt to come up, then went out 
and found the duck ‘hanging to some moss” just where it. 


had gone down. It was plainly in ‘sight, and ‘after 


watching it for a few minutes he pushed it loose. when 
it Swam away and’ was shot on coming to the surface.’ ~ 


“Tn each instance the duck was under water longer than. « 


it could hold its breath, which is the ordinaty method' of 


water fowl when diving, and it would seem that nature 


had provided them’ with .some means of living beneath 
the water for a considerable length of time, if 
mained perfectly quiet. It is possible the position they as- 
sume, the body being directly over the head, has’ some- 
thing to do with it, and it may be their condition a1 such 


times might be a suspended animation, or what in-a personi 


would be called a trance state, as they pay no attention 
to a slight disturbance, allowing themselves to be handled. 
It requires considerable effort to loosen them from the 
grass or moss to which they are attached.” I 


It is commonly supposed that the marsh ducks or shal- 


low water ducks—“puddle ducks” they call them in the 
South—cannot dive to any depth in the water, and can- 
not secure food when it comes to going over their heads 
after it. I presume every shooter has seen a Hock of 
mallards standing on their heads in the watér, tugging at 
roots or other food stabmerged in the water, and from 
seeing this has thought that the birds could not go any 
deeper than their length. This I do not belieye to be the 
case. I have earlier by some years in these columns men- 
tioned what I took to be a change of habit in the mallard 
duck in the region of ;Puckaway Lake, Wis., where these 
birds were so persecuted by the gunners that they were 
forced to feed at night or in the open water in the day 
time. It was stated by close observers there that the 
mallards could and did dive in 4 feet of water to feed, and 
that they fed in with the bluebills and other deep-water 


ducks. I know that a wounded mallard can dive all right, 

and am disposed to think that a sound one can if it 

wants to. 1 oe 
Two Guns. 


My old friend J. B, H. was a sportsman of the old 
school, and for the best part of his life used the muzzle- 
loader, both’ rifle and: shotgun. When he was fourteen 
years old, back in obd Virginia, his father gave him a 
rifle, a muzzleloading squirrel rifle, such as the riflemen 
of Andrew Jackson used’ at New Orleans, and-such_as 
the hunters of America made famous for a century. This, 
was a flint-lock rifle:then, long-barreled, small-bored, with: 
the wood extended clear out to the muzzle. There is no 
name of any maker on'the gun, which would surprise the 
shooter of to-day. I prestume some blacksmith of the 
mountains made this ancient ‘rifle, and surely he made it 
honestly. It was ever a grand arm for close shooting, and: 
many is the rabbit and squirrel I have killed with it-my- 
self, for it was the first gun T-eyer shot in,my life. When 
the flint lock went out, this old rifle was. altered to use 
the “pill percusston” lock. Then ‘it was changed again to 
the percussion cap of later days, suchas was used ip to. 
the time breechloaders came in. J. B.-H. used this gun 
all his life, so long as he shot a rifle, and I do not think 
he ever fired a breechloading rifle in his life. He killed 
deer with this little bullet, and even got buffalo with it 
when he crossed the’ plains in the'early~’60’s. ~~ 

Up to the time J. B. H. was middle aged, he had rather 
a dislike for any man who would use a scatter gun. Then 
he moved from old Virginia owt iritto-lowa, away back in 
1854. Soon after that time he got him a shotgun, and it 
was a singular sort of gun—very good, too, in its day and 
way. I never saw but one other gun like it, and we got 


that also, and so had a pair of them. The barrels were. 


stub twist, and the stock was made in one short piece’ of 
wood, into which a spike or rod extended back from the 
metal cover of the locks. The locks were altogether en- 
cased in this malleable iron cover, lying back of the ham- 
mers. but not let into any part of the woodwork, the fore 
end being but a short piece and fitting back against the 
iron ftame of the lock covers.. This peculiar build gave 
the gun great strength and durability. It was never out 
of order, and required but little care. Thousands and 


thousands of prairie chickens and guail and ducks and. 


snipe and wild turkeys this old gun killed in its day. It 
was my,own first tool at wing shooting, and so I came to 
love it. 

In the cabinet which kept these two old guns—which 
were loved by their master more than his later breech- 
loaders—there was a little black coffee pot, a riveted sheet 
iron coffee pot which was sturdy as the two old guns. It 
would not come to pieces or melt in the fire, or leak or 
get out of humor. This little black coffee pot made the 
trio across the plains along with the old rifle in 1860. It 
refreshed its master at many a lonely camp on the Platte. 
the Rawhide. the many little streams along the old wagon 
highway that later became the iron way to Denver. 

When J. B. H. laid aside forever the things of this life 
there were left the old rifle, the-old shotgun, the old coffee 
not, éach as it had been for many years past. By his 
This week I took them out 
careftilly and wioted them all off clean. and hung them 
on the wall. I have a rifle rack where I keep my, nice 
new suns, the modern breechloaders as thev have come to 
me. from the heavy Sharps, up. through the. Winchester 


»4s-70, to the .30-30! which was my last venture at trying 


to keep uo. with the times in rifles. I love all these guns, T 
nresume: and there are modern urns for coffee, as we all 
know: But on the wall, above all the rest,.susnended as 


‘earefully as T could do it. hang the two old gins of 
“ BH. and the little old coffee pot. and. the. old-time 
‘flasks and pouches from which he used.to Inad his. eine in 
“¥He days gone-by. -If there is-a fire I think T. know: what 
- T shall try first’to‘resce of my: household goods... | 


Wartrorp Buriprye, Chicago, Ti. _ en aa 


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ro. press each week on Thesdav. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at’ the 
latest hy Monday and as much earlier ag practicable, 


not hurt, and did not appear to be inthe least exhausted 


Sept. 24, 1900, and “was a> 


they re=" 


(Qerz 20,-1900. 


Sea and ¥ 


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Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them: in FOREST AND, STREAM. .-.-- | Ps 


_ ANGLING NOTES. 


-Possrsiy on more than one previous occasion I have’. 
called attention in this column to the fish law in New 
York which permits the use of eel pots in waters not’ 


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inhabited by trout, and urged ‘that the law be’ amended: 


te legalize the use of eel pots in waters where trout ate 
found, for it is in’such waters that eels do most harm by 
destroying trout spawn, The law says that any eel pots 
used in the State (for they are permitted in waters not 
inhabited by trout or lake trout) must be of a form preé- 
scribed by the Fotest, Fish and Game Commission, and 
it would be perfectly saft to trust this matter entirely 
te the Commission in all waters. I have urged’ this 
upon the Commission, and recommended it to the Leg: 
islature, but the ofd exceptions remain in the law because 
some one put them there, and they must not be disturbed, 
though they were conceived in ignorance of the real 
needs of restrictidns. To-day my'eye caught a reference 
to eels in a recent issue of Land and Water, and I copy 
it, for the writer of the letter has'’evidently been recom- 
mending action similar to what I haye recommended, and 
perhaps failed of a remedy, as'I have hitherto failed. 
This. is the letter; --. "¢ 

“At this season I would again remind owners’ of trout 
waters of the importance of taking all possible oppor- 
tunities of reducting the numbers of eels in the same. 


Those fishes, so yaluable for food, and so highly ap-: 


preciated at table, are so terribly destructive to more 
valuable denizens of the waters that they frequent, that 
not .one should be left to work mischief therein. This 
subject has been so freely mentioned in sporting papers 
in former years that there is no need to enter fully into 
it at the present time. Suffice it then to merely repeat that 


to secure best results in trout and trout culture, eels* 


should on no account be neglected on their descent to 
salt water. Every effort should therefore be taken to 
make use of them for food of man, Leét,:therefore, every 
means be taken ‘in order to reduce the number of eels 
in trout waters.” i sk . 

If any one has an idea that the capture of all the eels: 
that may be captured in eel pots will decrease the wlti- 
mate supply of eels this idea is entirely erroneous, I 


wrote an article of considerable length in ForEsT AND: 


STREAM to show that eels did not breed in fresh water, /' 


and that females only ascended from the sea as elyers.: 


When mature they descend again to the sea, and there; 


breed, and again:the swarm of elyérs go up stream. to-' 
spread far and wide and work destruction to trout’ 
The eel has no fasting period in fresh water, . 
and spawn of other fishes is: neyer secure from them. 
All the eels that might be taken in eel pots would not". 
materially diminish the supply, and the eel pots would - 


spawn. 


not take trout in trout waters, as our law makers appear 
to think. We make a certain progress in fishculture, in- 
crease'the number of fish propagated by artificial means 
and reduce the cost per thousand of hatching and rear- 
ing, but other things do not keep pace with this prog- 
ress. No doubt that years ago,-when the ‘eel pot, Jaw 
was first’ enacted, it was honestly believed’ that it: was, 
not safe to set eel pots in trout waters; but when “ex- 
perience has taught that the eel is a spawn destroyer, 


why prevent its capture in the-very waters where it does — 


most, harm? If a law is uséless, or even a menace 10 
cheap food fish, repeal it. More and more “T'am im- 
pressed with the force of a remark made to me by the. 
late Col. Marshall McDonald, when he was U. S. Fish, 


Commissioner—or rather it was in a letter, and I regret-— 
that I cannot now quote it verbatim; ‘but ‘the idea ‘was — 


that until one was ready to acknowledge one’s errors 
and correct them, one would never become a successtu 
fish breeder; and this will apply to law makers. 7a 


Dectease of Trout, : ee 


From the same, or another, Land and Water I cut 
a patagraph. from a letter ‘by that keen observer and 


practical angler Alder, who-deplored the decrease of” 


trout in a-certain lake system: 


“The decrease in the number of trout can only be ex- 


plained ,by overfishing. There is too much legal killing 
of small trout, and one cannot possibly estimate the 
amount of illegal fishing.” _— a Xe 
Solomon in all his glory arid power and wisdom, never 
said truer than this, I put in the italics, but the words’ 
are Alder’s, and though they. were intended to apply to 
English or Scotch lakes, they will apply to nearly all 
the trout waters in North America, and ‘would apply to 
the waters of South America as well, if they had’ trout 
there. , If it were legal to catch 3-inch trout there are 
thousands. who would catch them, and as it is not legal 
they are.now taken illegally, and of ‘the legal trout, 6 
inches, comparatively few are ever returned to the’ water, 
even by men who profess to the M. A, degree in 
angling. If every angler could become a salmon fisher- 
man there would then be a show for small trout, because 
some would acquire the habit of returning small trout 
to the water. Alder has a more feasible remedy, though 


I doubt if it will prove wholly effective until the millen-_ 


nium, when it is to be hoped that, fishermen’ ‘will be 


educated to that degree that they will return to the 


water all small trout, whether or not they are of legal 
size. “His plan is,as follows; . 7 mh ' 
~ “The -only. way that can see. to combat the increase 


_ inthe <umbers,of trout killed is, to introduce hatcheries 
‘ on-the-lakes. .There-are most excéllent sites on most’ of 
: the-lakes:-for:-sueh. hatcheries, and the number of small 
~istreams running, into them would, give an ampler supply. 
“oof; water than wanha Pe necessary for operations on a 
See. the list-of good things in- Woodcraft:in-onr-ady, cols. - much larger seal naa is Manted SO SEN Le Store 


fala trout.” sc i? aed Pow 4 Pe aed oar ae 4. be ; 
4 Alder’s faith is.sgmething. to admite, or they havé bet 


ter fish laws in-Europe, or the Jaws are better enforced 
«than onithis side. of the, sea, if he thinks a_hatchery on 


a small scale will renew the-stock of trout, Here we-are 


Oct,: 20, -1998.]] * 


F Chee AND. STREAM, 


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building hatcheries and scouring: the country for. anititile: 
water to.énlarge‘the output of fish and’inereage the gum—. 
ber of fingerling trout to be turned out all for the ‘purpose. 
of Tenewing the stock i in. ‘public waters, and. alweys the’ 
cry is “‘More, more.’ 


I have already had my fing at the people. whe batch 


the yearling fish turned out from the State hatcheries. 
before they have had time to get the taste of: liver. out ‘of. 
their flesh, and apparently there is no way to stop’ it as| 
long as the legal limit of length is 6 inches and the trout” 
will insist upon growing to more than 6 inches in length 
before they leave the hatchery rearing races. I have;al-) 
ways adyocated that a limit be placed upon the number 
of trout, or, rather, pounds of trout, that: can be legaily., 
taken in one day, and something Of this kind shouldbe 
done. In Vermont the legal limit of length was 5 inches. 
when last I fished there, and I presume it is yet, and if. 
New. York should attempt to-increase the legal length 
above'6 inches I expect the measure would, be defeated; 
but what objection can be urged to restricting the num- 
berisor-weight of trout-to be legally taken in one day? 
We now have a’ restriction of this kind in black bass 
fishing, and the trout need a safeguard of this sort qtite 
as much as the black bass, and Forest anp ESOS 
is the place to discuss what it shall be. 


Artificial Baits. 


A coueeependeat asks ForEst AND STREAM the foltsay- 
ing ‘question: 
authenticated instances of fishermen catching: fish with 
what is: known as artificial bait in its varieties of ftog, 
worm, helgramite, grasshopper, crawfish, etci, and what’ 
fish are supposed to bite at this class of bait.” - 

There-are plerity of authenticated cases of black’ bass 
biting the artificial baits mentioned, and I presume, there 
are of trout, for trout will bite a metal spoon; but while 
a real crawfish, grasshopper or frog may be impaled upon 
a hook and cast into the water and allowed to remain as 
stationary as circumstances will permit for the 'fish® to 
inspect carefully or otherwise before they seize it,- hot 
so with the artificial bait. To lure with the artificial 
frog it should be kept in motion by casting or drawing 
against the current, and the ‘same is true of other baits. 
So far asthe form of the artificial bait is’ concerned, I 
imagine a black’ bass would take an artificial door knob 
of rubber with hooks concealed in it quite as quickly as 
an artificial helgramite, if it is made by motion to simu- 
late life, for it is not so much the thing itself which at- 
tracts as it is the appearance of being alive. There is an 
authenticated case of a fish seizing a man’s nose as he 
peered over the sidé of a boat into the watery’ and theré! 


is no known bait which resembles 4 man’s*nose, and it’ * 


was undotibtedly the mdvement ‘ofthe nose which led to 
its being sore after: the’ fish nailed’ it. 


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Di" Jolin’: DB. Grialtkeenbe has kindly sent tome: fghbe: 


following letter on the subject of hybrid fishes from the 
Howietoun Fishery, Stirling ‘Scetldnd; 

“We beg to acknowledge receipt of your most miter: 
esting letter in which+ you ask specially as to, our €x- 
periments with hiirids’ Most’ of these ‘had-no* practical 
results, and since Dr. Day’s death no fresh ones have 
been’ made. The only hybrids or crosses now at the 
fishery, aré the zebras, which are “made by meeting. the’ 
ova of Loch Leyen or Fario ‘trout with: fontinalis char. 
The progeny are finely, marked, hence their name, but 
vare very irregular in size, and. subject, to deformation. 
We have a few ten- year-old. fish up to 4 or 5 pounds in 
weight, but they are quite barren. We have ‘also the 
crass. between'the S, levenensis and S. salar. In the: first 
cross: there was a heavy loss in petcentage of ova in 
hatching. The ova of the brood was again melted by 
S. levenensis, which made three-quarters, trout: and* one- 
quarter. salmon. The ova of this lot was! again im- 
pregnated by S. levenensis, and thié'is the seven-eighths 
trout and one- -eighth salmon mentioned in our price list. 
There is not much perceptible difference between- them 


-and levenensis, only they are a little thicker and‘stfonger — 


on. thé whole, and in ifidividual fish you can still: trace 
some matkings of Salmo salar. The late Sir ‘James 
Maitland, ‘the founder of the fishery, whose death was 
a1 great ‘loss both to the fishery and to a much- wider 
cirelé, took a keen interest in this cross. One can 
scarcely. call them hybrids, as they are perfectly fertile. 
* * * "There is no doubt that the introduction of 
fresh, blood is often beneficial, but the important _ point: 
is to make sure that the new blood is fromemature 
parents and from a stock as good as or -better than’ the 
native stock aid of the same family. Dr. ‘Day. Says: 
‘By judicious selection of breeders, races*may be* im- 
proved. , The reverse is ‘quite as true, that by dn in- 
judicious crossing of breeders, races may and will be 
degenerated...’ ”” 

Zebra trout were bred at Ringwood, N. J., the® estate 
of Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, and turned into the streams 
annually with no idea of their reproducing. They’ were 
a cross between the fario, brown trout, and fofitinalis, 

- our native brook trout. Mr. Edward: Hewitt was’ of the 
opinion that they were earlier fish than the native ‘trout. 
or than the brown trout, but I was not impressed with 
them, for I imagine I abhor a mule as much as nature 
abhors a vacutim. Ringwood is the only -place that I 
have ever caught them, and perhaps the only place where 
they were bred in this country. I say were bred, for 
they are bred there no longer. They are handsome fish 
for ‘those who like zebras, and, surely they do take the 
fly and fight above the ‘water more than our--native 

' trout; but when they have had all the praise possible for 
beauty and gtace of movement, they are mules, and 
either parent is a better fish. Such crossings are well 
-enough. for scientists and éxperimenters, but the prac- 

- teal fish, breeder. should steet clear of ‘mules,<.as they 

--are of no use if, his business; The State of New, York 

“once went. extensively’, into the mule business- atuone of 

_- the fish: hatcheries, arid’ when the’ stock of fish-were -bred 

to. be ringed, striped” and speckled, with matksof the 

. short horn, Devon, Berkshire, Chester, white’ and: Irish 
terriers, a merciful Providence intervened and: destroyed 
the whole blooming. outfit. Now the people get what 

- they have a right fo ‘expect, straight goods. without a 

_ taint of cross or any other monkey work. Nature is not 
jn-the,mule business; it is man who is responsible for 


“Please inform me whether there aresany _ 


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lateral branches just to see how much the family can 
be mixed up and live. 


Trout Fry and Trout Fingerlings. 


On several occasions during the past few years [-haye 
referred to a statement made by the late Col. McDonald 
on the subject’ of :trout fry and fingerlings at the time: 
he was Commissioner ‘of Fisheries of the United States. 
I have asa rule been ob iged to give the substance of 
his statement, as I’ had not his letter at hand, but re- 
cently I Have been asked to give his exact’ language, and 
this I am now able to do, ‘for after! considerable séarch I 


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_ have fotind his letter, which" was, written to mé on ‘March’ 


26, 1892! This is the extract: 

“Tf he chooses to attack the policy of planting yearling 
fish it will simply stamp him as unprogressive and: past 
his period of usefulness.- The desirability of planting 
yearlings instead of fry has been recognized’ every- 
where, particularly abroad. In France and Spain+several 
of the establishments have for several years been en- 
gaged in rearing their fry before turning them out. 
changing from fry to yearlings in our work I have 
only followed the indications of adyantage which were 
apparent to me from the reports and experiences, of 
others, and from similar experiences of the advantage 
which I had arrived at by actual test of the matter. The’ 
question of the cost seems to be the only material one 
entering in; but if 100,000 fry canbe reared to yearlings 
at a less cost than 1,000,000 fry can be collected, hatched 
and distributed, then there is'1mo0 question but that the 


- results in the first case will be vastly in advance of those 


obtained in the second. My judgment is that 1,000 
yearling fish is the equivalent of 100,000 fry, when planted 
in waters frequented by small predaceous fish, such as 
blobs, darters and small perch, which are found almost 
universally. in our streams. And certainly it will cost 
much less, allowing” the largest’*measure of expenditure 
for it, to hatch and rear 1,000 trout than it will to hatch 
and plant 100,000 fry. 

“Under advantageous circumstances the cost of rearitig 
is surprisingly small. I think I mentioned to you before 
that we reared last year at the Green Lake station,) Maine, 
in an iinpreyised hatchery 140,000 landlocked salmon at 
a cost of about $1,100. This is an exceptionally favorable 
case, but it illustrates what may be accomplished when 
prudent; conservative and economical administration | is 
enforced.” 

This: letter irom» which I have quoted was written 
eight years ago, and within that time the cost of rearing 
fingerling fish has been reduced. I say fingerling fish, 
for fingerling fish under fayorable conditions may be 
7 inches long, which is as long as the average yearling 
trout. For instance, at one of the New York hatching 
stations suckers are netted and ground in a meat chop 


. per and fed to the young fish, and this form of food costs 


only the time of the men who do the netting and the 
grinding, and~the wear and tear of nets. Liver and 
lights cost 24% to 3 cents per thousand. Admitting 
the superiority of yearling fish for planting, it is not 
possible to rear all the fish hatched by State or National 
commissions to the age of fingerlings or yeatlings,-and 
when from force of circumstances fry must be planted 
this: planting will be made more’ effective if they are 
planted in sriall rivulets, as I have already indicated in 
a former note, than ‘if planted in the main stream, to fall 
a ptey to their numerous enemies—more numerous in the 
big. waters than in the small waters. 


Fish Propagated by State of New York, 


While «writing the preceding note, it occurred - to. me 
that it might-be of interest if I made a-dist.of the fishes, 
hatched -by the State of New York, for many who ask 
for fish are not well informed.upon the subject. First, of 
the salmon family, there are Raselied at alte different, hateh- 
ing stations: : ay +. : 

Brook trout—Fail spawning. 

Brown trout—Fall spawning. 

Lake trout—Fall spawning. 

Landlockea sdimon—Fall spawning. ~ 

Sea salmon—Fall spawning. 

Rainbow trout—Spring spawning. 

Red throat trout—Spring spawning. 

Steelhead trout—Spring spawning. i. 

Last yéar no sea salmon were hatched. Bus ra early 
twenty years before they haye been hatched, but aiways 
from eggs fiirnished by the United States: Fish Com- 
mission. All the fishes named are reared. at the-stations 
(most of them are kept in the stock ponds), and planted 
as fry or fingerlings. 

Other fishes hatched artificially are: 

’ Mascalonge—Spring spawning. 

Pike-perch—Spring spawning. 

Shad—Spring spawning.: 

Lobsters—Spring spawnitig. 

. Smelts—Spring spawning. 

W hitefish—Fall -spawning. * 

. Frostfish (round whitefish)—Fall spawning. 

Tomcods—Fall spawning. 

Lake herring—Fall spawning. 

All of these are planted as fry soon after they are 
hatched. 

Black bass, large and’ shall mouth; yellow perch, bull- 
heads, white bass, pike atid pickerel are at times dis- 
tributed, but are captured as fry or adults and shipped. 
The State has hatched yellow perch, sea trout. Sunapee 
trout, etc., and may do so again if the occasion should 
arise ‘for so doing. 

Because the State rears trout to fingerlings and has 
reared them to yearlings before planting it is quite com- 


_ mon, for applicants to ask for fingerling pike-pérch and 


fingerling or yearling other. fish. Almost as soon as the 
‘pike-perch begin to swim after they are hatched they 
begin to’ eat one ancther.’ The Jarge-mouth. black: bass 
aré gathered as fry and shipped at once, and they eat 
one another in the cans on the train. 

Last spring a fishing club tried the Eeneenen of pre- 
paring a pond to rear mascalonge fry to. fingerlings before 
liberating them. and the State furnished 200000 masca- 
longe fry to further the experiment. A few days ago the 
pond was drawn down to secure the fi ieee te Hanefey 


‘There is freph blood enough to be abraned: 
from the same species of fish without going into col- 


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mad. 


“send to-his doubting frierids. 
-tales of woe and disaster were told by the returning firher- 
-man—lines parted, rods smashed, reels wrecked, fingers 


them to their future home, and of the 200,000 fry, but 


two: fingerlings remained. I: note that-the- experimentiters .: 
do not quite know‘how-to explain the shrinkage but 17: 
would have been satisfied with the explanation if they” 
had said that each of the two survivors had eaten the 
remainder of the 100,000 fry after they had compounded 
on one another by a “union or mixture of elements.” 

Young lobsters also eat one anovher as soon as they are’ 
hatched, and it is wonderful how fast they grow on a” 
lobster ‘diet, At, times trout will try to do the samme’ 
thing when they are scarcely an inch’ in length, and [.” 
have seen them with the jaw of one in the mouth of the) 
other. Then, too, they will bite the tails of one another - 
and cause fungus to form and destroy the ‘bitten fry, but, 
in this respect they do not offend to the degree that the. 
black bass and pike-perch do, and therefore the pike-perch, | 
are planted as soon as the yolk sac is absorbed, and trout! 
are reared and well fed and sorted to: prevent, as far as 
possible, cannibalism among them. Put two trout of: 
same size together in an aquarium and give them no: 
food and one will try to eat the other, and from this one. 
can imagine ‘what would happen to small trout among big’: 
ones if all were not well fed. A, N. CHENEY. 


My. First Tuna. 


It will be many years ere I forget my first introduction; 
to the’ tuna—that stubborn, savage fighter, game to the last: 
dying rush, a terror to the: tyro angler, and oftentimes, 1n-; 
deed, not to be ponuseted even by the most experienced} 
fishertian. ‘s 

One beautiful afternoon when sea, sky and mountains: 
were glorious with the varying tints which seem Seas a 
to Santa’ Catalina, I started forth with my cousin, B., 
the launch Mildred, owned and handled by Harry Elms,- of: 
Avalon—and what Harry doesn’t know about the game ‘fish 
of Catalina waters, also handling and gaffing the same. 
when the right time comes, let some one élse try and find: 
out. For a while we trolled for yellowtail, and when off; 
the Seal Rocks the keen eyes of Harry discovered signs of: 
tuna off shore. The launch was headed toward them, and 
B., reeling in his line, rigged a tuna rod, and as we had: 
no flyingfish, the usual bait, we used a large sinelt instead; 
and the lure was soon trolling, some 150 feet astern. I 
retained my yellowtail rig, but shortened the ‘line that-1- 
might reel in more quickly and be out of ‘the way should: 
B. get a strike. Suddenly I was ‘startled by the screech,” 
of B.’s reel, and almost instantaneously my rod was neatly 
jerked from my hands, and to the music of my screaming: 
reel the line fairly smoked, when I put on the leather 
brake, endeavoring to check the first mad rush of the fish. ' 
H. jumped to his engine and reversed, that we might gain 
line. In a few minutes the two fish crossed;'and we were 
therefore, obliged to change places and pass.our rods over 
or under to, prevent a bad tangle up of'lines; and as the: 
fish towed us out to rough water, we both realized that we 
had trouble ahead. After our repeated changes of posi-' 
tion back and forth, which'in the heavy séa proved to be 
anything but an easy matter, both fish sounded deeply and 
Kept up a powerful ” strain upon the rod, Foot 'by foot” 
we “ptmped”’ the fish nearer the surface by slowly raising 
the rod by main strength. then gathering in the siack' line 
by lowering the tip and reeling quickly in. Several times 
all the gain was lost by the fish making a savage rush: 
Then the pumping was resumed. After.one and one-half © 
hours from the strike B.’s fish gradually weakéned atid 
was carefully reeled-in and cleverly gaffed by Hatry. The 
weight was. 96 pounds, and B. laid down his rod ‘with’ a: 
sigh of relief and rubbed his benumbed fingers and achifig 
muscles. 

- At this time my fish seemed to be as fresh as evet. 
With my. light rod I was able to raise the fish but very 
little at. a. time, and the savage rushes proved to be toa’ 
much for muscles unused to such a strain, Another hotr- 
passéd, and as we slowly steamed along, the fish steadily 
kept with us, bearing heavily on the line, keeping it tense: 
as-a harp string. Purple shadows slowly crept over the 
sea, and up the sides of the mountains, whose ‘tops still 
reflected the gorgeous hues of the sétting sun. Wearily 
draggéd another hour, and, yet the’ fish showed but slight 
signs of weaken'ng. Slowly and rhythmically came the 
long, deep pulsations of the Pacific, its surface ‘now un-- 
ruffled and reflecting the last pale tints of sunset. Nigtit 
coming on, I made one more effort, but my overworked 
fingers refused to work the reel handle, and I found ‘it 
impossible to usé the leather brake with sufficient force, - 
and so after a four hours’ struggle I was reluctantly corit- 
pelled to hand over the rod to B., for I was completely — 
used up and well beaten by my first tuna. _B;. who was 
now well rested, brought the fish to gaff. Weight 102 
pounds. Thus I lost my first chanee for the coveted 
button of the Tuna Club, the rules of the club. requiring 
the fish to be brought to gaff unaided. 

The following three weeks will no doubt be long re- 


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-membered by all anglers in Avalon. All previous records 


as to number of fish taken were broken: . Wonderful’ in- 
deed to witness were the spectacular leaps’ of: the tuna,‘as 
they ftushed in‘great schools after mackerel’ and flyine- 
fish, and lashed the water into sheets of foam. ° Nearly 
every ‘man, woman and child became temporarily ‘tuna 
During the day many, eyes carefully scanned the 
sea, and when a boat was discovered headed for Avalon; 
the tuna flag proudly fluttering in the breeze, great.‘was, 
the rush to the beach to greet the victorious angler and to - 
see the beautiful fish, glowing with.tints of copper. sifver 
and purple, brought ashore ‘and weighed amid tany 
guesses as to the weight. Should the fish prove to be the 
angler’s first button fish, hearty were the congratulations - 
of admiring friends, and the ever-present photographer 
posed his-subject with boatman and fish, and secured an 
indisputable proof of success for the del‘ghted angler’ to 
On thé other hand. many 


jammed. knuckles skinned; and as a rule the largest fish 
of all lost just at the. critical moment. The ladies! also 


- entered heartily into the spirit of the sport and kept an 
“eager eye upon the launch in which their lords and masters 
- cruised up and down following the féed’ng fish, and:when 
« the: launch. stopped, reversed arid soon slowly pursued a 
varying course. then it was known that the fight’ had 
SOT The - apeRTANCE, of ‘the’ tuna flag fiting fa 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


_ -[Oer. 20, 1900. 


_ the, breeze proclaimed the; victory. to the. delighted -better- 

 halfon shore. One gentleman after days of patient, 
trolling struck a tuna, and while he was playing it a huge 
shark bit immense chunks from the fighting fish which 
was reeled in minus some 25. pounds of flesh. The un- 
explained rule, viz., to square the girth.of the fish, multi- 
ply by the length and divide by 800, which has proved to 
be reliable in getting at the weight of a fish, came to his 
rescue, and it was proved beyond all question that the 
fish, when intact, had exceeded 100 pounds, and the but- 
ton was awarded, to the great satisfaction of the gentleman 
and his friends, During these days the fish displayed 
many peculiarities. At times they would put up a tremen- 
dous fight and again were landed comparatively easy, but 

. it was demonstrated that with up-to-date tackle the fish 
could be brought to gaff in much quicker time than has 
been supposed heretofore possible. 

For a number of days, owing to the condition of my 
hands. I could only look on, and witness the sport, but 
later I got fast to several tuna only to part line or leader 
by forcing the fish too hard. Then followed several 
weeks, during which no bait would tempt the fish, though 
they were seen in larger schools swimming with fins and 
tails above the surface during the middle of the day, and 
leaping high in early morning. Disappointed, but by no 
means discouraged, I left the island for a few weeks. 
Then again the fish began to strike and I returned to 
Avalon. Ina few days. with Bert Neal as boatman, I took 
a 116-pound tuna, bringing it to gaff in forty-five minutes ; 
and again with Art. as he is familiarly called, for gaffsman 
and boatman, I landed one of 126 pounds in thirty-five 
minutes, and therefore obtained the coveted blue button of 
the Tuna Club. 

Now a word to anglers in regard to Santa Catalina. 
The fishing is so unlike our Atlantic coast angling, it 
will prove a delightful novelty to an Eastern man. By 
all means try it if possible. The island is unique. There 
one’s fish*ng is the perfection of ease unwul the fish 
strikes, then look out. One sits in a comfortable chair 
with a back in the stern of the launch with a com- 
panion beside one if desired; but if after tuna don’t both 
troll at the same time. You are more than liable to lose 
one or both fish. In these waters no anxiety need be felt 
in regard to sudden squalls or storms, for it, is a per- 
petual summer sea. As one glides out of the little curved 
bay of Avalon past Sugar Loaf on the port and a rugged, 
picturesque promontery on the starboard, one cannot but 
be charmed by the lovely view of Avalon, backed by 
mountains so entirely tinlike any seen in the East. One 
notices the varying shades of brown, gray, ash and ,pink. 
Then one is amazed at the wonderful colors of the sea—. © 
indigo, purple, opal and endless shades of blue and green. 
Extremely interesting is the marine life, which is very 
mtich like that of the Mediterranean. Toward sunset 
the mounta‘ns, which perhaps at noon one had pronounced ~ 
barren, harsh and uninteresting, change in appearance. 
The rugged outlines become softened, and as the shadows 
deepen, the gorgeous hues of the sunset sky mingle. with 
the sea tints. Away to the east the coast range shows clear 
and blue, at times snow-tipped. At this hour one is 
apt to forget the trolling bait astern, and, to be lost in 
admiration. Here sea birds and seals are undisturbed and 
are very fearless, and add greatly to the scene. The 
launches are well equipped as to rods, reels, etc., though 
to use one’s own tackle is a source of much greater - 
satisfaction. .The men I have .mentioned also several’ 
others, are reliable, well posted and up to all the various~ 
peculiarities of the fish, and will do all possible for the 
visitor, baste 

As the fishing for black sea bass, also called jewfish, has 
been recently so ably described by Prof. Charles T. 
Holder in the Forest anp STREAM, I -will only mention 
that in a recent issue of the Los Angeles Limes the cap- 
ture of a 405-pound jewfish is recorded. The fish, .how- 
ever, cannot be recorded in the tournament of the Tuna 
Club, for the gentleman who struck the fish, in the gen- 
eros'ty of his heart handed the rod to his less fortunate 
companion to land the fish. May such a spirit always 
prevail among all true anglers. Fishing for the yellowtail 
has also been well described. and I will-only add as my 
humble opinion that if a rso0-pound. fish possessed the pro- 
portiona‘e strength, speed,and dash of a 25-pound yellow- 
tail, the rod and line is yet to be devised to hold such a 
fish. 

Among my angling memories I shall always lock back 
to the happy days passed on the island aptly called the 
Magic Isle, amid summer seas, Santa Catalina. 


CAZADOR. 
My First Trout. 


Sittine idly at my desk this sultry afternoon, having 
disposed of the current business of the day, 1. fell into 
4 reminiscent mood and in memory went back to home 
and scenes of my boyhood—the old-fashioned country 
house in which I was born; the outbuildings: the fields 
in wh'ch | had essayed to compete with the hired man 
in different branches of farm labor; the hay field where 
I. had spread to dry the swaths of grass cut by the 
mowers scythes; the hill pasture from which I had 
gathered the cows’and conducted them to the inclosure 
where they were to be milked» the gathering and garner- 
ing of the varous products of the farm; the multifarious 
duties the discharge of which devolved upon the farmer 
boy. I saw all this, and more; for 1 saw the brook 
meandering through the meadow, the source of which 
was far up in the hills. I saw the very- pool with its 
bordering bushes irom which pool I caught my first 
trout—I was the youngest of a trio of brothers, and had 
been permitted to accompany-my elder brother at. times 
en his fishing excursions—could, carry his box of worm 
bait, and such fish as he might catch: when strung upon- 
a forked stick. I had ambition above-this. I wished to 
fish on my own ‘responsibility and judgment. - Repetition 
of request finally procured: desired permission—a com- 
mercial transaction with the villawe storekeeper resulted 
in acquiring a fish hook and lead from the lining, of-a 
tea chest for sinker, A cork surreptitiously taken from 
the molasses jttg—substituting therefor-a corn cab— 
stinplied the float. I had+an alder-branch for a rod: but 
still I lacked a line. This I supplied. by extracting a 
number of long hairs from ‘the tail of the family lrorse, 
twisting them together in a way I had learned, splicing 
by introduction of additional hairs as I proceeded, until 


' Hon, Carter. H. Harrison, Mayer of Chicago. 


‘the proper length: of line had been manufactured. With 


exception of bait box: my equipment was now complete. 
A boy. of eight years or thereabout does not indefinitely 
postpone his first, angling excursion for want of se un- 
essential an article of his equipment as a receptacle for 
bait; my trousers pockets were utilized as a substitute. 

In company with. the elder brother acting as monitor 
we approached the stream. 
willows, I quietly, dropped my baited hook into the 
water of.a favorite pool, Salvelinus quickly responded. 
In my excitement I forgot. my instructions and failed to 
hook the fish. Raising: my alder sapling, eleyating my 


hook and a struggling trout attached two or three feet, 


above the water, I joyously called out “I’ve got one! 
ve got one!” My .joy was briet. The fish, not 
being hooked, dropped back to its, native element. 
My, grief was great, my tears were copious. 
The elder brother soothed my, perturbed emotions, en- 
couraging me-to try again. Renewing my! bait I again 
dropped my hook into the same water, a bite, quickly 
followed, my excitement was modified. I did not forget 
my admonition to hook the fish; the gentl® jerk I ad- 
ministered sent that 1’2-ounce trout on an aerial voyage, 
landing it at least fifty feety away in the meadow grass, 
Dropping my angling implements I lost no time in 
retrieving that unfortunate fish. With it in my hands, I 
made all haste to my home, where on arrival I placed 
the still struggling trout on exhibiton, receiving con- 
eratulations from the female portion of the family on 


my success as an angler. In fancy | was an expert, and | 
from that.moment sought to.obtain an angling outfit: 


commensurate with my concetved ability. 
; SEPTUAGENARIAN, 


Sr, Lovis, Mo. . 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


The Story of Mr. Washburne’s Trout. 


Cxicaco, Ill., Oct. 13.—A few weeks ago mention was 
made in these columns of a very large brook trout which 
was caught late this summer by Hon, Hempstead Wash- 
burne, of this city, on the Salmon Trout River, and 
within the preserves of the Huron Mountain Club, of 
upper Michigan. Mr. Washburne showed me the skin 
ot this trout, which he was having mounted, and its 
length was something like two feet and its weight 5 
pounds plump. He was very proud of the fish, and 
chuckled somewhat as he explained that there were 
others who would have been glad to have taken this 
very fish. ; a 

Mr. Washburne is an occasional attendant upon the 
midday banquets of the Wishininne Club, where there 
are a tew choice spirits who now and again round up 
together. At ‘the same place is sometimes to be seen 
I have 
at times spoken of these two Mayors (Mr. Washburne 
is an ex-Mayor of this city) as friends and hunting 
companions. They are both members of the Huron 
Mountain Club and both,very ardent trout fishers, of 
a wide experience. and well proved skill. Sometimes 
they both turn up at the Wishininne meet at the same 
time, and sometimes they do not. The other day they 
did; not, Mayor Harrison being present and Mr. Wash- 


-burne absent, which for the purposes in hand was per- 


haps. just as well. Some one spoke of this big trout that 
Mr. .Washburne had caught, and the eyes of Mayor Har- 
rison took on the look of war. 

“His trout!’ said the Mayor, “his trout! Why, that 
Was my ‘tromt.~ Et was a low down trick of Hemp to go 
and catch my trout. Why, I had that fish located down 
to an inch. | knew just where he was lying all the time. 
{ had raised him~-& dozen times, and I had hooked him 
twice that very day,’ and payed him for a while. I was 
out after him that véty afternoon, alli fixed to-take him 
home with me.’ T'was just sneaking—why, say, Jt was 


robbery, pure robbery for Hemp to do that-way!” Mayor, . 
Harrison's yoice showed deep emotion, and it was plain. . 


that he felt that he had an undivided interest <in that 
trout. : 1 = 

“I told Hemp that I had seen that, fish,” he continued, 
“and that I had had him on; and that I;was.going out to 
eatch him. J showed him-the very pool, the, very log 


where the fish was lying. -I.told him just where, the trout - 


would break and what he would do. -Why, 1. knew that 
trout like a brother. All I was waiting for was just the 
time to start home. i 
with me, just to show what. the place could. do, and in- 
cidentally what I could do. Now, for that man to, sneak 


in there—what do you think I ought to do. to him, any-. 


how? 


we both started out together. going in above. the pool 
where my fish was lying. .I had been rather careless of 


the exact look of the river just aboye there, and as we 
fished on down I said to Hemp that-I. guessed we must . 
be getting pretty close to my bend, where t e big trout 


was. ‘Oh, no, we ain't,’ the villian said. ‘We/ain’t any- 
where near it yet’ So I let him fish on down ahead of 
me and took my own time, : 


“After a little I got down to a place which | recognized — 


aid knew was just around the bend from the hole where 
my fish was. J thought I] would shorten up the distance 
a littke by wading across the stream. and taking to the 
shore so as to cut across the bend and get itito the river 
at just the right place. I waded on through the sandy 
path across, and took my time to the walk, thinking I 
could not fail to get that trout this time. sure, When 
I got up to the bank J parted the brush and looked 
over at the pool. And what do you think I saw? 
“There was that blame robber, standing up pretty near 
to his waist in the water at the head of the pool, with 


“his hat pushed back on his head, and a cigar stuck up 


in the corner of his mouth, and about the broadest smile 
on his face you ever saw. .Talk about the cat that ate 
the canary! I knew, in a wink what he had on out 
there at the end of His line. There was only one trout 
that would bend a rod into that shape. But Hemp was too 
busy to run when he heard_me call te him and begin to 
abuse him, as the head robber of all robbers. - He just 
prunted and kept his fingers on the reel, and-smiled and 
looked hapnyv.. That’s_how he got his trout. .He can 
pay the taxidermist’s charges on it if he wants to, but it 
is really my fish!” 


Sheltered .by a clump of: 


_ the water: savagely, 


I was going to bring that fish home. 


“T told him what I was going to do that afternoon, and. 


As to Mr. Washburne, he sayeth not. He has the 
fish, and 'it' weighed 5 pounds plump. There wasn’t’ a 
box long enough to put it in, and its tail was curled tip 


at the end in the box in which it came. 

It was on this same stream and at about the same time 
that there happened another fishing incident of which 
Mayor Harrison spoke, and in which this same friend 
was concerned. Mayor Harrison said that he was on 
his, way up the river in his boat, when he saw a good 
big trout, 2° or 3 pounds weight, lying under a log 
in a*Shallow reach about midstream. He came up over 
the fish, and peering down at-it saw that it had something 
white sticking out of the side of its: head, apparently 
coming from the gills. All at once the 'fish made a rush 
down stream, and tore around like mad, churning up 
Then it ‘came back to its: place 
under the log, but turned up its side slightly as though 
in distress.of some sort. Thinking that they might be 
able‘ to net the fish, Mayor Harrison told his boatman 
to try for it, and the latter passed the net under the -big 
trout without much trouble. At once he called, out, 
“Why, here’s another fish fast to this one!” and; they 
actually took out two trout, the large one first seen, and 
a smaller one. The leader had passed out through the 
gills of the big. trout, the same trout which had broken 
away from Mr. Washburne at that place earlier in the 
day. The stretcher fly was whipping about in the water 
and the smaller fish took it after the first one was a little 
exhausted by its play on the rod.. The little fellow had 
added to the fatigue of the former, so that the whole 
proposition was about at a standstill when Mayor Har- 
rison. came up. He called out to Mr. Washburne that 
they had taken the fish which had broken him there 
earlier in the day. . From all appearances, it would seem 
that- Mr. Washburne is a yery lucky angler, and one 
hard to tie in a fishing competition. 

I recall that Mr, Chas. T., Hills, a well-known bass 
fisher of this city, once caught two fish with the same 
hook, while casting frog on Fox Lake, Ill. A large 
bass ran at the frog, and in,some way the frog and hook 
passed clean through its open gills and out behind, 
where it was seized an instant later by a second bass. 
Mr. Hills played and landed them both, much to his own 
surprise when he learned what was the real state of 
affairs at the end of his line. 


Muscallunge Catch, 


_ One of the best catches of muscallunge this fall for 
Chicago parties fell to the lot of C. H. Lester and Os- 
wald Von Lengerke this. week. They went to Minocqua 
Lake, a water by no means new and quite unpromising 
under the weather conditions that prevailed. Mr. Lester 
got.a 30-pound ‘lunge the first afternoon, and on the day 
following Mr. Von Lengerke caught one of 28 pounds, 
and another of 16 pounds. Others of less weight were 
taken jater. E. Houser, 
Hartrorp Buripine, Chicago, 11), 


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Asbury Park Fishing. 
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Aspury, Park, N. J., Oct. 13,—It is really remarkable 
the continued run of bass all along the coast. Since June 
there has been an almost unbroken line of catches. While 
the last two months have not produced the larger ones. 
what are familiarly known as school bass have been 
continually in evidence, running in weight from.2' to 5 
pounds each. Bluefish have been unusually scarce on 
shore throughout the season, and but little hope is’ now 
entertained of much success in that way. The rivers and 
bays are still prolific of weakfish and porgies, and blackfish 
are unusually abundant. _Weakfish are beginning to enter- 
tain us now at all the piers, and at favorite points they 
can now be taken direct. from the beach, Last autumn I 
mentioned the fact that the croaker, a fish very abun- 
dant in the lower bays, had condescended to visit us, and 
were taken pretty freely from the boats going out to sea. 
This year they have gone it one better, and are be ng taken 
from, the piers and beach direct. They consort with the 
weakfish, and are taken either with shedder or clam bait, 
biting both. day and night. They are eagerly sought 
after. as they put up a most determined battle, fully 


equaling the striped bass, weight considered.” I took five 


fine ones One evening the present week, and cheerfully 
subseribe.to their title as a thoroughly game fish. 

_ Pickerel.are now engag’ng the attention of many who 
are net deyotees to salt-water angling, and the fish are 
more, than ordinarily inclined to take the hook, Our 
only bass lake has been very unproductive this year. 
Usually many fish are taken, but only thtee have been 
reported for the present year, and all small ones, What 
the trouble is must be left to conjecture. That the fish 
are there was proven one evening lately by one of 4 
pounds springing into the boat of a pleasure party while 


. rowing leisurely along. They have most persistently re- 


fused all baits and lures; and some folks have been unkitid 
enough to say: that politics may be at the bottom of all 
the trouble. and that a m‘ghty convention is being held 
in the depths of the lake, from which they refuse to ad- 
journ for dinner. - Leonarp Hutt. 


A Day at Oak Swamp. 


ProvipeNnce, R. I., Oct. ro—A party of three left this 
city eatly Wednesday morning for a pond about seven 
miles away. They were well supplied with fiddlers (small 
species of crab found on salt-water beaches), salt-water 
shrimp. mummy-changs and about twenty-five small perch 
and pond shiners 3 inches long: Artived at the lake which 
was very low on account of the dry season for the nast 
two months, we fottnd two pa'rs of oars standing against 
a farmer’s barn, and not wishing to rouse him, proceeded 
to the lake, took’a boat and. got to fishing at 4:20A. M, 
But there was no need of heing so early, for no, fish were 
caught until after 7 o’clock.. The first fish- was a bass 
which took a perch bait: it was ahout 126 nowunds. and set 
us all going as we had been told fish would not bite with 
northeast winds, but as this was the only dav: we. three 
could came together for two weeks, we had risked it. 
Before this fish was landed: there was another hite, and 
two of us were busy. Alf our rods were of very light split 
bamboo abotit *6 ounces And- single-gitt Jeaders. These 
two fish were got aboard all ‘tight, and the man who got 
the first bite saw his quill float stewly disappear, and we 


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Ocr. 20, 1900} 


told him the bait was pulling it*down, but when his line 
began to slowly unwind from the reel, we saw our mis- 
take. It kept going out until 20 yards were drawn off and 
stopped, but no red pain.ed quill appeared on the surface. 
I said, “Strike him, George. He'll have that hook in his 
tail by this time.” George struck him and then com- 
mienced a good fight. When he was finally “rescued” from 
the water, he was a pickerel of 3 pounds, and was, of 
course, hooked beyond “redemption.” We all got good 
fishing, and also got wet to the skin, as it rained and 
drizzled all day, but when we summed up our caich we 
found twenty-three bass, not any over 2 pounds weight; 
tine pickerel and four perch all weighing 32 pounds, Soa 
much for Oak Swamp in its low state. 

Who ever heard of house mice for a bait for bass? An 
old fisherman told me it was the best bait for.them. I 
never tried it, but would if I had any. Does any ole 
know anything from experience of this bait? I would like 
to hear. He said hook them through the skin, in the 
back and let them swim around. i SELDOM. 


The October Woodcraft, 


THE October number of the Game Laws in Brief and Wooderatt 
Magazine contains the game and fish laws of ‘the United States 
and Canada. The Wooderaft part has this capital list of con- 


tents: ' 
GRAN’THER HILL’S PA’TRIDGE, By Rowland FE. Robin- 


son._ 
IN THE FOREST. 
THE OLD CANOE, [ 
THE RESCUE OF MR. HUNDLEY. 
KELLUP’S ANNUAL. _ By Jefferson Scribb. 
DEACON THROPE’S PIGEONS. 
ANY LETTERS FOR ME? Ry H. P. Ufford. 
JEHOSSEE TSLAND. Rv Clive F. Gunby. 
FITORIDA INDTAN DFER HIMINTERS 
AT CLUSE QUARTERS: The Hon. S., the Plover and the Bull; 
A “Nova Scotia Bear; The Panther’s Scream: A Time with a 
Florida Alligator: The Owl’s Sweop; The Dog Climbed. 
THE DOG AND THE TURKEY. By Inhn James Audubon. 
SENATOR VFST’S STINDAY PIGHON SHOOT. 
AUSTRALIAN ROUGH-RIDERS. By R. Boldrewood. 


Che Kennel. 


Fixtures. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Oct 3.—Senecaville, O—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association’s sixth annual field trials. A, C, Peterson, 
ec’y, Homestead, Pa. : , 
ov. 7—Hampton, Conn.—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
trials. J. E. ‘Bassett, Sec’v, Box 608, New Haven, Conn. ; 
Nov. 7.—Jamesport, L. 1, N. Y—First annual field trials of the 
Pointer Club of America. R, E. Westlake, Sec’y. - 
Noy, 7-3.—Lake View, Mich.—Third annual field trials of the 
RAow an Field Trials Association, E, Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 
TCH ae : ‘ 
Nov. 12,—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
eepeadent Field Trials Club, P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 


nd. 
Nov, 13,—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Ciub. W. B, Wells. Hon. Sec’y. 

Nov. 13.—Harrisville, Pa.—Central Beagle Club’s annual field 
trials. A. €. Paterson, Sec’y. : : 

No. 1516.—Riley, Ind.—Second annual field trials of the Riley 
Field Trials Association. J. L, Graham, Sec’y. 

ov. 16.—Newton, N. C.—Eastern Field Trials Club’s twenty- 

second annual field trials—Members’. Stake. Nov. 19,- Derby. 
Simon Bradley, Séc’v, Greenfield Hill, Cann. ; 

Nov. 20—Robinson, Ill_—Illinois Field Trials Association’s sec-~ 
ond annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, 111. 

Noy, 20.—Ruthven. Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F-. E. Marcon, Jr, Sec’y, 
Windsor. Ontario, Can - 

Noy. 27.—Glassow. Ky,—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annuat 
field trials. FP. W, Samuel, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. Sauce 

Noy. 30.—Newton, N, C:—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Memhers’ Stake. Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturves Ser’y Greenfield Fil] Conn ; cise 

Dec. 10.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Trials Association. L. S. Eddins, Sec*y, Sedalia, Mo. 


1901. 


Jan. 14.—Grezenville, Ala. —Fifth annual field trials of the Alabama 
Field Trials Club. John B. Rosenstihl, See’y. 


Jan. 21.—Benton County, Miss=—Tenth annual field trials of the » 


United States Field Trials Club. 
enn. 


W. B. Stafford, See’y, Trenton, 
BENCH SHOWS 


Nov. 13-17.—Vicksburg, Miss—First annual bench show of the ° 


West Mississippi Agricultural, Mechanical and Live Stock Ex- 
position. John Dewhurst. Supt. 

Noy. 28-30.—Philadelphia, Pa—Second annual bench show of the 
Philadelphia, Dog Show Association. M. A. Viti, Sec’y. 

Dec, €10.—Cincinnati, O.—Annual bench show of the Cincinnati 
Fox Terrier Club. J. €. Trohliger, Sec’y. ' 


1901. 7 
Feb, 26-March 1.—CJeveland, O.—Cleveland Kennel Club’s annual 
. benrh show. M. Munhall, Sec’y. ry: 
March €9.—Pittsburg, Pa—Duquesne 
bench show. F. S. Stedman, Sec’y. 


Kennel Club’s annual 


Training the Hunting Dog 
For the Field and Field Trials. 


‘VI.—Yard Breaking. 


THE preliminary schooling of the dog, commonly 
called yard breaking, consists in teaching him the proper 
acts of obedience! in response to certain commands which 
are of general utility as well as special usefulness in con- 
trolling him in his work afield and at other times. By 
establishing a habit of prompt and. cheerful obedience to 
these commands before the more serious training in the 
work afield begins, it is readily apparent that a distinct 
educational gain is made. Incidentally, these preliminary 


lessons, by the opportunities of compatiionshiv which . 


they afford, establish the mast friendly relations be- 
tween teacher and pupil, if they are kindly and sympathet- 
ically conducted. - : 

Tn the first lessons. to concentrate hig mind on what is 
being taught him even for a short time, is’ exceedingly 
difficult and fatiguing to the doe: 
teacher would better set a definite limit to the lessons, 
say fifteen or twenty minutes. He also ‘should avoid 
acquiring the habit of constantly, bossing and nagging 
the nunil between lessons, ony 

Within the bounds of ordinary, everyday discipline 
the puppy should be perniitted to develop. unhindered. in 
his own way. If he is bossed and bullied incessantly, he 
after a certain time loses. all power of independent in- 
itiatiye, and is so dominated by his tutor that he is a mere 
wnthinking machine. ' 

These suggestions as ta over-discipline are quite as 


‘cidental happenings, 


therefore the 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


- applicable when the dog is receiving his first experience 


on game as they are when he is receiving his yard break- 
ing. The subjugation of him to the entire domination ot 
his trainer is undesirable at any time, and its most useful 
form is quite secondary to the dog’s natural educational 
development. Yet many good dogs are annually spoiled 
or their best effort marred by rigidly restricting them to 
lines of action in their yard training which are deemed 
to' be the correct thing when they are actually working 
to the gun. 

While the trainer may have in mind the nice manner in 
which the theoretical training will fit into the practical 
work, the dog is entirely ignorant that the training has 
any Teference to anything at all. He recognizes that he 
is cramped and confined in his efforts, and if so’ treated 
till 1t becomes habit he exhibits slayish deference at all 
times. Without the ability or inclination to hunt game 
the dog is worthless for field purposes. Some dogs, if 
checked too much, perceive nothing then which appeals 
to their seli interest, and consequently they lose all in- 
clination to search for birds, If the dog refuses to hunt 
it is beyond the power of any one to force him to do sO. 

This is a point which the trainer should ever bear in 
mind—that is to say, it is the dog’s self interest which 
impels him to seek game. If this factor is ignored all 
incentive to effort on his part is thereby eliminated. 
While his natural impulse for the pursuit of birds and 
his enthusiasm in his efforts to capture them are so great 
that he will submit to much balking and punishment 
before he will desist, there is a certain limit beyond which 
he will not maintain interest and effort if the trainer is. 
over restrictive, 2 

In the yard training, as in the field work, the trainer 
should teach and handle quietly. Turbulence in most 
instances denotes ill-temper or a badly disciplined mind. 
The loud and incessant issuing of commands and blowing 
of whistles, in season and out of season, with or without 
cause, are faults common to nearly all amateurs, and for 
that matter to nearly all professionals. The majority of 
trainers are self taught, so that bad. habits of method 
and manner acquired in the beginning are likely to be 
retained by them throughout their lives. Habituated 
thus thoroughly to their own ways, they are quite un- 
conscious of the hullabaloo which they create, and of 
their offensiveness to such company as may be with 
them, and of the great handicap which they impose upon 
any dog which may be under their control. 

Boisterous shouting of orders and constant whistling 
are the cause of many flushes, and if the frightened birds 


be in the, proximity of the dog at the time, the noisy © 


trainer is prone to consider that the dog is at fault rather 
than himself, who is really the guilty party. When so 
noisily intent on securing obedience in an_ habitual 
hullabaloo manner, the trainer is generally lost to all in- 
so far as they relate to his own 
iaults, . 

Tt is not at all difficult to teach a dog obedience to 
quiet commands and gentle signals, and it is infinitely 
better to handle him in that manner afield than in a 
manner of noise and violence, apart from all considera- 
tions of ease and elegance. ' 

While being taught, the dog quickly learns the signs 
which indicate punishment and the signs which indicate 
that the teacher is pleased or displeased, Changes of 
yoice and expression of countenance, whether of pleasure 
or irritation, are noted and correctly interpreted, It is 
therefore essential for the best. progress in the lessons that 
the teacher preserye an equable exterior and action at all 
times, be he pleased or displeased. 

In the summer days it is better to give the lessons in 
the early morning and evening, when the temperature is 
coolest. When the puppy is warm and panting he suffers 
much discomfort, and it is then difficult to hold his inter- 
est or attention. 

The puppy’s mind, being immature and undisciplined, 
can compass only the simplest details therefore it is best 
to begin with the most elementary lessons. Thus his 
mind will be developed in a natural manner, and obedi- 
ence will be enforced without breaking his spirit or less- 
ening his self-confidence. As with the child in its first 
attempts at learning, so it is with the puppy; it is ex- 
tremely difficult and wearisome for it to at first under- 
Stand the simplest teachings or concentrate its mind on 
any subject which reqtires thought. Under such cir- 
cumstances, the amateur teacher should not too hastily 


assume that the puppy is sttpid. 


When teaching the first lessons it is better to be within 
a room or yard from which the dog cannot escape even 
it so inclined. Undoubtedly he will make many attempts 
to do so. It is good training to permit him to make 
such attempts with the resultant failures. Then, after 
repeated disappointments, he will abandon them when 
the lessons are given within an inclosed place. 

Tf the trainer commands the puppy to do something 
under stich circumstances that obedience cannot be en- 
forced, and the latter then escapes or succeeds in dis- 
obeying, a very troublesome factor is thereby intro- 
duced. The advantages of disobedience are quickly 
learned and remembered, and thereafter, when he js 
disinclined to obedience, if pressed to a degree which is 
displeasing to him, he runs away. 

In this connection it may be remarked that every pre- 
caution should be taken to prevent the puppy from riun- 
ning away, for once he learns that he can escape, the 
difficulties of reducing him to subjection are Many times 


multiplied. This alone suggests the wisdom of refrain-, 


ing from any attempts at training between lessons in 


places where the puppy is not confined within walls or 


fences. : : 

The lessons should end with some play and romping 
between teacher and pupil, so that there may be pleasant 
associgtipus referring to it, in the mind of the latter at 
east. 


- From his hours of play wherein the puppy frisks and 


frolics as. he pleases hardly any fatigue ensues. He then’ 


is following the simple impulses of -his own mind, which 
do not cause great nervous strain, overheating, con- 
fusion, of intense worry. He abhors lessons which are 
devoid of all amtisement. If they ate gently and 
amusingly given success. is more progressive. After 4 
time mental strength and stamina will develop, and then 
longer lessons may be giyen without distressing him, 
Later in the training the powers of the mind become'sa 


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much more yigorous that the most difficult of the training 


lessons are learned with greater ease than were the far 
more simple beginnings. 

The commands to which obedience may be taught in 
the yard lessons are as follows: 


“Go On.” 


The command “Go on” denotes that the dog is to 
start forward and work according to his master’s pleas- 
ure. During the early months of the pupil's puppy- 
hood this command may be easily taught. It is readily 
accomplished by associating it with the act of freeing the 
puppy from his kennel, or uttering it at the moment of 
freeing him from the chain or lead strap when he is taken 
afield. 

When freed from either chain or kennel, he would “go 
on” whether the command were uttered or not, and this 
is the main reason that it is so easily taught when the 
pupil is still a tender puppy. It then is in entire con- 
sonance with his inclination, and he learns readily its 
import by associating it with freedom from all restraint. 

A motion of the hand forward, associated with it, is 
soon understood as signifying the same as the order, and 
1s quite as promptly acted upon. 

lf the puppy have any spirit at all, he takes unbounded 
pleasure on hearing the command “Go on,” or on seeing 
the signal, either of which denotes that he is at liberty to 
romp at his own free will, 


“Come In.” — 


“Come in’ denotes that the pupil is to cease all effort 
other than coming promptly and directly to his master. 
It is not so easily taught as “Go on,” for the reason 
that it nearly always runs counter to the pupil’s in- 
clination, He is rarely inclined to give up the pleasures: 
of free romping or other interesting purposes in which 
he may be engaged at the time that he hears the order; 
therefore it in most instances is necessary to apply 
force to establish the desired obedience. Nevertheless, it 
should not be used till the puppy is properly matured 
and the formal yard training begins, inasmuch as it does 
not matter whether the puppy obeys promptly or not 
before that time, F 

When the proper juncture arrives it is necessary to 
enforce the most thorough obedience to the command 
“Come in”; otherwise no progress worthy of any con- 
sideration can be made in any branch of training. 

A disregard of this order denotes that the dog is under 
no control. No reluctant, hesitating or slovenly obedi- 
ence should be tolerated. It is one of the easiest .com- 
mands to teach if the trainer is properly persistent and 
methodical, and yet there are few orders more commonly 
disobeyed or evaded. P.. 

Pronounced obstinacy or disobedience must be cor- 
rected by force. It should be impressed upon the puppy 
that obedience to the order is uncompromisingly impera- 
tive; that nothing is left to his own inclination in this 
matter other than prompt obedience. The discipline 
established thereby in this one branch has a beneficent 
effect on all other branches of the training, since it es- 
tablishes a general domination of the teacher. 

The spike collar is the best instrument when the ap- 
plication of force is necessary. The description and uses 
of it, set forth in another chapter, should be read and 
carefully noted. It will accomplish the most desirable 
restuts when used in the parts of the dog’s education to 
which it is applicable; but, on the other hand, there is no 
instrument more harmful or capable of more brutal action 
than is the spike collar when improperly applied. 

The advantages cf the collar when used to turce the dog 
to “come in” are that it inflicts Pain upon him at the 
time and place that he is guilty of disobedience. . If he is 
standing at a distance from his handler he thereby has 
no immunity from punishment when the collar is on his 
neck, It forces him to come in, however much he may 
struggle against it. In the meantime, the trainer need 
not make any alarming demonstration in this respect, it 
being quite different from the demonstration inseparable 
from the use of the whip. The force is so directly and 
promptly applied that the pupil associates it entirely with 
the act of disobedience. 

The whip is not even remotely a substitute for the col- 
lar in teaching this order. If the Puppy comes in and is 
whipped, he observes that punishment is the result. He 
soon shows reluctance in coming in when there are 
grounds to suspect a whipping. On the other hand, the 
collar forces him to obey, and then punishment ceases. 
If the trainer then caresses him, thereby indicating that 
he has done quite right, he quickly learns that obedience 
results in that which is pleasurable instead of that which 
is paintul. 

The collar punishes the dog when he is in the act of 
disobedience; the whip punishes after he has’ obeyed. 

Besides being promptly effective in establishing obedi- 
ence, the collar is permanent in its effects. 

The manner of applying the collar is simple. It is put 
on the puppy’s neck, with twenty or thirty yards of strong 
light cord attached to it. The trainer, holding the end 
of the cord in his hand, trainer and pupil being any 
number of yards apart within the compass of the cord, 
quietly gives the order and pulls in the dog at the same 
time. The latter in all probability strugeles and at- 
tempts to run away. In his furious Struggles he may at- 
tempt to fight the collar. In any case the trainer holds 
him steadily till his flurry is all over. He soon becomes 
convinced that on his part the attempt to meet force with 
torce is futile and painful. — , 

_No attempt at anything more advanced should be made 
till the dog ceases struggling and is reconciled to yield 
te the force of the collar. This stage may require two 
or three minutes, or two or three lessons, according to 
the circumstances of the case, to prepare him for the next 
stage. When he ceases to. struggle, give the command 

Come in” and pull him within reach of the hand, so 
that he may be petted and caressed, as if he had.done a 
fine thing of his own free will, and so continuing till he 
has -recoyered his self-confidence and composure. 

The trainer next walks away, repeats the order, and 
pulls the dog in again if he disobeys. The latter soon 
notes that the punishment is most likely to occur when 
he is away from his handler. and will endeavor to follow. 
him closely about as he walks away. This anticipation 
of the order may be guarded against by fastening ‘a 


’* onghly inculeated as a matter of obedience. 


814 
Se 
Wooden or iron pin to the cord four oF five feet from. the 
collar and sticking it-in the ground. The trainer ee 
walks’ away, waits a few moments, gives the order 
calmly; at the same time pulling on the cord, which in 
turn pulls the pin out of the ground, thereby permitting 
the dog.ta come in promptly if he will do so, or, other- 
wise forced to come in. 4 i iol 
—%. These lessons should be repeated till he will come in 
promptly to the order, Next, in a room or yard from 
which he cannot escape, he may be drilled without the 
collar..: If he disobeys, it is put on him, and the forcing 
‘process is repeated, 


a 


this as in other branches of his education, as the tempta- 
‘fion to act in his Own way is a great incentive to dis- 
ration composure and deliberation on the part of 
the trainer add greatly -to the efficacy of, the lessons. 
‘Hurry and’ senseless violence do much to retard pr ogners 
‘and the purpose of the trainer in this as in all other 


‘branches of the dog’s education. — 
“A long blast on the whistle is commonly used to 


denote the same act as the command, and it is taught 1m 
‘preci he same manner. ; 
Pi aie the ease and thoroughness with which 
it may be taught, there are few dogs which are properly 
proficient in it. At field trials in particular, the place 
where one would expect to find the greatest perfection 
in matters of obedience, it not infrequently happens that 
4 is a laborious task for a trainer to bring his dog in 
“during a heat or at the termination of it. Some field 
trial handlers find it necessary to keep their dogs on chain 
to. prevent them from breaking away at such times as 
they desire them to cease work. All this shows rank 
neglect of the proper discipline, though it has for a pur- 
pose the encouragement of the dog to remain out at his 
_,work, regardless of the whistling or ordering indulged in 
. by an opposing handler, The handlers of such. dogs are 
satisfied to control them in any kind of slipshod manner 


rather than to take the more troublesome and efficient 


_method of teaching the command specially till it is thor- 


. 


B. WATERS. 


TEE 


Ganacing. 


- a 
-Amendments to the Racing Rules. 
e New York, Oct. 11.—Editor Forest and. Stream: I 
“don’t agree with the opinion that sliding seats injure 
“canoeing, I think that the decline in canoeing was 
‘caused by unlimited and insufficiently limited sail area 


_.and. by standing sails, as all who have cruised or raced . 


“will agree that a sliding seat makes the canoe more able, 
“comfortable and dry. Before the sliding seat was In- 
_venited ‘sail was unlimited; a small dandy and large main-+ 
» sail were used on the prinicple that sail confined as much 
"as possible to one sail gave speed, When the sliding 
., seat enabled larger sails to be used, they could not be 
built in this ‘proportion and used efficiently, so both sails 
“were made about the same size. i 
_centerboard the trunk was placed so far aft that it filled 
-up the cockpit, making it liable to -catch one’s foot 
‘against the trunk; so self-bailing cockpits were made a 
“practical. necessity for safety as well as for comfort, as 
canvas bags could not be used. 

“When sail was limited to 130it., the amount still was 


_.too large\'to reduce the proportion of the mizzen to the. 


_ mainsail very much, though I feel satisfied that Archbald 
did reduce it to some extent. Under the proposed amend- 
ment reducting it to r1oft., the sail can very largely be 
put in-the mainsail, and the mizzen need hardly be con- 
_. sidered in jibing, so it will be more easily carried, and the 


+ 20ft. will not make yery much difference in the speed. 


Regarding limiting sliding seat, I cannot see anything 
. gained by if, as any seat’across the boat, fixed or sliding, 


~_ even the width of the boat, will interfere with paddling; 


2. sliding seat-wwill-not prevent an athlete from haying an 


so the only side to look at it is from the sailor's side, and 
..@ light man needs a longer seat than a heayy man, and 
>. he is generally quicker and more active, therefore can 
‘suse a longer seat better. To limit or do away.with the 


‘advantage over others, as 1 have seen. one sail lying 


-. prostrate on his chest on the seat, with his head toward 


the “boat, the rest of his body, from his chest down, 
straight out beyond the seat to windward, steering with 

his teeth. 

1 think that doing away with the seli-bailing cockpit 


---and limiting a man’s sails to one rig of two sails of 11oft. 


-- will be. a benefit to canoeing. I also think that a canoe 
_which upsets should be out of the race. _ 
, Regarding the question of a permanent camp site, I un- 


a derstand that the Association owns an island on Stony 


- Jake aud. the canoe islands on Lake George, and those 
who are interested in a permanent camp site have never 

= ‘taken the trouble to find out what rights the Association 
has on ‘these islands. 


Tl agree with Mr. Allen that the mess charge should be, 
higher. . I would place it at $2 a day, as I think that this. 


sum would force the majority of the men to have club 
_,and individual messes, and so bring the Association back 


,.-to its.original idea of a canoe camp... I think also that 


; the campsite committee should not sell any floors larger 
_ than.to by 12. ae 
... Cannot the ‘Association or Division arrange to pay 
-.the expense, of hiring men to put the canoes in the cars 


_.. before going to the meet, and take them out again at the 


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meet, and put them in on the return from the meet? 
Henry H. Smytue, A. C. A. 1308, 


WrncHeEster, Mass., Oct. 8—Editor Forest and Streanv: 


. The many proposed amendments to the racing regula- 
_ tions of the A. C. A. 


. certainly show a desire to do 
_,.something to either entirely change the type or else 
«=: awaken new interest in the sport. As I understand it, 
a the latter end is desired. I think that the principal cause 
™ ot the falling off in the entry list has been the fact of 
. the meet being held always at a great distance from New 
_,, York.and Boston, I base this upon a knowledge of the 

number of sailing canoes—I mean racing canoes—ma- 


In the field he will need: much further disciplining in: 


To balance sails and- 


FOREST AND STREAM: 


chines, if you will—within two hours’ ride by rail from 
either of thé above cities, as compared .with the number 
in the Northern Division. I venture the statement that 
in the last ten years there have been ten-racing canoes 
built in the Atlantic Division and five in the Eastern 


to one in the Northern, and yet the meet is five: times ~ 


in the Northern to one in the Atlantic or Eastern. ‘In 
1890at Jessup’s Neck there were over eighty sailing canoés, 


‘and over fifty started in the club race, and thirty-seven in 


the unlimited. The meet was within reach of the sailing 
men, I believe the remedy is in having the meet once in 
every fotir or five years down in the sailing division’s 
territory. It would not seem fair to the division which 
las held the traphy seven times in the last eleven years 
to leave it out of the list of sailing divisions; yet the 
Northern is the paddling division, and sailing has always 
been by individuals there rather than by clubs. 

We have here in Winchester a new wideawake lot of 
men who are intensely interested in canoe sailing, and 
every week sees five or six canoes out at a time sailing 
over a triangle. Next year we hope to send a half dozen 
men to the meet, but the distance will deter many more 
from going. Probably next season will see a dozen 
racing canoes on the lake here, and if the meet could be 
held within half a day’s journey the interest aroused 
would double our fleet. ; 

IT am sure that it would be a serious mistake to rule 
out the sliding seat. It is more than a comfort. It is in- 
dispensable for any long sail or cruise. As for limiting 
it in length, that 1s a mistake, as it acts unfairly on a 
light man. I weigh 185lbs., and in 91 sailed with only 
a 30in. seat. Butler weighs r2olbs., and with a 3o0in. seat 
could not hold up goft. of sail in a wind in which I could 
carry 130, 

The smaller the limit of sail the more unequal the con- 
ditions become between light and heavy men. Put the 
limit down to 1ioft., and in a light breeze the light man 
would sail away from the heavy one; and in a blow the 
heavy man would have his turn, while the light man 
would reef, 

Why legislate against the fixed rudder? It is a harm- 
less thing, inoffensive, and gives its owner no advan- 
tage over the man who carries a drop rudder. It is 
cheaper to make by about 50 per cent., and is an incon- 
venience only in running ashore. Let any man carry 
one who wants to, so long as it gives him no adyantage 
in a race over the other man who for his cruising consid- 
ers the drop necessary. ie: 

As to standing sails, I have always until this stum- 
mer used a hoisting rig, and have only lately learned the 
joy of a rig without ropes to tangle, or jaws to break, or 
reefing gear to get out of order; and I shall always use 
it for sailing here. But if it seems that the standing sail 
has got to go, and the races be for cruising rigs, it is as 
fair for one as for another, and we: will use halliards 
without grumbling at the meet. 

I feel sure that the end is not to be accomplished by 
restrictions of the sort suggested. Far better make no 
new restrictions, but let the trophy be won only once by 
one man; also the Dolphin trophy, and have a senior 
and junior class of entries. The juniors to be men who 


_ had never won either first record, trophy sailing, Dolphin 
., trophy, Pecowsic cup or trophy paddling. Then have a 
senior prize to be sailed for if there were three enfries, _ 


and above all haye a_meet on this end of the country, or * at that figure it would net him not less than $300,000 profit. 


’ But some old traders say that under present conditions, 


near Long Island Sound. Why not year ,after next, 
when the Eastern Division has its turn, hold the meet 
at some one of the many big fresh-water ponds on Cape 
Cod, which would combine good camping and salt water 
within walking distance, as, for instance, Nine-Mile Pond 
and Centerville, only three miles from Vinevard Sound? 
Hermann Duprey Murpuy, A. C. A,, 1784. 


achting. — 


We learn from the Field that Shamrock is under orders | 


to leave her moorings in the Garelach for Scott & Co.’s 
yard, Greenock, where her aluminum topsides will be re- 
placed by steel, being badly corroded. 


AccorbING to the Yachting World, Mr. Lorne C. Currie 


is having a yacht built from his own design to try against © 
the one now in hand for him by Harley Mead as a chal- ~ 


lenger for the Seawanhaka cup. 


As the exact conditions under which the new oft. class _ 


was raced through the season are not known except to 
those direcily concerned, it is impossible to pass ,a fair 


judgment upon the subject of the over-ballasting of Rain- ~ 
bow, but there are certain general considerations which | 


apply to the class. For obvious reasons yacht racing is 


carried on under a system of exact and definite rules gov- . 


erning all possible details and contingencies; these rules 
heing now uniform with slight exceptions among the 
leading yacht clubs, 
direct interest of every yacht owner to do what he can to- 
ward perfecting these rules where they are weak and 
toward mainiaining them to the letter as long as they 
stand on the books. The owners of the new 7o0-footers 
are among the most influential members of the New York, 
Larchmont, Seawanhaka and other large clubs. Their posi- 
tions as racing yachtsmen with means to build in any 


class makes it certain that more than ordinary deference . 
will be paid to their ideas and wishes, and they certainly. 


are or should be fully informed as to the present condition 
and needs of yachting. ass 1 
one was so badly needed, between the international syndi- 
cate class of goft. and the regular 51ft. class, they ‘might, 
had they so desired, have done a great deal for the ad- 
vancement of yacht racing. Had they proposed to the 


clubs the establishment of a new class: of about the size ~ 
of the 7o-footers, but under regular club measurement and. 
rules, even with special restrictions or design and fittings, , 
there is little doubt that their overtures would not’ only, 
have been accepted, but warmly weltomed as’ a ‘timely. 


step for the sorely needed revival of yacht racing. ~ 


Instead of this they ignored the clubs and the’ 
rules. and as individuals started, a oné-design class’ that 


at best could have but’a limited influence on yacht ‘racing: 
Apparently with no-regatd to the interests of the clubs or 


It is not only the. duty, but to the. 


In establishing a new class where 


existing 


LAL | [Ocr. 20, 1900, 


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of, yacht tasing,. they, have. made certain rules of their 


own, with one, bad résult; if no other, that the effect of 


the regular club rules is weakened by such action on the | 


part of the owners of the largest racing class, Whether or 
no the rumors,now. eutrent of irregularities in the ballast- 
ing, of others of the class as well as Rainbow have any 
substantial foundation, it is plain that the class has been 
a failure in more ways,than one. It certainly has hurt 


instead of helping the establishment of a permanent racing — 


class within the reach of individual owners. 


| ‘The America Cup. 


- THe American people were treated to two surprises last : 


week, one at least of an-agreeable nature, in the news that 
‘Sir Thomas Lipton had at last sent a new challenge for 
the America‘Cup. By no means as pleasant was the other 


information, that through a corner on pork, managed by - 


the sane gentleman, they might have to dispense wich the 
succulent pork chop and tenderloin, to eat their buckwheat 
cakes without the sister institution of sausage, and even 
to'take plain fried mush in place of the more nourishing 
and toothsome scrapple. We confess that for once at 
least our knowledge of what seems to be an important item 
of yachting news is at fault, and we are content to quote 
freely from the New York Herald, as follows: 


When Sir Thomas Lipton comes across the Atlantic 
with a new Shamrock, built to aid him in a second attempt 
to “lift the cup,” it is exrtemely likely that he will be 
able to pay all the expenses of his new venture w th profits. 
gained in commercial contests with Americans, His 
corner in pork bids fair to be so successful as to enable 
him to make Americans pay for his next yacht racing 
effort, and perhaps even for a third one, should the second 
be unsticcessful. ; ; 

Men in the provision trade all over the country are 
watching Sir Thomas’ transactions in pork as keenly as 
the public watched the struggles of Shamrock and Co- 
lumbia when the Cup was last at stake. But it is. in 
Chicago that the corner excites the most interest, for 
Chicagoans will find it necessary to pay the piper when 
the dance ends, 

They have sold the pork market heavily short, while 
Sir Thomas has quietly snapped up their offerings, and 
they have’ attained the unpleasant position of men who 
have sold a good deal more of a commodity than they can 
beg borrow or purchase, and are faced with the necessity 
of covering coritracts in eighteen more days or making 
private settlements with the original buyer. Under the 


influence of those conditions pork has already jumped « 


up about 33 1-3 per cent., or $4 a barrel. And the squeeze 
of the shorts is not yet ended. Teepe 
It now appears that Sir Thomas has so carefully laid his 


plans as to provide for the disposal of his purchases with- 

out bearing the market to any great extent, thus avoid. 

ing the danger which menaces all manipulators of a cornef. © 
The shorts are believed to have sold at least 75 000 bar- , 


rels of winter packed mess pork. Assuming that he has 
bought or contracted to buy only this amount—and it may 
be that his purchases are much larger—his pro:pective 
profit may be reckoned to a certain degree, as he is 
credited with having bought at an average of $12 a barrel. 

The price is only $16 a barrel now, and should he unload 


‘when Chicago provision men have contracted to sell, at 


much less than prevailing prices, more than twice as much 


pork as they possibly obtain, pork may be. forced much 
higher. If he can settle his contracts at a basis of $10 
profit on the barrel his total gain will be three-quarters of 


_a million, ’ 
“The port market has been oversold,” said a represent- - 


ative of McIntyre & Marshall yesterday. “Shorts have 
made contracts to “deliver vastly more of the staple than 
they can get their hands on and will have to settle with 
Sir Thomas as best they may, 
his corner so sectirely in hand that a big profit is inevitable, 
It is a natural corner. -The shorts have brought it on 
themselves.” - 

Prices for the last few weeks indicate how frantic have 


It looks' as if he had | 


been the efforts of the men who oversold the market to - 


cover their contracts. During the first half of September 
mess pork averaged ‘about $11.50 a barrel. During the 
latter half it.averaged about $12. In the first five days of 
October it climbed from $12.57 to $14.50, gaining $1.40 


~,on Oct. 5. On Oct. 6, last Saturday, the shorts appeared 
_to make a united and disastrous effort to cover, for their 
_ competing bids forced up the price in the half day’s trading 


to $17 a barrel. The market has been quieter this week, 
and mess pork.closed yesterday at $16, r 
What, makes the position of the shorts peculiarly un- 
desirable and that-of the British yachtsman and merchant 
peculiarly. the reverse is the fact that new mess pork is 
somewhat scarce just now. The stocks reported to the 
Chicago Board of Trade at the close of business Sept. 30 


were only 35,193 barrels, and almost all the new mess pork 


in stock is in Chicago. .A good approximate estimate of 
ithe aggregate of new mess pork in the stocks of all West- 
ern cities, would be 38,000 barrels. 


to the extent of 75,000 barrels. 


This means pork of . 
the contract grade, packed since Oct. 1, 1899, which is. 
the sort the shorts have agreed to furnish to Sir Thomas _ 


Meanwhile, though Sir Thomas declares his intention 


of not being. hard on Chicagoans at his mercy and his 


desire not to catise any failures, he is taking care not to 
let the shorts buy much of his pork. 

, He had to' face a dilemma, whether to held the pork 
and run’ the risk of breaking the market when he tried 
to sell at the end of the month, or to let the shorts- buy, 
and thus prevent his corner from having full swing. 


“= He was. shrewd enough to find a third course, which- 


_will.greatly help him to build Shamrock IT. 
‘“Sir Thomas has hit upon the expedient of selling some 
of the pork he wanted to unload to the cotton pickers of 


_the, South.” said E. H. Dougherty, who is an authority in 
“In this way he pre~ 
_»vented it from getting into the hands of the shorts, many 
gf whom will be forced to make a private settlement with 


the provision trade, yesterday. 


him. Tt looks as if he could not fail to win, although 


I doubt if his profit will be so high as $ro a barrel. He ~ 


“sayshevhas.no disposition to- be severe, but he is in 4 
position to ‘he-so if he wants. to. ie 


i 
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| Ger. 20, goo] 

_ “At this time of the year, while cotton: is being ‘picked, 
there is much demand for pork from laborers” in the 
South. Sir thomas has been taking the. pork from the 
barrels, where the product has been already delivered to 
him, and cutting it up into ‘pork strips.’ These are 
packed in salt loosely in freight cars and so shipped away. 
For instance, the Chicago Daily Trade Bulletin, which 
estimated thé short interest on Sept. 28 to be 75,000 bar- 
rels, reports a sale of 300,000lbs. of ‘pork strips’ on Oct. 
$5, and subsequent sales have beén heavy. I learn through 
trade channels that most of thése are sales for the Lipton 
interest. -: a4 P 

“There are 200lbs. of pork in a barrel. He might sell 
the contents of a barrel which cost him ‘$12 at 614 cents 
a pound as ‘pork strips,’ or $13 for the lot, and make $1 
profit, besides having the empty barrel.. Then the men 
who have contracted to sell him pork which they cannot 
deliver may also have to pay him a profit on each~barrel 
to settle their contracts. This profit may be far larger. 

“When Joseph Leiter engineered his corner in-wheat he 
fan against a snag, because wheat, was delivered to him 
at a ra.e beyond his calculations. That cannot happen in 
the pork market. The whereabouts of the pork is too well 
known. Nor can fresh pork be provided for delivery this 
inonth by killing new hogs, because it takes thirty or forty 
days to cure pork,” ¥ 


It is perhaps but fair to give Sir Thomas Lipton’s side 
of the mater, as told in an interview. in London and 
cabled to New York: ivy | ah tam 

“My purchases of pork have now given me control of 
the American market, as I hold virtually the entire supply. 
But I wish it distinctly understood there is no corner. 
have not bought with any speculative’ intent. I never. 


planned a corner nor ever intended to attempt one. De-_ 


sirous as | am of making money, I would not take a single 
dollar otherwise than through legitimate business channels. 

“Tf this present state of the pork market should in any 
way reflect on my business honesty or work injury to 
people in America, I would immediately let go. My 
present holdings are largely the result of an accident. My 
trade growing, it became necessary to lay in a supply for 
contracts and future orders. Under orders my agents 
began buying largely, not speculatively, but for purely 
legitimate purposes. Fd 

“T intend my entire holdings for filling the orders of 
dealers and merchants with whom I do business, not for 


the purpose of squeezing any speculator on the Chicago: 


Board of Trade. I am sorry indeed to have the impres- 
sion circulated in America that I am working a corner. 
That is not the Lipton way’ of doing business; it is not 
legitimate, 

“T would rather sacrifice every penny than do an un- 
scrupulous or. dishonest act. Do not mistake me. If my 
transactions should affect Chicago speculators and catch 
some of them short I should not feel called upon to re- 
lieve them, but I would drop the whole business if I 
thought I was doing anything unfait, dishonest or work- 
ing injury to the country. | sy 4 "3 

“Please say to the American people that I intend no 
cotner, no squeeze no speculation on the Board of Trade. 
am domg only a legitimate bttsiness as any merchant 

oes. ' 


The news of the pork transaction preceded that of the 
new challenge by a day or two, the latter information, to 
the effect that-a challenge was on its way by the Germanic, 
reaching New York on Wednesday of last week. On the 
following day Sir Thomas, in London, kindly gave the 
following interview: 

“My respect and affection for the New York Y. C., 
which I regard as the premier yacht club of the world, pre- 
vents me from saying anything about my challenge, except 
that it is not at all controversial and that I have every 
reason to hope it will be promptly accepted. I do not 
quite know how the news leaked out, for I have not 
challenged by cable. and the letter containing the. challenge 
is probably only just delivered. As a matter of courtesy 
I desire that the contents of the letter be given out by 
the New York Y. C., ra_her than by. myself. 

“Yes, I have every reason to believe I stand a good 
chance of winning, for I would not challenge unless sure 
‘I could get a better boat than my last. Moreover. I know 
I have got to get the very best going in order to achieve 
a triumph over the wonderful energy and skill of the 
Americans, for which no one has) greater admiration than 
I. Realizing this, I have been working steadily for months 
to perfect my arrahgements. «. - . 

“T now believe that both the-boat and the men next 
contesting for the America: Cup will be an improyement 
over my first attempts , 1), 4) 5.1.4. 

“What will the challenger -be called? ° Why, Shamrock 
is good enough for me, and I will stnk or swim on that. 
I have secured a man wh6-is-universally admitted to be 
the best skipper on this side—an amateur, who stands 
easily ahead of his fellows. I can’t tell his name just 
yet, and, naturally, I cannot say much about the boat. 

“But races that wll rival the actual Cup races in keen- 
ness of interest will be the trial contests between the boat 
which Watson is designing for me and the old Shamrock, 
with the alterations Fife is contemplating for the latter. 
Both designers, the best in England, ‘will be on board 
their respective boats, and I can guarantee the one that 
wins will give you, at any rate, a close race. 

“J look forward with intense pleasure to revisiting the 
scene of my former defeat. I could ask for no better op- 
ponent than Mr. Iselin, though whether he will again man- 
age the defender, of course, I don’t know. I rather hope 
he will for then the conditions will be more parallel with 
those of last year.” ‘obey 


The Germanic arrived on Oct. 12, and the challenge was 


duly delivered by mail at the New: York: Y.-C. house, a 


~ uteeeive it, until which meeting it -will-be, kent-priyate. It 


is practically assured that the new _vacht will be-designed- 


oc; mew boats: to.-be built by variotis ‘prominent’ -yachtsmen 


~ « associated-with the zaft. class) “One report is tothe effect‘ 


~ that Mr. Duryea has already disposed of ‘his interest in 
~ Yankee. ae te See er oe ee 

The Fokest’ann Srrzaw is-put to press each, wéek.on Tuesday, 
Correspondence intended for frublication should teach -ws-at the 
Tatest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. 7 


See eo 


FOREST AND STREAM. 
+. Richard L. Ogden. 


On the 3d of this month there passed from among us 
one who in his time had played many pleasant parts. 
“Podgers,” or, as he was more aftectionateiy styled by 
his intimates, “Captain Dick,” had seen much of the world 
in its happiest and brightest aspects, and though of late 
years the’ grass had grown a little short,” it was no ditticult 
matter to s.art the bright How olf his reminiscences on 
any fitting occasion, 

Although an intimate friend of Capt. Dick all my life, 
I find myself unable to give a single date in his career, 
and must, perforce make this little sketch somewhat in- 
definite, but he had in some way, under the wing of an 
elder brother, as a boy, seen something of the war with 
Mexico, had visited Chili in pursuit of flour for the 
army, and Patagonia to pass away the time while waiting 
for it, About 1850 he was head of a frm running a line of 
ships to China, from whence came gorgeous toys for 
my amusement, and vases and things for the garden 
worth now fabulous sums, but which I fear we none of 
us set much store by then. 

Later he made several trips to Europe on mingled 
business and pleasure, and the breaking out of the Civil 
War found him a clerk in the Quartermaster’s depart- 
ment at this post. He received a commission as first 
lieutenant, was promoted captain, and in the course of his 
experience as quartermaster caime in contact with many, 
if not most, of the celebrities of the day, such as Grant, 
Sherman and Sheridan, winning by his tact and courtesy 
golden opinions from every one. At the close of the 
war he was persuaded by Ralston to resign and go into 
business—a great mistake, as he often afterwards ac- 

~knoewledged. 
- As a sportsman Capt. Dick was an unquestioned suc- 
cess, not for the number of his birds or his fish, but the 
number of matchless guns he could and did provide for 
his friends; the rods and reels without number, and all 
of the first quality, and the fact that hunting, fishite, 
horse, racing or yachting was with him truly sport, and 
absolutely free from any taint of commerciali$m or job- 
bery. There were many who shot straighter, but none 


who shot more honestly; there were better sailors, but - 


no .truer yachtsmen, In his prosperity his keenest 
pleasure seemed to be in filling his yacht chock-a-block 
with the pleasantest people he could find and filling 
those people with the “best the market afforded.” « 

He was the originator of the San Francisco Yacht 
Clib, which was organized in his office, one evening, by 
himself and some six or eight other gentlemen, and he 
might almost be said to be the originator—certainly the 
organizer of yachting on this coast, since he was the 
first (with perhaps the exception of Com. John Eckley) 
to indulge in yaehting as a sport pure and simple, entirely 
disassociated from all thought of profit save that which 
comes from bronzed faces and regenerated appetites. 
‘For many, years he was a correspondent of the N. Y. 
Times,” and the readers of Forest AND STREAM have 
often been entertained by him and his arguments in favor 
of centerboards ‘and beam, of which he was a most pro- 
nounced advocate. 

‘There-are among us many, I am sure, who will say 
with me that’ the favors for which we are indebted to 


real affection I bore him pardon the shortcomings of 
this imperfect tribute to his memory: 
ORK 


Britannia. 


It is gratifying to know that after ending her career as a 
racer the cutter Britannia has at iast fallen into the 
hands of a yachtsman who will appreciate and use her as 
she deserved, It will be remembered chat: several years 
ago she fell into the hands of a couple of “promoters,” 
ignorant of yachting and unfit to own such a vessel. The 
most remarkable point about Britannia is that though 
built as late as 1893, and raced up to last year, she has 
from the first been fiited up as a cruising yacht instead of 


being built and raced wich “swept hold,” like most if not. 


all her competitors, In her regular racing she was fitted 
and furnished for comfortable living on board. The fol- 
lowing record of her racing is from the Field: 


The sale of the Prince of Wales’ cutter Britannia to 
Sir R. Williams Bulkeley, and the report that her racing 
career 1s now at an end and that she will be converted into 
a ketch, brings to our recollection the Many classic races 
won by the vessel under the flag of the Commodore of the 
Royal Yacht Squadron. Britannia was built in 1893 by 
Messrs. D. & W. Henderson, of Glasgow, from lines by 
Mr. G. L. Watson, and she was, with Valkyrie II., which 
was cotistructed the same year, the best all-round racing 
yacht launched in this country under the old Y, R. A. 
rating rule ier en 

ees 606 
rule was changed in 1896, and the German Emperor's 
Meteor, another Watson boat, built on the Clyde, made 
her appearance. In the year 1893 no less than four first- 
class cutters were built—Britannia, Valkyrie IL, Satanita 
and Calluna—and the racing season was one of the finest 
ever recorded in this country. A great advance was made: 
in yacht architecture, and the four magnificent vessels were 


She was not outclassed until the 


designed upon principles distinct from those that had been 


- hitherto adopted in first-class racing yachts. Queen Mab, 
a 40-rater built in 1892. was to a great extent a prototype 


_. of Britannia and Valkyrie, and all the new boats had the 
shallow sectioned pram bow and the concave longitudinal - 
.. vertical section strongly developed. 


Britannia’s record 
has never been equaled by any vessel; Valkytie will be 


: ; oe : : &. i _. chiefly remémbered for her visi tea i 
special miecting. being called: for, Wednesday, Oct. 17, to’ ¢ y einbered for her visit to America in 1893. when 


She .was. beaten by Vigilant in the America Cup. races: 


. Satanita was noted for her remarkable speed on .a reach 


“hy Mir. Watson, named Starercdo Li, ahd-will be Gk ott: « In, strong winds ;-while Calluna alone proved only a quali-~ 


- ~lw.l.. Of course all kinds, f ‘Yeports “are :current=as to: 


former won eleven races and Vigilant only six, 


’ 


fied sticcess; Foremost among the performances’ of the. 
... Princé.of Wales’ cutter may be Classed hér victories over. 
_ the. Aijetican yachts Navahoe and Vigilant in 183 and 
“1894. respectively; the first named never gave~ serious - 
. trouble to Britannia. but Vigilant came aérnss the Atlantic. 
-. With a. great reputation, having defeated Valkyrie, which. 
... WaS..generally regarded “in ‘this country 4s | Britannia’s. 
equal, Stratige fo say, when‘ Britannia met- Vigilant the 


» We append a table showing the prizes won by the Prince 
with his famous vessel: ~ ' A A Brits 


Number of First Other Total Value. 

Starts. Prizes, Prizes, Prizes. 5 

TOOS. gages ee Se 24 9 33 1,572 
itefozes Aor Ria AG 30 2 38 25799 
TSG5 eee eae 50 38 2 40 3,040 
ESOC chee arnetly [Soeeee, ce TA. 10 24 1,562 
TOOT delatteenee 20 10 2 12 -J,000 
TRUS! . rats -Not in commission, ‘ + cae: 
T8909 Pace hot on 7 ee a6 ‘eee 
Total . "265 226 122 25 147 - 9,973 


It will be: noticed from this record that His Royal High- 
ness got the utmost out of the yacht, and only parted with 
her after a change in the rating rule and an alteration in 
the scale of tume-allowances—both were introduced by the 
Yacht Racing Association in 1896—combined with the im- 
provément in yacht construction and design that is bound 
to take place in seven seasons, had made it impossible for 
Britannia to race successfully in first-class matches. 
Britannia, besides being a thoroughly well-designed and 
well-handled vessel, was also a lucky one, and it is the 
wish of every yachtsman that the luck may not desert: the 
red and blue flag with the white feur de Ilys, should the 
Prince of Wales decide to build another first-class racer. 


The Keel Sloop Flirt. 


SPECIAL interest is given to the plans of the keel sloop 
Blirt, the first of which were published last week, by the 
fact that she has been matched to sail against the centet- 
board 25-footer Early Dawn for a stake of $1,000, the 
races to take place on Oct. 20, 22 and 24. The accommo- 
dation and construction are fully shown in the accom- 
panying plans; there is all in the way of room that can 
be looked for in this extreme type. The construction’ is 
simple and strong in the general arrangement of the 
principal members. The following details of the match 
are given by the Boston Globe: be ' 


Atticles of agreement have been drawn up and nothing 
is left undone but the measuring, the sailing and the sheut- 
ing. There is no apparent chance for a misunderstanding 
and there will be no opportunity for°a kick on eithér 
side. Both boats were well represented at the time the 
match was made, Flirt by L. M. Clark, and Early Dawn 
by G. J. Coles. Mr. George Lee, of Beverly, has been 
chosen teferee, and the appearance of his mame insures 
absolute fairness. y 

Both yachts are to be at Lawley’s basin on or. before 
noon on Oct. 18 where they will be:measured in by G. F, 
Lawley in the presence of the referee. , R, A, meas- 
urements and restrictions are to prevail. If either boat 
exceeds 25it, waterline, the owner shall have the right to 
make her fit inside the 25ft. -limit. Wilson & Silby’s 
certificate of sail measurement is. to be handed to the 
referee at the time of measurement, and said certificate 
shall hold. e rot a 

At the time of measurement, the referee shall see to it 


' that all inside fittings as required by the Y. R. A. shall 


be in place in each boat. If later a question of meastire- 


Capt. Dick were many and great, and who will for the etal shoul diisar and either tpet iaver acti tensa 


boat shall be disqualified and the race given to the other 


_ by default. 


On each race day the preparatory gun will be fired‘at 
12 o'clock. Five minutes later the starting gun will “be 
fired, when the time will be taken. The races are to-be 
sailed outside. but should. the weather not permit, the 
referee, in his judgment, may order them to be sailed 
Over an inside course. wore 

The yachts will sail four miles*to windward to a mark; 


i‘ thence reach two miles to a second mark; thence reach two 


miles to the first mark, and thence run four miles to the 
finish, a distance of twelve miles. : 

In the records of the Yacht Racing Association for the 
season it is shown that both boats have started eleven 
times. Flirt has won seven firsts and three seconds, with 
a percentage of 81 4-11, and Early Dawn has won four 


. firsts, two seconds and three thirds, with a percentage of 


59 1-11. This looks as though Flirt should be a favorite; 
she certainly will go into the field as such. ; 

But since these records were made there have been 
changes in Early Dawn, principally in her sail plan, which 
have made her much faster. She beat Flirt on Labor 
Day, over the Nahant course, and also Little Peter which 
stands one ahead of her in the Y. R. A. percentages. In 
the recent match with Little Peter, in the only race in 
which both went over the course, she beat Li tle Peter. 
That she has gained in speed is certain, but how much 
remains to be ‘seen at the coming races. _ a: 

Her backers, in spite of the challenge and the match 
with Flirt, are modest in their claims of ‘the boat’s-ability 
and allow that Flirt should win. This may be-all right, 
but people do not generally put up half of a $1 000 pune 

Je 


with the distinct intention of giving’ it away to the oth 
fellow, and-it-may.-be ‘that the backers of Early Dawn 
are speaking modestly of their boat, but with that modesty 
which comes from supreme confidence underneath. © - 

Be that as it may: Let the races be good, the finishes 
close and may the best boat win. ; 


___. Rainbow’s Ballast. >. 
Tue Lipton cup artived in New York on the Germanic 
on Oct. 12;,and is now in the custody of the New York 
Y. C.. Mr. Cornelitis: Vanderbilt. owner of Rainbow, has 
resigned all-claims to:this cup, and also returned the cups 
won in the*Sé¢awanhaka. Larchmont and Atlantic races. 
The New York Y. C. rega'ta committee’ has decided-that 
Rainbow is mot-entitled to the cup, and the ‘following 
letters have been sent by two. of; the othef committees: 
New York. ®ct. 2=-Cornel‘us Vanderbilt, Esa., Knick- 


-erbocker Club ‘New York City., Dear Sir: Yout cam- 


munication ef Oct. 5 was duly_received, itt which vou.state 
that, through. @c-misnnderstanding: ‘of your Tights. you 


did at different times during the last season take. additional 
ballast on, board: Rainbow after having been officially teas- 


ured. and without procuring a remeasurement or notifying 
the regatta committe of the action you had taken and 
requesting a remeasurement. ..-- -,, . °°” 

1 are now aware, it having 


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The committee therefore,-in carrying out the duty in- 
cumbent upon them, have to advise that Rainbow is dis- 
qualified in the race sailed on Sept. 8, 1900, under the 
auspices of the club, for violation of Rule 25, Section 3. 
Most ‘respectfully yours, : . 
Spee LARCHMONT REGATTA COMMITTEE, 
cae jJoun F. Lovejoy, Chairman. 
Oct. 13.—Cornelius Vanderbilt, Esq., Newport, R. 1. 
My Dear Sir: Your letter of Oct. 5, in which you ‘state 
that after Rainbow was officially measured additional bal- 
‘last was placed on and no remeasurement was made, was 
duly, received. The race committee. gave the matter care- 
ful attention, and decided that Rule 2; Section 5. of the 
Racing Rules of the club had been violated by Rainbow 


the Adams cup, sailed on Sept. 15. = ° 
We thank you for having notified us of your error as 
soon as it was called to your attention, and are satisfied 
that the error was committed through an oversight. While 
regretting the unfortunate infringement. of our rules, we 
are obliged to disqualify Rainbow. Respectfully yours, 
G. W. McNutry, ; 
A. F. ALDRIDGE, 
; Race Committee, Atlante Y. C. 
The owners of the other three: boats—Mineola IJ., Yan- 
kee.and Virginia—have declared positively that-they will 
not acceptany of the cups thus:given up by Rainbow. 


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3 YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 

Mystic, schr., designed by G; L.. Watson for H. C. 
Smith, was launched at White Bros.’ yard, Itchen Ferry, 
on Sept. 25. When finished she will sail for the Medi- 
terranean. 

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The steel auxiliary schooner designed by Messrs. A. 
Carv Smith & Barbey ‘for James L. Watson, of Rochester. 
N. Y. former owner of Lasca, was launched at Nixon’s 
yard, Elizabeth, on-Qct: 13. -.Contrary to current re- 
port, she was ‘named* Genesee; instead of Lasca II. 
is 148ft. over all; rroft. 1.w.l:, 27ft. breadth, 16ft. 6in. depth 
and carries an engine with cylinders 9% and 19 by fain. 
and two Almy boilers. 


of the club. eee , tae 
The committee beg to convey to you their assurance 
that there is no question. in. their minds as to your in- 
tegrity in the matter, fadly. realizing that the act was com- 
mitted through lack° of a’¢areful reading and understand- 
ing of the racing rules and confounding them somewhat 


miunication, is a direct violation of oné of the racing rules 
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and that consequently she was disqualified in the race for - 


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Aifle Zange and Gallery. 


Cincinnati Rifle Association. 

CINCINNATI, O.—The following scores were made in regular com- 
petition by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association at Four- 
Mile House, Reading road, Uct. 14. Conditions: 200yds., off- 
hand, at the’standard target. Payne was deciared champion tor the 
day with the score of a7: 


PAY NGs Ins hs eee ees anaes aaeteeeee 910 9 710 8 810 7 9 8&7 
e > $-9 7 7 810 9 9 9 7-83 
$10 6 7 910 9 8 8 7-82 
Robertsieines 2s lasie'as sacpancenoseceny 8 810 9 7 8 810 9 8&—S85 
91010 7 6 7 910 9 6—83 
1010 6 610 8 710 6 6—79 
Drube ...... Seprnnann Recaelaa eres Coens 10 710 510 9 8 9 7.984 
\ + GR Ee “9-4 7 510 5 7 8 9 8—72 
16695 9 5 8 6 7-771 
Bits seein ere ates moons bececee 69 10).8T Ge10) 9) 58; oh 6710 —82 
coat Putts - $8 5 8 5 51010 7 5 10—73 
5799 5 610 7 6 8—72 
Gin delet ees ee eee teas 1078 99 810 7 5 881 
. 8 69 7810 8 9.8 8-81 
1010 79 5779 9 T80 
Strickmeier ....... fe hiektieladctadan 6 6 8 91010 7 7 9 8—80 
610 9 6 910 8 9 6 6—79 
8810 8 610 Bb E19 
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9 810 6 6 7 8 8B 7 10—79 
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10 9 49 5 4 6 6 6 10-69 
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10 3710 769 9 6 T—74 
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~ Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. 


—The Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club 
eleven assembled at the range Sept. 23 
pool shooting, etc., to get them- 
selves ready for the regular shoot. Hoadley beat his best previous 
pistol score with 40. Young was a close second with 41. With 
revolver Young had 49:and Becker 50. The score sheet was mis- 
laid, but the above we remembered. , 

On Sept. 30 ten put in an appearance, and had a fine day’s 
sport, with good shooting all around. Dr. Twist and Hoadley - 
brought their rifles. The Doctor tried L. & R. powder for a 
priming, and only did it once. The primer was blown out, and the 
Doctor also came near being blown away with it. Dorrell and 
Hyman’ brought their .22cal. rifles. Dorrell did some good work 
with his, using Peters’ long rifle cartridges. Young and Hovey 
did fine pistol work, using Peters’ .22cal. shorts, semi-smokeless. 
Scores, Columbia target: ; ‘ 


San Francisco, Sept. 30. 
enthusiasts to the number of 
for practice and experimenting,. 


y: TOLL OLS Ss Solmeisertctemesterers ste cesteccrets BD ah eal al al ee Ae Saale 
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Pistol: 

Naa 0es Soe bre oon nner 9912725 51 211 4-37 

ee a 357463 14 4 8455 

Bi 8. oT So S04 230s 3 48 

Ed Hovey...--: yey So pei AR 34°32. 6) 5) 3515, 6 5-42 

Dr Humsaker .....22.--ces-e-s0c0500 5 6 2.7 45° 7 92-8) 8, 147 

Gr se oddlevans. cia ieee ete caeis 4°55 7 4& Soho -bee2) 65 22-52 

[Po SSWANNGEN Sele eA Ren ROnbeaoaennos 43 2. 6 3) eS ll oh, 8—55 
Revolver: 1... , y y ‘ 

; WO ee ee Aah ieee tet =< 223 78 2310 5 345 

Pu “4 °2°6,2°8 4-811 1 1-47 

Pi Beckenaspideseaue teen coer eet ccs 55 48 68 5 7 6 5—59 


¥F. S. Washburn, Creedmoor count, 
Wr Hunsaker......- ee nthaee eae aed 
Dr. Twist 8b. : 

Dr. Hunsaker beat his own record with: pistol; he is likely to 


be the dark horse in the club this year. Hoadley and Dr Twist 
shot the Swisa Club boys a match or two, and felt much elated with 
their 200yds. rifle shootitig—they won out, The younger members 
of the Swiss Club want to adopt the Coluribia target, os they be 
lieve it an adyantage. 

San Francisco, Oct. 7.—The shoot to-day found many of our 
scatter gun cranks after the ducks ar 
just open and game very abundant. Still there was a large number 
present, many only practicing, but with the intention of doing 
Some good work next year, . f 

C. M. Daiss entered for a 100-shot record with revolver, and his 
score of 579, or -5.79in. ring average, will stand as the 100-shot 
record to date on Columbia target. ‘ 

Mrs. Waltham beat all in the .22 and .25 rifle match at S0yds., 
and Young Jed with pistol and rifle. At last shoot Young got the 
lead on the Twist revolyer match, but to-day Daiss forged ahead 
7 points agains ; 5 

r. Twist is gaining steadily on the pistol medal, and bet Becker 
he would win’ out. At the same time Becker has taken tp the 
22 vifle, and is closing in on the.Doctor in that match, i 

It looks as though several club records on class and all comers 
medals will be beaten. ; ' 

Washburn got his Bisley werking to-day, and may give the 
members’ revolver medal a try yet, though Becker has a strong 
lead on it. 


Trego and Dr. Hunsaker are both promising revolver students, 
and ‘Mrs. Trego shoots it even better than her husband. She 
scored two Is in succession in her practice. 

Mannel is on the sick list. : 

Scores, Columbia target,, off-hand shooting: : 

Class medals, one entry, rifle, 200yds.; experts: — 

FO) Voting’. boaters ce een hens $310.2 2°>8 25 7 4 6 49 

Marksmen: ! 

Mrs Waltham .....- Sha oR icae atest 61618 4 9 5 61625 6—111 

Dr. Twist scored 124 in the Marksmen match, 

Pistol: F, O. Young 55, C. M. Daiss 63. 

Sharpshooters: Dr. Twist 74. 

Marksmen: Mrs. Waltham 85, BE. A. Allen 99. 
aris Somes medals; rifle: Fu et aerate atte a50 
i Way th afer see rig don wt ected e 

. * 5387479 8 5 2 6-56 

3228 5 24 4 8 843 
ib or 2 3 3 8B 
AGE. Dorrell se nny sesso epee al 6 
E Hovey .--2...++ eS cheeks) Aas 5 6 2331116 6 7 1 9-82 


Mr. Milroy 201. 

Military snd repeating rifles, Creedmoor count: P. Becker 44. 

Pistol, 50vds.: ol O: Young 44, 50, 53, 54, 65; Dr. Twist 54, 64; 
FP. Becker 58, 60, 61, 69. 


29 and .26 rifle, bOyds.: Mrs. C. F. Waltham 21, 29, 34, 36; Ed © 


Ho 25: P. Becker 26, 27, 28, 29; Dr. Twist 27, 35, 37. 
Twist revolver medal: C, M. Daiss 60, 58, 53, 59, 66, 58, 53, 62, 
62, 48—579, or 5.79in. ring average for 100 shots; F. ©. Young 


52 60. 
52, 5%; 2h F. O. Youne, Sec’y. 


.. . Qrapsheating- 


Leading dealers in sportsmen’s supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously for a quarter-century, 


If you want your shoot to be announced here send In 
notice like the following: 


Fixtures. 


PETERS: CARTRIDGE COMPANY’S TOURNAMENTS. 


Oct. 23-25.—Atlanta, Ga—Peters Cartridge Co.’s live-bird tourna- 
ment. John H. Mackie, Mgr. . : 

Oct. 24-25.—Raleigh, N, C.—Peters Cartridge Co.’s target tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the North Carolina State Fair Asso- 
ciation; $250.added money, John Parker, Mgr. . 

Uct. 29-30.—Jacksonville, Fla.—Peters Cartridge Co.’s two-day 
tournament, under auspices of the Jacksonville Gun Club; $100 
added. Third day, grand -pigeon shoot exclusively under the 
auspices of the Jacksonville Gun Club. John Parker, Mer. 


Oct, 17.—Muncie, Ind.—Magic City Gun Club's target tourna- 
ment. C. E. Adamison, Sec’y. aA Zz. 

Oct. 17.—Richmond, Ky.—Madison Gun Club’s live-bird tourna- 
ment. cP. 

Oct. 17.—Sistersville, W. Wa.—Sistersville Gun Club’s tourna- 
ment. 

Oct. 17-18—Onawa, Ia.—Onawa Gun Club’s tournament. 

Qct. 17-18.—Sac City, la—Sac City Gun Club’s tournament. 

Oct. 19-20.—Louisville, Ky.—Live-bird tournament of the Ken- 
tucky Gun Club. W. H. Kaye, Sec’y. 

Oct. 20.—Richmond, Va.—Cast_lron medal contest between J. 
A. R. Elliott)’ holder, and Fred Gilbert, challenger. 

Oct. 22.—Jersey City, N. J.—Bi-weekly shoot of the Hudson 
Gun Club 


Oct. 23-25.—Baltimore, Md.—Live-bird tournament, under the 
auspices of the Baltimore Shooting Association, 

Oct. aaa Y.—Jamestown Gun Club’s tourna- 
ment. F. E.'Bonsteel, Sec’y, 


Oct. 30.—Mt. Sterling, 111.—Mt. Sterling Gun Club’s tournament. 

Oct. 30-31,—Peru, Ind.—Live-bird tournament of the Peru Gun 
@lub. Chas: Bruck, Sec’y. | . 

Wov. 1.—Chillicothe, O.—Scioto Gun Club’s fall tournament. 

. Nov. 9.—St: Paul, Minn—Seventh annual live:bird handicap at 
St. Paul Shootite Park. Main event at 26 live birds, $15 entrance; 
$50 added. -Contest for the Hirschy cup. 

Noy. 10.—Newark, N, J—Merchandise shoot of the Forester Gun 
Club, John J. Bless; Sec’y, 21 Waverly avenue. 

Novy. 13.—Dexter Park, Brooklyn.—Under atispices of the Greater 
New York'Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live birds per man; 
29yds. Members of any organized gun club in the U, S, are 
eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shooting commences 
at 10 A, M. Mr. L. Schortemeier and Dr. A. A. Webber, managers, 

Nov. 13-15.—Minden, Neb.—Minden Gun Club’s tournament. 

Nov. 13-16.—St. Thomas, Ont.—Tom Donley’s tournament. 

_ Nov. 14-15.—Springfield, [1l.—Two-day target tournament of the 

Tilinois Gtin Club; open to all. Chas. T. Stickle, Sec’y. ; 
Nov. 28.—Hackensack Bade and. Rutherford Road, N. J.— 

Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men team race; 

20 live birds per man; 29yds. _Members of any organized gun club 

in the U. S are eligible. Commences at 2 P, Sweepstake 

shooting commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier and 

Dr. A. A. Webber, managers. 

Nov. 27.—Toledo, O.—East End Gun Club’s merchandise shoot. 

Newark, N. J._South Side Gun Ciub, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. ; 

Gisedea! Til._—Garfield Gun Club’s trophy shoots, second and 
fourth Saturdays of each month; live-bird shoots every Saturday. 

Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue, 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Oct. 18.—Interstate Park tueens.—Match at 100 birds, $100 a 


gids between Dr, A. A. Web er, 30yds., and Mr. T. W. Morfey, 
yds. “ 
Oct. 26.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Under auspices of Medicus 


Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live birds per man; 29yds. 
Members of any regularly organized gun club in the U. S, are 
eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shooting commences 
at 10 A. M. Mr, L. H. Schortemeier and Dr, A. A. Webber, Mgrs. 

‘Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 
~ Oct. 26.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Three-men team race at 20 
live birds per team, 29yds, rise; members of any regularly or- 
ganized gin club in the U. S. ate eligible; at 2 Gielous Sweep- 
aoe peas pe aae oe o’clock. 

ct. 30,_Interstate Park, Oueens.—Mateh at 100 birds, $1 

side, between Messrs. J. J. Hallowell and T. W. Morfey. ay i 

Interstate Park, L. 1.—Founfain Gun Club's regular monthly 
shoots, the third Thursday of October, November and December, 

Interstate Park, Queens,—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
tt AS eer 4 

niterstate Park, Queens, L. I.—Two miles beyond Jamai 

Tt TR. Re Maen direct to grounds. Connie? appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Café and hotel accommodations, 


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and quail, the season being - 


‘address Mr. Stephen A. Ryan, Atlanta, Ga., or Mr. 


the, third time. 


. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. __.. ,sumeatél Gir. sisee oy Novo. ae We Se Paul shoots 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores Jor publication in 


FOREST AND STREAM. °°” ~~ fen aa a 


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these columns, also any news notes they may care to have priteted. Tres 


on ail events are considered as divided uniess otherwise reported. Mart’ 


ali such matter to Korest and Stream Publishing Company, 440 Broad- 


way, New York, 


The programme of the. amatetir _tournatnent of the Peters 
Cartridge Co., to be held at Atlanta, Ga:, Oct. 23, 24 and 25, under 
the auspices’ of the Atlanta Gan Club, provides target shooting on 
the first two days and -live-bird Shooting on the third, the latter 


to be.conducted by the homé club, Thé ‘target. poste is alike- = = 


for each day—six events at 16 targets, three at 
at-25 targets; entrance based on 10 cénts per target... 
be $150 added money. | There are five live-bird events—two' at 10, 
$7.40; two at 15, $10, and one at 25 birds, open to Atlanta Club 
members only, for the club championship and a silyer etip. €mi- 
blematie of it. A gold medal will be given for the highest avcres cai 
of the two days’ target shooting. Any profit accruing, ffom 


0 targets, and one 
There, will 


day’s' programme, “Targets 2 cents. Magautrap and Sérvéant sys-: 
tem.“ Rose system—d, 3, 2 and 1—in the J5-target events; 7, 5, 3, 2 
and -1 in the 20 and 25 target events. Manufacturers’ agents may 
shoot. for price of targets. Barbecue on the grounds. Rate of 
one and one-third fare on all roads entering Atlanta. Guns 
and ammunition shipped to Conway & Dunning, 16 N. Forsythe 
street, will be delivered on the grounds free. Birds 25 cents. All 
live-bird events will be handicaps, and the moneys will be goy- 
erned by the Rose system—d, 3, 2 and 1, For Bree rarnee ee 
ohn H. 
Mackie, care of the Peters Cartridge Co., Cincinnati. Mr, Mackie 
will manage the tournament. . 


The third of the Schortemeier-Webber series of six team shoots: 


was held at Outwater’s grounds, Carlstadt,.N. J., on.Friday-ot last | 


week. Two teams contested in the team event, a race at birds. 
The South Side Gun Club, of Newark, scored 55 
Emerald: Gun Club, of New York. For the benefit of those who 
may have forgotten the conditions of the team race they are again 
presented, as follows: “The team shoot will be three men on a 
side, 20 birds each, or a total of 60 birds to a team. All at 29yds. 
rise. -The 20 birds may be shot at by individual shooters in an 
optional sweepstake. ll other sweepstake events will be handi- 
capped by the management. Entrance to team contests price of 
birds only, 25 cents each. To the winning team each day will be 
ivén. a sum equal to-134 cents for each bird shot at on that day, 
including sweepstakes and team shoot. To the three high guns 
qualifying in five out of the six contests in team shoot, or the 
individual shooting at the 20 birds with them, there will be divided 
46 cent for each and every bird shot at in the entire six contests, 
team, shoots and sweepstakes included. A trophy will be given 
to the-club team winning the greatest number of shoots in the six 
contests. These contests will be held under the auspices of the 
Medicus Gun Club, at Interstate Park; the Greater New York 
Gun Club, at Dexter Park, and the Moonachie Gun Club, at John, 
Hen Outwater’s.” The dates of the remaining contests are pub- 
lished in our trap fixtures. The next contest takes place at In- 
terstate Park, Queens, on Oct. 26, 
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The programme of the Jamestown, N, Y., Gun Club’s tourna- 
ment, to be held at Celoron Park, Oct, 24, offers fourteen events _ 
at targets, sweepstakes and merchandise prizes. There will be 4 
club team contest for a $25 trophy for Western New York and 
Pennsylvania. 
times by one team is then that team’s property. Shoot com- 
mences at 10:30. Targets 2 cents. There is a total of 200 targets 
in the programme, with a total entrance of $12.25. The management ° 
desires that the secretary, Mr. F. E. Bonsteel, be notified of their 
intention by shooters who contemplate competing. 
hold a repast in the evening, concerning which it says that tickets 


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y to 62 by the ~ 


* a Handicap event at 10 


. Was lighter than usual, 2 circumstance 


ark. Theoriain event will % ‘at 25 live. birds, $16 entrance, #0 
“added. Purse divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. The Hirschy 
trophy, émbleriiatic of the championship of the Northwest, will be 
the“main feature of the tournament. ~ 5 


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_ At the first trophy event of the Garfield Gun ‘Club’s fall season, 
: live birds, held last Saturday, Mr. Thos, 
a straight score from the 30yd. mark. The dttendance 


lue to the fact that several 
the firing line, where the ducks 


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Last Saturday, {4 {Hé contest for the 
r Athletic Club's week} i at’ Bay 


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Eaton ma 
of the members were absent on 
glimmer: ; 


October cup at the Crescent 
¥ shoot at) Bay Ridge, L. rte Mr. Edward : 


Banks, the stratéh inan of the club, broke 48 out of 50—23 expert 


the’ ~ 
shoot“will be added to an extra event at the close of the sé¢ond ~ 


It is subject to challenge, and when won three - 


The club will— 


are $1, and that ““Any one wearing a dress suit will be shot. James-' ° 


town Gun Club’s first shoot and feed, to be given Oct. 24, in the 


barn of the Imperial Hotel, Celoron, N, Y. If you want ‘to sit ~ 


dawn bring your chair, knife, fork, spoon, etc. N. B.—No napkins 
or-tablecloths allowed, Shoot, 10:30 A. M. Feed, 7:30 P. M.’’ The 
menu is exceedingly humorous, such rare dishes as cowtail, pig? 


tail and rabbittail soup; whales and live sardines, stuffed capers, . 


Mellin’s food and Canadian thistles, gnats’ eyebrows larded with 
goose oil, ete. e ‘ft 


Malone, under the auspices of the Baltimore Shooting Association, 
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, gives every 
promise of being gratifyingly successful. It has evoked great in- 
terest among the liye-bird shooters. 
tained of Mr. James R. Malone, 2671 Pennsylvania avenue, or 
H. P. Collins, 22 S. Calvert street, Baltimore. On the second 
day a competition of special interest is that for the Dupont smoke- 
less powder championship trophy, open to the-world, $500 guar- 
anteed and all surplus added to the purse. The programme was 
published in full in Forest AND STREAM of Oct. 6. ‘ 


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Full particulars may be ob- ~ 


__jike instinct during. the s 


On Thursday of this week a match of exceptional interest will be_ 


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shot at Interstate Park between Dr. A. A. Webber and Mr. ; z 
atter! 


Morfey, for $100 a side, the former standing at 30yds., the 
at 8lyds. The match begins at. 1 o’clock. 
Shown ‘exceptionally high-form of late, and therefore a close and 
skillfully conducted race is anticipated. The grounds can be 
reached via the Long Island Railroad from Flatbush avenue, 
Brooklyn, or Thirty-fourth street ferry, New York, 


R 4 
At a meeting held on Oct. 10 the Walsrode Gun Club, of Tren-~ 3 
ton, N. J., changed its title to the Trenton Shootin Association, 
The officers élected were: President, Dr. E. Barwis; Vice-President,, 


Geo. N. Thomas; Treasurer, Dr. 


. H. Mickel; Secretary, Dr. 
B. Widmann, Chas. B.- 


e: H. Ginelly.. The foregoing, with Wm. 
Cole’and Jos. D. 
‘club’ shoot, held on Oct. 10, Dr. Thomas won the 


ro & Mie a 


Mr. Chas. T. Stickle, of Springfield, Ill., secretary of the Mlinois» 
Gun’ Club, under date of Oct. 12, writes us as follows: : | 
Tilittois Gun Club will give a two days’ tournament on targets, Nov, 
14’4nd 15, open to all. A committee mow lias the programme fii’ 
hand, which will be issued within the coming week or ten days, 
and it will be mailed to any one upon request by addressing the 
secretary. We have the best shooting grounds in the West, and our 
large local entry list makes every event full of interest.” : 


In a race at 25 live birds, 30yds. rise, at Interstate Park, on 
Friday of last week, between Messrs. R. Q. Heikes, R.A. Welch 
and 1. W. Morfey, Mr. Welch killed straight, to the tie on’ 24 
of the other two contestants. Mr, Welch also won the first Foply. 
of the Medicus Gun Club, Long Island rules, 10 birds, all at 
25yds., on the same day. ey 


In the contest for the E C-cup, emblematic of the target cham- 
pionship, held at Watson’s Park on Tuesday of last week, Mr. W. 
R Crosby defeated Mr. Fred Gilbert by the score of 126 to 123. 
The conditions were 50 targets at unknown angles, 40 expert 
rules, and 26 doubles. In the order thus’ mentione eTpeRY scored 
47, 86 and 48; Gilbert, 41, 43 and 39.;.Mr. Hough tells the story 
at length in ‘Western Traps.” : 


Mr. Harold Money, who has been absent in, the West, during 
many months past, was in evidence in the gun colony” in “New 
York last. week, looking well and somewhat stouter than when he 


left. He is an admirably fine shot, and there is likely.to be:more 
activity in gun’ matters about New York when he rounds inte 
form a bit in his practice. = \ 


, t 5 at 

On Tuesday of last week, ot-the grounds of the New Castle Gun 
Club, of New Castle, Pa., J 
defended his title to the championship of Western Pennsylvania 
against Mr, Henry Born, of Pittsburg.- Each shot at,100 targets, 
and the scote was 91 to 77. Page a ae ae 


City Guit Club’s tournament 


to 
Wednesday of this week 


The programme of the Magic 
be held at Muncie, Ind., of 
eleven events, 140 targets in all, 
Shooting commences at 9 o'clock, There are four moneys in’ all- 


events. ( 


Mr; James T. Atkirison, succésstully _ 


Each contestant has © 


Hall, constitute the Board of Governors. At the” 
silver badge for - 
i 


“THe. 


| provides .- G# Sa 
with a total entrance ot wie _Dockson «.++ 


‘tion, between Messrs. F. B 


* give a 


and 20 straight ovet the magautrap, ‘Mr. C, J. McDermott, with 
a handicap of 2, and Mr. ff. M, Brigham, ‘ith ic 
tied on 47, 1 behind the high acer 3 a ac na 


aes: trophies at the Carteret Gun Club’ 

y Nee ie Me toe h he had to shoot a tie off with memes 
How shot, Mr. L. I. Duryea, in each event. Mr. Wel 
through the day's shooting without a miss, ne 


® 


un match at\ 50 live birds with Mr. G. 
W. Schuler, on the grounds of the Cincinnati Gun Club on Tue: 
_ day: of last week, an won it with the score of 42 to 41. He stood 

at 33yds., an extreme distance, and Schuler stood at 20, 


R 


Capt. A. W. Money, in a letter to a friend, announced hi f 
arrival in England, with the further information that he nomad 
Jeaye England for Yankeeland on Noy. 6, where on his arrival he 


, 


Wi 


Mr. R. A. Welch won both 


Capt. A.W. du Bray shot a 


5 owill receive the glad hand of welcome. 


& 


= ian Oct. 12, in 2 match at 100. live birds for $100 id 
grounds of the Keystone Shooting League, at MARE Tones 
. McCoy and H. Henry, the latter won 


& 


‘In-a match at 20 live birds between Dr. A. A,. Webb | 
T. W. Morfey, 20 birds each, at Interstate Park, Out. tS ane 


score. wag: ebber 18, Morf S 
Tiare lee orfey 17. The former stood at 30yds., 
= ; 


THe City Park Gun Ctub, of New Orleans, h i 

‘ 1 » haye decided to 
tournament in Mardi Gras week, an i" 

taken to make arrangements for it. j es RP A aR 


On Saturday of next week, at Richmond, Va., M i 
and Gilbert will contest for the cast iron raedai a eeu 


The regular bi-weekly shoot of the Hud an i 
- place on the week commencing Oct. 2, Pa Sar ihe Walt ee 


The Forester Gun Club, i 
dine eee eee ia ub, of Newark, N. J., will hold a merchan- 


_by the score of 93 to 92, 


Brznarp Warers. 


Hirrisburg Shooting Association Tournament. 


« Harrtsaurc, Pa., Oct. 18.—The fall shoot of 
* Shooting Association, held Oct. 12, was stds 
rye) aA resting: and enjoyable. 
_ | £resent from a distance were Mr. Thos, H. Keller, of the Peters 
3 rt eae Co,; Messrs. Fox and Roberts, of Winchester Cop and 
a eae from Lancaster, Carlisle, York, Lebanon, Glenrock 
‘The prizes, forty in number, in two merchandi 
t 1 se events 
_ costly and beautiful, ranging. from $20 to a dog collar. One of 
the novel ones was ice furnished for ong year. A ton of coal, 


the Harrisburg 
a grand success, remunera- 


: 6 '— ® cathedral clock, ca 
rhe siyesuied tburnsadene= tee es Hala teneneMeeerame alane aa Se of champagne, etc,, were others that were 


hotly Epntesied for. 
' he dark day, together with the speed at which the targets wer 
Puen out (4,000 being used in five hours), made good aebhes ate 

sible. 

One of the most popular members of the Association, “Sullivan,” 
of Harrisburg, was most sadly missed,’ being confined to his bed 
_ Critically ill with pulmonary trouble. Kreuger, with off sportsman- 
ig - tk oot, collected a dime from each con- 
Gntany generously given, which was entrusted to ‘'Brewster,” 
who placed’ in his room a handsome bouquet of cut fowers and 
roses, and as he lay on his bed and looked at them he said: “Now 
I can look at them and think that each flower represents a token 
of love and esteem toward me from those whom it was always a 

pleasure to meet.’ 
--Over 33 was contributed. The live-bird event of 15 had to be 
cut down to 12 on account of darkness, and was participated in 

by twenty-six. The scores: 


+’ "+ Events: 123 4 5 6 7 8 91011 1212 14 15 
|. Targete: 10 15 20 10 15 201510 2010 15 15 10 20 Broke, 
Kreuger ...-..... 613816 5141512 616 9 61118 616 4164 
Burnham ...... + 81016 7BIZIW 715 7 61414 816 166 
Schultz -......00. 91817 9131814 713 9 61512 716 178 
Wilson .......... 71213 4131812 416 9 51012 315 148 
“H Stevenson.... 6 511 81011 9 614 4.61210 912 194 
McKee venue plOs: ed tl Bel. todGon 2. Oey onl W790", 
land) s.neluet a 9 818 99717 9 7-9 5) 41012-8212 4140 
Burns) .)22.22). i. 41015 410 6 621045 8 7 612 114 
Hess) ii. distiihh URES) eats. Banshees. ICs Be 51 
RCOuWaversethteean cere is (APE TG TE etd BL 
, Murnane ........ 310.12 .. CT cere Ly i Ba/et, L ae eae 32 
George”... 222i. (ih Tet aog aes ne See, ab SS GE al) Bape “aEal 
Smith ....... teres £1013 2. 101112 516... ving wed 48 
Metzger ......... of se Wicd ced hima, aa. Cae eae 52 
Hoffman ..,...... Np sea epee alls eee baste 
Barnett ...-...... .- SAE he sea rel, hs a BBE Os - 
Ghaplesueweareet ce ee UT ad ER VE es wet ae se, Bt am ee UY ee: 
pellet ieee ee 9... 7 811 21 6 411 6 815 93 
\Bollman .,. ets 1S Meta deen nA iSFen* 133 40 
(Wilmot .. PULOp.OMOpre erie forldDe drs ot AB 21 
“Morris. .. Bree Staple ce ret at Pte! 11 
Trafford ... eee Sage abe A 4 Se Se oTTs= OR 
Wall 2... Sy toactiay ass Ista Ak ead ee Sel tee ee 2g 
Ishicdqop ee Orman oe tte ey Wp me oS ig Pe sesh ae om het S pon 
CYC aM Sasa nes es pe eye pe a ee a Tal 31 
Uv toyep Resonesedest So cc clon on fags es A i So as 19 
1Gtatube: MMA ce ag tet eh ine rah bee he Te ae aE 82 
POK jee ccceneen eens ee oe os sa) et oy oly 71412 818 76 
reife er ahi neelie piece tie ene bia). Bo. aaa sient ned antl e he Seas be), 37 
PW Stevenson's: .if cn) sine ma) ast oe eee uaures mga se ball T 
AO TEN cP AAMAMAS IA AIO eS Se Meer eS LP yess ee 
Ot ee ealelais ta iolrere rete fe we ete ab at oa baling aa oe ee bh we ee 7 
uty oases Ue eh awry slater Salers nee Neat amoreee ai canth aw bts Sousa ack 14 


Sprincrrerp, Iil., Oct. 13 —Herews 
last regular club shoot of the IllinofsGaip: Club, Oct. 11 

We are making active preparations for the two-day open target 
tournament, to be held Noy. 14-15. The club is in a very prosper- 
ous condition: d 


the scores made at the 


Events: 12.3.4 5 6 7 #£«-Events: 12734567 
: Targets: 10 10 10 5p 251010 Targets; 10 10 10 6p 25 10 
“+ Klingensmith 7 9 8 514 8 8 Loper ..... oe LONG 46 2: 
Flynn wi... 7 8 81014... .. “C Schuck, Jr 7 4.2.5. 142. 4. 
Giefér ....0: 6 6 5.. 13... .. Mrs Butler. 6.. 2... 12: 6.. 
PCslfing: Gace a9 09 98 SER bt) Sealy sop ie ne ees 88 
MBogardtiamvis® Wout biiedos-ce pele COL wes wat Calas sree seta, AmicT: 
 Dathereaux...0 7 7°96 ..16-8 6 Sikes vees.c... o. as ae WD 4 2 
Butlers -ceees Boh 2... BL. 8: Pickrell cee. 10 Gece oe of Ave 
[ ageobent 6 4 ‘sa 2. 17 so 08 _ Moore Reeshe 0h #6 20 te 4 6 aa 
8 9. 6 16 .. Day Or ety Er) nn SAY Un) 6 

a5 the club trophy contest. — 


| | Event No. 5 


Cuas, T. Sricxiz, Sec’y, 


\ - 


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icaps IV. 


a consideration of the objects in respect to which they compete. 
This desideratum is accomplished to a nicety when the handicaps 


are goyerned by a consideration “of ‘distance,’ as. explained and ' 
illustrated in preceding articles on this subject. When. extra targets 
are giyen as broken the true principle of a handicap is abandoned | 


_ or overlooked, ; 
No doubt but what the reluctance of tournainent managers, eon- 
cerning the adoption of a distanee handicap, had’ its ‘source in the 
responsibilities which it imposes and the thoroughness of action 
which it requires in respect to the handicappers and to all the com- 
petitors—_that is to say, the skill of the shobters, man by man, as 
it relates to the competition must be considered and definitely 
passed upon, whereas, in the system, so called, the shooters were 
all considered as being left at the 16-yd,) mark, the standard mark 
which made easy shooting for the best shooters, regardless of what 
handicaps were allowed to fayor the weaker shooters. 

In the 10, 15, 20 and 25 target events there was almost a certainty 
of one or more of the experts making a straight score from the 
J6yd. mark, while, on the other hand, there was not any particular 
certainty that the irregular shooters would perform anywhere near 
to the estimates of the handicappers. Thus, while seeking merely 
to patch up the deficiency of the weaker shooters in the matter of 
skill by giving added targets, giving misses as breaks, or extra 
targets to shoot at, only a part of the shooters were actually dealt 
with, and the part so considered was the wrong part at that. In- 
stead of making it more difficult for the experts, which is the true 
theory of a handicap, the attention of many managements was de- 
voted to making the competition easier for the weaker shooters. 

By way of illustrating this point let us consider the handicap 
which requires that the experts shall shoot at unknown angles, 
while the “amateurs” are required to shoot at known angles, 
Now, 2 known angle is so only in idea. In theory the shooter 
is supposed to know the flight of it to quite a certainty; in practice 
the target takes varied lines of fight and different degrees of speed, 
so much so that there is nearly the same care and skill required 
as in shooting at unknown angles. To the expert the known and 
unknown angles offer no specially distinctive differences and diffi- 
culties. The long runs of breaks made this year proye this. About 
the same amount of alert preparation and skill is required for the 
one as for the other, for in either case the line of flight must be de- 
termined. The trained hand and eye and the reliable class per- 
formance of the expert are more than equal to either. On the 
other hand, the amateur, so called, finds that his imperfections of 
skill will have the same results, whether he shoots at known or 
unknown angles. In each instance he will have similar difficulties 
to encounter, and the mere fact that he knows in a general way 
which direction the target will take does not compensate for his 
general inefficiency. His real failing, it will be noted, is not in de- 
termining the course which a target will take, but in breaking it at 
all. No efforts of the handicappers, which consider him specially 
while at‘the same time they ignore the stronger shooters,can even 
remotely establish an equity among the competitors. 

As a system of handicapping, that of adding targets as breaks 
js one of the most fallacious, Assuming that in. an event at 25 
‘targets there are two contestants, A and B, and that A is con- 
sidered of sufficient skill to be placed at the scratch, B is a con- 
testant who averages 80 per cent., but is such an in-and-out shooter 
that he breaks from ‘15 to 24 out of. 25, with now and: then runs’ of 
good shooting. The handicappers consider him an 80 per cent. 
man, and on that estimate probably would add 5 more’ targets to 
his score or give him 5 more to shaot at. It requires but a very 
superficial analysis to make it apparent that no handicappers can 
allot a fair handicap under such conditions. The handicapper 
must first make a guess as to the number of targets the weak shoot- 
er Will break, apd then, with his guess as data, he makes a further 
guess as to what extra number he will allot to him. On the 
other hand, under this system, the experts at the same mark as 
the weaker shooters, know almost to a certainty what they will do, 
as: they are reliable class men, and vary but little in their per- 
formance, If the expert were put back so as to introduce an 
element of uncertainty in respect to’ his performance, then there 
would’ be the true principles of a handicap for all alike. Under 
the added target system handicapping the weaker ‘shooter on a 
guess as to what he will'score, while leaving the stronger shooter 
to a practical certainty, is the height of absurdity as a matter of 
equity. : 

-Let us asstme that the weaker shot has @ extra targets allotted 
to him in the 25-target event, and-that he breaks 24 out of 25. 
With the 5 extra targets given to him he then has the alisurd score 
of 29 out of a possible 25, But, it ig replied, the conditions 
prescribe that, however many over 25 he breaks, no more than 
the latter number shall be scored to-him. ‘But such conditions 
are simply patches on the original error of the guesswork of -the 
bandicapper. It resolves itself into a system of guesses and patch- 
work guesses, and is furthermore faulty im its failure to impose 
gy added difficulties on the experts. A 

The same remarks hold good concerning handicapping by giving 
the contestant extra targets to shoot at, with the qualification, 
however, that the latter system is still more faulty, inasmuch as 
the shooter, who is supposed to be the beneficiary under it, has 
no advantages whatever, other than in an indirect way. » For 
instance, when the weaker shooter has h extra targets to shoot 
al he has an 6pportunity to secure a handicap, but if he misses 
all of his 5 targets he has not derived any benefit whatever from 
the fictitious handicap. There is thus the absurdity of requiring 
the contestant to first break his targets before any advantages are 
scored to him. It may be held that in itself it is a handicap only 
by indirection, but it is far from being so with all shooters, some 
of whose performances are patchy or grow worse toward the close 
of a race, a$ nervousness supervenes, or grow decidedly bad 
when shooting one or two men up at the extra targets, ‘conditions 
quite distinct from the regular squad shooting, and which are 
jiore in the nature of shooting off a tie and therefore much more 
trying to the neryes of the weaker shooters. 

On the other hand, the handicaps which require that-an expert 
must break at least 24 out of 26 to be in the money, is still more 
pernicious in its unfairness, for it practically and to. a. certainty 
‘in most instances legislates a large class out of the money before a 

. gun is fired, and this, too, without in the least helping the -ejjuity 
of the competition as a whole, for there are always” enough 
shooters who are classed’ as semi-experts who divide the money to 

, W dmportant degree with the experts,-and who therefore profit 

; most by their indirect disbarment.  ‘is-further faulty, by. con- 

’ sidering and dealing with’a small class of the contestants-instead of 
dealing with all of them, each according to his, skill. Tf this’ system 

*, forced all the other classes alike to (break the maximum, .re- 

_apectively, then it would, not be se distinctively, unfair: ©... 

‘Je should be apparent without argument that the establishing 

ef an arhitrary standard for one class ty perform ta while all 


“held its tegular monthly 


, 


other classes are leit without any conditions in this respect is a 
matter of unfair discrimination. 

‘Equally inefficient are the systems which are supposed . to 
equalize the. conditions by dealing with the divisions of the 
moneys instead of dealing with the skill of the, contestants. 
these, that known as the equitable system is the most absurd, in- 
asmuch as it abandons the idea of a competition entirely.. The 
sum total of the purse is divided- by the stm total of all the 
targets. broken, which determine the value per target, and each 
shootér is then paid according to the number of targets he broke 
at the rate determined: Tt is not dissimilar in principle from 
paying .a man.so much apiece fo, making railroad ties, though it 
is dissimilar in practice, since im one case a gun is used,- in. the 
other .an, axe. o/, 

The true principle of handicapping is that which deals with all 
the shooters instead of a small part of them. This is found in the 
distance handicap, a diagram of which was published in, Foresr 
AND SrrEeAm of Sept. 29. It is well to recognize at the outset that 
no efforts of the handicappers can compensate for inadequate skill, 
nor can any system of juggling with the moneys compensate 
for such deficiency. : 

Nor should a premium be offered on incompetency. The bet- 
ter way is for the novice to refrain from shooting in competition 
till he fits himself ‘properly by study and practice. A competition 
conducted on true lines is not to determine by what hocus pocus 
the moneys can be diverted to the weakest shooters, The best 
performers should receive the highest rewards. Now, if we have 


a lot of shooters of variable degrees of skill, and yet none so 


weak that they are outside of the limits to be derived. from a 
handicap, the distance handicap allows of a fair and equitable 
arrangement of a competition, By such handicap every contestant 
receives what he scores, no more, no less. An incompetent is not 
deserving of consideration. 

The distance handicap, as used at the great contest, the Grand 
American Handicap at Targets, this year, offered an equitable 
competition to all contestants alike, whether expert, seml-expert 
or so-called amateur. 

According to the circumstances of the American shooting word 
it demonstrated that the competition should be open to all alike 
who have a standing in the good repute of gentlemen—that is to 
say, if a man-is barred it should be from some cause other than 
his high degree of skill or his occupation as a manufacturer's agent. 

No matter how high the skill of a shooter, under the working of 
the distance handicap he can be placed at a mark which reduces 
his performance to the leyel of the average contestant who may 
compete with him. 

As to being a manufacturer’s agent, it is well known that they 
vary in skill quite as much as do those who are not manufacturers’ 
agents. To force a man who may have but 80 per cent. of skill 
tq shoot against another man who has 95 per cent. of skill, and 
this on the sole ground that both are manufacturers’ agents and 
therefore ‘having the same occupation should be forced to shoot 
from the same mark, is the height of absurdity. It is the more 
absurd in view of the fact that under all the recognized rules 
which distinguish the professional from the amateur, by far the 
greater part of all shooters in America are professionals. ‘There 
bas’ been no central governing body to take cognizance of these 
matters, so’ that shoots haye been conducted with little and often 
with no consideration of amateur or professional distinctions, and 
therefore all shooters have been doing much the same things in 
the competitive shooting world, with a disregard of class dis- 
tinctions as.they relate to professional and amateur. 

Jt is true that the managers of shooting tournaments concede the 
munificent advantage to manufacturers’ agents, namely, that they 
will be permitted to shoot for targets only in consideration of the 
payment -of two or three cents per target, but this in no wise 
protects the average shooter from the expert. Concerning “for 
targets only,” it is impressed on the agent as being a fayor, while 
to all others it is open as a matter of business. It is as if one who 
Was a groced should say to a customer, “I will sell you some but- 
ter as a distinct, friendly favor because you are an: artist, but to 
all others I sell butter without asking any questions, and, ‘iIn- 
deed, to be frank, I am glad to sell all the butter 1 can at all 
times, for thereby I make my money.” 

Let us assume that there is a class of men, say some 200 in num- 
ber, who rate nearly alike in skill, say 95 per cent. 
Sume that 20 of these men are barred on account of their occupation; 
that leaves 180 men to continue the good work: This 80 per cent, 
who compete are not in the least benefited by the disbarment of 
the 20, but the 180 experts are benefited by it, since it reduces the 
competition among them, and the gross amount of moneys is 
divided among a smaller number of them. 

A. competitor's rights begin with the direct competition and 
with the circumstances which govern it in a direct’ manner, One 
competitor has no more right to ask the other where or how he 
got his ammunition than he has to ask him where pr how he 
got his breakfast, or whether he paid his fare to the shoot or 
rode deadhead. A man has his identity in his competitive capacity 
and his identity im his private personal capacity; the latter is his 
Gwn, Beeause one man has paid an entrance fee and got his 
ammunition in his own way, he is not thereby vested with a right 
tu-investigate and object to the manner in which his fellow con- 
ducts his private affairs. Each man‘s private affairs are his own 
business, 

There is a simple element governing the rights between man 
and man which if followed makes peace, harmony and equity 
between all who haye a true sense of sportsmanship; it is called 
the Golden Rule. All-the fallacies of metaphysical juggling may 
obscure jt for a time, but they cannot affect its intrinsic worth 
‘nor itS assertiveness and permanency. BERNARD WATERS. 


‘J. F, Weiler Gun Club. 


“ALLENTOWN, Pa. ‘Oct, 11.—The scores of the John F. Weiler Gun 
Club’s monthly shoot are appended: 


Events: He casted ink val Events: ee een yeh 47 
‘Targets: 10 2510 5 10 10 10 Targets: WW 25 10 § 10 10 10 
Geiiladerey ste eel Hane ces hoe Que lls ae WW OTIETS peti cnet fandeetnies. om 
C ‘Trexler... 918 8 15K: Goes So MR otis 
© Acker.,... 918 3 6 ae wefsyalatago® Sandie any iy ee Mey Git? 
PP Abeiess odd “Sec Bie BON Ge ee Meee cs ie) 
AS Willers ae een ie. oie Smetana es. sce ss eT 
Pe NleriZe = ee Det Recht. 3 Bei Brey. ae eaend pay OPO 
OuaekGrandicheeisigaiiues 5. wie9s “Somers: oL..7- a al EM SE ele 
A Griesemer. .. 16 3 2 6 : 


Nos. 4 to 7 were liye-bird events. 


Alfentown Rod and Gun Club. 
Anrentown, Pa, Oct. 1ii—The Allentown Rod and Gun Club 
shoot on the grounds at Griesmersville. 
The scores follow: Yes Wet gate 


, vents: . 1.2 4.6 6 7 Events: Ie Ei Le 
“. Targets; 10 25 10 25:10 10 25," ° Targets: ~- 10°25 10 25 1610 25 
A Deschii.,. 4.2. 6-04. a t, A Kriatisss 616 F122 8 2215 
SAN DeSchiss 4400 7-2 710 Smitha dBRL e 
AWebiocelmamedmdoe sielse de vGalOee Clinger. tyveuse tho curl Ase oe 
© Ackeris... 721 615 9 621 Bi Desch ,,., 4.15... 4. 2B 015 


No, 7 was the medal shoot, 


Of: 


Let us as-. 


W: B Lefiingwell.......22129*26) 


' grounds to-da 
“fg€ason. 


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Crosby Wins the E C Cup, 


Cutcaco, IL, Oct, Hee eee Crosby to-day won the EK C- etip in 
the race with Fred Gilbert. The conditions were not favorable for 
high scores, for, though the wind was not strong, the position of 
the score lett the shooter facirig a strong sunlight much of the 
time,*and-it was hard to see the bird in many instances. .  — 

The traps did not work so smoothly as they should have done 
part of the time, Crosby ‘had’ no less than 27 balks from broker 
birds, and Gilbert 20, and though this did net to any appear- ~ 
ances lower the scores, it-made thé shooting of the race very 
slow. The scores, 126 to 123, are low, though not the lowest that 
have been made for this cup. On the last meeting of Gilbert and. 
Crosby for this same cup, in December last, Crosby broke only, 
119, and, Gilbert was but_one better, 120. Gilbert has won the cup 
with a score of 148, and Heikes once defeated Gilbert with, the hig - 
score of 146, top noteh for the records of the cup races. For 
the time being Fred now seems to be without tableware, the, 
Kansas City live-bird races seeming to show that Jim , Elliott 
needs all the silverware in the business just now, though we may 
expect changes in the situation at any minute jn the shooting 
gaine, 

John Watson kept score; Tom Marshall, of Keithsburg, refereed, 
and the judges were W. Fred Quimby, of New York, and C. C. 
Hess, of Chicago, The race began at-2:15 in the afternoon, and” 
was witnessed by an interested assemblage of shooters, among 
whom were several out-oftewn men: Mr. J, L. Head, of Peru, 
Ill.; Mr. Rhoads, of Columbus, O., and others from nearby points, 
besides Mr, Quimby, from New York. . , oy arte 

The race was a close one, and owing to the rather indifférent 
luck both men were having at the game, it was something of 4 
see-saw, and hence offered that interest which always pertains to a 
near thing between two good ones. Gilbert was perhaps favorite 
for the majority, if there can be such a thing as a favorite among. 
topnotchers to-day. Both men made fair starts in the first frame 
of the race at unknown angles, and they rounded ‘the 25-corner 
only one bird apart, Crosby 24, Gilbert 28, and the scores bid fair 
to tun high. In the next leg of this frame, however, Gilbert missed 
his first three birds, and it was very hollow for Crosby the rest of 
the. way in the unknowns, he taking down 47 to Gilbert’s 41. 

In the expert rules the situation was strikingly reversed, Crosby’ 
apparently going quite to pieces, and only scoring 15 out of his 
first 25—a performance which left everybody guessing what was going 
to happen next. The gap of 6 birds had now been closed between 
the two, and Gilbert was one bird to the good, with only the, 
doubles left to shoot, at which game no one has any special 
license to beat Fred very badly. ‘ : atl 

But in the doubles the game. came Billy’s way once more. He 
hammered out 8 of his first 5 pairs, and Gilbert came back to him, 
1 bird, losing 3 of his string. The two were now tied, and 
they remained tied through the next 5 pairs, out of which each 
lost 3:birds. Then “Tobacco Bill’” took a fresh chew and began 
to split the wood a shade too fast for Fred. In the third string 
of 5 pairs Crosby got them all but one, and Gilbert lost two. The 
lead was now with Crosby, and he kept it by breaking his next 6 
pairs straight, Gilbert going back, 2 more, birds, Each got 9 
out of his last 5 pairs, each losing his last bird, and the honors 
rested with the man from O’Fallon, who bore them philosophically, 
and modestly, as usual, -The following are the scores: 


Unknown Angles, © — 


se ba 
‘ , 


BER DiRT 


(yay se aasemsor RS deteaee te bticetie cite 1000111119411 1 T0171 24 
i 1017911111101 — 2347 

Gilbert ..---cccyrcesee revere yee re ree + ve AL IDONIIIII0IIIIIIIAIIII—23 
“*) oo0it11111:101110111101011—18 9, 
Expert Rules. : jak a Re 

Crosby. ease ses ierpstisancopocopopopstrsd 0111111 010011.010160111001—15 
: 1101019911111111111010111— 2136 

Gilbert ....... aantathiaae Rotrer etn s cnn 101101110191011171111101019 ~ 
TAT AIT. — 2448, 
Doubles. Ps: 

Crosby ...... patataaad Sed »»-10 11 10 11 11:10 11 «11 «10 10 «11 «11:«10 
, _ 14 20 10 17 11 11 11 11 1 11 11 10-48 

Gilbert ......sc0c00..55+05+.10 1110 10 17 O1 11 10 10 11:17 10-11 


11°10°21 10 12 10. 10-11 TT 41 11.1039 
Grand totals: Crosby 126, Gilbert 123. or ; ae, 


Western Men Have the-Goods © 


It would seem that the Western men are the only, people in the 
world who can shoot very much, ,All the open trophies are held 
by the three Western men, Elliott, Gilbert and Crosby, The. cast 
iron badge shoot goes to Richmond, Ja., to be settled.” Perhaps 
some man from the East may take courage and go after some’ of 
these. svorHng, goods, which now seem to gravitate this* way so 
steadily. : ! 


eat 


Live-Bird Season, 


From now on we have our live-bird season here. in _Chi¢ago, and 
the club shoots will not run so strongly to targets. Nothing of any 
great UDO tATiCe or interest is up‘in the way of matches, for the 
season of real hard pestering among the boys does not begin juntil 
cold weather, when they sometimes sit around.a -warni stove and 
whittle and tell each other how they cam shoot. We shall’see what 


we shall see. * 
New Gun Club. 


The Universal Gun Club has been’ formed, composed of shobters_ 
of Brighton Park, a Chicago suburb, the fallen officers going 
in for the first term: President, Oscar W, Crocker; Vice-President, 
L. W. Cooper; Secretary-Treasurer, Hugh R. Crabbe;... Captain, 
Wm. D. Whorril. The grounds and club House will be good, anal 
the first club meet takes place this‘week. © — - : j 


St. Paul Live-Bird Handicap Chaipionshfp: 


W é€ have another Western trophy up this fall, not open tothe 
world, but to a_good part of a very good portion of the. world); the 
Northwestern States. The Hirschy live-bird cup, should’ prove a 
yery pleasant little addition to the many. incentives offered shooters 
in this section, and the tournament at which the cup comes tip 
should attract a mice turnout. Mr.. W. P. Brown, .Jr., “manager 
of the St. Paul Shooting Park, mentions the conditions, etc.: - - 

The St. Paul Gun Club’s seventh annual live-bird handicap tour- 
nament will be held this year om these grounds on Friday, Nov..9 


The race will be at 25 birds, $15 entrance and $50 added. Mc : 
divided 40, 30, 20 and 10; birds included in eutnee Pinepeetn 


interest will be taken in this shoot; as it is for the championshi 
of the Northwest. ‘Blue Ribbon’ ‘Hirschy has Giered a Eee 
cup, emblematic of this championship, and the shooters of Wiscon- 
sin, North and South Dakota, and Minnesota will meet in. this 
shoot for this trophy. As this is'a challenge trophy, you will 
no doubt see a number of good races this winter. “This. shoot 
is open to all, but the Hirschy trophy only to those in the. States 
named, Entries should be made not.later than Noy. 5 with Paul 


H. Gotzien, secretary, St. Paul.” ] ~ th 
- FE. Houcx. 
Harrrorp Burtpryc, Chicago, Ill. (oes cose 


Garden City Gun Club. 


'Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossing, Oct. 18.-Phe re ula. mite ly 
shoot of the Garden City Gun Club- was «held at Watson Bak 


to-day. Messrs. Amberg and “Tramp,”’ each wath <tra bi 
allowance, scored 15. The scores: BS ae pgs ae Ir 
(rangle) ake sah cuecaseuuddancaeee Be osiise smh EBC P112210021111122 © — 
[Eri ct BY chs eM REVEL BE. 2 SNA 2001 2291911229110 ar 
Rust, Boece crescent eee tees e ete e ener wees esse ee, - 1000201001217 2000w : 
ATWO. CLE aire Te ND aml <8 pees 20111121011001117 -,<13 
Barto, 1... tatech: hs aoe ear »b0228222202121 02 49 
_ Amberg, 1. ...-.---.-- hit grewereore potent stage 1Q12222210211101 © 215 
W B Leffingwell, 0.....,... Repo h Nee, DOD OAL IL LTD map 
IDV) Vnoconad terenetone Nee oe pei ree” ese at -.211110102102022 , +12 
Dewey, 1..:...--+.- DOO ra Sneed rerk sath ». .12*211222110222w 
IS ital, 8a ye ries an Paes Iie der ey 1202119921112999,, —45 
SAME pe LN cows cig pet emma oaeaye Sy eee ..+,+01100201227100101 —10 
Iba pap. Shee Obi app esos h seo oughee habs Sealmatoneres 020021111202121 
shot), WAS gidededepeererncrn Hae oe coneudcdde +-1121211202122121 15" 
ah aaa SWeep, entrance $3: : 
ALCO) esanssermsyeenssnsocvee2—b) Pranip. ..4.5 ea arnt 2322221227 
Dewey sccsscrsecessses:*101WQ2=5 Amberg... cccllo, 21110126 
Martin ......2.52--2...2122202-6 Rubo 2......... Ata ast -2021022—-5 
Comley : 


Boy ive ae wre etesnen cose 21211217 
* Garlteld Gun Club 


Chieago, ‘Oct 18:—The. appended scores were ,made .on.’ our 
on the- occasion .of the first trophyy'shoot ‘of th 
The day was fine; and. the birds, were a good lot... , 

Thos, Eaton carried off the honors of: the day, being -the only 
one to gq straight in the trophy event, -< i 


. 3820 


‘Quite a few of our regular shooters are away at Horicon Marsh 
and other duck shooting reserts, oonsequently the attendance is 
not quite up to our average. We expect to be able to send scores 
of much larger shoots in the near’ future: 

No. 2, trophy shoot: 


ene e ot aeey Sasser 11*0120121— 7 L Wolff, 28...-....2011001102— 7 
IDye TSW Sib obea 1122211241 9 Cook, 28-.....,..++: 22110U0201— 6 
Mrs Shaw, 27....... 14u2101202— 7 Dr U* Byrne, 28....1222111u22— 9 
Thos Eaton, 30....212212121]—10 Midgely, 28........ 2202101020— 6 
Nr Vice Kaus clams ens 1112111"*1— 8 Hicks, 3l.........-- 10N1111211— $ 
J Gardner, 29...... 210111011 8 

No. 1. No, 3. No. 4. 
STIL: ofa cayferwvns Aoki pteeste es slsvesrtete erste ciocelt 2021104 211141—5 *00202—2 
CUS aA. oe UR eee eel ceesenercslale 102212—5 «= « 1122-6 ~SC i... - 
IW bee Ronee AUG cone se AO CAAA ASSIA AE PI01G2 ter" ye eyes 
i base toner tee nee celeste ticagcs 2111—6 0211115 2120*0—2 
Fide Bia toneie ce otras et tehtect michele atl OULULI= SS eee Ener 
IOS BWheetie =e os seb Dan DAMS Sad Smomnsocte: 10*221—4 1*1211-—5 =... 
COOK Tac eee cece eee nee 121110—5 010100—2 
PSP WiGiEMEL EC Lebtrre eer urns eines eee ee 2212216... 
TERT CIESE Reis nba rieictsscleleees,ceitak pee elo. en atone 112212—6 —.....- 
(BADE aus A ney ieee eneie ees entre ate aes = eae iee 112212—6 =2**117—4 


“No. 1 was at 6 birds, $1; No. 3, the same. 
Dz. J. W. Meer, Sec’y. 


IN NEW JERSEY. 


Trenton Shooting Association. 


Trenton, N. J., Oct. 10.—We have dropped the old name Wals- 
trode, and adopted the title given above at the second annual meet- 
ing, held on the evening of Oct. 10, the change being authorized 
by more than a two-thirds majority vote of the stockholders. 

Messrs. Thomas, Ginnelly and Cole were appointed a committee 
to attend to the reincorporation of the club and other details made 
necessary by the change in name. 

The secretary was authorized to call in the stock, and reissue 
other shares to take its place. The secretary’s report showed a 
net increase in value of $599.81 for the twelve months just ended. 
The total amount Of shares issued was $300 at the par value ot $10. 

The officers chosen to serve for the ensuing year were: Presi- 
dent, Dr. E. Barwis; Vice-President, W. H. Mickel; Secretary, 
G. N. Thomas; Treasurer, Dr. BE. Ginelly; Board of Goy- 
ernors, the above and Wm. B. Widmann, Chas. B. Cole and fos, 
D, Hall; Captain, Wm. B. Widmann. 

Secretary Vhomas won the silver badge for the third time, and 
it has gone to join company with the gold one won some time 
previously. 

The merchandise event experiment was a success, and will be 
continued. 

The scores follow below: f 

No. 1, merchandise event: Thomas (2) 24, Coates (10) 28, Arend 
(13) 29, Applegate (12) 28, Maguire (12) 27, Triptoe (8) 22, Steward 
(11) 24, Mickel (8) 25, Borden (15) 29, Hellman (8) 15. 

ies shot off at 10 targets: Coates (3) 9, Applegate (4) 9, Ma- 
guire (4) 10, Mickel (8) 10, Borden (5) 10. ; 

Second tie: Maguire (8) 7, Mickel (2) 10, Borden (4) 10. Mickel 
and Borden divided. , 

Merchandise event No. 2: Thomas (2) 20, Cole (8) 25, Corn (43) 
26, Borden (11) 21, Coates (10) 25. 

On account of darkness, the 25-men matched coins for clftckens. 

Other events: 


Events: il hsp A a Events: Ve Be a le 7 

Targets: 10 15 15 10 15 15 15 Targets: 10 15 145 10 15 15 14 
Coates =. 2555.; Bails SiG des ess SRlionas’ ian. ls et RS 4 
FAT EV (gcenaes (eee Borden ..... Hoa ba 
Applegatetnr: cSmntese 06) "92> (0) Steward! @cesiiistsse aS icltme eee 
Triptoe ....- Wiese, Mickel fi 13 10 .. 
J Hellman., 51111 9 


No. 5 was badge shoot preliminary to qualify. No. 6 was gold 


! badge. No. 7 was silver badge. 
Schortemeier—Webber Series of Team Trophy Contests, 


The third of the series of live-bird contests managed by Mr. 
L. H. Schortemeier and Dr. A. A. Webber was held under the 
auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club, at Outwater’s grounds, 
Carlstadt, N. J., on Oct. 12. In the team event at 20 live birds 
there were two entries, the Hmerald Gun Club team and the East 
Side Gun Club team, the latter winning the contest by a score of 


55 to 52. The scores: 

Sweeps: 6 birds 8 birds. 
Wr Op.Gonm elle yGOw, 5s tases weraeeire etree de ence 001211—4 29, .21212111—s 
(Ge desires, PAL es eae Ayre vhe fie eevee eh esac | 221222—6 29. .21122222—8 
love dokireloe eimEant saosin ice reste een *10212—4 26. .22121210—7 
Mindy, BRA sissies ao watt a ieee 110221—5 28. .10212121—7 
Demarest, 28 -224%2:+75 iota EG oe Bete lovee are 022112—5 28. .12221022—7 
J ENG pists 5 29 terry eee mops Saas satte pags 111122—6 29—02121021—8 
Koel oe seas ae eG t CGS han oea ee 211122—6 29, .21102122—7 

Sweeps 10 birds, ~ 10 tbirds. 
HG pitch ee eeneryen ee etees a eee eee 2211102222— 9 2201.221222— 9 
SretentG meu wesley cons Gat ecg eae Ane 8 22211211*2— 9 011.2222012— $ 
NOB E geet ups udys ec aicrad iene teenage a 2122212222—10 2221122212—10 
Gas On priv alae: on, eee Rees re an ncaa “Peareters 1222221222—1() 1221221*12— 9 
Drei @7Gonelll Gs o.o ase eines ecsesr ey 2212212702— § 2017121211— 49 
Ah Le irarerateateeaaenencacsthocn ncaa ache eee eae ()22211*222— 8 222222220— § 
@utwaterm one shochu escape tee ore 2111*22291— 9 12111*1212— 9 
Whitley is..552 fisttaitet it Sees iele tts QO2NI22T22T— 9 ptt heaes 
Mirdcya Wineeeen chase paeey 2 easels O12Z21*0170— 8 tne: 
Wemarest 222520492208 a geet ol 2200020002— 4 ie eeeeess 

Team race, 20 birds per man: 1 

East Side, of Newark. 
LOW KISEua. ier helt aia eon tamies Teee se 11122222202102222212—18 
STEIEENS ey lectin ce teed eee eters beceteenresstaacs poave-pewe a Se 11222271122211021022—17 
Keoe gel ores srr eatin cen eet eas 22212222211122221222— 205 
: Emerald, of New York. 
LAVA CME A SS OO AF SO oe HOG de aa HOO THIER O DON OUE 22221222122122121*12—19) 
ISP a0 Sao beonugedn . » -1222022271222220220% 16 
TOP OM oral WAaAds taste Cooter so nooo 2212220*211110211212—1/—52 


Forester Gun Club. 


Newark, N. J., Oct. 13—Event No. 3 was for merchandise; two 
prizes; high guns, 25 targets; handicaps in parentheses. Weller 
won first, Winans second. The prize in the fourth event was won 
by Fleming. Other events optional sweeps. Duplicate of this 
shoot on No. 10, with a large number of prizes: 


Stanton (8)... 7 1414 7 9 8 J Fleming (4). 4 91910.. 9 
D Fleming (7). 6 810 8 5 8 Winans (18)... ....14 7 4 6 
Weller (9)...... abaya Bee Wii ene as Bh oP Salo 
Mihlom (3).0-. 4+ 50/5... 


“Joun J. FLEMING, Sec’y. 


Country Gun Club. 


Myerstown, Pa., Oct. 18.—We held a live-bird and target shoot 
this afternoon and had a fair attendance. Owing to the traps not 
working, only one live-bird eyent was shot. 

The first event was the merchandise, and Leitner and G. Shana- 
man tied for the coat on straight scores. R. Shanaman, J. laust 
and Zeller tied for second prize, a yest, and decided it miss-and- 
out, Zeller winning out on the fourth round. The last prize, a 
box of shells, was shared by the 3s. 

In the second event at targets, the moneys were divided. 

Five miss-and-out contests were shot. Noll won out in the 
first event on the third target, Brubaker the second on the third 
target, G. Shanaman the third on the fourth target, Mounty the 


fourth on the second target and Layser the fifth on the third 


target. 

he boys were ali enjoying the sport with the low scores. The 
traps bothered a few. The day was threatening, but held up for 
us to make the scores. | i ; 

We expect to hold another match about Thanksgiving, but 
expect to have all things in working order. Much obliged, boys, 
for your attendance. We expect you at the next shoot and hope 
to show you a better time. 

The scores were: 


Events: Lat Events: D 
Brubaker Gappeduee Vliet eit} rl ween nee ene 2 4 
Blecker Bisa GM Sheiia ob. 2 4 
T Dietz LAA Ven cent ..cdipSe ee nN ae. 
1 fal Koy ld ee gear eg ee A ug SURO GM GL eee premio 2 

SVeREMEEEI le ape a ie LE UD ETS a dh SAAR 2 
G Zellen oe vesiey -eueenr ame MN ohy ey Paden thd ee oa a 
JORIS a one OER Renee AS 2 diese OMAN AM aT) ass eee eee 4 
TACHI GTS cole wats ec tee Ee ok J LL, Dtretz 


‘The Forres? AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. 


FOREST AND STREam., 


Division of the Moneys. 


We have had numerous inquiries from shooters of various 
sections of the United States and Canada asking for information 
in réspect to the manner of applying the different systems for 
dividing the purses at shoots.. In response to the want, we here- 


with append illustrations of the working of the Rose, Equitable, 
Jack Rabbit systems, and class shooting; ‘ 


‘The Rose System. 


Event No. 1-—Fifteen targets, entrance $1.50; targets, 2 cents; 
added money, $8; four moneys, ratios 5, 3, 2, 1. Jen entries: 


Win-* The Purse. 

Shooters. Score, Points. nings. Ten entries at $1.50,....... $15.00 
EN eR6eoodoo 15 5 $6.25 Added money.............- 8.00 
(i: whe $23.00 
D 5 6.25 Less 150 targets at 2 cents. 3.00 

E 2 2.50. —_ 
EF ...» Divided by total points. .16)20.00 
G 1 1.25 —. 
e 3 3.75 Gives value of each point.. $1.25 
J AEM ITS TD exqenllle cone eeke es ee $6.25 
- D winsb xX 1:26.0...0-+..6 6.25 
‘Total points...... LG = ER -wittsta S.oelecbeet +2 oe ter, 3.75 
Total winnie She-eee nae pe eO0" TRY Gwarrsitexe i258 22 eos 2.50 
rs Ce wits i 25s eter 1,25 
os Oey talle ea ua detalles be fe $20.00 


4 


atios commonly used are; 
Two moneys, 6 to 4 

Three moneys, 5, 3 to 2. 

Four moneys, 5, 3, 2 to 1. 

Five moneys, 8, 5, 3, 2 to 1. 

Six moneys, 18, 8, 5, 3, 2 to 1. 

Any other ratios may be adopted at the shooters’ pleasure, Once 
the ratios are determined, the system works with mathematical 
accuracy, and the winnings are in, accord with the ratios, regardless 
of the number of winners or of the number of winners who tied, 
There is absolutely no faulty place in this system which offers a 
premium on “dtopping for place.” 

This system is applied almost exclusively to target shooting. 


Class Shooting. 


ii in the event mentioned above there were four moneys, 40, 30, 
20 and 10 per cent., the winnings would have been as follows: 


‘anid! 10; each Ihe civitie: AU eper sc eit. creeper celc iy arse eee $8.00 
H broke 14 and receives 30 per cent. alone.....-...............4 6.00 
E broke 13 and receives 20 per cent. alone. ..........-..2......,. 4.00 
G broke 12 and receives 10 pér cent. alone....... senses eee 2.1) 

$20.00 


Applied to both target and live-bird shooting. 


Equitable System. 


Suppose that the foregoing event was to be governed by the 
equitable system. The winnings would then be determined in the 
following manner. The total amount of the net purse—$20—would 
be divided by the total number of targets broken by the winners, 
which is 69, which gives 29 cents for each target. Each winner 
then receives 29 cents for each target broken, as follows: 

A receives 16 X 29 = $4.35 


D receives 15 X 29—= 4.35 
Hsreceives 14 & 5 — 4.06 
E receives13 % 29= 3.77 
G receives 12 * 29= 3.48 


Whatever the number of winners, the amount won hy each is 
found by determining what each broken target is worth, as above, 
and then multiplying the value of such target by the number 
broken by each winner. 

Applied to target shooting. 


Jack Rabbit System. 


This system is based on the theory of paying each competitor a 
certain amount—l0 per cent. of his entrance—for each target he 
breaks. The remainder of his entrance, represented by targets 
missed, forms a purse to be divided according to the system of 
class shooting. If the event is at 10 targets, $1 entrance, the shooter 
vets 10 cents for each broken target. If at 15, $1.50 entrance, the 
shooter gets 15 cents for each broken target. Jf at 20, 20 cents for 
each broken target. JLet us suppose there are teh shooters in a 


10-target event, ten entries, $1 entrance, with results as follows, 
targets always being charged for extra: 


Receives 
for 
Targets 
Broken. 
$1 


Motel PHUESE hap eedees tate Say gee eats eens lols $10.00 
Broken targetsS...:...-..:-. hy SEP OOOIAR Eo aT 


$3.30 


This balance, $3.30, would be governed by the system of class 
shooting. 


Applied to target shooting. 


Mississippi Valley Notes. 


One of the features of the late fall or early winter in trap- 
shooting circles will probably be a week’s sparrow tournament at 
Indianapolis. Ernest Tripp, Elmer Neal, Ed Voorhes and others 
of the stalwart shooters ot the Hoosier State are already talking 
it up. : 

Guy Burnside, of Knoxyille, Ill, than whom trapshooting has no 
more ardent supporter and follower, is being urged, and will prob- 
ably conclude to give a four days’ shoot at Galesburg late in 
November or early in December. 

Hon. Tom A. Marshall is wearing a handsome Indian head 
button sent him by Jack Parker, for the longest run of consecutive 
breaks at the Indian shoot. Mr. W. R. Crosby is displaying a 
similar trophy, emblematic of his haying carried off the honors 
at Tack Parker’s recent shoot at Detroit. 

The Indians have selected and placed the order for the badge 
which is to be symbolic of that organization of stalwart braves. Lt 
is the head of a typical Indian chieftain, motnted in colors in 
the shape of a lapel button, and must be worn by all members 
in all contests in which they singly or collectively engage. 

In the Piasa Gun Club medal contests, Oct. 12, the following 
scores were made: Handicap medal—H. M. Schweppe 30, 10, 16; 
Henry Murphy 30, 10, 4; F. C. Riehl 30; G. H. Lane 29; A. J. 
Howell 29; Fred Schiess 20; H. 7. Burnap 21, J. M. Ryrie 18. 
President's medal—Riehl 45, Lane 44, Howell 42, Schiess 36, Burnap 
34. Murphy 37, Schweppe 37. 
F. C. Rrext. 


McCoy vs. Henty. 


PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 18.—For the second time within six 
months- F. B. McCoy has been defeated by H. Henry in a 100 
live-bird match by one bird to-day. The second match was shot 
yesterday afternoon on the grounds of the Keystone Shooting 
League, at Holmesburg Junction. As both are prominent and 
well-known wing shots there was a large gathering of interested 
friends, and considerable money changed hands on the result. 

The conditions were 100 birds per man, 30yds. rise, A. S. A. rules, 
9100 a side. . 

‘The birds were a good lot, with now and then a screamer. Mc- 
Coy drew the best birds, and he was lucky in gathering three 
birds which became exhausted, flying around within the boundary 
fence, the dog catching one bird by making a high jump, 

McCoy was also unfortunate in haying five of his eight lost 
birds dead out of bounds, one, the 41st, falling stone dead just 
over the wire. : 

Henry had two dead. out of bounds, and out ef the fifteen lost 
out of the 200 every one was hand hit- : 

Wenry started the match by making a good kill and then missing 
his second and fifth birds, This gave McCoy a comfortable lead 


_[Ocr. 20, 1900. 


of two birds. He was killing his birds in fine shape, making both 
barrels count. On the 2ist round he drew a right-quartering 
screamer from No. 3 trap; the bird was hit hard with both loads, 
but was going too fast to be stopped inside the wire. By missing 
his 24th bird, an outgoing twister from No. 1 trap, the score was 
tied. After making a run of 23 Henry lost his 29th and 30th birds, 
which gave McCoy’a lead again of two birds: He lost one of the 
lead on the 37th round, and tied the score again by missing his 
41st, which fell dead just over the wire, His next miss was an 
incomer, which fell dead against the club house. This gave the 
lead to Henry by one bird, which he held to the end of the match, 
making a clean run from the 52d to the 94th, 41 straight, McCoy 
at the same time making a run of 39. The scores follow: 


dy Elenry eiaeots es Pee DOD EOb OnE 2*120222211111122211221222 23 
12200221 22222212121122222—23 
2022212211112221211122212 —94 

12221221221222122201112*2 23 93 
ERT MIG Coy senaree tt eicine sn Salsas aes alt 22222222222222222022*2282 98 
0222222222222202029292222— 24 
212222222220220%22*222222 29 

2:2222.2222222202"220222222—23 99 


ON LONG ISLAND. 


At Interstate Park, 


Interstate Park, Oct. 12—Match at 25 live birds, $20 entrance: 


Hee MO) RRS, Sse fon he egAs Seok Aer 2221111102222212122229222 24 
2S IN MESSE SUN ues seset anc sb basco en 2222112222212112221922222 95 
AOR RGp sti cat eH Glebe pact toto ietad aye 222222 20202222002 222 0082024. 


Medicus Gun Club, 


Oet. 12.—Shoot of Medicus 


C Gun Club, Long Island rules, all 
at. 25yds-t 


AN alent a On AASB sac HALOMI11— 9 “Packard -........... L011 110— 8 
THES CSS BAUR Anon Ae QLOTIIIOI— {7 —S/ Rodman ..........: 011.0110011— 6 
Wiebber gamnnenesess OQ1OIIIIIII— $ Lockwood J..-.,.. 0101000001— 3 
Niner ORE nis nha AN1001110I— 7s Postatis. -....,.. ..-0001100110— 4 


WNew Utrecht Gun Club, 


Oct, 13.—Seores made by New Utrecht Gun Club: 


Ibsayelaototsle PEs aanneyyetccce, cic ester lt 0220001201— 5 0212222220— 8 
Oy eventtety PR SERED $4 gqqncha bor 0120001120— 5 1100202020— 5 
Lincoln, SA a Bent GOGGLE Earth Cxtned a 2112001000— 5 2022222299 9 
CPT SLTCTIONG Se BR Ren ite eer terete am te L222012022— 9" es oy 
DT MIGRANTS PPS 35 5 hao 585685 Sade 1202102121— $  1202112012— s 
DANS ot ween ity an nee SOOO ee TE orev ie ieee 0200200000— 2 
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pad , Crescent Athletic Club, 
Bay Ridge, Oct. 13.—The greatest interest centered in the 


October cup contest, for which there were eleven contestants. 
Mr. Edward Banks, the only shooter who was scratch man, broke 
23 out of his first 25, expert, and 2h straight over the magautrap, 
thus making the excellent score of 48, ; 

In the shoot for the special prize, a beautifully mounted panel 
of game, it was won by Mr. Carl Rasmus. Following are the 
scores: 

October cup, handicap allowance; 25 targets, expert: 25, Magau- 
tray): ' 


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2 0 25 48 


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GiGi Ra'siiusteee tee eae i 23 6 19 42 
EM ghEDy 1 st et ep estan cen oeme 20 2 21 41 
PipERhet eae saeco reee 4 22 a 18 40 
Dr eO UR nense yee rac se reat 20 3 19 39 
NIE Orland ae scene on ete 9 16 i 13 20s 
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Sweepstakes, 15 singles, expert: Banks 15, McDermott 12, O’Brien 
12, Kenyon 10, Rasmus 8, Borland 6. aS 

Sweepstakes, 10 singles, expert: Geddes 10, O’Brien 7, Rhett 7, 
Borland 8, Faulkner 3 ‘ 

Sweepstakes, same conditions: Rasmus 9, Marshall 8, Rhett 7, 
Geddes 7, Kryn 7, Faulkner 4. } 

Sweepstakes, 15 birds, magautrap: Kenyon 14, Brigham 14, 
Banks 13; Geddes 12, Kryn 12, Rasmus 11, McDermott 11,, Borland 
9, Rhett 9, Fawtkner 9. Marshall 9, Dr. Little 9. 

pa bah aeg 10 pairs, magautrap: Kryn 15, Banks 14, Brigham 
18, Rhett 7. 


Winchester —Northfield Gun Club, 


WincHestErR, N. H., Oct. 6—Our club had a match Oct. 5 with 
Northfield Club, of Massachusetts. I send you the scores. 

This was a friendly match between the two clubs, held in North- 
field, with four men on a side. Both clubs are young—began this 


season. Our club has a shoot every week: 
Northfield Gun Club. 

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American sportsmen, and Tatham & Brothers, like most other 
manufacturers, of whatever description of goods, have improved 
and advanced their product to keep up with the requirements of the 
time, Therefore, there seems nothing very startling in their clainy 
made in another cohimn that their American Standard Patent Fin- 
ished Chilled Shot is the hardest, roundest and most regular made, 
We must have modern shot to go with modern powders.—Ady, 


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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1900. 


VOL. LV.—-No. 17. 
1 xo, 846 Broapway, NEw YORK 


OUR ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENTS. 


WE have provided a new series of four full-page illus- 
trations which will be published as supplements with the 
first numbers of November, January and 
February. The half-tone engravings are reproductions of 
the originals drawn expressly for the purpose, and the 
subjects will certainly prove to be acceptable and popular. 
The titles are: 

Nov. 3.—In the Fence Corner. By Wilfred P. Davison. 

Dec. 1—When Food Grows Scarce. By Wilfred P. 


December, , 


Davison. 

Jan. 5.—Quail Shooting in Mississippi. 
Osthaus. 

Feb. 2.—In Boyhood Days. By Wilfred P. Davison. 

The readers and friends of Forest AND STREAM are in- 
vited to send us the names of their acquaintances whose 
“tastes are such that they might be interested in the paper. 
We are printing week aiter week a store of the best read- 
ing in the world for the man who uses rod and gun or 
who has a taste for the free life of the field and the forest. 
The Forest AND STREAM stands for the interests which 


By Edm. H. 


are his; it is a weekly, monthly, yearly advocate of the 
preservation of his present opportunities and the enlarge- 
ment of his privileges; it preaches consistently and un- 
tiringly the doctrine of the dignity and deserving of his 
favorite pastimes; and it is to-day and will be in the 
future, as it has been in the past, an agency for the attain- 
ment of a higher standard in sport and a fuller popular 
recognition of the place of recreation in a well ordered 


life. 


THE MONTH OF FLAME. 


THE face of the country is aglow with hues that presage 
the death of that visible part of nature which is the 
foundation and basis of life upon the land. Woods and 
hillsides and swamps blaze with the changing colors. 
Viewing a broad landscape, we might imagine that fire 
was sweeping over the whole land. The swamp is red 
with colors of deepest flame, the hills are yellow with a 
milder fire. Tongues of glowing crimson shoot up the 
ravines where the sumach grows, while at the edges of 
the swamp, over the conical cedars about which Virginia 
ivy twines, creep burning lines, soon, it wolud seem, 
to burst into blaze and consume them, Over all hangs 
the autumnal haze, adding vividness to the impression of 
fire; a faint thin veil which hardly seems to obscure the 
vision, yet blinds us to what is distant. 

We read of brown October, yet in America we know no 
such month. With us it is flaming October, rich and 
riotous in its gorgeous beauty, the last outburst of glory 
in a country whose loveliness is nowhere surpassed. 

Tf hills and swamps are gorgeous at this season, hardly 
less is the charm of the cultivated prairies, which have just 
yielded to the farmer the reward of his labors. Yellow 
or green, or showing rich brown soil where the plow 
has passed in preparation for the year which is to come, 
they offer a richer promise—if less of beauty—than the 
swamps and the rough hillsides, whose barrenness is 
veiled by a lovelier mask. 

Tf we take our way to the great mountains of the 
West, the story told there is the same. Aspens and 
box elders have turned yellow along the stream. mountain 
maples flame among the cliffs and along the ledges. Only 
the black pines, changeless as the gray rocks to which 
they cling, remain unaltered by the changing seasons. 
The nights grow cooler day by day, and sometimes a skim 
of ice appears on the little pools of quiet water. The 
storm clouds which hover about the mountain’s heads drop 
softly on them a light mantle of snow, which gradually 
creeps lower and lower down toward the valley, and 
some day the dweller among the foothills is startled by a 
furious squall, whitening the ground with snow, which 
vanishes under the-next day’s sun. It is warmer and 
then colder, and then warmer again, until at last winter 
is at hand. 

If the vegetation ripens and dies and falls, not less is 
the change of the advancing season felt by animal life all 
pyer the land. Each wild creature anticipates the coming 


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‘built his house, 


struggle between the forces making the warmth and the 
cold, and each prepares for it. The newts have retired 
to safe shelters in the mud, and the frogs and turtles have 
chosen their winter homes. Hordes of migrating birds fly 
above the tree tops of the woods or jourriey by shorter 
stages along the hedge rows. Woodcock drop into the wet 
places, snipe into the meadows; quail and ruffed grouse 


journey hither and thither in erratic fashion, trying to . 


make up their minds what they shall do, since winter is 
coming. Sometimes in their confusion they dash them- 
selves against the houses, or fly through the windows or 
alight on trees in the village street, anxious and be- 
wildered by the portents of the coming change. Now 
many of the hawks have gone, but a few still remain, 
traveling southward with the small birds on which they 
prey, or patiently hunting the sere fields for the mice 
which are hungrily gathering their autumn stores. The 
earth dwellers, too, are making ready, The muskrat has 
squirrels have chosen theirs, and are 
busily garnering their harvest. The raccoon still searches 
along the brook side for the infrequent frog, but now he 
chiefly depends on the abundant nuts, which he shares 
with the squirrels and the’ grouse, and on the grapes 
already touched by the frost, and sweet, solid and sub- 
stantial The hunters of the woods and swamps, the fox, 
the mink and the humble skunk, are all busy. Food is 
abundant. They are growing fat and warm coated. They 
care little for the winter’s cold. 

In the Western mountains, too, all life is stirring.: Birds 
are migrating and pine squirrels are gathering the last of 
their cones. Wild sheep and goats, little though ‘they 
care for storm and cold, are working to the southern 
slopes. Elk and mule deer are taking their ways by easy 
stages from the mountain tops to lower altitudes, and the 
record of their journeyings is plainly printed on the new 
fallen snow. Here, too, is seen where the snowshoe rab- 
bit has set his sign mantial on the white page, where the 
grouse has walked, and the fox has followed in his trail. 

In the higher altitudes Nature’s long winter slumber 
has already begun, buf lower down there is yet an inter- 
val before the final cold shall come. On the prairie. the 
wildfowl still continue to hurry from the north, and rest 


_on lakes and rivers, and flock to the grain fields for food. 


There they will remain until the hard frosts shall lock the 
waters and drive them southward to other feeding 
grounds. 

The gunner is now at work thinning their ranks,-and 
with him work the weasels, the minks, the foxes and the 
hawks and owls, which are gathering for themselves those 
birds that man has injured but has not secured. Some- 
times the migrating fowl seem countless for multitude, 
yet how few they are—if we may trust what is told in the 
books or by men of long experience—by comparison with 
what they were in the years gone by! In the East a few 
ducks are still seen—hardly worth counting. Yet we con- 
tinue to pursue them as if eager to exterminate the fast 
diminishing race. 

Lovely and inspiring as are the fair days of October, 
there is yet about them a tinge of sadness, for we know 


how brief is their span. and how soon other days will take 


their place; days which have their own charm. it is true, 
but nothing of the richness, the beauty and the softness 
of these. 

Seize then the glorious October days, when the hazy 
air of mid-day is balmy with the soft and languid perfume 
of maturity given forth by ripened vegetation. and yet at 
morning and evening is crisp, strong and exhilarating, so 
that he who breathes it rejoices in the life and vigor that 
it lends him. It will be long before these days shall come 
again. 

= 
WHERE COMMISSIONER WOOD. LIVES. 

It is a not unfamiliar condition in New York city 
that some of the most vicious dives flourish near: ‘the 
police stations. For many years one of the worst resorts 
in the town was within a stone’s throw 6f police head- 
quartets. Seeking for the operation of the same principle 
in the country, we may find it on Long Island, where 
game law violation is rampant, right under the noseof 
Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner Wood, whose Herhe 
is at Jamaica. The local papérs of that section of Long 
Island and the city papers which publish correspondence 
from that quarter teem with items like this, printed in 
the Brooklyr Eagle the other day, from Springfield, which 
is three miles froan Janoaice : 


‘Springfield, L. I., Oct. 19—Complaints are numerous of the 
reckless conduct of gunners from Brooklyn and Manhattan who 
are constantly shooting at birds in violation of the game laws, and 
with an utter disregard of the people’s safety. In some sections the 
residents fear to walk about their places for fear of getting a 
charge of shot. 

With all these stories of game killing out of season, we 
have yet to hear of any effort to inforce the law and 
punish the offenders, A correspondent who writes from 
Lynbrook well remarks that it would be better to repeal 
all the game laws and have done with them altogether 
rather than to perpetuate existing conditions “by which 
the poacher gets all the game and the law abiding sports- 
man gets left,’ There can be no excuse whatever for this 
disgraceful condition in the region contiguous to a game 
commissioner’s home. Commissioner Wood could stop 
it and stop it at once and for good, if he would, As 
long as the lawlessness lasts it will be a reproach to the 
Commission of which he is a member and to himself in- 
dividually. 

They still elect town game constables on Long Island, 
though the office was abolished by a change in the game 
laws years ago, and the game constables in'some instances 
which have come to our knowledge refuse to arrest be- 
cause they were elected by the votes of the game law 
breakers. One honest and energetic State game pro- 
tector could break up the whole system of protected law- 
lessness in less time than a working week of seven days, 
and his hardest day’s work would fall on a Sunday. 


SNAP SHOTS. 


A point made by a correspondent, C. A, D., in his com- 
munication elsewhere, that forests do not affect the rain- 
fall, is perfectly well taken; but we are not aware that 
any one ever claimed that the rainfall was imcreased or 
diminished by the forests. What is a familiar principle 
is that the forest acts as a retaining reservoir for the 
storage of the rainfall. and holds it-back for the gradual 
and permanent flow of the streams, This is now so well 
understood that it is out of the domain of argument. The 
New Hampshire forest conditions as described in the 
article under review, were described as rttinous and de- 
plorable because instead of practicing an economic and 
scientific system of forestry, the owners of the wild moun- 
tain lands were denudinge them after the old American 
method, which means waste and rin. The actual con- 
dition in the White Mountains as brought about by the 
operations of the lumber concern in contro! of the terri- 
tory is declared to be of precisely this nature; and this 
being the case it is corral high time for the State to 
intervene, f 


The Cameron Island Club, of Walkerville, Ont.. has 
prepared for the instruction of its members a catttionary 
circilar of instruction for their conduct in the woods 
while deer hunting. The one particular point on which 
most emphasis is laid is stated in the caution not to shoot 
tintil one is certain that the object aimed at is same and 
not a human being. The circular is presented in our 
game columns. We recommend all hunting clubs to conv 
it and make it their own. Secretary Amberg well says 
that “Caution is not cowardice,” and that the veteran 
hunter is much more afraid of accidents with his arms 
than the novice is who has not learned by experience the 
dangerous nattire of his weapons. Only last week another 
case of man killed for game was reported from the Maine 
woods. This tonic of peril in the hunting country is not 
an agreeable one to return to week after weel, but with 
a growing list of such casualties it behooves us to be 
constant in season and out of season in exhortine and 
warning one another to a great exercise of caution in the 
woods. ; 


Hon. Eugene G. Blackford. treasurer of the Baird 
Memorial Committee of the Ametican Fisheries Society. 
annotinces that the nature of the proposed memorial has 
not yet been determined. and must depend on the amount 


‘subscribed. The committee. hawever. aims to nravide a 


monument entirely worthy of the distinguished man 
whom the society desires to honor. leavine the details ta 
be settled at some future time. Meanwhile. it kas been 
decided to begin the raising of funds. and the committee 
invites contributions. In view of the larze number of 
persons who will probably wish to partictpate, the com- 
mittee signifies its inclination to encourage small’ cub- 
scriptions. Mr. Blackford’s address is Fulton Market, 
ok aa oS ; 


3822 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Octr. 27, 1900. 


Rowland E. Robinson. 


McNeir’s Ferry, ,Vt., Oct, 19—Stormbound, with Lake €ham- 
plain rolling fiye- foot whitecaps between me and the haven where 
£ would be, and my old Charon unwilling to risk his ancient 
boat, I sit and write of the man and friend who has just passed 
over to the Elysian Fields from a far more stormy sea. 

Yesterday the body of Rowlatid E. Robinson was car- 
ried to its long resting place in a little hillside grave- 
yard in Ferrisburgh. In the library of his home, a mile 
away, hundreds of friends and neighbors had come to 
look on that brave face for the last time, and show re- 
spect to the memory of the man, and some, as they turned 
away from the contemplation of the calm, though 
wasted, presence, glanced above at a portrait draped with 
auttumn leaves which had long hung on the wall. 

It was the satne face, but in the pride of yigorous life. 
Tt recalled their friend as they had known him a few short 
years before—straight nose, high forehead, kindly eyes, 
the leonine poise, suggestive of reserve, force of charac- 
ter and power. The tace suggested the sturdy American 
stock, and one is not surprised to learn that in Mr. Robin- 
son's veins the two sterling strains of Virginian and New 
England blood unite. His mother was a daughter of Col. 
Gilpin, of the Fairfax Militia, who served on Washing- 
ton’s staff, and his father a ‘rock ribbed New England 
anti- slavery advocate, who not only wrote and spoke 
forcefully, but practiced his principles to the extent of 
making his home a depot in the underground railroad for 
transporting escaped slaves to Canada. 

All around the library were the usual cultivated flowers, 
but on the coffin there was nothing except that homely 
symbol of the woodsman—a balsam. bough. 

On one oi the library tables lay a copy ot Hough's 
“Singing Mouse Stories,’ and as I turned the pages idly 
over and mused on the dreamer’s tales, an open letter 
fell out on which I saw the name of O. O. S., and I 
thought of my first visit to Mr. Robinson when his sense 
of personal loss in the death of the other Forest AND 
STREAM writer was still new. The two men had never 
met, but there was a strong bond of sympathy between 
them, They had corresponded, and O. O. S. on his last 
lonely pilgrimage had sent Mr. Robinson a collection of 
the beautiful seaweed of the Pacific coast. 

Tt has been well said that sympathy and imagination 
are twin sisters. Mr. Robinson’s heart went out to all 
men, and if he favored the poor rather than the rich, it 
was because he fotind the poor man the more worthy. 
As Emerson says, “What a man puts in his chest he 
takes out of his life.” There can be no stronger negative 
framed than Sam Loyel’s honest, “I daowt it.’ Here is 
a man who has not dwarfed his soul by swapping simple, 
generous instincts for a money getting habit of mind. Mr. 
Robinson’s sympathy has giyen him insight into such 
characters and won the open sesame to our hearts. 

His kindness was a ruling trait. He always answered 
personally all letters received from those interested in his 
writings, even to the last, and as this correspondence 
was heavy, it must have been a considerable drain upon 
his strength, The day his illness took the fatal turn— 
Oct. 10—he wrote several letters of this character. 

Mr. Robinson also had’ a large circle of pen friends, 
' particularly among the older contributors to FoREst AND 
STREAM—men whom he had never met, but who, like O. 
‘O. S., were attracted to him by the strong sympathy which 
his character inspired. 

This combined correspondence, in part at least, might 
haye proved irksome to another man, but to Mr. Robin- 
son it was a real and substantial pleasure. His own 
strong sympathy and understanding made him unusually 
ready to appreciate and reciprocate the friendship of those 
who sought him out, and he not only took an interest in 
their love of woods and waters, but also in their work- 
a-day associations and their hopes and aims. Sufferin 
instead of hardening as it does in some and blotting out 
beauty .in life, put a wonderfully delicate edge to his 

‘appreciation of human and animate nature. Mr, Robin- 
son was a devoted reader of Forest AND STREAM, When 
lis eyesight failed, various members of his family read the 
paper to him, but chiefly it was his daughter, Mollie, who 
plodded week after week through hunting stories that 
must haye had a sameness to her feminine ear, omitting 
nothing from coyer to cover. He generally reserved the 
paper for Sunday reading, and called it his Sunday’s 
sermon. 

His first printed article was on New England fox 
hunting, and his last written letter was to the editor of 
his favorite journal, 

Mr. Robinson had been confined to his bed almost con- 
tinuously since May a year ago. He battled against 
sickness long after’ other men “would have succumbed. 
His mental attitude, as illustrated by his continuance in 
writing despite physical ills, no doubt prolonged his life 
for months, Mr, Robinson was at times despondent, as 
became his nature, but there was a boyish joyousness 
about him that shows plainly in his writings. It is fitting 
that his. last connected story should have been about a 
boy, and that he gaye us a fresh young life in “Sam’s 
Boy” at the time when he was laying down his*own. 

When his fox hunting article was published in Scrib- 
ner’s, Mr. Robinson was happy as a boy with his first 
gun. Then came orders from magazines for articles on 
uncongenial subjects, one of which was a description af 
the Vermont marble quarries. From this grind of hack 

work he turned with keen pleasure to the prescient sug- 
gestion of the editor of Forrest ANp STREAM to conttibute 
certain sketches of New England life. As a result “Uncle 
Lisha’s Shop” was given to the world in 1888. This book 
has become and always will be a classic in. American 
literature. 

The circle-of those who comprehended Mr. Robinson’s 
genius is not so large as it should be. He has failed of. the 
‘great popular sticcess and laudation accredited to: in- 
finitely less worthy men. He could not comprehend how 
cleyer, shallow writers with one eye cocked on the 
-almighty dollar could cater to a false sentimentalism . ‘by 
pretending to an_oceult knowledge of animals and giving 
to the birds and beasts human -and unreal, characteristics 
idealized with a tawdry gloss. His talents were not to 
be debauched in this way. He refused to work ‘the 
popular “wild-animal graft.” He went direct to nature 
for his models and gave to all his inventions the stamp_of 
a reality not to be gainsaid. 

But Mr. Robinson had a select circle of intense ‘ad- 
mirers, While frayeling T have often met such persons, 


‘and at times they seemed surprised to find that any one 
else conld appreciate Robinson as they did, On a train 
last winter I overheard: a commercial traveler dilating on 


“Uncle Lisha’s Shop” and the other well-known titles, and’ 


advising with true missionary enthusiasm the man he was 
talking with to read the stories, He told how he had 
just interested a customer in the books, and how the man 
had got him to buy the whole lot and ship them with his 
last bill of goods, and how delighted his customer had 
been when he came to read them. 

Mr. Putnam, of Boston, another commercial man, told 
of an old gentleman at Deighton who at the time of his 
last illness looked forward each week to the issues of 
Forrest AND STREAM containing Robinson’s chapter as the 
event of his life, and who had the articles read to him up 
to the very last. Mr. Robinson's humor was always 
kindly, and there was nothing in anything he ever wrote 
that his friends would. wish unwritten. 

Mr. Robinson’s eyes began to fail in 1887, at the time 
he was writing his first book. For six years he fought 
against the slowly conquering malady, and wrote ““Danvis 
Folks, * “Sam Lovel’s Camp” and “Uncle Lisha’s ts 
ing,’ ‘though meanwhile “groping around in the fog,” 
he himself. expressed it, In 1893 he became totally blind. 
He accepted his visitation with such cheerfulness that it 
hardly seemed a trial. No one ever became blind more 
gracefully. It seemed rather to give distinction to Mr. 
Robinson than to take away any part of his life. No 
one felt lile commiuserating him, He did not need or 
expect sympathy for this cause any more than for gray 
hair or other natural evidences of advancing age. 

In fact no one could talk with him and think of him 
as a blind man, His eyes were bright and carried ex- 
pression, and he watched the speaker and turned from 
one to another in conversation, He advanced to meet 
his guests and visitors and shook hands in a perfectly 
natural way, and he never had difficulty in talking on 
topics of interest to yarying minds, 

Up to two years ago he was apparently a very vigorous 
and healthy man—one with whom time had dealt lightly— 
a fine example of slowly ripening manhood, Then came 
his illness, but though stricken down, he was the same 
kindly gentleman as ever, never referring to his ailments 
as a subject worthy of thought, but taking a keen in- 
terest in men and affairs. 

Day after day he lay on his back writing on a slotted 
tablet with his own hand his inimitable descriptions of 
life or scenery, or corresponding with his friends. He 
had that which misfortune could not take away, and 
like Bunyan in prison, his heart was elsewhere, and he 
saw with surer perception than those face to face with 
the realities he described. 

His mind was clear to the end. The last day of his 
life he lay with a fixed expression and eyes very bright 
looking upward. His loving wife could not believe that 
the eyes were still sichtless. and asked: 

‘Toes thee see light, Rowland?” 

“No,” he answered, in his slow tentative way. 

“What does thee see?” 

To which he answered nothing. But the silence was 
more eloquent than words. B, BURNHAM, 


Mather, Ogden and Robinson, 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

When Major Mather “fell on- sleep” and the members 
‘of the Forest AND ‘STREAM circle motirned the loss of the 
good and great man, I felt a strong desire to add my 
mite to the many beautiful tributes paid to his, memory, 
but refrained from doing so, fearing that I, who knew 
him not personally, misht take the space of some of those 
who had been permitted to call him friend. 

But now that the circle has again been anyaded and 
two of the brightest stars in the galaxy been removed, and 
one of them our Nestor, I no longer hesitate, but feel that 
the least in the sorrowing and personally bereaved mem- 
bers of the Forest AND STREAM garth may come with 
his modest but sincere tribute. — » 

How many times in sadness since the death of Major 
Mather» has my mind reverted to a visit to the genial 
editor of Forest AND STREAM shortly before the Major 
left for the scene of his last labors in the Northwest. 
How, as we talked of this one and that one whose work 
had given great pleastire, we at last discussed, the in- 
comparable Mather, and when I spoke of the strong de- 
sire, long cherished, to meet and know him, and was 
assured that he wotld be in the office in a very short 
time and I might do so, and yet allowed a business en- 
gagement to hurry me away from this great privilege 
“which was never again to offer, it is small wonder that 
my regret is deep and lasting. . 

The tender and touching tribute paid the memory of 
the two just gone, in the current number of Forest anp 
STREAM, leayes, but little to add; save only the conven- 
tional “We, too, knew and loved them, ™ and yet we would 
bring our cypress wreath. 

My modest library holds few volumes that I value more 
‘than the simple annals of honest Sam Lovel and kind, 
lovable old= Uncle ‘Lisha, 

When first the knowledge came to me that the eyes 
which had stored in memory’s chambers the beautiful 
scenes, so: faithfully portrayed, were darkened and could 
_nmever more see them, it was im reality a personal and 
lasting sorrow. Truly < ‘death loves a shining mark,” and 
has found it in the three so recently garnered by the grim 
reaper, 

Measured by the happiness given others, these have 
been: full, beatitiful amd-noble lives,: They will live in 
“Many: grateful) ‘and loving: tears ‘though ee have come 
_to- know - mye et te pte 
Par eh gia? Pies one far- aff EB event. ee fae) 

a % Ta: ayhich # the whole. creation MMOVES2 - | eee 8 
Jets ‘Hopxins.., 4 


 Ghiatled’ Finer, ry Wichita, San’: “while” hetntiné ‘on se 


aes Chetokea-| Strip. fossy AEE « vest ‘of Pond ‘Creek 
Station, fougd a gun, barrel: on! which-back: of the rear 
“sight. was inscribed. | “Presented to Mike Jones by Kit 
“Catson,in 1849." On-the side, just under the’ sight, was 
“State” followed’ by tWenty-threefile*marks.’ The bat- 
‘rel’ was *badlw -riisted:'and islightly, bent near: the. middle. 
Near it were found two skulls and other evidences that 


- the bodies of two men had been left there many years 
Ago, | 


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‘leave a lasting impression upon me 


he Sportsman Gourist. 
« In the "Otarks:’ 


' Down in Missouri, in the southern part of the State, _ 


there is a county known as Douglas county. There is 
nothing of unusual interest in its history—at least noth- 
ing that has ever been recorded—and the inhabitants 
are unknown to fame. 

If you are fond of the gun, there is plenty ‘of game to 
be had thereabouts in season in the form of wild turkeys, 
quail and partridge, rabbits and squirrels, and occasion- 
ally a deer is shot, but that is getting to be a rare event 
of late years. On the other hand, if you are city bred 
and care nothing at all for out-oi-door life or the ex- 
citement of the hunt you would be apt to perish with 
ennui before the year was out, for the monotony of one’s 
surroundings down there is killing, 

Once upon a time the fates decreed that J anoold en- 
dure existence in that out-of-the-way corner of the globe, 
though for a brief period only, and in’this they dealt 
kindly with me. For a year or two I received my mail 
at the combination store and post office in the village of 
M., and called the place my home. 

Douglas county was just over the divide—that is, a 
range of the Ozark Mountains—and seemed far re- 
moved and shut off from the rest of the world, as though 
an ocean intervened. At the time of which 


most things pertaining to modern civilization and ad- 


vancement, and correspondingly wise with the wisdom” 


of the birds of the air and the flowers of the field that 
neither toil nor spin, 

- Were you to mention the “higher life’ to a Douglas 
county man he would think that you had reference to a 
life on the mountain top, In the rapid march of 
progress which was beginning to make itself felt in the 
neighboring counties Douglas county was a strageler, 
a loiterer by the wayside, and was in no especial hurry to 
catch up with the shouting, struggling procession. Many 
Dotigiasites had never even “seen the cars,” nor were they 
conversant with the wonders of electricity, and yet, 
mirabile dictu, they managed to live somehow and enjoy 
life at that, and when it came their turn to die they had 
the satisfaction of knowing that they would have’ as 
eulogistic a funeral sermon preached over what was left 
of them as the richest nabob in the land. They earned 
their bread with the sweat of their brow, used strong 
tobacco and drank stronger whisky, went hunting when- 
ever they felt like it, and, generally speaking, were happy 
—as happiness goes in this. queer world of ours. 

So much for the Douglas county people as a class. 
During my sojourn inthat part of the State 1 farmed 
an acquaintance with several of the male inhabitants of 
the county, and also with a mule. In one or two in- 
stances tiny acquaintanceship with these men ripened 


‘into a warm friendship, but with the mule it was quite 


different. I could never reciprocate the interest he dis- 
played, on different occasions, in my personal affairs. — 
The ownership of this creature of strange moods ani 


. fancies was vested in an old man by the name ol 


Ebenezer Saunders, or just plain Eb. for short, They 
never use a’ man’s full Christian name down there, save 
on solemn occasions, such as weddings and funerals. 
The mule, being imbued with a righteous desire for 
indé¢pendence unrecognized by man in his dealings with 
the lower animals, was disposed to dispute Saunders’ 
title. Undoubtedly the creature felt a certain degree of 
superiority to the man, and considered his position in 
life humiliating. At any rate, there were moments when 
he “preferred to be alone,” consequently Saunders was 
‘very often muleless., 

My first meeting with the mule was one caleulated to 
and also over- 
come any desire for closer acquaintance. I was obliged 
te take a long ride down into Douglas county on a 
“matter of business. The large animal that bore me on 
my journey .was called a horse by the man of whom [ 
rented it, but on this point I had my doubts, However, 
I took his word for it, as | was not in a _bosition to 
‘cavil, it being a case of “Hobson's choice.” 

As for the shape of this quadruped—well, that must 
be left to the imagination. It was decidedly unique, and 
its long noSe inclined to the severe Romanesque. 

Astraddle the broad, hollow back of this stratge beast 
T set forth on my journey. It was fifteen miles to my 
destination, and I calculated that I could possibly make 
it in ten or twelve Hours if my horse (out of courtesy 
I shall thus dignify him) held out at the wild, reckless 
walk he had broken into at the start. I soon discovered 
that he possessed a peculiar knack of stopping and stand- 
ing, still a full minute or two before the change im the 
condition of affairs became apparent. He simply merged 
from a walk into a statuesque pose, from which it was 
hard to move him. It was a rare accomplishment, 

We had covered about four miles of this exciting 
journey, when, at-a place where two roads met, I was 
joined by) a fellow traveler, also. heading for Douglas 
county. He was a large, heavy set man, and his mount, 
a small, dun-colored, dejected looking pony, seemed 
greatly overweighted, 'T expected to see the poor Beast 
shut up like a jack-knife at any moment. = fi 

_This new comer:ambled along beside me for some 
distance,. Mmaintaing a profound silence, and at the same 
time, surreptitiously. taking stock of me out of the’ tail 
‘énd of his eye. Seeing that he persisted i in this silence, I 
‘told him my destination, and: to save time my-! business 
talsoz-- This! immediately removed his. suspicions, and 


otal had. wondered at his: feticence ‘before, I was now ~ 
amazed at his. volubility. | rae r 


~t es = 


_“He talked and, talked with all tis might, 


Add -~whén He “Game: unito the end, 4 oe 
' Then he. began® again’ Pe SPM cone 


_ His voice soothed my noble steed): rae ie was: plied hate 
to kick him’ often (the horse,,.of.. course), to-keep ae 
“from: sitting: down in.the- road ‘and going to, sleep. a 
Tt: had* been floticeable” Be 

some time back on-the,road in ari “occasional ‘yielding of =. 


displayed a tendency ta siti- 


the hinder legs, 


nes 
r ye 


IT write. 
the natives of the county were refreshingly ignorant of . 


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The man was from Webster county, and as unfamiliar 
as myself withthe country through which we were travel- 
ing. He succeeded in talking us off the right road, and 


we were compelled to stop at a farmhouse and make in- — 


quiries, As we drew up at the gate we were received 
with a most vociferous and boisterous welcome—a bark- 
ing of dogs and the loud haw-hee, haw-hee of a brazen- 


voiced mule,. The mule stood at the barnyard gate, with | 


his head thrust*far over the top rail, braying at us like 
a creature possessed, 

He was a huge black animal, seemingly all oars and 
yoice. He plainly resented our presence and our ap- 
pearance, though which of us was the object of his 
derision it was impossible to tell. Somehow I felt 
myself the guilty one. My horse—but no matter. 

We obtained the desired information and rode away. 
We had gone.only a few rods from the house, when 
we heard a loud crash behind us, and turned in time 
te see the mule leap the rickety gate, demolishing it in 
the act. He came trotting after us with a pleased, ex- 
pectant look, and we stopped and waited for him, 
curious to learn what his next move would be. 

We were not kept long in suspense. He passed on 
nly companion’s side of the road, and as he passed sud- 
denly wheeled and delivered a lightning like kick at the 
pony, The pony saw it coming, and shied in time to 
éscape the brunt of the blow, which just grazed its 
rider’s-Jeg, and haying had some experience in the 
kicking line itself, immediately displayed an unlooked 
for activity and temper of its own by charging after the 
mule. The mule tarried not for the fray, but with a 
final defiant fling of his hoofs in the air, disappeared in 
the surrounding woods, there being no fences to ob- 
struct his retreat. — 

Naturally we,were more than a little surprised at this 
unexpected attack, but as the ugly tempered beast 
showed no signs of returning the incident soon passed 
from our minds. 

We had gore about half a mile and my companion 
had recovered his volubility, when we were startled at 
hearing a crackling and breaking of the bushes’ on my 
side of the road, and the sound of a heavy creature 
approaching. The next instant the black mule burst 
through the underbrush and charged upon me. He 
planted his heels in the underneath part of my unresisting 
steed, and then dashed forward and took up a position 
in the road directly in front of us, as though he would 
dispute the passage with us. , 

My poor beast groaned once when the blow {fell—a 
yery human sort of groan—and then turned his head and 
looked reproyingly and half inquiringly at me with an 
expression that plainly said: 

“Mercy to me! what is the meaning of all this? Why 
did you permit such a thing?” 

“Ef I only had my gun with me,’ my companion 
exclaimed, “I'd fill that doggon onery critter full o’ 
lead, by Godfrey Simpson Daniels.” 

We looked around for something to throw, but there 
was nothing in sight. There never is when you need 
a thing of that Kind the most. The mule suddenly 
changed his mind and trotted off down the road. We 
quickly dismounted and secured weapons in the shape 
of two stout clubs, and followed slowly in the wake of 
our newly discovered enemy, 

The tricky fiend adopted new tactics for his next 
move, and charged directly upon us from the front. But 
we outwitted him this time. We suddenly opened ranks, 
and before he could check his mad charge he was be- 
tween us, and we belabored him unmercifully with our 
clubs, and broke them over his head and back, until he 
was glad to escape without delivering his famous broad- 
side. He was plainly disconcerted, as he had evidently 
taken us for easy victims, and he realized that he would 
have to resort to strategy in order to accomplish our 
destruction. 

This strange warfare was carried on intermittently for 
the next three or four miles—a running fight all the 
Way—tntil we.came in sight of the next farmhouse. 
There a new diversion occurred. Six very young pigs 
had crawled through the farmer’s fence and were dis- 
porting themselves beside the road, and the mule espied 
them and transferred his attentions to these innocents. 
He was upon them like a devastating scourge, and killed 
three of them before they could reach safety on the other 
side of the fence with their more fortunate brothers and 
sisters. 

This wanton murder enraged us, and we summoned 
the farmet with loud halloos, and told him our tale of 
woe, and pointed out the murderer where he stood, 
trampling his victims undérfoot and gloating over his 
crime. 

“Y don’t say?” drawled the owner of the pigs, when 
we had finished. “Hit’s that mule o’ Saunders’. He’ll 
pay fer the pigs, Eb will, He's done killed ’em that 
way onct before. Y all mus’ had a devul uv a time. 
By Godtrey, E don’t sée what Eb wants t’ keep sech a 
no-’count critter “baout fer. He’s allus lookin’ fer 
trouble. He’s a ba-ad mule. He suttenly is.” 

The farmer opened the barnyard gate and told us 
to ride in and the mule would come after us. We fol- 
lowed his instructions, and the mule followed us, think- 
ing that he had us at his mercy, but the farmer, armed 
with a pitchfork, drove him into a corner and kept him 
there until we had retired from the field. 

We left them there and continued on our way re- 
joicing, with the sound of the mule’s brazen voice ring- 
ing discordantly in our ears long after the owner thereof 
was lost to view, 

In such wise did I make the acquaintance of “that 
mule 0’ Saunders’.”” He was the most misanthropic ani- 
mal I ever knew. FAYETTE Durttn, Jr. 

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Take inventory of the good things im this issue 
of Forest AND STREAM. Recall whot a fund was 
given last week. Count on what ts to come next 
week. Was there ever im all the world a more 
abundant weekly store of sportsmen’s reading? 


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Our First Camping Trip. 


We shall never forget our first campaign trip. It was 
to the Adirondack Mountains in the summer of °86, and 
to me will always remain one of the pleasantest incidents 
in my lite. There were three of us—Billy, the Fiend and 
Buck, 2. ¢., myself. We had just graduated from college. 
For tour years we had worked hard; even during the 
usual summer and winter vacations we had worked. 
Now, howeyer, we had graduated and we were soon to go 
forth to make a living and a home of our own, and per- 
haps a name, and perhaps, too, to work eyen harder 
than ever. But before launching forth into the cold, hard 
world of business we thought we were entitled to a 
little tun—a few weeks of genuine vacation. But what 
shotld we do? Just how we decided this question I do 
not now remember, but shortly betore we received or 
degrees we had finally decided on a camping trip in the 
Adirondacks. Our ideas were more or less hazy on 
the subject, until we had graduated, gotten our diplomas 
and found ourselves free fo go wherever we pleased. 
Then we got down to business, and system soon came 
out of chaos, In a short time we had made out our 
list of things, corrected and revised it, purchased our 
supplies, and found ourselves with lean-to tent, pack 
baskets, fishing rods and general camping equipments 
and provisions, and—we,were off: We reached Utica 
in the evening, and early next morning took the Black 
River R. R. to Boonville, from thence by stage twelve 
miles to Moose River, a settlement containing perhaps 
a dozen houses mostly dilapidated and an inn that had 
evidently seen better days, but was still famous for its 
trout and other game dinners. Here we had our noon 
hinch and our first treat to brook trout done “‘to a 
turn.’ Here was the jumping-off place— the half-way 
station, the point where straw hats and boiled shirts 
were laid aside and felt hats and corduroy suits were 
donned. Here we first met the noted Adirondack guide 
—and there were many of him. Most of them appeared 
to be beyond middle life, and a few very old, but all, 
Strange to say looked very much as I imagine we all 
expect a typical guide to look. Most of them wore broad 
brimmed felt hats of a light grass color, and with 
few exceptions were tremendously fond of whisky, and 
after haying partaken freely were exceedingly talkative, 
for during our brief noon hour we had the opportunity 
of listening to some “whoppers;” but one thing was cer- 
tain, their general appearance did not belie their stories 
in the least. They looked as though they had been 
through a good deal and were able to xo through a good 
deal more, 

Shortly after one o'clock we started for Old Forge 
at. the foot of the Fulton Chain of eight lakes. The trip 
was one of fourteen miles, and entirely through the 
woods, save about two miles through what is known as 
Arnold’s Clearing, near Old Forge. Our pack baskets 
filled with provisions and our camp equipment were 
securely strapped on a buckboard, but we were advised 
to wall, which we did the whole distance, reaching our 
destination in about four hours. We had been told that 
the road from Moose River in was very rough, and that 
we had better save our money and walk—in fact, that it 
would be almost impossible to ride and at times dan- 
gerous, and the road proved to be all that was said of it. 
I have seen some pretty rough roads, but for roughness 
of all variety, for rock and great boulders, mud holes 
and broken down corduroy bridges, sharp grades and 
“thank you marms” this fourteen miles took the prize. 
How the team and buckboard ever got through I don’t 
know, but it did, and within a half hour after we arrived. 
The driver reported that he had been thrown out only 
once, and then he could not help himself, as the buck- 
board turned completely over. This was very evident, as 
everything was covered with mud. We had taken pains 
and had all such things as oat meal, sugar, etc., wrapped 
up in several thicknesses of paper, but on opening the 
baskets we found everything in a “jumble,” and every 
bit of the sugar, some ten pounds or more, gone, For- 
tunnately we were able to replace this last article at Old 


“Porge before starting out on our camping trip proper. 


Since then I have always put sugar, Hour and such things 
in strong canvas bags. They pack snug and go sately 
through all sorts of jolting. 

We arrived at Old Forge at about 5 P. M., and at once 

ordered our supper, and while that was preparing we 
succeeded in hiring a boat for our. two-weeks’ trip, and 
by the time our meal was- ready we had everything 
packed snugly in the boat ready to shove off instantly. 
Perhaps it would be well to ‘explain here that the summer 
of “86 was some six years before the Adirondack or so- 
called Webb railroad was built, and the Fulton chain of 
lakes, while well known to a chosen few, was in fact 
comparatively a wild country. 
_ One of the best features of our little trip, and I count 
it the very best, was the fact that we were all agreed to 
make the trip as inexpensive as possible. We were 
going to have no guides, nor-ran up any unnecessary 
hotel bills. We were on a camping trip, and we were 
going to camp that night, and we did.-Se immediately 
alter supper we bid our host a hearty good-by, got care- 
fully into our boat, very carefully, for we at once 
discovered that somehow or other it was a trifle 
different from other boats we had been  tsed 
to, and we started, we hatdly knew where, but: we 
started. We did know, however, that we must find a 
camping place yery soon, and with that end in view we 
started up the pond and inlet toward First Lake. We 
had not gone far before we found a point that seemed 
quite suitable, and as it was out of view from the hotel 
at Old Forge we made haste to camp, aind none too 
soon, as with the high hills and mountains so close 
together on either side darkness comes on very sid- 
denly, and we soon learned to start early and make camp 
early, But how new nd strange that first evening! I 
shall never forget it, or the following two or three days 
and nights, The scenes and sensations were all so new 
and strange—so weitd, yet so fascinating. We were 
away ftom civilization, and away off in the heart of the 
great woods, and we all felt and enjoyed the feeling that 
there was considerable of the wild Indian about us. 

As soon as we landed we put up the tent, which was 
simply a lean-to made of oiled canvas, 12 feet by 12 feet. 
This was done by tying the front corners to two trees, 4 
suitable distance apart and at a distance of perhaps 6 or 


7 leet from the ground, and fastening the back to a small 
log cut for the purpose, We then cut and trimmed a 
number of fir or balsam and spruce trees, using the 
branches for our bed, and our camp was made. Wood 
was gathered, a fire kindled. Darkness was upon us, but 
we were quite at home. Since that time I have been in 
the woods a great deal and of course know a good deal 
now about camping, but whenever I recall our first night 
in the woods, and our first camp and our first breakfast, 
and all done in such haste and with no experienced hand 
to help us or to make suggestions, I think we did excep- 
tionally well, in fact almost perfect, and I shall always 
look back to that first camp with admiration, 

But did we sleep well? Of course not. Who does the 
first night away out in the woods? ‘To be perfectly 
frank, I got less than an hour’s steep. Billy and the 


Fiend both declared that they slept several hours. May 
be they did, but J didn’t. Just as I was dozing off I 
heard a bird in a néarby tree give a warning note. Now, 


[had read that when wild animals were around you could 
generally discover the fact by the birds giving warning 
notes, so I listened. I was not afraid, but I just thought 
I would listen—no, there was nothing. How strange 
and quiet everything was, except out in the pond several 
hoarse bullirogs kept up a slow rut-k, rut-k-k-k like an 
old lumber wagon coming slowly down a country road. 
Chirp! Kee!! Kee!!! went that bird again—a very fierce 
warning note. I listened—no, there was nothing, noth- 
ing whatever; I must behaye myself and go to sleep like 
a rational human being. “I must be very tired, left 
early, busy all day, walked 14 miles, and here it was 
getting late, awfully late.’ But somehow I did not feel 
sleepy worth a cent. But wasn’t it dark out! It was 
like a bottle of ink, it was so black, and so quiet too. 
The croaking of the frogs away out across the pond only 
seemed to intensify the quietness and the darkness. 
Hark! what was that, I certainly heard a twig snap, and 
just under that bird, too. Golly! but I was wide awake 
now atid no mistake, and listening too, but all I could 
hear was my heart beat; but I was thoroughly tired and I 
knew that I ought to go to sleep and get rested, and 
I knew that just as well as I knew anything, and I knew 
that all wild animals were ten times as afraid of us as 
we of them, and besides all that there were no wild 
animals to be afraid of in the Adirondacks anyhow, and 
I was going to sleep right away, but somehow J didn’t. 

Now, I don’t believe I was really afraid—I was excited. 
Things were new and strange. I was unaccustomed to 
the unusual quietness and the black night—I might say 
awful darkness... The quick turn of events and the ab- 
solutely new sensations had the effect of getting us inta 
a state of more or less happy nervous excitetnent, TI 
would not give a fig for a fellow as a camping compan- 
jon if an introduction to wild Mother Nature such as 
we had did not produce in him a so-called happy nervous 
excitement. 

At about 4 A. M. we were up and getting breakfast. 
We had frogs’ legs (fresh), oatmeal, corn beef hash 
and coffee> and long before the sun shone above the 
hills everything was in the boat and we were on our way 
up the chain of lakes. Hlow grand and yet how weird 
and strange everything was. The water seemed so dark 
and quiet, the dead and half dead trees in the marshy 
bays so ghost-like, and various objects assumed at a dis- 
tance through the fog and the mist rising from the lake 
all kinds of fantastic shapes, and yet, with the bird notes 
coming to our ears from wooded slopes and swamps, and 
the rays of sunlight shooting high over our heads across 
the hilltops, it seemed quite like a joyous and happy 
morning in Paradise, and indeed it was all that to us, and 
{ think if I were an artist and wished to draw a picture 
of Paradise I,should choose wild Mother Nature as she 
is just before|sunrise on a pleasant early summer morn- 
ms, : 
None of us had ever been in the Adirondacks before, 
or anywheres near them, or for that matter had ever 
been off camping, so far I ‘know, and so far as knowledge 
of woodcraft, of camping or of the Adirondacks was 
concerned we were almost “infants in the woods.” We 
did not have a map of the woods with us; we had not 
even seen one, We had, however, been told that the 
Fulton: chain of lakes layin a northeasterly direction 
from Old Forge, and also that there were carries or 
trails betweem certain lakes, but that was about all we 
did know. ach «of us had a small pocket compass. 
We had no Adirondack guide, As I said before, we were 
going in on the cheap plan, and for ordinary camping 
trips I heartily recommend dispensing with a guide, If 
you do not believe this, try it and see how much pleas- 
ure there is in making your own discoveries, and how 
much quicker you learn the art of woodcraft. Of course, 
you can get ideas from books and from guides and ex- 
perienced campers, but the only way the lessons can be 
thoroughly learned is to be be thrown entirely onyour own 
resources, searn by hard knocks to be careful, think 
and plan ahead and keep your eyes open and see every- 
thing and take notice of everything, and be prepared for 
every emergency. In short, to be your own guide, and 
for the few days or weeks you are out camping to be a 
veritable Indign, ts nine-tenths of the pleasure of the 
trip. It is wonderful how much of the aboriginal nature 
ef man comes to the surface when he is thrown étitirely 
on his own resources away off in the wild woods far from 
civilization, and if one is a gentleman and true to him- 
self, tt is mot a bad nattre that comes to the surface. 
They say that a man does not know himself or know 
what he is made of until he has suffered adversity, If he 
is true and made of steel he will come out of the ordeal 
stronger and better, and if rich and worthless then he 
generally goes to “the dogs,” he is forgotten and the 
world jogs on without him; but whichever way it goes 
the man who has-gone through a great ordeal knows 
himself better than he ever did before, and so the man 
who discovers the “Indian” in himself and succeeds in 
bringing that Indian or aboriginal nature to the surface, 
is not only able to know himself better but has discovered 
an element in his nature worth cultivating, and that will 
bring to him, when he breaks away from home and office 
duties, rest, recreation and an immense amount of pleas- 
ure, and there is no better method that I know of to 
cultivate this particular feature of man’s make-up 
than to throw him largely, if not entirely, upon his own 
resources whenevet he goes away on a camping, fishing 
or hunting trip into the wilds, woods or mountains, 


But I must return to the boat of our eatly start that 
first morning will be a late one. We very soon found 
ourselves in First Lake, It was easy to get in, but how 
to get out was the question, or rather what direction to 
take. The lake seemed to be as broad as it was long, and 
hills coming down on every side, but we held an even 
course in a northeasterly direction directly across the lake, 
and almost before we knew it, somehow the hills had 
shifted and we found ourselves in Second Lake. I shall 
never forget the strange sensations 1 experienced while 
finding our way up the first three lakes that morning. 
Everything was so odd and strange, and strangely new. 
The lakes were such odd shapés, with bays running back 
in the marshes and spruce swamps, and all surrounded 
on all sides by high hills, and yet as we moved along on 
our general course the hills really seemed to move about 
and break away at just the right time and place, and all 
was grand, yet picturesque. We reached Third Lake 
without much trouble, but where was the inlet that Ted 
to Fourth Lake? All who have been there know how 
utterly confusing it is, and eyen when you are in the 
mouth of the inlet you can’t imagine that it leads any- 
where or is any®hing more than a little bay running up 
close to the foot of the hill a few rods away. That it 
actually breaks through these hills seems impossible, but 
it does and in mighty short order. The inlet of Third 
Lake or outlet of Fourth, whichever you prefer to call it, 
is m shape of a letter S, and, #range to say, not a very 
large letter S either, for if the hills and woods were notin 
thie way you could almost throw a stone from the shore of 
one lake to the other; but if you were a stranger on Third 
Lake you would neyer guess by looking at the break in 
the hills where Fourth Lake lies. 

T remember we saw a log camp across the lake, and 
headed for it, and as we appromched a boat, all of a sud- 
den, appeared in sight right against the hill at the further 
end of the little bay, and yet so near to us that it was 
quite evident that the boat had just turned a bend. 
Could it be possible? It must be, for every other open- 
ing seemed to lead into a spruce swamp, and so we 
rowed into the bay-like opening. Soon it turned sharply 
to the left and then as sharply to the right, and “presto 
change,” we were on the other side of the hill and there 
was the great Fourth Lake before us. It all seemed like 
magic, and indeed it was magic, and always will be 
whenever I can take a new trip like this one without a 

uide and be my own discoverer. But here we were on 

ourth Lake, and on and up the Jake we pulled, and 

with two strong fellows at the oars and the third steering 
it did not take long to reach the northerly end of the 
lake. As it was nearly noon we landed and had dinner 
and a good rest. For the past couple of hours our trip 
had been easy sailing. Fourth Lake is about six miles 
long and seldom oyer a half mile wide, and it was a very 
simple matter to row to the upper end-of the lake, but 
this upper and northerly end was broad and large and 
full of bays, and now that we were onee more in the 
boat the question was which way—west, north, north- 
east or east? The hills gave little evidence. I do not 
now remember how we decided to go east, except that 
our general ditection was northeast. but east we went, 
and by some “hook or crook” we struck it exactly right. 
Yes, there was a small swift stream coming into the lake 
down a narrow gully between the hills. We would try 
it, and so up the stream we went. I remember that at 
times we had difficulty, and several times had to get out 
and push the boat over the riffles, but eventually we got 
up and into Fifth Lake. This lake is very small, so small 
indeed that when we had gotten fairly in the center of it 
we could see where evidently was the carry, for we knew 
that between Fifth and Sixth and between Seventh and 
EHighth lakes there was a trail or carry, and so we were 
on the lookout for the carry. We landed, and sure 
enough it was quite evident that this was the commence- 
ment of the trail. You could see where boats had been 
hauled out or pushed in the lake, and there was the 
ubiquitous empty condensed milk can, and an old 
weather stained piece of newspaper, and other evidences 
of campers and—the trail. And now we were to haye 
a new experience. We were to go oyer our first trail 
and catry pack baskets and an Adirondack boat, and be 
quite the typieal wild American Indian. I doubt if any 
of us will ever forgét that first trail. The picture is as 
plain to me now as though it all happened yesterday. 
Three fellows—and strong healthy fellows too—three pack 
baskets of about 70 pounds each, a bundle made up of 
‘the oars, paddle, fish rods and an axe, and a 7o-pound 
boat—only 70 pounds, but all of a sudden it looked as 
as large and as bulky and as heavy as a meeting house, 
and acted ten times worse. The wild Indian went out 
of us and for a good big minute we were, indeed, infants 
in the woods and no doubt about it. We had never seen 
a boat carried, and had net been told, and had asked no 
questions about it. Seventy pounds! 
no questions to ask; the whole matter was simple enough. 
One would take the light bundle of oars, rods and axe, 
and the other two, one at each end, would put the boat 
on their shoulders and make a light, quick trip over the 
carry, and then all would return and each take a heavy 
pack basket. — : ‘ 


In unloading we had noticed that the boat contained _ 


a yoke such as our forefathers used to gather sap with 
in the sugar bugh, but somehow we had paid no attention 
to it and thought nothing of it; and I ‘speak the truth 
when I say that had we noticed the yoke when we first 
got into the boat at Old Forge we might have left it at 
the boat hottse as unnecessary luggage unless we had 
thought to ask some one about it. However, the yoke 
was there, neatly and snugly tucked into the bow or 
stern end of the boat, I don’t remember which, as both 
ends of an Adirondack boat are very much alike. On 
landing and pulling the boat out we proceeded at once 
to carry out our-simple plan, and as I said before, to go 
over the trail the first time light. Billy and I were to 
carry the boat, and the Fiend everything else, except the 
pack baskets. 
ready. The Fiend got his bundle and Billy and I took 
hold of the boat. I can’t describe our surprise—the thing 
seemed alive, unruly and balky; then we all three tried 
getting it on our shoulders, then we turned the bloom- 


ing, blasted thing over, and then, two on either side. ~ 


with a cross stick, and one hold of tha rear end. On 
level, open ground this latter plan would haye worked 


Why, there were’ 


-his two lights in midstream. 
called attention to their movements. 
though considered of no great importance when seen at 
some of the town wharis,-were regarded with reverential — 


Everything was soon out of the boat and — 


very well, but on a steep sided hill on a crooked trail 
through brush and trees it was simply out of the ques- 
tion, and as I said a few moments ago, for a minute or 
so we felt like infants. Could it be possible that this was 
to be the end of our trip?—for to save us we never could 
carry that boat over a mile carry. We could not do it 
any more than we could fly. It was a wonder we did not 
injure the boat or ourselves in our efforts, but we did 
net, although we took several good tumbles trying to 
govern the awkward thing. J tell you about this time 
we did some “tall thinking,’ when of a sudden we be- 
thought ourselves ot that yoke—that maybe it had a pur- 
pose—maybe it was to put on a man’s shoulders, and on 
them rest and carry perhaps the bulk oi the boat’s weight 
and Jet his companion in the rear carry the light end 
and steer him. Our respect for 7o-pound boats had 
increased wonderfully during the last few minutes, and 
the idea that one man could do it all alone had in a large 
measure been driven ott of our heads. Let’s try it! 
And then we noticed for the first time notches on each 
side of the boat and just about the middle, and strings 
there too, Yes, that was evidently the place for the 
yoke—and sure enough it just fitted. It did not take 
us long then to catch the idea. Soon the yoke was se- 
curely tied in place, the boat turned upside down, and as 
I was looked upon as the strongest I got under and 
fitted the yoke to my shoulders while my companions 
held up the forward end. Jimagine our surprise when I 
got everything adjusted and stood up straight to find 
that not only the boat balanced, but that I absolutely had 
full control of what a few minutes before we had con- 
sidered the most awkward old blunderbuss of a thing 
that any of us had ever come in contact with, and that I 
could carry it nicely. The Fiend, and even Billy, who 
was a strapping strong fellow, could hardly believe it 
after the short but very unsatisfactory experience we had 
just had, but the new state of things was only too appar- 
ent, and away we started over the trail, and I remember 
that I carried the boat fully a half mile without resting 
and then gave it to Billy, who was anxious to experiment 
with the “‘strangé device” and experience the satisfaction 
of knowing that he was’ master of that particular 70- 
pound Adirondack boat. He proved equal to the ordeal 
and easily finished the carry. We soon had the balance 
of our outfit over and once more were on the water, this 
time in Sixth Lake. Buck. 
[TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.] 


The River St. John’s. 


OuR canyas canoes, after being afloat for two winters 
and a summer on the lakes of southern Florida, and a 
summer on the bay off Clearwater on the Gulf coast, 
were shipped to Palatka. The St. John’s with its mossy 
shores had appealed to us strongly when we made a 
irip up it four years previous as passengers on the 
steamer City of Jacksonville, and we were pleased enough 
to go back to such a river. With our small boats we 
could explore every lagoon and creek, or could land and 
penetrate those swamps that, with their gloomy recesses, 
had seemed to us so vague. We were to launch our 
canoés in a tiver of Wonderland, and we knew it. 

The speed of our train after we left Clearwater was 
terrific. The engineer in his efforts to make up lost 
time evidently meant to break either a record or our 
necks. Eyery carwheel spun in air. Pine woods were 
changed to green currents, spotted at intervals with 
orange groves, bright lakes, or skipping cattle. The 
roadbed was loose sand; the tracks were like grapevines. 
Babies shrieked wildly, Their mothers avoided our 
looks. Pandemonium existed. All of us were scared, 
despondent, but unresigned. The assuring smiles of 
trainmen did not assure. A hurricane had leveled much 
of the forest the day before our trip, and the man at the 
throttle would have shamed that wind. We escaped at 
Palatka unhurt, but dazed. 

The house that we occupied during the followine 
winter stood near the bank of the St. John’s. The views 
from the front veranda*’were fine. “he sun rose across 
the way. The appearance of the oppusite shore changed 
with change of light, To the leit a low pile bridge with 
a draw midway extended from bank to bank. The enor- 
mous trombone of the draw-tender roared doleful tunes 
and. flashed light till we wept. Whistling trains on. the 
bridge and whistling boats on the river were constantly 
demanding right-of-way. The boats were of all kinds. 
Those with graceful lines had modern propellers, and 
those of the scow type had paddle-wheels either behind 
ot at the sides. Some of these moved with lugubrious 
sighing, and others with animated panting. The whole 
afternoon fleet timed its departure for upstream points 
in a way that resulted in a tangle at the narrow bend 
across the river. 
by means of bell and whistle. Towboats with log rafts, 
coming from the opposite direction, would frequently 
add to the confusion, 


That view we had of the-river was entertaining. Small 


boats were to be seen darting here and there. We could 
have set the clock by the visits of the beacon-tender to 
Irritable little launches 
Larger boats, 


awe if they entered our cove, with a respectzlike that an 
elephant would have caused by parading our street. 
The river was most attractive on days when it slept 
between its mossy banks like a great giant in-a wooly 
‘bed—a typical Florida doze, in which perfume and bird 
song were delightful dreams and the passage of noisy 
boats was nightmare—a great large sleep that caused 
the beholder to -yawn and rub his eyes. The wind seemed 


kind to the huge St. John’s at such times, and only tic- 

orightne: The gener- _ 
ous sun warmed him in his peaceful nap. The everyday . 
1 Even the saw mills were - 
less harsh in their tones and tried. to sing a lullaby: No’ 


kled his face into brightness here and there. 
sounds bécame more musical. 


wonder that the tranquil outlook, with its accompani- 
ments, nearly overthrew me on more than one occasion. 

The calm waters would tempt us from the veranda to 
the boathouse across the street. A moment only was 
spent in launching our canoes. 
paddles would start us well on our way. Whirling eddies 
from our strokes and ripples from our small ships were 


Irate captains expressed themselves ~ 


A few strokes of the - 


[Ge a7, Lae, 
Ss See ee, ; 
straw olit Astetrl ds 4 brilltant wake. No other motion 
sould be pleasanter than the swift smooth glide of our 
boats, Shores were inspected where palmettos rustled 
musically, shady coves entered that gave only glimpses 
of the river, and bends turned that disclosed more ex- 
tensive views. Coursing in midstream made one feel 
that he was infinitesmal, nothing. 

Ajl the local races were sailed oyer a course that lay 
off our shore. The Meta always ‘had our best wishes in 
these contests, because she tied up at the pier across 
the street from our gate. With her great sail aréa she 
was strictly a falr weather boat, Many a thrill she gave 
us as she darted along and rounded the furthest beacon, 
turned the stake near us, passed oni of sight beyond 4 
shingle mill, appeared again, perhaps leading, then ran 
the course as before, to finish at the stake. If she lost 
her captain tied up down stream; but if she won the 
crew were marched past our door, and the boat was 
photographed at the first opportunity. 

When a strange ship appeared in the offing, our town 
made the most of its coming, Even the captain and 
crew of a schooner were regarded as sea dogs of the 
widest experience, though their most startling adyenturé 
may have been their course up stream through hyacinths. 
The small Government boats that visited us at times 
were treated to ovations that would have stirprised the 
crew of a battleship. Offcers and men were dined and 
danced till all must have thought themselves -at least 
commodores. Every private yacht that came our way 


‘liad cost “a mint of money,” and during its stay would 


be visited by whole fleets of inquisitive citizens, among: 
others ourselves. Eyen small sailboats from unknown 
paris excited a yast interest. Our location was fayora- 
ble for obserying all these strangers, 

Soon after our arrival at Palatka I built a lighter canoe. 
Strips from the scrap heap in the yard of the nearest 
mill were used for framing, and a piece of “scale” dressed 
made a neat 4-inch coaming. A graceful craft was com- 
pleted. The community admired it, A lengthy indiyid- 
ual, while he clung to the palings, remarked as follows: 

“That there’s a mighty pretty boat of yours,” 

“Think so?” 

“Yes; it looks like one of these here Indian canoes.” 

“Something,” i 

“And I was wondering whether Hiawatha used a little 
boat like that.” , 

This stupendous bit of flattery caused me to faint. 
People were so apt to regard our canyas fleet with dis- 
favor, to apply to them such epitaths as ‘‘rag-bags,” and 
to predict all sorts of dire calamities when certain 
devastating gales, herrible to thinle of, should wreak their 
wrath upon us. To some of our warmest friends, in- 
deed, our prolonged immunity from the severest pun- 
ishment was no less than offensive. Had the angry 
waves engulfed oir canoes these same neighbors would 
have risked their lives to save and forgive us. 

The liveliest time on the river was in the afternoon 
when all the local craft were moving about, steamers 
that gave us their wash or whistled at us if they won a 
race, and sailboats from which we received tauntiny 
cheers, and naphtha launches that were offensively im- 
pertinent, and boats of fishermen that were propelled by 
two rowers who faced each other in a bobbing game 
much like kissing. Fiery towboats, with rippling rafts 
of black logs, threatened us after nightfall. The lights 
on the drawbridge made a brilliant display. Other 
beacons far down the river would become visible. The 
waves seemed to be more distinctly audible when dark- 
ness had come. There was a fascination in being out on 
the water at that time, 

We were constantly making cruises that lasted all day 
and tock us into all sorts of odd corners. At one point 
where barb wire fences had been erected in the water to 
catch hyacinths for cattle, the herd would wade in chin’ 
deep to pasture on food that must have been delicious 
if the happiness expressed by cow faces meant anything. 
Yearling calves had to swim, and younger fry may. have 
been feeding under water. The grimacing mouths in 
sight were comical to see. A very large wave miglit 
have wrought destruction. We always stopped to watch 
the herd. Cows that led such an amphibious life must 
have yielded milk that was either fishy or at least diluted. 

On one occasion while going up a small creek through 
cypress forest we discovered a band that contained 
thousands and thousands of warbling robins that deluged 
the wilderness with the sweetest music mortal ever heard, 
their concert being more effective because of the quiet 
through which we had been passing. Robins were eyery- 
where—on the ground, bushes, low limbs, treetops, or 
any other perch—and every individual of them was try- 
ing to outdo all of its companions. The rhythmic meas- 
ure of theit voices rose and rose to exalted ecstacy, then 


tell to subdued passages in which a pretty accompaniment 


of blackbirds was audible. Barking squirrels could not 
make themselves heard. Birds had the day. We floated 
on robin music—miles and ‘miles of it. j 
Many varieties of blackbirds wintered in Florida, and 
large flocks of them arose along, shore to Sing in the 
trees. Flights crossed from bank to bank, and burst into 


song as they swept up to high, perches. We olten gained 


positions right under these minstrels fo listen to them. 
The leaders would give a few preliminary chuts, then 
proceed with notes mere pliant than those of a violin, 
their singing accompanied by the whole band through 
impressive passages, and by the grace nates of a few 
delightiul songsters through the subdued parts. - The 
music would dwindle at times to meagerness, then burst 
forth with renewed animation. The concert of bird 
voices and the sedtictive influence of climate were very 
soothing, 

Great flocks of migrating birds passed south along the 
St. John’s in Octoher, and north in February. Moon- 
light nights were the most fayorable for such travel. 
A general movement was noticeable in the air overhéad 
directly the sun had set. The small birds seemed to. fly 
scarcely above the treetops, and the larger kinds at a 
greater eleyation. All sorts of notes were to be heard: 
from the chirps of minute warblers to the croaks of 
great aquatic birds. The variety of sound catised us to 
speculate as to the kind of migrants passing overhead. 
There appeared to be an interyal in the flight of small 


‘birds if herons or like creatures went by. The owls along 


the river were unusually silent on these nights, and may 
have been engaged with affairs of their own. 


Oct, 27, 19000.) 


During the times of migtation, watblers, creepers and 
a great many other small birds were to be seen along the 
shores by day. I could not identify them in their winter 
plumage. Towhees and various kinds of thrushes stayed 
with us from fall till spring, and could be heard chirping 
among the small palmettos in the morning or evening. 
The whistling of the cardinal yrosbeak heard through- 
out the day was pleasing music. The mockingbirds were 
residents during the entire year, and toward sping sang 
day and night, thelr most ambitious efforts being sere- 
nades to the full-moon. 

Small flocks of bufflehead and diisky duck appeared in 
the fall. We had fitfe shooting for a while, as our canoes 
were scarcely noticed by them. NHowever, the hunters 
with sailboats and launches soon made the game wary. 
Years ago, before much hunting was done, the fishermen 
used to catch a great many water fowl in the shad nets. 
The St. John’s, though, is not productive feeding ground 
for birds of this class. ' 

The bass and perch fishing, the only kinds, were disap- 
pointing. Negroes were almost the only anglers. Boat 
loads of them were out every warm day, and the same 
shiny faces were to be seen in the same sunny COVES, 
None of the fishermen ever had any luck, A positive 
gloom appeared to envelop each group. Lines of white 
eyeballs glared at floating corks with a viiidictive stare. 
The snag that dared to interfere with any of those hooks 
was punished. There was never any hilarity or song from 
those boats. The occupants asked one another for bait 
either in whispers of sepulchral tones. 1 
on such a river was remarkable. It was impressive. We 
would wateh awhile, then with gently plied strokes we 
passed on, feeling as if we had yiewed the dead. I have 
otten tried to conjecture what the result would have been 
had a fish by- chance plunged one of thase corks be- 
neath the water. 

There were times when the bay in front of our house 
became enraged, because of harassing winds that whipped 
the moss of timber on the banks, hissed whitecaps over 
the water, and lined our shore with foam—a passion so 
yiolent that we could hardly make headway against it 
with canoés, and spent hours to reach the bend on the 
opposite side. These trips through a storm that washed 
decks with waves and faces with spray while the wind 
held us in a grip were exciting. The rowboats that 
ventured out at such times were either propelled with 
difficulty or with a tush. Sailboats scudded at terrific 
speed with canvas reduced to the smallest rig, The wild 
dreams of the river pleased and appalled all of us. 

Calm days were such a contrast. The quietude of semi- 
tropical shores, the mirror-like condition of water, the 
brightness of sunshine, and the gentleness of breeze 
soothed us into a languor in which we cared not for yes- 
terday nor to-morrow, but wished to live forever in the 
delightiul present, and glide past banks where flowering 
limbs sprinkled us with petals, past cypress forest from 
whose dark depths came woody periumes, by palmetto 
swamps, sunny shores, sunny marshes, our course across 
bay, through narrow bend, over long reach to other bays, 
bends and reaches, on a river certainly the most beauti- 
ful that ever existed, and in a climate the most delight- 
ful. Sometimes we would land in solitudes so quiet 
that the tapping of woodpeckers became an uproar, and 
sometimes on shores where there were no noises. 

ne cruise was a varied experience. I made it alone. 
Our cook, an old aunty, had provisioned my boat well, 
because I reminded her so much of her long lost son 
who had always been “a-pirouting around the woods.” 
Starting at sunrise, I arrived after three hours of slow 
paddling at a creek ten miles up stream. The way 
through this was alternately in shadow and sunshine. The 
forest was composed of huge cypress and of more kinds 
of palmettos than I had ever seen before. Grapevines 
and unknown vines leaped from limb to limb at dizzy 
heights. Flowers were abundant. Scarcely any birds or 
other living creatures were to be seen. A camp of hog 
hunters shook their heads to the wag of a bloodhound’s 
tail when they had questioned me, 

“T ain’t a-saying a word ag’in your little boat—it’s 
tight pretty, it sure is—but it ‘pears to me if I was out 
here by myself, I’d want to be in something big enough 
to float a man.” 7 

A native at the landing further wp stream told.me ol 
deer that he had chased into crotches of trees, then 
caught alive. He marveled at my intending to camp 
alone on the lake shore, declaring that there were 
“scads” of bear in that vicinity. A small steamer came 
upon me unexpectedly while I was bidding farewell to 
this loquacious friend. A few miles more of paddling, 
or ten miles of creek, brought me to Lake Crescent, a 
narrow sheet that extended far away to a nearly invisible 
shore, 

A log road that left the lake at a place several miles 
from the entrance ran back through palmetto swamp and 
beneath live oak limbs to dty ground. A group of 
stunted pines beyond a ditch made a suitable place for 
camping. The view through cypress forest ended in a 
perspective of white tree trunks. The array of cypress 
knees, white stumps shaped like bottles, resembled an 
army Of pigmies halted in the shadows. The pine hills 
inland during the afternoon were bright with sunshine, 
Camp, when established, was a cozy retreat, 

I rested in front of the tent when work was over and 
watched day change to night. The wilderness was not 
lonely. Small birds like wood thrushes, their eyes nearly 
as large as shoe buttons, peered at me from ditch brush, 
and flew about uttering notes that resembled the fall of 
dropping water. Towhees flew up from the small pal- 
mettos just before sunset to inquire of one another whether 
there would be light for more scratching. Squirrels in 
big timber announced with barking that the sun still 
shone where the upper set lived, for the light through 
the high moss-was indeed a glory. This faded, hills in 
the opposite direction became a shadow, night enveloped 
everything except the visible world around the camp- 
fire, All noise except the music made by rushes of air 
through high timber then ceased. 

At the darkest hour of the very dark night I heard some 
ponderous creature coming through the brush, not in a 
straightforward manner, but with clumsy hesitation, at 
times wallowing among palmettos or other thick growth, 
(livertine: the line of 1ts approach to one side, then to the 
other, the tardiness of its appearance becoming at last 


Such intentness. 


FPOREST.AND STREAM, 


so unbeatable that I seized my gun ahd awaited witli 
extreme trepidation the arrival of the unseen visitant. 
Even when the foe had become ensnared in the brush 
just beyond the fire nothing for a moment was dis- 
cernible, Then I saw two glowing balls that shone from 
a large black head, on which there were white horns of 
wicked length, the whole countenance the most terrify- 
ing apparition that ever disturbed a peaceful camper, and 
being, without a doubt, that of the prince of all evil. A 
well-aimed pine' knot taught that inquisitive black steer 
with whom he was trifling. I left for home at daybreak. 

The tide, which the day before had flowed toward the 
lake, was running in the opposite direction through the 
creek in the morning, and assisted me again. A barge 
loaded with cross ties passed while 1 was eating lunch 
and afterward became a leader that would turn bends 
half a mile off, to be only a moment later across necks 
of land a few hundred feet wide, but deriding whistles 
in time came back from a great distance. A native at 
the exit of the creek was baiting quarter of a mile of 
trout line with sweet potato. 

Long trips were venturesome because of the water 
hyacinths, the most insidious foe in those waters, flotillas 
that jostled purple flags to a chorus of ‘“‘seek-seeks” 
wherever they went—treacherous pirates that forever 
sought to imprison mankind to punish with starvation 
and other means of inflicting death. Yet under favorable 
conditions they were only pretty flower beds, on which 
the spike bloom could be arranged in distinct rows by 
moving our boats slowly, or could be whirled into masses 
of color by our paddling swiftly. Nearly every steamer, 
large or small, that plied on the river had been caught 
by them, Small craft were in constant danger. The 
crew of a rowboat that were caught in the morning could 
not be reached by steamers, and were finally rescued after 
night -by laying boards on the weeds to them. 

The plants accomplished their purpose so quickly that 
our cove would be changed in a few hours from a spar- 
kling bay to a weedy marsh, which would exhale muddy 
odors and bring loathsome crews, frogs that made night 
hideous with their singing and moccasins that crawled 
ashore to lie in wait beneath the electric lights—a strange 
condition of affairs that caused us to-wish for immediate 
death and greatly fear it, An offshore breeze would 
quickly disperse the floating fields with their nauseous 
smells and obstreperous peediweeps, but would leave the 
serpents for the cudgel of man. 

Six months of constant association made us pretty well 
acquainted with the river. We learned to recognize 
nearly all the boats at sight, Every bit of shore scenery 
became familiar, The coves, jungles, high points with 
views, cypress swamps, and palmetto groves, were all 
explored. The knowledge that we acquired of local 
ornithology, botany and treés was something wonderful. 
In February foliage came on the deciduous trees. The 
first to change were the groves of small cypress in sunny 
shoals. White limbs became tinted clouds, then masses 
of green. Wild flowers appeared at about the same 
time. Violets were visible on grassy banks, and blue iris 
carpeted many of the swamps. Later every breath of 
atmosphere was sweetened with great white flowers hung 
high on the big magnolia trees. For a while limbs of the 
wild pear snowed the shallows with petals. Often we 
went ashore to gather deck loads of blossoms, There 
neyer was such another playground. 

But a thousand springs could not greatly disturb our 
friend the St. John’s. Other large rivers have their 
moods—play or work, are peaceable or angry—but the 
St. John’s knows only how to sleep; and Sleep he will, 
forever and ever, through all time, while earth exists. 
Sun, shine brightly; flowers, be gay; sing your sweetest, 
birds; you cannot arouse from that vast slumber, that 
luxurious ease, that magnitude of restfulness. 

H. L. Srercer. 


' The Ward Lake House. 


THE Ward Lake House is an inn without a host, yet no 
less it welcomes the weary traveler. Supper is over, and 
while the fire still flickers (wood is short to-night) I will 
tell of this diminutive lodging house in the heart of the 
HAushpuckana Swamp. 

Ward Lake is fed at one end and- discharged at the 
other through Hushpuckana Bayou. To name it were 
to name the acme of untamed nature. Just here, where 
the levee crosses, the Ward Lake House is situated—not 
a mile from where the panther uttered his indescribable 
yell, the day we crossed through the “overflow” in a skiff, 
a dozen years ago. Time has not much marred the face 
of nature here, and still the buck and gobbler roam near 
by; ducks sometimes come in for mast, and now, in 


the swaying, moaning cypress trees overhead the owls 


hold discourse in dulcet tones. 

Ward Lake is at the middle of a long march for the 
levee engineer. If he left one end, he must push through, 
night or day, but now man and horse can test. 

There is but one room, to by 12. Inside is a bed and a 
small stove, Once there was found a nest of young mice 
between the blankets, but that doesn’t signify—they are all 
gstown up now. (Maybe Mr. Hough could teach them 
to sing.) : 

The house stands untenanted, except when occasionally 
a traveler calls who has a key to fit. He unlocks, throws 
in his saddle and baggage, leads his horse to water and 
gives him the “bait” of oats he has brought along, He 
brings himself a bucket of water, chops some wood. starts 
a fire and lights the lamp. He gets out his bread and 
meat, brought along in his knapsack, takes down a coffee 


pot and a box of ground coffee from the shelf and busies 


himself over the fire a little while, when there evolves a 
feast to be held in no great derision. 

How nearly are the two ends of the earth met! In a 
corner of the Ward Lake House is a long-distance tele- 
phone. The house was built especially to shelter the 
‘phone which is there for use in times of emergency by the 
levee guards. Charley, out on the river front, has just 
agreed to ring “before day” and have me quickly on my 
way again. At this phone you can stand and say, almost. 
“Give me the world,” to wit: “Give me New York’_ 
even have connection right into the office of Foresr AND 
STREAM. Would you like to hear a Ward Lake owl by 
wire? Wait, I'll call him—or perhaps you prefer waiting 
till the panther gets tuned up! TRIPOn. 

Mississrppt, 


WL 


———— es 


- Spee bbe 


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Getting Lost. 


er 


Some Experiences io India, 


TALKING of getting lost, you may remember the cases 
in your Own expetience in which you got “turned round,” 
and of others in which you got lost. You have traveled | 
by river, steamer or train, and have no doubt felt the 
strange sensation of being “turned round.” You know 
ior certain you ate going in the proper direction, but 
you feel you are going in the opposite one to that in 
which the train or steamer is traveling. This feeling you 
cannot for the time conquer. But you have only to sit 
still awhile, close your eyes, open them again, and you 
ate back from the land behind the looking glass, and 
your world has again become normal, The same féeling 
takes hold of you as you lie in bed of a night. It may be 
in your own house, it may be in a strange place, some 
railway hotel during a journey, for instance. But, the 
feeling is there; this is the preliminary state of mind to 
getting lost. Merely losing your way by taking a wrong 
track and wandering miles even in a wrong direction is 
not. what is called getting lost. Yot must lose all idea 
of direction. The sun or moon, as the case may be, musi 
be to you in some point in the heavens where you know 
it must not be, but still you are quite unable to collect 
your senses and to ascertain your position or direction 
in the faintest manner, There are some people who will 
never admit they are lost. A story is told of an American 
Indian who was found wandering about in a foolish man- 
ner in the woods. He was asked if he was lost. “Lost!” 
said he. “No, Indian'not lost; wigwam lost.” 

On more than one occasion has it been my lot to get 
-pfoperly lost, and two of these occasions were on the 
huge plain that stretches irom the Pegu River on the east 
to the mouth of the Sittang and the sea on the north- 
west and west. Fortunately, the getting lost was for 
only a few hours, but these few hours were hours of the 
utmost perplexity. On the first occasion it was at night, 
and I was alone; on the second I had a Suide and quite 
a following, and it was broad daylight. 

I had been in camp near a village called Magyibinquin 
and about eight or ten miles southeast of Pegu town. I 
had already had a few beats in the surrounding jungles 
and J] flattered myself I knew the adjacent country pretty 
well, and believed that I could find my way about. We 
had been after deer only. On one occasion the whole 
village had come out with their nets to show me their 
style of hunting. One solitary dog accompanied us, the 
last of the Pegu hounds of that village, for all the rest had 
already fallen a prey to tigers, And during one of the 
beats it also went to join the great majority. I saw the 
dog go into a bush some twenty yards off. Next there 
was a yelp and then silence. The tiger had without ex- 
posing himself broken the poor beast’s back with a single 
blow of its paw. The country was literally crawling with 
tigers. We used to pot pea-fowl of a morning in the 
reaped paddy fields. If a bird shot at happened to fly 
over into the elephant grass that surrounded these clear- 
ings the dogs used to refuse to retrieve them, as the 
chances were they would meet a tiger face to face, who. 
equally with them was engaged in picking up the wounded 
birds. The knowledge of the presence of tigers was one 
that not only added to 
was a disturbing factor against a calm view of your posi- 
tion, if you happened to be lost at night. 

A short two miles from Pegu is the Kalee stream. It 
has a deep muddy channel lined with impervious jungle. 
The prevailing bush has a jagged thorny edged corru- 


large numbers. 


cantered into Pegu. While 
talking and saw a crowd bringing in a poor fellow who 
had just been struck down by a tiger. 
found he had gone under the tree I had just been shoot- 
ing the pigeons at to pick some fuel when he was sprung 
on, I confess to feeling rather creepy, knowing what I 
myself had just escaped. A few days later on two men 
had put up at a village on the outskirts of Pegu. While 
one of them was busy making the fire to cook the even- 
ing meal the other man was preparing something to cool 
in the rest house above, The man below says he saw a 
dark mass fly over him and the fire on the floor of the 
rest house and ihe next minute he saw his friend being 
carried off by the tiger, 
_ The day succeeding this occurrence I came into Pegu 
irom another camp, I had hoped to get back early in 
the afternoon, I knew the toad, so had ridden in alone, 
and was confident I could find my way back again. As 
a rule it is much easier to find your way into a large town 
to which all traffic converges than to find your way out 
ol it into an outlying village: but I had marked the turn- 
ing that led me and felt sure I could find it again on my 
return, The afternoon, however, was well spent when 
I started on my return, and I had not gone half a mile 
when I found night settling down on me, and I still in the 
outskirts. I made haste to leave the gloom of the gardens 
for the open plain, when I found myseli on a brick cause- 
way, and before I knew where I was I was dodging about 
among some rest houses and brushing past the very one 
where the tragedy of the previous night had occurred. 
The taking of the man so close to town had caused quite 
a scare, and everybody was giving these rest houses 4 
wide berth ~as it came on for dark, and I found not a. 
soul about of whom I could ask my way. I had already 
begun to lose myself, for the rest houses were half a 
mile out of my route. To do the best for myself I made 
a bee line, as I thought, for camp till T came on a cart road 

and a telegraph line skirting it, and this T began to follow. 

There was a moon of five days old in the heavens and not 

a’ cloud about. After going a short way I found the 

telegraph line going in a direction that was not mine 

On this I changed front, leaving the track and riding 

across country. I found myself going toward a dark 

line which looked like jungle, while my way lay across 


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open plain. It was now about g o'clock P. M. I found 
as I got nearer that I had struck the Kalee stream at 
some point unknown. The fields in the immediate vicimity 
were dotted with grazing and crouching ferms, into whicls 
l rode. All scampered into cover. Lhe moon was now 
nearly setting. I tried to reason out my direction from 
the position it held in the heavens. I knew that that 
patt where it was setting was the west, but I was now so 
thoroughly contused I was quite unable to make a single 
deduction. I knew I was turned. 1 got oii my pony, and 
sat Gown eyes closed to recover miyseli, but when IL 
mounted again | was just as much al sea as ever. Just 
then | heard the tinkle oi cattle bells a good mile away. 
i galloped over the cracked ground to the immunent 
danger oi my pony’s legs and my own neck, and found 
a cart drawing toward the setting moon. ‘he cart was 
coming from the village where my camp was and the 
driver set me on my course. I found that 1 had turned 
my back on.my road and was going away ifom it at an 
angie of 120 degrees. Fortunately the experience was 
only a short one, but anything more coniusing it 1s hard 
to imagine. -On the other occasion ] was not alone and 
was not responsible for the guiding, But that is another 
story. 

Another time I started from the village of Puzandoung, 
where a friend had a large grant of paddy land, to visit 
another grant. It lay some 40 minutes of along a 
winding footpath across a level plain, Taking the Puzan- 
doung grantee’s foreman as a guide, we started at day- 
break, intending to comie back tor breakiast, as, it being 
the cold season, we would not have had a hot sun on our 
return, We sauntered along, taking shots at the duck 
and widgeon too, which we started irom the small ponds 
and houows that lay on either side oi the track. 

About 7 o'clock a fog settied down. Ine fogs in 
this plain are sometimes so thick that you are unable 
to see your open hand extended betore you at arm’s 
length. ‘This tog was not one of the worst, but you 
could not see further than fiity yards. I started a large 
purple heron and ioilowed him up. He led me somewhat 
of a dance, fying low down with short flights. I was 
trying to get him at a high angle overhead, knowing the 
danger of shooting low in a tog. The rest of the party 
followed, just keeping me in sight. On my rejoining 
them we again started, but after going some two miles 
we seemed to get no nearer our destination. The fore- 
man declared we had been twice as long on the road as 
we need have been, and must have passed the grant in 
the fog. Immediately the tops of some houses came into 
sight, as the fog lifted a little. The foreman cried out 
“Here we are,” and made for the huts. We had been 
going on for some two minutes, when he put on a puz- 
zled expression of face and said “Surely that roof there 
looks like my. own—it must be—it is!” But so “turned” 
was he that he actually recrossed the stream, went up 
to the house, and sat down on the veranda, and it was 
not until he had been seated at his own door for a con- 
siderable time that he recovered his sense of direetion 
and could make a second start. This time we were not 
longer on our way than was expected. We had been 
wandering in a circle the better part of the early morning. 

I should have called this a tough yarn if I had heard it 
from a fisherman. I doubt whether if a person had been 
the narrator my belief in it would have been much greater, 
‘but it was a personal experience and I was bound to be- 
lieve the evidence of my own senses.—Ranchman in the 
Asian. 


— —p— Br— 1 


dlatuyal History. 
Forests and the Rainfall. 


THERE seems to be a general belief that there is so 
much cutting of timber in the New England States and 
northern New York that it influences the rainfall and 
causes the quick melting of the snow by the sun. Many 
letters and articles are printed in the newspapers, and 
even in the Forrest AND STREAM, full of indignation 
toward the wicked pulp and lumber men. Would not 
the facts from the Department of Agriculture at Wash- 
ington, or those of Forestry of Maine and New York, be 
worth publishing? 

It would seem as though a paper such as the Spring- 
field Republican would investigate before publishing the 
article you print in your number of Oct. 6, and see if 
the facts justify it. 

My observation as a spottsman and timber man con- 
vinces me that the rainfall is in no way changed by the 
cutting of timber. Massachusetts has more acres cov- 
ered by woodland than thirty yeats ago. I quote from 
an article on “Possibilities for Farm Forestry in Massa- 
chusetts,” by Allen Chamberlain, secretary Massa- 
shusetts Forestry Association. In that article he says: 
“Tet us see, for a moment, what our woodland repre- 
sents to-day. By the last cénsus, that of 1895, our 
wooded area is given as nearly 1,500,000 acres, and its 
value as almost $24,000,000. While this is a gain in 
woodland area in ten years of more than 71,000 acres, its 
valuation shows a shrinkage of something over $1,300,000 
in the same period of time. In thirty years the value 
of our woodland has increased some $440,000, and the 
acreage increase shows almost identically the same 
figures. Judging by the census returns, the character of 
our woodlands appears to have improved on the whole 
in the ten years from 1885 to 1895, but the depreciation 
in value of more than $1,300,000 seems to indicate that 
further improvement is possible.” 

~The statistics show no change in the rainfall, Thou- 
sands of acres of pasture oi my boy days are now cov- 
ered with pasture pines, oaks and birches. Little new 
land is cleared now. Does any well-informed authority 
show that rain storms wiih a velocity of ten, twenty or 
forty miles an hour are influenced by trees? There is a 
. greater influence producing tain. The snow is mostly 
melted by rain. The sun is not high or warm enough 
to do much before the great bulk of the snow is gone. 

To know about the woods one must study them at all 


seasons, and talk with woodmen who think, and see what — 


is going on. The cutting of timber is now made a trade, 
(Owners of the land want the small trees saved, and work 


Se 


with guides and camp owners to avoid fires. They are 
the “vandals” who, when a fire is set by some careless 
hunter, send out men to put it out; no one else can 
afford it. Hundreds of men are employed to watch and 
yave the forests. 

It seems to me that this subject is of importance, and 
that the FoREST AND STREAM can, by consulting such 
men as the New York State Superintendent of lorests 
(I think Mr. Fox) or of Maine (Mr. Oak) or of Massa- 
chusetts (Mr. Stockwell), get valuable information that 
can be relied on as to the actual situation. 

Statistics of rainfall have been kept at Gardiner, Me., 


for about a hundred years, showing the same average 


rainfall in each ten years of about 44 inches. Minnesota, 
with abundant forests, shows less rain (St. Paul as the 
point of observation) than lowa, which is almost de- 
void of forests (with Des Moines as the point of ob- 
servation). This is from U. S. Weather Bureau. The 
“Eribune Almanac” shows that the rainfall has no 
relation to forests. 
Bureau. 

Tt would seem that the increased use of coal by resi- 
dents of country towns, and even by farmers, has greatly 
decreased the use of cordwood, and at the same time 
the value of woodlands in sections where there is no 
timber for lumber. 

Let a little light in on this subject as the timber men 
are doing to the young trees. C AyD; 


Locusts. 


Durtne the hot, still days of August, and even during 
early September, may be heard from the tree tops the 


shrill ery of the “locust,” a name applied by the small, 


boys of the tree country to the cicadas, large hemipterous* 
insects found from New Hampshire southward and 


westward through the tree-covered country as far as © 


Kansas. In the prairie region, oftentimes ravaged by 
the grasshopper plague, the name locust is properly ap- 
plied, and is given to the so-called Rocky Mountain 
locust, which is in fact a grasshopper. 

The locust of the tree country is a very different crea- 
ture. He is well known to the small boy, who, when he 


A, male of typical form, natural size; 


The periodical cicada: 
B, male of the small 


co d, genital hooks; g, singing apparatus. 
form. 


finds one on the ground, looks carefully at the markings 
on the upper surface of the thorax in order to learn 
whether during the next year peace or war will pre- 
vail over the earth. If on the thorax are markings 
which look like the letter W, the boy knows. that the 
next year will be one of wars, and gravely announces this 
fact to his young companions, who, with him, speculate 
as to what countries will be involved. The small boy 
manufactures from a straight piece of wood, Some 
twisted horsehair, the thick glass about the mouth of a 
bottle and a bit of parchment a musical instrument 
which he calls a “Jocust,” and by means of which a 
SS == ES 


Pupal galleries of the cicada: a, front view; ¢, orifice; B section; 
c, pupa awaiting time of change; d, pupa ready to transform. 


sone very mitich like that produced by the insect is 
made. 

Since the locusts live chiefly in the tree tops and are 
rarely seen except when dead or dying they are much 


_ less well known than many other insects, and indeed 


most people have yery little notion of what the creature 
is that makes the loud, long drawn out and droning 
sound that comes from this insect in the late summer. 
The sound is.caused by a peculiar apparatus possessed 
only by the male locust, and situated beneath the 
wings in large cavities at the base of the abdomen, 
These are two large parchment-like sacks, ribbed and 
gathered into many plaits and folds, and when the air 
is driven with great force against these plaited surfaces 
the vibrations caused produce the loud, penetrating, shrill 
sound with which we are all so familiar. Other species 
of locust in other lands make even more noise than any 


®*Hemipterous, “half-winged.” 


This is taken from U. S, Weather ~ 


(Ger. 27, 190d. 


best, is found from the United States far into 
America. 

One of the most interesting of all these insects is that 
known as the seventeen-year locust, or cicada. The 
adult of this species is perhaps less commonly seen 
than some others. It is medium in size, black in color, 
has red eyes, red and orange veins on the base and 
margin of both wings, and red bands on the abdomen. 
Its young spend no less than seventeen years in the 
ground before attaining their adult form—the locusts 
that we know. 

When the female loctist is ready to deposit her eggs 
she pierces the slender soft stem of some twig with her 
ovipositor,. making a series of parallel holes, in each of 
which one or more eggs are deposited. The young 
larva, hatching a few weeks later, escapes from the hole 
in which the egg was inserted in the twig, runs around 
the limb, falls to the ground, and at once burrows into it. 
Under the ground it forms for itself a little chamber 
close to some root, where it remains for the next 
thirteen or seventeen years, feeding on the root, growing 
slowly, and changing its covering from time to time, 
preparing, as Mr. C. L. Marlatt says, “for a few weeks 
only of the society of its fellows and the enjoyment of 
the warmth and brightness of the sun, and the fragrant 
air of early summer. During this brief period of aerial 
life it attends actively to the needs of continuing its 
species. It is sluggish in movement, rarely taking wing, 
and seldom if ever takes food. For four or five weeks the 


South 


Egg nest of the cicada; a, a recent puncture, front view; &, same, 
surface remoyed to show arrangement of eggs, from above; ¢, side 
view; d, egg cavity exposed after eggs are removed, and showing 
the sculpture left by the ovipositor, all enlarged. 


male sings his song of love and courtship, and the female 
busies herself for a little longer, perhaps in the placing 
of the eggs which are to produce the subsequent gen- 
eration thirteen or seventeen years later, At the close 
of its short aerial existence the cicada falls to the ground 
again, perhaps within a few feet of the point from which 
it issued, there to be dismembered and scattered about.” 

For the next seventeen years after its tscape from 
the egg it lives in the earth, feeding on the juices of the 
roots of various trees. When the time comes for it to 
assume wings, it slowly digs its way to the surface and 
emerges, an odd-looking, horn-colored, wingless crea- 
ture, with long, sharply hooked legs. Now, if the weather 
is fair, the maturing insects climb up, often in consider- 
able numbers, on the stems of trees or the posts- of 
fences, and digging their claws into the wood or bark 
remain there until the skin of the back splits lengthwise, 
and then the winged creature within creeps out of the 
horny covering which remains attached to the wood. 
The locust, now mature, hangs for a time on its perch, 
until it has become dry, and then uses its wings to fly 


_away to the tree tops. 


Almost every child has found clinging to the trees the 
very curiously shaped cases in which the pupz of this 
insect emerges from the ground, and there are few 
natural objects about which more questions are asked 
than these. It may be said also that there are few about 
which so little information can be given by adult men 
and women as these, 

Some time before these pupz come out of the ground 
prepared to shed their cases and to change to the perfect 
insect, they have come near to the surface and may 
sometimes be found under stones, sticks and rails lying 
on the ground. Sometimes when the season for the 
change takes place, on reaching the surface of the 
ground, they build curious shelters or houses, con- 
structed of clay or mud brought up from below the sur- 
face of the ground. These houses are sometimes an inch 
and a quarter in diameter, and the vertical chamber 
within may be five-eighths of an inch in diameter and 
four-inches in length. The purpose of these houses has 
not been clearly understood, but within a few years 
Messrs. Benj. Lander and E. G, Love, of New York, 
have investigated this subject, and have given what ap- 
pears to be the true explanation of the building of these 
chambers. They seem to be formed usually where the 
soil is thin, and it is thought that when this shallow 
soil becomes heated in spring and early summer, the 
pup, responding to the heat and coming prematurely 
to the surface, build these houses as a protection while 
awaiting maturity. 

Sometimes these houses ate merely irregular lumps 
of soil: sometimes they are columns, quite regtlar, and 
having the appearance of being carefully made. It is to 
be noted that in some there is an orifice near the 
ground, through which the insect might escape, but 
more often the maturing insect breaks its way through 
the top of the chamber. If one of these chambers is 
injured before the insect is ready to escape it repairs 
the damage by bringing up pellets of mud, which it 
builds into the wall. 

The vast numbets in which these broods sometimes 
appear is shown by the observations of Mr. McCook, who 
counted under one tree 9,000 burrows from which insects 
had emerged, while under another the number of holes was 
estimated at 22,500. It is said that “about some of the 
trees the pupz shells became so numerous that they 
completely hid the ground. At dusk the sound of the 
many insects climbing up the tree trunks was quite 
audible.’ Sometimes the branches of trees and shrubs 
are so covered with the insects as to bend down by their 
weight; and yet it is not known that these adult insects 


' Oct. 27, 1900. ] 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


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of ours, and one of the noisiest is a species found in. 
tropical America. The common locust, which we know 
do any harm by feéding on vegetation, although in some 
cases they injure trees by depositing their eggs. 

Mr. Marlatt, in his interesting paper, gives an early 
reference to the locust, quoting from the Barton Medical 
Physical Journal of 1804, which refers to Moreton’s “New 
England’s Memorial” as follows: 

“Speaking of sickness which, in 1833, carried off 
many of the whites and Indians in and near to Plymouth 
(Plymouth in Massachusetts), he says; ‘It is to be ob- 
served that the spring before this sickness there was 
a numerous company of Flies, which were like for bigness 
unto lasps or Bumble-Bees. They came out of little 
holes in the ground, and did eat up the green things, and 
made such a constant yelling noise as made all the 
woods ring of them, and ready to deaf the hearers; they 
were not any of them heard or seen by the English in 
the country before this time. But the Jndians told them 
that sickness would follow, and so it did. Very hot in 
the months of June, July and August of that summer.’ ” 


North Carolina Wolves and Quail. 


Kinston, N. C., Oct. 17.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
The Weldon Leader reports: “Mr, Tillman Picot, of 
Littleton, tells us that a pack of wolves are playing havoc 
with the sheep in that section. He says several have been 
killed, and that he has seyeral young ones that he cap- 
tured.’ Littleton 1s between Weldon and Raleigh, on 
the S. A, Line. You might get further information by 
inquiry of these parties. I would be very pleased to 
have you settle the matter, as rumors of wolves in eastern 
North Carolina have often reached my ears of late, 

Our season for quail, or Bob White. shooting opens on 
the first proximo, and there are promises of plenty of 
birds. 

Two of our local shooters went into the adjoining 
county (Jones) yesterday, where there is no close season, 
and they report seeing a large number of very young 
birds barely able to fly. 

I have seen recently in my rambles several mixed 
coveys, about half of them grown and half very young. 

Our past summer has been phenomenally dry and 
favorable to the hatching and rearing of the birds, and I 
think there is no doubt that many pairs of old birds have 
made two hatchings this season. 

The fact is that the spring and summer of this year 
have been favorable to the reproductive efforts of all kinds 
of game. More squirrels are seen this year than have 
been known to exist in the past ten or fifteen years, and 
deer are occasionally reported in this county, where they 
have been about exterminated. 

The ‘coon and ‘possum hunters, however, are meeting 
with very poor luck so far as your scribe can testify of his 
own experience. 

The black bass and pike fishing is fairly good. 

THos. H. FAULKNER. 


Vermont Wolves. 


Monrretier, Vt., Oct. 16—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Kindly permit me to note that in your issue of Oct. 13 
you say: “That wolves should occur now in Vermont and 
in North Carolina, States irom which they have not been 
reported for many years, is most unlikely, and no such 
Vague newspaper records as those quoted will be accepted 
by naturalists until some specimen shown to have been 
killed there has been identified by competent authority. 
It must be remembered that in these days not one man 
in ten thousand knows a wolf when he sees it.” Now 
the fact that the town clerk has paid a bounty of $12 
each on those wolves is pretty good authority that they 
were wolves. What other animal is there which could 
possibly be mistaken for a wolf? The wolf now lies 
buried, and the spot has been described to me, so I ex- 
* pect to be able to find it, and I shall exhume the carcass 
in due time, if nobody else does, and have it mounted. 

Wolves are not altogether a great rarity in this State. 
In Fairlee in 1804 a wolf was killed and bounty paid on 
it by the town clerk of that town, and you lately pub- 
lished the mention of it in your paper in your issue last 
previous to Oct. 13 page 265, article by the writer, con- 
tributed to Montpelier Daily Journal, “Wild Animals in 
Vermont.” The so-called vague newspaper records of 
lalling the wolves are corfect. Carios L. Smit. 


[Some years ago we received from the Adirondacks a 
“wolf’s’’ skin, which proved to have been worn by a 
yellow dog.] 


The whale does not discharge water, but only its breath. 
This, howevet, in rushing up into the air hot from the 
animal's body has the moisture condensed to form a 
sort of rain, and the colder the air, just as in the case of 
our breath, the more marked the result. When the spout 
is made with the blowhole clear above the surface of the 
water, it appears like a sudden jet of steam form a boiler, 
When effected, as it sometimes is, before the blowhole 
teaches the surface, a low fountain, as from a street fire 
plug is formed, and when the hole is close to the surface 
at the moment a little water is sent up with the tall jet of 
steam. The cloud blown up does not disappear at once, 
but hangs a little while, and is often seen to drift a short 
distance with the wind.—London Fishing Gazette. 


The October Woodcraft. 


THe October number of the Game Laws in Brief and Woodcraft 
Magazine contains the game and fish laws of the United States 
and Canada. The Woodcraft part has this capital list of con- 
tents: 


GRAN’THER HILL’S PA’TRIDGE. By Rowland E. Robin- 
son. 
IN THE FOREST. 
CANOE, 
E OF MR. HUNDLEY. 
UAL. 


M 
EHOSSEE ISLAND. By Olive F, Gunby. 
TLORIDA INDIAN DEER HUNTERS. 
AT CLUSE QUAKLERS: The Hon. S., the Plover and the Bull; 
A Noya Scotia Bear; The Panther's Scream; A Time with 2 
FASE GUNS ame CORI een Tae Ole 
T : ohti I 
SENATOR VEST'S STINDAY PIGEON SHOE asian 
AUSTRALIAN ROUGH-RIDERS. By R: Boldrewood, 


-inches; wing, 91% inches. 


Game Gag and Gun. 


Proprietors of shooting resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forrsr AND STREAM. 


American Wildfowi and How to 
Take Them.—VIL 


BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. 
[Continued from page 308.) 


Tree Ducks. 


INTERMEDIATE between the true geese and the ducks 
are the so-called tree ducks, belonging to the genus 
Dendrocygna. Of these, two species are found along 
our southern border, and occasionally afford some sport 
to gunners. They are rather duck-like in form, but have 
very large heads and feet, the tarsus being reticulate in- 
stead of scutellate, like the ducks. In other words, the 
skin of the tarsus is covered by small scales, looking like 
a network, instead of by broad, deep scales which overlap 
in front, This, it will be remembered, is a character of 
the geese (Anserine). Moreover, the tarsus in the tree 
ducks is equal to or longer than the middle toe, instéad 
of being shorter than it. The lower part of the thigh is 
naked, and the hind toe is extremely long. 

This group appears to have relationship with the Old 
World sheldrakes, and with the goose-like genus Chenal- 
opex, rather than with either the ducks or the geese. 
They are birds of tropical distribution, and are found 
only along the southern border of the United States. 
One species is common in the West India Islands. None 
of them, howeyer, are sufficiently abundant to be con- 
sidered as furnishing gunning, but two of the three species 
belong in the list of our water fowl. 


Black-Bellied Tree Duck, 
Pendrocygna autumnalis (Linn.). 

The neck, back and breast are cinnamon-brown, the 
forehead somewhat paler. Sides of head, throat and 
upper neck yellowish-gray. At the back of the head a 
black strip begins, which runs down the back of the 
neck, The middle of the back, rump, upper tail coverts, 
belly, flanks and under wing coverts are black; the wing 
coverts are yellowish, fading into ashy and grayish-white 
on the greater coverts. When it is closed the wing thus 
shows a white strip for nearly its whole length. The tail 
is blackish, and the under parts yellowish-brown. The 
under tail coyerts are white; the bill is red’ changing to 
orange at the base; its nail is bluish; legs and feet whitish. 
The young bird resembles the adult, but its colors are 
duller throughout, and it lacks the black flanks and belly; 
they are grayish-white, barred with dusky; length, 10 


_ In certain parts of Texas the black-bellied tree duck 
is not a scarce bird. It is fotind there in summer and 


autumn, and at this time of the year visits the grain 


BLACK-BELLIED TREE DUCK. 


fields, where some shooting at them may sometimes be 
had. Its name is well applied, for it perches in the trees 
without difficulty, and walks about on the branches as if 
much at home, In fact. it is said to pass the hours of 
daylight largely in the branches of trees, and to do its 
feeding and traveling chiefly at night. This duck nests 
in the hollow trees, and there deposits twelve to fifteen 
eggs, without forming any nest. When hatched the young 
are said to be carried to the water in the mother’s bill. 

It is easily domesticated, and when once tamed asso- 
ciates with the fowls of the farm on ‘perfectly good 
terms. When tamed it is said to be very watchful, and 
tofutter a shrill call at the approach of any individual or 
at any unusual sound. 

In parts of Texas. where the bird is common, it is known 
as the tree duck, cornfield or long-legged duck, while in 
Louisiana the common appellation for it is fiddler duck, 
from the clear call-note that it utters at night when in 
flight. It frequents the old cornfields which have been 
overflowed, and from such places it may be started in 
pairs, often giving good shooting. Its flesh is highly. 
esteemed. Some of the local names used in South Amer- 
ica and in Mexico are applied to it by reason of .its. 
call-note. 

Mr. Xantus took a single specimen of this duck at 
Fort Tejon, in southern California, but this is the only 
specimen known from that State. In Mexico and Central 
America they are'common. Dr..Merrill states that these 
birds reach Fort Brown. Texas. from the South‘ in April. 


Most of them denart again in September or October, but ~ 


some stay until] November. 


Fulvous Tree Duck. 


Dendrocygua fulva (Gmel.). 


The brown tree duck is a more northerly species than 
the preceding, and is found in Mexico and northward 


through parts of California and Nevada, as well as ia 
Texas and Louisiana. The head, neck and lower parts 
are deep reddish-yellow, darkest on top of head, and 
changing to reddish on the flanks, the longer feathers 
being streaked with pale yellow; middle of neck whitish 
obscurely streaked with black. <A distinct black stripe 
runs from the head down the hind part of the neck. The 
upper parts are brownish-black, the feathers of the wing 
being tipped with chestnut. The upper tail coverts are 
white; the belly and lower tail coverts yellowish-white; 
the bill is blackish, and the feet and legs are slate-blue; 


FULYOUS-BELLIED TREE DUCK, 


the length is about 20 inches; wing, 9% inches. The 
colors of the young are somewhat duller, and the wing 
coverts lack the chestnut, 

The fulvous tree duck, known as the yellow-bellied 
fiddler in Louisiana, and the long-legged duck in Texas, 
1s quite common there at certain seasons. Its habits do 
not yary greatly from those of the black-bellied tree duck, 
Like that species, it spends much’ of its time in fresh 
water lakes and sloughs, feeding on the grasses that grow 
there, and it also visits the cornfields at night in search 
of grain, 

The flesh of both these species is said to be very de- 
licious, and is eagerly sought after. The birds are shot 
only by being stumbled on or by lying in wait for: them 
as they come into or leave the cornfields. 

The duck is exceedingly unsuspicious and readily per- 
mits approach, so that many of them are killed. When 
crippled, however. their strong legs enable them to run 
very fast, and, like all ducks, they are expert hiders, 
getting into the grass and lying there without moving. 
The bird is also a good diver, and if it reaches the water 
is not likely to be captured, It is said never to be 
found on the salt water, but confines itself entirely to in- 
land pools, rivers and swamps. 


An October Afternoon. 


THE same man who killed the three brant one Sep- 
tember afternoon is on the same prairie again. He-has 
dug a hole 4 feet deep in the same stubble field, and 
hauled the excavated dirt away and lined the hole with. 
stubble. He has also covered the hole with a trap door 
of light boards; and the door is supported by a pole laid 
across the hole under the middle of the door, so that 
the door is balanced on the pole. It can have either 
end thrown up quickly, as occasion may require. Bushels 
of wheat have been strewn over a spot some 30 yards 
from the south side of the hole, and this afternoon it is 
observed that the wheat is all gone. The mallards have 
been after it. It is about 3 o’clock on this particular 
afternoon when the man arrives. Bunches, droves and 
clouds of mallards are to be seen flying here, there and 
everywhere, They have started for their evening feed 
By the stubbles, and this man proposes to get some of 
them. 

Driving to within 50 yards of the hole, he and his two 
boy assistants take some twenty tame mallards from a 
crate and tether them about 30 yards from the edge of 
the hole and scatter more wheat over the ground. There 
are two other stubble fields one-half and three-quarters 
of a mile away, and as these fields are also favorite 
feeding grounds for mallards, he gives the two boys 
a lot of ammunition and sends one of them to each 
field, with instructions to keep the ducks away. Then he 
seats himself in the hole and waits. The tethered ducks 
do not struggle with their tethers, for they have been 
kept tethered at home, and know it is of no use to waste 
strength trying to get loose, so they walk about a little 
and eat what wheat they want. 

After twenty minutes of waiting, a bunch of twenty 
or thirty mallards make a circle around the edge of the 
stubble, but are not satisfied, and swing off to one of the 
other stubble fields, but catching a sight of one of 
the boys stationed there, back they come, and after 
circling a half dozen times, come in to the decoys. 
Straight they come, from eighty rods away. They are 
almost ready to spread their wings and drop among the 
decoys, when some caprice causes them to swing out 
and up instead of in and down, and away they go, as if 
they were gone for good; but they turn again and sweep 
in wide circles around the field again. Once more they. 
come straight for the decoys, and in full faith that it is 
all safe, hover for a moment and then settle to the decoys 
with drooping wings. Down, down they drop. Now 
they are within 30 feet of them—zo feet—6 feet. . The 
trap door flies open and the jack-in-the-box pops up, 
striking terror to the birds, but it is too late. The puffs 
of smoke, two sharp explosions, and three fall heavily 
to the ground, while the rest are flying as they never 
flew before. The man behind the gun drops powder 
into the gun, rams down the wads, and follows with the 
shot charges. Half a mile away he sees a flock of sand- 
hill cranes coming straight toward him, so he quickly 
hides in the hole,. But tt is no use; the cranes saw him 
before he hid, and as they near him they swerve away 
and pass 300 yards to the right of him. Presently there 
come other flocks of mallards. Some of them come to- 
the decoys and leave one or more of their number, but 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Oct. 27, 1900. 


other flocks suspect something, and after many cir- 
clings leave for good. 

It is now after sundown, and the ducks have mostly 
gone back to the ponds. Several flocks of geese have 
been seen flying to the south during the afternoon, and 
perhaps some df them might come over as they go back 
to their roosting grounds, so the man waits a little while 
and ig rewarded, for here they come, not 50 feet high, 
straight over him. Two shots, and the man wonders 
what is the reason he can never get but one goose out ot 
a flock; but as he has nineteen mallards he feels pretty 
well satisfied after all. It is quite dark by the time the 
boys come, and the decoys are loaded in the wagon, and 
a moonless prairie is as dark as a pocket. When the 
horses get into the road they strike ont at a lively gait 
and keep it up, while the folks in the wagon hold on for 
life while the wagon drops inte and Jurches out of 


“chuck” holes that are half hub deep. The air grows - 
chilly, and by the time they reach the top of the hill 


below which they see the lights of the village these 
— same lights have a pleasant suggestion of warmth and 


a. hot supper. 
O. H. Hampton. 


In the Spotted Mountain Country. 


I HAVE just had three days in the woods. Two nights 
were passed in a deserted lumber camp redolent of 
poreupines, and the third in a sweet, clean birch and bal- 
sam shelter, where, rolled in my white rabbit skin robe 
lying on the green fir bed, I could look out at the stormy 
firmament through the branches of the spruce trees and 
imagine the scintillating faint candles on Christmas trees 
of the long ago. 

This camp will be a permanent headquarters for future 
fishing and hunting trips. It is on an evergreen knoll 
in a hardwood forest, and below is an ice-cold spring sur- 
rounded by sphagnum moss and shaded by arbor vite 
cedars. 

Two great canoe birches rise from the slope, and be- 
tween them I can see the slide scarred side of Spotted 
Mountain, while other mountains of greater or less de- 
gree are all around. Oct. 9 the slides on Dix were cov- 
ered with a frosty snow, while a few snow crystals lay in 
the curled up leaves on hardwood ridges at a much lower 
altitude. This was a good hunting day, but among the 
mountains the wind is never consistent, and partly from 
this cause I lost two deer. 

At 7 o'clock a large doe chanced to be crossing from 
one ridge to another 120 yards in front of where I 
traveled up the stony bed of a brook. The white clouds 
overhead were sailing directly toward me, but a vagrant 
puff of wind back backed on their course and gave the 
deer a friendly hint of my approach, with the result that 
she was under full headway when I saw her. I fired once, 
but she went out of sight untouched. - 

Following her trail to see if there was blood, I found 
an odd thing. In her third or fourth jump the deer had 
landed squarely on a small green snake not much larger 
than a lead pencil. I picked it up, not realizing at first 
that it was a snake. It was the first and only snake I had 
seeti in this locality. 

At 10 o'clock the second deer got my wind and went off 
as if the devil were after him. I caught a glimpse of 
him and fired, but missed again. 

Tis trail went down the mountain side, and I could see 
that another deer had gone up. Deer do not like low 
levels when danger is about, and I felt sure this buck 
would regret that he had gone down and would eventually 
rejoin his companion. J resolved to try to intercept him, 
and dedicated two hours to the purpose. 

I mounted a high stump and stood guard. 
and forty mintites passed, and then the buck whistled 
above and behind me. He had skulked along the bottom 
of a gully less than a hudred feet away with a stealthi- 
ness that baffled my dull senses, and I only caught a 
fleeting glimpse of his white hinder parts as he again 
snorted his disgust at the man scent. 

At the lumber shanty I killed six porcupines to get 
elbow room, and there are still others there, for my last 
nights slumber was broken by the gnawing of survivors 
not included in the above list. 

I once tried eating porcupine, but the meat tasted just 
as the beast smells, and one trial was stfficient. It is not 
a difficult matter to skin a porcupine, and the fur is hand- 
some when prime, either with the quills present or after 
they have been pulled out, Porcupines have three lIxinds 
of hair, grading from the woolly understratum through 
bristles into quills, The quills are only loosely attached, 
and it is easy to see how the popular superstition of the 
porcupine shooting its quills originated. If a porcupine 
is shot a number of its quills will be dislodged from 
various parts of its body and fly into the air, and I 
have seen forty or fifty quills so projected into the side of 
a wooden house at a distance of 5 feet at right angles to 
the line of the rifle ball that killed the animal. 

fie IB B 


Killing Cow Moose. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

IT observe in the Forrest Ann SrREAM of Oct. 3 a 
cotrespondent teports having shot moose trom ‘the 
camp-fire. . 

This is certainly a very rare case. I notice he speaks 
of having his camp and camp-fire on the lake, or almost 
80, where he called the moose. This is unusual and 
against all the customs of moose hunting. The camp-fire 
should be at least half a mile from the calling lake. The 
safer distance is from one to two miles. 

1 have just returned from a five weeks’ moose hunt 
up the Little Cascapedia, Province of Quebec, and the 
Upsalquitch, Metapedia. 

In the Province of Quebec I was very unfortunate and 
met with bad treatment from the native guides, who were 
offended at me for bringing my own men. The people 
at New Richmond, or at least the guides, seem to Have 
an utter disregard of the game laws or all laws of sport. 
After towing wp the Cascapedia about forty miles we 
pitched camp. Our calling Jake was two miles from the 
river, Om the second visit to the lake our owides dis- 
covered the carcasses of one cow moose and calf Jdlled 
as they judged about the first of Aneust. Both were ex- 


An hour. 


posed, and no attempt had been made to cover them or 
hide the remains in any way. A few days later they 
found a third carcass of a cow moose killed about one 
day before we arrived, the best portion of the meat taken 
and the rest left exposed as the others. We found on 
inquiry that two native guides had passed us during the 
night. We were on the ground Aug. 29, the season 
opening in Quebec on Sept. 1. 

During my stay on the Cascapedia we called one 
moose to the lake, and only had answer the one night, 
but did not get a shot. Saw fresh tracks, but when the 
moose smelled the decayed carcasses they left at once. 
We saw the tracks of a large bull moose where he had 
come to within three feet of the remains of a moose, and 
made one leap of at least twenty feet, Such slaughter 
of same and utter defiance of the game laws is dis- 
graceful, and the culprits should be punished to the 
fullest extent of the law. 

Pulling camp up in disgust we came down the river, 
took the train at New Richmond, arrived at Metapedia at 
5 in the evening. Next morning, at 12, we started to 
tow up the Metapedia River, until we branched off into 
the Upsalquitch and took what is known as the North- 
west Branch until we came to the forks or sheds where 
all the lumber supplies for the surrounding district are 
kept, We portaged in eighteen miles irom the river, 
reaching our camping on the third day, at 2 o’clock 
in the afternoon, which was about two miles from the 
Ramsay Brook Lakes. There are seyen fait-sized lakes 
within a radius of six miles. We pitched camp on Sept. 
25. On the 26th I leit camp at 12 o'clock for the nearest 
and best lake, about two miles distant. No road, only 
a blaze. At 3 o'clock that afternoon I had killed my 
moose. His antlers were 54 inches. He weighed about 
1,200 potinds. We remained at the lakes four days, saw 
any quantity of fresh signs, but were unable to get 
another shot. 

I intend reporting and taking action when I have 
secured sufficient information against the parties in New 
Richmond, The game of this country should be pre- 
served for those who intend shooting in proper season 
and killing the game in manly sport. Unless notice is 
taken of stich infringement of the law as 1] have de- 
scribed and reported to the proper authorities. it will be 
impossible to keep the game protected, a, Sp Seas 

Mowncron, N. B., Oct. 18. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Mississippi Valley Game. 


Cutcaco, Ill.. Oct. 20.—It is a gréat comfort to get a 
sood, interesting, fair-minded and intelligent letter from 
a fellow sportsman now and then telling how the game 
is getting on in any particular section, and stich letters 
are very welcome at the office of the Forest AND STREAM, 
as is all news of the covers and the streams, A model 
letter of this sort from a newspaper point of yiew, or in- 
deed from any point of view, is that just at hand from 
Mr. E. K. Stedman, who writes from Mt. Carroll. Ml., 
and tells about events and things in that corner of the 
world—a very good corner, too, it has always been from a 
sporting standpoint, Mr. Stedman says: 

“This has been a very backward season so far trom a 
sportsman’s standpoint. : 

“Last season, the last week in September and the week 
following were good duck weeks, and basing my opinion 
on these grounds, | planned my trip this year for the 
corresponding weeks. 

“IT found plenty of water, for the Mississippi is on a 
boom this fall, the highest since “84 at this time of the 
year. The lakes are full to overflowing, The small creeks 
and sloughs are bank full, The water is up over the bot- 
tom lands. and into the timber, furnishing an unlimited 
supply of smartweed, mast and seeds of all kinds. In 
fact I never saw finer feeding grounds for wildfowl than 
there is along the northern Mississippi this year. 

“T went too early. There was no cold weather, and I 
did not see any ducks or snipe, but when they do come 
shooting should be the best in years. I heard there was a 
smal] fight the 11th and 12th inst., but warm weather 
set in and the ducks went north again. 

“Quail! This region has never known such an abun- 
dance of quail in a decade. I was camped on the edge 
of the river, and back of my camp was a partially over- 
flowed cornfield, potatoe patch and millet patch. It was 
fall of quail. That small ten acres must have contained at 
least four beyies. J had a hound puppy with me, and one 
evening about an hour after ‘candle time’ I heard a 
couple of hawks screaming outside the tent. Close by the 
tent was a jumble of fallen tree tops covered with grass, 
weeds, ete., making an ideal harborage for persecuted 
small birds. The puppy picked up a trail near by, fol- 
lowed it inte this network of wild weeds and Hushed at 
least fifty quail. I counted five bevies as they rose. They 
flew a short distance into the cornfield. I shot the hawks 
as they circled over camp, and all evening I received 
hearty thanks from the Bob Whites as they timidly called 
to each other from among the corn and potatoe rows. 
Next morning I flushed them again within twenty steps 
ot the tent. The high water has driven them from the 
low lands so that if the present stage of water holds 
there will be fine sport on hand next month. The farmers 
here have nearly all forbidden trespassing. as per inclosed 
notices, taken from the columns of the Savanna and Mt. 
Carroll papers. Thus you see we do have some game 
protection, even if 1f is backhanded. But I can’t blame 
the farmers. Yearly they show me broken down fences, 
trampled fields whete the stock got out, stock lamed or 
injured from careless shooting, and they say it comes from 
allowing anybody to hunt over their farms, But a sports- 
man of the right sort, one who respects the farmers’ 
rights, does not destroy propetty and is careful in his 
shooting should meet with a welcome ftom them. At 
least I jtidge so from the numerous kind invitations T 
have received to shoot over their broad acres. ble 

“Squirrelsare thick. IT see in this mornine’s daily where 
a couple of ambitious young bucks bagged thirty yester 
day. What in the devil they could do with so manv or 
why they should slaughter such a number is beyond my 


understanding. They certainly were not sportsmen, and 


twill not take long to send the squirrels to the list of 
the bison, pigeon, ete. But this is an unpleasant ground. 


It makes us think less of our fellow men when we notice 
these porcine qualities, and I can only feel sorry for the 
game that meets their vision and ashamed of them. 

“Chicken shooting was yery poor here this season, not 
over roo birds being killed in the county. <A brother 
sportsman told me they had taken to the cornfields, where 
sticcessful shooting was almost an impossibility, which 
sustains your statements in ForREsT AND STREAM, at the 
middle part of the season when the birds had unaccotint- 
ably disappeared. ; ; 

“Fishing has not been much to brag about this season. 
Continued rains kept the water in a roiled condition dur- 
ing the summer season, and now the excessive high water 
has made fall fishing a vexation. At the same time it 
places a needed restraimt on the same fisherman, so ‘tis 
an ill wind,’ ete., and we should be correspondingly happy 
at their depression, cre ‘ 

“Rabbits will be plentiful this winter, but this weather, J 
aim afraid, unless it soon gets cold, will give them the 
disease they are subject to during open winters, when 
they are then unfit for sport or food either. 

“Doyes have been plentiful here this fall, and some 
respectable bags within reasonable bounds have been 
made. This is another delicate subject, as there exists 
among some sportsmen stich a sympathetic feeling for this 
little bird that one is apt to get scalped even in good 
company, if he seeks to class the dove as a game bird. 
Personally, I kill doyes when I can hit them during the 
open season, but it 18 expensive pleasure, as they are such 
swift fliers it takes a good shot to show three dead birds 
for five empty shells. , 

“Really good duck shooting should be had about Nov. 
1 anywhere in this neighberhood. — 

“My total for my two weeks’ trip was eleven squirrels 
and eight fish. No ducks, snipe or plover at all, And I 
had a grand time just ‘lazyin’.” ; 

Just to show the extent of the farm protective move- 
ment to which Mr. Stedman refers, it may be well enough 
to print some specimen trespass notices which have ap- 
peared in the local papers of Savanna and Mt. Carroll, 
This may serve a double purpose—to show that our West- 
efn game 18 attaining a certain respect and a cettaiil pro- 
tection, and to show also that the farmer is a man whose 
rights are entitled to respect quite aside from spotting 
reasons, Perusal of this long list of notices may make 
some very good fellow even a little more careful than he 
has perhaps been-in the past while out shooting. Some- 
times I sort of wonder what sort of a farmer I would be. 
and what I would do to a certain sort of folk if I should 
sec them come traipsing around without leave over my 
ground, which I had paid my hard dollars to buy and 
own, and on which I paid more hard dollars in the way of 
taxes. Now here are a few of the fellows who pay taxes, 
and they will serve as an object lesson, for other farmers 
are just like these, who all live within ten miles of Sa- 
yanna or Mt. Carroll: 

Any one found trespassing on our Jands with dog or gun will be 
prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Hunters forbidden. _ 

Any one found trespassing on our Jands with dog or gun will he 
prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Trapping and hunting 
forbidden, , 

All persons are forbidden to trespass with dog or gun on lands 
belonging to us. ; 

All parties are notified not to ttespass on the land of the under- 
signed. No hunting allowed. ? 

Notice is hereby giyen that any and all persons trespassing on 
my farm in Savanna township, for any purpose whatever, will be « 
prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 

Ail persons are hereby notified not to trespass upon the John 
Law farm in Woodland township either with dog or gun or other- 
wise. All doing so J will prosecute to the full extent of law. 

The undersigned hereby cations everybody not to trespass on 
his land in Freedom township with dog or gun, or otherwise, as he 
will prosecute to the full extent of the law any and everybody 
found so trespassing. ’ 

All persons are hereby notified not to tresspass upon my land 
in Mt. Carroll township, either with dog, gun or trap, or otherwise. 
All doing so will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 

All persons are hereby notified that any person trespassing on 
my lands in Mt. Carrol township with dog and gun, or if any 
manner whatever, will be prosecuted to the tull extent of the law. 

On and after this date I will prosecute any one found hunting 
or otherwise trespassing on my land west of Mt. Carroll. 

One of the most manly and useful accomplishments a 
city man can acquiresis to learn that he is not any better 
than a country man, and probably not as good. 


Farm Preserves 


The subjects brought up in the foregoing are very vital 
ones, haying much to do with the success and pleasure of 
the field shooter of to-day. They bring to mind another 
matter of kindred nature, and that is the subject of farm 
preserves, not altogether new as an idea, but new in its 
application in many quarters of the Western and Southern 
shooting country. 

Something of this came up not long ago in the conversa- 
tion of a Chicago man who told me that he had acquired 
quite a little game preserve of his own out in a very good 
Iowa chicken country, by simply paying the taxes on sev- 
eral farms, The money seemed pretty big to the farmers, 
but it did not seem so very big to the city man, who was 
able to belong to shooting clubs, and to pay large sums 
of money in shooting trips to distant regions. He was 
willing to pay the money for the sport—for sport is the 
one and imperishable product of all things on earth that 
really is worth the money, but he wanted the sport for 
his money; he wanted to be sure that he was going to get 
some shooting when he went out as far as lowa. Upon 
the other hand, the farmers did not care so very much for 
the birds, were too busy to go in for shooting very much, 
and. were not concerned with what was more or less an old 
story to them, thotigh it is more or less a new one to many 
city shooters, The exchange was therefore no robbety on 
either side, and both were satisfied. 

T spoke last winter of a big section of country, some 
25.000 actes. which Capt. W. [. Spears had taken under 
control and protected near Ingram’s Mill, Miss. Capt. 
Spears simply went about among his farming acquaint- 
ances and secured the shooting rights on their farms. He 
gave for sttch rights various considerations, but rarely 
any very exhorbitant sums. His chief object was to hring 
a considerable tract of country under a legal status so that 
it could be protected and would be protected. He wanted 
for his seryices in this, and to cover the cost of holding 
these shooting rights, a nominal stim per year, and he 
said that he could in all probability extend his preserved 
tract to an indefinite degree, His first object was to stop 
the market-shooting for quail which he found was be- 
ginning in that neighborhood, and he did stop it, too, 


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To the credit of the South be it said that it has always 
instinctively rebelled at this market shooting idea, and it 
has stopped it far more generally than was ever done in 
the North. Tt was in the South that the Forest anp 
Stream Plank found more than two-thirds of its support, 
The South is a great country, and it is the only American 
part of America, They shoot more black powder in the 


South than they do anywhere else in the world, and they — 


raise more sportsmen to the square inch, and are further 
in advance of the times in game protection and in real 
sportsmanship. It was therefore a bit gratifying to find 
so well planned and well worked out a preserve idea in 
this Southern State. I put the matter before some North- 
ern shooting friends, and in November of this fall it is 
very likely they will make a pilgrimmage to this preserve 
and perhaps take it into charge, furnishing the small 


amount of capital required to hold it together in good 


shape, and allowing Capt. Spears plenty of time to go 
fox hunting with Bobo the bear hunter, which is the 
chief end of man in that precinct. ; 

Now, as it happens, there was some talk here this sum- 
imer among a number of Chicago sportsmen of starting a 
little quail club down at Wheatfield, Ind., not far from 
the Kankakee bottoms, and on the “Three I _ Railway. 
Mr, Chas. S. Dennis was among those active in getting 
up this club, and it was the first intention to preserve a 
good-sized body of land and perhaps to put up a club 

house, besides employing a keeper or warden. The cost 
for such an enterprise as this, for a club of twenty to 
forty men, usually runs somewhere near $100 each for a 
starter, with annual dues of perhaps $25 or more. It was 
thought by some of the proposed members that perhaps 
the undertaking might prove less sure and profitable than 
it.seemed at first sight, and so the club did not progress 
very rapidly. At a little meeting of some of the faithful 
on this project, a few questions were asked of the writer 
regarding Capt. Spears’ Mississippi preserve, and I told 
them what I knew of it. As a result, partly perhaps on 
account of the knowledge of this Southern fatmers’ pre- 
serve, the original plans for this club were discarded. 
The members resolved upon a simpler and more flexible 
plan. I present this plan below, feeling sure that it may 
prove of further use somewhere in this big country of 
ours. There may be other little bodies of friends who 
shoot together, who would like to feel sure that they can 
get a few birds when they go out upon their infrequent 
little shooting trips, and who will be willing to. pay a small 
sum for the purpose of controlling a little preserve of 
their own. The plan seems to recommend itself distinctly 
to such persons at this stage of the shooting situation in 
the West, where farmers are yeatly growing more chary 
af shooters and are more and more restricting the open 
shooting. It is all right to pay the farmer something. 
Pay him. You will get full value received. For instance, 
1 am disposed to think that this very vicinity of Mt. Car- 
roll and Savanna, where these long lists of trespassers 
notices are printed, would be one of the best and easiest 
places in the world to start a splendid farmers’ preserve. 
which would afford really good shooting. The plan of 
the Chieago gentlemen above referred to, who are now 
organized under the name of the Jasper County Club, may 
be seen from the correspondence which follows, first com- 
ing the letter of the farmer, making his definite proposal 
to the club.«men and stating the acreage he proposes to 
reserye and protect for them. 

“Chicago, Oct, 12, 
“To Members of the Jasper County Club: woh 

“Commencing froni to-day and ending Jan. 1, 1901, IT will tender 
exclusive shooting privilege on land, amounting to 5,000 acres in 
all, including my property. ‘ 

“By shooting privilege is meant that no one outside of the gentle- 
men specified as members of your club will be allowed to shoot on 
the property; that the owners and their families will do no shoot- 
ing, and that the services of Mr. Edw. Seidler will be engaged to 
insure such, as well as to reduce, as far as possible, the number 
of hawks, ete., which may destroy quail. 

“Tt is further understood that members of the club will, at least 
vntil next session, November, 1901, stop at the hotel in Wheatfield, 
paying their own expenses, wagon hire and seryices of man in the 
field when shooting. Another season it is hoped arrangements can 
be made for a suitable and satisfactory club house; also that more 
acreage can be secured, the purpose of this preliminary arrange- 
ment being to start the club and for both interests to be assured 
that the game will be protected on the one hand, and members pf 
the club live up to their obligations as far as payment of dues is 
concerned on the other. ‘ 

‘In consideration of the above, for the sum of +—, to be paid 
within five days, the members of the club will be given all priv- 
ileges as stated; a new atrangement to be made some time during 
the month of January, 1901, on a basis that T feel confident will be 


equitable to all. ? 
(Signed), “HL, MARBLE.” 

On receipt of the above the Committee were able to 
report to the gentlemen who had been earlier interested 
in the proposed club, and their communication may 
Suggest to others an easy way of solving the problems 
of club house, board, care of dogs, etc. 

“Chicago, Oct. 17, 
“To Members of the Jasper County Club; 

“Pursuant with action taken af meeting on the 12th inst., we 
heg to advise you of results, viz.; 

“VWirst.—Inclosed please find copy of understanding with Mr. H. 
Marble, Wheatheld, Ind. Mr. Marble, in guaranteeing shooting 
privilege on 5,000 acres, includes 3,000 of his own, which have not 
been shot over for a few years past. He is a thorough sportsman 
himself, knows what we want, and if everything goes harmoniously 
We can depend upon his support for the future. 

*“Second.—At the meeting to be held next January arrangements 
for the following year will be made with Mr. Marble, giving the 
club exclusive privilege on same territory or more if desired, and 
we are in hopes the annual dues, payable semi-annually, will be 
froin $25 to $35 apiece—that is, for a membership of ten or twelve: 

“Mr. Seidler reports that the prospects are better than ever, and 
with the experience of this season, the present members will know 
next January just what they want to do. Now as to the condition 
and standing of the club at this date: 

“Birst—There will be no further assessment; all our obligations 
are paid in full, and the following named members ate entitled to 
all privileges to Jan. 1, 1901: 

“Membership; John V. Clarke, Chicago; Chas. S. Dennis, Chi- 
cago; J. J. Flanders, Chicago; Col. FH. T. Huffman, Dayton, O.; 
W. M. Kinnard, Dayton, 0.; Frank J. Loesch, Chicago; C. E. 
Pope, Chicago; J. V. B. Scarborough, Cincinnati; W. L.. Wells, 
Chicago. 

*Second.—For this season privileges to be confined ta above- 
mentioned nine members, with the exception of minors under 
sixteen yeats of age, sons or in the family of a member, no mem- 
ber being authorized to inyite any guest. 

“Third—Shooting season will begin Saturday morning, Nov. 10, 
Jasting until Jan. 1, 1901, - : 

“Fourth—Our superintendent’s address is: Ed Seidler, Wheai- 
field, Ind. Members will please address all correspondence ta him 
relative to day they will arrive and length of their stay. Should 
they wish to send their dogs in advance, they may feel certain of 
good eare at the hands of Mr, Seidler. 

"Fifth.—It has been left with Mr. Marble to make tip and pub- 
jish shooting and eround rules, of which members will be duly 
advised. : 


ee es 


“Sixth.—In all probability four or five of the Chicago members 
will be in Wheatfield to commence shooting the morning of Noy. 
10, and it is hoped our Dayton and Cincinnati friends will join us, 
So We c&n get acquainted as a club. Wours very truly, 

“John V. Clarke, Chairman, 
“Chas, 5, Dennis, 
“J. J. Flanders, 
Ww. LL. Wells, 
“Acting Committee.” 


Tardy and Scattering Duck Flight. 


Our duck flight in the middie west of this latitude is 
very tardy and very scattering, and it begins to look as 
though we aren't going to have so very much of a duck 
flight after all. A gentleman who spends a winter now 
and then in Texas says that he this week got word 
from Rockport that the redheads are already down there, 
and are offering very heavy shooting. These redheads 


came somewhere up North, and it maybe there are 
others which have skipped this part of the world in- 


their southbound flight. Probably they went down some 
of the western flyways, which are distinct from the course 
of our flight here. 

A few members of the Swan Lake Club have returned 
from a trip to that famous ground in the Illinois Valley, 
but at last accounts they could report no very heavy 
shooting. Hon. Hempstead Washburne got about a 
dozen birds a day during his stay, and others did not do 
so well as that, He was there just too late, for last 
Monday and Tuesday there had been a very heavy flight 
in, There are near the Swan Lake property some 
marshes that have been heavily baited, and these were 
drawing most of the birds, the Swan Lake marsh not 
having been baited. 

At Hennepin Club, in the Illinois Valley also, the 
highest bag of the season to any one gun is this week 
reported, 59 birds. killed by Mr. W. W. McFarland. 
This was a bit of luck, for Mr. McFarland happened to 
strike in on about the only piece of marsh where there 
were any birds moving. Others on the same day got 
only a half dozen birds or so apiece. 

Horicon Club, in Wisconsin, is this week having better 
shooting than any other club in which Chicago men are 
interested. The Hoticon marsh is full of water, and 
there are a good many birds in, There is a lot of snail 
feed on that marsh always, and that is why the mallards 
like it so well. Mr. F. A, Howe, one of our oldest and 
best Chicago sportsmen, long president of Tolleston 
Club, of this city, once said to me that he considered the 
foods of the mallard duck, in order of its preferences, 
were as follows: Hirst snails, next acorns, next corn. 
Smartweed, as J remember it, Mr. Howe did not men- 
tion, though it is a very valuable feed for mallards. The 
Horicon men are trying to get a good stand of wild rice 
on their marsh, and I would suggest that they also try 
smartweed there, for it will thrive in dryer times and 
drver spots than the wild rice, and would be ‘apt to 
retain its hold better in that capricious region, where a 
dry year may come any minute, as an Irishman would 
Say. eens iti. f 

A party of Chicage,shooters were up at Horicon this 
weels, returning early in the week, among these Messrs. 
T. A. Haggerty, Jack Scully, Victor Borne, Julius 
Behnke, the three Wolf boys, of Garfield Gun Club, Mr. 
Freistedt, etc. They had but ordinary sport, 12 mal- 
lards to Mr. Freistedi’s gun one day, being ‘about the 
best, others not getting over half a dozen birds, among 
these Mr. Haggerty, Who had six different species of 
duck in h’s bag of six. They report lots of water, and a 
good many jacksnipe too, though the latger are much 
scattered, owine to the abundance of wet marsh for 
them this fall. The later reports from Horicon say the 
mallards are just beginning to come in, and the Fond 
du Lac men who belong to the club all say that there 
is going to he as good shooting there this fall as there 
has heen for ten years. At this writing the weather 
remains very mild and pleasant, and we have had only 
ane little cold flurry above here ‘this past week. It was 
this little drop up North that gave us what little flight 
we have had. 


Grouse and Deer in North Dakota.| ~*'" 


Nearly all the reports which come from the upper 
Northwest this fall say that the flight of ducks and geese 
is good or will be good. This week Dick Merrill wan- 
dered into the office here, just back from a month up in 
North Dakota. He was located at Williston, N. D., near 
the western part of the State, and was shooting grouse 
in the rosebud thickets of the Missouri bottoms much 
of the time, He says the birds were there all right and 
he had good fun, but the country was very hard on dogs. 
The briers of the heavy thickets cut his heavy leather 
leggings into strips, and it treated the hides of the dogs 
much the same way. Lar 

Mr. Merrill says that there are lots of deer in that 
locality. He saw very many deer horns and deer sign, 
also elk horns, which were now almost criumbling away. 
They made up a party of fotir or five and went out deer 
hunting, driving the thickets on foot, and got five deer, 
Mr. Merrill getting a nice spike buck to his share. By 
the way, Dick must have started for the high timber 
abont as soon as he got home, for he only landed from 
Paris on Sept. 8. He was very dangerously ill of typhoid 
while at Paris, and for six weeks lay in bed, not quite 
sure whether he was going to get up again or not; but he 
says a few weeks of North Dakota is better than a cycle of 
Paree, and he is now looking pretty fit again. He talks 
about a bear hunt in the Williston region. While he was 
there a 15-year-old boy killed a big cinnamon bear, and 


J 
~ DON’T SHOOT 
Until you see your game,”and 
see that it is game and 
not a man. 


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.for mercantile purposes. 


two grizzlies and two black bear were seem not far away 
this fall. a as eh act fiefs ee 
For Love of the Muscallunge, 


A very interesting matter comes up to-day in the form 
of a press despatch from Milwaukee, reporting a suit 
brought against the wardens of Wisconsin by a Chicago 
man, the «lespatch reading as below: 

“Douglass Dyrenforth, of Chicago, recently caught 
two muscallunge at Tucker Lake, Price county, and, ac- 
cording to a complaint filed in the Federal Court to-day, 
he yalued the fish at $5,000. He says there were only 
twenty pounds of fish. Mr, Dyrenforth did not get his 
fish out of the State; they were seized by Deputy Game 
Warden August Zinn and sold, 

_ “He claims the seizure was illegal,as he was only taking 
out of the State what the law allows him to carry away. 

“Ti the couwrt upholds the game warden’ in the seizure, 


- then an action will be brought raising the question of the 


constitutionality of the Wisconsin game law, The case 
is of great interest to fishermen and hunters from outside 
Wisconsin who come here for their favorite sport.” 

An interyiew could not be obtained with Mr. Dyren- 
forth to-day in time to include with fhis writing. There 
is, however, a kernel of great interest in the above news, 
All this summer the vigilant wardens at Milwaukee 
have been keeping mighty close tab on the boxes of fish 
that go down to Chicago, and not orfe, but very many, 
seizures have been made, including the fish of several 
fishers of the sort we are apt to call prominent citizens. 
There are two sides to the stories wlich come up about 
this matter, The sportsmen say that the wardens seize 
any box of fish they can get hold of, take the fish to the 
nearest fish market, sell them, and put the cash in their 
clothes. The wardens say, and it is upon the face of 
things much more apt to be true, that they act omly 
within the limits of the law; that it is the exception when 
8 party oi Chicago fishers go up to the muscallunge 
country and do not bring out more than 20 pounds of 
fish, muscallunge, bass and pike all counted, The law 
says two muscallunge may be brought, and of course it 


would be two very small muscallunge which would not 


weigh over 20 pounds.. Legally they might weigh a 
hundred pounds, and if Bil! Haskell, Eddie Price or 
some of our other standbys caught them, I don’t doubt 
they would weigh that much; but if the dispatch reports 
Mr. Dyrenforth correctly, and if his two ‘lunge really 
weighed less than 20 pounds, he must have had an in- 
tense personal affection for them if he thinks they were 
worth $5,000. The erid is not yet, and we shall see what 
we shall ‘see, 

These laws prohibiting a man from bringing home 
with him a reasonable amount of fish or game that he 
has killed in a sportsmanlike manner, are among the 
most distasteful ef any to sportsmen, and we should be 
all the better off without them, if the world had only 
sportsmen in it, and no one who would evade the law 
The Milwaukee wardens have 
put their own construction on the Jaw. This attack 
upon its constitutionality is the first of similar nature 
since the suits brought against the Indiana law by the 
late Judge Knickerbocker and Mr. F, A. Howe, of the 
old Tolleston Club, many years ago. It is to be hoped 
this test case will not be dismissed, but will go to the 
uppermost courts and get a final settlement. It affects 
very closely many Chicago shooters and anglers, for 
whom Wisconsin is one of the most popular and accessi- 
ble sporting grounds of the day. 


Deer, 


If anybody has lost a deer, he can very likely find him 
this fall up along the railroad of Mr. J. D. Hawks, our 
trout fishing host of last spring, in the Thunder Bay 
region. The Detroit & Mackinac Railroad has near it 
some of the best deer country in Michigan. Its head- 
quarters are in Detroit, and inquirers can get information 
by asking for it there. I observe that there is a three 
years’ close season now on in the following counties: 


Alcona, Lapeer, Huron, Sanilac, Tuscola, Macomb, 
Allegan, Ottawa and St. Clair. 
Quail. 


Thousands of quail everywhere this fall. That is the 
common report, and let us ‘hope it will be true after the 
opening of the season, as it seems to he now. 


; E. Hoven. 
Hartrorp Buripinc, Chicago, Il. 


Caution in the Woods. 


_ WALKERVILLE, Ont,. Oct. 20.—Editor Forest and 
Stream; In your issue of this date I notice a very in- 
teresting letter from Mr. W. E. Wolcott, of Utica, N. Y., 
on the subject of “Adirondack Deer,’ and his reference 
to the dangers that beset hunters in the woods leads me 
to inclose herewith a little set of suggestions which we 
have had printed for the guidance of our party, which 
leaves about the end of this week for the Parry Sound 
District. Our hunting shanty is situated upon a. sinall 
island in one of the many rivers that water that part of 
the country, and therefore some of the rules would not 
be appropriate for general adoption. Fortunately, there 
have been few accidents in the Canadian woods, but the 
ever-increasing number of fatalities in -the woods of 
Michigan during the hunting season force us to con- 
template with some misgivings the time when our shoot- 
ing grounds will also be overcrowded with a vast army of 
hunters, a great majority of whom are inexperienced 
and prove an eyetlasting menace to themselves as well as 
their friends, C. C. Ampere. 


Suggestions for the Better 'Protection of Membets— 
Cameron Island. 


Inasmuch as the yearly hunting trip is undertaken in 
search of health and pleasure, and the killing of deer is 
not so essential as to watrant placing human lives in 
jeopardy, through excessive anxiety to obtain the legal 
complement, it seems well'to formulate rules for the better 
protection of the members of the party. 

With this end in view it has been thought wise to 
siiegest : 

t. That no rifles he loaded until the members of the 


party have crossed the river and are about to enter. the. 


woods. 

2. That all rifles be emptied of their contents before 
entering the boat to be ferried to the island upon return- 
ing from the hunt. the / ' , 

3. That no one discharge his rifle at a moving object in 
the woods, or elsewhere, UNTIL HE BE CONVINCED 
THAT WHAT HE SEES IS A DEER, OR OTHER 
GAME ANIMAL. { 

N. B—This rule is above all others the most im- 
portant. The great majority of hunting accidents are 
occasioned by criminal carelessness in this respect on the 
part of inexperienced hunters. : ne 

4. That after a member is placed in position to watch 
a certain rumway he is not to leave his station. even 
after the dogs have passed, or have gone in another 
direction, until called for by the hunter. 

5. That whenever parties of two or more are together 
in the woods, or elsewhere, it should be the earnest en- 
deavor of each individual to see that his rifle be so car- 

ried as to preclude the possibility of danger to the other 
members of the party in case of its accidental discharge. 

6. That the rifle be never carried at full cock at any 
time, whether loaded or empty. 

Tt must be remembered that it is not an eyidence of 
experience to disregard catttion. The oldest hunters re- 
spect more than amateurs the capabilities and danger of 
the arm they carry. Caution is not cowardice, but the 
desire to guard as far as possible against the perils that 
necessarily surround the hunter when roaming the woods 
in quest of game, in common with numbers of others 
bent on the same mission, . 

It is earnestly requested that these simple rules be 
consistently, followed. That being the case, the risk of 
accident will be very greatly minimized, and the com- 
fort and pleasure of the whole patty very considerably 
enhanced, 

Nov. r, 1900. 


o Ui] 
Maine Big Game. 

Boston, Oct. 20—-In the absence of the usual number 
of deer to shoot in the Maine woods the amateur hunter 
needs watching. Commissioner Stanley was approached 
the other day by a newspaper reporter, to ascertain if 
there was any truth in the report that the Maine Central 
Railroad, a train of which corporation had killed a big 
moose somewhere in the town ot Burnham, was to be 
made to take out a license, and to pay for killing the 
moose in close time. Mr. Stanley was somewhat amused, 
and told a story of a young Dixfield nimrod who was 
bound te get his deer the first morning of the Open sea- 
son. Early he wended his way up Sugarloaf. The dawn 
was just gilding the east. He saw a motion. An animal 
got up, The excited nimrod fired. The beast made a 
few steps, then fell in its tracks. The hunter ran up. 
There lay a néighbor’s Jersey calf. Mr. Stanley says 
that the people there propose to have a close time put on 
Jresey calves, and think that young hunters should take 
out a license. Another story comes from Kineo. <A 
young hunter from the city was being entertained and 
guided by a venerable farmer. They were out in the even- 
ing. Not jacking? Oh, no! That is against the law. 


They were hunting by moonlight, and had a lantern to - 


show them the way home. Creeping along in deathly 
silence, suddenly they saw two glaring eyes in the dim 
light, shining through the bushes. ‘Shoot!’ whispered 
the farmer, The hunter let go two barrels of buckshot in 
quick succession. All was still. The hunters rushed up. 
There lay the game. The shot was a good one. It had 
killed the farmer's old ram, the patriarch of the flock, 
stone dead, and going still further, had wounded a lamb 
or two, so that they had to be killed. “Blast it!’ groaned 
the farmer. “How in thunder came those sheep in the 
woods?” “That was a great shot, though,” suggested the 
young hunter. But when the farmer added the damages 
to his bill for guiding and board, the young fellow thought 
he would go to another hunting section next year. 
Reports from the Connecticut Valley region in New 
Hampshire speak of good shooting there. Deer are re- 
ported in greater abundance than for many years. The 
local hunters are after them. Charles Munn, of Orford. 
has slain his deer, which walked down the main street of 
the town quietly browsing. S. Q. Cutting, of the same 
town, has killed two small deer. Squirrels and partridges 


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FOREST AND. STREAM. 


are plenty. Reports are no better from Maine than a 
weeks ago. I have seen several returned Boston deer 
hunters. They got no trophies, seeing very few deer. 
Commissioner Oak has attempted to explain the scarcity 
of deer this fall under theory of so much rain and 
falling leaves that hunting has been exceedingly difficult. 
Later he expects to see the number of deer taken run to 
greater figures than a yeat ago. 

The season on moose, which opened on Monday last, has 
not been successful so far as reported up to date. The 
Eastern papers, nearest to the best moose sections, have 
no accounts of moose taken yet. A year ago a number of 
bull moose were slain the first open week. Hundreds of 
sportsmen were in the woods on the opening day, and 
some moose were expected Monday night, but they were 
not brought to light... Some. of the Boston hunters are 
waiting for better reports froth the big-game country. 

SPECIAL. 


The F itchburg Club. 


OrFice oF MASSACHUSETTS FISH AND GAME PROTECTIVE 
Association, Boston, Mass., Oct. 22.—Editoy Forest and 


 Strednt: In my last letter I gave a very brief account of 


olr meeting Oct. 11 in Boston, but unintentionally omitted 
to mention that the Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Club was 
ably represented by its president, Dr. D. 5. Woodworth. 
The Doctor is well known as an enthusiastic sportsman, 
and his brief review of the work that has been done by 
his club was listened to with earnest attention. The 
club has for many years been a terror to evil doers, having 
been active in the enforcement of fish and game laws, 
while at the same time it has been engaged in other 
lines of work. It is a wide-awake, progressive organiza- 
tion, numbering 150 members, among whom are many of 
the ablest men of the city in business, professional and 
mechanical circles. 

The club has made a record of which it may justly be 
proud, and has for several years been in close touch with 
the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Associa- 
tion. and has labored assiduously in seconding the efforts 
of the parent organization to sectire an increased supply 
of fish and game. 

Unquestionably the Fitchburg sportsmen haye one of 
the best clubs in the State, and if the pressure of other 
duties is not foo great, I hope before long to give your 
readers more detailed information pertaining to its history 
and work. I hope also to find time to draw off an abstract 
of some of the carefully prepared manuscripts that I 
have received from other clubs. 

On Thursday evening, Oct. 25, our Board of Manage- 
ment will meet at the Copley Square Hotel to consider 
the subjects suggested by Chairman Collins and others 
at our last meeting, other matters pertaining to the wel- 
fare of the Association and plans for work to be done the 
coming winter. Henry H. Kimpatt, Sec’y, 


Sea and River ishing. 


Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 


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. them in ForREST AND STREAM. 


Cottonwood River Big-Mouths. 


| Wrten I was a school boy on the west shore of 
Cayuga Lake, in central New York, I learned in my 
geography that the Great American Desert included the 
greater portion of what was then the Territory of 
Kansas, while we sang with the teacher: 

“Ho, brothers! brave brothers! 

List, we call to thee! 

We'll sing upon the Kansas Plains 

The song of liberty.” 


And now, forty-five years later, I ain writing an ac- 
count of a day with the large-mouth black bass of the 
Cottonwood River, 150 miles by railway southwest of 
Kansas City and rzo in a direct line west from the eastern 
State line of Kansas and about 20 iniles west from the 
farm fred Mather took as a homestead, as described by 
him in his peerless recollections of ‘Men I Have Fished 
With.” 

Extending north from the Kiomeche Mountains of the 
Indian Territory is a range of hills, high and rocky, 
with ledges, boldly encircling the tops of the hills like 
fortifications of blue and gray limestone, and this range 
of hills extends about half way across the State of 
Kansas, known as the Flint Hills. This county of Chase 
has this range of hills crossing it from north to south 
through the central portion of the county, and the copi- 
ous springs of these hills nourish and feed the Cotton- 
wood River, and keep its water always of a low tempera- 
ture. This river has a bed of a few shoals or “ripples” 
(common name), separated by long, deep pools of clear, 
cold water, in which the lordly bass flourish, kings of the 
finny tribes, and so well fed are they that as I look back 
over thitteen years’ fishing in its pools 1 can never recall a 
single ifistance when I caught a bass with an artificial 
bait othér than a spoon hook or phantom minnow, and 
never have I been able to get a strike on an artificial 
fly; nor have I ever found a person who could tell when 
or where the first bass were planted in its waters, except 
that the early settlers say, “They were here when civilized 
men first camé here,” so, like Topsy, probably they 
“just growed” ‘here, and it.is on account of their 
plebeian origin that they have such a depraved taste 
that they only bite a good fat chub or sucker minnow, 
or, if they can be found, the-most tempting, attractive 
bait is 4 young flathead, shovel head, yellow or mud 
catfish from 4 to 6 inches long, and his clear, faint yellow 
body becomes very attractive.when fastened to a hook 
inserted through his skin just at the base of his dorsal 
fin, and in spite of his many local names he makes the 
most perfect bass bait that we can get here. , 

Just at present we are enjoying that perfect autumn 
weather found only in Kansas of clear sunshine, warm, 
drowsy days, with light frosts at night—just enough to 
make the forest trees along the river banks put on 
their “show day” garments of many colors, and the air 
is filled with pulse-quickening ozone, so that a day- 
spent upon the river, follawi-~ |‘s course from bend to 


* [Ocr. 27, 1900. 


bend, with the scenery ever changing, with a blending 
of all the colors of the rainbow, reflected from the sur- 
face of each pool, is a day in paradise (even if you have 
a boat that leaks, which has to be bailed out about 
every fifteen minutes, as was the case on the day of 
which I write—Oct. 11, 1900, which will hereafter stand 
out on memory’s calendar for the perfect enjoyment 
that fell to the lot of the writer and Ed E., one of the 
editors of the Topeka Daily State Journal). 
Wednesday evening we put in two hours of hard work 
upon a rocky rapid, holding a minnow seine below rocks, 
which we lifted and piled out of the way, catching our 
bait, the young catfish I have given a description of, and 
at 7 A. M, we bailed out the (so-called) boat and started 
down the Cottonwood River thrdtgh the foggy mist 
that hung over its surface, and O*the charm and the 
beautiful vistas that opened up to our delighted eyes as 


‘we rounded bend after bend for a distance of a mile 


until we came to an old log and brush heap on the 
south bank, which we quietly approached and each 
dropped a minnow just outside the brush to see the 
floats disappear. Aiter giving time enough for the min- 
now to be taken in the mouth we made our strikes and 
drew wp the lines, and one caught his bass and the 
other one failed to hook his, and this style of fishing ad- 
mits of no light tackle with reel and fly-rod, but in 
lieu thereof each had a light bamboo solid rod of about 
12 feet in length, and when the bass was hooked there 
was business on hand lifting him by force from the 
water to the boat, giying him no chance to play or 
fight on account of the brush that lines the banks and 
bottoms of the pools. Placing the captured one upon 
the string, we continued this style of fishing down the 
river for a distance of about one and a half miles, and 
then fished back over the same course, until, just at night- 
fall, we found all our stock of small minnows were used 
up and only some large ones, about 8 inches long, left 
in the can as we drew near a brush heap at the upper 
end of a pool. Casting two large catfish minnows at 
the outer edge of the brush, they were seized and for 
ten minutes we had the fun of bass big enough to partly 
swallow the minnow, but not large enough to take the 
hook hanging upon the minnow until lifted to the sur- 
face of the water, and then dropping back, but not being 
able to catch a single one, when we promised the hungry 
ones that we would call upon them some other day, and 
left them with their appetites unsatisfied, and not one 
added to our string, to reach our boat landing with 
thirteen large-mouths, all above 12 inches in length 
(our rule here), the lot weighing 30 pounds—not a very 
large catch, but one satisfactory to those who made it 
upon one of the most ideal days and of the most perfect 
enjoyment that the fishers ever spent in their lives. 
Truly did Izaak Walton say “that the catching of fish 
was not all of fishing.” W. F. RicHTMIReE, 


Vermont Fish Stocking. 


From the Fifteenth Biennial Report of the Commissioners of 
Fishenes and Game. 

First—As to the introduction of foreign varieties of 
fish. Without any reflection on past Commissioners, it 
may be said that during the past ten years no pickerel, 
bass, pike or perch have been introduced into waters 
not already inhabited by them, with the knowledge and 
consent of the Commissioners. The Commissioners 
recommended to the State Legislature, and the recom- 
mendations were incorporated into law, prohibiting the 
introduction of any fish, except trout, salmon, smelt and 
minnows, into the public waters of this State frequented 
by trout or salmon, and the violation of this law is sub- 
ject to a penalty of not more than $500, and not less than 
$50. It is a regrettable fact that a very large number of 
our natural trout ponds and Jakes have been ruined by 
the introduction of foreign varieties of fish, like pickerel, 
black bass, rock bass, pumpkin seeds, perch and bull- 
heads. All of these fish are valuable as food fishes 
commercially in the waters to which they are congenial. 
In most of the waters to which they are introduced they 
do not thrive, and after the trout have been cleaned out 
by them their food supply is practically exhausted and 
they prey upon each other, and in many instances become 
a. thin and cadaverous race, unfit for human food. They 
are a curse to all trout waters. When they were intro- 
duced into these trout waters, it was in the infancy of 
fishcultural work. The Commissioners who did. 1t 
thought they were doing some good, just as the man who 
introduced the English sparrow thought he was helping 
us in increasing our song and insectivorous birds. It was 
(lone at the same time by Commissioners in other States. 
notably Maine and New Hampshire. The most of this 
destructive work was done from 12 to 18 years ago. It 
is a. curse to the trout waters which can never be over- 
come. 

Some illustrious ¢xamples of this work may be men- 
tioned in connection with Crystal Lake at Barton, which 
ought to be inhabited by lake trout and salmon instead 
ot by black bass, pickerel, rock bass and pumpkin seeds. 
Seymour Lake, in Morgan, should be inhabited by lake 
trout and salmon, but bass were introduced. Newark 
Pond, of about 150 acres, in the town of Newark, should 
be inhabited by lake trout and salmon, It is probable 
that it was originally inhabited by the spreckled trout. 
The lake is now inhabited by rock bass, known as red eye 
or goggle eye. It is not the pumpkin seed, although 
frequently so called. The rock bass is a valuable food 
fish in some waters, but it is not of much value in Newark 
Pond. It was probably introduced as food for the black 
bass, but black hass do not now exist there. One of the 
old reports of the Conmissioners states that they intro- 
duced rock bass as tood for the black bass in many 
waters. Even Pillsbury’s mill pond, in South Barton, is 
cursed with the little rock bass, so thin and cadaverous 
that if is almost transparent. The pond naturally should 
be inhabited by brook trout. There ‘is no way to ex- 
terminate the rock bass in a water of this character, unless 
it can be entirely drawn out. Lake Dunmore was stocked 
with all kinds of fish from Lake Champlain, many years 
ago, 

Now, as to the work of the present Commission, 
When we find a body of water like Newark Pond cursed 
with rock bass or other useless varieties of fish, we strive 
to find something more yalvable than any fish now in- 


Oct. 27, 1900.) 


habiting such a lake, and by its introduction improve 
the fishing. The wall-eyed pike is a very much more 
valuable fish than the bass or any of the coarse scale fish 
inhabiting these waters. It has, therefore, been intro- 
duced to a certain extent in some of these lakes, but 
not in atiy waters inhabited by trout or salmon. The 
rainbow trout is a brook trout with habits similar to those 
of the speckled trout. It is not introduced into small 
streams inhabited by brook trout. It has been a success 
in only a few places in this State. The supply, however, 
is not equal to the demand, either of the State Commis- 
sion ot the United States Commission. It will endure 
a warmer temperature of water than the brook trout, and 
where it has successfully been introduced is regarded as 
a valuable game fish, and equal to the brook trout as a 
table fish. Senator Proctor has a pond in which he in- 
troduced the rainbow trout, and regards them more gamy 
than the speckled trout, and quite as good eating. The 
rainbow traut takes the lower ends of the streams, wheré 
the water gets warm and where the brook trout haye rur 
out. The State hatchery does not propogate any varieties 
of fish except the brook trout, lake trout, landlocked 
salmon, the rainbow trout and the brown trout. Most 
of the work at Willoughby Lake has been done by the 
U. S. Fish Commission, but under the direction of the 
chairman of the State Commission. At Willoughby 
Lake the landlocked salmon, of course, are not an ex- 
perimental fish. They are being introduced in all the 
large Jakes in Maine. The Jake trout is indigenous. to 
Willoughby Lake, but the stock has become depleted 
through illegal fishing and, perhaps, to some extent. 
owing to natural causes. The only new fish introduced 
here is the steelhead trout, and quite a number of them 
were caught last season, These fish have about the. same 
habits as the salmon, but spawn in the spring of the year 
instead of in the fall. They have become successtully 
introduced in Lake Michigan, where they are regarded 
as a valuable food fish, and the commercial fisheries of 
that lake are of great financial importance. For the 
trout streams in Vermont no fish can ever supplant the 
speckled trout, and the most of the fish propagated by 
the State are brook trout. ; 

The Commissioners believe that if the State fosters the 
interests placed in their hands, large financial returns will 
result, The State of Maine maintains several large hatch- 
eries, and considers it a good investment. New Hamp- 
shire maintains eleven hatcheries, and the Labor Com- 
missioner of New Hampshire reports the amount in- 
vested in the summer tourist business of the State at 
$10,442,352, in 1899. The cash income from the busi- 
ness is estimated at over $5,500,000. A large part of 
the money invested is along the lake shores, and fishing 
is one of the chief attractions. “Incidental with the busi- 
ness of summer boarders, and the opportunities it affords 
all along the upward trend of farm life, in home markets 
for truck gardening, poultry raising, dairy and berry 
supplies, and the general awakening of public spirit and 
enterprise in home conditions, surroundings, and the 
well-being of the town, come the subjects of education, 
rural mail delivery and better roads, all intimately linked 
with the public weal, and what the best interests of ad- 
vanced civilization demand.” 

Vermont has the same attraction as New Hampshire, 
and the same opportunities to attract investments of the 
above character. It is the policy of the Fish and Game 
Commissioners to do what is possible in their depart- 
ment to meet the demands of Vermonters, as well as the 
ever increasing class of summer visitors who are willing 
to pay big prices for the privilege of catching a few fish. 


ANGLING NOTES. 


Limit the Basket of Trout. 


A few days ago a gentleman said to me that I was 
tight in saying that anglers killed too many trout when 
they were in the woods, that all men should be content 
with such trout as could be eaten in camp and ten pounds 
to bring home, Jt was my opinion that no trout should 
be taken home, ior surely the man who had just had a 
season of fresh trout in the woods would not care for 
trout that had been transported a sufficient distance to 
deprive them of their flavor (and this distance is very 
short), and he would not care to give his friends what 
he would not eat himself. A salmon will bear trans- 
portation, and one who receives a salmon may consider 
that a compliment has been paid to him by the man who 
kills and sends it, but it is, in my opinion, no compli- 
ment to kill a lot of little trout and pack them in moss, or 
what not, and deliver them to a friend in a condition 
more suited to the ash barrel than the table, and most 
of the trout brought out of the woods are in that condi- 
tion. They may not quite smell to heaven, but they are 
not fresh, no matter if they have been kept on ice or 
coyered with ice. 

Tt is the bringing home oi trout for friends that de- 
stroys a lot of good fish, and I contend that it is not a 
compliment to the friends. Ji one must give one’s friends 
fish after a vacation in the woods far from town, a nice, 
fat salted mackerel 1s much more of a compliment, for 
such a fish is good to eat. 

Last evening I returned home after an absence of two 
weeks, and in my mail was a letter from a very dear 
friend, the mother of two boys who will grow into first- 
class sportsmen, becatise their patents are sportsmen, and 
know how to train sportsmen, and I quote from the 
ketter as follows: , 

“We spent last Sunday with the boys at St. Paul’s 
School. They are happy and doing well. G. wants his 
tod, and says there is but one fisherman among the boys 
here. This boy puts back all the fish he catches, no 
matter what their size may be, except ones which he 
kills to eat!” i 
~ I would like to know that boy, and wish I were not 
so old myself, that I could be sure of living to see what 
sort of a man the boy would grow into. Just think of 
a boy killing but one fish of his catch, and putting all 
athers back in the water alive! Really, that is the first 
omen that [ haye discovered that indicates that the 
millennitim may be about dite. Men—some men—when 
they are approaching the meridian of life, or have passed 
it s few notches, discover that it is not well, or not 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


decent, depending upon the particular man, to kill more 
fish than can be used where the fish are killed, and they: 
cease to parade that moth eaten excuse of killing to take 
home to friends. It is possible that at this period of 
life the love for killing, which seems to have been in- 
herited by most men from ancestors perhaps as remote 
as the cave dwellers, ceases in a measure from being 
overfed, but it is a fact that this change actually occurs 
in a few men, but that a boy should exist without a 
highly developed desire to kill is most wonderful, and 
shows that the world is producing better, in spots. 


Trout and Low Water. 


In many of the counties of New York there has been 
a great drought this year; in some sections it was un- 
precedented. Streams that were never before known to 
tun dry presented a watercourse of sun-heated cobble 
stones and grayel, with nothing to suggest moisture. The 
newspapers have had items in their news columns stating 
that trout have perished by thousands in consegeunce of 
the drying up of the breoks and springs, one paper 
stating that millions of trout have perished, 

I doubt if it is quite as bad as the newspapers would 
make it, although some trout have probably been de- 
stroyed by the absence of water in the streams, Trout 
know pretty well when the water is falling, and drop 
down stream as the water recedes, though some do take 
refuge in the pools where springs come in from the 
bottom and where the water is cooler than in other por- 
toins of the stream, In a previous note 1 mentioned that 
the men employed at the State hatchery in Sullivan 
county had been engaged in the work of rescuing trout 


in the streams that were drying up by taking them out of 


the pools and conveying them to better and deeper water. 
Since then I have talked with the men who did the work 
and they tell me that not many trout were found in any 
single pool, though the aggregate of all the pools was 
considerable. While the work was in progress the rains 
came and raised the streams beyond the danger point. No 
dead fish were found, but it is true that when the streams 
recede, leaving the trout in pools, their natural enemies 
have a better chance to destroy them. Last year I was 
informed that a stream where I had previously planted 
young fish was practically dried up. I examined it for 
several miles, and though pools were left where there 
were springs, I did not find a single, fish alive or dead; all 
apparently had dropped down stream into a lake into 
which the brook emptied. The fish at some of the State 
hatcheries have suffered from low and warm weather, but 
the loss was confined almost entirely to fry that were 
being reared to fingerlings, especially to lake trout, and 
the total loss was little if any more than it has been in 
other previous years, when the water has become low 
and consequently warm, -One feature of the drought in 
its relation to trout fishing has not been commented upon 
by the daily newspapers that have killed off millions of 
fish with a few strokes of the pen, In northern New 
York the low water has made it necessary for trout to 
seek new spawning grotinds in some streams. Men em- 
ployed at one of the State hatcheries in the Adirondacks 
have been seeking the wild trout to obtain eggs for the 
hatchery, and haye found the usual spawning place de- 
setted because the water was too low for spawning, and 
they) have been searching for the trout in new places. I 
will know more about this matter a little later, but now 
the men have establishéd the fact that in many instances 
trout have been forced to seek new spawning places, but 
that they will spawn somewhere there can be no doubt, 
though the change may change the fishing conditions 
somewhat in the near future in such streams as are wholly 
dependent upon the natural increase and are not planted 
with fish reared artificially. The trout breeding this year 
in new places because of force of circumstances may re- 
turn to their old haunts next season should there be an 
abundance of water at the spawning time, but the young 
from eggs deposited this fal] will probably remain in or 
near the waters where they may be born and there estab- 
lish generations of trout for the future. s 

* This condition will not obtain to such a degree in waters 
in more southern portions of the State, where trout 
spawn later than in the Adirondacks, and where the 
rains have raised the streams to normal conditions be- 
fore the spawning period arrives. The difference in 
trout and spawning seasen between northern and south- 
ern New York may be illustrated by the following. On 
Oct. 3 I looked oyer the ponds at Saranac hatchery, and 
one solitary female brook trout had entered the spawning 
race. Oct, 18 I looked over the ponds at Cold Spring 
Harbor, Long Island, and found two trout fanning the 
gravel in one of the ponds, and both were male trout. 
Oct.-15 10000 brook trout eggs were taken at the 
Sacandaga hatchery, which is beyond and near Lake 
Pleasant. These eggs were taken from wild trout. The 
colder the water the earlier the trout will spawn, and so 
the earliest eggs are taken in the Adirondacks, and as it 
remains colder for a longer period than on Long Island, 
the eggs require a longer time to hatch, as, for example, 
last year the average time required to hatch trout eggs 
on Long Island was about forty-five days, which was 
shorter than usual, and in the Adirondacks trout eggs 
have been 156 days in hatching, and at the salmon hatchery 
on the Ristigouche River in Canada the eggs of salmon 
have required 210 days. J am not inclined to accept the 
statement that mullions of trout haye perished because 
of the drought, for if the destruction was as great as the 
newspaper items would indicate there would be forth- 
coming evidence of some dead fish somewhere, and as yet 
no one has produced this evidence, and I have been pretty 
well over the State, and being interested in the matter I 
have tried to get all the evidence possible on the ground. 
Trout understand pretty well how to take care of them- 
selves whether nature frowns or smiles on conditions 
best suited to their welfare at certain places, and when 


she frowns at one place they seek another where she is» 


smiling; As an illtistration of this, let me recite from 
personal éxperience. During the height of the drought I 
was htinting for living springs in Delaware and Sullivan 
counties, atid examined all that I could hear of through 
friends who were interested in telling me of the best that 
would setye to provide an tnfailing supply for trout 
hatching, At one place the streams were very dry, for 
most pools. and there were rumors that many trotit had 
perished. No one knew that they had only then assumed 
that they must Have perished because the water was so 
low in the main streams, Up in our little valley, a spur 


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of the main valley, there was a small brook whcih ‘was 
said never to run dry under any circumstances. I fol- 
lowed this brook to its source, and it was fed by springs. 
One spring, the largest of four, started high up on the 
side of a mountain, and as I climbed up and up, occa- 
sionally stopping to stick a thermometer in the water, I 
found that the little brook which the spring made was 
full of trout, too many. trout to be sustained for any , 
great length of time by the fish food natural to the water. 
To one who had never given thought to the matter it 
would have appeared impossible for trout to get up to the 
places where they were, but they were there, and that 
was evidence enough. 


How Do They Do It? 


How do little trout get up over falls and strong 
water, and places seemingly impossible for trout? The 
larger trout will switn up a sheer fall if the volume of 
water is thick enough to envelope their fins, but trout 
2 to 3 inches long seem such weak little things that a 
strong current must wash them away if they were venture- 
some enough to enter it. ; 

Two days ago I was at the Long Island-hatchery of 
the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of New York, 
and the rearing races were being repaired. The water 
had been diverted from its usual course to enable the 
upper races to be rebuilt, and it was directed through a 
temporary box into a fearing pond containing several 
thousands of fingerling brook trout. This gave the water 
a greater head at the pond than the fish were accustomed 
to, and as it came in with considerable force it fell on 
an inclined plank just above the surface of the water in 
the rearing pond, making for the little fish a miniature 
Niagara with falls and rapids. The fingerlings instantly 
tackled it, and forty, fifty, a hundred, were jumping and 
in the air at the same time. The inclined plank was in 
the nature of an apron below a dam, and the trout could 
not clear it, but they made some grand efforts to, and all 
the time the atmosphere oyer the rough water was filled 
with little trout. As nearly as the eye could measure the 
distance, some of the little trout, 3 to 5 inches long, 
jumped a foot above the water, and leaps of 6 or 7 
inches were not uncommon, All day they were at it, and I 
presume they will continue to jump so long as the water 
comies in with a rush as it does at present. It would be 
well worth seeing as an exhibition of high and continuous 
leaping if the pond and fish could be moved to Madison 
Square Garden during the Sportsmen’s Show, and I am 
sure the exhibition would draw a crowd. I advised one 
friend in New York to go down to the hatchery by train 
and look at the show, assuring him he would be repaid 
for the time it required, as he is interested in all that 
relates to fish, and it would interest those who are not 
fond of fish as well as those who are, and then, too, 
seeing is believing. The show will probably continue at 
the hatchery until the water is again directed into its 
old course a month hence, so that if any one happens to be 
in the vicinity during that time I would suggest that a 
call be made upon the leapers in the pond and that every 
witness of the athletics make it his or her pleasure to 
spread the information regarding what they may see with 
their own eyes. A, N. CHeney. 


South Sea Whitebait. 


For a few days in each year, and always in the month 
of September, the South Sea people have a treat in the 
way of fish—a small stream runner smaller than the 
Thames whitebait and better flavored, 

The natural history of the fish is obscure. It seems to 
be the fry of some fish, for when ‘taken many have the 
yelk sac still attached to them. The first that is known 
of it is when schools appear in the mouths of rivers. The 
river mouths at all seasons of the tide seem fairly alive 
with the multitudes of fish not an inch long, but all swim- 
ming and leaping under the impulse of the instinct to 
ascend the fresh-water streams. Then they are caught 
simply by sinking a piece of cloth in the water and lift.ne 
it by its four corners at once. A square of cloth 6 feet 
each way will hold at an ordinary draft half a bushel of 
the fish, which the Samoans and many other islanders 
know under the name “inanga,.” During the few days 
they are running they are taken by millions without 
diminishing the schools in the least. Enormous numbers 
of them are known to pass up the streams, but once past 
the bar at the river mouth they disappear from sight and 
all knowledge. Even in the height of their return they are - 
not seen in the streams above the mouth, yet they are 
never seen running back to sea, The run jasts for not 
more than a week or ten days in any one stream, and on 
the Island of Upolu seems to begin in the eastern streams 
earlier than in those down to the west. Apia harbor has 
two streams debouching into it. Not more than half a mile 
separates the two, yet the school begins to run in the 
Vaisingano three days before it makes its appearance in 
the Mulivai, which lies to the westward. 

In native cookery they are wrapped in banana leaves 
and steamed for a short time. But the catchers eat them 
raw with great avidity. Once a foreign resident secured 
a mess of the dainty fish and gave them to a Samoan cook 
boy to ptepare after civilized methods of cookery. The 
domestic tyrant was not prepared to venture on blunt 
refusal, but he professed to be much shocked at the 
order. When asked why it affected him that way, he 
whispered that. of course, he would obey orders, but 
he would have to do it when he could be sure that no 
other Samoan could discover what he was doing. Still 
further pressed for reasons for so much secrecy, he an- 
nounced that the “inanga’’ was, in his own way of put- 
ting it, extremely “tufanua’ or low caste, and not at all a 
fish for one to eat so highly placed as the family he had 
the honor to serve: It was a clever device, but it did not 
bear the investigation which followed, the question of 
foods proper to certain ranks being interesting if true. 
The frving of the fish showed why the cook shirked the 
task. They keep their vitality for a surprisingly long 
time, and when they are put into a hot pan it is a task 
of much attention to keep them there, for they hop about 
like so many winged creatures. It was solely to save 
himself this bother that the cook had invented a low 
rank for a fish that is really superior to any of the most 
famous whitebait, whether of England. New Zealand or 
Puget Sound. LLEWria Pierce GaurcHi., 


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An Enemy of Trout. 


Boston, Mass.—Editor Forest and Stream: Among 
the interesting incidents of our fisheultural work this year 
is the supposed discovery of a new enemy to trout iry. 
This is a fresh-water form (Gammarus fasciatus) resem- 
bling in general appearance and size that common species 
of marine crustacean found along otir sea beaches, and 

usually known as ‘‘sea flea” or “sand flea.” 

Last spring some trout fry were put into the waters 
controlled by the Water Commissioners of Newburyport, 
Mass. Not long thereafter the secretary of the Water 
Board, Mr. Harry S. Noyes, informed me that the 
fry had been attacked by a small animal, which destroyed 
a considetable number of the young fish. 

I immediately wrote for specimens, which were prompt- 
ly obtained, These were identified as Gammarus fasciatus: 
by the scientists of the U. S, Fish Commission, who, how- 

ever, were of the opinion that probably a mistake in 
obseryation had been made, since it was not thought G. 


THE GAMMARUS. 


fasciatus would attack living fish, though it was deemed 
quite probable it would promptly devour fish whlich had 
died from any cause, 

In order, therefore, to obtain fuller information on this 
interesting subject, I wrote to Mr. Noyes for details. 
- In his reply he makes the following statements: 

“The only information I can give you in regard to the 
Gammarus comes from the engineer at the works, who 
spent some time watching the trout. He reported that if 
the fish remained motionless in the water the insects. would 
attack them; the trout in most cases were able to dis- 
ledge them by rapid swimming, but not always. I think 
he saw them have three dead ones one day. 

“At the present time the trout are doing finlely, some 
heing over 3 inches long, and they seem to be eating the 
Gammarus, as they are not neat as numerous as they 
were. 

li the observations of fishculturists in other States, or 
future studies determine beyond question that trout fry 
are liable to be destroyed by G. fasciatus, and likewise 
that the latter is eagerly eaten by fingerling fish, then the 
advocates of artificially rearing trout to the size of finger- 
lings, before depositing them in brooks or ponsd to 
look out for themselves, will have additional reason for 
their belief. J. W. Cours. 


Bullheads. 


It may be of interest to your readers and at the same 
time chance to serve for the more careful protection of 
our angling waters to describe in your columns a cotiple 
of fish hogs whom I came face to face with while angling 
for bass at Prior Lake, Minn., last fall. 

One evening just as the sun was setting I left Me- 
Kennett’s place at the foot of the lake and started for a 
fayorite fishing spot some half-mile distant, and, reach- 
ing it after a pleasant paddle, landed my canoe and 
started casting off shore. -At twilight, when winding in 
my line preparatory to gathering a couple of bass I’d 
staked out close by me and starting on my homeward 
journey, the sounds of footsteps attracted my attention, 
and gazing behind, I spied two men, lugging a large sack, 
approaching me. Not being in a hurry, I thought I'd 
wait for them to come up, as the sack had aroused my 
suspicion and set me to wondering what was in it. When 
they came up I inquired, “What have you in the sack. 
partners? Made a big haul of something, I surmise.” 
“Bullheads!” they answered. “Reckon you think we've 
got our share of ‘em, eh?’ And sure enough the large 
sack contained an immense number of the fish mentioned, 
seemingly thousands of them. 

“What are you going to do with them?” I queried, 
after satisfying myself they were bullheads. 

“Take “em back to the house and feed ’em to the hogs,”’ 
they replied. Seeing my native State fish slaughtered 
in the manner mentioned was too much for me to bear 
to keep quiet, and I couldn’t refrain from lecturing them 
severely. My talk, I guess, put the idea into their heads 
that I was a game warden, and after some hot words had 
been exchanged among us, they picked up their sack and 
walked briskly away. 

1 hurriedly gathered the two bass, which I didn’t want 


darkness to prevent my finding, then started in pursuit + 


of the fish hogs, but when I came to look for them they 
were tio longer following the lake edge. They had dis- 
appeared in the woods and were gone. Where they 
came from or where they went to I was never able to 
learn afterward, but I knew they had made their haul 
from the water I was fishing, and it was my opinion 
they had made similar ones numerous times before. ‘It 
seems a pity some check can’t be put on such fellows. 
What will become of our fishes if they continue to be 
slatightered in numbers like the one described? 

It may be possible that a few persons, and probably 
a great number might say: “Well, what if those nasty, 
slimy bullheads were run out of existence? They're not 
good to eat or for anything else, save to prick one’s 
hands severely, that I can see.” But ask the old angler 


who has caught and eaten most every kind of fish what he ~ 


thinks of the bullhead as a table fish, and the greater odds 
are that he'll say: “Doubt if IT ever tasted a better 
fish. I’ve eaten all kinds, and bullheads, when properly 
cooked, seem as good as the next to me.” Although the 
bullhead is rarely, if ever, fished for by the expetienced 
angler, it is surprising what an exciting battle a fair sized 
fish of the bullhead family can afford. Some five years 
since, while fishing a little Western lake—Prairie Lake, 
Minn.—I saw a whopper bullhead landed, and the fight it 
put up did me much good fo see. 


_ ‘ FOREST AND STREAM. 


One morning when about to push my boat off shore for 
a long row to an island in the distance, an old farmet 
came up and begged me take him to a particular portion 
of the water, and wishing to grant his desire,. I 
gladly ushered him in for the ride. He had a tree branch 
for a rod, to which was attached a stout cord, on the 
water end ot which was a curved nail for a hook, and 
with that arrangement he was going off “Fer a mess fer 
breakfast,’ he told me. When nearing the farmet’s 
favored spot a large fish splattered noisily by the boat's 
side, then my friend said, anxiously, “Slow up, partner, 
and Dll try ter fetch ‘im.’ A moment after he had 
lowered a large hunk of meat over the boat side his rod 
was catried several inches under water and the wrestle 
that then followed was very excitable and laughable in- 
teed. After a long struggle the captive was flopped into 
the boat between us, and such a large and mean looking 
bullhead neither the farmer nor I had before seen. The 
farmer thought, according to his judgment, that it was a 
5-pounder, but I knew it would lack well 2 pounds, and 
probably more from the figure he stated to me. When 
we reached the shore a few moments later and I held the 
big fish up to attach to its death string, I couldn’t help 
but regret the fact that it hadn't started its fight against 
my slender rod and afforded my reel some music. instead 
of yielding its last attempt at struggling to the old far- 
mer’s seeming crowbar and clothes line. 

| S'HEE-ROO-KEE, 


St. Lawrence Fishing. 


Editor Forest and Stream; 

The majestic St. Lawrence River and its enchanting 
Thousand Islands are becoming more popular as a sum- 
mer resort year by year and ever gaining a warmer place 
in the hearts of the American people as time rolls on. ‘The 
grand old river which links the great fresh water seas on 
the northern border of our nation with the greater At- 
lantic, and along whose course rums the boundary line 
between two powerful countries, is in itself one of the most 
beautiful streams on the globe. For many miles after 
leaving Lake Ontario it moves with scarcely perceptible 
current, and it is not until the Thousand Islands have 
been left far behind and the city of Prescott has been 
passed that the hitherto sedate riyer exhibits a new 
phase of character and becomes boisterously active in the 
famous rapids known as the Gallops, Long Sault, Coteau, 
Cedar, Cascade and Lachine. Calmly and peacefully it 
flows on undisturbed for the most part, even by the violent 
storms which sometimes yisit the lake region, Safe in 
the inexhaustible reservoirs which nature has so gener- 


- ously provided to supply it, the St. Lawrence pursues the 


even tenor of its way with unchanged yolume in drought 
and deluge alike, unmindful of and unaffected by the 
catises which ordinarily occasion a diminution or in- 
crease of flow in other less dignified streams. The river 
varies in width irom one mile or less in some places to 


ten miles in others, and in depth from a few inches on the . 


shoals, marshes and sand beaches to over 100 feet in 
certain localities. Its waters are of such crystalline purity 
that the river bottom can be discerned in all places save 
where the depth is exceptionally great, and they are 
characterized by a soft azure tint sometimes merging into 
a delicate green, which lends a wonderful charm and 
beauty to the river. It is at the Thousand Island, how- 
ever, where the most abundant and striking evidences are 
found of the great and increasing popularity of the river 
aS a summer resort. The manner in which the island 
region has been developed during the past few years by 
people in quest of health. rest and recreation 
short of marvelous. A quarter of a century ago or even 


less the Thousand Islands were comparatively unknown, 


excepting as an excellent locality for fishing, and Jand 
could be had there at a nominal figure. 
ever, and especially within the past decade, palatial sum- 
mer hotels have sprung up on the islands and both the 
American and Canadian shores, magnificent summer fesi- 
dences, many of which cost fabulous sums, have been 
erected on the islands, and everywhere smaller and less 
pretentious, but nevertheless comfortable and cozy, cot- 
tages have been built in such numbers in several places 
as to create veritable villages. Naturally there has been 
a corresponding increase in real estate values, and this 
is fairly illustrated by the fact the Governor’s Island, near 
Clayton, which was once bought for $170, was sold a few 
years ago for $5,000, and it is not long since an offer 
of $10,000 was refused for an island near Alexandria 
Bay which had been bought for $100. The number of 
summer visitors at the islands is annually on the in- 
crease, and the past season was the best ever known, 
The Thousand Islands, so-called, although there are 
more than 1,500 of them, planted in the broad expanse of 
the St. Lawrence, form one of the most beautiful archi- 
pelagoes in the world, The islands proper begin at Cape 
Vincent and extend to Morristown and Brockville, about 
thrity-eight miles below, and vary in size from a small 
pile of rocks covered by a few small trees to others of 
large proportions, one of them Wellsley Island, containing 


neatly 10,000 acres of arable land. The scenery on and ~ 


among the islands is picturesque and charming, the air 
is pure, clear and invigorating, and the facilities for hoat- 
ing are unsurpassed. Joseph Octave Cremizie, the Cana- 
dian poet, in writing of the islands, said: 

“When Eve plucked death from the Tree of Life and 
brought tears and sorrow upon earth, Adam was driven 
out into the world to motirn with her, and taste from 
the bitter spring that we drink to-day. Then angels on 
their wings bore the silent Eden to the eternal spheres on 
high, and placed it in the heavens, but in passing through 
space they dropped along the way to mark their course 
some flowers from the Divine Garden. These flowers, of 
changing hues, falling into the great river, became the 
Thousand Isles—the paradise of the St. Lawrence. The 
Thousand Isles—magnificent necklace of diamond and 
sapphire that those of the ancient world would have pre- 
ferred to the bright gold of Ophir! 
ful crown that rests upon the ample brow of the St, 
Lawrence, on her throne of the vast lakes that display the 
tinted rainbow, and return the echoes of thundering 
Niagara! The Thousand Isles—charming wonder— 
oases on the sleeping waves—that which might be thought 
a flower basket borne by a lover's hand! In thy pic- 
turesque retreats I find naught but peace and happiness, 
and spend the tranquil days in singing the lays of a heart 


. that. 


is little 


Since then, how-_ 


Sublime and beauti-— 


[Oe 27, 1900, 


content! Not proud Andalusia—nor the banks of Cadiz, 
nor the kingdom ‘of the Moors sparkling-like rubies, 
nor the poetic scenes of Florence and Milan, nor Rome 
with its ancient splendors, nor Naples with its volcano, 
nor that charmed sea where Stamboul lifts its towers, 
nor the Vales of Sortow where the fierce Giaours dwell, 
nor India in its native wealth, where Para-Brahma 
shines, nor the seas of verdure that Kalidsa celebrate, nor 
all the treasures of Memphis, nor the rapids of the Nile, 
where we seek and admire Osiris—shall ever thy echoes 
repeat from the notes of this lyre which is tuned amid 
these charming scenes,” i 

Taking into consideration the entrancing beauty of the 
region with the many natural advantages it possesses and 
the fact that practically all the comforts and luxuries of 
modern civilization are obtainable there, it is not strange 
that it has become one of the most popular summer re- 
sorts on the American continent, This portion of the 
river also has many places of historic interest, and in- 
numetable legends and tales of romantic adventure are 
associated with its islands, hays aiid channels. In addi- ° 
tion to all its other attractions is an important feature 
which must not be overlooked, and that is the fishing. 
The river contains the muskallonge (Asox nobilor), the 
pike proper or St. Lawrence pickerel (Esox lucius), the 
black bass (Micropterus dolomiet) and several other 
varieties of less gamy fresh-water fish, including the wall- 


eyed pike, perch, rock bass, catfish, etc. 


The Thousand Island region was a favorite resort for 


. anglers long before it was ever thought of as a popular 


summer resort in the present acceptation of the term, In 
those early days the river teemed with game fish, and 
the labors of the angler were abundantly rewarded. Then 
came a period, however, when the greed for money 
proved disastrous to the finny tribe, atid net fishermen 
held unmolested sway over the waters, shipping their 
great catches to market, until at last there were few fish 
left for those who angled with rod and line. This state 
of affairs existed until 1883, when the organization known 
as the Anglers’ Association of the St. Lawrence River 


*was formed, its aim being the preservation, protection 


and perpetuation of game fishing in the river. Through 
the energy and activity of the members and their agents, 
net fishing was stopped within a few years, and since 
then the fishing has been constantly improving. The 
Anglers’ Association is now one of the most powerful 
organizations of its kind in the State, having in its ranks 
all of the wealthy men from different parts of the country 
who annually visit the islands, as well as many of the 
most prominent citizens of the river towns. The im- 
portance of the work which has been accomplished by the 
Anglers’ Association, and which it is still doing in the 
interests of the Thousand Island region, cannot be over- 
estimated. 

Some very large muskallonge are caught in the St 
Lawrence Riyer, specimens weighing 40 pounds or per- 
haps a little more being taken occasionally, while not a 
Season passes without-a number weighing from 20 to 30 
pounds being captured. It is a pretty good muskallonge, 
however, that tips the scales at 15 pounds. and from that 
point to 20 pounds, and such prizes are quite often 
brought in. The average weight of the St. Lawrence 
River pickerel or pike proper is somewhere from 3 to & 
pounds, and anything above the latter figure may be con- — 
sidered a good catch. These fish ate quite often captured, 
however, weighing as much as 15 pounds, and now and 
then one is taken which weighs a few pounds more than 
The black bass which are brought in average from 
I to 2 pounds in weight, and one that weighs 3 pounds is 
conceded to bé a fine specimen. Sometimes, however. 
they are caught weighing as mtich as 4 pounds or even 
a little more than that, and these are the fellows that 
the anglers like to talk about. 

Taken as a whole, the past season has been a remark 
ably good one for fishing on the St, Lawrence. June was 
a very fair month, and some nice fish were taken, but 
July was very windy, and the fishing was not so good, In 
August and September, however, the weather was beauti- 
ful and the fishing superb. It has also averaged pretty 
well during the present month, One experienced angler 
says that in the fifteen summers he has spent on the 
river he neyer before saw such splendid bass fishing as 
there has been this year. A record of the best catches 
made on the St. Lawrence during the past season makes 
this showing: 

On June 29, J. S. Cox, John Muller and R. C. Fisher, 


who were stopping in Clayton, captured 75 pounds of 


black bass in three hours’ fishing, The fish ranged in 
weight from 144 to 4 pounds. 

On July 6B, French, E. Lowe and John Lavoncher, of 
Alexandria Bay, caught forty-eight bass in the Lake of 
the Isles, which ranged from 114 to 4 pounds. 

S. R, Shear. Superintendent of Schools of White Plains. 
with Albert Marshall as guide or oarsman, had good 
sticcess, catching pickerel on July 13. Their catch in- 


cluded one weighing 12 pounds, one weighing 8 and three 


which tipped the scales at 6 pounds each. 

Artist Russell, who went out from Clayton fishing on 
July 9, caught a 3%-pound black bass. On or about the 
same date Wm. Bastern and Harry Hanson, of New York 
city, with Louis Minnoe as guide, landed a 12'4-pound 
pickerel and several smaller ones. 

Mrs. Nora Bender, of Utica, and Mrs. H. J. Kilbourn, 
of Grinnell Island, on July 13 captured seventy-two bass 
and perch, the Jargest bass weighing 334 pounds, 

At Fisher's Landing on July 27 a muskallonge weighing 
2144 pounds was caught by Melzer Prime. 

On Aug. 3 the Smith party, stopping at Clayton, with 
Geo. Lalonde, Sr., as oarsman, caught the limit of twenty- 
four black bass for the sixth consecutive day’s fishing. 
About this time Mrs. Smith caught a 744-pound muskal- 
longe with a light rod and single hook. 

Fred Dickinson captured a muskallonge weighing 18 
pounds at Fishers Landing on Aug. 4, 

On Aug: 8 Artist C. W. Russell, of Clayton. it is said, 
captured twenty-seven strawberry or calico bass, the 
smallest weighing over a pound. The catch was made in 
the upper bay. But few of this species of fish have been 
seen in these waters for several years. 

In Simcoe Bay early in August a party consisting of 
Messrs. King, Alexander, Coin and Vandergrief, with 
their guides, Riley Allen, Stephen Leyate and Chas. Gard- 
ner, in two or three days’ fishing took 240 pounds of 
black bass, some weighing as high as 4 pounds. The 
party went opt fram Clayton in a yacht. 


‘cially for bass. 


7 


Oct, 27, 1900.] 


Roy Shoemaker, of Alexandria Bay, on Aug. 14, caught 
seventeen black bass, the largest of which tipped the scales 
at 434 pounds. He also Janded six pickerel, one of which 
is said to have weihged 24% pounds. ; 

On Aug. 17 Oarsman Daniel Quinn, of Alexandria Bay, 
caught a 12-pound pickerel in the Lake of the Isles. _ 

About the middle of August a yachting party consisting 
of Louis Marx, Nathan Strauss, Isidore Strauss and A. 
Abrams, of New York city, guests at Alexandria Bay, 
and a few friends visited Watterson’s Point and enjoyed 
a barbecue near that place. During the day a to-pound 
picketel was captured. Abowt the same time Miss Ruby 
Fall, who was fishing in company with Capt. and Mrs. 
Kratzenberg, of Utica, near Wagoner’s Point, caught a 
g-pound pickerel, ; 

Late in August James Chalmers, of Bay Side, and M. 
Bowling, of Virginia, while fishing near Fisher's Land- 
ing, captured in half a day nineteen pickerel, the total 
weight of which was 54 pounds. On Aug. 29 the same 
anglers in the same locality took 454 perch, weighing in 
the aggregate 96 pounds. 

On Aug, 28 John Foley, of Clayton, and his brother, 
James Foley, of Ulinois, with Louis Marshall as guide, 
made a fine catch of fish, including a 14-pound muskal- 
longe. 

E W. Emery; of Boston, who spent the summer at the 
Hubbard House, Clayton, was out fishing sixty-two days 
prior to Sept. 1, and succeeded daily in catching the limit 
allowed by law for black bass, which is twenty-four. H.- 
G. Gould was his guide. 

John H. Dana, of Rocehster, while a guest at Alexan- 
dria Bay, early in September, caught a 12-pound pickerel 

Rey. W. H. Barton, of New York, who was the guest 
of Mr. and Mrs, C. H. Campbell, of Alexandria Bay, the 
fore part of September, went out fishing one day with 
the Martin party and captured two fine muskallonge, the 
larger weighing 17 pounds. Miss Martin landed one 
weighing 10 pounds, 

T. H. McCoy, of New York city. with Louis Minnoe 
as oarsman, went out fishing from Clayton one day dur- 
ing the latter part of September, and caught a pickerel 
weighing 1014 pounds, one weighing 934 pounds, one 
weighing 8 pounds and several smaller specimens, ranging 
irom 3 to 6 pounds. He also caught a number of black 
bass, including one that weighed 2% pounds. 

George H. Marsh, Harold D. Marsh and Roy Shoe- 
maker went out from Alexandria Bay the latter part of 
September and caught forty-seven fine bass, fourteen 
pickerel and six muskallonge. ; 

During the first week in October the Bergman party, 
who went oul from Clayton with Albert Marshall as 
guide, brought in a 25-pound muskallonge. Mrs. Mann, 
with Charles Seymour as guide, landed one that weighed 
15 pounds. 

On Oct. 4 Joseph Churco and Ed Mennoe, of Clayton, 
captured the largest muskallonge recorded as talren during 
the season. It weighed 43 pounds. 

On the same day Albert Marshall and Cahlres Seymour, 
ot Clayton, caught a muskallonge weighing 32 pounds. 

L. BE. Fry and E,, Denny, who went out from Clayton 
early in October, captured twenty-three fine pickerel. 

A gentleman from New York, accompanied by Oarsman 
McDonnell, of Cape Vincent, while trolling in Button 
Bay, landed a muskallonge weighing 27 pounds. 

William Howarth, druggist, of Utica, spent the past 
season, as is his annual custom, at his summer residence 
on Carlton Island, St. Lawrence River. 
his wife, they remained there from June 16 to Sept. 20, 
and during that period had some splendid fishing, espe- 
Ot course, there were many days on 
which they did not go out to fish, but they went often, 
and almost invariably met with excellent success. In 
fact, they seemed to have the knack of catching bass when 
other anglers in their immediate vicinity failed. At times 
during the season they had guests visiting them. and 
the new comers, under the guidance of their host and 
hostess, also made big catches. A record kept at the 
cottage of the number of fish caught by members of the 
Howarth party during the season shows these totals: 
Black bass, 574; perch, 726; pickerel, 95; muskallonge, 1; 
making in the aggregate, 1,396 fish taken. Certainly this 
is a great record in view of the fact that the fish were all 
captured with rod and line, and all were up to the full 
size prescribed by law. No bass less than ro inches in 
length or weighing less than half a pound were kept, as a 
matter of course, and they ranged from 8 of 10 ounces 
up to 4% pounds. The perch averaged from 14 to 1 
pound, and ran from that to 2 pounds. They were very 
plentiful and of good size. The pickerel taken did not 
run very large The largest one, which weighed 1214 
pounds, was caught on Sept..6. The muskallonge was 
captured on Sept. 12 and weighed 16 pounds. The bass 
fishing was particularly good during August and Septem- 
ber. On Aug. 7 Mr. and Mrs. Howarth took twelve bass 
Weighing in the aggregate 24 pounds. 

On Aug. 10 Mr. and Mrs. Howarth, accompanied by 
A. C. Salisbury and Dr. J, G. Kilbourne, of Utica, who 
were their gtiests, went out in two boats and caught 
twenty-eight black bass in the forenoon and fifteen in the 
afternoon. Seven of the bass then taken weighed 32 
pounds, an average of 4% pounds. 

On Aug, 24 Mr. and Mrs. Howarth landed nine bass 
which averaged in weight 3'4 pounds apiece, 

On Sept. 2 Mr. and Mrs. Howarth and their guests, 
Theodore M. Glatt and John Carberry, of Utiea, caught 
ten black bass, which weighed 29% pounds, and two 
fickerel, one weighing 7 and the other 9 pounds. This 
was all done in the forenoon. ~* 

The black bass fishing in Lake Ontario at and near 
Cape Vincent has been better than has ever before been 
known. Some of the oarsmen there who go out with 
fishermen and are fortunate enough to have patrons who 
angle solely for pleasure, are allowed to sell the fish they 
catch. They ate readily disposed of at the fish house at 
Cape Vincent, and black bass bring 8 cents a pound, 
The tevenue of the guides is thus often largely increased. 
One oarsmani who accompanied a New Yorker from June 
75 to Sept. r made a good thing out of the sale of fish, 
as they caught nearly half a ton of bass during that 
period. Another guide, who was in the employ of a 
sportsman during the season, did even better than that. 
for their aggregate catch amotinted to one and one- 
quarter tons of bass, and the fish were sold at 8 cents a 
pound, the former receiving the proceeds. 

Trolling with spoons is commonly conceded to’ be the 


In company with . 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


! 


most effectual method of capturing the muskallonge, and - 


those of gold, silver, brass and copper are used accord- 
ing to the weather conditions. When the sun shines 
brightly a copper spoon is considered the proper thing. 
When there are occasional clouds a gold or brass one 1s 
used, and in case it is a dark, lowering day the silver 
spoon is fayored. Many of the most popular spoons are 
constructed of two metals, showing one on the face and 
another on the reverse, while some show the metal only 
on the face, and are painted red inside. Large hooks made 
of coarse wite with three or four barbs, one placed an 
inch under the others, and the whole heavily dressed with 
quill feathers, are tecommended for muskallonge fish- 
ing. Stiff trolling poles, cable laid linen trolling lines, 
strong silver gimp leaders with a swivel at either end, 
and good, reliable reels, are also among the desirable 
articles in an outht. Trolling spoons and minnows are 
used for pickerel fishing, and for black bass and perch, 
minnows and crabs form tempting bait. : 
W. E. Wotcort. 
Unica, N, Y., Oct. 19. 


Mice for Bass Bait. 


Princess Bay, N. Y., Oct. 18—Editor Forest and 
Stream: I saw a question to-day in Forrest AND STREAM, 
put by “Seldom,” of Providence, R. I. It is “Who ever 
heard of house mice for bait for bass?” 


T can inform “Seldom” that I tried them for bait over ° 


thirty vears ago and seldom failed to catch a bass as long 
as the bait held out. How I found out that mice would 
be a good thine for bass was thus: On the old farm, 
in Hampshire county, Mass., we had in the barn- 
yatd a large hogshead with one-third sawed off; and set 
in the ground about 18 inches, and from a nice cool 
spring on the side of the mountain we led the water to 
this. We boys always had fish in it, sometimes bullheads, 
perch and pumpkin seeds, etc. One day I caught a 
fine black bass out of the Connecticut River, and I 
thought I would take him out to the barn and put him in 
the ‘watering tub,” as we called it. We used to feed him 
worms, liver, etc., until one day we boys found a nest of 
young mice in the barn with their eyes just opened; so 
T stippose more out of deviltry than anything else we took 
them out to the “tub” to see if they could swim, They 
ceuld nicely, but alter the first one was about in the 
middle of that artificial lake the bass had him. Then we 
put in another, and it met the same fate, and so on until 
the bass had eaten five small mice. The fish would prob- 
ably weigh about 134 pounds. 

After that when T found a nest of mice I would always 
manage to bring home a good string of bass; but I 
never advertised it around amongst the other boys of 
the neighborhood. This is only my experience: perhaps 
others used the same lure 100 years ago. But of all the 
young mice I found [I used to give the pet bass in the 
barnyard watering tub, one or two out of every litter. 
We kept him (TI say him) five or six years. Those were 
happy days. ek 


100 Sportsmen’s Finds. 


Some of the Queer Discoveries Made by Those Who Ate 
Looking for Game or Fish. 


23 


J. A. Spaulding and party, of St. Louis, while out hunt- 
ing in the swamtps near Madison, Wis., discovered a 
female hermit who lives in a hollow tree in the center 
of the swamp, She appeared to be about thirty-five 
years old, and to be insane. She fled from the hunters, 
who were unable to overtake her. 


24 


George Johnson, who lives four miles south of Hise- 
ville, Ky., went coon hunting, and the dogs chased a 
coon up a large poplar. After daylight Mr. Johnson 
cut the tree, and, after killing the coon, returned to the 
stump to get his axe. In the hollow of the stump he 
iound a stone jar which contained $3,700 in gold coin 
and two gold watches. These were undoubtedly placed 
there by the famous guerrilla, Bill McGruder. One of 
the watches is marked “J. B. L.” and has heen identified 
by J. B, sLessenberry, of Glasgow, as his. Mr. Lessen- 
berry was relieved of this watch in the spring of 1862 
by Bill McGruder and his gang, who botind Mr. Lessen- 
berry behind the counter in a barroom in Glasgow, and 
alter helping themselves to all the whiskey they wanted, 


went through the cash drawer and took the watch. A 


few days later they were met by Col. Frank Wolfered, 
who killed several of them and chased the others to the 
mountains of East Tennessee. 


25 


The Phenix (Ariz. Ter.) Gazette relates that “Parties 
out deer hunting ran across an old ruin on the top of the 
highest mountain nine miles north of Pheenix. It is 
of stone, and some-of the walls are still standing ten 
feet high. The old building, or buildings, covered an 
area of about two acres of land. The large stones around 
the place are coyered with hieroglyphics.” 


26 


_ A curious Jaw suit is exercising the minds of the 
judicial authorities of a French provincial town. Some. 
{ime ago two sportsmen went scouring the country 
round with guns, dogs and ferrets, when suddenly they 
saw a rabbit bound out of a hole, and with it, wondertul 
to relate, a coin of the sixteenth century. The sportsmen 
picked up the piece of money, and being unable to ascer- 
tain its age of origin, took it to the local curé and 
mayor. Being by this time enlightened as to its value. 
they returned the-next day to the spot, and after stoping 
about, hit upon a number of other coins, accumulating 
a collection of about too specimens, almost all of Italian 
workmanship, and hearing effigies, among others. of 
Francis de Medici, Duke of Etruria, 158s; of Ferdinand de 
Medici, as well as of Philip the Second of Spain 

Henry IV., and other high and mighty potentates—both 
native and foreign. The owner of the ground has taken 
action against the two sportsmen for the recovery of the 
collection. A 


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Ghe Fennel, 


Fixtures, 


FIELD TRIALS, 


Oct 30.—Senecaville, O,—Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association’s sixth annual field trials, A, C. Peterson, 
Sec’y, Homestead, Pa. : 

Nov, 7.—Hampton, Conn,—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
trials. J, E. Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 

Nov. 7.—Jamesport, L. I., N. Y.—First annual field trials of the 
Pointer Club of America. R. E, Westlake, Sec’y. 

Noy. 7-8.—Lake View, Mich.—Third annual field trials of the 


aodiean Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 


ich, - 
Nov. 12.—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
paeecu Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 


n 

Noy, 13.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B.' Wells, Hon. Sec’y. 

Nov. 13.—Harrisville, Pa.—Central Beagle Club’s annual field 
trials, A. C, Paterson, Sec’y. 

No. 15-16.—Riley, Ind.—Second annual field trials of the Riley 
Wield Trials Association. J. L. Graham, Sec’y. 

Noy. 16.—Newton, N. C.—Eastern Field Trials Club’s twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. oy. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn, 

Novy. 20.—Robinson, Ill.—Illinois Field Trials Association’s sec- 
ond annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, Tl. 

ov. 20.—Ruthven, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec’y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. [ 

Nov. 27.—Glasgow, Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. EF. W. Samuel, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. 

Nov, 30.—Newton, N. C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Dec. Derby. Theo. 
Sturges. Sec’y. Greenfield Elill, Conn- 

Dec. 10.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 


Iield Trials Association, IL. S, Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. 
1901. 


Jan, 14.—Greenyille, Ala,—Fifth annual field trials of the Alabama 
Wield Trials Club. John B,. Rosenstihl, Sec’y. 

Jan. 21.—Benton County, Miss.—Tenth anntal field trials of the 
United States Field Trials Club. W. B. Stafford, Sec’y, Trenton, 


Tenn, 
BENCH SHOWS, 


Noy. 18417.—Vicksburg, Miss.—First annual bench show of the 
West Mississippi Agricultural, Mechanical and Live Stock Ex- 
position. John Dewhurst, Supt. 

Noy. 28-30.—Philadelphia, Pa.—Second annual bench show of the 
Philadelphia Dog Show Association. M. A. Viti, Sec’y. 

Dec, 6-40.—Cincinnati, O.—Annual bench show of the Cincinnati 
Fox Terrier Club. J. C, Trohliger, Sec’y. 


1901. 


Feb. 26-March 1.—Cleveland, O.—Cleveland Kennel Club’s annual 
bench show, C . Munhall, Sec’y. 

March 6-9.—Pittsburge, Pa.—Duquesne Club's 
bench show. IF’. S. Stedman, Sec’y, 


Kennel annual 


‘Training the Hunting Dog. 


By B, Waters, Author of “Fetch and Carty: A Treatise 
on Reitieving.” 


VII.—*Heel,” 


“HEEL” is the order commonly used to denote that 
the dog is to follow behind the shooter. There are 
constantly recurring occasions for its use, such as to 
keep the dog from aimlessly and annoyingly running 
about; to save him from expending his strength in work- 
ing out unfavorable or barren ground; to prevent him 
from intrusive visitations to yards and houses while 
passing them, and to keep him generally in place when 
the shooter desires that he stop hunting, 

Special pains should be taken to teach perfect obedi- 
ence to this order, as it is essential to the best control 
of the dog at all times, and is particularly useful when 
two or more dogs are to be handled afield together. 
_The proper obedience to this command is not estab- 
lished till the dog will come promptly to heel when 
ordered, and there remain reliably and quietly till he 
receives the order or signal to go on, and all this whether 
the eye of the trainer is on him or not. Restraining the 
dog at heel betimes serves also to rest him without any 
lessening of the day’s sport. It also serves as a pro- 
tection to him from the attacks of vicious curs, and 
from frittering away his time in visiting idle curs of 
social proclivities. 

Simple as is the act required in response to this order, 
and notwithstanding the ease with which it can be taught, 
fewdogs are trained to obey it with even a reasonable de- 
gree oi observance. Cotmmonly as taught the dog comes 
dawdling in with contemptuous castings to the right and 
left, nosing about meanwhile, and, when he at last is at 
heel, if the trainer takes his eyes off him for a moiment, 
he casts back to the rear, begins hunting in the wake 
of his trainer, paying visits to vagtant curs, or pottering 
about in search of bones and garbage. A good thrashing 
is a great benefit to the offender in such instances. 

The first lessons in teaching this command may he 
given in the yard, or when taking him for a run in the 
fields. Then it is better to lead him with a cord which 
is held in one hand while the other hand holds a whip. 

At first he will go anywhere rather than behind his 
trainer, and may exhibit more or less obstinacy and 
resistance if his inclinaticn is opposed. When walking 
along, the command “heel” is given, at the same time 
jerking him toward the rear with the cord. If he, after 
being forced to the rear, attempts to go ahead of his 
trainer, he should be whipped back to place, the trainer 
being careful to so hit him that he will endeavor to cet 
behind for safety. Then the trainer calmly resumes ie 
walk. and any further attempts to lag behind or to forge 
ahead are to be thwarted as at first. 

If he is resolutely obstinate and resistant, a spike 
collar should be put on him. Then if he charges ahead 
or sags in the collar in a refusal to go at all, or if he 
struggles to escape, a pull on the cord will correct him 
and bring him into place at once. If he is persistent in 
charging ahead, a sharp cut or, two with the whip will 
make him retreat to his place in the rear. 

At every correction the command should be repeated 
so that he will learn to assoctate it with the act of taking 
his place at the heels of the trainer, and this should he 
persisted in till he will walk steadily at heel. However 
no more punishment should be inflicted than is really 
needed to enforce the command. The regular repetition 
of the lessons and fidelity in enforcing obedience to 
details should be relied upon to teach steadiness rather 
than violence, long Jessons and hurry. 

That is the first stage. When the cord and collar are 
removed, he may immediately attempt to exercise his 


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own pleasure. He must then be taught that no liberties 
will be tolerated, whether the cord restrains him or not. 
The trainer should keep a close eye on him, and if he 
dawdles behind, or attempts to break away to the rear, he 
should be forced to return to his proper place, and be 
punished according to his needs. Nothing short of im- 
plicit obedience to orders should be accepted. Ii, trom 
the beginning, he feels that the eye of the trainer is upon 
him, he will soon cease to take liberties which violates 
orders. 

On the other hand. he should not be kept so con- 
tinuously at heel that he becomes habituated to it, or 
acquires a liking for it. If he is of a lazy disposition, or 
easily wearied, he quickly learns the greater comfort at 
his master’s heels than that to be found elsewhere. 

After a time the discipline will be firmly inculcated 
and habitual. Then, whether the trainer is afoot, horse- 
back or in a wagon, the dog will reliably and cheerifully 
follow at heel when ordered to do so. 

The advantage of obedience to the command is spe- 
cially useful when two dogs are used at the same time 
afield. The ability to keep one dog at heel in a trained 
way while the other is working is a material advantage 
in many ways; it affords an opportunity tw rest one dog 
while the other is at work; it is a means of quietly re- 
straining one dog when interference is undesirable, as in 
roading, drawing, pointing, etc.; and it has a general 
moral effect by keeping the dog in proper restraint when 
he is not‘engaged in the work at hand. 

When a dog is to be worked in company with other 
dogs, it is well to teach him to go on from heel by merely 
speaking his name. Thus, if the two dogs A and B are 
at heel, and the trainer wishes the former to begin work, 
he utters the name of A, looking him in the eye at the 
same time. If B starts also, which he is quite likely to 
do at first, he must instantly be brought back to heel 
and kept there till the trainer orders him out. In time 
each dog will learn that when he hears his name uttered 
when at heel, it is the same as the order “Go on.” 

“When the order is thoroughly inculcated, the trainer 
can take his dogs along following at heel, and send out 
with perfect ease any dog that he wishes to send. 


Boyichy Setter Club,” 


Tue following circular letter, from Mr. W. S. Bell, 
explains itself: ; 
Pittsburg Pa., Oct. 19—To the Members of the English 
Setter Club: 
temporary chairman have made their report, 


- Tayler, Rutherford, N. J., 


The committees appointed by me as 


I FOREST AND STREAM. 


TATTAA—SAIL PLAN. 


The Committee on Nomination have formulated a 
ticket and sent it out which has been voted with the fol- 
lowing results: For President, H. R. Edwards, Cleve- 
land, O.; for First Vice-President, John E. DeRuyter, 


San Francisco, Cal.; for Second Vice-President, E. A. 


Burdette, Radnor, Pa.; for Third Vice-President, Norvin 
T. Harris, Louisville, Ky.; for Fourth Vice-President, 
J. A. Graham, St: Louis, Mo.; for Fifth Vice-President, 
Hobart Ames, Boston, Mass.; for Secretary. Major J. M- 
who are now declared to be 
duly elected for one year. 

The reports of the other committees I have turned over 
to your permanent organization with the assurance .that 
an eens that I may be able to give will be rendered 
cladly. 


Eastern Field Trials Club All-Age 
Entries. ) 


Newton, N. C., Oct. 18—lHerewith is a list of the all- 
age entries for the All-Age Stake. 

We have ten subscriptions for our Subscription Stake: 

Prime Minister—Avent & Duryea’s b., w. and t. setter 
dog (Count Gladstone 1V.—Hester Prynne). 

Roysterer—Avent & Duryea’s b., w. and t. setter dog 
(Count Gladstone I[V.—Hester Prynne). 

Count Gladstone V.—Avent & Duryea’s b., w. and t. 
setter dog (Count Gladstone IV.—Capuchin). 

Tony Man—Avent & Duryea’s b., w. and t. setter dog 
(Tony Boy—May Blue). 

Sioux—Avent & Duryea’s b., w. and t. setter bitch 
(Count Gladstone 1V.—Hester Prynne). 

Clip Windem—Avent & Duryea’s b. and w. setter bitch 
(Tony Boy—R. Windem). 

Mortimer—Robert Kelly’s b. and w. setter dog (Eugene 
T.—Matude). ., 

Count Hunter—Dr. C. I: Shoop’s b., w. and t. setter 
dog (Count Gladstone [V.—Hunter’s Queen). 

Minnie’s Girl—George Crocker’s 0. and w. setter bitch 
(Antonio—Minnie T.). 

Bob Acres—George Crocker’s 0. and w. setter dog 
(Tony: Gale—Minnie T.) 

Gilt “Edge—George Crocker’s o. and w. setter dog 
(Count Gladstone [V.—Lillian Russell). 

Lady’s Count—J. D. Low’s b., w. and t. setter dog 
(Count Gladstone ITV.—Dan’s Lady). 

Brighton Bob IJ.—James Thomson’s b., w. and t, setter 
dog (Brighton Dick—Miss Fortune). 


[Ocr. 27, 1900. 


Peg’s Girl—E. L. Jamison’s b., w. and t. setter bitch 
(Rodfield—Lady Webster). 

Senator P.—J. W. Flynn’s o. and w. pointer dog 
(Captain B.—Queen P.). . 

Daughter Gladstone—W. T. Hunter’s b., w. and t. setter 
bitch (Lady’s Count Gladstone—Daughter Noble). 

Earl Jingo—E. M. Beale’s 1. and w. pointer dog (Jingo 
—Pearl’s Dot). 

Zephyr II.—J. S. Crane’s b. and w. pointer bitch (Rip 
Rap—Jingo’s Joy). 

Dot’s Daisy—J. S. Crane’s 1. and w. pointer bitch 
(Jingo—Dot’'s Pearl). 

‘Rap’s Ranger—J. J. Rooney’s 1. and w. pointer dog 
(Rip Rap—Eldred Polly). 

Max Gladstone—Leon S. Seay’s b., w. and t. setter 
dog (Greenway—Buena Vista). 

Fairland Count—J. M. Watson’s b., w. and t. setter 
dog (Count Gladstone IV.—Rod’s Petrel). 

aes Son—R. J. Raney’s b. and w. setter dog (—— 
Jack—P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t. setter dog (Eugene 
T.—Maud). ; 

Why Not—P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t. setter dog 
(Eugene T.—Miss Ruby). 

Geneva—P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t. setter bitch, 
(Tony Boy—Lena Belle). 

Sport’s Boy—C. B. Cook’s |. and w. setter dog (Marie’s 
Sport—Isabella Maid). 

“Sport’s Gath—G. G. Williamson’s b., w. and t., setter 
dog (Marie’s Sport—Mark Fleet). 

Sport McAllester—D. E. Rose’s (agt.) b., w. and t. 
setter dog (Tony Boy—Blue Belle). 

Oakley Hill—D. E. Rose’s (agt.) b., w. and t. setter 
dog (Rodfield— ——). 

-Tramp—J. E. Reyburn’s |. and w. pointer dog (Prince 
Boras—Derby ). " 

Ponce—L. W. White’s (agt.) 0. and w. pointer dog 


'S. C. Bravrev, Sec’y-Treas. E. F. T. C. 


Chanipion Field Trial Association. 


TRENTON, Tenn.—The annual trial of the Champion 
Field Trial Association will be held the week following 
the United States Field Trials in January next, 01 the 
grounds of the latter club in Benton county, Miss. None 
but field trial winners are eligible to compete in this trial. 
The trophy this year, aside from a sweepstake of entry 
fees, will be an elegant silver cup, donated by Mr. Edward 


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FOREST AND STREAM. — 


Och, 27, 1900.) , | 


‘NILUVN “M ‘Hd AG “OSH ‘GOOMMOOT “€ ‘D0 AOA LTIING GNV GANDISAAG—OOLILVL 


Dexter, of Bdaston. Wiitiets of All-Age stakes in the 
vatiotts State organizations can in this ttial have an 
opportunity to compete among themselves for the highest 
field trial honors of the year. 


tes to this stake do not close till Jan. 1, toot. 
ears W. B. Srarrorp, Sec’y. 


Machting. 


Tattoo. 

ustrated has proved herself quite 
f Lake Erie between Sandusky, 
her home port, and Ballast and Put-in-Bay islands, the 


rendezyous of the Interlake Y. R. A., and at the same 
time she is in model and construction an excellent cruiser. 


Tue little yacht here ill 
fast in the open waters O 


TATTOO, 


She was designed and built fer Mr. C. B. Lockwood, of 
Sandusky, by F. W. Martin, of Waukegan, Ill. Her 
dimensions are: 


Length— 

Over all “ane ora tee sf oe terns gait. 6in, 

IB Niles! bik a Sek ae ein ra olse erred y Caan Oak Sit. 3in. 
Overhang— 

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Wortamiter ye eimeee Rene eit ioe iar eee ene i oft. TON. 
Breadth— 

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TERN AUISEN ar new ghee. cit tenia enn Sit. 4in. 
Freeboard— 

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(otinternee es ab tolt use eb os bh geek lcatet rants aft. 4in. 
Dratt— 

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Mearim cal" fe or ere ee ee Cee. PRR ee t HhN A47O sq. ft. 
PFE At, SO Ae ey ek te | SP Dee cr ween 170 sq. ft. 

AG Ra Dee orn PEON LOE Oe AED ge et A 640 sq. ft. 

Measurement, Seawanhaka rule............. 22ht 
Mast— 

Iehyfovnel iveton oe IONE, 5 ob) Beaten e git. 6in, 

DECAtOmtbicke Qenee anne as wide loldiolttohy 28it. 
BOGE Sete Gee cits et ee ony Rc serine 2sit. 
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The breadth and iron keel and centerboard give ample 
stability for the big sail plan, and the long ends leave 
very little said outboard. The centerboard is entirely be- 


‘low the floor, so that the full space in the cabin is ayail- 


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able. Though the head room is limited, only 4ft., there is 
ample space for wide berths, lockers, etc. The hull is 
fitted with a very complete system of air tanks, making 
the boat safe in case of an accident. The interior is 
very conveniently arranged for ertiising. with ice box, 
pantry, etc. With her moderate draft, staunch body and 
good accommodations, the boat is suitable for many 
waters. ja ak, | ee 


William E. Robinson. 


On Saturday, Oct. 13, William E. Robinson, yachting 
editor of the Boston Globe, died suddenly of heart fail- 
ure, at his home in Somerville, a suburb’ of Boston. On 
Friday Mr. Robinson prepared his copy for the Sunday 
Globe and returned to his home at night, complaining 
of not feeling well, and he remained in bed most of Sat- 
urday, though with no serious symptoms. Early on 
Sunday morning he was found dead in bed. 

Mr. Robinson was born in Somerville on March 5, 
1859, and graduated from the local schools in 1876, en- 
tering a dry goods house in Boston, but leaving it after 
a year to read law. Becoming acquainted with news- 
paper men in his new position, he finally abandoned the 
study of the law and became the local representative of 
the Globe in Somerville and Charlestown in 1881, and 


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Boston Journal. He proved to be a gdod reportet, and 
in the years following did both yachting arid general re- 
‘porting about Boston and through New England fot the 
Journal. In 1891 he returned to the Globe, taking the 
position, as yachting editor, vacated by the late George 
A. Stewart, and since this time he has become well 
known personally and through -his writings. In his 
personality he was genial, pleasant and companionable, 
an agreeable acquaintance and a good friend. In his 
work he was well informed technically, being a practical 
yachtsman, and he was an able, careful and conscientious 
writer. Though his early training was that of a general 
reporter, and not of an expert in yachting, he was a hard 
student, and spared no pains to perfect himself in the 
extent necessary to the intelligent discussion of matters 
of design and construction; and though not a designer 
he did the best work of the kind in the descriptions of the 
models and construction of yachts. As a reporter of 
yacht races he was a careful observer and ready writer. 
In spite of the strong temptation to exaggeration and 
falsification engendered by modern competition in the 
daily press, he wrote only what he believed to be true, 
and kis work was eminently reliable. He was well 
known to all Eastern yachtsmen, being a member of the 
Hull Massachusetts Y. C., and also-to those of New 
York and other localities where his work called him. 
With the late George A. Stewart he belonged to a later 
generation of yachting writers than Capt. Coffin and 
Capt. McKay, but in the comparatively short lives of 
each of these younger men they have done work which 
will stand beside that of the two old sailors who were 
so closely identified with yachting journalism in America, 
Mr. Robinson leaves a widow and two children, 


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Society of Naval Architects and Marine 
Engineers. 


THE eighth general meeting of the Society of Naval 
Architects and Marine Engineers will take place in New 
York city, at 10 A. M., Thursday, Nov. 15. Through 
the courtesy of the president and managers of the Amer- 
ican Society of Mechanical Engineers, the meetings will 
be held in the auditorium of No. 12 West Thirty-first 
street, the sessions continuing through Thursday and 
Friday, Nov. 15 and 16. 

There will be a banquet at Delmonico’s at 7 P. M. 
Friday. Noy. 16. to which members and their guests are 
cordially invited. Tickets, exclusive of wine, will be 
$5 each; and they can be obtained at the society’s office 
on Nov. 14, 15 and 16. 

Notice is given that in general seats will not be re- 
served and tickets must be presented. It is requested that 
members obtain tickets as early as practicable. 

Members intending to propose candidates for member- 
ship can secure a blank form of application by addressing 
the secretary. The application should be returned to the 
secretary on or before Noy. 13. 

The Council will meet ‘at No. 12 West Thirty-first 
street, New York, on Wednesday, Noy. 14, at 3 P. M. 

A list of the papers to be read at this meeting follows: 


Thursday, Nov. 15. 


1. Capacity Test of a Unique Form of Air Pump. By 
F. Meriam Wheeler, Esq., member. 

2. Interchangeability of Units for Marine Work. By 
W. D. Forbes, Esq., member, 

3. The United States Experimental Model Basin. 
Nayal Constructor D, W. Taylor, U. S. N., member, 

4. The Composition and Classification of Paints and 
Varnishes. By Prof. A. H. Sabin. 

5. Tests of the Electric -Plants of the Battleships 
Kearsarge and Kentucky. By Naval Constructor J. de 
Woodward, U. S. N., member. 

6. Coaling of the U. S. S. Massachusetts at Sea. By 
Spencer Miller, Esq., associate. y 


Friday, Nov. 16. 


7. Notes on Recent Improvements in Foreign Ship- 
building Plants. By Assistant Naval Constructor H. G. 
Gillmor, U. S. N., member, 

8. Can the American Shipbuilder Under Present Con- 

ditions Compete with the British and German Ship- 
builders in the Production of the Largest Class of Ocean 
Passenger and Freight Steamships? By George W. Dickie, 
Esq., member of Council. 

g. Classification Rules, 
member. 

10. Recent Designs of Battleships and Cruisers for the 
U. S. Navy. By Chief Constructor Philip Hichborn, 
U. S. N., vice-presdient. 

11. A Comparison of the Contract Prices of Our Naval 
Vessels. By Harrison S. Taft, Esq., associate, 
12, Launch of a Cruiser and a Battleship. 

Dickie, Esq., member. 

13. The Safety of Torpedo Boats at Sea and in Action 
Under Various Conditions. By Naval Constructor Lloyd 
Bankson, U. S. N., member. . 
_ By direction of the Executive Committee. 

Francis T. Bowres, Sec’y-Treas. 


The America Cup. 


As announced last week, a special meeting of the New 
York Y. C. was held on Oct. 17 to consider the challenge 
of the Royal Ulster Y. C. on behalf of Sir Thomas J. 
Lipton. Com. Ledyard presided, and a large number of 
meinbers were present. The challenge was read by Sec’y 
Oddie, as follows: 


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By Theodore Lucas, Esq., 


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Rovat Utster Y. C.. Mountpottinger Road, Belfast. 
Oct, 2.—J. V. S. Oddie, Esq., Secretary New York Y. C., 
New York: Dear Sir—I am requested by Sir Thomas J. 
Lipton to forward you this challenge for the America Cup, 
subject, as to starts and courses and other details. to the 
same conditions as upon the occasion of last race, which 

_were found so satisfactory. 
The first race to be sailed on Tuesday, Aug. 20 TQOT. 
The second race to be sailed on Thursday, Aug. 22, 


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The third race to be sailed on Saturday, Aug. 24, 1901. 


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Further races, if any, to be sailed upon the same days 
in the following weeks. 

I, therefore, on behalf of the Royal Ulster Y. C., and 
in the name of Sir Thomas J. Lipton. Rear-Commodore 
of the club, challenge to sail a series of matches with the 
yacht Shamrock II. against any one yacht or vessel con- 
structed in the United States of America for the America 
Cup. : 

The following are the particulars of the challenging 
vessel, viz.: 
yacht, Shamrock II.; length of load waterline, 80.5ft.; 
rig, cutter, 

The Custom House measurement will follow as soon as 
the vessel can be measured for registration. 

I shall be much obliged if you will cable the receipt of 
this challenge. — Huc# C. Kerry, 
= , Hon. Sec’y Royal Ulster Y. C. 
— 


The following correspondence was also read: 


S. Y. Erty, Oct. 2—Dear Mr. Oddie: I have much 
pleasure in inclosing you challenge for a series of races 
for the America Cun, to take place next year, 

You will see that I ask for no change in the conditions, 


Owner, Sir Thomas J. Lipton; name of. 


as I was perfectly satisfied with all the arrangements 
made on the last occasion and in respect of which the 
New York Y. C. was so deservedly congratulated. 

I sincerely trust that last year’s successful arrangements 
may be repeated, with the sole exception that I hope the 
name of the boat that lifts the Cup may this time be 
Shamrock II, 

With kind regards, I am, yours faithfully, 

THomas J. Lipron, 

J. V.S. Oddie, Esq., Sec’y New York Y. C., New York. 


Sec’y Oddie also read a copy of the letter which he 
had sent acknowledging the receipt of the letter, which 
was as follows: 


SECRETARY'S OrFice. New York Y. C., 67 Madison 
Avenue, Oct. 13.—Dear Sir: I have the honor to ac- 
knowledge the reecipt of your cordial communication of 
the 2d inst., together with a challenge for the America 
Cup on your behalf, from the Royal Ulster Y. C. 

The challenge ‘will be considered and acted.upon at a 
special meeting of the club, to be held on Wednesday 
next, the 17th inst. 

I sincerely hope with you that the successful arrange- 
ments of last year may he repeated, but, of course, not. 


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that the cup will be lifted by even so fair and honored a_ 


sportsman as yourself. I am, my dear sir, yours sincerely, 
J. V. S. Opore, Sec’y. 


Sit Thomas J. Lipton. 


The secretary also stated that he had wfitten to Hugh 
C. Kelly confirming the cablegram he sent on Oct. 12 
and stating that the challenge would be considered at a 
special meeting of the club to be held on the r7th. 

On motion of ex-Com. E. M. Brown, seconded by 
Major C. F. Ulrich, Com. Ledyard was empowered to 
appoint a special committee with power to accept the 
challenge and arrange all terms of the match. After the 
meeting the following committee was appointed: Com. 
L. Cass Ledyard, Vice-Com. August Belmont, Rear-Com, 
C. L. F. Robinson, Sec’y J. V. S. Oddie, Chairman of 
the Regatta Committee S. Nicholson Kane. and these ex- 
commodores of the club: J. Pierpont Morgan, E, D. 
Morgan and E. M. Brown and C, Oliver Iselin. _ 

All these gentlemen being present, the committee at 
once held its first meeting, accepting the challenge, and 
the following cablegram was sent: 


Hugh. C. Kelly, Secretary Royal Ulster Y. C., Belfast: 
Meeting committee held. Your challenge accepted, Con- 
ditions same as they stood at close of last year’s races, in- 
cluding private agreement as to aceidents and except as 
modified as to days of races by your challenge and ex- 
tend limit of time to start to 2 P, M., suitable to change 
of month. Is this satisfactory? OpviE, Sec’y. 


The match will consist of a series of three ont of five 
races, as in 1893 and 1899, sailed under the same general 
conditions. Nothing has as yet been decided as to the 
construction of a new defender. It is reported on ap- 
parently good authority that Capt. Edward Sycamore, 
who steered Valkyrie ITI. in 1895, and.who spent last 
summer in this country, will be in command of the new 
cutter, which will be designed by Watson. 


Address all communications to the Forest and 
Stream Publishing Company. 


Rifle Range and Gallery. 


Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club, 


San Francisco, Oct. 14.—An even dozen of the Columbia Pistol 
and Rifle Club cranks were at Harbor View range to-day pool 
shooting and experimenting. 

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pistols, Best Scores: 

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Hoadley and Dr. Twist shot a match of 10 shots at 200yds. with 
rifles. Hoadley won with 114 to the Doctor’s 132. One of the 
soldiers came out with his Krag, and the boys tried it, but still 
like their .30-80 carbines best for 200yds., using bullet 1 to 12. 

The friends and members of the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club 
attended A. H. Pape’s banquet to-night, given in honor of his 
recent prize shooting at Schuetzen Club’s annual world’s record 
on the German point target, 888 points in 200 Shots, beating the 
former record by 15 points, Fifty attended, and were wined and 
dined by Mr, and Mrs. Pape and her two sons. Alex, the 
youngest, by the way, holds the championship of the Pacific 
coast in sculling. 

The wild ducks supplied for the oceasion fell to A. H. Pape’s 
gun, and were the most delicious I ever tasted. Papa Pape’s 
fine old wines owed in abundance, and just put on the finishing 
touches to a most elaborate repast, limbering up the tongues for 
speeches, and putting all in the mood to listen to the fine 
musical and literary entertainment which followed, into the small 
hours, We departed with the oft-expressed wish that Pape beat 
the record next year. 

F, O, Youne. 


Rifle at Shell Mound Range. 


SAn Franetsco, Oct. 15.—Yesterday was an exceptionally fine 
shooting day at Shell Mound range. Some fine work was done, 
notably the 10-shot score, 25-ring target, by D. W. McLaughlin 
in the Bushnell trophy contest of the Golden Gate Club. Mr. 
McLaughlin’s score of 239 rings out of 250 possible. This is the 
record 10-shot score of the Pacific coast. In the same contest 
yesterday F. E. Mason scored 2384 rings—a very fine Score. 

In an adjoining stall D. B. Faktor made 458 rings in his 20- 
shot score in the San Francisco Schuetzen Verein medal shoot. 
He made a close approach to the record, which is 461 rings, held 
by Dr. L. O. Rodgers, of the Germania Schuetzen Club. All the 
local clubs formerly prescribed 20 shots to the score in medal 
shooting, but there is now a tendency to adopt 10-shot scores. 
Yesterday’s scores: 

Germania Schuetzen Club, monthly medal shoot: First cham- 
pion class, F. P. Schuster 229; second champion class, Herman 
Huber 213; first class, J. Bridges 203; second class, J. D, Heise 
220; third class, S. Heino 196; best first shot, J. D. Heise, 25; 
best last shot, D. Salfield, 25. : 

San Francisco Schuetzen Verein, monthly class and medal 
shoot: Champion class, D. B. Faktor 158; first class, P. Stettin 
425; second class, J. Lankenau 395; third class, W. Morken 373; 
fourth class, Dr. F. H. Cranz 857; best first shot, J. Lankenau, 28; 
best last shot, D. B. Faktor, 25. 

Independent Rifles, monthly medal shoot: Sergt. J. Heinbockel 
10, G. Frederickson 34, C. F, Schafer 27, H. Reinhardt 35, J, 
Skowran 21, A. Dietrich 35, C. Schneider 38, G. Kellenberger 36, 
Sergt, C. Worthington 18, Dr. W. A. Meierdierks 40, P. Stadmann 
27, C. Lindecker 34, H. Meisner, Jr., 2, H. Kuhlke 40, Sergt. C. 
Andrews 48, H. Schlichtmann 30, J. Schlichtmann 24 

Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club—Bushnell trophy: D. W. 
McLaughlin 280, 211. 220, 239; F. EF. Mason 223, 230, 234, 221, 225. 
Gold medal: F. E. Mason 229, D. W. McLaughlin 223, C. M. 
Henderson 220, 207, 205; J. F. Bridges 209, 211. Silver medal: 
H. Hinkel 203, 197, 195, 201; B. Jonas 201, 198, 190. First class 
trophy: C. M. Henderson 215, 212, 224, 228. Second class trophy: 
G. Tammeyer 215, C. L. Reimenschinder 202. 

Pistol scores, all comers’, pistol: J. E. Gorman 93, 92; M. J. 


White 87. First class trophy: C. M. Henderson 74, 68. Silver 
medal: J. F. Bridges 70, 67. Revolver: J. E. Gorman 86, 85, 
Ps J : . Roxret. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Grayshooting. 


Fixtures. 


PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY’S TOURNAMENTS. 


Oct. 24-25.—Raleigh, IN. C.—Peters Cartridge Co.’s target tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the North Carolina State Fair Asso- 
ciation; $250 added money. John Parker, Mgr. 

Uct. 29-30.—Jacksonville, Fla.—Peters Cartridge Co.’s twee 
tournament, under auspices of the Jacksonville Gun Club; $10 
added, Third day, grand Pigeon shoot exclusively under the 
auspices of the Jacksonville Gun Club. John Parker, Mgr. 


(et. “ip taet N. Y.—Jamestown Gun Clirb’s tourna- 
nient, FE. E, Bonsteel, Sec’y. 

Oct, 24-25.—Crawiordsville, Club’s 
sparrow tournament, 

Oct. 24-25.—West Liberty, la.—West Liberty Gun Club's tourna- 
nient. 

Oct. 27-28.—Chicago, I1l.—Crescent Gun Club’s tournament. 

Oct, 30.—Sac City, fa.—Sac City Gun Club’s tournament. 

Oct, 30-31—Fairmont, Minn.—Fairmont Gun Club’s amateur 
tournatnent, 

Oct. 30.—Mt. Sterling, Wi—Mt. Sterling Gun Club’s tournament. 

Oct. 30-31.—Peru, Ind.—Livye-bird tournament of the Peru Gun 
Club. Chas. Bruck, Sec’y. é ; 

Oct. 81.—Jacksonville, Pla—lLive-bird tournament of the Jack- 
sonville Gun Club. 

Oct. 31-Nov. 1.—Rochester, N. Y.—Fall target tournament of the 
Rochester Gun Club. F. E. MeCord, Sec’y. 

Noy. 1.—Chillicothe, O.—Scioto Gun Club’s fall tournament. 
James McVicker, Sec’y. 1 

Noy. 9.—St, Paul, Minn.—Seventh annual live-bird handicap at 
St. Paul Shooting Park. Main event at 25 live birds, $15 entrance; 
$50 added. Contest for the Hirsehy cup. . R. Brown, Mgr. 

Noy. 10.—Newark, N. J.—Merchandise shoot of the Forester Gun 
Club. John J. Fleming, Sec’y, 21 Waverly avenue. 

Nov, 18.—Dexter Park, Brooklyn.-Under auspices of the Greater 
New York Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live birds per_ man} 
29yds. Members of any organized gun club in the U. S. are 
eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shooting commences 
at 10 A. M. Mr. L. Schortemeier and Dr. A. A, Webber, managers. 

Nov. 13-14.—Osceola, la.—Amateur tournament of the Osceola 
Gun Club. D. K. Douthett, Sec’y, . 

Nov. 13-15—Minden, Neb.—Minden Gun Club’s tournament. 

Novy. 13-16.—St. Thomas, Ont.—Tom Donley’s tournament; live 
birds and targets. 

Noy. 14-15.—Springfield, Ill—Two-day target tournament of the 
Dlincis Gun Club; open to all. Chas. T. Stickle, See’y. 

Noy. 23—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, N. J.— 
Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men team race; 
20 live birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized gun club 
in the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. Sweepstake 
shooting commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L. HW. Schortemeier and 
Dr, A. A. Webber, managers. 

Nov. 27.—Toledo, O.—East End Gun Club’s merchandise shoot. 

Noy. 29.—Milwaukee, Wis.—South Side Gun Club’s tournament. 
A. D. Gropper, Sec’y. 

Dec. 11-14.—Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossing, I1l—Annual liye- 
bird tournament, John Watson, Mer. 

Newark, N, J._South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. 

Chicago, Ill.—Garfield Gun Club’s trophy shoots, second and 
fourth Saturdays of éach month; live-bird shoots every Saturday. 
Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


_Oct. 26.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Under auspices of Mediciis 
Gun Club; three-men team race; 20 live birds per man; 29yds, 
Members of any regularly organized gun club in the U. S. dare 
eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake shooting commencés 
at 10 A. M. Mr, L. H. Schortemeier and Dr. A. A. Webber, Mers. 
Oct. 30.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Match at 100 birds, $100 a 
side, between Messrs. J. J. Hallowell and T. W. Morfey. 

Nov. 6,—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s live-bird shoot; 


Ind.—Crawfordsyille Gun 


_ Open to all. 


Noy. 7, 14, 21, 28.—Interstate Park.—Live-bird championship; 
2h birds; handicaps 26 to é3yds.; $10 entrance, birds extra; sweep 
optional; open to all; money instead of trophy. 

Noy. 16.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s target shoot; 
open to all. 

Noy. 22.—Interstate Park—Medicus Gun Club’s live-bird shoot; 
open to all. 

Noy. 27.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s live-bird shoot; 
open to all. 

Dec. 5.—Shoot-off of the winners of the November eyents, with 
$20 in gold to the winner, 

Interstate Park, L. 1.—Fountain Gun Club’s regular mogthly 
shoots, the third Thursday of October, November and December, 

interstate Park, Uueens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. 

Interstate Park, Queens, L. 1.—Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 

. 1. R. R. Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 


shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 


practice. Café and hotel accommodations. 
Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1002; handicap; 
2h live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900, 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


The programme of the autumn live-bird tournament of the Peru 
Gun Club, Peru, Ind., announces that it is open to all, The dates 
are Oct. 30 and 31. All eyents are handicaps, and high guns goyern 
the division of the purses. There are five events on the programme 
of the first day, of which two are at 5 birds, $3.50; two at 7 birds, 
#0, and one at 10 birds, $7.50; handicaps 26 to 3ayds., with dead 
line at 80yds, On the second day the event will be at 25 live birds, 
$20 entrance, two high guns to every five entries, and entries to 
closé when the last man has shot his second bird: Interstate Asso- 
ciation rules will govern. Live-bird loads for sale on the grounds, 
Hot lunch will be setyed. Shooting commences at 9 o’clock, but 
on the first day eyents will be held open for shooters arriving on 
the 10:20 A. M. trains, Live birds 20 cents, but the club reserves 
the right to charge 25 cents if it is compelled to import more 
birds. A postal to the secretary from those who contemplate 
participating will greatly assist the management in making its 
preparations for the tournament, Good management and excellent 
birds are promised. Concerning its committee the club says as 
follows: “The handicap committee will be composed of the fol- 
lowing sportsmen, all of whom have promised to serve, and whose 
names are synonymous with all that represents clean, fair and 
honest sportsmanship, namely: Messrs, Chas. W. Budd, Elmer EF. 
Neal, Ernest H. Tripp, Rolla O. Heikes and Hon. Tom A. 
Marshall. Right here the Peru Gun Club wishes to thank these 
Indians for their kindness, and to warn the kickers to stay away, 
as the band will be in war paint, and will certainly be on the 
lockout for an opportunity to use their scalping knives.’ In its 
announcement the club presents the following; “In presenting this 
programme of our autumn liye-pigeon shoot to the pigeon shooters 
of America, particular attention is called to the radical departure 
from the old “cut-and-slash” method of dividing the purses by the 
per cent. plan. The lovers of pigeon shooting are fully aware that 
by the old method of dividing the purses it is indeed dificult to 
make your very best shooting pay for the birds you shoot in a 
two days’ programme, and again you are confronted with that 
ever cursed proposition of dropping for place. That the high gun 
system is the proper system and that it is popular is clearly dem- 
onstrated each year at the Grand American Handicap, where the 
sweepstake races have from 100 to 150 entries, high-priced birds 
not a dollar added to the purses, and if you miss a Pigeon, never 
a cent. The Peru Gun Club hopes by making their races short, all 
handicaps, moderate price for birds and all high puns to win. to 
show that the shooters of the middle West will shoot in just as 
hard a game at home as they will in New York.’ 


The Rochester Rod and Gun Club, Rochester, N. Y. 
its ninth annual fall tournament, to be held Oct. 31 eudtNGe A 
Shooting commences at 9 o'clock. There are ten programme 
events, alike for each day, excepting event 7. Of these, thres are 
at 10 targets, $1 entrance; three at 15 targets, $L50 entrance, $15 


-eaps 14 to 24yds; live-bird events 25 to 33yds. 


20 per cent. 


(Oct. 27, igod. 


‘guaranteed in each; four at 2 targets, $2 entrance, one of which 
has $26 guaranteed. No. 7, above mentioned, is a three-men team 
face, a handicap at 20 targets,’ for the championship of western 
New York; entrance $3 per team. Any regularly organized gun 
club is eligible to enter as many teams as it chooses. No per- 
sen allowed to shoot on more than one team. The purse will be 
divided 70 and 30 per cent, to the two teams making the highest 
seores, Event 7, on the second day, will be a political team race, 
“McKinley and Bryan are expected to be present to captain the 
two teams, and the successful candidate guarantees the shooter 
making the highest score on his team a seat in his Cabinet.” 
The conditions of this race are 20 targets, 40 cents entrance. In 
the 15 and 20 target events the money will be divided 40; 30, 20 
and 10 per cent.; in the 10-target events 50, 30 and 20 per cent. 
Five per cent. of all the purses will be deducted for average 
money and divided each day, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Targets 
2 cents each, included im all events. Wuneh will be served at 
the club house. All the popular trap loads for sale on the 
grounds. Headquarters at the Hotel Eggleston. Guns and am- 
munition Shipped to the secretary, Mr, F, E. McCord, care Gibson 
& Woolworth, will be delivered on the grounds free of charge. 
The distance handicap will be adopted, ranging from 14 to 
20yds. Shooters’ stand protected from all weather, rain or shine. 
The members of the committee are Messrs. Geo. Borst, A. A. 
Mosher, and F. EB. MeCord, Mr. Thos. R. Griffith is president, 
Mr, E, C. Meyer is vice-president, and Mr, S$, B. Williams is 
treasurer. 
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Tom Donley’s fourth annual handicap tournament, St. Thomas, 
Ont, Nov. 18 to 16, under the management of Mr. John Parker, 
is open to all. No one is barred, and the sum of $1,800 is 
guaranteed, No targets will be thrown oyer S0yds. Class divi- 
sion in all events, and all events handicaps. Target events, handi- 
j a The handicap com- 
mittee will be Messrs. E. H, Tripp, Indianapolis; Emil Werk, 
Cincinnati; John Parker, Detroit; Bob Emslie, St. Thomas; B. 
Norton, New York; Dr, J. E. Overholt, Hamilton, Ont. To 
avoid delay with the Customs, ship guns and ammunition to Tom 
Donley, St. Thomas, Ont. ‘‘All shoogers should purchase single 
tickets to St. Thomas, and receive ce?#@icate from ticket agent, 
and on presenting these, countersigned by Mr. Donley, they 
will be entitled to return at one-third regular fare on any of the 
lines owned by Michigan Central, Wabash, Grand ‘Irunk, Lake 
Erie & Detroit River, and Canadian Pacific railways.” Each day 
live birds and targets. No. 6 on the first day is the Grand Inter- 
national Handicap championship for the Giiman & Barnes live- 
bird trophy; 25 live birds, $25 ‘entrance; $400 guaranteed; four 
moneys, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. No, 6 on the second day is 
the Canadian Handicap championship for the Donley trophy; 
open to Canadians only. Conditions the same as for the Gilman 
& Barnes trophy, excepting the latter must be won three times, 
the Donley trophy once. ‘he target events are at 15 and 20 tar- 
gets, $1.60 and $2 entrance. The live-bird events are at 7 birds, 
$5; 10 birds, $7; 20 birds, $15; 12 birds, $10, with liberal sums of 
added moneys. 

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The programme of the Illinois Gun Club, of Springfield, Tll., 
for its target tournament, Nov. 14 and 15, has twelve evetits each 
day. Thefre are two at 10 targets, $1 entrance; six at 20 targets, 
$2; two at 15 targets, $1.50, and two at 25 targets, a total ot 220 
targets for each day, with a total’ entrance of $22.50. Shooting 
commences at 9 o'clock, Events are open to all. Magautrap 
tules to govern. No bang no bird. Retusing a dimenlt bird is 
not allowed. Ammunition can be obtained on the grounds. A 
good lunch will be served. Shotguns and ammunition shipped to 
the treasurer, Mr, Geo. E. Day, will be delivered on the grounds 
free. Targets 2 cents, Rose system; ratios 5, 4, 3 and 2. To 
reach the grounds take Spring street cars. For further information 
address the secretary, Mr, Chas. T. Stickle. 


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Capt. J. A, H. Dressel, secretary-treasurer of Interstate Park, 
Queens, L. I., sends, us information as follows; “The following 
events will take place at Interstate Park: Nav. 6, live birds, 
Medicus Gun Ciub; open to all, Nov, 16, targets, Medicus Gun 
Club; open to all. Noy. 22, live birds, Medicus’ Gun Club; open 
to all. Nov. 27, live birds, Medicus Gun Club; open to all. Noy. 7, 
14, 21 and 28, Interstate Park live-bird championship; 25 birds per 
man; handicaps 25 to d3yds; $10 entrance, birds extra; sweep 
optional; open to all; money instead of trophy. Déc. 5, shoot-otf 
of the winners of the November events, with $20 in gold to the 
winner." & 


The Frankford Gun Club, of Frankford, Pa,, in its team race 
with the team of the Clearview Gun Club, of Darby, Oct. 20, 
made an even competition, on grounds of the latter. The race 
was close till mear the finish, when the Frankford team pulled 
out well to the fore. The teams were composed of eleven men 
cach, who respectively shot at 30 targets, unknown angles. The 
scores were; Frankford—Wolstencroit 26, Redifer 28, George 25, 
Johnson 24, Betson 28, Smith 24, Green 28, Dalton 26, Morris 26, 
Myers 26, Bourne 26; total 277. Clearyiew—Longnecker 29, Bell 22, 
‘Harris 27, Fisher 29, Hill 18; Williamson 24, Urian 28, Harkins 29, 
Carr 17, Elwell 15, Edwards 12; total 260. 


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The fourth team contest of the Schortemeier-Webber series is to 
take place at Interstate Park on Friday of this week. The com- 
petition is open to teams of three men from any gun club in 
the United States. Each team shoots at 60 birds at 29yds. rise. 
The 2 birds per man also may be shot at by individual shooters 
in an optional sweepstake. Sweepstake shooting commences at 
10 o’clock, the team shoot at 2 o’clock, All sweeps are at 8 birds 
éach, $4; birds extra; class shooting. 


- Mr. E, W. Bird, of Fairmont, Minn., writes us as follows: “The 
Fairmont, Minn., Gun Club will give an amateur tournament on 
@ct, 30 and 31. The first day will be devoted to live birds, Five 
i-bird events, $5 entrance to each. Moneys divided 50, 30 and 
The second day will be at targets—eight 15 and four 
2) target events, $1.50 and $2 entrance, moneys divided 35, 30, 2 


‘and 15 per cent. Fifty dollars will be divided among the ten high 


fine shooting the entire programme.” 


Mr, Harold B. Money, who has been many months absent in the 


far West, took up shooting again after his return to this shooting 
bailiwick, and demonstrated that he had lost none of his old deft- 
ness in using the scatter gun. In a match with Mr. T. W,. Morfey 
at Interstate Park on Friday of last week, 100 birds each, $100 
a side, each standing at 38yds., Mr. Money won by a score of $1 
to 83. The extra distance apparently was no handicap to his 
good shooting. s 


The following was recently published by the Danville, Ill, Daily 
Democrat: ““H. W. Cadwallader, of this city, has received a chal- 
lenge from W. T. Irwin, of Chicago, known to all trapshooters as 
“Tramp” Irwin. He wants a match for $50 a side, at 50 live birds. 
Cad has accepted the challenge, and the shoot will take place at 
Attica, Ind., at a date to be decided upon, and will be under the 
auspices of the Attica Gun Club. 


There are fifteen events on the programme of the Mt. Sterling 
Gun Club’s fifth annual target tournament, to_be held at Mt. 
Sterling, Ill., on Oct. 30, commencing at 9:30. The Rose system 
will govern in the ratios of 5, 4, 3 and 2. No one barred. There 
are fifteen events at 10 and 15 targets, with a uniform entrance 
of $1. Added money, $15. : 


Mr. Cadwallader has lately defeated Mr. Voris in a similar race; 
and if the old Tramp has not lost his eagle eye this will be an 
interesting and hotly contested match.” We learn that Mr, Irwin 
is prepared to shoot a number of matches this fall, one of which 
he will shoot at Crawfordsville, Ind., on Oct. 24. 


The match at 100 live birds each between Mr. T, W. Morfey 
and Dr. A. A. Webber took place at Interstate Park, L. 1, ont 
Thureday of last week, and resulted in a victory for the former 
by a score of 96 to 92. Dr. Webber stood at 30yds., while his 
opponent stood lyd, iurther back. : 


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A _cablegram sent recently by the War Department of England 
to Capt. A. W. Money, Oakland, N, J., contained the information 
that Mr. Noel E. Money was slightly wounded in South Africa. 
He is a member of the Imperial Yeomanry, a body of fighters who 
are picked men. » ; 


At the third shoot for the October cup of the Crescent Athletic 
Club Jast Saturday at Bay Ridge, L. 1, Mr. Henry Kryn with 
a handicap of 2 made the high score of 46 out of a possible 50. 
Mr. Edward Banks, scratch man, was but 1 target behind him. 


In the contest for the cast iron medal at ‘Richmond, Va., last 
Saturday, between Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott and Fred Gilbert the 
former won by the score of 98 to 93. Mr, Franklin Stearns, Jr., 
acted. as referee; Mr. R, F. Banks acted as official scorer. 


Mr. George Piercy, of Jersey City, has challenged Mr. F. E. 
Sinnock, holder of the E C cup, to contest for the championship 
of New Jersey, of which the said cup is the emblem. Time and 
place will be announced in the near future. 


On Tuesday of next week at Interstate Park, L. 1, Messrs, 
J. J. Hallowell and T, W. Morfey will shoot a match at, 100 birds 
each, for $100 a side. Both are famous and skillful shooters, hence 
the race should be close and interesting. 


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Mr. F. €. Bissett, of South River, N. J., announces a live-bird 
shoot under his management on Thursday“of this week, com- 
mencing at 1:30 o’clock. He announces that plenty of birds will 
be on hand for the shooting eyents. : 


Mr. W. Fred Quimby, of the E C & Schultze Powder Co., re- 
turned recently from a long business trip in the West. He leaves 
early this week for the firing line at Baltimore, Md., where the 
good shots congregate. » 


The good shooters of Fremont, Neb., will have among them 
in a few weeks a clerical shot of exceedingly high merit, hence 
they would do weld to furbish up their shooting gear and prepare 
to defend their laurels. ) . 


Mr. John Watson, of Burnside Crossing, Chicago, Ill., informs 
us that his annual liye-bird tournament will be held on Dec. 11 to 
14, inclusive, and that the programme will be ready for distribu- 


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In the shoot of the Emerald Gun Club, held last week at Dexter 
Park, Dr. O’Connell, Dr. Webber, W. A. Sands and J. P. Kay 
killed 10 straight, that number comprising the club event. 

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There is a probability that Mr. W. R. Crosby, of O’Fallon, Ill., 


will challenge Mr, J. A. R. Elliott to contest for the cast iron 
medal, which the latter still wears on his chatelaine. 


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In its third weekly live-bird shoot of the season, held by the 
Garfield Gun Club last Saturday, Dr. J. W. Meek made a straight 
score from the 3lyds. mark in the club event at 10 birds, 
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Mr. W. L. Colville, of the Dupont Powder Co., has been 
making an extended business tour through Pennsylyania of late 
and has had gratifying Success. 


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On Oct. 16 the Trapshooters’ League of Indiana granted to the 
Peru oon Club, Peru, Ind., sanction for a tournament on Oct. 
30 and ai. 


‘tion about Noy. 165. 


BERNARD WATERS, 


Altoona Rod and Gun Club. 


Attoona, Pa.—Not for many a day has it been my good fortune 
to be present at a shoot that was more generally enjoyed by par- 
ticipants and onlookers than that given by the Altoona Rod and 
Gun Club on Saturday, Oct. 18. The principal eyent was a 15-live- 
bird race, handicap rise, $5 entrance, birds extra, four moneys, 
class shooting. 

fifteen minutes’ trolley ride from the center of the city lands 
you right at the grounds. A spacious club house, of some 50 by 
50 feet dimensions, is located in a beautiful level meadow. The 
house is a model for the purpose for which it was constructed. 
There is every convenience one could wish for, from a large 
lounging room to well appointed dining and kitchen apartments, 
where caterers serve in up-to-date style meals and refreshments 
fit for the gods, and all free, too, to visitors. 

On arriving at the grounds we found everything in readiness, 
and promptly at 9:30 the shooting was begun. There were twenty- 
nine entries, and it therefore required the scoring of 435 birds 
to complete the race. This was accomplished in less than five 


hours, and was very pretty work. Secretary Zeth, Capt. Killitts,. 


Billy Sands and other enthusiastic members of the club worked 
in splendid unison, and the result was that there was not a mo- 
ment’s delay throughout the contest, Ed Kottmann’s dog Kit 
did most of the retrieving, and his excellent work was the subject 
of much comment. The first 25 birds were only a fair lot, but 
after that they were quick starters and very fast, down to the 
last crate, and it required some fine work to score many of the 
twisters that came from the traps like rockets. It was two to one 
that nobody would go straight, and the bet was a good one. 

Thirty men had entered a week in advance of the date of the 
shoot, and all save one either appeared or sent a substitute. Among 
the substitutes were several manufacturers’ agents, who shot for 
the price of birds only, the conditions of the race not allowing 
any but amateurs to enter for the purse. 

After the live-bird event had been finished the remainder of the 
afternoon was devoted to target shooting. The day had been a 
delightful one up to this time, but now a cold rain began to fall. 
This, however, did not interfere with the target shooting, as the 
seore is under a large pavilion and amply protected in all kinds 
of weather. 


The entrance to the house and that part of the grounds used. 


by the shooters were roped off, and spectators were not per- 
mitted to come within the inclosure. Chairs and shelter were 
provided for them on the outside. In this way the large crowd 
was handled without the least confusion. : 


The scores follow. Live-bird handicap: 
HROtGys BATEOOTIG EAT eet sa mecteene eee weteiest +» -220211*11121312 13 
lenigan, Altoona, (26.2. evs vec ew ecueeebiree-eese 1111*1012011222—12 
Killitts, Altoona, 27........-- SHiter aM tEtOLndnoneca 22*2"2022211222 12, 
Trego, Tyrone, 
Dipner, Hollidaysburg, 27......-. CoE A a5 +» -2212**122101210—11 
DandseyAltoonaWesersten-aaeees nanan eae aeee Deasaae **22022*2110222 10 
Tosh, South Fork, 28.........,.01,-1- Sectecotpis on 2012*111201010i—10 
FEKvonig het Losec Ond nuh illicem petra ne artinas yeas nie + + -22222229*201122 13 
McNaught, Hollidaysburg, 28.........., Sees ae *121*22*1101212—11 
ichbenrermenessoiy losecmen canons ame k ons pare 1012272**117010— 8 
McClaren, Ebensburg, 27......-.--.sssee0e: Arua 02**22222002101— 9 
Richards, Ebensburg, 270....scess-seeeseeeeeeetnas 400121200220002— 8 
Coon, Cresson, 28....-.--.- ata eh tac ECR Betsey - 122221111*2*021—12 
Kellerman, Cresson, 26....-....--.....5. 021*020002*0112— 7 
Nisley, Johnstown, 27.....-.. seeeaaes 0*1221212202220—11 
House, Altoona, 27....... : - -20001110100*211— § 
Grant; Altoona, 28....22-2-cc2-e08 +. »*212*2200027211— 9 
Feeney, Altoona, 26...2sc2+2.-5 Basa otecmece ite 21212*022021200—10 
Forney, Altoona, 27.........cssseceeee Sere wees | 012102011102001— 9 
Glover, Altoona, 28...,...<::-:scesse Deemed iekt s 212*22210012220—11 
Beli Altoona Gi veenscspcccccesvsnon ladsosneee . *111**011112221 11 
Slater, Johnstown, 26........ id oa had ers inoret 022011**0121121—10 
Roach, Windbur, 28 


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Fields, Lancaster, 29... 35sec eee eee e e eee 822229907 202929 42 
Schultze, Baltimore, 30....0cs.0ceesssuseens vee eee 2220221 23220220 13 
Woerr, Altoona, aGveatessarates sys sesase eieeestel a2. -221**1120000012— & 
Keller, New York, 28,06. 2.cccccecscsnee cee dse cece so 220%*2299989999 12 


Target contests: tie 
Targets: Pr ——r 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
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IGTOVer tegies aleve Sade CO a AT rs i pea <0) nea ttt erE ert ae cr 
WMGClaren tem iyeness dose renee fataiaae COs Omg at) = ade eG er 
Roaches. thhithbehe se eunee PEAR re eae 10S Sec lO aGoee) Oe hae Yi 
ALC serena ane eaAsakeese se Whiceaaere 1? eet Lene ee CNGeoe 
Diya watt tat celta aya ee Ae eee eee BE LOS chp Gh ec. cee eg 
MAUS) letereGnra ges cs nerel ec les ose mne S10" 68s 10 We 4 OT 
IBields. .ssaesay ondcd Secs eubett Brobe Pees Ge Get Tes ORS eS Te eal 
Etellctuees es poseaarsitae robs st cesov ss see ee. Gon ee Gab eotes me fie ne 
Tote by CPE be Dee Hee ea rae is ae ee, tM BRAD Ey gly ith Teds Kaeo] 
pissyblbede: Sc ence oeep ae Cervintakaa fini 6 epee aii” Ste Be res Peak) 
Highberger ........ Sdtmecnnmob “Shen ie es) a Se ere 
ELC Di dso s easel alsa ia naetes nash ie ee ch ag eae es 
IDES hcesaes see PC nDOnE EE CES I 5458 Del se “fe jee OSs 
House ae Ge ibe ss wf ag at 
Kotty ... (iy 3} keh baat 
Killitts . TOM 16, Se -F & o 6 
INSIGE KY ABEL Sno udogbir work toe 769 Wo neee Sh M8 8 9 OG 
(Gratite wadiy ides a be ceeroar Beatie auntae = ae so! B® ote En ee 
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Money ys, Morfey. 


Interstate Park, L. I., Oct, 19—To-day at Interstate Park, L. I., 
Mr. H. B. Money defeated Mr. T. W. Morfey in a match at 100 
live birds each for $100 a side, Each stood at 88yds. Morfey was 
suffering somewhat from rheumatism. : 

Money shot in excellent time and pointed his gun with admirable 
precision. While the birds were a good lot, he prevented them 
from becoming hard by his quick shooting, catching them close to 
the traps. He had the race well in hand from the beginning, and 
won on the rather wide margin of 91 to 88. The scores: 


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Morfey vs. Webber. 


Interstate Park, L. 1., Oct. 18.—The match between Dr. A. A, 
Webber and Mr. T. W. Morfey at 100 birds each, the former at 
30yds., the latter at 31, was closely contested, and resulted in 
a good race to-day. At the end of the first 25 the Doctor was 1 
ahead, but in the second 25 Morfey killed straight, while Webber 
lost 4, and thereafter was neyer headed. He won out with 4 to 
the good, the scores being 96 to 92. The scores contain the par- 
ticulars, as follows: : : 


Trap score type—Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Siream Pub, Co. 
28322994%9%956121112229555141 


T W_Morfey, ae) yaa EDN Evan NT ice 
438151441255111152855121i111 
BOS S75 B58 TON O F919 15 3 Bs 
Oe ee Ee Dee Me mb's Vo aS abe 
212901914 8199114 147244 8 2 oes 
PSU UCP P APS ORAL 224A Lad I 
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52151111124154229891115211 
Dr, Webber, 30,392 222 990902299809 5999599-98 
P2225 T2511 25251122115 38544 
33220900583 22d s0e2 08 e457 
215224111883381228542929558 
CRATRACL STAT ZAADA LT SAAR 
22229929222292999229%92999 995 
8255841188221815415255954 
BGO 22223 DUD EDO OOO T ST ESE So 25-09 


Crescent Athletic Club, 
Bay Ridge, L. I, Oct. 20—A stiff wind made difficult competi- 


tion at the Crescent Athletic Club’s weekly ‘shoot to-day. Mr, 
Henry Kryn, with 2 for a handicap, scored 46 out of 50, The 
scores: 
October cup, 25 targets, expert; 25 magautrap; handicap allow- 
ances added: 
—Expert— —Magautrap— Grand 
P Hdep. Total. Hdcp. Total. Total. 
DEC eee ec Col ppeoeee ne 2 28 2 23 46 
Hebanksiee dase tonoeee a) 23 0 22 45 
Cl Kenyon [tz sesesreee ee 6 22 5 21 43 
EDs Brichamvnrecore hasan 4 22 3 19 4l 
W W Marshall........:.. 4 21 4 19 40 
J SS Remsen......: Sotbone 0 21 0 Ig 39 
fee ipeoxlaniden aero 9 21 7 aly 3g 
AC By Gorlisse,...s eats, AA) 17 0 74 81 
C J McDermott......... ae 20 2 10 30 
Dr H L O’Brien......... 4 15 3 10 25 


Prize shoot, 15 targets, 


expert; 15 magatutrap; handicap allow- 
ances added: 


—Expert— —Magautrap— Grand 

Hdep. Total. Hdep. -- Total. Total. 
J J. Keyes........ Bitestes 6 14 4 14 28 

H M Brigham 3 13 2 18 26 
W W Marshall........2... aul 2 13 24 
EM eBanksebesesewns ce ceeen. 14 0 10 24 
Dr H L O’Brien, 13 2 10 23 
Ee Kony eee 12 1 12 24. 
‘A BE, -Gorliss.)) 11 2 TL Dy 
J SS Remsen,., 10 0! ams 21 
C J McDermott 10 1 aul 21 


Sweepstake, 25 birds, 
Keren oe Sena? Z 
weepstake, 15 birds, expert: Remsen 15, Kr 14, Ken 
Marshall 12, Rhett 10, Dr. O’Brien 9, Botland 8, Were urge! 
Meee 2. ; 
weepstake, 10 birds, magautrap: Remsen 9, Banks 8, Bri 
8, Kryn 8, Kenyon 7, Rhett 6, Borland 5, Marshall 5, McDoeem 
5,-Dr. O’Brien 4. 
/Sweepstake, 25. birds, magautrap; Remsen 
21,.McDermott ®, Stake 19, Marshall 18. 
- Sweepstake, 10 pairs, magautrap:, Remsen 15, Kryn 15, Banks 13 
Brigham 11, .. 7 ees : ‘ 
Match, 4-pairs, magautrap; Corliss 7, Kryn 6, 


expert: Banks 28, Remsen 23, Kryn 17, 


24, Kryn 28, Brigham . 


Trap at Interstate Park. 


Interstate Park, L. I., Oct. 20.—The following events were shot 
at Interstate Park to-day: 


Ten birds, $5: 


eWielchyy 20suqeces sp fiae 2112112122 Postaus, 29............. 1221221022 
Lockwood, 28.......... 2202222122 
No.1, No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. &. No.6, No. 7, No. 8. 
VWieltliy Gees cn. 2 227 120101 «61212 «22120 1N211* 1120 .... 
Wood ,.,....+ 120 22* 2121210 2120 ©=22122 222210 1221 ~=10 
Postaus .......212 20 10 — 120 = 120 122210 0 0 
Lockwood .... -- 120 ©2210 W112 21222 «0 cag ANON 


Lockwood vs. “Wood.” 


Interstate Park, Oct. 20.—In a match at 50 live birds each be- 
tween Messrs, Lockwood and Wood the former won by a score of 
88 to 85, as follows: ‘ 


TUCK WOOd saa tee hehe ue nthe ena ee, 021222222"001*22*2*220211—_17 
)*22"22222222229222022202 2138 
WS010 Citta wees nnearad heduhiace waeetata ss a 2:121211222121101112201010—24 


120102*002020022220012120—14—35 


Sheepshead Bay Rod and Gun "Club. 


Sheepshead Bay, L. 1., Oct, 18.—The badge to-day was won by 
Mr. John J. Pillion: 


Ti LP EaUiGtiy te yates 2222022—6 D J Heffner, 23..,.....0100101—8 
Capt Baldwin, 24.,....2001200—8 HH Koch, 27............ 22*2020—4 
J.B Voorhies, 28....... 00221*2—4 HH Kronika, 26...... oo» -100*202—3 
Ie ASioabhasty VER Abe eeee sary 00121**—3 EF Von Fricken, 25.....220*000—2 
J P Lute, 23.........-. 1000020—2 Ht Montanus, 27........ 222019205 
Geo MckKane, 25...... 00*1212—4 W Boyle, 25...... + 22%0202—4 
Ay Soeller, 23nu cleus. son 1021022—5 I McKane, 27.. 2222*02—5 
G Thiebault, 21..,.,..0000000—0 Hi Freyler, 28....... > -0020101—3 
F Lundy, 26.....+-.01-+ 2002020—3 - 


Elliott vs. Gilbert for the Cast Iron Medal. 


RicuMmonp, Va., Oct. 20,—Jim Elliott is still the proud possessor 
of the cast iron badge, having once more proved his title to it 
by to-day defeating Fred Gilbert. Score, 98 to 98. It was an ideal 
day for a shoot—a nice cool breeze, not enough to inconvenience 
any one, a bright sun and a snap in the air to make the birds 
lively. Not that the birds needed much enlivening, for they were 
quite a good lot, nearly all of them leaving the traps in a hurry, 
as though they knew what was in store for them, and very few 
needing a second hint, 

+ The shoot was held at Baseball Park, and a fair-sized crowd, in- 
cluding many ladies, watched the race with interest, manifesting 
their appreciation frequently. ; 

Elliott had a bit the best of the luck as to birds, though there 

was not very much in it. Both men made some rattling second- 
barrel stops which woke up the grand stand. 
_Elliott’s 2 lost birds were simply streaks, his 15th, a circling 
tight-quarterer, showing very little sign of being hit, and his 97th, 
a circling left-quarterer, escaping, apparently unhurt. His 13th 
bird came very near being a blot on his score, as it only fell 6in. 
short of the back line. His 50th, 58th, 67th, 69th and 81st birds were 
all clinking good ones and required Jim’s best efforts to stop them; 
but stop them he did, in a way that made many realize what it 
is that makes him champion. 

Gilbert also gave a grand exhibition, and used his second barrel 
very effectively, stopping many, notably his 20th (a hard incomer), 
24th, 28th, 386th, 40th and 42d, which many of the spectators 
thought would escape. 

The birds were supplied by W. C. Lyndham. Franklin Stearns, 
Jr., acted as referee; R. BF, Banks as official scorer, and W. J. 
Lynham as trap puller, i 

The score tells the rest of the story: 


Trap score type—Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 


1542381448491143481159415 

Fred Gilbert... Pe oaeies iene eA aA Sopatnead 
ee us 
222222%99122229992999%2290229 3-93 
22822144291822423444829448 
223522999899 99090492 095 5-04 
422558215853844885825552885 — 
POETS S ET RIES ISOS SOLE DS 1929 
AG Oe ee) ee 

JAR Elliott,..222222229229129102721211912—94 
pet eae 
22222922229212211212%912238 9 9-95 
1122824814221424821825112 
P9119 3999 999994 91 YOO YD bos 
Se mle 
112222221222292999919292029 9-94 928 


_ When Fred Gilbert arrived in Richmond Friday afternoon he 
wore around his neck a tag which his Chicago friends had Placed 
there with the following inscription: 

“This is the alleged ‘Wizard,’ hailing. from the bulrushes of 
Towa, due to leave Chicago via Big Four 1 P. M. Oct. 18, due 
Cincinnati 9:05 P. M,, thence via C, & O., leaving Cincinnati 
9:10 P. M., ticketed for and due at Richmond, Va., 3:30 P. M. 
Oct. 19, Is harmless, except when teased by “Brook Trout Jim* 
or Kansas City drivers.” 

Before the cast iron shoot W. A. Hammond and Franklin Stearns 
shot a trace at 50 birds for the gold medal emblematic of the 
live-bird championship of Virginia. Mr, Hammond has held 
this medal since 1898, and has already defended it twice success- 
fully since that date. Score: 


Trap score type—Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Siream Pub. Ca 


5343132429152834584483538293 
WA Hammond * 539599229992 39 01999909 90—01 
SORTS LAE 2 89 
20222220222929292292299929'9 9 9-99 44 
18214128558441885825858298 
BSicanie es ae 180 Bo a aha Yee ie 
ee 
2227%2002*22202212902129921 9490 39 
R. F. Banxs 


Keystone Shooting League. 


Hotmessure Junction, Pa., Oct. 20.—The weather was pleasant 
favoring good scores, at the weekly liyve-bird shoot of the Keystone 
Shooting League to-day, 


The club shoot, 10 birds, handicap rise, sweepstake, $2 entrance 
resulted as follows: 7 
‘Brewer, 30.........2222222092 10 Wandegrift, 30..... 221212*221— 9 
McCoy, 30..... e+ -2222222222- 10 Wan Leon, 29..... 9291998999 q 
Budd, 21........... 212111221210 Hobbs, 30......... 022220901 _ x 
O Stevenson, 29...2222222999 10 enry,- 30.......2<0 2*11921190— § 
Geikler, 29.....-...2229299092 10 Hauff,'28........... 1*12211101— 8 
Darby, 29.-...-.... 221222112210 Whitaker, 29.......0222029100— & 


Seven birds, 30yds. rise, $2 entrance: Geikler 7, Budd 7 i 
seat :; McCoy 6, Brewer 6, Hobbs 6, Henry 6, ad nf ee 
eon 4, ; 
Five birds, yds. rise, $2 entrance: McCoy 5, H i 
5, Budd 5, Darby 5, Vandegrift 4, Brewer 4. f sre Cutenestss 
Miss-and-out, Sweepsral ce, $2 entrance: 
a 


Henry 27. ; 
Vandegrift 15, Whitaker 4, Brewer 3, peaEy Shy McCoy 2, 


340 


Peters Cartridge Company Tournament at 
Montgomery, Ala. 


THe shoot given Oct. 16, 17 and 18 by the Peters Cartridge Co., of 
Cincinnati, at Montgomery, Ala., was a highly successful affair. It 
was heid upon the grounds of the Capital City Gun Club. — 

Shooters were in attendance from Pensacola, FKla.; Birmingham, 
Ala.; Chattanooga, Tenn., and from different points.in the State. 

Two sets of traps—one magautrap and one set of three expert 
traps, Sergeant system—wereé used. 

Vhe weather was fine. The Street Fair was going on all week 
in ‘town, which was the means of keeping many of the local 
shooters from attending the shoot. 

The shoot was managed by John Parker, of Detroit, Mich., who 
as usual gave perfect satisfaction to all. He was very ably as- 
sisted by Mr. Maurice Kaufman, of New Orleans, the Southern 
representative of the Peters Cartridge Co. The local bays also 
were untiring in their efforts to make the shoot a success and 
entertaining to visiting shooters. Messrs. Thomas Westcott, 
Watt Jewett, Massy Anderson and Sam Smithers worked hard 
and energetically all the time, besides shooting through the entire 
programme. 

Satisfactory remarks were constantly heard on all sides regarding 
the tournaments the Peters Cartridge Co. were giving, and they 
were highly complimented by all the shooters present for giving 
sueh an entertaining and pleasant shoot. Mr. Forbes, of Pen- 
sacola, Ila., made high average on the targets, shooting remark- 
ably well, as the Sergeant system traps threw targets very fast, 
and it was impossible for most of the shooters to make straight 
scores on same. Mr, Forbes was very highly pleased with the 
handsome gold trophy donated by the Peters Cartridge Co. ior 
best average, and requested Messrs. Parker and Kautman to give 
him a lock of hair each, which he placed in the locket as a token 
of remembrance. 

The Pensacola boys anticipate giving a similar shoot in the near 
future, and will undoubtedly ask for the seryices of Messrs. Parker 
and kaufman. 

The live ‘birds were far above the average, 95 per cent. of them 
being hard, outgoing drivers, as the scores will show. 

The boys evidently did not get enough of shooting during the 
three days of the tournament and stayed over a fourth day to 
shoot up the balance of the live birds and targets. 

Everybody left for home Friday evening very highly pleased 
with the tournament. This has been the means of booming trap- 
shooting in the vicinity of Montgomery, and other shoots of like 
character will follow. 

The trade was represented by Messrs. Parker and Kaufman, 
representing the Peters Cartridge Co, and King Powder Co., and 
James Skelly, representing Laflin & Rand Powder Co.: 


First Day, Oct. 16. 


Events: 128 4567 8 910 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 25 Broke. 
AGI ere 4055400400000 5 12.1818 18 1417 7 18 14 17 138 
Garhligueraresenl eh eR R eee en Ame 13 10 19 11 18 18 13 14 15 18 144 
pkkellyg Ee sca eee een ees 10 10 13 12 11 18181419 20 §=140 
IBS GYLES! Bhenin jacana hes ae beets 121115 9 815 9 1418 21 By 
2 Ghee asarcnpeunhins anton 4 15 14 18 12 11 14 9 15 17 20 139 
NATESH tathemstee nate a eel ene ene 8 12 15 10 15 16 14 14 74 17 135 
Iisehatcloslopre sen 4694555 5050005b5005 13.13 16131317 8 18 15 16 1387 
Horbessteayas chee Reey +. -- 15.15 19 13 15 20:13 15 18 24 167 
Hulehrer Weyl eth 2-2 106 GAS Sap ad tos 13 120 
WEDDEt eer tins totes ee Se weld! LO EH Ser eee, eee 40) 
Tawnolsrjornl AN hrssnacPaaec Nodes 10 11 14 G 716 15 14 13 18 124 
igebgdateeh Ane noodrr buds eee tooo 7 13 13 11 13 19 10 15 17 17 an 
AVZESCOEDPE b riitear th Senna i ccs, 910174 9121913151316 130 
A eEbenderson eevee, eens as ee 11 14 18 10 13 17 10 10 14 21 135 
Niniitiend exsGnee \etanitdsseniess sen 121115181316 7101517 129 
Ii FrivhoKorete oth9 Sess cp ef A a 121517 111317121415 21 147 
BV SU keen Moo aaoGoT aoe ee wes 14751512 81512131012 126 
EIZOLe Aare Lee ace Torey: 9311511 91611111412 19 
VVPETIENVELIP sretecac a victelt tonite eis eerie ie il GRE LAr oezle 126, 
Wine StOW Bose <n ces mech en boas 18 1418 11 131818151819 182 
anttnan ass eels e - 12111813 91611141519 18% 
Waddell ....... ,12141613131915151521 i164 
Roster, | Asaesnigsterteresrerte ran a Wi4161111 T18D.. 105 
EROS Bas Soqsdnuncoe cen baccone 13 12 20 14 14 18 14 13 15 19 152 
Gocticrwe ry seach enon ee eee alas > eo 10 10 10 18 59 
DD AWSOM we cleic sss ipc cusp eetaes et 14; ss. 81695, Sta alo. eee 59 
IDES tered prea cian shied « Qed Se eure ieee eee 36 
Wilkinson ....., Siebrier: bate 310... “, 15 
(GLAVC SH Ee hee mean yee ees ae ae Bt eae eee nels. ane sass 9 
SEALS Sea dhaddacittee ees cues eta Ae a, SS 27 
GHTDe eer sent ich teiy ie aele aire 5 $10 .. 141712 .. 14 18 4 
Nicihioh® Face ss eteh ee rery rr. mut A eter oe ty eo a ae 9 
1S hbasy he tock Oh eer ore yt had CS Wes Pie ere Cre FA 4 
BUnMett. Hinteey sat ons hbiteteaeee Sead TAP Sok Coma eee, see 22 
EOWA ahi tel scienes ewe teres ee noe Ie) aster aa 45 an. 10 
OGERETLGSINNNE b5 55 oA sme au AA TSS wheres gisele Be 13 
Cowan wetiiecncaeerscs ss ya Seas See at 121615 913 14 719 
COPTTITT ES: Bacisis ieee bp rdbekcrse Ct eee Phe Bier Biwi § 
IBrasselmae sy tee tceee ba ties te ae eee Sho ee ay Pea loeed a a 
Second Day, Oct 17. 
Events; L253 4 S: 6 8 9 A0. 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 25 ~Broke 
GOST Sask Oe Sats ben PAO rcaipahc 14 718 8 11 14 11 12 15 21 1BL 
CEE eRe heroes eseyeqlatntetsteein super ieee 12 11 1§ 11 10 14 9 13 19 19 186 
SkellyaGe. ne. toi eoes he eae 1412 1410 9 13 14 18 17 22 138 
WL OMLOS ic ate Gaels ieee ae eee. 1213816 91317 10 718 18 33 
PATTON aera ioessdlsame nsec et . 12:10 18 18:18 19 13 1413 22 8=6147 
Henderson ......55.000.5er0e - 14 817121415 8121613 129 
MCHA TES mentored hist rceborte ns Siete ae 13 11 18 11 15 17 12 18 18 19 147 
WSL Vinle SLONEM aes pope sce eee 16 18 18 18 18 17 15 13 18 21 156 
BAG Ut eer e ace see Eee pao. 14 14 18 12 14 14 14 13 18 20 151 
SUMEHELS” gestern et seeeere ere 13 91512 121512 8 14 19 129 
Weaewelll sicher sus steed as 181218 121117412 131717 139 
IWiESCGEEL Bs cnet halelebitiatereae 121116 91012 9 91418 120 
Siena ho hell) ae ea he fee Ws 15 13 13 12 14-17 13 14 17 23 151 
Waites! sss caepe cule eae 18 12 19 12 13 16 14 11 «17 16 143 
aGHErpe eee eke cane aleails fake vant kaplan (8 se. vil) 
Gr GS. -sAesreerin toms erctae we aise 14 12 18 12 15 19 15 18 19 28 160 
Valet al Oty aaancelatesin tetas salaee noe u 14 10 19 11 14 16 13 12 18 16 1435 
HVtt CLOT Renee Renee nee . 11 13 18 14 15,18 14 13 19 21 TAG. 
Rai olp tienes eeerteeeeet . 12 15 17 34 11 14 12 10 17 18 140 
Wcariiiniarl syne. esse ames 13 10 10 12 13 15 12 41:13 22 lal 
Parken 2 Sars aaney tata Gh kb sea c/the 11 13 15 14 11 15 14 13 17 21 144 
IBrasselMwiev nod Abisko aoa yes UHL AL eal he tea ae ge AR Ae 49 
Ig Phe abe a eee eee igs fsfalin 8) 45} a5 1A GG) oe 88 
IVGDEGS ESA etd deldaddelaaden rakes ape tek cio) 35 Ba edhe a 66° 
Wawoony bora eee sbege ety 4S Rs i Bare MOL, esee a 66 
FAT GAEVS OM dye steele aisle eels ipa saley te eens ey OEE: cc 38 
MVICIVE WS AB! Rica hiiiebtertealets saceieonees 11 18 12 12 16 14 12 19 18 132 
TNUNGTE 6o9 dpe ee EA BHB ABN 170546 11 10 12 13 11 12 12 15 35 15 126 
BoSWweny fare eee eae ee 12 12 17 18 12 16 14 12 17 22 147 
Gordon Rene oye asede) eal eral 106 
TAIGE,ORRERE RELL EE Rn nee Be eee ee he ote i) Ba Bh. ee, 8 
Waugh Brat ee av ze WLI ey te 18 
GEG WAT 98 bs ht eo ieee en atnlag pans te ee 15 10 13 16 16 v0) 
AGG WS Oriiess Cis icect Cans tn ee ane eeee L ee eee 1 4 eee 14. 
Third Day, Oct. 18.—Live Birds, 
Events: 12 Events 1, Bes 
Birds: apalth We Birds 510 7 
0 Se O™ Since eee eR 2 6 4 
& 3 4 W Meyers ........0.0- a RSL 
AS. a ebEy Lee eater eee Deon 
4 6 5 Anderson 6 ou TA 
B.S 5 Skelly WI 424 
oy ie GRariker ea ae Ulery 
8 7 4 Kaufman 4 8 5 
op hee6 (EiGetcr 3 s34 Sains 5 8 6 
a, Oe oiBloun& 2 peer me naan 4 6 5 
iced Meaitdly oui) ee nN Bet. 5 
BATES Ty trecacecake eee SPOS Wetcott eae ote 1 
TRH Tae Arh enseecn-c eth) 1G) OE Gordon 4. nee feel ee 
Randolph ayeekiceseeseee dees Ae Goektche ci. | oeeim anaes 4 
orbestentess sche a Saeseet, | Witte) Soins 5. eens 6 
Muldon ......., AEROS ASS f Ges. Meader .8 biceus spun 6 
KS Oey eee eS Sete’ PLOWSEr hy 2e) a. oe 5 
Smithers? nelestcspa.ceee: 3,9: -5, ‘Otts)), . 4 
W Jewell oO en Aes 23.8 oa 


FOREST AND STREanm. 


WESTERN TRAPS. 
Gartield Guo Club, 


Cuicaco, Oct. 20.—The appended scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the third weekly shoot of the 
season. Dr. Meek carried off the honors of the day, being the 
only one to go straight in the main event of the day. 

The day was a fine one for shooting, being cool and pleasant, 
with quite a stiff and rather gusty wind quartering across the 
traps. 

The birds were an unusually good lot, taking them all through. 

Our members are still dallying with the elusive duck and festive 
jacksnipe, and a little later will try a whirl at the quail, and then 
for the pigeons in earnest. 


No. 1, 10 birds, $1.50 entrance. No. 2, 6 birds, $1 entrance. No. 3, 

6 birds, $1 entrance. No. 4, 6 birds, $1 entrance: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. 

ED GEsavnowery Gilt jet fe 1211211011— $9 11112%—5 1*1001—3 *10121—4 
C TH Kehl) 27..4.—. 021001002*— 4 2100214 010**1—2 001102—8 
Dr Meek, 31...... TI2T2IITT2-=10, TT 2——5 
T Wolff, 29.......- 1012111710— 8 110101—4 0222115  221101—5 
F Wolff, 26....... 0001021201— 5. WO10I2—4 3 ...... 0 cea 
F Barnard, 30..... 1022102022— 7  - ##*|#q 2 212122—6 022211—5 
TIVO 2 (ee ae ee 0102022120— 6 — ..,.., 12*100—3  000010—1 
Dir Jobiffaaancuisass wets eLtG O100*1-2 iw 120w 

Event 5, 6 birds, $1; 
SIVMBE Tort ectens street Qe 1 On ee ese ey iene ete srt at 01211—4 


Dr. J. W. Merex, Sec’y, 
Chicago Gun Club, 


Chicago, Ill., Oct. 18.—Herewith are the scores of the Chicago 
Gun Club’s shoot this afternoon. Live birds were the attraction, 
Twenty-two shooters faced the traps, or in other words called 
“Pull” and watched for the birds to come up from the tall grass. 

The five traps were conipletely hidden from yiew. The birds 
were strong flyers, and this is the explanation for the goose eggs. 

Geo, Roll, the 100-straight man, found them all, and our itriend 
Lem Willard also killed 16. 

Mr. C. P, Richards and A. Hellman, of the Garfield Club, were 
visitors. They were shooting targets at a good clip, 

Dr, C. W. Carson, the club’s hustler, could not attend the shoot 
owing to urgent business out of town. 

The Chicago Club seems to have a lot of willing ones to help 
a shoot along, and make a visiting sportsman think he is at home. 


- Weekly trophy, 25 targets: 


COROT Sls ae ee yn aa eeats deems son 4 011011101.0100191111111100—17 
Re BeiMaclk: 8 oye see Tete re eee eee re -11911.091011.0111101111111—21, 
IVts SAGSOMS f.. Tao seurebtantis dea Res one 1111111911111111101101101—_22 
VETTE rigs ee satelehe Moree cle ere sivols ss ae ourresale ae stots 1110001131111101000101111—17 
porebetelapeglel(ad en Aye sean A Peotpiee 1100111110101007001101001—15 
Mra WMOrkanen pose as sete een Eien 19111110111.0111100111.0111—20 
L Willard 41911109111191191111011128 
Walters 1111110011111101101111101—20 
Cornwell 1101114011311117111007100—19 
ONT MTEATIG steots eather sate Arete a eiiel leis eee is 1001011050011100111001111—14 
AMV SN GLtons sek neil ceric teas 111.01111011.0011011111111_20 
ANA Wim LS ayes rhe Meiveeven tne vist sfereicete ie 1111101101111110010111111_2 
DD NMsllene dapeest aelchichhh cece shee eee oe 4111111101111101101111111—22, 
ADB Yae tir st 0 tid g And tagecide deter 4 t 0101111011011100101111111—18 
Nearly paras Witles aio eeced a ale aa bee eee state rie eiete Ory 1011000101011111001100101—14 
APU IDEM er esbe cnn ce ged Qocenochoonotons 1000101111010101001011111—15 
*C P Richards....... Ocoee ht Cees be bane 1441111110119 —24 
PAIENGIIITATIL sloulurencte slsiteutscteete sistem reonte = me 19119190191111111111110—24. 
lDhe Bol tC) aie tte See Se Rhea 1110111131001111101101101—19 
FW 8 O" Kang ec cx ares 34 Pin Arte tg Be teh oe 1011001101111135110011100—17 
GraSstAntarie teenie asec gusset ees nian ee 1010111110111111.011011101—19 
WHEE! Seana Ies sSNA SASS AHEAD hoe 19911111111. 111110101111_28 
PRIS TONES <2 a. direc np cont toc ares treaties 10011101111011.00101101101—16 

*Visitors. 

No. 2, monthly trophy. Dr. Miller and Mr. L. Willard tied 
for the trophy, but owing to darkness did not shoot the tie off: 
Dir Will ete slot moetrn mores a eree eine ede ckete peersritdes ALT T111111110—14 
Cornwell ....00.... 0c. ees GASLRGMEEE Irmmmemmrinen & de 001#.111.0191111—12 
AV Tanne... cc. ccc ngee ARAMA SRACNARME DEC BEE enn 5 . 101111111001171—12 
Wisltense $2, oct -- rp tease park eeahenGe stoner anete . 1110111101 1114—13, 
RES EN Oke went risen la rie sat ak one a eee nie 110110171411101—12 
Mis: “Carsonieetititebrees ete erhh ies abae + eco ee 110111111991110—13 
LeWillared wads Cailis ay haveu epee inne eeenenrkiionk tere 14.1991111111110 14 
Greg walle en vccecetumrtrriceg sigrttere tetty tri erate ee 0eeL01110111111111—13 
Ave Wit am S so ops ge states os weteietars 28 pans ade hee 110011011111011—11 
EX} aitlesse enn ee nanan chalets Fas OUR ICSC CaO HR eae 000000000001010— 2 


Sweepstakes: Fifteen targets: A. W. Adams 11, James 9, R. B. 
Mack 18, C. P. Richards 15, Mitchell 13, Hellman 14, W, O. King 
7, Dr, Turek 11, Mrs. Carson 11, L. Willard 15, Geo. Roll 12. 

Twenty-five targets: C. P. Richards 21, Mitchell 19, L Willard 21, 
Geo. Roll 24, Dr. Miller 21,-Cornwell 19. 


The scores in the live-bird events, each at 8 birds, follow: 


Ce RoI he eae SSO Qo RSd Chores ta i 11111112—8 22111212—8 
R B Mack,... eh the Ghee seat he eens -... 000120114 10122w 
MirystGarson ob saya t arene eae cester fire sae 101222016 sk... ase 
EIGStO ice ah Ge selak 5.6 eee eto te hais wtstatic te ec 112002126 22020200—4 
DUN CEEMIETE LE poke. OE Stren iter meen) eet anime 10021012—5 220201124 
Dr Morton ....,..... sloletele trate troe eee te 220210004 01211121—7 
Ts, Wallardtiiivccccsventieasecsen © CP bite ees 221121218 122221128 
SS SOMOS Te stan eecths male cepa ease waa eaeea hc ae aes 11111122—8 .......- 

NM dhnekioys iste dro Sar ees Aye ou aT oes ape tent rtre tras 100010214  60011110—4. 
Cornwell Aes s ect a le rey os Se 5 10011212—6 110111206 
AV saci e Necrsay is ameter tela tsectins racemes tes 11221010—6 221201026 
A W Morton 3 0@101001I—3 § 121201026 
W Gentleman 00010010—2  01222101—6 
INO AINE ING Rob og eots on Sehr 11112212—8 3s 1. eae 
Wr Miller! At cinta tered tee eee RO Roh 121121118 11110221—7 
Dr MurGk pe eee een heen eke rete eeeteie ce 00011020—8 ........ - 
Nuele somes ™ sae sees WKADLAARAS SAARC CLAD 112121228 ge eee 
Wear Ars CRED ed oh ata eee ee AS ae 11100000—8 ~Ssiw.. .. . . 

bal UE Piidosncnperormrrcr isn cecce rae ee +,--10200011—4 12011110—6 
J niAlieeakzngt SA nent homeaeada cn rely W1112210—7_ —Ssid#‘i, . 

1D Ke wil CITGO EN te aes SRA a AA BAHE nase 20101 w. + int 

VES @) Sekt Tl 8 0G nmelebl See RE Een leer ce 00101001—3  00002022—3 


Oct. 20.—Herewith are the scores of the Chicago Gun Club's 
weekly shoot. The weather was very fine, and some good scores 
were made, In event No. 1 Geo. Roll broke 15 straight; in No. 2 
Lem Willard got straight. The weekly trophy goes to Willard 
also, on 24 out of 25. In No. 4, distance handicap, Mrs. Carson 
at 18yds, broke 24, winning first alone. In event No. 5 14 was high; 
Roll, Willard and Mack each lost 1. 

The season’s shooting will close in two weeks, 

Vhe Chicago Gun Club expects to make improvements next 
season in buildings, grounds, etc., that will be the finest in the 
State. The club has a large membership, and the surplus will 
be used in improvements. The management wishes all members 
tu be present Oct. 27: 

Monthly trophy, 15 targets: 


RG) eereqeutisebereresesentteks a eek mes cae Pier, 111101011111010—11 
LO} Syn Wy cas A eo eee ee oe bb eens x 110191411144171—14 
WhrswlOreseyn — ser 5 Se este OM eepeet We brat. an aes 119111111101101—48 
TR BSAC faye fies om aa tee enee heme rere ered se 111100017101111—411 
Gornwelle Phere niee uspr ht ciel a yteete no nme niels sett scr 111110010110111—11 
Ip)eierbustoral SAwAsSuahh 55556555446 OA MANOA SE Gn SOS 011110110001100— § 
iPpUketeits LA bch Oe ONE Zi ls cee aie 11111001110111119 
Ly SWAMI Saead cess oles apne peeeeme ee Ce 1119111111111 15 
HD Wames areas oor see repent eat 110101111110011—11 
W © King... : 110110100110006— 7 
Mrs Howard 011111011101111—12 
IBGLLOEE (alee Ree OTE Gok ee ee nce e Gliese 01911911110111148 
Weekly trophy, 25 targets: 
Millikertaets se Neel oe an eee 11111011101101011111111u.—20 
Geos Rol ea ew oth eeueaeeweree 1,001111910199111111711 98 
RK BiMackispesds5 532.485 755052 rn eeeeee 1011111101111171101101391 
OP Bieri AEP ee eee eeeeeL Pe eUeee re cnnteeee 11111111010110019110171111—90 
Mrs Carson ...... 2 lea aia ABA Bee. 0110110111101111111011011—19 
Dr Reberutiis ie UL Fee PR ee” 1411111011011110110011110 19 
Gdninwell Pi jssaescmane ea et a hae 111101100110113011101011—18 
Ds") Gat stle coamrserwaercetatees 25 fateh 191111111011 0001011111111—20 
Dt. Mortal 9 vers sduarsenose syne 1111111101000101111111191—19 
Wee Wallard Sooo anes ..4ges -11999111111111111.101111111—94 
ag) anes eaWem deals: eevee ted =» 011010011 1111111111011111—19 
AMO Ratioct fo eats petty Ree ee i -0101000001100000010100000— 6 
Mrs. eloward Wf ocss eesaes Ste een Ace 1001000010001116111110111—14 
& Rorroff. gre stern coerreceneseen errs ++ 111011001003100101010193I—15 


hs 


[Ocr. 27, 1900. 


Distance handicap, 25 targets, $1 tO winner: 


Geo Roll, 20......cceceseeccueenscseoee sed! 11111101911111011111101—22 
O’Brien, 20......... secteetrotovssssncenseeds OU1I0IIIUI1 1111111 110I—20 
Dr Carson, 20, ..+..-ce<+s005 coesrossesessthIIT) 1110111110111001111—22 
L, Willard, 20......csccesssses teats Ne patesd TIIIT0T 0101211111111. 11.22 
DT IMorionta Sion wnsees ones Sosneqensseos e 21100197 1100111190191 11111—22 
R B Mack, 18.............. SSabantere Se eisttey ».1111001111001111011111110—19 
Mist iGarsan’ 8h ono cues Roe e dee sen 19110 107.1111111011110119—94 
Cornwell, 18...3-.. pes intro er Sere sococe AULIIIITIONIIIII101111100—20 
Wittman, 285... ..-:-rre reer eek aie oes  OLLIDONT NLL 1127111011 111—93 
Mrs Howard, 16......<... SETS et de 1110010101110901001101011—14 
Borroff, 16...... Ae eeSodoticrnitiets ra + 1(00001000100110019 1100717—11 
BRGtehees We no a ny eae aye ee | GQUUOLUIVL01L01L00N000101I— 9 
Sweepstakes: ' 
Targets: 15 15 Targets: 
(Cray aio 95 505000 sd00K4 o- da 14 Dr Morton .... 
OBrien” Wesel s owe eee »i4.. L Willard 2... 
RB ale ied. anee eet ere 214 HD 
Mints Carso rl wc niente 1) Wed 
Dp Reber ask scssaceaies on 11 .. Whitman . 
Cornwell eee sue CeCe eeeles alal3s AG Toho) rene iv» hev/toestem 6: hehversnguitn) ok 
HDi CAarson law y ie tieeteioe = 13... Mrs Howard ....2.....0..5 o. 9 


Bive JEANS. 


IN NEW JERSEY. 


Hamilton Gun Club. 


Hamilton Square, N. J., Oct. 13.—A shooting contest held here 
this afternoon resulted as follows: 


Match at 19 live birds: 


W A Mellon........22#21212112—9 J Lockwood......... 1211021*12—8 
Miss and Out: ; 

J VY Hutchinson,..,... Meeart 20—1 WA Mellon............ 2111216 — 
Target match, Oct. 6: i 

J _V Hutchinson............ danse sates . --11101.101101101011 00161010115 
We AMEN eliorune atney neers Dek cere atahs 00149111111111111111111101—23 


W. A. Merton, Pres. H. GC. 


Mississippi Valley Notes. 


In the October competition for the Peoria Gun Club’s three 
medals Mills, Schultz and Woolner won the A, B and GC lass 
honors respectively, Nineteen members, participated in the after- 
moons spurt, and as usual a few live birds were shot in con- 
clusion of the programme. 

The scores in the 50-target event are here given: Mills 46, King 
41, Brown 28, Zip 44, Baker 37, Sammis 42, G. Portman 48, Chas, 
Portman 31, Walport 44, Weiberg 30, Schultz 56, €. Portman 30, 
Geo, Weber 30, Wim. Woolner 31, Trunk 84, Shamo 21, Walport 21, 
MeCluggage 30, ; i 

The Mt. Sterling Gun Club will give a one-day open shoot at 
fapeets on Oct, 30. Entrance fees aggregate $15, and target total is 

a. 

\ big live-bird shoot is one of the things making, in trapshooting 
circles at St. Louis, but dates and details aré not yet ripe for an- 
nouncement, 

AAs the season for quail shooting approaches it may be said 
with confidence that the crop of birds and prospects for sport are 
decidedly the best that we have had in Illinois for years. And it 
is no less sure that this pleasing condition is due largely if not 
wholly to the fact that the new game law has afforded proper and 
practical protection to the birds through the summer and early 
fall season. : C. Rrenn. 


Kentucky Gun Club. 


Loutsyirrr, Ky.--In the Kentucky State championship con- 
test, held on Saturday, Oct. 20, there were twenty-one contestants. 
The shoot was held on Oct, 19 and 20. Mr. Ward killed straight 
alone. The conditions were 25 birds, $10 entrance, birds extra; 
class shooting; money divided 35, 25, 20 and 10 per cent., and a 
silver cup to first. The weather was fine, and the birds were 
good, The scores in the championship event follow: 


Lyons: 25 SCREW ewy sce atea aides = eee 2222222222()22222202222*12—22, 
ANITen aaa sa ete) lactic a saccitwnie weer: 2222222221212222011120222—93 
pA WGEite | Prcet cs cer esme se eeyaeceseteincaes 2222222222221*22202222092-93, 
lotion eset soca tose dodhibasr deeded 01912212111121222*1042102—21 
Duncan ee ce ee oe LO22222-22212992, 02222] 2*—23 
Clay ahene sonnet ncn a ister tent: U222120222222222222299202- 92. 
IPTAGOfiy sees sete else selene celica eee eer 22222222212212202222*212 92 
@henavle hs pele os en platen ae +» » «2221212222022022214221222—29 
Gis kh Sees qudcuerbio donna oheaocucs 2222722222 2229222292*0202 24 
Obey Hee es cebegetsot ete mraassos vase, -2022012212222111222222011—29 
SAT G ye erry sad ators tea meratatereinnta ote Cw come OR ee RI U2222022022222222220w 
MivelDYopoctal Assn nAgccbhotcomacncermcnsea 22222222*2212221022222012—22 
Powell wia.cce5 Pie pas a ante tte ace eee Epo 2222212222201222220)120222—22 
VerCompte rea nre scenes eceein seaaeicle 22222222222021222221222)0—22 
PEM ECU ETC Sears rere ety ry etnias ateine sence 222222222222022222222222—-23 
Carian een docs uel see eieceee ee See =. » 6212211222221" 122222221 +22 
(Crag ues RUINS oleae ethos decetece ee rrmedinierc re Goma 2202222221220010w 
Anderson BOP Ws eC E EEO OE 211272022021 2"*0w 
Weta, setae, TaN ee See b ee bavencnSees eDL21121222229229999022009 95 
Miller ~..----- artren mpicreles stetaAgtacisess5 7095 2222222222222022222222222 —24 
Oldham ....... Ded ad tite nielsene tem eee +» .222220020202200w 
In the event at 7 live birds the following scores were made: 
TEyONSe a iaescccsenasetes 220W Ward , 
Duncan .,..-+.+-+0+++ «12222217 Powell 
PA Weitere cera ; .-2110220—5, Talley .... 
Le Compte... . 2200w Pragoft Ww 
(Cane fee ehsthionahane Paper Ar Ny cae area dares 2122222—7 
Milletseesicscaaeas hia seer 2122222—7 


PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 


Nothing is more important to the gunner than the condition 
of the barrels of his arm. Most men have had experience in 
sending guns to the gun store to have the rust taken out of the 
barrels, or to have them rebored, and very often the work is done 
in an unsatisfactory way. ‘The advertisement of Mr. Alex S. 
McMullen, of Ilion, N. Y., indicates that some one has at last 


_ arisen to take up the boring of guns as a specialty, and the 


proper treatment of the barrels.—Adu 


Why They Advertise in Forest and: Stream 
Because lt Pays. 


Resorts for Sportsmen. 


Burton's Bay Vira, Locustville, La.—l have about as many 
guests as [ can accommodate, and all through my advertisement 
through FOREST AND. STREAM, J. H. James, 


Long Island Duck Shooting, 


East Quocur, Long Island, N. Y.—We are having black duck 
shooting here. The records of five days show seventy-six snipe 
and yellowlegs and bay birds and fifty-Ave black ducks. There 
are also sprigs, mallards and broadbills, but the majority are 
black ducks. We are seventy-five miles from New York. 

; E, A. JAckson. 

East Quocue, Long Island, N. Y., Oct. 13.—Dear Sir: I have 
received a number of letters from ihe ad that I sent to you, and I 
have received a number of answers from Bermuda to Massa- 


_chusetts, 


E. A. Jackson. 
Dogs. 


Norte Conway, N. H—I want to testify to the value of 
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wanted those dogs, and I had no trouble in making a sale. 


Pe Boats. 
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tells us that the paper attracted much attention and the 


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curtent files were in constant demand. In addition there 
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The Forest AND STREAM was the only journal of its 
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OUR ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENTS. 

WE give to-day the first one of a series of four full-page 
illustrations which haye been provided to accompany the 
first numbers of the months for November, December, 
January and February. The originals haye been drawn 
for the Forrst ANn StrEAmM by Mr. Wilfred P. Davison 
and Mr, Edmund Osthaus, and the subjects will, we are 
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in the field. The titles of the four pictures are: 

Nov. 3.—In the Fence Corner. By Wilfred P. Davison. 

Dec. 1.—When Food Grows Scarce. By Wilfred P. 
Davison, 

Jan. 5.—Quail Shooting in Mississippi. 
Osthaus. 

Feb. 2—In Boyhood Days. By Wilfred P. Davison, 


By Edm. H. 


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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1900. 


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VOL. LV.—No, 18. 
1 No. 846 Broapway, New Yor 


WOMAN IN THE SADDLE. 


THe question as to how a woman should sit a horse is 
gradually attracting—as it should—more and more atten- 
tion, and signs are not wanting that before long there 
will be a considerable proportion of the horsewomen 
of the country who will insist on riding in the only 
rational and safe way. Already in most of the large cities 
—and certainly in many localities far from large cities— 
there are horsewomen who ride a man’s saddle, and it 
is not to be doubted that this number will constantly in- 
crease. It is but a few years since the short skirt, 
variously known as the rainy day, golf or bicycle skirt, 
began to be worn by a few advanced women, and yet 
to-day it is so popular that most working women. and a 
very large proportion of ‘shoppers in the large cities 
assume this garb when they go abroad. 

The matter of woman’s seat on a horsé comes again to 
ptblic notice by a dispatch from Chicago stating that a 
woman there who had entered a number of horses at the 
coming horse shéw and expected to ride them herself in 
the ladies’ saddle horse class, intended to ride a man’s 
saddle; and that when this knowledge came to the horse 
show atthorities they requested her to withdraw her 
entries. 


Public agitation of this matter is all that is required to 


push the reform to the front, and all persons interested 
in seeing the change brought about will be glad that 
the question has come up again. The woman who has 
ventured to bring it up in this public way, and to the 


attention’ of the class which is commonly denominated. 


“society,” is to be congratulated on her courage. But 
then it has long been known that women make the best 
martyrs. 

Horseback riding is perhaps the most wholesome and 


altogether the best form. of exercise that can be taken 


by man orf woman, but in the larger communities its 
practice is limited by the fact that it is expensive, both 
as to time and money. In the country, however, this 
objection exists to a less degree, and everywhere the fond- 
ness for horseback riding is increasing. 

Of the world’s population women are by far the con- 
servative part. They object to change, cling to the old 
things and wish to do to-day as their mothers did before 
them. To attempt to alter sentiments-or customs among 
them is to undertake a task far greater than would be 
found in turning the thoughts of men into new channels. 
At the same time the views of women on many matters 
have changed so rapidly within the last. few years, and 
the sex has made such long strides toward taking its 
place in many respects on an absolute equality with 
man, that we may hope that within a few years the 
difference in standing which existed half a century ago 
will have largely disappeared, 


SAS ETEN LD 


Tuts talk about the constitutionality of non-export 
game law is coming to be somewhat wearisome. The 
last case is that of Mr. Douglass Dyrenforth, of Chicago, 
and his Wisconsin muscalonge. The Wisconsin statute 
forbids the export of fish taken from inland waters. ex- 
cept that two fish (or more if not in excess of 20 pounds ) 
may be carried out of the State when accompanied by the 
owner. Mr. Dyrenforth was taking some muscalonge 
home to Chicago, and, according to the published re= 
port, was quite within his right as to the limited amount 
he was carrying. The fish were seized by a Wisconsin 
warden, and Mr. Dyrenforth has sued to recover $5 000 
damages.- In the event of the court’s upholding the 
warden, Mr. Dyrenforth announces that he will bring suit 
to test the constitutionality of the anti-export provision. 

To value two Wisconsin muscalonge at $2,500 apiece 
is, of course, to put a moderate and conservative price on 
them, reckoned from the standpoint of the angler who 
caught them: and we shall all hope that the whole sum 
stied fot may be recovered. or at least enough of it to soothe 
Mr. Dyrenforth’s outraged feelings, which, it is evident, 


come high. But what shall be said of a proposition at this 
day to test the constitutionality of laws forbidding the . 


export of game or fish? For the point is no longer 
subject to test. It has already been tested and settled 
by numerous State courts and by the Supreme Court of 
the United States, In the case of Geer. vs. Connecticut 
this very question was at issue. The Connecticut statute 
forbids’ the export of ruffed grouse. Mr. Geer, a game 


dealer, bought some grouse, which by purchase became 
his property, and carried them to New York. When 
sued for the penalties, he contended that the birds having 
by purchase become his property he might do with them 
as he pleased. When the case got to Washington the 
Supreme Court found against Mr. Geer on this point. It 
held that the game of a State belonged to the State, and 
the State might prescribe conditions both as to its capture 
and as to its disposition after it was taken. The State 
inight thus provide, as in the case under consideration, that 
the game might be taken only for the purpose of con- 
sumption within the State. Under these circumstances it 
would be impossible for any one to acquire in the dead 
game any absolute property right which would war- 
rant his doing with it other than the State had provided 
might be done. So as to these Wisconsin muscalonge, 
The State owns the fish; it» may forbid the taking of 
them at any time for any purpose, or it may permit their 
capture at certain times for certain purposes. The author- 
ity which prescribes the purpose of taking and the dis- 
position after taking is identical with that which pre- 
scribes the times and the modes of taking. We do not 
hear any one affirming that he has a constitutional right 
te catch Wisconsin muscalonge when, where and. how 
he pleases; but that contention would be just as reason- 
able as the common one that a person may do what he . 
pleases with his fish after he has captured them. 

Undoubtedly there are certain constitutional questions 
involved in the game laws which it would be worth while 
fo test, but this one of game export does not fall within 
the category. It has been settled already. And because 
it is settled talk about settling it over again will end in 
talk. The talk will probably continue far into the next 
century, for it is talk of a kind that soothes the feelings 
of the victim of the law. When one has had his fish taken 
away from him or has been compelled to pay a fine, it 
mitigates the severity of the penalty if he can set him- 
self up on a pedestal and contemplate himself as an 
aggrieved and injured citizen shorn of his constitutional 
rights, 


CALIFORNIA QUAIL FOR THE APPALACHIANS, 


Ir has more than once been suggested in FoREsT AND 
STREAM that the plumed partridge of California, better 
known as the mountain quail, might do well on the higher 
slopes of the Appalachian Mountains, in North Carolina, 
and possibly further south. Until recently, however. no 
one especially interested in the region appears to have 
given much thought to the matter . However, we learn 
now that Mr: Chas, Hallock. Dr. A. K. Fisher, of the 
Biological Survey, and Manager Hayes, of Sapphire, 
North Carolina, have taken the matter up together, and 
that there is a prospect that something may be done 
about it. 

In connection with this, it is proposed to introduce on 
the southern slopes of the same mountains some blue 
quail fromthe Rio Grande, which will be fed and shel- 
tered’ in winter. These birds are easily domesticated. 
Mexican children are said to use them tiniversally as 
pets, and they are said to constitute a considerable part 
of the food of the people in some localities. 

Of course these last are birds of a dry region, and seem 
to prefer a country where the rainfall is very slight: but 
en the other hand they have been introduced in portions 
of British Columbia—a country of great precipitation— 
and there have done well and greatly increased in num- 
bers. There seems no obvious reason why they might 
not do equally well in North Carolina, and if not there, 
at least in South Carolina and Georgia. They are not 
cold weather birds and would be easily winter killed. 
Projects such as this are equally interesting to sportsmen 
and to naturalists. 


TALKS TO BOYS. 


We shall begin in our next issue the publication of a 
series of “Talks to Boys,” by Mr. W. G. De Groot. To 
those who know Mr. De Groot it is not necessary for us 
to say that for the authorship of such ‘a series no one 
could be found better equipped than he by long experience 
in the field, thorough sportsmanship and sympathy. with 
the youngsters of to-day, who are to be the sportsmen of 
to-morrow. The papers will be highly practical in charac- 
ter, and we shall miss our guess if they do not find readers 
of mature years as well as among the boys. 


42 


Che Sportsman Qourist. 
In the Ozarks. 


(Continned from last week.) 


One beautiful October day the hunting fever at- 
tacked me with all its old-time irresistible power, and 
unfitted me temporarily for work of any kind whatsoever. 
Nature called to me insistently to come out and play, and 
from my office window showed me an alluring prospect 
to tempt me from the dull, uncompanionable books 
lying open on my desk and staring blankly in my face. 

The hills stretched away on every side as far as the 
eye could reach, their wooded slopes showing touches 
of russet and gold, intermingled with the green of the 
unturned foliage; overhead the sky was blue and clear, 
with here and there a white, fleecy cloud sailing lazily 
by; the air seemed filled with those tiny gossamer 
balloons, floating along, light os thistledown, with gleam- 
ing, silken cobwebs trailing far behind like the tails to 
so many kites, by means of which the energetic balloon 
spiders accomplish their fall moving; and over all brooaded 
the soft, hazy atmosphere of an Indian summer’s day, 

There was no resisting such an inyitation, I closed 
my books with a bang, hung my “‘out-of-town-will-be- 
back-to-morrow” sign on the door, and was soon headed 
for the hills with a gun over my shoulder and my good 
dog Twist trailing at my heels. This dog was a fine 
Irish setter, and his full name was Oliver Twist, which 
title he had acquired from his insatiable craving for 
“more.” 

It was his first season with the birds, and I was trying 
to breale him in. I had not hunted much in that part 
of the country, and had never before done any quail 
shooting to speak of, so there was all the charm of 
novelty in my surroundings, on this particular day. So 
far as Twist was concerned, my imstruction was not 
likely to prove of much worth, 

But the rustle of the dead leaves underfoot was sweet- 
est music to my ears, and it mattered little to me 
whether I shot anything or nothing at all. In fact, when 
Twist flushed a covey of quail and sent them whirring 
away into the thick woods before I was within shot of 
them I merely reproved him with a yell, and followed 
leisurely after the birds. 

I got three quail out of this covey, when I should have 
. bagged at least eight. Jf the dog had been more ex- 
perienced such shooting would have been enough for 
him, and he would forthwith and forever have cut me 
from his list of sporting friends, Fortunately for me 
we were about on a par when it came to quail hunting, 
and each one’s attention was wholly occupied with his 
own blunders. 

I tramped many miles that day, up hill and down dale, 
and along toward sundown bethought me that it was time 
to be starting homeward—and then I made a discovery. 
I did not know in what direction home was; in other 
words, I was lost. Those hills were so much alike in 
their general appearance that I could not get my bear- 
ings. There was nothing for it but to strike out in a 
straight line, and trust to luck to come across some 
habitation. 

[ put the plan into effect, but it was after dark before 
I struck even a roadway. I would have been in a sorry 
plight were it not for a bright moon that lighted up my 
way and made objects distinguishable in the darkness, 
I followed the road for a mile or more, and at last my 
eyes were greeted with the welcome sight of a light 
shining from the window of a dwelling. I approached 
this seemingly lonely habitation, and greeted it with a 
loud “Hello, the house!” The door opened immedi- 
ately, and in the broad shaft of light streaming from the 
interior.a man appeared, his figtire assuming gigantic 
proportions as he stood there framed in the low door- 
way. 

“What's the trouble?” he’ called out. 

“Lost my way,” I made answer. “How far is it to M.?” 

““Baout six mile, I reck’n,” said he. “Better come in 
and have some grub.” 

I did not wait to be urged. Through the open door 
I could see the bright fire burning in the big fireplace 

at one end of the room, over which a tea kettle was sing- 
ing merrily, and an appetizing odor of fried bacon and 
baked yams was wafted to my nostrils. 

With a word of heartfelt thanks I entered the house— 
or, more correctly speaking, the cabin—and mine host 
closed the door and drew up a cracker box beside the 
fire with an invitation for me to sit down and make 
myseli at home. 

We exchanged information regarding each other over 
our supper. Mine host’s name was Saunders, I learned, 
and he lived in this small cabin by himself and “didn’t 
ask no odds o’ nobuddy, hi ganny.” He was a man well 
on in years, His sandy hair and long, scragely beard 
were plentifully streaked with gray. but he was still hale 
and hearty, and though past the three-score mark, “his 
eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.” His 
shoulders were bent, but this was more from his habit 
of sitting all hunched over, with elbows resting on 
knees, than from old age. | 

Further conservation developed the fact that he was 
the owner of a certain black mule, with whom I had 
previously formed an undesirable acquaintance. 

I declined Saunders’ invitation to spend the night at 
his cabin, and also the loan of his mule, and feeling 
greatly refreshed after the plain but substantial supper 
whistled for Twist and started for home. Twist had re- 
galed himself with a fight with one of Saunders’ dogs, 
and had won the fight and the cause of it—a ham bone. 

As I passed the barn a loud, blatant yoice broke the 
stillness of the night. 

“Tt’s ‘that mule o’ Saunders’,” ” said I to Twist as the 
familiar haw-hee! haw-hee! haw-hee! echoed all about 
the place. The sound seemed to follow us for miles, and 
I gave thanks that the black demon was safely housed 
for the night, 

Saunders and I became good friends after that. He 
was trying to obtain a pension from an ungrateful Govy- 
ernment, he informed me, and I drew up some papers 
for him, gratis, and jn this way earned his lasting grati- 
tude, Soe Ss Sas at ee tel 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


In return I received an invitation to join him in a 
turkey hunt. I had been longing for such an oppor- 
tunity, and gladly accepted his invitation; so the’ day 
was set and I arranged to spend the night with him, that 
we might get an early start in the morning. 

Now, in all my hunting expetience I had never shot a 
wild turkey; in fact, had never so much as seen one run- 
ning wild. I was therefore wholly unacquainted with 
their habits, and relied upon Saunders to initiate me into 
the mysteries of the sport, He was one of the best shots 
and the most successful turkey hunter in that whole 
region, : 5 

We breakfasted by candle light, and then, with rifles 
in hand, went forth in search of the craftiest game bird 
of our woods. 

‘Yo’ got t’? shoot ‘em in the hade,’ Satinders ex- 
plained, as we walked briskly along through the &érisp 
inorning ait, “Ef they sees yuh ftst hits good-by, 
Jonny, ‘cause they'll run like the devil afore they tise, 
an’ then hit’s all off. Ther’ e’n’t no ttieahet bitruds ? 
shoot, ther’ suttenly e’n’t. Quail e’n’t ntithin’ “longside 
o’ turkeys, Hit’s a good mawnin’ fer em, Reck’h We'll 
git one or two.” ' 

We had tramped three ot four iniles, when Satiiders, 
who was a littl ahead of me, suddenly paused and 
motioned fot me to go easy. I crept up cautiously to 
his side. 

“Ther’s a roost over yonder,’ he whispered, pointing 
to a heavy clump of oaks in front of us. “Reck’n we're 
too late; but Vl just give ‘em a try fer luck.” 

He squatted on the ground, drew a goose quill from 
his pocket and placed it to his lips. Had 1 not been 
prepared I would have sworn there was a turkey of some 
kind in the neighborhood. He repeated the call several 
times at odd imtervals without any result, and I was 
about to advise him to “give it up as a bad job,” when 
an answering call came from somewhere off to our left 
in exact imitation of the sound Saunders had made. 

The next five minutes were exciting ones. The turke 
approached warily, and seemed in no hurry to offer itself 
as a target for our rifles, 

“T see him,” Saunders suddenly whispeted. “Try for 
his hade,.an’ aim low.” 

T strained my eyes itr the ditection he indicated, but 
no sign of a turkey nor of any living thing could I see. 

“Vow ll have to take him,’ I whispered back. “I 
can’t locate him. Go ahead and let him have it.” 

Saunders’ rifle slowly came to his shoulder, there was 
a moment’s anxious suspense, and then a sharp report, 
and—lI located the turkey. At the same instant I caught 
a glimpse of something scurrying away through the 
underbrush on my right, and the next moment heard the 
flapping of heavy wings. “Thar goes another,” Saun- 
dets shouted, springing to his feet. “Hi ganny! he was 
a big gobbler, tew. We mought ‘a’ had ’em both.” 

We ran forward to the spot where his turkey was 
flopping about in its last convulsive struggles. It was a 
fine large bird, and I envied Saunders his sticcess; but 
it only whetted my own desire to go and do likewise. 

“Reck’n we'd better work alone fer a spell,’ Saunders 
suggested when he had quieted the turkey. “You all 
go that a-way an’ I'll keep on straight ahade. Keep 
yore eye skinned an’ I’ll meet yuh at tother end o’ that 
ridge yonder. I mought drive one over yore way, an’ 
you all mought drive one over t’ me.” 

T liked this plan, as it gave me an opporttinity to 
blunder unobserved, so we separated, And I did blunder. 
I crossed over the ridge, walking carefully and keeping 
a sharp lookout for any sign of a turkey. I had not gone 
far, when my efforts were rewarded by the sight of a 
pair of them disappearing over the crest of a ridge a 
long distance away. I followed after them of course, not 
realizing the futility of attempting to run them down, 
now that they had taken alarm. 

I forgot all about Saunders, and “alone and with 
unabated zeal” kept on in pursuit of the game. “Twice I 
caught a fleeting glimpse of their swiftly vanishing 
forms, and then they spread their wings and soared away 
to parts unknown. 

I seated myself on a log and rested my weary limbs 
and gave myself up to meditation, To begin with, I 
knew not from whence I had come in my circuitous 
wanderings, nor how to find my way back again. Truly 
those hills were most confusing. I wondered what 
Saunders would think of my disappearance, and could 
not forebear a smile as I pictured his surprise at my 
mysterious vanishment. 

Suddenly I was aroused from my reverie by a slight 
rustling of the fallen leaves and the snapping of a twig. 
I was on the qui vive at once. I glanced in the direction 
of the sound, and in a second every nerve in my body 
was tingling, and my heart was thumping madly, and 
my hand involuntarily sought my rifle, for before me, nol 
thirty paces away, appeared the head and bronze throat 
of aturkey. The rest of its body was concealed by a log. 

At last my chance had come. J raised my rifle, took 
careful aim, and pulled the trigger. Immediately there 
was a great commotion in the bushes, and I sprang for- 
ward and threw myself upon the fluttering, squawking 
bundle of feathers and kicking legs. JI had my hands 
full, as the turkey turned out to be a big gobbler, but 
I finally triumphed, although much scratched up and 
disfigured in the struggle. 

I held the huge bird aloft with both hands. My bosom 
swelled with pride as I gazed upon its ample prapor- 
tions, and [ gaye a whoop of joy that “made the welkin 
ring.” My shout of victory was answered by a faint, 
far-distant halloo. I called again, and received another 
answering cry, and before Jong Saunders appeared 
upon the scene. 

“What in blazes be y doin’ away back yere?” he in- 
quired in puzzled tones. 

“T was following a pait of turkeys,” I replied. He 
had not discovered my turkey as yet. 

“Follerin’ turkeys, hey?’ said he, with a chuckle. 
“Waal, waal! I orter told yuh ’t e'n’t no use wastin’ 
yore time that way. Reck’n y’ faound that out by this 
time, howsotmever. Y’ seem sorter dug up like.” He 
eyed my many scratches, questioningly. 

“What do you think of that?” was my proud answer, 
as I stepped aside and pointed to my great prize—my 
first wild turkey. 

Satinders looked at the turkey. then at me, and then 
back at the turkey again, and a slow smile played about 


[Noy. 3, 1990. 


the corners of his mouth. gradually expanding into a 
broad grin, 

“T’ll be doggoned!” he exclaimed, “Did you all kill 
that air birrud?”’ 

“T most certainly did,” I replied, striking an attitude. 
“Isn't he a beatity?”’ 

“He suttenly is,’ the old man assented, with a 
chuckle. “He’s *baout the finest turkey in these yere 
parts. He’s wuth nigh on to four dollars,” 

“Pour dollars!’ I repeated. ‘‘You must be mistaken.” 

“Mebbe so,’ he replied. “But Sam sez that’s what 
he give fer him.” = 

“What do you mean?” I exclaimed, with an awful sus- 
picion stealing o’er ine that things were not what they 
seemed to be, 

“Mean?’” said he, and J shall never, never forget that 
moment: ‘“Mesanr Why, you all have gone an’ shot 
Sam Hawkins’ prize gobbler. Sam lives yonder jest 
ovet the hill.” : 

I collapsed: ; 

“What's to be done about it?’ I asked, helpleysly, 
when | had tecovered from the first shock of the painful 
disclosute: y ; 4 

Nuthin’, ’cep’n pay Sain fet the turkey,’ Satinders 

drawled, solemnly. 

_ Not to dwell too long on a distressing subject, I did 

pay for the turkey—no matter how much—and | have 

never been yery enthusiastic over turkey shooting since 
Favette Duriin, JR 


In the Shadow of Katahdin. 


“How be your” 


“Fine! How be you?” ‘ 
“Good! Say, you daren't go to Maine with me in 
Deceinber!” 


“Don’t be so stire; Tl go if you will!” 

ee Put it there!” We shook hands, and it was 
settled. 

My challenger, Mr. Wilbert Thomas, of Hamden, 

onn., is considerably tay elder in years, but in actions— 
well, this yarn will probably ptove that there is abuti- 
dant opportunity for improvement in both of us. Wil- 
bert is an extensive garden farmer, and he dispenses 
luscious berries and other fruits to a confiding public 
in the summer time, Then he spends part of the pro- 
ceeds in chase of the elusive deer of Maine in the fall. 

In accordance with established precedent “the eventful 
day arrived.” Dec. 4 found a gathering of relatives and 
friends of both parties at Wilbert’s house. They were 
there to say sood-by and extend well wishes. In the 
gathering was a cousin of Wilbert’s, who had shot deer 
in many States, and who mourned his unhappy lot in not 
being one of our party. He sighed again and again, and 
when the time came for the last handshake he bolted like 
a Shanghai fooster for the back door. He acted so 
strange we feared for his sanity. ‘“‘What time does that 
train gor” yelled he, with his hand on the knob, 

“In an hour and a half,” answered Wilbert, in a dazed 
way. 

“T’'m going, too, and I'll see you at the depot! Bang! 
The door slammed, and a dark streak shot across the 
fields and+disappeared over the brow of a hill. That 
streak was Elizur Thomas, Wilbert’s nephew, and he 
was the first one at the depot. Wilbert and I had talked 
it up for months, and made preparations. Lide did the 
business in an hour and a hali. . 

Arrived at Millinockett, we failed to find the Spencer 
boys, who were to meet us there, and so we arranged to 
stop until the next day at least at Reade’s camp there. 
Just east of this camp, within 20 yards, flows the Milli- 
nockett River; and we were told it is a good trout stream. 
The camp is a neat, snug log affair, and for persons 
who prefer to be in touch with the railroad, telegraph, 
doctor, drug store, and civilization in general, and yet 
wish to hunt deer, this is an ideal spot. The viands are 
first class from a sportsman’s standpoint: 

Dinner over, it was voted to try a couple of hours’ 
hunt near camp. Moccasins and hunting togs were 
donned, and Wilbert and I took to the woods on the 
west bank of the river. Lide crossed the railroad bridge 
and tried the east bank. ‘ 

Wilbert’s rifle was. a light .45-70 Winchester, and made 
to his order three years ago. Deer had fallen before it 
on previous trips, and Wilbert swears by that gun. 
Lide carried a .38-70 model 86 Winchester, and it had 
tumbled deer in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the 
Carolinas and Maine. lLide thinks his rifle just right; 
and who can blame him? My rifle was a beautiful little 
half octagon nickel steel, .30-30 Winchester. The beauty 
was presented to me by my shop associates the day before 
Thanksgiving, and was a surprise. There is greater 
significance in this to me than might appear in the mere 
telling. Shopmates usually need all spare change the 
day before Thanksgiving, and I sincerely trust the free 
contributions of my warm-hearted friends lightened the 
good cheer or no Thanksgiving table—not even to the 
extent of one small grain of salt. The little 30-30 is more 
highly prized than anything else in my den, for it is 
treasured and sacred, and its resting place shall be on the 
handsome antlers of the fine old buck which came with 
it and me from the scented forests of the State of Maine. 

The afternon was glorious. The sun shone brightly, 
and the air was crisp and cold. The boughs of arbor- 
vites, hemlocks and other evergreens bent under a 
erystallized weight of crusted snow; and the dark recesses 
of the forest were penetrated by reflection from the 
white mantle that covered the ground. Here and there 
red squirrels frisked, and bluejays piped discordant 
notes, while snowbirds hopped from limb to limb. 
Nearby, the ceaseless voice of the river added solemn 
music, which lent double enchantment to the scene. 

We followed the Nesowadnehunk road for perhaps 
three-quarters of a mile. Then Wilbert pointed out a 
spot in an old tote road where a nephew of his shot a 
deer two years before. Here the complexion of the 
forest changed, and hardwood predominated. After 
walking perhaps a mile through a heavy growth of 
beech, oak, maple, ash and other trees, I had my first 
sight of deer tracks—they were made by a doe and 
fawn. They were not fresh, and Wilbert pronounced 
them a day old. They looked gnod to me, for they were 
the first T had ever seen, oy 


tO give up, even alter the sun had set. 


‘a number of times, and it was getting dark, 


Nov, 3, 1600.) 


A short way beyond the tracks we found another tote 
foad, and right in the fork of the two roads stood a 
birch tree. The bark had been peeled irom a spot 6 
inches square, leaving the clean body of the tree ex- 
posed, TElere, written in pencil, was a notice. It read: 
“Spencer Brothers’ Camp, nine miles.” An arrow 
pointed north, the general trend of the Nesowadnehunk 
road.. We considered this a lucky find, for it pointed the 
cirection of our destination. 

We went a short distance beyond the fork of the roads 
and feund where a large buck had crossed. The track 
was iresh, and we followed it over a mile. The ex- 
perience was new and fascinated me so that I regretted 
Discretion was 
policy here, however, for those beautiful enchanting 
woods dispense heartless hospitality to the lost tender- 
foot of a cold winter night. 


Tide was in camp ahead of us, and he was thoroughly 
disgusted. He had tested his patience and swearing 
powers by creeping through a blowdown for over a mile 
without being rewarded by sight of a single track. He 
could not be reconciled, and swore there were no deer 
in the whole blasted country, He confessed to me the 
next morning that he had been ready to take the first 
train home alter getting into camp the night before. 

We were joined at supper by eight or ten men, Mr, 
Reade being one. Some were guides and others were 
from the yillage; all, however, were experienced more 
or less in deer hunting. 

After supper all hands gathered around the fireplace. 


“The sparks soared up the chimney from blazing logs, 


and we smoked and listened ta one another’s stories. 
One yarn ran like this: J 

“A few winters ago I was employed in a lumber camp. 
We had worked into logs. all the desirable timber in the 
vicinity, and the stteam, which connected with the 
Penobscot, was badly jammed with logs. So thick was 
the jam that it was impossible to drive anything through, 
‘Jim,’ said the boss ta me one day, ‘we’re out of dyna- 
mite, and some one will have to go to the other camp 
and get some. We must start these logs moving. How 
would you like the trip?’ 

“Now the other camp was twenty miles away, and not 
a building between, and an old tote road was the only 
way. I was willing to go, however, and next morning 
bright and early I was on my way. It took the best part 


oi the day to make the trip, for the thawing weather had 


melted the snow, and the traveling was bad. 
ready for supper and bed that night, you can bet! 
“I had breakiast before daylight next morning, and 
with 20 pounds of dynamite sticks with fuses attached 
on my back I started on the return trip. With the excep- 
tion of seeing a few deer, nothing occurred until I was 
within two miles of camp. I had been compelled to rest 
I had just 


I was 


crossed a strip of burnt land, and was on the point of 


attention. 


entering a stretch of the road which ran through a 
blowdown where the young growth had reached a height 
of about 20 feet, when, happening to turn my head, I 
thought I saw an animal moving in the path behind me. 
‘It’s another deer,’ said [ to myself, and paid no further 
It was quite dusky in the blowdown, but 
my tracks of the day before could be seen in the wet 
snow. Becoming tired, I sat down for a short rest. I 
had hardly seated myself, when cold chills chased rapidly 
up and down my spihe. Back on my track, and not over 
{50 feet away, I could see the shadowy outlines of an 
‘Indian devil’ The animal stood motionless, and was 
looking straight at me. 


"To say that I wasn’t scared would be a thundering lie. 
Some say the ‘Indian devil’ (wolverine) is a cowardly 
sneak, and I might not have feared this one. But to save 
extra weight I had left my rifle in camp, so was tn- 
armed, 1 sat there and eyed the animal quite awhile. 
Finally it sneaked into the timber at the right of the 
road. ‘Good!’ thought I. ‘He’s afraid to tackle me 
and has gone.” I was mistaken, for I had hardly resumed 
my journey, when I looked back, and there was the beast 
on my trail again—and closer than before! 

“Matters were getting serious, and I cudgeied my brain 
for a scheme to get rid of my unwelcome follower. 
Finally [ turned and shouted back at him, and you bet 
I felt good to see that cuss sneak into the timber again. 
1 now hurried as fast as possible, but kept a sharp look- 
out all the while. Camp was a mile away, when the 


-shadowy form loomed on my trail again, and I was 


horrified to see that it was within less than Joo feet. 
“What can I do? What can I do?’ thought I. Sud- 
denly | remembered the dynamite, and like a flash came 
an idea. I stopped and stood still—so did the ‘Indian 
devil.’ Then I pulled off my coat—a heavy reefer—tovk 
one of the sticks of dynamite from the bundle, lighted a 
match and touched the fuse to the fame. It sputtered, 


‘and I placed the stick on the ground, hastily threw my 


cOat Over it in a manner not to interfere with the fuse, and 
took ta my heels. 


“How far I ran before the explosion, I dont know. 
But I was making the best licks I ever made in my 
life, when the woods burst into a flame of light, and a 
report like a cannon shook the earth. I never looked be- 
hind, but kept up the pace tight into camp, where I 
arrived barheaded, coatless and breathless. The whole 
camp was aroused, and as soon as my wind came back 
i told my story. Lanterns, axes, clubs and rifles were 
hastily procured, and all hands started back with me, 
We picked up the bundle of dynamite which I had 
dropped in my hurry within too feet of a big hole in 
the ground. Then pieces of coat, hide, fesh and bones 
and bunches of hair were found scattered within a tadius 
of Inc feet or more. That ‘Indian devil’ had stopped to 
smell of the old coat, and the dynamite blew him up all 
light “7 

Our sairator knocked the ashes from his pipe inte the 
fireplace, orrowed tobacco and a match from his nearest 
‘ieighber, sitvck a light and resumed smoking; and 
his eves seemed to study the moving shadows of cur 
circle, which ihe flames threw on the log wa‘ls, and the 
gyrations of the starlike sparks on their course up the 
chimney. Ther some one yawned, and Wilbert com- 


_placently eved cech face through his glasses, and there 


was 2 look on his countenance which elociuantly said: 

“Boys, ye heard liars before, but this chap is the 

champion of dem all.’ Wititam H. Avis. 
[£0 BE CONCLUDED. | 


FOREST-AND- STREAM, 


Our First Camping Trip. 
(Concluded frou: paxe 324.) 


Av the outlet of Sixth Lake the State had built a high 
dam for the purpose, as we afterward learned, oi storing 
water for the canals, as these waters eventually find their 
way to the State canals via Moose and Black rivers. 
Thus the waters of Sixth and Seventh lakes had been 
raised some 6 feet or more, and in places had backed into 
the forest for a considerable distance on nearly all sides. 
The result was that actes and acres of dead forest ap- 
peared to have at one fime grown right out of the lake, 
and on all sides, except close to the dam, where we had 
pushed off. To have found a landing place at any other 
point across the lake would have been impossible, for to 
have reached the new shores one would have had to 
work his boat a long distance through water filled with 
floating logs and brush, and all in the midst of a forest of 
old dead trees, It was very evident that the outlet of 
Seventh Lake came through this submerged iorest soime- 
where on the north and emptied into Sixth Lake, but 
where? Fortunately it was early afternoon. In yery 
short order we had rowed across the open water and 
skirted the woods along its whole northern border. We 
entered every little bay and every little opening in among 
the trees im hopes of discovering the channel, but all to 
no effect. It was getting late, and we hardly knew 
what to do, and were beginning to think we would have 
to camp all meht at the dam, when all of a sudden a 
boat shot out of the dead forest and made toward the 
carry we had lately come over. We were some distance 
away at this time, but we marked the place well and 
rowed for it for dear life. It did not look a bit like an 
inlet, but we pushed on and soon the way became well 
defined, although there was a dead forest close to us on 
either side. That night we camped early on Seventh 
Lake, and I remember that we all retired early, slept 
soundly, were up with the lark, and all felt as fresh and 
as happy as three daisies. 

I doubt if it was very much alter 5 o’clock when we 
had finished breakfast and found ourselves once more 
in the boat and making for the north end of the lake to 
try and solve a problem similar to the one presented to 
us the day before, viz., to locate a boat trail through a 
submerged forest. J will not tire any one by reciting 
our troubles in detail. We eventually found the inlet, 
but not until we had enjoyed the experience of having 
been actually lost in the woods in a boat for several hours, 
and the only way we got out was to steer a fairly direct 
course to open water and cut our way out with an axe, 
and with three fellows and three heavy pack baskets in 
a light Adirondack boat this undertaking was no laugh- 
ing matter, or, rather, it might have been, for the others 
would certainly have laughed, and laughed heartily, if 
one of us had got a good ducking. It was peculiar, but 
in cutting our way out we ran across the inlet, and al- 
though it was quite a long one, we soon found ourselves 
at the carry. Up to this time we had been troubled little 
if any by mosquitoes, but the moment we put foot on 
the landing we were tackled by swarms and swarms of 
them, until it seemed almost unendurable, and before we 
got everything ready to pack over the trail we had to 
stop work several times and go bacle in the woods, take 
a breathing spell and anoint our necks, faces, hands and 
wrisés with coal tar. Of all the mosquito placés I ever 
struck I think this landing was the worst, and in spite 
of a liberal use of tar oil, by the time we got away our 
faces, necks and hands were covered with blood, and not 
one of us but had tears in his eyes. It was simply un- 
endurable, and I can well imagine that some of the 
mosquito stories that we hear once in a while from the 
Canadian Northwest are only too true. 

Ii | remember correctly, the carry before us over to 
Eighth Lake was a mile and a half or possibly two miles 
long; at any rate it was a good, long trail, but with our 
experience of the day before we considered we were old 
hands at it, and proved it, too, and by noon everything 
was over, and we had dinner on the shore of Eighth 
Lake—and a beautiful and isolated sheet of water it is, 
too. To row on it when its surface was smooth was like 
floating in mid air, for the water was so clear that the 
rocky bottom could be distinctly seen to a very great 
depth. 

In Eighth Lake is a beautiful little island, with a 
hunter's little log cabin on it, and as it was Friday this 
island spot seemed a good place to make camp for over 
Sunday, which was accordingly done. 

Friday we pulled up to the northerly end of the lake, 
found the trail and took a morning stroll over to 
Raquette Lake Inlet. A trail always has a fascination 
for most people. If it is quite plain and there is no 
danger of losing it you simply abandon yourself to it 
and go where it leads you, without respect to your loca- 
tion or regard to the points of the compass, and you 
know that in time it will surely bring you to water; per- 
haps only a stream, but maybe to a beautiful sheet of 
water. And we not only enjoyed our trip on the 
Raquette Lake trail that morning, but we could now say 
that we had been as fay as Raquette Lake Inlet. 

This was the end of our trip in this direction. Our 
plan was to go hastily over to” Raquette Lake, remain 
at Kighth Lake over Sunday, have a good rest, and then 
go back to Fourth, where we were to make a permanent 
camp from the balance of our two weeks’ vacation, and 
from which camp we could make, from time to time, 
vatious boating and fishing excursions, 

Sunday afternoon, I remember, we discovered an old 
tin Duteh oven in the woodshed of the hunter’s log cabin, 
and haying flour and baking powder with us, and being 
desirous of trying my hand, I proceeded to break the 
Sabbath by baking a hatch of biscuit. I had never done 
such a thing before—I do not mean I had never broken 
the Sabbath, but that this was my maiden effort at 
baking. I read and followed carefully the directions 
printed on the baking powder can, and for a wonder the 
bisewit were fairly good, and before night I tried it 
again, it was all so easy, and I enjoyed the satisfaction I 
derived in beitig so successful at such a mew venture. I 
will not quote any Scripture or undertake to ‘explain 
how it happened; I do not know. T did exactly as T 
did before, but the biscuit didn’t. They were’ surely 


made of flour, butter (I suppose) and water and baking | 


powder, first made into dough and then baked, but I 
haye neyer known of an instance before or since where 


] 


dough of flower and water first made into dough, or, for 
that matter, anything in the supposed eatable line, could 
get into stich a hard state as that second batch of biscuit, 
‘They were harder that lead bullets. Man can dent lead, 
but you could not those biseuit. They would break 
first, Of course, it was some time before I heard the 
last of those armor-clad biseuit, but what would a camp- 
ing trip be unless some one did something that the others 
could guy him about? 

For over two days we had not seen a soul, and for 
nearly three had not said “boo” to any one except our- 
selves, and it was really beginning to get lonesome, and 
s0 early Monday morning found us on the move, and on 
our way back to Mourth Lake, and it was stil early fore- 
tcon when we reached the open water of Seventh Lake. 
We were aware that a fairly strone wind was blowing, 
but were not prepared for what we saw aS we came to 
open water, for, lo and behold! the lake was covered with 
whitecaps. We had heard of its being a dangerous and 
rather treacherous lake, and now it appeared to be so in 
dead eatnest. With three men and three full pack 
baskets our boat, as you may well imagine, was well 
loaded down, and it was not very tar from the water to 
the top of the gunwale. We ventured out several rods 
into the open water, but felt too ticklish about going 
further, and returned to the shelter of the submerged 
forest. There was no place to land; we must patiently 
wait in our boat for the wind to go down or else go 
back up the inlet a mile or so to the dreaded mosquito 
landing; either that or venture across the lake through 
the acres of whitecaps to solid ground. We held a long 


consultation. Across the bay to our right was a log 
camp, evidently the home of some guide. Perhaps he 
would see us and come to our rescue. So we en- 


deayored to keep in plain sight. Finally a little girl, to 
all appearance not more than ten or twelve years old, 
came out and watched us. We knew she saw us, and 
expected every minute she would go in and tell her 
father. Perhaps he was away. However, imagine our 
surprise a moment later to see the little chick go down to 
the landing, push off the boat that was there, jump in 
and row away out into the lake in the very midst of the 
Whitecaps; then turn around and tow back, as much as 
to say, “See that? There is no danger! If a little girl 
in a light boat won’t tip over three men in a loaded 
boat surely will not.” I do not know if that reasoning 
is logical or not—i. e., that a loaded boat is safer in a 
heavy Sea than a light one—nor do I care particularly. 
The example had its effect, and we got through all 
right, but we took in lots of water and sot thoroughly 
wet. We cttt diagonally across the waves to the nearest 
point of solid land, directly across the bay, but long be- 
fore we got there our courage had gotten up and we 
turned our boat to a point further down and finally 
ended by striking straight across the lake to the outlet. 
And although our confidence in ourselves and our boat 
had greatly increased, yet we breathed easier when we 
finally glided the boat into the narrow and quiet waters 
of the outlet. But we shall always remember that guide’s 
little daughter, 

Sixth and Fifth lakes were soon reached and crossed, 
and by noon we were once more at Fourth Lake. Now 
this lake is very large at its upper end; at any rate, large 
enough to let the wind get a good sweep at it, and this 
wind, if anything, had increased and was taking ad- 
vantage of the opportunity. We knew pretty nearly 
where we wanted to make a permanent camp, and we 
did want to reach this point early. We felt that we had 
had experience, and so forth we went bravely. I won't ~ 
keep the reader in suspense. We got through with our 
lives and luggage, but we were as wet as drowned rats, 
and really it was a dangerous undertaking. But we got 
to the spot selected, and it proved to be a splendid place, 
with one exception. There was a good spring, and on the 
beach a large section of a raft upon which we could land 
or put out our boat or go out and and wash our dishes. 


‘The one exception above mentioned was that the place 


did not get quite enough of the lake breezes to keep the 
camp free of “punkies,” a very, very small fly—so small 
that you can hardly see it—and yet its bite is almost as 
bad as that of the mosquito. There is only one comfort 
(if a torment can have a comfort), and that is you can- 
not hear them sing. I think that the song of a mosquito 
is a great deal more annoying than its bite. The only 
salé way to keep rid of the “punkies” is to locate your 
camp if possible out pretty well on some point, for a 
very slight current of air will drive them away in no 
time, 

The place selected for our permanent camp was at a 
point on the easterly side of Fourth Lake, about two- 
thirds the distance of the lake and almost opposite a small 
island called by us Huckleberry Island, it being a huge 
rock rising out of the lake and literally covered with 
huckleberry bushes, and the bushes with good, ripe 
huckleberries, too. 

That night we slept in our permanent camp, and to 
use a popular expression, “it was a beauty.” We had 
been discussing the matter between ourselves and had 
made up our minds as to pretty near what we wanted 
and intended to have, and that was a nice, large, open 
lean-to camp built of hemlock bark, and fronting on 
the lake, with a good fire directly in front. We laid 
out the camp 9 feet by 9 feet, and it was a very easy 
matter to build a fairly strone and substantial frame- 


work. Our canvas lean-to that we had been using was 


12 by 12, and would cover the back and a portion of the 
root, which would make the rear part quite light, but 
this left fully 6 feet of the slanting roof in front and the 
most important part of all yet to cover, and now if we 
only had one whole piece of bark 6 feet by 0 feet for the 
roof and two other pieces almost as large for the sides 


_our camp would be perfect, and more than that it would 


be unique, comfortable, attractive, picturesque and a 
whole lot of other things. We had the idea. could we 
do it? One of the things we first took notice of on 
janding was a monster hemlock close by and over 2 
feet in diameter. It was indeed a big proposition, but 
in the course of a half hour or so down came that tree, 
spuds were made, and off came the bark, and that night 
we slept in a camp made of some sticks, three pieces of 
bark and a piece of canvas; but it was no small affair: 
it was a full-grown camp, and during the ten days or 
more that it was our home it served us well, was com- 
fortable and never leaked a drop, although we had sevy- 
eral yery heavy showers, During our stay there we had 


O 4 4 


many visitors, and all were loud in their praise of our 
camp, and our large pieces of bark excited a great deal 
of wonder and comment. If will not gé into the jolly 
times we had around the camp-fire. Undoubtedly they 


were very much like those of other and similar camps,, 


but this being our first camping trip somehow it seemed 
as though we got more out of it than most people did 
who go camping, and undoubtedly we did. ; 

But I must tell you something of our fishing experi- 
ences, for this was a fishing trip as well as a camping 
trip. None of us had ever before fished with a fly, We 
had never even seen it done, Vhe Fiend cared nothing 
for fishing; Billy was more or less indifferent about the 
matter, but 1 was determined to have some trout and 
to catch them in the regular orthodox fly-casting way or 
have some experience in making the attempt, . At 
any rate I had learned that once in a while some fine 

brook trout were to be had at the mouth of Eagle 
Creek, diagonally across the lake from us, and so one 
morning I took the boat and crossed over, tied my, boat 
‘up, worked my way along the bank, and as opportunity 
offered and the bushes permitted, | gave myself my, very 
first lessons in fly-casting. I can’t remember now just 
what kind of a job I did make of it, but I worked 
away, and had not gone so very far or worked so very 
long before I had a strike, and, my! but how that line 
went out, and how I perspired! 1 knew it must be a 
monster, and jolly! but I did want-to land him, It 
seemed almost an age, but gradually he came inshore. 
Then of a sudden there was renewed life and another 
desperate effort, and under a log he went and up on the 
other side, but his strength was so near gone that he 
could not take advantage of the opportunity, and by 
some good fortune I was able to keep the lime taut and 
bring the trout back the way he came, and eventually 
landed: him ‘safely. It was my first trout caught with a 
fly, and was the largest I caught that season or for several 
seasons thereafter, for he weighed a trifle over 1 pound. 
Tt was the only fish I was able to catch that morning, 
but I -was very well pleased with my effort and my ex- 
perience. I had had a taste of true sport that I was 
never to forget but was bound to cultivate. Of course we 
had broiled trout for dinner. We tried baiting a buoy 
and chugging for lake trout, and in that way caught 
several lake trout of from 3 up to as high as 7 pounds. 
But our great experience was to come the second Wednes- 
day in the woods. We had been looking forward to this 
' date with a great deal of pleasure and anticipation. The 
president of our college would be in the woods by that 
time, and he was an old Adirondacker and an old and 
experienced fisherman. It was he who had told us where 
to #0, what to do and given us the few general ideas that 
we had about this whole camping trip, and his last part- 
ing injunction was to be sure and meet him at a certain 
camp that second Wednesday morning, and that he 
would surely be there—and he was, and so were we. I 
do not remember the exact hour, but at the appointed 
time we started out in what was to be really our first 
fishing trip that was worth mentioning, and one we shall 
all remember, for on this little trip we were taught the 
first rudiments of fly-casting, and given our first lesson in 
genuine brook trout fishing, and by one of the best masters 
of the art: We.appreciated the privilege, and you may 
be assured that we kept our eyes and ears open and 
listened attentively to instructions, 
guide were in one boat and we three in another, and 
away we started. 

“Well, boys, we will not go far unless we have to. We 
will try it at first over in this little bay to the right. 
There is a little stream coming in there, and I know 
of a spring hole near its mouth that I am glad to say 
very few are aware of except my guide and myself.” 

So we started, the Doctor’s boat taking the lead and 
we following, and in a few minutes we were at the place. 
Tt seemed to ns a most unlikely spot for brool: trout, 
Lilypads. and various water plants grew up through the 
water, showing that the lake at that point was not very 
deep, and the stream that came in was more of a swale 
filled with logs, dead trees, brush and ferns, through 
which the water must have found its way so slowly that 
it must be as warm as if not warmer than the lake water— 
$0 we reasoned. I do not remember whether we had 
ever heard of spring holes before that day pr not, but we 
soon found out what such a hole was, or rather is. Only 
two of us fished—Billy and myseli—while the Fiend 
handled the oars or held the boat steady by grasping 
hold of the lilypads. The Doctor had previous to our 
starting out examined our rods, lines and flies, made a 
few changes and had finally satisfied himself that we were 
properly equipped, and in arriving on the field of action 
he drew off to one side and directed our boat where to 
proceed. 

“Now, boys, I propose to catch some trout this after- 
noon by proxy, and as you are my proxy you must do 
exactly as I tell you. Now move up your boat about a 
rod toward that tree leaning over the water there. There, 
that will do. Now cast your flies out a short dis- 
tance; now let out a little more Jine. Whoa, whoa! Give 
yourself mote time on the back cast. No, no; don’t snap 
your line like a whiplash. Now watch me.” 

Here the dear old Doctor proceeded to give us an ex- 
hibition of fly-casting that I have seldom seen equaled, 
explaining each movement. He would choose some lily- 


pad out in the bay as an imaginary trout, and out would | 


shoot his line and down would come his leader of flies 
so gently—twitch, twitch—then stop as though they were 
truly alive and had changed their mind and were going to 
rest a moment, then twitch, twitch—whizz, and away they 
went on the back cast, swiftly, but the Doctor's rod 
seemed hardly to move and was absolutely stationary for 
a full moment on the back cast. It looked easy, and for 
the Doctor it was easy. 

“Now, boys, try it again—there, carefully, now. Now, 
Henry, put your flies about 10 feet this side of that 
sttimp.in fhe water. That's good. Let them come down 
lightly; trail them carefully. There, that’s good. Don’t 
get anxious. What did you say? No trout there? Oh, 
yes, there are! Keep on; that’s all. Well, well, that 
certainly is all right. Do you see an old log down there 
under the water? Don’t see it? Look sharp! 
latgely in the mud with one end pretty well up, but per- 
haps 4 or 5 feet under water. Over there? Yes, yes, I 
had forgotten. 
yard or so out of the way. Now work up gradually and 


be alive with trout., 
more that sprang out of the water at every cast, and | 


The Doctor and his . 


It is. 


I began to. think that perhaps I was a 


“Gut nearer and nearer until you cast over and a little 


beyond the log.” 

S@iniee@ kis en ar ‘ane 

“There, I knew you would find them. Now be care- 
ful. Keep your poles apart. Take plenty of time. Well, 
how do you like that?” as we both succeeded in landing a 
good sized trout each. if ~ = 

At the next cast the water just boiled and seemed to 
There must have been a dozen or 


several times we brought in doubles. All were of iair 


. size, and sgme¢,quite large, but mone were as large as my 


first trout, But, oh! the sport we had there for an hour 
er so... It was fast and furious. Between us we captured 
some thitty-five trout, and then the fun stopped almost 
as suddenly as it had commenced, and cast as carefully 
and as skillftilly as we could, not a fish would rise. 

This ended our fun for that day. The Doctor un- 
doubtedly enjoyed that fishing by proxy tully as much as 
we, and a great deal more than ii he had done the work 
himself, 1 ; 

During the following week we went on many little trips 
with the Doctor and received further instruction, not 
only in fishing, but in the habits of trout and where and 
when to took for. them, and also tried lake trout fish- 
ing, and had the pleasure of seeing the Doctor land a 16- 
pound salmon with a 6-ounce rod in Third Lake. The 
Doctor was -very.fond of this fishing, and undoubtedly 
at that time had taken more large fish out of Third Lake 
than any other fisherman, : 

Finally, however, ourscamping trip came to an end. 
Our two weeks were up, and if 1 am not mistaken we 
were all glad to get back to ciyilization. This is generally 
the case. But there is not one of us but looks back 
on that first trip with the greatest pleasure, and as per- 
haps among the happiest days of our life. Every day of 
it was a revelation and brought new experiences, and as 
time goes by the memory of it will only become dearer, at 
least to one of us who on that trip fell in love at first 
sight with beautiful wild Dame Nature, and who has 
ever since courted her at every opportunity to his great 
blessing of health and happiness ta mind, body and soul, 


Buex. 
Slatuyal Tistory. 
Habits of the Buttfalo | Bird. 


Editor Forest and Stream: ‘ 

Some weeks ago I wrote you concerning the buttalo 
bird, and made some inquiry of your readers with re- 
gard to its habits in old times, when it was constantly 
found associated with the buffalo herds. 

That letter brought to me two interesting notes—one 
from Mr. J, W. Schultz, who nearly twenty years ago 
saw much of the buffalo in northern Montana, and the 
other from that veteran plainsman, scout and cattleman 
Capt. L. H. North, whose knowledge of the buftalo goes 
back forty years or-more. Wir. Schultz says: } 

“The Blackfeet call the cowbird (Molothius ater) kst- 
ni, which sounds most suspiciously like under buffalo. 
I have asked several of the Indians what the word means, 
but they cannot tell me. However, I am quite sure that 
my interpretation of the word is correct. 

“The cowbird,| or buffalo bird, as the old-timers used 
to call it, is one of the few wild creatures that is holding 
its own. Indeed, it seems tobe increasing year by year. 
I cannot remember that. there were such large and 
numerous flocks of them in the old times as we see in 
recent years, and this is also the opinion of friends with 
whom I have talked upon the subject. 

“T cannot learn that the buffalo birds ever associated 
with antelope as they, did with buffalo, but it is reasonable 
to suppose that they did. The two animals used to range 
and graze together, and no doubt the birds swarmed 
about both. ; 

“Mr. Jos. Kipp says he has seen them perch on the 
backs of elk along the bars of the Missouri, just as they 
did upon the buffalo. 

“All the Indians. and old-timers agree that the bird 
fed upon grasshoppers and other insects which the 
buffalo scared up and put to flight as it grazed along 
on the plains. Yet how many, many times we have seen 
these active little creatures come wheeling and dipping 
through the air, and alighting on the backs of the buffalo 
of a herd, only to resume their erratic fight in a moment 
or two. Often they will thus wheel about and alight on 
the beasts five or six times in succession without ever 
once taking to the ground, from which it seems reason- 
able to infer that they either have an attachment for the 
large ruminants and horses, or that they prefer a loity 
perch, from which they can see the approach of their 
enemies, the hawks, in preference to resting in the grass.” 

Capt. North’s note, though brief, is very much to the 
point. He says: 

“J always supposed the buffalo birds were after flies 
when they were with buffalo or cattle. A friend, Mr 
Gerard, tells me that a couple of them stayed in his 
house one summer, and that they caught flies. They 


had entire liberty to go and come as they pleased, and 


when it got cold in the fall they would bring others of 
their kind, and tried to coax them ito the house, but 


the strangers would only come to the door. 


“T used to think that when they stayed on the ground 
near the buffalo it was because the wind was blowing 
and the flies were staying close to the buffalo’s hoofs, and 
that when they were on their backs and were pecking or 
pulling at the skin they were trying to get the grub- 
worms that are found in the backs of the buffalo and 
cattle.” 

It is certainly interesting to have positive testimony 
that the buffalo birds associated with the elk as they 


_did with the buffalo, but it would seem that Capt. North 


has given the truer explanation of the bird’s presence 
on the ground, and it is altogether likely that much of 
the work that they were seen to do on the great animals’ 
backs was trying to rid them of the grubs so constantly 
found in the backs of the buffalo and the cattle. It was 
not uncommon to find buffalo hides, taken off at certain 
seasons, perforated by these grubs, so that when the 
hides were dressed for any purpose they were seen to 


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“contain numoers of holes. 
seen in the hides of cattle to-day. Ii the cowbirds suc- 
‘ceed in relieving the buffalo and cattle of the grubs which 
trouble them they perform the same service that the so- 


should be fed in proportion. 


[Nov.. 3, 1900. — 


The same thing may be 


called “rhinoceros bird” (Buphaga) does for certain 
large animals in Africa, , en 

It is of course well understood that fies and mosqui- 
toes have great difficulty in supporting themselves in a 
high wind, and that they seek the shelter of branches, 
undergrowth or grass to escape the wind’s, violence. It 
is also remembered that in many portions of the plains 
country of the West the wind blows almost continuously 
throtigh the day. It is readily conceivable therefore that 
the flying insects which hover about large game and the 
large domestic animals when the wind is not blowing, 
drop dewn into the grass for shelter so soon as it begins 
to blow, Here they would be the ready prey of the 
buffalo bird, and it seems altogether probable that this is 
just what happens. e 

The frequent flights of which Mr. Schultz speaks are 
probably nothing more than the birds taking exercise, as 
birds commonly do. G. B. G. 
New York, Oct, 28, 


The Belgian Hare. 


Toronto, Oct. 14,—Editor Forest and Stream: Your 
correspondent Mrs.. Llewella Pierce Churchill has _ad- 
mirably described the Belgium hare (rabbit) fad of Cali- 
formia. For the benefit of your readers who wish to, try 
the experiment of breeding the Belgium hare (rabbit) 


I will write what I haye discovered at considerable time 


and expense. 

__vhe Belgium hare is not a hare at all, but a rabbit 
(Lepus cumiculus). The common rabbit of Europe is its 
progenitor, as it also is the progenitor of the Australian 
and New Zealand rabbit, the. domestic rabbit here and 
all the fancy breeds, such as the lop ear, Angora, black 
and tan, Dutch, Flemish giants, Himalaya, ete. There 
are no native specimens oi the rabbit outside of Africa, 
Europe and Asia; in other words, there is only one 
rabbit (Lepus cumiculus). What astonishes me most is 
the absurd prices paid for the Belgium hare (rabbit) in 
California, and the delicate, uncertain constitution of the 
animal im question. 

Its breeding capacity is the same as that of any other 
rabbit. Its period @f gestation is thirty-one days, lis 
young are born naked and blind, and number from one 
to thirteen, according to the age and fatness of the 
mother, the very old fat does having only one. It will 
breed six times a year, but is bred only three or four, as 
size is one consideration in this breed. It takes six 
months to mature, and if properly fed should weigh 5 
pounds; in the next six it will add 2 more 
pounds to its weight. A Belgium hare (cabbit) should 
not weigh more than 8 pounds, as it then loses shape 
and becomes clumsy, its ears will lop and its color be too 
gray and not golden enough, and it thus approaches the 
Flemish giant in appearance. Like the Flemish giant 
and all other breeds, the Belsiums have originated in the 
brain and desires of an English fancier, whose chief idea 
was to breed a rabbit in imitation of the European hare 
in size and color. The ideal Belgium hare is a long, 
rakish animal of 7 pounds, with long, straight ears, of 
a beautiful bronze color. On close inspection of the ani- 
mal you will observe that the longest hairs are half gold 
and black, the-shorter under hairs are blue, the tips of 
the ears are velvety black, the belly and undersurfaces 
dull white. On stroking the hairs down you will notice 
them gather in jet black streaks against the gold back- 
ground, Color, shape and size as like the English hare 
as you can breed them is the rule with fanciers. 

All hutch-bred fancy rabbits have the consumption. 
The causes of consumption are two-fold. First, oyer- 
feeding with oats under exercise; second, want of sui- 
ficient air. 

Food is a very important matter in breeding rabbits 
for market or show. All green food should be free from 
drops of water, and is best gathered the day before and 
spread out to drain. The only cabbage rabbits should 
cat is the outside dark green leaf of the curly or savoy; 
lettuce and dandelion are good; chicory tops, carrots 
and catrot tops are excellent; timothy is the best hay 
to feed, and grass hays are better than clover hays. 
Turnips make the flesh strong, and the tops are poison 
to the constitution of the rabbit. Oats are the best grain 
to feed the rabbit. Night or eyening is the proper time 
to feed rabbits, and feed them enough, so that they will 
sleep all day. Whatever is left over in the morning 
should be taken away from them, Dry and moist food 
Does with young should 
be fed more moist food, and more oats and less bulk than 
the others, It is unnecessary to give them water unless 
the weather is very hot and dry or very cold and dry, 
and under these circumstances, if not given a drink they 
will suffer from constipation, and the hind limbs will 
become paralyzed. Cabbage ,plantain and many other 
weeds, also beet tops and beets, tend to cause the young 
to become piunchy and the old to suffer from diarrhoea 
and slobbers. Milk or sow thistle is natural food for 
rabbits; in fact any plant containing a milky opiate’ 
agrees with the constitution of Lepus cuniculus, 

The constitution of the rabbit is so delicate that ane 


any disease it is troubled with will kill it, and it will be 


the best plan to kill all sickly stock, and by proper out and 
out breeding, food and enyironment get hardened stock. 
-To make a success of Belgium hare (rabbit) farming 
for the market, taking it for granted that there is a. 
market at 20 cents per animal at six months old, dead, 
IT would advise the stock raising on a large scale. Don’t 
try the experiment on poor soil; there is plenty of rich 
soil just as cheap as the poor a little further away from 
the centers of industry. Three hundred acres would 
make a good tabbit farm, divided thus: Fifty acres to 
timothy hay, fifty acres to oats, twenty acres to carrots. 
There should be eighty acres of rich, low meadow land 
sown with milk or sow thistle, dandelion, lettuce, clover, 
timothy, oats and other grasses. Immediately beside 
this eighty acres of meadow, should be 100 acres of 
hogbacks—that is, land that goes up one side and down 
the other. The mote the ridges are lumped together the 
better, for then one would need just so much less land; 
in fact this space could be reduced to twenty acres if the — 


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ridges’ were very numerous and well defined. This 
space is the rabbit's breeding ground, and should be 
well drained. Clay ridges are the best, as sand is apt 
to give way, and is too ‘damp during rains. By first 
boring a few hundred holes into the ridges the rabbits 
are given a start. The hole is bored by a long, narrow 
spade and should be bored not straight into the hill, but 
slightly upward; this is the way the rabbit does it, and it 
- keeps it dry, -Trees can be grown on this space, as rab- 
bits do not‘eat the bark of trees, except when other food 
is covered with snow. The land and neighboring 
country must be cleared from vermin, such as rats, 
nunk, skunks, owls, hawks, eagles and snakes. It would 
be best to surround the 180 acres with a wire netting 
fence 4 feet high, thus |; 9 inches placed along the 
ground prevents the rabbits from burrowing through, 
_atid they will never try to jump oyer it, no matter how 
wild they may be. All the ridges must be surrounded 
by low land, otherwise it would be useless to fence it 
in, as high land would be burrowed under. On such a 
large scale you could not alter*the bucks. The rabbits 
are gathered from their feeding grounds at night time 
after their bellies are full, This is accomplished by 
long drag nets. None but the bucks and the late or. 
small does should be killed. When a rabbit is killed it 
should be immediately bled and opened. The offal could 
be profitably fed to skunks or utilized fo’ manure the 
soil, The above carried out on a smaller scale, say of 
fifty acres, could also be made to pay. 

But the question with most people is: Where is the 
market? Of all rabbits, the: Belgiim haré (rabbit) has 
the best favor, providing it is not hutch fed. Fried, it, 
is equal to frogs’ hind legs; as a pie, it 1s not second to 
pigeon; stewed, it is better than the best beef: roasted, 
it is. the equal of partridge; and no chicken soup or 
broth is better than it. My adyice to Belgium hare 
(rabbit) raisers is never to glut the market. Send them 
in on yery cold days, or just preceding a cold spell. 
Distribute them; send each commission merchant a few. 
Never send them in when the market is glutted with 
poultry. The best months will be February and March, 
when poultry is high and searce. Drive into the city 
yourself with a smal] load now and then during cold 
weather and visit the chefs of the clubs and the high- 
toned restaurants, and then the high-class butchers, 
They all like to hang up a few pairg of them even jif 
they don’t sell them, jjtist for show, you. know. Of 
all the cities of North America, Toronto is the most 
difficult to sell rabbits in, and yet when this market is 


properly studied it could be supplied with thousands of - 


pairs.- In writing this paper I am not considering Cali- 
fornia, but the Northern and Eastern States and Canada. 
We must first establish a demand East, and then Cali- 
fornia can wrestle with the cheaper transportation and 
cold storage problems, and then they can start their 
big game farms and supply us with hares (rabbits), ; 

In buying stock to start your game farm I will say 
that the difficulty of procuring the Belgium hare (rab; 
bit) is much overrated, If you take a clay-colored. rab- 
bit and crass it with a gray rabbit you will find that you 
have at least one rabbit near the color of the Belgium— 
it may have a white foot or a white star on the forehead 
or a white patch. By careful breeding .and foster- 
mothering the young, in a few generations you can 
procure as good a Belgium as it is possible to get, or 
you can get a wild, burrowing cottontail buck and cross 
with a bronze, lop-ear doe, and the young will be as 
nearly like the Belgium as you would want, Again, cross 
a gray rabbit on a Himalaya doe and you will find the 
young are all gray, and by careful breeding you can 
procure the bronze. 


One unaccountable mistake Mrs. Churchill made is in. 


calling the Belgiums blue, “The color is blue or 


Maltese,” she says: The color is bronze; gold and black ~ 


fairs cause this rich bronze color. If you blow the ‘hair 
apart you will find a second hair that is entirely out of 
sight that is bluish, But a Maltese-colored rabbit ‘is an 
entirely different color from a Belgium. Some of your 


readers might think that I, who neyer was in California, | 


do not know what a California-Belgium hare (rabbit) 
is like. I may say that the best prize winners were 
sent to that State by a man in this city who imported 
them from England. As a thing of beauty the Belgiuni 
is not to be compared to the jackass rabbit-hare of the 
Western States. The clumsy movement of the Belgium 
as coinpared to the jack rabbit's grace and lightning-lilce 
movements: is evident to a blind man. In color and 
size of body the black-tailed Texas jack tabbit-hare 
(Lepus texans) and the Belgium are yery similar, the 
ears and legs of the former being much longer, and the 
Texan has a larger black mark on the tops ol'the ears. 


The Belgium is nothing more nor Jess than a large, well- * 


fed, Jess hardy cottontail rabbit. Turn every breed of 
rabbits loose in a field in the spring time, and by the 
next spring you will find the descendants all cottontails. 
This is the natural color of the rabbit, just as the blue- 
rock is the natural color of the pigeon, You may take 
the prize winners of all the Belgium hare clubs and breed 
them, and you will find that they will throw young that 
are off color (gray). You will notice our wild rabbits— 
some gray and some bronze—and the same can be said 
of the jackrabbit hare of the prairie—some are gray and 
others rich bronze. As a fad this Belgium business is 
hollow, and bound to fall through. You are breeding 
the animal for color and shape, and when you have at= 
taitied that, if you examine prize winners you will find 
that it has got the consumption, for rabbits will not 
get that rakish shape unless they have this disease. If 
you are satisfied with an animal that is more stocky and 
more bronze, or grayer and not so golden, then you 
haye a healthy rabbit, that is good to eat, but not a 
prize winner. I have noticed that consumption is also 
the cause of that lighter bronze, the color aimed at by 
fanciers. A light bronze will always beat a dark bronze 
at a show. The real truth of the matter—and I think I 
should know—is that if you want to win a prize you must 
have a sick rabbit. A large, strong, healthy rabbit never 
won a'prize at a Belgium show, because they are off 
color—too dark. I have written this im order to keep 
your readers out of this craze, Why, some-of the Cali- 
fornia Papers have more news about Belgiums than 
about the war! And think of farmers keeping them in 
their cellars! I hope that Californians will not get like 
that Yorkshire man who could not speak with rage upon 


discovering that the baby and not his pet prize bull dog 
was occupying the cradle. I do not wish to underrate 
the value of this particular rabbit in question. J have 
eaten a large number of Belgium hares (rabbits)—that 
is, a rabbit with bluish-colored down and bronze hair— 
and, 1 can say that they have a better flavor than any 
other breed of rabbits. By flayor I do not meéan the 


taste of the hutch nor of turnips nor highness, but Iree- 


dom from such. Next to the Belgium for flavor comes 
the silver gray. E ; 7h 


In conclusion, I would say to Belgium farmets go into | 


the stock raising business in expectation of low ‘prices, 
say 35 cents per pair’at ‘the highest, and then you will 
not be disappointed. I 4m inclined to think that one 
acre will produce as much or more, Bélgium as any 
other kind of flesh, but it would be absurd to'expect the 
retail public to pay more for them than for chickens or 
ducks, and 35 cents is the average price per pair for 
them in ‘the United States and Canadian’ markets. 
Speaking of hare-rabbits, J do not' wish any one to be 
deceived, by the word, as there is no sich animal as a 
mule. Such an animal never was bred and never will be. 
The hare will not cross with the rabbit under any cir- 
cumstances whatever. G, H. Corsan. 


A Record Sable Antelope Head. 


Tur sable antelope, one of the largest and noblest of 
all African antelopes, is, from its splendid horns, high 
courage and the excellent sport it affords, always 
looked upon by all hunters with great admiration. There 
ig not a handsomer beast of chase in the world than the 
splendid sable antelope bull, with its coat of glossy black, 
touched with chestnut, its snow-white underparts, bushy, 
upstanding mane and fine semnitar-shaped horns, These 
horns are highly valued trophies, and form striking 
aderuments to a hali or smédkinge room. The sable 
antelope stands about thirteen hands at the’ withers. 


A RECORD SABLE ANTELOPE HEAD, + 


: 


When wounded or set up at bay it will charge savagely, 
and with a few sweeps of its dangerous herns slay hali 
a, dozen dogs. The female is somewhat smaller than the 
male, and her eoat chestnut colored, instead of black. 
First discovered by the great hunter-naturalist, Captain 
Cornwallis Harris, in 1837, in the western portion of the 
present Transvaal country, the sable antelope has since 
been found to range over much of southeast Africa and 
as jar north as Nyasaland. Westward it is found in fair 
abundance in the Portuguese territory of Angola. It 
runs with plenty of speed and bottom. It is still plentiful 
in the eastern parts of Rhodesia; Mashonaland, where 
Mr. Selous discovered it in very large numbers, being 
still a fayorite for this grand bulk. Hitherto the finest 
known pair of horns of the sable antelope, measured by 
Mr. Selous 1 Rhodesia, and recorded in ‘Records of 
Big Game,” extended to 477% in. over the curve. Mr. 
Rowland Ward has, however, lately received a pair of 
horns tor setting up which measure no less than 4834 in: 
This head, a photograph of which we reproduce, was 
obtained by Mr, John H. Hayes, in the Loangwa River 
country, central Airica. A more perfest-pair of horns 
of the sable antelope, showing beautiful symmetry of 
curves with great strength, we have never set, eyes upon. 
—London Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News: 


The Forest anp Streaw is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for Publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. 


‘I noticed a fluttering sound coming 


South Sea Alilis. 

Owe of the most common mollises of the reef waters 
of the South Sea from Samoa as far to the west as New 
Guinea is the shell known only by the Samoan name of 
Alili, It has a shape similar to the shell of a Jand snail, 
i: grows to be about 2 inches across, and is a trifle longer 
from point to mouth, The shell is striped with yellow 
and reddish brown, These shells are most common on 
the lagoon side of barrier reels, where they rest among 
the branches of the coral, and are not exposed to the 
tough usage which would fall to them when carried away 
by the heavy waves. “They form a considerable article 
ol the diet of the islanders both raw and baked in their 
own shells. 

They are popular for another reason. The mouth of 
every Shell is closed with an operculum which is de- 
cidedly ornamental. This is a boss of shell, flat on the 
side attached to the animal tissue, where it is marked with 
a whorl, which shows how it is being built up to cor- 
respond with the growth of the shell, of which it forms 
the lid. The other surface is rounded and very smooth; 
it is'colored with a stripe of dark red irregularly blending 
with a eircle of a rich green, The resemblance to an 
eye is not only close enough to cause white people in 
the islands to speak of these as ‘‘cat’s eyes,” but has led 
the wild natives in the Solomons and other cannibal 
islands to insert the disks to serve as eyes for their war 
gods of wood and chalk, 

LLEWELLA PIERCE CHURCHILL. 


Musk-Oxen for Sweden. 


Tr will be remembered that some years ago the Hon. 
C. J, Jones, known more familiarly as Buffalo Jones, 
made the long and difficult journey to the Barren 
Grounds for the purpose of capturing young musk- 
oxen, which he intended to bring to the United States. 

How he went, what he did there, the securing of the 
calves and their subsequent Joss, is all told in Mr, 
Jones’ “Forty Years of Adventure.” 

It appears that Prof., Kolthoff, the leader of a Nor- 
wegian Arctic expedition, has recently returned to 
Sweden, bringing with him a male and a female calf of 
the musk-ox. Prof. Kolthoff believes in the possibility 
of acclimatizing, domesticating and breeding the musk- 
ox, and has a high idea of the value of this animal on 
account of its heayy coat of wool, which is said to be 
extremely strong and fine. It is reported to be the pur- 
pose of Prof. Kolthoff, as soon as these animals appear 
to be acclimatized, to set them free in the mountains of 
the North, where it is thought they will do well, 

Tt is of course well known that in ancient times the 
musk-ox was found throughout the Arctic regions, but 
it has now become extinct everywhere except in eastern 
Aretic America. . 


Mayor and Chief of Police Taken In. 


__PHE current issue of the Suffolk County News reports: 
“State Fish and Game Protector John EF. Overton, of 
Port Jefferson, is a man who believes in enforcing the 
law. Learning that the law against shooting wild ducks 
from sail boats in the Great South Bay was being violated, 
he came over to the south side and went out in Mr, 
Havemeyer's yacht on Tuesday. While cruising off Say- 
ville he detected Everett Rogers, of Bay Shore, and his 
friends, George B. Burgkamp, Mayor, and William Vetter, 
Chief of Police of West Hoboken, violating the law. They 
were arrested and taken before Justice Frederick Smith 
Wright at Islip, and by advice of counsel pleaded guilty. 
The three men were fined $15 each.” 

Commenting on this, a Sing Sing correspondent writes, 
under date of Oct. 27: Great South Bay, with its report 
of arrests for violations of game law, calls to mind a 
similar case of “shooting ducks out of a sail boat” which 
occurred here two weeks ago. We have a curiosity, a 
local game warden, Frederick Cronk by name, who has 
attended strictly to business, to the undoing of illegal 
shooters to the tune of $72 for the quartet. In spite of 
humerous violations this is the first instance where fines 
have been imposed—a case worth mentioning, Would 
there were more like Cronk.  C, G. Bianprorp. 


100 Sportsmen’s Finds, 


Some of the Queer Discoveries Made by Those Who Are 
Looking for Game or Fish, 


27 

Colonel B. B, Jackson, of Siskiyou county, Cal., tells 
this story: “In 1849, I and eight other Oregonians ran 
across Kit Carson and General Fremont with a small 
force of men, near the sink of the Humboldt in Nevada. 
They had been rounded up by a lot of Indians, but we 
beat them off, and all went into, camp together on the 
spot. Provisions had got pretty low, and one day Carson 
proposed to me that we go out and try for some deer. 
We started out together, and met with poor luck, and 
while separated from Kit I took a shot at a fat buck in 
the brush,-but he got away from me. Just after I fired 
| from the direction 
in which I had aimed, and upon investigation I found a 
young goose, which had been slightly injured, but had 
become entangled in the thick underbrush and thus pre- 
vented irom escaping. At this juncture Carson came 
up and | proposed that we take a rest, at the same time 
telling him that I was going to mark the goose and let 
it go. For this purpose I took a tin tag which always 
came around the percussion cap boxes furnished by 
Uncle Sam in those days, and marked the initials of my 
name and the date on the tag”in heavy and enduring 
characters with a file which we carried to repair the 
locks of our- guns. This tag was twisted around the 
goose’s leg in such a manner ds to prevent its falling off, 
and he was released. That was the last I ever heard of 
the goose until May, 1894, when a letter informed me 
that Jim Sturgeon, editor of the Homer Index, had the 
goose in his possession, alive and well. My information 
stated that the tag was intact and that the initials were 
still plainly visible,” 


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Game Bag and Gun. 


Proprietors of shooting resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in ForEsT AND STREAM, 


American Wildfowi and How to 


Take Them.—VIII. 


BY, GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. 
[Continued from page B27.) 


The True Ducks. 


Tre ducks may be distinguished from their relatives, the 
geese, by characters already indicated. The tarsus—that 


is to say, the naked portion of the leg between the jot 


where the feathers end and that where. the toes begin—is 
covered in front by broad, overlapping scales, instead ot 
by a naked skin, ornamented with small hexagonal 
scales. The ducks are usually smaller than the geese. 
They are also as a rule more highly colored, though this 
brilliancy prevails more in the males of the fresh-water 
ducks than in the sea ducks. Nevertheless, this is not 
the invariable rile, for the males of all the mergansers 
and such species of sea ducks as the eiders, the harlequin, 
the butterball and longtailed duck are extremely showy 
and beautiful birds. As a rule, the ducks have shorter 
necks and legs than the geese. 

It has long been known to naturalists and to a few 
gunners that in the mallard and some other ducks the 
males assume during the summer a plumage very differ- 
ent from that which they commonly wear during the 
autuinn, winter and spring, and not unlike that of the 
lemale. This is not generally known, and even by 
ornithologists has not been at all understood. Re- 
cently, however, in the Proceedings of the Academy of 
Natural Science of Philadelphia, for the last quarter of 
1899, Mr. Witmer Stone, in a paper entitled “The Sum- 
mer Molt and Plumage of Certain Ducks,” has discussed 
the subject in a very suggestive way. 

Mr. Stone calls attention to the fact that in only one of 
our ducks—the old squaw—does the adult male possess 
a distinct winter plumage which is different from the 
breeding dress, that the old males of all our other ducks 
remain in the same plumage from the time they arrive in 
autumn till their departttre northward in spring, and in- 
timates that, judging by analogy, we should suppose that 
since these ducks show no tendency toward a change of 
plumage when they leave us in the spring, they must re- 
tain the same feathers that covered them during the 
winter until the end of the breeding season, when a 
complete molt should occur and a new dress be assumed 
exactly like the one just shed. 

It is known, however, that this is not the fact, and as 
stated, the “plumage after the breeding season” has been 
described in some species. The first record of this 
peculiar summer plumage in the male ducks is found in 
the supplement to ‘““Montague’s Ornithological Diction- 
ary,” 1813, under the head of ‘“The Pintail (Dafila acuta).” 
The observations made on some domesticated birds are 
given as follows: “In the month of June or beginning of 
July these birds commence their change of plumage, and 
by degrees, after making a singular mottled appearance, 
especially on the part of the body which was white be- 
fore, became by the first week in August entirely of a 
brown color, The beautiful bronze on the head, the white 
streak on each side of the neck, and all the white beneath, 
as well as the elegant scapulars, had entirely vanished, 
and to all appearance a sexual metamorphosis had taken 
place. But this change was of short duration, for about 
the latter end of September one of the males began to 
assume the masculine attire * * * and by the middle 
of October this bird was again in full plumage.” 

Twenty-five years later the naturalist Waterton de- 
scribed a similar molt in the male mallard, and as time 
went on, other species were tound to undergo like 
changes. In Mr. Ridgway’s ‘“Manual of North American 
Birds,” a number of species are given as having a 
peculiar summer plumage resembling the female. Such 
are the mallard, bluewing and cinnamon teal, the gad- 
wall, widgeon, pintail and scaup. On the whole, how- 
eyer, very little is said in the books about this change. 

Mr. Stone's examination of four species of eider 
ducks brought back from the Arctic by Mr, E. A. Mc- 
lhenny, and taken near Point Barrow, in the late sum- 
mer or early autumn, leads Mr. Stone, to believe that in 
all ducks where the plumages of the male and female 
are markedly different we may expect to find this double 
molt and a dull summer plumage in the male. He 
points out that this summer plumage is in no Sense a 
nuptial dress, and that, while it may begin to appear 
before the young birds are hatched, it is not seen until 
after the mating season is over, and is distinctly a post- 
nuptial dress. The change-is chiefly restricted to the 
head, neck, breast and scapulars; in other words, to 
those parts which are most conspicuously colored. 

A very important point in connection with this sum- 
mer plumage is that the annual molt of the flight feathers 
does not begin until it has been fully acquired, and that 
as soon as the new flight feathers have become strong 
enough to be used, the dull plumage, as well as the re- 
mainder of the old plumage, is lost, the molt of the body 
feathers proceeding in the usual way. In other words, 
this dull plumage lasts only during the period while the 
birds are unable to fly, for, as is well understood, ducks 
molt the quill feathers of their wings all at once, and for 
a time lose the power of fight. Now at stich a time a 
dull plumage would naturally be useful in rendering the 
bird inconspicuous, and thereby protecting it, and Mr. 
Stone believes this to be the explanation of this curious 
summer molt. He adds that the feathers of this plumage 
are very poor and loosely constructed, like the “first” 
plumage of young birds, which is only a temporary sum- 
mer dress. 

Mr, Stone quotes European authors who have de- 
scribed eider ducks of different species in this dress, but 
have called them young males, evidently not appreciating 
the meaning of the change. He then goes on to de- 
scribe in detail this summer plumage in four species of 
Pacific eiders, and in the red-breasted merganser, from 
which it appears that up to July the nuptial dress of the 
male is ustially retained, but that by the latter part of 


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August and in extly September this “suminer moltitig 
plumage,” as Mt. Stone calls it, is fully assumed. 
WNon-Diving Ducks. 
Sub-Fanuly date: 

Ag has already been said, the ducks ate divided into 
three sub-lamilies. Of these, the first is the Anmatimne, 
or fresh-water ducks. One unvarying character of this 
sroup is that it has the hind toe simple, while in all the 
sea or diving ducks it is lobed, or ptovided with a loose 
membrane ot flap. The feet of the fresh-water ducks, as 
a rule, aré smaller than those of the sea ducks, formed 
more for progression on Jand than for swimming. The 
fresh-water ducks feed in shallow water, gathering their 
food {rom the bottom by stretching down their necks, or 
by tipping up the body, as do also the geese and the 
swans. They do not dive for food, though they often do 
so to escape from danger when wounded. As a rule they 
jeed on vegetable matter, from which it results that their 
flesh is very palatable. As it is a fact, however, that all 
ducks are indiscriminate feeders, in cases where the fresh- 
water ducks have access to animal food their flesh readily 
acquires an unpleasant, fishy taste. There are thitteen 
or fourteen species of fresh-water ducks found in North 
America, most of which are familiar to gunners. Natural- 
ists aré by no means agreed as to the proper nomen- 
clature to be applied to the different species in this 
group, but for the purposes of this work it will be suf- 
ficient to take that adopted by the American Ornitholo- 
gists’ Union in its revised “Check List of North Ameri- 
“an Birds.” It is to be noted, however, that the order in 
which the species arranged is not that of the Check 
List. 

Mallard. 


Anas boschas (Linn.). 


In autumn, winter and spring the colors of the mallard 
are those of the common domestic duck,,which 1s its 
descendant, The head and neck are brilliant metallic 
ereen, sometimes showing golden and purple reflections, 
as the light strikes it differently. About the neck, below 


this green, is a narrow ring of white, usually broken at 


THE MALLARD. 


the back. The back-is brown, or brownish gray, finely 
waved with grayish white, as are the inner scapular 
feathers, which darken to rich brown on the wing. The 
speculum, or wing patch, is violet, with metallic reflec- 
tions, crossed near the end with a black bar, and tipped 
with a white one. The rump and upper tail-coverts are 
black, and the tail white, each feather being grayish along 
the shaft. The breast is deep glossy chestnut, and the 
other under parts’ gray, waved with narrow black lines. 
The under tail-coverts are black. The bill is yellow- 
green, with a black nail, the eyes dark brown and the 
feet orange. 
from 11 to 12 inches. The summer dress of the male 
closely resembles that of the female, but is darker. This 
plumage is assumed-in. June and is lost again in August, 
when the winter dress is resumed. 

The female is coloréd much as the female of the tame 
duck; the feathers generally are dusky, with broad, pale 
yellow or buff edges. On the upper parts the dark color 


predominates; on the lower, the buff, often almost to the 


exclusion of the blackish streaks. The wing patch 1s 
colored as in the male, as are the bill, feet and legs. The 
chin is almost white and the throat is buff. 

No one of our ducks has a wider range that the mal- 
lard, which, as has been said, is the progenitor of the 
common domestic duck. It is found over the entire 
northern portion of the world; and in America as far 
south as Mexico, while in Europe it breeds in southern 
Spain and Greece. It is believed to be common through- 
out Asia, except in tropical India, and it is more or less 
abundant in northern Africa. Although a migratory 
bird, the mallard may usually be found throughout its 
range in winter, provided there is open water, and so 
a place where it may feed. In many places in the north- 
etn Rocky Mountains, where the thermometer often goes 
to’ 30 or 40 degrees below zero, mallards may he found 
throughout the winter living in warm springs or along 
swift streams where the current is so rapid that the 
water never freezes. Thus it is seen that the winter's 
cold has little to do with the migration of the mallard— 
or, in fact, with that of many other ducks—and that, if 
food is plenty, the birds can bear almost any degree of 
cold. It is the freezing of the waters and thus the shut 
ting off of the food supply that forces these inland birds 
tG move southward. 

In the New England States the mallard is not a 
common bird, but in the Southern States, the interior 
and California it is extremely abundant. 

In the northern interior the mallard is shot from early 
October until the waters close in November, and all 
through the winter it issabundant in the Southepp Skates. 
Here it feeds in the marshes along the salt wajep, iy the 


tice fields and along the sloughs and streams through- 


out the interior, and becomes fat and well fayored, and 
is eagerly pursued. It comes readily to decoys, and if 
one or more live ducks are tethered with the decoys to 
call down the wild birds, they are qttite certain to re- 


The length is about 2 feet and the wing. 


(Nov, 4, 1686, 


spond and tu offer easy shooting to the eunner, Formerly. 
the mallard bred in corsiderable numbers within- the 
limits of the United States, though it has never been a 
eommon bitd at any season on the Atlantic coast north 
of New York, It formerly bred, however, in great 
hnuimbers in’ Wlinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and 
Minnesota, as well as in the prairies of the further West 
and about alkaline lakes and pools on the high central 
plateau. Now most of the birds proceed further north 
to breed, and Canada, the Hudson’s Bay country and the 
shores of the Arctic Sea are all oceupied by it during 
the nesting season. Dr. Brewer states that “It has been 
known in tare instances to nést in a tree, in such cases 
aap oate a deserted nest of a hawk, crow or other large 
ird. 

The mallard is one of our typical iresh-water ducks. 
It is rarely or never found on salt water, but, on the 
other hand, is common on the lagoons along the south- 
ern Atlantic coast, which are brackish, Here it asso- 
ciates with many other fresh-water ducks, and is fre- 
quently seen flying in c&hpany with black ducks, sprig- 
tails, widgeons and other species. 

The mallard rises from the water by a single spring, 
almost straight up in the air, and then flies upward at a 
sharp angle, until it has reached a height of 30 or 4o 
veet, when it flies rapidly away. Its speed on the wing is 
considerable, and when coming before the wind it is 
necessary for the gunner to make considerable allowance 
to hit it. When the mallard rises on the water it usually 
utters several loud quacks of alarm, and when associated 
il companies, as it usually is, the birds keep up a more 
or less continuous conversation, When it is flying, its at- 
tention is readily attracted by an imitation of its note, and 
this call, made either with the mouth -or with a certain 
instrument known as a duck call, is often used to lead it 
to observe the decoys. If it should see these, it 1s ex- 
tremely likely to come to them. 

This species readily hybridizes with certain other ducks. — 
A hybrid supposed to be mallard and museovy duck is 
common. So also is one between the mallard and the 
black duck, and of these I haye killed a number. They 
bear a general resemblance to the black duck, but the 
head and neck are much darker and show glossy re- 
flections. Moreover, the crissum or anal region is jet 
black, as are the upper tail-coverts, and the male is likely 
to possess the recurved tail feathers which characterize 
the mallard drake. 

Many years ago, in Carbon county, Wyo., I killed a 
male hybrid between the mallard and pintail. In form 
it resembles the male pittail, but its head is blackish 
ereen, with metallic reflections, almost the color of the 
male shoyeler. Its breast is chestnut, and its back much 
like that of a mallard. The general effect is that of a 
male pintail with mallard coloring. 

Perhaps no one of our North American ducks is so 
well known as the mallard, and yet it has coimparatively 
few common names. It is called greenhead, wild drake, 
wild duck, English duck, French duck and gray duck, or 
sometimes gray mallard for the female, In Canada the 
name stock duck was formerly common, referring evi- 
dently to this bird as a progenitor of the domestic duck. 


' The French-Canadians call it canard Franeais, or French 


duck. Mr. Trumbull calls attention to the old but now 
obsolete duckinmallard, a word supposed to be a corrup- 
tion of duck and mallard, duck being the female and 
mallard the male. The word is thus the equivalent of 
duck and drake, it haying been the custom seemingly to 
speak of the species by this double name. 


Hunting Rifles. 


A NEIGHBOR has just returned from a shert trip a few 
miles north of here, bringing home a good-sized deer. 
He shot this deer with a 30-30, using soft-nosed bullets. 
The first shot was at 55 yards, deer standing broadside. 
The bullet struck fair in the center of body, just back of 
heart. The deer dropped at once, but was on its feet 
and running in an instant. A second shot struck just 
back of ribs, ranging forward toward opposite shoulder, 
The deer then turned and ran down hill directly toward 
the shore, where a third shot broke its back, The hole 
where the bullet, which went through, came out is very 
little if any larger than where it went in. Neither of the 
other bullets went through. That which struck back of 
ribs was found near the shoulder, and had mushroomed 
to about one-third larger. The last bullet, which broke 
the back, could not found. Now I know from experience 
that.-some deer require great deal more killing than 
others, yet the above shooting was certainly one prac- 
tical test of the rifle, and it did not prove its much 
yaunted killing powers. 

There are good points to the small bore niter mfles— 
lightness, absence of smoke, accuracy and flat trajectory— 
yet according to such statements of practical woodsmen 
like the guide Braithwaite, of New Brunswick, more 
wounded game escapes than with much larger caliber. 
i will say, however, that I haye known of a number ot 
instances where deer have been shot through the body 
with both 45 and 4c caliber solid bullets and got away, 
although followed for miles on snow, 

+ 1s Some years since I took up the hunting of hg 
same, and I got a great deal of practical information 
by reading Van Dylke’s “Still Hunter.” I wanted a rifle 
which wauld Jill at any distance I was likely to shoot 
while hunting in the woods, My choice was a .45-90 
Winchester half magazine, and L was so well pleased 
with its work that | have used no other. | wanted some- 
thing, however, more killing than a solid hullet, and at 
first tried the hollow pointed express. IT found after 
killing some deer that the bullet did not, as far as 1 could 
see, Open at point, and sometimes when trying them at 
a target they would tip. I then got from the Winchester 
Company some Keene split-point bullets. 1! found then! 
fully as accurate at targets as solid bullets, and | after- 
wards killed the following game with them: Three 
mouse, five caribou, four bears and one deer. I used 
eighteen cartridges to kill the above, and three of the 
cartridges named used on the moose were not 
needed. None of the animals went fifty yards from where 
first shot at, and in most instances dropped at once or 
within a few yards. I did not try (in fact did not have 
to) any long range shooting, except once at a bear under 
most unfavorable conditions, and I was sorry for it, as 


— 


Noy. 3, 1900] 


I have always been confident I could have gotten much 
hearer, 

l was urged by my guide on the last caribou | ever 
saw to tty some long range shooting, The caribou was 
crossing a lake on the snow, and was so far away that 
it looked about the size of a sheep. I waited until it 
went into the woods and followed it about a mule,, killing 
it with a single shot, at seventy yards. Of course, there 
are times when game has been started or is on some large 
- open place where it cannot be got nearer to, where it is a 
long range or none, but I think in spite of the stories 
of killing at 200 to 400 yards, that more game is missed, 
or at best crippled. and lost at all distances over’ 150 
yatds, I refer only to such game as I have hunted, and 
which is found in New England and the Provinces. I 
have had considerable experience in the woods for a 
good many years, and have tried to educate myself to 
judge vafious distances in all manner of places, only to 
find that T am way off oftentimes. One hundred yards 
down an old tote road in the woods looks a long way. 
The saine distance out on a frozen lake, or open bog or 
barren. does not look half as far. 

Some years since a test was made at a well known rifle 
range in Massachusetts, of the Keene bullet, and it was 
not satislactory. The rifle used was the .45-70, and the 
bullets opened at the point before reaching’ the target, 
even at 100 yards. After hearing of the aboye 1 care- 
fully tried some of the bullets in my .45-90, at waxed 
paper. and could see no signs of spreading before reach- 
ing targets. It was afterwards admitted by the party 
whe tried the Keene bullet, that the tault was in the 
tifle. as the twist of .45-70 was mttch quicker than .45-go0. 
As for penetration of the above bullers | found it satis- 
factory. 
shot with cartridges of my loading in a rifle similar to 
iliime, oe at 205 and the other at 175 yards. 

{ want to mention the peculiar death of an old fox 
hunter in this seétion. Fle was a man past seventy, but 
pretty strong and vigorous. A few mornings since, he 
went out after a fox. At night his hounds came home, but 
he did not. A party tried to find him that night, but 
failed, The following morning they again went ont and 
found him dead. He was sitting down with his back 
against a large rock, his hat on his head, and his gun 
with both barrels cocked across his knees. 
that his dogs had started a fox and he was watching for 
it when he died, apparently without the slightest motion. 

C, M. Spark. 


Deuxsarton, N. H., Oct. 25. 


o Us 

Moose Hunting on the Tobique. 
Editor Forest and Stream: : ’ 

Dating the last few months I have noticed im the 
Forrest AND S¥REAM letters from different sportsmen 
about the moose oti the Tobique River, in New! Bruns- 
wick. One man writes that the moose are scarce and 
big bulls rare; another says that he and hiss wile, killed 
two big bulls within a short distance of their camp-fire. 
ln other sperting papers I notice where a man writes 
of seeing and killing big bulls on the Tobique, while an- 
other says that there is none there. 5 oat, 

Last winter I decided to go to the Tobique for a moose 
hunt this fall, and so made arrangements, but by the time 
I was ready I had about made up my mind that/1 was 
Loing on a wild goose chase, but my guide assured me 
there were plenty of moose there, so I went. 

A doctor friend went with me, and we arrived at Riley 
Brook at noon on Sept. Tr. 
teady, and we expected to start into the woods early the_ 
fext iofning, but it rained that night and the next day, 
so we liad to wait until the 13th before we could move. 

We reached our camp on the afternoon of the 13th 


about 4:30 after a good, hard day’s tramp, and good and - 


hungry, 

Saturday, the 5th, was the first day of the open season 
and our guides took us over some of the country we 
were to hunt in, so that we could see it, and also see 
some of the ponds and lakes, around which we saw 
plenty of fresh moose signs, some of which had been 
made by big bulls. 

Sunday being a close day, we did not go out for moose, 
but spent the day in setting bear traps and taking in 
some more of the country. ; 

It rained again on Monday, so we did not go out until 
Tuesday, which opened up clear and cool. The Doctor 
and guide went one way, and my guide and I another. 
We went to some ponds where the guide was sure we 
would find moose, and where we did find plenty of fresh 
signs, also signs showing that the bulls and cows had 
@otten together. J was for stopping until it was time to 
call late in the afternoon, but he thought it best to return 
to Camp and start out the next morning with a supply 
of grub for two or three days. 

The next morning ithe Doctor and his man went to the 
Upper Lake to camp and stay a day or two for the 
morning and evening calling. My guide and I struck 
Gut for one of the ponds where we had seen the signs the 
day before, and located in a small bog near a pond for 
the evening calling, which we commenced about 5 P. M., 
and soon had a young bull dancing around in the alders 
trying to make us think he was something big; but he 
could not fool us. We soon had an answer from a big 
bull, and the youngster got out in short order. 

The first answer from the big one was about 5:30 P. M,, 
but it was after 8 before he came out on the bog. His 
harns were so wide that he could not move very fast, and 
it was hard work for him to get through the thick 
woods; besides, he was very cautious, and stopped a good 
many times to listen; but a blat from the horn and a 
splash or two of water started him ahead with renewed 
vigor. At last he came out, but it was too dark to see 
him, I knew he was near, but I could not locate him, 
and would not shoot, as I did not want to wound him 
and have him go off and die somewhere where I could 
not find him. My guide said he could see the white cf 
his horns, and told me to look for them, but I could not 
see them. The guide was young and had good eyes; 
IT am getting along in years and wear glasses. The old 
fellow stood there until he got our scent, when he went 
off with a rush, trying to tear down the!woods as he 
went, and every now and _then would roar like a wild 
barnyard bull. my 


- 


I saw two moose, each killed with a single 


Tt is thought — 


Our gitides had everything — 


FOREST-AND STREAM. 


We “b’iled the kettle,” ate some cold grub and turned 
in, but was up again ‘before day, ate breakfast ana 
started across the ridge to another pond for the morning’ 
calling, which we reached about 5:20 A. M., and started 
in to call at omce. Soon we heard some old cows 
tramping around in, the woods above us, but got no 
answer to our calls. After a little we heard something 
coming down behind us, and to get a better view the 
guide stood up, and at once saw a bull and cow coming 
to the water. He touched me, and as I got up he 
whispered, “The bull is to the leit of the big birch; the 
cow ahead of him,” I saw about 18 inches of moose 
about 50 or 60 yards away between two trees, with a 
cow standing just ahead of him. She was looking at us 
and seemed very restless. I raised the rifle, took good 
aim just back of the fore leg and over the heart ‘and 
pulled the trigger, but there was no report, only a snap; 
the cartridge had failed to go off. J pumped in another 
shell slowly, so as not to make any noise, but as the 
leyer came into place there was a sharp click that caused 
the cow to bolt and the bull followed her. When 1| 
stooped to pick up the defective cartridge my language 
was soit and sweet. The guide said the bull had a big 
head of horns, but I could not see them, as they were 
behind the birch and a bush next to it. If the cow had 
not been with the bull I would have gotten him, as he 
would have stood a little longer. 

It rained that afternoon, so we went back to camp, 
where we found the Doctor cussing his luck, his guide 
having called a big one down to the lake, but could not 
entice him out into the water where the Doctor could 
get a sight of, him. 

The next three or four days it aimed, and we did not 
do much except: fish and look up our bear traps, when 
we found that we had caught two bears. 

The middle of the next week I killed a caribou. I was 
fishing on a small lake when the caribou came to the 
water. I was sitting on a raft made of three cedar logs 
and the caribou‘ was’ over 200 yards away. I shot at him 
nye times and hit him fotir times owt of the fye. He was 
a young one, but had a very pretty head of horns. 

On the 28th I:got the Doctor to take my guide and go 
to the Upper Lake and see if he could get out the big 
bull he had called in twice. They did so, and got a 


bull, but it did not altogether suit the Doctor. The next 


s. moose are being killed off too fast. 


day I shot a bull, and our moose hunt was over. 

The rest of the time was spent in fishing, calling in 
moose for practice (and,\by the way, I called in one 
with a big head of horns)\and packing up and getting 
ready to go out.) a 

If we had had‘ good weather we would have gotten 
our moose during the first, ten days we were in the 
woods. There are plenty of)them in that country, and 
lots of big ones, notwithstanding some say that they 
are scarce. I am so sure of it that we have made our 


arrangements for, another moose hunt on the Tobique | 


next year. “ \ i = : : 
As we were coming down the Tobique we saw some 
large heads belonging\to spertsmen going out, and at 
McAdam Junction we saw alfine big set that I think 
must have spread over 60\inches. ~ 
It won’t be long before\the:New Brunswick Goyern- 
ment will have \to shorten up, the close season. as the 


W. W. KING, 


' " 
“~~ In’ the * Fence : Corner. 


Tue spirited, full-page | supplement, \ entitled. “In, the 
Fence Corner,” \ published in this issue» of Forrest AN» 
STREAM, is replete with the theme dear to the hearts and 
memory of all\sportsmen. .It vividly portrays a climax to 
many different experiences when seeking quail with dog 
and gun. \ ule i \ 

Perchance the shooter has plodded through tangle and 
open during many weary hours before the warning attitude 
of his dog brought to him exhilaration of mind and for- 
setfulness\of fatigue in!the anticipation of the rise, the 
kill and the capture. fey 

Perchance the' shooter has but just sallied) forth in the 
early season,’ with) nerves, over tense and unsteady. The 
point of the dog causes his blood to course swiftly and 
his imagination to\run riot. Visions of) swiftly flying 
birds, of smart kills. with each barrel, and of finished re- 
trieves glimmer through his brain. As he\nears the dog 
ta flush, his fingers begin!’ to tremble and his knees to 
wabble. When: the ibirds ‘rise with a roar of wings, he 
nervously discharges, one barrel before the gun reaches 
his shoulder, and the other one at the flock or before he 
can bring it to bear steadily on a bird. He has buck 
fever, with a few little birds as an origin of it. More 
birds rise as he holds the empty gtin in his hands, and he 
resolves that never, neyer:again will he be nervous or 
hurried or accept that illusive chance called shooting into a 
flying flock. 

Perchance the dog finds birds after the shooter has 
walked over miles of hill and dale, and from over eager- 
ness or malice springs in and flushes. All the effort has 
then resulted in vexatious, lost opportunity. This is a 
climax which every shooter can remember. ~ 

But to every shooter the picture has its special climax. 
To some it portrays experience of success; to others, of 


disappointment, To the average shooter it) will portray _ 
successes keenly remembered and failures, almost for- 
gotten. 


The old fence, with its enticing nooks for the birds, also © 
tells its story of hopes evoked in the weary shooter, while 
the woods.in the distance have an alluring’ suggestion of © 
ruffed grouse. 

As a whole, the picttire is most pleasing; and) we ;feel ae 
wish that the shooter portrayed may have. good 'luck-and 
a pleasant: day. 


347 


Vermont Game. 


Swanton, Vt, Oct. 16.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Below please find a few brief game notes: | 

WoopcocKk.—Where, oh, where are our woodcock? 
They were here in abundance in July and the first part 
of August; then they disappeared. We have hunted 
the country thoroughly over, and we have only found a 
few single birds, where the last of July we could flush 
dozens. The only solution is that they bred early in the 
season, consequently were ready for their flight south- 
ward when the storm of August 6 and 7 struck us. Some 
of our sporting farmers say that if they can’t shoot 
woodcock hereafter Aug. 1 they will clear up their breed- 
ing grounds and turn them into pasture land. 

Rurrep Grouse.—The early dry season was favorable 
for the early growth of these young birds, but neverthe- 
less the coveys are few and far between. Cause: too 
many good wing shots nowadays. The pot-shooter who 
only shoots at sitting birds does mot get a shot at one 
in six of the birds that he sees, while the wing shot shoots 
at five of every six birds that he flushes, wounds and 
destroys many that he does not kill outright. As the 
army of wing shots is steadily increasing, the grouse 
are as rapidly decreasing. Shortening the open season 
will not remedy this, as the shorter the open season the 
ereater novelty it is, consequently the more guns will 
be out. The way to keep the general public from follow- 
ing a thing is to strip it of its novelty. 

The true and best way to keep our game from utter 
extermination is to have in every township several tracts 
of woodland protected as preserves, where no person 
should be allowed with a gun. In these places the rufted 
grouse in particular could breed and rear their broods 
unmolested. These protected grounds should not be tao 
extensive in size—if in square form not over 200 acres; 
then the game—that is, a portion of it—would stray out 
on to unprotected covers, where the sportsman would 
have a chance to indulge in his favorite pastime. This 
work of securing the permits from farmers to post their 
lands should be done by our fish and game leagues, and 
the farmers, with few exceptions, would readily grant 
permission to have their woodlands posted, and would 
also’ take an interest in protecting these preserves: |\Let 
every reader of the Forrest AND STREAM make an, effort 
in, this’ direction, and they’ will be surprised to see how 
easy it. will’ be to establish stich a preserve. 

Ducxs:—The ustial number of black ducks bred on 
the“marshes around the Missisquoi Bay. The flight 
dticks, owing to the warm‘season, have not at this time 


| ofswriting arrived, with the exception of the woodduck; 


they have come and gone, with another exception of a 
few: flocks that have recently come in, composed almost 
if not wholly of cock birds. 

WiLp GrrsE.—A few flocks of wild geese tor the past 
two weeks have been hanging about our bays; only a 
few as yet have been bagged. 

EnGLisH SnipeE—The native bred snipe haye been 
nearly all shot off, and the flight birds are not here; but 
last night’s cold snap should bring them in. 

Prover.—The flight of golden plover was a small 
one, and is passed. The yellowlegs and dodwits are 
here in diminishing numbers. The upland plover bred 
in large numbers back on our hill farms, but started 
southward soon atter the first cold rain in August, Un- 
less the open season is extended to Aug. 1 our boys will 
another season be law-breakers, for they are determined 
to have a few of the birds that they protect during their 
breeding season. It is to be hoped that our present 
Legislature will, for this section at least, extend the open 
season to Aug. Tt, for if our young men break the ice and 
become law-breakers on this bird, it will so harden them 
that they will be likely to disregard the laws on other 
game. 

DrER.—Does and fawns are quite common, but we 
have neither seen nor know of a buck with horns being 
seen in this part of the State. 

FoxEes,—Foxes are scarce, consequently meadow mice 
are plentiful. 

Hares.—The Northern hares are numerous, though 
beagles are also numerous. Lepus americanus will hold 
his own so long as there are large tracts of land grown up 
with white birches, 

SQUIRRELS.—A few fair-sized bags of grays have been 
brought in from hills where the trees were not stripped 
last season by the forest caterpillar. No ntts on those 
hills this year. 

IMPORTED Brrps.—A few coveys of quail are to be 
found, the result of stocking some years ago; but no 
pheasants. We expect to again this season hear favorable 
reports from the black game released in East Middle- 
bury, Vt. This town made no mistake in its election 
of town representative this year, as this gentleman, Col. 
C. €. Gilmore, is chairman of the Committee on Game 
and Fisheries. Personally, he has introduced a bill to 
largely increase the appropriation toward supporting our 
State hatchery. ' 

In an agricultural State, like Vermont, when farm 
products are so low in price as they are now and have 
been for years past, it would be good business for 
these farmer voters to instruct their representatives to 
take stich laws as would attract the summer tourists to 
come into the State and spend their money. Now the 
summer visitor during his vacation is going where he 
can have or get recreation as well as rest, and their 
favorite recreation is fishing; and every dollar of 
public money that is expended in developing and im- 
proving our fishing—hook and line and fly-fishinge—will 
bring back to the general public large returns. New 
hatcheries should be established, fishways built in the 
dams of our rivers, and the spawning fish thoroughly 
protected; the small feeders of our trout streams should 
be closed against all fishing, and during the warm months 
fishing in the rapids of streams that contain bass should 
be strictly prohibited, as in these rapids the baby bass 
congregate and fall victims to the small boys, who take 
them out by the thousand. 

The last wolf killed in this part of the State was shot 
in Sheldon during the winter of 1851, by E. W. Geer 
(the Old Gent). The rifle used, a small underlock 
Windsor, is how in the possession of the writer: 

N. P. Leacn, 


‘See the list of good things in Woodcraft.in our adv. cols, 


348 


FOREST .AND . STREAM, 


[Nov. 3, 1900. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Crippled Ducks. 


Cureaco, Ill., Oct. 27—Mr. A, G. Holmes, of Green 


Bay, Wis., is good enough to send down a word regard- 


ing the game situation in his section, and to give us the” 


benefit of his observations regarding the actions of 
crippled ducks. What he says as to the duck sticking up 


only a little part of its bill above water when trying to _ 
hide tallies with what has no doubt been observed by _ 
I have sometimes seen a tedhead which ~ 
had gone under water in a place where detection seemed’ ~ 
impossible, lie with its body entirely submerged, and just” 


many others. 


the head out of water, lying flat and perfectly motionless. 
At stich times it is only the bright, beady eye of the duck 
which attracts attention, the instinct of the bird invari- 
ably leading it to pick out its own color tone: perfectly 
in the cover it selects. It will push in among brush or 
weeds, and stick its head out into a bit of grass, weeds 
or brush tips, which are ‘as near as can be the same 
color as its own head. A favorite trick of the redhead, 
which is a famous diver, when it is crippled and falls in 
running water, is to come up under the overhanging 
willows or brush of other sort which perhaps lines, the 
shore. In such cases it will always flatten its head down 
close on the water, and have it hidden by some little, 
trivial bit of overhanging branch or leaf, so that the 
hunter hardly ever discovers it except by accident. Mr. 
Holmes is lucky in having been able tu watch these birds 
in their action under water, regarding which he goes on 
POSScvieu nn 

“In this week's issue of the Forrest anp STREAM there 
is a mention regarding crippled ducks. I have noticed 
and captired crippled ducks here on our bay very often. 
and have watched for birds 16 come up but never 
showed up. J have found them very frequently with 
just the bill out, and especially in this true of our red- 
heads and bluebills when crippled. I have followed 
them out on the bars where the water was clear, and I 
could watch them and what tricks they did, and the 
maneuvers they would go through are certainly sur- 
prising. 1 have crippled redheads, and in following 
them up , poling along in the water from three to five 
feet deep, have seen them tutn under water at the shadow 
of the canoe approaching, and travel at least 60 yards 
without coming up, and then only the least bit of their 
bill out, and float in the water for at least ten minutes, 
neyer showing up any more than that. I have also-taken 
them out of weeds with just the bill out, that a person 
could hardly see, 

“Our ducks are here by the thousands,’ and a good 
many nice bags have been brought in. The snipe ate 
now coming in fairly well. and I expect by the latter pari 
of the week they will be here in great numbers. 

“Geese are also flying south fairly well. 
coons are here in good numbers this fall,” 


No Flight. 


Tt cannot be said that we have had any flight of ducks 
near here this fall. The weather has remained simply 
superb all this week, and from all appearances intends to 
remain sa, the fall being: one of the mildest ever recorded 
here. The birds, from what Mr. Holmes says, may be 
seen to be still some hundreds of miles north of here, his 
point, Green Bay, being perhaps a couple of hundred 
miles above Chicago. Horicon marsh is beginning to 
get a good many birds, and they are entirely contented 
to stay up there so long as they have good feed and 
water in abundance, as they have this year, They will 
not be apt to pass this latitude until quite late in No- 
vember, when it begins to freeze pretty sharply where 
_they now are. Nothing of consequence develops lower 
down along the natural flyways which cross this country, 
not even along the Mississippi, the Illinois and the other 
big waterways which adjoin us, Regarding conditions 
at his part of the Mississippi bottom regions, Mr. E, K. 
Stedman writes, under date of Oct. 24, from Mt. Carroll: 

“Dear Sir:—Conditions haye changed very little since 
last week. The water in the Mississippi attained its 
highest mark the latter part of last week, and is now 
steadily receding. Wild fowl were numerous the 2tst 
and 22d, but are now scarce—the river men tell me they 
are flying north again yesterday and to-day. JI heard of 
one Savannah hunter who killed 50 ducks Sunday—using 
a scull boat. 

“Most of the low land farms were overflowed in this 
vicinity—so if the ducks do come, and weather conditions 
encotirage them to visit, we should have excellent sport. 
So much water places the sportsman at a disadvantage, 
masmuch as it gives a greater territory to feed ovet 
than when confined to less limited feeding grounds. 

“No large bags of snipe ot plover haye yet been re- 
ported. No geese that I have heard of, The quail are 
being careftilly watched by the farmers, which keeps out 
the ‘sooners,’ so that when the season does open they 
will be in superb ‘condition for the nimrod. 4 

“Allin all, everything is favorable for good wild fowl 
and quail shooting at this point. 

“As Mt. Carroll is ten miles from the river, Savannah 
more fittingly holds as to these tips. 

“Wild fowl shooting and. fall bass, croppie and wall- 
eyed pike fishiag should be prime by Noy 1, if this state 
of weather continues. If rougher weather sets in, cut the 
fishing out.” 


Quail. 

Tt will be seen that all reports continue to speak of the 
almost unparalleled abundance of quail. The latter bird 
seems to have fairly taken the West this fall. All over 
lower Minnesota the quail are yery numerous indeed, 
seeming to have become perfectly well established, jtist 
as they haye been for many years in Towa, and steadily 
on the increase. The average of the northbound move! 
ment of the bird seems to be noticeable now in the 

_ thickening tp of its numbers along lines where heretofore 
there were not so many. Thus, as far north as Waupaca. 
in Wisconsin, there are now a good many quail, where 
a few years ago there would only one or two he heard 
now and then in the summer time, and no one cared to 
make a regular hunt for them in the shooting season. 
The reason for this northward moyement is not in any 


Squirrels and - 


-were invisible in the thickly settled portions. 
“seemed to be in the cornfields. 


climatic change, nor in any.push of quail population in 
the country below. It is simply due to the fact that the 
slashed-off pine régions are more and more being de- 
voted to agricultural or semi-agricultural purposes. The 
little backwoods farms are going further and further north 
in Wisconsin and Michigan, and though they are very 


poor and very dubious farms, they raise enough weed 


seeds and millet and buckwheat to feed the quail, and the 
brush heaps offer shelter. Give Bob White half a chance 
and he will take care of himself. He has no chance at 
all, according to his habits, in a raw pine country. 

» It was this same way in regard to the extension of the 
prairie chicken range to the westward. It is sometimes 


thought that the prairie chicken was always abiundant out’ 
/in Dakota; and what ts commonly called the West, but 


stich is not the case. This bird followed the wheat fields 
just as the quail is following the millet and buckwheat 
fields. As,soon as the wheat stubbles began to appear 
in! South Dakota, the chickens also began to appear in 
numbers. All creatures, wild or tame, like to make a 
living in the easiest possible way, and they like also to 
move on out from the place where they were born and 
raiséd, the spread of animal life being quite similar to 
that of human population. In the late hard times the 
railways were much troubled with tramps and workmen 


‘who were trying to get out of the places where they could 


attempt it. , quail ; ' 
evidently late vor second broods. - Met farmer boys 


October on- to their lands to shoot quail, but I did not 
Saw many young quail chicks, that, were 


hinting squirrels who had three and four. dozen 
quail in their, pouches. Farmers claim that as. the 
game feed on their lands, they might as well have the 
products whenever wanted. a) rT ml 
“Bass and salmon—local name for the wall-eyed pike— 
fishing fairly good. I found that a good deal of illegal 
netting is constantly practiced all along the river, both . 
by farmers and market men. Localities will have a big 
net in common; farmers and young fellows meet. to- 
gether, seine the river thoroughly, and divide the fish 
among them. Hence, when a rod fisherman goes out for 
pleasure and a few fish, he gets only a few... Looks Jike 


it would take State wardens posted every few miles along 


the rivers to capture illegal fishers and hunters. The 
difficulty seems to be that the wardens are appointed by 
the farmets themselves, and they won’t arrest anybody 
except a few poachers from the towns.” 


The Wisconsin Export Law. 


Mr. Douglas Dyrenforth, the Chicago man who lost 
a box of muscallunge last week at the hands of the 
wardens of Wisconsin, has received many offers of sup- 
port from friends in his case against the Wisconsin 


MRS. LYDIA P. WILLIAMS AND THE TORCH SHE FOUND. 


not get work enough to make a living. It is the same 
way with game birds. They come and go with the food 
supply, and occupy the earth just as their pursuers have 
been doing for so long. 


Poot Game Protection in Iowa, 


Tt would seem that there is a very poor observance of 
the game laws out in the big and rich State of Iowa. at 
least in acertain portion of what is naturally a very good 
game region. lowa was always a peculiar State in te- 
gard to game laws. In the preceding generation much 
of Northwestern Iowa was settled by a foreign element, 
men who did not care to shoot and who knew nothing 
and cared nothing about the gamé that might be in 
their neighborhood. It was nothing to these men if alien. 
market shooters came in and killed off their birds, pro- 
vided they did not tramp down the fields or shoot the 
stock. The prairie chickens, over many foreign settle- 
ments, were thus shot off to the point of extinction. 
Then arose the present generation .of population on that 
same soil, the children of the first immigrants. These 
young men have attained the habits of the new land to 
which their parents came, and most of them like to’ shoot. 
They are more selfish in regard to their game, and about 
all the protection they ask is prohibition for everybody 
but themselves, which is the pure American attitude as 
to game protection anyway. Mr. R. L. Blair, of Des 
Moines, Iowa, covers some of these questions in a letter 
just at hand, and can perhaps shed a little light on-the 
perplexing question, Why does not Iowa pass a good 
game law and see it enforced? Perhaps the first half of 
this question is all that we ought to ask. It is almost too 
much to ask or expect that a gatne law should be en- 
forced. At least Mr. Blair’s letter would not indicate 
much hope of it. He says: 

“Believing from your letters in Forest anp SrreAm 
that you would like outdoor items from the West, I 
would ‘report my return from a three weeks’ camping, 
boating. fishing and hunting trip up the Des Moines 
River. I found quail plenty, but the farmers had been 
harvesting the crop since Oct, t. although the legal 
Season does not open till November. Many farmers pay 
no attention to the gaine laws. There is a law not allow- 


_ ing hunting on Jands without ownet’s permission. Many 


larms are posted against trespassers, hence the owners 
or occupants can shoot game out of season, no one see- 
ing them or caring to report them. Prairie chickens 
They 
Farmers with whom T 
became acquainted actually inyited me the middle of 


wardens, It is to be hoped that the matter will not be 
dropped in the lower courts, but-that it may really prove 
a test case of the constitutionality of the law. The facts 
as learned at date are that the fish were taken from the 
Wisconsin Central train, at Rugby Junction. An official 
of the latter road, Mr. F. J. Effert, whose offices are in 
this city, was one of the party that caught the fish, their 
angling place having been at Titcker Lake, Wis., and 
the fish haying been taken legally by rod and line. One 
fish was taken by Mr. Effert, one by Mr. Dyrenforth, and 
one by Mrs. Dyrenforth. The fish caught by Mr. Dyren- 
forth weighed 19 pounds, that taken by his wife 714 
pounds. All three of the fish were packed in one box, 
which box therefore had more than two fish, and more 
than 20 pounds of fish in it. Yet one of the fish was 
marked with Mrs. Dyrenforth’s card, the other two hay- 
ing the name of Mr. Dyrenforth on them, according to 
his report, The warden, August Zinn, perhaps did not 
see the cards, and took in charge the evidence in what 
was a prima facie violation of the law. It is to be seen 
what the outcome will be. The suit is brought in the 
Kederal Court, in which the amotint must exceed’ $2,000 
The sum sued for is $5.000. 3" 

The principle involved applies to game birds as well 
as game fishes, in so far as the legality of bringing home 
legally killed game is concerned, and the case is one 
which attracts considerable attention here on that ac 
count, : 


The Saginaw Crowd’s Northwestern Trip. 


The Saginaw Crowd, whose special car passed through 
here some weeks ago, as mentioned at the time, has re- 
turned, and apparently did not have a very heavy shoot, 
but as usual a very good time—a time which one of the 
party, Mr. Tom Harvey, is mighty apt to consider the 
luckiest sort of a time. Mr. W, B. Merhson writes as 
below regarding the experiences of the party and of Mr. 
Harvey: sie i 

“We arrived home last Wednesday. We had a pretty 
good time. Tom Harvey, whom you remember you 
described as the sportsman that had something to loan 
to every one, when we were cn the Grassmere trip, con- 
cluded he was a regular hoodoo. His first experience 
was falling down in a duck marsh, filling his boots and 
setting wet all over. We ther started for home to warm 
him wp, and going up a stiff hill the wagon met with a 
breakdown; the driver had to go to town for repairs, so 
Tom mounted one of the herses to go with him He 
proved to be a veritable Westerner, and the bronco bucked 
him off and threw him some 2o feet, in less time than it 


- - have been a cripple for life. 


iz i I 
! Noy. 3, 1900.] 


FOREST+>AND. STREAM. 


1849 


"takes me-to write this even in shorthand. “In'the mean- 


“time the other load carried off the blankets, and poor 
Tom had to shiver into town on foot, thotigh it was only 
about one mile away. The next day he was lying in the 
stubble sunning himself, and in taking up his gun got 
his finger on the trigger instead of on the stiard, Well, 


you know what that means—the gun went off. He was 


struck in the heel, the luckiest shot he ever made in his 
life, for if it had gone half an inch to one side he would 
As it was it only tore his 
rubber boot and blistered his heel, and put two shot holes 
“in it, but luckily the shet did not go in. We fixed him up 
in good shape,-and before we came home he was able 
* to get out amd sit on a stool and bang away at ducks, but 
he was so git shy he couldn't hit anything, until finally 
one lone white goose came along and he punctured him. 
“The railroad people were not verv swift about side- 
tracking us at the ptoper point, and three days were 
wasted before we did induce them to’ take us toa a station 
five miles nearer our shooting. It ptoved to be an’ ideal 
spots, lats of white geese, quite a good many ducks. 
The weather was absolutely fine, not a cloud or a breath 
af wind stirring, which, of course, means no diicl< shoot- 
ing, or goose shooting for that maticr. except by chance, 
but we had a lazy crowd. Ten o'clock in the morning 
was as early as any of us could get our traps together 
and get started. but we had to our credit when we 
started for home something over 80 geese, and “*~re than 
that number of ducks. We concluded that w. ‘s. vame 
enough, and had had a bullyygood time.” 


Minnesota’ Dect Crop. 


Tt is now but a few days till the opening of the Minne- 
‘sota’ deer season, and all deer huntérs who: are disposed 
to trv that State will be very apt to. have fine shooting 
this fall Tn all the northern parts of the State, in Itasca, 
Beltrami, St. Louis. Hubbard and Ottertail counties the 
deer are reported very numerous. ‘Indians have killed 


less than usual this summer, and the supply is t)’ dest 


- for some years, according to local estimates. 


The Dead and Down Timber Act. 


' Reference has been repeatedly made in these columns. 
in the course of renortine’ the progress of the movergnt 
for the Minnesota National Park, to the dead and down 
timber act, which has been the cloak for so many shame- 
less thefts of the pine on the Indian reservations, “To 
make it brief, this Act of Congress makes it legal, for a 
lnmbermen to cut trees that have been burned and to take 
away fallen trees, This has been construed, to make it 
mild,in the most liberal wav imaginable. Anyone visit- 
ing that region would not think there was the slightest 
restriction to the ctitting of the pine. The Iumbermen 
have found the act wide enough to give them all the 
nine they want. and so have not bothered about any- 
thing more at present. | Lath eee 
Tt has alwavs been known to the men familiar 
with the upper Minnesota rountry that the pine trees on 
the reservations are burned, deliberately burned, sn that 
ther can be construed to be fair game under the terms 
of the act above referred to. This has been known, but 
nothing has ever heen done to punish the thieves who 
do, this sort of work. and no arrest was ever made until 
this fall. On Oct. To, in the United States Court, at 
Dulttth, twa ef these men who do the work for the lum- 
ber concern. C: E: Selve and Harry Shearer, were found 
euilty of deliberately firine timber in this’ way, and sen- 
tence is expected soon. They may be sentenced tno three 
years’ imprisonment or $5.000 fine. The wonder is that 
these thefts have not been punished oftener and long ago. 
This work of destroving trees or marking them to 
evade the law is brought to a high point of nerfection 
by the timeber thieves. Sometimes a tree js slightly 
scorched bv ao fire built at its roots, the fire being ont 
out before it does more than blacken the bark. But this 
outside firing was hard tn control. and was apt to spread 
forest fites. which would be too much in earnest. So 
the lumbermen devised a lamp, which they put in under 
the roots of a tree. which will burn out in a certain time, 
atid cattse the tree to fall or be disfioured enouch ta 
elaim under the act. Mrs. Lydia P. Williams. president 
of the Federation of Women’s Chibs in Minnescta, *he 
bodv of wemen to whom helongs first credit for the idea 
of the park, was this fall up in the country of Cass 
Lake and Tesch Lake reservations and she rot onlv 
saw miles of fine timber which had heen tilled by these 
lamps, hut found one of the lamns herself, hurned ont, 
tmder the roots of ane of the big pines. She broucht 
the Jamp hame as a souvenir. and as a proof of the 
maliciotsly false methods of the men whe are stealing 
from Minnesota her heritage of pine. E. Hover. 
Hartrrorp Burtpine. Chicago, Il. 


Long Island Deer. 


Tue Long Island deer season law reads: ‘‘Deer shall 
not be taken at any other time than between daylight and 
sunset on the first two Wednesdays and first two Fridays 
of November.” 

The fact that this year the first Thursday (Nov. 1) 
comes before the first Wednesday (Nov, 7) has created 
some uncertainty as to the open Thursdays; but manifestly 
there is no room for dowht. The “first two Wednesdays” 
are Nov. 7 and 14; the “first two Thursdays” are Noy. 1 
and 8 These are the four days on which deer hunting 
is lawful. The Long Island wardens announce that they 
so construe the law; and they hold that the possession 
of venison is lawful on and after Thursday, Nov. tf. 


Long Island Duck Shooting. 


SayyItLe, Long Island. N. Y., Oct. 27—The changing 
of the duck shooting opening date from Oct. 1 to Oct. 20 
this year had the effect of giving excellent shooting on the 

first days. The fowl began to come in soon after Oct, 1. 
and being undisturbed, selected their feeding grounds and 


settled down to make themselves at home. The result was. 


that when the season opened on the 20th there was a great 
supply, and the gunners secured large bags. Our local 
shooters have killed over S00 within the last few days. 
One hunter is credited with eighty-six in one day. 

Long IsLaNper. 


-an-arrest ‘and take Stevens out to the settlement. 
. Stevens, finding that argument was of no avail, and feel- 


‘In Maine Woods. 


Boston, Oct. 27,—Now and then a moose is being | 


taken in Maine, but the recerd is yet a good deal behind 
that of a year ago. Frank Hutchins, of Kingfield, shot 


a bull moose near the railroad station, in Carrabassett, 
The animal was evidently about seven 


on Monday. 
years of age and weighed 742 pounds. The antler spread 
is4feetand tinch. Mr. J. Harvey Young, of Faneuil Hall 
Market, Boston, has had more than his usual godd luck 
huntitg in the Maine woods. He first sent ‘éut two bears, 
that attracted a good deal of attention in the market, as 
well as bringing his friends to congratulations. A few 
days after he brought out a big bull moose, which was 
shown at the stall of Goodnough & Freeman; the first 
moose of the season if Faneuil Hall Market. Later it 
is reported that he has gone back and taken a couple of 
deer. Fis 

Mr, Ellery Stevens, of Waterville, Me., had a queer 
hunting experience in the vicinity of Monson Junction. 
After three days of very hard hunting he had secured a 
fine moose. A knock at the cabin ‘door that night 
awakened Stevens and his euide, and they admitted a 
stranger. In the morning the man announced that he 
was a guide, registered guide, with the powers of a game 
warden; that they had shot a moose in close time; that 
they must deliver the moose to him, and Stevens must 
go with him, to appear in court at Foxcroft, and answer 
for shooting the moose. Mr. Stevens protested that the 
moose was shot on Thursday, after the legal season 
opened on Monday. But the man would not listen, and 
claimed that he had all the powers necessary to foes 

r. 


ig; sure that he could establish the fact that, he had taken 
the moose legally, finally agreed to go out to the settle- 
ment.and answer before a, justice for the killing of the 
moose. At this the guide seemed to, let up on his man, 
and told him that he looked honest, and that he would 
take his word for his appearance Saturday morning. 
About this time another stranger. appeared whom the 
guide ar warden seemed to know very well, and he was 
engaged to help get the moose out. to. the settlement. 
Stevens asked the warden for his name, but he answed: 
“Oh, never mind about rify&name: you will find -that out 
soon enough.” The two men then went off ‘to get the 
moose out. which they didy taking the carcass. along with 
them. Mr, Stevens, -thoroiighly disgusted with such 
luck, and knowing that he was not guilty of killing the 
moose in close time, concluded_not to.go out-that day, 
but to hunt deer instead, and let the warden wait for him 
with the moose. He ‘did-so, and!.succeeded in getting a 
fine deer. With this ‘he started out to the settlement the 
next day. Arriving there, what wasi-his. surprise to find 


' that. neither man nor. moose: had appeared: Later he 


found that two men answering the description he gave 
had gone another-way-.with a moose they: pretended to 
have-shot.. “Got?him -mighty easy,” ‘they said. Mr. 


Stevens -has not-yet: been able-to: find ‘his: moose, and | 


concludes. that he has been buncoed out ofit bya smooth- 
tongued stranger. Now he: believes. that had he asked 
for a badge or other: insi: 
brought home his moose. ° : ie Le 

News -of fatal shooting accidents: with Maine game 
seekers: are of terrible frequence: The last one is that 
Joseph Hubert, of Augusta, Me., has fatally -shot and 
probably killed Harry Hillicker, of Lowell,'’Mass., with 
whom he was hunting for deer in the vicinity of the 
Katahdin Iron Works. In making a short cut for camp, 
across a thicket, Hubert’s rifle, which was cocked, was 
discharsed by the trigger catching in the brush, and a 
.30-30 bullet passed through Hillicker’s body, entering 
the back just beside the spinal column, and passing out 
through the abdomen. Not striking a bone, the bullet 
did not mushroom, and hence the wound was a very 
small one. Up to last accounts received the man was 
alive, although he had been brought out to Patten, 23 
miles, by relays of strong lumbermen, from a camp some 
five or six miles from where the accident happened. 
Arrived at the settlement, Hillicker had strength enough 
to state that he wished it understood that the shooting 
was purely accidental, and that Hubert was not in the 
least to blame. But Hubert can think while he lives 
upon the carelessness of carrying a gun at cock through 
the brush, especially with a companion near him. 

_ Under the head of Game Notes items like the follow- 
ing are being found in the Maine papers: 

“The devil himself seems to be aiming some of those 
tifles in the Maite woods.” 
returned to town with a piece of big game. He mistook 
his hunting companion for a deer and killed him.” “Mr. 
Peter Perkins broucht down a fine large man the other 
day, by his rifle trigger catching in the bushes.’ “The 
Maine Legislature will be asked this winter to frame 
some further laws voncerning the carrying of guns into 
he woods, and possibly concerning the responsibility 
f the man who shoots another hunter.” 

All the above is simply horrible. Tn the blackest of 
‘apital letters it should be branded into the very brain 
of every hunter who goes into the woods: “Never shoot 
till you are dead sure that it is game and not a man that 
you are pointing at. Never fire at a mere motion in the 
bushes. not at a sound.” ‘Never carry a gun at cock 
through the brush, nor when there is anybody in possible 
range.’ 

Oct. 29—A Bangor dispatch of Saturday says that 
great quantities of game have been coming in for the 
week, though the number of deer to date is far behind 
that of a year ago, and behind any season for three 
years. For the week the number of deer recorded by 
the wardens, who watch the trains at Bangor, was 422, 
and 43 moose. This is four more deer than for the same 
week a year ago, and two less moose. The total receipts 
of deer to Oct. 27 was t.000, and 56 moose— 
251 deer Jess than for the same time a year ago, 
and six Moose. From the Kingfield recion more deer 
are coming out, and a few moose. 
region the reperts are better, with more deer being 
taken and yet the record at the principal outlets, Bemis 
and Rangeley. is scarcely half that of a year ago. 

Mr. Tom French. of Andover. Me.. whom the Rich- 
ardson Lake sportsmen will so well remember as build- 
ing and running a couple af steamers on that lake, waa 


enia of authority, he might have 


“Mr. Bill Johnson has’ 


From the Rangeley 


in Boston the other day, in the interest of a steam autos 
mobile that he has invented. He says that the deer are 
plenty around Andover and above. A number have been 
taken. He is going into the woods hunting this week; 
says that there is great duck shooting at Umbagaog 
Lake, Others bear out his testimony that black ducks 
have been unusually plenty in that section this season. 
Bears are reported to be wnusually plenty at several hunt- 
ing resorts in-Maine this fall. At Chain of Ponds, above 
Stratton, three bears have been secured. At the Ledge 


‘House camps. Dead River, bears haye come up into the 


vety dooryard. Game Warden George W. Ross, of 
Vanceboro, is out with the statement that there are more 


‘deer than ever in Washington county. A great deal of 


poaching used to be done in his county, but Warden 
Ross says that all that has been changed. Mr. Frank 
Witcher, who owns the camp at that point, from which he 
and ;Mr, Hildreth hunted, has shot a fine specimen of 
albino deer, 

Coot shooting along the shores of Massachusetts Bay 
is attracting attention. Chatham reports say that shoot- 
ing has been good all the week. From Chatham Bay 
to Monomoy the most of the shooting is had. Walter 
Woodman and Louis Boyden, of Brookline, were at 
Chatham last week, and sécured 4o coot, 6 black duck 
and a string of shore birds. Russell A. Bearse, a local 
gunner, has shot within a weel over zo black duck and 
75 shore birds, at Inward Point. W. B. Cutter, of 
Boston, has been at Train’s cainp, Inward Point, for a 
week, and has had good shooting. Quail and partridge 
shooting on the Cape is reported to be very poor. It is 
claimed that the Sunday law, forbidding shooting on 
that day in this State, is to be rigidly enforced this 
fall. No arrests have yet been made, but the officers are 
reported to be keeping strict watch. SPECIAL. 


Roping an Elk. 


It was when we went to bring the branches off the 
mountain that we got the elk, We ran out of meat, so’ 
decided to take a hunt. We had two guns between the 
four of us, so Brown and I went down the cafion, while 
smith and the boy drove the timber above with dogs. 
The place where we settled ourselves was near the bottom, 
just opposite a bare point, which ran out, terminating in 
a cliff too feet high. 

Scarcely were we.in our places, when we heard the 
most awful noise coming from up. the cation—whoops 
that ‘would haye put to shame an Indian, accompanied 
by the baying of a hound and the barking of the shepherd 
dogs. And suddenly on the point opposite appeared a 
big bull elk, running for the cliff, with Smith in full pur- 
Suit, swinging his rope. Just as the elk reached the 
edge, Smith threw and caught him around the antlers. 
The ell ran around on to a ledge 8 feet below and tried 
his best first to jump over the cliff and then get up at 
Smith. For about five minutes he fought, the man and 
horse having all they could do to hold him, and be#ig 
sometimes within ro feet of the cliff. 

We ran down the cafion and climbed the other side as 


. quickly as possible, and when we arrived, the elk was 


standing quietly, so with our Winchesters we ad- 
ministered his coup de grace. The rope, which had held 
so long, broke as he fell dead on the side of the cliff and 
he fell over, fortunately not injuring the head, which 
was fairly large, with eight points, 

When we began to skin him we heard the story.. It 
appeared that when Smith and the boy went into the 
timber they heard the dogs barking, but they presently 
came back, Smith, thinking they had found a bear, went 
in that direction and found a yearling ell track, which 
the dogs got on to, and while following it jumped the 
old bull, which started off through the timber. How 
Smith ever kept up with him I can’t imagine, but he 
did, and at the first open place roped him round one horn 
and “busted” him. The rope, however, came off. The 
elk was undecided whether to make a fight or not, but 
finally he headed for the pines, with what result you 
know. He was a fine, eight-point bull, dressing about 
600 pounds, I should think. It took five pack horses to 
get the meat and hide out of the cafion where he fell. 
His remains served as bait for the bear trap. 


J. K. McK. 


Suapt, Wyo. 


In West Virginia Mountains. 


Morcantown, W. Va., Oct. 26.—Editor. Forest and 
Stream: All who enjoy shocting are now having their 
“innings” and outings. The great majority of such are, 
like myself, so situated that business at this season of 
the year forbids an extended trip, with the joys of camp 
life and big game hunting, and must be content with a 
day out occasionally, after such game as we can find. 

A new railroad is being built from our town up 
through the heavily timbered mountains, where there are 
many thousands of acres of wooded land. They now run 
trains ten miles, leaving here in the mornitig, and. return- - 
ing in the evening, which sives an excellent opportunity 
for persons to spend a day in the mountains. As a result 
of this convenience, I have been enabled to help pick the 
bones of eleven gray squirrels and two partridges this 
season, which was a luxury denied me for several years. 
However, the luxury of picking the bones is small com- 
pared with that of climbine- the mountains and securing 
the game by careful hunting. The squirrels are not what 
would be termed plentiful, but there being a large: terri- 
tory for their range, and a good supply of chestnuts 
scattered all through the woods to keep them. there, 
makes the hunting good for any but the game-hog, who 
needs all he can carry to satisfy him. Five is the most 
I killed in any one day’s hunt, which should satisfy any 
sportsman, with the present condition of game. 7. 

The season for quail opens Nov. 1, and there will be | 
some good shooting, as the law has protected them at all 
seasons for some years. : : 

Last week a man, visiting some friends here, went tip 
the new railroad one morning for a hunt with his new 
rifle, which was a recent present from his wife. The daily 
paper had a flattering account next day of how Mr. = 


had gone up the railroad and- succeeded in bringing 


home with him a 20-nound wild turkey, which he had 
shot while (it was) flying, The truth of the: matter 


350 


leaked out, as all such things will; and a couple of days 
later some unfeeling wretch caused the iollowing to ap- 
pear in the paper: ‘““Here is a revised and corrected ver- 
sion of the story of the man who went from here up the 
M. & K. railroad last Friday and killed a 20-pound wild 
turkey with his new gun. After demonstrating to him- 
self clearly that he was going to get skunked, he went to 
a farmer, paid the farmer one dollar for a turkey, took 
it out to shoot it to make it lool more gamy, and after 
firing five shots succeeded in bagging it. After paying 
twenty-five cents ior his dinner, he was ready to come 
home loaded with turkey and glory; any one having the 
required $1.25, plus railroad fare and the new gun, can 
have the same exciting experience.” 

Pittsburg, Pa, and the thickly populated country be- 
tween here and there, send out an army of hunters in 
every direction, and it is with difficulty that they are 
kept from hunting in West Virginia mountains without 
a license. EnreRSON CARNEY. 


J. W. Y. S. and His Moose. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

Your correspondent J. W. Y. S., in issue of Oct. 27, 
1900, ought also to be prosecuted. The open season for 
moose killing in the Province of Quebec is Oct. 1. In 
Ontario—this year first time in fen years—Noy. 1, for 
fifteen days; then closed for three years. What right has 
J. W. Y. S. to kill moose in September? 

One Wao HAs BEEN In CANADA. 

[One Who Has Been in Canada is mistaken in his dates. 
The Quebec moose season opens Sept. T.] 


A WNew Brunswick Hunt. 


Westervy, R. I., Oct. 22.—Dr. R. B. Smith, of Westerly, 
and myself have returned from a hunting trip to the 
headwaters of Mill Stream and Bartibogue River. New 
Brunswick via Newcastle. We encountered rain and 
‘Hood, but secured one fine bull moose with a spread of 
50 inches, and two caribou. The guides were Jack Con- 
nell and Jim Way. C. W. WiLrarn. 


Sportsmen’s Map of Maine. 


ELSEWHERE will be found an advertisement of a sports- 
men’s map of Maine, which covers the hunting country 
and will be found extremely useful by those who propose 
visiting that State for game. ' 


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Until you see your game, and $ 
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g not a man. : 
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Sea and Aver Sishing. 


Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forrest AND STREAM. 


Winninish in New Hampshire. 


CHARLESTOWN, N. H., Oct. 24.—£ditor Forest and 
Stream: Last week’s Forest aNnD StREAmM had a sad 
opening, with the announcement of the death of both 
Rowland E. Robinson and Richard L. Ogden, and your 
most appropriate notices of both of them leave litile 
to be said. They will be sadly missed and mourned by 
these of us who, like myself, have known them through 
your columns for a quarter of a century, and they leave 
a void not easily to be filled. “Podgers’ Commentaries” 
‘would seem worth preserving in book form, and the 
wtitings of Mr. Robinson have, I think, taken an es- 
tablished place in the literature of New England. Speak- 
ing from the standpoint of a septuagenarian myself, I 
think that no one has so faithfully portrayed the manners, 
customs, dialect and character of rural New England 
fifty years ago as has Mr. Robinson, and 1 predict a 
long survival of his artistic portraits—for portraits they 
are of originals whom many of us haye seen. The 
shrewd and terse Uncle Lisha, the garrulous Antoine, the 
verbose Solon Briggs and the undecided Joseph Hill 
are familiar to all of us, and I have known two men 
who might have sat for the picture of Sam Lovyel- 

Some of your bright news contributors enliyened the 
number before its clese, and the sketches of Lewis Hop- 
kins and Fayette Durlin show that there are good re- 
eruits to fill the ranks as the remorseless Reaper ctts 
down the old “front files.” 

To change the subject, J] have been endeavoring for 
some time to ascertain the results of the planting of 
winninish' in the New Hampshire lakes, and have got 
at this much information. The salmon trout reported 
inthe Boston Herald were not salmon at all. but merely 
some of the large 2 or 3 pound trout which have always 
been taken in the upper lake, or Little Diamond, but 
never in the lower one. They are not only much larger 
than any fish taken in the lower lake, which rarely ex- 
ceed % pound, but the flesh is lighter colored. and has 
not the “beefsteak red’ of the trout from the lower 
lake. of which I have taken many, but they are the 
genuine salvelinus aiter all, and nothing else. To 
account for these differences in the trout of the two 
lakes, withta short, open water connection. I'am unable. 

My friend Commissioner Wentworth writes me on the 
subject: “TI don’t believe there are any [wininish| in 
Diamond Ponds. I have been to them for the Jast eight 
years and! have never seen one. I have heard Commis- 
sioner Shurtfelt say he once saw a small one taken there. 

“There are salmon to-day 1n Connecticnt' lakes. Mas- 
conia Lake, North Pond, in Stark (or Lake Christine); 
Silver Wake, in Madison; Stinsons Pond. Winnt- 
pesaukee Take. Squam Lake. Winnesquam Lake, 
Dan' Hole Pond, Newfound Lake and Pleasant Pond, in 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


New London. They have been put in Lake Mapabesie 
and Long Pond, in Concord, but none has yet been 
taken in these last two. In fact, Connecticut’ Lake, New- 
found Lake, Dan Hole and Pleasant Ponds give the best 
results so far.” 

I have always believed that the presence of bass in 
Sunapee Lake has been one cause why it has not 
yielded more salmon, but it may be due to the saibling, 
which have appeared and multiplied since the salmon 
were introduced, and which may have considered them 
a food supply. ' Vow W. 


The Pollock as an Angler’s Fish. 


For many years I have been impressed with the belief 
that angling for large sea pollock had in it passibilities 
of sport that only had to be understood to be appreciated. 
Indeed, knowing the pollock as I do, and being aware 
of the fact that during the summer it can be tound in 
abundance off the coast of Massachusetts near the sur- 
lace of the sea, it has been a matter of wonder to me that 
it has so long been overlooked by the angler, and espe- 
cially by the sportsman who longs for a close ac- 
quaiptance with a large, free-biting, gamy fish that can 
be found in such numbers as to give the most eager 
fisherman all the sport he wants. One may well be in 
doubt if this apparent oversight is due to lack of 
knowledge of the game qualities of the pollock, of un- 
familiarity with its habitat, or because angling for it in 
the orthodox way with rod and reel has been neglected 
and therefore has not become popular, 

The fact, too, that the pollock is to be had in abun- 
dance in the proper place and season might be thought 
to create an indifference toward it were it not for the fact 
that what is true of it in this particular is also true of 
the bluefish, weakfish and many other species that are 
eagerly sought by anglers, and few of which can give the 
autual sport that may be obtained in pollock fishing. 

The following account of angling for pollock is ex- 
tracted from a letter addressed to the writer by Hon. 
E, D. Buffington, who, as is well known, has been a de- 
voted disciple of Walton for many years, and has fished 
for both sea and fresh-water species from Florida to 
Canada: 

“It was my good fortune to spend a part of last 
August and September at the village of Annisquam, on 
Cape Ann. Being fond of fishing, I inquired of the fish- 
ermen what could best be done in that locality. I was 
advised to go pollock fishing in Ipswich Bay. And as 1 
had had some experience of that kind before, I made 
arrangements to start at 5:30 the next morning. 

“In the evening I looked oyer my tackle and selected 
a new Cuttyhunk line, No, 4-0 Virginia hooks, several 
stall lead sinkers and a good tarpon rod and ‘reel, the 
rod strong enough to lift about 8 pounds, dead weight. 
With this equipment, the appointed hour found us in a 
large sailing dory, running slowly out of the harbor, 
with a gentle breeze about abeam, When about a mile or 
so outside of the lighthouse the boatman suggested that 
we put our lines out. 

“Both of us had a drail very much like those used for 
bluefish, but without the eel skin, 

“T had let out 75 or Too feet of line, when there came 
a fierce tug, that would have done credit to a 25-pound 
salmon, and the way that fish darted to the right and left 
was something I was wholly unprepared for. For the 
first five minutes all J could do was to hold on. I asked 
the boatman to bring the boat into the wind, which he 
did at once, and after ten or fifteen minutes of as lively 
work as I eyer had with a fish | landed a 15-pound 
pollock. This was repeated with variations until we had 
seventeen pollock in the boat, which weighed very nearly 
200 pounds. They then disappeared, or ‘went to the 
bottom,’ as the man said. 

“T then took in my drail and put on my small hook and 
sinker, Bottom was found at about 75 feet depth. I 
soon was at wotk again, and found it quite as much 
sport to handle a 10 or 15 pound pollock in 75 feet of 
water, and get him alongside of the boat, as trolling. 
Occasionally we got a cod, haddock, hake or dogfish. 
But more than half the fish we caught were pollock. 
When we started for harbor at 3 P. M. we had thirty 
eight pollock, which weighed nearly 400 pounds, and at 
least two-thirds of them were caught with a rod and 


reel. Jt was fine sport, but I had had enough for one 
day, The day’s fishing fully convinced me that a pol- 


lock: is as strong as ot even stronger than a bluefish of the 
same size. While its rums are not as long as those ofa 
sea bass they are much quicker, and it does not give up 
nearly so soon. A salmon is perhaps quicker and does 
more surface work than a pollock, much resembling 
a tarpon in that respect. A weakfish is generally com- 
paratively logy. A kingfish gives up much easier; the 
tautog and grouper stick to the bottom and root, while 
the red snapper is similar to a sea bass. The only fish 
which has the strength, gaminess and staying qualities 
of a pollock is the ‘jack’ or ‘cavally’ of the South. 

“Of course circumstances may yary, but takine it all 
in all, I think if one watts sport and cannot own a 
salinon river, he will do well to go to Cape Ann when 
pollock are running, and if he don’t have all the sport he 
wants he must be hard to satisiy. Indeed, when pollock 
are feeding one gets no chance to wait, for the fish are 
on in most cases within 75 feet of the boat and before 
the line has run ont.” 

The satisfactory experience in pollock fishing related 
by Mr. Buffington will, it is hoped, prove helpful in a 
suggestive way to many who love the “gentle art.” but 
who do not “own a salmon river’ in Canada, though 
they may be perhaps able to get out where they can hear 
the click of a reel or see the curve of a straining rod, 
while the humming line has at its outer end a powerful 


‘pollock that tugs and rushes to free itseli from the 


eruel hools fastened in its jaw. But, while rod and reel 
as well as trolling line may become well known hereafter 
on the pollock grotinds, attention may be directed to 
angling possibilities im) another direction that may rival 
the famed tarpon fishing of Florida. 


Tt is a well-known'fact that for weeks in summer Cape: 


Cod Bay is frequented’ by the horse mackerel or tuny 
(Orcynus thynnus), which is often abundant. Those taken 
in the pound nets usiially range in weight from 30 to 100 


retrss 


' killed by a ‘amper eel’ 


{Nov. 3, 1900, 


casionally, This species is strong and active, aid 1s 
blessed with a voracious appetite, 

I have never known of a horse mackerel being taken, 
with a rod or reel, but it is not difficult to imagine the_ 
fight one might have to bring to gaff a 75-pounder of this- 
species, with ithe strength of a steam tug in his fins and 
tail, I certainly hope some one will try his skill with 
the horse mackered in the near future. 

J. W.. Cortins. 


ANGLING NOTES. 


“The Big Four.” 


The last time that I was at home I received a letter 
from Mr. George E, Hart, of Waterbury, Conn., in which 
he told me of his visit to the Triton Club in Canada on 
his annual vacation for trout fishing in those favored 
waters, . Incidentally he mentioned that he was sending 
me with his letter a photograph of himself and others 
that had been taken im Quebec on his return from the 
club. He did not say who the others were, and as the 
photograph did not arrive with the letter, I did not 
know. This evening when I again returned home the 
photograph was in my mail on my desk, and I found it 
to be of four personal friends—Mr. Walter M. Brackett, 
of Boston, who paints salmon as no other man can; Mr. 
E. T. D. Chambers, atithor of “The Ouananiche and Its 
Canadian Environment’; Mr. L. Z. Joncas, Superin- 
tendent of Fisheries of the Province of Quebec, and Mr. 
Hart. The likeness of cach is good, and it would be like 
finding money in a letter if one could get a bet on to bet 
that when the picture was taken the air was burdened 
with conversation about fish and fishing, or perhaps | 
should say fishing and fish. From the expressions of the 
four faces one could assume that Joncas was in a hole, for 
he is very thoughtful, and Brackett looks as though he 
might have asked him why his Government had put up 
the annual rental of his salmon river fifty dollars a year- 
Hart may have asked why American anglers who are 
members of Canadian clubs have to take out a license for 
guests that they take over the line to fish in club waters, 
and Chambers as a newspaper man is watching Joncas. 
for his reply, that he may telegraph it to the New York 
Sun, and write me about it so I can give it to Forest AND 
Stream. Anyway. the three men are looking at Joncas. 
as though they had asked him something that had made 
him thoughtful. and it was up to him to explain or reply. 
or say something. 


gies ed oy ; 


Salmon in Salmon River. 


Under date of Oct. 17 Hon. T. M, Costello, of Aliinar, 
N. Y., writes me as follows: 

“The salmon are back in the river at Pulaski trying 
to get over the dams. J was at Port Ontario yesterday 
and the fishermen told me the river was full of them. 
One was found dead that weighed 14 pounds, It was 
Nothing has been done to the 
fishways, as the river is up and the water is cold, and [ 
douht if the ways will be erected this year.” 

First, as to the fishways. When the matter came 
into the hands of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission 
the United States Fish Commission was applied to for the 
services of the engineer, Mr. Von Boyer, who improved 
the Cail system of fishway, to visit Salmon River and pre- 
pare fishway places. There was no time lost over this 
matter. Mr, Von Boyer did visit the river and prepared 
the plans, and when received, the plans were submitted to 
contractors after the State Engineer had furnished esti- 
mates of materials. When a bid was received that was 
within the engineet’s estimates, the contract was let, 
notice being given by wite, not even waiting for the 
contract to be drawn by the Attorney-General, The bid- 
der ordered the materials, but the river came up suddenly, 
as he said, at a most unusual time, and work was stopped, 
and that is all there is to it. The Commission could not let 
the contract until plans were prepared and it was known 
that the work could be done within the appropriation. 

Second, the appearance of the salmon so late in the 
season, if this is to be taken as the time that they regularly 
appear in the tiver—and I understand that they have 
returned about the same time each year that they have 
appeared since the plants of iry were made—would indi- 
cate that if the stream is successiully restocked it 
would furnish very little rod fishing. Mr. Costello has 
fixed the time for the salmon to return as “about Oct. 12.” 
Now the question is, will salmon rise to the fly at all when 
they are so late in arriving in the river?—tfor they haye 
probahly been in fresh water since May or June, perhaps 
leisurely making their way up the St. Lawrence and 
through the lake to the river's mouth. The present open 
season for salmon in New York is from March 1 to Aug. 
T5, and when Salmon River is provided with fishways 
and the salmon ascend the stream, to take them legally in 
afly manner the season will have to be changed. In Scot- 
land there is an open fishing season for salmon in October, 
and fish are then killed with fly in that month, but they are 
fish that run in on the fall freshets from the sea, and as 
yet we do not know just when the Salmon River fish did 
ane salt water, ot whether or not they will take the fly 
at all, b 

Tf the dead salmon—I say #f the dead salmon—was 
llled by a lake lamprey it must have been loafing some- 
where in fresh water, but from what J gleaned at Pulaski 
about the reception the salmom received last year I ques- 
tion if they need be so much in fear-of “lamper eels” as of 
other things wielded by man. 

Of course it is most encouraging to have the salmon 
come back to the river, even though they come so late 
in the season as to preclude rod fishing after they te- 
turn. Up to this time I have been unable to learn any- 
thing about the movements of salmon in Salmon River 
when the fish frequented the river early in this century 
and up to the times the nets, spears and “lamper eels” 
destroyed them, so that none came back at all until fresh 
plants were made of fish artificially hatched and brought 
from other waters. The salmon have probably spawned - 
in’ the river since the first plants were made, and with such 
aid as the United States Fish Commission will render by 
furnishing more fry from the Penobscot for planting 
Salmon River seems in a fair way to be again considered ° 
a salmon stream, but who will tell us about its former 
conditions, when salmon were regular visitors to it? 

me N,- CHENEY. i 


SUPPLEMENT To Forest AND STREAM, Noy. 3, 1900. IN THE FENCE GORNER. Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 


Noy. 3, 1900, } 


Fishing Out of Season. 


My memory of events of my youth does not go back 
so far as that of ‘“Gran’ther Hill of Danvyis,’ but I was 
once a boy of ten, at which age my taste for fishing was 
well developed, and in spring I was ever impatient for 
the arrival of the time when the condition of weather 
and water would justify a trip to the brook with a pos- 
sibility of catching a few trout. The only close season 
then known was when the streams were closed by ice, At 
all other times stream fishing was not debarred. 

In April of a certain year a warm wind from the 
south, accompanied by heavy rain, cleared the adjacent 
brooks and larger streams of ice; a sticcession of days 
with clear skies and bright. warm sun laid bare the 
knolls and points of rocks in the hill pastures. Cooler 
weather soon followed with sufficient frost to check the 
melting snow; the streams and brooks soon cleared and 
resumed their ordinary stage. Sugar making season had 
arrived. One night an early morning snow fell to a depth 
of I0 or 12 inches, a light, feathery “sugar snow,’ and 
the sun shone out bright and warm, promising a perfect 
“sap day.” The older males of the family were off fore 
the sugar camp to ptit everything im order to sectire the 
expected flow of sap. The boy’s legs were too short to 
wade in the snow in the sugar orchard. He was left 
at home to do chores about the house. 

I was left alone; the day was bright and warm; the 
chores were done; several hours must elapse before any 
active duties must be performed. J must meantime have 
occupation. What should I do during those ensuing 
hours? The thought struck to go a-fishing. Acting on 
the impulse, I resurrected the trout tackle of last season. 
Tt was all complete, but I had no bait—no angle dogs 
could be found at that season. I must have bait to catch 
at least one trout. With one in hand I knew how to 
utilize that fish for a further supply. Five or six half 
decayed maple logs were lying in a field not far distant. 
I had seen grubs in logs of that character. With an 
axe | attacked one of those logs, and soon had an ample 
bait supply. About this time my mother suspected I 
had something on hand of an unusual character, and asked 
for an explanation. JI made known my proposed visit 
to the brook, which did not meet her approval. She 
said I could catch no fish, would get my feet and legs 
soaking wet, catch a cold and be sick, and had better come 
im the house and study my Sunday school lesson and let 
the fishing go until fishing season should arrive. I argued 
that getting wet had never resulted unfayorably, the Stin- 
day school literature could be consulted in the eyening, I 
had everything ready and knew the trout would bite. 
Mother’s boy generally wins his contention. I carried my 
point. Wrapping the legs of my pants around their re- 
spective ankles. making fast with a string, that no snow 
should find lodgement between the: bootleg and pants, rod 
in hand I struck out for the stream. The snow. moist and 
soft, ranging in depth from the knee to the waist, offered 
no discouraging impediment to locomotion, Speedily ar- 
riving at an open pool in a bend of the stream, I impaled 
a fat grub on my hook and cast it into the water. I was 
not long in suspense. A bite followed, and then a 4-ounce 
trout was landed in the soft, clean snow. 

Encouraged by success, I visited other pools, until six 
fair-sized trout dangled from my forked stick. One other 
and the last pool remained. A platform of snow over- 
hung this pool, upon which I stepped to make a final cast. 
The platform gave way, the boy with his impedimenta 
dropped into water about 2 feet in depth. My! but that 
was a cool surprise. Scrambling out, I lost no time on 
a “home run,” landing in the kitchen adrip, where my 
mother gave me a warin reception. 

I was stripped, “wrung out,” put to bed, a dose of herb 
tea was prescribed, concocted and taken scalding hot. and 
then I was lett to reflect until such a time as suited my 
mother to give me dry clothing—she did not hurry about 
it either. My apparel was finally forthcoming. J was 
permitted to dress and told to resume the chore business, 
and that angling would not be resumed until the season 
Was fairly opened. My angling enthusiasm had sustained 
a severe shock, but my six 4-ounce trout in part com- 
pensated me for a snow water immersion. 

SEPTUAGENARIAN. 


Fishing at Harvey Cedars. 


Aspury ParK, N. J., Oct. 15.—To show that fishing 
on the south coast of the State is of the best, I append 
the following just received from my friend L. P, Streeter, 
who is an ardent channel bass fisherman. The catch is 
for the week ending Oct. 4: L. Hucrr. 

C, A, Atkins, 7 channel bass; weight 30, 2514, 25, 22, 20, 
oO and 14 pounds; © striped bass. 4 pounds, and 39 king- 
sh. Dr. G. B. Herbert, 7 channel bass; weight 28, 25, 
2. 20, 20, 16 and 13 pounds: 3 striped bass; weight 614, 
' and 2%4 pounds; 1 bluefish of 5 pounds. L, P. 
tr 
2 


ty 


U7 Ww Eh 


eeter, to channel bass; weight 32, 27,” 25, 25, 23, 23, 
2, 22, 21 and 20 pounds, 

Total number of pounds of channel bass: C_ A, Atlins, 
7 channel bass, 165% pounds; Dr. G. B. Herbert, 7 chan- 
nel bass, 144 pounds; L. P. Streeter, 10 channel bass, 
240 pounds. 


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The Smelt Fishing Season, 


Boston, “Oct. 27—Editor Forest and Stream: The 
smelt fishing season is drawing to a close. The Nan- 
tasket steamer does not run after Wednesday next, and 
with that means of getting to New Hull and Nantasket 
waters cut off, very few fishermen go down. The sport 
will continue some time longer in and around Dorchester 
and Quiney bays, as those points are easy of access by 
rail and electrics. I was down to Commodore Roberts’ 
cottage on Peddock’s Island for three days this week, and 
the weather was delightful, but the fishing was not up 
to the average, owing, no doubt, to the August-lile 
weather. I was pleased to find Mr. Charles G. Gibson at 
his cottage, and with him big, jolly Jack Burke, one of 
Boston's “finest,” who was on his vacation. Mr. Gibson 
is a thorough sportsman with both rod and en, and he 
has a very comfortable and well-stocked cottage, where 

~he takes great delight in entertaining his friends) He 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


has long been on the Board of Government of the Massa- 
chusetts Fish and Game Association, and with Commo- 
dore Roberts and the writer constituted the committee on 
the enforcement of the laws relating to fish for several 
years, Mr, George B. Appleton, of the sporting goods 
firm of Aj;pleton & Bassett, was Mr. Gibson’s guest 
Wednesday night. He came down for the fishing, and 
Charley did his best, but owing to state of the tide in 
the afternoon and \the young gale the next morning, 
George was obliged to return to the city empty handed. 
The Commodore and I went out Thursday morning 
early, getting our anchors down before sunrise, and we 
soon began to get fish. As the sun rose higher the wind 
followed suit, but we managed to keep our seats in the 
boat for about three hours, when we gave it up. But we 
got a fairly good catch and were satisfied. 

Wm. B, Smart, 


Nets in New York Waters. 


Tue Protective League of Salt Water Nishermen, whose 
headquarters are at No. 106 West Thirty-first street, this 
city, has, through President Theodore Biedinger, ad- 
dressed a communication to candidates for the State 
Legislature, asking them to declare their attitude as to the 
anti-netting bills proposed by the League. The new sec- 
tions whith the League desires to have incorporated in. 
the law are as follows: 


Section 67. No person or persons, corporation or corpotations, 
shall willfully take with purse or shirred nets in the manner in 
which menhaden are taken, any porgies, bluefish, weakfish or any 
other kind of food fish in any of the tidewaters within Be aes 
diction of this State, including the waters of the Atlantic Ocean 
within three nautical miles of the coast line of this State, either 
on his or their own account and benefit or on account of the 
benefit of his or their employer or employers; provided that 
nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the taking of 
such food fish as may be useful for food for the men employed 
in the operations of such purse or shirred nets. . 

Section 68. No person or persons, corporation or corporations, 
shall either on his or their own account and benefit or the ac- 
count and benefit of his or their employer or employers render 
for oil or conyert into any kind of fertilizing material any food 
fish so unlawfully taken. : 

Section 69. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, 
corporation or corporations, to erect or to maintain any pound 
net or pound nets in any of the tidewaters within the jurisdiction 
of this State, including the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within 
three nautical miles of the coast line of this State, the leader of 
which shall begin at a point less than 1,000 feet from the shore 
at low water mark; said leader shall not haye a mesh in size less 
than 5% inches, and the pocket of said pound net shall have a 
mesh not less than 3 inches. 

Section 70. All persons and corporations owning, leasing or 
controlling any pound nets shall raise the pockets thereof on 
Saturday before the hour of noon, weather permitting, and said 
pockets shall remain so raised as to render them incapable of 
retaining any fish until the hour of midnight between Sunday and 
Monday. 


Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 


Camp-Sire Mlickerings. 
“That reminds me.” 


A Florida Incident. 


Jor and I were spending the winter in Florida, making 
headquarters at’ Kissimmee. One day we took our guns 
and hiring a pair of saddle horses, rode out on to the 
prairie which bounds the northwestern shores of Lake 
Tohopekaliga. We were very much amused by the gophers 
(a large species of land turtle), which were very numerous 
in this locality. They would run up the road ahead of us 
as if to challenge us to a race, then suddenly. disappear 
in a hole. After riding some four or five miles we 
found ourselves in an open country, which seemed ta 
abound with rabbits and quail. The first shot was 
made by Joe, scoring two dead birds. Then I came in 
tor a shot at a rabbit, scoring a miss, but the shot had 
flushed another covey of quail, and I regained my repu- 
tation by scoring three dead birds on a double shot, 
There was a great variety of beautiful plumaged birds, 
with thousands of those little chattering paroqttets which 
resemble a parrot in appearance, hut are much smaller. 

It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and we had all the 
game we could conveniently carry, so we were resting 
our horses on the edge of the prairie under a large live 
oak, preparatory to the start for home. I had just 
mounted, and casting my eye over the grass my attention 
was attracted by the tail of a small animal which seemed 
to be running away from us. I had never seen anything 
like it before, and did not know what it was, but I thought 
it the most beautiful little creature I had ever seen, I 
said nothing to my friend, but put spurs to my horse and 
started in pursuit. When I got within easy range I pulled 
up and fired, knocking the little fellow over. I was 
jubilant. I dismounted and tan up to it, Seeing that 
the animal was not yet dead, I placed the butt of my gun 
om his neck and Well, I know what a skunk is now, 
and I never did like the suit I had on that day, so I just 
threyy it away, and the gun seemed to kick so that I 
thought it best to sell it. My friend politely refrained 
from bursting his sides at my expense, but he seldom 
forgets to inquire if I have killed any skunks lately. 

W. M. W. 


The October Woodcraft, 


THe October ntimber of the Game Laws in Brief and Woodcraft 
Magazine contains the game and fish laws of the United States 
and Canada. The Woodcraft part has this capital list of con- 
ents: 


GRAN’THER HILL’S PA’TRIDGE. By Rowland E. Robin: 
son. 
IN THE FOREST. 

THE OLD CANOE. 

THE RESCUE OF MR. HUNDLEY. 

KELLUP’S ANNUAL. By Jefferson Scribb. 

DEACON THROPE’S PIGEONS. 

ANY LETTERS FOR ME? By H. P. Ufford. 

JEHOSSEE ISLAND. By Olive F. Gunby. 

FLORIDA TNDIAN DEER HUNTERS, 

AT CLOSE QUARTERS?! The Hon, S., the Plover and the Bull: 
A Nova Seotia Bear; The Panther’s Scream; A Time with a 
Florida Alligator; The Owl’s Swoop; The Dog Climbed. 

THE DOG AND THE TUREEY. By John James Audubon, 

AY PIGEON SHOOT. ~+ 


SENATOR VEST’S SUN, 
AUSTRALIAN ROUGHIRIDERS, By R, Bolacewoods 
~ ‘ es J 


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Che Zennel. 


Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIALS, 


. 1—Hampton, Conn,—Connecticut Field Trials Club’s field 
- J. E, Bassett, Sec’y, Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 

Nov. 7.—Jamesport, L. I., N. Y.—fFirst annual field trials of the 
iointer Club of America. R, E. Westlake, Sec’y, \ 
_ Noy. 7-8.—Lake View, Mich—Third annual field trials of the 
whebigan, Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec’y, Grand Rapids, 

ich. 

Nov. 12.—Bicknell, Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 
dependent Field Trials Club, P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 


Jnd. 
Noy, 13.—Chatham, Ont.—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club, W. B. Wells, z 


on, Sec’y. 
Noy. 13.—Harrisville, Pa—Central Beagle Club’s annual field 
trials. A. C. Paterson, Sec’y 

No. 15-16.—Riley, Ind.—Second annual field trials of the Riley 
Field Trials Association, J. L, Graham, Sec’y, 

Nov. 16—Newton, N. C.—EKastern Field ‘frials Club’s twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Nov. 19, erby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 

Noy. 20.—Robinson, Ill.—Illinois Field Trials Association’s sec- 
ond annual field trials, O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, Il. 

Novy. 20.—Ruthyen, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E, Marcon, Jr., Sec’y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. 

Novy. 27.—Glasgow, Ky,—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials. F. W. Samuel, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. 

Noy, 30,—Newton, N. C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges. Sec’y. Greenfield Hill. Conn. 

Dec. 10.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Trials Association, L. S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. 


1501, 


Jan. 14.—Greenville, Ala.—Fifth annual field trials of the Alabama 
Field Trials Club. John B. Rosenstihl, Sec’y. 

Jan. 21,—Benton County, Miss.—Tenth annual field trials of the 
United States Field Trials Club. W. B. Stafford, Sece’y, Trenton, 


Tenn. 
BENCH SHOWS. 


Nov. 18-17.—Vicksburg, Miss.—First annual bench show of the 
West Mississippi Agricultural, Mechanical and Live Stock Hx- 
position. John pear. Supt. 

Noy. 28-30.—Philadelphia, Pa—Second annual bench show of the 
Philadelphia Dog Show Association. M. A, Viti, Sec’y. 

Dec, 6%10,—Cincinnati, ©.—Annual bench show of the Cincinnati 
Fox Terrier Club. J. C, Trohliger, Sec’y. 


1901. 


Feb. 26-March 1.—Cleveland, 0 —Cleveland Kennel Club’s annual 
bench show. C. M. Munhall, Sec’y. : 

March 6-9:—Pittsburg, Pa.—Duquesne Cluh’s 
bench show. IF. S. Stedman, Sec’y, 


Kennel annual 


Training the Hunting Dog. 


By B.. Waters, Author of “Fetch and Carry: A Treatise 
on Rettieving.” 


“Drop” or “Down Charge.” 


Drop or Down Charge or Charge are terms commonly 
used to signify that the dog is to lie down, and so 
remain till ordered up. The manner of teaching obedi- 
ence to it is very simple. A cord, four or five fee: long, 
is tied to the dog's collar. -The trainer holds tie end 
of it in one hand while with the other he forces the dog 
to lie down, at the same time uttering the. command 
“Drop.” A tap or two on the shoulder is given with a 
whip if he attempts to rise. After a time he is permitted 
to rise and the lesson is then repeated. 

After a few lessons he will understand the meaning of 
the order, but may be disinclined, to obey it. Under 
such circumstances the trainer holds the end of the cord 
in one hand, utters the order, at the same time hitting 
the dog sharply on the shoulder with the whip. He will 
soon drop, and punishment should then cease- instantly. 
If he rolls over on his back, a position which is entirely 
undesirable, a few light taps with the whip on his paws 
or chest will cause him to turn quickly over in the right 
pesition. This is kept up day after day till the pupil will 
drop promptly to the order. 

Tt the trainer desires to teach him to drop to signal, he 
raises his right hand in the air when he gives the order, 
so that the dog associates it with the command. If the 
signal alone is used at any time and the dog disobeys 
it, obedience to it is taught im manner precisely the same 
as 10 teaching the oral order. 

When the order is given nothing less than instant 
obedience should be accepted. No nosing about seeking 
for a good place in which to lie down, or evasions of 
any kind should be tolerated. The place where the dog 
stood at the time of the command should be the place 
were he should drop. 

Some special lessons in the open field are necessary 
to make him reliably obedient therein. A strong wooden 
pia should be firmly driven into the ground, and to it 
the dog is tied, leaving him with twenty or thirty yards of 
irre cord. He is then made to drop close by the pin, 
Tle trainer then walks away, and if the dog follows he 
is taken back to place, forced to drop and properly 
a aan. If he attempts to bolt the cord will check 
qn, ; 

fi, however, he resolutely persists in) his attempts to 
belt, a spike collar may be put on him, and after he is 
snubbed by jt once or twice, he will desist from his 
attempts to escape. 

He is taught to drop to shot by discharging a gin or 
pistol and forcing him to drop to the report precisely 
as if it were the word of command. A pistol with a light 
powder charge is most commonly used to teach hiin 
this branch. Great care should be exercised to avoid 
causing stnshyness, and no attempt should be made to 
teach dropping to shot till the dog is thoroughly without 
fear of the gun. However, the act of dropping to shot 
is of no special utility. 

Dropping to wing may be classed as another over- 
retinement. It has no special advantages, and has many 
distinct disadvantages. It is taught by making him drop 
to wing every time that a bird Aushes within hearing or 
sight of him, and after a time by adding thereto some 
mild punishment if he is slow to understand or reluctant 
to obey, However, in this respect the amateur would 
best make haste slowly. very slowly, for he May by in- 
discreet punishment make the dog afraid of the bird, if 
its T1sé: 1s associated with too much pain. Herein lies 
the cause in many instances of the serious fault called 
“blinking.” 


“Hold Up.” 
Hald up-is the order commonly used when the trainer 


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desires the dog to tise from the “Drop.” As) t¢ 35 in ac- 
cord with his inclination in most instances, it 15 quite 
as easily taught as the order “Go on,” A signal of the 
hand, accompanying’ the order, is understood by the 
puppy after he observes it a sufficient number of times. 
However, if he should happen to be of a sulky, malicious 
nature, and, consequently reluctant to obey, the spike 
collar may be used to enforce obedience. | It is placed 
on his-neck with a ‘strong piece of rope attached to it. 
The trainer gives the order “Hold up,” and if the dog 
refuses to obey, a light jerk on the collar or a repetition 
of light jerks will quickly bring him to his feet; ‘This 
lesson repeated a few times will insure prompt and 
permanent obedience. 


“Toho.” 


“Toho” is the order which signifies that the dog is to 
stop and stand still, much after the same manner that 
a horse is supposed to respond to the order Whoa, 
though, unlike the latter, it is of no practical use. This 
command, if properly taught, requires a great deal of 
‘pains and labor on the part of the trainer, beside cumber- 
ing the mind of the pupil with a term and its significance 
having nouseful purpose or application in practical 
field work. Theoretically, from an extremely superficial 
point of view, as the dog stands still when he points 
game, there would seem to be a most useful gain in 
furthering the act of pointing and backing by teaching 
him to stop and stand still at the word of command. 
In practice, teaching the term and enforcing obedience 
to it retard rather than advance the training of the 
dog. 

However, the older writers earnestly set forth its im- 
portance as an essential to the dog’s proper education, 
and made much of it accordingly. It was considered use- 
ful in teaching both pointing and backing besides being 
of spectacular interest at almost any time that the 
dog was engaged in serious work. When he was 
feathering near the game on which he was roading or 
drawing, and the sharp command “Toho” caused him to 
stop and stand still, it was considered that the act came 
near to being a point and was therefore of material as- 
sistance in teaching the real point. On the theory that 
the trainer teaches the dog to point, it was not inconsist- 
ent therewith, but when we consider that the trainer does 

-not teach the dog to point and furthermore cannot so 
teach him, the uselessness of “Toho” is at once apparent. 
Nevertheless, as it was consistent with the old theories, it 
served a useful purpose for the older authors who were 
‘not so intent on words to express true knowledge as 
they were on words to fill a book. 7 

“Toho” is a most difficult order to teach thoroughly, 
and still more difficult to enforce afield after it is taught. 
i the trainer disregards all else pertaining to training and 
. makes a specialty of educating the dog to obey “Toho,” by 
the time he has accomplished it he will have spent much 
more time and many times more effort than would be 
required to establish correct backing and pointing with- 
out it. Under it teacher and pupil are in a manner 
‘slaves to a worthless idea. | 

After it is taught with much labor and pains, there is 
but little opportunity to use it after the manner set forth 
in the older books, for out of the sum total of oppor- 
tunities presented to the dog to point birds, the trainer 
concerning them is in profound ignorance of the proper 
juncture of time and place at which to order the dog 
to “Toho.” To apply the order intelligently, the trainer 
must know the time and place at which the dog should 
make his stand, yet ordinarily he does not know where 
the birds. are, or, indeed, whether there are any at all. 
If by any chance the trainer sees the birds, he seldom is 
able to get the dog in the right position to fit the order; 
but even if he succeeds in getting him to the right place, 
his own sight and judgment are in no sense a substitute 
for the dog’s sense of smell and consciousness. 

The meddlesome attempt to force the dog to proceed 
according to the trainer’s thought and plans, with the 
incidental bawlings of ‘“Toho, toho,”’ etc., seldom fails 
to flush the birds and confuse the dog. Conditions which 
make all clear to the trainer’s sense of sight may be 
conditions which do not in the least serve the dog’s 
sense of smell. If the dog stops to the order without 
having scent of the birds, it is a meaningless act so far 
as pointing is concerned, and if he stops to order when 
he has scent of them, it has no more significance of a 
point than if the trainer attempted to do the pointing 
himself. Ordinarily, when on birds, the puppy pays no 
-more attention to the command “Toho” than he does to 
the murmur of the gentle breezes. 

Tf obedience is at length pounded into him—and there 
is no other manner of enforcing it in this connection—in- 
terest in the birds is incidentally pounded out of him. 
Punishment in. reference to birds is a sowrce of 
blinking. Nevertheless, some of the old school will 
‘stoutly maintain that dogs are beneficially assisted to 
point by the aid of “Toho,” although dogs, as a matter 
of fact, have leatned to point and back in spite of it. 

Even for the benefits advocated for it the “drop” fulfills 
all requirements. Let us assume that the handler, for 
. any good reason, desires the dog to stop roading. He 
gives the command or signal to “Drop,” and the dog 
ceases at once. Being down he cannot sneak forward as 
_he can when standing up. In either instance, by obedi- 
ence to the order the dog’s mind is diverted from his 
work, and the handler engages his attention instead. 
This will be more apparent by referring to the chapter 
on poimting, backing, etc., in this work. ; 

If the trainer nevertheless desires to teach it, it can b 
' made a part of the yard training, and is best done in a 
.room or small inclosure. The trainer ties a cord to the 
dog’s collar and walks him around, giving betimes the 
command “Toho,” and incidentally therewith forcing him 
. to stand still. Atter he stands a reasonable length of 
. time, the trainer utters the command “Go on,” or “Hie 


on,” and then the walk is resumed. : 


Lessons in this manner, should be conducted day after 
day till the pupil has a comprehension of the command, - 


and after he shows some obedience to it he may be 
trained to stop on his dinner or pieces of food. A piece 
of meat may be thrown out. As he rushes eagerly for 
Jit he is ordered to “Toho.” He refuses. to obey as a 
matter of course; and the cord in the trainer’s hand 


checks. him and preyents him from seizing. the meat. 


He ts forced to stand stil] notwithstanding his eagerness, 


-  BOREST-AND STREAM, 


and after a time he is ordered on and permitted to eat 


the morsel. At his regular meals he may have a similar : 


training. 

These lessons are persisted in till at length the dog will 
stop promptly and reliably at the command or signal 
as the trainer may desire. 
oughly that he will stop to order at every step as he 
advances to the dish containing his foed, and can be held 
on the “Toho” with his nose on the food. But stopping 
to order on food bears no relation to a point or the pur- 
poses of a point, although it may be considered as some- 
thing out of the ordinary in the way of a trick. 

The arm extended at less than a right angle from the 
body is supposed to be the best signal to designate 
“Toho. ; | 

Admonitory Orders, 


“Hi” and “Ware” are exclamations which as the trainer 
chooses may be used as a warning for the dog to desist 
from undesitable acts in which he is engaged, or to at- 
tract his attention to a signal. ‘Those consisting of a 
single word are best. 


Irregular Commands. 


Long commands, such as “Come here to me, I tell 
you,’ “Look out,” “What are you about?” “Why don’t 
you htt out that corner, you fool?” etc., should be 
avoided if it is within the power of the trainer to do so. 
However, if he must prattle ot perish, it is better to 
prattle notwithstanding that it is detrimental to the dog’s 
best seryice. 

The notes of the whistle or signals used to denote cer- 
tain commands, and no others, should be used invariably, 
and thus they will always have a fixed and definite mean- 
ite. 
Someimes the beginner, when the dog is on birds or 
seeking for them, will deliver a continued discourse 
mostly devoted to the dog’s utter worthlessness. notwith- 
standing that the dog’ is but a few months old, and a 
novice in respect to what is correct methods or wrong 
methods. 

Having taught the puppy the meaning of thé orders 
“Come in” and “Go on” as the first lessons, the further 
special yard training may profitably rest in abeyance till 
the puppy is eight or ten months old. Under proper 
conditions he at the latter age begins to have some 
maturity of ideas, has become waywise if, he has had 
proper treatment and ireedom. and thus from his own 
powers of perception will intelligently adjust his actions 
to the governing circumstances of his life. 

In teaching these commands one thing at a time 
should be the rule. By observing it, the puppy will be 
much more thoroughly tatight and with infinitely less 
confusion to him than if several educationary branches 
ar all attempted at the same time. 

Fetch and Seek are commands which are applicable 


when the dog is desired to retrieye, and will be treated: 


fully under that head. 


Connecticut Field Trials. 


Editor Farest and Stream: 

The third annual trials of the Connecticut Field Trials 
Club will be run at Hampton, Conn., Nov. 7. The annual 
meeting will be held on the evening of Noy. 7 at Whit 
taker’s Hotel. which is one of the best hotels for the 
accommodation of sportsmen to be found in the- State. 
We request sportsmen to come visit the trials, and we 
siticerely hope to please every gentleman who has entered 
his dog for this season. We wish for prosperity and 
success of the club. Come with ts. boys and brother 
sportsmen, and enjoy the outing. With the three judges: 
selected, we hope to see on one go away dissatisfied. 


Derby Eniries, 


Daughter Conanatus—American Kennels’ b., w. and 
ticked English setter bitch. A. K. C. 5. B. No. 55109. — 
Solitaire—N. Wallace’s b., w. and ¢t. English setter dog. 
Lael’s Monk—N, Wallace’s 1. and w. pointer dog. 
Good Hope Clip—N, Wallace’s b., w. and t. English 
setter bitch. ' 
Evans’ Pride—Evans Bros.’ b. and w. English setter 


og. 

Rod’s Tip—Wm. G. Comstock’s b. b. setter dog. 

Flora Noble IJ.—W*m. J. Purcell’s b. and wi ticked Eng- 
lish setter bitch. 

Starr—D. A. Goodwin’s b., w 
bitch, 

Pet—O. D. Redfield’s b. and w. English setter bitch. 
tei ae ee LO Crompton’s w., b. and t. English setter 
bitch. 

Mushkodose—F. G. Goodridge’s b., w. and ticked Eng- 
lish setter dog. 

Ranger Boy—Wmm. J. Purcell’s b., w. and t, ticked Eng~ 
lish setter dog. 


and t, English setter 


All Age Entries. 


Topsy I111—Wm. J. Purcell’s b., w. and t. English set- 
ter bitch. 

Dash—Jesse Stewart's b. and w. English setter dog. 

Rob—D. A. Goodwin's b, and w, English setter dog. — 

Jerry—A. A. Jacques’ 1. and w. English setter dog: 

Count Nayarre—W,. M. Neubauer’s b. b. setter dog, | - 

American Boy—American Kennels’ b. b. setter dog, 
No. 47863. 

Blade’s Ruby—American Kennels’ b., w. 
English setter bitch, No. 51104. 

Bruce—F. G. Goodridge’s liv. and w. pointer dog. 

Ruby and Rod—Wm. G. Comstock’s b., w. and t. Eng- 
lish setter dog, No. 45952. eS 

Ruby and Dan—Wm, G. Comstock’s b,, w. and t. Eng- 
lish setter dog, No. 45953. 

Nig—W. W. B. Markham’s b. English setter bitch. 

Prince—J. S. Merchant’s r. and w. English setter dog. 

Good Hope Nellie—N. Wallace’s w. and b. English set- 
ter bitch: 

Glen Noble—N. Wallace’s w. and b. English setter dog, 

Good Hope Maid—N. Wallace’s 1. and w. pointer bitch. 

Montel, Jr—H. L. Keyes’ b,, w. and t. English setter 


and t. ticked 


Oe 5 2 
Mr. Wm. G. Comstock names Doll Gladstone for the 
Membership Stake, which is to be arranged for at the 


meeting, ; = 


He can be taught sothor- . 


Vo 


me. [Nov. 3, 1900. 


The. judges,-are: - John C. Chamberlin, Bridgeport, 
Conn.; Ransom T.. Hewitt, South -Wethersfield, Conn. ; 
Joseph. G..Lane- Hartford, Con) ot 

_ é Joun E, Bassett, Sec’y and Treas:, .- 
P. O. Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 


ro (ik eee 


Points and. Flushes, 


Mr. C. T. Brownell, of New Bedford,,Mass., writes as 
follows: “One of the cleverest breakers in this part of 
the State, Mr. Chas. H. Babcock, has accepted a position 
as handler for Mr. W. W. Van Arsdale, of McCloud, Cal. 
You no doubt will hear from him later connected with the 
south California field trials. He has been connected as 
handler for the Mt. Pleasant Gordon Kennels for’a num- 
ber of years.” - ate © 


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| Canoeing. 


~ American Canoe Association, 1900-1901. 


Commodore, C,H. Britton, Gananoque, Can. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Thirty-second street and Avenue A, 


Bayonne, N Pas 2) 
Division Officers, 


- ATLANTIC DIVISION 
Vice-Gom., Henry M. Dater;. Brooklyn, N. Y- 
Rear-Com,, H. D. Hewitt,,;Burlington, N. J. 
Purser, Joseph F. Eastmond, 199 Madison street, Brooklyn, N, Y. 


CENTRAL: DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. ; - 
Rear-Com., Dr. . Henry, Perry, N. Y¥. ov 
Purser, Lyman P, Hubbell, Buffalo, N. Y. et 


EASTERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., Louis A. Hall, Newton, Mass. 

Rear-Com., C. M, Lamprey, Lawrence, Mass, f 

Purser, E. Kimberly, Lawrence Experimental 
Lawrence, Mass. § 


Station “ 


NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., G. A, Howell, Toronto, Can. 
Rear-Com., R. Easton Burns, Kingston, Ontario, Can. 
Purser, R. Norman Brown, Toronto, Can, 
WESTERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., Wm. C. Jupp,: Detroit, Mich. . 
Rear-Com., F, B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis, 
Purser, Hred T. Barcroft, 408 ereuecr Building, Detroit, Mich. 


Official organ, ForREST AND STREAM. 


American Canoe Association. . 


Annual Meeting of the Executive Committee. 
GANANOQUE, SATURDAY, OCT. 20. 


Wuar has proved to be a very important meeting of 
the Executive Committee of the American Canoe Asso- 
ciation was held at Gananoque, Canada, the home of Com. 
C. E. Britton, on Saturday, Oct. zo. This point was 
selected as being within the Northern Division and in 
the vicinity within which the next annual meet will be 
held, so that the committee could make a personal ex- 
amination of sites. The location was not a convenient 
one at this season of the year, when the summer travel to 
the St. Lawrence River is ended, either for the Canadians 
or Americans. The members from New York and the 
East could reach Clayton only at noon, instead of 6 
A. M., as in summer, so that it was 3 P, M. before they 
had crossed the river to Gananoque. At the same time, the 
distance from the West and even from Toronto was a 
serious drawback to many members. The Executive Com- 
tittee for 1900-1 is made up as follows: ; 

Com., C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Canada. 

*Sec’y-Treas., Herb Begg, Toronto, Canada. 

Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Bayonne, N. J. 


_ ATLANTIC DIVISION. 


*Vice-Com., Henry M. Dater, Brooklyn, N, Y- 
Rear-Com,, Hobart D. Hewitt, Burlington, N, J. 
*Purser, Joseph F. Eastmond, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—*L. W. Seavey, New York city; 
H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y.; *Maurice D, Wilt, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y, . 
Rear-Com., Dr. C. R. Hervey. Perry, N. Y. 
Purser, Lyman P. Hubbell, Buffalo. N. Y. 
Executive Committee—‘John S. Wright, Rochester, 
N. Y.; Frederic G. Mather, Albany, N. Y; Jesse J. Arm- 
strong, Rome, N. Y. . 


EASTERN DIVISIONS 


*Vice-Com., Louis A. Hall, Newton, Mass. 
Reat-Com., Chas. M. Lamprey, Lawrence, Mase~ 
Purser, A. E. Kimberly, Lawrence, Mass, 

Executive Committee—A, V.! Coulson, Worcester, 
Mass; F. H. French, Boston, Mass.; Chas. F, Dodge, 
Dorchester, Mass. — : 

NORTHERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., George A. Howell, Toronto, Canada. 

*Rear-Com., R. Easton Burns, Kingston, Canada. 

*Purser, P. Norman Brown, Toronto, Canada. 

Executive Committee—*Walter J. English, Peterboro, 
Canada; E. D. McNeill, Ottawa, Canada. 


WESTERN DIVISION. 

*Vice-Com., Wm. C. Jupp, Detroit, Mich. . 

*Rear-Com., F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis. 

Purser, F. T. Barcroft, Detroit, Mich. 

Executive Conmnittee—O, A. Woodruff, Dayton, O.; 
S. B. Lafferty, Davenport, O. 

Those present are marked thus *. The proxies were: 
For Rear-Com, Hewitt, H. C. Allen; for H. L. Qiuzck, 
H, C. Smythe; for Vice-Com, Howell, H. R. Tilley. Ex- 
Com. W. G. MacKendrick, J. N. MacKendrick and R. J. 


‘Wilkin, the latter president of the Board of Governors, 


were also present. go 

Com. Britton was ill in bed and unable to attend the 
meeting, so Vice-Com. Burns presided in his place. The 
meeting was called to ordet at-2°P. M., with Herb Begg 
as secretary, no successor to-him having been elected at 
the meet. y . re : 


Nov. 3, 1900.] 


Board of Governors’ Annual Report. 


“\Brooxiyn, N.Y, Oct. 3.—The board of governors, 
since the last report to the executive committee, have held 
two meetings—one at Toronto, Oct. 27,1899, and one at 
the A. C. A. camp in Muskoka, Canada, Aug. 13, 1900. 

At the meeting in Toronto, the report showed a bal- 
ance in the treasury of $1,355.50, ati increase from: the 
year before of $183.01. 


__-At that meeting also the following resolution was car- 


leds 2 Ag : , ys 
“Whereas, The board of governors estimate the prob- 


able receipts of the secretary-treasurer for 1900 to be as 
- follows: 


PAtIATH I MO LTASTOM lett elsleclea isolated ata tours 

. Centra] Division... : ; 
Eastern Division.. 
Northern Division. 


“Resolved, That the commodore may expend 90 per 
cent. of this amount for all expenses of the year, including 
committee and other expenses, ‘and he shall pay the* 10 
per cent. remaining to the board of governors. In the 
event of his general receipts being in excess of this esti- 
mated amount, he may expend all of said excess as he 


may deem best for the interest of the Association. 


In case the receipts from all sources do not amount 
to said estimated figure, viz., $460, or if in his judgment 
an exigency exists requiring an expenditure that would 
exceed such apportionment or allowance, he shall, before 
incurring the same, obtain the consent of the board of 
governors in writing.” ' > fs 

At the meeting held at camp, the Central Division 
notified the board that Mr. W. R. Huntington, of Rome, 
was elected a member of the board from that Division, in 
place of Mr. C. V. Winne. f : ue" 

At the samme meeting the president was re-elected, and 
Mr. W. R. Huntington was elected recorder, vice Mr. 
C. V. Winne—term expired. : 

Communication was received by the board in October, 
1699, being an appeal from the decision of the regatta 
committee, but the board unanimously decided they could 
not go into the particulars of the appeal; that Section V. 


-of the “Duties of the Board of Governors” , limits the 


power of the board to the hearing of disputes when 
referred to them by the executive committee, and there- 
fore this appeal from a private member of the Association 
could not be considered. e “38 SH 
Attached to this report will be found the financial 
statement, from which it will be discovered that the pro- 
visions of the resolution passed at the Toronto meeting 
have not been carried into effect, as the 10 per cent. that 
the commodore was to pay to the reserve fund has not 
been as yet received. 

All of which is respectfully submitted, a 

(Signed) Rospert J. WILKIN,, — , 
Pres. Board of Governors, A. C.,A,., 


Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 4, 19002 
The board of governors, in account with the American Canoe 
Association: 


1899, ; : . 

Oct, 1, balance Brooklyn Savings Bank...............-.....$1,355.50 
1900, 

July 1, interest accrued.............. S604 Dee Ps heanenes 46.55 
Oct. 1, balance Brooklyn Savings Bank...................... 31,402.05 


Respectfully submitted, : Ropert J. Wikrn, Pres. 
Audited and found correct—Henry M. Dater. 


Sectetaty-Treasurer’s Report. 


Toronto, Oct. 18—To the Executive Committee of the 
American Association: I present herewith my report of 


receipts and disbursements for 1899 and 1900: 
Receipts. 


Atlantic Division... 
Central Division... 
Eastern Division.. 
Northern Division. 
Western Division.. 


Rent of House....... 
Camp dues....... PRG ae a loeb ag Cag ee ner rat ers - 171.00 
IMeaae Tele tcayerkey (eVbNHEL Sn ea meyer we | Le BI) 


er eeees 


Collection for firework : : 5 
Dalemonmlvimberssy devon leiunns nine Leh ddn saan Gait 108.00 
Sale of sundty articles—flag ' pole, lemons, ham- 
mocks, candles, lanterns, tub, glasses, tent and 
.mMegaphone 
Rent of cam 
Proceeds of 


5 $2,573 02 

‘Expenditures. 7 
Office expenses...... Bia aG GAA tiene bh xe ho: dcs $78.81 - : 
freueralibex penises jjyy ere emer nael eey nile Cae 11833 
(Garralo) Tse) tebe elec tocHy5 Ao ain meee eee ele 1,155.04 
Regattas ecorimittees.aagsc: ween see eeey UNL te 268.39 
Parteriar a raerir alee in eee, ee aii Deru EAT Ne pa 179.22 
Bauiiryannd stationed. mints. ine in wa: Ee 102.29 . 
‘SRSREU ETT Ag | ae adn asoer kh eee Be ic oganteejbee alka 33.3 
AON FSU SOS a lney OCIA ERO Mote ad eee, wey Ror 10.7; 
Le Ie rcs aL SO OOM Rees tee me shee. 169.05 
Beane oolabitn ccc erst tm nle TLS 1 sexs» 464732 


—— $2,578.32 

Up to date I have not received the report of the West. 
erm Division. From the report of the Atlantic. Division I 
find the Association is entitled to $10.20, as the Purser 
has only remitted for 1900 dues, and not for initiation 
fees and back dues collected during the year, : 

I regret having to report our inability to save the $46 
which should be due the Board of Governors to.add .to 
their surplus. te | 

I had anticipated having a surplus, which, however, was 
dispelled by an excess of expenditure on camp site of a 
considerable amount over the Otiginal estimate. The 
regatta was also a source of considerable expenditure, 

The receipts of the Northern Division toek an tnex- 
pected decline over those of last year by some $200, dite, 
no doubt, to the formation of the Canadian Canoe Asso- 
ciation. which absorbed a large number of our Eastern 


men, and also the camp dues were net up to the expecta- 


i 


tion. 
During the year I have enrolled 190 new members. 
The Year Book. edited and published by the Com- 


modore and Secretary-Treasurer, Was a source of con- 
siderable revenue. 
Respectfully submitted, 
AS Hers Brac, Sec’y-Treas, A, C, A, 
Audited and found correct, | + | 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


_— ' Pursers’ Reports. 
Atlantic Division. 


Receipts ; 
Balance from purser, 1899. -$157 28 
nes, 1896,..... Si 1.00, 
Dties, 1897...) 1.00. 
Dues, 1898. 1.00 
ANTES eal SOON Tees Het Ure Pee nie My cena otal 5.00 
Dues, tris epg eter f tg sew teen ort sta ey Ae oe Lutte ee 
Unitiation eesti y.qsks.2 $429.28 
i : - Expenditures. ae! 
Stationery, printing and postage....... ber eboL beet 145.00 
Division meet net expenses...-.........0.00- deers 123.69 
Ave Gey moUMDEL, CENtematen rele bad Lad) aieunes Se ee AO 
Atlantic Division dinner pel 37.15 
Transportation A. C. A. meet, 1899.-......;. 002.005 27.05 
seal ected Co ANG Mite eth L900a pace simenecte pied 
CP LOO Ee ree cere ene anata e scrsttion au. 
Balance | $129.08 
; \ a hs St Membership. ¢ 
Witereboyefdcdrviom(ONeh.. 0b TE) 0 AO ASihinocnee wouranteh ioe tn 229 
ENG Ware tite ttl DELS ail Uses tetow sep entnn ee niiieierea ica ice 2a ee cna eee 26° 
FRESIRH CONE ES PE RAEI Pay cece cie vert pin tyes isielt BIB SEALS obeceneten b-. 
EQUI res ated ness cy ee rteae kena Atos Te Reem Riaknt gaa 26 4 
I yh ees 
Meiitbershty Oct 19M eenecrarut ati vssivydeccuticnpe niet ys 222 | 
(Signed) A, H,. Woe, Purser. 
Central Division, 
Receipts. 
Balance from: purset, 1899.7...............-...2-0005 $365.70 
Dues, 1898...-...,, BPs ire Leootnehentoabeaterpyaa litii) 
Diues,. 1899) )..-..,. riches ein eerie ee ellie ees yans 75.00 
ID EES 1900 ;aananeee ree fd OORT IOC NR reve 164.00 
Uhahtisicholoxey sels CAR EANYS Ho cseqae Peper els teatr toe nee 20.00 
Tittekestsone deposit: amaereahimen ery lenis.) (teeny 5.05 
$585.75 
; y Expenditures 
Express charges on books-and trophies........-..... $3.06 
Collection charges on checks..................-.... 3.85 
ISORLAD Ga Panta hatter hn ei ae eli bene einiiiniait a sete 18.62, 
ROStIe Dna vCar IbOO KS at eeedeoreoresss «Liner anti ).35 
Stationery’ ....... CELL Lube EMRE EIT ot ect tee Mae IG 
tamting Weeds Paleo mcafee tee o ahs sey pop ertiyis ott nox 5.35 
GEO TANG MER sich Som pee meee sy ANWR ee aoe eae 7.50 
Bag and,engraving trophy......,...., Gostod Se Aeon 2.75. 
Paid to Forbush account Western Division........ 100.00 
Paid-to Forbush balance, 1899... 3.0.1 eee ber cy coe 21.961 
UN FeWieslt@ GLE: Gioyeyorcatets wle'= eiielela vey epee? rene Fey enes 5.75 
Paid toa C. A, purser 30 per cent, of receipts.... 64.50 
Hxpense of Division meet...............00..... fic Utieet 
IEvailenta Geran (8) CUA at ieee wise tae eee Toe etoed eeeeens a * 150.12 
; St $585.75 
Membership. 
New members elected 1900........ cpereqae te tie TAS homey hans ao Stee 
Membership Oct. 1, 1900........ cara gastos FU OEE, OTR OEE Shad fer ree 1. 65 


‘In réporting membership of Central Division as 165 on Oct. 1 
F only report such members-who have paid, the 1900 dues. Having 
sent several notices to all delinquent, members and receiving no 
replies their mames have been ‘dropped from membership roll in 
accordance with constitution, Article 1, Section 2. 
(Signed) ._F.’Wotrters, Purser. 
Andited and found correct—Isaac Stern, H. C. Hoyt. 


Northern Division. 


Receipts. 
IBAA Ge minor piuLscreeee. +. emene as elaine anne $291.62 
Sse cthie Whbies, AWN, Ai oe ee eee bwou sting some IPADAG TE 149.00 
ISAT UOTIL SRS OP Lo tas nine ete otigunne a SCOlean AA yae 46.00 
$486.62 
Expenditures. 
‘Printing and stationery........... aeireteae le tla ieie ee $15.65 
OCIS) Ate Bey Stee ten See OR even erry, reer: a) MO ee Ti.42 
Rosta cee Oum Vertes G Glcs tar wnn tnt san eee intial 13.25 
xpress and cartage..........3...5.: crate etter 2.50 
EXGhanwens fy aeenwsuk best comets Ser yoce rss SA ae one .25 
Herbeixerpas sec y= breas Aen Ga Aum irenn | i scunon 151.93 
‘ $195.00 
Balance on hand...... Werle pene Cet Sale ettee aa $251.62 
Membership. 
Wiser Sci ophoy (Ostet BRI ean Ect DARE nomena ahonece Hck Alle 149 
(Signed) J. E. CunnineHam, Purser. 


Audited and found correct—R. Easton Burns, No. 2007; 
Macnee, No. 2297. 


Eastern Division. 


. Receipts, af 
Balance from W. W. Crosby....:s00.---ce0eeeeccceee $79.86 
Dues, 1899..... ene Neg ee ys ‘SHICHI LAs 8 ee et cee, 6.00 
Dites ms lO ON tien dita ck aude Sight ieet ley Wl Genet etme. 328.00 
Uinta TiOTigtc esis Murase Mee eal gin pee eet ees fae 00 
; R $495.86 
Expenditures. 
Expenses executive committee to meetings......... 38.50 
Stationery, printing, postage............-..........., 65.91 
tnictys per Gent lcollecitontest nese aha als eae: 124.80 
LRIZesae Division neha: uh. 8 Mee yl hed iabiMyitt 63. 
BEDots somo fern ccte iyaeretai aa went) talyill $206.05 = 
EScuidiounia collectedaeauan asian nen 160.85 
af Sy 45.20 -! 
Subscription to Forest anp STREAM._.,.,........... 73.00 | 
Postage and express on Year BOOKS amaee tan eased 6.35 
Expense of Division at Muskoka.................., 2.00 
ad lATG Ean have oe oo) SEAR Peep A on gGhs fact inte Stee, devas) j 
os 5 ee ’ $495.86 
ui =.) Membership, ‘ 
-Memberstipa@ctnl, D890.) jaiw oes, hs. gees ee 320 
Wem i Mein bere el S0mt =i serve lS es, gilt Went) re mohcnabibiine peo) 821: 
RieinsStateday sysem ines KG ee RSS coca NC St, oh GrE EEE ea ore 3 
: ; 495 
RN GSIE EGER Stunt Leteatccs ites saad. ov eet NN Aue, Bee 9 
ode a eemereen eet emer ete () Weary lt MMIREL IY poem ats roan dl 
‘Transferred <,....-.. $a ences eas sitieie cares aarewnle 1) pe BNL epee Oe ie fD 
Dropped ....,...... ieee ree Be Sore on OS TIABOn sor poe pcan 86 
ye : S97 
Membership Oct.. 1, 1900..,.........- tena wereE hie ees hee ~ 328 
Signed FReD Coutson, Putser, E. D. A. CA 


4 Report of Camp Site Committee, 
In submitting this report, your committee, beg particu- 
larly to call attention to the total disbursements of 
$1,159.04, and total receipts of $748.09, showing a deficit 
of $410.95. rr < 
This deficit is chiefly the result of your committee en- 
deavoring to haye the charges for camp supplies at the 
very lowest possible rate, owing to-a considerable outlay 
in thé way of mileage, etc., the members would be put 
to; but in arranging the scale of prices, certainly. did not 
expect to have a greater deficit than $100 or. $150. 


Now as the only remedy for preventing any disaster of : 


this nature in the future, your committee strongly sug- 
gests the advisability of the members bringing their own 
camp supplies, such as tents, beds, chairs, etc.. and limit 
the responsibility of the Camp Site Committee to fur- 
nishing labor and lumber for floors, ete., or in lieu of this 
the Association have a permanent camp site.. 
All of which is respectfully submitted, | | : 
4 ’ R. OSLER WADE, 
? Chairman Toronto C. S. C: 
Toronto, Ont., Oct.. 19, 1900. 


Detailed statement of expenditures as per Secretary- 


Treasurer: 

\ Expenditures. 
R. O. Wade, sundries, telegrams, etc.............., S4.67 
HoknipPaiionmlapor.:. <2. Meiers sil. aad 16.00 
Mack Gordon, labor....- ret- KOSS, att eeePe eer ee 72.00 - 
Rice Lewis & Co,, sundries as per ACCOUNE rey, 2.90 


Mickle and Dyment, lumber..................+-.+s-- 177.00 
MMcCully; Sabor... sss e, ar. Saeattoct ACStT Lee: 2.03 
Mack Gordeti, labore, vals ses ESE eee, seis ten at ates 18.00 
Geo McCully, Jabor:...: 6.10 | 
Geo McCully, labor..... seer Lae 
A. Chambers, blacksmithing:........,.... 

M. Tobin, wood............ ab Lh maepee trac ile isate terme 

R, Baillie, labor...:.. Bp oaitisrcatty ne nya eorare Peas 

Neue  Oretmarygilath or, sy teee tu ciqeyy cota aneie et P 48, 
Mack Gordon,’ labor............ StU ener Breer oct bor: 4 

1D} Wem piles, lteter reesea ity a OUEL Su hee SP actin clleas ; 

Ta qleccniliten: We yore heer Me A i byway : 

(Ge McGill Mia bors. s aay Hares tuys scen aoula eae REE Eee » 

a aniasorye Ab oreenw tages eta, tenet chars enema Rie - 6 
NDE AV Cte aD Or at eceeot eine) te See Re 5 

O, Stubbs, labor...... hed Gare AML contin mb eb cit ees 43 
Rathbun Co.,, lumber and switching cars........ eo. 4,40 
ROiet ee Papere oon rare nee CT ee: ee a et ceuaeats Sai 
IDM Sinise «SA ELLE CEST ASP ck mies ee nts es 7.00 
Telegrams at camp as per Hanna's account,....:-.. 1.09 
WXpPress account at camp as per Hanna’s account.. 11.75 
Hanna &) Coy account at camp. jose... syeebeeneeey. 26.00 
G, R. R. Cockburn, rent of howse.........0....0s00e 300.00 
TEAM te Ce MOYO) |, HESAUE Toh CARE AANS + Olin y why Cy oloclnele nye ren uns arse eae, 186.75 
Pike & Co,, rent of beds, etc......c:ssscisereiecaees 87.30 
Wiley hye (COM EANE Tetcp Thatinal ars) liu, we eyeosete genteel Hl tote bor 35.00 
Turner’ & Co.,; tents..!,../.. Pe ele th a iaca cel «leenvateis ease aee 30.10 
W. . MacKendrick, sundry accounts.....,......... 30.39 
Muskoka Navigation Co., freighting as per account. 9.17 
Ha Wavitison: Slabotwes, See oP bere cere |e en 6.30 ° 

om 5 ‘ $1,159.04 

+ Receipts. 

IRCIMemOts WOU Sees leh p et aie an ees meee $500.55 
NGS oii. foyil Taken (Sey cers oie DOP OR eA Wu gee ME Srrit se 5, ap) Au : 
Sale Of slunth eryy is feist ee pein eee nn . 

Halevoie lageipole.sscewetinien ener at eee. 

IN Ganvivs foray thant HGS, Mais ea kent Mey he yah eee 

UnASshibagital © Corn, MpmAea eens tt Gite no OP 

Sale of megaphone = 

Salem Che heli ianetes <a teatro Vapete econ Mere a j 

$748.09 
Audited and found correct—H, Madeau, a 
A. MaAprEau. 


Report 6f the Regatta Committee. 


The Regatta. Committee beg to submit the following 
restilts of the races held at the meet in Muskoka, Atigust, 
1900. (The record has already appepared in the Forest 
AND STREAM. ) 

The following amendments to the Racing Regulations 
have been proposed and are presented for the con- 
sideration of the Executive Committee. (See Forest anp 
STREAM, Oct. 6.) 

The proposals are so numerous that a summary has 
been made which accompanies this report, and we recom- | 
mend the adoption of all Mr. Dater’s amendments except 
as to abolishing the sliding seat; of all Mr. Moore’s except 
that, regarding large cockpits and the carrying of double 
blade paddles, these being indefinite and unnecessary ; 
of Mr. Quick’s proposal in regard to practical hoisting 
and lowering rig; of all Mr. Smythe’s except where he 
would limit the sail area to 75ft. Mr. Wilt’s amendments 
are not indorsed except that to abolish the appeal to the 
executive, and then only in case the proposal to substittte 
an elected racing board for the Regatta Committee be 
adopted. et 

It is suggested that the number of races. be materially 
reduced—say to twenty—in order to lessen the expense for 
prizes, and because of the lack of interest taken in many 
of the events. 

R. EAstonw Burns, Chairman. 


Detailed statement of disbursements by Secretary-Treas- 
urer on Regatta Committee account: 


July. 
12. Express on trophies Gananoque to Toronto.. $0.70 


18. Express onstand for trophy, Buffalo to 
POU ONOp seen Pea a eek eee TB AL 

20. Two signs re exhibition of prizes.............. 1.50 
28, One sign re exhibition of prizes............... «25 
August. 

Te falas tape aSBh gb KS a, Umars orwsocce scene eewe c Aeces 6.25 

2 ALD MTU DE TS Seen ied acaeean a n 7.00 

8. Express on trophies Toronto to camp.. 10 

3. Express on trophies Toronto to camp... 0D 

9,- Express on prizes and additional foninee dee abtD) 

UL Aekopoye? aay) lOnbCOR SH Jon Intmuescanmbrietcce na 15 
10. Twenty-four sheets of tin for' buoys. 2.15 
18. ne fish pole : -20 
15. 85° 
September? 

—. Express on prizes to Bloomfield, Hamilton.. <00 
August. 

—. Telegram to McNeil, Ottawa................. 202 
] te Express on trophies camp to Toronto....... 1.25 
uly. : 

19. Express on two shields to Ottawa............. 35 
August. 


—. Express on McCaskell’s shield from Montreal 50 
28. Telegrams 


Pe oon St HARP ae SCR Aol he ah rH mala 10 
March r a 
Hl SALE LeR baller ACTOR HERTS moe SAARC ooocempeneeed eeponae 2.00 
—. Roden Brothers, prize shields................. 230.50 
August. 
spi apie? WOE er | HhoaaneooUAAAL HR ince as aaRae en 1.50 
October. ¥ * . 
16. Engraving on paddling fro phivisn. sit sees eee Myla 


$268.39 


The reports of officers and committees were tead, the 
reports of the pursers of the Northern, Atlantic: and 
Western divisions being rettirned for corrections. No 
candidate for Secretary-Treasurer being available, Mr. 
Herb Begg was re-elected, with a salary of $200 per year, 

The Regatta Committee’s feport was received and ac- 
cepted, and on motion by Mr. Dater, seconded by Mr. 
Wilkin, the meeting proceeded to a discussion of the 
various proposed changes in the racing rules and regu- 
lations as published in the Forest anp STREAM. ek: 

The following motion by Mr. Dater, seconded by Mr. 
Wilt, was carried, viz.: “Amend Rule No. 1 of the 
Racing Regulations by adding after the word, ‘canoes’ at 
the end of the paragraph therein contained, entitled 
‘Dimensions and Limitations—Sailine’ the following: ‘No 
fixed rudder shall be used, and all drop rudders must be 
so constructed and fitted that the same when drawn ‘up 
shall not project below a fair line along the keel?” To 
further amend Rule 1 by adding to the above paragraph 
and after the said change the following: “Tn all sailing 
and combined races no rig other than 4 practical hoisting 
and lowering rig shall be used.” This: motion was pro- 
Bose by Mr. Dater and seconded by Mr. Wilkin and was 
carried. xe td 

Motion by Mr. Dater. seconded by Mr. Wilkin, “That 
Rule No 1 be amended by adding to the last mentioned 
Paragraph and after the above two changes the words, ‘No 
deck sliding seat shall be used in any race,’ ”’ was carried, 
Mr. Wilt, seconded by Mr, Allen, made the following 
amendment to the motion, which, however, was lost, viz, : 
“No deck sliding 'séat of a length greater than the beam 
of the canoe be used.” An amendment to the above 
amendment, as follows. was lost, viz., moved by Mr. 
Smythe, seconded by Mr. Wilkin. “That no deck sliding 
seat of a greater length than 4ft. 6in. be aiseale | 

The following motion-by Mr, Wilt, seconded by Mr, 


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Allen, was carried, viz.: “To amend Rele 1 by adding 
“All decked sailing canoes shall have @ockpit not less thar 
Gift. between bulkheads, with a cetiming not less than’ 4ft, 
(in. long by in, width’” A motion~bge Mr.* Burns, 
seconded by Mr. Seavey, that Rule No, 22 of racing regu- 
ations be amended as follows, was lost: “A canoe must 
wise the same suit Of sails in all races held at any one 
meet, these sails to be a practical hoisting and lowering 
rig, and must hot exceed in area TIO sq. ft. for a decke 
canoe and 40 sq. ft. for an open canoe.” . 

The following motion hy Mr. English, seconded by Mr. 
‘Wilt, was carried: ‘‘A canoe must use the same set of 
sails in all races at any one meet. Exception to be made 
‘in case of accident, by the Regatta ‘Committee.” > 

Cn motion by Mx. Tilley, seconded by Mr. Seavey, that 
Rule 7 be amended, “and mast not exceed Git. for an 
‘open canoe,” was carried. 

On motion by Mr, Allen, seconded by Mr. Wilt, that 
“720 sq. ft, be the limit for decked Canoes,” was carried. 

On motion by Mr. Tilley, Seconded by Mr. Allen, thie 
following amendment to Article 22, Rule No. 1, paragraph 
entitled “Dimensions and Limitation,’ after the sentence, 
“Leeboards may be carried by canoes not having center- 
hoards,” adding the following, “The minimum weight of 
a decked sailing canoe, exclusive of centerboard and steer- 
ing gear, shall be 85lbs.,”’ was carried, 

On motion by Mr. Tilley, seconded by Mr. Wilt, the 
following amendment to Rule § was carried, viz.: “Amend 
the first paragraph to read as follows, “Prizes shall be 
given as follows’ Gnstead of flags shall be given as fol- 
lows), and amend Paragraphs 2 and 3 by leaving them otit 
entirely and substituting the following: “Prizes shall 
consist of shields or some lasting memento with the event, 
the letters A, C. A,, the year expressed in four figures, the 
place of the meet and the words ‘first prize or second 
prize’ expressed thereen. The prizes for any one meet 
shall be unifarm in shape and design. Prizes donated for 
special races or competitions may be accepted at the dis- 
eretion of the Regatta Committee. No prizes of money 
shall be raced for. All prizes not awarded shall be de- 
stroyed by the Regatta Committee. Flags shall be given 
for the paddling and sailing trophy in addition to regu- 
jar prizes.” 

On motion by Mr. Wilt, seconded by Mr, Allen, Rule 5, 
Paragraph 4, was amended as follows, viz.: After the 
words “No. 1 paddling and sailing combined” insert the 
waords three miles, time limit one and one-half hours,” 
“iter the words “No, 2, paddling,” insert the words “‘one- 
half mile straightaway.” After the words “No, 3, sailing,” 
insert the words ‘four and one-half miles, time limit two 
aiid one-half hours.” Paragraph 5 add the words 
“limited to 75ft.’ Paragraph 7, omit the words, “The 
contestant obtaining the highest aggregate of points be- 
comes the leading honor man for the year,’”’ and insert in- 
stead these words, ‘There shall be a free-for-all sailing 
race, six miles, time limit two and one-half hours. A 
one-half mile paddling race. single blade: A one-half 
mile paddling race, double blade: A one-half mile tan- 
dem paddling race, single blades. A one-half mile fours 
paddling race, single blades. A one-half mile paddling 
race, double blades, tandem. A one-half mile race, fours. 
double blades.’ Insert after the words “paddling trophy” 
the words “one mile straightaway.’ Add to this para- 
graph the following words, ‘The Dolphin trophy, seven 
and one-half mile consolation sailing race, open only to 
the losers in the trophy race, shall be called if there are 
two or more entries.” Paragraph 8 omit entirely and 
insert instead these words, “Accredited representatives 
of foreign clubs shall be eligible to start in all races,” 

Add the following sentence at the end of Rule 5; “At 
least one-half of all the paddling races shall be straight- 
away.” Rule 9, Paragraph 2, amend by omitting all of 
the paragraph after the word “protest” on the fourth 
ine, and substitute the words, “and a decisioh of a ma+ 
jority of the members present shall be final.” Add to the 
last paragraph of Rule 9 the sentence, “No man shall con- 
test in any race until he has been two days in camp, ex- 
cept in war canoe races, except by special permission of 
the Regatta Committee.” 

A motion by Mr. Smythe, seconded by Mr. Dater, “That 
a movable canvas bag cockpit not exceeding gft. in length 
may be used in sailing races,”’ was carried. 

A motion by Mr. Burns, seconded by Mr, Brown, “That 
it is the sense of the meeting that the chairman of the in- 
coming Regatta Committee limit his races to a number 
not exceeding twenty.” Carried. 

A motion by Mr. Wilt, seconded by Mr, Smythe, “That 
it is the sense of this meeting that the Assogiation buy 
or obtain control of a permanent camp site on the St. 
lawrence River for the occasional use of the Association, 
and a committee of three be appointed to look for one 
and report to the Board of Governors as soon as possible,” 
was cartied. The committee appointed consisted of the 
present Commodore, C. EB. Britton, J. N. MacKendrick 
and R, E. Burns. 

The date for the 1901 meet was set for Aug. 9 to 23. 

Com, T. H. B. Bartley and Vice-Com, Percy Nisbet, 
British C, A., were elected honorary members. 

As there was not the required quorum present, the 
amendments to the constitution could not be acted on. It 
was late on Saturday night before the business meeting 
was over. On Sunday the committee visited Sugar Island 
and other possible sites for the next meet, but no final 
decision was made. 


Canadian Canoe Association. 


Tue Canadian Canoe Association was formed but a few 
months ago, atid is now one of the strongest associations 
in Canada. For several years canoeing has been booming 
in the country, but it was noticed by those who followed 
this sport that organization was lacking, and that there 
was need of a body to sovern the regattas atid meets held 
by the different clubs throughout Canada. 

With this end in view, répresentatives of nine of the 
strongest clubs ir Canada met in Brockville last April 
and launched the new Association under the above name. 
Since that time the organization has done a great deal to 
help canoeing, and the outlook for next summer's meet 
is very encouraging. 

The Association elected the following officers: Gom., 
E, A, Black, Ottawa C. €.; Rear-Com., Ci Al MeMaugh- 


ton, Brockville Rowing Club; Hon. Sec’y-Treas., E, R. 
McNeil, Britannia Boating Club, ; 

The first annual meet was held at Brockville under the 
auspices of the B. A, A. A. on Saturday, Aug, 4. Ex- 
cursions were rum on all steamboat and railroad lines 
connecting with Brockville, and it is safe to say that the 
umber of visitors at Brockville that day far out-num- 
bered the attendance at any demiotistration held there for 
years. 

The officers at the tegatta were as follows; Umpite, 
E, A. Black; Juidge, Wm. Percival; Assistant, Andrew 
Davie} ‘Timekeepers, F. B. Steacy, H. B. Coates; Cletks of 
te Course. C. A. McNaughton, H. S. Seaman. The day 
was watm and an ideal one for both spectators atid 
paddlers. wb 

The chief event on the programme was the half-niile 
war canoe race for the championship of Canada. The 
race was very exciting from start to finish. Six canoes 
entered atid finished im the following order: Eitsh 
Bohemian A, A, A.; second, Britannia Boating Clip} 
third, Ottawa C, C.; fourth, Carleton Place C. C.: filth, 
Brockville Rowing Club; sixth, Y. M. CG. A. of Brock- 
ville, 

The crews got aWay all together, and it was hard to 
pick the likely crew until a few yards from the finish, 
when it was seen that the Bohemian and Britannia canoes, 
driven by crews of fifteen of the best paddlers that have 
ever been entered in a wat canoe race, were fighting hard 
for first place. The Britannias, from a spectator’s point 
of view, crossed the line first, but the judge’s boat had 
drifted down stream, which gave the Britannias @ few 
feet more to paddle. This gave the event to the Bo- 
hemians, who paddled a splendid race, The Bohettiatis 
are now champions of Canada, 

The fours championship race was won by the Grand 
Trunk crew, with the Ottawa C. C. second and Britannia 
Boating Club third. The Kingston Y. C. was repre- 
sented by a four. Carleton Place also entered a crew. 
The distance between the first three crews could be meas- 
ured by inches, the finish was so close. The champion- 
ship tandem fell to the Ottawa C. C., J. Maingy and Holly 
Clayton carrying off the honors. Grand Trunk took sec- 
ond place. with Kingston third. 

The single blade also fell to the Ottawa C. C,, H. B. 
Cowan crossing the line first. A great deal of dissatis- 
faction was expressed by the paddlers in this event. The 
spectators in rowboats and sailing boats, canoes and skiffs 
interfered with the paddlers, and it was impossible for 
the men paddling to see where they were going. The race 
was protested, but the judges gave the race to Cowan. 

E. H. Pulford, of the Britannia Boating Club, won the 
double blade single. Pulford put up a strong race and 
won easily. The entries were of Carleton Place, Ottawa 
C. C. and Grand Trunk Boating Club. 


Tue many friends of Mr. Louis H. May. of the New 
York C. C., will be interested in the news of his marriage 
on Oct. 17 to Miss Clara Britton, daughter of B. M. 
Britton, M, P., of Kingston, Canada. 


Aachting. 


THERE is an eloquent commentary on the present ad- 
vanced methods of design in the resolution of the Y. R. 
A. of Massachusetts, to the effect that it is opposed to tics 
and loose turnbuckles by which, after measurement, a 
yacht may be lengthened on the waterline. To what 
extent such a practice, as low and despicable as shifting 
ballast, prevails in yachting. we are not aware, but the 
following, from the Boston Globe, indicates that it 
exists: : 


t 


The other question which was brought up is of special 
interest to racing men of the smaller classes, and the 
smaller classes are by no means the least important 
among the racers. It was voted that it be the sense of 
the meeting that the association is opposed to any ad- 
justable trusses or other similar contrivances which 
temporarily shorten the waterline length of boats, and 
that it is in favor of measures which will prohibit them, 
This means that an amendment or a new law will be 
proposed which will compel the sealing up of turnbuckles 
after a boat has been officially measured. 

Everybody knows that many of the yachts in the un- 
restricted classes are strengthened by longitudinal 
trusses, or struts, which are set up with turnbuckles. It 
is also knows that such boats have gained rapidly in 
waterline length, after having passed the ‘measurer’s 
hands, but it is not positively known whether the gain has 
been caused by the great strain on the boat, when under 
sail, untwisting the turnbuckles, or whether said turn- 
buckles received human aid in their revolutions. With 
a law compelling the turnbuckles to be sealed there will 
be no stich uncertainty. It will be better for the boats, 
too, for the ends will be more rigid on account of the 
turnbuckles being immovable. 


The Y. R. A. of Massachtisetts is no more to blame in 
this matter than ether associations and clubs, but it is 
a disgrace to yachting that such a state of affairs should 
exist, and that so gross an evil should be patched up in 
such a childish manner. If the associations and cltubs 
with whom rests the responsibility for yachting legisla- 
tion had either the authority or the intelligence which 
alone can justify the positions they hold, the use of 
wire stays and turnbuckles to hold up the ends, whether 
in the Herreshoff 7o-footers or the Quincy and Sea- 
wanhaka cup racers. would be made unnecessary by 
such plain organic measurement rules and scantling re- 
strictions as would wipe out the whole fleet of flimsy 
traps, little and big, and bar all yachts not designed to 
a rule which would rate every factor at its true yalue, and 
built in a manner that would make them at least safe and 
seaworthy for their first season. 

It is a sad fact that the whole tendency of yachting 
authority, both legislative and executive, is to shirk all 
principles and broad issues and to trifle over petty and 
insignificant details, the result being that yachtsmen 
neither know nor respect the vital principles: of yacht 


‘deliberate, Wise and effective, 


racing. It may be the fault of no one im-particular that 
there is no good meastirement rule in use in this coutitry 


to-day, and no prospect of the speedy adoption of one; 


_theugh it is little to the efedit of the yachting \ bodies 


that, sich 4 State of affairs exists. Taking the rules as 
they are printed, however, they are not even enforced. 
If évery yacht club, the New York Y. C.:above all as the 
leading one, would refuse to time every yacht whose 
Measurement certificate is not in the hands of the race 
committee before the start, no matter whom the owner 
imay be, one fruitful source of trouble would be dis- 
posed of forever. Had the larger clubs followed the rules 
in their books and refused to accept the entries of the. 
yo-footers tintil they were officially measuted by the rules, 
the miserable business of Rainbow’s ballast would have 
been iinpossible. There is to-day too much special, hasty 
and foolish legislation in yachting, and too little that is 


Witt there has always been a question as to the 
respective merits of the system of spar measurement 
6riginated and used as a part of the Seawanhaka rule, and 
the System of the British Y, R, A, of measurement from 
the sails in the case of large yachts of the cutter or 
schooner tig, in the smaller classes some system of 
actual sil feastitement seems to be necessary, Owing to 
the diversity bf rigs and the absence of topitiast and jib 
topsails. Singe the bepinning of the small racing in the 
Spruce-Ethelwyn match of 1895, various methods of 
measuring the headsail have been tried, all more or less 
failures. This season a palpable evasion of the spirit of 
the file Fas been practiced i Eastern waters, ceftai 
yachts beine médstired with legitimate “worldng jibs” 
of sitiall areas, and then éartyine much larger jibs to 
windward, This may not always be an advantage—in fact 
we believe that in most cases it is better to have too 
small a jib than too large; but the practice has given rise 
to disputes and uncertainty. It is now proposed to 
number every jib plainly and make a record of the one 
officially measured as the largest which may be carried 
close-hauled, -- 

The British Y, R. A. method, of measuring the entire 
head triangle has been in tse sinée 1887, and witl soie 
small changes of detail has answeted tost SS 
avoiding all the disputes, uncertainty and frequent amend- 
ment which has been necessary in the case of the Sea- 
wanhaka cup and other races. Whatever objections may 
be urged to it, there are the plain positive merits of 
simplicity, easy measurement and speedy and accurate 
verification; with the impossibility of evasion. By this 
rule the head triangle is limited by three points, the end 
of bowsprit where cut by the lite of the foreitiost lead= 
Sail; the corresponding intersection of the same line with 
the mast or topmast head; and the deck at the fore side 
of mast. Any excess of spinaker boom beyond the for- 
ward point of measurement must be added to the base- 
line. While this rule might at the start bear hard on 
some particular sail plans, the rule as a whole encourages 
a good sail plan, though it limits the spmaker. 


Some months ago the Regatta Committee of the New 
York Y. C. pointed out what it believed to be a fatal 
defect in one of the most important of the racing rules 
of the road, that securing the rights of the starboard tack. 
If the committee is correct in its reasoning this rule is 
now a dead letter, and any man who claims the right of 
way because he is on the starboard tack does so at His 
own risk. While a very trivial and unimportant rule 
has since been taken up and amended, nothing whatever 
has been done to amend and strengthen this rule, of port 
and starboard tack, omitting the expression ‘“close- 
hauled’ and substituting “on the wind” or some simlar 
plirase. The matter is a vital one, and if neglected there 
will be trouble sooner or later. 


THE recent victory of the keel sloop Flirt in her match 
with the centerboard Early Dawn, following the many 
victories over the best centerboards in the class during 
the past season, is most interesting im connection with 
the question of type, as involyed in the races of the g5it. 
L, R. class on the lakes, While Early Dawn and Little 
Peter are of the same type as Genesee, shoal and wide 
centerboard boats, Flirt is not only similar in type to 
Beaver but very much the same in form of hull, the 
main difference being’ that her fin is more cut away, and 
she has a balanced rudder, wheteas that of Beaver is 
hung on a straight sternpost, with a moderate rake. 
In the 2s5ft. class on Boston Bay the question of rig has 
been eliminated, all the yachts, whether keel or center- 
board, carrying much the same rig in areas and propor- 
tions, a relatively large area of mainsail disposed of on 
a short boom, with great hoist and high peak. In the 
git. class on the lakes a great difference in rig is found, 
some of the yachts having the full cutter rig, with pole 
topmast and big <lub topsails, some, like Beayer and 
Minota, having the sloop rig, but with the mast aft and 
relatively large jib, while only Genesee has the. Boston 
tig. Whatever the case may be in general use about the 
lakes, for such light weather racing as has been done in 
all the important contests of 1899 and 1900 the Boston 
rig is clearly the best. Since the Canada cup races of 
last year we have held that her rig has been a very ma- 
terial factor in the success of Genesee against both Beaver 
and Minota, and that with the satne sail plans on the 
two the keel boat would win the majority of races, even 
in light weather. The sail plan of Flirt shows 82 per 
cent. of the total area in the mainsail, while that of 
Minota shows btit 72 per cent. 

The battle of the types about Boston has been on a 
much more even basis than on the lakes. There have been 
more boats and mote races. All concerned have profited 
by an equal amount of local knowledge, and the sail 
plans and sail niaking have been practically the same on 
all the boats. Under these conditions the keel type 
has wen fairly and squarely. 


Suamrock I. was docked at Greenock on Oct. 26~to 
be repaired and fitted for-early racing next season. 


Tue Field- of Oct. 27 comments as-follows-on- the: 


Nov, 3, too0,] 


perpetuation of the useless and harmful ooft, clas 
through another international match: . 


“The second challenge of Sir Thomas Lipton for the 
America Cup attracts an imense amount of attention in 
certain circles. Although the conditions of these races 
are regarded by yachtsmen as far from satisfactory, the 
much advertised international event has a strange fas- 
cination tor the public. In the present instance neither 
the challenger nor the defender, which will be a second 
edition of Columbia, will be a vessel of the type which 
experienced yachtsmen consider Suitable for racing in 
American or British waters. 

“Shamrock, though she cost many thousands of pounds 
to construct, under British rules is really not worth the 
price of her lead. The amount of money thrown away 
in turning out a yacht of Shamrock’s type is probably 
of little moment to the owner of a modern Cup chal- 
lenger or defender, but the wasted energy expended in 
designing and building vessels of this kind is an irre- 
triévable loss to the science of yacht architecture. 

“The purity of yacht racimg is the boast of every 
Corinthian sailor, but so long as the America Cup racing 
is carried on for purposes other than the love of sport 
and the encouraging of yacht designing, it can never be 
regarded as one of the best phases ot yacht racing. The 
America Cup competed for by unwieldy machines such 
as Columbia and Shamrock has ceased to command the 
good wishes of yachtsmen that Sir Richard Sutton car- 
ried when he took Genesta to Sandy Hook.” 


The America Cup. 


On Oct. 22 a meeting of the Cup Committee of the 
New York Y, C. was' held at the club house to consider 
the following cable from Sir Thomas Lipton: 


London, Oct. 18—Oddie, Secretary New York Yacht 
Club:—Many thanks kind telegrams to myself and Kelly. 
Very willing to meet you on point proposed, but is 
not I oclock late enough, especially as I consider it 
“would be better to revert to original six-hour limit, the 
shortening of which to five and a half hours at my request 
was productive of at least one abortive race on last oc- 
casion? Regarding private agreement as to accidents, I 
agree to this as before. Kindly wire if you approve. 

’ Lipton. 


After discussion the committee decided that no race 
should be started later than 1 P. M., but declined to ex- 
tend the time limit beyond five and one-half hours, as 
in the match of 1899. The following reply was sent: 


New York, Oct. 22.—Lipton, London:—The committee 
adheres to fiye hours and a half for time limit for races, as 
in conditions of last match, and accepts, as you request, 
tT o'clock as limit of time for starting. Is this satis- 
factory? Oppik, Secretary. 


At the general mectinge of the New York Y. C. on 
Oci. 25, Com. Ledyard made the announcement that a 
yacht would be built to represent the club in the defense 
of the Cup, but gave no information as to the ownership 
or other details. Thus far there is no reason to believe 
that the plans of the two parties, for the challenge and 
the defense, are known outside of those immediately 
interested: Sit Thomas Lipton, Mr. Watson, Capt. Syca- 
more and probably Henderson & Co.,, the ship and yacht 
builders, and on this side Mr. Herreshoff, the officers of 
the New York Y, C. and a small party of yachtsmen, 
who will he intimately associated with the new boat. The 
positive statements and exclusive information which are 
published eyery day are utterly unreliable, and much of it 
all is obviously but random guesswork, It is reported on 
the authority of a Glasgow paper that the challenger will 
be built by Denny & Bros., of Dumbarton, Scotland, the 
noted ship builders. As this firm is entirely without ex- 
perience in yacht constructicn, it is most unlikely that 
Mr. Watson will imitate the unsuccessful experiment 
tried in Shamrock, deserting a firm which has turned 
Gut such magnificent specimens of yacht construction as 
Thistle, Genesta, Britannia, Valkyrie II., Valkyrie IIT., 
Queen Mab, Caress. Meteor II., Distant Shore, Gleniffer, 
Rainbow and Sybarita, with other sailing and steam 
yachts, for one whose work is radically different... The 
Denny rumor Jooks like a clutnsy guess, based on a pre- 
vious report, which is.probably true, that Mr. Watson 
has been experimenting. for -some* time. with models of 


a goft. cutter in*the experimenfal’tank which this -firm * 
maintains as a part of its shipbuilding plant. In the 


same dispatch it is actually stated as a piece of news 
worth cabling across the ocean, that the new boat is 
known in the Denny yard by a number and not by the 
mame Shamrock II.; as though any vessel in a large yard 
was ever known other than by her yard number before 
the work of construction was well under way. 

As to the material for the challenger, there is a wide 
field for guesswork, as only those in close touch with 
the subject of modern materials and methods of cone 
struction, such as Mr. Herreshoff, Mr. Watson and Mr. 
Fife, are m any way conipetent to express opinions. 
It may be said in a general way that wood, iron, and 
commercial steel are out of the question to-day, and it is 
probable that neither party will care to fool again with 
aluminum; but it is a more difficult matter to those not 
specially informed to choose between nickel steel, bronze 
and composite. The practicability and the advantages in 
strength and surlace of the best bronze alloys, Tobin 
bronze, Delta metal, manganese bronze, ete., have been 
thoroughly tested in Vigilant, Defender, Columbia and 
‘Shamrock; they are easily obtainable, and they can be 
handled readily by such expert workers as are to be had. 
Tt is most probable that both yachts will have an interior 
frame of nickel steel, plated- with one of the bronze alloys. 
In yiew of high degree of perfection attained by Mr. 


Watson and the Hendersons in the real composite con- 


struction, a very different thing from the cheap and 
nasty imitation known on this side under the name of 
composite, and which has made so much trouble this 
year. it is guite possible that the new challenger may be 
similar in build to Valkyrie III., Meteor II, and the two 
yachts Sybarita and Distant Shore. 


- going. ¢lear. 


It may be put down at the start that the two yachts 
will be as close as each can be built to goft, waterline, and 
approximately the same in type, dimensions and rig; 
both keel ctittets, of the extteme semi-fin type. Unless 
one or the other designer coneludes that he has mate 
some radically new discovery, and this is hardly likely, 
the whale course of modern designing tends to bring the 
two boats more closely together than in any previous 
matches. The conditions are now as fair as either side 
could ask, the same for defender and challenger; the only 
great inequality being that on the part of the challenger, 
due to the necessity of stripping after but a brief trial, and 
losing the best month of the season in the Atlantic voy- 
age, while the defending boat is sailing every day against 
Columbia. This of itself is a handicap that can hardly 
be overcome where designers are working as closely to- 
@ether as they are to-day. 

The question of Mr. Herreshoff’s ability to outbuild 
Columbia is now being generally discussed on both sides 
ofthe ocean. On this point it may be said that no large 
yacht built to the limit of light construction, as is neces- 
sary in international racing, can be at her best in her 
first season. This was proved by Vigilant and Defender, 
each in turn making a hard fight for a time against a 
newer boat of obviously improved design and construc- 
tion, and each being evidently faster than in her initial 
year. It is probable that Columbia is capable of much 
better performance than has yet heen required of her, 
and that she will be much improved in i1go1 over her 
original form. It is at the same time evident that the 
margin for improyement in speed is growing smaller 
each year, so that before many seasons the two-year-old 
boat, perfected by a long course of experiment, must be 
very close indeed to the new boat, which must of neces- 
sity be im many respects hut a new experiment. It is 
now most probable that Columbia, if fitted out as she is 
likely to be next year, in the hands of those thus far 


~ associated with her. will make more trouble for the new 


boat than Vigilant did for Defender in 1895, or than 


Defender did for Columbia in 1899. 


The Flirt—Early Dawn Match. 


Boston, Oct, 20-22. 


THE private match between the keel sloop Flirt and the 
centerboard sloop Early Dawn for $500 per side, the 
conditions of which were given two weeks since, was 
decidea by two races sailed on Oct. 20 and 22, Flirt 
winning, both. While the weather conditions were not 
in all respects-ideal, they were such as to afford a fair 
test of types under average conditions, it being conceded 
that the centerboard is at her best in smooth water and 
a moderate to fresh breeze, while the keel type comes to 
the front in hght breezes and again when it blows harder, 
especially if there be any sea. Both boats were in the 
best possible condition, Early Dawn, in particular, hav- 
ing been much improved during the latter part of the 
season, while she had Capt. Joe Turner to sail her. 
The course for the first race was L shaped, the start being 
off Nahant. There was very little wind in the morning, 
and the start was postponed at noon, While the breeze 
was from S.E., it promised for a time to shift to S. 
and the committee steamer ran out to Egg Rock, which 
would make.a. course of four miles to windward to the 
Graves whistling, buoy. The wind went back to S.E., 
afid the steamer ran; inside of Nahant Head, anchoring 
off Joe Beach Ledge. This made the first leg to wind- 
ward, and a little under four nautical: miles in length, and 
a mark, boat was set two miles N.E. of the Whistler, mak- 
ing the required L course uf just under twelve miles. 
The preparatory was siven at 2:02. and the start at 2:07, 
Early Dawn making a gocd start squarely on the weather 
beam of Flirt, both crossing on starboard tack. The 
wind was quite light and there was an easy sea at the 
start. Flirt tried all possible tactics to get out of a bad 
place, ut in vain ior a time, Early Dawn going about 
with her in a series of half a dozen short tacks. Whit 
with a very slight gain in each tack, and a stiffer roll 
to the sea, as they worked out from the shore, the keel 
hoat finally cleared her wind, and then it took hut a very 
short time to reverse the original positions. With Early 
Dawn once under her lee in spite of an effort to break 
tacks, Flirt began to leave her steadily as they crossed 
Broad Sound on port tack. The sea was on the port 
beam, enough: of it to tell against the wide boat, but 
Early Dawn was sailed well and kept footing in spite 
of the way in which Flirt was pointing and weathering 


“out. “Flirt'tacked first. the other following in her wake: 


the wind being now very light. \Two fishing schooners 
bound out crossed the course, and Early Dawn was 
compelled to give way a little, Flirt, well in the lead, 
As Early Dawn tacked Flirt followed to 
keep between her and the mark. The Graves buoy was 
timed: 

Tlitteone coe ene TRAC REL 3 25 43 Early Dawn ..........,..3 37 55 


In the short four miles to windward the keel boat had 
made 12m. 12s. gain in spite of the serious handicap at 
the start. The wind had been very light and Auky, and 
she had had the best of the luck, but the conditions were 
too nearly even to account for more than a fraction of 
this big gain, 

With balloon jib set, Flirt reached out to the second 
mark. hardly feeling the head sea. She rounded at 3:51 30 
and Early Dawn at 4:05:50, after losing 2m. 8s. in the’ 
reach of two miles. 

After jibing round the outer mark Flirt trimmed her 
halleon: jib for a reach in with a much fresher breeze, but 
the wind went to the south, so that she had to stow the 


ballooner and beat in under working jib, the wind in- 


creasing all the time. She turned the Graves at 4:26 342, 
with Early Dawn 22mm. astern, at 4 748 :20, the latter having 
lost 7m. 18s, more, in part through the shift of wind. 
There was now enough wind for the centerboard boat, and 
a bit of luck with it. as it freshened very fast on the way 
home. Flirt set her balloon jib at the Whistler, but 
when Early Dawn came up the wind was so far aft that 
she set a spinakef and ran in at about her best speed. The 
finish was timed: 


F Finish. Elapsed. Lead. 
JUNG aman tek Beas ister Lar teenaged » 01 00 2 54 00 0 10 1s 
GPE Y UREN TL yi) -feiofecrctere ae slew Paice 5 12 40 3 05 40 tic. ee 


The second tace was sailed 6t) Monday, Oct. 22, again 
in light weather. The coursé was'‘from off Egg Rock, 
around the Winthrop Bar buoy, four miles, then S.E. two’ 
miles around a mark boat off Devil’s Back, and home 
ovet the same course, the first leg benig to windward, S.W. 
The breeze was yery light, eve at tits, at which time’ 
the preparatory was given after a wait since noon. This’ 
time Flirt was alert and away first with the gun, and 
just enough ahead and to leeward to give a kick to the’ 
other boat's sails. Early Dawn tacked to get clear of the’ 
hack wind, but Flirt was about on her weather, and they 
stood on for some time, Flirt steadily gaining. She was! 
the first to tack when off Nahant Head, but Early Dawm | 
stood on for some distance and picked up a freshening’ 
breeze from the shore, which set her going very fast; 
while Flirt struelk a soft spot a little later. Early Dawn 
had quite enough wind as the two worked across Broad! 
Sound against a strong ebb tide, and she about held her: 
own for a time, but as they neared the Winthrop shore 
the wind softened a little and she failed to catch Flirt 
The latter did the better work, as they beat out across the 
ebb tide, the times at the buoy being: 


Nr fee ery cette bee AHO Myaielhis IDE) tere ea. Voeeepl ta 
In the four miles Flirt had gained 3m. 8s, 


They reached out to the Devil’s Back mark with less 
wind, both carrying balloon jibs. Early Dawn picked wp 


-a few seconds, the times being: 


Lb ie eee Ate rnr inte Maan bya tee Wylie IDE GG oe ee. 2 55 48 


The wind had been working to the westward and now 
headed them so that working jibs were set and sheeted 
home for a close reach in a lightening breeze. Before 
they reached the Winthrop Bar Buoy both had spinakers 
ready in stops with booms dropped to port. The times 
at this mark showed a gain of 18s. for Flirt in the twa: 
mules ; 

Plirt Early Dawn.............-.0 16) 21 | 

They ran in with a falling wind, both moying slowly.. 
Early Dawn was in Flirt’s wale, but too far astern to hurt 


her. The finish was timed: 

Tinish. Elapsed. Lead, 
Dacre | Sree eeins geen te B PE OLE ns he 4 07 30 2 47 30 0 02 DA: 
Baty ulWA Wilt tree tae eum cnaadel dea neie ces 4 ()9 36 2 49 30 bt; 


While the weather conditions in both races were not of 
the best, they were the same for both yachts, and the 
result was not materiaily affected by any flukes. Under: 
conditions which represented rather what is most often 
found than what is always wanted in yacht racing, the 
keel boat won cleanly and handsomely. As already stated, 
Flirt, whose lines appeared in the Forest and STREAM off 
Oct, 13-20, was designed by B. B. Crowninshield; Ear'ly 
Dawn was designed by her builder, Shiverick, of Kings- 
ton, an old hand at the centerboard type. 


Yacht Measurement in England. 


THe Rating Rule Committee, appointed in August’ 
last, has finished its work and prepared its report, which 
will be presented to the council of the Yacht Racing 
Association on Oct. 24. We may therefore ex- 
pect that the new rating rule will be submitted to the - 
general body of the association at a special meeting 
early in November. The gentlemen in whose hands the 
construction of the new rule was leit were Mr. Manning 
and Mr. W. G. Jameson (the vice-presidents of the Y. 
R. Aj. Mr. G. B. Thompson, Col. Bagot, Mr, W. P, 
Burton, Capt. du Boulay, Mr. H. G: A. Rouse, Mr. C, 
E. Newton-Robinson, Capt. R. T. Dixon, Col. Barring- 
ton-Baker, and Mr. R. E. Froude, F. R. S.. in consulta- 
tion with five of the most eminent yacht designers, 
Messrs. G. L. Watson, W, Fife, Jr, A. E. Payne, C. 
Nicholson and C. Sibbick. We have often expressed a ~ 
hope that the new rating rule will be framed so as to 
produce a more full-bodied type of boat, especially in 
the classes which should be, given a sound rating rule, . 
the backbone of yacht racing, namely, the 52-footers and 
65-footers. better known under their old nomenclature 
as the twenties and the forties. These classes have shown: 
splendid sport in bygone years, and when skimming - 
dishes, extreme bulb fins and all uninhabitable craft are: 
eliminated from yacht racing, yachtsmen will use vessels: 
of this size for racing as well as for living on board tay 
follow the regattas round the coast as in days of yore,. 
While we await the report of the rating rule committee, 
and whatever it may bring forth, yacht owners may rest: 
assured that their interests have been well guarded ini 
the hands of the composite committee, consisting of the: 
sixteen owners and experts we haye enumerated above. 
—The Field. 


The Lake Y. R. A. 


Tn annual meeting of the Lake Yacht Racing Asso- 
ciation will be held in Buffalo, on Noy. 3. The clubs 
belonging to the association are Buffalo, Royal Canadian, 
of. Toronto; Royal Hamilton Victoria, of Hamilton; 
Queen City, of Toronto; Oswego, Kingston and Roch- 
ester. Jas. S. Thompson, of Buffalo, is president, and! 
F, J. Campbell, of Toronto, secretary-treasurer, 

The time for sending in notices of motion has expired, 
and the only business that will come up in that line is 
covered in these motions, which are now in the hands 
of the secretary-treasurer, : 

On page 13, first paragraph; strike out first four lines. 
commencing at the word “to” and ending at ithe word 
“extent,” and substitute, “To the sirth of, centerboard 
yachts must be added twice the distance between the 
lower side of the keel (immediately above the center of 
area of the centerboard to the center of area of the cen— 
terboard when lowered to its fullest extent.” 

On same page, same paragraph, after “fixed keels” add 
“the meastrer shall record the drop of the centerboard 
by measuring the pennant thereto and by making such 
marks. as will readily identify the point’to which the 
measurement applies.” — 

Page 23, paragraph “area of midship section,” add 
“exclusive of centerboard.” a3 

Page 31, “form of certificate of measurement,” tenth 
line, after “feet,” insert. “length of centerboard pennant.” 


Address all communications to the Forest and 
Stream Publishing Company. 


386. 


The Bailasting of the 70-Footers. 
THE following letter has been made public by the 
Seawanhaka Race Committee: _ 


New York, Oct. 16,—Gornelius Vanderbilt, | 
Knickerbocker Club, New York:—Dear Mr. Variderbilt 
—Your letter of Oct. 5, notifying us that-you consider 


esq. 


that Rainbow should be disqualified in our race ot Sept. | 


78 because of your failure, through misapprehension, to 
inform us that additional ballast had been taken aboard 
since she was measured by the official measurer of our 
club, and to procure a new measurement, has been fully 
considered at a meeting of our Race Committee, held 
to-day. : 
Rule Il., section 5, of the racing rules of our club is 
as follows: me 
“Tf a yacht. alter having been officially measured, be 
increased in load water line length, or should an increase 
be made in the sail-area, the yacht must be remeasured 
before starting in a race.” ’ Ty hk 
It is the opinion of our committee that, under this 
provision, we have no choice except to disqualify Rain- 
bow. : e! 
Permit us to express our regret that a different decis- 
jon is not open to us, and our full appreciation of your 
conduct in bringing your mistake to our attention 1m- 


mediately upon its discovery, and of the sportsmanlike - 


spirit in which you have dealt with this incident. 
With assurances of our personal regard, we are, very 
sincerely yours, 
Race COMMITTEE, 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club. 
By C, W. WermoreE, Chairman. 


The following additional correspondence relating to the 
same matter explains itself: 


New York, Oct. 18—August Belmont, Esq.; New 
York:—Dear Mr. Belmont—The Race Committee ot 
the Seawanhaka Club have disqualified the Rainbow in 
the race at Oyster Bay, on Sept. 21, and have awarded 
the prize for that race to the Mineola. Very sincerely 
yours, C. W. WETMORE, 

Chairman Race Committee, S. C. Y. C. 


New York, Oct. 19—My Dear Mr. Wetmore—I beg 
to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of Oct. 18, in- 
forming me of the disqualification of the Rainbow by 
your committee in the race at Oyster Bay, on- Sept. 21, 
and that the prize had been awarded to the Mineola. 

I cannot express to you how deeply I deplore the un- 
intentional violation of your rules by Mr. Vanderbilt, 
through which ke is deprived of the fruits of a race won 
in so conelusive a manner. I could not keep the trophy, 
feeling, as I do, that I was fairly beaten by one of the 
most honorable and thorough sportsmen I have ever had 
the pleasure of sailing against. 

T request you, therefore, to keep the cup, to do with 
it as your committee may see fit during the next season. 
I shall always hold myself in readiness, should you de- 
termine to-offer it in amy race in which Mr. Vanderbilt 
and I may chance to meet; but please understand that I 
restrict you in no way as to its disposition in returning 
it to your club. Believe me, yours very truly, 

Aucust BELMONT. 

Mr. CHartes W. Wermore, Chairman Regatta Com- 
mittee, Seawanhaka Yacht Club, New York City. 


New York. Oct. 22—Angust Belmont, Esq., New 
York:—My Dear Mr. Belmont—I am in receipt of your 
letter of Oct. 19, declining to accept the prize awarded 
to the Mineola for our race of Sept. 21, in consequence 
of the disqualification of the Rainbow. 

We fully sympathize with the reasons which have in- 
fluenced your action, and shall haye much pleasure in 
offering this prize next season for competition between 
the two yachts, under such conditions as may be mutually 
satisiactory to you and Mr. Vanderbilt. Very sincerly 
yours, C. W: WETMORE, 

Chairman Race Committee, S. C. Y, C. 


James Everson. 


James Everson, the boat and canoe builder, of Green- 
point, Brooklyn, died on Oct. 25, of apoplexy, at the age of 
79 years, having followed his business actively up to the 
last. Mr. Everson is known throughout the whole United 
States, both from his canoes and his boats, as well as 
for his honesty and the high character of his work. As 
a boy Mr. Everson was much about the water, and he 
grew up in the old Whitehall boat, which was once in 
general use about New York before the days of steam 
ferries and tugboats, both for ferrying and for all harbor 


work between the shore and the shipping. To him is- 


due the full credit for the boat now in universal use in 
this country, under the name of Whitehall boat, derived 


from the old landing of the Battery boatmen  at_the foot 


of Whitehall street. New York. The original boats of 
this class were designed largely for speed, it being often 


a matter of money to board a ship first; and to this. end 


the general model was sacrificed, and the boats were 


cranky and unsafe. The present boat originated with 
Mr. Everson over 50 years ago, he filling out the bow 
so that a man could stand up forward without capsizing 
the boat, and making many other improvements in 
model aud construction. While other builders have 
imitated him, the Everson boat has long been recognized 
as the best of the class. ; of a 

When- canoeing first started in a mild way in this 
country, about 1868, through the publication of John 
MacGregar’s hooks, Mr. Everson was called on to 
build a Rob Roy canoe from the lines and description 
thus given, and when the sport was formally inaugurated 
by Messrs. W. L. Alden, G. L. Morse, Montgomery 
Schuyler, M. Roasevelt Schuyler and a few others in 
“T1870. Mr. Everson huilt a number of canoes, first from 
the Rob Roy model and then from a design, Nautilus 
No. 3, kindly sent over from London by Mr. Baden 
Powell.’ In 1878 he built, to the spécifications of Com. 
Alden the famous Shadow canoe, once the popular canoe 
of this country. In the next dozen years he built a-large 
number of canoes of different models, which found their 
way everywhere. Though not a canoeist himself, Mr. 


Pal 


FOREST -AND.. STREAM, 


their boats. Working along m the old-fashioned way, 
with a good business in a small shop, and with few hands 
to help, he never worked to extend his business, and of 
late years he has done little canoe building, but he had a 
large number of old customers, both among the boat- 
men and among men of wealth, who came to him for the 


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Everson was a clever mechanic, a thorough boat builder, 
‘and ever ready to work with cdanoeists in improving 


shield, of Boston, for photos of portraits of old yachts, 


including Cleopatra’s Barge, built in 1816. The follow- - 


ing-annotncement was made by Com. Ledyard: 


thanks of the ikea were tendered to Mr. B. B. Cronin! 


tNov. 4, 1002 


Gentlemen, it is with the utmost pleasure that it Baty 
able to assure you to-night that you need have no uneasi_ 


ness as to whether a yacht will be built to defend the 


WATURUS—DESIGNED BY ALFRED H, BROWN. 


finer class of row boats. Hé was liked and respected by 
all who came in contact with him, and the news of his 
death will be regretted by a very large niumber of canoe- 
ists, especially the older ones. 


Waturus. 


THE steam yacht Waturus was designed by Alfred H. 
Brown, designer of Narada, Enterprise and Eugenia L., 
for H.1, H. the Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, and 
built this year by Hawthorns & Co., Ltd., Leith. She is 
175it. lw.l., 27f{t. 6in. breadth, 16ft. 2in, depth and’ 611 
tons T.M. Her engines are 18, 28 and 4oin, by 33in.: The 
general style of the yacht is original for this size of vessel; 
and the awning deck forward gives greatly increased ace 
commodation. She has given great satisfaction to her 
owner, easily making 1324 knots on continuous runs, being 
economcial in coal and running with very little vibration, 


New York Y. C, sy 
A GENERAL meeting of the New York Y. G. was held 
on Oct. 25, with Com, Ledyard in the chair. By way of 


routine business the following nominating -committee 
was elected to nominate a list of new officers; ta be voted, 


America Cup. Not only will a yacht be built, but I can 
say with like confidence that no effort of any sort, no 
skill, no devotion will be spared to make the detense a 
successiul one. It would be a pleasure to me if I were 
at liberty to mention names, but l-am not. I can only 
ask you to rest upon the assurance which I-give. 


The Loss of the Yacht Aliris, 


THE sloop Aliris, of the Brooklyn Y. C., well known 
about the Lower Bay, owned by William and Frederick 
Langston, of Brooklyn, sailed from the Atlantic High- 
lands, just inside Sandy Hook, on Tuesday, Oct, 16, for 
her anchorage in Gravesend Bay. She had been lying 
off the Atlantic Highlands for some time, and her owners 
were intending to take her home jor laying up. With 
them were Otto Segelcke, of Brooklyn, and Noah F. 
Mason, Jr., of Bath Beach, the four going down from 
New York early in the morning and getting under way 
about noon, The weather was not specially threatening, 
and in view of the short distance, some 15 miles, no 
supply of food or water was taken. Though there was 
plenty of wind at the outset all went well until off the 
Romer Beacon, when the wind freshened to almost a 


WATURUS. 


on at the first general meeting of the club for 1901: C. 
Oliver Iselin, J. Pierpont Morgan, James B. Ford, Charles. 
F. Ulrich, F. M. Hoyt, Philip Schuyler, KE. M. Brown, 
C. P. Minton, J. Searle Barclay, and W. H. Osgood. 
Thirty-one new members were elected, as follows: _ 
Robert L. Forest, Charles W. Morgan, Francis B. 
Riggs, Capt. Henry C., Haines, United States Marine 
Corps; Lieut. Commander Charles E, Vreeland, U. S. 
N.; Paymaster B. P. Du Bois, U. S. N.; Lieut.. Marbury 
Johnston, U. S. N.; Paymaster W. T. Gray, U. S..N.; 
Lieut. H. A. Pearson, U, S. N.; Lieut. H. I. Cone, U. 
S. N.; C. Ledyard Blair, Capt. Cyrus 5S. Radford, United 
States Maine Corps; Lieut. Commander James C. Cre- 
sap, U. S. N.; Richard T. Wainwright, Capt. Charles S. 
Sperry, U. S. N.; Henry B, Joy, Lieut. Roscoe Spear, 
U. S. N.; Surgeon Charles A. Riggs, U. S. N.; Henry 
Scholtz, Veryl Preston. Lieut. H. A. Bispham, U.S. N.; 
F. M. Freeman, Capt. James G. Green, U. 5S. N.; Lieut. 
Luke McNamee. U. S. N.; Surgeon James C. Byrnes, 
U. S. N.; E. VY. Douglas, Arthur, S. Fairchild, Dr. 
Francis E. Doughty, Paymaster. Joseph J. Cheatham, U. 
S. N.; Frank C. Henderson, Charles J..Canfield) 
The chairman of the building committee announced 
that the new club house would be ready for occupancy 
by Dec. 1. Sec’y Oddie announced that the subscrip- 
tions to the club house fund amounted to $113,000. The 


gale from N.W. ard the yacht was soon disabled, her 
sails blowing away. She was leit helpless, and the gale 
swept her by the Hook and out to sea, the dinghy going 
adrift, When nothing was heard of her after a couple 
of days serious fears were felt for the safety al the party, 
especially as the dinghy was picked up by a pilot boat off 
the Hook © On Saturday Miss Langston chartered a 
tug and spent two days cruising about the Lower Bay 
and up and down the coast outside, with no news of the 
yacht. On Qct. 22, the British steamer Ethelred arrived 
at Port Antonio, Jamaica. with the four yachtsmen safe 
on board, the news being at once cabled to New York. 
It seems that Aliris drifted out to sea in a helpless con- 
dition, the small supply of food and water being soon 
exhausted. and the crew constantly wet and compelled 
to bail; all Tuesday night they were washed by the heavy 
seas, and all hope of rescue was abandoned. The gale 
continued on Wednesday after a brief lull, but about 10 
A. M. the steamer Ethelred, Capt. Nickerson, owned 
by the United Fruit Co., and just from New York for 
Jamaica, sighted the wreck about 30 miles from the 
lightships and took off the party; the yacht being aban- 
doned in a leaking condition. After being most hospita- 
bly treated by Capt. Nickerson the four wrecked-yachts- 
men were safely landed in Port Antonio, and returned by 
steamer to New York, 


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Novy. 3, 1000.]| 


Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts. 

Tar YR. A. of Massachusetts held a meeting at the 
Parker House, Boston, ion Oct. 18, *President A. H. 
Higginson being in the Chair. The following ameénd- 
ment to Article 3 of the by-laws was adopted: “Sec. 3. 
Association members shall be eligible to office, and ii 
‘elected shall have all the rights pertaining to thé ofhce:” 
This disposes of a contingency which occurred this year, 
Mr, Henry M. Faxon, the delegate oi the Quincy Y. C., 
being elected vice-president, and later on the Quincy 
Y. C. withdrawing from the Association, leaving him 
with, 10 official standing. Under the amendment asso- 
ciate members are eligible to office, but only club dele- 
gates have the right to vote, The following amendment 
Was passed, ta meet the yiolation of the spirit of the rule 
limiting jibs: 

“The perpendicular shall be the height irom a point 
half way between the upper side of the sheave of the upper 
block of the halyard of the working jib and the upper 
side of the uppermost jib topsail or spinaker halyard 
block to a point on the forward side of the foremast 
i8in. aboye the deck. No yacht when close hauled shall 
carry any jib larger than the working jib tor which she 
has been measured.” Ef 

An amendment relating’ to prizés and measurements of 
witiners was not adopted. 
the effect that the Association condemiis the use of 
trusses and turnhbuckles by which the measured length of 
a yacht may be altered from time to time, The Executive 
Committee was instructed to prepare a metliod of meas- 
uring mainsails, to be presented at a.future meeting, 

Lake Skiff Sailing Association, 

THE ninth annual meeting of the Lake Skiff Sailing 
‘Association was held at the -Rossin House, Toronto,: on 
Oct. 27, with President Frank-E. Walker in the chair. 
Seven clubs were represented. The report of the presi- 
dent and that of Secretary-Treasurer G. R, Judd showed 
a very prosperous year. The delegates from Hamilton 
offered a rule, which was adopted, to the effect that in 
all Association races the skiff finishing. first must be 
measured immediately after the race by two official 
measurers appointed by the president. It was also de- 
cided that all deadweight must be placed amidships in 
measuring. The following officers were elected: Presi- 
dent, E. K. M. Webb,.Royal Canadian Y. C,; Vice-Presi- 
dent, G. F. Birely, Royal Hamilton Y. C.: Secretary- 
Treasurer, R. Slee, Queen City Y. C.; Executive Com- 
‘mittee, G. R. Judd, Royal Hamilton Y. C.; John Morris, 
Victoria -Y, C.; A. J, Phillips, Queen City ¥. C.; F, J. 
Campbell, Royal Canadian Y. C.; J. S. Ellis, National 
Y. and S. C.; W. A. Watts, Parkdale S. C.; R. T. Cuff, 
Royal Toronto S, S. C. 

Mr, Walker's services to the Association duting the 
three years of his office a8 president were recognized by 
a special yote of thanks, The date of the Walker cup was 
set for July 1. ro0r, at Hamilton. . 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


Cotonta II, steam yacht, formerly Alberta, has been 
sold by Com. Postley to F. G. Bourne, owner of the 
Steam yacht Reverie. 

2 eRe 


Ow Oct. 21 a fire broke out at the Herreshoft Works, 
Bristol, and a storehouse, with its contents of yacht 
gear, Jumber, etc., was destroyed. The 36-footer Effort 
and the 3o-footer Sirocco were badly injured, and two 
catboats were destroyed. 


Rifle Range and Gallery. 


Cincinnati Rifle Assoctation. 
The following scores were made in regular competition by mem- 
bers of the Cincinnati Rifle Association at Four-Mile House, Read- 
ing road, Oct. 28. Conditions, 200yds., offhand, at the standard 


par EE Gindele was declared champion for the day with a score 
oO : 

fee desle mr ree fee Pee $1010 8 91010 8 10 10—93 

9 8 8 9 810 910 7-88 

10 9 8 9101010 6 6 785 

RRGDETES: fj ici vee geaaa Wiehe dc Cth 10 710 9 7101010 7 10—90 

§ 7 9 9 910 61010 S—86 

7 9 910 8 7 610 9 8-83 

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9 § &§ 7 710 9 710 9—84 

610 810 610 9 8 § 7—82 

TITHE bible irle cere TWA Avesta ee, Ten ttn 1 810 9 610 7 § 7 681 

"9 8 6 6 8 54010 6—75 

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RIEPIGIOeT ST use Remy e scl diee 7 @ 710 8 7 8 710 9—79 

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§ 5 6.410 1010 5 8  7—73 

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rapsheating. | 


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Fixtures. . 


Brown, Mer. 
p, emblematic of the 
between F 


29yds. Members of any organized gun club in the U. S. are 
eligible. Commences at 2 P. i Sweepstake shooting commences 
at i0 A. M. Mr. L. Schortemeier and Dr. A.-A. Webber, managers. 


Nov. 13-15.—Minden, Neb.—Minden Gun Club’s tournament, 
Noy, 13-16.—St. Thomas, Ont.—Tom Donley's tournament: live 
birds and targets. : _an — sade 


20 live birds per man; 29yds. 


A resolution, was adopted to: 


- FOREST AND- STREAM. 


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Nov. 14-15.—Springfield, Ill._Two-day target tournament of the 
Illinois Gun Club; open to all. Chas. T. Stickle, Sec’y. 

Nov.’ 23;—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford. Road, N. J.— 
Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men teant race; 
Members of any organized gun club 
in thé U. S. are’ eligible. Commences at 2 P, Sweepstake 
shaoting commerices at 10 A. M. Mr, L. H. Schortemeier and 
Dr. A, A. Webber, managers. i 

Nov. 27.—Toledo, O.—East End Gun Club’s merchandise shoot. 

Nov. 29.—Milwaukee, Wis,—South Side Gun Club’s tournament. 
A. D. Gropper, Sec’y. ; 

Dec. 11-14.—Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossing, T/l—Annual live- 
bird tournament. John Watson, Mgr, 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. 

Chicago, Il.—Garfield Gun Club’s trophy shoots, second and 
fourth Saturdays of each month; liye-bird shoots every Saturday. 
Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue, 

CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK, 
Nov. 6.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s. live-bird shoot; 


open to all, |. 
Noy. 7, 14, 21, 28—Interstate Park.—Liye-bird championship; 


5 birds; handicaps 25 to 38yds.; $10 entrance, birds extra; sweep 


optional; open to all; money instead of trophy. 

Noy. 16.—Interstate Park—Medicus Gun Club's target shoot; 
open to all. 

Noy. ,22.—Interstate Park,—Medicus Gun Club's live-bird shoot; 
open to all. 

Noy. 27.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s live-bird shoot; 
open ta all, 

Dee. 5.—Shoot-off of the winners of the Noyember events, with 
$20 in gold to the winner, 

Interstate Park, L. J_—Fountain Gun Club’s regular monthly 
shoots, the third Thursday of October, Noyember and December, 

Interstate Park, Queens—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. 

Interstate Park, Queens, L, I.—Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
{Ly i R. Trains direct to grounds, Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Café and hotel accommodations, cae 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
26 live birds; $5 entrance, First contest took place June 20, 1900, 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


_ the Garden) City Gun Club, Chicago, Ill., has issued through 
its secretary, Mr. -H. Levi, the following circular letter to its 
members; ““Dhe next regular shoot of the Garden City Gun Club 
will be held Saturday, Nay. 10, 1 P. M., for the usual two gold 
medals and $5 cash prizes, In addition we will shoot for the 
handsome silver loving cup presented by our fellow club member, 
Mr. O. H. Porter, which can now be seen at J.-L. Van Uxen’s 
store. Twenty-five birds, with extra handicap birds to shoot at. 
The birds you shoot at in the regular club event will also count 
in the cup event, Ties for cup at 10 birds, with extra handicap 
birds. John Watson adds $5 cash for second high gun, and the 
club gives $5 extra for next gun. Remember the cup becomes 
the personal property of the winner. Eyery member owes it to 
Mr. Porter and the club to be on hand to try to win the cup. 
lf you are contemplating going away, be here that day sure. Will 
arrange to let you get through early, if wanting to catch a train 
to go quail shooting Nov. 10.” . 


The programme of the Ossining’ Gun Club’s Thanksgiving Day 
shoot presents eyents at live birds and targets, to be held on the 
club grounds, Sing Sing, N. Y., commencing at 10 A. M.. The 
live-bird eyents, open to all, will be shot first. No. 1 is at 5 birds, 
$5; No. 2, 7 birds, $7; birds included in each event. at 20 cents 
each; class shooting; handicaps 25 to 3lyds. There are fifteen 
target eyents, nine of which are at 10 targets, four at 15 targets, 
one at 20, and one at 20 doubles, a total of 190 targets, with a 
total entrance of $15. Targets 2 cents in programme events. Manu- 
facturers’ agents may shoot for targets only at 1 cent each, Re- 
freshments served free to out-of-town shooters. ILoaded shells can 
be obtained. Send shells to L. A. Sherwood, Sing Sing, NW, Y- 
The officers of the club are; President, F. Brandreth; Secretary, 
Wim, P. Hall; Captain, Chas. G. Blandford, . 


® 


Mr. Edmund H. Osthaus, the famous painter of field scenes, has 
unlimited yersatility in the practice ef his profession. He has 
with distinguished success portrayed scenes with dog and gun 
which for fidelity and technical accuracy are unequaled. His 
more recent work of this character is a painting 20 by 15 portray- 
ing two shooters who have just arrived at the scene of the day’s 
shoot. One is taking a supply of shells from the rear end of 
the wagon, while the other, gun on shoulder, holds two dogs in 
leash, one a setter, the other a pointer, and both with the spirit 
and life-like character which is characteristic of Prof, Osthaus’ 
work. This picture was made for the American B C & Schultze 
Gunpowder Co,, which has had it reduced to a size for their 
envelopes and letterheads, which it beautifully adorns. 


R 
Concerning the reorganization of his club, Mr. George F. Titus 
writes us as follows; “After a long dormant period the Norwalk, 
O., Gun Club has reorganized, and with the admission of new 
blcod the club starts out with a larger active membership than it 
has ever had. The club grounds are located west of the city, near 
the electric line, and are considered as fine as is possessed by any 
club in the State, A set of three expert traps has been put in, 
housed in a brick waterproof pit. he officers are: President, 
George FP. Titus; Vice-President, Geo. H. Gates; Secretary-Treas- 
urer, W. J. Bascom; Captain, Frank Reily. Club shoots are held 
every Thursday afternoon, to which visiting sportsmen are 

cordially welcomed.’’ » 


In the contest for the Dupont championship trophy at Balti- 
more, Wednesday of last week, Mr. R. A. Welch was victor, being 
one oi three to score 25 straight at 30yds. Mr. J. W. Postans (Mus- 
grave), of Headley, England, who has been shooting at Interstate 
Park ior some weeks past, and Mr. R. L. Peirce were in the tie 
on 25 with Mr. Welch. In the shoot-off at 10 birds Mr. Welch 
lulled straight, while Mr. Postans missed his 10th bird, This leit 
Mr. Welch the victor. The three in the tie used Schultze powder. 
Mr. Welch used a Parker gun, as did Mr. J. G. Ward, of Paris, 
Ky., who recently won the championship of his State, at Louis- 
ville, Ky., making a total of 76 straight kills in the different events, 
and returning ‘home with an unbroken record at that shoot. 

L a 

In the contest for the championship of Philadelphia, held on the 
grounds of the Keystone Shooting League last Saturday, seven 
killed the 10 birds, namely, Henry, Wharton, McCoy, Bucknell, 
Geikler, Hobbs and Darby. In the shoot-off at 3 birds Henry 
killed 18 more-siraight, Hobbs holding him level to the end of 
the 15th round. Mr, E. Db. Fulford was a visitor, and participated 
in the first event, killing his 10 straight. He used a single trig- 
ger Remington, which excited much interest. When he left he 


‘had an order for a new set of Fulford’s traps. 


; & 

The dates of the East Side Gun Club’s members’ live-bird shoots 
for 1900-1901 are Noy. 22, Dec. 27, Jan 24,-Peb. 28, March 28, 
April 25, May 23 and June 27. Two have already taken place, 
Sept. 27 and Oct. 25, Extra live-bird shoots Noy. 6, Dec, 25, 
Jan. 1, Feb. 12 and 22, and May 30. Inanimate target shooting 
on the second Thursday of each month. The best eight out of 


ten scores to count for the prizes, amounting to $50, to be divided 


among classes A and-B, Class oe Class B, 27yds. 


Before the event for it was completed at Baltimore last week 
Mr. J. A. R. Elliott challenged Mr. R elch to contest for 
the Dupont trophy, but the challenge did not hold good, for the 
reason that a challenge under its conditions was not valid if made 
before a race, in -progress, was finished. Mr, W. Morfey 
challenged for it after the race was finished, and his challenge was 
accepted. Owing to Mr. Welch’s desire to take a shooting trip 
of some weeks’ duration, the race will probably be postponed till 
mid-December. = 


In the competition for the Peoria Herald trophy, Oct. 24, on 
the grotinds of the Peoria, Ill,, Gun Club. J. C. England defeated 
eight competitors, The contest was at 25 live birds, and three, 
Messrs. Hall, England and Barston, tied on 24 kills, Tn the shoot- 
off, miss-and-out, England won . the 10th round. 


Elsewhere in our columns the full programme of Mr. John 
Watson's shoot is published. It takes place on Dec. ii to 14, 
Burnside Crossing, Ill. - 


Under date of Oct. 26 Mr. Edward Banks, Secretary of the E C 


& Schultze Gunpowder Co., writes us: “Mr. F. E, Sinnock, of 


- Newark, N, 


J», informs me that he accepts Mr, G, H. Piercy’s 
challenge for the EC eup and inanimate target championship of 
New Jersey, and names Saturday afternoon, Nov: 10, and the 
grounds of the South Side Gun Club, of Newark, as the date and 
place for holding the match,’’ rae aaa 


The final shoot for the October cup of the Crescent Athletic 
Club resulted in a victory for Mr. Edward Banks, so far as the 
total of the three best scores of the month were concerned, al- 
though Ms. Hf. M. Brigham scored 49 to Mr. Banks’ 45, the latter 
being the“only scratch man. This is an exceptional win, as the 
scratch man has to ayerage high form, there being no Margin for 
erratic performance: erat, 

B 


In the fourth team contest of the Schortemeier-Webber series, held 
at Interstate Park on Oct. 26, the Emerald Gun Club was vic- 
torious with a score of 53 out of a possible 60, The East Side 
Gun Club, of Newark, was a close second, being but 1 bird less. 
The next contest of this series will be held at Dexter Park 
on Tuesday, Noy. 13. 1 

1 BERNARD WATERS. 


At Holmesburg Junction, i 


THE grounds of the Keystone Shooting League at Holmesburg 
Junction, Philadelphia, Oct, 27, were the center of attraction of 
shooting matters in that section. There were two contests of 
special interest, namely, the championship of Philadelphia and the 
championship of the league, The scores were high from a com- 
bination of good shooting and easy birds. y 

The conditions of the championship of Philadelphia are: Ten 
birds, 29yds., $2.50, sweepstake, A A, rules,. Dr, arby was 
the yictor in the last contest two weeks ago. He had sixteen 
challengers to compete against on Oct. 27, of whom Henry, 
Wharton, McCoy, Bucknell, Geikler and Hobbs killed straight, 
a feat which he also performed himself. The tie between the 
seven straights was shot off at 3 birds per man, and the birds 
were stronger and better. The scores show the results, Hobbs 


round. / 
JEN, seers Titeitatetecs 112122221710 Bucknell pew eb211221212—10 
Damconde amperes 2212"11122— 9 Davis ........--- . .1101122222— 9 
Vandergrift ....... 1110222121 9 Leedom .........-. 202111111— 9 
Wharton .4......5. 122110112210 Geikler .,......--5, 2222222222 —10 
Wan) Loon si iac.e 1222222022— 9 Budd ......:...-..- 2220222122— 9 
MeGoye Miiuy. asks 222222222210 Felix ....2...s0-: »-O1L2**12222— 7 
Stevenson ......... 2222220%w TLObHSene. waeae cute 1222222122—10 
Brewer ............ 2222202221— 9 Russell ,.......-... 0211121*11— §& 
(DRSdONE eroded: 222122222210 Pulford .......,.... 222222112210 
Tie contest: 
dB ATS GABAA SOA b Cb Ob oT he ACSr ome scare 111 Wii 112 122 212 
TIC} OBIE 5 ae RAAB AMO 222 222 222 222.0 
McCoy ...... 222 * 
Geikler 20 
Bucknell LIT 20 
Darbijeces se eae oe as ww eres 1 SEA wokA 0 
Wharton ; f ’ 
League championship trophy, emblematic of the handicap 
championship of the league; 10 birds. The scores: 
Biddy es0e ic aneeene, 122222*122 9 Brewer, 30.,...-, ,.2122222022—9 
Vandergrift, 30..... 2011122122 9 Darby, 29.....:.... 2221222222 —10 
Gigli BN ek re 2122122202— 9 McCoy, 30.....:250: 2122222222 10 
Wharton, 29.....-..0211021102— 7 Henry, 30..,,....... 1221201122— 9 
Van Loon, 29...... 2221022222— 9 Thurman, 30....... 2200222220— 7 
Stevenson, 29...... 1111012211— 9 Russell, 29......... 2121112102— 9 
Leedom, 27........- 111000w Geikler, 28).........2222222222 40 
Bucknell, 29....... 1122122022— 9 auth 28.._........ 21120*0012— 6 
avis; 28r tail dee ee 1211221220— 9 
Jamestown Gun Club. 


Jamestown, N. Y,, Oct. 24.—A magautrap was used to throw 
the targets in the competition at the Jamestown Gun Club's tourna- 
ment to-day. No. 2 was a merchandise event. The scores: 


Events: i ee Gy Se SLO 2 TSS 

Targets: 10 15 10 10 25 15 20 10 10 15 15 10 15 15 
Wider. wc ae bine cee TRG! ines Loe, tipi Oe Py ety 
oHartlette qitis torcivmerniliaeee tes 1013 11 8 221819 8 9 18 11 10 13 13 
PLOWSCE Ts es bc iromee wcceh eee Fy ton 1 se HIB with aS WA a a! 7a Oe 
Selle ary fs MN Res jae pall als spaly/, Seale yh ah ae yal a 
Kankoventy sore Scan Preps anomie $1010 S19 4113 8 10 1213 .. 11 12 
Mason re Re on oh Tiree tales oy 
Babcock Ath oats estuary sce ge, tet) Ae 
Altice Gols Oe SG 5a SS) GS) os 
Coleman Dagon Obert cere atte ten te 
Durrell (abs ye SPST, Saeen 
CORE a anes laine Palin Neve Odie ees SIE Les 
Hamilton Dy erer ore mt eee en tip ies 
W J Graft 614 816 &§ 9 910 ..10. 
Mason 1 Ub a> tus cel oo ape op ae 
Bonsteil (abies ibs SRV ibe sven Be 
Adams eran tebe bits oe bay OG teas 
Morrison : Gp TO SILOS Ae ie ESOT OU Se. os 
Mrettss ty anneyeensaee ae le HAP anys sas) Bile SY Sey eat 
© Jones Bttaascusnrspnirendes oy ela aa es ait bile is 4 “ye Be oe F 
Rawson 4.4444 pet ey) Sek Se eee etl Pek ods Mea wE ACE, SH ra 
Cowart) Pee tia tiadasens ie es -  %.. 9... 5 ‘5 
REED Alcan Shire etter Ee eg. a ee RY 64 8... : ne 
A H Graff rig ile as 6 
Bonton . aad 
Hanchette Le Eel coor ee a ia cate ee mete a phe alll 
GG Jones...... 6... 


Team race for trophy cup: Bae ’ : 
Jamestown—Altice 16, Morrison 19, Graff 14, Bonsteil 12, Bartlet 


22; total 83. j us 
Dunkirk—Scott 14, Durrell 14, Holstein 13, Shelley 17, Kirkover 


19; total 77. 


National Gun Club. 


Mitwavuker, Oct. 27.—Herewith are the scores of the National 
Gun Club prize shoot, which took, place on Oct, 26 at National 
Park in this city, the same being the tenth monthly shoot im this 
year: 


First event. Second event. 


Case arn 23 SO SREY Meer rere -.++.2002200121— 6 2111110211— 9 
Blakeh Saye Seer cnt Shes yeree eee ree ee 0211011112— § | 2021121212— 9 
TERE CITT AHR AAS ERB Aone tees seddas 45 sboeren 2222200020— 6  ()222220021— 7 
ELOTEUCOTIN ene calninle neers Pek te 1001100220— 5 3. esse 
footy RE entice detitelititd-ldppsossage 22022020II—— Be eee 
LBRO Bobb bbb heb bbooutdpnnoseade 485 Me2N22221—— 9) eeen 
NOSE | crip andes eaddoO DOS EEDED SCO EbbIS: 212122222110 = -711911111-—10 
RGEC yejoe eaeeene ‘ -0022122110— 7 eit 
PINTS Soa t Ot cot boo dhe bei woopedaee 2222101012— 8 dees 
(Ovi Y A at SR SEs OSES OCOECN SOR icatncacas 0221712110— 8 eis 
DPS SW rs een eb ant cE DONDE cenckis 1010121111—_ 8 2221120112— 9 
NWVErrien Cripeataitaa cece ee seen ee earn porcine oe 1002011220— 6  .....t ea, 
Rgscell peat etc mien cee ieeen sn 1202102111— §  — 2012210221— § 
OVIVED ET techie citer irene 0010000022— 3 (101220020— 5 
Wit eSOttan erie ern Pie soe ee ere ease ee O222222200-—"9 
BE ChreTUMIE Thiele ttt cacy cartes 51 eet 1000010010— 3  2000120211— 6 
NEGISE™ Wade ee ont tae aed elynveharg ereesse 2102202211— 9  3111111021— § 
PTAs Ta mreate cscs els perarenesg ecto as tee ocerate nt y ‘21121211240 


Linprey Cortins, Sec’y.. 


Louisville Gun Club. 


Lovutsvittr, Ky,, Oct. 27—The scores made in a 50-bird contest 
for the cup presented by Mr. R. S. Waddell, of Cincinnati, follow. 
The entrance was $12.50, birds -extra; 30yds. boundary; handicap 
rise; class shooting. The weather was favorable and the birds - 
good. D. L. Miller made the high score, the excellent per- 
formance of 48 out of 50, a 
ae Be ull the winner, used Leader shells, 47grs. Schultze and 
oz. No. 7. . : 
H Lyons, 30..... *222012122122222221 29222229992999999990009%9999009 47 
Dr Cartledge, 28° 112022*10101222222912*1122111229112199119+*990990w j 
D Miller, 29..... 2121222122211220222222111222*21 929999999591 9999199 48 
W Lambert, 28. . .222%21210020222229212292022201220w ae 
S Hutchings, 29.222222222222101*2222202*22299192999991 (99919991999 a4 
W Churchill. 29. .*2101221201%*222222210112221112211 2121199991 199999 44 
Dr Duncan, 29. . .212*22222201212*212211222299122299119197192991*1 99 4¢ 


‘Trenton Shooting Association. 


Trenton, N. J., Oct, 24—No, 3 was a merchandise event, a handi- | 
cap. In the shoot-off Coates won first. No, 4, also a merchandise 
eyent, was won by Van Arsdale in the shoot-off: : 


Events: d2 3 Events: eee 3 4 

Targets 10°15 * 25 * 25 Targets 1015 *25 #95 
Mickie 0.1.00. (ASMON2 ahs Campa eetac <a Gee5) “SP oae) Ne 
Coates: 208i, snr Tele igclen(e2s: Colewas, witha 610 522. 
a Teta tae SFMCR Linese Putke oy eeuy nes ae ee as 

TODP seve Sess iste pplegate .;... 1 12 25 14 27 
Wan Arsdale... 612 425 525 Thropp ......... are Yiwds Wel ee 
Thomas \.7.--+= § 15. 3 22 4 25 


_ *Handicap allowances, included in the total in the: scores ot 
event which are in the next columns, 


Baitimere Live-Bicd Toutnament. 


BALr More, Md.i—The Baltitnore totirmaitent at live hirds, Oct, 
92, 24 and 25, engaged the participation of imembers of Amepien’s 
most eminent trap shots, The competition was held tinder te 
auspices of the Baltimore Shooting Association. Messrs. H. P. 
Collins and J. R. Malone were the promoters of it, and most 
energetically attended to the preliminary work of instiring its Suc- 
cess. Mi. Collins, during the shoot, attended to the financial and 
‘othee interests, while Mr. Malone manager the compehtion, | 

The trapping was done expeditiously by boys who were stationed 
iin pits conveniently near fo the traps, and the retrieving was done 


iby dogs. 
Tuesday, Oct. 23, First Day. 


The three programme events of the day had conditions as follows? 
Baltimore Introductory, 7 birds, #7 entranee, birds included; 
Rbyds. rise. Three moneys—hl), al and 20) per cent, _ High guns. 
‘Ties in this event will not be shot off, but must be divided, 
Suburban Sweepstakes, 10 birds, $10 entrance, birds imeluded; 
S0yds. rise. Hour moneys—s0, 80, 20 and 10 per cont. | High guns. 
Ties in this event will not be shot off, put must be divided. , 
Pimlico Handicap, 15 birds, $15 entrance, birds ineluded; handi- 
caps, 26 to 32yds., and the handicaps which contestants receive im 
the Dupont cup event will govern im this eyent. High guns. Six 
moneys=80, 20, 15, 138, 12 and 10 per cent. Ties in this event will 
not be shot off, but must be divided. vd ¥ 
Thirty-two .competitors took part in the different events. The 
7-bird tace paid each straight man $9, the 10-bird event paid éach 
#19, and the 15-bird event paid_each of the six high men $60. Re 
Two miss-and-out events paid each high man from $10 to $15. 
Tlallowell did not miss a bird all day. 
Malone shot in only twa regular events, 
scores in each. . ‘ 
During the day there was a strong southwest wind, which made 
«he shooting difficult, and carried across the boundaries some 
‘birds that were killed in the air. 


and made straight 


Saltimore Introdnetory: a 
anal oR AER cen ee 20021227 Wannin® ......-.-e esses 110 1212—6 
{iebolkens 22 Ponape lereusees Dey Aalazermcll SP 1122211—7 
Wicks PAAR, detail) ew ES RESP) isresces- 0222022—5 
Mosher 92222026, Armstromg ............ T2211 —7 
(Geikler Q022222—6 Morfty .2............-- 2202022 —7 
iP Diapont ...--...+.--- 2110221—6 + Postans 1220221—b 
Hobbs 22 22202—T, Flieod! i525. 1121122—7 
Henry 12212227 Krueger 2120110—5 
Gilbert 22991227 Martin ~ .2221222—7 
Leroy. 9202229 —7 Pulford 2222222—7 
Burke 221 22—-— Dr Bray . ie. -s eee 222020—4 
TW. Budd.......5...5. 2991920} Massey ....+-.----++0-s 21222297 
MeMurchy -....------+ Q2129I1—7 Leland ~................ 1121122—7 
Halstead 3..1.......-+5- OOO “Peirbel selhiriecccte eek 2220212—6 
Tay pbeouis, ane Abe egonscer sc Doopoieg—F Elay ward Qyeeee--sedene 2100201—4 

Suburban Sweepstakes: - ; 
Hallowell ........ 2291299912) Fanning ..-s.c.-s 2112122211—10 
Hicigheveaey Gee heals 1209122202—-9 Hazard’ 1...4-s.44-- 1211212101— 9 
WWicks ......... SDT TOPTRLI=— O! atl ehaletee sees ne 2022202022— 7 
Mosher w...0,00228 9220222221 9 Malone ~......-..-. 1211414111—10 
‘Geikler .....° Fee 9199990202— 8 Morfey ...--.--.... 212221222210 
=P Dupont ....- .. +2120220222— 8  Postans ...........- 41222202222— 9 
_ Hobbs PPE YP Gy Atilierer! 55 sensgpace ss 1222222222—10 
tHLenry 1212912912 10 Krueper ........... 2222211202— 9 
(Gilbert i... 122222222210 Martin , .2122212011— 9 
iLeroy 2220222220 § Fulford 2002222212— 8 
Burke 122221122210 Du Bray (0220212022— 7 
T W Budd ~2219000012- 10 Armstrong ..---... 1111202110— & 
MeMurchy ........ 1112122212 10 Peirce ...2..........2222220202— 8 
iBipukyeeecell Pep Bite 220999999210 Seitz ............-:; 2202102020— 6 
1iMbbtohfie Soe tee ors x: 0212212222— 9 


Pimlico Handicap: 


Hallowell, 30..122222122222229 15 Morfey, 3il.....22222222222202)0—14 


Parley, 2h. cet 222022222022222-1% Hood, 29...... 220222221222211—V4 
Wicks, 28,.-... 022121011101211 12 Martin, 30..... 212222122212222—15 
Mosher, 28. , ..022292221092290-12 Iulford, 30... .222232902229299 14 
Geikler, 27... .020120202020922 9 Massey, 28....222209299297991 14 
P Dupont, 25,.122122292112911 15 Hayward, 28....220120011222122—12 
Hobbs, 29...,.222222222222001-13 Seitz, 27.....-- AU 22711 22221 222—14 
ieLerimyae 20k ene, 1117122112101 14 Gorman, 27...,122210121002110—11 
Deroy; sole pe 222929992920220-—12 Hazard No. 2, 

Gilbert, $22..-. Q2DDODIDAIA2IP2—V DT a az eae cess 121111120212212—14 


Burke, 29......11191222201111113 G 27...,.111220121019112—13 
LW Budd, 28..212202121122911 14 Peirce, 30... .22222¥292290992 14 


MeMurchy, 31.122221122102102 13 Malone, 29....12191111111192115 


WMalstead, 29...002220202221121 11 Paul, 28....... 220222220222209—13 
Elliott, 32...... 222121222112121 15 De Bullet, 25...201121220211021—12 
Fanning, 31. ..22221219121022114 Krueger, 28...121211112021211—14 


30). 220299929912291 14 
Wednesday, Oct. 24, Second Day. 


The main eyent of the day was the Dupont Smokeless Powder 
Championship contest, of which the followme were the conditions 
Open to the world, $500 guaranteed and all surplus added to the 
purse. 1. Dupont de Nemours & Co., of Wilmington, Del., 
offer for contest their magnificent trophy. The contest is open 
to the world, and the conditions are. as follows! 25 live birds, $25 
vntrance, birds exira; handicaps 25 to 32yds., inclusive; three 
-moneys—o0, 80 and 20 per cent. Class shooting. ‘The managers 
suarantee $500 in this event, and all entrics in excess of twenty 
will be added to the purse and divided in accordanee with the 
above conditions. In addition to first money, the winner of same 
is declared the winner of the sterling trophy, and will hold same, 
subject to the rules governing holder and future individual con- 
tests. All ties for first place in this event will be shot off in 
series of 5 birds pér man until the winner of the cup is declared. 
Regular entries for the Dupont trophy cup event closed at 12 
o'clock noon, Tuesday, Oct. 238, which must be accompanied ly 
a $10 forfeit; but post entries may be made uy) to the time the 
jast man fires at his second bird by paying $30. 

The competition was keen and of a high order. There were 
ferty-three contestants. Mr. R. A. Welch, the eminent amateur, 
oulshot the rest of the contestants, and won the cup. Mr. T..\W. 
Morfey, the manager of Interstate Park, and one of the crack 
shiots of America, ‘challenged Mr. Welch, and the challenge was 
accepted. Mr. J. W. Postans, of ngland, and Mr. R. L, Peirce 
were in the tie on 26 birds, In the shoot-off Mr. Peirce dropped 
out on his 4th bird; Mr. Postans on his 10th; Mr. Welch killed 
his 10 straight and won, Congratulations were liberally bestowed 
on both the winner, Ma. Welch, and Mr, Postans, who had held 
him such a close race, Mr, Welch shot under the name of Arm- 
strong; Mr, Postans under the name of Musgrove. 

Mr. J. J. llallowell, up to a certain point in the competition, in 
ec. nection with what he had done in recent shoots, had a 
wat of 112; Fred Gilbert, under similar cireumstances, had a run 
of 116:, The scores; 

Dupont Championship: 


Armstrong, 


ER aiele tye 2 ie fega cont Sedo oado4 oadddo Dhue 23202221 222220122222999229 94 
Teh tcves, alr tao int cc arn bonodroseunrns 330 *111221122022222111211212 23 
BWANA ey reine ead oon ooo on G ST otWobpichia Te 1222212002212) 220*2132990- 91 
Tey beeen Gobo bpd nee ooo ooee 221221211121**1111101102*20 
Croat idtae, Ox Gennes neae atcduddicde dono eects 210*212102220211220112212—20 
Hlenry, 29....--.- Aihbhe banda tsiodaabed aa 2122112111112121111112220—24 
Martin, 30...... ASEH Baan aoe 30 todd 202" 11111221122222100012%—20 
Wun Bray, 29....... eerie 222222223 
MeMurchy, 31.......-..- 3p 
J Rawat, UR AAN sacar eb ern ae ee es 5 222022223() 29 
Hayward, 285-.....1...0 perpe rer eee eee ee OOITZIIT1 20212710201 w 
TEKIN SIE Deans Aenencbee AB aati pp eee + 2222301111112229222991 01 0—22 
SADE Gh naa eo Ubndt aaobapobo bbb addition pore 1211122122*22121222129909 94 
Peirce; S02. .0..- ete Sas Ss eee +, «2222 220097299229999992999 25 
DE al pre ees eters ee aie ele tieint tt asreennl tines 199011121112221211119*9* 98 
Wicks, 28.5..cpen ere ee BRA SHS SBME At its 0212122211*02211001302110—18 
{ATIN Wistert who daa bos cm Pe eet ohlp eed, 2 222Q2222222202202222022 202 23 
Lads) oigeias sian aenano soe coos he pee ean es L8"212*010"01112211121912—19 
GEGP BER BA seta ect Pebrett se caren presse er A21212201220*00211122202319 
Hebbs, 29. ~ .222222232292222022299929 99 
Gribin “Bi hoe, eee ee eet th 5 hve eae a 22292) 22222991 22220220220—22 
Optriby, Beceiec esc ccee sees cee ee oe ee ee QD2R21Z* 221011 22222911 999 93 
Deiast pei Sense cies bt bees Rpt ceed 2222022111 2232279 
13 Gael wale ater hens SERRE BRR ee ee coe 12212212101222232 
Rag. Sah boy ag Se ore Hie bogus etm duading fi 2012421 2112112202222110 
WERE CO aaah em e-ethag tole Sonpeteo ait - 22222221011 2122220222019 97 
PEC ipkal ate eet oles OE ees agi cl A bao eae 22221111211*2211211299112—94 
Hicods 29 saa eee DOV rate Pete Fone p gn e LEQQAD I ZA222 II 2OIF III 9999 D4 


Fulford, 30.... 
De Bullet. 25. 


MASSEY ee io tebs eee eeetd bioeseineene 2120122962111200121011912 90 
NERDS «cid: oa ob bebet se bie sheen 21.22299292091#9991999#999 90 
Pow Thipan ee Ope eer A Sie noes onan dl 200122021221129*112202299 90 
Aatiatrangey OWN US rc c15 collar ibe iro 221 9991119999997999999999 95 
Tiaras tase ANCE UR Ty Okay ne pee Fu 92999999999902979*22)2909- ot 
HANG TATE ae MEER co ered Sen Mae 2111119191 221129011299999- 94 
Middleton) Ohi ceMeek ee ses oeee liens 21121 2020202022011212*102—18 
iSite ac 20; 4 dues ulunitiies ot Slits 12220290201 21997912929201 20 
Leland, 26......- na Cte pak , .1122222112999111912019991 94 


Martin, Smith and Postans, 


FOREST AND 


‘ 
Cols 2Ginweeredtererer died dels bay Be eeOT RRO LID I20 22222202 2i1 
iMazardy ING, dy 28.01 +, 30022211 2121021122121210—20 


LER HI west aad 


Ming's oie terete ney rere tes ntgeeetennee fei rratsrara 11222 2297202217229222222— 25 
Washer, “2821... ..-sstltstetiliiieedt . 1. 2223121121212211 1421012121—23 
_ Shoot-off of ties: 

Weltt  cocses sepeeters 1222111221—10) I ETECR SN lenicla[ei-ts = ee 5990 = = 2 
Minsereve a: PBRV2BL2A0— Y 


Thursday, Oct. 25, Third Day. 


There was 4 cessation in ihe competition, most of the shooters 
leaving after the Consolation Flandicap, the conditions of which 
were: 20 birds, $20 entrance, birds ineluded, and $50 added. Six 
nroneys—30, 20, 15, 18, 12 and 10 per cent. High guns. Tandicaps 
26 to 32Zyds, 

There were tlitee who killed straight in this event, Messrs. 
These divided first three moneys, 


each getting $75.79 Tallowell, Wanning and Welch were next 
Wigh, each having killed 19 birds, and «divided the last three 
moneys. ‘This netted to each of the three $40.75. 

Mallowell, B0.,.c..... Seppo te precceds pote red QODIDI2 DAVID BI*92 19 
Wetriaaitrier. pcllmelaiteistact start lioie atu) caster ert hentiebe eh eatin baede 21212222927112122021—19 
IS REolnie St HEH aUNnado tad sunone tieeaaene ace: 12222201 22"220 17 
IRR rbn Anetheron see tb Rerrcrtirenre sec 1211*2102*1122221122 17 
Nika tae BLO UprasoRaGn Geb pesobeppoyrtin 12221011*27,101122122—17 


Hood, 2 220220202027222"21 202 —17 


Smith, 22222222222222222022— 2) 
Peirce, 22%()22929()2292229092 17 
Hayward, 0122121101011110w 

Martin ( 22122221222222292222 20) 
ANE cH, BO ba ina & sagt ioe eseencaeeeny tii bie ace eeamcoreomia ete cnceee 1122201222111222122219 
iPatemnss, VEE Ge pa a¥oberadasonaovodoloupaepueobo, 22222222221122212222—20 
Parleye alta ets saeaatte PUENTE: spr tr acters a 22212221211*1220222-18 
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(CASS he eee oor one nO OOH oo duUndIeredduenfouY 22999%22022202202212—16 
Pails 28i- 5. beh PRASAD tye Se yO RE OEM neh ts ae 222212220201 201%2222- 17, 
Vial@iveMeo) wettrstete bias ie ad oreeber toads i , . .21222221012221111122—15 
TGATE ET) sO eas celete see cistsheettael sAelayzperde se ouseeee ARS VALS 1111.2022*21924100222 16 
Tit Brave, QE is hadses eet neaetes Ay ee 22202222202222022122 17 
Mpectraayac One tee peatee irk thr eh a tchcteees vote ep coe ve QII22*2229922029089 —1R 


ON LONG ISLAND. 


Webber—Schortemeier Series, 


Interstate Park, L. 1., Oct. 26—The team of the Emerald Gun 
Club, of New York, distinguished itself by making the highest 
score in the club team competition in the Schortemeier-Webber 
series at Interstate Parle to-day. It scored 53 out of a possible 
60, and was closely pressed by the East Side, of Newark, which 
was but 1 behind, ‘The third team in the competition—that of 
the Medieus Gun Club—scored 49. Each man stood at 29yds. 
‘The scores follow: 

Bast Side Gun Club, of Newark. 


(SU MOP cletegete a eo PB aaron cases 101.0121 201222221212 17 

(ea AST tits hope eae, Sen O NA eeduboeenEede 2**221011222212121020—1h 

J B Elophins). soe ea sees sey = 11.222221111122202112—19—b2, 
Medicus Gun Club, of Brooklyn. i 

TE AMC CHCISL (etllelele Alt Rie ig cre weteathatd sates ts:afe fo adebshs foaate 22222220002022022220—14 

01s CRA Viseetie lek eketseltelt ante ts areteiste, fk oriteoietat 2122102221 22122*0112—17 

IBY Ea iil hed a Reaehelane ice ei uO A eetoioe ate es 22222222202232022222—18—49 
Emerald Gun Club, of New York, 

WBhe Syailllewebel py, er waco apoutopoutiadeeemre™ 12121222112011222220—18 

Mel 2 eitessend er. ceece eek thpe ce tet ose 2229992022220222202* 17 

Dla DE nga eters 45280 sod cocosdattee ,-. -122721*12212*1121222 1853 

Match, 10 birds: . j 
Feigenspan, 30......... 2202012222 J BK Hopkins, 30........ 2111121111 


The sweeps were at 8 birds each, $3 entrance, birds extra; class 


shooting, 60, 80 and 20 per cent, alternating with the Rose 
System; rativs 6, 8 and 1. “The scores: 
JD pee TBD 2b reece natn at OOO COOHOEE at 22220120—6 21111202—7 
1B fe UST A ee ah Aa cater | 12211222—8 12222322—8 
TD Ye NSE valet ey obey eee etl cE OOOO CTO 2 21212111—8& 12211112—8 
Dh Nm nepp terrae SAD a re 11221020—6 22121122—8 
T) DE Mike nce lee RAO 6 tao oe 22211112—8 21211121—8 
NO y = AY aja lsat became ern uta a EIS ence 22200022—h 22211212—8 
FI QMIGe Cel cohen EEE e eters mre ar 22212222—8 22111211—8 
TS iBeit Spa tiyes dae eee eee eee nee anne 22022222—7 22229202—7 
svangdtherste Erbe) LEIA DAB AAASA SO GhgOdodot pbc 12020200—4 


Crescent Athletic Glub. 


Bay Ridge, L. 1., Oct. 27—The final contest for the October 
cup of the Crescent Athletic Club resulted in a victory for Mr. 
Edward Banks, the serateh man of the club, his three best scores 
for the month being better than the three best of any competitor. 

Sweepstakes, 15 targets: E, Ranks 15, H. M. Brigham 12, H. A. 
Ikryn 9, W. W. Marshall 8. A : 

Ten targets: Brigham 9, Hallock 6, Kryn 6, C. J. 5, McDermott 
5, C. G, Rasmus 5. ; ae ‘ 

Trophy shoot, 15 targets, magautrap: W. W. Marshall 14, Me- 
Dermott 12, Hallock 18, Rasmus 11, Banks 11, Kryn 10, Brigham 12. 

Trophy Shoot, 15 targets, magautrap, and 15 expert: H. M. 
Brigham 14, 1428; GC. J. McDermott 15, 12—27; C. G. Rasmus 
15, 11-26; TT. A. Kryn 14, 12—26; John EL. Hallock 15, 1126; 
J. A. Reyes 10, 15—25; Dr. H. L, O’Brien 11, 12—235 J. N. Borland 
1), 12-92; BE, Banks 11, 11—22; W. W. Marshall 8, 11—19. 

October cup, 50 targets per’ man; 25 expert and 25 magautrap: 
HH. M. Brigham 25, 2449: Henry A: Krym 22, 2446; EK, Banks 
92 23-45: C. J. McDermott 18, 2548; W, W. Marshall 17, 23—40; 
‘' G, Rasmus 20, 20—40; J. N. Borland 14, 19=33; J. A. Keves 13, 
17-30: EH. ML. Harrington 6, 16—22; Dr. I. L. O’Brien 13, 20—33 
John WW. Hallock 16, expert enly, 


mL 


H. C. Hitschy Trophy. 


Tus programme for the H. C, Mirsehy cup contest, given under 
the auspices “of the St. Paul Gun Club, can be obtained of W. 
P, Brown, Intercity Shootine Park, Minneapolis, Minn, The 
handicaps are 27 to S30yds. Division of moneys, 40, 30, 20 and 10 
per cent., with $i0 in cash added. 

The conditions governing the contest for this eup are as follows: 

Hirst—Open to shooters who ate residents of Minnesota, lowa, 
\WWisconsin, North and South Dakota. 

Second.—The winner ol this contest to hold cup and defend same 
subject to the following rules and conditions: 

Third.—All individual contests for this cup shall be shot under 
American Association rules, 30yds. rise, 25 pigeons cach man, $10 
a side, loser ta pay for pigeons shot at by both contestants. 

Fourth.—The holder of the ewp is subject to challenge by the 
posting of a forfeit of $10 with W.. 2. Brown, manager of the 
Intercity Shooting Park, Minneapolis, Minn., for a match; the 
holder to tame the place, date and hour of the shoot. The date 
to be within ten days after the challenge or forfeit trophy. The 
holder shall give the challenger at least five days’ notice by filing 
the saime with W. P. Brown, manager of the Intercity Shooting 
Park, of time and place of contest, and shall deliver trophy at 
place of contest in good condition. 

Tifth.—Donor reserves right of asking guarantee for safe return 
of trophy, and also the right to call in trophy at any time for the 
purpose of offering it in open competition by paying holder $10. 
Any eligible gun club within the State of Minnesota, North 
Daketa, South Dakota, Towa or Wisconsin may have trophy 
to offer in open competition by paying holder of trophy $10 and 
guaranteeing a purse of PL00. 

Sixth—In open competitions, the club tunder whose auspices 
the shoot is given shall have the right to appoint handicap com- 
miuttee. 

Seventh—In the event of the death or removal from the States 
tmentioned at any time before the final contest the trophy shall 
revert te H. C. Hirschy to be again offered in open competition 
under the rules and conditions herem specified, 

Bighth.—At the expiration of three years from the date of the 
first contest the winners of the cup, either in open competition or 
by challenge, shall engage in a special 25-bird race, $15 entrance, 
birds included, for the absolute possession of the trophy; the 
surplus money in the sweepstakes to be divided according to the 
will of a majority of the contestans, and in the event of their 
being unable to agree on that point, the distribution of such 
surplus shall he decided by Mr. H. C. Hirschy, the donor. Said 
contest shall take place at the Intercity Shooting Park, Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 

Ninth,—American Association mules shall govern all open con- 
tests, 

Tenth,—The holder of this trophy shall provide suitable grounds 
and the best live pigeons obtamable at a nominal price, not to ex- 
ceed 25 cents each... He will further be entitled to all cround 
sais h.—The d 

eyenth.—The distance between the home of the challe i 
the holder will be considered fair and neutral; slrould ie alter 
of the trophy, through any mean imtention, name a place of a 


{Noy. 4, 1000. 


freater distanee, ke will be tequited, before the contest takes 
place, to pay the challenger the excess expense which he has in- 
curred by failing to name a neutral place. " 
Tweltth.Ties for trophy must be shot off on the same day of 
contest, daylight permitting, and shall be at 5 bitds, until decided. 
Thirteenth'—This cup shall not be shot for on Sunday, : 


Crawfordsville Gun Club, 


CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind,, Oct, 25.—As per announeement wich 
appeared in your journal, the annual live-bird shoot of the Crayw- 
fordsyille Gun Club took place yesterday and to-day. .We had 
the grandest weather eyer known this time of year—bright sun- 
shine, and warm enough to cause the shooters to hunt the shade, 
with just énough cross wind to assist the sparrows in their ziz- 
zag, and to carry some hard-hit pigeons over the boundary line. 

lt was the universal opinion of all present that the grounds and 
arrangements were the most perfect that could be found any- 
where. The sparrows were lively and the pigeons strong, clean 
and fresh from the country—probably not aboye hali a dozen sitters im 
the whole lot. The good scores made may indicate that the birds 
were easy, Yet not 50, as | can tell you that the shooters were 
shooters and in fine fettle, : . 

This enterprising city has long been known to all shomters as 
being famous for its excellent tournaments, and much of it is 
due to its being the home of Kd Voris, that prince of good 
fellows, and champion live-bird shot of the State. But he has 
yery able assistants in Chas. E. Lacy, secretary, and Mac Still- 
well, general manager. Then again there is Frank Snyder, L. D. 
Helm, Frank Davis, Chas. Servies and others to make up a great 
team. ‘Phis, together with the Crawford Hotse to furnish first- 
class entertainment, will cause the boys to journey to Crawfords- 
ville just as often as they get a programme announcing a shoot. 

The attendance was not large, bat then they were enthusiastic 
and stayers, quite a majority of them being old-timers, 

Those whom I remember were £. S, Rice and Tramp Irwin, of 
Chicago; C. W. Budd, of Des Moines, Ja.; E. H. Tripp, Geo. J. 
Marott and H. Comstock, of Indianapolis; J. €. Small and H. B-. 
Hill, of Aurora; A. C. Parsons and his daughter Orpha, of Frank- 
fort, Ind.; J. L. Head, of Peru; Joe Blistam and Al Livenguth, 
Lafayette; W. H, Washburn, New Richmond; C. B. Wiggins, 
Homer, Jll.; HH. W. Cadwallader, Danville, Il.; Mr. Lamme, 
Attica, and Mare Reed, of Juatayette. 

The list reveals a number of old-timers, while among the tender 
feet I think honors for hest shooting fell to Mr. Wiggins. 

The way the 2,200 sparrows were grassed can be readily seen hy 
referring to the following recapitulation: 


Events: 240 4 5 6 7 8 9.410 

Birds 15 20 10 15 Ta 25 10 15 20 
Tripp «: 14-20 19 18 15 25-8 14 17 
TR CEB y as eres erat reel palace nie saris 1216 9101276 411 18 
Budd ......- 14 19 10 15 14 23 10 14 19 
Moris seen 11 19 10 11 15 21 10: 14 16 
Smid! Skeet ack ra eae IDS fay te sper ot Ari 5 
ele |nrieece stearate fe 16 re Be a He 
IRDA Tie ESS ie Ea Pal se seein penal § Weel a eee 614718 81510 .. 715 1 
IGG RNIES ye dotiotootysnc tin Weihua : PRES oe ets oer eet 
(500 boda aa area delle lousy phate ell ay 1k 815 14 24 9 18 18 
Washburn ene eh eee tnieelueen ec esr 9 12 20 
Cadwallader aeere pet eree rth r enone err $ 13 73 25 10 14 16 
Wa Rrra TG ogc0gd6 Scqadsaasadddess si so70adcS 8 15 18 
STMCLEH ee Rel ecRR ER eRe Ranke noun ne nRrmenney: ayadgey > 
INTTIVGHE, Apel LEPC GRUREEEce : gs oot 
Syallinail PSR Bas9s944465054555555559559005 5 eel yal a Saga ake 

ACE Vl oditiad ehodem ttre eRe met te Manors TE ies eee es 
(Mewes | Gnageoases AA, ER OeEn rare ey ST eal ee eo eee 
TReed tas Sessa lena el Te at ISO OOO Be oD a5 vena. BY ose. 


This shows that Charley Budd was best man, his score beme 
148 out of a possible 155, Mr, Washburn, of New Richmond, was 
second with 144, while E. El, Tripp had 142, and H. B. Hill 141 | 
to their credit. Mr. Washburn was the only lucky winner, as he | 
captured a couple of firsts. 


Second Day. 


a number of new names in the scores. There is a vast difference 
between shooting sparrows and pigeons, hence pigeon shooting 


| 

, . ‘ i Hot A | 
Pigeon shooting proved more interesting, as you will discover | 
; 

t 


seems the most attractive, yet I cannot see why sparrow shooting 
should not become more popular. It would, no doubt, if every 
town had a" Hill to catch and trap them. 

As before mentioned, the pigeons were extra good, and such as 
any good shot would enjoy shooting. ‘Nearly all of them were 
right or left or direct drivers. Birds were retrieved by Mae | 
Stillwell’s pointer dog Hazard, and by John L. Weber’s black | 
setter dog Dan. Both did well, but Dan was the more lively in his 
work, and was under perfect control. 

The supply of pigeons was limited, and only four of the six } 
events scheduled were shot off. ' 
Event No, 1, 7 birds, entrance $5: Budd 5, Tripp 6, Cadwallader 


' 


i) 


7, Wiggins 6, Webb 5, Helm 6, Butler 5, Sarviss 6, Voris 7, Tramp 
7, McGinnis 7, Lacey 6, Rice 2, Hill 6, Miller 5, Anson 7. 

Event No, 2, 10 birds, entrance $7.50: Budd 10, Tripp 10, Cad- 
wallader 8, Wiggins 10, Webb 5, Butler 8, Voris 8, Tramp 10, Mc- 
Ginnis 7, Lacey 8, Rice 8, Hill 9, Nutley 5, Livenguth 8, Sloro 8, 
Small 6, Snyder 7, Anson 10. 

Event No, 3, handicaps from 27 to Slyds,, 15 birds, entrance $15: 
Budd (81) 14, Tripp (80) 14, Cadwallader (30) 13, Wiggins (30) 14, 
Webb (27) 13, Butler (28) 138, Voris (20) 15, Tramp (80) 15; Me- 
ees (30) 13, Hill (80) 14, Stillwell (27) 18, Reed (27) 12, Anson 
(29) 12, 

Event No. 4, 7 birds, entrance $5: Tripp 6, Cadwallader 6, 
Wiggins 7, Webb 6, Butler 6, Sarvis 4, Voris 6, Tramp 7, Mc- 
Ginnis 5, Hill 6, Miller 5, Livenguth 6, Reed 4. | 

Event No. 5, miss-and-out, $1 entrance. This was divided be-; 
tween Cadwallader, Butler, Tramp and Hill. / 


‘A. glance will show that the honors rest with the old Tramp, his} 
straight score throughout all the matches being an enviable one. 
Torty-one straight is seldom made on such occasions. 

Mr, Wiggins came next, having lost but 2 dead out, 1 of 
these being chased out by the retriever. Wudd, Voris and Tripp) 
Jost 3 each, while Hill lost 4 and Cadwallader 5, 

Ieadquarters Crawford House. 

Only think on Oct. 25 the thermometer registering 80 degrees, 

The universal verdict was, “Well done, Crawiordsyille! We will} 
all come again.” - ; | 

Mr. E. S$. Rice became so much interested in them ‘‘pesky little) 
brown birds,” with their erratic inoyemients that he fred about 
300 shots first day; in fact, a few others only stopped when ther 
were nO more in the [ill coops. i 

When the end came and the guns were laid away and the score, 
sheet was made out, it was announced that one of the oldest men 
on the grounds, viz., Tramp Irwin, had shot in every eyent and) 
made a clean record. Ele was warmly congratulated by all) 
present, : 

Do you realize that for a number of years sparrow shooting has 
been conducted in but only a very few places outside of Indiana’ 
‘And then the sparrows were furnished almost, if not entirely, hy 
one man, W. T. Will, of Indianapolis. : 

Sparrow shooting could be made as popular as pigeons if shooters 
and clubs would look into this fascinating sport. Jt is more 
ceiving, and therefore more interesting. The greatest trouble is 
catching, keeping and handling the little birds. Mr. ‘Hill is 2 


present about the only man who has mastered the art and caf 
successfully trap them. | 

There are many things in their fayor for use in tournaments 
They cost but half as much as pigeons; they can be shot mo 
than five times as fast as pigeons; then there is no cruelty con 
nected therewith, Pigeons are house pets, whereas the English 
sparrows are everywhere pronounced house pests. 


VisIToR. 


Country Gun Club. 


Myerstown, Pa,, Oct, 27—A small crowd of members triat 
them hands at bluerocks and birds this afternoon. The day was # 
fine as cUuld be—no better for shooting. Nos, 1, 2, 4, 5 and 
were at bluerocks, and No. 3 at birds. 

Seyeral small prizes were shot for in Nos. 8, 4 and 5, 

The clu had announced a shoot to be held on Thanks-ying 
but has postponed it on account of the scarcity of pigeons, hut ib 
hepes to get one up at some early day. We have enrolled t 
new members, and by untiring efforts expect to swell our numbel 
some and therehy revive trapshooting in this section. 
R Shanaman 
J. Noll : 

Tey eter ec ee RR phe. 3 sect bdo 
(GHEASHIIA Galo etn cee eee Baoan ng 


Heals, Wrete, etc 


WpSpoonse 


EIR Oie25 sw iious SFlspeodsoctit cok ee cannes ey Prue 
1M toes ae eelelsgopoagd Hao 988 35D Re: F 


Nov. 3, 1900. | 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


359 


% 


Review of Tournaments. 


‘Tux followihe is 4 review of its tournaments of 1900, issted by 
the Interstate Association: 

Though “good wine needs no bush,” 
demands a brief résumé of the Juterstate 
season, : 

Like its nine predecessors, it was ah unqualified sticcess, and 
we cati only say that no signs of degeneration were perceptible. 
Interest was sustaine” +o the maxiniuim, and our programmes 
were as enthusiastica ys carried out a8 in the day of small be- 
Elbnings. : : ; 

The Macedonian cry, “Come and help us!” is still heard in 
all parts of the Jand, and it comes from gun clubs composed of 
the right kind of material. As stated last year, these testimonials 
to the worth of our work are gratifying, and the burdens gladly 
assumed when practicable, but it is a confusing matter to decide 
Which shall obtain preferetice among so many worthy and ap- 
preciative. Consistent with its entire history, the Interstate As- 
sociation will continue to work for what it considers hest for all 
under the circumstances, and as in its bright lexicon of youth 
it Knew no such word as “fail,” neither has’ it yet obtamed even 
an inkling that it will learn the meaning of decreptitude in its 
operations. ye 

Our gtowth is not moss-grown, and the ever-expanding interest 
taken hy oufsiders indicates that we are the first institution 
of the kind in the world. The main clements contributing to oti 
suecess have been the chivalrous deyotion of members to the 
common weal, and not to selfish private interest, and to the 
judicious combination of democracy and aristocracy in our make- 
uup—democtacy in putting every member on an original footing 
Ba quality, and aristocracy in cheerfully awarding the honors to 
those who were able to forge to the front, 

Year added to year has proven that our business methods are 
the best that human wisdom has been able to evolve, and though 
we still invite honest erjticismi, we have not been presented with 
any plan that promises better or eyen equal results, nor are 
there any indications that the scepter will depart from us. We 

' are still able to con{rol our growing household and will be for an 
indefinite time, f a 

It is not considered necessary to go into detail here, as the 

recurd of 1900 is abundantly set forth elsewhere. 


time-honored custorit 
Association’s tenth 


Grand American Handicap at Live Birds. 


‘he inaugural tournament for 1900 was the eighth annual Grand 
Wimerican Handicap at live birds, which was decided at Interstate 
Park, Queens, L. J., N. ¥., April 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The Interstate 
Association guaranteed $1,500 (and all surplus added) in the main 
even, which was shot under the following conditions, viz.: 25 
live birds, $25 entrance, Slyds. boundary, with a dead line at the 
83yd. mark, handicaps ranging from 25 to. 83yds., high guns to win 
and moneys to be divided in accordance with the number of 
entries received, i 

In addition to guaranteeing $1,500, the Interstate Association 
presented to the winner of first place a sterling silver trophy 
commemorative of the win. 

The system of dividing the moneys which prevailed in 1896, 
1897, 1898 and 1899 was udopted again for 1900. The entries num- 
bered 224, of which number 196 were regular entries at $25 each, 
15 were penalty or post entries at $85 each, and 13 were forfeits 
at $10 each, making the total purse $5,555. The purse, under the 
system of division of moneys adopted by the Interstate Associa- 
tion, provided for 54 moneys. There were eight straight scores of 
25 made, which took the first eight moneys, a total of $2,513.75 
Twenty-five tied on 24 out of 25 and took the next 25 moneys, a 
total of $2,189.70. Thirty-eight tied on 23 out of 25 and took the 
next 21 moneys, a total of $851.55. The eight men with straight 
scores of 25 shot off the tie, miss-and-out, for the silyer trophy. 
This was won by Mr. H. D. Bates, of Ridgetown, Ontario, Can., 
on the 86th round. . ; 

Following are the scores of the money winners: 


PR CR SImithy Aula ajaduutayane asses 3 bande ua 6 2221222212221 221292291111 —95 
ED RATES De erin ere Cueas chai hati 2222222222202 22022 0200000 95 
TATION alphas ere yenecen cotmninas sas ores 2222212212222222221122202 25 
TR Malone, A ee ee a) PPC ed a 2221122112229217121121222— 25 
Col A G Courtney, 28..... jd Agakieeys bate bc 2212211222221212121222121—25 
Ane Case ye ORer yu kr de beemcatiees ek nea 2222222279202 0202222902 95 
eM shally RAL tec kates sakes een 222220202 27.2 299929999092 95 
BD aly se Jt j2os senses kee iesswiggeeeeees. 2222221220202 0020002002 95 
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ment, and $13,835.40 was divided in different purses. The total 
number of live birds trapped was 12,888. 


Neat the Metropolis. 


The second tournament was Rivet at Trenton, N. J., May 2 and 
3, nder the auspices of the Walsrade Gun Clyh, 


Best Averages First Day.—J. S. Fanning, first, .3845 H. H. 
Stevens, second, .872; Edward Banks, third, ,s48. | « 

Best Averages Second Day.—J. 5. Fanning, first, .957; El. EI. 
Stevens, second, .915; Edward Hartks, third, 890. : 

General Averages Both Days.—J. S. Fanning, first, .921; H, FH. 
Stevens, second, .898; Edward Banks, third, ,S64, 

The total number of shooters taking part in the tournament 
was 50, Average entry first day, 26.3; average entry second day, 
23.5. The total amount of money divided in purses was $507.20. 
8,795 targets were trapped during the tournament. 


The Old Dominion. 


The third tournament was given at Richmond, Va., May 23 
and 24, under the auspices of the West End Gun Club, 

Best Average First Day.—J. §. Fanning, first, .927; A. TM. Fox, 
second, .921; H. C. Bridgers, third, .596, 

A continuous rain from 8 A. M. until 5 P. M. compelled the 
canceling of the second day’s programme. A few impromptu 
sweeps were shot, after the programme was declared off. ‘The 
total number of shooters taking part in the tournament was 28, 
Average entry first day, 21. The total amount of money divided in 
purses was $849, 7,055 targets were trapped during the tourna- 
Ment. « 


Grand American Handicap at Targets. 


The fourth tournament was the Interstate Association’s Grand 
American Handicap Sarees Tournament, which was decided at 
Interstate Park, ®ueens, L. T., N. Y¥., June 12, 13, 14 and 15. The 
Association adde d 
reserved to purchase a sterling silver trophy for the winner of 
first money in the Grand American Handicap at Targets, 

This tournanient was more in the nature of an experiment than 
anything else, the idea being to arrange a programme that would 
bring together as many amateurs as possible, and also to pit 
against them, tinder a handicap of course, the best trapshooters in 
the country, A handicap committee of nndoubted experience was 
selected, and the principal events were shot under the “high gun” 
rule, precisely the same as those in the Grand American Handicap 
at live birds. 

The rule of the Interstate Association barring manufactitrers’ 
agents, paid representatives, etc., Was in force in all the regular 
events; but in the handicap eyents amateurs and manufacturers’ 
agents met in a free-for-all, handicapping being done by placing 
the men on different marks. This was the first time in the his: 
tory of trapshooting that handicapping by distance has been 
applied to any target tournament on a large scale. It has ap- 
pareiutly taken the fancy of all who competed in the three separate 
handicap events, and seems to bid fair to prow in popularity the 
more it is tried, 

Test Averages First Day—Regular Events.—Manufacturers’ 
agents, paid representatives, etc, (for targets only): R. O. Heikes, 
first, .954; J. S. Fanning, second, .948; W. R. Crosby, third, .920. 

Best Averages Iirst Day—Regular Events.—Amateurs: E. D. 
Rike, first, .942; I, Tallman, second, 981; R, L. Pierce, third, .914. 

est Ayerages Second Day—Regular Eyents—Manufacturers’ 
agetits, paid representatives, ete. (for targets only):R. O, Heikes 
and W, R. Crosby, first, .952; J. S. Fanning, second, .929; B. 
Leroy Woodard, third, .917. 

Best Averages Second Day—Regular Events.—Amateurs: E. D- 
Rike, first, .952; FP. H. Snow, second, 917; A. H. Fox, H. G, 
Wheeler and Neaf Apgar, third, .882. 


Preliminary Handicap—Open to All. 


This event was shot under the following conditions: 100 blue- 
rocks, unknown angles, $7 entrance, targets included; handicaps 
14 to 25yds.; high guns, not class shooting; $100 added to the 
purse, The number of monyers into which the purse was divided 
was determned by the number of entries received, 

There were 70 entries, and first place was won by Mr. H. C, 


Bridgers, Tarboro, N. C., who stood at the I§yd. mark and 
scored 89. 
Best Averages Third Day—Regular Events.—Manufacturers’ 


agents, paid SSE EN etc. (for targets only): J. S. Fanning, 
first, .964; R. O. Heikes, second, .952; W. R. Crosby and E, D. 
Fulford, third, .941. 

Best Averages Third Day—Regular Events-—Amateurs: F, D. 
Tete ee snk 976; G. H. Piercy, second, .964; C. W. Feigenspan, 
third, .952. . 


Grand American Handicap at Targets—Open to Alf, 


This event was shot under the following conditions: 100 blue- 
tocks, unknown angles; $10 entrance, targets included; handicaps 
14 to 25yds.; high guns, not class shooting; $200 added to the purse. 
The number ae moneys into which the purse was divided was de- 
termined by the number of entries received, 

In addition to first money, the Interstate Association presented 


-to the winner of first place a sterling silver trophy ‘commemorative 


of the win. 

There were seventy-four entries, and first place was won by 
Mr. R. O, Heikes, of Dayton, O., who stood at the 22yd. mari 
and scored 91, 

Best Averages Fourth Day—Regular Events.—Manufacturers’ 
agents, paid representatives, etc. (for targets only): J. S. Fanning 
and R. O. Heikes, first, 964; E. D. Fulford, second, .941; J, R 
Malone, third, .917. 

Best Averages Fourth Day—Regular Events.—Amateurs: F. D. 
Kelsey, first, .952; John A. Flick, F. H. Snow and Wm. Allison, 
second, .929; Wm. Morris, third, .917. 


Consolation Handicap—Open to All. 


This eyent was shot under the following conditions: 100 blue- 
rocks, unknown angles; $7 entrance, targets, included; handicaps 
14 to 25 yds,; high guns, not class shooting; $100 added to the 
purse. Winners of money in the Grand American Handicap 
at Targets had one yard added to their handicap, The number of 
moneys into which the purse was divided was determined by the 
number of entries received. 

There were forty-three entries, and first place was won by Mr. 
Ralph Worthington, Cleveland, ©O., who stood at the 16yd, mark 
and scored 92. 

General Averages for Four Days—Regular Events.—Manufactur- 
ers’ agents, paid representatives, etc, (for targets only): R. O, 
aes first, .955; J, 5. Hanning, second, .951; W. R. Crosby, third, 

General Averages for Four Days—Regular Events—Amateurs: 
E. D. Rike, first, .909; F. D. Kelsey, second, 307; F, H. Snow, 
third, .895. 

The total number of shooters taking part in the tournament was 
101. Average entry first day in regular events, 74 2-5; average 
entry second day, 822-5; average entry third day, 74; average 
entry fourth day, 554-5. The total amount of money divided in 
purses was $5,170.70. 62,585 targets were trapped during the tourna- 


ment. 
By the Sea Shore. 


The fifth tournament was giyen at Narragansett Fier, R. L., 
July 11 and 12, under the auspices of the Canonchet Gun Club. 

Best Averages First Day.—J. S. Fanning, first, .941; S. A. Tucker, 
second, .817; Edward Banks, third, .911, 

Best Averages Second Day.—J. S. Fanning, first, .935; Edward 
Banks, second, “06; B. Leroy Woodard, third, 900. 

General Averages Both Days.—J. S. Fanning, Edward 
Banks, second, .908; S. A. Tucker, third, .894. } 

The total number of shooters taking part in the tournament was 
67. Average entry first day, 44.9; average eniry second day, 41. 
The total amount of money divided in purses was $874.90, 14,965 
targets were trapped during the tournament. 


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On Lake Memphremagog, 


The sixth tournament was given at Newport, Vt., Aug. 7 and 8, 
under the auspices of the Newport Gun Club. 5 

Best Averages First Day.—B. Leroy Woodard, first, .921; O. R. 
Dickey and J. R. Hull, second, .913; C. D. White, third, .895. 

Best Ayerages Second Day.—B. Leroy Woodard, first, .940; 


©. R. Dickey, second, .910; J. S. Hanning, third, .890. 


General Averages. Both Days.——B. Leray Woodard, first, .980; 
O. R. Dickey, second, .893; J. S. Fanning, third, .888. , 

The total number of shooters taking part in the tournament was 
5S. Average entry first day, 214-7; avetaye entry second day 
33 1-8. The total amount of money divided in purses was $217, 74. 
7,950 targets were trapped during the tournament. 


The Empire State. 


The seventh toirnament was given at Salem, N. Y., Sept. 12 and 
1g, under the auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club. 
est Averages First Day.—J. 5. Fanning, E. ©. Griffith and 
B. Lerey Woodard, first, 949; f. T: Hallowell, second, .818; J. R, 
Thull, third, 806, d 


$1,000 to the purses, of which amount $100 was . 


Best Averages Second Day.—J. 5. Waning, first, 951; B, Leroy 
Woodard, second, .9338; J. R. Hull, third, .915, : 

General Averages Both Day,—J. 5. Fanning, first, .896; B. Leroy 
Woodard, second, .887; . C, Griffith, third, .875. 

The total number of shooters taking part in the tournament was 
$2. Average entry first day, 25; average entry second day, 21 9-10. 
The total amount of money divided in purses was $929.78. 5,980 
targets were trapped during the tournament. 


Reeapitulation. 


In the table as outlined below will be found a summary of the 
Work accomplished duting the season of 1900; 


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Though the year has been ote of unrest, notwithstanding the 
reat material prosperity of the United States, and the oldest, 
proudest and most exclusive kingdom of the world is tottering to 
a probable fall, and our own nation has been doing considerable 
bushwhacking among the isles of the sea; and though these 
complications added to a Presidential campaign have tended to 
stir a fever in the blood, of many, we are able to say that the 
present year has been one of the most glorious in our history as 
an organization, and there has not been a breath of contention to 
jar the harmony, 


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Season 1901 Tournaments. 


Chibs contemplating holding tournaments and desiring the as- 
sistance of the Interstate Association, should haye their applica- 
tions in the hands of the manager by Dec. 10, in order that they 
may be presented to the ‘Tournament Committee for action 
thereon at the annual meeting of the Association, Dec, 18. 

Communications relating to inanimate target tournaments should 
be sent to the manager's home address: Iilmer KE. Shaner, 122 
Diamond Market, Pittsburg, Pa. , 

Grand American Handicap at Live Birds, 1901:—Full details per- 
taining to the ninth annual Grand American Handicap Tournament 
at Live Birds will be announced in due season. 

Grand American Handicap at Targets, 1901,—Full details per- 
taining to the second annual Grand American Handicap Tourna- 
ment at Targets will be announced in dite season. 


The Leading of Shotguns. 


Tue following reply to a query pertaining to it is worth reading 
and noting. It appeared recently in the london Field: 

_ In order to enlighten our correspondent and others interested 
in the above subject, we haye made a large number of experiments. 
Three 12-bore shot barrels, with highly polished bores were used, 
made of three different kinds of metal, viz., Krupp’s special gun 
steel, Whitworth’s fluid pressed steel, and a very soft steel made 
by the Siemens-Martin process. Both hard and soft shot were 
used, with various kinds of wadding: The results of our tridls 
may be summed up in a few words. The leading of gun barrels 
is caused entitely by the absence of a suitable lubricant. So long 
as the barrel is highly polished, it matters little of what metal it 
is composed, Jn the absence of a lubricant of proper consistency 
hard shot leads more than soft shot. Various lubricants were 
tested, their value for this BE being in the following order: 
Mutton suet, Russian tallow, Webley’s “Semper Idem,” vaseline, 
almond oil and olive oil, 

_ Corroborative evidence of the above was obtained in the follow- 
ing manner: Two solid disks were turned up and their peripheries 
highly polished in the lathe. One of the disks was made of- 
crucible cast steel, the other of soft Bessemer. Bars of metal, 
made by melting and recasting hard and soft respectively, 
were pressed alternately by means of a lever and weight against the 
peripheries of the rapidly revolving disks—the pressure employed 
being equal to two tons per square inch of the metals in contact. 

When the bar made from the hard shot was pressed against the 
unlubricated disk it was quickly ground away in the form of 
powder. The soft lead bar resisted this disintegration to a much 
greater extent. All the lubricants above enumerated were success- 
fully tested upon the disks, and their anti-friction qualities proved 
to be in the order stated. Whether using the hard or soft steel 
disks, no frictional difference could be detected. 

These results confirm us in the opinion, which we have so often 
expressed, that soft felt wadding saturated with grease should in- 
yariably be used, in preference to the hard felt that is so generally 
employed. 


Clinton Bidwell Trophy. 


Burraro, Oct. 24.—The final contest for permanent possession 
of the handsome Clinton Bidwell live-bird trophy was Dommlebed 
on Oct. 20 at Audubon Park, Buffalo, N. v and the trophy, 
which is a sterling silver loving cup costing the donor $150, to- 
gether with the title of live-bird championship of Buffalo and 
Erie counties, was won by E. C. Burkhardt. 

This trophy was donated on Jan. 1, 1899, by Mr. Clinton Bidwell, 
the local representative of the Dupont Powder Co., and was a 
challenge trophy. Thirty-four local live-bird shots, including all 
the prominent local trap shots, have endeavored to win same. and 
as_a result the competition was very keen, ‘ 

The conditions provided that any shooter winning one or more 
contests would be eligible to contest in the final. ‘There were 
eight contestants in the final. Each shot at 50 birds 380yds., and 
resulted in three ties of 48 out of 50. In the shoot-off, which was 
miss-and-out, C. S$. Burkhardt lost his first bird and retired; R. 
oh cacy lost his sixth bird, while E. C, Burkhardt killed and 
won out, ‘ 

The birds were a first-class lot, and the shooting throughout 
of a high class. There have been five open to all conests nde 
fourteen challenge contests, besides the final contest, of which 
E. C. Burkhardt won six, and made an average of 90 per cent. for 
ae ee series; F. G. Wheeler won five, R. C, Stacy two, U. S. 

urkhar wo, Hl. D. Kirkover, Jr., two, Geo. D. r, W 
McC anthy and i D selsey one ae H gg 

_the winner shot throughout the series 344drs. Hazard Blue Rib- 
bon powder, with 1440z. 744 and 7 chilled shot in U. M. C, nee 
onde’ Trap shells. 

Following are the scores in final contest out of a i 5 
birds, viz.: E. C. Burkhardt 48, R. C. Stacy 48, C. S, PP ehore 
48, F. D. Kelsey 47, F. G, Wheeler 47, G. D. Cooper 45, H. D 
BS SteT Nar tt We N. Mit ay 38. oe ae 

hoot-omt, miss-and-out: E. C. Burkhardt 6, R. C, St 5 
Burkhardt 0, pas staey 5 Cae 


Columbus Gun Club, 


_Corumsus, Wis,, Oct. 22.—Herewith find a few scores 
live birds on the grounds of the Columbus Gun Club. i ore: 
The elub will shoot live birds regularly each week dyuring 
ten Mater Bees we 
Mr. Guy VY. Dering, our crack amateur shot, shooti Y 
Titanic steel Parker pigeon gun, just received on thee aientiies 
of the 19th, direct from the factory, made the beautiful score of 29 
poe poate is live birds. “I 
{ € Columbus Gun Club has one of the finest shooti < 
in the State, and the club is beginning to arrange fae the me 
shooters’ League tournament of Wisconsin for 1901. T will say to 
the shooters of Wisconsin,. we will male this the banner shoo: 
of Wisconsin for 1901. i 


Shoot No. 1, 25 live birds: 


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The ForEst AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest hy Monday and as much earlier as practicghle, 


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Mississippi Valley Notes. 


Tue quarterly competition for the Peoria Herald trophy ‘at 25 
live birds was shot on the Peoria Gun Club grounds Oct, 24. 
There were nine competitors, 24 being the high score. The birds 
were of Tom Scott’s famous vintage, and none of them waited 
td. be shot, but got away in a hurry as soon as released. The race 
was shot as a $15 sweep, class shooting; moneys divided 50, 50 
and 20 per cent. Of the three high guns, J. C England, of Mt. 
Pulaski, lost his fourth, a strong outgoer. Tom Hall, of Spring- 
field, failed to negotiate his 13th, a isa uid driver. Barston 
caine to grief on a straight incomer. In the shoot-off Hall lost 
his 3d and Barston his 10th, leaving England winner of the 


trophy. After the big racé a miss-and-out was shot. Scores are 
appended: 

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‘Miss-and-out sweep: Hall 5, Barr 2, Baker 38, 
England 2,,Meidroth 6, Barston 4, Portman 3. 


At St. Lotsis. 


The initial match for a handsome trophy donated by Alec Mer- 
mod was shot at the Dupont Park grounds, St, Louis, Oct. 27. 
This trophy is subject to challenge and open to competition to 
any resident of St. Louis or town in the immediate vicinity. 
Ghallenge races to be for price of birds, loser to pay for both, and 
all matches to be shot at 25 birds; handicaps 26 to 38yds.; Inter- 
state Association rules to govern. 

In the Oct 26 competition for Piasa Gun Club medals, A. J. 
Howell won president’s and H. Cole handicap trophy. 

The big Galesburg tournament has been decided on as a cer- 
tainty. Dates will be named this week. in. 

The Danville Gun Club has issued programme invitations for a 
two days’ target shoot Nov. 8 and 9; open to all; 200 targets per 
day; magautrap rules. ie : 

he Limited Gun Club, Indianapolis, is entertaming with a 
target and sparrow shoot, Thursday and Friday of this week. 


Walpert 5, 


In Emulation of Nessmuk. 


It is something over two years since the FoREST AND STREAM 
printed the formal notice of the organization, and constitution 
and by-laws of the Nessmuk Club, of Alton, Ill. That the club 
has been silent since that time, not vaunting its doings in print, 
does not signify that it was in any sense a failure, or did not make 
substantial and satisfactory progress in the work for which it was 
designed. Quite to the contrary, indeed, it has grown in impor- 
tance and interest, with an increasing roll of members, who are 
enthusiastic in its behalt. 

The first rule of membership is congeniality. The code knows 
no distinction of station or difference of years; but let the man 
who makes a trip or two on probation show a trait which marks 
him as an alien to this society—and he is quickly found out—1t is 
a safe bet at long odds that he will not go again. 

The third annual field day was celebrated on Oct, 21. Twelve 
of the twenty members met at the dock of the trim little launch 
Nina at 8:30 A. M. in full habiliments for the fray. Proyender 
was provided bya committee of one, backed by the treasurer. 

For this particular occasion, however, it had been agreed to 

whave a genuine old-fashioned trapsheoting contest. A thousand 
targets were brought along, and these hurled at the greatest pos- 
sible speed on the broadest variation of angles from one expert 
trap afforded ample pastime for the crowd tor hours, 
' The shooting is done im sets of five shots at a turn, one man 
up. It is intended as a preliminary to the opening of the game 
season two weeks later, ard it does not matter that scores are 
not up to the average published records of public tournaments. 
There is no money up om this contest, and no man’s salary de- 
pends upon the appearance of his string in print after it is over. 
He who’ scores 3, 2 or 1 out of his 5 is as heartily cheered as he 
who goes straight, and he knows that the ovations are not 
tempered in either jealousy or derision. So, amid jest and 
raillery that comes from the heart, the day flies on, and comes ta 
the close all too soon. F, RIEBL, 


Peters Cartridge Co.’s Tournament at Raleigh. 


RatereH, N. C., Oct. 26—The two days’ shooting tournament at 
the Fair Grounds, given by the Peters Cartridge Co., under the 
auspices of the Raleigh Gun Club, was brought to a successful 
close yesterday. Both parties were more than pleased with the 
results and contemplate giving a similar affair on a larger scale 
next year. 

The shoot was a grand success in every way; not so much in 
the way of experts in attendance, but through the appreciative on- 
lookers and participants. As a matter of fact the gun contest drew 
a much larger attendance than any of the other attractions on the 
grounds. early every Tar Heel is a shooter, inasmuch as 
North Carolina is the sportsman’s paradise. 

The shoots at Baltimore and at Atlanta drew many of the experts 
away who would otherwise have attended. The fact of their non- 
attendance was the cause of these old bird shooters taking a hand 
in the shooting, as when they saw their friends missing the illusive 
asphalts they had a desire to shoot, and there was a constant 
demand for guns and shells. In fact the guns of the regular con- 
testants were kept so hot that they could hardly be handled, and 
one ejector was broken, but the owner said, smilingly, “‘It is all 
right; I am satisfied if the other contestants enjoyed themselves.” 

The local shooters took part in the majority of the events, the 
Crawford brothers and Walters showing up to good advantage. 
Qne of the features of yesterday’s shoot was the remarkable shoot- 

-ing of Maj. McKissick, of Asheville, who tied Barney Worthen, 
of Charleston, both making 92 per cent. of the number of targets 
shot at. The Major should feel proud of this, as Mr. Worthen 
is considered one of the best trap shots in the South, and Maj. 
McKissick is comparatively a new shooter at targets. If the 
Major keeps up his present gait he will be heard from im the near 
future. 

Mr. Worthen won the handsome gold locket presented by the 
Peters Cartridge Co. to the man making the highest average 
throughout the two days. Mir. T. H. Keller, the Eastern agent of 
the Peters Cartridge Co., presented Mr. Worthen with the trophy 
with a few appropriate remarks, and also thanked the shooters for 
their attendance, 

Maj. McKissick would have given Mr. Worthen a close race 
if, he had shot entirely through the programme. Both of these 
gentlemen used Peters Ideal shells loaded with King Smokeless 
powder, as did all the contestants, with one or two exceptions, 
and the manner. in which they broke their targets was evidence 
that the ammunition they used had killing qualities. Abour 4,000 
targets were thrown, and at least seventy-five to eighty different 
shooters took part. A large audience of interested spectators 
viewed the shooting continually, and were greatly pleased with 
the skillful exhibitions of several of the marksmen. 

The Peters Cartridge Co.’s representatives, Messrs. Keller, Sr. 
and Keller Jr., Lamcke and Parker, worked hard to make it 
pleasant for all. Instructions and guns were furnished gratis, as 
the majority of the shooters taking part, though all of them natural 
field shots, were not posted on trapshooting. They all found 
time to shoot occasionally, Mr. Parker shooting clean through 
and was close to the leaders at the end. 

This shoot will give a new impetus to trapshooting in North 
Carolina. Greensboro and Durham will organize gun clubs, and 
undoubtedly the Raleigh shooters will take more mterest in the 
sport, and -when the next shoot is held here will be able to hold 
their own with any one. 

The Fair Association mamagers have requested the Peters 
Cartridge Co, ta again favor them next year with a tournament, 
and promise to assist them materially in a financial way if they 
will come next year. A few of the old-time trap shots were pres- 
ent and participated in a few of the events, most notable anionge 
whom was Mr. Jordan, of Greensboro, This gentleman in former 
years shot at the traps, but he is most fayorably known through- 
out the entire United States as one of the grandest quail shots 
that ever handled a gun. : 

Messrs. Daniels and Glenn. also of Greensboro, shot in a few 
events, and Mr Grant. of Portsmouth, Va., shot through the 
entire programme the first day, but was called away the second. 

The souvenir buttons and scarf pins, made to represent .22cal. 
cartridges, Were in great demand, and were a clever advertisement 
for the Peters company, The éfforts of the Peters Cartridge Co. 


' representative at Atlanta. 


-FOREST AND STREAM. 


and their representatives will long be appreciated by the shooters 

of North Carolina, and we hope another year to show by a largely 

increased attendance our appreciation. ; 
The scores of each day are hereto attached: 


First Day, Oct. 24. 


Events: 12345 ? 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 Broke. 
MALOVRND poo few eace nL AIEEE eekcou tee, 10 15 19 13 12 16 ‘ 
IGirchothe Ab Beeb Jc aero a a Saat 10 715 6 814 60 
MICKissick oo. cinensstunvegeecercecroscceee 9 18 16 12 18 15 78 
ral tens meee sacs renee pate ited se nee re 995.. 3 a 
Baikal ee Aunesdbrcrcmteek ele eet et releaaaant 9111412 7 afi 
Crawford ..... sete hihs fibhiataie anaes b..10 3 6 24 
Z ALM ZosMe Pas 
Naas itty pburey ce see eecenee ta nlzelpels, dazed aca 86 
Mima gii.. 56 
6..1918°915 ‘62 
ere irraneee etc nel we ELE RRY St) 30 
sapersbe. "Pe 12 15 12) 11 14 He 
Pe Oe Oe Gash 42 
oe palsies gy bats) 68 
Od RE PIN iy rack breetee oer ee cr Fea Be Sa 25 
EEL Ee pa a dit Peh dager centre hie ever Bh aciten ee ek? 12 
ON ina Weeds SpSeenoreth ohn anay: SOS, Del we PON 20 
SEL aE eae Pfovianiecloscatintle satan 5 oe Seem Be GA oe di 
Pee rich mes cementite peed tie iy Hh Rp 32 
Bee te aaa he A Ee ompien orb a. OE EE irae oa weets 12 12 24 
tetera ete aipm oe ed oe ar hee 6 
OEE R ee Riedie re rrr Oriner tera a ere Sys Zo. 2 
dente geo evhek PS kb sek Soek | RTGS IEG Pelse sassy Tee te 
ToC a Peo eee eee enero eso Det be pr oe bc Cee apie § & 
WOHMSOMM, Sfessss Sos aise scansiee)gisieieiejesyae Fo wecsh gab Vibe Weg ys 12 
Broughton .-.- 5 5 
Upchurch .-. AP een. eet + 
PSRVe va ets aetna teen Sunien nnna actaeitent te tn eae Ge 4 
Second Day, Oct. 25. 
Eyents: rn Bats Or Gs tee A 
Targets 16 15 2015 15 201515 Broke 
Worthen 151419141418 7314 121 
Waiters Sey SL OMM RSL ae One 3b 
AG hoe Py hee reese treo eee ero 6 .. 10 5} 16 
Lemcke 10 10 12. 5 5 ade 32 
Welch, Wises ssea tama ea heel oleate rene Ae esa We st os eet ers V7 
Byne selery oe ever enfetry ete n rim claleih saint 13:10 1413 13 16 4 9 102 
Keller, TI = Seay UL 45 
Parker! ... 1213 201215 17 1414 117 
Fleming Heb S we Nes oe eked ao 
Pennington Mas tag aoe eS ee ee = it 
Ed Crawford iva 8 3 
NAR Reby | concrete nn oert he opr res EM aes ee 4 
DANNtGE, feces eeete se ets see nrbpesenones A aes = 4 
Adcock: othstt PE Sees 11 & Ears 19 
NWaTSH) cea eetet ett a Crh Pin Pane eae 12 
MME ay pevubes at pace resets tec did tea (es Apa 6 
We Re (Crawtords erweieceecertes eet tae ll $12 5 36 
Thy Krellersutbees css eacteetpioec ners 11 12-15 12 . x 4 
Pi tees oie au 
d (payed os 44 
4 Ae OS GFS do. 
nA ey . 11 
wes ae? ii Th 
is wee 5 
UPteuebroldta yeni pes eter bintri etic ree 8-6) "Sey 30 
HATIDEDD Sasswemsa eens tie ecb eer pe oee ete 4 4 
McKissick o 106 
Cradsher A 2 
Garner: svi loieseees sas J 15 
Oohotim pray \ te 7d y 6 
Ban iele pes siete see © ache i 8 
OREM atrseries cee eaiimaiieemere cece reid te fee) ole ; Ri 
PORDEGII WirzissaeeheesS alice heed resins vir oe) > : 4 
Gen Glenn 4 g 
Daniels , ti 
F M Parker ¢ a) 
Diffee ; 24 
Williamson 7 5 
Oorere ep On ae ones os $94 9- addee to gue a ar td - 21 
EV AVETEE (Lene eratete cme niatt state moot Os tere: bysheiceecrs 3s Gifs ae = 6 
(GnEEID cat clee Uren, OHCPa Tan Gale te ee mee oe eee iis AP ag 45 
Tar Heer. 


Peters Cartridge Co.’s Tournament at Atlanta. 


ArcanrA, Ga—The tournament given by the Peters Cartridge 
Co... of Cincinnati, O., under the auspices of the Atlanta Gun 
Club, Oct. 23, 24 and 25, $150 added money, was a very successful 
shoot, even though there was a small attendance, and those who 
were not present do not know what a good time they missed, as the 
Peters Cartridge Co., with such men as they have to manage the 
skoots they give, know how to take care of the boys. No doubt 
had it not been for the rainy weather Monday and Tuesday, along 
with the shoots at Raleigh and Jacksonville, there would have been 
a good mahy more present. 

The first two days were devoted to targets, and the last day. 
to live birds. The magautrap was used entirely, and did not work 
as fine as it usually does, but, like the shooters, it is bound to get 
out of order once in a while. The Interstate Fair, going on the 
same days as the shoot, was also a drawback, keeping a good many 
Atlanta shooters away. 


The birds were a good lot, and were livelier at the close of the 


last race, which was partly shot in the dusk of evening, which 
accounts for the poor scores made in that event. The shoot was 
managed by John H. Mackie, the genial representative of the 
Peters Cartridge Co., assisted by J. E. Avery, the company’s 
Mr. Avery's shooting would haye been 
much improved on had he not had to work around the 
trap and assist in running the shoot. ‘The local boys did all in 
their power to assist the management, and Mr. Mackie at the close 
of the shoot, on behalf of the company, thanked them all, especially 
Mr. Ryan, for the help and assistance given them. 

Mr. Fox made high average for the two days at targets, but 
heing a representative was not eligible to compete for money 
or prizes. The handsome gold medal given by the Peters 
Carttidge Co. for the highest average was won by Mr. Geo. 
Peterman, of Charleston, 8. C. The picture “Steady,” given by 
Mr. Yarbrough to member of Atlanta Gun Club (not a manu- 
facturers’ agent) for best average, was won by Mr. Ryan. The 
barbecue refreshments were served by the ladies. . 

The shoot closed at dark, and speeches were made by several 
of the shooters, complimenting the Peters Cartridge Co, on the 
able way the shoot was conducted, and to the satisfaction of all. 
Mr. Mackie was requested to manage several shoots next year in 
the South, from shooters who were here, and no doubt his company 
will accept the offer and have him get them up. 

The trade was represented by John S. Sanders, of U. M. C. Go.: 
J. T. Skelly, of Laflin & Rand Powder Co.; A. H. Fox, of the 
Winchester Repeating Arms Co. 

All went away from the shoot satished, and said they hoped to 
be able to attend another shoot soon given by the same company. 
The scores follow: cs 


First Day, Oct. 23. 


Events: ll 2a ets oe le TS" Ong 
Targets 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 25 Broke 
Page odie. Tne Rear Bn 15141914 13 181375 19 98 8§©66 168 
AlStotty sea eeeet ees st ene ee eee 10 1519 18 13 15 10 12 17 22 146 
Skelly) Byetherseecurg ssceeugeeun 14 1217 12 18181115 2028 ©6155 
IBAIRCT) os cen tee ele ciate lifecae pale 13 1119 9 11 17 14.13.2023 148 
Befperhan® ees phencemeen 12:12 19 18 12 2013121928 155 
Viton (elf: see oauieee gate ey le oe eeenie 10 917121216 9141925 447 
SVWatlg pattce ee oeeeeeseeeeeecee 51115 128141710 1417 22 8©6 788 
Avery hy) maiurdedns o arses sens 111317712 91810181921 146 
ENihdbeyeky Ghtr scar nreeye nop eee 1213 1513121611 1218 21 148 
CieSmep tee Reaches tana es sos 111151871 1813141620 Ta 
Arnipier. Uva deenanincncn seen ane 111012701215 6 $1678 5 
Hollandiurss cee 9131810121812 91693 i130 
Bizzell ........ OST S SI) Meet 2) One ee 3, 
THOMpPson . oss eaiesewiemeonee oe Pale altl ah alsy obi s B os ; 
IPNeerbstbstee! ge deeaadscemcrs seers Co tt 4... 1711 .. 15.19 : 
TeRabsisse Wig bade si seier ace een ped ayes 4 jEEaBfalvalih abt oe os : 
ITHenides (oe CER Recer seas Race e Sent 12 12 14 13 11 T9 22 aed 
rauretov (ch Tis ea gs eee sg oo ory ask Awe ee lier ee ore ae dips 
Ap sha en UC Re ROO Rtn Dn cpdan te uta. Seen mremnernt OS. worn mr 
TEE hr An eeses ooS0ejogsss6 me as shan a8 44 CE Reh aoe ne 
iN aes Ree eRe ks Mi 5 ee RTC ed oe 
ealey miefotttstote teva bs “ pee a4 dee 
Yarbrough Seat bests. Si es . Bee Rak: 5: 


[Nov. 3, 1900. 


Second] Day, Octt 24, 


Events: 123456 7 8 $10 - 

Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 26 Broke, 

OS Viksiee ste rewtetrs Sesto « 13 12 11 15 15 16 1312 20.24 160 
ANISTON eerie mw raeRonye ers 15 14 17 11:10 2018 1014 23 )«=— 147 
KEY creer seas Laren nce 141515 121118111314 22 866143 
cc C ha pares rare ree riasaly gee meres 15 12 141112 1614112023 148 
Péterinan, ..ceteencvsn Amore eters 131512181317 14114524 198 
TREY AN eepererer ere eserenr ne ay ct cp eimseonse nine 131415 9121312 61719 132 
ENO es Gnoomooachoghtee Aopen! 10101740 714... ...... = 
Etheridge ..s..cesseun Re leemec 14 10 17 18 15.17 121716 220 «© 445 
ATICLTOM Van epeereener baad pectameee 14131812 91715181520 146 
Thompson .. 191217811 914131415 21 i381 
Mani eSpace tees oe cece we nseaer 113110 8 9127011 111% 103 
(alo) Ey eile Sa aS oer eres ease orb Fe 15 913 8 811]914 ... 
ANISICT semen pes eee wd gees soem ois) ae wee 8691014142... 
AWARE op on: eno SOR mR rrr prec 14151612 .. ..11014 .. — 
Piightower <222..2.ssyyess5sss2e 10 e WorpoTtyee oe Speers) any 
Whitcoayboy=e Heese toyed orbe ce erin 122..35101 818..B..14% ... 
SW atl ede) 2 fete Weel es as 131315 10121611 $1420 133 
GIN piri ete deere neereeenneepe arse enchant wrt reoors D.. 1610 8... 7141617 AeA 
Rizal eens as Sete tae eee he Chp LSe eee ena kan 
ode IGiihsnne, . fs 9595 Sec he, ati deee 7 Se Pet ete tek See TG AS 
WGC eb scone en tense root eb a aes oe Sr os mre a RHA) 

Totals for the two days: 
Peterinatiy. Perens 155 154-309 Anthony ........... 148 146—289 
By aN efep re a Boch trtethcncore 148 148296 Swan ..........-000s 188 133—271 
Astor See: 1-146 1472938 Ryan one eeee reece 141 132—273 


The gold medal of the Peters Cartridge Co. was won by Geo. 
Peterman, Charleston, 5. C, 


Third Day, Oct. 25. 


-Live birds, handicap} class shooting; moneys divided 50, 30 and 


20 per cent.; A, S. A. files; 

Events: AL ye 5) ‘Events: 12465 
_ Birds 10 15.15 10 Birds: I 10 15 15 10 
Ie Veriton eens as Jannne 915 14%. Tigner; 30...... aodas 10.15 12 10 
Shenae) WOE dugdue ore a 91413 9 Etheridge ............ 101214 8 
Péterman, S000. ...4.. LOM ete 8. WeRBcirtr cen nenenenee ae 14 6 
zA\mthony, °805..25.5.5. 8141410 Thompson ............. 1415 § 
OMS IE sos cy ge ce GUA C EA das -ids-da5dad5 455 Pe etas GS 
NT Stein ed seen ens Sulsete soo VANBE suit. tee ee ener ce ee er 11 10 
Dalkey tol wee Sen eenmuel WBA) Wb SON ssd09sadoqggt)840 46 lac 8 
Holland, 30........... hikapaky) RM AR IDE shay pcotn soos MS oe eK 6 
Fulcher, Ak ener es SP IREURS i) 1Dke SbotoneEKS: Gsosgsqgds oo go 36 ohh 
Dior eee ee Beebe Bbie 10151410 Dr Jones............ me eee 4 


No, 3, Atlanta Gun Club race, 
cnough ¢elub members present. 
sae 1 had an entrance $7,50; No. 2, 310; No. 4, $10; No. 5, 
$7.50. 


was postponed, there not being. 


Notes, 


Swan says to make a black man retrieve, keep his shees off 
and don’t feed him, and he will then beat a doe. 

Dunning doesn’t like the right-quarterers. “I couldn’t break one 
of them if I had a cannon filled with No. 8 shot,” was his pe 
mark when he came in after having 19 right-quarterers out of a 
20-bird race. 

The Peters Cartridge Co. gaye away badges, .22 short pins and 
 .40-30 rubber eraser, which pleased the boys very much, 2 

Col. Anthony temarked that the Sergeant trap house was his 
only salvation. If it had not been for the house some of his birds 
would never have been retrieved. The boys remarked that the 
Colonel must have put corn in the trap house. 

Bizzell had to go to court. He said that the judge said he 
didn’t care how many shoots there were. 

J. W. Hightower, of Americus, was missed on the third day. 
Wonder where he was? 

Angier made some beautiful second-barrel kills, 
rounds of applause. 

Capt. Morrison can’t be beat as a referee. 

olly, genial Fox (Hazel) made friends with everybody, besides 
winning the first average. 

Dr. Holland says: “I am going to spend my money if I can’t 
shoot,” but the writer saw where he got 19 out of 20, and thinks 
he will make some of the others shoot to keep up with him. 

S. A. Ryan shot in good form the first day, but was a little 
off on the second, owing to so many balks. 

Col, Anthony remarked: “IT never was lucky. 
day, for breaking 9 out of 15.” ; 

Maj. Winters is still the same man he was long, long ago—jolly, 
accommodating, and a joke on everybody. 

Some one remarked that if the big-footed colored boys down 
here were to fall on their heads their feet would be so heavy they 
would break their necks. ; 

It was comical to see the boys in the last 10-bird race get on 
their knees to see to shoot. Baker was the last man to shoot in 
the race, and he says he just heard the trap open, pointed his gun 
in the direction of the trap, closed his eyes, pulled his trigger and 
killed the bird, 

Conway and Dunning are the finest fellows in the world to 
be at a shoot, and attend to the wants of the shooters. _ 

Peterman was so pleased with the medal he won, and being 
a bash fellow, was unable to say anything, although called upon 
to do so. = 

W. H. Fogg, an old Kansas City shooter, was on the ground, 
and said it started his blood again to see the shooting going on. 
He is now located in Atlanta. | — 

Swan wants them all to stop in the air for a couple of minutes 
so that he can kill straight. ; P 

Rawson was on the ipry and unable to get out until the last 
event of the last day. He said, “The judge was never a shooter,” 

When speeches were in order, and after they had been made, 
Col. Anthony was called on, and he ripped the boys up the back 
for not remembering the ladies who served the dinner. ‘The 
Colonel never forgets the ladies. _ 

That genial sportsman Mr. Etheridge, of Macon, was present, 
and lots of clay birds went broke on his account. 

Mr. John Sanders, of the U. M, C. people, was mixing with his 
many friends. hh ; 

The management desire to thank Mr. J. T. Skelly for the 
assistance ‘given them, and the only suggestion the ladies have to 
offer is that he won’t drink as much milk at the next shoot. He 
can drink milk very nearly as well as he talks powder. 


which drew 


I got money to- 


WESTERN TRAPS. 
Garfield Postpones. 


Cureaco, Ill., Oct. 27—On account of the big industrial parade 
in the city to-day, Garfield Club did not hold its trophy shoot 
to-day, but has set the date forward until the following Saturday, 


Nev. 3. ; 
Benton Harbor. 


Benton Harbor Gun Club, of Michigan, held a nice little club 
shoot Oct. 18, with good weather and good scores. The club is 
new, only organized in June. The officers are: Garrett Lawrence, 
President; Roy Wallace, Treasurer; William Haydon, Secretary; 
O. L. Shaft, Captain. The club uses the magautrap, which worked 
nicely at the third regular shoot, on above date, the following 
being the scores of the seven prize winners, 25 targets, magautrap 
rules: R, Wallace 19, I. R» Pearl 17, W. Cantrell 16, G. Lawrence 
14, G. Hager 18, W. Robbins 12, L. Burridge 11. 


~ E. Hovexr, 
HaAgrrorp BuiipincG, Chicago, Il. 


John Watson’s Tournament Programme. 


Station R, Chicago (Grand Crossing), Tl., Oct. 26.—The pro- 
gramme of the live-bird tournament to be held at this park Dec. 
11_to 14 inclusive will be substantially as follows: 4 

‘First Day, Tuesday, Dec. 11.—Seven birds, entrance $5; high guns; 
30yds.; 10 birds, entrance $7.50; class shooting; 30yds., two moneys, 
5a and 45 per cent.; 15 birds, entrance $10, class shooting; three 
moneys, 40; 35. and 25 per cent.; $25 added money; handicaps 
28 to 3lyds.; ladies 25yds. 

The above will be repeated Wednesday and Thursday. ; 

Friday Dec. 14—Twenty-five birds, entrance $15, class shoot 
ing; four moneys, 35, 30, 20 and 15 per cent.; $100 added money: 
-handicaps same as above; $25 will be paid to the high gun m 
combined score of this and the three 15-bird events. 

Entrance mcludes the price of birds at 25 cents each in all 
programme events; outside such events, 20 cents each, 

Oise tte Sean Joun ‘Watson, 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


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YACHTING AND CANOEING. 


AFTER long connection with the ForEst AND STREAM, as 
editor of the yachting and canoeing pages, Mr. W. P. 
Stephens has resigned the conduct of these departments 
into other hands. As a yachting editor Mr. Stephens 
possessed the qualifications of thorough technical knowl- 
edge and wide information in the several branches of the 
sport, and to these was added a high spirit of sportsman- 
ship, a combination of qualities, which, as reflected in the 
columns of the Forest AND STREAM, have given the paper 
a pre-eminent place among the yachting journals of the 
world. Mr. Stephens is sticceeded by Mr. Albert B. Hunt, 
whose equipment for the work is such as amply to warrant 
the confidence that under his direction the Forest anp 
STREAM will continue to give the best possible service to 
the promotion of the interests of yachting and canoeing 
We have only to add that the intimate and 
uniformly pleasant relations, which have been sustained 


in America. 


between Mr. Stephens and his fellow workers in this 
office for so many years are severed not without sincere 
regret on the part of his associates. 


A QUESTION OF CLOTHING. 


OnE would imagine that the question as to what cloth- 
ing a man should wear when going out after game was 
one that need never be asked. Yet it frequently is asked, 
and is not infrequently answered in an unintelligent 
fashion, which is likely to mislead the inquirer. 

Obyiously light clothing is needed for warm weather 
and heavy clothing for cold. A man expecting to spend 
the summer in Alaska or among lofty mountain peaks 
should not carry with him light outer garments. It is 
easy enough to lay off coat, waistcoat, sweater and even 
a flannel shirt if necessary, but he who finds himself 
lightly clad in a snow storm on a-mountain top, or obliged 
to lie out over night where fuel is scarce, is likely to 
suffer. It is better then always to carry heavy clothing, 
even though sometimes it does make the wearer uncomfort- 
ably warm. In mountain climbing, where the long con- 
tinued exertion causes one to perspire, where he is con- 
tinually ascending into air that is colder and colder, and 
where, when his labors are done, he sits down to rest on 
the mountain peak where it is cold, where the wind is 
blowing, a dense fog often sweeping along, and a cold 
rain or snow storm likely to come up at any moment, the 
man tequires more protection than he had’ when climbing. 
Under such circumstances many men carry a heavy 
sweater tied to the belt, to be assumed on reaching the 
mountain top; others carry a coat in a pack sack. Both 
plans are good, but lighter to carry and quite as warm 
to wear is a shirt of buckskin, which can be slipped on 
when the mountain top is reached and is quite impervious 
to wind. The suffering from cold and the danger of un- 
pleasant after affects are mtich lessened if the evapora- 
tion from the skin and damp clothing is made very 
gradual by some such body covering as the buckskin. 
Leather coats, of course, answer the same purpose. 

For the ordinary work of field and water shooting, sey- 
etal kinds of cloth are commonly recommended. Cordu- 
roy. mole skin, fustian and duck or canvas of one sort 
and another are the ones most used. All these have 
their good points and most of them their bad ones. 
Corduroy is capital if properly made and well fitting, ex- 
cept that it 1s very cold when wet, it very readily catches 
fire and it is quite noisy. Moreover, if it should get 
tarn it is really a difficult matter to mend it, for it 
cuts the thread used in sewing up a patch or in bringing 
together a rip, so that the sewing does not last long. If 
in lighting your pipe or in standing near the camp-fire a 


spark should happen to stick in your corduroy trousers, it 
will smoulder and spread and burn, until you become 
unpleasantly aware that a conflagration is in progress. 
A hole half as big as a man’s hand may be burned in a 
trousers leg before anybody recognizes what is hap- 
pening. Any of these cotton goods, when they become 
wet, are extremely cold and disagreeable to wear. 

Canvas is good and useful. It is extremely durable, 
never tearing, It has, however, the disadvantage that 
it is noisy, so that a man’s trousers as he walks along 
scrape and rattle against each other, and the bushes and 
branches against which he may be obliged to press scrape 
against the clothing with a sound that can be heard fifty 
yards away. 


The best wear for out of doors is, undoubtedly, ordinary 
woolen clothing of some subdued or neutral tint. A gray 
coat and trousers are as good as anything. They wear out 
easily, brambles cut them, stubs of branches tear holes 
in them, and after a season or two they have to be thrown 
away, but they are noiseless, they do not catch fire, they do 
not attract the eye of game, and they can be mended. It 
is well enough therefore for the man who is going 
shooting to wear out his old clothes. This he cannot 
do, however, with those that are dark in color. Hats, 
coats and waistcoats that are black or blue are likely to 
catch the eye of bird or mammal at once and render it 
alert, watchful and ready to take the alarm, 

While grays, pale browns and sedge colors are useful 
everywhere, they are nowhere more so than in the 
ducking blind, where often a man is plainly exposed to 
view or at best is hidden only by a thin fringe of reed 
through which a quick movement can readily be seen, If 
you. ate wise, therefore, you will not wear in the blind 
dark browns or dark greens, as has recently been recom- 
mended, but will have your clothing as nearly as possible 
the color of the sedge among which you are to sit, 

After all, however, we must all of us remember that 
if is not the color or shape of man or his clothes that alarms 
the birds and the mammals. If he will sit perfectly still 
and the wind is right, a deer or an antelope, a mountain 
sheep or a goat, may walk up almost within arm’s length 
of him without being alarmed. Or the ducks will come 
up and alight among his decoys even though he be in 
plain sight. But let him make the slightest movement as 
the shifting the direction of his gun, or the quick turning 
of the head, and the game recognizes that he is alive, and 
that is quite enough. As was said some years ago, in a 
publication on field sports, these animals recognize danger 
only in life and life only in motion, 


If the shooting of men for deer continues the approved 
color for hunting coats will be a bright, fiery red, chosen 
for protection, that the wearer may not be mistaken for 
anything. wild that roams the woods. 


GAME GALORE. 
Ir has been for some time supposed that all the game 


pockets of North America were exhausted, except those, 


protected by private ownership ot by their inaccessibility 
to the general public, but it appears that this is not the 
case. We have just received, under the seal of con- 
fidence, a private letter telling of a country easily acces- 
sible, abounding in big game and small, where the hunting 
is easy and the way smooth, but as we haye remarked, we 
are not at liberty to divulge where this country is. This 
makes us feel very badly, and we extend to those who 
read these lines ott heartiest condolences for the chance 
that they are missing. To learn of a country where no 
less than four species of big game are so abundant that 
the correspondent writes that there is “no end to them,” 
and to be unable to visit that country or even to tell any 
one else where it is, causes us acute suffering—quite as 
acute, we may say in all modesty, as that likely to be en- 
duted by any of those who read of it. 

Here is a region close to a railroad, easily reached by 
wagon or canoe, abounding in game birds, in ducks and 
geese, with possible swans, with fish in the waters to vary 
the menu, and as we are assured with four different 
species of big game feeding in the valleys, clambering up 


the hillsides or perched on the pinnacles of: the’ highest ~ 


elevations, all of them apparently waiting the convenience 
of some ardent hunter: and yet there is no hunter: there, 
and none going to be there, at present. as far as, we can 


We presume that there are many who would be glad to 
visit this attractive and accessible region. We should like 
to visit it ourselves. But for the present it is closed. 
The game birds may still search for food, the ducks with 
their heads under their wings may float undisturbed on the 
quiet waters, and the geese may feed in the shallows or 
nip the tender grass, without alarm. The four species 
of big game may rest unscared on the higher lands and go 
to the water and drink and stand about, and then feed 
hillward again, wriggling their short tails, without fear of 
alarm from the hunter’s shot. It is a temporary paradise 
regained. ; 


THAT ADIRONDACK MOOSE. 


Last spring Dr. W. Seward Webb released from his 
game preserve at Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne Park in the Adirondacks 
a herd of five moose, and announced his purpose to put 
out more moose and a herd of elk, if those liberated this 
year should do well. Dr. Webb’s action and his inten- 
tion were well known throughout the woods, and one 
might think that under such circumstances, whatever 
other obstacles there might be to the successful stocking 
of the Adirondacks, the moose and elk would at least 
be safeguarded against the hand of man. The event 
has proved the contrary. A Saranac Lake correspondent 
tells us that one day last week a guide brought into the 
village the carcass of one of the Webb moose which he 
had killed and was intent upon peddling like so much 
beef. The game protector promptly confiscated the meat 
and arrested the guide, Charles Martin, for violation of 
the law which forbids the killing of moose. 


This leaves four of the Webb moase to be accounted 
for, They will ho doubt duly be potted and converted into 
merchandise, and Dr. Webb will have been taught the 
lesson that if he is ambitious to stock any public game 
districts with moose or elk he must look up some other 
country than the Adirondacks. There are regions where, 
even if respect for the law is not sufficient to give im- 
munity to imported game. the hunters are restrained from 
potting it on sight by the dictates of common sense and 
every day decency, but the North Woods country is not 
stich a district. 


SNAP SHOTS: 


It is a repugnant topic and one which we would gladly 
ignore were it not forced upon the attention daily by 
the reports in the daily papers of the maiming and mur- 
dering of human beings in mistake for game. The cases 
are multiplying with horrible frequency. Instead of learn- 
ine caution, as might reasonably be expected, from the 
casualties due to the criminal carelessness of others. bis- 
game hunters appear on the contrary to be growing more 
and more reckless. The prevailing spirit of haste and 
carelessness which impels sportsmen to shoot their fel- 
lows had a melancholv illustration in Torrington. Conn.. 
the other day in the funerals of two victims. One was a 
Torrington man who had gone to Colorado. and being in 
the country with a woman companion, had put on her 
hat. The hat was oraamented with a stuffed bird skin. 
A hunter took it for a real bird. fired and killed the 
woman. The other Torrington victim had been in Maine. 
where his companion had taken him for a deer, with fatal 
effect. a § 


A novel suit has been brought by a Watertown, N. Y., 
father to recover damages for the loss of his son, fifteen 
vears ald. who was drowned off Carleton Tsland. last 
July. The boy was at the time acting oarsman for a 
fisherman, and the complaint sets forth that when a 
storm came up and other boats sought shelter the em- 
ployer of the boy persisted in remaining in an exposed 
situation, although warned in time of the approaching 
peril. In the storm the boat was capsized and the boy was 
drowned. The father is suing for $5,000. 


Sunday deer hounding is a common practice in the 
neighborhood of Saranac Lake, a correspondent writing — 
from there tells us, and the game warden “doesn’t care: 
they all do it.” I€ this report of the situation is correct 
there 1s something here which should have the immediate 
attention of Chief Pond. A protector who doesn’t carg 
should make room for another one who will care, 


362 


In Bowery Shooting Galleries. 


Ir any of the Forest AND StrEAM’S readers has the 


notion that he is some pumpkins with a rifle and wants to 
stand by that notion, let him tty his skill an the Bowery 
shooting galleries against a Bowery expert. Somebody 
is likely to be surprised if he does it’ Seventy-five feet 
will be the longest range, a 14-inch mark the smallest 
target. From that down to 10 feet and 5-inch bullseyes 
may be chosen, and any rules, or no rules at all, selected 
to govern the match. There will be no flimflam game— 
just plain, straightforward shooting with .22-cal. repeating 
rifles of the best and most accurate makes. The would-be 
competitor can bring his own rifle if he wishes. He will 
find that “the man from just,around the corner’ is no 
mean competitor to be shot out of sight at the first 
round. 

‘As a rule Bowery shooting does not foot up very high 
on the target. The run of shooters are satished to ring 
a bell inside an inch and a half hole at 30 feet. Some 
of them feel that they are doing well enough if they hit 
any part of the 12-inch whitewashed disks surrounding 
the black bullseye. It is a sad conimeritary on the average 
skill of gallery visitors that the inch thick beard backing 
of the half-dozen metal disks has to be replaced every 
three or four months because shooters can’t come’ within 
7 inches of the bullseye at a 30-foot range. Neverthe- 
less there ate men, women and boys who can and do shoot 
well in Bowery galleries, though they would not know 
the difference between a ruffed grouse and a hen hawk, 
and could call a chipmunk a “funny rat.” 

RRR 

Some of the gallery shots who. were trained on the 
Bowery are at this minute traveling through the country 
weating buckskin clothes, large sombreros, silver trim- 
mings and long hair, “the trie sons (or daughters) of the 
West,” claiming that they were trained by none less than 
mighty Indian chieftains who had scalped their beloved 
mothers, etc. Curiously enough they make higher scores 
on the targets than do the men who. shoot game, and are 
able to pass, if not unchallenegd, at least unscathed and 
with credit through the West on the strength of their 
ability to shoot thrown pennies, pencils and glass balls, 
play tunes with rifle balls (.22 cal.) and do other stunts, 
though they never saw a beaver meadow, and used Bowery 
salng before the Western accent was cultivated, 

This is not to say that the Bowery Indian expert. would 
not be able to hit game at rest. Some of them do get to 
shooting game after a while, and do vastly better than 
the greenhorn could. Writers.on sportsmen’s topics fre- 
guently say that gallery practice is better than no prac- 
tice at all, but that.the uncertain lights of the field 
make it impossible for gallery shots to get the hang of 
real hunting for some time, To one wha has shot in 
balsam swamps, in old burnings, and in leaved or leave- 
less hardwood on all sorts of days from sleety snow to- 
ward night to brightest sunshine on a clearing crust, the 
theory of uncertain lights is not apt to appepal. The 
Bowery gallery lights are sufficiently uncertain. 

There is usually a large arc light suspended between 
the shooters and: the targets, 6 or, 8 feet above the level 
of the rifle sights. 
worst of the glare out of the shooters’ eyes. Some feeble 
gas lights off to the sides are good, enough to light, the 
sights. Added to these, in one or two of. the galleries 
is a gas engine to run the moving targets, which has 
a jet of flame varying fromthe size of a match. blaze to 
that of a house, afire, more or less, as the wheel goes 
around. ~ That‘jigger flame is more coDiane than all the 
rest put together. : 

There are many varieties of targets besides the plain 
whitewashed metal disks, requiring more or less skill to 
locate cr annihilate with bullets. Clay pipes, iron mice 
and birds. circus poster men and women are the chief 
stationary fancy targets, none of. them requiring ex- 


traordinary luck or skill- to hit, though: it is well-to re- — 


member that a: shot fired at the ‘bowl of a pipe is less 


sure than one fired at the stem just below the: bowl, be- 
cause the perpendicular stem includes a line shot hit ~ 


which a mere bow! shot does not. 
curious to see. 
which “fly across the rear of the range on a 
wabbly string; rats that run along the top of-a board and 


The “live targets” are 


squirrels that climb trees; a Mexican with a huge bowie | 


(nicked and perforated with bullets): who dodges out 
from behind a convenient picture tree; facing the Mexican 
is a cowboy raising a-.12-gauge revolver to shoot the 
Mexican; between the two'men a tiger pursties a lion in 
a hurdle race, and in the foreground jig’ three of the 


most deceptive short-range targets ever shot at—glass_ 


halls on streams of water. The dignified “lone range’’ 


has teeulation (more or less) ring targets on which one 
Some 


may make and preserve scores at 50 or, 75 feet. 
specimens of these are shown. 

Everything in the gallery that will yield to a bullet is 
nertorated. 
br bullets; the ceiling, the sides and the floor all show the 
effects of wild shots. All the woodwork within 2. feet of a 
possible mark is shot literally to pieces. The gallery man 


Cheese cloth is used to keep the - 


and shiploads of deer. 


There are thin plaster of paris birds’ 


‘average about as low as anybody comes in. 


' for Johnny’s 


The sreasy carpet on, the counter is raked 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


himself commonly has.a finger or so scarred, and very like- 
ly has a little bullet or two in his anatomy (but he wouldn’t 
admit it). Some galleries have the muzzles of the rifles 
chained to the counter, which prevents the customer 
pointing his gun at the néxt man while watching fire 
engines go past in the street. Where the rifles are not 
chained the attendant is seen to make some very catty 
movements, especially if the would-be shot wabbles, which 
many a shooter does. 

Because a man wabbles is no sign that he can't shoot. 
In fact the wabbliest frequenter of the galleries on the 
Bowery is one of the best shots at anything from the 
jigging fountain balls to the long range targets. He has 


the St. Vitus’ dance bad. It is very natural for a stranger: 


who sees him fondling a gun to want to bet five to one 
that he couldn’t hit the side of a house, till after the 
shooting. It looks like a sure win when the rifle starts 
up for the jerky shoulder by yanks and fits, but the shot 
is made the instant.the sights are in line. Then the gun 
goes kiting again, and the five bullet holes in a target 50 
feet away can usually be covered with a quarter, and occa- 
sionally with a. dime. 
RR ER 

Buff Rosenbaum is counted one of the best shots on 
the Bowery. He is credited with putting 100 shots in a 
¥%-inch circle at 50 feet without a break. A gallery man 
taught him how to hold a rifle when he was a boy, ana 
ever since he has been at it. The man who loads the 
rifles is usually the best shot present, but he takes pains 
to tell the customer that 35 ottt of a possible 50 is pretty 
good shooting, and doesn’t do any better to speak of 
when appeapled to. Still he is anxious that the shooter 
understand that better scores could probably be made by 
the shooter if he’d only practice a little. 

The gallery keepers are a class by themselves. Gordon, 
the pistol shot, keeps one place; the three O’Brien 
brothers, who do fancy rifle and pistol shooting, another ; 
Oldahoma Bill, the long-haired showman, hunter and trap- 
per, 1s there; Collins, noted as a gallery keeper, has a 


place among the rest, and Coney Island Dan is a way 


down Park rew. Some of them have done game shooting 
and some of the attendants were pigeon shots years ago. 
All of them can tell stories, but they hear so many that 
they are difident about imposing their yarns on the casual 
visitor. . 

“T wish I had the nerve of some that come here,” one 
man remarked. “Why, say! If the elevated there were to 
begin to ctawl Pd be able to face it with a .22. But 
they’re not all nervy enough to shoot the eyes out of a 
1,200-pound gtizzly. One fellow came in one night. ‘Say’ 
he said, ‘lemme have a gun, quick, He grabbed one and 
put seventeen shots into the floor before I could grab 
him—thotight he was shooting bugs and snakes. 

*T see some come here that are pretty good, shots. 
People from up town “most all stop in some of the gal- 
leries—the bells outside remind ’em of fast shooting 
at the target—and try their hand for fun. Once in a while 
one of the quiet fellows says to another: 

«<Tisn't like the gun I used last fall, eh?’ 

““tardly. Do you spose you'd been anywhere now if 
you'd ‘had that little pop?’ 

“‘Oh, I wouldn’t be surprised—up a tree most likely.’ 
Then there’s a little laugh and maybe one of the women 
sort of shudders. When I hear that sort of talk I thinks 
—well, the others don’t talk that way. They whoop 
Oh, no, they ain't trying to 
shoot, just banging around a bit for fun. Where they 
come from every shot has to count. You'd be surprised 
to hear what lots of game gets killed right here on the 
Bowery. Let’s see! I had seven tigers killed to-day by 
one man, and four or nine elephants, ve forgot which, 
T told him how to work the grip. 
Another liadn’t been to Afrike, but out West done a little 
shooting. Used to shoot prairie dogs while riding along 


on horseback—prairie dogs "bout as big as one of them 


1? 


stray dogs on Madison street! 

“Are soldiers pretty good shots?” was asked. 

“Naw-w !” was the reply. “The poorest of the bunch, 
including sailors. 
with the a-inch bullseye? That’s the one they rig the 
bell on so mutch, and make people think they’re dandies. 
They can’t hit those mice up there once in five shots. They 
Why, one 
night there was a boy come in that learned to shoot last 
spring, and there were nine or ten soldiers here—all 


’ sober. too—and one of them says to another: 


“Vou couldn't beat this Johnny here,’ and they paid 
shots. Why, he beat them all at everything. 
and you could beat him and give him half the points.” 


‘ (Notice the sublety of that.) 


Ree 


The gallery man is a wanderer as a rule. 


curiosity shop junk dealers, the riddled circus posters 


“and boards go into the fire and the targets and %4-inch 


jron backing are mounted m covered wagons, or taken to 


See that target over there, the one: 


He likes to: 
see, the length and breadth of the land, and so it happens ~ 
that about the middle of the fall a number of shooting | 
galleries are put in which last till the days of budding — 
leaves, when the thumping gas engine finds its way to the © 


[Nov, 10, 1900, 


the seaside away from the hurly-burly of Bowery life. 


There are many traveling galleries on the road. They 
stop at country villages and inland cities, and the boys 
and men take shots at the novel targets at the rate of three 
shots for five cents. Ji there are fields, the ranges are 
increased to 50 or 100 yards. If not, 15 or 20 feet, the 
length of the wagon box, serves. The gallery box is home 
as well as living, for the men sleep in it, and dream there, 
perhaps, of the Bowery when the lean horses rattle their 


chains or shoes. 
RRR 


The profits of the gallery are uncertain. Just now there 
is a rush of shooting which began with the first rumors 
of war and will hang on for months yet, perhaps for 
years. Talk of war means talk of guns, and tall of gums 
brought the young and old to “brush up a little.’ Thou- 
sands learned to shoot under the inspiration of the 
Spanish war; more took to learning when England set 
out after the Boers. As high as 6,000 shots a day have 
been fired in a Bowery gallery from six rifles. Clay 
pipes, glass balls and other breakables are purchased by 
the thousands; cartridges by the 10,000 and 20,000, and 
even then there are unforseen rushes which require the 
use of a telephone lest cartridges run out. 

The greatest number of shots are fired by parties of 
half a dozen or so. The impulse is almost irresistible to 
many of. the uptown visitors, and five or six men and 
women fire a hundred or so shots before they know it. It 
is among these shooters that the practiced eye of the 
gallery man discerns the real hunter and sportsman. 

“T can tell a shotgun user from a man who has always 
used a rifle,’ a gallery man said the other day. “There 
is a difference in the way they bring the rifle up—you 
use a tifle, don't you? I thought so. A shotgun man 
has to hunt for his sights and almost always shoots too 
high and too quick. And there is a difference in the way 
the riflemen go about their business. The fellows that 
know all about game shooting are three times as fast as 
the target shots. They seldom center, but never throw 
a bullet wild as some of the best target shots do hecatse 
of nervousness. It’s mighty pretty to see one of those 
old hunters come in—the way he fetches up the gun is 
easy and graceful. J like to hear them talk when I 
ain’t too busy. — a8 

“There are some good women shots live over east of 
here—as good as the men, but ‘most of them come from 
uptown, parties doing the Bowery and seeing China- 
town, They can do some good shooting, and many a 
time I’ve seen a fellow wish he hadn't, after trying to 
beat the hunting girl he’s been trying. to get next with by 
telling her *bout his shooting, because she shoots. I know 
one fellow that came here for a month every night so that 
he could shoot. Then one night he fetched a party 
down, and a five spot was in my pocket. He shot all 
around everybody just beautifully, and when the git! took 
up the rifle, it meant business, I tell you, but he was as 
good as she was, and it took too. I see him once in a 
while now, and one night she said: 

And so you taught him to shoot, did you? Well——.” 

RRR 

The rifles on the counters are of well-known makes. 
They would hardly be selected by squirrel hunters, though 
they do shoot well and would carry 200 yards on a still 
day very accurately, The barrels are anywhere from 24 
to 29 inches long—the latter are made: especially for 
galleries, and haye to be purchased by the dozen. They 
are a handsome gun, and the best possible for the pur- 
pose. 

There are many kinds of visitors of the ealleries. The 
Chinese are occasional Beweens, and some of them do 
very Men 
who cannot speak Enolish She the places aed atest hy 
the score of times. Small boys and old men meet and 
enter into friendly competition over the rifle sights. 
Hunters who haye pursued game into its most distant 
retreats vie with the local celebriety for the fun of it, and 
women of eyery color take their turns at the rifle butts. 
Outside the bells jingle; inside the rifles pant—none are 
free from the charm of the rifle. 


Raymonp S. SPEARS. 


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Oklahoma Bill gives this advice to gallery shooters: 
“Stand straight up, and when shooting in a gallery never 
lay down on the counter to, rest your arm, for if you 
once get into that habit it is ‘hard to break-off. Stand 
erect, and place your right foot 6 inches behind the left 
foot, with the hollow of the right foot opposite the left 
heel; in taking: aim, be as quick as possible, catch the 
sight as soon as you can, for the longer you hold the gun 
to your shoulder trying to get better aim, the more shakey 
your nerves will get. and your eye may become watery. 


The first sight is always-the best, as-shooting is nothing 
- more’ or less than good eyesight and steady nerves. 


“To do fancy shooting with the aid of the looking-glass. 
stand ‘with your back toward the target, place the rifle on 
your right shoulder so that it will balance, grasp the small 


cof the stock with your right hand, the thtmb on the 


trigger, place the glass in the left hand, and between the 


4humh and forefinger, rest the hand on the stock of tha 


t 


- “move toward their day haunts, in which, if-a place like I 


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rifle between the butt and the small of the stock, look 
in the glass and keep moving until you get the muzzle and 
rear sight om a line just the same as shooting from the 
shoulder. It may take some time and patience at first, but 
when you once get the idea it is dead easy, Other shots 
may he done the same way—viz.: on top of head, over 
left arm, between the legs, etc.” 

And to youngsters who are ainbitious to try the de- 
lights of roughing it in the West, he says: “If you have 
always been used to living in a city and have kind 
parents to look aiter you, plenty to eat, a good bed to 
sleep in, then you should be content with your lot, for 
you haye not the slightest idea what roughing it means. 
I myself as well as hundreds of others have on several 
occasions passed many a long and weary night on the 
prairie with my saddle for a pillow, and nothing-but the 
canopy of heaven for my cover. Rheumatism is a com- 
mon ailment among hunters and trappers; itis a hard and 
dangerous life, and I haye never known of one instance 
where the hunter and trapper ever accumulated any 
amount of wealth. You can go in any Western village 
and see old men bent with age and scarcely able to walk 
about, and if you should engage in any conversation 
with them, two-thirds of them will tell you they were 
hunters and trappers, and that they are now so crippled 
from exposure, that they are not able to do any work. 
Such is the case in all my experience, and I was brought 
up with the gun in my hand, and at the age of fourteen 
I could market as much game as some of the men.” 


One hears some good stories in the Bowery shooting 
galleries when business is slack, Here is one Oklahoma 
Bill repeats, as told by Tom Black, “Tom,” Bill pre- 
faces, “was the greatest hunter and trapper of his day, 
and he was the biggest liar that ever trod in shoes, The 
following is one of his lies that he often tells the people 
in barrooms when he feels good: 

““One day I was out a-huntin’ and I was tired and 
sot down to rest, rite along the edge of the Missoury 
River, and I looked up and seen 16 Injuns comin’ down 
the river in a canoe. JI knowed if they got hold of me 
they would try to scalp me, so I jist waited till they got 
about 25 yards off. I was layin’ down behind a stump, 
and I raised my rifle and let go at *em, and killed 6 of ’em, 
and as soon as the others heard the shot and seen 6 of 
their party fall dead, they seen my head stickin’ up behind 
the stump, and they made for the shore and started for 
ime with their war-whoops. I was just a little skeered when 
I looked up and seen there was just 10 of *em, so when 
they got up to me I went at ’em with the butt of my 
rifle and killed 5 more of ’em; then I dropped my rifle and 
went at “em rough and tumble and killed 2 more with my 
fist; the other 3 got hold of me and throwed me down 
right close to the edge of the river, so I got hold of 
one of them and held his head in the edge of the river, and 
with my other hand I held another by the throat and 
kicked at the 3d one with both feet. J kept this up for 
about 20 minutes, and then I fainted away, and when I 
come too, I saw the one I held in the edge of the river 
was drowned, and the one I held by the throat was choked 
to death, and the one I kicked was still alive, so I 
took my huntin’ knife and finished him, I tell you, boys, 
that was the worst fight I ever had with the Injuns.’ ” 


The Sportsman Convist, 


Our Opening Day. 


A Vancouver's Island Idyl. 


SEPTEMBER first ooened fair. A sweet south wind, soft 
as a woman's kiss, drifted the early morning mist in 
wreaths from off the heaver meadows, and the solemu 
stillness of the deep fir forests was only occasionally 
broken by the red squirrel’s hungry breakfast chatter. 

Late on the evening of Aug, 31 we had risen from our 
dry old battered editorial chair, a chair well seasoned 
with red hot editorial swear words, and we had vowed to 
our august and proof-bedragpled selves that on the mor- 
row—it being the opening day for mowitch, which in the 
rich and effete East reads ‘“‘deer’’—we should take a 
solitary jollification to our yenison-hunegry selves, and 
stalk the wily buck for a spell, leaving the poor old 
printing push to the fender mercies of the “devil.”’ There- 
fore it is that we open this scrawl with a faint attempt 
at a description of how the iresh air felt and smelt to 
ourselves as, with Eph the Reliable of old Sharp’s make 
in our itching hand, we quietly traversed certain timbered 
ridges, intersected by small meadows, on our way to a 
pet spot. 

The air was almost quiet; in the deep timber quite so. 
A flicker heliographed an orange-scarlet signal for an 
instant from his shield-like wins as he crossed a beam 
from the rising sun. Then speeding into the forest 
gloom, he disappeared, and the squirrel chippered a 
volley of bad words after him at being fooled into the 
belief that a hawk had swooped at him, causing him to 
drop a fat cone, and to swallow a juicy kernel so hastily 
that he quite lost the delightful titillation of the palate 
that should by rights haye been his. 

The frightful scrambling he made among the. fallen 
leaves to recover that sweet fir cone deluded me for an 
instant into the belief that a deer had sprung up. The 
next instant, however, a little winter wren told me, “No! 
no! No! no!” and I went on my way with quickened 
steps, as the fast rising sun warned me that my chance 
for a deer that morning would soon be over. 

In due time I reached the edge of the ridges where 
the Jast one sloped down steeply into a tract of swampy 
land, overgrown with trees and bushes of every in- 
digenous species, This would seem to be a queer place 
to search for deer, but, knowing their habits from long 
experience, I felt reasonably sure of at least seeing one, 


- ‘and quite hopeful ‘of being able to get a shot. The deer 
“i these parts, during the early part of the season, live 
- +in these thick, tangled swamps and windfalls. 


They 
come out on the more open ridges at night, to feed and 
- play about on the dry, sandy ground, At daybreak they 


‘T™-now see before me, it is useless*to hunt for them, as 


no care and precaution will prevent the hunters approach 
being heard by the sharp-eared beauties. Therefore it 
is on the edges of these haunts that one is most likely 
to get a shot as they move toward cover in the early 
morning. So I had made for the rim in this hope, 

I had now quite got out of the deep woods, and for 
some time had been traveling over comparatively open 
ground, covered with dry twigs, short sallal and htuckle- 
berry bushes. Reaching the slope, I went part way 
down and stopped by a big fallen tree to rest after my 
sharp walk, smoke, and take a ‘“tloosh naamitch”—a 
good look. Nothing was in sight, and no sound broke 
the quiet but the faint rustle of the maple leayes on the 
trees in the hollow and the occasional croak of a tree 
frog. Suddenly, the silence was sharply broken by an 
unmistakable sound—the noise of deer jumping among 
the undergrowth, The sounds came from a deep: gully 
to my right, which cut the hill diagonally, the head of it 
leaying the brow far to the right, while the foot de- 
bouched into the swamp alinost directly below me. 

At first the sounds were at some distance, but so still 
and clear was the air that one could hear them dis- 
tinetly. Several seconds elapsed before I could discern 
any moyement, and that was nearly at the foot of the 
gully, where, over a clear spot in the brush, passed one, 
two, three, deer—two does and a prong buck. Pretty 
as pictures, and, oh! how productive of water in the 
mouth! Out of sight they passed, to reappear in another 
instant on a clear knoll under some trees at the very 
edge of the thick swamp, A sharp whistle brought them 
tip standing, but appearing so dimly in the gloom of 
the trees that to select the buck was impossible, Eph 
had been at my shoulder long before; just naturally 
chmbed there himself, did Eph. So, taking aim at the 
likeliest looking deer,.I fired. A vision of a white leg 
wildly kicking as its helpless owner rolled down the 
knoll, told me that yenison steak would be mine shortly, 
and the sound of one heavy crash in the thicket told that 
its lucky companions had vanished into sanctuary, 

Geiting to the spot as quickly as possible, I found 
the buck with a broken spine. A second shot ended his 
pain, and then I sat and cogitated. Those deer were 
alarmed when they:came down the gully. One of two 
things had caused that panic. Some other hunter on the 
ridges, or a hearing or scent of me while crossing the 
high ground, had sent them scurrying for the ravine, 
down which they had been accustomed to trayel, as 
affording them safe shelter to the very verge of the 
swamp itself. This last theory I think the correct one. 
Alas! they did not judge that L, walking straight, would 
intersect that fatal cafion at the critical point. After a 
smoke, I gralloched him, trussed him up, making pack 
straps of his pretty legs, and started up the hill with 
him, 

The sun is well up now, and the shade of the heavy 
timber is grateiul. The wren teetered on the root of an 
upturned tree. “I told you so, I told you so,’ she 
sang. The flicker lay plastered up against a dead fir 
solemnly thumping the hard wood:for a breakfast (which 
reminds me that I am mighty hungry), The squirrel was 
chiicking down cones from a hig tree top, and apolo- 
gized for swearing so shockingly with a “kurr-r-r-r, as 
i passed. I rested on the trail where some white bones 
marked the spot where a martin’s body had been thrown 
two years ago, I picked up the tiny skull and extracted 
the delicate iyory teeth, putting them in my pocket for 
charms. So aiter a while [ reached home, and oh! how 
heavy that deer was! for he was fat as mud. 

I was happy. So would you have been. 

MAzaAMa. 

Comox, B, C, Oct. 19. 


Gens des Bois. 


IX.—James M. Wardner. 


Neary fifty years ago James M, Wardner traveled west- 
ward through the Adirondacks over a road that steadily 
grew worse, tll finally, like Nessmuk’s trail, it ran up a 
tree and ended in a knot hole. This was somewhere in 
the neighborhood of “the Oregon,” a title given to the 
sandy, rolling country on the watershed between the St. 
Regis and Saranac rivers, once devastated by a cyclone 
and afterward swept by fire, Storm and fire had cleared 
away the primeval evergreen forest, but in its stead a 
second growth of blueberries and decidtious trees and 
shrubs sprang up, furnishing Inxuriant feed for deer and 
bears and small game, while the numerotis lakes and 
marshy ponds were full of trout and frequented by the 
various fur-bearing animals, 

Wardner cut his own road for a time till he reached one 


‘of the ponds connecting with Rainbow Lake, and here he 


stopped, fully convinced that he had at last reached the 
Promised Land, With him were his household effects 
and a horse and cow, A few weeks’ labor sufficed to erect 
a cabin and a shelter for the stock, and a day or two more 
was taken up planting corn in a recent burning. The 
corn was put in “Indian plant” with an axe, A gash 
was made in the ground wherever there was space between 
the charred tree trunks or roots, and four or five kernels 
dropped im, and then another stroke of the axe alongside 
the first served to coyer the corn. The land received nu 
preliminary cultivation and little subsequent care, yet 
from a yery small area enough fodder was harvested ta 
provide for the horse and cow during the long winter 
months which followed. 

Moving into the wilderness in those days was not half 
sO serious a business as moving to the city at the present 
time. Men were content with the bare necessities of 
life, and got them. Everything was free to the man who 
had the brawn and the courage to take it. The only 
coin was the sweat of the brow. There were no middle 
men to fatten on other men’s toil, Capital and labor 
traveled under the same hat. Every man was his own 
boss, and every day was pay day. 

There were no sweet Saturday nights and sour Mon- 
day mornings. No one was chained to business. When-a 
man wanted venison or a mess of trout, he went and got 
them—and didn’t have a guilty after feeling that perhaps 
his time might have been occupied to better advantage. 
Nervous dyspepsia was as little known as gout, and when 
a man got a rifle bullet through his body they swabbed 


out the hole with a bandanna handkerchief on the point of | 
a ramrod and left the man alone to get well and tell the 
Story to his grandchildren. Truly those were the golden 
ays! 

When Wardner came to have a hired man, the hired 
man followed a bear to the top of Jones’ Hill, calling 
“Bossie, bossie,’’ mistaking its mournful cry for the lowing 
of the cows he had been sent to get. ‘Twice Wardner 
caught $50 worth of fur in one day. Once it was five 
mink, which sold for $45, and a “saple,’ which brought 
$3.75, and seventeen muskrats, The second time there 
were one otter, one fisher, two mink and three or four 
“saple” and rats included in the catch. 


The Biter Bitten, 


What might easily have proved a fatal accident hap- 
pened to Wardner in his eatly hunting experience at 
Rainbow Lake. He had caught a bear in one of his 
traps and killed it, and being in a hurry, he attempted 
to reset the trap without the aid of levers. Wardner is a 
powerful man, weighing 220 pounds, Right over the 
place he was to set the trap there happened to be a 
fallen tree testing at such a height above the ground that 
he thought it would be an easy matter to accomplish the 
trick by bracing his shoulders against the purchase above 
and bearing down on the Springs with his feet. At the 
Critical moment he slipped and both hands and one foot 
were caught in the trap. 

At that time Wardner was living alone, and he had 
no near neighbors. It was not likely that he would be 
missed, and even if his absence was noted and a search 
instituted, no one knew the location of his bear traps 
Wardner, however, did not bother turning over such 
eventualities in his mind. Fortunately the spikes had 
not happened to go through his hands or leg, but the 
trap was pinching badly and the mosquitoes and gnats 
were stinging unmercifully. It was this latter circum- 
Stance that bothered him most. Wardner says he thought 
for a minute he would never get out and that he would 
be stung to death. He did not Say anything, and he did 
not fuss over his predicament, but he admits that he 
sweated some. Three minutes later when he was out of 
the trap with bruised hands and a galled foot, there wasn’t 
a dry thread on him, and he felt as if he had been 
overboard. The way he got out was this: With his 
Shoulders still against the tree he raised his free foot till 
he caught the heel of his shoe in the ring of the trap 
spring. He pushed down on the spring with all the 
force he could exert, and the jaws of the trap fell far 
enough apart so that he could draw his hands out 
After that it Was a comparatively easy matter for a man 
of Wardner’s strength to compress the springs still further 
and release the imprisoned foot, and when this was 
accomplished he cut levers and set the trap as he ought to 
have done in the first place. By a curious coincidence 
James Wardner’s brother, Seth, once met with a similar 
accident, getting both hands caught in a trap which he had 
set for a sheep-killing bear at Vermontyille. Seth felt 
very much ashamed of the fact, and tried to conceal it, and 


became indignant if an i i 
Inc y one questioned him as to the 
cause of his bandaged hands 


Infallible Hunting Receipt, 


“Bears are not foolish animals by a long shot,’ said 
Wardner, “They ate the shyest and hardest to shoot of 
any animal in the woods. The only one I ever killed still- 
hunting is that one I have mounted in the house. I was 
after deer on a knoll, and he came poking along. ; 

That was a case where I took the direction an old 
darky gave me about hunting deer. He was one of. John 
Brown’s niggers at North Elba, and when I was a boy I 
inquired of him the secret of successful deer hunting. He 
said, ‘I'll tell you,’ and he lowered his yoice as if he was 
telling a great secret. “The thing is to be dar when dey 
be dar.’ That was the best hunting instruction I ever 
had. It is easy enough to be before or after, but to ‘be dar 
When dey be dar’ is what makes the sttccessful hunter.” 


ES Not of the Hunting Caliber, 


“Some men are born hunters and some men are not,” 
continued Wardner. ““We had a city fellow up here one 
year that couldn’t kill a deer if the two were put in a 
ro-foot pen. I sent him down to the runway at the foot 
ot the lake one time to watch for deer, and as it happened 
there was a deer there right close by when he got to 
the place, When the city man saw the deer he just stood 
and looked till the deer got frightened and went off. 

“The fact of the matter is, Mr. Wardner,’ he said to 
me when he come to explain, ‘the deer didn’t Stay there 
but a very few moments.’ 

~ Another time this man was coming up the lake one 
evening, when he happened to ‘see a deer behind him on 
the shore. He put both hands on the sides of the boat 
to take a good, strong look, and the next thing he knew 
he’d turned the boat bottom side up and he was under- 
neath. It surprised him so to go into the water so sud- 
denly that for a while he was lost. and didn’t know 
where he was. It was dark under the boat, of course, and 
it Was some time before he knew enought to get his 
head out from under it and holler- 


Mote Men Killed Than Deer Still-Hunting, 
“Since they've stopped hounding we don’t have the 


hunting or the hunters ‘we used to have. The old race of 


still-hunters are nearly all dead, and yery few deer are 
killed still-hunting now. More men are killed than deer 
in some places. I am in favor of hounding, It’s more 
economical of human life, for one thing. You can raise 
a good hound in three years, but it takes at least twenty- 
fiye years to make a good guide.” 


Personal Eccentricities of Am Washbuta, 


Sometimes, though rarely, a woods life tends to make 
a_man careless of his personal appearance. Old Am 
Washburn is a type-of this kind. He has always fished 
and hunted, and knows and cares for nothing else, barring 
perhaps chewing tobacco and food. As for clothes, he 
would far rather live ina bear’s hide than his own. for 
then he would have his bodily covering renewed by 
nature instead of unsympathetic fellow beings. 

Am Washburn spends his winters in the poorhouse, 
but long before the ice is out in the spring he boards a 


felt the bear’s body in its outward charge. 


freight traiti and trayelg to Rainbow Lake. He knows 
that Jim Wardner has a soft spot in his heart tor a 
woodsman, even though his beard is in ropes like the tag- 
locks of a sheep and the tobacco juice runs down to his 
knees, so he packs along his crutches and turns up at the 
back door about the same time each spring. There Mrs. 
Wardner meets him, and while she holds him off at 
broom’s length she sends for the hired help, and hy 
promises of divers quarters and good cigars finally secures 
volunteers to wash up Arm. 

The old hunter is taken out of sight and tubbed and 
soaped, and his roapy beard and hair is cut, and he is 
lathered and combed and brushed till he doesn’t know 
himself. Last year two pair of shears were spoiled 
cutting his hair. On this occasion one Bill Williams was 
sent to bury the clothes which had been forcibly removed 
from old Am, and for weeks afterward Am bewailed the 
fact that fifteen cents had been buried with them. Will- 
jams absolutely refused to dig up the clothes, but finally 
Mrs. Wardner discovered the true cause of his trouble and 
made good the loss. 

Am knows what manners are, and is always polite to 
the ladies. On one occasion Mrs. Wardner sent one of 
the girls to get her a piece of pie after all the pie had 
been accounted for, and Am, seeing the shortage, politely 
proffered the piece he had been eating. When Mrs. 
Wardner was told the fact, she got up hastily and left 
the table. 

Bearding a Bear in His Den. 


Perhaps the most thrilling of Wardner’s hunting ex- 
periences is that relating to his killmg a bear in its den. 
Wardner tells the story in a very matter of fact way. 
He tracked the bear in the snow to a ledge on the point of 
Loon Lake Mountain, and saw where it had disappeared 
in a dark crevice under the ledge. His brother and he 
had been hunting in company, but the brother had 
gone around the other side of the mountain, and Wardner 
was unwilling to take the time to summon him. He 
followed the bear in under the rock in total darkness and 
traveled on his hands and knees upward of 60 feet before 
he located the animal by the sound of its breathing. 

Drawing a Colt’s revolver and placing it beside him on 
the ground, Wardner lay down on his face and leveled his 
rifle partly by the feeling of the walls of the den and 
partly by the sound of the breathing, and fired. Dropping 
the rifle, he instantly seized the revolver, holding it 
before him with the intention of firing it the moment he 
He steeled 
his mind to pull quickly, for if the bear carried the 
revolver back in its dash over his body he might shoot into 
his own heels. Fortunately for the hunter, however, the 


first shot killed the bear, and the revolver was not called | 


into play. 
Erratic Course of a Rifle Bullet, 


Wardner once shot at a partridge sitting under a soft | 


maple top with one of the old muzzleloading rifles then 
in use and missed it. An instant later he heard a sharp 
spat and saw the sand fly at his feet. Stooping down he 


found the rifle ball badly flattened and buried a couple of 


inches in the sand. It had glanced twice from branches 
of the maple top and gone straight up in the air and re- 
turned to earth with stich force that he would undoubtedly 
have been killed if he had stood a foot further on. 


St. Germain’s Tragedy. 


Wardner knew Mose St. Germain when he lived at 
Big Clear Lake. He had a high opinion of his skill as 
a hunter, but said he was a bad customer and vindictive 
if he thought any one was trying to get the better of 
him. 

“T always laughed at one expression he made,” said 


» Wardner, relating the tragedy of the old man’s existence. 


“Ele had two boys who killed themselves. iette, the 
first, attended religions meetings and got crazy about 
religion. He was afraid he might backslide, and thought 
he would fix it so that-he would go to-heaven while he 
was prepared, so he went out one day and shot himself. 

“About a year afterward Levi drowned himself. They 
found a boat on-the shore of the pond, but couldn't find 
his body. His father, mother and sisters searched for it 
for weeks, but without success. On their way back they 
stopped here. The old man went out to the barn to 
take care of his horses and got to telling me about the 
boys. 

““There’s Fiette, he said. “He go to meeting to get 
religion, and shoot himself to go to heaven. Then Levi 
he think it over, and he think he'll go where Fiette is, and 
he go and drown himself, Maybe he never go to same 
place at all!” 


Genealogical and Historical. 


Wardner’s original business was school teaching. He 
taught in Essex county, New York, and also in Onto and 
Michigan, and was always equal to his task of “‘straighten- 
ing out” the large boys on occasion. His health tailed, 
and he developed throat trouble, which threatened to 
become chronic, and so he gave up teaching, and l.ke 
Plumadore, found health and happiness in the woods. 

He was already used to the pioneer life, and knew how 
to handle axe and rifle to proper advantage, haying been 
born in Chesterfield, Essex county, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1831, 
when that locality was only newly settled. With his 
older brother, Joshua, he used to htint bees in Poke-o’- 
Moonshine. One cloudy day when the bees did not 
work, the boys amused themselves rolling boulders down 
the 500-foot precipice toward the Albany Post Road. it 
was in the days. of coaling and iron mining and forging, 
and there was a great deal of travel on the road. Every 
one who came along stopped to see the sight, and soon 
there was a procession of conveyances reaching a con- 
siderable distance in both directions, their occupants re- 
garding with amusement and no little awe the catapultic 
flight of the stones that tore through tree trunks 6 or 8 
inches thick and filled the air with slivers and brimstone. 

James Wardner comes of good old American stock. 
One of his grandfathers hauled supplies during the winter 
of 1813-14 to the American army at Sackett’s Harbor, start- 
ing from Lake Champlain at Westport and passing 
through Keene and Bloomingdale by the northern military 
road. A second military toad crossed the Adirondack 
wilderness by way of the lower end of Long Lake and 
Bog River-Falls. Tradition has it that our army crossed 
aver from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence in two 


divisions by these toads. His brother, Nathan Wardncr, 
volunteered at Plattsburg, and fought through the hatte 
as a free lance. He provided his own provisions and took 
along his hired man to help in the good cause. His 
mother’s father, William Manchester, also fought in this 
battle as a regular, and was thought to have been killed. 
All next day his daughter searched the battlefield for 
his body, only to find in the end that her father had been 
sent off on detached duty and was safe and well. 
J. B. BurnwaM, 


In the Shadow of earahidan 


(Continued from page 343.) 


BREAKFAST over, next morning there was trouble in 
camp. Wilbert balked. It came about in this way: 
Lide and I were for making tracks toward Lake Milhi- 
nockett and the Spencer Brothers’ Camp. Wilbert 
argued that he had found excellent bed and board, and 
deer sign was plentiful enough to suit him, Matters were 
finally settled satisfactorily to all concerned, Wilbert 
stayed where he was, and Lide and I made tracks for 
the promised land. Wilbert agreed to follow later, 
provided we should be successful in our quest. 

The Nesowadnehunk road is not as smooth as Fifth 
avenue; neither are there as many elegant mansions 
there. Its Belgian blocks were laid by old Mother 
Nature, and she asked no man as to the quality or dis- 
position of the same. Indeed, it would seem she had so 
paved the way as to forbid the trespass of man upon 
her secret domains. Miniature conical peaks and Lilh- 
putian valleys, swamps, lakes and streams, the whole 
interspersed with natural deadfalls, are met at every few 
yards; and barked shins, peeled ankles, stone bruises and 
sore feet are the price extracted from the novice for the 
privilege of limping, creeping, groveling, grunting and 
swearing over eleven miles of this road by courtesy. 
Deer tracks, however, were as plentiful as cow tracks 
in a pasture lot. We saw hundreds of them, and in 
places the snow was literally tracked flat. We made so 
much noise in the crust, though, that no deer were seen. 

Maine miles are ‘corkers,” and it took over four hours 
to cover the distance to the Spencer Camp. Just as we 
concluded we never would reach there, we caught a 
glimpse of the lake through the trees. It seemed we must 
have traveled at least fifteen miles, but we had two miles 
further to go. Finally our destination came into view— 
and a most welcome sight it was to us. 

The Spencer Camp, or Camp Eureka, as Lide and | 
had the privilege of naming it one night, is neat, clean 
and brand new. It was built in the summer of 1899 by 
its owners, and stands on the carry between lakes 
Millinockett and Umbajejus. The camp is well supplied 
with comforts for the sportsman, the table being very 
good, There are spring beds, good mattresses and 
plenty of covering, Then the Spencer boys are royal 
good fellows, and do all in their power to make their 
guests comfortable. The board is $1 per day. If a 
euide is taken his hire would be $3 per day, making total 
expenses of $4 per day. 

We were met at the door by Fred Spencer, and he 
was a surprised man when he recognized Lide. Of 
course I was a stranger, but it took only a handshake to 
become acquainted. In the large room called the “office” 
a large wood-burning stove dispensed heat in abundance, 
while the board floor and the peeled, bright new log walls, 
hung with rifles, revolvers, knives, hatchets and cartridge 
belts, presented a sight to delight the heart. 

The next morning, after breakfast, Fred having gone 
off for wood, we fired a few shots into a tree to test our 
rifles, then started off on his tracks. They led to the 
edge of the lake, and out on the ice. It was one of 
those crisp, clear, ideal winter mornings, and we stood 
at the edge of the lake a long while, and gazed in silent 
admiration upon the entrancing scene spread before our 
eyes. For miles to the east and south stretched a sheet 
of ice, fringed by an irregular shore line, which was 
indented with bays and clad in dark green raiment, which 
intermingled with the gray of dead standing and fallen 
forest giants, and beautiful gem-like islands—like emer- 
alds in a sea of pearl—studded the glistening surface. 
The boughs of nearby firs and the evergreens bowed under 
a weight of crusted snow, and the ground underneath was 
sheeted in a robe of white. As if to add softness, a 
heavy frost lavishly coated every object, lending to the 
scene the grayish tinge of dull-finished silver, The 
brilliant rays of the winter sun fell from the pure un- 
flecked winter sky with rainbow loyeliness upon the 
picture, and it seemed as if we were looking upon an 
enchanted land. 

Lide was first to step upon the ice, and as I followed, a 
large fish, a laker, perhaps, darted away from near shore 
for deeper water. Then Fred appeared rounding a 
point and dragging a large sled heaped high with logs 
for the huge wood burner. “Good morning, Fred,” 
said I; “can you show us Katahdin?’ He dropped the 
rope of the sled and answered: “Yes. Just step this 


way.” We followed to a spot beyond the point, and one 


of the most glorious sights it has ever been my good 
fortune to look upon was revealed. Towering into the 
cloudless heavens, far above the cloud line, stood the 
hoary-headed guardian of this enchanting region of 
ntountain, forest, lake and stream. Dark timber girted 
the feet of the giant, and extended two-thirds up the 
sloping sides. Then through sparse vegetation was 
revealed the snow, which ever increased in density and 
whiteness as vegetation decreased. Up, up, far up into 
the northern firmament lifted the haughty brow of this 
imposing sentinel, and frowned upon the bewilderingly 
beautiful wilderness beneath. Seared and wrinkled by 
lightnings and storms, and thtindering snowslides of un- 
numbered centuries, Katahdin frowned down on the 
world before man was born, and Katahdin will frown on 
the world when man is gone. White and massive as the 
thunderheads of an adyancing tornado, lifting above the 
distant horizon’s edge, was his crown this glorious winter 
morning; and as one gazed enthralled upon the giant 
and the dark blue, snow-crested, sun-kissed ranges melt- 
ing into the purity of the northeast and northwest,.some- 
how, with each heart-throb, steady as the stroke of a 
pendulum, something seemed to whisper: “God is here. 
God.is here God is here.” ; 


{Nov. ta, #664, 


We returned to camp; then Fred and Jewett advised 
us to go south on the Nesewacnehunk road about a 
mile, aid ciimb the mountain southeast of camp. “If 
you look sharp, you'll find my footprints in the snow,” 
said Jewett. ~“lhey lead to where | shot a deer the 
other day. If you follow them, and be quiet about it, you 
may get a shot. Anyhow, they lead to the Burnt Land, 
and when you get there you can sit down and watch. 
Perhaps that would be better than walking, for you can’t 
help making a noise on the crust, and that'll keep the 
deer running ahead of you.” 

We went as directed, and icund the tracks without 
trouble. They ascended diagonally the mountain side 
through a heavy growth of timber, whose snow-weighted 
boughs released their white burdens as we disturbed 
them in passing and liberally showered us from head to 
heels. This we rather enjoyed than otherwise; it was 
a yeritable bath of purity, Soon a level stretch was 
reached, where the growth was hardwood. There was 
little underbrush, fires having swept it away, and a good 
yiew was had for a long way in all directions. 

Lide was ahead. “Keep your eyes peeled,’’ he whis- 
pered. “We're in a good deer country, and we've got to 
move awiully quiet.” We would walk cautiously a ways, 
then stand and listen. With the exception of plenty of 
eld tracks, the cries of bluejays, the steady hammering 
of large red-headed woodpeckers and the flitter of snow- 
birds, nothing of an encouraging nature was seen or 
heard for some time. Then Lide, who was in the lead, 
stopped, looked back and grinned, When I reached the 
spot where he stood he pointed to the snow at his feet 
and whispered: “Fresh tracks. Deer have been here 
within an hour. Look! “They've been feeding off those 
maple sprouts.” Then he touched the pieces of crust that 
had been broken by the feet of the deer: they were per- 
tectly free, not haying had time to freeze since the deer 
passed. This of course denoted freshness. 

We followed the tracks for perhaps a hundred yards, 
then came to a spot where fallen trees were piled in a 
heap. Here Lide swore he could “smell em.” As I 
was green at the business, and had never smelled ’em, not 
to my kncewledge at least, | couldn't swear whether I 
smelled ’em then or not. Just as I climbed on top of a 
large tree trunk, howeyer, there was a sound like boul- 
ders rolling down hill; then four white objects bobbed 
spasmodically up and down a number of times about 
a hundred yards ahead, and before one could say “Jack 
Robinson!” four of ’em vanished in the distance, It was 
my first sight of the white flag. 

“Why didn't you fire?” asked Lide, as soon as he re- 
covered from his surprise. “Why didn’t you fire?” I 
retorted. His mirth expanded in a sardonic grin, then 
my feet ‘slipped off the log, my legs flourished in the 
air and | sat on the ground from a height of 6 feet with 
a jolt that loosened every Jot in my body. 

We followed the tracks for perhaps half a mile, and 
were so cautious that it took over half an hour. I 
thought it was all time wasted, but Lide argued differently. 
Presently we reached the edge of the Burnt Land—at 
a point where we had almost an unbroken yiew for fully 
two miles to the south. With the exception of a trunk 
standing here and there, the country had been swpet clean 
by fire. The southern poimt of a small rise to the east 
ended here and as we reached a place just opposite, Lide’s 
hand motioned Stop! 1 stopped short. Then Lide 
raised his rifle, leaned far over and fired. I jumped to his 
side just in time to see three deer disappear in the 
edge of a clump of heavy timber; but just this side a 
dark shape lay struggling on the ground. I grasped Lide’s 


hand and congratulated him, for he had killed the first © 


deer—a large doe. The shot was an excellent one, for 
the distance was over 125 paces, and the bullet had passed 
through the neck, 

We tried to drag the deer out, but soon gave up the 
job. Lide finally decided to return to camp and get 
Jewett. While he was gone I sat on a small knoll and 
kept a good lookout. I had been sitting there an hour 
when three shots range out a short distance away to the 
north. They were followed by a solitary shot. Presently 
Lide and. Jewett appeared. ‘What have you been doing 
while I was gone?” Lide saluted. “Three fool deer have 
been feeding within 200 yards of you, waiting to be shot! 
Why, you must have been asleep!” I thought so, too. 

“Did you hit any of them?” 

“f don't think so. They were a long way off. I fired 
three times and Jewett fired once. Then the deer made 
tracks for the heavy growth.” 

Jewett had a rope, and we hung the doe up and Jewett 
dressed her. He pronounced the weight over roo pounds. 
Tt was near sundown, so we didn’t tote the meat out that 
night. Jewett assured us that it would be perfectly safe 
there, and would carry easier when thoroughly frozen. 

On the way to camp we stopped at the place where 
Lide.and Jewett had done the firing, and Jewett went over 
where the deer had been feeding. ‘Come here, 
boys!” he cried, “Lide, you hit one of those deer, and 
hit it hard!’ We hastened over, and sure enough one of 
the deer had been hit hard. There was blood in plenty, 
and we followed the trail until Jewett said it would be 
folly to stay in the woods longer. Then we reluctantly 
gave up, determined to take up the track aga’n in the 
morning. Lide and I agreed to hire either Fred or 
Jewett to make the trip to the Hunter’s Home and in- 
form Wilbert of the day's success, and induce him, if 
possible, to come out. 

It was warm in bed that night, but bitter cold outside 
the camp. The trees cracked and snapped like smothered 
rifle reports, and the lake groaned and grumbled like a 
fiend in pain. 

“T tell you what, boys, it has been a cold night, and it’s 
a cold morning, too.’ Fred's voice awoke me out of a 
sound dreamless sleep. I yawned and asked: “How 
cold do you call it?” : 

“All of 10 below zero.” They told me in Millinockett 
afterward that Fred was right, 

After a good warm breakfast we were ready for busi- 
ness. Fred prepared for his trip’ to Millinockett. and as 
Lide wished to follow the track of the wounded deer and 
hankered for another shy at the Burnt Land district, en 
Jewett’s advice [ dec‘ded for a trip on the ice. “You can 
travel more quickly there. and will stand a good chance of 
seeing a deer on one of the points,” said he. “Yow want 
to keep near shore. though, and look sharp all the while!” - 

The Nesowadnehunk road runs parallel with the edge 


too, and so was Lide. 


- Nov. 20, 1008. 


FOREST AND 


STREAM, 


of the lake for some distance here, so Lide started out 
ou the ice with me. We had nearly come up with the 
second point from camp when a doe jumped up, almost on 
the extreme end of the point, and was off like a Hash. L 
aimed quickly at the place where the deer disappeared and 


fired. We hurried over and found where my bullet had | 


struck a tree trunk that was hidden by intervening boughs 
when I fired. Then Lide stepped further out on the 
icé and saw the animal hustling through the woods. We 
went on a way further together, then Lide struck out for 
the Burnt Land. 

{ now went along the shore very cautiously, for I ex- 
pected to see a deer jump every second. If any deer were 
there, however, my shot must have frightened them away, 
for I walkd over two miles without seeing hide or hoof. 
Finally I came to one of those gem-like islands and 
thovg:t I would work my way across it. After spending 
fully iwenty minutes to gain a hundred feet, I discovered 
| had made a gigantic mistake, and I hereby warn any one 
who might contemplate a trip to Maine to shun all such 
islands as he would a pestilence. 

Fair to look upon are these islands. indeed, but look and 
be content. Entice yourself not to stroll on one, for they 
are a delusion and a snare. The heavily foliaged timber 
hides a chaotic mass of uprooted trees, distorted roots 
and tangled yines. Then, when the lake gets its dander 
up it just slings everything adrift right up into this 
mixture, and the resultant taneglification can give a Florida 
hammock cards and spades and beat it out of sight for 
demoniacal disorder. Your headway is up and down. Six 
or erght feet in the air you climb, down you jump, three 
feet ahead you go, then up again. Hanging from the 
edge of an-eight-story build’ng by your hands in a night- 
miaré 1s real, ecstatic enjoyment compared to a jaunt like 
this: To help matters out, cute little cakes of frozen 
snow shower from the boughs and dance and wriggle 
down your spine and across your solar plexus, and gradu- 
ally fill your trousers from the knees up to the waist- 
band. Righteous, indeed, is he who can make a trip like 
this and not break the Third Commandment, 

For awhile the return to camp was made just as 
cautiously as the trip out. Then the love of nature over- 
came the ambition of the sportsman. A keen wind swept 
out of the north—right down from Katahdin. Pufty 
clouds chased across the heayens and glided along the 
sides of the giant. but not as high as his lofty crest by 
half, and their dark shadows incessantly drifted over the 
unbroken sea of forest beneath. Far away over the ice 
to the northeast, just beyond the emerald point of a jewel- 
hike island, away down where the ice glittered like an 
ocean of diamonds, a dark object moved along. Was it 
a deer? Who can tell? 

Dinner was ready when I reached camp. I was ready, 
We had followed the track of the 
wounded deer and found where it had lain over night. 
Then as the morning track showed no signs of blood, after 
following it a couple of miles he gave up tried the Burnt 
Land without success, then returned to camp. 

That afternoon Lide and I climbed the mountain near 
camp. We kept a sharp lookout, but found nothing. It 
Was near sundown when we reached camp, and a dozen 
limbermen were there. Just before dinner in walked 
a sportsman named Snow and his guide, Guy Haynes. 
A very interesting evening was passed around the big 
wood-burner. Mr. Snow and his guide had hunted all 
the way from Norcross that day withotit seeing a deer, 
although signs were plentiful. They had spent several 
days. trying to get a shot, but without success; this was 
owing to the noise made on the crust. Mr. Snow lives 
near Bangor, and is a farmer. He is also an old and 
ardent deer hunter, and has met considerable experi- 
ence. His yarns were very interesting. When he dis- 
covered that Lide was a farmer, the hunting question was 
dead so far as they were concerned. All hands were then 
regaled with an. animated dissertation on the propaga- 
tion of pumpkins, squashes, turnips, cabbages, beets, 
onions and celery, ete. Then ensilage. brewery grains, 
garbage, compost heaps, manures and different brands of 
fertilizers came in for discussion. The discourse was 
continued even after we were in bed. The last I heard of 
the conversation ran like this: “Some raise the dwarf 
celcry for market, and others raise the giant variety; -but 
for my part I say give us he! He 

The next morning Mr. Snow and hts guide departed for 
Noreross. Then the lumbermen collected their belongings 
together, strapped them to their backs and left for their 
winter homes to the north. George White, a teamster, 
stayed at the camp. He had a pair of strong, heavy 
horses, a tote sleigh and a heavy wagon, and was left 
behind to tote for the lumber camps from Millinockett 
to the Spencer camp. Then from here to a point ten or 
twelve miles north another teamster would tote the loads 
left by White. Then another would take the loads at 
his end of the route and keep them moving. In this way 
necessaries were kept pouring into the lumber camp con- 
tintiously. 

When all had gone, Lide and I struck out for the Burnt 
Land, and we hunted as cautiously as ever, but saw no 
deer. Plenty of them were there, though, for there was 
an abundance of sign; but the deer kept out of sight. 

After a while we came to Lide’s doe, and as the carcass 
was frozen stiff we decided to tote it out. This was an 
easier job than I expected, and in less than an hour we 
had it down ‘by the side of the road. Here we found the 
sled (eft by -Jewett the afternoon he dressed the deer) 
and so shifted our load to runners. It was hard worl 
gettire the sled through the drift stuff to the ice, but 
after this was accomplished the rest of the trip to camp 
Was easy. 

Fred had returned from Millinockett, but without Wil- 
bert. Lide stayed in camp the rest of the day, but the 
weather was so fine and the air so bracing that I couldn't 
?ésist a trip to a little bog where the day before we had 
found the entrails and hoofs of a deer which one of the 
enests of the camp had killed some days previously. This 
hog was perhaps two acres in extent, and was coverad 
with tall, withered grass, and the snow was one networl: 
of tracks. Heavy timber surrounded the place, and as I 
brushed the snow from the trunk of a fallen tree and sat 
down, I felt confident of getting a shot. I sat there fully 
an hour. and saw nothing but woodpeckers and snow 
birds. Then, suddenly, off to my right and not over 20 
yar‘ls away, an animal loped through a bar of golden sun- 
light Tf was in and ont of sight m a second and there 
Wa: no time even to raise my rifle. In that brief time, 


» the south. Faint at first, the sound grew louder. 


off in the woods. 


however, I recognized the animal as a lynx, or, as it is 
called in that section, a “‘lucive.’ I found it had been 
feeding off the entrails of the deer out of sight of me 
while sitting, but not over 50 yards away. Had I not 
crossed the bog, in all probability 1 would have got a 
shot. 

From the bog I made a wide detotir on the south side 
of the mountain, and enjoyed some beautiful views, then 
descended on the north side, struck the road and went out 
on the ice of the lake near camp. 

Never could eye behold a scene more grandly, softly 
beautiful than I looked upon that evening. Back of the 
emerald forest's crest, like a wondrous globe af gold 
floating in a boundless, purple sea, the sun was slowly 
sinking to his rest. And his soft-shinning, mellow shafts 
fell far out athwart a world of frozen forest, lake and 
stream, and touched its furthest limits with delicate 
fingers of scintillating light. Then his lower rim rested 
an instant on the western forest's crest; lower, lower he 
sank, and seemed gradually to melt away, and far to 
the east, miles away, beyond the lake’s wood-bound 
shores, slowly, stealthily, surely the shadows of night ad- 
vanced. Now the dusky legions reach the eastern shores 
and the frosted, snow-fringed woods and purple islands 
soitly blush under a last, clinging good-night kiss. 
On, on to the west the shadows creep. The sun slowly 
melts from view. But look on Katahdin—the giant king 
of these realms. From cloud line to his pure white 
erest he is a blaze of soft, reflecting glory. Yet up his 
proud, loity sides the shadows quietly creep, and obliterate 
the rainbow tints in their advance. Already haye they 
overwhelmed the lofty ranges to the northeast and north- 
west, but the king’s crown still burns with the soft, deli- 
cate radiance of creamy pink, which gradually fades and 
dies; then for a single instant a narrow ribbon of 
gold gilds his crown, and, like extinguishing the flame 
of a candle. or the departure of a soul, in a breath it has 
gone. As if all nature were tnder a spell, no sound 
breaks the death-like stillness, and, as the dusky shadows 
have o’erwhelmed the land, so does a forlotn loneliness 
Steal over and oppress the soul, for one realizes his 
smallness, meanness and helplessness in the vast solitude 
of these wilds. 

Presently the holy silence was intruded on by a harsh, 
discordant sound. The rude jangle of bells came SoG 

nat 
could it mean? The mystery was soon solved. The noise 
came from the Nesowadnehunk road, and the bells were 
of the horses that were drawing the tote sleigh on the 
return from Millinocketé. 

It was dark when I entered camp, but the lamps were 
not yet lighted. I hung my cartridge belt and rifle on a 
conyenient peg and started for the kitchen. The form of 
a man leaned carelessly against the kitchen door casing. 
I supposed it was Lide, and was about to pass. “How be 
you?” said a familiar voice. It was Wilbert. The old 
sinner couldn't stay away, so had come through with 
George White and the tote sleigh. . 

We were a happy, reunited family of sportsmen, and 
we sat late around the stove and “swapped lies.’ George 
White contributed some interesting anecdotes, and he 
appeared such an honest chap that we took quite a 
shine to him, He was a stranger to Jewett and Fred. as 
well as fo us. In his inelegant way, Lide rightly sized 
Mr. White up, to our satisfaction, at least, when he 
said: “No man can be bad that takes as good care 
of another man’s horses as that man does.” 

Among the yarns told that night was one by Jewett. 
Conyersation had drifted to the subject of getting ‘lost 
in the woods, and several stories had been told, when 
Jewett said: “Once I was cook in a barkers’ camp, and 
one dark night. about 9 o'clock, we heard a rifle shot away 
One of our crowd was for answering 
right off, but I told him to wait, and not to answer unless 
there was another shot. That fellow-was green, though, 
and would have his way, so he fired. Soon there was an 
answer, and he fired again. This brought another answer. 
Then shots began to sound in a number of directions, and 
that fool of ours kept banging away. In about an hour 
we saw lights flickering in the woods in all directions, and 
in fifteen minutes our camp was filled with the maddest 
lot of men I ever saw. I tell you what, they were ugly! 
There were more of them than there were of us, and they 
came from another barkers’ camp that had located about 
two miles away the day before. They had guns, axes 
and clubs, and we had to talk mighty nice to avoid a 
pitched battle then and there. Finally they went away, 
but not before they had chopped every stitch of clothing 
that was hanging on our clothes line to pieces. One st 
their party had fired the first shot from a rifle that had a 
cartridge stuck in the chamber, and they thought some 
one was lost when that fool of ours answered. Never 
answer the first shot you hear in the woods, unless one of 
your own party is missing. It riles men who have worked 
hard all day to go stumbling about in the woods for two 
hours at night on a fool’s errand.” Wm. H. Avts. 


Her First Outing. 


We had been married just a trifle over two years be- 
fore I found time to take a genuine, good, old-fashioned 
camp. A friend and I had been making arrangements 
all summer for a fall trip, and one autumn evening as | 
was packing the grub chest, I heard a voice say: “J 
wish I were going with you.” All-I. could say was, “I 
wish so, too,” adding, “You shall go next year.” The 
next day John gave up the trip, owing to some pressing 
commercial transaction, and as I told my wife at dinner 
hour that she was to accompany me this year, her joy 
knew no bounds. 

Our luggage was transported to the river by rail and 
wagon. we following by train when the final day came. 
The next morning when we awoke, black, wet clouds were 
seen scurrying from the northwest; a chill wind blew, and 
it looked like rain any minute. But to the query whether 
she wished to start on such day, you would have thought 
the sun was beaming brightly and everything auspicious 
for a pleasant trip, as she replied, ““Of course. I expected 
this kind of weather camping out.” So we started. loiter- 
ing down the old slough, coming out wpon the Father cf 
Waters, everything new and novel to her nature-loying 
eyes. How she loved the water, the wild woods, the 
green fields and running streams, uttering exclamations 


_assailed in the United States generally. 


oi delight and surprise at each turn of the creek as new 
béatities were brought to view. 

The camping place reached and all the luggage packed 
to the old cabin, we prepared dinner and had just seated 
ourselyes around the irugal meal, when it began to 
blow and rain, while we congratulated ourselves on our 
good luck in getting settled before the storm broke. 

Then followed a week of pleasant, idle days, during 
which we hunted, fished and boated, her chief delight 
being to sit in the stern of the boat and float idly with 
the current as the warm stn tempered the autumn air 
with a delicious, languorous sensation hard to describe, but 
most delightful to enjoy and appreciate, 

We did not get a great amotnt of game. for we had 
come out to rest, not to work; but we had just enough 
te keep the kettle full in case of company, and) there were 
crowing appetites that kept the surplus down if the com- 
pany failed to appear. 

We took long walks through the aged timber, watched 
the turning of the leaves. We watched the autumn fogs 
and imists settle over the river at eventide, and saw them 
rise and evaporate under the sun’s influence at dawn 
We saw the wild fowl in the evenings as they hurried 
south on swift beating wings, and heard their gabble as 
they fed in the neighboring rice lakes, and we saw 
great flocks of blue herons on their annual pilgrimage, and 
heard their discordant squawks as they flew laboriously 
along the watercourses. We saw where the muskrat and 
coon had been feeding the night before, and heard the 
screech and hoot of the owl in the big timber. We saw 
the snipe and plover come in on snappy, frosty evenings, 
and had glorious sport with them next day on matsh and 
upland. We heard and saw immense flocks of blackbirds 
as they settled down among the rice beds in the evening, 
and, listened to their melodious chucklings as they fed 
next morning. In short, we seemed to see and hear. enjoy 
and appreciate every atom of the wild, wild woods life 
around us, and were happy and contented, with no cares 
or worries, and when it was all over, my wife vowed 
that her first trip would not be the last. 

EB. K. SrepMan, 


— dhatuyal Histary. 
The English Sparrow in Texas, 


SAN ANGELO, Tex., Oct. 26.—Editor Forest aud Stream: 
While I am not a friend of the English sparrow, it has 
occurred to me from my knowledge and observation of 
him that perhaps to some extent he has been unjustly 
My personal 
acquaintance with him, however, is of only about five 
years’ standing, and that in this city alone. 

He made his advent here about five years since, and for 
the last three years has been im full force. 

Having been a reader of Forst AND Stream for the 


_last twenty years, and having of course imbibed from 


the columns thereof that there was no good in him, and 
that no native bird could withstand his combative “crim- 
inal aggressions,” and being a lover of all bird life, wild 
natives especially, I was certainly sorely grieved for the 
sad fate in store for my little friends when I learned 
for the first time that their enemy of extermination had 
arrived; and you may he sure that I have kept a close 
watch upon him ever since, and now desire to record the 
result of my observations. . 

This city comprises 5,000 inhabitants or more. The 
surroundings are principally prairie, with timber inter- 
spersed, enough for ample supply of bird life. In the 
city we have one nice park of about five acres, well set 
to a variety of shade and ornamental trees, among which 
are quite a number of Russian mulberries, which bear 
fruit annually in the greatest profusion. The mulberries 
also adorn many of the streets and private residences, as 
also do many other varieties and shrubs, affording an at- 
tractive habitation for all of our native birds. The birds 
have availed themselves most liberally. A partial list 
includes red and white crested song sparrows, chipping 
sparrows, orioles, wrens, redbirds, finches, mockingbirds, 
scissor-tails, tomtits, grackles, blackbirus, cuwbpirds- 
American cuckoos, Mexican canaries, and many others. 
These birds were in bountiful supply, and on friendly 
terms with all, and cheering us throughout the year with 
their merry songs, at the time of the advent of this 
much detested “vermin of the air.” I have kept a close 
watch upon him ever since. 

Of course he has pre-empted every ayailable nesting 
place in and about the eaves and gutters of the buildings, 
barns and outhouses; and his eternal chirrup, chirrup can 
be heard at all times of the day; but I have never yet 
seen him in combat with. any of the native birds, nor 
have the natives seemed in any way to have abandoned 
the premises, but are still in full force and as exuberant 
of song and good cheer as ever. 

Just back of my office, on the rear of an adjoining lot, 
is a small grove of cottonwood trees now in full leaf, 
making a dense foliage, and the English sparrows have 
selected it as a roosting place, and every evening about 
6 o'clock they swarm into this grove for their night’s 
rest by the thousands. On yesterday evening I was 
watching them from my window coming into this roost- 
ing place, when I discovered quite a number of grackles 
and blackbirds among them. On closer observation, and 
watching them until the grove was fairly alive with bird 
lie. and staying until they had settled down to their 
night's repose, I was satisfied that at least one-third of 
the number were grackles, and that all roosted together 
that night in that grove on the most intimate and 
friendly terms. 5 

That he is combative and will contend for his rights 
there is no question, for I have seen them fight each other 
to the death. 

I remember reading several years since a communica- 
tion from Goodrich Jones to one of our local papers, in 
which he stated that he saw in the city of Waco, in this 
State, a combat between English sparrows and a butcher 
bird, in which the butcher came out victorious, killing 
hye of his adversaries in the battle and coming out him- 
self unscathed. But Mr. Jones did not state which side 
breaght on the engagement. 


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FOREST AND- STREAM. 


Nov. 30, 1908. 


: ile es ee ee ee ee 


L am of the opinion, from what I have seen of him, that 
in this section of country at least, if not attacked by other 
birds the sparrow will keep the peace and live on friendly 
terms with them. In other words, that he will only hght 
on the defensive. Mitton Mays, 


AmericanliEgrets. 


NorwitHstaNnpiIne the law against killing the plume 
birds of Florida, the murderous work still goes on, 
although confined to the dense and far-away Everglades. 
These gruesome swamps hold many secrets; here and there 
the hunter and adventurer come upon refugees trom 
justice, aud here some of Uncle Sam’s deserters, with 
pointed guns call out, “Hands up!” to the intruder, lest 
he be some Government detective upon their tracks. 
Such characters, with others equally lawless, live by 
the chase aud upon the spoils of the herons and egrets. 

As a well-known hunter of Kissimmee, on his way 
heme from the Eyerglades with his alligator hides, was 
paddling through a dense cypress slough, he heard the 
clattering cries of some starving egrets. Stopping the 
boat, he went to the place and found that some plume 
hunter had been there. The ground was strewn with 
about a hundred carcasses of the parent birds, and repre- 
sented the last of that rookery, From the tall tree tops 
came the cries of the little ones, whose cries appealed so 
strongly to the hunter that he climbed the tall trees, 
an almost superhuman work, and secured eight half- 
starved birdlings, of different sizes and ages, of big white 
heron, or American egret. They were brought to Kis- 
simmee, but under the circumstances could receive but 
poor attention on the way in the matter of food. They 
were hungry little fellows, and willing to eat many things 
unknown to their native taste. 

So difficult are these birds to capture, on account of 
the tall trees in which they build, that after years of 
efforts to secure a pair for the yard, these from the 
Kissimmee hunter were the first we had been able to 
procure. ; 

A few words as to the oldest pair, and this brief chap- 
ter is closed. While only cartilage and skin, as the 
bone was unformed, and being half-starved, these birds 
showed a beatity in their snowy feathers and small crest 
and their strong piercing eyes. With almost deafening 
voices they would beg for food. They were male and 
female, and as with the great blue heron, the female was 
the bolder, more pugnacious and like a spoiled unruly 
child in her eating. The male bird was ready to eat 
what was presented; but she would beat her wings, shake 
her head and beg with a loud clattering voice, refusing 
to eat bread and milk because she preferred rare beef and 
minnows. The zoologist can never comprehend the 
nature of any creature by the most careful inspection 
of the stuffed skin. .The vital nature of these baby birds 
became 2 most interesting study. Fresh from the 
cypress forest, belonging to the wildest of flying birds, 
they knew no fear, recognizing a friendship and eating 
from the hand, taking the finger into their mouths after 
the manner in which they take the beak of the parent 
bird. While the long, dilated throat would have its 
nuswallowed food, the continuous qua-qua, qua-qua 
would keep up as long as food was in sight. 

When these young birds had been on the premises a 
few days confined in a box a venture to try them in a 
swiall part of the yard partitioned off by wire was made. 
They had grown strong enough to toddle around, and a 
fear that the old hens might attack them kept us on the 
alert, till the pugnacious natures of the toddlers showed 
us that no care would be necessary as to attack from the 
hens, crane or dog. With feathérs ruffled, they would 
extend their long necks, and with a cry intimidate any 
bird which approached. Even Jill, the large crane who 
lerds it over the entire yard, turned and walked majes- 
tically away, leaving the egrets to their own domain. We 
found the birds creatures of strong habits, even at such 
an early age, for they-should not haye been removed 
from the nest for several weeks. 

With the thought of the pretty picture they would make 
on the green lawn they were brought inside. Here they 
were restless, and paced up and down the wire, running 
up against the netting till we found they would haye to 
be put back to their first quarters. In their efforts to get 
back: the male hurt himself in some way, and grew more 
and more helpless, In this helpless state he dislocated 
one of the cartilage-like legs. He grew worse, but 
showed a tenacity of life that was marvelous. His case 
was pronounced hopeless, and after intense suffering he 
succumbed to the mevitable. 

The remaining six egrets were then gotten from the 
hunter, who had grown tired of them and had given up 
all hope of rearing them, for they had been storm-beaten, 
fed on improper food and were so feeble that they could 
not hold their heads up. Every effort to feed and nurse 
the little creatures was put torth. Im this weakened 
state they showed intelligence—on the approach of a 
stranger would qua-qua a disapproval. [rom the tenac- 
ity with which they held to life we hoped from day to 
day to raise at least a part of them. One feature no- 
ticeable was the strong, clear, shining eye that lasted as 
lone as life with them. No strength came to them, and 
the end was the end of all creatures. 

Minute Moors-Wittson. 

Kissimmee, Fla. 


The Beigian Hare Fad, 


“Just after | came ast,” remarked Alexander B. 
Minting, of San Diego, Cal, “there was printed in the 
Heard About Town column of the Times a statement 
about the danger to agriculturists of the Belgian hare 
fad that has gained such a curious hold on the affections 
of breeders of pet animals from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 
The note of warming seemed almost prophetic to me when 
I opened my mail this morning. A letter from my son 
tells me that the supervisors of our county have just 
passed an ordinance compelling owners of Belgian hares 
to keep them closely confined, and fixing a penalty for 
turning tHiem loose of not Jess than $20 nor more than 
$roo, This all came about from the announcement of a 
woman living near me, that she would turn her hutch of 
about 300 of the animals Joose. They had bred so rapidly 
and had become such a care and nuisance that she could 
abide them no longer. Now, the young of the hares feed 


on the tender bark of young fruit trees in preference to 
anything else. As we are a great fruit-raising section, the 
leosing of a lot of Belgian hares would spell ruin for our 
fruit ranches. 
wild of a lot of these rabbits, that breed almost faster 
than a man can count, followed. Belgian hares are so 
common out our way that people will no longer eat them, 
and I know one Los Angeles breeder who will give any 
one all the hares he can take away. Yet he paid $1,500 
for an imported buck, and $1,000 for three does, which 
were the foundation stock of his hutch. Now he is 
doing all he can to exterminate what has come to be an 
unmitigated nuisance in his yicinity, as some of the young 


_ got loose and are doing all sorts of damage to fruit 


trees. The Belgian hare is a greater nuisance than the 
English sparrow. You people of the East and Middle 
Wrest will so find it in a couple of vears unless steps are 
taken to prevent the hares from running wild in the 
woods and fields about your cities. If the Belgian hares 
were allowed to propagate at will for five years there 
would then be more of them in the United States from 
their natural increase than there are of all other animals, 
wild and domestic combined. The market for rabbit 
meat is by no means unlimited, as those who breed for 
this market will find in a very short time. That satis- 
fied, what are you going to do with the nuisances ?”— 
New York Times. 


Duel Between an Elephant and a Lec: molive 


Last Friday the first goods train from Teluk Anson 
to Ipoh, on nearing the twelith ine post from Teluk 
Anson, was brought to a standstill by Driver Russell, 
who noticed a big tusker elephant in the midst of the 
permanent way. A grand contest then ensued between 
elephant and engine. The elephant repea edly charged 
the engine, and this game went on for nearly an hour. 
The driver occasionally backed the engine, antl then 
the elephant would stand aside from the track, but on 
the engine again going forward the animal would return 
to the track and renew its charges. Vhe driver describes 
the onslaught of the elephant as most terrific, particularly 
on one occasion, when he feared the smoke hox door had 
been battered in. Of course the driver could haye 
charged at the tusker. but then the great probability 
would have been that the engine would haye been de- 
railed. Doubtless suffering from a sore head at the jutile 
contest between ivory and iron, the elephant altered its 
tactics, and, turning its rear portion to the iron steed, 
endeavored to push its antagonist backward. Here 
came the chance for the driver. who quickly turned on 
steam and gradually pushed the elephant off the line, but 
in doing so one of the engine wheels went over the hind 
legs of the elephant, and thus Mr. Tusker was disabled. 
The goods train then proceeded on its journey, bearing 
evident marks of the struggle on the cow-catcher and 
the smoke-box. Several pieces of broken tusks were 
picked up, and these are commending a good price. 
The passenger train was following quickly behind the 
goods, and Guard Fox, who was in charge, quickly let 
the elephant have one of his field artillery shots, and so 
settled the obstinate old fellow. It is remarkable to add 
that this same engine was the identical one that ran 
into an elephant five years ago on the line a little lower 
toward Teluk Anson.—Perak Pioneer, Malay Peninsula. 


The White Rhinoceros, 


NATURALISTS interested in the larger fauna of South 
Africa have for several years regarded the white rhinoce- 
ros (R. simus), which was found from the mouth of the 
Zambesi River southward, as extinet or nearly so, and, in- 
deed, the extinction of this magnificent animal was one 
of the strongest arguments that was advanced to bring 
together the Congress which recently met for the pro- 
tection of big game in South Africa. Recently, however, 
Major A, St. Hill Gibbons, the traveler who made the 
remarkable journey through Africa from south to north, 
killed near Lado, on the Upper Nile, a rhinoceros which 
he regarded as the white rhinoceros. He brought back: 
with him the skull of the specimen, and Mr, Oldfield 
Thomas, of the Natural History Museum of London, con- 
firms Major Gibbons’ determination and declares the 
animal to be K. simus. 

Although it has previously been reported that a white 
rhinoceros existed in the Upper Nile country, no speci- 
mens have been brought out and submitted to the 
naturalists, and the descriptions given of the animals seen 
and killed there were so vague that they left it quite 
uncertain as to what it really was. 

In the notes in Nature in which Mr. Thomas announces 
this interesting discovery, he calls attention to a curious 
parallel to it in the discovery by Mr. W. Penrice in Angola 
of a zebra closely allied to the true Cape zebra, which is 
nearly extinct there. In the case of these zebras the 
species are not the same, but the relationship is close. 


The October Woodcraft. 


THE October number of the Game Laws in Briet and Wooderaft 
Magazine contains the game and fish laws of the United States 
and Canada. The Woodcraft part has this capital list of con- 
tents: 

GRAN’THER HILL’S PA’TRIDGE. By Rowland &£. Robinson. 

IN THE FOREST. 

THE OLD CANOE. 

THE RESCUE OF MR. HUNDLEY. 

KELLUP’S ANNUAL. ‘By Jefferson Scribb. 

DEACON THROPE’S PIGEONS. 

ANY LETTERS FOR ME? By H. P. Ufford, 

JEHOSSEE ISLAND. By Olive F, Gunby. 

FLORIDA INDIAN DEER HUNTERS, 

AT CLOSE QUARTERS: The Hen. §,, the Plover and the Bull; 
A Nova Scotia Bear; The Panther’s Scream; A Tite with a 
Florida Alligator; The Owl’s Swoop; The Dog Climbed. 

THE DOG AND THE TURKEY. By John James Audubon. 

SENATOR VEST’S SUNDAY PIGEON SHOOT. 


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of Forest AND STREAM. Recall what a fund was & 
given last week. Cowunt on what is to come next 2 
week, Was there ever in all the world a mare S 
abundant weekly store of sportsmen’s reading? < 
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Game Bag and Gun. 


Proprietors of shooting resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in FOREST AND STREAM. 


American aWildtowl sand Hows to 
Take Them.—IX, 


BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, _ betty 2 ak: 
[Continued fram page 346.) 
Black Duck or Dusky Duck. 
Anas obscura (Gmel.). 

Tuts species and the two forms which are next. de- 

scribed are closely alike, so much so that by any one not 
an ornithologist only a careful comparison will dis- 
tinguish them, ‘They are birds similar in size and form 
to the mallard, but yery different in color. 
_ The black duck is brownish-black or dusky, all the 
feathers edged with pale yellowish. The head and neck: are 
streaked with yellowish. Of this there is least on the 
top of the head and the hind neck, which are sometimes 
nearly black; most on the sides of head and. throat. These 
last are sometimes almost buff, without any streaking. 
The speculum, or iridescent wing patch, -is sometimes. 
metallic-green and sometimes violet, edged with black. 
The bill is yellowish-green and the nail dark, while the 
feet are orange red, the webs dusky. Length, 22: 
inches; wing, 11, Whe sexes are essentially alike. 

The dusky duck, better known as the black duck, is 
most abundant in eastern North America. It is the com- 
monest of the fresh-water ducks of eastern Canada, 
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the New England 
coast, but when it gets as far south as the Chesapeake 
Bay and North Carolina it finds its relative, the mallard, 
there in numbers as great as its own and associates with 
it on terms of equality, — a -. 

The black duck, while feeding almost exclusively in. 
fresh water, by no means avoids the sea coast. On the 
contrary, in the New England States it spends most, 
of the day resting on the salt water and only visits the 
inland streams, swamps and marshes to feed during the 
night. In these localities it does not disdairi such salt- — 
water food as it may pick up, and in the early morning at 
low water I have seen great flocks of these birds feeding 
on the sand beaches and mud flats off Milford, Conn., 
where their chief food must have been the winkles that 
are so abundant there, 

_ The black duck is not common in the interior, though 
it has been reported from near York Factory. Dr. Yar- 
row has reported it from Utah, but these birds were, no 
doubt, mottled duck (4. 7. maculosa). I, personally, have 


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not seen it west of Nebraska, and there only on a very few 
occasions. The specimens then noted may have been 
mottled ducks. It is occasionally taken in lowa and 
Minnesota, but so seldom that most duck-shooters do not 
know the species. Occasionally a man whose experience 
extends over fifteen or twenty years of gunning there will 
say that he has seen the bird two or three times. It has ~ 
been reported as breeding in great numbers about forty 
miles north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, 

In mild winters the black duck remains throughout 
the season in Massachusetts and Connecticut, but some- 
times, 1f the cold is bitter and long-continued, the ice 
covers its customary feeding grounds, and its food be- 
coming very scarce, it grows so thin that gunners refuse 
longer to kill it At such times it sits off shore in the 
sea, or, 1f the ice extends very far out from the shore, 
upon the ice, and almost starves to death, We have once 
or twice seen birds caught in muskrat traps which were 
nothing more than skeletons covered by feathers. 

In New England the black duck is considered one of 
the most acute of all our fowl, and is very difficult of ap- 
proach. They often refuse to notice decoys, and, owing 
to their keen senses and constant watchfulness, are not 
shot in great numbers. The gunners believe that their 
sense of smell is very keen, and will not attempt to ap- 
proach them down the wind, believing that the ducks will 
smell them, Bale 

The black duck rises from the water in the same mar-— 
ner as the mallard, and its note is not to be distinguished | 
from the ntallard’s, In the Southern States, where they 
feed chiefly on grasses and rice and wild celery, they are: 
delicious birds, but on the New England coast they are- 
sometimes found to be very inferior table birds. i 

In the South the black ducks often congregate in flocks? 
of several hundred, resorting especially to little flag: 
ponds in the marshes which they especially affect. Here: 
they appear to have lost much of the suspiciousness. whicln| 
they show further north, and often come readily to decoys:, — 
responding as easily as the mallard to the quacking of 
duck, man or duck-call. he j 

More than almost any of its relatives the black duce 
seems to be a night feeder, and all. might long its cries- 
may be heard through ihe marsh; yet it is, of cours, well 

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known that all ducks feed at night, especially when there 
ds a moon, and the very common belief that the black duck 
does this more than others may be without foundation. 

The black duck is frequently domesticated, and does 
well in confinement, though often after two or three gen- 
‘erations it loses its cliaracteristic color. Domesticated 
es are frequently used as decoys, and with great 

ect. 

While the black duck breeds chiefly to the north of 
the United States, nevertheless many rear their young in 
Maine, New Hampshire and occasionally even as far south 
as North Carolina, though there is, of course, a possibility, 
that the birds breeding there may belong to the next 
species. The nest is usually built on the groimnd, con- 
cealed in high grass or rushes, and the eggs vary in num- 
ber from six to eleven or twelve. They are grayish- 
white. with a very faint tinge of green. Mr. Geo. A. 
Boardman, of Calais, Me., however, reports that he once 
found a dusky duck’s nest in a cavity of a leaning birch 
tree about 30 feet high. The young, fram the time they 
are newly hatched, are expert in hiding, and at the ap- 
ptoach of danger make for the shore and conceal them- 
selves among the grasses. 


Florida Dusky Dack, 


Anas fulvigula (Ridgw.). 

The general color above is brownish-black, as in the 
black duck, but the feathers more widely margined with 
yellowish, giving a generally paler cast to the bird. The 
chin and throat are always plain unstreaked buff, these 
being finely streaked in the black duck. The speculum is 
green, sometimes tipped with white, which may then form 
a bar across the wing.. The bill is olive-yellow and there 
is a triangular spot of black at its base, near the angle 
of the mouth. The legs and feet are orange-red, The 
length is about 20 inches and the wing to. The female 
is somewhat paler than the male. . 

The Florida duck is an altogether lighter colored bird 
than the dusky duck and there can he no question as to its 
specific distinctness nor of the ease with which it may 
be distinguished if the differential characters ate borne in 
mind. These consist (1) in the altogether paler colora- 


tion, the under parts being buff, streaked with dusky, in- 


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stead of the reyerse; (2) the plain buff cheeks, chin and 
throat, these parts being thickly streaked im the dusky 
duck; (3) the black spot at base of upper mandible, next 
to corner of mouth; (4) the green instead of violet 
speculum. 

The Florida dusky duck, while similar to the blaclc 

duck, may thus easily be distinguished from it. The 
general differences are much paler color and absence of 
streaks on the cheeks, chin, throat and fore neck, besides 
a difference in the markings on the bill. This bird was 
long considered to be a pale southern race of the black 
duck, but of late years has been considered a valid species. 
Its range is a very restricted one and it is confined ap- 
parently to southern Florida. 
- In habits it does not differ greatly from the ordinary 
black duck, except so far as its surroundings necessi- 
tate a difference, During the winter it resorts for food to 
the fresh-water ponds during the day and at evening flies 
to the shores about the islands, where the night is spent. 
The birds mate in late winter and early spring and the 
broods are hatched in April. The nest is placed in heavy. 
grass or vegetation, which is often so thick as to conceal 
the eggs. Offen the nests are placed at the foot of a 
palmetto or other bush, Tt is said that many of these 
nests are destroyed by the burning of the grass. which 
takes place each year in certain portions of Florida in 
order to make way for the fresh srass for the cattle. 

The eses of this species are said to he similar to those 
of the ordinary black diucle but are a little paler and not 
auite so large. Tt is altogether nrohable that all the black 
ducks killed in Florida may belong to this species. 


Mottled Duck. 


Anas fulvigula maculosa (Sennett). ~ , 
The mottled duck resembles the Florida duck in th 
characters given above, except that the cheeks are streaked 
instead of plain, the specilum violet instead of green and 
the general coloration rather darker—mottled rather than 
streaked, It is described by Mr. G. B. Sennett as fol- 
.lows: Top of head blackish-hrown, -:margined with very 
“pale buff. Chin and throat isabelld color. Cheeks, buffy 
white, with narrow streaks of darle brawn. Feathers of 
reast, wines, tippet parts and flanks blackish-brown, 
marsined with pale buff, Under parts buffy white. each 
feather with a broad blackish-brown mark near the tip, 
givings a decidedly mottled appearance. Under tail-coverts 
blackish, with outer margins of inner webs reddish-buft: 
those of outer webs buffy-white. The four middle tail 
feathers blackish-brown, the others brownish. Under 
surface of all tail feathers light gray. The speculum is 
metallic-purple, its feathers tinned with white. Length 
about ro inches. wine to inches, 
The mottled dick described by Mr. Sennett as a suth- 
species of the Florida duck, closely resembles it. The 


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cheeks, however, are somewhat streaked with brown, as in 
the ordinary black duck, though the throat is unstreaked 
and the general appearance of the bird is spotted or 
mottled rather than streaked. The difference in color 
of the speculum in these three forms of black duck is a 
real one, and of importance, It denotes the average effect 
of color independent of changes due to the angle at which 
the light strikes them. 

Very little is known about the habits of this sub- 


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species, which appears to be confined to eastern Texas 
and Louisiana, and to extend its range north as far as 
Katisas- 

These three forms ate’so much alike that it is not 
probable that the average gunner will be able to distinguish 
them apart. They occupy different regions, and while 


their ranges probably overlap, it is not likely that the 


Southern forms are ever found much beyond the re- 
sions which they are known to inhabit. 


Maine Game Conditions. 


Editor Forest and Streant: -. : 
I haye just returned from a hunting trip in the Maine 
woods. and the teports,in regard to scarcity of deer are 


true, I not only found this out myself, but heard it on 
every side. The deer have been greatly diminished im 
the State. Whether the September shooting has caused 


this or not I do not know, but I do know that there are 
not so many deer in Maine as there were last year. The 
chief cause of this is the great snow and sleet storms of 
last winter, which killed hundreds of deer and grouse. 
One trapper told me he found in one instance seven 
deer in orfe yard that were frozen to death. I went to a 
noted deer country this year and found very few. 

The moose are holding their own pretty well and 
are very plenty, but there is some talk of putting a 
close time on them next year. 

Some eighteen or twenty moose heads have come over 
Northeast Carry, Moosehead Lake, so far, but only a 
few were large ones. This fall has been extremely 
mild, and instead of finding moose on the hardwood 
tidges, where they generally are at this time of year 
(Oct. 25), most of them were killed on low burnt land 
and on waterways and near spring brooks or low marsh 
lands. So guides who took their sportsmen on the high 
ridges for the most part did not get their moose. 

A word to the true sportsman. Never let your guide 
under any circumstances carry a rifle, and see that he 
leaves it at the home camp. A man who needs a man be- 
hind him to make “sure” he will get his moose by his 
“‘outting in” his shot, better keep ottt of the woods, and 
yet this is done over and over again. In some instances 
which I know of, the sportsman has handed the gun to 
the guide, and told him to shoot the moose, he was so 
frightened. ( 

Beaver are increasing im Maine. and if only let alone 
will be plenty. Their “workings” are one of the most 
interesting sights in the woods which one chances to 
come actoss in a canoe trip. BIRCHBARK. 


Nov. 3—Not all of the shooting accidents are serious 
this fall, though terrible enough at the best. Now and 
then one comes pretty near being laughable. A Boston 
hunter, prominent in Faneuil Hall Market, is noted for 
his good luck in hunting and the amount of big game he 
lands there every season. The boys hold him in great 
respect, as to his shooting qualities. He has recently re- 
turned from a trip to the Maine woods. Reports say that 
he was not as successful with big game as usual, though 
he killed a pretty big specimen of liye animal. Coming 
out of the woods three of them, rather crestfallen be- 
cause they had secured so little game, a partridge sud- 
denly appeared in the road just ahead of the horses. 
One of the three guns cracked at the bird. It was a 
dead miss, but the game did not fy. “See me take him!” 
our friend said, and his shotgun cracked. There was 
great commotion with the poor old horse. The hunter 
had shot him squarely between the ears, and he was so 
badly injured that he had to be killed then and there, and 
the hunters had to walk several miles out to the settle- 
men. Luckily, the horse was not a valuable animal, and 
our friend of the market got off quite easily. But the 
story leaked ont, and the boys in the market got hold 
of it. A few days after the guide of our friend who suc- 
ceeded in shooting the horse appeared. Then the boys 
advised the hunter to settle with the man for his horse 
and have no more trouble about it. “Pay the man,” they 
said, “and not be mean about it.” He had already done 
so, and they knew it. But they allowed that it was too 
bad to deprive the man of his horse without remunera- 
tion. They have given the hunter a new name—a Latin 
name. They call him Domesticus Shooti Horsibus. 

Messrs. W. C. Harding and Theodore Ripley, of the 
Boston Herald, and their friend. R. H. Farewell, are out 
of the Maine woods, and haye had great success. They 
went to Dana’s camp. Their route was from Patten, 
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the Eagle Lake road to the vicinity of Little Millinockett 
Lake, in the Alaguash region. Though hard to reach, 
they pronounce this a great game country. Jhey saw 
from six to twenty deer every day, and secured all the 
law allows. But it fell to Mr. Ripley to carry off the 
prize, It was.a monster moose. His antler spread was 
57 inches, from forward to back tine 37 inches, width 
of right palm 12 inches, left palm 1034 inches, poinls on 
right antler 13, left 10. From nose to crown the lead 


_ measured 37 inches, length of back, crown to tail, 7 lcet. 


The bell on the neck was pure black and was 6 inches 
long and 8 inches deep. The color was generally blacis, 
but tinged with gray on shoulders and at other points. 
The beast weighed at the railroad 781 pounds. the 
hunters say that they took out over 200 pounds of entrails 
and blood, and that he must have shrunken at least Loo 


pounds before getting him out to the rajlroad, ‘This 
brings the weight up to about f.roo pounds. It took 
four horses to draw him out of tie woods The head 


is being motinted, and promises to be one of the finest 
ever brought to Boston. Frank MeKenney, the guide, 
tells them that he kept watch of the big game in that 
section last winter; that the deer fared very hard in the 
deep snows. In the spring hé fonnd {the bodies ot 
tweny-six deer that had perished doubtless in the snow, 
He believes that the lacl: of deer in some sectipns of 
Maine this fall is due to the fact that they died in the 
deep snows last winter. 

Mr. J. E. Hall, ol Bangor, has been on a hunting trip 
to Caribou and Squate Lake. ble tells a Boston friend 
that the deer are now on the hardwood rmidees, and that 
they are hard to get. He believes that they are really 
plentiful in that region, while moose are more nivmerous 
than last year. He says he stopped a few days a. D. S. 
Cummings’ camp at Square Lake. Just before he got 
there Cummings and another guide had come upon two 
bull moose engaged in deadly combat. They were so 
interested in their battle royal that they did not notice 
the hunters, who watched them some time before shoot 
ing them both. SPECIAL. 


New: Yorr, Nov. 2—Editor Forest and Stream: Hav- 
ing recently read in Forrest AND STREAM a not very en- 
couraging report of hunting prospects in Maine, I write 
to give you my experience in that State last month, think- 
ing it may interest those who contemplate a hunting trip 
this year. 

T left Mt. Kineo on Oct, 13 for the Northwest Carry, and 
camped that night at Nigger Brook. The next morning 
we proceeded up Elm Stream to the dam, a distance of 
perhaps three miles, and finding there an old lumber 
camp, we occupied it in preference to maling use of a 
tent. 

I hunted four days, and in that time killed all that 
the law allows, and all by still-hunting. The deer were 
small—in fact, I only saw two latge bucks—but there 
were plenty of them, and I had no difficulty in obtaining 


easy shots. I saw at least twenty. The moose, while a 
very large one, had a spread of only 45 inches. I saw 
afterward a finer head, and signs. were plentiful. One 


ball from a .45-70 was stiffcient to drop my moose in 
his tracks, but that struck him between the eyes. Two 
other moose heads were brought out to Mt. Kineo while 
I was there, and I know of three more moose that were 
killed in that vicinity. and this within the first week aiter 
the season opened. The Elm Stream countiy, | was told, 
had not been hunted over recently; most people beileving 


-they would stand a better chance by going further into 


the woods. 

My sticcess was largely due to the fact that I had for 
a guide Simon Mayo, of Mt, Kineo, one of the best 
hunters I have ever been out with. 

The large hotel at Mt. Kineo is closed, but the Cottaze 
is most comfortable. I had my family with me, and Mr. 
Judkins was a most agreeable host. If will be elad to 
give further information on this subject to any one who 
may desire it. A, D. Ensworte. 


With the Woodcock. 


Orten when “chained to business’ has FOREST AND 
STREAM come as a welcome gtiest, and many an hour 
that perhaps would haye been spent otherwise has been 
turned into an hour of pleasure by the perusal of the 
columns of this my favorite journal. 

It has been said that it-is a long lane that has no turn- 
ing, for after having been confined closely to business 
all summer, lately I have been enabled to take an oc- 
casional day afield. Let me tell you abotit one which, for 
this part of the world, we considered pretty zood from 
a game bag standpoint, and! exceptionally good from a 
pleasant outing standpoint. “We” included Billy, Charlie 
and Jack and three dogs. Billy is on old hand, having 
many a woodcock to his credit. Charlie had never killed 
one, and Jack could only go him one better, having 
killed his first a few days before, on Thanksgiving Day. 

Five A. M. found the three of us seated in a Gladstone, 
with dogs, guns, ammunition and grub sately stowed 
away, and a start was made. Billy was captain, having 
had lots of experience and knowing the country round 
like a book. It was decided to try some reported good 
woodcock ground about seven miles from town and 
about half a mile off the main road. Six o’clock found us 
near the place, and the horse was allowed to tale it easy, 
as it was yet almost too dark to see to shoot, the morn- 
ing having turned out very cloudy. However, it was 
soon light enough, the horse was secured in a con- 
venient fence corner, gums put together, cartridges put 
into pockets, and a little lunch eaten for breakfast, and 
then we take to the bush. Billy said he had never had 
any luck’ just around there, and only tried it on account 
of what others had told him. We hunted it carefully, all 
the most likely and unlikely spots being thoroughly 
gone over, but not a feather did we raise. 

After spending about an hour here, we decided to 
try another place about half a mile the other side of 
the main road. Billy and Jack left the rig to try some 
snipe ground on the way, but Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and 
family were not at home. Next a patch of cedars was 
passed, and out whistled a woodcoclk in front of the 
dog, but too far off for a successful shot. The next 
bush tried was a mixture of swamp willows, poplars, 
alders and an occasional cedar and balsam. On the edge 


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of this, out of a brush pile, the dog started a cottontail 
rabbit, and Jack had the first shot of the day and scored 
a beautiful miss, only succeeding in taking a little fur 
off the hindquarters and making bunny go past Billy 
like a cyclone, but not available for a shot. Next 
Billy put up the woodcock whose acquaintance we had 
made shortly before, but I don’t think he liked our looks, 
for he would not let us get a good look at him, Perhaps 
he was shy. A little later a partridge gave Jack a special 
invitation to knock his head off by jumping on to a log 
a few yards away. The invitation was accepted, but Mr. 
P. would not wait for the answer, but slipped out be- 
hind a clump of willows and kept them between himself 
and Jack for 50 yards or more, so that the second barrel 
could not be used, This piece of bush was thoroughly 
hunted, but although both the woodcock and partridge 
were twice flushed, we failed to score. 

So far we had been hunting (to us) new ground, so Billy 
decided to go to some parts that he knew. A drive of a 
mile or two brought us to the place, being a fringe of 
poplars, willows, alders and cedars along the banks of a 
small creek, with here and there small patches or 
veritable islands of same out in the fields. In the first 
patch two woodcock were flushed, the first very wild, 
and alter being disturbed twice and having two’ barrels 
put after him at long range could not be located. The 
other jumped up behind Jack and was brought down by 
Billy. The next bush was a hardwood of a iew acres 
extent, and separated from the main bush by about 50 
yards of open meadow land. Jack was stationed in this 
opening, and Billy and Charlie worked down toward him. 
Presently Charlie got a snap shot at a partridge, but 
failed to connect, but a minute or two later, by following 
up its line of flight, Billy got a broadside shot and 
succeeded in winging his bird with the second barrel. 
And then followed a race. Did you ever try to catch a 
winged partridge? Well, don’t, unless you are in train- 
ing for a steeple chase. However, the bird was caught, 
and finding that only the outer tip of the wing was in- 
jured it was decided to take it home alive, as it was a 
young bird, and keep it with some pheasants already 
owned by Billy. We now entered the fringe of bush 
along the creek, and had only gone a few yards, when 
Billy bagged another woodcock, and a minute or two 
later still another. Then it was Charlie’s turn, he get- 
ting a fine bird, the first he had ever shot. Billy downed 
two or three more in fine style, and Jack missed a beau- 
tiful chance of getting a fine partridge by being tangled 
up ina brush heap just at the supreme moment when 
the bird got, out almost from under his feet. This was 
too much for Billy, and he threatened to chastise Jack 
if he missed another bird, 

Now, Billy weighs about 220 pounds, and is all muscle. 
The threat had the desired effect, for the next bird, a 
woodcock, was flushed and brought down by Jack. 

We now began to work over in the direction of our 
horse and rig, taking in a strip. of poplars on the way. 
Jack had been working on the outside of the bush the 
greater part of the morning, because Billy always gives 
others what he thinks the best stand, and usually the 
birds will make for the edge and thus give a good, clear 
shot to the one stationed there, but so far not a single 
bird had reached the edge; several of them may have 
started for it, but they were generally stopped by Billy. 

Tt was decided now that Charlie and Jack should 
take the inside and Billy the edge, Jack was evidently 
intended for a dog, for he had no sooner entered the 
bush than out jumped a woodcock just behind him, and 
as it rose above the poplars Billy brought it down. A 
few yards further on another was started, and about 75 
yards further two more were put up, one of which Jack 
wounded, but was unable to find it. The other was 
bagged by Billy a few minutes later. 

Rain had been threatening all morning, and it now 
began to fall in earnest, and Charlie said he would ga 
for the rig and meet the others at a specified point. The 
rain was now falling very heavily, and as there was na 
shelter there was nothing left to do but to “grin and 
bear it.” It was out of the question to work among the 
dripping trees, even the dogs kept to the outside, and 
thus a good part of the best ground was missed. At 
last we came to a small patch of bush in the open fields 
not more than 50 yards long, in which Billy said he was 
sure we should find a pair of woodcock. At first it 
seemed that we should be disappointed, for men and 
dogs failed to raise a feather in going from one end to 
the other. We turned, Billy taking the outside and 
Jack again playing dog. Again this was successful, for 
bang! goes Billy’s gun. 

“Did you get him?” 

“Yes. Wait till I put in another shell.” 

A moment later Jack takes a step or two forward, 
and whir-r-r-r, out goes another with that peculiar 
whistling noise, right straight toward Billy, but turns 
as it catches sight of him and scoots along the edge 
not more than 3 feet from the ground. Bang! bang! 
snaps Billy’s Gréener, and another and, as it proved, the 
last woodeock for that day was added to our string. 

A walk of fifteen minutes brought us to Charlie and 
the rig. Into the latter we climbed and started on a 
four-mile drive to some snipe grounds. On the way we 
had the pleasure, while passing through a swamp, of 
seeing a beautiful cock partridge standing on the road- 
side, but he disappeared before a shell could be put in a 
gun. Near the snipe marsh a country church shed 
afforded us shelter, Here the horse was fed and a small 
fire kindled, over which we were soon drying out 
drenched clothing, and eatine our lunch at the same 
time. Half an hour later the rain had stopped, and we 
started out after snipe. but they were very scarce, the 
flizht from the north not haying arrived yet. Only one 
bird was secured. A short walk brought ts to some 
more goad woodeock and partridge ground, but although 
three or four birds were put up, none was brought to 
bag. Tracks were now made homeward, and after a 
seven-mile drive we arrived there, wet, tired, hungry, 
but happy with thirteen woodcock, one partridge and 
one Wilson snipe to our credit—not so bad, considering 
that the first-mentioned bird is comparatively rare around 
here. 

During the drive home the following question was 
asked: “Well, are we not three blankety-blank fools 
to drive about twenty miles, walk about twenty miles, 
eet soaking wet through, hungry and tired, and all for 


the sake of a few birds?” The answer was unanimous: 
“Well, we may be, but we'd do it again to-morrow if 
we only had the chance.” 

To those who love “nature in her wildest moods” 93 
in any mood, the fullness of creel or size of bag is ot 
the measure of sport. Owing to the mild weather this 
fall leaves are staying on the trees very late, and the 
ever varying colors of the landscape, with its lights and 
shades, with here and there the vivid green of the fall 
wheat, the golden brown of the stubbles, or the darker, 
richer brown where the plow has done its work, the 
whole surrounded or interspersed by the glorious hues 
of the autumnal woods, added much to the pleasure of 
our day with the woodcock, 

Later—The partridge is doing well; seems to be 
quite reconciled to new home and companions. 

Jay Bre. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Bobo and Some Bear Stories. 


To-day, Bobo, the bear hunter of Mississippi, looked 
at my fingers, and was glad. He could count them, and 
he smiled, 

About three years ago some sort of a malignant growth 
assailed Bobo’s left eye, and in spite of such care as he 
could secure for it, the eye got no better, and occasioned 
both Bobo and his friends much uheasiness. This week 
Bobo was on the point of starting for a bear hunt in the 
bottoms, where there were some bears using at a point 
that he knew. His friends got about him, and urged 
him to go to Chicago instead of the Delta cane brakes. 
He arrived here Tuesday, and that afternoon submitted 
fo an operation which removed the troublesome growth, 
which was found attached to the ball of the eye, and had 
attained considerable proportions. The next day Bobo 
was able to talk and sit up. and he declared that he had 


never felt any pain at all, either during or after the use | 


ot the anesthetic and the knife. The second day he got 
up and dressed, and has never gone to bed since then, 
except at his regular hour at night. The doctor will 
not let him leaye the room for a week, and unless Bobo 
frets himself to death from being caged up, we will send 
him back home in a few days better than when he came 
up here. 

The surgeon says he neyer saw a patient like Bobo, 
and considers his rapid recoyery as most extraordinary, 
“Things never did seem to hurt me yery much, any- 
way,’ Bobo said to me to-day. And then he told me 
some things I never heard of before. “One time I was 
out in a dugout, with a friend,” said he, “hunting in the 
overflow, and I noticed he had his gun pointing right 
square toward me, and I told him to move it. ‘Wait 
till [ get around this cypress knee, he said, ‘and I wil.’ 
Well, he waited, and just as he passed the root the gun 
caught on it, and swung back in the boat, and bang! she 
went. and he shot me square in the hip with a load of 
16 buckshot, at a distance of about two or three inches,” 

Bobo paused at this point, till at last I asked him what 
became of the buckshot. “Oh, I've got a good many of 
them scattered up and down my leg yet,’ he said, as 
theugh that didn’t make much difference. 
two or three of them went out at the sole of my foot.” 
This accident I never heard him mention before, and it 
surely was a peculiar one. The full load of buckshot 
went into the fleshy part of the hip and thigh, and tra- 
versed the limb downward, some of the shot lodging and 
some breaking the skin four times, and really going out 
through the foot. He told me this accident occurred 
at the point where we forded the Sunflower River on 
the first bear hunt I ever had with him, and they had 
to paddle up stream for nearly fifteen hours before he 
got help at the settlements, It would surely have killed 
anybody else, and it would haye killed him, had not his 
friend, Boney Lovell, been in the boat also. The latter 
had been through the war and been shot up a good deal. 
and had learned something of surgery, and he saved Baho 
a leg tight there. 

“Another time.” said Bobo, “I was out in the woods. 
where a man was chopping wood. He somehow let 
the axe fly out of his hand, and it came over to me and 
struck me right square in the thigh with the edge, the 
handle sticking up in my face. It stuck up straight in 
the bone of the thigh, and I don’t see how it kept from 
ruining my leg, for I felt the axe-bit cluck! when I 
pulled it loose. I had to ride a good ways on horseback 
before [ got home, and I could not get down off the 
horse alone. My boot was full of blood, and I fainted 
that time, and near bled te death.” 

From all these things it might be inferred that Bobo 
is,a pretty hardy sort of citizen. Indeed, he is one of 


the sort who lived fifty years ago, and he is a type- 


survival. 

Speaking of accidents im the hunting field, Bobo went 
on to tell how careful he always is in carrying a loaded 
gun through the heavy cane cover in which his hunting 
is done. “I was out one day with some of my men 
along on the hunt,” said he, and I had a good chase after 
a bear. and we were getting ready to head off the chase 
at a little open slough. One of the boys, Sam, was 
carrying his gun, full cocked, over his shoulder, pointing 
backward. I spoke to him to call his attention to it, and 
just then whang! she went, and he shot Pete, another 
man who was just coming up behind, crossing the slough. 
square in the forehead, and killed him dead. 

“Another time I was out with a right oldish gentleman 
who was a bird hunter, and who had along with him a 
double-barreled shotgun loaded with bear charges. He 
carried both barrels full cocked, and I spoke to him of it. 
He said he had carried a gun that way all his life and 
thought he knew how to carry one as well as anybody. 
Just then I heard the bear coming, and just then this 
man went off into an epileptic fit, to which he was 
sometimes subject. His friends took care of him and 
T went on and killed the bear right then. I hadn’t got 
more than a few yards away before, whang! went his 
gun, and he shot a hole in the ground. Then, whang! 
it went again, and he shot his horse’s foot off. How 
did he do it? No one knows. No one ever knows how 
it happens, it but sometimes does happen.” 


Bobo and I have telked bear a good deal together in 


was around his place. 


“There were 


the four days I have been in the room with him. “You 
know where you shot the bear out of the big tree?” he 
said. “Well, right at the foot of that very same tree we 
bayed up a big bear, one hunt since then, and I killed ir 
there, and we cleaned it right where we did yours. 

“There are a good many bear at one place over in a 
ways from where we made our hunt, and the fact that 
there are some farms in there doesn’t seem to make 
much difference. Over on the Black Bayou there was a 
fellow building a wire fence this fall one day, he and a 
boy. The boy was doing the work and the man was 
standing up near the house, and about then a big bear 
began to climb over the wire fence, trying to get through 
to where it was used to watering. When the boy saw 
the old fellow poke his nose over the fence he dropped 
his tools and made a running jump for a tree there was 
near there. The man saw him go up the tree and 
asked what was the matter, and the boy told him a bear 
was after him. The man grabbed his gun and started 
around the corner of the house, and right then the bear 
jumped down inside the fence and started angling across 
the yard. The fellow drops his gun right there and makes 
a flying leap for that same tree, and he went plum to the 
top of it in about two seconds, and says he to the 
boy, who was above him up the tree, says he, ‘Move up! 
Move up!” ‘The boy told the story on him, and the fellow 
didn’t like it any too well. 

“A bear is a curious sort of thing, anyhow,” continued 
Bobo, a little later. “I don’t believe they care for folks 
yery much if they find the feed good. One time a man 
come told us to come and make a hunt for a bear that 
He had a trap set, and as luck 
would haye it my old dog, Aleorn—you remember him? 
the one that had his jaw shot up so bad—stepped right 
into this bear trap. There was a little block of wood 
kept the jaws apart just enough so it didn’t hurt his 
leg very bad. I held him fast so he couldn’t break his 
leg, and two of the boys opened the trap, and as soon as 
we turned him loose, off he went with the rest of the 
pack, full cry. We run that bear right around to the 
field where we started, and right up to the watering 
trough at the corner of the house. He hadn’t known 
it, but that bear had been watering there at that man’s 
house for several nights. He said his dogs used to come 
into the house, and his horses always snorted when he led 
them up to water there, but he hadn’t guessed the bear 
was tight in his house, almost. * 

“One time, at another place,’ said Bobo. “‘I was out 
running a bear pretty near by myself, and I met a party 
of gentlemen, and they fell in behind me just as I was 
going to kill the bear. I ran in a way from my horse 
and.killed the bear, which was just beginning to come 
down out of a tree where it was treed. I told-them I 
was sorry they had not told me sooner who they were 
(it was Senator Poindexter Dunn, member of Congress 
from Arkansas, and some friends). for then I would have 
waited for them to come up. (But I don’t see how f 
could, for the bear was coming down mighty fast.) They 
asked me if I knew R. E. Bobo, and I said I did, and then 
I told them who I was. They said they were looking 
for mé, and to make it short we made a hunt together. 
Their dogs would not run a trail worth a cent, but would 
quit, but I had a fine pack then, and we never failed to 
get a bear if they jumped him. Well, we found one little 
field of hard corn—it was right late in the fall by then— 
the first field of hard corn I ever khew the bears to 
bother, for they like the corn when it is soft. I reckon 
they couldn't get anything else to eat, and so took to 
this held. We hunted in there four days with my pack, 
and we killed 2 100 pounds of meat out of that one field 
tor a starting ground. 

“Senator Dunn was so pleased with the sport we had 
that he wanted to buy my pack of fourteen dogs. He 
offered me a section of land for the dogs, but I told him 
they could not be bought. Jim Dunn, a friend of mine, 
owned six of the dogs we sometimes hunted together, and 
he sold his six to Senator Dunn for a half-section of 
the land. He not long after that sold the land for 
$3 500, which goes to prove that a good bear pack is 
worth some money,” 


The Park and Its Benefits, 


It is commonly supposed that the proposed Minnésota 
park would mean locking up from the Staté of Minnésota 
the great heritage of pine. Such is not the case, as- the 
following statement from Prof. S. B. Green, of the 
Forestry Department of the State University, points out 
in a clear and logical way in a plan which he suggests. 

“The immediate effect of putting the reservation into a 
park on this plan will be very apparent. Two-thirds of 
the standing timber, to the value of $1,666,400, will be 
cut at once. This will mean the employment of a large 
number of men, and will start a period of great activity 


‘in the country near by. But when this has been done 


the source of wealth will not have ended, as in the 
ordinary cutting of timber. There will still be employ- 
inent in the park for probably one hundred or more men 
continuously, in the harvesting of $74,000 worth of annual 
increase, the building of roads. the making of fire lanes 
and other employment; and should the United States 
Government decide to locate a company of cavalry here 
for fire protection, there will be in addition the supplies 
for this force. This will, with the families dependent 
upon the employees, etc., probably mean the location at 


once, and permanently, of 500 persons om or near the 


reservation, many of whom would be in families, and this _ 
would make a large and permanent market for the farm 
products of the country near by. In addition to this, the 
natural attractions of the section are such that many- 
tourists would come in. each of whom would leave some 
money behind, and this would assist in making a per- 
manent demand for supplies by the hotels located here. 
It is probable that ohe or more sanitariums would be 
established here for the cure of pulmonary d*seases. which 
would be open the year round. School houses would be 
opened in the park, and the better agricultural land be 
used for agricultural purposes. . 

“Tf the above figures are correct the pronosed park, 
merely as a financial venture, will take cate of itself, and 
as an example in good forestry and a place for recreation 
for our people it ought to be worth very much, Besides, 
from the purely economical standnoint. the establishment 
of this park would have the effect on the surrounding. 
country that the’ establishment of any great, permanent 


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manufacturing concern has, and would undoubtedly re- 


sult in mitch improvement over the ordinary way of 
cutting timber in this State which so often has left a trail 


of stagnation behind it.” Lz 
E. Houcn, 


HartTForD BUILDING, Chicago, Til, 


In Iowa Game Fields. 


MarsHALLTowN, la., Nov. t.—Duck shooters straggling 
in from northern lowa lakes report dull sport. One party 
has been at Ruthven, where a hunting shack with com- 
plete equipment found few ducks coming in. The weather 
has been unfavorable to duck flight, having been spring- 
like and warm. The ducks are still in the far northern 
waters. Though the migration flight which twenty years 
ago made our lowa feeding grounds the best of sports- 
men’s resorts has moved further west, there are still a 
number of excellent duck points in the State. The writer 
has in mind a rice lake where he did his chicken shooting 
this fall where the ducks drop in by thousands on. their 
semi-annual flights. He does not care to advertise it, but 


will answer any inquiry from legitimate sportsmen. No 
market-shooters need apply. ; 
’ Quail are especially numerous this season. Ina short 


drive through the rural districts 1 have counted a hali- 
dozen bevies. A sentiment in favor of sparing them would 
exist strongly were it not for the fear that a hard winter 
might render the shooter’s self-denial useless by the de- 
struction of the birds he spared, Good cover is abundant 
close to the city, and good sport obtainable by an hour’s 


“drive. 


The Gun Club is in a flourishing condition, and with the 
return of such members as have been absent at resorts 
and on extended trips to Europe and elsewhere, will 
hold their weekly shoots, E, G. Wallace, who is de- 
veloping into an expert target shot, came home from the 
recent Ottumwa meeting with second high average. 

Rowland Robinson is represented in our city public 
library by a single work, his ‘“Danvis Folks.’ It is a pity 
that a complete list of his books may not be found in every 
public library or reading room, for he taught the un- 
written gospel of the groves and streams as no one had 
done before. His sightless eyes turned backward in 
retrospectian saw more and better than the unclouded 
retinas of others. With the exception of Ian Maclaren, no 
writer has given us such pen picttires, such character 
sketches. Pure as the mountain brooks he knew, sparkling 
and clear as their rippling shallows, all he wrote whispered 
of a brave broad man whose absolute knowledge of na- 
ture Jed him to love its every manifestation from man- 
kind to a blade of grass. How many of us there are 


who, vtterly unknown to him, knew and loved him. 


through his pen and mourn his departure, will never he 
known. But I shall teach my boy to read him and 
strengthen thereby an inttitive love for the woods, the 
covers and the streams—the only heritage he may ever 
receive from me. Surely among the Elysian fields there 
must he mountains, brooks, low.lying lakes and wind- 
waved woads whereen his reopened eves may feed and 
where his unchained feet may wander. Let us hone so. 
Moscripr. 


_ — 


A November Afternoon. 


ALL the morning the sky was hidden by solid gray 
clouds, and a keen northwest wind swept across the 
dreary dun colored crass of the prairie, and rustled 
noisily aimong the dead blades of the corn. At noon 
the snow began to fall, the cold and the wind increased. 
The ducks grew restless and sought the cornfields for 
shelter and food. They seemed to know that they had 
lingered in this bleak country as long as they dared 
to, and that the time had come for them to fill their 
crops with corn and then begin a long flight to the 
south. 

The man with the gun stepped out of doors. It was 
chilly. dreary, and the warm stove inyited, him to stay 
by it. He turned to go in, but thought he would first 
go around the house and look over the big cornfield. 
The snow was so thick that he couid not see more than 
three hundred yards; but within his range of vision were 
mallards, apparently thousands of them, scores of flocks, 


‘all flying low and circling and wheeling over the corn. 


In five minutes he saw a dozen bunches of them settle 
into the corh. File turned and went into the house, but 
the hot stove and the warm room had no charms for 
him now. He slipped on the old “dead grass” shooting 
coat, saw that the powder flask and shot pouch were 
full, dumped a whole box of Ely felt wads in his pocket. 
slipped a box of Ely waterproof caps in his vest, and 
picking up the gun, gave a look at the old setter, who 
got up front behind the stove, and the two old friends 
went out into the storm. : 

A little way out in the corn a big flock wheeled into 
range and two shots brought down one mallard. At 
the report of the gun, thousands of mallards rose all 
over that one hundred and sixty acres of corn, with a 
roar and rush of wings that sounded above all the noise 
and tumult of the storm, After watching the ducks a 
few minutes the man and dog looked at each other. 
"Well, Sinner. they're here and they are going to stay 
too. The way to do it is to go to the leeside of the field 
and work back against the wind; then the ‘shooting won't 
scare them sa much. We will sure get ’em this time.” 
Sinner wagged his tail, and cut a few capers, which 
meant “You bet,’ and they took their way along the 
side of the corn toward the far end’ of the field, the 
man paying no attention to a number of fair shots he 
might have taken at ducks that flew in range. The 
man and the dog talked to each other as they went along, 
and the great prospect for sport and the stimulating 
influence of the snow and the bracing cold made them 
so exuberant that they actually stopped two or three times 
to shake hands over it. - 

Having reached the lee side of the corn just in time 
to see a lot of ducks settle in the corn a hundred yards 
out in the field, they walked swiftly toward them. 
Going slowly as he neared the spot, the man presently 
saw what looked like a cluster of small stakes about 
knee high. They were not thirty-five yards distant, but 
no inexperienced eye would have taken these motionless 
stakes to be the upstretched heads of mallards, but that 


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was what they were, and a man of godd vision could 
have seen an eye in each of those inert looking stakes. 
Shooting where the stakes showed the thickest, three 
ducks were laid out dead, and the second barrel brought 
down one as they rose. Before the gun could be re- 
loaded, several good shots were offered by ducks that 
rose and wheeled over the field. The man stood right 
there and loaded and fired for more than an -hour, taking 
nothing but easy shots; and almost every shot bagged 
a mallard, The ducks seemed to be so-blinded by the 
snow, or so intent on filling up with corn before they 
started south, that they paid no atténtion to the man, and 
but little to the shooting, for the noise of the storm and 
the swishing corn blades made the sound of the gun 
seein far away. At last the ammunition was getting 
low, and the bag of ducks very heavy, for there were 
some thirty-odd of them. The man stopped: shooting and 
tied the ducks in two bunches together; then taking a 
leather strap from his pocket, tied the two bunches 
together, threw the strap over his shoulder, and marched 
to the hotise. By the time he got there his load was so 
heavy that he weighed it. It weighed 98 pounds. Next 
morning the storm was over, The sun shone bright, the 
wind was quiet, the thermometer below zero, the ponds 
frezen, and high in the air long lines of ducks, geese and 
brant sped southward. 
So ended the duck season of 1874 in western Iowa. 
O. H. Hampton. 


Colorado Deer. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

Below is an extract from a letter written by Capt. James 
L. Bradford, of New Orleans, from Glenwood Springs, 
Colo., early in September. The Captain is an enthusiast 
of the old school—the “Sam Lovel” school—whose ardor 
is tempered with moderation, His record of the chase ts 
garnished by many antlered heads and many inches of 
notches on his several rifle stocks; but he knows when 
not to shoot, and his letter betrays an undertone of 
SOLO at the unsportsmanlike slaughter of the Colorado 

eeu: 

“ox * * YT got back here last night from a hunt 
up in the high ‘parks’ about forty miles to the northward. 
I was gone just nine days, having only three full days in 
the camp, the rest of the time haying been spent in reach- 
ing and getting out of that inaccessible region. I went 
from here by rail twelve miles westward to Newcastle; 
thence by vehicle to Rawson's Ranch, on the White River 
—the highest one up that stream; thence. seventeen or 
eighteen miles northeast by pack animals to the camp. 

“The elevation of the camp ground is about 10,000 
feet, and the mountains and peaks around it go much 
higher, the whole region being well watered, and all, ex- 
cept the peaks and mountains, generally covered with 
forests of aspen, Norway pine, spruce pine, etc. Prob- 
ably three-fourths of the surface is covered with timber 
and all with uncommonly fine grass, wild oats and other 
food for deer. 

“There were soine elk, a few antelope about the parks 
and as for deer, I fear to tell you the truth—I never 
would haye believed such things. They are there by 
thousands. The biggest, fattest, stupidest things you ever 
could imagine. I went out on foot parts of two days, not 
traveling oyer two or three miles each time, and suppose I 
saw thirty or forty each day, chiefly does and half-grown 
fawns. The law allows each hunter to kill’ but two 
deer (no elk), and they must be bucks. I only went out to 
secure two big bucks, intending to prepare them to be 
mounted whole by the taxidermist here, hence refrained 
from shooting until a big buck ‘presented himself. I 
easily got a shot at one (four does leading him), and 
brought the great buck and his antlered glories down. A 
guide helped me to prepare that one. When that tasic 
was done, I had no desire to get the other, so did not 
fire another shot. 

“Coming down the trail by pack next day, a herd 
sprang up out of the tall grass, and, as usual, stood 
stupidly gazing at us. The buck stood only 60 yards 
off, till I drove him away: I had not the heart to shoot 
down the noble animal and leave him where he fell.. But 
many of the hunters are not so scrupulous, and daily slay 
the bucks, perhaps bringing in the head and hams to 
the camp, leaving the rest for the wild animals and 
magpies. The taxidermists have my skin, horns and 
hones, and promise me a fine job of it. 
will often go to 300 pounds in weight. But there is 
no pleasure nor skill in hunting or killing them. Indeed, 
no one hunts them at all. Two or three persons ride 
along together, usually leaving camp about 10 or 11 in the 
morning, and soon the deer, singly or in herds, begin 
to jump up. They usually stop at short distances to 
stupidly stare at the intruders, who, haying selected the 
buck, one, two or all of them will fire, and the great 
buck usually stands till he is shot down. If he doesn’t 
fall in sight of them. they ride on and repeat the opera- 
tion till one falls at a conyenient distance. Often they 
leave them where they fall, not even- bringing in the head 
or the hams—never anything more. Some (but few) 
hunters shoot down does and fawns, and leave them, too, 
where they fall. Had I shot at all, as they offered, I think 
IT could easily have killed twenty a day, all from the 
saddle. 

“In the early days in south Alabama—in 1850, ‘51, 52, 
etc._-where I have always heretofore thought and said 


that the deer were more plentiful than anywhere else in | 


the world, they were not one-fourth so abundant. as I 
found them here. But there is no sport in“ hunting 
them, nor any skill required to kill them. A true sports- 
man scorns such slaughter. A boy ten years old shot 
down a monster buck. Town boys. tenderfeet and all 
shoot them down about as well as veteran hunters.” 
The Captain will pitch camp in the Coldwater Swamp 
again this fall. His buck will be bagged there by dint 
ot all the wiles of sportsmanship. He will scout beyond 
the outposts of Buck Ranch and return with much spoil 
of victory, TRIPOD. 
MISsSISSIPFr. 


The Forest anp STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. 


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A Deer in‘ the Village. 


Essex, N. Y., Oct. 31—Editor Forest and Stream: 1 


used to think I was a lucky hunter, but having just lost 


my fourth chance at deer since Oct. 1 I have been com- 
pelled to revise the opinion. [I had just finished my 
sponge bath this morning, and had on one shoe, when, 
happening to glance out of the window of the room I 
was in, which is on the ground floor of my house in 
Essex village, I saw a yearling doe not over 25 yards 
away. The deer was skulking along by an arbor-vite 
hedge, and had apparently just come up from the shore 
of Lake Champlain, which is less than too yards away. 

A ten-gauge shotgun was at my elbow, and in a drawer 
beside it were some shells loaded with No, 6 shot. I 
liad a few buckshot shells somewhere, but on the spur of 
the moment could not remember just where I had put 
them. As this passed through my mind, the deer raised 
her-head and looked toward the house, and apparently 
hearing some ‘noise made a couple of short jumps and 
disappeared through the hedge. If she had waited a 
second longer I would have sent a charge of No. 6 
through the window at her, but by the time I had the 
shells in the gun she was out of sight. 

Stopping a moment to pull on my other shoe, IT ran 
to the back door and out of the house hatless and clad 
only in my underwear, The wind was blowing from 
the south, and the deer had gone north, and to cut this - 
yeracious story short, I did not see her again, though 
I returned to the house and dressed and carefully hunted 
over two neighboring pieces of woodland, 

Apparently she had followed a small brook which runs 
within fifteen rods of the house down to the lake, and was 
making her way back, possibly, to the Boquet Moun- 
tains, three miles away, when J saw her. 

Only a short time ago a deer was killed by squirrel 
hunters in a small piece of woods south of the village, 
and deer have been seen quite close to Essex at various 
times during the summer. 

I have not-heard of any one else seeing this particular 
deer which is the occasion of this letter. It was a little 
before 7 A. M, when I saw her, and few persons were 
abroad. 


Shooting in Western Pennsylvania. 


Editor Forest and Stream; 

The reports received from all parts of the country 
show an unusual number of squirrels. Quite a number of 
very fine black squirrels have been shot near here, an 
unusual circumstance of late years. Gray squirrels are 
abundant—evidently on their autumnal migration. 
Ruffed grouse and quail show up in goodly numbers, 


-while rabbits are plentiful enough to assure good sport 


as soon as the seascn opens. 

It takes a man with sone life and nerve to stand a day’s 
tramping over our rugged hills, which are in many places 
very precipitous, but the sport afforded will well repay 
all effort. Our State has some of the finest effects in 
woodland, sky and hill contour to be fottnd anywhere, 
an the Allegheny River and its numerous tribuatary 
creeks afford some good sport for the lovers of rod and 
line. One day last month Uncle George came 
down from Jefferson county for one more trial with the 
black bass, and he proved that in spite of his 7o years 
he was too wise for half a dozen nice ones in one day’s 
fishing. He fished from the same shore rocks that he 
used while fishing here before the war of ’61-65. Some 
day I may spin a string of anecdotes and fish yarns of 
strings of pike and pickerel in Eastern waters, trout in 
mountain streams and bass and perch in the streams of 


. Pennsylvania, Virginia and other States, incidents of the 


nshing life of Uncle George during his 65 years’ devotion 
to rod and line. 

I believe that the most obdurate landowner cotld be 
won over to espouse the cause of the gentlemanly (note 
the ly) gunner if properly handled. By some means get 
him to your towt ort city home, and treat him right, and 
then tell him you would like to go shooting with him. 
He will invite you to hunt on his farm and will get per- 
mission of all his neighbors to hunt on their farms. As 
a rule city residents would not care to permit farmers 
strolling into their grounds, and lounging in their ham- 
mocks, or circling about the drives on their bicycles, 
without so much as a “by your leave,” and in some 
respects turalists are. much like mortals as found in 
cities. 

If the farmer has a boy or girl interested in field sports 
or natural history, you might make a staunch friend by 
inailing your read copies of FoREsT AND STREAM to be 
re-read in that farmhouses home with more interest than 
you ever dreamed of. Try it and prove the truth of my 
suggestion. GEORGE Entry. 

TEMPLETON, Pa. 


Northern Pennsylvania Shooting. 


_ Sayre, Pa—tThe delightful days of latter October have 
furnished those who love to be afield many hours of rare 
enjoyment. Ruffed grouse abound in plentiful numbers 
in nearly all the likely covers of these northern counties, 
and while the shooting may be classed as of the strictly 
rugged sort, it has its glorious compensations. These 
vanishing October days have been fully the equal of those 
which haye swept along the avenues of time in former 
years. - With hillsides aflame with those colors which 
only the Divine artist has at ready command. and with 
the fine, soft air tiding gently across country to heal 
and exhilarate, the sportsman has indeed found himeslf 
under fairly ideal conditions. Large scores on ruffed 
grouse, the noblest member of the elusive grouse family, 
are the exception in this section of Pennsylvania, but 
the air and the sunshine and the visions of a graceful 
landscape more than equalize any deficiencies which 
from some viewpoints may appear to exist. 

More and more it has come to be-an accepted phrase 
of the brotherhood that it is not all of shooting to shoot: 
and to a greater degree than ever before men who go 
afield are now measuring their pleasure by the elements 
of health and vigor in the air, and the inspirations 
aroused by studying the ever lovely face of nature, rather 
than by what the handy hammerless brings to the codt 
pocket, 


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[Nov. x0, 1900, 


So it happens that more sportsmen are voicing their 
regret at the departure of sunny October than it 1s com- 
mon to note, and so likewise must depart the chief joys 
of glad hours afield. Probably a greater number of birds 
will be shot from this date out than usual, because the 
supply is greater and men will pay stricter attention to 
the hard, exacting side of the sport than during the 
days when air ahd scenery existed in happier combination 
to divert and impel their attention. In the vicinity of 
Ulster, Towanda, and in some of the country about 
Sayre, points reached on the main line of the Lehigh 
Valley R. R., good shooting may be had on ruffed 
grouse. Gray squirrels are to be found in this same 
country. Over the State line in New York, at Van Et- 
ten, Lockwood and North Spencer—points all reached 
on the Lehigh system—satisfactory grouse covers are 
to be found. : 

Wildfowl are not moying to any extent as yet in this 
country, and reports from Cayuga Lake are equally 
unsatisfactory. M. Cutie. 


Adirondack Hounding. 


Saranac Lakes, N. Y., Nov. 2—Editor Forest and 
Stream: Hearing that a moose had been killed near 
this place, brotight in and was at the meat matket, I went 
to look it over. I found a fine looking bull moose which, 
judging from the horns, size and general appearance, was 
about three years of age and estimated to weigh nearly 400 
pounds. Its sides, hips and shoulders, with the under 
patt of the body, were nearly jet black, with bluish gray 
along the back and head, also on the legs below the body. 

The horns had a spread of about 2 feet, carrying on 
each horn one tip, or sharp point, aside from the flat- 
tened or broadened part of the horns at each upper end. 

A person in the crowd stated that the man who shot 
the moose had been arrested and would be fined. The man 
who killed it, a guide and hunter, so I heard, brought 
the moose in for sale same as if it was-a calf or any other 
animal fit for meat. I am sorry for the man, also for 
the moose, as I would much rather it was alive and run- 
ning in the woods, 

Public opinion, as far as I can judge, does not seem to 
favor the strict enforcement of the game laws, and the 
consequence is that hounds are out and running each 
Sunday, sometimes long into the night. I am told that a 
certain class of men hunt on Sundays and presume that 
this accounts for the fact that the dogs are out on Sunday. 

If one asks why the dogs are allowed to run deer, the 
answer generally is, “Oh! some men keep dogs and they 
will get out and have a race.” If you suggest that it 
is against the law and ask why the game warden does 
not attend to the matter, you may be told, “He doesn’t 
care; they all doit.’ And if you ask further how it is that 
some one does not shoot the dogs, as the law allows, you 
will be informed, “That no one wants trouble over a 
dog, and if one should be shot no person would own it.” 

Most men, qualified to express an intelligent opinion 
on the subject, will readily admit that hounding of deer 
is one of the most flagrant violations of the game law; 
that one dog will kill more deer in one year than a 
wolf would in a life time, as the wolf only kills to eat. 
while the dog kills for slaughter, yet thousands of dollars 
were paid out by the State for bounty on wolf scalps in 
order to give the deer a chance to live and increase, while 
now some persons breed and keep dogs in the woods, al- 
lowing them to kill deer the year round, 

It would seem to be the better policy to keep all dogs 
out of the woods and let the deer become so plentiful 
that more and more men will come into the Adirondacks, 
making a better support and living for those who live 
in the woods, and who cater to and work for those who 
come here to hunt. 

Parties residing here and who wish to still-hunt go 
away ta some place where hounding is not tolerated in 
order to find good hunting. Jt would seem that this 
fact alone would help bring about such a condition of 
public opinion as would cause the enforcement of the 
present game law. chs 


All in Western Massachusetts, 


GosHEN, Mass., Oct. 30—Wildcats, raccoons and foxes 
have become so numerous in Hampshire county, Mass., as 
to warrant the organization of hunt clubs. The Western 
Massachusetts Fox Club, of Westfield, will hold its annual 
hunt on Nov. 15 and 16. A banquet will be served. The 
speaking will be a feature. Worcester will send up a 
large delegation and a pack of hounds, and many other 
places in New England will be represented. Invitations 
will be sent out to a number of prominent men in different 
sections. It is expected Congressman Lawrence will be 
on hand at the banquet, and there is a possibility of 
Lieutenant-Goyernor Bates accepting an invitation. 

Patrick Connor, of Barre, shot a wildcat which meas- 
ured 4 feet 3 inches and weighed 21% pounds. It was 
handsomely marked with dark tiger stripes, Otis 
Witherell shot a wildcat on his farm near the reservoir 
in Westhampton which weighed 18 pounds. He says 
that wildcats are common in the vicinity. The same day 
Charles Bartlett shot a large coon. 

Benniamino Reamouth, a mighty Italian game stalker 
of North Adams, shot his hunting mate, Peter Leonesio, 
while up a tree, mistaking him for a bird. Perhaps he 
thought he was a jay? 

A number of Mongolian pheasants have been seen at 
some distance from the place where they were liberated 
in Goshen. ‘ 

_ D. A. Gould’s woodchuck dog, Rover, of Plainfield, 
has a record of thirty or more woodchucks for the season. 

Shooters who cross the line into Remont say that coons 
are abundant. Three sportsmen from Williamsburg and 
West Springfield killed nine near Wardsboro. 

Henry Shepherd, aged ninety, has just accomplished an 
eight-day horseback ride of 200 miles. and returned to his 
home in Northampton. He made the tour of the Hamp- 
shire Hills, and was accompanied by his son, Thos. M. 
Shepherd and President Eddy. of the National Bank of 
the Commonwealth, Boston. He takes annual rides of 
this sort regularly. COxEY. 


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Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday end as much earlier as practicable. 


The Bore of, Guns. 


New York, Oct. 30.—Editor Forest and Stream: I 
read with interest Mr. Stark’s remarks on the bore of 
guns in a recent number of the FoRrstT AND STREAM. 
i think, however, that he is wrong about the shooting 
of most full-choke gtins. A friend of mine had a Baker 
gun, the right (cylinder) barrel of which shot to the 
left, and centered about 4 inches too high—as he thought, 
Finally I got at the trouble by noticing that he held to 
the left and high unconsciously. You see, his right eye 
was considerably weaker than the left one. As soon as 


he began to shoot left-handed the gun centered all right, — 


and J saw him put fifty-three No. 8 shot in a small visit- 
ing card, holding the muzzle sight on a nail head in 
the center, at 30 feet. The pattern was periect, and the 
card fell apart after the discharge. 

T have an old Shattuck “American Side-Snap,’ No. 
12 gauge, 30-inch barrels, that will shoot one or two 
small lead bullets np to 75 yards, as well as a small rifle. 

I learned this by putting a couple of buckshot on top 
of my brass shells, loaded with No. 6, for long shots at 
gray squirrels, and hardly ever missed the game at any 
distance. The smaller shot sometimes landed with the 
larger ones at long distances, but not often, . 

If a man uses a single-barrel gun, his charge will 
center pretty well, even though his eyes are unequal in 
strength, and with a double-barrel his left barrel will 
do better work than his right when both are full choke. 
Y am taking the ground that he has been shooting with 
both eyes open. PETER FLINT. 


A Prairie Chicken Incident. 


THE people about the Ravalli Hotel were treated to a 
rather strange experience last Wednesday, and one which 
could scarcely happen in a country less noted for its 
winged game than the Bitter Root Valley. The people 
in the kitchen were startled just before noon by the 
crash of falling glass from one of the dining room win- 
dows, and at first thought that some malicious or careless 
person had thrown a stone through it. In fact, one of 
the girls in the laundry said she had seen the stone fly 
across the lawn and through the window. Mrs. Green 
called her husband and they hastened to the dining room, 
where, to their great surprise. they found a prairie 
chicken gasping its last on the floor, its throat cut with 
the glass through which it had come. The only surmise 
is that the chicken had become so frightened at some- 
thing that it had lost its head and dashed into the window 
without really knowing where it was going. The force 
with which it struck may be in a measure realized when 
it is told that the glass which it crashed through is a 
heavy plate glass, 5 feet square. Anh almost similar ex- 
perience was had a couple of weeks ago, when a duck. 
seemingly as badly rattled as the chicken. droye against 
the flag pole of the hotel and dropped quivering and 
dying pon the roof—Rayalli (Mont.) Republican, 


Disappearing Ducks. 


St. Aucustine, Oct. 20.—Edifor Forest and’ Stream- 
It’s not a matter of very great consequence, TI suppose. but 
I'll add another pair to Mr. Hough’s mysteriously dis- 
appearing ducks. One dav on the Calumet two of us 
were after ducks in a small boat. my companion rowing 
very quietly along near the edge of the grass and I stand- 
ing guatd in the bow of the boat, when a pair of mallards 
popped up within about to yards of us, and hoth fell, an- 
parently stone dead, before they had got fairly under 
headway. We supposed they were a badly cut up pair. 
hut when we went to take them in out of the wet not a 
feather could we find, and though the water was clear of 
grass in front of us. not a sign of them conld be seen 
We had to leave without them. Dipyuus 


New Jetsey. 
Bayvyitre, N. J., Noy. 1.—To-day found more birds than 


I have ever found in any Northern State. There are 
hardly any duck, brant or geese in the bay. There has 
been no snipe this season. Hers, 


See the list of good things in Woodcraft in our adv, cols. 


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Camp-Sfire Mlicherings. 


“That reminds me.” 


TueEy ate telling in the Lake George tegion of a New 
Yorker who appeared there last summer, with designs 
upon the bass fishing which were altogether out of 
proportion to his experience in the business. He had 
a camping neighbor, however, who had both the designs 
and the experience. Seeing him bring in a string of bass 
one evening the New Yorker asked him what bait he 
had used, and was told that it was crickets. The next 
morning he was seen skirmishing about industtiously 
with a spade, but apparently in vain, for he approached 
his neighbor and said: “Would you mind having your 
boys dig me some crickets? I can’t find a ome,” 
| CAmp-Frre, 


Sea and River ishing. 


Proprietors of fishing resorts will fnd it profitable to advertise 
them in Forest AND STREAM. . 


ANGLING NOTES. 


“An Old Man’s Holiday.” 
Mr. Epwarp Marston, the father of Mr. Robert B. 


Marston, has given us another most charming little book, 


with the title “An Old Man’s Holiday.” He adheres to 
his pen name of “The Amateur Angler” on the title page, 
but in this day it so thinly veils his identity that I have 
dispensed with it for the purpose of this note. 

Charming is an adjective that has become tather 
hackneyed in writing or speaking of men, women and 
books, but years ago it seémed to me to be most appro- 
priate in describing the elder Mr. Marston’s little books, 
for his writings teally charm his readers, and I like to 
adhere to the descriptive term with each succeeding 


_ book, for the charm grows more and more potent. 


Listen to the dedication: 

“To my son, R. B, M. (Piscator Major), and to my 
good friend, G. Y. (The Professor), expert anglers 
both, my frequent companions on my Angling Excursions, 
I dedicate this little book. 

“The thoughtful care of the former in all that contributes 
to my welfare, and especially in providing me with the 
needful implements of destruction when I go a-fishing, 
and the unselfish anxiety with which the latter, by good 
advice and ready help, sought to save me from many a 
scrape into which my juvenile rashness and inexperience 
must otherwise haye plunged me, surely deserve and 
demand this shght recognition of their goodness, and TI 
seize with pleasure the opportunity which is here afforded’ 
me of expressing to them my love, my gratitude and my 
good wishes. THe AMATEUR ANGLER.” 

Some years ago Mr. R. B. Marston sent me some pink 
and some white hawthorns, or Mays, as they call them 
on the other side, and they have grown famously, and 
the frontispiece of the little book now before me is a repro- 
duction of a photograph showing Mr. Marston the elder 
and Mr. Marston the younger on “@ur seat under the 
May tree.” There are a fishing hotise and a landing net 
and a fly-rod and a river in evidence, and it might easily 
be imagined that the May fly were up. The other illustra- 
tions in the book ate chiefly from photographs. One is a 
reproduction of a May fly, and this is the legend: ~~ 

“Here is a picture of the G. O. M. May Fly imitation, 
after it had been worn in the gill of a trout for over 
nine months, as déscribed in the last chapter. Of 
course, there is no particular novelty in finding a flyin a 
trout’s mouth, but it is somewhat of a novelty to be able 
to identify the fly, and to find it in such a perfect state 
of preservation aiter so long a time of wear and tear.” 

It is remarkable, indeed, to find a fly in a trout’s mouth. 
This fly was fixed outside the gill, after nine months, and 
therefore I copy the description in the last chapter: 

“The Major caught a brace of trout and several trouble- 
some grayling; the largest trout was about 1% pounds, 
and by this trout there hangs a tale. When I was fishing 
in the same meadow last June I lost many a trout and 
many a May-fly. Now it so happens that in’the gill of 
this trout was found, firmly hooked, a perfect May-fly, 
the G. O. M., with 6 inches of gut. He has worn and 
no doubt been very proud of this distinctive decoration 
ever since. It seems to me to be a very remarkable thing 
that a fly and hook should have been in that fish for more 
than nine months, and now as perfect and fresh as if it 
had been in my pocketbook all the time. The gut is 
rather rotten. 

“The gold tinsel around the body is as bright-as ever 
it was. One wing is slightly mangled, as if other envious 
trout had tried to nibble it. I fully believe that fly is 
mine, that I lost that fish on that particular spot last 
June. The only doubt I have about it is that I then esti- 
mated the fish I lost as at least 1% pounds, whereas this 
one, aiter nine months’ growth, now weighs only 134 
pounds, and on the other hand, you know how much 
larger are always the fish you lose than those you take! 
as fly is distinctly a G. O. M. of Mrs. Ogden Smith’s 
make.” 

The book may be the record of an old man’s holiday, 
but it is written with all the vigor and exuberance and 
exhilaration of youth, and may the same hand continue 
to wtite books with the rigor and charm of perpetual 
youth. 


Aditondack Ponds. 


Mr. L. O. Crane, of Boston, writes me the following 
interesting letter: “I note in your ‘Angling Notes’ in 
FoREST AND STREAM of Sept. 29 that you cannot find out 
anything about the food supply in Spring Pond up Bog 
River. It should not be difficult to get this information, 
for the pond is well known by all Saranac guides, and it 
is easy of access. . 

“Tt was a féw years ago, when I fished it last, very well 
stocked with chubs and other small fish, especially with 
sunfish, which fairly swarmed there. A great many 
trout of 5 pounds weight have been taken there on troll 
and with live bait, but as tar as I can learn never one 
on a fly-casting, though a great many have been taken 
on flies trolling, even with no bait on, and I am satisfied 
if they were fished for persistently at the right time 
they cotild be induced to rise and could be taken casting. 

“Spring Pond was without trout until something like 
fifteen years ago Walter Aiken, of Franklin Falls, N. H. 
(now dead), with, I think, Lem Corey (gone too), and 
Robert Nichols, as guides, brought over from Grave's 
Pond twenty trout and released them at the Spring Pond 
landing. Nineteen of these fish swam off all right, and 
one turned up and was taken out. This stocking was 
kept a secret for some years, and they did not try the 
pond from year to year, probably thinking it would not 
pay for the time expended, until on one trip one of the 
party saw a large fish rise while crossing the pond on the 
way to Graye’s Pond, and they then decided to troll it. 
The result was a surprise. They took something like 
fifteen or twenty trout that were all about of the same 
size, and averaged in the vicinity of 5 pounds each. 
George Fayette, who works at Ne-ha-sa-na, was in the 


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glad the Jandlocked salmon are doing well there. 


Noy. 10, 1900.] 


FOREST: AND. STREAM, 


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scrape, and can give you the correct figure. Other 
trout and bait were afterward brought over from Bog 
River and the pond stocked in that way, but I think that 
up to the time I stopped going there no more trout were 
brought from Graye’s Pond, as it was a mile over the 
mountain and hard to keep them alive. We could always 
tell the river trout, as they had a longer head and under- 
shot jaw, while the’ Graves’ Pond trout had short fins, 
head and even mouth, and grew silvery with very bright 
red spots, and I considered them as fine as any trout I 
had éver seen, I mean to try them again some time by 
casting the fly. I made applpication once to stock Spring 
Pond with trout, and the fry was granted to me, but I 
did not accept them, as I understood the river was to be 
closed at that time, 

“Spring Pond is a beautiful sheet of water, fed by 
sptings, with no inlet or outlet that can be found. I et 

ut 
them in Three-Pound Pond and Silver Lake and Horse- 
shoe Pond. How would they do in the river? They can 
get deep water by stopping in Hitching’s Pond or North 
Pond, and could run into Horseshoe easily. I could 
write a book or so on Bog River, but will say good night.” 

Mr. Crane thinks it should not be a difficult matter to 
find out about the food supply for fish in Spring Pond, 
but as a rule the only way to get reliable information is 
to go to the pond about which information is desired, or 
send some one and investigate the food question. 

The blank applications furnished by the Forest, Fish 
and Game Commission to those who desire fish, provide 
that this question shall be answered: ‘What is the natural 
food of the fish?’ The answer most generally given is, 
“Don't know.” Sometimes this is varied by “The usual 
food,” “Minnows,” “Chubs.” 

These answers tell nothing. If water contained nothing 
but “chubs” and “minnows,” it would not sustain trout, 
for small trout cannot live on minnows, for the minnows 
are larger than the trout. Natural trout waters provide 
insect and crustacean food, and the ordinary observer 
would overlook it, as the smaller forms of crustacea are 
minute, as they must be to furnish food for trout fry. 
There must be other food in Spring Pond than chubs and 
sunfish or the landlocked salmon would not have done as 
well as it is known that they have, Only last evening [ 
met a gentleman on Senator Depew’s special train, from 
which he is stumping the State, who told me as we were 
dining that he had been to Spring Pond, and that almost 
on the last day of the open season this year a friend gave 
him a landlocked salmon which he estimated to weigh 
3 pounds, and it was caught in Spring Pond. The special 
stopped to let me off near my. home at 1 o'clock in 
the morning, and in a mail which came at 2:30 in’the 
morning was Mr. Crane’s letter, which I have quoted 
above. N. CHENEY. 


Tuna Club Prize Awards. 


AvAton, Santa Catalina Island, Cal., Oct, 1.—The 
Executive Committee of the Tuna Club begs to announce 
the decision of the judges in the rod and teel angling 
tournament of 1900—May r to Oct. 1. The tournament, 
the second of its kind, was inaugurated to encourage the 
use of the lightest tackle in the capture of the large and 
temarkable game fishes of these waters, and thus insure 
a reduction in numbers of fish caught. The committee is 
happy to report that there has been a notable reduction in 
the waste of fish; rods are universally employed, and lines 
larger than a 24-thread for tuna and black sea bass, up to 
280 pounds, are not used. The tournament of 1900 was 
a marked success, and it is estimated that 4,000 or 5,000 
anglers contested for the prizes during the five months 
tournament; among them were wielders of the rod from 
every State in the Union—some gentlemen coming from 
England purposely to take the leaping tuna. A feature 
of the season’s fishing was the difference in time in 
taking tunas over the previous season—many being landed 


in from ten to twenty minutes. One hundred and forty-' 


one leaping tunas were taken with the rod during the 
tournament, ranging in size from 164 pounds to 22 
pounds. The record of Col. C, P. Morehouse of a 251- 
pound tuna was not beaten. The club record of Mr. T. S. 
Manning, ofa black sea bass weighing 370 pounds, was 
beaten by Mr. F. S. Schenck, of Brooklyn, N. Y,, his 
notable catch, of a fish weighing 384 pounds, being the 


- largest game fish ever taken in the world with trod and 


teel and 21-thread line. Adjt.-Gen. Barrett, of 
California, having taken the largest leaping tuna of the 
season (164 pounds), becomes president of the Tuna Club 
for 1900 and 1901. Col, R. A. Eddy, by virtue of taking 
the largest number of tunas, becomes vice-president, 


Holders of Cups, Medals and Rod Records in 1899,. 


Larcest TunaA—Col. C. P. Morehouse, 251 pounds, 
first; C. F. Holder, 183 pounds, second; H. St. A. Earls_ 
cliff, 180 pounds, third; F. V. Rider, 175 ponuds, fourth. 

Brack SeA Bass—T. S. Manning, 370 pounds, first; 

. S, Manning, 330 pounds, second; F. V. Rider, 327 
pounds, third; F. V, Rider, 324 pounds, fourth; Col. R. A. 
Eddy, 322 pounds, fifth. 

Waite SEA BAss—E. M. Boggs, 58 pounds, first; F, FP. 
iaerrish, 56 pounds, second; Mrs. F. V. Rider, 50 pounds, 
third. 

YELLOwTAIL—F. V. Rider, 48 pounds, digas ee BS 
Gerrish, 37 pounds, second; Mrs. H. W-. Hoyt, 31% 
pounds, third. 


Prizes Won in 1900—May 1 to Oct. 1. 


All catches were made with rod and reel, 21 and 24 

thread lines. Every fish brought to gaff unaided. 
CLASS A.—LEAPING TUNA. 

First—For exceeding club tecord, 251 potinds. Prize: 
Tuna Club gold medal and Banning cup. Not won. 

Second—For largest tuna of the season. Prize: Presi- 
dency of the club. Won by Adjt.-Gen. A. W, 
Barrett, of California, weight of fish 164 potnds. 

Third—For the second largest tuna. C. J. O’Kell, 


Fourth—For third largest tuna. H. J. Fleishman and 
Col. R. A. Eddy (tie), weight 142 pounds. 

Fifth—For first tuna of the season. Harry Harkness, 
Pasadena. ; 

Sixth—To lady taking a tuna of any size with rod and 
reel, Prize: Gold medal. Won by Mrs, James Gardner. 


weight of fish 148 pounds. 


~ First—lor largest fish of the season. 


Avalon, 136 pounds; Miss O, B. Clark, Los Angeles, 118 
pounds; Mrs. J. C. Connor, Colorado Springs, 11 pounds ; 
Mrs. A. W. Barrett, Los Angeles, 22 pounds; Miss E. L. 
Bernard, Cincinnati, 20 pounds. 
CLASS B.—BLACH SEA BASS. | 

First—For exceeding club record of 370 pounds. Prizes: 
Tufts-Lyon cup, Rider-Macomber medal. F. S, Schenck, 
Brooklyn, N. Y, (world’s record), weight of fish 384 
pounds. 

Second—For the second largest bass. Col. R, A. Eddy, 
weight of fish 362 pounds, 

Third—For third largest bass. F. S. Schenck, weight 
of fish 350 potinds. a 

Fourth—First black sea bass of the season. Col. R, A, 
Eddy, weight of fish —— pounds. 

Mifth—To lady taking a black sea bass of any size. Not 
won, 


CLASS €.—WHITE SEA BASS. 


Pirst—Kirst bass of the season, T. W. Holron, weight, 
44 pounds. 

Second—For largest fish of season, (Tie), E. L. 
Doran, Avalon; J, S. Vincent, Saginaw; weight, 48 
pounds. 

Third—For second largest bass. 
46 pounds 


E. L. Doran, weight, 


CLASS D.—YELLOWTAIL. 
John F, Francis 
gold medal, T. S. Manning, weight of fish, 32% pounds. 

Second—For largest yellowtail taken by a lady. Mrs. 
E. N. Dickerson, New York, weight of fish, 24% pounds, 

CLASS E.—ROCK BASS, 

First—For largest fish of season. C. W. Thompson, 
weight, 61 pounds. 

Second—For second largest fish. 
6 1-16 pounds, 


C. C. Paine, weight, 


CLASS F.—SHMEEPSHEAD, 


For largest fish of the season. Col, R. A. Eddy, San 
Francisco, weight of fish, 2t pounds. 


CLASS G.—WHITEFISH. 
Vor largest fish of the season. C, C. Paine, Cleveland, 
weight of fish, G pounds. 


CLASS H.—ALBICORE, 
For largest fish of the season. G, W. Kellogg, weight 
of fish, 3144 pounds. 
CLASS 1, 
For the largest ‘game fish taken by a lady. Miss O. B. 
Clark, Los Angeles, tuna weighing 118 pounds. 
CLASS J. 
To boatman of angler taking first tuna of season, James 
Gardner, boatman for Harry Harkness. lb 
T. S. Manning, Chairman; Col. C. P. Morehouse, F. V. 
Rider, Chas. F, Holder, Col, R. A. Eddy. Dr. H. K. 
Macomber, Franklin 5. Schenck, E. L. Doran, Judges and 


_Executive Committee. 


Fish and Game Wardens. 


BY CHARLES I, BREWSTER, 
(Read before the American Fisheries Society.) 


THE rapid depletion of our waters of their food fishes by 
reason of the vast increase both in number of men en- 
gaged in fishing and the number of tets used has made it 
necessary for the enacttnent of laws for the artificial 
propagation of the desirable kinds of fishes to restock 
our lakes and streams. 

This work has usually been placed in the hands of 
State boards of fish commissioners. Their duties are 
the taking of spawn, the hatching of the eggs, the appor- 
tioning of the fry to the various waters, and superintend- 
ing the depositing of the same. ss 

In my own State of Michigan, with her more than 
2,000 miles of coast line bordering the “Great Unsalted 
Seas,” with her thousands of inland lakes and streams 
all teeming with fish, the question of either protection or 
perpetuation did not present itself to the earlier citizen. 
Whitefish and trout were abundant in the Great Lakes, 
and eyery settlement near enough to the coast to do so 
had a few nets, usually owned in common, and used for 
the purpose of taking fish for their own use only. 

In the coast towns a few men had nets and made fishing 
their business. The nets were of large mesh, and the fish 
taken were necessarily so, Sailboats only were used, and 
three men could handle two gangs of gill nets, possibly 
three miles long, one gang only being in the water at a 
time, 

But with the rapid increase in population conditions 
changed. Factories and manufacturing plants were built 
to utilize the product of our iorests. Sawdust and slabs 
were dumped into the waters without protest. This 
offal, as it became saturated, sank and shifted around on 
the bottom, driving out the whitefish, Fishermen cleaned 
their fish on board their boats, dumping their offal into 
the lake. ° 

And then came the tug fishermen; and with the advent 
of the tugs came a marked increase in the number of 
nets used, Methods of handling nets and fish have been 
improved. Steam lifting apparatus has taken the place 
of men, and it is now possible to lift nets on a single 
tug at the rate of four miles an hour, and it is not an 
unusual thing for fishermen to set a single gang of nets 
fifteen miles in length. 

John O'Neil, 4 prominent commercial fisherman at 
Charlevoix, informed me that on Oct. 29 (the last day of 
the open season) he had seventy-five miles of gill nets in 
the water. 

But to return to the sawdust and offal matter. It be- 
came apparent in the course of time that the fish supply 
in the Great Lakes was decreasing, and in 1865 the Legis- 
lature passed an act making it unlawful to “put into any 
of the waters of this State where fish were taken any 
offal, blood, pittrid fish or filth of any description,” and 
imposing a penalty of $300 for its violation. 

Special acts were also passed regulating the matner 
of taking fish in the inland lakes in some of the counties. 
Tn 187 the first general fish law was passed. It regu- 
lated the manner of taking fish both in the Great Lakes 
and in the inland waters. 

Still the depletion eontinued, aud 


} in’ 1873 a law was 
enacted “To establish a Board of . 


ommissioners to jn- 


crease the product of the fisheries, and to make an ap- 
propriation therefor.” This act appropriated $7,500 for 
the use of the Commission for each of the years 1873 
and 1874, to cover all expenses, both the building of a 
hatchery and the necessary expenses of the Cominission, 
and it was their duty “to supervise generally the fishing 
interests, and secure the enforcement of all the laws re- 
lating to the protection of fish and fisheries in the State.” 

No compensation has ever been allowed any member 
of the Board. They have served the State absolutely 
without pay. Uniformly men of broad gauge and thor- 
oughly in love with their work, they have served the 
State faithfully and well, and the perfectly appointed 
hatcheries, with theit beautiful buildings, the inland 
lakes and streams, repopulated with the most desirable 
kinds of fish, stand as a perpetual monument to the 
earnest, intelligent work of the Michigan Fish Com- 
mission. 

They have stocked our streams with trout and other 
game fishes; our lakes with bass, pike, perch and lake 
trout. They have also given us the German carp. But 
itt spite of the enactment of all of these laws, the results 
were not entirely satisfactory. They were not enforced. 
Local officers winked at the most flagrant and open vio- 
lations. The commercial fishermen used small mesh 
nets, And in the inland lakes and streams spears, dyna- 
mite and nets were used without danger of prosecution. 

In 1887 the president of the National Sportsmen’s As- 
sociation, the Hon. A. L. Lakey, of Kalamazoo, intro- 
duced a bill “To provide for the appointment of a game 
and fish warden.” Mr. Lakey had accepted the nomina- 
tion, and came to the Legislature for the sole purpose 
of revising the fish and game laws, and to provide for 
their enforcement, He met with a most determined op- 
position, but succeeded in getting his bill through beth 
pM and it was approved by the Governor March 15, 
16657. 

The term of office of the State warden is four years. 
A brief comparison of the conditions existing before the 
appceintment of a warden may be interesting. During 
the entire four years preceding the appointment of a 
State warden there was a total of fifty-six convictions in 
the State. During the four years’ administration of the 
Hon. William Alden Smith, the first Michigan warden, 
494 convictions were secured. During the year just 
closed, being the first year of the administration of the 
Hon, Grant M. Morse, 867 cases were handled, with a 
total loss of only eighteen by acquittal. More than 
$20,000 worth of nets and fishing appliances were found 


in illegal use, seized and condemned.. 


Thus is the work of the Fish Commissioners supple- 
mented and aided by that of the warden. It has been 
said, “He is indeed a public benefactor who causes two 
blades of grass to grow where but one grew before.” 
The Fish Commissioners of Michigan have accom- 
plished more than this. They have increased the product 
of our inland waters a thousandfold; our lakes are being 
carefully stocked; our streams are already full. The 
stocking of our Great Lakes with the rapid growing 
trout and the peerless whitefish is being systematically 
carried’on. (They have seen the error of their ways and 
have abandoned the propagation of carp.) 

Their work is beyond praise, and the results obtained 
will forever remain commemorative of a philanthropic 
work well done, a stewardship faithfully kept. 

And side by side with the encomiums passed upon the 
Fish Commissioners will go forth the thanks of a grate- 
ful State for the forceful and splendid work of her State 
game and fish wardens, ~ 


Tip-Ups for Ice Fishing. 


ANSWERING your inquiry as to whether we have ever 
done any fishing through the ice, we beg to say that 
we believe we have tried every known way and device 
to catch fish, tip-ps included. We have joined in 
hoisting a sheet between masts of a ship, and on dark 
nights placing lighted lamps against it to attract the 
flying fish in the Indian Ocean. We have taken a hand 
at the windlass and assisted in hoisting a monster shark 
aboard in the Red Sea. We have been perched in the bows 
of a sailing ship, trying to hatpoon porpoises as they 
jumped, tumbled and dived around and across her bows 
as she gallantly sped her way over the sapphire waters 
of the Mediterranean. We have joined in the chase of a 
whale only to find that their powers of locomotion are 
enormous, and that the water they spout is very wet. 
And, while the memories of bygone days pass in review 
before the mind, others equally fantastic and interesting 
follow on in the panorama of piscatorial adventure. We 
remember dark nights on an Indian river, when we were 
being drawn down a roaring rapid in a frail dugout 
canoe by a mighty mahseer. We also remember the in- 
variable duckings we got on these occasions. 

We must next turn to the quiet picture of catching 
little crawfish in the mountain streams of India, 

Picture one stretched out full length on an overhanging 
rock over a likely little pool, with bait in one hand and 
rod in the other. The bait consists of a piece of cocoa- 
nut about an inch square on the big end of an eeikel, the 
tod a loop made from a fiber from a banana leaf on the 
small end of another eeikel. An eeikel is the rib of a 
cocoanut palm leaf about 2 to g feet long, and tapers from 
one-eighth of an inch in diameter at the big end down te 
a fine point. The fisherman selects a likely hole and 
drops the bait, holding the eeikel in his left hand. Pretty 
soon if there is a crawfish in the pool it will crawl out 
from underneath some big rock and cautiously make its 
way over to the bait. The fisherman then commences to 
tickle its sides and back with the loop. Many is the 
jump forward and backward the little fellow will talce 
before he will allow the loop to be moved without his 
jumping. Then gradually the loop is passed up over 
one eye; a quick twist of the fingers and the loop is 
wound up tightly, and the crawfish soon finds himself 
among friends waiting to receive him in a native grass 
basket. We have many a time taken enough in an hour 
to make a curry for two people; and let us assure our 
readers that there is no curry made in the Orient that is 
more tasty ot toothsome than one made of either craw- 
fish, shrimps or ptawns. 

But as usual we are wandering from our subject mat- 


‘ter, which is tip-ups and fishing through the ice. From 


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FOREST AND STREAM, 


[Nov,,.20, 4900. . 


the commencement of this article our mind has wandered 
many thousands of miles, more than half way around the 
globe, and in a few minutes has run from shivering zero 
into sweltering tropics. Our readers must think up to 
this point that the headlines of this article must be mis- 
placed; it is not so, only our thoughts and pen ran riot. 
We acknowledge that we have done some fishing 
through the ice, and (in a whisper) we hope to have a 
turn at it this winter. Like all other grown-ups, we 
make the excuse that we go to amuse the children and 
give them a good time, whereas in truth—and like all 
other grown-ups, too—we take the children along as an 
excuse. We spend hours in the evenings making the 
necessary paraphernalia, and have the children around 
our knees. We try to persuade ourselves that the work 
is all absorbing to them. In a short time, on taking 
our eyes off the work, we find they are gone, and learn 
that.it is only we ourselves who are the interested party. 
We heave a sigh, and say the youngsters will have lots 
of fun with these tip-ups when the ice is good. It is 
doubtful whether the recreation and bracing atmosphere 
of a dry crisp winter’s day is not as beneficial to the old 
boys as to the young. For our boys we have a fatherly 
and fellow feeling; for all young Waltonians we will 
describe and give cuts and instructions for making four 
different kinds of tip-ups. There is plenty of time be- 
tween now and Christmas to make as many as will be 
required: ; 
Lines.—The cheapest kind of 12-thread linen line that 
can be obtained. Twenty foot lengths are required for 
each tip-up. 
Hooks.No. 2-0 Aberdeen are the best; they should 
be eyed. The wire in an Aberdeen hook is finer than 
any other, size for size, and does not injure the minnow 
proportionately. 
~ Sinkers.—Split an ordinary buckshot and fasten it to 
the line about 1 foot above the hook. Anything heavier 
is detrimental, as it prevents the minnow from working 
around. 


Tip-Up No. }. 


This is the most primitive device we know of, yet a 
yery good one. It consists of an ordinary bush from the 
woods about 7 feet long, which is fixed in the ice A. 
About 18 inches or 2 feet from the bottom leave one of 


the branches and from it a mere twig, B. Close to the 
top C fasten the end of the line, and directly over it a 
piece of red flannel for the flag D. 

The line must now be prepared, and this applies to all 
of the other tip-ups as well. Attach a piece of lead to the 
hook and ascertain the depth. When the lead is on the 
bottom, tie a loop in the line at the level of the water. 
When the loop is tied, pull up the line, take off the lead 
and put on a minnow. Drop it into the hole and fet it 
sink until the line is out as far as the loop; then place 
the loop over the twig B. This will place the minnow 
about 18 inches from the bottom—the right place for it 
to be. Coil the spare line around the hole, so that it 
can run out without any obstruction. When a fish bites, 
it draws the loop off the twig and runs out the spare line. 
As soon as it comes to an end, the tugging of the fish 
pulls down and waves the flag. The first boy there has a 
chance of either pulling the fish up through the hole or 
knocking it off the hook against the ice, which often 
happens to the inexperienced in this kind of fishing. 


Tip-Up No. 2. 


This is a device easily made. (Cut 1.) Take a piece 
of wood 18 inches long, 2 inches wide and % inch thick, 
and with a fret saw cut out the slot A 1 foot long and 
| inch wide. Then hollow out the two ends C’ and C. 
This is to form a reel to wind the line. At one end cut 
a notch, D. It should be about % inch deep, This is 
to place the loop of the line when setting the tip-up. At 
the opposite end fasten a red flag. This can be done 
with a piece of wire about 6 or 8 inches long, 

Cuts 2 and 3 show the operation. Secure a straight 
stick % inch in diameter, 3 feet long. This can be cut 
from any bush around the pond. Pass it through the 
slot A and Jet the ends rest on the ice on either side 
of the hole (cut 2) B. Then draw. the tip-up out over 
the ice until the cross bar B is in the position shown in 
cut 1, B—I. Drop the minnow in the water and place 
the loop in the line over the notch D. When a fish bites 
it pulls the end of the tip-up down, which slides until 
the cross bar is in position. (Cut 3 and cut 1, B®) The 
flag is now hoisted and requires attention. 


Tip-Up No. 3. 


This is the best we know of, and probably the one 
most easily made. Take a complete rib from an old 
umbrella; cut off the pivot bar 1 foot from the joint E. 
Cut off the end of the rib where it fastens to the top of 
the umbrella. String on this end a round sinker, D, 
about an ounce in wéight, but see that the hole, in this 
sinker is large enough to allow it to run up and down 
the rib easily, When the sinker is on, heat the end of 


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B 


ro) 
" CD. 


SS SSS SES 


the rib, and with a pair of round-nosed pliers turn the 
half circle F. At the other end of the rib fix the red 
flag C. Take the short pivot rib and drive it into_a piece 
of woed 2 inches square and 18 inches long. Sharpen 
the end of this wood to the form of a wedge, B, for in- 
sertion into the ice. To set this tip-up, run the ball up to 
D'. The weight of the flag and the extra length of 
the rib on the other side of the pivot will hold it in this 
position. Drop the minnow into the hole and put the 
loop of the line over F. When a fish bites, it pulls the 
end down and drops the ball to position, D*. The flag 
is up to position C*. The fish is on. 


Tip-Up No. 4. 


This device requires a considerable amount of me- 
chanical skill to make it nicely. Take a piece of wood 
214 feet long. 2 inches wide and % inch thick, and 9 
inches down from the top fasten the spring flag pole D. 
This pole is made of 14-gauge br*ss spring wire. Wind 
one end two or three times around some iron instru- 
ment about % inch in diameter, leaving both ends turned 
out-on the inner side, thus: ‘ 


7a 
SS 


Oe ee a eee SS ee OP ee eee —~ a 
ae so 


Sst On ee ee ee 


ave 


This is the side placed against the wood work shown 
in dotted lines. One end of this spring should be cut 
short (cut 2B), say 2 inches; the other the length your 
fancy may suggest (cut 2D). 

Through the eye formed by winding the spring pass 


im 


av Un SCP 


a piece of wire (cut 2C). The ends of this wire should 
be turned and passed through the wood work, and either 
again turned or riveted. The end B can be fastened in 
the same manner. It will now be found that 1 the wire 
(D in cut 2) be brought down to a horizontal position 
and let go suddenly, it will fly back and strike the wocd 
work with a sharp click, which on the ice can be heard 
soo feet away. To fasten the flag to the pole it is neces- 
sary to solder on another piece of wire, as herewith 


shown: 


w_e— sw ee we Se PS 


ee 


a is 


Through this eye the material for the flag can be 
passed and securely fastened with a needle and thread. 

We must now form the trigger. This is done by turn- 
ing an eye on the end of a piece of wire, and fastening 
it to the wood work with a staple, G. About 6 inches 
from the bottom end bring down the flag pole to a little 
below the horizontal, and turn another eye in the trigger 
Cut off the trigger 
The de- 


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Nov. 10, 1900.] 


through for the day. To feel that the time you may 
spend on making tip-ups is not thrown away, you have 
only to duplicate the specimen fish shown at the foot 
of tip-up No. 4, which can-easily be done, I trust, on 
home waters available to readers of FoREST AND STREAM 
all over the ice zone. New York fishermen may do it 
onany of the following waters: 


On the Line of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western 
Railroad, 


Lake Hopatcong —Lake Hopatcong station, 46 miles 
from New York. 
Budds Lake—Three miles from Stanhope station, 48 
miles from New York. 
Panther Lake and Cranberry Lake.—Whitehall Summit, 
flag station, 56 miles from New York. 
When fishing Panther Lake, ask the conductor to 


put you down at Mr. Chrispell’s door. The lake is on 
his farm. A letter addressed to P. J. Chrispell, Panther 
Lake Farm, Andover, N. J., a little in advance of your 
visit will insure bait and a hearty reception. Along 
both the Franklin and Branchyille branches a few miles 
from’ Andover are many ponds available for fishing 
through the ice. 


On the Line of the Erie Railroad. 


Monroe station, 49 miles from New York. 
Round Lake, 1 mile distant from station. 
Walton Lake, 1% miles distant from station. 
Mount Basha Lake, 3 miles distant from station. 
Chester station, 55 miles from New York. 
Glenmere Lake, 3 miles distant from the station. 
This is the best water we know of. A letter addressed 
to Mr. Cabel, proprietor, Glenmere Lake Hotel, Florida. 

Orange county, New York, will insure bait, plenty of 

fish and a trap to meet you at the station. 

Shohola station, 111 miles from New York. 
Washington Lake, 4 miles from station; ai water. 
Montgomery Lake, 4 miles from station. 

Greenwood Lake, 45 miles from New York; an at 
water. JAMES CHURCHWARD, 
New York, November. 


The Salt Water League. 


THE Protective League of Salt Water Fishermen held 
a special meeting on Oct. 31 at its rooms, 106 West 
Thirty-first street, this city, at which letters from nominees 
for the Senate and Asesmbly were read, pledg‘ne their 
support to the bills to be introduced by the League into 
the Legislature at its next session. These bills provide 
for the restriction of netting in the waters within the 
jurisdiction of New York State, and were printed in full 
in last week’s issue of Forest AND StrREAM. The number 
and tone of the letters would seem to indicate that the 
League will have powerful support in the next Legislature, 
and the members are greatly encouraged with the progress 
their organization is making in its efforts to protect the 
salt water fish of the State. Several of the candidates 
addressed the meeting, and gave their personal pledge to 
aid the League in passing its bills: ; 
‘meeting ‘will beheld on Nov: 109. 


The next regular ~ 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


The Man With the Barrel. 


“Ou, [ could not stand being followed about by a man 
with a barrel to take all my fish from me!” Such has 
been the impatient exclamation of many an Hnglish 
angler when told of the conditions under which he must 
fish in German waters. Doubtless the angler is deprived 
of his solitude. Perhaps to a certain extent a little of the 
romance attaching to the sport may be rubbed off if 
one’s consciousness be fixed too closely on the thought 
that one’s captures are for the market or for the pot. 
But these drawbacks can be easily exaggerated, and the 
German method really possesses merits and advantages 
so many and so great as to far outweigh such sentimental 
considerations. 

Let us take a typical day on a German river. We call 
on a miller and ask his leave to fish. The worthy man, 


knowing that our catch will be so much money in his 
pocket, cordially wishes us luck, and with alacrity pro- 
vides us with a “bursch,’ a yokel, to follow us with 
the customary receptacle. This is not a barrel in general, 
but a tin or zine vessel of a sort of cigar shape, tapered, 
truncated and flattened. There is a square hole in the 
top with a lid to admit the captures, and the whole is 
slung from the shoulders of the bearer from two rings, 
so placed that the water. slops about inside marvelously 
little. As we pass through the miller’s garden we see 
buried in a bank and covered with a lid a little tank, 
which is to receive our captives, while here and there 
from trees along our length of water hang suspended 
nets in which the captives may be put and left in the river 
to save carrying them from place to place. 

From time to time, as luck justifies us, we have to let 
our bearer take back his burden to the tank. With 


THE BARREL, 


grayling in particular does it behoove us to be caretul, for 
they are delicate fish, and readily die if kept in too con- 
fined or crowded water. In the evening we tip Fritz 
his mark and go our way rejoicing, having had an ex- 
cellent and most intelligent gillie, who has shown us 
where the best fish lie, netted out our fish, unhooked 
them, and assisted in recovering our flies when hung up 
in trees, etc. He has saved us also: (1) The handling 
of slimy fish; (2) the carrying of our landing net and 
waterproof; and (3) the carrying of our slimy and evil- 
smelling catch—and that is a serious item on this water. 

When all is over, the ‘‘fisch handler” comes along, 
summoned in advance by the prudent miller, the captives 
are weighed (and a very interesting and ingenious 
process the weighing is), the good miller receives his r 
mark 50 pfennigs a pound for the trout and 60 piennigs 
a pound for the grayling, and the fish are carried off 
alive to market, None are wasted, for none are killed 


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till they are sold. The miller is delighted with the result 
of our day, and begs us earnestly to come again. 

Let us translate this process into English, and sup- 
pose a farmer or miller granting fishing rights upon 
such conditions. Think of the inducements to him to 
stock and preserve his waters, and to look after the 
purity of the stream! Think how easy for respectable 
applicants to secure leave to fish. Think of the profit of 
the riparians, and of the saving of the waste of trout life. 
There is only the sentimental objection, and in a reason- 
ably good day, in the excitement of fishing, the thought 
that the pot is behind one is practically forgotten. Fritz 
is often a capital fellow, with a fund of information ready 
for you, and his services in lightening the load upon 
one’s shoulders make a very appreciable addition to the 
day’s pleasure. 

The drawbacks of the system are that it cannot be 
taken into wild parts, nor can a long stretch of river 
far from the tank which is to receive the catch be readily 
fished without undue strain upon the shoulders of the 
“bursch,” and on the breathing apparatus of the fish— 
London Fishing Gazette. 


Tarpon Fishing. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

I am going to say a few words on tarpon tackle, and 
how to hook a tarpon, The rod J prefer is of ereen- 
heart from end to end (lancewood is very good with an 
ash butt), from 8 to 10 feet long, with German silver 
guides and reel seat (a man must suit himself about a 
reel seat; there are a great many good ones on the 
market to-day). My reel carries 600 feet of No. 24 silver 
lake (Cuttyhunk) tarpon line, and is controlled by a 
leather drag. This drag can be turned back when you 
are ready to cast. 

Now as to hooks and leaders, I have tried them all, and 
I take fine piano wire, have it cut into pieces 2 feet long 
and join four of them together, making an 8-foot leader, 
A man can make his leader just as long as he pleases. 
People differ—especially over fishing tackle and guns. 
My favorite hook is the O’Shaughnessy. In Galveston 
we have to use a float and sinker just heavy enough to 
keep the cork well up. 

Now that we have the tackle, the next thing is how to 
use it. Let us find ourselves standing on the North 
Jetties in Galveston. At first, casting with a stiff rod and 
a leader sometimes a foot longer than your rod is very 
awkward, the more so if you have cast with a fly. But 
you learn to cast, and now you are ready to meet the 
silver king. He comes with a rush, and your hand drops 
to your reel (we are out for the first time after tarpon 
and are pretty clumsy at first), the crank is turning 
sixty miles an hour; it hits you on the hand, and you— 
well, then you go to put your thumb on your leather 
drag, but you put it instead of on the drag (for the begin- 
ner always forgets to lay his drag on the line after cast= 
ing) on the line itself; and it is hot. I have done this 
time and again. and it hurts far more than an ordinary 
burn. Ah! the silver king leaves the water; he seems to 
shake his lordly head; your hook goes in one direction, 
your mullet in the other. You wonder how, after hook- 
ing three or four, that the hook never seems to get. 
hooked. Here is one secret: When a tarpon strikes, 
you strike him back. Look into the fish’s mouth, and - 
you will see the reason for this. One-out of fifty might. 
hook himself. After you haye got your tarpon firmly 
hooked, keep cool; don’t get excited when he jumps. 
Each tite he jumps he loses a great deal of strength, 
Keep as much strain on your line as it will hold. A 
tarpon nearly always cuts your line when he jumps and 
falls on it. A man who lands a tarpon with a 1-foot 
leader deserves ten times more credit than a man who 
lands one with a 10-foot leader. Tf he falls on your line, 
good-by, tarpon. 

I hope that some brother sportsman who has fished for 
tarpon will write what he thinks the best tackle for 
tarpon, and how to catch them—a true sportsman js 
always ready to learn.! The reason I prefer a piano wire 
leader is that it is not much larger than the line, will 
hold anything, and does not frighten a fish as a thick 
one is apt to do. You will get three strikes on a thin 
leader where you get one on a thick one—that js my 
experience, C. K. Byrne. 

P. S.—I am on a ranch in western Texas, and I never 
saw so many quail. I am having a great time with 
them, and plenty of wildcat hunting with hounds. 

Ce, IR TB 


A Forty-Nine-Pound Muscalonge. 


A MUSCALONGE was caught in a seine on Fox Lake, III., 
the other day, and taken to Chicago, which weighed when 
caught 49 pounds, and when weighed in Chicago 45 
pounds. The length was 4 feet 2 inches, and the g.tth 25 
inches. The Chicago Tribune tells the story of its cap- 
ture: “Thursday afternoon Game Warden Ratto, with 
two helpers, Pete Johnson and Albert Peterson, were 
dragging a huge seine through Fox Lake for the purpose 
of catching the carp and all other objectionable fish which 
are a menace to the game fish, The day before they had a 
catch of 1,350 pounds of carp, together with nineteen gar- 
fish and other objectionable species. In the morning they 
had caught 800 pounds of carp, and regarded their day's 
work nearly over. 

“As they were dragging the 600-foot seine in for the 
last time, it felt rather light, but the men who were 
holding it said that the carp were making more commo- 
toin-than they had ever known them to before. The net 
was finally dragged up to the boat. and it was found that 
there were some 300 pounds of carp. But in the bottom 
of the net was a fish which made the eyes of the old 
fishermen stand out in wonder. 

“Thrashing about in a frenzy, with scales gleaming in 
the sunlight, was the biggest muscalonge that Mr. Ratto 
had ever seen. His imménse mouth was shapping at the 
carp, and as he felt himself being dragged toward the 
boat he made frantic efforts to go through the net. But 
it was too strong for him and he was unable to break 
out. The two fishermen got him to the surface of the 
water, and were about to pull him into the boat when. 
with a desperate fling, he knocked both of them over, and 
the net sank once more into the lake. The fishermen ‘were 


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obliged to let the net go three times before they finally 
got the immense fish into the bottom of the boat. 

“The fish finally expired, and when taken ashore and 
weighed it was found that it tipped the scales at 49 
pounds. Game Warden Ratto thought the catch was such 
a rematkable one that he brought the fish to Chicago, 
where it was on exhibition during the day. Last night it 
was put in cold storage and will be mounted and sent to 
the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. 

“Of the fishermen who saw the fish yesterday not one 
could say that he had ever seen a larger one. Several 
said that they had heafd of fish weighing 54 pounds, but 
the instances could not be given specifically. ; 

“The largest fish ever caught by Dow B. Lewis, who 
is a fisherman of considerable repute, weighed 28 pounds. 
Dr. O. W. Nixon, another well-known muscalonge fisher- 
man, caught one weighing 33 pounds. These appeared 
to he about the limit. ; 

“The catch was the more peculiar, as Fox Lake has 
never been supposed to contain muscalonge.” 


An Odd Take. : 


Tue other day at Gananoque, Ontario, while Master R. 
Andrews and H, Williams were out for a boat ride and as 
they were near Gibson’s wharf, they saw a fish come to 
the top of the water and shake himself. Quickly rowing 
neat they found about 10 feet of line going through the 
water. They put down an oar and twisted the line around 
it, and pulled in a nice muscalonge with a trolling spoon 
and hook in its mouth. 


he iennel. 


Fixtures. . 


FIELD TRIALS. 


Ind.—Third annual field trials of the In- 


Noy. 12.—Bicknell, i i 
Nov. ickne P. T. Madison, Sec’y, Indianapolis, 


dependent Field Trials Club, 
Ind. ‘ 
Nov. 13.—Chatham, Ont—Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 


ternational Field Trials Club, W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec’y. 7 
Nov. 13.—Harrisville, Pa—Central Beagle Club’s annual field 
trials, A. G. Paterson, Sec’y. 


Nov. 1516.—Riley, Ind—Second annual field trials of the Riley 
Field Trials Association, J. L. Graham, Sec’y. ; 

Nov. 16—Newton, N. C.—Eastern Field Trials Club’s twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec’y; Greenfield Hill, Conn. inh 

Nov. 20.—Robinson, Ill.—tllinois Field Trials Association’s séc- 
ond annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, Tl ' 

Nov. 20.,—Ruthven, Ontario, Can—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec’y, 


Windsor, Ontario, Can, i j : 
Nov, #17-—Glaséow, Ky.—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 


field trials. F. W. Samuel, Seo’y, Louisville, Ky. , 
‘Nov. 90,—Newton, N. C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
aunual field trials—Members’ Stake. _ Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn, ; . : 
Dee. 10.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Trials Association. L. S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo, 
1901. 
Jan. 14,—Greenville, Ala —Pifth annual field trials of the Alabama 


Field Trials Club. John B. Rosenstihl, Sec’y- : 
an. 21.—Benton County, Miss.—Tenth annual field trials of the 


United States Field Trials Club.  W. B. Stafford, Sec’y, Trenton, 


Tenn. 

ied BENCH SHOWS. 

Nov. 1247—Vicksburg, Miss.—First annual bench show of the 
West Mississippi Agricultural, Mechanical and’ Live Stock Ex- 


osition, John Dewhurst, Supt 
y Noy, Sad) Philadelphia, Pa—Second annual bench show of the 


Philadelphia Dog Show Association. M. A. Viti, Sec’y, | } 

Dec. 6-10.—Cincinnati, O—Annual bench show of the Cincinnati 
Fox Terrier Club. J. C. Trohliger, Sec’y. 

1901. { 

Feb. 26-March 1.—Cleveland; O.—Cleveland Kennel Club’s annual 
bench show. C. M. Munhall, Sec’y. } 

March 6-9.—Pittsburg, Pa.—Duquesne Club’s 
perch show. F. S. Stedman, Sec’y. 


Kennel annual 


Training the Hunting Dog. 


By B. Waters, Author of “Fetch and Carty: A Treatise 
on Rettieving.” 

Vil.—Pointing, Backing, 

Wing, Unsteadiness, 


Ranging Quartering, Dropping to 
Brace Work. 


Pointing. 


THE pointing instinct, possessed and exhibited by 
nearly all setters and pointers, is a conspicuous charac- 
teristic of their methods in capturing their prey. Contrary 
to what is commonly maintained, it has no natural 
reference whatever to the service of mankind, 

Man observes that he can usefully apply the pointing 
trait to his own profit, and he utilizes it accordingly. 
In like manner he utilizes the powerful horse as a beast 
of burden; his speed for purposes of rapid transportation: 
his hide for good leather; yet all these properties were 
originally for the horse’s own benefit. 

The ability to point well is essential to the existence 
of the dog when in a wild state, since it is a material aid 
to him in the struggle for existence. In domesticity, he 
does not lose the instinctive desire to pursue and’ capture 
prey. He, like man, has the hunting imstinct strongly 
present, notwithstanding the centuries of domestication. 
He easily reverts to a wild state, utilizing then the 
powers and methods for his own preservation which 
man father egotistically ayers were implanted for the 
benefit of man himself. 

Man can neither force nor induce a dog to seek birds 
if the latter refuses to do so; and the dog refuses when 
there is nothing left which appeals to his self interest. 

The yoluntary efforts of the dog, exhibited when in 
search of prey, man restricts within certain limits to his 
own service and thereby appropriates to himself the 
fruits of the dog’s labors, And herein is where many old 
and new writers erred in their inferences. They observed 
that the dos could be sa trained that the shooter was 
the beneficiary of his work, and they rather illogically 
dediced that therefore the instinet was acquired for the 
benefit of mankind. 

When a dog, with more or less rigidity of posture, 
stops ta the scent of game or prey, the act is called 
pointing, setting or standing. It is observéd in a more 


in every faculty. 


or less rudimentary state in all dogs which are used for 
hunting purposes, and is sometimes exhibited even by 
curs which have no pretentions whatever to good breed- 
ing, or for that matter to any breeding at all. 

The following excerpt from Stonehenge has furnished 
nearly all writers their data for the origin of the pointing 
instinct: “The setter is, without doubt, either descended 
from the spaniel, or both are offshoots from the same 
parent stock. Originally—that is, before the improve- 


ments in the gun introduced the practice of ‘shooting. 


flying’—it is believed that he was merely a spaniel taught 
to ‘stop’ or ‘set’ as soon as he came upon the scent of 
the partridge, when a net was drawn over the covey hy 
two men, Hence he was made to drop close to the 
ground, an attitude which is now unnecessary, theugh 
it is taught by some breakers, and notably to fast dogs, 
who could not otherwise stop themselves quickly enough 
to avoid flushing. Manifestly, a dog prone on the ground 
allowed the net to be drawn over him better than if he 
was standing up; and hence the former attitude was 
preferred, an additional reason for its adoption being, 
probably, that it was more easily taught to a dog like 
the spaniel, which has not the natural cataleptic attitude 
of the pointer. But when ‘shooting flying’ came in 
yogte, breakers made the attempt to assimilate the atti- 
tude of the setting spaniel—or ‘setter,’ as he was now 
called—to that of the pointer; and in process of time, and 
possibly also by crossing with that dog, they succeeded, 
though even alter the lapse of more than a century the 
eataleptic condition is not fully displayed by the setter 
as by the pointer.” 

It would be difficult to crowd into the same amount 


of space more trashy nonsense than is contained in the - 


foregoing quotation, and yet it has served writers for 
generations as good warrant for asserting as fact what 
it merely presents as conjectures or probabilities. 

Modern writers do net hesitate to assert that the 
setter is derived from the spaniel, though Stonehenge 
qualifies it by stating: “Or both are offshoots from the 
same parent stock.” In plain English, he did not know 
what they were derived from. Again, it is much easier 
to evolve the dropping attitude from the point than it 
was to evolve the point from the dropping attitude. The 
instinct which, moreover, is conceded to haye been nat- 
ural to the pointer, has a far fetched theory most labori- 
ously worked out to explain its existence in the setter. 

Why it should be natural to the one and not to the 
other, Stonehenge leaves it to ‘the reader to solve as best 
he can. He also treats the point as being cataleptic, and 
advanices that trait as a reason why it was necessary to 
make the setter drop when the net was thrown over him. 
The point is neither cataleptic nor remotely related to 
the cataleptic state. ‘The pointing dog is keenly alert 
His eyes glow, his nostrils play as 
they inhale the scent, his judgment gauging the place and 
distance of the prey, and his muscles tense and ready for 
instant action in the quick, powerful strike to seize and 
hold. 

Any cur of good hunting instinct and ability may be 
taught to hunt and point birds with more or less success. 
In the course of time he Jearns ‘that success im the pur- 
suit and capture of birds is consequent to silent and 
careful effort only. The pause to capture, called point- 
ing, is a mere incident in the exercise of the general pur- 
pose. It may haye even a wider application, as exhibited 
by hounds and even by curs which have been “trained 
to road and stop on deer, keeping close in front of the 
deer hunter while so roading and drawing, and timing 
their efforts with exquisite judgment for the success of 
the gun. - Strange dogs, meeting on the highway for the 
first time, not infrequently stiffen and feather as they 
stealthily draw toward each other, mimicking ambush 
and attack, or preparing for actual battle, according to 
their whims or the circumstances. The uses of pointing 
as exercised in the dog’s activities, comprehend a much 
greater scope than that considered by the sportsmen. 

The act of pointing is exercised with rare intelligence. 
Setters and pointers; as a matter of reason, employ dis- 
tinct methods in the pursuit of fur and feather. When in 
ihe pursttit of rabbits, they are openly vigoreus and dash- 
ing, sive tongue merrily, and pay no heed to cautious 
effort. When the rabbit is afoot, they trust largely to 
their swiftness and endurance to effect a capture. On 
the other hand, if the rabbit is lying concealed they en- 
deavor to cotnpass his capture by craft much after the 
method employed on birds. When in pursuit of birds, 
they are silent, painstakingly cautious, and tense from 
tiiicertainty. They draw then as closely as possible be- 
tore making the final pause, and spring to surprise and 
capture. 

These different methods are a necessity from the differ- 
ent circumstances governing the different cases. They 
are self-evident when we consider that the rabbit must 
temain on the earth’s surface; that it leaves a trail of 
scent, which is ever a clue for its pursuer to follow; 
and that the battle cries of the latter so alarm and con- 
fuse it that its capture is made easier thereby. On the 
other hand, the birds having wings must not be alarmed 
at all if a capture is to be effected, for alarm is equivalent 
to escape. 

It thus is clear that the different methods employed 
are imposed necessarily from the circumstances of the 
case. Nor are these peculiarities of method employed 
solely by the dog. Foxes draw on rabbits and grouse 
in a similar manner. Cats have an analogous manner of 
drawing on birds and yermin; indeed, as they often ven- 
ture the attempt to capture birds in the most open 
places, they exhibit eyen greater degrees of craft and 
caution. 

We may safely conclude that as it is a natural trait 
of the pointer, it therefore ts an equally natural trait of 
the setter, as it also is more or less so of all other dogs 
and animals which seek birds and small animals as 
prey. 


Westminster Kennel Club. 


Hempsteap, Long Island, N. Y., Nov. 2—The West- 
minster Kennel Club's twenty-fifth annual dog show wiil 
be held in Madison Sqttare Garden, New York, on Feb, 
19, 20, 21 and 22, 1901. 

Jas. Mortimer, Sec’y and Sup't. 


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Fox Hunting in the South.38 


From the Baltimore American. 


Drink, puppy, drink; and let every puppy drink 
That is old enough to lap and swallow; 

For he'll grow into a hound and we’ll pass the bottle round, 
And merrilly wll “whoop” and we'll halloo! 


THE season is here when sportsmen all over the 
country, where opportunity for such sport exists, are 
turning their attention to the pursuit of Reynard. The 
horn which has lain idle for a twelve-month is burnished 
up, the kennel is visited daily, and the music of the pack 
is the sweetest tune the hunter can hear. Apropos of 
this season, a brief review of the sport in the past and 
the purstiance of it in the present 1s opportune. 

England, of course, stands at the beginning of the 
noble sport, Historians have said that 1t was born in 


_France, and while such may have been the case—for 


there are few countries where the fox lives that he is 
not hunted in some manner—England is, properly speak- 
ing, the home of the original fox hunter as the sport is 
recognized to-day. In the pursuit of the coveted “brush” 
began all the forms of “point to point” racing, “steeple- 
chasing,” “drag” hunts and ‘cross country riding. Rey- 
natd cannot be overtaken if atty country where he lives 
without leading a jolly dance over heartbreaking fences. 
Hence the origin of the breed of horse known as the 
hunter. England is the home of the sport of fox hunting, 
and, indeed, is now famed for her splendid hunt club 
organizations and packs of great hounds; but when this 
country became a colony of Great Britain, the cavaliers 
who settled in the South, and especially those who re 
mained in Maryland and Virginia, brought their love 
for the sport with them. Reynard was found in numbers, 
and the horses and hounds were a natural consequence. 
The sport throve, and the Father of his Country, history 
tells us, was an enthusiastic follower of the pack over 
the hills of his Virginia home. Slowly the sport spread, 
and even the stolid Dutchmen and British Puritans be- 
came, half-heartedly, at first, and, finally, enthusiastic 
followers of the grandest sport om earth. Since its intro- 
duction into this country it has grown steadily. Nothing, 
has served to hinder its progress, and to-day Americar 
hunting horses, American hounds, and, finally, American 
horsemen have no peer, even among their English 
cousins, from whence it came. 

Hunt clubs are found all over that part of the United 
States where the sport is indulged in at all, such as the 
Genesee Valley Hunt Club of New York State; Chevy 
Chase of Washington, D. C.; Elkridge, Overland, Pa- 
tapsco and Green Spring Valley Clubs of Maryland, and 
clubs too ntimerous to name throughout Virginia, prin- 
cipal among them ‘being those in the heart of the horse 
and fox hunting section of the State, in and about the 
cotinties of Loudoun and Fauquier, Va., where the Pied- 
ony Leesburg and Warrenton Hunt Clubs head the 
ist. i 

From the last named section have come, and continue 
to come, some of the finest fencers and all ‘round hunters” 
in the country. There many horses, now with big rec- 
ords and prices after their names, first saw the light of 
day in the blue grass pasture fields along the base of the 
beatitiful old Blue Ridge Mountains. No grander country 
for the use it is put to can be imagined. The fertile lands 
are watered by mountain streams as clear as crystal, flow- 
ing through the blue grass meadows, where the young colts, 
soon to begin their education, play in grass up to their 
knees, Truly, it is the horse paradise. The land for the 
most patt is owned by men who make the breeding, 
raising and training of the hunter a specialty, and the: 
animals they have sent away speak mote eloquently of 
their success than can any written statement. 

The breeding and education of the hunter is an inter- 
esting sttidy for those who take an interest in the horse. 
It is the aim, of course. to get a breed of horse which, as 
neatly as possible, should fill the following requirements: 
First, he should have enough of the thoroughbred in 
him to give him “bottom’’ or endurance, and also cour- 
age. He should be compactly and firmly built, with 
clean legs and muscular shoulders and thighs, to aid him 
in his work, and lastly, he should jump. Of 
course, the last is a thing he must be taught 
though many animals are instinctive jumpers. This horse 
is about as close to the perfection hunter as one can be. 
The size, of course, is a consideration, though not a vital 
one, for many small horses have achieved wonders. The 
nearer a horse can come to 16 hands the better apt he 
is to carry 160 pounds over the fences, which weight all 
horses should be up to, and which is generally the weight, 
required by judges in the hunter classes at the various” 
horse shows. But stippose such a horse has been suc- 
cessfully foaled. From that time until he is sold he is 
under the constant watch of his owner, who brings him 
up as patiently and carefully as a mother does her child. 
Patience, abeve all things, is the most important factor 
in successfully raising and training a horse of any kind, 
and particularly a hunter. From the time when he is* 
weaned from his mother his education begins. Often 
when a yearling a saddle will be put on his back and he 
will be led about to accustom him to the sensation. 

When he is turned three years, work is begun on him, 
in earnest. Jf he is a spting colt, that is, born in the, 
spring, the winter preceding his third birthday is passed 
in quieting him. and, as the trainer calls it, “handling” 
him, or getting him used to the saddle, bridle and stable» 
life, If he is well grown, and with no physical defects, he 
is ridden by a boy or jockey for the first time that spring. 
This epoch in his life is generally accompanied by ob- 
jections from him. and a lively half hour is the result, 
but after two or three rides he finds out that nothing is 
going to hurt him if he behaves himself, and so he goes 
along comparatively quiet. After he is thoroughly broke 
and “bridle wise,’ that is he understands what is mea 
by pulling either rein. which he generally understandse 
perfectly in the course of two or three months, with 
patient treatment, his jumping education is begun. Dif- 
ferent trainers have different methods, but the best 
method is the following: The trainer. on an old, reliable 
hunter, goes over two or three low fences, and the colt, 
in the hands of a light jockey. is persuaded f follow. 
Sometimes, of course. trouble is experienced, but gert 
erally a horse with the breeding described instinctively 


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. Nov. x0, 1900.] 


loves the sport. After a few such trips across the country, 
over low jumps, the fences are raised, and the old horse 
is dispensed with. He generally by this time understands 
the work, and goes about it thoroughly. His faults in 
form are careiuily corrected, and the finishing touches 
put on him, one of which includes generally “docking” 
his tail. 

Sometimes it is said that to jump a horse is cruel, 
that it is an exercise which is foreign to his nature; but 
no greater mistake could possibly be made than for one 
instant to believe such to be the case. Any one who has 
ridden a well-bred, high-strung horse at a big jump, and 
who has felt the quiver of excitement pass over the noble 
briite: who has felt him gather his mighty muscles for 
the leap, and setting his ears forward and taking the bit 
in his teeth, make that irrestistible rush before the actual 
spring is made, cannot think anything but that he loves 
it as well as his rider, 

By the time all the details of his training have been 
mastered and he has proved himself up to all that was 
expected of him, he is taken to his first meet. This ex- 
perience is generally marked also by many exciting hap- 
penings. He is all of a fidget, anyhow, at 5 in the morn- 
ing, when the sun’s rays haven't even begun to appear 
and the frost and mist are yet hanging over everything. 
The slow ride of a mile or so in this bracing weather only 
-serves to wake him thoroughly. How he wishes for a 
‘gallop to warm him up! But his rider, who, this time, 1s 
‘generally his owner, won't let him. He is in a very mus- 
.chievous humor when the place where the club is to 
‘meet is reached, and after he gets there the blast of the 
‘fox horn and the baying of the hounds succeed in pro- 
woking him into a spasm of terror, which he generally 
(displays by performing the most fearful and wonderful 
“bucks,” that sometimes would put a Texas broncho to 
ihis trumps to equal. After a while he is quieted, and the 
dogs are put into the covert where Reynard is supposed 
ito be. The old hunters stand still, but with their ears 
pricked up for the first deep note of the hound who 
“finds.” He doesn’t see how they can be so unconcerned. 


_He fidgets, rears and pulls, while his owner endeavors to 


soothe him. While he is standing still for the first second 
since he has been there, a wild chorus irom the hounds 
crashes into the morning silence, a long, red something 
breaks out of the covert on the far side and lays a course 
foward the mountains, 12 miles away, the huntsmen rise 
in their stirrups as one man and give the “view halloo,” 
and he—well, he forgets everything. He is conscious of 
a rush of horses’ hoofs, a stampede at a high stone wall, 
which he clears with 18 inches to spare, for the art of 

“husbanding his strength he has not yet learned and will 

‘not until taught by experience. 

He is mad for the first three or four fields. So pro- 

. yoking that the quiet hand on his reins won’t let him 
-go! He is sure he could pass the hounds and catch the 

-fox himself if his rider would only give the chance. 

_ But after he has laid a mile or so behind him, he gives 

-up his wild plunges and settles down to the long, rapid, 

‘untiring gallop of the other older horses, taking each 
‘fence as it comes with just an inch or so to spare, and 
; picking out the easiest gaps and best jumps, which latter 
jhe is aided in doing by his rider, who, like the true 
‘sportsman, knows too much to tax his horse’s powers by 
iiding over the biggest jumps, thereby running a risk of 
jkilling his ambition in his first hunt, He is pulled 
‘slowly in to the death, and is glad enough to stand and 
atch his “breeze” while the master of hounds is getting 
ifhe ftyx from the dogs and taking its brush. 

Such is his first hunt, Thereafter the note of the 
‘hound on the trail is his sweetest music, and the blast 
of the horn and the “view halloo” his ambition to hear. 
Old horses turned out in the fields, to pass their declin- 
ing years, have been known to follow a hunt as they fly 
by, taking every jump and coming in at the death with 

‘the rest. 

Beside fox hunting, polo, shooting, ball games and 
;all the other games do not deserve the name of sport. 
Every quality that it cultivates is good, requiring, as it 
édoes, undoubted skill, physical courage and strength, all 
mai which are numbered among the highest virtues. No 
Sport causes the same degree of excitement as does the 

- ‘scene before the start and the exhilarating feeling when, 
ion a good mount, you ride over the fields and fences to 
the music of the pack in advance. In conclusion, the 
advice of an old huntsman, down in the section of Vir- 
» ginia previously described may not be out of place. An 
amateur was askinug him “how to learn to fox hunt.” 
The old fellow looked pityingly at him, and said: ‘Son, 
the best way I know is to throw your heart over the fence 
-and ride alter it.” 


The Blandford Fox Hunt. 


THE second annual fox hunt of the Blandford, Mass., 
‘Fox Club was held Oct. 31 and Novy. t. If possible, the 
‘eyent was one of even greater pleasure than that of last 
year. There were twenty-five participants in the hunt, 
and they were rewarded with four brushes for their day’s 
work. The driving was not extremely good, the wind 
affecting the dogs so that they could not keep the trail. 
The hunters assembled at 8 o'clock and went to North 
street, letting loose the dogs at the house of C. R. Ripley, 
Thirteen dogs were cast off toward North Blandford. 
During the first hour Clarence W. Bates corraled the 
first fox, and this was the only one captured during the 
morning, though the dogs followed several unsuccessful 
trails. In the afternoon E. H. Williams, of Southwick, 
fell upon another fox‘at about 2 o’clock near Lewis 
Nye’s hill. George Jones, of Blandford, with seven dogs, 
got another fox, and Charles Clark, of Chester, was the 
last successful hunter, H. L. Herrick and Leyi Dayton 
both saw foxes and got a shot at them, but something 
nes the matter with the guns, and the foxes are still 
alive. 

The dog which was so conspicuous in last year’s hunt 
had an exciting escapade a few days ago which put him 
out of business for this hunt, and there was little holing 
this year. This dog is said ta have holed a fox and got 
wedged into the hole. He remained there for nine days 
until he grew so poor that he was able to turn around in 
the hole and thus escape an awful death. The other dogs 
were very erratic yesterday as a rule, and many rabbits 

- were followed in place of the foxes. 


The hunters returned late in the afternoon weary and 
hungry, and were enthusiastic for the banquet of the 
evening, which was prepared under great difficulties by 
Landlord Oatley. ' 

The Blandford fox hunt was brought to a successful 
close Thursday, Nov. 1, and at least two more brushes 


were added to those secured the day before. The Lloyd 
family was prominent in the sport of Thursday, and 
George B. and Virgil Lloyd each brought down a fox. 
The hunters covered the territory im the south part ot 
the town, near the main branch of Little River, and the 
hounds were set at work near the soapstone quarry on 
the E. H. Osborne farm. There were about thirty en- 
thusiastic men in the party, and they enjoyed the finest 
sport of the hunt between 9 and 10 in the morning on the 
Osborne farm. The dogs were quick to find a fresh scent, 
and then followed music dear to the hearts of the sports- 
men. A half-dozen hounds were soon in full cry, and 
the scurrying fox little realized what was in store for him. 
He kept to the woods for some time, and then ventured 
into the open and bounded over a stone wall close to a 
sleepy hunter, who realized what had happepned a few 
seconds later, when the dogs went, over the wall and 


_ disappeared down the hill toward the quarry. Others had 
‘seen him, however, and he was quickly turned about by 


two harmless shots. Back he came, close to his old track, 
and T. J. Cooley, of Westfield, urged him along at a 
faster gait with a charge of shot that evidently fell short, 
John E. Cooney also emptied the contents of both barrels 
at the fleeting fox, and again he completed a circle, with 
the dogs making the woods resound with their excited 
cries. George Lloyd was true in his aim, and the bunch 
of animated fur went tumbling down the road. It was be- 
lieved the shot had caused the death of the fox, but no, he 
was up and away in an instant, though his life was 
slowly ebbing away. The hounds were soon upon him, 
and the brush was then seen dangling from the pocket of 
Clark Deering, who appropriated the pelt, evidently con- 
cluding that as long as he picked up the fox he should 
have the prize. It was Mr. Lloyd’s fox, though, and 
rather than have a “‘scene,”’ the action of Mr. Deering 
went unchallenged. This ‘drive’ on the part of the dogs 
was the most exciting of the two days, and the fox must 
have made a circuit within a radius of a half-mile no 
less than three or four times. It was an unusual oc- 
currence and caused considerable excitement among the 
hunters. The fox was shot at six or seven times. There 
were seyeral other good runs during the day, and Virgil 
Lloyd killed his fox near the Isaac Richards place. Charles 
N. Lewis, of Westfield, toppled over a stray fox near the 
place where he attempted to dig out a man, dog and fox 
last year, but he was unable to get sight of him again. 
Dogs were put on the trail, but stopped giving yoice before 
going a great distance. No trace of the fox was found 
and it is the general opinion that it was another case of 
“sneaking” a “brush.” Had the fox gone further the 
dogs would not have stopped. It is therefore safe to 
claim that three foxes were killed during the day. The 
membership of the club has materially increased this 


year, and is now not far from 105.—Springfield Re- | 


publican. 


Continental All Age Stake. 


Editor Forest and Streanv: 

The entries for the Continental Field Trial Club’s All 
Age Stake number in all twenty-seven. Ten subscrip- 
tions have been taken for the Free for All Subscription 
Stake: 

Mortimer—Robert Kellys b., w. and t. setter dog 
(Eugene T—Maud). 

Senator P—J. W. Flynn’s o. and w. pointer dog (Cap- 
tain B.—Queen P.). : 

Verona Lena,—Verona Kennels’ b., w. 
bitch (Rudge Gladstone—Nellie R.). 

Joe—Ayent & Duryea Kennels’ b., w, and t. setter 
dog ( — ). 

Sioux—Avent & Duryea Kennels’ b., w. and t. setter 
bitch (Count Gladstone 1V—Hester Pryne). 

Count Gladstone V.—Avent & Duryea Kennels’ b., w. 
and t, setter dog (Count Gladstone 1V.—Columbine). 

Prime Minister—Avent & Duryea Kennels’ b., w. and 
t. setter dog (Count Gladstone [VY.—Hester Pryne). 

Tony Man—Avent & Duryea Kennels’ b., w. and t. 
setter dog (Tony Boy—May Blue). 

Roysterer—Ayent & Duryea Kennels’ b,, w. and t, 
setter dog (Count Gladstone 1V.—Hester Pryne). 

Earl Jingo—Erwin M. Beale’s 1. and w. pointer dog 
(Jingo—Pearl’s Dot). 

Bob Acres—George Crocker’s 0, and w. setter dog 
(Tony’s Gale—Minnie T.). 

Minnie’s Girl—George Crocker’s o. and w. setter bitch 
(Antonio—Minnie T.). 

Gilt Edge—George Crocker’s lem. and w. setter dog 
(Count Gladstone I1V.—Lillian Russell). 

Doctor Browh—G, L. Thomas’ b., w. and t, setter 
dog (Count Featherstone—Topsey F.), 

Lady’s Count—J. Douglas Law’s b., w.‘and t. setter 
deg (Count Gladstone 1V.—Dan’s Lady). 

Jack—P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t, setter dog 
(Eugene T—Matud). 

Geneva—P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t. bitch (Tony 
Boy—Lena Belle). 

Why Not—P. Lorillard, Jr.'s, b., w. and t. setter dog 
(Eugene T.—-Miss Ruby). 

Selkirle Milo—Oakland Kennels’ b., w. and t. setter 
dog (Selkirk Dan—Selkirk Tama). 

Count Hunter—Dr. C. T, Shoop’s b., w. and t. setter 
dog (Count Gladstone 1¥Y.—Hunter’s Queen). 

Sport’s Gath—G. G_ Williamson’s b., w. and t. setter 
dog (Maries Sport—Mark’s Fleet). 

Oakley Hill—Chas. F, Hartmetz’s b., w. and t. setter 
dog (Rodfield—Susie D,). 

Hal’s Hope—Peterson & Bell’s b. and w. setter bitch 
(Harold Skimpole—Hunter’s Nellie Bly). 

Eldred Lark—Theo. Sturges’ b., w. and t. setter bitch 
(Cincinnatus Pride—Antonia). 

Daughter Gladstone—W. T. Hunter’s b., w. and t. 
setter bitch (Lady’s Count Gladstone—Daughter Noble). 

Zephyr I1.—J. S, Crane’s b. and w. pointer bitch (Rip 
Rap—Jingo’s Joy). 

Dot’s Daisy—J. S. Crane’s 1. and w. pointer bitch 
(Jingo—Dot’s Pearl). 


and t. setter 


Teo Stunces, Sec’y. 


375 


Points and Flushes. 


The Philadelphia Dog Show Association desires to 
announce that Mr, Robert Toland has offered a silyer cup 
for the best pointer at its forthcoming show. 


Hachting. 


Who Shall Defend the Cup? 


THe challenge from Sir Thomas Lipton for a match in 
I901 was received by the New York Y. C. and yachts- 
men generally with an amount of enthusiasm which made 
it certain that the task of defending the Cup would be 
no perfunctory one, but that so far as the finances were 
concerned there would be no trouble in raising any 
reasonable suin for the construction of a new detender, 
and, if necessary, the racing of Columbia as a trial boat 
‘during the season. Had the matter been laid before the 
club at the meeting of Oct. 17, al which the challenge 
was accepted, as it. might wilh all propriety, a syndicate of 
representative men could easily llaye been organized on 
the spot to put up the required amount. Instead of this, 
the matter has, as usual, been taken out of the hands of 
the club and referred to a committee with power to do as 
it pleases. So far as can be ascertained, it has up to date, 
three weeks after the meeting, done nothing, though there 
are various rumors afloat as to what it proposes to do. At 
a later meeting it was announced by Com. Ledyard that 
a defender would be built, but that the names of those 
interested could not be given out at present. This action, 
so similar to that in past years, has given rise to a report 
that a difference has arisen between two elements in the 
club, and that one party will build and run the new 
boat without the aid of the other. To put the story in 
concrete shape, it is said that the feeling which has existed 
between different owners in the 7ott. class through the 
season is so strong that some of them, thoush anxious to 
take part in the defense of the Cup, will be barred from 
all opportunity to do so; im particular it is rumored that 
Mr. Herman B. Duryea will not be connected with the 
new boat. 

The private affairs of the New York Y. C. are not mat- 
ters of public interest, and if any differences exist within 
the club it may be left to settle them as it pleases; but 
the defense of the America Cup is in every sense a 
national affair. The time has gone by when it could be 
conducted on the P. B. D. principle, by special com- 
mittees that were responsible neither to the club at large 
nor to the yachting public. The action in the present case, 
of delegating to a special committee powers which rightly 
belong to the club as a body, and of concealing matters 
which might and should be known to every member, is 
suspiciously like that attending the adoption of the new 
deed of gift in 1887 and the suppressing of Lord Dun- 
raven’s complaint in the matter of Defender’s ballast in 
1895. The serious trouble which has resulted in these two 
cases, as in many others, from this policy of secrecy and 
concealment, should be a warning against similar methods 
in the future. At the present time there seems to be no 
good reason why the defending syndicate should not be 
formed openly and the right man to manage the new 
boat chosen in ptblic. There are certain things -which 
it is not desirable to announce, but the knowledge of the 
ownership of the new boat and of the man who will com- 
mand her can be of no possible advantage to the chal- 
lenger. Should the Cup he lost through an error in the 
selection, the officers of the New York Y. C. will have to 
shoulder a very heavy responsibility. 


Capt. Sycamore on American Yachting. 


In speaking of his recent trip to America, Capt. 
Sycamore, the captain of Shamrock I1., said to the 
Glasgow correspondent of the Boston Herald: - 

“Good sportsmen, and fond af salt water, as I knew 
the Americans to be, I must admit that 1 was a trifle 
surprised to find in the course of my turn round how 
widespread the liking for yachting has become. It is 
not only the clubs of which we hear over here, but there 
seem to be hundreds of others about the islands and bays 
and creeks, and my impression was that the average 
American owner takes more direct interest in his sport 
and the boat than some of the gentlemen who keep the 
racing on this side going. This season the interest in 
American racing seems to have centered principally in 
the class of one-design 70-footers. It is said they are 
one-design, and they certainly look it, but whether they 
are all of one speed is a very different matter. Frankly, 
I don’t like them, for they are neither good as boats nor 
pretty to look at. Mark you, I do not say that they are 
not fast. Going at all free, they seemed to me to get 
through the water very smoothly and very quickly; but 
of course this opinion is pretty much guesswork, as they 
have only themselves to sail against. Their principal 
fault seems to me to be in the construction, and I am 
quite prepared to believe most of the stories told of 
the serious trouble they give in hard weather. So far as 
I have had an opportunity of judging, I should say that 
the difficulty has risen from an attempt to turn out ex- 
ceedingly light composite boats without making sure that 
the workmanship and the provision for taking up and 
distributing the strains were sulheient to enable them to 
stand the pull of their big sail spread. So far as their 
looks go, that is after all a trifle, for one can soon work 
up an admiration for any boat, provided only that she is 
fast enough. 

“T never had the slightest doubt,” he said, “but that 
the Columbia-Shamrock races were won by the Ameri- 
can boat purely on her merits; but now, after seeing them 
both, I am miore than ever convinced that we never had 
a chance in anything of a breeze. The Columbia has, I 
think, the prettiest hull that ever I saw on a big boat, and 
I think that you could no more bring Shanirock into 
condition to beat Columbia than you couid put wings on 
her and teach her to ly. Whether Herreshoff could im- 
prove on the Columbia or not I do not know—he has 
not done so in the 7o-footers—but he has a grand boat 
there, and one that would take a lot of beating.” 


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The Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. Steatn ‘Tender. 


Aut who were present at the Seawanhaka cup matches 
between the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. and the White 
Bear Y. C., or who have visited Lake St. Louis during 
the past summer, have commented most favorably upon 
the new steam tender built during the winter for the use 
of the club. The question of a suitable steamer for club 
use has been under consideration by the Royal St. Law- 
rence Y. C. for some years, a special boat being urgently 
needed in connection with the many races sailed for the 
Seawanhaka cup since 1897, while one is also required for 
regular club use throughout the whole season. The 
steam yachts of the club fleet have been placed at the 
disposal of the race committee during the international 
races, but all of them which are large enough to accom- 
modate the committee and guests are of too great drait 
to land at the club pier at Dorval, where the water is very | 
shoal and boulders are only too numerous. As the club 
station lies inside of Dorval Island, with a shoal from 
the west end of the island well up the lake, the larger 
steam yachts have to run up the main channel, around 
the end of the shoal and then down to Dorval, lying off 
shore and taking passengers by means of rowboats. A 
great deal of time has been lost in this way, both in 
starting out and returning in previous races. While there 
is plenty of deep water in most parts of Lake St. Louis, 
the whole north shore is quite shoal, and there are long 
shoals through. the center of the lake. At the same time 
there is room enough to kick up quite a formidable sea 
on very short notice. It was necessary to have a steamer , 
of very shoal draft, not over 2ft., if possible, large enough 
to be safe and able to carry a good-sized party comfort- 
ably, and fast enough to run with the racing 20-footers 
in setting marks, timing, etc. Such a boat has been talked 
of for several years, but nothing offered that was suitable 
and also w:thin the limit of price, which was mneces- 
sarily low, as the club has spent a great deal of money in 
recent years on the house and grounds» During the past 
winter the matter was taken up anew, the financial end 
being assumed by a corporation formed within the club 
to manage the boat shops and provide a club steamer. 
The task of designing a suitable boat, as none was to be 
found in the market, was assumed by Arthur L. Drum- 


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MemoBeers 
ST. LOUIS, STEAM: TENDER FOR THE ROYAL ST. LAWRENCE Y., C. DESIGNED BY ARTHUR L. DRUMMOND, ESQ., 1900. 


mond, Esq., a member of the club and an amateur de- 
signer. ‘Lhe contract was given to Davis & 5ons, of 
Kingston, Untario, a very reliable firm, and the resuit 
has been most satisfactory. 

The new boat, St. Louis, is 65ft. over all, 6o0ft. water- 
line, 13tt. breadth, 2ft. draft, with a displacement of 
11.00 tous. ‘Lhe coefficient of dispiacement 1s 0.50, curve 
of areas of the bow and stern each being a true curve 
of versed sines. Jn order to reduce the expense, the 
regular stock machinery of the builders was used, a 
simple non-condensing marine engine with link motion, 
the cylinder beng 8 by 8in., with a propeller 35:n. diam- 
eter and nominally qft. pitch. The boiler is built by 
Davis & Sons, under the Roberts patent, water tube, qit. 
gin. by 4ft. gin. and sft. high. A Northey duplex feed 
pump, an injector, a hand pump and an exhaust feed 
water heater are the accessories, the whole engine room 
outfit being yery simple. 

The fore overhang gives some necessary deck room 
and improves the appearance over a plumb stem, while 
with the cutting away below water it enables the boat 
to make a landing on a shoal beach. The sheer is quite 
high forward to meet the short seas of the lake. ‘The 
screw works in a hollow of the bottom, which reaches 
nearly up to the deck at its highest point. This has 
worked to well that Mr. Drummond informs us that he 
would not hesitate in another boat to raise the shaft to 
the level of the waterline. A watertight hatch in the 
after deck gives access to the wheel, and by putting weight 
in the bow the hub may be raised clear of the water for 
any repairs. The freeboard is kept low aft for con- 
venience in boarding from boats, and the peculiar form of 
the counter has proved very convenient in practice. The 
crews of the racing yachts towing astern can haul up their 
boats and step aboard very easily. Another advantage 
discovered in bathing from the yacht is that one can 
easly climb on to the stern from the water and step 
on board. ; ( 

The forward cabin is for the use of members, and there 
is a ladies’ cabin aft, both fitted with toilet rooms. The 
bunkers, on each side of the boiler, have 50 cu. ft. capacity, 
2,500lbs.; hard coal being used. The upper deck is 
built strongly enough to carry all the people who can find 
standing room. A number of hinged seats are fitted to 
each side of the house, turned up out of the gangway 
when not in use, but giving additional seating capacity. 

The steering 1s done from the ore end of the upper deck, 
the portion between the wheel and the funnel being used 
By the race committee, a pole being provided for the signal 

ags, 

As used in the international races, the boat answered 
perfectly, being powerful enough to tow a number of 
boats at a good speed from the club station to the starting g 


line, and fact enough to run from mark to mark so as to 

time every turn. She was kept running day after day at / 
this work w'thout develoning any defects. In the ordinary . 

club racing she leaves Dorval about noon with a whole 


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also tised fot picnics and exetitsions abot Lake St. 
Lotis and up into the Lake of Two Mountains. ‘The gen- 
etal specifications are as follows, the construction being 
cheap, strong and durable, and well suited for the purpose, 
The design is applicable to many localities where similar 
conditions exist. With some modification of the arrange- 
ments it would make an excellent yacht for private use. 


Specifications for Steam Yacht St. Louis. 


General Conditions—The vessel is to be finished com- 
plete, ready for sea. She must proceed from Kingston to 
Montreal under her own steam and will only be accepted 
after inspection by the Government inspector at Montreal 
and a satisfactory trial showing that she is perfectly 
tight and that everything is working smoothly and well. 
The contract includes in addition to the hull, engine, boiler 
and steering gear, the flag poles, as indicated in the 
drawing, Sampson post, cavals, towing posts, chocks at 
bow, sides and stern for mooring and towing lines, coal 
hole covers, and everything necessary to the completion 
of a first-class vessel of this size, with the exception of 
the cabin work, which is to be finished as further specified. 

Material—All material must be strictly first-class. Tim- 
ber to be of good quality, well seasoned and free from 
large knots, rot, wane, shakes. sap or other imperfec- 
tions, all to be satisfactory to the purchaser’s inspector. 


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The fastenings throughout to be of wrought iron, where 
possible galvanized. 

Frames—Oak sawed 114in, sided, gin. moulded, double 
spaced, 3ft. centers with two 2x2 stem bent frames be- 
tween each sawed frame. The sawed frames to be bolted 
together with screw bolts 34in. diameter, 18in. centers 
where frames are straight, and gin. centers at the turn 
of bilge. 

Keel—4xg rock elm, stem 6in. sided white oak, sister 
keelsons on each side, 4x12 tamarack where inside of hull, 
and on each side of the tunnel where rabbeted for plank- 
ing to be of white oak or rock elm. Keel and keelsons 
to be in long lengths and where joined to be properly 
scarfed with fish pieces, and thoroughly bolted. (The 
outer keelsons were also of tamarack.) 

Planking—To be of white or yellow pine, full tin. 
stock. To be in long lengths not more than 414in. wide 
above the waterline, except sheer strake, which may be 
8in. The butts to have not less than sft. shift, unless 
three planks intervene, all butts to be made on oak butt 
blocks. the end of each plank to be connected with at 
least three %4in. screw bolts. The planking to be fastened 
to each sawn frame with at least three 324in. wrought 
boat nails, galvanized, and to each bent frame by at least 
two wrought iron boat nails, clinched. (The bottom 
was-planked with tamarack, the topsides with white pine. ) 

Clamps—To be 3x6in. pine at center in long lengths weil 
scarfed and bolted where joined, to be bolted to each 
frame head with Win. screw bolts. Clamps may be 
thinned at ends to 2x6in. 

Deck Beams—To be cut of proper camber of pine 2x3in. 
at ccnter. spaced 12in. centers)securely fastened to clamps 
with in. bolts and spiked to frame heads. At fore and 
aft ends of each cabin a 4x3 beam to be worked intc 
bulkhead, four heavy beams in all. 

Deck Plank—White or yellow pine full 114in. stock not 
over 3in. wide, in long lengths with butts well shifted. 
fastened to deck beams with two 3%4in, wrought gal- 
vanized boat nails at each beam. 

Framing—All framing fo be thoroughly well done in 
accordance with the best practice, stem, deadwoods breast 
hooks to be of proper material well fastened. At each 
heavy beam fore and aft of cabins fasten lodging knees. 
sunnly and fit necessary floors in tamarack or oak under 
engine, boiler and throughout hull, and proper oak 


stringers for engine atid boiler bed, Partictilar attentions 
must be paid to the framing of the tunnel and stern, which 
the builder must arrange to the satisfaction of the pur- 
chaser’s inspector, 

Finish of Hull—The fastenings of outside plank to be 
punched 3-16in. deep and the holes paid and flushed with 
good putty, seams to be thoroughly caulked with cotton, 
paid and flushed with putty. FPastenings in deck plank to 
be. counter-bored and filled with wooden plugs, seams 
to be thoroughly caulked with cotton and paid with 
marine glue. The whole of the hull to receive three coats 
of the best white lead paint. All bright work to have 
three coats of the best spar varnish. 

Rail—Fit oak rail 134x4in. finished bright, to be set 
at least 6in. above the deck on say 2x6 pine plank on 
edge, bolted to the covering board. 

Covering Board—To be of oak rabbetted for ends of 
deck plank. 

Rubbing Strake—To be 2x3 oak carefully fastened to 
Sheer strake and covering board with scarfed joints. To 
be left bright. 

Cabin—To be built as shown on plans of pine with 
3x4 stanchions every 6ft., extending down to the main 
floors and intermediate stanchions, 2x3, finishing at comb- 
ing. The outside to be neatly covered with smooth 
matched lumber 7gin. thick. Waling at windows and plate 
for roof beams 2x3. Roof to be well constructed, of 
sufficient strength to carry the whole space covered with 
passengers, the deck to be covered with Soz. canvas painted 
with three coats of white lead. Sliding windows elazed, 
to be provided as indicated on plan. Fit double paneled 
doors at aft end of ladies’ cabin and fore end of forward 
cabin, also into small rooms for water closets in each 
cabin. Two partitions. one at each end of machinery 
space, both to be closed without doors. Fit companion 
slides and stairs, two sets. 

The engine room to be fitted with coal bunkers, having 
proper iron covers at deck, to have iron ash pit, and to 
have the woodwork thoroughly protected wherever there 
is danger from fire. All cabin work to be well finished 
and to have best white lead paint, three coats inside and 
out. 

Steering—Wheel on a stand on top of cabin with proper 
steering gear all fitted to tiller on the rudder. all this 
woodwork on hull and cabin to be done same as shown on 
plan furnished by the purchasers, in a good workmanlike 
manner, according to the usual way of this class of 
yacht work. 


TABLE OF OFFSETS. ; 
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A New 51-Footer. 


THE stccess of Larry Huntington’s Rochelle has 
brought him an order for a 51-footer of the same type 
for next season.. She is for Mr. Edward Kelly, the 
present owner of Rochelle. Considering that Rochelle 
was designed for racing under British rules, and was not 
altered during last: season, it is all the more remarkable 
that she made such an excellent showing on this side. 
In the new yacht Mr. Huntington will not be handi- 
capped by any racing rules, except those that the boat 
sails under in these waters, and for that reason the 
Kelly boat ought to be a more consistent performer in all 
weathers, Much time has beén ‘spent on the plans of the 
new boat, and he is confident that she will beat Altair, 
Shark, Syce and any new boats that May appear in the 
class another year. The boat will be about 46ft. long on 
the waterline, by far Mr, Huntington’s largest produc- 
tion. The summary of the past season’s racing shows 
that three of his boats hold championships in their 
respective classes. Their names are Rochelle, Mongoose 
Il. and Ox. 

Mr, Huntington has bought the property adjoining his 
present yard, where he is to erect a new and larger shop, 
and it is here that the boat will be built. A channel is 
now being dredged up to the new site which will give 
Git. of water at low tide. All work with the exception 
of spar making will be done in the new shop, and the 
present shed will be used for the storage of spars, sails 
and small boats. 


The following steam yachts have this week gone into 
winter quarters in the basins of the Gas Engire and 
Power Company and Seabury & Company at Morris 
Heights, New York: The Tonette, FE. E. Smithers ; 
the Margaret, J. H. Rutherford; the Annbel., J. Camp- 
bell Smith; the Hirondelle, J. F. Zimmerman: th Reva 
George L. Romalds; the Raynham, E. S. Woodward; the 
Calypso, Mrs, Julia Curtis: the Genevieve, L. D. Fiske; 
the Allegra, Charles M. Pratt: the Franeda, Frank Be- 
ment; the. Halcyon, the Hiawatha. Julius Fleischmann: 
the Wachusett, Fdward Weston; the Hildegarde (auxil- 
iary), Blakeley Hall; the Marjencha, Dr, H. A, Mande- 
ville; the Rex, Alexander Stein, and the Eleanor, R. W. 
Cummings. 


Seawanhaka Cup Challenge. 


Mr. Lorne C. Currie, the challenger for the Seawan- 
haka Corinthian international challenge cup, is said to be 
as a designer and helmsman the most skilliul yachtsman 
in Great Britain in the small classes. He is a member 
of four French and six English yacht clubs. He owns the 
steam yacht Cairngorm and the cutters Bebelle III., 
Skeandhu and Scotia. The Island Sailing Club, of West 
Cowes, Isle of Wight, backs his challenge. The present 
holder of the cup—the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C.—re- 
ceived challenges also from the White Bear Y. C., of 

. Minneapolis, and from the Bridgeport Y. C. These two 
generously waived their rights in favor of the English 
club. 


Haver, Oct. 13.—Editor Forest and Stream: I am 
obliged for the copy of your paper with article regarding 
the Seawanhaka Corinthian cup. I should like to thank, 
through your intermediary, the White Bear Y, C. and the 
Black Rock Club for their courtesy in waiving their 
rights in order to allow a British challenge to be accepted 
by the Royal St, Lawrence ¥. C. I have ordered a boat 
from Harley Mead, of East Cowes, and she will be tried 
against whatever others are built. It is at present im- 
possible to say how many other boats will be built, but I 
am in hopes that there will be at least two more, if not 
three, Besides the members of the Island’ Sailing Club 
who have agreed to come out, I have received offers of 
help from total strangers, which shows the interest the 
challenge is exciting in England. Messrs. Algernon 
Maudslay, Marmaduke Pike and A. Collingwood Hughs 
will form part of the crew, and we shall probably come 
out six or seven strong. Should the races for the Amer- 
ica Cup come off in. August, as is rumored in yachting 
circles, we shall try to see them. Lorne C. CURRIE. 


The tis P, Phinney Challenge Cup. 


Mr. J. P. Phinney, a well-known Boston yachtsman, has 
offered a perpetual challenge cup for small yachts on the 
west coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Interest in yachting 
has spread so rapidly along the Atlantic seaboard and 
the Great Lakes during the past few years that it is to 
be hoped that Mr. Phinney’s sportsmanlike action will tend 
to create a more general interest in yachting in Southern 
waters. 


SourH Boston, Mass., Oct. 19—Editor Forest and 
Siream: In answer to your kind favor of the 18th inst., 
will say I shall be glad if you will make mention in your 
world-wide paper regarding the perpetual challenge cup 
I shall give for small yachts on the west coast of the 
Gulf of Mexico. I shall make my headquarters at Tarpon 
Spring, Fla., so I can be near my orange groves, so I can 
plow the land when I cannot plow the Gulf. If the small 
yacht building for me at the celebrated yard of George 
Lawley & Son Corp. proves what we hope for her, I 
shall bother the best of them to stop her or “lift” the cup, 
I will drop you a line when we get the regattas started. 

James’ P, PHINNEY. 


The New Challenger. 


Tue following is from the European Edition of the 
New York Herald, under date of Noy. 5: 


Sir Thomas Lipton is conferring at Glasgow with 
George L. Watson, the designer of the new challenger for 
the. America Cup, In reply to questions Sir Thomas 
declined to make any statement in regard to the building 
of the new racer in question. ; 

“The design and construction of the yacht,” he said, “is 
entirely in the hands of Mr. Watson, in justice to whom 
it would be unfair to make any statement.” -. 

From other, but authoritative, sources, however, it 1s 
learned that Sir Thomas’ visit to Glasgow was for the 
purpose of signing contracts for the building of the yacht. 
These, as anticipated, have been placed with the Hender- 
sons, Meadowside yard, the builders of Thistle, the three 
Valkyries, Britannia, Meteor and Sybarita. 

The date specified in the contracts for the handing 
over of the vessel is March 30. The framework will be 
laid down this week. , 

The greatest precautions are being taken to preserve 
secrecy regarding the design. A footpath along the banks 
of the Clyde, which skirts the Hendersons’ yards, is 
already closed. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


Word comes from Punta Gorda, Fla., that Capt. P. 
Johanson and his thirteen-year-old son arrived there 
safely after a fifty-nine days’ voyage in an open boat 
from Gibraltar. Both father and son were feeling well 
and suffered no mishaps during the trip. 


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Officers of the Colombian army arrived in New York 
a few days ago to take the steam yacht Atlanta to south- 
erm waters. Atlanta was purchased from Geo, J, Gould 
by the Colombian Government on July 20 last. Since 
that time she has been at Erie Basin, where she was 
armed with several machine guns and her vital parts 
covered with a thin armor plate. Atlanta will be used 
by the Colombian Gevernment for quelling rebellious 
along the coast, 

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At a joint meeting of the ways and means committees 
of the Toledo Yachting Association on Oct. 22 it was 
decided to hold there in 1902 the biggest interlake regatta 
ever held in America. Such a meet had been arranged 
for in connection with the expected centennial, and the 
Association has decided that instead of changing or 
abandoning the plans they would be enlarged and 
broadened and the force of the united yachtsmen of the 
city put behind them, President Richardson has prom- 
ised the largest prize ever offered. © 


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George C. Taylor, of Islip, L. I, is having a heuse- 
boat built that will cost $25,000 when completed. The 
boat will be 90 feet long and 25 feet wide, and will be 


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tigged as a sloop. The interior fittings will be very 
somplete. and the finish throughout will be of mahogany. 


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George Lord Day’s fine schooner yacht Endymion 
arrived in New York on Oct. 31, aiter a stormy passage 


from Southampton, England, of twenty-seven days, 


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The auxiliary yacht Laurel, of ‘the Atlantic Y. C., 
owned by Mr. R, Pease, was burned at her moorings at 
the Thimble Islands, a few days ago. The cooking stove 
set the cabin fittings on fire. The owner and crew were 
afraid of the large supply of oil on board and abandoned 
the boat in the tender. The Laurel was burned to the 
water's edge, and is a total loss. 


RRR 
The steam yacht Normandie, owned by Charles W. 
Dumont, that was wrecked a few days ago, has been 
raised by the Chapman Wrecking Company. The yacht 
had been laid up for the winter in the Hast Beach Canal 


€UP OFFERED BY MR. JAMES P. PHINNEY. 


at Northport, L. F. During the late gale she broke from 
her moorings and went ashore. The salt water has 
damaged her engines, 


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F. Bowne Jones has an order for a 130ft. steam yacht 


- for Charles J. Canfield. He has sold the schooner Mon- 


tauk for Com, L. C, Ledyard to W. H. Langley, and the 
sloop Liris for T, J. MeCahill to Robert Barrie, of Phila- 
delphia. 

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Gardner & Cox haye gotten out plans for a 18o0/t. steam 
yacht for J. €. Cassatt, who formerly owned the 
Eugenia, also designed by Gardner & Cox. This year 
the boat was sold to Mrs, A. S. Van Wickle. They also 
have orders for two 3oft. keel sloops for members of the 
Shelter Island Y. C., a 43it. cutter to beat Mira, a class 
of 25-footers for members of the Larchmont Y. C., and 
four 36ft. centerboard sloops for members of the Phila- 
delphia Y. €. ) 


Address all communications to the Forest and 
Stream Publishing Company. 


Or Fred Mather’s “In the Louisiana Lowlands,” the 
New York Observer says: “These sketches are mainly 
descriptions of plantation life, and camping and fishing 
experiences in Louisiana, shortly after the close of the 
Civil War. They are life pictures of Southern scenes and 
conditions, set in vivid color, and drawn in accurate lines, 
It is a good, Clean, wholesome book.” ' 


[Noy. z0, 1900. 


Crapshooting. 


Leading dealers in sportsmen’s supplies have advertised in our 
columns contjnuously for a quarter-century, 


{f you want your shoot to be announced here send to 
aotice like the following: 


Fixtures. 


Noy. 9.—St. Paul, Minn.—Seyenth annual live-bird handicap at 
St. Paul Shooting Park. Main event at 25 live birds, $15 sa rarioss 
$50 added. Contest for the Hirschy cup. W. R. Brown, Mer. 

Noy, 9-10,—Danville, Ill—Danville Gun Club’s tournament. 

Noy. 9:10.—Bowling Green, Ky.—Bowling Green Gun Club’s 
tournament. 

Noy. 10.—Newark, N. J.—Merchandise shoot of the Forester Gun 
Club. John J. Fleming, Sec’y, 21 Waverly avenue. 

Nov. 10.—Newark, N. J.—Contest for E. C. cup, emblematic of 
the inanimate championship of New Jersey, between F. E. Sinnock, 
of Newark, and the challenger, Mr. G. Piercy, of Jersey City, 
on the grounds of the South Side Gun Club. 

Nov. 18.—Dexter Park, Brooklyn.—Under auspices of the Greater 
New York Gun Club; three-men team tace; 20 live birds per man; 
20yds. Members of any organized gin club in the U. S. are 
ehgible. Commences at. 2. P.M. Sweepstake shooting commences 
at 10 A, M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier and Dr, A, A. Webber, 
DINGS. 1g4u— Oseena te | 

Nov. 13-14.—Osceola, la.—Amateur tournament of the Osceol 
Gun Club. D. K. Douthett, Sec’y. . =r 

Noy. 13-15.—Minden, Neb.—Minden Gun Club’s tournament. 

Nov. 18-16.—St. Thomas, Ont.—Tom Donley’s tournament; 
birds and targets. 

Nov. 1415,.—Springfield, Ill—Two-day target tournament of the 
Milinois Gun Club; open to‘all, Chas. T. Stickle, Sec’y. 

Noy. 23.—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, N. J.— 
Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men team race; 
20 live birds per man; 29yds._ Members of any organized gun club 
in the U. 5S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. Sweepstake 
shooting commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier and 
Dr. A, A. Webber, managers. 

Nov. 27.—Toledo, O.—East End Gun Club’s merchandise shoot, 
~ Nov. 29.—Milwaukee, Wis.—South Side Gun Club’s tournament. 
A. D. Gropper, Sec’y, ‘ 

Dec, 11-14.—Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossing, I1l—Annual live- 
bird tournament. John Watson, Mgr. 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. 

Chicago, Ill.—Garfeld Gun Club’s trophy shoots, second and 
fourth Saturdays of each month; live-bird shoots every Saturday. 
Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue. 


1901. 


n, Ont——Hamilton Gun Club’s eleventh 
live birds and targets; open to all. H, 


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Jan. 15-18— Hamilton, 
annual tournament; 
Graham, Sec’y. 

May 7-10.—Tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s 
Association. C. W. Feigenspan, Sec’y. 

June 5-7.—Circleville, O.—Under auspices of the Pickaway Rod 
and Gun Club, annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters’ 
League. G. R. Haswell, See’y. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 

Noy. 7, 14, 21, 28.—Interstate Park.—Live-bird championship; 
26 birds; handicaps 25 to 338yds.; $10 entrance, birds extra; sweep 
optional; open to all; money instead of trophy. 

Nov, 16.—Interstate Park—Medicus Gun Club’s target shoot; 
open to all. 

Nov. 19.—Interstate Park.—Dupont championship cup shoot be- 
tween Messrs. R. A. Welch, holder, and T. W. Mortey, challenger, 
at 100 live birds each, commencing at 1 o’clock, Sweeps before and 
after the race, 

Nov. 22.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s live-bird shoot; 
open to all. 

Wov. 27.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s live-bird shoot; 
open to all. 

Dec. 5,—Shoot-off of the winners of the November eyents, with 
$20 in gold to the winner, 

Interstate Park, Queens, L. 1.—Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 

BU Tike Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches. club shoots or private 
practice. Café and hotel accommodations. 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 

Interstate Fark, L. I.—Fountain Gun; Club’s regular monthly 
shoots, the third Thursday of October, November and December. 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. 

1901. 

June ——Interstate Park, L. 1.—Forty-third annual tournament 
es the New York State Association for the protection of Fish and 

yame. , 

June 1-5.—Interstate Park, Queens, L. 1., N. ¥Y.—The Inter- 
state Association’s ninth annual Grand American Handicap Tour- 
nament at live birds. 7 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Club secretaries are invited to send het scores for publication im 
these columns, also any news notes they may dare to have printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Maiti 
allsuch matter to Forest and Stream. Gia ing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York. i 
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The Club house of the Peoria Gun Club was destroyed by fire 
recently. Concerning it the Star says: “The building was quite 
a good-sized affair, and lcontained all the! club’s effects except the 


“magantrap, including expert traps, liye-bird traps, canvas cover- 


ing for stands, stoyes, gun racks, tables, chairs and 7,000 targets, 
as well as wire fencing and many other articles of value to the 
club. The loss on building and contents will foot up close to 
$800, on which there was an. insurance of but $200. A new club 
house will be erected just'as S00n as the insurance is adjusted, and 
it will be one of the finest in the West. The cost will be in the 
neighborhood of $2,500, and will be modern in every respect.” 


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The Picayune of Oct. 27, in its enthusiastic comment on Buffalo 
Buill’s Wild West show, which amused and instructed the courteous 
residents of New Orleans recently, says: ‘““The shooting and 
practice of Miss Annie Oakley was something marvelous, and, 
despite the unsteady and at times flickering light, she rarely 
missed the glass balls thrown from the traps, and when she did 
miss the first shot she invariably broke the ball with the second, 
and this from a rifle.” That was in the last week of the show, after 
an eight months’ season. Mr. and Mrs. Butler go to Hot 
Springs for a four weeks’ rest. ; 
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Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, manager of the Interstate Association, 
under date of Nov. 1’ announces the dates of the next great 
national live-bird shoot as follows: “At the regular monthly 
mesting of the stockholders of the Interstate Association, held 
Monday, Oct. 29, it was decided to hold the ninth annual Grand 
American Handieap at live birds during the week commencing 
April 1, 1901, The resolution was also passed that the tournament 
should be held at Interstate Park, Queens, L. I, N. ¥.” . 


At Interstate Park, Queens, L, 1., Oct. 30, Mr. J. J. Hallowell 
defeated Mr. T. W. orfey in a 100-bird race for $100 a side, 
each standing at the 30yd. mark. Commencing at 2:28, it was 
finished in the remarkably short time--of,0one hour and eight 
minutes, which is believed to be the record time for a match of 
that kind. Morfey’s great form during the past months, at any 
mark, from 80 to 88yds., led many to belieye that he would win 
the match, but Hallowell of late has been in great form himself, 
and made i) ee score of 97, winning the race by 4 birds. 


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In the match between Messrs. W. T. Irwin and H. W. Cad- 
wallader, shot at Attica, Ind., Oct. 29, the former won by a score 
of 47 to 46, each shooting at 50 birds. Mr. Irwin lost 2 dead out, 
his opponent having an equal loss in this respect. Lhe boundary 
was SUyds., and therefore the performance of the shooters was ex- 
ceedingly praiseworthy. 

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On Oct. 30, on the grounds of the Carteret Gun Club, at Garden 
City, L. J., an interesting four-cornered race took place between 
Messrs. H. Money, H. Yale Dolan and Robert A. Welch, of 
Carteret Gun Club, and Col. Tom. Martin, of Blutiton, 5. C., at 
50 live birds, 30yds. rise. Messrs. Dolan and Money tied on 48, 
Mr, Welch was next with 47, and Col. Martin scored 44.. 


In the competition at the Peters Cartridge Cos Jacksonyille 
tournament, Oct, 29 and 30, Mr, Barney Worthen tied Mr, Jack 
Fanning on the first day with an_average of 97 per cent., each 
breaking 170 out of 175 targets. Dr. Wilson, of Savannah, Ga., 
won high average for the: two days, with an average of 96 per cent. 


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At Dexter Park, Brooklyn, L. 1., the fifth of the Schortemeier- 
Webber three-men team contests will take place, 20 live birds per 
man, Members of any organized club in the United States are 
eligible. Team race commences at 2 o'clock; sweepstake shooting 
at 10 o’clock. 

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Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., and Noy. 19 are place and 
date for the contest between Messrs. T. W, Morfey and kK, A. 
Welch for the Dupont championship cup. Sweepstakes will be 
the programme before and after the match, which begins at 1 
o'clock. 

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Dr. J. E. Overholt, President of the Hamilton, Ont., Gun Club, 
announces that Jan. 15 to 18 are the dates fixed upon for the 
eleventh annual tournament of his club. The tournament, live 
birds and targets, willbe open to all. 


On Saturday of this week Messrs. F. E. Sinnock and G. 1H. 
Piercy, challenger, contest for the I C cup, emblematic of the 
championship of New Jersey, at Newark, on the grounds of the 
Seuth Side Gun Club, 


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Tn a match at 100 birds each between Messrs. D. H. Walton and- 


R. H. Wallace, at Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossing, Ill., on Oct. 
31, for the price of the birds, the former won by a score of 74 to 43. 


Owing to Noy. @ being the day on which the American citizen 
makes his mark in respect to the political questions of the times, 
Forest AND STREAM went to press on Monday of this week. 


__ Capt. A. W. Money, of the American E C & Schultze Gunpowder 
Co., is due in New York on Thursday or Friday of this week, aiter 
several weeks’ sojourn in England: f 

BERNARD WATERS, 


A Tramp Beats Cadwallader. 


Artica, Ind., Oct. 29.—The match that yon mentioned in last ~ 


issue to come off here between W. Tramp Irwin, of Chicago, and 
H.W. Cadwallader, of Danville, was shot here this afternoon upon 
the gun club’s grotinds. It proved to be yery interesting, as was 
witnessed by many of the citizens of this and the surrounding 
towns. 

The conditions as to grounds and weather were against the 
shooters, while the birds were an extra good lot, and kept the 
shooters very uneasy at all times. 

The weather was warm, and the sky was overeast for the greater 
part of the time. As the end was nearing, a very black cloud came 
up, and in a few moments after the last gun was fired the heavens 
opened and the rain fell in such quantites as-to prevent the con- 
tinuation of a little target match. 

As to grounds, it had been arranged to have the shooting on 
a level meadow, and the veteran Daddy Ryan and Squire Harvey 


spent a day’s time arranging them, only to see their labors go for | 


naught, as a sudden and unexpected incident happened, and they 
had to use their regular target ground. This was not a proper 
pigeon ground, as the traps were set in a depression, and there 
was a decided up-hill slope just back of the traps. This would 
cause the shooter to undershoot, especially with the first barrel. 

After a little maneuvering on part of the contestants, the follow- 
ing selections were made, viz.: C. B. Lamme to hold stakes and 
keep the official score; Al Livenguth, of Lafayette, referee; George 
Miller, trap puller, and J. L. Webber to handle his dog Dan to'do 
the retrieving. It was agreed by both that birds near the traps 
should be brought in by the trappers, and those falling at some 
distance from the traps should be retrieved by the dog. 

I will here just note that the dog had little to do, yet he 
brought in one of Tramp’s and one of Cadwallader’s that fell in- 
side the regulation boundary. I should have mentioned previously 
that the boundary used was but 30yds. from the center trap. The 
scores made were as follows: 


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2202211 2222121221 *221212212222*1211121111202111222 46 


Aboye shows that the Tramp got a bit rattled on his first, and it 
got away without much if any punishment. He claims—and justly. 
too—that the trap was not pulled over, and the bird got away be- 
hind it and was thus lost. Cad fared hetter, stopping his first 
neatly and using the second for safety. Each shot in turn, and 
Tramp was killing all dead with the first, but Cad slipped up on 
his 3d shot, a very easy one, that could hardly fly beyond the 
boundary line. Both made many goot shots, and at the end of 
the first 25 Cad was 1 ahead. But as Cad lost 2 out of the last 
25 and the Tramp ran out straight from the 21st shot he lost the 
match by 1 bird, 

The work of Webher’s dog was fine, and the referee had it all 
his way. and was very correct and impartial save in one instance— 
where Tramp let a bird get on the ground before ‘firing. The 
referee said afterward he thought it his business to call dead and 
then for the other party to challenge. Be that as it may, the bird 
was scored dead, and did not affect the result. 

The match was so even that the many spectators were much in- 
terested, and they expressed a desire to hear of these good shots 
being matched soon again. A. B. ¢, 


Tramp 
Cadwallader .... 


Peters Cartridge Co.’s Tournament at Jackson- 
ville, Fla. 


Jacxsonvitter, Fla., Oct. 30—To-day saw the closing of the 
second and last day's successful shoot giyen by the Peters Cartridge 
Co., of Cincimnati, under the auspices of the Jacksonville Gun 
Club. It was characterized by a marvelous exhibition of trap- 
shooting, and the scores were remarkable under the tact that the 
targets were not easy marks by any means, 

In the amateur ranks Barney Worthen tied Jack Fanning, of 
New York, the second day for high ayerage on a percentage of 
97, each breaking 170 out of 175 targets shot at. The main feature 
of Mr, Worthen’s shooting was the fact of his breaking 69 targets 
straight, which is considered something extra fine for an amateur. 
Mr. Worthen was much pleased with his score, and says he owes 


it to his load, which was édrs. of King’s Smokeless, 1440z. No. . 


J chilled shot, in Ideal shells. - 
~ Dr. Wilson, of Savannah. made the high amateur average for the 
two days, viz.. 96. For this remarkable performance he was pre- 
sented with the handsome gold Jocket donated by the Peters 
Cartridge Co, for the amateur making high average of the tourna- 
ment. 

Mr. John Parker also shot in néarly every event, and was well 
up among the leaders at the finish. As he had the management in 
hand, this was a great strain on him, and his good shooting under | 


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the circumstances was remarkable. Col. Anthony, the old re- 
liable, was also up with the leaders. : ; 

After the shooting was concluded for the day a meeting of the 
sportsmen was held at the Diwval Hotel, where Mr. Irby Bennett 
jn an appropriate speech presented Dr. Wilson with the trophy. 
The Doctor responded in an equally appropriate manner, Messrs. 
Fanning, Parker, Sperry and Col. Anthony were called upon for 
speeches, and many happy stories were told, until a,call was made 
for the dining room. ‘here the hungry sho>ters demanstratrd 
theit ability around the mahogany in as excellent a manner as 
they did at the traps. All agreed what the Suout was w sede 
success, and a full and just meed of praise was due the Peters 
Cartridge Co, for their generous and sportsmanlike spirit in giving 
a new impetus to lrapShooting, particularly here in Florida, where 
trapshooting was on the wane. 

A memorial of thanks was drafted and presented to the repre- 
sentatives of the Peters Cartridge Co., Messrs. Parker & Lemeke, 
for their interesting efforts to make the shoot a successful and in- 
teresting one, and thanks to Mr. Sperry, secretary. of the Jack- 
sonville Gun Club and host of the Duval, for his efforts to make 
the Visit of the shooters also a pleasant one. gle ’ 

After the tournament one day Was devoured to live-bird shooting. 
lt was sweepstake shooting entirely. ‘Che birds were a lair average 
lot, Toward the last there was a miss-and-out event until it care 
down to Fanning. Fox, Parker and Baker. It was getting darker 
every minute, and soon Fox lost; a little later Fanning went out, 
and chen it was down to Parker and HKaker. After eacu round 14 
contestants went back a yard, starting from the 30yd. mark back 
to 40, when Baker won, Parker drawing a dark bine bird that he 
had to get down on his knees to see. It was not seen by Parker 
or the spectators until it got too far away to be killed, 

Baker was congratulated by all for “his game race. He is from 
Griffin, Ga., and he will soon be among the crackerjacks, Shooters 
want to look out for this young man, Tle is only eighteen years 
old. 

Below find scores: 


First Day, Oct. 29. 


Events: Tees oe te DerOmer, e8o ada 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20.25 Broke. 
AR SO TID mercies tops Crore iter ntoe sts, air shupcbaaet 15 15 18 14.15 20 15 15 16 24 167 
axis eater leant cere totes 151418 1518 20141419 24 166 
IbAceie ots Pon unee tse coee tears 12151714 1419121419 21 157 
VAGOTEH GH eee ete nssmeeainecane « 12 18 16 13 1419 1513-18 24 8167 
Simonse ss ssueste ees ee sansa 12 12 18 11 13 17 11 13-16 22 145 
Eicon nie eicits #2 ee tae toate. 1041 18 11 1418 81037 28 8 140 
Woeltzen .... -.» 14 915 11 11 4 10 11 14 22 131 
Holtzendorf .......-----.: --. 12121212 14 20131116 20 86142 
INTGETISOLL Wee eennlaeeteieenenee 12131211 914 7111120 120 
PNTAPIVCSTL Veen Meek ecfere erst sie Pal = ., 1313 16 141519 141513 28 155 
SNE eelanayrasseddaua noche ~ 13141713 12 18 11141522 8149 
IES 4.4.95 0484 OAbpe omic nad) 14 12 16 14 14 17 14 15 16 23 150 
Alletigae teeter: ratte tees 101115 10 15 1618 1317 21 ~~ 140 
ucinidhl AaSAameaogg dg aa ctny ree) 12:12:19 15 14 19 15 13 16 22 16). 
Pari Gen sy eee Cee eee: 19 818 12101512 13:16 22 189 
Ted sie od rrr 34465 468+0.00.0cn0r 14 11 18 13 141818 138-16 28 ©1538 
Romaine eee eee te es hee 12 12 20 14 11 18 13-1312 24 149 
[Oilers De RSA 44 $4 Acad onnned hk a oe Ts alae 14. 
INNGTSG mera tracrenck Reet eee: 11) Beit 12a Fat. FS as 91. 
inhedde ses spencer Weare ee DD PS sag cl ual ele tere aia rie 61 
TLemcke ... og LAR) gatas Cee ay An Be AT 
SiO RN ete get RAS RAN tata TSS LAS Bei a 3, 
Fanning 14 14 2015141815 1419 24 167 
este erie pals tape. aL) Lnodap las eLebee seer Meenas 72 
JaTaN Wai eopeeeate ET tate Li Gis Te sBiad chee been fete ete 23 
Iso A Re ee ee sey tf tego Lees a 40) 
LE (gherahaS D3 thegee bas pclae atlA Mee Eke ik ee Ee a 28 
ING G Meee set racene sents (eae tss NEES city Oe orn ee TIGRE Stems 24 
Bion Tefakedans oon cad cites aura pessse ve adam, bo ty, ee ee 2 
Second Day, Oct. 30. 
Events: Ue 2s A BGs Vhs. -9FAe 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20°15 15 20-25 Broke. 
VERTIS OTL Str At te soe gheus aia lasaratoast acon 13 15 20 14 15 79 15°15 19 24 - 169 
[Ske ey tpt aad ea See 15 15-17 15.15 2015 14 20 25 - 171 
CATAL. Oe ae S een RES Dnsiptes besitos 15 1419 1415 20151519 24 170 
Wiiavellaaay en inonenrins NNataectstats Vober wai 1212 13 11 13 15 10 11 .. 21 118 
Ralccieees = sane Anas aaghudddhopec 14 14 19 14 12 19 15 14 19 24 164 
NEVE! Se a hr ae aA 121314101315 9 91620 181 
IP aseTntan tees eet pelerintinale eis 14 13 20 14 13 18 14 14 18 25 163 
WivesintlStoualy Yn rece dentucre toc nouae UP DEES sey 7pcilsy aby zi 
Atos inte oy Nupur ess ay 15 15 20 15 14 19 15 15 19 23 170 
ATI OT Vem eRe heed pote ana cree 15 14 1414 13 15 15 1219 23 39154 
SGETGin Me cpittei ee c arecblecraleetatalalalaisteta 15 18 19 15 14 20 13 13°17 24 163 
leboghacolsbofelin Se d55 Gy nnpog ace n 17:13 11 14 9 15 13 11 16 21 134 
SAILET Sia A Ceate te etnias ccebe nee ets 111381613 15 19 11121722 144 
Ford .. 111215 9 14 18 11 14 12 Ts 134 
Blue . 1412 12 12 141712 12 2022 = 47 
(lets tne) cfeie Seat ee Ree drteah tothe acted Sal ZONES 1S) Ae eae 63 
Spentivaehvnteheteen cee erent: WE og VAN IPS hay ea y oe Be 85 
ligenntival ALaHuECoAS bee Se ebeeor . 141519 15 141714111722 #8158 
ineimantosns} Hana so sunoe ones hos spo 15 142013 1518 144 918 22 158 
Tpagegenrsjaiil AAA Sa a Tee 1S eS ORs a 36 
Srammpikhees Ap acer qdinudcasscons dae oe 8 .. 10 11 11 10 12-12 18 92 
WROGEO Te rae oa eee Ie SOe pele cmeninn oe ere OPPs ae et oth spake ee 61 
IGT eye Cy ere sa ad csonced eo 1BSs 8) DEE alata Seth aly bak 
beeen 9 Sebo eeeenbabsed SR ch ecel so 1 ay ce eee 15 
TRE Wel n tae te llees sen ACE Morn Ens ep ie baet fn Le  Pierese Ae, oy GRE aN PAN) 49 
THe nha lessees sae de Poppe boeebesorl fe Renter) cheese epee’ 8 
iLioiiee -eobsodbesH bere bsere chee Schtrh tee rts oa UR BS OS? 23, 
EAI CLAGS Tee tests dates adds aeons fat eae Peasy oe wees blost odd 49 
FLORIDA, 


Limited Gun Club. | 


Tybianapoits, Ind.—The sixth annual autumn tournament of 
the Jimited Gun Club was held on Nov. 1 and 2. Among the 
famous shooters present were Ed Rike, Dayton, O.; W. R. 
Croshy, O° Fallon, Tll.; Charles Budd, Des Moines, Ia.; Fred 
Gilbert, Spirit Lake, Ia.; Guy Burnsides, Knoxville, Ill.; Rolla 
©. Fleikes, Dayton, O.; Luther Squire, Cincinnati, O.; Ralph 
Trimble, Dayton, Ky.; Elmer E. Neal, Bloomfield, ind.; H. W. 
Cadwallader, Danville, Ill, and W. T. Irwin, Chicago. The com- 
petiiion was at targets and sparrows. 


First Day, Nov. i. 


, Vilbert’s shooting was the feature of the day, he breaking all but 
2 of the 217 targets he shot at. The main event was the Grand 
Hotel ewp, a 50-target race, in which the professional shooters: 
entered for the sweepstakes were not entitled to shoot for the cup. 
Gilbert and Heikes split first money, each scoting 50 straight. 
Tripp won the cup with a score of 48. This is the fourth time 
he has successfully defended it, 

_In addition to the twelve events at targets one extra event at 7 
pigeons was shot during the afternoon, resulting as follows: Tripp, 
Marott, Gilbert, Heikes, Irwin, Cadwallader, Crosby, Comstock 
and Budd, 7 each; Neal and Burnsides, 6 each; Craig, Werke and 
Parry, 5 each. 

The programme for the day included ten events at sparrows, the 


first at 10 sparrows, $3 entrance, and the other nine 5 
sparrows, $4.50 entrance. The scores: se ek 
Events; ib Ty Sheds sy Te Be) GI ahh 
Racabrt eearees ir + eee bere 5 dake 9 11 13 12 11 14 14 46 13 13 12 12 
(Cee 22s hale: am aA, 9 18 13 14 18 15 15 48 15 13 15 15 
Jerecehiy ho ASe Ey Boy eae eee ae o> 915 15 13 15 14 J4 45 14 13 19 14 
Gale D irre at n-ne fener 10 14 15 16 15 15 14 50 15 15 15 15 
BUN Sid emer ened ede eee 8 12 12 14 1513 14 48 12 14 14 12 
IRN Pee pe gee 6 11 15 15 13 15 18 50 13 15 1h 14 
SULO® pc ye Cheba: Eee re eeeed Pape: 10 14 14 12 13 12 14 49 18 15 d4 15 
lbatsitil: peewee seep Re ee ee eee eat 9 12 15 15 15 1514 46 18 15 15 14 
Neal cee Gop eee et ee eee ee 8 14 12 14 11 13 18 45 14 13 44 12 
SEOs cen sry ee eee ra gress 9 15 14 13 13 14 14 48 14 14 j4 12 
ORG): 3b cee Soar erere etter ee 913 10 15 13 14 13 37 11 14 18 14 
UA SATIN Betecsreratiee se ore t mye Qitesoet tel dds PEAY Me os MN RD OL The 
derztrin beet (o)08 or GEE enn renrere ee ee 9,13 13 15 10 18 14 46 12 14 14 12 
RAD DEEL MM defsinrs orci (sintaeiee ademas -- 812, 7 11 12.12 18-.. 10:12 44 14 
Webb ... AeBepdpgsoton Bheeteert oH its Rec toy COLE ha ie 
Parti eeeber ene «ra ndeaom ners leering PM TRA 49045 
BNR T. es sonccebeee asap osicte ae Bee Es aT rene Cr, SRB ee 
ae Wena fei: Das ht Rat ieee eee heteern 3 ee ee aw ge a eee TOL Tt 
Wil tere thE ee ii en ree eet oremrer Py pes Bdga LE is, a $s ae a” 
Iftar a onnaah tee Ape Maggega. 28 Be 2 ae 


Second Day, Nov. 2. 


The programme called for ten sparrow events, the first-at 10 


379 


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sparrows, $3 entrance, and the other mine at 15 sparrows, each 
"4.50 entrance, When seven events had been coneluded there 
were not enough birds left to complete the other events. Six 
men, however, completed their 15 birds in the eighth event. 

Fred Gilbert killed 108 sparrows out of a possible 115, He en- 
tered the extra pigeon contest at 7 pigeons, killing 6; making 
his complete record for the day 114 killed out of a possible Ize 
Tripp and Heikes were the second highest im the sparrow events, 
each killing 105 out of the possible 115, ; 

The scores in the extra live-pigeon event at_7 birds were as 
follows: Tripp 6, Parry 6, Crosby 6, Meikes 7, Smythe 4, Lully 4, 
‘Budd 6, Gilbert 6, Burnsides 7, Voris 7, Marott 6, Rike 7, Irwin 
(, Adamson 7, Wilcox 6, Comstock 5, 

The scores in the sparrow events were as tollows: 


Te ty ed S48 bee vieke 
8 13 14 14 14 18 1b LH 
8 15 14 15 d4 Wd 12 13 
(6 SIE GEE a aT G2 Re ike 


tbe nie TKI ES IE a Sai 
Se dl, Gey RM ane aise ak! 
& 10 12 14 
We ahs) 1 d4 a2 12 
4 wih Vuh ee 2 
NOTTS lawl lst las Or Pa EC CC EE Ey cement SB) aise ee alse wales ht ale) 
elicitin siiehcreeea at eiieeleeehecr re anonnas ea 0: aC 
\damson (rie oy, eset OE DE TRL) IG 
(Otheid reset EN te hee DROBO GEO ObObe OD ® dae os: BG 
RHEE Adoecuattes soueacates ASP OAS Oder) op) GE AIA ee ep Be 
Jeti iy esr reas se birt ee ORL! a1 es 
Comstock as oe nh ee eee aes 
MPO LLIN ore th itsle tice mit c.tteteitie gigleainescesls a SALON, 2 ee Er 
Marott ..., ee ve ) 


ON LONG ISLAND. 


At the Carteret Club’s Grouncs, 


Oct. 30.—On the grounds of the Carteret Gun Club, at Garden 
City, to-day, an interesting four-cornered race took place between 
four crack shots, whose names appear with the appended scores. 
Each shot at 50 birds from the 30yd. mark. The scores: 


HsMoney, Carteret G. C............. 2222222022212299992722299 94 
2222222222221221 2272012222448 
Hi Y Dolan, Carteret G. G............ 22222212221222221 22022222 24 . 
22222222221 2122221222222 94 AS 
R A Welch, Carteret G. C........... 22222211221 221 2222921022224 
1202122999919102199999991 98 47 
Col. T Martin, Bluffton, S C......... 2222222202202220222222012 21 


222112122221290la2zZ102Z2Z2—sg— 4 


Hallowell vs. Morfey, 


Interstate Park, L. I., Oct. 30.—To-day there was a great match 
between Messrs. J. J, Hallowell and T. W. Morfey, in which the 
former came out victor, The conditions were 100 live birds, $100 
a side, 80yds. rise. Hallowell maintained the high form which he 
has been displaying in recent tournaments, and made the excellent 
score of 97, leading his opponent at the finish by 4 birds. The 
match began at 2:28, and was ended at 3:36, a remarkably short 
time. Mr. D. Fulford was referee; Mr. ©. M. Lincoln was 
scorer. The details follow: 


Trap score type—Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 


REE Ne UB Rte lias gti 

RRA CLT A SIVAN CAR ZORA SARS 

F Hallowell 20 84 oe OOM ed kai Dea 
Se Ore PR ne rte 

A ARR yl, HHH YZ A 

a1 SOS DNR OA eS Teas Tat ee eles 
11415248155141814222111138 
KANRAQNHASHARASTI RAR CON ESE 
1212221101111 2123221212122-%4 
nes eB aU eal ea ee ee 
RAALAAA LAOARYAYLYA LOR OAK 
12030715 200 814 111d aT ITG Ne B25 07 
AS a A eRe oe et ee 
RRL ACO LA TADS ECRAKR™N 

T W Morfey, 80.212220122111212112111%2%1-94 
521811251812844115241542'3) | 
ARDL CFLS RLOHSAR CLAS CAL REY 
112122110121111210111111 2-28 
252514155291414251151543829 
IRMA RARRGAGGAR LUEARNAA AA | 
OZ2112212912921201101122 2-2 
84491144111812219152123842 — 
BPRARAA OSI SARDIOR ALC CA ee 
02212212%821111112112211 1 1—94~98 


WESTERN TRAPS. _ 
Garfield of Chicago. ‘ 


_CHicaco, Ill., Nov. 3.—The semi-annual meeting of Garfield Gun 
Club will be held next Wednesday evening, Nov. 7, and it will 
then be determined whether the pigeon shoots are to be con- 
tinued. The season prizes will be awarded and other matters of 
importance taken up. The club is in fine fettle this season: Dr. 
i AYE Meek, an ideal secretary for a shooting club, has finished 
the compilation of the season’s averages: 

Season trophies awarded: Class A, R. Kuss; Class B, W. P. 
Northcott; Class C, J. D. Pollard. Targets thrown during the 
season, 36,548; targets broken during the season, 24,390; club 
average, .6674; targets thrown during season in trophy shoots, 
10,780; targets broken during season in trophy shoots, 7,135; club 
average, .6618. Club average 1893, .7188; 1894, .7129; 1895, .7191; 
1896, 6696; 1897, .7205; 1898, .7144; 1899, .6096. Officers: T. P. 
Hicks, President; Thos. Eaton, Vice-President; Dr. J. W. Meek, 
Secretary; Thos. Eaton, Treasurer. Directors, E. S. Graham, 
T. PB. Hicks, S. Palmer, Dr. J. W. Meek, C. P, Richards, hos. 
Eaton, Chas. Stiger. W. P. Northcott, Captain; €. Storer Elitch- 
cock, Official Scorer, 

© 


John Watson’s Annual. 


Your Uncle John Watson is at this writing chasing his pigeons 
around the feed lot in order to get them naeeesod hard condition, 
The regular annual tanglefoot will be given as usual, as soon as the 
weather gets good and cold, the dates being set for Dec, 11-14. 
The programme will be right, and the pace will he warm. This 
is the clearing house shoot for the year in the West, and’ any- 
body who thinks he has anything coming to him in the pigedn 
game will do very well to pack his gun and a little cash and 
head for this village two weeks before Christmas. It is a game 
for the shooters, and the past reputation of the event is enough to 
warrant for the success of the shoot this year. 


Wants It. 


E. H. Tripp seems to want the Grand Hotel cup of Indiana, as 
would appear from his annexing it for a second season at the 
shoot of the Limited Gun Club, at Indianapolis, this week, Fred 
Galant spares Due Peects ane Saye seems to be getting back — 
some. of his u. =. f., and wi robably be pesterin immi i 
plenty before long. " R ; 5 So 

E. He 

Hartrorp Buitprne, Chicago, il. pied 


The Foresr anp Srream is put to press each week on Thendeys 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the ~:~ 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. ~~“ 


380 


Peru Gun Club. : 


Peru, Ind.—The first autumn live-bird shoot of the Peru, Ind., 
(Cun Club, which took place here on Oct. 80 and 31, was, while 
something of an experiment on account of the manner of dividing 
the purses, certainly a Success in every way. ‘The attendance 
was good, the weather could not have been better, barring a slight 
sliawer on the morning of the 3Uth, the traps worked splendidly 
and the entries kept well up from start to finish, while it is believed 
by those in attendance that for the number of birds trapped in the 
two days a better lot was never provided by a club anywhere. A 
refereuce to the names of the shooters present will show any one 
that-they were men capable of judging a pigeon. . 

King’s live-bird traps were used, set according to the revised In- 
terstate Association rules, and instead of rope pulls, strong wires 
were run through small pipes along the surface ot the ground 
back to about the 26yd. score, where all the wires were conducted 
back through one large pipe to the puller’s stand weil back ot the 
32yd. mark, This made a quick, sharp pull in response to the 
shooter’s call, and there was no possible way to see which trap 
was pulled until the trap opened, and the bird was usually out 
like a streak. ' 

The following visitors were on hand, and nearly or quite all of 
them shot out the programme from start to finish: Emile Werk, 
Cincinnati, O.; Rolla Heikes, Dayton, O.; W. R. Crosby, O'Fallon, 
il.; . A, Zink, Monticello, Ind.; Chas. B. Lamme (Butler), 
Attica; W. T. Irwin (Tramp), Chicago, Ill; M-. J. Smith, Hunt- 
ington, Ind.; Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake, la.; Chas. W. Budd, Des 
Moines, la.; H. J. Sconce, Sidell, Ill.; Elmer and Edgar Apperson, 
Kokomo, Ind.; Guy Burnside, Knoxville, Ill; Elmer E. Neal, 
Bloomfield, Ind., and Ernest H. Tripp, Indianapolis. These, with 
the home contingent, made up of Messrs. Wm. Daniels, Frank 
Dunbar, J. S. Butler (Ben), and J. L. Head, kept the entries well 
around seyenteen in most of the events. Scores for the first day’s 
shooting were as follows: 

First, while some little preliminaries were being arranged, 
Messrs. Werk and Heikes shot at 5 birds each to see who should 
pay for the 10. The result was a tie on 5 each, and as both were 
shooting so well, it was deemed advisable to call the race off, as 
the club had only about 1,400 birds on hand, and there was 
danger of these two cracks using them ail, and there were others 
who ‘wanted to shoot: 


First Day, Oct. 30. 


Events: 123 4656 Events: 12 3 4 5 6 
Luiye birds: boot Fi A0 7 Live birds: Te ett Mh ale “Ve 
E Werk, 30..... 435 5 7 4 F Gilbert, 82... 4 5 6 710 6 
R Heikes, 31... 4 5 4 510 6 C Budd, 31..... 5 6 6 710 6 
W Crosby, 32... 5 5 7 710 6 H Sconce, 30... 4°5 7 710 5 
eee SOtaenee b 3. 6 m9 5. 1 WNealsal.i sa: 5 5 6 6 8 6 
Daniels, 27.. 5 5.. 4 9 6 G Burnside, 380. 5 5 6 4 9 6 

W Zink, 29....-. bY 4eatino. eG) sbens eabMen as amd oi AUG e nine CM 
Butier, 28....... 3’ 4 6 610 6 E Apperson, 29... 6 @.. 4. 
‘Iranip, 30...... 45, 710 1 ~ Ed Appeérsonj2% 2 ye 9 hy 
M Sinith, 29.... 4 4 6 6°% 4 F Dunbar...... .. 6 9 5 


dSvent No. 1, 5 live birds, $2 entrance, fourteen entries, five 
moneys: As the purse went to high guns, the money all went to 
straights, 

Event No. 2, 5 live birds, fifteen entries, six moneys, to high 
guns: The straight scores absorbed all the purse in this event, 

Event No. 3, 7 live birds, $5 entrance, sixteen entries, six high 

ts to win: The straight scores paid $10.40 each, the 6s paid 
1.15 each. : 

Event No. 4, 7 live birds, $5 entrance, seventeen entries, .six 
high guns to win: The straight scores paid $9.95, and the 6s $1.10 
each, 

{event No. 5, 10 live birds, $7.50 entrance, fifteen entries, six 
high guns to win: The straights paid $10.70 each, absorbing the 
purse. 

©xtra event No. 1, 7 live birds, $5 entrance, class shooting, 50, 30 
and 20 per cent: Tramp and Zink took first money, $13 each. The 
6s received $2.20, and the 5s $2.10 each, 

Iextra event No. 2, 15 targets, $1.50 entrance, fourteen entries, 
four moneys, 35, 30, 20 and 15 per cent.: Sconce and Neal 14, 
Crosby, Zink, Budd, Ben and Burnside 13, Gilbert, Daniels and 
Heikes 12, and Dunbar and Smith 11 each, divided the money. 

Tramp, Crosby and Sconce were easily the best performers of 
the day. Tramp missed his first bird in the first event, and never 
did Juse another this day. The bird he lost was of the unkillable 
kind, going out of No, 1 trap, and was a low left-quartering driver 
that, if not stopped quickly, could never have been stopped, as he 
was too fast. 

Crosby did not Jose a bird until his 38th of the day, and it died 
inside the boundary, after having own just outside. It was a hard 
piece of luck after this eyer stately and magnificent shooting ex- 
pert had cut down bird after bird the quality of which must be 
seen to be realized. 

Mr. Sconce lost his 3d bird of the programme, and then ran 33 
straight, losing his 37th and 39th. He is one of the best amateurs 
at the traps, and as fine a boy as lives. 


Second Day, Oct. 31. 


The second day, Oct. 31, brought plenty of sunshine and 
Ernest Tripp, which just meant more sunshine. He is about the 
busiest man around a shooting tournament, and woe be unto the 
Management of an affair where [=rnest is. He had no sooner 
reached the grounds than he was unanimously elected manager of 
the whole shooting match, but about the time Harvey Sconce lost 
his 9th bird in the miss-and-out Ernest saw trouble ahead, and 
plated that he had all he could do to manage Elmer Neal, and re- 
signed, 

there was but one event scheduled for this day, and that was at 
25 birds, $2 entrance; high guns to win, This event had twelve 
entries, and was a most interesting one. The birds were even 
better if possible than the day before, and it was predicted by J. 
L. Mead that there would not be a straight score. This seemed a 
pretty risky assertion in the presence of the talent at hand, but 
Proved a true onc, as the scores will show. 

As a preliminary a $2 miss-and-out was proposed, which was to 
be at 30yds. rise, and birds extra. It drew twelve entries, and was 
a pretty race, and at the end of the 6th round had six contestants 
still in. Something was said about dividing, and while such sug- 
gestion was being made some one else (who was out of the race) 
siy'zested that they must shoot until the new manager said stop. 
‘Whe 7th and 8th rounds went along with Crosby, Gilbert, Neal, 
Tramp, Sconce and Budd going a merry clip, but several of them 
looking anxiously at the manager, whose cold, sinister eye told 
them to go on. Tlarvey Sconce lost his 9th, and the manager 
looked like he wanted to resign then, but when Charlie Budd lost 
his 10th and started after the manager he quit then and there, but 
first decided that the miss-and-out was finished. Tramp, Gilbert 
Crosby and Neal divided the $24 in the purse, and the big tace 


was on, Scores: 
G Burnside, 30..............-202-- 2-2 -22222202#212221 99199999091 
AHEM pian e ecsioonmearbkoshee trad ge 2 2 


2212212*271220111120—9 

HY Sconee; 30)..2......:. Pe tet st z 
We Pita ROS EATER esr reat pe 
= SLO presi ey ee ee ete nAAe 


c 21121 42*2279/)22 97 
R O Heikes, 3 2222222292221021212222 94 
BS Werk, 285. beniis PE nah 82 bl a 2221222*1122211212022222() 99 
Gilbert, Neal and Weikes each drew $46.25, and Chas. W. Budd, 
ee fourth high gun with 23, took the remainder of the purse, 
15. 
A consolation race was then proposed, and was at 7 birds, $5 
entrance, class shooting, 50, 30 and 20 per cent., and this event had 


sixteen entries. Scores: 
E H Tripp, 30.....--.- 29710126 HT Sconee. 30....... 2229999 7 
1 L Head, 30..-.-+---- 12220285 C W Budd, 3l......... 21110226 
Dutibar, ete 1Al22AV——7 WN ON Hari, BOL ee le. 01*2212—5 
Ben 26 .csieastt 1H222i—f RO Heikes, 81.......) 299/999 6 
Btler,, 8ia: 022 2+5+524 *22022——6 i Te Neal) 37....327.,8 2232122—T 
W Daniels, (27;-.2:-::2 122020—t ‘Tramp. BO 0 2212021 —f 
W R Crosby. 82.......9 O}12—F Werk, YS. O14 


 1Gilbert) (34s 222.2221 ee (> Burnside, 30.,,...... 2220212 —6 

Dunbar, Gilbert. Sconce and Neal each drew $6:50, the 6s each 
drew $1.95, and the Ss $5,20—another example of the pot luck 
system. 

The last. live-bird event of tise tournament was anofher $2 miss- 
and-out with birds extra. This event had ten entries, and on the 
8th round Tripp, Cro=bv and Gilbert divided the $20, 

A 5-target event, $1 50 entranee, drew fourteen entries: Sconce 
with 15, and Heikes. Burnside Seal, Dunbar and Tripp with 14 
Daniels, Budd, Crosby and Gilberr with 13. Head and Butler with 
ae tore ine recurs 
_+\nother 15- ird race drew fwelve entries, and was won by 
Sconce and Budd 15, Gilbert, Croshy and Burnside TA, Hotes 3 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


and Tripp and Daniels 11. Tramp, shooting for targets only, 
scored 14 in this event, 

In all, there were 1,192 birds trapped, and there were not a dozen 
sitters. 

There was one singular feature of the tournament, viz., the ab- 
sence of the crack Jive-bird shots of the mearby cities, such as 
Chicago, Louisyille, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo and Detroit. 
This was a shooting match pure and simple, just such as most 
pigeon shooters love, yet not one of these cities was represented, 
However, the shoot was a crackerjack, and the boys were the 
losers by being absent. a 

The Indians were in rare good humor. Good weather, good birds 
and sufficient entries to make a good shoot, and they in conse- 
quence made life a burden to J. L. Head, That gentleman was 
without a gun, his own trusty Smith having been sent to the 
factory for some slight changes and had been delayed in return- 
aves 1M shot every gun on the ground except Pop Ward’s 
and Elmer Neal’s. These gentlemen say they feel slighted, Some 
of the shooters were charitable enough to attribute Jim’s poor 
scores to the use of so many guns, but Jim says privately he 
was mighty glad that gun didn’t get back, He neyer would 
have had an excuse for missing so many if it had. 

Somewhere in the progratnme it was promised that there would 
be plenty-of shelter for shooters. A large top to a terry-go-’rotnd 
tent was procured at no little trouble and e€xpense to proyide the 
promised shelter. It was about 60 feet in diameter and ample as to 
size, but being somewhat old, had a number of smiall holes in the 
tep, which let in plenty of light, but when the first small shower 
came the boys were surprised at the way the old thing turned 
water, though the rain was of short duration. As soon as Fred 
Gilbert saw the holes in the top he accused Tramp Irwin of hay- 
ing been out patterning his gun. ‘The second day during the 
big race there was a strong wind, and about every half hour a slit 
about 10ft. long would appear in the top of the tent. The Indians 
would then look up a programme, call a meeting and take poor' 
Jim Head to task. Before night about all that was leit ot the 
tent was the ropes and poles, and there was not much left of Jim. 

What would a live-bird shoot be without Pop Werk. Always 
pleasant and congenial, no matter haw tough his luck—how he 
did kill some of the screatiers! Ile was iunfortunate in drawing 
incomers, the one bird upon which he seems at all weak, and he 
always lost just at the wrong time, not being able to get his scores 
to run together. Pop makes a big shadow, but it is the sincere 
wish of the Peru boys that it may never prow less. 

And while speaking of the Peri boys just notice how Will 
Daniels, Frank Dunbar and J, S, Butler shot liye birds and stayed 
in the game. Daniels attracted the attention of the crackerjacks, 
and they all predicated for hitn a bright future as a pigeon shot, 
He had shot at just 10 live birds before this tournament, Dunbar 
had shot at less than 50, and Ben had never shot at a pigeon, yet 
here they were going against the hardest game in the world with 
a shotgun, and they all have sotte straight scores to their credit, 
too, Daniels shot in hard luck, losing his last bird in the extra 
event of the first day, and in the 10-bird race did not lost a bird 
until his 9th. Both these birds were lost just over the boundary. 
and they cost a pretty penny, too. Frank Dunbar lost his 8th 
in the same trace. Here is a retnarkahle shooter, and is without 
question the best performer in Indiana, considering his ex- 
perience. He divided several firsts. J. S. Butler is a crack Wabash 
engineer, has owned a gun less than six months, but likes the 
game and is certainly a comer on live birds, 

There may be some people shooting pigeons better than Tramp 
Irwin, but they do not go in flocks, and the majority of them 
are less than fifty-two yeats of age. 

Elmer Neal had a severe handicap, being on the line with such 
veterans as Rolla O. Heikes and Charlie Budd, but he never did 
anything but saw wood, and was in the bunch in the big race. 

The three 24s in the main event have no kick coming. Gilbert, 
Heikes and Neal each lost a bird that is of the kind that absolutely 
refuses to be killed. Any men living to kill 25 straight don’t want 
to beg for any one of these three birds. 

Charlie Lamb (Butler) was a stayer, and while he, like Pop 
Werk, could not bunch his hits, he scored a straight in the 10- 
bird race. He, too, was shooting eyerybody’s gun. 

W. A. Zink, of Monticello, is also a stayer, and is no slouch 
with his Winchester. 

M. J. Smith, of Huntington, is another all-day man, but Mike 
was suffering irom a severe headache, and his scores were poor— 
for Mike, _ } 

T. Bill Crosby, like Fred Gilbert, was ’way back yonder at 
a2yds., but he was without question the star performer, unless it 
was Tramp T., who shot his new 32in. Smith, and he “simply 
paralyzed” the hardest of birds with his first barrel, nearly always 
using a needless second for safety. The birds he lost in the main 
event were all killed, but the birds were lead carriers, and straight- 
away twisting drivers, going just outside. 

Pop Heikes had a new single-trigger Remington, and he has 
not quite accustomed himself to her hang, but he was one of the 
24s, and had no apologies to offer at that score. It could hardly 
have been beaten. 

The Dago Chief Charlie Budd, as the Senior Chief present, had 
a busy time keeping his fellow members of the tribe, Messrs. 
Heikes, Neal, Crosby, Tripp and Gilbert, in line, and making them 
good Indians. However, Charlie was just 1 behind in the main 
race, and the only one to secure 23. I 

Every one was sorry to hear of the accident to the Hon. Big 
Chief Marshall, and were unanimous in regretting his absence, as 
Tom was to be present to handicap the Indians. We all wish 
him a speedy recoyery. 

One of the boys, Jack Cavanaugh, who never misses an event at 
a Peru shoot, was in Maine hunting moose. He was missed, as 
was Jack Parker, who has heretofore managed every tournament 
given by the Peru Gun Club. Jack is in the sunny South looking 
after a tournament being given by his company. 

Does any one know a nicer boy than Guy Burnside? And a 
steady, clever shot he is. Guy promises to give a shoot at Knox- 
ville, [ll., in December, and right here stick a pin. Everybody 
is going. If being a good fellow and a sportsman has anything 
to do with drawing a crowd, Guy will have to run a shoot about 
ten days to handle his crowd. ; 

Poor Jim Head! He thought he was rid of the gang when the 
hacks came to take them to the hotel, and after waving them all 
a temporary good-by until he could see them off in the evening, 
he went in to the cashier’s office, and had hardly gotten inside, 
when he was seized from behind, carried out upon the field, bound 
hand and foot and blind-folded, and stretched out upon a large 
table just ready for the dissecting broad axe or some similar in- 
strument of torture, and made to promise never, never, never again 
to allow a programme of the Peru shoot to promise “‘plenty of 
shelter for shooters.’’ His life was spared, but he was wrapped 
up in fragments of the “plenty of shelter for shooters’’ and there 
is no telling when he would have been released, as the Peru 
boys said they would not help him after his poor shooting, had 
not Pop Werk taken a fatherly interest in him and released him 
from his perilous (?) position, Jim says it is his turn next, and 
he will fix these fellows when there alone and single-handed. 

At 7:25 P, M. the entire party, with one or two exceptions, left 
for the Indjanapolis tournament, where they will shoot bluerocks 
anil sparrows. They left nothing behind but the best wishes of 
the Peru people, who will always extend to them a hearty wel- 
come, , CHARLES Bruck, See’y, 


As to Gun Names and Amateurs, 


_ Tue courteous and talented gentleman who writes the interest 
ing notes under the'caption ““Heard About Vown” in the New York 
oe has the following to say concerning the subjects of which it 
reats: 

“If shooting at pigeons from traps is a legitimate and a gen- 
tleman’s sport, observed a gentleman at one of the clubs yes- 
terday, ‘why is it that so many of our men shoot under assumed 
names? Are they ashamed of the game. or is it because they do 
not want the fact known when they are beaten? Neither reason 
Is very sportsmanlike. Take that contest for the Dupont trophy at 
Baltimore last week. Robert A. Welch, of this city, who won it. 
shot under the name of Armstrong until the cup was won, when 
it hecame known through the public prints that Armstrong was 
none other than “Bob” Welch. ‘The rurhnerip in the race was an 
Englishman, J. W. Postans, who shot as Musgrove, until it was 
ceftain that he would capture second honors. Then the news- 
Paper reporters were told his right mame. There are a dozen 
men who shoot about fhe country, theoretieally for the love of 
the sport, and who are not known to be in the employ of gun, 
ammunjfion or =porting goods houses, who always shoot under 
v1. assumed name. Some are known by shooting men only by 
their shsotine alias, and would be horrified 1f their actual name 
should het into print. One, for instance, 315 the brother of a 
prominent clergyman in Brooklyn, a yery quiet man, whose per- 
sonality is absolutely unktiown to the men he meets before the 
‘raps jy dozen or more times a year. We is about the only one 
1 am familiar with whose actual personality is much of a mystery. 
Men about town know the aliases of the merchants, bankers, 
lawyers and business men of all sorts who shoot under names 
other than their own, T do know of one case where there is a 

> howede bi he. | ae : ‘ = ve ~ — =e - =i - W 


» with .22 rifle and Peters 


[Nov. 10, 1900. 


treason for the assumed name, The man had promised his wife 
that he would not take part in trapshooting after he was married. 
Yet he has kept at it, and the woman knows nothing af it 
because of his alias and his ingenuity in the invention of yarns 
to account for his whereabouts on days when there is shooting at 
the Carteret Gun Club grounds.’ 

“Touching that same subject of trapshooting,’ remarked a 
campanion, “how, is it that Mr. Welch, for example—I use his 
name only because of his recent victory for the Dupont trophy— 
can retain his status as an amateur when he rakes down somte- 
thing like $600 in cash by his victory in that race? Wis amateur 
status 1s never questioned, though he shoots’ against professionals, 
If a man should make such a rake-off in a billiard mateh, a yacht 
race, a game of goli, or accept even $5 for winning a foot race 
or a boxing bout he would at once be declared a professional. 
Where is the distinction, and what is the difference?’ ” 

“The.whole crowd gave it up.” 

[Shooting is a gentleman’s sport, and when a gentleman en- 
gages in it he considers that he has not thereby in the least re- 
signed his personal capacity and privileges. He is under no imore 
obligation to herald his shooting doings to the public than he is 
aoe to it any other of his doings which concern only him- 
self. 

Many times a gentleman assumes a shooting name, not in the 
least because he is ashamed of shooting, or engaging in it, but 
because he considers that his doings are no concern of the public. 
Nor ate shooters the only men who consider that the curious 
public is mot entitled to a knowledge of their private affairs; 
as to the point of view much depends on whether one is viewing 
or being viewed.] 


Garfield Gun Club. 


Chicago, Nov. 3—The appended scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the second trophy shoot of the 
season. Eighteen shooters participated in the trophy event, and 
several others, coming too late to enter that event, engaged in 
the other contests of the day. 

The weather was fine for shooting—a sharp 5.\W. wind blew 
across the traps, making the birds, which were an exceedingly 
fast lot, almost all left-quartering drivers. 

C. J. Wolf carried otf the honors of the day, being the only 
ane to go straight in the main eyent. 

The attendance was something like old times, and shooting con- 
tinued until darness put a stop to it. — 


ID}, Bey Bil. s5536 2222020222— 8 Von Lengerke, 31, .2102012222— 8 
Mrs Shaw, 26...... 001*20210I— 5 J Wolff, 28........- 1211*11210— 8 
CG J Wolff, 27...... 112111112110 W Northeott, 28,.1212111120— 9 
C A Kehl, 27..... 1*10201011— 7 I. Wolff, 28..-..-...1212010211— &- 
A McGowan, 28...-0001012102— 5 Mudgley, 28......... 1219022210— 7 
Dr Meek, 31....... 1*2011*211— 7 C T Keck, 27.....:.2010022211— 7 
SR iatones0. nee 1012211111— 9 J Gardner, 29....... 700202010*— 3 
KE Eaton, 28..... 0210122222 § T P Hicks, 31...... 11N2211212— 9 
S Palmer, 31..... _.*220201222 7 M H Shaw, 28..-.0222220412— 7 


Event No. 2, 6 birds, $1 entrance: Kehl 3, T. Eaton 5, Palmer 6, 
Von Lengerke 6, Hicks 5, M. H. Shaw 3, Wade 5. 
_Event No. 3, 6 birds, $1 entrance: Dr. Shaw 5, Mrs. Shaw 2, 
C. J. Wolff 2, H. Kehl 2, A.. McGowan 3, Dr. Meek 5, T. Eaton 
1. E. Eaton 4, Palmer 5, Von Lengerke 4, J. Wolff 4. 
Dr. J. W. Merx, Sec’y. 


Rifle Range and Gallerp. 


Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. 


San Francisco, Oct. 21—Columbia Pistol] and Rifle Club had 
some remarkably fine shooting to-day. ©. Young broke the 
club’s 10-shat revolver record with 9 shots in the 5-ring and the 
10th only %4in. away. C. M. Daiss followed him closely. Both 
Young and Daiss have lowered the record of 10 best scores held 
by J. E. Gorman, with the revolver. Daiss leads Young by 10 
points with 486 on this matech—and both were contident of winning. 
Daiss used Young’s old combination of semi-smokeless and 
Dupont’s, while Young switched off to-day and used King’s 
smokeless and semi-smokeless, with which he not only made the 
87 record, but 32 consecutive shots in the Sin. ring. The am- 
munition was crimped solid for service use. Young also used 
King’s smokeless for priming in his military and fine rifle, with 
fine results. Pape tried it to-day and made 49 and 51 consecutive 
with fine rifle and later on 43 in a match with Hoadley, giving 
Hoadley 30 points. Hoadley lost, though he made 75, the best 
he has yet done in competition. Capt. Fred Kuhnle came all the 
way from Petaluma, and put up the best 50yd. average, shooting 

7-45 inside lubricated cartridges, ever 
recorded, making 206 in 100 consecutive shots, off-hand, or 1.03in, 
average from dead center. The record here for 10 best scores is 
191, while his 10 consecutive are only 15 points behind. Fred 
uses globe and peep sights, and, like old wine, improves with 
age, being sixty-five years of age. Ed Hovey led with pistol, and 
Young with military rifle. 

Scores, Columbia target, off-hand shooting: 

Rifle, 200yds.; back class medal scores: 


A EL Pape...... se hee eee 635 43 310 4 3 8-49 
453 649 4 3 6 751 
(GW lta ac ley ereee Moe Us wee) -[elefoe te 162 8 2 315 7 415 3-75 
Dr. H. C. Trask 106, 119, 153. 
Military and repeating rifle, Creedmoor count: 
IT Ol Mon ay.44-1) te ga RUSEO FUN. Watela weet oe 2.48 46 45 45 44 44 
TAY TED (Papeui asia added eddie dace cell Priae els 47 47 45 44 42 


Sharp’s military, open sights, 6lbs. pull; pistol, S0yds.; back 
class medal scores: A. H. Pape 55, 80, 98; G. W. Hoadley 64. 

All comers’ pistol medal: Ed Hovey 49, 57; P. Becker 54, 59, 
59, 60, 61, 65; F. O. Young 55, 56, 61; Dr. J. F. Twist 57, 71, 75; 
G. W. Hoadley 59, 60, 62, 62, 72. 

Twist revolver medal, all comers: F. O. Young 37, 46, 52, 60, 64, 
65, 66; C. M. Daiss 42, 46, 46, 51, 62, 64, 64, 72, 78, 79 

.22 and 25 rifle medals; all comers, 5lyds.: 


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222 2 3 Bi % T 220 
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CID tee Daw pe WASGAp at co hereteterassess aise 32 31 32 35 


Record scores, .22 rifle, 50yds.: Capt. Wuerschmidt 49, 50, 

We have just received from Dr, Baker, of Walnut Hill, the 
tickets on which is registered his wonderful run on the Columbia 
target at rest shooting recently at Walnut Hill. 

Pape has demonstrated that a rifle barrel properly cut and 
manipulated with machine rest will keep on or in the lin, ring - 
at 200yds., and we send congratulations from this elub herewith 
to Dr. Baker for being the first man to demonstrate the pos, 
sibility of making the possible on the lin. ring at rest shooting 
at the same distance. A 10-shot match will be in order. 

F. O. Youne, Rec. Sec’y. 


PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT, 


A correspondent writes: ‘Streets, roads, landscape, river and 
harbor views belong to the public. Nobody has the right to 
disigure them with signboards and posters, and no depart- 
inent cat) properly give such privilege. The only legitimate 
metiiod of advertising anything is in the papers. There every- 
body who wants to see the advertisement knows where to find if, 
and those who do not want to see it need not be annoyed by it. 
This sensible rule prevails in England, and I am glad to see that 
it has been adopted by the municipal governments of Cleveland, 
Iwansas City and other progressive communities. When France 
Prepared to receive the visitors fo her Exposition she washed 
her face of all the advertising signs and placards with which the 
principal points in her scenery were disfigiired. New Yor should 
make a similar cleaning along the elevated roads, and should not 
Spare the ‘ecards’ that are tacked up in the cars and on the 
stations. People with things to sell have no more right to 
thrust their advertisements in our faces than thev have te oarry 
their goods about, as they used to do im the old times when a 
merchant was a peddler, Other times, other manners; and tlis 
is an age when advertising is justly restricted to the press,’— 
Hotel Register. : re 


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GAME EXPORT. 


THE growing tendency to forbid the shipment of game 
from the limits of a State is likely to receive an im- 
petus from the effect of the Lacey Act. The prominence 
. given to the Federal act by the press has directed at- 
tention to the non-export laws as game protective ex- 
-pedients, and the more familiar the public becomes-with 

this system the stronger it will be. The non-export 

law should be of universal application; every State in the 
Union and every Proyince in the Dominion should 
adopt such a regulation and enforce it rigorously. 
To stop the transportation of game is to stop the sale 
of game. 


To stop the sale of game’ is nine-tenths of game pro- 


tection. 


The Lacey Act makes no new rule respecting the 
transportation of game from one State to another... It 
simply gives effect to the respective State laws on the 
subject already existing. It provides, in short, that a 
violation of a State non-export game law shall constitute 
also a violation of the Federal law. If the statutes of 
Montana forbid the export of game from Montana, the 
Lacey Act makes the forbidden export an offense under 
the interstate commerce law, and provides a penalty 
lor it as such, 


While non-export laws are to be desired in all States, 
those laws which forbid absolutely the carrying out of 
game or fish are in some instances unduly severe. In 

’ New Jersey, for instance—cited because of the wide- 

spread hardship the non-export rule has imposed—the 
law forbids absolutely the carrying of any game out of 
the State. A New York city sportsman who goes into 
New Jersey for shooting and bags his half-dozen birds 
may not take them home with him, and naturally he feels 
aggrieved. As a sportsman said the other day, “It is not 
as if I were a pot-hunter who wanted to take game to 
sell; I only want to bring the birds home to my family. 
‘That is a part of the satisfaction of going shooting—if 
a fellow has any luck, to take his game home.” 


Sportsmen would be willing to undergo the depriva- 
tion such laws work, if this were essential to the. effi- 


Giency of a norexport regulation, but it is not so es 


NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1900. 


sential. In States which forbid the export of game, but 
permit the owner to carty with him a limited amount, 
this concession to the visiting sportsmen has not rendered 
the staute any the less effective and useful. The sports- 
man should be permitted to carry home his game. The 
amount allowed may well enough be small; but the man 
who spends time and money to get his game should 
not be compelled to leave it behind him. 


GRAY SKIES. 

THE days have come of gray skies and dripping rains. 
Faster and faster have dropped the falling leaves, until 
now they carpet the ground in the woods, and are heaped 
in windrows along the brush patches and in the fence 
corners, Some are yet soft and green, and the feet of 
the wayfarer push them aside with a soft rushing sound 
like the hiss made by a retreating wave as it hurries down 
over the hard sand of ‘the beach to overtake its fellows; 
others are crisp and harsh, and rattle and break under the 
foot with a noise that warns each woods dweller within 
hearing that some clumsy creature is approaching who is 
strange to the forest. The branches are almost bare. Al- 
ready many of the trees and shrubs have lost their leaves, 
and looked on from the hillside above, the swamp shows 
gray—a mass of naked twigs. The great oaks still hold 


their leaves, brown, stiff and rustling, but where scrub ~ 


oaks. show, singly on the borders of the swamp, or massed 
on the hillside, or contrasted with black scrub pine or 
conical juniper, their leaves glow with the color of 
cooling iron from a blast furnace, 

The days and nights are colder now, and the sharp 
frosts have come. Already they have closed the little 
prairie ponds, have fringed the pools in the swamps with 
a jagged rim of ice, and have hardened the surface of the 
lumps of black mud along the brook side. The berries 
that still hang upon a hundred shrubs are shrunken and 
wrinkled now, and their pulp has dried up and is hard and 
tasteless. Flowers are gone, fields have lost their color, 
and only in the depth of the swamp where the woodcock 
still feeds are patches of grass that is still bright, or in 
the brook under the running water the waving cresses look 
up at you fresh and green as in summer. 

Beneath the apple trees of the orchard the ground is 
strewn with fruit, red and yellow and green, or brown 
where the early harvest has rotted and retains its shape, 
but nothing else. In the country apples are so common 
as to be worthless, yet how much good and how much 
pleasure these tons upon tons of fruit would afford, could 
they be distributed among the poor of the great cities, who 
never taste an apple fresh from the tree. 

The bluewinged teal and the shoveller have long ago 
gone south, but along the coast the hardy black ducks 
remain, feeding at night in ponds, brooks and spring 
holes, and by day sitting on the salt water, safely far 
from shore, ‘ 

The ducks of the prairie stay now on the wider, open 
waters, and are resorting more and more to the corn- 
fields, where grain and weed seeds furnish them a fat 
subsistence. The mallards still wake the echoes along 
the streams and in the timber with tumultuous quackings, 
sprigtails whistle and blackjacks croak, 

The prairie chicken broods long ago ceased to keep by 
themselves, and now the birds are found in great packs, 
which are as wild as hawks. The quail have chosen 
their wimter feeding ground, and have settled on some 
grain field where the ragweed grows thick and the swamp 
is convenient, or have selected a corn lot adjacent to the 
woods. The ruffed grouse are working down into the 
swales. In the swamp and along the edges of the forest 
the old pa'tridge still scratches busily among the thick 
strewn leaves to uncover the chestnuts that the October 
gales rattled down from theit brown burrs, or deeper in 
the wood feeds on the three-cornered nuts of the beech 
until its crop is full to bursting. 

The hardening ground has warned the earth worms to 
seek safe shelter from the winter, and the moles ate 
burrowing deeper, while woodchucks and prairie dogs 


‘have begun their long sleep. Squirrels still dig in ‘the 


frosty ground to bury nuts, which soon they will have to 
unearth again. Through the shortening days the striped 
chipmunk, which we might think had a case of inter 
mittent mumps, makes hurried and frequent journeys from 
his hole to the farmer’s late standing shocks of corn, re- 
turning with distended cheek pouches to add to his over- 
flowing store, 


~ Ss a + 


killed in the several counties. 


{ VOL, LV,.—No. 20. 
No, 846 BroADwAy,; NEw YorE 


By day and night now the hunters are abroad, for this 
is the moon of hunting, On two legs or on four, back- 
ward and forward they traverse the land, working de- 
struction to the simpler creatures which furnish them 
their food, and often, too, working it on each other, 

Unending warfare goes on between the wild creatures 
from year’s end to year’s end, but now the bird shooters 


. are at-work in the stubbles, and in the underbrush for 


grouse, for quail, or for the woodcock flight—so small to- 
day. Decoys have been gotten out, their strings tested, 
new weights attached, and here and there a dash of paint 
applied. The fox hunter takes his hounds abroad and their 
mellow music may be heard echoing from hill to hill, and 
bursting from the woods, all through the day and some- 
times far into the night. When the full, round moon 
shows herself, the forest often resounds with the sharp 
bay of the coon dog, and with the yells and exclamations 
of the hunters, who excitedly follow the dog and at last 
gather about the tree where the ringtailed prey has sought 
safety, » 

Though its skies are gray and often drip tears, and 
though the earth is dull and brown, yet who shall say 
that November has not its charm? 


WARDEN LOVEDAY’S REPORT. 


TuHaT report of Game Warden Loveday, of Illinois, is 
deserving of special attention. Jt sums up the result of 
effort intelligently applied to the protection of game. 
Mr. Loveday has demonstrated in Illinois what has been 
shown in some other States, and remains to be shown in 
a yet larger number, that the actual enforcement of the 
game and fish protective statutes will change the atti- 
tude of the public toward them from one of apathy and 
contempt into one of interest and respect. While it is 
true in a general sense that a law will not amount to 
anything which has not public opinion to back it up, the 
principle is not Jess well established that public opinion 
may be rallied to the support of the statute simply by a 
determined stand on the part of the authorities. The 
indifference which has permitted the game laws to be 
dead-letters must not be confounded with any real oppo- 
sition to the laws. The reason that the poachers and the 
“sooners” and the market-hunters have had things all 
their own way is not to be found in active antagonism 
to game protection, but in a lack of popular information 
and appreciation of what protection means for the com- 
munity. The agent of the law who sets about his task 
with such intelligence and determination as Warden 
Loveday’s report shows he exercised may be assured 
of ultimate success, which may be looked for. just sa 
soon as the people in general know what the purposes 
and the benefits of protection mean for the many as 
against the few. ; 


SNAP SHOTS. 

If one professes not to believe in luck, let him go moose 
hunting; or if he may not achieve that, let him do the 
next best thing, read Mr. W. N. Amory’s story of his 
hunt and of the part luck had in it. 


A note elsewhere relates that at least one hunter’s life 
has been saved by the Forest AND STREAM’S display- 
type injunction, “Don’t shoot until you see your game, 
and see that it is game, and not a man.” It is probable 
that there have been other cases; but just a single one 
is sufficient to have justified the caution. We shall 
keep it standing. In these. days of perfected’ arms and 
many men in the woods, the exhortation “Don’t shoot” 
constitutes the teachings of the whole art of shooting. 


Vermont has an open season of the last ten days of 
October for deer hunting; and Commissioner Titcomb gets 


teports through the postmasters of the numbers of deer 
So far as the returns 
have been made, 123 deer have been reported. Windsor 
county led with forty-eight, Rutland reported thirty- 
seven, Bennington ten, and the rest were dispersed over 
ten counties. The largest buck, reported to have weighed 
by actual weighing 385 pounds, was killed by Frank G. 
Goad in the town of Montgomery. The law protects 
does, but several were killed. A large snow-white deer 
was seen, but not killed, 


The New York Journal had an illustration of Long. 
Island hunting the other day, picturing a pointer dog 
staunchly standing a bull elk, the elk joyously bugling 
meanwhile, / . “s 


Ghe Sportsman Qourist, 
China, the World’s Last Great 


Game Preserve. 


THE opening up of China which seems likely to follow 
the present occupation of Peking by the allied forces will 
probably wipe out the last great game preserve in the 
world. It will be surprising to many toJearn that not- 
withstanding the enormous population of China and the 
early invention and use of firearms in that country it is 
to-day the best stocked with game of any country in the 
world, In the plain about Peking, where the viilages are 
so thick that the population exceeds 2,000 to the square 
mile, wolves, raccoons foxes and weasels are so thick as 
to be pests. The wolves particularly are so numerous and 
fearless that no winter passes without a great many lives 
being lost. All Chinese villages are surrounded by mud 
walis for protection from bandits and prowling animals, 
and it is customary to paint large white rings on these 
mud walls in order to frighten the wolves away. The 
Chinese explain that the wolves either take the rings to 
be traps, which they avoid, or else to be the rising sun, 
which causes them to slink back to their lairs. During 
the summer the Chinese yillagers are too much engaged in 
gathering their crops to attempt much in the line of 
exterminating the pests. But wolf hunts are quite com- 
mon in the winters. The villagers beat out the fields and 
drive the wolves into pits or caves, where they are dis- 
patched with swords and pikes. It is a common thing 
in all parts of China, even the most thickly populated, to 
see wolves trotting along the roads or crossing from 
cover to cover. 

The Chinese shotgun or gingal has never reached a 
high enough development to be of much service in 
hunting. The barrels are cast, and many of the cheaper 
ones look as if made of pot metal. They are mounted 
on stocks that look like exaggerated pistol handles. But 
the Chinese haye never invented anything like the per- 
cussion cap. Their guns haye no triggers or hammers; 
instead there is at the base of the barrel a small yent and 
flash pan, Over the stock is a holder shaped I'ke our 
hammers, made of soft steel and split so as to hold be- 
tween the two fingers a piece of lighted incense or punk. 
In order to use this weapon, the Chinaman must fill the 
flash pan with fresh powder, blow the ashes off his punk, 
take aim and then with his thumb push the holder for- 
ward until the lighted end of the punk touches the pawder 
in the flash pan. So uncertain is the weapon that the 
Chinese rarely use it, except in pot-hunting for rice- 
birds, blackbirds and that class of game. 

The reason that foxes are so numerous is that the 
Chinese, who believe in the transmigration of souls. think 
that human spirits prefer to go into foxes rather than into 
any other animal. Consequently they never kill foxes for 
fear they may be injuring some.departed spirit. 

Most of the Chinese hunting is done with traps. The 
moors and plains abound in partridge. grouse and rab- 
bits, and the Chinese take immense quantities of them by 
means of nets and runnig nooses. For larger game they 
resort to pits and deadfalls. 

’ It is not generally known that the mountains of north 

China abound in bears, both black and brown, and that 
leopards and tigers are by no means uncommon. The 
so-called Siberian tiger, which is the most magnificent 
specimen of the cat family, far surpassing even the royal 
tiger of India, is really a native of the mountain ranges 
that lie between-the plains of Mongolia and Manchuria 
and the plains about Peking, where the allies are now 
operating. In early days the hunting of leopards and 
tigers was a feature of the royal hunt, which sport reached 
its greatest popularity in the reign of the Mongol dynasty 
during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The Ming 
dynasty which followed them also found many devotees 
of the chase, but they confined their hunting to the 
less dangerous pursuit of the deer, and established the 
magnificent deer parks which are now to be found near 
Peking. The famous decoration of the Peacock Feather, 
which has been the subject of so many international 
jekes in connection with Li Hung Chang’s yellow jacket, 
was originally awarded to those membem of the royal 
suite who succeeded in killing a stag. The early em- 
perors of the present Manchu dynasty were also great 
sportsmen, but for the last forty years the throne has 
been occupied by minors, and the manly pastime has 
fallen into disuse. 

The northern deer park lies in the mountains about 
fifteen miles northwest from Peking, and incloses one of 
the most magnificent preserves to be found in the world. 
It takes in the spur of the mountains and the valleys on 
either side. The whole is surrounded by a heavy brick 
wall, about 3 feet thick and from 12 to 15 feet high: The 
interior of the park which contains one of the largest 
herds to be found in the world, is traversed by paved 
roads and paths, winding up the mountain side. past 
springs and waterfalls to the most picturesque hunting 
lodges. The buildings are now largely falling into decay, 
but they still show traces of their former magnificence. 
The walls too are falling down in places, and it is be- 
coming quite common to find on the motintains outside 
of the park deer which undoubtedly have escaned from 
the royal herd within. The deer in this north park are of 
a giant red variety. magnificent antlered animals, re- 
sembling our America wanpiti, but peculiar in hav‘ne a 
somewhat long fail. which carries a brush. The southern 
deer park, which lies in the plains south of the Chinese 
capital covers an area of ahout 100 square miles. and is 
remarkable for a breed of deer unlike anvthing known 
anvwhere else in the world. It seems to he a k’nd of 
elk, byt 1s withont horns or has onlv the merect knobs 
or tudiments. The Ciinese commoniv call it the mule 
deer and it is Ivkely that thie name indicates a hvhbrid 
origin. Thev call it the szu-pih-siane, which indicates 
that it is neither of the four usefil animals—horse, deer 
camel and ox. This deer is a very large animal of a fawn 
or lisht erav color. and with a neculiar mild croakine tone 
to ite eall which seems curiously out of place in so large 
an animal. - 

The creat varietv of came and its ahwrdance jis nat 
peenliar ta any nart of China. hut extends fram the nlaiac 
of Mongolia to the tropical ranges along the coast of the 


snipe and ployer. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


south, and nowhere else in the world is there such a 
yariety of climate and country, here are mountain 
ranges across the north, the south and the central part of 
the country, gradually increasing in height trom the coast 
toward the imterior, dividiig the country into the great 


‘valleys of the Yellow, the Yang-tse and West rivers, with 


intervals of plateaus and bottoms, lakes and plains, and 
beyond them all the wilds of Manchuria and the deserts 
and salt lakes of Gobi. 

The Mongolian plains are peculiar for a species of wild 
chicken which is undoubtedly the progenitor of our 
present domestic fowl, It is a large bird with brifliant 
colored comb, and having the brownish yellow coloring 
and red and black markngs on neck and tail that were 
peculiar, to our early barnyard fowl. The chicken is a 
good game fowl and a strong flyer. It is most excellent 
eating, and is taken by the Mongolians in large quantities 
and brought dowt to the Peking market. 


The game market of Peking is probably one of the — 


best to be found in the world. Owing to the steady climate 
which prevails in north China after the winter has orice 
set in, it is quite a simple matter to preserve the game 
for almost any length of time, and the Mongol camniel 
trains come into Peking with deer and grouse, wild 
boars and partridges, bears and wild chickens, antelope 
and duck, wild sheep and goats, and, what is considered 
by the Chinese one of the greatest delicacies, the wild ass 
or onager, which is highly prized because it is so hard to 
capture. They also bring in immense quantities of furs— 
sable, matten, weasel and stoat, and great quantities of 


squirrels, whose skins are used for lining the immense 


fur robes that are common among all of the better classes. 

Probably the most common game bird of China is the 
pheasant, which ranges over the whole empire from the 
Amur River south to Canton, and from the east coast to 
the mountains of Szuchuan, The common varieties with 
the gold and silyer pheasants are well known, but Szuch- 
watt is the home of two yarieties not so commonly known 
—the snow pheasant, which is pure white, with small red 
wattles and comb, and the Pallas, which is remarkably 
brilliantly colored; it is called by the Chinese the Aoki, or 
fire hen, 

The southern provinces are remarkable for a species 
of monkey which has the most wonderful coloring to 
be found on a fur-bearing animal. It is large, the adult 
standing from 3 to 4 feet high. The face is orange, sur- 
rounded by tufts or yellowish hair, with a dark band 
across the forehead.. The body and the upper part of 
the forearms ate a Ught brown with longer hairs of gray 
interspersed. The lower parts of the arms are pure 
white, while the hands and thighs are a most intense 
black. The tail and a large triangular spot over it are 
also white, while the legs are a brijliant red. A more 
grotesque and striking animal cannot be found, and it 
matches well in its varigated colors the gold fish and 
Mandarin ducks which are also peculiar to China. China 
is also remarkable for being the home of the most northern 
species of monkey known; these live in the motntains 
north about Peking in a latitude from 4o to 45 degrees 
north. Its hair is thick and of a light brownish color. 
The face is greenish, but turns white if the animal is 
kept long in captivity, They enjoy playing in the snow 
and apparently suffer none from cold. They are easily 
tamed and remarkably intelligent, but as they grow to 
such large size, reaching nearly 4 feet in height, they 
soon bacome too large to make good pets. Szuchuan also 
has a species of ape which lives in the higher mountains. 
It is heavily maned to protect it from the cold, and has 
strong, brawny arms. It is called by the Chinese the 
yun-hiung, or the man-bear, which name they have given 
because of its human form and the fact that it hibernates 
like a bear. It is said to be good eating, and is con- 
sidered a great delicacy by the Chinese. 

Many parts of China are infested by herds of wild dogs, 
which are hunted mainly for their fur. The dog skins of 
Newchwang are a recognized brand in the market. They 
have long, fine black hair with curled bushy tails, with 
black or sometimes pale yellow bellies. They are prob- 
ably the original species from which the modern Esqui- 
maux dog has sprung. There are a great many yarieties 
of wild sheep and wild goats, which are killed for their 
skins, and the dressed carcasses are taken to the game 
markets of the north. The domesticated sheep of China 
are peculiar for their broad tails, which are attached to 
the body all the way across the rump and measure about 
io inches long and about 4 inches thick. The tail is a 
solid mass of tallow, over which the sheep has no control 
except to give it a slight wiggle. The sheep are white 
with black heads, and make most excellent mutton. 

China also contains matty varieties of pigeons and 
doves. The country about nearly all of the great cities 
is full of them. The natives are very fond of them for 
food, and the eggs and blood of pigeons are regarded as 
preventive of smallpox. The Chinese are great pigeon 
fanciers, and one of their great sports is the stealing of 
pigeons from one another’s cotes. This is done by 
fastening whistles on the tails of their own pigeons for 
the purpose of attracting the pigeons from other flocks, 
and thus bringing them back to their own cotes when 
wearied with flying. The air of the cities is full of the soft 
ZEolian notes of these pigeon whistles. . 

As there is so much marsh and swampy country in 
China, it is natural that it should be a great country for 
These are trapped by a preparation 
of quicklime spread along the shores, into which the birds 
run and stick fast. China, of course, is known as the 
greatest duck country in the world. There ate prob- 
ably more domesticated ducks used in China than in all 
the world beside. And with her enormous system of 
rivers and lakes, it is natural that geese, swans, mallards, 
teal and Mandarin ducks should abound in great quan- 
tities. These are sometimes killed from traps with the 
old Chinese muskets, but in some parts the natives flood 
their rice fields and then with empty gourds over their 
heads wade out into the fields among the ducks, catching 
them by the feet and pulling them under. 

The great sport of falconry. which once numbered 
among its devotees all the courtiers of Europe, now sur- 
vives alone in China. The emperors of the Mongol 
dvnasty were famous for their love of falconry, and it is 
acid that they emnloved no less than 75000 attendants in 
The love of the sport survives 


(Noy. 17, 1908, | 


outside the great Chien Mun, or Meridian Gate, of the 
Tartar city, Here thousands of hooded birds are ex- 
posed for sale, on great racks. Im Mongolia the golden 


‘eagle itself is still trained for the chase, and is quite 


commonly used in hunting deer. 

The ichthyology of China is rich. The streams, lakes 
and rivers abound with fish of all kinds, and eyen the sea 
along the coast is particularly rich in choice varieties, It 
is probable that fish forms the greatest single article» of 
diet except rice, and one of the great peculiarities of the 
fish markets is that fresh fish are nearly always sold 
alive. You go to the markets and find shallow tubs and 
tanks full of wriggling fish, from which you select the 
one you desire. It is delivered to you alive, and no 
household is complete without the great crockery barrel 
or kang im which the fish are kept alive until they are 
ready to be cooked, 

China is still an undiscovered land to our great army of 
sportsmen, but with the settlement of the present «is- 
turbance those who still hope to enjoy the dangers of 
bagging large game will find almost their last opportun ties 
there, while those who are looking for big bags of le-ser 
game will find in the moors and mountains and -streanys 
and lakes of China richer rewards for the sportsman’s, 
quest than can be found anywhere else in the world. 

Guy Morrison WALtKEK 


Luck in Moose Hunting. 


T wap the pleasure last year of writing an article for 
Forest AND STREAM On the moose country of Maine. 
My camping place was on Nesowadnehunk Lake, which - 
is about the center of the best moose hunting district of | 
the State. This year I arrived at the same camp (named — 
Camp Phoenix by its proprietors. Hall & McLam) on — 
Oct. 15, the opening day of the moose season, J remained 
in camp for fifteen days, and hunted nearly every day 
faithfully and persistently for the big bull moose which 
still eludes me, but which I think awaits me yet upon 


one of the hardwood ridges about Nesowadnehunk Lake, 


and I hope to try again for him next year. 

The present history includes some considerations of the 
matter of luck in moose hunting. But before beginning 
the story, let me premise with a short description of the 
method of moose hunting during October. By Oct. 15 the 
rutting season is so well advanced. that no reliance can 
be placed upon calling moose with the birch bark horn 
Even at an earlier season I fancy this method of finding 
the game in Maine would not prove particularly suc- 
cessiul, for the reason that the cows are in majority ana 
there is now no such fierce rivalry wpon the part of the bull. — 
for the protectorship of the cows as one time there was. 
The laws of Maine for a number of years have protected — 
cow moose and spike-horn bulls, allowing each hunter 
to shoot only one bull of mature growth. In consequence. 
if my observation goes for anything, there are at least 
two and possibly three cows for every bull moose left 
in the woods of Maine. But even if under other con- 
ditions moose calling were profitable, I do not think this 
method of hunting the splendid game should be indulged 
in, fascinating in the extreme though it be. It has for 
its foundation the perpetration of a fraud; it is con- 
ceived in deceit, and is éxecuted in unfairness, for when 
sticcessfully adopted it too often brings the game within 
rifle range too close for trie sportsmanship. 

On the other hand, none of these objections can be — 
raised against still-hunting. The hunter must fairly match 
his wits against the keen senses of the game; he must 
be possessed with perseverance which knows no fatigue, 
and all of his knowledge of woodcrait must be availed of. 
Yet in lieu of all these qualities, he may simply be 
endowed with phenomenal luck and still get his bull 
moose. Last year I saw a number of moose around the 
water during October. This year, whether the season 
was earlier or whatever the reason, they had abandoned 


-their lake and water ranging for the seclusion of the 


hardwood ridges of the forests. No tracking snow is apt 
to fall and lie during October. and the sportsman is re. 
duced to still-hunting without snow to find his game. 
With the ground thickly strewn with beach leave, and 
tender crackling branches, this is a very noisy style of 
sitl-hunting, but it certainly is true sport, for every fair 
advantage remains with the hunted game. 

Twelve times this year I left camp at daybreak and 
paddled to some point on the shore where our daily tramps 
began for the secluded haunts of moose. Our average 
walking time was seven or eight hours a day. My guide 
was Will McLain, an agreeable companion, a thorough 
woodsman whose knowledge of this section of Maine is, 
supreme; an enthusiastic sportsman himself, and certainly 
one of the best still-hunters in Maine. Yet day after 
day I hunted without firing a shot. We ran across deer 
every day, but I would not shoot them, for I was after 
bigger game. We successfully still-hunted under the 
dificult existing circttmstances nine moose in all. That 
is to say, we tracked and found or ran across by chance 
nine moose in the woods, all of which I believe I might 
have shot had I tried, with the possible exception of two. 
All of the nine moose we saw were cows, excepting 
one, which was a small spike-horn bull. On more than 
one occasion we approached within 40 yards of the 
cows. 

But here is where the element of luck entered, as IT shall 
try and tell. On two distinct occasions, when hunting of 
course with due attention to the direction of the wind, we 
came upon two cows. Both times the bull was just beyond 
in the thickets, and when the cows made off they carried 
the bulls along with them. Now had we approached ata 
slightly different angle, had we skirted the ridge instead 
of going straight over it, on each occasion we would 
still have been to leeward and we would have come upon 
the bull before scaring the cows. One day, after the 


bull and his two cows took alarm and struck off at their 


rapid trotting gait. we trailed them past and within 10 feet 
of a spot we called our lunching place. At a certain 


‘location by the side of a spring a few days before we 


had made a comfortable seat of balsam boughs on a 
huge log. Twice had we lunched at this snot. On that 
particular day we had intended to lunch there and at 
aur very lunch hour these three moose, one a big bull, 
judging solely by the shave and size of his tracks. for 
we did not get sight of him, passed within 10 feet of our 


Noy. 17, 1900.] 


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cow moose along an old winter wood road, The cow was 
loitering behind and presently we came upon her, and 
she stood and watched us curiously, a fair open shot well 
within 50 yards, but the bull was beyond and out of sight, 
and when the cow took alarm and made off she carried the 
bull along with her, and we got no sight of him. It is 
obvious that with good luck the cow would have been 
ahead and the bull loitering after to give me the earnestly 
desired shot. Two days later Mr. Charles Dodge, of 
Lowell, Mass., a fellow sportsman at Camp Pheenix, killed 
his bull moose on this same wood road, not far from 
where we had seen the cow. And his luck being in the 
ascendent, he also shot two splendid bucks upon the 
same trail, and the two heads, taking them together, were 
the finest two buck heads I have ever seen. 

_A few days thereafter I concluded to rest one day in 
camp. Ata late hour, or near rt o'clock A. M., Mr. John 
Forbes, of Boston, another sportsman at camp, requested 
the loan of my guide for the day. It was his last day in 
camp, and he was temporarily without a guide of his 
own, and as I wished him the success which was not 
his yet, I cheerfully complied. At dusk they returned 
with a splendid bull moose head, the finest that was 
brought into‘camp this year. Possibly, but by no means 
certainly. the head might have been mine instead of Mr. 
Forbes’ had I gone out that day and he remained in 
camp. ~ Still I envied him not, for it was his individual 
good fortune his last day in the woods, while my awn 
luck seemed adverse, hunt as hard as I might. 

There were three bull moose shot at Camp Phcenix this 
October, including one claimed by a certain sportsman 
as his own, which was presumably shot by his guide—but 
that is another story. Last year there were eight bull 
moose shot at Nesowadnehunk Lake, including those 
killed after tracking snow fell. But to resume the con- 
sideration of luck in moose hunting, I shall recall some 
of the experiences last year. On the first day of the 
apen season my hunting comrade, Mr. Alfred Lauterbach, 
of New York, shot his bull moose upon the lake shore not 
an hour from camp. Another bull was shot the same day 
by a Dr. Moore, of Philadelphia. Later on Mr. Lauter- 
bach and I, with our guides, went deeper into the woods 
and camped in the very heart of the moose region. We 
remained two days, and I was totally unsuccessful, though 
signs of moose were certainly plentiful enough. During 
our absence from Camp Phcenix a Mr. Abercrombie, of 
New York. arrived, and at his first attempt killed his 
bull. When we got back to the lake at the end of two 
days we found Mr. Abercrombie had arrived, shot his 
moose the day of his arrival, and had already departed, 
taking his moose head with him out of the woods. He 
shot his game upon the Telos trail, where I had hunted 
unsuccessfully but a few days before. Finally, however, 
last year my opportunity came, and I got my shot at the 
splendid bull moose which I had so ardently desired. 
But this is a story of such extraordinary misfortune 
that I shall not relate it in detail, I regret to say that 
I wounded my game seyerely and yet was unable to 
recover him, so that I fear he died miserably in the 
woods. Much would I have preferred to have missed him 
clean, so that I or another sportsman might another time 
have had a fair chance at him, 

The incidents above related came directly under my own 
abservation. . I could relate some other examples of good 
luck as they were told to me, and which I believe to be 
true. For instance, a couple of years ago one sportsman 
at Camp Phoenix was hunting moose and stopped at a 
spring in the woods to drink. When he raised his head 
after drinking there stood a splendid bull moose within 
40 yards waiting accommodatingly to be shot. and ac- 
cordingly he was shot. One day my guide and his partner, 
Luther Hall, Jr., were lunching at an old wood landing 
on a deserted wood trail. Presently a fine bull moose 
walked down the trail within easy shot and Will McLain 
shot him, 


Last year just as I was going out of the woods at the 
énd of October I met a party of four sportsmen with theic 
guides coming into camp at Nesowadnehunk Lake. They 
came late to wait for tracking snow. Subsequently [ 
learned that each of the four sportsmen got his bull moose. 

I fancy that I have demonstrated that a fair chance is 
given any sporisman even in October to shoot his bull 
moose in this section of Maine, while, if the tracking 
snows of November are waited for, the chances are much 
improved. Of course, luck is an element to be con- 
sidered always, but the very uncertainty of the sport con- 
stitutes one of its chief charms. The likelihood of run- 
ning upon a moose at any moment in the woods revives 
the tired hunter, and day after day keeps his spirits con- 
stantly exhilarated. His watchfulness must be ever main- 
tained; his yision must be keenly exercised without a 
moment's lapse; he must be silent and patient, earnest and 
vigilant hour after hour, and possibly day after day. In 
my own case I found no wearisomeness nor disp‘ritedness, 
though totally unsuccessful, if success be measured only 
by the amount of game bagged. Yet I rejoiced in the free- 
dom of the woods and in the exercise of those qualities 
which the sport requires. So I look back upon the ex- 
perierice with pleasure marked with no regrets. but only 
with love and admiration for the noble sport of still- 
ljunting moose. - 

Possibly the relation of my own expetiences may in- 
cline other sportsmen to visit this section of Maine. To 
such the following general information is offered: 
Nesowadnehunk Lake is situated about twenty miles 
north and a little. west of Mount Katahdin, and is reached 
from Patten by buckboard. The distance ‘is fifty-two 
miles and the trip takes two full days and is by no means 
an easy journey. The lake may also be reached from 
Norcross. the first few miles by steamer. and the rest of 
the way by canoe and wood trail. The distance is a little 
shorter than by way of Patten, I have gone in both 


ways. and found the Norcross route the more com- 


fortable, ; 

Hall & McLain are the proprietors of Camp Pheenix 
ou Nesowadnehunk Lake. Their post office address is 
Patten, Me. Luther Hall, Jr, was inv guide last year 
and Will McLain this year, I believe there are not two 
better guides in the whole of Maine. and I cannot too 
highly recommend them, Their camp is the most delight 
ful vamp it has ever been my good fortune to occupy. 
Besides the main log cabin, there are three or four small 
cabins prepared for the comfort of their guests. In my 
ywn case, during the latter pyrt of my stay I was’ the 


FOREST. AND. STREAM. 


sole proprietor of one of these smaller log cabins, which 


contained besides other comforts a good spring bed, fur- - 


nished with mattresses and blankets and fresh white 
sheets and pillow cases. My only criticism is that there 
seemed to be almost too much luxury for a camper out. 
A man might take his wife to Camp Phoenix with perfect 
security. Last year during my stay a young doctor from 
New York brought his wife with him, and she proved 
yery sportsmanlike and had her shot at a bull moose, as 


indeed did every one else at Camp Phoenix last year, 


W. N. Amory. 


New Yor. November, 


‘In the Shadow of Katahdin. 


(Conciuded front page 365.) 


SUNDAY was spent pretty much in loafing around camp, 
out on the ice and taking things comfortably. The day 
was clotidy and gave promise of snow. This is what we 
were praying for, and all hands predicted a fall before 
morning. 7 

After supper that night Wilbert exposed Fred’s ability 
aS a violin manipulator. Fred protested, but we were 
obdtrate in our demands, so there was nothing for him 
to do but take down the old violin and tune her up. It 
was late before we retired, and Fred fairly made the old 
violin talk. Jigs, waltzes, marches and popular songs were 
rattled off in short order. Then there were airs of a 
solemn and sacred strain, and all became silent and 
thoughtful, and tender expressions unconsciously stole 
into the face of each listener. Why should old familiar 
airs of long ago cause the rude walls of a hunting camp 
with its hanging rifles, cartridge belts, knives and all 
paraphernalia connected with the chase to fade? To 
fade and vanish like morning mist under sunlight rays? 
As the notes come softer, and the rings fram the old brier 
wood widen out until one looks beyond their ever ex- 
panding circles, what mysterious influence is it that causes 
the curtains of time to drift noiselessly apart, and reveal 
to tender memory the sacred aisles of the past? Back. 
back into the long ago; down the sunny paths of child- 
hood; back to the old home and the family gathering 
round the family hoard; back to the dear familiar faces 
circled where voices were raised in song, faces that are 
driftng one by one from sight—into the great and 
mysterious beyond? ‘Into the sacred realms of the past 
memory alone may enter—the body is barred forever.” 
Then, as the music ceases, thought slowly returns on the 
wings of the present, and one thinks of the good wife 
and little ones slumbering under the stars away down 
there to the south, and tenderly smiles, for surely they 
are safe—safe under the vigil of the Ruler of the stars, 

Monday found all hands early astir. The sky was still 
overcast and the indications pointed strongly to snow, but 
none had yet fallen. It was agreed that this must be a 
day of hard work, for there was but one more hunting 
day—Tuesday—left to us. Wednesday must see us on 
our homeward journey. To make the day’s hunt suc- 
cessful, if possible, Fred yolunteered to join us, so after 
breakfast we all left camp together. 

“Now, boys,” said Fred, “the best thing is for you all to 


go over to the Burnt Land and station yourselves in good _ 


places. I'll give you plenty of time to get there. Then 
I'll go round to the other side of the mountain and walk 
up to the Burnt Land from that direction. You must 


_keep a sharp watch, fot I feel sure of driving deer to one 


of you.” This. we agreed, would be a good way to do. 

After reaching the Burnt Land each took up a posi- 
tion. In this matter of position I got decidedly the worst 
of it, for I was stationed where I could see but four 
objects—Wilbert to the right the top of Lide’s head to 
the left, the top of a small knoll behind, and a small clump 
of trees in front. If was as if I had been let down in a 
bowl and couldn't see over the edge. In the end, however. 
IT was as well off as the others. In about an hour Lide 
whistled and motioned us to the knoll on which he 
stood. Fred was there, and Lide was the only one who 
had seen anything, and he was mourning because he had 
let two deer go by in long range without risking a shot 
at them. 

A council of war was held, and resulted in sending Lide 
and me into the heayy growth that lined Smith’s Creek, 
It was our business to drive out any deer that might be in 
there to Wilbert or Fred. We performed the task faith- 
fully, and found fresh tracks in great numbers. but always 
leading ahead. This, of course, proved that the deer 
knew we were there, and that they were keeping out of the 
way. At one place we came to a large marsh, and the 
snow was literally tramped hard in places. Many of 
these tracks could not haye been over an hour old yet 
not a deer was seen by us. Finally we came to a wide. 
circling stream, and the ice was clawed and scratched 
where deer had slipped in crossing, In about an hour 
we emerged into the Burnt Land again, and met Fred and 
Wilbert. They had seen nothing. 

From here Lide and I hunted the west side of the 
creek to the south, and Wilbert and Fred hunted the 
east side in the same direction. Every place that showed 
the least indication of harboring a deer was thoroughly 
hunted, but all to no purpose. The crust gave so much 
warning that Fred finally decided it was useless to hunt 
further. Then all hands Fred excepted, started back 
for camp. Just as we were entering the door a shot was 
heard, and Fred came in an hour afterward and said he 
had wounded a large “lucive.’ He had hit the animal 
hard, and followed a trail of blood over two miles, but 
the “Iucive” escaped. Fred had a good bunch of blood- 
stained fur to show as evidence. T have failed to men: 
tion that, with but few exceptions, on every deer track 
would be found either “lucive” or wildeat tracks. 

Wilbert and Lide decided to £0 otit no more that day. 
T shouldered my rifle and climbed the mountain to the 
hog where I had seen the “lucive.” T had hardlv seated 
myself near the deer entrails when it began to rain: then 
the snow commenced to loasen and slip from the heavy 
laden boughs, and startling sounds came from all direc- 
tions. causing me to start time and again. for they re- 
sembled the approach of animals. Excepting a few red 
squirrels and some snowbirds, of which one of the latter 
nearly frightened me out of my wits by brushing my 
mouth witit its wings and nearly fiving down my throat, 


and a ente little white weasel, with a black tipped tail 


which ran round and round me and came within a yard 


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of my feet at times to look up into my face, I saw 
nothing. Yet I sat and sat there in the drizzling rain and 


noted not the passing time. Finally | aimed the rile 
at an object on the further side of the bog, and was sur- 
prised—it was too dark to see the sights. “Great Scott!” 
thought I, “I’ve got to be moving if I expect to reach 
camp to-night.” it was fully time, for I had comsider- 
able difficulty in following the trail. The light streamed 
through the windows and out into the darkness when I 
reached camp, and Fred stood outside the door. “I’m 
glad you’ve come,” he said. “I was getting anxious.” 
And so were the rest. 

Tuesday broke cloudy, foggy and drizzling, The snow 
had softened and the crust was gone. “It’s the best day 
yet, boys, and if you don’t get a deer it'll be your own 
fault,” said Fred. 

Our course was north on the Nesowadnehunk road, and 
we were to try the marshes where Lide had fired at four 
deer. What necessity there was for us all to go ina 
bunch is beyond my comprehension, I figured if we 
struck out in different directions it would giye three 
chances to.see deer, and that there would be but one 
chance if we hung together. I was always voted down in 
this contention, however, and always bowed to the will 
of the majority. Of course I am a novice at deer hunt- 
ing, and perhaps it may come to me some day that there 
is a better show in one chance than in three. i 

The snow was so soft and wet that a cautions footfall 
could not be heard 20 feet away. It seemed to me that 
the fog could have been dispensed with to advantage, and 
perhaps it was the only drawback, 

The bogs were about a mile away, and when we reached 
them we spread out and hunted cautiously to the east, 
Islands were scattered in all directions, and wé scrutinized 
each one closely as. we came to it., The low-hanging fog, 
however, prevented a good view for any distance, We 
hunted through the mist about a mile, then Lied and I 
met near one of the largest islands and held a consulta- 
tion, Our confab ended in a decision to hunt back in a 
southwesterly direction. 

In the dry snow which usually prevails in this northern 
wilderness there is nothing so good for the feet as a heavy 
pair of woolen socks with heavy woolen, stocking—like 
leggings, which cover the pants leg and fasten at the knee, 
drawn on over them, and moccasins, Under dry snow 
conditions this rig is certainly warm and: tomfortable. 
But heaven help the victim who wears the outfit in wet, 
sloppy snow, and rainy weather. lLide’s and my feet 
were sopping before we had gone a mile that morning, and 
as we took an icy footbath about every five minutes, our 
wet feet were half-frozen all the while. Wilbert wore 
shoes with high arctics over them. 

After making some little distance on our new course, 
Wilbert loomed to sight through the fog. He was stand_ 
ing on the southerly end of one of the islands, We saluted 
and a deer blew within a hundred yards, just sotith of 
Wilbert, A sparse scattering of frees grew out of the 
long bog grass and bushes, and we felt sure of seeing 
the deer. Lide and I -slowly worked our way down 
there and found the tracks of a doe and fawn. Had 
it not been for the prevailing misty conditions at the 
time, we certainly would have seen these deer. 

Now began a bit of tracking, the like of whch I never 
had seen, but which I am willing and anxious to, ex. 
perience again. Through heavy foliaged arbor yite, pine, 
spruce and: hemlock; through boughs dripping with 
moisture; over the trunks of uprooted forest giants, and 
among a dead, fallen, tangled riot of branches and roots 
along the edge of the lake, we persistently followed those 
deer. And on three different occasions I raised my rifle 
only to lower it again, for I caught only the faintest flicker ° 
of the white fag. Soon the doe and fawn were joined by 
a buck, and we vowed to keep the trail. Mile after mile 
did we follow those deer, and we saw them a number of 
times, but only for the fractional part of a second. 
Once we came to the road and hurriedly placed our com- 
Pass in the snow, carelessly noted the points and’ went on. 
Then we came to the top of a knoll which overlooked a 
thickly wooded valley, a deer blew and deer scrambled 
out of that valley in every direction, and the foliage was 
so dense that we saw none of them. Finally, about noon, 
we decided to give up, and started for camp. But where 
was camp? We were lost. 

A small brook flowed near by, and Lide was for 
following it in its windings. “It must flow into Lake 
Millinockett,” said he,-‘and if we follow it we're bound 
to come out right.” 

“But that direction doesn’t agree with the compass,” 
said I. This puzzled us. According to our calculations, 
based ‘on the compass when we set it in the snow, we 
should go southwest, but the brook flowed southeast, and 
instinct seemed to draw us in that direction. ,; 

To cut a Jong story short; we wandered around awhile, 
and I cut a rabbit nearly in two with the 30-30. “What 
are you going to do with that thing?” Lide asked, “Going 
to have it for supper to-night,” T- answered, ‘We can't 
stay in these woods all night without something to eat. 
Lide laughed, and we soon saw the mountain near camp. 
For all that, however, we crassed the carry and passed 
camp within 200 yards without knowing it. Then we 
went two miles to the south and found the trail leading to 
the [ttle bog where I had seen the lynx. From here we 
reached camp about 1 o'clock, and found Wilbert toasting 
his shins by the fire, 

Now that we had leistire to think matters over, we 
found that we had become mixed when we placed our 
compass on the snow. We were careless and got the 
pointer on S. instead of N. This. of course, reversed 
E. and W. Therefore, our course should haye been as 
instinet dictated—southeast instead of southwest. Had 
we given the matter a moment’s consideration we ought 
to have known we couldn’t cross the road without getting 
on the west side, for we had started in to hunt on the - 
east side. We were so interested in the chase that we | 
became careless and got rattled. + Moral: Never be 
careless, and don’t get rattled in-a country like the 
Maine woods. It may mean death if you do, 

On this subject of getting lost, in:the woods of Maine 
or in afly similar section, always carry a good compass. a 
good hatchet. a knife, plen‘y of matches, lots of am- 
munition and some salt. The minute you find you are 
surely lost and that it is useless to go further, just get to 
work and build a lean-too under the lee of some good 
bog. Now cut boughs for a couch and fill your temporary 


dwelling with them, then gather plenty of fire wood. Lt 
you get a chance, knock over a rabbit, squirrel or any 
stray animal you may see, tor you may get hungry before 
you get out of your scrape. When night comes and you 
are satisfied they must be anxious about you at camp, start 
the fire in front of your mansion, sit under shelter on 
your bed of boughs, poke the muzzle of your rifle out 
every fifteen or twenty minutes and let her go in the air. 
T have never had occasion to follow this advice, but that 
it is sound I am sure, for it was given me by Maine 
guides. 
Since writing the above the thought has come: Would 
it not be well if every permanent camp was supplied with 
a large box kite or a huge sphere (similar to those used 


by the press boat in the last international yacht races), to 


be flown several hundred feet in the air every day? At 
night colored lights could be attached and suspended in 
the air, far above the earth, and Ingher than many hills. 
Or, in case of a person being lost at night, rockets could 
be set off and the wanderer given a chance to locate camp 
in this way. It would seem that the kite or sphere by day 
and the colored lights at night ought to prove as good a 
guide to the lost hunter as the lighthouse is to the 
mariner, especially as the hunter seldom strays many 
miles from camp. 

The rain had ceased and a high wind had set in from 
the southwest. Somehow I felt uneasy and wasn’t satis- 
fied to stay in camp. It was impossible to start Wilbert or 
Lide, so I finally shouldered my rifle and started off with- 
out them in the direction of the Burnt Land. Instead of 
going there, however, I kept on up the mountain. Up, up 
1 climbed until the lake was spread out far below, and as 
the fog had cleared I could look a long way over the stur- 
rounding country. The sky was still overcast with swiftly 
flying clouds, and the gray day was entirely devoid of 
those beautiful colorings which attend bright stimshine, 
Katahdin was visible to half his height, his summut being 
hidden in the clouds. Somber and forbidding was his 
aspect, as if he were a veritable monumental personifica- 
tion of death. 

Presently I reached a place near the extreme top of 
the mountain, and the wind swept in a gale around me. 
The trees bent and swayed, and a forest monarch over 100 
feet in height went like a pipe stem into three parts and 
thundered to the ground, and not over 50 yards from 
me, I was onthe point of rettirning when a large buck 
appeared to view, not over 30 yards away. He was 
motionless and had not seen me. Now was my chance, 
and I took it. There was no sign of buck ague, and be- 
fore he could know it he was mine. It was a job to get 
him down the mountain. The way was steep, however, 
and free from underbrush, so I managed it after awhile 
and left him hanging by the side of the Nesowadnehunk 
road. 

Camp was crowded that night. Late in the afternoon 
~ sixteen or eighteen lumbermen walked in, and two sports- 
men, Mr. M. C. Chase and his son, of Sebes Station, Me., 
came in on a tote sleigh from the north. They had four 
deer—two does and two fawns. They had shot their 
game in the neighborhood of Pockwockamus Lake, and 
reported hundreds of deer. 

It was the last night in camp, and the quietest of the 
trip. ‘The lumbermen were just going into the woods, and 
all were strangers to us, and strangers to one another. 
They were the most weary, sleepy, homesick appearing 
lot of men I ever cast eyes upon. Some lay upon the 
board floor with their bundles for pillows and drowsed, 
others wrote letters and none talked. ‘‘It’s their first day 
together,” said Jewett. “After they reach camp theyll 
soon become acquainted, and ‘ll haye some good times 
together, as well as’ hard ones.” 

There wete no merry shouts, no stories, no boisterous 
laughter, and no music round the old wood burner that 
night. The floor of the big room was carpeted with 
REP: coarse blankets, on which tired and sleeping men 
ay. 

The next morning saw a hustling time in camp. The 
lumbermen were given their breakfast before daylight, and 
the gray of dawn saw them on their journey to the north, 
The horses were hitched to tote conveyances, our deer 
were loaded, we shook Fred and Jewett heartily by the 
hand, and took the last view of camp from a bend in the 
road and were soon out of the shadow of Katahdin. 

WiritAm H, Avis, 
New Haven, Conn. 


River Views. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

The dwellers in New York city sometimes see curious 
sights. For example, on election day, Nov. 6, while walk- 
ing’ with a companion on the upper part of Manhattan 
Island and looking out over the Hudson River, I saw 
coming down the riyer high in air a dark line, which 
carried my thoughts far away from this big town. It 
was a flock of ducks far aboye the water, and reminded 
me of the flocks of trading canvasbacks and redheads 
that may often be seen during the winter on our South- 
ern bays and broad waters. They were a long way off, 
but not so far but that I could count twenty-three birds, 
which [ recognized as broadbills, bluebills, or blackheads, 
according to the locality where they are found. The 
birds kept on down the river, and growing more and more 
dim to the sight, finally disappeared from view. ; 

From the same point, looking a little west of north, I 

could see rising and falling on the rippling waters a 
hundred or two birds, some white and some dark gray or 
brown, which were, of course, sea gulls, most of them no 
doubt the common herring gull of the coast. They are 
familiar residents all through the autumn, winter and 
spring on the Hudson, notwithstanding the recent an- 
nouncement by an astonished reporter of one of the New 
York papers of the presence during a hard blow of gulls 
in the bay, which he declared had been blown into the 
harbor from far to seaward, although the storm of which 
he wrote was a heavy westerly gale. 
_ Although the days when men used to go woodcock 
shooting around the Collect Pond, snipe shooting on 
Lispenard Meadows, quail shooting on the Dykeman 
farm and wild pigeon shooting on Manhattanville Hill are 
long passed, it is still possible now and then for the sports- 
men to seé game within the city limits, M. M. 

New Yorn, Nov. 10, 


“more affection than little Sissy, the water turkey. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Aatuyal History. 


Florida Ratilers. 


SPEAKING of venomous snakes, there haye been more 
‘diamond-back rattlers killed in this unmediate vicinity 
during the past month than im several previous years 
combined, due probably to the tact of the water in the 
Everglades being unusually higu, causing the snakes to 
take to the narrow strip ot high pine land atong the bay. 

The score this fall, so far as known, is eleven snakes, 
nearly all large ones. Yesterday a farmer driving through 
the woods had a rattler strike at one of his mule’s hind 
legs, but it missed and hit the felloe of the front wheel, 
“spat,” then fell under the wheel and was run over, but 
the heavy load of lumber passing over him failed to take 
much of the fight out of the rascal. 

An examination of the fangs showed them badly shat- 
tered by the blow he gave the wagon felloe. 

The writer recently had his neryous system nearly 
ruined by a huge specimen which the mowing machine 
stirred up in the tall prairie grass. Not having anything 
suitable with which to dispatch such a rattler, we kept him 
on the defensive, while one of the boys ran to a house 
near by for a gun. 

This rattler was the largest we have ever seen, being 
fully 6 feet long, as large around as a man’s arm and 
with eleven rattes. Though a mighty disagreeable job, we 
succeeded in saying that skin, and mean to have it tanned 
some day. 

Reckoning that a rattler does not grow a rattle till 
three years old, and one a year after that, makes this one 
fourteen years old. 


It is rare that one hears of any one being bitten down — 


here, but the Florida rattler’s bite is considered to be 
almost sure death. unless very prompt measures are 
taken, such as amputation, or immediately cutting out a 
large chunk of flesh. When dogs are bitten, they usually 
die im a few minttes. 

Some of the more cautious hunters in tramping through 
the saw palmettoes, which everywhere cover the rocky 
ground, carry a small hypodermic syringe and a strong 
solution of permanganate of potash, to inject into the 
holes made by the iangs, but the old residents go every- 
where with nothing more than a pocket knife, relying on 
the warning rattle to protect them from danger. 

CAMERAMPBLER. 


Biscayne Bay, Fla. 


Sissy: A Florida Pet. 


One of the most unique pets that it has been my good 
fortune to stiidy and train was a water turkey or snake 
bird. Jn domestication the bird is very rare, not because 
of its scarcity in Florida, but because of the difficulty in 
rearing it. Like the domestic turkey, until the pin 
feather age is passed the water turkey is delicate and 
tender, A domestic fowl could not be tamer nor show 
It was 
during a severe illness that a nest of these birds made 
an impression never to be forgotten. Perched on a 
stick, the three young birdlings were carried into the 
room to be viewed from theit improvised perch. As 
I beckoned for them to be brought closer, one of the 
birds jumped from the stick and waddled up toward my 
head. I placed’ my hand on its long, slim neck and it 
responded with a chirping, quavering voice, swaying its 
head backward and forward, its soft trilling voice sound- 
‘ing as sweet and as musical as the notes from an A%olian 
harp. Its body was covered with soft downy white. The 
nurse took the bird’s recognition as a good omen, and it 
was catried with the others to the perch outside. 

The most careful attention could not save the two, but 
the one survived, and by the time the mistress was able 
to be out the birdling had changed from a soft downy 
thing to a full-fledged bird, with mottled black and gray 
shining feathers, and a fan-shaped, flute-edged tail. With 
its yellow webbed feet and duck-like legs, it would waddle 
to strangers as well as friends, its long snake-like neck 
extended and often with wings outstretched to aid the 
progress. Hunger seemed to be a chronic state with 
the bird, and while the long throat (which, by the way, 
could be distended to take a good-sized fish) might be 
full of unswallowed food, Sissy would show the same 
eazerness for the next bit, pleading, coaxing, waddling 
around, swaying her head and picking at the dress skirt 
with her long, needle-like bill, with its saw edges, in such 
a positive manner that the cloth would have to be cut 
to extricate the beak. She could catch food thrown to 
her with a degree of preciseness equal to a professional 
ball catcher; and having caught it, would toss it up in the 
air a foot or two and catch it as it descended in the position 
she wished to swallow. In catching fish or minnows she 
did the same, first darting for the prey in the pool, 
piercing the fish, then tossing in the air and swallowing 
head first. The bird would follow us all about the Jawn 
her little duck legs being assisted by the outspreading 
wings. 

She loved the water, bathing frequently, diving under 
until no sign of her could be seen, when suddenly at the 
other side the long, slim neck would appear, to go out 
of sight as soon, and appear at some other place. Then 
out “of the water she would come, looking like a 
bedrabbled chicken. She would then arrange her plumage 
and would think she was “dressed” for the day, but 
into the water she would go again; then when plumed to 
her native taste she would seek the perch and w th her 
head under her wing, sleep the sleep of the tired surf 
bather. Whatever the water turkey may be in its native 
haunts, domesticated, it is pugnacious and jealous, being 
ready to attack the dog, cat or the large whooping 
cranes. 

The water turkey ranges throughout Florida and 
builds its nest on some limb overhanging the water. The 
eggs are usually three in number and white with a bluish 
tinge. As they sit on the bushes along a water course and 
are alarmed on the approach of any object, they dart un- 
der the water, where they can remain a considerable 
leneth of time. Looking away beyond, one may sce a 
seit object floating lazily on the surface of the 
water. 


‘ 7a 


(Noy, 17, 1g00. 


Little Sissy succumbed to the great law of nature—her 
gourmand appetite leading to an overfeed of beef, which 
caused a sickness that justed a week. During this time 
she hid herself under the house and refused to take any 
notice of any one. In her weakened state the cool 
weather affected her, and we wakened one morning to 
find our pet dead. Minnie MoorE-\WILLSos, 
KISSIMMEE, Fla, 


The Belgian Hare Mania. 


trom the London iield, Nov. 3. 

LA RocHErovUcauLp, ui one of his maxims, enunciates 
the theory that there is something im the misfertunes of 
our best triends that is not altogether displeasing ro us. 
‘Lhis 1s certainly true in minor matters, and we enjoy a 
laugh at the zrollies ot our acquaintances without any 
hesitation or contrition, Yye ourseives attord our Amer- 
ican cousins abundant opportunimes of laughing at our 
prejudices and practices, and accept with the same good 
numor the opportunities they otter for retaliation, 

It is singular that a delusion which has been exutict on 
this side or the Atlantic for many years should have been 
resuscitated and taken firm root in the United States, 
where it is now flourishing, and has a paper specially de- 
voted to its interests, “lis delusion is not altogether un- 
protiiable to the English, for several Americans are over 
here at the present tme, endeavoring to purchase at the 
most absurd prices what they are picased to regard as a 
new and useiul hybrid called the Belgian hare. Seyeral 
letters on the subject have been received, and, suppressing 
the name of the writer, who dates from Lowell, Mass., 
U.S. A., I may quote the following: 

“Can you kindly give any information where | can pur- 
chase in England tor importation to this country any 
full-blooded tnglish or Belgian hares? [f you know of 
any estates where there are any for sale would you kindly 
notify the owners of the fact that 1 am open to purchase 
in large quantities if they will only correspond with me, 
naming breed and price, as 1 am forming a large com- 
pany tor furnishing the American provision market?” 

in England it is well known that what are called Belgian 
hares are not hares, that they bear no relation whatever to 
the wild hare, Lepus timidus, but are simply large hare- 
colored varieties of the domestic or tame rabbit, Lepus 
cuniculus. ‘Che fraud—for really it may be justly so 
called—of representing these animals as hybrids between 
the hare and the rabbit originated in France some quarter 
of a century or more ago. The animals represented as 
hybrids, leporides or hare-habbits, were sold at very high 
prices, which no doubt they are commanding in America 
at the present moment, and I am ashamed to say that taey 
were largely sold by the Acclimatization Society in Paris. 


-’Lhey were believed in by many of our agriculturists. The 


late Mr. Pusey had a large stock, which I visited, and 
found a number ot hares and rabbits in loose boxes. 
‘\hey were open to the control of the stable boys, so that 
the experiments were perfectly worthless from a scientific 
or accurate point of view. Mr. Pusey believed in the 
existence of the hybrid, and thought that he had obtained 
it de novo. But the experiments that were conducted 
strictly by such observers as the late Mr. Bartlett at the 
Zoological Gardens ‘and others showed that no such 
hybrids could be obtained, and when we consider the fact 
that the rabbit is born perfectly naked, helpless and blind, 
in the bottom of a deep burrow, and that the hare 1s born 
in the open, covered with fur and able to run immediately, 
we shall at once see that a hybrid between two such 
differently constituted animals is very unlikely to occur, | 
Moreover, the flesh of the hare, as is well known, is dark 
colored and highly flavored, while that of the rabbit is_ 
white and comparatively tasteless. All these facts tend.to 
show the improbability of the existence of such an animal 
as a hare-rabbit, and all experiments prove the impos- 
sibility of obtain‘ng it. The so-called Belgian hare is a 
large variety of the domesticated rabbit. It is well {nown 
now to all rabbit breeders, and is not regarded by them as” 
haying any connection whatever with the hare, Males 
of this breed have been in many cases turned out into our 
rabbit warrens with the intent to increase the size of the 
wild rabbit, and to introduce fresh blood into the warrens. 

T am not singular in my view of this animal, as may be 
seen by the following extract from the last edition of the 
Encyclopedia Britannica : 

‘The Belgian hare is a large variety of a hardy and prolific 
character, which closely resembles the common hare ip color, and 
is not unlike it in form. Some few years since many of these 
animals were sold as leporides or hybrids, produced by the union 
of the hare and the rabbit; but the most careful experimenters have 
failed to obtain any such hybrid, and the naked, immature con- 
dition in which young rabbits are born, as compared with the 
clothed and highly developed young hares, renders it exceedingly 
unlikely that hybrids conld be produced. Nor does the flesh of 
the Belgian rabbit resemble that of the hare in color or flayor. 
A closely allied variety, though of even larger size, 1s known by 
the absurd name of Patagonian rabbit; it has no relation to the 
eountry after which it is called. 

This was published in 1886. We may suppose that this 
craze for the Belgian hare in America is really only a 
form of the ridiculous mania respecting fancy a_imuls 
which sometimes takes possession of people. If any one 
advertises an animal as a new breed it immediately be- 
comes in great demand by fanciers. Let us take, for ex- 
ample, the case of poultry, in which new varieties are 
eulogized, and are bought by fanciers without any re- 
sard to price. The variety remains in favor a few years 
and ihen drops from its place of pride. There are fanciers 
who recollect the absurb eulogism of the Cochin now no 
longer in esteem. Spanish fowls were at one time to be 
seen on eyery gentleman’s estate. They. too are gone. 
Useful fowls still hold their own, and the old English 
Dorking is still esteemed by these who know the value 
of a good table fowl. At the present time the la t m-y 
folly in fowls is the introduction as a pure breed of the 
Faveralle, a French farmyard mongrel fowl, about the 
qualifications of which the English fanciers are squab- 
bling. 

The Belgian hare m England is now universally recog- 
nized as a mere variety of the ordinary Species, cid 1b is 
difficult to avoid smiling at the demands of Amtr‘can 
correspondents for “full blooded” English or Belgian- 
hares. Doubtless there will be a good deal of money made 
by the importation of large hare-colored rabbits into 
America, but the advantage will be with the vendars and 
dealers, and not with the purchasers. 

W. B. Trceraerer, 


Noy. rp, 1900, ] 


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The Linnaean Society of New York, - 


A REGULAR meeting of the Society will be held in the 


street and Eighth avenue, on Tuesday evening, Nov. 27, at 
& o'clock. A lecture will be given by Mr, William 
Dutcher: “‘With the Sea Birds on the Maine Coast,.’’ 
Illustrated with lantern slides. 

Watter W, GRANGER, Secretary. 


Game Bag and Gun. 


Proprietors of shooting resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
ihem in Forrest Anp STREAM. 


American Wildfowi and How to 
Take Them.—X. 
BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. 


[Continued from page 867.] 
Gadwail. 
Anas strepera (Lann.). 

THe general colors of the gadwall duck are gray, 
mast of the feathers being nearly white, crossed by nar- 
row bars of black or blackish-brown. In the adult male 
the head and neck are pale brownish-white, thickly 
speckled with black or blackish-brown. The top of the 
head and back of neck are often rusty brown and the 
throat is yellowish, sometimes dotted with brown, The 
breast and, back are buff, or nearly white, marked with 
dark slate brown or even black bars. The back, scapular 
feathers and sides, white, with cross bars of black; the 
lower part of the baele still darker, changing to absolute 
black on the upper tail coverts. The long scapular or 
shoulder feathers are fringed with reddish-brown; the 
greater edverts at the bend of the wing bright chestnut. 
Speculum white, edged beneath with velvety, black, and 
with broad patch of the same in front, between the 
white and the chestnut. Belly and under tail coverts 
black; tail gray, fading to white at the edges; the rest 
of the under parts white. The bill is bluish-black and 
the legs and feet yellow, with dusky webs. The adult 
female is much like the male, except that she is duller 
throughout and she generally lacks the black of the full 
pluinaged male. Usually there is no chestnut on the 
wing, but the speculum is white and the bird may be 
known from any other fresh-water ducks by this charac- 
ter. The young are still more dull in color. Often the 
speculum is indistinct, but there is usually enough of 
it, with the bill, to identify the species. Mr. Gurdon 


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- Trumbull was the first to call attention to the presence in 
highly plumaged males of a well-defined black ring, ex- 
tending almost around the neck, between the lighter 
feathers of the head and neck and the darker ones of 
the breast. 
The gadwall duck is distributed over almost the whole 
northern hemisphere, being found alike in Europe, Asia, 
Africa and North America. At the same time it is not an 


abundant bird anywhere, apparently never oceurring in 


large flocks nor even in frequent small ones. 

In North America, however, its distribution 1s gen- 
eral, but is chiefly westward. Still it has been found 
breeding on the island of Anticosti. in the Gulf of St. 
Lawrence. It occurs in New England and Long Island. 
and to the south of this, generally along the Atlantic 
coast. A female was captured in Bermuda in 1849. 

The gadwall is not tncommon in Illinois, Minnesota 
and generally through the Mississippi Valley, and for- 
merly bred to some extent over the whole country. It 
‘is said to be commen in California in winter and has been 


taken on the Pacific coast of Mexico, as well as in 


British Columbia. Its chief breeding grounds, however, 
appear to be north of the United States, although no 
doubt {0 some extent it passes the summer in the high 
mountains of the main tange from Colorado northward. 

Although the male gadwall is a very handsome bird, 
particularly striking in his combination of quiet yet 
effective colors, there is something about the species which 
reminds one strongly of the widgeon. Often in a large 
flock of widgeons there may be a small number of gad- 
walls, and often the gunner will see from his blind a 
small flock of birds approaching him, which at first he 
imagines to be widgeons, but which, when they have come 
closer, prove gadwalls. 

It ts difficult to understand why the gadwall is so 
searce a bird. It is true that in his ornithological report 
of the Survey of the Fortieth Parallel Mr. Ridgway tells 
us that he found it by far the most numerous duck during 
the breeding season in westetn Nevada, where, in the 
valley of the Truckee River fram the base of the Sierra 
Nevada Mountains to Pyramid Lake, it outnumbered all 
other species together. Yet there appears to be no region 
known where it occurs in great flocks, like those better 
Known species with which it commonly associates, as 


*% dom killed by comparison with other Species. 
: 4\we know this bird ought to be on the increase. 
American Museum of Natural History, Seventy-seyenth ' 


the widgeon atid the pintail, and gadwalls are very sel- 
So far as 

It seems 
to differ from most ducks in not being gregarious and in 
preferring to keep in pairs or yery small companies, 
perhaps made up of the members of a single family. It 
pays little attention to decoys, and, in my experience, 
seldom comes to them, although occasionally shot when 
flying by. ik 

The gadwall has a number of common names, of whicl 
two of the most familiar are gray duck, applied also to 
two other species, and creek duck, which is used along 
the Atlantic coast. Besides this, it is known as speckle- 
belly, from the dark markings often seen on the under 
plumage; blaten duck, which is nearly a translation of 
its Latin name; Welsh drake and German duck, given 
by Giraud and probably now obsolete. Its similarity to 
the widgeon is indicated by its names, widgeon and gray 
widgeon, used along the southern Atlantic coast, and in 
England it is sometimes called sand widgeon. ; 

The nest of the gadwall is built on the ground and is 
a mere depr&sion, lined with dried grass or leaves, and 
sometimes with down. It is usually near the water’s 
edge and well concealed. The eggs are of a pale creamy 
yellow. 

a ;Buropean, Widgeon, 
Anas penelope (Linn.). 

This species, so familiar in the Old World, is a not un- 
common straggler in North America, It has been killed 
in so many different places that it is important that it 
should be described here. In the adult male in autumn 
and winter the head and sides of neck are bright rufous, 
almost the color of the head of the male red-head, but 
without the metallic gloss, or still more like the head of 


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the male green-winged teal. The forehead and crown of 
head are white, offen shaded with rufous, so as to be 
cream color or éyen pinkish. The chin is white: throat 
and part of the front of the neck black. Often there is 
a cluster of small blackish or greenish feathers behind 
the eye and on the back of the head, and sometimes the 
sides of the head are minutely streaked with dusky. The 
breast is purplish gray; the sides, flanks and back waved 
with cross hars of black and white, the effect being 
somewhat like that of the same parts in the male green- 
winged teal. The tertiaries, or long feathers growing 
from the third bone of the wing, are gray on their 
inner webs and yelvety-black edged with white on the 
outer. The wing coverts are white and the speculum or 
wing patch brilliant metallic green, sometimes changing 
to black at the extremity. The upper and lower tail 
covetts are black, the other under parts white, the wings 
and tail brown, the tail often edged with white. The bill 
is bluish, its nail black, and the legs and feet gray. The 
length is about 18 inches, wing between 10 and 11 
inches. 

In the female the head and neck are yellowish-red, 
dotted with black or greenish spots, and sometimes the 
top of the head is altogether black. The general color 
of the upper parts is brown, the feathers being edged and 

' barred with whitish. The wing coverts, instead of being 


white, are merely tipped with white, while the speculum, 
is dull black or in the young sometimes eyen grayish 


The under parts are white, as in the male, 

The female of the European widgeon is not always to be 
easily distinguished from certain plumages of the Amer- 
ican bird. but its bill and general aspect will always 
identify it as a widgeon, and a specimen about which 
there is any doubt should always be preserved for sub- 
mussion to an ornithologist, 

This species belongs ta the Old World, yet has been 
found over much of the New. Tt ccctits regularly in 
Alaska and breeds there, and. no doubt. it is from this 
fact that it has been killed in California, Illinois, New 
York, Pennsylyania, Maryland, Vitginia and Florida. 
I have killed it in North Carolina, but it occurs there so 
seldom that it is not at all known to gunners, and my 
boatman when he picked up this bird took it at first for 
a red-head and afterward for a hybrid. 

Its habits, as observed in the Old World. do not 
greatly differ from those of the American widgeon, and 
it is said to he as numerous in certain parts of Europe 
as our bird is here. 

During the molting season the male loses his bright 
colors, which, however. are regained in the early fall, 


New York Spectal Protectors. 


Av the meeting of the State Forest, Fish and Game 
Commission, Noy. 8, the following special fish and game 
protectors were appointed: Dr. W. B. Savage, East 
Ishp, L. J.; Sol Saxton, Jr., Babylon; Simeon Johnson, 
William. Smith. Tottenville; Charles Wagner. Prince’s 
Bay.; ©. V. Tobin, Huguenot; James Gilpin, Green 
Ridge; G, K. Gill, Great Kills; J. W. Zimmerman, West 
New Brighton; Winnie Nehomec, Bohemia; W. S. Mead, 
Woodstock: G, O. Shields. New York city; Dr. B. W. 
Severance, Gouverneur: J, M. Scoville, Clinton; William 
Koch, Jr. Whitehall; Seymour Poineer, Branchport,” 


Maine Game Conditions. 


Boston, Nov. to.—A bitter complaint comes from the 
Magalloway section of Maine concerning the scarcity ot 
deer this year. Formerly, and particularly in 1890, it was 
considered one of the best deer sections in the State. Now 
one of the oldest guides in that part of the country, who 
has hunted and trapped there for nearly forty years, tells 
some Boston hunters who have just returned that not 
for several seasons has he found deer so’ scarce as this 
fall. We blames the September license law for this 


_ scarcity. He says that the woods were full of hunters in 


September, Very few who went into the woods in 
September armed with a licemse limited themselves to the 
one deer specified. They killed as many deer as they 
wished, keeping the head and hide of one only in sight at a 
time to show a warden in case he should appear. Such 
licenses have been made to coyer all that a party chose 
to slaughter, Another hunter says: “I did not note the 
number of dead deer we came across on a trip down the 
Magalloway from Parmachenee. There were a great many 
of them, Some of them had not been cut at all if they 
happened to be poor and thin. If they were plump and 
fat, the saddles had generally been cut away. Most of 
the dead deer were does, this makqing a bad ‘matter 
worse,” On another trip up the river a guide told a 
Lewiston hunter: “You will find dead deer enough up 
the river. Every turn in that very crooked stream stints 
with them.” It must be remembered that all this shooting 
was done before October began. . Jacking is also prac- 
ticed on the Magalloway, although strictly against the 
law. The report of shotguns has been heard many a 
night in that section all through the late summer and 
early atitumn. Boats and canoes are to be found at 
eyery hand with arrangements for supporting the jack 
lights. The same can be found at Metalluc Ponds, and 
at some of the ponds in the Richardson Lake region, 
Dead deer have also gone to decay on the shores of that 
lake and inlets in many cases, generally before the be- 
ginning of October, The hunting of deer with dogs has 
also been indulged in on the lower Magalloway. Nothing 
has been heard of the operations of any warden in that 
section the past season. 

C. B. Seagraves, of the Cambridge Chronicle, and G. 
H. Fosgate, of the same city, are out of the Maine 
woods, having had good success. They went to the 
upper Dead River region, and sixteen miles from any 
settlement. Mr. Seagrayes secured a moose with a fine 
head and antlers, and they each got their quota of deer. 
They found the deer fairly plenty, and not over hard to 
get. The moose was shot near night, and the guide 
advised letting him lie without dressing till morning. This 
proved to be a bad misfake, since the weather was warm, 
and the animal should have been drawn at once. In the 
morning it was a bad job to disembowel him, and the meat 
was in so bad a state that they hesitated about bringing 
it out at all, but finally decided to do so. They now 
have him in cold storage, but do not expect much fram 
the meat. Always insist on your big game being dressed 
as soon as possible after shooting. If your guide is 
faithful and knows his business, you will not have to insist. 

Noy, 12——The pains countrymen will take to ship game 
out of Maine illegally is worthy of a better cause, besides 
it rarely pays, even if the game gets to Boston, If the 
fraudulent shippers could see in what contempt they are 
held by the very receivers who get the game, they would 
forever desist. These receivers know that the shippers 
are under the ban of the law, and dare not complain of 
any sort of treatment they may get, hence the sharp re- 
ceiver returns to the shipper about what he pleases, But 
the illegal shippers are at it again this year. The other 
day a warden seized, at Eastport Junction, what pur- 
ported to be a bundle of bear meat. The feet and legs 
of a bear protruded from the cloths, but inside were the 
meat of a couple of deer and some partridges, The 
old scheme of shipping partridges in a big jug or demi- 
john has been revived again this year, It was exposed last 
year in the Forest awn StrEAM. The wardens at Harring- 
ton found the other day the tops of some whisky jugs 
sticking up out of a crate. Investigation showed that 
ouly the tops were there, or top parts, and under each: 
were partridges, the straw and crating leaving nothing in, 
sight except the tops of the jugs. Let all the shippers, 
remember that by law of this State partridges are illegal 
aud cannot be sold in Boston. 

Still the record of deer passing through Bangor shows 
a falling off. The total to the end of last week was 
1,564 deer and 88 moose, a falling off of over 300 deer 
and 8 moose from a year ago. From some regions the 
returns ate better, The region above Kingsfield is still 
sending out a good many deer, probably more than a 
year ago, though no record was kept then, From the 
Strong Station, on the Sandy River Railroad, 38 deer 
were shipped in October, against 43 for the same month: 
last year. A gentleman who has been Watching the game 
returns at Lewiston and Auburn writes me that the 
falling off in big game taken by the hunters from that 
section is a bad one, and that unless something better 
is done for protection than is now being done, both the - 
game and fish of Maine are doomed to early extinction. 
Mr, George L. Smith, of Gardiner, who has charge of the - 
wild lands of an extensive owner, informs a Maine paper. 
that he finds a marked falling off in the number of deer 
on the lands covered by him. In July he went over the 
thirty-mile trail from Jackman +6 Blakesley Lake and 
saw thirty-one deer. In August he was over the same 
route, and saw only three; in September, one: in October, 
two. He does not believe that deep snows, bobcats or any 
other cause but the scarcity of food is causing the diminu- 
fron. His idea is that the deer, finding feed scarce, are 
working into other regions. 

Shore bird shooting continues good alone the shores 
of Cape Cod, but the past week has been too stormy and 
tough for the hunters,~ Sheldrake shooting is good from 
Morris Island to Monomoy, The shooting boxes of the 
new Brant Island Club ate yielding some good strings 
of ducks. It is understood that a great many black duels 
have been’ taken by local gunners the recent moonlight 
hights. For this sort of shooting it is necessary that the 
hunter shall know beforehand where the ducks are hkely 
to come into the creeks and inlets to feed. The Plum 
Island gunners are having fair luck, but the birds are 
reported shy and bedding far off shore. SPECTAL, 


886 


Talks to Boys.—L 


Boys, I want to have some talks with you about 
things that most boys like to hear about, and a good 
many vid men, too, Lhe editor oi Foxes? AND STREAM 
has said that he wouid give me space in Ins paper to 
thik to you, and I shall tell you some things that will 
interest a good inany of you, and that I hope will do you 
ood, 
= 1 like boys, and some of the best times I have ever had 
out of doors have been with boys. ‘Yo me they are often 
much more interesting than older men. I like to be 
with them, to hear what they have to say, and to answer 
as lar as 1 can ail the many questions that tuey ask. All 
boys are not alike any more than are all men. There are 
boys that are imteliigent and others that are mot very 
bright, but all boys are alike in some respects—they are 
Usually natural truthiul, interested in finding out about 
things and full of energy. ‘his last is one of the things 
that | like best about them, ‘They are full of animal 
spirits, and when they try to do anything, they try to do 
it with all their might. J like to see boys race and 
play hard, and make a lot of noise, and the boys that try 
hardest to do things and always keep trying, become the 
men whe are successful in after life. 1 like to see boys 
who are earnest, honest, and who, love fair play. I 
hke to see a boy who is willing to fight if he sees a girl 
or a smaller boy being imposed on, but a boy who is a 
sneak and who lies to get himself out of trouble is a pretty 
poor stick, and not likely to be greatly respected or 
much thought of by any one—after he is found out. 

I mean to talk to you about things that will make your 
bodies strong and hardy; things that are innocent amuse- 
ments, and things wnat, if you can become interested 
in them, will give you always something to think about 
that will be pleasant; will give you a broader interest in 
life, and will keep you from gett.ng into mischief of one 
sort and another, as you are growing up, and when you 
become men. These things are the sports of the field— 
recreations which take us out of doors and bring us close 
to nature and to all the beautiful things that nature has 
spread about over the earth on which we live. I mean 
shooting, fishing and the kindred sports that all boys 
naturally love. 

Some people speak of boys as young savages and use 

the words with rather a bad meaning. implying that 
boys have no regard for the rights of others. Ina sense 
this is trite. Boys are likely to be thoughtless, which 
means selfish, and to think of their own pleasure before 
they think of the comfort of other people. Boys are 
young savages in my estimation, too, but when I call 
them savages I mean that they are young people who 
are natural, They have enough of the savage about them 
to like to hunt and fish, and to camp out, as the savage 
did, and still does. They like to be able now and then 
to lie about in the dirt, feeling independent and for the 
time being accountable to no one except themselves. 
’ T have shot and hunted and fished and camped for many 
years, over a good part of North America, and I have 
had a great many good times that I am sure you too 
would have enjoyed, if you could have been with me. 
J do not mean to tell you about these goods times, for 
that’ would take too long. What I shall try to do is to tell 
you how you may get as nich pleasure as possible out 
of the shooting and fishing and camping trips that you 
may make. and may haye as little trouble and annoyance 
as possible. 

When I first started out into the wilds, I had no one to 
teach me but had to learn for myself by hard experience 
many of the things that | shall tell you about. This was 
a great many years ago, and I remember that on that first 
night in camp, one of the party was a man whose name 
to-day is familiar to most boys, and whom many boys 
have seen. That was Buffalo Bill. Then he was not a 
showman or cireus rider, but a simple plainsman and 
scout, and a very good fellow, “His long hair, which to- 
day is gray, was yellow then, and his tall, handsome 
figure clad in buckskin greatly impressed my imagination. 

It is worth while for you to learn these lessons about 
shooting and fishing and camping, for your own com- 
fort. but this is not all; the comfort of other people is to 
be considered, and you will be more pleasant companions 
and more helpful to those with whom you may be asso- 
ciated on your trips, if you know how to take care of 
yourselves. and how to do your share of the work. You 
will enjoy learning how to shoot and shooting, learning 
. how to fish and catching fish, learning how to camp and 
living in camp. I shall try also to tell you something 
about how to treat your dog because almost every boy 
has a dog and ought to know how his dog should be 
treated. The affection which the dog feels for his master, 
and his fathfulness to that master, have passed into a 
proverb. and it is well worth while that every boy should 
learn how to treat his dog, I shall not tell you much 
about handling a dog fer the field and by this I meau 
using him in shooting birds—there are plenty of books 
in which you can read about that—but I shall tell you 
samething about his capacity for learning, and the com- 
fort that a well-trained deg can bring to his master, and 
this I hcpe you will lay to heart. 

1 shall not have anything to say about hunting big 
game with a rifle, because most boys do not have an 
opportunity to do much of this. But it is worth while for 
every boy to have a small rifle and to learn how to 
use it. 

The boys to whom I wish to talk are young fellows in 
their teens. In a few years they wll be the men who are 
doing the world's work for America and I should like 
them to start in the right way both as to their pleasures and 
their toils, so that life hereafter may -be easier for them, 
and the work that they do, whatever its nature, may be 
better done and so more effective. We all know that 
it is impossible for a man to hand over to a boy the ex- 
perience that the man has gained through many years of 
hard knocks. but he may say some things to them that 
wil heln them along. : 

T cannot teach you to be good shots; that you will have 
to teach vourselves—to hammer jit out by long practice 
and hard work. Same boys are physically and mentally 
better qualified tn learn to shoot than others, but all, if 
they will take pains not get discouraged, and try hard, can 
easily learn ta hecame fair shots, and to do creditable 
work in the field or at the targets. 

The main thing that is required is practice, but prac- 


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tice must be intelligent. A boy or a man can stand up 
through haif his Lite, toss his gun to his shoulder and 
press the trigger, and perhaps never in all tat time 
hit anything except by accident, but if his gun fits him. 
and if he is willing to take the trouble to try to find out 
where his charges go, it will not be long betore he 1s ma 
position when he misses his aim to know why he did sv, 

You will find that a great many men who are good shots 
cannot tell how it is that they hit their birds; perhaps 
cannot even tell you how it is that they aim at them. But 
when they have missed a shot, they can almost always ex- 
plain to you why they missed it and where the shot 
went; that is to say, whether they miscalculated the 
flight of the bird and shot before or behind it, or above 
or below. Yet they haye shot so much, and shoot.ng has 
become to them so nearly atitomatic, that they do not 
know what the operations are that they perform, nor how 
they perform them. 

T think I was thirteen years old when my first gun 
was given to me, and whatever I learned about shooting 
with it I taught myself. 1 had a goud many accidents 
with this gun but fortunately I never kiled anybody 
with it, though perhaps I frightened a good many people. 
My shooting was done in a region where there were 
many inhabitants, and where there was no game at all 
except now and then a duck on the river, or sometimes 
ip the autumn a few wild pigeons, so that most of my 
shooting was at robins and highholes, which, in those 
days, my companions and | were glad to get. 

But the first gun | used was not my own. It was an 
old musket borrowed from the crippled yilage tailor, so 
long and so heavy that I could not hold it to my 
shoulder, and so could not use it without a rest. I used 
to go shooting w'th another little fellow, a year or two 
older than I, and we took alternate shots from this great 
gun, one standing in front of the other and offering his 
shoulder as a rest when a fence rail a stone wall or the 
branch of a tree was nol at, hand for such use. Our 
expeditions were always secret, and | fancy that we never 
killed anything. If we did, we never dared. to take it 
home. 

In the later days after T came to possess A gun, my 
companion and I used to establish ourselves near a dog- 
wood or wild cherry tree, and there shamefully to pot the 
kingbirds, rohins and highholes which few ‘nto the tree 
to feed on the fruit. A morning spext at such a stand offen 
yielded us half a dozen rohins. and perlins wo or 
three of the woodpeckers. which we prondly carried 
home and subsequently had cooled. 

The first game Jird that | ever saw was a wondlcock 
that I had started one morning ont in the garden, | 
saw it on the ground and fram pictures that | lind 
seen, knew what the bird was and. hurrying to the 
house. got my gun to kill it, When IT returned I did 
not see the bird, and while walking along looking for 
it. it got up under my fect and flew away. and | fired 
both barrels at it. The next morn‘ng the same thing 
happened, and I think for a weck LT had woodeack shoot- 
ing in the garden each morning before brealcfast, and 
finally the woodcock left the nlace unharmed, Ile was 
only the frst of many of his kind that afterward had a 
similar experience with imy gun. 

\W. G De Groor. 


Game Keepers and Poachers. 


English Correspondence of the Country Geutleman, 


Tne wealthy nobiemen of ingland expend vast sums 
of money upon thew game preseryes, which are the finest 
in che word, olten embracing ttousanids of acyes Ul 
mooriand and meadow, weli-culuvated larins and beautt- 
iul forests of evergreen trees and shrubs, which atlord 
the game birds protection [rom rain and shelter trom 
stuns, Ii trees are cut down, young ones ate planted 
in their places, and every precaution is taken Lo preserve 
the naiural beau.y of woodland and field, Stringent jaws 
were enacted ages ago for the protection of game und 
the punishment of poachers, aud these are everywhere 
rigorously enloreed., 

‘ut notwithstanding the severe penalties imposed 
upon the trespasser, when taken on the preserves, there 
appears to be a certain fascination about this unlawiul 
sport that many men, otherwise honest, are «une unable 
to resist. There is a natural love of adventure in the 
human heart, and if there is danger to be encountered 
and courage required to meet and overcome it, it 1s 
relished by many all the more. Perhaps it is only the 
same reckless love of adventure that werves the soldier 
on a battlefield to do a deed of draing, that also prompts 
the poacher to snatch a hare from under the muzzle 
of the keeper’s gun. I know an estimable lady, living 
in the county of Somerset, who once set a wire and 
caught a hare on the preserves of a neighboring nuble- 
man, and was well pleased over the adventure, though 
she had game in plenty all her own. 

The keepers are vigilant, skillful and incorruptible. 
They usually wear a suit of brown velvet, carry a fine 
gun, and some of them are always on duty, no matter 
how stormy or cold the night. Where the preserve is a 
large one there are several underkeepers, and each one 
has his separate beat, like the policeman on the city 
streets. These men are thoroughly familiar with the 
haunts and’ habits of every animal on the preserves. 
They are made aware of the presence of trespassers on 
the grounds at night by the flight and cries of startled 
birds, the sudden alarm of slumbering flocks, or the 
barking of their dogs. They have studied the habits 
of all wild creatures found anywhere upon the lands 
they guard, and as they are gencrally the sons of game- 
keepers, there has been handed down to them, as heit- 
looms from their fathers; all the forest lore and_ex- 
perience of the former guardians of the preserves, They 
remove the earth carefully [ram ant hills, and the entire 
nest, is then taken away and given to the pheasants, 
which are extremely fond of both eggs and larve. If 
a keeper should find a hare or rabbit caught in a gin 
or wire, he does not take it from the trap, but concealing 
himself carefully, awaits ihe coming of the poacher. If 
the latter offers resistance to arrest, a fight always en- 
sues, sometimes resulting fatally to one or both com- 
batants. 

The animals against which the gamekeeper wages 
ceaseless war are the crows and magpies, which eat the 


are thus taken. 


5 [Nov. 17, 10d, 


pheasants’ eggs, and weasels, stoats and polecats, which 
destroy the young of rabbits, hares and game birds. 
Owis are also fond of all the young things under the 


- keeper's care, and he sets steel traps On the Lops af poles, 


where these birds of wisdom are almosl, sure to alight; 
aud as the trap is of circular form and covers all the 
top of the pole, it is unnoticed by the owl, and nay 
Cats are also inveterate puachers, and 
ate killed by the keepers wlien seen prowling over the 
preserves. All these animals go to make up the game- 
keeper’s museum, and are nailed up on barn doors as 
proof of his watchiulness and skill. Foxes also destroy 
much game, bur they are far too valuable to be in any 
way injured, and their depredations must be endured, 
and they are always carelully protected by the game- 
keeper. If chickens or other poultry are destroyed by 
foxes, their owners are always paid tlieir full value by 
the hunt. 

Bands of gypsies wander,continually up and dosyn the 
green, secluded lanes of England, and when near a game 
preserve many a pheasant,’ hare and rabbit is roasted 
over their camp fires. and edaien tinder some spreading 
tree, or beside ihe whitethorn hedye where the nightin- 
gale sings and the primrose blooms. They know the 
haunts and habits of every aninial on the preserve quite 
as well as the most experienced and observing keeper, 
and are dishonest, bold and cunning, ‘hey know the 
secret of covering hedge hogs over with moistened clay, 


and ihen baking them as in au oven, this avoiding all 


danger from their quills. They are skilled in tlie setting 
of suares and the making of traps, and |hey cun inate 
the call of any bird, or the cry of any aiumal, and afe 
the most inveterate and successiul poachers in the king- 
dom, When out for game they are generally lollowed by 
a lurcher—a crossbred dog, resembing a mongrel gray- 
hound. having pricked ears, a shaggy coat and usually 
of a yellowish-white color. He is fleet, keen of- scent 
and hunts always in silence. These dogs are ost cure- 
fuily trained—will inmmediately hide theiiselvcs on the ap- 
preactn of a Straiger, ald are exce dent relievers and 
carry every hare or rabbit they may tuke to their 
master’s feet. Rabbits are caught by poachers by stretch=- 
ing nets in front of their burrows, aud the lureher is 
then sent out to drive them into the warren, Many _are 
sure to get entangled im the meshes of the net, when 
they are easily captured, Llares are ollen taken im the 
same way, only the nets, then set in front of gutes and 
gaps in hedpe rows, entangle tleny as they dtiempl to 
run from one field into another, As a lull grown tare 
will weigh front 10 to 14 pounds, and irs iméat is of 
excellent Haver, it is more sought alter by the poacher 
than any other animal on ihe preserves. ; , 

Law breakers, when trespassing on the Jands of others, 
keep out sentinels or scouts to watch the keepers and 
give notice of their approach, The danger simal—al- 
ways agreed upon amoung themseives belure the raid is 
undertaken—may be the closely imitated) cry of some 
night bird, the barking of a fox or the b.eating ol a lamb. 
When discovered by the keepers, and unable to escape 
by flight, they endeavot, te conceal theiilselves behind 
hedges, at the bottemof ditches, or amoung the fohage 
of evergreen trees, Gypsy poachers olten carry with 
them well-trained game cocks, trinimed ready lor batile 
and armed with long. steel gafis securely fastened ‘on 
over their spurs, and if-a pheasant: should chance to 
crow within the hearing of these midnight prowlers, he 
is immediately answered by the cock, Now the snale 
pheasant is one of the most pugnacious of birds, aie. will 
never decline the wager of battle, but fighting at such 
a d-sadvantage, he is almost inyariably lailed by the 
game cock, to be afterwards served tip at/a’ gypsy feast. 

The rabbit warren is geiverally located under,a large 
sand bank, which is completely tunneled in every direc- 
lion by these little rodents—thousands sometimes in- 
habiting the largest of these subterranean cities. They 
devastate the grain fields of the farmers living near their 
warren, to which they retreateon being alarmed, The 
owners of preserves furnish the farmers with wire net- 
ting, with which they inclose their fields, but the rabbits 
will often burrow beneath it and do much damage to 
the crops. Fair minded landlords, however, are always 
willing to compensate the farmer for the loss sustained, 
as they also are for poultry destroyed by their foxes, or 
damage done by the hunters during the chase. As 
rabbits cannot articulate sounds, and spend most of their 


lives in communities under graund, their method of 


siving alarm is peculiar; for when any danger threatens 
they thump the ground with one of the hinder feet, and 
thus produce a sound that can be heard at a considerable 
distance, . ' 
Stags and fallow deer are generally kept in parks and 
the royal forests, and are not often found in the game 
preserves, though sometimes, of course, they are under 
the keeper’s charge, together with the other animals 
not nientioned here. ‘ 
Many stories of fierce encounters between game- 
keepers and poachers are told of winter nights around, 
the firesides of the humble homes of England; and the 
following was related to me by an old keeper, over a 
mug of ale at a wayside inn in the county ol Somerset: 
Some years ago, a gamekeeper in the vales of Devon 
had a handsome daughter, loving all outdoor life, and 
courting the kiss of sunbeams and the fall of dewdrops 
on her wealth of golden hair. She frequently acconi- 
paniel her father, both by night and day, on his rounds 
over the preserves, on which occasions she carried a 
light gun, long practice in the use of which had made 
her a splendid shot. Her accepted lover was a reckless 
lad of the farmer class, a keen sportsman, but never even - 
suspected of poaching. One night in autunin, wlien the - 
full moon shone brightly at intervals, only to be hidden 
a moment later by dark clouds sailing across the sky, 
she was leit alone in the forest, her father haying gone 
to a distant part of the wood to watch for poachers. 
Her attention was soon arested by a slight rustling 
amiong the laurel leaves by the brooks'de, and the 
startled cries and sudden flight of birds; and a moment 
later a tall man, holding a golden pheasant in his hand, 
stepped out from among the dense foliage into the open 
space before her. A great black cloud came drifting: 
over the moon and hid her beats, but the girl knew that 
a poacher stood ‘before her in the darkness, When or 
dered to surrender, he turned and fled, laughing as h 
ran, for he liad’ recognized the keeper's daughter by th 


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glint of moonlight that had fallen on her face, while his 
Own remained in shadow. She, thinking only of her 
duty, and never ¢upposing that the fleemg fugitive could 
be any one dear tu her, fired her gun in the direction 
he had gone, and inimediately heard a smothered cry of 
pain and the fall of a heavy body among the ferns. 
Hastening to the spot, she found her lover lying pale 
and still, with the moonbeams now shining full upon his 
face, and blood flowing from a wound in his shoulder. 
Reviving him with water brought from the brook, she 
hurried him away by unfrequented paths, heedless of the 
shouts of her lather, whe was running to her assistance. 
The shot were all removed and the wound healed 
guickly, and there is not now a happier home than theirs 
among all the sheep farms of New Zealand. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


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Bobo and Soime Bear Stories. 

Noy. 3.—Our bear hunting friend, Bobo, is up and 
around, and his doctor tells him he may go home. Bobo 
will harvest about 1,000 bales of cotton this winter, and 
likewise several dozen bear, if his eye continues to iim- 
prove aS it is at present. Pursuing my investigations in 
bear lore at the fountain head, as it were, I asked Bobo 
how a black bear was in the habit of killing a hog, 

“He don't kill him at all,” said Bobo; “he just eats 
him.’ This seeming not quite plain, he went on. ‘*When 
a bear tackles'a good fat hog,” said he, “he just lies right 
down on the hog’s back. He may carry a hog away in 
his arms, but when he wants to go to work on him, he 
just lies down on him, A panther or a wolf will kill a 

_ hog, but a bear never troubles about that. He just begins 
to eat him, always beginning at the back of the neck. He 
will eat on along the back, and many a time I have known 
a hog to come home mutilated in this way. When a bear 
has eaten enough of a hog, he turns him loose. Maybe he 
thinks he will come back and get another meal later oh: IT 
have often seen hogs come home with a big chunk eaten 
out of the back or shoulder. A neighbor of mine had a 
fine sow which came home one time with pretty near her 
whole back eaten off. From that time to this all the 
little pigs of this sow are born witha sag ora hole 
along the back bone.” 

Bobo reiterated his often expressed contempt for the 
black bear as a fighting animal. He said that he had 
been bitten a couple of times by bears, but never seriously. 
He did know one case where a man was knocked 
down by a bear and pretty badly chewed up. The old 
bear hunter told me something which shed a little light on 
his own methods on a bear chase. I have often spoken of 
the fact that in three-fourths of the hunts he will be the 
one to get in and kill the bear, and that he will not wait 
ae his best friend to shoot the bear if he gets the chance 

rst. ' 

“T had eight of my best dogs killed by a wounded bear 
once,’ said le, “and I never like to take any chances, for 
my dogs will pile in on a bear as quick as they hear a 
shot, thinking he is killed. This man just grazed the 
bear's head. The dogs piled in and he killed eight of 
them before [ could get up. 

“Now, in your motmntain kind of bear hunting, you 
always read about shooting a bear through the shoulder 
or spine so as to stop him and break him down. Most 
of my shooting is at a range of 10 or 15 yards. Unless IT 
can put the gun almost at the head of a bear and be 
sure of killing lim stone dead, I never try to make a head 
shot. I also try never to make a shoulder shot, In 
rimning bear with dogs, you do not want to cripple a 

bear or stop him when you shoot him. Always shoot 
him well back through the hollow of the body—pretty 
low down is best—and then let him run. He will run 
till he drops dead, and will not kill any dogs. If you 
break a Jeg on him, or get him down before the fight is 
out of him, he js sure to ruin the pack for you,” 

The ahove advice ts ex cathedra, for I presume Boho’s 
equal in bear hunting does not live to-day, if, indeed, he 
eyer jived. His invariable good luck shows a well-per- 
fected system, He told me that in one season he killed 
152 bears out of 153 which were run by his dogs. This 
is not a hear story, but plain truth, and if there ts any 
American ‘htinter who can equal it, his name is not forth- 
coming. 

It would seem hard fortune indeed that would rob this 
veteran ‘of further enjoyment of his favorite sport. I 
caught hinv sitting up on the hed yesterday, trying to see 
if he could shoot from his left shoulder and use his 
right eye. I told him a good many men are able to do 
this by means of cast-off gun stocks, This seemed to re- 
lieve his mind. But we’all hope that Bobo’s good left. 
eye. has not yet lost its cunning, and that it will continue 
‘ta look through the rifle sights for many a year yet to 
come. 


For the St. Francis, 


Mr. W. O. Wing, of this city, used to shoot. and then 
got chained to business. This week he reformed, and 
bought a trunk full of sporting outfit. He had one tray 
of guns that cost him $600, and everything else heart 
could desire. Yesterday he started for the St. Francis 
colintry of Arkansas. and there is every reason to sup- 
pose that his reform fs going to prove permanent this 
time. Charlie Antoine expects to send him a few 
thousand shells later, 

Any one wishing to shoot quail in Indiana will find 
plenty of birds near Warsaw, on the Nickel Plate, and 
almost anywhere from North Judson to Huntington, on 
the. Erie. Servia, on the Erie in. Indiana is a good 
point to keep in mind, and perhaps our friend Max 
Middleton would take out parties,there. One catld pick 
tip a few qua‘l along the fields and ridges near Shelby, on 
the Monon. or hetter vet, either east or west alone thie 
Three T.’s R. R. from Shelby. There may be certain local 
ahundance or scarcity, but it is thought that the supply 
at the ahave mentioned points is going to be surely 
satisfactory. The experts say that it is best to get ahont 
150 miles south of here for the cream of the quail shoot- 
ing. hut 60, 70 or 8a miles will take one into good 
shontins. 

The latest word from the Michigan covers seems to he 
that quail are pot so abundant in proportion as ruffed 
STOUSE, 


FOREST:>AND STREAM, 


Jacksnipe. 


We have not had much of a jacksnipe season thus 
far, the unusual weather having upset all calculations in 
regard to that bird as well as the ducks. This week there 
is a good lot of jacksnipe in on the Fox River marshes in 
the neighborhood of Puckaway Lake. Three days ago 
the weather there was cold and rainy, with promise of 
storm. 

Stolen Guns. 


On Wednesday of this week the cottage of Mr. Wilde 
and his friend Mr. Marks. on the grounds of the Calumet 
Heights Club, in Indiana, was broken open and entered 
by a youth named Harold Walters, the son of a former 
keeper of the club. There were four or five guns taken 
from the house, together with clothing, etc., the loss in- 
flicted being considerable in extent. Fortunately, how- 
ever, the detectives put tpon the track of the alleged 
burglar were able to locate and capture the latter. The 
goods were traced also, and at this writing there is a 
very good possib‘lity that the perpetrator of the theft will 
be sent over the road for a heavy sentence. It was 
erroneously reported by the daily press that the club house 
had been broken open and $3,000 worth of material stolen. 
This was not the case, Walters sold one of the guns to 
Joseph Du Breuil for $11 and another for $2. He admits 
his guilt and will now have to take the rewards of this 
kind of condtct. 


Landmark at Fox Lake Gone. 


The old Howard House, of Fox Lake, Ill., run for 
nearly a generation by Ed Howard. as a sporting hostelry, 
and patronized extensively by Chicago shooters and 
anglers, was destroyed by fire on Thursday evening of 
this week. The estimated loss is about $40,000 and both 
the old building and the new addition were burned, as 
well as two cottages. The annex, which was formerly 
occupied by the Fox Lake Yacht Club, went with the rest. 
As these buildings are situated far out in the country 
and with but meager precautions for preventing or ex- 
tingtishing fire. it was impossible to save anything from 
the ruins. Ed Howard is one of the old-time sportsmen 
of this country, and many a tale he can tell of the good 
old days when canvashacks were thicker there than black- 
birds are to-day. Fox Lake is a wild celery water, and 
was once as fine a sporting ground for ducks as any in 
the land, The fishing is good there even yet at times. 
Many Chicago habitués will sympathize with Mr. Howard 
in his loss. 


Debeque Lion Hunt. 


The second annual procession of the Western Slope 
Hunting Association left Debeque, Colo., on Nov. f. 
It is the intention at this writing of those engaged in 
this procession to slay a vast quantity of elk, bear, moun- 
tain lions and other anpurtenances. Last year was the 
first big circle hunt, and Governor Tanner of Illinois was 
one of the distinguished guests. This year Governor 
Tanner is not there. It is difficult to see mttch virtue in 
side hints or circle hunts, but it is a redeeming feature 
of the latter enterprise that it customarily does little 
more than frighten the game. It is more or less difficult 
to round up a lot of grizzly bears, mountain lions, moun- 
tain sheep ete., in a box cation, there to devour them 
at one’s leisure. The animals have a perverse way of 
neglecting to be rounded up. If the hunt were as de- 
striictive as its projectors claim it will be, it might very 
well be stopped bx the State authorities, along with the 
round-ups of the Utes and Snakes, against which the 
whites have always made much outcry. 


Wolf Bounties. 


At Deadwood, S. D., a wolfer, by name of W. G. 
Wilson, was this week arrested, charged with obtaining 
wolf bounties under false claims. It is alleged that Wil- 
son and some friends have obtained $2,000 bounty from 
Pennington county, S. D., after having obtained bounty 
money for the same lot of pelts’ at Glendive, Mont. 
Wilson and his companion, W. B. Werd, claimed that 
they were able to get wolves easily by means of a secret 
scent which they used. The secret would appear to be 
an open one at present. 


The Minnesota Pine. 
We have all heard that Secretary Hitchcock has with- 


drawn from the market all the Indian pine which might 


be sold under the dead and down timber act. It was 
understood, and was announced with a certain flourish, 
that this resolution on the part of Secretary Hitchcock 
was iron clad, and that he would not waver in it, at least 
until after there had been Congressional investigation 
of the alleged timber thefts in the Indian reservations of 
Minnesota. On Oct. 26 Indian Agent Capt. W. A. 
Mercer, of Leech Lake reservation, was called to Wash- 
ington by Indian Commissioner Jones. Now comes the 
report that Capt, Mercer recommends the sale of more 
than 130,000,000 feet of timber on the Indian reservations, 


stating that the timber will be wasted if not sold, since it: 


is more or less burned. Secretary Hitchcock has asked 
the Attorney-General for an opinion. The timber is on 
the White Earth reseryation. The agent proposes to 
divide the timber into 4o-acre tracts. If the larger 
portion of stich a tract is burned over the green timber is 
to be sold along with the burned. We have heard many 
things ahout this Indian pine and the Minnesota park, and 
if would be ill-advised to express any opinion except one 
indorsing the loyalty of both Capt. Mercer and Secretary 
Hitcheock to the proposed Minnesota park. Yet to a man 
up a tall Minnesota pine tree. it would at first. sight seem 
that the lumbermen couid not ask anything much better 
than the action proposed by Cant. Mercer. These things 
overcome us like a summer dream. 


Good Mosquito Crop. 


The other morning I got a letter which bore the re- 
turn card of Mr H. B. Jewell, of Waba<ha, Minn., and 
hefice naturally expected something good. Tt was there. 
When | opened the envelope there fell out on the desk 
what I took at first to be an English sparrow, or a 
jacksnine 'n a dried condition. Mr. Jewell says it is only 
the plain Minnesota mosquito of the common or garden 
yariety. One would gather that there were more mos- 
quitoes than ducks in his part of the world, for he goes 
on to say, “The duck shooting so far this fall has heen a 


game he may secure. 


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disappointment in this section, and particularly for the 
reason that the conditions of food and water never have 
been more favorabie, and we looked tor a good Wight, but 
it has not yet conic. But then one canitut expeci good 
duck shooting in July weather, which has prevailed most 
of the fall. Up to this date there has been but one 
frost that amounted io anything, and mosquitoes are 
thicker and more ferocious than at any time during the 
summer. No one here has ever seen anything in the 
mosquito line that equals the particular breed that we 
have now in hand for size, length of wing and staying 
qualities, for an ordinary wind does not aflect them and 
they will alight on one’s pipe when smoking, and no lotion 
or preparation phases them at all. I inclose a sample of 
this kind of mosquito, which has made out-door life a 
burden for the past month or so. 

“More licenses to hunt over in Wisconsin have been 
taken out here than last season. Still, there are many wha 
hunt without a license, and say the rest of us are fouls for 
paying out money for one, Those of us who have a 
license are rather hoping that a game warden will put in 
am appearance some time this fall. I have never yet met 
one in Wisconsin.” : 


Grand Quail Crop. 


Curcaco, IIl., Nov, 10.—The quail crop is a grand one. 
The predictions are more than true. Not for many years 
haye there been so many birds as there are this tail in 
Illinois, and the same is true in great part for Indiana. 
From the northwest corner of Illinois to its lower ex- 
tremity there are all the birds any shooter could ask. 
Anywhere below a htindred miles from here the supply is 
wonderfully good. I would suggest as good points Arcola, 
Neoga, Mattoon, Carbondale, Ramsey and aimost any 
town of those latitudes well down on the north and south 
railroad lines. : 

I heard from Mr. J. E. Windsor, of the C. & E. I. Rail- 
road, that last week four guns came over from St, Louis and 
shot near Thebes. Ill., killing over 800 quail. Another 
bag of sixty was made near Neoga. Messrs. C. W. Stock- 
dale and A, E. Rupel, of Grand Crossing, bagged sixty 
between them one day this week. Mr. Boker, superin- 
tendent of the Amboy division ‘of the Illinois Central 
Railway, bagged seventy-five quail this week at Ramsey, 
Ill. Mr. O. von Lengerke, who is just back from a three 
days’ hunt in the Neoga region, got twenty-one quail Its 
first day, forty-eight the second, and eleven the Jast day, 
the dogs quitting at noon. ‘There were two guns of the 

arty. 

; The special hunting car of the Saginaw Crowd, of 
Michigan, went into commission this week, and will be 
out on the roads near Saginaw until Nov. 25, visited from 
time to time by members of the party as they are able to 
get time to come out. 

During the next thirty days the shooters of this part of 
the West need not complain. This is a great game 
year, and there is plenty within reason for all. 


Ducks. 


With the ducks we are not so fortunate, and there is 
not much reason to expect anything but a short flight 
this fall. This morning there was falling the first snow 
of this season, a very great change from the mild weather 
which has prevailed almost up till now. Snow fell to a 
depth of 3 inches over upper Wisconsin early this week. 
In Michigan there was a good tracking snow vesterday. 
On Monday and Tuesday the ducks were gong south in 
large bodies at Swan Lake Cluh, prgbably in advance of 
the cold wave which is now with us over all the Mid:lle 
West. To-day at Fox Lake in upper IIinois. the red- 
heads and canvasbacks are comifg in hy thousands and 
there will be shooting there for a brief time. There has 
been a heavy hody of Lirds hanging around in the middle 
section of Wisconsin for several days, though this storm 
probably sent them out. Koshkonong ought to he a good 
tip for the first days of the coming week. There is, honv- 
ever, but little reason to Joak for anv verv extender 
shooting. and the likelihood is that the remainder of the 
flight will hurry on down without any very extended stop. 


For the St. Francis. 


I missed an awfully good time this week and have nat 
yet grown reconciled to that fact. Mr. J. E. Windsor, 
above mentioned in connection with quail renorts. is now 
south on the St. Francis River of Arkansas. with a 
special car and a party of friends of the very hest sort, 
among these Mr. T. A. Haggerty. of this city: Mr, 
Foote, of the Illinois Steel Camnany. and T thiak. Afr. 
Thorne, of Montgomery Ward & Co. wth others enough 
to make up a nice party. T was asked to join this purty, 
and naturally the world is gloomy right at this time. “They 
have just about hit the hig fieht that has gone down 
ahead of this storm, and they will he strictly in it. Thev 


‘purpoce. shooting on the St. Francis for a few dovs and 


then coming back up into Tllinois to shont ‘quail for a 
couple of days. All in all, they should have a splendid 
time. 

Arkansas Non-Export Law. 


The new connections of the C, & E. [. Railroad take 
it directly into the best of the onen shoanting in the St. 
Francis district. and I take it that the general passenger 
department of that road will answer any inauires as ta 
the locations, etc. J notice the following information in 
a little hooklet the above road has just put ont: 

“Neither will the laws of Arkansas interfere in anv 
way with the sportsman carrying home all the fish and 
There is a Jaw prohibittne the 
shipment of game ontside the State which was intended 
to prohihit the indiscriminate killing of fish ane game 
by market-hunters, but the Ciremit Court of Craighead 
county. in a contested case tried last vear, held that this 
does not apply to the sportsman whe kille fish ond cane 
for his own use and nleastrre. No Weense fee for fishing 
and hunting is callected from visiting sportsmen, The 
decision above referred to has also been sustained by the 
State’s Attorney of Arkansas.” 


Only Two Left. 


Missouri and Arkansas, if 1 amt entrect. are now the 
only two States which do nat mrokihit the chinment of 
game outside the State. The Chicagn game inarkers are 
full of game, of course, and the dealers shold hardly be. 


ass 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


[Noy. 17, T900. 


expected to be very candid as to their methods, but a 
peculiar question comes to mind in this connection, If 
Missouri and Nebraska should swing into line on the 
Forest anp Stream Plank, and also forbid the export of 
game, would not the mere possession of any game at all 
for sale be evidence that the law was violated? Illinois 
game not being marketable, if no other game could be 
lawfully shipped from any other State there would seem 


to be but few. legs lett for the dealer to stand upon. — 


Speed the day. 
Minnesota Law Not Observed. 


There would seem to be a very pretty kettle of fish 
up at Heron Lake, Minn., if the following clipping from 
the St. Paul Pioneer Press be correct: ‘ 

“A pot-hunters’ monopoly, said to have been formed 
with the knowledge of the local game wardens at Heron 
‘Lake, Minn,, since no steps have been taken to prevent 
illegal shipments, which are said to have been tremen- 
dously heavy during the past three weeks, is ruiming the 
finest canvasback and redhead duck shooting that has 
ever been afforded in Minnesota. The combine against 
sportsmen has been so strong that the pot-hunters’ patrols 
on the lake have succeeded, it is claimed, in driving every 
man off the lake who does not shoot for the Chicago 
markets. ; 

“The shipments from Heron Lake to game commus- 
‘sion firms in Chicago have aggregated from 500 to 1,500 
birds a week for nearly a month past. Even this ruthless 
slaughter has made no apparent effect upon the supply. 
Late last week it was reported that the canvasbacks and 
redheads were coming by the thotsands. 

“Old hunters in St. Paul say that there has never been 
a time in Minnesota when better sport could be obtained 
than at Heron Lake. Only a few haye made the trp, and 
these have been driven off the water by those that con- 
trol the situation. 

“Two lines of railroads enter Heron Lake and the 
shooting grounds are easily accessible. Both railways 
have notified the local game wardens of the conditions 
which are keeping all honest sportsmen from the lake, 
both in the interests of fair play and for the sake of their 
patrons. Complaints haye also been made to the State 
Commission, but absolutely without effect. The monopoly 


continues absolute and in spite of Sections 10 and 13 of 


the game laws providing that no person may ship any 
manner of aquatic fowl from the State without becoming 
liable to imprisonment and fine. The Chicago markets 
are receiving their daily consignments, the heaviest, it is 
said, ever sent out of the State in violation of the law.” 


South. 


Mr. C. H. Heath, of this city, has gone south for a 
try at the mallards of Reelfoot Lake. Tenn. Mr. D. 
Flowerre. of Helena, Mont., has outfitted here -for Ft. 
Meyer. Fla. Mr. John M. Roach, president of the Union 
Traction Company, of Chicago, is back from a successful 
trip at Punta Gorda, where he caught among other fish a 
monster jewfish which was nearly as big as the boat. 


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Game in the Far Northwest, 


Mr. Harry .C. Sefton, of Mansfield, O., is a lucky iman 
—a happy man. fe has just had what I take to be his 
first trip up into Dakota, and naturally he is charmed with 
the appearance of that wilder region and its game, I 
must let him speak of it in his own words: 

“Tn the last issue of Forest AND StreAM,” he says, “I 
read with more than, ordinary interest your report of Mr. 
Dick Merrill’s hunting around Williston, N. D. I passed 
through Chicago on the night of Oct. 3 on my way home 
from a hunting trip in that country. We left the train 
at’ Buford and drove abotit fourteen miles southwest 
along the Yellowstone River bottoms into Montana, and 
pitched camp in the cottonwood timber along the river. 
That is a great country for deer and grouse. The easiest 
hunting for ‘chickens was right along the river bluffs, 
where we flushed them from the sand into the willows, 
then again out on the edge of the prairie where the rose- 
bush thickets run out into sage and grass land. It was 
no trick at all to get anywhere from six to a dozen birds 
apiece in a couple of hours’ liuntine. Jakes are scarce 
in- that country. There were a few ducks and geese work- 
ing back and forth along the river, but nothing like I 


saw from the car window after I get hack toward Devil's - 


Lake. Once I’ remember when the train stopped at a 
small way station for water of seeing some one’s bird dog 
take a couple of steps into the grassy edge of a pond 
alongside of the track, when up went a jacksnipe and 


_ darted across the water and dropped into the grass on 


the other side. The doe threw up his head and watched 
the bird settle, then galloped areund and chased him 
back io my side Min. JT couldnt stand that, sa looked 
another way. when I saw a flock of ducks on another 
pond near by. while two more bunches were circling 
around over the town with no one to disturb them—as 
common and plenty as blackbirds or rohins here at home. 
This is all old to you, but T couldn’t help writine and 
adding my testimony to what you have already published.” 
E. Hover. 


_Hartrorp BurnpinG, Chicago, I. 


A Steamship Company Fined. 


Tur International Navigation Company, which runs the 
Ametican Line of steamets between this wort and South- 
ampton, was fined $100 in the Court of Special Sessions 
last week for having had in possession game it the close 
season. The complaint alleged that the company had ‘had 
in its possession on its various ships, warehouses and 
piers, wild game in violation of Sections 20, 38 and 30 of 
Chapter 26 of the game laws, and enumerated the fol- 
lowing violations: Between April 30 and Sept. 1, about 
200 wild fowl: between Dec. 16, 1809. and Oct. 30, 1900, 
about 500 quail; between Dec. 16, 1899, and Aug. 1, t900, 
about 200 grottse} between Dec. 15, 1899, and Aug, 31, 
t900, abort 150 woodcock; between May 1 and Aug. 31. 
about 200 English snipe, plover? railbirds, mud hens, gal- 
linule. grehe, bittern, surfbirds, curlew, watee chicken 
and shore birds, and between Feb. t and Aug. 30, about 
7oo English pheasants. 


The Forrst AxD STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday, 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. 


An Adventure with a Sladang. 


From the London Freld, 


SCARCELY three years have elapsed since the late Capi. 
Syers, once a well-known sportsman in the Malay Pen- 
insula, was killed by a wounded sladang (Bos gaurius), 
which he had followed up. That so experienced a shikar 
should have met his death from an animal whose natural 
cunning and vindictiveness when wounded were well 
known to him only emphasizes the caution that is re- 
quired when engaged in such an undertaking. As a wari- 
ing to others Il now propose to relate an adventure which 
I had a few years ago while tracking a wounded sladang 
in the Pahang jungles. On this occasion, owing t® the 
interior weapons with which I was armed, both I and my 
gun-bearer were placed in considerable danger, 


By the way, before I proceed with my story I would. 


wish to pomt out the absolute necessity for using heavy 
weapons when pursuing big game in the Malay Peninsula. 
During a period extending over twelve years I have been 
shooting in Africa, India, Burma, and Malaya, and with- 
out hesitation I can affirm that no more dense and matted 
jungle exists for the hunter than is to be found in the 
Malay Peninsula. Owing to this dense cover nearly all 
big game has to be shot at close quarters, and to min:mize 
the danger incurred a sportsman should use his heaviest 
rifles that his physical qualifications will allow him to. 
Since Capt. Syers met his untimely death in Pahang, the 
authorities of that State have brought in force a set of 
rules and regulations with reference to big-game shooting. 
As these rules stand at present no one can shoot big game 
unless he obtains, and pays for, a pass, and even then hegy: 
prohibited from indulging in the pastime unless ht 

weapons come up to the required standard. If the pass 
obtained is for shooting elephants, bison, and rhino, then 
the would-be sportsman must be armed with a weapon not 
below the caliber of a double-barrel ten-bore, burning a 
large charge of powder. Whether such a law will prevent 
fatal accidents remains to be seen; in any case, unless the 
hunter, -in addition to his weapons, possesses skill and 
coolness in time of danger, he will find that even heavy 
rifies will not always get him safely out of an awkward 
position. However, I am digressing, and must leave these 
matters to begin my story. 

During the year 1895 it was my lot to be stationed in the 
jungle at the mouth of the Tembeling River, which is one 
of the innumerable tributaries of the River Pahang. My 
duties consisted in looking after a detachment of military 
police, and also in trying to glean information abou 
Malay rebels who were never to be found. Early on 
July morning, as I was peacefully slumbering I wa: 
suddenly awakened by a tickling sensation on the sole: 
of my feet, and dimly heard my faithful henchman, Che 
Wan, murmuring “Tooan, tooan”’ (Str, sir). I soon jumpec 
out of bed, and ascertained from Che Wan that some 
Malays had come in from a neighboring village to report 
to me that a man named Dollah had been killed on the 
previous evening by a sladang. 

Briefly, the story was this: The deceased, together with 
a friend named Smun, had gone out hunting sladange. On 
this expedition they had wounded a large bull, and after 
tracking him for two days they had agaiu come up with 
him im company with a couple of cows and their young. 
On winding the hunters the cows with their little ones 
made off, but the wounded~bull turned and faced his 
pursuers with snorts of rage and defiance. Dollah anil 
Smun quickly got behind a convenient tree, and from this 
coign of vantage fired at the sladang, which stood facing 
them about 15 yards away. Dollah’s weapon missed fire: 
Smun’s shot, however, took effect, hitting the animal, as I 
afterward ascertained, in the jaw. Without further warn- 
ing the brute rushed on his tormentors. Smun managed 
to swarm up a tree near at hand, out of danger, but Dol- 
lah, while making for another tree, tripped over a pro- 
jecting root and fell. Before he could rise the sladang 
was on tim, and gored him through the throat and 
thigh, and then tossed him before making off into the 
depths of the jungle. 

As I was the nearest police officer and only European 
within fifty miles, the people from Dollah’s village had 
come to report the accident to me, and also to ask for 
permission to bury the body. ‘This, then, is the reason 
why I was so early awakened. Much as I regretted poor 
Dollah’s sad end, I was highly elated at the chance af 
getting a shot ata sladang, for although they are plentiful 
throughout the Peninsula, a hard-worked Government 
official can seldom get away to hunt them. As it hap- 
pened, [ had not brought my heayy rifles with me to 
Kuala Tembeling, and the only arms that I could procure 
at a moment's notice were the Government Sniders, with 
which my men were armed. However, rather than lose 
the sport J determined to run the risks, anything for a 
change after six months’ fruitless watching for rebels who 
were unwilling to take the initiative. As soon as I had 
imade all arrangements for my departure I started at about 
8 A. M. for Dollah’s kampong (village),- which was 


situated about four miles upstream on the opposite bank 


of the Pahang River. My companions consisted of one 
Sikh police constable (Hira Singh), a Malay ditto, each 
carrying a spare Snider, and three Malay gitides. 

On arriving at the village I viewed Dollah’s remains and 
found that he had been gored through the throat, the 
wind-pipe having been severed, and the sladang had also 
driven one of his horns clean through the right thigh. 
Besides these ghastly wotinds, the body was dreadfully 
bruised, and it was eyidert that the sladang when he 
caught his victim had determined to stamp out the last 
spark of life. After I had made the few necessaty in- 
quiries | gave instructions for the body to be buried, and 
then started off for a Sakai (a wild tribe) camp situated 
from the Malay village, about an hour’s journey through 
the jungle. Soon after our departure Malay No. rt dis- 
covered that he had “sakit prut” (a stomach-ache), so we 
leit him behind and went on without him. Arriving at 
the Saki clearing about 10 A. M., I obtained three trackers, 
and also got rid of another Malay guide, wha was /iars de 
combat sakit kaki. After we had left the wild men’s 
camp behind us, our journey lay through the big jungle. 
up and down innumerable hills—for the bison ever loaves a 
hilly country, and the ease with which this heavy animal 
makes its way over dificult ground is truly wonderful. 
We had to wade through several mountain streams, and 
as the ground under foot was moist and the atmosphere 
damp, owing to recent rains, we were much troubled by 


pestilential leeches, By 12 o'clock, after alternate heavy 
walking and climbing, we arrived at the spot where Dol- 
lah had been killed. The place was marked by a pool of 
coagulated blood, and on examining the ground, I learnt, 
from his footmarks, that the sladang had chased the un- 
fortunate man round and round the tree trom behind 
which he and Smun had fired. 

We now halted, and after we had rested and refreshed 
the inner man my Sakais started to pick ont his spoos, 
When they had satisfied themselves in which direction the 
wounded animal had gone, we all made a move, My chief 
tracker, a one-eyed Sakai, led the way; I came next, then 
my Sikh P. C. with a spare rifle, and the remainder in 
rear. We had hardly proceeded half an hour in this- 
fashion when my guide struck, and said he was frightened 
to proceed, because, as he averted, he had seen or heard 
the ghost of the departed Dollah moving in the trees. As 
the sladang’s footmarks were quite plain on the moist 
ground and the jungle fairly clear from undergrowth, | 
took up the tracking, telling the Sikh to keep close ta 
me with his rifle ready. I had only been tracking for 
about half a mile, and was following the tracks round 
the contour of a small hill, when sudderly I came face to 
face with our quarry. which stood about twenty paces away 
snorting and pawing the ground. Up went my Snider, 
when, to my consternation, I found that the nipple an¢ 
striker had become unscrewed and the weapon was use- 
less. I looked round for my Sikh and found that he was 
some distance in tear. This made the situation awkward 
—in front a stamping, raging brute, bent on mischief, my- 
self practically unarmed and no tree at hand, To ttrn 
and run appeared the only thing to do, and this I did 
with all agility. Alas, I had not gone far down the side 
of the hill when my foot caught in a cane brier and 
over I went, with visions of poor Dollah’s mutilated corpse 
in my mind, and the recollection that my last quarter's in- 
surance money was still due. However, lick had not 

Finite deserted me, for when I ttirned to run, with the 

sladang in rear, I gaye my Sikn a chance of firing. This 
he promptly did, and the sladang, hearing 4 shotefrom an 
unseen enemy, stopped, turned and holted. I now picked 
myself up, and, calling my forces together, I made it very 
clear to the Sakais that one of them would have to du 
the tracking in future, ghosts or no ghosts, After a 
short delay we again set out, [ in the meantime havityg 
exchanged my useless rifle for the one carried by the 
Malay P. C. After another hour’s tramp I noticed my 
Sakais in front making signs that we had again come up 
with our quarry. Going catitiously ahead, at a short dis- 
tance away through the undergrowth, I saw the outline 
of the sladang, which was evidently waiting and on the 
alert. The Sikh being at my elbow, I whispered to him to 
have the second rifle ready, and after a steady aim fired, 
As soon as I had done so the sladang turned and was 
away. I ran after him and gave him a parting shot from 
my second rifle as he disappeared from view. We quickly 
followed in pursuit, and as I now found fresh ‘blood ou 
the trail | knew that at least one of my shots had taken 
effect, On and on we went, till we came to a small 
stream with a steep bank on the far side, Here our 
sladang had evidently had a bad fall in getting over—a 
ood sign, as this showed that there was something yery 
mu. 4 amiss with him. I was anxious to press on, but 
as evening was closing in I finally determined to returi 
to the Sakais’ camp for the night and resume the hunt in 
the morning. : 

After spending a restless night, owing-to innumerable 
mosquitoes, we were ready to start at 6 A. M. on the fo}- 
lowing morning. and had a tedious walk to the stream 
where we had left off the chase on the previous evening. 
Qn the far side of this stream was a small glade coverid 
with long, coarse grass and dense canebrake, a favorite 
retreat, my Sakats told me, for sladang. In this small 
patch of lalane (Jong, coarse grass) it was most likely 
that our quarry was lying up, as, owing to lis wounds and 
the grueling we had given him on the previou; day, it was 
scarcely probable that he would leave so secure a 
sanctuary. 

' The Sakais now began reconnoitering by climbing the 
trees bordering the padang (glade), while T and my Sikh 
posted ourselves among the branches of a tree inside it. 
We had scarcely gained a secure footing when I heard an 
“Ah, ah,” from the Sakais, this being a warning that they 
had heard or seen the sladang in the long grass. . Whe; 
IT heard this signal I climbed higher up the tree, and | 
then caught sight of our quarry, which had just risen from 
the ground and was standing about 4o yards away. J 
fired a shot into his hack behind the dorsal ridge, and saw 
him stumble forward as the bullet struck him. Quick as 
lightning I changed rifles with Hira Singh and gave the 
bison another shot from my elevated position before he 
disappeared in seme canebrake on the left of the padang, 
Feeling sure that our quarry was again badly wounded, | 
determined to follow him into the tunnel by which he has 
entered the canebralke. Creeping cautiously along with 
my faithful Sikh at my heels, we had not proceeded far 
when I caught sight of the bison a few yards ahead. Just 
as I aimed, Hira Singh, accidentally tripping, clutched my 
arm, and where my shot went to I am unable to say. As 
the sladang came on I dropped my empty rifle. and, 
springing at the overhanging branch of a tree, I pulled 
myself out of reach of the sladang, which tried to strike 
me with his horns as he charged. Sitting within a foot 
of my foe, what was my horror on looking down to see 

Hira Singh lying at the feot of the tree, while the sladang 

was sniffing at his prostrate form! ATI IT could do was te 
kick the wounded beast in the back, which J did with the 
utmost vigor. 

Imagine my feelings as, perched in the branch of a tree. 
unarmed, | could render no assistance to my faithful fol- 
lower, who I expected at eyery moment to see gored to 
death underneath me. Suddenly I noticed a convulsive 
shudder pass through the sladang’s huge frame, and thei 
as some foam-coyered blood bubbled forth from his nos- 
{rils he moved slowly away, evidently too sick to wreak 
his vengeance on the Sikh, who now seized his oppor- 
tunity to crawl out of sight. The sladang now remained 
standing about to yards from my perch, and as he ap- 
peared groggy T hoped to he able to slip to the ground 
unseen, recover my rifle, and finish him. NHowever. as 
soon as | made the slightest attempt to descend the brute 
shook his head at me in such a resolute manner that I 
thought it best to remain where I was. After watching 
me for some time he at last moved slowly away and 
stood, partly hidden, on a small knoll, Dropping gently to 


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the ground, I picked up my rifle, and, getting close to 
the bison, I brought him down with two more shots, and 
then gave him a final quietus, while Hira Singh, who had 
now turued up, murmured prayers to “Allah,”’ 

When IT gazed on my prostrate foe I could not help 
admuring his splendid proportions. A young bull in his 
prime, he had offered a sttibborn resistance to unequal 
adds, and to the last had shown a bold front to his re- 
lentless foes. What a chase he had given us, and how 
neatly had my swecess ended in a ghastly tragedy similar 
to poor Dollah’s! Forced by citcumetances to use an 
inferior weapon against so redoubtable an antagonist, I 
had been successful, but my advice to others before they 
take a similar attempt is the same as that offered by 
Mr. Puncli to people about to get married, and that is 
“Dont.” And I will further emphasize my advice by 
siying that any one attacking dangerous game in th‘clr 
jungle with light weapons only deserves any catastrophe 
that may beiall hin, for he is simply courting disaster. 

‘ G. Frrz W. C. 


Warden Loveday’s Work. 


From the Annual Report of the Illinois Game Warden. 


It is with keen satisfaction that I am able to say that 
the conditions for game protection, and the outlook for 
the preservation of the beneficial birds and animals of 
the State, are better to-day than they haye been at any 
time in the past. It is a certainty that the people of 
Illinois at largé are at last awakening to the realization 
of the importance to the State’s welfare. that lies in the 
proper protection of the insectivorous and game birds 
that make their homes in our farms, fields and woodlands. 
The labor for the preseryation of the different feathered 
species has been so well started that there is no question 
but that the future will see full fruition of the work. 
The farmer is becoming conyinced rapidly that protective 
game enactments are as much for his benefit as for the 
good of the sportsman. He is coming to know the full 
valiie that the insectivorous birds are to agriculture and 
he is lending his assistance to the enforcement of the 
s.atutes which, while protecting the birds, are also in 
a large measure protecting the interests of husbandry. 
Although the agriculturist himself may never use a gun, 
he has found that he has as,much at stake in the en- 
iorcement of the law as any sportsman in the State. 
lo state the case succincily, everyone\is coming to know 
that the game and bird laws of Illinois are made for the 
bheneft of all classes and not for irslividuals. 

lit was only three years ago when there existed a 
seit ment in most of the counties in Illinois that almost 
lorbade the ofeers of the law to hope for the conviction 
uf a person charged with the violation of a game law. 
lo-day, such'has been the progress of public opinion, 
there is scarcely a place in Idinois where proof of guilt 
v..nOt Secure the punishment of the offender. When 
Jirst taking hold of the work in an official way, I was 
to.d that it would be a sheer impossibility to enforce the 
‘aw in the southern half of the State. Undeterred ‘by 
ihe warnings given, the work ef enforcing the law was 


begun and in nearly every county convictions wete se- - 


cured, although at thé time this office was working 
tinder the old law, which was as full of errors as a sieve 
1s of holes, It is undoubtedly true that many- people 
escaped prosecution, but this grew out of the statute 


uin.tation of the law,- I had but ninety days in which to ° 


work, a time wholly insufficient to allow me to cover 
wioroughly the country. In addition to this handicap 
the deputy wardens had far less power to aet than they 
have under the law to-day. 

Senument has entueiy changed in the southern sec- 
iions of the State. The people have'learned that a game 
law iS as good as any other law, that it is capable of 
enforcement and deserying of respect.. I am glad tobe 
ibie to say that the southern counties now rival those 
ol the north in their desire to see the game and birds 
ol the State properly protected. Throughout-the entire 
sections under cohsideration the appointment of deputies 
is constantly-asked tor. Whe men appointed are, in al- 
lest every instance, men of standing in the community 
in which they live. I am in constant receipt of letters 
asking jor information and general literature on game 
protection, My office hours are kept busy in replying. 
This fact shows better than anything else, perhaps, how 
interested the people are in the subject and how bright 
the future is for the preservation of the feathered and 
iutred species. : 

A little more than two months ago I sent out a gen- 
eral inquiry fo points throughout the State, having for 
is object the discovery of how well the game law had 
been respected, and whether or mot there was any 
marked increase in the animal or bird life of the State. 
! received in reply scores of letters, and almost without 
exception the writers said that never within: their ex- 
perience had the laws been so well observed. The in- 
crease of quail was reported form all sections to be little 
short of phenomenal. The reports on prairie chickens 
were generally extremely favorable, and to the effect 
that there are more of this species of bird this season, 
than for many years past 

The reports irom game wardens are similar to those 
which have come from private citizens, In some in- 
stances wardens and deputies have not made a single 
arrest, but this is not owing to a dereliction of duty, 
hut simply to the fact that in their districts there have 
been no yiolations. It is undeniably a fact that haying 
wardens Scattered all over the country, with aniple power 
to act, has had a deterrent effect on would-be offenders 
against the game laws. 

Immediately after my installation as State Game 
Warden under the old game Jaw in May. 1897, almost 
my first thought was that if I would do the most good 
for the people of the State in the way of protecting and 
preservine their game supply, 1 must put a stop to the 
werk of the market hunter. In order to do this I felt 
that I imust stop the handling of game in our markets 
out of season. J was aware that much game was bought 
and sold in the close season, and that this was particu- 
larly the case in Chicago. The question was -how to 
effectually put a stop to this illegal traffic. 

Several self-styled game protectors advised me to 
make war on the common carriers. Tf struck me forci- 
bly, howeyer, that inasmuch as these adyice givers, al- 
though according to their own statements they had been 


working for years, had accomplished nothing for game 
protection, it would hardly be wise for me to follow their 
counsel. It did not seem to me at all probable that the 
general managers of our great transportation lines and 
express companies could be in league with a lot of pot- 
hunters and South Water street Jaw violators. As a 
result of this feeling I wrote to the traffic managers, 
told them what I wished to accomplish, how I proposed 
to do it, and requested their co-operation in the protec- 
tion of game. I received a reply to every letter, and 
without exception, the answers were expressive of not 
only a willingness but of an anxiety to help me im the 
enforcement of the Jaw and in the bringing of all violators 
to justice. From the men in authority in the express 
and railroad companies were sent letters to every agent 
in the State with explicit orders to render me all as- 
sistance that was possible, fo secure the law’s enforce- 
ment. Since that time sub-agents throughout the State 
haye been my active assistants, many limes going out of 
their towns as witnesses for me, and this at the expense 
of the companies which they represented. In view of 
this fact, I think the people owe the common carriers 
a debt of gratitude for the part they have taken in the 
securing of the increase in our game supply. 

There are cases where the agents of the transportation 
companies are decetved so cleverly by wunscrupulous 
game shippers that they cannot be blamed for falling 
victims to the deception. Here are some cases which 
will mark the point which I wish to make. A box con- 
taining two dozen preserve jars with the usual airtight 
screw tops was shipped. The lid of the box was so 
carelessly put on that the tops of the preserve jars could 
be readily seen. This apparent carelessness was really 
to aid in the deception, tor the preserve jars ‘contained 
a gross oi quail. One box which was marked “Rabbits” 
contained thirty-two of those animals, but they had all 
been “dressed out” and five dozen quail were found 
sewed up within the carcasses. Milk cans are often 
used to contain birds and animals shipped out of season. 
Cases with eggs at the top and bottom also are often 
pressed into service. The birds or animals are placed 
between the ege layers, and are thus effectively con- 
cealed. A small barrel containing ten dozen quail was 
put within a larger barred and filled in above, below and 
around with hickory nuts. A box marked “Cash Regis- 
ter’ held within its compass two dozen prairie chicken 
and forty-two quail Two saddles of venison were 
shipped inside two bales of hay, Two large packing 
cases, marked “Household goods” and with bed quilts 
and ticks plainly visible, contained over two hundred 
partridges and several saddles of venison. Between the 
boatds of one of these packing cases, a sewing machine 
lex stuck out, and there was an old clock packed away 
inside that rang an alarm every time the case was moved. 
This particular instance marks better than any other. 
perhaps, the amount of ingenuity that law-brealcers will 
exercise to violate the plainly written statutes. 

The statute expressly forbids the marketing of Illinois 


_ killed game except water fowl, and I am glad to be able 


to state that notwithstanding the means taken to violate 
the Jaw the marketing of Illinois game has been practi- 
cally stopped. In the years 1897 and 1898 thousands of 
birds were seized while in transit to Chicago dealers 
inom different parts of the: State. All those shippers 
that could be traced within the time limit allowed by 
the then existing statute were punished. “This had the 
desired effect. Although the same care and diligence 
haye been exercised recently that were exercised then, 


‘only three packages of ‘Illinois game were seized in 


Chicago during the last year. In these three cases both 
the shippers and receivers were punished and made to 
contribute to the game protection fund. 

In the months of November and December, 1898, I 
gave up my time to the southern part of the State, where 
T went to stop the shipments of game to St. Louis, and 
to the cities of the East. My efforts were rewarded by 
the seizures of great quantities of birds in nearly every 
place that I visited. Im the main this game was intended 
for the markets of St. Louis. The game dealers of that 
city made a great ado through the newspapers, making 
all sorts of threats of what they were going “to do to me.” 
The abuse and threats had no other effect than to help 
me in the suppression of the illegal trafhe. The shippers 
ol the birds were in many instances traced and punished, 
though I am sorry to say that a large number were al- 
lowed to escape through the mistaken kindness of the 
country justices, In the next year, 1899, during the 
same months ] made the same trip much better prepared 
for the work than I had been the year previotts, This 
time my jabor was reinforced by that of several men who 
accompanied me, but the effect of the rigorous prosecu- 
tions of 1868 was shown by the fact that the trip resulted 
in only one seizure, that of a small box containing five 
dozen quail. 

The gratitude of the people to the last General Assem- 
bly for the passage of the non-resident hunters license 
law 1s practically without measure. The statute prohibits 
residents of other States from killing game in Illinois 
without procuring a license so to do, at a cost of ten 
dollars. The people of the border counties, and more 
particularly of that section near the city of St. Louis, 
have the most reason to be pleaséd at this paragraph 
in the s atute. Heretofore the farmers of the State have 
been annoyed almost beyond endurance by hunters and 
their dogs who overran the farms, killing everything 
that they could find that could either fly or crawl. Even 
the domestic fowls and the pigs and sheep of the agri- 
culturist were not safe from the irresponsible mob of 
hunters that infested the fields. This year not one com- 
plaint that any depredations have been committed has 
come to my knowledge. The people from other States 
that have taken out licenses are real sportsmen, having 
shown that they are such by this action, and they are not 
men who would infringe on the rights of those over 
whose land they shoot.- The irresponsible gunners who 
would violate the law by shooting without legal per- 
mission so to do, know that our wardens are doing their 
duty, and so they are afraid even to make the attempt 
to trespass. Only four cases of this latter kind have 
been reported. In each of these instances prosecution 
has follewed and a conviction been secured. 

The first of these cases was a flagrant one. It was 
that of Frank Eberle, of Burlington, Iowa, who came 
into Henderson county. Ijlinois, to shoot ducks, with- 


out a license, He was atrested promptly by Deputy 
Warden DeHlague. After a trial he was found guilty, in 
the county court, but he appealed to federal jurisdiction 
on the ground that the license law was unconstitutional. 
The case was tried November 6, 1899, before Judge 
Kohlsaat of the United States bench. Eminent counsel 
wete employed on both sides and the case was warmly 
contested, but the presiding judge, after due considera- 
tion, decided for the People of the State of Illinois. 

Another case was that of Herman Anderson, wha 
undertook to ignore the law by duck shooting on the 
preserves of the Crystal Lake Club without providing 
himself with a license. He was arrested by the same 
deputy who apprehended Eberle. Anderson refused to 
obey the cfiicer of the law and threatened to shoot him 
if he attempted to do his duty. This fellow was not 
brought to book until extradition papers were issued 
for him. He was taken to Oquawla, the county seat of 
Henderson county, where he was tried and found guilty 
on three counts: Assault, trespassing and shooting with- 
out a license. 


Recommendation for a License. 


I would earnestly recommend to our next General 
Assembly what I consider to be the absolute necessity 
of amending our present seme law, by adding a section 
which shall provide that each of our own citizens who 
wishes to shoot within the State shall pay a license fee, 
not to exceed one dollar a year, for the privilege. This 
license would in no sense be a hardship, and it would 
result in the raising of sufficient funds for the protection 
of game without calling upon the general fund which 
comes direct from the taxpayers. The men who kill the 
game would he in reality, by the payment of the small 
jee, simply providing for the further increase of the birds 
and animals and for the perpetuation through the com- 
ing years of their own field sports. The general tax- 
payer who does not care to shoot would be relieved of 
a burden. The money thus raised would, at a fair esti- 
niate, amount to $25,000 each year. This sum added to 
the money collected irom fines and from the payment of 
non-resident licenses weculd create a fund sufficiently 
large to pay the deputies for the hard and conscientious 
work they perform in the pursuit and prosecution of 
offenders against the law. 

Another excellent object to be attained by this local 
license fee would be the placing in the hands of the 
commissioner and his subordinates a record of every 
gunner in the State. In addition to this, it would aid 
largely in the work of arresting non-resident trespassers, 
hecause evry shooter would be obliged to be possessed 
of a license of one kind or the other. There is not the 
sightest doubt that at present some persons living be- 
yond the State limits declare themselves residents of 
Illinois, and the wardens, fearful of making a serious 
mistake, let these doubtful hunters go their way. 

Another recommendation that I would urge upon the 
Legislature is that spring shooting should be abolished 
bylaw. The birds coming from the south in the spring 
are, so to speak, birds that are coming home. As a 
matter of fact many of the ducks, geese, snipe and plover 
are mated before they leave the limits of Illinois. The 
continuous shooting at these fowl from the moment 
they cross the Ohio river until they pass into Wisconsin 
prevents thousands of the mated ones trom breeding in 


’ sections of the State favorable to the raising’ of their 


broods. With the entire doing away of the spring- 
shooting, good fall shooting would be assured. Every 
duck killed in April means twelve less for November. 
Every jacksnipe killed in the spring means one brood 
less for the autumn. It is a fact that in the spring water, 
fowl, like all other kinds of birds, for that matter, are 
unfit for the table. They are poor and tough and tens 
of thousands of them go to waste in the market for the 
lack of purchasers. There are many other reasons why 
spring shooting should be stopped, and most of these 
will suggest themselves at once to the true sportsman. 


Wardens and Deputy Wardens. 


There have been appointed throughout the State 274 
wardens and deputy wardens, and yet, as a matter of 
lact, the country is not properly covered in some of the 
counties. The reason for this state of thngs is that in the 
uncovered places I have not been able to secure the 
services oi teputable and competent men. Under present 
couditions it is a hard matter to get citizens of standing 
to accept deputy wardenships. As a matter of fact, all 
these officers should be paid salaries for certain months 
in the year, and in addition should get traveling ex- 
penses from one county to another while on duty, 

Many of the wardens in the service are business men 
of means, who have not accepted the position for gain, 
but simply because they love the birds and desire to sée 
them protected. Many of these men in their reports of 
what they have done show that they have actually lost 
money, In sums ranging from $25 to $150 in individual 
cases, because of their devotion to their work. Almost 
eyery line of business and every profession are repre- 
sented in the ranks of the wardens. There are lawyers, 
doctors, senators and representatives, whose personality 
has as strong influence in working good to the cause as 
has the prosecution of occasional offenders. 


Seizures of Game. 


The keeping of a close watch at all railroad stations 
by my wardens and deputies during the last year has 
resulted practically in the stopping of the shipping of 
game to the markets irom points within the State. After 
the old offenders among the shippers had suffered some 
losses that hurt their pocketbooks, they stopped the 
practice. As the result of this strict enforcement of the 
law very little game has been seized within the last year. 
After the beginning of the close season, February 5, only 
five packages of game came to this market from other 
States and none from our own. The seized packages 
contained a mixed lot of birds, prairie chicken, ducks, 
snipe and plover. Nearly all the birds were in an ex- 
tremely bad condition, Altogether there were seized 
three hundred and seventy-two birds, which were as- 
sotted, and the good ones sent to cold storage to remain 
until Oct. 1, when they will be sold or given to 
charitable institutions. One of the seized packages con- 
tained some hen prairie chickens with breasts destitute 


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Nov. 17, 1900. 


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of feathers, a fact which showed conclusively that they 
were killed while nesting. Some female teal ducks were 


found in the same condition. 
Game and Bird Protective Associations. 


Since the passage of our present game laws, many as- 
sociations for the protection of game and birds have 
been formed throughout the State, In the northern and 
middle counties’ particularly, the farmers have banded 
togeiher and posted warnings about their farms to keep 
out trespassers. They have done this not only to saye 
the game birds, but to prevent the shooting of song and 
insectivorous birds, which the agriculturists have come 
to know at last are so vitally necessary for the preserva- 
tion of their fruit and grain, through the constant war- 
fare which these birds wage against crop destroying 
worms and other insects, 

There has been recently formed in Sangamon county 
an organization known as the State Game Reserve As- 
sociation. It comprises the three townships of Buffalo, 
Buffalo Hart and Mechanicsburg. The entire section 
has been posted at considerable expense with warning 
notices, The members of the association have agreed 
that for three years no prairie chickens or squirrels may 
be killed, and that only a limited number of quail shall 
be shot. The preserves are open only to the members 
of the association, each one having a pass signed by the 
president and secretary. A reward of $25, is offered by 
the association for the conviction of anyone trespassing 
or shooting on the grounds. On the farm of the secre- 
tary of the association, Henry C, Garvey, at Buffalo, a 
pheasantry has been established, where hundreds of im- 
ported pheasants are bred each year, These birds will 
be turned loose as soon as it is considered practicable. 
The State Game Reserve Association, with its stringent 
rules, will undonbtedly do a good deal for the game sup- 
ply in that part of the State in which it is located. The 
“overflow” of the birds and animals from the associa- 
tion’s preserves will do much toward increasing the 
general supply of game. 

I wish to call particular attention to the work of the 
Illinois Aubudon Society, which has for its object the 
protection of all kinds of birds. Mr. Ruthven Deane, 
of Chicago, an active member of the American Ornitho- 
logical Union, is the society’s president. Miss Mary 
Drummond, of Wheaton, Illinois, is the secretary. I 
have not words at my command to express my appre- 
ciation of the extended and thoroughly unselfish work 
of this society. Unlike organizations formed solely to 
protect gatne in order that the shooting harvest may 
be increased, the Anbudon Society looks only to the 
saving of the birds for the general good of mankind. 
The society is agressive, and it is doing particularly 
efficient service among the children of the State. 

The State Sportsman’s Association has a name that 
should guarantee its standing and usefulness in the mat- 
ter of the protection of birds. I am sorry to say, how- 
ever, that although its State charter named game pro-' 
tection as one of his prime objects, the organization, in 
the last few years, has degenerated into little more than 
a trap shooting club, It is a matter of congratulation, 
however, that a new spirit has come over the associa- 
tion and it is to be made what it was originally intended 
it should be, a protective as well as a shooting club. 
James R. B. Van Cleave, a thorough sportsman and a 


_thorough believer in game preservation, has been elected 


president. This fact alone insures a proper future for 
the clttb. No member will be admitted who will not 


pledge himself to the protection of game and the en- 
forcement of the State law. 

During the year that the new law has been in effect 
we have secured a total of 142 convictions out of 203 
eases brouglit to trial Scores of cases have been in- 
vestigated upon complaints, which, however, did not 
have sufficient grotind upon which to base prosecution. 
The fines assessed amounted to $1,464. There have been 
thirteen people committed to jail. In accordance with 
the law one-half of the amount of fines assessed, $732, 
has been paid to the wardens making the complaints. 
Of the amonnt remaining, $208 has been paid into the 
State treasury, leaving a balance still due the State of 
$433.29. This amount is being held back either by State's 
attorneys or by justices of the peace, although I have 
made every effort to collect it on behalf of the State. 
The officials’ excuse for keeping the money is that the 
counties where the fines were collected are in arrears. 
and that while this is the case they have the right to all 
money penalties inflicted. 


Cuvier Club Dinner. 


Tue Cuvier Club, of Cincinnati, will hold its twenty- 
seventh annual banquet on Wednesday, Noy, 21. The 
menu card bears this sentiment: “Our game birds and 
game fishes are a precious heritage to be guarded care- 
fully and tsed judiciously, if we are wise and far- 
seeing, bestowing benefits on ourselves and sticceeding 
generations, or to be recklessly squandered, like the for- 
tune of the spendthrift, leaving to posterity not even a 
memory, but a simple tradition of the noblest races of 
feathered and finhy creatures nature ever produced. 
Which shall it be?” 

The list of good things to which the Cuviers will ad- 
dress themselves includes these supplies from stream and 
field: Kennebe: salmon, muscalonge a la Cuvier, Cali- 
fornia salmon, fillet of Virginia deer broiled, boned breast 
of broiled prairie chicken a la Cuvier, breast of ruffed 
grouse, partridge, sauté, larded snipe, broiled quail on 
toast, roast quail, bluewinged teal duck, breast of wild 
turkey. 


A Pennsylvania Elk. 


Mr. C. Trerentus had on exhibition at his restaurant 
in the Staats Zeitung Building, this city, last week, the 
carcass of an elk killed on his preserve at Mount Pocono. 
Monroe county, Pa. The animal was a yearling buck, and 
weighed when dressed 185 pounds. Tt was shot by Count 
Cuno von Campe on Noy. 3, the third day of his hunt. 
This is the third elk killed at Mount Pocono since the 
onening of the season on Noy. i. Five years ago Mr. 
Tielenius turned out twenty-six elk, and to-day he has a 
herd of 750, mn) 


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West Virginia Mountains. 


Morcantown, W. Va. Nov. 3.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: Profiting by the experience of past contributors 
{o the columns of Forest AND STREAM, | forsook my bed 
at 4 o'clock A. M. last Tuesday morning, “rustled” an 
early breakfast, fastened my gun to the bicycle and sallied 
forth in the early dawn, and at 7 o'clock was seyen miles 
up in the mountains, where woods of goodly scope were 
found. Hiding my wheel in a tree top—the tree was lying 
down—lI went forth in search of a cure for physical in- 
disposition, and incidentally and secondarily, to find any 
wild meat that might be straying my way. 

Very soon I was greeted by the familiar and pleasing 
quack, quack, quack, qua-a-a-a of a gray squirrel, which 
ereeting was repeated at intervals all day. The newly 
fallen leaves were deep and dry, so that going quietly 
was out of the question, and I just stood about quietly 
and moved slowly from place to place, enjoying watch- 
ing the falling leaves. Secing a gray squirrel going 


‘away from me, I shot at it, barely expecting to get it on 


account of the distance. It went on unharmed and went 
up a tree and began to bark. JI shot again and missed, 
when it went on up the tree, and I moved nearer, when I 
saw it away in the top. I shot again and crippled 
it, and it jumped to a chestnut tree and started down a 
limb, in the forks of which was a nest of leaves, into 
which I felt sure it went, as I watched carefully for it 
to leave the tree, and did not see it. J shot into the 
nest, and when it failed to come out, coneluded, of course, 
it must be dead; and not to be outdone, I climbed up to 


Notes from lowa. 


Nov, I came too soon this year, for it marked the finale 
of legitimate fishing in Iowa, It came too soon because 
of the delightful weather which obtains this fall, and be- 
cause the fishing for walleyes, pickerel and bass never 
was better here than right now. However, the boys 


regretiully reeled in or lost the last one, dissembled the 


rods, and turned to the milder pastime of lying about 
the size of the one he had out of the water, discussing 
the merits of reels and the proper method of hooking 
& minnow. 

Fishing has been good this season. Here, where the 
Iowa is a2 comparatively small stream, and the city full 
of fishermen, individual catches are necessarily limited. 
The river is fished to death; but at some little distance 
from town excellent sport may be had by the Waltonians 
who know where to go; and despite the farming com- 
munities with the company seine and the occasional 
dynamitard (who should be blown to his own place by 
his favorite explosive) there are still localities where a 
ee fisherman may find sport that will make his hair 
curl. AC o é 

Seining goes on.quietly, but vigorously. Not by 
market fishers, but by farmers and inhabitants of small 
towns and villages. A halt-dozen farmers chip in and 
buy a seine. Some Saturday afternoon they, their wives 
and children constitute a seining party that furnishes all 
kinds of tun and plenty of fish for Sunday's dinner table. 
Parties from yillages sneak out and take a barrel full of 
game fish in an evening. The worst feature and the one 


THREE TIGERS IN FIFTEEN MINUTES. 


the nest, not less than’ 50 feet, and found the nest empty. 
i will always wonder where that squirrel went, That was 
four shots gone and nothing to shaw for it. 

The next four shots brought me three gray squirrels 
and a red one, which atoned for the bad start. Don't 


speak disparagingly of the red squirrel, even as a game’ 


animal, and do as I haye often done, passing them by 
with contempt, without even wasting a shot. If you 
get a chance, especially where game of larger size is 
scarce, kill one and haye it nicely cooked, and if you 
do not agree that it is well worth a load of shot aside 
from what little sport it might be, why you can send the 
next one to me. [ got home from my day’s outing that 
evening with a good appetite, a choice mess of meat and 
a new lease of life, 

By experimenting I found the easiest way to carry a 
gun on a wheel is to sling the gun on the back instead 
of tying it to the wheel. I find the wheel a great con- 
venience in getting to the hunting ground in suitable 
weather and over sititable roads, : 

1 would like some one who knows to explain for what 
purpose squirrels build nests of leaves in the forks of 
trees, Is it to rear young or simply to lie in to hide? 

Being a former resident of Wyomnig, I take an in- 
terest in the affairs and happenings of that State. The 
Saratoga, Wyo., Sun of Oct, 25 says; “The Laramie 
Plains Live Stock Protective Association has arranged to 
continue the paying of hounties on predatory wild animals. 
Since last March, when the State appropriation became 
exhausted, the Association has paid bounty on 379 coyotes, 
123 wolves aid 28 wildeats.” EMERSON CARNEY. 


The Weight of Quail. 


St. Augustine, Noy. 3,—Why is it that I cannot induce 
anv of your correspondents to give the weight of quail 
in different sections? A Virginian said last year that 
the quail in that State was larger than in any other part 
of this country, which I doubt. I have weighed two 
large cock birds here and they weighed exactly 5 ounces. 
New I feel quite sure that a Long Island or Jersey quail 
will pull down 6 of 7 ounces, if not more. . 

Now don't all weigh your quail at once. or Forest AND 
StrEAM will not have room to print the list. 

: Dipy mus. 


An Extraordinary Tiger Hunt. 


Our illustration. from the London Illustrated Sporting 
and Dramatic News, shows three tigers killed within a 
space of fifteen minutes by Sir Vikar-ul-Umra, Prime 
Minister of Hyderabad. India. All three gers were full 
grown, and the one shown in the foreground was an 
enormous heast. 


See fhe list of good things in Woodcraft 1s our adv. cols. 


which renders the suppression of the practice extremely 
difficult is that the iarmer sees no harm in it. The river 
runs past or through his field. He owns and pays taxes 
on the sandy bottom it Hows oyer, and he can’t see why 
he should wait for his city brother in the knickerbockers 
and high rubber boots to come and “snake” out the fish 
with a limber pole and a shiny reel, For himself he 
doesn’t care about the rod and reel business. He wants 
results, and he gets them with his one-hundred-foot drag 
net, There’s a big family, and the hired man, and they 
all lige fish. He wants a ‘mess.’ He gets it all right 
enough, and when the man with the limber pole comes 
along he wonders why he doesn’t get a rise by that big 
boulder in mid-stream, There’s a good reason. The old 
bass which formerly resided there is assisting to push 
the wrinkles out of the hired man’s yest. 

The farmer is a good fellow and in other respects an 
exemplary citizen. Individuals do not wish to inform on 
him. Officers know him, and evade the unpopularity 
of information and arrest. And so it goes. 

The star*fishing point on the Iowa, and according to 
the writer’s observation in the State, is at Steamboat 
Rock, thirty miles north of Marshalltown. Bass of dii- 
ferent varieties, walleyed pike, croppies and pickerel 
abound in the clear water among the stumps and 
boulders and beneath the beetling rocks that palisade 
the banks. The fishes are not only abundant, but bred in 
pure cold water, are game as a Claibone cock. The 
writer and several friends have enjoyed ‘and tested their 
fighting qualities on a number of occasions during the 
season. The best catch by our party of six was 52 
pounds of bass and walleye in a morning’s fishing. 
And that’s enough. 

This string was caught at the dam, and the long reaches 
of river north where fishing is best were not disturbed 
by us owing to a lack of boats. Next year the writer 
intends spending his vacation there with the game fish 
and the squirrels. of which latter the name is legion. 

f Moscerip. 
MarsHaLitTown, Ja., Nov, 2. 


Taken for Bruin. 


Barre, Vt.. Nov. 9.—The open season of ten days for 
shooting deer closed in this State Oct. 31, and up to date 
the writer has not heard of a casualty resulting from a man 
being taken for a deer. The accidents are not reported to 
the press, while the ones which might have proven fatal 
seldom are printed. I know of one life last season which 
would have been sacrificed but for the words of the 
Forest AND STREAM, ‘Don’t shoot.” The above words 
were ringing in the hunter’s ears as he was about to 
press the trigger. He withheld his aim a moment and 
the life was saved. Another incident this season was told 
me by one of the principals, where a man was taken for a 


bear, 


Nov. 17, 1900. | 


Two men were on a deer hunting trip, In the morning 
of the first day’s hunt a bear was sighted feeding beneath 
an apple tree; the bear took flight and a shot was lost. 
On the following morning an early start was taken, and 
on reaching the hunting grounds objects were scarcely dis- 
cernible, but in the dim light the supposed Bruin was 
again sighted beneath the apple tree, and this time within 
easy range. A whispered consultation was’held. There 
was doubt in the mind of one whether it was the bear or 
a stump, but the other was positive it moved. While 
disctissing the situation it was plainly seen to move by 
both, and now there was one doubt left. The only ques- 
tion, should they shoot in the dim light or wait. It was 
decided to shoot, The better shot dropped to one knee, 
cocked the rifle and peeper through the sight. It was an 
uncertain shot, but he thought he could kill it, and was 
pulling the trigger when the black object beneath’ the 
tree yelled, “Hold on.” The supposed bear was a man 
wrapped in a big overcoat watching for deer, He had 
sighted them when they first came into the clearings. and 
supposed they could see him plainly also. There is no 
doubt that many similar incidents have occurred, but too 
much cannot be printed on the subject. B. A. E. 


Massachusetts Association. 


Editor Forest and Sif¢can: 

The Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Asso- 
ciation held a very enjoyable and successful meeting on 
Vhursday evening, Nov. 8, at the Copley Square Hotel. 

Mr. Harold Hutchinson, secretary of the Massachu- 
setts Rifle Association, and Mr. James O’Brien, of the 
Ashland Gun Club, were elected corresponding members, 
and Commissioners J. W. Collins and E. D. Buffington 
honorary members of the Association. 

Dr. J. T. Herrick, president of the Sprinfield Sports- 
men’s Association, was elected to life membership, and 
Mr. F. J. Pope, oi Somerville, to yearly membership. 

Wim. A, Macleod, ex-president of the Megantic Club. 
who was expected to relate his recent experiences in 
salmon fishing in New Brunswick, was compelled to be 

, absent, which was a source of much regret to all present, 
but the time was fully occupied to a Jate hour by other 
speakers. 

Mr. A. W. Sprague, of Gleasondale, Mass., who re- 
cently returned from Presque Isle, Maine, laden with 
trophies of his skill as a nimrod, gave a graphic descrip- 
tion of this year’s experiences, as well as those of pre- 
vious years. Being a native of Aroostook county, Mr. 
Sprague knows just where to go for partridges, deer, 
bears and moose, and has been fortunate enough to get 
his quota of all, although he admitted that in one in- 
stance a moose which he secured was shot by his guide. 
Mr. Sprague impressed his hearers as a very unassum- 
ing and truthful sportsman, and his story was listened 
to with the closest attention. ; 

He was followed by Mr. M. E, Hawes, ex-president of 
the E. Weymouth Fish and Game Association, who gave 
a brief account of the forming of his society to protect 
birds and fish. By the efforts of its members, he said, 
the ten miles of Fore and Back rivers have been patrolled 
and illegal seining has been made dangerous: for those 
engaged in it. He explained how he had been able to 
get an appropriation of $200 a year from the town to aid 
in this work. The association now numbers more than 
I50 members. 

After Mt, Hawes, President Wiggin called upon Prof. 
F. W. Eutnam, of Cambridge, who has been for many 
years ati honorary member of the association, and was 
formerly a member of the State Commission on Fish 
and Game. He spoke of the beginning of the work of 
the Commission, and the first attempt to propagate fish 
in the United States, mentioning the labors in those days 
of Dr. Wheatland, of Salem, Commissioner E. A. 
Brackett, Hon. Theodore Lyman, Prof, Agassiz and 
Capt. Atwood, of Provincetown. As is well known, Prof. 
Putnam is now in the lead as an anthropologist, and his 
présence and his remarks furnished a rare treat to our 
members. 

Ex-President E. A. Samuels spoke of the standing of 
the association outside of our own State, and said it had 
been a source of pleasure, as well as a surprise, to him 
to learn that its history and work had become known 
throughout the country, and this, he said, he believed 
to be due largely to the frequent reports of its doings 
published in Forrst anp STREAM. He expressed the 
Opinion that the association shotld have at all times 
permanent headquarters. 

President Wiggin announced the committee to nomi- 


nate candidates for officers for r901 as follows: Dr. Ez 


W. Brannigan, Hon. Robt. S. Gray, Arthur W. Robin- 
son, Dr. Geo. H. Payne, Wm. S. Hinman, A. D. Thayer 
and George H. Moore. 

Representative Harry D, Hunt was one of the guests 
and informed me that the N. Attleboro Association has 
made extensive preparations for the Sportsman’s Ex- 
position, to be held in that place from Noy 16 to 24, 

Some of those present were Waldron B. Hastings, 

Thos. H. Hall, Dr. W. P. Woodward, of Middleboro; 
A. B. F. Kinney, of Worcester; Ivers W., Adams, CC. A. 
Barney, Charles Stewart, N. Le Roy, Edward J. Brown, 
Lotinge Crocker and Dr M. A, Morris, of Charlestown, 
who had shot his moose every year for the last half-dozen 
years, and recently returned from a success{ul trip to 
New Brunswick. 
The readers of your paper who have political aspira- 
tions will do well to read the subjoined extract from a 
Worcester letter published in the Sunday Globe of Nov. 
11 relating to the re-election of Hon. John R, Thayer 
to the National House of Representatives - 

“Mr. Thayer is president of the Worcester Fur Company, 

whose only object is hunting foxes for pleasure, and he is 
a hunter himself of great renown through the district in 
Which the chase after Reynard is esteemed an ancient and 
honorable sport, so that when he got out in the country 
he was right at home among the farmers, as well as the 
city men who hunt foxes for diversion. More than that. 
‘Mr. Thayer is an expert on fox hounds; and there isn’t 
a hound in Worcester county that he doesn’t know by- 
name, and of which -he cannot tell the pedigree at sight, so 
every fox hunter in the county—and pretty nearly every 
man outside of Worcester city is a fox hinter—is a 
friend of the Congressman, 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


“Away back in the town of Paxton Mr, Thayer was in- 
troduced to an old man he ran into out hunting with a 
pack of his own hounds. The old man didn’t just like 
the idea of talking with a Democrat about politics, and 
he never had a thought of voting for one for anything 
from constable to President, but as soon as Mr. Thayer 
got to talking with him about his hounds, and had 
praised them up, for they really are yery fine dogs, the old 
man was wont : 

“Later he admitted to some of his friends that he was 
going to vote for John R. Thayer, because he was a good 
fellow. Rallied at having decided to yote for a Demo- 
crat, the old man said: _ ‘You needn't talk to me. Any 
man that knows ez much about haounds ez he does, and 
likes ’em ez well, is a good feller, and I’m goin’ to vote 
fer him anyway.’ 

“In the very most active part of the campaign, when 
the workers of both patties were driving all over the 
district making personal appeals to the voters by day 
and addressing gatherings of them by night, Mr. Thayer 
announced that he was going to, take a day off and go 
fox hunting with the Worcester Fur Company, and he did. 
Even some of his friends told him that he shouldn’t take 
the chance of losing a day from his campaigning, but it 
made no difference to him, and when the yoters read in 
the Worcester papers that he had stopped campaigning for 
a day to go after foxes, and more, that he was the only 
man of the patty to bring in a brush, it made him tore 
yotes that he could haye gained by personal talks with the 
men of his district. 

“Mr. Thayer is a famous story teller, and his popularity 
in that line is as great in the committee rooms at Wash- 
ington as it is in the back districts of Worcester county. 
Back in the country he tells the farmers of the good 
things he has heard in Washington, and in the latter city 
he is always in demand to tell the stories he has found in 


Massachusetts. and particularly among the fox hunters,” 


Henry H, Krvpaty, Sec’y. 


The Ohio Situation. 


CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 10—Editor Forest and Stréam:: 


The Ohio law is a disgrace to the statute books of atiy 
State, and about all the sportsnien can do is to bear it, fot 
it is too bad to grin and bear it. 

The law gives only twenty days of shooting, and at-a 
time that is too late in the year for mdst of the migratory 
birds, Lees i a 

It allows one to have certain kinds of game in posses- 
sion when it is illegal -to kill it, and then to kill same 
game at a time when it is illegal to have-it in possession: 
Hard to obtain conviction with’such law. 

As we only have biennial sessions of the Legislature 
there is no relief in sight until 1902, 

The law is so manifestly unfair and unreasonable that 
there is,a great deal of unlawful shooting done, and I 
greatly fear an increase of this: kind of ‘shooting and a 
gzrowing contempt for all game laws. | if 

There is this silver lining to the clouds, however, and 
that is that all sportsmen all jover the State are thor- 
oughly aroused and determined to have laws passed at 
the next, session of the Legislature that will be fair and 


‘ reasonable to all concerned. 


I think it will be possible now to have a good gun 
license law passed that will do more to control unlawful 
shooting than any law we haye ever had, 

Paut Norte, 


New: York League: Meeting. 


New York, Noy. 1, 1990. 


The annual meeting of the New York Fish, Game and 


Forest League will be held at the Yates Hotel, Syracuse, 
Y., at 10:30 A. M. on Dec. 6, 10900, and a full, at- 
tendance is hoped for. - 

In order that they may be fully discussed at the annual 
meeting, all proposed amendments to the present game 
laws should, if possible, be forwarded to the Chairman 
of the Legislative and Law Committee, Mr. Walter S. 
Macgregor, 41 Wall street, New York city, prior to the 
first day of December, 1900. 

Applications for membership should be made to the 
Secretary, who will gladly give any further information 
which may be desired. 

Rozsert B. LAWRENCE, 

ErRneEst G, GouLp, Sec’y, } President. 

Seneca Falls. 


A 62-Inch Moose Head. 


Mr. C. E. E, Ussuer, General Passenger Agent of the 
Canadian Pacific, tells us that late in October 2 moose 
head was taken out of Kippewa district by Mr. ime 
Bates Dana, of Worcester, Mass., and shipped from 
Kippewa to Montreal. The spread was 62 inches. A Mr. 
W. S. Lincoln, of Worcester, Mass., at the same time 
shipped two heads from Kippewa to Montreal, one of 
which had ‘a spread of 58 inches. 


Long Island Ducks. 


East Quogue, L. I; Nov. 1o—The change in the 
weather has brought the ducks in the bay. Several good 
bags of ducks have been made; ten mallards, with black 
ducks, widgeons, sprigs and broadbills. If weather con- 
tinues the outlook for shooting will be good. Quite a 
number of sheldrakes have come in the bay since the 
change of wind. E. A. JAcKSoNn. 


The Foresr anp SrreAm is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. 


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DON’T SHOOT 


Until you see your game, and 
see that it is game and 
not a man. 


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Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forest AND STREAM. 


ANGLING NOTES. 


Trout Fry and Iced Fry, 


More and more the New York applications for public 
fish for stocking waters that are public (for under no 
circtumstances will State fish be furnished for stocking 
private waters, and I might also say that the State of 
New York does not furnish fish for stocking the waters 
of other States, be they public or private) demand finger- 
ling fish, particularly of the salmon family, and conse- 
quently fewer trout fry are asked for. There is no 
reason why fry properly planted should not give good 
returns, but the trouble is to have the fry properly 
planted, as I have pointed out in former notes. Very 
recently I met a committee of gentlemen in Cattaraugus 
county to look ovet yarious places where trout fry may 
be reared to fingerlings, and one of them gave me a leaf 
from his experience in planting fry, He said he had been 
jitst as successful in planting fry as in planting fingerling 
fish, because he took the fry to the very headwaters of the 
streams and planted them at the sources, taking the fry 
from the cans in a dipper and depositing not over six 
to twelve of, the little fish it a place. This made con- 
siderable hard work, fot each can probably contained at 
least 3,000 fry, atid to platit six to twelve and carry the 
can to another point and repeat the opefation required 
time and hard work, but Mr. Blessing assured me that 
this sort of fish planting brought as good results as when 
fingerlings had been planted. The fish so distributed 
were assured of a fair division of the food in the streams 
atid were placed where they would not be eaten by their 
larger brethren of the same or other species. 

This evening I was looking at the circular of the 
Solway Fishing Company, of Dumfries, Scotland, and 
noticed what it had to say about fty. Mr. Armistead, the 
proprietor of the fishery, is a midn of large expetience ag 
a fish breeder, and what he has to say on the subject 
must have weight, and as I desire always to present a 
case fairly, I give an extract from the circular: 

“Many of our correspondents we find prefer fry, and 
have been remarkably successful in stocking waters with 
them. Fry do very well. and are go much better. under- 
stood than they were twenty years ago that we have far 
more confidence in recommending them. There are cases 
in which it would be injudicious and possibly useless to 
use fry for stocking, but such cases are exceptional. The 
Bre secret of success with fry lies in haying good healthy 

sh.’ 

The trout fry sent out by the State of New York are 
good healthy fish—there can be none more so—and if they 
were not they would not grow into the good healthy 
fingerling fish that are so frequently commended by those 
who receive them. Breeding fish are carefully selected 
and only healthy specimets are used for breeders, The 
stock fish are changed between the different hatcheries 
that have stock ponds. Fish above four years of age are 
now disposed of by platting them in public waters. Fresh 
blood is introduced by taking eggs from wild fish, and e gs 
are obtained from waters outside of the State. The differ- 
etice between the cost of fty and yearlings is exemplified 
in the circular before me. Fry from selected fish are 
sold at $6.25 per 1,000, and selected yearlings are sold for, 
$75 per 1,000. If yéarlings are not properly planted they 
will amount to little more than fry improperly planted, so 
it remains, if one‘is to be successful in fish planting. for 
the applicant for State fish to see that, whether the fish are 
fry or fingerlings, they are properly placed in the water, 

Sometimes I think it would be money well invested for 
the State to insist that all fish be planted by men from 
the State hatcheries, and then, if these men did not do 
the work as it should be done, to get others who would, 
It is a great saving of time and money for the State to 
deliver the fish, whatever they may be, at a railroad 
station into the hands of the applicant, and go on to other 
stations with other assignments of fish. In this way 2 
messenger might distribute 60,000 fish in three days that 
would tequire a week or more to plant if the messenger 
put every fish in the stream himself. 

However, I have wandered away from ice on trout fry. 
I was greatly surprised to read in the Solway circular: 
this declaration: “We have often heard of fry being iced 
for a journey. No wonder they did not succeed. Here 
ice has never been used for such a purpose, except under 
the most exceptional circumstances.” 

There is no reason why ice shold not be used, and 
there is every reason that it should in transporting fry, 
aud no harm ever came from using it, and if ever fry 
failed to succeed, the failure cannot be charged to the 


use Of ice in the cans on the journey from the hatchery 


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to the water where the fry were’ planted. 

This may appear to be strong language in the face of 
the quotation, and I'mean it to be, for if it is wrong 9 
ice trout fry in the cans on a journey, the State and- 
national fish commissions have been doing wrong for 
years and continue to-day to do wrong. Nevertheless 
they are very sticcessful in so doing, 
_ Occasionally I have heard some one wonder that ice 
Is used in a can of young fish, only because. they happen 
to think that the ice may strike the fish or jam them 
against the side of the can. In a can the ice floats at the 
top of the water and the trout fry, like all fry of the 
salmon family, hug the bottom. It is for this reason thet 
round cans are used, for if they were square corners th 
fry would crowd into the corners at the bottom and 
smother. 

Over and over again have fry (and older fish, too) been 
lost for want of ice, and the ice question is a rather ten- 
der subject with me. One night I started with a lot of 
choice trout fry for an all-night journey, and I was 
plentifully supplied with ice, as I supposed but there 
was a fire in the express car, and the ice melted in the 
cans at a fearful rate, and in the middle of the night the 
ice gave out. The sleeping cars in the train contribute { 
each a_ small quota of ice. but not enough to: save the 
fish. To be sure, the cans were overcrowded at the Start, 
but this was a matter of necessity, and an extra quantity 


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(Nov. 17, 1000. 


of ice had been ordered in consequence. Ice would 
have saved the fish in spite of the crowding, but lack of it 
killed them. I can look back over a score of instances 
where lack of ice caused loss of trout and other fry, and 
where the presence of it would have saved them. A 
particularly aggravating casé was of a messenger de- 
posited at 2 o'clock in the morning at a junction with 
30,000 sea salmon fry, and no Ice. The messenger had: 
been almost forced to take a train he did not wish to 
take to bring about the situation in which he found 
himself. Sea salmon wete as scarce then as now, and as 
soon as he could get a message to me over the railway 
wires I procured ice and met him with it. In the mean- 
time he pumped his fish, and when IT met him about 
25,000 were dead, and those still alive were very sick, Ice 
would have saved them, and knowing how ice has saved 
fish fry for all the years since Dr, Garlick, the father of 
fishculture in America, discovered the use of ice in trans- 
porting fry, about 1853, I cannot understand why any 
fish breeder should intimate that icing fry 1s wrong or 
likely to operate against the sticcess of the fish planted 
after being iced. If it were wrong or injurious we would 
not have any fish in this country as the result of artificial 
breeding, for all our fry are iced in the cans when 
transported, and it is for this reason that every hatchery 
in the State has an ice house, and why now that ice is 
exhausted in some of these ice houses, the State 1s paying 
$5 a ton for it at nearly every point where the State fish 
car is sent. Let no one be alarmed if he receives trout 
fry with ice in the can; rather let him rejoice. 


Salmon River Salmon. 


Yesterday I received a salmon from Salmon River, New 
York. It was an Atlantic salmon, but not very fresh, as 
it had reached me in a very roundabout way, and the 
ice was melted, and I did not wish to spend much time in 
examining it closely. How the fish was taken I do not 
yet know, bit it had marks on its sides showing it had 
heen injured in some way. Several round marks showed 
old wounds and a peculiar glazing of the skin where the 
scales were absent. Possibly it was similar marks on the 
fish previously referred to that was found dead that gave 
rise to the opinion that lampreys had caused its death. 
To me it'did not look like the work of the lamprey in 
the case of the fish received yesterday. The journey from 
the sea to Salmon River must be a long one to bring the 
frst fish to the river in the month of October, and there 
are perils of divers sorts between the sea and the sweet 
water of Oswego county, of which we know little at this 
time, but can imagine much, Suffice it to know now 
that the fish are Atlantic salmon, and that as the result 


of a salmon plant the fish are returning to the river 
annually, 


Fish Weirs. 


Some of the New York fish and game protectors re- 
cently made a yisit to the Delaware River at Port Jervis 
and followed the stream upward for forty or filty niles, 
destroying the eel weirs in the stream. 1 saw Protector 
Leavitt the day he returned to Albany after his raid, and 
asked what he found in the weirs, for it has been con- 
tended that nothing but eels are taken in them. He did 
find eels, barrels of them but he also found black bass 
in many of the weirs. It has been the custom for resi- 
dents of Pennsylvania in many instances to build their 
weirs on the New York s:de, and the residents of New 
York to build their weirs on the Pennsylvania side, so the 
protectors destroyed all the weirs they found, no matter on 
which side of the river they were found, and the Penn- 
sylyania protectors have done the same thing. Some of 
the weirs were so massive that they had to be blown up 
with dynamite, but all were destroyed, no matter what 
their character or where they were found, but the owners 
escaped, for word went up the river faster than the 
protectors could move, telling what they were there for. 


New Hatchery aid Rearing Pon's. 


At the meeting of the Forest, Fish and Game Com- 
mission on Nov. 8, action was taken on the selection of 
a site for a new State hatchery in Delaware county. 
Every situation suggested by the people in the county— 
for the law provides that the hatchery must be erected in 
Delaware county—has been examined, and on Nov. 7 the 
hatchery committee made a final yisit to a site near 
Hobart. The time was limited, and Mr. Edward Coy- 
kendall, superintendent Ulster & Delaware R. R., fur- 
nished a special train to take the committee from Kingston 
to Hobart and return. that the members might be in 
Albany on the 8th. The State Engineer had prepared a 
survey of the site, measurement of water, etc., and at the 
regular meeting the site was formally adopted, Tt will 
comprise about ten acres. on the farm of Mr. Jos. Hiller, 
about one-half mile from Hobart Station, on the Ulster 
& Delaware R, R., in the town of Stamford. ‘There are 
six sprngs, each with a temperature of 46 degrees 
Fahr., and together they were flowimg enough water in 
August and again in September to hatch 20,000,000 of 
trout eggs. From the upper spring to the Delaware 
River it is a distance of 2,300 feet, and thete is no op- 
portunity for flooding, as the springs form in a meadow 
and the resulting brood flows through the meadow to the 
river, giving a fall of over 14 feet, all the head neces- 
sary for hatching purposes. The railroad is but a few 
rods from the stream and parallel with it and it connects 
with the West Shore R, R. at Kingston and with the 
Delaware & Hudson at Oneotita, The railroad company 
will build sidings at a point opposite the proposed 
hatchery. I doubt if a moré favorable location could be 
selected anywhere for a hatchery with an abundance of 
desirable water as to temperature and quality, and con- 
venience of distributing the fish hatched in the hatchery 
when built. 

The Commission also selected a site for rearing races 
and ponds in Cattaraugus county near Lime Lake, and 
Lime Lake is near Machias Junction. The bill providing 
for these ponds reads “for a hatchery and rearing ponds,” 
but it neyer was intended to erect a hatchery in Cat- 
taraugus cotinty, for the reason that the capacity of the 
present hatcheries is over 53,000,000 trout eggs alone, and 
in one year the Commission hatches under 10,000,000 of 
eggs. The Commission with its present water supply can 
rear but. about one and one-half millions of fingerling 
fish, and it is for this reason that additional water is de- 


‘food for the fish to be reared. 


sired for rearing races and ponds. The site selected by 
the Commission is on the line of the Pennsylvania R. R. 
(Western New York & Pennsylvania), forty-four miles 
from Buffalo, and the springs are within sixty rods of 
the track. The water supply is abundant for rearing a 
great number of fingerling trout, and the nearness of the 
location to Buffalo will insure cheap transportat on of 
It is probable that the 
people will donate the site, and Senator Higgins informs 


~ me that a highway would be laid oud from the water to the 


railroad station, less than a mile, if the Commission 
selected this site. During the dry season, so widespread 
and so severe in New York this year, the springs at 
Lime Lake gave an abundance of water, with a tempera- 
ture of 48 degrees Fahr. at the springs, and the surface 
water in the brook was 53 degrees Fahr. When the races 
are erected trout fry will be taken in the State car'from 
other hatcheries, where the water is limited, and reared 
at Lime Lake until the time for distributing them as 
fingerlings. The site is admirable from the point of 
railway, connections in taking the fry from other 
hatcheries, and in distributing the fingerlings and for 
other reasons it is most desirable for a rearing station. 


Nessmuk's Drinking Cup, 


This evening a friend said to me: “What a curious 
match box you have on your desk. What is it?” The 
natch box is stich a familiar feature of my desk that it 
long ago ceased to be curious to me. It is Nessmuk’s 
drinking cup, and is of his own manufacture. It is a sec- 
tion o1 a cow’s horn I scraped and polished, the bottom 
of the section haying a piece of wood fitted into it so that 
it will hold liquids. Nessmuk cut into the horn at the 
base these words, ‘Temperance Cup,” and filled the let- 
ters with ink, perhaps, so that they are conspicuous. He 
said it was a temperance cup, not from the kind of 
liquid it would hold, but from the quantity. It is 134 
inches high and 1% inches in diameter, and had seen long 
service before Nessmuk gave it to me years ago. One day 
my daughter put matches in it, and thereafter it was 
designated as a match box, and has so served in spite of 
its legend. 


Spawning of Trout. 


The unusual warm weather in October and early No- 
veinber of this year has caused all the fall spawning fishes 
to be quite late in depositing their oya. The foremen of 
all the State hatching stations in New York have the 
same story to tell. that trout in the stock ponds are 
slow to run into the spawning races, and that trout in 
the wild waters have not yet made their beds, so that the 
season for egg taking is unusually late. One State em- 
ployee who is prosecuting work in new waters as an 
experiment, writes-under date of Nov. 7: “Fished until 
midnight on two beds last night. Caught twelve lake 
trout, eight males and four females, the latter not ripe 
yet. No whitefish have yet come into the nets.” On Nov. 
& he wrote: “We fished the lake trout beds last night, but 
owing to winds and rough seas had to take up the nets 
soon after » o'clock. We caught twenty lake trout 
weighing from 6 to 9 pounds each. Six of them: were 
females, not ripe, I think it will be fully three days 
more before they will be ready. None had spawned.” 

Up to Nov. 4 the different State hatching stations had 
taken a total of eggs as follows: Brook trout, 1,095,000; 
brown trout, 645,500, and lake trout, 3,245,000. In addi- 
tion, 1,000,000 brook trout eggs have been secured outside 
of the State for crossing w:th stock fish and for planting 
when hatched in State waters. Over 3,000,000 of the lake 
trout eggs were secured by an agent of the State in Lake 
Michigan, and even there the trout were later than 
usual in spawning. It is curious to look over the reports 
of the foremen and find that at one station none scarcely 
of the brook trout have spawned, but the brown trout are 
spawning freely. At another station it may be just the 
reverse, the brook trout are reported as spawning and 
scarcely any of the brown trout. At one station all the 
trout in one pond have spawned, while in an adjoinng 
pond there are no ripe fish as yet. The prospect seems 
fair, however. to secure a larger number of trout eggs 
than usual. as the State has joined with the United States 
in the expense of egg taking, and from this source, which 
is not touched upon in the above figures, there is the 
promise of a goodly number of trout and whitefish eggs. 
Fish are at times very uncertain creatures about furnishing 
eggs. as I have previously noted. «Last year the smelt's 
did not appear on Long Island. and in place of getting 
25,000,000 or 30,000.000 of eggs. there were but a million 
or so taken. What is true of smelt is true of other fish. 

A. N. CHENEY. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Record on Western Bass. 


Curcaco, Ill., Nov. 3.—It seems altogether likely that 
the record on Western bass this year is to be held by an 
Eastern man. Mr. W. L. Porter, of Waterford, New 
York, has been fishing up at Lake Gog ‘bic, Mich., and 
has been having very good luck with the big ones. He 
has taken one of 6% pounds, another of 6 pounds, one 
5% pounds, within the last two days, thus scoring a 
second bass to weigh 644 pounds. He caught another of 
634 pounds*not long ago. This week he capped all his 
performances by taking a beauty of 634 pounds. This fish 
was alive two days ago, and is being kept for mounting 
later on. It is thought to be the record fish fof 1g00 in 
this part of the world. All the above bass were small- 
mouths. 


Nepigon and the North Shore. 


Mr. W. ©. Watson, of Charlottesville, Va.. wants to 
know something about the north shore of Lake Superior, 
and I wish some of our friends who know all about 
that country would answer the questions which he asks. 
He writes: 

“T see but little nowadays in ForEsT AND STREAM about 
the north shore of Lake Superior, around about Nepigon, 
as a trout region. Is it played out? Have always had a 
desire to go there, but have never been able to get much 
information about it. Can you help me out? Is the. fish- 
ing really fine? What are the charges for guides, etc.? 
What are its drawbacks? I shall be grateful indeed for 
any information you can give me, When js best time to 


_Nepigon is by no means an exhausted stream.- 


Dr, yortes 


go? Possibly you can give me the names of parties who 
haye been there recently.” 

Although not personally familiar with the Nepigon 
country, I think I may say in a general way that the 
The 
Canadians manage those things better than we do. I 
think the best time to go there would be in the late 
summer, and at that time the fly would be pretty bad. 
A party customarily hires Indians—two Indians to each 
boat—and the fishing is done chiefly from the canoe, as I 
understand it. I do not know the price of the guides, but 
they are experienced and reliable, There are regular 
camping grounds, and, in fact, the whole thing is pretty 
much cut and dried. I think the main thing to do would 
be to take a shawl strap full of money, and to get to 
Port Arthur some time in August. There are many 
readers of the Forest AND STREAM who have made this 
trip. and from these I do not doubt there will be many 
replies to Mr. Watson’s queries. 

E. HoucH. 


HARTFORD Burtpinc, Chicago, Ill. 


The Michigan Grayling. 


BY A, C. BABBITT. 
(Read before the American Fisheries Society.) 


Dr. HENSHALL’S papers on Montana grayling were 
deeply interesting to me, carrying my thoughts backward 
to a time when Michigan’s type ot the species—7 hymallus 
tricolor—were almost the sole occupants of at least 1,000 
miles of limpid, running spring water, of varying width 
and deepness, threading the pine clad sections of twenty- 
three counties of the Peninsula State, lying north of a 
line drawn from the south line of Oceana county on 
Lake Michigan, running northeasterly to the lower side 
of Arenac county on Saginaw Bay. In the early seventies 
most of the streams and tributaries in the following list 
were literally overstocked with graylings. The northern 
portion of Arenac county is traversed by the Au Gres 
River, which mingles its waters with those of Saginaw 
Bay. Thence north, flowing into Lake Huron, are the Au 
Sable, Black, Pigeon and Sturgeon rivers, besides two 


branches of the Thunder Bay River, the Rainy River ~ 


atid Canada Creek. From the apex of the peninsula 
south the waters of Lake Michigan receive those of the 
Maple, Boyne, Jordan, Boardman, Manistee, Little 
Manistee, Pere Marquette, White and Muskegon fivers, 
all of which were orginally the home of the grayling. 
The one grayling stream of the Upper Peninsula is the 
east branch of the Ontonagon River, which empties into 
Lake Superior west of Keweenaw Point. By coast line: 
the mouth of the Ontonagon is upward of 400 miles from 
the coast of the Lower Peninsula. On account of the 
Strictly non-migratory habits of tri-color, it would seem 
that the Ontonagon specimen should receive a separate 
classification, 

My acquaintance with grayling dates from previously. 
Parker, of Grand Rapids, had identified the 
species, from specimens taken from one of its most 
southerly habitats, Hensey Creek, a branch of the Muske- 
gon River. We early settlers of Crawtord county, how- 
ever, were ignorant of the fact, and many long evenings 
wete partly taken up with discussions as to we denu.y 
of the fish, with which the streams of the county 
abounded. Supposedly a species of trout, its specific name 
depended on the particular stream from which it was 
taken. In that locality it was generally designated Au 
Sable or Manistee trout. By some, however, it was 
claimed that this stranger was no trout at all, but more 
likely a “cisco or jack salmon,” while others, wiser in 
their own cohiceit, pronounced this rara avis a “cross be- 
tween a sucker and lake herring,” 

In 1875 the upper portion of the Au Sable and Manistee 
rivers retained yet their primal beauty; their stock of 
grayling was practically intact. A catch of 58 pounds 
was not an uncommon thing as a result of she day's 
fishing with a fly-rod. By this means the demand fram 
Chicago, Cincinnati and Detroit for grayling was over- 
supplied, so little was this delicious fable fish known, As 
its fame as a game fish and an epicurean dainty spread, 
fishermen came from afar, who almost inyariably pro 
nounced it superior to brook trout im both of these 
qualities. It is to be hoped that an effort will be made to 
propagate Thymallus tricolor by methods similar to those 
employed in the propagation of its congener in Montana. 
Two questions in regard to T. tricolor have for some time 
engaged the attention of fishculturists; first, inquiry as to 
the cause for the rapid depopulation of grayling streams; 
second, why have attempts at artificial or protected propa 
gation of the species been economic failures? 

Owing to the gregarious and fearless nature of 7. 
tricolor, 1 believe that the same amount of fishing on a 
grayling and trout stream of similar character would 
make a greater impression on the stock in the grayling 
stream than in the trout stream. The real cause for the 
practical extermination of Michigan grayling, however, 
has been logging operations. On accotint of their peculiar 
spawning habits, the log driye has year after year prac- 
tically shut out that function, besides undoubtedly de- 
stroying numbers of adult fish. 

T. tricolor’s habits are for ten months in the year 
strictly local. During this period he will occupy a portion 
of a river's bed circumscribed hy one square foot of space, 
No matter if hundreds are domiciled in a bend of the 
river, each and every one keeps separate house. If dis- 
taurbed, driven out, each returns to the precise spot which 
he formerly occupied. About March to there is a general 


exodus from their haunts, a run down stream. When ~ 


nature prompts their return they begin a lingering ascent 
or up run, performing spawning functions on the way 
up stream, at points for which the gravid fishes have a 
special predilection, on either sand or gravel, according 
to the character of their habitat. TJ. tricolor’s habits, or 
preferences, ate immutably fixed, as unchangeable as 
fate. She has a preference for a particular portion of 
the tiyer’s bed on which to spawn, and there she will 
deposit her eggs or not at all. If a log jam rests on the 
spot of her choice, as is often the case, being piled from 
the bottom to the surface of the water, she will hold on to 
her eggs until the germ dies rather than cast them in any 
other place. These traits render it an impossibility to 
propagate the species anywhere else but in their native 
haunts. 


_ Nov. 17; 1900.] 


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In short, the Michigan type of Tiigimallus must have 
a4 down run. She must also find her spawning ground 
unobstructed on her return or propagation of her kind is 
off for that season. The experience of several years 
devoted to efforts at domestication of grayling conyinces 
me that it is impracticable. 

L believe, however, that protected propagation of 
Thymallus tricolor is both practicable and feasible, pro- 
vided a stream can be found where logging operations are 
a thing of the past, and where enough grayling haye sur- 
vived to serve as a nucleus for future operations under 
ihe protection and manipulation of fishculturists. 


Tip-Ups and Ice-Fishing, 


Paterson, N. J.. Nov. 8—H#ditor Forest and Streain: 
The article'on tip-ups in your last issue is very interest- 
ing for people who like that kind of sport. I have no 
doubt Mr. Churchward is reliable, but I see a difficulty 
in his last proposition, that New York fishermen may 
enjoy the sport on the Jakes mentioned. Among these 
lakes he includes Hopatcong, Budd’s, Panther and other 
lakes in New Jersey. Of course, there are fish in those 
lakes, and these fish can be taken by means of tip-tips, as 
I have seen it done, but I wish Mr. Churchward would 
tell me where he is going to get his ice from or whether he 
expects New York anelers to pay $20 for each fish taken. 


Pickerel fishing is prohibited in New Jersey from the - 


last day in November to the first day of May, and, un- 
less Mr, Churchward has made arrangements for a very 
material change in thesseasons, that is just the time we 
may expect ice in our New Jersey lakes in the future. 
judzed by past experience. J do not know which would 
he more expensive, to cart ice to the lakes in the summer 
for the operation of tip-ups, or to pav $20 per fish during 
the winter months. ‘CHas. A. SHRINER. 


Che Fennel. 


Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIALS. 


Nov. 18—Chatham, Ont.—Twelith annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec’y. - 

Nov. 13.—Harrisville, Pa.—Central Beagle Club’s annual field 
trials. A. C. Paterson, Sec’y. a ; 

Nov. 15-16.—Riley, Ind.—Second annual field trials of the Riley 
Field Trials Association. J. L. Graham, Sec’y, 1 

Nov._16—Newton, N. C.—Eastern Field Trials Club’s twenty- 
second annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Noy. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. Wot. 

Nov. 20,—Robinson, Ill—Tllinois Field Trials Assaciation’s sec- 
ond annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec’y, Mattoon, Il. 

Nov. 20:—Ruthven, Ontario, Can.—Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr, Sec’y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. j Ph. { 

Nov. 27.—Glasgow, Ky—Kentucky Field Trials Club’s annual 
field trials, EF. W. Samuel, Sec’y, Louisville, Ky. ind ms 

Nov. 30.—Newton, N. €—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members’ Stake. Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. ; / . 

Dec. 10 —Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Trials Association. L. S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. 

1901. 

Jan, 14.—Greenville, Ala—Fifth annual field trials of the Alabama 
Field Trials Club. John B. Rosenstihl, Sec’y. ; 

Jan. 21.—Benten County, Miss.—Tenth annual field trials of the 
United States Field Trials Club. W. B. Stafford, Sec’y, Trenton, 


Tenn. 

a BENCH SHOWS. 

Nov. 13-17.—Vicksburg, Miss.—Pirst annual bench shew of the 
West Mississippi A ovisalinnal, Mechanical and Live Stock Ex- 
position. John Dewhurst, Supt. 

Nav. 28-80.—Philadelphia, Pa,—Second annual bench show of the 
Philadelphia Dog Show Association. M, A. Viti, Sec’y. | , 

Dec. 6-10.—Cincinnati, O.—Annual bench show of the Cincinnati 
J. ©. Trohliger, Sec*y- 

1901. 

Feb. 26-March 1.—Cleveland, 0.—Cleveland Kennel Club’s annual 
bench show. C. M. Munhall, Sec’y. , 

March 6-9.—Pittsburg, Pa—Duquesne Kennel Club’s 
berch show. F. S: Stedman, Sec’y. 


Fox Terrier Club. 


annual 


Training the Hunting Dog. 


By B. Waters, Author of “Fetch and Carry: A Treatise 
on Retrieving.” 


VIII.—Pointing, Backing, Ranging, Quartering, Dropping to 
Wing, Unsteadiness, Brace Work. 


Pointing (Continued). 


Nor infrequently the pointing instinct is exhibited at 
a very early age, and in rare instances il is dormant 
past the age of maturity. Usually yoting puppies are 
profoundly affected by the scent of game birds or the 
sight of other birds. On the latter, they will draw and 
point by sight, springing alter and chasing them the 
moment that they take wing. At first, under the stimu- 
lus of their purpose, they rush heedlessly in to capttire, 
and failing it they. chase senselessly and riotously. Fail- 
ure develops greater caution. As they grow older, they 
use their noses more and exercise greater craft. As to 
methods, they yary and are determined by the intelli- 
gence and idiosyncrasies of the individual. 

A precocious display of pointing does not in the least 
indicate that the puppy making it is superior to his fel- 
lows, for it requires no high degree of mental or physical 
ability to stand on a point. The act, moreover, may be 
done foolishly and aimlessly as any other act may be 
done, The nose of the dog requires a certain degree of 
training to become a trained organ of scent. Skill 
in its use therefore comes from experience. 

Commonly the first efforts of puppies at pointing are 
awkward and ineffiicinet. Different kinds of effort are 
indicated by certain scent, as the body scent and the 
foot scent. and by different degrees of intensity of the 
same scent. The best manner of following scent, wind 
and character of the ground considered, is also an im- 
portant factor. If the dog presses too closely on the 
birds, he flushes them; if he stops too fat away from 
them, he is outside of the limits wherein he can make a 
successful spring, and therewith a reasonably successful 
attempt at capturing them. If he runs about over the 
trail aimlessly or potters to and fro, the birds may run 
entirely away from him. 

Errors in the first attempts are to be expected, The 


dog learns only by his sticcesses and failures. After a 
time his judgment and functional powers of nose be- 
come so developed and trained that he can discriminate 
between the hody scent and the foot scent, and when 


pointing can estimate with precision the whereabouts 


oi the concealed birds, 

The purpose of the point is twofold; the dog when set 
endeayors to accurately locate the birds by his powers of 
scent, and he then is in a better position to spring vigor- 
ously to capture. When he makes his point, every mus- 
cle is at its ttmost tension. The opening and closing’ 
jaw regulates the intake of air so that the nostrils will 
not be disturbed in their act of nice discrimination; the 
eyes are set with a fixed bloody purpose. He may determine 
in an instant the whereabouts of the birds, or it may take 
hint some moments. When he is satisfied that he has 
them located... he springs in with astonishing energy 
and quickness, and many times is successful in captur- 
ing before the birds can take wing, or, taking wing, he 
may capture before they can get beyond his reach. He 
can spring a few feet before. a bird can rise from the 
ground a like distance. He makes many mistakes 
nevertheless. Sometimes, through eddies of wind or 
bad judgment, he may jump in the wrong direction, or 
he may make his stand too far away from the birds and 
when he makes his spring he falls far short of reaching 
thein, ete. Dogs in this respect vary greatly in skill, 

The points of the dog, as they are naturally made in 
furtherance of his own purposes, as shown when he is 
not trained or but half trained, have a vigor and inten- 
sity which are much greater than those of the trained 
dog. In time the points of the latter gradually become 
more or Jess perfunctory. He learns that he must not 
spring forward to capture and that therefore there is 
no need to set himself rigidly for it. He may even 
become slouchy on point, and some dogs learn to lie 
down instead of standing up as a dog on point naturally 
should do. 

All dogs, however, which lie down on point do not 
do so as a matter of ease or indifference. Some do so 
as a matter of education; others as a matter of caution, 
sneaking forward very close to the ground when on trail, 
and dropping to the ground betimes for the purpose of 
concealment, something after the manner in which cats 
stalk their prey. Their alertness in playing to the gun 
is not diminished by being deprived of the pleasure of 
springing fo capture; they are intent on intelligently as- 
sisting the sticcess of the gun, and by being instrumental 
in the capture their self-interest is preserved. 

The trainer in diverting the dog’s efforts in seeking 
game preseryes as much as possible all the dog’s point- 
ing methods up to the juncture whereat he has located 
the birds, stands to collect himself and is ready to. spring 
in, to flush and capture. 

The flush and capture are all that the dog is taught to 
forego. The point is useful to the shooter; the flush is 
not. Therefore the dog is indulged in the exercise of 
his own self interest in so far as permitting him to find 
and point birds; further than that he may not go without 
offense. 

As mentioned hereinbefore, the dog in his first at- 
tempt should be permitted to seek and point and flush 
in his own manner, the trainer exercising some judg- 
ment as to how much experience is necessary to bring 
him to the proper stage for training to the gun. 

The matter of whether the dog is headstrong or 
timid, or quick or slow to learn, or whether the oppor- 
tunities are meager or abundant, etc., is for the exer- 
cise of the trainer's judgment, There is no arbitrary rule 
ito determine it. 

When the proper time arrives for steadying the puppy 
on point, it he flushes he is brought back to the place 
where he should have pointed and there is forced to 
remain till he recovers from his excitement and foregoes 
his purpose. As the flush is repeated opportunity after 
opportunity, the trainer evinces more and more disap- 
proyal by scoldings and more or Jess punishment, accord- 
ing to the requirements of the case. 

At length, when the puppy has been taught what is 
required of him, if he springs in and flushes he is more 
severely punished, and as to how much punishment is 
necessary the trainer must exercise some nice judgment. 
Some dogs require very little; others require a gréat deal 
of punishment. 

The trainer is most likely to err in hurrying too much, 
He is anxious to haye the puppy pointing at once, and 
he is apt to use the whip too soon and too often in 
consequence, There is, in this connection, a certain 
difficulty in making the dog understand that the pursuit 
of the birds is not for his own benefit; that he is to stop 
short where his every natural impulse is to go on, and 
that punishment has reference to steady pointing and 
thus to the interests of the shooter. By injudicious pun- 
ishment the dog may mistakenly understand that he has 
done wrong in finding the birds at all, and thereafter 
when near birds he may shy away from and quietly leave 
them so as to avoid the war which is likely to ensue 
if he happens to flush them. This act is called blinking, 
and is about the worst fault that a dog can have. Not 
infrequently weeks are required to cure it, and the 
trainer, who was the cause of it, from the fear he inspires 
m the pupil, is unable to cure it. A change of trainers 
is therefore then necessary. This alone should make 
clear the need of proper deliberation in training the dog 
to stanchness on point. 

Excessive violence defeats its own ends. The dog 
cannot be taught to point if he has no inclination to do 
so. The instinct is slow to develop.in some dogs. 
It may he latent for one or two years. Tf the 
dog shows gaod capabilities otherwise, he should not 
be condenined because he is disinclined to point in his 
‘puppyhood. 

The self interest of the dog may be excited by acts 
which are pleasurable or profitable, or both combined. 
Seeking birds is such an enthralling passion that he will 
submit to much painful restriction before he will desist, 
though in time he can, by improper punishment, be 
forced to do so. : 

By habit the dog’s nose becomes his chief organ of 
sense. He relies on it implicity. If his master returns 
after a short or long absence, though he may see him 
distinctly, he will circle arowund till he catches scent of 
him, thus verifying his eye sight, after which he is per- 
fectly satisfied of correct identification, 


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-of his trainer. 


Tf it should happen that the trainer so dominates the 
pupil, or that the latter is so subservient that he is dis- 
inclined to take any independent initiative, or that he 
is Slow to engage in hunting, it is better to let him have 
a course of self hunting on his own account. Dogs 
thereby acquire great skill and confidence in the appli- 
cation of methods, developing their intelligence and 
knowledge to an astonishing degree, 

The unrestrained pursuit of prey is the dog’s greatest 
pleasure. Once he learns self hunting, on opportunity 
he will steal away from home to indulge in it. He seeks 
the companionship of yagrant boys or dogs which are 
inclined to hunt like himself, either of which gives him 
the freedom from restraint which he so much values. 
When on a self hunt the duration of his absence is 
sometimes measured by the degree of fatigue which he 
can suffer, at other times by the degree of hunger, or 
by the degree of hunger and fatigue combined. Some- 
times he may be absent a few hours; sometimes several 
days, returning thereafter in a state of skin and bone, 
and worn, weary and famished. When seeking thus for 
himself, he will plod cheerfully through mud and snow: 
will swim cold streams of water; will work in brush and 
brier; will gallop bravely into woods and open, ever 
eager to find and capture, rarely desisting until physi- 
cal exhaustion’ prevents him from engaging further in 
the pursuit. 

e, in one self-hunting outing, learns more than he 
generally learns. in weeks when under the domination 
‘a When self-hunting, all the natural hunt- 
ing qualities and inclinations which are born in him have 
the free play unhindered. Then he learns to follow the 
trail with quickness, precision and enthusiasm; to distin- 
guish the torward from the back trail; the body scent 
irom the foot scent; the places which are likely to be and 
which are not likely to be the haunts of birds; to mark 
the flight of flushed birds and its probable length. In 
short, he learns the values of all the circumstances which 
are to be considered in the matter of pursuit and capture. 

On the other hand, once that the dog has learned the 
delights and freedom of self hunting, there is no brealk- 
ing him from indulging in it. He will sneak away when- 
ever opportunity and inclination impel him to it, prowl- 
ing for miles everywhere throughout the strrounding 
country, generally in the company of some other dog 
or dogs of like proclivities. Confinement is the only 
preventive of such acts. ; 


A Hunting and Retrieving Cat. 


UNcoOMMON among cats is Wuzzy, the son of Mutz. 
for Wuzzy goes a-hunting. He does not hunt as all 
cats do, but, instead, goes with hunter and gun and re- 
trieves game, the accomplishment coming partly from 
heredity and partly from long, patient and careful train- 
ing. While in India several years ago I saw a cheetah, 
or hunting leopard, that had been trained to bring down 
game at the command of its master. This opened a field 
ot Possibilities in training animals of the cat kind, and 
the question immediately arose regarding the domestic 
cat. Ti a wild animal could be tamed and trained, why 
could not one that was already tamed be taught to do as 
well? After experimenting for several years on these 
lines in a disconnected way, I found that it would take 
long continued and patient effort to Succeed, 

I became the possessor of a beautiful Australian tiger 
cat, who responded to the name of Muty. Mutz was 
affectionate and of good disposition, and I began train- 
ing her to hunt while she was a kitten. Tt was a most 
difficult undertaking, and when I had reached a point 
in her education where she would follow me, a short 
distance from the house and pick up birds that were shot 
she became the mother of three kittens. Two of these 
were consigned to a bucket of warm water at birth, but 
the third was so beautifully marked that he was saved. 
Some one remarked that he was “a wuzzy little cat,” and 
“Wiuzzy” he was named. 

The coming of family duties effectually stopped the 
further education of Mutz, and the effort was transferred 
to Wuzzy. Wuzzy’s father was evidently a disreputable 
old fellow, but the son’s markings were even more per- 
fect than those of his mother, and now he is a miniature 
tiger in all but disposition, for a more lovable and loving 
cat it would be difficult to find. The nomadic instinets 
of his father, combined with the training of his mother, 
made Wuzzy an ideal subject for experimentation, and as 
soon as he could play I began to teach him to retrieve, 

Patience is the paramount idea in training a cat. A 

scolding will undo the work of days and a blow will ruin 
any cat. A cat will be a companion, but never a slave. 
If you teach it anything it will do it because it wants 
to—nevyer because it has to. All this I had learned in the 
school of experience before I began teaching Wuzzy, and 
the result is that now, at the age of one year, he has 
neyer been scolded or struck, and is utterly without fear. 
This digression may give an idea of what it means to 
teach a cat. 
_ After Wuzzy had learned to retrieve he was taught 
to follow at request—not command—and then come to 
shoulder. A dog is taught to come to heel, but Wuzzy 
preferred my shoulder, and would climb there and re- 
main perched there during the long walks, Now cante 
the most important and most delicate part of his educa- 
tion, He would retrieve and would follow: would he 
stand fire? Would he retrieve birds? Beginning with a 
small rifle. which made but slight sound, I gradually 
accustomed him to the discharge until he would sit on 
my left shoulder while I fired a shot from the right, 

The next lesson was to combine the sound of the gun 
with the idea of retrieving, and on firing I threw the ball 
with which he was accustomed to play and he quickly 
associated the gun and the ball. Then the ball was dis- 
placed by a dead bird, a linnet or sparrow freshly killed, 
and it took but a few lessons to teach him to tetrieve 
the bird as readily as the ball. The next lesson consisted 
in hanging the bird to a limb and dropping it as the gun 
was fired. He soon learned to watch the motion of the 
gun and his keen eyes detected the bird before the shot. 
His eagerness and expression of expectancy showed his 
impatience and the trigger was scarcely pressed before 
he was off for the fallen bird, 

Having sufficiently inculcated into his mind- the se- 
quence of events, I now put his lessons in practical opera- 


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tion and took him on his first hurt. He followed me 
readily for about a quarter of a mile, and then showed 
a desire to return home. Calling him to shoulder, I shot 
a linnet. He watched the motion of the gun with evi- 
ences of delight, and as the bird fell he sprang to the 
ground and brought the bleeding trophy to my feet, 
This was sufficient for the first day, and we returned 
home, where he received the ‘bird as his share of the day's 
sport. ite et . Me 

Every day for a week I continued to take him further 
and further from heme until I félt that his education was 
about complete. A tramp of three miles and back had no 
terrors for him, and his bright golden brown eyes were 
often first to discover the hidden bird. I have not yet 
succeeded in teaching him that all birds are not game, 
nor have I succeeded in getting him to retrieve rabbits 
and squirrels, Like all of his kind, he has an antipathy 
for water and will not venture itt after birds that fall in 
streams. : a) / t 

The details of our most recent hunting trip are typical 
of his work, and will serve to show to what extent 
Wuzzy’s education has been cartied. I started out one 
evening and gaye a peculiar whistle, which the cat has 
learned to recognize as his particular call. He came 
sleepily around the corner of the house, as if half-inclined 
to tesent interference with his nap, but when he saw the 
gun his resentment passed and he was all life and action. 
He frisked about like a dog, running up and down my 
clothing, climbing trees and scampering along the top 
of fences for a few hundred yards, when he settled down 
to business and began casting about for game. Espying 
a dove on a dead limb, he crouched and began lashing 
his long tail in perfect tiger motion. Thus he lay until 
I sighted the bird, flushed it and brought it down, when 
he was off, swifter: than a dog, and grasping the flutter- 
ing dove almost as soon as it touched the ground. Before 
I had the dove strung on my game carrier he was 
crouching again, and it took me several minutes to dis- 
cover that the object of his solicitude was a little wren 
hopping about among the bushes. I had some difficulty 
in convincing Wuzzy that the wren was too small for us, 
and he gave me several reproachful looks after we had 
left it behind, 

I was first to sight the next bird, and flushed and 
dropped a meadow lark while the cat was looking in 
another direction. Instantly on the sound of the gun 
Wuzzy was alert. and noting the aim of the gun, he was 
off like a shot after the bird, which he found by circling 
like a true hunter. Thus the hunt progressed until we 
reached a spring, about three miles from home, just at 
sundown, the time when doves delight to drink, and then 
came what I consider the brightest achievement of the 


cat. 

Hiding behind a scrub oak, I called Wuzzy to shoulder: 
His bright eyes were constantly watching, and when a 
deve appeared flying swiftly toward the spring, the cat 
was trembling with excitement until the bird alighted 
for its evening drink, then he bounded, from my shoulder 
to a nearby rock, and stood Jashing his tail which the 
frixhtened bird flushed and swiftly winged its way to fall 
by a shot. Retrieving the bird, he waited patiently until 
the next appeared, and the performance -was repeated, 
until approaching darkness drove us home. I have shot 
over many hunting dogs fhat would try to find game 
when the shot was fired, whether the bird fell or not— 
Wuzzy never makes this mistake. Two doves were 
missed, and flew away unharmed, and the cat made no 
attempt to follow them, but immediately returned to my 
shoulder. 

As a sequence ta his training, Wuzzy has picked up, 
of his own accord, certa’n habits that are usually con- 
sidered to belong especially to the dog. He objects to 
being left at home when any member of the family goes 
visiting, and will foilow to the neighbor’s, and if the visit 
happens to be a long one he will give most reproachful 
yowls from the front porch until the hint is taken and 
the visit cut short. Occasionally, when we have spent 
the evening at a neighbor’s, we have been followed by 
Wuzzy, and we were always sure to find him curled up 
at their front door when we started home.—San Fran- 
cisco Chronicle, _ 


Connecticut Field Trials Club 


Nov. 7 the Connecticut Field Trials were run at Hamp- 
ton. 
Derby Class. 


The Derby class had the following entries: 

Flora Noble Il. (Lancaster—Topsy III.), handled by 
owner, W. J. Purcell, with Evans’ Pride (Ch. Cincinnati 
Pride—Albert Bonnett). handled by C: H. Evans. ; 

Mushkodose {Nox—Bess), handled by Orin T. Baker, 
with Solitaire (Jim Rod’s Lou), handled by C.. Hawkins. 

Good Hope Clip (Baxter—Tony Lit), handled by C. 
Hawkins, with Pet (—— — ——), handled. by owner, O. 
D, Redfield, 

Ranger Boy, a bye (Lancaster—Topsy III.), handled 
by owner, W. J. Purcell. 

First prize, Evans’ Pride; second prize, Flora Noble IL ; 
third prize, Pet, , 

Some very fine work was shown throughout the trial. 
Evans’ Pride did creditable work, showed good speed. 
ranged well and very staunch. Flora Noble If. was well 
under control, easily handled. very careful and steady. 
Pet, for a seven months old puppy, did fine work and 
showed good training. Steady to shot and wing and 
retrieved dead quail. ont: 

The day for field work could not have been finer if it 
had been made to order, . Ny Fee 

An attendance of about fifty people followed the judges 
and enjoyed the outing very much. 

The Derby class was disposed of at 3 o’clock P, M. 

Three brace of the All-Age was run. This used up 
the afternoon, and the party adjourned to the hotel, where 
they found a nice dimner waiting. a! 

At 8 o'clock the annual meeting was called to order by 
President E. Knight Sperry, who made a very interesting 
speech, referring to his experience with bird dogs in 
days gone by. 

Mr. F. M. Chapin told the boys a story regarding his fox 
hunting in southern Georgia, and his daring ride on 
Jack the Ripper, also his loss of $10 bet that a red fox 
would not climb a tree. 3 


FOREST ANDe: STREAM. 


Judge Clark, of Williamantic, was introduced by Presi- 
dent Sperry. Mr. Clark entertained the party for about 


one hour, giving his experience with the fox hounds and 


fox hunting, referring back to his school days when quite 


a youngster in respect to waiting in a certain place where 


foxes crossed the <oadway on which he went to school. 
Mr. Clark said the music those hotinds made seemed to 
have a charm to his ear, and why he waited words could 
not express, for many a morning he was late at school 
just because he had to wait to see the fox cross the road- 
way. In Mr. Clark’s remarks he said it was a true sports- 
man who toved his dog. and a blessing that every sports-' 
man had the best dog he ever owned. He requested the 
party to starid to their title—a sportsman—be a gentleman 
and a true sportsman—regard the Sabbath day as God's 
day, and six days for usual avocation and sport. 

Following the speeches, the election of officers for the 
ensuing year took place, as follows: E. Knight Sperry, 
President: Dr. J. E. Hair, First Vice-President; H. L. 
Wade, Secorid Vice-President; N. Wallace, W. G. Com- 
stock and E.. S. Gordon, Board of Governors; F. M. 
Chapin, Secretary and Treasurer, Pine Meadow, Conn, 

John E. Bassett, former Secretary and Treasurer, re- 
signed. Mr. Bassett has been Secretary and Treasurer 
since the club organized in 1898. A vote of thanks was 
extended to him for the interest he had taken in the 
club. Mr. Bassett thanked the members and said, ‘“What 
I have done I have done with a pleasure to myself, and I 
hope an honor to the club.” No further business, the 
meeting adjourned. 

Nov. 8 the All-Age Stake continued. Dogs drawn as 
follows: 

Montel, Jr. (Montel—Gypsy Belle I1.), handled by 
trainer, H. L. Keyes, with Prince ( — ——), handled 


by trainer, FE, L. Post. 

Good Hope Nellie (Antonio—Duff), handled by 
trainer, C. Hawkins, with Count Navarre (Soudan— 
Rhasne), handled by trainer, E. S. Gordon, 

Glen Noble (Lem Gladstone—Glen), handled by trainer, 
C. Hawkins, with Blade's Ruby (Sir Jock—Ruby Fel- 
ton), handled by O, D. Redfield. 

Dash — —), handled by owner, Jesse A. 
Stewart, with Ruby’s Dan (Dan Gladstone—Gath’s 
Ruby). handled by owner, W. G. Comstock. 

Nig (Shot—Queen), handled by owner, W. W. B. 
Markham, with Ruby's Rod (Kingston Mark—Ruby), 
handled by owner, W. G. Comstock. 

American Boy (Kingston—Many Troubles), handled by 
trainer, O. D. Redfield, with Topsy III, (Van IJI— 
Gina), handled by owner, W. J. Purcell. . 

Well may the boys of New England be proud of their 
president and extend to him many thanks for guiding 
them to the beautiful land of Hampton Hills. where every 
sportsman’s dog had a fine showing on quail and fair 
judging by Mr. R, T. Hewitt and Joseph G, Lane. 

First prize, Count Navarre; second prize, Nig; third 
prize, Ruby and Rod and Blade’s Ruby divided. 


Concerning “Training the Hunting Dog.” 


Utica, N. Y., Oct. 8—Editor Forest and Stream: I 
want to congratulate you on your magnificent work on 
the dog which you are publishing. 

I long ago drifted away from the old line of breaking. 
When I would ask old trainers why a dog wanted to chase, 
break shot and flush, some would answer, “Pure cussed- 
ness,’ and when they licked them so they would not do 
so, they had a gun-shy, bird-shy, cowed dog or a blinker. 

I by accident let a dog run his first year wild. By work- 
ing through the county the dog would hunt to his heart’s 
content, and going over the Blue Mountains brought in 
many young wild turkeys and partridge, ' 

He would hunt and locate his game to a nicety, point 
ee long enough to be sure they were there, and catch 
them. 

I only had to kill a few birds over this dog to teach 
him to point longer. ; 

When saying to old dog breakers that I believed in 
the above theory, they laughed at me. They said it was 
impossible. 

I take some pride in what you say, as I have long 
believed in your way of breaking, yard breaking, making 
him point, never stopping, directing him here or there or 
saying one word to him, according to my experience—all 
rot.- ; 

I believe your book should be in every boy’s hands in 
this country that ever intentls fo break a ‘dog for the etn. 

If any one don’t believe‘the above is right and will come 
to Utica any time while the law is off of ruffed grouse, I 
will show them a dog that is never directed or spoken to 
except to encourage him. He hunts according to the way 
you are going and the speed you are going, uses his own 
judgment as to wind and cover and ota and hunts in 
his own natural peculiar way. 

They might say I] had an extra good dog. The above 
way. which corresponds so clearly to the views of such 
an able authority on the dog, will bring out all there is 
in the dog, and the dog’s ability will depend on the 
experience he gets as to absolute perfection. 

E. D, Furor. 


Death of P. T. Madison. 


We are informed that Mr. P. T. Madison, of Indianap- 
olis, Ind., died at his home on Friday of last week, 
He had been in ill-health during many recent years. 
He was conspicuous in the field trial world, having 
filled the office of secretary successively in several field 
trial clubs, notably the Indiana Kennel Club, the United 
States Field Trial Club, the Continental Field Trial Club 
and the Independent Field Trial Club, to the latter of 
which he filled the-office of seeretary at the time of his 
death. He also was the owner of dogs which were 
successful in field trial competition, the most conspicuous 
of which is Rodfield, 


Points and Flushes. 


The western Massachusetts Fox Club held its annual 
a a Westfield on Thursday and Friday,«Noy, 15 
ang ts: - —= Tene 


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TNov. 17, 1900. _ 


Machting. 


It was stated in these columns last week that officers 
of the Colombian Government had arrived in New York 
to take Mr. George Gould’s yacht, Atalanta, to her new 
home. Owing to their not making the final payment for 
the yacht, the sale was declared off, the Colombian 
Government forfeiting the $70,000 they had already paid. 
The change of government in Colombia is responsible for 
the failure to purchase the yacht. It is now stated that 
Gen. N. Bolet Peraza, of the Venezuelan Government, has 
offered Mr. Gould a sum considerably in excess of the 
amount that the Colombian Government was to pay, and 
in all probability the yacht will go to the Venezuelan 
Goyernment. j 


A CABLE from Glasgow states that the contract to build 
Sir Thomas Lipton’s new challenger, Shamrock II., has 
been awarded to D, & W. Henderson, the builders of the 
three Valkyries. March 31 is the date set for the com- 
pletion of the boat. 


Minnesota. 


We are indebted to the builder, Gus Amundson, of 
White Bear Lake, Minnesota, for the accompanying de- 
sign of the racing sloop Minnesota, the challenger of this 
year for the Seawanhaka cup. The yacht was designed 
and built by Mr. Amundson for a syndicate headed by F. 
M. Douglas and Cass Gilbert, of the White Bear Y. C. 
The story of her races with the Royal St. Lawrence 
Y. C. representative, Red Coat, was told in the Forest 
AND STREAM of Aug. 11-18. These races left no doubt 
as to the superiority of Red Coat in her home waters, 
but at the same time it is a question whether the defeat 
of Minnesota was. not due to the fact that she was un- 
suited to local conditions, rather than to defects ot 
design or construction. Mr: Amundson has been very 
succesful in many classes on the Minnesota lakes, but 
his experience has been limited to these small, land- 
locked waters, and he has had no opportunity to visit 
Lake St. Louis and study the locale of the Seawanhaka 
cup races or the defending fleet, One great point of 
superiority in Red Coat, as in all the Duggan boats, was 
her freeboard and power, fitting her for the rough water 
so frequently encountered on Lake St, Louis. She was 
ahead of Minnesota in this respect just as Glencairn II. 
was superior to El Heirie in 1896, and Glencairn II. to 
Momo in 1807. So far as we ate aware, no thorough test, 
has been made of the Duggan boats on the Western lakes, 
tiie eae type being of light power and low ftee- 

ard. 

The design of Minnesota speaks for itself as to fair 
and easy lines and a generally good form, there being none 
of the extreme freak features which prevail in nearly all 
the modern skimming dishes. The whole form of the 
boat, as partly shown in the large picture, is fair and 
sweet, without the characteristic hump in the bow which 
marks so many of the class. Not only were the lines 
fair in the design, but the boat herself showed a very 
fair body, something dificult to attain in this flat form 
of hull and in light construction. In general workman- 
ship and exterior finish she will stand beside anything yet 
seen in the class. there being not merely good but very 
fine work in all parts. Her planking is of %in. smooth- 
lap, with frames 144 by “in., spaced 6in. There is a 
flat keelson of Zin. cedar for the full length inside, on 
which are the bedpieces of the trunk. The planking is 
ship-lapped, the upper strake is of mahogany and the 
rest varnished of white cedar, and the deck is covered 
with oiled drilling. The coaming and similar fittings are 
of mahogany. The centerboard is of 5-r6in. steel, the 
peculiar shape being shown in the picture. The 
dimensions are: ; 


Length— 

Over all Beers erate F< NC ete) be-t- GOEL. 3 ID: 

Tee Wade ae, ee eivate re et ie Rtn Aion tc 26ft. 8 in. 
Overhang— 

PB OW es Oe pete ne tetera rita A sft, oO in. 

(Eat Mea arerrie ie coies Bae AR 3ft. 10 in. 
Breadth— — 

EX TETILG. Gye ere sleet Sucech8) Sih Ee ocean vit. 

TSW SIS acerer a steers mcitieacetntitetion te SATE NEE 6ft. 5 in 
NS) ralitie hon tae ee its ie tthieas ha hes a cae ens eee 5 in. 
Freeboard— 

IBYON i arse ges REARS eh ee ea tit. 4Y%in. 

De Basel heel Wt oy, atte e ated ka uee Ir in. 

Gouriterte acetates sits dA gis at fh, 
Mast, from stem at L.W.L....... eee Ee 


The official measurements taken just before the cup 
races were as follows: 


Mainsail— 
BOOM stte ath chaeet ofits bes bios diacn.e ae 24.50ft. 
Hioist, ¢ setae Laat ti ae Be Ee int 15.848. 
(eal | Ss whee eto acct hae atiar GAS 3 14.33 ft. 
Glew aro tito tartesies hate the audat ratte 28.42ft. 
IRR ie SSAA ane rites cee eho 14) 35,33it. 
ATOR: Fan rek etre cierriehtia tpi Ges Lat Bis Aiea nn 385 sq. it. 

Head Triangle— 
Perpendicular ..,... ale Gales eek ty ed . 19.12ft 
BLAS (cet a Ad tear este ote Om oreo e Sele ee O2Tbs 
NECA Comte sae Pe teats een uey seeded Too sq. ft 
Spinaker boom .......... er .. 18. 16ft. 
Spinakers per fash cnt tse iets tors ee 25.25it 
“UR otaebL ashe West Te 6 ao eee ep Greet Gnas AE 494 sq. it 
TEEWreln Spa ace ees nis EAE ei, sues peeps gs 


A Challenge for the Canada Cup. 


Worp comes from Toronto that Com. George Gooder- 
ham, of the Royal Canadian Y. C., has announced h‘s in- 
tention of challenging for the Canada cup. The challenge 
will be forwarded to the Chicago Y. C, in a few days. 
Then a conference will be held by the representatives of 
the two clubs to arrange for the preliminaries of the race. 


On Nov. 8 the yacht Prudence, Capt, Sterling. from 
Boston for New York, which was dismasted off Boston 
Light and was towed back to the city by the police boat 
Guardian, is owned by }. H, Hutchins, of New York, 


Noy. 17, 1900.]} 


MINNESOTA—-DESIGNED AND BUILT BY GUS AMUNDSON, 1900 


The Measurement Rule in England 


THe special committee of the Yacht Racing Association 
of Great Britain, on the subject of the revision of the 
measurement rule, has at last reported a definite proposi- 
tion, as told below in detail from the Field of Oct. 27. 
Considering the breadth of the discussion of the meas- 
urement question since the last alteration of the Y. R. A. 
rule in 1895, we were in hopes that the committee which 
has been considering the proposals for a new amendment 
for some time past would deal with the question in an 
intelligent, thorough and scientific way and offer to the 
yachting world a new formula such as has been anxiously 
looked for on both sides of the Atlantic. The result is in 
every way a disappointment, as the committee has been 
content to patch up a rule that was poor enough in the 
first place. The linear rating rule, known in this country 
as the girth rule, is changed by the substitution of one 
new factor for an old one, and an alteration of the con- 
stant. The new factor is that proposed by Mr. Benzon 
and already discussed in the Forest AND STREAM—in 
place of the skin girth only being measured, the chain 
girth, that is the length of a chain or tape drawn under 
the keel from waterline to waterline, and not necessarily 
touching the skin at all points, is taken and used in place 
of the skin girth. with a correction added in the form of 


four times the difference between the chain girth and the” 


skin girth, It is apparent that, as the girth rule actually 
promotes a dangerous type of shoal centerboard boat, un- 
less a heavy penalty is placed on the use of a centerboard, 
this new rule must operate in a similar manner; at least in 
the ordinary type of centerboard yacht without an external 
keel, the skin girth and chain girth are identical, so that 
the correction, 4d, would disappear from the formula. To 
offset this, however, a special provision is recommended, 
that in all cases the draft is to be taken as not less than half 
the beam. To this, which is certainly bad enough, is 
added the recommendation that overhangs be taxed. It 
would be a waste of time to discuss this proposed rule in 
detail, but taken with the utter failure of the Yacht 
Racing Association of North America to enforce the girth 
rule in this country or to recommend anything better, and 
the absurd. complicated and ineffective formula proposed 
by N. G. Herreshoff with which the New York Y. C. is 
now laboring. the outlook for a fairly good measurement 
rule from any quarter is most discouraging. 


The council of the Yacht Racing Association met at 
the Royal London Y. C. on Oct. 24, and tiwnanimously 
adopted the report of the rating rule committee. It will 
be seen that the lengthy deliberations of the council have 
resulted in throwing out the proposals (1) by Mr. Linton 
Hone, for measurement by radius of inscribed circle: (2) 
by Mr. M. Heckstall-Smith, for taking the area of section 
without any tax unon girth; (3) the displacement rule 
suggested by Col. Bucknill, and several other proposals, 
while the rule originally proposed by Mr. G. F. Flemmich 
and Mr, Benzon, and subsequently advocated by Mr. R. E. 
Froude, in a letter to the Field of Aug. 11, with certain 
restrictions and modifications, has been adopted. 

In our comments upon this rating rule in August last 
we said that our only regret was that Mr. Froude had 
not extended his remarks to the large classes as well as 
the small, and we are very glad that the council has taken 


' 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


this view and made the proposed new rule applicable to 
all classes. The introduction of four times the difference 
between skin girth and chain girth will probably produce 
a wholesome and fairly full sectioned boat, while the ex- 
treme bulb keeled type, no matter whether they are deep 
finned boats like Norman, or shallow finned boats after the 
fashion of Sakuntala, will be very heavily taxed. A 52- 
footer like Samphire, and a 65-footer such as Kommo- 
dore, will be practically struck off the rolls, while all the 
fine sectioned ‘‘forties,’ with poor accommodation and 
insufficient headroom, will suffer in proportion. At shal- 
law drafts the rule becomes a tax upon draft, and as 
such it is not desirable; but what may be called the an- 
desirable area is prohibited by the restriction which pro- 
vides that the draft will be taken as not less than half 
the beam. This means that, supposing a yacht has 13ft. 
beam and her draft is only 5ft. 6in., then, for the purposes 
of the rule, when measuring the chain and skin girths, 
the measurements will be taken to a point 6ft. 6in, below 
the L.W.L. In the area of drafts deeper than 0.5 beam the 
rule is but a moderate tax upon draft, and, from the 
tendency of vessels to run into excessive depth of keel 


under rules that do not tax draft at all, it is apparent that 


no ill effects will be felt on this score. The tendency of 
this rule should be to encourage a yacht like ai enlarged 
Bona in the big class, a Wuecn Wlab im the 65-toolers, a 


Penitent in the 52tt. class. Whie the fastest 30-fuoler 
would probably be a boat of Horella’s type, it is possible, 
howevér, that a yacht with a imuch tuiier section wouid 
prevail, We do not attach much importance to the sug- 
gestion to limit the overhangs at either end to go per 
cent. of the L.W.L., because so soon as the fuller mud- 
ship section appears overhangs will of necessity disappear. 
It is impossible to make use of an objectionabie overhang 
in a boat with a deep body amidships. We meun by an 
objectionable overhang one that makes an abnormally 
fine angle with the L.W.L. It is satistactory to note that 
the question raised by the owner of Bona in the Field of 
Sept. 29, nainely, the allowance between cutters and 
yawls, has been dealt with in a manner that may give some 
encouragement to cutters about 90 rating, ‘lhe tollowing 
table shows the working of the clause relating to the 
yawl’s allowance in its revised form: 


Present Proposed 


allow- allow- 
On a 50-mile course; ance U,94. ance v.¥4, 
M.S. M.S, 


A cutter of 100 rating allows a yawl of 100..14 18..11 23 
A cutter of 100 rating allows a yawl of 95..19 37..17 33 
A cutter of 100 rating allows a yawl of 90, .24 30..22 39 
A sutter of 95 rating allows a yawl of 100.. 4 33.. 1 36 
A cutter of 95 rating allows a yawl of 95.. 9 52.. 7 42 
A cutter of 95 rating allows a yawl of 00..14 41..12 44 
A yawl of 100 rating allows a cutter of 90.. 2 20,, 5 25 
A yawl of 100 rating allows a cutter of $5.. 8 55..10 50 

We append the otficial document forwarded to us by 
the Yacht Racing Association. 

Report of the Rating Kule Committee-——Adopted by 
the council Oct. 24, 1900—Lo H. K. H. the president 
and council of the Yacht Racing Association: 

(The committee appointed consisted ot the members 
of the council, assisted by the naval architects whose 
names were recorded in the Field of Oct. 20.) ~ 

The committee have held several meetings, and on two 
occasions all the yacht designers attended. Azter fully 
considering the numerous proposals that had been sub- 
mitted, the committee, with the unanimous concurrence 
of the yacht designers, decided to recommend the follow- 
ing rule: at ea | 


L+B+0,70G LB VS A, : 
gia tae op Seas aslo ae _= Linear rating. 


ZoL 


L = Length on L.W.L, measured as at present. B= 
Beam extreme as at present, G = Chain girtn taken at 
the same station. d == Ditference between cnain girth and 
skin girth taken as at present. S.A, = Sail area measured 
as at present, : 

That the classes remain as in the present rule. In 
taking the girth measurements the present provisions as 
to hoilows in profile, ete., are to hoid. ‘Vhe dratt wiil be 
taken as not less than half the beam. 

That 1f the overhangs at either end exceed 30 per cent. | 
of the L.W.L., the excess shall be added to the L.W.L. 
measurement. That existing boats be exempt from this 
provision for the years 1901 and 1902. 

That in the first clause in the appendix the rating of 
yawls be reckoned for time allowance as 0.94 of their 
actual rating, instead of 0.92, as at present, 

That the ninth clause in the appendix shall be worded 
to apply to yachts built prior to the passing of the new 
rule, with the proviso that this clause shall be limited to 
the years 1901 and’ 1902.—On behalf of the rating, rule 
committee, A. MANNING) Vice-Pres., 

B. Hecxstatt-SmirH, Sec’y. 

The council recommend that the new rating rule should 
be in force for five years. : 


Mr. Chester W. Chapin is having an auxiliary pole- 


-mast schooner built at the yard of Mr. Lewis Nixon, 


Elizabethport, N. J., from designs by Messrs, Cary Smith 
& Barbey. The yacht is of steel, 82ft. over all, 60 ft. 
waterline, 19ft. beam and 3ft. gin. draft. The same 
designers have closed a contract for another schooner 
with C. & R, Poillon, of South Brooklyn. This yacht 
will also be an auxiliary; she is o4ft. over all, 68ft. on 
the waterline, 2oft. 4in. beam. and roft. draft. 


Sth S ney 


orth ht MINNESOTA. 
Wate Ley Photo by Notman,. Montreal, 


The Y. R. A. of Long Island Sound. 


THE November general meeting of the Yacht Racing 
Association of Long Island Sound was held at the 
Yachtsmen’s Club, 47 West Forty-third street, New York 
city, on Noy. 8, to discuss sevéral amendments. to the 
racing rules suggested by the Executive Committee. 


Of the several amendments submitted, that of abolish-— 


ing time allowance, excepting in the first classes of 
schooners, sloops and yawls, brought forth a heated dis- 
cussion. Mr. Frank B.. Jones, who was among those 
members who wished to see time allowance abolished, 
said he believed that it would be better to begin a new 
century with cleaner and better racing in the smaller 
classes, and that the abolition of time allowance would 
bring about this result, and that the out-built boats could 
be better taken care of by a system of handicapping, the 


old boats seldom winning a race and often hindering the 


modern boats under the present system. Mr. Seward 
was in favor of retaining time allowance until a satisfac- 
tory system of handicapping cotld be organized, for he 
was of the opinion that the old boats were entitled to some 
consideration. It was finally decided to put the amend- 
ment before the members for a vote, and when it was 
found out that several members were absent and their 
colleagues did not have the proxies made necessary by the 
rules of the Association, it was decided to allow this 


amendment to go over until the March meeting of the. 


council. 

The amendments that were adopted without opposition 
are as follows: js 

In the measurement of the sail area of yawls, to meas- 
ure the base line without regard to main topmast or mast- 
head and gaff. 

To abolish the requirement that metal plates be affixed 
as permanent marks at the ends of the load waterline. 

To provide that official certificates of measurement 
shall be shown to the race committee when so requested. 

To abolish the special allowance for schooners, yawls 
and catboats in mixed rig races. ‘ 

To allow yawls to: sail in the relative sloop classes at 
option of owners, if alone. 

To allow raceahouts to sail in the 2sft. class of cabin 
sloops at option of owners. ; 

To limit the number of professionals in the crews to 
four in the 43ft. classes, three in the 36ft. classes and two 
in the 3o0ft. classes, 

To allow the removal of doors, provided they are kept 
on board. 

To provide as a signal for shortening course a red 
ball hoisted under flag B, 


Allen Whitman and H. 


MINNESOTA. 


To provide that the spinaker boom ‘shall be carried on 
the mast when in use. i 

To revise the tables of scantling restrictions and sim- 
plify the general specifications. 

Yo introduce in the definition-and limitations of the 
raceabout class the cabin restrictions of the 21ft. load 
waterline class of knockabouts of 1899. 

As there were some changes to be made in the re- 
strictions of the raceabout class at this meeting, several 
of the owners of these boats were present. Among those 
who attended the meeting were: Chairman C. T. Pierce 
and. Sec’y Charles P. Tower, of the Executive Commit- 
tee of the Yacht Racing Association; Clinton H. Crane, 
M.. Crane, Seawanhaka Cor- 
inthian Y. C.; Edward M. McLellan and C. D. Mower, 
Manhasset Bay Y. C.; F. M. Hoyt, Stamford Y. C.; T. 
H. Macdonald, Bridgeport Y. C.; O. H. Chellborg and 
Harry Stevenson, Knickerbocker Y. C.; Ward Dixon, 
Hempstead Harbor Y. C.; F. S. Sullivan, Harlem Y. C.; 
Frank Bowne Jones and C. F. Kirby, Indian Harbor Y. 
C.; J. D. Sparkman, New Rochelle Y. C.; H. C. Ward, 
Huguenot Y. C.; M. R. Durham and W. H. Childs, 
Pequot Association; E. C. Seward, Sachem’s Head Y, C.; 
C. E. Silkworth, Sea Cliff Y. C:; Charles Lane Poor, 
Salter Island Y. C., and H. H. Gordon, Huntington 

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‘The Ballasting of the 70-Footers. 
THE Yachting World of Nov. 1, which we have just 


received, comments further on the ballasting of Rainbow | 


and publishes the two following letters from Mr. Cornelius 
Vanderbilt, one to Mr. H. B. Duryea and the other to 
Capt. Parker. 


Metropolitan Club, Oct. 5—My Dear Duryea: I am 
in receipt of your letter of the 29th ult., which came to me 
as a very great surprise. 

You say that you have found that ballast was added 
to Rainbow during the past season, and you assume that 
Capt. Parker put it on board without my knowledge. I 
desire to acquit Capt. Parker of all blame in the matter 
and to say that extra ballast was put on board by my 
order, and I wish to assume the responsibility. 

It was my general understanding of the special agree- 
ment entered into by the owners of the 7o-footers that I 
had the right to take in ballast, until the waterline of my 
yacht became equal in length to that of the longest of 
the four yachts. As soon as I signed the agreement I 
sent it to you and did not keep a copy of it, and had 


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not seen it again until after receiving your letter, when I 
obtained a copy of it from,one of the other owners. 

As Mineola and Virginia were considerably longer on 
the waterline than Rainbow, I added ballast for the pur- 
pose of making her waterline equal to theirs, but for ne 
other purpose. 

Tt never occurred to me that it was necessary for me 
to give notice of this increase in ballast or to request a 
remeasurement. I find now, however, much to my sur- 
prise, that in this I was mistaken, and I therefore wish to 
express my deepest regret at having committed this 
error. I am sincerely sorry that I should have been 
-guilty of such a blunder, and I wish to say that I was 
entirely wrong. G ; 

Of course, under these circumstances, I shall return 
all prizes won by Rainbow during the season, and shall 
at once notify the other owners of these facts. I shall also 
write to the various committees in charge of the races 
which I have sailed and inform them of my error. I beg 
to thank you for having called my attention to the mat- 
ter. Yours very truly, ° 

C. VANDERBILT. 


New York, Oct. 12.—Capt. George Parker: Sir—A 
communication from Mr. Duryea, one of the owners of 
Yankee, was published in the New York papers last 
Monday, in which Mr. Duryea set forth a copy of a letter 
which he had addressed to me. He did not, however, 
publish my reply. I inclose a copy of this communication. 

1 think it is only fair to you that you should be informed 
of the fact that I answered Mr. Duryea’s letter to me by 
saying that I acquitted you of all blame im the matter; 
that the extra ballast was put on board Rainbow by my 
order. and that I wished to assume the recoonsibility 
myself, and to this end I inclose you a ccoy of my letter _ 
to Mr. Duryea, of which you are at liberty to make such 
use as you please. Yours truly, 


C. VANDERBILT. 


The N. Y. Y. C. and the Cup Defense. 


No official announcement has yet been made by the 
N. Y. Y. C. of the names of the men who will compose 
the syndicate for the new boat. That the syndicate has 
been fermed and all necessary money subscribed there is 
no doubt, and the delay in making a formal announce- 
ment as to the identity of the men is a reasonable one, 
considering the great task on hand for the selection of the 
best possible manager and skipper for the new boat. That 
the cup will be ably and safely defended there is no 


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doubt, but it is a mater of great delicacy to decide on 
the man who is best fitted in every particular to have 
charge of the defender, particularly when there are sev- 
eral excellent men in the field who are available.) At 
present writing it locks as if Mr. Morgan would head the 
syndicate, with Mr. August Belmont as his right hand 
man, and Mr. E. A. Willard as manager and skipper of | 
the boat. There is a persistent rumor that Capt. Wringe 
is to act as sailing master. This hardly seems credible, 
because the placing of an English skipper on an American 
Cup defender would raise such a storm of criticism that 
it would necessitate his removal, even though he would 
act only as Mr. Willard’s advisor. Mr. Willard has 
done little yachting since he had charge of Vigilant in 
the trial races against Defender in 1895, although he sailed 
on Mineola with Mr. Belmont several times during the 
past season. He is a good yachtsman and his selection 
would meet with general approval. Mr. Herman B. 
Duryea and Mr. Wm. B. Duncan, Jr., have been sug- 
gested as good men to assume the responsibility, and as 
they are -both very popular and haye had extensive ex- 
perience in sailing these big boats, the selection of either 
one would meet perhaps with even more general satisfac- 
tion. Now that Mr. C. Oliver Iselin has consented to 
take charge of Columbia during the trial races, he will 
in all probability act as an advisor in the sailing of the 
defender. In view of the satisfactory outcome of the Cup 
races since they have been in the hands of the N. Y. Y. C. 
perhaps it would be well to withhold criticism of the action 
on the part of those men who are in charge of the de- 
fense ot the Cup. 


The Payne Law Again. 


ALTHOUGH a number of steam and sailing yachts, some 
of large size, have been brought into American waters 
by American owners within the past two seasons, nothing 
has been done to disturb them or to enforce the law 
originally known as the Payne bill. It seems from the 
following, in the Sun, that the United States is now 
in chase of poor old Lady Evelyn, the little schooner 
imported by the late Sir Roderick Cameron nearly ten 
years ago. Just why this "boat, imported long before the 


‘law was passed, should be picked out, after being so 


long undisturbed, in preference to some of the more 
prominent ones recently imported in defiance of the law, is 
something which we are unable to understand. 

The Treasury Department at Washington has just 
notified the Collector of Customs of the law regulating 
foreign-built yachts in-these waters. The matter was 
‘brought up through the sale of the yacht Lady Evelyn , 
to David Dunlop, Jr.. by Major J. Fred Ackerman last 
month. The Lady Evelyn was brought to this country 
by the late Sir Roderick Cameron, and in 1892 was 
purchased by A. E. Tower, of Poughkeepsie, who in turn 
sold the boat to Major Ackerman. The yacht is not en- 
rolled in any regularly organized yacht club of a foreign 
nation. The Treasury Department rules that she must 
be entered and cleared at each port under the laws gov- 
erning vessels not of the United States, must on entry 
froma foreign port pay an alien tax of 50 cents a ton, a . 
tonnage tax of 6.cents or 3 cents per ton according to 
the port from which the yacht is entered, and comply 
with all the laws regulating the entry and clearance of 
vessels. It is also ruled that as she is owned by a citizen 
of the United States she does not have the privilege ex- 
tended to foreign yachts of entering or leaving port with- 
out clearing at the Custom House or paying tonnage 
tax. 


Model Yachting. 


THE members of the New York Model Y. C. held a 
series of races..off Steinway on Noy. 6. ‘The Sirdar won 
the special race for the Smythe prize. There were three 
starters. The Ripple won the race for second class 
sloops, 

Off the club house of the American Model Y. C., South 
Brooklyn, there were races in the afternoon. Meta won 
for schooners, Ella for third class sloops, and Wasp for 
second class sloops, 

The Wave Crest Model Y.'C: held its last regatta of 
the season off Bay Ridge. The Nellie C. G. won for 
second class sloops in two heats, Tam O’Shanter for 
third class and Nanska for first class sloops. 

The Brooklyn: Model Y. C. held its last events of the 
season on the lake. near the Reservoir at Prospect Park, 
and though some of the craft will remain in commission, 
Nov. 6 closed the season for all practical purposes by 
the club members until next spring. 


White Bear Trophy Winners, 


Cutcaco, Il., Nov. 3—Keewaydin, owned by Messrs. H. 
A. Merrill and Geo. Ring, has been awarded the Gotzian 
cup of the White Bear Y. C. of St. Paul, emblematic of 
the open class championship of the season. This trophy 
was won last year by H. Van Vleck. Jennie R., owned 
by Mr. Geo. W. Rodenburg, wins the Dellwood cup. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


At the Herreshoff yard, Shark, 46-footer, hauled out in 
the north shop, had the greater number of her outside 
planks stripped off both above and below the waterline, 
The steel plates are now being fitted to her underbody 
in the same style as the Yankee’s plates, ae as. 

Nothing has been done to the sloops at Walker’s Cove 
that. were badly burned in a fire two weeks ago. The 
whole forebody of the 35-footer Effort is blackened and 
charred. The sloop Sirocco, lying beside her, is in still 
worse shape, as her deck and top of cabin trunk have been 
badly eaten by the flames. Another boat in the same yard, 
Evelyn, a yawl owned by Perkins Bros., is burned to the 
timbers in places. She is offered for sale. Both JE Be 
and Nat Herreshoff evidently think that a firebug is at 
work, as, since the fire at Walker’s Cove, two. watchmen 
or policemen have been engaged to examine their premises 
and their residences at intervals during the night to see 
that no mischief is being wrought, 

In the Walker’s Cove yard the designer’s steam yacht 
Squib was hauled out for the winter a few days ago. The 
sloop yawl Spalpeen, owned by R. M. Riddle, was laid up 
there Wednesday. Other craft laid up there recently are. 


8398 


FOREST 


AND STREAM. — 


[Noy. 17, 1900. 


the freak San Toy, owned by Charles F. Herreshoff, 2d, 
and the Opossum, same owner. ; 

‘The past week Edward I. Brownell sold his sloop yacht 
Adele to Joseph Shaw, and Charles S, Wheelwright sold 
his sloop yacht Aurora to Edward I. Brownell.—Boston 


Herald. 
RRR 


In the heavy gale on Friday last Rainbow, Cornelius 
Vanderbilt's 7o-tooter, broke from her moorings and 
went ashore off the Herreshoff shops at Bristol. She 
was hauled off later and found not to be seriously 
damaged. 

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The Roberts Safety Water Tube Boiler Company is 
building a 400-horse-power boiler for the steam yacht 
Admiral, two boilers of 500-horse-power each for the 


Craig Shipbuilding Company, of Toledo, also their eighth 


boiler for the U. S. Revenue cutter service. 
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Dr. Willett Kidd, of Newburg, N. Y., has sold the ice 
yacht Snowdrift to parties in Maine. She will*be used 
on a lake near Augusta, Me, 


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Mr. Frank T. Morrill has purchased the steam yacht 
Privateer (formerly Buccaneer). She is lying in Tebo’s 


basin. 
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James M. Bayles & Sons, of Port Jefferson, N. Y., are 
building a 130ft. steam yacht for Miss A. W. Thayer, of 
Roslyn, L. I. 
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Capt. Charles Holmes, who was in charge of the yacht 
Idler, which foundered on July 7, was indicted for man- 
slaughter by the federal grand jury in Cleveland on Oct. 
12. Holmes is charged with criminal carelessness in 
handling the yacht. Idler was owned by John and James 
Corrigan. Six members of the Corrigan family were 
drowned when the boat foundered in a squall. 


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The schooner yacht Montauk, owned by Mr. William 
C. Langley, is on the ways at Poillon’s yard, South 
Brooklyn, and will be given outside lead and a thorough 
overhauling under the supervision of her désigner,. Capt. 
Philip Ellsworth. "i 
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The sloop yacht Truant, with Mr. F. L. Haines and 
wife on board, arrived at Beaufort, N. C., on Thursday 
last from New York. - ; 

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‘The catboat Baby was destroyed by fire at Atlantic 
Highlands, N. J. on Oct. 31. Baby was owned by W. L. 
Bass. of Brooklyn, and was valued at $1,000. She was 
partly insured. Changa, another catboat, was also de- 
stroyed. Both boats were in their winter quarters at 
Locust Point. 

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Mr, Samuel H, Vandergrift, of Pittsburg, Pa., has 
placed an order with the Gas Engine and Power Com- 
pany and Seabury & Company for a steam: yacht 85ft. 
long, to be used on the St: Lawrence River.; She will be 
named Cherokee. There will be a mahogany deck house 
forward, which will be used as a dining room; a dumb- 
waiter will connect with the galley below. The crew’s 
quarters are forward, Aft of the machinery space come 
the owner's quarters, which consist of two staterooms, 
toilet room and saloon. The machinery consists of a 
Seabury triple expansion engine, with cylinders 7in., 
Ii4in. and 17!4in. by a stroke of 1oin. Steam will be 
furnished by a safety water tube boiler. She will be fur- 
nished with an electric light plant and a search light. A 
15it. naphtha launch and a cutter will be carried on the 
dayits. A speed of fourteen miles an hour has been 
guaranteed. 

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The yawl Wonder, now Dragoon II., owned by Mr. 
F,. M. Freeman, left New York on Nov. 1 for a cruise 
around the Island of Cuba. Mr. T. Webber, the designer 
and builder of Drageon. II., will accompany Mr. Free- 
man during part of the trip. 

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Mr. Charles G. Dayis has gotten out the plans for an 
auxiliary yawl for Mr. Eugene Lentilhon. She is 35ft. 
long on the waterline, 55ft. long over all, 11ft, 8in. beam 
and 3ft. draft. 

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The steam yacht Aquilo ‘has been sold by Mr. W. P., 
Eno, through the agency of A. J. McIntosh, to Mr. 
Samuel L. Jarvis. 

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The yawl Natka was reported at St. Louis a few days 


ago. She is on her way from New York to New 
Orleans. 
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__The auxiliary yacht Utowana, N. Y. Y. C., Mr. Allison 
V. Armor, arrived at New London last Saturday from 
Bermuda. She has been cruising abroad for seven 
months or more. The yacht entered at the Custom House 
and left about noon for Erie Basin, New York, to go 
into winter quarters. Utowana had a rough passage. 
She came into port with her foretopmast housed. 


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Mr, Henry B. Anderson, of this city, a member of the 
N.Y. Y. C., has purchased the steamer City of Quincy, 
and during the winter will have her converted into a 
houseboat. The City of Quincy is 86.4ft. long, 23.3ft, 
beam and 7.7{t. deep. She registers 111 tons gross and 
68 tons net. She was built in 1894, at Braintree, Mass.. 
and formerly hailed from Boston, The Quincy will make 
an ideal houseboat, it is said, and when her alterations 
and refittings are completed will be used on Long Island 


Sound. 
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Mr. Eugene Higgins’ steam yacht, Varuna, N. Y. Y. C., 
will leave port on Wednesday, Noy. 14, at 8 o’clock in 
the morning for another cruise in foreign waters. The 
yacht will call at Bermuda, Madeira and Gibraltar, and 
then make an extended Mediterranean trip. 


The yawl-rigged yacht Adele, Capt. C. E. Mille, from 
New York for Port Cortez, put in to Charleston, S. C., on 
the night of the 5th after having made very bad weather 
down the coast. Whe Adele is 72ft. over all, G1it. 6in. on 
the waterline, 18ft. oin, beam, 7it. 6in. draft and of 38.73 
tons gross. For four days the Adele was out in the worst 
weather of the season, She lost some of her gear, had 
two boats smashed and was washed from stem to stern 
by the seas half of the time. Capt, Mille declares, how- 
ever, that she behaved splendidly through it all. The 
yacht was recently bought by J. C. Welch. of Port Cortez, 
from a member of the Yonkers Corinthian Y. C., for a 
pleasure craft, Mr. H. C. Gifford, of New York, is on 


board, bound for Honduras, to make extensive invest- | 


ments in rubber. The Adele was built by Mather & 
Wood, of Port Jefferson, N. Y,, in 1801. She was 
lengthened in 1806, and then changed from sloop to 


yawl rig. 
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Harrison B. Moore, of the New York Y. C., has sold 
his swift steam yacht Marietta to R. T. Wainwright, of 
Philadelphia, who was elected to membership in the New 
York Y. C. at its recent general meeting. It was also re= 
ported that Mr. Moore has purchased the British-built 
steam yacht Zara to replace the Marietta, Both the Zara 
and the Marietta are at present out of comimission. 


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Isaac E. Emerson, of Baltimore, a member of the 
New York Y. C., has sold his steam yacht Nydia to F. J- 
Lisman, of this city, and has purchased Mrs, A. S. Van 
Wickle*s steam yacht Marjorie. Both yachts are now 
out of commission and berthed for the winter at South 
Brooklyn. : 


The October Woodcraft. 


Tue October number of the Game Laws in Brief and Woodcraft 
Magazine contains the game and fish laws of the United States 
and Canada. The Woodcraft part has this capital list of con- 
tents: 

GRAN’THER HILL’S PA’TRIDGE. By Rowland E. Robinson. 

IN THE FOREST. , 

THE OLD CANOE. 

, THE RESCUE OF MR. HUNDLEY. 

KELLUP’S ANNUAL. By Jefferson Scribb. 

DEACON THROPE’S PIGEONS. 

ANY LETTERS FOR ME? By H. P. Ufford. 

JEHOSSEE ISLAND. By Olive F. Gunby, 

FLORIDA INDIAN DEER HUNTERS. 

AT CLOSE QUARTERS: The Hon. S., the Plover and the Bull; 
A Nova Scotia Bear; The Panther’s Scream; A Time with a 
Florida Alligator; The Owl’s Swoop; The Dog Climbed. 

THE DOG AND THE TURKEY. By John James Audubon. 

SENATOR VEST’S SUNDAY PIGEON SHOOT. 

AUSTRALIAN ROUGH-RIDERS. By R. Boldrewood, 


Grapshoating. , 


Leading dealers in sportsmen’s supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously for a quarter-century, 


If you want your shoot to be announced here send in 
notice like the following: 


Fixtures. 


Nov. 14-15.—Springfield, I1l—Two-day target tournament of the 
Iilincis Gun Club; open to all. Chas. T. Stickle, Sec’y. 

Noy. 23.—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, N. J.— 
Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men team race; 
20 live birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized gun club 
in the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake 
shooting commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier and 
Dr. A. A. Webber, managers. ‘ 

Noy. 27.—Toledo, O.—East End Gun Club's merchandise shoot. 

Nov. 29.—Milwaukee, Wis.—South Side Gun Club’s tournament. 
A. D. Gropper, Sec’y. 

Noy. 29.—Newark, N. J.—Thanksgiving Day shoot of the 
Forester Gun Club; live birds and targets. John J. Fleming, 


ec’y. 

Nov. 29—Sing Sing, N. Y.—Thanksgiving Day shoot of the 
Ossining Gun Club; live birds and targets. 

Noy. 30,-Dec. 1—Omaha, Neb.—Kansas City-Omaha ten-men 
team race, 50 birds per man. 

Dec. 5-7.—Galt, Ont.—First annual shoot of the Newlands’ 
Shooting Association; targets and liye birds; added money. 
Andrew Newlands, Sec’y, 

Dec. 11-14.—Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossing, Ill.—Annual live- 
bird tournament. John Watson, Mer. 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. 

Chicago, Ill.—Garfheld Gun Club’s trophy shoots, second and 

- fourth Saturdays of each month; live-bird shoots every Saturday. 
Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue, 


1901. 


Ont.—Hamilton Gun Club’s 


Jan. 15-18—Hamulton, 
live birds and targets; 


annual tournament; 
Graham, Sec’y. 

April 16-18:—Leayenworth, Kan.—Annual 
Kansas State Sportsmen’s Association. 

May 1-10,—Tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s 
Association. C. W, Feigenspan, Sec’y. 

June 5-7.—Circleyille, O.—Under auspices of the Pickaway Rod 
and Gun Club, annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters’ 
League. G, R. Haswell, Sec’y. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


Noy. 7, 14 21, 28.—Interstate Park—lLive-bird championship; 
25 birds; handicaps 25 to 83yds.; $10 entrance, birds extra; sweep 
optional; open to all; money instead of trophy, 

Noy. 16.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s target shoot; 
open to all, i t 

Noy. 19,—Interstate Park.—Dupont championship cup shoot be-. 
tween Messrs. R. A. Welch, holder, and T. W. Morfey, challenger, 
at 100 live birds each, commencing at 1 o’clock. Sweeps before and 
after the race, 

Nov, 22.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s live-bird shoot; 
open to all. 

ov. 27.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s live-bird shoot; 
open to all. 

Dec. 5.—Shoot-off of the winners of the November events, with 
$20 in gold to the winner. 

Interstate Park, Queens, L. I—Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 

5 le UR Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Café and hotel accommodations. 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 

Interstate Park, L. I.—Fountain Gun Club’s regular monthly 
shoots, the third Thursday of October, November and December. 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. 


eleventh 
open to all. H. 


tournament of the 


1901. 


April 1-5.—Interstate Park, Queens, L. 1, N. Y.—The Inter- 
state Association’s ninth annual Grand American Handicap Tour- 


nament at live birds. 
. June ——Interstate Park, L. I.—Forty-third annual tournament 
of +he New York State Association for thr protection of Fish and 


TS. a 


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DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries ave invited to send their scores Sor publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mati 


atl such matter to Forest and Siveam Publishing Company, 346 Brcad~ 
way, New York. 


The daily:press recounts a_ most grievous accident which befell 
the famous trap shot, Mr. H, Yate Dolan, of Philadelphia, on 
Monday of this week: “Robert Toland brought the news to Phil- 
adelphia that H, Yale Dolan, the son of Thomas Dolan, of the 
Didener-Dolan-Elkins street car syndicate, had been accidentally 
shot and seriously injured by his brother Clarence while they 
were hunting on a marsh of the Chesepéake Bay, close to Havre 
de Grace, Md. The two brothers had separated, and both were 
shooting behind blinds. Clarence was the first to start a bird, and 
as he whirled around to shoot at it his brother came into range. 
Owing to the blind, Yale Dolan was not in sight of his brother, 
and Clarence did not know of his presence until Yale shouted 
that he had been hit. Then Clarence found that some of the shot 
had hit his brother in the breast and had passed close’ to the 
heart, It was seen at once that'Mr, Dolan was seriously injured, 
and every care was given to him wntil physicians, who were 
hastily summoned, arrived. They ordered that Mr. Dolan be car- 
ried to Havre de Grace as quietly as possible. A vehicle was ob- 
tained, and he was removed to a hotel. There the physicians 
made a closer examination of the wounds, and finally said that 
while Mr. Dolan was seriously injured the wounds were not 
necessarily mortal, They, advised against removing Mr. Dolan 
to his Philadelphia home, as they thought that the strain of 
traveling would be too much for him,” 


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The exceedingly sound and interesting communication by 
“Gaucho,” published elsewhere in our trap columns, is worthy of 
the careful perusal and the remembrance of all trapshooters, as 
well as of all whe can appreciate good common sense. There are 
some shooters who would benefit by reading it daily for a month 
or two, and some, whose memory is bad, would benefit by reading 
it monthly for an indefinite time—that is to say, in respect to the 
men who forget in one month that they had been severely drubbed 
in shooting competition the month betore—so that they may have 
glimmerings of freedom from the thralls of suckerdom. 


® 


On last Saturday, on the grounds of the South Side Gun Club, 
Newark, N. J., in the contest for the E €C cup, emblematic of the 
championship of New Jersey, Mr. F, E, Sinnock, the holder for 
some time past, was defeated by Mr. George H. Piercy, of Jersey 
City. The result on the 50 targets was a tie, each scoring 43. 
In the shoot-off at 10 targets, Piercy broke 9, Sinnock 8 Mr. 
C. W. Feigenspan challenged the winner, and his challenge was 
promptly accepted. The contest will take place on the grounds of 
the East Side Gun Club, and although the date is not definitely 
fixed upon, it will probably be on the day of the December target 
shoot of the East Side Gun Club. f 


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In the Election Day shoot of the Carteret Gun Club, Garden 
City, L. I., Noy. 6, the November cup was won by the crack 
shot Mr. L. T. Duryea, from a field of eight contestants, killing 
7_birds straight in the main event, with Messrs, J Masury, 
H. Money and I. E. Emerson, and in the shoot-off, miss-and- 
out, won the cup in the twelfth round, The Election Day cup, at 
10 birds, 30yds. rise, was won by Mr. R, A. Welch, who shot out 
Messrs, Masury and Duryea in the eighth round of the tie. 


The Forester Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., will hold an open 
Thanksgiving Day shoot, live birds in the morning, targets in 
the afternoon. Mr. John J, Fleming, of 21 Waverly avenue, is the 
secretary. Lunch will be served on the grounds. Shells will be 
on hand for the accommodation of those who wish for them. 
The competition will commence at 9 o’clock. : 


‘A ten-men team race at 50 birds per man has been arranged 
between Omaha and Kansas City, to take place at Omaha, Neb,, 
on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. This will be the third of these intercity 
team races, and of the two preceding contests, each has a win 
to its credit. There will be sweepstake shooting on Noy. 29 at 
Omaha. 

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Capt. A. W, Money, of the American E C€ & Schultze Gun- 
powder Co., returned from England last week, looking much 
improved and invigorated from,the effects of his trip “abroad. 
There is likely to be more activity in shooting matters about 
New York from this time forward. 


Capt. Arthur W. du Bray, of Parker Brothers, was in New York 
on Monday of this week. He has covered an immensity of ferri- 
tory during the past few months in the interests of his company. 
In a few days, after a visit at the home office, he starts on 4 
trip in the South. : 

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The Jast of the Schortemeier-Webber team contests takes place 
at John Hen Outwater’s grounds, Rutherford road and Hacken- 
sack River bridge, N. J., Noy. 28. Sweepstakes at 8 birds, en- 
trance $3, birds extra, to commence at 10 o’clock. Team shoot 


at 2 o'clock, 
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In the six-men team match, 50 targets per man, in the inter- 
collegiate trap contest between Princeton and the University of 
Pennsylvania, the former won by a score of 20 to 188. The con- 
test togk place on the grounds of the Clearyiew Gun Club, Darby, 
ae The return match will take place on a date to be fixed upon 
ater, 

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Mr, E. Hough, in ‘Western Traps,’’ mentions the gratifying 
fact that the Hon. Tom Marshall, the fear of all aspirants to 
Grand American Handicap honors, and the esteemed of all shooters 
or unshooters, has nearly recovered from his recent injury. 


C4 
The secretary of the Newlands Shooting Association, Galt, 
Ontario, announces that the first annual shoot of his organization 
will take place on Dec, 6 and 7. The programme is now ready for 
distribution. = 


Dec, 4 to 7 is the time fixed upon for the Galesburg tournament, 
and of the four days three will be devoted to contests at target 
events, and the fonrth at lve birds. 


, Ld 
In the second contest for the Crescent Athletic Club’s November 
cup last Saturday, Capt. J. N. Borland made the highest score, 47 
out of a possible 50. 
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The Brooklyn Gun Club held a holiday shoot on Election Day, at 
which the manager, Mr. John S. Wright, is credited with making 
the highest average. 

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The second Interstate Park handicap at 26 live birds per man 
takes place on Wednesday of this week, commencing at 1 o'clock. 
Sweeps optional, . 

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Mr. Platt Adams, well known to trapshooters, contemplates a 
trip Southward in a few days, to spend thé winter months in a 
warmer chime, 

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Mr, J. “Pattern’’ will shoot a match at 50 targets, with Mr. H. S., 
Sellers, standing respectively at 19 and lfyds., at Interstate Park, 
on Dec. 3. 

BERNARD WATERS. 


Peorta Gun Club. 


Tn the semi-annual contest for the Peoria Gun Club live-bird 
trophy at 10 birds per man, Oct. 29, Whitin, a new shooter and 
B Class man, was the ouly one able to score straight. The 
scores were: Samimis 8, Mills 9, Meidroth 9, Hurley 7, McGusken 
7, Whifin 10, Grant 5. ° 

pate, © F, C. Riesz, 


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_ Nov. 17, 1900.] 


ON LONG ISLAND. 


At Toterstate Park. 


Nov, 8—A match was shot at Interstate Park to-day between 
Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott and J. M. Postans, of Engiand, at 50 
live birds for $50, the former winning by a score of 47 to 44, The 
match was shot in forty minutes. ‘Lhe score: 

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1111222222222202121221221—24AT 
J M Postans, 20...........5- vee dtews 2112221122021110201202021—20 
2221222112222222221 202221—24 44 
Other everts were as follows: Twenty-five birds, $10, 20yds.: 


RAO Welch eee eee ct teanitak - 210212222222211 211 222*w 

Tiree Ree EGU soc steel laciniadan-ens 222222221 2122122222221112—25 

AMV ORNLOTLe Vor seta sndet)-tleild ue eye vile oe 2212221221122241222222202 —25 

DUP VA tendered te taciitcie ret eee tk 212*2202422212201210102—17 

WS) CAVE Rte tieapeaddoaclddes eee eet the som cae 2122121222212221222112122-—25 
Miss-and-out, $5, 30yds.: 

R A Welch..... eng mere Poo RIMe RR TET ERE eee 22111122122111120 

eet ROP IOtee ares sy sea eteesaeaiee » .221112222112222120 

T W_Moffey., . 2211122210 

TG ENE ATT ie ete ds Se ehs bre dmteetet ene see ene oe 2212242221122121122 

DOr SWari Wifi sss tan5 hi thee table area. ae NEA RRA 1102221121. w 
Lincoln vs. Lockwood, 28yds.: 

Lincoln ...-..-. eM ie tia late ste ne olaigiats wtche-trsaz-dhs in wa CE 210222022122212 13 

MEG COU Me ten gwalg Dp epiwce ore rere een de dbhees 32 28 1022201122120"1— 


Nov. 7.—The first of the series of Interstate handicaps, the con- 
Gita of which will be found in “Trap Fixtures,” resulted as 
‘ollows; 


S M Van Allen, 30........ icine eg Pe edeste eD2a222220220 1 22d2ao2cLe—O 
John Hopkins, 30..... ar datalg\atathe wiatay wsavorue +22:22222220212221222222221—24. 
DIE 1 Re peer kee IP atecsieesrtat teste See renter aictatetaes ZZ ee OluZvevZUeeec222—20 
Dsirberalcy a ey ee ieee groaihelsndl cle ls eon tererlatacs 12203222202222272*2022220—20 
Ramapo, 28.....:..... hanerhreUeibasasterk 022221202*210020220021121—17 
Match, 50. birds, $50, 28yds,: = 
Bees sss ialis.ss wares Mes » 01 222212112*122121.21001222—22, 
12121202*0001022222721201 18—40 
MRAM APO) ebeortpire tiene we eee Meher 001100121222022222724)2200—17 
001222102002220201 206i1222—16—83 
Ten birds, $5, high guns: j 
S M Van Allen, 30,2222922922 10 Lincoln, 28..... +» 2022220012 — 7 
Hopkins, 30...,.,.2122112210- 9 Ramapo, 28...... 2 222 *022020— 7 
Vg LLU se esos wane ee ,2*22122121— 9 


Medicus Gun Club, 


Nov. 6.—The shoot of the Medicus Gun Club at Interstate 
Park was well attended. Among the shooters were some famous 
experts, as will be noted on reference to the scores: 


10 Birds. Miss-and-out. 
IPO DUS; EOSseeinctsawsenene secs a ves 222222222210 0 
Col Martin, 30......... be tdevvstees etozeeel122—10 22211222222—11 
BIercy alin cei taee meen ccctet ets 1222222272— 9 22222221112—11 
A Blmattyesdseeee teen ce teseses 2222217220— 8 20 
an + 222111120— 8 


1212221222*—10 
22220 


121+ 8 


1212021102— 8 ........ dele 
ne2O2eAI2I2—B8 
26....- yy rar rece te O1211*2000— 6 see 
Dr Webber, 20............02.08 eee s2222222222—10 22229990900 17) 
PuLWatys 2ka5 tacieecsbene soseennen ee G2ee020222— FT 22220929992 11 
Dr Miller, 30....... eee nre pe rie: $a 9 Sey 2 222% 
Miss-and-out: 
Gol NEA rt sO Sate alate reais ers = bore sree nereeie oe 2221122222211 
Dr Woods, 29..... 2022*—2 22222—5 
MEL OVAEOUs ce peiepesizencee 11112—6 
Dr Webber, 30.. 22222—5 
A Doty, 20....... ce ee 022224 
Hawes, 27,.,...+-5 PON Rela feteteote Rottnest 110224 12022—4. 
Hihiotts ‘Sliscsc.sesss4 2211+#—4. 
Postans, 30.....c0seus 122125 
WEtere ait pate lyas 20211—4 
OCkwood, 28..........cceceeeeess 20101—3 
Ten birds, Long Island rules, $5: 
A_R Elhiott......1111111111—10 Wim. Hopkins......1111111111—10 
cr Webber..... e+ 211111111110 A Doty............. 1110111110— 8 
Dr Miller...... ..«--L11011100— 7 Lockwood ......... 1010000000— 2 
Col Martin.........041111111J— 9. Dr Woods.......... 1000001000— 2 
Geo Piercy ........ 01N110110— 7 C M Lincoln.....- 10LA0W0— 6 


Crescent Athletic Club. 


Bay Ridge, L. I., Nov. 10.—The November cup sécond contest 
Was a matter of keen contpetition at the shoot of the Crescent 
Athletic Club, held to-day. This is a handicap event. The scores 
were: 

Second November cup, 50 birds, handicap: Capt.” Borland 47, 
Rasmus 46, Dr. Keyes 43, Hopkins 42, Graham 41, McDermott 40, 
‘Marshall 40, Stake 37, Kenyon 38, Dr. O’Brien 41. 

Other events were as follows: 

Sweepstakes, 10 targets: C. J. McDermott 3, J. C. Faulkner 5, 
pant: J. x ie ae 4, C. G, Rasmus 4, W. D. Marshall 4, C. 

enyon, Jr., 2. a 

Sweepstakes, 15 targets: McDermott 10, Kenyon 9, Faulkner 9, 
Marshall 8, Dr. O’Brien 8, Capt. Borland 2. 

Sweepstakes, 15 targets: Faulkner, 7, 15; Kenyon, 4, 15; Dr, 
Keyes, 6, 15; J. O. Graham, 7, 15; L. C. se eh 5, 14; Marshall, 
4, 12; Rasmus, 4, 12; Dr, O’Brien, 2, 9; T. W. Stake, 2, 8. Shoot- 
of, miss-and-out: Dr. Keyes 1 Graham 0, Kenyon 0 Faulkner 0. 

‘onsolation cup, 25 targets: Capt. Borland, 11, 25; ‘Dr. O’Brien, 
4, 25; Faulkner, 10, 21; Stake, 8, 21; McDermott, 3, 21; Kenyon, 
6, 18; Hopkins, 7, 15; Graham, 10, 16; Dr. Keyes, scratch, Tl. 


Carteret Gun Club, 


Garden City, L. 7., Noy. 6—The Election Day shoot of. the 
Carteret Gun Club was distinguished by competition of a high 
order. Of the contests in which the members engaged two were 
for cups, the November cup and the Election Day cup. »In the 
November amp event at 7 birds there were nine entries, $10 
entrance, the famous bandmaster, Philip Sotisa, being one of the 
competitors. This was a handicap event. Four tied on straight 
scores, and in the miss-and-out Mr. L. T. Duryea shot out his 
competitors, Messrs. H. Money, }- W. Masury and IT. E, Emerson 
in u a 10th round. The scores of the November cup contest were 
as follows: 


L T Duryea, 29,.,....: 22122227 R A Welch, 30....:.... 222202w. 

H Money, 30.,.....-... 1222292—7 5S Remsen, 29...;.. 20222w 

Masury, 29..-...-2222222 7 F W Duryea, 27....... 222200 w 

E Emerson, 27...... 22222227 J G Smith, 28......... 22220w 
Pi “Sotigay ee5 sees eens 20222w 


Shoot-off: L. T. Duryea 12, Harold Money 8, J. W. Masury. 6, 
i. E. Emerson 0. ! 

After that_event the members engaged in a 7-bird sweep, and 
Messrs. L. T, Duryea, J. G. Smith, R. A. Welch, Harold Money 
and J. W, Masury tied on 7 straight. Im the shoot-of Smith and 
Welch divided with 10 kills each. 

The Election Day cup was at 10 birds, $10 entrance, S0yds. rise; 
ties shot off at 3 birds. The scores: 


R A Welch........ 222222227210 F W Duryea....... 20022222 w 
J W Masury......2222222932 10 HH Money .........22220w 
L T Duryea,......2222222029 10 W A H Stafford... .2022000w 
j S S Remsen... ,.222212220w J] E Emerson..... 200w 

G Smith.........22202222w PS Sasa sacs anene 


Shoot-off: R. A. Welch 8, J. W. Masury 1, L. T. Duryea 6. 


Ossining Gun Club. 
Stnc Sinc, Nov. §—The new grounds of the Ossining Gun 
Club were formally opened to the members on Election Day. 
Several events were shot, but a brisk wind blowing directly across 


the traps materially lessened the possibility of making good scores. 
The events were as follows; 


Targets: 10 10 10 10 25 Targets: 10 10 10 10 25 
IRONS locas asades lec wal Soe, wAM Bedell” oy scce nce 6 hahaa 
I T Washburn, Jr 4 7 8 922 Wm Carpenter.... 3 7.. 6.. 
Wi Re Stalliovs cena ere ye oS eae AL 641.. 
WV PSriithi ice ecasuereaei ped Gees T a ead 
i Elanctondaspestsueieaeias) oe cued, eae 
G i 5 foe Dua ahs ae VCTI ane 76... 
ih ) “ Heal fee) SP Vorndine es wae eee Aad) oe 
F Valentine ...... Gee Geet. ConWNaehbier case ce Dye sce 
Dr E Sherwood., 7 5 6..17 K McAlpin,.......... 0. 7 cz 
7 £ayfit.----» 6 4... 4.. A Sherwood..,.... 0. 25 os ae 


Cc. G, B, Caps. 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


Handicapping by Distance. 


Editor Forest and Stream: : 

The old adage which says “‘Tt is a long lane that has no turn- 
ing” appiles: most forcibly to the system so long in vogue govern- 
ing target shooting contests, tor now at last, alter these many 
years, we ate guing to haye a radical change, and one, let us 
hope, that will merease the number of contestants and insure to 
those competing a fair chance by more nearly equalizing men of 
various degrees in skill. Lhe omy wonder now 1s why handi- 
capping by distance has not been unanimously adopted long ago. 
‘rue, Mr. Jolin Parker, of Detroit, has at different times devised 
Ways and means by which shooting men were pul ON 4 Moule Equal 
footing, and some of his schemes were very clever, to say the 
least of them. From one so thoroughly acquainted with the 
multitude of shooters, and so well up in the art limself, one conid 
hardly expect otherwise. ' , 

Then we have had the known trap and angle brigade, as against 
the known trap, unknown angle, expert squads, but it was soon 
made quite apparent that these same experts invariably smashed 
more targets from unknown angles than did the lambs at known 
onés; so that, too, fell oft, and suon became obsuieie, J 

It has remained then for the Interstate Association to bring 
forth what is- destined to become the recognized handicap, and 
one that must prove such, be the skill of the contestants never so 
great, for it stands to reason that distance, though Jending 
enchantment to the view, certainly magnifies and accumulates, by 
virtue of its length, the number of goose eggs per céntum in any 
man’s score. 

The Interstate Association has given most evident and ocular 
proof of its prestige in America in such unmistakabie terms—vide 
the Grand American Handicap at pigecns—that no one needs doubt. 
as to the outcome of this time-honored system of distance in 
shooting affairs, albeit new when relating to shooting at targets. 

The idea of men whose shooting skill ranges from 75 to 95 per 
cent. competing on an even keel is sublimely absurd; so ridiculous, 
indeed, that one is astounded at its having survived even one 
season's trial; yet it has been going on for more than twenty 
years, and men who in other games and sports have always 
recognized the subject of “class’’ seem to have always ignored this 
most important factor in toto when target shooting, for they have 
put up dollar for dollar, and stood yard for yard aaah at an 
equal number of targets with others who were always and easily 
their superiors, anywhere from 10 to 20 per cent. 

Strange, but nevertheless true, moreover, when we calmly con- 
sider that the only sop graciously tendered the aforesaid lamb 
has invariably been the threadbare and well-worn rejoinder that 
these 95 per cent. mén were once 75 per cent, calves themselves! 


399 


ed 


The individual and team scores follaw: _ g 

Princeton ‘Team—H, Laughlin 39, J. Spear 39, 6. I. Elbert 3T, 
McWilliams 21, T. O, Withee 33, R. McMillan 31; total 200. , 

Pennsylvania Team—W, R. Baldwin 39, 5. F. Weayer 3a, J, & 
Loudon 32, B. Parrish 32, F. M. Law 28, A, R. Adamson 225 
total 183, 


Ilkinois Gun Club. 


SPrineriétp, Ill—Herewith are the scores of the Lllinois Gun 
Club's live-bird challenge trophy event, Snot im this Gly wwoy, ov 
Burnside won the cup on a straight scure of 25. Craig, Hall and 
England, each of whom scored 24, gave the winner a ward bathe 
for possession of the trophy, but Mr. Burnside was in hne torm 
and could not be headed. Onur tournament on the 1ih and Pth 
promises a good entry list: 


Cry Bilgtisrdey BO sini sku ttata a « pak ee eee D Dg) CN 2 22022 2—— aly 
WT Craig, d0....... nee 0s a eee Pas 21/2 a 2 pepe eA 
Uinaame ewan) eGOu a see ee les seb eee fe 2) 7 WAVAANLA2eve22 Mn eetzvsi—20 
VieGer bn elancdhyeaO Lean allel ender i aca be V2NL2022222 222 AVN 24 
ime lM aL Se aUemen amie seas seen e eh gene ee a. 221222220292 202 edereeds 2b 
CoSpalae rll) Saat eee ee teen en eee renee. PALES *2 M2 2a 22 *2220—2) 
A HW Bogardus, Jr, 29-....... Sac Tig 112012101 11010121—19 
(Ep BsyaiFornntsyy hele aly Aa AR A ZU Pee nvz22u22y1221—2) 
F R Richardson, 28........ EE tana ey 220011111222 522211 1011 211—22 
IRS OLOTMOTUpe a siete s Sele seme vee nme sng g LVL abev tzu viz — 20 
TeV OKITA TI 2Se nti Ry w cone wie miclele dum 22 01120222 142u00 1222111219 
; Cras, T, STICKLE, Sec y 


Keystone Shooting League. 


PHriLaADELPHIA.—The clear, cold weather Saturday afternoon, 
Nov. 10, was conducive to bringing nearly three dozen ‘trapshvoter» 
together on the grounds of the Keystone Shooting League, «1 
Holmesburg Junction, Pa., and those who did not take part, but 
were on hand to witness the sport, voted it one of the best after 
noon's sport Seen on these gruunds jor many 4 day, 

The birds were a high-class Jot. The stiff wind 
across the field helped them m their flights materiaily, 
were in fine form, and the scores were high, . 

Vandegrift was the winner of the challenge cup, but only. after 
a hard race, as Henry, Hobbs and Davis Also killed straight at 
10 birds. In the shoot-of Davis missed his second and Hobbs 
his sixth. Henry and Vandegrift had a hot race, and Henry 
ird dead out of bounds, while Vandegrift killed, 


which blew 
‘the men 


lost his eléventh 
The scores 


AT PETERS CARTRIDGE CO.’S TOURNAMENT, MONTGOMERY, ALA. 


So “learn to shoot and go thou and do likewise” has been ding- 
donged in the ears of the childlike novice, until now he hardly 
dares venture a remonstrance, so sure is he of being sat upon— 
sat upon hard—and rather than flinch, he grins and bears it for 
a time, and then in disgust and despair quits and tries some 
other game where he stands a better chance for his white alley. 
And this Spartanlike advice of “go thou and do likewise” has 
driven into oblivion thousands upon thousands of men willing to 
learn and anxious to excel, so far as relates to target shooting. 

But, oh, my lads, think how long they have stood the gaff! There 
has been but one redeeming feature to the whole affair, and that 
is the inward satisfaction of the lucky chap who has mastered the 
art in being able to slam back to the 75 per centers the “learn 
to shoot,” etc., and with pardonable pride and exultation to 
pat himself on the back and say, sotto voce, ‘I used to be a 
sucker myself’’—or meself, according to where the man learned 
to speak his mother tongue. 

Well, we start now on a new era. A man’s skill will place him 
‘on his own pedestal, be it at 16, 18, 20 or 22yds.; beyond this; very 
few will go, at least not for some time to come, tor there are 
s0 many good shots now in open competition that the 22yd. 
limit is apt to be the jumping-off place until we shall have men 
who, at that distance, are still too formidable. 
_, AL any rate, the noyice will feel that he is being protected, for 
if distance is the proper way to handicap men when pigeon shoot- 
ing, it stands to reason it must be even more so when target 
shooting, as all targets are flyers, and none come in, whereas 
many pigeons are incomers, and on these one is better off at 30 
than at 26yds.obvionsly so, in fact. 
_ But now let ys be fair to the better shots, for after al) fair play 
is the only element that can keep any game alive; so do not let 
us bé too magnanimgus in oyerdosing the good shots by being 
too liberal in giving them a greater distance than they merit. 
Don’t jump a man to 22yds. because he has made a few good 
scores. Let the good ones gradually climb the ladder, rung by 
rung, but don’t break their hearts by making them stretch too 
Many Tungs ata stride. Let them win at least as often as the 
poorer shots, for that is nothing more than they deserve, while 
such management will keep all on their mettle, and there is the 
secret and gist of the whole game. 

Of one thing we may be certain: This distance handicap is 
going to develop greater speed and accuracy in shooting than has 
heretofore been attained. Jt will bring forth a body aie men who 


- will be masters of the art and will assuredly put the long-distance 


men of America in the foremost rank the wor d over. 

_ Dwe things will necessarily imperatively follow—greater speed 
in the men, and, if that be possible, greater range and efficiency 
in the guns and loads. It seems hard to realize how the good 
guns of to-day can be improved, and yet that is precisely what we 
thought ten years ago. rue, our loads are also better, but even 
with our present loads our old style guns cannot perform with 
the regularity and steadiness of modern ones. So it is quite 
probable that when the limit of speed in the man shal! have heey 
attained it will then resolve itself into a trial of guns and loads, as 
to their reaching and smashing qualities, all of which will surely 
serve to forge American skill, both as to the men and their 
accouterments, still further to the front, placing ihem both, beyond 
guestion, the bast in the world. Gaucuo. 


Princeton vs. U. of P, 


Tue first of the series of intercollegiate team shoots between 
Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania was held on the 
grounds of the Clearview Gun Club at Darby, Pa., Saturday 
morning, Noy. 10. A strong wind blew hard across the field. the 
bluerocks were high, fast and eccentric, and it was hard for the 
shooters to get the wind and gauge, so none of the men shot in 
their usual form. 

The match was the first half of a team match that is to be shot 
for a silver cup. The return match will take place at Princeton 
at a date to be agreed upon. The terms of the shoot are six 
men to a team, 50 targets per man. ifyds. rise. at mnknoawn anples, 

The shooting was close al! through, but Princetan’s. jenm finally. 
beat the Penn team by 12 points, the scores being 200 Lor Prince 
tem and 288 for Penn. shal 


Challenge cup shoot, shot for semi-monthly; 10 birds, 30yds. rise: 
McCoy das. ene 222*22122%— 8 Davis ciscreaen see etldaesaZl2—lh) 
Fitzgerald ....,.... 2021122212 9 Darby ......... »2023222210-— 8 

-AJ11121101—10 -Vandegrift 1112122111—10 

» 1222222222 10 O KS .....-- ~22110121 

. 2222001122— § Smith ...... sesoerscclan202*=— 6 
oaseerssereeelA01*1100— 5. Van Loon ......+-,1221*11222— §- 

Shoot-off for ties, 3 birds up: I 
WVandegrift .111 221 211 211—12 Hobbs ..... 222 210 —5 
Hensy))...-221) 222, 112) 1°10, “Davis 2.10. ut) = 


Highteen shooters entered in the club handicap, and six fin- 
ished with straight scores. Brewer killed 9 and took tmaore than twice 
as much money as the straights. Dayis kuled § and aisu veat 
out the first men in the money. The scores: 

Club handicap, 10 live birds, handicap rise, open sweepstake, 
$2.50 entrance: 


F McCoy, 30....... 222222222210 J Vandegrift, 30.,.2221911111—10 
C Fitzgerald, 30....122000 Oo Stevens, 28...1111212220— 9 
H Henry, 30....... 2221112211—10 C Geikler, 29...... 2222222222 _1() 
EF Hobbs, 30...... 2220220022— 7 EF Van Toon. 29...2112*12211— 9 

Brewer, 30....... 1122122220— 9 HL Thurman, 29....1010221220— 7 

Stevenson, 30...2222222222-10 A Wynn 28.......4201112002— 7 
D Sanford, 20,..... 2111100212— 8 J Whittaker, 28... .112Ui20u10— 6 
W ji Davis, 28..... 1012210211— 8 G Gregory, 28.....112, 0302(0— 4 
Dr Darby, 29...... 22222* i092— 7 Anthony, 30.....-.. 2122227122—10 


IN NEW JERSEY, 


Forester Gin Club, 


Newark, N. J., Nov. 10—There was but a small crowd present, 
Owing to 


conditions. I have just fixed our grounds, so we can shoot live 
birds. We will make a start on Thanksgiving morning. Lunch 
and shells can be had on the grounds. 


Events: th Tee WBS ee Tie ee 

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ERolley Ses vee pater ee acted e ens he RS ee eal et ee 

ye Hemline y sts snulieccesn eee aane Ce ASSN He Ge 10 4 Gy SS 
{Later eihe fee me RARE AOR hana cer ne i Sry ene Gu Sigel) 
SEP Sar eRe Heep bu salen anne s saan Ge ee ae Th te 


es 
J. J. Fremine, Sec’y. 
EC Cup. 


Newark, N, J., Nov, 10.—The contest for the target champion- 
ship of New Jersey, of which the E © cup is the emblem, between 
Mr, F. E, Sinnock, the hoider, and Mr, George H, Piercy, the 
challenger, resulted in a victory for the latter. The race took 
place on the grounds of the South Side Gun Club, The condi- 
tions were 5) targets, unknown angles. The contestants tied on 
43, and in the shoot-off at 10 targets, Piercy won by 9 to 8 The 
scores? 


F E Sinnock..... 49971019019911011011109.10711 0011111110119. 111-43 
G H Pierey...... 191111001 01001117. 011999 1114111111111101.1011111 111 43 
Tie, at 10 targets: 
SITITOG el weve ete 0111111110—8 Piercy .............. 1111011111—5 
Sweepstakes and merchandise events were shot as follows. No. 
6 shows the handicaps of merchandise events 5, No. 8 of No. 7. 
Events: P23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 It 
Reicenspatin cavaugecsss senor eee 24 23 23 2225 110 010 0 & 
(Stats tess Dornier reny) PpPe PER aA RAN 28202 ELT koa nee 
Whitehead, 4......-ssess00 sete EEE or» 1010... 16 25 210 116 1 9 
AVeller es OU l ae aen eae Teens Same ve 713141625 410 27 ., .. 
Sinnock, B..0s+50» arenes setter etctctctaiticis a PRMIVIA i te eee ee alee, Me or 
Gardner, 6..... Ba hediineetseaey coverreres 1Biae IT AG. Gok ba as ca oe 
Teen, Bes. -.- Ge) hee meee EAM reel BUS Se ae aa) aie 
SHUTS sdcuststatinediveperssetcorsncs veet fe DOOR J Ie eRe. 
WalkGnIN | Baenseaia sap oir pial velewets tes oe ae pope Ppa eee cee oe 3 arenpeye 
Henrish, TBA ara aaa AAG eae ree ao cg oo 16-25 610 2 95, 2) 


400 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


_ [Noy. 17, 1900. 


eee, WW On ——————_— 


WESTERN TRAPS. 


Garden City. of Chicago. 


Curcaco, Ill., Nov. 10—It was a good turnout at Garden City 
trdphy shoot to-day, seventeen men facing the cold wind for the 
sake of trying conclusions with a good, hard lot of birds. The 
old duck shooter, Mr. J. Gillespie, took all the young folks down 
the line good and hard, and won the handsome Porter loving 
cup trophy with the handsome score of 39 out of 40. shot at, which 
is strong enough gait for anybody to go, 


Garfield of Chicago. 


At the semi-annual meeting of the Garfield Gun Club, held 
Novy, 7, it was decided to change the trophy shoots from second 
and fourth to the first and third Saturdays of each month. Special 
shoots will continue on intervening Saturdays. There will be an 
all-day shoot held on Thanksgiving Day, beginning at 10 o’clock 
A. M,, and this shoot will be made a trophy shoot, to make up for 
the) one recently lost. The Saturday immediately following will 
also be a trophy shoot, owing to the change to first and third 
Saturdays. 


Better. 


Tom Marshall was in town this week, and says that his had arm, 
hurt not long ago in a fall, is getting all right again, and will 
soon allow him to be pestering around. 


Coming. 


Christmas is coming, and so is John Watson's midwinter shoot. 
Both will be joyous occasions, and both are worth remembering 
well in advance. One is as much a fixture here now as the other, 
There is every promise of a big shoot here this winter, and we 
need it, to stir things up. 

E. Houes. 

IlartForD Burt~piInG, Chicago, Ill. 


Garfield Gun Club. 


Chicago, Nov. 10.—The appended scores were made on our 
grounds to-day, C. J. Wolff carried off the honors again, scoring 
9 out of 10 in the first event, and killing 10 straight in the other. 
He is rapidly coming to the front'as one of our stronfest shooters. 

The afternoon turned out a good one for shooting, although it 
was decidedly threatening until about 3 o’clock, which fact ac- 
counts for the small attendance—the smallest in the history of the 


club: 

SW at Ory eo Ute eetae a nevewialaglsla aise eee 011120*12i— 7 101210121*— 7 
(OPA olb ot Pans SE renee 12212112*1— 9 2221111112—10 
Tat WiOliie 26s arse oe ne eee nee ete 2111210012— 8 *20122*010— 5 
Dn eMieek se obi san seine ee ee 1*1222*111— § 21122111*1— 9 


Dr. J. W. MEEK, Sec’y, 


Garden City Gun Club. 


Watson's Park, Burnside Crossing, Ill, Nov. 10—The membegs 
of the Garden City Gun Club turned out in good force to attend 
the club regular monthly shoot to-day, 

‘In the regular monthly event the scores were as follows: 


(Gillige 73! Su owoets an ainadtee esis citseceniteh ei cena 122222221112212 —Ii5 
‘Dar je2ts hadtaeees See Metcfetsistalate cjartyissteleteretetce shee eee 11201122100120211 13 
Palmer, 0 211212112221202 —14 
Tramp, 0 » »»021112222122222 —14 
Ambergy 0 - 22220211*2222201 —12 
Rubo, Ghar fel . -2121022022**011 —10 
J Crow, 1 2112*10710101*0w 
oS Aa AR PRE BA TORI a, SE 10212121111012212 15 
Barto, 1 0222222221122122 —15 
TECEVISMRY Paci caee 9 ceekepe ee cere ibn ea a ee Ore Lae? 22221222*0*222231 15 
Reeves, 1 202***1021112110 —10 
Antoine, 1 111221222112212 —15 
Wells, 3h eben dpe Ran aneies ss ohoe esse coace 192122212111122 —15 
O’Brien, 2 2:222201222212122 —15 
( )dell, ea etecaretensyaleseteis ate cickeoee eapocetk eet ee me eat 122222222292292 —15 
White, 1 1222222*0022202w 
Cards dn aces pone 6 lag Ong Gai RE Cs 20202222200112*22 12 
‘Handicap shoot for loving cup, presented by Mr. O. H- Porter: 
Ean bh, EA ad Anittid Soni es Aegis mee 1222222211122122122112122 —25 
Oa gO RR MR a 112011221 0012021101211 w 
Palmer, awa tester aNy anitaisenmn stele eeiereetskeen ll 21121211222120220*112101011  —22 
IRI oho) lel etry cts see AR BABE 6 oe 021112222122222222211022290  —98 
Seaberprtat Pi eter ih 2220211*222220121210w 
BOF Mrs set eters eee naa nee 2121022022**01110011001100w 
MGSO Whar weemereneneds fee Cece LLELErt 2112*10110101*0w 
Rust, 138 hte OE EBEA AAS ARB SEAS | 0021212111101221221 2022212200125 
IATA, el theeroee tes tose eo beSa5 54 be 022222222112212299111*#2022 —23 
EVM crnanuwusene cin ee atts » « «222212221 *222221202002221 2202 94 
Reeves, 2 we + -202***1021112110112102111w 
Antoine, 2 + - «.11122122221122121129911*121 95 
W ells, 2 PO ere erent daactecn yd 1121222121111221112123221 —25 
We gta ird? cepa ALC Sc 222220122221 21222201111992 —p4 
( cell, RE Teed Ser eres een cecaieees eaten 1222222222999299999972999 —25 
Dunit geen nce ee enentnnt torn 5 Sanne neem 1222222*0022202w 
(Ooo Ti © cprast snob nBBS A ROSS EAR set act. 20202222200112*2210*11010w 
SO’ of ties ae pa cup: 
COMINGS ORS enesog ace: 1221212021210 Wells, 0........-.. *711212121 — 9 
BR astyeer aeteaich cvs 2222929120210 Odell, 0............20 Ow 
Antoine, O....0-.. {01110w nae 
Second shoot-off: 
CSL iSimeten eee Leena: sce fe PELE RUSES vy tllnrsinteee Seen) 2210 


Trap at Holmesburg Junction. 


HoLMEsgurG JuNncTrIon, Pa., Nov. 6.—The series of holiday 
shoots was begun on Election Day at Holmesburg Junction, Pa., 
with a fairly good support in the attendance of shooters. 
weather was delightfully pleasant. 
vigorous. 
birds. 

In the 15-bird event Henry, Landis and Russell made clean 
scores, 

Ae he extra event at 10 birds Hobbs, Geikler and Russell killed 
stigignt 7 | 

Bifteen birds, handicap, $7.50 entrance: 


1 The birds were strong and 
Two events were finished—one at 15, the other at 10 


LENT, PRO, ae spans ae es 111111212212721—15 
San IKON RAISE) Ms OB Cl cated a a cee RI PE 111220012222919 43 
Davis, 28 Sere PraLUTme it eed Soddba Feb lae L-.. 022*2*122211022 11 
B TEM EL wi OU Umunian Neca ant iiin ie PERE P PE REE me oe ir eon 221221222202101—13 
SE 30 Fe mwe ree tae amie ba sineeeenseseyaecscenes ss 2d oot 15 
obbs, 30 ..... SOG TT SO LC OE ASG tee, 220211201221299 13 
Russell, 20S Seen eT en ee nee) Fo. tT cam 222221222999999 415 
W SAG Hy PARTS SO heared oor moet atexhee ALE 02**12120112212 17, 
renclerne cogent neces DO BUOD COSC Anse net a 2222722222999) 44 
a i attaicer UA AP ea nema ce toned Maks See SRY ES, 012022200112*20— 9 
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Clearview Gun Club, 


Noy. 10.—The Fisher cup in the monthly shoot of the Clearview 
Gun Club at Darby, Pa., ‘to-day was the chief object of abit 
tition. The match was at 25 tareets, thrown’ fram a maecantre-« 
handicap added to the score. Bell, with an allowance of 1 tar- 
get, scored 23. Prince tied by breaking 18, with an allowance of 1). 


Hdcp. Broke. Total. Hdep, Broke. Tot: 
Bellen 1 22 2S: eNdwards 2 Some 17 oe 
ii Cel eee 10 13 23 Downs ...... ] 16 17 
IIs Abenay 0 22 22 Cartledge ... 0 16 16 
(Wide, 0 22 220 Blwell) .. 2 , 15 {6 
LL reese 0 21 vj Lesicht sol). 5 9 14 
sa a3 aahey § 0 20 20 Wart sun 2 WW a 
Horner vA = 16 20) Poyser ..... 7 : ” 
Anderson ... 0 20 20 aT ee 5 ‘* 


Two teams, captained by Messrs, Anderson and Uri slist 3 
ratch at 25 targets per man Anderson’s adh had the ee of 
the match until the last two men shot, when Urian’s team went 
are in nus by 10 Si The scores follow: 

_Urian’s Team-+Urian 18, Fisher 24, Harri : 

17, Horn 17: total 120. PHB 2h, Dove 2a, Teal 

Anderson’s Téam—Anderson 22, Cartledge 21 r 
wards 14, Prince 12, Carr 10; total 110, see enslahg 2 2 


The_ 


Concerning the Jacksonville Tournament. 


New Haven, Nov. 11.—In your account of the Jacksonville 
shoot of the Peters Cartridge Co. you say that Barney Worthen 
tied Jack Fanning for high average the second day, each breaking 
170 ont of 175 targets. 

In justice to myself and the Winchester Co., I must ask you to 
correct this mistake, as your scores of the shoot will show that 
{ won high avérage the secofid day by breaking 171 out of a possible 
175 targets, thereby beating both Fanning and Worthen 1 bird for 
the high average on the second day. ; j 

I would also thank you to state that Fanning and myself tied 
for first average on the entire two days’ target shooting, each of 
us losing but 13 targets out of a total of 350 shot at. , 

I am aware that your information of the shoot was furnished by 
the representative of the Peters Cartridge Co., who, in his 
anxiety to push shooters using Peters ammunition, possibly over- 
looked the fact that a representative of a competitor had won high 
average for the second day and tied for high average for the entire 
target programme, as well as making the best average on the third 
day at. live birds in the regular programme events. 

1 do not wish to intimate by the tone of my letter that my 
friend Lemcke, of the Peters Cartridge Co., who is the gentleman 
who wrote the shoot up for the papers, is not a fair-minded gentle- 
man, but the fact remains that 1 was robbed of the honor due me, 
if I may term it such, for my work at Jacksonville. 

I sincerely trust you may find some way to give me the credit 
due me in your next issue, and at the same time you might also 
mention the fact that within the last three weeks 1 have attended 
the tournaments at Atlanta, Jacksonville and Waycross, and that 
I have been first in each of these, averaging over 95. per cent. on 
over 1,000 shots fired in the regular events of these tournaments. 

TI am writing the Winchester Co. at this date to the effect that 
T had written you this letter, and trust they may see same, or, 
rather, the facts set forth by this letter, made public in. vour next 
issue, Awsiey H. Fox, 


Mississippi Valley WNotes. 


The flight of ducks bemg unusually late has favored the hunters, 
ind some fine bags are reported in this portion of the big valley, 

Mr. Guy Burnside has fixed the dates Dee. 4, 5. 6 and 7 for 
his big target shoot at Galesburg. This tournament ‘is indorsed 
by the Indians, and will be one of the big events of the early 
winter circuit. There will be three days at targets, $200 in cash 
added, and 200 targets daily on the programme. ‘The, last day 
will be deyoted to live birds. Moneys will be divided on the class 
system, three and four in 20-bird races. The shoot will be held 
on the famous Williams Racetrack at Galesburg, and will be open 
to all comers. On the second day the Schmelzer trophy, now held 
by Fred Gilbert, will be shot for. Hred Whitney, of Des Moines, 
will be behind the counter. Shells should be sent to Union Hotel, 
Galesburg, and mail addressed to Mr. Burnside at Knoxyille. 

Guy Burnside won the Llinois Gun Club live-bird trophy on the 
November contest, with a straight score. 


Rifle Range and Gallery. 


Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. 


San Franersco, Oct. 28.—The usual number of Columbia Pistol 
and Rifle Club shooters assembled to-day at Harbor View to prac- 
tice and experiment. Smith Carr, our old-time revolver shooter, 
was present and showed he could hold as well as ever. Trego as- 
tonished us by his fine work with his Colt’s’.32 revolver loaded 
with King’s smokeless powder, 


Practice scores; Columbia target, S0yds.; revolver: ; f 
TRS Mize saa AR EAA EE BR BOoeoRES Ye Tapa arte ii banat s—_t6 
212 7105 3 35321 3) §—72 
byl hoes {ste GO eee eee ee rer ARE PRAHA AG 32 38 610 12114 4 T 2-51 
ULB L OT BALop be hea Seay oritsrwce cic arte AOS hE 9 5 4 210 4 3 2 3 547 
TMemith | Cartas sense ee 2 b 210 5 6 6 (6.3 T—52 
3.4 710 3 8 1 5711 45—35 

*Colt’s service .44. 75. & W. 44, All used King’s powder., 

Pistol: ' 

di MODY SON bb hse ost, co ook ta COA 12 63.2 4 4.7 5 6-40 
1) 43> Oe oe ieee ao eJ—45 
8 210 2 323 4.4 6 3—45 
Daye aie IRS pence ae. eee ,. 6 8 S11 °7 10 6:40 5 8—7 
12478 216 °7'6 4-57 
5 3 610 2 310 9 8 &—64 
ti 4 811 7 6 3 410 5—69 


Hymenn, Edgren, Du Bois, Brannigan and Barley spent the 
time in breaking their new rifles and revolvers in for future service. 
Barley has a Ballard action in which he has a new Winchester .32. 
Brannigan uses a .25-35, and found a 100gr. bullet did satisfactory 
work. Becker tried his new military .30-40 at 50yds. with. miniature 
charge and made a group equal to 19 when placed in center of tar- 
get. Trego is a genius; he has several new inventions already. ~ 

Nov. 4.—A large number of shooters were present to-day at the 
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club’s shoot. The weather conditions 
were unfavorable, but some fine work was done. Capt. Kuhnle 
led again with the .22 rifle, and C. M, Daiss with the revolver 
increased his lead over. Young to 25 points. Kuhnle is now 6 
points ahead of the elub’s record for ten best scores, which was 
held by Dorrell with 191 points, and Daiss is 31 points ahead of 
Gorman’s record with revolver, with a total of 472 for ten best 
scores. 

In practice at home Capt. Kulnle tied the Walnut Hill record 
of 11 on Columbia target at 50yds., using globe and peep sights 
and Peters’ .22-7-45 new cartridge, with inside lubricant, and 
Stevens rifle. Young led with pistol and musket, and Pape witli 
fine rifle. Young used King’s C. G, semi-smokeless in his musket 
and primed with King’s smokeless, with very satisfactory results. 

Young’s 44 with pistol to-day made him tie with the club’s record 
for five best scores out of the twelve entries allowed members 
during the year, with a total of 217 held by J. E. Gorman. Young 
did it with a Stevens pistol (second-hand, and thrown away as 
n. g. by Daiss), using Peters’ .22 short semi-smokeless cartridges, 
and his last nine consecutive scores, one allowed each month, 
were as follows, viz., 32, 49, 45, 47, 51, 57, 50, 55, 44, the first four 
and last counting. Gorman shot long rifle cartridges, loaded with 
black powder, which have been considered without equal; hence 
the remarkable part of this shooting, 3 ‘ 

The class contest with rifle between Pape and Young is mighty 
close.. Young leads by 1 point. Pape had to beat 56 to gain, and 
only succeeded in tieing it. Young undertook to protect the non- 
experts against Pape in the military and repeating rifle matches 
by giving them 20 points handicap, Creedmoor count, and Pape 
has blood in his eye, but he has not got the true combination of 
King’s powders yet for his Sharp’s musket, while Young has; 
hence he did not do as well as he might in two shoots, but to- 
night he asked for information and got it from Young, and next 
shoot he will probably make the fur fly. 

The boys are sitting up nights studying powders and sights, and 
barvels and bullseyes galore, just fo lower one point more on 
their winning seores, while the member ahead goes complacently 
to bed to rest, to dream, and to snore 

Scores, Columbia target, off-hand shooting: 


Rifle, class medals, 
W0yels. § experts; one entry: ‘ 


Wo EG Paperisstecsotecsess sic eee ff 9 492-8 0 sR 4256 
Wi hit 6 5 5 4 1 0-61 
Sharpshooters: G, M. Barley 117- 
Marksmen;: 4 
Go pad Byte eens es ony cee ye eee A 395 65 5 “% 6) 7—6p 
NIETSOWalthainiees seek meee e eh eee 89 6 & GI1T § 9 15—87 


Dr. J. F. Twist 110, Dr. H, UO, Trask 161, FE. A. Allen 168, N. A. 
Robinson 205, back score 232, G, Mannell, back score 88 
Pistol, class medals; experts; one entry: 


FO Young By pele 4 Bee od be Gait 
(> MP Barley 22° T4 1 2 2 4491 3-48 
CVE ID AISE See cote Si inten cictets ote ietets 26 6 419 @ 2 9 7—f2 


A. H, Pape, revolver, 96. 

Sharpshooters: G. Hoadley 7%. 
_Marksmen: Mrs. Waltham 68, Mrs. Mammell 88, back Score 65; 
(, Mannell, back score 83; N. A. Robinson 98; back score, 90) 


All comers’ re-entry matches: Rifle, 200yds.: F. O. Young, &1; 
G. Mannell, 66, 73, 78, 79, 84. q 
Military and repeating rifle match, 200yds.- , 
' Creedmoor. 
RG) Worn pavnenmnaane 65 8 9 5 6 415 5 8—T1 48 
778928 311 5 9-63 47 
19 7 83 S195 50 et 1574 © AT 
Wo6 118 2 510 534 6-7 Ag 
a 2 31014 414 4 7 13-22 * 5 


‘gregate on the lakes that it was sown in. 
Noste, Hon. Sec’y, N, L. F. and G. C—Adv. 


AAT Pape....-.:--2- e.- 89 616 418 8 7 611 6—89 47 
519 7 3 514 8 412 9-8 46 
7 2 710 8 9 515 7 13—83 46 
6 9 41010 4 810 8 15—84 45 


Soth contestants used Sharp’s military rifle, open sights, 6lbs. 
pull. Rings count for all-round diploma, and Creedmoor for medal. 

Twist revolver medals, S0yds.: C. M. Daiss 48, 57, 58, 58, 59, 
46, 62, 62, 69, 96; F. O, Young 54, 59, 63, 63, 69. 

Pistol médals, yds.: F. O. Young 50; P. Becker 53, 62, 64, 
66; G. Hoadley 74, 77, 

22 and .25 rifle medal, b0yds.: Capt. F. Kuhnle 18, 24, 24, 26, 
20, 27, 2, 22; P. Becker 23, 27, 28, 29, 31; A. B. Dorrell 25, 27, 28, 

Dorrell just returned from the mountains near Fresno, and said. 
he killed thirty-eight mountain quail one day; he also said it snowed 
6in. itt one honr’s time. The snow drove him out, and he was 
somewhat jarred, as he rode five miles down hill on a log as 


a drag for a wagon. | 
os asl. F. O. Younsc,: Rec. Sec’y. 


Cincinnati Ritle Association. 


Cixcrns§atr, O.—The following scores were made in regular 


‘competition by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association at 


Four-Mile House, Reading road, Noy, 11. Conditions; 200yds., 
off-hand at the standard target. Gindele was declared champion 
for the day with the good score of 91. Weather cool and cloudy, 
Wind from 4 to 6 o’elock: 


Giitrycl elegy awe supe eraser nlels ee rT boty 9 710 9 910 910 9 9—9) 
8 91010 710 8 210 7-87 

8 7 8 91010 9 9 8 8—& 

Tsayae UU eras cieelatee G cle ielateletetel etd Welstat caters 71010.9 7 910 9 9 9—89 
10 7 9 810 7 91010 8 88 

8 7 8 6 8 9 8 10 10 10—84 

NE SEIT gee a5 ee eee os nei bio “7979 9 9 910 9 10—86 
999 69 910 6 8 10—85 

. 710 6 6 &§ TIU 9 7 10—80 

Ditches Gog) end sneee Sai stele ge coves sie oh 910 6 9 & 8 9 6 7 10—82 
1001010 720 6 7 5 9 G80 

. 969479 7 9 6 10=7%6 
ISPuttsee el. Her eID O dao noe 8 8 7 8 9 7 6 910-9-—SI 
ee 8 610 510 8 5 9 9 & 76 

108 7 6 6 510 8 8 876 

SPOUTS GURG- 9c uere atten {Out cols ively 10 510 7 710 6 710 987 
8 8 9 5,8 4 610 8 778 

-7 67.8 9 9.7 4 6 68 

IW Hopberg este van swrefeWeresrerstnyey a frie Sy ES Ie 610 610 9 6 &§ 59-9 78 
410 610 6 9 8S 710 T-l7 

07867 6 5 8 91077 

PSE ea STA Pee Lohse Ee LAR CEMIAIE 1006768 9 8 8 6 36 
1093 78 5 9 7 510-7 

 § 6 810 9 7 6 5 6 5—70 

Oe Bes hoosebbebobkbkoobebens Abad hte 1079 8 6 6 6 § 9 4-73 
1066577 3% 5 9-70 

. 410745 7 8 8 7 9-64 
WD INNS: daily ae balsa 3 a4 eyelid ST 97 7 9 4.8 7 871 
48 55 8 7 810 6 7-68 

: fis gs SaaS Smee 5 

S (CRE ANO EM ne ede eee Te . 99 9 98 6 8 6 5 TI10—78 


*Rest. This score was made by Clarence Payne, the twelve- 
year-old son of E. D. Payne. This is the first full score eyer shot 
by him, and he had fired but five or six shots previous to this oc- 
casion, and then at intervals, of weeks apart. It looks as if he will 
be a “chip off the old block.” Who knows? 


Championship of New York. 


Tue annual 100-shot match for the championship of New York 
and vicinity was held at Armbruster’s ranges, Greenville, N.: J-, 
under the auspices of the New Jersey Association of Riflemen, on 
Election Day.- . t 

This contest for supremacy at 200yds. with the Schuetzen Rifle 
has been an annual affair for the past eight years, and as most of 
the cracks of the entire East participate, it practically decides the 
yearly championship. The entry list this year numbered seven- 
teen, and with few exceptions the best men of the entire country 
Were represented, 

ast year, Michael Dorrler was the winner, with a score of 2,246, 
which established a new 100-shot record. This score was thought 
to be high-water mark, but Dorrler on Election Day eclipsed his 
099 record by putting up the phenomenal score of 2,257: J 

fred Ross was second with 2,248, a score that will win 99 times 
out of 100, 

Dr. W. G. Hudson was third with 2.210. The yeteran Will 
Hayes was fourth with 2,194, and ©, Boyce fifth with 2,190. 

Dorrler, the winner, captured the handsome medal presented by 
the King Powder Co, and the Peters Cartridge Co. Ross secured 
the Armbruster medal for the best ten-shot string, scoring 23865. 
Dorrler had a string counting 286, but as winner he was not 
eligible for two prizes. Hayes had a string of 234, ©. Boyce one 


Of 238, and Dr. Hudson 229. 


The shooting of the four high men was a remarkable exhibition, 
as they made no less than 394 bullseyes out of the 400 shots, 
Ress making the remarkable run of 100 straight bulls. Dorrler 
left the black but once. Hudson twice and Hayes three times. 
This eyent should be of great interest to riflemen over the entire 
country, and the newly organized National Rifle Association 
should take it upon themselves to establish a similar contest. in the 
middle West and West. 


PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT, 


He Finds Forest and Stream Indispensable. 


CHerriton, Va., Nov. 4.—Inclosed find check for my advyertise- 
ment for another quarter. I find I carinot do any business with- 
out the aid of your yaluable paper. J. Loucrtus Coss. 


Charles Gilchrist, Esq., Port Hope, Ont.—li the rice you are 
sending now is as good as we got last year we will be satisfied, 
for last year’s is growing fine, and we notice that the ducks con- 
Sincerely yours, Ep. P. 


‘Sport and Travel East and West. 


THERE is probably no big-game hunter in the world whose name 
is so familiar to*other hunters as Mr. F. C. Selous, whose books 
on travel and hunting in South Africa are so well known and so 
intéresting. Mr. Selous’ occupation in earlier life is understood to 
have been that of an elephant hunter and head hunter and this 
profession Has of course given him tremendous experience and 
great success. 

His Jast volume, issued by Longmans, Green & Co., tells enter- 
tainingly of hunting in Asia’Minor, and of hunting trips made 16 
the Rocky Mountains. Extremely interesting are these accounts 
of sport after the great maral stag and the long-horned wild goats 
of Asia Minor, which are almost like the ibex. To us on this side 
—probably because they are so much more familiar to us—the 
stories of elk hunting and mule deer killing in the Rocky 
Mountains seem much more taime. ~ 

We beheve that it was with our correspondent Wm. Wells that 
Mr. Selous made his trip into the mountains, and it is not strange 
that with so excellent and experienced a guide he killed an 
abundanee of game—more indeed that the law should allow, or 
does at the present time. 

The bool: is very fully illustrated and beautifully printed, and it 
is certainly well worth reading. We notice a few examples of care- 
less proof reading in the Latin names, which occur quite fre- 
quently, such as Nestoma for Neotoma and Speotitis for Speotyte. 


“The Eagle’s Heart.” 


Mr, Hamitn GARLAND’S last novel, though dealing nat at all with 
sport or matters connected with it, yet has its scenr laid chiefly 
in the further West, and treats of the cow country and the life 
of the cow man. The story is told with the charm inseparable from 
My, Garland’s writing, and the truth of the pictures of that old- 
time life, which has now almost disappeared, is so vivid that in 
this respect alone the book is likely to become a classic, Persons 
who aré interested in knowing something of this ancient life will 
wish to read “The Eagle’s Heart” as much for the story that it tells 
of that life as for the adventures had by its hero, though these 
are sufficiently exciting. - i 


' 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


A WEEKLy Journar or THE Rop anp Gun. 


Coryricut, 1900, sy Forest anp STREAM PuBLISHING Co. 


Terms, $4 A YEAR, 10 Crs. a ores 
Six Montus, $2. 


NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1900. 


{ VOL. LV.—No. 21. 
No. 846 Broapway, NEw Yor 


HARD TIMES COMING. 


Winter is at hand. Over much of the land the hard 
cold has already set its grip upon the quiet waters; in 
parts of the north and west white snow covers the ground; 
most of the birds have flown southward, fearing less the 
cold—which they could endure—than the scarcity of food, 
which means weakness and death. 

Before long the cold and the snow will extend over the 
whole northern land, the bird life which in sttmmer is 
scattered universally over the whole continent will have 
all swept southward in a great wave, and the land beyond 
the limit of frost will be crowded with twice its former 
number of feathered inhabitants. In the bright land to 
which they have gone there is warmth, sunshine, cheeri- 
ness and food, while at the north there is cold and hunger, 
Yet the hardy inhabitants of our mountains, prairies and 
woods and swamps are well fitted to endure the rigors of 
bitter winter if only they can have abundant food. The 
muskrat builds his house—a warm shelter from which he 
sallies forth only now and then; the fur of the mink and 
fox is thick, long and heavy; the squirrel and the raccoon 
dream away the days in homes well protected from the 
cold, and venture forth only on bright ot warm days, hid- 
ing themselves again when it grows colder. 

The feathers of the birds have grown thicker; the quail 
at night crowd together in the shelter of the swamp, and 
at mid-day sit cuddled up in a fence corner sheltered 
from the wind and well warmed by the sun. The grouse 
lo:ter along the warm side of the alder run, and at night, if 
the cold is hard, perhaps use the feathery snow for a 
blanket. Bluejays, chickadees and kinglets spend the 
bitter night in the thick cedar trees, their bodies puffed 
out into little balls which the feathers standing on end 
keep warm. Among the naked trees of the woods, and 
whirling like snowdrifts across the white fields, are many 
strangers from afar—white owls and snow buntings. pine 
grosheaks, crossbills and other vagrant birds of the north, 
whose wanderings in search of food carry them here and 
there oyer wide stretches of country. Yet when a place is 
found where food is abundant, they remain there day 
after day. or week after week, until forced by hunger to 
renew their quest. 

A great degree of cold can be endured by our winter 
birds, provided only they have sufficient food to eat. 
Warm covering is needed against the keen frost, yet after 
all what is chiefly required is fuel to feed the internal 
fires by which the cold may be withstood. Yet in winter 
seeds and fruit for the vegetable feeders may be hard to 
find, since the snow buries all food that has fallen to the 
ground. Nevertheless the seeds and berries of many 
shrubs and trees—the sumach, the mountain ash, the cedar 
and the pine—still cling to their stems and support an 
army of birds that but for them could not exist. 

A multitude of insect eaters—the woodpeckers, nut- 
hatches. creepers, titmice and kineglets—all tiny birds 
that one would hardly imagine could resist the cold—are 
at home in our winter woods where they live well and 
' do a world of good. They find their food in the crevices 
of the bark, on the under sides of dead leaves, and in the 
crannies of the rail fences, where. all through the sum- 
mer noxious insects were at work depositing their eggs, 
from which next spring might be hatched a pestilential 
brood to destroy farmers’ crops. It is the business of 
these tiny feathered heroes of the winter to combat this 
evil, and unknowingly to perform for man a service 
whose money value cannot be measured exactly in dollars 
and cents, but which, we may be sure, amounts to a very 
large percentage.of the sum annually received for all our 
agricultural products. By most birds this helpful work 
is done only in the summer, and the destruction is of 
adult insects alone, but the tiny cold weather gleaners 
work all the year round in season and out, and, quiet, un- 
obtrusive, tnthanked and even unknown, they enable us 
to live our lives in the land and to exist as a people. 

It is worth the while of every one who can to do 
something to make the winter easier for the birds that 
Stay with us. They do not give us sweet songs; they do 
not brighten our lawns with gay plumage, but they work 
for us all the while. Now is the time of hardship for 
all wild life, and each one of us may well do what lies 
in his power to lessen that hardship. Grain for the 
ruffed grotise should be scattered in the warm places in 
swamp and in forest where the snow first melts. In the 
figlds and coverts where the quail live. shelters should be 


placed to keep the birds from being covered up by snow, 
and abundant food should be provided. On the trunks 
and branches of the trees here and there may be tacked 
up pieces of fat meat or of suet, on which the nut- 
hatches, creepers, titmice and kinglets will greedily feed, 
and which may help them through some bitter night, 

The cost of doing a little work of this kind is nothing. 
The trouble is slight; but the reward to be reaped in 
watching the birds which have been attracted close to the 
house is great. Pleastires such as this are denied to city 
dwellers, and urban bird population in winter consists 
chiefly of sparrows, which are on bad terms with many 
of our native birds; but let the country dweller once do 
this work, as many country dwellers have done. and he 
will wish to do it every winter. ’ 


POSSESSION IN CLOSE SEASON, 


WE give the full text of the decision of the New York 
Court of Appeals in the case of the People of the State 
of New York y. the Buffalo Fish Company, Lt. The 
point involved was the constitutionality of the law which 
forbids possession in the close season of fish imported 
from without the State. 

The action was brought by Protector Pond against the 
Buffalo Company for haying had in possession pike, 
pickerel, bass and muscalonge in the close season. The 
defendant admitted the fact of possession, but set up in 
defense that the fish had been imported from Canada 
under provisions of the United States tariff laws; that the 
State law conflicted with the United States law in regu- 
lating commerce in fish, and was null and void because 
infringing upon the interstate provisions of the Federal 
Constitution, and because it deprived the defendant of 
property without due process of law. To this answer the 
plaintiff demurred upon the ground that it was not 
sufficient to constitute a defense; the demurrer was over- 
ruled and an appeal was taken. The Appellate Division 
certified three questions, all substantially comprised in 
the first one, which was this: 

“Are the provisions of Section iro of the Fisheries, 
Game and Forest Law, as amended by Chapter 10Q of 
the Laws of 1898, prohibiting the possession of pike and 
pickerel during the elose season for such-fish in New York 
State, in conflict with any provisions of the State and 
Federal Constitution when applied to pike and pickerel 
imported from Canada, under the customs laws and regu- 
lations of the United States which have been duly com- 
plied with, or do the facts alleged in the defendant's 
answer constitute a defense to the first cause of action 
set forth in the complaint 2” 

The court by a vote of four to three has sustained the 
defendant, and has answered the questions affirmatively. 
We print the decision in full as written by Justice O’Brien, 
giving also the dissenting opinion written by Justice Gray. 

This decision is in direct conflict with that in the 
Phelps-Racey case, which has long been an accepted 
precedent, not only in the State, but elsewhere, and has 
been cited with approval by the United States Supreme 
Court. 

We are not advised as to what further course the 
Forest, Fish and Game Commission may take in the case, 
but we sincerely trust that they will not abandon it. The 
case has not yet been tried on its merits. We believe that 
it may yet be won. It must be won if the laws forbidding 
the sale of game and fish in close time shall amount to 
anything. The application of the principles involved is 
by no means limited to New York State. If this decision 
shall be held to be good law, it will mean the nullification, 
for instance, of the Massachusetts statute forbidding the 
sale of grouse and woodcock. It will give us open fish 
and game markets the year around for game imported into 
a State; and that will mean an open market for fish and 
game taken in the State. We have already pointed out 
that under such circumstances as those wrought by the 
New York decision the clause of the Lacey Law which 
declares that game imported into a State shall be subject 
to the State law will afford no protection. For if, as the 
court holds, the New York law does not apply because 
its application would be unconstitutional, it cannot be 
made to apply by act of Congress, because Congress can- 
not in any way by stattte alter the cons‘itutional prin- 
ciples involved. If a law forbidding the possession and 
sale of imported fish is unconstitutional, Congress cannot 
fake it copstitutional by the enactment of law, 


THE USUAL WAY. 


Own Thursday, Noy. 15, in Mt. Vernon, Westchester 
county, on the very borders of New York, two deer were 
discovered by a man who was out gunning in the swamp. 

The deer were a buck and a fawn, and the gunner 
promptly killed the fawn, and returning to his home 
spread the news. At once all the population possessed of 
firearms turned out for the purpose of slaughtering the 
other deer, but at last acounts it had not been killed, 

Where the animals came from is as yet unknown. It 
was thought that they might have escaped from the park 
of the New York Zoological Society, but the authorities 
there deny that any deer have been lost. It is probable, 
however, that they may have escaped. from the grounds 
of some individual possessing a private deer park. 

The ruthlessness with which such strays are killed when 
they make their appearance in unusual localities is only 
another evidence of the innate savagery of civilized man, 
It might be imagined that the appearance of these rare 
animals would be hailed with delight, that people would 
vie with each other in emdeavoring to protect them and 
to make life easy and agreeable for them. But this is 
seldom the case. If it is a moose turned out in the 
Adirondacks, where no wild ones have been seen for 
nearly forty yars, some butcher comes along and promptly 
puts the knife to its throat; an escaped deer in the very 
outskirts of New York city suffers a like fate, and in 
Connecticut a few weeks ago the appearance, of two deer 
called out a large number of hunters, although the law in 
that State absolutely protects deer. As long as so large 
a proportion of our population is so eager to destroy 
life. the prospects of game protection are not bright. 


SNAP SHOTS. 

In the United States District Court at Fresno, Cal., 
last week, Judge Wellborn rendered a decision which 
held that the act of June 30, 1808, authorizing the Secre- 
tary of the Interior to make regulations for the protection 
of forest reserves is tinconstitutional because, in effect, it 
delegates legislative power to an administrative officer. 
Just how far the decision if sustained will nullify the 
existing system of protection for the forest reserves can- 
not be determined without a more detailed report; but it 
is manifest that it the ruling has an application as ex- 
tensive as appears on the face of it, there is call for im- 
mediate action by Congress to provide regulations to pro- 
tect the preserves. The regulations made by the Secre- 
tary of the Interior presumably are wise and necessary: 


_and embodying wisdom and necessity, they should be 


given force by Congress. 


The system of delegating to the Secretary of the In- 
terior authority to legislate for the protection of public 
property has been in operation for years in the Yellow- 
stone National Park. By the act of 1894 it is provided 
that the Secretary of the Interior shall make such rules 
and regulations as he may deem necessary and proper 
for the management and care of the Park and for the 
protection of the property, especially for the preservation 
from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, 
natural curiosities or wonderful objects, and for the 
protection of the animals and birds from capture or de- 
struction, or to prevent their being frightened or driven 
from the Park. And violation of any such rule or regu- 
lation is made a misdemeanor punishable by fine or im-~ 
Pprisonment. Thus it appears that the delegation of legis- 
lative power to an administrative officer with reference to 
public possessions is no new thing. 


When M. Menier, of Paris, bought the Island of Anti- 
costi to make a game preserve of it, there were living 
there a number of settlers whom M. Menier proceeded 
to dispossess. The eviction involved great hardship. 
Canadians interested in the fate of the Anticostians found 
new homes for them at Garland, in Manitoba, whither 
they went in the summer. A report now comes that they 
are in a pitiable condition; eight have died in an epidemic 
of typhoid fever, and general destittition prevails. 


Minnesota has a five days’ open season for moose and 
caribou from Nov. 5 to Nov. 10, and although the game is 
reported to have increase. the season this year has been’ 
a poor one. There was uo show on the ground, very 
few moose were seen and the five days’ hunting has had 
little effect on the game supply. 


> 4 


402 
Ghe Sportsman Gaurist. 
The Omohundro Mule Show. 


“Ou, Mis’ ‘Melia—I beg yo’ pahdon, Cunnel Fairiax, ’ 


fo’ intehruptin’ of what you's sayin’, but I sutt’nly mus’ 
speak tuh Mis’ Melia. Oh, Mis’ “Melia, you mus’ speak 


tuh Mis’ Amy an’ make her ‘quit’ her projickin” foolish-~ 


ness. Mis’ Amy she ain’t done nuffin but tuhn her cheer 

round in this here little crib an’ talk tuh this yere smooth- 
face boy, an’ ‘tain’t respec’ful tuh the horses no how. 
An’ thet boy! *Pears tuh me he couldn’t set onto yo’ 
iather’s ole chestnut ’thouten tumblin’ off at the teenties’ 
tinies’ jump on the hull fahm. Do you think he could, 
Cunnel Fairfax?” 

“S-s-h, Mawmy” said the lady in the front of the box 
at the fashionable horse show. “Remember this is the 
North, and the ways are different from Virginia ways.” 

“Well, ef that ain’t the beatines’! They sholy ain’t 
Fehginyeh ways, ‘deed they ain't. Jes’ look at all them 
folks walkin’ an’ walkin’ ‘rotn’, an’ they ain't one of “em 
lookin’ at the hosses, but jes’ at they own selves. That 
ain’t Fehginyeh ways, an’ I hope tuh goodness I won't 
hafter live outwell it gets tuh be Fehginyeh ways. Massy 
me! Jes’ look yander at thet bay. An’ see thet gray 
‘longside er him!’ An’ thet black, ain’t he the prawncin- 
est? Would anybody down tuh Richmond tuhn they 
backs on hosses like them? Would they jes’ look at 
people when they’s hosses to look at? Yo’ knows how 
it is, Cunnel Fairfax. People’s no ‘count, they jes’ grows. 
But a hoss, ye’'ve gotteh breed him, an’ ye’ve gotteh rar 
him, an’ then ye’ve gotteh train him. An’ when I see 
jes’ people like these yere disrespec’ful tuh hosses like 


those yar thet’s been bred an‘ rared an’ trained, why it’s 


sutt’nly scan‘Jous, an’ I shall be ‘shamed to tell of it when 
I gets back tuh Warsaw.” 

“Maybe, Aunt Marthy,” said the gray Virginian, “it’s 
because these people want to take a good look at you in 
this box with your misttesses.” 

“Huh! said the old woman with a snort. “Don’ 
quality up Norf have suhvants or only this yere hired 
help? My mistisses? I should say so! Why, I thank 
my Lord I’m Mis’ ’Melia’s mawmy, an’ I usetah b’long 
tuh ole Mis’ Emmy, that’s Mis’ ’Melia’s maw, an’ Mis’ 
Amy’s my own sweet lamb, They all got the same name, 
but we has tuh call them different so’s not tuh mix ’em 
up, fer it ‘pears tuh me they’s always had that name f'um 
mother tuh daughter ever sence they’s been any of the 
name in tidewater Fehginyeh. An’ then tuh see my own 
Mis’ Amy listenin’ tuh a boy that ain’t got the sense tuh 
look at the hosses. even if he is ‘fraid tuh ride *em, it’s 
puffecly scan'lous, An’ ihem other folks thet’s walkin’ 
*roun’ an’ ‘roun’ an’ lookin’ at everything but the hosses 
—why, ef anybody behaved thet way at ole Majah’s mule 
show, well, I dunno what ole Majah he'd ’a done tuh 
’em. Ef they was hands he’d ’a taken his hound thong 
an’ jes’ flayed ‘em alive. An’ ef they was people he'd 
“a stepped over to where they was neglectin’ the show 
an’ he’d invite them cold an’ polite tuh go pistol shootin’ 
with him an’ he'd diiel them ontwell they was daid. That 
was afore the wah when a Southern gemman could do all 
them things. It wasn’t ole Majah Omohundro, it was 
ole ole Majah Omohundro, him that was my Mis’ ’Melia’s 
maw’s paw. But you ’member thet mule show, Cunnel 
Fairfax, ‘cause yo’ was there yo’se'l, Them was good 
times in Fehginyeh afore the sogers come. down there 
wiy their shif‘less Norvern ways. Once they was a 
gen’ril er a corp’ril er some such kin’ of a Yankee tole 
me I was free an’ didn’ b’long tuh Mis’ Emmy. I was 
tight smart mad ontwell I thought he was on’y a Linkum 
soger an’ mos’ likely didn’ know no better. Ef they had 
been any sense in me bein’ free I could ’a bought myse’t 
fum Mis’ Emmy, an’ ole Marse he'd ’a give me the 
money even ef ‘twas “leven thousan’ dollars, an’ I guess 
T was wuth all thet when I was young an’ likely. But I 
never was free, an’ thet’s why the fam’ly has gotteh 
s’port me now when I ain’t overly much good at workin’ 
*roun’, an’ thet’s howcome Mis’ *Melia she sent me this 
elegant bombazine dress tuh come Norf in, an’ Mis’ 
Amy she gent me my elegant bunnet that’s safely packed 
away in my ban’box down home tuh Warsaw, an’ I wore 
this yere bandanna ‘cause it’s comfortable even ef ’tis 
a little more subdued,” 

“Do tell us about the mule show, Aunt Marthy!” ex- 
claimed Miss Amy. “It’s not fair to arouse our curiosity 
and then to disappoint us.” 

“Yo’ better asl Cunnel Fairfax “bout that show.” said 
the old woman, “cause he was a part of it, bein’ younger 
an’ friskier than he is now.” ; 

“Aiter that statement, which is almost a charge that at 
a remote period oi my life I was a mule, I must tell you 
some of the story, stich as it 1s, but the true historian of 
the affair should be Aunt Marthy there. Old Major 
Omohundro had seen one of the English country horse 
shows, and thought it would be a fine thing for Virginia. 
But there was a. different plan of society; there were none 
of the small farmers for whom the English shows are 
devised, and in fact the greater part of the population 
was itsell owned by the few gentry who had their places 
in that part of the country. As with the population. so 
with the horses. the titles to each class were vested in 
the same owners. Horse shows were, therefore, out of 
the question. But if there was one thing devised by 
nature and providence to bring out the enthusiasm of 
our at that time. unemancipated working class, it was an 
exhibition of mules, with prizes offered for various points 
of excellence, The negroes knew the mule, they loved 
the mule. They hoth served the same master, and there 
was a deep bond of sympathy between these two that 
had not received a fair deal in Nature’s game. Major 
Omohundro caused public proclamation to be made 
throughout the five counties that when the harvest was 
over there would be held a show of mules on his place 
neat Warsaw, with prizes for the heaviest mule and the 
lightest mule, for speed, for pull, for endurance, for sen- 
eral wickerness—in fact for every qualification with which 
it is possible to endow the mule. Of cowrse, there was 
to be a feast for all the hands, and in the great house 
here was to be dancing for the young folks, and cards 
for the eld ones of the neiehboringe families. At that 
time, ts Aunt Marthy has said, both younger and {riskier 
‘than T have been for many sof these years, I thought 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


more of a dance until the sun was up than of the finest 
hand that ever was drawn to. 

“Well, the appointed time came around, The old Omo- 
hundro house was crowded with the neighbors, who came 
flocking in for the frolic, and where space was found for 
the mules and the negroes was a dense secret of the 
quarters and the stables. The show was announced to 
last three days, and a different set of mule contests was 
appointed for each day. The affair made quite a stit 
in its time, and the hotel in Warsaw Court House was 
filled with gamblers from Baltimore and Washington, and 
even so far up James River as Richmond. You understand 
that in those times no gentleman was supposed to hald 
any opinions except such as he was willing to back to 
the limit, So there was a prospect of winning or losing 
something on those mules. But the judging on the 
winners of each class was a spectacle. The committees 
approached the task with the same feeling of respon- 
sibility as the committee here, and they were just as 
careful as though apportioning large sums of money in- 
stead of mere store orders for sugar or dress goods. 
It may seem to you ridiculous, but I assure you it was 
conducted very seriously, Old Major Omohundro had 
a fine sense of his dignity, and was not a man to be 
trifled with, and if there had been any manifestation of 
disrespect to him he would haye called the offender to a 
strict account. This show was the first of its kind, and 
then the war came on us and we had no thought for 
shows of anything but men, and afterward there were 
times when we should have been lucky to haye the mules 
to plow with and not bother about exhibitions. But it 
seems to have made an impression on Aunt Marthy, so 
she probably had a good time.” 

“That ain’t all the story, Mis’ Amy, of ole ole Majah 
Omohundro’s mule show,” said the old woman. “Cunnel 
Fairfax, how come you ain't said a word ‘bout that 
famous kicking mule an’ my little Mis’ “Melia thet was 
walkin’ right inteh his heels, an’ when he kicked yo’ 
got there fust an’ picked up Mis’ “Melia before the cruel 
heels done hit her, an’ they werent no damage done 
‘cept your ribs thet was broke an’ your head stove in so 
thet yo’ didn’ know nothin’ for three hours? Ain't thet 
the way yo’ come to wait for Mis’ "Melia teh grow up 
so’s yo’ could marry her an’ be Mis’ Amy’s paw? How 
come yo’ don’ tell the hull story of thet mule show when 
yaw're tellin’ it? Thet’s what for I ain't got no patience 
with these yere people that don’t look at the hosses;: it 
sholy ain’t respec’ful teh the hosses, an’ it’s scan’lous.” 

LieweELLaA Pierce CHURCHILL, 


In the year 1860 Lieut, Whipple (now Gen, Wm. D, 
Whipple) was stationed at Fort Defiance, New Mexico. 
This post is in the heart of the Nayajo country, and ts 
179 miles west of Albuquerque, N, M. This was the 
nearest town where a white man lived, except that there 


was a missionary at Laguna, an Indian pueblo about: 


one-third of the distance from Albuquerque to Fort De- 
fiance. There were no railroads west of the Mississippi 
River in those days. The present thirty-fifth parallel 
railroad rtins not far from Fort Defiance, which is now 
an Indian agency. 

The post was badly located for defense, being com- 
manded on one side by a range of hills rising abruptly 
to a height of about 450 feet, and on the other side by a 
ridge about 30 feet high. A cafion cut through the range 
called the Canoncito Bonito or beautiful little cation, and 
through it flowed a stream, and this it was that furnished 
the reason for the anomalous location of the post in a 
country where water is not plentiful. The Navajos were 
then, as now, a poweriul tribe, and could muster 5,000 
warriors. They are a pastoral people, had in those days 
large flocks of sheep and a few cattle. They also culti- 
vated the soil to a small extent. They were not nomadic, 
like the Apaches, but only moved from one locality to 
another to obtain grazing for their flocks. The writer 
is of the opinion that their mode of life resembled very 
closely that of the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 
They are fine specimens of the North American Indian. 
The writer has measured the height of the present chief, 
Manuelito, and he stands 6 feet 3 inches, 

The garrison of Fort Defiance at the time of which I 
write consisted of three small: companies of the gd In- 


dantry of about fifty men each, and Whipple was first 


lieutenant of one of them. Innumerable wolves (the 
big gray wolf or lobo) infested the country, as they 
obtained a fat living from the flocks of the Navajos. 
Their prowling time was of course at night, and the post 
dogs entertaining a wholesome dread of the lobo, retired 
to the security which the close proximity of the build- 
ings of the post afforded when night came on, 
be remembered that the post, as it was called, was not 
a post in the proper sense of the term. There were no 
defensive works, but it was simply a collection of houses 
and barracks in the form of a rectangle, with the corral 
for the beef cattle beyond one corner, overlooking the 
stream, which flowed out of the canon and convenient to 
the place where the beeyes were slaughtered ior the tise 
of the garrison, and sufficiently far removed from the 
quarters not to be a nuisance. Beyond another corner 
o: the rectangle was the sutler’s store, but near enough 
te the quarters to be convenient at all times and to re- 
move as far as possigle the danger of being shot by a 
prowling Indian should one wish to go theré in the 
evening. 

The Navyajos at this time were very atrogant. It was 
soon after the Mexican war, and they resented every 
interference with their old-time prerogatives, one of 
which was to go for the Mexican on any and all oc- 
casions. Incidents are related of Navajos riding through 
the stteets of Santa Fe. the capital, stopping in front of 
the open door of the little Mexican houses, and with 
their long lances taking trom the griddle the tortilla or 
corn cake which was being cooked for the family and 
appropriating it to their own use. Oi course our pres- 
ence in Fort Defiance was intolerable to them, and they 
were accordingly hostile. It was our duty to compel 
good behavior so far as we could, but they had never 
been disciplined before, and they did not like it. Now 
they are as gentle as their own lambs. They had evi- 
dently planned to wipe out the garrison, and the time 
fixed for the massacre was the night of April go, 1860, 


Tt must 


[Nov. 24, i900, 


On that day it so happened that Lieut. Whipple was 
officer of the day. The proper discharge of his duties 


required him to visit the guard at least once between 12 


o'clock midnight and reveille. He went out to perform 
this duty about 2 o’clock A, M., and in crossing the 
parade ground on his way to the guard house noticed 
that the post dogs were all outside, contrary to their 
usual custom. Why were they out? was the question 
that immediately appealed to the officer. He could hear 
them barking at something out in the darkness. It could 
not be wolves, because, as before stated, the wolves 
drove the dogs inside the post at 8; it could be but one 
other thing, Indians, and they could be assembling at 
that time of night for no good purpose. It must be for 
an attack upon the post at the favorite time for Indian 
night attacks, and that is just before daylight. Upon 
reaching the guard house the lieutenant called the atten- 
tion of the sergeant of the guard to the suspicious ¢ir- 
cumstance just mentioned, and directed that the two 
reliefs off post be awakened, have their equipments on 
and their guns in their hands; that the drunimer have 
his drum strained and be ready to beat the long roll. 
the signal of alarm, which means that danger is iummi- 
nent and that every man must turn under arms on his 
company paradé ground and there await his othcers. 
Then taking a patrol he visited the sentinels posted out- 
side of the buildings, called their attention to the situa- 
tion, and directed them not to walk their posts, but to 
keep down, and hidden as much as possible, as their 
lives ‘probably depended upon it, and to fight to the 
best they could when the attack began. He returned to 
the guard house, dismissed the patrol, and went back to 
his quarters to await results. 

About 4 o'clock the attack was made. Suddenly the 
place resounded with the yells of the savages and the 
ominous roll of the drum. To fully appyeciate the latter 
it needs to be heard under similar circumstances, Lieut. 
Whipple, anticipating the attack, was in his company’s 
quarters in a moment, directing his men to dress them- 
selves carefully, as it was uncertain when they would 
get back to their quarters again. Much to the astonish- 
ment of the attacking Indians, they did not find every- 
body asleep, but were given such a warm reception by 
the alert guard as compelled them to retire temporarily 
for consultation. — 

This refers to the main attack. 

The sutler’s store not being guarded, did not fare so 
well. When the companies were formed each repaired 
to the place previously assigned it, and by an° order 
anticipating the possibility of just such an attack, Lieut. 
Whipple, with his company, had been assigned to the 
beet corral, not only because it was a pretty good post. 
but also to preyent the Indians running off the 
cattle. The margin of the little stream below the corral 
was fill of Indians, yelling and whooping with all their 
might, and that seemed to be about what the attack had 
dwindled to in that quarter. The company reached the 
corral without mishap, and once inside Lieut, Whipple 
gaye the order to the men to lay their guns over tlre 
top log and aim at the noise coming from the bed of the 
stream. It avas still pitchy dark, and nothing could be 
seen. The guns being placed upon the log, then came 
the commands, “Ready! Aim! Fire!” The flash from 
the volley for an instant lit the darkness, and the noise 
ceased, In the meantime the company assigned to the 


‘sutler’s store found it full of Indians, looting to the best 


They had smashed the windows and 
thus effected an entrance. The first window smashed 
was that to the clerk's bed room. The clerk stood not 
upon the order of his getting out, but got out at, once 
into the yard and hid behind a headboard leaning against 
the fence and about ready to be erected over a soldier’s 
grave, Here at the sutler’s store was where the only loss 
of life occurred, so far as known. One soldier was 
lalled, and, the writer thinks, one wounded. Nine In- 
dians were killed, and the “trest—they ran away.’ They 
must have been a disgusted set when they discovered 
that among their loot a lot of boxes containing bottles 
from which they expected much held nothing but ink. 

Down at the corral everything had remained quiet 
after the volley, and day began to dawn. A member of 
the company said to Lieut, Whipple, “Will the Liftinent 
allow me to get out of the corral and see what we killed 
when we fired the volley?” 

The answer was, “Houlinan, you will find nothing. If 
we did any execution, all dead or wounded have heen 
carried away by their comrades. That is their way, 
Besides, look at that hillside rising above us. Every 
rock and log and tree has got an Indian behind it with a 
rifle in his hand, and the moment you break cover you 
are gone.’ 

“Still, if the Liftinent will allow me, I would like to 
try it.” 

“Go, then.” 

As had been foretold, the spattering of bullets that 
came from that hillside was more than had been antici- 
pated, and showed that they were still there in force, al- 
theugh not an Indian was to be seen. 

The Indians having been driven away from the 1n- 
mediate vicinity of the post, the commanding officer 
directed Lieut. Whipple to remain with his company 
for the common defense, while he (the commanding 
officer) went out with the other companies against what 
appeared to be the main body of the Indians. They 
went out and engaged them; the Indians retreated fight- 
ing. The sound of arms grew fainter and fainter, and 
finally ceased, and the troops returned, 

Thus ended the attack on Fort Defiance, one of the 
few attacks that were ever made by Indians upon a 
military post, and when we think of what might have 
been but for a little vigilance we cannot agree with the 
poet that in all cases, } 


of their ability. 


“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, 
The saddest are these, it might have been,” 


: Loro, 
Noyemger, 1900. 


See the list of good things in Woodcraft in our adv. cols. 


The FORBST AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. 


dlatnjal History. 
An Outing in Acadia.—l. 


BY EDWARD A, SAMUELS. 


THAT glorious stretch of country midway between 
Annapolis and Liverpool in Nova Scotia is a favorite 
region among the lovers of the rod and gun who have 
become acquainted with its many attractions. It con- 
tains almost innumerable lakes and streams which teem 
with the spotted trout, and in its extensive coverts great 
numbers or ruffed grouse, woodcock and hares are found. 

In the wilderness, away from the small settlements 
which are scattered along the post road, moose are 
fairly abundant, and many handsome pairs of antlers 
have been brought away as trophies by American sports- 
men, 

Among the lakes the scenery is picturesque in the 
extreme, and the beauties of Rosignol, Cedgemacougie 
and the Fairy Lakes have been limned by many eminent 
artists. i 

So abundant are the grouse in this region that almost 
every copse of young birches, maples and alders con- 
tains a coyey, and they are also often seen in the grain 
and potato fields of the settlers, where they run about 
aS unsuspicious of danger as so many domestic chickens, 
The byroads around Kempt and Maitland seem to be 
favorite habitats of these birds, it being a common oc- 
currence to see them perched on fence rails along the 
1oadway, from which they will not fly, eyen if a whip 
irom a passing carriage is snapped at them. 

In addition to the moose, the other large game are 
Black bears (which are too plentiful for the armers), 
the Canada lynx and the red fox. The caribou was 
formerly abundant, but is now, I think, never met with 
so far south in the province. , 

For many years I have enjoyed my outings in this 
fayored section, and it was on one of these that the fol- 
towing incidents oceurred: | 

I had arrived at the cozy farmhouse in one of the little 
settlements which I usually made my headquarters on 
the second day of my journey from Boston, and after a 
good night's rest, which I thoroughly appreciated after 
my long ride of thirty miles over rough and mountain- 
ous roads, had started out bright and early on the follow- 
ing morning with rod and creel, and accompanied by 
John Mack, my trusty guide and canoeman, for a day’s 
sport among the spotted beauties. 

My torenoon’s success had been most Satisfactory, and 
we had landed from our canoe on a wooded point which 
jutted out into the lake for our midday lunch. Our meal 
had been eaten with true sportsmen’s relish, the trout, 
which the guide had broiled on a primitive gridiron, made 
of interlaced green twigs of the birch and maple, over a 
bed of coals, haying proyed a grateful addition to the 
menu. I had stretched myself upon a soft mass of 
leaves and moss beneath the dense shade of a venerable 
beech tree, in which comfortable position I was en- 
joying my after-dinner smoke, when a number of small 
greenish insects drifted down upon me and began to 
crawl over my hands and clothes. 

“What a swarm of pesky plant lice there is around us!” 
exclaimed the guide, who was brushing some of the 
intruders from his neck and face, as he lay on the ground 
near me, “There must be a big family of them in the 
neighborhood.” : 

“No doubt,” I replied. “These insects are among the 
most prolific of breeders, and farge colonies are quickly 
established wherever a nucletis is formed.” 

The insects were of a light green color, and most of 
them were wingless; they were aphides, and had prob- 
ably been disturbed by the smoke of our camp-fire, which 
had ascended among the foliage upon which they were 
foraging. 

They soon ceased to anfioy us, and the guide, re- 
filling his pipe and lighting it, resumed his recumbent 
position for 4 quiet siésta. 

My interest in the aphides had been awakened, how- 
ever, atid in a short time I arose and began to search 
among the young alders which surrounded us for an 
opportunity to study the little pests in their own abiding 
places. I use the term freely, for terrible pests they are 
to farmers and fruit-growers, their attacks on all kinds 
of vegetation being very destructive. 

A little clump of white birch saplings near at hand soon 
gave me a good opportunity to study the insects, and 
with my pocket magnifying glass in readiness I watched 
their movements intently. There were many hundreds 
or them sucking the sap from the foliage and the 
tender bark of the young trees, their sizes varying from 
the smallest mites but recently hatched to the adult in- 
sects. Most of them were wingless, a few only being 
provided with organs of flight. 

Through the glass I watched them as they drew out 
the sap or wandered leisurely about on the bark. They 
were sociable among themselves, a score or more gather- 
ing in a bunch or huddling around a number of adult 
insects. 

Presently a number of ants which had been suspicious 
of my intentions and had kept away made their ascent 
of the trunk of the small tree near which I was stand- 
ing, and aiter inspecting me for a few moments, to make 
certain I was not an enemy, they proceeded to some 
nt the plumpest aphides and began to tickle them on 
the end of theit abdomens, using their antennz, or so- 
called “feelers,” which extend in front of their heads 
for this purpose, 

The little green insects did not stem to object to the 
titillation, for they quickly raised their bodies, and the 
ants, putting their mouths to the tubes which led from 
the ends of the abdomens of the aphides, received a 
drop of honey which exuded from them. 

Like little cows, the insects seemed quite willing ta 
be “milked,” and the ants filled themselves to repletion. 

I had witnessed this interesting performance before 
on seyeral occasions, but had never been favored with 
such an abundance of specimens to study. The smaller 
aphides seemed instinctively to yield their modicum of 
honey, for their raised their little bodies as soon as .an 
ant touched them. 


_teeding. 


FOREST-AND. STREAM, 


This action of milking the aphides by the ants was 
first observed by a naturalist named Huber, who made 
Many interesting experiments with them and published 
a lengthy account of his investigations. 

Darwin, to test the accuracy of Huber’s statements, 
experimented with a number of the aphides in a most 
careful manner, On one occasion he remoyed all the 
ants from a group of about a dozen aphides on a plant 
and kept them away for several hours; alter this inter- 
val he felt sure that the insects would excrete. For 
some time he watched them through a lens, but none of 
them excreted. He then tickled and stroked them with 
a hair in the same manner—as well as he could—as the 
ants do with their antenne, but he met with no success. 
He subsequently allowed an ant to visit them, and it 
immediately seemed, by its eager way of running about, 
to be well aware what a rich thock it had discovered. It 
then began to play with its antenna on the abdomen 
first of one aphis and then another, and each as soon 
as it felt the attennz immediately hited up its abdomen 
and excreted a limpid drop of sweet juice, which was 
eagerly devoured by the ant. 

Darwin, in commenting hnally on these facts, says, 
“It is certain from the observations of Huber that the 
aphides show no dislike to the ants; if the latter be not 
present they are at last compelled to eject their excretion. 
But as the excretion is extremely viscid, it is no doubt 
a convenience to the aphides to have it removed; there- 
fore probably they do not excrete solely for the good 
of the ants.” 

The aphides which were at work before me did not 
probably inflict any great injury upon the birches, al- 
though I have seen young trees fairly blighted by these 
insects. But there are some species which are terribly 
destructive, One, called the cotton louse or aphis, works 
sad hayoc among the cotton plants. Another species 
attacks the wheat plant; another the oat, and others 
various garden plants. In fact, almost every plant 
has a variety peculiar to itself, and some have more 
than one species, and were it not for their numerous 
enemies they would be an insufferable pest, 

Although we accept as a truism that nothing in nature 
was created in vain, we are very often at a loss to de- 
termine the economic value that certain forms of life 
possess. We study them closely, but fail to establish 
their utility, and often finally consider them as worthless, 
if not absolutely noxious.. Among these are the aphides, 
which are regarded as being simply noxious without a 
single redeeming trait. 

To the naturalist, however, their many peculiarities 
always furnish subjects for study, and among these their 
methods of reproduction are the most interesting, for, 
unlike other insects, the aphis does not pass through 
all the metamorphoses or changes before they become 
perfect or adult insects. For example, an insect ordi- 
narily lays its eggs from which the grubs or caterpillars, 
called larva, are hatched. After a stated time these 
change their form and assume the next or pupa stage 
of their existence, In this they remain for a greater 
or less period of time, when they change to the imago or 
perfect insect stage. For instance: A moth lays her 
eggs, from which the caterpillars are hatched; these 
are of course at first very small, but they eat voraciously 
and grow rapidly until finally they spin cocoons, incased 
in which as pupz they remain motionless and without 
At the proper time the form changes, the 
imago shape is assumed, and the moth crawls out of its 
silky covering, which it dissolves with a fluid secretion, 
which acts on the silky fibers like an acid, 

Unlike the other insects, the aphis does not seem to 
go through all these changes, for at one period of the 
year it is found to be oviparous, and at another vivip- 
arous. Ji has also most remarkable powers of fe- 
cundity, it having been estimated that one aphis may in 
five generations be the progenitor of upward of six 
billions of descendants, and, as has been stated, there 
may be twenty generations im a single year. 
curious fact telating to these interesting little insects is 


WINGED APHIS, MUCH ENLARGED, 


that the wingless larva: when hatched in the spring may 
produce a number of broods even while in that stage. 

With such remarkable powers of reproduction the 
aphides would become a terrible pest if nature did not 
provide many enemies to keep their numbers in check. 
Myriads are eaten by titmice and other small birds; the 
little round, spotted beetle, known as the “lady bird,’ de- 
vours them by thousands, in fact almost entirely sub- 
sists upon them, and several small ichneumon flies de- 
posit their eggs in their bodies. These little parasites are 
very industrious, and they lose no opportunity to accom- 
plish their work. The ants instinctively recognize them 
as enemies of their “milch cows,’ and make every effort 
to drive them away. 

Probably the most active and relentless enemies of 
the tribe are the so-called lace-wing flies, which feed 
almost exclusively on the aphides. Their eggs, ac- 
cording to the entomologist, Mr. F. G. Sanborn, who 
was a2 most patient investigator, are laid on twigs or 
leaves where the aphides are-abundant, and to preyent 
the eggs being covered with the exudations of the 
aphides and suffocated or deyoured by small predacious: 
insects, they ate fastened at the top of a small pedicle or 
stall spun from the abdomen of the parent like the 
thread of a spider. 


LACE WING FLY AND EGGS, 


The young hatched from these eggs are of an elongated 
form, with sharp sickle-like jaws, with which they p'erce 
the tender bodies of the aphides and suck their juices: 
they are yery voracious and destroy a vast number of 
the pestis, 


Another : 


I had consumed more time in watching the aphides 
than | was aware of, and found om consulting my watch 
that the alternoon was far advanced, I hastened to the 
spot where we had eaten our lunch and found that the 
guide had gathered up the d.shes and other iiems of the 
lunching outit and paced them in the canoe, and was 
awaiting, patiently, for my coming, He made no com- 
ment on my long absence, for he knew my ways at cid, 
and in a very short time our hight craft was on its way 
to the Spring Mole brook, impelled by our sturdy pad.lles, 
which we wielded with all the vigor, if mot the grace, of 
trained athletes, 

I doubt very much if there is a drop of aborigine blued 
in my veins, but if I were descended from a long and 
unbroken line of red men I could not have a greater love 
lor the canoe than 1 now possess, and nothing can give 
mea greater pleasure than that which I derive from the 
use of the paddle. It is an ideal exercise and sport, and 
the moyement of the canoe over the placid surface of 
the lake is ihe poe.ry of motion, and the delights that 
accompany it, the blue sky above us; the gentle, haliny, 
petlume-laden breeze; the blue and purple mountains on 


LARVA OF LACE WING FLY, ENLARGED, 


the distant shores, all combine to make what is to me 
a periect enjoyment, lhe pool that I have mentioned 
Was soon reached; it was a broad, deep arm of the nver, 
and near its head was evidently a large spring, for the 
water was very clear and apparently cold, 

The killick was soon dropped and I began casting. 
The sport that follawed was very exciting, the tivut 
coming to the flies in humbers, at alinost every cast a 
pair being hooked, and John was kept busy in landing 
the fish and in packing them in some wet ferns and 2 oot 
swamp moss which he had placed in the stern of the 
canoe. The fish, however, were not large, their average 
weight being not over half a pound. 

For a short time the trout ceased to rise, and pushing 
the canoe ashore we lighted our pipes and rested the 
pool for « brief period. John busied himself in dressing 
and packing the fish while I sat on the bank of the stream 
and watched the numerous insects which disported them- 
selyes on the surface of the water. 

The whirligig beetles were most abundant, their ridicu- 


WHIRLIGIG BEETLE, 


lous half tipsy way of darting around in a circle making 
them appear much more numerous than they-really were. 
The insects may be seen on almost every fresh water 
stream or pond, and their curious antics have, no dwubt. 
attracted the attention of every angler and canoeist. They 
belong to the family of water beetles called the Gyrinide, 
from gyros, signifying a circle, the name being given 
them because of their habit of gliding madly round and 
round on the water. They ate insectivorous in their 
habits, but as they feed chiefly on other water insects 
or aquatic plants, which are of no value, they are of but 
little importance in the economy of Nature. 

They occasionally migrate from one body of water to 
another, generally at night, and they are often attracted 
by the lights in dwelling houses. 

There is a much larger water beetle called the Dytesess, 
and its habits are far less innocent than are those of the 


WATER BEETLES (Dytiscus). 


whirligigs. It is often called the water tiger on account 
of its savage attacks on other aquatic insects. In fact, it 
sometimes attacks tadpoles and eyen small fishes. It is 
very voracious, and will feed on any living thing it can 
conquer. 

These beetles often take wing, particularly at might, and 
fly well. The Dytiscide receive their name from the 
Greek word dytes, which means a diver. 

The'r larve: are long and cylindrical, and their large. 
flat heads are armed with scissor-like jaws, which they 
use, with fatal effect on their victims. 


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Game Bag and Gun. 


Proprietors of shooting resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forrest AND STREAM, 


Talks to Boys.—lIl. 


\ 

I po not think that a boy of twelve is too young to have 
a gun. Perhaps he is too young to go shooting regu- 
larly, but a boy of that age may well enough have a gun 
given him, and learn how to handle it and take care of 
it, even if for some months afterward he does not take 
it out into the field and actually shoot it off. A boy who 
is twelve years old ought by that time to have some 
feeling of responsibility. He ought to realize that he is 
only one person of many in the family or community in 
which he lives, and that the people in that family or 
that community cannot get along comfortably unless each 
member considers in some degree the comfort and the 
wishes of the other members as well as his own comfort 
and his.own wishes. 

We all know that the government under which all 
civilized people live is founded on this principle of con- 
sideration for others. The laws which govern us are 
framed for the purpose of giving to every citizen all the 
liberty that he can have, consistent with the rights and 
comfort of other people, but where the comfort of one 
man interferes with the comfort of many others, the law 
provides that he shall not have the liberty to do the 
thing which is agreeable to him but is harmful to his 
fellow citizens. This rule prevails in all communities, 
civilized and savage, and people who now know much 
about the Indians tell us that even they had laws and 
rules of this kind, and that they had officers who were 
like policemen and constables, and who saw that these 
rules and laws were obeyed. Any one who was much 
about Indian camps in the old times when they governed 
themselves, remembets that in each camp there was what 
were called soldier bands—young men who kept order 
in camp, and carried out the rules Jaid down by the 
chiefs and the counselors for the general good. Ii wild 
savages knew enough to live in this way and to carry 
on a government which considered first the good of the 
majority, how much more should we who boast of our 
high civilization endeavor to live up to this principle. 

A person who is selfish and is thinking all the time 
about what he wants to do, and not at all about what other 
people would like, will make everybody about him more 
or less uncomfortable, and after a time these other people 
will not care very much whether he has what he wants or 
does what he wishes to do. A boy who is of that tem- 
perament ought not to be given a gun so early as one 
who is more considerate of others. 

In these days of machine-made firearms. it is an eaSy 
matter to purchase a gun light enough to be carried for 
several hours at a time without overtaxing your strength. 
Such an arm should certainly not weigh over 6 pounds, 
but 5 ot 534 pounds would be better. 

few years ago there was quite a rage for guns of 
very small caliber, 16 or even 20 gauge, but the arm 
most commonly carried by gunners in this country is the 
12 gauge. There are distinct advantages in the smaller 
gauges, especially for light guns, and among these is the 
fact that the ammunition is smaller and lighter, and so 
more easily carried, while, if the 16 or 20 gauge gun Is 
held properly, it is just as effective as a larger bore. 
I think if’ I were choosing a gun for my nephew, it 
would probably be a 16 gauge gun, and I should hope that 
this would be useful to him for four, frve or six years, 
until he had pretty nearly attained his growth and was 
able to carry.a gun weighing 7 or 7)4 pounds. 

Many of the modern guns, as you know, are made 
without hammers, and the breaking down of such a gun 
to remove the empty cartridge cases, or to load the gun, 
cocks both barrels, which cannot be uncocked again ex- 
cept by pulling the triggers. The old-fashioned hammer 
guns, of course, could be uncocked by putting the thumb 
on the hammer, pulling the trigger and letting the hammer 
fall gently until it caught at half-cock. These hammer- 
less guns, however, are provided with what is called a 
safety catch, which locks the triggers so that the ham- 
mers cannot fall. This is a little piece of metal just 
back of the breech, which slides backward and forward, 
and which when pushed backward as far as it will go 
exposes a metal plate on which is often engraved the 
word “Safe.” When you can see that word the firing pins 
cannot fall, and the gun is safe, The gunner carries his 
gun with the safety catch pushed back, so that by no 
possibility can the gun be discharged. Before that can be 
done the safety catch must be pushed forward so as to 
cover up the word “Safe,” and the trigger must be 
pulled. The person who is carrying the gun can tell at 
a glance whether his arm can be discharged or not. A 
man who uses such a gun trains himself after a little so 
that when he throws the gun to his shoulder he frees the 
safety catch covering up the word “Safe,” and then either 
barrel or both can be discharged. In some guns the safety 
catch is placed in the side of the lock, but it is always 
where it can be instantly felt or seen, so that the shooter 
knows whether ‘the firing pins are locked or free, 

There are some old-fashioned people who are still afraid 
of hammerless guns; they cannot see the hammers, and 
forgetting to look at the safety catch, they are uncertain 
whether the gun is cocked or at half-cock. They are 
afraid of an accidental discharge, and they do not like 
what they call these new-fangled weapons. Now, long 
ago all guns were discharged by a spark created by 
knocking a flint against a piece of iron, The sparks from 
the flint flew down and touched off some powder which 
lay in what was called the pan, and this conveyed the fire 
to the load in the breech of the gun. Such guns were 
called flintlocks. When percussion caps were frst in- 
vented and guns were changed over from flint.to percus- 
sion locks, and later when the breechloader was.invented 
and carne into general use, both these improvements were 
regarded by a very large number of shooters with the same 
feelings of suspicion. A great many old fogies would not 
give up their flintlocks and use percussion caps. It took 
quite a little time for the spark from the flint to ignite 
the powder and for the fire to travel down through the 
touch-hole to the powder charge, and these old fogies 


were used to waiting for all this to happen. When per- 
cussion caps wete invented they were afraid of them, and 
said that they made the gun go off too quickly and spoiled 
their shooting, while, when the breechloader became popu- 
lar, there were a great many men who declared that the 
breechloader did not shoot neatly as hard as the muzzle- 
loader, and not only would not bring down game at great 
distances, but wounded many birds at close range which 
went off to die and were never recovered. All this, of 
course, has long since been forgotten, but at the time 
these subjects were of great interest to men who shot. I 
think you will be perfectly safe ii you choose a hammer- 
less gtin, and are propertly instructed in the way to handle 
a before you carry loaded cartridges out into the field to 
shoot. 

Your father or your uncle, or whoever chooses your 
gun for you, will no doubt see that it fits you, for you 
must know that it is quite as mecessary to have your gun 
fit you as to have your shoes or your coat or any article 
of your clothing comfortable and well fitting. No two 
boys are built just exactly alike, and every boy ought to 
have his gun fitted to him. The stock must neither be 
too long nor too short, too straight nor too crooked. A 
boy with a long neck will require a gun with a crooked 
and a long stock, while a boy with a short neck and short 
arms may find a straight and rather short stock best for 
his use. You may have to try half a dozen guns before 
you find one that suits you. The test is this: Throw the 
gun up to your shoulder, bend your head and neck for- 
ward until your cheek almost touches the stock, and then 
look along the rib between the barrels and try to see the 
round knob of the sight over the breech of the gun. If 
just over the breech you can see that round knob 
naturally and without any effort of lifting up or putting 
down your head, the gun fits you, or nearly so. But if you 
can only see the breech and cannot see the knob at all, 
the stock is probably too crooked for you or perhaps too 
long, With such a stock you will be sure always to 
shoot under your birds. In trying to catch the sight you 
should not see any part of the rib between the barrels, 
merely the round knob of the sight over the breech. 

It may very well be that when you stand squarely and 
throw your gun up to your shoulder, looking along the 
barrel straight to the front, your face will come down 
very naturally and you will be able to see the sight with- 
out any effort and just as you should. This is satis- 
factory as far as it goes, and you may believe that the 
gun fits you in this position, But this is not enough, 
Having found a gun that comes up jusr right as you look 
to the front, turn your body to the left as you bring the 
gun to your shoulder, and point the barrels upward and 
to the left at an angle of forty-five degrees, and see if 
you catch the sight naturally in that position. Try sight- 
ing the gun looking in various directions, to right, left, 
upward in front and straight in front, and try to secure an 
arm that fits you in all these different positions. It may be 
that you cannot find one that is quite to your liking, but 


you may find one which suits you in two or three of . 


these positions, and if you get stich a gun you will have 
to make a little effort to adapt yourself to it in the 
positions where it does not seem to come up just as you 
feel it should. Select the gun, other things being equal, 


which comes nearest to suiting you, and if it comes up - 


right in most positions you had better take that. 

Do not be discouraged or mortified if you cannot easily 
find a gun that fits you. It is better that you and your 
father or uncle and the salesman should take some time 
over the matter than that you should get a gun that 
you can tse only with effort. With a gun which fits 
you it will be easy for you to learn to shoot. It may 
be very hard for you to learn with one that does not 
fit you. The friend who goes with you to choose the 
gun knows this as well as I do, I think, and he will prob- 


ably not be satisfied until a properly fitting gun has- 


been found for you. 

Of course some one may say to you that the matter 
of having your gun fit you is not important, that it is 
important that a gin should ft a grown up man, yet, as a 
boy is constantly growing and’ changing in height and 
perhaps in length of arm and in other proportions, it is 
not so essential that the gun should fit him. People who 
say that are wrong. Jf a boy begins to shoot with a 
gun that suits him, little by little, as he grows, he will 
unconsciously adapt himself to the gun, and will find 
that he can continue to shoot easily and effectively with it 
even after he has grown up. Do not be satisfied until 
you get hold of one that suits you. 

To-day the matter of choosing a gun is quite different 
from what it was thirty years ago. Nowadays guns 
are made almost’ altogether by machinery, and broadly 
it may be said that all guns by well-known makers are 
good, and that the statements of the salesman with re- 
gard to them may be accepted. Still, as a gun not quite 
up to the standard may occasionally get into the stock, it 
will be well for you to look closely at the fittings of the 
one you select, and to see that the iron and the wood 
everywhere come close together, so that there are no 
open joints through which water might leak. Notice 
carefully, too, that the lever works smoothly, and see to 
it especially that the two triggers have an equal pull. It is 
very disconcerting as well as dangerotis to have the 
triggers pull off with different pressures, 

Each man who shoots has his own notion about how 
heavy the pull of his trigger should be. Many gunners of 
great experience recommend rather a hard pull of 6 
pounds—that is to say, a pull so hard that a string tied 
to the trigger and stipporting a 6-pound weight will just 
free the hammer. It 1s not good for a boy, when he be- 
gins to use a gun, to have the triggers with a very light 
pull. At the samé time you can readily learn to become 
accustomed to any light pull, but do not fail to see that the 
two triggers pull with the same presstire. 

The old-fashioned large sqtiare gtin cases shaped some- 
what like long, low trunks and with room enough in 
them for a lot of tools and some cartridges, are not much 
used nowadaws. Instead, the more light and compact 
hand cases made of sole leather and with two com- 
partments—one for the barrels and the other for the 
stock—are more convenient and more generally used. It 
will be well, if practicable, for you to have one of these. 
You will also need a jointed cleaning rod, for which, per- 
haps, there is a pocket in the gun case}; but for your own 
use at home, I advise you to get a straight, slender strip 
of seasoned hickory wood, 5 or 6 inches longer than the 


barrels, and to have it dressed down to a size which 
will easily enter the barrel, say’ half'an inch in diameter. 
At one end the last 4 inches of this stick may be left 
larger than the diameter of the barrels, so as to form a 
handle that 1s easily grasped... Have the last inch and a 
half of the other end dressed down on both sides to a 
thickness of one-quarter of an inch ahd have a hole 
three-quarters of an inch long by one-quarter of an inch 
wide cut through the flat part of this end. Through this 
hole you can pass the rags which you will use in cleaning 
your gun. Besides these things you will need an oil. 
can, which should be small and need not hold more than 
hali an ounce of oil. ’ ‘ : 

When you get your gun home see that it is kept in a 
place free from dampness. It is well not to keep it on the 
ground floor, and perhaps there is no better place for 
it than your bedroom. If you are anything of a me- 
chanic you might make for yourself a pair of wooden 
hooks on which to hang the gun in its case, and also a 
box with a hinged lid, in which to keep your gun things. - 
This you might make large enough to hold a couple of 
hundred cartridges, but if you do this you must have a 
smaller itiner box with a hook and staple for your gun 
rags, your oil can, the swabs and the wire brush, which 
screw on the jointed cleaning rod that you will need for 
cleaning the gun. A number of firms make very com-- 
plete outfits of gtn implements, and perhaps it will be 
simpler for you’ to buy one of these outfits, which are 
not yery expensive, and then you will feel quite sure 
that you have everything that you need to keep the gun 
in good condition, 

There is one enemy to a good gun that.is always onthe 
watch and ready to do it harm. This is moisture, and 
this enemy has two allies which live in boys. -Those 
allies are. carelessness and laziness. After using his - 
gun, a boy may come home with every intention of clean- 
ing it at once, and just as he reaches the house he may - 
see some friend who wants him to go off and do some- 
thing that seems particularly attractive. He is likely to 
tush upstairs put down his gun and run off to join his — 
companion, thinking that when he comes back he will 
clean the gun, then when he returns he forgets about it, 
perhaps for two or three days, and when he goes to clean 
his gun he finds that inside the barrel are some spots of © 
rust that he cannot get out, and that perhaps have pitted 
the barrel so that it will never again be quite as bright 
as it was. This is the first victoty gained by moisture,” 
with the help of its friend carelessness. 

A boy who owned a good horse and did not remember 
to feed it and clean it would be thought a no-account- 
boy, and in the same way a boy who owns a good gun and 
is too careless or too lazy to take good care of it is rather 
a mo-accournt-boy. W. G. De Groot. 


American Wildfowl and How to 


Take Them.—XI. 


BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, 
(Continued from page 885.) 


Ametican Widgeon, Bald-Pate, 


Anas Americana (Gmel.). 


THE male bald-pate has the forehead and crown of the 
head white, margined on either side irom the eyes to 
the back of the head by a broad band of metallic green, 
the two bands meeting behind and sometimes running 
a little way down the neck. The head in front of the 
eyes and the sides and upper neck are white, thickly 
dotted with black. The throat is nearly white; the lower 
neck, fore-breast, back and sides lavender or purplish- 
gray, sometimes quite rich. The feathers of the sides 
are cross-barred with fine lines of black; the back is 
finely waved with lines of paler, changing to distinct 
lines of blackish and white on the lower back; the upper 
and under tail-coverts glossy black; the tail brownish- 
gray; the wing-coverts broadly white, some of them 
tipped with black, so as to make a black bar across the 
wing. The speculum is green and black; the lower 
breast and belly white, which extends up on the sides of 
the rump. The bil! is light bluish, with a black tip, and 
the feet are somewhat darker, with still darker webs. _ 

This is the color of the most highly plumaged males, 
and from this there are all gradations down to the much 


duller female, which entirely lacks the green head-patch, 


the large white wing-patch, and in which the speculum 
is yety much duller, being merely blackish, with a white 
border in front. The general aspect of the female is 
streaked and speckled with blackish brown and whitish, 
becoming darker on the breast and sides of body. The 
upper patis are grayish and the under parts nearly white, 
the under tail-coverts being barred with black and white, 
Young males usually have the breast purplish-gray, the. 
speculum brilliant, and traces of white wing-coverts. _ 

The bald-pate or widgeon is widely distributed through- 
out America and is found in winter as far south as 
Mexico and even Central America. It is an occasional 
straggler to Europe, but is found there only by accident. , 
At the present day it is merely a winter visitor to the. 
United States, except in certain portions of the West, 
where a few widgeons may still breed on the high central 
plateau or on the flanks of the Rocky Mountains, It is 
not commonly found in New England, yet Mr. Board- 
man has reported it as found near Calais, Me., and it 
occurs occasionally on Long Island. Further to the 
south, however, in Chesapeake Bay and on the coast 
of North and South Carolina, it is a common bird in~ 
winter, Occurring in great flocks and eagerly sought 
after for its flesh, which is very highly esteemed, 

The widgeons reach the United States usually in the 
month, of October, and great numbers of them winter 
in the Southern States. On the Atlantic coast they are 
constantly fond associated with other species of fresh- 
water ducks, as well as with the canvasbacks and the 
red-heads. It is said that they especially seel the com- 
pany of the canyasbacks when these are feeding, and 
that they rob them of the grasses and celery which 
they bring’ up from great depths which the widgeons 
could neyer reach. At all events it is certain that they 
associate with the canvasbacks, and no doubt they feed’ 
largely on the leaves of the plants of which the canvas- 
backs eat the roots. Certain it is that at these times 
and in these places the flesh of the widgeon is so ex- 


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cellent that it cannot be distinguished from that of its 
arger and more famous companion. 

The widgeon is regarded as one of the shyest of our 
‘ducks. Of it Dr. D. G, Elliot, in his admirable book 
on the “Wild Fowl of North America,” says: “The 
widgeon is one of the wariest of our ducks, suspicious 
of everything, and not only is unwilling to approach 
any spot or object of which it is afraid, but by keeping 

p a continuous whistling alarms all the other ducks 
an the vicinity and consequently renders itself very dis- 
agreeable and at times a considerable nuisance to the 
sportsman. Howeyer, its flesh is so tender and palat- 
able and it is such 4 pretty and gamy bird that one is 
‘inclined to forgive many of its apparent shortcomings. 
The usual note of this duck is a low, soft whistle, very 
melodious in quality, and when on the wing the members 
it a flock keep continually talking to each other in 
his sweet tone as they speed along. They fly very rap- 
‘idly and usually high in the air in a long, outstretéhed 
lime, all abreast, except perhaps the two ends are a little 
behind the center bird, who may be considered the 
leader. When only moving from place to place in the 
marsh, and but a short distance above the ground, they 
proceed usually without any. order or regularity, remind- 
ing one sometimes of a flock of pigeons. The pinions 


AMERICAN WIDGEON. 


are moved with much quickness and the long primaries 
Bive a sharp-pointed shape to the wing that causes the 
birds to be easily recognized. Flocks composed of a 
muumber of widgeons and sprig-tails are often seen, and 
the combination is a very unfayorable one to a sportsman 
who may be hoping for a quiet shot at close range. 

“As the birds approach the decoys some widgeons will 
whistle and edge out to one side, as much as to say, “It 
may be all right, but I don’t like the looks of it,’ and he 
will be followed by another suspicious member. Then 
the pintails become uneasy and begin to climb and look 
down into the blind, and the patient watcher sees the 
Hocks too often sheer off to one side and pass by. But 
should there be some birds present, as often happens, 
which are heedless of all warnings or suspicious utter- 
ings, and keep steadily on with the evident intention to 
settle among their supposed brethren, then, as they 
gather together preparatory to alight and the sportsman 
Wises in his ambush, suddenly the air is filled with dart- 
ing, climbing birds, who shoot off in every direction, 
but generally upward as if the flock was blown asunder, 
and all disappear with a celerity that is astonishing, and, 
©) a nervous sportsman, with results that are mortifying.” 

Notwithstanding this watchfulness, widgeons often 
Come very nicely to decoys, and a passing flock, espe- 
cially if it be small, may frequently be turned from its 
course by a low, soit whistle and will swing into the de- 
toys and drop in a series of beautiful curves until they 
are almost over them. Then, however, the gunner must 
Waste no time in selecting his bird and holding properly 
on it, for the widgeon is able to get out of danger with 
considerable speed. 

This species is extremely common in California, where 
iw is eagerly sought after. In the Mississippi Valley 
region it is not so abundant nor so greatly esteemed, for 
here the mallard, on account of its greater size, is 
preferred. : 

The breeding grounds of the widgeons include the 
Whole of British America and Alaska, but its summer 
Ome is rather in the western portion af Nerth America 
m@nd away from the sea coast. The eggs are creamy 
hite in color. 

Among the names given by Mr. Gurdon Trumbull, 
n his excellent work so frequently referred to, are greeri- 
leaded widgeon, bald-head, southern widgeon, Calj- 
fornia widgeon, white-belly and poacher, Other names 
dre bald-face, bald-crown, wheat duck and smoking dick. 


Weights of Some Jersey Quail for “Didymus. 


Toms River, N. J., Nov. 19—Two largest of Satur- 
day's bag, 7 ounces each; two smallest. 542 and 514 
Slinces, respectively.’ Heaviest two birds I ever shot and 
Weighed tipped 8 ounces. each, and helieve there are more 
bf that weight here. Art 


The October Woodcrait. 


(THE October number of the Gate Laws in Brief and Woodcraft 
Magazine contains the game and fish laws of the United States 
Bnd Canada. The Woodcraft part has this capital list of con- 


ents: es . 
RAN'THER HILL'S PA'TRIDGE. By Rowland HE, Robinson. 
(IN THE FOREST. 

THE OLD CANOE. 

THE RESCUE OF MR. HUNDLEY. j 

KELLUP’S ANNUAL, By Jefferson Scribb. 

DEACON THROPE’S PIGEONS. 

ANY LETTERS FOR ME? By H. P. Ufford. 

JEHOSSEE ISLAND. By Olive F. Gunby. 

FLORIDA INDIAN DEER HUNTERS. 

AT CLOSE QUARTERS: The Hen, S., the Plover and the Bull; 
_A Nova Scotia Bear; The Panther’s Scream; A Time with a 
Florida Alligator; The Owl's Swoop; The Dog Climbed. 
THE DOG AND THE TURKEY. By John James Audubon, 
BENATOR VEST’S SUNDAY PIGEON SIIOOT. - 
AUSTRALIAN ROUGH-RIDERS. By R. Boldrewood, 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Change in Western Shooting Situation. 


Curcaco, Ul., Noy. 17.—The current week has witnessed 
a great change in the shooting situation for this part of 


the country, The phenomenally mild fall has all at once 


become winter, and winter of no uncertain sort. In the 
upper peninsula of Michigan snow has fallen to a depth of 
2 feet. The same storm has been central along this longi- 
tude as far south as lower Illinois. On Tuesday we had 
heavy snow in the lake region, and the fall amounted to 
I or 2 inches as far south at Mattoon, Ill. At Effingham, 
DL, there was a sudden drop in the temperature and a 
very high wind on Tuesday, but no snow to amount to 
anything. There is no doubt whatever that the rough 
weather has set in for the season. It is good shooting 
weather, and healthier and heartier than the softer days 
of the mild October that has just past. The change in 
the weather has produced greater activity in the operations 
of our shooters, both of the marsh and the uplands. The 
duck shooters are looking for their last chances at the 
flight, and the quail shooters will welcome the cold, which 
will cut down the unusually heavy growth of vegetation 
that has thus far afforded a rather too abundant cover 
for the birds. 

The duck flight, such as it is, is as far south as the 
Meredosia Flats of the Illinois River. Mr. J. Grafton 
Parker and his son, J. Grafton Parker, Jr., report that 
they are having good shooting at the above locality this 
week. The birds should be in at Hennepin, and to some 
extent at Swan Lake. In the main. however, the earlier 
prediction of a light flight and a sudden one seems about 
to be verifed. I cannot learn of any considerable shoot- 
ing in the Kankakee country. The ducks have acted in a 
most singular manner this fall. There was a heavy flight 
in over central and lower Wisconsin, and large numbers 
of birds were reported from Green Bay, on the west side 
of Lake Michigan, and also, singular to relate, from 
Charieyoix, on the east side of Lake Michigan. These 
birds have adopted a few fashions of their own. Where 
they have gone no one can tell exactly. 


Western Quail. 


Without question this is one of the greatest quail years 
we have ever had in this part of the country. It is only 
a question of dogs. Any one who has a really good bird 
dog can go out into inner Illinois, too miles south of 
here, and get a decent bag of birds any time from now 
throughout the next two weeks. A good many have been 
out and have brought back nice bunches of birds. Vic 
Cunyngham and Charlie Antoine are absent now on a 
week’s shoot at Rochester, Ind. They are in one of the 
good quail countries, and will have a story when they 
come in. 

Billy Mussey is away on a little quail shoot at Milford, 
Mil., with one of Col. C, E. Felton’s blue-blooded setters. 
He ought to haye some fun, and perhaps get a few birds. 
Mr. R. B. Clark and his friend, Mr. Trotter, are back 
from a point they do not care to mention, with six or 
seven dozen birds. ’ 

The members of the Calumet Heights Club, located in 
the sand hills just below Chicago, are having good sport 
this fall, and to a most unexpected extent. It is no un- 
usual thing for them to put up half a dozen to a dozen 
bevies of quail in a day in those sand hills which, until 
recently, have been quite devoid of any game. Several 
bags of fifteen to twenty birds have been made on quail, 
and one day there were, six ruffed grouse brought in. 
Some years ago the club planted some quail in these hills, 
but they have never appeared in any considerable numbers 
until this fall. It seems that the quail have been doing 
exceptionally well everywhere this year. The shooting in 
these southern sand hills is very hard, the birds dis- 
appearing when they are once flushed, so there is every 
likelihood that a good stand of birds will be established 
in that country, now that a stock has been produced. 


Wild Turkeys in It{inois. 


I suppose it will be news to most folk to hear that there 
are any wild turkeys in the State of Illinois. Yet it is 
true that there were this week brought to the city three 
fine specimens of Illinois wild turkey. They were killed 
in Alexander county, not far from Cairo, by the special 
car party of Mr. J. C. Windsor, last week mentioned as 
starting for a shooting trip in the South. 

The above patty was made up by Mr. Windsor, man- 
ager of the Danville District Coal Company. who had 
with him the following friends: Messrs. L. D, Doty, of 
the Illinois Steel Company; H. R. Lloyd, of the Milwau- 
kee & St. Paul R. R.; N. S. Birkland and T. A. Hag- 
gerty, all of Chicago; Stacy H. Van Valkenherg, of Dan- 
ville; W. H. Bonner, of Clinton, Ind. The ear left 
on the C. & E. T. R. R. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, and the 
first stop was made at Kinmundy, Ill., where a bag of 
seventy-eight quail was made. This isanideal quailcountry. 
and the birds are very abundant, though the cover is pretty 
rough and the shooting none too easy. From Kinmundy 
the car was dropped down to Tamm, 120 miles south, 
where the patty was met by Mr. Dayid Saxton, formerly 
of the British army, but now superintendent of the 
3,600-acte farm of Mr. Tamm, of St. Louis. Mr. Saxton 
entertained the party royally at this point, and the qtail 
shooting was found to be superb. On the next day, Thurs- 
day. the cat was dropped down a short distnace below 
Tamm, to a pomt where there is any amount of quail, 
squitrels, etc., to say nothing of a horseshoe lake where 
later in the fall mallards are very abtindant. The party 
started in to shoot quail here, but were told by the local 
guide. Mr. R. Y. Shook, that they could get some wild 
turkeys if they cared to hunt for them. They agreed to do 
this, and finally located the range of the birds in a 
tract of virgin forest of about 3,000 acres in extent. They 
not only learned that the turkeys were there, but put 
them up on different occasions, at one time flushing a 
flock of fifteen of these great birds. They also saw a 
roost, but did not stop to take advantage of this discovery. 
Such birds as they got were knocked down on the wing 
after being flushed. There were six birds knocked down, 
but three of them were crippled and managed to get away. 
The party brought back three fine ones, and naturally felt 
somewhat elated. Mr. T. A, Haggerty, who gives me 
these facts, says that Alexander county is-a grand shoot- 


ing region. Their hunt: was made only three miles from 
the Mississippi River, and on the sand bars of that stream 
it is mo unusual thing to find large numbers of wild 
geese. The party will make another trip in about three 
weeks to the same country. I see no reason in the world 
why I should not cheerfully promise to go along, 


Jasper County Club. 


Mr. C. S. Dennis opened the season on Nov. 10 on 
the grounds of the Jasper County Club, near Wheatland, 
Ind, He shot with Charlie Seidler, the club keeper, and 
the two killed forty-two birds in two days. Mr. Dennis 
reports abundance of birds on the preserve. Mr, W. L. 
Wells and Mr. J. V. Clark will accompany Mr. Dennis 
to the club next Tuesday. 


Indian Summer in Tennessee, 


Mr. Sam B. Dow is kind enough to write some interest- 
ing notes regarding Forest anp Stream topics in his 
locality, dating his letter from Knoxville, Tenn. Beauti- 
ful indeed must be his part of this big and beautiful 
America in these Indian summer days, [ wonder if all 
good Tennesseans of to-day know the once fatal sig- 
nificance of the term Indian summer? To-day it is the 
chosen time of the sportsman’s year, but once it was the 
dread of every settler on the streams of Kentucky and 
Tennessee. The dim haze allowed the Indians to make 
their incursions secretly and with safety, and many a 
family found its end in death and desolation at that 
treacherous time, which now we hail as the pleasantest 
season of the year, But Mr. Dow must speak of Ten- 
nessee matters as they are to-day. 

“We are now in the midst of our east Tennessee Indian 
summer, he says, “and in my experience of traveling 
trom coast to coast and from Maine to the Gulf, I am yet 
te experience such days as we have here during the. 
period known as Indian summer. Other sections may 
have their Indian summer days, but we are always ready 
to back ours at a 2 to 1 shot as against any other section 
in the United States. Who would not after having 
spent such a day as this one, where one can go out for 
an afternoon walk or drive, and be so entirely comfort- 
able in a flood of golden sunshine that lights up a 
thousand hills and valleys, and beyond them the great 
Smokies on one side and the Cumberland Mountains on 
the other? A look in any direction will show the green 
second growth of buds creeping out among the count— 
less millions of red, yellow and golden leaves that tell of 
the approaching winter which makes itself felt to us 
rately ever before Christmas. 

“I have lived here since 1864, with the exception of 
about seven years spent in Texas, South Carolina and 
Florida, three years of which was spent in camping on 
the Florida east coast, and many were the days of fine 
sport I enjoyed while there, | 

“I hunt more or less each year as business permits, and 
from all reports this is to be the banner season for 
quail, there having been no beating rains or hard storms 
during the past breeding season to destroy the little 
chicks. If I could accept all the invitations received, it 
would require eyery day in November to meet them. 
One old friend says: ‘You haye been promising for years 
fo come out and shoot with me. I am not going to let 
you off this year. I have fifty coveys of birds on my 
farm, and I want you to come out and let me prove it.’ 
Another said, ‘Il will guarantee to show you twenty 
coveys a day.’ What more does a man want? About all 
the farms are posted, keeping out the pot-hunters and 
darkies. This, with our law: prohibiting trespassing, saves 
thousands of birds that would otherwise be destroyed 
every year, so during the next four months beginning with — 
Nov, t I anticipate some excellent sport. 

“Two years ago our gun club succeeded in having a 
law passed by the Legislature making it a penalty to net 
or trap birds or ship them out of the State, and now. 
since we have the Lacey law passed by the late Congress 
to help us, we hope to make our game laws doubly 
effective, and I think every sportsman in the land should 
make it his particular business to uphold the very letter 
of that law, and thereby help its effectiveness. 

“Four years ago, with the assistance of our gun club, I 
purchased one and a half dozen Mongolian pheasants and 
had them put out on the foothills of the Smoky Moun- 
tains on protected and posted land, and we had a State 
law passed, effective for five years, making it a penalty 
of $25 for any one to be caught with one of those birds 
either dead or alive, and at the May and September terms 
of the court we have furnished. the judge with copies 
ot that law, with the result that he charges the Grand 
Jury to examine all witnesses on same and order the 
sheriffs fo post copies in public places. Now almost every 
man, woman and child knows what it means to kill or 
capture one of these birds. A year or so ago a boy 
caught one and brought it to town. A deputy sheriff saw 
him trying to sell it, and warned him that such action 
would either cost him $25 or a sentence to jail, and that 
the bird must be returned to where it was caught and 
hberated. The deputy went with the boy and saw that it 
was done. From all reports, it seems that these birds 
have done remarkably well and are multiplying rapidly 
and spreading over a considerable territory, many haying 
been seen in the big mountains twenty miles from where 
first put out, A gentleman told me of having found a 
nest of forty-one eges and another of twenty-one eggs, all 
of which hatched, he having afterward seen the young 
chicks. The climate is fayorable to their increase, and 
there is an abundance of food, and this is the nearest 
railroad point. Even were the law out, I do not believe 
they could be exterminated, but to try and establish them 
on a larger scale we are going to petition the Legisla- 
ture to extend the law for five years, with perhaps fifteen 
to twenty days open season in November or December of 
each year of this extension. 

After coming to this town in 1864, I took a boat and 
went by rail to a point where the road crosses the French 
Broad River and floated about 100 miles to Knoxyille 
duck shooting. I was urged by friends not to make the 
trip, told that I would never eet back alive, would be 
swept by the tide over dams. tun into fish traps, zet 
swamped in the rapids and have all sorts of mishaps that 
would probably cost me my life, so my efforts to get a - 
friend to accompany me were all in vain. I was laughed | 
at by some and termed a fool by others. However, I ~ 
persuaded an old river man to accompany me, and for 


0 ae 


years since then every river about here is eoveted wath 
duck shuoters when luere is ide efiuugih to Moar tues, aud 
twenty to thirty blackies, Leal anu tduards tug stutr are 
consiuered an excellent two Gays shout, wilereas seventy- 
five to a Mundred witk two to ten geese used to Make Up a 
good day's hunt. te ducks seem now to go sourh early, 
witn the resuit that we do not see very many. 

“| have sot ducks and scém them Ja.t .n ime middle of 
the river and disappear, and a close watch on eitner bank 
never showed where they went, so | concinde that the 
theory of their hoding to weeds or brush under water 
accounts for this mystery. 

“(ast year 1 noticed in Forest AND STREAM where a 
flight of milkweed butterties passed New York city on a 
certain date going south, ‘lwenty-three days ait.rward 
thousands of them passed here, and | have often won- 
dered if it were not the same tight. WVhis year I have 
seen very few. 

“Thousands of martins nest here, coming into the city 
to roost. The first Hight of them start sourh on Aug. 18, 
and on Aug. 27 to 29 the first Hight of bull bats or night 
hawks passes here, going south, while bluebirds, rob.ns 
and other migrating birds stay longer. This is a great 
country for rabbits and squirrels, and they are brought 
into the market by the hundreds from November to the 
spring. Every year seems to bring about the same crop. 

“A few woodcock and jacksnipe stop here. The spr ug 
flight usually gives two of three days’ nice shooting. 
The best shooting I had last spring was right after a 
snow storm, when about to inches of the beautiful cov- 
ered the ground. I found from two to six at the spring 
holes, and with wading boots did not lose a crippled 
bird. 

“All readers of Forest AND STREAM must have sad 
hearts, for Mather, Robinson and Ogden will neyer be 
excelled by the many able contributors during this gen- 
eration. 

“]f in your travels for business or pleasure you should 
come through east Tennessee, please remember that you 
have many friends in the Queen City of the Mountains 
who would be glad to welcome you and your friends and 
make your stay pleasant. and be assured of a hearty 
welcome by the old hunters.” 


Farm Preserves aud City Shooters. 


My friend at Mt, Carroll, Ill., adds his mite to that 
testimony regarding \vestermm game and game matters 
which is always SO welcume at Lilis omee, 4 don’t know 
that he has much chance to ge. up an aosociatiun of spurts- 
men which wiil stick im Mis part or the couniry, but the 
time will come wien aul th.s will be much ea-ier and 
more natural. Most of the shooting clubs tind their 
meinberslup in the iarger cities, and this may peshaps be 
the reason for part of the feeling between the farmer and 
the ‘city shooter. | have aiways noticed that it was 
diticult to create much sustaned enihusiasm for the 
gaine laws in the smaller communities, wuich rece ve 
their support from the agricultural element. Yet I taney 
that the first step woud be one that would count, 
even in such smailer towns. Two or three men nmigat 
get together and preserve two or three farms. lf any one 
objected, it mught be pointed out that if they put up a tittle 
more money a few more jiarms could be add.d to the 
preserve. In this way the matter would graduaily become 
understood, and in all |.kelihood would not meet with 
very great opposition after the first year or so. It will 
seem that the writer (Mr. Stedman) has been acquainted 
with grief before now in some of these matters. He 
remarks : 

“Vour idea of a body of sportsmen organizing a club 
and paying taxes assessed to the farmer, or else puiciasing 
shooting privileges, has the might ring to it, and should 
Meet w.th nearty favor by those whu can afford such a 
plan, and it reaily would not be expensive either, as taxes 
are not so high in this “neck o’ the woods’ that it requires 
a walking bank to procure the collector’s receipt. On 
the other hand, as to the purchasing outright of shoot- 
ing privileges- | have never found the tarmers very 
exorbitant when approached by the right man in the right 
way. I find the average farmer a very level-headed, sound 
business man. His calling does not allow hm to dress 
his person in as fastidious a style as his citified brother, 
but he is the equal of us all ju-t the same. Treat him and 
his as becomes a gentleman and he will be found to pos- 
sess a warm spot for the intelligent sportsman, whi.e at 
the same time he retains a dislike for the city ‘smart Aleck’ 
who walks around his premises poking vulgar remarks at 
the general appearance of matters and things in general, 

“Tast week the river overhowed some cornfields in the 
lowlands, and what ducks came south immed. ately sought 
the ripe corn so conveniently hanging at their disposal. 
A farmer told me of a couple of men with boat, guns and 
dogs who penetrated the cornfield rowed the boat over 
the corn stalks and broke them down so that in the neigh- 
borhood of seventy-five bushels of corn was lost by their 
thoughtlesness. He didn’t complain about the sh»oting 


of the ducks—in fact enjoyed the sport himself, and |ked - 


sportsmen as a rule—but his corn, his dollars and cents 
wasted with no compensation except curses and oaths 
when he requested them to be more careful of his prop- 
erty—that made him feel ‘sore,’ as he said. His pasture 
lands. timber sheds, barns. hay, straw. fences, stock, 
eyerything he has to him represents dollars and cents, It 
is his and he has paid for it. 
your city home and tear the gate off the hinges, shoot at 
your woodshed to see how his gun patterned, shoot at the 
horse or cow w’th small shot just to see it jump, Yet he 
tells me this is the class as a general thing that comes 
uninyited and without permission, to show him how mitch 
sttperior the ‘city fellows’ are to the country ‘clod horper.’ 
That’s his side of it, and nine cases in ten he is justified in 
his estimate of the class of shooters he meets on his 
farm. 

“But there is another class which he would be g'ad to 
meet and I fecl assured welcome with that hospitality 
which the real sportsmen know so well how to appre- 
ciate. 

“There is amnle eround in this county to carry out the 
scheme advocated by voi, and To wold weleame the man 
or men who would tal-e the initiative in that direction. 
IT would do so mvself, only T have tried so often to 
organize cluhs for same nretection and otberwice in this 
neishhorhond and met with so many failures, that the 
project would seem doomed at the start with myself as a 


_ FOREST 


also in the South. 


He wouldn't come to 


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working head. They were all eagei to joi the club arid 
wuling to wave iuegal shooting aud seimmg siopped, but 
Would not subscribe their naines tor tear some fellow 
woud not buy a pound of meat, sack of Hour, bar of 
soap or some Other trade arucle at their stores, 
thought ten or twelye game law violators could boycott 
their business interests. 1 still retain the gilded titie of 
teniporary president of several game protective ciubs that 
failed to materialize, simpiy because of man’s selfishness 
and greed or human nature. 

‘| here are good chicken, duck and snipe grounds, some 
woedcock and squirrels and coon timber for one who 
loves the delights of Southern sports, and most excellent. 
quail cover here. All it needs is protection and a cinb 
working under the idea lined out by you woud have as 
grand tall shootng as is afforded at any poimt in the 
State; and the fishing cannot be beat when seiners are 
placed out of existence. I make no mention of spring 
shooting, as I am opposed to it, but it weuld also be good 
for those who cannot see beyond their noses.” 


Smartweed. 


Mr. BE. P. Alexander, of Georgetown, 5. C., writes as 
follows regarding smartweed as a duck food: 

“] note in HOREST AND STREAM with great interest that 
mallard are fond of smartweed. Is it the seed or the leai? 
Also, is the plant suitable to cultivate in art ficiai duck 
ponds or preserves? Will it grow in water, and is seed of 
it easily getable? Another also, could snails be induced to 
come to one’s duck preserve for the benefit of the maliard? 
Any hints you can give in your weekly letters as to prac- 
ticable ways of improving the duck feed in preserves I am 
sure would greatly interest many readers bes des myself.” 

J think Mr. Alexander would do very well to write to 
Mr. W. A. Wheatley, of the Wauponaca Duck Club, of 
Memphis, Tenn., or perhaps Mr. Wheatley may see this 
and reply publicly to Mr. Alexander as I hope he will. 
Mr. Wheatley is about as well posted on duck feed as any- 
body I know. 

-Smartweed is a common plant in the West, and I think 
It is a stout, stiffiish, tree-like plant 
with reddish or deep pink colored stem and limbs. IL 
have seen it standing in the water in sloughs out in 
Towa, but there we tsed to find it thickest in low places 
where the water had receded and left a dried-up bayou bed 
with mud bottom, It was once common in the gardens 
of central lowa, and may be yet. thougn of late years I 
have not heard of it being so abundant, it being a great 
nuisance as a weed, and hence severely handled by farmers 
and gardeners. I do not know where the seeds could be 
obtained. It is on the ceeds that the mallards feed, the 
seeds heing abundant, dark colored and hardish, like shot 
when dry. ; 

Perhaps snails could be planted, but as to that it would 
scem to be chiefly a question of hav’ng just the sort of a 
soil and water that the snails would naturally prefer. The 
Horicon marsh, of Wisconsin, is alive with them, and 
that is a very deep, soft. muddy marsh with shallow edges 
rinning out into meadows. I hone somebody will en- 
lighten Mr, Alexander further on these points. y 


Accidents Among Deer Hunters. 


A Chicago daily newspaper last year tried to keep track 
of all the acc.dents among deer hunters in oir Western 
woods and at the end ot the season claimed to have 
learned of over 100 ditterent cases of accidental shooting. 
‘Lhis fal! there have been but two men killed in Wiscon- 
sin so far as known. The season is stili young. 

1 was speaking of some of these things the other day 
at Van Uxem’s gun store in this city, and Yan pooh- 
poohed ‘at me, and said he had never heard of such a 
thing as a man getting shot while Iunt.ng deer. He 
seemed to think that sort of thing was merely imagined 
by the newspapers. We got to talking later oyer the 
force of the modern nitro rifles, and some one commented 
upon the fact that a man might be shot by one of those 
guns and never knowh where the bullet came from. There 
was a young man standing near the counter all this time 
listening to what was said, but making no comment of his 
own. When the far-away quality of the .30 cal. bers was 
mentioned, he quietly pulled up his sleeve and showed a 
wrist and forearm that had a deep, livid scar, sunken far 
inta the flesh, where the arm had been split open almost to 
the elbow. A bullet had struck right at the point where 
the hand joins the wrist and had gone straight back, 
luckily not smashing any of the bones. 

“That’s what one of them did for me,’ he remarked, 
simply. “I never knew where it came from, but it came 
very near getting me,” 

This was what might be called a lucky accident, for 
had the shot come from a little greater ang'e it must have 
gone through the bedy instead of striking the arm. I 
learned from the young man that his misfortune occurred 
four years ago, while he was out hunting deer near 
Fifield, Wis. He was alone at the time but soon met an 
Indian, who took care of him. The Indian simply got a 
lot of swamp mud, and tied it on the arm under sheets of 
bark. It was kept thus for four or five days without 
touching. The young man’s name is R. Emblade, and 
he lives on Fletcher avenue, this city. He says that the 
wound never nained him to amount to anything though 
the force of the blow turned him clean arotind when he 
was struck. He never heard anv shot. and never saw any 
one who might have fired it. It was simp'y one of the 
mvcterious accidents of modern deer hunting and fur- 
nished proof enoreh to persuade Van that maybe the 
newspapers were right. 


In November? 


An esteemed conterporaty in th’s city makes editorial 
mention of a curieus fact in natural historv: “Ovails 
have heen nermitted to multiply until their cheery notes 
mav now he heard all alone the nath the quail tranner 
teed ta heat,” Mv son. it is onlv in the snmmer time 
that you hear the cheery note of Boh White all along the 
path, Thev den’t whistle much now unless they vet 
seattered, and then it is not a cheery note, but an anxious 
note. E. Hover. 


Hartrorp Burnpins. Chicago, Ill. 


The Forest ann STREAM is pit to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for puhlication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday end as much earlier as practicable. 


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Maine Game Reports. 


Boston, Noy, 17.—The Megantic Kish and Game Club 
has just closed one of the most successiul seasons site its 
organization, both m regard to the entertaimment of Mem- 
bers and guests and ds to nnatic.al results. The man- 
agement has aiready put men at work making furiner 
uuprovement Of camps and boacs and arramguiments tor 
the greater comfort of members and guests. ‘Ihe superin= 
tendent and caretakers are now at wurk strippimg trout at 
Big isiand, and already about 40,000 trout eggs uave ben 
secured for the ha.cheries, A commytee has buen ap- 
poin.ed to look mto the matter of arraneé.ng one or more 
nursing ponds, into which the fry may be put and brought 
up fo one year old, instead of turning them loose at once, 
only to be destroyed by other fish. = ~ 
* Mr. D. C. P.erce and ‘wife and H. W. Sanborn ‘and 
wife are off on a hunting trip to Mr. Pierce’s camp at 
Chain of Ponds, Meganic preserve. Mr. Jeremiah Rich- 
ards, another of the Megantic members, and family had 
fine sport at Chain of Ponds in October. ‘They secured 
two bears and three fine deer heads. Mr: W, S. Richards, 
a Megantic meimber, has returned from Newfoundland, 
where he secured seven caribou heads. One of them 15 
exceptionally large and fine, with widespread and sym- 
metrical antlers. W. G, Carey and a ir end, trois Schenec~ 
tady. N. Y., have gone into the Maine north wvods, by 
way of Staceyville, Aroostook cotinty, for a hunting trip, 
C, A. Barney, S. F. Johnson, Horace S. Dame and L, 
Dana Chapnian, sectetary and treasurer of the Megantic 
Club, started on Friday for a ten days’ hunting trip to 
Jo Marie Lake, Aroostook county. 

M. D. Cressey, Willis Kimball, C. O. Lailer and R 


- Tomfhorde have recently returned from a very success- 


ful hunting trip to Spencer Pond. Their camp was about 
twenty-five miles from Moosehead Lake, at the foot of 
Spencer Mountain, They were in camp almost three 
weeks, and secured their full quota of deer, including 
sevetal good bucks. They found the weather very dry, 
which rendered the hunting exceedingly difficult. The 
deer could easily be started but the dry leaves gave 
warning of the hunter’s approach, and the deer were on 
the alert, One morning it rained, and that day they were 
more successful than any other, the leayes making no 
noise. Mr, Lailer says that he learned from the guides 
that at one time last winter there were 7 feet of snow 


in that ne‘ghborhood followed by a cruel crust that 
would not support tlie deer. A great many died of 
starvation, being unable to move about for food. The 


guides told him that they-had found scores of bones, in- 
dicating where the deer had died. Sill, Mr. Lailer also 
learned that the demand is universal. especially from. 
the lumber land owners, that the September license law 
be repealed. 3 

Many hunters that | have interviewed are very hopeful 
that th’s obnoxious license system is doomed. They say 
that generally the best citizens of Maine believe that the 
law is a great mistake; that it has worked decidedly 
against the deer the past season, Licensed hun.ers haye 
greatly abused the Jaw, and game wardens are not able 
to detect the illegal shooting. It is currently wnder- 
stood, in several sections of that State, that a hun er and 
his guide, each hav ng a September license, can continue 
to loll all the deer they can find; either one license or the 
other can be made to cover the deer they happen to be 
caught with. Several prominent citizens of Maine—mien 
interested in hunting and in the welfare of the State— 
have lately been interviewed by Maine newspapers of 
prominence, and in every case published the men are 
pronouncedly aganst the September license system. Tlie 
directors of the Megantic Club have unanimou ly voted 
to request the Maine Fish and Game Commissioners to 
stop all September deer hunting on the lands of their 
preserve. They will also request the Canadian Govern- 
ment to do the same thing. They are satisfied, after the 
most careful consideration that deer cannot stand up un- 
der September hunting; that they are coming to the water 
and into the clearings eyery day, where ‘t is too easy to 
destroy them. Later they take to the ridges, and become 
much more wary. 

The Hatry B. Moore hunting party has just got out of 
the woods from a very succeseiul deer hunting trip. In 
the party were Messrs. R. H. W. Dwight Leroy S, 
Brown George C. Moore, Harry B. Moore, John A. 
Faulkner and Luther Faulkner, son. They had out- 
rageous weather the most of the time, but there came 
about 2 inches of snow at last. that answered for tracking, 
although frozen and a good ‘deal “cratinchy” over the 
leaves. But they secured ten deer in all, each man shoot- 
ing one or more. Two beautiful bucks were among the 
number, one that dressed 215 pounds, brought home by 
George C. Moore. 

The returns from deer hunting in Ma*ne are rather 
better. Tracking snows have been enjoyed hy the hunters 
in some séctions, and th’s has brought more sati:tactorv 
results. Returns from Bangor say that the record of 
big game passing through that citv for the week was 249 
deer and four monse. This is behind the same week a 
year ago. For the month of November, so far. the 
record has heén 570 deer and sixteen moose, both records 
a.good deal behind a year ago, For the seasen to dae 
1 O21 deer have been recorded and ninety-five moose. The 
moose season closes Dec. 1, and unless the hunters should 
be unusually fortunate in the remaining days of Noyem- 
ber, the record wi!l show a great falling off. The deer 
season is open fill Dec. 15, however and there is a chance 


‘that the record may be improved. The onen season cn 


deer in Vermont has just closed, and a renort says that 
it7 deer have been taken in that State. an increase of 
twenty-seven over last year. In New Hampshire some 
deer are being taken although not as many as a year aga, 
In that part of the State bordering on Maine there is com- 
plaint of Sentember shooting the result of licens ng short 
ine in that State. It is also darkly hinted that hounds are 
still allowed to run deer in the Magallaway section, leer 
are seen very frecuently near the settlements in Maine 
and Nev Pampchre almost as atten as one could see, 
them in the forests. The other dav a hick swom the river 
at Skowhegan, at the Eddy. ahout half a mile be'ow the 
village. A dav or wo after three deer were seen in a 
field ahout a mile helaw the same willage, Im the towns 
along the Andraceoeoin they are freavently seen in the 
fields, In Cumberland county, where they are still pro- 


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tected by law at all seasons, they are reported to be quite 
plenty. On the borders of Sebago Lake they are very 


trequently seen. Uver vhe trankun & Megantic Railroad 


few deer nave been shipped the past week, m spite of 
the fact that there has been one good tracking snow. 
Mr. C. F, Jones, of Newton Highlands, secured a buck in 
the Dead R-ver region las: week, and Mr. H. B. Jones, of 

the same place, a buck weighing about 200 pounds. 
Boston smelt fishermen continue to practice and enjoy 
the sport. Mr. Frank A. Rein is a lover of smelt fishing. 
He took a week ago fourteen dozen at one trip, and 
the week before twelve dozen. He takes a gocd string 
about every wip he makes. Off Quincey and around the 
bays and inlets in that section are favorite smelting 
grounds. A good many Boston smelt fishermen go down 
after business hours Saturday and come back Monday 
motning with some good baskets of smelts. The curious 
feature is that these fish are all caught Monday (?) morn- 
ing, There is a law against fishing Sunday. <A litle 
spurt was made about enforcing it a year ago, but it has 
scarcely been heard of since. Perhaps Sunday shooting 
in some sections might get a man into trouble, but Sunday 
smelt fishing goes right along undisturbed. 
; SPECIAL. 


New York League Mleeting. 


New York, Noy. t.—The anniial meeting of the New 
York Fish, Game and Forest League will be held at the 
Yates Ho.e!, Syracuse, N. Y., at 10:30 A. M., on Dec. 6, 
1900, and a full attendance is hoped for, 

The objects of this Association are to create and foster 
a more general public sentiment im favor of fish, game 
and forest protection, to procure the enactment of laws 
for the protection of fish and game, and for the preserva- 
tion of our forests, and to promote the observance of 
such laws. 

In order to carry out these objects, we must earnestly 
ask the co-operation of all fish and game clubs and asso- 
ciations within this Sta‘e who are not already enrolled in 
the League, and urge upon them the great desirability of 
joining forces with us in order to secure yet more united 
effort in attaining these objects. 

The initiation fee of $5, including as it does the dues 
for the year commencing on the first Thursday after the 
first Monday in December, when our annual meeting 
takes place, gives to each club the privilege of sending 
two delegates to the annual meeting. ; 

The game laws of our State are at present in much 
better shape than they were a few years ago. 

The constant tinkerine by the Legislature with the game 
Jaws is, however, a serious menace to fish, game and 
forest protection. Bills are constantly being in.roduced 
which, aiming to grant exceptional privileges to certain 
localities, create a general feeling of distrust, and seriously 
interfere with the enforcement of good measures. 

The careful weighing of the mer‘ts, or faults. of pro- 
pored game legislation, by the persons most interested. the 
4ndorsement of what is deemed desirable, and the opposi- 
tion to what is deemed objectionable is the main business 
that comes before our meetings, and after the election of 
officers for the ensuing year, and the adjournment of 
the said meeting, our Legislatve and Law Committee 
keeps careful watch during the entire session of our State 
Legislature of all proposed legislation affecting the game 
laws. In order that they may be fully discussed at the an- 
nial meeting. all proposed amendments to the present 
game laws shou'd if possible. be forwarded to the chair- 
man of the Legislative and Law Cominittee. Mr. Walter 
S. Maceregot No. a1 Wall s‘reet, New York city, prior 
to the first day of December. 1900. 

Annlications fer membhershin should he made to the 
secretary who will gladly give any further information 
which may be desired. 

Roneer B, Lawrence, President, 
Ernest G, Govip, Secretary. 
Seneca Falls. 


Mir. Martindale’s loose. 


“T wAs just a thousand miles northeast of Philadelphia, 
in the wilds of northern New Brunswick when. after a 
Wait of three days and three nights, I killed the ‘Big 
Moose of the Little Tobique,’ said Phomas Martindale. 

“We were out all Wednesday night, Thursday and 
Thursday night. My guides had shown me some enor- 
mous footprints on the shore of the lake. I said they 
were caribou tracks, that no moose ever had such a big 
foo., and that the stories of ‘The Big Moose oi the Little 
Tobique’ were mere hunters’ tales, without any founda- 
tion. Friday we were out all day and evening, again on 
the banks of Muddy Lake. Out on a little cedar point 
we wa.ted for hours and hots, with the thermometer 
“down to the ireezing point. 

“A good-sized bull moose and a cow came down to 
feed. JI could have killed ihe bull, but I was waiting for 
larger game. As the night fell Love, the guide, went up 
around the head of the lake and repeated his ‘call,’ imita- 
ting the cow moose periectly with his birch-bark horn. 
Night had fallen and the darkness aws almost inky, when 
I saw a monster form come down the trail near where I 
lay. Then-it got so dark that I couldn’t see my hand 
before my face. I heard something flounder into the 
water, and [I was sure that a big moose was in the shal- 
lows feeding, We half crept, half walked back to camp, 
reached there at 11 P. M,, and at 3 A. M. were back at 
the lake watching and waiting. Just as daylight broke, 
when I was lying on my sleeping bag and rugs, nearly 
frozen, my long-awai‘ed opportunity came. 

“A monster macse. such as I had never seen before, 
came tp out of the lake and stond on the bank, partly 
outlined 2gsainst the sky. I gave him one shot with my 
Mannlicher. Tt went through h’s heart and he rolled 
down the hank into the water dead. Then my guide and 
T executed a kind of war dance in celebration of our 
victory. and we went back to camp. Eary Saturday 
morning we tock our other guides to the lake, dragged 
the hie fellow aut of the water and cut him up. He 
werohed 1.200 pevnds: his antlers were 55 inches across 
and his hoofs 1184 inches in length from the tip of the 
toe to the heel. 

"The big fellow had evidently heen shot at many times, 


FOREST AND. STREAM, 


He had a bullet hole through his antlers, several bullets 
and buckshot in his body and many sears on his feet. 
Sinice coming home I have recéived two letters, one [rom 
a New York broker and another from a Lonaoner, who 
say they are quite certain tha. I succeeded in killing a 
moose that they had shot at several times, I sent the 
hide to Fredericton, N. B., to be made into moosehide 
bocts, and the head to a taxidermist in Boston. When 
niounted it will be sent.to Philadelphia. The feet are at 
the Academy of Natural Sciences in this city.’—Phila- 
delphia Press. 


A West Virginia Association. 


Moreantown, W. Va., Nov. 16—Editor Forest and 
Stream: Up to this time there has been no organized 
move toward the preservation of fish and game in our 
locality. The local sportsmen are now tak.ng steps to 
form a fish and game protective association. A call will 
be issued in a few days for a meeting, which will form a 
permanent organization. It is the intention to get from 
twenty-hye to fifty people in the organ zation which will 
include people of the surrounding country as well as of 
the town. They will do all they can to prpevent hunting 
out of season, and in an illegal manner in season. Re- 
wards will be offered for the arrest and conviction of 
offenders, and every effort used to make it hot for those 
who have no more sense and sportsmanship than to vio- 
late the laws which are founded on common sense and are 
for the protection and preservation of our game. A score 
have already signified their intention of joining the society 
and the rest will soon be canvassed. 

The mistake is sometimes made in forming associa- 
tions of this kind, of confining the membership to citizens 
of the town or city in which it is formed. One good live 
member living away out in the country is of more prac- 
tical value to the association than a half-dozen who live 
in the city or town. Make the farmers feel that it is their 
interests that are being protected, and not that of merely 


_ saving the game for the town people to go out and shoot, 


and not that it'is only done in the interests of the town 
people, as many farmers are led to think. 

A few days ago while out for a short walk I flushed a 
covey of at least a dozen quail within five minutes’ wak 
of the court house. Very few bird dogs are kept ‘here, 
and the birds have a good chance to live. Hounds are 
the favorite dogs in these parts. Many of the people 
through the country and in town own hounds, and fox 
chasing comes to the front as a sport, not for the sake of 
killing, for many of the hun's are at n‘ght but just to 
hear the dogs. In chasing foxes in the day time any red 
one whch may be started is shot at the first opportunity, 
but a gray one is left to pass by unharmed. _ 

EMERSON CARNEY,. 


A Parisian’s Plight. 


Tue Lake of Cazeaux in France is surrounded by 
marshes, where snipe, ducks and water fowl are always 
to be found. There high rubber boots are a necessity for 
in these marshes there are some places where the inex- 
perienced sportsman may get a very unpleasant mud 
bath. Let him beware of spots where green grass seems 
to invite him to place his feet. They are very decei.tful, 
for that grass is only a crust of earth 6 inches thick, under 
which is black mud. If unfortunately you sink in such 
a place do not move, yell for help, keep stil, for the 
more efforts you make to get out of it the deeper you will 
sink. The guide used to such accidents will he p you out. 
Speaking of this reminds me of a very funny event. Four 
of us were at Cazeaux snipe shooting; one of our friends 
had invited a young Paris’an sportsman, who was a regu- 
lar dude, to join us. The first morning we went out he 
was dressed in a beautiful white flannel suit, better for 
tennis playing than for snipe shooting.. His friend told 
him he had bet er put on an old shooting suit, and advis-d 
him to take a gsu'de. He laughed, saying that he knew a'l 
about shooting dresses, marshes, meadows and snipe 
shooting. We started and instead of keeping company 
with us he went by himself. At first we did not pay 
attention to it, but after a while, not seeing him and not 
hearing any gun report, we began to feel uneasy about 
him, knowing that some places were if not exactly dan- 
gerous, bad enough for an inexnerienced man. So we 
hunted for hm, and finally found him in a mud hole, try- 
ing to extricate himself but unable to do so. and too 
proud to call for help. We came just in time, for he was 
quite exhausted. Our men took him out of his bad situa- 
tion. But what a sight! Black from foot to head. he 
get as 1f he had been cleahing stovepipes—DLondon 

ield. 


Ducks Under Water. 


In. CAmMp on Unton Lake, Minn,, Nov. ¢—Editor 
Forest and Stream: Lyng in my tent the other day I 
read in a recent issue of your paper in your Chicago 
correspondence an account of a sawbill duck being held 
under water for an hour by a dog, and then com’ng out all 
right, Next day while I was out hunting a sawb‘ll with 
broken wing fell in shallow water, and I re rieved it 
alive. With the duck in hand I resolved to see how long 


it could hold out under water, and thrust ‘t under and he'd. 


it there. At the end of four minutes, before which it lay 
very contented with its head thrust under a bt of 
moss, it made a desperate effort to get its head above 
water. and, | not being prepared for its sudden effort, suc- 
ceeded. I then let it get fully recovered and thrust it 
under again. At the end of four minutes. as before. it 
again made efforts to get its head out. hut I held it 
under, and “n one minute more it was dead. After be- 
ginning to show distress it died as quickly as it would 
liad its head been seyered with a hatchet. 
any kind of duck pass unchallenged but these “fish hogs” 
always get a call from me. 

Tf any sportsman loses a duck by diving which stavs 
under water more than five minutes, he can ret asstirred it 
is winking at him from some safe hidne. Netther will 
they drown themselves by hanging on to ‘he moss, 

E. P. JAoues. 


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Correspondence intended for publication shonld reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier ag practicable. 


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Long Island Shooting. 


WepNESDAY of last week, the 14th inst., closed the 
Long iIsiand deer season. ‘The number of hunters out 
was not gréat, and comparatively tew deer were killed. 
One of these, however, was captured by Capt. Geo. 
Green, of Sayville, a veteran of seventy-eight years, who 
on this occasion killed his firs: deer. Three or four other 
deer were kilied near Sayville, and it is said that Mr. 
Chas, Cheshire, of Riverhead, killed a good buck near 
po SCOT. Two or three of the deer killed were 
does. 

The cold weather of last week, though it lasted for 
only a few days, brought with it great numbers of ducks, 
so that :t is said that .his is one of the greatest flights of 
fowl known here in the last fifty years. The ducks which 
came are of the usual sorts—coots, broadbills, some ruddy 
ducks redheads and black ducks. These birds have given 
excellent sport to the battery shooters in the western part 
of the bay, but in East Bay the shooting is all from 
all points, battery shooting being illegal there. There are 
places where ihe blinds are so thickly placed along the 
shore as to be not much more than a gun shot apart. 

The news of the great number of birds here spread 
rap'dly and brought together a great number of 
shooters. There has not lately been any real good duck- 
ing weather. but ‘f this should come as it is likely to, great 
bags will undoub edly be made. Even as it is there has 
been shooting good enough to satisfy most people, three 
gunners having killed goo broadbills in one day about 
two weeks ago. Re@heads are renorted to be more 
mnumerotts than usual, and have called out the market- 
shooters in numbers. since these birds sell at $1.50 a nair. 

The abundance of ducks here has called to the water's 
edge almost all ‘he gtinners. so that quail and other un- 
land birds have been neglected. The fowl may remain 
here until freezing weather comes. which w'll clese the 
water> of Great South Bay and force the ducks further 
southward. We do not hear as yet af any conciderahle 
number of geese being seen in the bay, a fact which may 
be accounted for by the continued mild an? pleasant 
weather, Lone ISLANDER. 
SAYVILLE, L. I, Nov. 16. 


Vermont League. 


At the annual meeting at Montpelier last week the 
election of officers resulted in the followng choice: 
President, J. W. Titcomb, of St. Johnsbury; Vice-Presi- 
dents, W. R. Peake, Bristol; N. W. Fi-k, Isle La Motte; 
E. A. Smith, St. Albans; T. N. Vail, Lyndon; Dr. W. S. 
Webb, Shelburne; Hon. Redeid Proctor Proctor; 
Gen. J. J. Estey, Brattleboro; Secretary, E. T. Brad- 
ley, Swanton; Treasurer, C. F. Lowe, Montpelier: 
Execut' ve Cemmittee—T. M.. Chapman, Muldlebury; 
E. W. Bartlett, East Dorset; T. R. Stites, St. 
Johnsbury; F. H. Wells, Burlington; P. N. Da'e, 
Island Pond; H. J. Rublee, Montgomery; George W. 
Squire, South Hero; H. G. Thomas, Stowe;,H. W. 
Bailey, Newbury; C. N. Brady. Newport; Ira R. Allen, 
Fair Haven; L. Bart Cross, Montpelier; F. W. Childs, 
Brattleboro; J. E. Pol’ard, Chester. Membersh p Com- 
mittee—M. C. Berry, Burlington; George C. Fisher, Lyn- 
donville; L. S. Norton Bennington. 

More than sixty new member; were elected. 

A banquet followed he business meeting. It was pas 
midnight when the gathering broke up. Every one present 
expressed the utmost satisfaction and the meeting is con- 
sidered one of the best the League has ever had. An 
interesting and valuable feature was the exhibition of 
s ereopticon views showing methods of fishcuiture, with 
explanations by President Titcomb. 


M issachussetts Prospects. 


Danvers, Mass., Nov. 17.—Editor Forest and Streant: . 
Shooting has been very good for this part_of the State. 
More quail than last year. Partridges fairly plentiful. A 
good flight of woodcock about Nov. 1. Foxes are scarce, 
so much so that the fox hunters are discouraged. Coast 
shocting has been good on the coast. Haven't seen a wid 
goose this fall. J. W. B. 


Florida Quail. 


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Oct. 23.—Open seascn for quail in 
this State begins on Nov. 1 and lasts until March 15. The 
crop of birds is good. Numbers of Northern shooters 
are obtaining quarters for parts of the season. 


Roe Ge le 


A Bear Fam ly. 


CumBERLAND B. C. Canada, Nov. 7—Editor Forest 
and Stream: Mr. Frank Jaynes of this place. is the suc- 
cessful hunter this week. On Saturday, Nov. 3. he 
killed four black bears, an old male and female and two 
cubs. A. B. 


William Smith, of Merrick, L. L, went hunt ng in com- 
pany with Ernest Miller. While ihe young men were 
walking across a field Smith stepped on the handle of a 
scythe which was concealed from yiew by underbrush. 
The long blade flew up with force, in‘icting a terrh'e 
wound in Smith's right leg. above the knee. The blade 
penetrated the flesh to the bone, nearly severing the leg 
from the body. 


: DON’T SHOOT 

© Until you see your game, and 
2 see that it is game and 

S not a man. 
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Sea and River ishing. 


Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forrest AND STREAM. 


The Rangeley Lakes of Maine. 


BY J. PARKER WHITNEY, 


Tue season has been a favorable one tor fishing and 
shooting. From my experience, extending over many 
years, I should say that the trout are about as plentiful as 
ever. Of late years the landlocked salmon (Salmo con- 
fimis) have become fairly plentiful, particularly in the 
Rangeley Lake proper, where first introduced, ‘some 
fifteen years ago, and also in the largest lake, the Moose- 
luckmaguntic, though less so as yet, and still less in the 
Richardson lakes. In the latter a member of my family 
caught one weighing 7% pounds this season. The salt- 
water smelt introduced a few years ago has increased 
extensively and extended rapidly to all the lakes of the 
tange. This fish seems to readily habituate itself to most 
all fresh-water lakes, and has increased to a very large 
extent in the Rangeley waters, although confined to a 
small size of 3 or 4 inches in length. Although large 
numbers are observed dead floating upon the suriace of 
the water in the spring time, the increase seems hardly 
to be affected. This fish is apparently an admirable food 
for the salmon and trout, and in the spring would 
seem to be the principal food, as their stomachs seem to 
be crowded with them, and I have repeatedly observed 
from fifty to seventy in a single trout of large size. 

I consider without question the smelt to be the most 
Tec g fish for food stocking of fresh-water ponds and 
lakes. 

The landlocked salmon varies in size largely in the 
fresh-water lakes where placed, In the Sebago Lake 
they reach a weight in some instances exceeding 20 
pounds, and in the Rangeleys they are often caught up 
to 12 pounds, while in the Schoodic lakes, where they 
have been long domesticated, and where I have caught 
many hundreds, they seldom exceed 5 pounds. In Cali- 
fornia, near Point Reys, in Crystal Lake, controlled by 
the Country Club, and where I aided some years ago in 
introducing the landlocked salmon, they gained most 
incredibly in weight in less than four years, from a few 
‘ounces up to 5 and 5% pounds. In this lake the feed 
was almost entirely insectivorous, and largely—and in 
fact I might say almost wholly—on the larva of the 
caddis fly, which abounded most plentifully, and which 
seemed to be the whole contents of all the stomachs I 
examined at various times. I regret to say, however, 
that the flavor of these salmon is distinctly off from 
any I have ever eaten, arising, I believe, from the almost 
exclusive diet. These salmon, however, will rise well 
to the fly, and are vigorously game like. Crystal Lake is 
infested also with a red salamander lizard, known as 
water devil, quite common in California waters, and 
one of the toughest and most tenacious reptiles of the 
batrachian family, although quite harmless. These 
lizards are 3 or 4 inches in length, and swim rapidly 
about with the aid of their tails, Their skin and structure 
is so tough that it requires a very sharp knife to separate 
them, and they have a very tenacious life. I found one 
day on the shore of a lake a salmon between 4 and 5 
pounds weight, freshly dead, and upon examining it 
found one of these lizards firmly fixed with a deathly 


grasp in the throat of the salmon, likewise dead. The .» 


result was plain enough that the salmon had seized the 
lizard and the latter had secured his deadly hold in the 
salmon’s throat, from which I had a good deal of diffi- 
culty in parting it. I was told by one of the cattle herders 
that he had seen other instances, and in his opinion the 
salmon fed upon the water devils and the latter in 
the lake had much diminished since the salmon had been 
put in. The odor of the water devils when cut up is very 
disagreeable, and it may be that this accounts for the in- 
ferior flavor of the fish. 

While trout are fonder of insectivorous food in prefer 
ence to any other, and it is a well-known fact that while 
gtowing will gain doubly in weight on this food over a 
fish diet, it is observable that a deterioration in flavor 
occurs irom this exclusive food, I have taken trout in 
ponds at high altitudes in the Rocky Mountains, above 
timber growth, where such waters were hardly free from 
ice in July, where the trout food was exclusively in- 
sectiyorous, and decidedly lacking in flavor. 

Returning to the Rangeley waters, there is an existing 
feature which is ordinarily overlooked, and which is one 
in reality of great importance and constitutes the base 
of the superior fishing which exists there. I refer to the 
infusorial element which is so universal and profuse, 
This is the primary constituent essential to young fish 
life. The young trout or salmon, when relieved of the 
umbilical sac, is of minute proportion, and is unable to 
live upon the surface ephemera or food of after life, and 
subsists wholly upon the infusoria, as do all the small 
fry generally designated as minnows, of which there are 
a dozen yarieties in the Rangeley waters. It is also the 
principal food of the fresh-water smelts. The profusion 
of small fish in the lakes supplying the principal food of 
the trout and salmon accounts for their number and 
superiority, without which they would be lacking, so 
that in reality the primitive cause is the infusorial ele- 
ment. This element abounds in all ponds, lakes, rivers, 
and even ditches where decaying vegetable and animal 
matter exists, and in countless profusion. It is found 
in thermal springs, and rivulets flowing from. snow 
banks and glaciers, and in salt as well as fresh water. 
No form of life can be more universal and extensive, 
while of so minute a character in the sea, and in many 
fresh waters, as to require the strongest magnifying 
power to clearly observe. Even distilled water, upon 
exposure to the air, will exhibit the life. Freezing does 
not destroy it, nor will a deprivation of its watery ele- 
ment. It may be dried in the sun for many days, bit its 
germ form when drifted with the dust to reviving waters 
will again take on active life, Ehrenberg, a celebrated 
German authority upon the subject, estimates the re- 
production capacity of a single one to exceed 200,000,- 
000 in the space of a month. The variety of the in- 
{usoria is extensive, more than a hundred being classified, 


The remarkable feature of this element in the Rangeley 
Lakes, which by no means is limited to these waters, is 
the comparatively large size of the infusoria, which is 
undoubtedly gained by the large quantities of vegetable 
stain from the adjoining forests. 
means clear, but of an opaque character, occasioned by 
the excess drainage from the woods. On a favorable 
day, with the sun’s rays aslant, the protozoa element is 
clearly discernible to the naked eye. The most favorable 
occasion for observing it without magnifying power— 
for I haye never applied the latter—is in the winter at the 
surface of a hole cut through the ice. Here-aiter a day 
or two the larger infusoria will collect, doubtless at- 
tracted by the light, when those of a large size will be 
observed. My attention was drawn to this many years 
ago when I was in the annual habit of visiting the lakes 
for fishing through the ice with liye bait. It was a habit 
I had much pleasure in, of watching and teasing the trout 
in the water below the ice. This I accommodated myself 
to by selecting a good locality for trout, where the water 
was not over 8 or 9 feet in depth, with a sandy bot- 
tom. Lying upon some blankets, with a single one over 
my head, and a hookless line with a small chub tied at 
the end and a sufficient sinker, I would bob for the trout, 
which after a while would come swimming along, and 
noticing the bait would, first indifferently, but after more 
vigorously, engage with it. By drawing away the bait 
ai the critical moment, after considerable teasing the trout 
would follow up the bait, it being withdrawn, and having 
a fair-sized hole of something less than a foot square, and 
2 feet or more of ice, I would shortly get the trout up 
near the bottom ice, and finally, at a last excited dash, 
rapidly withdraw the bait, with my hand at my side. 
The trout, following to the surface in its excitement, 
would for a moment be too confused to dive below, 
giving me in that moment the opportunity to rapidly 
put my hands below and cast him out upon the ice, un- 
harmed, but much alarmed. This may appear difficult 
to do, but is really quite simple, and I have taken jour 


_ or five trout itt a forenoon from a single hole in this 


manner. ; ; ‘ ' 
But Il am digressing, though it was during these side 


plays that I observed the Poligastrica and Rotatovia, two 


prominent species of the infusoria, white, pulpy stib- 
stances, some of which were of pinhead size. The clear 
sandy bottom, and the thin blanket head cover, which 
by no means excluded the light, gave abundant oppor- 
tunity to observe that the white specks at first mistaken 
for pollen or other foreign intrusion had a motion 
equal to several inches in a short time, and could be 
observed in the still water moving in various directions, 
some apparently with a revolving motion, and others 
without visible action. Many haye advanced the spon- 
taneity or protoplasm theory concerning the protozoa, 
which is a subject of much discussion, and lately a prom- 
inent Germant savant has advanced the theory that this 
element is the primitive origin of all life—all vegetable 
and animal—which now exists upon the earth. A some- 
what startling theory, but that life must necessarily 
have started upon this once molten mass in a very prim- 
itive form is clearly evident, but how may or may not 
be solved. : 

Eels abound in the lake, but not very plentitully, and 
I have never known them to be caught with bait—large, 
iusty, white and yellow bellied ones. I have, however, 
seen a few weighing from 10 to 12 pounds, which were 
caught fast in the narrow spaces between the logs of 
the apron below the Upper Dam during their night 
passage from the lake above. The golden chubs are 
often caught up to 2 pounds in weight. Suckers of equal 
size, and quite a variety of small iry. Turtles of large 
size exist also, but only one have I ever seen with a foot 
and a half diameter, which in a great gale and some- 
what disabled I caught on the shore. 

But the mysterious fish of the lakes is the blue-black 
trout (Salmo oquassa) entirely distinct from the Salmo 
salvelinus, with which it has no affiliation, being, strictly 
speaking, an arctic trout, which in some peculiar manner 
has found its way to the Rangeley waters, as well as io 
a few other Northern lakes. As ordinarily taken they 
weigh about five to the pound, the maximum being near 
half a pound. The fish is quite distinctly a trout, with 
fine coloring and red spots. It has in contradistinction 
to the square tail of the Salmo family a swallow tail and 
a blue back and exceedingly small teeth. The fish is 
long and slim for its weight, and for food purposes in- 
ferior, though claimed by many to be equal to the ordi- 
uiaty trout, but to my taste soft and muddy. One might 
fish the Rangeley for years and never encounter One or 
suspect its presence, yet they exist in large quantities. 
Rarely—in fact I have never heard of but one or two in- 
stances where they have been caught with bait, and that 
in deep water. They are strictly denizens of the deepest 
parts of the lakes, and apparently subsist exclusively 
upon ground feed. This ground feed of the lakes is an 
important element with all fish, composed of insectivo- 
rous yarieties and largely viscous matter, which settles 
profusely. 

In the latter part of the month of October—from the 
20th to the 3oth—the blue-backs find their way to the 
mouths of some streams, and ascend more or less into 
the quick water, where they deposit their spawn. Their 
appearance can be counted tipon by the 24th almost to a 
day, and the quantity assembled is immense, and in 
some instances so compact is the mass that barrels full 
can be netted from a small space. During the brief 
period of spawning they are easily taken after dark from 


The water is by no- 


- thawed as mentioned, they will resume their natural and 


the shallow quick water by one wading among them — 


equipped with a lantern and hand net. I have often taken 
several hundred of them upon an occasion of this kind. 
Their tenacity of life I have noted as a peculiar feature, 
for I have had them out of water for several hours of a 
cold evening and fully revived some of them by placing 
them in a barrel of fresh water, where they have survived 
for several weeks, and in fact would have survived much 
longer but for the ireezing up of the water. This fish 
would undoubtedly stand solid freezing under favorable 
conditions equally well if mot better than the fontinalis, 
of which I have frozen up scores, and fully resuscitated 
after several days of freezing. The trout as a delicate 
fish must in this respect be handled much more care- 
fully than other kinds. I have given considerable atten- 
tion to the freezing of fish, especially trout, during the 
winters, when I have been at the Rangeleys, and the 


in length. 


results I have so far obtained are as follows, relating 
especially to trowt: . 


That trout may be frozen solid without destroying life. 
That they may be fully resuscitated after several days’ 
freezing, 1 
That they must be frozen quickly and at a temperature 
equal to to to 15 degrees below zero, 

That while frozen they must be completely protected 
from the stn. | 

That while frozen they must not be submitted to a 
temperature below zero, but in one sufficient to prevent 
any thaw. in 

That in resuscitating in water an abundant supply must 
be given. 

That the water must be at a temperature of from 28 
to 30 degrees, 

That the temperature of the apartment must be kept 
at about the same level. 

That the thawing must be so regulated that from 25 
to 30 hours must be given before the fish is restored. 

Upon being numbed and frozen quickly before life is 
seriously affected by expostire out of water, and kept and. 


‘ 


normal condition, and when returned to the lake will 
swim off at a lively rate. The commoner kinds of fish 
may be frozen and restored with much less care. 

The bullheads -or hornpouts, which have a great 
tenacity of life, may in cold weather be frozen up and 
thawed out to life very readily. I remember an instance 
of some being catight in another locality from the lakes, 
where they were left carelessly on a boat house floor, 
and speedily froze up together, which in a week after-~ 
ward were all, but one or two, fully restored to life and 
activity by the cold-water cure. The bullhead is a good 
liver out of water if kept moist and cool. I well re- | 
member when a boy catching them on a misty night, and ~ 
alter leaving some of them in the wet grass behind me) 
finding them alive in the morning. 

Most fishermen are familiar with the marsh grass 
chub netted along the seashore, which retains life so 
long out of the water. In former years, late in winter I 
have frequently carried them up to the Rangeleys for 
live bait, packed in cigar boxes,. with Hannel between 
layers. They will keep lively for some days if kept cool 
and put in water over nights. | 

I am of the opinion that all Ixinds of fish in the lakes” 
hybernate more or less as frogs do dtiring the winter 
months, and certainly become dormant to a considerable ~ 
extent, and I do not doubt that trout in a limited way go, 
into the fluffy mtid somewhat as about all the chubs and 
small fry do. In the open season the waters fairly swarm | 
with the latter, while they are difficult to find after 
January, 


I have given some attention in this particular during 
former years, when the season was open for winter fish- 
ing through the ice, and made many excursions to the ~ 
Rangeleys for this pleasure, and especially to enjoy the _ 
many attendant auxiliaries, These excursions were made 
during all the winter months, from December to May, 
irom the first making of the ice to its going out. Ta 
December and January there is a notable scarcity of live! 
bait, and in February and March very difficult to find, 
although I have sought for them in dozens of places, 
both in deep water and shallow, and those places where 
I have obtained any in the late months were in the 
vicinity of springs, and hardly to be obtained, excepting 
in the early hours of morning and those preceding sun- 
down. I have frequently had to go out fifteen or twenty 
miles in the adjoining country and fetch them from 
spring holes. Yet the trout caught are seldom empty 
ot small fry or chubs, and it is quite likely that the trout 
root them out to a considerable extent from the mud, and 
that trout do root in the mud a good deal is indicated 
by the earth and often lumps of clay found in their 
stomachs. I have caught large trout often with a small 
handful of clay balls in their stomachs, which have re-) 
mained after the probable exudation of loose earthy 
matter. The parasites attached to trout fins so noticeable 
in the winter and early spring, and which soon disapear 
in open water, indicate their earth frequenting. While 
in December and early January the trout are compara= 
tively plentiful in a few feet of water below the ice, they” 
are mostly off in from 15 to 40 feet of water afterward 
but I have seldom found them below, 50 feet. In winte 
they are mostly at the bottom or within 1 or 2 feet of it, 
In this season the contents of their stomachs are quite 
miscellaneous—glutinous ground feed, chubs, varieties 
of small fry, rarely blue-backs, suckers, and in a few in 
stances I have found whole clams in shell up to 3 inches 


ij 


Insensible to cold as the Rangeley fish seem to be, the 
will invariably die in a short time when confined in a car 
and pushed down under and next to the ice, while they 
will live a long time in a weighted car if sunk to the bot 
tom. The sluggishness of the trout is clearly apparent 
in the last part of the winter, and I have often caugh 
them in this advanced condition, when I have wondered 
at their ability to take the bait. I am of the opinion 
no many of them go into the mud alongside of the other 

sh. : 


Trovit vary greatly, and have more distinctiveness 
than most animals, and a personality which is quite 
clear. They group in families, and have their home 
grounds apart from others. This is quite apparent im 
winter fishing, when lines are set in half a dozen different 
lecalities. The distinctiveness would be surprising ti 
one who has not given attention to this feature. Al 
most all the fish from the different localities in a cateli 
of thirty or forty trout in a day if mixed together can al 
most singly be separated, as caught without much diffe 
culty. They will vary in weight as to length particularly: 
and almost as much so in coloring, and also in several 
ether features. If one in a particular season is remo 
unhurt to another locality it will return almost im 
diately to its original place. I have often experimen 
in this respect. One day in the winter I removed four 
trout, all exceeding a pound in weight, from a locality 
and transported them a distance of three miles from 
where caught. Two days after I caught again three of 
the four trout at the first place. There was then about 
2 feet of ice, coveréd with over a foot of snow. The 
trout were most distinctly marked. They found theif 
way back as readily as a man familiar with New York 


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Nov. 24, 1900.] 


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409 


would find his way home from Wall street to Central 
Park or to Brooklyn or to Jersey City, or a countryman 
to His native village in sight of his church spire three 
miles distant. The trout were first caught in the after-. 
noon and liberated after dark at the second place. I 
have no doubt they were at home on the following morn- 
ing. This seems puzzling, but is quite clear, How 
fishes find their way in the water, be it fresh or salt, is an 
unsettled question, but not in my mind. It would re- 
quire an illustration-at some length, which I will give 
at a later day. 
Novemser, 1900, 


Tarpon Fishing. 


I.— Where to Go. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

Kansas City, Mo,, Oct, 28—Editor Forest and Stream: 
In my letter of Aug. 7 I offered to write for your paper 
a series of articles on tarpon fishing, with the intention 
of evoking a discussion on the subject by anglers of “‘la 
grande écaillé,’ and suggested that I would like first to 
obtain through your correspondence columns a little 
encouragement from other tarpon fishermen in shape ot 
promises of help in the task I have undertaken. 

One only, however, has come to the fore, viz, Mr. C. 
K. B., in your issue of Oct. 6. To this gentleman I beg 
to extend my hearty thanks for his letter, and to request 
that he will continue his courtesy by discussing each 
of my sticceeding papers. Tarpon fishing at Galveston 
jis a subject that would interest many sportsmen through- 
out the United States, for that city is readily accessible 
from a large portion of the country. It has been my in- 
tention for more than a year to try the sport at that 
place; and I hold an invitation from one of the members 
of the Galveston Tarpon Club (this may not be the 
exact name of the organization) to try the fishing there 
and test the facilities, so that if the conditions prove 
satisfactory I can join the club. As before going to a 
new fishing ground I always make as thorough an in- 
yestigation as possible concerning the conditions affect- 
ing the sport, I shall later in this letter ask Mr. C. K. B. 
(whose full name and address it would be interesting to 
know) to answer in your columns a number of questions. 

But now to get down to business. 

The first of the promised papers is erititled “Where 
to Go,” and it is with that subject this letter shall treat, 
although I fear that, after pertising it, many of your read- 
ets will come to the conclusion that the writer of such 
a paper ought to be a much more experienced tarpon 
fisherman that I, who have not yet even attained to 
the century mark, my score to date being only sixty- 
three. However, if I have good luck a month hence at 
Tampico, I may reach that limit which is supposed to 
warrant a sportsman in terming himself a ‘tarpon fish- 
erman.” And just here let me state that I hope to spend 
the last week of November, and, if my work in Mexico 
will permit, the first half of December at Tampico or 
La Barra, six miles therefrom; and that it would give 
me true pleasure to meet there at that time a few kindred 
spirits from this country who desire to test the sport at 
what I consider to be the ideal fishing grounds of the 
world. Knowing the place well, and being supplied 
abundantly with tackle of the right kind, I could make it 
pleasant there for any true lover of the finest sport on 
earth. 

My address at Tampico will be in care of A. B. Ross, 
Esq., C, E., Resident Engineer, of the-New Whari. 

The first tarpon resort that I shall mention is the one 
that I know most about, viz., Aransas Pass, the post 
office name of which is Tarpon, Tex. This place is sit- 
uated at the extreme eastern end of Mustang Island, and 
is reached by sloop from Rockport, some fifteen miles 
distant, the sail requiring from two to six hours, ac- 
cording to the conditions of wind and tide. Rockport 
is reached only by the San Antonio & Aransas Pass 
Railroad, and the journey there from the north or east 
is somewhat slow. This counts against the resort more 
or less; but the sport and the accessories are good 
enough to repay the long journey, 

The hamlet of Tarpon contains not more than twenty 
houses and about seventy-five people, a large portion 
of them making their living out of tarpon fishing. There 
is an unpretentious but comfortable hotel called the 
Tarpon Inn, kept by Mr. Frank Hetfield, a genial and 
accommodating ‘host, and his good wife, who looks care- 
fully after the welfare of the guests. The rooms are ex- 
ceedingly clean and comfortable; the table is fairly good; 
the service is quite satisfactory, and the water supply is 
now wholesome, although in times past it was just the 
contrary. There is no style whatever about the place, 
there being an unwritten rule to the effect that any man 
who goes to the table with a coat on has to set up the 
drinks for the crowd; These drinks, by the way, are 
all right, especially the native wine, made on the main- 
land between Rockport or Corpus Christi. 

There is generally at the hotel a small number of 
pleasant people, including a few experienced tarpon fish- 
ermen, who are always ready to be of service to the 
novice. 

Boats and skilled boatmen are almost always to be 
had, and Mr. Farley, the taxidermist, is always there 
during the season, prepared to mount skillfully and for 
a moderate charge the results of the fishermen’s prowess. 

The hotel rates are $2 per day or $10.50 per week; 
the boatmen’s charges, including boat and bait, are $2.50 
per day, or $3.50 for two persons in a boat; and the 
price for mounting a tarpon is $12. 

The fishing grounds are practically included in the 
pass proper, a stretch of water about a thousand feet 
wide and a couple of miles long, extending from Point 
of Rocks to the end of the jetty. But at times there is 
good fishing above Point of Rocks, where the water is 
much wider, and at others the fish are found outside in 
the sulf, although it is only occasionally that the water is 
calm enough to go there. I have had excellent sport ona 
number of occasions close to St. Joe Point, across from 
Point of Rocks, at other times close to the shore of 
Mustane Island, at others close to the shore end of the 
exposed portion of the jetty, and at others out in the gulf 
near the submerged portion of the jetty. Sometimes the 
fish run in midchannel, and, too often, they are not tq 


be found anywhere in the neighborhood. Fishing at 
Aransas is a very uncertain business—you may strike it 
rich, and again you may go a week or more without 
hooking a fish. For instance, when I was there during 
the latter half of last June I had nine strikes, and landed 
five large fish during the first forenoon, yet my average 
for the outing was hardly one tarpon a day, for in two 
weeks I had twenty strikes aiid landed twelve. ‘This, I 
believe, is the highest percentage on record at Aransas, 
the average being about one out of ten, and among the 
experts about one out of five. In a subsequent paper 
I shall tell my method of fishing, by which I now man- 
age to land fully one-half of the fish that strike. 

Besides tarpon, one catches at Aransas Pass juckfish, 
jewfish, salt-water pike, kingfish, sharks oi several 
yarieties, including leaping sharks, stingrays (some of 
enormous size), channel bass or redfish, Spanish macl- 
erel, trout or weakfish and skipjacks or ladyfish, besides 
any quantity of small fishes of many kinds, which may 
come under the general denomination of “pan fish.” 

Good fishing can sometimes be had on mackerel and 
Laat the other varieties being caught only occasion- 
ally. 

Two years ago at Aransas | wound up my ttip by 
taking in a forenoon twenty-one fish of six different 
kinds, weighing in all fully 350 pounds. The next fore- 
noon I killed over fifty ducks to my own gun. 

There are other places in the vicinity of Aransas Pass 
where tarpon can be taken, and where at times fine sport 
can be had, among others Flower Bluff, over toward 
Corpus Christi; Shell Banks, half way between Tarpon 
and Rockport and a mile or two to the west of the 
tain channel, and Mission Bay. 

Concerning Flower Bluff I know nothing, except from 
hearsay; but I do not believe it would pay for any one 
except a resident of Corpus Christi to go there, as the 
fishing at the pass is so much better, and as the water 
is so wide as to make fishing impracticable when the 
wind blows at all hard, 

As tor Shell Banks, I took one 5%4-footer there after 
sunset, beaching it in seven minutes by the watch, as I 
was in a hurry to get another, in which ambition, how- 
ever, | was disappointed, because the struggles of the 
fish on the sand broke my wire, and it took me so long 
to get on another snell that darkness stopped the fishing. 

By the way, though, I have heard that it is practicable 
to catch tarpon by moonlight. It seems to me that this 
would be unsatisfactory, as one would miss seeing so 
much of the fun. 

It was told me that in September and October, when 
the northers are blowing so hard that there is no fishing 
at the pass, the tarpon congregate in great numbers at 
Shell Banks, but that there is no one there to catch them. 
Some day I hope to strike it rich there under these con- 
ditions. 

As for fishing at Mission Bay, it is no place to go to 
except for a couple of days. It lies to the northeast of 
Rockport some twenty miles or more by water, and is 
reached by sloop, provided the master of the vessel 
knows the channels. Fully one-half of the way is 
through shoal water. The fishing ground is a very 
small stretch of narrow but comparatively deep channel, 
say 6 or 8 feet, between an extensive bay or mud flat and 
the larger bay. One should run his sloop into the chan- 
nel and moor her head and stern against the bank. 
Generally the water is muddy, so the fish don’t strike 
well, but when they do the fun is fast and furious, When 
the water is running out and soon after the tide has 
turned, the fishing is best; but I have heard that some- 
times-they strike all day. It appears to me that there is 
only a small number of tarpon at this place, and that 
they are old residents. At any rate, I could see what I 
deemed to be the same tarpon jump or rise at exactly the 
same spot time after time, but after our trolling up and 
down a few times they appeared to get on to the game, 
and would pay no attention to the bait. One morning, 
however, I had six strikes in an hour and a half, landing 
only one and nearly landing another. I failed to set the 
hook into the other four, owing to the fact that I was 
fishing from a stationary boat without a boatman, and 
that I had out a long line with a large cork float at the 
upper end of the snell. On this account I could not 
strike the hook in before the fish jumped. My eldest 
boy had a hard fight with a big fish the next morning, 
but lost it while it was being brought to gaff, and I 
landed a stingray that must have weighed fully ote 
hundred pounds. 

The surroundings at this place are utterly desolate, 
most of the grotind being submerged at very high water, 
and there is hardly a habitation to be seen. On a calm 
night the mosquitoes must be plentiful, so I adivse sports- 
men who try this locality to take along some mosquito 
netting. Now that I know that these insects inoculate 
one with malaria, | have a much’ greater espect for them 
than I had in my younger days, when I used to sleep 
among swarms of them in the Georgian Bay country 
without ‘any shelter or protection whatever. 

Mission Bay channel is not a good place to land a 
tarpon, as the banks are steep and the water so narrow 
that one naturally prefers to fish from the bank. Indeed, 
it is the only safe thing to do, for the tarpon are likely 
to jump into the boat. One that I hooked came so near 
to doing this that I hurried ashore and finished the fight 
from the bank. i 

There ts another similar place just across the bay from 
this point, and about six miles by land, nearly due north 
of Rockport, where there are said to be some tarpon; but 
it is not as good as Mission Bay channel, although there 
is a hotel there where sportsmen are accommodated, es- 
pecially for the duck shooting in winter. 
I ever heard of goes there for tarpon. 

The next locality that I shall deal with is Tampico, but 
as | have lately written for Forest anp STREAM a full 
description of my last winter’s outing there, I shall sim- 
ply state that the best spots for tarpon are near the outer 
ends of the jetties, at the mouth of the river just op- 
posite the city, and at the mouth of the next large river 
some three or four miles above, just where the Mexican 
Central Railway crosses. There are a few other fair 
spots, but these three are by far the best points. At the 
mouths of the branch rivers the best fishing is generally 
to be had when the tide is going out, and at the jetties 
IT have had usually the best luck in the forenoon. 

T was told that there is another river, some thirty miles 


Nobody that - 


from the Panuco, on which Tampico is situated, where 
there are three or four timés as many tarpon as there 
are in the Tampico waters. Some day I may explore this 
locality and report thereon afterwards. One would need 
a steam or naphtha launch, though, to make the trip. 

Vera Cruz is no place to go for tarpon fishing, for 
several good reasons. First, while there are certainly 
some tarpon there, there is no special place for them to 
congregate, owing to the fact that no stream empties 
into the harbor, which is entirely artificial. Second, there 
are no facilities for fishing, and no one there knows 
anything about the sport. And third, and most important 
of all, there is always yellow fever at Vera Cruz. 

Alvarado, some forty or fifty miles further down the 
coast, is an entirely different kind of place. The town 
is small and not unhealthy, and the location is beautiful. 
There are fish to be caught, but how many and at what 
times of the year I cannot say. I tried the fishing once 
with a hand-line from a large and unwieldy canoe, no 
skiffs being available, but soon gave it up and contented 
myself with watching my companion and some natives 
catch some fine jackfish and channel bass with long cast 
lines and heavy sinkers. It struck me that there must 
be times at this place when one could get excellent sport 
on tarpon. 

At Tlacotalpam, some twenty-five miles up the river 
from Alvarado, there are said to be lots of tarpon during 
the months of March and April. The natives harpoon 
them and shoot them on the jiimp with bow and arrow— 
at least this is what an old resident American assured 
me. No one had ever caught a tarpon there on rod and 
line, and the old fellow I talked to would hardly believe 
that such a thing is possible, but as he saw my tackle he 
concluded that I must have bought it for fishing pur- 
poses, so I might possibly be speaking the truth when I 
told him that I had caught tarpon thereon. 

At Coatzacoalcos, on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, I 
endeavored to test the tarpon fishing, but as I spent all 
of my time at that place in bed with a severe attack of 
coast fever I had to transfer my fishing outfit to my 
assistant, who had never even seen a tarpon. After try- 
ing a couple of times without getting a strike, he gave 
it up, but brought me some tarpon scales that he found 
on the beach, proving the existence in these waters of 
“Ia grande écaillé.” Inquiries among the fishermen, owing 
to their ignorance and our bad Spanish, elicited very 
little information of any valtie. They say that at certain 
seasons tarpons are plentiful, but that the river is in- 
fested with sharks, two men having caught eighty of 
them in a single day, all of them being small—only about 
four feet long. No one would care to go to Coatzacoal- 
cos especially for the sport. It is too far away, and last 
summer the yellow fever more than decimated the popu- 
Jation. 

How far south the tarpon ranges I have been unable 
to ascertain, the only information that I have succeeded 
in collecting being contained in the following extracts 
from a couple of letters from my old friend and former 
professor, Alfred S. Bertolet. 

“Tt js true that the tarpon is unsalable in the markets - 
of this country. But along the northern coast of South 
America it is used as iood, and is generally found in the 
matkets of the coast towns. J remember seeing a few 
years ago at Cartagena fishermen bring in sabalos in 
numbers, They were taken, I was informed, by harpoon- 
ing. If this is true, I would say it is the most sensible 
way of capturing them. 

“Tt was frequently served in the hotel I was staying 
at, and I thought it was good. Several fellow guests said 
they preferred it to all other kinds of fish in that market. 
I fancy a few experiments in the art of cookery would 
prove to you, Megalops atlanticus, Cuv. & Val., a fish fit 
for the table. I assure you it is far better than any species 
of our game Esox. 

“T regret that I cannot give you any reliable informa- 
tion concerning the habitat of the tarpon in South Ameri- 
can waters. It was represented to me that its range 
includes the whole northern coast of South America, and 
that it is consumed in considerable quantities by the 
people of those parts. 

“However, only at Cartagena had I an opportunity to 
yetify the truthfulness of this. It was there, while de- 
layed nearly a fortnight during the month of February 
several years ago, 1 used to amuse myself by strolling 
early every morning through the market place. There 


-were always some tarpon—one morning I remember 


counting eight. All the fish were adults. 

“Ags served at the hotel the fish was certainly not ‘tough 
and oily” I fear its edible qualities have been largely 
condemned on hearsay.” 

Concerning the edible qualities of the silver king I can 
give Prof. Bertolet’s remarks a partial indorsement, for 
on two occasions I have had 20-pounders served, and 
have found them fairly good eating, but I have never 
tackled an adult specimen, although IT saw them sold by 
the cross section in the Tlacotalpam market. I have 
noticed, though, that while the Mexicans appeared quite 
grateful for jewfish, pike and even jackfish, they were 
not eager to take the tarpon I offered them. : 

There is one more locality where I have twice tried 
tarpon fishing, but without success, although there were 
plenty of the fish there at times, and some immense 
fellows too. I refer to the neighborhood of Sabine Pass 
and Port Arthur, Texas. Notwithstanding my poor suc- 
cess I feel confident that by going at it in the right way 
and at the right season, one could obtain excellent sport 
in that vicinity. A few tarpon have been caught there 
during the last two or three years, but the fishing that 
is done is only desultory: 

If this article meet the eye of my friend, Mr. Craig, of 
Port Arthur, I-hope he will contribute his share of in- 
formation to the fishing fraternity by describing in de- 
tail in Forrest AND Srrram the haunts of the grande 
écaillé in his district. The best points that I know of are 
along the east side of the east jetty, close to the oyster 
bank opposite the town of Sabine, and at the month of 
Taylor’s Bayou. where the new ship basin is being ex- 
cavated. At Keith’s Gully there used to be many tarpon, 
but the ship canal closed the mouth of this, so the tarpon 
go'there no longer. It would not surprise me to learn 
that there is good sport to he had in the canal itself, for 
a Japanese friend of mine, who was down there last sum- 
mer, told me that he saw a number of tarpon jumping 
in the canal as he passed through it on a launch, 


410 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Bio. a 


The season for tarpon fishing around Sabine Lake is 
comparatively short, beginning af.er the fresh water has 
stopped running out in July and August, and ending with 
the coming of the northers in October. I shall probably 
mMever go again to this place for tarpon fishing, but if my 
work takes me there I shall carry along an outfit and 
have another iry. There is one point about this locality 
that 1: would not do for me to forget to mention, viz., 
that there is a really first-class hotel at Sabine and another 
at Port Arthur. Good boaimen, however, are, or were, 
scurce, those that I picked up wanting to be at anchor 
most of the time, and one of them getting hali drunk 
while out on the gulf. Perhaps, though, Mr. Craig has 
broken in some of them so that they now know how to 
row for tarpon fishermen, 

There is a tarpon fisherman at Houston, Texas, whose 
name ! have forgotten, from whom I would like to hear 
eoncerning the fishing waters in his vicinity, and I feel 
sure that at or near Brownsville, Texas, there must be 
fine trapon fishing, perhaps during the entire year. It is 
possible that I shall succeed in getting some sportsman 
at that place to discuss this paper and tell all about the 
sport in his locality. 

Concerning the tarpon fishing in Florida, I know noth- 
ing except from hearsay, but I judge that it will not 
compare at all favorably with that at Aransas Pass and 
Tampico. It is to be hoped that some of the Florida 
fishermen will come forward and give us the benefit of 
their experience. 

Between Sabine Pass and Florida lies a long stretch 
oi voast line, and there must be tarpon along it, but I 
have never heard of any being caught there, Maybe 
someone else, though, knows something about it and will 
tell thereof. 

Again, I have heard that there are tarpon along the 
coast of Cuba, but have never learned of anyone catching 
any there, Possibly some other sportsman knows. 

To what distance north alone the Atlantic coast of 
Florida the good tarpon fishing extends I would like to 
know, as well as how far north in the Atlantic the tarpon 
has yet been found. Does the fish exist anywhere else 
than along the American coast of the Atlantic and that 
of the Gulf of Mexico, for instance in the Pacific Ocean? 

And now for a few questions that I would like Mr. 
C, K. B., the Galves‘on fisherman, to answer: 

First—Can one obtain at G. first-class beatmen who 
are accustomed to fow for tarpon fishermen. and what is 
the charge per day for boat, boatman and bait? 

Second—W hat are the facilities for heaching the fish, 
or does one have to take them into the boat? 

Third—About what percentage of the time during the 
fishing season 1s it practicable to fish, and how many 
days per month are too stormy? 

Fourth—Is there any special danger of one’s skiff 
being swamped? 

Filth—Is the current between ithe jetties at any time 
too strong to row against? 

Sixth—Are tarpon to be had every day in the season, 
or is it only once in a while that they come in? 

Seventh—Does the water ever get too muddy for fish- 
ing; and if so, haw long does it generally remain so? 

Eighth—What are the facilities for obtaining mullet 
for bait? 

Ninth—Is there likely to be mich trouble from inter- 
ference by sharks? 

‘Tenth—How late in the season does the tarpon fishing 
generally last? [n my opinion it should not finish before 
the middle or end of October. 

In coneluding this already rather long paper, I desire 
to urge once more the tarpon fishermen of America to 
take part in its discussion in order to make more popular 
the sport of tarpon fishing, compared with which -all 
other fishing, unless it be for the tuna, is tame. 

Tt is likely to be some months before I can write the 
next paper o7 the series, viz., that on “Tackle and Out- 
fit.’ and .by that time I may have some more fishing ex- 
perience to relate. In the meantime I hope to see this 
Paper evoke a large and valuable discussion. 

J. A. L. WADDELL, 


Pop-Squash. 


Editor Forest and Streams 

You will probablv wonder who, where or what is Pop- 
Squash, but if so it will be a confession that you have 
neyer visited that natural home of the small-mouthed 
black bass, the Great Back Bay of Lake Champlain. 
This bay, as you know, lies on the eastern shore of the 
lake near the north end. just below the Canadian border. 

What the future of this bay is to be is a problem wh'ch 
must be settled in the very near future, and that by the 
joint action of Canada, Vermont and New York. 

The bay proper is about fifteen miles long, and extends 
westerly fram the main Vermont shere same six miles 
to Hero Island. in the same State. The water in many 
places is over a hindred feet in depth. and the wall-eved 
pike which find their best snawn'ne eretind worth of the 
Caradian line abound durine the summer in these deep 
waters and are taken freely by those who like deep 
wa'er fishing. 

The hlack bass here are sa'd to be unusually intelli- 
gent. and a story ts told about them which T will sive for 
the reason that the traditions of a place should be given 
for shat they worth, and which is as follaws: 

“Nianw wears ago the laree-mouthed hlack hass were 
very abundant ip St. Athans Rav and some other waters 
vine an the Wermant shore, ist south of the Great Rack 
Row. hit at that time the Fich Commissioners of the 
Stote af New Yar theanoh Seth Green. undertank to 
stocls the watere mf the Stote with Hlaek bass, and tt was 
“with a zeal wat harn of knowledce.’ 

“We Henchall tn his admirqhle hanks on the hlaclk 
hace wives the views of many persons who claim that 
the Wneresmanthed hase ofsre ne pand ennrt acs the small- 
monthed -saed he himself clearly indarses theca views 

OT hie aniningn ceamc fa have heen entartained hy Seth 
Crean sed the Bich Cpamimicctanars af thic State far it 
fe nnmtarinis that these annivine for bass bawe heey 
Ohlieard try falre Hoth Winds nr nane at al], aVthavch the 
gral mnathed anes only were annijed for ar decirad. 

Mow the tran*tinn is that as sqann as the larae-moawihed 
hose in theee nearhs waters heard of the exceedingly 
hish favor with which they were sq regarded they mi- 
grated to that portion of the northern end of the lake 


lying near Rouse’s Point, on the New York side, to show 
their appreciation of the favor in which they are otficially 
heid in this State. It 1s also asserted that they are very 
sale and happy there, as they are not often fished for.” 

But this is not what I staited to write about. About 
six miles from St. A:bans is the old fishing retreat known 
to the U. S. P. O. Vepartment as “Bay View House,” 
but to the angler as “Sampson’s,” situated right on the 
shore of the bay, which abounds in shoals and reefs. 
The fish were evidently disturbed this year by the heavy 
blasts attending the construction of a new railroad on 
Hero Island, which drove them constantly into deep 
water, but this will not occur in another year. 

Some two or more miles north of the house a peculiarly 
shaped rock some three hundred feet from east to west 
by two hundred wide rises abrupily out of the lake to 
a height of about thirty feet, and this bears the dignified 
name of ““Pop-Squash,”’ Extending from it are a couple 
of bars or reefs, and they usually furnish excellent sport. 
I did not try these grounds on my first trip, but reseryed 
what I hoped would be my best day’s sport until my 
second one, and selected my last fishing day. 

The day promised to be delightful. We started in a 
fairly brisk south wind, but before we reached the ground 
it had increased to a gale. Angling was out of the ques- 
tion, and we drew up our boat on the lee of the island, 
Some disgruntled angler must have met a like fate before 
me, for I found a nook in the rock where he had found a 
place in which to lie, and where he had put a stone for 
a pillow, and following his example J lay down and went 
to sleep, my oarsman doing the same, and we slept till 
the middle of the: afternoon, only awaking to get our 
lunch. 

The wind was then abating, but it was the calm before 
the storm, for after angling for about half an hour a 
fierce thunder shower drove us to the shore, some half 
a mile distant, where we found reiuge in a frame house, 
and which was spared by the lightning which struck 
near by, and then we pulled for home against an in- 


creasing gale. and in another storm. 


Did J catch any bass? Oh, yes. but the catch was 
limited. It consisted of two fish, and as one did not weigh 
over a pound, half of my catch was returned to the lake. 
And the retrospect of that day? It is delightftil; an 
anglers life is always full of lights and shadows, and the 
fight is always brighter by reason of the shadows. - 

There is an exhilaration in daneng over the water in 
a I'ght boat when the waves are high and the lake is 
rough: in racing with a thunder storm for a place of 
refuge, and then watching the storm break over the lake 
and the hieh mountains bevond, and then seeing the 
sun break forth and reveal in the eastern sky a double 
bew of promise for a clear morrow. 

It is not all of angling to fish, and the person who thinks 
so knows but little of the true angler’s greatest pleasures. 
The sticcess which I expected is only a pleasure deferred, 
for if | am fortunate enough to vis't the Great Back Bay 
in another year. my first dav will be spent on the bars 
and reefs and shoals at Pop-Squash. 

J. S. Van CLEeer. 


PouGHKBEPSIE, Noy. 12.. 


The Fisherman’s Dream. 


CRACKLED the logs to a merry tune, 
Twisted the arrowy tongues of flame: 

Over the carpet the shadows stole, 

And leapt from waiscot to curtain pole. 
The tempest without eddied and whirled, 
Shuddered the dog, on the hearthrug curled, 


ene 
wes 
NEE 


Yawned a fisherman, not very old, 
Miuttered, and Jolled in his easy chair; 
“Oh, it’s just my luck!’ reflected he, 
And gazed at the ceiling absently. 
Despite his very persistent zeal, 

He never managed to fill his creel. 


Rattled the windows, and creaked the doors, 
Ticked the old clock in the dim‘lit hall; 
Weary of thinking, and vexed of soul, 
Dazed by the shadows that round him stole, 
Tanguor over the fsherman crept, 

Weighed on his eyelids, so that he slept. 


Rippled the water and played the breeze, 
Warbled and chattered the feathered throne: 
Never yet had the fisherman seen 

Such wonderful fish in pond or steam; 
Such wonderiul fish that simply took 
Whatever bait he put on his hook. 


Doubled the rod, and quivered the line, 
Darted the float on its downward way; 

Over and over the beatities rolled, 

And flashed their sides in the sunshine gold, 
Shyness or eraft they seemed to have none; 
Never, IT ween, was such splendid fun! 


Chickled the fisherman merrily. 
Gathered the sweat on his youthful brow; 
Strewn and flapping about on the grass 
Were snerimen fish of every class. 
When. Io! his line. it snddeniv broke; 
Cursing his luck, the fisherman woke. 


Smouldered the lozs on the dismal hearth, 
Echoed the solitary midnicht hotr. 
Marveltne much at the thines he’d seen, 
Mytterine off, and thanehtinl in mien, 
The fisherman sat and mused awhile, 
Then over his face there crept a smile. 


x * = * fa = % > 


Swelled the lauehter and rollickine sone, 
Mineted the jest and the snartsmean’s tale: 
Yet stentieal some, and rather enld. 
The while the rach voune ficherman told 
OF snort he'd had in a certain stream, 
Nor uttered a word ahout a dream. 
—Phil Sansom in London Fishing Gazette, 


The Foray any Strraw is pvt to oress each week on Tuesday, 
Carrespondence intended for publication should reach lis at the 
— ate 4 + 


latest by Monday and ae much carlier as prectizable. 


Possession in Close Time. 


The People vs, Buffalo Fish Company, Lt. 

Following is the full text of the decision of the Appellate Court 
of New York in the case of People vs. Buffalo Fish Company, Lt., 
teferred to in our editorial page.- 

Elon -R. Brown for appellant. The Legislature has 
power to prohibit the possession of fish or game during 
the close season, as a police regulation for the better 
protection of fish and game, and such power is not in- 
consistent with the provision of the Federal Constitut.on 
in regard to interstate or foreign commerce, or the provi- 
sion of the State or Federal Constitution for the protec- _ 
tion of private rights of property, (Phelps v. Racey, 
60 N. ¥. 10; Bellows y. Elmendorf, 7 Lans. 462; People 
v. Gerber, 92 Hun. 554; N. Y. Assn. v. Durham, 109 J. & 
S. 306; Lawton v. Steele, 119 N. Y. 226; 152 U. S. 133; 
People y. Doxtater, 75: Hun, 472; Geer v. Conn,, 161 U_ 
5. 519; Organ y. State, 56 Ark. 267; Ex parte Maier, 103 
Cal. 476.) Limitations of property rights in fish and game 
have exceeded the limitations of such rights in all other 
chattels, because fish and game have always been held 
to belong to the State in trust for the people of the State. 
(Organ v. State, 56 Ark. 270, McReady v. Virginia, 94 
U. 5S. 301; State vy. Beal, 75 Me, 289; Gentile y. State, 
29 Ind. 400, 416; People v. Bridges, 142 Ill. 30; State y. 
Roberts, 59 N. H. 256; State v. Lower, 84 Me. 444; Com- 
monwealth vy, Manchester, 152 Mass. 230; 139 U. S, 240; 
Chambers v. Church, 14 R. 1, 398; Allen v. Wyckoff, 48 
TM Je 1k en) 


Wiliam L. Marcy tor respondent. The statutes in 
question violate and iniringe upon the commerce clause 
of the Constitution of the United States. (Const. of 
U..S., Art. 1, Par. 8; R. R. Co. v. Husen, 95 U.S. 465; 
State Freight Tax, 15 Wall. 232;Ward vy. Maryland, 12 
Wall. 418; Welton vy. State of Missourt, 91 U. S. 275; 
Henderson vy. Mayor, etc., 92 U. S, 259; Chy Lung v. 
Freeman, 92 U. S. 275; Scott v. Donald, 165. U. S. 58; 
Walling v. Michigan, 116 U. S. 446; Bowman v. C. & 
N. W. Ry. Co., 125 U. 8, 465; Leisy v. Hardin, 135 U, S. 
100.) The statutes in question work a destruction of 
property and defendant is deprived of its property without 
due process of law. (Colon v. Lisk, 153 N. Y. 188; 
Foster v. Scott, 136 N. Y. 577; Davidson v. New Orleans, 
98 U. 5S. 97; People vy. Gillson, 109 N. Y. 380; People v.- 
Hawkins, 157 N. Y. 1; Magner v. People, 97 Ill. 320; 
Collins y, New Hampshire, 171 U. S. 30; Davis v. Mec- 
Nair, 7 Cr, L. Jour. 213.) The effect of the determina- 
tion by this court that the fish and game laws of this 
State are unconstitutional so far as they prohibit the 
possession of fish lawfully purchased in Canada and 
brought within the State, does not invalidate and destroy 
the force or effect of the Game and Fisheries Act in this 
or other States, but the scope of these laws is limited ta 
fish and game caught or killed within the boundaries of 
the State. (Schollenberger v. Penn., 171 U. S, 1; Powell 
v. Penn., 127 U, S. 678.) The object of importation is 
sale; it constitutes the motive for paying the duties; and 
if the United States possess the power of conferr.ng the 
right to sell, as the consideration, for which the duty is 
paid, every principle of fair dealing requires that they 
should be understood to confer it, (Schollenberger y. 
Penn, 171 U. S. 1.) 


O’Brien, J. The statute of this State for the protec- 
tion of fish and game forbids any person, under pain vf 
indictment and civil penalties, to either “catch, kill or 
be possessed” of certain ‘fish named during what is called 
the close season therein prescribed. The defendant had 
in its possession during that season three different kinds 
of. fish described in the statute, and this action was 
brought to recoyer the penalties denounced against of- 
fenders for violation of the law: The defendant in its 
answer alleged that its business is dealing in fresh fish 
on an extensive scale, and for that purpose maintains 
stores in various cities of the State; that it purchased the 
fish in question from dealers in Ontario and Manitoba in 
Canada, imported it into this State for sale at Buffalo 
under the revenue laws of the United States, paying the 
duties thereon; that in so doing it was lawfully engaged 
in trade and commerce. The plaintiff demurred to this 
answer, thus admitting the facts, and insists that in law 
they do not constitute a defense. The courts below hel! 
that the demurrer was bad and that the facts constituted 
a good defense. 

‘The appeal, presents two questions: First, with respect 
to. the true meaning and scope of the statute, and, 
secondly, if it means what the plaintiff insists it does, with 
respect to its validity. I think that the statute is valid 
when reasonably and fairly construed with reference 
to its purpose and object. It is a penal stattite, and, there- 
fore, not to be enlarged by construction or applied to 
cases not within the intention. We all agree that the 
purpose was to protect fish within the waters of this 
State. There is absolutely no room for disagreement on 
that point. The Legislature had no interest or purpose 
to protect fish in a foreign country or in some other 
State, and had no power in that regard. Statutes should 
be constriied, if possible, so as to avoid absurdity and 
manifest injustice. (People v. Jaehne, 103 N. Y. 182.) 
They should receive such construction as to render them 
practicable, just and reasonably convenient. (Roscn- 
plaenter v. Roessle, 54 N. Y. 262.) They should be con- 
strued to avoid, if possible, constitutional restrictions 
and understood in a sense within such limitatrons, rather 
than in conflict with them. (Sage v. City of Brooklyn, 
89 N. Y. 189.) Their validity must be determined solely 
with reference to constitutional restrictions, and not by 
natural equity or justice. (Bertholf v. O'Reilly, 74 N. Y. 
509.) The statute in question does not in terms or by 
any teasonable implication, forbid a person to “catch Kl 
or be possessed” of fish in a foreign country. We all 
agree that our statttte does not forhid a person to “catch 
or kill” fish of any kind in Man‘toba, but it is said that 
when one brings the fish so caught or killed into this 
State the penalties of our statute attach ta him at orice. 
With all! respect T am constrained to sav that this ic not 
4 raaconahle ar tolerohle internretation of 4 nenal statute. 
What it means and all jt means is to forbid anv nersen to 
catch, kill or he nassessed of the fich deser‘hed from the 
waters of this State. The word “possessed” obvinusly 
tefers tq those fish the catching or killing of which is 


Nev, 44, 1000.) ” 


forbidden—that is to say, fish in the waters of this State, 
and not those procured in a foreign country. It is simply 
a perversion of the statute to hold that the mere posseasicn 
by any person within th:s State of the fish described in 
the statute during the close season is a violation of it, 
without regard to the place where it was procured, or to 
the manner obtained. (Commonwealth v. Hall, 128 Mass. 
410; People y. Neil, 71 Mich. 325.) 

It has long been the practice with keepers of summer 
hotels in this State to purchase at the proper season of 
the year in Canada, and in other States, game in large 
quantities and preserve it in cold storage for use in the 
close season, but if this statute is to receive the narrow 
and literal reading contended for they are all subject to 
indictment and civil penalties, since they are certainly 
possessed of this game during the forbidden period. 
There is scarcely a county of this State in which private 
fish ponds are not to be found, constructed and main- 
tained by priyate persons on their own land, in which fish 
of the species described in the statute are kept and propa- 
gated. The fish in such ponds are private property. They 
have been reduced to possession and are within the 
dominion of the owner. Is it a violation of the statute 
for a person to catch or kill fish from his own private 
pond? If it is, and the owner refrains from it during 
the close season, he will still violate the law, since he is 
possessed of the fish all the time, and the only way he 
can escape from the pains and penalties of the statute is 
to open the pond and let the fish out. 

In the case at bar the statute is pushed by a literal 
treading to a point quite as unreasonable. In my opin‘on 
the law has no reference or application to a case where the 
fish have been imported from a foreign country. The 
conceded facts of this case take it out of the reason and 
policy of the law. 

But it is argued that unless the statute is construed to 
inhibit the possession, during the close season, of fish 
imported from a foreien country, it cannot be enforced, 
but will be evaded by false swearing, This means that 
if the summer hotel keeper, the owner of the private 
pond and the foreign importer, under the circumstances 
stated, are allowed to escape, then some one else may 
falsely pretend that his possession of fish during the close 
Season was obtained in a similar manner when in fact 
he is really guilty of violatng the law by procuring 
them from the waters of the State. This argument seems 
to be based upon the notion that tinless the innocent are 
convicted the guilty may escape. It assumes that in the 
interpretation of a penal statute, such a remote danger 
must be anticipated and guarded against. I think it puts 
rather too much faith in the potency of perjury as a 
defense to an honest claim, and too little in the capacity 
ef courts and juries to distinguish truth from false- 
hood. When it was proposed’to change the criminal 
law and permit an accused person to testify in his own 
behalf, the proposition was for a long time resisted by 
similar argtiments. It was said that the temptation to 
swear falsely under such circumstances was so great that 
crime could never be punished if the accused was per- 
mitted to testify in his own behalf; whereas experience 
has shown that a person on trial for a penal offense very 
rarely, if ever, helps his case by falsehood. Indeed, it 
may be safely asserted that the new law, instead of 
thwarting justice, aS antic’pated. has been a very great 
aid in the enforcement of the criminal law. There is not 
the slightest reason for giving a strained and unnatural 
construction to the statute in question in order to meet 
Stich an imaginary danger, The possesison of the fish or 
game at the forbidden season, within this State, is prima 
facie evidence that the possessor has violated the law, and 
the burden is then cast upon him of proving facts to show 
that the possession was lawful. If he has no better de- 
fense than one based on falsehood, it will be entirely safe 
to trust to the power of cross-examination and the in- 
telligence of the court and jury to detect and expose it, as 
in offenses of much greater magnitude. The contention 
of the People in this case is virtually to the effect that 
possession in all cases. instead of being prima facie proof, 
is conclusive, and no facts can be shown to explain or to 
take the case out of the statute. The accused would not 
even be permitted to show that he acquired the possession 
within the State at a time when it was perfectly lawful 
to do so. 

But if this is what the statute means and it is to be held 
that the conceded facts of this case are within its penal 
provisions, then I think it is clearly invalid as in con- 
flict with the commerce clatise of the Federal Constitu- 
tion. Im this view of the case, the question and the only 

_qtiestion is whether a State statute can be lawiully enacted 
'to prohibit a citizen of this State from buying fish in 
| Canada, importing it into this State under the revenue 
regulations of the United States, and exposing it for sale 
here. There is no question at all about the competency of 
the States, in the exercise of the police power, to enact 
gaine laws. The question is whether such laws can be 
so framed as to prohibit or restrict by penal provisions 
the importation of an article of food in universal use. 
That fish is such an article of food and the subject of 
foreign and interstate commerce, I assume no one: will 
deny. That the purchase of fish for food in a foreign 
country and its importation here for sale, as stch, is a 
branch of foreign commerce, is too clear for discussion. 
That the statute in question forbids the possession, and 
consequently the sale here, of an impottant article of 
food, is equally clear. Upon the construction contended 
for, the penal provisions of the statute absolutely inhibit 
the possession of the property at a season of the year 
When it is most in demand as an article of fond. That 
the statute operates as a restriction tipon the defendant’s 
Duciness as an importer and dealer in fish. no one can 
doubt. That a statute so operating is in conflict with the 
exclusive power of Congress to regulate fore‘'gn com- 
“merce is not questioned, and yet the contention is made 
with great earnestness that this statute is perfectly valid. 
The reasoning upon which this conclusion is based if T 
understand it, is that the State has power to nass game 
laws which no one denies; that the object of this statute 
was to protect game in this State and not tn interfere 
in any way with foreign commerce, and, since the purpose 
that the Lesislature had in view was lawful-and landable, 
the statute ts good. althoush, in- fact. it does prohibit or 
restrict the-importation of fresh fish ac an article of food. 


Vi the Legislature didnot intend to:restrict foreign com- 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


merece, as is asserted, thgn it is obvious that the statue 
should be read and interpreted according to that intention, 
in which event it would have no application to the facts of 
this case; but, strangely enough, it is g-ven a meaning 
which imputes to the lawmakers just the contrary, since 
if is said that the possession of imported fish is in terms 
inhibited. The good intentions of the Legislature will 
not save a State statute from condemhat.on when it in 
fact conflicts with the supreme law of the land. If it 
restricts the freedom of commerce, as this certainly does, 
then it is void, no matter what name may have been 
given to it, or what good purpose it was intended to pro- 
mote. An act to protect game or to promote health may 
be so framed and applied as to restrict or regulate traffic 
in some article of commerce, and when it does it is just 
as obnoxious as if passed for that purpose under a title 
expressing that very intent. It will not do to hold that 
the Constitution can never be violated except when the 
Legislature imtends to. Jt is frequently violated with 
the very best intentions. (People v. Hawkins, 157 N. 
We Stal 

I pass over the suegestion that the statute may be 
considered as a health law and applied as such, since the 
sport of fishing and hunting promotes health, The num- 
ber of people who can indulge in the sport are so few 
comparatively, and the number who are obliged to buy 
fish in the market for food so large, relatively, that a 
defense of the law as an agent or handmaid of the public 
health cannot be taken quite seriously. Reasoning of that 
kind enables us to decetve ourselves with names and 
words, but fails to’ prove that a law wh’ch prohibits the 
sale of a healthy article of food, imported from a foreign 
country, is a valid exercise of power. It mght as well 
be argued that a statute prohibiting the sale or possession 
of intoxicating liquors imported from abroad or from 
another State is not what it professes to be, but a health 
law in d’spuise, since it operates to restrain a few people 
from ruining their health by excessive drinking. The 
question in this case is not solved or advanced one step by 
arguments to show that the statute is a healthful exer- 
cise by the State of the police power with respect to 
internal objects. We must always come back to the in- 


_quiry as to its effect upon trade in an art’cle of food, when 


applied to the conceded facts of this case. 

Ahe law on the question has so often been stated by 
the highest court of the lamd, in accordance with the 
rules already stated, that much further discussion would 
be out of place. I will recall only a few of the more 
recent cases. In Bowman v. Chicago. etc., Ra lway Co. 
(tz5 U. S. 465) it was held that a State has no power 
to enact laws for the purpose of protecting its people 
against the evils of intemperance wh'ch, in fact, operate 
to regulate commerce and forbid the importation into 


the State of intoxicating liquors without a certificate ° 


first obtained from the State authorities that the person to 
whom the goods are cons*gned is authorized to sell liquor 
under the State law, although the act was passed with- 
out any purpose of affecting interstate commerce. but as a 
police regulation to protect the health and morals of the 
people. The same doctrine was repeated in a more recent 
case. (Scott v. McDonald, 165 U. S. 58.) It was again 
held in Lewy y. Hardin (135 U. S. too) that liquors are 
lawful subjects of commerce and a State is without power 
to restrict or prohibit their impor ation from a s‘ster 
State, nor, when imported, prohibit their sale. In Muinne- 
sofa vy, Barber (136 U. S. 313) it was held that a State 
statute conceded to have been passed in good fai h for the 
protection of the ptiblic health, which forbids the sale 
within the State of certa‘n meat products, unless the ani- 
mals were first inspected therein before they were killed, 
is unconstitutional and void. The same doctrine was 
subsequently reaffirmed. (Brimmer v. Rebman, 138 U. 
S. 73.) 

In Schollenbergey v. Pewisyluania (171 U.S. r) it was 
held that a statute of the State which forbids any person 
from selling, exposing for sale or having in possession 
oleomargat.ne was invalid, in so far as it operated to 
prohibic the introduction of the article into the State 
from another State. It was admitted that all these statutes 
were based upon the undoubted police power of the State 
to protect heal.h and morals, but the good intent.ons with 
which they were enacted did not save them from con- 
demnation, since they operated as a regulation of or 
restriction upon, interstate commerce, and so far as they 
had that operation they were vo:d. 

lf there is any difference in principle. or atiy sound or 
reasonable distinction pertinent to the quéstion now be- 
fore tus, between a statute intended to protect fish, and 
to foster and promote sport, or the pastime of hunting and 
fishing, and those to protect health by providing for an 
inspection of animals to be used as meat, to promote 
temperance and morality by forbidding the sale of 1 quors, 
or to suppress fraud by restricting the sale of imitation 
buiter as food, I have not been able to perceive it, and 
I may add that no one has yet attempted ‘to state it. If 
there is any distinction at all it would be against and not 
in support of a statue intended only to promote sport 
and pleasure. That is all laudable enough, but not so 
important to the body politic as laws to protect health, or 
suppress crime and promote morality; all of which have 
been held to be void when so framed as to regulate or 
restrict interstate or foreign commerce. It the statute 
in question has the meaning and effect claimed for it, then 
its operation cannot be better illustrated than by the ad- 
mitted facts of this case. 

Tt seems that had the defendant at the time it imported 
fish also imported meat, liquors or oleomargarine, all the 
latter artcles would be protected from State laws re- 
stricting their sale or possession by the commerce clause 
of the Constitution, while the fish would be subject ta 
the penal restrictions of the game laws. I cannot be- 
lieve that this is a reasonable or tenable view of the law 
applicable to this case. 

Tt will not be profitable to review or discuss the game 
laws of other States or countries, or the decis‘on- of 
local courts internreting the same. It may be admitted 
that these States have game laws as drastic as our own, 
but that has no bearing on the questinn now hefore us, 
The learned counsel for the plaintiff has not farnd any 
authority in anv State court to cuctain the nronaci'jan that 
game laws, however framed, can be so apnlied as to pro- 
hibit the importation of an article of food in general use 
from a foreign country or another State into this State 


and exposing it for sale here. 


411 


It must always be borne 
in mind that this is the only question that we are naw 
concerned with. The statutes and decisions in o.her 
States furnish no light on ths question. Indeed tne 
strongest case that the learned counsel for the People has 
been able to find in favor of his contention is one decid-d 
by this court. (Puelps v. Racey, 60 N. Y¥. 10.) But it is 
admitted that the principle upon which that case was 
decided was subsequently overruled by the Supreme Court 
of the United States, and that upon the question now 
under consideration it ts no longer law. (Pierce v. New 
Hampshire, 5 How, [U. S.] 504; Leisy y. Flardin, 135 
U. 5. 129, 118; Bowman vy. Cuicago, etc., Railway Co., 
125 U.S. 507.) That case rests entirely upon the proposi- 
tion that a State law regulating foreign or interstate com- 
merce is valid unless Congress has made some regulation 


‘on the subject, a principle wh.ch has been compietety 


overthtown by ihe court of last resort, as w_ll be seen 
from an exam nation of the cases cited. f 
Passing from the collection of State statutes for the pro- 
tection of fish and game and the decisions of State courts 
as to their scope and effect, which occupy such a promi- 
nent place in the brief of the learned counsel for the 
People, it would perhaps be unjust to his argument to 
ignore two cases in the Federal Court which he c aims 
support h’s contention in some way. Jf they do, they are 
entitled to great weight and consideration, since the de- 
cisions of that court upon this question are the supreme 
law of the land. If they do not it may be <afely a-serted 
that the learned counsel has found no controlling auchor- 
ity to support the proposition that a State may enact a 
sta yte which makes it a penal offense for the defendant 
to buy fish in the markets of Manitoba or Ontario, in 
Canada, ‘mport it into this State and have it in his pos- 
session at Buffalo. If the court of lazt resort ha ever 
said anything .ending ta support this pr-pocition. even 
by construction or fair implication it is doubtless a -thor- 
ity binding upon this court. But it is very clear, I th nk, 
that it has not. 

Lawton v. Steele (152 U. S. 133). That cace decided 
three propositions, none of which have any re’ation to 
this case. (1) That the State had the power to reculate 
the manner of taking fish from waters within its juri-d’c- 
tion. (2) Tha: it had pow=r to forbid fi hing in such 
waters with nets. (3) That the nets destroyed in that 
case, being of comparatively small value, the State had 
power to declare them a nuisance and summarily abate 
them. 

Geer vy. Connecticut (161 U. S. 519). That case decides 
the following points: (1) That a State statute wh.ch for- 
bids the kill ng of game for the purpose of convey ng the 
same beyond the limits of the State, or having i in pos- 
session with that intent, is valid. (2) That wid game 
within the State belongs to the whole people in com- 
mon and that legislation to prevent its ext_nct on by con- 
veying it out of the State wa- not in conf.ct with the 
Constitution. (3) That the individual who caught or 
killed it within the State acquired not an ab=-olute but a 
qualified preperty ‘n it, since the use er enjoyment was 
limited to the boundaries of the State. (4) That since 
the use or enjoyment was limited to the people of the 
Sta e it was not the subject of foreign or interstate com- 
merece, though it was the subiect of internal commerce, 
(5) Not being the subject of foreign or interstate com- 
merce, but merely of internal commerce, the stattite was 
not in conflict wi.h the commerce clause of the Iederal 
Constitut‘on. 

Every proposition embraced in these two cases may be 
and is freely admitted, but not one of them has any bear- 
ing on this case. In the first case it was held that the 
S.ate had power to forbid fishing with nets and in order 
to make the prohibition effectual, to declare th» nets a 
niticance and destroy them summarily without liab | ty for 
compensation. In the second case it was held tht, inas- 


_ much as the State owned all the game w thin its limits, it 


might legislate to keep it there and cou d forbid any one 
from conveying it out of the State and enferce such nro- 
hib'tion. But I am unable to see how all this or anything 
in those cases helps the plain iff's position in this case, 
Here the defendant bought fish in Canada as a commercial 
article, where it was lawfully exnosed for sale impor ed 
it into this State under revenue laws, and had what was 
clearly his own property in his possession, and b-catise 
he is possessed of his own property so acquired the 
statute in ques.ion subjects him to indictment and civil 
penalties. It would be difficult in this view to imagine a 
plainer or more direct interference with foreign com- 
merce than this case presents. 

The man proposition, after all, in support of the 
plaintiff's conten ion is based more upon policy and ex- 
pediency than upon law. When fairly stated “t is this: 
A statttte to protect fish and game within the State d-es 
not protect unless i- inhibits the imnortation cf fh and 
game from a foreign country or another State. When this 
propos'tion is carefully examined tt will be found to be 
not only without any foundation in fact or in exnerience, 
but when apolied to cases like the one in hand the mani- 
fest tendency is to defeat the very object of the law. which, 
of cotrse, must be asstimed ta be protection. The in- 
dividual who is permitted to hunt and fish in Canada or 
in another State, and bring w'th him here the fruits of h’s 
labor, will do very miich less of hunting and fish'ne at 
home. If his warfare upon game or fich is carried cn in a 
foreign country, er in another State i- wonld seem to 
be unwise to prevent him for the purnose cf protect’ng fi h 
and game at home. The game Jaw that ents off the sunny 
from abroad diminishes rather than increace-> and =r-terts 
the sunnly at home. Legisla‘‘on that weu'd prohibit the 
defendant from drawing a sunnly of frech fish from 
Canada during the clove season simpy furnishes a strong 
temntation to procure it fram the waters of thi: State. 
even in yiolation of law, It ic said that there is a naccion 
inberen’ in man to kill or cap“tre game in snite nf penal 
laws forb’dding it. If that be so it wonld ceem t> he 
wisdom to allow the passion ta exnend itcelf hy nermit- 
ting those who eniow it ta canture and herame moscarend 
of fich ar eame tn Cangda ar in anther States qarbore the 
law nermite it. rather than furnish a temptation to vin'ate 
the law at home durine the close season. Ta farhi4 the 
takén@ of fich in 9 fareien conntry oF in ahother Srate 
where it ‘s lawl. hy oF awn citizens during the sAncey. 
or the possession within the State of what is sq talon, 
tends to exterminate rather than protect fish here. The 


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would protect the forests of this State 
by prohibiting the importation of lumber or timber from 
Canada, or from other States, would be tated as a 
visionary theorist, but in a certain degree that is the prin- 
ciple upon which the argument for the People in this case 
proceeds for the protection of fish and game. What is 
true with respect to the forests is equaly true of every 
other natural product of the soil or of the waters of the 
State, so that it is plain that the plaintiff's theory of this 
case, when put into complete operation all around the 
boundaries of the State, would, instead of protecting fish 
and game, go far to exterminate both. * 

But all these considerations are subordinate and col- 
lateral to the main question, and when they are all weighed 
and examined we are brought back again to the real situa- 
tion which the case presents. Admitting, for the purposes 
of the argument, that the statute in question means just 
what the plaintiff's counsel claims for it, the important 
fact still remains that Congress has permitted the de- 
fendant to import fresh fish upon payment of certain 
duties. It has paid the duties and complied with the 
Federal regulations, but when the article is brought here 
the State steps in and forbids the defendant to have it in 
its possession, and, of course, forbids the sale. This 
creates a direct conflict between the regulations of Con- 
gress and those of the State, and consequently the latter 
must yield to the former. The State had no power to 
extend its police legislation to such a transaction, and, 
of course, had no power to forbid what Congress had 
expressly permitted. a 

The case, in my opinion, was correctly decided by the 
courts below, and the judgment should be affirmed, 


legislator who 


The Dissenting Opinion. 


Gray, J. (dissenting). The questions certified for our 
decision are questions of law, which were raised below by 
the demurrer to the defenses interposed in the action. 
They are these: Ate the facts that these fish were law- 
fully taken in the Dominion of Canada and that they were 
purchased there by the defendant and by it imported into 
the State of New York, upon payment of the duties fixed 
pursuant to the United States tariff laws, a good answer 
to the claim of the People that the Fisheries Law has been 
violated by having such fish in possession and is the State 
statute, for inhibiting the possession during the close 
season of this State, in conflict with the Federal Con- 
stitution, or with the Constitution of this State? 

It is not, nor can it be, seriously contended, as I think, 
that the law is in conflict with any of the provisions of the 
Constittttion of the State. The case of Phelps v. Racey 
(60 N, Y. 10) should be conclusive upon that point; 
whatever may be said of it upon the Federal question 
raised. The Federal question is whether the statute, in the 
partictlar feature in question, violates, or infringes upon, 
the provisions of the Constitution of the United States, 
which authorize Congress to regulate commerce with 
foreign nations and between the States. The defendant's 
contention upon that ground has been sustained below. 
The theory of Mr.Justice Lambert’s opinion at the Trial 
Term, which was adopted by the justices of the Appellate 
Division, is, as 1 apprehend it, that in making unlawful 
the possession of property, which has been imported under 
the sanction of the Federal tariff laws, the enactment of 
those provisions of the Fisheries statute by the Legisla- 
ture conflicted with the power vested in Congress under 
the commerce clatise.of the Federal Constitution re- 
ferred to. 

Tt was, also, observed by the learned justice, in his 
opittion, that “the object of the statute is to protect the 
game:fishes in the waters of the State, and that object is 
not promoted by depriving citizens of their property in 
fish which have been caught and killed outside of the 
jurisdiction of the State, and which have become com- 
ponent parts of commerce, and the law cannot, therefore, 
be stistained as an exercise of the police power except as it 
deals with those fish which may have been taken within 
the jurisdiction of the State.’ Prior to this decision of 
the learned court below, Phelps v. Racey was regarded as 
settling the quéstion of the legislative power to do just 
what has been done in the law now attacked. That was 
an action which was brought under the Game Law of 
1871, to recover penalties against the defendant for having 
in possession, contraty to the statute, certain game birds 
dtring the close season. The defense was that the de- 
fendant became possessed of them during the open season, 
or they were received from the State of Minnesota or 
Illinois, where the killing at the time was lawful. Thus 
the situation was the same as in the present case, so far 
ag it presented the legal questions. It was there held 
that the fact alleged that the game “was either killed 
within the lawful period, or brought from another State 
where the killing was lawful” constituted no defense; 
inasmuch as the penalty was denounced against the selling 
of possession, irrespective of the time or place of killing. 
The objection of a want of power in the Legislature to 
pass the act was held to be untenable and it was said that 
the measuites best adapted for the protection and the 
preservation of game “are for the Legislature to deter- 
mine and the courts can not review its discretion. If the 
regulations operate, in any respect, unjustly or oppres- 
sively. the proper remedy niust be applied by that body”; 
and the provisions of the act, though seemingly stringent 
and seyere, were not “foreign to the objects sought to be 
attained, ot otitside of the wide discretion vested in the 
Legislature.’ In speaking of the argument that the law 
violated the commerce clause of the Federal Constittition, 
Chief Judge Church deemed it unnecessary to consider 
“how far the exercise of the power of Congress under 
the provision would interfere with the authority of the 
State to pass game laws, and regulate and prohibit the 
sale and possession of game either as a sanitary measure 
or for its protection as an article of food. It will suffice 

for this case that the stattitte does not conflict with any 
law which Congress has passed on the subject.’ The 
authority of this case upon the constitutional right to 
enact such laws has been widely recognized in the State 
eotirts, where similar statutory provisions were assailed, 
and among other cases might be cited those of Magner 
v. The People (97 Ul. 320); Commonwealth v. Savage 
(155 Mass. 278); State v. Rodman (58 Minn. 393), and 
Roth vy. State (7 Ohio C, C. 62). In England the case of 
Whitehead vy. Smithers (L. R. [2 Com. Pl. Div.] 553) 
may be referred to as in point: where Chief Justice Cole- 
ridge observed of the act for the protection of wild fowl, 


passed in 1876, that “the object is to prevent British wild 
fowl from being improperly killed and sold under pre- 
tense of their being imported from abroad.” (And see 


Price vy. Bradley, L. R. [16 Q. B. Div.] 148, upon the — 


Fresh Water Fisheries Act.) 

In the court below, Phelps v. Racey was deemed to be 
no longer controlling, for the reason that its principles 
have been “overruled by stibsequent judicial authority.” 
The reference is to that part of the opinion which suggests 
the proposition that, in the absence of the enactment of a 
law by Congress, the States may regulate commerce among 
themselves. This doctrine, though supported by author- 
ity at the time (Pierce v. New Hampshire, 5 How. [U. 
S.] 504), would seem to have been overruled by later 
cases (Leisy v. Hardin, 135 U. S. 100; and Schollenberger 
vy. Pennsylvania, 171 ib. 1); which hold that laws inhibit- 
ing the receipt of an imported commodity, or its disposi- 
tion, amount essentially to a regulation of commerce with 
foreign nations, or among the States. I consider, how- 


ever, that the Fisheries Law presents no conflict with the 


commerce clause of the Federal Constitution and that it 
is purely a governmental regulation, within the legiti- 
mate exercise of the police power of the State, relating to 
a matter essentially of internal policy, as affected by a 
common public interest. It was quite unnecessary to the 
decision of Phelps v. Racey that Chief Judge Church 
should have expressed himself as he did upon the question 
of the bearing of the statute upon the commerce clause of 
the Federal Constitution, and it did not preyent the 
decision from being controlling upon the main question, 
There is no question of interstate or foreign commerce, 
in my opinion, but, merely, one of whether, in the in- 
terest of the protection and preservation of game fishes, 
the Legislature may not competently enact a statute so 
stringent in its provisions as to insure the accomplish- 
meént of the end in view; however, it might result in an 
apparent restriction of the liberty of the citizen. Com- 
pared with the legislation which was sustained in the grain 
elevator cases (People vy. Budd, 117 N. Y. 1, affirmed in 
143 U. S. 517), where the right of the Legislature to fix 
the maximum charge which a person might make, in his 
own business, for elevating grain, and to limit the charge 
for shoveling to the actual cost, was upheld upon the 
theory that the business was one which, by reason of its 
magnitude and character, was affected by a public interest, 
this statute is mild, indeed. The exercise of the police 
power, which is necessarily vested in the State Goyern- 
ment for the. proper tegulation of matters which con- 
cern the well-being and prosperity of the community, with- 
in constitutional limits, rests in the wise discretion of the 
Legislature. When its operation is in the direction of so 
regulating the use of private property, or of so restrain- 
ing personal action, as to secure, or to tend to, the com- 
fort and welfare of the community, no constitutional 
guaranty is violated, (People v. Ewer, 141 N. Y. 129.) 
It is implied in the social compact that, in matters of 
public concern, the interest of the individual shall always 
yield to that of the public. The Legislature is not the 
final judge as to what is a proper exercise of the police 
power and its acts in that direction are subject to review 
in the courts; but, where a public and beneficial purpose 
is evident, the courts will not substitute their judgment 
for that of the legislative body. The remedy must b 

found in an appeal to the legislative wisdom. 

In Geer v. Connecticut (161 U. S. 519), a case arising 
under the Connecticut statute in relation to game birds, it 
was said that “the right to preserve game flows from the 
undoubted existence in the State of a police power to that 
end, which. may be none the less efficiently called into 
play, because by doing so interstate commerce may be 
remotely and indirectly affected (citing cases), Indeed, 
the source of the police power as to game birds * * * 
flows from the duty of the State to preserve for its people 
a valuable food supply.” (Citing Phelps y. Racey and 
other cases.) In Lawton y. Steele (152 U. S. 133, affirm- 
ing our decision in 119 N. Y. 226), the police power of 
the State was discussed and it was said that “the preser- 
vation of game and fish has always been treated as within 
the proper domain of the police power,’ and that “the 
State may interfere whenever the public interests demand 
it and in this particular a larger discretion is necessarily 
vested in the Legislature, to determine. not only what the 
public interests require, but what measures are necessary 
for the protection of stch interests.’ (Citing cases.) 
“Tt must appear,” the opinion holds “frst, that the in- 
terests of the public generally, as distinguished from 
those of a particular class, require such interference; and 
second, that the measures are reasonably necessary for the 
accomplishment of the purpose and not unduly oppressive 
upon individuals.” 

The object of this statute was to protect and preserve 
cettain game fishes during the breeding season; an ob- 
ject, manifestly, in which the people of the State may he 
presumed to be more or less keenly interested and which 
is recognized, as Judge Church observed, in all civilized 
countties, The purpose is to protect certain fishes within 
our jurisdiction, with no reference to those of other 
States or countries. If they may be brought into the 
State within the close season here, as articles of commerce 
protected by United States laws and, therefore. placed 
beyond the reach of the State laws declaring and regu- 
lating an internal policy, the result would be to facilitate 
evasions of the law and to make detection difficult. if not 
impossible. The general tendencies of human nature, it 
might, not inappropriately, be observed, are such as to 
make necessary so strict a law as to render obedience to 
the mandate certain. The statute aims at preventing game 
fishes from being unlawfully taken and exterminated, and 
any regulation which’ tends to secure that aim should be 
regarded as a legitimate and fair exercise of the police 
power, 

Not an arbitrary, but a wise and politic. purpose is evi- 
dent in this statutory regulation, touching as it does the 
interests of the people in a form of food supply. as in a 
form of sport. I cannot understand its being likened to 
such legislation as was condemned in People v. Hawkins 
(157 N. Y. 1), There the act required all goods made by 
contract labor to be labeled “convict made,” when pos- 
sessed and offered for sale, and it was held to be repug- 
nant to the commerce clause of the Federal Constitution; 
because “a regulation of commerce by means of which 
the yalue of merchandise made in another State was to he 
depressed. or its sale prohibited.” Jt was a restriction 
upon the freedom of commerce to permit the same articles 
to be put upon the market freely, if made in factories; 


when, if made in a prison in another State, a citizen, 
having lawfully purchased them, could not expose them 
nisipw without branding or labeling them as “convict 
made.” 

Nor can I perceive that the doctrine of the oleomar-. 
garine cases is applicable. (Schollenberger vy. Pennsyl- 
vama, 171 U., S. 1.) There is a clear distinction between 
legislation which discriminates with reference to a manu- 
factured food product, not impure nor unhealthful, and 
legislation which seeks to preserve the game fishes within 
the waters of the State, either as a natural article of food 
supply or as a form of public sport. In the one case 
there is an interference with commerce, as comimerce; in 
the other case, commerce is not aimed at, but the preser- 
vation from extermination of the People’s property in 
game fishes. In the one case there is interference with 
commercial dealing in a manufactured product, which, 
not unreasonably, may be said to lack justification in 
those ordinarily recognized principles upon which the 
police power of the State is properly exercised; while in 
the other case the preservation from extermination of the 


_game fishes within the jurisdiction of the State reasonably 


commends itself as legislation in the interest of preserv- 
ing to the People a valuable natural and common food 
supply, which is deemed in danger of being destroyed and 
which it is, therefore, the duty of the State to prevent 
by the exercise of its undoubted police power. The 
Schallenberger case dealt with the prohibition by legisla- 
tion of oleomargarine as a law “which prevents the in- 
troduction of a perfectly healthful commodity, merely for 
the purpose of in that way more easily preventing an 
adulterated and possibly injurious article from being in- 
troduced. We do not think this is a fair exercise of 
legislative discretion, when applied to the article in ques- 
tion.’ (Per Peckham, J., at p. 15.) 

I think if importations may be excluded which might 
affect the public health, that they may be excluded if 
tending to endanger the enforcement of a law intended 
to protect and to preserve the People’s property rights 
in game and fishes. There is no danger that legislative 
encroachments upon individual rights will be encouraged 
by such a decision. The presumption which obtains in 
favor of the constitutionality of legislative acts is not 
met here by any reasonable objection. The only, and the 
evident, object of the statute is to protect the game fishes 
mentioned during a season allowed for breeding and 
development and must surely be within the admitted range 
of the duties of State government. 

It should be observed, in connection with the views 
expressed, that by Section 190 of the Code of Civil Pro- 
cedtuire our jurisdiction to review is confined to the ques- 
tions certified. Im this case they demand of the court 
whether the statute they refer to is in conflict with any 
provision of the State or the Federal Constitution. Other 
questions are not here; which might be suggested as 
affecting the construction of the statute in its effect upon , 
some exercise of private tights, in one way or another. 

I think that the judgment should be reversed and that 
the questions certified should be answered in the negative. 

Parker, Gh. J., and Landon, J., concur with O’Brien, 
J., and Werner, J., concurs on first ground stated in 
opinion; Haight and Martin, JJ., concur with Gray, J., ~ 
for reversal, 

Judgment affirmed ‘and questions certified answered in 
the affirmative. 


The Salmon’s Tezm of Lite. 


Waar is the natural term of life among salmon? asks 
an English writer. Fishculturists have settled all about 
their birth, babyhood and arrival at maturity; but it yet 
remains for some one to answer the question with which 
I started this note. That pike attain to a great age has 
been placed beyond all doubt. It is not believed, in the 
present day, that the legendary pike, 267 years old, ever 
had any existence, Two or three huge pike, bearing en- 
graved rings, have been found dead; but there always 
were practical jokers, and the legends on these rings can 
be taken cum grano salis. The size of fish is largely in- 
fluenced by food supply, and mere weight is, therefore, no 
teal guide to age. The only authenicated captures of 
old salmon, marked in infancy by tings or fin-cuttings, 
give us nothing older than ten or twelve years. These 
marked salmon were all approximately 30 pounds in 
weight, and we may therefore assume that they had 
attained their maximum growth. How much longer 
would they live—barring accidents? I have discussed 
this question with scores of intelligent men who have 
been netting and trapping salmon all their lives, and the 
consensus of opinion put fifteen years as the extreme 
limit of a salmon’s life. In that period he might become 
a so-pounder, but there are giants and pigmies among 
salmon as among men. The size of the river of their 
birth bears some relation to the size of the salmon them- 
selves; and the patriarch of a small stream may die of old 
age without reaching 20 pounds weight. Pike undoubt- 
edly live to the age of forty or fifty years at the outside, 
but their lives are somnolent by comparison with the 
arduous strife and struggles ‘of a salmon’s existence. 


Onondaga Anglers. 

Ar the regular monthly meeting of the Anglers’ As- 
sociation, held in Syracuse, N. Y., last week, the report 
of the fish and game protector was read. summary 
of his work for the past two months showed a total of 
forty-eight nets of various kinds captured and destroyed. 
These nets included traps, fykes, seines and gill nets. 
They were taken from Oneida Lake, Onondaga Lake 
and the Seneca and Oneida rivers. Just at present the 
pitates are yery active, and it is proposed to continte 
the work with unabated vigor until the waters are frozen 
over. A proposition was made to employ a second pro- 
tector, and if the funds of the Association permit, this 
will probably be done. 

The following were elected members: James M. Bel- 
den, Michael Whelan, L. C. Smith, E, M. Brown and 
A, A. Kempter. The following committee of four was 
appointed to solicit members: John H. Forey, R. V. 
Miller, S. T, Betts, M. J. French and A. H. Schwartz. 

A committee was also appointed to wait on the Board 
of Supervisors and ask for an appropriation for the use 
of the Association during the coming season. 

John H. Forey and C. H. Mowry were elected dele- 
gates, and George B. Wood and L. S$. Morgan alternat 
to the annual convention of the New York League, 


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Noy. 24, 1900, ] 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


413 


The Oar Fish. 


THE oar fish takes its name from the two vertical fins 
which much resemble a pair of oars, It is of wide dis- 
tribution, haying been reported from points so widely 
separated as Scandinavia and New Zealand. The Standard 
Natural History describes it under the name of Regalecus 
banksti, by which it is known to naturalists, as follows: 

“In these yentrals are represented by single styliform 
Yays, more or less dilated and oat-like at their ex- 


tremities, and distinct ribs are. developed. The species . 


appear to inhabit rather deep water, and some of them 
grow to a very large size, or at least attain a great 


length. The species of which most specimens have been . 
seen or cast ashore along the coasts of the Scandinavian - 


Peninsula and Great Britain occasionally reach the 
length of at least 22ft, 
One was observed alive, but in a dying condition, about 
six miles from land, lying on its side. When approached 
hy a boat the fish ‘righted’ itself, and came with a gentle, 
lateral, undulating motion toward them, showing its crest 
and a small portion of the head above water. When 
it came alongside a man struck it with a hooked stick, and 
it made off with a vigorous and vertical undulating mo- 
tion, and disappeared as quick as lightning under the 
surface. Twice the fish escaped its pursuers, but a third 
attempt enabled them to capture it, two mefi putting their 
arms round the fish, and lifting it into the boat. This 
specimen was 12% feet long. The Regalecus banksi has 
recetyed from the English the name of oar fish, and has 
also been mingled with the traditions of the sea serpent, 
and been described as stich. 

“From the engraving the fish has irregular black strokes 
acrass its body. The two oars are under the body close 
to the head ,and the head is furnished with about twelve 
plumes. representing a cockatoo’s comb.” 


The Fly-Fisherman and Fanny. 


A. Fishing Faney from the Chicago Tribune. 


“Apt alliteration’s artful aid” has been employed, con- 
sciously or unconsciously, in a most effective manner by 
writers from time immemorial; and when the alliteration 
is really apt it seems to lend a factitious force to the Jan- 
guage. The tendency toward its use would seem to be 
rather natural than forced; for the law of association of 
scenes, sounds and sensations generally naturally sug- 
gests alliteration; and the writer is influenced more than 
he is aware of in his selection oi words, 

The average reader, however, is generally impressed 
with the idea that there is something extraordinary in 
the alliterative art; but this is only because he overlooks 
the vast possiblities of so copious a language as ours. 
As an object lesson on this subject the Tribune prints 
a bit of literary trifling written by a Chicago student of 
language, It serves at least to illustrate in a striking 
way the vastness of the English vocabulary, and here 
and there the real aptness of alliteration. 

Frisky Frederick Fernando Fortescue, famous fly- 
fisherman from Frankfort, fully forty-five, finely fixed 
financially, fancied fascinating Fanny Flabella Fitzher- 
bert, fairly fifteen, from faraway Florida—funny fantasy 
for forty-five. Firstly, fastidious Fanny, feeling fancy- 
free, furtively fled for freedom from Fred’s frequent fond 


jamiliarities, for fear Fred falsely flirted for fun—fine’ 


finesse for fifteen. 

Fortescue, finding Fanny fractious, fretted forlornly for 
fortnights; finally feeling fatigued from foolish fault- 
finding; furthermore finding fishing fine, farmers friendly, 
fishermen few, forsook fretting for fly-fishing. 

Flinging far factitious fluttering feather flies, fabricated 
for fetching foolish fish from foam-flecked floods, flowing 
freely from frigid fountains, Fred fortuitously found 
Fanny Flabella filially fetching for Father Fitzherbert 
fragrant flowers from fertile fields. Forgetting fastidious 
Fanny’s fad for fashionable formalities, foolhardy Fred, 
firing fishingrod. flew forward fairly fondling Fanny’s 
fair form. 

Frivolous Fanny, fancying Fred Foolishly fresh, flout- 
ingly frowned. frightened Fred from further forwardness: 
furthermore, feigning feminine fury, Fanny fled feetly 
forestward fram Fortescue’s friendly familiarities. 

Frustrated Fred, feeling foully forsaken, forebore 
further fun, fly-fishing. Fiercely flinging far five fine, 
fat, flapping fish, fraudulently forced from frigid fluid, 
for Friday’s fast-day feast, Frederick forthwith frenziedly 
followed Fanny’s fetterless fight. 

Fanny, feeling fearfully flurried, flitted far faster, fleeing 
from Fred’s flagitious treshness—Fortescue fruitlessly 
following Fanny’s fairylike form. Fugacious Fanny ire- 
quently faltered from fatigue; finally, feeling fagged from 
furiously fleeing for fifty-five furlongs, Fanny’s frail, 
fevered figure fell Mat, feet foremost. 

Full forty frowsy females flew forward for Fanny’s 
frail figure fallen flat; fifteen fearfully foul fagots, fool- 
ishly filliping Fanny's fait fingers; fifteen fiendishly fre- 
netic frips, fanning Fanny's forehead; five frightfully 
freckled frumps, furnishing frayed falcon’s feathers for 
fumigating Fanny's fainting ft forthwith; five furactous 
feminine felons, fratdenly filching Fanny’s fine feminine 
frippery.. 

Faithfully following Fanny's faltering footsteps, Fred- 
erick Fernando, fuming frightfully from festination, for- 
tunately finding Fanny faintly flushing from fetid feather 
fumes, foiled further fraud. Facetiously flinging forty 
farthings forward for feminine fees, Fred forbade further 
fumigation for ireeing Fanny from fainting fits. Forty 
frightfully fat females, fickly forgetting Fanny’s forlorn- 


-ness, forthwith fiercely fought for filthy farthings. 


Fanny finding flight futile, felicitously forebore further 
feminine finesse, for Fanny Flabella felt flattered. Far 
from finding fault, Fanny forgot Fred’s former familiar 


freshness; for Frederick’s faithful following firmly fixed 


Fanny's fayor forever, 

Fred ireely forgave Fatny’s foregoing finicky freak— 
foolishly flying from friendship; for Fanny’s frankness 
foreshadowed folly foreyer fled. Feebly fluttering from 
fainting, Fanny’s fair features flushed flamingly from 
Fred’s flagrantly fervent fondlings. Faithful Fred, feeing 
feryidly fond, fatuously figured for future felicity forth- 
with. Fanny firstly feigning fretful frowns, flushed 
furiously, faded faster, faltered, fidgeted, fanned fussily— 
finally frankly fixed Friday, February fifth, 


But little is Known of its habits: 


Fanny’s iond father, finely fixed for foreknowing funds’ 
fluctuations, furthermore finding financial facilities favora- 
le, furnished for Fanny's festival fabulously fine foulards, 
fleecy flannels, fluffy feathers, French frocks, filmy fazzo- 
lets, furthermore fifty fantastical female fixin’s, fairly 
flooring Fanny, 

Far from famishing folk, Fred’s faithful feudatory fol- 
lowers furnished for feasting frumentaceous food, fish, 
flesh, fowl, fruit, fowers, furthermore five fne fermented 
fluids. Farmers fetched from fertile furrowed fields, 
flour’s farinaceous food; fishermen, floating from fathom- 
less fiords, fetched fine fresh flapping flat-fish, further- 
more frogs for irving; freeborn foresters found finely 
fatted fawns from frondent forest friths; familiar friends 
freely furnished for fricasSeeine full-fledged fowls from 


4ecund farmyard flocks: fruiterers fitly furnished for feast 


finishing food, fifteen fanciful foreign-fruit flavored frap- 


pés; famous florists freely flung forth fragrant flowery 


festoons for Fred’s fair fiancée; facetious festal factotums 
filled foaming flagons from faucets flowing full-Aavored 
frothy fermented fluids, famous for fallaciously filling 
foolish fellows fearfully full. 

Forty filigreed flunkies flaunted fluttering flags; fizzing 
fireworks flashed; fiity fulgent flanibeatis’ flared flicker- 


100 Sportsmen’s Finds. 


Some of the Queer Discoveries Made by Those Who Ate 
Looking for Game or Fish, 


28 


A party of hunters in Kansas discovered a natural 
cave about one and a half miles north of Wilmot, on the 
line of the Frisco railway. The party were out on a hunt 
for chickens, tabbits and other game. Attention was at- 
tracted to the cave by the dogs. The aperture to the 
cave was simply a small hole in the surface of the high, 
tolling prairie, The young fellows noticed that the 
aperture would admit the passage of a man’s body and 
decided to explore the bowels of the earth if necessary. 
They slid down the opening, which was solid rock from 
the slight fringe of grass on top, passed through a nar- 
vow niche in the stone below, which came together in a 
kind of wedge shape, then slid further down, alighting 
on firm foundation about thirty feet from the suriace of 
the earth. When the boys reached the bottom of the 
shaft they experienced a decided change of climate. They 


THE OAR FISH. 


ingly; five flutists fluted fantasias; fourteen florid fat- 
faced fiddlers fiddled furiously for fandangos; four fan- 
tastical farandoles following, faultless female forms flexu- 
ously flitted fairylike; funny fellows feeling frolicsome, 
footed floors featly. 

Finally, fiddlers feeling fuddled from fermented fluids, 
fairly fell, fracturing fiddlestrings, funnily finishing Fred’s 
first tamily festivity. 
irom foregoing irolicscome freaks, fled finging fond fare- 
wells. Felicity followed forever. Finis. ZERO. 


Worth American Fish and Game Association. 


Mr. L. Q. Joncas, superintendent of Fisheries of the 
Province of Quebec, has written the following letter : 

Jn conformity with a resolution of the North American Fish and 
Game Association, moved by C. E. E, Ussher, Esq., seconded by 
S. ‘lt. Bastedo, Esq., and unanimously adopted on the second day 
of February last, which resolution reads as follows: 

“Resolved, That a committee be formed of two representatives 
from each State and Province to report at next annual meeting 
on possibilities of harmonizing the fish and game laws of the 
Provinces and States. The said committee would be formed thus: 

“New York, C. H. Wilson, J. H. Seymour; Maine, H. O. Stanley, 
Charles A. Oak; New Brunswick, Hon. Mr. Dinn, D. G. Smith; 
Vermont, J. W. Titcomb, H. W. Bailey, FP. G. Butterfield: Massa- 
chusetts, John Fotler, Jr., F. S. Hodges: Ontario, S$. T. Bastedo, 
Dr. G. A, MacCullum; Quebec, C. E. E. Ussher, L. Q. Joncas, 
W. E. Cormier, The convener of this committee to be Mr. L. 
Q Joncas.” 

T have the honor to invite you to a meeting of the above- 
mentioncd committee, which will take place in Montteal at the 
Government House, St. Gabriel street, on Thursday, the 13th day 
of December next, at 1) A. M. J do Sincerely hope that you 
will be able to attend. : 

1 have the honor to be yours faithfully, 

L. Q. Joncas, President. 


This notice, sent out to the members of the committee, 
is dated Noy. 15, and so but a month will elapse before 
the date set for the meeting. Mr. Chatles H. Wilson, one 
of the members appointed to represent the State of New 
York, wold be glad to receive any stiggestions from 
sportsmen or others in the State interested in bringing 
about a uniform fish and game law and a reciprocity of 
interests between the States and Canada, and present 
any well-founded suggestions to the committee for con- 
sideration, to the end that Parliament and Legislature may 
be petitioned to enact a rational and uniform fish and 
game law, acceptable to the people on both sides of the 
line. Mr. Wilson may be addressed at Glens Falls. N. Y., 
and he will be glad to present to the committee the sug- 
gestions as ta changes in the laws which he invites, it be- 
ing a matter in which he is greatly interested. 

A. N. CHENEY. 


Rhode Island Trout Stocking. 


CHaArites A. Hoxs1t has contracted to furnish the State 
Fish Commissioners with 40,000 trout. which will be used 
to stock the streams and ponds throughout the State. 

at 4 W. H, M, 


Felicitating friends, feeling flaccid 


had half anticipated a snake or scorpion crevasse, but 
suddenly discovered that no snake or scorpion could live 
in such temperature. They found plenty of room. They 
had entered a cavern containing’ nature’s. finest wonders. 
The temperature was icy. The breath of the young ex- 
plorers froze as it was waited to icy walls on either side. 
Stalactites hung from the ceiling, and there were most 
beautiful representations of lamps, fishes, etc. Some of 
the explorers claim that they went at least a quarter of a 
mile, and that the cave became larger as they progressed. 


‘ 29 


While a British angler was fishing on the river Teviot, 
and under the shadow of Roxburgh Castle, his attention 
was attracted by the roundness of a stone which had 
afforded him footing in making a difficult cast. The 
stone was more than half embedded in the bank, and the 
visible portion almost entirely under water. On being 
dug out of the embankment the stone was found to be 
entirely round, and it bore marks showing that it had 
been chipped into shape. The ball, which is of sandstone, 
measured 42 inches in circumference, and its weight is 
95 pounds. All the circumstances strengthen the sup- 
position that it had been used as a missile for warlike 
purposes. The missile is of exactly the same dimensions 
as some of the stone balls which are deposited at the side 
of Mons Meg at Edinburgh Castl@, and date from 1496. 


30 


Robert WVarick, a gunner, while in a wild tract of land 
neat the Gloucester (N. J.) city waterworks, saw a pair 
of rough shoes protruding from a hole in the butt of 
a big oak tree. Warick kicked the shoes and found the 
owner alive. He was a sure-enough wildman. A crowd 
of young men were led to the spot. They found the 
queer dweller in the tree sleeping. He was aroused by 
Harry O’Neil’s stern command: “‘Hey, there, old man; 
come out so we can see you.” The wild man crawled 
slowly from the hollow and was marched to the Glouces. 
ter City Hall, and placed in charge’ of the police. The 
man was given a hearing on a charge of vagrancy before 
Mayor Boylen. He said his name was Herman Zeller, 
his age forty-five years and his home Philadelphia. The 
hollow in the tree is only about three feet in diameter. 
The man had lived there for a long time. 


31. 


Near Burkesville, Ky., on the Cumberland River, a 
man named Rayen was one day fishing off the bank. 
The bank was of clay, six or eight feet above the water, 
and Raven sat with his legs hanging over. He had been 
sitting there for an hour, swinging his heels against the 
bank, when his boot struck something which gave out 
a curious sound, and he instinctively looked down. Be- 
tween his feet he saw a stone jar, or at least a portion 
of one, protruding itom the bank. It was at least four 


AiA 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[ Nov. 24, 1906. 


op ——————————— 


feet_below the surface, and he had considerable trouble 
to uneatuh it. When he had done so, however, and 
removed the wooden cover fastened over the mouth, he 
found the contents to consist of a gold watch, three or 
four gold rings, six silver spoons, $800 in Kentucky State 
bank bills, $50 in gold, $20 in silver halt dollars, and 
about a quart of dimes and five-cent pieces. Although 
the jar was tightly corked, the dampness had got in and 
mildewed the bank notes until they fell to pieces in his 
hands. Had they been all right, however, they would 
have been of no intrinsic value, as all the State bank 
circulation had given place to greenbacks, Speculation 
as to who planted the jar brought no clue to the owner 
further than that it could have been no resident of the 
county. It had probably been in the ground many years, 
for the river had been eat'ng away at the bank with each 
freshet. and finally brought a portion of the jar to light. 
Tt must have been buried six or eight feet from the bank 


at first. 


Jlew Qublications. 


“Tick Among the Indians.” 


Six books have now come from the pen of Mr. Geo. 
Bird Grinnel., ail upon Wesiern topics, and all written 
with a care and fai.hfulness, with a genius in special 
research and a photographic accuracy of detail which 
piace the writer almost in a class by himself in these 
cays olf hurr.ed and haphazard writing. Mr. Grinneil’s 
firs. works, the “Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk Tales,” 
1s ackicot Lodge Tales,’ “Ihe Story of the Indian,” 
“The Indians of To-day,” all took him into that field 
where he has so long been admitted by and easily first 
amung the modern writers on the West, the Indian life 
as it i© seen to-day among the tribes. In his last book, 
“Jack, the Young Ranchman,” the subject was not d-s- 
s.m lar, the Western plains and mountains still being the 
scene, but the treatment was different, lighter, more 
popular cf intent and better adapted to the comprehen- 
sion of the small folk for whom it was done. “Jack, the 
Young Ranchman” was the outcome of the delight which 
certain boys and girls found in the stories tcid them ot 
the West of earlier days, of the adventures and experi- 
ences which might and did befall a boy of that day in 
the West. The expans.on of this idea into book form 
was ratural and happy, and the undertaking proved so 
desirable that the atithor was asked to continue the same 
plan. ‘Jack Among the Indians” is the result, and as a 
second book in a certain line its success must be grati- 
iying vo all concerned. The boy is the hardest critic 
in the world, and juvenile books are the hardest of all 
to write, as witness the constant demand for them. 
Ore of the tests of a good child’s book is that grown 
people like to read it too. This test may be applied 
wi hout hesitation to this second juvenile book of the 
author in question. : 

We learn history through fiction, as well as manners 
and customs; and we may learn a great deal of Western 
-gcography, Western life, Western modes of thought and 
sc icn in this simple book for boys. The scheme is a 
plain and pleasing one. Jack, the young Eastern boy, is 
put in charge of Hugh Johnson, an old plainsman, and 
males a horseback journey from the lower range up 
across Wyoming and Montana to the camp of the 
Viegars above the Missouri River, where he spends a 
part cf one summer living as the Indians live. He kills 
mountain sheep, and deer and antelope and buffalo, saves 
the life ef an Indian girl, kills a bear, and learns to run 
the buffalo on a bareback horse and to kill his buffalo 
as the Indians did, with the bow and arrow. The human 
side of the Indian character is well developed, this being 
ever the purpose of the author in all his books into 
which the Indian comes. Indeed, the wholesome human 
character of the whole book is its conspicuous trait. 
The characters really live and really talk, do not preach 
or lecture. as most folk of the grown up sort do who 
parade on pages of boys’ books. 

There is plot enough in the above scheme of the book 
to jurnish abundant action, and the author is prodigal 
ef the materia! which lies at his hand so abundantly, so 
there ig no drag in the movement of the story. A boy 
would not permit that in a book. Especially nervous 
and fine is the narrative after the old hunter and his 
young charge really reach the camp of the Piegans, 


where the hunting stories keep the older readers turning , 


the pages as fast as may be. And at the close there 
comes a bt of intricacy which may be fiction or may be 
fact, for the two are hard sometimes to separate in their 
worderfulness in thetold West. The young hunter and 
his boy frierd cf the Indian village, with their older com- 
panion Hugh, fird a pouch of gold, and a golden powder 
charger, an which are secra’ched the initials “B. L.” 
How the finders use th’s gold; whose valite runs up to 
some thousands of dollars, how they at last find the man 
who lest the sold the book itse'f best tells. It is best 
to read the book ‘n the daytime or early in the evening, 
fer the grown-up hoy is very apt to sit up too late after 
beginrine it at a later hour. Some of the chapter heads 
are “The Indians at Home.” “An Enemy in Camp,” “The 
Courtice cf a Coup.” “Running Buffalo,’ “The Relic 
of a Fieht.” “Close Quarters with a Bear,” “The Lost 
Gold.” These he very tempting to the eye and the taste 
left is warrant of the menu. The reader of “Jack Among 
the Indians” will learn something of the real character of 
the old p’ans, what the rivers were, where they were, 
how ‘he country looked, what the game did, and all 
those details which are kent so long in memory by any 
man who has ever heen nrivileged fora time to be savage 
o~ hall savave. These thirgs are entertaining to anyone 
who rever saw the West. delightful to those who have 
dere sq, To ore of the latter some of the things came 
yery keenly. esnecially that bit of description which 
sorales ef the Sweet Grass Hills. lying like a blue cloud 
pron the dar horizon to the Fast. That must have been 
from the reals of the Two Medicines or the St. Mary’s, 
for it wrog thie they may he seen from that locality—the 
Swre! Grass Hills sn storied in the Blackfoot calendar. 
And that sneech of the Indian chief. Last Bull. who was 
adopting Jack as his relatives “O Sun, Old Man, 


A HANDSOME TROPHY, 


Creator, look down * * * Many years ago I went 
to sleep fcr power.” Anyone who has not had an Indian 
chief make a speech to him, the while holding his hand 
and gazing at him with an eye that sees close through 
him, cannot describe the feeling. These people were 
great and wonderiul in their way. Mr. Grinnell has lived 
among them long enough, youth and man, to know what 
they do and how they think, and how a boy feels who 


sees there the wild life which we all, boys and men, lone’ 


to live at least now and then. It is doing the next best 
thing, and a very good thing, to read about it when it is 
presented so freshly and wholesomely, for we may be 
not only instructed but entertained, and the latter func- 
tion is not subordinated in this story of Western lite, as 
it sometimes is in books wh’ch atm to prove something 
cer show something. The book is very well worth the 
title of good historical fiction for boys; and it is well 
known a man is a boy until he is at least 7o. 
E. Howau. 


Hartrorp Buirpinc, Chicago, II. 


Two Indian Books. 


As the Indians as a people are vanishing from the 
land, public interest in them slowly increases, They still 
exist in groups that are yet called tribes, but the tribal 
organization is disorganized, the beliefs are changed, the 
religion is neglected and the citoms are being forgot- 
ten. Concurrently with all this. books treating of these 
subjects are being published in considerable numbers. 
Happily, too, all these are no: dry scientific books. but 
some of them deal with the living and being of the people 
—with their actual lives and with the motives that govern 
those lives. 

Recently two very interesting books of this character 
have been issued from the press of Messrs. Small, May- 
ard & Co. One of these is ‘‘Indian Song and Story 
from North America,” by Alice C, Fletcher, and it touches 
a subject of very great interest, about which little is 
known. The discovery of the phonograph has made it 
possible to exactly record the words and music of the 
songs of the Indians, and Miss Fletcher, after gathering 
a number of these songs among several tribes, has given 
the airs and the words, and also the stories connected 
with their origin. 

These songs are chiefly from the Omaha, Pawnee and 
Ponca tribes, though there are a few from much further 
off—from the northwest coast and from Arizona. Many 
of them have been harmonized by the late Prof. J. C. 
Fillmore and in some cases th’s process seems to have 
taken from the airs much of their Indian character. 

The stories are told with a delightfyl simplicity. and 
lend very great interest to the songs which are set down. 
Miss Fletcher’s long residence with the Omaha Ind‘ans 
has especially well fitted her for doing just this sort of 
work, and she has been stccessful in getting many 


stories of women and of religious ceremonials which a 


man might well have failed to secure. The book, besides 
being charming reading, is a most valuable contribution 
to our knowledge of Indian thought and ways. 

The second book, from .he same press, is by Mr. Francis 
La Flesche, an educated Omaha Indian, and is entitled 
“The Middle Five.” It is a story of the school life of 
Indian boys, and narrates the doings. adyentures and 
thoughts of a group of the school children at one of the 
mission schools which the author attended. While it 
must, of course, be understood that in these adyenttires 
there is nothing strange or startling, they are yet told wi'h 
so much earnestness, sitnplicity and grace that it would 
be hard to find a volume which portrays so truthfully and 
so effectively the human nature of the little brown sk nned 
people of whom it treats. 

Any one thoroughly familiar with Indian life and 
ways who reads this book would know at once that it 
was written by an Indian, and whatever the mottye that 
prompted the au_hor to set down im this form his boyhood 
recollections he may feel sure that nothing that he could 
have done would be so likely as the publicat on of this 
book to arouse among’ white readers an interest in the 
red race, and to make them realize the humanity which 
is common to both colors. 

No better and certainly no more interesting book tor 
children has been brought to our notice for a long time, 

The little vilume is adorrfed with a frontispiece ‘n colors, 
designed, if we mistake not. by an Indian girl who has 
made singular progress in art work in the last few years. 
In drawing and in color it would do credit to any artist 


A Handsome Trophy. 


THe handsome caribou head here pictured adorns the 
home of Mr. E. G. Asmus in West Hoboken. N. J. Mr. 
Asmus secured it near Grandfather's Lookout in the 
White Hills of Newfoundland, Mr. A. B. Blair of 
Pennsylvania, who sends us the nhotogranh. writes: “My. 
only claim is that no better head has heen brought to the 
Un'ted States from that island.” There are fifty-four 
points, and the remarkable symmetty makes the head a 
most notable trophy. 


The Forest AyD SPREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday- 
Correspondence intended for publication should teach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much eartier as practicable. 


HUETELULSOVTUNANGOSOUENORUGRHANA OG OUNN GG OTONTONOO ONE TE” 


REPORT YOUR LUCK 
With Rod and Gun 
To FOREST AND STREAM, 
New York City. 


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New. 24, 1008) 


Che Rennel. 
Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIALS, 


Noy. 27.—Glasgow, Ixy.—sscutucny icid Trials Club’s annual 
HEI ifiais. B. yy. Daltluel, See y, Luuisvine, by. 

Noy. sU.—iNewlun, uN. U.—Culiuiiciital bie.d Lrials Club’s sixth 
A@luiiua Hed tUlais—wenibers Siake. Wee. 3, Dervy. Dhico. 
Dituges, See ¥, Uicemumerd tit, Cows, : 

Dee. W—bas, iu.—ruurt auuual held trials of the Missouri 
Ficid driais aAssuciatiuon, L. 5. muuuis, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo, 


1901. 


jan, 14.—Greenyille, Ala—Fuitiu aunual field trials of the Alabama 
Bien iiials Ciup. Juhn B. Kosensnuiil, Seec'y- 

Ja. Zi.—eitew Coury, wissen autiual field trials of the 

linc Slates Pie.d tutus Crup. VW. B. dSlaiturd, Sec y, Lrenton, 


Tenn. ‘ , 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Nov. 28-30.—Philadelplia, t’a.—Sccund annual bench show of the 
Pliuade.piua Dog Suvw Assvcidlivn. Wl. A. Viti, Sec'y. 
Dee, U-t0.—Cinciniau, GU —Aniuda bench show of the Cincinnati 
Fox Leiner City, Jj. ©. droliiger, See'y. 
1901. 


Feb, 26-March 1.—Cleveland, ..—Cleveland Kennel Clib’s annual 
beuch suuw. ©. M. Muna, Sec'y. 

March b-¥—hiMisuuly, ta.—Uuyuesne Kennel Club’s annual 
bench show, #. 5. Sreumau, Sec y. = 


Training the Hunting Dog. 
—_ Le er | 

By B. Waters, Author of ‘1ciun and Carry: A Treatise 
on Reimeving.” 


[X.—Pointing, Backing, Kau,mg, Quartering, Dropping to] 


Wily, UlistedUillien, Brace WOK. 


ee (ah ee 


Pointing (\Couunued). 


The gun should be kep: in abeyance during the first 
hunting .¢ssons which have jor a ptirpose the pertection 
OL ihe pomt, Lhe uaimer shouid endeavor to anord am- 
plé opputtunities to the pupi, and to this end an old, 
level headed dog is a great assistant both as to hnding 
the b.rds and as to example, When the dog makes Is 
points, the traimer seeks to prolong them as much as 
possible. He walks calmly up to the dog’s side, strokes 
him gently along the back, and restraims h.m trom break- 
ing in, ‘lhis-1s repeated time after time, gentleness and 
approval being extibited when he does right and dis- 
approval when he does wrong. 

Tf he is particulariy obstina.e or self-willed, a check 
cord or a spike collar and check cord may be used to 
advantage. The cord should have a snap, such as is 
used on harness, attached to one end of it. This enables 
the trainer to quickly snap it in the ring of the dog’s 
collar without fuss or delay. With the check cord the 
dog can be easily kept under control when on point, so 
far as breaking in is under consideration. 

The sp.ke collar should be used with careful modera- 
tion. The average amateur does more harm in the use 
of it than he does good, although the same may be as- 
serted equally of the whip or any other instrument of 
punishment, At all events, the use of it should be 
eschewed in all bu: the most obstinate, self-willed cases, 
and in all cases if the trainer loses his temper when 
using it. A great deal of care is sometimes necessary 
to avod such iaiilts as blinking, trainer shyness, éetc., 
when schooling the dog to stanchness on point. 

In these early experiences the gun may be obstructive 
to the pupil’s advancement. It is not essential in teach- 
ing the pupil a proper degree of stanchness. He quickly 
learns its use, and when it is fired he has such an un- 
control.able eagerness to secure possession of the bird 
that for a time he is lawless. On the other hand the 
average amateur is himself so over eager to kill birds 
that the training of the dog is a remote matter when 
the opportunity to kill is presented, so that what should 
as much as possible be an orderly matter of schooling is 
then a disorganized scramble between man and dog. 

However, as to the use of the gun, there are cases 
which will be benefited by it. There are slothiul, in- 
dolent dogs which require the stimulus of successful 
capture, and others again which, after working a time 
without material result, lose interest and cease effort. 
The trainer’s own judgment must be his guide under 
such circumstances. 

When .he dog is pointing or attempting to point, he 
should be permitted to do so in his own natural manner. 
The trainer should not give any caution or orders till 
the dog either points or fushes. Jf he is the one trainer 
out of a hundred he can do so, but if he 1s one of the 
other ninety-nine he must ei her bawl out orders or 
perish. Orders and multiplication of orders, however, 
no more assist a dog in learning to use his nose than 
they would to assist a man who was guiding him- 
self by the sense of feeling in the darlless so, in fact, 
for the dog does not comprehend the meaning of many 
words. 

When the dog flushes, then the trainer may caution 
him or punish him according to the requirements of the 
case, and he then associates the displeasure with some 
definite event which, being painful, he seeks to avoid. 
Unintentional flushes should never he considered a 
cause for punishment and this should hold good in 
respect to all o‘her mistakes. 

By leaving the doe to his own judement he learns te 


go to his birds without hesitation or apprehension of - 


trouble, and points them at an intelligent estimate of 
divance, neither too near nor too close. In the case of 
timid dows. actual encouragement may be necessary and 
even willful flushes mav need to be encouraged. 

Unless a steady, well trained dog can be used for a 
brace mate for the green pupnv, it is best te work him 
alone till he 1s fairly stanch. If the trainer cannot work 
one nunny according to rule, it requires no argument to 
demonstrate that he cannot werk two or more. 

The neinting of harnvard fewls hy sieht should he 
discouraced as mich as nossihle. Tt does not in the 
Jeost accist the traimer when gschnolins the dee afield. 
The dag when work*re to the sun points in the creat 
matoriti: of instaneac hy the sense of smell, and if be 
then seeks to noint hv sieht, as he daes when dallving 
with the harsvard fowls, he would flush much oftener 
than he would point. . 


STREAM 


‘The functional potvers of dogs’ noses vary greatly 
Of two dogs of equal intelligence, pace and stamina, one 
may lar excel the Oller wt Dudlug ald pola tmg, and 
th.s aione fiom the greaiet keenness ot his nose. Many 
umintent.onal errors are made by dogs whose 
nose is duil. An inteiligent dog, with such imnrmity, wall 
many umes develop into a useiul pertormer, his superior 
knowleage enabiing him to use his nose to the best 
advantage. 

AS tu .te length of time required to establish the point 
stanchly, nothing can be said detinitely. It all depends 
on the pupil and the trainer’s ability to permit him to 
learn, After a short schooling, some dogs of a gentle 
deferential nature learn to point quickly in the interests 
of the gun, and eyen defer to a bracemate, preferring 
the back to the point. Somecimes, when they observe 
their fellow roading, they p.ay to take the back, thus 
an.icipating the act of pointing. Others again play to 
get to the front at the earliest possible moment when 
a point is impending. However, as a general proposi- 
tion, several weeks are required in which to properly 
school the dog to stanch point work, and sometimes this 
degree of proficiency is not reached till well inio the 
second season, and in rare instances into the third. 
Occasionally the trainer will come across a dog which 
cannot be taught to point reliably. 

While the point when exercised naturally is for the 
dog's individual advantage, by experience and the exer- 
cise of inteliigence he learns to apply it conjointly with 
the efforts of the shooter in the common purpose to cap- 
ture. It is an amplification of the team work which he 
displays when a member of a pack or of a brace. He 
learns that the capture is effected by joint effort, even 
though such effort at first was a matter of disagreeable 
compulsion. ‘After practical application has demon- 
strated the,uses of the scooling, he applies his efforts 
with great skill, and becomes original in manipulating 
the variable circumstances in a manner best calculated 
to serye the interests of the gun. At that, there is much 
left which appeals to his selfishness, To him a subordi- 
nate, part is infinitely preferable to no part at all. This 
alone is sufficient to appeal to his self interest. It is 
analogous to the self interest of the little boy who be- 
seeches the privilege of accompanying his big brother 
afield that he may carry the game which is killed. The 
self interest and consequently the efforts of the dog are 


easily maintained, if he is not excessively mistreated 


under a mistaken practice of training, or mistreated from 
a mistaken play of ill temper. 

The style of a point is considered a matter of first 
importance by some sportsmen, so much so that they 
assert that they would rather kill one bird over a mag- 
nificently spectacular point than many Over a common- 
place one. Nevertheless there is a distinction between 
looking for pictures and looking for birds. A flashy hit- 
or-miss dog, with high pressure legs, running across 
birds might make a point of incomparably greater 
beauty than that of a dog which worked out his points 
methodically and intelligently. 

The dog with a high grade of bird sense rarely makes 
spectacular points. His work is of an all-day character, 
and he conducts it after the manner of an all-day work- 
man. It is judgment and method as compared to snap 
work. | Not that beautiful point work of the spectacular 
kind is objectionable, nor that good dogs now and then 
do not possess it, but it has not the exaggerated im- 
portance bestowed on it by the sportsman who values 
manner over matter. . 

The first requisite of the setter and pointer is to find 
birds; the manner of it is incidental. Very few shooters 
who in the parlor declaim in ecstacy over the thrills 
and tremors of a sensational point live up to the ideal 
when in the field. Then a point is‘a point. If beautiful 
so much the better, if it is a true point; if false so much 
the worse. At all events, when a shooter goes afield 
with a gun and dog it is safe to assume that the spectac- 
wlar point is beautiful as an incident, though it is not 
the main purpose. , HH Ht 

Some dogs from extreme caution learn to drop to 
shot. Others again from getting lost on point, and 
becoming weary of waiting, lie down to rest and learn 
it therefrom, while others again which have been taught 
to drop to shot learn to drop in anticipation of the 
flush, which is gradually evolved into dropping to point. 


Irish Terrier Club. 


Tue Irish Terrier Club of America has issued the fol- 
lowing circular to its members: 

The committee on specials of the Irish Terrier Club 
of America offer, on behalf of the club, the following 
stakes and cuns, to be competed for at the coming bench 
show of the Westminster Kennel Club, to be held in New 
York city in February, 1901: 

Stakes —The grand challenge cup for dogs, value $100; 
the grand challenge cup for bitches, value $100; the 
breeders’ stake. 

Cups—Five-dollar cup for best dog or bitch in puppy 
classes; $5 cup for best dog or bitch in novice classes; 
$5 cup for best dog or bitch in limit classes: $5 cup for 
best dog in open class; $5 cup for best bitch in open class 
—each of the aforementioned to be American bred; $5 
cup for best yeteran dog, five years old or over; $5 cup 
for best veteran bitch, five years old or over; $5 cup for 
stud dog, to be shown with two of his get. the latter 
American bred. but not necessarily the property of the 
exhibitor—get alone to be considered; $5 cun for brood 
bitch. to be shown with two of her produce, the latter Amer- 
ican bred. but not necessarily the nronerty of the exhib- 
*tor—produce alone to be considered: $5 cup for the 
breeder, who mist be a member of the Irish Terrier Club 
ef America. of the best American-bred dog in the show; 
5 cun for the breeder, who must be a member of the 
Irish Terrier Cinh of America. of the best American- 
bred bitch in the show: $5 enn for hest three, American 
hred. any sex owned by exhibitor; $5 cup for best two, 
American hted. any sex, owned bv exhibitor: $s cun for 
stid dae having the greatest nimber af set fo win a first. 
second er third sréze at ca'd show. In case of reserve heing 
eiven instead of third mrizve then reserve ta count as third. 
Get to be American bred. Five dollar cup for brood 
hitch having the ereatest number of produce to win a 
first. second or third prize at said show. In case of 


reserye being given instead of third prize, then reserve to 
count as third. Produce to be American bred, 

‘Lhe above stakes anu cups are Upc tu iuivers of the 
Jrish Lerrier Ciub ol America oniy. 

Every dog and bitch comipetmg must be registered in 
the American Kennel Club Stud book. 

The term “American bred” is to be construed as mean- 
ing a dog or bitch wheiped in the Uuitea Siaes or 
Canada, and in the case of a bitch seryed our co: the 
United States or Canada, she must have been owued aud 
in the United States or Canada prior to such service 
to make her produce eligible to cumpcte. 

The interpretation of the above shall be left to the 
committee on specials, Chas. W. Rodman, Jr., and OU. 
W. Donner, whose award shall be final. 


Appeats to Have Discovered a Canire Klcndike. 


Rye, N. Y., Oct. 20.—Fditor Forest and Stream: I 
went hunting on Saturday, Oct. 27, in a wouds. When 
I was in the center of the woods | heard someining huwl 
and I went toward where I heard the noise, and when [ 
got by the swamp there came a red dog. | thought it 
was a fox, She came right for me. J] hit her on the 
head with my gun barrel. I whistled for my dog but in- 
stead of my dog there came two boys. She went then 
for them. She bit one in the leg and the other fellow 
hit the dog with the butt of his gun. Then my dog 
came. Then she ran away, Then we three went to the 
cave and we found seven little puppies. Their ears were 
Sharp and their claws were sharp. The'r color was af 
mud color, The mother was a red color. She was about 
1% feet high. She was long. When they get three weeics 
old I am going to get them, i 

RAYMOND HENpRICKS. 


Machting. 


_ Tue selection of a manager for the new Cup defender 
is no longer a matter of delicacy in naming the man best 
adapted for the position, but it has become a d.ffcult 
question to find a competent man who will und_rtake the 
responsibilities of the position. To carry the races 
through to a successful issue the man must devote his 
entire time and attention to the work, and those wlio 
were first mentioned as available have found hat their 
business affairs would not permit this. For this rea«.n no 
announcement has yet been made by the N. Y. Y. C. It 
has become known, however that the contract for the new 
defender has been closed with the Herreshoffs and the 
work on the boat is already under way. 


THE yacht Senta is said to have been bought by an 
American yachtsman, and rumor has it that Mr. C. C. 
Bragg, the owner of the schooner Alsacienne. is the pur- 
chaser. Senta would prove a valuable addition o the 65%. 
class, and together with Hester, Isolde, Astrild ard Queen 
Mab, the racing ought to be yery keen next season. The 
boats are of an excellent type, being easily handled and 
having good accommodations, and should be encouraged. 
It is to be hoped that there is some truth in the rumor 
that Mr. Robert P. Doremus will also import a boat for 
this class. 


The Yacht: men’s Club. 


We take pleasure in submitting the following pros- 
pecttts of the Yachtsmen’s Club which has becn k ndly 
forwarded to us by one of the trustees, Mr. Edward M. 
MacLellan. The hearty co-operation of the members of 
the allied clubs is not only essential but necessary for 
the promotion of the objects for which the club has becn 
established, The club has already a membership of 100, 
but this number should be greatly increased without de ay. 
There is no initiation fee at present, and the annual dues 
are within the reach of everybody, The enterta ninent 
cammittee of the club is preparing a programme for the 
winter that will be attractive and instructive to the mem- 
bers of the club, It has been suggested that a series of 
lectures on navigation, designing, handling sails. tides and 
so forth be given at the club rooms. The lecture: w'll be 
announced shortly. At a meeting of the Board of Tru tees 
held on Noy. 14, the following were elected to momber- 
ship: Edmund Kelly, Larchmont Y. C.; W. W. Kelly, 
Manhasset Bay Y. C.; Henry W. Merrill, Bay Biccayane 
Y. C, and Clendenin Eckert, Cliff Haven Y. C. Lake 
Champlain. 


No. 47 West Forty-third Street, New York March Ts— 
The Yachtsmen’s Club is a social organization the mem- 
bership in which is restricted to persons who are at the 
time of their election, members of regularly oreanized 
yacht clubs. It has been organized to create a cn‘er af 
yacht'ng interest in New York city. Its exact purposes, as 
stated in the Constitution, are: 

Sec. 2—The object of this club shall be the establishment of a 
central meeting place for yachtsmen in New York city, with.a view 
of promoting yachting and a closer socia! relationship among the 
eure of the various American organizations deyoted to this 
QUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP. 

BY-LAWS. 
a candidate for membership, to be eligible, must be a member 
in good standing of.a regularly organized yacht club and must be 
proposed and seconded in writing. 

A preliminary organization wa: effected and a Con- 
stitution and By-Laws were adopted cn Feb. 1, 1990. The 
fret annual meeting wae held on Feh, 13. 1900, at which 
the organization was perfected and officers to serve for the 
ensuing year were elected. 

At present there is no initiation fee. The annval dues 
of resident members—those I?yine wi hin thirty-five miles 
of the club house—are $20. The annual dues of non- 
resident members—those living hevond thirty-fve miles 
from the club house—are $10. The dives are navohl> en 
election or within thirty days thereafter and en the an- 
niversaries thereof—that is to sav the navmen* -f a vear’s 
dues secures for a member all rights and privileges for a 
full year, 3 

The Constitution and By-Laws are similar to tance fov- 
erning all first-class social clubs, and the duties and 


CHAPTER IJ., SECTION T., 


FOREST «AND-STREAM, 


nm 4165 [Nov. 24, 1900. 


TABLE OF OFFSETS FOR 19FT. SAILBOAT DESIGNED BY J. WILTON MORSE AND BUILT BY AYKROYD BROS. 


powers of the officers and trustees are those usually de- 
volving upon such officials. 


The club rooms are in The Royalton, a bachelor apart- Bections Bow 1 : A i : ‘ ; c 
Si z b 9 10 11 
ment hotel, at No. 47 West Forty-third street, in_the 12 
heart of the club house district of New York city. They ; SS are eS SS 
are on the first floor, and have a private entrance. They Heights above L.W.L....1:-sssenes4s 24 215 204 19 17 165 156 152 15 15 153 16 17 | 
consist of four rooms, adapted for use as reception rOOMS, Depths below L.Welusceereecesseo ees ‘Sale| | eeeaee 31 56 46 92 102 104 to 36 ja poe lament 
committee rooms, library, etc., and in addition a dining { = ‘ : 
room of ample size to accommodate about fifty persons. A Half-breadths at deck,...,..+++5 fig 2h 16 245 31 36 393 41 414 41 g95 373 341 806 
contract has been made with the management of The Hale preadths ateWalsts.scborea: $ 14 996 994 g51 396 rel 412 406 392 Boa sh ms 
Royalton by virtue of which meals are served in the club’s 3 ; ; 
dining room at all hours from early morning to 10 P. M., -Malf-breadths at W.L. Byyseessssss, B 12 21 282 34 88 40) 41 402 394 351 297 204 
and beverages and cigars to 12 P. M., at club prices. Thus  pait-breadths at W.L. Avsssssesree 5 gi 182 268 832 372 402 408 401 314 3g pteallh Sete 
the club is able to afford its members all the privileges of z 
restaurant, café, bar, etc. | + -Half-breadths at LyW.L,.scsseseeeves{  G  favseseee 14? 24? 314 86? B92 403 392 362 806 204 “6 
' The club rooms are well furnished, handsomely deco-  Half-breadths at W.L, discssseesses Bs A emcees, 28 186 283 342 314 388 372 332 oh} 
rated, lighted by electricity and equipped with long-dis- A SHOT ET cc teres 
+ * . ’ — 4 
— tance telephone service. The several committees have Half-breadths at W.L, Bove teees wrens a « eiaeloie.oie,| tele vlere n | attests] 20 296 342 855 $3e 272 ce UES ee | Tee 
begun the work of et ete books, photographs, lines, Half-breadths at W.L. 8..4.++s0e0e+ Pe ieee si REEL Neh sant | peers 14 268 29 oak Lae eon te cla be AIA 18 
models, etc., of interest to yachtsmen. : ‘ : ; , 
The membership of the Yachtsmen’s Club already in-  Di80mal Leveessssseeesereeerseees ms ” ay Pa a at HES 464 | 478 | 468) 44 40° | 65 | gos 
cludes gentlemen who are members of ce poor Pan Diagonal 2....ssseeeeeees vawtcee eke | 24 294 86 414 454 476 486 474 44s 404 BBS Ei 
lantic, Eastern, Bridgeport, Hartford, Hempstead Harbor, 1 4 ; ‘ we 
Horseshoe Harbor, Huguenot, Huntington, Indian Har- Diagonal B.....ccseccesterees Fa 3G00 24 30 35 88 4) 49 49, 414 394 364 392 262 
bor, Larchmont. Manhasset Bay, New Haven, New Bottom plankisssecscsscceseeeeceens| 9 fenuceues ke llc eng eel Me Peer) tar aes, bite lhesoems A aaa ia 


Rochelle, New York, Norwalk, Riverside, Royal Cana- 
dian, Seacliff and Seawanhaka Corinthian yacht clubs. 

Application for membership should be sent to the 
secretary. 

The officers of the club are: David Banks, Pres., At- 
lantic Y. C.; Hazen L. Hoyt, Vice-Pres., Larchmont Y. 
C.; Chas. T. Pierce, Sec’y, Riverside Y. C.; P. G. San- 
ford, Treas., Norwalk Y. C. Trustees—President, Secre- 
tary and Treastirer, ex-officio; Frank Bowne Jones, In- 
dian Harbor Y. C.; Chas. P. Tower, New Rochelle Y. C.; 
Hazen L. Hoyt, Larchmont Y. C.; Edw. M. MacLellan, 
Manhasset Bay Y. C.; Newbury D. Lawton, New York 
Y. C.; Ward Dickson, Hempstead Harbor Club. 


A Catboat Cruise on Lake Ontario. 


WHEN in Toronto last August we had the pleasure of 
wishing bon voyage to a merry party of six who were 
just getting away from the float of the Royal Canadian 
Y. C. for a summer holiday afloat. The boat was so 
small and the pile of duffle passed aboard from the float 
was so large that we were interested in hearing the out- 
come of the experiment. The following log was sent 
us recently for private perusal, knowing all of the parties. 
It was not written for publication, -but as a record of a 
pleasant cruise. At our request we have been allowed 
to publish it in connection with the lines of the boat. 
She was designed by Mr. J. Wilton Morse, of the Royal 
Canadian Y. C., designer of the little dinghy illustrated 
in the Forest AND STREAM, and which has proved so 
popular. The sixth member of the party deserves more 
mention than is accorded him in the cruise. Burleigh is 
a big bull terrier, of sage and dignified mien, according 
with his name, Though not by nature a navigator, he 
proyed an amiable and appreciable companion on the 
cruise, 


Drift was designed for use up on Georgian Bay, and 
was intended to be large enough to carry a party of four 
and supplies for a camping out trip of two weeks 
through byways where provisions could not be obtained. 
Sleeping accommodation was provided by a tent, which 
was rigged over the boat from the mast to the stern, the 
after end of the ridge rope being fastened to the boom, 
which was then well topped up, and the forward end tied 

_to the mast. The sides were hooked to rings lashed 
through’ the gunwale, this arrangement making the deck- 
ing around the side available as a shelf at night. 

The tent was 16ft. long by the full width of the boat, 
and was found very comfortable for a two weeks’ trip 
down the Bay of Quinte this summer. A party of five, 
three of them ladies, found ample sleeping accommoda- 
tion on the broad flat floor, while during the day the 
thousand and one things required were all stowed away, so 
as to leave plenty of room for every one. 

The boat turned out very successful, being a good dry 
sea boat, thanks to buoyant form and ample freeboard. 
She would, of course, have looked much better with a 
counter on her, but being able to unship the rudder in a 
hurry is a matter of necessity in strange waters, when 
it projects so far bélow the keel, and the rudder was 
none too deep to control the boat in some of the weather 
she went through this summer, She would work to 
windward easily through a channel not more than Soft. 
wide, and her speed all round left nothing to be desired 
from a cruising standpoint. 

Her construction was very strong, the trunk logs of her 
certerboard box running through from the stem to: the 
stern seat with cross floors every 2ft. bolted to it and to 
the bilge stringer, taking all the strain of the heavily 
loaded centerboard and stiffening the whole boat up. 

The bottom boards being laid over these cross floors 
gave a lot of stowage room underneath, in which all our 
provisions were carried in watertight jars. 

Her dimensions are as follows: 


Sections from 1 to 12 spaced 18in, and waterlines 3in, apart. 


No. 1 section 2ft. 6in, from bow. Diagonals cross center line 27in. above L.W.L. No. 1 


diagonal crosses W.L. B 87in. from center W.L, A 42%in. ‘No, 2 diagonal crosses W L. 2 8514in. from center, No. 8 diagonal crosses W.L. 3 19%4in, from 


center. Stem cuts W.L. A 1234in. from section 1, W.L, B 20in., W.L. C 25%in., W.L. D 28in., W.L, E 29%in. 


from section No. 1. Aft end of slot 9ft. from section No. 1, 


Front end of centerboard slot 2ft, 9in. 


Planking Win. cedar lapstreak. Ribs 14%x34in, oak 
spaced 6in. centers. Deck Y%in. cedar. Deck clamp, 
spruce, 2x1M%in. Bilge stringer, spruce, 14x1¥%4in. Tran- 
som oak, #in. thick. Centerboard, spruce, 2in. thick, 
faced with oak and loaded with 2oolbs. of lead. edges 
chamfered off and finished with 3gin. halfround iron. 
With hollow spars and silk sail, she is very light aloft, and 
the loaded centerboard and ballast make her practically 
non-capsizable. 

[Sail plan will appear next week. ] 


Saturday, Aug. 18, at noon sharp, had been set as the 
time of starting for a cruise from Toronto down to 
Kingston, through the Bay of Quinte, in the half-decked 
catboat Drift, of the Royal Canadian Y. C.’s fleet. 

We had been talking about this cruise from early 
spring, and when the time arrived the crew were all on 
hand. Stores were aboard and we were ready to be off, 
but at noon rain from a thunder storm was coming down 


.in sheets, so the start was postponed for sundry reasons. 


Half an hour later the sky was clear, and with a light 
southwest wind we left the club house and started for the 
Eastern Gap. When half a mile on our way the wind 
dropped, clouds came up and once more the rain came 
down as though all the water in the heayens were pour- 
ing down on that one little defenseless boat. 

Oilskins were donned, the covers spread over the 


along with a good fresh breeze abeam, but about midnight 
the wind lightened and then hatiled to the northeast, which 
was dead ahead, and the crowd finally settled down to 
get what sleep they could. 

The wind gradually freshened and kicked up a nasty 
sea, but the boat proved herself a good one by riding the 
seas like a duck and making good time through it all, 

Occasionally one of the sleepers would rouse up and 
ask 1f we had passed Oshawa Light yet, and the invariable 
answer was “No,” but at last a light loomed up ahead, 
and a long way ahead, too. By this time the sea was so 
heavy that the skipper was kept busy dodging the big 
ones. They doubtless looked worse than they’ really 
were in the dark, but it was rather an anxious hour, and 
gave the ladies an experience they are not likely to forget 
very soon, ; 

Shortly after 3 a faint light appeared in the sky which 
gradually spread and brightened, till one of the finest 
dawns ever seen by any of the party (who, by the way, do 
not see many) came over the eastern sky. 

The light from the lighthouse got dimmer and dimmer, 
and now that the waves could be seen the boat was 
making better time. Tack after tack was made so as to 
keep under the lee of a long point which broke the seas 
some, and gradually we drew near the piers, and at last 
shot between them at 6 o’clock, after a long, hard night’s 
sail, and found out that Oshawa had been passed and 


duffle and all rather enjoyed the rain storm, as it was 
very cooling through the oilskins, and we consoled our- 
selves with the thought that a bad beginning makes a 
good ending. Ten minutes later the rain stopped, clouds 
drifted over, the sun came out, the wind settled back to 
west and this time we started for good. 

Going through the Eastern Gap we got a fearful sha- 
king up from the waves of the steamers passing through 
on their Saturday afternoon excursions. Four big ones 
passed us before we got clear, and the boat was shaken 
around like popcorn on a griddle, fortunately without 
shipping any water. 

Getting clear of the steamers we jibed over and started 
down shore with the wind almost directly behind us, and 
as the sun came out good and hot everything was soon 
dry and we had a delightful run. 

We ‘were soon abreast the Scarboro cliffs and close 


that we were at Port Darlington, some forty-odd miles 
from Toronto. . 

We ran up the creek and cooked breakfast while the 
skipper took a nap, and after a walk, which took all the 
stiffness out of our joints, we decided to go on. 

Working out of the narrow creek was quite a feat, but, 
the boat did it nicely, and we were soon in the lake again, 
finding the sea heavier but the wind lighter. A long leg 
and a short one was the order, and soon Darlington 
Lighthouse was a thing of the past and Port Hope was the 
cry. As the sun came up, the wind went down, and soon 
we were barely moving, once having to anchor for a few 
minutes to prevent the seas washing us ashore, but gradu- 
ally we worked down the coast till about 4 o’clock we once 
more landed for our evening meal. : 

Our method of landing on the lake shore was to drop 
the anchor about tooft. off shore, then let the boat tail 


Length— enough in to get the full benefit of the view, and a mag- in till the crowd, all of whom had long rubber boots, could 
Oveneallles See eee teare vei Letee. Sa0h< roft. nificent sight it was. The sun by this time was shining wade ashore, then by fastening the boat with a shore line 
CAD sun en wen we Pie Ta a eee rst. in. pretty well parallel with the line of the cliffs, clearly out- we could come and go as we pleased. This was made 

Overhang— lining the face of the bluffs against their own shadows quite possible with only a ioin. draft, and a few minutes 
BG met eas sts steric to eG aft. 6 in and making pictures not soon to be forgotten. ashore easily repaid the slight trouble of getting in 
STU E iet a  e, S ee  e o 9 in. . As every one had had lunch early, appetites made a and out. } 

Beam— swift call, so about 5 o’clock the boat was headed in for After a good hot meal every one felt better, and as 
Lee resaa ee enc ay ters ca eC A eee vit. the shore and we landed at a little nook we had been in there was not a breath of wind, one of the ladies sug- 
pee WVcdl apie, |, AORCE eI «Coe be ie eg se 6ft. & in at before, about four miles west of Frenchman’s Bay. gested towing the boat along shore, with the double object 

Freeboard— In a short time a fire was going and a big steak was of getting some exercise and at the same time gaining 
La led gt ict a ee eee, ey! aft. under way, the party enjoying to the full the first meal ground. The scheme was adopted, and before quitting 
{ich Boe oie ah RA Bre ey Aad Ah 8 tft. 3 in. of the cruise, two or three miles had geen gained, when a light breeze 
Stegri Marne AAA AONE eek. cai Rees migiy at TEL, As soon as dishes were washed up away we went, as sprang up and the sail was called into use. 

Draft—Hull only...-....... CEE ee ea eg tol4in. the wind was favorable, and we wanted to make the most Oncé»more the wind hauled dead ahead, but the lights 

Aremlackiiente celia ett awe woke ee 2,600lbs. of it. About 8 o’clock the wind hauled off shore and of Port Hope town were in the distance, and gradually 

Lead Om eenterboatd....s.sce.s.eveeursse 200lbs. freshened, and the skipper settled down for an all night’s they came nearer. Making Port Hope from the west in 

Sail— sail, hoping to be far on the way by daybreak. At 11 a small boat at night the lights are very perplexing, as 
TPO See A Sn as een cet Wy me nd A Tort. we tan ashore again to stretch our legs, but found a after rounding the last point, Port Hope, the Gull and 
Tatts testes site ee ok He 8S ee r3ft. gravelly beach, so did not stay ashore long, and shortly Cobourg lights are all seen, forming apparently a tri- 
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soulbeast, the reasum for which we found out la.er on, 
However all ii.ngs come to those who have patience, and 
our patience though sorely tried, was rewarded by our 
gliding between the piers about 3 o'clock in the morn- 
ing, dcad .ired and very sleepy. 

After tying up to the center. pier the tent was soon 
rigged, and all turned in for a much needed sleep, and 
breakfa. t had no attraction for the crowd next morning, as 
we did not turn out till after r1. 

S_raightening the boat out we went up and had break- 
fast and dinner together at the hotel, and we decided that 
the proprietor would not get rich on the amount he 
made out of us on that meal. 

The east wind st ll continued, so we decided to sail on 
down the six miles to Cobourg that afternoon and pray for 
a west wind for the next day. 

We had a glorious sail agamst a hard wind and heavy 
sea, passing close to the Gull Light, which seemed a 
lone.ome piace for any cne to hive in. Getting into 
Cobourg about 5 o'clock we vied up to the west pier and 
sett.ed ourselyes comfortab.y for the night. 

After dinner we took a walk up town, finding Cobourg 
the br ght town it always is in the summer. 

‘len u clock -aw us all in bed, as we expected to make 
an early start in the morning hoping to make Presque 
ls-e 16 we go. a favorable wind, but, alas! next morning 
it was blowing harder than ever, and the sea was by 
thi, time almost too much for a hali-decked boat with a 
b.g load. However, some fishermen told us that we could 
get shelter at Grafton about ten miles down the coast, so 
we decided to make the attempt. 

The boat behaved grandiy in a sea so heavy that s't- 
tng up on che side of the boa. we could not see over the 
top of the large waves. We made Grafton all right but 
when we got there we found only a broken pier, with 
the sea making a clean breach over it, and after hold.ng a 
council of war decided to turn back for Cobourg. 

‘This was particularly aggravating, as we were very 
anxious to get in.o the Bay of Quine, but thanks to our 
wise deci isn we had a good night's rest, and next morn- 
ing (Wednesday) found the sea gone down and a good 
breeze from the southwest. 

Getting breakfast and some supples up town we got 
away about 9:30, and soon were skating alone at the 
bese clip simce staring, Mile after mile was passed 
rapidly, and as we were never more than a few hundred 
yards from shore, we had full benefit of all the pretty 
little bits of scenery along the shore, and we enjoyed 
them to the full, 

Landing at Lakeport we cooked our midday meal, and 
shortly aiter saw the schooner Clorita from the home 
club beating up the lake, homeward bound. She passed 
us two or three miles out, and made a very pretty pic- 
ture as she went by with her white sails clearly outlined 
aga nst the blue of a summer sky. 

By this time .he wind was blowing hard enough to 
make the beat fairly fly through the water, and about 3 
oclock Presque Isle Lighthouse loomed up a couple of 
mies ahead. Rounding, the light we stood up into the 
bay, and with the wind abeam and smooth water, the 
boat did herself proud and soon we were able to square 
away for the western entrance of the Murray Canal. The 
w.nd hauled straight. down the cut and into it we went 
with the boom square off and all the wnd we wanted. 
We debated about the four-mile-an-hour limit to speed 
enforced on the canal as the beat was doing a good 
six, but decided to go ahead and chance it as the swells 
we kick d up would not hurt the canal to any great extent. 


There are no locks in this canal, but i. is crossed by . 


fone hetdga 


_ ond we were not sure of the procedure in the 
case of a small boat, but when the first bridge was neared 
vi - 1, sawing ng it in g°-od time to let us 
through, and past hm we went at a great clip. 

At the next one we had to stop and register, which 
we did not know till the man in charge ha.led us, and 
it was a case of down helm in a hurry to swing the 
boat in the very narrow space between the bridge and the 
stone side of the canal, but she did it all right, and the 
skipper went up and registered, paying 25 cents for the 
privilege of gong through the canal, or rather for regis- 
tration, as the canal is free. 

Swinging around again in the same nattow space, to the 
amttsement of the bridge tenders, we kept up our fast clip 
till we*had to round up at the railway bridge to let a 
train pass, but we did not mind much, as it only delayed 
us a couple of minutes. 

Soon the last bridge was passed and we could see the 
end of the piers ahead and to celebrate our atr val we 
fired off a couple of giant firecrackers just as we ran out 
of the piers into he bay. 

The wind by this time had lightened and we ran over 
to the south shore and coasted along. finally picking out a 
place that suited us to land at and soon had the hook 
out the boat tied up. grub ashore and ‘he evening meal 
under way, having covered fully forty miles in the day’s 
run. 

The girls went tip to a nearby farm house for fresh 
milk and eggs. and soon we were all seated around en- 
joy ng our eyening meal in the famou~ Bay of Quinte. 

During the evenine we were very much entertained by 
the owner of the farm on which we were camping who 
came down to see us, and stayed and chatted away for an 
hovr ar so, telline tis about the neighborhood and the 
bay, and we have had many a lattgh since over the quaint- 
ness of some of his cuss words. 

Next morn ng we decided to have a grand drying out 
and airing, as bedding and clothes had been more or less 
dams ever since leaving Toronto, so after breakfast we 
hnicted -a3] and ran down eprosite Trenten where there 
was a fine piece of sod and taking everything out of the 
boat we spread them over the landscape and dried them 
aint tharavehly, while ‘hree of the party went over to 
Tresten tn the haat to get supplies. 

Two or three hours in the sun made 
and fre h and after the crowd got back 
had dinner, packed the stuff away in 
started en down the hay. 

We had a nice wind right off shore and mad> good time 
down ‘o the bridge across the hay at Belleville, on the 
Wav pissing a schoener stink close ‘nshore and as sails 
and rigging were all in place, it looked as if the accident 
had been a very recent one. 


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good shape and 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


After passing thé btidge the witd hatiled a little ahead, 
50 sheets were flattened in and we had quite a race with a 
big freight sloop, but picked her up rapidly and at last 
ran ashore for thé night on .he north side of the bay, just 
aecane a point opposite the big summer hotel at Missasaga 

ark, 

[TO BE CONTINUED. | 


Proposed Change in Raceabout Rules. 


THE Executive Committee of the Yacht Racing Asso- 
cidtion of Long Island Sound met on the evening of Nov. 
T4 at the Yachtsmen’s Club, on Forty-third street, New 
York city, to discuss the changes in the rules governing 
the raceabout class. After a long debate the following 
amendments were agreed upon by the Executive Com- 
mittee, and they probably will be adopied at the March 
meeting of the counc:]: ! 

The cockpit shall not be more than 8ft. long and not 
under at any point 60 per cent. of the beam at that point. 
point. 

The average height of coaming all around, except at the 
after end, shall not be less than 4in. 

The spinaker sheet shall not be carried outside of the 
leeward shroud. 

The crew to be limited to three, including the helms- 
man, who must be an amateur, and only one professional 
is allowed. 


Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 


Tue fifth general meeting of the Seawanhaka Corinthian 
Y. C. was held at Sherry’s on Nov. 14. Vice-Com. Hoyt 
presided. Reports were received from standing com- 
mittees. A committee composed of R. W, Gibson, Bayard 
Foulke and Charles Leyland was appoin.ed to draw suit- 
able resolutions of condolence on the death of the secre- 
tary, C. J. Stevens. An agreeable surprise was the an- 
nouncement that the club had won a gold medal for its 
exhibit of models at the Paris Exposition. A. Cass Can- 
field, John Hyslop, H. W. Eaton, J. Fred Tams and 
Clinton H. Crane, a committee apvointed to frame a new 
rule of measurement, reported progress. 


The Defense of the Canada Cup. 


Tuer Chicago Y. C. will defend the challenge for the 
Canada cup, issued by the Royal Canadian Y. C. at 
Toronto. The size of the boats and the conditions that 
governed the races between Genesee and Beaver will 
remain about the same. It is is said that Detroit, Toledo 
and Cleveland will each have a boat for the trial races. and 
the winner will sail under the colors of the Chicago Y. C., 
although produced perhaps at a distance, as happened last 
year, when the Hanley-designed Genesee belonging to a 
Rochester syndicate, won the Canada cup from Beaver. 


Ship Canal Survey Completed. 


THE survey of a ship canal for the inland route through 
the North Carolina sounds has been completed. The route 
is from Norfolk to Beaufort through Creaton, Pamlico 
and Albemarle sounds and the Scupperneng River. This 
is the first step toward an in erior waterway system that 
will connect Boston with Florida. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


The yacht Madeline, Mr. J. R. Lord, owner. from New 
York for Costa Rica, called at Inagua on Noy. 7 for 
provisions and proceeded the same day. 

Ree 


The yawl Adele. Mr. J. C. Welch, owner, arrived at 
Key West on Noy. 14 and sailed for Port Cortez. 


RRR 


The steam yacht American, Mr. Archibald Watt, owner, 
arrived at Fort Monroe on Nov. 18. 


RR E 


Charles F. Herreshoff, 2d, who designed San Toy, that 
was raced wich such success last season, has gone abroad 
to pursue a course of study in naval architecture in the 
University of Glasgow. 

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The schooner yacht Comanche, owned by W. D. Bishop, 
Jr., of Bridgeport, Conn., is now at Port Jefferson, where 
she will be enlarged and entirely refitted before she goes 
into commission next season. 


RR®e 


Speakng of the America Cup match, the Yachtsman 
says: “One precaution which the Shamrock’s American 
experience has served to prove necessary is the employ- 
ment of a large and competent staff of sailmakers to ac- 
company the yacht on her trip. Had the races last year 
been sailed in home waters Shamrock’s mainsail would 
haye been made to set better.’ In her last race it was 
shockingly bad.” 

ReeER 


In reference to Britannia, says the Yachting World: 
“Sir Richard William Bulkeley, Bart... has abandoned his 
intention of converting her into a ketch, and has decided 
to shorter her spars. Mr. G. Marvin. at whose yard 
shé has been hauled up for many months past, has been 
intrusted with the work. The boom is to be reduced 
some roft., and about 4ft. is to be taken off the mast and 
topmast. This will, of course, considerably diminish her 


sail area.” 

RRe 
Gen, E. S. Greely, of New Haven, has sold his steam 
yacht Alcina to Mr. O. P. Lichworth of Buffalo, N. Y. 
She will be taken to Buffalo through the Erie Canal. 


Ree 


The steam yacht Aquilo. recently purchased by Mr. S. 
M. Jaryis from Mr. Wm. P. Eno, has been renamed 
Priscilla by her new owner. Priscilla will leave New 
York in a few days for an extended cruise in West In- 
dian waters. 

RMR ER 


Mr. G. W. Shiverick, of Kingston, Mass., is building a 


[ Nev, 24, 1806, 
knockabout of his own design for Me. W. A, Courey. 
She is 18ft, on the waterline, 3oft. over all, 7ft. toin. beam 


and 3ft, draft. There will be 1,500lbs. of iron ballast on 
her keel, and she will carry 450 sq. ft. of saul 


mm EK 


Mr. V. D. Bacon, of Barnstable, Mass,, is designing a 
42it, auxiliary yawl for a San Francisco yachtsman. The 
boat will be built on the Pacific coast, ; 


REE 


The Neilson Yacht Building Company are building an 
auxiliary cruising schooner from their own designs for 
Messrs. C, C. Wilkinson and Dr. Z. W. Alderman, of 
Washington, D. C. She will be known as Ciconia and 
will be 44fi. on the waterline 66ft. over all. 15ft. 6n. 
beam and 4ft. 6in. draft. Her accommodations consist of 
two staterooms, main saloon, toilet, galley and fore- 


castle. 
RemR 

The Unqua Corinthian Y. C. is to make its head- 
quarters at Amityville, L, I., where it will build a club 
house and deepen the water on which it fronts so as to 
secure a safe anchorage. 

RREe. 

Mr. H. C. Roome left Port Richmond, S. I., on Nov. 
T4, on his launch Roamer, for a cruise in Florida waters 
and among the Bahamas. 

BRR 


Mr. Clifford Brokaw has sold his cutter Queen Mab 

through Manning’s yacht agency to Mr. L. H. Smith. 
RR. 

Capt. Frank W, Hinman, aged thirty-eight years, former 
Commodore of the Pequot Association, and one of the best 
known yachtsmen along Long Island Sound, died last 
week in New Haven of typhoid fever. 

RRR 
_ Vice-Com. Robert P. Doremus, of the Atlantic Y. C., 


has sold his cutter Uvira through the agency of A. J. Mc- 


Intosh to Sir William C. Van Horne, of Montreal. 
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Mr. Clinton H. Crane has.designed for Mr. Henry T. 
Sloan. N. ¥Y. Y. C. an auxiliary cruising schooner. She 
will be built by Geo. Lawley & Son, Corp., of South Bos- 
ton, The boat will be of composite construction. She will 
be 85ft. on the waterline, 120ft. over all, 22ft. 6in. beam 
and 13ft, 6in. draft. Y 

RRR 


Mr. Henry S. Hovey, Commodore of the Eastern Y. C., 
died at his residence, 317 Commonwealth ayenue Boston, 
Mass., on Monday, Noy. 19. He was a member of the 
Somerset and other well-known clubs, and had always 
taken the greatest interest in all matters nertain-ng to 
yachting. Mr. Hovey owned the schooner Fortuna. 


Grapshooting. 


Leading dealers in sportsmen’s supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously for a quarter-century. 


If you want your shoot to be announced here send: a 
notice like the following: 


Fixtures. 


Noy. 23.—Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, N. J.— 
Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men team race; 
20 live birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized gun club 
in the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake 
shooting commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier and 
Dr. A. A. Webber, managers. 

Nov. 27.—Toledo, O.—East End Gun Club’s merchandise shoot. 

Noy. 29.—Milwaukee, Wis.—South Side Gun Club’s tournament. 
A. D. Gropper, Sec’y. 

Nov. 29.—Newark, N. J.—Thanksgiving Day shoot _of the 
nes Gun Club; live birds and targets. John J. Fleming, 

ec’y. 

Nov. 29.—Sing Sing, N. Y.—Thanksgiving Day shoot of the 
Ossining Gun Club; live birds and targets. 

Nov. 30.-Dec. 1.—Omaha, Neb.—Kansas City-Omaha ten-men 
team race, 50 birds per man. 

Dec. 5-7.—Galt, Ont,—First annual 
Shooting Association; targets and live birds; 
Andrew Newlands, Sec’y. 

Dec. 11-14—Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossing, Il]—Annual live- 
bird tournament. John Watson, Mgr. 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. 

Chicago, Ill.—Garfield Gun Club’s trophy shoots, second and 
fourth Saturdays of each month; liye-bird shoots eyery Saturday. 
Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue. 


1901, 


15-18.—Hamuilton, Ont.—Hamilton Gun Club’s eleyenth 
live birds and targets; open to all. H. 


shoot of the Newlands’ 
added money. 


Jan. 
annual tournament; 
Graham, Sec’y. 

April 16-18.—Leavenworth, Kan.—Annual 
Kansas State Sportsmen’s Association, 

May 7-10—Tournament of the New 
Association, C. W. Feigenspan, Sec’y. _ ‘ 

June 5-7.—Circleville, O—Under auspices of the Pickaway Rod 


tournament of the 


Jersey State Spertsmen’s 


and Gun Club, annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters’ 
League. G. R. Haswell, Sec’y. 
June —.—Columbus, Wis.—Tournament of the Trapshooters” 


League of Wisconsin. First week in June. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28.—Interstate Park—Live-bird championship; 
25 birds; handicaps 25 to 33yds.; $10 entrance, birds extra; sweep 
optional; open to all; money instead of NOD E 

Nov. 22.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s tve-bird shoot; 
open to all, ; ; 

Nov. 27.—Interstate Park.—Medicus Gun Club’s live-bird shoot; 
open to all. 4 

Dee. 5.—Shoot-off of the winners of the November events, with 
$20 in gold to the winner. f 

Interstate Park, Queens, L. I.—Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 

Tee, Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice, Café and hotel accommodations. J 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took piece June 20, 1900. 

Interstate Park. L. I,—Fountain Gun Club’s regular monthly 
shoots, the third Thursday of October. November and December. 

Tnterstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. 

1901. 

April 15.—Interstate Park, Queens, L. 1, N. Y.—The Inter- 
state Association’s ninth annual Grand American Handicap Tour- 
nament at live birds. 

June ——Interstate Park, L. I.—Forty-third annua] tournament 
2 the New York State Association for thr protection of Fish and 

ame. ( e 


Nov. 24, 1900. | 


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DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Tn the absence of the editor of this department ali communications 
intended for publication should be addressed to the Forest and Streant 
Publishing Company. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail 
all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York. 


Miss May Clinton (Mrs. Geo. E, Bartlett), together with her 
shooting partner, Miss Pauline Cooke, both known in the theatrical 
profession as the Misses Cooke and Clinton, lady sharpshooters, 
are to go with Capt. Bartlett to Europe to give exhibitions with 
the rifle, shotgun and revolver. They will start soon after March 
1, 1901. Their foreign engagements begin _at Copenhagen, Den- 
mark, April 1, and their engagements in Germany, Russia, Eng- 
Jand and France will keep them abroad for at least a year, and 
possibly for several years. Capt. Bartlett is now in the employ 
of the Marlin Repeating Arms Co., and although he will sever his 
connection with this company when he starts on his trip, he will 
continue to use Marlin guns. 

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Concerning its next holiday shoot the Trenton Shooting Asso- 
ciation has issued announcement as follows: “The annual 
Thanksgiving Day shoot of the Trenton Shooting Association 
(late Walsrode) will take place on the grounds at Hutchinson’s 
Lake, near White Horse, N. J. Principal event: 15-target handi- 
cap for a Winchester repeating rifle. Entrance 50 cents. Sweep- 
stakes for turkeys and cash purses will follow, Cost of targets 
included in all of the regular events. For shooting off ties, 1 cent 
per target will be charged. For practice or shooting for targets 
enly, 136 cents per target. Shooting, will begin at 1 P.M. Trolley 
ears marked ‘Yardville’ direct to the grounds. ‘We always have 
a good time.” Geo. N. Thomas, Trenton, N-. J., is secretary. 


em ®, 


Judging from the scores put up by R. A. Welch and T. W. 
Morfey in their match for the Dupont trophy at Interstate 
Park on Monday of this week, when Welch defended his title 
to the trophy by killing 99 to Morfey’s 98, no professional in 
the country would have a cinch with either of the two shooters 
named. By the way, one of the New York daily papers at 
Tuesday of this week, in its efforts to give its readers the news, 
published a full-length portrait of Mr, Welch, which was excellent 
ih every respect except that if showed him to be left-handed, 
whereas “Bobby” always has been a right-handed shot. 


One of the. most recent visitors to New York is Mr. Frank A. 
Hollenbeck, who gaye his name to the Hollenbeck gun and or- 
ganized the Syracuse Amns Co. Latterly Mr. Hollenbeck has been 
with the Baltimore Arms Co., but is now on his own hook, and is 
showing to the trade his new three-barrel gun. This gun weighs 
about 7i4lbs., and is built up of two 28in. 12-gauge barrels, with a 
tile barrel underneath, which takes the .25-25 cartridge. ‘This 
naturally makes a handy combination gun where small and large 
game are likely to be met with in the same territory. The rifle barrel 
gives a point blank range up to 100yds., but is sighted for and 
-is guaranteed to be accurate up to 500. 


Messrs. E. I. Dupont, de Nemours & Co., of Wilmington, Del., 
have published an artistic brochure entitled “Field, Marsh and 
Fen.” It is profusely illustrated with scenes which portray the 
themes of its title. Quail, partridge, prairie chicken, grouse, duck, 
shore bird and snipe shooting are illustrated with rare fidelity, and 
the text is replete with description of the habits of the birds and 
the best method of hunting them. A postal card addressed to the 
great firm herein mentioned, with a request for a copy of “Field, 
Marsh and Fen,” will cause one to be sent you free of charge. 


Advices from St. Thomas, Ont., Can., the scene of Thomas 
Donley’s target and live-bird tournament, state that the first day’s 
events were shot in a snow storm, and that the money was divided 
among the following men: W, R. Crosby, J. S. Fanning, J. A. R. 
Elliott, H. D, Kirkover, Jr., Col. A. R. Courtney, H. D. Bates, 
Thomas Donley, Emile Werk, John Parker, H. Cox, Robert 
Emslie, Mr. Coffey, Mr. McPherson, Mr. Westbrooke. It would 
appear from present indications that the shoot will be a success- 
iul one. 

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The programme for John Wright’s live-bird tournament at In- 
terstate Park, Tuesday, Dec. 11, will shortly be in the hands of all 
his friends. “The Colonel’ is not only preparing a programme 
attractive in its details, but also in its general appearance, and 
will take care that each one of his friends receives a copy by mail. 
‘The list of events, with the entrance fees, is one that will appeal to 
all shooters who like to get as much fun as they can with a 
moderate outlay. 4 


In regard to the proposed trip of a team of American trapshoot- 
ers to England, there does not seem much chanee of any such 
team going over next’ summer, as Capt. A. W. Money, who has 
recently returned from a trip to England, states that he can finu 
no encouragement that would warrant anybody organizing such 
a team. In fact, the Englishmen do not seem to be at all 
fascinated with target shooting to the degree that Americans are. 


‘he match for the E C cup and the inanimate target champion- 
ship of New Jersey, which is now held by Geo. H. Piercy, of 
jersey City, is to be shot at the East Side Gun Club's grounds, 
Newark, N J., on Thursday, Dec. 13, which is the date of the 
regular monthly target shoot of the East Side Club. Mr. Piercy’s 
opponent will be Chris. Feigenspan, the Newark amateur, who held 
the trophy so long during the early part of this year. 


The handicap committee at Tom Donley’s tournament, St. 
Thomas, Ont., took good care of the experts, and also saw to it 
that H. D. Bates, this year’s winner of the Grand American 
Handicap, looked at the birds from afar off, placing him on the 
slyd. mark. There is quite a difference between 22 and 3lyds. 
when the birds are good, and Mr. Bates can now give expert 
testimony to that effect. ® 


J. 5. Fanning has returned from an extended trip through the 
South to his home in Jersey City. Jack says that he will now 
haye time to smoke a cigar, look around and show some of the 
heys in the vicinity of New York how to break targets and shoot 
live birds. Traveling seems to agree with Jack, for he never 


looked better. in his life than he does at the present time. 
4 


Monday of this week the city was brighter than usual, owing to 
the advent of Mr. H. P. Collins, the agent of Messrs. Dupont for 
the Southern States, who came hither from his home in Ralti- 
miore, Md. Mr. Collins came to New York to see the slioat for 
his company's trophy, the details of which appear in these columns. 


& 


_Uhe many friends of Jacob Pentz. the trap editor of Shooting and 

Bishing, will be pleased to hear that his condition is somewhat 
better, and that he hopes shortly to be able to show himself once 
again on Sporting Goods Row. Mr. Pentz has had a hard bout 
of it, but his sterling constitution has stood him in good stead. 


On Saturday, Noy. 24, there will be shot at Watson’s Park, Chi- 
cago, two live-bird sweeps—one at fi birds, $2 entrasce half <> 
the pot, 20yds., class shooting, and the other at 15 birds, 3 
entrance, half in the pot. handicaps 28 to 31lyds., class shootin :. 
The same programme will be offered for Thanksejving Day. 7 


So far as is known at the time of writing, the Jlliott-Crosby 
match for the cast iron medal is still pending, Elliott not having 
fixed either time or place—at least to the knowledge of any one 
in this city. There is some talk of shooting it at Melleville, Lil. 
a city that is not far from Mr. Crosby’s home at O'Fallon. 


The Omaha Gun Club, Omaha, Neb., will hold a shoot at live 
birds on Thanksgiving Day. A 25-bird handicap, $15 entrance, is 
first on the programme. The first of a series of three team races 
between Kansas City and Omaha will be shot on Noy, 30 and 
Dec. 1, and the second race will be shot in January. 


® 


The fifth of the Webber-Schortemeier series of three-men team 
shoots was shot at Dexter Park, Brooklyn, on Nov. 18. Twu 
teams were entered, one from the Emerald Gin Club, the other 
from the Medicus Gun Club. The former won by a score of 47 


to 52. The next contest is to take place Nov. 23. 


Harvey McMurchy, who is now on his way to California, has 
one out there with the positive intention of introducing his 
Smith gun to the ducks that haunt the marshes of California. Ifis 

idea is that he will sell as many guns as he bags ducks, his running 
mate being Phil Bekeart, of San Francisco. 


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Thursday of this week the Medicus Gun Club holds a live-bird 
shoot, open to all, at Interstate Park, commencing at 1 o'clock. 
On Wednesday of this week the third Interstate Park handicap, 
an interesting 25-bird event, engages the attention of the shooters. 


At the regular monthly shoot of the New Haven Gun Club on 
Noy. 14 Capt. Geo, E. Bartlett, of the Marlin Repeating Ams Co., 
carried off the honors by breaking 183 out of 15) targets. The 
wind blew a gale, and the shooting was most difficult. 


IN NEW JERSEY. 


‘Trenton Shooting Association. 


Noy. 14.—The Trenton Shooting Association held its club badge 
shoot on its grounds at Trenton to-day. No. 8 was at 10 pairs; 
No. 6 was a merchandise handicap; No, 7 was for place in the 
badge shoot; No. 8 was for the gold badge, and No, 9 for the 
silver badge. The scores: > 


Events: U2 aig aD Oe eke 89 

Targets: D0 br 20, 125) *30) 25 1h) The 15 
TASES 5 eae BB bObepoense Goran comme 9 Wy 140-20 28y 2H 6) 5. 1 
LOAN Oe AA 4 ARE Ne See be ae ff Ge SK) GR aie Pes vi 
(Garis Zeer rr pereerscttindioeti nelteee rier ne GIPLOP shine 20 48 (242 9" ae es 
SLGKEST FAMED te ty eee ee eee 5 dicts Ae Gaeteres 
NAGI 1 eet Ee eels Ree Meee RR et al caret & it 10 18 19 19 10 i .. 
IRSIT: Dante lees etaeetar) fae vt seit aoe eases aero Sy Bo en ns 
CGE lends tansagentnhonene slack Ol Waite ee ae ope ati een 10 
BATiKGe scien peel t a alee tate SeetQeenie BL. 28 1G Sede eee 
Weaicoteice od hee obs Beecercesscds atcha aterave Hee Se eet Gee ey sal np 
GUTLOPD Meee see cetith alatanttioeete BS) PAs i a ae TS) 
PAG Watch mented atetistedt autre a otal a 6 6 eh Ee ale’ sty Pe tr 
UGE Sopa saa nee aa ial riafa'e ata toe naore Z St 10 10 .. 


Intercollegate Cup Shoot. 


Princeton, N. j., Nov, 17—Yale won the fifth annual inter- 
collegiate cup shoot here to-day, The conditions were five men 
om a team, o0 targets per man, unknown angles. Dupuy, of Yale, 
carried off the individual honors with a score of 44. The scores: 

Yale—Wilson 39, Stevenson 48, Dupuy 44, Tranchot 36, Eastman 
41: total 203. 

Princeton—Laughlin 39, Elbert 36, Frost 34, Withee 39, Archer 
41; total 189. 

Haryard—Paul 25, Dana 33, William 35, Blake 32, Mallinkrodt 
38; total 163. 

University of Pennsylvania—Parish 29, 
Weaver 28, Baldwin 36; total 160. 


South Gloucester Gun Club, 


Gloucester City, N. J,, Nov. 17—Three sweeps were shot to- 
day by COTS of the South Gloucester Gun Club, with the follow- 
ing results: 

First event, 10 targets: Isaac Wark 8, Samuel Johnson 7, James 
Farrelly 6, Thomas Nacey 3. 

Second event, 15 targets: Isaac Wark 14, Patrick Farrelly 13, 
Thomas Hurley 13, Samuel Johnson 12. 

Third event, 10 targets: Samuel Johnson 10, Isaac Wark 9, James 
Farrelly 8, Patrick Farrelly 8, Thomas Nacey 7, Thomas Hurley 7. 


Law 39, Lowden 28, 


Trap at Columbus, Wis. 


.Cotumsus, Wis., Nov. 13.—Herewith are a few scores, which 
kindly publish in your next issue. The club will hold an all-day 
shoot at live birds Nov. 29. 

Also Guy V. Dering and H. ©. Anderson will shoot a 100- 
bird match at live birds, American Association rules to govern, on 
the afternoon of the 29th. : 

The shooters of Wisconsin are informed that the Trapshooters’ 
League of Wisconsin shoot will be held on our grounds the first 
week in June, and that our local club is arranging a fine pro- 
gramme for the occasion. 


Shoot No. 1, Nov. 2, 85 birds per man, 30yds. rise: 


(Oe AY ADEE coe Aa Saree 21201122121211122*0221212901*219999 39 
ELE OreAn Garscireme: seals araee 12111111111*10*2*101*0*201111 22112196 
Shoot No. 2, Noy, 12, 40 birds per man, for price of birds: 

ID Omni densa pees see 12*122122120212212*2112111*2121202199999 95 
NEE UU dey a 0010001022020122120122200101020012212012—94 
“a Noy. 13.—Forty-five birds per man, for price of birds: 

GENS Derimipseeenes 1221210111112121121211222221 91111011114221112 42 
HE O Anderson....... 191199111122212212*1212222221319191193*02211901—41 


Wind blowing a gale across the traps, making the birds fast 
flyers and hard to stop inside the boundary lines. American 
Association rules. CREMO. 


Omaha Gun Club, 


-Omana, Neb., Noy. 10.—Herewith are scores made Saturday. 
Noy. 10: The birds were a very fast lot, and with the wind in ee 
fayor made many of them almost impossible ta stap within bounds. 
The Kansas City team will be with us for the first of three races 
Noy. 30 and Dec. 1. Teams composed of ten men, 50 birds per 
man. Omaha_to Shoot second race some time in January. 
Thanksgiving Day in Kansas City will be devoted to Sweeps. A 
25-bird handicap, $15 entrance, was first on the programme: 

Handicap, $15, 25 birds, 60 and 40 per cent.: 


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GrabiTo0t an asaidezci seb eececeecee rss ie 919219121 219111911 Tsao se 
OUST maU betes mente mn gin jeer nn nn rc restate 2112212122121 93221911499 94 
omead, 80... cece ene ra es tae eso 0212221211921 299191994911 99 
Townsend, ELS oc Eee aN are + + -21221*2221211012221192991 93 
Rem, 30 PON Sa ee ees See ea Te ah #222121112102222123129%211 99 
Foge, BO es et eared nal eos 217 21**11121 2202122101112 97 
Hardin, 30. AE oa OCR I Ef 5 res Col 12102"121212*2112122*019*—19 
Btunth ares dU Rae c yy rey ere eeaen: 101112222221 *11712 
Broker: Sheep eer ae 211102202022 
(alla ber eo epee mtr len. non ccaeaan nen *21111*212 

H. S. McDownatp. 


Frankford-Cleatview Team Match. 


FRANKFORD, Pa.. Noy, 17—The twelvye-men team mat tw 
ses Fi PRE he se Club and the Cie oe 
was shot on the Frankford’s grounds to-day, i 
sectoay for pie tome Saint The “Rinse Moos suits zemuited iia 

earview—Urian 22, Downs 18, Reed 19, Forden 12 And 
z o F : F iderson 
coal 2t 12, Bell 18, Fisher 26, Elwell 18, Carr 8. Harkins 235 
rankford—Ridge 26, Redifer 22, Betson 14, George 19 Joh 
26, Green 19, Dalton 21, Morri "Myers 19, Sintth oa. 
eee oe alton ?1, Morris 15, Bourne 19. Myers 19, Smith 22; 


ON LONG ISLAND. 


Sheepshead Bay Rod and Gun Club, 


Sheepshead Bay, L. I., Nov. 15.—The Sheepshead Bay Rod and 
Gun Club’s shoot to-day was well attended. The club event at 
7 birds was won by Mr. Ira McKane, who killed straight, and in 
the shoot-off, miss-and-out, he shot out his three tie competitors 
in the 9th round. Scores: 


Wm Van Pelt, 27..... Diereez— At) TS USS), «2b smrcesteene gs > 2212 
Jas Leebe, 2320052; 0101110—4 Capt Baldwin, 24...... 0002102—3 
TL MeKane, 27.......... 22222127 G Morris, 26.........-+ 102*202—4 
1) if ME Rot, ilogyoncear 2229222 «Geo Tiebault, 22....... 1002100—3 
M J Rauscher, 28...... 00000000 A Busch, 28.......054, ()012201—4 
IM, slyeveuahie (PADS oc hoeuece, 20222126 Dr Wood, 25.........-- 0201710—3 
He iKronika, 26......... 1211217 PF Kramer, 25.......... 1200020—3 
ED Koch Wedges vencuraes 0212220—b Dr Hill, 25..........005 0010*20—2 
J B Voorhies, 28...... 2202010—4 Dr O'Connell, 80......2202222—6 
Shoot-off : ' ' - 
TN DeiAcin case ste DODa av 2= ee IRI US ai ketene oa wd eee 122211220—8 
ify) TOMAR ee tases: 2220 Jain ASS) pan en tls Sey ar ( 


Webber—Schortemeier Series. 


Brooklyn, L. J., Noy. 18.—The fifth of the Webber-Schortemeier 
series of team shoots took place at Dexter Park to-day. Two 
teams contested—-one of the Emerald Gun Club, the other of the 


Medicus Gun Club, the former winning by a score of O57 to 52: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 38, 
Dr Os Gonieilnde- saps sue cts 22111221—8 222222228 12212220—7 
J SS Remsen, 30..... pie ae 21010102—5 21011222—7 | ........ 
if IAGeholormis, US nye ve Sef aus eee 221112218 221201026 22209222—7 
J I Brewer, 32......+.: ary Deo abbas. | sevtees 
J He Bohling, 27.......-.s.5... 2222*202—6 2*121000—4 as. ae 
Dr Efudsony 27.12.55. haseeese 11221102—T Q2"11221—7 wns 
Dr Woods, 28......-.... wees: 222222228 22202020—5 01122*20—a 
103: TORE cern seBAsnNeesoe pore  ssebeBE 22222222 —s 
Diy Wiser soo a cudeidives ce witeecie | aistvisustaie 202222127 


Wo, 1 was 8 birds, $5, class shooting; Nos. 2 and 3 were & birds, 
$5, Rose system. 
Medicus Gun Club. 
22222*22202212222220 17 
002212*2222112222212 17 


Dr Woods 
Dr Miller 


Dr Casey 22222022122221221120 182 
Emerald Gun Club. 

FR GT SEE Oe tis go seaepprd seni patel cs cone iels elereiainis ea SSIE Sao 21222211212210311222 19 

HESSUTICEN RM is aiuente tert rere aa a aermen se 20222 220222222922222 19 


Interstate Park Handicap. 


Nov. 14.—The second of the series of Interstate handicaps was 
shot at Interstate Park to-day, and was won by Mr. Stephen M. 
Van Allen, who was also victor in the first match, a week ago. 
As in that match, he made a clean score. He used a Chas. Daiv 
gun and Walsrode powder. Following this event a 10-bird sweep 
was shot. The scores: 


Interstate Park handicap: ; 
Sad docs degsyt eae eet ee 1112212111211191202221110—23 


R A Welch, 30 

Phomasy SOW pss at <'als mbhobepor orsqteuboh 2220222222122210122221222 28 
seoVia Vail Aller CaO! See eities ce geaecs see 2221222221122222122222222 25 
GA Lockwood) 28.5.0 00. 2. tacsannseis epee *222112221111102121022220—21 
G@ Mabini colm 28st. see oe QUEPHBR best bet 2012200220212222022222222 20) 

Sweepstake, 10 birds: 

REP ACS VVEL lagu cs Us ternins 1120217112— 9 C A Lockwood, 28.2211120122— 9 
Thomas, 30,........ 212121211210 C M Lincoln, 28.,.1202102222— 8 


S M Van Allen, 30.2212201012— 8 M Weightman, 30..0100201220— 5 


Nov. 17.—Two 15-bird events and five 5-bird events, the former at 
$5 entrance, and the latter at $3 entrance, were shot, at Interstate 
Park to-day. Mr. Thomas won the first of the 15-bird events with 
a clean score, and Col. Martin won the second big event. The 
principal winnets in the 5-bird sweeps were Capt. Money, Col, 
Martin and Jacks. The scores: 


iRiromas;s* Seen. ccna cater adeee seceae are ery 222221122212222 15 
CaptueMoney, s28 hil iasaeyescs SABA oe chorea ete 211121212101012—13 
GIS SU Ne eek mieaeete meen inehitemaiie dase ee sik ceemL rive che teen 221122002221111—13 
dl) Hae Mrastn ard 288 sitcte twine nate saul tte ees erat . -11*120211202112—12 
No. 2, 15 birds: 

TR OMASy SOSA So asctelselolyase alainatdne came De tama eleEeS 21°122211221022—18 
Cane Moneys 28h etka ein nana ae Renae oer 120111*21212221—13 
Wacksy eA sea ssbalijel mucin se s]u elslyia ere aleresste's tisissersed GLE oelers « 222222122101110—13 
Web ee Vicrvararr de SAR art ey aie ee bee aan ae rn 111111221101110—18 
Ge He Waals rayvoreily PR iogor nm onnndune seas onannGe »»»-112011101011101—11 
Cole igs M\ViArtin ead arelccenl Nees elcleietes eietttes nam oe 221222112221221—15 
VE Ovices ROSH spins seamen aes ap Penne ches 1001011111 


Crescent Athletic Club. 


Nov. 17.—The third shoot for the November cup was held on the 
Crescent Athletic Club’s grounds to-day. Three men tied with 
47, Messrs, Edward Banks, scratch; J. J. Keyes, 16, and Lee 
Borland, 20. After. the club eyent a match was shot between the 
married men and single men of the club, six-men teams, 25 targets 
per man, expert rules. Following this were a 25-target handicap 


and two sweeps. Scores: 
—Expert— —Magautrap— Grand 
Hdep. Total. Hdep. Total. Total. 
we Banks: 2. « hide eens. nen!) 23 0 24 47 
Hype eR onlaritlens scenes iL 23 9 24. AT 
a WIS ey-eSs5 ee eee 9 22 7 25 7 
WW. Marshallic.. 22) 21 6 20 i) 25 45 
Gee \Weeblace dorm. sm =cetk 21 A a1 42 
€ J McDermott.......... 3 20 2 20 40 
ArT eBotehen:saeccceeetes 14 ne 20 34 
Dr H L O’Brien......... 4 19 3 12 31 
i Cu ELO Blot cA eee vi 15 6 12 27 
PARE She pi cies oleae en os ny 21 21 
=e Cehainiicn cians sy: comb ne 9 se 10 19 


*Targets only. 
ee shoot: 

Married Men—Stake 21, Lott 22, Banks 18, Hl an 16, Marsha 
16. MeDermott 12; total 105, eae ga 
ingle Men—Stephenson 20, Hagedorn 18, Kr tb, Va Yi 
4, Rhett 14, McConville 0; total 8 Petes esa 

_ trophy shoot, 25 birds, magautrap, handicap allowance: Faulk 

“(9) 25, Chapman (9) 24, Borland (9) 23, Keyes (7) 28, Eph 
(2) 23, Banks (0) 22, Boucher (3) 21, Rhett (5) 21, F. Stephenson 
(2) 20, Vandeveer (5) 18, Hopkins (6) 16, Marshall (5) 16, Dr. 
be Brien (3) 15, Kryn (2) 14, Stake (2) 18, G. Stephenson (scratei:) 


Sweepstake, 15 targets, expert: Hagedorn 12, Banks 11. Lott 10 
Townsend 9, McDermott 7, Marshall 6, Borland 3. i fc 
Sweepstakes, 10 targets, expert: F. Stephenson 10, Hegeman & 
O’Brien 8, Vandeyeer 7. Boucher 5, Hopkins 3, Pickett 2, . 


Keystone Shooting League. 


__ HoLmEspure Juncrion, Pa., Nov. 17.—The club shoot o: the 
Keystone Shooting League, held here to-day, was well attended hy 
spectators as well as participants. The birds were very fast 
Following the club shoot a miss-and-out was shot, which was 
divided between Geikler and McCoy, each of whom killed 19 birds. 
‘The scores: or 


Club shoot, 10 birds, handicap, sweepstake, entrance $2.50: 


iabsurnies Sil ys s5gaaad 0211121212— 9 Hunsinger, 27...... 2100221222— 8 
McCoy, 30..........222222999) 10 Schenck, 27..00007 39929190 : 
Brewer, Bete --2221121102— 9 Murman, 28........: 2022010122— 7 
Gen D3 Dielefns svar ae 6 vet Loon, 29....... 2102112211 — 4 
BIKIEL, 28ssscnteles oe 22200*00— 4 Ean ey ee adm eed 20222222 — 
Fitzgerald, 30.....- 01100w + eee Y 


No. 1, 7 birds, $3 entrance, 30yds.: Geikler 7, McCoy 6 Brey 
6, ety 3 Eieeerald 5, Hunsinger ‘i Schenck 3, Felix Wathteoe, 
18, aging of fance, miss-and-out: McCoy 19, Geikler 19, Henry 

o. 3, 7 birds: Henry 7, Geikler 7, M . 
Loon &, Brewer 6, Felix 6, Dee te ees 

oints won in the club handicap to date: McCoy 60 q 
Brewer 54, Van Loon 54, Vandegrift 48, Geiklen do: Hee ae 
Budd 32, W. H, Stevenson 26, O. Stevenson 26, Davie 26. 
any ae Stone ma Hades 10, Pomenal 6, H. B. Stevenson 6. 

ittaker 6. Russ . Bucknell 6, Know é é 
Fiveerald 4, Hage , Knowles 4 Cartledge 4, 


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4.2.0 


Mississippi Valley Notes. 


Tie annual fall tournament of the Illinois Gun Club was held 
on-ile c uh grounds, just southeast of the Springfield city limits, 
on.,Nov. 14 and 15. What should have been a very important 
toittney proved disappointing in many respects, owing to a com- 
bindtion of adverse circumstances that could hardly have been 
foreseen or avoided. In the first place the weather was very un- 
fayorable. While nice days may generally be expected at this 
season, Wednesday and Thursday of last week were about_as raw 
and disagreeable as any days ever get in this portion of Illinois. 
Then, too, the professional trap shots were all away up in 
Canada attending Tom Donley’s shoot or lying in wait for the 
festive duck on the Detroit flats, and lastly, some of the home 
shooters were detained by urgent business, and a few perhaps could 
not persuade themselves to give over following the quail to shoot 
at.artificial birds. On the first day the wind swept up from the 
southeast in such manner as to make shooting difficult and un- 
pleasant. But the management went blithely ahead with the pro- 
gramme, and the hardy ones who shot through the day got plenty 
of.enjoyment out of the game. On the second day conditions 
were even worse, nearly every one nursing. a severe cold. The 
programme was cut to 10-bird races, and diyisions from four to 
three moneys. That many events had not a single straight is 
evidence of the adverse conditions that prevailed. The scores are 
here given: 


First Day, Wednesday, Nov. 14. 


Events 2 3 4 GS So at 
Ural FUUR ORM, ope + pbs eater coc 8 15 16 14.19 12 10 14 14 12 13 14 
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Irwin—Hall Match. 

W. T. Irwin, of Chicago, and G, T. Hall, of Springfield, shot a 
challenge ‘match at 50 live birds each on the Illinois Gun Club 
grounds, Noy. 15. Conditions were 30yds. rise, American Asso- 
ciation rules, loser paying for birds. The match was called at 
9 A. M., the writer acting as referee. There was a raw, cold 
wind blowing across the field, which made the birds as a rule 
fast and uncertain. Both men shot in good time and form, and it 
was a yery eyen, pretty race, although Hall seemed to have a 
little the best of it from the start, and Irwin was never in the lead. 
Irwin missed his 8th bird, an ugly twisting outgoer; he also lost 
his 33d, which was much the same kind of a bird, and his 39th 
and 46th were scored dead out ‘of bounds. Hall scored straight 
fo his 20th bird, a difficult tailer, which fell dead just ont. He 
qnissed his 41st clean, and Jost the 48th by a few feet outside the 
inside fence. Hall shot his new Smith gun and Dupont powder in 
U. M. C. shells, while Irwin used his Parker, L. & R. powder 
in Winchester cases. The scores: 


Trap score type—Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 


$81824113812815125415455841 

. PULA LLP tAECVIRTISAAAADA CR 

DLEWLIe protests ye weiss ote L2AQBZQAVIZOWIAVI 2129923992 2 7 

521218%34493544438842554483 2 

LYHLZEEY RAQVATTACIL YY TSaRT AS 
11212220112221*21112%*1 2 2 1—46 

1522%25312222443814151552312 

ARHLSAVATRARELR CYR YE CRATR 

EAclinafryqieee etary. A VALDES EU RUB, DIE EUS RE 

845244815442 5248 548242141. 

RRCHNAAZHTYRANTYURTACR RY ZA 
922293294912222202222929 9 * 2—47 
The Peoria Gun Club held its monthly practice shoot at Peoria, 

Il)., on Noy. 11. The following scores were made: 

Alte cecea Joely 01001111110114111100111110110101111110111001111100—26 
G Portman...... 001011011110111111111101111100011101100001.01010001—233 
COW) Seka d sas 10010000011000000000011000001001001101110101001101—i8 
«© Portman....... 10011111011100001100011110011111111100000101001111—30 
Sr hile deny yqacies 10011011111111011001011111131119100000111113110100—35 
SWVMEDEE a2a4 desi as 11010111011000101011000100110101000110000001011110—24 
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Wiisraracun aetelsre . . .00011011111011000100110110101010070111101011010011—28 
Weitberge 2.0.2.5 : ..010000001.00100010100110100001100010011110101110010—20 


The many friends of Hon. Tom A. Marshall, Big Chief of the 
Indians, will grieve to learn that he has been temporarily retired 
from the game by a dislocated shoulder, the result of a fall. He 
is taking treatment in Chicago, and says he hopes to be back with 
the boys in the course of a week or two. 

lt is practically determined, and may be announced as a cer 
tainty, that the next annual tournament of the Illinois State 
Sportsmen’s Association will be held in the city of Springfield 
during the second week in May, 1900. Col. J. Rk. B. Van Cleave, 
the genial and competent president of the Association, will call a 
meeting of officers to appoint directors the first week in De- 
cember, and announces that work must begin by the first of the 
year, his object being to make this the greatest meet in the history 
of the sport in this State. : 

F.C. Rien. 


Welch-Morfey Match for Dupont Trophy 


Is the matters of remarkable scores, exceptionally fast time and 
fair, clean competition, unmarred by any display of feeling on the 
part of either shooter, the match between Messrs, Robert <A. 
Welch and Thoinas Morfey at Interstate Park on Noy. 19, in 
which Mr. Welch won by a score of 99 to 98, was notable. The 
conditions governing the match were 190 live birds per man, S0yds. 
tise, for $100 a side and the possession of the Dupont champion- 
ship trophy, which Mr. Welch won in open competition at Palti- 
more on Cct. 24, 

‘The weather was such as might be expected in September or 
early October—warm, and with no wind to help the birds along_ 
This was a disappointment to those who wanted to see a fast, 
dashing Jot of birds. Under the conditions, howeyer, the birds 
were a good Jot, and some really fast ones were trapped, notably 
Mr. Morfey’s last 3 birds, which were very fast. Of the 200 birds 
trapped, 189 were actually killed, but each man had 1 dead out of 
bounds, making the final score as noted above. This was excellent 
work, and work of which both men may well be proud, 

There were no delays, and no vexatious slowness in the methods 
of either principal. Each man was at the score as soon as the other 
had finished’ his shot, and both shot in fast time, The underground 
s-stem of trapping worked without a hitch, and’ the retrievers did 
{heir work swiltly and thoroughly, so that 1 hour and 614 minntes 
fer Morfey killed his first bird Welch brought his last bird to 
vrass, and thus won the money and retained possession of the cup 
and the honors that go with it. The best of feeling prevailed 
throughout the match, and when Welch killed his last "bird 
Moriey smilingly and sincerely congratulated him on his splendid 
yictory. It was a great race, and good to look at = = 


* fluential in bringing this long mooted enterprise to a focus, 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Morfey elected to go to the score first, and killed his Ist bird, 
a tight-quartering driver, which died near the fence. Welch killed 
his’ ist bird without much effort. His 4th bird died close to the 
boundary, though hard hit as soon as it left the trap. Both men 
then killed straight to the 42d round, when Weleh’s bird, a leit- 
circling driver, carried both charges over the fence and died a few 
feet beyond, On the next round Morfey drew the same kind of a 
bird, hit it just as hard as Welch had hit his, and lost it in the 
Same manner. Welch’s 5dth and 59th birds were good second- 
barrel kills, the latter being a chocolate-colored bird that died hard. 
His 60th, 62d, and 66th birds were killed close to the trap, the last 
2 almost on the ground. Welch’s kill of his 69th bird was peculiar, 
and perhaps lucky, The bird, a left-circling quarterer, was ap- 
parently unhit, but it died just before the dog reached it. His 
Tist bird was unhit by the first barrel, but a good second brought 
it down. His 77th was killed in a similar manner. His 8lst and 
83d birds also required good shooting. 

Morfey’s 34th and 72d birds were sitters. His 79th bird was a 
hardy one, taking both charges some distance before dying. His 
84th bird, the only clean miss of the match, was a good, fast bird, 
black in color, that left No. 2 trap. His 95th, 98th, 99th and 100th 
birds were all excellent kills, the last being probably the best bird 
of the match. 

In the drawing of the birds Welch had slightly the better luck, 
but his advantage in this respect was inconsequential and did not 
affect the result of the match, since the bird which Morfey missed 
and which lost him the race, although a good one, was not so 
difficult as many others which both he and Welch scored. His 
last 3 birds were infinitely more difheult, yet he killed them easily. 
The match was begun at 1:19; the first quarter was completed at 
1:36; the 50th round was reached at 1:51; the three-quarters at 2:08, 
and the last shot was fired at 2:2544. 

Mr. Welch shot a Purdy gun, 3¥drs, Schultze powder and 1402, 
7 and 7% shot in U. M. C Trap shells. Mr, Morfey shot a 
Francotte gun, 3tadrs. E. C. powder, 140z. 7 and 7% shot in 
U. M. C. Trap shells. The winner was handled by Mr. D. J. 
Bradley, of the Carteret Gun-Club, while Mr. Geo, HH. Piercy, of 
Newark, locked after Mr, Morfey’s interests. Mr, 11. P, Coliins, 
of E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Co,, and Mr, W. R. Hobart filled 
their respective positions of referee and scorer im an able and 
highly satisfactory manner, 

The score of the match, with the flight of the birds and the fall 
of the traps, follows: 


Trap score type—Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Siream Pub. Ca 


15421515414555145129412441 
APSIRI YT INNA NR SS SHNSHAR ZEN 
T W Morfey, 80.2211121212112211211111722+:—95 
1242951228111229222291354545 
LZELARTOR SNORT LECH FE EYAAYA 
1122222821119 2%211%* 299991 9—94 
12245458125241123229298331211 
HT TISSATASHACLRSS ETE RCL. 
2222122211122%1919122911 1-25 
18521185222952981158811552 
HI4YHEENNR TOCA ROP AISAKLAZZA 
¥2221222022122929229212222 4 2-24-98 
91112181251121412561451145 
RYTAYRRZAYA SOR TFANLRA LEARY 
R A Welch, 30..2122192212122992122222» 2925 
4551251224558888242211112 
& WNSSLIAZLRRATIARH YT RA ARYA 
12129922291292122*129221 4 2—o4 
5BLL12129512122885812458 54 
RACY ReCHV HR AR ROHR IAS 
999199214 2211292%1%922329 1 v—25 
21254294128852258521555214 
TLYS SENS ACTARHR AA LOAH CR 
2%412229229222229999929111122 2-25-99 


WESTERN TRAPS 


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America Against England. 


Cuicaco, LIL, Nov. 17.—It is an odd thing, and one io which at 
tention has earlier been called in these columns, that the West has 
furnished so large a proportion of the best trapshooters before the 
public. There comes up this old-time topic of an American team 
which is to visit England some time late next winter or early in 
the spring, and there is every likelihood that this time it is a go 
for sure. The slate makes Tom Marshall captain of the team, and 
the other members Jim Elliott, Fred Gilbert, Charlie Budd, Jack 
Fanning, Rolla Heikes, Billy Crosby, Dick Merrill, Chan Powers 
and Frank Parmelee. Of these, every man mentioned is a West 
erner pure and simple, not one living east of Ohio. It would be 
a typical American team, and) it would be a team at the same time 
from western Amefica. That these husky exponents of the shoot- 
ing art would trim up their English cousins at the target game 
goes almost without saying. The Americans can give the Eng- 
ligshmen the use of both barrels, or the use of four barrels if they 
want them. It seems almost like robbery to ask the English talent 
to put up $5,000 against the best of our American talent, who have 
been studying this business for years, and many of whom have been 
doing little less but shoot during that time. Dick Merrill found 
that he could hold his own pretty well at the English bluerock 
pigeons, and so perhaps could the other boys, though this would 
hardly be so air-tight as the target proposition, It is very likely 
that Dick’s report on the shooting situation has been quite in- 
At any 
rate, such is the pleasant status that the affair seems certain to 
be pulled off. There is time to talk it over, but we shall hardly 
between now and spring be able to find a better team than that above 
mentioned. There will be a lot of money go behind these boys 
if they succeed in making the match which they want with the 
sritishers, 


Flying. 


This cold weather has sent the live birds to flying, and from 
now on we may expect better sport in our club events. As to a 
real, red hot live-hird match between two good shots, 1 do reckon 
we will never see such a thing as that in Chicago again. 

E. Hovues. 

HartrorpD Buripinc, Chicago, Ill. 


At Watson’s Park. 


Noy, 16.—Practice shooting: 


IEE SOG aN Soe eerncthe gent BEM Lotte 2210221122211102222111111—23 
2221121211112111021121212—24- 47 
Nay. 17.—Practice: 
Wop dbroniilleernore soe cence: eee cers 0002099.0*122220011.2222*10.—15 
2102111002 — [—22 
Garfield Gun Club. 
Noy. 17.—Vhe following seores were made on our grounds to-day 
on the weeasion of the third trophy shoot of the season. Honors 


were divided between Dr. Mathews. IT. P. Hicks and Dr. Meek, 
all killing straight, the latter two irom seratch, Slyds. Thirteen 
sheoters participated in the main event im spite of the weather, 
which was very threatening, and cloudy and gloomy all afternoon, 
The birds were a good lot, taken as a whole, very few being 


sitters. Scores; 
Kivent No. 1; / 
S-Galmeias $itess etree 2A ep eaash Die SS ubesa YY RB Aer eed ee 112221—f 
[SABA PO ih beans 0) pervert ete 2F10F2——3) Vrs SAW co... .-cee see 002200—2 
fo "Titaitiese ede 112002=4 Wr Mathews .......72... *11100—3 
Tey SEA tories sisters tpace coat eee O*1210--3) Tor Meek ....0., ..0255); 171191—6 
Event No, 2, trophy shoot: 
S Palmer, 3l...... 2210222211 9 Dr Meek, 31..,,...1111221999 10 
T Wi Eaton, 30.....220021)170— 7 I Wolff, 27........ 01*2*22022-— 6 
I, ‘Thomas, 28....- 1222101022— 8 F Barnard, 380..... 2111102011— 8&8 
Ed Eaton, 28...../1202000012— 5 T P Hicks, 91.....2111111111 10 
Dyin Sita wae collet sss T21#211120— 8 J Gardner, 28...._, 1010102211— 7 
Mrs Shaw, 25.....- O12I2I— & CT Wolff, 28... 10002020"1— 4 
Dr Mathews, 30.,..2112211112—10 
Event No. 3! 
SeRal merge eee ada 1200228 Barnard: iitii........ ..,101211—5 
PENIS ape cee eee 2222226 FT CKS: face ee eee ee cipeece 121221—6 
IOS ono ty tiecce rerevoteeli2—6 TS 7 Woolif.ees:....... -« L01121—5 
Event No. 4: 
Walmer. <i} ate ceria 120222—5 Barnard -1:-.<c.......-..112009=—5 
Sere ddioedscd annie sina emo ony 01212 —5 


Ellis 


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oa De. J. W. Murs, Sec’y. 


[Nov. 24, 1900. 


Trap Around Reading. 


ReavinG, Pa., Noy. 17.—Harry German, a member of the Wang 
Social Club, and James Keppinger, a member of the Active Club, 
both of this city, shot a live-bird match to-day on the yellow clay 
near Milmont, A number of the shooters’ friends were present 
to cheer and back their favorite. Each man shot at 15 live birds, 
Hurlingham rules, 50yds. boundary, Keppinger to stand at 28yds. 
and German to shoot from the 29yd. mark. ‘The birds were a fine 
lot, strong and very fast. The match was for $25 a side and price 
of the birds. The score follows: 


Trap score type—Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Siream Pub. Co. 


4852152881421 51 
LSS gern h Miche sore) spesooennes game EM aAeicer Sa, ee 13 
epee 
WS re OME on ao atentoc rand vesccvoveyea @ 1202 * 2.2 #291 + yo 1h 
Referee, James Olds; scorer, Harry Z, Clarke; Judges, Chas. 


Pomperenki for German; Harry L. Brown for Keppinger. 

-\nother match was arranged between the same shooters at 25 
birds for $50 a side, loser to pay for the birds, at the same distance 
as to-day’s match, Match to be shot at Milmont, and a $10 forfeit 
placed in hands of Referee Olds. Arrangements were also made 
for a 15-bird match for $10 a side, to be shot at the satie time 
as the German-Keppinger match, between Gilam, of Gibraltar, and 
Dengler, of Reading, The date will be announced later. I+ will 
probably be Thanksgiving Day. 

Proprietor Wicklein, of the Five-Mile House, situated on the 
Lancaster pike, five miles from this city, announces a large live- 
bird shoot for Nov. 29, Thanksgiving Day, at the Five-Mile House 
shooting grounds. A fine lot of birds haye been secured and 
many shooters have promised to attend. All shooters are in- 
vited. By taking the Mohrsyille electric car at Third and Penn 
streets, this city, and upon arriving at Hendelton taking the bus 
the shooter can reach the grounds in about ten minutes. 
_Sweepstake events will be shot at 28yds, rise, 50yds. boundary, 
Hurlingham rules. Arthur A, Fink, of Reading, has been asked 
to referee, 

' ; DUSTER. 


Florists’ Gun Club 


Ho_messurG Juncrton, Pa., Noy, 18,.—The regular monthly 
shoot of the Florists’ Gun Club was held on the Keystone Shoct- 
ing League’s grounds here to-day. Event No. 3 was the club 
chamapignehie event at 50 targets, and was won by John Burton. 

he scores: 


vents: je 2 Events: I 285 

Vargets: 25 25 50 Targets: 25 25 50 
Cabia oan RoR Rge Rnb ne 2D AZ aD ree ee wa open sleek eae 16 14 30 
Smith 
Hamil E 
Wockaraher 48 ceca wees ce TSS SatitOntees ik hha 15 18 33 
BND GET SOM Mee fetereleientes sustareteais e234 Georee seh ili berets 14 16 30 
IRPOTfete ete, pee Oke aes W819 37 Massey s:ciiciemmess. 12 17 29 
DSTN pawns eee ee Pers srt Aas Websters sncaimier eee 10 15 25 
Teleniay ford Sener way naiye Lf iseso  Glankesaes Pree LEEEeeE 10 15 25 
Cantled ec Buys sca se IWC PAIRRT( IRyAdIs sacagesenseabasnn: 9 17 26 


Rifle Range and Gallery. 


Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club, 


San Francisco, Noy. 6.—Several members of the Columbia Pistol 
and Rifle Club cast their votes for the next President and then- 
repaired to the range to celebrate their expected victory. Becker 
took his Krag and got a miniature charge down fine at S0yds., 
and Ed Hovey made two consecutive scores that were better than 
anything he eyer shot—so he said. Best scores, Columbia target, 
a0yds., off-hand: 

Pistol, practice: 


ET ETOVE YT 53456 tke obo 85-b Remsen neces 2465 48 161 1 38 
3442 62 8 8 2 1-85 
EG) SN-onineyardsa nese eels nity dace 5 5 8 1462 6 4 3-89 
2217524 8 § 440 
TRS OGRE heer sell fe patel we etete esis Soto 8 318 541 4 3 3 5—49 
Prichard 65, Dr. Twist 66, Cheminant 70. 
Revolver: F. O. Young 50, P. Becker 57. 
22 rifle: A. B. Dorrell 22, 24; Prichard 33, Cheminant 34. 
P Becker, Krage.s..c0sces wean eee 2 ti 1 22) 2a 217 
Nov. 11.—Several members met to-day to experiment. Becker 
beat his best score with pistol. Scores, 50yds., practice: 
Pistol: 
Ty, ) eMounee Cee eee tans 62 ote 44613 5 6—35 
P Becker ...... 5 42 41 2 2-38 
G M Barley..., 447 8 3 6 6—5L 
Revolver: 
PeROUMMouies wstad paises 43 65 3 411—417 
5 2 72 4 7 2-48 
(PAVE ID) SIGE GAA oddbrerers ros utes 1763 9 310—51 
A J Brannigan 4 4 8 6 8 6 10—68 


.22 and .25 rifles: G. M. Barley 22, 30; A. J. Brannigan 25, 28, 30, 
35; W. W. Wuerschmidt, U. S. A., 49. 

P. Becker with Krag and miniature charge made the following: 
> 213 411 3 1 220. His experience with the ,30-30 car- 
bine helped him in finding the right charge for the Krag. He 
expects good results at 200yds. 

Again Dr. H. A. Baker, of Walnut Hill, Mass., sends us a 
surprise, eclipsing his great run of 11 in 10 shots on the Columbia 
target, rest, shooting at 200yds., by making the phenomenal run 
of 13 consecutive shots in the l-inch ring. Our boys sent him 
congratulations on his former feat, and had a Columbia button 
ordered for Him as a. souvenir. We shall simply change the 
number to 18, and send it with our heartiest congratulations. His 
mighty shooting has demonstrated what we have all along argued— 
that we needed a higher standard of measurement for modern shoot- 
We need an American target on which we can shoot three-shot 


ing. : 
matches. Tt encourages the small shooter and stimulates tne 
big one, The American rifleman has clung too tenaciously to the 


ten-shot score, Which was actually necessary on the large spaces 
between the rings on the old targets. There is no reason why 
the off-hand shot cannot compare with the rest shot on the same 
target. Go ahead, Brother Spencer, but don’t change your stand- 
ard for off-hand shooting. Just show the rest shots what we 
have long known—that, as Kelly, Baker and yourself argue, we 
ean call a shot as close off-hand as our brothers at rest, and have 


just as much right to the center as they have, 


F. O. Youne, Rec. Sec’v. 


PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 


Up in Maine. 


THERE is strength, independence and philosophy if not grace in 
the poems of Holman F. Day, published by Small, Maynard & 
Ce., under the title “‘Up in Maine.” They are in the dialect- of 
the far “Down East,” and are pleasant reading, while to those 
familiar with Maine life and Maine men of the woods they bring 
up happy memories. 

Mr. C. E. Littlefield, who writes an introduction to the volume, 
well says: “‘Rugged independence, singleness of purpose, un- 
swerving integrity, philosophy adequate for all occasions, the great 
realities of life, and a cheerful disregard of convetitionalities, are 
here found in all their native strength and vigor. These peculiar- 
ities as delineated may be rough, perhaps uncouth, but they are 
characteristic, picturesque, engaging and lifelike. His subjects 
are rough diamonds. They have the inherent qualities from which 
great characters are developed, and out of which heroes are made.” ~ 

The poems deal with farm and yillage matters, with life along 
the shore, with lumbering, and with childhood days, and are worth 
reading, 


The Airedale terrier has a well established place among dogs 
useful to the sportsman, and we look to see its popularity grow 
as’ its merits become better known. Myr, Jos. A. Laurin, of 
Montreal, has an advertisement elsewhere which will interest 
Airedale terrier breeders and users, ’ : 


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OUR ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENTS. 


WE give to-day the second of the series of four full- 
page illustrations already announced. The or ginals have 
been drawn for the Forest AND STREAM by Mr. Wilfred 
P. Davison and Mr. Edmund Osthaus, and the subjects 
will, we are sure, prove acceptable and popular as re- 
minders of days in the field. The first one, “In the Fence 
Corner,” was contained in our issue of Noy. 3. The two 
to come are: 

Jan. 5—Quail Shooting in Mississippi. 
Osthaus, 

Feb, 2.—In Boyhood Days. 


By Edm. H. 


By Wiltred P.. Davison. 


POACHER AND OUTLAW. 


A POACHER is a person who fishes or shoots on territory 
upon which he is forbidden to trespass. 

An outlaw is a person who is without the law and be- 
yond its protection. He may be shot on sight. There is 
no law to protect him. 

A Sullivan county, N. Y., game keeper classed poachers 
as outlaws, and had a notion that he could shoot a poacher 
on sight. He put his notion into effect, and the legal 
proceedings which ensued have just been ended. 

Mr. Stoddard Hammond, of Binghamton, has a game 
preserve in Sullivan county. The property 1s posted, and 
a game keeper. Edward Tompkins, is employed to keep 
out trespassers. One night Tompkins caught Frank 
Major fishing in one of the trout streams, and fired at 
h'm with a shotgun. The charge took effect in the man’s 
hip, shattering it, and disabling him permanently. Major 
brought suit for damages and got a verdict for $15,000. 
The case was appealed to the Appellate Division, the de- 
fense being that Major was a poacher and therefore was 
an outlaw. The Appellate Division has. just handed down 
a decision sustaining the verdict. The court refused to 
en erfan the plea of outlawry, but holds on the contrary 
that there is a due process of law provided for the punish- 
ment of poaching: Of this process of law the defendants 
might have availed themselves. The court did not think 
if necessary to add that the penalty duly provided for 
poaching is not shooting on the spot. 


GREES AND MONTANA GAALE. 

Last winter we called attention to the wholesale -and 
illegal slaughter of deer along the Missouri River in 
Montana by Crees and hali-breeds, and urged the State 
and county officials there to take steps to put an end to 
it. Ll 

The case had a number of peculiarly irritating features. 
The Crees and half-breeds who have long made a prac- 
tice of this killing do not belong in the United States, but 
are refugees from Canada who at the close of the Riel 
rebellion fled across the line and took up their residence 
in the United States, whch they seem to like so well that 
they decline to return to Canada, 
breeds have taken up ranches in the Judith Basin, and 
have become worthy and hard working inhabitants of 
the State. But the greater number work for a short time 
if.they are obliged to in order to keep body and soul 
together. and wander about over the country for the most 
of the year. These are the people who a few years ago 
got in among the’ only little bunch of buffalo still re- 
maining in Montana and killed the greater part of them, 
although the white men living in the country where these 


buffalo range have been protecting them for a number 


of years, 

The Crees who tale part in this destruction are true 
nomads. They are Indians who have no reservation and 
wander over the country. picking up a living as best 
they can, and destroying large quantities of gaime. On 
more than one ofcasion they have been rounded up by 
the United States troops, taken to the border line be- 


Some of the half curiosity, 


tween Montana and Canada and formally expelled from 
the United -States, 
never been permanent, and they soon drift back across 
the line. These people have no regard for the laws of 
Montana. ‘They kill in late winter, in early spring, in 
summer and all through the rest of the year. More- 
over, not satisfied with hunting in the ordinary way, the 
half-breeds and the Crees use dogs to run game in viola- 
tion of the Montana statute. It was their practice last 
year to follow along one side of the Missouri River, driv- 
ing point after point with their dogs, until the deer had 
been cleared out from a long stretch of river. 

It is gratifying to learn that this year the Montana 
papers have taken up the subject of the protection of 
this game, and it is hopéd that they will continue to 
agitate it until some measttres shall be taken to look after 
the Crees and half-breeds and to prevent the destruction 
that has so regularly taken place in recent years. 

There is perhaps nowhere in the world a place which 
is so natural a game preserve as the valley of the Upper 
Missouri River in Montana. It flows through a deep 


channel a thousand or fifteen hundred feet below the. | 


prairie,-and into the river valley rtm thousands upon 
thousands of ravines, timbered or brushy, most admirable 
lurking places for deer. A State which has within its 
borders so admirable a preserve should make the most 
of it, and this we believe fhe great State of Montana 
will do. 


A CALL FOR WEIGHTS OF GAME. 


THE ignorance which appears to prevail concerning. the 
average weights of the game which hunters or bird shooters 
plirste seems quite extraordinary. The angler usually 
carries with him pocket scales by which he can ascertain 
the weight of the fish he takes, but we do not know that 
a similar practice prevails at all among shooters. Yet 
the frequent inquiries received at this office indicate that 
there is a general curiosity on the subject. This curiosity 
might well enough be gratified if shooters would take 
the trouble to weigh the birds and the small mammals 
which they kill. 

It is not very long since we heard an individual esti- 
mate the weight of the average New England fox as 25 
pounds; yet fox hunters who have weighed the animals 
that they have captured know that the fox’s weight ranges 
froin To to 13 potinds; a fox of the latter weight being a 
very large one. An account was recen'ly published of an 
opossum which weighed 25 pounds. but it is extremely 
doubtful if one so large ever existed. 

Recently a correspondent advises us that within one 
year he and a companion has killed 158 woodchucks, which 
averaged about 10 pounds in we’ght, the heaviest being 
13% pounds. This was for a locality in New Jersey. 

The weight of the American woodcock is known to 
be from 5 to 8 ounces, one of the last named weight being 
an exceedingly heavy bird; while the weight of the 
Virginia quail is about the same, but probably averages a 
little greater. Yet who is there who knows anything 
very definite about the weight of our ducks? Heavy can- 
vasbacks are expected by dealers to weigh 6 pounds to the 
pair, and these perhaps are the heaviest of our edible 
ducks. Yet we fancy that canvasbacks more often weigh 
4% pounds to the pair than 6. What is the weight of the 
redhead, the widgeon, the black duck or the blue- 
winged teal? 

While to most people this is a matter of mere idle 
yet if sufficient statistics on the subject could be 
gathered the subject would have some scientific interest as 
indicating the average size of the different species of birds 
or mammals for a particular locality. 

An ordinary pocket scales will answét very well for 
weighing most of the game which gunners kill. ~ It can 
hardly be expected that the moose hunter of New Bruns- 
wick or the bear hunter of the Rocky Mountains will 
take with him a pair of platform scales to ascertain’ the 
weight of the game that he may be lucky enough to kill, 
but a definite knowledge of the average weight of our 


small game in different localities will nét only inferest a. 


large umber of people but will also be of real value. - 


If those who go grnning this fall ahd winter will: 
send in reports of we’ght of birds. we shall be very glad. 


to publish them. Let each man weigh his birds in- 
dividually, and give the weight of exch. From that an 


average can be struck for the bag 


but the process of expulsion has. 


SNAP SHOTS. 
Among the many extraordinary features of life at the 


end of the century is the manner in which photography 


has come to be used as a means of illustrating nature 
study in its different departments. To-day photographs 
of living birds and mammals are as common as those of 
houses were a few years ago, and besides this we have 
photographs of fishes, insects, flowers, of sections of 
wood, of interior anatomy, which convey the precise effect 
to be represented. The student of nature who reads the 
report of the Congress of the American Ornithologists’ 
Union which is printed in another column will gain from ° 
the list of papers some notion of the use to which photog- 
raphy is put in the study of ornithology. The use of 
the camera in surgery is, of course, sufficiently familiar, 
and it may truly be said that there is hardly any branch 
of science in which it is not of very great value. Yet 
twenty years ago but little was generally known about 
photography. Amateur users of the camera were few in 
number and the pictures which they producec were more 


often failures than successes. 
' ~~]. 


We hear good reports of the operation of the Massa- 
chusetts law which forbids the sale of woodcock and 
ruffed grouse. For one thing it has led to the practical 
abandonment of grouse snaring. There are, of course, 
some attempts to sell the birds in the markets, but it is 
believed that the extent of whatever illicit traffic exists 
is so slight as to be inconsequential. Commissioner Col- 
lins has a large force of detectives and deputies. and is 
working on the principle that “God is on the side of the 
strongest battalions,’ or as Napoleon put it, “Providence 
is always on the side of the last reserve.” If the people 
of Massachusetts or of any other State are sincere and 
determined in their design to beat the grouse snarers and 
the dishonest marketmen, they can always do it by pro- 
viding the reserves and putting them in charge of the 
right generals. 


The non-resident shooting license is not a panacea. 
Its application is not of universal benefit. Witness the 
results in West Virginia, as related in a communication on 
another page. There the hotel keepers and the farmers 
are made to suffer by the operation of license laws and 
for their deprivations there appears to be no sort of com- 
pensation to anybody. In this case it may be said that 
a license law which keeps sportsmen away does not work 
to the benefit of the community. 


Close upon the New York decision that the State may 
not forbid the sale of imported fish in close time follows 
the decision of the Federal Supreme Court, that the Ten- 
nessee law prohibiting the sale of imported cigarettes is 
constitutional. If the question decided adversely by 
the New York court should ever reach Washington there 
is good ground for confidence that the Supreme Court 
will sustain the right of a State to adopt the Forest AND 
STREAM’s Platform Plank, and stop the sale of game at all 
times. 


We invite attention to the communication of President 
Tallett, of the Jefferson County Association, on the topic 
of spring shooting. The subject will come before the 
meeting of the New York State League next Thursday. 
Spring shooting should be forbidden everywhere. If it 
is a good thing for one county, it is good for all counties. 
If for one State, for all States. - 


We talk about “going into the woods” and the pleasure 
of it. On the other hand the phrase “out of the woods” 
is a synonym: for being out of trouble. In a speech the 
other day on the Boer war. Sir Alfred Milner said, “Let 
us acknowledge that we are by no means out of the 
wood.” And still another expression, to “take to the 
woods,” means to Beek g a place of security. 


“Some of the other moose liberated by Dr. Webb i in the 
Adirondacks last spring have been seen. While the. 
‘AWilderness” of a fortier generation has become @ suti- 
mer resort region of the present day, there yet remains 
moose country for the isolation of the game from human 
kind. and if plain common sense were in the ascendent’ 
the Adirondack people would jealously guard the neve 


comers, : sty 4 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Dec. I, 1900. 


Che Sportsman Gourist. 


A Housewife’s Calendar. 


“Ou, dear me, suz! If that hain’t too bad!” Mrs. Betsey 
Blake cried-in almost tearful vexation, as she stepped 
backward from the stove, and with a rueful face re- 
garded a thin stream of water trickling from a crack low 
down on the side of the wash boiler and sputtering into 
a cloud of steam on the hot stove. “John!” she called, in 


a voice full of trouble, ‘‘the b'iler’s leakin’ like mad, an’ . 


it looks just as if nothin’ short of a tinker could stop it.” 

Her husband came into the kitchen from the woodshed 
at a leisurely pace, and with an air of confidence in his 
ability to cope with any number of leaky boilers. But 
as he examined the irregular fissure his face took on a 
puzzled and then a more serious expression. 

“Maybe you might stick a rag into it,” he suggested. 

“No, not in such a shaped hole as that,” she said de- 
cisively, and began dipping the water out into a pail. 
“You've got to take it to the village and have it saddered, 
an’ that’s all there is about it. It ll just spoil the day, so 
I can’t wash afore to-morrow, an’ thatll put back my 
Thanksgivin’ work, Hain’t it too bad? Dear me, I 
most wish we hadn't asked father an’ mother an’ 
Abigail to come,” 

“Well; I’m sorry it’s happened so, but never mind. 
Yow] fetch things round all right; you gen’ally do,” 
said he, so confidently that her spirits rose above the 
present disappointment. 

“I can do some of to-morrow’s work to-day, an’ be 
so much ahead,” she said, and before he was on his way 
she had half a pumpkin pared and stewing in the place 
of the boiler. 

Next morning the nzended boiler was reinstated; by 
noon the delayed washing was completed. -and Betsey 
Blake looked out complacently from her belated din- 
ner, upon the long array of spotless clothes fluttering 
from the swaying line, like triumphant banners. ; 

In the afternoon a part of the ironing was done, and 
mext morning she arose refreshed, and with a sense of 
relief from one great labor of the week, : 

“There,” she exclaimed, sitting down for a moment’s 
rest, .aiter clearing the breakfast table, washing the 
dishes and sweeping the kitchen. “Thank goodness, 
washin’ day is over and some o’ the ironin’ done, an’ 
now it’s only Tuesday, with two whole days afore 
Thanksgivin’ to git good and ready in,” 

“Hey? What?” John asked, abstractedly, with his 
eyes on the columns of the last paper, absorbed in an 
editorial on the Philippines. 

“Two more days afore Thanksgivin,,” Betsey re- 
peated. 

“Why, yes, so there is,” said he, looking up at the 
clock, as if for confirmation. “I was kind o’ thinkin’ 
this was Wednesday, but couldn’t make it seem just 
right.” 

“Of course it’s Tuesday, for I washed yesterday,” said 
she, with convincing assurance. “And now I’m goin’ 
to make my cramb’ry sass an’ my mince an’ apple pies. 
I shall leave my punkin pies for to-morrow, for I 
want them fresh. This arternoon you'd better kill the 
turkey and dress him so’t he'll have a good long spell 
to hang; they’re heaps better so’n they be to fly into the 
oven. And then to-morrow you can git Silas an’ go arter 
your load o’ wood; mebby you can git two.” 

As John Blake drove his lumber wagon along the 
road the next morning on his way to the wood lot he 
noticed that an indolent atmosphere seemed to pervade 
the few farmhouses which he -passed, but it only im- 
pressed him as a rather early sign of the coming holiday. 

He found Silas Day cutting firewood at his door, 
looking somewhat surprised at his appearance, and 
more so at the request to go to the woods. 

“Why, yes, I s’pose I can go an’ help you a spell,” 
he answered, “arter I cut Phebe a speck more wood; 
she'll want consid’able to-day,” 

“Yes, gettin’ ready so for Thanksgivin’. 
too, busy as a bee in a tar barrel.” 

Presently they were jolting over the rough by-road, 
too much shaken for comfortable conversation until they 
came to a halt in the quiet of the bare November woods. 

“I don’t hardly see how you come to put off gittin’ 
your wood till to-day,” said Silas, looking up through 
the netted branches at the climbing sun, 

“Well, I had a lot of things to tend to, an’ couldn’t 
get roun’ to it. I s’pose I might ha’ waited till arter 
Thanksgivin’, but thought I might as well git it afore.” 

Silas stared at him and muttered, “Runnin’ pretty clus 
to the wind, I should think,” 

After they had plied their axes awhile John struck 
his into a log, and going to his coat drew a package 
from a pocket. 

“I always did relish victuals in the woods, and se I 
fetched along some bread an’ meat. Le’s set down an’ 
take a bite.” 

“Well, I can mos’ always éat,” Silas assented, as he 
took his alloted share and.sat:down beside his com- 
panion, munching the bread and meat and letting his 
eyes rove about as people are apt to do when eating 
out of doors. 

A company of chickadees were busily gathering their 
slender fare on a low branch before him, and on a higher 
one a red squirrel began rasping a butternut. _ 

“Eatin” their Thanksgivin’ dinner,” Silas said. nod- 
ding at the little banqueters, i 
_“Make ’em a_-tol’able long meal if they keep it up 
ull to-morrow atternoon. Hush! What be they ring- 
in’ the meetin house bell for?” John asked, excitedly, 
as the mellow 
their ‘ears. 
“Why, don’t they always?” Silas asked, glaring curi- 
ously at his companion. 

Why, Silas, you know they don’t neyer, only Sundays 
and Fast Days and Thanksgivin’, except funerals, an’ 
there ain’t nobody dead. not’as I know of.” hs 

“Look a here, John Blake,” said Silas, “be you crazy 

aye) 
or be you foolin’? You act all the time as if you was 
makin” h’lieve this wa’n’t Thanksgivin’ Day, sot. by 
the Gov’nor an” bein’ kep’ by everybody but you an’ 

Ik, Now, quit your nonsense an’ le’s hurry ‘up, for I 
want go git home, We hain’t got na turkey, but Phebe 


Betsey is, 


' nor a punkin pie made. 


tones of a church bell were waited fo - 


POOP LGOOOOOOOOHOOHOOHOOHOHOOOGOOOOOOOOS ? 


‘ 


had three as neat chickens as ever you see all ready to 
go int’ the oyen when ] come away, an’ the childern’s 
all goin’ to be there, an’ I want to be on hand to rights. 

John’s face grew blank; his eyes stared, unseeing, into 
space. ta 

“Good gracious, Peter! If Betsey an’ me hain’t done 
it!” Then springing to his feet, “Hurry up! I should 
say! Most noon Thanksgiyin’ Day, Betsey’s father an’ 
mother an’ sister a-comin’, an’ the turkey a-hangin 
up in the cellar if she’s kep’ a-dreamin’ as long as I 
have. It all come o° that plaguey of wash b’iler 
springin’ a leak Monday, so she couldn’t wash till 
Tuesday, an’ we counted from that, Never mind the 
tarnal wood. QOnhitch the ho’ses an’ le’s scoot.” 

Five minutes later the team was ,tearing down the 
road, the bounding wagon sending far and wide its 
thundering echoes that brought forth alarmed inmates 
irom many a farmstead, while Silas hung on for dear 
life, as disjointed pleas and protests were jolted. from 
him, all unheeded hy the reckless drivgr. 

Deacon Adams in his Sunday suit, less the coat, was 
standing in the midst of his Sunday-dressed household, 
with an open letter in his hand and disappointment 
on his face that was repeated in various degrees in the 
faces of the family. Hearine the unwonted din, the 
deacon rushed forth to ascertain the cause, 

“Stop! Stop! Hold,op!” he gried, running out into 
the road, and John, impatient of delay, drew rein. \ 

“What on this livin’ airth, John, is the matter? Is 
semebody sick or have you b’en takin’ more’n you'd 
ought tor” 

“No, there hain’t nobody sick, and I hain’t b’en 

a-drinkin’,” said John, and rapidly set forth the awk- 
ward sitttation. 
_“You wait a minute, and Tl fix you up right as a 
trivet,’ said the deacon, still restraining his impatient 
neighbor, “I'll lend you a turkey, all roasted and 
ready to go ont’ the table. I’d liveser’n not, an’ so would 
Mis’ Adams. You see, we invited my brother Iry and 
all his folks, and we’d got two roustin’ big turkeys int’ 
the oven and half roasted when there come a letter 
from *’em sayin’ how Iry’d up and broke his leg and they 
wouldn’t none of “em come. I don’t want to be eatin’ 
cold turkey for a week arter Thanksgiyin’, and it’s 
proyidential ’at yourn missed fire.” 

Suitable provision was made for the safe transportation 
of the hot turkey the short distance, and John Blake 
went his way with it, relieved in spirit. 

Meanwhile Betsey had spent halt the forenoon leisurely 
preparing for the morrow’s festivity, glad to be un- 
embarrassed by the presence of men folks and unin- 
terrupted by any visitors until a timid rap called her to 
the door, and she opened it to Silas Day’s little daughter. 

“Why, Mandy, 1s this you? Is there anythine the 
matter to your house?” Betsey asked, in evident sur- 
prise. 

"No, ma’am—yes, ma’am, I mean, some matter,” 
Mandy stammered, “The cat got int’ the buttry an’ 
eat up a whole punkin pie, all but the crust, an’ ma 
wants to know if you can’t lend her one, ’cause there 
ain't enough left to go round.” 

“A punkin pie? Come in and set down, Why, I hain’t 
got none baked, Wa’n’t goin’ to till this arternoon. 
Your ma can have one to-morrow, an’ I s’pose that’s 
what she wants it for.” 

Mandy stared at her, round-eyed and opened-mouthed. 
“No, ma’am, she wants it to-day.” . 

“Well, she can’t haye it of me afore might, How 
comes it you hain’t to school?” L. 

“The hain’t no school to-day.” 

“Hain’t no school? Is the schoolma’am sick?” 

“No, ma’am; she went home to Thankgivin’.” 

“What! Lose two whole days for Thanksgiyin’? That’s 
ridic'lous,” Mrs. Blake declared, with emphasis. 


“Why, no; she’s comin’ back to-night or in the 


mornin.” 

“An’ not keep Thanksgivin’ in her own home? That’s 
ridic’‘louser.” 

"Why, Mis’ Blake, she’s keepin’ it to-day at her own 
home,” said Mandy, staring with still wider eyes at her 
hostess. “This is Thanksgivin’ Day!” 

“Tt hain’t!’? Mrs, Blake made this assertion stotitly, 
but she was beginning to feel sickening qualms of doubt. 

“It sartain is, Mis’ Blake, ’cause ma’s roastin’ three 
chickens, an’ we’re all to home, and oh, my, you'd 
ought to smell it to Deacon Adamses as I come by.” 

“My land o’ goodness!” the poor woman gasped, 
sinking into a chair in complete collapse, as the mistake 
became undeniably evident. “I’ve skipped a day, I do 
believe. It all come o’ that mis’able b’iler leakin’ so’t 
T conldn’t wash Monday.” 

The rumble of wheels caught her ear. She cast an 
appalled glance out of the window, “And there, if there 
hain’t mother an’ father an’ Abigail a-drivin’ up this 
minute, and the turkey not singed nor the stuffin’ made, 
Thank goodness ’tain his folks! 
There’s mince and applie pies enough, Mandy, you 
pie o each kind and take ’em home—but what shall 

Of 

She put on a brave face to mask her mortification, as 
she went out to meet her guests: whom she wished miles 
away, in spite of her longing to see them. But when 


she invited them into the unready house, and tried to ~ 


take a joke of her mistake, and saw the look of dis- 
appointment steal over the faces of her sharp-set travel- 
ers, her feigned laughter broke into genuine sobs. 

Just then John Blake suddenly appeared in the midst 
of the depressed group, bearing the borrowed turkey, 
which in the nick of time made a joke of the mistake 


‘and turned fasting fo feasting, 


=a Rowianp E. Ropinson. 


Take inventory. of the good things in this issue. 
of Forest. AND StrEAM. Recall what a fund was 
given last week. Count on.what is to came next 
week. Was there ever in all the world a more . 
abundant weekly store of sportsmen’s reading? 


Two Tales of Two Turkeys. 


1—Our Thanksgiving Turkey. 


WE weren't after turkey in particular when we got our 
Thanksgiving turkey in the year 1893. But we got it 
all the same, and I’ve never felt quite éasy in my mind 
or conscience, or whatever you like to call it, as to 
whether we were justified in annexing that bird. 

The story of how it came to us, of, more propertly — 
speaking, oi how we went to it, has never been written, and 
as the three actors in the experience are still alive per- 
haps I ought to follow our first resolution and ‘not tell 
the boys.” But if I don’t care, Bill and Jake oughtn’t to 
feel as if they've “any kick coming.” 

It was early in the morning of the Tuesday before 
Thanksgiving Day in 1893 that Bill Clark, Jake Stier, 
Bill’s pointer Zip and myself drove ovt of Altdotia, Pa., 
in a two-Seated tig, Zoimg due east toward Bellwood. 
We went through Juniata, and a mile or two on the road 


te Bellwood, and then turned up a “run” that led into — 


the bowels of the range of the Alleghanies that lines 
the north side of the Pennsylvania Railroad all the Way ~ 
from Harrisburg to Altoona and beyond. 

We had a man to take our team back, as we meant to 
fret out at A spot known to local shooters as “the place 
where Banks missed the bluejay,’ which is not far from 
another spot also well known, called “where Kotty 
skinned his nose’! From that place we had decided to 
hunt for “pheasants” (ruffed grouse), working our way 
over to Bell’s Run, and down the run to Bellwood, thence 


home by train. 


We hunted and we worked all right enough, but birds 
were scarce and wild. We must have got one or two, as we 
generally got somé, but J can’t remember how many we 
had before it was lunch time, When you are out with Bill 
it gets to be lunch time quite early in the forenoon. This 
particular day I think it was about 11 or 11:30, wheti 
we made out way to an old orchard where we knew 
there was a good cold spring. There had been a home- 
stead there in years gone by, but nothing but an old 
field and a worn-out orchard showed any signs of 4 
tiller’s hand, — 


There was a little snow on the ground, and there was 
any quantity of turkey tracks under the trees, as well as 
wild turkeys in that section of the country. ‘In fact, 
there was turkey sign everywhere. This was nothing 
strange to us, for we knew there were always lots of 
wild turkeys in that sectio nof the country. In fact, 
there’ll be lots of those magnificent birds in the Alle- 
g@hanies for years to come. i, ' 

While eating our luncheon, and while Zip alternated 
in gulping down morsels from our lunch and licking 
cld sore places torn open again by briers, we dis- 
cussed the possibilities of meeting up with one of the 
turkeys. As Bill said, “It'd be a good idea to get a 
Thanksgiving turkey.” 

Lunch was about over when we heard a gun go off 
with a regular old black powder br-ro-o-oom. It was 
not more than three or four hundred yatds away from us, 
judging by the sound. Somebody said, “Turkeys!” The 
rest of us agreed. By common consent we jumped up 
and went to a pair of bars, where an old woods road 
came out into the orchard, and stood looking in the 
direction of where the sound of the gun came from. 

All at once, out into the open over the little valley, way 
up above the trees, sailed a turkey. At first it looked as 
li it was coming toward us, but almost instantly we 
saw that it had turned down the valley and was flying 
directly away from us along the hillside. Our eyes 
followed it as it kept on its way for abotit a quarter of a 
mile, when suddenly up went its head and down it came 
“windling,”’ deader’n a mackerel, 

“He got it after all,’ said some one, 

“He did.” said Bill. 

“Did you ever see anything like it?” said Jake, who 
was always moderate in his conversational efforts, 

Then we returned to otir ltinch, and talked over the 
wondertul thing that we had seen, 

Bill was quiet for a bit; he had lighted a cigar and it 
was drawing well. Other cigars were also acting prop- 
erly, and Zip was at his old game of chewing and lick- 
ing those old sore spots. Then Bill broke the silence: 
“Say, do you suppose that fellow who shot at that 
turkey saw it fall? Do you think he had any idea that 
he: hitt itr? - 

That was quite a new one on us, and we caught at it 
at once. It would be quite easy to follow the road in 
the woods and find out whether the man with the gun 
had turned off to the right or leit anywhere. His tracks 
in the snow would tell us. We had marked where the 
turkey fell, as to us he seemed to fall right alongside of 
a monster old pme which for some internal imperfections 
had been left when its brethren were taken by the lum- 
bermen. Some 300 yards along the road we saw plainly 
where the man had come down into the road, and saw 
also that his tracks, as well as those of his dog, a little 
terrier, led along the road in the direction the turkey 
had flown. 

Following the tracks, we finally came alongside of the 
big pine, which was down hill on the right of the road. 
The turkey, too, had fallen to the right of the pine,. so 
was further from the road than the pine was. Jake and 
I turned off into the wood, which was open enough for 
us to have a good view of the ground; Bill went down 
the road a bit to make sure that the man with the dog 
had not turned off further on. Then he, too, turned to 
the right into the brush and began to investigate. 

To Bill belongs the honor of finding that bird, a gob- 
bler, too, wattled, bearded and bronzed, as only an old 
gobbler can be. He was a beauty, with not a feather 
damaged, and not a drop of blood on the snow. Bill. 


found him in less than two minutes after he had left the _ 


toad, which goes to show that he had marked the bird 
more carefully than we had, Slinging the gobbler on his: 


shoulder, he came toward us, Jake and I firing a feu de ~ 


joie when he flung the bird on the snow at our feet. 


Was it our turkey, or did it belong to the man who 


had shot at it? He was by this time a mile or more on 


his way. and that-turkey certainly did look good, -Any- — 


way, Jake toted the bird on his back nearly all the way 
to Bellwood, while Bill and I hunted for more game, 


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FOREST AND. STREAM, 


Betting, I believe, a couple of “pheasants” on our way. 

At Bellwood we had the bird weighed, and if I re- 
member right, it weighed just a fraction less than 22 
pounds. Jake of course said it weighed “ever so much 
more.” : 

That night the bird was viewed by all the boys who 
cared to talk gun and call in and see Bill. There was 
rather a mystery about how we got it, for we didn’t say 
much about that at the time. In fact, it was some three 
years before the boys got the story just as it was. 

Anyway, the next day I took the skin off the turkey, 
and it was sent to a taxidermist in Williamsport to ‘be 
set up. There was not a single shot mark on the body, 
at least not a fresh one; but I left the head and neck in 
the skin, and the taxidermist found that just one small 
pellet had hit it in the head about the region of a large 
vein near the throat. It had bled internally, because our 
post-mortem showed its lungs to be full of blood. 

The turkey made our Thanksgiving Day dinner at 
Bill Clark’s, but it was rather a tough old bird. That it 
had had a narrow escape or two previous to its 
{nial undoing was evidenced by some old calloused shot 
niarks, that showed where its right leg had been pretty 
nearly smashed in days gone by. 

Its skin, mounted most artistically, in a thoroughly 
natural position, still graces Bill’s pet room in his 
hostelry at Ellwood City, Pa. Perhaps Bill has not told 
all his friends how he got that turkey. If he hasn’t, some 
of them will appreciate my little story of how we got our 
Thanksgiving turkey. It may cost Bill something, too! 

EDWARD BANKs. 


Glatuyal History. 


An Outing in Acadia.—Il. 


BY EDWARD A. SAMUELS, 


THERE is another species of aquatic larve, which have 
sometimes been taken for the larve of the Dytiscus, but 
they are quite different. These are found in still water 
generally where there is a sandy or muddy bottom. They 
are of a blackish color and have numerous joints to their 
bodies, which have points protruding from them Hke 
little bones. 

This is the larya of the horned corydalis, and is the 
largest of our neuroptous insects. 

In this form it preys en various aquatic insects and 
their larve, and destroys great numbers of them; these 
larvee are excellent bait for black bass, and will attract 
those fish sometimes when all other baits fail. 

In the adult form its wings extend from five to six 


LARVA OF HORNED CORYDALIS HELGRAMITE. 


inches from tip to tip, and the body is about three inches 
from the tip of the jaws to the end of the abdomen. 

It flies by night, and like all the other Neuroptera or 
nerve-winged insects, is beneficial in that it captures great 
numbers of noxious species. vA 

In addition to the whirligig beetles there were a great 
number of “water skaters” or “water measurers” moving 
nimbly about on the surface of the pool. 

They occasionally would glide quickly in a stated direc- 
tion as if they were in a hurry or in pursuit of prey, but 
generally they skated about in a leisurely manner. 

Their food consists principally of insects that have 
fallen into the water, although they at times seize small 
aquatic species. By many they are called “water spiders,” 


WATER SKATER, 


but they do not belong in that class, for they are a species 
of bug, and are classed in the suborder Heteroptera of 
the great order Hemiptera. There is another member 
of this order a most singular appearing insect, the water 
scorpion, called by entomologists the Fuscous ranata; 
it s long and slender, light brown in color, and its long 
and curved forefeet, which seem well fitted for seizing 
its prey, are raised and brandished in a threatening man- 
ner before its head. 

It preys upon other insects and their larve. 

Its form is not as peculiar, however, as is that of the 
walking-stick, which is found in the woods clinging <o 
the leaves and twig’s of trees. 

This species belongs in the Orthoptera, in which are 
included the crickets, locusts. grasshoppers, etc. It sub- 
sists on the leaves and tender shoots of trees, but is not 
sufficiently numerous to be of much importance. It is 
a sluggish, slow-moving creature, and is interesting 
chiefly because of its peculiar torm, which resembles 
almost exactly a small slender stick, its legs on both 
sides answering for twigs. 

Another most interesting insect is the “caddise fy” 
or “water moth.” The larve, which are aquatic, have the 
curious habit of protecting themselves by constructing a 
covering for their bodies, composed of sticks, sand, pieces 
of grass or other substances. 


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HORNED CORYDALIS. 


At the bottom of almost every pool or brook these 
curious structures may be seen apparently moving about 
without cause; but on examination of one we find at one 
end a small, brownish head, and six legs, which are 


quickly retracted at being touched, ‘The larvze move these - 


protecting cases with ease, feeding principally on aquatic 


WATER SCORPION. 


plants, but occasionally on weaker insects: there are a 
great many species of these flies, and the adult insect 
resembles a moth very closely, but its wings are covered 
with hairs instead of scales, as is the case with the true 
lepidoptera. Before transforming to the pupa form the 
larva is said to close the mouth of its cell with a grating 
composed of silken threads, which, while it allows suf- 
ficient water to pass for the respiration of the insect, pre- 
yents the entrance of an enemy. The grub or larva is 
white and plump, and is an acceptable morsel for fishes. 
In fact, English anglers use them very extensively, and 
they are considered to be among the most successful 
‘of baits. 

“T reckon we've rested the pool long enough,” said 
john, after he had finished his work. “We might try ’em 
a little longer here, and if we find no good ones we'd 
better go to the outlet of the other brook. There’s ’most 
always a few big fish there.” 

“All right,” I replied. “There ought to be larger fish 
at these outlets than we've taken.” 

We shoved the canoe out into the broad expanse of 
water, and I began casting over the deepest portion of 
the pool, but with the exception of hooking a few small 
fish my efforts were unrewarded, and in a short time we 
resumed the paddles:and started for the other pool, a 
half mile or so distant. In a few minutes the desired 
spot was teached, the killisk was dropped and the canoe 


CADDICE.FLY, 


was allowed to swing into a position which would enable 
me to cover all the best water. I had not begun casting 
when a small moth hovered for a few seconds over the 
reeds on the shore, and then began to wing its way across 
the river, fluttering low over the water. Its wings at last 
grazed the surface, when the swirl of a large fish was 
seen and the insect instantly disappeared. 

“There’s a big trout out there,” exclaimed the guide, 
pointing to the rings on the water that the fish had made. 
“He came up and seized an insect just now!” 

“T saw him,” I replied, “and we will soon know. if he 
will take one of my flies as greedily as he did the moth.” 

Gradually lengthening my line, I cast further and further 
out on the pool until at last my lures dropped upon 
the spot where the trout had seized its prey-and at the 
second trial a swirl was seen which was followed by a 
plunge, and then the singing of the reel indicated that a 
heayy fish was hooked. 


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ADULT HELGRAMITE. 


“Good!” exclaimed the guide, as the fish darted down 
the river and sank deeper and deeper in the water, “I'll 
lift the killick. You’re fast to a large trout and it mav 
take out a good share of your line before it stops.” 

The fish for a minute or two darted about with all the 
speed of a gnilse, and then it began to circle around the 
canoe deep in the water, and evidently trying to reach 
the bottom. 

“Look out, on the fish will get the leader among the 
weeds and drift stuff,’ said John, forcing the canoe 
farther from the shore. : 

“T’m doing my best,” I replied, plying the reel as 


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LARVA OF CADDICE FLY IN THEIR. CASES. 


rapidly as possible, and causing the pliant rod to bend 


almost double. “He is surely a monster.” 

“Aye, and gamy,’ added John, as the trout again dartec 
down the river. 

With all an angler’s anxiety I followed every move- 
ment of the fish, yielding when the strain was too great 
and recovering the line when the trout paused in its 
dashes for liberty. . 

The lift of the little rod at length proved too strong for 
the fish; its runs grew shorter and shorter and its strug- 


of 


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WALKING STICK. 


gles less energetic; the reel recovered more and more 
of the line, and finally the trout lying on its side, per- 
mitted the landing net to be passed beneath it, and in a 
few moments it was lifted into the canoe. 

“It’s a _beauty, and no mistake,” exclaimed the guide 
as he tapped the fish on its head and then held it up for 
my inspection. “It’s a four pounder, sure.” 


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[Dec. i, 1900. 


‘taking the trout and examining it, 
“but I'm puzzled. This is not a spotted or brook trout, it’s 
not a Jake trout neither, but what is it? It 1s exactly 
like the brown trout of Europe, but how does it happen 
that it is here? It is something remarkable.” 

“Tt’s likely, one that was put in these waters a number 
of years 1¢0,” answered the guide. “The fish and game 
officers put out thousands of fry here, but this is the 
first full-grown fish that’s been taken so far as I know.” 

“T am slad to know that an effort has been made to 
introduce “them in these waters,” said I, laying the fish 
down, “for they are fully as gamy as the spotted trout 
and they will thrive in ponds and streams which are too 
warm for the others. I believe they will in time prove 
a valttable addition to our list of game fishes. But, John, 
it is almost sundown, and we are quite a distance from 
the house. We had better put by the rod and resume our 
paddles.” 

“Yes,” was the reply, ‘we'd better move along. The old 
horse must be looking for us by now.’ 

The canoe was again headed up the stream, and in a 
jew minutes the landing place was reached. 

“We had better leave “the canoe here,” said the guide. 

“We shall likely come down the river again soon,and ther 
is no need of carrying the birch back and forth,” 

We Bue ly disembarked, and when the canoe was un- 
loaded we lifted it out of the water and placed it in some 
undererowth near the river. 

The horse whinnied a welcome as we approached him 
and was evidently glad to be harnessed again for the 
return home. The trout were washed and strung on 
some withes for transportation, my creel not being large 
enough to hold a half of our catch. They made a very 
handsome show, 

‘We'll cut across through the woods by a lumber road 
until we strike into the post road,* said John, when we 
were seated in the farm wagon. “Although it’s a little 
further. we can travel quicker than we could by following 
the olel tote road.” 

The horse quickened his steps as soon as the public 
road was reached, and then, starting into a brisk trot, he 
catried- us at a pace which ere a half hour had passed 
brought us in sight of the little settlement in which the 
Murrays’ pleasant cottage, my headquarters, was located. 

“Real! y, John.” 1 exclaimed, as we alighted at the 
door, “aithougzh it was a rough ride that you gave me in 
your springless wagon, the shaking up I have had has 
done me good, ard it has also given me an appetite 
which will do iull justice to. the supper that I know Mrs. 
Murray has waitine for me.” 

“We have had a glorious day!’ I said to my landlady 
and her daughter Pheebe, who stood beside her as I en- 
tered the house, “and we caught a nice lot sat trout, too.’ 

“T am glad you had such good success,” replied Mrs. 
Murray, ut ig m afraid you have made too long a day 
for a first eae. 

“Not at all,’ | responded. 
ment of the time and hay re, | warn you,, 
a ravenous appetite.” 

“T hope your supper will suit you,” she replied. 
you step and have tea with us, John?” 

“No, thanks,” answered the guide. “I must be getting 
home to loak after my chores. I'll be “round bright and 
early to- morrow, he added as he passed out into the 
read. “Perhaps we’ ll] find something to make another 
good day for you.’ 

The good things that Mrs. Murray had provided for 
supper were soon discussed and they were enjoyed with 
the keenest relish. 

After the meal was ended and I had smoked my even- 
ing cigar on the porch, I joined the ladies in the cozy 
sitting room, and entertained them to the best of my 
ability with an account of the aphides I had seen in the 
afternoon, to which was added many other interesting 
facts in natural history which had at various times come 
iinder my observation. 


“Yess? Th replied, 


“T have enjoyed every mo- 
come home with 


"Won't 


Black Squirrels in Captivity. 


Derrprpenn, Frimley Green, Surrey, England—Hditor 
Forest and Stream: 1 would like to say a few words in 
teply to the interesting letter of your Toronto corre- 
spondent on black squirrels. So far as I know he is the 
first person who has steceeded in inducing the squirrel 
to breed in any kind of confinement. J am a lover of 
squitrels and have several varieties, but when the “large 
jet-black squirrel” he writes of is the same species as 
the melanie variety of the gray squirrel which we have 
in New Yorls, it is quite new to me, and if it be possible 
for him to send me a pair of his squirrels I should like to 
arrange for it. Ji they could be induced to live in peace 
with our little English squirrel they would have the run 
of my pine woods and plenty of provender. If not, they 
would have ainple loft room like his. 

But your correspondent makes a very common miis- 
take about the teeth of the squirrel. I have raised many 
from bahyhood, and I have not found that soft food in- 
duces abnormal teeth. The squirrel keeps his teeth’ down 
and sharp at the same tme by etinding the upper and 
lower teeth against each other, and when the upper tooth 
is broken the lower will never grow unduly lenge. The 
wild squirrels who live in my wood come to the house for 
their food, and sometimes sit on the window bench to 
eat it, and I have five reared from babes now in my 
study (one is trying to make my pen away as I write), 
but they all, wild or tame, prefer bread at times to nuts. 
The wild ones eat the bread I throw to the pigeons, and 
I haye neyer found that my own are the worse for 
eating it. 

My gray Squirrels will also at times prefer bread to 
nuts, but they, lke the native squirrels, never attempt 
to store it away as they do nuts when they have more 
than they want to eat, W. J. STILEMAN, 


Weights of Animals. 


OF 158 woodchucks killed by Gen. DePeyster and Dr. 
Robert J. Carroll, in a year's shooting in the neighbor- 
hood Monmouth Junction, N. J., the average weight was 
TO pounds, and the heaviest one weighed 13% pounds. 

Cottontails, as received in the New York market, aver- 


age 344 pounds. 


Degli Oddi, 


American Ornithologists’ Union. 


“THe eighteenth congress of the American Ornitholo- 


Union convened in Cambridge, Mass., Monday 
evening, Nov. 12. The business meeting was held in Mr. 
William Brewster's museum, and the public sessions, 
commencing Tuesday, Nov. 13, and lasting three days, 
were held in the Nash lecture room of the University 
Museum. 

The active members present were: William Brewster, 
C. F. Batchelder and Montague Chamberlain, of Carm- 
bridge; Drs, J. A. Allen, Jonathan Dwight, Jr., and 
Messrs. Frank M. Chapman and William Dutcher, of 
New York city; Drs, Fisher and Merriam, and Messrs, 
E. W. Nelson and Williani Palmer, of Washington, D. 
C.; Dr. A. P. Chadbourne and Mesers. Chas. B. Cory and 
H. A. Purdie, of Boston; D, G. Elliot and Ruthven 
Deane, of Chicago; Witmer Stone, of Philadelphia; Dr. 
Thos. S. Roberts, of Minneapolis, and John H. Sage, of 
Portland, Cann, 

The associate members present during the 
were: Walter Deane, Geo, C. Deane, Geo. H. 
Outram Bangs, Mrs: Anna B. Phelps, 
Howe Jr., Walter R. Davis, Harry G. Histee. Francis 
H. Allen, Owen Durfee, Geo. A. Morison, J. D. Sorn- 
berger, Bradford Torrey, Miss Helen A. Ball, Rey. 
Herbert W. Gleason, Manton Copeland, F. H. Moshier, 
J. A. Farley, Mrs. Ornida D. Hornbrooke, R. M. Strong. 
F. H. Kennard, Ralph Hoffman, W. P. Parker, E. H. 
Forbush and A. C, Bent, of Massachusetts; Drs. T. S. 
Palmer and Wm. C. Rives, of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. 
Elizabeth B. Davenport, of Vermont; Miss Elisa \W. 
Redfield, and Messrs. W. L, Baily and C. J. Pennock, aif 
Pennsylvania; Glover M, Allen and Walter ’M_ Buswell, 
of New Hampshire; Miss Lucy F. Myer: and J.ous 
Agassiz Fuertes, of New York: Mrs. Mabel Osgood 
Wright, Rev. H. K. Job, Judge John N. Clark, Dr. Louis 
B. Bishop and Willard G. Van Naine. of Connecticut; 
james S. Hine, of Ohio; Waldron D. W. Miller, of New 
Jersey; Arthur H. Norton and J. Merton Swain, of 
Maine. 

Dr; C. Hart Merriam was elected President ; 
Cory and C. F. Batchelder, Vice-Preside nts 5 
Sage, Secretary; William Dutcher, Treasurer; Frank M. 
Chapman, Ruthven Deane, Jonathan Dwight, ‘Tr., PACES ISS, 
Fisher, E, W. Nelson, Thos. S. Roberts and Witmer 
Stone, Members of the Council. 

Dr. A, B. Meyer, of the Royal Museum, Dresden, was 
elected an honorary member, and Count-.E, Arrigoni 
Unversity of Padiia, Italy, and Walter E. 
Bryant, of Santa Rosa, Cal., corresponding members: 
Sixty-nine associate members were elected. 

A change in the by-laws was proposed whereby the 
present class of active members shall be known as iel- 
lows; the present class of associate members to be known 
as associates, and to establish a class of membership in- 
termediate between fellows and associates, to be known as 
members. The matter will be brought up for final actioi 
at the next congress of the Union, 

Tuesday morning Prof, D. G. Elliot gave a memorial 
address on Dr. Elliott Cones, with whom he had been on 
intimate terms for nearly forty years. Dr. Coues was a 
founder and active member of the Union, became 
eminent in science, and did much to stimulate interest in 
others. Dr. J. A. Allen followed with an address on 
Geo. B. Sennett, also an active member, and a former 
Mayor of Meadville, Pa. Mr, Sennett contributed more 
than any one else to our knowledge of the ornithology of 
the Rio Grande region. 

The report of the Committee on Protection of North 
American Birds, read by its chairman, Mr, Witmer Stone, 
showed that satisfactory results had been obtained during 
the past year. One important feature was the protection 
of the gulls and terns along the coast, made possible by 
money secured through the efforts of Mr. Abbott H. 
Thayer. The report will be published in the Auk, the 
official organ of the, Union, together with a supple- 
mentary one by Mr. William Dutcher, haying special 
reference to his work among the gulls and terns in con- 
nection with the Thayer Fund. These reports will be 
reprinted as a separate pamphlet, 

Miss Juliette A. Owen, of St. Joseph, Mo., who so 
kindly remembered the Union at the last congress, sent 
an additional $100 this year. ‘his will be added to a 
fund, the income of which is to be spent for the ad- 
vyancement of the science of ornithology, 

A paper of important historical interest was Mr. Wit- 
mer Stone’s “The American Ornithologists’ Union of 
1840-45,” Through the courtesy of Miss Lucy H, Baird, the 
facts were obtained about the earlier ornithologists from 
letters written to her father, the late Spencer F, Baird, 

“Dooryard Ornithology,” by Judge John N, Clark, was 
a well-presented paper on a popular phase of bird hife. 
Mr. Clark’s dooryard is in Saybrook, Conn., and in 
this restricted area he has noted the occtirrence of more 
than one hundred species of birds. Perhaps the Rey. J. 
G, Wood had this locality in mind when he wrote that 
“We all know the extreme interest which attaches itselt 
to minute and faithiul records of the events which take 
place in some yery limited sphere.” 

The afternoons of Tuesday and Wednesday were de- 
voted to papers illustrated with lantern slides—all shaw- 
ing what an aid photography now is to the study of the 
habits of birds. Dr. Merriam had a remarkable series 
of pictures, giving views of wonderful glaciers, as well 
as of bird lite, gathered during the Harriman Expedi- 
tion along the coast of Alaska. 

On Friday, Noy. 16, after adjournment of the Union, 
Mr. William Brewster conducted a party of eighteen to 
his camp on the riyer at Concord, Mass. Luncheon was 
served and the day was passed pleasantly by all, 

The congress just closed was one long to be remem- 
bered, for nothing could exceed the cordial welcome 
shown by the local committee and by the members of the 
Nuthall Ornithological, Club. 

The next annual meeting will he in New York city, com- 
mencing Noy. TI, 1got. 

Following is a list of the papers read at the sessions: 

1. In Memoriam: Elliott Coues. D. G. Elliot. 

2. In Memoriam: George B. Sennett. J. A. Allen. 

3. The Sequence of Moults and Plumages of the Laride 
(Gulls and Terns), Jonathan Dwight, Jr. 


gists’ 


sessions 
Mackay, 


Chas, 1 
John 11, 


Reginald Heber. 


4. A Study of the Genus Sturnella. 
man, 

5. The Pterylosis of Podargus: With Further Notes on 
oe Agryloaraphy of the Caprimulgidee. Hubert Lyman 

ar 

6. The Moult of the North American Shore Birds 
(Limicole). Jonathan Dwight, Jr. 

7. Nesting of the Yellow-headed Blackbird. 
by lantern slides. Thomas S. Roberts. 

8. Among the Terns at Muskeget, and on the New 
ea Coast. Illustrated by lantern slides. Wm, L. 

aily 


‘Frank M. Chap- 


Illustrated 


g. The Season of 1900 at the Magdalen isiinde: With 
Remarks on Bird Photography. IUlustrated by lantern 
slides. Herbert K. Job. 

10. Field Notes on a Few New England Birds. Illus- 


trated by lantern slides. William Brewster. 

il, Dooryard Ornithology. John N. Clark. 

12, The “American Ornithologists’ Union’ of 1840-'45. 
Witmer Stone. 

13. Notes on the Spring Migration (1900) at Scar- 
borough, N. Y. Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 

14. Exhibition of Unpublished Water-color Paintings 
of Birds. Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 

ee Impressions of Some Hawaiian Birds. H. W. Hen- 
shaw, 


16. A yisit to the Birthplace of Audubon. O. Wid- 
mann. 
17. Natural History of the Alaskan Coast. Illustrated 


by lantern slides. C. Hart Merriam. 

18, Notes on a Nest of Massachusetts Brown Creepers. 
Illustrated by lantern slides, A. P. Chadbourne, 

19. Bird Studies with a Camera. Illustrated by lantern 
shdes. Frank M. Chapman. 

20. Exhibition of Lantern Shdes of Bebtls Birds’ Nests 
and Nesting Haunts from Nature. Members. 
21, Aptosochromatism. A reply to Drs. Dwight and 
Allen. Francis J. Birtwell. 

22, On the Breeding Habits of Leconte’s Sparrow. P- 
B. Peabody. 
_ 23. On the Value of Careful Observations of Birds’ 
Habits. Edward H, Forbtish. 

24. Breeding of the Cerulean Warbler Near Baltimore, 
Frank C. Kirkwood. 

25. Report of the A. O. U. Committee on the Protectios 
of North American Birds. Witmer Stone. 

26. Results of Special Protection to~Gulls and Terns 
Obtained Through the Thayer Fund. . Illustrated. 

27. The Enforcement of the Lacey Act. T. S. Palmer. 


Sea Gulls as Weather Signals. 


Passaic, N. J.. Nov. 23—Editor Forest and Stream: 
The note in Forest AND StREAM the other day about sea 
eulls in the river has a Commentary in this experience 
related by Mr. H. H. Thompson, of this city, in the 
Passaic Press: 

Everybody and his wife noticed the fine weather of 
Election Day, The writer on his way to the city in the 
morning observed the unusual clearness of the atmos- 
phere. I could see with distinctness objects at a distance 
which are hardly discernible in ordinary weather. Not a 
cloud was to be seen in the blue sky, which reminded me 
of the peculiar cloudless blue sky which overhung the 
Middle Park of Colorado during my week's horseback ride 
in September a few years ago. There was not the slight 
est indication of the near approach of the yiolent storm 
which surprised us the evening of the very next day. 
Without the least idea of competing with the famous 
weather seer of Hackensack, I can truthfully claim to 
have foretold the sudden change, and here is the secret of 
my success as a weather prophet. In crossing the Twenty- 
third street ferry I noticed quite a flock of sea gulls sit- 
ting in the water while many others were sailing at such 
an unusual height that 1 went forward to the bow for 
better observation, where I was soon joined by a truck 
driver, who asked me if I knew what the gulls were 
predicting, adding that he had crossed that ferry every 
week-day for seyen years, and that he had learned for a 
dead certainty that when the birds few about at stich a 
great height and came sailing down and alighted in the 
water, a storm was brewing. He said that m his ob- 
servations during these years he’ had not in a single in- 
stance known the signal to fail." 


The Opossum in New York. 


Osweco, N., Y., Noy. 4—The Palladium published 
here, reports that Mr. Orb, Parmley, who lives near 
Mineito, went coon hunting yesterday and sticceeded in 
capturing a possum that weighed about 25 pounds. The 
capture was made near Battle Island. 

T saw the possum to-day, and was told on what seems 
good authority that two others were killed near the same 
place two years ago. Is it not very unusual for these ani- 
mals to be found so far north? Battle island is about 
four miles south of this city. SUBSCRIBER, 

[The record is a far northern one for the range of the 
opossum. The weight must haye been greatly over- 
estimated. Pérhaps that is what the game seemed to 
weigh after Mr. Parmley had lugged it five miles. ] 


The October Woodcraft. 


THE October number of the Game Laws in Brief and Woodcraft 
Magazine contains the game and fish laws of the United States 
and Canada. The Woodcraft part has this capital list of con- 
tents: 

GRAN’THER see ay PA’TRIDGE. By Rowland #, Robinson. 

IN THE FOREST, 

THE OLD CANO 

THE RESCUE OF FAIR. By deferson. 

KELLUP’S ANNUAL. eGrrson Seribb. 

DEACON THROPE’S pre 

ANY LETTERS FOR ME? oy Si Ufiord, 

JEHOSSEE ISLAND. By Olive F. he 

FLORIDA INDIAN DEER HUNTERS. 

AT CLOSE QUARTERS: The Hen. S., the Plover and the Bull; 
A Nova Scotia Bear; The Panther’s Scream; A Time with a 

_ Florida Alligator; The ‘Owl’s Swoop; The Dog Climbed. 

THE DOG AND THE TURKEY. By John | pee Auduben, 

SENATOR VEST’S-SUNDAY PIGEON Ss 

AUSTRALIAN ROUGH-RIDERS. By R, Boldrewood, 


The Forest AnD STREAM is put to press cach week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for ptblication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable. : 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Game Bag and Gun. 


Notice. 


All communications intended for Forest AND STREAM should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 


_Proprietors of shooting resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forrest AND STREAM. 


American Wildfowi and How to 


Take Them.—XIl. 


BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. 


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Green-Winged Teal. 
Anas carolinensis (Gmelin). 

THe adult male has the head and neck reddish-chest- 
nut, and a broad band of metallic green on either side, 
running from the eye to the back of the neck, where 
the two meet in a tuft. The under side of this green 
band is margined with a narrow line of buff; the chin 
is black: the breast is reddish cream color, dotted with 
round or oval spots of jet black. There is a collar 
round the lower part of the neck; the sides oi the 
breast, back of lower neck, and of the body are finely 
waved with lines of black upon white ground. The back 
is similarly marked, and the lower back is brownish- 
gray. The upper tail-coverts are dark, margined with 
White, and the tail feathers gray, edged with white. On 
the side of the breast in front of the bend of the wing 
is a broad white bar. The tips of the last row of wing- 
coverts ate margined with yellow. The speculum is 
black and green, margined with white. The outer scap- 
ulars are velyetw black. The belly and a patch on ,either 
Side of the under tail-coverts are rich buff, the under 
tail-coverts black, The bill is dark, nearly black, and 
the feet grayish black. The length is about 14% inches. 

The female is brownish, the feathers being generally 


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margined with buff. The sides of head are whitish 
speckled with brownish. The wing is like that of the 
male, but the speculum is somewhat smaller and duller. 
The breast is usually more or less spotted, and the 
under parts are white, with iaint indications oi spots. ; 

The green-winged teal is found over the whole of 
North America, from the Arctic Sea on the north to the 
Gulf of Mexico and Central America on the south. It 
occurs also in Cuba. It is one of the most beautiiul of 
our ducks. and is highly esteemed by gunners, 

Unlike many of our better known fresh-water ducks. 
the green-winged teal is rather common in New Eng- 
land, as well as in the inferior and to the southward, 
and wherever found it is a great favorite. It flies with 
astonishing speed, but with great steadiness, and often 
the flecks are of yery great size, and fly bunched up, so 
close together that they resemble more a flock of mi- 
grating blackbirds than of ducks. At such times, 
they suddenly become aware of the presence of the 
gunner, the bunch flies apart like an exploding bomb. 
and the birds dart in all directions and at such a rate 
that it takes a quick shooting to catch them. On the 
other hand, 1i the shots can be fired into this close mass 
the hayce created is very great, ten, twenty or thirty 
birds sometimes being killed by the discharge of two 
barrels, 

While the green-winged teal is much at home on the 
Water and is a good diver in times of danger, it is also 
yery much at home on the Jand. over which it runs 
with considerable speed. j 

Although this species breeds chiefly to the north of 
the United States, its nests have been talken in Wiscon- 
sin, lowa and on the prairies and in the mountains of 
the West. I have seen it in Montana. Wyoming and 

' Colorado. accompanied by young, and I recall one oc- 
‘-ecasion in North Park. Colo., where I spent a very 
pleasant half hour watching an old female and her 
young as they busily fed in the narrow stream near where 

T sat. The mother bird at length discovered me, and 
though not greatly alarmed, she promptly led her flock 

of eight tiny young ashore, where. in a long line, with 

the mother at the head, they promptly trotted into the 

Iushes and concealed themselves. 

The green-winged is a more hardy bird than the blue- 
winged teal. and is often found on warm springs and 
streams in the North long after the ice has closed most 
of the quiet waters. I have seen it in Connecticut in the 
early winter. when almost everything was frozen up. 

The nest of the teal is commonly placed not far irom 
the water, in high grass or sometimes among a tussock 
of rye grass, or I have even found it on top oi a dry 

ridge under a sage bush at quite a long distance from any 
are small and apparently a little 
The number in a 


stream. The eggs 
rounder than duck eges usually are. 
nest varies from ten to fifteen. 


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European Teal. 
Anas crecca (Lann,), 

This is a European species, occurring only casually 
in North America. It very closely resembles the com- 
mon green-winged teal, but lacks the white bar on the 
side of the breast, bas the black and white markings of 
the bael and sides much heayier, has the inner webs of 
the outer scapular and sometimes part of the onter webs 
white or yellowish, and the forehead bordered on either 
side by a pale-buff line. The female is so similar to 
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the female green-winged teal that only an expert ornith- 
ologist can distinguish between the two. The European 
teal is found occasionally in the Aleutian Islands, and it 
has frequently been exposed for sale in the New York 
markets with other ducks shot in the neighborhood. 
The most important distinguishing mark between these 
two very similar birds is the white bar on each side of the 
breast, which is so noticeable in our green-winged teal, 
but absent in the European species. 

European observers tel! us that this teal is abundant 
ever the Old World; that it breeds in Great Britain and 
Ireland and is common. over Lapland, Russia and narth- 
ern Asia. It is readily domesticated. 


Biue-Winged Teal. 


Anas discors (Linn. ). 

The adult male has the top of the head and chin black: 
a white crescent-shaped band, edged with black, extends 
from the forehead above the eye down to below the bill; 
the rest of the head is dark lead color, sometimes with 
glossy purplish reflections. The long scapulars running 
back from the shoulder are black, streaked with buff. 
The back and upper parts generally dark brown and dull 
black, spotted, barred and streaked with buff. The lower 
back is dull brown; the smaller wing coverts at the bend 
of the wing sky blue, as are also some of the long shoulder 
feathers. A wide bar of white across the wing, above the 
speculum, which is green, separates the blue and the green. 
There 1s a narrow line of white at the extremity of the 
speculum and a patch on either side of the tail. The 
lower parts are light chestnut, thickly speckled with 
black. The under tail coyerts are black. as is also the 
bill. The eyes, legs and feet are yellow. the latter with 
dusky markings, 

The female is always to be known by the blue mark- 
ings, on the wing, though the brilliant green speculum is 
often. wanting. The chin, throat and base of the hill 
are white, marked with blackish, and the head and neck 
streaked and speckled with dusky brown. The other parts 
are dark brown, speckled with dusky brown. The bird 
is slightly larger than the green-winged teal. 

The blue-winged teal is often called summer teal, and 
this gives a hint as to one of its habits, It is apparently 
a bird of southern distribution than the other 


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teals and is almost the earliest of the migrating ducks 
io make its appearance. The first to arrive are commonly 
found on our streams in late August or early September, 
and persons who are pushing through the marshes in 
search of rail very frequently start little bunches of blue- 
wings from the open places. It may be imagined that 
such birds have not come from a great distance. Indeed. 
ithe blue-winged teal breeds at many points in the West. 
and would do so more frequently Were the birds permitted 
to make their northward migration without being dis- 
turbed by gunners. 

The bluewing is common throughout eastern America, 
hut in the West its place is chiefly taken by the cmnamon 
teal, a closely related species. In its northward migrations 
the blue-winged teal is found summering on the Great 
Slave Lake, and Mr. Dall tells of having seen it on the 
Yukon, and it has been reported from other points in 
Alaska. It breeds also in northern New England, as well 
as near the prairie sloughs of some of the States of the 
central West. The nest is placed on the ground among 
reeds and grasses. and is usually. but not always, near 
the water. It is lined with down from the mother’s 
breast. and when she leaves the nest she covers the eggs 
with this down and over it places more or less grass. The 
number of eggs is said to be from eight to twelve, 


During the winter these birds reach Mexico and Central 
America and are commonly found in Florida and the Gulf 
States. They feed in great numbers in the Southern rice 
fields, where they are reported to be caught in great num- 
bers by means of traps set by the negroes. Teal are 
abundant in the low country about the mouth of the Mis- 
sissippi, where they are known to the creoles as printan- 
nierre and autonnierre, according to the season in which 
they are seen. 

Vhe teal frequently travel in very large flocks, and the 
speed with which they, move and the closeness with which 
they are huddled together have become proverbial among 
gunners, They come up readily to decoys and not in- 
frequently a large flock may come in without warning to a 
heedless gunner and drop down among his stools before 
he sees them. When he stands up to shoot, the teal leave 
the water as the mallard does, by a single spring, and 
dari away in all directions, coming together again and 
going on in a close hunch. If a flock is seen flying by 
they may sometimes be attracted by a soft, lisping note, 
and 1f they see the decoys they are likely to drop in among 
them. The blue-winged teal is fond of running about 
over mud flats and sifting them for food, and in localities 
where they are abundant a place such as this is one of 
the very best in which to tie out for blue-winged teal. 

As with the greenwing so with this species—great num- 
bers may be killed by the single discharge of a gun, pro- 
vided it is properly aimed. Audubon speaks of having 
seen eighty-four birds killed by the single discharge of a 
double-harrel gun. 


That Adirondack Moose. 


One Point of View. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 

That moose which a guide killed in the Adirondacks 

the cther day is valuable as a commentary. The mere fact 
that one of five great game animals at large was shot, 
especially under the ciretimstances prevailing, is im- 
portant, of course, but seen in the broader light it is 
vastly more interesting to men who shoot, and particularly 
to men who hunt. The conditions prevailing in the 
Adirondacks are exactly in line with the death of the 
Saranae Lake bull, and one must imagine himself to be 
an Adirondack guide to realize what this condition is. 
_ Every train carrying passengers into the Adirondacks 
in the spring and summer seasons bears men who have 
modern rifles in cases, as well as fish rods. These men 
wotld claim to be sportsmen, and they are the sportsmen 
known to Adirondack guides. If they can’t kill deer. the 
guides must, and. of course, do, to save their jobs. It 
is no more to a guide than a commercial proposition. A 
deer 1s worth so much, and that moose was worth so 
much. 

One account that I read of the moose gave the names 
ot three guides as implicated in the matter. One, at 
least, of these three wears the button of the Adirondack 
Guides’ Association, and is one of the ablest-men in it. 
When I saw hin in early August he was headed for the 
woods, a .38-55 in his hand. I believe that if he could 
be sure of the support of ten of his fellow members he 
would refuse to furnish venison for his fishermen em- 
ployers. I don't believe there is a guide in the Adiron- 
dacks who has the back bone and the mental caliber com- 
bined to resist the temptation of $3 a day when an illecal 
deer is the way, and there is not one in a hundred of 
the sportsmen campers who would refuse to eat venison 
if served to him. Most of these campers demand veni- 
son, and the members of the Adirondack Guides’ Asso- 
ciation. of which there are a few. don’t know any better 
than to serve it, 

If those five moose had come here to Northwood and I 
had killed one of them, there is not one chance in five 
hundred that I would have suffered for it. though there 
1S not a man in this whole neighborhood who would not 
have heard about it, and probably only a few who would 
not have had a taste of it. [ am morally certain. too. that 
had it heen killed here by any of my neighbors I would 
have had a bit of it to fry or roast. That is the exact 
condition of affairs from here to Loon Lake and Lake 
Champlain. The game wardens are excellent vote getters. 

Last year and this I tried to have a man who would 
haye stopped deer hounding in this whole district put into 
the office which his knowledge, experience and determina- 
tion deserved. Crusters had_ killed eighteen or so 
deer within fifteen miles of Northwood: the merits of deer 
hounds were everywhere discussed from actual and re- 
cent observation, and the illegal exploits of hunters were 
daily told. The same old warden is still in office, and by 
sitting on a fayorite runway a short distance from here 
I can get a shot or two within a week at a dog-driven 
deer. If I did so, after this declaration, I would prob- 
ably be arrested, because I have no political influence at 
ly command. 

On the other hand, two men were arrested for hounding 
a few miles up the West Canada this summer, They 
were pronusing subjects. A great sportsman’s club was 
behind the prosecution. There were plenty of reliable 
Witnesses, but the sportsman’s club was behind the mat- 
ter. anid the men were acquitted. The trouble was that 
the sportsman’s club has not been entirely just in its 
dealings with the natives of the country. The lumber 
Camps on its land have hunters to furnish fresh meat. and 
these hunters are not troubled by the guides employed to 
guard the game at club expense. The guides in this case 
know better. Between sportsmen’s clubs, lumber camps 
and members of guides’ associations, Adirondack game 
has to hustle. And yet these two groups—the clubs and 


‘the associations—haye the most at stake. 


Just think for a moment what 200 moose in the Adiron- 
dacks would haye meant to the guides’ associations. From 
what quarter of the world would not hunters have come 
to try their luck and skill? What kind of money would 
not have found its way into the associations’ pockets? This 
argument will appeal very effectively at the next meet- 
ings of the guides when they are all dressed up physically 
and mentally: but let 700 pernds of meat come in sight 
out in the bush mext summer and see what happens, It 
will be interesting to learn what happens to the associa- 
tion members who were in this moose business—who 
wouldn't employ a man who could find an Adirondack 
moose anyhow? And is not his opinion worth listening 


tof I imagine that the killers of this moose will have 
more trade offers next year than any six other guides. 
It is to be hoped that the parties who employ them will 
haye their names conspicuously posted—but not unless 
the names of every other gang that employs guides to 
violate the law are also posted. 

We Adirondack woodsmen are in a sad way. We fry 
venison for breakfast, jerk it for lunch and boil it for 
supper in season and out when we can get it. We've all 
of us got a sort of sympathy for each other. We don’t 
own any of the land up here to spealc of, and if we went 
to making money, it is likely there would be “proper 
officials” mquiring into the matter. We earn money the 
best way we have open to us according to the lights of 
the land. We are not especially wise; we try to do the 
best we can, and live up to the example that is set for 
us by the people who employ us. 

RAYMOND S. SPEARS. 

WortHwoop. Herkimer County, N. Y. 


Notes from the Game Fields. 


Sussex County, New Jersey. 


Newton, N. j., Nov. 11.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
This has been a star season for old Sussex. Quail are 
more abundant than they have been for several years. 
Many nice flocks of ten to fifteen full-grown, strong-flying 
birds can be found within a.mile of town, and many nice 
bags are being taken. 

Partridges are fairly abundant, and some are being 
eae by those who have the nerve to hunt this wary 

ird. 

Woodcock have been scarce, but a few have been shot. 
Rabbits are fairly numerous, and gray squirrels have been 
more abundant than for many years; 1 have counted fif- 
teen in a small patch of woods soavth of here in the 
early part of September; but our new laws do not allow 
us to shoot them till November, when one doés good ta 
get two or three in a morning’s shoot. But all in all, we 
are haying a splendid season, and it has been some time 
since the rafters in our woodshed have been so well 
decorated with the spoils of the chase. SUSSEX. 


In Virginia. 


CHAse Ciry, Va. Nov. 24.—Quail are not quite as 
plentiful here as last season, but this seems to be gen- 
erally the case through the country. Our local paper re- 
ports that a party of Northern hunters were quite suc- 
cessful in a deer hunt one day this week. They started 
eight deer, and Hon. N. M. Lewis, of Pennington, N. J., 
killed a fine doe, and Mr. Taylor Muir, of New York, a 
very large buck. We are told that Mr. Muir’s gun kicked 
him heels over head the first shot, but he was on his feet 
again in time to kill the buck before it got out of gun 
shot range, with the other barrel, This was better shoot- 
ing than the fellow who shot at and said he knew he 
had killed the deer, and that it would be found dead a 
short distance from where he shot it, but never could be 
found. He took his friends back to the spot where he 
shot to show them that he had shot true to the mark, and 
when they showed him that he had shot the tops off the 
pines about 15 feet from the ground, he said he “be gol 
darned if the deer wasn’t up there when he shot.” 

W. D. Paxton. 
Deet in New Hampshire. 


CHARLESTOWN, N. H., Nov. 23.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: In my last letter about “Winninish in New 
Hampshire,” I forgot to add some notes on “Deer in 
New Hampshire” which I imtended to add. 

The letter of Mr. W. A. Brown, of Springfield, Vt., 
which town lies right across the Connecticut River from 
us, and the later one from J. B, B., from Essex, N. Y., 
set me to making inquiries from my friends on the hill 
farms, and one of them, who brought me in a load of 
wood last week, tells me that a deer crossed his “home 
lot” the week previous, and that a neighbor of his had 
seen two together in his pastures but a few days before. 
Tt is now about seventy years since the last deer was shot 
in this town, and there is no doubt of their reappearance. 
Tt was at first thought that these might have come from 
the Corbin Park, twenty miles to the northeast of is, but 
as they have been reported, as seen in Honniker, over 
toward the center of the State, and also over by Lake 
Winnesaukee, it seems hardly probable that they could 
all have escaped from that source, and I think we may 


safely claim ¢lieir return to be due to game protection and ~ 


the beneficent 1esult of proper game laws. 

Commissioner Wentworth is very busy following up 
trespassers, and last week picked up three or four promi- 
nent citizens of Fitchburg, Mass., who had shot quite a 
nuniber of ruffed grouse in Hancock and Stoddard, and 
were about to take them back to Massachusetts in defiance 


of the non-export game law, which they openly sneered | 


at, relying on the speed and bottom of a “‘fast horse.” 
Von W. 


Currituck Ducks, 3 


Currituck, Noy. 17—Editor Forest and Stream: Our 
game season, Noy. 10, opened on Monday, Nov. 12, on 
account of Saturday being rest day. It was calm and 
raining, which is not considered a good day for ducks. 
There were perhaps more redheads than we have had on 
opening day in five years, but they were all feeding in the 
north end of the Sound, between Swan Island and Curri- 
tuck Court House, which caused the killing to be much 
lighter than usual. 1 think 2,000 ducks would be a fair 
estimate for the first day, with perhaps 1,200 for the 
second, and the bag on the next shooting day—Thurs- 
day—was about 1,000: Canvasbacks as usual were very 
scarce. Not over fifty were bagged by sportsmen and 
market-hunters altogether. But Friday was rather a cold 


day for this section, with a strong north wind; and while 


crossing the Sound yesterday (Saturday) I saw large 
flocks of canvasbacks which came in the night before. 
The largest number of ducks shot were the now famous 
little ruddy duck, but to-morrow there will be a large 
number of redheads killed, with quite a sprinkling of can- 
vasbacks. 

The Swan Island and old Currituck clubs seem to have 
the largest number of birds in their marshes, The latter 
cinh «ses Indian corn in large quantities, which, 1 


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think, trom expetience, is by far the best food for ducks 
(I mean, of course, artificial food). Nothing gives them 
the flavor equal to wild celery. It is now a well-known 
fact that geese, swans, canvasbacks, redheads, blackheads, 
widgeons, sprigs, teal, black ducks and mallards can be 
induced to visit marshes in large numbers where very 
few were ever seen before by baiting with corn. 

Quail seem quite as abundant as usual along the west- 
ern shores of the Sound. But English snipe are very 
scarce. Very tew of the club men have visited their Curri- 
tuck clubs so far, but quite a numbers are expected next 
week. 

I have received letters from gentlemen who saw my ex- 
perience in Dare county, Roanoke Island, asking about 
the duck shooting, etc. I would say for the benefit of 
all who expect to visit that section for ducks, geese and 
black brant that December and January are the best 
months. The best shooting in that section is to be had 
in batteries or sink boxes, and there is a license tax of 
$20 before one can shoot. Morr ANON. 


Long Island Ducks, 


New Yorx, Noy. 20——Good luck rewarded my week's 
stay at E. A. Jackson’s, East Quogue. Long Island. | 
shot over fifty, including all species from sea coot to 
mallard. E. A, SCHOVERLING. 


Io West Virginia Mountains, 


Moreantown, W. Va., Nov. 24—Editor Forest and 
Stream: West Virginia mountains are affording their 
share of big game this season, in some cases where if is 
not expected. Recently four hunters were out after small 
game, three of them haying shotguns and one a rifle, when 
they came within close range of a large bear which was 
gathering chestnuts. They all pummeled it with shot, and 
finally laid it out with the rifle. Tt weighed nearly 500 
potnds. Capt. J. R. Miller, of this place, along with 
some others, started Monday last for Pocahontas county, 
where they will try for deer and bear, both of which 
animals are reported plentiful. A party from Fairmont 
recently returned from a hunt on Gauley. They killed 
nine deer and report them plentiful, but bears are said to 
be scare in that region. EMERSON CARNEY. 


Hunting in the South. 


Rrcumonp, Va., Nov. 22—In the olden times, in the 
South, there were three distinct classes of sportsmen. 
The cultured class of whites hunted the tox with large 
packs of well-bred hounds, and also the partridge (or 
quail) with setter and pointers. 

The horses selected for the fox chase were the very 
finest, and were trained to jump gullies, ditches and the 
old fashioned worm fences which haye now been sup- 
planted by the barberous “‘barbed wire.’ The “po’ 
white folks” hunted the turkeys, for meat and not sport 
was their object. Then came the third class, and in fact 
the “all round sportsman’’—the negro. I have never 
seen One who wouldn’t chase any kind of wild varmint 
day or night, when he got the chance, though the “pos- 
sum was his favorite of all the game of which our country. 
abounded. I have known them to hunt all night long, and 
then work all of the next day. With a well trained mule 
they would walk down a furrow in the cornfields fast 
asleep. With but few exceptions the negroes do not 
care for partridge shooting, for the reason that they are 
not expert in wing shooting, and the game doesn’t go 
fax enough after they get it. 

In these days the wall of separation which once divided 
the people into classes, haying tumbled down, we've got 
into a state which calls for the most rigid enforcement 
of the gatue laws, for there is a certain class of both 
whites and blacks who never leave their homes to yisit 
a neighbor a mile away without carrying their guns 


‘along, and will shoot anything that comes in their way 


in any month in the year. Out farmers never objected 
to shooting on their premises by men of respectability, 
but when these “game hogs,”.as they are called, go 
prowling about with guns, and often pick up a barnyard 
fowl which happens to come in their way, and out of 
hearing of the land owners, it is but natural that they 
should asl our legislatures to pass the most stringent 
laws with regard to trespass. 

From objécting to the rougher element, they have 
begun to object to everybody's coming on their prem- 
ises, and they post up notices to that effect. No gentle- 
man wants to be “ordered off,’ nor does he want to 
walk a mile to a man’s house‘to tell hint who he is and 
ask permission to shoot. It takes too much time. I 
haye neyer had a farmer to object to my shooting when 
I went to his house and asked the privilege, but when 
IT go hunting I am looking for game, and on our large 
farms, if I’ve got to pay a visit to every man’s house 
before shooting, the day is gone. 

The gentlemen sportsmen from now on will haye to 
eet together and rent or buy land and stock it with game 
and rely upon it for the pleasure of shooting. I have 
just returned from Aberdeen, N. C.—the Piney 
Woods—in a few miles of Pinehurst, the celebrated resort 
for New Englanders, and owned by Mr. Tuit, of Boston, 
Mr. H. H. Powell, who runs a hotel at Aberdeen, was 
kind enough to take me to his game preserve of 3,500 
acres, and I had delightful sport, bringing home thirty- 
seven birds and a turkey. I had been “run off” by an old 
woman, whose face was the color of a pumpkin, with 
eyes like buttonholes, the day before. I don’t see how 
this old crearture ever found the place, for she was in a 
wilderness of black-jack oaks, pines and sand, and 
must have descended from some family that lived in the 
time of Noah and the flood. 

Mr. Powel! conceived the idea that 1f he would plant 
peas in quantities it would attract the wild turkey and 
the quail, and judging ftom the game we found there, 
when every other place had proven blank, he was not 
mistaken as to results. Deer, foxes, raccoons and pos- 
sums were already: there, but the food “especially pre- 
pared’ for the turkeys and quail has drawn them there 
in. numbers. I understand that the Grand Hotel of Mr. 
Tufts, at Pinehurst, will be opened in a few weeks. J] 
could hardly believe that so much improvement could 
have been made in a few years, and+a wild, barren 
country, such as that has always been, could have been 
made as beautiful, and the sand hills teem with the 


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most beatitiful flowers and plants, It any of the sports- 
men of the north who goes to Pinehit'st this winter 
will call on Mr. Powell, who is himself a great lover of 
field Sports, he can tell them all they want to know about 
the game down there. I am now too far advanced in 
years to do much more hunting myself, but ii I were a 
younger man J would get together a lot of men who love 
held sports, and buy this land and make a game preserye 
of it, It can be done at a small outlay, and there is 
land enough there to furnish shooting for the next fifty 
or a hundred years. PoLk MILLER. 


The West Virginia License. 


We have not killed many deer here this fall, but I 
have kept an account of over twenty that have been killed 
so far. Two of these deer were killed Saturday, Novy. 
17, on the mountain opposite Romney, a distance of one 
and one-half miles. We haye a good many wild turkeys 
this fall, and a goodly number have been killed, the 
evidence of this being the turkeys hanging in front of the 
stores in Romney ior sale. We have more pheasants 
and partridges this fall than for many years, but the 
farmers are all posting their lands, and you have to get 
permission from the owners to shoot over the farms. 

Our non-resident license law is a fake pure and simple. 
Tn the first place, it is not enforced, and I for one do not 
think it ought to be, for seyeral reasons which I will 
briefly state: 

First, the license is too high; in fact it is a prohibitory 
one. 

Second,, when a man pays a license he should have 
the privilege to hunt somewhere, as West Virginia has 
no game preserves, this privilege the State cannot give. 

Third, this Jaw gives to the residents who only hunt 
for market, more license to go and destroy all game they 
can, because it brings a good price in the markets. 

Fourth, it is a blow at every farmer who ever kept a 
city boarder, every hotel and livery stable keeper in 
tie State, and all people who desire to keep fishermen 
and hunters, and does very little for the protection of 
game or fish. 

Every county should have a game and fish warden, who 
should enforce the laws regardless of any one. This a 
prosecuting attorney of a county is not apt to do, as he 
might want to run for office again and does not want to 
incur the ill-feeling of his constituents by enforcing what 
to them seein useless game laws. Pheasants are bring- 
ing from forty to fifty cents apiece in our stores, and 
partridges sell for ten cents apiece, and quite a good 
many are brought here for sale. Venison sells for from 
twelve and one-half te filteen cents per pound—that is 
the saddles. Whole deer bring from eight to fifteen 
dollars apiece,, according to their size and how badly 
they are shot. A.law preventing the sale of game en- 
tirely would do away with a vast amount of trouble to 
enforce complicated game laws. J. B. Brapy. 


RomNey, W. Va, 
The Good of It. 


Mr. Brady sends ns as worthy of a place in PORES? 
AND STREAM these notes written by Editor John J. Corn- 
well, of the Romney Review; 

A subseriber asks: “What causes “Indian summer’ and 
why is it that it does not begin and end just at the same 
time each year?’ Were we able to answer the first part 
of the question propotinded we would be wiser than any 
one yet heard of. Various theories have been advanced 
as to the cause of the quiet, hazy, smoky period in each 
year that occurs late in October or in November, which 
is known as Indian summer, but no satisfactory explana- 
tion has ever been given, So say the books. Therefore 
as no one knows the cause it is easy to guess why it 
can not he explained that Indian summer does not come 
at regular intervals. The explanation of the name ‘‘In- 
dian summer” is found in the fact, as is well known, that 
years ago the white settlers imagined that the haze and 
smoke, incident to that particular part of the season, was 
caused by the Indians burning the prairies over, to drive 
out the game in order that they might the more easily 
find the wild animals that made their home in the tall 
grasses. Of course this was only a myth, but it served 
to furnish the name. In British America and Canada the 
same season is known as “St. Martin’s summer,’ Why, 
I don’t know. 

However, whatever the cause, it is a most delightful 
period. The mountains, tinged with gilt and gold, grow 
dim in the distance as the atmosphere becomes thicker 
and heavier and then it is that that tired and restless 
feeling comes creeping over one and he begins to look 
up his old shotgun, “Betsey,” as a well known local 
huntsman terms his fowling piece, and hies himself to 
the woods with visions of swift winged turkeys and fleet 


- footed deer in his mind, Perhaps he finds a flock of 


bluenecks and crawls a mile around to head them off and 
be just where he can kill and slay to his heart’s content. 
Out of breath, with palpitating heart and perspiring brow 
he discovers when too late that he is just one hundred 
yards too far the wrong way and that they are crossing 
the ridge out of range. Perhaps, like the wily Boers, if 
he is a patient and persistent huntsman, he executes 
another flank movement with more success, but perhaps 
in sheer desperation he crowds them and they begin to 
fly. He bombards the atmosphere as they go, well nigh 
out of range. and presently hears some more fortunate 
cuss open up over on the other side, right where they 
seemed to alight. Did you ever have that kind of luck? 
Eh? Of course you have, if you ever hunted, and when 
you come home at night, empty handed, tired and foot- 
sore, wishing you had a thimbleful of “conversation 
water” to brace you tip, you almost swear you will never 
go agin, but perhaps before hed time you hear where 
somebody saw several deer or a whole flock of tyenty 
turkeys late that afternoon, and you know to a dead 
certainty just where those turkeys will roost and where 
those deer will lie, and as a result you sleep with one 
eye open, for fear of being belated, dream of trying tu 
shoot something and of seeing the shot all rolling out 
of your gun. but are up and off again before daylight. 
perhaps to be again disappointed, or in some degree 
successful. 

But there is lots of fun abont it all and besides that it 
expands the appetite. aids digestion, gives color to the 


Dec. 1, 1900.] 


cheeks and luster to the eye to climb the rugged moun- 
tains, so abundant in our section of the country, in the 
cool crisp morning air, laden with ozone and oxygen. It 
lengthens life and lightens care and the one who does not 
enjoy even the fizzle first described has something wrong 
with his make up and is not a fit companion for live 
people. 


Talks to Boys. 


Ill.—Handling the Gun, 


A GUN is not a complicated instrument, but it is a very 
dangerous one, and if incautiously handled may wound 
or kill the holder, his companion or his dog, causing in an 
instant injury that can never be repaired and sorrow that 
may last as long as life. It is easy to see, therefore, that 
especial care ought to be exercised in handling such an 
implement, and that especial instruction ought to be given 
to any one who is about to begin using a tool which may 
possibly work such harm. Too often such instruction 
is not given. A boy is permitted to start out with his 
gun unaccompanied by any older person. He is told in a 
general way to be careful and not to point the weapon at 
any one, and then is allowed to start out to use the gun 
without any particular fear or trembling on his own part 
or that of his parents and guardians. This is not fair 
to the boy, and it certainly is not fair to his mother. 
The wonder about it all is that the accidents resulting 
from carelessness with gtins are so few, when we re- 
member how very many gts are used. 

A boy who is to use a gun should for a time handle 
it under the supervision of some one—man or woman— 
who understands it and the dreadful possibilities which 
lurk within it. So long as it is unloaded these pos- 
sibilities do not exist, and before a boy is trusted with 
a loaded gun he should learn what a gun is, how to handle 
it, and how to carry it. If he does this the chance of 
accident to the boy or his associates is very greatly de- 
ereased and the probability of his successful use of the 
gun when he begins to shoot is greatly increased. 


‘The Three Points in Shooting. 


Frank Forester, who was the first great apostle of the 
shotgun in this country, said that “In using the gun 
there are three principal points to be considered, so that 
the art may be divided into three heads: How to use the 
eun safely—that is with the least possible danger to your- 
self and others; how to use it effectively—that is with the 
greatest power of bringing down under all circumstances 
the object at which it is directed; how to use it service- 
ably—that is so that it shall be always ready for service, 
so that it shall suffer the least from being constantly used 
and endure the longest wear and tear without deteriora- 
tion.” 

These points are certainly all of the highest importance, 
Wut the lesson as to how the gun should be used will be 
iwide much more easy if before you consider any of 
these three points you make yourself familiar with the 
arm and Jearn how to carry it and to manipulate it as 
easily and as naturally as you do any other article which 
you are accustomed to use, and which you handle without 
any effort whatever. The use of any strange imple- 


Fic. I, 


Ready for birds to rise and perfectly safe, 


GOOD POSITION, 


ments, or the performing of any novel operation, calls for 
a new arrangement of ideas in the mind and brings into 
play a new set of muscles in the body. Until these ideas 
and this use of the muscles cease to be new and strange— 
an effort—no one can do with the new implement the 
best work that is to be done. The sooner you learn to 
jeel about the gun as you do about your bat or your golf 
club or your tennis racquet, the sooner you will be able to 
use the gun in the field and to share with your instructor 
the pleastire of bringing the birds to bag. 

No boy should be allowed to shoot his gun until he has 
learned something about handling it and has become ac- 
customed easily to hold and to manipulate this piece of 
wood and steel. The act of shooting is one that calls into 
different play several parts of the body, or sets of paris, all 
of which must act together, if the operation is to be easily 
and successfully performed. The shooter must stand 
propertly, so as to be well balanced; he must bring up 
his gun so that the barrels are parallel with his line of 
sight; he must move his body easily above the hips. and 
the shoulders freely; must swing his gun without effort; 
must see the bird, judge the distance, the speed and the 
angle at which the mark is flying. And all these opera- 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


tions must be performed together and in a very small 
fraction of time. If the gun is not a complicated imple- 
ment the act of shooting is certainly a complicated 
operation. 

A boy must learn to shoot first, and this he can do only 
by practice long continued, but after he has learned to 


ore pS STOTT TTY ae ro a 


FIG, 2: 


BAD POSITION. 


Ready for birds to rise, but in case of accidental discharge likely 
to kill your companion. 


shoot and to shoot straight and to hit things, there are 
still many matters about the use of a gun which he 
must teach himself. There is the whole great field of 
what is usually known as the science of woodcraft, of 
which almost every one who goes abroad into the fields 
and woods knows a little, but of which no-one knows, and 
no one ever will know, the whole. Woodcraft, as its name 
shows, is the knowledge of the woods. It deals with the 
life of man in natural surroundings, for the term is ap- 
plied not merely to the actual forests, but to a wild 
region anywhere. It is a broad term which includes all 
nature and all natttral things, and the gunner or angler 
who studies these things most and best will be the most 
successful. in his pursuit of the wild creatures of the 
land and of the water. 

But aside from this the yotng gunner as he shoots 
more and more will by long practice learn many things 
more directly connected with the gun. He will recognize 
in an instant the possibilities in everything that hap- 
pens. When a bird rises, he will at:once see that he must 
make a quick shot before it disappears; that there is an 
opening in the woods ahead aéross which it will fly; 
that it is so close to him that if he shoots he will blow 
his bird to pieces. Jong practice will cause him to take 
advantage of evety opportunity that offers, where a per- 
son less experienced would not know what to do; would 
either do the wrong thing or else the right thing too soon 
or too late. 

Therefore, boys, let us put off for weeks, or better yet. 
for months, the making of any noise, and try to learn 
something about this new tool, which we now think of 
only as an implement to be used in killing. When you 
grow older you will come to realize that there are many 
other acts besides killing in which the gun takes an im- 
portant part. You will love the weapon at first for the 
killing that it helps you to do, but later you will come to 
care for it for other reasons. 

Of these the chief one is that this weapon gives you 
an excuse for leaving your ordinary pursuits and going 
abroad into surroundings which are more natural—and 
from their strangeness more attractive—than those in 
which the greater part of your life is passed. You will 
find that the men who use the gun and the rod regard as 
the happiest weeks of their year those spent in camp or in 
shooting in the field or fishing along the lakes and rivers, 
and J feel sure that the reason why they enjoy it so 
much is not becatise of the game they kill or the fish they 
take, but because they are out of doors, independent of 
the ordinary restraints of life and brought close to nature. 
which in some form or other they all delight in. Young 
men no doubt shoot and fish more for the excitement of 
capturing their prey, but middle aged and older men do 
it, tof the relief that it gives them from the ordinary cares 
ot ite. 

Breaking the Gun. 


When you have received your gun, one of the first 
things that you will wish to do is to see how it works. 
You will break it down and snap it together many times, 
and the sharp click with which the breech comes into 
place will be a pleasant sound to your ears. Yau will 
wish to cock it and pull the trigger often, but do not do 
this too frequently, for there is some danger that you 
may break the spring that throws the firing pin. In a 
loaded gun the firing pin falls on the primer, which yields 
a little and acts as a cushion, while the solid breech of the 
unloaded gun does not yield at all, and the severe jar 
may break the spring. Your instructor will show you how 
to take off the fore end and to take the gun apart. and te 
put it together again, and this too 1s a good thing for you 
to practice. In putting on the barrels be careful not to 
jam them against the breech and bruise either, and do 
not try to ferce them if the two parts do not seem to go 
together readily. They are accurately fitted, and will 
slip together easily and smoothly if properly handled. 
If they do not, the fault is yours. Work them gently, and 
after a bit you will get the knack of it. 

Remember always that a gun is carefully made; that a 
great deal of labor has been put on it, and that it has 
cost a considerable sum of money. A good piece of prop- 
erty is worth taking good care of, and.no one who is 


- ahead. 


42,7 


not willing to take care of what he owns ought to have 
good things. 
Sighting. 


It will be well for you to look at your gun several times 
a day, and probably you will not object to do.ng that. 
After you have taken it out of its case and put it to- 
gether, stand up in the middle of your room in a clear 
space where there is no danger of hitting anything and 
throw the gun to your shoulder, bringing your head a 
little down and forward, so that your eye looks along 
the rib between the barrels and you see just over the 
breech the little knob of the sight, If you shoot from 
your right shoulder, close your left eye and look along 
the rib with the right. Many people to-day—perhaps 
most people—shoot with both eyes open. but if you shut 
one eye it will be easier for you to find the sight and 
to learn just how your head should be thrown forward to 
bring your eye to the line of the barrel. Throw the 
gun up as advised over and over again until it comes up 
naturally and your eye without effort finds the sight. If 
the gun fits you—if the length and the crook of the stock 
are just about right—in a very short time you will find that 
it is no effort for you to catch the sight. Do not work 
too long at this at any one time; rather do it often. 


Position. 


While you are practicing this, you must remember also 
to stand steadily and to hold your gun in the proper 
position. When you throw the gun to your shoulder and 
your head down and forward, your body will be bent a 
little forward, and so your feet must be separated. If you 
shoot from the right shoulder, as most people do, your 
left foot should be a little advanced and is likely to bear 
part of your weight when the gun is thrown to the 
shoulder. Your right foot is 8 or 10 inches behind it, and 
the toe is turned out, while the left foot points straight 
Tf you should draw the left foot backward. it 
would about strike the hollow of the right foot. Thte 
position described will enable you to stand firmly under 
almost any circumstances, The chief thing to avoid in 
this matter is standing stiffly—in a cramped position. In 
shooting freedom of motion is essential to success, 

You must remember always to stand easily on your feet, 
to balance yourself well, keeping your center of gravity 
always over your feet. In shooting. one has to twist about 
and take many curious positions in following the flight of 
a bird, and he must carry himself so that under all c’r- 
cumstances he will move freely and will not lose his bal- 
ance. If you shoot from the right shoulder, your weight 
will rest upon your right foot, your leit foot being a 
little in advance, to support part of the weight as you 
bend forward, your knees straight, but not stiffly held. so 
that they may yield to any strain that may come unex- 
pectedly, and your right leg a pivot on which your body 
will turn freely, the left foot changing its position to keep 
you always balanced as you face in different directions. 
This matter of balance and support is a very important 
one. and it is well to practice it from the very beginn ng, 


turning your body quickly as you throw up your gun, and ~ 


aiming suddenly far to the left, moving the left foot 
around as you do so,-so as to keep your balance perfect. 
Then aim as far as you can to the right, stepping around 
in the other way. In a very short time you will learn to 


HIGHLY DANGEROUS POSITION. 


BIG, 3; 


Likely to kill any one within range. 


do this without thinking about it, and it will be one of 
the very first things that you learn to do automatically. 

Many men—especially trapshooters—stand with their 
feet almost side by side, the toes turned out and the 
Weight resting on the heels. When they have occasion to 
turn to left or right, they swing themselves on their heels. 
On the other hand, many admirable shots in the woods 
stand with the right foot further beh’nd the left than I 
have described, the idea being that the right foot acts 
as a brace against recoil. They turn on the left foot as a 
pivot. The way in which one stands is not very important 
provided his position is that which gives him the most per- 
fect balance and the greatest freedom of motion, 


Holding the Gun. 


You should hold your gun firmly, but easily. Do not 
gtip it as if you were expecting some one to try to wrench 
it from your grasp, and on the other hand do not hold it 
loosely, as if you were afraid of it, or were going to drop 
it. The right hand should grasp the grip, just back of 
the trigger guard, and should be held low—hbelow the 
waist band. The left hand should support the barrels 
under the fore end, and should be held high—about on a 


! 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Dxc. I, 1900. 


level with the short ribs. The gun is thus held across 
the body, with the butt low in front of the right thigh, 
and the muzzle high in front of the left shoulder. Held in 
this position, if the gun goes off accidentally it can harm 
only people in the tree tops or those who are looking out 
of third-story windows, This is the position for the gun 
when one is just about to shoot, and game may be ex- 
pected to spring up at any moment, It corresponds to the 
old military position, “ready,” and is commonly not used 
except when a shot is immediately expected, 


Carrying the Gun. 

In the course of your shooting you will see a great many 
men who carry their guns differently from this—many, 
for example, who drop both arms nearly to their fuil 
length, holdmg the gun parallel to the ground, with the 
muzzle at about the same height as the breech. This is 
a bad position, because, if the gun is unintentionally dis- 
charged the shot sweeps along low over the ground and 
would certainly hit any one who was in its path. More- 
over. many of the men who hold their guns in this way 
are slow shooters. It takes them a long time to raise 
their hands to the height of their shoulders, while in the 
position that I recommend you have only to raise one of 
your hands to the height of your shoulders. your left 
hand being already almost at the proper height. If you 
compare the two methods, you will find that much less 
effort is required to bring the gun to your shoulder and 
take sight of an object when the gun is held in position 
recommended than if it be held with the muzzle lower. 

This position of the gun, however, is, as has been 
said, to be employed only when birds may be expected to 
rise at any time—in other words, when you are just about 
to shoot. On the other hand, it is abotit as easy to learn 
to carry a gun with comfort in one position as in another, 
provided you start with the intention of practicing one 
method, and you will find before we get through that 


there are a great many ways in which the gun can be 


carried—and all of them sale ways—-without more effort 
than is required to carry it in a dangerous way. but in 
all these safe ways the muzzle must be directed up or 
down. 

With a yiew to having you acquire the 
familiarity with the gun and to have you feel that it is 
not a burden, nor some strange thing that has to he 
thought about all the time, I would like to have yout 
carry it with you when you go ont walking with your 
instructor, who, I rather hope, will be your father or your 
uncle—some one at all events who has had a good deal of 
experience with a gun, who understands what it is that 
you ought to learn, and who is old enough to remember 
all the time that you are trying to learn a lesson. though 
a pleasant one. 

If it is in the shooting season, perhaps he will let 
you go with him when he goes shooting, carry ne yoirr 
empty gtin, so that you may see the dogs work and the 
birds found, and may hear the rattle and the roar of their 
wings when they get up, and may see what your ex- 
perienced companion does. That will be very pleasant, 
But I want him while he is walking across the fields and 
watching the dogs and noticing everything that happens 
also to keep his eye on you, and to see how you are carry: 
ing your gun. Betore very long you will, I hope, forget 
all about the gun except to wish now and then you had 
some cartridges for it, But when you start out, your 
imstructor will tell you how you should carry the gun, and 
when you forget, as you certainly will, and point the 
muzzle in all sorts of directions, he will caution you about 
this and he may he obliged to do this many times if you 
are very heedless, but after a while you will reach a 
point where most of the time you will carry your gun 
properly. 

If, however, it is not the shooting season and your 
instructor takes you with him over to the farm house, or 
down to the pond or into the garden, he will first of 
all show you how to carry the gun. The simplest, 
readiest and most natural position is to hold it with the 
right hand grasping either the butt of the stock or the 
grip, the fore end just under the breech resting on yout 
right shoulder, the stock rather low and the barrel directed 
diagonally across behind your head and well up in the 
air. The position is not very different from that which 
in the old books of tactics used to be called “rial 
shoulder shift’” The muzzle of the gun being pointed 
well up in the air, the discharge of the gun—if it should 
take place—will be harmless. 

After you have carried the gun in this way for a while 
your arm and shoulder will naturally become a little 
tired and cramped with the unaccustomed position and 
the weight of the gun, even though it be a lheht one, and 
before you feel this sensation of discomfort it will be 
well for you to shift the gun to the same position on 
the left shoulder, remembering always to hold the stock 
low, so that the barrels will be pointed up into the air. 
If you are a right-handed boy, it will not be quite so 
easy for you to carry the gun on your left shoulder as it is 
om your right, but you can easily teach yourself to do 
this, and-in a very short time it will Seem perfectly 
natural for you to have the gun there. 

As you walk along, it will be good for you now 
and then to stop and throw your gun to your shoulder 
and take sight at various objects 20, 30 or 40 yards away, 
as a knot on a tree, the top of a fence post or a flower in 
the lot. Bring your gun to your shoulder quiclely, - but 
not so hastily that it will point up in the air or away 
off to one side when the stock reaches the shoulder. 
Catch sight as quickly as you can, and do not lower the 
gun until you have caught the sight. Do not be dis- 
couraged if you are slow at first. Persevere. 

W. G. De Groor. 


An All-Round Warden. 

Toms River, N. J.—Editor Forest and Stream: Three 
men of Island Heights. N. J., shot a helldiver and one or 
two coots from a sailboat. A warden arrested them. 
They were taken to Toms River and fined $61.30. After 
the case was settled the three men became friendly with 
the warden, and a game of poker was proposed. After 
it had ended it was found that the warden had cleaned 
them out of all their cash, so they paid rather high for 
their sport. But that is the kind of warden that is needed. 
as the crowd did not have enough money left to buy a 
box of shells to break the Jaw again with, Hers. 


desired 


Spring Shooting. 


Waterrown, N. Y., Nev. 20—ditor Forest and 
Stream: J inclose some clippings from the Watertown 
Times. We are going to try another year to have a law 
passed prohibiting spring shooting of wild fowl in Jefter- 
son county for three years. Why cannot the sportsmen 
of our sister counties join with us and make it cover 
the entire State? There are a great many sportsmen who 
believe that if the spring shooting of wild fowl could be 
stopped the birds would breed in this State in large num- 
bers and give us good sport all through the fall months. 
The spring shooter says they won't,.and he has had his 
own way in this matter fer years. He may be right, but 


‘he can't prove it, arid we may be right, but we can't prove 


it, Why mot pass this law next-winter, and settle this 
question? A OO Woeht PAnibin 
President Jefferson Goiunty Sportsmen's Association, 


The following was written at the time the bill to stop 
spring shooting in Jefferson Countty was before the 
Legislature. What was said then is-trne now, I quote 
tram the Times: 

In the Times we read that Senator Brown's bill to 
stop sprirg shooting in Jefferson county is meeting with 
great opposition trom the “sportsmen” of Clayton, 
Alexandria and Ellisburg. We object to the term 
“sportsman” as applied to the spring shooter, No true 
sportsman, worthy of the name, would be guilty of shoot- 
ing any game bird or animal, during the nesting or 
breeding season. I do not believe the spartsmen of these 
towns are Opposed to this bill. There is opposition by 
a certain class of shooters and men who have a smal: 
money interest at stake. I know of a certain captain of 
a certain yacht at Clayton who would like to take a few 
so-called sportsmen for a few days, for a few dollars, this 
spring, Fle is yery active in the matter and has sent a 
petition te Albany. There are probably others uf the 
same kind at Clayton and Alexandria. In the town of 
[llisburge there is a small body of water known as Wood- 
ville Pond, a private preserve and hotel, The managers 
of this hotel and preserve have always been opposed to 
any law stopping spring shooting. Why? Because a few 
spring shooters from Jefferson, Onondaga and Oswego 
counties come there every spring and stay a few days 
and leaye a few dollars. The cold facts of the matter 
are that a few men world lose a few dollars if this bill 


COW MOOSE IN 


THE LAIE, 


These excellent photographs ef a cow moose and moose calf 
swimming in_a New Brunswick Lake were taken by Mr. Charles 
5. Bird, Jr., in August, 1900, 


were to become a law. 
and probably always will be, opposed to any law of this 
kind, At the session of 1893 a law was passed stopping 
spring shooting in this State. These same parties in- 
duced a member of Assembly from this county to intro- 
duce a bill repealing this law, and with the help of Onon- 
daga and Oswego counties succeeded in securing its 
passage. These same meén now profess to be in favor of 
a law for the whole State, but object to the law for Jef 
ferson county. The sportsmen believe (and the experi- 
ence of other States and localities where they have 
stopped spring shooting is convincing proof) that if the 
wild fowl are undisturbed in our county during their 
spring flight, large numbers of them would remain with 
us to nest and rear their young. Not only this, but that 
being unmolested in our waters they would stay longer 
in the spring, find choice feeding places, and would be 
more apt to stop with us in the fall than they would if 
driven out by hunters in the spring. When the ducks 
arrive in the spring they are poor in flesh and as a rule 
are So tainted by a fish and mussel diet as to be utterly 
unfit for food. So the killing of them is a wanton de- 
struction of bird life, How many of us stop to consider 
that for every pair of these worthless birds we kill in 
the spring we are destroying 12 to 15 birds that would 
return te us in the fali in prime condition, 

Jefferson county is more favorably located than most 
counties of the State, fori the reason that the laws of 
Canada prohibit spring shooting, and the law could be 
easily enforced, thus making a grand preserve for all 
the people of this county. 

Why net give up this doubtful sport of shooting mated 
birds in the spring, and pass this law and try it for a year 
or two. Remember that St. Lawrence county was the 
Arst county to stop the hounding of deer, and that the 


deer driven from other counties found a safe reluge there, 


and the other counties were forced to pass the same law 
or go without venison. We appeal to every true sports- 
man, and to every lover oi justice and fair play, to- help 
us to stop this merciless slaughter of birds during the 
breeding season. - W. AH. Tauuerr, 
President Jefferson County Sportsmen’s Association. | 


We shal! win in the end because we are tight: we are 


These parties have always been, . 


going to start right now, and try to convince the people 
of this county that we are not selfish in this matter, that 
we are not working for the interest of any one class oi 
shooters, but for all of us. Why is the fall duck shooting) 
just across the line in Canada better than it is on this 
side? Why do the ducks breed there in larger numbers? 
Is it not because spring shooting is prohibited, the law! 
enforced and the birds protected during their nesting 
season, And if the sportsman of this county wants good 
duck shooting in the early fall, when it is a pleasure to! 
hunt, he has to go to Canada for it and pay a license of 
25 tor the privilege of shooting birds that we refuse to: 
allow to nest in this county. Al along the northern! 
border of this county are islands, along our shores are 
bays and seattered through our cottnty are creeks and) 
fakes where the wild duck used to breed in countless 
thousands. Why do they not breed here now? There 
is the same feed, the same water. The spring duck 
shooter will tell you that the country is too thickly! 
settled, that there are too many people moving about. 
Why! I know of an instance where a black duck built 
her nest within five rods of a farm house and not ten. 
rods {rom the highway, and at least one mile from the 
nearest body of water, and she succeeded in hatching the 
breod and getting thein safely to the bay, Oh, yes! The! 
spring shooters will say the black duck will breed here, 
but these other ducks, the broadbill, the whistler, etc., 
these flight ducks, they don't stop here. They breed in 
Canada. I can furnish convincing proof that they do 
oreed here eyery year in small numbers. Why don't the 
wild fowl breed here as they used to do? Simply for. 
the reason that at every island, every point, every feeding. 
place, lake and creek, the spring shooter is waiting, | 
ready to kill or drive them from our waters. The laws’ 
of this State permit the killing of wild fowl until May 1,” 
and before that date many birds should have begun their. 
nesting. It seems to me that the sportsmen of this State, 
and of this county in particular, are very short-sighted 
in this matter. and that the lovers of duck shooting have | 
not given this question the proper consideration and 
study. We drive the birds into Canada to breed. They 
have good feeding grounds, the birds are contented, and | 
they stay there until they are forced to leaye by the 
freezing of the waters, and as* the waters close here at 
nearly the same time. and the distance to the coast is 
so short, | do not believe that one bird in a thousand 
stops here on their fall flight. We are in fact driving 
the birds [rom our country into Canada in the spring to 
breed birds for southern shooters. I hope that the 
sportsmen of this county will give this question careful 
consideration. We might compromise with the gentle- 
men who oppose us, and get a law prohibiting spring 
shooting jor three years. In that time we ought to be 
able to prove who is right. T should like to haye every 
spottsinan in this county who is with us, or would be 
willing to give such a law a three years’ trial, send me 
ins name and address. We want to know who our friends 
are. We want your help another year, ‘ 
W. H. TALett, 
President Jefferson County Sportsmen’s Asseciation. 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Western Game Situation. 


Cricauo, Il, Noy. 24.—Winter came with a rush in 
the upper portions of the Mississippi Valley when it 
finally started in this year, There 1s a foot or two of 
snow over upper Wisconsim and Michigan, several inches 
ol snow in the rower peninsula of Michigan, and gener- 
ally cold weather, the thermometer dropping as low as 
one degree below zero yesterday in upper Wisconsin. 
The weather has been very bad in upper Illinois and 
Indiana, so that the quail shooters complained bitterly 
that their sport has been spoiled at the very time of 
season when it should be best. The cold rains have pre- 
vailed all oyer the country from here to the Ohio River. 
This has not spoiled the shooting altogether, but only 
mace it uncomiortable. VVhen the first cold storms of the 
fall strike the quail they huddle up for days at a time, and 
do not go out to feed. \When hunger drives them, they 
begin to run again and eventually get used to the colder 
weather. ‘There is no doubt that the sudden cold, follow- 
ing the carlier mild weather, seriously disturbed the 
young and half fledged birds of the second broods. Very 
many ol the quail, which we got in our hunt last week, 
Were quite young birds, and I never saw birds so thin 
and weak looking. I think they had not been feeding 
for one or two days, perhaps more. My friend, Vic 
Cunnyngham, says that out of fourteen birds which he 
dressed this week, not one had anything in its crop. 

The duck flight is now practically a thing of the past. 
Theye has been some shooting on some of the better 
Wisconsin marshes, a little shooting on the Mississippi 
and the Illinois, nothing to mention on the Kankakee, 
There should be duck shooting this week, if we are to 
have it at all, for the weather is ideal for ducks, but I do 
not hear of any bags of consequence. 

The deer season has been much better than the duck 
season. The show came early enotigh to offer some 
tracking, and the yery cold weather did not set in until 
the close of the season. There is no reason to doubt that 
the deer crop in Wisconsin and Michigan was quite up 
to the ayerage olf the past several years. There were only 
twenty-two men killed this fall in Wisconsin ahd Micht- 
gan, as will be mentioned later. so that on the whole 
we may call the season a success. To summarize, we 
Inay call the duck crop a failure, the deer season up to 
the average, the quail season extraordinary good. 


Some of the Shooting. 


Messrs, Charité Antoine and V. L. Cunnyngham had 
a three days’ hunt this last week, near Rochester, Ind. 
They struck miserably cold and wet weather, and came 
back rather disappointed. On their first day they killed 
twenty-one birds, on the second fifty-two, and on the 
third only eleyen, They think there is plenty of shoot- 
ing to be had in that country, if the weather will come 
off decent, Mr, Antoine is going out again the first of 


the following weeks. 


Bill Cutler, of Ryanston, is just back from a little shoat 
in lower Illinois, near Odin. He bagged 117 quail in two 


“days, ana says there are birds enough in that country 


for anybody. 


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Dec. 1, 1900.] 


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Messrs. C. S. Dennis, W. L. Wells and Eddie Pope 
shot last Tuesday on the grounds of the Jasper County 
Club, near Wheatland, Ind. They had bad weather and 
were out for only about three and a half hours, shooting 
over Charlie Seidler's dogs. They found six bevies of 
birds, and bagged forty-eight, coming back enthusiastic 
over the outlook of the new club. This is a preserve 
mentioned early in these columns as recently begun 
under the preserved farm idea. About 3,000 acres ol 
land, owned by one man, are leased by the club, the total 
amount of shooting country being about 5,000 acres, 


Non-Residents Fined. 


Here is a piece of news which ought to be cut out 
and framed, and hung up in the office of the State Game 
Warden of Wisconsin. It is the first instance of which 
I have ever had word in which a party has been fined in 
Wisconsin for not haying a non-resident deer license. 
The particulars are as follows according to a daily paper 
of St. Paul: 

“William Salmon, Emmons Salmon, George W. Har- 
ness, J, William Galesberry and Dr. Haight, of Kokomo, 
Ind., this week went into Vilas county to hunt deer. 
They made all the necessary preparations for the trip, 
taking guns, ammunition, food and camping outfits, but 
they either forgot to buy licenses or believed it did not 
make any difference in a wild and woolly county. But 
the game wardens are vigilant, and the hunters who pay 
licenses are also vigilant, consequently when a hunter 
discovers that some one is killing game when he has no 
legal right to do so, a warden is informed, if one can be 
found. The Kokomo party contributed $250 to the ex- 
penses of the game warden’s department of the State 
Government, the fines being $50 each, together with the 
costs.” 4 Z Ws ) 


Lacey Law in Chicago, 


State Game Commissioner Harry’ W. Loveday in an 
interview this week told me that he considered the Lacey 
law a splendid measure, but he declares that it by no 
means has stopped the shipping of game. Contrary to 
the reports industriously spread by our game dealers, Mr. 
Loveday says there is no scarcity of game in the market, 
and that there is just as much this year as there has ever 
been, This means that the laws of some State have been 
violated, and the the Lacey law has also been violated. 
Warden Loveday points out the fact that the Lacey law 
is necessarily weak, just as most game laws are weak, 
namely, upon the executive side. If the State- Warden 
of Illinois detects ganie shipped in packages not properly 
marked and in violation of the Lacey law, he cannot take 
any action himself, since he is an officer of this State 
only. The United States marshals are the executive 
officers of this United States law. Mr. Loveday has 

made application to be appointed a Deputy U. S. Mar- 
shal, and this application is now before the authorities 
in the Department of Justice at Washington. 

Warden Loveday says that there should be a conven- 
tion called before very long of the sportsmen of this 
State, for the purpose of discussing the proper measures 
to bring before the Legislature in the way of a game law. 
There are several different particulars in which he would 
like to see the present law improved. It is possible: that 
such a call may be issued inside the next thirty days. 


Itlinois Game Preserve. 


Mention has been made of the game preserve which 
was started by some prominent men in Sangamon 
county, near Springfield, Ill. Hon. James R. B. Van 
Cleave, Warden Loveday and others are interested in 
this preserve, and the report is that it is doing well. 
There will be several hundred Mongolian pheasants 
turned down next spring. The quail are doing splen- 
didly. 

Si comes Deputy Warden F. E. Scotiord, of Hins- 
dale, Ills., with a still larger game preserve idea. Mr. 
Scotford says that inside of the coming year he will have 


pulled off the biggest preserve scheme ever sprung in 


this State. He says that there will be a preserve with 
large acreage established in each of the following cotun- 
ties: Dupage, Dekalb, Grimdy, Kane, Kendall and Mc- 
Henry. The ball is set rolling by Mr. E. M, Barton, of 


Chicago, who owns two square miles of land near Hins-- 


dale, and who has agreed to preserve and stock it. Mr, 
Scotford thinks he will have no difficulty in getting addi- 
tional large bodies of land thus put under protection in 
every county of the Eighth Congressional district. 


Keep the Old Wisconsin Law. 


The regular business of tinkering with the game laws 
of our Western States is now coming on apace. 
consin, as is well known, has a pretty fair game law, and 
one of its best features, one obtained only after long and 
hard fight, is its prohibition of the spring shooting of 
ducks. For a long time Wisconsin had a statute on her 
books which in effect said that she would stop spring 
shooting when Illinois did. I presume a more puerile, 
undignified and dog-in-the-manger act never was put on 
the statute books of amy Western State. The good 
sportsmen of Wisconsin were finally able to replace this 
act with one which stopped all spring shooting, excepting 
that of geese. the latter being allowed to go in as a com- 
promise measure. Now comes the old wide-open, game 
hog sentiment of the State, which is trying to kill one of 
the most sensible game Jaws Wisconsin ever had, and to 
throw open the State once more to spting shooting. 

This agitation. it is learned trom competent authority, 
comes almost solely from market shooters and owners 
of hunting resorts, who get a pectiniary benefit from the 
spring shooters, The majority of the better sentiment of 
the State is in favor of continuing the present excellent 
law. A prominent and intelligent sportsman of Mil- 
watkee itirnishes the following facts on this subject. in 
the hope that Forrest AND STREAM will add its voice in 
favor of retaining that feature which all sportsmen are 


trying to get into every Western game law, namely, the. 


prohibition of spring shooting. He goes on to say: 

“In order to pass the present duck law we were forced 
to allow geese to be shot in the spring, but as you well 
know, three hundred ducks can be shot in the spring for 
each goose killed. 
_by farmrs on their own-fields, who certainly are entitled 
to what sport and birds they get, 

“In my opinion, it would not be wise to try and stop 


Wis- 


What few geese are killed are shot 


spring goase shooting, as the.duck Jaw was beaten last 
Legislature by a few who wanted the privilege of shoot- 
ing geese; this change was made and next day it was 
reconsidered, and those who wanted to shoot geese and 
were now allowed to do so, changed, and instead of vot- 
ing for spring shooting on ducks, voted against it; so 
you see how close it was. 

“Wisconsin has one of the best game laws in the Union, 
and it shows the wisdom of her lawmakers. She has also 
an excellent lot of deputies, all probably equally good. 
Mr. August Zinn, possibly the best known, and a terror 
to game law violators. Our present laws, if enforced, will 
guarantee us game for years to come.” 

As the intelligent element of Wisconsin has once been 
able to win in its fight for intelligent game protection, it 
is to be hoped that it will win again, and kill this move- 
ment for the abolishing of the present law. It is not 
merely a movement of sportsmen which wants spring 
shooting stopped. It is broader and bigger than that. 
Tt is the movement of intelligent citizenship, of business 
men, many of whoin do not shoot at all, but who vote, 
although they do not shoot. The thinking men of Wis- 
consin do not want their wild birds all killed off for the 
gain of a few individuals. It is indeed class legislation 
which will open spring shooting in Wisconsin. It is not 
class legislation, but broad, fair and wise legislation 
which stops that same spring shooting. If it is stopped 
for one, it is stopped for all. If it is opened for all, it 
is used by but a few. 

The legislators of Wisconsin have this game, this 
property of their State in their charge. It is difficult to 
think that they will abuse the trust reposed in them and 
fail to conserve the right of the people in that game in a 
wise and business like way. It requires but the least ob- 
servation to realize that we have not the numbers of 
game that we once had, that we ought to take care of 
what there is left, and that stopping spring shooting is 
the best way in the world and the fairest way to do that. 

The record of the State of Illinois on this head is a 
black one. We have neyer been able to pass a spring 
shooting law, and perhaps we never will be able. Warden 
Loveday says the fight will be taken up at the next Legis- 
lature, and we will do all we can to fall into line with our 
wiser sister, the State of Wisconsin. 

Mr. Bennett tells me that Major Miles has not yet made 
good his threat of buying a new shotgun as soon as 
cotton has reached a certain price. This is not to be 


MOOSE CALF IN THE LAKE. 


construed as the fault of Major Miles, but simply as 
the fault of cotton, Asked why he does not raise more 
cotton, instead of waiting for the rise in price of that 


commodity, Major Miles replied that it has been his life- 


long practice to raisé a certain acreage in cotton. He 
says that he does not care to deviate from this practice, 
and that if the price of cotton does not reach a certain 
figure which he has set in his mind, he will continue to 
shoot the old gun. And how I would like to see Major 
Miles and the old gun once more! 

My friend, Mr. Warren Powell, of Taylorville, Il., 
writes to-day that he and his friend, Mr. Horner, have 
bought a set of wagon bows and a cover, and have started 
from their point on an overland trip to Ramsey. “It is 
utterly impossible,” writes Mr. Powell, “for me to leaye 
my business. but | am going anyhow. Come down and 
help me kill these quail.” That surely has the right 
sportsman ring to it. The only way to get off on a hunt 
is to slam shut your desk, kiss everything and every- 
bady a hurried good-by, and then run for the train, or 
for the wagon, as the case may be. Mr. Powell is the 
finest fellow in the world, and his dog Dorothy is not to 
be surpassed. I might do very much worse than take 
the Ilmois Central train and meet him at Ramsey some 
time early next week. We ought to be good for two or 
three dozen birds apiece daily over Dorothy down there. 

Meantime there comes from Michigan the invitation 
of the Saginaw Crowd to come and shoot quail and 
partridge. I wish I had a desk that never had to be 
opened at all. If some will invent that kind of a desk he 
will confer a boon on shooting humanity. The Saginaw 
car will be somewhere west of that city on the Pere Mar- 
quette road most of next week. 

Meantime, like the little busy bee, I have been jim- 
proving each shining hour, and this week managed to 
extract a couple of days’ business in shooting quail, as 
well as the pleasure of the weekly grind. Billy Wells, who 
is the head of the art department of the Chicago Tribune, 
is the-hardest working man I know of. He works four- 
teen hotirs a day, Sundays, holidays and Fourth of Julys. 
He is supposed to rest one day in the week, but he never 
feels well enough to rest. It was Billy Wells and my- 
self who conspired to go south to a little country village 
in the lower part of Ilmois known as Walsingford. Mr. 
Hempstead Washburne told us to go there, and gave us 
the name of a local man who had a wind-splitting, Te¢= 


ord-breaking meat dog. We sneaked away last Monday 
night, and with us went the well-known landscape artist, 
Mr. Hardesty G. Maratta, and Mr. H. R. Reed, of the 
Review of Reviews, of New York. The two latter we 
christened respectively the Pup and the Student, becatise 
neither of them had eyer fired a gun at quail. Mr, 
Maratta developed great traits as a meat doe himself, and 
if we had not had him along our bag must have been 
much smaller, for the wind-splitter, cte., proyed a dismal 
failure, and the guide was so glad to see 1s that he 
bought three bottles of poor whisky and promptly acquired 
a jag which lasted him for fwo days. As Mr. Reed had 
never seen any quail we hired a euide for him who 
looked strong and able to stand any incidental or acci- 
dental discharge of a shotgun, and we turned those two 
loose together. Mr. Reed was instructed to let six bevies 
get up in front of him before he fired his eun, This was 
to steady him down. Unfortunately the dog owned by his 
guide proved unable to find six bevies in a hundred years, 
so Mr. Reed is still waiting to shoot, and by this time 
is in a fair degree of steadiness. Biily Wells and I in- 
dulged in a riot of cornstalks, brush and briers, The 
total bag was sixty quail for the two days, and if we had 
had one ot two good dogs I think Billy and I would have 
killed fifty birds between us had we cared to. We had 
about the funniest trip any one ever did have, but once 
and awhile we blundered into some good shooting. At 
one time the main guide and myself had a nice bunch 
of birds scattered along an osage hedge, while others of 
the party were off the road about a quarter of a mile 
away. They could see the birds drop before they could 
hear the report of the gin. T killed nine birds in that 
skirmish, and had five down at one time before any were 
picked up. As evidence of the nose of our dog. T may 
say that out of the nine we got only four birds into the 
pockets. As for Billy Wells, he proved to be a peach 
with the shotgun. In one little flurry I saw him kill 
four birds straight, once stopping almost in a run and 
killing a bird which sprang behind him. Mr. Maratta 
had neyer seen much quail shooting before, but both he 
and Mr. Reed ate now reported to be laoking at the price 
list of shotguns, 


Northern Deer. 


Mr. George Shiras, 3d, of Pittsburg, Pa., is in town - 
to-day on his way home from a trip to his hunting camp 
in the Lake Superior region above Marquette. Mr. 
Shiras is the son of Judge Shiras of the United States 
Supreme Court. He is the maker of the famous flashlight 
pictures of deer, which comprise the best series of out- 
door photographs in all probability ever taken. He 
says that there was about 2 feet of snow in the neigh- 
borhood of his camp last Monday, and a great many 
deer were being killed. His party had eight bucks hung 
up in camp when he left. Among his friends stopping 
at the camp were Dr. Drummond, of Montreal, the 
famous poet of the French habitan; Mr. Harry Russell, 
of Detroit, Vice-President of the Michigan Central R. R.: 
Mr. Harry Campbell, of the same city; Dr. Bell, of 
Montreal, and Mr. Duncan, of the Cleveland Cliffs Min- 
ing Company, of Cleveland, O. 

Mr. Shiras says that he killed his first deer at this 
same camp twenty-eight years ago, and he has been going 
there ever since, He says the country is not materially 
changed since he first saw it, though he thinks the south- 
erm migration of the deer is not met just the same as 
it used to be. He thinks the opening date is too late, since 
the does and young bucks have all gone south from his 
country by the opening -day, and only the old bucks re- 
main hiding among the swamps and thickets. The latter 
do not'run much in the day time, but come out to feed late 
in the evening. Mr. Shitas says the Wisconsin deer 
license law is a farce, and that pot-hunting is going on 
to as great an extent as ever known in the history of that 
country, There were 1,400 licenses taken out by “resi- 
dents” in Marqtette county alone, Sometimes whole 
families take out licenses, so that they can kill numbers 
of deer and ship them with the “legal” tags. On the 
opening day Mr. Shiras found four bucks hung up on one . 
ridge, which had been killed so long that their tongues 
were black, They were only awaiting the “legal” shipping 
day. He thinks that there should be a law compelling 
a man to accompany the carcass of any deet going out 
of the State. P 

Mr. Shiras’ reports tally with the majority of those 
coming down from the deer country. The crop of deer 
is very good, the law is not much observed, and the hunt- 
ing conditions are exceptionally good, 

E. Hover. 


Haztrorp Buriprne, Chicago, Iii. 


Injured by an Exploded Rock. 


Brewer, Me., Nov. 23.—Editor Forest and Stream- 
As the many friends of the noted guide Joseph Francis 
may wish to know’ the particulars of how he was in- 
jured, I will state them as he told me yesterday at Old- 
town. He and Joseph Orson were hunting moose on the 
south side of Katahdin near Alol. There was some 4 
inches of snow, and they camped by the side of a granite 
ledge and built their fire against the rock, with their small 
tent in front. In the night Orson was awakened by an 
explosion, and jumping sidewise escaped, but Francis was 
not so fortunate. The heat of the fire had caused the 
rock to crack. The crack began some 18 inches above 
the ground, and running up slanting a mass of rock same 
8 feet square was detached which slid down till it struck 
the ground, and then fell outward, covering the place 
where the tent stood, the outer edge of it striking Francis 
and pinning him down. Fortunately for him the under 
side of the rock had a projection which bedded into the 
ground, and only the curved up edge struck him, other- 
wise he would have been instantly killed. As there was 
no frost in the ground, Orson was able to extricate him 
from his painful position, and precuring help he brought 
him ott of the woods. The physician tells me that no 
bones are broken. and that he can see no reason why he 
cannot fully recover, but he is severely hurt, and it will 
be a good while before he can leave his bed. I have had 
quite an extensive acquaintance with hunters for sixty 
years, and this is the first instance I ever heard of where 
any one has met with an accident of this kind. 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Dre. 1, 1900. — 


Weights of Quail. 


Dr, Rozerr J, CarroLn reports that two quail killed at 
Monmouth Junction, N. J., the other day, together 
weighed 15 ounces. 

Mr. E. Childs, of Brooklyn, tells us that of a bag of 
ten quail made by him the other day, the largest two 
weighed 16 ounces. 

A New York game dealer tells us that a bunch of 
twelve quail weighing 434 pounds is considered a fair 
bunch; but if a dozen are selected to make a good show 
they will weigh 5 potinds. Ohio quail run 5 pounds to the 
dozen. 

Two partridges weighed by the same firm tipped the 
scales at 4 pounds; this is above the average, which is 
2% pounds for a brace of Pennsylvania partridges. 


New York, Nov, 23.—Editor Forest and Stream: When 
Didymus asked in your issue of the 17th inst. for testi- 
mony as to the weight of quail in all sections of the 
country, I felt sure you would be at once deluged with 
statistics on that point. Probably by this time you have 
lots of data for Didymus, but if you have not and care 
to give him the following, here goes: 

Weights of four Long Island quail brought to my office 
on Wednesday, the 2ist inst., three days after they were 
killed, Two cocks and two hens. The cocks weighed 
644 and 5% ounces respectively; each of the hens weighed 
just 74% ounces. 

The above figures rather surprised me, for I had an 
idea that the’ cock quail were larger than the hens, The 
5%4-ounce cock was a small bird tor a Long Island quail, 
which I think with Didymus are considerably larger 
than any quail I ever shot in Virginia, or in any Southern 
State for the matter of that. We may both be wrong, but 
let some one bring along figures to prove the contrary. 
Epwarp BANKs. 


Norroix, Va,—Editor Forest and Stream: I was up 
at Ivor, on the N. & W. Ry. last fall shooting quail with 
a friend of mine, and the evening of that day, as we sat 
around the fire of mine host, we were entertained by an 
old gentleman who was an enthusiast over field sports 
still, although he must have been then close to seventy. 
He had been out that day and had as an exhibit of his 
skill a fat hen turkey. He had called her to his blind 
with a call made of a cigar box and a piece of slate. He 
fished for the large-mouthed black bass on the Black- 
water River with a bob, to wit.: three hooks in a tri- 
angle, hidden in a deer’s tail and adorned with red 
flannel, : Pelee aw 


PorrsvittE, Pa., Nov. 23.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
A large quail yesterday of a small bag weighed 8 ounces 
exactly; it was a hen bird, The next largest, a cock, 
weighed 7 ounces. These quail are unquestionably de- 
scendants from Kansas quail, which have been regtlarly 
stocked here for the last five or six years. 

~REMLA®. 


Treed by a Moose. 


West River, Sheet Harbor, N. S—ditor Forest und 
Stream: I think during the open season of this 1900 
there haye been more than 300 moose slain by rifles in the 
hands of our hunters in this Province. Notwithstanding 
that number taken away, hunters report this big game still 
plentiful, and this they credit to the fecundity of the 
cows, which is of recent occurrence. A few years back we 
would seldom see but one calf with the mother; now 
almost invariably two calves accompany the dam, which 
accounts for their rapid increase. 

A large bull moose in his forest home is a sight worth 
admiring. Several years ago I had a party of forty men 
erecting a dam on Sheet Harbor waters for log driving 
purposes. It was in the forest privemal, a good home for 
moose. One morning the cook told me that the camp 
was out of beef, which meant a trip to the settlement to 
obtain the desired article—a ‘fifteen-mile tramp. I left a 
double-barreled gun in the camp, as it was a heavy 
weapon, amd might impedé my progress somewhat. After 
traveling about a mile my attention was attracted by a 
rustling in the bushes near by. Looking in the direction 
of the sound, there stood the biggest wild animal my eyes 
ever beheld. He had been seen once or twice before, and 
was called the big moose. I was going to the settlement, 
fifteen miles away, for beef, and there stood a pile of it 
one mile from the camp, and I had nothing to shoot with. 
T knew it was useless to go for the gun, for on my return 
this fellow would be elsewhere. 

Hunting the big game is good sport, but sometimes is 
attended with a little danger, for a wounded moose when 
aroused to passion is nO mean adversary. To this the 
experience of two of our hunters a short time ago can 
testify, Their names are Malay and Tupper, and both 
are scientific at the business. It happened among the 
trees at Sheet Harbor, N. S., a noted place for big game. 
We will Jet them tell their own story. however: 

_ “The morning was all that could be desired for hunt 
ing. We saw plenty of moose, but not of the tight gender. 
At last a big fellow came up at the sound of our bark 
horn. He was a magnificent monarch of the forest, with 
broad antlers and sleek, glossy hide, that glistened in the 
morning sun. We could not but admire his whole make- 
up as he gazed at us with defiance, shaking his ponderotis 
head. The wind was coming from the noble fellow in 
our direction, consequently he did not scent tis, and 
stood for quite a while, not attempting to get away, as 
moose depend on their nostrils to tell of danger, ‘Tup- 
per, Malay whispered. ‘what a pitv to knock that fellow 
over. At the same time I have great admiration for those 
massive horns, and would like to possess them: they must 
be 6 feet across, so here goes.” 

“Malay let cut with his rifle. The bullet must have hit 
hard, for at the report the huge fellow bit the ground. 
Supposing the bullet had done fatal work, Malay ap- 
proached the animal to bleed him. when up jumped the 
moose and made for the hunter. Malay thought discre- 


tion the better part of valor, and put for a convenient — 


rock, up which he scrambled with alacrity. Tupper, see- 
ing what mood the moose was in. thought it.a good place 
to leave, dropped his rifle and climbed a leaing free that 
was fortunately near, Malay: from his rack fort called to 


your eyes well ahead.” 


ing from Dead River last week with 15 deer. 


Tupper to fire and dispatch the angry animal, who was 
defiantly boss of the situation, Tupper answered, ‘I can- 
not, Lam up astump, or rather a tree, and my rifle is on 
the ground at the foot of the tree,” ‘Well,’ says Malay, 
‘we are in a fix surely. Tupper fortunately thought of 
4 plece of twine he had in his pocket, made a loop on ofie 
end and dropped it oyér the lock of his gun, dréw it up 
to his perch, took good aim and laid the game lifeless.” 
It was some time before the adventure became known of 
two of our best hunters being treed by a moose. McPF. 


Veteran and Novice. 


Briston, N. H. Nov. 17.—“Don’t try to know how 
much kindling wood you can make out of a brush pile 
should the track lead you across one, Step round it and 
step lightly, with eyes well ahead; and should you see 
your deer standing in the thicket or lying down on the 
sunny side of the ridge before he sees you, don’t stop to 
think what a handsome sight it is, but bring your rifle 
instantly to cover, then fire.” 

Such was the advice given to Bert, a novice in deer 
stalking, the other morning, when a light fall of snow 
the previous night made the old hunter and Bert thrill 
With anticipation of getting a sight at a fine buck, or 
maybe a good fat doe. 

Upon the side of Cardigan Mountain in Alexandria, in 
this State, the old hunter and the novice, with well oiled 
rifles in hand and gum shoes on their feet, started to pick 
out a fresh trail on the first snow of the season. <A trail 
was soon struck. Bert was given his advice, and told 
off to follow it to a finish. After trailing it for half a 
mile or se. he came upon a larger track, so he concluded to 
follow that, having well in mind the injunction, “Keep 
About two hours of cautious 
tracking brought him to a beech ridge, on which the 
warm stn striking made it seem the ideal place for a mid- 
day nap—not for the noyice, oh, no! but for the deer. 
Bert's eyes were wide open and hard at work looking 
through the second growth and against the few remaining 
beeches. What is that? It looks like a head sticking ont 
from behind that old beech there on the right. 
are horns on it. Yes, it is a buck’s head, with gaze 
earnestly fixed on the astonished novice. But Bert was 
novice no longer. He realized he was “up against” a deer, 
a big one too. Bringing his .38-40 Winchester to cover, as 
per instriictions, he sighted for the part of the neck he 
could see and pulled. The buck dropped in his. tracks, 
shot through, the jugular vein, and a hoot which came 
across the woods to the ears of the old hunter told him 
the story of the successful shot, It was a five-prong buck 
and weighed 300 pounds. So Bert steps out of the novice 
class into the full-fledged deer hunter. 

When the old hunter parted company with Bert, he 
made a wide circle to the southeast, and taking a track 
which told that a doe and two kids had passed that 
way, followed quietly after, through thicket and open, 
ever up and up, till suddenly he heard a jump and snort 
and quickly saw a rump and white flag disappearing 
through the bushes, -At the first shot she swerved a little, 
but stili kept on as though she was in hurry to get into the 
fiext county of Orange, where deer are protected, the 
.44 Marlin keeping up its quick work to make her change 
her mind. The eleventh and last shot, just as she was 
about to disappear over the ridge. struck her through the 
spine and brought her down, a nice fat doe of 208 pounds. 
Thus ended a day’s outing for Wm. Rice. formerly of 
Fredericton, N. B,, and Bert Robbins, of Bristol, N. 4. 

Other deer killed within a few miles of this to rn 
were by Frank Marston, a buck of 165 pounds; Pat Adaris, 
two deer, saw them together and shot them both; A. 
Nelson, boy fifteen years of age, tracked his deer on a 
light snow and brought him down, a buck of 270 pounds; 
Arlie George and George Follanshee, one deer each. 


ul 
Maine and Mlassachusetts. 

Boston, Nov. 26—Almost nightly snow flurries in 
northern Maine haye made aeer nunting comparatively 
éasy, atid but tor rhe fact that deer are uot to be touna 
as readily as tormerly there would have been w gieac 
increase im ithe returus, As it is the number sipped 
through Bangor shows an iicrease over the preceaing 
week, the number being 419 deer, against 249 for the 
week before. Moose also show an increase, the number 
counted there being 16, against 4 for the preceding weelk. 
But after all the number is smaller than a year ago, and 
everybody is castitig about for the cause. The Maine 
papers say that the Fish and Game Commissioners do 
not attribtite the scarcity of deer to September shooting, 
while the same papers almost umiversally declare that the 
Septeniber license law is doomed, They say that the 
tiniber Jand owners will demand that the law be repealed. 
It is also being suggested by prominent game protectors 
that the State issue a gun license to sportsmen going 
into the woods, and that the license be refunded on the 
spartsman’s return; no licenses being issued in close time. 
The attempt will also be made to stop all buying of game. 
This will be mighty tough on so many of the mighty 
hunters, who go down to Maine and return with their 
full quota of deer. Ii the shooting of moose and deer 
by Maine guides—licensed guides at that—and then sell- 
ing the game to sportsmen can be stopped, one of the 
greatest step toward game protection will have been 
taken. Indeed, the Boston markets afe getting little 
other game this fall than that bought of returning sports- 
men. Each returning hunter brings his two deer, and 
he steers them directly towa-d the markets. The license 
law whereby a sportsman can send out a deer without 
accompanying it also needs amending. Such deer all 
steer directly for the markets. WLarger numbers of deer 
are coming out from the Dead River region. Willian 
Bell, of Boston. came out from that regian the other day 
with a buck that counted eight points to his antlers. 
M. M. Bronson and J. W. Hudson, of Mattapan, have 
come home with two does and a large buck. There are 
riumors of a party of eight Massachusetts hunters return- 
Tf this is 
the party thaf is saying very little about their trip, it is 
certain that Boston markets got the most of the deer. 
Kinefield. Me., reports say that last week was the banner 


week for big-game hunters. For the week 27 deer came 


out over the Franklin & Megantie railroad; 


There . 


Good bird shooting is reported trom the yieinity ot 
Chatham and all along the Cape shore. ‘Coot shooting 
has been very good indeed. Some large flocks of black 
duck haye appeared, but hunters say that they are very 
wary and will not come fo the decoys. 

Now Boston 1s to have a fall sportsmen’s show. ‘The 
old Park Square station has been remodeled. A track 
has been constructed around the building for racing pur- 
poses, and a six-day bicycle race is to be a feature, amony — 
other athletic sports. Through the center of the build- 
ing will be a collection of wild animals, said to include 
eyery specimen of game animal that Maine produces. 
A display of fish is also to be a feature, and 10,000 fish 
from the various New England hatcheries are adyertised 
to be shown. An Indian village will also be a feature. 

Commissioner Buffington, whose death occurred last 
week, was a member of the Oquossoc Angling Associa 
tion, and lent his energy and influence to the good of 
that Association, one of the earliest in the history of the 
Rangeleys. It was always a treat to “swap trout yarns” 
with Commissioner Buffington, because one felt that 


only the truth was being told, and told by a scholarly man 


and a man of experience. He delighted in travel, and 
has spent considerable time in Europe. The last time I 
met him, going up Lake Mooselucmaguntic on the little 
steamer. He told me of his trip around the world, but 
remarked that he had come back to that lake for his 
annual trout fishing. P 

E. M. Gillam, of the Boston Advertiser, and his 
brother, A. M. Gillam, city editor of the Philadelphia 
Record, are both great lovers of dog and gun. They 
are just back to business from their annual bird shooting 
trip. This year they went by invitation to the preserve 
of the Littany Club, in. the Blue Rdge country of Penn- 
sylvania, not far from Bellefonte, The preserve is on 
the slopes of Bald Eagle Mountain, and is all that the 
wealthy owners can desire as to high altitude, spring 
water and woods alinost equal to primitive. The trout 
streams are a delight to the heart of the angler, and are 
protected by caretakers, who are presumed to make daily 
rounds to prevent all poaching. Restocking is receiving 
proper attention, with artificial ponds and pools. The 
preserve includes many thousand acres, in some case the 
fishing and shooting rights being leased of the farmers 
and land owners. Mr. Gilliam found that the farmers 
cared very little about shooting, but that they were not 
debarred from doing so by the terms ot the lease. The 
preserve is partly sto¢ked with wild turkeys, and next 
year a good many young bronze turkeys are to be reared 
till they can take care of themselves, and then liberated, 
The belief is that they will quickly become wild and breed 
with the wild turkeys. The Gillams enjoyed a turkey hunt 
but got no turkeys, though they saw where they had 
been. Quail shooting was only fair, since they were 
there after the club members had done their shooting. 
They found the club house a delight, and the guides and 
caretakers all that heart could wish, 5 
SPECIAL. 


Quail and Woodchuck. 


Easy WHitMAN, Mass——ditor Forest and Stream: 
In my many experiences with game birds, I notice the 
most peculiar traits in the quail. While visiting friends 
in a little town last Sunday, I happened to look out of 
the kitchen window and saw not 10 feet from the house 
five quail feeding under a small apple tree. They were 
apparently as contented and as much at home as though 
in their native haunts and miles from civilization. They 
did not seem to mind me as I stood watching them, but 
remained for some time, and finally flew across the 
street to the woods, 

Another incident which was a surprise to me occurred 
one day in the early fall, As I was walking in the woods 
my dog was some distance ahead of me, and I was startled 
by his furious barking as if in a combat. I hastened to 
the spot, and found him at the foot of a young oak, while 
spme 20 feet above I saw a small animal clinging to the 
trunk. At first | took it to be a coon, but it turned out 
to be a woodchuck. Perhaps many readers of Forest AND 
STREAM have seen them climb trees, but this was my first 
opportunity, and I understand it to be a rare occurrence. 
Quail are quite plenty in this section; they seem to he 
in large flocks, ranging from fifteen to thirty in a bunch. 
Rabbits are also plenty, but partridges very Se re 


Saranac Lake Deer Hounding. 


Saranac Laker, N, Y., Noy. 190—Editor Forest and 
Stream: In your issue of Noy. 10 I find an article 
headed “Adirondack Hounding,” in which it is said that 
the game warden ot this locality does not care whether 
hounding is going on or not, and your correspondent says 
they all do 1t, Now this report is a falsehood from start 
to finish. I have been game protector of this locality since 
1896, and have always tried to do my duty, and if your 
correspondent from this place can show me where at any 
time I did not do my duty I should be pleased to know 
it. Also hereafter I would request you not to publish mat- 
ter concerning iy offical duties unless it can be 
proven. I would state that very few dogs have been 
running in the woods this tall, and what few there were 
lwaye keen apprehended and fined. 

IsAtAH YVospurGH, Protector. 


The Mt. Vernon (N. Y.) Deer. 


It is believed that the two deer seen near Mt, Vernon 
about Nov. 15 ate strays which escaped from a deer 
park in New York State, not far from the Hurdsor 
River. About Noy. 1 a Mr, DeGraaf, of Oscawana. N. 
Y.. a village between Croton Landing and Congers, on 
the N. Y.C. & H.R. R. R., lost ten deer, which escaped 
from their inclostire. This is the first one to be shot. 


| About the date mentioned two deer were seen near Strat 


ford, Conn.. and and the tracks of another seen in the 
town of Milford: It seems likely that all of these may 
have belonged to the same lot, though the precise date 
when the deer in Connecticut were seen is not recalled. 


See the list of good things in Woodcraft im our adv. cols. 


Dec. 7, t900.] 


Why Game is Scarce, 


New York, Nov. 26.—Editor Forest and Stream: Just 
read this experience and tell us if it does not explain 
Why game is scarce: While hunting at Stevensville, 
Sullivan county, N. Y., I destroyed more than 100 dead- 
falls set for rabbits, also snafes set for partridge. I 
learned from the farmers that summer boarders have 
been shooting at the gameé all summer. I tried the quail 
at Wading River, L. I., on Election Day, and found them 
wild and well scattered. I learned that they have been 
shot at during the month of October, On Noy. 19 I went 
down to the Raunt Station, Jamaica Bay, for ducks. I 
Saw a number of geese going up the bay. About 4 A. M. 
{ heard two shots fired from a heavy gun, followed by the 
cackling of geese. My brother told me that there is 
some one out every night jacking, I started out about 
6 A, M., but could not see or hear a single bird. I 
hope our sportsman’s association will iake up this matter 
and see that we get wardens that will uphold the game 
laws in certain parts of otir State. CHARLES GROLZ. 


100 Sportsitien’s Finds. 


Some of the Queer Discoveries Made by “Those Who Are 
Looking for Game or Fish. 


325 
This is a story of a man who was hunting a skunk and 
found a burglar. Perhaps the man after a skunk might 
not come within the classification of sportsmen, but it 
was a “find” by a gunner, and belongs among our hun- 
dred, This is what happened: The station agent at Gales 
Ferry, Conn.,; had locked up the station for the night, and 
was on his way home about to o’clock when he noticed a 
polecat near the roadside, and went into the house of 
al acquaintance to borrow a gun, After he secured the 
gun he retraced his steps toward the railroad station in 
search of the animal, and discovered that the station had 
been broken into during his absence. Entering, he found 
a man standing in front of the open money drawer, 
“Hold up your hands!” shouted the station agent, as he 
leveled the gun, but the man refused. The station agent 
then fired, the charge entering the breast of the burglar 
and causing instant death. 
33 
A recent press dispatch from Phoenix, Ariz., says that 
hunters have found a skeleton believed to be the te- 
mains of Burt Alvord, leader of one of. the most des- 
perate bands of train robbers that ever operated in Ari- 
zona. It is thought that he was killed by one of his own 
gang. . 
34 


J. S. Althenhaus, who lives in the Big Horn Moun- 
tains in northern Wyoming, while out hunting recently 
came upon the tracks of a big silver-tipped bear and fol- 
lowed the trail to the mouth of a mountain cave, The 
hunter prepared a torch and entered the cave, A deep- 
throated growl and the shining of phosphorescent eyes 
betrayed Bruin’s position, and a close and cool shot ended 
his career. In removing the bear the attention of Mr. 
Althenhaus was attracted to a mineral vein showing on 
the cavern wall, Sectiring samples of the rock, an assay 
was afterward made, which gave returns of 40 per cent. 
lead and 200 ounces of silver to the ton. The vein is 
about 4 feet in width and extends for the full length of 
the cavern, some 300 feet. Mr. Althenhaus named the 
claim the Silver Tip. . 


eet and River Sishing. 


Notice. 


All communications intended for Forrsr Ann Srream should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co.. and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. i 


Proprietors of fishing resorts will find. it profitable to advertise 
them in Forest ann StREAM, . 


ANGLING NOTES. 


The Marston Char, . 


Some four or five years ago I made a journey to one 
of the lakes on the tract of the Triton Club in search of a 
“red trout” and did not find it. The “red tront” was re- 
ported as having been seen first at one place and then in 
another in Canada, and years passed without further 
knowledge of the fish than was conveyed in the reports. 
Finally Mr. William McCormick sent me some speci- 
mens of the red trout, but I was not at home, and they 
might have been any color by the time I arrived in 
their neighborhood. Another attempt was made through 
the efforts of Mr. McCormick, and this time the red 


‘trout were sent direct to Prof. Samuel Gorman by Mr. 


George Van Felson, of Quebec. Prof. Gorman wrote 
me that the fish arrived in “loud condition, but identi- 
flable.”” His report on them is as follows: 

“From the material before me I am inclined to place 
the ‘red trout of Quebec’ in the same species as the 
Marston char of the Lac de Marbre. It is true that on 
comparison with the type specimen of S. marstont, slight 
differences, appear, which may be only sexual, or may 
perhaps indicate that we have to deal with two varieties 
of the species, but this is a matter which should not be 
decided without both males and’ females from each local- 
ity. Your specimens have more brown over the gill 
covers and the throat, and besides, they are less slender 
than the Lac de Marbre individual; these, however, may 
be due to greater age. The species is one of the most 
beautiful, if indeed it is not the most brilliantly colored, 


of the entire group. Aapparenily it differs from all of the 


others in having no spots on its sides. The relationship 
with the little ‘blueback’ (S. oquassa) is more remote 
than was at first supposed. To define the species exactly 
one should have a series of individuals, small to large, 
of both sexes,” ~ a: ¥e 


7 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


The specimen sent by Mr. Van Felson came from the 
waters of the Tourilli Club in Quebec. The red trout 
have been fotind in several places on the club tract, and 
Mr, McCormick very kindly sent me a map indicating 
the points where it had been discovered, but I have 
sent map and letters on to Pref. Gorman, so that | 
cannot now refer to them. The “red trout” has been 
found in still another district in Canada; this time near 
the tract, if net on it, of the St. Bernard Club. Anyway 
on a private preserve near the St. Bernard Club belong- 
ing to Mr, Simpson, of New York, the red trout has 
been found in considerable numbers, and this fall Com- 
inissioner Titcomb, of Yermont, went there to atrange 
for taking eggs. I was to have some specimens of the 
fish, but they have not been received up to this time. 
It is to be hoped that some one who is in a position 
to do so will take sufficient interest in this matter to se- 
cure the specimens of different ages and of both sexes 
ta clear the question once for all as to what the red trout 
irom different sections of Canada really are. I am greatly 
indebted to Mr, McCormick and Mr, Van Felson far 
their efforts to make the matter plain as to the identit 
of the “red trout.” : 


Leaping Trout. 


A week or two ago I told a little story about some 
little trout and their leaping powers. J said that the 
trout, fingerlings, hatched last spring, jumped, as nearly 
as | could measure the distance with my eye, a foot above 
the water, Since writing that note I have again been to the 
State hatchery on Long Island, and I wish to revise my 
story. Mr. Walters, the foreman, called my attention to 
the fact that the baby trout were jumping so that they 
could be seen above the edge of the pond standing some 
distance away, and investigation with a foot rule showed 
that the side of the pond was 20 inches from the water 
to the top of the wall, so that the fish were jumping 
nearly, if not quite, 20 inches, or say a height of four or 
five times greater than their length. Night before last, 
as I was in the Caledonia hatchery, when the men were 
unpacking 3,000,000 lake trout eggs received that after- 
noon from Lake Superior, Frank Redband, the foreman, 
told me that fingerling trout had become mixed in the 
rearing ponds where it was several feet from the water 
to the top of the wall. In this instance the trout jumped 
from the water to the inlet pipe, and when they struck 
the opening fairly they by a motion too quick for the 
eye to follow went into the pipe and up its length to 
come down into another pond, so that rainbow, brown 
and brool: trout became mixed from this sort of leaping 
and visiting the different ponds. I intended to measure 
the jump yesterday before I left there, but as the eggs 
were not all unpacked until just before my train left I 
neglected it. This sort of jumping surprised the fote- 
nan, so that he admitted that he would not have believed 
it possible had he not witnessed it. 
trout jumping and passing through an augur hole 2 
inches in diameter in a plank in a flood dam, but I 
believed it, for | haye come to that pass that I believe 
most anything that is told about fish, for they certainly 
do some remarkable things, and that “truth is stranger 
than fiction” applies to fish. 


Red Trout. 


My “Angling Notes” are written as opportunity of- 
fers, and last evening I had written thus far and was 
obliged to put them aside. This afternoon I was travel- 
ing on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, and met Mr. 
C. H. Wilson, and a few moments later when changing 
cars [ met Mr. Chas F. Burhans, the only two men I 
know in the State, and perhaps the only ones in the 
State, who have seen the red trout in its lair. This 
season Mr.. Burhans caught a red trout with a fly, and 
though I had heard of the capture I had not seen him 
to learn the particulars of his visit to Canada, Almost 
his first greeting was to ask if I would go with him 
four days after this date to Canada, where the red trout 
grow. He said he had received positive instructions to 
bring out good specimens to me, but it would be far 
better for me to go myself and pick them. He is to go 
with Commissioner Titcomb, and he tells me that already 
a few ripe female red trout have been taken. They 
spawn on shoals in the lake, and do not enter the 
streams. Curiously enough, Mr. Buthans tells me that 
some of the trout aré forked as to caudal fin and some 
are square-tailed. Hxamined at night om the beds by 
jack light the fish look more like bars of shining gold 
than anything else he can think of to compare them 
with. Prof. Gorman is to have a sufficient number of 
specimens of both sexes to settle their identity, and 
nothing but imperative businéss keeps: me from visiting 
the lake where the red trout are found. As Mr. Bur- 
hans and Mr. Wilson talked of the fish I was turning 
the matter over in my mind to discover some good 
reason why I should go, but all the good reasons pointed 
io imy not going at this time. 


Spawning of Trout. 


Lake George, New York, has long been noted for its 
lake trout, as the fish are particularly fat and well 
flayored. This lake was one of the first to receive atten- 
tion from the State Fish Commission when restocking 
of State waters was begun, and the first lake trout fry 
were planted in its waters as early as February, 1873. 
During the twenty-seven years following, the lake has 
had contributions of Jake trout fry from eggs obtained 
in Lake Ontario, Lake Huron; Lake Michigan and 
Lake Superior, and through this fresh blood the trout 
have vastly improved. This fall the Forest, Fish and 
Game Commission determined to experiment with nets 
in the lake, and find if it would be profitable another 
year to conduct operations there for the purpose of ob- 
taining lake trout eggs for the hatching stations. E. L. 
Marks, a capable man in this business, was sent to the 
lake, and he has explored it for about half its lengtl 

“In the old days” the spawning beds of the trout were 
well known—too well known in fact, for the man with 
jack and spear knew just where they were, and that js 
one reason why trout became scarce in the lake, and it 
was necessary to restock it. According to the old in- 
habitants who were communicative on the subject the 
trout resorted in numbers to certain shoals, and there, 


I haye heard of’ 


431 


if the light of the jack did not take the place of the light 
of the moon, they spawned. Of late years Officer Bur- 
nett has eliminated the light of the jack in great degree, 
and only the eels get in their deadly work at the mar- 
riage feast under the light of the moon and stars, so that 
the people did not know as much about spawning beds. 
as oncé they did, and Mr, Marks found a queer state of 
affairs. Instead of being large spawning beds, as for- 
merly, the trout spawned all over the lake in squads. 
Wherever there were a few rocks and gtavel there were 
trout preparing to spawn, and there also were eels. The 
planted trout fry and fingerlings had no home ties or 
figurative roof tree. They had been planted in the lake 
at various and divers places, and when they had grown 
to spawning age one spot was as good as another for 
the purpose of depositing their eggs, and so, apparently 
the first spot of gravel and rocks was selected. 

That mysterious something which in a natural state 
leads salmon and trout unerringly back year after year 
to the place of birth or babyhood, to celebrate the 
nuptial ceremony, may have been ptesent in these fish, 
but they were born on a tray in a hatching house, and 
their babyhood was passed in a rearing race and a tin 
can, and they had in a way become cosmopolitan in the 
fish world; all roeks and gravel looked alike to them 
until they had established homes of their own and formed 
ties for the future. This condition of things opens the 
door for speculation as to the general effect of planting 
hatchery-reared fish and their influence upon the estab- 
lishment of spawning beds in new places. This would 
relate more partictilarly to lake trout, for brook trout 
would as a rule seek the source of a stream for spawn- 
ing. With lake trout spawning all over a lake where a 
patch of gravel may be found, it would operate to their 
advantage, so far as falling a prey to the spearer is con- 
cerned, but it does not minimize the destruction of 
spawn by eels and bullheads. 

In his experimental netting Mr. Marks secured more 
eggs from the lake trout than it was originally expected, 
and he found larger trout in his nets than had ever been 
taken from the lake with hook and line; but in all his 
explorations he did not find a good spawning ground on 
which to draw a seine, as on each place that the trout 
had selected for a spawning bed there were large rocks, 
so that the nets. were over the trout, which were between 
the rocks. On every spawning bed the males far out- 
numbered the female fish from beginning to end of the 
experiments, and the eels were ever present to eat the 
spawn as soon as it was deposited, 


Flies. 


In my mail this evening I found a package which 
proved to be from the friend who sent me the old hand- 
made reel spoken of not long ago in these notes, and 
when I opened it it developed into a book of artificial 
flies, eighty of them. There were four pages of twenty 
flies each, numbered and named. They are well’ tied 
flies, and to one not familiar with flies such a book 
would be invaluable. Upon looking at the flies, how- 
ever, I find that the collection emphasizes the necessity 
for a standard of patterns. I doubt of Uncle Reuben 
Wood, for instance, if he could revisit the earth, would 
accept the fly in the book bearing his name as the 
simon-pure Reuben-Wood without the little red tag. 
No one would perhaps object to the Montreal, for each 
fly-tyer seems to fashion a fly of his own to bear this 
name, and many fly-dressers seem to desire to add or 
remove something from what we have come to cail 
standard flies, to stamp his own production with his 
individuality.. To me this seems to be the height of ab- 
surdity, for if we have a type why not adhere to it, 
whether the fly is made in New York, Boston, San Fran- 
cisco or elsewhere?—for it simply confuses still more 
what is now badly confused, to add feathers and bits 
of silk to a coachman to make it Jones’-coachman, or 
Smith’s-coachman, when the average angler cares only 
for a plain coachman, with no frills added by Jones or 
Smith to stamp it with his trade mark. There are for- 
tunately fly-dressers whose chief desire is to know the 
correct pattern of any standard fly and adhere to it, and 1 
is this style of work which gives the flies of such people 
an enviable reputation, and their flies are always more 
reliable that: the Jones’ annex sort. 


Hatching and Protecting. 


Land and Water has a letter concerning a proposed 
salmon hatchery on the Shannon from §. J. Hurley, and 
I quote one paragraph of it only: 

“Tf during the spawning season the tributary rivers, in 
which the breeding fish are made away with in hundreds, 
were looked aiter, there would be no necessity for hatch- 
eries. Indeed, I hesitate not to say that there are more 
salmon ova lost to the Shannon every winter than would 
stock all the salmon rivers in England. Want of pro- 
tection is the cause of all the mischief.” 

TI thought of saying something on this subject, but 
Mr, Hurley’s letter is so nearly correct I will let it stand 
without comment, only for this country substitute other 
fish for salmon. A. N. CHeney. 


The Cuvier Banquet. 


THE. twenty-seventh annual dinner of the famous ~ 
Cuvier Club, says the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, 
was one of the most notable events in the history of the 
organization. This club, in years gone by, has given some 
of the grandest feasts ever known in this city, and each 
succeeding year new laurels have been added. The affair 
in many respects eclipsed all previous efforts. The 
attendance was usually large. and a spirit of geniality 
and good fellowship permeated the atmosphere. 

An innovation was the opening of the large musetm 
on the second floor for the entertainment of the guests. 
This relieved the usual congested condition of the main 
hall. About half the guests were served in the museum, 
which was elaborately decorated for the occasion. and 
so arranged as to be peculiarly inviting. Throughout 
the spacious club home had been supplied things to inter- 
est and attract. Nothing had been. overlooked by the 
committee that would tend to please the taste. Par- 
ticularly tempting were the tables, burdened as they were 
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the entertainment. The hospitality was so genuine and 
extended so gracefully by President Alex. Starbuck and 
his associates that every one appreciated the welcome and 
felt perfectly at home. The important part played by Max 
Basse, the official chef of the club, was at once patent 
to all. i 

As a whole the entertainment was most delightiul, and 
the Cuvier Club more than maintained its enviable reputa- 


tion. 


Black Bass in the Potomac Trough. 


Romney, W. Va., Noy. 24—Editor Forest and BS) treant: 
T will endeavor to wtite you a short and interesting ac- 
cotmt of our hunting and fishing, and a description ot 
the famous Trough of the South Branch of the Potomac. 

This year has been a fair one for the fishing, and a 
good many nice bass have been caught, but as there 1s 
no protection on the fish there will probably be no fish- 
ing in this river in a few years. The mill dams near 
the mouth of the river, without fishways, preventing the 
fish from getting up stream, the tie raftsmen catching 
them in the spring, gigging in the summer and fall, fish 
pots in the fall, so many people fishing and no restocking 
of the stream, together with the unfortunate placing of 
carp in this stream, have been the factors that have prac- 
tically destroyed what was at one time the finest black 
bass stream in the United States. 4 

Those who have made the trip down this stream from 
Moorefield, Hardy county, through the famous Trough, 
say that it is not excelled anywhere in the country. This 
Trough is simply a stretch of water running between 
two mountains, a distance of eight miles, and consists 
of beautiful pools of yery deep water, to which the bass 
resort in colder weather, As no one lives in the Trough, 
of course fishing is better there than any place else. A 
person desiring to fish there has to come down the river 
or go tip in a boat, One of these pools is called Blue 
Pool, on account of the water being so deep that it 
looks. blue. The water at its normal stage in this pool 
is twenty-five feet deep. Last fall a man caught a bass 
below this pool, in a fish pot, weighing 7 pounds I ounce, 
and sold it to a Mr. Taylor, of Wheeling, W. Va. 

I spent a week this fall with Mr. Owings, of Maryland, 
at the hospitable home of Mr. John D. Miller, who 
keeps a fishing resort near the lower end of the Trough. 
The fish were not biting very well, although we had the 
finest bait that could be securel. But a night or two 
before we left there came a rain which raised the river, 
and we secured one beautiful 41-pound bass out of an 
eél pot, among about three hundred eels. A crowd of 
Wheeling gentlemen were there at the same time, and 
one of theit number caught a nice 4%-pound bass with 
hook and line.’ This gentleman’s brother killed a nice 
18-pound wild turkey the day before his brother caught 
the fish, and they went back to Wheeling perfectly satis- 
fied with their trip. 


Elisha D. Buffington. 


Commisstoner Evisaa D, Burrrneton, of the Massa- 
ehusetts Commission of Inland Fisheries and Game, died 
at his home in Worcester, Noy. 19. Mr. Buffington, says 
the Worcester Spy, was one of the best known men in 
central Massachusetts. The pharmacy which he founded 
and built up to its large proportions was known all over 
the country. The medicines which the company sup- 
plied to druggists and physicians are recognized in hun- 
dreds of cities and towns. 

He was widely known in other ways than as a business 
man, He was a great sportsman and spent much time 
in fishing. So great did his prominence become as an 
angler that Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge selected 
him as a member of the Massachusetts Commission of 
Game and Inland Fisheries, and when his term expired 
he was reappointed by Governor Wolcott. 

He was a man of quiet tastes; he was methodical and 
businesslike; he had deep interest in many subjects. He 
was fond of flowers. He loved good pictures, of which 
he had some of the very best in Worcester, having re- 
ceived an offer of $15,000 for one alone. His beautiful 
residence on Chestnut street is a veritable curiosity shop. 
There are trophies of his many travels, in all parts of the 
world, everything arranged tastefully and to bring out its 
eteatest interest. Mr. Buffington was a charming host, 
and delighted to show his curios and to tell the stories 
attached to each, 

Mt. Buffington was born at Swansea, on Cape Cod, 
Noy. 4, 1836. After attending the village schools he 
went West, in 1854, making the trip across the plains to 
California in a wagon train.. It was when the gold craze 
was at its height, but he did not stay in California long, 
returning home by way of Nicaragua. 

He was an expert pharmacist himself and kept abreast 
of the profession for years after his services were re- 
quired only in general supervision of the business. He 
made a specialty of homeopathic remedies, and of herbs 
and simples. When he was away in the woods he often 
availed himself of the opportunity to gather a little stock 
of some especially fine spécimens of nature’s remedies. 

Mr, Buffington had captured in his day more kinds of 
game fish than any man in central Massachusetts. He 
had taken great trout and salmon in Maine and Canada. 
He had landed the giant tarpon over Florida reefs. He 
had fished the streams of Norway, Russia and other con- 
tinental countries, and landed Scotch salmon and English 
frout and graylings. The fish of Japan had been be- 
guiled to his hook. He had fished on the highest moun- 
tain in the island. And when he was on his way home 
from a trip about the world he whipped streams flowing 
from the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains. He was 
an expert with the rod and line. He was a great traveler. 
There is hardly a country of the northern hemisphere 
which he had not visited. He went to Europe a num- 
ber of times. Each winter he went to Florida, generally 
for the fishing. Occasionally in Florida, as in other 
climes, he handled a gun,-and was no mean shot, 

He was a member of the Oquossoce Club, whose club 
' hotwse is in the’ Rangeley lakes= He was a member of 
the Worcester and: Commonwéalth- clubs, the Tatnuck 

Country Club and of the Massachusetts and Home 
Market clubs, hart : eh = 


- Fox Terrier Club. 


Massachusetts Association. 


Boston, Nov. 26—Editor Forest and Stream: By the 
death of Hon, E. D. Buffington, of Worcester, whose 
burial occurred on Thursday last, the sportsmen have 
lost a conscientious worker for fish and game protection. 
The question asked by many sportsmen I meet is “Who 
will be appointed by the Governor to fill the vacant 
placer” 

Inasmuch as for many years one member of the board 
has been from the western section of the State, and 
Governor Crane is himself from the town of Dalton, near 
Pittsfield, it is more than likely that he will feel called 
upon to weigh carefully the qualifications of candidates 
hailing from Worcester or further west. 

T have heard that a former member of Congress from 
New Bediord is not unwilling to serve as a commis- 
sioner. I understand that the gentleman is a sportsman, 
but I presume his chances would be better 1f he were 
a resident of one ol the western counties. 

T hear that Mr. J. M. Stevenson, of Pittsfield, who has 
served acceptably on the Fish and Game Committee of 
the Legislature, would not be unwilling to accept the 
appointment. A clipping from the Worcester Telegram 
sent me by some friend, mentions three names, Messrs. 
Osgood Plummer, E. S. Knowles and A. B. F. Kinney. 
The article is from the paper of Nov. 24, and speaks in 
detail of the several candidates, and quite fully of Mr. 
Kinney’s labors last winter as chairman of the Central 
Cammittee. , 

We in Massachusetts have great confidence in the 
judgment of Gov. Crane, and expect he will make a good 
selection. 

Last Friday afternoon I visited Representative Hunt 
and President A. C. Sylvester, and the Sportsman’s 
Show at N. Attleboro. Mr. Sylvester showed me over 
the extensive factory of which he is in charge, and Mr. 
Hunt accompanied me to the Wamsutta Opera House, 
where the show was held. I found there a good number 
of Mongolian pheasants, provided by the State board, 
Belgian hares, from nearby, several tanks of trout of 
various ages, from Mr. MHandy’s hatchery, at S. 
Wareham, several handsome foxes, coons, one of the 
largest I ever saw—I think it would weigh 50 to 60 
pounds—squirrels, quail, carrier pigeons, wood and other 
kinds of ducks, beavers, muskrats, etc. There were 
also mounted specimens of game animals and birds, and 
a fine display of photographs of hunting scenes sent in 
by the B. & M. R. R. I have attended the shows in 
New York and Boston for several years, and considering 
the size of the hall, J am compelled to say the N. Attle- 
boro show was excellent, and the club is entitled to 
great credit for its ability to hustle, and its show of enter- 
prise. 

The sum of $2,000, for fish and game uses, is expected 
to be netted from the show. j 

Mr. Louis E. Morse is Vice-President, Edward E. King, 
Secretary-Treasurer; John E. Tweedy and C. C. Peck are 
denominated ‘Representatives,’ whose duties as pre- 
scribed by Art. 5, Sec. 4 of the Constitution are “to repre- 
sent the interests of the Association in the Massachusetts 


- Fish and Game Protective Association, and to present to 


that body the wishes of the local associations.” 

On Saturday evening I had the pleasure of meeting 
the members of the East Weymouth Fish and Game 
Association, at the Masonic Hall, in that place, and of 
giving them a detailed account of the labors of the Massa- 
chusetts Fish and Game Protective Association from the 
date of the first conterence of sportsmen’s clubs, held in 
this State in November, 1898, to the enactment of the 
bird bill last June. 

Chairman Collins spoke of the organization of the 
force of State fish and game wardens, and the working 
of the bird law and others recently enacted. 

A letter just received from Dr. J. T. Herrick, president 
of the Springfield Club and an active member of the 
Central Comimittee, informing me that he leaves in a 
few days for North Carolina. 

Another letter from Geo. H, Palmer, Esq., of New 
Berdford, is very welcome, as furnishing proof that this 
veteran of the good cause is still on deck. 

H. H. Kimpatt, Secretary. 


New York League Meeting. 


New Yorx, Nov. 1.—The annual meeting of the New 
York Fish, Game and Forest League will be held at the 
Yates Hotel, Syracuse, N. Y., at 10:30 A. M., on Dec. 6, 
1900, and a full attendance is hoped for. 

Application for membership should be made to the 
secretary, who will gladly give any further information 
which may be desired. 

Rosert B. LAwrReNce, President. 

Ernest G, Goutp, Secretary, Seneca Falls. 


Che Kennel, 


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Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIALS, 

Nov, 30.—Newton, N. C.—Continental Field Trials Club’s sixth 
annual field trials—Members” Stake. Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec’y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 

Dec. 10.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
L. S$. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. 

: 1901. | 

Jan. 14.—Greenville, Ala.—Fifth annual field trials of the Alabama 
Field Trials Club, John B. Rosenstihl, Sec’y. 

_Jan. 21.—Benton County, Miss.—Tenth annual field trials of the 
Wnited States Field Trials Club. W-.B! Stafford, Sec’y, Trenton, 


Tenn. ‘ gl deals 
BENCH SHOWS. ap ean 
Nov. 28-30.—Philadelphia, Pa.—Second annual bench sh £ th 
Philadelphia Dog Show Association. M. A, Viti, See ? ; = 
Dec. 6-10.—Cincinnati, O.—Annual bench show of the Cincinnati 
J. C. Trohliger, Sec’y. 
1901. 
Feb. 26-March 1.—Cleveland, O.—Cleyeland Kennel Club’s annual 
bench show. C. M. Munhall, Sec’y. 
March 6-9.—Pittsburg, Pa—Duquesne ‘Kennel Club’s annual 


Field Trials Association. 


“bench show. F.S. Stedman, Sec’y, 


followed, and she poimted again. 


Eastern Field Trial Club’s Trials. 


THE trials of the Eastern Field Trial Club this year 
evoked greater interest than has been manifested in sev- 
eral preceding years, s0 far as new attendance of visitors 
is considered. Mr, George Crocker, of San Francisco, and 
his guests, Mr. Chris. E. Worden, also of that city, and 
Mr. Hawkins, of New York, were in attendance, all 
missing the comforts of St. Hubert’s Inn by living in 
their private car. Dr. G. G. Davis, of Philadelphia, the 
staunch friend of the Irish setter, was present during the 
Members’ Stake. Messrs. Edm. H. Osthaus and E. L. 
Jamison, of Toledo; F. Andreas, F, R. Hitchcock, P. 
Lorillard, Jr., Ansel Phelps, Wm. Duane, Miss Julia 
Phelps, A. T. Fletcher, New York; E. M. Beale, Lewis- 
burgh, Pa.; Capt. C. E. McMurdo, Charlottesville, Va.; 
Edw. A. Burdett, Radnor, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Dur- 
yea, Red Bank, N. J.; Geo. Fox and Chas. E. Thomas, 
Philadelphia; James E, Orr, Brooklyn; Dr, J. S. Brown, 
Montclair, N. J.; S. C. Bradley and dauemter, Miss Eliza- 
beth, of Greenfield Hills, Conn,; D. F. Pride, Cincinnati, 
O.; A. Booth, Paterson, N. J., and numerous others. 
There were about forty horsemen following the trials on 
the pleasant days., 

The judging in the open stakes was done by the ex- 
perienced sportsmen, Messrs. A. Merriman, of Memphis, 
Tenn., and Theodore Sturges, of New York. 

The grounds were not easily worked. Large areas were 
sowed with wheat, and stich grounds were useless as a 
preserve, and riding on them was prohibited. 

The annual meeting of the club was held in the St. 
Hubert’s Inn, Noy. 20. President Lorillard presided. The 
members present were Messrs. Lorillard, Sturges, Oir, 
Burdett, Hitchcock, Duryea, Bradley and Brown. The 
minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The 
old Board of Governors were re-elected. The officers 
were elected as follows: President, P. Lorillard, Jr.; 
Vice-President, Theo. Sturges; Secretary and Treasurer, 
S. C. Bradley. 

The weather, although warm and pleasant part of the 
time, was unfavorable for good work, it being either too 
warm or too stormy. Still, there was time lost unneces- 
sarily. The trials could have been ended on Saturday 
night had the trials been conducted with reasonable dili- 
genice. 


Membets’ Stake. 


The Members’ Stake was rin on Friday, Nov. 16. 
Clear, cold weather with a stiff eastern breeze were the 
weather conditions. Mr. S. C. Bradley acted as judge. 
Owners handled their dogs. 

The entries were: 


P, Loritlard, Jr's, b. w. and t. setter bitch Lenabelle (Sam— 
Minnie B.) with T. Sturges’ b., w. and t. setter bitch Lark (Cin- 
cinnatus Pride—Antonia). $ 

P. Lorillard, Jr.'s, b., w. and t, setter dog Jean (Gleam’s Pink— 
Dell VY.) with Dr. J. S. Brown’s b. and w. pointer bitch Nana B. 
(Ned B.—Callie Croxteth), 
Dr. J. 5. Brown’s b., w. and ft setter dog Joe Cumming, Jr 
(champion Joe Cuming—Laura) with Dr. G. Davis’ Irish 
setter dog Jim Signal ( —Loun). 

Prof. E. H. Osthaus’ ly. and w. pointer dog Paladin (Rip Saw 
—Cricket) with P. Lorillard, Jr.’s b., w. and ft. setter bitch Clara 
( ; 


First Round. 


Lenabelle and Lark were cast off at 9:14. Lena drew 
to a point on seattered birds in heavy cover, and others 
flushed wild as she was drawing on them. Next she 
flushed some birds, dropping to wing and holding a point 
on some remaining birds; both steady. This bevy was 
Lark pointed a bevy 
just aiter the brace was ordered up. Lena was a bit the 
better ranger. Both were diligent, speed about equal. 
Up at 9:51. 

Jean and Nana B. were started at 9:56. Nana was 
difheult to handle. Jean was given to false pointing. 
Range and speed were fair. Jean pointed a single, which 
Nana flushed and chased. Nana next flushed a bevy; Jean 
was steady to wing. Jean pointed a single and Nana 
flushed one. Up at 10:50. 

Joe Cumming, Jr., and Jim Signal were started at 10:57, 
Qn a marked bevy Joe pointed, Jim backed and both were 
inclined to unsteadiness. They made a very ordinary 
showing. Up at 11:34. 

Paladin and Clara were cast off at 11:58. A bevy was 
seen to Hush near both dogs in heavy coyer. They were 
followed into woods, but could mot be fotnd, Range 
and speed were good. Up at 12:38. 

Second Round. 

Three brace were continued in the running as follows: 

Clara and Lark were started at 2:03. Clara flushed a 
single near the edge of the woods. A beyy, seen to leave 
the woods close by, was near to where Clara was working. 
None found when followed. Lark pointed some scattered 
birds; Clara backed; both steady. Lark was better in 
judgment in ranging and ground covered, but was more 
difficult to manage than was her competitor. Up at 2:46. 

Lenabelle and Paladin were cast off at 2:50. Lena was 
found pointing a bevy in heayy cover when found after a 
search, and was steady to shot and wing. On scattered 
birds, Paladin stopped fo a fush on a single. Leta was 
the better in some good speed and range. Up at 3:17. 

Jean and Joe Cumming, Jr., were put down at 3:29 and 
were taken up at 3:51; nothing found. Their showing 
was yery commonplace. 

The winners were announced as follows: P. Lorillard, 
Jr.'s, Lenabelle was first; his Clara third, and Theodote 
Sturges’ Lark was second. Mr. Lorillard waved his claim 
to a pitcher, donated by himself to the winner of first, and 
this prize went to second. Mr. Theodore Sturges donated 
a silyer cup to the winner of third. Mr. Lorillard thus 
won the painting donated to the winner of first by Prof. 
Edwin H. Osthaus and the silver cup. 


The Derby. 


There were nineteen starters in the Dreby out of a total 
of fifty nominations, 

The competition as a whole was of a low order of 
merit, The apparent scarcity of birds undoubtedly aggra- 
vated this wearisome feature of the running, but had they 
been ever so abundant, still the grade of the work would 
have been mediocre or commonplace. There was no part 
of it that approached brillianey in respect to the seeking 
of the birds or the work done on them when found. 

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following dogs over ground which apparently contained 
no birds or few birds, so that, knowing that there was 
little probability of competition on birds, interest flagged 
accordingly. i 

The winner, Doc Light, on.the work done, was far away 
the best competitor of the stake. He was given a most 
thorough trying out, and sustained his work in true class 
form, defeating his opponent decisively in every heat. 
He accentuated his claims to first the longer he ran. He 
beat out his ground with judgment and ranged usefully 
wide. He was wise and sound in his bird work, and was 
dutifully considerate of the gun. 

Billy, second, won on his merits too, though his com- 
petition was not of a high order. He was sounder in 
his bird work than were his other competitors, save Doc 


‘Light, and he sought with good judgment. 


Lady Iris and Tom Boy, aside from ability to run well, 
showed little competitive merit. Their ability on birds 
was weak, neither showing slkill in finding and pointing. 

; First Round, : ; 

Setters and pointers whelped on or after Jan. 1, 1899, were 
cligible. Purse, #600; to first, $200; to second, $200; to third, $100. 
Nineteen starters: # 

Mrs. P. H. Hurst's 0. and w. setter dog Werona Cap (Count 
Gladstone 1V.—Daisy Croft), Frank Richards, handler, with H. 
S. Bevan's |. and w. setter bitch Leda Windem (Lady’s Count 
Gladstoné—Selkirk Iris), owner, handler. 

Mrs. P. WW. Hurst's b., w. and t. setter dog Werona Diablo 
(Count Gladstone 1V.—Daisy Croft), Frank Richards, handler, with 
N. T. De Pauw’s liy. and w. pointer bitch Jingo’s Romp (Jingo— 
—), D. E, Rose, handler. 

C. W. Mullen’s 1. and w. setter dog Robert Count Gladstone 
(Lady's Count Gladstone—Selkirk’s Iris), H. S, Bevan, handler, 
with Dr. F. Y. Long’s b., w. and t. setter dog Dayy Crockett 
(Tony Boy—Hoosier Girl), J. H. Johnson, handler, ; 

Prof. I. H. Osthaus’ b., w. and t setter dog Kipling (Joe 
Cumming—Miss Osthaus), D, EH. Rose, handler, with C. E. Mc- 
Murdo’s liv. and w. pointer dog Gilt (St. Clair—Mabel Silk), W.-J. 
Giles, handler, : d ; ’ 

W. C. Banks’ 1, and w, pomter dog Sam B. (Jingo’s Light—Phi), 
H. S. Bevan, handler, with P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, setter dog Bow 
iknot (Why Not—Binnte B.), C. Tucker, handler. i 

Dr. G. Chisholm’s liv. and w. pointer dog Doc Light (Jingo’s 
Light—Gill’s Juno), D, E. Rose, handler, with H. B. Ledbetter’s 
b., w. and t. setter dog Sport's Solomon (Marie’s Sport—Isabella 
Maid). A. Albaugh, handler. 

Arthur Stern’s b., w. and t. setter bitch Bet (Count Ladystone— 
Fairy Sport), W. WW, Hammond, handler, with Dr, J. S. Brown’s 
b.. w. and t. setter bitch Molly B. Il. (Tony’s Gale—Molly B.), 
J. H. Johnson, handler. ‘ f : 
~ P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and f£ setter bitch Tom Boy (Tony 
Boy—Lena Belle), C. Tucker, handler, with Mrs. P Hurst's 
b., w. and t, setter bitch Verona Wilhelmina (Count Gladstone IV. 
—Countess I), I. Richards, handler. 

Dr. W._F. Henderson’s b., w. and t. setter bitch Lady Iris 
(Lady’s Count Gladstone—Selkirk Iris), H. $. Bevan, handler, 
with S. B, Dana's liv. and w. pointer dog Billy (Bob—Con), W, J. 
Giles, handler. . . 

A. MeLochlan’s b. and w. pointer dog Joe Howard (Brighton 
Joe—Oueen), A, Albaugh, handler, a bye. : 


Monday, Nov. 19, First Day. 


he weather was calm, warm and foggy. About the 
end of the first heat the fog lifted and there were signs 
of a clear day, which, however, wete soon dispelled by 
heavy clouds, The second heat was delayed by rain. 

After lunch the competition was suspended for the day 
on account of the rain, and the party returned to town. 

First Round. 

Leda Windem and Verona Cap were cast off at 8:31. 
Soon Leda flushed a bevy and both dropped to wing. 
Sent on, Cap pointed a single of the scattered birds and 
was well backed. Sent on, Leda pointed a bevy, and 
sprang in when Beyan flushed; Cap backed. On the scat- 
tered birds Cap pointed a single and Leda backed reluec- 
tantly to caution, Up at 9:31. Their range was hardly 
middling, and Cap marred her seeking by trailing after 
her competitor most of the while. 

Vera Diablo and Jingo’s Romp were started at 9:30. 
After running a few moments, rain set in heavily, and 
the heat was delayed by it till 11:17. Soon after it was 
resumed, Diablo pointed a bevy prettily and Romp backed 
well; Diablo jumped in and flushed the bevy, but stopped 
to order promptly. Diablo pointed a single in a hollow. 
Romp made two good points on singles. Romp was near 
to a bevy which flushed in the open. Following the 
scattered birds, Romp got a point of uncertain character 
on another bevy. The birds were followed into oak 
woods, where Romp pointed as some birds flushed. Up at 
12:15. Both stayed out well at their work. The setter 
had a bit of advantage in judgment and work. 


Tuesday, Nov. 20, Second Day. = 


The weather continued to be unfavorable. The morn- 
ing was foggy, warm and calm. The fog gradually lifted, 
and for a while the signs indicated a clearing up and a 
pleasant day, but masses of dark clouds gathered and ob- 
secured the sky, a light drizzle fell betimes, and as a whole 
the weather conditions were again unpleasant. 

Birds were apparently scarce or éxceedingly difficult to 
find. Long stretches of the preserve were well beaten 
out, and notwithstanding this the total number of bevyies 
found throughout the day was exceedingly small. As a 
result, there was nothing satisfactorily determinate in 
the competition. ; 

However well a dog may fun or range, there is no 
proper rating of his merit without work on birds. A 
harrow ranger may beat a wide ranger in finding from 
using better nose and judgment, etc., but without birds it 
is largely a test of speed and range. 

Robert Count Gladstone and Davy Crockett began their 
competition at 8:55 in an open field near Gibson’s Well. 
Robert pointed and Davy, quite a distance away, backed: 
then Robert caught sight of Davy and they backed each 
other. Nothing was found. Robert again pointed and 
was backed, and again nothing was found, - Sent on. 
Davy pointed a hevy and was backed. Each made a 
point on scattered birds in heavy cover. Robert had some 
advantage in speed and range, though the latter was but 
middling, but his point work was largely inaccurate. Up 
at 10 !04, 

Kipling and Gilt were cast off at 10:06. Kipling flushed 
a bevy which Gilt was said to be pointing jn heavy cover. 
The birds were followed into a cornfield, Both “pointed 
a single, after poimting the foot scent where several had 
flushed, Kipling roaded and pointed; two birds flushed 
wild ahead temptingly, and he chased. LOD ees 
Kipling ranged wide and at good speed, used his nose 
skillfully and showed natural capabilities, but was. rather 
taw in working fo the gun, With more.experience: he 
should make a superior performer. : 

sam B. and Baw Knot were cast off at 11:26. Sam. 


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-and Lady backed; nothing found. 


pointed in the open field; nothing found, Bow ran into a 
bevy excusably and flushed it, dropping to wing promptly 
and steadily. On the scattered birds Bow pointed pret- 
tily for a moment, then dropped to his point; Sam nearly 
pointed the scattered birds. Bow had a keen fancy for 
chasing rabbits. He was snappy and quick in his work. 
Sam worked with poor judgment. , 

Sport's Solomon and Doc Light began their competi- 
tion at 1:33, after lunch. Doc pointed a bevy in p.ne 
woods, and Sport, a few yards away, pointed the same 
bevy. Both were steady to shot. Doc next pointed a 
single bird well. After searching about for the scattered 
birds in the pine woods, where both dogs made game 
betimes, they were turned into the open field. Doc soon 
pointed a bevy sharply, and when the birds flushed he 
made a move as if to spring, but was steady to order, He 
next made two good points on single birds, while Sport 
made one stiff point on foot scent. Up at 2:13. Doe 
was far superior in his bird work, though his range was 
but middling. His judgment also was the better. This 
was the best heat of the day in respect to the worl: on 
birds. 

Bet and Mollie B. II. were started at 2:28 In woods 
Hammond called point, but before the judges could sce 
Bet the birds flushed. They were followed further into 
the woods. Mollie pointed; nothing was found. The 
horsemen flushed several birds, which were followed in 
the woods without material result. Up at 2:58. The 
heat was a poor one. The dogs speed and range were 
moderate. It was said that Mollie was not in good health. 

Tom Boy and Verona Wilhelmine were cast off at 
3:10. The latter made a good point in woods some dis- 
tance away, and held it well. but nothing was found to it. 
Tom a moment later dropped to a point on a bevy in an 
opposite direction in the open, and was steady to wing and 
shot. Wilhelmine soon pointed again, and was backed, but 
nothing was found. .Up at 4:13. Their speed was good 
and range irregular, though they shortened it a good 
bit toward the latter part of the heat. 

Lady Iris and Billy were cast off at 4:16. Billy backed 
Lady's point well; nothing found. In corn, Billy pointed 
Up at 5:03. Both 
ranged fairly wide and fast, though they galloped freely 
over good or poor ground alike, and showed but little 
judgment in beating out their ground. The absence of 
any work on birds left their merits undetermined. 

This ended the work of the day. at the Conover end of 
the grounds. 


Wednesday, Nov. 21, Third Day. 


The weather was cloudy and uncertain as to signs. 
While the clouds were black and heayy,.they also were 
broken, with indications of clearing away. About I1 
o clock rain set in and delayed the running nearly a halt 
hour. The sky then cleared up, and the remainder of 
the day was clear and warm, too warm for the best work 
of the dogs. 

Birds were seemingly scarce and difficult to find. 

Joe Howard was the bye dog. He was run with Tony 
Man. a setter, handled by J. M. Avent. They were 
started at 8:42. Soon Joe pointed a bevy in an open 
field, getting very close to it. Next Tony pointed and 
Joe backed. On the scattered birds, Tony pointed a 
single and was backed. Joe flushed a single on bare 
ground. Up at 9:20. The heat was commonplace. This 
ended the first round. 


Second Round. 

Six dogs were continued in the running. Bow Knot, 
though his work had been marred by chasing rabbits and 
a rather excusable flush on a bevy, was industrious and 
sharp in his bird work, and was in my opinion worthy 
of further trial. 

Doe Light and Tom Boy were started at 9:35. Doc, 
quite a distance away, pointed stanchly, but moved on 
before his handler reached him. In woods, Doc pointed 
and Tom backed; nothing was found to the point, but 
some birds were close by flushed by the horses after the 
dogs had moved on. In the open, Doc flushed a single 
and sprang at it, missing it. Next, both made game and 
pointed, then Doc roaded on after a single in heavy 
grass, The bird flushed wild. Tom at the same time 
roaded to a Mush on a single. In the open field, Tom 
next pointed a bevy and Doce pointed close by on the foot 
scent. In woods on the scattered birds, Doc pointed and 
was backed. Tom next pointed a single well. Up at 
10:27. Doc was industrious. and beat out his ground with 
fair judgment. Tom Boy made an improvement in hie 
work as compared with his prior heat. While Dac was 
successful in getting on birds, his point work was quite 
faulty compared with that of his previous worl. 

Robert Count Gladstone and Billy commenced at 10:36. 
Billy in the open got into the middle of a bevy which 


was scattered thinly about, and pointed it well; Robert’ 


backed. Next Billy made two good points on singles, and 
was well backed each time. Both were steady to shot. 
A heayy rain set in at 11:10, and the running was sus- 
pended till 12:20. They were ordered up at 12:20. Both 
were erratic in range, but Billy was decidedly the better 
performer on birds. The party went to lunch. 

Wilhelmine and Lady Iris were cast off at 1:28 and ran 
till 2:36. Lady in the open, about 150 yards away, pointed 
a bevy; Wilhelmine backed nicely for a few moments, 
then stole the point. Both were steady to shot. On the 
scattered hirds in the open field Wilhelmine pointed one 
and was steady to caution. Lady at the same time pointed, 
then moved on and flushed the birds. Beside heayv brush 
in the open field and withered cane, Wilhelmine pointed 
and Lady backed; they moved on, making game to and 
fro. but failed to locate any birds. Both were tiring at 
this juncture, Lady’s range being the narrower. The dogs 
were separated for a few moments. Wilhelmine was 
found charging about where.a bevy was flushing. Up at 
2:36. The heat was a poor one. Both started with good 
speed and ranged usefully wide. but they had poor judg- 
ment in beating out their ground; and their bird work was 
meager and faulty, considering their opportunities. 

Third Round. 

Doe Light and Billy were started at 2:54 in an apen 
field. Doc soon found and pointed a beyy in heavy 
coyer in a hollow, and Billy backed. Sent on. In the 
open field Doc pointed a bevy well and Billy, about 60 


-yards away, backed. The birds were followed, but nothing 


was found, Up at 3:21. Doc had much the better of 


the heat in every way. He cut out the pace and range, and 
was much stronger in his bird work. 

The stake could have been decided at this juncture, 

One heat and part of another of the All-Age Stake was 
run, after which the Derby was resumed. 

Fourth Round, 

Doc Light and Lady Iris were cast off at 4:50 in a 
cornfield. Doce showed infinitely better knowledge of 
hunting and judgment in beating out his ground. While 
Lady ran well and went wide enough, her knowledge of 
bird seeking seemed to be limited. Doc found and pointed 
a bevy in open weeds, doing a meritorious piece of work. 
Lady hacked. The birds were followed. Doc pointed on 
some of them, and they flushed as he drew nearer to 
locate. The grotind was bare and the birds were not dis- 
posed to tarry. Lady pointed some as they Hushed. Up 
at 5:31, with Doe distinctly superior in the competition. 

In the evening the judges announced the winners as 
follows: First, Doc Light; second, Billy; third, divided 
between Lady Iris and Tom Boy. 

The Derby was a distinctly ordinary stake as to the 
competition made by the contestants. 


The Alf Age Stake. 
There were fifteen starters drawn to run as follows: 


J. W. Tlynn’s o. and w. pointer dog Senator P. (Captain B.— 
Queen b.), I. Richards, handler, with J. D, Law’s b., w. and t. 


setter dog Lady's Count (Count Gladstone [V.—Dan’s Lady), J. 


H, Johnson, handler, 

Avent & Thayer’s b., w. and t. setter dog Roysterer (Count 
Gladstone 1V.—Hester Prynne), J. M. Avent, handler, with P. 
Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t. setter dog Why Not (Hugene T.— 
Miss Ruby), C. Tucker, handler. 

G. G, Williamson’s b., w. and t. setter dog Sport’s Gath (Marie’s 
Sport—Marie’s Fleet), D: E. Rose, handler, with Avent & 
Duryea’s b., w. and ft. setter bitch Sioux (Count Gladstone [V.— 
Hester Prynne), J. M. Avent, handler. 

J. 5. Crane’s b., w. and t, pointer bitch Zephyr 11. (Rip Rap— 
Jingo’s Joy), A. Albaugh, handler, with Geo. Crockér’s 0. and w. 
setter bitch Minnie’s Girl (Antonio—Minnie T.), S. C. Bradley, 
handler. 

J. S. Crane’s liv. and w. pointer bitch Dot’s Daisy (Jingo— 
'Dot’s Pearl), A. Albaugh, handler, with P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. 
and t. setter bitch Geneva (Tony Boy—Lenabelle), €. Tucker, 
handler. 

E, L, Jamison’s b., w. and t. setter bitch Peg’s Girl (Rodfield— 
Lady Webster, A. Albaugh, handler, with Geo. Crocker’s lem. 
and w. setter dog Gilt Edge (Count Gladstone ITV.—Lillian Rus- 
sell). S. C. Bradley, handler. 

Avent & Duryea’s b., w. and t, setter dog Prime Minister (Count 
Gladstone 1V.—Hester Prynne), J. M. Avent, handler, with Dr. 
C. I. Schoop’s_b., w. and t. setter dog Count Hunter (Count 
Gladstone 1¥V—Hunter’s Queen), J. H. Johnson, handler. 

E. M. Beale’s liv. and w. pointer dog Earl Jingo (Jingo—Pearl's 
Dot), J. H. Johnson. handler, a bye. 


This stake was open to all pointers and setters that 
had never won a first prize at the Continental, U. S. or 
Eastern Field Trial Club’s trials. Purse, $500; $250 to 
first; $150 to second, $100 to third. Ten dollars to 
nomunate, $20 additional to start. There were thirty-two 
nominations. 

First was won by Sioux. She should have been dropped 
out of the competition at the conclusion of the frst 
series. Her work throughout was of an exceedingly low 
grade as it related to finding and pointing birds and work 
to the gun. Her greatest claim to distinction rested on 
speed. Soon after starting in her first heat, she was 
lost nearly three-quarters of an hour, and, whether she 
was fotind on point or not, she was kept approximately to 
the course with the greatest difheculty. Four bevies were 
ridden or walked up in this heat, on ground which the 
dogs should have worked out properly. She made two 
points on single birds which were marked down and on 
which she was worked with difficulty. At the end of 
her first heat she was ranging close. Her tendency was 
to range out of bounds. In her heat with Why Not she 
stopped to a flush on a single of a bevy. dropping to 
wing, after which the bevy was flushed; but dropping to 
a flush is far different from finding and pointing. On two 
other beyies which she pointed, she sprang in and flushed. 
She was exceedingly difficult to keep track of and to 
control. In her third heat she ran four. minutes. Her 
point work then was exceedingly faulty. Outside of fast, 
lawless ranging, there was nothing of special merit dis- 
played by her. 

Minnie’s Girl, second, made a fairly good competition, 
far better than Sioux’s, and, as the running was con- 
ducted, she was fairly entitled to second. She showed 
wisdom in planning her work, though her execution was 
somewhat faulty. 

Peg’s Girl, third, was far away the best competitor in 
the stake. She in her first heat found and pointed a 
bevy, shared a point on another and made five or six 
sharp, clean points on singles, working to the gun prettily. 
In her heat with Geneva she found and pointed two 
beyies, and made three points on singles and one divided 
point. In her heat with Minnie’s Girl she outworked the 
latter on singles, though the only bevy found was to 
Minnie’s credit. She beat out her ground with better 
judgment and more thoroughly, Minnie taking long casts 
and leaving much ground unworked. On _ the work 
done she defeated every competitor; on the class of 
her work she was about two classes above the best of 
her competitors. 

By the way, the term class is used many times as a 
glittering, mystifying generality. It is improper, as if 
it denoted in a yagtie way something better than mere 
work or good practical abilities. A dog merrily gallops 
off on a self-hunt, and showing great speed when he is 
in sight, and a persistent purpose to remain out of sight 
so long as he pleases. The onlooking sportsman probably 
objects to him for his misdoings. “Oh, but consider his 
high class!" What high class? A class dog is simply one 
which can be relied upon to repeat with a reasonable 
degree of certainty a good performance, day after ‘day. 
His performance is measured by certain well-defined 
conventional standards, which have been elaborated from 
the necessities of the case. A runaway dog is no more 
a good field trial dog than a runaway horse is a good 
race horse. But speed is but one of many qualities to 
consider, The rules and definitions of the competition as 
set forth by the Eastern Field Trial Club embody all the 
club standards, and in no place therein does it hold that 
bolting, self-hunting. flushing, ete, are “high class.” 
These qualities denote a bad class, not high class. 

Tt is a long time since a stake was worse managed and 
worse judged than was this All Age Stake, 

Dot's Daisy and Prime Minister were ‘both better 
performers in their first heat than was Sioux. 


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Eliminating all*the sophisms of “class” and “style,” etc., 
the plain facts are that Sioux, on her actual doings, made 
a wretchedly inferior competition, and that the judges 
made a great mistake in keeping her in the competition 
at all after the first series. 


First Round. 


Senator P, and Lady’s Count began at 3:29 in the open, 
Mr. Johnson had the latter only three or four days in 
charge, so that the handling was extremely difficult, 
Count was lost for some minutes, but came in later of 
his own motion. Each pointed in the open; nothing 
found. A bevy was flushed by the horses and marked 
down in the open field. The dogs were brought to it. 
Both pointed. The weather was then very warm and the 
birds were reluctant to fly. There was fiddling about 
after the singles which were marked down close by. 
Senator pointed twice and flushed one. Count was hard 
to handle. Up at 4:15. Senator ranged well and dis- 
played good speed and judgment. § 

Roysterer and Why Not were cast off at 4:22 in an 
open field. Soon Roysterer tool a cast and was lost, and 
Why Not was held up while a search was made for him. 
Not being found at 4:35, the heat was postponed, and the 
Derby was resumed. It would have been better to have 
continued the heat, and if Roysterer would not keep to the 
course there was a penalty to it. Working to the gun is a 
part of field work and field trial work. 


Thursday, Noy. 22, Forth Day. 


Pleasant weather conditions succeeded to the three pre- 
ceding days of bad weather. The sun shone clear, warm 
and bright. A gentle breeze prevailed betimes. The birds 
came forth from their haunts, and were found in sufficient 
ntmbers in most of the heats. Those who kept tally 
alleged that twenty-three bevies were found, counting 
those found by the dogs and those flushed by handlers and 
horses. The competition was mixed in character, from 
poor to very poor. 

Roysterer and Why Not continued their unfinished heat 
of yesterday, commencing at 8:37. Soon after starting 
Why Not found and pointed two bevies, a few minutes 
apart. Roysterer backed. Near a ravine both pointed. 
Why Not had a single, and both were steady to wing and 
shot. Why Not flushed a bevy in the open, Another bevy 
was flushed by the horsemen soon afterward, Why Not 
imade two good points on singles. Roysterer made several 
false points. Why Not next pointed a bevy in open 
weeds and was backed. Roysterer was difficult to handler 
and had shortened a wide range at the start to a narrow 
one at the finish. Why Not had also shortened his range 
a good bit. His finding, pointing and working to the 
gun were far the beter. Up at 9:38. 

Sport’s Gath and Sioux were cast off at 9:42, The 
former had a broken tail, which was wrapped in court 
plaster. Soon after starting both dogs were lost. They 
were started again at 10:30 after being found. Gath 
pointed a wounded quail. Gath pointed; Sioux refused to 
back; nothing found. Some birds, flushed by the 
handlers, were marked down near a hedge in the open. 
Sioux pointed twice on singles; Gath pointed twice and 
nothing was found. Each was exceedingly swift and 
dificult to handle. They ranged out of bounds, and be- 
times were paying little heed to the gun. Toward the end 
of the heat they natrowed their range materially. The 
heat was a poor one. Wp at 11:32. 

Zephyr II. and Minnie’s.Girl were cast off at 1r:qt. 
Both made game in the open. Zephyr pointed in a half- 
hearted manner. Soon she pointed again in a manner 
which did not inspire confidence, and her handler ordered 
her on. She took a step or two and the bevy flushed. 
She instantly stopped to wing. As Minnie worked toward 
some of the birds marked down in the open in front of 
her, she pointed another bevy; both were steady to wing 
and shot. On the scattered birds in pine woods, Zephyr 
flushed a single, made a point on two birds. Minnie 
pointed twice where the birds had been marked down, 
and a bird flew each time from the trees overhead. By 
the side of a ditch Minnie pointed a bevy and was backed, 
Zephyr was erratic in range. Both worked industriously, 
Minnie displaying the beter judgment. Up at 12:52. 

Dot’s Daisy and Geneva were cast off at 2:12. In open 
weeds Geneva pointed and was backed; nothing found, 
Daisy in a hollow by a run pointed and roaded up wind of 
a bevy flushed close by her by a horseman. The weather 
was then exceedingly warm, and continued so during the 
remainder of the day. On the scattered birds in woods 
Geneva pointed and was well backed, and both were 
steady. In woods Geneva pointed and was backed, but 
nothing was found; but about 4o yards further in open 
weeds both roaded and pointed: Tucker flushed a bevy 
to the point. In woods Geneva pointed a single. Up at 
3:05. Both were good rangers and fast as to speed. 

Peg’s Girl and Gilt Edge were cast off at 3:20. Gilt 
made a point on larks and was backed. Gilt pointed a 

bevy by the edge of a branch. The birds were followed. 
_ Two bevies were ridden up and marked down in heavy 
cover near deep ditches. Girl pointed a single bird 
staunchly. Sent on. Gilt wheeled prettily to a point; 
moved on, both made game and pointed by the edge of 
the heavy ditch cover, but it was impossible to flush the 
birds. Gilt pointed a single. Sent on. Gitl found and 
pointed a bevy on a side hill in weeds. Sent on. Both 
made game in the open weeds, and both got a point on a 
bevy. On the scattered birds in woods, Gilt dropped to a 
point; nothing found. He next made a good point on 
a single. Girl made three or four points on singles in a 
sharp, shappy manner, and was accurate in her work. Up 
at 4:17. Each ranged well at good speed. 

Prime Minister and Count Hunter were started at 4:26, 
Minister nicely pointed a bevy in open weed field and was 
well backed. On a side hill some goo yards away, Minister 
pointed staunchly, and a single bird was seen to flush wild 
from it. The dogs were brought together and cast off 
again. Count pointed a bevy in the open field at the 
edge of pine woods and sprang in and flushed it. The 
birds were followed into the pine woods. Each made 
several good points on the singles, Count having some 
advantage in the amount of work done. Both dogs were 
difficult to handle. They were fast and went wide, Min- 
ister had the better of the heat, Up at 5:32. 


FOREST AND_ STREAM.: 


Friday, Nov. 23, Fifth Day. 


The morning was calm and cloudy, with a light fog 
which was soon dissipated by a warm sum. The warm 
temperature was much like that of a day in early Sep- 
tember. Birds were found in fair numbers. 

Earl Jingo, the bye dog, had for a rtinning mate the 
setter. dog Lark, owned by the Eldred Kennels, and 
handled by S. C. Bradley. Lark pointed a bevy and was 
backed by Eat]. Next Earl roaded to a point; nothing 
found. Both pointed foot scent by the side of a ditch. 
Earl pointed a bevy and a single bird. Up at 1o;05. The 
heat was a poor one. 

Second Round. 

Six dogs were selected to compete further, They were 
tun as follows: 

Peg’s Girl and Geneva were cast off at 10:31. Peg 
ran sharply into a point on a bevy in woods; on the scat- 
tered birds she made three points, also both made a point 
together on the same bird. Both pointed foot scent; 
nothing found. The dogs were separated for a while. 
Geneva in a briery place made game and pointed, but 
nothing was found. Up at 11:10. Peg’s Girl worked 
very nicely to the gun, was sharp and accurate in her 
bird work and ranged well with speed and judgment. 
Geneva ranged well and at good speed, but her work on 
birds was meager, 

Minnie’s Girl and Senator P. commenced at 11:20. 
Soon Minnie in an open field pointed a bevy and was 
steady to shot. Senator was not near at the time. The 
birds were marked down in the open field. Both at the 
same time pointed on them; they were steady to shot. 
Minnie next poimted a single. Senator across wind pointed 
a bevy which flushed wild, Each made a point on-the 
scattered birds. Up at 11:45. Each ranged irregularly 
though at fair speed, and their work as a whole was lack- 
ing in good finish. 

Sioux and Why Not were started at 1:39, after lunch. 
Why Not drew to a point on a bevy in open weeds and 
Sioux backed. Both were steady to shot. On the scat- 
tered birds in woods each pointed a single. Sent on in 
the open. 
was steady to shot. Sioux, going down wind, flushed a 
single outlying bird and dropped to wing, and the rest 
of the bevy was flushed in front of her When a dog 
drops to a flush and other birds are flushed close by him 
or her, there is very little merit in the act as a find ora 
point. Near a ford Sioux pointed a bevy and sprang in 
as it flushed, or it flushed as she sprang. Sent on. Both 
pointed at the edge of woods and some birds were flushed 
wild. Sioux in sedge and plum bushes pointed a bevy. 
Avent flushed one or two and Sioux sprang in and flushed 
the remainder. The birds were followed. Why Not 
pointed, then moved on and flushed the bird. Both were 
fast but hard to handle, Sioux offending seriously in this 
respect, Up at 2:34, 

Third Round, 

Minnie’s Girl and Peg’s Girl wére cast off at 3:02. 
Minnie took a long cast up a valley and pointed a bevy in 
open weeds. Shé was irresolute on her point, moved 
forward and flushed a single, after which the remainder 
of the bevy flushed. On the scattered birds, Minnie 
pointed one and was neatly backed. Peg then made four 
sharp points in rapid succession. Up at 3:39. Both 
ranged well and with good judgment. Although Pee did 
not take such long casts as Minnie, she covered the avail- 
able ground much better, was much sharper and stauncher 
ou her points, and had more skill in working to the gun. 

Fourth Round. 

Minnie’s Girl and Sioux were started at 4:28. and were 
tun four mimutes. This was merely to comply with the 
rules, and had no significance as a matter of competition, 

The judges soon thereafter announced the winners as 
follows: First, Sioux; second, Minnie’s Girl; third, 
Peg’s Girl. The names read in reverse order would better 
have been in accord with their relative merits. 


The Subscription Stake. 


There were ten starters in the Subscription Stake, and 
of these six had run in the preceding stake. The quality 
of the work was as a whole good, though there was 
nothing brilliant, nor even to a degree to excite admira- 
tion. Why Not was substituted for Lenabelle, the latter 
being ill. Both are owned by Mr. Pierre Lorillard, Jr. 

The entrance was $50. First prize, $250; second, S100; 
third, $50. The stake closed on Oct. 1, Each heat to be 
two hours long. The stake was open to all pointers and 
setters. 

The dogs were drawn in the following order: 

P, Lorillard, Jrs, b., w. Ss x Pink y (Gleam? 
Pink—Belle of Pawling? C. Packer Stapler citi Geaiee Grobe 


b., w. and ¢. setter dog Sam T Luk J— F 
ook handles gz . Ciuke Roy—Beity B.), S. C. 
P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, setter dog Why Not, owner, handler, with J, 
S. Crane’s porntes bitch Dot’s Daisy, A. Albaugh, handler, ‘ 
Duryea & Avent’s b., w. and t. setter dog Dot’s Roy (Orlands 
—Dolly Wilson), J. M. Ayent, handler, with George Crocker's 
setter bitch Minnie’s Girl, S. C. Bradley, handler, 
Avent & Duryea’s b., w. and t, setter bitch Lady Rachel (Count 
Gladstone TV.—Hester Prynne), J, M. Avent, handler, with P, 
Lorillard, Jr.’s, setter bitch Geneva, ©. Tucker, handler. 
Duryea & Avent’s setter bitch Sioux, J. M. Avent, handler, with 
i. L. Jamison’s setter bitch Peg’s Girl, A, Albaugh, handler. 


Saturday, Nov, 24, Sixth Day. 


The weather was cloudy and cool, with a gentle wind 
at times. There was some rawness of the temperature in 
the afternoon. Owing to the unfavorable weather birds 
were not moving mtich, and they were consequently diff- 
cult to find. The bird work therefore was meager. 

Pink Boy and Sam T. were cast off at 8:05. In the 
heat Sam pointed a bevy which flushed wild, and pointed 
about 30 yards from another, which Pink located more 
definitely and pointed. Sam made two points on single 
birds. He false pointed several times, and was betimes 
Over-cautious on scent. Pink flushed one bevy and 
pointed another, and made three points on scattered birds 
and one excusable flush on a single. Their range was 
ordinary as a whole. 

Why Not and Dot’s Daisy ran quite a sound heat. 
They were cast off at 10:07. Why Not poimted a bevy 
in the open, then moved on to locate, and it flushed. On 
the scattered birds in woods Daisy pointed, roaded and 
the bird flushed wild. Next, in the open, Why Not pointed 


Why Not pointed a beyy'in thick cover and, 


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a bevy, and Daisy backed nicely. In open weeds Daisy 
next pointed a bevy and Why Not backed. Daisy made 
two good points on singles, and Why Not made one. 
They ranged well at good speed and beat out their grotnd 
‘with fair judgment. : 

Dot’s Roy and Minnie’s Girl began at 12:55. In open 
weeds Minnie pointed a bevy and Roy backed. Both were 
steady to shot. Both pointed the scattered birds in pine 
woods. Roy in woods pointed, roaded and a single 
flushed. Minnie pointed a bevy well. Next in an open 
field she pointed and roaded about, and Roy joined in 
the roading; they were probably on the scent of larks, as 
some were seen to flush from the place where the dogs 
were puzzling about. Roy pointed a bevy on bare ground; 
it flushed wild. Minnie was out of sight a few moments: 
in searching for her, her handler flushed a bevy in heavy 
weeds, and Minnie was near by on a point, he claimed, 
and all the circumstances corroborated his claim. On 
scattered birds fushed by one of the handlers, Roy flushed 
a single. They ranged moderately well. Their work 
was good, though not free from material faults. In range 
and spéed they were middling, 

Lady Rachel and Geneva were cast off at 3:22, after a 
wait for the wagons, which were not at an appointed 
place, according to the instruction given to the drivets. 
Lady pointed by a ditch in a cornfield and was well backed 
by Geneva. The latter ranged with pleasing judgment, 
casting wide and working to the gun. The heat had not 
been long under way when Lady was lost. and not being 
found after a long wait the heat was adjourned to the 
following Monday. Up at 3:53. This was an erroneous 
ruling, as, having started, each dog should have been re- 
quired to abide by his own doings. The heats were to be 
two hours in length, and anything short of that or any 
break in the heat vitiated the equity of the conditions. If 
one error could be overlooked or condoned all others 
could be likewise treated. 


Subscription Stake. 


Newton, N. C., Nov. 26.—Special to Forest ond 
Stream. The Subscription Stake ended to-day. The 
weather was cloudy and chilly, with a stiff wind. There 
were birds enough for a satisfactory test of the merits of 
the competitors. Lady Rachael and Geneva ran for two 
hours. lady Rachael was disobedient and disposed to 
self-hunt.. She pointed single birds well. Geneva found 
four bevies and ranged prettily to the gun. 

Sioux and Peg’s Girl ran a good heat, working well 
on both bevies and singles. Sioux proved himself the 
better ranger and finder, while Peg’s Girl was better on 
scattered birds. 

Geneva and Pees Girl ran a heat of twenty-four min- 
utes to determine second and third. Peg was the better 
performer on birds. Both ranged well. Sioux easily 
won first, Peg’s Girl second and Geneya third. 

B. WATERS. 


The Brunswick Fur Club. 


THe Brunswick Fur Club will hold its twelfth annual 
winter hunt at Barre, Mass., during the week of Dec. 3. 

The annual meeting of the cluh for the election of 
officers and the transaction of other business will be held 
on Monday evening, Dec. 3. 

All hunters are urged to bring their hounds and aid 
in making this hunt the best in the club's history. Hounds 
willbe cared for at the expense of the club. 

- All who enjoy a fox hunt on New England hills, ladies 
as well as gentlemen, will receive a hearty welcome, 
Braprorp S. Turerm, Secretary, 
Roxsury, Mass. 


Points and Flushes. 


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laws and standard in the near future. The club is now 
fully organized anc ready for active participation in the 
sphere which it proposes to fill in promoting the interests 
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not to any individual connected with the paper. 


St. Louis’ Boiler. 


In our issue of Nov. ro, the boiler of the St. Lawrence 
Y. C, steam-tender St. Louis is referred to as built “by 
Davis & Sons, under the Roberts patent water tube,” etc. 
We are advised by the Davis Dry Dock Co. that this 
statement is erroneous, and that the boiler is the Davis 
water-tube boiler, 


The N. Y. Y. C. and the Cup Defense. 


WHEN we asked the yachting public a shott time aga 
to be reasonable in their views toward the N. Y. Y. C. 
in regard to the defense of the Cup, we were confident 
that the matter would be arranged in a most satisfactorv 
manner. ; 

Now that the names of the men who are interested 
in the syndicate, the manager and the professional sailing 


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master, have been uinnuoneed, the selection has met with 
universal approyal among yachtsmen throughout the 
country. From now until the latter part of August the 
public will be indebted to Messrs, August Belmont, 
James Stillman, Oliyer H. Payne, F, G, Bourne and 
Henry Walters for their combined efforts toward pro- 
ducing a boat for the defense oi the Cup. To these able 
yachtsmen must be added Mr. Wm, B. Dunean, who 
has agreed to manage and sail the new defender. The 
entire affair could not be in better hands. s* ” 

The statements that the Herreshoffs reached their limit 
in building Columbia is ridiculous, and there can be no 
doubt that the new boat, in Mr, Dunean’s hands, will be 
some minutes faster than Columbia, although Columbia, 
with Mr, GC. O. Iselin in charge, will undoubtedly be 
faster than when she raced against Shamrock, and will 
take the trial races interesting sport. [M%s. 

The selection of Capt. Urias Rhodes as professional 
skipper for the new boat, is a good one. Capt. Rhodes is 
well known as skipper of Detender. _ 

Yachtsmen may have their ideas of Shamrock [J., but, 
af course, nothing is known concerning her ability, So 
far as she is concerned only congratulations are due to 
Sir Thomas Lipton for his persistency in trying to win 
the Cup. 


An Interesting Lawsuit, 


Aw interesting lawsuit brought by the owner of an Eng- 
lish vacht to recover a suit of clothes from the steward 
of his yacht was tried a short _time ago before Judge 
Perey Gye, of the Provincial County Court, sitt‘ng at 
Southampton, England. The owner of the yacht Cor- 
sair, Mr, James Beesty, furnished the clothes for the 
steward when he was engaged, the steward having agreed 
to return them if he should leave Mr. Beesty’s service 
before the Corsair was put out of commission in the 
fall. In the event of his serving through until the crew 
was paid off, he was to retain his clothes. “When the 
yacht was lying off Margate in August she dragged her 
anchor and collided with a fishing smack, injuring her 
to such an extent that the crew, thinking the yacht, was 
lost, abandoned her, and landed at Dover, where they 
were paid off by the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society and 
sent to their homes. Meanwhile Corsair had been brought 
safely into port. The owner claimed that as he had not 
paid off his men or put the yacht out of commission, the 
crew ought to have returned to work, but Judge Gye took 
a different view of the matter. He contended that the 
vessel went out of commission when she was wrecked, 
and under the circumstances the steward might lawfully 
retain the clothes. 


At the City Island Yards. 


Av Hawkins’ yard there are comparatively few boats. 
The cutters Columbia, Defender, Navahoe, Winona and 
the 7o-footer Mineola; the schooners Corona and 
Emerald, and the fin-keel cutters Carmita and V encedor 
are in their winter quarters. Vorant II. is lying in the 
offing, and will be hauled out in a few days. Columbia’s 
bottom and topsides are in excellent shape, but the action 
of water and weather is beginning to show on De- 
fender’s topsides. : 

Robertson’s yard is well filled with boats; some twenty 
yachts are on the beach there. Among them are the 
sloops Genia, Lydia, Clytie, Pontiac, Marjorie, Mignon, 
Charlotte, Cymbra, Notus, Carita, Chaos, Nellie and Lo- 
dona; the yawls Active, Espirito and Consuelo; the 
schooner Mohegan, and the launches Comet and Sara. 

At the Jacob yard over sixty boats are hauled out for 
the winter, and several of them will undergo extensive 
alterations. Jn the shop there are a number of the 15- 
footers for the Manhasset Bay Y. C. in frame, one of 
which is already finished, The 7o-footer Virginia will 
be strengthened under the direction of Mr. Clinton H. 
Crane. A shed has been built around the schooner 
Amorita, and a mimber of alterations will be made to get 
her in shape for 11ext season’s racing. What the changes 
will be is a question, as great secrecy 1s being maintained 
in tegard to then. Mr. Jacob has several new orders 
pending. The yai |its now on the beach are Hester, Queen 
Mab, Indra, Raju'!, Memory, Nimbus, Razmatang, Maid 
Marion, Raider, } oreli, Robin Hood, Whileaway, Veda, 
Esperanza, Carolira, Hera, Eaglet, Anatoak, Adelaide, 
Newasi, Josephine. Louise, O Shima San, Hussar I., Em- 
pronzi, Walre, Colleen, Jolly Roger, Tempus, Mistral, 
Josephine (cutter), Countess, Shrimp, Microbe, Spindrift 
(raceabont), Ola, Banshee, Spindrift, Departure, Me- 
tahka, Norota, Ellida, [rene; the launches Columbia, Bec 
Peep, Wolverine, Augusta, Fearless, Tda May. Little 
Billy, Golden Rod, four launches belonging to the Naval 
Reserve, two launches belonging to the Westchester 
Country Club and two house boats. 

At Woods’ yard the following boats are in winter 
berths: Oiseau, Sophie, Possum, Folly, Golden Rod, 
Kestral, Cara, Snapper, Nadir and Jessica, also the launch 
Lasata. The Cartoon, which has just arrived from Bos- 
ton, is being dismantled and will soon go on the beach. 
In the shop the new boat for Mr. Anson Phelps Stokes, 
that was designed by Mr. Clinton H. Crane, is well under 
way, She is 4aft. on the waterline, 65it, over all, 15ft. 
beam, and 5ft. 6in. draft; she will be rigged as a sloop, 
and is fo be launched in January. when she will be taken 
South for a cruise in the West Indies, 


With the Boston Designers and 
Builders. 


THE amount of work already on hand by the designers 
and builders in the vicinity of Boston gives promise 
that the coming yachting season will be exceptionally 
interesting, 

The yard of Geo. Lawley & Son, Corp., at South 
Toston, presented a busy scene on Thursday last, when 
the torpedo boat Blakely was launched. The event was 
a great sticcess in every way, and now that the sheds are 
empty the keels of several new yachts will be laid down 
at once, d ‘ 

Among the new contracts already placed is an 18- 
footer for Mr. Frank Tandy, who formerly owned 
Bronco; a 25-footer for Mr. E. S, Grew, a 32-footer for 


Mr, W. C. Allison, a raceabout for Mr. W, D, Hennen, 
a 35-looter for Mr, H. P. King, a 25-footer for Mr, F, C. 
Weich, a raceabout for Mr, G. S, Silsbee, an 85-foot 
schooner designed by Mr, Clinton H. Crane, a 35-foot 
schooner for Mr, C, P. Curtis, a raceabout for Mr. G. 
P. Brown, an 18-footer for Mr, Alfred Douglass and the 
15-footer for Mr, Phinney. ‘Several other large orders 
will probably be placed in a few days, ; 

The following yachts are now in the basin or on the 
beach: Alborack, Albertina, Attaquin, Anago, Astrild, 
Avenel, Athla, Adrienne, Anaqua, Agatha, Babs, Bar- 
bara, Brigand, Beatrice, Bohemia, Bobs, Chiquita, Cloe- 
lia, Chapoquit, Chiquita (cutter), Cockatoo, Corondilla, 
Cherub, Duchess, Dragon, Dickey, Dreamer, Edythe, 
Eli, Blaine, Eugenia, Eunice, Flirt, Frolic, Gloria, Gos- 
ling, Gossoon, Gundred, John Harvard, Hildegarde, 
Hivpex, Harriet, Handsel, Halaia, Hanniel, Helen, 
Hulda, Helene, Iduna, Idalia, Iroquois, Ituna, Item, Idle 
Hour, Indra, Iris, Ilybuis, Jubilee, Josephine, Jenny 
Wren, Jule, Jacobin, King Philip, Kathelmina, Kate C., 
Loyal, Lolita, Lilias, Marguerite, Melusina, My Gypsy, 
Minister, Milicete, Mercedes, Mistral, Minerva, Nebula, 
Nerissa, Noria, Ocewah, Papoose, Priscilla, Peregrine, 
Papoose (cutter), Petrel, Rosemary, Reliance, Relief, 
Spalpeen, Saladin, Syren, Sarona, Sally (steamer), 
Shyesse, Sally, Scud, Scrap, Sagamore, Triton, The 
Wind, Theo, Urusula, Veritas, Veery, Vraic, Vire, 
Vidofner, Viking, Varandi, Widgeon, Waif, Zuleika, 
Zurich, Yoam and Yarico. 

At the Marblehead yacht yard no orders for new work 
nave yet been placed, but the sheds are being put in 
readiness, for seyeral contracts are pending. 

The following list will giye some idea of the large 
wumber of boats that are now in their winter quarters 
at this yard: Golden Rod, Nonda, Jackdaw, Rosie. 
Petong, Pewee, Suzette, Petrel, Albert Stewart, Lurline, 
Sally IV., Brenda, Alata, Brunhilde, Rondina I, Jilt. 
Bagheera. Rondinella, Dorothy, Sintram, Hurry, 
Ohlyhka, Fantasirniagorie, Kotik, Dragon, Lotis, Nancy, 
Amazon, Bayadere, Comet, Nina, Pinta, Brigand, Ugly 
Duckling, Mongoli, Gem, Kirin, Rondina L, Sparkle, 
Marie, Lounger, Widow, Josephine, Sealark, Grig, Petre] 
(cutter), Aittron, Yoonne, Hiawatha, Intrepid, Tosto, 
Polly, Palonia, Giralda, Sport, Bubble, Heron, Alverna, 
Kiowa, Penguin, Fussbridget, Myrtle, Oriole, Philopeno, 
Nameless, Coot, Cock Robin, Edith, Foam. 

The 4o-footer Gorilla is lying in Marblehead Harbor 
still in commission. 

The yards at Quincy, Salem, Dorchester and Glouces- 
ter already show signs of a busy winter. 

Mr. Arthur Binney, Mr. Isaac Mills and’ Mr. S. N. 
Small all have numerous orders, but do not wish to make 
them public as yet. Mr. B. B. Crowninshield has the 
largest amount of work on hand, and the following is 
the list. of boats already ordered: A 46-foot centerboard 
schooner for Theophile Parsons, of Boston: a 46-foot 
centerboard cruising sloop for Wm. M. Loyering, of 
Taunton, ‘Mass.; a 25-foot keel cruiser, cabin class, M. 
Y. R. A., for Edward, S. Grew, of Manchester, Mass.: 
a 15-foot centerboard boat for C. H. Kelley, of Winthrop, 
Mass.; a 21-foot keel raceabout for W. D. Hennen, for 
racing on Long Island Sound; an 18-foot knockabout 
for Frank Tandy, for racing in the 18-foot class of the 
M. Y. R. A.: a 32-foot keel cruising sloop for Wm. C. 
Allison, of Bar Harbor, Me.; a 16-foot fin-keel for A. 
D. Irving; a 65-foot schooner for Western parties; a 25- 
rater fot J. F. Donohue, of Sandusky, O.: a 39-foot keel 
yawl for De Ver H. Warner, of Bridgeport, Conn; a 
35-loot teel cutter for H. P. King, of Boston, Mass; two 
25-foot keel cruisers for F. G, Macomber, of Boston, 
Mass.; a 42-foot auxiliary yawl for J. H. Mason, of New 
Whatcom, Wash.; a 21-foot keel raceabout for Geo. 
C. Shattuck, of Islesboro, Me.; a 35-foot keel schooner 
for Geo, P. Curtis, of Boston, Mass.; a 21-foot keel 
cruiser for Sumner Foster, of Boston, Mass.: a 30-foot 
launch for C. B. Mather Co., Rowley, Mass: Canada Cup 
Defender, 35 or 40 ratings, for Messrs. Pynchon and Car- 
penter; a 2t-foot keel knockabout for Harry Laudauer, 
of Milwaukee; a class of 15-foot kneckabouts for Harry 
Burden and others; a 30-footer for Oscar B. Webber, of 
New York city; a class of small knockabouts for Louis 
Bacon and others, to be used on Buzzards Bay, and a 
racing sneakbox for M, Root, of Island Heights, N. J. 


A Catboat Cruise on Lake Ontario. 


(Concluded from page 418.) 


WE were in a nice sheltered place, with plenty of fire- 
‘wood, but the ones who went for milk had quite a time, 
haying to eross the end of a bay which was quite swampy, 
but they got there and induced the man of the house to 
kill them a pair of chickens for the morning. That night 
we indulged in the luxury of a bonfire, as it was the only 
place we had struck where there was wood enough for 
such a thing. 

After getting the chickens next morning we had to pluck 
them, and found it quite an undertaking, as we all lacked 
experience, but it was accomplished, and they really 
looked quite decent when done, as more than half the 
skin was left and the feathers were all gone, 

That day the sun stayed under a cloud, but the threat- 
ened rain did not come, and with a light breeze over the 
Juarter we had plenty of time to admire the views as they 
bpened upon us one after another, 

After passing Telegraph Island Light we ran ashore 
under a magnificent bunch of elms and camped for the 
mght within sight of Deseronto. That evening was cele- 
brated with a show of fireworks which had been laid in 
at Toronto, and about half of which we used up then to 
the great edification of the farmer’s family as well as our 
own pleasure, but they scared the dog we had with us 
80 much that he bolted and took all the pleasure out of 
the show, as we would not have lost him for anything, 
About half an hour afterward he turned up, having gone 
off into the bush and laid down, and he seemed thoroughly 
ashamed of himself, so we could not scold him. 

Next morning we pulled out, with Picton as our ob- 
jective point. The wind -was sou'west, fresh, and we 
needed it, as the Reach had to be negotiated, and a wind 
from that direction meant a dead beat to windward from 
Deseronto to Picton, fully fourteen miles. 

Cutting a corner saved us a couple of miles, and sheets 
were flattened in and the long beat to windward was on. 


FOREST AND STREAM. _ 


Asross the channel and back, to and fro, each time seeing 
us afother half-mile or so down the channel, We were in 
iio particular hurry, so every one enjoyed the sail except 
when Condor, a Toronto yacht, nearly ran us down, totally 
Wistegarding all sailing rules and regulations. 

We ran ashore opposite Hay Bay and cooked a warm 
lunch, and rested there a few minutes before going on. 
By the time we were near Glenora the wind lightened, and 
from there 1 to Picton it came in puffs, but gradually we 
drew up to the head of the pocket and about 4 o'clock 
landed at the wharf. 

An hour in Picton sufficed to get what provisions we 
wanted, and to let us all get a glimpse of a live town, and 
then we pulled out to find a camp site for the night. 

Sailing on down we passed Hepburn’s shipyard, and 
seeing what seemed like a nice spot ran in and tied up. 

By this time is was getting dark, and we had no op- 
portunity to seek further, but it proved tie poorest place 
we struck on the whole trip. Ants and spiders galore, and 
flies and moths by the million, and in addition a crazy 
man on the farm. To make matters worse, steamers were 
passing quite close all night long, and the swells from 
them jarred every one, s0 we were good and well pleased 
to get away from there as early as we could the next 
morning. 

The wind was light from the west and we crawled 
slowly along the shore. Owing to the heat we decided 
not to attempt the climb up the hill to see the Lake on 
the Mountain back of the Glenora mills. 

Slowly we sailed on, and soon after passing Glenora 
noticed a change in the color of the water. All the way 
from the Murray Canal down to this point the water had 
been black, but here it commenced to get back to Lake 
Ontario blue, greatly to our satisfaction, 

About 2 o'clock a good fresh breeze came up behind 
us and once more we started to move fast, and about an 
hour afterward we ran into McDonald’s Coye, one of the 
prettiest little places on the lake. 

In here we were perfectly sheltered from any wind that 
ever blew, and after lunch we settled downto enjoy 4 
good Sunday loaf. 

Monday we decided to stay there all day and take life 
easy, as we were so comfortably fixed. Some one who 
had camped there before had rigged up a good camp 
stove, and with that and a ledge of rock for a table our 
living was rendered quite palatial. 

The farmer who owns the shore of the bay was very 
kind. giving us all the apples we could eat or catry away, 
and we more than enjoyed them. 

Tuesday morning we made au early start, and after 
crossing the gap and getting to Amherst [sland the skipper 
noticed a covered wagon being driven along the shore, and 


' risking the statement that it was a butcher's wagon, started 


a race to catch it and succeeded, as the wagon stopped at 

a farm house. The guess was a good one, and once more 

we got fresh meat. It wasn’t porterhouse steak, nor was. 
it good roast, but we did not have to have our appetites: 

pee much, and all enjoyed the meat as a change of 
iet, 

The ‘channel between Amherst Island and the mainland 
is very pretty, and we more than enjoyed the day’s sail, 
stopping at the village of Stella to get fresh bread and 
other supplies. 

We landed that night on the gravel bar at the extreme 
northeast end of Amherst Island, which we found a very 
na place, though the walking on the gravel was rather 

ard. 

We left here about 9 the next morning and started for 
Kingston with a fresh southwest wind, As soon as we 
cleared the point of the island we found quite a hig roll 
coming in from the lake, but as it was well astern we did 
not mind it in the least, Skirting close along the shore ” 
we passed several camps, then the Asyluim and Peni- 
tentiary, and finally rounded up in the shelter of the 
Kingston Y, C. dock and got ready to go up town. 

We were not exactly the swellest outfit ever seen, but 
we didn’t care, as we were out for a good time and were 
having it, and you cannot run a frock coat and a sillk 
hat and cruise in an open boat. However, they allowed 
us in the dining room of the Hotel Frontenac, and that 
was all we cated about just then. 

After dinner, while the skipper went to call on Oldrieve 
& Horn, the sailmakers, the others took in the town by 
trolley, then the provisions were bought and we went 
back to the boat, as we wanted to get down among the 
Thousand Islands before nightfall. While Waiting for the 
grub to come down, we watched Norma, of the Kingston 
Y. C., go out, and when we saw her jump bow under and 
souse things generally, we decided to turn in a reef for the 
first time since starting on our trip. 

As luck would have it, we did not need the reel, for 
when we left the wharf the boat simply spun around on 
her heel before a wave could catch her and started off 
with wind and sea astern, and from there till we got 
shelter behind the islands the run was a good deal like 
tobogganing, as the boat would shoot along on the crest 
of a wave, 

That night we camped on a little island about five miles 
below Kingston, and next morning the ladies of the party 
had a good time wading in the shallow water around 
the shore and to another island a short piece away. 

It was now a case of put in time till Saturday, as on 
that day one of the party had to start for home, and we 
had decided to ship the boat and return home on the 
propeller Persia, which leayes Kingston for Toronto. 
every Sunday morning at 3 o’clock. 

Getting under way we started off down the river, hop-_ 
ing to get as far as the east end of Walfe Island, but it 
was a very hot day, so after running down the channel 2 
few miles we turned and made our way over to the shore 
of Wolfe Island, where, after a time, we found a par- 
ticularly nice spot, so tan in and tied up for the night. 

Friday morning the wind shifted around to the east, so 
with started sheets we ran back to Kingston, where we 
landed for a few minutes to see what arrangements had 
been made by the steamer people for shipping the boat. 
Finding everything satisfactory we ran-across to the 
south side of the bay, and after landing on a gravel 
beach and find'ng for the first time on our trip a “notice 
to trespassers” sign, we, finally tied up to a private 
wharf, where we were made welcome. ai 

Supper that night and breakfast next morning con- 
sisted largely of scraps, everything that was left being 


PLIRT—Photo by 


turned over to the farmer’s wife in return for the splendid 
place we had to pack our stuff on. 

Bedding, clothing, tent, oilskins and all the other -para- 
phernalia of a cruise had to be stowed in the smallest 
possible shape, ready for shipping, and the wharf was a 
splendid place on which to do our packing. 

We had set off the balance of our fireworks during the 
evening, so that was otte package less. There was a 
fearful lot of stuff, but willing hands made light of the 
work, and before ro o'clock everything was packed and 
aboard the boat, and the crew, with their store clothes 
on, were sailing across the bay. 

A nice breeze over the quarter soon ran us in, and put- 
ting the bundles-in the shed at the wharf the boat was 
stripped and the cruise was over. 

The trip home would not be worth mentioning, only 
that, thanks to a rough sea and a crowd of passengers, 
Capt. Scott took the inside passage instead of the out- 
side one, as usual, consequently we had the pleasure of 
reviewing our trip from the deck of the steamer. This 
impressed on our minds the Bay of Quinte, and all feel 
that the trip, beside being very enjoyable, has added con- 
siderably to their knowledge of the geography of the 
eastern end of Lake Ontario. 


Flirt. 


Tue 25-footer Flirt, whose lines, construction, cabin 
and sail plans appeared in Forest AND STREAM of Oct. 13- 
20, was designed by Mr. B. B. Crowninshield for Messrs. 
F. Wright Fabyan and Thomas H. McKee, and was built 
by Mr. David Fenton, of Manchester. 

Flirt has proved a most satisfactory all-round boat. In 
very light or very heavy weather -she is at her best, and 
under these conditions turns to windward beautifully. 
In moderate weather the centerboard boats in her class 
proved to be quite a match for her. In her first race 
on May 30 at South Boston she finished first, but was 
disqualified for fouling Little Peter. During the balance 
of the season she was either first or second in all the 
Association races. An interesting event in which Flirt 
figured was the match races she sailed with Early Dawn 
in the middle of last October. The purse was for $1,000, 
and Flirt won the series. 

The following table is taken from the official record 
compiled by Sec’y Bliss, of the Massachusetts Y. R. A.: 

Class D, 25ft. Cabin Yachts. 


Starts. Ists. 2ds. 3ds. Blanks. Total. Average. 

litte, eee aut 7 3 0 1 895 81 4-11 
Little Peter.... 11 4 5 i! iJ 760 -69 1-11 
Early Dawn abl 4 2 3 2 650 -59 1-11 
Tlelincswleenees 0 0 4 4 185 23 1-8 
SByONO. sash apts il 0 1 0) 0 65 11 4-5 
[pbeveror 505 ter: i 0 0) xf 0 35 -06 2-5 
elene Cyaeces 1 0 0) 0 il 15 .02 4-5 
Cygnet .,..... cet 0 0 0 1 15 -02 4-5 

Arrow. 


THE twin screw. yacht Arrow, designed by Chas. D. 
Mosher for Chas. R. Flint, was launched on Oct. 31 from 
the ship yard of Samuel Ayers & Son, of Nyack, 
N. Y., who also built Ellide and other fast boats from 
Mr. Mosher’s designs. The boilers are nearing com- 
pletion at the Crescent Ship Yard, Elizabethport. N. Js 
The main engines and all auxiliaries have been constructed 
by the L. Wright Machine Works, Newark, N._J.. The 
Arrow is the most recent example of a boat intended to 


Jackson, 


FOREST -AND_ STREAM, 


Marblehead 


[Dec. 1, 1900. 


attain the highest possible speed; to achieve this is has 
been necessary to apply the very latest ideas in the design 
of both hull and machinery.. In this class of work Mr. 
Mosher has had wide experience. He designed Yankee 
Doodle, Norwood, Feiseen and Presto. While speed was 
the primary consideration, comfort was not entirely lost 
sight of, and the accommodations, although limited, are 
not cramped. The dimensions of Arrow are as follows: 
Length— 


ONet cally 2508S 4 oe AEN Oe Pe 1g0ft. 4in. 

Waterline ...... treet | idcltichs Sa se eae 130it. 
Beam—Extremeé ........+:: aides Foner 3. pe ee) es a etter 
ID eae 

INRonmanrdl RS oe Wack go gon bak BAP hoe te 3it. 6in. 

Whivdletesere wisn, cava, sana tan hy ewe 4ft. 7in. 


The boat is fitted with six transverse water-tight bulk- 
heads; 8ft. abaft of the bow is a collision bulkhead; aft of 
this bulkhead are the crew's quarters, with ample accom- 
modation for twelve men. Next to the forecastle are the 
officers’ quarters, consisting of a double stateroom run- 
ning the full width of the boat. Between officers’ quarters 
and the bulkhead at the forward end of the boiler space 1s 
the galley, which occupies the full width of the vessel for 
a length of 1oft. 6in, The galley is very completely fitted 
and a stairway leads to the main deck. Aft of the engine 
space is the owner's stateroom, which occupies the full 
width of the ship, and is 7ft. 6in. long; connecting with 
this is a bath and toilet room. This room will be fitted 
in satinwood. lighted by four portholes and a monitor 
skylight. Next aft is the saloon, which is 13ft. 6in. long, 
and occupies the full width of the boat. The room will 
contain piano, bookcases and gun racks. The joiner work 
is of English oak. Eight portholes and a monitor skylight 
ventilate this room, Aft of the saloon is a double state- 
room fitted in Hungarian ash. It is lighted by four 
portholes and a monitor skylight. A toilet room is ar- 
ranged to open conyeniently from both the saloon and 
the after stateroom: aft the saloon is a collision bulkhead. 
The deck is particularly roomy, being clear of the usual 
houses except the pilot house, which is r15ft. long, and 
will be used as the dining room, the after portion being 
used as a pantry with a dumbwaiter connecting with the 
galley below. The bridge is aft of the pilot house. The 
general construction of the boat is composite. The frames 
are steel below the waterline, aluminum above, except 
through the boiler space and engine spaces, where they 
are steel throughout. The keelson, all floor plates, re- 
verse frames, bunker bulkheads, boiler saddles, engine 
foundations and other details are also of steel. The sides 
are double planked with mahogany. The deck is of wood 
except over the boiler space, where altiminum is used. 
The deck beams are of aluminum bulb angles and the same 
material enters into the construction largely. Two small 
boats will be carried—a 1sft. cutter and a 13ft. dinghy. 
The Arrow is to be fitted with an extensive electric plant 
capable of supplying sixty incandescent lights and a 
powerful searchlight. 


Dec. 1, 1900.) 


437 


FOREST AND. STREAM. 


Beale hl’, 


A CANOE-YAWL, DESIGNED BY MR. H. C. SMITH FOR MAJ. W. R. LITTLE, 


Pavonia Y.-C. to Move. 


Tue Pavonia Y. C., of Jersey City, has definitely ar- 
ranged for the removal from its present club house and 
site, which has been contemplated since the encroach- 
ment of raidroads upon the water front of the Upper Bay 
in that vicinity has made such a step inevitable. Final 
action was taken at a largely attended meeting of the 
club Tuesday night, when the special. committee ap- 
pointed to look for a new site reported in favor of the 
Cadmus estate, at the foot of Fortieth and Forty-first 
streets, Bayonne. A lease of this property covering sev- 
eral years has been closed. 

The Cadmus estate consists of five acres of land, with a 
broad water frontage and good beach. A brownstone 
house of nineteen rooms and convenient arrangement for 
use by the club is situated on the property. A marine 
railway for the hauling out of yachts whose owners 


wish to stow them ashore for the winter is now being - 


built. Workshops, sail and spar sheds, and other. out- 
buildings will also be built at once. The furniture and 
other effects of the club will be removed to the new house 
shortly, and a housewarming, to which the representatives 
of other yacht clubs will be invited, will be held before 
the close of the year.—N. Y. Times. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


The Secretary of the North American Yacht Racing 
Union has announced that he has been authorized 
by the Boston Association to say-that in order to make 
an annual event of the intercity racing, which was so suc- 
cessful this year, it would offer a challenge cup, and also 
separate cups for the individual winners. The present 
suggestion is that the races be sailed off Boston and New 
York in alternate years, or, upon agreement, Newport 
waters might be chosen as a sort of halfway locality, in 
which the fleets of both cities might meet in every year. 

Re eR 

The yachts Red Coat and Dominion have been sold to 
yachtsmen in Cape Breton. It is their intention to have 
a series of races between these two boats and others which 
are being constructed. 


Ganacing. 


American Canoe Association, 1900-1901. 


Commodore, C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Can. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Thirty-second street and Avenue A, 


Bayonne, N. J. 
Division Officers. 


ATLANTIC DIVISION 

Vice-Com., Henry M. Dater, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Rear-Com., H. D. Hewitt, Burlington, tle 

Purser, Joseph F. Eastmond, 199 Madison street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 

Vice-Com., C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Rear-Com., Dr. €. R. Henry, Perry, N. Y. 

Purser, Lyman P. Hubbell, Buffalo, N. Y. 


EASTERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., Louis A. Hall, Newton, Mass. 

Rear-Com., C. M. Lamprey, Lawrence, Mass. 

Purser, A. E, Kimberly, Lawrence Experimental Station, 
Lawrence, Mass. 


' NORTHERN DIVISION. 


Vice-Com., G, A. Howell, Toronto, Can. 
Rear-Com., R. Easton Burns, Kingston, Ontario, Can. 
Purser, R. Norman Brown, Toronto, Can. 


: WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., Wm. C. Jupp, Detroit, Mich. 


Rear-Com., F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Purser, Fred T. Barcroft, 408 oe Building, Detroit, Mich, 


Official organ, Foxzsr AND STREAM. 


| A Canoe-Yawl. 


From the Yachtsman. 


We reproduce this week, by the courtesy of Maj. W. 
R. Little, the design of a handy little moderate displace- 
ment canoe-yawl which he is haying built for use at 
Hong Kong. 

The design is from the board of Mr. H. C. Smith, the 
well-known designer of Oxford yawls, and other craft, 
and it will be seen is not unlike the 15ft. Ethel type 
introduced by Mr. G. F. Holmes, of the Humber Yawl 
Club, but is rather larger, and gaff sloop rigged, with 
combined roller foresail and spinaker, instead of the 
balance lug ketch rig used on the Ethels. The boat is 
intended mainly for day sailing, but for extended 
eruising, the crew living on board, it would be better to 
shift the forward bulkhead about 12in. further forward, 
and put in deck hatches on each side of the centerboard 
case for the stowage of gear in the forward compart- 
ments. ; 

She has a stiff section, and her stability is further in- 
creased by her weighted centerboard, so that she will 
be a powerful little boat. The centerboard is made up 
of two hard brass sheets Y%in. thick, with a lead slab be- 
tween, as shown by dotted line. The rest of the space 
is filled up with mahogany, and all immersed edges are 
beveled off. The rudder frame is also of hard brass, and 
the blade of mahogany weighted and stiffened with brass 
round the edges. 

The mast lowers in a tabernacle below deck, which is 
cleared of water by drain pipe going through the keel, 
as shown in the separate plan. We also give plans show- 
ing centerboard case, keel and gunwale construction, 
which will be useful to amateur builders. The other 
particulars of the design will explain themselves, but the 
scales shown are for the original drawing, and not for 
the reduced reproduction given here. Readers will 
therefore have to prepare their own scales, which can 
easily be done. In our opinion a boat of these dimen- 
sions is preferable to r7ft. x 3ft. 6in. R. C. C. cruiser class 
boats, being no more expensive to build and being stiffer, 
faster in heavy winds, with room for two persons to sleep 
on board, and not having an under body rudder, re- 
quiring less depth of water to sail in. For fresh water 
work only, a plain galvanized iron centerboard weigh- 
ing about 7olbs. would be ample and much cheaper. 


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Gunwale Construction 


A. C. A. Amendments. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 
_ Please publish the following amendments to the Con- 
stitution and By-Laws of the A. C. A.: 

I find the Constitution and By-Laws, excepting such 
minor points as putting part of the duties of the Commo- 
dore and Vice-Commodore in the heading of Duties of 
Pursers, and putting part of the duties of pursers under 
the heading of Dues, the constitution seemed all right, ex- ' 
cept Article V., which is involved, mixed up and partly 
meaningless, so I have re-written that article, as I dis- 
covered that a great injustice was done to the majority 
of members by one paragraph. That is the paragraph 
regarding representatives to nominate division officers: 
As it reads, clubs having six A. C. A. members have one 
representative, and have two representatives 1i they have 
twelve A. C. A. members, but nothing is stated about 
clubs having thirty A, C. A. members having six repre- 
sentatives. But the elaring fault in the article is the 
point that if six men are members of six clubs, they have 
six representatives to themselves, as it does not say that 
a man can be only considered as a member of one club, 
and I know of cases where six men have, year aiter 
year, represented two clubs, one of which they were not 
even named as members of in the year book. 

I am going to ask for a vote by mail on these amend- 
ments about Jan. 1. 

Henry H. Smytue, A. C. A. 1308. 


CONSTITUTION. 


Article 5: Omit this article entirely. Insert instead as 
Article 5, Sec. 1: 

Association Officers: The officers of this Association 
shall be Commodore, Secretary-Treasurer and Librarian- 
Custodian. E 

Sec. 2: How Elected—These officers shall be elected 
by the Executive Committee at the A. C. A. camp or at 
some subsequent meeting of the committee. They shall 
hold office for one year from Oct. 1, unless elected after 
that date, in which case they shall hold office from the 
date of their election until the first day of the following 
October, and in either case until their successors are 
elected. 

Sec. 3: Commodore—The Commodore shall be chosen 
from the several divisions in turn, provided, however, 
that any division may waive its right to the Commodore. 
In case a division waives its right to the Commodore, any 
A. C. A. member may be chosen. The election of a Com- 
modore from a divison out of its regular turn by reason 


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of a waiver as above stated, shall not deprive such divie 
sion of its right to a Commodore in its regular turn: wae 

Sec. 4: If the office of a Commodore becomes vacant 
the same shall be filled by the senior ranking officer of 
the diyision from which the Commodore was elected. a 

Sec. 5: Nomination ct Commodore—The Executive 
‘Committee of the division entitled to the Commodore for 
the following year shall nominate a candidate for the 
‘office, and present the same to the General Association, 
Executive Committee, at the A. C. A, meet. 

Sec. 6: ‘The Nomination of Secretary-Treasurer and 
Librarian-Custodian—These officers shall be nominated 
by the Association Executive Committee at the A. C. A. 
meet, who shall consider the wishes of the division 
nominating the Commodore in their choice, 

Sec, 7: In case of vacancies in the office of Secretary- 
Treasurer or Librarian-Custodian, the Executive Com- 
mittee of the division from which the Commodore 1s 
elected shall elect new officers for the unexpired terms, 
but the Purser of that division shall act as Secretary- 
Treasurer till another Secretary-Treasurer has been 
lected as above stated. T= 
‘ aie g: Division Officers—The officers of each division 
shall be a Vice-Commodore, Rear-Commodore and 
Purser, . os, 

Sec. 10: How Elected—The Vice and Rear Commo- 
dores and Pursers shall be elected by the members of 
their respective divisions, at.their annual division. meets 
or at the general meet of the Association, or as otherwise 
provided herein. The term of all division officers and 
division executive officers shall begin the first day oi 
October and last until the first day of the following Octo- 
ber, or until their successors qualify. 

Sec. 11: How Nominated—The Vice and Rear Com- 
modores, Pursers and Executive Committee of each diyi- 
sion shall be nominated by a nominating committee com- 
posed of representatives ci the members of the same divi- 
six 


sion, one representative being allowed for each 
A. C, A. members who are members of a represented 
club. A. C. A. members who do not belong to any repre- 


sented club or who belong to clubs having less than six 
A. C, A. members, may combine and secure one repre- 
sentative for each six members thus combined, provided 
they have notified the Purser of their division of the fact, 
so that he received the notification one day before the 
nominating committee meeting. A. C. A. members 
belonging to more than one represented club shall be 
considered for the purposes of representation, only as 
members of the club first printed opposite their names 
in the Association year book, unless the Purser ot 
their division receives notification in writing one day 
before the nominating committee meeting, that they 
desire to: be considered as representing some other club. 

The bases of representation shall be the representative 
list as published in the same year’s Association year 
book, or if that has not been issued, the bases shall be 
the purser’s list, subject, however, to correction one day 
before the date of the meeting, as above stated. 

Sec. 12: Vacancies in the Division Officers or in the 
Division Executive Committees—In the event of one of 
the division officers being chosen to fill the position of 
Commodore, or of vacancies for any cause, the vacancies 
so called shall be filled by the Division Executive Com- 
mittee from members of their own division, and the 
vacating officers may vote on this and other questions in 
their Division Executive Committee until their ste- 
cessors are elected. , 

Sec. 13: All officers and members of Executive Com- 
mittees shall be elected by ballot. 

Article V1,, Sec. 1: Insert the word ‘‘Association” be- 
fore the words Executive Committee, in the first line. 

Secs. 2 to 8 renumber as Secs. 3 to g. Insert the follow- 
ing new Sec. 2: “Special Association Executive Com- 
mittee Meetings—A special meeting of the Association 
Committee may be called by the Commodore, and shall 
be called by the Secretary-Treasurer, at the request of a 
jnajerity of the committee, and a vote by mail may be 
called for by the Commodore, and shall be called for by 
the Seeretary-Treasurer, at the request of a majority of 
the committee.” . 

Article I[X., Sec. 2: Insert on the fifth line after the 
word “elected,” these words: “And by January first or 
by stteh later date as desired by the Secretary-Treasurer 
shali send him the number of A. C. A. members each 
club has and the number of representatives each club is 
entitled to, on the division nominating committees, for 
publication in the Association’s year book.” 

Renumber Articles X. to XIIL. as XI. to XIV., and 
insert as Articles K. General A. C. A, Meets: “The divi- 
sion from which the Commodore is chosen shall hold 
the general A. C, A. meet, but may hold it in any other 
division, if desired.” 

BY-LAWS, 

Article VII. Insert after the word “canoes” on the 
fourth line, these words, “and a list of the numbers of 
A. C. A, members each club has, and the number of rep- 
resentatives each club is entitled to, on: the Nominating 
Committee, as sent by the Pursers.”’ 


An English View of It. 


The London Field has this to say of the A, C, A. racing 
rules and their amendments: 


The American Canoe Association has settled the 
smendment of its racing rules for the coming year, In- 
stead of launching out into a new line, based on the 
experiences of the times and on the example of over-sea 
successes, the Association has simply gone in for a severe 
all-round use of the pruning knife, and in the result a 
mere stalk is leit standing over the roots of the once 
flourishing tree of canoe sailing. 

“As you were’ scems to be the policy aimed at, or at 
jeast such a state of things has now been obtained, Canoe 
sailing, between filteen and twenty years ago, in the 
States, was carried of, in canoes of about rs{t. or 16ft. 
length, by goin, beam, with limited sail area, no sliding 
dec seats, and light metal center plates, The rule was 
relaxed as to sail area, the sliding seats came in, and the 
racing machine was eyolyed; the, machine was perfected 
by reducing displacement to the smallest proportions, the 
flimsiest of structure, the largest of standing unlowerable 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


sails, and the longest sliding seat capable of being 
handled by an expert aerobat, Racing entries declined, 
sailors went away irom canoeing into boats and yachts, 
and canoe sailing, as a sport, fairly arrived at death’s 
door. The faults being clearly seen, the remedies well 
known, and the whole matter freely yentilated in the 


sporting press, at least we expected to see some attempt ’ 


made in the direction of betterment. yen though the 
defaulting racing machines had been pruned a bit and 
left to take their chance, it might have been expected 
that a new class would have been put on in the hope, the 
almost certainty, of keeping sailing men within the limits 
of the grand old sport. But no, the clipped tacer, in more 
dangerous garb, is all that is given to the American canoe 
men for the coming year Toot. 

Let us take first the useful amendments; fixed deep 
draft rudders are no longer allowed; there must be 
lifting ability, so that “when drawn up, the rudder shall 
be above the fair line of the keel.” No standing sail iS 
allowed, that is ‘the sails shall be “hoisting and lowering 
sails” (a very good rule and much wanted). “A canoe 
must use the same set of sails in all races at any one meet, 
except where owing to accident the committee allows 
otherwise” (again a good rule, preventing men from 
bringing an expensive fitout of, say, half a dozen com- 
plete suits of sails, just to fit the particular weather). 

Next we take the retrograde amendment: “No decle- 
sliding seat shall be used in any race,” “she shall have 
a cockpit not less than 6it. between bulkheads, with 
coamings 4ft. 6in. by 16in.,” “the sail of a decked canoe 
shall be limited to 130 sq. ft.’ and “she shall be of 
a minimum weight of 8s5lbs., exclusive of conterboard 
and steering gear’ (which possibly includes rudder), 
Under this last batch of amendments the following racing 
machine is possible and probable: A canoe of 16ft. by 
30in. beam, with a hull of the most flimsy structure, viz., 
S6lbs. total weight, the lightest spring brass center plate 
and for so small a hull, the gigantic rig of 130 sq. 
ft. of sail. This is for a canoe which is bound to have 
a well 6ft. long, with coamings not less than aft, 6in. by 
16in., but may have a canvas bucket well fitted, 4ft, long. 
Now, cances of these dimensions and fittings, except as 


. to sail area, used to be built and raced, but they were 


limited to 112ft. of sail, and, even under close reefs, they 
used to capsize and fill up, and become waterlogged if 
manned by any but a fly-weight man; the lee bilge and 
side deck was not buoyant enough to keep the coaming 
out of the water when the man retained his weight on 
the upper side of the canoe; and so it would be with 
canoes complying with the above rule, but with the addi- 
tional moyer of 130 sq. ft. of sail to insure frequent cap- 
sizes, 


The general type of canoe is not bettered by these 
amendments, and the acrobat still holds the pull string. 
The sailing man, who wants the pleasures of scientific 
sailing, finds no neat sailing, but a constant fight to keep 
the canoe’s bottom in the water. The sailing man will 
keep away; the racing man, barred of his sliding balance 
seat, will go away; then who will remain to carry on 
canoe sailing? Far better would it have been to settle 
the existing carioes down by a complete short crop of 
sail to, say, Soft,, and the abolition of slide seat; leaving 
the well to be anything that could be managed; and then 
to have superadded a new class of larger and more genér- 
ally useful canoes. The intention of the reformers in the 
above amendments was evidently to secure the old type 
of small but useful canoe; but so far as we can gather no 
provision has been made that the center plate case may 
not obstruct the cockpit, and we know that in nearly all 
the modern American canoes the center plate comes right 
amidships in the position of the well or cockpit. 

The really astonishing thing is the death blow to slid- 
ing seats, unless there has been a misprint in the report 
that “the amendment was carried,” and the word not has 
been accidently left out: we mention this because the 
report we had, and also that in Forest AND STREAM, 
gives all the amendments and simply places to each 
“This was carried” or “This was not carried.” We feel 
astonishment at the move, because everyone looked upon 
the slide seat as a fixture forever in America, whatever 
might be done to the other fitments of the canoe, The 
new rules will leaye international racing as far from possi- 
ble as ever. We have no class in England anywhere 
near the 85lbs. by t3oft. sail semi-open shell; such a craft 
must be main and mizzen rigged, of the large mizzen 
type, say Soft. and soft. respectively. Had the beam 
been increased, say, to 4oin., sufficiently to allow a buoy- 
ant bilge and side deck, so that the craft could capsize 
with comparative impunity, and the well kept clear of 
centerboard case, and a fairly heavy total weight of hull 
and gear insisted on, the class might probably fill the 
bill or paye the way to resuscitating the sport of canoe 
sailing. 

So far has the American Canoe Association gone. Now 
what will the Canadian Canoe Association do? Will 
Canada giye up the slide seat? Hitherto the two coun« 
tries have been under the one Association, the American; 
but lately a Canadian Association was started, and no 
doubt with the intention 6f not being too closely bound 
by American legislation; and we may hope that Canadia. 
with its grand sailng waters, will take up the more sensi- 
ble line of having two classes, one the nearest reasonably 
possible to the American class, but with ample beam al- 
lowed; in short, a useful, cheap, handy and comparatively 
light little canoe, a traveling canoe: the other a larger 
and more perfect sailing canoe, fit for the large, open 
waters which abound all over Canada. For such work 
the cruiser class of the R. C. C. cannot be beaten: the 
limitations are so precise that no schemer can slip in 
with a freak or racing machine. 

But for sound advancement in the sport the sliding 
seat must go; so long as it is retained, unless other re- 
strictions are placed in the class, the acrobat’s boat will 
flourish, to the utter exclusion of the ordinary sailor. 
In the R. C. C, erniser class at first the sliding seat was 
allowed, but it was soon found that this seat, perched on 
so high built a hull, enforced by the depth requirements, 
was almost useless, and it was universally abandoned 
long before it was struck out of the rule. Seeing that 
American canoe sailing holds out no probability of any 
international competition, many eyes are now turned to 
Canada, but the only craft that would be likely to journey 
over from England would be some of the latest additions 
to the R. C. C, ernising class, and, of course, only if such 


Lincoln Gun Club. 


: (Dee. 1, 1900, 


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a class. similar in all points, existed on the St, Lawrence, 
The splendid sailing, camping and fishing obtainable on 
the St, Latyrente, once tested, will always be wanted; but 
the greatest attraction to English canoemen would un- 
doubtedly center in the meeting between the Empire 
colsifis and under one flag, and therefore in interclub 
rather than international racing. e-< 


Eastern Division A. C. .A, .Purser’s Report. 


Receipts. 


Balance from W_ W-_ Croshy 
Dues, 1899 


2.00 
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Expenditures, 


Expenses executive committee to meetings..........-- $38.50 
Stationery, printing, postage..................- 
Thirty per cent. 


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Notice. 


All communications intended for Forsst anp STREAM should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 


Leading dealers in sportsmen’s supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously for a quarter-century. 


If you want your shoot to ke announced here send n 
notice like the following: 


Fixtures. 


Noy. 29.—Milwaukee, Wis.—South Side Gun Club’s tournament. 
A.D. Gropper, Sec’y, i 
Nov. 29.—Newark, N. J.—Thanksgiying Day shoot of the 
otestet Gun Club; live birds and targets. John J. Fleming; 
ec’y. 

Nov. 29.—Sing Sing, N. Y¥.—Thanksgiving Day shoot of the 
Ossining Gun Club; live birds and targets. C ' 

Nov. 30.-Dec. 1—Omaha, Neb.—Kansas City-Omaha ten-men 
team race, 50 birds per man. . 

Dec, 5-7,—Galt, Ont.—First annual shoot of the Newlands’ 
Shooting Association; targets and live birds; added mioney, 
Andrew Newlands, Sec’y. 

Dec, &—Wellington, Mass.—All-day shoot of the Beston Shoot- 
ing Association; ‘targets. Open to all amateurs in New England. 
H. M. Federhen, Jr., Pres, 

Dec. 11-13.—Brantiord, Ont., Can.—Annual tournament of the 
Pastime Gun Club. Live birds and targets: open to the world. 
C. J. Mitchell, Secy. ' 7 

Dec, 11-14:—Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossing, 1]l,—Annual live- 
bird tournament. John Watson, Mer. 

Newark, N. J._South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. 

Chicago, Ill—Garfield Gun Club’s trophy shoots, second and 
fourth Saturdays of éach month; live-bird shoots every Saturday, 
Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue. 


1901. 


Jan. 15-18—Hamulton, Ont.—Hamilton Gun Club’s eleventh 
annual tournament; live birds and targets; open to all. H. 
Graham, Sec’y. 

April 16-18—Leavenworth, Kan.—Annual tournament of the 
Kansas State Sportsmen’s Association. 

May 7-10.—Tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s 
Association, C. W. Feigenspan, Sec’y. 

May 7-10.—Lincoln, Neb.—Twenty-ffth annual tournament of the 
Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the 

Bain, Sec’y. : " 

June 5-7.—Circleyille, O.—Under auspices of the Pickaway Roé 
and Gun Club, annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters’ 
League, GR. Haswell, Sec’y. 

June ——Columbus, Wis.—Tournament of the Trapshooters” 
League of Wisconsin, First week in June. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK, 


Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28.—Interstate Park.—Live-bird championship; 
25 birds; handicaps 25 to 38yds.; $10 entrance, birds extra; sweep 
optional; open to all; money instead of trophy. - 

Noy. 22.—Interstate Park,—Medicus Gun Club’s liye-bird shoot; 
open to all. ; , 

Nov. 27.—Interstate Park—Medicus Gun Club’s live-bird shoot; 
open to all. . 

Dec. 5,—Shoot-off of the winners of the Noyember events, with 
$20 in gold to the winner. : ; 

Interstate Park, Queens, L. I.—Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 

. 1. R. R. Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Café and hotel accommodations. , 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took piece June. 20, 1900. 

Interstate Park, L. I—Fountain Gun Club’s regular monthly 
shoots, the third Thursday of October, November and December, 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. 


1901. 


April 1-5.—Interstate Park, Queens, L, T., N, Y¥.—The Intey- 
state Association’s ninth annual Grand American Handicap Tour 
nament at live birds. ‘ 

June ——Interstate Park, LL. [.—Porty-third annual tournamenr 
af the New York State Association for thr protection of Fish and 
Game. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


in the absences of the editor of this department all contiiunicativns 
intended for pithlication should be addressed to the Forest and Steam 
Publishing Compa. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores far publication im 
these columns, ajso any news notes they way care to haue printed, Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Maid 
alisuch matter /7 Horest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York. 


The Bast Side Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., .will hold an all-day 
live-bird shoot om Thanksgiving Day, on Smith Brothers’ grounds. 
Perry and Poundry streets, Newark. Shooting will begin 10 A. M- 


Dec. 1, 1900.} 


The Interstate Park Association has sent out a letter to the 
members of the G, A. H. committee, as follows: “it seems ad- 
visable that a system of handicapping be adopted for the govern- 
ment of Interstate Park events other than club events (as they 
make their own rules), which would be equitable, and which would 
prolect the amateur or poorer shot against the professional or 
better shot. It seems to us that the best committee that we could 
appoint for this purpose would be probably the gentlemen whe 
have served on previous Grand American Handicap committees 
and a representative man from each of the clubs in and around 
Greater New York, so far as they are known to us. Will you 
serve oh such a committee? If so, we will shortly advise you 
when it would perhaps be best to meet and take the matter in 
hand—perhaps a Saturday afternoon at Interstate Park would be 
_ the best. Please consider the matter and advise us at your earliest 
convenience.” It will be a wise course to give the handicaps 
serious attention, as therein lies the true equity of the competition 
when shooters of variable skill are contesting. 


The Interstate Park Association has sent to the shooters of New 
York and vicinity a circular letter calling attention to the condi- 
tions of the Interstate Park Handicap, with which the shooters of 
this vicinity do not seem to be familiar. The handicap is held 
on Wednesday of each week at Interstate Park, and the condi- 
tions are as follows: Five entries to fill, 25 birds each, handicaps 
2a to d2yds., $10 entrance, birds extra, sweep optional. Five 
dellars in gold added by the Association to the high gun. 
there are four individual winners, these four will shoot off at 
their original handicaps, at 25 birds each. . Twenty dollars in 
gold added by the Association to the high gun. As matters stand 
now, there is only one winner, there having been only two 
shoots, both being won by S. M. Van Allen. -- 


John Wright’s live-bird shoot at Interstate Park, which takes 
place on Dec. 11, is one of the premier attractions at that shooting 
resort for the month of December. John’s programmie has been 
mailed to all those of his friends who have. giveri him their ad- 

resses. Other copies cai be had on application to Mr.. Wright, 
318 Broadway, New York. The events scheduled for the day sre 
a 5 and a 7 bird race at $3 and $5 respectively, the purses in these 
events going to the three high guns. vents. Nos. 3 and 4 are 
at 10 and 165 birds respectively, the entrance fees being $7 and $10. 
Purses in the last two everits will be divided class shooting, three 
moneys in the 10-bird race and four tioneys in the 15-bird event. 
Birds are included in all entrance fees at 25 cents each. Shooting 
commences at 10 o'clock sharp. 


The Boston Shooting Association will give an all-day tourtia- 
ment at Wellington, Mass., on Dec. 8, open to all amateurs in 
New England. The programme consists of ten target events, ag- 
gregating 180 targets, with a total entrance fee of $12.80. All 
events will be shot with a distance handicap as follows: Amateurs 
of 75 per cent, ahd below, l6yds.; 76 per cent, to 85 per cent., 
iSyds.; 85 per ceftt. and over, 2yds. To the winner of event 
No, 4, at 25 tafgets, expett, a silver cup will be given in addition 
to the usual sweep money. rofessionals and paid agents may 
shoot for targets only. Shooting will begin at 10 A. M. 


w ae 


A few years ago the name of W. H. Brady. of Detroit, Mich., 
was a name to conjure with in the Michigan Trapshooters’ League. 
Mr. Brady was a prominent and popular member of that organiza- 
ticn, and was also well known at most of the tournaments held 
this side of the Rocky Mountains. His many friends will regret 
to learn that he met his death early last week through the ac- 
cidental discharge of a shotgun, while making preparations to go 
on 4 ducking tip. He was buried on Thursday, Noy. 22, being 
sufrounded at the last by 4 very Jarge number of the friends he 


had made during a comparatively short life. . 
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A match was arranged to take place at Interstate Park on 
Friday afternoon, Noy. 23, between Col. Thomas Martin, of 
Bluffton, S. C., and LT. W-. Morfey, the conditions to be the 
usual ones—100 live birds per man, 30yds. rise, 50yds. boundary, 
$100 a side, loser to pay for the birds. As luck would have it, the 
Colonel, who is a business man as well as a sportsman, was called 
suddenly to the South; hence the match had to be postponed, 
but not indefinitely, as Col. Martin expects to be back in New 
York in about three weeks or so. 


This is the week of the Kansas City-Omaha team match, ten 
men a side, 50 live birds per man. The match is_to be shot at 
Omaha, Noy. 30-Dec. 1. It may be of interest to record the results 
in the two matches that took place last season, The first was shot 
at Kansas City on Noy. 24-25, 1899, Omaha winning by the score 
of 489 to 4387. The second match was shot at Omaha, Jan. 26-27 of 
this year, Omaha winning by 7 birds,. with a total of 441 to 434. 
Thus Kansas City (Jim Elliott’s town) has something to wipe off 


the slate. 
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The injury to Mr. H. Yale Dolan, who was accidentally shot 
by his brother Clarence quite recently, proves to have been only 
slight, the wound consisting of some nine or ten pellets of large 
shot in his right arm. in the region of the biceps. Slight as was 
the injury, 2 few inches higher would haye been much more seri- 
ous, probably causing the Joss on one or both of his eyes. It is 
a pleasure to record that Mr. Dolan is now quite recovered from 
the effects of his wounds, and will be seen at the traps this season 


much as usual. : 
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Tom Donley had a lot of pigeons left on his hands after his 
tournament was over. € made a mistake in mixing up targets 
with live birds, the boys being off shooting targets just when Tom 
wanted them to be pegging away at live birds. He announces 
that he is going to try another tournament next May, setting 
apart days for target events and also days for live birds. No 
mixture next time. e 


Gun clubs which desire the aid of the Interstate Association in 
the matter of giving target tournaments during the season of 1901 
should remember that the annual meeting of the Association is 
to be held Thursday, Dec 13, and that all pence Ore for such 
tournaments should be in the hands of Mr. Elmer BH. Shaner, 122 
Diamond Market, Pittsburg, Pa., prior to that date. 


Notwithstanding his great score in -his recent match for the 
Dupont trophy with Morfey, Welch has not grown an inch taller; 
neither is he wearing a hat with 2 larger band around it. On the 
contrary, he is somewhat disgruntled at the idea of having let a 
single pigeon beat him! You can please some people, no matter 
what you do for them. 

J Rg 


Messrs, Abraham Pierce and 
Thomas Dwyer and Wm. J. T Seon, Jr., at Gloucester City, 
WN. J., on Nov. 22 in a match at 10 birds, 2lyds, rise. The match 
was a tie at the end of the first event, each team scoring 14, but 
in the shoot-off Messrs. Pierce and Zimmer won by 1 bird. 


Nothing has been heard from “The Dominic” since he left here 
the first part of November for his old home at Fremont, Neb. 
As Mr. Beveridge had, previous to his departure, shipped. some 
few thousands of shells ahead oi him, it is presumed that he is 
too busy to write to his friends “up North” yet awhile. 


At the club shoot of the Flushing Gun Club, at Flushing, L. L, 
on Nov. 24, Messrs. Wm. A. Sands, A. Dencourt and E, J. Clarke 
tied for first place, each breaking 23 out of 25 targets. In the 
shoot-off, miss-and-out. Mr. Sands won in the 12th round, Mr. 
Clarke scoring 11, Mr. Doncourt 9: r 


Capt. J. A. H. Dressel was the recipient on Monday of this week 
of a basket of quail, and at-once issued inyitations for a “quail 
supper” at Interstate Park on the following Tuesday evening. 
The acceptances of the invitations were numerous, but there were 


enough quail te go around. ® Sa 


Guv Burnside’s target and live-bird tournament at Galesburg, 
Ul,. Der. 4-7. will occupy the attention, of the crackerjacks prior 
to the John Watson tournament at Chicago the week following. 
Mr. Burnside has arranced a programme for'three days at targets 
and one day at live birds. 


When - 


ohn F. Zimmer defeated Messrs. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


The people who reside in the vicinity of Dexter Park complain 
of the shooting that goes on at that popular resort, ‘Vhey caim 
that stray pellets of shot rattle around them and theit houses, and 
that the ‘‘scouts” who hang around the outside of the feiicé on 
shooting days, chasing wounded birds, are a constant source of 
annoyance to them and their families. They are thereiore petition- 
ing the city authorities to abate the nuisance. 


td 


Harold Money has been doing but little Leaeho viele of late, 
having been devoting his attentions to the ruffed grouse and quail 
that haunt the hills and swamps around Oakland, N, J. The hills 
are high and. rugged, and birds are scarce and wild, but Mr. 
Money does not carry much weight and is sound in wind and 
limb. The Corhers of his game pockets therefore contain sundry 
beautiful brown feathers, 
R 


Tt is no longer “Lieutenant”? Noel E. Monéy, but “Captain” of 
that name. Mr. Money, who was wounded recently by a Boer bul- 
let down in South Africa, is now out of the hospital and at the 
head of his troop of Imperial Yeomanry, his captain having been 
killed in action. . * 


_The Ossining Gun Club, of Sing Sing, N. Y., will hold a live- 
bird and target shoot at its grounds on Vhanksgiving Day, Shoot- 
ers from Yonkers, Tarrytown, Peekskill and other nearby towns 
have promised to attend, and the shoot bids fair to be’an entire 
success. 

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H. D. Bates, of Ridgetown, Ont., Can,, winner of this year’s 
Grand American Handicap, has made ‘a match with Jim Elliott, 
and will shoot Jim on even terms for a solid money consideration. 
On paper the match looks a Jead-pipe cinch for the American. 


A special dispatch from our Mississippi Valley correspondent, 
Mr, F. C. Riehl, informs us that St. uis has challenged Chicago 
to shoot a match of eight-men teaiis, each man to shoot at 25 live 
birds, the contest to take place at Chicago, on Dee. 8. 


The Pastime Gin €litb, of Brantford, Ont., Can., will hold its 
apnual tournament on Dec. 11-13, at Brantford. There will be live 
birds and targets, all events will be opef to the world, and all 
purses guaranteed. Mr. C. J. pe is secretary, 


jack Fanning shot a few live birds last Saturday afternoon “just 
to see how it went!’ He got them all—but one. Some day soon 
he'll be asking sotie ofie to shoot him a race.~ When he does 
the fun will not be all on the other fellow’s side. 


4 J 
The Lincoln, Neb., Gun Club, announces that the twenty-fifth 
annual tournament of the Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Association 


will be held under its auspices at Lincoln on May 7-10, 1901. Mr. 
W. D, Bain is secretary of the club. 


“Uncle John” Watson's shoot at his park, Dec. 11-14, should 
be well atterided. Mr. Watsoti has gotten ont an attractive pro- 
gramme of events for the occasion, arid there is no other shoot 
that clashes with it. 

Rx 


Mr. Walter F, Smith, managing director of the American E € 
& Schultze Gunpowder Co., returns ta England on Saturday, Dee. 
1, after a brief visit to this country and Canada, 


IN NEW JERSEY, 


East Side Gun Club. 


Newark, N. J-, Noy. 22.—The East Side Gun Club held its shoot 
to-day at Smith Brothers’ grounds, foot of Foundry street. The 
club event was at 10 liye birds, optional, Rose system, class 
handicaps. _Hassinger won in Class A with a clean score, and 
Dayis and Seitz tied in-Class B, also killing straight. Following 
re club eyent was a 7-bird sweep, which was won by Schortemeier. 

cores: 


Class A, 28yds.2 


Perment......... 112121*212— § 


W Hassinger......1112212112 10 F 

L Schortemeier....21*1112212— 9 F Harrison:........ 111101*111— § 

G Piercy.....: . 2012221211 9 € Feigenspan......*022999997__ 8 

H C Koegel......: 1210121121 9 F Sinnock.......... 2222*20202— 7 
Class B, 27yds.: 

Dr Davise. oo. ..2:. 211211711140 R Heinisch ....... 1110012110— 7 

pore ee “4 aia eatteds hee eae f eee meat h patios 1021221002— 7 

: 3+ Hudson...... 2 2— hurch: -.-2102 — 

A Koeller.......... 1100121111— 8 af a ae eee 
No. 2, 7 birds, 28yds.: 

Schortemeier 2221701—F_-s Hassinger -..,..s..220 0221202—5 
PICTOU eee ns , HEIGERSDAN sipetloteee te 2220202—5 

iKoerel aes Lass irate ee tae 2200*1*—3 
arrison 


pal = a = 


Shooting at Gloucester City. 


Gloucester City, N. J., Nov. 22—Four handicap sw 
events were shot at Charter Oak Park, to-day. he cae DiGher 
was a 10-bird handicap, $5 entrance, and resulted in a tie between 
SOLES on J. Morrison. Scores: 

Nomeels entrance, miss-and-out: A. Felix, 30yds., 4; 
Geikler, B0yds., 4; F. McCoy, 30yds., 3; IE Matis 2Tyds., x i 
Fisher, 30yds., 1; F. Carr, 28yds., 1; John Edwards, 28yds.. 1. 

P No. 2, 5 birds, $3 entrance: C. Geikler, 30yds., 5; A. Felix, 
We trate Hasire. pa 4; eas SHES 4; Miss Ray 

, 2lyds., 3; J. Morris, 27yds., 3; F, 3 a aie 
J. edwards ards. 3 3 oly 3 McCoy, 30yds., 3; 

0. 3, irds, handicap, $5 entrance: A. Felix, yds. : 
J. Morris, 27yds., 10; F. McCoy, 28yds., 9; C. E. Caen ards! 
9; H. B. Fisher, 30yds., 8; J. Edwards, 28yds. 6; F. Grobes, 
30vds., 6; Miss Hentzinger, 27yds.. 5; ones, 27yds., 3. ; 

No, 4, miss-and-out, 31. entrance: J. Morris, 2Tyds., 4; -J. 
Edwards, 28yds., 4; John Sargent, 28yds. 3; A. Felix, 30yds, 2: 
A. Felix, Jr, ®yds., 2; F. McCoy, 30yds., 2; F. Carr, 25yds., 0. 


West Deptford Gun Club. 


Nov. 22.—The following scores were made at the W f 
Gun Club’s grounds here to-day: F pes Deetiond 
Event No. 1, 3 birds, 25yds.: J. Redfield 3, H. Banks 3. W. 
poeusaie ce 2, W. J. Thompson, Jr., 1, Capt. Platt 0, H: Thomp- 
son 0. z% 
No. 2, 3 birds, $2 entrance: H. Thompson 3, Capt. Platt 3 
W.. J. Thompson, Jr., 3, N. Banks 3, W. Blensing: j 
x ff Haale 2 Birse Ears ensinger 3, J. Redfield 
No. 3, miss-and-out: J. J. Zimmer 4, H: Th 
Platt 2, H. Banks 3. ye f eae ees 


The Webber-Schortemeier Series,: 


The last of the series of team races under the management o 
Mr. L. H: Schortemeier and Dr. A. A. Webber was held ate 
under the auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club on QOutwater’s 

rounds, at Hackensack bridge and Rutherford road. The con- 

itions were three-men teams, 4 live birds per man, 29yds. Teams 
from the East Side Gun Club and Moonachie Gum Club com- 
peted, and the former team won by a score of 50 to 43. Sweeps 
were shot before and after the team race. The scores follow: 


Team race; 

; East Side Gun Club. $0 “he 
ISCHES bs dda ddd ed aeee ee een se Lees oma -021219911110N2T101N2—15 
Kvcail it sted thy a2 04 reer. be. 232029991 99999997999 33 
Schortemeier .2.2224c¢.22sssecueeetes cues s.11110111222191021101—17—5 0 
Moonachie Gun Club. aa 

ao «= .02111311091410110*90n—42 
~ .02222721221221202110—17 


Pa Red Regan 58 SU Tee 20110221121100001112 14-43 - 


Sweep, 8 birds, $5 entrance: 


Schorty shiieasse teres 2AR22IO—T 9 Rolfs .....0-s.0-. eWo5.2 290091196 
ball) 20 a SAS M2NI2*—H Koegel ..........-.... 09119999 7. 
Renone - liiceds david 12100010—4 Shoemaker ............ 222012227 
Sircmeker ro? sooenoneee-8 Len : 
snoem er : DIL es eane an ese d 

Sprite sam Ment 71201112929 SSS 

No. 3, 15 birds: 
Hall --------..222002227202201—1i_ Lenone -....,,111102102011221—-19 


439 


ON LONG ISLAND. 


Crescent Athletic Club. 


Brooklyn, N: Y., Nov. 24.—Owing to the inclement weather the 
weekly shoot of the Crescent Athletic Ciub was poorly attended, 
The last shoot for the November cup was to be held to-day, but 
Dr. J. J. Keyes was so far ahead of his nearest competitor that it 
was impossible to equal his score, so the event was called off and 
Dr. Keyes declared the winner. A trophy event at 25 targets was 
won by H. M. Brigham, with a handicap of 2, and a shoot tor 4 
panel, at 25 targets, expert rules, was also won by Brigham. The 
“Scores: 

Trophy evetit, 25 targets, handicap: H. M. Brigham (2) 22, A. 
M. Boucher (3) 20, H. B; Vanderveer (5) 20, W. W, Marshal: ) 
18, T. W. Stake (2) 15. ee 

Shoot for panel, 25 targets, ¢xperts, handicap: H. M. Brigham 
(3) 2%, J. B. Graham (0) 28, H. Bs Wanderveer (5) 21, W. W. 
Marshall (6) 18, A. M. Boucher (4) 17; T. W. Stake (8) 16, D, G, 
Geddes (1) 15. : . 

Sweepstake, 25 targets, expert: Geddes 17, Brigham 16, Stake 
14, Marshall 12, Graham 10, 

Sweepstake, 15 targets, 


expert: Townsend 12, Boucher §, 
Marshall 6, : 


At Interstate Patk. 


Interstate Park, L. I., Nov. 24—On Weditesday, Nov. 21, the 

regular 25 live-bird Interstate Park handicap event was not shot, 
as on account of the storm-threatening weather; the shooters did 
not appear. ' 
_ Some very interesting events were shot, however, by Coi. Thonias 
Martin, of Bluffton, S. C., and T, W. Morfey, of Queens: Boti 
men stood at the 30yd, mark, and shot at 10 pairs live birds, i 
which Morfey scored 13 to the Colonel’s 12. Birds were very fast; 

In the next 10-pair event the Colonel won, his score being 14 to 
Merfey’s 12. Then followed three 25 live-bird events. Scores as 
follows: Martin 22, Morfey 23. Martin 24, Morfey 28. Martin 21, 
Morfey 23. Morfey was the winner in two out of the three events, 

Both men then stood at the 33yd. mark and shot at 25 live birds, 
the breeze meantitne increasing steadily, and bringing the scores 
down. In this evefit they tied at 21, and it was so dark it was im- 
possible to shoot if off. . 

On Thursday the Medicus Club held its’ regular shoot at hve 
birds, In the first event, a 15-live-bird event, Dr. Wynn and Dr. 
Casey tied, each having scored #4, Im the shoot-off Dr. Wynn 
came out victor. 

In the shoot for the elub trophy Dr. Wynn, Dr. ee ane 
Williams tied, each having scored 9. In the shoot-off Dr. Wynn 
Was again the vietor. : : 

The match between Col. Thomas Martin and T, W. Morfey 
which wag to be held on Friday, and was looked forword to with 
so much eagertiess on the part of so many, was Beceseae yy post- 
poned, as the Colotiel was called home tnexpectedly. 5 De- 


_ cember, however, the Colonel will be with us again, and he will 


then shoot Mr. Morfey a 100-live-bird match, $1006 a side, aid four 
other matches as well, with crack shots, all to be held at Interstate 
Park, 

On Saturday the weather _was again Nee stormy, so the regular 
weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun Club was not so well at- 
tended as usual. There were two 10-live-bird everits, $5 entrance. 

First event: C. A. Lockwood 7, J. Toplitz 7, C. M. Lincoln 9, _ 

Second event: €, A. Lockwood 9, Yoplitz 8, Lincoln 3. J. S. 


Fanning 10. f : 

Third event, 15 live birds, $10 entrance: 
J S Fanning, 30......1-cse-- ere ener cn eect eeceress 2222029*2090122 14 
C E Lockwood, 28..:...+--++ idictaa eee +422110121121211—14 
S B Toplitz, 28.22.01 sesereee eee neee essere teeters 122121022120122—13 
AS My eavicoliang28s25 tease ees BE ag drs onto 1222402*221 2122 12 


There were also four 5-bird events, in which Lockwood was the 
principal winner. All stood at 29yds., except J. S. Fanning, who 


stood at 30yds. 
Emerald Gun Club. 


Nov. 20—The Emerald Gun Club’s shoot at Dexter Park was 
well attended, as the club’s shoots usually are, thirty-five shooters 
taking part in the competition. Of this number eight killed 
straight. The shooting was of a high-class order, only seven men 
scoring less than 7. ‘The scores: 


Dr O’Connell, 30...2212222222—10 


E O Weiss, 28..:... 222222912210 
G Greiff, 30...... 9 = + 222222222210 
G B Hellers, 28.., ,2221222211—10 
J H Moore, 28.,,.. 1211112122—10 
Rathjen, 25........ 1121121211—10 
Duncort, 25....--,- 1221221221—10 
Dr Miller, 28...,.+.. 2211121111—10 
Dr Woods, 28...... 2111112022— 9 
Dr Hudson, 27. .+....2121210211— 9 
TRE a RS eee 22*2212912— 9 
COENEN pets nee 2122022212— 9 
T J Pillion, 28...... 0111111111— 9 
EJ Clarke, 30..... 9291122990— 9 
Mohrman, 25....... 2101122221— 9 
A Schoverling. 28. .2222220022— 8 
B F Amend, 28..... 0222022222— 8. 
R Regan, 27....... 1202212120— & 


Sweep No, 1, miss-and-out: 
WO0dS we esnes0<s0222222222210—11 


Miller seve oeed11121111112—12 
No. 2: 

Woods "5.55 sceaeiee sce, «222104 

Maliere so... eee tenes 22222—5 


I McKane, 27......0222222220— 8 
Wome 2hoe, cls cianae 02222222*2— § 
G A Roberts, 28...2121021102— § 
W J Amend, 25....*011112212— 
Hilimer, 25....... ..1201112202—- 
Wm Jaeger, 28.,...**1*111122— 7 
J H Voss, 30....... 11200*1122— 7 
R Warfie'd, 28...... 0211112. 29— 7 


Dr O’Donohue, 28.0021122102— 7 
H P Fessenden, 28.22220*222*— 7 


S Charles, 25....... *012110110— 6 
AD) EEE Ue Pee ee 52020 11102— 6 
Woelfel, 27... .22+0 2100100211— 6 


Breit, 28,-..05-.-.--0212211000— § 
H Anderson, 25....220122*00*— 3 
SDC SHonte costes 0000221020— 4 
Dr Grohl, 25.......00*000141— 3 


£ 


O’Connell ....-..2220 —2 
Breite peeves dssesss eoeess L1222—4 
Charles) 2..2.4.2-2 eveeee 860 


A New England Shooter’s Opinion. 


Winxcuester, N. H., Nov. 22.—Editor Forest and Stream: As the 


season for trapshooting here is almost over, 


I wish to offer a few 


temarks, which may be amusing, if not interesting, to some of 


what I call the crank shots. 


Early last spring I assisted in organizing a gun club in this 
place. We started with a membership of fourteen, I think. None 


of us but one had ever shot from a trap. 


fair success in every way. 


We have met with 


About twenty years ago it was my fortune to witness a shooting 


event of a first-class club in Massachusetts. 


At that time the gun- 


ner was obliged by the rules to stand ready for the shot, and to 
hold the stock of his gun below the elbow on or near the hip— 
and [ claim that position as the only proper way in which a sports- 


man should shoot. 


Imagine a man out in the bush looking for 


live birds walking around with his gun up to his shoulder with 
his eye sighted along the barrel of his gun! How does it look to 
see a mian stand behind a trap with his gun to his shoulder as if 
glued to the spot? I do not intend to say that he cannot break 
more birds in this way, but I do claim that the man who breaks 
20 targets by what is called the snap shot method is exercising bet- 
ter marksmanship than if he broke 8 or 4 more in fhe way that 
most people shoot at this day. 

We have 2 man in our club who practiced the snap shot method 

early in the season, and he never, I think, broke over 19 birds; 
yet the first time he tried the other way he broke 22. I do nor 
think my record worthy of much notice, but I give it here as an 
example of what can be accomplished by the snap shot principle. 
On July 4 I shot three events of 25 targets each, and scored 19. 
1, 21, 
T notice that each year the rules are becoming more liberal, and 
T shall not be surprised to see in no far distant time the rules so 
amended as to allow the gunner a couch to lie upon, with a 
crane upon which to rest his gun, and an attendant to swing the 
crane on a line with the bird, so that all the gunner will have to 
do is to watch his chance and pull the trigger when the ‘bird 
comes on a Jine with the sight. F 

I never shot from a trap until this season, and no doubt these 
remarks will be subiect to some comment by some of those whe 
have had more experience than I have had, and who are not satts- 
fied unless they can make rules to enable them to break a great 
number of targets by any other method than that of true and scien- 


Hific marksmanship. : Cc. E Stare 


St. Louis Challenges Chicago. 


. {Special Dispatch to Forest and Streemt.] : 
- Aurow, Ill., Nov. 26—St. Louis team of eight men challenges 
Chicago to a match at 200 birds a side, contest to take niace at 
Chicago on Dec. 8. 2 ¥. C Riza. 


The ForEST AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much carlier as practicahie, 


WESTERN TRéPS 


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Chicago Live Birds. 


CHicaco, ill,, Noy, 24—\We are having pretty good live-bird 

Weather these days in this neighborhood, and there is every likeu- 
heod that “Lhanksgiving Day wil be co.d enough to give proper 
zest to John Watson’s Lhanksgiying Day shoot. The programme 
will be the same as that oftered for to-day—6 birds, $2, halt in the 
pot, d0yds., ciass shooting; 15 birds, entrance $6, halt in the pot, 
handicaps 28 to 3lyds., class shooting. 3 : 
_ Nor shouid the shooters forget the regular John Watson winter 
tournament, added money handicap, Dec. 11-14. The big event 
jf that week of shooting is slated for Friday, Dec, 14, 24 live 
birds, $15, handicap. This will be the best sweep we have had in 
‘this region for several moons. 


Geiting Better. 


tom Marshall, lately reported as recovering from the injury to 
his arm, is by no’ méahs a well man yet. He has been here in 
Chicago for some days, and will be here for quite a while yet. 
He hurt his arm last fall in a stumbling fall, which landed him 
with his whole weight on his hand, the arm being forced out and 
up in the direction of the head, He came to.Chicago and had 
an X-ray examination made, and found that instead of the tendons 
tearing loose, a piece of the bone to which the tendons are at- 
tached in the joint had broken of and allowed the artn to 
stretch up. He lost the use of his arm, which is the left arm, 
almost aitogeiher, but a long course of Swedish movements here 
has slowly restored motion to the arm, so that he can now raise 
it as high as his head. It is going to be a long and slow re- 
covery, but the prospects seem that by spring he will be about as 
good as new in that arm. Mr. Marshall is cheerful over it, but I 
think the accident rather depressed his spirits for a time. It 
would be rather a bad blow tor him if he were cut off from his 
favorite sport of the shotgun. All the shooters of the country will 
be glad to hear that there is no likelihood of any such bad result. 


The American—English Team Race. 


It was, by the way, Mr. Marshal! who ave Me some interesting 
deus icgarding we. propused maiuh pelween Amelican aud 
Engutsh teams, about wich there has been so much talke iately. 
Mr, Marshall says that the project was first taken up seriuusiy 
at the Indian \woif shoot iast summer. At that time a siate was 
made up iur a team and a rough drait was skeiched oi a progratnme 
in vase anyihing mure delmiile came up ialer aboul tle trip. 
Neither at 1uat time nor at any later time has any absolute cer- 
tainty existed regarding the match, _ Mr. Marshast says that his 
name was suggested by some olf his iniends as capiain of the 
team, and he woud be willing to serve it the boys wished him 
to, which certainly the boys wou.d not only wish, but insist 
upon, as Mr. Marshali is the very man for this position. He also 
sad that he had httle doubt that the money ior the trip coud be 
raised, since some of the men would be able to pay therr own ex- 
penses, and others woud no doubt be backed by their firms in 
such an enterprise. Mr, Paul North, of the Cleye:and Varget Co., 
has long been enthusiastic about this team match, and he has 
furnished most of the intormation regarding the attitude of the 
shooters on the other side. Mr. North thinks that the match can 
be arranged, though I do not understand that anything definite has 
as yet been concluded as to the personnel and backing of the team 
on the other side. Mr. Marshall theretore says that, while he teeis 
conhdent that the American team can be gotten together easily 
and can easily get the money for the trip, there is nothing to 
warrant the assertion that the match has been arranged, He says 
that much remains to be done, and asks that the sporting papers 
kindly give this matter proper prominence and refer it to the tead- 
ing spurting papers of England, or to leading sportsmen of that 
country, so that the matter may be discussed understandingly 
upon the other side. lt is to be hoped that the editor ot the 
London Field and others of the great journals of that country, not 
forgetting Mr. R. B. Marston, of thé Fishing Gazette, though the 
latter is an angler and not concerned so much in shooting, may 
take up this matter and give it the proper consideration at that 
end of the line. 

There are some things which should be remembered in talking 
over this international match. American shooters should remem- 
ber that the trap situation is not the same in Engiand as it is 
here. There is no professional or semi-professional trap circuit 
in that country. The yery best shooters in that country are ama- 
teurs pure and simple, though they will shoot for any kind of 


money, and will go against almost any kind of a game of a fair. 


sporting nature and of an amateur sort. They will not, however, 
Seat for a gate, nor shoot with professionals in every instance. 
The term professional in that country probably has’ a different 
Significance from what it has here. Our English brothers shou.d 
remember that while some of the men mentioned in the American 
team shoot for money, and make a living out of the business, they 
forfeit, no social standing through that in this country, and are 
admitted to our best ‘clubs in contests with the pire amateurs. 
With a little effort on the part of each party to the match there 
should be no difficulty in both parties arriving at the understanding 
that the teams on both sides are made up of gentlemen sportsmen 
and of representative men. 

There has been, soe talk of a gate, out of which the visiting 
team should receiye a certain amount of expense money in case 
the visitors were defeated. It would seem that this idea of gate 
nioneéy ought to be dropped at the outset, It has been tried in 
this country by some of our match shooters, but it has never left 
a good fee'ing, and has in many cases been the cause of a great 
deal of unpleasant tatk. There is not a man in the American team 
who ever ought to take any hand in a gate-money match, White 
I speak in ignorance of the situation in England, I believe that 
a gaté-money team in that country wou'd not be a representative 
team, and that such a match wou'd not be an international match 
in any sense of the word. We would be sending some of our 
best shots and best sportsmen to England, and if possible we want 
to be met by just that sort of opponents on the other side. There 
is also some talk of making this match for targets only. As the 
Americans haye admittedly the best experience in this line, and 
would be favorites in the target match, even though the English- 
men were given the nse of two barrels, it would seem to be the 
part of good sportsmanship for the Americans to agree at once 
to a live-bird race, also, if the latter be proposed by the Enslish 
shoters. In this race our cousins across the water might perhaps 
surprise some of our best shots on the fast little English biue- 
rocks. We should not need to ask any odds of them, even at this 
game, but it would seem to be a nearer thing than the target 
proposition, and it would take off much of the feeling that perhaps 
the English shooters were going against a crowd Re specialists in 
a target race. 

The trip, in Mr. Marshall’s eStimation, ought to take about two 
inanths. and should be’made in June and July of next summer. 
He thinks there would probably be a great many side matches, 
and believes that American money would not be wanting for 
almost anv kind of a shotgun contest with almost any sort of a 
man that Europe can produce. _ 

There is some talk, as Mr. Marshall hints, of this thine being 
carried through by a private enterprise, in casé any of the men 
above mentioned for the team did not find themse’ves in a position 
to make the trip fer financial reasons. This suggestion may come 
up for later comment.. These men have in a manner set their 
hearts upon this imateh, and T am satisfied that all the shooters 
of America wou'd like to see this trip made, This aftards ground 
for the hope that it will eventua'ly be made. Ovpr Enelish 
cousins mav feel by warrant of this private and wtofficial state- 
ment of the man whe is practically sure to be in charge of the 
Amerivan team that they are unwfficially. but confidently, chal- 
lensed to make this inateh at farwets. Perhans the Americans 
would consider also a Jive-bird race, though this did not come 
with Mr, Marshall's statement at the time. 

nsjshmen aré ueturinusly goed spertsmen, and ewvervbady 
hopes and believes that (ey will be heard fron) in regard to this 
matter, Ir it tao bad that Noel Meney js not back in England 
from South Airies, What cur friends aeruss the water will most 
néed ts a good talk with some Enelish gentleman who has been 
long i this country, who js arquainted with the shooting situation 
here, and who cai explain intelligently the seeming discrenancies 
between the trap situations jn America and in Eneland. There js 
no such dirersnancy serious enoneh tna act ag a bar to the brine 
ing off of this mateh, and there is ne reason why the ‘fatter should 
net be a ‘rims international aud a truly representative contest 


hetween sportsmen : 
' E. Hocen, 
Hartrérp Burtoine, Chicago, Sil. 


- Chicago Gun Club, 


Herewith please find the averaees of the members of the 
Chicago Gun Club for 1998, also thle announcement of the live 
bird shoots. 

This has been the best year the club has ever had for tarvet 
shooting. There is a nice balance on the right side of the ledger 


three or tour. 


‘this year, so We expect to increase the attendance next year by 
‘Siving monthly prizes instead of a yeariy prize, as by comparison 
“With iast year you wall see that all the mempers shot much better 
this year, Next year we will be adie to shout any c.up one to 
fifteen men, and give them a warm race: 

A numer ot our members are away quail shooting. Dr. Morton 
and Dr. Arnoid leave to-night tor Arkansas. W, U. King, one of 
our new members, will go next week. Dr. Miller and Dr. Carson 
leave ‘Thursday evening tor another try at them and expect to jand 
Chas. Antome and V. L. Cunnyigham just got 
back from Indiana. They lett a tew birds in the State, but Chas: 
Hess and wife will try and get the ba.ance, so at the first live- 
‘bird shoot we will have to listen to some big ones, 

The following are the averages in the yearly trophy event; 
monthly trophy event, and handicap cup shoot: 

Yearly trophy shoot: 


Class “A, 
Total Ten 
Targets Grand Highest Aver- 
Shot at. Scored. Ayerage. Scores, Scored, age. 
A W Adams........,- 315 297 77 3-15 250 Pahl 84 2-5 
C Antoine.,....,...-.-150 117 "8 = a we at 
V L Cunnyngham,...125 100 80 ri ane 
Dr RB Miller,...,...150 125 83 1:2 he’ hv F 
EF P Stannard..,.. +. 175 165 88 4:7 tt wee +e 
W 0D Stannard....... 325 304 93 7-13 250 239 95 3-5 
EM Steck,,..:.....2 «300 284 81 1-7 250 217 86 4-5 
O Von Lengerke..... 25 20 80 is ae ; 
i Willatd...... ace 350 313 89 3-7 250 230 92 
Class B. 
(QY if Jieka Ass onsabprick 250 208 81 1-5 250 208 81 1-5 
Drie Wi Garson, ))..- 400 387 84 1-4 250 229 91 3-5 
a GarSOtien seuss wipe 450 318 70 2-3 250 201 $1 3-5 
Mrs C W Carson.... 318 70 2-3 250: 199 19 35 
eer Good tichives. ers 340 85 250 226 90 
CLG hess ee ges 54 72 “~ a3: E 
EI Boer gan. s oe lie 127 72 4-7 elt 
(SEG MROHG cena bre 76 64 88 1-8 
Class C 
W #H Cornwell........ 300) 287 62 250) 218 $7 1-5 
oO Giomcott awe denen: 330 234 fig, 6-7 250 178 71 1-5 
W I) De Wolfe....... i5 36 48 eve , an 
(almonds kei 225 130 Df 7-4 ef x 
Nig Geison Bleep 150 112 T4 2-3 5. = 
A W Morton........1 125 100 80 Boe Hes A 
Dr EH @ Morton...... 625 433 69 7-15 25) 208 81 1a 
A Sundermeier,....... 125 73 68 2-5 xe my 
Dr R € Turek..... Shee! Ui) 12 11 3-7 
Orsi NV Viearteretnarnesrte 1U0 67 a7 
ANTM Ditimiaties . gees 226 174 7 1 
TicGaBarker ei ikcccete ne 225 156 69 1-3 
Class DD. 
Dr W_ J Arnold...... 50 3 64 tH tt 
FD ames) eee. neloo Sd 5b bit kit 
Dr W F Reber.......125 89 71 1-4 =e 
W W Sprague........ 75 170 61 9-16 250 162 64 4-5. 
OM PSinithie. Ses ee 25 18 72 rt iw he 
AW AY Walters.2.i2 3u0 205 68 1-3 250 183 73 1-5 
G K Milleken........ 450 248 - 65 1-9 26 167 A6' 4-5 
Unclassified. 
Te EY TREC AR ee Ae: 41 dt 2-3 44 
C A Duibar.. 3... 50 28 56 fet ny 4 
B BE Veaich....... per poe 14 56 bs58 ae 56 
H M Veitmeyer....... 4 69 92 “ea ae: 44 
JP) Bowles. tio...-.2 15 60 80 + ag 
WORAD Baines. 2 75 39 52 
RE) Haltiter ics me eveh cee . 25 16 64 a : 
Mrs Howard. .:...2.. 95 39 D2 : 


A, W. Adams, May 19, June 23, July 21, Aug. 4; Mrs. Carson, 
May 26; R. B. Carson, Aug. 11, Sept, 29; ©, J. Buck, Aug. 18, 
sept, 1; Dr. F -© Morton; Sept, 22: A. Wi orton, Sept. 14; 


J. P. Bowles, Oct. 6. ee ; , 

Handicap shout: R. B, Carson (winner), first May 5, July 21, 
Sept. 29; L. H, Goodrich, first June 2, April 6; O, J. Buck, first 
Aug. 4, Aug. 25; A. W. Adams, first May 19; L. Willard, first June 
21; W. H. Cornwell, first Sept. 15. : 


Rules for Live-Bird Shoot, 


The liye-bird season of the Chicago Gun Club will begin on the 
first Saturday in December, Contests will be held on the first and 
third Saturday of each month until April 1, 1901, at Watson’s Park. 
Burnside. Shooting will begin at 1:30 sharp, sliding handicap, in 
distance only. John Watosn, handicapper. at 

The club event will be at 15 live birds. No entrance fee. Each 
man pays for his own birds. The club will donate $9 each shoot, 
divided into three moneys—$4, $3, 32; high guns to win; no divide; 
ties shot off, miss-and-out. No visitors to be allowed’ to shoot at 
No. 1 set of traps during club shoot. Dr. E. C. Motton is 
C. W. Carson, Sec’y. 


Trap at Watson’s Park, 
Chicago, Dl., Nov. 20.—Four members of the Audubon Gun 


Club attended the club shoot to-day. Gillis and Amberg tied with 
15 kills, and in the shoot-off Amberg shot out his opponent in the 


president. 


J0th round. Scores: 

5 (Gr Es FPR eas Se ote ire oe gener HAE pire 2210 22222220111—13 

JeNieol oh Stee eal Sy Ae nah 6 tei d saeen Sai an ann Lets 111111111121222—15~ 

JiEnes rowel), cass cee atte hericra adie Lrtttitye? 110122122221110—13 

Grilles @aaly sees Petceep tec mlondoeead wtitieiaet es 1110*1212112122—15 
Tie on 15: : 

Gilligweeeisrsa tees 2 »-21112 212*2" Amberg .......,......12221 99199 


Noy. 24.—There Was open sweepstake shooting to-day. Nos. 1 
and 2 were 6 birds, $2 entrance: No, 3, 6 birds, $3 entrance, and 


No. 4, 15 birds, $5 entrance. All ties divided. Scores: 

. No: 1. No, 2: No. 3 No. 4. 
REREGUSS essere aided 1121*2—5 2112:2—6 2217225 19112992%999999 44 
i) SAYISSEL ed. Gyno nn O1100I—3 1111*2—5 0121204 012192111112117—14 
Fo OM Smith,.......200111 4 0210224 92)017—4 2210°1221211212 13 
JB) Barto, 5 .....222122—6 12.121—6 28211926 222121020221127 13 
J HW Ambergs......222212—§ 12*222—5 211222—6 110197 979191 44 ~ 

Practice: 
IVER tee eye ste semen peed ot RESP eee ie 120211112101**1111—14 
Ne TSS oc pod db bade An Spel edhe Sheet pea ies 2112*12277122219912 417 
FM Smithilliliseic. SUMP CHE epee 8 211202 


Mississippi Valley Notes. 


PIGEON shooting has been lively about St. Louis this month. 


"On the 16th Tramp Irwin°and Dr. J. W. Smith shot a match at‘ 
Tt was . 
arranged to shoot the deciding match on the following Saturday, — 


Dupont Park, at 50 live birds. The result was a tie on 46. 


but a professional call kept the Doctor away. Scores: 


(DKS AS awd hs: an joagdooe chet. ihe 21122122221 222202122211 {23 
; 222122*212229202229719999- 987 48 
Terni Lr witty So 5080 1 oh 5. osteo}. Arges AMT 2*2121212221295*p299- 93 


122211 22*222U212222229999- 93 Ai; 


Instead of the Smith-Irwin shoot-off there was shot on Nov. 


17 a match’ at 25 birds between H: C. 


J irds | Griesedick and Chas. 
Spencer, scores of which follow: 


Hy GiGmesedickecerruneke teeter A heeag pt 22221119212022221122229+9 98 
ChassS Spencer eee eeeek |. pene ae eens 2212211910222122 220202129 ™ 


-\ 22-bird race was also shot on the 17th, with eight entries, all 
standing at 20yds. The birds were a lot of lively fellows, and 
scores ranged very low_as compared with the usually high aver- 
age maintained by the St. Lauis boys on Dave Hlliott’s grounds, 
Figures are appended: 


Grlé sad ick anus Eunre re eeeeen ts OS, Sci) 305k 1021192121217111912119 1 
SSD STIG Eig 65) tei eyres, ainda One ae OU RAO RL | ann 2110221212239222299999 97 
Taylor .....: tot Sts soe AM Pe A Hr Awoleceld 012222112222001020w. 

UE Ms Fela 5 ee a BAe wea sae ea hale te olooe eeibbinists 2711111121121122122199 99 - 
Mermod .......2... SED OSE Sor tac Hons 2211*22219292112221121— 94 
Otho neat ease deeccons SOA Wate eo eee ees 1221921122019 211111— 99 
(Chase: eee clees once treet enero eee ences ys e211 222222212931 29022 — 91) 


Dr Smith .....ccccceseeeseeeceueneeeces begs 2220#29#29001 9913999952 9) 


F. C. Rrenr, 


- Keystone Shooting League to-day, 


[Dec I, 1900. 


Keystone Shooting League. 


Houmessure Junction, Pa., Nov. 24.—Despite the disagreeable 
weather, a goodiy number of shooters attended the shout of the 


(he contests were the semi: 
monthly shoot for the. challenge trophy, embiematic of the live- 
bird championship of Philadelphia, and fhe wWeekiy handicap 
shoot for the trophy emblematic of the club championship. The 
former eyent is open to all residents of Philadeiphia, while the 
latter is open to club imembers only. The conditions of the 
chailenge trophy event are 10 birds per man, 30yds, rise. In this 
event seven men tied with clean scores, and Henry won in the 
shoot-off by killing 9 birds. In the club championship event at 
16 birds, handicap rise, Slyds, boundary, Henry again won with 
a clean score. The scores: f 
Challenge trophy event: 


MeCoy «...+«++....222222200210 Geikler ........... .2222220999 10 
Henry ..... veveess 2112112111—10 Felix ..5s.ccc00+s++-1212122210— 9 
Wandegrift ........-1112*101I—7 Darby .........,...2122122999-40 
Sanford .+.e++0.+. 2212020202— 7 Davis ......00.0..-- 221211199140 - 
Howard wiesvieevee _-01200"201— 4 Van Loon.....,,...1121922112—10 - 
Brewer ............-1222212122—10 v 
Ties: ; . 
ETetry ae ee ae 11 111 W1—9 Davis ............220 
Van Loon........ 222 222 10*—7 Geikler ..........000 
Danby eee tela 221 222.0 —6 Brewer ...........0 
McCay tice. enor 
Club championship: \ 
McCoy, 30......,.+.2222002202— 7 Felix, 30...<..-.-< 0022222222 § 
Inieotite PEEE he ep eee 2212121221—10 Darby, 29.,.........021111229*— 8 
Vandegrift, 80......2122211122-10 Davis, 28.,.........2112102220— § 
Sanford, 29 ......,. 2::22222920— 8 Van Loon, 29..-...0200201U22— 5 
SCILENIC eA S ee veut 220°020102— 5 Hautf, 28....-......1902101022— 7 
Brewer, 80)... -.+. 2120222202 8 Ridge, 29...........2222112902— 9 


Gretkler, 28.......... 22*2220202— 7 


Baltimore Shooting Association, 


activ ore, Md., Noy. 24—In spite of the bad weather and a 
could nor’easter, a number of the faithful took their guns and shoot- 
ing clothes ta the grounds of the Baltimore Shooting Association 
to-day. A. H, Fox. of the Winchester and Dupont companies, was 
high in each event. Malone was not in his usual good form, while 
the reverse was the case with Franklin, who is an amateur of a 
few months’ experience, but bids fair to make a first-class shot 
with a little more experience. The first three events were at 25 
targets cach. The scores follow: 

No.l, Now. Wo:3) 


Sox") sucen eee 24 «84 25 Melanie ao. seks 
Malane) tasadaaaenel 22 22 Franklin .....1 419 20 rau 
MRoMAsS eres, 21 20 Wiest Wit. o8 20 21 21 


Live-hird shooting followed, and Capt. Malone had a good, fast 
rat of birds on hand, which, together with the dark affernoon, and 
background, made the shooting hard, as the scores will show: 

Twenty-five live birds, 30yds. rise: 


PUrgersOn wo... 0.04 Teer enta elias eee oL11010111220111*120229120—19 

Dart elite see ee ee ke OO eon oe een Trad) 222*2(22"221%22, 11222017 

Hin ei NOT occ seh eben vases D2222022 22-2992 939999 9n 

Belancdee--eeeleLenere peel sifteretrarere td, faethe te 20011 21111112214 

neta e ee TO arin ae seat ekeh. ate 1210*112.0221222102120*21—18 
. BALTIMORE. 


Rifle Bange and Qallery. 


Columbia. Pistol and Rifle Club, 


SAN Franersco, Nov. 18—Columbia Pistol and Rite Club had 
bad weather conditions, but hot competition, for the yearly medals 
and prizes on the all comers’ matches. Hoadley tied Daiss for 
first honors on the pistol, and Becker led on the .22 rifle contest, 
Both are comparatively new members, Pape led on the military 
and got within 5 points of Young, who teads with 47, average 
for 10 best scores, Creedmoor count. Daiss led with révolyer, and 
Young with fine rifle. Hoadey was third on the all comers’ 
pistol in the morning, and gained 45 points by his fine shoot- 
ing, which placed him 4 points ahead of Becker, and Dr. ‘l'wist 
also gained 33 points, which put him 9 points behind Hoadiey. 
tecker got even by tieing the Doctor with the .22 rifle. The 
competition is most intense, and the best of feeling exists between 
all, which adds to the sport. It was the best day of the year as to 
the number of entries, and the next two final shoots will be 
more interesting, as they settle final ownership of medals and 


prizes. The Columbia buttons were won during last six months 
as follows: Rifle, A. B. Dorrell, C, M. Daiss and Dr. J, F. 
Twist. Pistol, F, O. Young, Paul Becker and N, A. Robinson; 


who will wear them permanently hereafter. Daiss has put up 5 
more for those who did not win. These are similar to those 
sent Humphrey and Dr. Baker as souvenirs of their phenomenal 
shooting on Columbia target. They are given for most firsts, and 
Neu eaee month; member winning most times in six months wins 
nally. 

Scores to-day, Columbia target; all comers’ re-entry matches: 

Rifle, 200vds.: F. O, Young 60, 62; G. Mannel 69, 74, 76, 78, 89. 

Military, 200yds., and repeating rifle,.Creedmoor count: A. HI. 
Pape 48, 47, 46, 46, 45, 45; F. O. | oung 47, 47, 47, 47, 46, 45, 45, 45; 
P, Becker (,30-80 carbine) 44, 44,; E. Allen 38 Pape and 
Young used Sharp’s military, 6lbs, pul, open sights, and King’s 
CG and sniokeless powders. : 

Pistol, 50vds.: Geo. W. Hoadley 45, 43, 52; €. M. Daiss 43. 45, 
50, 52, 49; Dr. J. F. Twist 50, 54, 55, 56. 65, 66, 68, 68; F. S. Wash- 
burn 54; P. Becker 57; G. M. Barley 59: 

cinerea ies medal: C. M. Daiss 51, 60, 68, 69; F. ©. Young 
56, 56, 62, 69. 

22 and, .25 rifle medals, 50yds.: P. Becker 19, 24, 24, 25. 25, 98: 
A. B, Dorrell 21, 22, 24, 24, 26, 277 Dr. J. F. Twist 30, 31, 32: & 
A. Allen 35, : 

Rifle, record: Mr. Griffin 39, 47, 53. : 
F. OG. Youns, Rec. Sec’y. 


Elite Schuetzen. Corps. 


Brookiyn, N. ¥., Nov. 28.—At the regular shoot of the Elite 
Schuetzen Corps, on Friday, Noy. 23, at Louis Mertz’s shooting 
gallery, corner Broadway and Jefferson street, the fo lowing scores 
were made; F. C. Ross 243, C. W. Horney 242, (seo. Klingel= 
hoefer 241, T. P. Fritz 241, L. Zoellner 237. C. K, Hoerning 287, 
G. Krauss 235, C. Deckemann, Jr., 284, Louis Mertz 227, Spaneen- 
berg 221, CHaArtes K, Hoernine, S. M. 


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A sara JouRNAL OF THE Rop anp Gun. 


Coryricut, 1900, By Forest AND STREAM PUBLISHING, Co, 


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NEW ee SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1900. 


VOL. LV.—No. 28. 
| No. 846 BroapwAy, NEw Yorks 


Our, Mhristmas Dumber. 


THe Forest AND Stream of Dec. 22 will be the Christ- 
mas Number; and this year, as in other years, the pages 
will contain an admirable store of good reading. Here 
are some of the contents: 

By Rowland E. Robinson. 
By Llewella 


“Reminiscences.” 

“Christmas Under the’ 
Churchill. 

““& Voice from a Farm.”. By W. W. Hastings. 

“Old Hogarth.” By Fayette Durlin, Jr. 

“Out of Commission.” By N. N. West. 

“The Christmas Dinner Father Josef Cooked.” 
Connelly. 

“How We Obtained Our Gun Rack.” By A. C. Thatcher. 

“That Christmas Turkey.” By Edward Banks. 

“My Grandmother’s Kitchen.” By Egbert L. Bangs. 


Palms.” 


By J. H. 


LAY DAYS FOR LONG ISLAND DUCKS. 


In another column attention is called to the continual 
shooting to which the wild fowl now gathered on the 
Great South Bay are exposed and to the fact that this 
shooting has led them to desert the waters of the bay 
during the dayl‘ght hours, and to rest in the ocean beyond 
the outer beach, where they are free from molestation by 
their twin enemies, the gunner and the sailboat. In the 
Great South Bay, as on many other waters where ducks 
are abundant, the gunner and the sailboat are in partner- 
ship, and while the batteryman or the point shooter lies 
hidden near his decoys, the skipper of the sailboat passes 


to and fro over the water, sailing up to every bunch of 


ducks that can be seen, and forcing them to take wing, 
in the hope that some of them may fly near enough to his 
man to give him a shot. 

Ducks are simple birds, to be sure, but they possess 
wings, and after having been chased about in this way 
for a longer or shorter period they weary of it and are 
certain to depart to some place where they will be free 
from this annoyance. This place in the Great South 
Bay—and also in many other waters along our coast—is 
the ocean. 

We are told that the birds now seem hardly less nu- 
merous than they were when they first came on from the 
north but that the shooting is no longer good, for the 
reason that the b'rds feed only at night, coming in late 


_in the afternoon and going out in the morning when first 


disturbed, 

Now there ought to be some way of protecting the birds 
from this continual harassment, even if the season is 
open, and yet it is impossible to expect one man to stop 
shooting while another keeps it up, and the establishing 
of a common sentiment whch should agree that the birds 
should be let alone at certain times and certain seasons 
is, of course, not to be hoped for. Yet there is a method 
practiced in certain States, which New Yorkers are very 


apt to thnk far behind them in energy. push and gen-_ 


eral business sense, by which the ducks have during 
each week two days of rest besides Sunday. 

In Maryland and in North Carolina—States where the 
duck shooting is probably better than anywhere else on 
this continent—long experience has taught gunners— 
whether they shoot for the mere.sport of the thing or to 
sell their birds and so to make a livelihood—that it is 
wise to giye the birds a certain amount of rest from the 
gunning; that in this way they continue to be gentle, and 
willing to come up to the decoys; that in.the four days of 
shooting had under the operation of such an arrange- 
-ment more birds are killed and with less effort than 
where the shooting lasts from Monday morning to 
Saturday night. 

In these States the lay days are generally observed; 
far more so than is the prohibition against night shooting, 
which in certain places has become a great abuse. 

It is late in. August or early in-September when the 
first ducks begin to make their appearance in the Great 


South Bay, and now in the opening days of December they . 


are still there in great numbers, but are not accessible. 
It is entirely conceivable that an amendment of the game 
law to apply to the whole State of New York which 
should forbid the putting out of decoys or the shooting 
et : aS 5 oe od: Be ‘5 es 


Pierce 


at wild fowl on Monday or Thursday of any week might 
result in greatly bettering the shooting for those who 
visit Long Island waters of those of the Hudson River, 
and at the same time might keep the ducks about instead 
of driving them off the bay into the ocean. . 

People who commonly shoot on Chesapeake Bay and 
on Currituck and Albemarle sounds declare that on the 
days following lay days the birds are noticeably less sus- 
picious than on other days, and that the shooting on Mon- 
day, after they have had two days’ rest, is almost sure to 
be good, provided there is any weather at all. 

The Great South Bay is a body of water which with 
reasonable protection should furnish good shooting during 
the whole of the season while it is open, but for many 
years the residents and visitors there have seemed to 
act as if they did not wish to have any ducks with them, 
for from the time the birds come until the time they go, 
they are constantly chased about: In these days of in- 
creasing game scarcity it is worth our while to do every- 
thing in our power to make the most of the natural ad- 
vantages that we have. Public shooting grounds where 
to-day a man can go to have anything like good shooting 
are few and far between, and far away and usually much 
crowded. It would be an enormous boon to many Eastern 
sportsmen if the Great South Bay and.its adjacent bodies 
of water could be treated in an intell’gent way, so as to 
protect the fowl and make the shooting constantly good. 
Some time this will probably be done; but when? 


THE MASSACHUSETTS FISH COMMISSION. 


On ‘Nov. 28 Governor W. Murray Crane, of Massachu- 
setts, nominated Mr.-John W. Delano, of Marion, as Com- 
missioner of Fish and Game, to fill the unexpired term 
of the late Elisha D. Buffington, whose death was recently 
announced, 

Mr. Delano has had about ten years’ service as a sub- 
ordinate in the work of the Massachusetts Fish and Game 
Commission, and therefore will bring to his new position 
a ripe experience and a comprehensive knowledge of all 
phases of the various activities in which the Commission 
is engaged. 

For several years past he has been superintendent of 
hatcheries, and in this capacity has given special atten- 
tion to the fishcultural work under his charge... He has 
also designed and stperintended the construction of some 
of the best hatcheries in the State; has compiled the 
statistics of fisheries published by the Commission, and at 
various times has performed with zeal and rare good 
judgment the duties of a deputy in the enforcement of 
the fish and game laws.” 

It is evident that this appointment was made for merit 
alone, and Governor Crane deserves the commendation of 
all interested in fishculture and the protection and preser- 
vation of fish and game for his action in this case, which 
indicates clearly his keen business instincts and his high 
regard for the public welfare, 


MR. WOODRUFF’S DEER. 


THE civic pride of the people of New York is not 
strengthened in any very considerable measure by the 
spectacle of the Lieutenant-Governor of the State brought 
to book for killing deer out of season. .A press dispatch 
from Old Forge in the Adirondacks announces that as a 
result of prosecution by the Brown’s Tract Guides’ Asso- 
ciation, Lieutenant-Governor Timothy L. Woodruff has 
paid a fine of $250 for violating the game laws in hunting 
before the opening of the season. In the absence of in- 
formation to the conirary, it would be charitable to assume 
that Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff killed his game out 
of season unwittingly. although it must be confessed that 
this would be a mighty poor excuse if not worse than none 
at-all. In these days no shooter of game may plead 
ignorance of the game laws, for it is his business before 
he shoots to find out what the laws are. It is in particu- 
Jar the duty of a public executive officer so to inform 
himself. to the end that he who by virtue of his. position 
should be an example to all men, may not disgrace him- 
self and the citizens of his State by being haled before 
a court and punished for a misdemeanor. Moreover, if 
Mr, Woodruff did violate the law unwittingly. it was. his 
duty as a citizen, a sportsman and a Lieutenant-Governor 
to come forward at once and pay the penalty volun- 


‘tarily, without waiting for prosecution. Had this course 
been taken, it would have been to make the’ beat of a bad 
matter, and would have relieved the citizens of the State 


of a portion of the obloquy they must share.with their 


official representative. If, on the other hand, we assume 


‘that Mr. Woodruff knew what he was about and violated 


the law deliberately, then this is only one of a long list of 


incidents which indicate a tendency on the part of public 


officials to regard. themselves as being outside ‘of the ap- 
plication of a statute which interferes with their will’ We 
have had in the past fish commissioners who by virtue of 
their office and in the exercise of official self-indulgence 
have systematically fished in waters closed by law; and 


‘they have done this as an unquestioned right, assuming 


that they were for some reason exempt from the opera- 
tion of the law. If Mr. Woodruff entertained any such 
foolish notion with respect to the Adirondack deer law 


he knows now that he was mistaken. 


“PUBLIC WATERS.” 


In his communication on the stocking of public waters 
Mr.‘ J. S. Van’ Cleef discusses a subject of much per- 
plexity. He represents that the public waters are re- 
stricted, and that as a matter of fact most of the fish 
which are distributed from State hatcheries to be placed 
in public waters actually are deposited in private waters. 

A consideration of the development of fish stocking and 
of the growth of angling explains in what manner the 
usage of the fish commissions of the several States re- 
specting the stocking of public and private waters has 
come about. The artificial breeding and the distribution 
of fish originated at a time when fishing streams were 
for the most part free to all; and when, although not 
technically public waters in the strict sense employed by 
Mr. Van Cleef, they were to all intents and purposes pub- 
lic, in that the public had unrestrained access to them 
for fishing. When fish were planted in such streams the 
public had the benefit of the stocking. Then as fishermen 
increased and fishing privileges grew more valued, these 
same waters which had been thus free to the public were 
posted ‘by their owners, and became in fact, as they had 
always been. technically, private waters. When this change 
came, the commissions in many instances continued to 
supply fish for the streams, though in so doing they were 
now stocking private waters. As a rule there remains 
very little open fishing that amounts to anything. All 
waters which afford fishing are now posted or soon will 
be. There remain, then, as Mr. Van Cleef points out, 
practically no public streams to be stocked. 

Some States have a provision that waters stocked from 
the public hatcheries shall be open to public fishing, but 
this does not solve the difficulty, because the right in- 
hering in the ownership of the fee cannot be thus shee 
gated by legislative enactment. 

The conclusion to which we have already come, or to 
which we are coming, in many parts of the country is 
this, that if the fish commissions go on stocking the waters 
they must continue to stock private waters; or on the 
other hand, if the owners of private waters desire fish 
for stocking purposes, they must look for them not to the 
fish commissions but to private breeders. 


THE FEAR OF SNAKES. 


* CoAHomaA and others of the kindness to serpents cult, 
who would put man and snake on a peace footing, without 
waiting for the lion to lie down with the lamb, have set 
themselves to a gigantic task. If the fear of snakes is not - 
implanted in human nattire, it certainly is manifested at 
an early age, and is practically universal. The United 
States Bureau of Education has just completed an ex- 
tended inquiry into the subject of fear among children. 
By means of lists of objects of fear, which lists were dis- 
tributed to teachers, parents and others for the ques- 
tioning of children, the facts were collected covering 
15,000,000 cases, The figures show that’ thunder storms 
are more generally the object of fear than any other one 
thing, and next come reptiles. Then in order follow 
strangers, darkness, fire, death, domestic animals, disease, 
wild animals, water, insects, ehosts. Some of these fears: 
as that of thunder storms, may be classified as natural; 
others, as of ghosts, are the result of teaching. Wherg 
does the fear of reptiles belong? 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Dec: 8, 1966. 


_ he Sportsman Gourist. 
“One Day and Adpthers 


Staten Island. 


T can recall a day when the ground where the village ; 
of South Beach now stands was only a succession of 


sand dunes, with here and there a tuft of spear grass, and 
at long intervals a clump of firs, On that day I had gone, 
as I may say, on a yoyage of.discovery. It was in the 


early fall, and the weather, though fine, was somewhat — 


gray and hazy, with a strong wind blowing in from the 
sea. Starting from the bend below Fort Wadsworth, I 
progressed leisurely along the beach, keeping my eyes 
about me. The place seemed to be as lonesome as Robin- 

son Crusoe’s island. Not a soul was to be seen, nor a 
sign of human habitation, The monotonous murmur- 
ing of the waves on the beach and the sibilation of the 
sand blown through the spear grass were the only sounds 
that struck the ear. When I had gone about half a mile 
I observed to my right a marsh, which, narrow at first, 
broadened out and stretched away for about three miles. 
Tdly lifting a stone, ] threw it among the reeds, when 
whir! up got an English snipe, and with its peculiar note 
of alarm went zigzagging down the marsh. Further on 
I tried a similar experiment, and put up mot one 
snipe, but two. ‘It 15 all because [ have no gun 
with me!” I cammented, as I] resumed my walk. I have 
mentioned that there were scattered clumps of fir trees 
on the beach. Suddenly on rounding one of these I 
espied a hut of the most primitive order. Put together 
any way, with old pteces of wreckage and little else be- 
sides, it presented indeed a sorry and ludicrous appear- 
ance. At first I supposed it was uninhabited (probably 
‘some old pirate’s lair, I thought), but presently became 
conscious of the odor of burning wood, and imme- 
diately afterward a most extraordinary figure of a man 
presented himself at the door of the hut. He was about 
fifty years old, as well as I could judge; tall and spare, 
with a face very suggestive of a hawk. His:clothes were 
in keeping with his habitation, and that, I fancy, jwill be 
description enough. For a while he eyed. me sus- 
piciously, almost threateningly, but when I assured him 
that I meant no harm his demeanor altered a little, and 
he asked: 

“You ain’t an agent of the lawyers, then?” 

“No, indeed,” I answered, laughing. “I wouldn’t 
have anything to do with lawyers for the whole world.” 

At this he became civility itself, advanced to meet me 
and apologized for not being able to ask me in, as his 
wife was in bed with the chills. 

“Your what?” I exclaimed. 

“My wite,’ he answered, somewhat haughtily. 
I got a right to be married?” 

Oh, of course,” I said; “but you don’t mean to say 
that you both live in there?” 

“Cart’nly we do—and right sniig, too, with no one to 
bother us.” 

To be sure I wondered, and recalled the old saying 
that one half of the world doesn’t know how the other 
half lives. My reverie was interrupted by the abrupt 
question, “Do you wan’t to buy some birds?” 

“What kind of birds?” I asked. 

“Snipe—and good fat ones,” he answered. and request- 
ing me to step behind the hut, there pointed to three or 
four yellowlegs hanging on a line. Placed against 
a tree near by was an old rusty fowling piece. I was 
considerably more interested in the gun that the game. 

icking it up, I examined the lock and barrel, and de- 
cided that the promise of being remembered in a million- 
aire’s will would hardly induce me to let that gun off. 
My expression must have betrayed my thoughts, for the 
owner of. the weapon exclaimed, offendedly, “There 
ain’t nothin’ the matter with her, if she is a bit rusty. 
‘That old gal and me has been companions these twenty 
years, and she’s never gone back on me yit.” 

I endeayored to look sympathetic, and deeming it 
prudent to divert the conversation, inquired, “Plenty of 
game hereabouts, I suppose?” 

He regarded me meditatively for a whife, as if trying 
to determine whether I contemplated poaching on his 
preserves, and then answered, cautiously, “Wal, *tain’t 
what it used to be.” 

d But suddenly he asked, “Do you want a day’s shoot- 
in’??? 

I said, “I might.” 

“Wal, if you do. and will make it wo’th my while, I 
may be able to stir up a few—quite a few. But you'd 
have to bunk here the night afore, as we’d have to start 
putty early.” 

“Bunk here?” I said. “Why, you and your wife must 
eccupy every inch of room in that—that cottage of 
yours.” 

“Oh, it ain't so small as it looks outside. Anyhow, 
if you will come, I guarantee to‘fix a place fur you.” 
+“But your wife?” I said, inquiringly. 

“Oh, we'll put up a little screen,” 
naively. 

_I promised to consider the matter, and handing him a 
cigar, which he seemed delighted to get, took my leave, 
_ As I proceeded on my way I amused myself with 
Imagining a night under the conditions indicated. The 
subject was so engrossing—so full of unique horror, as 
I may say—that before I was aware I had almost walked 
into a creek. This came meandering sluggishly through 
the marsh and joined with the tide, which was now at its 
height. For the moment I thought I had reached my 
Ultima Thule, and that I should have to turn back. but 
looking, about I descried some distance up the creek 
a tude bridge, by which I crossed. 

My way now lay through a stretch of rough ground 
densely covered with scrub, or spear grass, in which I put 
up several rabbits. To my right the marsh spread out 
to the distance of a mile or more and-presented a most 
picturesque appearance, with its rich autumnal colorings 
and shining pools.. By one of these I saw two white 


“Ain't 


he answered, 


cranes nrdustriously fishing. This is a veritable rara avis 


and mace me regret again the absence of that gun. At 


length I got to the upper end of the marsh and made a 


getour through the woods by which it js bordereq— 


noticing as I went along numerous signs of woodcock— 
until I came out on the Richmond road. Here, in those 
days, was a little inn known as the Sportsman’s Rest, 
which, I am confident, no tited sportsman could possibly 
pass.’ Not only was it well provided and neatly kept, but 


‘the host, a genial son of the Vaterland, acted, so to 


speak, like a magnet. I therefore will make no apology 


for having entered, . f Yee 
As I sat resting in a big arm chair, with my pipe in 


good working order, at least half a dozen of gunners must 


have dropped in with ‘well filled bags. And then my host 
informed me that he had been out that very morning 
and brought down with his own gun four brace of 
woodcock—and what is more he exhibited them, 

I complimented him on haying such good shooting. 

“Vell,” he said, reflectively, “it’s putty goot now, but 
hein! soon, alretty, it may be tam poor!” 

Prophetic words! 

_ That day, well remembered, was years ago.. Tempora 
mutontur. Recently I have been on Staten Island, and I 
fell in with a man with a gun, and another man slouching 
some distance in his rear. 

“Any sport?’ I inquired. 

He stepped and appeared to be a little troubled: 

“No—nary a thing,” he answered. 

I then told him that I was irom the city, and was 
anxious for a day's shooting on the island, and asked if 
he could recommend a guide. ; ‘ 

“Oh,” he said, and thought 4 moment. “Well,” he said 
then, “I could guide you myself—me and this man, Come 
here, Pete.” 

Pete slouched up, and I noticed that all his pockets 
were bulging. 

“Could you bring me to where there are some quail?” 
I asked. 

“Oh, quail! No, I guess not. There don’t appear to 
be none around. They let some loose Jast year, but 
they’ye disappeared. But say, I can git you some fine 
robin shootin’ and meadowlarks, Meadowlarks is fine; 
but you want to be putty quick if you don’t hit “em on the 
ground!” 

“But,” I said, “those are song birds, and it is against 
the law to shoot them.” 

He guffawed, and looked at Pete, who grinned. “Say,” 
he went on, “that’s all right. There ain’t no danget* 
When we shoot anything we needn’t carry it, but hand 
it to this nian, who keeps at a distance and pretends to be 
lookin’ for nuts when he sees any one a-comin.’ No, 
there ain’t a bit of danger.” ; 

“Oh, I see,” I said, “you've got it down pretty fine. 
Well, if you will let me have your address J’ll think it 
over and drop you a lime if I decide to come.” ; 

He gave me the address, and I wished him “good- 
day,” while secretly wishing him in the lockup at Rich- 
mond. 

And is this possible, I mused, as I went on my way, 
within fifteen miles of New York? 

I understand that a close season of three years for 
quail has been declared on Staten Island. No wonder, 
indeed. But, query: Will it not soon be in order to 
declare a close season for robins and meadowlarks 
and song birds generally? And this suggests another 
query: Does a close season close? 

Frank Moonan. 

New York, Nov, 16. 


That Mule o’ Sanders. 


“Doccon my whiskers ef that onery cuss uv a mule 
ent gone an’ skinned aout again,’ old man Saunders ex- 
claimed to himself in tones of dismay, as he viewed the 
wreck of the sometime rickety gate and the vaeant barn- 
yard where the big black mule was wont to spend a cer- 
ea epeaHOn of his time in braying forth defiance to the 
world, 

Saunders bit off a huge piece of tobaco from his twist, 
spat vigorously and with much feeling upon the wreckage 
of the gate, and then turned his back on the scene in 
disgust. There was an expression on his countenance 
that boded ill for the cause of all this trouble as he 
seated himself on a big “nigger head” boulder, with his 
rifle across his knees, undecided what to do next. 

Truly this was a bad ending to what had otherwise 
been a day fraught with great excitement and wonder- 
ful surprises—a never-to-be-forgotten red-letter day tor 
Saunders. He had started out at daybreak that morn- 
ing with rifle in hand in quest of wild turkeys or anything 
in the way of game that might cross his path. 

The time of the year was November. It was one of 
those “gray days and cold,” with a dull, leaden sky over- 
head and a general air of gloom and depression pervading 
the atmosphere; the kind of a day when Dame Nature 
herself seems in a melancholy mood and tunes her harp 
to minor strains of mournful music, and you feel that 
“the end of all things is nigh at hand.” 

In a vague way Saunders was similarly affected, al- 
though if asked to put his feelings into words he would 
have answered in this wise: “This yere doggon weather 
ent fit fer nuthin’ ‘cep’n’ ducks an’ geese an’ razorbacks 
an’ whisky toddy, hi ganny.” 

The first three members of this quartet of immunes 
were well able to look after themselves, and asthe toddy 
was Saunders’ special charge it received all due attention; 
but then, the hunting was not very good, and a man had 
to keep his spirits up in some way. 

_ With noiseless tread and eye and ear alert for any 
sign of moving creature, Saunders pursued his way. He 
was advancing cautiously down through a deep ravine 
where a self-important little brook hurried along in a 
noisy, reckless fashion, with many a tumble over its rock- 
strewn course. chattering busily the while to itself and 
making much ado over everything and nothing. when 
he suddenly stopped short in his tracks with an ejacila- 
tion of surprise. 


Bending low, he examined a mark in the sand at the 


edge of the brook. His eyes flashed and his breath came 
hurriedly with excitement as he carefully traced the 
markings in the sand. 
deer. : as. 

Satinders straightened himself to his full height, threw 
back his shoulders and lauched <oftly. “Hi ganny, hit’s 
4 deer an’ no mistake,” he exclaimed in low, excited 


It was the fresh footprints of a 


Godfrey, who'd a thunk it?” _— 
He seemed’to grow ten years younger in a moment. He 
crossed the brook and 100k up the trail on the other side, 
where it showed pla-ner m the softer soil. He followed 
the trail a short distance and then lost it, bit he had the 


tones, ““A- deer, an’ a whoppin’ big feller, tew. Hi 


direction, and if that deer were anywhere in Douglas 


county he proposed to find him, ~ 

_Instincvively he recalled the many times he had hunted 
over these rugged hills, years before, when game of every 
kind was plentiful; but there had not been a deer shot in 
Douglas county for the past two or three years. He had 
never expected to shoot another one, and lo! here he was 
on the trail again, just as in the days of old, and some- 
yee ahead of him there was a deer, perchance a big 
uck, 

It seemed incredible, and he longed to shout aloud, but 
fear of alarming the deer restrained him. In lieu of a 
shout, however, he produced a well-worn flask from his 
hip pocket, and holding at at<arm’s length embraced the 
surrounding hills in a comprehensive sweep of his long 
arm. ’ oF mS 

“Here's to yuh, wharever y’ be,” said he, delivering his 
toast with great gusto. “Here’s hopin’ we'll meet up 
with each other afore dark.” 

He took a long pull at the flask, and restoring it to its 
accustomed resting place, started in pursuit of the deer, 

No hunter of any forest, no savage in any wilderness 
ever followed a trail with more untirit..s zeal than this old 
man now displayed. Mile after mile did he cover with 
his swift, noiseless tread. Not a sound escaped his 
listening ears, not the stirring of a leaf, nor the swaying 
of some low hanging bough, nor the slightest movement 
in the underbrush that his ever watchful eye did not 
detect. 

He laid his course in a wide circle, judging it more than 
probable that the deer would return to its drink ng place 
that night, Twice he came upon a flock of wild turkeys, 
but unheeding the temptation he passed them by. He 
dared not risk a shot. 

tt was well on in the afternoon. and the long tramp 
was beginning to tell on his overworked muscles, before 
his patient search was rewarded. He had reached thie 
top of a high ridge after a toilsome ascent up its steep 
side, and had paused a moment to recover his breath, 
when he suddenly caught sight of some creature moving 
among the trees in the distance. 

It took but a second glance to convince him that his 
labors had not been in vain, The moving creature was a 
deer, and a big buck at that. The buck had not taken 
alarm, as yet, but stalked majestically along. stopping 
ever and anon to raise his head and sniff the air for any 
sign of danger. 

Then Saunders brought all his knowledge and skill in 
woodcraft to bear upon the situation, and stole cautiously 
toward the keen-sensed and ever-suspicious quarry. For- 
tunately he had the wind in his favor, or it would merely 
have been the wave of white flag and an abrupt farewell— 
and no yenison for Saunders. His breath came fast, and 
his heart thumped like a trip hammer against his ribs, but 
his hand was steady and his aim was sure when the 
critical moment came, 

He dropped to one knee and raised the rifle to his 
shoulder. At the flash of the weapon the buck bounded 
high in the air, recovered himself, took four or five long 
eae: and then plunged forward on his head and lay 
still, f 

Satuinders advanced slowly, ready at a moment’s notic. 
to put in another shot if the deer showed the slightest 
sign of suddenly coming to life and making good his 
escape. But this “Ione siag of the mountains” had at last 
met with the tragic fate allotted to his kind, sooner or 
later, wherever the foot of man doth tread, 

After Saunders had dressed the deer he bethought 
himself what next to do. It was growing late and would 
be dark in a few hours. and now that the excitement of 
the chase was over, the réaction set in and he knew that 
he would never be able to pack the deer back to his cabin 
that day. He decided to hang up the carcass where it 


“was and feturn home for his big black mule, on whose 


strong back the deer could be easily, borne away. With 
this plan in view he suspended the carcass between two 
tall saplings, and set out after the mule. 

The wide circle in which he had traveled in pursuit of 
the buck had brought him within five or six miles of 
his home. He had not gone far when he happened upon 
an old, disused roadway which he followed until it 
joined the road that passed his own door. 

As he drew near the three or four log buildings and 
the small clearing that constituted his farm. it seemed to 
him that an ominous silence brooded over the place. Not 
a living creature could be seen anywhere about, save 
one or two frightened looking chickens, and this fact gave 
a very unpleasant aspect to affairs, and he was therefore 
partly prepared for the unwelcome discovery that fol- 
lowed. The mule had taken French leave and frustrated 
all his owner’s plans. That accounted for the silence. No 
creature that could escape remained in sight when the 
black mule broke loose and went on a rampage. 

As Saunders sat on the big “nigeer head” rock reyiew- 
ing the situation, as the facts presented themselves, he 
Was in anything but a happy frame of mind. He found 
himself in an awkward predicament. It was too late to 
start owt in search of the mule, as there was no telling 
where that independent beast had elected to spend his 
brief vacation: It would be dark in another hour, and, 
moreover, Saunders-knew that he was far too weary to 
even think of packing the deer’s heavy carcass home that 
night, and yet he dared not leave it hansing there in 
the woods unguarded and unprotected. There was no - 
other way out of the difhculty save to return and camp 
out beside the deer until the next morning. 

He left his seat on the boulder and entered the house 
and rolled up what few things he needed in a blanket, and 
slinging the light bundle over his shoulder. started off on 
h*s back track—a long. wearisome tramp, where each of 
the five miles seemed like two. 

Tt was after dark hefore he came to the end of his 
journey. He soon had a bright fire burning merrily. and 
hefore lone an mdor of beniled venison and fried hacon 
filled the air. and Saunders feasted. After thet he wranncd 
himself in his blanket and was immediately huried in 
sleen and he dreamed that he had heard the brazen yoice 
of a braying mule, wee TOM 


Dee. 8; 1960) 


FOREST - AND. STREAM, 


A A 8 


a 


The next morning he ate a hearty breakfast, and then 
hoisting the deer and his other belongings on to his 
broad back, started for home. As he toiled along the 
rough road, with the heavy pack growing heavier every 
moment, direful plans for vengeance floated through his 
brain, in which a certain mule was the central figure.. 

He was compelled to stop often and rest his straining 
muscles. During one of these pauses, when he had 
about a mile left to cover before he reached home, he 
heard a sound close by. He turned, and there, not more 
than 20 yards away, stood the subject of his thoughts, the 
black mule, contemplating him with an expression that 
indicated surprise and a mild degree of interest. 

The soul of Saunders was consumed with rage, and a 
desire for murder filled his breast. He was halitempted 
to shoot this creature of iniquity on the spot, but that 
would be too merciful a ptinishment. He wanted the joy 


_of inflicting bodily torture upon the beast; he wanted to 


beat him as a mule had never been beaten in the history 
of the world. 
He ‘knew from experience-the futility of attempting to 


‘capture the mule by strategy, so he picked up his load and 


continued on his way, content to bide his time. Behind 
him came the mule, following him like a_gentle lamb, and 
although this added fuel to his anger. Saunders ignored 
the insult. 

When they arrived at the cabin the-mule paused and 
surveyed the place with an expression that plainly said: 
‘Now where haye I seen this sorry looking ranch before 
and that strange looking man? Surely | have seen him 
somewhere. ~Well, well! After all the world’s pretty 
small. [ll have to be hurrying on, or I'll be late for that 
engagement,’ and he trotted away and soon disappeared 
from view. 

When ‘the work of cutting up the deer had been com~ 
pleted, Satunders turned his attention to the affairs of 
the absent mule. He first patched up the old barnyard 
gate and then began making preparations for the reception 
of this creature, for which he had suddenly become in- 
spired with such a deep hatred, when it returned. from 
its spree. He ent and trimmed several long hickory 
sticks to be used as scourges, and then sat himself down, 
waiting impatiently for the return of the prodigal. ‘- 

Two days passed, but the mule came not. ‘The third 
day Saunders went forth on a searching expedition, hut 
his efforts met with mo success and when day followed 
day, until a whole week had elapsed, and no mule had 
returned and no trace of him could be found, he began 
to feél worried. From worrying he gradually becaine 
suspicious of foul play, and then, as the mule’s disappeat- 
ance still remained a mystery. his suspicions changed to 
certainty, and he determined that something must be 
done. 

Tt did not take him long to spread the news through 
Douglas county that his famous mule had been stolen. 


No graver charge than this could be preferred against a 


man. The epithet of horse thief cartied with it all its 
fraditionary opprobrium throughout that section of the 
country, therefore when the news traveled from house to 
house that such a theft had been committed, the male in- 
habitants in the immediate vicinity bestirred themselves 
and called upon Saunders for particulars. 

They could not understand why any one should covet 
the black mule, as not one of them would voluntarily 
assume the responsibility of ownership if the animal were 
offered to him as a gift; but the fact remained that the 
mule had disappeared and had not been seen for at least 
five days, so far as could be ascertaimed. 

“T ent a-blamin’ you. folks,” Saunders assured them. 

“it?s some o’ them mean ctisses over in Wright county, 
T reck’n. Co’se you all ent got no hand in sech a low 
daown, dirty dog trick as that. I’m goin’ over that away 
an’ make some trouble fer somebody, I suttenly is. Ef you 
all wants t’ come ‘long, I reck’n hit'll look more like we 
was goin’ t’ do somethin’.” 
They all ‘lowed they would go along and back up 
Saunders, and see the thing through to a finish. The 
sentiments of the company were forcibly expressed by 
one of the belligerent ones. 

“Rf that air mule ent forthcomin’,” he ‘declared. 
“Wright caounty’'ll git a doggon good lickin’, by Godfrey.” 
“She suttenly will,”’ was the unanimous verdict. 

About a dozen determined men started out on the ex- 
pedition, and their number had increased to twenty by the 
time they reached the Wright cotinty line. 

The owner of thé first farm they stopped at over the 


‘line objected to having his premises searched. The house 


went into a committee of the whole and decided that for 
this very reason it ought to be searched, and searched 
carefully, which decision was most effectually carried 
out, , 

‘From resenting the intrusion the owner became abusive. 
and finally waxed violent, so much so that two of the 


‘heaviest men from Douglas county were delegated to sit 


upon him while the others continued the search mnin- 
terrupted. However, nothing of an incriminating nature 
was discovered, and the itate victim of law and order—as 
represented hy Saunders and company—was released, and 
the invaders went on their way. 

After they had inflicted indignities of a similar nature 
om some half-dozen of the most peaceable inhabitants of 
Wright county, they found that they had stirred up quite 
4 hornet’s nest about their ears; but they were determined 
to recover the mule, and so persisted in what was fast 
becoming an undertaking fraught with danger. By this 
fime, without the slightest evidence in their favor, they 


“had convinced themselves that the whole county of 


Wright. State of Missouri, was implicated in the theft 
a oné black mule. You sec they were only human, atter 
Zilia) . 

“A posse of Wright county men was quickly formed. and 
the two forces met and prepared to do battle, Before 
starting in with the music, Saunders and the leader of 
the Wright county contingent agreed to discuss matters. 


This did not suit several of the hot-headed ones of both 


parties, who preferred to, fight first and discuss afterward. 


but wiser counsels prevailed, and Douglas county allowed 


Wright county one week in which to produce the mule, 


“and promised to make things interesting if said mule were 


tot forthcoming within the specified time. Then they 
dispersed, and Saunders and his men returned home, the 
latter only half-satisfied with the result of their cam- 
paign of vengeance. : 
While these events were transpiring, the catise of all 


‘voiced mule. 


the trouble was quietly munching his corn in a distsed 
outbuilding on the farm of,a;certain: Douglasite, Sam 
Hawkins. by name, a_near neighbor of Saunders’. 

he day before the Wright county raid, as it afterward 
got to be called, Hawkins “hitched up” and with his wife 
and family of three children drove to a camp meeting sey- 
eral miles away. In his plain, ignorant, but honest 
way, Sam Hawkins was an intensely religious man, and 
never missed an opportunity of adding to) his limited 
knowledge of all that pertained to “the better life.” Like 
his neighbors, he was also very superstitious. . 

Now there: was nothing mysterious in the disappearance 
of the mule. A party of boys decided to go camping for 
a few days. They had no means of transporting their 
outfit, and happening to run across Saunders’ mule, “go- 
ing to and fro in the world, and walking up and down 
in it” like a certain personage of Biblical fame, whom 
he strongly resembled m more ways than one, they pressed 
him into service. 

The mule did not object. He was not averse to work 
so long as he-was not laboring om the side of right, and 
aiding in the progress of the human race. His instinct 
told him that the boys, just because they they were ‘boys, 
were meditating something forbidden by law, and he 
gloried in lending a willing hand, so to speak, in the un- 
dertaking, regardless of consequences, or rather in the 
hope that evil consequences would result. He was good 
nature personified and patient to, the extreme during the 
trials of the next few days, and he learned that a small 
boy can give eyen a black mule points on a few things 
in the way of wickedness. 

Not cating to return the animal to~ Saunders, and 
having observed the departure of the Hawkins family, the 
boys conceived the brilliant idea of concealing him in one 
of Hawkins’ outbuildings, knowing that the latter: would 
not be absent long. They gave the mule a plentiful sup- 
ply of corn and water, and left it to Hawkins to explain 
the presence of the creature as best he could, The mule 
did not understand this‘new game, but he knew that he 
had no right to be where he was, and that was sufficient 
unto the day. wee 

Hawkins returned late-on the evening of the day of the 
raid, with .the effects of the camp meeting still strong 
upon him. After eating his supper he went out to the 


sharn and bedded down the horses and took a look around 


to see that all was well. 

_ It was getting dusk as he returned to the house. He 
stood outside at the door for a few moments and watched 
the stars lighting their lamps one by one in the clear sky 
overhead. The stillness of the night was almost op- 
pressive, and a yague, indefinable longing for something, 
he knew not what, took possession of him. The spirit 


of the hour laid its magic hand upon him, and inex- 


pressible thoughts passed through his brain in tumbling 
confusion, and he felt—well, he felt like praying aloud, 
only the words would not come. ' BaD oi 

Suddenly his reverie was rudely broken in upon by a 
most tinwonted sound, the vibrant tones of a brazen 
Hawkins was brought to earth ‘with a 
shock. There was no mule on his place. His stock con- 
sisted of two raw-boned quadrupeds, called horses, and a 
few “razorback” hogs, and yet the sound had seemed to 
come from one of his buildings. He could not, understand 
it, and waited impatiently for a repetition of the “noise. 
nor was he kept long in suspense. ' 

“By Godfrey, ther’ ent but one mule in Douglas caounty 
what owns sech a horn fer a voice, an’ that’s that mule 
o Saunders’, he exclaimed, as the mule sent forth an- 
other challenge. “Naow whar in thunderation did that 
onery cuss come from, an’ what's he up tew, anyhow?” 

As if in answer to his question there was a crash .of 
hoofs against the side of the outbuilding where the mule 
was imprisoned, and then silence. It was plain to he 
seen what the creature was “up’ tew.” i ; 

Hawkins procured a lantern, and proceeded to investi- 
gate matters. He armed himself with a pitchfork, and 
on sécond thought summoned his wife to join him in the 
coming fray. He felt that he needed moral support of 
some kind, and Mrs. Hawkins owned a tongue that 
could do wonders when the occasion demanded. 

Together they approached the sound, which had broken 
out afresh and with renewed vigor, They located the 
building, and Mrs. Hawkins immediately assumed com- 
inand of the situation. : 

“Hawkins,” she demanded in tones that brooked. no 
trifling, ‘““haow'd that mule git in that old smoke haouse 
thar? That's what I wanter know.” . 

“Haown blazes do I know?” her puzzled spouse made 
answer. “I didn't put hinv in thar, an’ I couldn't a-done 
hit ef I'd a-wanted tew, an’ I want a-wantin’ tew, y kin 
betcher sweet life on that.” ' 

“Why don't yo’ let him aout, then?” she asked. 

“*Caouse, womun, I take more stock in liyin’ ‘some 
longer than I does in restorin’ that mule o’ Saunders t’ 
liberty,” said Hawkins, with decision. “I reck’n the 
doorll hold till mawnin’, an’ then Eb kin come an’ git 
the onery critter, by Godfrey.” ; 

“Eb’s bin lookin’ fer’that mule o’ hisn the hull blessed 
week.” Mrs. Hawkins volunteered. 

“S'posen’ he has. I ent t blame. He ent bin in thar 
a hull week, he suttenly ent, ‘cause ther’ wouldn't be 
nuthin’ left o’ that air shanty ef he had bin. Why, by 
Godfrey, I wouldn’t take the doggon critter fer a gift. 
He’s got seven devuls in him, he has. I don’t know haow 
he got in thar, but I ent a-goin’  turn.him loose t’-night. 
We mought’s well go back t’ the haouse an’ go t’ bed,” 

He suited the action to the words, and his wife re- 
luctantly followed. 
planation, or rather the Jack of it, and her curiosity de- 
manded satisfaction. 

The mule kept them awake the greater part of the 
night, and they discussed the question between brays, but 
the more they discussed the more remote became the solu- 
tion to the problem. Along toward morning the mule 
quieted down, and the weary twain fell:asleep. 

They were aroused at daybreak by a loud pounding at 
the door. Hawkins awoke with a start. thinking that 
the mule was attacking the house, and sprang out of bed. 
He paused not to dress, but seizing the pitchfork. started 
for the door, determined to haye it out with the black 
demon, He threw open the door, and with a wild yell 
Iunged blindly at where he supposed the mule would be 
standing, and came very near thrusting a man through 
instead of a mule. aot e 7 


She was not content with his ex- ~ 


The man, who was merely an early caller and imnocent 
of any evil intent, sprang back. just in time, and then 
turned and fled precipitately. He leaped upon his horse, | 
which he had lett standing at the gate, and beat a hasty 
retreat, ‘In response to Hawkins’ loud appeals to “Come 
back, doggon it. I took y’ fer a mule,” he only urged on 
his horse the more. 

When he had placed a safe distance between himself 
and the seemingly violent Hawkins, he drew rein and 
produced a flask of something from his pocket and took a 
long pull. This appeared to have the desired effect. 

“Whew! he ejaculated, drawing a deep breath. 
“That's baout the closest ever. Hawkins is gone plum 
crazy. Religion, mos’ likely.” J 

With this single comment on the affair, he continued on 
his way. He had not gone far when, at a turn in the 
road, he came face to face with another man, a pedestrian, 
hurrying along from the opposite direction. . 

“Saunders, by jimmiinetty,” the rider exclaimed under 
his breath, ' : 

At sight of the man on horseback, Saunders, for it 
was he, stopped short and planted himself in the middle 
of the road. ; . 

“Hi ganny, what'n thunder be yon all a-doin’ ’raound 
yere?” he demanded. _ 

“None o’ your dern bizness,” the other retorted. “But 
I don’t mind tellin’ you all that I’m doin’ a leetle detective 
wotlk consarnin’ a_mule.” 

"You all led that Wright county bunch o’ galoots yes- 
tiday, didn’t yuh?” 

*An’ you all led them crazy Douglas caounty mule 
hunters, ef I ent mistook?” 

They glared at each other in silence for a moment. 

“T mos’ fotgot,’ the Wright county man suddenly ex- 
claimed. ‘“Ther’s somethin’ more important than mules 
‘on tap. Sam Hawkins is gone plum crazy.” 

“VW? don’t say? Who done told yuh?’ Satinders in- 
quired. 

“He come near doin’ fer me, doggon ef he didn't,” the 
other replied, and then he related his experience of a 
short time before. 

Saunders immediately dropped his hostile attitude. 

*Reck’n the mule kin wait,’ said he. “Let’s go back 
thar an’ see what's up.” ‘ 

Hawkins was standing at his gate, unarmed and peace- 
able looking, as though expecting them. The two men 
advanced ‘cautiously, watching his every movement. 

“Vou all needn’t be afeered o’ nuthin’,” he called out 
reassuringly. “Ther’ ent nuthin’ the matter uv me.” 

“What'd yo’ go fer this yere man with a fork fer, 
then?’ Saunders inquired from a safe distance. 

“Hit want him I was arter,’? Hawkins replied, and 
then paused, hesitating. Of course he would tell Saun- 
ders about the mule, but he preferred to do so when no 
one else was present. 

“Who was it then?” asked the Wright county “man, 
doubtingly. “Ef °*twant me, hit looked that away a heap.” 

“Et ‘twant no ‘who,’ leastways *twant no man,” 
Hawkins began, when an interruption occurred ‘that 
caused him to pause again, abruptly, and look guiltily 
from one to the other. 

Floating out upon the clear morning air a burst of 
sound rent the stillness around them. ‘There was no 
mistaking its origin. 

“Sam Hawkins, what’s the meanin’ o’ this yere?”’ Saun- 
ders demanded, striding forward. The Wright county 
mat dismounted and stepped up beside Saunders. 

“Ther? ent nuthin’ wrong *baout hit, Eb,” Hawkins 
pleaded. ‘Don’t you all go an’ git riled at me afore 
you've done heerd the hull story,” and then he told them 
all he knew concerning the mule’s presencé in the old 
smoke house, ee 

Saunders was inclined to believe him, but the Wright 
county man was plainly and undisguisedly skeptical. 

“Hit don’t splain haow the mule come t’ be ‘thar,” he 
declated, emphatically. ‘An’ considerin’ the rumpus you 
all made *baout that mule hit's got t be splained, by 
jimmiuny crickets.” _ ‘ 

And then Saunders had an inspiration. 

“What’n blazes was you all a-doin’ ’raound Sam’s place 
so early in the mawnin’?” he inguired, turning, suddenly 
upon the Wright county man. “Hi ganny, I reck’n that'll 
hey t’ be splained, tew.”’ ‘ 
_“T was huntin’ fer the mule, an’ hit seems I want. far 
aout the way,” he answered, bristling up. “You all don’t 
reck’'n I put him thar, does yuh?” 

“Hit looks that away,’”’ Saunders declared, 

“Hit suttenly do,” Hawkins agreed, grasping at this 
fortunate turn in events, 

Things immediately warmed up at this bold charge 
of the Douglas county men, and trouble was in the air. 
There is no telling where the affair would have ended, if | 
the mule had not come to the rescue with another in- 
terruption, 

The repeated assaults on the door of. his prison had at 
last produced the desired effect and down it came with a 
crash, and the mule trotted forth to freedom. The mad 
furies had possession of him, and he glared around for 
something upon which to vent his outraged feelings. His 
flashing eye caught sight of the horse of the Wright 
county man, and in another moment:he was over the 
fence and giving that astonished beast a lesson in the 
gentle art of, kicking as practiced by himself. ots 

This created a fortunate diversion, and by the time 
the mule had been put to rout and quiet had been restored 
the men were ‘better fitted to argue the subject of con- 
tention, They finally agreed to mect with their respective 
followers on the county line the next day, and allow the 
question to be decided by a jury of six men, three from 
each county. 

The courts have no récord of this trial, although it came 
off at the appointed time and place. The jury could not 
agree, and as everybody concerned proved an alibi, after 
several hours of bickering the case stood where it did at 
the beginning. D3 

As the only way out of the dilemma, a justice of the 
peace from Webster county; who'had come along to see 
the fun, was finally appointed as judge to decide the whole 
case, and place the penalty where it belonged. 

- He disposed of the case in short order: 

“The trouble is,” said he, “ther’s too many doggon 
plaintiffs and defendants mixed up in this yere case. It 
strikes the court that two’s a-plenty. I?’s now up to Eb 
Saunders an’ Sam Hawkins. Hawkins had the stolen 


goods in his possession, am’ nobuddy seems to know - 


how they come there. That makes him the defendant. 
How much money you got, Sam?’ ; 

*°Baout four dollars, [ reck’n,’ Hawkins replied. 

“Waal, this yere court,” continued the judge, “finds the 
defendant guilty to the tune of three dollars (that'll leave 
you a dollar, Sam), an’ moves that the plaintiff collects 
the money and invites everybody to have a drink at his 
expense, an’ well bury the hatchet.” 

This decision was loudly applauded by every one except 
Hawkins. He thought deeply for awhile, and then ad- 
dressed the court: 

“Ther’s another thing mought be settled while we're 
‘paout hit,” said he. “Eb owes me fer three pigs which 
that onery cuss uv a mule done killed onct, an’ which 
same he ent paid fer. Ef Eb’s willin’ t call: it square, ll 
call the pigs off, hi ganny, an’ we'll both chip in an’ buy 
the drinks,” 

And in that way the case was finally settled, and 
Saunders remarked to Hawkins late in the day as they 
parted to go their separate unsteady ways: 

“Sam, I reck’n I'll go hum an’ give that mule the dog- 
gondest lickin’ a mule ever had, an’ then sell him cheap, 
ef airyone raound these yete parts’ll buy the onery critter. 
He’s the deyul hisself in a mule skin, hi ganny.” 

To which Hawkins replied: 


“He suttenly is.’ Fayetre Duriin, JR. 


Cottontails in Morris County. 


THERE had been several slight tugs at the chain during 
bay snipe shooting, for that is lazy business for old uns. 
But when the skies grew somber and the moaning wind 
rattled at ny chamber window o’ nights, or swept around 
the corner of the street, stirring up fantastic eddies of 
dust; when the darting swallows in the upper atmosphere 


had all departed and even the flocks of blackbirds and: 


robins and such had chirped their good-bys as they 
hustled southward, and the maples had put on their coats 
of red and gold, and slight tinges of white frost glistened 
of a morning on the back yard fence, the tugs gréw more 
repeated. A loving fondle of the faithful Scot (faith- 
ful unto death), a casual drop in on genial Bob Sneider, 
of S. D. & G, on which interesting imteryiew smokeless 
powder, shot and shells were predominantly discussed, did 
not tend at all to allay the strain on the chain. Bob 
says E C with No. 7% chilled is about the thing for 
partridges (grouse), rabbits (hare) or squirrels, and 
what Bob says goes, for he knows. We used the same 
with telling effect. But when a neighbor of ours on the 
Heights, George Earl, an enthusiast where a gun or dog 
1g concerned, received a pressing invitation from a kins- 


milan to come up into Morris county for a day with the . 


cottontails, and that same invite included the under- 
signed, the chain snapped—slam bang—a link dropped out 
and the 9:35 A. M. train found us armed and equ:pped 
bound w.th a rush out of Hoboken Boonton way, 

Now Molly Cottontail shooting may not be very high 
toned, or especially sportsmanlike, but at three score 
and ten we are not climbing the mountains for the 
lordly grouse so much as we used to. Watching on a 
deer run we never did think much of any way, and as 
for goose and duck shooting, the weather it demands for 
success is decidedly incompatible with our old rheumatic 
bones and muscles. No; we drop back to short trips for 
quail and rabbit, and we enjoy them. Wouldn’t you? 

We were met at the depot by Theodore M., Jr, called 
Dodey for short, a bright eyed lad of some sixteen years. 
A drive of half an hour brought us to the cozy farmhouse 
of Mr, M., where we were most cordially welcomed by 
Mrs. M, Mr. M. is a valued and trusted employee on 
the railroad, and was attending to his duty at the time. 
He visits only occasionally, as his duties will allow, but 
his farm is in able hands of Mrs. M. and Dodey. Mr, 


M. we found (on his hurried visit home in the eve, only , 


to remain an hour or two and then back to be ready for 
his train) to be one of those indefatigable, irrepressible 
workers, full of inventions of a practical character and a 
force to bring them to fruition, as the surroundings on 


his model little farm of some fifty acres. only will show... 


Cribs full of corn, stacks of stalks for winter fodder, barn 
full of splendid timothy, fine young peach and apple 
orchards, and grape yines, and the evening we arrived 
he was within a half hour at work on his driving well 
close by the house. He has indeed a model home and a 
wonderful helpmate, Mrs. M. is the healthy and hearty 
mother of eleven children. What a task for one to attend 
to such a group and oversee the various othet matters 
on the farm in the absence of her husband. But she 
does it and does it well, as the tidiness about the place 
and the hearty robust looks of the children prove. 

Theodore, Sr., is something of a sportsman himself 
when his duties will allow, and is a reader of Forest AND 
STREAM, as I find a good many of the engineers on the 
road are. 

After a hearty lunch, with Dodey and his black hound 
pup we started for only a few hours’ hunt. We stopped 
at Mr. Walter Treeless’ (beg pardon if I have not his 
name sight) and enlisted him and his hound. Mr. T. 
is a character, a practical hare hunter (rabbit shooter) 
of this section of the country, a man of intelligence, likes 
a good story and can tell one, knows his dog and the 
country surrounding. He has the matter of rabbit hunt- 
ing down to a nicety. Upon getting upon the grounds 
he sends his dog in, takes to a stump or rack or some 
rising ground if near, lights his pipe and awaits deyelop- 
ments. Should the dog immediately give tongue he takes 
the direction, and maybe he moves a short distance to 
intercept; but the chances are, as he knows his dog, that 
he can complacently puff his pipe and Molly will come 
around in due time very near to the place from where she 
started. 

A short walk brought us to the first copse (sprouts he 
calls them), and we had barely got our places when 
Leona the yellow hound, gave tongue. Ah, what music! 
A flash flew by us like a streak of gray lightning, and was 
off over the pasture lot and plowed ground. It did not 
act like a sensible rabbit and run along so that one of 
us could make a closer investigation. Hallo! there’s an- 
other. See him dodge under that confounded wire fence 
and away over the knoll, “Good for you, George.” It 
turns a double somersault at the erack of the first gun. 
The ball is open. The next fell to Walter T_; then the 
undersigned, not to be behind, took a hand. 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


But it was in crossing from copse to eopse through 
some deep grass that the fun began. We had left 
Walter sitting on his stump waiting for his dog to come 
around. 
grass, when whirr, whirr, whirr, a full sized covey of 
quail essayed to get away in our front. Three barrels sent 
their hurtling contents. “Good for you, Judge,’ said 
George, “‘A splendid double right and left. I have one 
here to the right, and if that right-hand plunger had 
done its duty | would have had another shot, if not an- 
other bird.’ Three birds were not so bad. Now to find 
them in this grass; a long hunt it was, too. Oh! for a 
bird dog. © Finally the hound came smelling around, and 
we heard a crunch, A quick jump by George and the 
bird was taken, little injured, from the black dog's mouth. 
Now for the other one. He fell near that bunch of flag 
to the left. It was my first barrel. A long hunt was un- 
successful. I knew I had killed him dead. Just then the 
yellow dog stuck his head down a hole and George 
rescued another bird. By this time Walter and Dodey 
came up, and we crossed over to the brush and sent in the 
dogs. 

Yep! yep! called the yellow hound, and was off straight 
away. “Take your time,” said Walter; “he'll bring him 
here to rights.” And so he did, and the game was in- 
continently knocked over by Walter. But just previous to 
that, while we were all together and before the dog 
gave tongue, George stepped on or near something, and 
whirr! up jumped a nice cock quail. It was George's 
bird, and although his right plunger failed him again, he 
dropped the bird with his left just as 1 was about to pull. 

Well, why continue the tale of the very pleasant day 
and a half in Morris county? We walked up some four or 
five coveys of quail, at which we had divers successful 
shots. Had we had a good bird dog to follow up the 
coveys, we have no doubt we could haye made a splendid 
bag. The quail seemed to be everywhere; and without a 
retriever we lost outright several dead birds. { 

Good shots were made and some outrageous misses 
not to be accounted for. We got some game, enough for 
home use. We didn’t devastate the country. We made 
some yery pleasant acquaintances, and were made to 
promise faithfully to come up again. : 

Upon arriving at the farmhouse at the end of our day’s 
trip, how good that cider did taste, and those buckwheat 
cakes so deftly handled by Mrs. M. with the fresh golden 
butter made that day. In the evening Dodey drove us 
over to the depot, and it was a cheering sight to see the 
large silk factories a blaze of light from cellar to cornice 
and the immense furnaces in full blast. Don’t look like 
hard times here now. ; 

As we crossed the fields of plowed grund we noticed 
divers holes, some 4 to 6-inches deep, scattered here and 
there. Mr. Treeless said they were made by skunks in 
pursuit of grubs; I:wonder if that is a fact. Some ot 


our scientists on skunk lore may be able to tell. 
JACOBSTAFF. 


The Outing of Two Old Soldiers. 


Most of the outing and fishing trips reported have 
been to the ‘Jakes, rivers and streams of Maine and 
Canada, Wiscorisin, Minnesota, or to the mountains, or 
to far-off Alaska, Oregon, Washington and California, 
or to the shores of the Southern Gulf after tarpon, of 
which trips are expensive beyond the reach of a limited 
income, for railroad fares, guides, hotels, hired boats, 
fine tackle and outfits. Many people would like to take 
outing trips without great expense, if they knew how to 
prepare or where to go. Modern business and profes- 
sional life is too strenuous for the average man to endure 
without a letup, hence the desire for summer outings. 
1 want to’ tell how two old soldiers indulged in a fish- 
ing trip without spending a year’s income. on the noblest 
of our rivers—the Mississippi. We went to St, Paul, and 
in three days (being handy with tools) built a scow 18 
feet lofig, 4 feet wide and 14 inches deep; sides com- 
posed of two white pine planks dressed to 14-inch 
thickness; bottom of 34-inch Oregon red pine; tarred 
the bottom and painted the balance. Decked over the 
bow and stern, with hatches for storage. Lumber, tar, 
nails, paint-and oarlocks cost $6, Built a slender frame 
structure oyer the whole boat, and covered it with heavy 
brown muslin; sides could be let down or rolled up, just 
as we wanted. Thus we had a flat-bottomed boat, roomy 
enough to eat, sleep and cook in, and float down stream 
at our pleasure. At night we had a close canyas house; 
in daytime, with sides rolled up, an open, airy covering. 

We sent to our Congressmen and got from the Govern- 
ments Engineering Department a topographical suryey 
of the river from its source to its mouth. We had a 
sheet iron camp stove and a few cooking utensils. We 
did not carry a large stock of provisions, for we could 
stop at all towns along the river and replenish when 
getting low We got milk, butter and eggs from farms. 
We had crackers, bacon and other army fare. We boiled, 


‘stewed and fried; occasionally made a camp-fire on the 


shore, baked potatoes in the ashes or roasted a chicken 
im hunter style. 

, We had a shotgun for any stray duck that might come 
along or squirrel lurking in the timbered bottoms. We 
fished and caught bass and salmon, all we wanted to 
eat. We were not fishing for market, nor did we kill 
fish uselessly. Had a live fish box floating; when we 
wanted fish we could take them out of the box, rap 
them on the head* with a knife, scale and clean them, 
then cook at once—the only way to have good fish, fit to 
eat. No finer bass can be found than in the clear waters 
from St. Paul to the lower rapids at Keokuk. 

We spent September and October—most delightful 
months of the year—floating down to the Illinois River, 
where we sold our scow for the ‘cost of the lumber, 
packed up our outfit in bundles covered with the canyas, 
had them checked as baggage, and took the train for 
home, We thus had a two months’ yacation at small 
cost. We ate and slept in our boat, tied up to shore at 
night. went to bed when sleepy, ate when hungry, got 
up when we liked, received and sent mail at different 
towns along the riyer, fished when we wanted fish, and 
enjoyed ourselves as only old soldiers know how on an 
outing trip, Eyerything in our outfit was as light as 
could be made, consistent with good service. We had 
spent our boyhood days on the banks of the river, hence 


George E. and I strayed into the aforesaid. 


knew how to manage a, boat, and our four years of 
camoing in the army had taught us just how little we 
could get along with in clothing, food and camp equip- 
age. It was a delighttul trip, so free from care and the 


worry of business life. Such a trip could be made by 


boys or men on any swollen streams which would float 


a boat drawing 6 inches of water, giving a pleasant out- - | 


ing at small expense to any who could enjoy it, 

We are thinking of making a similar trip to the St. 
Francis River country next autumn, if it would be prac- 
ticable. We would like to start as far up as we we can; 
rowing our boat to White River, then go up that some 
distance, hunting, fishing and camping, as we found it 
suited our pleasure. Would some one who knows that 
region give us a little advice where to start in, and what 
obstacles we would be likely to meet? Time would not 
be much of an object, as we could stay as long as we 
liked. We might build a differently shaped boat than the 
one on our Mississippi trip. if needed, SENEX, 


Woman in the Saddle: 


Des Mornes, Ta., Nov. 11.—Your editorial, “Woman 
in the Saddle,” was a sensible one that should commend 
the sentiments to all rightthinking people on the riding 
question. Public feeling in such a matter is rather con- 
servative, and it is hard to make sudden changes, espe- 
cially among the gentler sex. 

We have all heard our mothers and grandmothers tell 
of the long rides they made on horseback, visiting. shoot- 
ing, going to church, to weddings and to funerals, as 
buggies and carriages were scarce in those days, and it 
was go on horseback or stay at home. We often wonder 
why it is that in these days so few women ride horses, 
especially as horses are so plentiful, I have often heard 
ladies say they would like to ride, but are afraid; fear 
they would fall off a side saddle, or afraid people would 
laugh at them if they rode astride in a divided skirt. I 
believe there is not much hope of a change in the matter 
of grown-up and older ladies; but the young girls can he 
trained to new ideas 1f taken in time. : 

In this place, when the bicycle fad was at its height, and 
good wheels cost Stoo each, the exclusive set rode them, 
but when every shop girl and messenger boy can ride 
a $10 bicycle, the exclusive fashionables dropped this 
mode of locomotion, and don’t ride them at all. The 
men have been riding horses and many ladies drive their 
own buggies. Many young girls, twelve to fourteen years 
old, rode ponies and small horses the past summer, and 
they did not use side saddles or divided skirts either, but 
rode like boys. They clattered at a lively gait over our 
brick-paved streets with as mutch fearlessness as cow- 
boys or rough riders from the plains, Everybody thought 
they looked cute, and nobody thought they were acting 
immodestly. After they have learned to ride this way 
when children, they will not likely want to follow the old 
style when they become young women, They will gain 
confidence in themselves when they can feel there is not 
much danger of falling off when both feet can be used to 
balance them. So, then, give the young girls a pony or 
small horse, and let them ride astride all they like, 


; SENEX. 
Slatuyal Histarg. 
A Visit to the New York Zoo. 


New York, Noy.23—The visitor tothe Zoological Park 
scarcely realizes that it is almost the first of December. 
It is true that many of the trees are already bare of 
leaves, that the buffalo seem to have donned their winter 
clothing, as have also the bears, wolves and foxes. The 
bull elk, too, are beginning to look ragged and rather 
thin in flesh, as they often do at the beginning of winter. 
Yet the air is mild, the sun warm and pleasant, and the 
grass as fresh and green as itis in June, - ave 

Nevertheless, as we have said, signs of winter here are 
not wanting. The elk calf born this summer has long 
ago lost his spots and assumed the heavy winter coat. 
The buffalo calves are as dark as their parents, and their 
little stubby horns are an inch or two long. More 
striking than all, within the last two weeks a flock of 
nine wild geese winging their swift and clamorous way 
southward from Northern breeding grounds, saw, as 
they passed over the park, a number of captive wild 
geese swimming in one of the ponds, and lowering their 
flight in response to the familiar calls, seftléd there in 
the quiet waters: 

lt may be imagined that the advent of these birds was 


‘regarded with great interest by the authorities of the 


park, and plans were soon'laid to capture them. They 
associated in the most friendly way with the captive 
birds, swam about with them, talked with them and shared 
their food. Moreover, seeing that the captives displayed 
no fear of man, the wild geese in a measure lost their 
shyness. 

The geese had been there but a short time, when a 
large cage of wire netting was erected near one end 


of the lake, so arranged that the birds could readily go. 


im, but that the pulling of a string would close the 
entrance, and aiter several days, when the visitors seemed 
to haye become more or less wonted to their surround- 
ings, a force of men gently urged the whole flock, tame 
and wild, toward the cage. The birds were handled 
with great judgment, and most of them entered without 
hésitation, and among these were six of the wild birds. 
But before all had entered the cage the old gander—the 
leader of the flock—and two others took alarm, and 
rising from the waters flew far away, not to be seen 
again—as the keepers supposed. They rose higher and 
higher in the air, circling about and calling those below 
to come and join them, while their fellows in the cage 


called back most earnestly. And at last the three wild 


birds once more lowered their flight and alighted on 
the pond. The wild birds which had been captured, 
having had their wings clipped, were turned loose 
again, and for a few days goose life on the pond went 
on evenly and happily. Then another attempt was made 
to drive the birds into the cage, and it was so far suc 
cussful that two of the remaining three wild geese, one 
of them the old gander, were driven into the cage and 


Dee; 8 1900. 2 


secured, There remains still on the pond one goose with 
the - power of flight, but the authorities are not without 
hope that-this’ one also may be captured: Even if it 
Should not be taken, it is quité within the bounds of possi- 
bility that it may: spend the winter here with its relations. 

In the last few months a good many interesting 
changes have taken place at the Zoo. The buffalo calf 
which was injured soon after its birth last summer is 
still more or less crippled, and has been separated from 
its fellows. The other one seems in admirable condition 
and coat. The elk calf is strong and sturdy. Two mule 
deer fawns appear to be in good condition, and the 
seyen beautiful and graceful antelope also look healthy. 
lt is to be hoped that better success may be had with 
these than with the preyious herd. 

The bears are interesting to old and young alike, and 
the collection here is active and amusing. The two 
polar lbears, by reason of the small water tank in the 
den which they inhabited through the summer, have 
worn most of their coats off, and their backs are partly 
bare. Now, however, they have been transferred to the 
hew and much larger den, where the tank is perhaps 
20 feet across, and it may be hoped that here they will 
soon regain the ‘beautiful fur that they had a year. ago. 
Jt is most interesting to watch these bears diving and 
fishing for food thrown into their tank, which has sunk 
to the bottom. They seem as much at home in the 
water as a seal. 

_ The two little Alaska bears, which were variously 


very small, have developed now into fine and very large 
specimens of one-of the Alaska brown bears. They are 
about eighteen months old, large and heavy coated, and 
are likely to be among the most interesting brutes in the 
collection. ma 
_ The reptile house is as interesting as ever, and con- 
tains a yast number of retnarkable and beautiful speci- 
mens. Its attractiveness has been added to by an in- 
crease in the number of tropical plants within it. 
_ On the other hand, the garden has suffered serious 
losses in the death of all its moose, some caribou, a 
male and female mule deer, all its original herd of an- 
telope, and practically all the young carnivores and birds 
born last summer, of which so much was hoped. for in 
the way of increase. Such discouragements of course 
must be expected, and only experience extended over 
Many years can serve to keep in health and good con- 
dition the many animals gathered here, far from the 
“surroundings to which they are accustomed in their 
native haunts. : 


What Is a Fawn? 


‘Editor Forest and Streani: 
The New York papers recently told of the killing in 
the suburbs of New York of a fawn, but I have seen no 
reference to the subject since then. Now fawns are pro- 
tected by the present New York game law, and if a fawn 
was killed, the slayer should have been arrested by the 
proper authorities and dealt with according to law. 
__ On the other hand, the question at once arises, what 
is a fawn? In other words, when does a fawn cease to 
bear that name and become something else, as, for ex- 
ample, a yearling, a spike buck, or simply a buck or doe. 
Tt is clear that so long as the fawn carries its spots it is 
a fawn and nothing else. I believe there are people who 
claim that when its spots have been lost it ceases to be a 
fawn, but if this is true it must haye some name, and I 
do not know of any term applied to deer between the 
time when they lose their spots and the time when they 
become, yearlings. Cl hee 
‘| The spotted, coat of the young deer appears to be 
_analogous to the first plumage, of many birds, as, to use 
a very damiliar example, the common robin, which, as we 
* all know, for a short period after leaving the nest has 
‘ black spots-upon its russet breast. These spots, how- 
, ever, are soon lost. 
_ I take it that the term fawn is similar to other words 
applied.to young animals, as calf, colt, pup, and so on. 
These. animals: continue to bear these names until they 
‘are about-one year old, when for another year they are 
jcalled yearlings, the term often being. qualified, some 
‘being short yearlings and others long yearlings, until the 
second year, when they are two-years-olds. 
| In the West, where large game was formerly found in 
ipteat variety, the calves of buffalo and elk were calves 
“ali through the year in which they were born. The fawns 
of deer continue to be fawns until the spring after their 
birth, while the young of antelope and of mountain sheep 
were kids and lambs respectively until after the winter 
following their birth. 

The New York game law, notwithstanding the codifi- 
cations and supposed improvements to which it Has so 
‘often been subjected, is not yet a model of lucidity, and 
‘among the points of obscurity in it which may have to 
be changed either by a decision‘ of some court 
or by an act of legislature is the question what is 
a fawn? No one appears to be able to answer the ques- 
tion, and I am told that even the chief game protector, 
who may be supposed to know all that there is to be 
known with regard to the enforcement of the law, seems 
te be as much in the dark as to the definition of this word 
of four letters as the most ignorant or the most learned 

' oi his fellow citizens. 

Tn certain portions of this State the term fawn is quali- 
fied by prefixing the word spotted, thus implying that 
among the natives of the deer country where it is used 
the belief is held that there are other fawns that are not 
spotted. personally feel that these individuals are 
entirely right, for [ believe that a fawn continues to be 
a fawn until he is a yearling—that is to say, during the 
first year of his life. M. M. 
Oneonta, N, Y,, Noy, 24, 

(There is no doubt about what a fawn is. The defini- 
tio set forth plainly in any good dictionary is: “A young 
deer;a buck or doe of the first year.” In other words, as 
stated by eur correspondent, a young deer is a fawn until 
it is a year old. We do not know what steps, if any, have 
licen taken looking to the prosecution of the alleged 
slayer of the Mt. Vernon fawn.] 


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Uorrespondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and a3 much earlier sa practicable 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


Obscure Instincts. 


Editor Forest and Stream, 

Some two years ago I had the pleasure of exchanging 
letters in your columns with the delightful and always 
interesting correspondent Coahoma. It was a question 
between us whether or not the instincts of animals are 
merely the inherited experiences of a majority of their 
ancestors. This is the accepted idea in the popular 
science of the day. I think I recognize something like 
it, as almost accepted, even by Ernest Seton Thomp- 
son in his recent wonderiul and charming animal stories. 
But to me this theory seems narrow, cheap, mean, blind 
and illogical to the last degree, and in direct conflict 
with the eyery-day tact that the experiences of animals 


or acquired ,characteristics are very rarely even if ever | 


transmitted to their posterity. All of our own ameestors. 
for instance, for a thousand genetations, perhaps, haye 
known that fire burns. 
it for himself. Again, the Jews and the Chinese and 
the Flathead Indians for many generations have practiced 
certain mutilations of the body. But none of these are 
ever inherited. In my letter to Coahoma I pointed out 
that the strongest instincts and passions, and those 
of most universal possession and life long activity, seem 
to gain no increase of strength in a thousand generations, 
while many, very obscure and subtle instincts, often 
entirely dormant through many generations, still persist 


“in unabated vigor. 


Now in a recent issue [ see that Coahoma has found a 


case of this persistence of a dormant instinct, and it 


‘has puzzled him, and finally brought him, to the very 
saine solution of all the questions about instinct which [ 
urged upon him nearly two years ago. 

The case is this: The red-shouldered hawk usually 
rears but one brood of young each summer. But if 
accident destroys the nest they will persist and raise a 
second oryeven a third brood if necessary to bring one 
brood to maturity... 

_| When we reflect upon the re-arousement of the pro- 
Creative instincts in both parents and the functional 


activities necessary in the female to devolp additional 


ova, the phenomenon is indeed a marvelous one. It 
does not even help ithe mystery to ascribe reasoning 
power to the hawk, because those. activities do not re- 
spond to the individual will any more than the beating 
of the heart sdoes., a nek $3 
So, afterichutting his head vii.vain around against the 
difficulties which besetwhis theory,- and half-way ad- 
mitting the existence’ of hundreds-of other dithculties as 


serious for it, as: this behavior.of the hawks, he prac- 


tically gives the whole-case’ away and comes over fo 
my side of it, as follows: 

“Charles Darwin, in his industrious and untiring 
researches, discovered that the roots of plants are pro- 
vided at their terminals with a highly specialized ‘tip,’ 
possessing a degree of sensitiveness and powers of dis- 
crimination akin to consciousness, with the ‘tip’ cut off, 
the root has lost its eyes as it were, and proceeds blindly 
in a straight line in any direction that it happens to 
lie in. When a new tip has been restored it proceeds 
with seeming intelligence—if a tap-root, it becomes 
again geocentric, pursuing its way downward, but turn- 
ing aside from obstacles before actually encountering 
them, etc. If a lateral root, through the guidance of the 
tip, moist regions are sought and selections made from 
the soil of those particular ingredients that are needed 
jor the growth of the plant and the perfecting of its 
specific generative germs. 

“Perhaps these hawks are provided with one of 
nature’s mysterious ‘tips!’ Who can tell?” : 

There is here no difference of idea from my sugges- 
tion of two years ago, but only a difference in the 
name to be applied to an innate intelligence resident in 
eyery animal organism. J] suggested it as a more reason- 
able theory than the one that instinct is but a hodge- 
podge of the experiences of a majority of ancestors— 
“the three crippled grand-parent theory,” as I called it. 

Coahoma now admits that this theory can never ac- 
count fer such phenomena as the above, and that there 
are a great many such phenomena, 

And he meets the difficulty with the suggestion of some 
interior discriminating or intelligent power which can 
control even those functions of an animal’s body which 
are entirely independent of its will. He ieels the need 
of a name for this power and calls it a “tip.” 

I suggested exactly the same power, that which makes 
the heart beat and the bodily organs perform all their 
functions, and for a name I suggested “sub-ego.” I 
have since thought that perhaps “alter-exo” might be 
better; and “ante-ego” too, might have claims, as this 
power precedes the ego in manifesting its presence in 
every organism. 

But the name cuts little figure, so that we recognize 
that here 1s something which renders the three grand- 
parent theory entirely superfluous, and which is well 
worth study and investigation. 

Some things about it have long stared us in the face. 
Jt is nature’s own centrifugal force—the source of all 
of nature’s variety; just as heredity is her centripetal 
force, and the source of all her unity. Its methods are 
those of tntelliment experiment—what JI betore called 
“blue-print methods’—as far removed from those of 
ehanee as light is from darkness, Faves 

In other words, the variations between species, even 
those the most nearly related, have none of the ear- 
marks of chance happenings or experiences, but all of 
those which indicate intelligent supervision and control, 
occurring as they do in endless number, but in stich 
harmonious adjustment in each species that they com- 
pare with each other like stories of the same event told 
by the same atithor at different times. There would be 
entire agreement in the facts and endless differences in 
the words and letters, but all of these differences would 
be so related and adjusted as to make a hatmonions 
whole in each case. And is not the “tip” to the root 
of a plant the exact counterpart in the vegetable king- 
dom of the sub-ego in the animal kingdom? Each sup- 
plies to itS organization that strange and wonderful in- 
telligenice necessary for success in its struggle to live and 
to perpetuate its race. No more and no less. And is it 
after all any more wonderful that organisms should be 
thus endowed than that inorganic matter should have 


But each child has still to learn 


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its mysterious chemical affinities? Is there not a certain 
analogy between the functions we see performed by 
affinities, tips or sub-egos, each in its respective king- 


dom?—afhnities in the inorganic, tips in the vegetable, and 


sub-egos in the animal. 

Each is the very law of existence in its own domain, as 
if it were oné section in the great constitution of nature, 
each made for the control of one particular kingdom, 

And that there is a certain unity and interdependence 
aiong them all is evident from the existence of a still 
higher and more universal law supreme over all matter 
and tending to draw all things together into one—the 
inscrutable attraction of gravitation. This, the one 
catholic bond, which we might call the esprit de corps 
of creation, is the mystery oi all mysteries. But it would 
he no more illogical to aseribe its origin to the inherited 
experiences of matter than to ascribe the origin of animal 
instincts to the inherited experiences of sucess 

| Poe 


Woodworkers in the Cellar. 


Lditor Forest and Stream: 


For two years I have had in my cellar a small quantity 
of red oak wood cut in short lengths, for use in an open 
fireplace. 

About one year after this wood was put in curious 
sounds were occasionally heard by people who were in 
the cellar, but the wood had been there eighteen months 


_ before this noise attracted marked attention. Then, how- 


ever, it was noticed by every one in the house or who 
came there, and the noise was continuous, being made 
by day and night alike. Different people compare the 


sounds to different things; some people think that it 


sounds like the noise made by running a sewing ma- 
chine in the house, others compare it to the sound of 
sawing wood in the celler, while to me the noise seems 
to closely resemble the crackling of a fire. 

Some time ago it was discovered that this noise was 
made by certain worms or larvee in the firewood in the 
cellar, The wood is in lengths of 16 inches, and fre- 
quently there will be fifteen or twenty worms in one 
piece of the wood. They appear to confine themselves 
chiefly to the layer of the wood immediately under the 
bark, but sometimes they seem to enter more deeply into 
the wood itself. After the worm has burrowed under 
the bark in all directions, so that the bark will readily 
come off in a single piece, the worms disappear from that 
stick of wood, not a sign of them being left. 

Although the worms are constantly at work, they will 
stop if the wood is disturbed or any noise made, but 
when it is quiet again the sound of their gnawing soon 
recommences. 

I have been unable to find any other stage of this 
worm, and where they come from to me is as much a 
mystery as where they go to, for they apparently leave 
nothing behind save quantities of red dust. Old farmers 
in the neighborhood say that these worms are always to 
be found in oak wood, but not in any other, and declare 
that they will not do any harm in the cellar. The worms 
are evidently common here, and it is generally taken for 
granted that they will be found in wood. 

Ts there any danger of their burrowing into the frame 


work of the house or doing any other harm? G. C. Hi 
| Provipence, R, I,, Nov. 19, 


[The insects sent are the larye of a cetambycid, or 
long-horned, beetle, but just what the species is could only 


_ be determined after long, careful and laborious compari- 


son. It is quite possible that the specimens sent belong to 
the beetle known as Urographis fasciatus, which is a com- 
mon form found under oak bark and haying habits such 
as are attributed to these larvae, The insect is not a par- 
ticularly destructive one. but lives almost exclusively un- 
der the bark of dead or dying trees. As the larve have no 
legs, it is not possible for them to burrow. into the frame 
wotk of the house or do any harm when they have 
dropped out of the firewood.] 


A Revolution in Nature Photography 


Boston, Nov. 10.—Editor Forest and Stream: I have 
an announcement to make to the brethren of something 
which has proved a first-class sensation in my case, and 
which I hope will have interest for naturalists in general 
and the great and ever increasing host of bird lovers 
and bird students in particular. 

It is one over which I have been “hugging myself” for 
some months, but wasn’t at liberty to mention, 

It is a brand new discovery by a friend of mine, and 
nothing less than a veritably new method of bird study 
and bird photography, the results of which are aston- 
ishing, 

By it one can, under certain conditions, observe and 
photograph. the wild bird at any distance one pleases, 
even up to the point of contact, and without alarm or 


disturbance on the part of the bird! 


AX great deal of conscientious effort has been by many 
persons devoted to bird photography, with interesting 
and valuable results, and some persons have here and 


there by accident stumbled on to some parts of my 


friend’s method, but not recognizing the relation of what 
they have done to a method, no essentially new method 
has resulted. That my friend has succeeded on this 
point there is no doubt, \ 

I can’t tell the secret just yet. His book will be out 
the coming winter, ] hope, and will be a revelation. It 
will be profusely illustrated with the choicest of his 
hundreds and hundreds of photographs, and within a 
few months after its publication I predict that all over 
the country his method will be in successful use by de- 
lighted people, both amateur and professional, Mean- 
while I’m going to let you “sizzle” over it a little, Tt 
may make life seem a bit more worth living. But it’s a 
“true bill,” and no mistake. 

My friend is a biologist of eminence, and his discovery 
is one of the prettiest pieces of scientific induction T 
ever saw or heard of. He has caught his subjects in 
every possible attitude and act, and has thrown such light 
i “bird psychology” as Iam sure has not been done be- 
ore, 

__In short, “here’s richness” for you a little 
What do you think of it? i‘ H, ieee 


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The Heron as a Sentinel. 


One of nature's sharpest sentinels is the blue heron. 
Not only does he stand guard for himself and immediate 
relatives, but he is unwittingly a sentry for other birds. 
Ducks and geese tse him, and I haye often wondered why 
sportsmen, particulatly duck and geese hunters, do not 
employ a decoy resembling a heron, or crane, as they 
are often erroneously called. 

T can assure the readers of Forest AND STREAM that 
the common wooden or canvas decoy is not to be com- 
pared with a neatly mounted blue heron as a lure for the 
feathered gobblers. 

Not far from where | boarded one autumn was a 
reedy, muddy lake, a perfect paradise tor water fowl. 
Where the wood road debouched on the lake was a small 
brook that often afforded a good bag of game, I would 
reach the brook some mornings perfectly certain that no 
ohe had preceded me, yet would not hear a solitary quack. 
I would also notice that there would not be a heron on 
suard. At other times the reeds would be alive, and I 
could not get a shot, for the blue heron sentry would 
give the alarm, spread his broad wings in his slow, clumsy 
fashion, and ducks, geese and all would follow him out of 
reach. Repeated disappointments of this kind showed me 
that wittingly or not the ducks wete making good use of 
the long legs and keen eyes of the heron. He was able to 
see over the rushes, while their vision was completely cut 
off. When he was inclined to visit the brook to get a 
frog or a fish for breakfast, they gathered round lim, 
feeling perfectly secre so long as he was throwing his 
searchlight glances over the reeds and into the bushes. 
When his heronship took occasion to visit other scenes 
not a living paddle would disturb the placid eddy at the 
mouth of the brook. 

I watched the situation carefully and found the heron 
one morning entirely alone. I sat down where I could 
get a good yiew without being seen, and awaited develop- 
ments, A flack of ducks came winging their way down 
the lake, casting glances on all sides as if uncertain where 
to go. They were swinging their long line for a sandy 
spit away down at the southwest corner of the lake, when 
the heron saw them and uttered one of his lonely yet 
complacent calls. Immediately the ducks swerved and 
circled into the coye where the heron was on guard and 
settled down qtiite contentedly around their sentinel. The 
thought struck me to use the heron for a decoy. I drew 
a bead on the guard, and in a couple of days after he 
again visited the lake, only this time I carried him under 
my arm, and his eyes were made of glass and his body of 
excelsior. I placed him on a tussock as natural looking 
as possible and had all the shacting I wanted. Whenever 
I desired water fowl all I had to do was to put my heron 
in position and I had not long to wait before he was 
surrounded. Try it. 


Monkey and Medicine. 


New York, Noy. 19.—Editor Forest and Stream: 1 
recently had the pleasure of learning of a remarkable in- 
stance of anima? coming to the assistance of a wounded 
comrade, as related by Mr. Haviland, a civil engineer con- 
nected with the law department of the N. Y. C. & H. R. 
R. R. Co. While engaged in locating a railway line in 
Mexico, Mr. Haviland once shot and wounded a monkey 
which, with a number of companions, was in a tree. At 
the report of the gun all but the wounded animal dis- 
appeared among the branches. 
ing cries of pain, placed its hand to its wounded side, 
withdrew it covered with blood and examined it. Its cries 
brought back its companions, some of which also placed 
their hands to the wound and examined them, Then 
they departed, shortly afterward returning chewing some- 
thing (probably leaves), which they applied to the wound, 
The stricken animal, holding the leaves in place, was then 
assisted by its companions in making its escape to a place 
of safety. Epwarp F, BALL. 


Somewhat analogous to this is an incident recorded by 
Mr. H. H. Keays, in notes on mammals collected in south- 
éastern Peru, and printed in the Bulletin of the Amer- 
ican Museum, on this, subject by Mr. J. A. Allen. Mr, 
Keays relates of a Peruvian monkey, Alouata nigra: 
“T took this specimen from a band of about fifty. They 
were the first I had seen. They traveled by swinging from 
tree to tree. As the specimen fell dead, the rest of the 
band did not appear to be frightened by the noise of the 
gun. Two of them dropped down from the tree to the 
ground where the dead one lay, picked him up and stood 
him up against the tree, as though they expected him to 
clinb it. Then they seemed to realize that he was 
dead, and, dropping him, began to chatter, Then the 
whole band tool up the cry and scampered off through 
the treetops. The stomach was partly filled with green 
leaves.” 


‘és West in a Weather Vare 


Hartrorp, Mich.—I have been waging war on the Eng- 
lish sparrow and have killed about 1,500 of them. They 
have driven our pheebe and bluehirds away entirely, and 
tried to drive our house martins. But the martins left 
their old haunts and went too high for the sparrows. We 
have a city water tank 90 feet high and sttrmounted with 
‘a weather vane 12 feet long, and the shaft of the vane is 
made of 3-inch gas pipe. Our martins made their nests 
in the open end of that iron shaft 100 feet from the 
ground, and the sparrows did not know where they 
stayed. Think of it—that vane never pointing the same 
‘way for three minutes ab a time. High minded little 
fellows. I love them for their sense and grit. 

SULLIVAN COOK. 


An Albino English Sparrow. 


West Roxpury, Mass.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
This morhing I saw a very good specimen of an albino 
‘English sparrow. It was sitting on a stone wall with two 
or three others, It was pure white except for two or 
three barely noticeable streaks of grayish brawn across 
the breast. This was in one of the suburbs of Boston, 
Mass, MusHxroposa. 


The wounded one, utter’ 


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American Wildfowl and How to 
Take Them.—XillIl.. 
BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. 
(Continued fron page 425] 
Cinnamon ‘Teal. 
Anas cyanoptera (Vieill). 

In the adult male the top of the head is blackish- 
brown, while the rest of the head, the neck and lower 
parts are bright chestnut. This color grows darker on 
the belly until it is quite black on the under tail-coverts. 
The scapulars, or shoulder feathers, and a part of the 
back are chestnut, the feathers having paler edges and 
the lone ones a buff central stripe; these are also barred 
with black. The smaller wing-coverts and the outer 
webs of some of the scapulars are sky blue. ‘The middle 
coyerts are dark, tipped with white, and the speculum is 
dark metallic green. The tail is blackish, the’ bill 1: 
black, the eyes yellow or orange, and the ieet are brighi 
yellow, with touches of dusky. The female is very much 
like the female blue-winged teal, but is larger and som- 
what more richly colored, The belly is usually dis- 
tinctly spotted. Length, 17 inches; wing, 714 inches, 

The cinnamon teal is a- Western species. It is rarely 


found as far East as the Mississippi Valley, though it has 
_ been taken in Florida, but such birds are metre acci- 


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CINNAMON TEAL. 


dental wanderers. The cinnamon teal becomes abundant 
after the main Continental Divide is crossed, and is a 
common breeder and migrant all through the Rocky 
Mountains and in California. In summer it is found as 
far north as the Columbia River, and probably breeds 
freely all through the Western United States. I have 
found its nest in Wyoming placed under a small sage 
bush, 30 or 40 yards from a little mountain stream that 
was nearly dry. It had eleven eggs, ivory-white in color, 
and there was no down in the nest, nor any appreciable 
lining. 
In his account of the cinnamon teal, published im the 
“Birds of the Northwest,’ Dr. Coues paints one of those 
charming word pictures which make his writings such 
delightful reading as well for sportsmen as for natural- 
ists. He says of it: “I neyer think of the bird without 
recalling scenes in which it was a prominent figure. I 
have in mind a picture of the headwaters of the Rio 
Verde, in November, just before winter had fairly set in, 
although frosts had already touched the foliage and 
dressed every tree and bush in gorgeous colors. The 
atmosphere showed a faint yellow haze, and was heavy 
with odors—souvenirs of departing flowers. The sap 
of the trees coursed sluggishly, no longer lending elastic 
vigor to the limbs, that now cracked and hroke when 
forced apart; the leaves loosened their hold, for want of 
the same mysterious tie, and fell in showers where the 
quail rustled over their withering forms. Woodpeckers 
rattled with exultation against the resounding bark and 
seeméd to know of the great store for them now in the 
nerveless, drowsy trees that .resisted the chisel less 
stoutly than when they were full of juicy life. Ground 
squirrels worked hard, gathering the last seeds and nuts 
to increase their winter's store, and cold-blooded reptiles 
dragged their stiffening joints to bask in sunny spots and 
stimulate ihe slow current of circulation before they 
should withdraw and sink into torpor. Wildfowl came 
flocking from their Northern breeding places—among 
them thousands of teal—hurtling overhead and plashing 
in the waters they were to enliven and adorn all winter. 
“The upper parts of both forks of the Verde are filled 
with beavers that have dammed the streams at short in- 
tervals and transformed them in some places into a suc- 
cession of pools, where the teal swim in still water. 
Other wildfowl join them, such as mallards, pirntails and 
green-wings, disporting together. The approach to the 
open waters is difficult in most places from the rank 
growths, first of shrubbery and next of reeds, that fringe 
the open banks; in other places, where the stream nar- 


rows in precipitous gorges, from the almost inaccessible . 


rocks. But these difficulties overcome, it is a pleasant 
sight to see the birds before us—perhaps within a few 
paces if we have very carefully crawled through the 
tushes to the yerge—iancying themselves perfectly se- 
cure, Some may be quietly paddling in and out of the 
sedge on the other side, daintily picking up the floating 
seeds that were shaken down when the wind rustled 
through, stretching up to gather those still hanging or 
to pick off little creatures from the seared stalks, Per- 


[Dzc. 8, Agia 


haps a flock is floating idly in mid-stream, some asleep, 
with the head resting close on the back and the bill 


buried in the plumage. Some others swim vigorously 
along, with breasts deeply immersed, tasting the water 
as they go, straining it through their bills to net minute 
insects, and gabbling to each other their sense of perfect 
enjoyment. But let them appear never so careless, they 


are quick to catch the sound of coming danger and take 
alarm; they are alert in an imstant; the next incautious — 
movement or snapping of a twig startles them; a chorus 
of quacks, a splashing of feet, a whistling of wings, and 


the whole company is off.. He is a good sportsman who 
stops them then, ior the stream twists about, the reeds 


confuse, and the birds are ot of sight almost as soon 


as Seen. 


“Much as elsewhere, | presume, the duck hunter has’ to 


keep his wits about him and he ready to act at yery short 
notice; but there is double necessity on the Verde The 
only passages along the stream are Indian trails, here 
always warpaths. In retaliation for real. or fancied 


wrongs—or partly, at least, from inherent disposition— 


these savages spend most of their time in’ wandering 
about in hopes of plunder and murder; this, too, against 


each other, so long as the tribes are not leagued in com- 


mon cause against a common enemy. On the day I have 
in mind more, particularly we passed a spot where lay 
the bodies of seyeral Apaches. From the arrows still 
sticking in them we judged afterward that they had beet 
lalled by a stray band of Navajos.. But this was not what 
we thought most about at the time. We were only four 
together, and this was close by the place we designed to 


spend the day in hunting and fishing. Contemplation | 


of the decaying Indians was not calculated to raise our 
spirits, for, though of course we knew the danger be- 


ant to, have the thing brought up in such 1 way. We 
kept on through the cafion a little more cautiously, talled 
a little more seriously, and concluded to look for game in 
places where there: was the least likelihood’ of an am- 
buscade. I confess that the day’s sport was rather too 
highly spiced to be altogether enjoyable, and suspect that 
others shared my uncomfortable conviction of fool- 
hardiness. However, the day passed without further in- 
timation of danger. Game was plenty, and the shooting 
good. Out of the woods and with a good bag, we were 
disposed and could better afford-to laugh at each other's 


fears,;”” | UP. 


The habits of the red-breasted teal do not differ 
markedly from those of the Eastern relative, which it so 
closely resembles. ; 

‘The true home. of this species seems to be in Southern 
North America and South America, and it is found in 
Chih, Patagonia and the Falkland Islands. It is a bird 
that gives great shooting to Western sportsmen. 


Shoveler. 
Spatula clypeata (Linn.). 
‘The male shovelér has the head and the upper neck 


very dark glossy green, with violet reflections, an’ en- 
tirely different color from that of the mallard, almost 


-a black. The lower neck and breast are white; belly 


and sides’ rich chestnut brown, The under tail-coverts 
and yent are black, bordered by a gray line, a patch of 
white at either side of the rump. The back is dusky 
-brown; the upper tail-coverts black; the long scapu- 
lars, or shoulder-feathers, streaked with black and white; 
tips of middle wing-coverts white, forming a black band 
across the wing; the middle wing-coverts are light blue, 
and back of this is a bright green speculum, The tail 
is whitish, blotched with brownish-gray. The bill is 
black, eyes yellow, and the feet orange-red, 

The female is colofed very much as is the female 
mallard, but has the blue wing-coverts and the green 


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speculum. The belly is sometimes pure white. The 
bill is orange or brown, often speckled with black. The 
feet are orange. Length, about 19 inches; wing, 9 10 
lo: inchés,. "| ee A 


Young males of different ages have the plumage gener- 


ally like the female, but as they grow older the head 
and neck aré mottled with black, and the under parts are 
often chestnut. Whatever the plumage, the shoyeler may 
be recognized by the great expansion of the bill toward 
the tip, which gives it the name spoonbill. This bill has 
a-fringe of very slender, close-set lamelle, which are 
long, yet- flexible, and are admirably adapted ‘to the 


process of siiting out food from the fine soft mud in 
‘which the shoyeler delights to feed. ; 


This species is one of the most widely distributed of 
all the ducks, being found throughout the whole of the 
Northern Hemisphere. In North America it is nowhere 
a very abundant duck, but, at the same time, is fre- 
quently met with ‘throughout the South and West, yet 
it never appears in great flocks, ‘as do the black dtick, 


‘mallard, widgeon and the teals, but rather in-small, oc- 
casional companies, though I have seen a flock number- 
ing nearly a hundred. This, However, is unusual. ~ | 


On the New England coast and Long’ Island the 
shoveler is quite an uteommon bird, but further to the 


se Typ 


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Jorehand and meant to take our chances, it was not pleas- 


[ Duc. 8, 1900, J 


southward, as in Maryland and North Carolina, it is 
frequently killed. In many of its ways, as of course in 


but it is much less gregarious in its habits. The shoveler 
Nbreeds from Texas to Alaska, and I have frequently. 
found the nests in Dakota, Montana and Wyoming, 
usually near prajrie lakes, often under a bunch of rye 


There are usually a few feathers and some down in the 
nest, which contains eight or ten greenish-white eggs. 
The female sits close, but when startled from her nest 
flies away without sound, and soon disappears. _ 

"The young, when first hatched, do not show the pe- 
citliar shape of the bill possessed by the adult, this being 
a later development. Young birds of the first season, 
when killed in the fall, will be found to have the bill 
very flexible, so that it can be bent in every direction. 
The shoveler is a fine table bird, but because of the small 
numbers that are killed it is not very well known, .-« 
*Mr, Trumbull gives as the names for this bird the 


of its spoon-like bill, with reference to a well-known 
general in the Civil War’—cow-frog, spoon-billed 
widgeon, spoon-billed teal, mud-shoveler-and swaddle- 
bill. In Louisiana the bird is known as mesquin. The 
note of the shoveler is a weak: quack, somewhat like that 
of the green-winged teal. 


A New Hampshire Deer Hunt. 

On the morning of Noy. 17 two of my neighbors, a 
friend and I started on a short trip alter deer, We 
reached our hunting grounds about 1o A. M. of same 
day. There had been a few inches of good tracking 
snow, which fell about a week beiore our arrival. A 


little of it was left, but was of no use for still-hunting, ~ 


being very noisy. The only good point was that. it gave 
us a chance to see what were the signs of deer. The first 
afternoon we went over a good deal of ground without 
Seeing a fresh track. In fact, we saw very few tracks, 
all apparently four or five days old. I crossed the track 
of a bear, but it looked older than that of the deer. 


On the second day one of our party hired a local - 


hunter as a guide. The rest of us hunted alone during 
the whole trip, each going by himself. My tramp that 
day covered some ten miles of good looking deer ground, 
but I’saw only three or four very old deer tracks. The 
man with the guide jumped two deer, but could not get 
within sight on account of noisy show, 
Another of the party found very old tracks of either 
two or three bears; he followed them up pretty well on 
a mountain and took a circle around, failing to find where 
they had gone out. He then followed the tracks fo_a 
ledge, and saw where two tracks led into the ledge. He 
carefully plugged up all the holes he could find and then 
started to look for a deer. He found the tracks of a 
doe which had been started, and followed it a long time. 
Now this young man is a novice at hunting deer or any 
large gaine, never having seen a deer until this fall.’ I 
had loaned him some time before we started on our trip 
Van Dyke's “Still-Hunter,” and he followed the advice 


there given, and’ did not keep on the deer’s track, but 


kept circling. At last he' found that the deer “had 
stopped, and getting the general direction the track 
took, he went around and worked up to a ridge from 
the other side. 


it at once, 
The fourth member of out party was sitting down,- 


when he saw a large buck coming some distance away- 
He did not get a very good chance to shoot, but his ,30-30 © 
bullet struck the hind leg just below gambrel joint, cut- 
ting off the bone entirely, leaving the leg hanging by © 
a strip. of skin. “The buck bled very badly, and after fol- ~ 
lowing some distance was found. That afternoon both” 
- the lynx. It took several loads of double B shot to finish 

; iF ’ . .+ the animal. + pee 
That night we had some’ callers, local hunters most of ~ 
them. They had to own that we knew something about - 


deer were hanging in the stable of the cottage we were 
staying In, - - lh ein ge “Pi 


deer, but when our bear man said he had some bears 
plugged up ina ledge they laughed at him, saying bears 
didn’t den at that time of the year and all he had in the 
hole were hedgehogs. -We told them to call the follow- 
ing night and we would show them, They were so dead 


sure that we would find nothing but hedgehogs that. - 
they did not care to go to the den with us, although we _ 


“asked them to. 


The following morning, as soon as we could’see; we _ 
started for the bear den. I had had but.a little former ex-' 
perience with bears, and we carefully examined all the . 


Pluserdshyles in the ledge’ and circled about 10; See. sequent to the day aiter to-morrow. 


whether they had gone out at any other point. We-were_ 


satisfied that’ if there were any bears in the ledge the 
- day before they-were still there. The main entrance-was < 


opened and some punching was done with a pole, with 


no results. - Then 1, watched the hole and the others tried . 


punching on the back side of the ledge. While care- 
fully looking into the hole I saw for an instant an eye 
shine. We then found a seam oi the top of the-ledge,. 
which after being cleared of dirt and leaves gave 1tis-a.bet- 


ter cHance;- The man who had found the-den -was- sta~ 
tioned at the entrance; and bear after bear was induced - 


by vigorous punching to show His head. .We got four, 
an old one and three cubs. The old bearhad -lost-on€ 
fore foot some time before in a trap, the ‘stump of the 
foot being completely healed. at cl ea es 

I then left the rest of the party to drag the. bears: 


down the mountain to our hoitse, and ‘stattéd tov-look 


for a deer. The snow was melting fast, and was about _ 
gone, except for a small’ patch here and there. -.I-found 


whére two small deer had been, and: while L was-trying: 
to work them up they got wind of me and a whistle and 
the faint glimpse of two white flags were all I saw. or 
heard. I followed those two deer very carefully sfor two 
Hiouis sald they never BOppeds: |e fo: OE! ees 

That night we had quite -a number of callets.-to .see 
our hedgehogs (as they expected}; They had not much: 
to say, Some of them made‘a few profane témarks about. 
what they were pleased to .call.our lick. “7.0 272i" 

The following morning two of us set out to look for 
‘the deer I had’ started the previous day. After getting 
some distance back we separated, and-my companion, 


its appearance in some respects, it resembles the’ teals, 


grass or a sage bush, and usually fairly well concealed. - 


' taken his trail. 
- mountains on my way back. 


blue-winged shoveler, red-breasted shoveler, shovelbill, — 
broady, butler duck—‘‘the bird being so called because - 


‘again. 


By very cateful work he saw the deer’ 
lying down watching its back track. A .30-30 bullet, killed = 


. the last twenty days of November. 


FOREST+AND STREAM. 


with the unfailing luck which seems to follow both him 


atid his brother (who found the bears) ran on to both 


the deer within fifteen minutes. Again a .30-30 bullet 
dropped'the deer instantly. Shortly afterward I found the 
track of one of the old grandfathers of the deer in that 
region. I knew well from former experience what I was 
pretty suré to undergo in following an old buck at this 
time of year, but I knew that sometimes such deer did 
lie down, and trusting to luck I kept on, ‘The further 
back I went the more snow I found. I have followed 
deer before in bad places, but never through such holes 
as that old buck led me, Finally in the afternoon I 
eave him up. I was a good many miles from our house 
and appatently no nearer the deer than when I had first 
I then took quite a swing over the 
In all my tramp that day 
I did not see a track, fresh or old, of any deer other than 
the one I followed. : 

The next morning opened with rain and heavy fog. 
Two of us started to look up some grotind quite a dis- 
tance back. We went something over six miles before 
reaching the grounds, There was no snow, but we saw 
a zood many tresh signs—more in fact than we did before 
or since. We worked over a good deal of ground, ex- 
pecting at any time either to see or jump a deer, but 
did not. The fog would at times settle down so that we 
could not have seen a deer at 30 yards. We got back 
to our house about dark a little tired. It is not the easiest 
kind of walking over those mountains, 

The next day there was very little prospect of doing 
anything with no snow, and very slight chance of run- 
ning across a deer, yet we took that chance. On all 
my former hunting trips after larger game than deer 
I have always hunted on all sorts of days. » There was fo 
possible chance if we'stayed in the house. So two of us 
started for some deserted farms lying well back some 
five miles away. Deer were said to be feeding there on 
the apples. We took what we thought the shortest 
route across country, and had just climbed a britsh fence 
in a back pasture and reached the top of a ridge, where 
we sat down for a few moments to have a smoke. 
sitting there I saw something I took to be a cow or 
steer. I could see only the top of its back, as it was 
slowly walking along. I rose up slowly and saw that it 
was a buck. I could then see his head and part of the 
neck, There was no cartridge in the barrel of my rifle, 
but the magazine was full. At the click of the lever the 
buck stopped, and turned his head. I held on his neck 
just back of his jaw, and at the crack of my Savage the 
buck dropped in his tracks, never getting on his feet 
He was a fine deer, and as he lay there I think 
would weigh 250 pounds. I put a knife in his neck 
low down near his chest, and the blood spurted. I should 
think nearly a pailful ran out. I never saw an animal 
bleed so before. His stomach was packed full of ap- 
ples, fully a peck, besides some browse.. Some of the 
apples were entirely whole, not even showing marks of 
his teeth. The buck weighed after getting him here 
ior pounds; and I think he must have lost in blood and 
entrails 50 pounds. I had in my pocket a rig of strap and 
rope to haul out deer with, but it took two of us to drag 
that deer about a mile to a lumber road. 

The next morning was to be the last of our hunting 
trip. Two of our party went to an old orchard some 
five miles away, getting there at daylight. A buck was 
just coming in, but he came up wind, and did not show 
himself, gave a whistle and left, and this ended our 
unt, 

Heretofore in my hunting trips I have always stuck 
to a heavy rifle of large caliber. I had never tried the 
small bore nitro on game, Hereafter a .303 is big enough 
for me, STARK. 

Dunsarton, N, H., Noy. 26, 


P. S.—One day last week a fine specimen of Canada 
lynx was shot a few miles out of Manchester, N. H, A 
party from that city were after foxes, and the dogs treed 


C. M. S. 


Toledo and Thereabouts. 


“Chained to Business.’ 


WHATEVER may be the fate of the average Toledo man 
during the rest of the year, he manages somehow to 
escape the fetters that bind him to his desk or shop in 
l And within the past 
ten days, if you attempted to find any man of shooting 


 proclivities. his truthful stenographer would be pretty 


sure to inform you that he was “out of town on busi- 
ness,’ and would not return till some indefinite time sub- 
Hence, to make a 
list of these would draw heavily on the city directory. In 


. spite of the general exodus to the stubble, the quail shoot- 
ing in this portion of the State—that is to say in north- ° 


western Ohio—has. been better than the average. C. G. 
Wilkinson, of the Legal News, came in a day or two ago 
with nearly 300 birds as the result of a week’s shooting in 
Vau. Wert county, an exceptionally good bag. But all 
the counties bordering on Indiana in the upper part of 
the State—Williams, Defiance, Paulding and Van Wert— 


- afford good shooting for quail and grouse, and it is not 


very long since deer and turkeys were to be found in 
their forests in teasonable abundance. Others have made 
good scores, and the man who could not spare a week has 
managed to get out for a day here and there with com- 
paratively satisfactory results. For example, Sam An- 
drews put in a day last week just beyond the city limits 
and brought back with him a bag of nine birds. Mr. 
Andrews is in his seventy-fifth year, and has hunted in 
northwestern Ohio eyer since he was a boy, having killed 
a number of deer in the present city limits. The boys 
ate all somewhat envious of his skill, but so far he shows 
no intention of abandoning the field to his younger com- 
petitors. 4 

& “Among the Ducks, 

The duck shooting season as a whole has-been rather 


poor. Talking the other day with Mr. John Cummings, of - 


the Cedar Point-Club, I learned that the hunters attribute 
this to the unseasonable weather of the fall. The mild 
weather lasted into November, and the northern ducks de- 
layed their migration till the sudden cold wave warned 


While | 


4, 4,7 


them to seek a milder climate; but whem they arrived in 
the marshes along the shores of Lake Erie they found all 
their feeding grounds frozen up so firmly that the most of 
them continued on their southward journey. Later flights 
have been more fortunate, but in the quiet weather the 
ducks have an exasperating habit of lying out in the open 
water of the lake miles from the shore, where it is prac- 
tically impossible to approach them. But there have been 
occasional days which left nothing to be desired, such as 
Mr, Fred Dodge found last week, when he boated thirty- 
fiye canvasbacks in a single day’s shooting. 

It is a poor week which does not bring with it a new 
hunting club at Toledo, and the latest of these has just 
been organized by a number of Toledo people who have 
secured control of about 140 acres of marsh on the River 
Raisin, near what is known as Johnson’s Island, about 
half-way between the lake and the head of vessel navi- _ 
‘gation. The gentlemen concerned are Messrs. Ralph 
Herman, F. C. Smith, Henry Cope, James P. Locke, 
David Tobin, Ross Hodge and some others whose names 
I do not now recall. All the vast range of marsh lying 
between the town of Monroe and Lake Ene is famous 
for its duck shooting, and Toledo expects to get its 
share. 

Speaking of upland shooting, Mr. George Volk and 
Mr. Alex Arnold were grouse hunting last week near the 
little village of Omer, about fifty miles the other side of 
Bay City. They certainly have no reason to complain, as 
they brought home thirty-three ruffed grouse as the pro- 
ceeds of two days in the field. Mr. Valk was accom- 
panied hy his educated pointer, who knows.a lot of things 
besides grouse hunting, but that is a story which will 
do for another time. 

The Rev. F; P. Rosselot, pastor of the United Brethren 
Church of Toledo, has returned from his deer hunting 
vacation in Missouri, and he found the trip so enjoyable 
that he talked to his congregation about it last Sunday 
evening in lieu of a sermon. Mr. Frank Moulton, of the 
Bostwick-Braun Company, was a camp companion, as 
were also Hon. Paul Moore, private secretary to Gov- 
etnor Stevens, of Missouri; Hon. J. J. Russell, Speaker 
of the Missouri House of Representatives; J. F. Navin, 
Hon, W. O. Swante, Hon, W. J. Lee and others, Frank 
Baird, State Oil Inspector for northern Ohio, is also back 
from the camp of the Ocqueoc in the northeastern part 
of the lower Michigan peninsula. Mr, Baird reports that 
the boys had five deer hung up when he came away, and 
yesterday he distributed sundry savory slices of venison 
among his friends. ; 

Hon. Noah H. Swayne, chairman of the Toledo and 
Lucas County Republican Exectitive Committee during 
the late Presidential campaign, has gone to New York 
to escape politics, and to take a month’s rest from busi- 
ness. If you should chance to see him, don’t forget to 
ask him about his experiences on the waters of the Triton 
Club last summer. Jay BEEBE, 

To.epo. O., Noy. 29. 


e a 
Ohio Duck Shooting. 

CLEVELAND, O., Noy. 16.—Hditor Forest and Stream: 
I must tell you of the nice shoot I had last Saturday, Nov. 
10, which was the opening day on ducks in Ohio, I 
went up to the Ottawa Club house Friday, found seven 
members there, and on Friday night we drew cuts for 
positions, after allowing Col. Smithnight, our president, 
first to choose his position. He took the upper end of Big 
Pond, an artificial blind, then we drew cuts as follows: 
Roland White, 1; John J. Flick, 2; J. O’Hara Denny, 3; 
Charles P. Ranney, 4; Isaac Reynolds, 5; Arthur O'Dell, 
6, and F. B. Many, 7. ; 

White took upper end of the Big Mud Hole; J. O’Hara 
Denny lower end of Big Mud Hole; Chas. P. Ranney 
lowed end of Big Pond; Isaac Reynolds Mound Spring; 
Arthur O'Dell between Channels No, 1 and No. 2; John 
J. Flick, Two Tree Pond, and F. B. Many, Cherry Island 
Pond, 

We were called at 3 o’clock A. M. and had breakiast 
at 3:30 and took the naphtha launch down the Sandusky 
River, dropping each man and his punter as we passed his 
location. I got over to Cherry Island Pond before day- 
light, and could tell by the noise the ducks made that 
the pond was full of ducks. 

I stayed back in the bushes a couple of hundred feet 
from the pond until about daylight, when the ducks arose 
in two great flocks (at least a thousand) at the sound 
of shots fired in the lower marshes a couple of miles 
below me. As soon as the ducks had left my punter and I 
carried a large arm chair and all my shells, guns (10 and 
16 gauge) and heavy coats, etc., down to the edge of the 
pond. The pond was about roo feet wide and about 500 
feet long. I located on the south side of it with the 
wind at my back. I just set the chair in the high flag 
so as not to make much of an opening. I sat in this 
chair with my gun (10-gauge) across my knees. I had 
no sooner got fixed than the mallards commenced to 
come back in singles, pairs and small flocks, with once in 
a while a big flock, which I would not shoot at, as I 
did not want to scare them, as they were generally pretty 
high, just taking a good fly around the marsh. In about 
the first ten minutes after daylight I had nine ducks on 
the water dead, and I had only shot twelve shells. My 
punter said: “My! you are doing good shooting.” I 
was surprised myself. J account for my good shooting 
by the way I was dressed, It was mild weather; I was 
down in the high flag and it was warm; I only wore a 
sweater over my vest. This allowed free action of my 
arms, then again, it was an ideal spot to shoot in, the 
ducks wanting to come right where I was located, and 
they came in nicely. I only set out four decoys, mallards, 
and had my punter set up the dead ducks, which are | 
fine decoys. Well, I just wish you had been with 
me, I knocked them right and left. I made eight or ten 
doubles. Of course I missed a good many, because I shot 
about 150 shells. ’ 

By 9 o'clock I had forty mallards, and said to my 
punter, “I suess I will quit. I have all the ducks I care 
to shoot in one day,” but he said, “Mr. Many, this is the 
first time I ever punted a man; it’s my first duck hunt; 
I wish you would shoot some more so that we will not be 
low man,” To this I assented, and changed my guns, 
using the 16-gauge gun, as it was much nicer to shoot on 
account of the smaller load. Well, by 2 o’clock I had 
sixty ducks and said to my punter, “That settles it, T am 


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going to quit shooting.” Just then he said, “Mark! 
There’s two mallards; go on, shoot them any way,’ so L 
shot and got one with each barrel, “Now that settles it,” 
I said. “‘Let’s start for the club house as soon as you 
can carry the ducks over to the boat.” ; 

We had left my boat on the south side of the island and 
had walked across 500 feet on the solid ground. I had 
shot fifty-seven mallards, three pintails, one widgeon and 
one spoonbill, My punter had to make five trips to the 


boat to carry the ducks; then we gathered up the rest 


of the traps and carried them over together. 

This -was the finest duck shoot I ever had. The mem- 
bers’ bags for the first days were as follows: J. O’Hara 
Denny 103, John J. Flick 62, F. B. Many 62, Col. Smith- 
night 25, Isaac Reynolds 25, Roland White 25, Arthur 
O'Dell 32, Chas. P: Ranney 3; total 337. 

Reynolds was located on a mud flat and he got twenty- 
five jacksnipe also. 

I had to be at home Monday to attend to some busi- 
ness, so 1 came home Sunday afternoon. The other 
members were to stay until Saturday, Noy. 17. They will 
get a good many ducks. 

While I was shooting on Cherry Island I could hear 
the pheasants, Mongolian, English and golden. cackling in 
the flag all around me. We have been raising them, and 
from about twenty-five to start with, which we liberated 
in 1806, we now probably have several thousand on our 
marshes, as they are very prolific, having two coveys a 
year of from twelve to eighteen birds. There is a close 
season on these birds until 1903. At that time we shall 
have splendid shooting, and as we shall limit the bags we 
ought to always continue to have good shooting on 
these fine birds. FRANK B. Many. 


Talks to Boys.—IV. 


Carrying the Gun, Fences, Boats, Removing Carttidges, 


WHILE the practice that you are now having in 
handling a gun is chiefly to enable you to get used to the 
arm, you must remember that at the same time you are 
jlearning to handle it so that it shall neyer be dangerous 
to any one. Although there are no foads in the gun 
now and you suppose that it cannot possibly go off, 
yet even so, you must form a habit of so carrying the 
weapon that by no chance can the muzzle point at 
any one, or indeed in any direction where, if accidentally 
discharged, it might do harm. The habit must become 
so firmly established with you that you do not have to 
think about it, but without knowing that you are doing 
so you will keep the gun pointed away from all living 
things. 

There are only two directions in which a muzzle of a 
gun can safely be pointed; these are up’ or down. A 
shot fired in the air can scarcely injure any one or any- 
thing, and one discharged into the ground is equally 
harmless. Therefore, in all the different positions which 
the gun assumes, see that it is pointed either up or 
down. Sometimes a man will be seen who carries his 
gun reversed, holding it by the muzzle while the fore 
end rests on the shoulder and the stock projects be- 
hind, Happily, this practice is not common, for it is 
extremely dangerous, and many men have been killed 
by carrying their guns in this way. If a man stumbles 
or steps in a hole, or catches his foot on a root and 
falls, his gun may very likely be thrown forward with the 
muzzle directly toward his body, and may easily enough 
be discharged. . 

Sometimes one may see a boy, or even a man who 
will carry the gun across the back of the neck, with one 
arm over the stock and the other over the barrels, some- 
times with the hand resting on the muzzle. This is 
certain to give a very tncomfortable feeling to any one 
who happens to be walking by the side of the person 
cattying his gun in this fashion and opposite the muz- 
zle end, While the danger of a discharge is perhaps not 
great, it is unpleasant to be walking along with a gun 
pointed at your neck or head. 

A friend of mine told me of something that happened 
to him, which I have seen mentioned in Forest ann 
STREAM or in some book. He was out hunting with an 
Indian, and the two sat down side by side on a hill to 
Jeok over the country. The Indian held his tifle across 
his knees, and as he sat there he fingered the lock. 
raising and lowering the hammer, the muzzle of the gun 
being pointed toward his companion. My friend did 
not like the position which he occupied, and rising to 
his feet stepped around behind the Indian to go to the 
other side of him, so as to sit opposite the stock of the 
gun instead of opposite the muzzle. but before he had 
seated himself, the hammer of the rifle slipped from 
under the Indian’s thumb and the arm was discharged. 
Tf my friend had not changed his position he would 
certainly have been shot, and very likely Icilled. 

Bearing in mind, then. that the gun is a dangerous 
weapon, and that at anv time it mav be discharged 
through carelessness or by unavoidable accident, you 
will see why I have recommended the methods of carrvy- 
ing the sun already spoken of and those which are te 
come. A yety easy position is to carry the gun under 
your arm, the stock projecting backward, the fore end 
resting on your horizontal forearm, the hand of that 
arm being carried on the lower part of the chest. The 
trigger guard resting on the arm keeps the etin from 
slipping forward. Of course in this position the barrels 
are directed downward, so that if the gun were dis- 
charged the shot would enter the ground a little in ad- 
vance of your feet and slixhtly to one side of them. The 
only possible harm that could result with the gun in this 
position might be to your dog. if you permit him when 
he is walking at heel to push too far ahead. But this 
you must not permit. Make him walk either behind you 
er with his head just even with vour knee. In this 
place he is quite safe, You may catry vour gun in this 
position on either arm, with the feeling that it can do 
harm. 

Another position is this: 
between the second and third fingers of either hand. the 
nalm of the hand being just below the lock, and Jet the 
barrels lie in the crook of the arm. so that the muzzle 
and passes up just outside your shoulder. This is an 
easy position, and is frequently employed where one 


Let the grin of the gun pass | 


of the hands is in use, as to help you over a fence or into 
a wagon. 


Perhaps more gunners haye been killed by taking guns 


out of wagons or out of boats, or while crossing or 
climbing through fences, than in any other way. You 
have not yet reached the point where you can do any 
harm in this way, because as yet you have received no 
loaded cartridges, but all through this practice of yours 
you must act just as 1 your gun was loaded with the 
deadliest of charges, and as if there were danger that it 
thight go off at any moment. If you will take my advice 
you will stop when yout get to a fence, break down your 
gun and go through the motions of taking out the car- 
tridges, then, carrying the gun in one hand in the posi- 
tion just described, climb over the fence, seeing to it 
that in any motions or bendings of the body that you 
may make you do not point the muzzle of the gun in a 
horizontal directiou.. “ chance your foot should slip 


FIG, 4. GOOD POSITION. 


Safe and convenient way of carrying the gun under either arm. 


-and you should fall, or if an old rotten rail should break 


under yotir foot, try. Jess to save yourself from a fall 
than to hold on to your gun and keep its muzzle pointed 
in the air. It is better that you should tumble to the 
sround and bump or bruise yourself a little than that 
you should let fall your gun, which in the tall might, if 
it were loaded, be discharged with dangerous results. 
But it is far better always to tale out the cartridges when 
you cross a fence, The trouble is slight, and the pre- 
caution may save life or limb, 

Many men when crossing a fence hold the gun ly the 
grip, with the barrels just in front of the breech resting 
on the shoulder, muzzle pointed well upward and the 
trigger guard upward and forward. This gives the 


GOOD POSITION. 


RIGHES: 


Convenient as change in carrying. Safe and ready. 
climbing fences. 


Good for 


holder very good control of his gun, and enables him 
even if he falls, to keep the muzzle pointed skyward. 
The position is also a good one in which to carry the 
gun across the fields when there is a possibility that birds 
may jump up, but your dog is not pointing, and you are 
not in immediate expectation of a shot; it takes a very 
small fraction of a second to bring the gun down into 
the palm of the already lifted left hand and to pull the 
stock back against the shoulder. Many good shots 
habitually carry their guns in this position when ex- 
pecting birds to rise. 

No matter what may happen to you, under no circum- 
stances ever. creep through a fence and pull your gun 
after you. This is one of the most dangerous things 
that can possibly be done. If you have to creep throtizh 


a fence’or a hedge or very dense brush, catry-your gun. 


much as you usually do; supporting it under the fore end 
by the right hand or the left, and keeping the muzzle 


well to the front. Of course in doing this you will neyer 
creep behind or in front of a companion, and will 
not expose yourself or him to the danger of being shot 
by the other. In a case like this it is always wiser to 


take the cartridges from your gun; in this position you 


are not likely to get a shot, and it is better to miss 


the chance of shooting than to run the risk of killing ; 


anything that you do not wish to fire at. : 


Under no circumstances pull a gun toward you out of: 


a boat; lift it up. In fact never pull a gun toward you 


at all; and above all never pull it toward you by the © 


muzzie, I had once a friend, a very learned man, a pro- 
fessor in a-great university, who pulled his gun toward 
him by the muzzle after he had stepped out of a boat; 
the hammers caught and the gun was discharged, and 
he was instantly killed. 

I advise you to do what I always do myself, to take 


the cartridges out of the gun when you get into a wagon | 


or boat, or have to cross a fence or have to go into a 
house. Then, if through some carelessness the gun is 
dropped, or if the horse should run away and the wagon 
be upset, or if when you set your gun down in the house 
a dog or little child runs against it and knocks it down, 
no harm can be done. A gun without a load in it is‘a 
most harmless piece of wood and iron; but loaded it 
may cause the greatest sorrow to entirely innocent 
people. 

But I am again getting a little bit ahead of my story, 
tor I am telling about how you ought to act after you 
have been provided with cartridges and when your gun 
is loaded; but, as I said before, perhaps this is not so 
very bad, for I-want you always to treat your gtin as if it 
were loaded, and as if there were a possibility that at any 


moment it might be discharged. Perhaps you will think 


that J say too much about this, and may feel sure that 
you would never be so careless as to let your gun go 
off when you did not wish it to. A great many people 
have thought this before you were born, and probably 
after you haye become a gray-haired old man a great 
many other people will think the same about them- 
selves. At the same time, the fact remains that guns are 
continually going off unexpectedly, and that people who 
believe themselves to be very careful are constantly hay- 
ing accidents with guns. Happily, few of these accidents 
result fatally; yet we know that almost every day some 
one in the United States is killed by the discharge of a 


sun, either through’ his own carelessness or that of - 


some other person. It is only a short time ago that a 
man who believed that he was careful and knew how to 
use a gun, because of the long experience that he had 
had, fired a shot at something that he saw in the woods 
that he thought was game, and wounded a man and 
woman, the latter so seriously that her leg had to be 
amputated. We all of us think we are careful, but all 
human beings are likely to make mistakes and blunders, 
and you and I are like other people in this respect. I 
had the hammer slip from under my thumb once, and 
came very near killing my dearest friend, and the older 
I grow the more [ insist on the importance of unceasing 
thoughtfulness and watchfulness in handling a gun. 

All these things that I am saying to you now [| think 
your instructor will also say to you in different words. 
as you walk abroad with him, carrying your gun. Ii 
he carries. one, too, I advise you to keep your eye on 
him and notice the different positions in which he carriés 
his weapon. Perhaps you will see him do some things 
that will lead you to ask questions of him, and the 
answers to these questions may perhaps teach you a 
great deal. I am quite sure that as you go along he will 
keep his eye on you, and whenever he sees you doing 
anything that is not quite right, or sees you careless 
about the way in which you hold your gun, he will 
caution you and put you on the right track. After a 
while it will become a matter of habit with you to carry 
your gun properly, and only under stress of some great 
excitement will you neglect what has been taught you. 
If you have the opportunity to handle your gun and to 
carry it abroad for a few weeks or months. | am con- 
vinced that unless you are much more heedless than 
most boys you will at the end of that time have formed 
habits which will make you a safe companion to those 
with whom you may go shooting in the future, and 
which may save you great trouble and pain in after Jife. 
’ W. G. DE Groor. 


Quebec Moose. 


Avyimer, Que., Nov. 21.—Editor Forest and Stream; 
You will find inclosed herewith a statement of moose 


heads, skins and meat shipped from Kippewa and Tem s—. 


kaming stations from Oct. 1 to Noy. 7. This 13 only a 
preliminary statement, but will give you a full statement 
later on. This will give you an idea how much moose we 


have in our country. There-are outside of Kippewa ten or - 


twelve stations to hear from yet which will open your 
eyes. This statement is official from the C. P. R. agents 
and the. other statements will also be official from the 
CPR. N. E. Cormier. 


Shipments of Moose from Kippewa Station, from Oct. .— 
to Nov. 7, 1900. 


Moose head and hide, spread, 5lin., J. D. Miller, of Edinburgh 
Two moose heads, 46in. and S, Geo. G. Cofton, of Syracuse. 
Une moose head, 36in., E. N. Trump, of Syracuse, — 

Two moose heads, 5din., F. N- Ryder and Mr, Smith, of New 
Haven. ; 

Moose head, S0in., R. B. Treat, of Centreville, R. I 

Moose head, 5lin., Dr. J. F. Kidd, of Ottawa. : 

Two moose heads, S0in. and S,,F. N. Ryder, of New Haven. 

Moose head, 50in., S. E. Cobb, of Orange, N. J 

Moose head, 5614in., F. M. Turner, of Pittsburg. D 

Two moose heads, 86in., F. M. Turner, of Emsworth, Pa, 

Moose head, 40in., J. W. Jarvis, of Pittsburg, Pa. 

Two deer heads and hides, §, J. E. Buckley, of New York. _ | 
Two heads and bundle feet, 45in., F. C. Selous, of London, Eng- 
land. 

Moose head, 36in., A. McLaren, of Buckingham. : 

Moose hide, A. McLaren, of Buckingham. 

Horns, 56%4in., C. C. Foster, Cambridge, Mass. 

Head, 43in., J. J. Gill, of Steubenville, ©. . 

Hide and head, 45in., H. M,Popham, of New York. 

Antlers, 40in. and S, J. T. Gardiner, of Boston, Mass. 

Head, 36in. and 46in., G, L. Farnum, of Media, Pa. a 

Two antlers, 58in. and 54in., Jas. Seymour, Jr., of Newark, N, J. 

Head, 40in., H.' L. Cadmus, of East Orange, N. J. ~ 

Head,, 62in.,. F.C. Bates Dana. of Worcester, Mass.) ' = 

Two- heads, 86%4in. and 58in., W.S. Lincoln, of Worcester, Mass, 

Head, S4in., BR. Millichamp, of Tosonto. 

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CHICAGO ANDTHE WEST. 


Game Situation in the Middle West. 


Cu1caco, Ill., Dec, 1.—The weather in this part of the 
country continues to rule mild. Early in the morn:ng 
of Noy. 20 there was considerable thunder and lightning 
and heavy rain, most unusual occurrences for that dae 
in this section. On the morning of Nov. 20 as | went out 
of doors I noticed very large numbers of angle worms 
on the pavements and the neighboring ground, these 
worms having come up out of the moist ground exactly 
as though it were summer time. I have never heard ot 
this instance before at so late a date for th= neighbor- 
hood. To-day it remains warm and murky, though we 
ate expecting snow again before very long. Under these 
circumstances the conditions for quail are most admirable, 
The ducks have left us, and the deer season is over. 
From now on we will shoot quail until near the end of 
this month, and then a few of us will go South, while 
the most of us will put up our guns until spring time, 

The quail crop in lower Michigan has not been as good 
as usual. In Illinois, Indiana and Iowa it has broken.all 
records. If all goes well we should have good shooting 
next year, unless for some mysterious reason the bird 
supply should be again cut down. On the whole, we are dis- 
posed to think that there is a growing regard for the 
game laws, and that perhaps the present abundance of 
birds is partly a result of that fact. Undoubtedly, how- 
ever, the weather conditions have also been highly favor- 
able for Western game. 


Iowa and Minnesota Game. 


Mr, J. C. Hartman, president of the Waterloo Courier 
Compaiy, of Waterloo, Ia., is a busy newspaper man, who 
none the less occasionally gets busy with the birds. Mr. 
Hartman is good enough to give me some notes regarding 
matters in Iowa and her sister State of Minnesota, writ- 
ing as below: 

“Towa sportsmen are enjoying better quail shooting 
than has been known since the early ’80’s. A number of 
fine bags have been made within three miles of Water- 
loo, 2 city of 12,600 population, which speaks well for the 
observance of game laws. * The ever-present pot-hunter 
will get his work in, however, and yesterday I heard the 
disgusting details of a pot shot made by a game hog that 
resulted in fourteen dead quail.” 

Fall duck shooting in this vicinity was disappointing. 
Water was plentiful, but food was scarce, and the birds 
wave us-the go by. Two Waterloo gunners who went 
worth report that canvasbacks, mallards and other com- 
mon yarieties were plentiful at Heron Lake, Minn. One 
gunner there, a man of some means, had killed sixty-eight 
¢anvasbacks in one day, and on another occasion had 
made a mixed bag of over 100 ducks. This was late in 
October. It was reported later that two gunners at 
that resort bagged 300 in one day. The Waterloo shooters 
were not provided with a State license, and did not tarry. 
The market-shoaters, they say, are very careful that no 
outsider shoots who is not provided with a license. A 
thrifty gentleman who lives some ten miles from the lake 
has a freezer and drives over each day and buys the birds. 
He paid 45 cents each for canvasbacks. Thousands of 
ducks are shot each spring and fall by market-gunners 
at Heron Lake, and if the sportsmen of Minnesota -are 
desirous of stopping the leaks in the game supply here is 
something worth investigating. 

Twin Lakes, in Calhoun county, Ia,, were formerly a 
great resort for all species of wildfowl. A friend from 
Rockwell City informed me a few days ago that the drain- 
age of the wet lands that formerly supplied the lakes 
with water has resulted in practically drying up one lake 
and teducing the other to a marsh. These lakes, prior 
to the drainage project, held from two to eight feet ot 
water and afforded excellent fishing. During the past 
fall the drying up of the lakes caused the fish to die, and 
the ducks, which were quite plentiful, fed on these. A 
fish diet gave their flesh a strong fishy odor, and my 
friend stated that the smell of a stewed Twin Lake duck 
was decidedly nauseating. The people thereabouts quit 
eating duck, but the gunners shot them just the same, the 
birds finding their way to market. 

The abundance of ducks at Heron Lake was com- 
mented upon in these colwimns last fall. The market- 
shooters seem to have been able to make a pretty big bluff 
ont there. This is a funny sort of country, this America 
of ours, though in a great many ways she is not a bad 
sort of place to live in- 


The Real Thing. 


It does a fellow good once in a while to get a genuine 
sporting letter from a man who really takes a delight in 
getting out of doors, and who keeps his enthusiasms fresh. 
A good many of us get blasé in our sport, and are content 
to go out, come back and forget it till the next time. 
Not so with the man who has the genuine and keen sports- 
man’s soul, Here is what one such, a wealthy man whose 
business interests ought to keep him at home, but do 
not, writes about some of his sporting experiences this 
week, I shall not mention his name, because the letter is a 
personal one, and perhaps I ought not to use it, though I 
will. I offer it as the real thing: 

“T did not do so badly this time. I went down Thurs- 
day morning; it had stormed up to that time. I got up to 
Grassmere at 11 o'clock, and by the time I had changed 
my clothes and walked two miles down to our favorite 
piece of woods it was noon. - 

“T took old Bob with me alone. The first bird I ran 
across was near the edge, and the old fellow had a nice 
stiff point. I walked around to the other side of the 
patch of brush, the bird got up all right, and that tallied 
one, I went along a little further;-Bob was on the oppo- 


site side of the fence; I saw him stiffen out, and, of | 
course, just as I got on top of the rail fence the birds © 


began to get up; three good easy ones before I struck 
the ground, but no ‘sooner had my feet touched bottom 
than I let go at an old side winder about 50 yards off and 
tumbled him over. This made two straight. I followed 
that up and got two points in a thicket so impenetrable 


that it was useless to: shoot, but you know I always bang - 


away on the principle that the bird is in more danger 
than Tam and while there are misses, there was after all 
no exception to hits, with the possibility of one. I swung 
around to come hack; Bob crossed the road. stiffened and 


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hardly without an instant’s warning a bird got up like 
lightning. How I killed it I do not know, but Idid. That 
made three. : 

“Going along a while afterward I somehow or other 
lost sight of old Bob. 1 called him two or three times, but 
he did not come. I took out a great, big, fat sandwich 
and began walking along, trusting to luck I would run 
into him or he would run into me. I had my gun under 
my left arm, and all of a sudden a partridge flushed right 
in front of me, and I noticed at the same time Bob had 
stiffened out and was pointing directly toward me. With 
my mouth full of sandwich, one hand with the remainder 
of my dinner, I swung my gun around and tumbled that 
fellow over, and as I did this the second bird arose, for 
Bob had not broken his point. More deliberately I 
covered that one, and was chagrined to see it keep right 
on, appatently uninjured, though from the cloud of 
feathers in the air I knew it was. hit. I marked it down 
about 250 yards away, but the brush was thick, and I did 
not have any hopes of finding it again. Pretty soon old 
Bob began to make game, but I thought it was another 
bird. Just then I heard thrashing of-wings, and right at 
my feet laid my bird, making his death struggle, so I 
felt pretty good, and went in that night with ten partridge 
and one quail in practically four hours’ shooting. The 
next day I had bad luck. Up to noon the birds all flushed 
on the wrong side of the thickets. Three different times 
I saw Queen pointing and the bird was in front of her. 
Once I went up and clucked, and an old cock partridge 
trotted back and forth within a space of 4 or 5 feet on 
a log and raised his ruff at me, and I all the time figuring 
how under the sun I was going to get a shot at him if 
he did get up. It seems as if I was talking to this old 
fellow about five minutes, and Queen was beginning to 
wonder what in the dickens I was at. Finally he concluded 
to jump up. He had evidently picked out a good thick 
brush, and he surely found it, for he was away like 
lightning, and I did not find a single opening for a charge 
of shot. Twice I sent away crippled birds, the brush was 
so thick. I was sory afterward I had shot at all, but that 
afternoon the thing changed, and [ trimmed up eight in 
short order. It is funny that there are no quail this year 
to speak of. I had to come home Saturday, so only had 
half a day to shoot. I went into new ground and lost 
lots of time. Finally I got into some good cover. I had 
my shooting clothes on, and hardly missed anything, and 
it pace up with my getting seven partridge and two 
quail,” 


The Physical Value of Field Sports. 


The man who wrote me the above letter will be a long 
time getting old. Meantime he bids fair to be able to 
make three meals a day for himself and family, and to 
continue a comfort to that family for many a year to come. 
Contrast this sort of a life with another, equally busy, but 
directed upon slightly different lines. There came this 
week from Minnesota the sad news of the death of Sena- 
tor Cushman K. Davis, one of America’s most talented 
sons. Mr. Dayis died at the age of sixty-two from a 
disease which had senile tendencies, according to the 
doctors. His father is living to-day, ninety years of age, 
and his mother is eighty-six years of age. Physicially Mr. 
Davis himself had originally a fine constitution. The 
Pioneer Press, of St. Paul, itself presumably not too much 
devoted to outdoor sports, but directed on sane and 


‘sensible lines, printed in connection with the news of 


Senator Davis’ death the following editorial comment: 
“Tt wotld have been better for his health if he had 
worked less and played more. His inherited physical 
vigor, if nourished by a reasonable modicum of physical 
exercise, promised a life as long as that of his venerable 
father, who is now bowed down less by the burden of 
his ninety years than by the weight of this great sorrow. 
But he had no taste for the sports of field or brook or 
forest. His library was his hunting ground, where he 
tracked nobler game than deer or antelope in the deeds and 
thoughts of great men. Here flowed the pure streams 
of classic lore, in which he angled with a fastidious taste 
and keen discrimination for more splendid trophies than 
reward the sportsman’s skill.” 
There are all sorts of views regarding that illusion 
which is known as success. The death of Senator Davis 
is so sad as to leave little inclination for discussion of 
the might have beens of his life, yet we may say that in 
all probability he would have succeeded quite as much, 
and would have lived much longer, had he gone to Mother 
Earth now and then for the renewal of his vital energy. 


Lower I[linois; 


Mr. Warren Powell finished his quail hunt at Ramsey 
last week as per schedule, and he and his friend, Hooper, 
had very fine shooting. He writes me that there are 
still plenty quail in his part of the world, and still sug- 
gests that we ought to do something to assert our dignity 
and not allow these birds to rum over us. 

All of lower Illinois is still alive with quail, in spite 
of the thousands that have been killed. Ernie McGaffey, 
who shot on the Okaw last week, killed two or three dozen 
birds daily and had a fine time. He says there is lots of 
game all through that country. 


Number of Deer Killed in Michigan. 


Warden C. E. Brewster, of Michigan, stated under 
date of Nov. 26 that since Noy. 8 there had been shipped 
through Mackinaw 2,412 deer up to that date. Mr. 
Brewster thinks that the total shipped in the entire season 
will be about 4,000 for the State of Michigan alone. These 
figures sound simple enough, but if we could see 4000 
deer piled up in one heap it would be a startling spectacle. 
There is a great deal of local complaint regarding the 
above slaughter, and it is probable that an attempt will 
be made to cut down the legal number to two deer per 
man. 

How to Carry a Revolver. 


Assistant Surgeon Morris, of the United States Navy, 
makes the following report to the Navy Department: 

*“T should like to mention the habit now obtaining in 
the service of loading the navy revolver all six chambers. 


It is extremely dangerous, not. only to the men carrying 
the piece but also to those around him. 


When loaded 
in that manner, 1f dropped it will go off with almost 
absolute certainty. sive’ 

“One man was killed outright on the Helena before my 


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joining it, and another was badly wounded on the Basco, 
and I have just heard of another similar case on the 
Monterey. . 

“Tf some provision could be made or some order issued 
whereby it would be obligatory to carry the piece with 
one empty chamber under the hammer, the number of 
casualties traceable to the revolver would be much re- 
duced.” 

When the writer tised to live out in the cowboy country 
it was always considered the mark of a tenderfcot to 
wear a revolver belt buckled tight around the waist, of to 
carry the revolver in any way except with the hammer 
on an empty. A ranch boss who found a man with six 
cartridges in his gun would have been pretty apt to say 
something sarcastic, 


Geese and Fish Hooks. 


The daily press of this country seems to be waking up 
now and then to the fact that there is such a thing as 
game, and such a thing as sportsmanship. The infuence 
wielded by the daily papers is a very great one, The 
following editorial from the Chicago Tribune speaks in 
no uncertain terms regarding the barbarity of some man 
who lately set out baited fish hooks for some of the wild 
geese which at this season of the year resort to Lake 
Michigan near our northern suburbs: 

“Tf the Humane Society wishes to do something worthy 
of its name it should join forces with the officials of the 
Game Commissionet’s office and seek to arrest and punish 
the miscreants who were guilty of such barbarous cruelty 
a few days ago to a flock of wildfowl which were feeding 
in the lake of Rogers Park. Some heartless pot-hunter's 
attached fish hooks to a long cord, and, after baiting them 
with corn, set them adrift, with either end of the line 
attached to a floating buoy. Wild geese, though usually 
the wariest of birds, took the bait and the hooks. In their 
efforts to rélease themselves they broke the line loose from 
one of the buoys and with the other they floated out into 
midlake, there to die a torturing death. It is hard. to 
conceive more thoroughly diabolical cruelty, There are 
two State laws which cover this case, and the full penal- 
ties for the violation of each should be inflicted upon the 
perpetrators of this outrage against humanity. One of 
the laws provides a heavy fine for the taking of wild 
game in any way except by shooting. The other law is 
the well-known law against cruelty to an’mals. Game 
Commissioner Loveday should see that his deputies do all 
that they can to bring the cruel pot-hunters to justice.” 


Game in Tennessee. 


Mr. Will G. Harris, of Gallatin, Tenn., is kind enough 
to write a little about the game situation in his country, 
the sort of news that is always welcome. He says: 

“T am a regular reader of Forest AND STREAM and in 
each issue take much interest in the reports that appear 
in your department from different sportsmen all over the 
country regarding the game supply. I have not seen any- 
thing in print about the supply of birds in middle Ten- 
nesseé, and I make bold to send in my mite of informa- 
tion. 

“Our quail crop this year surpasses anything that I have 
known here in the last ten years. Birds everywhere. A 
pait of good dogs should have very little trouble in find- 
ing from ten to twenty bevies a day. For a while I 
ascribed ‘the increased number of birds to the protection 
our new game laws give them, but since reading of the 
great number of birds in other States [ am at a loss to 
account for the increase. Our game law, I regret to 
say, applies not to the whole of Tennessee, but to only a 
few cotinties. The best clause of the law is that one that 
prohibits the sale of game at any season of the year, and 
it has still a better feature, in that it punishes both the 
seller and the purchaser. Some garne laws pun’sh the 
marketer and allow the man whose money is the root of 
the evil to go scot free, but.our law is like the old man’s 
fish net, it ‘ketches ’em comin’ an er gwine.’” 

I have always said that the future of American sports- 
manship rests with the South. The South will have game 
after the North has marketed all its game. In many 
Southern States there aré county laws prohibiting the 
shipment of game, and these county laws work, too. More 
power to Tennessee and all her sisters of the South, and 
may they always present a solid front against the gatne 
hog and the market-shooter, I don’t know why it is, but 
it has always seemed to me that if there is such a being in 
the world as that much talked of and somewhat mythical 
being, the trie sportsman, he would be easy to find south 
of the Mason and Dixon line. The Southerner seems 
to be able to go out and have a good time kill a few birds 
and then go out at some later day and do it over again. 
This is the kind of sentiment which goes with sport of 
the best kind. 


Nebraska Game, 


Mr. Fred Mehl, of Fremont, Neb., is good enough to 
send me some mention of a little fun he had with the 
jacksnipe late in the season, with some information re- 
garding the other game. He goes on to say: 

‘My friend, Guy Hinman, and myself enjoyed some 
sport on Nov. 19. The day was cold and dreary, a heavy 
mist falling and freezing as it fell, grass and trees covered 
with ice, and altogether a bad day to find any snipe about. 
The place in which we found them is an open ditch of 
about two or three miles in Jength, a continuation of the 
city’s sewer line, maybe not quite as mice a place as one 
might wish, though the water is as clear as crystal. That 
we have been having some freezing weather was evident ~ 
from the condition of the grade road alongside it being 
frozen solid enough to bear heavy loads. 

“From the fitst crack of the gun—six jacks flushed 
within a space of 30 yards—the sport was good for three 
hours, and we bagged in that time twenty-six birds and 
ten ducks. As you can imagine, the conditions were per- 
fect—the smoothly mown prarie on one side, a grade road 
on the other, no hard walking, and after getting under 
headway forgot about the cold. If we missed one. a circle 
or two arid back again into the ditch it would go. My 


friend got ten-straight, ‘wiping my eye’ in nice shape a 


couple of times. Don’t you think that for this latitude 
those snipe were Somewhat in error. and were not the con- 
ditions somewhat at variance from the usual habits? That 
is, if a jacksnipe is guilty of any definite purpose or 
habit, other than to get away in good shape when flushed. 


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“This vicinity has fair shooting this fall. In the last 


few days quite a number of geese—Canadas—have been 
killed. Duck shooting has been fair, and there are plenty 
of quail, of which there will always be an increasing sup- 
ply, barring stich winters as that of 1898, when they 
were nearly cleaned out by the drifting snow and extreme 
cold. : ™s 

“There is no chicken shooting in this section in the fall, 
though a great many are in the cornfields at the present 
time, coming down from the sand hills. There has been 
no fall chicken shooting to amount to anything within 
too miles west of here for eight or ten years. 

Nebraska has turned over a mew leaf politically this 
fall, and we hope for better game legislation and a con- 
sequent increase in the supply of game. Thanks for the 
Gab’ you give us occasionally. It's a word in the right 
direction.” 

Caliber of Rifle. 


Mr, Carlos de Leon, of Tottenville, N. Y,, has the fol- 
lowing inquiry about an all-round rifle; 

“T have been shooting a .45-90 for several years, and 
am going to change for a lighter gun, about .32-40, Ts 
this heayy enough to do any damage? 1 want a gun that 
I can use on bear, and if fortunate enough to get a 
chance, on moose, A .30-30 covers too much of the sur- 
rounding country to suit me, as I do not care to bring 
down a man in the next county should I miss the mark. 
It seems to me that a .32-40 would fill the bill. May I 
ask for your opinion on the subject?” 

I think the .32-40 black powder load is not a desirable 
one for big game. One can kill game with such a rifle, it 
is true, but he will not stop his deer in its tracks, or 
close to the place where it is hit, as often as he might 
with a more shocking charge, I should much rather use 
the .38-55, especially if it were a case of bear. But since 
the development of the .30-30 and .30-40 I am free to 
confess that for deer or bear the latter would appeal to 
me more than any other sort of arm. 


About the Nepigon River. 


You can always get anything you want through the 
Forest AND STREAM. If you don’t see what you want ask 
for it, and if we have not the goods at the time you may 
be sure they have been ordered and will be in pretty soon. 
Mr. Robert W. Patton, of 211 East Madison street, 
Chicago, very kindly comes forward with full informa- 
tion regarding the Nepigon River, for the benefit of a 
recent inquirer, who wished to know something about 
that stream. For this J wish to thank Mr. Patton, who 
writes as below: 

*“T noticed in last week’s Forrest AND STREAM the in- 
quiry of Mr. Watson in regard to the Nepigon River, and 
your request that some one who is familiar with that 
stream would answer his inquiries, which I take pleasure 
in doing. As you said in your answering note, the Nepi- 
gon is by ho means a fished out stream. nor is it ever like- 
ly to become so, at least for many years. Lake Nepigon, 
a body of deep water, nearly eighty miles in diameter, is a 
reservoir from which the river is constantly restocked. 
The fishing there, however, is not as good as it was ten 
or fifteen years ago. This is especially true of the lower 
part of the river. However, no one need go there and 
come away without being well repaid for his time and 
expense, provided he stays long enough to give the waters 
a fair trial. 

“The trip up and down the river is alone worth the 
expense of going, even if one gets no fish whatever. I 
was up there last summer, the latter part of August, for 
two weeks, and although the first week. did not yield much 
in the way of sport, yet in the last three days I caught two 
trout weighing over 6 pounds each, and two more oyer 
5 pounds, and a great many running from 3 to 5 pounds 
apiece. On one afternoon an old gentleman from St. 
Louis, over eighty years of age, who was camped near 
me, caught eight trout weighing a trifle under 40 pounds. 
The three largest weighed respectively 614, 634 and 7% 

pounds apiece. 

“The best time to go is the same as on any other trout 
stream, either in June or at the close of the season in 
August or September. In June the flies are very bad, but 
fishing is better than in the lower and middle parts of 
the river than at any other time. At the head of the 
river, where it flows out from Lake Nepigon, the fishing 
is best at the end of the season. Prior to this year, the 
season there has always closed Sept. 15, but this year it 
was officially closed Aug. 31, although parties were al- 
lowed to go up aiter that date. It is hoped another 
year that the old time of closing, Sept. 15, will be again 
in force. 

“Any one who wishes to make the trip should write to 

William McKirdy, Nepigon, Ont. He is warden of the 
river, and will furnish the entire outfit needed, at reason- 
able rates. His provisions ate good and not high priced, 
and it is better for one to outht there than to take stuff 
with him. Parties taking supplies from the United States 
are required to pay duty at Port Arthur. Complete out- 
fits and provisions éan also be obtained from the Hudson 
Bay Company at Nepigon Station. 
_ ‘The trip is rather an expensive one, and one should 
figure to spend two weeks on the river if they have the 
time. This would require about three weeks for the trip 
from Chicago, and the total expense of such a trip from 
Chicago and back will be not far from $150. The fishing 
is done from canoes almost entirely. Two guides are 
necessary to each canoe, and although two persons some- 
times go in One canoe and thts save expense. yet this is 
not desirable. as it overcrowds the canoe in traveling, and 
it is extremely difficult for two persons to cast from 
the same canoe. The cost of two guides with canoe is 
$4 per day, and there is a license fee required of $15 per 
rod for two weeks or less fishing, $20 for three weeks.and 
$25 for four weeks. The guides are Indians, and are 
thoroughly competent and reliable. 

“The river is forty miles in length, and requires about 
three days to go up it, and about two days to come down. 
One can fish on most of the portages and at each camping 
place while going up and down the river. While most 
of the fishing is done from the canoes, it is desirable to 
take hip boots, or better still, waders. On my last day 
on the river. while my guides were making a portage of 
two miles in length, I put on my waders and going over 
to the river, about midway of the portage, fished for a 
couple of hours from the river's edge, and caught two 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


trout that weighed 44 pounds each, and several more of 
about 3 pounds each. While most of the fishing is done 


with flies, it is only fair to say that the larger fish wall | 


rarely, if ever, rise to the fly. It is seldom that a fish of 
5 pounds or over is caught on the fly, and practically never 
ona of 6 pounds or over. 
either on the spoon or artificial minnows or with live 
bait. : 
“Nepigon Station, from which the start is made in 
canoes, is a station on the Canadian Pacific R. R, about 
seventy miles east of Port Arthur, and is at the mouth of 
Nepigon River. Port Arthur is best reached by boat 
either from Duluth or Sault Ste. Marie. 

“Tf there is any further information that I can give 
about my experience I shall be glad to do so.” 


Wyoming Big Game. 


Col. Chauncey P. Williams, Assistant Adjutant-General 
of the State of New York, gives an interesting little story 
regarding his hunt in the Wind River country, to which 
reference was made earlier this fall. He writes as below: 

“T left here Aug. 30 with my friend, Mr. Edward L. 
Pruyn, of this city, and we reached Wells, Wyo., Sept. 
5. Mr. John G. Mott and his son, of Michigan City, Ind., 
were with us on the three days’ stage drive across the 
desert from the railroad to Wells, and we greatly enjoyed 
their company, 

“We outfitted at Mr. William Wells’ place, Gros Ventre 
Lodge, on Green Riyer, which, by the way, is all of Wells, 
Wyo., but where any visiting sportsman will be pretty 
sure to enjoy himself even if he does not care to go 
further into the mowuntains, Mr. Wells thoroughly under- 
stands guiding and how to make sportsmen comfortable. 
He is a very clever gentleman and altogether good sort, 
After leaving Wells, Oct. 6. we saw no more of Mr, 
Mott’s party. Incidentally, Mr. Mott, who is a thorough 
sportsman and excellent shot, killed an ellx with the finest 
set of antlers ever brought in to Wells, and they know 
there, too, what fine ones are, Of this perhaps Mr. Mott 
was too modest to tell you. 

“Leaving Wells we traveled two days with guides and 
pack train about sixty miles up into the mountains and 
camped at between 9,000 and 10,000 feet above sea level, 
There we worked hard hunting mountain sheep, and killed 
one big-horn tam, one mountain lion and four elk, not to 
mention letting live the grouse which came into the tent 
and slept with us nights, I failed to bring out a sheep, be- 
cause I was too anxious to get a big head and neglected to 
improye good chances I had at medium size rams. When 
my opportunity came to kill that big one, I wrongly esti- 
mated the distance, and only cut out some of his hair. 
After that, of course, I had no good chance at even small 
ones. 

“Getting our elk was kind of a side issue, and this we 
did on’days which were not suitable for scrambling after 
sheep. Hunting elk where they are at all numerous 's 
almost too easy to be real sport. We both secured some 
fine heads. I was fortunate enough to kill one which we 
all thought was the finest killed thereabouts for a long 
time until we saw Mr. Mott’s. Mine had seven points 
(on a side), beams 53 inches in length and massive, the 
burrs where the antlers join the head being 1214 inches in 
circumference. On one occasion we unexpectedly jumped 
three bears, a cinnamon and two blacks, but they were 
too quick for us, as we were mounted and had not lost a 
bear. They all incontinently fled before we could get a 
shot at them. 

“The last week of our trip we spent in the Prong Horn 
country, and while there we each captured three buck 
antelope and one blacktail, the latter being quite scarce in 
that region. Some of the antelope heads were first class. 
aud one of the blacktails pretty, although small. We 
returned to Wells with our outfit on Oct. 7, and reached 
home Oet. 14, well pleased with the ‘Equality State.’ 

“There seems to be some fascination about that Western 
country which draws back ta it so often those who 
have once been there. But the next time the mountain 
madness overwhelms me I mean to. have a telescope sight 
on my rifle. I am convinced that it is the thing for 
Western hunting.” 


With all due deference to Col. Williams’ preference — 


for a telescopic rifle sight, I don’t belieye he will find it 
so good for game as for the target, certainly not for run- 
ning game. I once tried to shoot a bullfrog with a rifle 
that had telescopic sights. The old fellow looked as big 
as a meeting house, but much to my surprise I fotind that 
there was a lot of country around him which was occupied 
by the spot where the hairs of the telescope crossed. I 
couldn’t get the intersection to intersect the frog. Not 
that I know anything very much about the matter. I 
always liked open sighs for htinting, but there are a 
great many different personal preferences in such matters. 


How to Anchor Duck Decoys. 


Mr. A. -G. Holmes, of Green Bay, Wis., gives some 
interesting points out of his experience in duck shooting 
over decoys. What he says will be read with interest by 
all shooters. His scheme for an anchor 1s new, and [ 
should think very practical. Prefacing his remarks with 
the news that most of the ducks have gone south from 
his country at the:date of Nov. 23, he goes on to describe 
his decoy anchor as below: 

“Tn looking back over my Forest AND STREAM files for 
the past twenty years (taken by my father until his death 
and taken since then by myself) I find but few mentions 
of weights or anchors for decoys, and what few are de- 
scribed are of such poor design and such light weight 
as to be of but little use on such open waters as ours 
where duck shooting is generally rough weather work. 
The light anchors will not hold the decoys for any length 
of time in even a fresh breeze with a little sea running, 
and to have to get out and chase after decoys and reset is 
very discouraging, and’ especially so: when the ducks are 
moving. It is generally the case aS soon aS a person is 
out ftom his blind ducks generally happen along, The 
decoy anchors generally used and for sale in the gun 


stores are never more than 4 to 6 ounces im weight, and. 


will allow the decoys to drag in a fresh breeze very 
easily in open-water. My anchors are made aiter a pat- 
tern of my own design, which, I think will be found far 
superior to any now on the market. J will try to give the 
readers of Forest AND STREAM a description whereby they 
can make these anchors for fheir own use, Here is the 
desctiption ; 


These larger fish are taken | 


POR, GP ae ee TID RES ation: 


“Weight as for work intended, 6 to 8 ounces for mal- 


' jards (shoal water ducks), and from 8 to 16 ounces for 


outside or deep water ducks. The bottom or anchor: 
proper is on the style or form of a saucer with the inside 
solid. ' 

“Yo make this saucer weight, take a board (pine is all 


sight) and make a circle of from 1% to 2% inches across.’ 
Then cut down into the wood, hollowing it out, but not. — 


over 34 inch in depth. If you never want to lose your 
anchors by friends borrowing them, just cut your initials | 
in the wood, but be careful not to cut them backward. ~ 
Then take a piece of wire, telephone wite size is heavy: 
enough, 8 inches to 
cut, “ i 2 

“Wire is 8 to 10 inches long. Bend lower ends in about: 
3% to % inch to hold in the lead. This piece of wite will: 
ea over the heads of your decoys and act as an anchor 
shank by upsetting the lead saucer a trifle, causing the 
edge to dig into the ground or gravel at the bottom the 
same as the flukes on a boat anchor would do. Use either 
copper or brass wire, as it does not rust the cord, : 

“Ti you want anchors for open water shooting you had 
better make the size of the hole 2 inches across and % 
inch deep. This will make a weight of about 12 ounces, 
and for ordinary work is plenty heavy enough. 

“Now take your wire, having bent it in proper form and 
having your lead melted, then place the wire, or rather the 
lower part with the edges turned in, down into the hole 
about half-way in your board, holding the wire with a pair 
of nippers or pliers, so as not to burn your hands, and 
pour the lead into the hole until nearly level full, and hold 
for a minute until the lead cools enough so as not to’ let 
the wite spring out, 

When cool enough turn your board over and anchor 
will drop out with your initials on ready for use. 

“T trust this will enable the readers to make an anchor — 
that they haye looked for and have been unable to buy 
from the sporting goods houses. 

“T will give the readers the size of my decoys, which 
are used by the most successful shooters on this bay, at 
some future time. These decoys are extra large and can 
be made by any one and will be found better than any 
decoy made and for sale on the market. 

“Duck shooting is nearing its end here, although yes- 
terday, Noy. 22, a good many shooters made good bags— 
in fact, the best of the season. It requires heavy loads of 
both powder and coarse shot to bring them down, IT-have= 
used a 12-eauge gun for duck shooting the past four 
years, but next season I hope to haye a to-gauge, as I do’ 


not like to put such tremendous loads in a 12-gauge as a 
_ person needs here on our bay the past few seasons. $ 


“My gun is a fine Parker pigeon gun, 8 pounds weight, 
30-inch full-choked barrels, and I use for ducks a 3-inch ' 
smokeless shell, 334 to 4 drams Schultze, E C, Dupont - 


or Hazard powder, as I may have on hand, and 1% to 144 ~ 


ounces of Nos. 6 and 4 shot, chilled, with proper wadding, 


but this load, which my gun shoots to perfection, is not _ 


enough for our off-shore shooting, and I think a 1o-gauge’ 
1o-pound hammerless full-choked 32-mch barrel gun will 
be more efficient for this work. 

“T would like yery mtich to hear from some of the 
many shooters as to their idea of a duck gun for off-shore 
shooting. The shooting on Chesapeake Bay off of points 
is, I imagine, similar to our off-shore shooting, and I 
would like to hear from these men especially. I used to 


use a 10-gauge gun and black powder years ago, but haye- 


used a 12-gauge the last ten years, or nearly that long.” 


In Town, 


Io inches long ‘and bend it as per — 


Mr. C. E. Willard, now of the Harrington & Richard- “ 


son Arms Company, is in Chicago this weels, ona business, - 


visit, and is seeing his old friends here in his former), 
home. 
ing well, and the boys are glad to see him. : 


Hartrrorp Buripine, Chicago, Ill. : 


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That Adirondack Moose. 


On Thursday, the: 22d inst., the ‘case of the People vf 
the State of New York against Elzi MeManice, J. H.-” 


Slater and C. E. Martin, all guides, for shooting and 
possessing a moose, was tried before Justice R. H, Mc-. 
Intyre and a jury at Saranac Lake. The People were 
represented by M, A. Martin, Esq., of Malone, and the 
defendants by J. C. Little, of Saranac Lake, and Col. W: 
H. Johnston, of Virginia. oa iy si 


The first witness called by the People was Dana Bissell,so 
- who swore to having been hired by the defendant Meza & 
Manice to remove a moose from Long Lake in the woods -° 


to Long Lake Station. He told how 


McManice said to 
him, “I have shot a moose.” eae ab 


ployed by Bissell to take the moose out of the woods 
and carry it to Longe. Lake Station. 


the loading of it. 


W.L. Allen, the express agent at Saranac Lake, told of 


the receipt of the moose at that place and the payment by 


McManice and Slater of the charges, amounting to $5,:.<:° : 


The truckman, Jordan, told about being employed to 
carry the moose from the express office to Tully's market 
and then to the. barn of Slater, where it was received by 
all the defendants. John Tully swore to the exhibition - 


of the meat-at his store and the removal therefrom by the . 


detendants. 


Mr. Willard is looking well, doing well and, talk--. 


E, Hover. — 


The next witness was Hy Courtney, who was m=. 


( He said the three: - 
defendants took charge of the moose there and assisted in ' 


To the surprise of every one the defense put in: ho 


evidence and the case was submitted to the jury first by 
J. C. Little for the defendants, who was followed by M.. 


A, Martin for the People. who made a good, strong plea. : 
After being out for about ten minutes the jury returned © 
with a verdict of swilty against’ all the defendants; and... 
the court rendered judgment against them jointly for’ 


$100 and costs, $60.75; in all $160.75, ; 


Thus ends the famous moose case, and it ought to be a 
subject of congratulation that.a conviction has been had. 


The evidence being perfectly clear, the jury could not:- 


help but find the defendants guilty... . 


The chief protector, who authorized the bringing, of © 


the action, and Game Protector Vosburgh, who wotked 


the case up, are also to be congratulated upon the proseci- ~ 


tion of this case. A little energy and diligence on the 


part of the fish and game department will-in time con - 


eon ae Ss ee . ~ em ioe oo 7 . wSedi rk 


Derc: 8, 1900.) a ‘ 7 


vince Bi ydireaers that it dacs not pay, to, Srlisren sid Fine 
laws of the State ap ong Enterprise, Saranac Laks, 
Nov. 29. 


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In Maine. ~~ : 


Boston, Det 3.—The Maine deer hunters have: peene 
having” hard luck for a week. On Monday,'a week ago;' 
there dell from" twelve to eighteen inches of light ‘snow,: 
according to the section, in northert’’Maine, The ‘deer 
hunters that: were out that day had great: success, but: 
the. show was followed by a slight rain’ that wight, ending 
with freezing and a crust. This has made deer ‘hunting: ' 
extremely difficult. The wary creaturés have'been able’ 
to hear the hunters further than it was possible to See 
them, and hence only fleeting glimpses have béen caught, 
The weather has remained unchanged for a week, -the 
snow. crust scarcely changing at all. Generally deer 
hunters haye become discouraged and leit the woods. ’ 
Many Boston and Portland men, and men of other 
Massachusetts, and Maine cities, had planned for-their 
annual Thanksgiving hunt, when they could go home to 
the backwoods towns where they were born, eat a 
Thanksgiving turkey with parents, brothers or sisters, 
and enjoy a deer hunt, But the crust has been too imuch. 
Generally a half mile through it has been sufficient. No 
deer have been obtained. Trains reaching Boston Satur- 
day had a number of men with rifles on board, but the 
express cars had very few deer. Perhaps:this is all for 
the best. The deer have experienced a respite during 
the mest dangerous week of the whole open season. 
The season closes Dec. 15, and even if the crust thaws 
betore that time it will be bad hunting: Many more deer 
will be left to keep the stock good than would otherwise . 
have’ been the case. Wkseiss 

On Monday that the snow fell the hunting was great, 

 but.somehow it fell to local gunners rather than outside 
sportsmen. The telegraph was used by guides to notily, 


hunters that it was time to come, and they, started, on, 
At Andover, Me, , 
in "several in-.., 


Tuesday, only to find the snow crust. 
fourteen deer w ere shot by local gunners; 
stances, boys, who have felt very proud of their success, 
They. were not obliged to go very far from the village. 
In one case a boy shot a big buck, within a mile anda 
half of the village, but did not try to haul him in till 
the next day. Then he went, with a companion, through 
the opening, with a horse and sled to bring in the trophy. 
On the way, up they saw fresh tracks where a big deer 
had crossed the. road, then come into the road ahead of 
them. Seeing that the tracks were very fresh, they pro- 
ceeded cautiously, with rifle ready. Glancing over a ridge | 
they saw the deer just leaving the opening in good rifle 
range. The deer fell at the first shot; another big, buck, 
added to the fourteen deer of the day beiore. No deer 
have been killed in that section since, however, by reason , 
of the crust. . Mr. J. Parker Whitney, his son, Vincent... 
and a friend from New York, have gone up. to Mr. 
Whitrey’s camps on Richardson Lake, for a deer huni, 
They reached Bemis Wednesday night, only to find the, , 


snow so deep and crusted as to make it next to impossi-.. 
ble to go over to their camps on Mosquito Brook, six... 


or eight miles, by the woods trail, as they had intended. - 
The next day they started from Bemis up the lake with 
two boats and two men. The lower end of the lake was. 
frozen, so that they were obliged to run the- boats on 
hand sleds or toboggans till the open water was’ reached. 
After that they went along without much, difficulty. ill, 
they. found, that Trout Cove at the Upper. Dam was com- 
pletely frozen oyer. 
degrees above zero the, night before, and. there wagca 
good deal of floating ice inthe lake, although, the 
weather was then more moderate, They, were: ob! iged 
to land at Black Point, about a smile, above the Upper. 
Dam, and then take through -the woods, breaking 
through the crusted snow eighteen inches deep, at.every 
step. The men who went up with. them in the boats, 
Timothy Scannel and J, Carleton, said that it was one of 
the hardest tramps they had had in a long time. At the 
Upper Dam, Mr. Whitney and his. party found - that 
Richardson Lake was ‘more open, and that his-Mosquito- - 
Brook. camps could: easily be reached by boat. 
Whitney ..is.- thoroughly a trout scientist. .., He. is- ‘TOW 
making some very interesting studies on the sense:-of 
smell,.or instinet. of scent with the salmon family. He 
believes that.these fish are capable of scenting where bait: 
has been drawn, through the water, even if it be miles... 
ahead. of them, or even drawn through a day before. 
He: believes. that all the migrations of trout.and salmon 
are governed - by this sense; that by means of it: they. 
instantly recognize the waters of different streams, bays 
and inlets. His arguments are sound, and he can bring 
a host of incidents and experience to prove that he is 
right. --When fully . prepared, he will publish his. 
researches, doubtless in the Forrest AND STREAM, as he 
has recently done his -yery readable and thoroughly in- 
structive article on the freezing and resuscitating of trout 
when thawed. 

The open season on moose in Maine closed on Bdday, 
Noys:30.,.The shipments of that game through Bangor. 
for-the seasonsthus far have been 133, a smaller TaeBDer 
than -year ago, “but it is believed that there ane=still a> 
large:svumber in the woods to come out; possibly- ne 


home after the open season has closed, if ‘legally killed 
in open season. The number of deer shipped: through 
Bangor for the season thus far has been :2,753; against 
3.015 for the:same time last year; a decrease. of 262. By> 
other outlets the number has generally been smaller. 
although by way of the Franklin. & Megantic Railroad. 
the number has been greater, By way of:Bemis; one of 
the outlets of the Rangeley region, the number. of :deer 
shipped has been very “small, white over the Phillips & 
Rangeley road a good mary ‘have been shipped, but: not 
as many as a year ago. Wr; Daintree, of Lewistan,-Me., 
‘and. doubtless next to Dr. ‘Heber Bishop. the: leadine 
moose hunter of the country, brought out a large ‘bull 
moece-the other day. .He htinted for twenty days. in the 
vicinity of his camp on Millinocket Lake, heforé he eat 
the shot he desired. Messrs. George H. Hicks. G: R 
Hall and Frank G. Hall. of Boston, and C.D. Washine- 
ton, of Springfield, returned last weelk from a hunting 
trip of fourteen days at Kine and Bartlett. They secured 
eight deer; including several large bucks. Congressman 


The mercury had falleni.to ten; 


> Mir. 
, stood before ‘leaying it. 


as though loaded and cocked, and you will never shoot 


Ay OREST ‘AND _ ‘STREAM, 


Charles Be ‘Littlefield Has. ‘secured a large buck in the . 


Rangeley region, and taken it to his home in Rockland. 
Messrs. C, A. Barney, S. F.-Johnson, Horace 8S. Dame 
and, L. Dana Chapman, secfetary and treasurer of the 


Megantic. Club, returned last week from their hunting 
They found hard hunting, but; 


trip.-ta Jo Marie Lake. 
bronght home a-deer BLIESE, 


“The. Michigaa - ‘Spacaty,. | 


HArtrorp, Mich., Nov. 23° Editor Forest and Stream: 
Thinking that your readers might like to, know what is 


SPECIAL: . 


_ being done with rod and gun in this neck of the woods, I 


write you a few of the many things that have taken 
place since | wrote you last. Frank Dean has just got 
back from a trip alter bass. .Elé brotight back two nice 
Seebes: one weighing 5% pounds, the rest weighing from 
2 to 3 pounds. They were’ ‘caught in a small lake in the 
town of Hamilton, Van Buren ‘cotinty. ~ 
Hy W.. Sweet and wife, of Sotth: raven: 
returned from a trip to Manistee county. They were 
hunting ‘On the Big Manistee River, and camped on the 
north side, three and one-half miles west of High Bridge. 
There they found plenty of qttail and grouse and lots “ot 
ducks—nallards and wood ducks—and fine bass and 
pickerel mit Sie ‘the Manistee, and speckled trout in 


fave ‘just 


Pine Creely! teal Credle, ‘which are tributary to the 
Manistee. bout Nov. 7 I joined Mr. and Mrs. Sweet, 
and then we crossed to the south side every day in quest 
of the light-feoted deer. é 

Although, fresh tracks were Bitar the snow fell too 
fast to suit us,-and’so, Mrs, Sweet left us, and Mr, Sweet. 
and I hunted grouse; and «I succeeded in getting a nice 
string, including one wild goose—one of the white-headed 
variety—and if was-fine eating. 


It is singular how the quail have aiken possession nt: 


the northern counties ef:the lower peninsula. Six years 
ago they first made their appearance on the Manistee, and 
now we found: several coveys: on every farm or small 
clearing. Their stay will be permanent, for there is 
plenty of sumac bobs on which they, can feed when the 
snow is deep, and the banks of the - tavines and gullies 
along the river are covered with cedars, and in the bot- 
toins are nice spring rums, where the snow has to melt 
as fast as it falls, and I found that the quail and grouse 
took to this cover and there found a safe retreat. 
is an ideal shooting and fishing ground,-as the range is 
unlimited, and if one, lot gets away you can soon find 
another. 


Now as to our local deer hunters. A party of four left 


-here Nov. 1 ‘for Baraga county, upper peninsula, consist~ 


ing of Dr, Elgas, Charley Léach and Stephen Stone. and 
son Charley!* They have shipped cight--fine deét home. 
Some were very fine specimens; 
very largé horns, and weighing 200 pounds each. Another 
party, cotisisting of ‘Ed’ Johns, Ed Crandal and Larilla 
White, report* having killed thitteén’ deer’ and are’ still 
hunting. They all report grouse very plenty and found 
_ everywhere. © 

Now a word to Bove who are going to learn to shoot. I 
taught'my-two boys how ‘to shoot and handle‘a gun, T 
told them to load and cock their guns as soon as they ar- 
rived on the hunting groiinds, and always carry their guns 
as thoughiloaded and ‘cocked, and never point their guns, 
loaded or empty; at any ohne. If gunners are taught om 
this line they are always careful’and will never point their 
gun at theit: dogs, their: wives-or their friends. I have 
always carried my gun at full cock while hunting, and 
have never had an accidental discharge in so doing, nor 
have my boys: “You can hunt a week with either of us 
and nevetseé what caliber our guns are. I know that 
lots of people would think this very unreasonable, but 
boys who think a-gtn safe becatise not cocked shoot their 
companions by"the-strikers catching on boat cleats or on 
their clothes or on brush. I once put my hammers down 
to get a duck out of the river and set the gun on a small 
log. and léaned'it against a tree. 


were discharged. So [ learned that caution was the only 
safeguard in’ hinting. If I had left the hammers up -[ 
should have found'a place where it would surely have 
So T say, always handle your gun 


your: ‘dog or-your friend 


I neyer haye a gun pull more than 4 or 5 pounds on - 
“ii have seen a man with:a 7-pound: gun, and it- 


_triggérs, ¢ 
took & To-pound pull to discharge it. Five partridges got 
out ‘of ‘a btush’ pile one at a time, and he pulled on each 
one till it flew dut of sight through the woods, and when 
the last oné was gone, I said, Why didn’t you shoot?” 
To which he replied, “T couldi’t pull the thing off.” - 

bd woe Ee SS ULaVAg C oor, 


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The Belgian Hare. 


DANSVILLE, N. ‘Y.—Editor Forest and. Stream: 
with much pleasure the interesting article of’ Mr. G, Ho. 


Corsan, of Toronto, in your issue of Noy. 3 about the — 


Belgian rabbit (Lepus cujiculus), erroneously called” hare. 
It is an old friend and fellow countryman of mine. Jam 
of Flemish birth, and when a boy in old Flanders I used. 


to breed them in pens for pocket money. The flesh of the 
cient-to bring the kill up to that of a year ago. Therlaw - 
does’ not: prohibit ‘a. sportsman from bringing his moose ° 


rabbits, after being .dressed,.is exported to England 


a( ‘chiefly to London), and the skins, dyed:and ptepared, are 


exported to the United States, ‘where they are worn by our 
fair women as imitation seal. Large fortunes have been 
made in my native city of Ghent (Belgium) by the ex- 
portation of rabhit skins to this.country. The American 
breeders, for ‘profit, should by no means neglect this part 
of the business. The pelt, when properly dyed in imita- 
tion of sealskin, is much more valuable than the flesh of the 
rabbit. Most of Mr. Corsan’s observations are true, but 
T beg leave to differ, with the last paragraph of his article 
about the wild English hare not breeding with the Belgian 
rabbit. 
in Belgium by the crossing of the two. It is not a 
mule, but fertile, transmitting some of the characteristics 
of both to:their progeny and attaining a weight of from 


210 to E23 pounds Somistitiess 


JULIUS THE Fox HUNTER, 


The Forest ann SpREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable, 


“But it 


two were biicks with 


The gun slipped off the 
log, striking the’ hammers 6n the log, and both barrels: 


I tead 


A special breed called leporides has been produced | 


- with the five surviving cocks. 
winter, 


‘pounds. 


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In the Adirondack Deer Country. 


At 8 P, M. Tuesday, Nov. 6, a party of fve—E, G. 
Smith, Fred Wilson, F. E. Whitney, G., Shepard and S. 
M. Bennett—left Shortsville for Beaver River. We ar- 
rived at 5 A. M,, where we unloaded trunks and tents 
in a downpour of rain, took our Jantern, axe and tents, 
and started on a tramp for our camping grounds two 
miles north. We had to wade through a river 2 feet 
deep, leveled off camp grounds alongside the river in 
the loneliest place on earth in winter and one of the finest 
in summer, After we had got our tents up and brought - 
trunks and baggage up, we had breakfast at 11 o'clock 
and started hunting at 12:30 P. M. We saw one deer. 

The next day we had several shots, but did not get any 
deer. It rained continually until night. Next morning 
; foot of snow lay on the ground, and then the trailing 

egan. 

One bttck deer was the third day’s total. The fourth 
day we had two deer. The fifth day no luck. Sixth day 
same, Seventh day, none, Eighth day four deer, Total 
ninth day, seven deer. otal tenth day no deer. Got up 
at 5 and pulled stakes for home.~+ It was snowing very 
hard, with 2 feet of snow on ground and 9 degrees above 
zero. Got baggage to depot at 10 A. M. and had the 
best showing of deer of any party there after living on 
deer meat for eight days. Twenty-eight deer were taken 
from Beaver River on the 14th and 15th days of Novem- 
ber, and 127 deer on train bound for Utica. Arriyed home 
at 12:01 A. M., after having one of the finest huntitig trips 
of the season. A man with the blues or stiff back or 
business troubles would drive them away with one trip 
deer hunting in the Adirondack Mountains, 

F. RELSEL, 


The Usual Way. 


From the Dawson Nugget. 


Reports are being brought down from the upper 
Stewart country giving details of indiscriminate slaughter 
of game which should be given attention by the Domin- 
ion authorities. The country adjacent to the upper 
branches of the Stewart River is a, natural game pre- 
serve. Moose and caribou are found there in such abun- 
dance that hunters are reported to have killed upward 
of fitty of these noble animals in a single day. Re- 
turned prospectors, state that game is being slaughtered 
merely for the fun of the thing, and scores of carcasses 
which cannot be used or carried away are left in the spot 
where they were killed. It is certainly a shame that 
such a condition of affairs exists. The big game of the 
country is one of its most attractive features. Moose 
and caribou are not only important as furnishing a large 
portion of our meat supply, but they are the natural 
heritages of the legitimate prospector, and should be 
protected for his benefit. We submit to the authorities 
that some means should be taken to restrain men who 
insist upon killing off our big game for the mere sake 
of killing. There is no excuse for such barbarity. 


In Old Virginia. 


You ask me to report my luck. Well, it was good 
enough for ‘any true sportsman. Through an advertise- 
ment in your columns I selected for my outing the home 
of J. H. Gafford, Baskerville, Va. His is truly a typical 
Virginian home, full.of hospitality and good cheer.. Al- 
though I went as a stranger, each member of the family 
seemed to do all they could to make my stay most 
pleasant and my hunting successful. I was furnished 
with a horse to ride and favored with the company of 
mine host on all my shooting trips. Mr. G, is a genial 
companion, and will help fill the bag (if requested), as he 
is an excellent shot. I went there for quail, but found a 
variety of game. Wild turkeys are often. seen in the 
fields, and a skilled turkey hunter will gladly take you 
out. "Deer are also plentiful. A pack of hounds is kept 
for deer or fox hunting by a neighbor near by, and you 
are stire to be invited to join in ‘the chase or hunt, ma- 
king your own choice of the game you desire. For quail 
or an all-round shooting place, a pleasant, quiet home, I 
recommend to my brother sportsmen this place and family. 

H, O. Wieur. 


Weights of Game. 


_ Barre, Vt.—The following is a list of weights of game 
shot last October by myself and brothers: Foxes, males, 
O, 1134, 10, 1044, 9 3-16, 934, 9 5-16 pounds; females, 714, 
634, 9 6-16, 8 7-16, 8 3-16, and 8% pounds. With the 
exception of four, all Fre foxes were a year or more old, 
judging from mouth and skin. The heaviest coon killed. 
a female, tipped the scales at 24 pounds. The two heaviest 
grouse, cocks, out of fifty killed, weighed 1% and 1 7-16 
The largest woodcock weighed 8% ounces: . 


New York, Noy, 30.—In answer to request in Forest 
AND. STREAM for weight of quail would say that the fol- 
lowing birds are from Long Island, N. Y. They were 
mostly male, and were weighed on postal scales. They 
ran-as follows: 634, 7, 614, 6, 6, 7, 734, 6, 6%, 6%, 6, 7, 
6% ounces each. 

Two partridges w eighed 20 olinces and 22 ounces each, . 

. WALTON. 


“When Food Is Scarce.” 


Editor Forest and Streanv: 

The picture acempanying the issue of Dec: 1 is one 
which will interest every friend of this typical Amer- 
ican partridge. The artist has most forcefully portrayed 
the strenuous effects of a hard winter, whose decimation 
has resulted so- fatally to the weaker members of the. 
covey that only a solitary hen is left to keep company 
But however strenuots the 
it needs no prophet to inform the intelligent 
reader that affairs will be infinitely worse in the spring 
when these, five males are seeking the favor of this single 
female. 

The Bob White branch of the Aemeriean partridge family 
is neither polygamous nor polyandrous, JAy BEEERE, 

; Touepe, O., Dec. 1, a : 


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[Drc. 8, 1900. 


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Long Island Shooting. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

Reports from Eastport advise us that there has been 
a great flight of woodcock there, and that within a 
few days more birds have been killed than for a long 
time. It seems as if, on account of the warm weather, the 
migration of the woodcock had been very late, and that 
most of them have lingered somewhere up north and then 
by some stidden spell of cold weather have all been hur- 
ried on at the same tite. It will be interesting to learn 
if a similar abundance of birds has been noted in other 
parts of the country, especially in Connecticut and New: 
Jersey. 

There ate said also to have been an unusual number of 
partridges (ruffed grouse) killed on the east end of the 
island. There are usually a few found there, but only a 
very few. For some reason the country does not seem 
well suited to them, or perhaps there are too many opos- 
sums or foxes to allow them to breed. 

The number of ducks to be found in the Great South 
Bay is still very large, but they are becoming educated 
and are no longer killed*in such numbers as when they 
first came. The continual shooting on the feeding grounds 
and the pursuit of the bird by sailboats has had its 
natural result, and now the ducks leave the bay in the 
early morning, and going outside, rest on the ocean until 
evening, when they come in again to feed during the 
night, 

Precisely this restlt was to have been expected from 
the hammering that the birds received on their first 
arrival, and thus the highly intelligent New York or Long 
Island sportsman has succeeded in killing the goose 
which laid the golden egg. : 

Speaking of geese, a number of these have been killed 
in the bay, one man, I believe, haying secured fifteen. 

Lonc ISLANDER. 


SaVvvILLE, L. L,, Dec. 1. 


The Pittsburg Quail Market. 


Pirrspurc, Pa., Nov. 30.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Herewith I send you an item taken from the Pittsburg 
Post of Noy, 28. Here is a chance for some of Pennsyl- 
vatiia’s sportsmen to make a few inquiries as to wher 
these birds were killed. ; 

“At an East End banquet last Friday evening the 
guests were all served with ‘quail,’ one bird to each 
person, There were about, 1,200 people present, conse- 
quently 1200 quail. As it is against the law to sell game 
in Pennsylvania, these birds could not have been bought 
—therefore they must have been given to them. I am 
personally acquainted with one man who was there and 
helped to eat the quail, therefore I know whereof I speak. 
Now, Mr. Editor, where did these quail come from? 
Did the guests go out hunting the day before the banquet 
and fetch the birds they got with them? If so, where did 
they hunt? I am something of a hunter myself and 
would like to find a place where I could get 1,200 quail. 
Please answer throtigh your paper, because if they were 
bought I would like to know where—might take a few 
hundred myself. What good are game laws if they can 
beat them in this way?” 

It appears that there is no trouble for Pittsburgers to 
get all the quail they want, game Jaws or no game laws, 

D, G, LAMont. 


Vancouver Island Big Game. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

The htinting season has been in full blast for months, 
and many deer and bear haye been killed by sportsmen. 
Last week a party of hunters bagged nine deer, and others 
haye tecently been brought in also by Messrs. R. Coe, 
Sheppard, Ripley and Beckman. 

But the most important and interesting bag made re- 
cently was Lieut. Bromley, of H. R- M. Navy, who on 
Tuesday last, reached Comox with two elk and five 
bears. Lieut. Bromley made a trip into the interior with 
Mr. H. Smith as guide. They followed up Oyster River 
for fifteen or twenty miles with the above results. The 
two elk heads were fairly good ones of five points each, 
and besides bringing out these heads and the skins, Mr. 
Bromley had most of the meat brought out also, thus 
showing himself a good man and a good sportsman, and 
very different from many of our hunters who kill their 
game for the heads alone, 

We have had already some snow here, which has started 
hunters off after deer with renewed energy. A. 

CuMBERLAND, B. C, Noy. 24. 


A Flag that Was Lowered. 


DENNYSVILLE, Nov. 25.—I was up in the western part 
of the county last week, and in a little stream between 
Tunk Pond and Spring River Lake saw a lot of 
landlocked salmon on the spawning beds. I thought of 
you and how you would enjoy it. I think it the prettiest, 
wildest and most fishy looking place in the county, 

Had the good luck to tumble on a nice buck a short 
distance back of my house a few days ago: Shot at 20 
yards with No. 6 shot, and the deer never dropped his 
tail; he ran about 75 yards, stopped, turned to look at 
me with tail still up. While watching him and wishing 
for a charge of heavy shot, his tail very slowly came 
down, and in half a minute or so he dropped. When 
I reached him he was stone dead. The aorta just as it left 
the heart was nearly severed, atrd the shot had penetrated 
from one side into the skin of the other. I had smokeless 
powder; it was light as day, and in an open field, and I 
know his tail never flinched. But it did look odd to see 
it so slowly lowered after he had stood looking at me 
with it bolt upright. Hee 1h 


Notes from Worcester, Mass. 


Tue close season on partridge and quail begins Satur- 
day, Dec. 1. If the winter should be mild and open quail 
should be very plentiful next fall, as there is an abundance 
of them lett over. 

The total number of foxes killed. by the Worcester Fur 
Company since Oct. 1 is forty-six, and J. H: Baird is 
high man with six kills, 

Henshaw Pond has been leased and stocked by the 
town of Leicester and ice fishing will not be allowed there 
this winter. a: AWW 


What Did the Caribou Weigh? 


BETHLEHEM, Dec. 1.—Editor Forest and Stream: The 
article in your last issue in regard to the weights of 
game prompts me to send you the measurements of a 
caribou skin I shot and brought with me from New- 
foundland in September of this year. The estimates of 
the probable weight of the same when killed vary so 
much that I send you the measurements after tanning, 
which, as I think, shrinks the skin sotne. The antlers 
were quite large, but by no means a record head, having 
thirty-two points, but rather heavy. Entire length from 
neck about 6 inches back of base of antlers, 6 feet 2 inches, 
not including tail; 5 feet 2 inches at widest part just in 
front of hind legs: 4 feet 5 inches just back of forelegs, 
3 feet 5 inches just front of forelegs. I would like the 
judgment of your readers who have shot large caribou 
as to the probable weight of the animal. “AM Mbe Bs dl. 


A Florida Game Country. 


Mr. J. M. Wittson, Jr., of Kissimmee. Fla., writes that 
there is a territory available for a large game preserve in 
the vicinity of Kissimmee, the expenses connected with 
the acquisition of which would be very ght, and he sug- 
gests that the opportunity is one which might be wel- 
comed by a club, 


Sea and River SHishing. 


Notice. 


All communications intended for Forest anp STREAM _ should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and* 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 


Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in ForREsST AND STREAM, 


Buzzards Bay Fishing. 


FAiRHAVEN, Mass, Nov. 27.—Editor Forest and 
Stream; Tf you should call attention in your yaluable 
paper to the fact of the great improvement in the fishing 
in the waters of Buzzards Bay, as stated in our report, 
you might not only induce more sportsmen to visit them, 
but add also to the nttmber of members of our League. 
The next season's fishing in the bay will undoubtedly sur- 
pass even that of this year. 

Gro, H. PAvMEr, Secretary. 


Mr. Palmer sends us the annual report of the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Southern Massachusetts Fish and 
Game League for the year ending Nov. 13, 1900. It 1s a 
record of work done and results achieved. We quote: 

When in October, 1888, the League was formed, the 
chief object in view was to procure such legislation as 
would prevent the setting and maintaining of weirs and 
nets in the waters of Buzzards Bay. It was believed then, 
as it is now known, that the continuous use of such ap- 
paratus was exhaustive and destructive of the fisheries. 

After successive failures and. defeats such legislation 
was, in 1893, secured. It was mainly urged, against great 
opposition, as a remedial experiment. 

It was claimed, in answer to our complaints, that the 
use of weirs and nets was in no way responsible for any 
scarcity of fish, nor any injury to the fisheries, It was 
urged by us that, at best, it was a monopoly, injurious to 
the rights of the people to whom the fisheries belonged. 
and interfered with the natural laws which regulate the 
growth, increase and distribution of the fishes. 

At first only a few weirs in Fairhaven were remoyed, 
and only slight improvement could for some time be ob- 
served. It was not until 1898 that the law went fully into 
effect, so that only two years havé been giyen to test the 
experiment, 

During the past two summers, however, the bay and 
rivers have abounded in fish. They have come back to 
their old feeding grounds, which for years had been 
abandoned and deserted. Not only so, but the small 
fishes, which were taken in vast numbers by the weirs, 
have been permitted to grow, and have come in of larger 
size and of greater value. No hand line fisherman has 
been heard to complain that he could mot catch all the 
fish he wanted. All around the ledges, the wharves and 
docks, tautog of good size have rewarded the skill of the 
fishermen and sportsmen alike. The bay and rivers have 
abounded in rock bass and scup. the bluefish has become 
an easy prey to the boatmen, and squeteague in large 
numbers could be caught by the most inexperienced angler 
and by almost any means. No such fishing has been 
known in these waters for years. 

Whether this condition of things is owing entirely to 
the protection which the law has thrown around them to 
the exclusion of weirs and nets, or whether for causes not 
yet ascertained, that in Some seasons fish are plenty and 
again are scarce, may not yet be fully determined, but 
so far as is apparent. the experiment has succeeded as 
we have always believed it would. 

All that remains for us and kindred associations now 
is to guard against hostile legislation, that it may be 
fully and fairly tried. : 

We have ourselves heretofore not given mucli atten- 
{ion to the protection of birds, the Massachusetts: Society 
for the Protection of Game having devoted their efforts 
to this branch of the general subject, and from their 
greater knowledge and greater influence we have been 
content to leave it to them. Early last year, however, in 
view of the threatened extinction of the partridge in many 
localities, they called in the-aid of our own andall kindred 
associations. The Leagtie co-operated with the Massa- 
chusetts Central Committee in working to secure the two 
laws to prohibit the sale of woodcock and grouse, and to 
provide for fishways over the dams of such streams as 
were tenanted by trout and: other edible fish. Every pos- 
sible effort was made to sticceed upon these two matters, 
and the result was the passage of Chapters 344 and 379 
of the Acts of 1900. The fishway bill originated with our 
League, and was twice, in' 1808 and 1899, defeated, We 
deem this law second in importance to none which: we 
have ever attempted: to: secure, for it is of, a6) much con- 
sequence to provide means whereby fishes may ascend the 


streams to spawn as it is to protect the fisheries against 
destructive fishing. ; i 

The work of 1901 is not yet laid out, but the Executive 
Committee will shortly be convened, and will receive sug- 
gestions and consider purposes: é : 

Tt will be seen from the report of our Treasurer that 
our income is ridiculously small—not equal to the current 
expenses of the League, nor does it enable us to pay our 
share of the expenses of the Central Committee, Our 
membership from death and resignation has decreased. 
Many of the young men in our vicinity ought to be in- 
duced to join us, that they may take the places of those 
who have done about all that we shall ever be able to 
do. And those of our members who still remain with us 
should do what they can to increase our means and add 
to our usefulness. We know of no charitable institution 
with a more benevolent object than to increase the num- 
ber and value of those birds and fishes which furnish 
so great an amount of inexpensive food for man. We 
know of no work more commendable than that in which 
we are engaged. 

When God gave to man dominion over the beasts of the 
field, the birds in the forest and the fishes in the sea, He 
coupled with it His laws for their increase. growth and 
preservation, which are every day violated. to satisiy the 
ereed and avarice of man and the vanity of woman. It is 
our biisiness to stop it, as far as we can, and it is not for 
food alone that we are called upon to do all in our power 
to protect and preserve the tenants of the forests and 
the streams. Geo. H. PALMER, Secretary. 

New Beprorp, Nov. 12. 


ANGLING NOTES. | 


Correction as to Spring Pond. 


Some weeks ago I mentioned the planting of a few 
landlocked salmon in Spring Pond near Bog River, in the 
Adirondacks, and that the result of this small plant had 
been the practical stocking of the pond and that the fish 
had grown very rapidly. This notice brought me a letter 
from Mr. L, O, Crane, of Boston, as to the original 
stocking of Spring Pond with trout and an account of a 


remarkable catch of trout from the stocked pond. Re- 


turning home this evening [I find another letter from Mr. 
Crane correcting some of the details of his former letter. 
He says: “On iny return Jast night from a trip I found 
a letter from my old guide in the Adirondacks, George 
Faygette, in answer to my inquiry regarding the stock- 
ing of Spring Pond. and the first catch made there. I 
find that I was mistaken when I stated that Mr. Walter 
Aiken and his guides stocked it with trout from Graves 
Pond. George says that the fish were put into Spring 
Pond by Mr. John Merriman, and when they first nshed 
the pond they took twenty trout that weighed 7634 pounds, 
and eight of them weighed 5 pounds each. Mr, Aiken got 
One afterward that weighed 6 pounds and a few ounces, 
and he was in the party at the time of the first killing. 
George is located om Dr. Webb’s preserye at what we 
knew as Albany Lake, and has been there for a number of 
years. I put in the whole season with him at Smith's 
Lake the year before Dr. Webb bought it. The lake is 
now called ake Lila, and the railroad station right up 
back of the old camp they call Ne-ha-sa-ne, but I call it 
Smith's Lake still, and I am sorry that Jim Lamont and 
his good wife ‘had to vacate, just as | regret a good many 
changes that have taken place there in the last few years. 
George wishes it understood that he has given the simple 
facts in regard to the trout of Spring Pond.” 

IT do not know whether to regard it as curious or no} 
that yesterday afternoon I was at Ne-ha-sa-ne Station, and 
that yesterday forenoon while at Little Clear Pond I was 
talking with some men about this very Spring Pond, and 
the growth of landlocked salmon in it. and planning to 
plant another pond with salmon simply because they had 
done so well in Spring Pond. One of the first letters that 
I opened this evening before I had my dinner was the 
one from Mr. Crane, which I have quoted, referring to 
the region I yisited yesterday. 


Trout Eggs. 


A few days ago I litted-a tray of trout cggs from a 
trough in ene ot rhe State hatcheries in the Adirondacks, 
and apparently there were two distinct kinds ob eggs on 
the tray. One kind consisted of small white eggs, and 
the other of large reddish-pink eggs, certainly three times 
as large as the white eggs, yet both were from the same 
species of ‘fish, he large eggs were from a brown 
trout, a wild fish, taken in one of the nets while the men 
were netting whitefish. The small white eggs were taken 
from a brown trout, about the same size as ihe other, that 
was captured last year from the same pond, and it had 
been in the stock ponds just one year. All fish eggs are 
measured as they come into a hatchery, as that 1s the 
beginning of the count of fish that result from the eggs. 
but eggs differ greatly in size from the same species, and 
they have to be counted and cotinted again. The trays in 
a hatchery trough are all of the same size, 2544 by 12% 
inches inside measurement, and they will hold from 7,000 
to 9,000 lake trout eggs; and irom 12,000 to 14,000" 
brook trout eggs, but they cannot be spread on a tray 
to insure a trustworthy count. Trout eggs have been 
counted by the square inch, but an actual square inch 
will contain many more eggs than a theoretical square 
inch based on the number of eggs to a lineal inch. Quarts 
and quarts of eggs have been actually counted, and parts 
of quarts have been counted, and fluid ounces are now 
continually counted to determine the number of eggs in 
a standard quart. Here are the counts made by the 
United States Fish Commission of the number of rain- — 
bow eggs to a quart, made at different times and places: 


6,875, 6,624, 6,536, and with this for a basis one would 


be on the safe side to call.each quart 6,500 eggs, for an 
allowance must always be made, and is made, 1f the man 
who measures the eggs 1s fair, as he should be to make 
sure that that he has the nutnber of fry that he reports 
when the hatching is finished, but here is another count, 
47,625 eggs. The last count is from eggs of domesticated 


- fish, and the man who measures the eggs must have one 


count for wild>eggs and another for stock eggs. This 
allowance can be illustrated by two reports that I. saw 
within a few. days. One foreman had sent to. the-fore- 
man of, another hatchery some whitefish eggs. The ‘first 
man replied that he had sent 150. quarts of eggs, and- 


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the second man reported that he had rescived 153 quarts. 
The first man said he had made a iai~ a!lowance in his 
measurement. Each man had reported at a central point 
without knowing the figures of the other, so, on the face 
of it,-the first man had sent 5,520,000 eggs and the second 
man had recétved 5,630,400 eggs, or an increase of 110,400 
eggs in transit, allowing 36,800 eggs to a quart. In 
counting eggs by measure much depends on the: trust- 
worthiness of the men who do.the measuring, that large 
eggs are not counted as small ones, and that the proper 
Standard of eggs to a quart is used. Once I found a man 
using a standard of 44,000 whitefish eggs to a quart, and 
he believed he was right, and he had no idea of deceiving 
the Comrnission that employed him, for he had artived at 
his figures by measuring a lineal inch of eggs and squar- 
ing them, but eggs in a square inch do not naturally 
occupy a position where the nadir of an egg in one layer 
coincides with the zenith of the eggs below it. The safe 
way in figuring fish eggs is to count a part of a quart if 
there is doubt about the standard and then allow a good 
margin loss and shrinkage. 


Vermont Thrift. 


The State of Vermont has a law which provides that if 
a person takes a brook trout, rainbow trout, or Loch 
Leven trout or brown trout less than 6 inches in length. or 
a black bass less than ro inches in length, or a landlocked 
salmon, or salmon trout or steelhead trout less than I2 
inches in length, and does not mmmediately return the 
same, with the least possible injury, to the waters from 
which it was taken or caught, he s*all be fined. 

This is a good law, a salutnty jaw, and a law such as 
every State that desires to protect and preserve its fish 
should enact, if it has not already enacted it, and it is 
short-sighted wisdom not to enforce it once it 1s enacted. 
At the last session of the Vermont Legislature the lower 
house voted to repeal the short trout law, and only by 
vigorous effort at the last moment was the repeal bill 
defeated in the Senate, It was touch and go to save the 
clause as it now stands, The same Legislature made an 
appropriation to build a new hatchery for the purpose of 
hatching the lake sturgeon, and for my part I cannot 
reconcile the two actions. Had the short trout bill passed 
fhe Senate and received the signature of the Governor to 
make it a law of the State the Legislature should at once 
have passed a bill to abolish its Fish Commission and 
close its hatchery, or it would not have been consistent. 
Vermont has never been widely advertised as being lavish 
in its expenditures for fish propagation, but such a step 
backward in this day of progress in fishing matters, as in 
other things, as to repeal the 6-inch trout law, would in- 
dicate lack of good judgment on the part of the law- 
makers if they desire to preserve the trout fishing for 
themselves and visitors to the State. Never could I un- 
derstand what any man who had arrived at years of 
discretion could do with little trout under 6 inches in 
length, or why he should desire to kill them whether there 
was a law on the subject or not, but that is simply a 
personal opinion or a matter of taste, and so does not 
have weight, but any man who loves to fish and hopes to 
live in this fair land for any length of time, and so 
expects to, fish in the future, should consider that 1f it is 
permissible to catch baby trout under 6 inches in length 
that the supply will give out. For if they are not per- 
‘mitted to’ grow to a breeding size before they can be 
legally killed, how can the stock he kept up? Artificial 
hatching alone will not do it, and if it would how ab- 
surd it would be for one of the States to go into the busi- 
ness of farming baby trout. It the beginning ‘and end 
of fishculture is to hatch trout eggs and kill the infant 
fish before they can possibly spawn, it certainly cannot he 
profitable to a man or a State. No doubt the 6-inch 
trout law is violated to-day, but the man who will kill 
them does not dare sell them, and it is a venturesome 
dealer who will buy them, because of the possessior 
clause, but male it legal to catch little trout and il 
naturally follows that it would be legal to possess and sell 
them and then it will be simply a question of time when 
the trout must go. Hatcheries must draw upon wild 
streams for eggs and stock fish to keep the blood vigorous, 
aud if there are no wild fish of breeding age to draw upon 
the business comes to an end. The whole thing is to me 
so tidiculous that perhaps I am wasting ink in writing of 
the danger from a repeal of a 6-inch trout law, for I be- 
lieve the better judgment of any body of lawmakers will 
prevent stich action but in Vermont better judgment was 


absent from the Lower House, and was awakened from 


slumber in the Senate only at the last moment. 


Raintow Trout. 


Locking backward, I now think there was a time when 
IT was prejiidiced against the rainbow trout as a fish for 
Atlantic coast waters. At the time I did not think I was, 
and I tried to be fair even in my condemnation of the 
fish, but I planted them and they disappeared, and friends 
planted them and they disappeared, and it was generally 
supposed that they foiind their way to the sea, where 
they could and never returned, We have learned 
more about them since, and they do not all disappear 
when planted in waters that are suitable for them, and 
they do not always go to sea, but do go down from brooks 
into a lake, and they do remain in such a lake to a greater 
or less extent. Never did I object to the fish for any 
redson except its disappearing qualities when it was 
planted in trout streams. At first it was a more difficult 
fish to Handle in the hatcheries than the native brook 
trout, and being a spring spawning trout it required a 
closed season ofits own, this complicating the fish and 
game law, and it was thought to be a soft-fleshed fish, but 
time and experience has changed or modified the earlier 
opinion of the rainbow in many respects. This fish has 
been taken up, as it were, in Europe, and newspapers in 
Great Britain have much to say about it. This is an 
extract from a late issue of Land and Water, found in a 
letter written by Mr. Charles Walker: ‘Some -years 
ago, when the controversy about the rainbow trout was 
somewhat violent, I painted out that the rainbow had up 
to that time never done well in cold waters, but that it 
had generally been a success when introduced into warm 
waters. In the face of this it is evidently unfair to con- 
sider reports of the failuX® of the rainbow in cold waters 
as being a proof that it is not likely to succeed in any 
of the lakes and ponds in British Isles. That it. 


the | 
should escape from or gratually die out in waters in 


Scotland and the north.of England, which aré frozen overt 
every year for some time, only confirms the conclusion 


_ detived from previous éxperiments in other countries, and 


‘it is therefore most important that reports from such 
places should be considered in the proper light. — 

“Though in the south of England we find many artificial 
lakes and ponds which ate rarely, if ever, frozen over for 
more than a few days at a time, and that many years often 

-go without their being frozen over at all, still it is by 
no means cerfain that these lakes and ponds are really 
warm enough for the rainbow trout. * * Of course 
the mountain lakes are out of the question as a rule, for 
they are cold and bare of food.” 

If this question of temperature of water has been 
urged against the rainbow in the English papers it made 
no impression upon me, and I have supposed that I had 
read about everything that had been said for and against 
the rainbow at the time of the “violent controversy” re- 
ferred to, One might get the impression from Mr, 
Walker’s letter that the rainbow would thrive only in 
warm water, whatever warm water may mean, for no 
degrees of temperature are given, but in this country the 
rainbow requires water of about the same temperature as 
the native brook trout and the brown trout, though it 
will live in the water of a slightly higher temperature than 
that fatal to fontinalis, but there is no hard and fast rule 
about this even, for other conditions than mere tempera- 
ture have to be considered. In the State of New York 
the rainbow thrives as well in waters that are thickly 
covered with ice for more days in the year than in any 
other part of the State, as it does in waters that are not 
covered with ice. In the Adirondacks ice forms to a 
thickness of 20 inches, and the waters are covered with 
ice from November to May, and it is in such waters -that 
the rainbow thrives. Last week in talking with the fore- 
man of an Adirondack hatchery about the species of trout 
that did the best in the ponds and lakes near the hatchery, 
it was found that the native brook trout and the rainbow 
were the best, and the State ordered brown trout stock 
fish disposed of, and the operations of the hatchery con- 
fined to lake trout, native brook trout and rainbow trout 
as the best fish for the ice-bound waters of that region, 

i A. N. CHenry. 


“Public Waters.” 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

Mr. A. N, Cheney in his article on page 391 of your 
issue of Noy. 17 refers to applications for “public fish for 
stocking waters that are public,” and adds, “for under no 
circumstances will State fish be furnished! for stocking 
private waters.” 

As a matter of fact nearly all of the fish which are fur- 
nished by the State are placed in private waters and not in 
public ones. The public waters in this State are limited 
and consist substantially of the Hudson River, I think part 
of the Mohawk, the Great Lakes, the waters in the forest 
preserves and the raging canal. 

All small lakes, ponds and nearly all the streams of this 
State are essentially private waters and not public in any 
sense of the term, and they cannot be made public by 
any legislative act or any declaration of the Commissioners 
of Fisheries. The rights of riparian owners are fixed and 
certain, and they are vested rights incident to the owner- 
ship of the fee. 

I have suggested once or twice that the Commissioners 
should define what they mean by public waters, but they 
have never done so, and unless they have changed their 
course recently all that they have required in the past has 
been an affidavit by the applicant that the fish desired are 
to be placed in public waters, with the result that private 
streams have been stocked throughout the State, and that 

[i have been furnished by the State on the pretense that 


hey were public streams and very frequently by persons 
who have no interest in the streams either as riparian 
Powners or otherwise. 

The result has been that many of our finest streams 
have been practically destroyed by stocking through acts 
of trespass to which the State has really been a party, and 
it is a grave question whether a claim for these injuries 
to the rights of riparian owners could not be successfully 
made to the Court of Claims of this State. 

One of the serious results of this course has been the 
claim that where fish have been introduced at some point 
ina private stream the waters in consequence were pub- 
lic; ‘and the worst elements in the neighborhood have 
insisted upon fishing the entire stream on the ground that 
the waters by reason of such acts, which are little less than 
crimes, had made the stream public and deprived riparian 
owners of their exclusive right of fishery. 

I am not speaking at random on this point, but with 
full knowledge of more than one instance where the State 
has lent itself to the destruction of private waters upon 
the application of one or more persons whose statement as 
to the waters being public was known by them to be 
false, and which the State should-haye known to be so, or 
could easily have found out that they were false if they 
had taken a little trouble in the matter. 

Under the United States Government many seeds are 
furnished to our citizens on the ground that they con- 
tribute generally to the expenses of the Government, but 
no claim has ever been made that they should be planted 
in commons for the benefit of the public at large or that 
by planting them in a private garden the public became 
entitled to enter it and gather the products. 


general expenses, including the expenses of the Fish Com- 
missioners, and it is worse than absurd to say that people 
owning lands adjoining private streams or private ponds 
cannot obtain any fish whatever, although they have con- 
tributed toward their production, without throwing open 
these waters to the public. while some person who has no 
interest in them can obtain all the fish that he wants to be 
placed in these very waters on the false pretense that 
they are public. 
There is a lake near this aity which some years ago 
abounded in very large pickerel, and if it had continued 
_in that condition it would readily bring to-day not less 
than $10,000. .Some-persons in the neighborhood obtained 
a lot.of bass from the, State, both large and small mouthed. 
with the result that the small-mouthed have all gone down 
to the river and the large-mouthed bass have destroyed 
nearly all the large pickerel. To-day it is a pickerel and 
bass pond, some of both, not much of either, and the 


The people 
of this State are supposed to contribute ratably toward the © 


damage sustained by the acts to which the State was a 

party are at the very lowest estimate $5,000, and this is 

but one instance out of many. J. S. VAN CLEEP, 
PocGuKHeEersig, Noy. 20, 


Florida Sharks. 


I. Am reminded by Mr. C. M. Stark's letter, referring to 
John I. Eastman, formerly of Concord, N. H., of Mr. 
Eastman’s exploits as a fisherman last winter at Hawk's 
Park, Fla. He did not bob for the festive eel, but landed 
some sharks which were eyeopeners. On two occasions 
when his lmes were set over night he found 6-foot sharks 
on the hooks, and the sharks had been bitten squarely in 
two by something larger, It is hardly necessary to say 
that bathing there lost its charms. D. R. MarsHatr, 


Che Kennel, 


Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIALS. 

Dec. 10.—Paris, Mo.—Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 

Field Trials Association. L, S. Eddins, Sec’y, Sedalia, Mo. 
1901, 

Jan, 14—Greenville, Ala,—Fifth annual field trials of the Alabama 
Field Trials Club. John B. Rosenstihl, Sec’y. 

Jan. 21.—Benton County, Miss,—Tenth annual field trials of the 
United States Field Trials Club. W) B. Stafford, Sec’y, Trenton, 


Tenn, 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Dec, 610.—Cincinnati, O.—Anntal bench show of the Cincmnati 
Fox Terrier Club. J. ©. Trohliger, Sec’y, 


1901, ; 
Feb. 96-March 1.—Cleveland, O.—Cleveland Kennel Club’s annual 


bench show. C. Munhall, Sec’y. - 
March 6:9.—Pittsburg, Pa—Duquesne Kennel Club’s 
bench show. F. S. Stedman, Sec’y. 


Eastern (Pigid: Trial, Club’, “Trials: 


6 


annual 


Subscription Stake. 

Mawy of the visitors left for other parts on Saturday, 
consequently the attendance was much smaller. The in- 
terest in a trial is difficult to maintain if the competition 
catries over into the second week. 

The competition as a whole was not marked by any 
special brilliancy of execution. The best work was done 
on the last day of this stake, and the winners therefore 
were of the competitors which ran on the last day. 

Sioux, winner of first, surpassed any competitor in 
the stake, although her good work was seriously marred 
by her disobedience. Loud orders and much whistling 
seemed necessary in handling her, and on scattered birds 
she was handled with the greatest difficulty. However, 
she had more range and speed than any other dog in 
the stake, and maintained them to a uniform degree. 
She found well and showed a knowledge and skill in 
locating and pointing which were admirable. 

Peg’s Girl won second easily. She was going with 
less range and spirit than when she ran in the All-Age 
last week, but her work on birds in respect to accurate 
locating and pointing was of a high finish. 

Geneva was placed third, She ranged well, and at good 
speed. However, in bird work she was surpassed by 
both Sioux and Peg’s Girl. 


Monday, Nov. 26; Seventh Day. 


The weather was cool almost to a degree of rawness. 
A stiff wind blew, and the sky was overcast with broken 
clouds. The fields were wet and heavy as a consequence 
of the all-day downpour of rain on the preceding day. 
Nevertheless, the birds were moving in search of food, 
and they were found in sufficient numbers for the pur 
poses of the competition. The spectators had dwindled | 
down to a relatively small number. 

Lady Rachel and Geneva were started at 8:14. The 
half hour of running on Saturday was cut out of cam- 
petitive consideration, and the heat began anew. It 
therefore was two hours in duration. Lady was dis- 
obedient and exceedingly difficult to keep in bounds, at 
times working out of control. Geneva was not taking 
in so wide a scope in her ranges as on Saturday, though 
she was working well, and was under control. Geneva 
found and pointed five bevies, was steady on point and 
back, and worked to the gun, Lady made four points 
on singles, backed well at such times as she could be 
called in, broke shot once when a bird was killed to her 
point, and was lost part of the time. Geneva slowed up. 
and contracted her range about the middle of the heat, 
and Lady was going much slower and narrower at the 
finish. The heat had no notably remarkable features. 

Sioux and Pes’s Girl were cast off at 10:27. This 
heat was easily the best of the stake. While Sioux was 
difficult to handle, she outranged and outworked all her 
competitors. She did not break away on any self hunt- 
ing trips, and showed finding and pointing abilities of a 
high order. Peg pointed two bevies and had a share in 
a third on which both pointed. Roading on to locate, 
Sioux flushed, and stopped to wing, or pointed just as 
the bevy flushed. Peg made six points on singles, and 
was pleasingly sharp and accurate in all her bird work, 
While her range was good, it was not up to that dis- 
played in the All-Age Stake. Sioux found and pointed 
four bevies, and made four good points on single birds. 
She maintained her speed and range to the finish, and 
won out with something to spare. 

The competition was suspended till after lunch, which 
was served at Yount’s. 

Final, 


Pegs’s Girl and Geneva were cast off at 2:24 and ran 
24 minutes. Soon Peg pointed, and moving on to 
locate, Geneva joined in the roading, and both pointed 
the bevy in the open. On the scattered birds in woods 
Peg made four points and a flush, and Geneva made a 
flush. Geneva made two points on singles. Peg in open 
weeds flushed some outlying birds, then held her point 
on some which remained and flushed wild. The dogs 


were then ordered up. 


_ The judges soon thereafter announced the winners, as 
follows: Fist, Sioux; second, Peg’s Girl; third, Geneva, 


« 


Continental Field Trial Club’s 
Trials. 


Arter the trials of the preceding two weeks were con- 


cluded, the prospects of a good entry in_the Members’. 


Stake of the. Continental Field Trial Club were not 
promising. The weather during the running of the pre- 
ceding trial had been mostly unpleasant, the competition 
of it dragged wearisomely a large part of the time, and a 
majority of the sportsmen present left before and atter 
the trials were concluded. ; 

However, the Members’ Stake of the Continental Club 
was a gratifying success. The number of starters was 
eight. The competition was of an exceedingly high degree 
of sottnd merit, considering it as a whole. 

The stake was at first fixed to be run on Friday, but for 
the convenience of the members it was postponed to the 
following day, Dec. 1. : 5. ae 

The distinguished field trial handler and field trial judge, 
Mr. Frank Richards, accepted .an invitation to judge the 
stake. He managed the competition skillfully. — 

The weather was ideal for good competition. The 
night had been keenly frosty. The air.in the morning was 
sharp. The shadows of trees and fences were white, while 
in the open, under the warmth of a bright sun, the vege- 
tation glistened with the wet of the melted frost. The 
birds sought the open, where there was warmth and 
comfort, so that there were birds found in abundance 
for the purposes of the competition. 

The dogs were handled by their owners. 
drawn to run in the order as follows: 

P. Lorillard, Jr.’s b., w. and t. setter dog Jean de Reszke 
(Gleam’s Pink—Dell V.) with C. W. Keyes’ liv. and w. pointer 
dog Hillcrest Brant (Von Gull—Baby Ruth). ] 

Edm. Hl. Osthaus’ liv, and w. pointer bitch Ripsey (Rip Rap— 
Dolly D.) with Eldred Kennels’ b., w. and t. setter bitch Vivian 
(Gath’s Mark—Gossip).. _ y 

P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b., w. and t. setter bitch Lenabélle (Sam— 
Minnie B.) with J. W. Baker’s lem. belton dog Rod Noble (Rod- 
field—Daughter Noble), withdrawn. i : 

Edm. H. Osthaus’ liv. and w. pointer dog Paladin (Ripsaw— 
Cricket) with H. Ames’ o. b. setter bitch Belle of Hard- Bargain 
(Count Gladstone I1V.—Daisy Croft), 

A start was made near the railroad, about three miles 
from town. The weather conditions were perfect. The 
competition was well managed. 


First Round. 

Jean de Reszke and Hillcrest Brant opened the compe- 
tition at 9:10. They soon disappeared over the top of a 
hill and were both found on a point on a bevy. On the 
scattered birds, Jean pointed a single. Sent on, he next 
found and pointed. a bevy, and Brant backed him in a 
wiggly manner. Both were steady to shot. Up at 9:54. 
Jean was the most independent ranger. Brant trailed him 
a good part of the time. They went at good speed, ad 
beat out a fairly wide scope of ground. 

Ripsey and Vivian were started at 9:57. Ripsey had 
been hunted a good deal during the week, and ran sore 
and a bit stale. Her owner had no intention to run her 
in this stake till the evening before the race, so that she 
had no preliminary conditioning with .a view to com- 
petition. However, she ranged middling well, and went 
better as the heat advanced and as she got warmed up to 
her work. The judge rode up a bevy, and on.the marked 
birds in woods Ripsey flushed a single. Vivian made a 
point, probably on foot scent, as a single bird was flushed 
some yards away after she had moved on. Sent on, in an 
open field Vivian pointed a bevy and then flushed it. Rip- 
sey backed staunchly. Ripsey pointed a single accurately 
in the open field. Sent on, she again pointed and was 
backed by Vivian; as she moved on-to locate with her 
handler, the birds fushed, In an open field Ripsey pointed 
where some crows had been, and was backed. Ripsey 
poimted a beyy in open weeds and was backed by Vivian. 
On a side hill in weeds, Vivian pointed a single bird; she 
moved forward and it flushed. Up at 10:46. Ripsey was 
wise in her seeking, and showed a great deal of bird sense. 
Vivian also was wise, but she marred her work by point- 
ing inaccurately, Their range was middling. - 

Lenabelle and Vivian were cast off at 10:56. Rod Noble 
was the dog drawn to run against the former, bit his 
owner delayed till the last moment in the matter of en- 
gaging a wagon, and as there was none there which suited 
him, Rod was left in town, Vivian was run merely as a 
bracemate with no reference to the competition. Vivian 
found and pointed two beyies.- Lenabelle was lost quite a 
long while. Near the end of the heat she found. and 
pointed a bevy. Up at 11:58, Lenabelle was erratic in 
her ranging, and her competition was ordinary. She had 


They were 


good speed, but her range was not conducted with judg- 


ment. = i : 

Belle of Hard Bargain and Paladin started at I2:12. 
The sun was-shining clear and warm. Belle immediately 
began. to-cast wide, and took her range with good judg- 
ment, She made a long cast up a valley through some 
stubble, going up on one side and returning on the other. 
Not far. away from the party she found and. pointed a 
bevy. The dogs were brought together. .There was no 
success with the scattered birds. Paladin nicely, pointed a 
bevy. in-the open field and Belle backed him well. In the 


woods on the scattered birds Paladin pointed a single bird 


well and flushed one, Up at 12:52. Belle had much the ad- 
vantage in speed and range. 
ward the middle and close of the heat. 


Seeond Round. 


A rest of nearly two hours was taken at lunch. Four 
dogs were retained in the running, with Paladin held 
in reserve. They competed as follows: 

Jean de Reszke and Ripsey at 2:47 started in an open 
field, Ripsey going along the foot of a weed field was lost 
to view.’ Going along the top of it some moments after- 
ward, Jean pointed. A large bevy flushed wild. Ripsey. 


too, standing at the foot of the hill; was pointing it. Jean 
made a good point on a single in the open, end Ripsey . - 


backed staunchly, On the scattered birds in the woods 
Ripsey made five points on singles and Jean made two. 
Leaving the end of the woods, Ripsey, close by. a fence, 
pointed; on the opposite side of the fence Jean, coming in 
down wind, flushed the bevy which she. was pointing. 


The birds were not followed, In a cornfield Ripsey next - 
found and pointed a bevy, and Jean backed. The birds: 


were followed into a pine woods. Both pointed a single. 
Jean next pointed and was backed, but nothing was 


Paladin was going better to- 


FOREST AND: STREAM, 


fond: foot scent, probably. Each next made a good 
point on single birds in pine woods. The heat was full 
of good working action on birds. Ripsey was ranging 
and going better than in her first heat. She distinctly out- 
worked her competitor on birds, though Jéan, too, showed 


_ ability in bird work. Ripsey distinguished herself by her 


precision and reliability in’ point work and her excellent 
bird sense. Up at 3:21. f 

Belle of Hard Bargain and Lenabelle were cast off at 
3:30. A bevy was seen to cross ahead out of some pines 
and Belle came galloping out in the wake of it. No one 
could tell whether it was an error or a coincidence. “Belle 
next pointed a bevy in the open and Lenabelle backed. 
Sent on. Belle pointed and Lenabelle, going up to her, re- 
fused to back, and stole the point. Nothing was found. 
Belle next roaded under difficult conditions to a point on 
a bevy in brush in a run, and Lenabelle crowded in ahead 
and flushed the bevy. Sent on. In the open Belle pointed 
a bevy. Lenabelle was not near at the time. Belle was 
steady to wing. Much of the ground was rough and irreg- 
ular so that good ranging was a matter of impossibility. 
The heat ended at 4:09. 

The judge announced then that the competition was 
ended, and that the winners were: First, Belle of Hard 
Bargain; second, Lenabelle; third, Ripsey. 

The owners of the winners were the recipients of hearty 
congratulations. 

Jean ran a much better race than Lenabelle, and second 
and third was thought by many to lie between him and 
Ripsey, with Ripsey for choice. 

The conditions of the stake were $10 entrance, sweep- 
stake, 50, 30 and 20 per cent. to first, second and third 
respectively. The winner of first also received a beauti- 
ful silver loving cup and a portrait of the winner donated 
by the eminent artist, Mr, Edmund H. Osthaus., 

B. WATERS. 


United States Field Trial Club. 


TRENTON, Tenn., Noy. 27.—The following gentlemen 
will act as judges in the January trials of the United 
States Field Trial Club, to be held at Grand Junction, 
Tenn.: Pointer Derby, P. Lorillard, Jr., Theo Sturges 
and Arthur Merryman. _ Setter Derby and All-Age Stake, 
Theo Sturges, Arthur Merryman and C. E. Buckle. 

: W. B. Starrorp, Secretary. 


achting. 


Notice. 


All communications intended for ForzsT AND. Stream should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper, : 


THE loving cup to be presented to Mr: J. Pierpont 
Morgan by the N. Y. Y. C. will be ready shortly for 
presentation, which will be made, it has been decided, as 
soon as the new home of the club is ready for occupancy. 
It is thought eminently fitting that the first function to 
be held in the new house should be one of compliment to 
Mr. Morgan, since he is the donor of the ground that the 
house stands upon. . 


THERE will always be a desire to have the ‘taces for! the 
America Cup sailed at Newport, but the reason urged, 
namely, that there will be fewer boats following the com- 
peting yachts, should always be sufficient to defeat itself, 
becatise it means that there will be fewer people to see the 
sport. The more spectators the better. It will be better 
to endure the discomforts of the Sandy Hook course for 
the sake of the enormous public interest that can be grati- 


fied there; and as for keeping the course clear, that was 


done in the Shamrock year beyond the power of any 
yachtsman to criticise. Sir Thomas Lipton has put him- 
self squarely on record as in favor of the Sandy Hook 
course over all others for the next international yacht 
race. 


The Newport Y. R. A. 


New Yor« Ciry, Dec. 1.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
The Newport Yacht Racing Association has determined 


_to give two series of races of three each’ in the stminer 


of too1. The first series will take place on July 18; 20 - 
and 22, and the second series in the week immediately. 
succeeding the New York Y. C. cruise. H, B. Duryea; W. 
Cane, R. N. Ellis, committee. het \ 


Mr. J. Lawson-Johnston died on board his eit White 
Ladye at Cannes, France, on Nov. 24. In November, 


; 1897; he bought from the Prince of Wales the racing yacht 
Britannia, which was afterward sold to Mr. Ernest Terah 
_ Hooley, who in turn sold it to Mr. Jameson. 


' The vessel 
afterward sailed under the colors of the Prince of Wales, 


Mr, Lawson-Johnston later bought the yacht White Ladyé, 


which was. formerly owned by Mrs. Langtry. He ré- 
cently rented Inverary Castle, the Scottish seat-of thé 


_ Dittke of Argyll He also made liberal provision: for the 


widows and children of soldiers who fought in the Boer 


war. 
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reputation. 


Isolde. 


IsoLpE was designed by Mr. William Fife, Jr., for Mr. 
Peter Donaldson, and was built at the Fife yard at Fairlie, 
Scotland, in 1895. Although designed solely for racing, 
her accommodations below decks are excellent, and her 
comparatively small and compact rig make her an almost 


ideal erttiser. As a racing boat her performances have 
been most ‘consistent from the start; she was very stic- 
cessful in the old 4o-rating class for which she was © 
originally designed, and her enviable record has’ con- 
tinued down to’ the close of last season’s racing in the 
65ft. class. The first season she raced she started fifty- 
two times and won thirty-one first prizes and six others, 
the value of the prizes amowunting to £1,162. Isolde was 
bought early this year by Com. Fred M. Hoyt, of the 
Stamford Y. C., and was sailed across by Capt. Alexan- 
der Hogarth. She made the passage from the Clyde to 
Halifax, N. S., in thirty-two days, arriving there on 
July 2. Mr. Hoyt met her at Halifax, and on July 4 
left there for Greenport, where she arrived on July 12. 

Fite boats are known the world over for their great 
beauty, and in this feature Isolde maintains her designer’s 
Her low freeboard (2ft. 8in., the same as the 
4oft. cutter Minerva, one of Fite’s earlier productions) 
tends to give her a very shippy appearance. Isolde is of 
composite construction, and her angle frames are strongly 
strapped and braced. The planking is of elm, pitch pine 
and teak 2in. thick, and the deck is of yellow pine 134in. 
thick, Her dimensions are as follows: 


Length— 

OMGE ATA SNS NE es Sede elon ee Seen 84ft. 6in. 

Tes As atts BE ars CU ee REE ee boft. 
Ovyerhang— 

BBW creda sete tet ate eee Pe ee ee . hihts 

SH re ns aie aks oe ee eM ta Tgit. 6in. 
Beain— 

SREP eMAG. cot eaters spp creas des haces eH abc re tts 

DANA SP St Tee PARR a ee RA ae i5ft. 
Freeboard— 

Baw, sqewiia se geteeed ae eyo dere. & Aah The uo 

Te GaSti. . eee s-s-hs cle Bement ake ee a aft. Sin. 

SICCTIL Fy ne celle eal cte sucdeepee ke a Paha ae 3it. 6in. 
DD Paile gs are lcbe agp newees lope eos eoerebl weve, Ltt AOI: 
Saillart eee S¥ ee iis Awan tect hn a cbats to ater ep k rece 4,000 sq. ft. 


The result of her racing in American waters during 
the past season is as follows: er 

Aug, 8, N. Y. Y. C. Cruise—Run from New Hayen to 
New London, Astrild won, Hester second and Isolde 


- third. 


Aug. 9, N. Y. Y. C. Cruitse—Run from New London to 
Newport, Hester won, Isolde second and Astrild third. 

Aug. to, N. Y. Y. C. Crtutise—Run from Newport to 
Vineyard Haven, Isolde won, Hester second and Astrild 
third. 

Aug, tm, N. Y. Y. C. Crtise—Run from Vineyard 
Haven to Newport, Isolde won, Hester second and Astrild 
third. 

Aug. 13, Race for Redmond Cup—Isolde won, Astrild 
second and Hester third. Race for the Astor cup, Isolde ~ 
finished fifth. 


Sept. 1, Larchmont Y. C—Isolde won and Astrild 
second. 

Sept. 3, Larchmont Y. C—Isolde won and Astrild 
second. 

Sept. 8, Larchmont Y. C.—<Astrild won arid Isolde 
second. 

Sept. 15, Atlantic Y. C—Isolde won and Astrild second. 


The plans of Isolde that appear in this issue were taken 


' from Dixon Kemp’s Yacht Architecture. 


‘the lectures will be a great success. 


The Yachtsmen’s Club, 


Mr. C. T. Precre, Chairman of the Exectitive Commit- 
tee of the Yachtsmen’s Club, has issued a circular which 
has been sent to all the club members, that a series of 
lectures on subjects of interest to all yachtsmen will be 
given at the club rooms, 47 West Forty-third street, every 
Wednesday evening at 8:30 during the winter. It will 
be seen from the following. programme that the ablest men 
in the country have been secured to speak on scientific 
yachting topics, and there is every reason to believe that 
The idea is an ad- 
mirable one, and the club should receive the hearty sup- 
port of yachtsmen in its efforts to raise the standard of 
yachting. - 


47 West Forty-third Street, New York, Nov. 30—Dear 


Sir: Arrangements are now about completed for a series 


of informal lectures or talks on, subjects of interest to 


The N ominating Committee of the Manhasset Bay Y- Ong 
has named the following officers for election at the an- \ 


nual meeting: Com., Hazen L. Hoyt, steamer Belle 


- Hazen; Vice-Com., M. Roosevelt Schuyler, cutter Jessica ; 


Rear-Com., Stephen W. Roach, steamer Emeline; Sec’y, 
Edward M.-MacLellan; Treas., W. Forbes Morgan, Jr.; 
Meas., Charles D. Mower; Trustees, for three years, 


George B. ‘Wilson, James Francis; for two years, Augus- . 
tin Monroe, Julian Rix; for one year, Horatio R. Harper, 


W. W. Phillips. 
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Mr. B. B. Crowninshield has an order for a fleet. of 
one-design catboats to be used at South Yarmouth, Mass,’ 
The boats will be about 15ft. on the waterline, 20ft. over 
all, and are designed for comfortable afternoon sailing as 
well as for racing, 1 


ing to members who notify the 
>in advance. 


yachtsmen, to be given at the club rooms every Wednes- 
day evening during the winter. 
The series will commence on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 


- 8:30 P. M., when Mr. Gilbert H. Wilson will talk on 
- “Sails, Their Construction, Care and Handling.” 


On 
Wednesday, Dec. 12, Mr. John L. Bliss will talk on “The 
Compass and Its Adjustment.” ; - 

The complete programme shortly to be announced will | 
include talks on yacht designing, construction, etc., by 
Messrs. B. B. Crowninshield, John Hyslop and Clinton H. 
Crane, and on tigging and knots by Mr. John F, Byno, 
also_a class in navigation under the tuition of Capt. 
Howard Patterson. 

A mess dinner will be served every Wednesday even- 
House Committee a day 
‘The price will be one dollar per cover. 


- Dinner-will be served a la carte without notice. 


‘Havens, Atlantic Y. C.; Mr, B. B. Crowninshield, 
-Y¥. C.; Mr. W. Roosevelt-Schuyler, Manhasset Bay Y, C.; 
-Mr: J. G.. Fraser, Royal St. Lawrence Y. C 


The following gentlemen are proposed for membership: 
Vice-Com, R Doremus, Atlantic Y. €.; Mr. E. B. | 
Eastern. 


Gare. PIERCE, Sec’y. 


The Morse Iron Works and Dry Dock Company has 
added to its plant and yacht basin at the foot of Fifty- 
sixth, Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth streets, South 
Brooklyn, by the purchase of the Mumm property on the 
north, better known-as the McGowan yacht basin, and 
has already commenced extensive improvements. 


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_The sloop yacht Schemer, Mr. Robert Henke, is being 
given a new bow and overhanging stern at Attlewood’s 

yard, foot of Twenty-fourth street, South Brooklyn, 


| Dac. 8, 1900.] 


ISOLDE—CUTTER. ie Tiara 


Photo by N. L. Stebbins, Boston. 


The Ballasting of the 70-Footers. 


- Tue following letter from the Newport Y. R. A. will 
be read with interest, as it brings to light for the first 
time the special rules adopted by the owners of the four 
70-iooters : : 


Cornelius Vanderbilt, Esq.—Dear Sir: We have re- 
ceived your communication in reference to the races sailed 
undér our auspices at Newport during the past summer. 
These races, as advertised, were sailed under “the special 
rules adopted by the class.” The rules relating to ballast 
are: a 

“Should it be found that any yacht exceeds 7oft., any or 
all of the other yachts. may, at the ‘option of their re- 
spective owners, add movable ballast for the purpose of 
making it or them equal in length to the longest yacht. 
Ballast, however, shall not be added for any other pur- 
pose. ae 

“Nothing in this or the preceding clauses shall be con- 
strued as a prohibition against the addition of any articles 
or equipment other than ballast or copper. Nothing, how- 
ever, shall be stowed in hold of yacht between keelson and 
floor frames, except sails, and one additional ton of lead, 
which has been provided by builder, must be carried dur- 
ing season of 1900.” 

Under the rules, therefore, the committee regret that 
they have no choice other than to disqualify Rainbow in 
the series of races sailed at Newport. Respectfully yours, 

RatpH N. Exits, 
Woopsury KANE, 
A. CAss CANFIELD, 

New York, Noy. 27, 1900. 


A Stormy Trip Around the Cape. ‘ 


THE auxiliary yawl Kathleen, formerly Prudence, re- 
cently bought by Mr. Jas, H. Hutchens, of this city, ar- 
‘rived at Travers Island on Noy. 27, after a stormy trip 
around Cape Cod from Boston. The yacht experienced 
some very heavy storms off the Cape and through Vine- 
yard Sound, and her safe arrival at this time of year, con- 
sidering her length over all is but 35ft., demonstrates what 
a properly built small boat is capable of when in the hands 
of seamen. Capt. Fred Sterling and a hand comprised 
the crew. Kathleen was designed by L. J. Neilson in 
1898, and is 22ft. on the waterline, oft. 8in. beam and 
draws 3it. 8in. 


The New International Signal Code. 


THE international code of signals at sea, after being in 
use for thirty-two years, is to be altered by the addition 
of eight flags. Hitherto thé code has consisted of eighteen 
flags, with which 77,000 words could be made, With the 
enlarged code 375,000 signals will be possible, and one 
advantage of the new system will be that no one flag will 
be used more than once in the same “hoist.” In future 
a yellow and black flag borne quarterly will signify that 
the vessel has cholera on board and is to be avoided. A 
single pennant representing the letter “S” will be the 
signal of distress. The new code will be introduced on 
a0. I, 1901, and will become compulsory twelve months 
ater. 


Canada Cup Matters. 


THE men who will represent the Royal Canadian Y. C. 
in making the arrangements with the Chicago Y. C. for 
the international race series, to be held next summer for 
the Canada cup, were elected in Toronto on Nov. 26 from 
the members of the Royal Canadian Y. C., which issues 
the challenge. The names are C. A. B. Brown, H. C. Mc- 
Leod, #. Jarvis, F. M. Grey and George Gooderham. 


——— 


These men will meet the committee appointed by the 
Chicago Y. C. next week, and the size-of the yacht that’ 
will be built for the trial races on both sides will be 
settled upon. . 


EEE IES SEE ES TIENT 


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| YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


Mr. Clinton H. Crane, of the firm of Tams, Lemoine & 
Crane, already has a large amount of new work on hand, 
Among the orders already placed are a steam yacht for 
a New York yachtsman, whose name is withheld for the 
present. She will be 115ft. on the waterline, 2oft, beam 
and will draw 8ft. 6in.; a speed of fourteen knots is 
guaranteed. An auxiliary cruising schooner for Mr. 
Henry T. Sloane; this boat will be built at Geo. Lawley 
& Sons Corp., South Boston; she is 85ft. on the waterline, 
22ft. 6in. beam and will draw 13ft. 6in.; her engine will 
drive her at a speed of seven knots an hour, A cruising 
sloop for Mr. Anson Phelps Stokes, which is now build- 
ing at Woods’ yard, City Island; she is 44ft. on the 
waterline, 15ft. beam and draws 5ft. 6in. Three boats of 
one design have been ordered by Messrs. A. Rogers, D. O, 
Mills and H. T. Hoyt, an 18ft. sailabout for Mr. R. M. 
Jones, an 18ft. racing boat for Mr. G. M. Pynchon, an 
18ft. catboat and a 20ft. sloop for Mr. R. W. Stuart, also 
two raceabouts. 

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The Yachting World of Noy. 22 says: “Mr. Linton 
Hope, the well-known designer, has opened an office at 
213 Piccadilly, W., where, under the style of Linton Hope 
& Co., a yacht agency business will be conducted. 


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Mr. Fred Lawley, of the George Lawley & Sons Corp., 
is designing an 18tt. knockabout for Mr. Alfred Douglass, 
of the Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. She will be 31ft. over all, 
6ft. gin. beam and sft. draft. He also has an order for 
a 46-footer for an Eastern yachtsman. 


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Messrs. Gardner and Cox have arranged for the transfer 
to this country of the Fife designed cutter Senta, which 
was built at the Fife yard at Farlie in 1808. It is stated 
that Mr. A. N. Hinkle, of Cincinnati, has bought her. 

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Extensive improvements will be made this winter upon 
the steam yacht Carmen, owned by Mr. C. A. Starbuck, of 
this city. The cabin plan will be entirely remodeled, so as 
to include three additional staterooms, and the forward 
deck house will be enlarged to increase the dining room 
to double its present size. The improvements upon the 
yacht will be made at her berth in MeclIntosh’s Basin, 
South Brooklyn, and she will be placed in commission 
early in February for a Southern cruise. 


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Kiley’s marine agency has sold the 87it. schooner 
Achilles to Edward P. Frost, of Providence, who will 
convert her into a house boat with auxiliary power; 
the 44ft. naphtha launch Gwendolyn to Frank D. Somes, of 
New London, for shipment to Florida; the 33ft. knock- 


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Bilge Stringer of Angle Steel— 
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about Fairplay to James D. Carmen, of Brooklyn; the 
63ft. schooner Durango to Geo. P. Loring, of Boston, for 
cruising in Maine waters; the 26ft. catboat Wasp to 


Bangor parties. 
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‘ The steam yacht Wadena is fitting out at Tebo’s basin 
and is expected to sail about the middle of January for 
Southern waters and Bermuda. 


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Mr. George Lord Day has given up for the present his 
contemplated trip to Cape Town, South Africa, in his 
schooner yacht Endymion, and the yacht has been laid up. 


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The following yachts are in their winter quarters at 
New London: Steam yacht Waconta (formerly Eleanor), 
J. J. Hill, owner; steam yacht Kanawha, John P. Dun- 
can, owner; steam yacht Narada, Henry Walters, owner; 
schooner yacht Quisetta, Lippett Bros., owners; steam 
yacht Tillie, Fred Osgood, owner; steam yacht Narwhal, 
Charles Osgood, owner, and steam yacht Fedalena, Col. 
A. C. Tyler, owner. 

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Capt. Geo. W. Bloomer, of the yacht Flossie, was 
washed overboard in a gale in Chatham Bay on Nov. 22. 
He held on to a rope and after being in the water three 
hours was rescued just as he was about losing con- 
sciousness. 

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Mr. H. C. Winteringham has placed a contract with 
the Pusey & Jones Company for an auxiliary steel cruising 
schooner for Mr. Charles J. Canfield, of New York. She 
will be 125ft. 1oin. over all, 17ft. 8in. beam and oft. 4in. 


deep. 
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The steam yacht Neckan, owned by Hartley C. Baxter, 
was partially destroyed by fire while in her winter quarters 
at New Meadows River, Me. The loss was covered by 
insurance, 

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The steam yacht Sapphire has been purchased by Mr. 
Al Hayman, of New York, from Mr. Harrison Drum 


mond, of St. Louis. é‘ 
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The steam yacht Sagamore has been sold by Mr. John 
Hanan through Manning’s yacht agency to Mr. Edward 
Clinton Lee, of Philadelphia. It is Mr. Lee’s intention 
to proceed south for the winter as soon as Sagamore can 
be put in commission. 

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Of the repairs to the Shamrock now going on at 
Scott’s yard, Greenock,.as before announced, the Yachting 
World of Noy. 15 says: “Over the manganese‘bronze of 
which the underbody is constructed ‘there are a couple of 
strakes of aluminum plating. The lower of these strakes 
cuts the waterline for a length of about 20 or 30ft. amid- 
ships. The action of the salt water had played havoc 
with this metal where it was immersed, and the whole 
strake has accordingly been stripped off from stem to 
stern and new plates riveted on. The new plates, strangely 
enough, are of ordinary mild steel 5-16in. in thickness, and 
strips of canvas smeared with white lead are being intro- 
duced between the steel and bronze to lessen the chances 
of corrosion.” 

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“The schooner yacht Elmina, Mr. H. Exshaw,” says 
the Field, Noy. 17, “has left Cowes for France, and 
thence she will sail for the West Indies and New York.” 


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The London Yachting World, in its last issue, records 
a rumor that John R. Drexel’s steam yacht Sultana, which 
is now being overhauled and refitted at Havre, is to be 
sold to an English yachtsman. 


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The officers for the year I90r of the Royal Ulster Y. C. 
are as follows: Com., the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, 
K. P.; Vice-Com., Col. Sharman Crawford, D. L.; Rear- 
Com., Sir Thomas Lipton; Hon. Treas., C. Herbert 
Brown, J. P.; Hon. Sec’y, Hugh C. Kelly. a 

Rey. : 

The yacht Scionda has been sold by Mr. Alfred W. 

Booth, of the Atlantic Y. C., through Mr. F. Bowne 


Jones to Mr, Robert Thompson, of St. John, N. B. 
ee is to be the flagship of the Royal Kennebaccasis 


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Mr. C. D. Mower has a number of orders for new 
boats, and is already very busy with the designs he has 
on hand. Among his orders are a 60ft. cruising launch 
for Mr. W. S. Douglass, of New Orleans; a 30ft, water- 
line centerboard cruising boat for Mr. Louis Sayer, of 
Canandaigua, N. Y.; a class of one-design single- 
handers to be built by Emmons, of Swanscott, and a 30ft. 
keel cruiser for a Western yachtsman who spends his 
summers on Long Island Sound. These boats are all 
cruisers of a wholesome type with good accommoda- 
tions, In the racing classes Mr. Mower has designed an 
extreme boat of the skimming dish type for Mr. John 
Williams, who will build and race the boat in Australia. 
She is 18ft. on the waterline, 37ft. 3in. over all, oft. beam 
and carries 737 sq. it. of sail. The draft of hull is 7in., 
and she is to be sailed with no ballast other than her 
crew. In English waters he will be represented by a 
15ft. waterline knockabout designed for Mr. E. S. Jack- 
son who will use the boat in the Bristol Channel. A 
design for a 16{t. waterline jib and mainsail boat for after- 
noon sailing and general work has been sent to Mr. 
Thomas Westtake, of Lyttleton. New Zealand. Plans are 
also being prepared for a one-design class for one of the 
smaller clubs near New York. 


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Mr. W. N. Bavier has sold his cruising yawl Possum 
through the Huntington & Seaman agency to Mr. David 
Gregg, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y. 
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The schooner yacht Nokomis, Mr. E. T. Hatch, is 
being fitted with auxiliary power and a house will be 


placed on the after deck. She is lying at the foot of 
Twenty-ninth street, South Brooklyn. 


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William Butler Duncan, Jr. 


‘THRouGH the courtesy of the Home Journal we repro- 
duce the picture of William Butlet Duncan, Jr., who is 
to manage the new defender of the America Cup. Mr. 
Duncan is a graduate of the Naval Academy, and during 
his course there was noted for his. ability as a seaman. 
On the sloop of war Vandalia he was signal officer, and 
was especially complimented for his excellent work by 
her commander, Capt. Wallace. When he resigned from 
the navy he interested himself in the Gorringe shipbuild- 
ing enterprise, and acquired much practical knowledge in 
the art of ship construction. He was also mastcr and 
pilot of one of the vessels used by the company. -\Vhen 
he retired from this enterprise he became an active boat 


WILLIAM BUTLER DUNCAN, JR. 


sailer. His first yacht was the cutter Yolande, then he 
purchased the 65ft. cutter Huron, which had a successful 
record during his ownership. He sailed Defender in the 
trial races against Columbia, where she made a fine 
showing, and he was one of the amateurs of the crews of 
Vigilant, Defender and Columbia. Mr. Duncan organized 
and trained tle first Deer Island crew who were noted for 
their snappy work. For several years he was in command 
of the First. Battalion, Naval Militia. and he was senior 
watch officer of the famous Yankee, a ten-gun. 6 000-ton 
ship during the war with Spain. To sum up, there is not 
a man in the country who has had a better all-round 
training as a seaman and yachtsman than Mr. Duncan. 
iis selection as manager of the new boat has deservedly 
met with the greatest satisfaction. 


Grapshoating. 


Notice. 


All communications intended for Porssr anp Stream should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 


Leading dealers in sportsmen’s supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously for a quarter-century. 


If you want your shoot to be announced here send n 
notice like the following: 


Fixtures. 


Dec, 5-7.—Galt, Ont.—First annual shoot of the Newlands’ 
Shooting Association; targets and live birds; added money. 
Andrew Newlands, Sec’y. 

_ Dec. 8:—Wellington, Mass.—All-day shoot of the Boston Shoot 
ing Association; targets. Open to all amateurs in New England. 
ath SOEUR [eo ees, 

Jec. 3.—Newark, N. J.—Sixmen team shoot between S th 
Elizabeth Gun Club and Forester Gun Club; also open i ceeritiae 
Hen dicany Ap de Elemung, Sec’y. zs 

ec, 11-13.—Brantford, Ont, Can.—Annual tournament of the 
Pastime. Gun Club. Live birds and targets; Beet to ae eat 
oa SoU eey: 

Dec. 11-14,—Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossi Til.— ive. 
Bee POU REe ni one Watson, Mer. a aie 

ec. 12,—Mount Kisco, N. Y.—Tournament of the iscé 
Gun Club; targets. R, W. Gorham, Shee Sie oe ee 

Dec. 13—Newark, N. J.—Match for E C cup and individual cham- 
pionship of New Jersey between G, H. Piercy, holder, and CG. W. 
Teigenspan, challenger, on grounds of East Side Gun Club. 

Dec, 16.—Jersey City, N. J.—All-day shoot of the Hudson Gun 
Club; targets; also two-men team shoot; open. A. A, Schoverling 
get Seg via ‘ j 

ec, 20.—Newark, N. J.—Open live-bird shoot of th F 
Gun Club. Ls hs Fleming, Sec’y, 21 Waverly avenue. Met 

Dec. 27.—Kansas City, Mo.—Match for the cast iron medal be- 
tween J. A. R. Elliott, holder, and W. R. Crosby, challenger, 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
da REMC n: Sear Are pM 

icago, .—Garfie un Club’s trophy shoots, : 
fourth Saturdays of each montn; fivecBird: shoots ii Sete 
Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue. ; 


1901. 


Jan, 1.—Sing Sing, N. Y.—Tournament of the Ossini 
Club; targets. Wm, P. Hall, Sec’y. peau aes 


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15-18:—Hamulton, Ont,—Hamilton Gun Club’s 
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Jan. t 
live birds and targets; open to 


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Jan. 41519 ~ Hamilton, Ont—Hamilton Gun Club’s 
atuntial, tournament; live birds and targets; open to 
Graham, Sec’y. 0 Aan, i. 

April 9-12,—Baltimore, Md.—Bighth annual spring tournament 
of the Baltimore Shooting Association; two days targets, $100 per 
day added; two days‘live birds, $500 guaranteed. H. P. Collins, 
Sec’y. : 

ech 16-18.—Leavenworth, Kan,—Annual tournament of the 
Kansas State Sportsmen’s Association, ° ; 

May 7-10.—Tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s 
Association. C. W. Feigenspan, Sec’y, 

May, 7-10.—Lincoln, Neb.—Twenty-fifth annual tournament of the 
Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the 
Lincoln Gun Club. W. D. Bain, Sec’y._ ‘ 

June 5-7,—Circleville, O.—Under atispices of the Pickaway Rod 
and Gun Club, annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters 
League. G. Haswell, Sec’y. 

June ——Columbus, Wis.—Tournament of the Trapshooters’ 
League of Wisconsin. First week, in June. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


Dec, 5.—Shoot-off of the winners of the November events, with 
$20 in gold to the winner. 

Dec, 11.—Live-bird shoot 
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Interstate. Park, Queens, L. I.—Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
IL. I, R. R. Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Café and hotel accommodations. P 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till\June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900, 

Interstate Park, L. I.—Fountain Gun Club’s regular monthly 
shoots, the third Thursday of October, November and December, 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot:of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. 


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1901. zm 
April 1-5.—Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., IN. Y.—The. Inter- 


state Association’s ninth annual Grand American Handicap Tour- 


nament at live birds. 


June —.—Interstate Park, L. I.—Forty-third annual tournamént ' 


of the New York State Association for thr protection of Fish and 
Game. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


In the absence of the editor of this department all communications 
intended for publication should be addressed tothe Forest and Stream 
Publishing Company. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. M. aid 
ali such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York. f 


, The local North Carolina papers published the sad information 
that the well-known trapshooter Mr, Gea. Ff. Nesbitt, of Kingston! 
Pa., accidentally shot himself in the head, causing instant death, . 
while shooting quail three miles from Mebane, N. C., on Nov. 26. 
He had arrived at that place on the preceding Friday, and. contem- 
plated shooting there some weeks. He was alone When the acci- 
dent occurred, and when found his dogs were guarding the body. 
He had achieved distincticn as a successful trap shot-by winning 


the target championship of Pennsylyania a few years ago, and by, + 


skillful and successiul competition at the Carteret Gun @lub’s 
and other live-bird events. Personally he was an affable, refined 
gentleman, and most pleasingly companionable. He was a member 
of the Luzerne County Bar, but, having a liberal fortune; she 
devoted most of his time to travel, and field and trapshooting. 

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There will be an all-day target shoot at the Hudson Gun. Clu 
erounds, Jersey City, N. J., on Dec. 16. 
served gratis to shooters, and shells will be for sale on the grounds.~ 
On the same day a two-men team race will be shot, at 100 targets, 
Sergeant system, between Messrs. Feigenspan and Piercy, of the 
East Side Gun Club, of Newark; Messrs. Schortemeier and 
Dudley, of the Hudson Gun Club; and Messrs. Schoyerling and 
Schubel, of the Emerald Gun Club, of New York. The Hudson 
Gun Club would like to hear from a few more two-men teams, 
say from the Fultons, Oceanics or some other club in the vicinity 
of New York. A good time for everybody is promised. A, A. 
Schoyerling is assistant secretary. 


The Medicus Gun Club will hold an open live-bird shoot at 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., on Dec. 6, at 1 P. M. The first 
event on the programme is the Eagle handicap, at 10 birds, $b 
entrance, birds included. The prize in this event will be a sterling 
silver-mounted umbrella, and the prize.and money will be divided 
by the Eagle system, whereby a bird killed from No. 1 ‘trap 
eounts 1 point, from No. 2 trap 2. points, etc., the greatest number 
of points to win. The other event is the Jack Rabbit handicap, 15 
birds, $7.50 entrance, birds included, for a gold-mounted silk 
umbrella, prize to be awarded by the Eagle system, and money 
diyided by the Rose system. : 


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Charlie Floyd, of this city, who is better known to trapshooters 
as “Dudley,” is at present’rather down in the mouth. The cause 
of the depression is not any ill luck at the traps, nor any temporary 
lack of skill in handling the-shotgun; little things like that would 
not bother him much, nor cause him any loss of sleep. The truth 
of the matter is Charlie has lost his old Irish setter Corbett, which 
died of diphtheria on Election Day. Corbett was eight years old, 
having been born on the day that his namesake defeated Sullivan. 
flis death took place on the date that marked another memorable 
fight according to Charlie’s way of reckoning—the day that Mc- 

Kinley defeated Bryan. e 


_s. H. Vandegrift, “Sandy McPherson,” of the Herron Hill 
Gun Club, of Pittsburg, Pa., was in the eity last week, and was 
looking around the gun stores for a light-weight gun to use on 
quail. Mr. Vandegriit has not been enjoying the best of health 


_of late, although his looks do not show it; he is therefore anxious 


to get a gun that he can carry without inconvenience to himself, 
but with trouble in it for the’ quail, “McPherson” has his eye on 
the Grand American Handicap at live birds the first week of next 
April, : 

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This is Guy Burnside’s week at Galesburg, Ill. Late last week 
Mr, Burnside wrote that: his target and live-bird tournament showed 
every sign of being a thorough success, as shells were turning up 
in goodly quantities; among them several cases bearing the names 
of well-known experts at the trap, such as R. O. Heikes, W. R. 
Crosby, etc. Next week the scene will be changed to Burnside 
Park, Chicago, John Watson’s bailiwick, where the boys will find 
“Unele John” supplied with his usual good lot of flyers. 


® 
The U. M. C. advertisement in the Forrest AND STREAM of 
Nov. 24 gives Mr. R. A. Welch the honor of winning the cham- 
pionship of Kentucky. This important match, was, however, won 
by J. QO. Ward, of Paris, Ky. Mr. Welch, on the other hand, is 
the holder of the Dupont trophy cup, won at Baltimore, Oct. 24, 
and defended at Interstate Park, Noy. 19) ‘by Killing 99 out of 100 


selected live birds. Both gentlemen used U. M. C. Trap shells 
in their respective matches. : 


_ the East Side Gun Club, of Newark, is going to make a day of 
it at targets on Thursday of next week, Dec. 13. In the afternoon 
the match between George H. Piercy, holder, and C. W. Feigen- 
span, challenger, for the E € cup and the individual championship 
of New Jersey at targets, will be the chief feature on the pro- 
gramme. As Thursday is the regular date for the monthly club 
shoot of the East Side Gun Club’ its\ members and- friends are 
likely to turn out in good force. (Wer ie. 


Refreshments will be ae 


Manager Shaner intends to show up in this city about. Tuesday 
of next week, so as to have a day or two sightseeing Prior to at- 
tending the annual meeting of the Interstate Association, which 


will be held on Thursday, Dec. 132—~Mr. Shareér’s annual report” 


will this year be of special interest, the two Grand American 
Ilandicaps (at live birds and targets) being subjects full of interest 
and suitable for criticism at the hands of such an expert as the 
manager of the Association. 


John Wright’s live-bird tournament at Interstate Park, ‘ues- 
day of next week, Dec, 11, is the main attraction for that week 
at New York city’s headquarters for trapshooters. ‘The pro- 
gramme is a popular one, judging from the comments on it to be 
heard around Sporting Goods Row; the attendance therefore should 
he correspondingly satisfactory. 


The Hamilton Gun Club is ptitting forth every effort to make its 
eleventh annual tournament on Jan. 15-19 at Hamilton, Can,, the 
most successiul shoot in the history of the club. The programme 
will be made up of live-bird and target events, and $1,200 in gold 
will be added. Programmes will be ready for distribution shortly, 


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. John J. Hallowell shot a race recently with W. Schuler, of the 
Cincinnati Gun Club, at 50 liye birds per man, and John lost the 
match by 1 bird, scoring 46 to Mr. Schuler’s 47. It was no dis- 
grace to lose the race, as he was conceding dyds. to his op- 
ponent, standing at 33yds., as against ayds. 


The Mount Kisco Rod and Gun Club announces a target tourna- 
nent at Mount -Kisco, N. Y., on Dec. 12. There are twelve events 
on the programme, and extra events will be shot if time per- 
mits. Shooting will begin at 10 A. M. Paid representatives may 
shoot for targets only. 

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On Noy. 3 the Interstate Park Association invited the members 
of the G. A. H. committee to serve on a committee to devise 
handicaps for the-contests at Interstate Park, other than regular 
contests, and receiying a favorable response, Dec. 15, at Inter- 
State Park, is fixed upon for the meeting, ' 


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The Baltimore Shooting Association claims Apri] 9-12, 1901, as 
dates for its eighth annual spring tournament at Baltimore, Md, 
Two days will be devoted to target shooting, with $100 added to 
each day’s events, and two days to live birds, with $500 guaranteed. 
Mr. H. P. Collins is secretary. 


‘J. S. Fanning took in the holiday shoot at the grounds of the 
Sing Sing Gun Club. The shoot was at both live birds and 
targets, but rain marred the day’s sport. On Saturday he went 
to Philadelphia, -and shot on the Keystone Gun Club’s grounds at 
Holmesburg Junction. = ‘ 


On Dec. 8 the South Elizabeth Guin Club will shoot a six-men 


team race at targets with the Forester Gun Club on the latter’s — 


grounds at Newark, N. J. Thete will, also be a handicap mer- 
chandise event, and shooters are inyited!/to attend and take part 
in the shooting. 

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Harold Money is keeping up his winning gait-on liye birds. 
On Thanksgiving, Day he won the holiday cup at the Carteret Club, 
scoring 34 straight from the 30yd. mark.| The runner up was J. 
B, Daniels, also 30yds., who scored 33 before losing a bird. 


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IN NEW JERSEY. 


‘Trenton Shooting Association. 


Trenton, N. J., Nov. 29.—A large crowd -witnessed the Thanks- 
giving Day shooting of the Trenton Shooting Association. The 
shooters had a pleasant day’s sport, and kept the magautrap 
working until darkness put an end to the sport. Owing to the 
length of the turkey portion of the programme it was necessary 
to withdraw the Winchester gun event, which will be shot at a 
later date. It will be noticed that Secretary Thomas won three 
of the four turkeys. It was gently intimated to him that if he 
won the fourth a riot would be the consequence, so to oblige the 
crowd he gracefully dropped three goose eggs where they would 
do the most good, and thus saved his skin. In the shoot-off of 
eek No. 8, miss-and-out, Widmann scored 35 and Elbert 34. 

cores: 


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Nos. 5, 6, 7 and § were turkey shoots. 


Sesquihota Gun Club, 


Phillipsburg, N. J., Nov. 29.—Fivye members of the Sesquihora 
(an hour and a half) Gun Club faced the traps for their first live- 
bird shoot of the season, Thanksgiving Day aiternoon. The birds 
were a lively lot, and flew fairly well, but owing to damp weather 
and light rain they were hard to sight. In spite of this, C. E. 
Vough, better known as; Col. Vough, the yeteran, and president 
of the club, lad his eyes open. Conditions, 10 live birds, 30yds. 


rise. Score: i 
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Vought. ne 111121121110 Duckworth .......-. 1111200021— 7 
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Newark, N. J., Nov. 29.—The Forester Gun Club held a holiday 
shoot on its grounds here to-day. After the live-bird eyen the 


shooters sat down to a luncheon served gratis by the club,é Then — 


followed the target events for poultry, all handicaps; Terrell, of 
the South Side Gun Club, won two turkeys; Kling, of the, Seveh 
Elizabeth Gun Club, won one turkey, and.-D;"Flemins won a' pair 
of chickens. This was one ofthe largest shoots = 
same time, and we hope to equghtt-.en- is 

bird event was Shot at 10 A, M, 
entranee, 27yds. rise, 50yds. boundary. 
flyers. Mr, Asa Whitehead was referee. 
the turkey and chicken events. 


Liye-bird event: 


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The birds were all. good 
Nos. 5, 8, 13 and 1b 4vere 
The scores: yee 


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Shooting at Singac, 


Singac, N. J., Noy. 29.—The largest crowd seen here for some 
time came out to Bunn’s shooting grounds this afternoon to 
witness the shooting. The principal event was the three-men team 
match at 15 birds per man, $30 a side. Considerable money 
changed hands on the result, and there was much good-natured 
bantering by the friends of both teams.- The birds were of good 
quality, with some first-class Hyers sprinkled in here and there. 
After the live birds gaye out there was shot a 25-target event for 
a gold medal, which was won by Klotze by 1 bird. Chris Wright 
turned up late, and couldn’t resist the temptation to shoot, so 


he borrcwed gun after gun until he finished 25 targets. The scores: 
Team race: 

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UX AP Uititd Weasley stevie lees Magee Brae lelneseinthae elsten 002122002222022—_10—24. 

Di TWicaveias tute dels Maser rater tetera 110020029220200— 7 

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IG tGhieqs SEE RER WALBERG UMC BRemnma esi ered pages 2221022(0222002—10—30 
No. 2, 5 birds, $3, 30yds. rise: ; 

Morea SS dentate Q0012—2 Francisco ...........:s<: 01220—3 

Stalteis erg. Meas scce .-02102-3 E Weaver ...............00111-3 

AG loyeate= 55554 ABABA RR AR RAS 022124 Hopper ..........2...0:- 221115 
No. 3, shoot for gold medal: z 

Sialterh Bahasa ts ch eho oor ss eines 1001110111001010111011011—16 

Welotze> Aye Seo 5 ceases ONS ES ayo bapeews leer eer 0111111111001117111111101—21 

Woy ete ow EE Dice Pep ee pate eotgesenitie peti nite acy noeeoeinte 1011111111111111.01100101—20 

BUT stb ee rid eee ele TRUDE Hic 1111011009111110101011111—19 

ManwWankde: goeunelonon lilorern iinet Seeiee 1411111110101101111.00111—20 
Practice, for birds, strange guns: 

VIED 24, Cuan cps em pee Dyes Met one 0111191101000111111010111—18 


Referee, Wm. Dutcher. 


Hudson Gun Ciuh, 


Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 2—The Hudson Gun Club held its 
regular weekly club shoot to-day, Event No. 6 was the club shoot 
at 25 targets, Sergeant system, and was won by Dudley with 2% 


breaks. The next shoot will be héld on Dec. 16, and all shooters 
are welcome. Scores: i 

Events: o 45 6 7 8 910 
Targets 15 10 10 25 15 10 15 10 
Dreyer ee. Jen wc ecus stxsele@eccsty . 139 $2314 811 8 
iGablinciressers tee op canieeeeer en the fC if -Byalr ee itt ager ox 
Recitnogierte<susadianss Bin ytd se . TES om (item stare dae 
Vanvibyiie Woes cet) aie ie i OPS Oa Saar SUN ne 
F Schovyerling 1, 2b) dou BS nL aye, oe 
Duke li 7 91912 810 4 
.. 9107718 9123 8 
AY NG Oe ee yan 
iP: RE ye Weber & 
Pepe meee. See 
SERRE cb ssbb Sane EDOGOCe A - 820 7 71010 

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Ee eile cee xieeemeneet re ecto moe 
Whitley ot lagen ee 

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At A. Scuovertine, Ass’t Sec’y. 
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Gloucester Gin Club. 


Gloucester City, N. J., Nov. 29.—The Thanksgiving Day shoot 
of the Gloucester City Gun Club was held to-day, the results being 
as follows: i 

Match, 10 birds, $25 a side, 2lyds. rise, S0yds. boundary: J. 
McQuaid 9, B. Martell 8. oe 

Miss-and-out, $2 entrance: L. Groves 2; J. Hewlings 1, G. 
Horneft 0. i 

Match, 5 birds: E. Foster 2, G. Hornef 2. 
Hornefi 1. 


Ties: Foster 2, 


The Kansas City—Omaha Series. 


Omaua, Neb., Dec. 1.—The third intercity shoot for the team 
championship of the Mississippi Valley between teams of ten men 
from Kansas City and Omaha respectively was completed this 
evening, and the ten wing shots from Elliottville walked off with 
the honors after one of the most remarkable pigeon-shooting 
matches on record, winning by a narrow margin of 4 birds on an 
aggregate score of 455 to 451. The match was ten men on a side, 50 
birds to the man, and besides being stubbornly contested, broke 
all individual and team records for contests of this character. 
Both-teams beat all former records for teams of ten, and the 
Kansas City men made an average of 91 per cent. out of a possible 
500 birds. Another record-breaker was the performances of Jim 
Elliott, Walter Allen and Clint Cockrill, all of whom grassed 
their 50 straight,-a feat never before done by any individual shooter 
in these intercity races. The race between Jim Elliott and Dan 
Bray was a grand one, and was shot in 31 minutes, which is 
probably the time record for a 100-bird contest. It was a pretty 
struggle, too, as Elliott was in great form, centering his birds 
and killing them so cleanly that it would have discouraged any- 
body but the “one-eyed iceman,” as Bray is familiarly known. 
Bray shot well, hitting all of his birds hard, but was unlucky 
enough to lose 3 dead out of bounds. 

The shoot commenced Friday morning with Clint Cockrill and 
Billy Hardin at the score, and the Kansas City man, Cockrill, set 
his rival a merry clip, killing his 50 straight. The pace was too 
fast for Hardin, who was cledrly out of form, and at the end he 
was 11 birds behind.: 


C. Cockrill, Kansas City........,..-. 2122221221221212121222222 95 
j 222.2222121222229222122222 25 50) 
W Hardin, Omaha.<...20...0eceseees 120122212111222**11112221—22 


21*21101101101101**111011—_17—_39 


W. A. Smith, of Kansas City, and Gus Bersheim, of Omaha, 
were the next pair tojface the traps, and the Omaha man beat 


‘his opponent and cut ‘down the lead of the visitors by 3% birds. 
_ Smith is.ainew man at, the match game, and his score of 40 


was 

not surprising to the students of the sport: 

J -Bershéim, Omaha....,..... oH AStH 0222022122220211211221011-—21, 
212*222021222220122202222- 99-43 


“WaG Sinith, Kansas City...... 4 = -0212202222121002222222221 91. 
hav GEL Ga Ink: t= : 


a Je Rag ee ee ——-222022*222211222202200220—19 40 
Dick Kimball and F. N. Cockrill, two old rivals, were the third 


- pair to meet, and the latter shot in bad form, scoring only 41, 


while Kimbalf-grassed 47. This was very gratifying to the Omaha 
contingent;as vit reduced the Kansas City lead to 2 birds: 
.F N_Cockrill;Kansas City.......... 022012*122220220929999192—21. 

if 222299299*29290911 #124220 20 41 


oo Kimball, Omaha. ...0c0.cccc0esee: 2299299929291 2922992912 98 


121222222222292919*099902 24 47, 


“Tom: Mattar) of Kansas City, was drawn against George Loomis, 
of Omaha, and the latter won by a score of 46 to 42, which gave 
Omaha the lead by 2 birds, Norton is a clever shot, and it is only 


~ ome i 


HEstise to him to say that his poor work was largely owing to his 
eing ill, Had there been a good substitute along with the Kansas 
City party he probably Rene not have taken part in the shoot: 
ter Looinisy (Omaha ween sntees nen 0022222222222222222 222222 —23 
. 22427222220222202220122220 23 46 
eee -Q222222"1 2222202"22202222—2) 
D2B2MZI22922200220"222*2 9142 
Walter Allen and Tom Kimball were the next pair to toe the 
Scratch, and as Alien was in great form and had all the luck in the 
rawing of the birds, he made a clean score, while Kimball lost ia 
his put Kansas City again in the lead by 3 birds, and they were 
never headed, although Umaha shot a good uphill race, and the 


result was really in doubt until the last two men met: 3 


T Norton, Kansas City....-..--:- 


W Allen, Kansas City..:...+..-+-++- 2111122212222202220121121—25 
. 22222222.222222201202222222—25—o0 
T Kimball, Omaha,.....-..... Beir 121221112011120222222"12—21 


22222221222" 2222222722222—24 45 

. W. Bramhall, of Kansas City, and ‘Plumber’? Read, of 

Omaha, closed the first day’s argument, and as the Kansas City 

than beat his opponent 2 birds on a score of 44, the visitors were in 
the lead 5 birds when the first day’s shooting ended: 


Macs POINATIAD tps gn: 505-58 ee a? 02202222222222299222*22"22—21 
y 222202222220 222222202222 21 _42 
J Bramhall, Kansas City.........-.-. 222%022222022222022220102—19 


2112222229222022004222022 95 44 
This morning Dave Elliott and Jim Smead were the first to meet, 
and it was a battle royal, as each man scored 49 out of 50, an 
the lost birds both feil dead out of bounds. Smead lost his first 
bird, a fast left-quarterer, that was knocked down, but was lost 
partly by bad retrieving by the boy who went after the bird. He 
was steady, however, and missed no more. Dave lost his twenty- 
fifth, which wobbled out of bounds, although hard hit: 


D Elliott, Kansas City........5...--- 212211121221211122121122*—24 
141.2221122111211222112122 2549 
J Smead, Omaha...... SeRGaobhyesohs *22.2212222222222222212221— 24 


21221112212211222122122231—25—49 

“Cook”? Herman, of Kansas City, next locked horns with Frank 

Crabill, and the latter beat the Kansas City man by 1 bird, re- 
ducing the visiting team’s lead to 4 birds: 


Grabs wmmiahatrysja.-tne ase aaa 22222;.22222211220212"1122—23 
; 21221222021222222222222**—22 45 
€ C Herman, Kansas City........... 0222122122111221121121102—23 


1212211212012102220112202—21—44 


At this stage the Omahas did a very cleyer piece of generalship- 
Gottlieh was tke Kansas. City man to shoot, and it was expected 
that Dan Bray would be pitted against him, but the Omahas 
figured that Chris would not shoot as good a race against old 
“Buffalo hump’ Parmelee, and they trotted him out against 
Gottlieb. The foxy play worked to a charm, as Parmelee beat 
Chris 3 birds, and thus cut down the Kansas City lead to 1 soli- 


tary bird: 


C Gottlieb, Kansas City....-...... «21%2222211212022121222222—23 
222*210222222222102222122 22 45 
F Parmelee, Omaha.........+....,.--- 2222020222909 222020222229 25 


0222222222222*12222222222— 93 48 


Jim Blliott and Bray then closed the incident, as above stated, 
and the battle was won for Kansas City on a record-breaking score. 

In the two former matches the Qmahas won both on scores of 439 
to 487 and 444 to 441. Another match will probably be shot at 
Kansas City in January, 

The weather was ideal for trapshaptings being clear and cool, 
and the clever work of the shooters was all the more commendable, 
as the birds were a fast lot of strong flyers. There was very little 
flagging necessary, and the birds broke fairly even, excepting in 
the Allen-Tom Kimball match, in which the Kansas City man was 


lucky: 
LO rehehey AOS ype ier soos oe e ee B28 08202282220 —23 

: 2221222211*22229220999122 94 47 
yj AR Elliott, Kansas City.......-.. 1112222221111222222222911 95 


2221122112221211122111211—25—50 
Recapitulation—Kansas City 455, Omaha 451. 


WESTERN TRAPS. 


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Garfield Gun Club, 


Cnicaco, Nov, 29.—The following scores were made on our 
grounds to-day, the occasion being our fourth trophy shoot of the 
season. Twenty-one members participated in the trophy event, 
many others coming too late to enter that event, as it closed to 
entries at 3 o’clock sharp. These took Patt in the sweepstakes 
which followed. We shot 544 pigeons, and everybody had a good 
time, darkness closing the game. Honors were divided between 
R. Kuss, Dr. Mathews and Von Lengerke, all killing straight. 

The birds were a fair lot. There was no wind, and it was not 
cold enough to be uncomfortable: 

Trophy event: 

k Fanning, 29.,.... 211111101*— 8 

Koss; 8h ee » .2222211222—10 
NM Nusly, 28....221101011.— 8 
F Barnard, 30.,.,..0111112112— 9 


S Palmer, 31....-.. 2101212111— 9 
Von Lengerke, 31. .2222222222—10 
Mrs Dr Shaw, 26...2102121201— 8 
C P Richards, 28..1020102212— 7 


1. Thomas, 28.....,.,12201*2221— 8 *Hicks, 31.........- 11211111*1— 9 
Dr Meek, 31..-.-.... *11111112*— 8 *F Barnard, 30..... 1111212111—10 
CeReh 2s sear 011202141*— 6 Dr Liddy, 29.......1222120212— 9 
T P Hicks, 31.....1d111*1110— 8 T W Eaton, 29..... *1020010U2— 4 
W Kuss, Z9........ 1121111202— 9 *C€ H Kehl, 27..... ,2122001102— 7 
Dr Shaw, 31....... 22*2222272— 8 A McGowan, 27...0120011220— 6 
Dr Mathews, 30....2112211221—10 
*Extras. 
Sweepstakes: Z 

No. 1 No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. 
R Kuss SSenscaennngcrry 202022—4 220222—5 222222—6 1111226 
Hanniige <s.esessenes- 21102*—4 - 20*121—4 we tess 
Wusly. t..:s.scoe5 .112012— 220220—4 011012—4 1*1111—4 
leigrktrl ves ee = eboehe 211222—6 211112—6 122220—5 021102—4 
UAE RES Se Re ERIE BS 101202—4 0022*1—3 211200—4 221210—5 
W Kass ......--: Sites sesieteier 10111*—4 1112216 ~~... 
IDR PME akan yes seeks PALI ep ce cone 8 A a 
£270) We aatrrd dees Me ates pA iy eek ORR AE, 
13 GOS Men an Baste pecs See 111121—6 211111—6 11114 
Richards .-.... At One ears mene 127111—5 
nv} No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. 
SPA TSIOS, Uk beranenct rah Ae tear ere sai J1*—5 ~~... ' ariel ae. 
OP MRIGnArd Ssh titet ter ci felsin icine ose 1*12*1—4 ath age. | ates F 
IME ISGHALAS Ae vevipreislesiels=)s seri 012*20—3 0001012 ...... 
hamas cose nee acta ileieu tris Asner eeeen ABR BES 
Tet Stee ate Saree a Pipe earn ss 121212—6 2111*2—6 110211—5 
OT MATE WSS ree et bast beers « Tene 111212-6 2122126 ...... 
Von Lengerke ....-.--eess-eees 2212226 2222226 a 
IDS Peder bYyedpre tbo a iota ae eas 012111—5 335 
"Ghidelhatod oy Gente ty Ee SRB SEe eet eae 222121—6 ka ans 
AUMicGowall pesecsorsecerewesb ot ake) sone + 102010—3 =... ss 
ir Shaw! (Pst pites eeak ‘ 1222226 ewok 
BSETATG! Fane eens db aasewseerereee bee ; 4*2012—4 Soc 
7 aS UIE” 3h 5995555 eae ee eee on eacrod lac se OOOOI0O—-A kee 
Miles Sail chive etcls ae cued 222012—5 212020-—4, 
Ove Ripe peePerreret eecceeeeee ere rr se 021171—5 =} 1) 
ipgetes hve ehh oo een eee en pene o 20100*—2 202*00—2 
(Gols eee sete: hrotensat srs eas's ae at 101010—3 1200023 
Baer emete NALS ise han tsestcepee pec ores c Vane, ee 
Dr Meek S55. Babak 212022— 


Dec. 1.—The following scores were made on our grounds to-day 
on {he occasion of the fifth trophy shoot of the season. R. Kuss 
carried off the honors, being the only one to kill straight in the 
trophy event. The birds were an unusually fast lot. The day 
was cloudy, and while not very cold, was chilling. The attendance 
was good, considering the fact of our having held an all-day shoot 
only two days ago: 


Trophy Shoot. Sweep. Sweep. 

N M Nusly, 28......- oo, 2212201201— 8 1021212212 - 9  2920100—3 
TR FISSIS Spe obs alaajaleinetel-inyeretertje 1212222212—10 122222112210 2222116 
Dr Shaw, 3l...---------44 992999112 9 1120121292 9 92121* 5 
Mrs Shaw, 25..-.. Veen nes celee0tIIOl— 8 eee 010021—8 
T W Eaton. 29...-..2+-,--020011112— 6 21*122110*— 7 122770—5 
Mr Meek, 3l..... Ae ee peel M BRAND EARS Ae hoe 171201—5 

arnard.'80. .erscecs JO aonomoni— 6 3227139508 9 991118 
Dr Mathews, 28.......... 2220011292— 7 i1liliw 
Palmer, 31.-.ac¢ssee9-e++-0122220121— 8 1221220121— 9 
Midgley, 28... :snesseyes eIN2210112— Rs... . eee 
Hicks, 31......- wl PUIZII— 8 =—-111111111—10 
Dr Graves. ‘28:..... --.0210710290— 6 = B*¥ONT1110— 5 


0101120"10— 5 


--,2011011101~ 7 eee 
Dz. J. W. Mzex, Sec’y. 


Stuchlik, 28.-1.----)--- 


. Adams, 29..... #11 U220220U2110— 9 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Shooting at Watson’s Park. 


Chicago, Til., Nov. 29.—John Watson’s Thanksgiving Day live- 
bird shoot was successiully brought otf to-day. here were three 
events—No. 1, at 6 birds, $2 entrance, class shooting; No, 2). at 
6 birds, $3 entrance, class shooting; No. 3, at 15 birds, handicap, 
$5 entrance, three moneys, Following these there was a match be- 
tween J. M. Keller and J. lax, at 25 birds, the lormer winning by 


5 birds, Whe scores: 
No. 1. No. 2, No. 1. No, 2. 
Roll ....,....-Q0122U-—-3 012022—4 Fax .....,....1bU100—2 2u201e—4 
Amberg ....-22U12uU-4 ~..... White .ss-s5- 12U211—5 + 10u121—4 
202**2—3 Gils ei) oc ee Hopes 
22*111—5 (ier .o. as 112226 .....4 
j . ane ‘ Willard ae ese here 222201—5 
Lovell ,cr,.+-UWUI2Z1U-—-8 eam. 
No. 3d: 
Cornwell, 29,..00222122012210010 O’Brien, 29... 1*0017111122*22—11 
Healy, 30...... Ol*02eZuLlvLiiu— 9 Willard, 30... 092111 221222212—14 
Lovell, ¥8.,..-.2210Zz11s0llu— 9 Roll, 80.......1d22zsludi2cive—1s 
Gillis, 29.....4. TM WZ1Z1220u2—12, Amberg, 30....Uzlizliziz22ti2—14 
Sellers, 29...-.VlIMQUZLITIIUU— 9 Creyk, 30...... QLUUUIL21142122—12 
White, 28..... 222UU 200 L11201— 9 
Match at 25 birds: : 
J M eller ly. wastes tedeitemstag EEE etalk 12:9114110211112121 2221 111—22 
NCUA PH Ste 8 aed oe RCE eer cea ULUL0L22L0221U10U21101—17 


Chicago Gun Club, 


Dec. 1.—The Chicago Gun Clnb held its club shoot here to-day. 
The conditions were 15 live birds, handicap, two high | guns, 
Lovell won first high gun with 14, and alter shooting at.’ birds 
in the shoot-off of the tie, Willard and Steck divided second high 
gun, it being then too dark to see to shoot further. Before the 
club event a number of the members indulged in practice shoot- 
ing. Scores: ; 

Willard, 31..,,101222111121*22—13 Cornwell, 29. . .00122211*220222—11 
Hollidgy, 30...2220z21zzuz2121--13 Steck, 30...... 122220012122212—13 
Mitchell, 28...1U0122u11022111—1) Lovell, 28....- Qi 22222202.1112—14 
Balmer, 27....-WU1210001.01121— 8 
Milleken, 28. ,.1110*2120*100*0— 7 
King, 28.::...- 0200001252 J02v1-— 6 
Waliers, 28.,..10112010211"101—10 
Bowles, 28.....022210000122002— 8 


Dr Miller, 30.122121011*11222—13 
Roly Ble. 1222*0122271221—12 
Dr Carson, 29,222110012122112—13 
Mrs Carson, 27.121111010010212—11 


Mael?) 28.0.0. 0211212121111*1—13 
Ties a 
Wallac Fite tee 12221221—8 “Carson si cecceess ere een 10 —1 
Elio Licey teers Wenacceer ress 20 —1 Mack e1yetll20 —4 
INNS tod Sed deo Sais 1212120 —6 Steck s.sccendesteanens 11222222—8 
Practice: 
AKiaMNeneal” Py. oOe ids Bersere feu +» 22202212021 2122112221 22222991 1111212211 
[egssibeie. ee nerney inne Ghee Cots, 21222211120222120101 
IasLN PiecdAnipeosereopeecennc ee 210221121222 
TS a Oe SB peepee rer tyne mr os 2102011 "2111 
WES SS ee erga es 011112010 
Wescott uJ. .ceedthenesapoasnes 0111012u00 
betes » Coaohootosaestads Sisco pe ys 221212 
King : ......0221101010 
MERTON, BALL, BS emer 634458 121:2202221021011211 
IMftoHelle Met see heritnases ae geeene 202100202111 
[IeTUScuitas atc mten-s hae renee tas 202000 
WE OS ould ore tee ried crcore eee 002122 
Nabi Aha Gcldenrersse ceed bras: 242112222011 


Maids | Bj RAVELRIGG, 


Pennsylvania Traps. 


Florists’ Gun Club, 


Philadelphia, Pa., Nov, 27.—The final contest for the S. C. 
Parsons trophy was held by the Florists’ Gun Club at Wissino- 
ming to-day. There was a strong wind, which made the shooting 
difficult. The club contest was to be at 50 targets—30 targets 
reversed angles and 10 pairs—but owing to the extremely high 
wind, which made it impossible to throw pairs with any degree 
of regularity, 20 targets at unknown angles formed the latter half 
of the event. Mr, Will K. Park wins the trophy with 8 points to 
Wee credit, Messrs, Anderson and Bell following in the order named. 

cores: 


Reversed, Unknown. Handicap, ‘Total. 
Purtonpeteandgucesys bleed exact 22 8 14 54 
Woanpie dats eaet eek Eater eran 12 20 51 
Westcott 10 ry 51 
Sheeler ...,...,.- 9 20 46 
Eisenlohr 11 15 46 
Anderson 15 6 43 
Rinjthi cee nag ees a sede erate 10 13 40 
Wee Hea retliete mri swietetissclesteleieicters 1 5 17 ey? 
GEOL GE Ware cece meet viet cestes 8 14 me 22 
Wry OMerSHGiis.ces ee haus bone se i Ar a4 19 
LEI NC lame cares es Elekta istatans maineeeta 8 5 we 13 


Champion match: Anderson 87, Eisenlohr 31, Westcott 31, Dorp 
$1, Burton 30, Smith 27, Sheeler 26, McKaraher 20. 


Keystone Shooting League. 


Holmesburg Junction, Pa., Nov. 29.—A large crowd gathered at 
the grounds of the Keystone Shooting Teague to-day to witness 
the holiday shoot. Twelve shooters took part in the contest, which 
was at 20 live birds, handicap rise, $10 entrance, birds extra. The 
birds were very fast for the first 15 rounds, but after that were in- 
ferior in quality. Mr. If. W. Budd was the only man to kill 
straight, and only two men scored 19, Scores: McCoy, 80, 17: 
Vandegrift, 30, 16; Henry, 30, 17; Geikler, 28, w.; Morris, 28, w.: 
Van Loon, 28, 19; Brewer, 30, 18; Budd, 30, 20; Jones, 28 163 
Felix, 29, 18; Hauff, 28, w.: Martin, 28. 19) 

Sweepstake, 7 birds, 30yds., rise. $3 entrance: Vandegrift 7, 
Henry 7, McCoy 6, Felix 6, Geikler 6, Morris 4. 

Holmesburg Junction, Pa., Dec, 1—The regular weekly club 
handicap of the Keystone Shooting League was not as well at- 
tended to-day as usual. The birds were a mixed lot, and proved 
puzzling to the shooters, not a straight score being made. J. S. 
Fanning was a guest of the club, and did excellent work, his 


only lost bird being on the 4th round of the club shoot. The 
scores: 

etiam Ontos eet 112212112*—9 McCoy, 30\......... 2242999998 __& 
Brewer, 30.........- 122122202*—& Tueedom, 28........-. 
Fitzgerald, 29....-. 1121001217 Geikler, 28...........2 

Banning. S802 eee 21202112229 Wan Loon, 29 


Sweepstake, 5 birds, $2 entrance: Wlenry 5, Fanning 5, McCoy 
5, Geikler 5, Brewer 2. Shoot-off for the purse, miiss-and-out: 
Henry 8, Geikler 14, McCoy 15. 

Sweepstake, 7 birds, $3 entrance: Fanning 7, MWenry 6, Brewer 
6, McCoy 6, Geikler 6, Van Loon 6, Fees 6. Shoot-off for second 
on ey McCoy 4, Fees 3, Van Loon 3, Henry 3, Geikler 2, Brewer 
withdrew. 


Lehigh Rod aod Gun Club. 


Philadelphia, Pa.,; Noy. 29—The Lehigh Rod and Gun C)juh’s 
second annual tournament was held -ta-day near Tarresdale, Five 
10-target sweeps were shot, in addition to a team match between 
twelve men belonging to the club.- The scores: : 

Team match; _ F malts: AL, oh ole 

Donnell’s Team—MNonnell 17, Reed 16, Tatrd 17, Dalton. 15, Mc- 
Kay 13, Brownell 18, Manley 15, Knight 18, Ivins 14, Irwin 20 
Hoffman 14. Bancroft 13; total 185, es . 

Stevens’ Team—Stevens 17, Chester 16, Tubbard 18, Porter 17 
Atkinson 16; Morgan J2. Robinson 14, Morris 16, Kniebert 13” 
Ware 10, Bengston 12, Whitaker 17; total 178, r 


Sweepstakes: i 

Events: 123 45 Events: a) ee RS 
Hubbard --......- Se pei SULKSHSSTErS , jas. eth eae Bs 
Donnell ....... Heat clog eid) elt Wot, tie esas Saeed GPL epee y 
Atkinson @:beree Th S Aste Mickssive Wsackass 142 5 8 44°56 
Ponte a4: pte ie eo a4 ieee nerbier seeks St As Hea or 
Neo reatin tom taeetaers icc? Late s De While 
Worris ..s.: ree tie be 8, te: 6 46448 
Whitaker ......: hkl (Gots 3h 44636 
Stevens! ¢22-cs2s..- Graf Rees CO Nim SE by 

eed 6567 8 yee Shige 
Manley . . 6 6 5 Ro. eee tie 
Robinson Gi cde 8 eS eatehts ote... cot eman 6 5 4 4 
Tvins fo Ge RL Ae He me LUCE ete ety ee c verer noe Oy Ae 8 
Trwin 610 8 9 8 Hoffman ...-....... 56 6 4 6 
Bancroft ......:s55 6 4 8 4.8 ; 


Frankford Gua Club. % 


Bridesburg, Pa., Nov. 29.—The Frankford Gun Club’s final 
target shoot of the season was held to-day. Ten events were shot, 
all at 10 targets, and the scores were as follows: on 

No, 1: Pepper 9, Johnson 8, Puff 8, George 8; Ridge 7, Krier 7. 

No. 2: Ridge 9, Johnson 9, Krier 8, George 8, Putt 6, Lepper 5, 

No. 3: George 8, Krier 8, Johnson 7, Kidge 7, Put 6, Mepper a, 

No. 4: Puff ¥, Ridge 7, Krier 7, George 6, Pepper 6 Ai 

No. 5: Green 8, Johnson 8, Krier 7, Smith 7, George 6, Eugene 
5, Ezrah 4, ‘1homas 4. oe 

No. 6: Johnson 9, George 8, Thomas 8, Green 7, Morrison 6, 
Cummings 6, Smith 4, Krier 4, Ezrah 4, Bucher 0. 

Wo, 7: Smith 8, Thomas 8, Cummings 8, Green 7, Johnson 6, 
George 6, Eugene 5, Ezrah 5, Morrison 4 

No. 8: Thomas 9, Smith 9, Krier 8, Johnson 8, Eugene 7, George 
6, Cummings 4, Ezrah 4, Green 3, Morrison 3, 

No. 9: Smith 9, Eugene 9, George 8, Krier 7, Johnson 7, Thomas 
6, Puff 5, Ezrah 3. at 2 

No. 10: Smith 10, Krier 8, George 6, Eugene 5, Cuinmings 4, 
Puff 3. 2 


Miss Huntzinger Defeats Mr. Reinoehl.. 


Lebanon, Pa., Noy. 29.—Miss Ray Huntzinger, better known as 
“Little Hawkeye,” of Gloucester, N, J., to-day defeated Mr. 
Francis H. Reinoehl, of the Keystone Gun Club, at Avon, by a 
score of 18 to ll. Scores: ‘ ot = 
Miss R Huntzinger.....c..cresees vey ye 2112201 000212012110211110-418, 
Poo Remoehlincnseveeee cess s2-8 Damascus 0122002000011 010202 000L18—11 


West Chester Gun Club. 


West Chester, Pa., Nov. 28.—The semi-monthly shoot of the 
West Chester Gun Club was held to-day, the event being the de- 
ciding one in the race for a mantel clock, the second ciub prize. 
Henry won the clock with a score of 24, Third prize was also shot 
for at 25 targets, Howard scoring 19 and winning. Scores; -- 

Shoot for second prize: Ford 19, Hoar 19, Lumis 18, Henry 
24, T. Brinton 19, Gill 22, Murphy 8, Howard 20, C. Brinton 14, 
Beebe 18. ; 

Shoot for third prize:- Howard 19, Ford 16, Brinton 12 


Ambler Gun Club. 


Philadelphia, Pa., Noy. 29—The Ambler Gun Club held its 
regular monthly shoot at Ambler to-day, The club shoot was at 
25 targets, and the scores were: C., Mink 25, W. fiaywood 20, 
G. Conway 18, J. Seifert 18, M. McAloran 17, W. Dillon 16, 1. N. 
Yarnell 14, D. Nash 18, F. E. Yerkes 12, H. Bradford 12, J. 
Bradford 18, A. Knight 12, E. Johnson 10, A. Thomas 7, EK. 
Rotzel 7, S. Hamilton 2. 


Ossining Gun Club. 


Since Sine, N. Y., Nov. 29:—The first holiday shoot of the 
Ossining Gun Club was a great success, as far- as attendance 
was concerned, During the day thirty-one shooters iaced the 
traps. There were 245 live birds and about 1,500 targets trapped. 
A heavy shower started up when the programme was but, half 
finished, so the shooters were forced to retire from the score, 
Jack Fanning, of the Laflin & Rand Co., won new friends for 
himself by the smashing power he displayed. It was altogether a 
pleasant little shoot, even if the gzsounds were hard and the 
running gear crude. We will leave the live-bird part of it out on 
our New Year’s Day programme, and things will then run more 
smoothly. The best shooting of the day was done by J. Fanning, 
Joe Carpenter, of Armonk, and Ike Tallman, who is always among 
the topnotchers. The scores of the target events: 


Events ee coe Aer we Tees 
Targets: 10 15 10 10 10 15 10 20 
Id bahoUbol ec arriass prmactichets moa arehottae .» 9 10-10 10 9 14 8 13 
Se SenWOOdenmnreegne eerie semestie nas Pouce tora. alee {th ue MIM te: 
GArperber age jansisaada st hen mes anes 5 12 8 10 10 1 8 «.. 
ORV VSHi Utpre tte erat tate ae meee Tadee ce ate (rime ee meh et be 
SECOC ee yan en ee eee ees Wt aes Hike tak cot’ Re L 
MO SHERWOOGN oosie ce nonkin econ orrae tess a aE ghee ma 1 ail 
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Bt Ae es ae oat oe ak 
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‘ y Or °S. (9 9 10h at 
JOR Ge Shute oa aaadoSneanagnn Ee he EDK ear mt 
C Washburn .onssocseeeee SS ootbonnns yee ate St eee = 
Hyland ...... eatcuepe ee Alber peh ate frog 4 ase = CG 
IRrOMER Condes setct+ eee ect eect ssas ae rt let etry St 1 
Srithat-pacsceree fad dba kk Ft ete oak as me wep aegete cee aye iM uae 
McAIpin ...---cceescecee Denies eee See Ghats tice teenies Je 
Rohr ...... Weaeiteistecivialel tte AAR EE MACOPEIC fy Ae a 85 ate am AE OR 
No. 8 was at 10 pairs, 
Scores of live-bird events: 
Onde No. 2. No. 3. No. 4 ' 
JHE PA eee a Pin cieleinaterctce ts 20101—3 = 22220—4 ee 12022—4 
Garpentemegias seca s cscs ne 22010—8 00220—2 oie nee ees 
r Sherwood, 27.........+. 00017—2 =10*11—3 pale. are 
DCCOM MAO fords neers = rig oe COUN cer ceri neg 3 
Fanning, 31. 2*222 4 112024 
Tallman, 30 21211—5 11202—4 
I Washburn, 29. 21120—4 02011—8 . 22001—8 
Thompson, W*I2—4 = yaa eg 
Rowland, 28...............22021—4 ..... ete ae 
Rohiree 26s aecaaeite tasers Ti Pastis 02092—2 Se Ah on Tip tee 
McAlpin, s260..50:ccss¢enae asses 1011-3 ass ae 
vate crete naedsaiene me alts 21220—4 rere USS eh 
Galpinspeciiacs sect esas means aes 3 00201—2 “steel eat ah 
(Qa eS sey benee eee errspored Hee a 02101—3 Ree; a a 
Bedell, 2720 wattteete ees ; 10211—4 + 00112—3 ae 
S Sherwood, 28..,-.-00008 «oes ADP Tee en ees =i 
Syraptdee, Wifes tea ree nee shy Soe, 11111—5 00111—3 Broce, 
L Sherwood, 28..........0 vos 114#"1—3 oa oe aie 
Retti 23s By a aaa. At ee Ee php a ee 
AVATLOT TM BOah aigteres ial ietees aie = Pe 10112—4 =. 292n0— 
B'andford. 29 opi 1222%_4 tied 
Kramer eee; eeece seo coe | ||US ST: 2020I—8 es 
Hyland, 29...::.. Rosier eae dee Rei O1112—4 129204 


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Take inventory of the good things in this issue 
of Forest AND StREAM. Recall what a fund was 
given last week. Count on what is to come next 
weck. Was there ever in all the world a more 
abundant weekly store of sportsmen’s readingP 


ON LONG ISLAND. ' 
Crescent Athletic Clut’s Holiday Shoot. 


* Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 29.—The Crescent Athletic Club's: holiday 
shoot was well attended. In the mam event, the Thanksgiving 
Day cup: shoot, Messrs. Edward Banks, scratch; H. M. Brigham, 
5, and W. W. Marshail, 11, tied for first with 45 breaks, and in the 
shoot-off Mr. Banks won the cup with a score of 47, thus breaking 
‘92 targets out of 100—45 out of 50 at expert rules, and 47 out of 60 
thrown from the magautrap. The Hagedorn lrophy was won by 
Mr, C. G. Rasmus, who, alter tieing Mr. C. Kenyon, Jr., won, out 
4m the shoot-off by a score of 29 to 27. Where were also several 
‘sweepstakes and prize events, in which Mr, Banks further dis- 
tinguished himsef by his exce.lent shooting from scratch, Scores; 
- Thanksgiving Day cup: 


—Expert— —Magautrap— Grand 
Hdcp. Total. Ildep. Total. © Toral, 

Ee Banks; Feini te isaenleles- 0 2 QO . 23 3 45 
HM Brigham............ 3 22 2 23 45 
WW Mlarshall........... 6 22 5 23 45 
G Stephenson, Sr......... 10 20 10 24 44 
G-W Hagedorn.........:- 3 20 2 22 43 
“H: B Vanderveer......... 5 21 5 «20 41 
G:Kenyon, Jr......scseess 6 19 5 21 4g 
FELB Stephenson. .......: 3 17 2 23 40 
Ded WEVeS ae. asenee br 9 15 a 21 36 
Ai TBoucher::.......55- 4 18 3 18 36 
VTA Rhett. teense eeee 6 i4 5 18 32 
PAS eB Ritettvecerdqnnc tet ae 4 16 3 16 BY 
E C_Hopkins...,, pene inv 16 6 15 31 
Br H L O’Brien........ 4 8 3 13 21 
.2 Ties: 

We: Banksr po. wens nsaemv ane 0 23 0 24 AT 
H M Brigham............ 3 23 — 2 21 44 
W > W Marshall............ 6 18 5 21 Bi) 


*,Hlagedorn trophy, 60 targets—J5 expert, 15 magautrap, 10 pairs— 
handicap: Kenyon, Jr., expert, handicap -4,, total 16; magautrap, 
handicap 3, total 14; pairs; handicap 5, total 17; grand total 46. 
Rasmus, 6, 15; 4, 15; 6, 16—46. Jere Lott, 2, 15; 1, 14; 2, 14—43. 
Hagedorn, 1, 12; 1, 14; 2, 16—42.- G. \W. Cropsey, 1, 13; 1, 12; 2, 
16—41. Boucher, 3, 18; 2, 12; 4, 15—10. Hopkins, 5, 14; 4, 15; 5, 
13—87. Vanderveer, 3, 18; 3, 12; 5, 12—87; Brigham, 2, 13; 1, 14; 
8, 886. Kryn, 1, 9: 1, 10; 2, 16—85. Danks, 0, 12; 0, 11; 0, 12—85. 
F. B. Stephenson, 2, 4; 1, 13; 2, 15—22. 

“= Shoot-off, 15 expert, 15 magautrap: Rasmus, 5, 14; 4, 15—29; 
"Kenyon, 4, 14; 3, 13—27. 

* Novice handicap, 15 birds, expert, handicap allowances added: 
Kenyon, 4, 15; Rasmus, 5, 15; Boucher, 3, 15: Marshall, 4, 12; 
‘Mead, 4, 11; G. Stephenson, Sr., 5, 11; J. M. Rhett, 5, 10; Hop- 
-kins, 5, 10; Vanderveer, 3, 10; A. B, Rhett, 8, 10; Lawrence, 4, 8 

Shoot-off: Kenyon, 4, 15; Rasmus, 5, 15: Boucher, 3, 15. 

Trophy shoot, 25 targets, handicap: Kenyon, 6, 28; Brigham, 3, 
22; Banks. 0, 22; Kryn, 2, 22; Vanderveer, 5, 21; E. L. Rhett, 6, 
21; Hagedorn, 3. 21; F. B, Stephenson. 3. 18: Boucher, 4, 18; 
Hopkins, 7, 16; Chapman, 10, 15; Dr. O’Brien, 4, 14. 

« Panel shoot, 26 targets, magautrap, handicap: Cropsey, 2, 25; 
Hagedorn, 2, 24; Kryn, 2, 24; Marshall, 5, 22;-Lott, 2,20; Brigham, 
2, 17. : 
\ Trophy shoot, 10 pairs, magautrap, handicap: Banks, 0, 18; 
Cropsey, 2, 17; Kryn, 2, 16; Hagedorn, 2. 16. 

Sweepstake, 10 targets, magautrap: Banks 10, Hagedorn 9, Ken- 
yyon 7, L. Rhett 7, Kryn 6, Brigham 6, Boucher 6, F. B, Stephenson 
5, Rasmus 4, Vanderveer 4, G. Stephenson, Sr., 4. 
- Sweepstake, 10 targets, magautrap: Banks 10, 
Akryn 9. 

: ree peteiices 10 targets, magautrap: Lawrence 8, J, M. Rhett 7, 
Mead 3. - 
Match, 15-singles, 5 pairs, magautrap:' Hagedorn 19, Kenyon 18. 
Match, 7 pairs, magautrap: Kryn 11, F. B.)Stephenson. 5. 


Crescent Athletic Clut’s Club Shoot. . 


Dec. 1.—At the regular club shoot of the Crescent Athletic Club 
to-day Mr. C. G. Rasmus scored a win in the first shoot for the 
December cup; his handicap of 11 giving him a full score. Mr, 
Rasmus also won the panel shoot, defeating Dr. J. J, Keyes in 
the shoot-off. The scores: 

December cup: 


Hagedorn 9, 


—Expert— —Vagautrap— Grand 

Hdep. Total. Hd-p. Total. Total. 
HCG Rasmipise b.setsess.-s 6 25 5 25 50 
Ve Ni Borlawd? a0cr tse. abh 24 9 25 49 
W G MecConville......... 12 25 10 23° 48 
Dirt piseVes ten aan tacts 9 23 7 25 48 
W W Marshail........... 6 23 ba 23 45 
H M Brigham..,......... 2 24 2 22 46 

“1 G Geddes... ..22-4..--+-- 1 20 1 22 42 | 
_C Kenyon, J 5 21 4 1S 40) 
I Banks... 5. -+. << .. 0 20 0 20 40 
G Stephenson, Sr........ 10 23 § 17 40 
We Ko Power. 22s. ee ne ue 18 7 17 35 
CeEeGhapmattctess2 sees 12 16 10 18 Bt 
F B Stephenson........+: 4 13 3 21 “24 
C J M.Dermott........+. 3 15 2 12 27 
Dr H, L O’Brien......... 5 125 2 4 11 93 

Panel shoot, 25 targets, expert, handicap: €. G. Rasmus, 6, 25; 


Sweepstake, 15 targets. expert: Banks 15. McConvi'le 8, Marshall 
8, Townsend 7, F. B. Stephenson 6, G. Stephenson, Sr., 5. 
Match, 25 targets, magauirap: Townsend 22, McConville 13. 


At luterstate Park. 


Nov. 27.—The attendance at the regular weekly club shoot of 
the Medi.us Gun Club to-day was very puur, only totir men putting 
in an appearance. Dr. Webber to-day put itito effect for the first 
time his new system of scoring pois im the cmb eyent, whereby 
a bird scored from No. 1 trap counts 1 point, a bird from No. 2 
trap, 2 points, ete. Dr. Webber won the ciub event, scoring 2¢ 


points. The scores: 

No. 1. No. 2 No. 3. 
Dr Webber, 30......... .222222.2)2—9 22-2221 12—8 «2.9, 901119 —7 
Leckwood, 29........... 1202122.22—9 2122022 .00—6 212112124)—9 
Wr Wailere OOM pen cse eae 01.2,21,11—8  1122021120—8 221102299 
Miapkins, 580) Sioscaseenss 129U111122—8 2117111211—9 11121722109 


The third of the series of Interstate Park handicaps was shot 
Nov. 28. There was more than the usua. interest dispiayed in the 
event. The competition was close and exciting. three men tieing 
With straight scores. Ihe birds were a good .ot, and there was a 
fair attendance of spectators. Stephen M. Van Aven, winner of 
the two preceding handicaps, did not take part in to-day’s event, 
he being out of town on a hunting trip. The scores: 


liomeasee Oe eee —fpRaenbiddidad 22 21111212212221.911 21221211 —95 
Captl Money, e8scancasnieadaderss tienen 01722522712 bw. 

Mental SU 83s oe Dab ottcdae not hres badcAbd 2 2221212222135 
Na eas ot! igs Weel tl 22111 212212*—24 
IROStArS MO, wap kee esos ce alee . 2222028 2221220222 22 93 
pi iopk ine eo0ewe te pease eee 122122121 2212221292912121 95 


New Utre.hv’s Holiday Shoct 


Nov, 29.—The Thanksgiving Day shoot of the New Utrecht Rod 
und Gun Club was marked by gocd scores and close shooting. 
The Holiday cup event, which was won by Geo. H. Piercy, of 
Newark, N. J., was to have been at 50 birds, but on account of 
the fast approaching darkness it was decided to shoot at only 40 
birds. The entrance fee was $20. <A 25-bird sweep, which was 
won by Piercy, and three miss-and-outs in which Piercy, Feigen- 


span and Jack divided, were also shot. Scores: 

GEOL sPiercy 0 195 eRe eee Sy nue 2222312912101 2w 

Tacks 29 caee sy 3ye I SOS cg ayy 22221122992"2792999999919- 95 
Hieivans pain, alse eee oo antated 22220229991299911 29999999. 94 
NES Tod eet Fee yeep GRE 7 Arann! 2 koro eee Oe 0* 221221120221 1222191 202026 
Lockwood, 28..... aks Rec Dale pea sy Seca 2110212112011202212211291 99 

Thanksgiving Day handicap: 

GM Piercy; 30.20.2052 a2: o-s>°9111 221222229299999099999%"19219929__98 
Yaak f29 ste s eee loa 122*1 20117112 °2*9211°2929119192 2°91971'9_ 39 
Feigenspan, 80...:...ccses- 2221221122121129022220299909] 191 9099%009 9 
Morfey, $1........< wot o eee 6122111212211 41111122121 997 112991091119 97 


De Wa Wynn, 29o cone. --111100220122111112011 21211122901 119209/)0 39 


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New Utrecht’s Club Shoot. 


Dec, 1.—The New Utrecht Gun Club’s regular weekly shoot was i 


held to-day. The main event was the Mauser handicap, miss-and- 


out, ‘Iuputz won the event, kiliing 13 straight. Scores: 

Mer hitan Pep eee nae 2222222122222 *Chapman, 28..,...... 22 

R A Wech, 30,...... 1zzz20 Kedivee Qeverecrs sen nls Perniate 212 

JaGky eed sas se a PE actros 22222 Capt Money, 20..,.- 0 

Leckwood, 29........11 H Money, 80........ 22222) 
Sweepstake, 15 birds, $5: 

Toplitz, 28.....122121222221ul1-14 Sykes, 28....,.01221000220w 

Wrelth edd... 2212122221 11U2i—A._/§§ Kay, 28.-.., .- O12212911220122—12 

(To 7 era 22*2uzizz2)1ziz—138 Capt Money, 29.112 22111111222 —14 


Lockwood, 28. .01*1..0122 2.012—10 
Chupman, 21. ..22Jv22122-25121—12 


Hempstead Gun Club. 


Hempstead, L. I., Nov. 29—The Hempstead Gun Club held a 
live-bird shoot on its grounds here to-day. Whe birds were a very 
fast lot, helped materially by a strong wind, and the shooting was 
difficuit. Scores: 

No. 1, 5 birds, $5 entrance, high guns, 28yds.; George Mollineaux 
5, Robert Carman 5, Fred Gildersleeve 4, R. S, Powell 4, Edward 
Lewis 3, George Houghton 1. 

No. 2, same: Fred Gildersleeve 5, G. Houghton 5, R. S, Powell 

4, Edward Lewis 4, George Mollineaux 3, W. Charik 3, A. Myers 
3, lke Carman 2, R. Carman 5. 
__ No. 3, 7 birds, $5, 28yds.:_ Fred Gildersleeve 7, E. Lewis 7, C. 
E Langdon 7, I. Carman 6, R. Carman 6, R. S, Powell 5, G. 
Houghton 5, A. Smith 5, G. Mollineaux 4, W, Charlik 3, A. Myers 
withdrew. 


H Money, 381. .2°2222122222222 14 


Sheepshead Bay Rod and Gun Club, 


Sheepshead Bay, L. L, Nov, 30.—Thirty members of the Sheeps- 
head Bay Red and Gun Club took part in the club live-bird shoot 
at The Cedars to-day. Four men, Messrs. W. Van Pelt, J. B. 


Voorhies, W. Boyle and D. J. Heffner, made straight scores in the’ 


club event, the conditions of whieh were 10 birds, handicap rise, 
274 to 28yds. Scores: ‘ 
Club shoot, 10 live birds, handica)): 


\, B Voorhies, 27...1122111111—10 L © Allen, 25.......0102021121— 7 
N Van Pet, 28....2222121211—10 J FE Rauscher, 25. ..202(120222— 7 
W. Boyle, 25...,.... 221112222110 G McKane, 27......U1UUT1Ic22— 6 
D J Heffner, 25....221229.221 10 G Tappen, 27......2220912040— @ 
G ilortis, 2/......- 2022222222 9 -Dr Hiuil, 25......:;. 2000121120— 6 


2212220221— 9 
--1112210012— 8 
. .2210022111— 8 
. 120N221212— 8 


R J Smith, 25 
H Koch, 27... 
J J Pillion, 27. 
F Lundy, 27... 


A Soeller, 24.,..,...2.05002222— § 
R KR Roderick, 24,,.2121110w 

De Eirn s ye liees 2 ees 0202110210— 6 
& Grand, 2b........202J010012— 5 


LI McKane, 27 220222222*— 8 P Suss, 25.....-..0. 1121w 
IPR SUSS, waledeel ales 12u1*2211— § I W Roderick, 24. .2011010w 
H J Montanus, 27..21212224)1I— 8 TD € Martin, 26..... 22210y 
H Kronika, 26...... 10-1121110— § P IK Kramer, 25.,..11010w 
W Lundy, 26....... 0U21220212— 7 A Busch, 25........ Ly22w ~ 


E H Voorhies, 25...02u0112111— 7 C P Gooper, 25....*120w 

Sweepstake, 3 birds: Pillion 3, F. Lundy 3, W. Lundy 8, Morris 
5, I. McKane 3, Van Pelt 3, Kronika 2, G. McKane 2, Boyle 2, 
E. Voorhies 1, Koch 0. 


Carteret Club. 


Garden City, L. I. Nov. 29.—Mr. Harold Money won the 
Thanksgiving ‘Day cup donated by H. Bramhal] Gilbert at the 
Carteret Club traps to-day. The event was at 10 birds, $10 
enirance, handicap rise and allowances, 27yds. and forward, one 
miss as a kill; 28yds., one miss as no bird. At the end of the 10th 
round Messrs, money, Ellsworth and Daniels were tied. The 
shoot-off was at 3 birds, and continued until Mr. Money had 
killed 84 birds and Mr. Danie.s 33. The scores: 

‘'‘lhanksgiving Day cup: 
D Ellsworth, 25....2222122222 10 IL T Duryea, 30...:111220212w 
J_G Daniels, 30....2212222122—10 W J Gordon, 26...022110w 


A Money, 30...,..- 2.222222 2-10 J Magee, 25........1 010w 
Capt Money, 29....222121*222— 9 Ri A Welch, 30.....00w 
‘lies: 
TEMP ON eye. BU setsm olay pen tenia tinties 222° 222 222 222° 222 292 222 222 
WB eDantelsw 30 sees sleek 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 2930 


Sweepstake No. 1, 5 birds, handicap, entrance $5: R. A, Welch, 
a0yds., 5; J. B. Daniels, 30yds., 5; Capt. A. W. Money, 29yds., 
4; W. J. Gordon, 26yds., 4; H. Money, 30yds., 4; D. Ellsworth, 
26yds., 3; L. T. Duryea, 80yds., 2; J. Magee, 25yds., 1. 

No. 2, miss-and-out, 30yds., entrance $5: J. B. Daniels 7, Capt. 
A, W. Money 7, L. T. Duryea 7, H. Money 2, J. Magee 1, R. A. 
Welch 0, W. J. Gordon 0, D. Ellsworth 0. 

No. 3, handicap, miss-and-out, entrance $5: W. J. Gordon, 26yds., 
3; L. T. Duryea, 30yds., 8; H. Money, 80yds., 8; R. A. Welch, 
30yds., 2; J. B. Daniels, 30yds., 1; Capt. A. W. Money, 29yds., 1; 
J..Magee, 25yds., 0; D. Ellsworth, 26yds., 0. 

No, 4, miss-and-out, 82yds., entrance $5: R, A. Welch 10, Capt. 


A.W. Money 10, H. Money 10, J. Magee 5, L. T. Duryea 1, W. ~ 


J. Gordon 0. . 
Hell Gate Gun Club, 


Dexter Park, L. L, Nov. 27.—Twenty-nine shooters participated 
in the monthly club shoot of the Hell Gate Gun Club to-day. Dr, 
O. T. Rouff and Mr. J. H. Voss killed their fu.l number ot birds. 
eee birds were a good lot, and the shooting was interesting. 

cores: 

Ciub shoot, 10 live birds, handicaps by distances and points; 
scores to count im the yearly ayerages for the annual prizes: 


Handicap. Points, WNilled. 
Dre Maiiiten sree weer sire eine ladibiere eases a 3u 7 10 
Col J H Woss.i.s. poem ae Nercate en lese Nb eae eats 30 fi 10 
1 IB yoessete ese sae eres) airs ayn abc 30 7 9 
ee oe leet Os Semen ohi odd hne accu tigd ccs 29 bye 9 
YE ye) iodo atem tnt oourasobpicr tcc 29 5u wy 
Gy Metrscharirdts scott c cece oie ea oe ee ee 28 5 9 
(ean ee. yee dae ee wikis MATa 28 5 8 
ATL” EGO 11) My crs 4) a ij arstecaala labile Die Rintoth, oral stare een aa 5 8 
AS Clutter ig ee wh hee late refo.cpere a ratermennarerereraree ne 5 8 
Thi GH Wheeler 4, 8 
J A Neumann 5 5 
P Woelful......... i 8 
FE Marquardt 6 vi 
W A Sands 6 T 
L T Muensch 6 7 
[te A, PREM eri, cree od aatapllee tere tee Votes Ein a release 7 7 
Te ISTIELE Pinaderde tors) yé)ttae cles tclal ted css eettettiaty Sees ae 6 “] 
WE SID TET EIN feet Lene eme es + emis i 9 
J H We tbrock 6 4) 
Pe aera Boe od RAM AB ARIES Haat Ab heir: orasircieion bub 6 
(EUR ins e re etna anc sahhhys cing: 5 4 
HI SG ersteman ;ascda ence nana ras ena en enrsns 30 7 6 
Pt Garin St ee yeee Os ete Nore st ey RY S 28 6 qT 
JRE Sehicnt eee. ccpierh hehe Ebb CeEEeeReCPeo nes 6 7 
EO Srafhensee cree cerberheb aber eke eke Peceee ere. 28 6 ‘4 
P Brennaghgen acpi eelet aera ab «tien ast atara a 28 aye § 
TV ETS g Ese etstinyse se vatg ga wbgearerets aracabniegr tevetgetertety AAs aaaAA 28 445 6 
Re Reean. ss... dy Eke sory MNP late and oP et 28 6 6 

Sweepstakes, 5 live birds, handicap: Wellbrock 5, Dr Rouff 4, 


Col. Voss 4 Woelful 4, Briet 4, Dietzel 4, Garms 3, Klenk 3, 
Relden 4, Foerster 3. 


At New London, Iowa. 


New Lonpon, Ia, Nov. 30.—The third shoot for the Peters 
trophy occurred on Thanksgiving Day and brought out a good 
numer of shooters. J. F. Pierson won the medal, shooting from 


seratch. There seems little danger of one man winning the trophy 
three times for some time to come, the men being so evenly 
matched. Scores: : 

P McDonald..... pe OCIICE 100000901000001100011100711010110010100 15 
Shannen jase Eeee 01011.000101100011.00111001001110101011010—20 
uh EAP AER Arey pies ce etonene hyd 0900000110010101011111011003101000000000—15 
fey (Cy MEN Oaxayit 445-5 Aad 110001000051111011011011000111 —17 
G J Andrews..........;.. 1111111010110011919301101 —19 
CoE 2€oGk, severe eeee 10001000111111001111111100 —15 
JT Bierson ans oe Ferolitafade « DMNA —22 


After the medal shoot several sweepstakes were shot for turkeys 
at 10 targets: ( 
No. 1: H. Shaner 9, G. J. Andrews 8 J. F_ Pierson 8, J, M. 
Cook 7, C. C. Pierson 8, P. McDonald 6, A. A! Hamel 7, (. E. 


Cook 8. 
No. 2: H-'Shaner 8, G. J. Andrews 8, J. Fy Pierson 7, C. E. 
Cook 7, J. M. Cook 7, C. €. Pierson 7. Andrews won the shoot-off. 
No. 8: G. J. Andrews 9, C. E. Cook 9, J. M. Cook 7, J. F. Pier- 
son 8, C C. Pierson 8 (€, E, Cook won the shnot-off. 
Ae |i i C. C. Pierson, Sec'y. 


| §Gore ai 59. 


« Omaha Gun Club, 
Omama, Neb., Nov, 24.—The members of the Omaha Gun Club. 


to-day shot-a 25-bird practice race and a 16-bird “handicap, $5 
entrance; 60 and 40 per cent. division. Scores fol,ow: 


Hardin, BU eect ack ae bre eee + = 1)2211121222 217111212110—23 
Locmmis, 30 1112112122122" 1112222921) 98 


++7222112021211222 2212127923 
» « -22122120222122221222* 1312 23 
«-011112111.2121112212122111—93 


Crabill; a 1222141210221121110112712—23 
Ub Petco eee Sates tare ey wera eed Prboeeds certs 212121121101011111311*222—99 
Tewnsend)- 33.....2..4: cacugont bE ovimcse 1422011221 *22.221122011*—20 
Bisiter ae Uunnner Aa emer eresasecceveee oO) 1211121401211122121*22* 20 
I6105 8 3 Sora seietcre (aisee role Sous Ewen pa elm 1110110100121015 202111111—19 
Waites HOS Ee eit parcorerenscoocses dost IIOIUIIO000L21*120021—16 


Elliott Challenges Welch for Dupont Trophy. 


_Excerstor Sprines, Mo., Nov, 26, 9 A. M.—Editor Forest and. 
Sirgam: I herewith inclose you check for $25, forfeit, and chal- 
lenge Mr. Robert A. Welch to shoot for the Dupont Cup, under 
tulés governing the same, J. A. R. Exniort. 
[Check for $25 received.] 


. Ztifle ange and Qallery. 


Cincinnati Rille Association. 

lH following scores were made in regular competition by mem- 

bers ot the Cincinnati Rifle Association at four-Mile House, 

Keading road; Nev. £5. Conditions, zUyds., off-hand, at the stand- 

ard target. Payne was declared champion for the day with a 

: ; Weather conditions were not tavorable for guod scores, 

thre being a strong wind and rain all day irom the 9” o'clock 
quarter: 

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Rifle at Shell Mound Range. 


AN Francisco, Noy. 26.—Yesterday was chiefly bullseye da at 
Shell Mound. Notwithstanding a steady drizzle quite a faher of 
marksmen turned ovt. ‘lbhe-Norddeutscher Club held a turkey 
shoot, open to all. Scores of the day: " A 
San Francisco Schuetzen Verein, monthly bullseye shoot: QO) 
Lemcke 300, A. Pape 402, F. Koch 510, John Utschig 5617, C. F. 
Thierbach 670, Wilham Morken 660, F. Rust 814, A. Jungblut 821, 
R. Stettin 827, John De Wit 880, E. Stehn 956, George H. Bahrs 
dil, A. Bertelson 974, W. Garms 977, L. Haake 977, D. B. Faktor 
999, Gus Schulz 1055,.W. Goetze 1077, W: Platt 1097, Dr. Cranz 1123. 
Germania Schuetzen Club, month y buliseve shout: L. Haake 
346, J. P. Bridges 475, R. Finking 587, F. Brandt 625, 1, Wuber 
643, H: Schweiger 748, F. Schuster 798, C.F. Thierbach $i4, J. 
Agee nie 846, S. Heino 930, J. Thode 980, J, De Wit 985, W. Goetze 


Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club, Bushnell medal: D. W. 
McLaughlin 219, 222. Gold medal: J. P. Bridges 204, 205; I. E. 
Muron °221, 220, 233. Silver medal: A. B. Dorreil 207,213. - 

Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol! Club, month:y medal shoot, all 
comers’ pistol match: J, E. Gorman 96,96: I. S.’ Washburn 90, 88, 

Red Men Schuetzen Company, monthly medal] shoot: Champion 
class, W. Dressier 416; first class, P. H. Rulifs 325; second class, 
Capt. H, Grieb 359; third ciass, John Steiner 363; fourth class, L. 
Bernstein 299; best first shot, John Steiner 28; best last shot, 
Capt. H. Grieb 24, Roxen 


A Remarkable Revolver Score, 


A REMARKABLE 50-shot- revolver score was tecently made at Shell 
Mound shooting range by J. E. Gorman, of San [raneiseo. ir. 
Gorman shot a .44cal, revolver loaded with ligrs. of FEFFU 
King’s semi-smokeless powder. The shooting was done on the 
standard American target, distance 50yds., ail shots being in the 
buliseye. The score in detai] is as follows: 


SRE Gortnanse nce ree «-- 9 9 9 9 8 8 81010 9-89 


110 9 910 9 910 9 10-95 
10910 8 8 9 8 S10 10-91 

: 10 9 9 91010 810 9 10-94 
10 81010 910 910 9 9—94 463 


PUBLISHcRS’ DEPARTMENT, 


The Peters Cartridge Co. has more than excelled all its 
previous successiul etlorts in getting out its 191 caendar. It 
has this year departed somewhat irom what has been accepted as 
the ammunition type of calendar, and has gotten out one tilat 1s a 
decidedly p.easing novelty! ‘the background shows a number of 
litile game-shooung scenes, but the spec.al puints of 1a.erest are the 
three elegantly executed vignettes, the one showing a typical 


_trapshootimg scene, another a :company of Uncle Sam's beys 


engaged at long-range rifle practice, while the third shows a grou 
of gentlemen engaged at revolver practice. The whole eftect ts 
most pleasing. The Peters Cartridge Co. will be pleased to send 
this ca.endar to any sportsmen upon receipt of 10 cents for mail- 
ing expenses.—A dy, ; : > ie 


“Austin’s Dog Bread,” manufactured by Austin, Young & Co., 
of Boston, Mass., is not only a food but a tonic and a medicine; 
keeps the dog in good health and gives him a good-natured dis- 
pesition. This concern has issued an attractive book on dogs 
which contains pictures of a number of celebrated prize winners. 
It is sent to any address upon receipt of a 2-cent stamp addressed 
to the Boston ofiee.—4Jdv. 


A new booklet of shooting records, covering the best per- 
formances of modern ammunition at the trap and at the target, 
has been issued by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co, of Bridge- 
port, Conn. There is also appended tevolver and pistol shooting 
rules, rules governing rifle competitions and trapshooting rules, 
making the work inyaluable to gun clubs, shooting galleries and 
sportsmen generally. A postal card will bring it—ddzr. 


A Vermont Wish. 


Editor Forest and Stream: , 
I wish every boy in America could have a copy each week, as 

pupils of ForEst AND SrREAM school never develop into market 

shooters, but grow up as sportsmen, worthy of the name. 

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Our Christmas Pumber’, 


THE next number of Forest AND STREAM for Dec, 22 
will be the Christmas Number. It will have a rich fund 
of stories and sketches for the evenings of the holiday 
week. Among the titles will be the following: 
“Reminiscences.” By Rowland E. Robinson. 
“Christmas Under the Palms.” By Llewella 

Churchill. 
“The Northwest Corner.” By Charles Hallock. 
“A Voice from a Farm,” By W. W. Hastings. 
“Old Hogarth.” By Fayette Durlin, Jr. 
“Out of Commission.” By N. N. West. 
“The Christmas Dinner Father Josef Cooked.” 
Connelly. 
“How We Obtained Our Gun Rack.” By A. C. Thatcher. 
“That Christmas Turkey.” By Edward Banks. 
“My Grandmother’s Kitchen.” By Egbert L. Bangs. 


Pierce 


By J. H. 


THE SILENCE OF THE MARSH. 


THERE is a lingering of color in the marsh lands. Soft, 
comfortable shades in duns and browns s ill lurk among 
the sedge these perfect mornings. A few flame-touched 
leaves cling here and there to the twigs of the wild plums 
that fringe the border of the upland slopes. All this rich 
coloring is picked out in strong relief by the wind ng 
water courses tha. thread the meadows—the veins through 
which life circulates here—gleaming in still reaches or 
flashing with momentary glint as of silver in the sun- 
shine, when a cat’s-paw stirs the ripples to action. 

There is an unusual brilliancy, a strange transparency 
of the atmosphere that annihilates dis ance, exaggerating 
familiar objects with startling effect. In the still air far- 
away sounds are borne with marvelous distinctness. The 
tattle of oars, shouts and laughter from the dis ant oyster 
boats seem near at hand, though in fact m les away. 

Gradually a chill breathes in the balmy air as the hours 
pass, A restless gaggle of brant out on the broad waters 
cackle with an uneasy ring in their cries tha: presages 

coming change, till after lengthy debate they rise, circle 
slowly a few times and wing their way into the sunset. 

Quietly the night comes down on marsh and fen, slowly 
the breeze freshens the stars grow misty and dm. Pres- 
en ly the northeast wind is whispering among the reeds. 
A boisterous night of gale and pelting rains follows, beat- 
ing the fair scene into sodden dreary dullness by dawn. 
Masses of sand drive low before the now raging north- 
easter. A mist of rain sweeps the marsh at intervals, 
blotting out the very heavens as it swirls along. 

For weary days the marsh lies in mute pro est beneath 
the howl of storm and lashings rain. Then comes a quiet 
dawn. Heavy clouds spread a canopy of gloom that 
wraps the desolate marsh wor'd in cheerless gray, now 
deepening, now shifting with wind effect as the changing 
air currents work their will above. Suddenly a shafc of 
thin yellow sunlight darts between the surging vapors, 
touching the chill waters and soggy sedge into life for an 
instant ere it fades. In the stillness of this “gray day’ it 
is hard to realize the bustle and whirl of the active bird 
life .hat held sway here but a few short weeks since. 
Swarms of shore birds weaved and circled in erratic 
flight, their shrill and for the most part plaintive calls 
tinging far and near to the sounding bloong! bloong! oi 
the black powder and the incessant sharp dry covgh vi 
nitros that played an irregular accompaniment from sun- 
rise till dusk. One night this horde of feathered m‘grants 
drew off toward the southland. We heard their farewells 
as they floated away under the stars. 
return in like manner and this dreary expanse will once 
again thrill to their joyous cries. But “it is a far cry” to 
that day; a long restful sleep must intervene. ; 

For the immediate present, in an accasional gleam of 


factor. 


One day they will 


white pinions, where a solitary gull wheels in the dis- 
tance, we have the only living creature that meets the 
eye in all this great sweep of loneliness. 

It grows momentarily colder. By daybreak a soft 
coverlet of snow rests over all, the real “silence of the 
marsh’ is come. In the winter nights to follow the yap, 
yap of a prowling fox will only serye to emprasize it. 


THE NORTH CAROLINA, KARCE. 


THE game law of North Carolina provides that “No 
person shall export or transport from the State any quail 
or partridges, whether dead or alive,’ ,.Some simple con- 
fiding individual imagined that when this prohibition was 
placed on the statute books the game would be preseryed 
from the netters and shooters who pursue it for market. 
There is probably in the entire stretch ‘of country be- 
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific no law which is more 
enirely a dead letter than this. North Carolina quail 
are netted continuously and in immense numbers for 
shipment to Washington, Balt more, New York and other 
markets. The traffic is conducted with little or no pretense 
of concealment. The transportation companies observe the 
law so far as giving it recognition in the r general orders 
to agents. but practically the agents ignore it, and ship 
the forbidden gaine quite as a matter of course. 

Those who are fam‘liar with the conditions in North 
Carolina, and who can compare the existing state of 
things with the abundance of a few years past, understand 
very well that the game supply is a rap'dly diminishing 
The State is rapidly losing its high reputation as 
a quail country. Sportsmen who repair to North Carolina 
for sport are finding out that the birds are not there. In 
some instances even those Northern sportsmen who pay 
the taxes on farms which in return are posted and, it is 
pretended. are preserved for their exclusive shooting, are 
cheated of their birds by the netters. 

The simple explanation of this state of affairs lies in 
the fact that while the anti-netting law is on the statute 
books, it has no public sentiment to enforce it. The ma- 
jority of the people in the quail districts do not care for 
shooting, and recognize no particular personal advan- 
tage in protection of the birds. They ate naturally 
apathetic.. On the other hand, the netters do find profit 
in the industry, and they are active. It is precisely the 
condition that might be looked for. 

Can any oe stiggest a remedy? 


SOUTHERN PRESERVES, 


THE continually increasing scatcity of game in America 
is in no way better shown than by the way in which the 
shooting grotinds of the South are gradually being taken 
up by clubs of sportsmen and used in winter as shooting 
places. Many of these are suffic’ently extensive to make it 
profi able to work them during the summer as farms, so 
that they may be made.to pay all or a part of the expense 
of maintaining the es'ate. That many Southern land 
owners find this a profitable way of disposing of the great 
tracts which they own is shown by the frequent adver- 
tising in the columns of Forest AND STREAM of pieces of 
teal estate in the South ranging in size from a small cot- 
tage with its surrounding grounds to great tracts aggre- 
gat"ng, as in our issue of Dec. 8 no less than 11.000 acres 
or more than seventeen square miles. Many of these great 
estates are abundan ly stocked with garie of all kinds, 
such as deer. turkeys, ducks and partridges: often 
pheasants have been turned out on them and done well, 
and if they are close to the sea coast, fish, oysters and 
terrapins, besides good duck shooting, are usually to be 
had. 
That there are buyers for just Rich places among 
Northern sportsmen is very certain. vet in certain aspects 
it is nainful to see them sold and nassing out_of the hands 
of familes that have held them. often for generations, and 
in many minds the question will arise. where shall shoot- 
ing be had after all these places have heen taken up? On 
the other hand it must be remembered that each preserve 
of this kind ts a permanent addition to -the- protected 
wintering and breeding grounds of the country at large: 
and so is a step in the way of increasing our game. 

The added list of such properties, advertised this week 
in Forest AN» STREAM shows that theré exists in the 
South a rapidly growing appreciation of the value of 
large tracts of land for this'use; and the frequent offer- 


ing of such properties shows equally a willingness on 
the part of Northern sportsmen to invest in tracts that 
are really desirable, since unless there were an actual 
demand for such places they would not be offered for 
sale, 


MAKE IT CRIMINAL. 


WE are glad to see that our suggestion. of legislating 
on the careless shooting of human beings for game is at- 
tracting attention and approval. We find in one of our 
New York exchanges the text of an amendment proposed 
to be incorporated into the general code, and Re as 
follows: 


Section 1, It shall be unlawful for any hunter or other person 

carrying firearms, to shoot at any object without knowing by 
actual sight and observation that such object is not a human 
being, and any such hunter or other person, who, by so offending, 
shall kill any kuman being, shall be adjudged guilty of man: 
slaughter in the second degree; and any such hunter or person, 
who, by so offending, shall wound or injure any human being, 
without thereby causing death, shall be adjudged guilty of an as- 
sault in the second degree. 
' Section 2. It shall be the duty wf the Forest Gommiasion ta 
post notices reciting the provisions of this act, in the same form 
and manner, and in like public places, as notices for the preven- 
tion of forest fires are now posted by said Commission. 


While it is true enough that carelessness may not be 
abolished by statute, there certainly is good reason to 
believe that, as we have suggested before this, the very 
fact of such a law, if brought generally to the attention of 
shooters, will make even the careless man pause before 
pulling trigger on an unidentified object. A few examples 
of punishment of careless shouters thus to be held up to 
public attention as criminally careless, will have a salu- 
tary effect. Make the careless shooting criminal shooting. 


Ls a 


FOREST AND STREAM PLATFORM PLANK. 


THE sale of game should be forbidden at all seasons.— 
FOREST AND STREAM, Feb. 3, 1804. 

And to an adoption of the Plank we are coming with 
a rapidity that is full of satisfaction. One after another 
the legislatures have adopted laws embodying the Plank, 
and one after another as several States are falling in 
line, 

The New York League discussed the Plank last week, 
and went so far in endorsement of it as to recommend 
the absolute prohibition of the sale of woodcock, grouse 
and quail. 

In whatever measure the Plank may be adopted in 
New York, the operation of the principle that game is 
not legitimately an object of barter will prove advan- 
tageous here as it has proved and is proving elsewhere. 


Abundant complaint has been heard this fall from deer 
hunters in various localities on Vancouver Island con- 
cerning the running of deer with dogs. This is, of course, 
illegal, and calls for the interference of the local author- 
ities. The police have several times been called on to 
interfere in the matter, and it is hoped that before this 
illegal hunting has been abated. It is understood that 
many of the dogs are taken into the woods for the 
ostensible purpose of hunting grouse, but are really used 
to hound deer. It is said also that in certain parts of 
the island a number of these dogs have run wild, and 
killing their own food do not return to the homes of their 
owners, except when forced to do so by stress of severe 
weather. It thus appears that the difficulties of protecting 
deer from dogs and enforcing the statutes against hound- 
ing are not less than on the west coast than on the east. 
The British Columbia deer law should be enforced. If 
this is done Vancouver and the adjacent islands which 
have always been so famed as deer ranges may long con- 
tinue to afford good hunting to local sportsmen. 


Here are some suggestive statistics of vermin killed 
during one year on an 800-acre estate in New York. The 
record comprises five foxes, eleven wildeats, two domestic 
cats running wild, twenty-seven raccoons, forty-seven | 
skunks. twenty-one weasels, one, mink, seventy rats, thirty 


-seven hawks, twelve owls, more than one hundred wood- 
chucks, ‘forty-five bluejays. twelve crows, a raven and an 


eagle. The bluejay and the eagle do not fall within the 
category of vermin as ‘recognized by the statute, but 
without them the list gives some hint of the tenacity with, 

which the native stock of the humbler wild. creatares 


holds its own, 


462 


Che | Sportsvjan Qaurist, 
Adirondack Lake Trout. 


Last summer my friend Harry C, and I spent our 
fortnight’s vacation at one of the largest lakes im the 
Adirondacks. It was the middle of July when we started, 
and our friends had repeatedly told us that we should 
not have cnough of the Jake trout fishing for which we 
were going to make the trip worth while, but 
necessity caused us to hold obstinately to our plans, since 
I could get my yacation at no other time. ? 

We arrived at the camp where we had previously ar- 
ranged to stay, at about six o'clock in the evening, dusty, 
perspiring, and above all hungry, having traveled all 
that sweltering day with but a few mouthfuls of dinner 
at noon, Amply comforted we were, however, by the 
excellent supper which the wife of the guide set before 
us. So mitch so indeed, that trying a white-miller off 
the point that very evening, several black bass averaging 
a half pound or more fell victims to our prowess. At 
about 10 P. M., finding ourselves sufficiently tired and 
sleepy to retire, we were forthwith given the option of 
sleeping in one of the cabins or in the open camp, An 
inspection of the open camp qtickly decided us in its 
favor, and we spent such a night of sweet and resttiul 
slumbers as the odor of balsam boughs will ever bring 
back to us. : 

Next morning, after breakfast, we started out with 
the guide to receive some preliminary instructions as to 
the best fishing grounds, and also to become acquainted 
with the dangerous rocks, in order to avoid them, On 
this trip we did some deep water trolling, which, by the 
way, is a science in itself, and took for our eatch four 
lakers weighing from two and a half to three pounds 
each. This, of course, encouraged us in the afternoon to 


try our luck on our own hook. Hardly a strike did we get, , 


however, although we kept faithfully at it, rowing over 
the most approved grounds—and we're not altogether 
novices at trolling either. That night the guide cast 
some aspersions on our skill, saying that he would go 
out with us next morning and show us haw again. He 
kept his promise as to the going out, but failed dismally 
in showing us how to catch fish; for the morning was 
btit a repetition of the afternoon before. 

This sort of thing rather disgusted us for the time, and 
we turned otit attention to brook trout and black bass 
with yatyinge success. But lakers were the game we 
were alter, and our minds soon reyerted to the anticipa- 
tion of struggles with big fish, while our rods followed 
in quick stccession. 

We were now entering upon otr second week, and 
must begin to catch something’ or go home with droop- 
ing feathers. Accordingly, Monday morning we set out 
for bait, catching nearly one hundred very pretty shiners, 
and im the afternoon rigged otir gangs atid started troll- 
ing again. Hight fish, none over two and a half pounds, 
was our catch, which inspired us with new zeal. Tuesday 
we caught seyen, and Wednesday fished until our bait 
gave out in the middle of the afternoon, taking just three. 
We were using light steel rods and one hundred yards of 
stout silk line; for with any other rig trolling is not the 
least sport, and with this the ihree-pounders gaye us a 
fairly good fight. But we had ‘not aken any “wallopers,” 
and had almost despaired of getting one. 

Next day, nevertheless, we obtained another supply of 
bait, and as it was not quite dinner time when we re- 
turned to camp, we thought it would be well to try a 
half hour’s run. I had the oars and Harry was using 
his rod in a rather listless manner, as though the last 
thing in the world he expected was to catch a “big one.” 
We had been out about ten minutes, when, as I was 
gazing around at the beautiful scenery and almost for- 
getting to keep the boat in motion, I was suddenly 
brought to my senses by an exclamation irom Harry, 
tollowed by a violent rocking of the tipsy cralt, which 
nearly capsized it. He certainly had a strile, and from 
the way the line was cutting the water with that vicious 
swish, he had evidently hooked a fighter. At the first 
strike over half the line went whirring out, and twenty- 
five yards more had to be givengbelore the fish could be 
safely brought to a stop. The little steel rod bent like 
a whip, but Harry knew how to handle it, and had great 
confidence in his line. Back and forth the line whizzed. 
while Harry kept reeling it in foot by foot, At last the 
big fellow was brought to the surface not twenty yards 
away, and we could see that if he could-be landed we 
need not complain as to the size of our catch. 

But horror of horrors! I had no sooner caught a 
glimpse of his shining length than with a desperate 
plunge the great laker shot out of sight—free. Harry 
was just about to make a very disparaging remark con- 
cerning the strength of that line, when as he took it 
in he found the gang still attached and everything in the 
best possible condition. We knew, of course, that the 
oe, a weleren had torn loose, and only hoped that 

id not lacerated himself so badly as to cause death. 

Baiting up again I pulled along, consoling Harry as 
best I could, and pointing out to him that it was not 
his fault that the fish had escaped. I had not dipped 
my Oars a dozen tinies, however, before Harry called 
my attention to a large trout, which was floating on the 
surface, apparently dead. Rowing up to jt I put out 
my’ hand to take it frem: the water and examine it, for 
a just a suspicion that it might be the very one which 

ad torn away drom us, and now dead had risen to the 
surface.. But his lordship was not dead. I had no more 
than touched his upturned belly than with a splash and 
a gleam of silver and brown he had darted beneath ‘the 
surface and out of sight. Harry says [I was so start! d 
that I nearly capsi atisae Te ere got 

a eatly capsized the boat, but I deny the accusation 
with my last breath. Almost immediately the fish came 
up on the opposite’ side. but as soon as we ched 
fPaeatt seis, : * we approached 

ithin a yard of two he would dash otit of sight, only 
fo ‘come up again a few boat lengths away, ready ‘it 
meme, epee thesmeanotiver. 6. ciel oe) uh 

Ve cotud see that one side of his head w: > 
and knew that he was the fish that Bey sua inl oc 
At last. despairing: of grasping him with m+ Batis “aie 
the gaff proving just as useless, T-unshj ah nai 
attempted to whack hi Sie aeeaaeen 
itter ed to whack him on the head with its edge, -* But 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


ihe unwieldy weapon was hard to manage, and I missed 
him altogether in my attempt to strike him where the 
edible flesh would not be injured. Off he darted, and I 
jost a great deal of time, to say nothing of my patience, 
in reshipping the oar and following him. This time | 
took better aim, and managed to strike him quite 
soundly, but not hard enough to kill or stun him. Harry 
thought that he could improve on my attempts, so ac- 
cordingly I passed the oar up to him, and he paddled 
against me until we were within reaching distance of 
our elusive victim. Harry made a vicious dab, but failed 
to hit the mark by about a foot, which gave me the 
opportunity to retaliate for the raillery to which he had 
subjected me when the fish had made off so suddenly. 
We lost no time now by shipping the oar, and as soon 
as the trout came up we were within close range. His 
second trial redeemed Harry’s reputation, for the edge 
of the blade landed squarely upon the big fellow’s head 
with force enough to haye felled a man, and instantly 
put an end to the poor fighter’s struggles, 
Upon examining him we found that the barbs had 
caught him on the outside of the jaw, but pulling out 
here, one of the smaller gangs had struck the eye, nearly 
tearing it from its sockets, at the same time injuring hin 
so badly that he would have died in another half hour 
at the least, When we arrived at camp we weighed the 
fish, which tipped the scales at seven pounds three 
ounces. During the afternoon and the next day we 
caught nine more, one of them weighing four pounds. 
These together with the big fellow we took out with us 
next morning, and Harry, without much trouble, per- 
suaded me to partake of him at the Sunday dinner. 
EDWARD SPAULDING, 


A Hard Fight. 


Tuer Indian stories told by the fireside in our child- 
hood are crystallizing into the permanent facts of history. 
Dr. Robinson, Emerson Bennett and the writers of the 
Beadle dime-novel school generally have given the noble 
ved man a rest of late, and the better pens of Francis 
Parlaman and John Fiske have put or are putting 
the early annals of our country into enduring literature. 

Among the thousand and one stories of early life on 
the border, there were few that illustrate more thor- 
oughly the hardihood and courage of the pioneer than 
the account of Adam Poe's hard fight with the Indian 
chief Bigfoot. It is an old story, but it is worth re- 
telling. The scene of the adventure was on the leit bauk 
oi the Ohio, near Yellow Creek, in West Virginia, It 
was in the month of July, 1782, that a band of seven 
Wyandot warriors crossed the river and made an incur- 
sion over the border into Pennsylvania. Here they took 
prisoner an elderly man named Jackson, and then re- 
treated rapidly to the Ohio. The next morning they- 
were ptirsted by a party of white men and overtaken 
where they had encamped, on the bank of the river. 
There were then five Indians in the party—two of them 
haying separated from the rest. The pursuers instantly 
opened fire on them, and four of them were killed. 
Jackson was rescued. One of the white men was killed, 
and the only survivor of the savages escaped with a 
wound in his hand. 

Two brothers, Adam and Andrew Poe, were with the 
company of white men. They were both redoubtable 
backwoodsmen; but Adam Poe was especially distin- 
euished for his stature, strength and courage. The two 
brothers had separated from their companions shortly 
before the onfall of the white men, and had set off up 
the river on an adventure of their own. While Andrew 
Poe made a slight detour through the woods, Adam pro- 


ceeded along the margin of the river bank, keeping a 


vigilant lookout for the enemy. Peering over the verge 
of the bank he at Jengily descried two empty canoes 
drawn up to the edge of the water, and hearing a low 
murmur as ol men in quiet conversation, he looked over 
and beheld two Indians on the sandy beach just below 
him. One was a man of inferior size; but any deficiency 
oi that kind in the one was amply conpensated for in 
the other. Poe at once recognized him as a notorious 
wartiot called Bigfoot, an Indian of gigantic frame and 
of well known prowess, They were standing with their 
stins cocked, looking in the direction where they had 
leit their companions. Poe took aim at the larger In- 
dian, but his gun missed fire. The click of the gun-flint 
was heard, and they instantly wheeled around. Adam 
Poe had no time either to reload his piece or to retreat 
from the place; so summing all his resolution, he sprang 
over the bank, alighting with both feet upon Bigfoot 
with an impact that brought him to the ground; at the 
same time throwing his arm around the smaller Indian 
they all came to the earth together. Bigfoot was for a 
moment partially stunned; but Poe’s efforts to hold them 
both down were such as to make it impossible for him to 
use his knife. The gigantic savage quickly recovered 
himself, and without attempting to rise he wound his 
arms arottnd Poe and held him in an embrace like that 
of an anaconda. 

Poe was now compelled to relax his hold of the smaller 

Indian, who instantly sprang to his feet. Bigfoot then 
ordered him to take the tomahawk, which lay on the 
sand a few feet distant, and kill Poe while he held him 
fast. The Indian hastened to do this; but as he ap- 
proached Poe, the latter gave him a kick which knocked 
the tomahawk out of his hand and sent him back into 
the water. But he quickly regained his feet, and again 
approaching, but more cautiously, he was able to give 
Poe a severe wound upon his left wrist; though it was 
not sufficient to disable him. Poe now, by a sudden 
effort, tore himself free from the gtasp of Bigfoot, and 
seizing the rifle which the Indian had not attempted to 
use for fear of injuring his companion, he shot the 
smaller savage through the body. 
. At this instant Bigfoot arose, and seizing Poe he cast 
him up ten feet into the air as if he had been a child. Poe 
fell upon his back at the edge of the water: but before his 
antagonist could take any advantage of this he was again 
upon his feet. They were now so hotly engaged in 
what had become a fist fight, that neither of them was 
able to draw his knife. Poe was the better pugilist of 
the two, but the Indian closed in upon him, and by his 
sunertor strength hutled him to the ground. i” 

Then the struggle again went on upon the sand, and 


[DEc, 15, 1900. 


in a few mintites they. had rolled into the water. The 
effect of all this was beginning to tell upon the savage, 


‘who had doubtless been severely hurt’ by-Poe’s first 


attack upon him, and Adam seizing him by the scalp- 
lock pulled the Indian’s head under water, and held it 
there until he belieyed from his manner that he was 
drowned; bit iipon relaxing his hold his enemy, who 
had been only possuming, regained his feet and in 
turn attempted to drown his adversary. In the course 
of thesé striiggles they were carried out by the current 
beyond their depth, and they were both compelled to 
relax their hold and swim for life. 

There still lay one loaded rifle upon the sand, and 
they both struck out for the shore to seize it. The In- 
dian was the stronger swimmer, and reached the shore 
first. Adam now saw that his only chance was to Swim 
out into the river, where he hoped that by ducking he 
might elude the Indian’s fire. At this moment Andrew 
Poe appeared upon the bank; but seeing Adam out in 
the river he mistook fim for the savage, and firing, 
wotinded him severely in the shoulder. Adam then called 
out to him to shoo. the Indian on the shore. © But 
Andrew's gin was now empty. As it happened, Bigfoot 
in his haste had picked up the sun with which Adam 
had shot the smaller Indian, a few minutes before, -so 
that the two men were on a par in that respect. It’was 
now a question as to which would be in readiness to 
fire first. Bigfoot poured in his powder, but drawing 
his ramrod too hurriedly it few from his hand into the 
river, He ran alter it, but the few seconds he thus lost 
were in Adam’s favor, and just as Bigfoot- raised his 
gun to fire, the bullet from Andrew's gun passed through 
the Indian’s breast, and he fell at the edge of the river. 

Andtew Poe now hastened to reseue his almost ex- 
hausted brother from the water; but Adam called out to 
him to scalp the big Indian, who, though mortally 
woutided, was, with the resolution characteristic of his 
race, struggling to reach the deep water. But Andrew 
persisted in saving his brother first, and by the time he 
had accomplished- that duty the wounded savage had 
succeeded in reaching the current, which rapidly bore 
him away and thus cheated his enemy of the coveted 
trophy. ‘& 

Such is the story, in brief, of Adam Poe and Bigfoot 
as we find it mainly in McClung’s “Sketches of WeStern 
Adventure,” T. J. CHaApman, 


An Experience in Maine. 


I AM in receipt from an old friend of his brief account 
of a recent hunting trip in northern Maine. In former 
years he was a very pleasant campmate of mine in the 
Adirondacks, which gives to me an added interest in his 
letter. The number of sportsmen camping in the. Maine 
woods is increasing every season, spite of the expen- 
sive restrictions imposed upon non-residents by the 
Legislature, and my frietid’s recital of his experiences may 
quite likely interest many of your readers. We will let 
him tell it in his own words. He was accompanied by his 
son, Russ, and his nephew, Whit. They rendezvoused 
at Mt. Kinee Hotel, on Moosehead Lake, reached by the 
ress & Aroostook Railroad to Greenville, at the foot of 

1e lake, 


My son Russ and myself started Tuesday morning, 
Oct. 9, with Tommy Griyier and Willie Butler as guides. 
A cold rain made very nasty weather. We lunched at 
Smith’s Elaliway House and slept at Chesuncook House, 
head of the lake of that name. Wednesday was so dis- 
agreeable that we halted at a nice log camp on Block - 
Pond until Thursday morning. We saw three cow moose 
on Our Way in—two near Lobster Lake outlet and one at 
Rocky Rips. The rain continued all day Thursday. We 
had to tramp three miles around the Horseshoe Rapids 
and Falls, while the guides poled the canoes with their 
heayy loads up to Crucongomoc Dam, where we waited 
for them, lighting a camp-fire for coffee and lunch, which 
tasted good, although eaten in the rain.’ We saw plenty of 
deer around the Horseshoe, but did not get a shot, (We 
reached Daggett Pond rather late Thursday and camped 
in a nice log house with tight roof of shingles and tarred, 
paper and floor of logs trimmed smooth with adze. Here 
we unloaded stores and sleeping bags and made a camp- 
fire, while the gnides cut fresh boughs for beds. This 
water is dubbed a pond on the map, but it is a lovely 
lake surrounded by high hardwood ridges, and at its out- 
let has a wide fringe of marsh and bog, affording splen- 
did feeding grounds for deer and moose. It is surrounded 
by Round Pond, Upper Pond and Shallow Lake, all 
within two or three hours’ tramp. The last named pre- 
sents especially fine hunting grounds. We put up a tent 
there the last week of our stay and took in’ two canoes. 
We got two magnificent bucks there—Russ one and Whit 
one. 

On the whole, we had a specially pleasant outing in 
spite of very unfavorable weather. We had an abun- 


dance of fat young deer meat for camp use. The last 


winter was seyere on young deer in the Maine woods. Six 
feet of snow prevented them from getting the usual supply 
of feed, and many died from starvation. The survivors. 
however, appeared to be big and fat, and there are plenty 
of them. I started ten in a Sunday morning stroll over” 
the ridge to inspect Little Wadle*gh Pond and Bog. 
Female moose are numerotis, and I presume the bulls 
are sufficiently plentiful to afford good hunting, T saw 
five fine cows, each of which could have been shot with 
ease if the law allowed. We brought home the saddles. 
and loins of three splendid bucks, I am haying the skins 
tanned and two heads mounted. [ shall time it next fall 
if I am alive and well to be in the woods during the full 
moon of nights, and will bring home a moose head or——, 
I ought to have one now but for some awfully hard luck. 
Wednesday, Oct. 17, Rtiss, myself and guides started in 
two canoes for Crucongomioc Dam to bring in Whit, who — 
was to meet ts there with his guide and canoe, to spend’ 
the last two weeks with us. We stopped on the way. to 
bring in a deer shot before breakfast that morning, and 
while the guides were bringing it to the lake shore Russ 
managed to tip over his canoe and secure a thorough 
ducking, compelling him to return to camp to-dry and ~ 
change clothing. Barring this accident, T am quite con.” 
fident that we would now haye a fine moose head and 
hide, for on ofr way to the dam we paddled onto a 
splendid bull and two cows’ standing on’ the bank of the ( 
= Race cat Tlie == > 


-*, 


Big Sisk, not over 75 feet away. As the re- 
sult of a snow storm and cold weather the previous 
day, | was bundled up with a thick, heavy overcoat, and 
was seated on the bottom of the boat for comfort, I 
could not get the gun to my shoulder, and did not have a 
fair shot. His majesty stood stockstill while I fired five 
cartridges, overshooting four tines and wounding him 
at the fifth round. I did not ery, but was mighty near 
to it in my disappointment. It was the best chance I 
could possibly expect to have, and it was lost. I am-no 
marksman, and do not pretend to be. 

I hope next November to camp on a lake I saw last 
month where deer, moose, duck and other game secmed 
to be abundant and hunters few and far between. There 
ts an island in it from which, with a good field glass, ten 
miles of shore line with forests. marsh and bog can be 
seen—thousands of acres of feeding grounds for moose 
and deer. With our shotguns we easily procured enough 
grouse and black duck for roasts, fricassees and broils, 


{ suppose that any man bundled up in the bottom af 
his canoe might fail to bring down a moose at 75 feet, but 
my triend’s confession that he is no marksman reminds 
me of his fitst chance to shoot a deer at Lone Star Lake, 
St. Lawrence county, N, Y., a few years ago. Our hunts- 
man placed him on a knoll the deer was likely to cross, and 
sure enough a buck did leisurely pass within close range, 
but was not even fired at, We called it buck fever, If I 
had been present to diagnose this case the verdict would 
have been bull moose feyer. H. H 


A Mexican Parrot Hunt. 


Iv was a mild tropical even ng in April when Juan thrust 
his yellow face through the tent Haps and told me that 
the parrots had constructed an immense roost in the 
parasitic jungle that bordered the foothills a mile or so 
from camp. a ; 

We_-had been in camp only three days. Each evening 
and morning we had observed small flocks and pairs of 
parrots flying back and forth over an invisible path. That 
it was a path there was no doubt, as their flisht twice a 
day for water was as straight as the proverbial crow’s 
flight, so it was only the following of this aerial path- 
way that would Jead direct to their breeding grounds, 

It required patience to follow this course through the 
upper air, as One must needs penetrate on foot, though 
a jungle of tropical plants and trees, composed of vines, 
creepers, trailers, ferns, palms and small shrubbery, each 
in its turn seeming to outdo its neighbor in possessing 
thorns, briers and stickers, from little, tiny spurs to large 
ones long and sharp as a darning needle. 

This was Juan’s task, locating the roost, and his efforts 
had been rewarded with success, while his dusky coun- 
tenance glowed with satisfaction as he received dos reales 
for his services, 

Joe and I had never hunted parrots. When we were 
leaving San Luis a Mexicanized American had yolun- 
teered the information that it was great sport shooting 
them as they came into their roost in the evening. After 
sizing up the birds as they flew back and forth over 
camp, we came to the conclusion that No. 7 shot would 
be about the right size and laid our plans accord ngly. 

The next afternoon we set out under Juan’s guidance, 

and after much toil reached the scene of operation, It 
was a small, dense thicket of palms covered w:th growths 
of a parasite nature, with a circular opening in the 
center about 200 yards in diameter. As we forced our 
way through the thicket into the opening, a confused 
clamor of squawks and shrieks greeted us on every side, a 
din so loud and harsh it set the nerves edgewise and bid 
fair to drive us both crazy. 
_ Arriving in the opening we glanced about and saw 
hundreds of parrots gttarding their nests, which con- 
tained the young and eggs. There were three species of 
the family congregated at this roost—the large yellow 
head, the smaller or medium sized green head and red 
wing, and then the little paroquet. 

They were just returning from their watering place, and 
came dropping in over the graceful palms in a reckless, 
somersault fashion, always righting themselves as they lit 
near the nest, the new comers at once adding their voices 
to the already deafening chorus. 

We held a council of war, Juan was for shooting every 
One in sight, provided the ammunition held out. Joe 
and I, after a prolonged discussion, came to the conclusion 
that it would be useless slaughter to shoot the innocents 
on their nests, so tefrained from joining in the noisy 
assemblage with our sharp speaking breechloaders. 

On our way back to camp we came under the line of 
flight, and to satisfy Juan’s greed for blood we brought 
down four, but his disgust at our tender hearts was plain- 
ly discernible on his countenance when we refused to 
kill more. 

The next day we had broiled parrot for dinner, and T 
may say without contradiction from any one who has been 
there that they are not at all bad eating, 

For one who loves to shoot for the sake of killing, I 
could imagine no fitter place than a parrot roost in the 
tropics. He could kill to his heart’s content: he could 
get the malarial fever; he conld die, all in a short time. 
Yes, send the shooter who counts his success by the 
amount of game he kills to the tropics and make him stay 
there; he won't survive long, and the world will he better 
off without him. E, K, STeEapMAN. 


North American Fish and Game. Association, 


A COMMITTEE appointed by the North American Fish 
and Game Association for the purpose of considering the 
questicn of harmonizing the fish and game laws of the 
Canadian Provinces and the States contiguous thereto is 
to meet in Montreal on Thursday, Dee. 13. The com- 
mittee consists of C. H. Wilson and J, H. Seymour, New 
York; G. W. Titcomb, H, W. Bailey and F, G. Butter- 
field, Vermont; John Fotter, Jr, and F. S. Hodges, 
Massachusetts; H, O: Stanley and Chas. A. Oak, Ma‘ne; 
Hon, A, T. Dunn and D. G. Smith, New Brunswick; C. 
E. Ussher, L. Z. Joncas and N. E. Cormier, Quebec: S. 
T. Bastedo and Dr. G: A. MacCullum, Ontario. 

The work to be done by the committee will be in prepa- 
ration for the next annual meeting of the Association, 
which will be held some time in February. 


@latimal History. 
Gulls as Signal Service Sharps. 


PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 6.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: I was somewhat interested in a recent article in 
Forrst AND STREAM on “Sea Gulls as Weather Signals,” 
The facts reported agree with recent observations made 
by mé while on a ducking trip. We had been spending 
a week aboard a siall yacht, and, of course, were not 
pleased with the continuous fair and calm weather, as 
such conditions are notoriously poor for any movement 
of ihe birds. Finally starting for home, I noticed large 
nuinbers of sea gulls circling after the manner of hawks 
at yarying heights, some appearing to be about the size 
of sparrows, so high in the air were they. Calling the 
captain's attention, he said it was a sure sign of a storm. 
Two days later a storm appeared from the northeast. 
l am somewhat curious to learn how long before a 
starm, or indications of one visible to weather sharps, 
the gull’s signal service is set in operation. -- 

My old friend, the captain, is very wary in the matter 
of predictions, his usual remark being, “Well, gentlemen, 
it may storm and it may not; I have seen great changes 
within twenty-four hours.” And as his experience covers 
a period oi over fifty years, and includes a yery narrow 
escape while om a-wrecking’ schooner in the “great ice 
storm’ (7856, I think), his prophecies should have some 
weight. Howeyer, he declares the gulls infallible, 

I often wonder if other caye dwellers like myself have 
noted the circumstances attending a change in the 
weather while far away from brick walls and tin roofs, 
more especially if one be on the water, where each little 
shilt of the wind is more noticeable. Perhaps when one 
goes to the blind in the early morning, all will be still 
and quiet As the first streaks of light begin to show in 
the east, a Iiwht breeze irom the north or northwest will 
dispel the shght mist. Probably as daylight approaches 
heavy baniks of clouds will be seen to the eastward; then 
the breeze freshens a trifle, and an hour or so after sun- 
rise is blowing from the west, Then it gradually grows 


Jainter and fainter until the whole bay resembles a mill 


pond in its glassy smoothness, and the wild fowl sitting 
on the water afar off are greatly magnified in appear- 
ance, ducks resembling geese, and geese having the 
appearance of small hay stacks, By this time the sun 
is shining brightly, and the day is what some would call 
a “weather breeder.” Another hour and you may noticé 
a faint ripple on the water, coming from the southwest, 
and as the wind shifts to due south, and perhaps south- 
east, it gathers strength, until finally our mill pond is 
turned inte a yery choppy sea, and the decoys are bob- 
bing and bowing in a manner far from sedate. As the 
afternoon wears away the sky becomes overcast, and if 
the wind shifts still further to the eastward the air be- 
comes raw and damp. Then we take it upon ourselves 
to piredict for the morrow a nor’easter. Still we are not 
even then as accurate as some of Mother Nature’s 
weather sharps in our predictions.’ Oczay, ' 


Por twenty years a news-stand subscriber, and who has had great 
sport and killed much game (by proxy) through its columns. 


~ Bird Music and Mimics. 


From times of earliest history the songs of birds have 
been a source of delight to mankind. Poets have written 
volumes on feathered minstrelsy. Musicians without num- 
ber have striven—and how vainly—to reproduce the 
exquisite trilling of the lark, the liquid notes of the 
nightingale, the sweet, sad piping of thrushes, the mourn- 
ing plaint of the dove, the fluting of blackbird, of bobo- 
link, of mockingbird. And the pitiful nearest that the most 
sublime composer can ever hope to come to the heavenly 
music of even the purling of the little winter wren is as the 
likeness between the finest steel needle and the delicate 
point of the bee’s sting—if, indeed, a similarity as near 
as this can be attained. i 

Apart from the delight afforded our ears by their ravish- 
ing tenderness, the notes of birds tell the careful listener 
many a story lost to casual or inattentive ears. It seems 
a cruel, a heartless thing to make use of the melody of 
the winged songsters to lure them to their destruction. 
But the naturalist has taught us much about the economic 
value of birds. Much about their habits, good, bad in- 
different. In order that science may have full scope for 
reseatch, the naturalist must necessarily obtain specimens 
of the flora and the fauna of the country sought to be ex- 
ploited, and science and the naturalist never yet depleted 
the woods and fens of their bird denizens as have those 
leprous caterers to vain fashion—the plumage hunters. It 
is Of the true naturalist we speak, not necessarily one 
who works for science. 

Those who, in their wanderings over hill and dale,-love 
to hear and see what bountiful nature offers for all to hear 
and see; these also are naturalists! True ones; for many 
of these never kill a bird, yet know them all and all their 
habits, and love to note the occurrence of well-known 
species or the accidental yisits of strangers to uncommon 
localities. By the strict attention which he pays to the 
music of the birds, such a one will avoid many a hard 
tramp and fruitless quest. A single note will often tell 
him where to seek a desired bird, or that a stranger is 
within our gates. 

It is strange, yet true, that not more than one of every 
ten who study birds recognizes the subtle distinctions be- 
tween the calls of various species. They know the songs of 
a few of the most familiar singers, or the strident note of 
crane or goose, of crow or jay, but beyend this, little. I 
maintain that in most cases the difference between the calls 
of the various species is easily recognizable, and is a most 
important point to be considered in the classification of 
species, the subdivision of which is being pushed to 
such an extreme by ornithologists of the present day. 

As some people cannot learn music, so there are others 
who cannot learn to distinguish the different calls which 
are similar. To those this paper will be of no interest. 
But there are many others who have never given the sub- 
ject a thought, or who have not accustomed themselves to 
rely on their ears fot information, and to these I say, “Use 
ear as well as eye.”” Once the ear becomes accustomed 
to the yarious notes and modulations, more familiar birds 


will always be known by their cries, while a’ strange 
sound, however short, will strike the ear drum ike the. 
tap of a bell, and the locating of the visitor then becomes 


o 


an easy matter. é BA pag 
Many birds with mimetic talents will tell tales out of 
school, and always of the truth. Let us take the Steller's 
jay as an example. In this part of our country the mag- 
pie is a rare bird, Indeed, I recollect having seen them in 
any numbers in but one winter during a period of many 
years, and that year they seemed to take one of those 
erratic whims which appear occasionally to strike certain 
tribes of birds, and they migrated to our shores in num- 
bers. That season every Steller’s jay in the neighborhood 
was chattering like a pyet. During one’s walks through 
the woods one sometimes hears what he thinks'is ia ned- 
tailed hawk crying from+a dead tree upon’ which he sees 
perched a saucy jay. Yet one can be quite certain’ that 
a hawk of the species mimicked is somewhere: it the 
neighborhood. The sparrow hawk, sharp shinned; and 
others too, will be imitated at times. ro EP Aa 
A. jay alights on an apple tree in the early morning: cry- 
ing out in an uncouth manner. One does not require to 
be a magician to know that a mob of-these birds ‘have 
lately had a red hot time pecking ata crow. ' © - © 
One goes hunting through a thick fir forest; Te -Hears 
a tremendous commotion going on among the branches of 
a nearby tree. “Haw! haw! Haw! haw!” Creeping up 
he discovers a crowd of blue fiends mobbing a blinking, 
snappy billed owl, Yad 
One day, while out grouse shooting in an open wind- 
fall, I heard some one whistle, as to a dog, close at hand 
and to one side. Surprised, as I believed myself quite 
alone, I turned quickly and detected a jay sitting on a dead 
limb. -He seemed to be so alarmed at being discovered 
and at: his own temerity that he nearly, fell out of the 
tree in his haste to get away, and off through the limbs 
he scuttered, laughing hysterically the while. I knew at 
once that some hunter had lately passed through that part 
and had been whistling up his dog. Master Jay had 
caught the whistle to perfection. He is a true street Arab 
among our birds, a Brer’ Jay, and is‘always ready to telf 
the world that “That's a new coon,” and he never tells.a 
he, for so sure as'he makes a strange note, one may”be 
quite certain that he has heard it a very short time before: 
Verily, he is an amusing fellow, but he diten gives us 
much valuable information. MazaAMa. ° 
Comox, B. C., Nov, 28. 2 


The Fear of Snakes. 


THE ZOOLOGICAL Society or PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 6.— 
Editor Forest and Stream: Forest AND STREAM of the 
present week, editorially speculating upon objects.of in- 
tinctive human dread, asks “Where does the fear of 
reptiles come in?” mi re ere 1 

As one of the possible answers, I venture to inclose to 
you a copy of some suggestions as to the origin of this 
sentiment, which I contributed long ago (to be exact,, in 
1878) to the American Naturalist. Looking over this 
paper for the first time in many years, 1 find. no reason 
for modifying the hypothesis as to men and the. anthro- 
poid apes, but the accumulated evidence from anatoniical 
details now tells in favor of a line of descent for -that 
group directly from the lemur-like mammals of zhe 
Eocene period, quite independently of the line, by. which 
the catarrhine and other monkeys came from the same 
stock. As snakes of any kind were probably few before 
the later Eocene, and venomous forms do not seem to 
appear before the upper Miocene, long after the supposed 
divergence took place, the existence of this instinct in 
both men and monkeys must now be regarded not as due 
to common inheritance, but as a case of. “analogous varia- 
tion.” or, in other words, the production in-like material 
of a similar modification, under like conditions. - This 
developmental process is not unknown in structural form, 
and is doubtless more frequent in the comparatively plastic 
field of instinct. ARTHUR ERwin Brown. : 


Mr. Brown’s very interesting account of the experiments 
referred to is as follows: ‘ee PRS 

With the purpose of observing the manner in .which 
the feelings of curiosity and astonishment are manifested 
in the monkey, Mr. Darwin once introduced a snake into 
a cage containing a number of those animals, and the 
results of his experiment he refers to in ““The Descent. of 
Man,” and also in “The Expression of the Emotions in 
Man and Animals,” as illustrative of the extent to which 
those qualities are developed in that branch of the animal 
kingdom. , 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


(Dec. 33, 1606. 


sides of the cage, chattering and scream fig like Magpies 5 
when they got to a safe disiance they ha.ted for obser\a- 
tion, and after some moments, seeing no further sigh of 
danger, they gradually returned, one by one, to their 
former position—the large ones in the front rafik, and the 
smaller 6nes crowded out by superior strength, forming 
behind and looking over theit shoulders. 

This was con ihued for some hours without the slightest 
change in the disposition of the monkeys—all of their ac- 
tions showing a most intolerable fear of the snake, 
mingled with an attraction or curiosity which would not 
allow them to remain away from it. This was so umi- 
versal that not one of the monkeys in the cage was entirely 
free from it. 

The snake was finally taken out, and seyeral other ani- 
mals belonging to the same class were put in its place, but 
with very different results. Of a tortoise, for instance, 
and a small dead alligator, they were at first rather shy, 
but they at length began to touch them. and in ten min- 
utes they were playing with them. and passing them from 
one to another with the greatest cur.osity. . 

The same snake was then shown, in turn, to animals 
Kelonging to a number of other orders—-carniyores, 
rodents, ungulates, edentates and marsupials, but n-ne 
of them pa‘d it any special attention wi.h the except on 
of a peccary (Dicotyles labiatus). which, finding it to be 
dead, seemed disposed to make a meal of it. _ 

Turning from the monkeys and watch ng instead, the 
visitors to the reptile house. it is evid n. that the in- 
stinctive fear and horror of the snake which is so com- 
mon as to be almost universal with man is closely allied 
to that which has been seen to exist among monkeys. 
Women readily develop this, as the r emotions are more 
quickly responded to by gestures than is usually the case 
in the other sex, and [I was specially fortunate, a short 
time after the occurrence detailed above. in hay ng an 
opportunity of observing the effect produced by the col- 
lection of snakes, upon a lady who was deaf and dumb— 
by the fact of her disabilities she was shut out, to a very 
great extent, from the influence—repressing. so far as the 
expression of the emotions is concerned—of free ass7cia- 
tion with others, and the nature of her feelings was there- 
by rendered more evident. I was not at all surpr sed to 
trace in her, actions and gestures which resembled closely 
those which I had observed on the part of the monkeys; 
they evidenced the same fear, the same attraction and the 
same repulsion, and after watching for a long time, with 
am expression of the most intense disgust. the cage of 
boas, she was at last led away by her friends, protesting 
that she wanted to stay. 

Now if it be asked why this inst nctive feeling shou'd be 
developed in the Primates alone—it is probable thar as 
the early dawning of intelligence in the common ancestor 
of man and monkeys began to surpass the power of re- 
ceiving impressions which existed in other animals, he 
would be most lahle to conceive great dread of that 
enemy which inflicted upon him wounds of a very different 
sort from those which he received from his own kind or 
from animals which approached more or less to his own 
form and which also produced effects so subtle in their 
character and operation that they wou!d be apt to leave 
lasting impressions on those animals which were fre- 
quently subjected to witnessing them. Tt should be re- 
membered, also, that the home of the monkey and the 
spot where, in all probability the earlier Primates first 
saw the light. is in thase regions of the earth which are 
most infested by numerous and venomous serpents. 

These facts will at once suggest to all who put their 
faith in the theory of gradual development. thit the fear 
of the sernent became instinctive in some far distant pro- 
genitor of man, by reason of his long exposure to danger 
and death in a horrible form. from its bite. and that it 
has been handed down through the diverging lines of 
descent which find their expression to-day in Homo and 
Pithecus. How strongly marked it is in the latter, the 
experiment detailed above, correspond ng in each of its 
results with that of Mr. Darwin, bears testimonv: and 
for the evidence of its influence on the m'nd of the former, 
turn to the story of the serpent in Paradise; to the signs 
and symbols of many ancient mythologies, and to the feel- 
ing which few men can deny to themselves when they 
are brougitt into assoc’ation with even the most beautiful 
and harmless member of the order Ophidia. 


Food of Foxes. 


Mirrorp, Conn., Dec. 3.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
This morn‘ng my fox hound ran a fox to me in a thick 
brier swamp. I killed it. It proved to be a “gray” bitch 
fox (Urocyon) in excellent fur. 

Upon skinning I found her very fat, more so than any 
I have killed this year. Upon opening the abdomen TI 
found the stomach and intestines distended wth food. 
The contents of the stomach consisted of rabbit hair, the 
tail and hind leg of a field mouse, sweet corn kerneis 
chewed and cracked up b’ts of apple skin and core, a leaf 
or two and woodcock flesh, bones and feathers. 

This fox was shot in one of my best woodcock cavers, 
and was the third gray that we have killed this fall in 
the same swamp. The other two, upon dissection of 
stomach, indicated a diet of rabbit, m‘ce, apples, etc. 

We have killed five red foxes in addition to the eray 

ones. In every case Reynard of this color gave evidence 
of barnyard pilfer‘ng, as I found chicken brnes and 
feathers and flesh. together with the hair of moles, mice. 
etc. I have not yet discovered indubitable evidence of his 
harming game birds except in the case cited. My ex- 
perience teaches that the gray fox is a denizen primarily 
of swamps, and is essentially a rabbit and mouse eater, or 
an eater of what he can find in the swamp. It is very 
hard to drive him from the swamp and he will circ’e for 
hours before crossing an nnening to the next cover. 
_ Dec. 7.—The last fox killed—to-day—was very old. Its 
incisors and molars were nearly gone, and one of the 
cannes was lacking. A No. 1 shot was encysted in the 
tendon of the left hing leg. It weighed a trifle over 12 
pounds. The stomach contained gras< and ditt. presum- 
ably gathered with food, together with some mcuse or 
mole hair. ¥ M. G, 


The Forest AnD STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable, 


_of impatience and determination. 


A Great Snapping Turtle. 


Here is the p:cture of a snapping turtle which “would 
not go into’ a two-bushel basket.” The basket is inime- 
diately behind ihe turtle and is touching the side of its 
shell, so that no suspicion of kodakery need be aroused. 
The perspective is that afiorded by a long focus lens, and 
the basket is 6 feet from the hind wheels of the wagon. 
The old snapper was caught a few days ago by Farmer 
Utter, of Uttertown in the bed of Greenwood Lake, which 
has been drained down so that there is almost as large an 
area of mud-as there was of water, Utter just waded in 
with a rail and pried the turtle out of the mud. Then he 
took the savage creature up to John Hazen’s Hotel at 


A NEW JERSEY TURTLE. 


Lakeside and showed it. It was the biggest turtle ever 
seen there. There was no means at hand of we ghing 
it, but several “hefters” tackled it and their guesses ran 
from 60 to 80 pounds. Chelydra serpentina resented the 
familiarities by buckng, jumping clear cf the ground 
and snapping viciously. 
his measuremen.s proved to be 27 inches Icngth of cara- 
pace and 43 inches from nose to tip of tal when ex- 
tended as much as possible. After he was photoeraphed 
a turtle sharp showed how to take all the fight out of a 
snapper and make him a p2aceful trayel.ng companion. 
Taking a stick of hard wood 4 ‘nehes long, he notched it 
near each end and securely tied two pieces of stout string 
to it. He dangled the stick in front of the turtle un‘il it 
seized it in its jaws and then tied the loose ends together 
over the plastren and just under th tal. The wicked 
head was thus forced back into the shell and the turtle was 
effectually gagged. HARRIMAC. 


A Bone of Contention. 


ABOUT. twenty-five years ago I witnessed in Central 
Park a struggle between two men and a lion that was 
about as amusing as it was sensational. A big licn and 
his mate were in the enjoyment of a cage, scrupulously 
clean with the except’on of a large bone, on which there 
seemed to be not a particle of flesh. But Lea loved that 
bone, and he did not purpose g ving it up without a fight. 
But the cage must be rid of the unsightly object, and as 
it demanded actual compulsion (which doubtless the lion 
thought criminal aggression), a pronged iron-handled in- 
strument that might have rivaled the tr dent of Neptune 
and an iron-handled hoe, about as formidab'e in its way, 
were brought for the encounter. The 1l.on—stretched 
prone on his belly—had the valued bone under his mas- 
sive paw. The man with the spear would do the prodding 
to make the beast lift his paw when the “man with ihe 
hoe” would make for the bone. The spearman wa; no 
chicken hearted individual. He jabbed with a vm born 
The hoer wa; nat less 
active in his operations. When the lion did lift his paw 
from the bone it was instantly to bring ‘t down again 
with a force that made the building tremble. The “man 
with the hoe” couldn’: hook the bone. At length the lion 
concluded to change the order of things. He tcok the 
bone in his mouth and began stalking with head erect and 
eyes flashing fire, while his grawls were lovd and defiant. 
He had to step over his reclining mate, wha would raise 
her head and protest wth significant snarls at his in- 
fraction of licnine etiquette. At length the old fellow 
lay down again, and the battle was renewed and kept 
up until the men desisted through fatigue. 

The third sally was successful; a dextrous and timely 
movement hooked the bone, and his enraged moiesty was 
as serene as an Indian summer sky. He licked his chops 
and seemed to say with the nonchalence of the inveterate 
gambler, “I lose.”’ N. D. Extrne. 


Take inventory of the good things in this issue 
of Forest anp Stream. Recall what a fund was 
given last week: Count on what is to come next 
werk. IYas there ever in all the world a more 


abundant weekly store of sportsmen’s reading? 


A 2-foot rule was procured and — 


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Notice, 


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always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 


Proprietors of shooting resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in loREST AND STREAM, 


New York League. 


Editor Forest «nd Stream: : j 
The annual conyention of the New York- State Fist, 
Game and Forest League was held in the assembly room 
of the Yates Hotel in the city of Syracuse on Thursday, 
Dec. 6, and during the four hours it was in sessicn con-— 
siderable important business was transacted. Various 
mat.ers of general interest te devotees of the rod and. 
gun came up for consideration and were discus ed in- ~° 
telligently and ably, sometimes very spiritedly, it is true, 
but always in a good natured, friendly manner. \When- | 
ever final act on was taken in regard to a subject whch 
had been discussed, it was almost inyariably by a unani- 
mous vote. a fact which clearly indica.ed that the dele- 
gates were open to conyiction and prepared to defer to the 
wishes of the majority. : : 
It was 10:30 A. M. when the gavel of President R. B. 
Lawrence, of New York, fell on the block atd the con- 
vention was formally opened. The roll call showed that 
the clubs represented by delegates present were as follows: 


Honest Fishermen’s Club, of Seneca Falls—Ernest G. Gould. 

Anglers’ Association of the Si. lawrence River—\V. Il. Thomp- 
son, A, C. Cornwall, Alexandria Bay; R. I?. Grant, Clayton. 

Black Kiver Association jor the Vrotection of Fish and Game— 
W. E. Woicott. Utica; John \W. Hicks, Oriskany. 

League of American Sportsmen—George 0, Shields, New York; 
Thos. C. Welch, Butlfalo. us 

Niagara County Anglers’ Club—James Carter, I1. K. Wicker, 
Leck port. 

New York Association for the Protection of Game—Robert B. 
Lawrence, Charles E, Whitehead, New York city. 

- Genesee Valley Fish and Bird [Protective and Vropagating As- 
sociation, Rochester—Aaron Mather, Honeoye Falls. 

Spencer Sportsmen’s Club—\W. S. Gavitt, Henry Killick, Henry 
B. Whitney, Lyons. ; . ; 

Anglers’ Association of Onondaga—John H. Torey, Charles FL 
Mewry, J. E. Bierhardt, Geo. B. Wood, Louis $. Norgan, Syra- 
cuse, 

Cleveland Anglers’ Association, of Cleveland, N. Y.—Dr. \WW. G. 
Babcock, C. H. Warren. 


Major J. W. Pond, Ch‘ef State Game Protector; Pro- 
tectors M. C. Worts and Spencer Hawn. and James An- 
nin, Jr., of Caledonia, ex-Superintend.nt of State Fish 
Hatcheries, were among those present. 

Secretary Ernest G. Gould read the minutes of the last 
annual meet:ng, and they were dpproved. 

Treasurer A. C, Cornwall reported a balance of $84,67 
on hand from last year. : 

Dr.-W. G. Babeock of the Cleveland Anglers’ Asso- 
ciation, an organization just admitted to membership in 
the League, promised the hearty co-operation of the club 
he represented. The Cleveland Association has seventy- 
five active members. and is ‘n a flourishing condition. 

William H. Thompson, George B. Wood and Henry 
K llick were appointed by the chair as a Nominating Com- 


mittee. ; ' 
Secretary Gould read the following letter, which he re- 
cently received: 


My Dear Sir—As a member of the North American Fish and 
Game Protective Association, organized last year in Montreal in 
the interests of harmony of law as between the States and: 
Provinces, | take the liberty of addressing you. If agreeable to 
you, I ask that you will bring to the attention of the New York 
Siate League, whose annual meeting is to be held in Syracuse, the 
subject of harmony of laws as above, with a view to making sug- 
gestions on these lines, that | as a member of the committee on 
harmony can express your valuable opinions and wishes at a 
meeting of that committee to be held in Montreal, Dec. 13. \WVork- 
ing, as we surely are, for a common purpose, | feel warranted in 
asking this of you and your Aszociation. I! also ask that you 
will allow me to present your name ior membership in the Asso- 
ciation as well as your president and others, who will go to 
Montreal at the annual meeting to be held in midwinter. I would 
call your attention to the notice in Forest AND STREAM three 
weeks ago. Yours truly, C. I. Wilson, 

Vice-President for New York State. 

Glens Falls, N. Y. 


A letter from Hon. S. T. Bastedo, Minister of Fisheries. 
for Ontario, addressed to W. H. Thompson. Secre:ary of 
the Anglers’ Association of the St. Lawrence River, was 
then read. Following is an abstract: 


We have no special laws applicable to the St. Lawrence River 
as yet. We have but one close season for bass, which is applicable 
to the whole Province. J understand, however, that the Commis: 
sion of Fisheries at Uttawa is revising the close season laws, and 
whether he will suggest any modification of the season in respect 
to the St. Lawrence, | am not able to say. | wrote to him several 
days ago for a forecast, but have not yet heard from him. 1 shall 
adyise you in- case any change is to be made. As 1 mentioned 
to you, the the Federal Government regulates the close seasons 
and stipulates the imp ements of capture. These are its functions 
chiefly. 1 may take this opportunity of saying that I recently 
visited the Bay of Quinte fisheries, and received a deputation of 
fishermen. 1 found them very hostile toward American anglers,, 
chiefly on account of this vexatious bass question. They say that 
while you peop‘e are allowed to come over and fish in our waters 
and take home with them the. fish caught, and many dispose of 
them at their own discretion, they (our people) are denied 
this privilege. 1 tried to explain to them the reciprocal rela- 
tions which had been in existence for some time, and urged that 
notwithstanding the statements which they made | had positive 
information, after most careful inquiry, that no bass were sold. 
They merely laughed at this, and said they had ocular demon- 
stration that a different state of things had actually taken place. 
They also stated most emphatically in reply to my argument that 
the emp oyment of our guides wou'd be discontinued on your side 
of the river, that no Canadian guides were now employed: that a 
number had made application for employment and had been re- 
fused and ihreatened with the enforcement of the alien labor law 
in case they succeeded in getting empioyment; that the alien 
labor law was put into force this year in respect ot young men 
who obtained employment at your boarding houses and hotels as 
waiters. They said that your yachts come into our waters with as 
many as ten or fifteen rowboats in tow, will fish all day and 
pay no regard whatever to our regulations as to the number to 
be caught; that in case one man is fishing out of a boat in which 
perhaps he has a lady or two and a guide, he will continue fishing 
until he catches twelve fish apiece for every occupant of our boat, 
and in this way will catch as many as forty, fifty or even sixty 
bass in a dav, This, as you must know, is a violation of our 
regulations, Ife cannot catch mere than twelve a day. That there 
seems ground for their contention is supparted by statements 
contained in a letter which appeared in the Forest AND STREAM 
about the middle of October over the signature of Nr. Wolcott, 
who states in one or two instances about the limit being “twenty- 
four to a boat”; and further, that “the guides have found the 
Iyesiness verv profitable.” as they receive the majority of the 
bass taken, which they sell to Cape Vincent buyers. “one of them 
having made several hundreds of dollars from this source this 


i 


Bee. 18, 1660. 


summer.” We practicaily derive no benefit from our fisheries, 
Cur hotels and vvarding houses i) alung the river are empty. 
We are Mam.ain.ng a large staf vi overseers. For whatf 
paren. y 10 pidvide gotd fshing fer your peuple, who in return, 
Mm my Gp.nion, ale abusing the privilege, 

4Le-mimnsw gutsucn is a bung question, too, One of our 
overseers this summer confiscated several barre.ss of minnows 
which fishermen irom your side had taken in our waters tor bait 
Wilh mets. Cur fishernicnh c.aim that a large majority of these 
M,nnuws were whitefish, trout, pickere! and bass minnows, and 
that the destruction in this way is tremendous, Ve preyent our 
own fishermen irom taking them with seines, and that your men 
are not prevented irom taking them in that way is a grievance. 
(LF course they couid be prevented if our overseer happened to 
detect them, but he cannot be everywhere at one and the same 
hme. : 

It appears to me that the question resolves itself into this: 
That we will either have to shut your peope out altogether or 
threw open our waters to our fishefmen tu sell what bass they 
take; and if this is done, it practically means throwing open the 
Dass market all over the lroyince. : 


R. P. Grant spoke of the agreement which had been 
made with Canad-an officials regarding the dates of the 
fishing season on the St. Lawrence. The following reso.u- 
tion was adopted: . 

: Resolved, That the New York State Fish, Game and Forest 
League ask the Anguers’ Association of the St. Lawrence River 
to send three delegaies to Montreal, I. Q., to represent the New 
York State Fish, Game and Forest League at tne annual meet- 


ing of the North Amernan Fish and tame lrotective Asso- 
ciation to be heid at Monireal during the winter of 1901. 


The Niagara Coun y Anglers’ Club was al o authorized 
to cend de:egates to Montreal in the saine manner, 

Letters of regret were read frcem C. B, Lapham, of 
Canandaigua, aud W. Austin Wadsworth, of Geneseo, 
president of the New York State Forest, Fish and Game 
Commission. The former was not feel ng well enough to 
atend, and an motion af Mr. Wolcott the sympathy of 
the League was extended to him w.th best wishes for 
his specdy recovery. 

W. E. Wolcott offered the following: 

Resolved, That the legislative and law committee of this body 
be instructed to do a‘l in its power to convince the Legislature 


at its coming session of the tact that the force ot State game 
protectors shou:d be increased. 


After speaking briefly in supoort of the resolution the 
mover asked that Chief Protector Pond express an op-n- 
jon on the subject. 

Major Pond said that the State of New York was pay- 
ing out a great deal of money to propagate fish and some 
to propagate game with a force of protectors inadequate to 
protect. If the police force of a c ty were propor.ionate'y 
as small in numbers it would be the laughing stock of the 
people. During a porticn of the year half of the force of 
protectors is needed fo protect the oyster industry. Then 
there are big ranges of forests to look after, besides the 
other territory. 1 would also say when the number is 
increased. increase the pay as well. There is a cry go'nz 
tp as to why the protectors do not come here and there, 
but each of the thirty-seven protectors has on an average 
nearly two counties to cover. They receive a salary of 
$500 a year and $450 or $37.50 per month, for expenses. 
1 think if there were fifty protectors and they received a 
salary of $900 a year and an allowance of $600 for ex- 
penses, they would do good work. 

W. H. Thompson—The complaint seems to be that they 
don’t do their work. If it would induce them to do it I 
would be in favor of increasing their pay. Governor 
Qdell favors an increase in the number of protectors. 

John H. Forey—The protectors are poorly paid men in 
view of the risks they take and the work they do. I move 
as an amendmient that we also recommend that the pay 
of the protectors be increased to $900 a year and $600 for 
expenses. 

The amendment and resolution as amended 
adopted. Je 

Dr. Babcock spoke of the dangers and difficulties wh'ch 
protectors encountered in trying to enforce the game laws 
on Oneida Lake. He said they risked their lives. They 
use up the small amount the State allows them for ex- 
penses. and then often cut into their own salaries in their 
earnest work. 

Mr. Forey spoke of the advisability of the members of 
the League urging the members of the Senae ard As- 
sembly in their respect’ve districts to favor the bill rezard- 
ing the protectors and their salaries. 

Major Pond said the suggestion was a good one. 

Mr. Thompson sa-d Senatcr Brown had spoken to him 
about the adyisab lity of an association when it wanted a 
_ bill passed sending some one to back it up. 

Major Pond said that when help was needed on game 
matters at Albany. all he had to do was to send to Presi- 
dent Lawrence and he wou'd pack his grip and come up 
at once. [Applause.] 

Mr. Mowry thought members of the Legislative and 
Law Commit ee should go to Albany to see about bills. 

Mr. Mowry offered resolutions recommend’ng th> ap- 
pointment of Charles C. Ford, of Parish, Oswego coun'y, 
and John L. Perry of Syracuse, as special gamez protec- 
tors, the latter for the Anglers’ Association of Onondaga. 
Adopted. 

Mr, Mowry said that Mr. Perry had been on Oc-n‘da 
Lake three times with the protectors when fish p‘rates 
fired at them with rifles. 

President, Lawrence ca’led Mr. Wolcott to the cha'r 
and toalk the floor for a short tme. He said he had not 
been able to get definite information from the chairman of 
the Law Committee as to what had heen done. He 
theught the pres:dent of the League should be ab'e to tell 
just what was go.ng on. It is unpleasant for hm to be 
unable io ascertain what committees are doing, Mr, Law- 
rence then restimed the chair. 

Mr. Woed said Mr. MacGregor hod been ill. 

On the suggestion of Mr. Mowry the Nominating Com- 
mittee was asked to place the president of the Leazue 
ale Law Comm/‘ttee, A recess was then taken until 
2 P.M. 

When the convention was again called ‘o order the 
report of Walter S, MacGregor chairman cf the Legis a- 
tive and Law Committee, which had ccme to hand in the 
meantime, was presented. It was as follows: 

Gentlemen—As chairman of the Legislative and Law Committee 
of your bedy fer the past year, desire to report that the 
legislative work of your committee durimg the year consisted of 


fiaming-and having intreduced in the Legislature two bilis—one 
to amend. Secticn 100 of the game law so as to prevent the 
pollution of streams, and ene to construct fishways in the dams 
of the Seneca and (swego rivers. Ilostile interests killed the 
first bill in committee, and the exigenciés of politics in a 
| Fresidential election killed the other temporarily, ‘The fishway 


bill will be again presented in the Legislature this winter, and 


were 


Ap, 


FOREST AND STREAM 


- the co-operation of the League is asked to secure its passage, as it 


is believed the construction of such fishways wouid soon add 
vastly to the supp y of food and game fish in the lakes and rivers 
of Central New York, Jew pecpie have studied the subject 
encugl yel 10 appreciate the loss in fish caused by high dams 
which have no fishways to enable the fish to return to their 
Nattial spawning beas. I torward two suggestions tor propused 
amendments to the law, which have been fiied with me, one 
from G. O. Shields and one with regard to spring shooting 
from Mr. Gavitt, 
business prevents my being with you. 


41 Wall Street, New York. 


Mr. Shields mentioned several changes which might 
be made in the game laws. One of them was to the effect 
that the Law Committee be instructed to try and have the 
Legislature pass an act prohibiting the shooting of any 
kind of game in the spring months. Mr. Gay.tt secend.d 
the resolution. 

Some time ago this League was instrumental in push- 
ing a bill through prohibit ng spring duck shooting, but 
influences near New York, said the speaker, were too 
much for us. Mr. Gavitt thought it had heen thoroughly 
demonstrated that duck shooting was deteriorat.ng so 
that 1. would socn be too late to do anything. He feared 
though that 1f other birds than ducks were inciuded in 
the bill it might serve to k ll it. There are some hnters 
who want to shoot plover and snipe. and they m ght ob- 
ject. Mr. Shields said bills would be presented .o the 
Legislature in at least twenty States to prohibt spring 
shocting. He accepted the amendment suggested by Mr. 
Gavitt and the Law Commit.ee will end_avor to have a 
bill passed making the close season for web-footed wild 
fowl beg n March 1, 

Thomas C. Welch said that while half a loaf is better 
than none, it seemed to him that if there was a possible 
chance of getting a bill through proh.biting all kinds of 
spring shooting it sheuld be done: He had found eggs in 
snipe in the spring and if the birds were left alone they 
would nest near Buffalo. Wild fowl used to breed on 
Niagara River, but they never will again until they are 
left alone in the spring. 

On motion of Mr. Welch it was decided to subscribe for 
the service by which bills are sent out from Albany, in 
order that the secretares of the various clubs in the 
League may be apprised of what measures are pending in 
the Legislature in regard to fish and game matters. Mr. 
Shields spoke of some other suggestions regarding game 
matters, among them the following: That the sale of 
game should be stopped; that there should be a uniform 
season for game; that no man should be allowed to kill 
more than a certain number of birds; to make constab'es 
ex officio gamé wardens; to prohibit the use of snares 
and nets for taking birds and animals; provid ng for a tax 
on guns; to make the use of dynamite in taking fish a 
penitentiary offense. Mr. Welch told about a Canadian 
boy who came across in a boat and asked a man if he 
had any dynamite car.ridges. They were wanted for fish- 
ing purposes. A great deal of dynamite is used in the 
Niagara River. , 

Major Pond—Dynam‘te not only kills the fish, but it 
destroys spawning beds and fish food. . 

Mr. Welch offered the following, which was adopted: 

Resolved, That the Law and Legislative Committee be instructed 
to frame and introduce a bill in the Legislature requiring ail 
persons selling high explosives within this State to keep a record 
of all sales, showing the name and address of the person to whom 
sold, with the date of sale, and providing a penalty tor violation. 


Also to intreduce an amendment striking out from the penalty 
for using dynamite all power to fine. 


Sincerely yours, 
Waiter S. MacGregor, 


Dr. Babcock offered a resolution instructing the Legis- 
lative and Law Committee to assist in the passage of a 
law placing.a small bounty on all unlawful nets. He 
said he did-not wish to say anything that would reflect on 
the protectors, but almost every summer Oneida Lake 
is literally filled with nets. The only law which came 
anywhere near clearing ihe lake of nets was the bounty 
law, but it was repealed because the bounty was too h’g’t. 
‘The speaker suggested a bounty of $5 on a trap net. An- 
other thing in favor of a bounty law, said he, is that it 
would legalize the seizure of nets. 

Messrs. Mowry and Forey also spoke in favor of a «mall 
bounty on nets. Mr. Welch thought such a bill couid not 
be passed. He said one man sued his county for $8 000 
bounty under the former law. Mr. Worts said the boun'y 
law was a good thing if ‘t were not abused. Dr, Bab- 
cock’s re olution was adopted. 

Mr. Shields offered a resolution instructing the Law 
Committee to work for the passage of a law to prohibit 
the sale of game of all kinds at all seasons. Mr. Hicks 
seconded it. 
cluded. Mr. Mowry moved as an amendment that the 
Law Committee try to have an act passed prohibit.ng 
the sale of grouse, quail and woodcock. Carried. 

Mr, Mowry. by request, read a commun’ca ion from 
a Syracusan asking if something could not be done to 
get the game law amended so that there weuld be duck 
shooting in central New York. It was the opinion of the 
writer that if batteries could be used on two days in the 
week it would do a good deal of good for shooters in gen- 
eral. It would break up the large flocks of ducks on the 
lake and the birds wou!d then come to the shore blinds. 

Mr. Forey moved that the Law Committee be in:ructed 
to endeavor to have a provision inserted ‘n Sect’on 47, 
Article 3, of the game laws. to the effect that wa l-eyed 
p ke less than 13 inches in length sha‘l not be inten-ionally 
taken, and if taken they shall be returned to the water. 
He said that the State hatcheries were putt*ng ont millions 
of young pike, but fish p'rates are taking small pike bv 
illegal devces. They catch them by tons pike from 6 to 8 
inches long. They are depleting the waters, taking baby 
pike, and dispos'ng of them for pan fish. They come 
largely from Oneida Lake. His resolution was atooted. 

Mr. Mather reported that the Auditing Comm't'e= had 
examined the books of he Treasurer and fownd them cor- 
rect. The report of the Treasurer was adopted. 

On motion of Secretary Gould. Aaron Mather. of 
Honeoye Fails, was elected an honorary member: of the 
League. 

President Lawrence urged the members of the’ Leacte 
to see that all nroposed amendments to the game: laws 
were in the hands of ihe Law Committee prior to the an- 
nual meeting, aa =U 

The Nom nating Committee reported the follow'ng list 


of officers for the enstiing year. and the same were duly. 
elected: _ President. Robert B. Lawrence, New York 
city; Vice-President, W, E, Woleott; Utica; Secretary, — 


1 regret that at the last moment I find my ~ 


Mr. Forey asked to have brook trout in- . 


465 


Ernest G. Gould, Seneca Falls; Treasurer, A. C. Corn- 
wall, Alexandria Bay. Legislative and Law Comimrittee—- 
Chairman, C. 6. Lapham, Canadaigua; W. S. MacGregor, 
New York; W. S, Gavitt Lyons; C. H, Mowry, Syracuse. 
Auditing Committee—Aa:on Mather, Honeoye Ealls; 
Dr. W, G. Babcock, Cleveland; Jame: Carter. Lockport, 
‘Biolegical Committee—James Annin, Caledonia; G. B, 
Woed, Syracuse; W. E. Wolcott, Utica. 

President Lawrence briefly but earnestly thanked the 
League for the honor again conferred upon him, after 
which the conyention adjourned. 

It is probable that a b.Jl will be introduced at the 
next session of the Legislature provid ng for a sub- 
stantial appropriation for the purchase hy the State of 
additional lands in the Adirondacks. The a‘tention of the 
Legislative and Law Committee of the League has been 
called to the matter, and they have been asked to favor it. 

W. E. Wo tcorr. 

Utica, Dec. 7, 


Toledo and Thereabouts, . 


The Ocqueoe Club. 


_Torepo, O., Dec. 4.—Toledo, which is always a pregres- 
sive city in all matters pertaining to field sports. Iras a 
new hunting and fishing club to be known as the Ocqueoc. 
It has acqured possession of eighty acres of land on 
Lake Nettie, some foity miles northwest of Alpena, and 
a temporary club house has been erected, which will be 
replaced by a comfor.able and commodious structure in 
the spring. This is a wild and hitherto imaccess.hle sec- 
tion of the lower Michigan peninsula, but the Detroit & 
Mackinac Railway has run its tracks within a mle of 
the lake and has agreed to establish a Hag station for 
the benefit of the members. There is a sprinkling of 
Pi.tsburg and Cincinnati men in the new orgunizaion— 
just enough to keep it from being a purely local affair— 
and it is the intent’on to have the club incorporated at 
an early date. The membership is limited to seventy-five. 
Quite a number of Toledo hunters have gone up to try 
their luck since the election, 


To Play the Host. 


The Ann Arbor Railway, which had its origin at Toledo, 
extends diagonally across the lower peninsula to. its 
northwest corner at Frankfort, on Lake Mich gan, It 
taps in the intervening territory some of the best hunt-. 
ing and fishing grounds in ihat portion of the State, and 
nearly every station the other side of the university town 
of Ann Arbor has its adjacent bass lake or trout Stream. 
Frankfort, the northern terminus, is a delightful summer 
resort and an excellent Iccation for ihe headquarters 
ef the hosts of hunters and fishermen who are in search 
of recreation and health, but heretofore it has been sadly 
lacking in adequate seca caions for this c'ass of 
visitors. The managers of the road haye for the past two 
or three years realized this deficiency. and in order to 
remedy it, have decided to play the host hereaf cr for 
the benefit of their patrons, Accordingly, they have just 
broken ground for a new hotel at Frankfort. on which 
they purpose spending a hundred thousand dollars. It 
will contain 210 rooms all equipped and furn shed in 
modern style, and ihe rates are to be so low that a plain, 
ordinary ten dollar bill will carry a mana long time. The 
new hostelry is located on Marquette Island, a spot 
rendered historic as the burial plage of the revered Fath r 
Marquette, and the grounds about the house will be trans- 
formed into an island park which will without doubt add 
greatly to its attractiveness. Mr. W. H. Bennett. the 
general passenger agent, and Mr. J, J. K rhy. his assistant, 
are hoth enthusiastic over the new enterprise. 


About the Shooting. 


_ The quail shooting has been be.ter than usual, and it 
js quite possible for Toledo hunters to get a fair day's 

port within a dozen miles of the city. Quite a number 
of birds have been brought in dur ng the past two or thre 
days by the farmer boys, who evidently knew where the 
coveys were to be found. and they have proved to be in 
fine cond tion. At the fish and game stands thev retail at 
three dollars a dozen. The duck shooting has been on y 
moderately good, but the marshes in the Vicinity of the 
city have been comfortably fuil cf hunters since the season 
opened, and these have managed to keep the birds in circu- 
laticn. To the ea-tward of Toledo and along the scu.h 
shore of Lake Erie the Winans Po nt, Lacarpe, Toussaint, 
Cedar Point and West Harbor clubs are loca'ed, and in- 
clude in their membership many of the most prom nent 
and well-to-do citizens of New York Brooklyn Phila- 
delphia, Pittsburg, Cinc’nnati, Baltimore and other 
Eastern cities. The incom ng trains during the la-t few 
days have been crowded with sportsmen who are mem- 
bers of these clubs and who are so fortunately <1 uated as 
to be able to take a week or so away from their business 
without having their salaries docked. And to their credit 
it should be said that as a body they are right down good 


fellows, in spite of the fact that many of them are million- 
aires. ‘ 


The Mongolian Pheasant. 


Early last summer the Ohio Fish and Game Commission 
sent to Major W. R. Leflet, who reside; on th> Ottawa 
River a short d'stance north of the city limits three pairs 
of young Mongclian pheasants, at that time about as 
large as quail, One of the chicks died soon after their 
arrival. but the remaining five were turned out on the 
Major’s farm. For a long time nothing was secn or heard 
of them, and it was feared that they had suecunihed to 
the pressure of the strenuous life they were obl’ged to 
live. But of late they have been seen quite frequently, and 
appear to be in the best of health and spirits. These 
brds, as the winter comes on, do not seem to wander 
very far from their wonted heat. which is a strip of terri- 
tory between the Ottawa and Maumee rivers about three 
miles in width. and occasionally they are found fratern z- 
ing with Major Leflet’s chickens, with which they had an 
earlier acquaintance. The entire netghborhood js alert to 
care for and preserve these strangers, and it would go 
hard with any one who should undertake to pot them 
The protec ion afforded these hirds by the Legis‘ature 
till 1900 has been extended for three years. r 


The Toledo Cuvier. 


Mr, John Renner long a resident of Cincinnati, has 
removed to this city and opened a Sportsman's head- 


quarters on St, Clair street, near Adams, Mr. Renter is 
himself a thorough-going sportsman, and has hunted over 
much of the ground made faniuliar to the readers of 
Forest AND STREAM by Roosevelt and Hough. In Cin- 
cinnati he was a member of the famous Cuvier Club, and 
has transported the name to Toledo. He also was (and is) 
a member of the immortal Kingfishers, whose rendezvous 
is at the Queen City, and among whom he figures as The 
Deacon, The wails of the smoking room at the Cuyier are 
hung with reproductions of water colors by Frost and 
Huntington, and on the tables are to be placed a choice 
list of the best hunting and fishing periodical:, the first 
of wh'ch he assured me yesterday is to be the Forrest AND 


STREAM. 


On Triton Waters. 


A few days since two Toledo gentlemen who are mem- 
bers of the noted Triton Fish and Game Club, of Canada, 
were most pleasantly reminded of a friendship formed on 
the lakes and streams of that sportsman’s paradise during 
their fishing tour to its waters in August last. It appears 
from the evidence that W. J. Walding and Noah H. 
Swayne, the gentlemen in question, while out for the day’s 
fishing, had stopped at the noon hour at Lae de Passe, 
where they met two fellow fishermen who were also mem- 
bers of the club, but located at a different camp. A 
courteous iny-tation by the Toledo party to join them at 
their noonday lunch was as cordially accepted by the 
others, and in the conversation which ensued our home 
people lamented the fact that they were obliged to obtain 
their time from the sun, moon and stars, Mr. Walding 
having broken the mainspring of his watch. while Mr. 
Swayne’s timepiece had suffered the loss of its crystal. 
Whereupon the younger of their guests remarked that he 
was fortunate in having two watches with him, and it 
would please him to have Mr. Walding carry one of 
them till his return to Toledo. The offer was thankfully 
accepted, and during the next few days the quartette re- 
mained together, casting the feathered lure from their 
respective canoes during the day, and exchanging 
reminiscences and divers colored “tokens” at night. A 
warn friendship grew up among the members of the party, 
and on one occasion when his companion was not by, the 
elder fisherman suggested to Mr. Walding that he would 
better keep the watch when he returned to Toledo, as its 
owner had really more watches than he had any actual 
use for, since he was a director in the New England 
Watch Company. Afterward, when the suggestion was 
heartily seconded by the youngest man, the Toledoan 
said that le would be glad to retain the watch (an ordt- 
nary Waterbury) as a memento of the meeting. Perhaps 
it ought to be noted, before going further with the story, 
that the cards which the two visitors had tendered at the 
first mecting showed that the elder gentleman was Mr, 
George E, Hart, president of the New England Watch 
Company, of Waterbury, Conn, and Mr. George W. 
Burnham, of New York city, 

Before the party separated, with many mutual expres- 
sions of gratification over the added enjoyment which 
their intercourse had afforded Mr. Hart requested Mr. 
Walding to return the watch to him as soon as the Toledo 
man had reached home, so that the manufacturer of time- 
pieces might have the oppor.unity of “putting it in a better 
case,” as he expressed it. Walding thanked him and 
thought nothing more about the matter till he received 
a letter not long after his return, from Mr. Hart, who 
insisted that Wald ng should “carry out his agreement” 
and send back the watch. Mr. Hart also asked that some 
picture which Walding valued for its associations be sent 
with the watch, in order that an éngraving m ght be made 
from it for the case. The watch and photograph were 
sent accordingly, and a few days since Mr. Walding re- 
ceived, not a thick and, heavy Waterbury, but’a thin, high 
grade timepiece, whose mechanism and ornamentation 
are the highest expression of the watchmaker’s art. On 
the back of the case is an engraying showing-a faithful 
reproduction of a camp photograph: taken some three 
years ago, when Mr. Walding had left home an inyalid, 
and his camping companion had been cautioned by his 
wile, “on no account to let Mr. Walding do any lifting.” 
In the picture a log camp appears in the background, and 
just in front of it stands the ‘sick man.” who-in the inter- 
yening weeks of free life in the open air had regained his 
wonted health, with a pack over his shoulders which would 
haye staggered jhe most robust*pack mule. The open 
face of the watch displays a most unique and beautiful 
design. On its snow white surface, instead of the usual 


Roman numerals are given miniature fac-similes of the - 


first twelve cards of the diamond suit beginning with 
the ace for the first hour and ending with the queen. The 
diamonds in each card are reproduced in garnets, while 
over the center of each an emerald disk marks the point at 
wlich the hands reach the hour. The letter which advised 
the recipient of its transmission was inclosed in an en- 
velope of the full “official” size, and this ccntained on its 
face a reproduction of the camp scene ‘n water colors, and 
on the reverse side an original sketch also in colors, in 
which was depicted a camp table with a chair at either 
end and on its ba'tered surface a stack of chips. a pack of 
cards, two half-burned cigars, and looming over all. an 
ace demijohn bearing’ the legent, “Waldine’s Best 
ait.” 

Mr. Swayne was also compl'mented with a watch of 
exactly similar pattern, save that the engraving on the 
case represented; a birch bark canoe with ah appropriate 
background. To say that these gentlemen are highly 
pleased with this lavish recognition of camp courtesies is 
putting it very mildly mdeed. and nothing can afford 
either of them greater sat’sfaction just now than to be 
asked by their friends for the time o° the day.- 

Mr. Walding brought with him on his return from 
the Triton waters a 414-pound male fontinalis which he 
has had handsomely mounted. He was taken on a 5-ounce 
rod, with a red bucktail fly and automatic reel, and 
afforded thirty-five minutes of that exhilarating suspense 
which brings a man’s heart into his mouth, before he was 
lifted into the canoe, 


A Rare Visitor. 


I delay the signature to this letter long enough to say 
that an eider duck was shot im the marshes north of 
Toledo to-day, one of the extremely rare specimens 
which have been taken in the waters of this locality. The 
bird was in fine plumage, and is naturally much prized by 
its captor. Jay BEEBE. 


American Wildfowi and How to 
| ‘Take Them.—XIV. 


’ BY GEORGE BIRD GRIN NELL. 
[Continued from page 437.| 
Pintail, 


‘Dafila acuta (Linn.). 


THe male pintail has the head and upper neck wood 
brown, darkest on the crown, often with greenish, red- 
dish and purple reflections. A part-of the hind neck is 
hlack; lower down it becomes grayish, finely ‘barred with 
dusky, gray and white, The front of back and sides are 
waved with very fine cross bars of white and black. Most 
of the wing is gray or brownish. The speculuin is green, 
in some lights coppery, margined with white tawny and 
black, and with 2 cinnamon-colored bar in front. <A line 
beg:nning at the hack of the head and passing down the 
side of the neck is white, running into the white of the 
fore neck and under parts. The long feathers growing 
from the third bone of the wing are pale gray’ wi.h a 
black strip down the middle. The long scapulars or 
shoulder feathers, are black, edged with whitish. The 
upper and under tail coverts are black, touched with white 
on the outside, forming a line of white. The tail feathers 


PINTAIL DUCK. 


are mostly gray and brown, but the long central pair, 
which are narrow and pointed and extend far beyond the 
others, are black. The bill.is bluish-gray. eyes brown, and 
the legs and feet gray. Length, 26-30 inches; wing, over 
To inches. Di 

The female is one of the plain grayish ducks, resem- 
bling in a general way the female mallard, or the female 
green-winged teal. The ground color of the upper parts 
is rusty or whitish, streaked w:th dusky or brownish. The 
chin ‘and throat are whitish; the wing-coyerts browntsh- 
gray. edged with white. The under parts are white, 
streaked with dusky. The bird is always to be dis- 
tinguished by its bill and its feet. . at he 

The p‘ntail is a bird of wide distribution, inhabiting 
the whole of the northern hemisphere, from Alaska on 
the west to Japan and northern Kamschatka on the east. 
In America it is found all over the country, at different 
seasons of the year, from ocean to ocean, and from the 
shores of the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Sea. In 
winter it is found in Cuba also.. Although breeding.,in 


‘Alaska, on the Mackenzie River and in Greenland, it is 


also a summer resident of the Western United States, and 
breeds in considerable numbers in Dakota, Idaho, Mon- 
tana and Wyoming. I have found their nests there in the 
middle of June, the young not yet haying made their 
appearance. nts 

The pintail is not very abundant in autumn on the New 
England coast, though it is found occasionally in Maine 
and Massachusetts, and in somewhat greater abundance in 
Connecticut, where it is known as pheasant. On Long 
Island it is more common during the migrations, and 
when we reach the coast of Virginia and North Carol na 
it is one of the abundant ducks. Here it often associates 
with the mallard and black duck, and when the birds fly 
to and fro from their feeding grounds a small buneh may 
contain four or five mallards, two or three black. ducks 
and an equal number of pintails. On the other hand, little 
flocks made up only of pintails are often seen. 

In the first volume of the “Water Birds” Dr. Brewer 
gives the follow'ng abridgment of Mr. Kennicott’s ac- 
count of the pintail in the North: “The summer home of 
the pintail is within the Arctic region, further to the 
northward than that of any other of our fresh-water 
ducks, comparatively few breeding south of Great S'ave 
Lake. In their spring migrations to the northward they 
move in immense flocks, which only dsperse upon their 
arrival at their breeding grounds. A few reach that lake 
about May 1, but the main body arrive about a week 
or so later, and mostly pass directly on across the lake to 
the northward. On the Yukon the first specimefis. were 
seen in the latter part of April, and before the toth of 
May they had arrived in immense flocks, which remained 
some time together in that vic’nity before passing further 
north or separating to breed. At this time the birds 
were fat, and their flesh delicious, much superior to that 
of any other duck, except the widgeon, At the Yukon the 
pintails are the latest in nesting of any of the fresh-water 
ducks, and generally hatch a week or two after the mal- 
lard. He found them breeding in the same grounds and 
at about the same time, with Pulix afinis, though they 
do not associate with that species. He always found their 
nests in low but dry ground, under the shelter of trees 
or bushes, though never among thick, large trees, and not 
more than two or three rods from water. They never 
build on hammocks in the water. nor on high land, but 
always just pon the edge of a marsh or lake. The nest 
is usually placed at the foot of a willow, among grass, 
rather than leaves or moss, and is extremely simple, being 
composed of merely a few bits of broken dry grass and 
sticks, but well lined with down. The eggs are from 
Seven to nine in number, and rather small in size.”’ 


about it. 


(Dec. 18, todd. 


Mr. FE. W. Nelsct. who-e studies of Northern birds 
ate so ititefestihg, has given a graphic account of the 
breeding habits of the pintail, and among other things, 


- ealls attention to an act by this duck curiously similar 


to the well-known drumming of the snipe. The bird falls 
from a great height, with wings held stiff and curved, and 
producing a sound which at first is low, but gradually 
grows louder, wmitil, as the bird reaches the ground in its 
diagonal fall, the sound becomes very lond. A man wha 
has had a bunch of canvasbacks or blackheads sweep down 
over him as they prepare to alight, can well imagine 
what this sound is like. The cry of the pintail in autunin 
and winter is a low lisping whistle, but at o.her times it 
is said. to utter a sound something like the quack of the 
mallard, and also one similar to the rolling note produced 
by the blackhead. 

The pintail is quite a shy bird; its usual flight is high 
in the air, which gives it an opportunity to inspect the 
country for signs of danger. Often, however, if the 
weather is favorable, these birds come well to decoys, and 
are easily killed. 

- There are few more gracefiil species than this. The 
long pointed wings, the slender form, terminating in a 
long neck and tail, and the swift flight, make the bird a 
very beautiful one) 

This species rejoices in many names, and some of them 
given by Mr. Trumbull are pied gray duck, gray widgeon, 
sea widgeon, split tail, sprig tail, spike tail; picket ta.l sea 
es water pheasant, long neck, sharp tail and spindle 
tail, F 


Wood Duck, 
Aix sponsa (Linn.). 

The adult male has the head and long thick crest rich 
green and purple, with brilliant metallic reflections. A 
narrow line of whi-e starts from the upper angle of the 
bill, passing over the eye, and continuing down into the 
crest. Another wider line starts behind the eye and runs 
down into the under part of the crest, The throat and 
upper neck are white, sending out two branches one up 
behind the-eye, another back behind the head, partly in- 
closing the violet black of the lower back of the head. 
The lower neck and breast are rich ches.nut glossed with 
purple; dotted in front with triangular spots of white. 
The back is purplish-black, with glossy reflections, as are 
also the upper wing covérts. The shoulder feathers and 
tertiar‘es are black, with biue, green and purple reflections, 
and the longest of the tertiary fea hers is tipped with 
white. On the side of the breast, just in front of the 
wing, is a broad white bar and below it, another bar, 
which is black. The sides and flanks are finely waved 
with black lines on a brownish-yellow ground. many of 
the feathers having a bar of black, bordered with wh te 
at the extremities. The under parts are pure white, but 
the under tail coverts are glossy black. The upper tail 
coverts are long, fall over the tail on either side and are 
rich with metallic reflections. The bill is deep red, with 
a black spot near the base, a white spot on the side, a yel- 
low border to the base, and with a black na‘l. The eyes 
are bright carmine red, surrounded by orange-red or 
scarlet eyelids. The legs and feet are yellow, with dusky 
joints and webs. 

The adult female is generally gray, or greenish-gray, 
but her markings, in a general way, resemble those of the | 
male. She has the crest, but not so much of it as the 


a - _ oe - _ - —~ 


WOOD DUCK, 


male. The throat and under parts are white; the breast 
and sides greenish-gray, do.ted with white markings; the 
upper parts are more brownih and have purple and 
bronzy reflections. The secondaries are wh te-tipped. 
The bill is dusky, and there is a narrow line of white all 
The length is about 19 inches, wing 9% inches. 

The wood duck is easily the most beautiful of North 
American ducks. It is commonly compared with the 
mandarin duck of China, but it is larger and its dress is 
a litle more highly colored, and while more rich, is: yet 
more simple. 

This is a bird-of the South, and breeds eyerywhere 
throughout the Eastern and Southern United States, in — 
suitable localities. Unlike most of our ducks, it 1s not a 
migrant to the far North, though it has been found as 
far north as latitude 54 degrees, but it confines itself 
pretty well to the United States, and further to the 
southward. 

The wood duck is a bird of swamps and small inland 
waters, and is notable as being one of the few species” 
which always nests in trees. Sometimes it take; posses- 
sion of a hole excavated by a great woodpecker, or it 
may adapt a hollow in a trunk or branch to its use. I 
is very much at home in the timber, and threads its way 
among the tree tops at great speed, The eggs are often 
laid on the bare woad that forms the floor of the cavity 
which it occupies, but, as incubation goe; on, the mothe 
plucks more or less down from her breast to cover them. 
When the young are hatched, if the nest is over the 
water. they crawl to the opening and throw themselves 
into the ait to fall into the water. If, however, the nest 
is at a distance from the shore, the mother carries then 
to the water in her bill. When the yotine ducks are 
hatched their claws are exceedingly sharp, and they ar 


Dc. 15, 1900.] 


reat climbers. They thus have no difficulty in making 
heir way to the mouth of the hole. ; 
‘The wood duck is often kept in confinement, and is a 
deautiful pet. There are many records of its having been 
ored in captivity. 

While a great many wood ducks are shot, they are 
owhere sufhciently numerous to make it worth while to 
un especially for them. ‘hose that are k-lied are taken 
chiefly by accident when they Ay near to decoys put out 
for other fowl. Being shot at all seasons of the year, they 
ate becoming very scarce, and are likely to be exterm1- 
nated before long. 


Waterfowl in the Berkshires. 


New Marceoroucn, Mass.—The toth of October was 
one of those stl, damp days, with almost a drizzle of 
tain at times, and considerable fog in the lowlands and 
wet places. I drove to the little village of Monterey. five 
miles distant, to make some calls. Stopping on the way 
ito make a social call on the veteran sportsman of these 
parts, George Shultis, his- wife told me that George and 
ithe boys had gone to Lake Garfield duck shooting. It is 
arely that water fowl are shot here to exceed more than 
three or four at a time, and I laughed to myself, as I 
limag'ned the luck they must be haying. As I neared the 
town, which is close to the lake, 1 began to hear the re- 
Iports of guns, and saw two or three flocks of ducks high 
lin the air. This amused me still more, as I pictured those 
poor mortals shooting at ducks at least 200 yards in the 
fir. When I got to the village, wild rumors of a “pond 
full of ducks” reached my ears, and judging from the 
Incise I heard, reports were not exaggerated. 

After visiting my patients I began cast ng about me for 
gun, but found that even horse pistols were at a 
premium that day. In my despair I went to the village 
store and, oh, joy! lying right on the porch was a gun, 
f was contemplating running away with it, when out 
bobbed Hary Shultis with his hands full of shells: anda 
perfect torrent of information. “We've shot over twenty 
lucks; lake's so full of “em they just crowd each othe~ 
on to the shore. Come on,” said he, “and take my gun. 
Well, did 1? We jumped in.o the buggy and starte | 
for the lake. 

The nearer we approached the more it sounded like th 
Fourth of July. There were all kinds of noises, fror 


drams of black powder belched from a miniature canno, 
in the hands of a freckled-faced red-headed boy of about 
beventeen years. 

I found everybody there (except the two patients I had 
visited), and for variety of weapons they certainly beat the 
world. One or two at least were using rifles oi a small 
sheet of water, with boat loads of hunters rowing in every 
direction. There every boat hunted for itself except ou~ 
two, and there was many a merry race to see fa) WOU, 
“et to a bunch of ducks when they struck the - Sires dale 
lake which is about a mile long and half a mule in the 
widest part, was literally covered with boats where it 
Wasn't covered with ducks. The fowl were mostly coots, 
a few teal and a sprinkling of black ducks. j 

Everybody kept the birds moving, and by the middle of 
the afternoon all had depar.ed except the killed and 
crippled. We then rowed ashore and laid our ducks on 
the sand, They counted up fifty-nine, a pretty good 
string for three people. 
birds were killed altogether. In the memory of the oldest 
inhabitant, there neyer had been such a day’s sport there 
before. E. W. Stockweiz, M. D. 


Neos Bullet aa: a Dees.” 


A FEW days since I wrote Forest AND STREAM an 
account of our recent New Hampshire deer, hunt. 1 
wish now to give the effects of a soft-pomted .303 bullet 
from a Savage rifle on a deer. The killing of my, big 
buck last week was as follows: IJ was sitting down on 
top of a ridge of hardwood and spruce, and my first 
glimpse was just the top of the deer’s back. I rose to 
my feet, and could see the buck’s head, part of his. neck 
and a litte moresof his back. There was a small ridge 
a few yards in front of me, directly between me and the 
deer, which prevented a better view. J aimed at a spot 
just back of the deer’s jaw. At the crack of the rifle 
the buck went down instantly. He was just 40 yards 
distant. I walked up to him, thinking he might need 
a second. shot. but he neyer a'tempted to get on his feet. 
He kicked about a little, and kept swinging his head 
about. I ran a knife into his neck well down toward 
his brisket, striking the right place at once. and the 
blood spurted and ran as I have never seen it before. Ina 
very short t'me the buck was dead. My impression then 
was that the billet had either broken his neck or taken 
|a piece ont of the bone. Cutting up the buck after reach- 
ing home. showed that it had not. The nearest point it 
came to the neck bone is one-half inch. From entrance 
of bullet to exit it is just five inches. Hole at exit meas- 
ured two inches in diameter, and is very ragged. The 
cla‘'m of the makers of small bore nitro rifles as to the 
effect of such bullets on game being eaual to if not greater 
than any very larger calibers using black powder, seems 
in the above instance to be verified. 

The four deer and four hears we Iilled in out five days’ 
hunting were all shot with two Winchester .30-30’s and 
one Savage .203, In every imstance, except on the bears 
(and they being in a large hole in a ledge, it was difficult 
to get in a shot where it was needed. or to tell when we 
had, and doubtless some shots were fired which were 
not needed), one shot killed the animal fired at. The 
first deer, a doe. was shot with a Winchester .30-30 as 
She lay on the ground. She did not get on her feet; the 
Bullet went through her back. The second deer, a big 
buck. was shot while running at some distance in hard- 
wood growth. the .30-30 Winchester bullet striking hind 
deg just below hock. cutting off leg so it hung by skin 
onlv; bone yery badly shattered. The buck bled very 
badly. and did not go far. The third deer, a small buck. 
owas killed in his tracks; a .30-30 struck fair in center 
‘of wecl- inst be'ow throat. +4 
_ Previous to our recent hunting trip T had not very much 
faith in the killing piwers of thé sinall Wore aftra rifle. I 


2% drains of nitro powder from a I6-gauge, to about (* 
oy 
noe 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


had had no practical experience in their use on game. At 
targets I had tried two of them and found them first class 
in evety way, Reports from various sources were con- 
flicting as to their killing powers. Heretofore in all my 
hunting of large game | stuck to my .45-90 wi.h its load 
of 100 grains of back powder and Keene express bullet. 
In my hands it had done its work qu.ckly and well, killing 
moose, caribou, bears and deer. My favorite hunting in 
all probability will not take in anything larger than deer 
and perhaps a bear now and then. The old rifle wil not 
go with me until 1 have good cause to think otherwise. 
A .303 will be my companion. ‘ 
Our hun.ing of last week was not in any advertised 
game region. It was in a locality just above the center 
of New Hampshire. It is so easy of access that I can 
leave my hotise here in the morning, drive nine miles to 
Concord, take the train and be out hunting where we 
killed our game by 10:30’ A. M. of the same morning. 
We stayed in the Rocky Point cottage, on the shore of 
Stinson Pond in Rumney, New Hampshire. The cottage 
was fully furnished, and all we supplied was provisions, 
Each day’s bag of game was dragged in the same day and 
hung in stable, My expenses of the trip from start to 
finish did not exceed ten dollars. All things considered, it 
was a salisiactory hunting trip. C, M. Starx. 
Dunsarion, N. H., Dec, |. 


Venison and a Brass Band. 
Boston, Dec. 8—Mr. H. S. Fisher hears from his 


guide, at Salmon Stream, Aroostook county, Me., that 


fali by reason of pressure oi business. 


hunters have, killed two big moose and several buck 
deer. Mr. Fisher is obliged to lose his hunting, trip this 
Mayor Wilson, 
of Auburn Me., and Aldermen Smith and Goss, with 
City Clerk Webber, were invited by. Alderman Hastings, 
of -the same city, to come up to his lumber camps at 
Gilead, Me., and hunt deer, They went and returned 


last week. Before their arrival the telegraph announced 


that the hunters had secured three deer. 


Ther friends 


at once decided that some notice must. be taken of their 


arrival. Accordingly, they were met at the railway station 


by a brass band, and a decorated van for accompanying 
the game. The conquering heroes were escorted to the 


City Hall, where speeches were in order. The speakers 


all expressed the deep concern that had, been. felt for 


balance. 


he safety of the city fathers, who had daringly taken 
‘ifles in hand and hied themselves to the dark and 
creacherous woods. Qne of the speakers closed with a 
great show of satisfaction: “We were trembl ng, in the 
We are trembling no-more. Again we clasp 


‘them to our, besoms, and give thanks for the, many 


j 
\ 


{ 


It was estimated that about 2505) 


blessings vouchsafed to us. But in this triumphant mo- 


ment. we do net forget that there are three deer to he- 


divided. We realize that we all like venison, and for the 
next few and fleeting days we shall stick closer to our 
riends than a brother. This is an hour when the feelings 
of the’ stomach overcotne the emotions of the: heart.” 
They kept their word, the result being a venison supper 
given by the returning hunters to their friends, with more 
Speech making, during which it was “fully, freely and 
thoroughly” asserted- that the deer- were. not halter 
broken and led up for the city fathers to shoot. Even 
the ladies made speeches; being present as hostess and 
guests. The mother of City Clerk Webber was very 
much at loss to understand how her son came to have 
a propensity for hunting. since as a’ boy she never 
allowed him to have anything worse than .a wooden stn. 
The hostess, Miss Wilson, sister of the Mayor, explained 
how a younger brother had declared that he would put 


‘some’ very pointed questions to. the hunters. but had 


finally come to her and said, on the sly: “I -honestly 


believe that Tohn did shont that deer himeelf”’ - - 


Boston, Dec. 10.—It has been another hard week for 
the Maine deer hunters. The storm of Tuesday added a 


-foot and a half of:snow to the depth of more than a foot 


already on thé ground in all northern sections of the 
State. This has made it almost imnoss‘hble for the hunters 
to’ move, though some hvnting is being done by local 
hunters on snowshoes. This sort of hunting is rather 


hard on the deer; since the snow is so deep that they are 


varding, and can run only a short distance when started. 
But Boston and other city hunters are generally. at home. 
the weather and the snow being too much for them. Still 
they brought home a few deer late in the week, the most 
ot which found their way directly to the Boston markets. 
The high prices pa’d have proved a temptation to return- 
ing hunters. and it is understood that if one has-not been 
sticcessful himself. it has been easy to bring out a deer 
shot by a guide and send it directly to the market. In 
this way the hunter can cla'm the credit of having brought 
out his deer, while the guide can get the pav for it. 

For the week 131 deer were recorded as chipped through 
Bangor, making the total for the season un to 2910 
against 3-260 for the same time a vear ago..or a falling off 
of 350. It now looks as though the last week of the sea- 
son would make even a smaller showing. the season clos- 
ing Dec. 15. and that the snow is proving very favorable 
to the stock of deer to go over. The number of deer 
coming out of the Kingfield section is still a large one, be- 
ing greater than that of a vear ago. But such is true of 
no other sect‘on. I am inclined to believe that the falling 
off in the number of deer killed in Maine for the season 
will prove to have been nearly one-fourth. It is certain 
that most game boomers have been exceedingly unwill'ng 
to let the truth be known and that they have made the 
reports appear as favorable to the game stunply as pos- 
sible. Not as many moose are coming out after the close 
of the season as anticipated, only four having been 
recorded at Bangor for the week. This leaves the season 
far short of a year ago. 

A curious instance of how the game laws are handled in 
Ma‘ne is reported. A local hunter in the Moosehead 
region supposed he was following a bull moose. and see- 


ing the animal through the thick bushes, fired. The moose _ 


fell, but the hunter was soon much alarmed to find that he 
had shot_a cow moose, while the bull was making off 
with all speed. The hunter did not want to try to cover 
up what he had done, neither did he want to pay a fine 
and go to nrison for thirty days. He decided to at once 
notify the Game Commissioners of ‘his mistake. Accord- 
ingly he did so. Commissioner Carleton ordered the 
moore shipped to Atgusta to be sold. The honect hunter 


took hold ard helped get the cow mbost birt, antl it wag sent 


no circumstances shall they shoot through a hedge. 


467 


to the State capital to be sold. It is understood that Mr, 
Carle,on will not prosecute the hunter, All) sorts of game 
legislation is proposed for the, coming session of liw- 
makers soon to convene in Maine. One guide wf consider- 
able prominence writes the Commissioners asking that the 
gude license fee be raised to $5 instead of $1. as at 
present, He reasons that the number of worth’ess guides 
would be greatly reduced, while the State would get as 
much revenue from the system as at present. The Com- 
missioners are reported to have told the guide to talk it 
over with his brother guides and see what they think of 
such a law. I would add a clause to the guide Taw, that 
it be made a punishable offense for a guide to shoot deer 
or moose for hunters, and above all, for them to shoot 
game to be sent out to market by returning hunters. The 
Bangor marketmen, who for a couple of years have re- 
fused to take out licenses to sell deer, are making a great 
effort to have the law so amended that they niay handle 
game, in either large or small quant-ties, provided it is 
killed in open season, They agree not to send such ganie 
to other markets. It is reported in the daily papers that 
they will call a meeting of the delegation to the Legisla- 
ture from that séction and endeavor to pledge each mem- 
ber to forward such a measure. Thus it is a constant 
struggle to keep up the sale of game till the last vestige 
has disappeared. Will the State of Maine take such a 
backward step at this late day im game Icgislation when 
some progress has been made? SPECIAL. 


Talks to Boys.—V. 


The Prevention of Accidents. 


I HAVE already said to you a great many times that 
the gun is a dangerous implement, and I sliall probably 
gay this many times more before we get through. Ii L 
can impress this on you before you_begin to tse loads in 
the gun I shall have done a good thing. \When I say 
that it is dangerous I do not mean that it is a thing 
for you to be afraid of; it is dangerous only when care- 
lessly or-thoughtlessly handled. No doubt many of yent 
boys have ridden spirited horses that were ready to shy 
and bolt, and kick up and run away with you if you 
were careless when you were on their backs. but each 
one of you who is accustomed to horses and is a good 
horseman learned as he rode animals that were more 
and more spirited to watch them all the time and see 
that they were constantly under control. To keep a horse 
under ‘control is usually easy enough, but if he once gets 
his head and fairly starts to misbehave it ts often a diffi- 
cult matter to regain control of him so that he will go 
along quietly.. By constant practice in riding, you come 
at last to watch .your horse without knowing that you 
are doing so, It is something like this in handling a 
gun.. By: beginning right, you form habits of caution 


with regard to the arm, so that no matter what situation 
you may be in it is reasonably certain that the gun will 


do. no, harm. 
Soe ‘Two Dangers. 


_ There are two great perils to which every gunner ts 
always exposed, but those who have had good training, 
who are naturally careful, and who have had long ex- 
perience, are much less likely to have these accidents 
happen to them than are the young and the thoughtless, 

The first of these is the involuntary discharge of the 


gun in its owner's hands, by which he himself, his dug 


or his companion may be injured. The second ts the in- 
tentional discharge of the gun by the shooter, either at 
something supposed to be game or at game in such a 
situation that.a human being may be in range of the 


gun and the shot may wound him, 


Carelessness in Shooting. 


Absolute protection against injury from the first of 
these causes may be had by holding the gun in such a 
position that the muzzle is always directed wpward or 
downward, as already suggested. But the amount of 
aanger from the second cause depends wholly on the 
thoughtfulness and the care exercised by the man who 
is handling the gun. English books on shooting, which 
treat of a country traversed by hedges. and where it is 


‘customary for shooters to take opposite sides of the 


hedge and beat it out. warn young sportsmen that under 
In 
this country we-do. not have nearly so many hedges. nor 
do we shoot in the same way as in England. so that the 
danger of shooting a companion in such a situation is 
not great. At the.same time Lknew of a case where a 
relative shot a bird through a fence and broke the skin 
on the face of another relative in the field beyond. and 
of another where a friend shot at the top of his com- 
panion’s hat, which he just saw through a brushy fence. 
In the autumn of 1900 a young man in Colorado was 
killed in a somewhat similar way. He and the young 
girl to whom he was engaged were in the country taking 
pictures, and while adjusting the camera he wore her 
plumed hat to protect his eyes from the sun. They 
were behind an. embankment, above which, however. the 
hat, ornamented with birds’ feathers. could be seen. and a 
gunner taking it for a bird shot at it, killing the wearer 
at the feet of his companion. 

. While on the rail grounds, where half a dozen men 
may perhaps be shooting near to one another, the boats 
in which they stand changing their positions constantly 
and the reeds among which they are passing beiiie nearly 
as tall as the shooters’ heads, it is quite common for 
gunners or their shovers to be shot. I have frequenily 
been made nervous when rail shooting by the apparent 
carelessness of neighboring gunners. Fortunately for 
my peace of mind, I never happened to shoot any one in 
such a situation, but on one occasion [ had my coat filled 
full of shot; the distance, however. was so great that the 
pellets did not penetrate to the skin. 


Accidental Discharge of the Gun, 


The danger of an accidental discharge with a hammer- 
less gun. except from carelessness of the gunner. ts very 
slight. If the gun is in good order, as of course it shonld 
be. there is no danger that the safety catch will slip 
forward and leave the gun in a condition to be pulled 
aff, _But too much reliance must not be placed on rhe 
safety tatch, for im handling tre gun the catch may pog- 


468 


sibly be pushed the wrong way. The gunner will do 
well to look at his safety catch now and then and see 
that the word “Safe” or the letter S 1s exposed or to 
fcel the eateh with his thumb, for a shifting of the gun 
froin’ one hand to the other, or the pressure of a twig 
at just the right spot, may possibly push the safety catch 


forward so that it is no longer eftective, 


come as automatic as is your walking, and will not 
trouble you in the least. 

The danger of an accidental discharge with a hammer 
gun is inuch greater. Of course you will never carry 
your gun at Iull cock unless you are just about to 
shoot, or are anticipating the rising of a bird close be- 
fore yon. If the birds get up and go away without your 
firing, or if you fail to start them and expect to go on, 
lower both hammers of your gun to half cock. The han- 
mers sliould always be at half cock, except when you are 
in immediate expectation of a shot. 

Eyen when I am in the duck blind, with the loaded 
gun resting on the gun sticks before me and a possibility 
of a duck or a flock of them swinging in at any moment 
from an unexpected direction, | keep my hanimer gun 
at lialf cack. It requires but the smallest fraction of a 
second to cock both barrels or to push the safety button 
cr catch forward, and while of course it is possible that 
once in a long ,time you may miss a shot by failing to 
have the gun cocked, still it is better to do that than to 
take the least risk. The matter is altogether one of 
habit, and you can teach yourself to do one thing as 
easily as the other. 


Fingers Off Trigger. 


I advise you—even when you are in immediate ex- 
pectation of a shot—not to have your fingers on the 
trigger of your gun, and I especially advise you never 
to waik along carrying your gun at full cock and with 
your fingers on the trigger. If you are a nervous: boy 
or in any degree excitable the fluttering up of a little 
sparrow froin the grass before yott may cause your 
’ muscles to twitch, and you may pull off one or both bar- 
tels of your gun. And while, if you are holding the gun 
properly and with the muzzle pointing well upward, you 
will not kill or wound any one, still you are likely to give 
your companion a start that he may not recover from 
during the day, and if you shou'd do this once, and your 
companion should be an older man, he may perhaps not 
feel very much like going out With you on another oc- 
casion. 


It may often happen as you are going along with your 
fingers on the trigger of your gun, that you will step into 
a hole or catch your foot against a root or brier or tus- 
sock of grass and so stumble,and when you do this you are 
very likely without intending to do it to pull the trigger 
ol your gun. 

This very thing happened not long ago to a small 
nephew of mine, who twice in one day discharged his 
gun from just such a cause He was expecting birds 
to get up, and was holding his gun in the proper position 
—the one recommended in a previous talk. The charge, 
therefore, went harmlessly into the air, but if he had 
Leen carelessly holding the muzzle low down and some 
one had been walking by his side he might easily enough 
have shot his companion. During the act of raising the 
gun to your shoulder there is ample time for you to slip 
your hand a little forward along the grip and to put your 
fingers on the trigger, taking care always that you do 
this very lightly, so as not to discharge the gun before 
you are ready. That is a blunder very often made hy 
shooters of all ages and degrees of experience, but it is 
none the less a blunder and one that is always regretted. 

Besides-the ordinary accidents which may occur from 
nervousness or carelessness, there are of course others 
which result irom the unusual situatio¢’s in which the 
gunner often finds himself. I spoke to you a short time 
ago about what you should do if, in climbing a fence 
a rotten rail broke under your foot, and here is some- 
thing which happened in the summer of 1899, which re- 
sulted from a boy’s haying his gun at full cock and his 
finger on the trigger: Two young fellows were out 
shooting beach birds on Long Island, and having oc- 
casion to cross a marsh were going along one behind 
the other, jumping from tussock to tussock. They were 
preparcd to shoot at anything that might appear, and 
the leading hov—at least—had his eun at full cock. AS 
his feet reached the tussock for which he had sprung he 
lost his balance and fell over backward. His gun was 
discharged as he fell, and the charge of shot tore its 
way through the thich of the lad behind him. Fortunate- 
ly the wound. though very severe. was on the outer side 
cf the thigh, and no bone or large artery was injured 
The boy recovered, This. however, is an examplé of 
the sort of thing that may hapnen to a boy who 
eeetel Ee ignorance and thoughtlessness, forgets the 

atety of his sheoting compani i i 
Beh Se Tec ee g panion in his eagerness to 
! course, it seems to you that you woul 
your gun go off when not intending Weitere a 
voluntary discharge of his weanon has happened to man 
older persons, and in fact I fancy it would be hard te 
find a man who has never had his gun go off acci 
dentally. If you ask Sail alasal 
y you ask men of experience, they will almost 
all of them tell you that this happened to them and 
will explain to you how it happened, and usually that it 
mars to ther tt carelessress. 
_ Y¥ren you stand ready to shoot. with 
in the rroper position and both baclaae hath eee 
still grasp your gun by the grip clase back of the 
trigger guard, and do not let your fingers touch the 
trivcers. As you threw your gun to your shoulder, you 
will have plenty of time to crook your finger ahaut the 
trigger. but he careful not to press it until you catch 
the sight. here is no time lost if you follow ‘thi 
advice, and there is certainly somethine- gained in Safety, 

One cf the first things that your instructor will sa to 
you is, ‘Do not under any circumstances point Ne 
at any. living thine that veu are prt prenared ta fire ny My 
This is the unvarving tule of all shooters. and it i 
hardly be reneated ta vou tao often. Only very ails 
children, idiots ard faals point Weapons at their fii Md 
with the idea of frichtenine them, A eS oevine ieee 
portion of those who do this most fonlish thine succeed 
in killing their brothers, sisters, children and wives. Yr 


This matter 
of watching or feeling the catch will after a while be-- 


take it that-you boys are far to@ sensible ever to think 
of doing such a crazy thing as that, and that it 1s really 
not necessary to tell you this, and yet it is one of the 
things that must be repeated cver and over again. 


See Your Game Plainly. 


Another unvarying rule is, never fire your gun at any- 
thing on the ground that you cannot see distinctly. lf 
you shoot through a thin piece of brush at some brown 
object which you think may be game moying on the 
far side, you may wound a person walking there. If in 
the Adirondacks you see something move in the bushes 
and fire at it under the impression that it 1s a deer, you 
may do what others do every year—kill your guide or 
your uncle or your father ar your brother, It would be 
better to lose many, many shots than ever take a risk 
of this kind. 

Vhere will be occasions when you will fire through the 
bushes at something 20 or 30 feet above the ground that 
you cannot distinctly see; a partridge may spring up and 
whir off through the trees, and you w.li fire through the 
branches in the direction in which he is going, or a 
woodcock may hop up and twist around behind a tall 
conical cedar, and you will fire through that and kill hint. 
This, however, is a very different thing from shooting at 
something on the ground which you cannot clearly see, 
and I should be glad if I should ever learn that one of 
you boys did not shoot at a rabbit along a hedge row 
because you thought it possible that there might be 
some one on the other side. 

I am sure that you have had good enough bringing up 
to know that one of the first characteristics of a well- 
bred person is to think about other people and _ their 
safety and comfort quite as much as about his own. If you 
will carry into the field with you this same feeling, it will 
keep you from doing many things that may be dangerous 
to your neighbors, and it will a:so make you good com- 
pany in the field and a desirable assoc a'e wherever you 
may be. I shall have a good deal to say to you about this 
matter and your intercourse with your shooting com- 
panions when we get a little further along. I do not 
suppose that it will be possible for me to say anything 
io you that will change your natural characteristics, but 
1 do want to give you the best advice that I can, and to 
help you not only to be safe companions in the fiell, 
good shots, successful sportsmen, good dog handlers, but’ 
also to be manly, straightforward and square; in a-word, 
to be that which in old times all men were anxious 1o 
be—gentlemen. A boy or a man should not have one set 
of manners for his family and a different set for people 
with whom he is but slightly acquainted, nor one set for 
the house and echool and another set for the field: he 
should be the same wherever he is, and that same shouid 
always be his best. W.G, DE GRroor. — 


Weights of Game. 


Beprorp, Pa., Dec. 7.—Editor Forest and Stream:- My 
favorite sport is ruffed grouse. qua 1, woodcock and jack- 
snipe shooting over a well-trained setter. Thi: being the 
case, naturally I have been much in erected in the corre- 
spondence which you have been publishing recent’y re'at- 
ing to the weights of sonfe of these birds, and so send 
you the weights of several ruffed grouse which I have 
killed.. Last Wednesday I k Iled a grouse which we ghed 
27 ounces, and yesterday one which weighed 24 ounces. 
Last fall I killed one which weighed 26% ounces. I also 
killed a very large one last fall which weighed 22 ounces 
after it had been drawn. the tail also having been pulled 
aut by the dog catching it. I was sorry I was not ab’e to 
get the full weight of this bird. as he was evicently a 
patriarch.- The above weights were taken on postal seales, 
and so are exact. An old hunter who has k lled a great 
many hundreds of ruffed grouse told me that the largest 
he. had ever seen weighed 2 pounds. 

A bunch of twenty-eight quail which a friend and I 
killed last week weighed a little oyer 12 ounces, which 
would make the average weight about 7 ounces. 

What has become of our old friend T. S. Hammond? 
TI always enjoyed his articles in Forest AND STREAM ex- 
ceedingly and have missed them very much: I very much 
wish that he could be induced to write a book cn ruffed 
grouse, quail and woodcock shoot-ng. With best wishes 
for your paper, Soules 


Toronto. Dec. 6.—Editor Forest and Stream: In your 
issue of Saturday last (Dec. 1) you ask gunners to note 
the weight of wild fowl that may come under their notice. 
I quite agree with you that the weight of game birds is 
generally overestimated, even amcng hunters that are 
otherwise well posted on the habts and modes of killing 
game. To illustrate this I will relate an instance that 
occurred on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 1). The Stan’ey 
Gun Club hold their weekly shoots on grounds ad- 
jacent to the marsh near Toronto Bay. and in the 
afternoon a gunner came-along with a black duck which 
he had just shot. I happened to remark that I-was going 
to send the weisht of some ducks to your paper, and a 
guessing competition was started as to the weight of the 
black duck (a female in fair condition and good plumage, 
as might be expected so late in the season). Nine or ten 
members of the club thought the duck would weigh from 
234 to 4 nnunds. It was accurately weighed at a grocery 
store and found to weigh 2 pounds 4 ounces. Two friends 
of mine put in a couple of weeks on Lake Erie. and I 
weighed some of the canvasbacks they brought back. The 
heaviest male weighed 3 pound; 2 ounces; the lightest 
female 2 pounds to ounces. J also weighed a pair of red- 
heads. the male of which weighed 2 ponds 9 ounces, while 
the female.turned the scale at 2 pounds 4 ounces. All of 
these ducks were in splendid condit:on. . 

Of ceurse the weight of the same snecies of ducks wi'l 
vary greatly in different localities. .I have killed lesser 


-scauns (or little blueb Il) at the mouth of the Red River 


on Lake Winnipeg that weighed 2 pounds 3 ounces (‘n 
fact they were so fat they were scarce'v able to flv), while 
ducks of the same kind shat near Toronto enerally 
we'gh about a pound anda half. On Toronto Bay they 
are himted a good deal. while on Lake Winnipeg they are 
scarcely molected. which [ sunnese sccoynts for the 
difference. On nassing a store to-day (Dec. 5) I noticed 
several black ducks and mallards hanging un that had 
just arrived from St. Clair Flats, and among the number 


’ Marsh, 


- ’  [Dee; 15, 1900. 
an unusually large black duck, which, out of curios ty, I 
had weighed. when it turiued the scale at 3 pounds 6 


ounces—duite a dilference from the one killed in lorunto 
Jyuo. LowNsEND, 


New York, Dec. 8.—Editor Forest and Stream; Here 
are some records of Long Island quail, the we.ghts being 
vouched for by Mr. Dan Youngs, postmaster of Souvh 
Jamesport, L. 1., who weighed them on the po_tal scales 
in his office the same afternoon that they were shot by 
Mr. W. D. Vandenhove and Col. Frank Hallock: 


Sex. Weight Age, 
Ounces e 

GOcks 5 din Warde sk wale eGo hee neetae een pow ence eeu mD I DeLy 
Gack deseae eines a SS a, eet cree This year's bird, 
(Glove eA Sees Hoe eerae Omens ae eae Old bi. d. 
Cockers pea oe CRE RR eta Old bird 

GGCK ese eae ee GeAt ney eee deceernieee Old bid 
Gockneta.tehn Pots Bes oe edie steerage Old bird., 

EGAIAG see quetela teehee see 8 bys eeree hes eys Ss This year’s bird. 
leant eet eT ort cen ete Vette tite tite att This years bird. 
Eerie, Pee rele titaciee en Sia es ssea-eee,. this years bird, 
Seti ersted seeder ¢ Bees Feats Sichevia Wake ... this year’s bird. 
ELGree hg ate 5.0 ee ane O34 sree kee otcapee esas This year s bird. 
FELGTin Slee Orie Screens OS ay eal eave Old b.rd, 

TELE TI chew tal nee See a Tees, Matar em ae eeep ey O.d b.rd 

FRET  e ca Meare ters es we ee renee ee acs ae Old bird 

Eferiecte ter erty Spite atest 7 dra htbia Rit 403 fo peere asa Old bird, 

Hen OSU mene sae a afb A a Old bird. 

HOI year teeta te ae ot) Ee ys oe Ola bird. 

ELCtiges pon ke beers Tat a ANA at As OE Old \ir.. 

Pl erist-s by Sts ae ares seglonen ain elvis cabelPet Old b ril. 

(Eker ere ee eer Ais WE aS Arad eee Old bird. 


Note.—The last five birds all hens, were shot out of one 
flock of old birds that had apparently never separated 
since last season. Epwar) BANKS. 


GALLATIN, Tcnn., Dec. 4.—edi'or Forest and Streant: 
On Thanksgiving Day I weighed my bag of twen'y-th ee 
quail and found ihat they weighed 8 pounds 9% ounces, an 
average of 6 ounces. I failed to weigh any of th_se birds 
individually, but do not think that these birds were as 
large as they sometimes grow here. I noticed one’brd .n 
the lo: that was not grown. iv 

I would like to ask if any of your readers have paid 
attention to the relative numbers of males and feniaies 
among the quail they have killed. Witt G, Harris. 


St. Aucustine, Fla.—kuiuur Forest and Stream: A 
New Jersey correspondent in Forest AND STREAM says 
his quail weigh 8 ounces. Another writes me from up 
Jersey that he has weighed several and iound them be- 
tween 8 and 10 ounces. Now IJ am sa isfied that the 
Florida quail have not arrived at that d_gree of pon- 
derosity a tained by those at the North, and can here- 
after sleep the sleep of the satisfied just. I have thoug 4st 
ever since I’ve been here that the Florida quail were 
diminitive specimens; DibpyMus.. 


Ex_mwoop, Conn.. Dec 1.—Edifor Forest and Sircan: 
Find inclosed the weight of some Connecticut birds shot 
Oct, 29: Quail, cocks 614, 5% 614. 714; hen. 6%4 cunces. 
Woodcock, 5% and 534 ounces. Cock rufed gron e,.25'4 
ounces. I haope to be able to send you some fox we'gh‘s 
during the winter, and if nothing prevents will send you 
some more bird weights another seascn. Ps 

_Samvuet T. Corr. 


Bargain Day on Staten Island. 


Princess Bay, N. Y.—Editor Forest and Stream: In 
Forest AND STREAM of th‘s week I read “One Day and 
Another” with much interest, and I am promp‘ed by it to 
send you these notes from the Staten Island S.ar of this 
week, One written by A Bird Saver. runs: 

“The wanton destruction of song birds cn Staten Island 
during the period of fall migraticn is appalling. Hardly 
a day passes during this season but that our fore-ts teem 
with huntsmen, who by clever devices frequently elude the 
most careful vigilance of the author te. Gms ard am- 
munition come and go with one detachment while an- 
other carries away the game concealed undernea h toad- 
stools, mushrooms or autumn flowers, wrapped up in 
newspapers. While much effective work is beng done 
through the earnest efforts of our game protectors who 
this tall have made several arrests and secured several 
hundred birds, yet much more stringent measures must 
be adopted if the lives of our fea.hered friends are to be 
preserved. The penalties imposed by general law are 
severe, and our charter affords ample means of pro‘ect on — 
on paper; yet despite these safeguards. through the in- 
d fference of the public, the leniency of our courts, and the 
scarcity of officials, thousands of our sweetest song*ters 
are shot every year. In two packages of dead birds re- 
cently brought to me for identification [ found several 
junces; chickadees, woodpeckers, cedar waxwings, robins, 
bluebirds and hermit thrushes. These latter three groups 
are decidedly musical. the hermit thrush being the most | 
exquisite songster that reaches northern latitudes. If, 
through the columns of the press, you can use any in-— 
fluence toward the mitigation of this barbarous cruelty, 
you will insure the gratitude of all who appreciate the 
work of nature’s valuable scavengers; who love her most 
enchanting musicians—the birds.” 

The other is a local item which reports that “Micharl- 
Genoio, an I alian barber of Manhattan who was arrested | 
on Nov. 30 by Game Protector Edgar Hicks for having 
in his possession thitty-fve song birds. was fined $25 
with the alternative of twenty days in jail. The fine was 
paid. 

You will observe that A Bird Saver writes a very clever 
article. fuil of ¢ammon serse, whereas the other article 
marked shows a!most total disresard for law, com ng from 
a source from which we would natura'ly exnect differ 
ent results. If Michael Genoio had received te fu'l henet 
of the law his fines would have amounted to $375, and w tl 
the pera'ttes at ached for breaking the law, $60 more, 
he would. then have suffered. hut as it was. he had a g70 
day’s sport, and.in-all nrohability Mr, Edoar Hicks: wa 
ont of nocket for making the arrest. That ‘guinea’ 
mut have thought he had struck bargain day on Stotet 
Island. > : +34 


Dre. 18, 1900.) 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 


Gamez Law Violations Around Chicago, 


Cutcaco, Iil,, Dec, 8--There are a good many varia- 
tioiis to the old time proverb, which s.ates tha. the way 


-- of the transgressor is hard, Jf there is any sort ol person - 


entit.ed to the name of transgressor, it should surely be 
the man who sells game illegally, or ships it illegally. 
Ordinarily this sort of a transgressor is disgustingly rich, 


fat and contenred, as are a goud many other iaw Dreaxers. 


Once in a while, however, his way gets just a little hard. 
lt is this week just a little hard tor a few persons acown 
in the 1ower part of this State who have been trans- 
gressing the august statutes made and proyided in the 
case ci Ill nois game, Warden Loveday and his deputies 
have rounded up half a dozen of old-time law breakers, 
aid thanks to the viztue of the Lacey law, are mighty 
apt to take them down the road to the extent of a heavy 


_ fine. 


The scene of this little drama is laid in Franklin county, 
the county seat of which is Benton. Up to this time it 
has been an impossibil.ty to ger a conviction in that 
county, for as the State Commissioner says, the judge, jury 
and everybody else down there makes a living at market 
hunting, They run a trust, which is an air-tight 
monopoly, atid no wardens need apply. As to the actors 
in this litle drama, they are of two so:ts. The game 
warden blesses them both, him that gives and him that 
takes. The ones that take are certain commission houses 
we. known on the street in St, Louis. The other classi- 
fication of the dramatis persone is a bit more vague, and 
indeed is shown upon the records sometimes only in 
numbers. and not as men. 

The records of the express company’s book show that 
a hox was sent to W. P. Kessler, of St. Louis, by “No. 
527,” of Christopher, Ill. Otto Schumacher, of St. Louis, 
also rece ved a box from “T. T. G.,” of Galatea, Ill. 
Tempieman & Co., of St. Louis, received a pail from 
“S. D, D.,” Mulkeytown, Ill. Otto Schumacher received 
a box from “George Bailey,” of Parish, and a'so one form 


“J, Louis,” of Pazish. The Missouri Poultry and Game 


Co. gota box irom “EE. S.,” of another little town in this 
same reg on. 

Now it will be remembered that Missouri is one of 

the only two Western States where the law does not for- 
bid the export of game from the State. It may be seen, 
however, that St. Louis does not depend upon Missouri 
for all her game. Some of the best shooting country for 
small game in all the West may be found in lower Illinois, 
and S:. Louis reaches out for this game, gets it into her 
gaine coffers, and after that it is not il‘egal to ship it out 
of the State. 
‘these St. Louis dealers try to protect their shippers 
in- this nefarious trade. Thus I saw to-day a shipping 
tag of Timken & Co., St. Lonis. The address of the frm 
was printed on one side. Upon the other side, stamped in 
large red figures, eyidently by the firm which printed the 
card, was this number, 2689.” Ths number means 
not a number, but a man, same law breaking man who is 
shipping game out of the State of Illinois. The express 
conmtpanies know who this man is. Under the Lacey law 
they w.ll be compeiled to stop this sort of thing, and to 
have these packages plainly marked. = 

Indeed, all the above packages were marked plainly. 
Each and every one of them was marked as containing 
“rabbits,” and each and every one of them did contain 
rabbits. Aber, as they say in St. Louis, thev also con- 
tained quails, packed down in the middle of the rabbits. 
These parties who did the shipping are going to be un- 
covered, and there wil] be an at empt madé to see how 
profitable it is to boldly violate a statute of the United 
States. It is sincerely to be hoped that the hand of the 
law will fal heavily upon them, for it is not their first 
offense, and they are deliberate violators, 

As another instance of the fact that the transgressor 
sometimes does not live a life of which the sole ingre- 
dients are beer and skittles, 1 may instance the case of 
Sharron I. Hooks, of Welton, Ill., who on the thirtieth 
day of last month tangled up with Depu'y D. Loveless. 
The latter took Mr. Hooks before Justice J. B. Jones, af 
Effingham, and the latter seaked Mr. Hooks an even 
$200, with costs. Mr. Haoks pleaded guilty to eight 
birds sh pred illgally. In all 177 quail were found in his 
possession, He was not fined for the whole 177; but it 
is thought that the setback of $200 will, for the time, as 
it were, put him out of commission. 

There are all] sorts of ways of smtigeling game, The 


old dodge of sewing quail up in rabbits is not good any - 


longer, and the poultry, butter or egg label is no longer 
held saczed by the deputy wardens. \Vhat ‘should a poor 
law breaker do, for instance, if he had a couple of deer 
which he wanted to send down out of the State of Wis- 
consin te the Chicago market? The answer to this ques- 
tion is different according to the different: intellectual 
possibilities of the different Jaw breakers. One of the 
latter gent'emen, supposing that the somber trappings 
of death would be respected by the wardens, and having 
himself no reverence for things sacred. last month packed 
a couple af deer in a coffin, and in this way sent them 
through to Chicago. This matter was kept quiet for 
awhile by Warden J_oveday, as he told me at the time he 
wanted to try te catch the man who made th’s shipment. 
At this writing he has not been caught, and there is no 
reason why the news should not be printed. The name 
of this law -hreaker 1s not yet known. He should cer- 
tainly be caught and given a taste of the Lacey law. 
This measure can be made a most effective one, and it 
is in be honed that it will soon have an executive force 
back of ‘t which will make bu‘ter pai's and coffins objects 
of greater veneration than they are at present with a 
certain class of our esteemed Western citizens. 


_. The Quail Situation, — 


For once in a way the prophets were right in recard 
to the quail crop, and they cortinue to be r'ght. There 
never was such a lot of quail known in this country as 
we are now ‘having. The hest of the shnoting seems to 
be th the lower third of Tlinais and Trdiana, nner Tn- 
diara being rather better than upper J"inois. Big baes 
of quail cease to be of inte~est here in Chicago. as nearly 
every one whn snes ont is succeechi] in cet‘irg a nice 
lot Messrs, 7. H. Amberg and Rilly Cutler came beck 
early this week from g certain pocket discoyered by th> 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


latter gentleman, and they had splendid shooting on 
the r trip. Several parties who have been out in upper 
Indiana have brought in bags of two or three dozen, up to 
four or fve dozen, I hear of good shooting at Neoga, 
also at Ramsey, bo-h on the Ilnnois Central, the former 
above Effingham, and the latter below that point. 
the Ilinois Central railroad at those points clear west to 
the Mississippi River there is fine quail shooting, better 
than has been known for a long while, In Indiana, 
North Judson, Kou-ts, Rochester, Hunt.ngton, Ora, and 
a lot of towns in that part of the country are good for 
very fair bags. The birds are now getting b:g and strong 
and they fly mich better than they did at the beginning 


of the season. 


Ducks. 


Everything is reversed on the duck question out here. 
We arte just beginning to have our duck season, long 
after it should be closed. Word just came up yesterday 
from Koutts, on the Kankakee, that the ducks are in 
there, and are due to say until it freezes up. Reports 
form English Lake, on the same stream, are also favora- 
ble. Mr. A. M. Fuller, of the English Lake Club, went 
down ths week to sec what he could do, and he is very 
apt to get some shooting. While nothing very satisfactory 
is coming up from Hennepin Club, it would seem that 
there ought to be good shooting in that part of the 
llinois: River Valley. Most of the late fight seems to be 
made up of mallards, and one would net wonder if some 
of the best fun of the season was yet to be had by the 
duck shooters. 


Inadvettencies. 


Once in a while stich a thing as an inadvertency gets 
into the best of families or newspapers. This is why 
editors are not responsible for the views of their corre- 
spondents. If they were, the newspaper world would be 
just a trifle checkered. A friend wri.es me regarding 
the statement of a writer who remarked upon Michigan 
fishing and shooting matters last week in FOREST AND 
STREAM: 

“Please look at the article headed ‘Michigan Season,’ 
page 451, issue of Dec. 8. This writer tells about someone 
haying just re urned from a trip on the Manistee, Nov. 
25, and finding plenty of quail, grouse, ete., and speaks ot 
having good fishing and finding lots of speckled trout in 
Pine Creek and Bear Creek, and that he joined them 
Nov. 7 and went deer shooting! Now it strikes me that 
deer shooting and trout fishing do not go well together 
in M-chigan. 

“On the same page, under ‘Food Is Scarce,” is com- 
ment by Jay Beebe. It takes a sportsman to discover 
weak points in a sporting picture.’ An artist once tried 
to sell me a picttire Of salmion angling. He went into 
ecs asies over it, of course, and he did not know, probably, 
that [ knew more about salmon fishing than he did. 
When I called his attent‘on to the fact that the foliage 
was that of autumn. the leaves were red and golden, and 
that salmon fishing was a June sport, he did not know 
what to say. It is like the picture the small boy makes 
of a steamboat. with the flag pointing in one direction 
and the smoke fram the smokestack going in the opposite 
direction. And this cort of thing is not confined strictly 
to the small boy.” 


Dead and Down. 


It is stated that the proposed cutting of timber on the 
Minnesota Indian reservations is not to be conducted in 
a fashion detrimental to the tmterests of the Indians 
themselves. Capt, Mercer, the agent at Leech Lake, says 
that the cutting is all to be done by the Indians them- 
selves, and that the cutting will be confined to the really 
dead or down timber, and no green pine will be cut. It 
is, however, admitted that contracts were made-:in ad- 
vance with some af the big lumber firms at about $5 a 
thousend, this to apply to the logs after they are banked 
and scaled. These big firms have made advances against 
the expense of cutting the timber. 

When it comes to getting around the Minnesota lumber- 


man, you will need jo get up early of a morning. Now, 


they are aiter that Ind an pine, and they are going to 
set it one way of another, fair or apparently fair, foul or 
really foul. This time they are operating under great 
stress of sympathy for the poor red man. Like enough 
the la ter would be glad to cut off all the timber on the 
reservations if it paid him a little cash at the time. The 
aforesaid red man was never renowned for his foresight 
any more than the lumberman was famed for his beng- 
behinc- sight, After the timber is gone, by hook. or 
crook, methinks the luamberman will look at his gallery 
of fanuly portrai s and smile an ate-the-canary smile, and 
order a life size of himself, shown as in the célebrated 
canary act aforesaid. This is a red hat country, and the 
Wrest is strictly in the game. 


ee A Nebraska Outing, 


Mr. John W. Carpenter, of Whitman, Neb., writes: 


entertainingly about sport in his parc of the world, and 
perhaps readezs may like to paste his address in their 
hats. He says. “We have had fine shooting in this part 
of the northwest this fall. There was plenty of grouse 
to shoot, and ducks by the thousand, mostly mallards, but 
plenty of other kind. 
My son George and myself went north from Whitman 
on B. & M. R. R. in Nebraka; about forty miles, and had 
zood sport. We were gone from home about ten days, 
and had a geod tme. and bagged thirty-seven grouse, 
forty-one teal (bluewing), twenty-six mallards, three 
canvasbacks and seyen other duck—I do not know their 
name, and I cannot describe them so you could know 
what they were. They were not quite as large as maliards 
and were darker. Saw about fifty swan and perhaps one 
thovsand geese, but got no geese or swan. There have 
not been mary spar‘smen f-om the East_out this way, and 


I would like to haye some of them come out here and trv - 
this part of the country. I have never used decoys, and I. 
believe any ane using them would have goad luck: Theres. 


is good shnoting here in the spring, but do not believe 
in -serine shoot'hg myself. 

“Would vou be so lind as to give me the address of 
the men who wrote “Through the Parsonage Window?” 
T would like to write him, hecause T think IT would know 
him. Iam arcnainted with the part of the country he 
writes of, for I have lived here since 1872, 


From ~ 


I saw a good many canvasbacks. - 


469 


“Tf I can help any sportsman from the East, I would 
be glad to do so.” 


The Minister’s First Deer. 


A well known divine of Toledo, O., Rey. Rosselot, was 
th-s fail given a vacation by his flock, and he impraved 
his oppor.unity in a very wise way. With some trusted 
frienas he made ready and went into the far-ott country 
of Arkansas for a few weeks rest and adventure. He 
had never killed a deer, had never had experience in the 
woods. It was all new and strange and deightiul to him. 
He had experiences which were a revelation to him in the 
ways of nature. Rested and refreshed, he went back 
home a beter man. He dd not preach a regulation 
sezmon on the occasion of his first return to his pulpit, 
but gave his hearers a talk about his trip. All he needs 
now iS an occasional copy of the FOREST AND STREAM. 
His talk was long and enthusiastic, but one may venture 
the part of if where he told how he got his deer: 

“We had had the inflation of our hopes and ambitions 
pretty well deflated, and our ballcons had been thoroughly 
punctured. But one Saturday morning, the 17th, I de- 
cided to go hunting alone, and in the beauty of one of 
the finest mornings I ever saw I walked out perhaps three 
or three and a haif miles. It was 10 o'clock. Vhe sun was 
shining clear and warm. Suddenly I heard the brush 
cracking and the leaves rustling, and I saw coming from 
the forest to my right a fine deer, his antlers glistening 
in the sunlight. He*was as sleek and glossy as those I 
had seen in the zoological gardens, and I determined that 
he should be my first deer. I waited until he reached 
an open space, where no trees or brush obstructed my 
view, and I‘ fired. I was certain if I had not kilied my 
deer I neyer could kill one. But he went on as though 
nothing had occurred: he ran no faster, if as fast, after 
I had fired than before, 

“I watched my prize disappear in the thick tinderbrush. 
I waited the coming of the dogs, for I thought he was 
being pursued by the hounds. But silence reigned. I 
started in the direction in which he had gone. I returned 
and commienced the tedious practice of tracking my game 
in the dry leaves. I praceeded on my hands and knees 
and succeeded in finding an cccasional footstep, but not- 
one drop of bload. I had proceeded for perhaps fifty 
yards, when I looked up to see the next footprint, when 
just before me in a little basin I saw my deer, as quiet 
as death, his eyes wide open. I had no fever before this 
time, but now I had strange feelings. I looked about me. 
I was alone. Every picture of deer I had ever seen 
seemed before me; every hunting story came back; I 
doubted my senses. J arose irom my kneeling posture, 


‘I approached s ealthily, for I had been told that they 


were dangerous as long as they batted their eyes; I held 
my gun in position to fire. I seized a horn; I shook it; 
not a motion. I placed my hand on his body. It was 
warm, and I had killed my first deer.” 


The Northern Limit of the Long Trail, 


In the old days of the long trail of the cattle drives 
from the Southwest to the ranges of the North, the name 
of Geo, W. Lang, of San Antonio, Tex., was a famous 
one. fie drove over all sorts ci tuugh country, and made 
and lost fortunes in the drives to far away California, 
Utah, or what not of a cattleless country, that at ihe time 
seemed a market tor long-horns. Lang grew old in the 
business, but at last the railroads knocked him out, as they 
did all the oid drovers. He seems to have been lost to 
sight on the scenes oi his former successes until lately. 
When the Klondike boom broke out and set us all crazy 
to get north to the land of sudden wealth, Lang made 
up his mind that he wouid make one more drive. Stories 
of adventure and hardiheod are always met with a wel- 
come from the readers of Forrst AND STREAM, who are 
of a sort blessed with a certain amount of nerve, as we 
may imagine; so I am sure they will like to read of the 
story of adventure which followed upon poor Lang’s 
hasty’ but unshakable resolution to drive cattle to the 
far off gold fhelds of the Arctic North. He never lived 
to see his attempt concluded, but as his project marks, 
without doub:, the northernmost limit of the great hero 
trail, the glorious old Long Trail of the West, the record 
of it would seem interesting, as taken briefly from the 
Pioneer Press, of St. Paul. . 

It will be observed that the route pursued is identically 
the same as that taken by the Charlie Norris party, whom 
I mentioned as going up there that same winter of 1807. 
By the way, and of all the more interest right at this 
juneture, is the fact that Mr. Norris is this mon.h just 
back from a second trip over that same country, where 
he got this time up into the Fort Graham region. Of 
that more at a later time, and now for the story of 
dauntless George Lang, who died a big death, as fitted 
the big life of an old time drover of the perilous West: 

“It was in vain that his friends and family tried to 
dissuade him, He could not believe that he was old 
and that the trail was impracticable—they had told him 
that about the Nevada deserts, and about all the great 
drives he had made in the past. ‘This will be my last 
drive,’ he told a friend as he stepped on the train at Los 
Angeles in the fail of 1897. ‘After this I shall settle down 
to-a quiet life.’ Such was to be the crowning feat of a 
life of adventure, 

“In the early winter of 1897 he reached Edmonton and 
proceeded to buy up a herd of fifty oxen, a dozen or more 
horses, and a stock of provisions intended to last the 
party until they reached their destination. Early in Feb- 
ruary, 1808, he was ready to start. The first objective 
point was Lesser Slave Lake. To this point the towns- 
people reported that a trail had been recently put through 
much shorter than the freight road to Athabasca Landing 
and up Slave River. which had been used for years. But 
stern experience had taught the old fox of the trail that 
short cuts as a tule were disastrous, and that one will 
never go wrong hy following the old established trails, 
Conseauently. whle the inexperierced multitude was 
searching for the trail that dil not exist. and try'ne to find 
a way over the mountain in four feet of snow, with horses 
weakened and perishing from hunger, the Lange outfit 
with their slow-moving oxen pulled into the Slave Lake 
post. ; ; 

“At this post many stoped a few davs to rest. hut to 
the Larne outfit, who feresaw the hreaking up of Peace 
River, there was ro such werd. The verv next morning 
the oxen were voked to their heavily laden sleiohs. and 
started over the trail to Peace River Landing, eighty-six 


t 


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[DEc. 18, 1900. 


miles distant. From this point it was intended to follow 
up Peace River on the ice 300 miles to Fort St. John, 
from which place’ there was supposed to be a pack trail 
leading to the north by a way no one seemed clearly to 
understand, } " ; 
“. “Here began a period of mental anxiety and physical 
strain, The Chinook wind began to blow, and from ex- 
cessive cold the temperature rose rapidly above the ireez- 
ing point, and the ice began to soften. Soon pools of 
‘water formed over the ice, and in swift places the channel 
of the river was exposed. The outfits hugged closer to 
‘tlie shore, or if compelled to travel in the center of the 
river, a horseman herded the loose cattle away from the 
most dangérous spots. Occasionally hoofs broke through 
the stn softened ice, and it was deemed advisable to 
travel by night when the ice was firmer. When a horse 
or an.ox breaking through the ice was yoked in a team 
the others were either pulled in after, or they succeeded 
in pulling the unfortunate out.’ If loose, unless roped in 
tite, he Would be carried away by the current, or if 
pulled out, in niany cases so injured that he would have 
to be killed. In this way, working always and sleeping 
never, they made slow but steady progress, and each day 
they risked life and property on the treacherous, honey- 
combed ice. Those who had already reached Fort St. 
John were informed by each late arrival “The bulls are 
coming!’ It was nearing the middle of April when the 
ice on Peace River was daily expected to break up, when 
Mr. Lang with the first section of his outfit pulled up the 
river bank to the flat on which is built the Hudson Bay 
Co. trading post of St. John. The others were expected 
in the following day, but a rain fell during the might, the 
water rose, and they were forced to the bank. Later they 
cut a trail overland and packed their goods to the fort. 


““Whatever the cause, George Lang had been at the 
post but one day when he fell ill. He was sick before, but 
his directing hand could not be spared, and so no one 
knew. He was taken to the officer's house and given the 
best care the post afforded, but he sank lower. A doctor 
in overalls came in over the trail and volunteered his 
professional services, but he failed to improve. The weeks 
passed, the ice broke and passed out of the river, the 
oxen fattened on the green grass, starting from the sunny 
slope of the hill, but in the trader's house a iorm wasted, 
and a face looked ghastly in its long tobacco stained 
beard, while a delirious brain herded cattle on the plains. 
lt was decided that the only hope was to attempt to get 
him 10 civilization,,so they carried him carefully to the 
river_bank and laid him gently in a canoe. The swiit 
current. carried them easily over the distance that he had 
recently traversed with so much difficulty. But it was 
in vain, ‘They had gone but a short distance down the 
tiver when the spirit of George W. Lang passed away. 
He had made his last drive. He was taken to the trading 

ost of Dunvegan, and in the wildness of nature where 
1é loved best to live, he was laid to rest. 

“While here ends the story of the organizer and leader 
of the party, the expedition itself kept on. It was a last 
wish of Lang that it should do so, While the stock was 
fattening in idleness, these hardy men were reducing the 
outfit-to packages sititable for packing. In May the pack 
saddles were completed, the cinches and ropes wet pre- 
pared and the draft animals were converted into’ beasts 
of burden: To use Western parlance, they ‘hit the trail.’ 
They would make Fort Graham, 250 miles distant; from 
that point they would go to Sylvester’s Landing, 500 miles 
further, They were ‘told that there was no pack trail, 
and that the journey was impossible, but these men knew 
that there are no obstacles of nature that patience and 
persistence will not overcome. They cut trées from their 
path to-ailow the packed animals to pass. ‘They forded 
small-rivers, and, coming to larger ones, they rafted their 
provisions and swam their stock. 


“Early in August the outfit reached Fort Graham, after 
crossing three summits of the Rocky Mountains. The 
stock was in good condition, but the men were dust- 

rimed and thin. The next day they left for Sylvester’s 

anding on the Dease River. A short time’ before a 
band of Indians had been in to the fort, and had strongly 
protested’ against white men traveling through their 
country. The horse bells, they claimed; scared the game, 
and: flirthermore theré was a deep rooted belief among 
them that when white men enter a country the fur leaves 
it!'| Finding that their protests were of no avail) they 
supplemented threats. If white men attempted to cross 
the divide to Dease River they would set fire to the 
country, and burn up the feed so their stock could get 
no grazing. With this threat they left for the mountains. 

“The men in charge of the oxen outfit, however, had 
heard Indian threats before, and to this report they gave 
the same attention they had previously to the natural 
obstacles of the trail. With other parties who had reachel 
this thousand-imile mark on their journey, they continued 
into the unknown. The Indians had made no idle threat. 
Before the trailers had gone a hundred miles on the way, 
a dense smoke cloud was séen ahead, and very soon they 
were in the middle of a burning wilderness. Here, in- 
deed, coolness and patience were required, for if a stam- 
pede should result among the packed animals not only 
the stock: but their entire supply of provisions would be 
lost in the flames. So, regardless of their own safety, they 
herded them carefully, drove them through the flames 
and into the still smoking country beyond. Nor was the 
danger over here, for trees, with their supporting roots 
burned, were now falling on all sides, and even this 
danger past, the country was effectively blocked by fallen 
trees, and the trail, never clearly marked, had entirely 
disappeared. Yet they struggled on, and how well, those 
following after, who never saw the outfit, can testify, for 
in the labyrinth of misleading trails, where muskegs and 
windfalls compelled a choice of paths, they had long 
learned to look for the cloven hoofprints which marked 
the passage of the Lang outfit,.and ‘Follow the bulls!’ 
became the standing direction of the trail. : 

“Just before winter closed in they stopped on a little 
stream by Deadwood Lake, seventy-five miles from Dease 
River, and prepared to winter. There we last saw them. 
Theit herd was reduced to twenty-six, and the men were 
standing to their knees in ice cold water as they endeav- 
ored with scythes to cut eneugh frozen marsh erass to 
carry the stock over till spring, when: they could resume 
their journey. 

“How tuny the long. cold winter spared and how 


penned in by a ring of fire. 


starvation is not known, but certain it is that up to this 
many of these were not needed to keep the men from 
time no portion of the G. W. Lang outfit has reached 
Dawson City.” 


Chicago Man in Africa. é 
A somewhat noted citizen just now is W. Stamps 
Cherry, of Chicago, who in 1806 went to Africa on a tour 
of investigation, and just for to wander and to roam. 
Mr. Cherry is now back, safe and sound aiter iour years 


of life amiong the Congo natives, where he had adventures | 


enough to curl anybody’s hair but that of a Chicago man, 
After life in this sterentious burg, he found existence in 
Africa one continual round of pleasure. Hor a year he 
did not see a white man, and for years he slept with a 
six shooter strapped to his pajamas. He killed a great 
many elephants, enough to pay all his é¢xpenses, 
and he seems also to have discovered a new sort 
of elephant, a fantail elephant, so to speak, which is but 
4a pigmy compared to the circus or garden elephant, and 
which has no tusks, Mr, Cherry has not yet gotten back 
to Chicago, but he is good for a story when he gets here. 
He really had some very curious hunting experiences, 
and among other things he describes how the natives 


kill elephants by literally burning them up in a jungle, 


where they are surrounded by a number of natives and 
Mr. Cherty saw a great deal 
of cannibalism, and also some bloody little wars in the 
country where human life is cheaper than anywhere else 
in the world. His studies are likely to prove of great 
value, and he has some geography of untracked lands. 
I don’t like to speak boastfully, but 1f I were im the dark 
horse line I should have to pick some Chicago man to 
discover the North Pole or the center of Africa, ; 


Personal Doings. 


N. B. Cook, of this city, is as good an example as you 
shall find of a sportsman grown old but still active in the 
ways of sports. This is the same gentleman whose name 
so often appeared in the doings of the Western Canoe 
Association, and as a canoeist he has won numberless 
cups and trophies, and can sail a boat yet with anybody. It 
seems that Mr. Cock is also a shocter, though he is now 
about seventy-six years of age, if memory serves me. 
He came in this morning and wanted to know where he 
could get some good quail country not so very far away, 
saying, with a certain amount of naiveté that he had 
just gotten him a young bird dog puppy which he wanted 
to begin breaking. Now, that is the sort of sportsman 
they used to raise. It is good news to hear of these men 
who at seventy-six are breaking in puppies and getting 
ready for next year’s shooting. I am sure éyery reader 
of Forest AND STREAM will wish Mr. Cook goad hunt- 
ing, and anyone who knows him will know that that dog 
is going to be as well broke as his last boat was well 
built; or above all things Mr. Cook is quiet.and thorough. 

Mr. -W, P. Anderson, of Amarillo, Tex., live stock 
agent of the Santa Fe Railroad, is in town at the stoclc 
sHow this week. Mr. Anderson is an old time Southwest 
man,, and he is chock full of stories of the fightingest, 
frolickingest country the world ever saw. He has a ganie 
pocket, which a few of us are trying to pick. 

Mr. Nat H. Cohen, president of the Illionis State Fish 
Commission, called this week to pass the time oi day. 
He is still doing business at the old stand. 

Mr. 5. E. Bliss. of this city, is this week going to Chico, 
Tex., for an all round hunt after deer, quail and every- 
thing else that he can find. 

Mr, John M, Bulkley, ‘of Detroit; Mich., leaves his 
card, and subscribes himself a life long friend and ‘con- 
tributor of the Forest Anp STREAM. I regret I was not 
personally on hand to show Mr, Bulkley where the ex- 
plosion took place on our lake front recently, but we may 
have better luck next time. E. Hower. 

Hartrorp Buitprne, Chicago, Ill. 


Were These Quail for the Pittsburg Market? 


Corronwoop Fatus, Kan., Dec, 7.—Editor Forest and 
Stream. Regarding your mention of “The Pittsbure 
Quail Market” in this week’s paper, I can report that 
about Noy. 19 one of Topeka’s policemen called my atten- 
tion to ten crates of live quail, judged to have 150. to 200 
quail per crate, in a Wells Fargo & Co, express car, 
shipped from Purcell, Indian Territory, to Pittsburg, Pa., 
marked on tags, “Purely for breeding and stocking” pur- 
poses,” with the remark, “I’ll bet $10 that those quail will 
never breed, but will have their heads taken off when 
they get to Pittsburg.” Judging from your article, the 
breeding qualities of those quail are ended forever. 

W. F. RicHrire, 


The Forest Any SrREA™ is put to press each week on Tiesday- 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable, 


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to a sportsman, old or young, an appro~' 
priate, acceptable. appreciated and valued|!% 
present would be a year’s subscription to. 
FOREST AND STREAM. It will renew, 
itself fifty-two times in the year. a 

This is what a Vermont reader wrote 
the other day : ie 


“T wish every boy in America could have a copy each 
week, as pupils of Forest and Stream school never 
develop into market-shooters, but grow up as sportsmen, 


worthy of the name.” H. B. Guase. | 


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Sportsman and Sporting Man, 


How frequently are the terms sportsman and sporting 
man confounded, and by so many people believed to be 
synonymous, JLhereby is the status of the sportsman 
lowered to the level of the gambler, and all that goes. to 
make up the blackleg who gets his living for most part 
by procedurés that are quite in accordance with his char- 
acter. 

The word “sport” has been more abused, ill treated and 
misapplied than any other, I dare say, in our language. Of 
a high, noble, pure and refined signification, it has been 
misapplied and debased to unworthy objects. It has been 
extended to a mass of improper matters and from its 
elegant appropriateness it has been debased to vulgar and 
dishonest associations, 7 

The creature who lives on the most contemptible pas- 
sions and with skill from long practice cheats all who 
may come his way, winning by unfair means and rules in 
so-called games of chance, a professional bettor in the pool 
room, on the race course, devoid of the first instincts of 
a loye for the horse, simply looking upon the noble ani- 
mal as a mere machine ou which to win or lose, arranging 
tor events that are fraudulent from their inception and 
carried through with dishonesty of purpose to hoodwink 
the public—in fine, a man who lacks the first quality of all 
that goes to make-up a gentleman—this is a “sporting 
man.” And there is as much difference between him and 
the “sportsman” as the darkest night and brightest day. : 

The man who loves the woods, waters, mountains and 
deep forests; whose whole being is in accord, in deep 
sympathy with nature and her works; who loves the dog 
used for sport; who pursues game for pleasure and not 
for financial gains; who shoots on the wing, taking of 
the game in moderation; who still-hunts the deer, pitting 
his knowledge of the forest and of woodcraft, the habits 
and haunts of the quarry against its cunning, delicate sense 
of scent and hearing, and brings the game to bag with 
possibly one shot that has taken hours of trailing to se- 
cure; who is unselfish afield with his companions, extend- 
ing to them those courtesies and amendities that so largely 
contribute to the pleasure of a day’s shooting or life in 


camp. 1is is a “sportsman.” < SWIVELLER. 
jee agli ‘sport ; Dick Swiv. : 


Shooting in Pennsylvania. 


SAyre, Pa.—For two days last week—Nov: 28 and 29— 
Peter Zang and George Flickinger, of this place, true 
yoke fellows in the spirit of sportsmanship, abandoned the 
seductive dissipations of society and sought the wily 
grouse in his native fastness. The party went to’ Wilcox, 
a station on the Bernice branch of the Lehigh’ Valley 
R. R., and with a neighboring farm house as a point of 


rendezvous, shot through the surrounding locality. In 


two days the two guns scored twenty-eight ruffed grouse 
and three brace of quail. The country thereabouts is an 
ideal grouse country, wild and rugged in its conditions 
and requiring plenty of endurance on the part of men and 
dogs alike to work it out. The melodious rattler rattiés 
his rattle undisturbed in these tangled retreats, and most 
any old thing in the form of small game finds an easy 
cover. With the present laws rigidly enforced, it will 
be many years before the grouse supply of that locality 
will be shot out. ‘ 

The score made by Messrs. Zang and Filckinger does 
not establish the fact that the average shooting man can 
do equally as well in the same section of country. Zang 
is an uncommonly good wing shot, while Flickinger 
handles the shoteun with deadly precision, probably rank— 
ing as one of the best field shots in northern Pennsyl- 
yania. In addition, Flickinger owns and hunts an’ Eng- 
lish setter of untitled pedigree, but with enough bird sense 
and sagacity to put him in the forefront as a plain, un- 
varnished meat dog. ; 

The season on grouse closes the 15th inst., and it will 
leave plenty of birds from which to expect a strong 
supply of grouse for the season of Igor 

M. Curt. 


Michigan Deer. 


Harrrorp, Mich.—Aditor Forest and Stream: 1 find 
in our local paper a press dispatch from Menominee. 
Mich., which reports that the “American Express Com- 
pany handled 41.574 pounds of venison durine the’ deer 
hunting season which closed Noy. 30. The season opened 
Nov. 8 andthe first shipment was received here on the 
oth, Shipments will continue until to-day or Dee. 3 or 4, 
as. permitted by law. Of the total amount of venison re- 
ceived here, 25574 pounds were transferred to the Ann 
Arbor steamship line for southern Michigan points, and 
16,000. potinds were for local hunters and meat dealers. 
Over 400 carcasses of deer were handled here. Menominee 
was made a transfer station by the express company, an 
express car being placed on one of the car ferries and 
loaded here. The largest deer received here during the 
season was killed by a Menominee hunter near Kenton, 
and weighed 242 pounds.” 

Perhaps it may be of interest to know how the laws 
allow the beautiful deer to be slaughtered, I do hope our 
Legislature will at the next session cut the number down 
to two of thease bucks and make it a criminal offense 
to kill a female deer. SuLitvan Coox. 


“Certainly Earned His Dinner.’ 


Tue Hampshire Gazette, of Northampton, Mass., 
prints this ingenuous item: “EH. A. Hawley, of North 
Hadley, did some clever work on Thanksgiving Day by 
shooting and killmg with a single charge fourteen quail 
which were riinmning along the ground six rods distant. 
Mr. Hawley certainly earned his dinner on that day. The 
birds were to be seen in Mr. Kendrick’s market, Am- 
herst. Friday morning and were quickly disposed of.” 


Mr. Turner's Moose. 


ALLEGHENY, Pa., Dec. 7.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
T noticé in Game Commissioner Cormier’s report of 
moose {dlled in the Kippewa and Temiskaming districts 
for the season of 1000, published in your issue of Dec. 
8, that I am‘ credited with one §6%4-inch moose head 
and two 36-inch heads. In one case. my address is shown 


as Pittsifure, and in the other. as Emsworth; Emsworth -. 


Dec. 15, 1900.] 


is a suburb cf Pittsburg (and is my home), and there- 
fore I have no doubt they refer to one and the same 
party. However, I wish you would correct this for me, 
as I got only one moose, and that one measured 56% 
inches in the spread, The Quebec license permiis a 
holder to kill two moose, but I was satisfied with one, 
especially as il was at that time considered one of the 
largest ones killed in the Kippewa district, and I shot 
him on the second day out, within a mile of camp, Mon- 
day, Oct. 8, at 9:45 A. M., by stillhunting, He fell at 
the second shot, but required another one to kill- him, 
No “calling” was done. I did not hunt moose aiter that, 
brit contented myself with a few short trips through the 
woods fort exercise, and therefore I don’t like to be 
placed in the “game hog” class by being charged with 
three moose. I do not know to whom the two 36-inch 
heads belong, but I do know that they are not mine. — - 

FE. M. Turner. 


Sea and River Sisling. 


Notice. 


All communications intended for Forrest AND STREAM should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing €o., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 


Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in FoREST AND STREAM, ay 


_ The Lake of Gennesaret. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

When the Creator of the world completed His work 
and saw that it was good and ready for the use and enjoy- 
ment of His last creation—man—the waters of this world 
were filled with fishes, and with-those fishes only which 
were best adapied to them. No one will claim that the 
fishes which abounded in the streams and lakes when fhe 
work of creation was complete were ditferent from those 
that abound in them to-day, where they are still in their 
Natural state, and what their natural conditions wer 
-we all know. 5 

Perhaps the most marked instance of the proper adapta- 
tion of fishes to the waters where they abound is to be 
found in the Lake of Gennesaret, and this is regarded by 
many as showing an inten.ion to bestow an especial bless- 
ing upon the Jewish nation. 

This lake, which is about sixteen miles long by six or 
eight in width, is said to contain the most delicious fresh- 
water lake fish in the world, and it is claimed that this 
variety has never been found in any other waters except 
three or four lakes in the mountains of Africa. The 
Romans as well as the Jews were extravagantly fond of 
fish, and in the time of the Apostles the taking of fish 
in the night with a cast net was an honorable and’ lucra- 
tive emplovment. The fish were bought by the middlemen 
in the early dawn and furnished to the markets of the 
wealthy city of Capernaum in time to supply the tables 
of its luxurious citizens at their morning meal. . 

Thete were no persons in the land of Palestine in those 
days who thought that they were wiser than the Creator 
of the universe and knew better than He what fish should 
have been placed in these waters, and there were no “fish 
commissioners” in the land. 

If there had been, the waters of this lake would prob- 
ably have been stocked with big-mouthed black bass and 
carp—that’s all. 

I am in receipt ef your very pleasant fayor of yester- 
day, in. which you rather intimate, however, that I am 
romancing a little bit in regard to the Lake of Genne- 
Saret, or at least assuming a knowledge which may not 
be well founded. You have known me long enough to 
know that I am very modest, and would not for. the 
world make an assertion which I did not believe, or in 
fact know, to be true, and I think that in this case I 
must come to the rescue of my own reputation. 

The reference to the Lake of Gennesatet is strictly true. 
The fish in that lake, of which but few now remain, be- 
long to the perch family, and spawned about the month 
of April, and I think that aityone who has visited the 
lake will tell you that the north shore, between the late 
city of Capernaum and the mouth of the inlet to the 
lake, was the principal spawning ground of the lake. 
While the location of the city of Capernaum cannot be 
exactly fixed to-day, it is conceded by all to have been 
at or very near the northwest corner of the lake, and 
probably very near to the hot springs which exist there 
to-day. 

The last reference in the Bible to fishing by tke 
Apostles fixes the time shortly after the Passover week 
when Jesus was. crucified. which would be in April, and 
it appears that some of the Apostles were fishing in the 
might time, and that in the early dawn, when it was im- 
possible to distingiiish one person from another, the 
Saviour appeared on the shore within hailing distance of 
the boats and asked the usual question, “Children, have ye 
any meat?” and they evidently supposed him to be one 
of the middlemen coming out from Capernaum to buy 
up the catch of the night before. The nets used were 
the sare as those used in the South to-day for catching 
mullet, that is cast nets. which were spread upon the 
water, with a diameter of about fifteen feet, the sides of 
which were sunk to the bottom, and when drawn together 


the fish would be inclosed. 


Staterrents as to the taking of these fish within the last 
ew vears, J have not seen any account of their being 
t, which seems th me to be authentic. 


. POUGHKEEPSIE, Dec 1, 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


Ten years ago the Rey, William B, Hill, now pastor 
of the Second Reformed Church in this city, visited this 
Jake, and at my suggestion made every effort in his 
power to catch one of these fish: and he told me alter- 
ward that he had spent a large part of two days in his 
effort to do so without success, quaintly remarking that 
he had always fega¢ded the taking of a fish by the Apos- 
tle Peter with a piece of money in its mouth as a miracle 
because oi the coin, but that he was now ready to be- 
heye that the miracle existed in his catching the fish. 

You will see irom this that I have not been speaking 
from random, and I know that my views correspond 
with the views of those who like myself haye been in- 
teres:ed in the fish and fishing in this lake. ; 

I think that I am correct also in stating that this 
variety of fish cannot be found anywhere else to-day in 
the world. except in three or four lakes in the highest 
mountain regions of Africa, 
~ You will pardon this long letter, but T think: that your 
letter rather puts mé in the position where I must give 
an account “of the faith that is in me.” 

I am satisfied that Mr. Cheney, whom we all respect 
and admire, agrees with me as to the evil results from 
indiscriminate stocking of streams and waters with fish 
which did not already abound in them, and if he had had 
charge of stocking our waters instead of Seth Green the 
results to-day would be very different. 


J. S. VAN CLeEF 


ANGLING NOTES. 


Black Bass of Large Size. 


In looking over a very handsomely gotten up pamphlet 
my attention was arrested by a reproduction of a photo- 
graph of four black bass suspended side by side against a 
board, Under the picture (it is a half-tone) is this legend: 
“Black bass caught in the Delaware River in 1899. The 
board on which the fish are nailed is 16 inches wide. The 
largest fish weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces.” 

At once the question suggested itself, Are the black bass 
small-mouth black bass or large-mouth black bass? The 
mouth of each fish is opén, so it is difficult to determine 
the species from the mouth as exhibited in the p-cture. 
The ‘shape of the body of one fish suggests the large- 
mouth, but from the shape of the body of the next fish it 
might be a small-mouth. In the picture the light comes 
from the left, and the belly of each fish is turned to the 
left and the distended gill covers throw the scales on 
cheeks and gill covers into shadow, so no one can tell 
whether the. scales are smaller on gill covers than on the 
body, and thus another means of identification is lost by 
the manner in which the fish are hung. The body scales 
of the larger fish seem to say large-mouth black bass, but 
that is guess work. for another fish near it would as 
readily pass, as to scales, for a small-mouth. The weight, 
§ pounds 9 otinces, would, on general principles, indicate 
the large-mouth, except that we know the small-mouth 
has been caught still larger. I have examined’ the picture 
tmder a strong magnifying glass, and am as much in the 
dark. as ever as to the’ species, for I never have been in 
doubt about the fish being fine specimens of black bass 
of one kind or the other, and they undoubtedly delighted 
the heart of the man who caught them, and’ I do not sup- 
pose he really cared whether they had a large mouth or a 
small mouth, as in any eyent they were black bass, and bg 
black bass. 7 . 4 te ie 
. If it was'the intention of Mr. Roberts to arrange an 
effect in black bass after the manner of “The Lady or the 
Tiger,” he has succeeded beyond his fondest hopes, and 
the answer will be that they aré fine specimens of big 
black bass. 


The Lake Lamprey. 


Mr. W. L. Hoskins, of Owego, N. Y., writes me as fol- 
lows: “I have noticed several articles in the Forest AND 
STREAM in regard to lamprey eels. and I think you have 
referred fo them once or twice in some of your com- 
munications. About a year since one of the professors. at 
Cornell University had something to say of the large 
numbers approaching im the inlet of Cayuga Lake. Where 
do they come from? Can it be that they can reach that 
point from salt water?- What do yout know of them as 
a table food? I will look for your answer through your 
Angling Notes in FoREst AND STREAM.” _ ye 

The lake lamprey of Cayuga Lake is a dwarfed form of 
the river lamprey, and it runs into the inlet from the lake 
itself, the lake being its home. I know nothing cf the 
lamprey as a table food, and perhaps I may add that I 
know of no one who does know from personal experience. 
The appearance of the lamprey is all sufficient for the 
average man to decline it as food. A few years ago the 
State of New York made a small appropriation to destroy 
ihe lamprey in Cayuga Lake, and this money was placed 
in my hands to be expended. A weir was constructed in 
the inlet to Cayuga-Lake and for two years, as the 
lampreys ran up the stream to spawn, they were captured 
and destroyed. It was the intention not only to destroy 
such of the lampreys as were taken in the weir, but to 
stidy their life history, and the life history, food habits, 
migrations, etc.. of such other fishes as might be taken 
and come under observation, This work was under the 
personal supervision of H. A. Surface, then of Cornell 
University, now a professor in a Pennsylyania college. 
Prof, Surface has prepared an exhaustive paper on the 
lake lamprey amply illustrated, which will form a part of 
the report of the Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission 
of New York dor the year ending Sept. 30, 1808, now in 
the printer's hands and nearly ready to be isstied. These 
reports are given in part to the members of the Legis- 
lature, and any one desiring a copy should apply to his 
member of Assembly or Senator, but there will be a 
scarcity of reports if one can judge of the future by the 
past, and many applicants for them will be disappointed 
of getting them. The reason for destroying the lamprey 
was that it was found that they were destroying many of 
the food fishes in the lake, and as they were not esteemed 
as food themselves, no one would seek their capture, and 
the State was invited to take a hand in their destruction to 
save the food fish, and at the same time operate an apology 
for a biological statien on a small scale. A number of 
discoveries were made in connection with the work. and 
these I have alluded t6 from time to time in this coluntn, 


471 


all of which Prof. Surface treats of in detail in his 


paper. 


Spring Pond Once More, 


A few hours after writing the last note about Spring 
Pond, in which I quoted Mr. Crane’s letter of correction, 
I met former Commissioner William R. Weed in Albany, 
who is the owner of the trout Jand on which the pond is 
situated, He told me that the pond gets its name from the 
fact that it has no visible inlet or outlet, and that its 
waters are made up wholly of springs. Asked about the 
landlocked salmon planted in the pond, which caused my 
original. note about it, he said that two years from thie 
planting of the fingerling fish his brother caught one and 
gave to him which measured 17 inches in length. The fish 
were planted in the fall of 1897, he tells me, and it was 
during the summer of 1899 that the 17-inch salmon was 
taken. This, in contiection with what I have already 
stated about the growth of salmon in this pond, and what 
Mr. Crane contributes about the remarkable growth of 
brook trout in the pond when planted, would indicate 
that the pond was very rich in fish food, for brook trout, or 
any other fish, grow to great weights for this species only 
where they find an abundance of food. 

The State recently discovered that the ponds, or some 
of them, in the region of one of the State hatcheries was 
destitute of fish food, and the Forest, Fish and Game 
Commission at once took steps to plant the waters with 
food in the form of fresh-water shrimps. For landlocked 
salmon there is no better food than the fresh-water form 
of smelt found in Maine and New Hampshire. The State 
of New York has brought this shrimp from both Maine 
and New Hampshire and planted it in State waters, where 
alternately landlocked salmon may be planted: if not, they 
will serve as food for the trout now in the waters, for it is 
eat form of fish for trout if they are to have fish for 
ood. 


Forest Fish and Game Commission. 
Schedule of fish distribution for fiscal year ending Sept. 30: 


\ilenagiacia tyne Siie Ones ip Paes See DT ee ee) tee 40,175,000 
Momo fey ck sue steut betas atl dicted kehd eee hice ben eee 42,000,000 
RiKGs PELCli, ebyeuatieent ee tatr ote bE nee ee ee ee 50,825,000 
BOSERISIIN” fryelehe oeeanie eels c 2nd Metbeb hk Ae eae 3,455,000 
Wa Sterg liye nies mslnestet er eedl SOE Ly Lt Later Clelt a tts asin 2,400,000 
Masealonge fry.......... 1.200.000 
Brook trout iry.......... 3,081,000 
Brook trout fingerlings. 152,983 
Brook trout yearlings.... 95,225 
Brook trout two and three years old 400 
IBTOMGDELLOUGaliy a eee een ELL ese scene 1,091,000 
BL Owilim nol stuieccliTe Siete p ipl niacin oer en pant natin 108,253 
HilOniyan AMONCSE aberanAbnabemm 5 RRR BAR AAA ASAR SOS AOA ye tion oa 48,825 
Riri G Want Uteiy; wel eit BEaiscen es inens « Aadaeneen ree eee 120,000 
Ree She BONG TAM BIRNEY wan oifes(shelSUALERS, oe 32418 Sep meer as epee nari £8,109 
IRA Owe thotlte wert ilh S'S evtos Sareea einen he it see nn aaa 40,000 
Pee eO rol tity ey. ce meee teat ie te eee tei nec 8,772,500 
akevirout ditiperitiesy eee sels snes plete ian cece 201,900 
(ake trout yeanlin est sealed cs tema e tek | kegel a ee 13,355 
ed Bilinaat trom tsnite er line san i knee Lk pee rees meets aan 62,750 
Rene thicatetroni weanliiesese ty fhe vnbsbrers ee bt ene been 38,800 
LEFT MaLeslsstal SH Ibyatehat soe\ acts pyre mee te ye anh ige ee bea page 2,400 
NUNES Gr elel cl aren ths ha MSs! ieee a. Nay ere Aen aaedes HED RBoe 4,900 
SIRGLITUD Paes eid eee ae ae ae ede St aoe pay en STAN 2°,000 
Black -bass, small-mouth..-.. 0.05.6 sce ece eee cree ee eee eees 300 
Shad, Ifudson River (from the United States)............ 10,280,000 
Sade iaLOwecdectte Gatskal Sonor ke rey. ppes oem uknree eee meen 2,870,200 
Slatehateied) atebones island etn een nerle ern ge 565,000 


Stal © 5a Neon tints te PECL eb ceeds. sores vi ch yy Ab eee 168,262,900 

Eggs and fish fry and yearlings furnished by the United States 

Fish Commission, planted in waters of New York State during 
the year ending Sept. 30: 


RES ply ante ence fineh eect NAG eee. cs aan aa stiesenay hh) 420,000 
UTS Tey ees Paracas TL Rotten eee ie aioe eee ce eens an 50,428,800 
PYiGre lit] dae MeN Ate TMT Cisne i fel Crime eet et ae Sep remot aN 23,498 
MUG Cet Re Peynee ae ae crtterstetllafateke seores a aebcusfels Peptes temrehvic erent neereors ieee 50,872,298 
219,135,198 


Vagaries of Breeding Fish, 


This fall, while the men at one of the State hatching 
stations in New York were taking whitefish in pound 
nets to secure eggs, and ripe female fish were in abun- 
dance, there were no ripe male fish. The females were 
kept in the ponds for a time. when the men found what 
they had to contend with, but the eggs became hard be- 
fore males were obtained, and many were lost to the hatch- 
ing jars. At the very last of the season of egg taking the 
male fish made their appearance in considerable num- 
bers, but there were then few ripe females, so that for four 
days dtiring the height of the season a great many eggs 
were not taken because there was no means of impregnat- 
ing them. The fish breeder has serious and unexpected 
conditions to contend with in tak'ng eggs from whitefish, 
shad, pike-perch, mascalonge, smelt, lake trout, etc., where 
the fish are drawn from the lakes and rivers, and are not 
uirder control until they are secured in the nets. The fish 
may or may not appear at the appointed season as ex- 
pected, and egg taking is so uncertain in wild waters 
that it is never safe to count your fish until they are 
hatched, certa‘nly not until the eggs are secured. Fish 
in confinement at the stock ponds at the hatching stations 
can be depended upon with more certainty to supply eggs 
at the spawning season, as they are under constant ob- 
servation and control and the supply of opposite sexes 
regulated by the hatchery men, and in such cases it is 
chiefly a matter of keeping the stock fish in good health to 
secure a supply of eggs from them. 

Last year, under a system of feeding at one State 
hatchery the brown trout in the stock ponds produced 720'- 
a00 eggs. This year the same stock fish, slightly reduced 
in numbers, under a different system of feeding have, at 
this writing, produced 1,480,000 eggs, and the spawning of 
the fish is not entirely finished. The eggs are, too, in bet- 
ter condition than last year, and promise a larger per 
cent. of healthy fry when hatched. 


Fighting Trout. 


Tt is well known that at breeding time the male -trout 
in a pond will fight with one another, often producing 
wounds that result in fungus and ultimate death. Very 
lately I was watching a number of female trout preparing 
spawning beds by flirting the sand from the bottom by a 
movement of the tail, leaving only coarse gravel at the 
bottom of the depression forming the bed. The male 
fish hovered about the beds, constant in their attentions, 
and occasionally one would try conclusions with another 
in a catch-as catch can. One female was particularly in- 
dustrious in fanning her bed, and she was alone on it. 
though several males danced attendance around the edges. 
Finally-a male trout a size larger than the female vey- 


‘tured into: the saucer-like depression and instantly the 


female turned on him antl seized him by the belly near the 


central fin and shut her mouth hard, as it proved. 
— was a struggle which carried ihe pair some distance from 
ihe bed. and it seemed as though the female was shaking 
the male fish,as he was helpless back downward, until 
finally he ceased to struggle and the female released him 
and returned to her bed with an air wh ch indicated to my 
companicn and myself that she intended to convey the 
impression 1o the defeated male that that was her busy 
day and she would brook no interference with her domes- 
tic plans and work. 

: Fish Distribution. : 

At the December meet’ng of the Forest, Fish and Game 
Commission. the State Fishculturist submitted a report 
which gave-among other things the summary of the fi-h 
plan ed in the waters of the State of New York during 
the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1900. This summary may 
not be exactly correct according to the detailed statement 
to be made next month, as there are a few applications 
vet to be added. The egg taking for this fall sea-on of 
1900 was not computed when the meeting was held but 
from the figures from the hatcheries that had completed 
the taking of brook and brown trout eggs, the :ncrease this 
year over last at same hatcheries amounts to 1,000,600 
eves, in a total of 5,947,500. 


New Fish Applications. 


New fish applica ions have been adopted by the Com- 
mission for black bass and fish fry. The black bass appli- 
cations have figures of the two species of black bass, the 

“Jarge-mouth and the small-mouth, with a brief de=cription 
- of each under the cut of the fish. The fish fry applications 
have figures of the mascalonge, the pike, the pickerel and 
the pike-perch, with a short description of each. The 
cuts, with the common and specific name under each, 
should enable the applicants to determine the kind of fish 
they really desire. and not ask for p.\ke when they wish 
p.ke-perch. -While the cuts of the fish are of necessicy 
stall, they are accurate, being prepared for the Fore+t, 
Fish and Game Commission by the United States Fish 
Commission, and show the d’stinguishing scales on the 
cheeks and gill covers of the mascalonge, pike and 
pickerel, and no one can mistake a pike-perch for any of 
the other fish named when it is observed that the pike- 
perch has two dorsal fins and each of the other fish but 
a single dorsal. The same blanks are used for tomcats, 
smelt, Adirondack frostfish and other fish except trout 
_and black bass. A. N. CHENEY. 


Public and Private Waters. 


Cananpaicua, N. Y.. Dec, 8—Editor Forest and 
Stream: Vhe ar.icle of Mr. Van Cleef in your issue of 
Dec. 8 must prove of great interest to all persons who 
believe in the protection and increase of our game fish. I 
hepe it will provoke earnest discussion in FOREST AND 
STREAM, for it would seem to be important in the highest 
degree to settle at an early stage the dist nction between 
public and private waters. 

At first the force of Mr. Van Cleef’s proposition that 
“nearly all the streams of this Sta.e are essentially pri- 
wate waters, and not public in any sense of the term” 
seemed almost irresistible. But upon thinking the matter 
‘over. it seems wrong to concede the correctness of that 
assumption, and although I feel by no means secure in the 
posit on that I am-about to take, I will hazard a guess or 
two in regard to streams, leaving ponds and lakes out of 
the questicn., a. 

- | believe water courses may be loosely divided into three 
important classes: 1. Those-in which the tide ebbs and 
flows. 2. Navigable rivers and streams. 3. Streams 
net nav gable. - 

It‘ will be conceded that waters of the first class are 
public as far as the tide’ flows, 

I believe ‘t will be ccnceded also that waters of the 
second class are public, as there can be no question that 
a nayigable stream is a public h ghway just as much as is 
a town road, And although the adjoining owners may 
own the bed to the middle of the stream and although 
they may have ihe exclusive right of fishing so far as their 
land extends, the water is nevertheless public. 

True, no person has a right to fish in such water with- 
out the consent of the adjo ning owner, but neither has 
one the right to dig bait by the roadstde without the 
consent of him who owns to the middle of the road. Yet 
it is none the less a public highway. 

So it would seem that the streams referred to by Mr. 
Van Cleef as private waters must be included in the 
third class—that is, non-navigable streams. - ; 

Tam strongly impressed with the idea that the Icgic 
of the protection and increase of game fish in this State 
demands that .he phrase “private waters” be applied to as 
few waters as possible. And I believe just as strongly 
that the common sense interpretation of the phrase tends 
in the same d rection, Ae 

Grant that adjoining owners hold the stream bed to the 
middle of the stream. Grant that if the same person.owns 
land adjoining the stream on both sides he owns the 
whole stream bed as far as his land extends. The water 
itself can never be the subject of their ownership, It 
is here to-day and miles away to-morrow.on its way to 
the sea where all waters are public. The owner must not 
divert it from its natural course, He must not confine it 
or restra-n it to the injury of those above him or be’ow. 
He must not pollute it, he must not.increase or dim‘nish 
its flow to the detriment of any other. He can use it 
surely, to his heart's content. but own it. never. Neither 
does he own a single fish in the waters which flow over his 
lund: until he reduces it to’ possession by legitimate cap- 


ture. He has not the right to prevent a fish from going - 


up ot down except as seems good to the people of the 


State. It is they who prescribe the manner in which and’ 


the extent to which and the time when every fish may be 


taken. Itis the public who. can’ say to each owner, “You: 
shall not even on your Own premises, disregard the laws - 


which we deem wisé,”’ . s 
*Aseuredly the owner may. restrain all persons from fish- 
ing on his premises. . That privilege the public: can not 
expect. aud the Stafe cannei grant. 
say as to the usé of his premises and the State has the 
say as to the canture of the fish. Whereas, in the case of 
“private waters” the owner has the say as to both. 


There 


The owner has the: 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


Therefore, it seems to me that th’s class of waters, if 
they are not public, at least they are not private within 


the meaning of that term, as used by Mr. Cheney when | 


he said that State fish would not be furnished for private 
waters. , the i 

Il understand the phrase “private waters’ to signify 
either waters wholly owned or controlled by one person 


or an association of persons, and stocked at private ex-. 


pense. Or a private park established and mainta ned pur- 
suant to Sect ons 200-204 of the Forest. Fish and Gime 
Law, in which latter case the waters may be either public 
or private, but must be siocked at private ee . 


CHICAGO AND THE WEST, 


Chizago Fly-Castiny Club Initial Banquet, 


Cuicaco, Ill., Dec. &—The first winter meet of the 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club was scheduled for the evening 
of Dec. 7, and it goes w.thout saying that there was a 
good assemblage of fly-casters, their w.ves and sisters 
and other fellows’ sisters. The meet, which was of an 
informal nattire, was held at the Leland, and will be 
followed later by others of these pleasant occasions. 


“What Artificial Propagation Does. 


Judge J. M. Kenyon. of Toledo, O., wr:tes be’ow re- 
garding some notable results in a private trout stream, 
and his communication is interesting as show.ng what 
modern me.hods can do with such wild creatures a. brook 
trout. He says: 

“T inclose the record of a Toledo member of a private 
trout stream in this State since 1889. It shows what 
artificial propagation wil. do, as the stream had no trout 
naturally, and is, in fact now all made s.ream, There are 
over fifty members. This man’s record is among the top 
ones, but not the top: Wish I was one of ’em. They are 
now rearing their fry in ponds until fall, and turn them 
into the stream when § to 7 inches long, and will soon 
have it swarming with fish.” The record follows: 


Days Days 
Fished. Caught. Lbs. Year. Fished. Caught, 


Year b Lbs, 
1889 ...... 10 61 21 1-8 ARORA eee. 14 178 71 3-4 
UHI orcas 11 3 23 3-8 T8960 2.22. 18 183 69 
as Ses oH 10 98 32 1-2 ASOT S errs 14 141 5t 1-2 
SU 2ae rupert 1a 157 53 1-2 LEGS: omteve 12 142 

ERY Boooce 15 1380 55 1-2 AGC) peer cake! 157 7 
W894 ane 15 161 721-2 1900 ...,..18 240 91 1-2 


E, Tloucu. 
Hartrorp Burrpine, Chicago, Il. 


More Eel Problems. 


East WarEHAM, Mass.. Nov. 27.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: There is a small pond near my house which had 
no connection with salt water until some twenty-five 
years ago a di.ch was dug through a cultivated field and 
wooded elevation, necessitat ng a 6-foot trench; then a 
piece of upland meadow was crossed, the ditch finally 
reaching a swamp drain which in ordinary seasons flowed 
to the salt water for eight or nine mon.hs in the year, 
The pond very rarely rises high enough to flow out 
through the drain un.il late in the winter, and the over- 
flow lasts but a few days at a time and ceases in the 
spring. It has not flowed to the sea this year. and naw 
lacks 6 feet of its maximum height. This pond has eels 
of large size, and had a reputation for eels before there 
Was any connecting di.ch between it and the sea. I have 
been told that they were dug up in the mud when a 
Swamp joining it was ditched more than forty years be- 
fore the drain was dug to the sea. 

I have also been told of young ducks being taken by 
large eels. Th’s is by no mean; impossible, but it might 
have been done by turles instead. Do the female eels go 
down to spawn so late as Christmas? Would they ge 
caught in by the pond falling and stay an indefinite time? 
The ditch has not been cleared out for years. and it is 
doubtful if an eel can ever get up or down until it is 
cleaned out. For the last four years I have kept watch 
of this pond and stream to see if it were possible that 
they could go up or down, and at to time could they do 
so except in witter after December. There are other 
seemingly landlocked ponds that contain eels, but I do 
not know enough about their conditions to make out a 
case, The waters I have spoken of contain red perch and 
roach and frogs, all of which ¢e's will eat. They will 
thread their way up through artificial ditches and drain; 
and catch frogs, for I have seen them do it. They will 
work their way for long distances through peat meadows. 
I know by seeing one dug out, when my father was. d g- 
ging a water hole for his cows in the upper.end of an 
English meadow; this eel was about 14 inches long. 
The meadow in question had been a salt. marsh which 
fifty years before was reclaimed by diking: a small salt 
pond was also taken in and became entirely fresh. In this 
pond eels lived all the year, and in winter bedded ?n mud 
the same as in salt water, and I used to spear them. 
through holes cut in the ice. The ditches in this meadow 
have eels of all sizes, from 2 inches up to 2 feet in 
length. The overflow from meadow and pond passes 
through the dike by a wooded trunk, which is closed by a 
gate (clapper) that works automatically as the tide rises 
and falls. Eels can go in and ont at low water, but part 
of the t'me a screen has been maintained to keep the trout 
with which the pond was stocked from escaping. A 
supplementary dam was also built and fitted with screen 
and flush boards. None of these things affected the eels; 
they thrive the same as before any obstacles were placed 
in their way. Is it not possible that the pond is their 


permanent home, and that both male and female e-Is live- 


there? If these fish have to pass into: the sea and de- 


posit their spawn, and the female must find a_male to 
assist in fert‘lization. how do the tinv ones surmount all’- 


obstacles and find their way into the dilches? - 
They are very desttuctive. and as the waters just men-= 
tioned are stocked with trant. it is imnerative that eals 
be kept Gut. 
aired. but I have grave doubts as to all the facts heine 
known. Two things are certain. eels must be endowed 
with great persistence and must live to a great age. 
~~) eee Watter B, Savary, 


I am aware that. this subiect. hassbeen well! 


(Dee. 1g, 1900. 


Ye Gods and Little Fishes. 


Unoer this title Dr, James A. Henshall has written a 
_“Travesty on the Argonautic Expedition of the Gslden 
Fleece.” It makes a handsome volume of 250 pages, and 
is decorated with designs by J. L. Ludlow. The argument 
is thus set forth: gts 

“A witty, humorous, satirical, political and philosophical 
account of the voyage, exploits and adyentures ly sea and 
land of Jason and his s'x y demigods in the quest for the 
Golden Fleece, The route, and the events and ine ‘dents 
of the expedition from Thessaly ta Colchis. and the re- 
turn voyage, as chronicled by Apollonius Rhodius, are fol- 
lowed but narrated from a modern standpoint, 

“The say.ngs and doings of Jason, Hercules. Orpheus, 
Meleager, Pollux and Castor, Atalanta and others of the 
crew, and the deeds of Juno, Venus Neptune, Triton, 
Thetis and other gods and godesses in aid of the quest are 
vigorously expressed in a pseudo-poetic and mock-heroic 
style, illumined by the searchlight of the nineteenth cen- 
tury. 

“The stirring scenes and doughty decds, the perls of 
storm and disaster, the pleasant features of angling, 
shooting, hunting and the tournaments of ath'etic sports 
are vividly depicted in a style of burlesque and hyperbole, 
as v-ewed by a modern angler, ‘portsman and yachtsman.” ~ 


Law. 


THERE is a rule or law practiced by the London 
anglers, particularly those who fish in the Lee, which is 
that of waiting for any of their party that may drop in 
the rear. It aroce from the following circumstance: 
“Some years since, several anglers were proceeding on 
a trolling excursion to a favorite spot at some distance 
from London, up the Lee River, when it happened that 
one of them, without being observed by the rest, loitered 
behind, and his absence was not discovered till they had 
raveled a considerable way. They waited in hopes their 
companion would overtake them, but his not coming up, 
they halloed and called him by name, but received no 
answer. Alarmed ior his safety, they retraced their steps, 
when to their utter astonishment and herror they found 
him quite dead with his throat cut from ear to ear and 
robbed of everything he possessed. It is supposed he 
stayed behind for a moment or two and was attacked 
and murdered while in a defetisciess position. Since this 
lamentable occurrence, if an angler has occasion to rest 
he has only to call out the wurd “Law and the whole 
party will wait till it is convenient to continue the 
journey.’—London Anglers’ Book, 1835.’ 


Che Kennel, 


Fixtures. 
FIELD TRIALS, 
1901, 
an. 14.—Greenville, Ala.—Fifth annual field trials of the Alabama 
Field Trials Club. John B. Rosenstihl, Sec’y. 


Jan. 21.—Benteon County, Miss:—lenth annual field trials of the 
ated States Field Trials Club. \W. B. Staifurd, Sec'y, trenton, 
enn. 
BENCII SIIOWS. 
1901. 


Feb. 26-March 1,—Cleveland, 0.—Cleveland Kennel] Club’s annual 
bench show. C. M. Munhal!, Sec’y. - 

March 6-9.—I‘iitsburg, l'a—Duyuesne Kennel Club’s annual 
berch show. I’, S. Stedman, Sec y. 


Training the Hunting Dog. 


By B. Walers, Author of “Fetch and Carry: A Treatise 
. on Retrieving.” 


X.—B:cking. 


BACKING, backsetting and backstanding denote the act 
of one dog standing more or less rigidly by sight to the 
point af another dog. The backing dog generally as- 
sumes much the same attitude when backing that he does 
when pointing, though in many instances the rigidiy 
and intenseness in it are less. Not infrequently some 
backing dogs stand in a slack position, as they do 
naturally when there are no points at all to consider, 
However enthusiastic and spir.ted may have been the 
backs at first, the act in time. as the enthusiasm of youth 
and novelty pass away generally -becomes perfunctory. 
The dog learns that its purposes, as enforced by the 
trainer, are repressive, that he is not to intezfere with 
the pointing dog, and that therefore there is nothing of 
self interest in it. The act, which-the dog displayed 
with a natural purpose, is nevertheless’ generally per- 
sisted in from education and habit. Maa 1: 

Backing is an act resulting from a process of reason. a 
perception of cause and effect. Some dogs take readily 
to backing, others are induced with much difficulty to 
observe it, and again others cannot be induced to hack 
at all, Much depends upon the intelligence and tempera- 
ment of the individual as to whether he will back or not. 

The act of backing has no reference whatever to.a 
man with a gun, who desires that his purposes with it 
shall not be obstructed. It has been maintained. as 
against the theory and practice of intelligent backing, 
that the dog, first pointing the birds instinctively that a 
man might the better kili them thereby, also backed 
instinctively on occasion so that he would not interfere 
with the dog which was pointing, and thus would not 
jeopardize the success of the shooter. In support of 
this contention, the fact that young puppies, when point- 
ing sparrows and other small birds in the kennel yard 
and elsewhere, back each other, was adduced as proof 
positive of the instinctive origin of the act. So much, by 
the old writers, was ascribed to instinct by way of ex- 
plaining the dog’s ac's that one could justly wonder why 
the dog had brains at all, or having them why he used. 
them’ so little. a tae eee EA. 

How an act which con'd be tatieht ta bit a relatively — 
small number of the carine race, has to all the race he- 
come instinctive by inheritance, and haw manv other 
acts. taught to dogs generally, have rot hecame likewise 
instinctive, ig left by the old writers for the reader's awn 


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, their prey, and in iritelligent methods of: suuccessiul pur- 
“suit they are astonishingly precocious. 

Let us follow the first attempts of the puppies and, ob- 
“serve thereby their: rapid educatienal evolution, They, 


“seeing a sparrow on the ground hopping. about, sneak 
~ quickly, toward if and then dash ac full speed ta seize - 


it; it fies away) and ihéy give full chase, sometimes. Biv- 
ang” tongue’ metr. ly. Similar kash” attempts. result in 
failures. “After a brief experience of t is kind | they 
quickh y learn that the birds can fly, and that in open pur- 
suit of them, a capture is impossib-e. They then observe 
greater caution and therefrom approximate nearer to 
success,. By sneaking craftily on -the b rds, the. chances 

of getting within a be.ter striking distance are many 
_ times increased, and by making play to. the. pointing dog 
the ‘backing | dog. is in. a sfrategic pos ‘tion to, head the 
_ game_off or turn it to the pointing dog, Thus. the. back 
is simply a part of the team work in the actempt to cap- 

_ture. 

‘i Itis one of the first things. Tene by all eieads ‘of 
dogs which have an opportunity, to, hunt im, company. 
‘Tt i is analogous to the sunning cunning, of the greyhound. 
_Two puppies, intent on capturing a barnya: -d fowl,. show 
~ this unm: ‘stakably. One draws up and points; the other 
backs. The alarmed fowl walks away;. the pointing 
puppy draws forward; the backing puppy. whips. steal Ithily 
around to head off the fowl, and (hen, they, haye-it, be- 
“tween ‘them ina hazar dows: position. . dyeit, to themselves 

“in the:r attack upon it, they display pre.ty team ayork,.'so 
{ux aS mte.ugehrt thanagement and effort are concerned. 

This is frequently the manner employed to capture a 
rabbit or o her animal which as lying concealed from 
view. but ess wrteerceliet s is pace spay. ve oh sense 

ate amie 


ee on, cantons oiinaee en nee use - ol ies 0s 
_effor s, by. sight. are.applied im- the first crude, ees 
“the efforts: by. nage ace. applied ‘in. the. skill(ulananner 
which comes from. experience : and: knowledge... ‘though 
both come. irom the. cansht nplve ADs se tw ‘eek: sgame 

_ animals for food, .; Bo VeaNg, 

In. the pursuit of; fur, the se’ tar aad Sees draw on 
it in. much the,same manner, that they’do on: birds, but 
with less caution. Fen, instance, if, a .cabbit- is. jumped 
“they, pursue. it) hotly. siving.tongue, eagerely- the while. 
On. birds they. are s Jent,. as they, needs must-be if they 
are..to achieve.: suecess., Dhere--are, exceptions ‘to’ this, 
“however: some, setters and.pointers. whimper ard give 
ptoneue: ona; frail. seattle, allen, thes manner, oie a Papp pee. 


“The “Continental Field Trial” 
espe eS Club's © Trials: # 


ve 


' THERE’ was'a’ ‘falling: off in the a'tehdance’ follony: ae ‘the 
finish lof the Eastetn'|Field Trial'‘Club’s ‘trials,’ anid’ there 
‘way a weeding ‘out: ‘of'the®starters‘in the Continental trial 
in consequence of the definite competition and knaw'erge 
‘of relative canabilit’esswh ch the’ preceding trials, afforded. 
'So Jong as the Continental trials fo‘low, ‘the Eastern’ this 
@onditicn of-affairs will’ rema'n ‘unchanged. Tn’ the’ Fast- 
“ern trials” the visitors’ ‘learn every: neculiaris: y. af the 
‘grounds: “Ey ery path is known; the wiierealiou: $ of evety 
bevy ts 4ecurately located ; every Tands cape” 
‘the capabilities of the dogs’ utider * the” Anown’ 
‘offer Tittle of interest in their repetition, Asa natural, con- 
sequence, after the’ Eastern irials, the’ general ‘jaterest 
languishes. ” The Cont hental’ Club at ifs _ meeti ng held 
dur ng the tr ‘als. considered this pha e. of ‘Its. interests 
‘and appointed ° 2 committee, of which Mescrs.” “Ames, 
‘O-thans!and Sturges are metnbers, to consider the. matter 
of new, “grounds. 

“there was!'a ‘distinguished | company. present, “which 
followed the trials more or less .among ‘whom were Mr. 
Pierre ‘Lorillard Jr., and. his sis er, Mrs. Taylor. Theo. R. 
Hoyt, Edwin C. Hoyt, W. W. Green. Robt. Kellev,.H. B. 
Fitch ngs. “James. B. Baker. James E. Orr, New. York? Ve 
Douglas Law, abtingficld “Mass, ; 
stead, Pa.; Hobart. Ames, ‘North’ ‘Easton, eMass..; G..,W. 
‘Keyes, Bos aie Edm. H. Osthaus. Toledo: S. Ge Bradley 
and his daughter, ‘Miss Elizabeth; Theo. - Sturges, New 
“York, and D. F, Pride, Cinc:nnati.. 

“The trials were skillfully. conducted. Messrs, Edm. H. 
‘Osthaus and. C. B Bickle judged. The trials were thor- 
oughty. enjoyable. ‘There was good fellowship a firm 
“support of the. “judges. as_ against thase who were ds- 
‘contented _ and, a eeneral consensus of opinion that field 
trials are now as: clean and wholesome a sport as exists. 


The Derky. + J 


~ Out of. twenty-seven nominations there were twelve 
star-ers, ‘several of which had run in the Eastern trials. 
The quality of the competition was of a commonplace 
degree. It is true that the weather conditions-were un- 
favorable, and birds in consequence difficult.to fnd,.but 
with all allowances for the disadvantages, stil the work 


cons ditia ns 


was inferior. 

ee order of running was as follows: 

E. L. -Jamison’s b., w. and t. setter dog” Warle Twain 
(Joe Cummings—Miss Osthaus). D. E; Rose,. handler, 
with Verona Kennels’ b., w. and t. setter bitch. .Verena 
Wilhelmina (Count Gladstone IV .—Countess. KK. Ye Frank 
Rchards, handler. 

Dr. J: '§. Brown’s liv, and Ww. pointer. b' teh “Vonks ng =F, 1 
B. (Young Jingo—Eve).. J.. “H. _Johnson. ‘handler, with 

_ T. De-Pauw’s liv. and w. pointer bitch -Jingo’s Romp 
(Jingo=Nellie Gabe D. E. Rose hand, er. -* 
- Dr. J. S. Brown's b.. w. and.t- setter bitch Mollie RB. 
IL (Tony’ s Gale~Moll'eB.). J. aed “Johnsan, handler with 
Gakland Assoéiation’s b.. w. and t. setter dog Joe Wheeler 
fRatton Bob—Antoie Gladstone), H. A. Thomason, 
handler, . 
Vutuand Association’s b, and w. setter bitch Lady Ran- 


A. C. Peterson, Home- 


However, if a Sanitek does not dinderstand + ~dolih (Belton ENE ‘Glidaoe), cca uk Honiton, 
certain eat of een life, there is no easier a to 


“handler, with W.*W! Titus? b., w. and t, setter d.g Cap- 


tain Scout (Joe ‘Cummings—Miss Osthaus), DLE. Rose, 
handler. * 


P. Lor‘llard, Jr.’s, *b., 


“Verona Kennels’ b., W. and t, setter dog Verona D’ablo 


“(Count Gladstone IV. —Dairy. Croft), Frank Richards, 


days of the Derby,.the birds were not moving. 


anenlnces off. average: field) worl. 


handler, with P. Lorillard, Jr.'s, b., w. and t setier dog 
‘Bow Knot (Why No.—Binnie B. Ve Cc. Tucker, handler. 
This stake was open to all setters and pointers whilped 


on or after Jan. 1, 1899. Out of the forty-one nominations 
“there were twelve: starters, 


The purse was $500, of which 
¢250 went to first, $150 to second and $100 to third. The 
total entrance was $303; $10 to nominate, $10 second for- 
fe't, and $ro-additional to start,  ~ 

‘The-qttality of the competition was not above the com- 
Unfavorable: weather 
‘contributed greatly to the poor show! ng, as, on ee two 
t owas 
-of the most difficult kind of sakes to judge, that, wherein 
there is no definite competition. 

.First: was won by Doc-Light. He showed better jndg- 
mete and knowledge-of field work, than any of his com- 
petitors though his performance was far from being of a 
-hgh degree, of merit. 

Captain Scott, second, was disposed to averpo: ‘nt, being 
overcautious ona trailand conscientious in setting stiffly 
on scent other than that of quail. 

-Bow Knot, third lacked finish in his bird work, phen 


ise asine a good deal of natural: abil-ty. 


Aye Ae aie 


Monday, Dec. 3, First Day, hs 


~There was a dark, dvercast sky, and a chilly rawness 
“in the air which portended a storm. About 11 o'clock a 
eold, drizzling rain set in which gradually increased into a 
“steady downpour.’ In conseqtience, the competit:on for the 
‘day was ‘abandoned in the first heat after lunch, Birds 


* were not found plentifully and when found were in= 


a bevy in an-open field and Mark. backed, 


ckned to be wild and were difficult to work, 

&, First Round, . 
_ -Mark Twain and Verona Wilhelmina started at 8: 38. 
Wilhelmina, af.er some minutes’ search ng, pointed nicely 
On the scat- 
tered, birds in pines, Mark-made two good points, and was 
_well backed each time. Up.at 9726, Both ranged? fairly 


_ avell, and showed good speed, Mark-displayed the better 


judgment, in beating out his ground and was better in 
range... 

Voune iva B. ai. iinees S iste were cast off at 9:30. 
Eva found and pointed a bevy in briers and Romp backed. 
Both were s.eady to shot. The birds were followed, but 

“no work was done on them. Up,at 10:22, The heat was 
ordinary in character. 

.Molhe.B. IL, and Joe, Wheeler ‘commenced at 10:26. A 
bevy was seen to-flush ahead in sedge, Joe being in the 
immed.ate vicinity of it: at-the time. Molle pointed a 
single bird in opem weeds. Up at 11:05. Neither ranged 
with-much. judgment. 

Captain Scoit,and Lady Randolph were start-d at 11:09. 
Scott pointed staunchly in an open weed field. them road d 
and pointed alternately. for some moments; Lady backed ; 

nothing qvas. found.. Next, after rangng a while bo'h 
po ated larks. Sent on. Scott accurately pointed a bevy 
in open weeds; Lady, excusably refused to hack, pane 
been deceived= by. Scott in respect to the prior pointing. 
She. joined. in the point... Both were steady to. wing and 
shot.- The birds were followed into woods, and “Lady 
made a good point on them.- Scott.also made a point on a 

‘single.in pines... Sent-on. In ati open field Scott pointed 
and roaded alternately ;' ‘Lady backed, but broke her back 
and joined in the roading and pointing. Nothing found. 
The heat ended at 11:37, Both had speed, but they 
ranged- with’ poor ‘judgment. Scott Doin and pottered 
on false scenis. 

Tom Boy and Doc Light were started at 11:42, ‘Both 

ranged fast and'beat out a useful scope of ground. Doc 
poi inted a, bevy. in .open, weeds, and both were steady to 
shot and wine, On the way after the scattered hirds. Tom 
Boy found. and pointed a bevy and was well backed by 
Doc. Inthe woods on the scattered birds, Tom. Boy 
flushed twice. Doc made two points on singles, in one 
of which Tom Boy joined. Sent on. Tom Boy made a 
point in woods, and*as the judges rode up Tucker ex- 
plained that the bevy had flushed wild. Up at 12:27. This 
brace displayed by far the best competition of any in this 
series. Rain had been falling during the greater part 
of the heat. 

Lunch,was next in order. 

- Bow’ Knot and Diablo were cast off at 1 122, The: ‘rain 
had stopped during Junch and there-were signs of. the 
weather clearing’ up. However, after a few minutes the 
Tait’ ‘again’ began’ ‘to fall stead ly. and at 1:46 the ccm- 
petition for the day" was abandoned. In open weeds Diab'o 
fushed- a bevy. “Some ‘yards further on in the’ hollow 
pees ~gointg, forward, flushed some more birds. Sent 

‘In the‘open field, Bow ran into a bevy and fluched it, 
Ae ARTE bird remained, which Diablo flushed: On the 
scattered: birds i in woods Bow made a good point, and was 
well’backed. ~ Bow held this pont, while the birds were 
flushed Gne or more at a time. Soon afterward the down- 
pour of rain stopped the running, and the work of ‘the 
day. was. ended. - 

“The-heavy-rain of Martlay did not cease entirely: till 
Tuesday afternoon. Rain at times fell in torrents’ dur- 
ing. Monday night. There were signs of clearing up in 
the morning, but the weather again thickened, and more 
of less rain fell til] near the middle of the afternoon, when 
it cledred wip cool and bright. The horses and wagon, 
which weré held” in wa? ‘ting for a, while, were sent back: to 
the-stablé im the morning, and” n0- further attempts were 
made’ ‘to runon- ‘that - ‘day. 


- ‘Wednesday; Dae 5, Thied Days 


ay he grounds. were wet and. heavy: in the. lower. p’ laces, 
A stiff. raaw-northwest wind blew more or less strongly all 
day. Birds were not moving much, consequently they 
were difficult to find. 

The unfinished competition of the Derhy was resumed, 
and the stake was finished soon alter Junch, 


w. and t. sétter bitch Tom Boy ie 
‘¢Tony Boy—Lenabelle), €.- Tucker, handler, with Dr... 
 G@ @hisholm’s lem. and w. pointer dog Doc Light (Jingo’s 
~ Light—Gull! s, Juno), D. E. Rose, handler, 


.dogs at the time being concealed from view, 
ir scattered birds of it in the open, Cap ain pointed a sing! : 


Were, ordered up at 21:26, | Nothing 
is Both” were going - well. 


Santer after the. conclusion of the D 


_ (Count Gladstone IV. —Hester Pee J. M: 
handler, with G- L.. Thomas’ b.. w: 


“Mniie_ backed promptly. -and well, 


-out far in the promising places. 


4:09. Both, ranged fast and wide. . 
‘prettily, taking..in- a-good scope of ground and. working 


Bow Knot and D‘ablo were started at 8:52. Both 
worked fast,.but were irregular in ranging, and displayed 
but little plann. ng in beating out the ground, Bow, stand- 


-ing'on plowed ground pomnied a bevy im cover close by 
‘and was backed by Diablo. 


The birds were marked down 
and followed into scattered pines. Bow was reluctant to 
leave where the bevy tltished, casting back to tha. p a<e, 


- while Diablo went on ahead and made a point on a single. 


Then Bow got in among the scattered birds and made 
two points and a flush. Diablo made a flush, Sent on. 
At the edge of a ditch Diablo flushed a single and soon 
afterward flushed the rest of the bevy. The birds were 
no. toowed,.~ ey at oan 16, Bow had much the better of 
the heat. 


Beeond Round. 


Six dogs were selected to compete further. Their work 
was rather commonplace, and was far short of good com- 
petition, . 

Lady Randolph and Mark Twain were cast off at 9:23. 
Lady inade a good point on a bevy in weeds. Mark made 
two good po.nts. on the scattered birds in woods, and 
Lady backed. Up at.9:58. They were, as a whole, nar- 


“row in range, and pottered occasionally on false scents. 


Captain Scott and Tom Boy at 10:20 commenced the.r 
heat in an open field. A bevy was secn to flush ahead, the 
On the 


and flushed one. Tom Boy found and pointed a bev 
and was backed nicely. Each made a point to. which 
nothing was found. They ranged well, though they pot- 
tered on scent at times, and Capta’ n showed a di enoaiet on 
to overpoint. The heat-.ended a: 11:06. 


Doe, Light and_Bow Knot were started at 11:13. Bow 


| pointed birds. by, the edge of woods, and Doc going.down 


.In open weeds Bow Bein and was 
backed; nothing found.. Bow pointed a sngle ~ Each 
made a point on the same bird in woods. Up at 12. 103. 
Doc showed the greater bird sense, though he’ ‘wa3, mot 
ranging above-middl.ng well. 


Final. 
Captain Scott and Doe Light were c 


wind, flushed them. 


cast off at 1:10, and 
was done on birds. 


This. ‘ended the stake, and the judges announced. ine 
Light, Captain Scott and Bow Knot winners in the order 


; named. 


~The Alt. Age Stake. 


’ The competition in the All Age Stake salah commfenced 
erby. 

“Geo. Crocker’s 0, and w, setter dog Bob Acres (Tony's 
Gale—Minnie TT). S.C. Bradley. handler, with P-tervon 
& Bell’s b., w. and t. setter dog Hal's Hope (Harold Sk:m- 
pole—Hunter's Nellie Bly), A. C, Peterson. hander. . 

Geo. .Crocker’s. 9. and w. setter btch Muinnic’s Girl 
(Antonio—Minnie T.). S.-C. Bradey. handler wih C., 
“F. Hartmetz’s b., w. and t. setter dog Oakley Hill (Red- 
field—Susie D.). Di.E. Rose, handler. » 

J. D. Law’s.b., w. and t. setter dog Lady’s Count (Count 
G'adstone 1V.—Dan's Lady), -H.. Johnson, handler, 
with P. Lorillard, Jr.’s, b.. w. and t. set er bitch Geneva 
“(Tony Bovey C. Tucker, handler, 

Dr. C..I. Shoop’s b., w. and t. setter dog Count Hunter 
(Count Glad-tone 1V.—Hunter’s Quecn). J. H. Janson, 


handler. with J. W. Flynn’s.o. and w. pointer dog Senator 


P, (Captain B.—Queen P..), Frank Richards h ndlcr. 
Avent & Duryea’s b.. w. and t. setter btch Sioux (Count 


Gladstone: LV.—Hester aneres) J. M. Avent. hander, 


wth P. Lorillard, Jr.’s..b., w..and.t. setter dog Wh y Nat 
‘(Eugene T.—Miss Raby), C. Tucker, handler. 

‘Avent & Duryea’s b., w. and t. setter dog Roysterer 
Avent, 
and t. setter dag. Dr. 
Brown (Count PSS UD sy F.), A. €. Peterson, 
handier. 

This stake was open to all setters and pointers which 
had ‘néver won a first ‘im the Continental, Eastern’ nor U. 
S. field trials. The purse was $500 divided as follows: 
$aso0 to first; $150 toysecond and $100 to third. Ten dol- 
lars to nominate, $10 second ES and $10) additional 
to start. 


First Round. 


“Bob Acres and Hal’s Hepe were started at 1:32, Hal 
soon nicely pointed a single in the open-field; Bob back d 
for a few moments steadily, then broke. his back. -Hal 
next flushed a: bevy by a fence in an open field. Sent on. 
Hal po‘nted ar beyy-and Bob backed; hoth were s tardy 
to wing and shot. In thick cover, Hal pointed. one of the 
seattered birds ;. Bob ‘refused. to back, and. flusied tne 
bird. Up, at 2:14,. Both-ranged well and at good speed. 
Bob made the. wider, casts, but his performance oa_ birds 

was_faulty. - * 

_ Minnie’s Cin anal Oakley Hil began at, 2 “Ar nnie 
made a lone cast. and pointed.a bevy by... Se “Phe 


dogs were widely separated, and were brought together. 


Oak! ley in heavy weeds pointed staunchly.. Not thirge was 
found, Hal-next pointed.a bevy by the cdge of wocds-and 
On the, scattered 
birds- Oakley: made two points and a flush. Next. av the 
open, Oakley. roaded and. pointed a bevyand was “steady 
to shot. Minnie at the timé was on a cast.. Up at- 3:18. 
Minnie beat. out her. ground with much judgment. casting 
Oakley ranged-well, and 
displayed, good finding and pointing: -ability... Both were 
speedy, and maintained pacts: Brecuce to a. wniform 
degree. : 


: Geneya. and eae So eatin were eerfted at 3:24: “The 


latter was in charge of his handler but-a few days, and 
was still unacqua.nted- with l.m-in-so far as 
ta orders. and work to. the gun are- ‘concerned; 


oly:diense 

He «vas 
dificult: to handle, and worked -but. indifferently. to. the 
gun. Geneva bya diceh pointed a bevy -and_‘was backed 
by Count. The birds - were followed-into diffeut cover. 
Geneva-made two points-on the scattered hirds, and-Count 
backed. well. -Sent on. Count flushed a bevy, Up: at 
Getieva was. rang tig 


nicely to the gun withal. 

Count Hunter and Senator P. were started at 4:14. 
Count, pointed a_hevy in open sedge, On the scattvred 
birds in woods Senator pointed a bird which Mew a few 


474 


feet overhead into the branches of a tree, and he held 
his point till it flushed. Count pointed a single. Count 
was the faster and wider, although Senator ranged 
moderately well. The heat and the day’s running ended 
at 4:59. 

Thursday, Dec. 6, Fourth Day. 


The morning was clear atid sharply frosty. In the 
shadows the white frost was sharply outlined in contrast 
to the melted frost in the sunshine. For some unknown 
reason the birds were difficult to find, and therefore were 
not found plentifully. The first round of the All Age 
Stake was continued. 

Sioux and Why Not were cast off at 8:38. The dogs 
were worked to find a bevy near the railroad. Sioux was 
out of sight for a few moments under the brow of the 
hill. Avent searching for her, called point and a bevy of 
birds flushed at the same time. Whether she pointed the 
bevy or not is officially unknown. The birds were fol- 
lowed into woods. Why Not pointed, and a bird flushed 
out of a tree overhead. Next he pointed a single. Sioux 
pointed, roaded and pointed; nothing found. Sioux was 
extremely difficult to handle, Sioux next pointed a bevy 
and was steady to shot. Up at 9:36. Why Not ranged 
much the better to the gun, and was speedy and wide in 
range. Sioux was on the border land of swift unman- 
agableness, and therefore had a strong claim to the fic- 
titious high class. 

Roysterer and Dr. Brown started at 9:43. Roysterer 
pointed at the edge of woods and was backed. Next he 
was lost and was found point'ng on a side hill in woods. 
One of the judges flushed a single some 30 yards away. 
Up at 10:28. Roysterer had an irregular range, and was 
diffeult to handle. Doctor had middling range and speed. 


Second Round. 


Six dogs were reserved to compete further. 

Hal’s Hope and Lady's Count were cast off at 10:53. 
Count made two points to wh’ch nothing was found. 
Count, in an open weed field, pointed a bevy well; Hope 
backed; both were steady to shot. On the scattered birds 
in woods, Hope flushed two singles, and Count pointed 
one, Up at 11:42. it 

Minnie’s Girl and Genéva were cast off at 11:52, Min- 
nies Girl was lost for some moments, and after much 
search a bevy was seen to flush back on the course al- 
ready passed oyer, and Minnie was, seen stand ng on a 
point close by the place where the bevy flushed. She held 
her point, and Geneva was called in to back. -She passed 
close by, refused to obey orders and cast off independently. 
It requ'red some minutes to find and control her. In the 
mean.ime, Minnie was sent on to work on the scattered 
birds in’ woods. She cast through the woods. After a 
long search Mr. Rose found her. He reported that she 
was found pointing a bevy. Up at 12:48. Geneva had 
speed and range, but: was difficult to handle and found 
nothing. Minnie was wise in her work. 

Oakley Hill and Sioux were started at 1:48, after lunch. 
At 1:50 Sioux was lost, and was:found on a point on a 
bevy in pines on the course passed over a short time 
prevously. The dogs were gotten together again at 2:15. 
Oakley pointed a bevy in open weeds and Sioux backed. 
Both were steady to shot. - On the scattered birds in 
woods, Sioux flushed. Next Oakley pointed scattered 
birds, and Sioux at the same time pointed; foot scent 
probably. Oakley made three points on the scattered 
birds, in one of which points Sioux joined, besides ma- 
king one po‘nt on a single. Oakley completely outworked 
Sioux on these birds. Up at 2:42. In this heat Sionx 
was practically unmanageable at times. Oakley Hill 
worked pleasingly to the gun was quite as fast as S’oux, 
though apparently going much slower, and was a sensible 
though not a wide ranger. Sioux had a quick, short stride 
which was much slower than it seemed. Oakley had a 
long stride, slow apparently in comparison, yet when he 
and Sioux ran side by side there was no important 
difference. 

The judges announced the winners in the follow-ng 
order: Oakley Hill, Minnie’s Girl and Sioux. 


The Subscription Stake. 


There were ten starters in this stake, and this repre- 
sented the full number of subscriptions. This stake was 
begun immediately after the Alli: Age was concluded. The 
handlers rode on horseback. 

The dogs were drawn in the following order: 

G. G. Williamson’s b., w. and t. setter dog Sport’s Gath 
(Marie’s Sport—Marie’s Fleet), D. E. Rose, handler, with 
Geo. Crocker's 0, and w. setter dog Gilt Edge (Count 
Gladstone TV.—Lillian Russell), S. C. Bradley, handler. 

C. F, Hartmetz’s b., w. and t. setter dog Oakley Hill 
(Rodfield—Susie D.), D. E. Rose handler, with Avent 
& Duryea’s b., w. and t. setter dog Dot's Roy (Orlando— 
Dollie Wilsen), J. M. Avent, handler. 

P. Lorillard, Jr.'s. b., w. and t. setter bitch Pee’s Girl 
- (Rodfield—Lady Webster). C. Tucker. handler. wth 
Avent & Duryea’s b., w. and t. setter bitch S’oux (Count 
Gladstone [V.—Hester Phrynne), J. M. Avent, handler. 

_P. Lorillard, Jr.'s, b., w. and t. setter bitch Lenabelle 
(Sam—Mamie), C. Tucker, handler, with Geo. Crocker’s 
o. and w. setter bitch Minnie’s Girl (Antonio—Minnie 
T.), S. C. Bradley, handler. 

P. Lorillard, Jr.'s, b., w. and t. setter bitch Geneva 
(Tony Boy—Lenabelle), C. Tucker, handler, with Avent 
& Duryea’s b., w. and t. setter bitch Lady Rachel (Count 
Gladstone 1V.—Hester Phrynne), J. M. Avent, handler. 

This stake was a free for all, open to all setters and 
pointers, regardless of previous w'nnings. Fee, $25. En- 
tries to be named at time of drawing. Purse, $300; $200 
to first, $100 to second. Heats. First heats, one and one- 
half hours each. 

The winner of first, Sport’s Gath, competed in fine form, 
The honors of the first series, in respect to the merits of 
the first heat, were between him and Lenabelle. Gath 
ranged well and with excellent judgment, and his execu- 
tion on birds was skillful and accurate. Lenabelle found 
more bevies, but had the advantage of more favorable 
weather when the birds were out feeding. 
celled Sioux’s performance in many respects. 

Sioux, winner of second, is distinctly difficult to handle, 
- with moments betimes when she can not be handled at all, 
There was more oceasion to hunt up Sioux and Keep watch 
of Siow and gallop Kerses for Sioux than there was for 


She far ex- 


FOREST AND. STREAM, 


all the rest of the dogs in the stake together. She had 
excellent finding abilities, but they were exercised with 
little reference to the gun. When a dog finds well with- 
out due heed to the gun, it does not always follow that 
such dog will work equally well when forced to work to 
the gun, The reason is that the dog will put an en- 
thusiasm into his efforts when working for himself that he 
will mot when working for his master, 

Sport’s Gath and Gilt Edge were cast off at 2:55. Gath 
cast wide and with good judgment, coming around to 
observe the whereabouts of his handler in due time. Gath 
pointed a bevy beside a ditch, and was backed by Gilt; 
the latter was slightly unsteady to wing and shot. Gilt 
pointed a bevy in bottom. Gilt pointed next in the open 
field. Nothing found. Gath pointed a bevy in the open 
and was backed by Gilt. This was a clean, good piece of 
work. The birds were not followed. Gilt flushed an out- 
lying bird then pointed the bevy, Gath ranged wide and 
fast, with due regard to the gun. 


Friday, Dec. 7, Filth Day. 


The weather was cool, cloudy and calm. The specta- 
tors were few in number. Birds were found plentitully at 
times, while at other times there was seemingly a dearth. 
Toward noon the sun shone clear, and the afternoon was 
pleasant and favorable for good work. The grade of the 
competition was quite good. 

Dot’s Roy and Oakley Hill were cast off at 8:50. Soon 
both were out of sight over the brow of a hill, and both 
were found pointing a bevy. Sent on. In the open Oakley 
wheeled to a point and was backed; nothing found. Ta- 
ling a cast across wind, some distance away in an open 
field, Oakley wheeled to a point and the bevy flushed a 
moment afterward. In woods, both pointed the scattered 
birds, and Oakley made a point on a single: Next on a 
side hill in sedge Roy pointed a bevy, Oakley casting in 
and pomting about 40 yards ahead of Roy, on the foot 
scent probably. Roy mode two points on the scattered 
birds in pines; Oakley made one. Both were steady to 
shot when cautioned. In p:ne Oakley pointed a sitigle. 
Roy flushed a bevy in open weeds, presumably as the 
birds were on the wing when his handler called point. 


Oakley was the better in judgment, good range and bird 
work, Lea 
Sioux and Peg’s Girl were cast off at 10:30. Sioux 


found and pointed three bevies, one of which she was up 
wind when she pointed, and roading on lost the scent. 
The horsemen flushed the birds as they rode up. She 
made four points and two flushes on singles, and one 
po‘nt to which nothing was found. Peg found and pointed 
a bevy. made four points on singles and a flush on another, 
and one point to which there was nothing. Sioux was not 
entirely reliable on back. Both were speedy. Peg was 
not acquainted with her handler and was difficult to con- 
eh Sioux was disobedient and was handled with diff- 
culty. 

Lenabelle and Minnie’s Girl were cast off at 12:57, after 
lunch. Lenabelle found and pointed five bevies, made 
three good points on scattered birds, backed nicely, and 
was steady to shot. Minnie found and pointed a bevy, and 
made three good points on scattered birds. Each backed 
well. Lenabelle ranged wisely, covered a great deal of 
ground in a pleasing manner, and was very speedy. Min- 
nie apparently was not running in her best form. 

Geneva and Lady Rachel began at 2:42. Both roaded 
and pointed repeatedly where crows had flushed in an 
open field. Sent on. On a side hill in pines, Geneva 
pointed a bevy. Lady made several points on the scat- 
tered birds; Geneya made two. In open weeds Geneva 
pointed a bevy, and Lady at the same time some distance 
away pointed another bevy. Looking for the scattered 
birds, Geneva pointed another bevy. On the singles, Lady 
made two flushes; Geneva made a point and a flush. 
Geneva pointed a bevy in open weeds. A bevy was seen 
to flush in open weeds, Lady close by it at the time. 
Geneva pointed the scattered birds. Geneva ranged wel! 
and her bird work was commendably good. Lady’s work 
was of mixed character, good and faulty. 

This concluded the work of the day. 

The judges announced that Sport's Gath, Lenabelle and 


Sioux would be required to run in the second round. 


Saturday, Dec. 8, Sixth Day. 


The morning was cool, clear and pleasant. As the 
sun rose higher the temperature became warm and com- 
fortable. Birds were ont feeding, and consequently were 


found readily. 
Second Round. 

Spor’s Gath and Sioux were cast off at 9:03. Both 
dogs began ranging merrily. Gath dropped to a point in 
sedge im scattered pines. Stoux was called in passed 
close by and broke away into the pine woods. She was 
not controllable. Gath roaded cn cautiously, but nothing 
was found, He acted as if he were on the trail of a bevy, 
and such was probably the ca e but it had flushed. Sent 
on. After ranging a while, Gath dropned to a point on a 
bevy in weeds. Sioux called in to back, pointed the same 
bevy. On the scattered birds in scant cover each pointed. 
Gath next dropped to a point on a bevy in open weeds: 
backed. Sioux flushed a single excusably. The dogs 
became separated, Gath in woods, on the course pointed a 
bevy. At the same time, Sioux, some 300 or 400 yards 
away, was found roading when the judge arrived and 
poin.ed as the birds flushed. Up at 9:59. . Gath beat 
Sioux from start to finish. At no time im the race did 
she class with him. She was unmanageable most of the 
time, and gave little heed to the gun. 

Lenabelle was cast off at 10:09 with Sam T. for a 
brace mate. The latter was handled by Mr. Theodore 
Sturges. Ata ford Lenabelle was lost some minutes, She 
was found on a point on a bevy in-dense cover; Sam T- 
had made a point on it in the open, and was held so long 
that the birds ran. Sent on. In woods Lenabelle next 
pointed a bevy and Sam coming in flushed it. Lenabelle 
pointed a bird accurately in woods. Sam pointed a bevy 
in the open weeds. As Lenabelle came in the bevy flushed 
close by in front of the horses. Up at 10:58. Lenabelle 
was not going with the dash and range of the previous 
day, yet she was diligent and ranged usefully. — 

The judges, after a brief consultation, announced that 
Sport’s Gath was first and Sioux second. 

B. WATERS. 


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Hachting. 


Notice, 


All communications intended for Forest AND STREAM should 
always be addressed to the Foucst and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 


Tue daily papers have had much to say about what is 
going on at the Herreshoff yard at Bris ol, but as a mat- 
ter of fact very little is known about the true state of 
affairs there. The work of laying down the new Cup 
defender is well under way, and will be completed shortly. 
Although the lead keel has not yet been run, ac ive prepa- 
rations are being made for the work. In the sail loft sev- 
eral of the head sails have been completed and a mainsail 
Tt is said 
that all the spars with the exception of the bowsprit and 
spinaker pole will be of steel. 5 


It is now an assured fact that there will be a third 
boat in the trial races for the America Cup. Boston has 
not been represented by a trial boat since 1893, the year 
that Jubilee and Pilgrim came out. Considering Jubilee’s 
faulty rigging, she made a most excellent showing, and 
her real capabilities were never known. The new Boston 
boat will have all the necessary requirements to make her 
a formidable competitor—an owner with plenty of money, 
an excellent designer, a tried builder and the best pro- 
curable amateur for skipper. As the owner of the new 
boat is not a member of the N. Y. Y. C., there has 
been some talk as to his right to enter his boat in the trial 
races, but that this will be satisfac.orily arranged is indi- 
cated by the sportsmanlike statement of the manager of 
the New York boat, who, when he was informed of the 
probability of there being a third trial horse, said, “The 
more the merrier.” one 


Lazy Jack. 


THE increasing popularity among yachtsmen for boats 
of the knockabout type has indluced the designers™to 
put their best energies into the development of these 
boats, and tor that reason it has been difficult to secure 
designs of modern catboats. The catboat still has many 
arent admirers, and it is to their wants particularly that 
we publish plans of Lazy Jack, a'though this: excellent 
little boat will interest all yachtsmen. 

Lazy Jack was designed about a year ago for Mr. 
H. B. Wyeth, a member of the Seaside Park Y. C., 
whose headquarters are in Barnegat Bay, and built by 
W. B. Kirk, of Toms River, N. J. She was designed and 
built on purpose to sail for, the Sewell Cup, offered by 
Senator Sewell, for cathoats not exceeding 25-foot cor- 
reeted length. The problem was to turn out a boat fast 
enough to win, and still have a boat with good cruising 
qualities and accommodations, without going into ex- 
termely light or expensive construc ion, Although sailed 
hard the entire season, being launched early in the 
spring, she has not shown the least sign of strain or 
leakage. The jib shown in the sail plan was used only 
in crusing, the bowsprit and all headgear being removed 
ior racing, leaying only a head stay to the stem. In her 
traces she carried only 8olbs. of ballast, and 1,6c0lbs. 
while cruising, The design practically shows the highest 
development to date of the racing cape eat, built for a 
length and sail area rule, to which, by the way, they are 
hardly suited. a: . 

During the past summer the boat was entered in eie¢ht 
traces. Her first two races were under the fag of the 
Island Heights Y. C., in competition for the Webb Cup. 
In the first of these two races she started several mintites 
after the handicap gun had been fired, owing to {wo 
breakdowns, but after weathering in fine shape a heavy 
squall, she passed everything in the fleet, and was the 
leading boat when the race was declared off from lack 
of wind and inability to finish within the time limit. 
In this race about a dozen boats were entered. The 
second race for this cup was also a failtire; she was the 
leading one at the finish. In the race for the Sewell Cup 
the Lazy Jack was far in the lead of everyehing in the 
fleet. and had the race well in hand when she grounded 
and was held on the bar nearly fiye minutes. In spite 
of this great delay she finally finished third, being beaten 
by a very small margin, 2 minutes and 43 seconds. ' In 
the nace for the Manhasset Cup of the Séastde Park’ Y. 
C., she was first by 2 minutes and 58 seconds. In the 
first of the three races for Ladies’ Cup of this club, she was 
first by a small margin; in the second, she won by a very 
handy margin, but was disqualified on account of a 
technicality; in the third of the races she was first by 
5 minutes and 31 seconds. Her most decisive victory of 
the season was in the open race for the championship 
of Barnegat Bay. held under the auspices of the Island 
Heights Y. C. This race she won from a field of nearly 
fifteen boats, by 6 minutes, and 35 seconds, corrected 
time. Her eight races may thus be summarizéd: Four 
firsts, one second, one third and two no races, 


Length— 
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TEeW alee ates REA ete Serie © Abie in, 
Beam— 
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Keel of white oak, 10x3'% at center, steamed, bent and 
held in shape by bed pieces for centerboard trunk, r3ft. 
ox7xi4in. Frames, 44x1'4in. white oak butts, steamed. 
bent and soaced. oin. on centers. Planking 34in. selected 
eastern white pine, with garboard and fopstreak 34in._ 
hard. pine. Copper fastened and riveted over. Btrrs!~ 


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Deck beams of oak, 334x1!4in. frames 2x1}4in. Half 
frames, 1%4x14in.. Deck plank 34in. white pine covered 
with canvas, deck clamp hard pine 4xtyzin, Bigs 
ciamps, 244x14%m. “Blige and deck straps, Tx1-101n. 
galvanized iron. Intezior finish, varnished eypress, oak 
5 shi.e pine, 
Mees as oan pine planking specified could not be 
obtained, cedar was substituted, making a heavier boat. 
She has a large and comfortable cabin, with four full 
length berths and plenty of locker room. 

We give to-day a ~art of the drawings of Lazy Jack 
The rest will follow in our next issue. 


Watson’s Sybarita. 


Tue following article is taken from the foreign cor- 
~ respondence ot the New York Sun: 


Glasgow, Nov. 16—As every:hing that has the re- 
motest bearimg upon the subject ot the America Cup 
contests is suie 10 be ef some interest at the present 
juncture one may safely venture a word or two as to a 
probabi.ities in conneciion with the new challenger whic 
Mr. G. L. Watson is designing for Sir T. J. Lipton. The 
task of weighing chances would have been g-eatly sim- 
piihed had the cutter Distant Shore exper.enced a kind- 
lier iate, ior we should have been able to fix the relation 
in which Shamreck and she stood to each other in the 
matter of speed. But,as.we can know absolutely nothing 
as to Distant Shore’s potentialities, we are forced to 
look elsewhere for a lead in our search for evidence as 
to Mr. Watson’s development in designing first-class 
boats since his production of Meteor in 1896. 

For the time being the day of enormous overhanging 
ma.nbooms had goné when “Mr. Whitaker Wrigh.’s Sy- 
barita was in embryo, These had run to quite appalling 
extremes, and in their dimensicens became so unmanage- 
able that not the utriost care sufficed to eliminate the 
constant element of danger. The revelation of an un- 
dreamt of speed tinder a shorn mainsail and a baby 
mizzen seemed to point toward the solution of a problem 
which had begun sorely to exerc'se the minds of present 
and prospective owners. The ten_per cent. tax on boats 
over 90 rating was an additional.and powerful factor in 
bringing about the changes which eabled the yachts as, 
yawis to reap the substantial benefit of a much reduced 
ra ing with the least possible sacrifice of sail power. 
Meteor, which had been a remarkable beat in [I:ght 
weather, but not much to boast of under other conditions, 
developed an unexpected all-round excellence under the 
new rig; and it was Watson’s aim in designing Sybar-ta 
to make sure af going one better than Meteor. On his 
suecess or faiure hung grea: eventualities. For even at 
that date there were real doubts in many minds as to the 
outcomeof Shamreck’s visit to America, and her suc- 
cessor was coming into: vague “view as a not unlikely 
contingency. c 

The néw yaw! was built very much—on the lines oi 
Meteor, with the finer points of Bona superadded. She 
was made deeper in the bady and narrower, less bulky 
in ‘he bilges ane thinned away fore and aft-m-her more 
extreme overhangs. Otherwise she was much the same 
in dimensions and their_ measurements worked: out to an 
approximately clesé result, the new..boat carrying a sail 
atea of 12,067 Sq. [L, against 11,810. In the matter of 
construction, there was no vial difference; both were 
composite, the newer boat, however, exhib'ting: a de- 
cided adyance on the point of lightness, while her in- 
ternal fittings, stopping short of the luxurious, were more 
suggestive of the racer. 

At ihe c ose of a brief season Sybarita’s powers: stood 
but partially discovered, She was palpably-untuned on 
meeting Meteor at Kiel, and it was only at her thrd 
match that she gave a strong promise of light weather 
speed. She scored triumphs on four. successive _acca- 
sions, it must be admitted, with no great show of superi- 
ority over the yacht.cf the Emperor. There was time 
prior to the South of England season to effect some 
needed changes on Sybarita, the chief of which was the. 
Ightening of her by the heel to the extent ofa ton 
weight. Her trim afterward was said to be as nearly as 
possible perfect. In the Getman matches she had been 
sitting down by the stern and gripping firm on a follow- 
ing quarter wave, in a manner that could not but affect 
her speed. She was a much improved boat, according 
io her skipper, Bevis, and quite able to take care of her- 
self against Meteor in any weather. Unfortunately, she 
obtained no opportun'ties of demonstration, as Me eor 
had been withdrawn from racing for the season; and we 
cannot accept the solitary contest-with Khama, the new 
Fife 65-focter, as supplying any trustworthy -data on the 
subject of Sybarita’s speed. 

With the sparse array-of facts-at disposal one may be 
pardoned for inciining toward a qualified opinion: as to 
the yawl’s merits. It is cf importance to note that she 
failed in no one respect—that is to say; she excelled 
Meteor to some ex.ent on every point of sailing; and 

‘it is a morsel fer careful digestion that she was. mark- 
edly better by the wind. Shamrock, to the surnrise and 
despair of her supporte:s, proved to be hopelessly out 
of it in the windward tests w.th Columbia. 


for the trials and Tor- purposes of comparison with the 


his themh hard down on details the yachting public 
wou'd lilke to heart mf. Soifar_as can. be learned. the 
yacht is likely to be bnilt at Meadowside. and while the 
chances are that “he hull will he.constructéd of aluminum 
and steel it would aceasiat arentnrise if Mr. Watson 
held to the composite principle which he has favored till 


* 


now. 
hand, at least in the overhauling and improying ‘of last 


_ year’s Shamrock, which may be taken to indicate.that 


Watson is not tiniwilling to take advantage of his tival’s 
advice in the production of this new boat. 


Manhasset Bay Y. C. 


THE annual meeting and dinner of the Manhasset Bay 
Y. C., was held at the Yachtsmen’s Club, 47 West Ferty- 
th_rd street, on Dec. 4. ‘the night was very stormy, but 
it was a source Of great sa isiactron to the officers of the 
club to see such a large number of the membess turn 
out under such unfavorable conditions. 

Reports of the yarious committees were received, and 
the following ticket was unanimously chosen: 
Hazen L. Hoyt, steamer Belle Hazen; Vice-GCom,, M. 
Roosevelt Schuyler, cutter Jessica; Kear-Com., Stephen 


W. Roach, steamer Emeline; Secv, Edward M. Mac-' 


Lellan; Treas. W. Forbes Morgan, J-.; Meas., Charles 
D. Mower: Trustees, for three years, George B. Wilson 
and James Francis; for two years, Augustin Monroe and 
Julian Rex; for one year, Ho:atio R, Harper and W. W. 
Ph lips. 4 ee 

Aiter the meeting a very excelent dinner was served, 
showing what fine facilities the Yachtsmen’s Club now 
has fer handling large numbers fer club dinners. The 
cups won in races under the auspices of the Manhasset 
Bay Y. C. last seasen were distr. buted just before dinner 
was served, as follows: A. MacCreery, yawl Sakana; 
Seymour J. Hyde, yawl Albicore; Ralph N. Ellis. sloop 
Hera; J. R. Maxwell, sloop Oiseau; C. T. Pierce, cat 
Det; W. Holah, cat Vagabond; J. S. Appleby, cat Win- 
or-Lose; Johnston de Forest, raceabout Scamp; H. M. 
Crane, raceabout Raider; L. J. Alburger, raceabout Col- 
leen; R. Baver, sleop Ox; L. Iselin, Jr., sloop Nora; 
A. D. Prince, sloop Flim Flam; John R. Hoyt, knock- 
about Scintilla; J. V. P. Wicks, knockabout Scoot; 
Simeon, cat Mongoose II. 

Among those present were: James W. Alwer, Con- 
stnat A. Andrews, J. Fred Ackerman, F. Woodruff 
Boyer, Charles H. Boyer, Com. David Banks. Atlantic 
Y. C.; H. M. Crane, G, A. Corry, William Corry, W, I. 
Cooke, M, D.; Johns on de Forest, James Francis, H. 
M. Francis, Horatio R. Harper, Seymour J. Hyde, Com. 
Hoyt, Manhasset Bay Y. C.; John R. Hoyt, Louis S. 
Harway, W. F. Hendrickson, T. A. Ireland, Frank 
Bowne Jones, Robert Jacob, P. A. Johnston, Edward 
Kelly, W. A: Kissam, A. C. Lordly, Charles D. Mower, 
W. Forbes Morgan. Jr. Treas, Manhasset Bay Y. 
C.; D. M. MacLellan, E. M. MacLellan, Sec’y, Manhas- 
set Bay Y, C,; Augustin Monroe, Larchmont Y. C.; 


John Murray Mitchell, American Y. C.; J. C. Moore, 


H. W. Merrill, W. G. Newman, A. J. Onderdonk, C. T. 
Pierce, Riverside Y.!C.; H. Lempriere Pringle, Howard 
Place, W. W. Phillips, William D, Reed, Rear Com. 
Stephen W. Roach, Manhasset Bay Y, C.; Vice-Com- 
M, Roosevelt Schuy'er. Manhasset Bay Y. C.: Charles 
P. Tower, James_R. Thomson, Chas. Vanderbilt, J. V. 
P. Wicks, H. C..Ward:-G. Searing Wilson, E. C. 
Wallace, B, M. Wallace, M. G. Wanzer, 


.QOur Boston Letter. » 


Boston, Dec. to,—Now that it has been assured that a 
Boston boat will be built for the coming trial races to 
celect a defender for the America Cun, Ea-tern yachtsmen 
are aroused to the hghest pitch of excitement, greater 


_eyen than when the Puritan was turned out by Lawley 


from Burgess’ design in 1885. It was developed during 
that year and during the two following seasons, and again 
in 1803, that Boston skill should have a place in’the de- 
fense of the Cup, and it has been regretted that there was 
no Eastern representative boat in the ‘trial races of 1895 
or 1899. 

The movement to form a syndicate to build such a beat 
has been on foct for some time but the prospect of success 
was not always pleasing. The scheme was this: A few 
men, who were desirous of see ng a Bo:tcn boat, attemp‘ed 
to get the older men who are interested in yachting to 
agree to subscribe ta the syndicate. Then with this 
backing they depended upon the younger elemen- to fill 
up the list. They met with yarying successes, but there 
seemed no gocd prospect for the-deal going through. At 
last when things seemed to be in an almozt hopeless 


, State. Thomas W. Lawson, the copper king. who had 


agreed to furnish he largest part of the money necessary, 
said that he would shoulder the whole expense, and thus 
the Cup defender is assured, 

Mr. Lawson, when_all_arrangements had been com- 


pleted, gave to the press a plain, stra ghtforward states 


ment of the condition of affairs, and his connection with 
the building of he new boat, In his letter he stated that 
the boat would be designed by. Crown nshield, and bui't by 
Lawley and that she would be sailed by Capt. Nate Wat- 
son, He said that there would be no secrecy about the 
bulding of the boat and that the doors of the builders 
would be-open a all times to those who wished to ex- 
amine her construction. 

Lawley was selected as the builder of the boat, but here 
another obstacle: presented itself. Lawley has more orders 
on hand at present than he has ever had before at this 
time of the year, and recently he has received two large 
ones from Tams & Lemo’ne, one for an &sft. schooner 
for Mr. Sloane! of the New York Y~> C.. and the other 
for a 1isft. steam yacht for Dr. Eno. both designed by 
C, H. Crane. He found that it weu'd be imposcible to 
construct the proposed defender unless he was released 
from one or both of these contracts. 

At this time Mr. Wellington, President of the Fore 
River Engine Company. stepped into the breach and 
showed a b’t of; the rea! Yankee spirit, a spirit whicli is 
not often noted in the days of modern business competi- 
tion. He agreed to wa‘t until Mr. Laweon could make 
arrangements for releasing Lawley from his former con- 
tract, and if unsuccessful he would build the hull of the 
boat at the works in Weymouth. 

The new yacht will be plated with Tobin bronze that 
material being the-one which can he obtained the q:iekest, 
for it ismecessary ,hat the boat should be finished as socn 
as possibletf she is ta be got ‘nto anv kind of shape for 
the trial races. Her frames will be of nickel steel. It is 
claimed by sonie’ 


Sera © 


Mr. Fife and he appeat to be working hand in. 


Com., | ¢ 
» -be pilot of the new hoat. 


over the Eastern builders in the matter of metal _construc- - 


fioti, btit i_ ttilist be temiembered that there are at present 


employed-at the Fofe River Engine Works a tamber of 


ten who helped to bti'd Defender and Co'umbiia, includ- 
ing Herreshoff’s-former foreman, At Lawley’s also there 
are a tlumber_of Hereschoff's former workmen, and these 
men will be sent from One place to the other, as occas.on 
demands. --~ 

Sails for the new~boat will be furnished by Wilscn & 
Silsby, -blocks will be made by Coleman. of Providence, 
and she will be rigged by -Billman. She will nave a steel 
mast and steel spars and here again is where Herre- 
schoff will have no advaniage, for the man who lad out 
ihe work on Columbia’s spars is employed by the Fore 
River Engine Comnany, as are also the men who worked 
on them. Capt. Eldr dge who wa: pilot en Columbia, wil 
It is said that the Bo-tou people 
have the lines of Columbia—so much for secrecy. 

B. B. Crowninshield, who is to furnish the plans, while 
a young man, has had a wide experience at yacht de- 
signing and yacht-sailing.. He has des ened many yachts 
of all sizes, some of-which have appeared in Forest AND 
STREAM.-*He has been on the wa er as long as he can re- 
member. He come; by it naturally, too for he is of the 
old Crowninshield stock, which was identified with the 
sh pping trade of Salem for centuries. He is an expert 
helmsman, and he and his brother, Frank are as gocd a 
pair of men in a yacht as can be found anywhere? 

On the new boat he will have the help and advice of 
Charles Francis Adams, 2d, one of the cleverect amateur 
yach smen in America. Dr. John Bryant will be also 
one of the board of advisors on the craft. 
Nate Watson at the wheel there will not be much need for 
advisors, once the boat has been got under way for he 
is a whole adyisory board in himself. . If it-is possible to 
get her over the fin’sh line in first pos:tion, Cap.. Watson 
is the man who knows how to do it. 

The Hull-Massachusetts: Y. C. is preparing for a very 
lively racing seasom.in 1901. The Regatta Committee is 
already. busily at work; and many good things are 
pronused. This club prémises to be the racing ciub of 
Massachusetts. Last year-ic-effered cups forsthe H .O. 
class and al-o Class D, Y: R. A, 25-footers. While ne ther 
of these classes were very large, the immense possib lities 
for increasing interest in racing were plainly shown. Next 
seasan it is proposed to follow along the same lines, 
but even more elaborately. 

Tt is not likely that there wJ] he any H. O. class next 
season. and the committee-avill-devote-its-greater efforts 
toward the 25-footers. A championship cup will be offered 
which will be the finest thing of its kind ever offered in 
Massachusetts waters. It is expected that this cup will cast 
in the neighborhood of $1,000, -It will become the proper y 
of the owner who wns the class championship for three 
seasons. - Cash prizes will be offered for the season's 
championship, and there .will-also.be-cash prizes for each 
race. 

The new 18it. knockabout class isa favorte in this club, 
Several are already owned there and here are six new 
ones now building. It is expected that theré wi'l be some 
hot mterclub racing in this class between the boats of the 
Duxbury Bay clubs and the Annisquam Y. C. A cham- 


=p:onship cup will be-offered-in- this class for the season's 


work, and there will be cash prizes for each race. 

It is expected by the comm tee that a number of the 
propored new keel 21-footers will come into the club. Tf 
the size of the class warrants it, a championship cup will 
be offered, with cash prizes for each race. There is no 
doubt that, interést once awakened in this class it will be 
_as much sought as Class D. The restric ‘ons call for a 
strongly built boat, with enough sail to make them reason- 
ably fast, and for general purposes they are far superior 
to a raceabout or a knockabout. 

The handicap classes will not be forgot’en by the com- 
mittee. There has always been a great interest in thee 
classes, and those who enter their boats have just as much 
fun as those who.are in with the flyers. There will be 
a place for them in every race, and cash prizes will be 
offered. an) 

Hanley is build ng three fishermen to be used en the 
coas: of Jamaiea. A marine ra:)way has been constructed 
at the nlant and the basin is now compete. It is canahle 
of holding yachts ‘up to 1.000 tons. There are a number of 
yachts in the basin and hauled out on the beach. 

Kiley’s Marine Agency has sold the knockabout Ida May 
to John H. Cogwell, of Lynn, also the 30ft. gasoline 
launch Nohoko to Frank P, Gannon. of Providence. and 
the 35f.. keel sloop Frau to Peter F. Lavelle of Province- 
town, 3 . 

Chas. Hayden, who owned the H. O. 25-footer Emoress, 

has been.talking with Hanley, and-it ts thought that the 
result w ll be a new 25-footer. 

Frank N. Tandy’s 18ft. knockabout Mustang has beet 
finished at Lawley’s and hauled out of the shon. 

: Joun B. KILLeen. 


Around Gave Cod: in. November. 


A TRIP around Cape Cod in a small yacht at this time 
of the year is very apt to be a lively experience, and one 
that the average yachtsman would searcely yenture to 
undertake, but that it may be safely done, pruvided one 
sails in a staunch craft handled by experienced men, is 
demonstzated by the cruise of the Kathleen, wotice of 
which appeared in these columms in a recent issue, 
She is a centerboard ‘anxiliary yawl (engine was not 
in on this trip)., 35ft. over all, 23ft. Lw.l, oft Sin. beam, 
and «raws about 3ft. with board up. Ballast is 4,000 lbs., 
lead. all outside. Built by Joseph Thomas & Son, of 
Baltimore, in ’98, from designs of L. J. Ni son. 
-When the yacht was bought, early in. November, it was 
‘a serious question wi.h us whether to lay up in Boston for 
the winter and have her brought around in the spring, or 
take the: chances of an immediate trip. The amateur 
talent to whom we mentioned the subject shook their 
heads a little dubiously and hardly thought they would 
risk it, but on consulting Capt. Larsen, superintendent 
_ yachting department, N. Y. A. C., we were assured that 
“there would be no trouble.-with a.competent captain. 
Th*s opinion was given -after inspection of the boat’s 
.plans, etc, He d’d say, however, that it might take from 


t : * two or three weeks, and as jt tur t imat 
that Herreshoff will have an advantage wa each SR Rs ES 


was right to a day. After careful consideration we de- 


But with old - 


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Dec. 15, 1900.) 


cided to have her start at once, a8 laying up in Boston 
Meant ntting out there in the spring, and then pyacu- 
cally doing the work over again when she got here; be- 
Sides, we wanted the t.me this wititer Lo put in a new 
engine, haye new sails made, ete. 

(in Nev 12, writer met Capt, Sterling in Boston, and 
Spent the remainder of the day looking up a hand, pro- 
Visioning the yacht, ete. Ear.y Tuesday morning went 
to Lawiey’s yard off which Kathleen was moored, and 


found ihe captain had secured a crew from “Sailortown’ 


and was impatient to be off on the Jong sail to the Cape. 
The follow ne account of her trip was related to the 
writer-and her owner, Mr, Jas, H. Hutchens, of this city, 
by the skipper, Capt. Fred Sterling, at a dinner given him 
alter arrival at Travers Island. ; 
At to:30 A. M. she started in a fine west breeze with 
single reef in mainsail. jib and mizzen. Passed Boston 
light at noon, weather clear and cool. Qu te a little jump 
on outside, but Kathleen made good weather of it and 
Gave promise of ereat stabili y. At 4 o’¢ ock in the after- 
noon wird changed to southwest and began to blow hard, 
so they double reefed mainsail and hauled on the wind 
for Provincetown, as weather looked too stormy for a 
beat down the Cape. Arrived at anchorage in Province- 
town at to P. M 
Noy. 14.—Harly in the morning the wind changed 
back to west and blew hard from that quarter all day, 
wh le the Weather Bureau réported heavy winds likely 
for a day or two. They had no dinghy along, which made 
it dificult to get ashore, but finally an accommodating 
‘ela coming in from outside put the captain on the 
each: 
Nov. 15 was a repetition of the day before, with a slight 
Variation in the wind to west southwest, but still blow-ng 
too hard to go outside. 
Novy. 16 was similiar to the two preceding days, excert 
the wind gor round to northwest and blew a gale. This 
compulsory wait of three whole days so soon aiter start- 
ing was very discouvaging, but only shows what may be 
looked for at this season. 
Noy. 17.—-Scan after midn’ght the wind decreased to 
such an extent 1 was thought adv sable to start, the sky 
looking well, so at 2 A. M.. they sailed, wind northwest 
and moderating fast. It was an easy reach all day down 
the Cape in a light breeze, until about 9 P. M., at which 
time when off Crossrip Lightship, the wind hauled to 
west southwest and rapidly incresaed, so that it was neces- 
sary to reduce canvas to coube reefed mainsail alone; in 
fact, for a time Capt Ste-linge thought of heaving to, with 
a sea anchor ont, made of the two big sweeps, a canvas 
: bag ballasted with stones. which had been taken aboard 

to replace weight of engine which had been removed. 

Nov. 18.—Aiter several hours’ hard sailing they laid a 
course by chart and compass (Capt. Sterling being a 
fay gatcr) for Great Point. Nantucket, as they found 
they could not lay up for Nantucket Harbor, ard 
anchored east of the Point at 3:30 A. M., with two 5olb, 
anchers out and 20 fathoms each of chain and cable. 
Things were decidedly unpleasant then, and probably 
most of our amateur sailors would have heartily wished 
for home and a warm bed, and gazed wistfully at the beach 
not far away. In werking up to this anchorage. the hand 
insis ed they wou'd go ashore. but Capt. Sterling had 
carefully late his ruler on the chart and brought up just 
where he expected. in 12ft. of water. Shortly after day- 
light it let up a little. and at 7 o’clock they got under 
way and anchored in Nantucket Harbor at 3:30 P. M., 
gaing ashore for water and provisions. Some idea may 
be formed of the blow they enceuntered before reaching 
the anchorage off Great Point, from the fact that during 
that night a coaster Jost a mate overboard somewhere 
off Monomey Shoals, ard was not able to pick him up, 
and for several days after the marine column of the 
Herald contained accounts of various disasters to sailing 
vessels caught eff the Nantucket Shoals. Through it all 
the Kathleen hehaved nobly, and to use Capt. Sterling’s 
own words, “no matter wha: came she was always on 
top.’ and fully justified the prediction of Mr. Buzgess, 
the former owner, that we would find her an exceptionally 
fine sea boat, and in this connection we would state thal 
no solid water was taken in her cockpit during the entire 
trip. : 

Noy. 14.—After a good night's rest they started at 9:30 
in 4 moderate southerly wind, which flattened out to a 
calm at 11 A M., but an hour lates a fine sailing breeze 
caine from the eas*, and under single reefed mainsail. jib 
and mizzen they made fine progress, and began to have 
hopes of continuing +eht on to the home port. These 
pleasant conditions prevaied up to gq P. M., at which 
time they were off Cuttyhunk, but at this hour the wind 
died out and a heavy fog rolled in from the ocean. 

Noy. 20.—Shortly after midnight a breeze came up 
from southwest, quickly inczeasing in force, and in a very 
short tme they were compelled to double reef mainsail, 
but under this canyas she went along in good shape, and 
at To:zo A. M. they anchored*inside Point Judith breal<- 
Water, much disappointed at not being able to continue 
to New Landon. but it had come on to blow hard and 
shelter was necessary, as eyen the large coasters were 
pens for this protection; in fact, many were already 

~Hahetetse 

Noy, 21.—After remaining at anchor for balance of 
the day and also that night in a hard ‘“‘wester.” they 
started. next day in moderating southwest breeze, but had 
not sailed very far belore it commenced to blow hard again 
and it was a case of “up stick again” for their last night's 
friend, the brealcwater, where they dropped anchor at 
g:45 A. M., wind west and bowing hard. The wind in- 
creased all day mutil with two anchors down it was a 
question whether they would not drag ashore. The break- 
water 1s better protected in an easterly wind. Capt. 
S erling was on deck all nicht watching the cables and 
keeping an equal drag on each. Part of the time. accard- 
ing to the weather reports {rem Woods Holl. the wind 
blew sixty ‘miles an hour. and it was during ths storm 
that 4 scliomner went ashore on Block Island and another 
at Falmouth. 

Noy, 22.—Shortly after daybreak it moderated enough 
for them ta start far Newnort under reefed mainsail alone, 
as they needed rest. Ontside there was a tremendoans 
Sea riinn’ne, but the vacht tonk the rollers splendidly. and 
made sond weather of it to Newnort, where she arr’ved 
early in the afternoon. On the run in she overtook sev- 
eral schooners makire for the same nort. After getting 
things in shape, the hand announced he had had enough, 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


and Capt. Sterling had to pay him off and let him go. 
Nov. 23 Was Spent in layiig in provisions, water, exc., 
and lcoKiug@ ior another land. One was nna.ly secured 
who was very-conndent he was a thorough sailor, and 
showed # by ask.ng soon alter they got started what the 


-centerboard was tor, Capt. Sterling says, that for eating, 


sieeping and iighting his pipe, this man was an A. b.,, but 
his seamanship had evidently been acquired “on a farm 
up State.” He was of litle use for balance of trip, making 


‘it practically single-hand sa.ling. 


Nov. 24.—They started from Newport at 7 A. M., in 


moderate southeast wind, with occasional snow squalls. 


When outside Brenton’s Reef it was necessary to double 
reef mainsail, which in the seaway was somewhat of a 
job. as no help was to be had from the crew. The wind 
blew steady and true until afternoon, when they had got 
in Fisher’s Island Sound, but here it died out, and with a 
strong ebb tle running it was necessary 1o resort to the 
sweeps at one time to keep from drifting down on a 
beacon. Soon, however, another breeze sprang up, and 
New London was made at 5:30 P, M. ; 

Noy. 25.—A start was made at 7 P. M., in modera'e 
northeast wind, with a single reefed mainsail, jib and 
mizzen, and these conditions prevailed until t P. M., at 
which time they were off New Haven breakwater. but 
here the wind hauled to north, blowing very hard, and 
they took in mainsail, and beat up to Morris Cove under 
jib and mizzen, anchoring at 2:30 P. M. There were 
various vessels anchored here, the crews of which seemed 
interested in watching the little yacht tacking up to 
anchorage under the short canvas. Many good-na.ured 
remarks were shouted to them, relative to their fine 
sailing in the rapidly increasing wind, one fellow yeil ng, 
“Tt's blowing hard, Cap, but youre doing fins.” 
Tt biew a gale and rained in torrents all night, and until 
3 P, M. of the 26th, when it moderated somewhat, but 
storm signals were up at station, and sky looked very 
threatening. At 11 o’clock that night the captain liked 
the appearance of things a little be.ter, and decided on a 
break for New Rochelle, and all that it meant in the way 
of dry clothes, fancy eating, etc. Accord ng’y they started, 
thotigh it was still raining and blowing tresh, but under 
double reefed mainsail she went along very well. 

Nov. 27.—Two hours af.er starting it c.eared up a little 
and wind changed to north, although rain continued, 
Travers Island was made at 11 A. M.. with everything 
and everybody wet, but happy to make the final port. 

Capt. Sterling merits praise for the skillful seamanship 
shown in bringing this small yacht safely through the 
continued hard blows. We are naturally much pleased to 
have him say he never handled a beter sea boat, and that 
she worked perfectly to windward, under either mainsail 
alone or jib and mizzen wth mainsail down. 

Next summer we hope to prove that this type of boat 
is ideal for a sma‘! cruiser, as with the engine. which will 
go in this winter, we will no doub: often be able to make 
our destination when the purely “wind jammers” are 
“hung up” outside. Gro. G. BELL. 


ihe Yachtsmen’s Club. 


A Talk on Sails, 


Tre first of the series of weekly lectures was given 
it the tachtsmens Ciub, 47 West torty-third s.rect, on 
Wednesday even-ng, Dee. 5. Mr. Guibert H. Wuison 
alked cn “Saus: ILheir Construction, Care and Han- 
nig.” He is a recugnized authoity on this subyect, 
thich he presented in a most intelligent and en-eriaim- 
ag manner, and he held the close attent:on of iis 
uuience throughout the evening, Lhrough the courtesy 
“{ Mr, Wilson we are able to reprouuce h-s own notes 
wn the subject, and they are worthy of the a.tention of 
all our readers: 

In a racing yacht the sails may be considered a fourth 
factor, with the racing master third, the designer second 
and the owner of first and prime importance, for it all 
comes up to him fina.ly. , 

The question of ma-erial is being quite gene-ally con- 
sidered, and some practical stggestions may be useful. 
It is safe 10 say that the best that can be had will make 
the finest sail. ‘his same idea can be applied to the 
whole boat, and her manageme-t, which plainly means a 
very expensive afiair, carr on regardless of expense, 
which is generaily conceucd to be a detriment to the 
sport of yacht owning. 

How to get the best results from a reasonable outlay is 
the desidera um. Take for instance 100z. duck suitable 
for a 30ft. boat; it can be had for any price between 
18 cent and 80 cen.s per yard. The wearing qua.ity of 
c@uck is not considered. nor its strength, as sails neither 
wear ollt nor give out if properly made. The form of the 
sail is the great consideration, and when that is lost it is 
better to have new ones; and as new sails are always the 
hest, two suits may be had for 40 cents per yard of ex- 
ccllent quality of goods, which would give better satis- 
faction than one suit of extra fine at 80 cents per yard. 
Skill in the making and handling is cf more consequence 
than extra expensive material. Mercerized duck is fine 
to look at when new, but probably alter one good weiting 
no better than combed yarn, Whiat is required of duck 
is stability or ability to hold its shape. 

Porm.—The bird’s wing is the best and truest form for 
a sail, and is an interesting s udy (‘‘Nature’s Zroplane’”), 
I noticed a kite over the city lately of a different shape 
than usual; it was square without any tail, and was flying 
high and steady, but it had the right idea of form, with 
plenty of belly in the center, and flattening out at the 
edges. This is the principle on which the most successful 
kites are built. The sail should be constructed by the 
sailmaker in a manner to give the proper shape, and the 
spars shoud be right to hold it; these should be per- 
fectly rigid, if possible, with long mastheads to hold 
the peak up strong and high. Then it should be properly 
handled with care and judgment. The cails should 

be studied; even an indifferent one may do better work 
in expert hands, than a good one in careless hands. 
Some pull their sails too much and some for fear of 
harming them go to the-other ex:reme. In bending or 
setting a sa‘l, be governed by the strain on the canvas: 
never mind the rope. Pull them or slack them. as re- 
quired to give the right form. (Study the form.) Keep 
a_helly in the luff, and wide flat leech a litile slack, 
Notice that a boat does best with new sails, The old 


idea that it required a long time to get sails in shape is 
exploded; the sa-l is best when new because the turm 
is good and iresh, and when that 1s los. it 1s better to 
have new ones. The form can be helped a great deal 
in the setting and handling; for instance, in setting, the 
sail should be over peaked to allow tor the spring ot 
the spars, as all the spa:s give more or less, and it al 
shows in the drop of the gaff. A railroad on the boom 
is essential and a great help 1o preserve the sail in good 
form (by proper use). It is surprising how little it 1s 
used and its importance is not appreciated. Our sails need 
not stretch an inch, Bend ihe sail direct to the slides 
on the railroad; always slack in when not in use. The 
whole secret of a good sail is its form, and the study 
should be how to get it and keep it. The belly in the 
iuff may not haye much propelling power, but it acts 
as a reserve force that gives life and spring and force fo 
the body of the sa‘l. The surging forward on .he foot 
when close hauled shows a very strong forward pressure. 
Different breezes may require different form, wh.ch thie 
railroad will give. 

The advantage of the parallel cross-cut sail is, it can 
be built full size, will have less seams and the cloths 
run with the direc_ion «f the wind. Their disadvantages 
are weakness of construction and taut leeches, mak'ng - 
it difficult and ii: most cases impossible to get fine form. 
The plan of having diagonal cloths, which make a bias 
edge to the center of the leech, is undoubtedly good; ard 
the headsails are an assured success, and there appear 
no reason why the mainsails should not be the same. 
The parallel cross-cut mainsail is likely to hold the gaft 
close, so that it is almost the same angle as the hoom. 
We question the advantage of this, as we have seen borts 
do best with the gaff at a wider angle, giving a propeller 
form to the sail. This matter can he regulated largely 
by the trim of the sheets, The headeats are new made 
with high clews, and trim far aft, which is an improve- 
ment, 

There is an impress‘on among some yachtsmen that 
better canvass can be nrecured in England than ean he 
made here. This is a decided mistake. as no hetter duck 
can be woven anywhere than that made in this country, 
and at mtich less cest than the imported article: as for | 
English sails it will be auite time enouch to talk of their 
superiorty when they have lifted the Cup. There is so 
little af the extra fine ronds used that pa ene can afford 
to carry it in stock. Then. as we have mentioned before. it 
is a auestion if hetter ree ts mav not he chtained with 
less expensive material and new sails often. I- is a good 
nlan for yachtsmen *o have nlenty of nhotoeranhs of their 
boats, as sails can be studied from photographs to better 
advantage than from the boat. 

Curing,—Sa Is scaled in a sclution of enual avantities 
of siaar of lead and alum. dissalved seraratelv, then 
mived form im tha eqi] q cafnkate of lead which js vary 
insoluble; add a little green vitriol and sulphate of iren. 
We woke no pacammendction shoayt erring sqile+ same- 
times it does not work well. Every one must use his own 
judgment. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES, 


The Harlem Yacht Club elected the follow ng officers, 
to serve during 1901, at the annual meeting held on Dec. 
1, in the club’s town house, 519 East. 121st street: Com., 
Lorenz Zeller; Vice-Com., William G. Ringler; 'Rear- 
Com., Christopher Brannock; Rec. Sec'y, James F. Proc- 
tor; Fin, Sec’y, S. L. Schider; Treas., John- Mooring; 
Measurer, John Wimming: Fleet Surgeon, Dr. George 
E, Wilson; Directors, T. B. Bates. H. H. Andrews, F. 
C. Su'livan and J. Svmmers. Membership Comm_ttee, 
R. Evans, A, M. Stebbins and L. Lalor, 


eRe es 


The annual meeting of thé Knickerbocker Yacht Club 
will be heid on Wednesday evening, Dec. 19. The follow- 
ing nominations have been made: For Com.,.S. H. 
Mason; for Vice-Com., Louis H. Zocher; for Rear-Com., 
Edward F, Glover; for Treas, George H. Cooper; for 
Sec’y, J. O. Sinkinson; for Measurer, John G. Honey; 
for Fleet Surgeon, J. B. Palmer, M. D. For Board of 
D rectors F. E. Barnes, H. Stephenson Rodman Sazds, 
Charles W, Schlesinger and Thomas Wilson, Jr. 

RRR 

At the Jacop yard, City Island, there is under con- 
struction a laige cen.erbuard cruising knockabout for 
Mr. EK. H. Weatherbee, designed by Messrs, A. Cary 
Smith and Henry G. Barbey. She is 42ft. gin. over ail, 
asft. waterline, Tift. beam and aft. d:ait. Lhe beat wil 
be comfortably fitted below, and will be used for cfuis.ng 
on Long Island Sound. 


meme 


Captain Sycamore, of the yacht Shamrock, has been 
elected Deputy Mayor of Brightlingsea. . 


RRR 

The slocp building at Wood’s yard, City Island, for- 
Mr, Anson Phelps Stokes, from designs of Messrs, Tams, 
Lemoine and Crane, will be named Me:maid. She will 
be launched in January, when she will proceed South fur 
a cruise in West Indian waters. 


RRR 


The first syndicate to anncunce its intention to build 
a boat for the defense of the Canada cup 1s composed of 
of Mr. Benjamin Carpenter, secretary of the Inland Lake 
Yach ing Association; Mr, George M. Pynchon and Mr, 
Morrill Dunn. It is stated that Mr. B. B. Crowninshield 
has been commissioned to design the boat. 

RRRE 

Contracts for eight of the 25ft. one-design Larch- 
mont class boats have been placed by their designe+s, 
Messrs. Gardner & Cox, with Messts. Wyckoff Bros, 
& Taylor, Clinton, Conn, 

RR Pe ws 7 

There will be built by the Townsend & Downey Ship- 
building Co., of Shoo:ers Island, S. I., a schooner yacht 
for the 75-foot racing iength class, fram designs by. 
Messrs. A. Carv Smith and Barbey. There are three 
o her schooners building at this yard. .The largest js rroft. 
on the waterline and r5o0ft. over all: the second 68ft. on 


the waterl’ne and o8ft. over all; the third, 6oft, on the . 
waterline and 84ft, over all, 


es =" 


A new club has been incorporated at Albany, under 
the name of the Cobweb Yacht Club, Its objects are to 
maintain a club house and quarters for the use and bene- 
fit of its members, to promote social intercourse, and to 
encourage and promote yachting. The principal office 
is in New York City, and the Directors are: Charles 
Camp, 223 West 148th street; Philo B. Ruggles, 647 West 
152d street; C. H. Madden, 152d street and North River; 
John H. Johnston, 152d street and North River; Wilham 
Gill, 152d street and North River, and Hector G. W. 
Rouse, 127 Manhattan street. 


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The steam yacht to be built at George Lawley & Sons 
Corp., from designs of Messrs. Tams, Lemoine and 
Crane, is for Mr. W. P. Eno, N. Y. Y. C. 


RRR 


Anthony J. Drexel’s new twin-screw steam yacht 
Margarita, which has been built at Scott’s yard, at Green- 
ock, from designs by George L. Watson, had her long- 
distance trial last month, The result was very_satis- 
factory, the yacht making 17.95 knots an hour. This is 
the third yacht of this name which Mr. Drexel has owned. 
Her dimensions are 280ft. over all, 36ft. beam, 17it. depth 
and a Thames measurement of 1,780 tons. 3 


mR RE 


The remains of the old British-built cutter Madge, which 
first taught American yachtsmen to appreciate the good 
points of the English keel, have been Purchased by 
Com. Aimilius Jarvis, of the Royal Canadian Y. C., for 
the purpose of preservation. After her victories in New 
York waters many years ago, the Madge was taken to 
the great lakes, where she was given heavy bulwarks and 
clumsy upper weights. This hamper will be removed by 
Com. Jarvis, and he will have the old hull drawn up on 
his lawn, at Toronto, where the spars will be fully rigged 
over an imitation deck. The original hatches, skylights, 
scuttle and all deck fittings will be found in their proper 


laces, 
es Bem 


It is rumored that Henry C. Flick may charter Amzi 
L. Barber’s British-built steam yacht Shemara for a 
European cruise upon the return of the yacht from the 
South. 

RRR 


The yacht Roamer, N. Y. Y. C., Mr. H. C. Roomer, 
New York, for the Bahamas, arrived at Jacksonville, Fla., 
Dec. 8 


Rifle Bange and Gallery. 


Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. 


SAN Francisco, Noy. 25.—Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club mem- 
bers met in practice to-day. Dr, J, F. Twist beat his best pre- 
yious score with pistol. Scores, Columbia target, 5Uyds.: 


Pisto], practice match: 


BP © Young) 2. fnaree PEF ews 5 38465412 4 6 4-28 
2423 5 5 4 910 2—46 
3846243 12 4 7386 
54818 3 75 8 4-63 
5 4 6 810 21 6 4 5 46—219 
She WHE TETAS «oe os ei ec n Ah Ah Ans 23 3 48 2 8 5 6 142 
Dro belawiGiewes. pee ace etic ait 43 3 8 2 8 3 410 1—46 
A, J. Brannigan 70, J. R. Trego 77. 
Revolver: 
BAO ESN 0 Gt Bene sipee Sactinibere 426 42 5 514 6 3-51 
221611 46 3 6 34 


een 29.—Thanksgiving found several shooters out for practice. 
Scores: 

Pistol practice match: *F. O, Young 36, 39, 40, 45, 50; *F. S. 
Washburn 51, 49, 50, 49, 51; A, B. Dorrell 55; G. W. Hoadley 65, 
78; P. Becker 64, 66; Dr. J. F. Twist 49. 

Revolver: F. UO. Young 51, 57; Dr. H. W. Hunsaker 57, 79. 

.22 rifle match: Dr, J. F, Twist 25, 25; P. Becker 28. 

_ “Washburn and Young used Peters .22 short cartridges. 
the best average Washburn ever made. 

Dec. 2—Regular Club Shoot.—A large number of very earnest 
shooters were on hand, despite the cold north ‘wind, which blew 
directly into. the stand, and they stayed with it all day, doing fine 
work, for the disagreeable and difficult conditions. This shoot 
settled ownership of yearly class medals, which will be given at 
our last shoot and banquet, Dec. 16. r, Twist, who tied with 
Becker on the .22 rifle, re-entry, got the lead by 4 points to-day, and 
forged ahead of Becker on the pistol by 1 point. The Doctor’s 
18 is his best with .22 rifle to date, and he was ‘much prouded” 
to-night. 

‘ Mannel took the lead from Daiss on the members’ rifle medal by 
oints. P 
oung decreased Daiss’ lead on revolver 9 points, but Daiss is 
still 15 points ahead, and a pretty sure winner. 

Pape laid for the rifle class medal, and did not shoot military, 
but he could not improve his score. Young took his military and 
gained 8 points, and is now 8 points ahead of Pape, who thinks it 
too late to overcome, and may not try again. 

Dorrell had a new combination in his .22 rifle, which he loaded 
with L. & R. powder. It, made the sand send up smoke, but he 
did good ayerage work. He and Young worked out the load, and 
Dorrell shot a group- offhand at 200yds., with it that would count 
46. It was wonderful shooting, and it may be heard irom Jater at 


ft is 


5byds. The chamber was too long for good results with black or 
King’s powder, and Becker suggested L. & R., wwich needs 
r¢om. Scores, Columbia target: 


Rifle, class medals: Experts, F. O) Young 63; sharpshooters, 
G. M. Barley 120; marksmen, G. W. Hoadley 88; Mrs. Waltham 
oe packs oes ee % Os " 

istol class medals: F. O. Young 50, G. M. Barley 74; Marks- 
men: Mrs. Waltham 74, E. A. ‘Allen 113: ‘ pear 

Re-entry matches: rifle, A. H. Pape 62, 59: F. O. Young 63; G. 
Mannel 67, 69, 72, 74, 74, 77, 78. Military rifle, Creedmoor count: 
F. OQ. Young 48, 47, 47, 46. : 

Pistol; F. O. Young 41; G. W. Hoadley 49, 65, 69; G. M. Barley 
56, 59;; Dr. J. F. Twist 54, 57, 62, 66, 68, 74, 75; P. Becker 64, 

Twist revolver medal; F, O. Young 46, 51 51, 51, 59, 57; C. M. 
aes a pee pee enone ae 

.22 vifle: Capt. Fre ulnle 17, 20, 20, 21, 21, 29, CRI AD ee i, (ae 
Twist 18, 31: A. B. Dorrell 20, 20, ‘21, “99 22; 23; 24, 25 26. de 
Mrs. C. F. Waltham 22, 20; P. Becker 22, 36. vir 

The boys send congratulations to Mr, B, E. Partridge upon his 
phenomenal run of 22 in ten shots with pistol on the Columbia 
target; also_on his ten-shot score of 27, which beats the record hy 
2 points. The question is asked if his run of ten shots in the 
three-ring is not the best ever madé on any target? Tf so we want 
him to have some souvenir from us for it, Onr button is for 1s 
but wie can ete u a So poke best runs made here with 

istol were by J. E. Gorman, July 25, 1897 (26 ; and b i 
Det. 24, 1897 (38). EY Cee aisy, 


TI. O. Younc, Rec. Sec’y. 


. Elite Schuetzen Corps of Brooklyn. 


At the regular shoot of the Elite Schuetzen Corps on Dec. 7, at 
Louis Mertz’s gallery, corner Broadway and Jefferson street. the 
following scores were made: J, Kaufman 246, P_ Andrassey 244 
C. WK. Hoerning 242, Geo. Klingelhoefer 240, T. P. Fritz 240 F 
Decklemann 237. Capt. Geb Krauss 285, Dr. F. A, Schlitz 935 
L. Mertz 230, Theo. Wolters 228 C. Spangenberg 224 Jos. Zim- 
Mermann 223. ne 


CuaRLes K, Hoernine, S. M- 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


Grapshoating. 


Notice, 


All communications intended for ForEsT AND STREAM should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 


Leading dealers in sportsmen’s supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously for a quarter-century, 


If you want your shoot to be announced here send a 
notice like the following: 


Fixtures, 


Dec. 12.—Mount Kisco, N. ¥Y.—Tournament of the Mount Kisco 
Gun Club; targets. R. W. Gorham, Sec’y. ; 

Dec, 18—Newark, N. J—Match for E C cup and individual cham- 
pionship of New Jersey between G. H. Piercy, holder, and C. W. 
Feigenspan, challenger, on grounds of East Side Gun Club, 

Dec, 16.—Jersey City, N. J.—All-day shoot of the Hudson Gun 
Club; targets; also two-men team shoot; open. A. A. Schoyerling, 
Ass’t Sec’y. 

Dec. 25—Haverhill, Mass—Chnistmas Day shoot of the Haver- 
hill Gun Club. G. Miller, Acting Sec*y. 

Dec. 25.—Newark, N. J.—Open live-bird shoot of the Forester 
Gun Club. J. J- Fleming, Sec’y, 21 Waverly avenue. 

Dec. 27.—I\Sansas City, Mo—Match fer the cast iron medal be- 
tween J. A. R. Elliott, holder, and W. R. Crosby, challenger. : 

Dee. 27—Holmesburg Junction, Pa.—Team match at 25 birds 
between Baltimore Shooting Association and Keystone Shooting 
League—first of a series. 

Newark, N. J.—South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. ee . 

Chicago, Ill_—Garfield Gun Ciub’s live-bird trophy shoots, first 
and third Saturdays of each month. Grounds, West Monroe street 
and Fifty-second avenue. 


1901. 


Jan. 1.—Newark, N. J.—Target shoot of the South Side Gun Club. 

Jan. 1.—Newark, N. J.—Twentieth annual all-day shoot of the 
South Side Gun Club. Isaac GH, Terrill, Sec’y. 

jan. 1l—Sing Sing, N. Y.—Yournament of the Ossining Gun 
Club; targets. Wm. P. Hall, See’y. 

Jan. 15-18.—Hamilton, Unt.—Hamiiton Gun Club’s eleventh 
annual tournament; live birds and targets; open to all. H. 
Graham, Sec’y. 

Jan. 15-19—Hamilton, Ont—Hamilton Gun Glub’s eleyenth 
annual tournament; live birds and targets; open to all. 4H. 
Graham, Sec’y. 

April 9-12.—Balfimore, Md.—Eighth annual spring tournament 
of the Baltimore Shooting Association; two days targets, $100 per 
day, added; two days live birds, $500 guaranteed. H. P, Collins, 


ec’y. 

April 16-18—Leavenworth, Kan.—Annual tournament of the 
Kansas State Sportsmen’s Association, 

May 17-10.—Tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s 
Association. ©. W. Feigenspan, Sec’y. 

May 7-10.—Lineoln, Neb.—Twenty-filth annual tournament of the 
Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the 
Lincoln Gun Club. W. D. Bain, Sec’y. 

June 6-7.—Circleville, O.—Under auspices of the Pickaway Rod 
and Gun Club, annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters’ 
League. G. R. Haswell, Sec’y, 

June —.—Columbus, Wis.—Tournament of the Trapshooters’ 
League of Wisconsin. First week in June. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


Jan. 8.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Welch (holder)-Elliot match 
for the Dupont trophy. 

Monthly contest tur the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance, Hirst contest took place June 20, 19UU. 

Interstate Park, L. 1.—Fountain Gun Club’s regular monthly 
shoots, the third Thursday of Uctober, November and December. 

Interstate Park, Wueens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—saturdays. 

Interstate Park, Queens, L. I,—Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 

len che Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Café and hotel accommodations, 


1901. 


April 1-5.—Interstate Park, Queens, L: I. N. ¥.—The Inter- 
state Association's ninth.annual Grand American Handicap | our- 
nament at live birds, 

June ——Interstate Park, L, I.—Forty-third annual tournament 
of the New York State Association for thr protection of Kish and 
Game, 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on ail events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail 
all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York, 


The Country Club of Lakewood, Lakewood, N. J., has issued an 
artistic brochure containing a schedule of its golf and shooting 
events for 190-1901. The shooting grounds are open to mem- 
bers and their friends at all times, Regular live-bird shoots will 
take place every Saturday during the season at 2 o'clock, in which 
the events may be at 3, 6 or 10 birds, handicap, $5 entrance, high 
gun; if over five men enter, then two moneys, 70 and 20 per cent.; 
1 per cent. of purse to the club. Guests, not handicapped, shoot 
at 28yds. The club will present to the member having the best 
average score out of 75 pec cent. or more of the shoots, a Fran- 
eotte gun. The special events are: Christmas Day, for a $50 
trophy, presented by the president; an event at 25 birds, entrance 
price of birds; optional sweep, money divided, 70 and 20 per 
cent. if over five entries, otherwise high gun. New Year’s Day, 
event for $50 trophy presented by Mr, Dwight M. Harris; condi- 
tions the same as for the president’s trophy. Lincoln's Birthda i 
Feb. 12, event for $50 trophy presented by Mr. Edwin Gould: 
conditicns the same as the president’s trophy. Washington’s 
Birthday, event for $50 trophy presented by the treasurer; con- 
ditions the same as for the president's trophy. All handicaping 
will be done by Messrs. Dwight M. Harris and K. P, Thomas. All 
eyents take place at 2 o’clock P. M, on the dates mentioned, in- 
cluding the regular Saturday shoot, and are Open to the members 
of the following clubs: Ardsley Ciub, Iryington-on-Hudson; Car- 
teret Gun Club, Garden City, L. 1.; Chatham Gun Club, Chatham, 
N. J.; Country Club of Westchester, Westchester, N. Y.; Crescent 
Athletic Club, Brooklyn; Larchmont Y. C,, Larchmont, N. Dyes 
New York Athletic Club; New Utrecht Gun Club, Interstate Park; 
Orange Gun Club, Orange, N. J.; Riverton Gun Club, Riverton, 
Nae Ridghe'd Gun. Club, Ridséfield, N. J.; Robbins Island Club, 
New Suffolk, N. J.; South Side Sportsmen’s Club, Qakdale, L. 1; 
Westminster Kennel Club, Babylon, I; Wyandanch Club, 
Smithtown, L. 1., and to cthers who may be invited by the com- 
mittee. A magautrap has been installed upon the club grounds, 
and target shooting is permitted every day except Saturday and 
holiday afternoons. To insure prompt attendance oi puller and 
Scorer, members should notify the steward of the hour of the 
shoot, as early in advance as possible. The officers of the club 
are: President, George J. Gould; Vice-President, George B. M-. 
Harvey; Hon. Secretary, William A. Hamilton; Hon. Treasurer, 
Albert M. Bradshaw. ; 


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The Baltimore Shooting Association has arranged for a series 
of ten races at live birds for the season, for the Association mem- 
hers. Contestants will be divided into three classes, according to 
their known ability as live-bird shots. Messrs. Malone, Marshall 
and Collins were appointed as a committee to formulate rules and 
conditions fo govern said contests. The season began on Dee, 8. 
The dates fixed upon second Saturday and fourth Thursday during 
the months of December, January, February, March and April. 
Members will be divided into three classes-—A. B and €. Those 
known to have a record of 90) per cent. or better will constitute 


(Duc, 18, 1668. 


Class A; members known to have a record of 75 per cent, and 
less than $0 per cent. will constitute Class B, and all those under 


® per cent. will be ineluded in Class C. The handicaps in cach 
class will be: Class A, 29 to 81yds.; Class B, 26 to 29yds., and 
Class C, 24 to 27yds. A purse of $120 for the series of faces will 
be divided at the end of the season into three equal purses of 
$40 for each class; purse to be divided into two moneys of 60 
and 40 per cent. for high guns. In order to qualify, a member 
must shoot in at least six races of the series. AJ] ties in either 


class at the end of the season must be shot off at 10 birds each 
on Saturday, April 27, 1901, weather permitting, 


* 


Frank Butler and Mrs. Butler (Miss Annie Oakley) have come 
back to the North for the winter, after a long period of hard work 
with the Wild West, supplemented by a holiday of about one 
month down in Arkansas. Game was tound to be quite scarce in 
Kansas, for, as Mr, Butler puts it, “Everybody seems to be 
trapping quail, not shooting them. ‘They don’t care about game 
laws down there.” Miss Oakley did, however, bring North with 
her two trophies of the chase, to wit: an enormous tarantula and 
a lovely greenish colored centipede of generous proportions. 
Both specimens, preserved in alcohol, can be seen at the store of 
Messrs. Von Lengerke & Detmold. 


" 


J. A. R. Elliott has at last fixed a date for his match with W. R. 
Crosby, for the cast iron medal, and same will be shot at Kansas 
City, on Thursday, Dec, 27, It is safe to predict that there won’t 
be many birds escape from either the Missourian or the Silent Man 
from Illinois.” On Oct. 8, 1899, the two met at Kansas City in a 
match for the Review trophy, Crosby winning by the Score of 99 
to 97. The following day they met again in a contest for the 
Republic cup, and Elliott turned the tables by scoring 100 straight 
to Crosby’s 97. They met again at Interstate Park on March 31 
of this year, Crosby winning by 97 to 93. Crosby thus has a 
record of two to one in his favor. 


® 


_ Elmer E. Shaner, manager of the Interstate Association, arrived 
in the city on ‘Tuesday of this week, for the Purpose of attending 
the annual meeting of the Association, which is to be held on 
Thursday, the 32th inst. Mr. Shaner’s youthful appearance ex- 
cites much favorable comment on Sporting Goods Row; not a 
wrinkle is to be seen anywhere, notwithstanding the hundred and 
one cares and annoyances attendant on the management of a 
Single Grand American Handicap at either tive birds or targets, 


td 


W. Fred Quimby, of the American E € & Schultze Gunpowder 
Co., has come out of his hiding place down in Mar land, and hied 
him to Chicago, for the purpose of attending John’ Watson's 
shoot, which takes place at Burnside Park, Dec, 11-14, inclusive. 
Mr. Quimby believes that his recent practice on ducks and geese 
along the shores of the Chesapeake has well fitted him to bring 


down with monotonous regularity the fastest birds Mr. Watson 
can trap for him, 
® 


The Interstate Park Association, as will be noted on reference 
to a communication in another column, is organizing a handicap 
committee, which will be permanent, no doubt, and which will 
establish an equity in the competition, which can be done only 
by the most careful consideration of the form and ability of the 
different contestants. » 


“The Dominie” has been heard from. He is shooting geese and 
other wildfowl down in Nebraska, somewhere along the Platte 
River. His luck has been first rate, and he reports under date 
of the 5th inst. that the lakes were still free from ice, and wild- 
fowl a-plenty, On Dec, 18 he expects to engineer a target shoot, 
ane is going to work the Weather Bureau for a fine day on that 

ate. 

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Howard Sergeant, of Pittsburg, Pa., a gentleman who looks after 
the interests of Laflin & Rand throughout Pennsylvania, has 
been visiting New York for a few days. Mr. Sergeant has dis- 
covered that he can see objects fully three blocks awa , and con-. 
sequently believes that the atmosphere in and around Pittsburg 
is not so clear as he always imagined it to be. 


¥ 


Phil Daly, Jr., and Tod Sloan shot a match at live birds down 
at Interstate Park on ‘Tuesday of last week, Dec. 4, The rain 
Was coming down in torrents all the time, and a seventy-mile-an- 
hour gale from the eastward did its best to blow Tod clean off 
the face of the earth. ‘The scores in a 50-bird match, 43 to 42 in 
Daly’s favor, were, therefore, not to be despised, 


® 


The Baltimore Shooting Association has challenged the Keystone 
Shooting League for a series of team matches at live birds; teams 
of ten men, 25 birds per man, $25 per man. The Keystone Shoot- 
ing League has accepted the challenge, and the first match wilt 
be shot on its grounds at Holimesburg Junction, on Dec. 27 


m 


Col. Thos, Martin, of Bluffton, S. C., is expected to arrive about 
the end of ihe present week. The boys are looking forward to 
his coming, as he always makes things interesting at the traps 
when he is anywhere in the vicinity of New York, 


R 


The South Side Gun Club, of Newark, announces an all-day 
target shoot to be held on Jan. 1. VTurkey and merchandise events 
will be a part of the programme, Lunch will be seryed by the 
club at 12 M. Shooting commences at 10 o’clock. 


®, 


The Welch-Ellioit contest for the Dupont trophy will take place 
at Interstate Park, Queens, on Jan. 8 Most of the shooters will 
take the 12:20 train from Hast Thirty-fourth street, after the arrival 
of which at the park the race will take place. 


® 


Dr, J. W. Meek, secretary of the Garfield, Gun Club, of Chicago, 
announces that his club will hold its hye-pigeon (trophy) contests 
on the first and third Saturdays of each month. 


td 


The South Side Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., will hold a New 
Year’s shoot on its grounds, commencing at 10 o’clock. This is 
the twentieth annual event of the club. 


td 


The Haverhill, Mass., Gun Club announces that it will hold a 


shoot on Christmas Day, to which all shooters are cordially 
invited. p 


* 


Trenton Shooting Association, 


A FEW evenings aga the board of governors of the Trenton 
Shooting Association journeyed down to Vardville, N, J., to at- 
tend an informal dinner at Billy Widmann’s Yardville Hin. The 
piece de resistance was one of the turkeys won by Secretary 
Thomas at the Thanksgiving Day shoot, Nov. 29. Dr, Barwis 
graced the head of the table, flanked on either side hy Mr. Jos. 
D. Hall and Secretary Thomas; Billy Widmann had Wim. H. 
Mickel as his yis-a-vis; Charlie Cole and J. Sterling Worthington 
sat side by side, with Mr. Mackett, of Boston, opposite, with Dr, 
Ginnelly. The repast provided was all that any one could ask 
for, and was theroushly enjoyed. With the cigars came toasts 
and story telling. 

President Uarwis related a number of amusing anecdotes, and 
Secretary Thomas told the story of the Irishman and the pink 
bugs. Treasurer Ginnelly relieved himself of some good-natured 
railery, and genial Billy Widmann related the details of his many 
hairbreadth escapes from winning the E C cup. Messrs. Mackett, 
Mickel and Worthington contributed their; quota to the general 
jollity, and expressed themselyes as being glad that they were 
present. All enjoyed themselves thoroughly, and it is proposed ta 
encourage and develop this feature of social dinners for the mem- 
bers of the board of governors, with occasional banquets to in- 
elude the entire membership. Such a course will promote renewed 
and continued interest in shooting matters. also bring the members 
closer together in bonds of good fellawship. 

A series of team shoots of ten men each with the Freehold Gun 
Club is being arranged, and another is being talked of with the 
University of Princeton team. ScRIEBLER. 


e 


Dec, 15, 19001] - 


IN NEW JERSEY. 


Trap at Newark. 


Newark, N. J., Dec. 6—Four amateurs shot a 25-bird Scene at 
Smith Brothers’ grounds, Foundry and Ferry streets, to-day. The 
entrance fee was $2, and high gun took the money. Tischer won 
the purse with 22 kills, Rommel and Kuster afterward shot a match 
at 10 birds for $10, which the latter won. Scores: 


Koegel, 29......-.--.-+-- fence nuts a! 220120122121 211210011122*—20 

VWiassinger, 29.00.-.2,2sceebasaveereecerees 22120121101*1112110211111—21. 

Mme. Hifi os sonar asac date beep cee 110112211*211212112121120—22 

Ferguson, 28.....-- ascodu Distt eeveveet ee s122%20212*222221221202*22—20 
Match, 10 birds: 

Rommel, 25......- , 00020001103 C F Kuster, 25...... 0000000001—1L 


Forester Gun Club, 


Newark, N. J.—The Forester Gun-Club ran another very success- 
ful shoot on Saturday afternoon, Dec, 8, which was its regular 
monthly event. The day was one which makes trapshooting an 
enjoyment. . ’ 

He attraction for this shoot was a team race of six, men 
to a side, 25 targets each man, lesing side to pay expenses. Score: 

Foresters, C. Smith, Captain —Feigenspan 24, Sinnock 22," ce 
Smith 19, D. Fleming 19, J. J. Fleming 18, Winans 14; total 116. 

South Elizabeth, Lippincott, Captain—P. Kling 24, L. A. Kling 
48, Shaller 17, Gales 17, Bird 18, Goodliffe 13; total 102. 

Merchandise prizes, for a hand protector and pocket knife; 15 
targets. Those qualifying, handicap cut down one-half and to 
shoot it out in 10 targets: Sinnock, handicap 1, total 15; P. Kling, 
1, 12; J. J. Fleming, 2, 18; Colquite, 2, 14; L, A, Kling, 2, 8; Gales, 
2, 9; D. Fleming, 2, 12; Goodliffe, 4, 6; Bird, 4, 11. Shoot-off at 
10 targets: Colquite, 1, 9; J. J. Fleming, 1, 8; Sinnock, 0, 8; Bird, 

4 


*Same conditions as former event, for pocket knife: Sintock, 1, 
12; P. Kling, 1, 13; J. J. Fleming, 2, 11; Colquite, 2, 12; L. A. 
Kling, 2, 9; D. Fleming, 2, 10; Gales, 2, 13; Goodliffe, 4, 8; Bird, 
4 11. Shoot-off: Gales, 1, 7; Bird, 2, 5 


Events 2 Events: 12 
D Fleming ...-.-------. vee 8 TU Bird ices eee eee es 6 
Shaller_........-- sraqaeset 4. 6 7 J J Fleming.......-..-.-... .. 6 
@Moodlitte wes...) weerece rete Gunb. eG eormithiecotemen es Reprersye 6 
Winans ,.-....+: Heereer ns i ieee AD, SM breA Ream ae Aga ga asco ioe. 9 
(Crit Basbescauecoasers an B 7 Sinnock .3...,....0:.--.--. -- 8 
P Kling .......- Spies ter el SIRS E Book aetnaeneGuogodec! ab 5 
BApPINCOth) ween weeaneeeussl oo 3 


Match, handicap: Sinnock 25, Colquite 21. , 
This sqtiad shot in the match event: Geoffrey 21, Colquite 21, 
Pattern 18, Skinner 15, Aff 11. 
Joun J. Freminc, Sec’y. 


South Side Gun Club. 


Newark, N. J., Dec. 8—The scores of the weekly shoot of the 
South Side Gun Club, held to-day, are appended. The club will 
hold its twentieth annual New Year’s shoot on Jan. 1 next: 


Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 
Events: 123 45 6 7 8 910 11 12 13 14 15 
© W Feigenspan......-. eo) GY eT Peay cet he te Sane tiki 
E A Geoffroy.......+0+. eno Os Be aan wins . 914 14 
L W Colquitt... Fer ea) Mer ofA pH ek 
Tee Pattern ... OO NeT wee Petpet ie TaD 
LEM Jawien eats PBL n Bnet waii® ta erry eer tenes pebeeeesee ae dee! 
Engle. -....+ tee tenet Se fc reper keh EO DUT aU tee et 
Perri ewes see oe OPER UES 7 PONG Maa Ge Ges Sila 
Heinisch ........ intesitte Hope are ne nee UE Te ded Wy ne EE on ee? 
Five pairs, double: Feigenspan 8, 6, 8, 8, 8; Geoffroy 7. 


_ON LONG ISLAND. 


Oceanic Rod and Gun Club. 


Rockaway Park, Dec. 10—The Oceanic Rod and Gun Club’s 
opening shoot of the season took place here to-day. The weather 
was unfavorable for good scores. Next week the members will 
attend the shoot of the Hudson Gun Club, at which a two-men 
team race will be the main attraction. The scores: 


Events: dh Pe th See fe a Pe) 
Targets: 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 
TY IB Ue oe ke teat bod Seis sh ales WEY ale ai mky Be 
ED Shake veers agc3-904 core esse eee aa vay iA ali) ach te arb ahe BRey Is 
T Muench.........25.5.... aera Ae Hy aby iliy Beh iby yi 8 
TAP AM Dike iene pens, iehaaee es fs Tale Abie TA) GE! eiBS sy ob 
Mertens .........- ayer Serb ht bows iy Se ers) AB) we pie “CE aay RS 
it SaSttlar Kasaoctcness iabhette ites Ce Oe Oy Se AT be ES Be gra 
iS Cub ~ Sa gReepHe does savdee Sak) beh kt re pee ch 
(OW RCNA hg ao Wake KBR eee ooo t TUR GRE tt) Eu) ne) 
Tet D Hii Slane. sAHhesenen Sse Deedee 15 13 14 ie 
A 1BIBWRES caCaen RAND cneoreeeee oe. eee 4B} AD ot a 
ALCO we bascenstesulsialee tee ae eae a6 {t odss pe 
VEL OLONG yaa wecacer sy nrecstsvel sper 5- 18 12 ms 
(G) WEIy Sogo suacencer piatetsiehalatet et atte Wil yy 
SpA aL Gwe wnat weblus caciclaste Sisal no ally th 
Ip ivy Seg anes Sa luind aca s eons saoe a TA 7, 


Crescent Athletic Club. 


Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 8.—In the second of the series of shoots 
for the December cup at the Crescent Athletic Club’s grounds to- 
day, Mr. J. S. S. Remsen, with his handicap of 8, succeeded in 
scoring the limit, and thus won the event. The trophy shoot, at 
16 singles and 5 pairs, was won by Mr, G. W. Hagedorn, with a 
score of 25. Scores: ; 

December cup shoot: 


—Expert— —Magautrap— Grand 

: Hdep. Total. Hdecp. Total. Total. 
G W_ Hagedorn......... 3 23 2 25 4§ 
J S S Remsen... ae? 25 1 25 50 
W G McConville . 12 23 10 24 AT 
F B Stephenson. 4 24 3 23 47 
H M Brigham. 2 22, 2 25 47 
Se ee 
T eye y 46 
C Kesyon, Jr 5 24. 4 20 45 
i. C Hopkins 9 18 8 24 42, 
G Stephenson, S 10 18 § 22 40 
W W_ Marshall. 6 17 5 20 387 
Dr H L O’Brien We 5)) 14 4 17 81 
A: M Boucher:..:...:... ae 18 3 20 BIE 


Trophy shoot: G. W. Hagedorn, 2, 25; W. G. 
25; A. M. Boucher, 4, 24; E Banks, 0 & 
W. W. Marshall, 5, 22; Dr. J. J. 
4, 21; J. S. S. Remsen, 0, 19; 
man, 10, 16; L. C. Hopkins, 7, 15. 

Shoot for panel, 15 birds, expert: McConville 8, 15; Hagedorn, 1, 


McConville, 10, 
28; F. B. Stephenson, 3, 23; 
Keyes, 4, 21; C. Kenyon, Jr, 


H.-M. Brigham, 2, 16; H. C. Chap- 


14; Remsen, 1, 14; F. B. Stephenson, 2, 13; Geddes, 0, 18; Brigham,~ 


1, 12; Banks, 0, 12; G. Stephenson, Sr., 
Marshall, 4, 11; O’Brien, 3, 7 

Sweepstake, 10 
13. Chapman 11, Kenyon, Jr., 10, Keyes 8. 

Sweepstake, same: Banks 16, Hagedorn 14, F. B. Stephenson 
10, Kenyon, Jr., 6. _ 

Sweepstake, 10 birds: F. B. Stephenson 9, McConyille 9, Hage- 
dorn &, Boucher 7, Brigham 6, Townsend 6. 

Sweepstake, 15 birds, expert: F. B, Stephenson 10, Boucher 12, 
Marshall 8. 


6, 12; Boucher, 3, 11; 


New Utrecht Rod and Gun’ Club. 


Dec. &—The New Utrecht Rod and Guan Club’s weekly club 
shoot was held here to-day. Mr. RK. A. Welch won the Mauser 
rifle handicap, a miss-and-out event, by killing 14 birds. Scores: 

Mauser rifle handicap: : ; <a: 
R A Welch, 30... .22222222222922. S LL ‘Poplitz, 29...1212221220 
\L 28h Geeky sllReers 21222212212220 J P Kay, 28....... 112222220 
Ramapo, 29....... 222222222220 

Sweepstake, 15 birds, $5 entrance: Welch 15, Morfey 14, Jack 
13, Navesin 11, Jones 7. 

Sweepstake, 10 birds, $5 entrance: Jack 9, Welch 8, Kay 8, 
Ramapo 8&8, Toplitz 8. 


The Forrest anp ST2EAu is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach yg at the 


latest by Mondey and es much earlier ag practicable, 


airs: Banks 16, Hagedorn 16, F. B. Stephenson - 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


Trap at Interstate Park. 


Daly Defeats Sloan. 


Dec, 4.—In a driving rain storm, with the wind blowing a 

gale, Mr. Phil Daly to-day defeated Mr. J. Todhunter Sloan, 

better known to fame as Tod Sloan, the jockey, in a 50-bird 

match for $250, by the score of 43 to 42. Then followed matches at 

5 pairs, 3 pairs and 10 birds, in each of wine Mr. Daly was the 
€ scores: 


winner. Mr. T. W. Morfey was referee. , 
beet cititooes te: va ew 0 1 22*222221.222022222*022222—21 
pee oe ag 9*99990192*22222020222112—21—42 
Phil Daly, 80... scerennicersseateeceees 9012222101222221212202220—21 
12221222222*2221220*22222—22—43, 
Fiv airs: 
Sloan oetS* 40 10 00 00 01-8 Daly ............10 11 Of 11 11-8 
Three pairs: 
bahnate raat}: 3 patna te hci terlereeeeee ee Sete 01 01 01-3 
Ten birds: 
iar esawe es 9999900907 Daly, 98...+s+0+00++- 20229999099 


Interstate Park Handicap. 


Dec, 5.—The fourth Interstate Park handicap was shot to-day. A 
field of expert shooters competed, and Mr. J. S. Fanning won the 
event with 24, no straight scores being made. Several miss-and- 
outs, $5 entrance, and a 10-bird sweep, $10 entrance, were also 
shot, scores of which follow: 


RA Welch S0f. stance carers sreraloan + .2011.2122122222212200w 
1p 1, Sika 26 sane pochooocbedeonynonpr np 2221.21 22112100121*2010212—20 
Gapt Money, 28....5...:eececeesepe ye caese 1212222222122220221112011 23 
a al-ya Weel ees ee be akhst aunnsn eayeiiered 2221 42062222220222201*212—22 
TRWoiMioiieys (e022: sete tene nese scene 2*211210022222222222w 
J] S Fanning, 30........45 aeteatict Prvottrie 22291*2121222122211212222—24 
Ele Morey, B06). 2 sl eri isetaeeheesenge ees 2202222229222222292122022—23 
Miss-and-outs: 
Welch: eoQie ne ties sseeteistis eqns ee 1212216 120 —2 222* -—3 
SATCU Milt ade atetins ntdstehtadelettee ace W* —2 1210017 11110 —4 
Cant Money! 28%... ....0.,-....- 2299196 122210 —5  12221222—8 
TAL Tease teeter ee eine eines sn 220, = —2 2112211—7 2221211*—7 
Morfey, 30 .... 2222296 22129227 12222* —5 
Fanning, 30..... ; 10 —1 Wit —8 12122122—8 
TEU) WG Ropecen yn Uh a werent ..20 —1 0 —0 2211222*—7 
Ten birds, $10: 
Wrelctt, 30). ...0.c.0: 222222211210 Morfey, 30.......... 2222222222 10 
STOati Soe tee esas 912222212210 Fanning, 30........ 2122221221—10 
Capt Money, 30....2211121220— 9 H Money, 30....... 0022222011— 7 
IDEN) Bil Gaeenane oe 2222222110— 9 
Ties: 
Wkeliohi ac nyevtle sinelels seis niiet SPAS WIR pe abonobosberer hccicr: 222—3 
Kee) SPlecgag otucenobed souud TIE Si anitiilos res seceae tees: a 10 —1 


Medicus Gun Club 


Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., Dec. 6—There was a moderately 


gcod attendance of shooters. A stiff north wind prevailed. The 
scores follow: 
; Novis Non2), No.3: 
Wynn, 29.... AU a OF 121125 212215 2210 
Lockwood, 27 .. -22122—5 22211—5 2222 
Williams, 27. ...01201I—3 101224 2110 
J PB Kay, 27. »-.22222—5 220224 2222 
Webber, 30.. . .222225 #2222 —4 Acres 
MS LEN EME eo NE aurea aterales Ste, a mretate, Gist ste a Mavesceereie one 220214 020*2—2 
Nos. 1 and 2 were 5 birds, $3; No. 3 was miss-and-out, 
No. 4. No. 5. 
N\Ayohihy VHA Ans. aananan one Adetenecast 2112110111—9 222212111222112—14 
Ibgoyeltan revere hy Yast AR AANA AS erin 0020010121—5 012202210012202—10 
Walliams: (27 2e icicle y AA Ps Ao on cl 0112122120—8  011121111211220—13 
PES Kirwan, tate nee card aneme rine reat 21212011229 122122211211110—14 
\WGdiS a, CUBR E AM AKet penenmrgscm rsa 12202222228  § 222222222222220—14 
Stewarts wseiaby sistem eeeee sects 00110112117 =: 211210112211220—18 


Pennsylvania Traps. 


Ambler Gun. Club. 


Ambler, Pa., Dec. 6.—The Ambler Gun Club held a special shoot 
for a trophy to-day. Fifteen shooters took part in the shooting, 
which was extremely difficult, owing to the high wind. Mr. 
Charles Mink, the winner, shot from the 20yd. mark, and did ex- 
cellent work. The scores:'’ Mink 18, Shoemaker 16, Pfleger 15, 
Conway 13, Haywood 12, Yarnall 11, Dr. Yerkes 11, Seibert 11, 
Brown 10, M. McAlone 10, Parks 10, S. McAlone 10, Yeakle 10, 
Bradfield 8, Johnson 7. 


Belmont Gun Club. 


Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 7—The shoot of the Belmont Gun Club 
to-day was poorly attended, Several liyve-bird sweeps were shot, 
the scores of which follow: 

Wo. 1, 5 birds: R. G. C. 5, Blunden 5, Cowan 5, Tog 4, Gilmore 
4, Mc¥all 4, Williams 3, Weyman 3, Ellwanger 3, Shields 2. - 

No. 2, 10 birds: Blunden 9, R. G. C. 9, Cowan 8, Shields 7, Ell- 
wanger 6, Small 6, Condon 5, : 

No. 3, 10 birds: Ellwanger 8, Small 7, Condon 6, Vetterline 5, 
Achuff 5, Mears 5, Horn 5, Myers 5, Dallas 4. 


No. 4, miss-and-out: Horn 7, Vetterline 6, Dallas 4, Mears 4, 


Achufft 3, Small 1, Ellwanger 1. 


Keystone Shooting League. 


Holmesburg Junction, Pa., Dec, 8—The Keystone Shootin 
League held its regular club shoot here to-day. There was a woGd 
attendance of shooters, the birds were a good lot and the shooting 
was of a high order. The first event was for the challenge trophy 
emblematic of the championship of Philadelphia, at 10 birds, 
20yds. rise, 50yds. boundary. Messrs. Henry, Van Loon, San- 
ford and Geikler tied with clean scores, and jin the shoot-off Mr. 
Henry outshot his last competitor on the 18th round. The second 
event was the club championship handicap, 10 birds per man 
handicap rise, 50yds. boundary. This event was finished in the 
dark, and the ties were not shot off. The scores follow: 


ee erevate eee se 2222122212 10 W T Smith......... 2121210121— 9 
D Sanford........- 2222222222 10 EF Hobbs........... 2*02222099  § 
C. Geikler so... eee. 222222222210 TE Russell .......... 2222220202— 8 
F Van Loon,..,..- 121121121210 I W Budd.......... 0212222101— 8 
EF McCoy....+-....- 0222222222-— 9 WsFees..... -1211200222— 8 
a) Brewers eres 1222222101— 9 aut eee ..0202221211— 8 
J Vandegrift....... 1112111022— 9 W WN Stevenson..,,2220w 
Ge scottecen estas es 2022212211— 9 A Felix ..........., 
ee 

GMD Ys a apatites pais steer 222—3 222—8 211-38 111—3 112-3 — 
einaledormp ae acces. D8 11-3 21-3 21-3 ios ip oe 
Sanford ....... Peers 222—3 222—3 222—3 222-3 20 —1 
(YSU es Ie) ey ey 2* —1 

Club championship: 
LbSo Cab h il Pa seg ore Sy 30s 1122121222 10 Foster, 29.......... 02*1222929 
Stevenson, 30....... 222222222210 Scott, 30............ 1212110011— 8 
Vandegrift, 30....-. 2122121112—10 Hobbs, 30.......... 22222*2220— 8& 
Henry, 30.....0.0... 111212111110 Fees, 29......... 202229999 — g 
Van Loon, 29...... 211221222210 McCoy, 30.......... 0222202220— 7 
elim ere atelier d222212222—10 Schenck, 27......... 0220000201— 4 
Smith, 2c 1211*11117—10 Russell, 380......... 22022120w 
Fitzgerald, 30,..... WiW1L011— 9 Wynn, 27........... 201201w 
Geikler, 28245422094 2222272202— 8 Brewer, 30.......... 0000.w 


Illinois Gun Club. 


SprinGrrexp, Ill,, Dec. 4.—Hditor Forest and Stream: The an 
meeting of the Illinois Gun Club, held at the Leland Hotel, in ae 
city, on Dec. 3, elected the following officers for 1901: President, 
Capt. Harry M. Smith; Vice-President, Edward L. Snodgrass; 
Secretary, Chas, T. Stickle; Treasurer, Geo. E. Day; Field Captain, 
Arabia . Batre , ’ : 

e teports of the secretary and treasurer show a paid u 4 
bership of 163; the club has buildings and Sec eMeaieeee ced 
very conservative estimate yalued at $1,500, and is practically free 
acer site. 3 4 ; 

e club is a unit on doing everything ssible t 
the interests of the Illinois State Snortsman’s Association’ tecnn. 
ment and convention in this city next_spring. ee & 

Cuas. T, Sticxin, Sec’y. - 


479 


WESTERN TRAPS. 
Watson’s Wild West. 


Curcaco, Ill., Dec, 8.—Next week your Uncle John Watson turns 
loose his wild West pigeon show, and from all appearances it will 
be up to the legal standard. Four days of it in all, and each one 
hotter than the rest, This is the first time in some moons that 
we have had a good bird shoot here, and the local men are a bit 
anxious for the llth to arrive. ' 


Chicago Gun Club, 


Dr, Carson, secretary of the Chicago Gun Club, sends out this 
ominous summons to the fray: . 4 

“The annual meeting of the Chicago Gun Club for the election 
of officers, the accepting of the new constitution and by-laws, and 
other important business, will be held at the Sherman House, 
Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 8 o’clock sharp. Be sure and be there, as a 
big fight is on.” 


All American—No English Team Race. 


There is a low, heavy simmer in the news about the proposed 
American-English team race. Mr. Paul North writes about the 
matter in a personal letter, from which I quote a part: 

“What I have tried to do is to get the boys together in as quiet 
a Way aS possible, have them put up their own money, manage 
their own shoot, and pick out ten of the best men in the United 
States, regardless of their trade connections, and have the match 
run entirely on a basis free from all advertising purposes, etc., and 
in this connection had suggested to the boys that no one else 
connected with the trade should have anything to do with the 
management of the team. If they would get the team up I would 
try and make the match.” 

Mr, North deserves credit as the originator of this team race 
idea, and it is to be hoped, and indeed to be believed, that he may 
yet succeed in his first plans. This would be one of the biggest 
bits of shooting history of the present part of the century, and 
it is much to be wished that it may come off as planned. After a 
trip like that some of the “Steadies’? might perhaps feel like re- 
tiring from the score; or again, they might feel so set up about 
their skill abroad that they might feel like beginning all over 


again. 
E. Hoven. 


Hartrorp Buitprinc, Chicago, Ill. 


Garfield Gun Club. 


Chicago, Ill., Dec. 8—The following scores were made on_ the 
Garfield Gun Club’s grounds on the occasion of an extra shoot 
between trophy days. The wind blew strongly across the traps— 
so strongly at times that it was impossible for a shooter to stand 
still. The birds were very fast, as the percentage of dead out of 
bounds will testify. The attendance is so small at these shoots 
that the management has decided to stop all Saturday shoots 
except those on the first and_third Saturdays of each month, 
these being the trophy days. Extra shoots will be held only on 


holidays. Scores: 
No. 1, 6 birds: 
T W Eaton, 29.......... 0102114 J Gardner, 28........ .  OFL21*—3 
GE Kenly airs seancanae 02*11%—3 Dr Meek, 31............ 21**2*—3 
No. 2, 10 birds: 
T W Eaton, 29..... 12101212129 Dr Meek, 31......... 1122**1111—8& 
(SSE UH Pe coho 01100010115, C J Wolff, 27....... )210102221—T- 
J Gardner, 28....... 1002221112—8 
No. 3,6 birds: : ~} 
DW ata e2or, oer ye NO2212— he Ga Vict? feu estecre Griese 20*1*1—3 
(OEE Wesel ie ea super - 222002—4 ‘ 


Dr. J. W. Mrex, Sec’y. 


Garden City Gun Club. 


_Burnside Crossing, Ill, Dec. 8—The regular club shoot of the 
Garden City Gun Club was held at Watson’s Park to-day. In 
the shoot for the club handicap medal Messrs. Kleinman, Gillis, 
Willard and Barto killed straight. Scores: 


Club handicap medal event: 


PAS Ke lerm Inari Onn eteniative raat ire ge eueten praia tte 2111222111111 = 15 
1, \ Wall bale UA ape obosBoctes  Wecpbe ec oucae . .121212122122222 —15 
(CSIC, Ys. SEBS aS cunbopbnones shoe cede Grrr olee: 11112011120111211 —i5 
IEEE Mea tinshsbtarmiccora kate rope cobaeeoat ai 1022112222112111 —15: 
PVE G1 TA Geeta passecsteracon aresdveressodte: 47, thfss tes] sereripe i tebotefoleis attr 220121111102202110 —14 
PRIS te eet stay ton eaeescasgneaea sal gedneys)Sysyfoe) SearPieen piel apse 1202120010112012221—14 
PANIED Ee Ocrn ad tell nitric iso '6 F Pile siple mleletaractelee uh a aah 101111111201211 ~ —12 
Leffingwell, Le...s. sees eens nee eee ee ee eres 2021221101122202 —13 
IOS. GiN Be abn ano settinsbe copoo ddd voopecoctuoeutat 121222022012220200 —13 
alters QR denhsaten eel tletdatetesicrses ser eye telnet ra Tas 222222.221022002 —12 
1G iat bee Ae LARA Rh On SAR RL oCraMers AR 220222*212220120 —12 


Each score of 15 made during the year counts as a win for the 
handicap medal. The following are the wins: A. Kleinman 8, 
Barto 3, Odell 3, Hollester 2, Amberg 2, Irwin 2, Levi 2, Hess 
2, Day 2, Gillis 2, Palmer 2, Adams 1, Goldsmith 1, Middleton 1, 
White 1, Rust 1, Rubo 1, Bissell 1, Comley 1, Antoine 1, Leffing- 
well 1, Young 1, Martin 1, Card 1. Messrs. Kleinman, Barto and’ 
Odell being tied with three wins each, shot off the tie at 15 birds, 
handicap. Mr. Barto won the shoot-off. Score: 


Barto, des... - 2211112201210212—15 Odell, 1..... ',  22222*01012110w 
Kleinman, 0..201122111221122 —14 
High average possibles: ; 
Kleinman .... 13 15 15 1415-72 Odell ......... 18 12 14 15 15—69 
Hollester ..... 15 14 1413 15—71 Irwin ......,.. 13 13 14 14 14—68 
Amberg ...... 14141414 13—69 Palmer ,...... 15 12 12 14 14-67 
Sweep, 12 birds: . 
Wii ted niee eins oc 111122021222 11 Odell ............ 212212122910—11 
palite tpeeeaien erties 212011220222—10 Martin ......5.... 010221121122—10 
SBATtO neritic 110222101212—10 Day ...+....2..-5. 120011121110— 9 
Willard ......:..2121120121121 11 Levi ............. 201212001120— & 
Rist. (eens une’ 211122101202— 9 p 
Practice: , 
LDF rtgraeO netics, Qerrint Adan Station Scecm cic Pte ioe 20121122202112221122221 92 
RUSH Socers cevve esas negstevedenensnctnntaedeced 202021021 
Wkbcebelets AUN erie Ger ot eA nt ere ies 121100221 
LOGIN Apr cele Soe asS qeoede en cunaudsppoonest ene 1102200121 
Meffing well... c cee cece csv eeseeecenny penser 002021010 
Gil TSBes Aen set tseyennsiciets SA ere mao nte tere set ths 2 
IDES oho nb onuun oducr nance EHS igen ere irc 2101111 
Wibiten dosed stele sine ble eeniereararene ode eae saab s8 22211*2212222 
Bart ce ccste trees cnn cee ceneee ets tenstibienns 222 
Wallard! Gieiceetey trea Cree ht Poaucudslinciniae ce 271111111117211 
{GARTNER Lee Gan SeEe etson rth toa e66 4d oa eAceBe 02121 
alte eamteieeatel teens siateennie beta tenecerameeicisich hele) eteletencish fe Greve 2120021 


The Interstate Park Association Handicap Committee. 


Interstate Parx, L. I., Nov. 24.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Since our last communication in the matter of handicap committee 
for Interstate Park we have communicated with several gentlemen 
as indicated in previous letter and have acceptances from the fol- 
lowing, who have expressed their willingness to serve: Messrs, 
W. K. Park, Jacob Pentz, B.’ Waters, J. H. Voss, J. S. Wright 
L. H. Schortemeier, W. A. Hobart, W. F. Sykes, Elmer E. 
Shaner, J. J. Wellbrock, Henry Koegel, Dr. Wm. Wynn, Dr. G. 
VY, Hudson and Dr, A. A. Webber. ‘ ‘ 

This committee will meet on Dec. 15 at 5 P. M. It is hardly 
possible that the labors of this committee will be much more than 
started on the date aboye set, but we are in hopes that it will 
bring forth good results. in time. 

It is not intended to make this committee exclusive, but to add 
io its number, as desirable representatives make themselves known 
or are brought to our attention, as we haye but one object, that 
of the best result for the common good. t 


J. A. H. Dresset, Sec’y. 


‘Tampico Gun Club. 


Tametico, Iil., Noy. 29.—The following scores w 
Thanksgiving Day shoot of the Tampico Gun Club: ERE Bos ae 


Eyents 123) 4 Events: Tecoe ered 

Targets 101510 * Targets 10.15 10 * 
Wenisongeeeeos es peeks Gaby ie lelehistes 2 4 sa. a 510 8 
Brown y2s2essseeees 0B S 5 0ee4 Darneli eaten ees, 10 13 10 
GCuTOLdseaeuseene vel s At 1066) Howlett Sai, 610 8 6 
Olsoneiatoes pOTE Lt Gadi ent DD AvIse oe ay ee Are He is 6 
(GES Ocomacsnpounce ATM ere MElavai ion el ee 1S 


*Eight live birds, E. €. Davis, Seq’y, 


480 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Dec. 15, 1900. 


Guy Burnside’s Galesburg Shoot. 


Gacessure, f]]., Dec. %.—The target and live-bird peur 
giver at Galesburg by Guy Irurnside, Dec. 4 to 1, was one ol the 
Est shooting Meets of the year in Illinois, ead proves thal ce 
net impossible tu-hold Successful shoots even in the mids ui the 
“season of field shooting. In fact there bas Léen no tuupmament 
‘this season in which a greater nahiber of the representative markes- 
‘aren of the country participated, Tne fact Miat this was Mr, 
IBurnside’s maiden effort in this direction would never bave been 
‘suspected by an outsider, from the fact that every detail was ut- 
“tentled to with admirable system and forethought, a he shoot was 
theld on the famous Wilhams race track, one mile east of the 
city, which is finely adapted to such an cyent. Latge tents 1K 
provided for the convenjence of guesis, and these) were heaic 
by coke ovens, so that the weather was no object except When 
at the score. : 

Targets were thrown from expert traps cn the Sergeant system, 
this part of the work being looked alter by F. C. Riehl, while the 
ever genial F. C, Whitney, of Des Moines, was behind the rail- 
ing in charge of the books, Moneys were divided on {he fer- 
centage plan—3 points in 15 and 4 in 20 bird races; 90 per cent. 
men paid $2 a day extra for the benefit of those less proficient 
who shet through, but this fund proved of less consequence than 
might have been expected. 


Tuesday, Dec. 4, 


The weather was not such as one would select for an important 
shooting event. arly in the day light gusts of snow were whirled 
® across the field, and although later the storm appeared to pass 
the air continued raw, and the targets cut all sorts of fantastic 
capers in the air, that resulted in inany surprises on the face of the 
returns. These conditions may best be appreciated when it 1s 
noted, that, notwithstanding the very fluwer of the shooting 
- talent of the land was represented in the tixt of contestants, every 
man participating fell below the money at least once during the 
day, and only three reached the 30 per cent, mark. Rolla [Tvikes 
jock first average with 93, Fred Gilbert was a point behind with 
92, and Will Crosby third with 90.5 per cent. The scores foilow: 


Events: Th Sy EE Be UE EAN MP il ee Saye: 

Targets 15 15 £0 15 15 20 15 15 2) 15 14 £0 at. lroke. Ay. 
igddwee aes YW 12 16 15 14 16 13 «49 16 15 15 16 200 iil -b05 
Hallowell ..., 11 14 19 13 12 13 13 13 20 15 15 16 200 Vit S70 
Bingham .... 13 11 15 13 12 17 10 16 19 15 13 15 200 1€8 610 
Gilbert ..... o. 2113 20 13 15 11 15 14 19 14 13 20 20) 1s 20 
Hirsehy ...... 1310 19 to 13 17 11 14 18 13 13 18 200) 171 810 
Rike .......0. 4121711 12:71:13 13 18 18 14:18 ~— 200 165 625 
Heikes ...... 13 13 18 13 10 20 14 15 19 15 15 19 200 186 130 
Crosby ..-.... 14 14 18 14 11 19 12 13:18 15 14:19 200 Isl -800 
Linderman... 14 18 19.14 12 16 11 13 17 14 12 14 200 169 -bdd 
Elliott -...... 13 14 18-13 14 19 15 14 17 13 13 1 20) 178 +89) 
(EOE AP Ee Be 14 10 19 12 13 76 12 14 16 13 14 14 200 167 +839 
NOW gegen WBWis Misi i ibiid 200 1 Baa 
LESPaTN” Weeress 5 J1 14 19 13:13 16 14 12 17 11 12 17 200 169 $25 
(RMR Seremeeneli 10 10 12 18 61110121611 913 209 140 100 
Hughes ..... 11:13 18 14 151812141714 1220 200 178 890 
Courtney .... 13 11 19 12 14 16 12 11 16 11 19 17 2U0 161 505 
Fulton ....,.. 12 12 12 18 13 18 101215 .0 8... es =42 an 
Burnside ... 11 9 1812 9 16 ee ieakee cs aap 4 
Mejors beset, Ween deat ey ae wits Sune 
rive ». 1812 18 15 14 1) 13:16 14 11 16 200 107 830 
Colonel 12 12 17 111210 71211 811 12 200 1a) 150 
MEFeIRD ROVE GAA etna G50 lib ates eeepeneer Te gre Eyl op age 3 aot 
Collendec” vw wneatenes pO. ae ey a Taleaaleviel te he lee cys nis) 


EST Maes eave sese eerie ee Pee, AL iy Gee, 31983 eer} pinin 
Gardin ony cba ae ee mene me ae $39 i bens 
Gilanestonncces.eneenG ee et cheese ee r 403 op Sut 
IBabcaclos: una segs wees tee een eee 


Wednesday, Dec. 5. 


Conditions were much the same as on the first day, but toward 
‘oon the sky cleared and the sun came out, bringing about a 
‘nore cheeriul situation, that resuited in a consulerably better 
‘score average, Nine men finished above the 90 mark, with Irred 
‘Gilbert th the lead. Scores of the sweeps: Ag 


Events: 123 45 6 7 8 9101112 Shot : 

Vargeis 15 15 20 15 16 20 15 15 20 1d 15 20 ai. Broke. Av. 
Budd ........ 1413 19 Tz 12 18 13 43 44 la 13 2) 20) 1/3 815 
NJa lowell » WL 11 17 11 1u 18 14 14 19 15 11:17 200 Teil ntewdl) 


Bingham - 14121712 13:19 11713 1815 13 19 «= 20074870 


Gubert “wes. 13 13°20 13 15 2U 14 14 19 15 14 20 209 130 -95)) 
Hitschy ..... 14 1) 181315 171114781413 20 200 ist +4U5 
RRe TSe ae oe 14 UE Torts 13°20 13a TO Fs th s8 ay) TKD nu) 
Heikes . 13 15 2U 13 12 19 14 13 Zu We 18 rai)\) 1a3 .915 
Crosby 4 12 20 14 15 18 15 13 20 ta 13:19 2uU) 187 -935 
Lindermin.. 14 14 18 11 15 19 15 15 2u 14 14 19 209 188 940 
Baby erat an, 12144 .013 184515 819 14445 19 200 187 835 
STC tenet 15 15-19 12 14 2013 13 ls 1} do 20 20 188 G0 
Kline ....... 12 13 16 12 716172 IW 19 11 18 15 200 152 160 
Reyaiie ee eee 41 12-17 12 14 17 14 15 16 15 12 20 200 115 815 
Ceurtney .... 14 11 16 14 12 16 12 13 19 12 12 19 20 170 30. 
Hughes ..... 12.12)18 15 14 17 14 13 20 1: 11 19 200 ~~ 179 «895 
ANTI} Reba 13 14 2) 14 18 16 13 13 18 Ja 1i 20 200 183 $15 
IRIEL ease k 1415 16 138 10 12 11 15 17131219- 2u0 112 860 
Brown ...... 13:12 11 8 912 8 14 11 1) 10 13 200 133 -665 
USHA TORee asses 46 12 id td AA End Sot oe 4 8 a5 596 mee 154 bc 
EUUEEESLT ea 40 JUDO SSS She i a eT ta See Sines Be: 
Connor ...... 9 13:19 15 13:18 12 12 17:18 9 18 200 168 84 
SUG sary ste thee BS ele aL Gal ial 2 14 Bene Pia 3 ne eos Msc 


The Smelzer Cup Contest, 


This trophy was probably never’ put up in open competition 
where the attendant conditions were less favorable to high scores. 
The targets were thrown yds. from expert traps against the 
evening sun, with a stiff wind, and presented a truly tough propo- 
sition to the shooters. Mr, E. H. Tripp, of Indianapo.is, who 
but recently won the Grand Hotel Cup in his own city, got away 
on the right foot, and led the boys a pace that none was able to 
quite foliow, Rola Heikes came nearest, but 3 birds back, and 
J. A. R. Elhott, by smashing 48 out of the last 50, landed in third 
place. It was a game race throughout, and Mr. Tripp, when he 
ired his last shot, was borne from the field like a hero of old on 
the shoulders of his friends, The tabulated scores are here given: 


MEG a dll es ait) ugcwutwhlieyes fe emt a hole ee 1911011110111111100011111— 20 
4991,99719110111111101700—19 
1111401109111111111011916—21 
1911.14.11111101101101171021—81 
Hallowell 


Ate gene cease east hele ey 19090917111111111010101—21 
1191071101111111110171190—20 
111011111111 010110111101 19 
“a 1170711111011111111110111 29 89 
Yehfoyedo Thay 3 SAAS Contin es Aa bnaessch 1111-1 11110011111011011—97 
110111710111001111111100i—49 
011013.1011011111100011011 17 
11010119119111111101119914 99.79 
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‘Thursday, Dec, 6. 


Another dark day, with occasional light showers, marked the 
closing of the target end of the tournament, Scores were 
nutebly smailer fan on the preceding day, Eiliott, Gilbert, Heikes 
ani] Crosby being the only YU per cent. men. Scores; 


IEvenis: 123 46:6 7% 8 91011 1 Shot 

Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 16 15 20 at. Broke. Av 
ile Peete 9 10 1/ 14.13 16 13 14 15 18 11 17 200 165 825 
Haioweil ... 14 13 2013 12 17 1011 19111417 ~=—-.200 171 «809 
Buigham . 12 15 18 12 12 17 13 11 20 12 13 18 200 173 865 
GilGert 7+: 11 14 19 14 13 20 15 15 18 13 14 18 2u0 184 -920 
Hirsechy ..:.. 13 11 17 101217 915 17 13:13 20 200 167 835 
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Gros byeerec a 13 14 19 138 14 18 14 14 19 18 15 17 200 183 (9.5 
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ceva ween ties 19 14 15 14 14 2010 15 240 1441018 200 1/8 865 
Eihiott ...¢5.. 12 12°20:73 15 48 15.12 20 15 15 19 Zu) 185 .925 
Gourtiey .... 9 11 Ie 12 12 15 12 15 16 12 11 18 200 158 110 
Riehl” Wy oti 212 12 15 14.14 17 12 14 16 14 18 19 200 172 860 
Earl) ures Lzeneg tee mLiLeoLL) SL (ie 0) SLRS ee ue) Mere Bee tes 
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Cilberteeersie se eee eee J 1s} 5d 930 
Eieisass ane ete eloae 3 133 Gry eb2u) 
Grosby 37 22eeisdisas oo bol 916 
NUNC eee Dean be | 185 bd1 .915 
Lindurman j 1/7 534 S90 
EAU SS Hin tee eee 176 532 833 

Sv AGe Wee ernne 173 527 -- S81 
FiscScliy ye 167 522 80 
Hatlewell 171 5.9 865 
TESTO a teewtieeine 112 516 860 
ieee eter eee 165 511 $2 
Bingham 168 510 850 
ComBney tens ance lod 170 158 489 814 


Evidays Dec. 7, Live Birds, 


This was the concluding and proved also the crowning day of 
the tourney... The programme was devoted entirely to live birds, 
and ,cousistéd of one (-bird and a 25-bird handicap, the former 
high gins, and the. latter four moneys, cass shooting, The 
weather was the severest of the week, the wind blowing at times 
a most a gale, and the birds, most of them brought in from the 
neighborhood, were an especially fast lot. Two sets of ground 
traps were used,and shooting began at 10 A. M. There were twenty- 
two entries in each race. In the first there were six straights, 
who divided 87 per cent. of the purse, while 12 points re- 
mained to those with 6 kills The big race began at 11 A. M., and 
was run through by 2 o'clock. It is but fair to state that the 
element of luck was a big factor in this race. Some of the birds 
Were easy marks, as they refused to get up into the wind, while 
many shot stvaight up into the air and whir.ed at a turious speed 
to the south and east, making it impossible to shoot with ac- 
curacy. None drew all easy ones, however, and if Mr, Bingham, 
who’ made the ony straight, drew fortunately at the start, he 
meade up for this in the iast 7, of which at Icast 4 were hummers. 
He wen lus honors well, and was rewarded with a handsome 
purse of $i1€8, : : : 

Uf. the four 24s Riehl’s second bird fell. stone dead 2 feet over 
the line; Heikes and Gilbert lost out on a pair of erratic wind- 
splitters, and Courtney went down on an incomer. ‘These tour 
divided second money, $126, 

The custcmary wire boundary fence would have saved several 
Scores, but the unusual number of birds dead out is perhaps the 
best indication of the conditions that prevailed. The 23s took- 
$+ of the purse and the. 22s $42. : : 

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General Gossip. 


Tom A. Marshal! ran down from Chicago, where he is under 
treatment for his recently sprained shou'der, and tried shooting one 
dav, but. “‘the injured wing” -was still-teo uncertain to permit liis 
making his usual scores. a 

Ernie Tripp was only with us two days, but this sufficed for him 
to_carry off the biggest plum of the meet. “1 

Emil Werk arrived Thursday from -Cincinnati, to spend a few 
pleasant. hours with the boys. - v4 1 
_ The-people of Galesburg show a° commendahle interest in shoot- 
ing matters, there beilig a good crowd of local visitors each day, 
notwithstanding the unfavorable weather. 

There are rumors of Iany surprises in the shooting world for 
next year, but we may be sure that whatever developments there 
are they will represent simply the progressive changes of a sport 
ates Is Just growing in popular form throughout the civilized 
world. 

The Indians have called a meeting in Chicago during the John 
Watson shoot this week, and’ the hames of some new braves ‘will 
probably be added to the tribal foster. ; 

Geo. T.oamis, of Omaha. has presented to each brave of the 
Indians an elegant gold enameled button, to be worn as emblem- 
atic of that organization of marksmen. It hears the jeweled 
head of a brave in war paint, and the simple but fully eNpressive 
motto: “The Indians.* 

Will Crosby was Perhaps the most fortunate in his draw of 
birds in the bie handicap, Ele got eight or fen incumers, but 
handed them all save three. ; 

_ By request of local ‘enthusiasts who had hesitated to compete 
in the big totirney, the traps were held open for an informal 
Programme Saturday at both targets and live hires, 


F.C. Rrene,, 


Schortemeier—Webber Series, 


New York, Dec. 4.—In the team series at live birds under the 
Management of Dr. \Webber and myself just finislud, the pro- 
gramme as carried through, though not over successiul, was cer- 
tainly not a failure, as the following will show. The conditions 
should have brought ont more teams for competition, but as fost 
of the entire shoots of the series were eld in the open ypame 
Season this reason probably detracted from {heir interest. Ap- 
proximately thirty shooters in ail participated in one or more of 
the events. _, f + 

In_a total “of six contests the Enst Side Gun Club, of ‘Mewark, 

. J-, won the trophy three times, the Emerald Gun Club, of 
New York, twice, and the New Utrecht Gun Club once, the 
trophy going to the East Side Gun Club, of Newark, on whose_ 
toll of membership aré many eof the best shots in the Metropolitan 
vicinity. ; ' 

In all there were 2,409 birds shot at in the six contests, averaging 
about 400 to each contest. "i 

The scores of the winning teams, out-of.the possible 60 birds 
each contest, three men on a teain, were: — o 

East Side, three wins, 56, 55 and 50. | ial 

Emerald, two wins, 53 atid 57 (the latter the highest team score 
of the series). > He“ 

New Utrecht, 56. ot : ; 

The allowance from each of the grounds at which the shoots 
took place was 214 cents for each bird shot at; 144 cents of this 
amount was given to the winning team members on days of their 
respective wins. a + ee 

The following named shooters received as follows: Morfey, : 
$2.83; Welch, $2.83; Capt. Money, $2.83; Steffens, $4.19: Feigenspan, 
$2.75; J, B. Hopkins, $4.19; Koegel, $2.70; Dr. Stillman, $1.97; 
Fessenden, $3.72; Schortemeier, $4.98; Remsen, $1.75, and Fischer, 
$1.26; a total of $36—2,400 birds at 1% cents. each equals. 36. 

To the shooters qualifying in five out of six contests, % cent 
a bird was given. Two only qualified, Messrs. J. B. Hopkins and 
L. H. Schortemeier, and received $6 éach, a total of $12—2400 
birds at % cent. : i eS 

The average killed by the contestants in the: club races are as 
follows; Morfey shot at 40 birds and killed 39 from the 32vd, 
mark, average .975; Schortemeier shot at 120 from the 29yd. mark, 
killed 108, average .900; J. B. Hopkins shot ai 100, killed 92, average 
920; Dr. Stillman shot at 60 from the 29yd. mark, killed 35, average 
916; Fessenden shot at 40, killed 36, average .900; Van Allen 
shot at 40, kiled 36, average .900; Dr. \Voods shot at 80, killed 64, 
average .800; Dr. Webber shot at 60, killed 54, average .900; |r, 
Miller shot at 80, killed 67, average .887; Remsen shot at 40, 
killed 87, average .925; Steffens shot at 60, killed 53: average .8ga; 
Feigenspan shot at 40, killed 36, average -900; Dr, Kay shot ar 60, 
killed 48, average .800; Koegel shot at 60; killed 55, average 516. 

Those shooting in one contest only were We ch, 19 out of 20; 
Capt. Money, 17 out of 20; John Brewer, 32vds., 17 out of 205 
Lockwoed, 14 out of 20; Fischer, 15 out of 20: Maizen, 14 out of 
20; Gaughen, 18 out of 20; Lincoln, al out of 20; Schoverling, 14 
out of 20; Outwater, 18 out of 20;"Lenone 12 out of 20; Frank 
Hall, 17 out of 20; Schumacher, 15 out of 20; Demorest, 16 out 
of 20, and Tracey, 16 out of 20... : r 

Piercy shot at 40.and killed 88, average .959. ‘= 

The balance of % cent per bird shot at was devoted fo printing: 
and mailing expenses—2,409 birds at 14 cent, equals $12.01° The 
actual disbursement for same was $17.16, a deficiency $5.32, - 

The trophy was purchased by the management. 

L, Il. ScttortTemerer. 


The H. C. Hirschy Live-Bird Trophy. 


Minneapotis, Minn.—The initial shoot for the H. C. Tfirschy 
live-bird trophy, Nov. 9, failed to draw a crowd. but it did-draw 
some of the best live-bird shots in the United States, 

Those who witnessed the race had the pleasure uf seeing a very 
pretty contest. As soon as the entries were announecd and the 
handicaps given all interest centered on Gilbert, as it seemed that 
seus 30yds. he was sure of a straight. Dut Fred is huinan, and, 

id err. ale ; 

One by one they missed, and Gilbert made the remark that they 
all had a license to do the same and he did not expect to see a 
straight score. i 4 : 

The birds were a mixed lot, but all fared about equal in the draw, 
and all were called on for good kills. Gilbert missed his 20th, a 
hard right-quartering incomer. Budd had some trouble with his 
birds and failed to stop his 18th and 24th; his 2d was a hard sharp 
left-quarterer, which though hit hard with the first and seeund, 
made its way back to the ioft. Klein arrived ahead of his <heds 
and was compelled to shoot a strange load, which no doult put 
him out of the race. Rice, Hirschy and Parker shot in goo) tomn, 
but were not able to stop some of their hard dies. Lhirscliy, 
however, found contentment in the fact that the wittner u-cd 
Hazard Blue Ribbon. 

Morrison has the same success in shooting his birds that he has 
in shooting targets, and 1 doubt if there is any amateur in the 
country who has a license to beat him at either game. Ie lolds 
a record for tournaments for the past two years thut is hard to 
beat. If I recal it correctly, he has participated in twenty-three 
tournaments, winning first in eighteen, second in three, third im 
one, and withdrew in one on account of sickness. A great many 
of these he has had to shoot against the professionals, the same 
as he did in this race. 

Morrison is without doubt the best in the Northwest, and | 
would like to see him after some of the professionals for sume 
of the large trophies. His work in the race for the Iirschy trophy 
was fine, ard all his kills were clean and timely. I]e used a Win- 
chester gun, 45grs. Hazard Blue Ribbon powder in a Winchester 
case. 


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FOREST RESERVE REGULATIONS. 


REFERENCE was made the other day to a California case 
‘involving the authority of the Secretary of the Interior 
to make regulations for the proteciion and control of 
the forest reserves and national parks. 

An act of Congress, June 4, 1897, provides that 


The Secretary of the Interior shall make provisions for the pro- 
tection against destruction by fire and depredations upon the 
public forests and forest reservations which may have been set 
aside or which may be hereafter set aside under the said act of 
March 3, 1891, and which ‘may be continued; and he may make 
such rules and regulations and establish such service as will in- 


sure the objects of such reservations, namely, to regulate their — 


occupancy and use and to preserve the forests thereon from de- 
struction; and any violation of the provisions of this act or such 
rules and regulations shall be punished as is provided for in the 
act of June 4, 1888. 
Under the authority thus conferred, the Secretary of 
the Interior, on June 30, 1897, promulgated, among other 
tules for the preservation of the public forests, a regula- 
tion providing : 

The pasturing of sheep is prohibited in all forest reservations 
except those in the States of Oregon and Washington, for the 
reason that sheep grazing has been found injurious to the 
forest cover, and therefore of serious consequence in regions 
where the rainfall is limited. The exception in favor of the States 
of Oregon and Washington is made because the continuous 
moisture and abundant rainfall of the Cascade and Pacific coast 
tanges makes rapid renewal of herbage and undergrowth possible. 

In the California case, which is now under considera- 
tion, one Blasingame is charged with criminal trespass 
on the Sierra Forest Reserve, in violation of this section. 
To the complaint Blasingame demurred, on the ground 
that thé regulation which he was charged with violat- 
ing was not binding, since it was a rule made by. the 
Secretary of the Interior, who was without constitutional 
authority to legislate in the premises. Judge Wellborn, of 
the District Court of Southern California, before whom 
the case was argued, sustained the demurrer, holding that 
the act of June 4, 1897, conferred legislative power on the 
Secretary of the Interior, and was therefore unconstitu- 
tional. The case will be appealed. 

The point involved has had consideration by the de- 
partment. In 1808 the question was submitted to the 
Solicitor-General, who in an opinion sustaining the 
valid:ty of the statute said: 


I recognize the existence of the salutary rule that Congress 
cannot delegate its legislative»power so as to authorize an ad- 
ministrative officer by adoption of regulations, to create an offense 
and prescribe its punishment, but here the statute proclaims the 
Punishment for an offense which, in “general terms, is defined by 
Jaw, the regulation dealing only with a matter of detail and’ ad- 


=i 
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ministration necessary to carry into effect the object of the law. 
The protection of the public forests is intrusted to the Secretary 
of the Interior, Section 5388 makes it an offense, punishable by 
fine and imprisonment, for any person wantonly to destroy any 
timber on a public reservation, In furtherance of this policy 
the act of June 4, 1897, directs the Secretary to make provision 
for the protection of the forests and authorizes him to regulate 
the use and occupancy of the forest reservations, and to preserve 
the forests thereon from destruction, making for such purpose 
proper rules and regulations. Any violation of such rules and 
regulations is, by the statute, made an offense punishable as pro- 
vided in Section 5388. By this law the control of the occupancy 
and use of these reservations is handed over to the Secretary for 
the purpose of preserving the forests thereon, and any occupancy 
or use in violation of the rules and regulations adopted by him is 
made punishable criminally. It seems to me Congress has a right 
to do that. Suppose Congress had provided that the occupation 
or use of a forest reservation by any person without permission of 
the Secretary should be a misdemeanor. Would not this be a 
valid exercise of legislative power? The present statute does no 
more, The regulation is reasonable and necessary. It restrains 
n@ one in the enjoyment of any natural or legal right. 
the language of Mr. Chief Justice Fuller in In re Kollock (165 U. 
S,, 526, 5383): “The regulation was in execution’ of or sup- 
plementary to, but not in conflict with, the law itself, and was 
specifically authorized thereby in effectuation of the legislation 
which created the offense.” 


_ If the higher courts shall rule that Congress may not 
while legislating in general terms for the protection of 
the forests entrust to the Secretary of the Interior he 
duty of enforcing specific regulations to make that pro- 
tection effective, it will then be obligatory upon Congress 
to amend the national forestry laws, and to make them 
so specific in detail that they will cover all forms of 
trespass and injury. It is intolerable that sheep owners 
should devastate the public possessions with immunity 
because of a flaw in the statute. 


THE WILD ANIMAL FEAR. 


OF all questions asked by people who have never been 
much out of doors, none seems so simple to the old- 
timers as that which concerns the dangers to which the 
camper may be exposed from the attacks of wild beasts. 
It is chiefly women and children who ask such questions, 
but it is evident that in the brains of many inexperienced 
persons is firmly established a belief that wild animals 
are dangerous—that wolves, panthers and bears prowl 
about seeking whom they may devour. This belief is in 
all probability a survival in part of earlier days, when the 
most civilized men dwelt largely in the East, where might 
be encountered lions, who would attack them, or hyenas 
ready to snap up the stray child wandering away from 
the camp, or bears of the type encountered by the irrey- 
erent infants who apostrophized Elisha; and also in 
part of that time when the weapons of primitive man were 
so feeble and of so little avail against the wild beasts 
that these were justly to be feared. 

This feeling already existing is encouraged and 
strengthened by a certain amount of the writing of the 
day. The average man and woman love to read a bear 
or panther or wolf story not less than do small boys and 


‘round eyed children listen with pleasure to the tales of 


some venerable uncle or grandfather who relates the story 
of the wolves that used to howl about his cabin or visit 
his sheep fold when first he settled in the country. 

In this land of America, as many know, there are no 
stich things as dangerous animals, though there are crea- 
tures which may be made dangerous. The wolf, the 
bear and the cougar are far more anxious to get away 
from man than man is to get away from them. If given 
the opportunity they will always slip away and run, and 
if they fight it is because they believe that they have 
been cut off from every aventie of escape. Where an 
animal has been wounded it is a different matter. Then, 
often, considerations of prudence are forgotten and the 


animal acts on impulse, instead of doing what it knows to. 


be wise; but even so, there is much more danger from 
a wounded deer than from a wounded panther, and vastly 
more from a wounded moose. 

But for the average man whio is traveling through a 
new country where wild animals may be plenty, who 
stops when he has made a day’s march and is at home 
where night finds him, there is not now, nor ever was, 
more danger from the wild animals of the country than 
from the lightnings which blaze in the summer sky. Many 
more people have been killed by lightning than have been 
run over by stampeding buffalo herds, or killed by un- 
wounded grizzly bears; or by all the other animals of the 
prairie put together. One might almost say that more 
people have been. struck-by falling metsorites than have 


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‘been killed by panthers or wolves. And yet from day to 


day the newspapers con‘inue to print bear stories. cata- 
mount stories and wolf stories, and probably they will do 
so until long after the last bear, catamount and wolf shall 
have disappeared from the land. 


THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. - 


Tue report of the Secretary of Agriculture for 1900 
contains a great amount of very interesting matter, of 
which that accomplished by he two divisions known as 
the Biological Survey and the Divicicn of Fore try 1: of 
especial interest to sportsmen, The good work done by 
both is sufficiently well known, but it is satisfactory to 
have brought together in compact form s atemen‘s of what 
has been accomplished during the year by each. 

The Biolegical Survey con inues to do good work in the 
study of foods of birds and economio resu'ts of im- 
portance are result ng from this study. The diviscn has 
charge of the enforcement of the Lacey Act. whi h we 
understand to be largely in he hands of Dr. T, S. Palmer, 
Assistant Chief of the Division. Congress having au- 
thorized the Secretary to take the necessary mea’tres for 
carrying out the purposes of this act additi nal appro- 
priations to this end are nesded and shoud be p-ov ded. 

The damage done by prairie dogs in the Wes is a ques- 
tion of great interest to farmers, and is being investi- 
gated by the division. Steps have been taken to warn 
the public of the danger which may follow the reckless in- 
troduction and distribution of the so-cailed Belgian hare. 
The S-ate Board of Horticulture in California reports 
that large numbers of these animals have been set free 
throughout that State, and there is possible great danger 
from their rapid increase. 

The great and continually growing interest in forest 
matters coniinues to be astonishing and gratify‘ng. Efforts 
ate being made by the Secretary of the Interior to secure 
the co-operation of the Department of Agriculture in 
reference to the National Forest Reserve. while the Forest, 
Fish and Game Commission of New York has requested 
working plans for the protection and working of the New 
York State Forest Preserves. The popularity of Mr. 
Pinchot’s offer to furnish such plans to the public is shown 
by the fact that at the close of the year the total requests 
for them exceeded 50,000,000 acres. Of these two and 
one-half millions were private land. Nearly 900,000 acres 
have been actually examined by the staff of the division, — 
plans have been prepared for 200,000 acres and 50.000 
acres have been put under management. Not only this. 
but applications are frequently made by cities, or cor- 
porations controlling city water works, for plans for plant- 
ing and working the water sheds which they control. 
Such a case is seen in the Water Company of Johnstown, 
Pa., where the object sought is to prevent disastrous 
floods such as once devastated the town. 

The Division of Forestry under its present chief is 
working amicably by the side of the practical lumber men 
and the tree planters, and the results cannot be other than 
to the advantage of the country at large. 


An association has been formed for restoring moose to 
the Adirondacks. It is reported that Dr. W. Seward 
Webb will furnish a number of moose from his preserves 
for the public forests if he can have assurance that they 
will be protected; and a_special committee of the new 
association will endeavor to secure additional protective 
legislation. As the law now prohibits absolutely the 
killing of moose, it is difficult to understand what more 
is needed. The most essential requisite for Ad rondack 
moose restoration is a controlling public sentiment to pro- 
tect them. This sentiment does not now exist, but it 
may be created. The place to begin is not in the woods 
but out of them. The people in the Adirondacks cannot 
reasonably be expected to hold more advanced views on 
game protection than their employers who come in from | 
the cities. 


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We had promised for this. week’ one of the chapters of 
“Reminiscences” of his boyhood: days which were the last 
things written by Rowland E. Robinson. but since that 
announcement the story of “How Elijah Was Fed at 
Christmas” has come to us, and we print it in place of the 
“Reminiscences. It has the qualities which won for 


Mr. Robinson a cherished place in thousands af homes, 


and the pathetic interest which attaches to the unpublished 
Writings, all too few, left by him, 


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NAT AS u a-cal’latin’ for to go a-huntin’- to-morrer, 
Liew” At Charity asked, looking under aes ue 
her spectacles at her husband, who was Seay Se a bdeg 
ing his rifle by re light of ue png au Whose teeble | 
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pcan tan to the turkey shoot an’ git us a turkey, 
: “Good land!” Aunt Charity exclaimed, dropping hands 
and knitting into her lap and staring at the bald head now 
bent more intently over the gun. “Where be you goin’ to 
git the money for to pay your shots?" Aux, s 

“Oh, I got a half-dollar I be’n a-savin’ Up, he ia 
quickly. “But I s’pect I’m goin’ to plunk a turkey the 
secont shot anyway; th’ ol’ iron throws a ball as true’s 
it did the day it came aout o’ Hill’s shop.” | 

His wife drew a needle from the finished row of 
stitches and scratched meditatively beneath her sheep’s 
head cap before venturing a doubt. “It’s forty year 
older’n. it was then, an’ so be you, “Liger. .I don’t s’pose 
your hand’s quite so stiddy nor your eye quite so clear. 
Land knows mine hain’t.” She sighed gently as she 
opened and shut a knotted and stiffened hand before her 
dim spectacled eyes. ’ 

“Sho, Cherry, you're spryer’n half the gals, an I can 
read fine print wi’ my naked eyes, an’ my hand’s as 
stiddy as a rock.” He drew a bead on the center of the 
clock face and held the long barrel on it a moment with- 
out a perceptible tremor, and then beamed a triumphant 
smile on his wife. a - 

“Mebby, but I'm afreared you're jest a-goin’ for to 
heaye away your money. You ’re ’Liger, I know, but I’m 
“feared the’ hain’t no ravens a-comin’ to feed ye. 

“No, but a turkey, sure as guns. An’ I'll tell ye what 
we're a-goin’ to du, then,- Cherry,” he continued in a 
confidential tone.. “When I. git him, dressed an’ you git 
him stuffed an’ int’ the oven, I’m a-goin’ to take the wheel- 
barrer, or if it comes sleddin’, which the’ hain’t no 
prospect’ on, the hand sled, an’ I’m a-goin’ to the poor- 
haotise an’ borry or stéal poor little Lyd Cole an’ fetch her 
up here to eata Christmas dinner.” a: 

He shut the brass lid of the patch box with a decisive 
snap and bestowed a closé-shut but benignant smile upon 
his’ wife; who ‘returned it'in Softer kind and said with a 
tremor in her-voice, “Why,,’Liger Wait! .Is that what you 
be’n a-plannin’ for? _ Wal, then; I shouldn’t wonder ef you 
did git.a turkey, an’ I hope to, goodness you will. Poor 
ol’ Lyddy, I don’t s'pose she’s ever hed a mou’ful 0’ 
Christmas turkey in her’ life. Deary me! I’m ’fraid I 
wa'n’t as good as I'd ort to be’n to the poor humpbacked 
little critter when we useter go to school. But you was, 
‘Liger. You al’ays stood up for her.” 

“Not none too good, I wa’n’t, an’ I sh’ld lifter make up 
for’t a leetle speck by a-givin’ on her one tol’able decent 
Christmas.” 

“An’ I du b’lieve we'll be favored too,” said Aunt 
Charity. “An’ we've got onions to go wi’ the turkey, an’ 
them high bush cramb’ries ’at you got up to the swamp Il 
jest’ come in complete,”’ 

“Why, Cherry,” her husband laughed, “next you'll be 
for goin’ to the shootin’ match yourself, which in the 
beginnin’ you wan't a-goin’ to let me. Naow I'll run me 
a han’ful o’ balls, an’ then it'll be time to go to bed.” 

He gave the long, brown barrel and the curled maple 
stock another caress with the oiled rag before he hung the 
rifle,on its hooks, while Aunt Charity mended the fire 
and raked out a glowing bed of coals ready for the ladle. 
She drew her chair beside the stove and plied her 
needles while she watched him at hisiwork. 

“My land!” she criedas the shining bullets were 
wrapped from the mould, “if them was only the silver they 
look we could buy us a turkey,” 

“They'll fetch us one jest the same,’ he said, con- 
fidently. 

“It'll be rough wheelin’ for Lyddy.’ Ehjah said to him- 
self, looking up at. the cloudless sky as he trudged along 
the frozen road the next day after dinner with his rifle on 
his shoulder, and the solitary half:dollar clinking against 
the ‘jackknife in-his “trousers pocket. “T’ll ‘stop an’ tell 
her to be all ready ag’in I come arter her.” : 

He turned in at the forlorn, treeless yard of the poor- 
house. He entered without Knocking and went straight 
to Lydia, where she sat, an uncouth heap of deformity, at 
her accustomed window, watching “the Pass’? and sewing 
braided rags. Her facé, worn by heavy pain of body and 
spirit, brightened a little at sight of her old friend, and — 
more at the.sound of his cheery voice. ; ; ; 

“Good mornin’, Lyddy. A-drivin’ your needle to beat 
the Dutch, this mornin’, hain’t ye? My stars!” as she 
smoothed the completed’ center of the ‘Tug over her - 


knees, “hain’t that a-goin’ to be a neat one! Red an’ 
yaller an’ ble an’ I d’know what all. Say,” lowering his 
yoice, “I’m a-comin’ to-morrer mernit? to take you 
ip to aour haouse to Christmas.’ Lyddy looked incredu- 
lous. “Yes, sure as shootin’. Cherry’s alottin’ on it, an’ 
I'm a-comin’ for ye with a one-wheeled kerridge an’ 
there’s goin’ te be a turkey. I’m goin’ arter him naow.” 

For a tnoment the stolid hardness of her face softened 
almost to an expression of happiness, and then grew hard 
as she glowered furtively over her shoulder. 

“T do’ know if they'll let me.” 

“They can’t help it. I’m a-goin’ to take ye. Say, 
Pratt,” addressing the lessee of the town farm, who was 
passing through the room, “I’m a-goin’ to hey Lyddy 
up to aour haotise for Christmas.” 

“All right,” the man answered, with a harsh laugh, 
“You can have her for keeps for all me. Goin’ to the 
shootin’ match, be you, ’Liger?”’ 

“Yes, I be. Wal, you be ready by 9 o'clock, Lyddy,” 

So he left her, happier in the anticipation of a break in 
the dreariness of her life than she had been for matiy 
a-day. 

As he took the highway again the pop of a rifle and 
the quick echoes hotinding from adjacent walls told that 
the shooting match had begun, and hastened his steps. 
Then came another report, and its succession of echoes, 
and now he saw the thin wisp of smoke drifting against 
a blue sky above the roofs and dissolve in the cold, 
still air. 

“Plague on't! They'll hev the heft on ’em shot afore 
I git there,” Eiijah ejaculated, and vetified the adage of 
“More haste, less speed;” for he caught his foot in a rut 
and tell headlong, the shouldered tifle measuring its 
length with a‘ bang on the frazeén ground. After look 
ing round to learn if there were any spectatots of his 
fall, his next thought was for his gun, which he rejoiced 
to find had suffered no apparent haftn. 

He reached the shooting ground in the reat of the 
tavern barn without further interruption, and found all 
the marksmen of the township gathered there, himself 
the most renowned and consequently least welcome of the 
company, 


“Wal, Uncle ’Liger, I was a-wishin’ you an’ that. 
-reachin’ ol’ iron wowldn’t be here to-day,” said Taft, the 


tavern keeper and owner of the turkeys. “But I’ll tell 
ye aforehand, if ye kill more’n three a hand runnin’, [ 
won't let ye shoot no more.” ; 

“So ye needn't, So ye needn't, Ab’am,” Elijah cheer- 
fully conceded. “I don’t want on’y one 0’ your turkeys, 

fere’s your ninepunce, but I’m a-goin’ to wait till there’s 
a good tn sot up.” 

The landlord gave him the change from a growing 
pocket of small coin and the veteran strolled from group 
to group of the onlookers, there chatting with some old 
acquaintance, there curiously scanning the newfangled 
weapon of a younger contestant. One of these, a dapper 
young farmer, too foppishly dressed for the occasion, 
Swaggered forward and lay down on the slanted plank, 
resting the heavy barrel of his telescope-sighted rifle 
across the raised end and taking aim with much fussy 
preparation. Then his confidence deserted him, he dwelt 
long on his aim and the muzzle 
last he desperately pulled the trigger, and to his own 
great surprise happened to hit the turkey, whereas he 
bragged tremendously, but too soon, for in a dozen more 
shots he did not make a hit, One bashful, ungainly young 
fellow with a new rifle, outwardly as unfinished as him- 
self, got three turkeys at three shots, and was then 
barred out by Taft, who protested, “By gum, I won’t 
hev my stock 0’ turkeys used up for twelve an’ a half 
cents apiece.” P 

After several small victims had succumbed to swift or 
tardy fate, a big gobbler was set upon the box, and Uncle 
‘Liger stepped forth to make his first shot. Scorning 
what he called the “booby rest,” he knelt on one knee, test- 
ing his elbow on the other, and slowly raised the long 
rifle to its ufierring aim. Forty rods away on the level 
meadow the great bird looked no larger than a chickadee, 
but the old man saw the polished silver sight shining fairly 
against the black side at the proper instant. Every one 
was watching intently, expecting to see a responsive flut- 
ter or fall of the doomed fowl, but it remained erect and 


motionless, while beyond and a little to the left a puff of - 


dun grass and dirt was smitten from the frozen 
un a S sm n ground, 
Wall, ll be darned if Uncle ‘Liger hain’t missed him 
clean!” exclaimed some one in a G,-at 
not even the most 


jealous riyal openly derided the un- 
successful shot. ae 


“One miss hain’t nothin’,” Unele “Liger remarked, quiet. 


ly, and began loading with great care, after handi 
d are, ng Taft 
the price of another shot. ‘That ‘eh 
ae, an’ here’s your ninepunce..’ : 
ut, alas! his second shot went as wide of the m S 
L c ark as 
the first, and the third and fourth were as unfortunate. 
and, alas! his money was all gone, and with it the last 


gyrated dubiously. till at - 


disappointed tone,-and- 


' nipple, 


‘ere’s the turkey ] want, 


chance bi providing for to-morrow’s ptotniséd feast—a 
disappointment harder to bear than the mortification of 
defeat. or +. ; ! 

“Wal. Liger,” said an old comrade, “ie an’ Yolt has 
Sot to give ip an’ be ‘has beelis.’” 

“The ol Scratch has got ite tie or the gun or both 
Of us. I tried Ber td A fark yest’day at arm’s leigth An’ 
plunked thé teliter ev’ry time.” 

“Bolks an’ guns will wear aout,” said the other, sm-ling 
incredulously, -_T . 

“I noticed you field her stiddy as an anvil,” said the 
blacksmith, who was the repairer of all the guns of hs 
tewhship, “an’ I'd ruther have the ol’ gun to-day that 
half a dozen o’ these new fashion oftes wi? their gim- 
cracks an’ their patent loadii’ titizzles an’ peek sights an’ 
the devil knows what all. Le’ me jest look at her a 
minute.” 5 A re 

Taking the gun he examined if critically, and presently 
his sharp eye detected the fault that he had suspected. 

“Here's where ye got 4 Gold shet, Uncle ’Liger,”’ he 
said, laying a sedfed forefinger on the back sight. “Yer 
crotelt sight’s got knocked a leetle hair aout o° Tiere? 

“Thunder an’-guns!” the old. man-ejaculated, “Wat 
come o° my tublin’—droppin’ of her. a-eottin’ Gver here, 
an’ I never took a novice, What a tarnal ol’ gump_I be. 
I'm glad it wa'n’t the Sun's fault—not r’a’ly,” | 

“Ner ¥otit holdin’ nuther,”*said the blacksmith. “Taft 
Oft giv’ ye another chance for nothin’. Say, Abe, Unele 
‘Liger’s sight got discumboberlated was what ailed his 
Shootin’. Youll let him hev another shot, free, wolyt 
ye, now I’ve got it straight ag’in?” a 

“No, sirree. not by a jugful; the’ don’t nob’dy git ito” 
free shots here,” the landlord answered, gruffly, : 

“Most seems ’s “otigh you'd ortu, consideri’;? the 
blacksmith urged, coaxtngly. 

“TI tell ye, I won't, It hain’t tay business to sight follxs’ 
rifles for em.” 

“He’s a mean skunk, anyhaow,” said the blacksmith, 
turning his back upon the churlish fellow in disgust. “Ty 
Was a-goin’ tew take a few mofe shots myself, but I 
swear I won't, naow. He don’t git no more o’ my money. 
[ve got one ttirkey am’ we’re abaout even. I wish’t I had 
tew, Pd give ye one, Uncle ’Liger.” 

“I feel some as you dew *baout payin’ on hiin any 
more,” the old man said, though in truth his sctiples oft 
that score were hot so great as his pride, which forbade 
his asking the load of ninepence, “But I du want a 
turkey tormentedly, an’ I feel it in my bones I could git 
one by tryin’ ag’in. But it’s a-gittin’ kinder darkish for to 
shoot so fur.” a 

The shadoWs wete creeping from the gray woodlatds 
far actoss the tawny fields, yet the shooting still contititied 
in spite of the waning light. For the most part the living 
target would maintaih its upright or cowering posture 
as the harmless bullet whistled past it, but now and then 
one would proclaim a palpable hit by a prodigious fltitter 
Or final outstretch of lifeless head and witigs. Then a 
demand was made that the distatice shold be shortened 
by ten rods, to which Taft would not accede, and so the 
shooting ended. The landlord then announced that the 
femaining turkeys would be raffled off in the bar room in 
the evening. 

Some of the sti¢cessfil shooters stayed to take pat 
in this Contest, and meanwhile huts their trophies if 
the back porch of the tavern, through which Uncle ’Liger 
passed to take his way hottieward across the fields. As 
his eye fell upon thém, it struck him that it would be very 
easy to take one, and then he found himself sorely témpted 
to do so. But he went fésolitely past them all. Then 
with the memory ef poot Lydia’s face lighted with anitici- 
pation, appealitig to him, he returned and went slowly 
along the line, carefully searching for the smallest tiirkey 
and promising to take no other... He fotitid it atid Was 
lifting it from its nail when He heard approaching faot- 
steps and voices and skulked quickly behind a corer, 

“T got kinder oneasy abaout my turkey, for fear soirie- 
body'd hook it,” said one. “’Tain’t ho gre’t of a fowl, 
but it’s a turkey all the same, an’ the young utis is 
‘lottin’ on’t ’cause I promised I’d fetch ’eti che, Here it 
is, all right, Wal, I guéss I'll take it an’ clear aout to 
make sure on’t.” 


When the sound of their retreating footsteps grew 
faint and Elijah returned to the place, the selected turkey 
was gone. “Wal, there, "Liger Wait, if you hain’t come 
pooty nigh makin’ a scamp o’ yourself,” he said, catching 
his breath in a gasping whisper, now hot with shame, 
now cold with fear of himself. “Git aout o’ this, you 
cussed ol’ fool, afore you disgrace your name an’ breed 
wus’n missin’ ev’rything you ever shoot at.” 

He made haste to leave the scene of his temptation, but 
it was not far behind him when he began to make ex- 
cuses for his weakness, 

“Tt wan’t for me ’at I wanted the dumbed turkey, nor 
yet for Cherry, though she’d be awful disappointed on 
Lyddy’s ’caount. It was jest for that poor ol’ critter ‘at 
never hes no good times ner nothin’. Haow sh’d I know 
‘baout Gibson’s young uns? Lord, that would ha’ be’n 
tew bad, an’ them settin’ as much on’t as Lyddy, mebby. 
What’ll I du? Go that way an’ tell her at the’ won't be 
io Chris’mus for her? Good land! I can’t and won't, 
Pil tall the ol’ ruster. He’s bigger’n a young turkey, 
He’s tougher’n I be, but I’ll set up an’ bile him all night, 
an’ she won't know the dif’ence when he’s stuffed an’ 
toasted. Cherry'll hate to héy him killed, bein’ one o’ the 
family so long, but she can’t help it when he’s dead. I'll 
jest load up the ol’ weepon an’ git him agin the moon on 
his roost in the ol’ apple tree.’?- 

He dropped the peaked heel plate upon the toe of his 
boot, carefully measured a charge from his powder horn 
in the horn charger, as carefully poured it into the muzzle, 
whereon he nicely adjusted a patch and bullet and drove 
them smoothly home, then slid the-rod inte its brass 
pipes and the long groove of the full stock, and throwing 
the title in the hollow of his atm, pushed the cap upon the 

every motion grotesqtiely imitated by his 
elongated shadow on the moonlit turf. oat 

He remarked the stillness of the chilly air, 
Was no colder than the other. 


chilly. One cheek: 
His jetting breath arose 


straight before him. The yapor rising from the lake 
~ gloo! upon it like thin columns supporting the canopy 


ot “tend it was slowly forming. It was-so quiet that he 
rats. | the-lappet from his best ear and listened-intently, 
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wondering if there was no sound adrift upon the night. 
He caught one, faint and clear, like a far-off bugle note 
or baying of a hound, yet neither; suspected, but not quite 
identified, until a moment later it came with a louder 
clamor. s 

“Geese, by gum! A-comin’ this way. Oh, if they only 


_ would, an’ fly low.” 


He stepped to the coyer of a bushy thorn tree and 
crotiched behind it, peering out sharply. Presently the 
V-shaped squadron became dimly defined, wedging ‘its 
swift way across the blurred depths of sky, now plough- 
ing under for a moment a twinkling star, now letting it 
flash forth again, and all the while growing into a more 
distinct and darker line against the blue. Now the forked 


- shadow slid past along the ground, and now the flock was 


straight above him, each individual, outlined against the 
sky. em: Ct Se 
“They’re higher’n Gilderoy’s kite,” he said, bringing the 


oP rifle to his shoulder and bending backward, “but I’ll give 


_ critter, 
- breaking in upon the monotonous treble of the tea kettle, 
the droning bass of the stove draft, the tick of the clock 


-. timeliness. 


‘em a partin’ salute.” 

The moonlight glinted on the silver sight and he saw 
it through the notch of the rear sight well forward of one 
of the flankers as he pulled the trigger. The sharp re- 
port was answered by a blare of aerial trumpets as the 
slowly rising puff of white smoke veiled the fast receding 
flock of geese, and when it lifted all had vanished. . 

Aunt Charity sat by the fireside knitting and occasion- 
ally looking at the clock and wondering what could keep 
Elijah so long after it was too dark for shooting. - j 

“He hain’t got no turkey, I know he hain’t, or he'd ha 
be’n hum.’ Her lips moved to her ‘thoughts, but with 
no sound. “I told him he wouldn’t, at fust, I did. Wal, 


-we'll hefto give up a-hevin’ Lyddy, an’ I didn’t sense 


afore haow I was alottin’ on it jest for her sake, poor 
Ah, well,’ she sighed heavily, and the sound 


and click of her needles, she became aware how still it 


~~ was—still in the hotise, yet stiller out of doors, from 


whence came no sound whatsoever. She listened for 


_ Elijah’s step crunching the frozen ground. 
_ Suddenly somewhere from the silence burst the clear, 
’ sharp crack of a rifle, mot near enough to startle her by 


its. suddenness, only setting her to wondering at its un- 
Then, while she listened in the succeeding 
silence, it was broken as suddenly by a tremendots crash- 
ing. fall of some heavy but not solid body on the roof. 
Roof boards and shingles cracked beneath its weight, yet it 
gaye back a softened thud of rebound and then with regu- 
lar muffled strokes slid down the steep incline. of crackling 
shingles till it fell with another thud upon the broad, 


4 wooden doorstep. At the same instant a strange wild fleet- 
_ ing clamor seemed to fill the air, swelling and dying in brief 


passage. These startling sounds gave Aunt Charity a great 


_- shock, but not great enough to long overcome her 


curiosity. Bearing a candle in one trembling hand, with 
the other she cautiously opened the door and saw some 
sort of a Jarge fowl lying in a collapsed heap upon the 
step.. She stooped for closer inspection, lifting with timid 
fingers the broad-billed head and feather-clad neck. As 
she did so, she caught a glimpse of Elijah standing a 
little distance down the path. His rifle was at a ready, for 
he was manetvering to get the ancient rooster between 
himself and the moon, when Aunt Charity made her in- 
opportune appearance. , : 

“Why, “Liger, why did ye want to heave it onto the 
ruff an’ scare me half to death? “Tain’t no turkey. What 
on airth is it?” 

He drew near, as much puzzled for a moment as she, 

‘Wal, I swan,’ he broke forth, exultantly, as he 
realized his luck, “I did git one arter all. It’s a wil’ 


-. goose, Cherry, an’ I bet there won’t be another roasted in 


the hull taown to-morrer, 


Well feed Lyddy like the 
Queen o’ Sheby,” 


RowLanp E. Rosrnson. 


Christmas Under the Palms. 


Wuen Christmas comes in midsummer—and that is 


_- what happens in the Southern Hemisphere—one is apt to 


get it mixed up with the Fourth of July; and when such 
a state of confusion exists it should be plain to any com- 
prehension that it is impossible to get into the Christmas 
card frame of mind at all. If it had not been for the 
suggestion of Talolo, I should never have thought of 
having a Christmas tree for the little people of Vaiala. 

_ Talolo began it immediately after the Independence 
Day celebration, and it is just as well that he began suffi- 


ciently far ahead, for Samoa is so remote and the chances 


of communication come at such long intervals that when 
it is sought to do anything inyolying materials not kept 
in the traders’ shops on Apia beach it is necessary to 
start months ahead in order that things may be sent for 
from San Francisco or Sydney. 
~The national holiday had yielded such rich pickings 
for Talolo that he felt justified in figuring out what next 
holiday was to be kept and which might be turned to his 
own advantage. He plied me with questions until I 
found it best in the end to give him a summary descrip- 
tion of the way Christmas was kept in that distant 
America which sent people down to Vaiala to help the 
Samoans to a government which they did not want at 
all. In the description he found two general ideas—one 
which he could comprehend, one which was to’ him an 
utter mystery. That presents should be given was a 
thing that he could readily understand—that was a thing 
that the Samoans were doing all the time ,and were under 
na restriction of waiting for one single day in the year 
on which to do it. But the snow was the great mystery. 
That was a thing he knew only from the Bible lessons 
which formed the great part of his schooling. I think 
that he knew by heart every verse that mentioned snow 
and ice. It is a little hard to imagine a boy who knows 
nothing of snow, and who will never see-it; who will 
never get his hands red and chapped making snowballs; 
who will never feel the crisp, bracing air of winter as he 
marks the track of rabbit and fox and winter bird on 
the shining surface. So, when Talolo asked me to show 
him how Christmas was kept in what he called my 
island, it was probably with the expectation that in some 
way I could perform the miracle of bringing a snow 
storm under the blazing equator. 

In this particular he was doomed to disappointment, 


FOREST.AND STREAM, 


for the weather is a hard thing to control, and one of 
the few things in Samoa which the three consuls did 
not assume to settle after-some fashion or other. But 
by speaking early Talolo secured my promise that the 
next Christmas should be celebrated alter my own home 
fashion, for there would be time to order the necessities 
from San Francisco. re woe, 
Talolo was an interesting youngster, and sufficiently 
ornamental in a picturesque way to earn the trifling 
gifts for which he had not the slightest hesitation in ask- 
ing, when he was ready to move along to his own home. 
I haye already made it clear what was my debt to him for 
knowledge of the woodland ways of Samoa, and if I had 
in the end to pay for the company with tins of meat or 
salmon, still Samoa after all is not the only land where 
fine growing boys have appetites in proportion. It was 
a comfortable arrangement all around. From Talolo I 
learned new kinds of island life every day. Talolo was 
only too happy to be where he could look at my “shoot 
gun,” and perhaps be entitled to bring it to his cheek and 
take empty aim at the little green parrots in the tree tops, 
or to fetch me a cartridge when some Vaiala pigling had 
scraped through my Robinson Crusoe tree fence, and was 
to die the death for unlawful entry and trespass. As for 
Talolo’s papa, that fat chief of the village was extremely 
well satisfied with the arrangement, In some mysterious 
way he had acquired just two words of English. As to 
one of them the less said the better; it is very forceful and 
is usually printed with a long dash. But strangest of all 
was the other word, “civilized,” which Le Patu had gath- 
ered as being the difference between islanders and for- 
eigners. In a general way he seemed to feel that I was 
going to civilize Talolo. He knew himself too old to be 
civilized, but the boy being as yet young might be amen- 
able to civilizing influences, and’as he grew up might ac- 
quire foreign habits to such an extent as to secure him a 
comfortable income, well-paid idleness being the highest 
Samoan aspiration, These were things that Le Patu used 


laboriously to explain to me, but Talolo would have. 


winkes had there been any significance to that action in 
his native custom. As it was he made the odd little ges- 
ure of the hands which amounts to the same thing all 
over the Pacific. 

The Christmas tree, then, was to be a part of the ciy- 
ilization of Talolo. Incidentally the other youngsters of 
Vaiala village were included, and my order, was sent 


across half the Pacific Ocean for the needed supplies. , 


The making of the list of things to be sent was heart- 
ending. It was easy enough to proyide the useful things. 
There was no need of anything better than the traders 
could supply, and therefore this side of the question 
could be deferred. But it was only fair that each child 
should haye something that was of no use at all—just a 
toy intended solely for amusement. That was by no 
means so easy a problem to tackle. In the first place, 
whatever the_toy might be, it must be sufficiently com- 
mon to avoid the chance of attracting envy and being 


taken away by virtue of the Samoa fashion of asking 


for whatever you may desire and getting it, too. Then 
there was the further difficulty that there did not seem to 
be any Samoan games or toys, Cricket was played on 
the green and casino indoors, but these were foreign in- 


troductions. There was a sort of shuffleboard for grown- 


up people, and yery young children amused themselves 
by sailing toy boats made of a leaf with a feather for a 
sail. But there were no tops, no marbles, no kites, no 
dolls, and worst of all, not one of the children would have 
known what to do with any of the toys of civilized child- 
hood, and no matter what might be decided- on; it would 
be necessary to teach the recipients what to do with it 
afterward. For the girls the choice was fairly easy. I 
made up my mind that each one should have a dressed 
doll, and ‘trust to the general allowance of human nature 
to teach these little women what to do with them. For 


the boys I made as general a selection as possible of toys’ 


least likely to be broken. and such as would call for the 
least amount of instruction as to their use. Thus the 
order was prepared and sent for its fulfillment over many 
thousand miles of sea: : 

The settlement of the details of the Christmas celebra- 
tion—a thing so simple and customary in lands where 
people are used to it, so difficult in thesé islands of the 
torrid zone—was left to Talolo and myself. Before we 


were finished with it the task had developed many of the’ 


elements of a problem. i 

“On Christmas Eve, Talolo,”’ I instructed my pupil 
in the manners and customs of the people whom Samoans 
call Papalangi—‘that is to say, on the night before 
Christmas—the children in some of our families before 
they go to sleep hang up their stockings over the fire- 
place, and in the night good old Santa Claus comes 


down and fills the stockings with all sorts of good 


things.” 


“Aue, aue, Tamaita’i,” replied the boy, aiter giving 
constderation to the subject in its various aspects as 
known to himself from the Samoan point of view. “Aue, 
aue, great grief is on my face, for that now I am sure 
that there can be no Papalangi Christmas in Vaiala, Our 
fireplaces are no more than shallow pits in the floor of 
our houses, and not such tubes of iron as you have 
in the very dignified house where Tanoa cooks the food 
you eat. Nothing can be done at all for us poor people. 
We are scarcely better than the heathen we used to be 


before the lotu came from Tahiti and taught us to sing 


hymns and go to church.” 

“That can be arranged, Talolo,” I replied, with intent 
to cheer him our of his despondency. ‘You can set sticks 
at each side of your firepots and string a cord of sennit 
from stick to stick, which will do quite as well.” 

E le*mafai lava, Tamaita’i,” continued the lad. “Tt is 
not to be done at all, for suppose we have put the sticks 
in place and strung the sennit across the firepot, what is 
there for us to hang on the cord? I have na stockings 
such as Papalangi children wear. No Samoan chief or 
tulafalé or common man eyer has any stockings, nor have 
our woimen, nor yet the little children. The only 
Samoan who eyer wears stockings is our old king, Malie- 
toa, and he wears them only on the three great govern- 
ment days of the Consuls, when he has to wear his uni- 
form and shoes, and even then he hurries home as soon 


vas he can and takes them off, because they hurst his feet. 


No, Tamaita’i, there can be no Christinas for us in Vaiala, 


because we have no stockings.” 


“Well, then, Talolo, we shall have to give up that way 
of keeping the feast, for Santa Claus would find nothing 
if he were to come to these islands.” 

“He would neyer come here. He must be an aitu of - 
your island, and he would be afraid of the Samoan aitu. 
You don’t know what fearful things walk about at night, 
but we Samoans know, and we are afraid of them, be- 
cause we have seen so many hurt in the darkness until 
they die.” 

“Still you shall have your Papalangi Christmas. after 
all, Talolo,” I hastened to reassure my sorowing little 


companion. “Only half of the people in my country 
hang up their stockings. There is another way just as 
good.” 


, 


“I see how that is,” replied the boy, with sudden joy 
giving him new comprehension. “There is one way for 
Papalangi, who turn their faces toward the Government; 
there is one way also for those who follow the rebel 
chiefs among you—it’s just like Samoa fashion.” 

“Not quite, my lad; but you are right as to there 
being two ways to keep the feast. We shall have to 
try the other one. Our people go out into the bush and 
cut down a tree. This they set up in the house and 
on it hang the presents and the bright candles and the 
boxes of candy, and when the evening comes all the 
children assemble and the good things are picked off 
the tree for them,” 

"It’s just like climbing the tree when you want a 
cocoanut to drink,’ was Talolo’s ready comparison. 
“Our bush is full of trees, and our men will cut you one, 
and then we can climb for our Christmas, and we shall 
be just like the Papalangi.” 

It was by no means as easy as it seemed to Talolo, 
His bush was indeed full of trees, but they were giants, 
far too high to find room under any Samoan roof, and 
among them all was not one that could in the least 
simulate the tree familiar to our Northern Christmas. 
In the end we had to capitulate on a young cocoanut 
not more than 20 feet high. This was dug up bodily from 
the place where it was growing at the edge of the little 
River Fuesa, and was planted in a hole dug for it in the 
earthem floor of the guest house of the village. Nothing 
could be more unlike the Christmas tree of common 
use, but it was certainly the only native tree that could 
be used to hang the gifts upon. 

The dissimiliarity by no means ended with the tree. 
It was as strange an effort to reproduce a Christmas 
celebration as could well be imagined. The tree made 
a fine showing, with its colored candles and tinsel orna- 
ments, but it seemed unusual to find all the gifts hanging 
from the sword-like leaflets 20 feet in air. Instead of the 
clear air and bracing cold which one associates with 
Christmas it was hotter than can be imagined in a New 
York July, and the rain was pouring down in torrents. 
Long before the hour set for the show, the children as- 
sembled in the pelting rain, each protecting his hair 
against the wet by caps made of green banana leaves, and 
their elders crowded into nearby houses. When the side 
screens were raised on the leeward side—for in the di- 
rection of the slant of the rain it was necessary to keep 
them down—there was a scene as bright as it was rare. 
The candles on the trees shed their light upon the 
pendent treasures, and the old women kept up a roaring 
blaze of dry cocoanut leaves in the firepots, which left no 
part of the house in darkness. As soonasthe screens were 
raised the whole village, young and old, managed to 
squeeze into the house and packed it to its utmost limits 
but there was perfect order, for Samoan children neyer 
skylark in the presence of their elders. 

It would read like an inventory of the stock taking of 
a toy dealer if I were to attempt to tell what presents 
were given, and the names of the recipients would be a 
Vaiala census. Each of the adults received a piece of 
dress goods—no great thing for a people who go clad at 
all times in four yards of calico—a tin of meat or salmon 
and four hard biscuit. These useful articles were not 
hung upon the tree, but served out by my servants from 
boxes on the floor. The interest centered in the children. 

Talole was delighted to act as master of the cere- 
monies. He it was who looked after the niceties of 
Samoan etiquette, which reach down even into child 
life, and saw to it that each young person was called 
up strictly inthe order of parental rank, so that there might 
be no heart-burnixgs. Each child as called came to the 
tree, inserted its ankles in the climbing cord and climbed 
to the crown of leaves and plucked the bundle bearing 
the name that had been summoned. The tots that were 
too young to climb enjoyed the services of some one of 
Talolo’s corps of assistants who were ready enough to 
climb and pluck this unwonted fruit, Young and old 
were made happy with their gifts, and as rigid Samoan 
custom prescribes that presents should be made in re- 
turn to the giver of the feast, there was a huge pile of 
mats and baskets and chickens and taro for myself that it 
took Tanoa the better part of an hour to announce when 
the show was over, and which served my domestic larder 
for weeks. 

There was only one of the gifts that led to conse- 
quences—a speaking doll that I had set aside for my 
favorite small child, little Apikali, in some sort a sister 
to Talolo, at least a daughter of Le Patu. While the 
celebration was in itself a Christian one, and the people 
are now all Christian; the unusual power of the doll 
that could say ‘‘papa” caused, I fear, a reversion to an- 
cestral paganism. When Apikali had been instructed 
where to squeeze the puppet to bring forth the sound, and 
had made her first essay at it, she dropped the doll in 
the vocal instant. Such a surprise was too great for the 
child—it was, indeed, too great for the elders, and they 
went into the most animated council over the strange 
phenomenon. There was a general disinclination to trifle 
with such occult powers, and it was only after long de- 
bate that Apikali’s grandfather, old Lauta, took the doll 
and squeezed it It was just about the limit of his 
courage that he too did not drop the strange creature, 
Timidly he ventured to squeeze it again and elicit the 
sound “papa.” I overheard him say something about 
the aitu in the doll, the strange spiritual essence with 
which Samoans people the dark and all lonely places, 
Then something else was said which I did not hear, and 
the men brought each a pebble to the doll and made 2 
heap on which the puppet was set in state. 

Afterward Tanoa was gradually induced to tell me the 


real inwardress of the in¢ident, In Samoan the word 
“napa” has two meanings=-one being a stone, the other 
the honorific titles of a chief. Lauta was not quite cer- 
tain which of these two was being asked for by the 
strange present, rather by the aitu which he believed 
resident within it. To be on the safe side he adopted 
both. The dolly was dubbed ‘Lana Afionga le Tupa’ 
—His Highness the Graven Image—and when the word 
“napa” was squeezed out of its machinery it was to be 
the duty of all within hearing to offer a stone. Un- 
fortunately little Apikali lost her doll, for it was agreed 
that children were not safe custodians of an aitu of such 
power—one that could make a graven .1mage speak, 
Lauta, as the oldest of the chiefs, took the toy into his 
possession, Ii he ever made it speak again I was not 
there to see. But undoubtedly he did, at particularly 
solemn moments, for gradually there grew upon that 
corner of the green where the graves of chiefs were, a 
heap of stones for which I never could get a satisfactory 
explanation. No matter how intimately acquainted with 
Samoan customs the Caucasian may fancy he becomes, 
there is always something withheld. Therefore I feel 
sure that in the dead of some of the island nights old 
Lauta and the chiefs solemnly bore to the tombs of their 
ancestors His Highness the Graven Image, and fearfully 
squeezed the machinery which said “papa,” and then laid 
stones upon the growing heap. It must have been a 
picturesque ceremonial; certainly one that I would have 
given much to see. f Pe: 

And Apikali? Well, I made her Christmas merry with 
another doll, that had no such dangerous attainments. 
Really Lauta was right, the gods should.never be made 
the playthings of wee brown girlies, 


LLEWELLA PIERCE CHURCHILL. 


A Voice from a Farm. 


It is “nigh onto” seven moons since I wrote to the 
indoor equivalent of outdoor sport. The growing, cold 
drives the growing old to.cover and an interest in HoREsT 
AND STREAM was stretched a little and not broken by an 
interest in a little farm up in the northern Jersey:.High- 
Jands, Now that 1 am back in winter, quarters again and 
have a fond remembrance for the bright, sunshiny spot 
and cannot go to it, I seek consolation in Forest AND 
Stream. . Because a clerical friend took an interest.in 
me, I took an interest in the farm, and .to..all outward 
appearances we now own it. He has one-half-and I, have 
the o her, and what we do not jointly know about farm- 
ing is known to every successful farmer in the land. 
Many times during the summer we might have been seen 
lean'ng on the mossy rail fence while discussing crops and 
Christianity. We were a tie on the first topic, -but: he 
gaye me points on the second, and by some remarks that 
he made I conelude that he has given the matter: much 
thought. His half of the farm bore the farm buildings, so 
1 had to build or go into open camp. Some one sug- 
gested that he live in one end of the farmhouse and I 
live in the other, but we concluded that neither would 
live long under such conditions, so I builded not. upon 
the sand, but upon a rock, or rather on many rocks.. 

Tt is fm to plan your own house and see it growing 
day by day, knowing that it is the creation of a-massive 
brain, providing, however, you do not forget the stairs 
or doors to pass in and out of. Happily no serious error 
occurred anid it is standing to-day fully insured in ‘a 
grove of cerlars, chestnuts, maples, locusts, hickories, 
ironwoods, tulip trees and pines. After the house came 
the stable, then an ice house, and apparently nothing went 
wrong, It is related of an ex-superintendent of. the 
American Watch Company that, becoming weary of -well 
doing in small things, he sought relaxation in building a 


canoe in his house one winter, and in. the spring he could. 


not get it out, I never learned whether he tore.down 
the house or tore up the canoe. He was a wonderfil 
mechanic, and his experience only demonstrates the theory 
that one’s extreme brillianey in one direction is at the 
expense of good judgment in another, and I congratu- 
late myself that I do not know much of anything, but a 
little of a good many things, : 

In May and June the birds came. They came as fast 
as the. budding leaves on the trees, They gathered 
around us in ecumenical congress, The bluebird, the 
pect weet. the red-hooded woodpecker, the thrush, the 
lark. the Baltimore oriole and the robin in turn spoke to 


the ‘gathering. Hidden in the hazel bushes the dissenting 


catbird sent oul its raucous voice. They all. sang in 
praise of the Creator, and through their voices He is 


“Sounding forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; 


Oh, be swift, my heart, to answer Him; be jubilant my feet!’ - 


And o’er the forest and the meadows and the tilled land 
the crows held angry discussions in regard to the corn 
laws, and in the evenings and the nights: the whip-poor- 
will wailed continuously, ““Whip-poor-will.” -Who is this 
recreant Willie? . What offense has he committed that the 


plaintive night call should year after year demand chas-. 


tisement? Is he the “Weary Willie’ of to-day, hobo or 
tramp, whose “measured step and slow” has led him to 
disturb the rights of néght birds? Is the poor Will of 
to-day the Philistine of the past, whose ~inpunished de- 
linguencies s ill excite the winged sentinels of darkness to 
demand reparation? The cry has come down in the night 
time of ages gone, and will continue to come so long’ as 
the “music of the spheres” is hushed by the closer carilon 
of lesser creations, tre 

This farm was owned for two scote years by the town- 
ship. doctor, and- the good man, like the rulers in 
medieval times, caused a high and broad. wall to be 
built around this city of trees. In doing so he system- 
dtieally arranged the stones and made more delightful a 
delightful spot and guarded the slope from rushing waters, 
Back of the grove and wall lies a “forest primeyal” and a 
mounta'n chasm that for wildness and immensity is. sel- 
dom equaled. Through the chasm flows a river in spring 
andia,broak-in summer, It drains thousands of acres: and 
does it suddenly in the springtime and gently in summer: 
It, lives the “strenuous life’ at one time and again is as 
cglm-as the rocks over which it glides, or as a daisied 
meadow ,in- June. Quietly it writhes down through: the 
nieadew, giving up nourishment to the willow trees under 
witich the cows stand in the heat of summer days. It 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


cools the clover feet of the cattle, goes on mertily to meet 


its confluent and wrestle with it ifi friendly mix tip, and ~ 


toge.her they pass off to the mill pond to be held in check 
till the miller watits to see the wheels go around. Into 
Greenwood Lake it rushes at last, and its career as a 
brook is over, unless, perchance, it is picked up in part 
by the clouds and is carried back to come down again. 
Greenwood Lake has been low the past season, until 
much of its bottom has been exposed, Water companies 
have done it under the pretense of fixing the dam, and as 
the wrathful farmers put it, they have not done a 
d— thing to it. 

‘ have wandered off two miles from the farm, and must 
go back to the ravine. 

The sides of the ravine tower-above the brook, and’ the 
cliffs rising story above story, as seen through the ‘bunches 
of rhododendrons and distorted saplings lead one to think 
of the cliff dwellers, and if he be timed at the dusk that 
prevails there while the sun shines outside, he can crouch 
in shelter Jest some imaginary barbarian hurl rocks at 
him from above. > ee 

One July afternoon I rummaged among the rocks in the 
gorge, and overturned stones on streatn banks disclosed 
tadpoles, turtles, frogs, helgramites, lizards and darting 
minnows. The dry places on the shore gave home to 
insect life no less interesting. J became careless in my 
studies and forgot that everything that looks like a root 
is not a-root. When the rush of water comes and the 
brook is bank full, all covering and loose substance goes 
down stream as detritus, leaving the snarl of roots look- 
ing like knots of huge worms. One, however, was neither 
root nor worm, but a huge copperhead. J back paddled 
rather lively for a heavyweight, but a gunner’s instinct 
came to me, and I blew off his head with a gun shot, The 
wind went out of his tires with a pop, and he took a 
header into the snakes’ hereafter. I threw the remains 
onto the ledge where the crows could get them, and in- 
asmuch as all carrion eventually is buried beneath the 
earth’s green crust and thereby serves to enrich it and 
make it still greener, I hoped that through the crows the 
refuse would find its place and partially recompense th 
farmer for what the crows had stolen from him. : 

The gun shot seemed to haye done more than to kill 
the snake, It seemed to demonstrate the theory of the 
rain makers. The air became sultry, and through the 
openings of the tree tops black copper-edged clouds could 
be seen, and the tree tops moved uneasily. The birds 
hurried to shelter, and like frightened mortals congre- 
gated in bunches, and like them jabbered in fright, each 
in its own tongue, and amid the babel the wind came in 
blocks of ten. Dry and green leaves. were driven past, 
some to be jammed in rock fissures, some to be impaled 
upon twigs, others.to go on and bring up where the storm 
might leave them. Huge drops of rain came down, and 
when not intercepted by the foliage struck the stones o 
the brook like a whip snap, and, : 


“Brom peak to peak, the rattling crags among, ' 
Leaps the live thunder.” ar A: 


Oh, Dame Nature, I love you! “I'd leave my happy 
home for you,” but in that half-hour I saw enough of you 
to last a week, and it conyinced me that you were no 
gentleman. You came with skirts disarranged, your hat 
was not on straight, your shirt waist was ripped up the 
back and you exposed your bosom to ribald gaze. It-was 
disorderly conduct, and as bad as “the Tenderloin” is, you 
would have been “run in’ ¢+had you done it there. Withal 
you felt badly and cried aloud, and the tears flowed from 
your ‘eyes until the highways and streamways were 
choked up. Such actions in the city would be equivalent 
to petarding the manhole coyers on to the roofs of the sky- 
scrapers, letting a load of iron girders on to the Belgian 
blocks, turning on all gas and are lights, burning the 
docks and shipping, creating a race riot on the East Side 
and blowing up a drug house. But in the country you 
were on your own domain, and undoubiedly had rights. 
The city is man’s and the country is yours. You fright- 
etied others besides myself, and anon through the log road 
came a child of Abraham. On his back he bore a pack, 
and in his hand he carried the stalk and uneovered ribs 
of an umbrella. The gingham had gone by the board, and 
his silk hat went skyward like a balloon at a country fair. 
His swart face framed in wet curly ringlets betokened 
fear. His pack of merchandise was askew, and the flap- 
ping oilcloth left his wares open to the drip fromthe 
trees. The wet undergrowth wiped the mountainway 
dust from off his feet as he hurried on, while the fire clash 
was about him, Yet what should he fear—why should he 
fear this flame-girt Sinai? It should be to him a sign 
that the chosen people of God are yet in the: hollow of 
His hand in wandering and exile as amid. the tents of 
Gilgal and’ the tabernacles of Jerusalem, and that over 
him still wheresoever he goeth are the sun of Gibeon and 


‘the moon of Ajalon, and the stars of Esdrelon and Sinai, 


Peace go with him and prosperous trade, a pillar of cloud 
by day and a pillar of fire by night. = 

Dame Nature, as though ashamed of her escapade, re- 
arranged her toilet, came out at 6 P. M. in evening dress 
and gave a pink tea. She had washed clean the roadways 
and the earth and foliage, made the soft grasé still more 
soft and the springy carpet of pine needles still more 
elastic. She allowed the sun to go down in the west 
as tisual—allowed the reddish-yellow beams to come in 
through the trees until, striking the glazed sash of the 
stable, one would think that the hay was burnimg therein. 
The crown of the mountain out beyond the farm was 
bright in sunshine. The center slope sent up vapor in 
white bunches as though the cloud factories were running 
overtime. The base and the valley adjacent took on the 
coming dusk, The meditative:cows and frisky offspring 
came barnward, and ‘the pigeons circling around the barn: 
yard called for their evening feed of grain. Then came 
two hours of neither day nor night, until at Jast the sun- 
light caromed from the moon’s surface and silverecdh the 
meadows and ‘lit up some dark spots only to leave others 
more murky. ee i 

With pipe alight and feet high on column, I sat on the 
porch listening to the katydid, the cricket and the frog. 
Anon the voice of my daughter—far dearer and sweeter 


to me’ than that of the birds—filled: the living room with 


melody of sweet song, and overflowing through screened 
doen and windows, hushed the voices of lower life into 
silence, a se aes 


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“Fo reat thee sing so joyously and sweetly, 
Were boon enough, for just thy chariming sake. = 
if thou art not alone and all-completely 
Enshrined in raptures that thy song doth wake, 
Jt is that memories lost, all wild and tender, — 
Rush back, and, listening to thy voice, surrender.” 


The long, sweet song ended well into the night. The 
giver fayored me with the usual good night kiss, caressed 
the pet spaniel that was nestled beside mé, and left us. 
Next to the love of one of your own kind comes the love 
of a dog. The little fellow beside me cannot be driven 
away at any time, and is with me where | wander around 
the place night or day. Yo paraphrase a little, | 


‘I may scold; I may strike him, abuse as I will, 
But with loye and devotion he clirigs to me still. 


Some. wise old Solon—maybe Seneca—said: “The 
longer I live and the more I know of men the more I 
love a dog,” The dog leads the horse a little in intelli- 
gence and faithfulness. The horsé is more apt to do some 
etratic thing to upset you, physically and mentally. I 
have been thrown from a horse toward every point of 
the compass, thrown up and thrown down, and yet have 
a few honors in the way of medals for staying on. I have 
a young Western horse in the-stable and often look at 
him and wonder whether I would break his back or he 
would break mine should I mount him. He is a slick 
one, yet rather young to be sedate. J am night watchman 
on the farm without pay, and each night anywhere from 
nine to the small hours I go out to see that he is all 
right before retiring, He whinnys at my approach, know- 
ing well that he is to receive some delicacy—maybe an 
‘apple, lump of sugar or piece of salted bread. His head 
is over the box stall gate, and we feel for each other in 
the darkness and part as good friends. 

In the summer night when the arched dome above is 
clear of cloud and the stars shine out apparently within 
hand reach, it is easy to imagine that the arch is but- 
tressed on the mountains about us and only covers our 
little home farm, or at least the town that taxes us, and 
you imagine yourself a ruler with divine rights. How 
deceptive the appearance! What does this globe amount 
to, anyway? It is as nothing to Jupiter and Saturn, and 
they as nothing to.the Sun. The Sun is but a speck in 
the solar system. The Dog Star Sirius is a thousand 
times greater than the Sun, and a million times as far 
away. Light travels 180,000 miles a second, yet it takes 
years for the light of these other worlds to reach us. 
Some of the fixed stars move 22,000 miles per minute, yet 
to us they are in the same old place year after year. The 
solar system itself travels in space among other and great- 
er worlds and other systems, and we know nothing of the 
limits of the universe, What is one man compared to all 
of this? What part of it is he? At most he is a queer 
thing stuck on straddling pegs, and topheavy with vanity 
he topples over at slight cause, and like a defeated 
politician is surprised at the result. He has the bad 
qualities of inferior animals plus an ability to use tools 
and to talk, and his talk gets him into tronble. Taken 
altogether, we are a queer lot. We do queer things and 
mean things, and, as Rip Van Winkle says, “How soon 
we are forgotten when once we've passed away.” 

One day in September I received a message from a 
neighbor, saying: “The Twenty-second New Jersey 
Regiment will hold its reunion at my plate on the 22d. 
I wish you to come.” The veterans came over the hili 
from the station—came with throb of drum, peal of fife 
and blare of bands, and at the command of “Fours, left— 
Halt!’ stood companies front at attention. Maybe thé 
fine was not perfect—eyes dimmed by age would debar it. 
Perhaps the step was not as springy as that of cadets— 
it would be unkind to expect it of them. 'Grayed heads 
turned my thoughts to our Major Mather, now barracked 
in the firial Soldiers’ Home, and I remembered how he 
told us that sitting in his den and looking at the relics of 
the chase and the line officer’s sword on the wall, the past 
came back»to him. -He said, “Sometimes an old man 
rests his eyes upon the relics until the present is forgotten. 
The rushing bison with their: thundering tramp and: snort- 
ing grunt go by in countless herds, which somehow change 
into battalions of armed men with glistening bayonets and 
ragged columns, which afterward fade into the brown 
of the forest and the stillness broken by the fall of snaw- 
shoes.” Peace be with you, Major, and your comrades 
near, you. . rt. 

To those living we would say: All honor to you. You 
did not mistake a desire to bruise and tear for patriotism; 
you beliéved that your country was right, and you did 
what you thought was right, and time approves of all. 
Many of your comrades are sleeping in soldiers’ unmarked 
graves, beneath the Southern skies; and though their out- 
stretched hands haye crumbled into dust, the warm clasps 
that they extended in life are still remembered by your- 
selves and those still more dear to them, Since your 
last reunion some haye been called to the front, and in the 
years to come others will be so called, and so on until 
the last roll call will receive no answering “Here.” But in 
memory you will still be with us. and the generations yet 
unborn will on Memorial Day plant the flag of our country 
on the greensward aboye you and strew your graves with 
May blessoms in fond remembrance of your gallantry, and 
you will sleep away, sleep on quietly until the last day, 
when the clarion notes of the Angel Gabriel’s reveille breaks 
eut on the morning air. Then will you form anew, and 
the reunited battalions marching down the golden streets 
of the Celestial Kingdom to the music of angel bands will 
pass in review before the Great Commander, of whom it is— 
said, “He maketh ‘me to lie down in green pastures, He 
leadeth me beside the still waters,’ and He will proudly 
and justly say to each of you, “Well done, thou good and 
faithful servant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord,” 


“On the other side of Jordan, 

In the sweet fields of Eden, . ! 
Where the tree of life is blooming, =" 
There is test for you.” 7 


The country around Greenwood Lake is as remarkable 
for the variety of game as the water of the lake is noted 
for its fish. Probably there are few localities better suited 
to fair sport with rod and gun. During the summer the 
cali of the quail can be heard each day. The grouse drum 
‘andisturbed,in the forest around the house, and in May 
and June young rabbits are in the roadways indifferent to 


Dec. 22, 1900.] 


the approach of man or horse. Gray and red squirrels 
abound. The reds have the usual impudénce of their 
kind, and their numbers lend them courage. They are 
given to stealing, heroic surgery and gibing at incoming 
and outgoing guests. At times blue herons come from 
the lake to the mill pond, I haye watched a pair of them 
at break of day, noted their clumsy rise and observed that 
like some people they do not know what to do with their 
feet. We are told that there are a few wildcats left, and 
tales are told of a drove of wild pigs around Sterling 
Lake. A few years ago Harry Sloane took a ro pound 
Q ounce Oswego bass from Greenwood Lake with a 
6-ounce rod, and he tells me that it cost a goodly sum of 
money and a part of his reputation for veracity, George 
Hazen and Elias Sindel say it is so, and I believe what 
George Hazen tells me, Sindel informs people that I 
went woodcock shooting with him and missed every bird. 

I might go on talking to you about my place and tell 
you of its many delights; tell you about the immense 
pines, of the ever-flowing spring and the watercress- 
hordered rivulet that leads from it to the meadow ditch; 
tcl you about the blue fringed gentians and the frost 
flowers, and how the poison ivy is the first to blush crim- 
son at the coming of the frost; how each mountain appears 
later as one immense bouquet; tell you how the cedars 
which through the summer seem to be dying take on the 
green when other trees have turned a rusty brown. I 
might tell you of all these things and only leave an im- 
pression with you that I am troubled with the vanity 
teferred to before, because some of these things are mine. 
It might be vanity, but I love the country, and, like the 
old maid who once had a lover, “T like to talle about it.” 

There is something more connected with the place that I 
taust speak of, It is the cook, She is a typical daughter 
of the green isle. and she is as emotional as any of her 
emotional race. She has threatened to “‘l’ave’? us a score 
of times and has never done it. She sobs while thinking 
of the aged parents across the water; she cried when I 
sold a pet cow, and again was slyly hilarious when the 
horse broke away from me and when the dog tripped me 
dt the house corner. She is witty at times, and at times 
she knows it. Again she is droll and doesn’t know it. 
To demonstrate the first statement. let me tell you that I 
employed a one-eyed painter named Cyclops, for instance. 
He was overfond of that which made Milwaukee famous, 
and when he went home on the Fourth of July, after weeks 
of deprivation, he took on too big a deck load, lost his 
propellers*and did not get into port for several days. 
The cook took him to task for his neglect, and he said, 
“The water in the city upset me after drinking pure spring 
water so long, and I had awful cramps and have been 
awful sick,” and the cook said to him, “Mr. Cyclops, when 
ye go home again ye'd better take a bottle of spring water 
along wid ye.” 

To prove the second statement, I will tell you that I was 
trying to fill the lantern in the kitchen one day, and I 
presume that I was somewhat awkward in doing it. The 
clean Georgia pine floor was her pride, and she fidgeted 
and said, “Misther Hastings, if ye spill that ile God help 

eon the fure.” That made me spill it on the “fure” and 

fled before her righteous wrath. Ah! but she can broil 
a bird and baste a fish, and I would be sorry to have her 
“Vave” us. ’ 

I must say good-by, old farm, till the bluebirds come 
again; say it because this effusion is “idly running on with 
vain prolixity,”’ also because three Frenchmen are pressing 
me to go quail shooting in North Carolina, and Shelley 
says, “Where two or three are together, the devil is 
among them.” W. W. Hasrincs. 


The Bison’s Paradise. 


BY CHARLES HALLOCK. 


WHEN the last of the buffaloes crossed the Red River 
of the North going westward in 1857, they incontinently 
turned their backs upon the most delectable pasturage in 
the land. Then the grass waved breast high in the coulees. 
Vast beds of vetches enriched the undulating prairies. 
Pellucid streams, averaging five miles apart, and nearly 
parallel, crossed the open expanse and emptied into the 
Red. Wide belts of oak, ash, elm, poplar, basswood, 
aspen, cottonwood and box elder, interspersed with 
thickets of willow, hazel, dogwood and wild plum, and 
festooned with grapevines, wild hop and cucumber vines 
fringed their banks, affording grateful shade to the bovine 
herds in summer, and shelter from the boreal winds in 
winter. Catch basins and sloughs which were seldom 
empty of sweet water were distributed everywhere. No 
alkali embittered the generous pools; no stated pilgrimages 
to distant watering places were required; no beaten trails 
to doubtful Meceas scarified a cropped and dusty plain, as 
in the southwestern ranges along the Arkansas and Platte ; 
no buffalo gnats imposed incessant torture; no scathing 
fires ran through the grass to destroy the herbage. 

Over all this delectable section of northwestern Minne- 
sota scarcely a stone is to be seen except in the channels 
of the tortugus creeks, all tributary to the Red. The 
prairie is for the most part as level as a floor, vivid with 
green in the spring, resplendent with flowers in mid- 
summer, and golden in autumn wherever there is timber 
on the streams. At least these were its primal aspects 
before tillage had interrupted the natural processes of the 
seasons. Looking westward from the river the prairie 
seemed illimitable. Not one object broke the straight line 
of its intangible horizon. Eastward the landscape was 
diversified and park-like. Belts of heavy timber defined 
the courses of the crooked affluents which meandered 
through the parti-colored levels, now throwing up a heavy 
nimbus of foliage against the nearer sky, and anon pen- 
ciling the distant horizon with delicate tracings of blue. 
Here and there in the grassy intervals the raised turf 
would show the grave-like mounds of badgers and the 
sinuous ridges of giant moles, while countless dobs of up- 
turned earth betokened the busy work of gophers. In 
April the wild flowers begin to show themselves in deli- 
cate tints of purple, white and pink, modestly hiding at 
first amidst the grass, but by the first of May carpeting 
the sward with patches of embroidery as far as the eye 
can reach, Later on the colors ate heightened, and 
eglantine, the wild rose predominates. Daisies, larkspurs, 
verbenas, harebells, lupines, violets and ‘blue gentians 
bloom in layish profusion, and by midsummer the whole 


Prairie is aglow with flame-like flowers, scarlet, gold and 


crimson, extending for miles. The blazing catdinal 
flower, branching rattlesnake weed and the towering mul- 
lein stalk with its tiny yellow bosses, stand like sentinels 
oyer the beds of sweet pea and rank grass which wave 
breast high beneath the sweep of the soft south wind. 
Goldenrod and marigold, purple asters, black-eyed Su- 
sais, ironweed and orange asclepias, around which fas- 
cinated butterflies gather so continuously that their yel- 
low wings seem to be a part of the plant—these emphasize 
the radiance of the landscape. Strangers always notice 
this abundance and variety of flowers. Within an area 
of no more than ten rods square I have collected three 
dozen kinds in twenty minutes, some of them gorgeous, all 
pretty, and a few fragrant, but none possessing the sweet 
odors of our Eastern blossoms, though they make up in 
a positive brilliancy what they lack in perfume. : 

In May, too, the meads are alive with willets, snipe 
and plover, and the sloughs swarm with coots and bobo- 
links. In June the keen-eyed hawks begin to scrutinize 
the grass for nesting grouse and mallards, and the bitterns 
swoop down.upon the unsuspecting garter snakes. Sum- 
mer ducks take to the woods along the streams, and rest- 
less catbirds and thrushes animate the thickets. In July 
occasional woodcock delight the sportsman as he recon- 
noiters the low ground hy the river side, and when the 
twilight falls the owls and the whippoorwills take up 
their ghostly calls, while the wandering night hawk pur- 
sues his plaintive quest. August brings the bluejays and 
blackbirds in gathering hosts anent the ripening grain, and 
the first year that Kittson county was settled troops of 
gray squirrels would venture into the woodsheds, and 
black bears had the temerity to investigate the village 
school. Once, in 1881, a big bull moose trotted throtigh 
the town of Hallock in broad daylight, hard by the rail- 
road depot. Prairie chickens were abundant and so tame 
that I drove a fledgling brood from the edge of town into 
the main street. Underbrush was alive with rabbits and 
timber grouse, and the rivers teemed with giant catfish, 
pickerel, sheepshead, sand pike, goldeneyes and great 
snapping turtles 40 pounds in weight. Bands of elk 
came within eleven miles of town. 

It is very different now. The-old fur traders who 
followed the Red River trail on their annual pilgrimage 
to St. Paul and a market would not recognize-it. - Rail- 
roads and immigration have wiped out the old features 
and the old landmarks, and the hum and clatter of the 
seeder, the reaper and threshing machines are heard from 
one end of the valley to the other. There is a continuous 
panorama of farmhouses, planted groves of thrifty trees, 
hay ricks, steam piles and stacks of grain. Every town 
along the lines of railroad has its grist and feed mill, ele- 
vator, lumber yard, cheese factory, creamery or stock 
yard, with a full assortment of hotels, schools, churches, 
public halls, libraries, fire engines, electric plants, brass 
bands, agricultural and literary societies, newspapers and 
miscellaneous stores, while any one driving across the 
country will find a greater proportion of well-to-do 
farmers and well-built, comfortable, painted houses, 
capacious barns, graded stock, poultry yards and market 
gardens than in many older States east of the Mississippi 
River. From afew score souls in 1870 the frontier coun- 
ties of Roseau and Kittson have increased to fifteen thou- 
sand in 1900. 

Yet, apart from the railroad lines there is still an ample 
field for persevering sportsmen. With permits to hunt 
over the bonanza farms one can make as big bags of 
chickens now as ever. The planted grain seems to attract 
and establish the grouse so that they become almost 
domesticated. In cold weather, when the ground is coy- 
ered with snow, they gather on the weathershed wheat 
stacks like barnyard fowls. In September there is prime 
teal and mallard shooting along the Roseau River and 
among the wooded sloughs. Some streams, like the 


Tamarack and Wild Rice rivers, spread out and lose 


themselves in almost impenetrable swamps which are 
grown up with cattails, slough grass and reeds 10 feet 
high. These swamps are surrounded with a cincture 
of hazel bush mixed with wild rose and willow, which 
harbor a few deer and afford the snuggest kind of refuge 
for ducks, bitterns, cranes, geese, coots and rails. 

But for big game the Roseau region is the location par 
excellence. Indeed, all that forested area which lies on 
the eastern slope of what was the bed of the glacial Lake 
Agassiz, between the Red River of the North and the 
Lake of the Woods, including not only the Great Roseau 
Swamp, as it used to be marked on the atlases, but the 
Thief River country, the Red Lake reservation and the 
Rainy River country, abotinds in game and fur, and was 
the trapping ground of a big trading post fifty years ago. 
This eastern borderland where forest touches the prairie 
and grazing supplements the browse, has preserved in a 
remarkable manner the flora and fauna peculiar to both 
environments. No such physiological conditions have 
been observed anywhere else. One can find a greater 
variety of feathered and pelted fauna here in September 
and October than in any other part of the United States. 
Nearly all of the known yarieties of the cervidz indig- 
enous to the continent abide here and fraternize in an 
exceptional manner. Elk were abundant here up to 1887, 
and to this day of 1900 there is no better moose country 
in America. Red deer are quite numerous, and speci- 
miens of black-tail deer, caribou and brush deer are not 
infrequent. Wolves are so numerous as to be a nuisance 
to settlers, and’ merchantable fur is so plenty that a con- 
siderable band of Indians continue to occupy their old 
stamping grounds with a persistency which only isolation 
and a modicum of success could command. 

The Roseau region is accessible by tri-weekly stage from 
Stevens and Hallock on the Great Northern R. R. The 
Thiet Riyer country lies due south. Both the Thief and 
Roseau head in lake-like lagoons, whose area is reduced 
two-thirds in dry weather. Their adjacent borders are 
flat and densely covered with slough grass, tall reeds and 
wild rice, while from a half-mile to five miles distant a 
girdle of forest incloses them completely. Game is even 
more abundant here than in the Roseau, because it is much 
less accessible. Thief Lake is easiest reached from St. 
Hilaire, the terminus of a spur of the Great Northern 
R. R. which runs from Crookston, whence it is fifteen 
miles by wagon and a two days’ voyage in a canoe: via 
Mud Lake and Thief River. Mr: T. B. Walker, of 
Minneapolis, has a lumber camp in this district. Mud 
Lake is about ten miles long by five wide, very shallow, 


and contains many islands, All of the locations men- 
tioned are nesting grotinds for wild geese, herons, cranes 
and sundry varieties of ducks. Red Lake Indian reserva- 
tion lies southeast of the Thief River country, and is 
reached by a wagon trail from Crookston to the agency 
buildings, a distance of 117 miles, in detail as follows: 
Crookston to Red Lake Falls, 24 miles; the Falls to 
Kelly’s, 35 miles; Kelly’s to Clearwater Lake, 40 miles; 
Clearwater to Red Lake, 18 miles. The T, B, Walker 
Company has a lumber camp at Clearwater. The timber 
product of all this region is chiefly sawed at two immense 
steam mills at Crookston and Grand Falls, Red Lake is a 
twin body of water with a connecting stream, and there 
is a progressive Indian yillage just at their point of junc- 
ture, with many fine farms adjacent, where one will be 
surprised to learn what domesticated red men are capable 
of. There are few more estimable Indians than these im 
the United States. They number about 1,200. Many 
of them work in the logging camps in winter. One of 
these days a railroad will run in close proximity to the 
village on a route which was surveyed years ago between 
Duluth and Winnipeg. *¥) 

Concisely stated, this whole extensive area, which 
covers a territory roo miles square, is an alternation of 
forest and open spaces, interspersed with willow and alder 
thickets, poplar groves and sand ridges, along whiose 
slopes grow tamaracks, jack pines and spruce. ‘These 
ridges are the ancient beaches of Lake Agassiz, whose 
glacial outlet was the Red River of the North, and have 
been traced around its entire marginal circumference by 
Government surveyors. They vary irom ten to thirty 
rods in width, and from ten to twenty feet in height on the 
lake front, sloping gradually landward, and are as level 
as a roadbed. Some of them extend for thirty miles with- 
out a break. (The lake was originally 600 miles long.) 
The most remarkable beach is a section in the Roseaw 
country some forty miles east of the Red River, which is 
flanked on either side by an extensive “muskeg’ or 
quaking marsh. It was used as a cart trail by the fur 
traders for half a century, At one time it served as a 
line of defense for the Chippewas in their war with the 
Sioux, and was rudely fortified. Recent railway sur- 
veyors have always reckoned it as just so much com- 
pleted road bed in the event that construction shall~be 
decided upon. 

Wherever the barrens, meadows and open glades are 
dry enough not to be miry, grass and vetches grow waist 
deep and afford rare grazing for cattle, of which there are 
many herds; but there are areas of great extent resem- 
bling the bogs of Ireland, which can never be reclaimed 
for agricultural purposes, notably the Big Muskeg, which 
is four miles wide. Into such quagmires a pole can be 
thrust 20 feet deep without striking hardpan, They are 
filled with vegetable ooze, which becomes peat when dried. 
In the timber there is a wealth of hazel nuts and acorns 
where deer and bears luxuriate in autumn, varying their 
wholesome diet with a relish of wild plums and high bush 
cranberries or service berries, and a range through the 
nutritious pastures of the adjacent ‘opens.’ Wherever 
there are reedy patches and slough grass the geese breed, 
and in tracts which fire has run over the moss and turf 
have been burned to the very roots. Heavy rains fall- 
ing afterward upon these scalds have made a paste of the 
ash beds, in which the slightest footprints become legibly 
stamped, like the famous tracks in the lias of the Connec- 
ticut River Valley, Such places, where water remains 
standing, are resorted to by snipe and many varieties of 
sandpipers and phalaropes. No region was ever so ad- 
mirably adapted to the varied wants of caribou. elk and 
moose, and no region, excepting perhaps the Everglades 
of Florida, was ever more secure from human intrusion, 
for large areas are utterly impassable to the hunter until 
the frost has made them solid, while the spreading hoofs 
and splay feet of the caribou and moose can traverse them 
like snowshoes. 

Moose are in their prime in September and October, 
though the State law does not permit hunting except in 
November, and that for five days only, from the sth to 
the roth. When moose are rutting the meat is rank. 
The same is true of all cervide, State laws as to close 
time might be amended on this point with advantage. 
Moose are no mean adversaries when on their mettle. 
They are wary and vicious when at bay, and hard to stall 
among the muskegs and islands of timber. “They feed 
a good deal at night, and show themselves at the margins 
of thickets near ponds and streams early in the morn- 
ings, and they will keep within the vicinity of water holes 
and running water until the forming ice becomes too 
strong for them to break. With the close of the rutting 
season, or just about the time when the law permits 
shooting, they lose their vigor and energy, and deteriorate 
in flesh, weight and general appearance. About Nov. 1 
they begin to look about for winter quarters, which are 
usually selected with reference to the abundance of 
browse, such as swamp maple, poplar, basswood, red 
willow and various species of firs, There is no birch in 
the northwest corner of Minnesota. Then they no longer 
range defiantly through the forests as in the early fall, 
browsing and scattering branches right and left in their 
rampage, but become moody and stupid, hardly recover- 
ing from the rutting campaign until the following spring. 
In this plight they become an easy prey to the hunter, and 
it is at such a time, unfortunately, that they are most 
sought for and killed. Until the very wise five years’ in- 
hibition which was made by law, the destruction was most 
wanton, one James Fullerton and others whom he guided 
having brought out from the Two Rivers country, twenty- 
eight miles east of Hallock, no less than seventy-six head 
of elk, in addition to an equal number of moose. — 

In the depth of winter a comparative novice with good 
dogs and snowshoes can readily win the reputation of 
being a famous nimrod. Yet a man must be hardy and 
tough to hunt in that high latitude with the thermometer 
freezing in the bulb as it often does. Experienced resi- 
dents who know how to clothe themselves suitably, will 
keep comfortable both in camp and on the trail when 
others not a# fait will suffer. If a person dress too heavily 
he is apt to perspire on the chase and freeze at the half. 


Warm body flannels, a cardigan jacket with a lined dog- 


skin coat over that, a fur cap or tuque to cover the 
ears, plenty of felt or duffel for the feet and a fleece-lined 
sleeping bag at night make up a proper hunting outfit 
Some make a weather mask for the face from the top of an 
old felt hat, cutting holes for the eyes and fastening it 


FOREST AND_ STREAM. 


with an elastic band to pass around the head. Alaska 
natives do this. Green glass and wire goggles are in- 
dispensable, not only to keep out frost but to prevent 
snow blindness. In bright, sunny weather it 1s a good 
plan to blacken the nose and cheeks with damp gunpowder 
50 as to modify the reflected glare from the snow. No 
one need suffer from the cold, whatever the temperature, 
unless a keen wind blows, in which event the nearest 
shelter is the only refuge. 
life out of a man in a 
temperature, : 

I remember once, twenty years ago, going out to 
the Indian village which still stands occupied just below 
the outlet of the Roseau Lake, when in company with a 
reventie official I was the guest of the evening. There 
was a mixed company, and the music and dancing was 
prolonged into the small hours. The costumes were char- 
acteristic, arid some of them elaborate, but old-time per- 
formers tripped the nude fantastic in aboriginal form. 
Two of the bucks in puris naturalibus appeared in a full 
suit of green paint. In the intervals of respite for breaths 
the pipe was passed and every one smoked. Finally, to- 
ward the close of the festivities, when appetites were 
fierce and every one exhausted, the two harlequins afore- 
said waltzed out through the ring of spectators which had 
formed around a blazing fire on the earth floor of the log 
council house and snatched a white dog from a group of 
unsuspecting curs which had been interested spectators 
of the racket, There was an apprehensive yelp, a clip on 
the head with a hatchet and in less than five minutes the 
brute wis singed.and pitched into a pot and—well, the 
feast which followed was a delight to connoisseurs in dog 
meat. 

All these matters are pleasant to remember and discuss, 
but they are likely soon to become like the afterglow of 
a sun which will no more set. Immigration will con- 
tinue to‘pour in until all wild game will become obsolete. 
Less than forty years ago, when Indian smoke signals rose 
in significant columns from the plane of the horizon, the 
wary pioneers looked alert. In their place to-day rises the 
reeking smoke of the busy steam thresher, and perchance 
the self-same redskins who were on the lay for immigrant 
wagons are tending the machines. 


That Christmas Turkey. 


Tue story of how we got our Christmas turkey in 
the winter of 1893-18904 will read something like a fairy 
tale, but I'll have to take the chances and let ’er go. 

The best of it is I had five witnesses to the truth of 
the story. The first was A. V. Diveley, of Altoona, Pa., 
an ex-district attorney of Blair county; a lawyer of con- 
siderable acumen, and a lover of good pointers and set- 
ters; is not unknown at field trials, and may be also 
credited with a whole lot of other things no man need 
be ashamed of, 

The next was F, G. Patterson, at that time president 
of the railroad then known as the Altoona, Clearfield & 
Northern R. R., a small, narrow gauge road that ran up 
the mountains to Wopsononock Heights, near Altoona, 
and that was blessed with a name almost as long as 
the road itseli. i 

The third member of our party was Joe Durrance, a 
native of that part of the country, and a man who 
knew every inch of it. He was fond of any kind of 
hunting, and he and his little bay mare were right in 
it whenever my brother’s hounds were after a fox. 

The fourth was my brother Fred, then a resident of 
Fort Meade, Fla., and our host and guide on the occa- 
/ sion when we corralled our Christmas turkey. 

Fifth and Jast was John Craig, a colored man, who 
went along with us on our camp hunt as cook, driver 
and general all-round man. John was the right man in 
the right place, and it was to him that much of the 
success and pleasure of our camping experience is to be 
attributed. 

If any one cares to figure it out, he will find that Dec. 
24, 1893, was a Sunday. The fact that both Diveley and 
Patterson had to be back in Pennsylvania by the first 
of the year must be my excuse for our starting on our 
Christmas hunt on Sunday. Our destination was some 
forty-two miles almost due east of Fort Meade, and 
we took care to pass well outside of the little town, going 
to the south of it, so as not to scandalize the neighbors. 

Our outfit consisted of a wagon drawn by two healthy 
mules; a light wagon, in the shafts of which were my 
brother's old sorrel Tom and a little bay mare owned by 
Joe Durrance. On the big wagon was our tent, while 
the little wagon had other portions of our impedimenta. 

My brother's four hounds, Solomon, Spring, Harle- 
quin and old Smiler, and my setter Uno were also of the 
party. In short, we made a pretty good showing as 
we filed along the road, my brother riding his bronco, 
Punch. Diyeley made a first rate Jehu, and held the 
lines on the little wagon the greater part of the trip. 

We were bound for Blue Jordan as our first camping 
spot, and outspanned at the Fort Meade race track for 
lunch, as it was 10:30 A. M. by the time we had been 
able to make a start. Lunch, too, was no hurried affair, 
for we had to make a fire and John had to boil the in- 
evitable coffee. The weather was so pleasant that it 
was too warm for anything but shirt sleeves during 
the day, and consequently, although we had many miles 
before us, my brother had a hard job getting us started 
again. 

Our next stopping place was about a mile beyond 
a place called Midland, the total number of houses con- 
tained in the settlement being, so far as I can remember 
limited to just one, a general store. The sun had set. 
so we stopped for supper, waiting for the full moon to 
tise, and boiling the coffee at a fire whose heat was by 
no means unpleasing now that the rays of the sun had 
Bone below ee ae 

s soon as the moon was well up above the pi 
hitched up and made for the sand hills,” secre Ms: 
sandy dunes some twelve miles across, on the far side 
of which lay the long “bay” through which ran the 
stream known as Blue Jordan. The going was very 
heavy through the sand hills, and our animals were get- 
ting tired, for they had a longish day of it already. Our 
progress was cotisequently slow enough. Slow as it 
vas, Diveley and I did not find it tedious, for the brill- 


few minutes with a sub-zero 


A. stiff blizzard will chill the ° 


iant Florida moon, the remarkable stillness of the night, 
and the dazzling white of the sand hills, covered here 
and there with scrub oak, palms and palmetto clumps, 
all made the trip full of interest. Patterson fell asleep on 
the tent, which was on the big wagon, and thus missed 
an exciting fox hunt! Spring, the lady of the pack, 
started this all by herself, getting away from us and 
picking up a hot scent in a second. How we got that 
fox is another story, for get it we did, although the hunt 
delayed us for fully half an hour. ey 

Thus it was that it was approaching midnight, and we 
were still not quite through the sand hills, when the thing 
happened which gave rise to this story, namely, the se- 
curing of our Christmas turkey. 

To explain the occurrence clearly I must hark back 
to the time when we had killed Spring’s fox. Smiler had 
been again coupled with Uno and tied to the hind axle 
of the light wagon. Solomon and Harlequin were 
coupled up and tethered to the hind axle of the big 
wagon. Spring, who, although lame in her left shoulder, 
had run the fox at a fast gait all by herself for about 
fifteen minutes, was on the big tent alongside of Joe 
Durrance, who, lying on his back, was gazing up into 


the firmament with eyes that could not have been closed . 


for long at a time, 

Diveley was driving the light wagon, and was on in 
front, with Fred on Punch riding alongside of him. J 
was driving the mule team, with Patterson on the seat 
by me, while John Craig walked beside the wagon to 
stretch his legs. We were not talking much in our part 
of the outfit, for everybody was getting pretty sleepy. 
Joe Durrance, however, had his eyes open just then, for 
all of a sudden he grasped my arm, and whispered 
hoarsely: “Stop the mules! There’s the darndest big- 
gest gobbler up in that big pine back there that I ever 
saw!” 

It didn’t take a minute to get out the guns—two of 
them, that is to say. I gave Patterson one, with turkey 
shot shells in it; I took the other gun and loaded it. 
Then we went back a little, while John held the mules. 
The pines were very scattered, so that Joe had not a bit 
of trouble in locating his tree, nor in pointing out the 
turkey to us. The bird began to get uneasy, and some- 
thing dropped on the ground. 

“Took out!” said Joe; “he’s going to fly.” ; 

But he never did, for Patterson, to whom was given 
the shot, brought him down with the first shot, and 
before that turked reached the ground Joe was on top 
of it, and if it had been alive, it couldn’t have got away, 
for Joe weighed about 200 pounds. : : 

It was a gobbler, and a beauty. How much it weighed 
I don’t know, for we had no means of weighing it; but it 
felt about 20 pounds; anyway, it lasted us well, and 
made a great Christmas dinner, or, rather, part of one, 
the next day. 

Fred and Diveley, who heard the shot, called back to 
us to know what we were shooting at. The actual pro- 
duction of the bird alone satisfied them that we were 
telling the truth; and my chief regret now is that I 
can’t produce the bird in evidence on this occasion. 

I almost forgot to mention one little incident worth 
noting, and now quote from my diary: “Looking at 
my watch, in order to note the time when we killed our 
Christmas turkey, I found it was just lacking five min- 
utes of midnight! ‘How’s that for a Christmas turkey, 
boys?’ said I. ‘Five minutes more and it will be a merry 
Christmas to everybody!’ ” 

Lest anybody may think we had got a tame turkey, let 
me add for the benefit of those who don’t know that 
part of the country that the nearest house was at Mid- 
land, fully twelve miles away. Let me also add that on 
several occasions while on that trip turkey sign was 
everywhere. Epwarp BANKS. 


The Christmas Dinner: Father 
Josef Cooked. 


BY J. H. CONNELLY. 


It was the first day of the Carnival in La Guayra. My 
friend, Luis Olona, stood with me, a little out of the 
crowd, watching the amusing antics of some “tourna- 
ment” riders, mounted on mules and donkeys, thrusting 


sticks at fixed rings as they gallowed by, and oftener 


rolling in the dust than spearing a ring. While we looked 
on he told me that in Trinidad, whence he had just re- 
turned, he had seen Gen. Falcon, who was getting up an- 
other revolution. It did not interest me. Of course, I had 
no love for El Presidente Blanco, but things were quiet 
and I did not believe disquiet would be an improvement. 
It might turn out good for Falcon, but bad for a good 
many others. Just as 1 was saying so a shower of gragea 
rattled about our heads, reminding us that our coat 
pockets were full of tiny missiles for such an emergency, 
and in a moment we were engaged in mimic battle with 
three pretty women, 

Little colored bits of candied sugar are gragea: rice 
dyed brilliant tints is gragea; stiff paper, gold, silver and 
crimson, shredded small as snowflakes, are gragea; any- 
thing, indeed, that is harmless and can be used as missiles 
at short range is gragea. The petails of roses and other 
flowers make charming gragea, but are only good at very 
short range. After a gragea battle you have the stuff in 
your hair, ears, mouth, nose and down your neck where 
it tickles and stains you all sorts of colors. The first 
day of the Carnival the gragea is fresh and clean, The 
second day the gragea peddlers have swept up their stock 
from the pavement and it is not nice. The third and last 
day, when it has again been swept up and sold, it is a 
filthy horror. _ Still, until the last, some enthusiasts go on 
battling with it, and afterward must bathe violently. 

The attack was made tpon us by a merry widow, who 
was Luis’ cousin; her sister, Carmen, and another girl. 
By the time our ammunition was exhausted I had fallen in 
love with Carmen. In Northern countries, I am told, a 
young man may take months to make up his mind whether 
he is in love with a girl, but that is not the way in the 
tropics. Here, when you see a girl, you know at once 
if you want her or not. And it is the same way with 
the girl, understanding which you will see how reason- 
able are the strict restrictions our customs throw about 


courtships—which perhaps are quite unnecessary in colder 
climates. 

Most of the courtship takes place through a heavily 
barred window which has no glass—a parlor window 
in the front of the house. The young man stands on the 
sidewalk outside while the girl sits inside, more or less 
near the bars, according to circumstances. ‘Members of 
her family are pretty certain to be in her background, a 
fact that does not inspire loquacious passion in the lover. 
Much of the time he passes in the early evenings walking 
to and fro like a caged animal before the loved one’s 
window, neither speaking nor being spoken to. That ex- 
ercise is styled “‘doing the bear.” i LP 4 

I had been “doing the bear” before Carmen nearly two 
months, when my uncle, Pepe, took me away to occupy 
a good position in his commercial House in Puerto Ca- 
bello. I was very reluctant to go, but the business oppor- 
tunity was too good to be thrown away, and Carmen had 
promised to marry me in the new year. The months of 
our separation dragged by slowly enough, for although 
we were allowed to correspond, neither Carmen nor I 
found letters altogether satisfying. From time to time 
rumors reached me that Gen. Falcon was Still busying 
himself with his revolution, and he was said to have a 
considerable number of adherents ready to declare for 
him. It did not, however, interest me. A man really in 
love does not bother his head about reyolutions. _ 

About the middle of December I obtained-from Uncle 
Pepe a leave of absence, and hastened to La Guayra. Car- 
men I found even lovelier than before, and loving as I 
would have her. Luis Olona, who was still my friend, 
told me she had been persecuted by the attentions of El 
Comandante Ruiz de Santos—the military representative 
of Blanco’s government at La Guayra—but would have 
nothing to say to him. As a philosopher, I should have 
realized that nothing was more natural than. that any 
right minded man should fall in love with Carmen, but a 
lover does not philosophize. I was furious with the 
Comandante, and for the first time began to think a revolu- 
tion might be a good thing if it would put him out of the 
way—simply as Comandante, you understand, As a man 
I would not have cared for him at all, but I did not want a 
rival who was a Comandante. And, as events proved, I 
was right about that. . 

Every evening, of course, I was at Carmen’s window 
during the early hours, and later took walks down to the 
beach, beyond the market, with my friend Luis. He told 
me confidentially that the revolution might break .out any 
day; that a signal would appear on the.mountain some 
night, and on that same night in half a dozen cities the 
uprising would take place, to the surprise and overthrow 
of the Blanco administration. But for a promise to my 
Uncle I would haye enrolled myself among the reyolu- 
tionists—since I had heard about the Comandante. 

One night it seemed to me there were an unusual num- 
ber of strollers on our line of promenade, walking singly, 
in pairs or in trios. If they talked, it was in whispers. 
They seemed to be waiting for something. Suddenly 
Luis clutched my arm and pointing to the black face of 
the mountain exclaimed, “The signal!” Three blue lights 
disposed in a triangle blazed together. While they burned, 
which was only for a few seconds, there was silence. 
Then a hundred voices cried in unison, “Muerte el 
Blanco!” ‘Viva el Falcon!” 

What happened during a little time after that was al4 
together too confused and exciting for me to understand 
at the time or clearly remember subsequently, I only 
know that a fierce conflict broke out immediately all 
about me, in which I was involved, and, from a mere 
animal impulse to retaliation, was striking because I was 
struck, knowing not why or by whom, I had no weapon, 
not even a cane, but felt satisfied with what I was doing 
until something hard and heavy descended with crashing 
force on my skull, and I knew no more until I waked in a 
stone cell alone and in darkness. 

My hair was matted with blood, and I was horribly. 
thirsty. Shaking the iron door of the cell and making 
what outcry I could, I managed to call the attention of a 
soldier, who came with a lantern, to see what I wanted, 
and then brought to me some water. 

In a few minutes he came again and demanded my 
name. When I told him it was Rafael Garcia, he ex- 
claimed, “Caramba! Then you're the fellow they are look- 
ing for everywhere,” and went away, doubtless to report. 
Presently he brought a basin of water and a towel and 
told me “Get some of that blood off your face. The 
Comandante wishes to see you.” i 

I also wished to see the Comandante or anyWody who 
could explain why I was in that place and plight, and set 
me free, since I had done nothing to deserve. imprison- 
ment. P 

Seftor de Santos received me alone. He was a big 
fellow with oily brown skin, heavy jaws and small shift 
ing black eyes, the expression of which, when I could 
catch it, did not please me. But my reception was civil 
enough. With natural impetuosity, quite excusable under 
the circumstances, I think, I demanded to. know where I 
was and why a prisoner. 

He replied very suavely, “You have been arrested as a 
revolutionist and are in the prison of the old Spanish 
harbor fort.” 

“But,” I protested, “I am not a revolutionist. I 
promised my uncle in Puerto Cabello I would have 
nothing to do with this disturbance, and I have kept my 
word. I did no shouting, and if I struck somebody it 
was simply because somebody was striking me.” 

“You were with Luis Olona, one of Falcon’s lieuten- 
ants- ; 


“That is true, for we have been friends from boyhood. 
But that he was one of Falcon’s lieutenants I did not 
know. I’m sure I was not one. Ask Luis and he will 
tell you so himself.” 

“I would if I had him, but, unfortunately, he got away. - 
No matter. I am inclined to believe you. know you 
were not mixed up with the revolutionists in» Puerto 
Cabello and have not attended their meetings here. They 
would probably have got you in a few days, but we did not 
give them time. As they were slow about giving their 
blue light signal, we made it for them when we were 
ready before they were, and have knocked their revolu- 
tion in the head”—and he laughed a grim chuckle that 
was not good to hear—“as you seem to have been also. 


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_ DEC. 22, 1900.] 


Gp a ST 


Never mind. You escape with little compared to what 
the others will get. The question now is, what to do with 
you? I cannot turn you loose. I have no authority for 
that, and I don’t want to keep an innocent man in prison 
for months awaiting trial. I think I shall let you make 
your escape. Yes, that’s it, I will tell the guard to 
allow you the freedom of the patio and not put you back 
in a cell, At a quarter past midnight get near to the big 
gate atid glide out. The sentry on guard there at that time 
will have his orders not to see you. Once outside, make 
yourself scarce as fast as you can get back to Puerto 
Cabello and keep quiet,” 

I thanked him very heartily and went back to prison 


with my guard, thinking how much better a fellow the 


Comandante was than I had imagined him, or even than 
he looked. Arid I was very glad not to be locked up in 
that cell, which was insufferably hot and filled with a 
deadly stench. I was much better off sitting on the 
cool flags with my back against a wall in a quiet corner, 
and though there were numbers of soldiers about, none 
of them gave the slightest attention to me. 

But while I sat there thinking a vehement suspicion of 
the Comandante sprang upin mymind, Hislittle malignant 
eyes, crafty smile and savage chuckle were not signs of a 
man likely to do a kindly action for justice’s sake, and, 
knowing that I stood between him and Carmen Mendez, he 
certainly would want me put out of the way. To tell the 
truth, I was very much perturbed in mind. and doubtful 
about the prudence of trying that mode of escape. If I 
could have patience to wait a few days my relatives would 
bring to bear influence enough to get me free. 

My cogitations were interrupted by a young fellow who 
greeted me cordially and sat beside me. It was Jaime de 
Santos, a younger brother of the Comandante. I had 
known him in Puerto Cabello, but only slightly, because he 
was with Madriz, Arrieta and the rest of that gang, all 
gamblers and perhaps worse, of whom my uncle had a 
hortor. 


“How do you come to be here?” I asked. 

“Becatse the particular devil who takes care to pro- 
vide my personal bad luck has betrayed me into the hands 
of my brother, the Comandante.” 

“What!’ I cried. “Are you too suspected of being a 
revolutionist ?” 

“Worse than that by far. The last time I went to 
Curacao I inadvertently took with me forty of his dearly 
beloved gold ouzas. He, I knew very well, had plenty 
more, while I really needed them for a stake. If he had 
been a good brother he would have said, “Poor Jaime 
needs them. Poor Jaime is welcome to them.’ Not be- 
ing a good brother, he said instead, ‘I will give Jaime 
the devil if I ever get hold of him,’ and in such matters 
Ruiz keeps his word. He will put me in one of the lower 
dungeon cellars where the water comes in and keep me 
there until I rot—if the rats don’t eat me first—unless my 
friends among them refund his forty onzas, which I 
know the crowd too well to expect.” 

An inspiration of the moment prompted me to say, “You 
can be free within half an hour if-you wish.” 

‘Tt is a bad joke,” he replied. 

“Tt is not a joke. My arrest has bern a mistake, for I 
have novhing to do with this revolution, but, not wishing 
to admit that by publicly setting me free, the Comandante 
has agreed to connive at my escape to-night on condition 
that I get away from La Guayra as quickly as possible.” 

] aGeamias How I would like to accept that condi- 
tion |” 

“Very well, you may take my place,” 

“You cannot mean it. What would you do?” 

“Wait tor my relatives to get me out and remain in 
La Guayra so long as suits me.” 

“You are bold; I am prudent. If you are not going to. 
take the chance I will be very glad to do so. What am 
I to do?” 

“Fifteen mintites after the guard is changed at mid- 
night simply slip out past the sentry at the gate, who will 
have orders not to see an escaping prisoner at that time. 
Oncé outside, fly if you can.” - . 

“It is simple. And see, they are shifting the guard 
now. Only fifteen minutes to wait.’ _ 

The sentries were changed with a slatternly sort of 
approximation to military form, and the men who came 
off duty either threw themselves on their hammocks in 
the guard room or sat down against the wall outside and 
slept. Those who went on guard leaned their guns against 
the wall, yawned and lighted cigars. ~ 

Jaime arose and glided along the further wall of the 
patio toward the gate. No one seemed to observe him. 
The sentry in the gate conveniently turned his back and 
Jaime slipped out. The trick was done. I just got one 
vanishing glimpse of him in the gate light taking to his 
heels. Then, almost immediately, two rifle shots, so close 
together as almost to sound like one, rang out from the 
street in the direction he had disappeared. 

Instantly there was wild commotion among the guard. 
Walf-dressed soldiers springing up half asleep and riush- 
ing otit.of the gate, some of them with their guns and 
othets without. Sentries left their posts without hesi- 
tancy, nobody looking behind him. 

I did not lose a second in throwing upon me a soldier’s 
jacket, picking up the rifle on which it had been hung 
against the wall and pushing my way out unnoticed in the 
confusion. Hardly twenty paces from the gate we came 
to the body of Jaime de Santos, face upward in the gut- 
ter, its breast torn open by two bullets that went through 
from the back at close range. I understood what the 
Comandante had arranged for me. The soldiers knew 
neither Jaime nor me. A flying man was all they recog- 
nized—their duty simply to make him a cotpse. 

“But the fellow was to be let escape,” said one, inno- 
cently. 


“What a sad mistake,” exclaimed another in a tone of 
mock lamentation, and all grinned. . 

IT slipped out of the crowd down a dark little side street, 
threw away the jacket but kept the loaded rifle, and made 
my way swiftly to Carmen’s window. 

The dear girl was sitting behind the bars weeping. 
Luis had stopped long enough in his flight to tell her of 
the fiasco and say he feared I had been caught. At sight 
of me her grief quickly changed to joy, but she had 
sufficient self-contro] to refrain from outcry, which is 
almost more than could reasonably be expected of a girl, 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


“Alas!’’ I said, “I may remain bitt a moment. They 
are doubtless pursuing me, and I must get up on the 
mountain before daybreak.” ; 

“Wait here a minute,” she replied, and vanished, 

She said “a minute,” but it was fully five minutes, and 
seemed to me five hours that I waited, imagining the 
soldiers just coming around the corner every second. 
Then the big house door softly opened, and, to my amaze- 
ment, Carmen stepped into the street, carrying a heavy 
bag of something in her arms, 

“What does this mean?” I asked. 

“That I am going to the mountain with you,” she re- 
plied firmly, “Take this bag and give me the gun; I can 
carry it better.” 

‘What is in the bagr” 

“Bread, a small cheese, some cold meat and.some eggs 
that I hope will not be smashed before we find some way 
of cooking them.” 

Ah! surely there never was another girl so brave, lov- 
ing, and practical as my Carmen, 

For a couple of hours or more we toiled up the infernal 
path by which the Indian mail carriers traveled in those 
days, straight up or down the mountain's face, between 
La Guayra and Caracas. People called it a path, but it 
wasn’t any more than a parallel of latitude is a highway. 
For myself I didn’t mind it, but it was very hard on Car- 
men, Here and there were rock ledges like gigantic stairs, 
each step 5 or 6 feet high, to be climbed. Sometimes we 
had to edge along precipices, the abysses below which, had 
-the moon given light enough for us to look down into 
them, would have turned us dizzy. Once it was neces- 
sary to swing across a ravine by a vine pendent from a 
tree. Ah! it was a nightmare journey, but just when we 
felt ourselves exhausted we found the little family of 
Indians I had hoped to come across, who were known to 
have haunted one little plateau half way up the mountain 
for at least two generations past. They sold pretty trifles 
and rendered small services to travelers by the mule road, 
which there touched the mail route, but had few patrons 
now, most persons preferring to go by the longer but more 
comfortable diligence road, which ran almost where the 
railroad has since been built. The only white person 
they had seen in two weeks, they said, was Father Josef, 
who went by on his mule, riding up to Caracas, four days 
before, and whose return they now expected at any mo- 
ment. 


“Hide us in a place of safety as easily reached as pos- 
sible,” I told them, “and then be stire to catch Father 
Josef as he comes down. Tell him. that Rafael Garcia has 
imperative need of him, and bring him to me.” 

Within half an hour we were in what we felt to be 
absolute security, and there, completely worn out, Carmen 
‘went to sleep sitting up against one tree, and I slept 
propped up by another a rod away from her. 

So the genial old priest found us and waked us by his 
hearty “Well, well! Did-I ever see a spectacle the like 
of this?” Taking my hand and glancing roguishly at the 
blushing girl, he continued jocosely,“Upon my soul, when 
a young man with as pretty a girl to keep him company 
as you have has ‘imperative need’ of the society of a 
priest also, it is surely a mighty high compliment to the 
priest.” 

“Tt is because Carmen is with me that I wanted you, 
father,” I replied seriously. 

“Don’t I know it? Good children that you are,” he 
answered, “and willing and happy Tl be—even before 
asking how I come to find you here—to make you man 
and wife, for well I know the consent of your parents, 
Carmen Mendez, and I'll take Rafael’s word for it there’s 
no opposition on his side.” 

I hastened to asstire him of the entire approbation of 
everybody on my side who had a right to form an 
opinion. 

The prescribed ditties having been complied with, some 
excellent fatherly advice given to each of us, and the 
simple ceremony pronounced that climaxed my happiness, 
Father Josef said, cheerily: ] ' 

““The better the day, the better the deed.’ but what 
better deed could there be than the joining of two inno- 
cent, loving hearts on Christmas Day?” 

“Christmas Day!’’ Carmen and I ejaculated together. 
So it was, and neither of us had remembered it until that 
moment. 


“Don’t you know it, ye heathen?” demanded the priest 
in pretended horror. 

“T knew yesterday,” answered Carmen, “but if your 
heart had been almost broken and you were forced to run 
away from home at midnight iv 

“Leaving the house door wide open, I’ll be bound.” 

“Tndeed I didn’t. I locked it and dropped the key inside 
through the window.” 

“Do you mind that now, Rafael? What a thoughtful 
wife you have. Oh, man, if she takes it into her head to 
play tricks on you, youll be as a thread on her 
fingers.” 

“And I also knew to-day would be Christmas,” I said, 
not caring to reply to his banter, “but evading assassina- 
tion, escaping from prison and fleeing with the girl of my 
heart to the mountain, all in one night, knocked the calen- 
dar temporarily out of my head.” 

“And small wonder if-it did. Now you'll observe I 
haven’t asked you a question, but if you don’t fully satisfy 
the burning curiosity you’ve stirred up, it’ll go hard with 
you. Go on now.” 

I told him the whole story just as I have told you 
here, and he listened without a word until I was done. 
Then his lips moved a few moments, as if in silent 
prayer, and sighing, he said: 

“May God be merciful to the poor young gambler and 
thief cut off in his sins without a moment for repentance; 
but I can’t see that you are to blame, my son. It was his 


own brother who killed him, and he was bound to come 
to a bad end some time, as all the family are, I fear. I. 


know them well. But—— There now, that’s enough for 
the likes of them. What are we going to have for a 
Christmas dinner worthy of the day?” 

Carmen rather ruefully displayed our simple provisions, 
but the priest shook his head and passed judgment kindly, 
“Too good for a fast day and’good enotgh for any other 
day in the year for a hungry man, but not the thing at all 
for Christmas. We must do better than that, We must 
cook a dinner,” 


487 


“Cook a dinner!” cried Carmen. ‘With nothing to 
cook and nothing to cook with?” ; 

“Hut tut, my child,” he laughed, “I wasn't for ten 
years a missionary among the Indians without learning 
something. Stand by a while and witness some of the 
miracles of the Church. You, Rafael, the first thing you 
do, build a big fire, and when it’s well started, lay in it 
half a dozen stones the size of your two fists to get red 
hot. I must have something that Indian has got for me.” 

Putting one hand to the side of his mouth he imitated 
to perfection the call of the guacamayo, or macaw, and 
repeated it with a slightly different intonation. - Evidently 
the Indians understood the signal, for in a few minutes 
the head of their family trotted into view carrying some- 
thing which, as he came nearer, was seen to be a fine 
large freshly killed iguana. 

“Tt will not be good roasted in the ashes,” said Carmen. 

“You are right, and pleased I am to see Rafael has 
so wise a little housewife, but that’s not the way I'll cook 
it. I shall make a stew as good as you ever ate.” 

“A stew! Without any pot?’ 

“The earth is full of pots, as I'll prove to you directly.” 

The Indian, in obedience to some instructions in his own 
language, went away, and was gone for some time, Mean- 
while Carmen cleaned and cut up the iguana while Father 
Josef with his hands and large hunting knife scooped a 
hole in the ground, deep, round, smooth and solidly 
packed sides and bottom. I had enough to do getting 
wood for my big fire and keeping it tip. When the Indian 
returned he brought a big ball of clay from under some 
stream, which he had worked with water until it was like 
moderately soft dough. With this Father Josef lined the 
hole in the ground half or three-quarters of an inch thick. 
Then, handling the now red hot stones with surprisin 
deftness. by means of two loops of a tough vine, he laid 
them gently in the pot and over its mouth, to keep in the 
heat, spread some leafy branches and his poncho. 

His mule he had left with the Indians, but his saddle 
bags he carefully carried along, and at this juncture 
brought forth from their capacious depths treasures— 
garlic, red peppers, salt and three bottles of Spanish red 
wine. “The luxuries of life—bread and meat—,” he re- 
marked, ‘one can get everywhere, but the necessaries— 
these—the prudent man carries with him. I’m seldom 
five miles from home without them.. Now we'll begin to 
get on with the dinner.” And he bossed the job. 

With his hunting knife Carmen chopped fine a portion 
of our cold meat, mixed it with eggs and bread crumbs, 
flavored the mass with garlic, minced peppers, salt and 
red wine, and finally wrapped and bound small portions in 
forest leaves with slender hits of vine he brought to her. 
“They're not so good as plantain leaves, of course,” he 
said, “but on a pinch they'll do very well. There’s no 
harm in them, but among leayes you must be careful.” 
The little bundles so made were one sort of ‘liake,’ a 
favorite entrée with us.’ 

By this time Father Josef jiidged his pot should be 
baked, and, upon taking out the stones, found that it was 
sufficiently. In it he put the chunks of iguana, a proper 
allowance of salt, garlic, red peppers, the liake. and cov- 
ered all deeply with water I brought in his saddle bags 
from a nearby stream. Then he laid in a number of red 
hot stones, setting the water to boiling almost instantly. 
“If yow are suire your eggs are good, we might as well 
boil them at the same time,’ he stiggested, and they too 
were put in after he had squinted through each at the 
sun. Then the pot was covered tightly and left to seethe.. 
After half an hour—by guess—the eggs and stones were 
fished out and more hot stones put in. In half an hour 
more the cooking was done. Then, when the second lot 
of stones had been removed, a half-botile of the wine was 
stirred in and a quarter of an hour more allowed to com- 
plete the blending of this finishing flavor with the other 
ingredients of the stew. _ 

Ah! how good iguana is when cooked rightly. Be gen- 
erous with your wine, liberal with the red peppers, judi- 
cious with the salt and prudent, excessively prudent, with 
the garlic. Then you will have a dish worthy of the 
gods. I have eaten much green turtle and partaken of 
the much boasted terrapin—even in Baltimore—but neither 
deserves to be compared with that glorious big lizard, the 
iguana. And our appetites that day enhanced our appre- 
ciation of it. 


We sat around the pot and dipped from it with utensils 
the priest had fashioned with marvelous dexterity from 
branches, pieces of bark and strong leaves. Of his ma- 
king too and like materials were what did duty as our 
forks, spoons and plates. Carmen’s liake were delicious. 

Vhen we could eat no more, our Christmas dinner 
ended with wine and cigarettes, of which I, fortunately, 
had a good supply. 

Father Josef, settling himself comfortably against a 
tree, heaved a sigh of plethoric content and moralized, 
“Few ate the conditions of life and few the places in 
the world—except in the spots cursed by human selfish- 
ness and cruelty—where God's goodness has not made 
bounteous provision for those of his children who know 
how to seek and find it, Learn to look rightly about you, 
my children, and you will see nature everywhere ex- 
emplifying the lesson of this day—God’s good will to 
man. 


* * * * x * Seer 

It would hardly be worth while to tell how I finally got 
out of my difficulty, did it not involve what has always 
seemed to me an awtully dramatic execution of divine 
justice, and may be told in a few words: The Coman- 
dante, in either real rage at his brother’s murder or pre- 
tended anger, assumed to hide his own criminality, at- 
tempted to shoot with his revolyer the two soldiers who 
obeyed his orders. But the pistol would not work, and 
before he could make it do so one of the men shot him 
through the heart. The act was clearly one of self- 
defense, and nothing was done to the man. Within a 
week [ retttrned to La Guayra, received a cordial welcome 
from my wife’s relatives. who were already apprised of 
our marriage, and without molestation went back to 
Puetto Cabello with my wite. 

We have had a good many excellent Christmas dinners 
since, but never one that has seemed to us go joyotis as 
that prepared by Father Josef on the mountain. i 


488 


Old Hogarth. 


“Terz, you somethin’ ‘bout myself?” Old Hogarth 
drawled, in answer to my request. “Reck'n they aint 
much what y'might call edefyin’ wuth tellin’ bout. Jest 
wait till I git this blame pipe a-goin ; its wind pipe’s out 
o’ kilter ag’in, an’ I'll try t' think o’ somethin’.” | 

It was a glorious night—the kind of a night that 
makes you forget all the disagreeable ones that have gone 
before: the kind that you like to talk about when you get 
back to civilization and tell “the boys” what a good time 
you have had, and the kind you think about while grinding 
away at your desk down town, when, for a moment, you 
pause and let your thoughts wander away from the cease- 
less worries of money getting, and the black rows of fig— 
ures in which the worshipers of Mammon write the 
never ending history of their lives of care and toil and 
slavery. ’ . 

How often the scene comes back to me. I tilt my chair 
back with my pen between my teeth in lieu of the beloved 
briar, and the picture passes like a swift fleeting thought 
before my mind’s eye, and leaves a restful feeling behind 
in the passing. , 

The aca ite the hunter’s never failing friend and 
comforter, blazing merrily, where, amid the glowing em- 
bers, your fancy paints wonderful pictures. Not the pic- 
tures you see in your fireplace at home. That fireplace is 
merely an imitation, a fast fading relic of other days long 
since past, when men dwelt in close communion with na- 
ture and were happy. There is no fire in the world like 
acamp-fire. It is so much more sociable and has so much 
more character and individuality about it than the close 
confined, puny grate fire of the modern home. (Is there 
anything more shoddy, more deserving of contempt than 
one of these 10 by 12 holes in the'wall with its accom- 
panying gas log?) It has the freedom from restraint, the 
magic touch, that belongs to nature, in her wild, un- 
trammeled state, and to her alone. j ; 

This particular camp-fire of which I write was an ideal 
camp-fire. Without the circle of its cheerful glow the 
woods showed vast and “dark as the shades of Erebus” 
by contrast. From out the encircling darkness came 
those wonted, mysterious night sounds of a big forest— 
the faint rustle and scurrying of some small animal, or the 
snapping of a twig, betraying the presence of some heavier 
prowler of the night, and causing one to glance half- 
curious, half-expectant in the direction of the sound, and 
then deep silence again, save for the whispering and 
soughing of the wind in the tall trees towering above us 
as it softly breathed in the ear the saddest and yet most 
soothing music in all the world, the music of the pines. 

Far above the pines the man in the moon was doing his 
best to find out what was happening down here in the 
darkness he could not penetrate. Here and there a soft 
shimmering ray of light stole down through the thick 
foliase overhead, as though half-afraid, and after lighting 
up some portion of the deep gloom for a brief moment, 
suddenly vanished, like the puffing out of a candle’s light. 
Nearby, between the intervening trees, we could catch 
a glimpse of the beautiful lake, calm as the night, with- 
out a ripple on its surface. on whose quiet bosom the 
moonlight slumbered peacefully, and from somewhere 
across the lake came a far distant mournful sound, the 
yoice of a dog baying at the moon, 

The cloud of smoke encircling Hogarth’s head an- 
nounced that the pipe was in working order again, and 
that our “guide and philosopher” of the woods was ready 
to begin his story, so we made otirselves comfortable and 
prepared to listen. . 

“As I was jest sayin’,’ he began in the slow, easy 
drawl ihat seemed to fit in so well with all our surround- 
ings, “I reck’n they ain't much wuth tellin’ “bout when it 
comes t’ my doin’s. They’s bin no end o’ cur’ous things 
happined t'me, off'n on, sence I was a kid back in Ver- 
mount. Y’know I was raised back thar, but it’s nigh on ¢’ 
forty years sence I left the folks an’ come out West 
a-seekin’ my fortune, 

“They was a hull passel of us kids t? hum, an’ it kept 
the old man hustlin’ t find grub fer the lot, so when I 
goh t be ’bout sixteen or thar’bouts, I sez t’ myself one 
day: ‘What's the use foolin’ ’round these yere parts 
when they’s a heap o room fer a feller out West whar 
they’s somethin’ doin’? Guess I’ll light out fer the West,’ 
sez I, so [ lit. 

“Reck’n the old man warn’t sorry much t’ see me go, 
‘cause he had more’n his hands full with the rest the 
family, they bein’ mostly gals. Waal, I jest drifted ‘long 
an’ drifted “long, onsettled like, waitin’ fer somethin’ ? 
turn up. I warn’t much fer size in them days. I ain’t 
zactly what y’might call enormous now, but I warn’t 
more’n skin an’ bones then. How-some-ever, I made up 
in grit an’ sass what I was shy on size, an’ so I got on 
fair t middlin’, 

“This part the kentry warn’t much settled in them 
days. They was nuthin’ but loggers an’ Injuns ’round 
an’ critters o’ one kind an’ another. Gosh, but the deer 
was thick, ’speshully ’round the lake here. I struck a 
job with a loggin’ crew, an’ come up north t’ Green Bay. 
I liked the job from the start off. I liked the woods, an’ I 
liked the excitin’ times. You didn’t have t’ hunt far fer 
trouble, I kin tell you. ’Twas jest naterly hangin’ ‘round 
loose waitin’ t be stirred up. ‘ 

: “The men were purty rough, but when I got used to 
em I liked em well nuff. Bartin’ ther’ cussin’, what was 
somethin’ ’stonishin’, they done it so easy like they warn’t 
haff bad.’ *TIwas jest as well t’ keep out the’r way when 
they got on a big drunk, which same they done onct a 
year, reg’lar, in the spring. Men do foolish things, most- 
ly, the hull time, but gittin’ drunk an’ raisin’ the devil 
gener'ly, an’ blowin in all yer hard earned money in one 
spree, is ‘bout the derndest foolishest bizness they does 
seems t me. They ain't no arthly sense in it nohow. 

“Seein’ *s I didn’t git drunk, I saved up quite a bit o’ 
money them days, an’ ’s J kept likin’ the woods more’n 
more, arter a bit I give up loggin’ entire, an’ took # hunt- 
in’ an trappin’, an’ I made a right smart sum o’ money 
at the bitsiness, an’ was tol’ably happy. I sorter liked it 
‘round Noquebay here, an’ I built me a shanty, tight whar 
re ivy now, an’ watn’t askin’ no odds o’ nobody, 

Sth 

“Waal, one day “long in the summer I thought Yd go 

down Peshtigo fee some supplies, Peshtigo a ony & 


FOREST AND »rREAM. _ 


big loggin’ camp then, an’ they was no railroad thar. 
Folks was beginnin’ t’ drift in thar gradual, an’ they was 
buildin’ a saw mill, an’ they was a few wimmin thar, too, 
makin’ trouble ’mong the men folks the way they allers 
does. I hadn’t thought none ’bout gittin’ married, ‘cause 
wimmin was somethin’ I didn’t take much stock in.- I 
-warn’t onto the’r ways, an’ barrin’ my mother an’ the 
gals t? hum, I’d never had no dealin’s with ’em, nohow, an’ 
warn’t lookin’ fer none. An’ so the day I went t’ Peshtigo 
wimmin was the last thing I was a-thinkin’ "bout. It jest 
goes t? show a man never knows what's goin’ t’ happin 
when they’s any of “em ‘round. 

“Bout haff a mile this side o’ Peshtigo as I was walk- 
in’ ‘long thinkin’ *bout nuthin’ in partic’lar, ‘cept how 
purty the woods was, all to onct I got the doggondest 
s'prise I ever had in my hull life. I heard the most awful 
screeches comin’ from the bushes to the right o’ me. 
Skeered? Waal, that. don’t begin t’ tell it. It didnt 
sound like no critter. Sounded some like a painter, but 
I knowed ’twan’t no sech beast. I never thought “bout it 
bein’ a woman till I heerd a cry of, ‘Help! Help!’ an’ that 
sorter brung me t’ my senses, an’ I sailed in t find out 
what was up. 


“T ’most run plum into her afore I seed her. She was 
runnin’ fer dear life right toward me, an’ behind her, not 
more’n 40 feet away, was a whoppin’ big she b’ar, mad as 
blazes, an’ with blood in her eye, chargin’ arter the gal 
an’ gainin’ at every jump. ’Twould have bin all up with 
that gal in no time ef I hadn’t happined “long jest then. 
All to onct she stubbed her toe an’ fell flat. She landed 
*most at my feet, an’ lay thar on the ground, moanin’. 

“T didn’t wait t’ say good mornin’ t that b’ar or ask ef 
she was willin’, but I up with my rifle an’ let her have it 
squar’ in front, My rifle warn’t no repeater, an’ it was 
that shot or none. The b’ar rolled over all in a heap, an’ I 
jumped for’ard t’ finish the business, when she riz up an’ 
come wobblin’ right toward the gal. I jest had time t’ git 
in front the gal as the b’ar come in reach,-an’ I seed ’twas 
a fight to a finish. 

“The old she deyil was hurt bad, but she had nuff 
strength left t’ put up a derned ugly fight. which same 
she set “bout a-doin’, I clubbed my rifle an’ made a 
swipe at ’er. When it come t swipin’ I warn’t nowhar. 
"cause she made a swipe at the same minit, an’ my gun 
went sailin’ away in the bushes. Then I drawed my 
knife, an’ we stood lookin’ straight in each other's eyes fer 
most a hull minit afore anythin’ was did, an’ then she 
made a rush fer me. 

“They was no other way out the muddle, so I closed 
with the critter an’ druy the knife up to the hilt in “er 
side. I had ’er by the throat, an’ that bothered “er some 
‘cause she couldn’t do much with ’er teeth, but the way 
she could use them claws o’ hern was wuth considerin’, 
b’gosh. She tore my shirt off in one yank, likewise a con- 
sid’able part o’ my hide “long with it. 

“My right arm was free, an’ I let ’er have the knife 


a-plenty ’s well ’s I could. But I couldn’t strike the right 


spot, an’ I begun t’ think ’twarn’t no use, an’ that my 
huntin’ days was "bout t? come to a sudden end. ‘Twas 
some comfortin’ * know the b’ar wouldn’t last no 
longer-’n me, an’ I was glad I’d saved the gal. 

“An’ then somethin’ happined. The b’ar was squeezin’ 
the very stuffin’s out o’ me, an’ my breath was jest ‘bout 
gone, when all to onct somebody grabbed the knife out 
my hand, an’ I sorter felt °em send it home to the spot I’d 
bin tryin’ fer—the b’ar’s heart. The b’ar shook all over 
an’ then her grip slacked up an’ she sunk t’ the ground 
all in a heap. 

“T broke loose an’ staggered back out the way. Then I 
tunred ‘round, an’ what do y’ think? Thar stood that gal 
with the bloody knife in ’er hand, an’ then I knowed ’twas 
her what finished the she b’ar an’ saved my life. An’ then 
things got kind o’ mixed up, an’ begun sailin’ ’round an’ 
round, an’ the next thing I knowed I was lyin’ on the 
ground with my head in the gal’s lap an’ me not knowin’ 
how on arth it got thar. She was white as a ghost, an’ 
cryin’ to herself, an’ at the same time fixin’ my torn hide 
*s well as she could. She’d tore her petticoat in strips an’ 
made bandages of ’em, an’ was tryin’ to tie me up. When 
she seed I’d come to, she told me t’ Jay whar I was an’ 
she’d be back in a jiffy, an’ with that she bent over an’ 
kissed me squar’ on the mouth, an’ then fixed me com- 
fo’table on the ground an’ run away like a deer. 

“That kiss done the business. “Twas the fust time I’d 
ever had sech a thing did f me in my hull life, an’ I 
jest layed thar thinkin’ “bout it an’ wonderin’. I forgot 
my hurts an’ the b’ar an’ every dern thing. I jest felt 
onreas nable happy, though I didn’t know fer what. 

“Bimeby she come back. It didn’t seem no time ’t all 
afore she was thar a-bendin’ over me. 

““How you feelin’?’ sez she, an’ her voice sounded 
mighty moosical, an’ she was a dern fine lookin’ gal. 

““Pm feelin’ like havin’ another one o’ them,’ sez I, 
seein’ as she didn’t seem likely t’ do it again without bein’ 
asked. 

““One 0’ what?’ sez she. 

“You know,’ sez I. ‘It’s one o’ what you give me when 
you ran away jest now,’ sez I. 

“You mustn’t talk,’ sez she, turnin’ red as a winter- 
green berry. ‘I hear the wag’n comin. Do you s’pose you 
kin stand up?’ : 

““Ef I had another one o’ them I could,’ sez I, but she 
only laffed. 

““Wait till we get out the wood,’ sez she, an’ then her 
dad an’ some more men come an’ carried me to the wag’n 
they'd fetched ‘long, an’ then they druv me t’ Peshtigo, an’ 
the gal’s dad made ’em take me t’ his hum, 

_ “She come in t’ see ef I was gittin’ on all right that 
night jest afore turnin’ in time, an’ I had a leetle talk 
with ’er. She said her name was Mary, an’ they hadn’t 
bin in Peshtigo long, her dad hayin’ started a store thar 
two or three months afore. She'd gone out that mornin’ 
arter blackberries, an’ had run on to the old she b’ar. 
The b’ar had a couple o’ cubs ‘long, an’ was mad, an’ so 
took arter Mary, 

“Waal, I saw a hull lot o’ Mary the next few days, an’ 
I got so I wanted t’ see “er the hull time. One day I 
sez t' her: ‘Mary,’ sez I, ‘how "bout that thar other one 
you was goin’ t’ give me?” 

“Wait till you git better,’ sez she, an’ arter-that I 
didn’t see 66 much 0° Mary. i . 

"s I got so J cbuld git ‘round some, I begun 


[Dec. 22, 1900. 


courtin’ Mary fer all I was wuth, but I warn’t much good 
at that business. She wouldn’t have nuthin’ t’ do with 
me, nohow, *cept t’ boss me ’round, an’ the way she bossed 
me was somethin’ awful. ee. 

“T? make it wusser, I warn’t the only one what was 
arter Mary. They was a couple o’ men what wanted t’ 
git “er as much as me. One of ’em was a big, strappin’ 
feller named Bill White, an’ the t’other was a sneakin’, 
onery cuss named Peshtigo Sam. Guess he had a tail to 
his name, but I never heerd what ’twas, an’ ’twarn’t wuth 
wastin’ time t’ find out. 

“Bill was on the squar’ entire, an’ me ’n’ him was 
what y’ call rivals, ’cause we'd bin friends onct, but when 
Mary come atween us we jest naterly called everythin’ off 
so far’s bein’ friends was consarned, till Mary hitched onto 
one or t’other of us. But they warn’t no underhand busi- 
ness "bout tts. We was fair an’ squat’, jest the way two 
men orter be. 

“Peshtigo Sam was difrunt consid’able. He purtended 
t’ be friends t’ me an’ Bill, an’ all the time he was lyin’ t’ 
Mary *bout us. He sartenly was a low down cuss, an’ no 
mistake. 


“One day Bill got ahead o’ me, an’ went berryin’ with 
Mary. I passed ’em as I was goin’ over t’ her house, hav- 
in’ some sort of a noshun I’d do somethin’ o’ that nater 
myself. I warn’t livin’ at Marty's house then. J was 
hangin’ out at one o’ the loggin’ camps while my courtin’ 
was on, Waal, Bill he strutted past me like a pa’tridge 
drummin’ on a log, an’ looked down at me, he béin’ con- 
sid’able bigger’n me, an’ sort o’ laffed ’s ef he was dern 
smart. Mary, she turned kind o’ red an’ jest- barely 
nodded t’ me. 

“Naterly I was riled when I seed how things was, an’ I 
sa’ntered over t’ the store an’ limbered up my feelin’s with 
a leettle tanglefoot. Bimeby Peshtigo Sam come in fer 
the same purpose. 

**Seed Bill to-day?’ sez he, eyein’ me sideways. 

““None o’ your dern business,’ sez I, not feelin’ like 
talkin’, spite o’ the redeye I’d drunk. 

““He’s gone berryin’ with Mary,’ sez he, snickerin’. 

“*S’p’osin’ he has,’ sez I, ‘’Tain’t none o’ your busi- 
ness ef he has. You jest shet yer mouth an’ don’t talk so 
much.’ sez I. 

““Free kentry,’ sez he. ‘Ill talk all I dum wantter. I 
was goin’ t’ tell yer somethin’ fer yer own good, sez he, 
‘but course ef you git so dern insultin’ I won’t. Ef you 
git into trouble, though, y’ kin blame yerself fer it.’ 

“*Talk sense, sez I. ‘How kin I git in trouble?’ 

“Bill White's layin’ fer you,’ sez he in a whisper. ‘He'll 
do fer you sttre one o’ these days. I heerd him say so.’ 

“*You're lyin’, sez I. 

“*Am I, though?’ sez he. ‘Waal, when you git a chunk 
o lead in yer gizzard don’t fergit I warned you.’ An’ he 
sa’ntered out the store, an’ I didn’t think no more “bout 
his warnin’. 

“The next day I druy over t my place t see how things 
was gittin’ on. On my way back, ’bout two miles this 
side o Peshtigo, as I was settin’ hunched over on the 
wag’n seat thinkin’ 0’ Mary, all to onct somethin’ hit 
my hat an’ knocked it plum off my head, an’ the same 
minit I heerd a rifle shot. I jumped down, not knowin’ 
what t’ make of it, an’ yelled at the top o’ my voice fer 
whoever ‘twas what was doin’ sech reckless shootin’ t’ 
look a leettle out or they’d be trouble. Not hearin’ or 
seein’ nuthin,’ I thought ’twas mebbe a spent ball, though 
the shot sounded near. I climbed back into the wag’n an’ 
druv on. Course I got t thinkin’ bout it, an’ course all 
to onct I thought ’bout what Peshtigo Sam said consarnin’ 
Bill’s goin’ t do fer me. The more I thought ’bout it the 
madder I got, an’ by the time I reached Peshtigo I was 
fightin’ mad. I put the horsés up an’ went straight t’ the 
saw mill whar Bill worked. They told me thar he’d gone 
huntin’, an’ then I was plum sure *twas kim what shot at 
me and come near doin’ fer me. 

“T waited fer him on the road he gener’ly took when 
he went huntin’, an’ *bout dusk he come whistlin’ “long. 

“““Hold on, Bill, sez I, steppin’ out in front 0’ him. ‘TI 
wantter say somethin’ t’ you. ) 

“He stopped short an’ looked s’prised an’ kind o’ mad, 

“Waal, spit *er out,’ sez he, ‘an’ be quick *bout it. I’m 
in a hurry. [Um goin’ t make a call to-night,’ sez he, 
grinnin’, ‘ 

““T wantter say,’ sez I, ‘I never thought you'd be sech 
a dern sneak as t’ shoot at a man behind his back.’ 

“What y’ talkin’ *bout?’ sez he. “What the blazes be 
you a-talkin’ *bout, anyhow? Ef ’twarn’t fer your havin’ 
bin sick I'd give you a dern good lickin,’ sez he. 

““"Mebbe so an’ mebbe not,’ sez I, ‘only I could have 
you ruin out o’ camp fer doin’ sech a low down onery trick. 
Ef it had bin Peshtigo Sam I wouldn’t be so s’prised,’ sez 
I, ‘but I thought you was difrunt.’ ‘ 

““See here,’ sez he, ‘I thought you was only bluffin’. 
What you drivin’ at anyhow? Do y mean t’ say I tried t’ 
shoot you?’ 

“Vou tried that hard,’ sez I, takin’ off my hat an’ 
pointin’ at the holes in it whar the ball went through. 

“*T don’t know what y’ mean,’ sez he, ‘but I do know 
youre a liar ef y say I shot at you. I can’t lick you 
7cause you've bin sick, but I don’t want t have nuthin’ 
more t say to you,’ an’ he started away mad as a hornet. 

“*Good reasn why, I shouted arter him, ‘But don’t 
try on no more shootin’, cause two kin play at that game,’ 
sez I. 

“Per the next few days things got wusser an’ wttSser. 
an’ they was trouble in the air fer somebody. One night 
not long arter that when the moon was shinin’ so bright 
you wouldn’t know ef ’twas day or night ef you was t’ 
wake up stidden like, I was comin’ home from Mary’s 
when who sh’d I meet up with but Bill. I'd got ahead o’ 
him that night, an’ was feelin’ some smart. I was goin’ 
t’ santer by him the way Sooner does when he runs onto 
a porcupine in the woods, when Bill he stopped squar’ in 
front o me. 

“*See here, sez he, ‘I bin thinkin’ bout what you said 
t’ me “bout shootin’ at you, an’ I’m cur’ous t’ know what 
in thunderation y’ meant. We was purty good frjends 
onct, an’ you orter know me well nuff t’ know sech doin’s 
ain’t in my line. What made you think ‘twas me done 
the shootin’ ?’ ; 

« Wraal.’ oe LOSI f iso er bali ee do aa a 
low-down trick, nohow, an’ I wouldn’t thought “tw3s yo 
ef you hadn’t Saat you was goin’ t' do fer. ne fae ‘a 


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oe never said no sech thing,’ sez he. 
1a. 

“And then I told him ‘bout Peshtigo Sam, an’ we sot 
down an’ figured things ott, an’ come t’ the concloosion 
Peshtigo Sam done the shootin’ hisself, an’ was a wusser 
ege’n wed thought he was, an’ no mote use in that camp 
than a rattlesnake’s be, an’ the sooner he was out of it 
ihe better it'd be fer all parties consarned. So we went 
down t’ his hang-out an’ routed him out o’ bed. 

“We didn’t waste no words with him, an’ we didn’t 
take no evidence, as the lawyers say. We ‘lowed him till 
daylight t’ git out, an’ the next mornin’ ef *twarn’t fer 
the gen’ral feelin’ o’ relief, you'd never a-knowed they'd 
ever bin sech a varmit as Peshtigo Sam on ’arth. 

“When Peshtigo Sam was out the way an’ the hull 
business settled, Bill sez t me: ‘It’s plum foolish fer a 
couple o’ good friends like me ’n’ you onct was t let a 
woman come a-tween us,’ sez he. “Now I move we put 
the queschin plain t’ Mary. an’ make her choose one or 
the tother of us. We'll shake t’ see who gits the first 


‘Who told you I 


- show.’ 


“That sounded like good horse sense, an’ I sez, sez I, 
‘Now you're talkin, Bill, an’ I’m with you ei I lose,” Sez iff 
So we went over ¢’ the store an’ shook the dice, an [ 
eae three fives an’ Bill he threw four aces an’ won the 


“Waal, we had a bracer, an’ then we went over t’ 
Mary’s, an’ I waited outside while Bill went in an’ told 
Mary how things was, an’ put the queschin plain t’ her. 
Bimeby he come out, an’ he sez, sez he: ‘Lucky in dice, 
onlucky in love. It Ss your turn now.’ 

“So I went in, an’ Mary saved me all the trouble o’ 


talkin’ by lightin’ in t' me fer keeps fer not havin’ put. the 


queschin’ afore, an’ saved ’er all this yere monkeyin’ 
‘round, I tell you wimmin’s queer. 

“Waal, me ’n’ Bill celebrated consid’able. 
had t’ drown his sorrow, an’ naterly I was the only one 
what had a fight t help him drown it. I ain’t never 
drunk much o’ anythin’ sence ‘cept a nippy now an’ 
then. 

“That was a long time ago, an’ Mary’s bin boosin’ me 
more or Jess ever sence. You wouldn't think the old 
woman was a dern fine lookin’ gal onct, would you? 

“But whenever she riles me an’ | feel my dander gittin’ 
the best 0’ me, I jest stop an’ think o’ three things. The 
fust is of the time she stuck the knife in that she-b’ar; an’ 
the second is the time she kissed me on her own hook 
that fust time when I was lyin’ with my head in her lap— 
I don’t rightly onderstand how she come t’ do it—an’ the 
third as, what I said afore, wimmin’s queer, an’ then I 
walk away an’ don’t say nuthin’. 

“Guess that was the most excitin’ time I ever had. I 
don’t mean the figh: with the she-b’ar. but my courtin’ o’ 


Mary. My land, but I ain’t said nuthin’ “bout that afore 
in my hull life. Don’t know how I come t’ think “bout 
it now. 


“Waal, love is a all-fired funny bus’ ness, an’ the Wrist 
of it is, y’ can't tell when yow re goin’ t be took, Hit 
strikes you all of a heap when y aint lookin’ fer it, jest 
like buck fever.” FAYETTE DurLIN, Jr. 


My Grandimother’s Kitchen. 


Tue parlor is the grandest room in most modern houses. 
But my etandmother did not live in a modern house. - 

She liyed 3 in a very old-fashioned farmhouse, and in that 
heuse the kitchen was, in my boyish estimation, by far 
the grandest room. 

he parlors were usually closed and darkened, for 
only on great occasions were they used. But the kitchen 
Was in use every day in the year, and-it was always a 
pleasant room to be in. Everybody, even to the dog, en- 
joyed being in it. 

How many deightful memories cluster around that old 
farmhouse kitchen, for I was the oldest grandchild; and I 
spent a good deal of time there as a petted guest. ~ 

The most striking feature of the room—the ‘one that I 
now remember with the livel:est pleasure—was the great 
fireplace. The wood that was burned in it was drawn into 
the room on a strong hand sled. The back log was often 
two feet in diameter, and sometimes it would last a whole 
week. The forestick was a large one, and it rested on 
two large iron HA dogs, or, as hey are now called, and- 
irons. 

When this vast fireplace was well filled and burning 
brightly, as it always was upon a cold day in winter, it 
was a wonderful sight. It was in all its glory, however, at 
night, when the reflection of its flames could be seen 
clearly through the windows opposite, dancing -weirdly 
upon the snow banks, where, as the poets tell us, the 
witches were making their tea. 

On each side of the fireplace there was always to be 
seen an easy chair. One of these was occupied by a gray 
haired old man who walked with a long staff; the other 
was racked easily to and fro by his aged wife, and they 
were the grandparents who made my boyhood very happy. 

These good old people both smoked pipes, and while 
I heartily disapprove of the habit, it really was a pic- 
turesque and pleasing sight to see them so comfortably 
enjoying themselves and to watch the smoke as it passed 
from their pipes into the ample fireplace and up the 
chimney. The fireplace had an old-fashioned neighbor, 
now never seen in a modern house. It was a brick oven 
which used to make me think of the fiery furnace into 
which Shadrach, Meschech and Abednego were cast. 

Out of this oven, so like the fiery furnace, there came 
many delicious things. Most deliciots of all, perhaps. 
were the baked beans and the golden Indian bread, whose 
equal I now never see. 

At one end of the kitchen-there was a large cupboard, 
and over the cupboard there hung a relic of the Revolu- 
tionary War, that, to my young eyes, had all the sacred- 
ness of a household god. It was a Hintlock musket that 
was called Old Copenhagen, and very proudly was it borne 
upon my shoulder when playing soldier ‘with my  school- 
mates upon the turnpike in front of the district school- 
house. 

So mttch for the kitchen itself. A word as to the rooms 
that were aboye and below ft may interest a generation 
ihat is living in'modern houses. 


The cellar contained rare treasures for a hoy. Never 


Y’ see he 


were there stich toothsome apples as the good seek-no- 
further, the gilliflower, the Spitzenberg, the Rhode Island 
greening and the golden russet, called in boy parlance a 
rusty coat. All these varie. ies, with some others of un- 
named excellence, were in the cellar in lavish abundance. 

But who comes? There is a rap at the door and it isa 
blustering wintry night: Two dogs—slim, hungry look- 
ing fellows—peer timidly in, and behind them there stands 
a tall Indian and behind him two squaws, the elder oie 
carrying a papoose lashed to its board, which the mother 
soon stands up by the wall, and the little Indian boy 
with his legs crossed and tied down to the board, looks 
on in silent wonder at what he sees. 

They are Oneida Indians, and come from a settlement 
called Indian Town, just back of the farm that has so 
many pleasant memeroes. 

“Sagoli’ is the salutation uttered by our Indian callers, 
and that means “How do you do?” They have come in 
ostensibly to get warm, but really because they are thirsty. 

The old man who sits by the fireside knows just what 
they have come for, and the boy, now an old man, who is 
writing this reminiscence, is sent down cellar with a 
large pitcher, which he soon brings back filled with 
sparkling cider made from home grown apples. 

“Cider no hurt Indian,’ was the comment of the drinker 
of the first glass, and more than one glass for each In- 
dian, except “the papoose, disappeared ‘before the copper 
colored guests, with silver brooches on their Pees 
were ready to go. 

That old kitchen is a perfect treasure house of prediods 
memories. Never did Santa Claus haye a grander 
chimney to come down than the one at whose fireplace 
side I hung my stockings, and they were always well filled. 

Thanksgiving Day was a notable one at the farmhouse. 
A goodly company tsed on such occasions to sit around 
the kitchen table, for there was no dining room in that 
house. The Thanksgiving guests were the children and 
the grandchildren of the aged couple who built the house 


' when the cotintry was new. 


The turkey was roasted in a tin oven before the fife: 
place. The potatoes were baked ina kettle that stood upon 
a pile of live coals, and coals of fire were also heaped upon 
its cover, and memory insisis that such baked potatoes 
have never been tasted since. 

There was. no coffee mill in the old farmhouse. The 
coffee was pounded in an iron mortar with an iron pestle, 
and the clink of that pestle was sweet music to my ear, as 
I used to hear it when in bed in the chamber oyer the 
kitchen. It is easy to revive the memory of those far off 
years, but most of those who used to sit round that 
Thanksgiving table have Jong since passed away, and they 
are now waiting for me to come and join them. 

The boy of to-day little realizes what he is losing if he 
never lives in a farmhouse built and furnished before 
modern improvemen‘s were known. 

The farmhouse of to-day lacks a certain charm that 
makes the memory of the dear old-fashioned one so de- 
lightful. Of all the memories that cluster around the 
dear old place, those that have the great fireplace for 
their center are the sweetest and the dearest. 

There can be no home in the highest sense of the 
term unless in one room there shall be a fireplace where 
wood can be burned and where in the solemn nights of 
winter “each separate dying ember” may cast the outlines 
of its shadowy ghost upon the floor. 

Could Poe ever have written “The Raven” if he had 
never sat before an old-fashioned fireplace? Believe it 
who will—I cannot. Ecpert L. BANGS. 


How We Got Our Gun-Rack. 


A Christmas Day’s Hunt in the Northern Pine Woods. 


I tivep with the famous hunter, Old Dan, in his cabin 
in the woods for a little over three years, and in all that 
time did not enjoy nor greatly desire any other com- 
panionship. We never had any occasion to become lonely, 
and time never hung heavily on our hands. 

On a ledge of rock at the very margin of the lake, where 
a lucky line may be dropped from the open window into 
the water below, Dan has a good warm log cabin, 12. feet 
by 24, with a clapboard roof, puncheon floor, puncheon 
door and a puncheon shutier to an unglazed window. 
In the way of furniture were a puncheon table. punheon 
chairs and a ptncheon bedstead, the latter nailed securely 
to the wall in a corner. 

In the center of the sotith side of the house is a huge 
stone fireplace, capable of heating the room to an un- 
comfortable degree even in the coldest weather. and which 
discharges the greater part of the smoke via the chimney. 
The cabin has also a full complement of arms, ammuni- 
tion, traps and tackle, and is situated in the midst of a 
broad stretch of country, which for the abundance and 
variety of its game would delight the heart of any true 
hunter. An ardent lover of the chase, I found here ample 


means and abundant opportunity to indulge the pro- 


pensity, and those three years are among the happiest of 
my recollection. 

It is reasonable to believe that in that time we had some 
exciting experiences, as well as some amusing ones. I 
will endeavor to relate one that partakes a little of the 
nature of both. On the wall a splendid set of antlers 
serve us admirably for a gun rack, from which hangs a 
motley array of belts, sheaths, slings, flasks and various 
other articles of a hunter’s paraphernalia. J will relate 
the story of the particular chase of which our gun rack 
is the treasured souvenir. F 

It was Christmas Eve, and sitting before the fire enjoy- 
ing a restful pipe after a hard day’s tramp, Dan and I 
were discussing plans for the morrow’ s sport; but J must 
introduce old Dan to you. for he is a type of manhood 
once prevalent enough, but now seldom met with in these 
modern times—a backwoodsman by birth. a sportsman by 
instinct, and a hunter by profession. Broad shouldered 
and muscular, le stands 6 feet 2 inches, a perfect speci- 
men’ of physical: manhood, combining great strength and 
endurance with remarkable activity and ease of ‘motion. 
His dark hair, slightly sprinkled with gray, hangs low 
upon his shoulders, and his short, sandy beard, forever 
innocent of razor, covers a broad, square chin and- strong 
jaws. betokening strength of character and tenacity of 


purpose. His forehead, broad, high and full, denotes a 
high order of intelligence. while the whole countenance 
is illuminated by a pair of kindly deep blue eyes, strongly 
inclined to twinkle; a face which, taken al.ogether, is a 
perfect proof sheet ‘of honesty and good nature, A man 
to know whom is a pleasure and whose friendship is a pos- 
session well worth treasuring. Imagine such a man as [ 
have described, fifty-six years old, and add the unmis- 
takable air of rugged hardihood inseparable from the 
genuine hunter, and you have my cherished friend, old 
Dag Doggett, to a dot. 

It was'Chrisimas Eve, as I said before, and we were 
planning our Christmas hunt, not that it was likely to 
differ in any essential particulars from the sport of any 
other day, but its being Christmas added zest to our plans 
and contributed novel.y to an occasion that otherwise 
would be commonplace. ; 

“What d’ye say, Kid,” said Dan, who persistently calls 
me Kid in spite of my thirty years of life in the world 
in. general, and nine years of roughing it in the woods in 
particular, “What d’ye say we go to the Long Thicket 
fust thing in the mornin’ and see if we can't list a deer 
outen the bushes?’ 

“IT am agreed,” said I. 

“And let’s take only the rifles and leave the small fry 
alone for one day!’ 

“Which means, I suppose, that you would prefer that 
I leave the shotgun on the rack. I am agreed to that 
also, but I wish you would make friends with that gun 
when you know it has saved to our stock many a goud 
pelt, and brought to our store many a dainty meal.” 

“All true, Kid, all true! I've got nothin’ partickler 
agin the piece itself, but to me it’s mighty curoits that 
when a feller wants to bag a wee little bit of a critter that 
wouldn’t hurt him nohow, he must go a-broadeastiti’ lead 
all- over creation, but when it comes to bringin’ duwn a 
b’ar or a buck that’s liable to chaw him up or tramp his 
daylights out, if hit is not killed, he'll risk findin’ the 
right with a single ball. It may be all righ-, but to me 
it’s a mighty queer idee, and I don’t take to it nohow.” 

I saw it was useless to argtie the point wth him. so I 
said no more about it. He had a deep and lasting aver- 
sion for a shotgun, though his speech now had been 
prompted as much by his love for his rifle as by his dislike 
for the other arm. 

‘Well, Dan,” said I, “you will. of course, take your 
.44, but I shall take my .32, though I suppose you would 
not advise me to do that either.” 

“No, Kid, I wouldn’t. It seems to me too much like a 
plaything, but, of course, if ye think it will stand any 
show at all ag’in Old Chet [his pet name for his favorite] 
I reckon I ort to stand it if ye kin yerself.” 

We were up betimes next morning and afoot just as 
the first gray streaks of dawn were quivering on the cast- 
ern horizon. The weather was cold but still, and the 
show lay a foot and a half deep under a crust that carried 
a man nicely and made walking easy, but through which 
the hoofs of a running deer would drive | ke sharpened 
stakes. During the night there had been a light fail of 
snow which, when the sun had risen, glittered in the 
frosty light like a myriad of diamonds. ™ 

The Long Thicket, toward which we bent our steps was 
so called because of the fact that, while it was five or 
six miles long, it was comparatively narrow. It was 
threaded by a creek, a considerable stream, now like the 
lake hard frozen and covered only by the light snowfall 
of the previous night. Discussing the probab. lity of our 
jumping a deer, and the evident trouble it would have 
in making headway i in the snow, we came at length to the 
edge ot the thicket. 

Here Dan handed his gun to me and dexterously 
climbed to the top of a tall tamarack to take observation 
of the thicket from that point of vantage. This maneuyer 
he repeated at intervals of perhaps a quarter of a mile. 
Dan’s hearing is slightly impaired but this circumstance 
has added to the keenness of his vision until his s ght 18 
truly remarkable. 

At last, after four or five climbs, his quest was re- 
warded, and he came down the tree, swinging from limb 
to limb with the agility of a trained athlete, his honest 
face aglow with delighted enthusiasm. 

“What is it?” I asked. 

“A buck, Kid; as fine a chap as ever peeled a saplin®! 
He’s got the finest headpiece I ever see. A ten-spiker ‘as 
shore as guns. He’s straight out there, just a good 
shot off, a-pickin’ his way along as orderly as a deacon 
in new shoes a-goin’ to meetin’, but the bushes h des the 
critter too much to risk a shot at him. Do ye go about 300 
yards below and I'll go to the same above him, and we'll 
see if we can’t head him fer the open.” Saying which 
he strode off over the snow almost as silently as a 
shadow, while I skirted the thicket in the opposite direc- 
tion. 


Arriving at a point where [ thought the thicket might 
be entered without prematurely frightening the buck. I 
penetrated the swamp for a distance of about 300 yards 
and then turned in the direction of the quarry. Presently 
a commotion in front and a tossing upward of the snow 
from the bushes told me that the game was up and going. 
I saw that he was headed for the open and sent a bullet 
after him to encourage him on the way, which was 1mme- 
diately followed by one from Dan’s gun, neither of 
which had any other effect, however, than to send him out 
of the thicket at a lively rate. We followed as swiftly 
as the dense undergrowth would permit, and gained the 
open just in time to see a badly frightened deer lung: ng. 
desperately through rasping snow crust as he disappeared 
over a hill in the direction of the creek. 

“Come on, Kid,” cried Dan. “He's makin’ fer the 
creek. He'll more’n likely foller the ice and cross -to 
Tamarack Swamp on t’other side of the lake. Let's scaat 
fer the pond and mebby we'll git to shy lead ath im as he 
crosses on the ice. Come on!” And away he went. 

Straight over the ; Snow, from where we were the dis- 


-tance to the lake did not exceed a mile and a quar‘er, 


while t6 follow the ‘creek as the buck evidently intended 
en account of the annoying crust was more than twice as 
ar. 2 
The sight %f tlie splendid aninial, a veritable king of” 

chis kind, as we had seen him plunging through the snow, 
a perfect.-specimen of frightened royalty, and the pros- 
ect of a Sane shot, were sufficient ta send us toward 


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[Dec, 22, 1900, 


the lake at our best possible pace, in spite of the Iudi- 
crous tumbles we took whenever the crust gave way, as it 
frequently did. , 

Biesdne through the fringe of bushes that skirted the 
lake, we saw, at the distance of about 500 yards, the buck 
running as only a frightened deer can run. 

“There, Kid,’ said Dan with rifle already to shoulder, 
‘Gs a picter fer a painter,” And truly he was tight. The 
deer running like the wind, seeming scarcely to touch the 
ice, the fleecy cloud of feathery snow tossed up by the 
flying feet, the splendid antlers laid well back and the 
jets of steam shooting out with piston-like regularity from 
the lifted muzzle, combined to form a picture worthy of 
an artist's pencil, ~_ 

“A picter fer a painter, but I’ll hev to spile it,” and the 
crack of his rifle rang out over the ice and awakened a 
thousand echoes in the surrounding hills. f 

We saw the snow tossed up in a little puff behind and 
beyond the deer, which was running quartering ‘from 
us. Another shot, higher elevated and better lined, 1m- 
mediately followed, and with better result, for the deer 
dropped as though struck by lightning. Carried forward 
by its impetuous speed, it slid along the smooth surface 
of the ice like a toboggan, and seemed to slide right up 
on to its feet again, for it regained its footing without 
perceptably checking its flight, and made off across the 
- Jake with apparently the same speed as before. Dan 
lowered his rifle and looked after the fleeing deer in 
silence, a satisfied smile playing about his mouth and a 
merry twinkle in his eye. 

“What's the matter with you?” I cried in astonish- 
ment. “Why don’t you give him another?” 

“Fer the same reason that ye don’t try a pop at him, 
Kiddy, with yer popgun. ’Tain’t no use.” 

“My gun won’t reach him, I know, but yours will,” I 
answered, 

‘Tn course it will. It did just reach him, didn’t it? 
But ’tain’t no use, as I said afore, I warrant you he'll 
leave a red trail behind him and will stop as soon as he 
finds a good place to hide in the swamp yonder. It ain't 
a good idee to waste lead on a onsartenty when ye kin 
save it fer a shore thing. We'll find him mighty sick 
dreckly, and git him easy. If ye hed fetched yer rifle 
instead of that pea shooter, ye might hev hed the fun of 
pumpin’ lead arter him with some show fer bringin’ him 
down. As it is, I doubt if ye’ll git a crack at anything 
to-day.” 

We found the “red trail” sure enough, and followed 
more at our leisure, sure that as Dan had said, we would 
find him hidden in the swamp somewhere. We were not 
prepared to find him so soon, however, for just as we 
were entering the thicket, beside a fallen tree, the top 
of which lay among the undergrowth, the maddened buck, 
with a roar half bellow and half snort, charged out of the 
bushes beside the trail and tossed old Dan, who was 
slightly in advance, headlong into the fallen treetops, and 
his gun 10 feet away into the snow. I lost no time in get- 
ting behind a convenient tree, while Dan, with wonderful 
celerity, rolled wp against the body of the tree under the 
protecting limbs. The wounded animal had eyes for 
Dan alone, and bent all its energies in its maddened frenzy 
to teach its prostrate foe with hoof or horn. In spite of 
its efforts he was beyond its reach, for he cuddled up to 
that log like a sick kitten to a warm jamb. Seeing that 
he was in no immediate danger, I had to smile at his 
ludicrous position. He evidently appreciated it also, for 
he called out to me,.““Well, Kid, this is one on me, ain’t it? 
Onto me big!” 

“Tf you will just roll a little further out,” said I, “there 
will be one on you as large as life.” 

“Fx-cuse me! This ain’t no rosy bower, not by a long 
shot, but I wouldn’t swap it right now fer a house in 


town, Don’t git excited now, but aim true and touch him - 


in the right spot, but don’t spile his topknot, whatever 
you do.” : 

The furious antics of the beast as it tried to wreak 
vengeance on its fallen enemy made deadly aim difficult 
for me as well as dangerous for Dan. Presently, however, 
-the opportunity for which IJ had been waiting presented 
itself, when I caught the buck under the ear and sent a 
bullet through his head. I cut his throat, and when there 
was no longer any danger from the knife-like horns, as 
they struck out savagely in the death struggle, poor old 
Dan ingloriously crawled out of his burrow in the snow, 
the most chagrined and absolutely crestfallen man in the 
whole world. 

We soon had the deer quartered, and having hung up 
the carcass to keep it ont of the snow, we carried 
home the hide and head (the latter better to remove the 
horns) and returned with a hand sled to bring home the 
rest. 

That night, the guns having been cleaned and supper 
over, as we again sat before the fire enjoying an even- 
ing smoke, Dan broke a long silence by the first reference 
he had made to the occurrence of the morning, saying, as 
he thoughtfully knocked the ashes from his pipe: 

“Well, Kiddy, ye put it onto me to-day. Ye did, by 
Gravy! Ye drawed it all over me and put me under ever- 
lastin’ obligations besides. Fer a gun that'll reach out a 
long way and find a warm place inside a live pelt, as out 
there on the ice to-day, for instance, give me Old Chet, as 
has the heft and carries a ball as gits there; but fer clost 
shootin’ in the brush that ’ere popgun of yern ain’t no 
slouch, and that’s a fact.’ : 

The mischievous twinkle that I caught in Dan’s eye, to- 
gether with my lively recollection of the event of the 
morning, were too much for me, and the laugh that would 
no longer be restrained broke out in spite of me. A laugh 
in which I am happy to say old Dan joined with all the 
heartiness of his honest nature. and we roared until the 
smoke-stained cabin rafters rang again. 


ViIVAMUS. 


Take inventory of the good things in this issue 
of Forest AND STREAM. Recall what a fund was 
given last week, Count on what is to come next 
week. Was there ever in all the world a more 
abundant weekly store of sportsmen's reading? 


Out of Commission. 


As Told by the Yawl. 


RY N. N. WEST, 

“Wert, I call it rocky,” said the Racing Machine, “to 
be sweltering here under my winter canyas coat while 
that foel ownet of mine is chasing a ball round the side 
of a hill somewhere in the country, I wish I had the in- 
yentor of golf aboard you, you old lead mine,’ continued 
the freak, addressing the Cutter, “in one hundred fathoms 
with a hole in your garboards. Otir friend Davy would 
make it squally for him for keeping so many of us sweat- 
ing out here on land.” : 

The Cutter overlooked the comment on its personality 
and sighed as it watched a knockabout beating about the 
harbor. “I wish I was out there to get a good dririk of 
salt water. It's funny men never drink it when we all 
know it’s the most refreshing thing. ‘Three fingers’ in a 
glass—bah! Three fathoms in the Sound is what I want. 
L remember when I was launched they broke a bottle of 
champagne on my bow and I felt horrid sticky till I stuck 
my bowsprit in a big sea and threw the spray over my 
deck.” 7 

“Champagne isn’t so bad,” said the Cat, “They, used to 
have me carry so mitch ctuising they'd take out half my 
ballast. Ah, those were good old times when the “Triple 
Alliance,’ as they were known at the club, used to take 
their vacation. The people around the harbors never 
wanted us to stay over two nights for fear we'd spoil the 
anchorage with the bottles thrown overboard.” 

“A blooming nice time you must have had of it when a 
storm came up! There’s where I was in my glory,” said 
the Cutter. 

“When a storm came up,’ replied the Cat, “we were 


generally in a good sheltered harbor with the captain and 


crew teaching each other new drinks, while you ‘in your 
glory’ were looking round for a harbor deep enough to 
float a man-o’-war.” 
“Well, if there wasn’t one round I'd be laid to, and it 
was comfortable to know I could outride anything.” 
“Nice comfort,” said the Cat. “With not a dry thing 


_aboard and you rolling like a tenor’s R’s so nothing could 


be cooked or even coffee made, your hatches all battened 
down, the cabin as close as two lovers. the dishes playing 
tag in the galley, the cushions trying experiments in aerial 
navigation in the cabin, and, getting discouraged, finally 
settling in a pool of water on the floor. Maybe that’s your 
idea of comfort, but it wasn’t that of the ‘Triple Alli- 
ance.’ ”’ 

“T didn’t say it was comfortable.” 

“Ves you did, too,” said the Half-Rater- who always 
tried to take up an argument on the winning side. 

“Well, I didn’t mean it that way,’ continued the 
Cutter, “but it was glorious.” 

“Glorious,” snipped the Cat. “Did you ever drink mint 
juleps? Glorious! Don’t split tacks with me.” 

“Vou don’t either know which tack you're on,” said the 
Racing Machine, “I tell you there’s nothing like the end 
of a good race when it’s been nip and tuck, till finally 
you’ve worked tp a little to win’ard and cross the line 
with the rest a few seconds behind, and the skipper gets a 
cup he keeps on the sideboard and always shows it off to 
his friends with, ‘That’s the mug I got when we beat the 
Freaksome over a twenty-five-mile course in a thirty-knot 
wind. Id give my Tobin bronze to be in commission 
again,” 

“Much your skipper is showing off now the cups you 
brought home. It’s golf cups he’s displaying, with “That's 
what I got when I beat Hootmon Potter three up and two 
to play !’ twitted the Halt-Rater. 

“Never mind, I’ll show ’em my stern again when this 
craze is over,’ said the Racing Machine. } 

“Like mud flats you will!’ said the Cutter. “You're 
five minutes slower than this year’s machines, and two 
years from now you'll.be pointed out for a mistaken idea ; 
they'll put you out on some front lawn and grow flowers 
in you—that’s what you're coming to.” 

‘Well, I’d rather do that than end up in a junk shop, the 
way you'll do,” retorted the freak. “Your lead will be 
melted up into water pipes for the rats to gnaw in summer 
and the ice to burst in winter, and your sails will be 
made up into part of a tent for a second differential 
circus, and the deadheads’ll cut holes in “em to see the 
show. Pleasant prospect, eh?” 

“Tt is perfectly evident,” said the Half-Rater, speaking 
with a pompous air, “that the sea is going to the rocks 


and mud flats, and I don’t know what's coming to us all.” 


“Behold the infant at the wheel,’ laughed the Cat, 
“How’s that for philosophy? Shut up, Halfy. By my cen- 
terboard, you make me feel like a landlubber when the 
ship is rolling.” __ 

“Well, I guess I’m on the starboard tack anyway,” re- 

plied the little boat, considerably excited, for nothing 
teased it so mtch as to be laughed at when in its own 
opinion it was discussing weighty affairs of the sea. “And 
if you don’t believe it, what's the Yaw! doing out here in 
August when he used to be in commission eight months 
of the year?” ; 
é “T’ll bet the Yawl’s got a story. Let’s have it,” said the 
at. : ‘ 
“Maybe I could spin a yarn,’ admitted the single- 
hander, “but it’s rather long.” : 

“Never mind,” said the Racing Machine; “it’s two bells 
yet to striking colors and we haven't anything to do.” - 

“Anything to cork up the Half-Rater,” said the Cutter. 

“T don’t need it half as much as you do,” retorted the 
little boat. This remark was lost on the Cutter, which had 
the peculiarities of English descent. oe. 

“You're not very complimentary,” laughed the single- 
hander, “but as you say, there’s nothing else to do, so if 
you like I'll weigh anchor.” i = 


“Lay your course.” said the Cat, and the Yawl began: 


“The first thing I can remember I-found myself one 
winter morning in a small shop just outside of a sleepy old 
village. I could just see out of the window, and it was 
snowing and made me feel cold to look at it. but as I 
looked round the shop it was so cozy I felt all right again. 
There was a fire in a big old-fashioned stove which gave 
out a cheerful warmth, and the spars, rigging and various 
other yacht fittings that were stowed away round the shop 
made me feel at home at once. The boat builder was at 


-rig was what he criticised most. 


_win’ard of every time. 


work by a carpenter’s bench near the window, and after- 
ward I found out he was dressing down my spars. Up 
on the wall was a model of a little boat, and I thought it 
was the prettiest thing I had ever seen. It had a clipper 
bow and a moderately overhanging stern, with the fore- 


foot considerably cut away for those times, but with — 


enough left so it could have been laid ‘to easily in a 
sea. It was a keel boat with a good deal of draft, and had 
a big piece of outside ballast. As I looked myself over I 
saw it was a model of myself, and I was glad I was going 


-to be good looking, and with the easy lines and the amount :. 


of ballast I was sure I’d not be slow, and that I wouldn’t 
be knocked down by eyery puff of wind. 
“Presently the door of the shop opened and. a young 
man entered with a cheery “Good morning, captain.’ He — 
was tall and sinewy looking, and when he walked across ~ 
the floor it didn’t jar and creak the way it does with an- 
old woman. He looked as if he could reef a mainsail 
single handed in a squall, and I was glad to hear the 
old man address him as ‘skipper,’ for then I knew he was 
going to own me, and I knew he wouldn’t do his sailing on 
a club house piazza. By and by I found he had designed | 
me himself, and though not wishing to be’ conceited, I 


think Pye shown credit to us both. ; 


“Every Sunday morning the skipper would come down 
to the shop to see how I was getting along, and to talk - 
over details with the old man, and afterward the latter. 
would spin yarns. He'd been on a coaster a good many 
years, and had made some longer voyages, or at least so - 
he claimed, and had had most wonderful experiences. He 
used to quite scare me with some of his tales, and I was 
sure I’d be crushed by a mountain wave or swallowed by 
a sea serpent before the summer was over. ' 

“Sometimes a friend would come with the skipper to_ 
take a look at me. There was one man I never liked. He 
always talked about a fellow not having time for sailing 
and it was too much work anyway.- A launch was what he 
liked, so you covld always be sure of getting home and 


weren’t wearing yourself out by pulling beastly ropes all — 


day. Then he used to make disagreeable remarks about 
my appearance. He thought I had too much freeboard 
to look well and too much draft to be convenient. But my 
‘I_can’t understand why 
you chose a yawl, the slowest, ugliest rig ever conceived.’ 
“Yes, and the safest, handiest, most seaworthy rig,’ the 
skipper would reply; The man had good reason to re- — 
member this one day—but I’m gefting ahead of my story. 
“Tt was with great interest | waiched the work on my 
cabin fittings, and the more that_was done the more I 
felt I was intended for good long crtiises! A generous 
ice box was built in foreward on the port side, aft of the | 


chain locker and opposite to a dish locker; just aft of the - 


mast step was a place for an oil steve. On each side’ was 
a bunk. and under each were water tanks. At the aft end 
of the cabin of one side was a clothes locker and on the 
other a writing desk with book shelf above and drawers 
below for sextant and other instruments. Above the desk 
swung the cabin lamp. Under the cockpit floor was a big’ 
stowage space, and under the deck on each side of the 
cockpit were two compartments for stowing side lights. 
oil, swabs and all such stuff one doesn’t want in the 
cabin. I was so pleased with myself I could hatdly wait 
for the time to come when I was to be launched, and when 
T slid down the ways into the water I wouldn’t have © 
changed places with a Cup defender. 

“Every Saturday that summer we'd start off with a 
supply of good things aboard to be gone till Monday morn-_ 
ing, and we got to know every inch of the Sound for 
fitty miles. Then later in the summer we took a two 
weeks’ cruise, I suited my master to a belaying pin, and 
we sttidied each other’s likes so we always worked to- 
gether.’ There were some little tricks I always liked to 
play when there was a friend out with us. When he'd try 
to trim the main sheet I’d give a little lurch, and if he 
wasn’t careful he’d lose more than he’d pulled. in. Then 
the skipper, holding the tiller in one hand, would take the — 
sheet in the other and give it a haul just as I'd luff a | 
bit, and t# would come in by the yard and be belayed 
before the friend would get his balance for my new point 
of heeling. It always made me laugh till the water would 
gurgle round my bow. Or if we were running before the 
wind in a seaway and the friend had the stick, I’d yaw 
all round till ’'d nearly jibe. Then my master would take 
me in charge and Id settle down and rin as true as ~ 
George Washington. 

“The summer passed quickly, but we kept on sailing 
late into the autumn, when we often went after ducks. We 
were out in some pretty heavy blows, but I had found 
that these didn’t bother us, and soon got over being 
afraid of being crushed by a mountain sea or swallowed by 
a sea serpent. — - 

“The next summer started in just the same, but one 
Saturday afternoon while I was waiting for the skipper I 
caught sight of him sitting on the club hotise piazza talk- 
ing to a girl. We didn’t take our weekly trip that time, for 
he stayed to the dance at the club house, and as the sum- 
mer wore on our trips grew less and less often, and in- 
stead the girl would go out sailing with us just for an 
aiternoon. I wouldn’t have known on those occasions that 
my master was at the stick. He'd seem to forget me 
altogether and would let me up into the wmd till Id 
have to shake all my sails to draw his attention, Then 
he’d let me off till I’d be sailing a couple of points further 
off the wind than necessary, and it would make me mad 
to see other boats outpointing me that I used to go w 
The girl would laugh and say, 
she’d been told he was one of the best sailors in the 
club, but if that was so it didn’t speak well for the other © 
yachtsmen, and she could sail better than that herself. | 
So she'd take the stick, and I must say she could do it 
beautifully and work me to win’ard for all I was worth or 
bring me up to my moorings and never miss it. 

“T couldn’t make out what had come over my master, 
and one evening when an old sloop was anchored near me 
I told him all about it and asked what the matter was. 
He laughed so I thought he’d wear out his cable before he 
sobered down enough to remark that when I was as old as 
he was I’d understand. 

“The girl used to go otit a good deal with the man who 
had the launch, and her mother would go, too, sometimes, 
but never went with us, because she was afraid of me. 


‘That made me feel like an Irishman’s hurricane, for I 


knew I could go through a sea that would sink the old 


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pot, I used to be glad when the girl would go on the 
launch, for then we’d go for a sail, but I soon found this 
was no fun, for the skipper would be so melancholy he 
wouldn’t pay me any attention, and would often lay me to 
and stretch out in the cockpit and smoke and sigh like a 
rising wind. ; i 

“One hot night there was a dance at the club house, and 
after a while my master came down on the wharf with the 
sirl. I tried to hear what they said to find out what she 
had done to make him-so different, but they talked so 
low I could only catch a word now and then. He was 
very close to her, and he seemed unusually nervous and 
queer: Then, as if in answer to something he'd asked, I 
heard her say something like ‘I didn’t suppose you cared 
so mtich.’- He straightened up without another word and 
they both got up and started for the club house. But 
just then the launch ownet joined them, saying to the 
girl, ‘I’ve béen looking all.over for you. My dance, I 
believe.’ 


‘So it is,’ she answered. ‘It was so hot we came down. 


here for a minute and must have stayed longer than I 
thought,’ 

“She went back to the club house with him, and my 
master stood still with his hands clinched and breathing 
hard. A storm was coming up from the west, and by a 
flash of lightning I saw a white set expression om 
his face. 2 

“In another moment he was aboard me and soon had 
up the sails, and we began to work out of the harbor with 
the light breeze that preceded the storm. I saw it com- 
ing, and knew we ought to reef, so I heeled a bit to call 
his attention, but he never moved. It was coming up 
fast, and looked wicked, I braced myself for it and set 
my planks close together, as a man sets his teeth in a su- 
preme- effort. Then it struck us all of a sudden and 
knocked me down till the water poured into the cock- 
pit, and I was afraid he’d go overboard. But I managed 
to square away and in a moment we were tearing before it 
as I'd neyer gone before, and only once since. [ thought 
my mast would go, and I don’t know what I’d have done 
if I hadn’t managed to break the peak halyard and ease 
the pressure a bit, for he sat at the tiller like a dead man, 
scarcely helping me at all. 

“The water was whipped up into whitecaps in a min- 
ute, a great whirling, seething mass that flew all over us 
and pounded and shook me so my seams would have 
started if I'd been an ordinary boat. In a flash of light- 
ning I saw a coaster almost dead ahead laid to before it, 
and we tore past, missing it by not two fathoms. 

“The storm gradually blew over and the wind died 
down almost flat. Then morning came and we put into a 
harbor, where my master leit me. J was dreadfully wor- 
ried about what he might do, but felt if he would only 
zo off for a good long cruise we'd manage to live the 
trouble down somehow. I kept watching for him all 
day, and I can realize now the terrible anxiety and sus- 
pense of the wife waiting for her husband’s uncertain re- 
turn. I never felt such relief as when I saw him come 
down to the landing that evening. He came aboard and 
tumbled into one of the bunks and slept heavily, for he 
was worn out by the night before. 

“He spent the next morning bringing supplies out in the 
dinghy and stowing them away, and then I felt it would 
be all right. for we were going on the long cruise. Then 
life began for me again. He never used to be much for 
teefing, but the way he cracked on now was a caution 
to my rigging. We'd go ripping along under all working 
sail when even the coasters were reefing, and I was sorely 
put to it to stand the strain, but I felt I mustn’t give up 
if he was to be saved, and I would have gone onto the 
rocks to do that. - 

“We went outside Block Island and round Cape Cod 
and came back outside Long Island. I was glad when 
winter came, for it had been a hard season for me, and I 
needed a rest. 

“T was gone over thoroughly the next spring, and felt 
as well as ever, but my master had had a harder time 
than I, and I found him very different. He was quieter 
and didn’t have the tireless energy, and was slower in 
handling me. JI missed his cheery laugh and he never 
whistled up a breeze the way he used to. But we did lots 
of sailng, and though I felt very badly about his changed 
aa T couldn’t help feeling glad that now I had no 
rival. 


“The season ended and things were just the same the 
next summer. I had hoped he would get over being so 
melancholy, for it didn’t seem fair for me to be having 
such a good time when he was so unhappy. 

“He took his vacation rather late that year, so it 
brought our long cruise into the autumn. On our re- 
turn a heavy rain came up which cleared off early one 
morning with the wind from the north and the sun shining 
its brightest. But we knew the signs well enough to 
know it would blow a gale later in the day. He'd got 
over wanting to smash through everything, so we lay 
comfortably at anchor for the day. Shortly after break- 
fast, when it was still pleasant, I saw that detestable 
launch going out, and I was glad, for I knew the man 
would get enough of it before the day was over. As they 
passed I saw the girl and her mother were aboard and 
that worried me. I knew if the skipper saw them he'd 
realize the danger and go out cracking on everything 
to keep as near as possible, and I tried to attract his at- 
tention, but he was busy below writing up the log and 
never noticed. : 

“The wind soon began to freshen, and I got so uneasy 
I rolled a good deal at anchor. There was an island a 
considerable distance out from the harbor, and to the 
south of it, so I could get a good view of the surf break- 
ing on its win’ard side, and it wasn’t reassuring, I can 
tell you. The wind kept blowing harder all day, and 
by the afternoon there was the wickedest sea running 
I'd ever seen in the Sound. I kept thinking of the launch 
and hoping they’d put into some harbor. . 

“It was getting late in the afternoon, when, to my 


horror, I saw the launch some distance off the 
island. They were eyidently trying to get un- 
der its lee, but the launch was making bad 


weather of it and pitching heavily. I watched them 
closely, and when they were perhaps half a mile from 
the island the launch became unmanageable. As near as 
T could make out from the distance, something had hap- 


pened to her engine, and they began to drift right toward 


before that. Pee hey 

“T gave a great jerk at my cable that brought my 
master on deck in a hurry. He took in the situation at 
a glance, and though at that distance he could not have 
told who was aboard, he sent up the jib and jigger with a 
tush, He didn’t stop to weigh anchor, but cut the cable 
with one blow from the hatchet. As we got under way he 
added the reefed mainsail. It was more than we ought to 
have carried, but it was a race for life, and we had to 
take chances. The weather rigging was stretched as tight 
as a harp string, and the wind played through it with a 
wild discordant music. Never will I forget that race. It 
was no mere silver cup we were trying for. As we got 


the breakers, though the chances were they'd be swampe’ 


near enough for my master to make out those aboard, a - 


groan escaped his tight shut teeth and he braced him- 
self a little firmer and grasped the tiller a little tighter. 
But even in those terrible moments of suspense a thrill 
of sweet revenge ran through my timbers. Never again 
would that man think I had too much freeboard, as the 
waves dashed high over my decks. Never again would 
the staunch yawl rig loole homely. -Never again, if he 
should live till those very rocks we were all too fast ap- 
poaching were worn away, wotild he see such beauty in a 
boat as when I alone stood between him and death. 

“THe was so scared that when we had nearly reached 
them he jumped overboard, and leaving the others struck 
out for us. For the first time in my life I heard my 
master curse, Luck was with the coward, however, and 
he caught the bobstay and managed to climb aboard and 
crawled aft, a pitiable, miserable object, but my master 
never looked at him. 

‘We ran up as close as we dared and then heaved a 
line across the launch. The engineer, who was the only 
man on board, kept his head and caught the line. We 
made our end fast to a life preserver and a cable to that. 
The engineer soon had the life preserver made fast to the 
girl’s mother, and my master hauled her over and aboard 
in a hurry. We were now so close to the launch that we 
were in great danger of being stove in, and the wind and 
tide were taking ts to the breakers fast. There was not 
a second to lose, My master braced himself with one 
arm round the mizzen stay and called to the girl to jump 
and he’d catch her. Her face was very white, but she 
was perfectly cool, and chose her time just right as the 
launch rose a little above us. The engineer jumped at the 
same time and caught the mainstay. My main boom 
was banging from side to side like a battering ram, and 
just as my master got the girl safely aboard it struck 
him a tremendous blow on his arm, which dropped use- 
less and limp at his side. I knew it was broken, but the 
look the girl gave him went a long ways toward mend- 
ing it. She said she must go below to look after her 
mother, who had gone down to the cabin, but I think 
she wanted to stay with him. 

“The hardest part was yet to come in beating off that 
lee shore, but my master would not give up the tiller in 
spite of his broken arm, for he knew he could do more 
with me than any one else. It was the fight of my life, 
and never had life seemed so worth fighting for before. 
Although I put my whole keel and sail in it, or as a man 
would say, my whole body and soul, it seemed of no 
avail. Never had I felt such a dizzy lightness in my 
keel, which made it impossible to stand up. Never had 
water in the cockpit seemed to weigh me down so, Never 
had it been so hard to rise to a breaking wave. My master 
and I had been through heavy blows before and had had 
some close calls, as when we nearly ran down the coaster 
in the thunder squall, but as I looked back on it ali it 
seemed like half-rater play to this. 

“There is an awifulness about the breakers that is pecu- 
liar. It is more than the fear of death. Perhaps it is 
some such feeling as a man must have when his scanty 
foothold on the side of a precipice begins to give way. 

“Nearer and neater we drew toward that fatal line, and 
my master watching it, with the lines growing deeper on 
his face, ordered the engineer to stand by to open the 
hatchway to let those in the cabin out if it came to the 
worst. 

“When we had scarcely 20 feet to go to clear the point 
of the island we were just on the line of the breakers. 
As we fell in the trough of the second of three big waves 


it looked as if all was up, for it broke just under our 


lee, and the engineer threw back the hatchway and cabin 
doors. But at the same moment I was rising on the next 
wave, and before he gave his warning shout I caught the 
full force of the wind and with a last supreme effort 
forged ahead and cleared the point as the wave broke all 
froth and white astern. The engineer's cry of danger 
was turned into a loud cheer, but my master sank back 
wearily, saying “lake the stick and keep her before it.’ 

“We made the next harbor a few miles further down. 
There were some friends of the girl’s staying there, who, 
of course, had them all stay at their house, and couldn’t 
do enough for them, and had a doctor for my master, 
But the launch owner took the first train for the city. 

“The doctor looked very grave when he saw my 
master’s arm, and was not sure that he could save it, and 
as a fever set in my master became delirious, said he 
ought to haye a nurse. But the girl wouldn’t hear of 
this, and insisted on taking care of him herself. It was 
wonderful to see how quickly he recovered, and the doc- 
tor took great credit to himself; but I am older than I 
was and understand things better, and I know that the 
cure was not due to the doctor at all.” 

“That's bully!” said the Cat as the Yawl stopped speak~- 
ing. “Tt beats anything the ‘Triple Alliance’ ever did.” 

“And it was a bigger prize than I ever won,” said the 
Racing Machine. ‘ 

“By my keel!” put in the Cutter, “it was nobly done: 
better than anything I can boast of, though I’ve had ex- 
periences too.” | _ ' ay ks 

“T don’t think much of your master,’ remarked the 
Half-Rater. “After all you had done for him he ought 
to keep yout in commission,” | me 

“Well,” continued the Yawl, “he couldn’t sail any moré 
that season, and I’m rather small to have a girl out 


cruising, so this year they’re sailing a schooner.” 


The ForEsT AND STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday, 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
Jatest by Monday and as much earlier as practicable, 


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One Say and Another. 


FORT RicHMonD, Dec, 10,—Eanor Forest and Stream: 
In your issue of Dec, 8 you publish a story by Frank 
Moonan, of New York city, which assumes an air of old 
friendship and acquaintance with our litttle Isle of Staten. 
This story came under my eyes, in the course of my 
weekly reading, and I deem its notice worth while for 
the sake of the good name and fame of our island and 
the soprtsmen dwelling thereon. 

Imprimis, I want to qualify as an expert. I have hunted 
over Staten Island for more than fifteen years, and its 
rocks and rills and vales and hills are my old familiars. 
The strip of beach Mr. Moonan speaks of I know well, 
and if the kind faced old chap of whom he speaks so 
poetically is one of the twain I have in mind who lived 
‘on that strip of beach at the time of Mr. Moonan’s “one 
day,” then he is the courteous gentleman who sticcess- 
fully set a spring gun for his neighbor, and paid for it in 
State prison. , 

Further along the beach and near the creek dividing 
what are now known as Midland and South beaches is 
still the shanty occupied till within a year by another 
sportsman of the same kind as the hospitable old set- 
gunner. In a wrangle with a neighboring shanty dweller 
he shot his opponent, and later became distinguished in 
achiveving the same haven reached by the first named 
gentleman. 

But these sprightly days of neighborly attentions in 
the way of spring and set guns are dead and gone, and 
where once these arts flourished, there are miles of clean 
swept beach, wave beaten as of yore, but trodden and 
retrodden by thousands of overheated Manhattanites who 
come for a breath of the salt air and a dip in the saltier 
sea. 

But—to our mutton. 

Mr, Moonan tells of dropping in at the Soprtsman’s 
Rest, a cozy Maypole Tavern of a hostelry, and seeing 
a half dozen of so of gunners with well-filled bags, while 
in the foreground of this delightful scene is the figure of 
“mine host” displaying eight woodcock brought that 
morning to bag by the host himself. 

Then in excellent brat-worst dialect 
quotes the host. 

“Vell,”’ he said, reflectively, “it’s pooty goot now, but 
hein! soon alretty it may be tam poor.” 

“Prophetic words!” says Mr. Moonan. 

Below these sentences Mr. Moonan has dramatically 
drawn the conventional dash, indicating a break of time, 
dropped two spaces and goes on in the tone of the gifted 
authoress of “Ulmont Ulvesford.” 


Mr, Moonan 


“Five years had passed over the golden curls of 
Katrina Hasenpfeffer when next Ulmont beheld her,” 
only Mr. Moonan says, “Thar day, well remembered, was 
years ago,” and then—to be brief—Mr, Moonan relates 
his “meeting up” with the slouching gunners who in- 
form him that there is “nary a thing” to shoot except 
meadowlarks and robins, and they offer to guide him on 
a hunt after these birds. (During this conversation Mr, 
Moonan observes that the pockets of “Pete,” one of the 
gunners, are bulging—inferentially with the contraband 
carcasses of robins and meadowlarks.) 

Then Pete gives his Christian name and address to Mr. 
Moonan, who ungratefully repays Pete by “secretly wish- 
ing him in the lockup at Richmond.” 

In conclusion Mr. Moonan plaintively cries: 

“And is this possible, I mused, as I went on my way, 
within fiiteen miles of New York? 

“I understand that a close season of three years for 
quail has been declared on Staten Island. No wonder, 


indeed. But, query: Will it not soon be in order to 


declare a close season for robins and meadowlarks and 
song birds generally? And this suggests another query: 
Does a close season close?” 

And now, Mr. Moonan, eyes front! 

Regarding the genial host scene. 

Woodcock visit 1s as of yore, though not in such 


numbers, perhaps, and last spring I personally knew of 


six pairs of birds that successfully raised broods... Last 
fall bags of eight to ten woodcock to a: gun for a day’s 
shooting were not uncommon, and a good man and dog 
in the right place could have had some fun last week, for 
we got a corner of the flight that visited Long Island 
at that time. 

As to the quail that “Pete” said had disappeared, I 
may state that those planted by members of our associa- 
tion are still with ws and flourishing. J 

But this letter could have no point were it only to call 
attention to our island as a happy hunting ground, its 
chief reason being to address to Mr. Moonan a “query” 
er two: 

Ti Mr, Moonan had a violator of the law undér his 
nose in the person of Pete, as he wants us to believe, why 
didn’t he run him in or inform against him? 

Mr. Moonan reads the Forest AND STREAM, and writes 
for it, and therefore with this double distinction it is 
reasonable to conclude he is a sportsman in its truest 
sense. If he’d not confined his feelings to secretly wish- 
ing Pete in the lockup, Mr. Moonan wouldn’t have had 
to ask himself so mournfully “Does a close season close?” 

No loophole for you, Mr. Moonan. You had it from 


‘Pete himself that he was an old offender, and you've got 


his name and address in your jeans now. 

There is an association on Staten Island known as the 
Richmond County Game and Fish Protective Associa- 
tion that’s looking after business of this kind, and that 
has been instrumental in aiding in four convictions for 
game law violations within the past five weeks, and if 
Mr. Moonan will send the names and residences of 


Peter and his co-slaughterer to C.V.Tobin, Princess Bay, 


or G.-K. Gill, Tottenville (special protectors for Rich- 
mond county; appointed at the request of the Associa- 
tion), or to Edgar Hicks, West New Brighton, he may 
rest assuted that they. will secretly keep eyes on Peter - 
and his friend, and if they catch him violating the law, 
will proceed against him in a manner that will make 
“secretly wishing him in a lockup” look like three bat- 
tered silver dimes. | 

Yes, Mr. Moonan, a close season closes, but a close 
season which exists only in itself as a statutory creation 
and not in the honor of sportsmen and protectors, is a 
closed door not locked, SIDNEY Epwarns, 


492 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Dec, 22, 1900. 


In Maine Woods. 


Bosron, Dec. 15.—One of the latest rulings of the 
Maine game wardens, and their instructions come ftom 
the Fish and Game Commissioners, is that all captive 
or tame deer, caught in open season, must be released 
at the beginning of the close season. In a number of 
cases deer have been caught alive, and have been held 
in captivity. The wardens haye been powerless to have 
them released during the open season, but now it is 
understood that immediately after Dec. 15, the beginning 
of the close season, they must he set free, unless special 
permission from the Commissioners is obtained, Such 
permission is seldom granted, except in the case of parks, 
where the animals can be kept with greater security. 
One of the arguments made by the persons holding tame 
deer is that they have become so very taine that if set 
free they will at once fali an easy prey to dogs and dis- 
honest hunters. Even if they get through the winter and 
the close season, they will be among the very first to be 
killed by hunters at the beginning of another open 
season. It is suggested that the coming Legislature will 
be asked to further deflne the capture and holding of 
deer in captivity. 

Some good coot and shore bird shooting was reported 
from Chatham and other points along shore last week. 
Gunners say that somehow the birds have stayed off shore 
longer than usual this fall, and some good bags have 
lately been made. Black ducks have suddenly become 
quite plenty in the markets, having been scarce all the 
fall. ‘The gunners have been sending more to Boston 
within a week, L. E. Boyden, Benjamin Fox and C. R. 
Crosby shot at Chatham last week, with the result of 
eighteen coot and eight black ducks. C. G. Collins, of 
Waltham, carries off the record for coot shooting, haying 
recently shot at Monomoy 150 coot, fifty of them the 
result of one morning’s shoot. 

It is sad that the Maine deer shooting season could 
not have closed without another terrible tragedy being 
added to the list of shooting casualties in that State. 
But Ira Sturtevant, of Foxcroft, is a victim of careless 
shooting, at the very last days of the season. Thomas 
Daggett, Gilman Gould and the dead man started out 
last Saturday for deer hunting in the vicinity of Sebec 
Lake, They separated, and about noon both Daggett 
and Gould heard two shots in the direction Sturtevant 
had gone. They at once went to see what had been 
shot, and Daggett soon came pon a deer hanging up to 
a tree, shot by Sturtevant or some other hunter, and near 
by the dead body of Sturtevant, with a bullet wound in 
the head. Gould soon came up, being called by Daggett. 
At first they thought that the dead man had committed 
suicide, as his rifle lay across his legs, but the wound in 
his head was evidently made by a .30-30, while the rifle 
of the man was a .38-55. After caring for the dead man, 
search made to see if any other hunter could be tracked, 
but without success. The theory is that some other man 
had shot Sturtevant supposing him to be a deer, and 
finding what he had done, had fled, rather than face the 
terrible ordeal, So fat no light has been obtained as to 
who fired the fatal shot. Investigation has been made 
to find out if it were possible that shots fired by Daggett, 
earlier in the day, at a deér, might not have been de- 
flected and caused the death of the other hunter, but last 
reports say that there is nothing in this theory. The 
shooting is a mystery, but still greater interest is aroused 
in the direction of something being done to prevent such 
terrible occurrences, as far as possible. The proposition 
of the Forrest AND:StreAMm that accidental shooting be 
made a criminal offense is meeting with a good deal of 
favor among those who go into the woods for hunting, 
and the Maine Legislature will soon take up the matter 
in some such form. It is also suggested that a law be 
passed compelling hunters, guides and all persons going 
into the Maine woods during the hunting season to wear 
a regulation color of clothing, stich as could not be mis- 
taken for deer or other game. Something must be done 
to stop the terrible slaughter of hunters. The record of 
the past season is worse than ever before. 

Dec. 17—The Maine big game season is closed, the 
season on deer closing Dec, 15, while that on moose 
closed Nov. 30, The record for shipments of big game 
through Bangor for the season has been 3,113 deer and 
138 moose; a decresae of 331 deer and one moose from 
the preceding season, But it must be remembered that 
this is only one section of the big game country, though 
the most important. All other sections would, if the 
record could be known, show a worse falling off, with 
the exception of the sections around Kingfield and 
Andover, where there has been an increase in the number 
of deer killed. The game boomers are inclined to take 
couraze from the fact that the season just ended has 
been the largest recorded with the exception of 1890. 
The last two weeks of the deer season were exceedingly 
unfavorable for hunting, especially for the outside sports- 
man, not used to snowshoeing and tramping through 
deep snaws, and these sportsmen have generally re- 
mained at home. Butt the guides and backwoodsmen 
have gone after the deer on snowshoes, and they have 
been very sticcessiul. Accounts are numerous, in the 
Maine newspapers, of the deer killed the past week by 
‘local gunners. In many instances they have been killed 
close to the villages. In some instances they have run 
inta the towns and villages, just to be shot. Each local 
paper or local correspondent makes great note of the fact 
that deer have been slain in their very midst. 

The results of the shooting of deer by Maine local 
gunners and guides are to be seen in the Boston markets. 
Early in the season venison was very scatce in these 
markets. Saturday I counted 19 deer hung up for dis- 
play; many very large bucks. In one instance six deer 
had just come in. It is an open secret that anybody can 
bring a deer out of Maine, or could during the open 
season, whether killed by himself or not; though the law 
strictly prohibits the shipping of deer out of that State 
except by the hunters killing them. The evasion of this 
law has become wondertully easy. Two marketmen were 
telling me Friday of how they were just out of Maine 
and had brought their deer. “It was easy enough. The 
expressman, warden or some other man, at the station, 
called out: ‘Who claims the deer?’ and we simply stepped 
forward and gave a name. That is all there was to it. 
At the express office in Boston we ordered the deer sent 


to No. -. —— street. There the deer haye beer sold 
whole for 13 cents a pound. One buck weighed almost 
200 pounds, Paid us well, We only paid $10 and $12 
apiece for the deer.’ The marketmen also told me a 
funny story of a fellow coming out by the same train. 
He had taken a deer to bring out and sell for a guide; did 
not own it himself, At Bangor he was asleep in the 
smoker or sleeping car, and did not answer when the 
official asked for an owner for the deeer. It was seized, 
and the gitide has lost it. If one will take the trouble 
to look over the published list of men bringing deer 
through Bangor for the past two or three weeks, and 
then trace the names to Boston, hé will find that many 
of the names are not in the city directory, and the names 
that are in it are not the names of hunters, in but very 
few instances. They are the names of men who know 
nothing about gunning; did not go down to Maine to 
shoot deer; simply brought them out, and they went 
straight to the market. Will the coming Maine Legis- 
lature do anything to prevent such shipping? Ii the 
Commissioners want facts, I have them. I believe they 
will be startled to learn to what extent the selling of deer 
by guides and others is carried; in most instances going 
directly to the markets of this city, through the 
medium of anybody who will take the trouble to claim 
them at the express offices. On such shipments the 
American Express Co. is silent; refuses blandly and 
politely to know anything about it. ' 
Alas, still another shooting accident must be reported! 
Reports to the daily papers, Saturday, dated at Machias, 
Me., say that there has been another fatal shooting ac- 
cident. The yictim was Ernest R. Phipps. He was 
mistaken for a deer by his cousin, with whom he was 
hunting in Plantation No. 14. This makes eight shoot- 
ing accidents of the kind since the big game season 
opened in Maine, nearly all fatal. The number is alarm- 
ingly too great. It 1s true that the close season is now 
on, and we can breathe easy for a few months, but another 
open season will be coming. Will the Maine Legislature 
take teasonable action on this matter? ‘The last proposi- 
tion that J have heard in this direction is to make it un- 
lawful to shoot a fawn, and to punish the offense by a 
fine of $25. This. it is reasoned, would make hunters 
more careiul, and not shoot till they had thoroughly seen 
their game; hence they would not shoot other hunters. 
Quite a roundabout way of getting at something that 
hunters should be made more careiul about. The Porest 
AND STREAM is right. Make accidental shooting a more 
heinous offense. I would also make it an offense to go 
into the woods loaded with whiskey, and forbid the use 
of it when on hunting trips. SPECIAL, 


Massachusetts Association. 


7 Cortes Street, Boston, Dec. 15.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Massachusetts Central Committee and the 
Massachusetis Fish and Game Protective Association 
held a meeting and dined together on Thursday evening, 
Dee. 13, at the Copley Square Hotel. 

Officers of the Central Committee for 1901 were chosen 
as follows: President, A. B. F. Kinney, of Worcester, 
Executive Committee—Chairman, Hon. Robt. S. Gray, of 
Walpole; Wm. B, Phinney, of Lynn; A. C. Sylvester, N. 
Attleboro; Dr. D..S. Woodworth, Fitchburg; Dr. J. T. 
Herrick, Springfield; Dr. A. Ricketson, N. Bedford; 
Henry Hanson, Fall River; Jason Spofford. Amesbury; 
H. S. Fay, Esq., Marlborough; J. E. Wood, Pittsfield ; 
Dr. W. S. Clark, N. Adams. Secretary-Treasurer, H. H. 
Kimball, Boston. 

Hon. Geo. W, Wiggin presided at the dinner, and 
among the speakers were Harvey N. Shepard, Esq., of 
Boston, representing the Appalachian Club; S. O. 
Staples, of S. Framingham, delegate from the Middlesex 
South Agricultural Society; Dr. C. N. Raymond, of the 
Rehoboth Farmers’ Club; Dr. D. S. Woodworth, Presi- 
dent of the Fitchburg Rifle and Gun Club; Harry D. Hunt 
and A. C. Sylvester, of N. Attleboro; H. S. Fay, of Marl- 
borough; John Fattler, Jr., Boston, and o‘hers. 

All expressed a readiness and determination to do any 
defensive or aggressive work during the coming session of 
the Legislature as occasion should require. The Nominat- 
ing Committee, Dr. E. W. Branigan, Chairman, presented 
a list of officers for the Massachusetts Fish and Game 
Protective Association for I9o1. 

Messrs. Addison M. Thayer, of Franklin; Frederick 
Freeman, John F. Bowditch, M. J. Keane and Wm. G. 
Reed, of Boston, were elected to membership, and the 
following names were added to the list of corresponding 
members, viz.: Harvey N. Shepard, Esq., Boston; C. 
M. Buckminster, Georgetown; I. O. Converse, Fitchburg ; 
Dr. C. N. Raymond, Rehoboth; W. S. Hobbs, Uxbridge; 
H. T. Dispean, Grafton; Geo. F. Gains, Rockland; H. F. 
Haynes, Bolton; Frank E. Walker, N. Brookfield; Geo. 
H. Palmer, Esq., N. Bedford; W. T. Simpson, S. Wey- 
mouth; H. E. Tuck, Haverhill; A. W. Walls, Worcester + 
C. H. Goodell, Worcester; M. E. Hawes, E. Weymouth; 
Dr. W. S, Carr. N. Adaims; Bradford S. Turpin, Rox- 
bury; Wm. B. Phinney, Lynn; W. C, Thairlwall, Boston. 

Your readers will regret to hear of the recent death of 
one of the most enthusiastic sportsmen of our State, Wm. 
Minot, Esq., the first President of the Rod and Gun 
Club of Massachusetts, and for matty years a valued 
member of the Massachtisetts Fish and Game Protective 
Association. The next meeting of the Association will 
be the annual for election of officers the second Wednes- 
day (the oth) of January. 'y 

Henry H. KimpBant, Secretary. 


Those Quebec Moose Shipments. 


Avtmer, Que., Dec. 11.—Editor Forest and Streaye: 
I notice in your issue of Dec. 8 an error against Mr. J, W. 
Collins, of Pittsburg, by giving F. M, Turner, also of 
Pittsburg, Pa., the credit of having three moose, one 5654- 
inch spread and the other two 36-inch. 

The two moose heads 36 inches should be credited to 
Mr. J. W. Collins. of Pittsburg, Pa., addressed to Mr. 
W. Sutherland, Orillia, and shipped by Mr. Collins him- 
self, Kindly correct same in your next isste and oblige. 

hep N. E. Cormier, 
Provincial Game Warden and Fishery Overseer. 


6 6 
American Wildfowi and How to 
Take Them.—XV. 
BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. 
[Continued from page 467.) 
Diving Ducks. 
Sub-Family Fuliguline. 7 

UnbeER this head are included what ate commonly 
known as the sea ducks, deep-water ducks, or diving 
ducks, birds more fitted for a continuous life on the 
water than those heretofore described, and which, as a 
tule, derive their sustenance from water deeper than that 
frequented by the shoal-water ducks. 

As pointed out in another place, these birds have 
larger feet than the shoal-water dueks, while the Jegs 
are placed further back. These characters make pro- 
gression on land more difficult, but assist markedly in 
swimming and diving. All the birds of this sub-family 
may be known by haying a web or lobe hanging down 
from the hind toe. This web or lobe is absent in all 
the iresh-water ducks. The sea ducks or diving ducks 
are stipposed to spend most of their time on the salt 
water, but this is a rule to which there are a multitude 
of exceptions, and many of the species of this sub-family 
resort to inland waters to rear their young. Some birds 
commonly regarded as exclusively marine are found at 
all seasons of the year on great bodies of fresh water, as 
the Great Lakes and Yellowstone Lake in Wyoming, 

As stated, most of the members of this stb-family 
procure their food by diving, and bring up from the 
depths of water fish, mollusks and grasses of one kind 
and another. Many of them are, therefore, not delicate 


food, alchough, on the other hand, the far-famed canvas-~ 


back, which belongs to this group, is one of the choicest 
of our ducks. 

There arevarious strongly marked anatomica! and other 
differences’ within the group, which do not require con- 
sideration here. They are described at length in various 
ornithological works. 

While the fresh-water ducks usually spend their time 
in the marshes and in fresh-water ponds during the day, 
the sea ducks, as a rule, resort to wide stretches of open 
water, where in moderate weather they rest during the 
middle of the day, resorting to their feeding grounds at 
evening, and sometimes feeding during the night and 
well into the morning. 

Dr. Elhot has pointed out that, as a,rule, the notes of 
these birds are harsh and guttural. 


Rufous-Crested Duck, 


Netta rufina (Pall.). 


Adult male.—Sides of head and throat, purplish-brown, 
becoming darker on the throat, and changing to pale 
reddish at the front and base of the crest, becoming 
paler toward the tips of the feathers. The lower half 
of the neck, with a narrow strip running up the back of 
the neck ¢o the head, the breast, belly, lower tail-coverts, 
tipper taii-coverts and rump, black; darkest on the neck 
and breast, and with greenish reflections on upper tail- 
coverts. Back, grayish-brown, growing darker toward 
the rump. The scapulars, or shoulder feathers, brown- 


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RUFOUS-CRESTED DUCK. 


ish-yellow. Speculum, white tipped with gray. The 
bend of the wing, white, as are also the primaries, ex- 
cept fhe tips of some of the outer ones, which are gray- 
ish-brown. The sides and flanks, white, indistinetly 
marked with brownish bars. The tail is grayish-brown; 
the bill and feet red. There is a full, soft-crest on the 
crown of the head. Length, 22 inches; wing; 10 inches. 

The female has much less crest than the male, and it 
is brown. The rest of the head and neck, and the lower 
parts, generally, are pale ashy, darker on the breast and 
sides. The upper parts are grayish-brown. Those por- 


tions that are white in’ the male are faintly marked in | 


the female, or do not show at all. The spectilum is white, 
as in the male, but much duller. 

This is an Old World species, very doubtiully attrib- 
uted to North America. It may be questioned whether 
it has ever been seen here in life by an ornithologist, but 
specimens have been found in the New York markets 
for sale, with other ducks which were known to have 
been killed near that city. No sportsman is likely to 


meet with it, but it is introduced here to complete the 


list of North American dticks. 


Fawn, 


Editor Forest and Stream; 

The question is frequently asked, What isa fawn? The 
answer is, a deer during the first year of its life. And 
as the fawn is protected by the laws of the State of New 
York from being killed, the next question naturally pre- 
senting itself is, How can the hunter distinguish whether 


the game he sights is a fawn or a yearling? It is a fact 


and of frequent occurrence that an early buck fawn, 


if well supplied with nourishment, is by Nov. 1, following | 


as heavy as many a yearling doe, and as neither would 


have hornes to show, and each dresses 90 or t00 pounds, - 


with coats of same color, how shall we: distinguish at 50 
yards distance one from the other? ~ Cap Lack, © 


Dec. 22, 1900.] 


Toledo and Thereabouts. 


The Sale of Game. 


Totzvo, O., Dec. 14.—Although the game season in 
Ohio closed some two weeks ago,a number of the fish and 
game stands still display quail and grouse without any 
pretext of concealment. Theoretically, the game laws of 
our State prohibit the sale of game in the markets; prac- 
tically they accomplish nothing whatever in this direction. 
The local game wardens are loath to make arrests in view 
of the extreme difficulty of securing convictions, and 
nothing better can be hoped for till the legislative session 
of 1902. There is an interesting story in circulation 
among some of the people on the inside, which, if true, 
would tend to account in a great measure for the present 
complicated and ambiguous condition of the present game 
laws. The story is not a very creditable one to the in- 
telligence and honesty of the average legislator, but it is 
averred that certain members Of the Ohio Assembly pur- 
posely delayed action on fish and, game legislation in an 
attempt to extort “contributions” from some of the men 
most largely interested in the commercial fisheries of the 
State. The latter gentlemen declined to be “seen,’ and 
the legislation in question was held till almost the last day 
in the afternoon, when a bill hastily and clumsily drawn 
was hurried through both branches with results which 
aré now very generally known. 


An English Woodcock. 


Dr. Walter Snyder, one of Toledo’s most enthusiastic 
sportsmen, had an experience in Michigan the other day 
which is certainly to be classed as unusual. On one of his 
shooting trips across the border the Doctor brought to 
bag a woodcock which was similar to all the other mem- 
bers of his species in every regard except that of size, and 
this was nearly twice as great as that of the average bird. 
Dwight Huntington, the Cincinnati artist and the author 
of “Brush, Sedge and Stubble,’ who had been stopping 
temporarily in Toledo on his way home from a month’s 
shooting on the St. Clair Flats, although he did not see 
it, gave it as his opinion that the specimen was an Eng- 
lish woodcock. The Doctor secured another woodcock 
of the same character about a year ago in the same lo- 
cality, but most unfortunately did not have either of 
them preserved for identification. Doubtless Mr, Hunt- 
ington knows what he talks about when he denominates 
this mammoth an “English” woodcock, but he is at a loss 
to account for the presence of this “blawsted Britisher” 
on American soil. Can any of the Forest AND STREAM 
readers throw any light on this subject? 


Actoss the Indiana Line. 


Toledo is a most ideal location for the lovers of the 
gtin as well as of the rod, and its advantages for those 
who pursue the feathered game of the uplands are well 
nigh unexcelled. For example, Toledo shooters have only 
to step across the Michigan line to get ten day’s hunting 
before the Ohio season opens, while on the west, after it 
closes, they have still thirty days in Indiana. Among 
those who have recently been prolonging the season in the 
latter State are Messrs. N. H. Coder, of the railway mail 
service; H. H. Hewitt, and Arthur Secor. 

JAY BEEBE. 


Canadian Birds. | 


Tue catalogue of Canadian Birds, issued by the Geo- 
logical: Survey of-Canada, of which Dr. Geo. M. Dawson 
is director, is well on the way toward completion. Part 
I., which reached us some time since, includes the water 
birds, gallinaceous birds and pigeons, and is a most valu- 
able contribution to our knowledge of the ornithology of 
the northern portions of America, while Part Il, it is 
hoped, may be issued this winter. Of the catalogue, Dr. 
Dawson says in his prefatory note, that it is intended to 
numerate all the birds of the Dominion systematically and 
to bring together the principal known facts in regard to 
their distribution, migrations and breeding habits. 
work has been very acceptably done. 

Mr. John Macoun, the Naturalist to the Geological 
Survey of Canada, who has compiled this catalogue, has 
brought together all obtainable facts on the range and 
nesting habits of all birds known to reside in or visit the 
northern parts of the continent. Thus in addition to the 
Dominion of Canada, he has included also Newfound- 
land, Greenland and Alaska. The nomenclature adopted 
is that of the American Ornithologists’ Union, and the 
order followed in citing the notes on each bird is from 
east to west, Greenland being first mentioned and Alaska 
last. ; ° 


From 1831, when the second volume of the “Fauna - 


Boreali-Americana” was published, until the present 
time, no complete list of the birds of the northern part 
of this continent has been attempted, though some years 
ago Mr. Montague Chamberlain gave us a catalogue of 
the birds of Canada proper, which contained 556 species. 
Other more ot less local lists have been the “Birds of 
Ontario” (MclIlwraith), “Birds of Manitoba’ (Thomp- 
son), “Birds of Quebec” (Dionne), “Birds of Montreal” 
(Wintle) and “Birds of British Columbia” (Fannin). 
All these and many other sources of information have 
been consulted by Mr. Macoun, but more important than 
any of these have been his own observations, carried on 
for more than twenty years, during his travels through 
Canada in all directions. He has been ably assisted by 
Mr. W. Spreadborough and by many other helpful per- 
sons. The works of investigators in Alaska have, of 
course, been consulted, and Mr. A. P. Lowe’s )investiga- 
tions in Labrador have not been omitted. ' 

In the list, which contains 316 species, besides a con- 
siderable number of sub species, which are lettered a, b, c, 
etc., under their various heads, the English name is given 
first in full faced type, and this is followed by the Latin 
name. Then come statemeits as to the range, migration 
and breeding of the species, and under the head of breed- 
ing notes some specific examples are noted in greater 
detail. 

As already remarked, the catalogue treats of the game 
birds and the water fowl of northern America, and the 
notes on these species offer much that is of especial in- 


The» 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


terest to sportsmen. There is much of melancholy interest 
in the fact that the wild turkey, which was formerly quite 
common in southwestern Ontario, is now extinct, or 
nearly so, for those most likely to hear of the birds have: 
not learned of the existerice of any for a number of years. 
The catalogue will prove interesting reading to the 
sportsman, who has about him also, something of the 
naturalist. : 

To the ornithologist it is still attractive, for it contains a 
great amount of information about different birds that has 
never before been published, and also gives a summary 
of what is known to-day with regard to the birds of the 
northern portion of this continent. p 

The author announces that it is proposed to publish 
Part Il, this winter, and requests ornithologists who may 
receive this part to communicate to him any-additional 
facts they may have observed respecting the birds in- 
cluded in it. Such additions will be attached as a supple- 
ment to the second part. , 


Old Fish and Game Laws. 


Mr. Carlos L. Smith 
Journal; 

“Many people have supposed, myseli among the rest, 
that the fish and game laws were a modern production 
of this State; that deer, fish and game might formerly be 
taken at any time when found, and at the sweet will of 
the hunter. 

“T am somewhat surprised to find that as early as 1797, 
March 9, only six years alter Vermont was admitted 
into the Union, the Legislature passed a law making a 
close time on deer, from Jan. 10 to July 1 following, 
and a close time for catching and taking alive any deer, 
the months of February, March and April, under a pen- 
alty of ten dollars for violation; and that every person 
in whose custody should be found or who should ex- 
pose for sale any green deer skin or fresh venison during 
the time between Jan. 10 and July 1 following, unless such 
party could prove that the deer was killed before Jan. 10, 
should be adjudged guilty of violating the law. 

“Upon demand by any person assigning a reasonable 
cause of suspicion upon oath, the justice to be judge of 
the grounds of suspicion, at any time within either of the 
months before mentioned, the justice should issue his 
warrant to search in the daytime any house, store, out- 
house or other place whatever, in which venison or deer 
skins were suspected to be concealed; and if such were 
found the penalty was $10: 

“All former laws and acts concerning deer were re- 
pealed. This act was passed March 9, 1797, and I do 
not find, so late as 1808, that it was repealed. The act 
is contained in Chapter LXI, compilation of 1808. 

“In Chapter LXII I find that any person who erected 
any dam, hedge, weir, seine, fish garth or other stoppage, 
whereby the passage of fish may be obstructed, save only 
for the purpose of working some machine useful to the 
public, shall be guilty of a nuisance and the same may 
be abated by any person or persons whomsoever, and the 
offender be liable to a penalty of $15. That no person 
shall take or kill any trout in any lake, pond or creek 
in this State between Sept. 20 and Dec. 20 annually, 
under a penalty not exceeding $5, and for killing any 
muskrat within the months June, July, August, Septem- 
ber or October the penalty was $1. This act was passed 
March 3, 1797, and repealed Nov. 5, 1801, Chapter 
LXITI, compilation 1808. 

“Por killing a grown wolf or panther the bounty was 
$20. For the sucking whelp of a wolf or panther, $io. 
Passed, March 6, 1767. 

“The big game had all vanished from the State twenty- 
five to thirty years later, and was practically unknown 
until twenty years ago or less: There was a period of 
from forty te fifty vears during this century that they 
were gone, but now they seem to be rettirning, and if 
hunters do fot tufn loose the sayage rifle upon them 
they will continue to imerease, although deer will never 


writes in the Montpelier, Vt. 


- be as plenty here as in Maine or New York on account 


of the vast tracts of wood land in these States.” 
Cartos L, Smiry. 


Rest Days in Wildfowl Shooting. 


Ar the meeting of the New York Association for the 
Protection of Fish and Game, held on Monday, Dec. 10, 
the matter of limiting wildtowl shooting in New York 
waters was brought up and excited great interest. A 
number of members spoke on the question, and the gen- 
eral sentiment apparently was in favor of the establish- 
ment of certain rest days stich as were recently suggested 
in ForEsT AND STREAM, 

A resolution was presented by Mr. H, N. Munn as 
tollows, viz. 

“Resolved, That no shooting at wildfowl, ducks, brant 
and geese shall be allowed on the waters adjacent to 
Long Island, State of New York, on Sunday, Monday, 
Wednesday and Friday. } al 

“And, further, that no guns shall be fired from crafts 
carrying sail.” 

. at Alfred Wagstaff offered an amendment leaving off 
riday. 

General discussion followed. Mr. Munn, Mr. A. Wag- 
staff, Mr. O’Conor, Mr. Edward Thompson and others 
spoke in favor of having certain rest days, but were in 
doubt as to what days should be so considered. A vote 
being taken on Mr. Wagstaff’s amendment, it was lost, 
and a vote on Mr. Munn’s original motion also failed to 
receive a majority vote. 


An Out of Season Deer on Long Island. 


East Hampton, N. Y., Dec. 14.—Editor Forest and 
Stiveam: On Dec. 12 at Springs, L. L, a small town 
about six miles from here, a deer was killed. It swam 
from Gardner's Island and reached the bank all right, but 
yery much exhausted, The one who killed it saw it was 
tired, so he caught it very easily. There is no game con- 
stable here in East Hampton. What protection have the 
deer? PROTECTION, 

[We surmise that Protector Pond will provide 4 pra- 


tector for this special case-] 


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Notice. 


All cotamunications intended for Formsr anp Stream_ should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
mot to any individual connected with the paper, ay 


Forest.and Stream’s Yachting. 


Owtnc to the prospect of, an international race next. 
summer, and also to the natural growth of the sport, an 
increased interest in yachting is felt at the present time. 
The Forest AND STREAM will give mote space to yachting, 
and will keep a closer watch than eyer on all matters of 
interest to yachtsmen all over the country. 

The news feature will be made specially prominent an 
information printed from correspondents in different cen- 
ters as to what is being done by yachtsmen, by designers 
and by builders. Of especial interest will be a weekly 
letter on yachting in and about Boston by Mr. Jno. B. 
Killeen, of the Boston Globe. There will also be articles 
on scientific yachting and stories of interesting cruises. 
Designs of new boats and new types will be published | 
frequently, and half-tone pictures of interesting boats will 
be made a feature. Especial attention will be given to the 
subject of power boats. 

The Forest anp STREAM is practically the only yachting 
journal in America, and appeals strongly to all yachtsmen. 


THE feport that Ex-Commodore E. D. Morgan will 
have charge of Columbia in the trial races has been veri-. 
fied. It has been hoped that Mr. Morgan would con- 
sent to sail Columbia, for aside from the good sport to be. 
had in the trial races there is a possibility that she may 
be called upon to defend the Cup. Of all the yachts that’ 
Mr. Morgan has owned, none of them was of more 
prominence than the 46-footer Gloriana. When he 
brought her out in r89r she revolutionized yacht building 
throughout the world and brought the Herreshoffs to the 
front in yacht designing. In the eighties Mr. Morgan 
owned the 40-footer Tomahawk, and since he began with 
the sloop Dudley he has owned the schooner Wanderer, on 
which he cruised to Europe and back, and the schooner 
Mayflower, after she had, as a sloop, defended the Cup. 
successfully. The big schooner Constellation, now owned 
by Mr. Francis Skinner, of Boston, was built on Mr. 
Morgan’s order. He was one of the principal shareholders 
in the cutter Vigilant that was brought out in 1893 to 
beat the Jubilee, Pilgrim and Colonia in the trials, and 
Valkyrie II. in the finals. He also owned the launch 
Daisy and the steam yachts May, Catarina and Amy, and 
was One of those who ordered a 70-footer last winter, but 
sold out to Cornelius Vanderbilt while the boat now called 
Rainbow was under construction. He was Commodore 
of the N, Y. Y. C. in '1893-4, Rear-Commodore in 1888 
and Vice-Commodore in 1891-2. bad? Hi ‘ 


THE death of Mr. Lawson-Johnston on board his yacht, 
Whyte Ladye, recalls the many misfortunes which have 
befallen the owners of that vessel. She was built originally 
for Lord Rosslyn. Just after her completion he lost all 
his money and was ostracized from English society. He 
finally went on the stage to earn a living. Then the vessel 
was bought by Mrs. Langtry. Up to the time of the pur- 
chase of the yacht she had heem very prosperous; but 
after coming into possession of the vessel she lost heavily 
on the turf, was robbed of all hér jewels, and investments 
were most tinsuccessful, so that she was forced to return 
to the stage to repair her shattered fortunes. Realizing 
she had a Jonah on her hands, she disposed of the yacht 
at the first opportunity, Mr. Ogden Goelet was the next 
purchaser of Whyte Ladye, and after great suffering that 
extended over some time, he died on board when the yacht 
was at Cowes in the same cabin where Mr, Lawson-John- 
son breathed his last a short time ago. , 


The Yachtsmen’s Club. 


Over forty members of the Yachtsmen’s Club assembled 
at the club rooms, 47 West Forty-third street, on Wednes- 
day evening, Dec. 12, to hear an informal lecture on “The 
Compass and Its Adjustment,” by Mr. John L. Bliss. 
Mr. Bliss explained in a most interesting manner the 
various types of compasses and the theory of the earth’s 
polarization. He then gave a demonstration of the mag- 
netizing of iron and steel vessels and its effect upon the 
action of the compass, ending his lecture by practical in- 
struction in methods of adjusting the instruments. . After 
the lecture Mr. Bliss and Mr. John Hyslop entertained 
and amused those present with a number of stories which 
had direct bearing on the subject of the evening, . 

Capt. Howard Patterson, of the New York Nautical 
College, has been engaged to talk to the club on the, even- 
ing of Dec. 19 on “Navigation,” and his remarks will 
be illustrated by the stereopticon. It is intended to form 
a class of club members during January for the study of 
navigation, under the tuition of Capt. Patterson, and all 
members desiring to join are requested to notify Mr. C.-T. 
Pierce, Secretary, as soon as practicable. Other lectures 
already arranged for-are as follows: Jan. 9, “Marine | 
Engineering,” by Prof. C, C. Thomas; Jan. 16, “Yacht 
Measurement,’ by John Hyslop; Jan. 23, “Yacht Design- 
ing and Construction,” by Clinton H. Crane, arid Jan. 30 
“Wrinkles of Yacht Racing,” by Newbury D. Lawton. 

Applications for membership in the club have been 
made by the following: Dr. C. W. Schwartz, Cliff 
Haven Y. C.; Laurence D. Huntington. Jr., New Rochelle . 
Y. C.; E. C. Myrick, Rhodé‘Island Y, CsCharles B. Lau. . 
riat, Jr., Hull-Massachusetts Y. C+ John: Taylor Hum- - 
phrey, Hull-Massachusetts ¥Y.C.; R. W. Bartram, Bridge 
port ¥, C.,. antl Simeon Ford, American Y.C, 


Our Boston Letter. 


Boston, Dec. 15.—Some changes have occurred in the 
programme as at first mapped out for perfecting the 
Boston Cup defender. The greatest difficulty has been in 
obtaining a builder and a place where the yacht may 
be constructed. It was supposed last week that the Fore 
River Engine Works would take up the contract, but 
some things developed which made this impossible, and 
which put a different aspect on the supposed patriotism 
of this concern. ; 

Then it was not known that there would be any great 
difficulty in building the yacht,-both the Fore River people 
and Lawley made the same bid for the construction. But 
when it was found that Lawley could not build her with- 
out sub-letting one or more of his large contracts, the 
Fore River people found that they could not build her 
except at an advance of two-thirds over the original bid. 
Of course, as a matter of a business deal, no fault could 
be found with this, but it looked as though somebody 
thought that they had Mr. Lawson in a corner. 

But in this case, as in all others, the host had to be 
reckoned on. Mr. Lawson was determined to build the 
yacht, and he was willing to spend money to get what he 
wanted, but as much as he desired that the boat should 
be built in or near Boston, he did not propose to pay an 
exhorbitant bonus. He made up his mind that if he could 
' not have her built in Boston at somewhere near his 
figure, he would go outside of Massachusetts. Acting 
accordingly, he immediately set about to get bids out- 
side, and obtained them from three concerns, one of which 
was the Bath Iron Works. Mr. Lawley, however, in the 
meantime, realizing how much the Boston people wanted 
him to build the boat, started in to engineer a little scheme 
of his own, and the result was that he agreed to under- 
take the building of the yacht. 

That much settled, things looked smooth. Mr. Lawley 
announced that he would build a shed in which to con- 
struct the defender, and that he would also fill his other 
orders. But again there came a doubt, and Mr. Lawley 
found that he would have hard work in engineering his 
little scheme. Again a substitute was found, and this 
time a real one from Boston, in the form of the Atlantic 
Works, of East Boston. When Mr. Lawley spoke to 
them about his difficulties, they immediately offered him 
every assistance in their power, which Mr. Lawley was 
nothing loath to accept. 

Lawley had entered into the contract to build the 
yacht, and he proposed to fill that contract. So it was 
arranged that if she could not be built at South Boston 
she would be built at the Atlantic Works, but under the 
supervision of Geo. F. Lawley. At this date it has not 
been definitely settled where she will be built, but Mr. 
Lawley has said that it is more than likely that she will be 
built at the Atlantic Works. 

This news is not displeasing to Bostonians, for the 
Atlantic Works have even greater facilities for building 
metal vessels than Lawley, and, besides, there is always 
deep water in front of their plant. The boat will be laid 
down at Lawley’s and the scrive board made there and 
then shipped to East Boston. Mr. Lawley’s men who 
have worked on the Herreshoff productions will prob- 
ably be sent to East Boston. Mr. Lawley is greatly 
pleased at the manner in which the East Boston people 
came forward and offered their help. 

The designs for the new boat have not yet been com- 
pleted. Mr. Crowninshield has informed your corre- 
spondent that there are two or three sets of plans. and 
that it is not certain which will be the best. Many 
changes will have to be made in them as they now exist, 
but Mr. Crowninshield is of the opinion that the com- 
pleted set will be ready about the middle of the week. 

There is one thing that the designer is very anxious to 
have understood, because of some reports which have 
been made in regard to what the new boat may look like. 
He says that the new boat will not be in any manner a 
freak, but will be a clean, wholesome looking craft. Mr. 
Crowninshield’s views of yacht designing have not the 
least tendency to run along freak lines. C. H. W. Foster, 
who will take part in the management of the yacht, has 
said that it is quite likely that the Boston yacht and that 
turned out at Bristol would be very nearly alike in 
design. 

The name of the yacht has not yet, been decided upon. 
Mrs. Lawson will be the chief factor in deciding upon 
what it will be. The name Bostonian has been suggested 
and has found much favor. Some of the men interested 
ate in favor of the name, but with the final n dropped, as 
Bostonian would be individual, while Bostonia would 
cover the whole field and would be more emblematic of 
her design, her build and her mission. 

The firm of Geo. Lawley & Son, Corporation, which is 
to have charge of the construction of the boat, was 
founded by Geo. Lawley, father of the president of the 
company. Like most yacht builders who have attained 
prominence in this country, he was born in England and 
came from a long line of ship builders. He was born in 
London in 1823. and came to this country in 1851, bring- 
ing his family with him. He settled in East Boston, where 
he worked for some of the prominent ship builders. 

Becoming imbued with the advancing American ideas 
and seeing a possible field in yacht building, he moved to 
Scituate in 1866, entered into partnership with William 
Maybury and started the yacht building business, taking 
with him as assistant his son George. In those days a 
20ft. catboat was such a large order as to make the 
builders feel that business was very good. Many boats 
ware built here and the firm established quite a reputa- 

ion. - 

At the solicitation of members of the Boston Y. C., Mr. 
Lawley moved to South Boston in 1874, severing his con- 
nection with Mr. Maybury and taking his son George in 
with him as partner. The firm became Geo. Lawley & 
Son. From this out they were successful, so much so 
that in 1883 they moved to their present location. In 
that year they built the schooner Adrienne. Their next 
work of importance was the building of the Cup defender 
Puritan in 1885. From that time until the present day 
the firm has been-constantly in the eyes of the yachting 
world. Many of the most prominent yachts in ‘the coun- 
try have been turned out by them, including the May- 
flower, Marguerite, Sachem, Oweene, Barbara, Alborack, 


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Alcaea, Ingomar, Jubilee, Latona, Endymion, Alcedo, 
Aquilo, Currier, Inca, Kaleda and Valda. 
_-The.Beverly Y. C. has amended its rules in regard to 
restricted 25-footers, so that keel boats may now have a 
show with the centerboards. The minimum of beam 
in the keel boats is set at 8ft., the excess of draft 6ft, and 
‘they are to carry 5,000lbs. of ballast. The minimum of 
beam in the centerboards is fixed at oft., the excess of 
draft 4ft. and: ballast 5,500lbs. At the annual meeting 
the club-elected the following officers for the coming year: 
-€om., G. H. Richards; Vice-Com., L. S. Dabney; Sec’y 
and Treas., Laurence Whitcomb; Meas., John Parkinson. 
- There are two I8ft. knockabouts being built for Dux- it 
' bury parties. A cup has been offered for this class by Ex- 
Com. Cushman, of the Duxbury Y. C., to be raced for by 
all comers. . 

F.-D. Lawley is at work on the lines of a Bar Harbor 
as-footer. A 21ft. raceabout is set up in the shop. The 
King 35-footer is partly planked. 

Crowninshield is designing a 32ft. yawl for E. I. San- 
ford, of New York: a 21ft. knockabout for Durbin Horne, 
of Pittsburg, to be used at Providence, and a 25ft. knock- 
about for Lorne C. Kenney, of Toronto. 

_ Graves, of Marblehead, is building a 16-footer for A. D. 
Irving, from Crowninshield’s design. 
- The annual ball of the South Boston Y. C. will take 
place on Feb. 6, 1901. . Joun B. KILieen. 


Lazy Jack. 


WE give this week the sail, deck, cabin and detail plans 
of the catboat Lazy Jack. Her lines and construction 
plans. appeared last week. In racing trim Lazy Jack 
carries 8o0olbs. of ballast and not 8olbs., as was stated 
last week. 


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Yacht Versus Steamer. 


Jupce Appison Brown in the United States Circuit 
Court has returned a decision of unusual interest to 
yachtsmen in the suit of R. Floyd Clark to recover dam- 
ages on his schooner yacht Vif, which was sunk in the 
East>River riear Hell Gate on July 16 as the result of a 
collision with the steamer Crystal Stream, owned by the 
Myers Exeursion and Navigation Company. The deci- < 
sion-is important as defining the rights of way of a sailing 
vessel as against a steamer. 

Vif was a 5o0ft. keel schooner yacht, and had among 
her former owners the actor William H. Crane and 
Charles Stevenson, then the husband of Kate Claxton. 
She and the Crystal Stream sighted each other when the 
yacht was sailing north in the easterly channel of Black- 
well’s Island, nearer to the Blackwell’s Island shore and 
about opposite the workhouse. The Crystal Stream, with 
an excursion barge lashed to each side of her, was then 
headed down stream, about 1ooft. from the Astoria ferry. 
The collision occurred within three minutes near the 
light and about t1ooft. from the shore of Blackwell’s 
Island. 

On the part of the yacht, the crew of three men, who 
were the only persons aboard, testified that they held their 
course and saw no side lights on the tow, but that it 


sagged across their bow and ran into them, the set of the 
tide forcing them to the westward after passing the bend 
of the island. : 

On the part of the Crystal Stream, it was claimed that 
after passing Astoria ferry slip she crossed the current to 
avoid the flood tide and an eddy near the Blackwell’s 


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Island side, and that after she had straightened out down 


the stream the yacht ran into her. 


The claim on the part of the yacht was that this crossing 
of her bow by the Crystal Stream and tow rendered the 
Crystal Stream liable for all damages, and that, at any 
rate, as there was a bend in the river at that point, each 


ought to have kept its own side. ht . 
ae Btown held that the Crystal Stream was not 
liable fot crossitig the chanel from eddy to eddy, as this 
was the tsiidl course for incumbered tugs to pursue. The 
barges lashed at each side of the Crystal Stream projected 
some S0ft. ahead of her, and the side lights on the Crystal 
Stream could only be seen a point, or so through the 
lane thus made, except where they might show across the 
decks of the barges.. Judge Brown declared this arrange- 
ment of her colored lights was a gross violation of the 
rules of navigation, and that the Crystal Stream was in 
fault. He, however, held that, as, the collision occurred 
at 8 o'clock, when it was still light enough to make out 
the direction taken by the tow, and that, as the boats were 
nearly head to head when they first saw each other, the 


yacht should’ have passed to the right, the place of collision « 


showing that she must have changed her course with the 
bend of ie shore to the left. He therefore divided the 
damages.—N. Y, Times. 


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Genesee. 


Ar noon on Oct. 12 there was launched at the Crescent 
Ship Yard, at Elibabethport, N. J., the steel auxiliary 
schooner Genesee. She was built from designs made by 
Messrs. Cary Smith & Barbey, and is similar in appear 
ance to Lasca,,a schooner designed some-years.ago by the 
same firm for Mr. James S. Watson; for whom Genesee 
was built. The boat was named by thé owner’s wife, and 
the launching was attended by a few 4f the relations and 
friends, ; , poe 

Genesee is’ 148ft. over all, 110ft. on the waterline, 27{t. 
beam, 16ft. 6in. depth and draws 13ft. 6in. The auxiliary 
power consists of a 914 and gin. engine by 14in. stroke, 
steam being supplied by two Almy boilers=of 100 horse- 
power ; 20 tons of coal can be carried in the bunkers. She 
has a two-bladed feathering propeller. An electric light 
plant and an evaporator for making fresh water add to 
the completeness of the yacht. * 

Two firle Oregon pine sticks have been, secured for her 
masts, as she is intended solely for'deep water cruising ; 
a yard and square sail is carried- on the foremast. The 
plan that accompanies this article will give an excellent 
idea of the arrangement below decks. All the cabins with 
the exception of the main saloon are paneled in pine and 
painted white with mahogany trim. The main cabin is 
furnished in teak with handsome carved panels. At the 
after end is an open fireplace with green tile; the cabin 
portholes are concealed by stained glass panels, each 
representing one of the carayels in Columbus’ fleet, which 
give a most effective color scheme. Open plumbing of 
the most approved. style is used throughout, The galley 
and forecastle are unusually large and airy. A small deck 
house aft, that serves as companionway, offers a -pro- 
tected lounging- place for the owner and his guests in 
bad weather. All the deck fittings are of teals. 

In her trials under power Genesee steamed about three 
miles an hour more than the speed expected, and developed 
60 per cent. more than the required horse-power. 


~~. Yacht Club Notes, 


WiTH an unusually active yachting year at hand, the 
New York Y. C. has decided to stick by its old officers. 
The Nominating Committee has nominated for re-elec- 
tion, at the annual meeting Feb, 14, nearly all of those 
who are at present holding office. The Treas., Mr. F. 
W. J. Hurst, will retire after fourteen years’ service, and 
has named Mr. Tarrant Putnam to succeed him. The 
list in full is as follows: Com., Lewis Cass Ledyard, 
schooner Corona; Vice-Com., August Belmont, sloop 
Mineola; Rear-Com., C. L. F. Robinson, cutter Hester; 
Sec’y, J. V. S. Oddie; Treas., ‘Tarrant Putnam; Meas., 
John Hyslop; Fleet Surgeon, Morris J. Asch, M. D. 
Regatta Committee—S. Nicholson Kane, Chester Gris- 
wold and Newbury D. Lawton. Committee on Admis- 
sion—Henry C. Ward, James C. Bergen, Frederick 
Gallatin, James A, Wright and George F. Dominick. 
House Committee—Harrison B. Moore, Thomas A. 
Bronson and William H. Osgood. Library Committee— 
Theodore C. Zerega, Paul Eve Stevenson and Arnold 
Wood. Committee on Club Stations—William Thomas, 
No. 1, Tompkinsville, S. I.; Frederick G. Bourne, No. 2, 
New York, foot of East Twentty-sixth street; F. Augus- 
tus Schermerhorn, No. 3, |Whitestone, N. nya F 
Vaughan Clark, No. 4, New London, Conn.; Charles 
Lane Poor, No. 5, Shelter Island, N. Y.; Frederick P. 
sands, No. 6, Newport, R. I.; Harrison B. Moore, No. 


7, Vineyard Haven, Mass.; John P, Duncan, No. 8, At- « 
lantic Highlands; Amzi L. Barber, No. 9, Ardsley-on-~ 


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_ The Payonia Y. C. held its annual meeting on Tues- 
day, Dec. 11, and elected the following officers for the 
Going year: Com., D. W. Kohn, schooner Azalea; 
Vice-Com., Alex, F. Roe, yawl Forsyth; Fleet Capt,, 
John Wright, sloop Naomi; Meas, A. P. Curtis: Fleet 
Surgeon, Dr, W. J. Parker; Rec; Sec’y, W. W. Poland; 
Fin. Sec'y, W. F. Tobin; Treas.,- L. Mittelsdorf. House 
Committee—John Zimmerman, Garrett Yan Horn, Will- 
jam Willis, James Morey and M: Gilmartin. Trustees— 
F. G Agens, E. J. Smith, C. W. Link, John C. Smith 
and P. W, Figueira. Anchorage Committee—G, Van 
Horn, A. P. Curtis and L. C. Russ. Plans were sub- 
mited for the alterations of the new club house at 
Bayonne, N. J,, and for the outbuildings on the grounds. 
The club is in a very satisfactory condition. On New. 
Yeates: Day- the officers will give their annual dinner to 


the members, which will be the last important reunion at. 


the old Jersey City quarters previous to the occupancy 
of the new house at Bayonne, 


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The Williamsburgh Y. C. held its annual meeting on 
Tuesday, Dec. 11, and elected the following officers: 
Com., John Fennell; Vice-Com,, E. V. Rosemond; Rear- 
Com., John New; Sec’y, Henry Schmieder (re-elected) ; 
Cor. Sec’y, William D. Long (re-elected): Treas. Adolph 
Kling (re-elected); Meas., Joseph Northrup: Steward 
A. 1. Brush; Sergeant-at-Arms, Christopher Hambureer. 
Board of Trustees—Frederick Smedley, Chairman: Wm. 


- Kells, James F. Schnessele, John Lawes, Gus Schwartz. 


Regatta Committee—Adolph Kling, Chairman; Henry 


Schmieder, Joseph Newberger, 
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The Morris Y. C. has elected the following officers for 
the coming year: Com., George R. Moran, auxiliary 
sloop Mavourneen; Vice-Com., Hugo Eckert, sloop 
Ariel; Rear-Com., W. T. Isbell, sloop Frolic; Fleet 
Capt., F. Jacoby, catboat Venus. Directors—Charles 
Lansing, William Heubeck, George Henneberg, John 
Salzman, Al. Schorske and William Schwenke. The 
ciub’s annual smoker will be held at the winter quarters 
in January. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 


At New Rochelle the new shed at Huntington’s yard, 
in which the 51-footer for Mr. E. Kelly will be built, is 
nearing completion. Over sixty boats are in their winter 

- quarters at this yard. Among them are; lola, Nada, 
= Ruby,: Lucille, Moya, Zolfo, Senta, The Duchess, Tis, 
Karma, Ionia, Keren, Bonnie Glint, Persimmon, Mon- 
goose II., Jessica, Gossip, Don’t Worry, Idler, Oconee, 
Midge, Rochelle, Marion, Angora, Vagrant, Sally, Swan, 
Oriole, Wanata, Miriam, Nettie Dennis, Kazaza, Alcedo, 


=<. Keneu, Ontiora. Addie, Mayotta, Twilight, Margaret, 


“Adelaide, Osage, Wyutje, Heron, Whynot, Elphin, Nora, 


= Dérothy, Pandora, Dort, Mascotte, Possum, Nonny, 


Welfare, Jessica (knockabout). 
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Mr. Charles Smithers, of the N. Y. Y. C., has sold 
his schooner yacht Fleur de Lys, through the agency of 
_Messrs. Tams, Lemoine and Crane, to Dr. Lewis A. 
Stimson, of the N. Y. ¥. C. The Fleur de Lys is one 
~of the best known cruising yachts in the club fleet, and 
~her log book includes the records of several transatlantic 
=yoyages. The yacht was designed by Burgess, and built 
vat’ Bath, Me., ten years ago, 


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The schooner yacht Rosina, owned by Mr. Harry T. 
Malpass, of Atlantic City, N. J., which was driven ashore 
on the night of Dec. 9, off Southold, L. I., has arrived 
at Tebo’s Basin, South Brooklyn, and is undergoing re- 
pairs before proceeding to her destination, The Rosina 
was floated on Dec. 11, and being found in pretty fair 
condition was taken in tow and brought to Brooklyn. 
Her steering gear will be replaced, and her standing 
rigging needs attention. 


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Mr. Franklin Singer, one of the richest Americans in 
Paris, has ordered a schooner yacht, which will proba- 


bly be the largest sailing pleasure craft in the world. - 


The boat is designed by Soper, and will be built at 
' Gosport, England. 


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Mr. L. T. Mossecrop, of Brooklyn, has sold his racing’ 
28{t. cabin catboat Firefly, to, Mr. L. F. Sanderson, of 
New London, Conn. 


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Mr. Joseph R. Wainwright, of Philadelphia, has bought 
the steam yacht Henrietta, and will take her to Phila- 


delphia, 
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The yawl Lapwing, owned by Mr. P, Larouche, of 
Boston, which spent most of her time cruising in the 
waters hereabouts, has been bought by Mr, L. W- Snell- 
ing, who is a member of the New Rochelle Y. C. He 
will change her rig next spring to that of a sloop, 


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Five of the Larchmont’s new 25ft. one-design class, 
from the plans of Messrs. Gardner & Cox, are now 
under way at the yard of Wyckoff Bros, & Taylor, Clin- 
ton, Conn. The owners of these boats are Mr. Charles 
Hogan, of New York; Mr. J. G. Hocxe, of Jersey City; 
Dr. J. M. Woodbury, of New York; Mr, Robert D. 
Graham, of Greenwich, Conn., and Mr. H. G. S. Noble, 
of New York. The commissions to build were given as 
named, and the order of their delivery will be the same. 
Within the next few days the designers hope to have 
three or four additional contracts signed by well known 
yachtsmen. 

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The Fife designed cutter Senta, recently sold to Mr. 
A. N. Hinkle, of Cincinnati, through the agency of 
Messrs. Gardner & Cox, will leave Southampton, Eng- 
land, in a few days for Greenport, L. I., and will be laid 
up the remainder of the winter at the yard of the Green- 
port Construction Co, 

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Mr. J, M. McDonough, the former owner of the Fife 
designed cutter Jessica, is seriously considering the build- 
ing of a houseboat 127ft, over all and 2oft. beam. 


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The auxiliary yacht Intrepid, N. Y. Y. C,, is having 
her machinery and boilers overhauled at Fletcher's, 
Hoboken, and will leave there for Tebo’s Basin, South 
Brooklyn, in a few days. 
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The steam yacht Corsair, N. Y. Y. C., Mr. J. Pierpont 
Morgan, will leave Fletcher's, Hoboken, on Tuesday for 


-= the Erie.Basin, where she will be laid up for the winter 


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The steam yacht Marjorie, recently purchased by Mr. 

Isaac E. Emerson, of Baltimore, Md., is at the Morse 

~ Iron Works, foot of Fifty-seventh street, South Brook- 
lyn, for repairs and alterations. 


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Mr. George Lord Day, prominent as a yachtsman, 
clubman and sportsman, died on Dec, 14, from the result 
of an operation, He was thirty-nine years old. Mr. Day. 
made several long ocean voyages on his yacht Fleur 
de Lys, and cruised over most of the world, His boat 
was one of the nine American yachts at the jubilee naval 


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GENESEE—_DESIGNZD BY MESSRS, A. CARY SMITH & BARBEY FOR MR. JAMES 5, WATSON. 


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review at Southatipton, in 1806. At the outbreak of the 
Spanish-Athetican war his yacht was near Lisbon, Por- 
tugal, and was chased by a Spanish gunboat, but got 
away. A year ago Mr. Day built the schooner Endymion, 
which was handsomely fitted out. In his first trip across 
the ocean in her the boat made a record for her class. 
He returned to this country on the yacht in October. 
Mr. Day was a member of the Union, University, Rac- 
' quet, Manhattan, Meadowbrook, New York Yacht Club 
-and New York Athletic Club, 


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The steam yacht Enterprise, N. Y¥. Y. C., Messrs. 
F, L. and Nelson Perrin, of Baltimore, is being fitted 
out at Curtis Bay, the anchorage and station of the Balti- 
more Y, G., for a cruise to South America, and ‘is ex- 
pected to sail the first of the year. 


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The steam yacht Sagamore, recently purchased by Mr. 
E. Clinton Lee, of Philadelphia, and before reported as 
being at Poillon’s, South Brooklyn, for repairs, is being 
entirely replanked among other renewals. Capt. White 


is in charge, 
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S. M. Jarvis’ steam yacht Priscilla, which with her 
owner and a party abroad left New York Nov. 18 on a 
West Indian cruise, was reported at Havana on Dec. to. 


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Capt. William A. Andrews is to make another trip 
across the ocean in a small boat, This time he will 
attempt the passage in an rift. folding canoe. He will 
start the first of next June. Charles A. Bigney, a Boston 
boy, who is well known for his high diving feats, will 
accompany Andrews, himself having a canoe of the same 
length and canvas covered, The trip, therefore, will be 
in the nature of a race.—Boston Globe. 


Nocates, Ariz., Noy. 22.—Arizona is to furnish a 
novel feature for the inaugural parade in Washington 
next March. About a year ago two hali-grown black 
beats were captured in the Santa Rita Mountains, by 
Mark ‘Lully, a locally noted hunter. He offered them to 
the Washington Zoological Gardens, and_ the gift was 
accepted conditional upon the delivery of the bears in 
Washington. The question of the delivery was soon 
solved by a unique bet made between W. M. Hoey, an 
enthusiastic Indiana Republican, now Collector of the 
Port of Nogales, and a Democratic friend, William Tag- 
gart, of Indianapolis. Hoey agreed to take the bears 
East and to march with them in the inaugural parade if 
his candidate was elected. Taggart promised to do the 
same if Bryan was successful—New York Times.. 


| Rifle Range and Gallery. 


Cincinnati Rifle Association. 


Tue following scores were made in regular competition by mem- 
bers of the’ Cincinnati Rifle Association at Four-Mile House, 
Reading Road, Dec. 9. Conditions, 200yds., off-hand, at the 
standard target. Gindele was declared champion for the day with 
a score of 95. He ties his old record on this score: 


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“Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club, 


Saw Francisco, Dec. 9:—Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club mem- 
bers. met at Harbor View for practice to-day. Our shooting 
master, Frank S. Washburn, made 45.5 average for his best 10 
scores out of 15 entries, which is far better than he eyer did be- 
fure with pistol. Best scores, Columbia target: ; 

Pra tice matehes; pistol, 50yds.: Prichard 36, 56; Washburn 42, 
44 59, 45, 60, 42, 43, 47, 48, 42455; Daiss 47; Twist 69, 60; 
Becker 60, 56. L ys 

Revolver: Trego 65, Prichard 9. 

122 rifle: Allen 43, 36, 45. — | 

; F. O. Younc. 


Grapshaating. 


, Notice. 
All communications intended for Forest anp STREAM should 


always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 


Leading dealers in Rpahis mena supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously for a quarter-century. ; 


- STREAM, 


If you want your shoot to be announced here send 
notice like the following: . 


Fixtures. 


Dec. 25,—Chicago.—All-day shoot of the Garfield Gun (Club. 
Dr. J. W. Méek, Sec’y, 

Dée. 25.—Haverhill, Mass.—Christmas Day shoot of the Haver- 
hill Gun Club. S. G. Miller, Acting Sec’y. 

Dec. 25,—Newark, N. J—Open hve-bird shoot of the Forester 
Gun Club. J. J. Fleming, Sec’y, 21 Waverly avenue. 

Dec. 27—Kansas City, Mo.—Match for the cast iron medal he- 
tween J. A. R. Elliott, holder, and W. R. Crosby, challenger, __ 

Dec. 27.—Holmesburg Junction, Pa,—Team match at 25 birds 
between Baltimore Shooting Association and Keystone Shooting 
League—first of a series. 

Newark, N. J._South Side Gun Club, target shoot eyery Satur- 


day afternoon, 4 F 
Chicago, Ill.—Garfield Gun Club’s live-bird trophy shoots, first 


and third Saturdays of each month. Grounds, West Monroe street - 


and Fifty-second ayenue. 


1901. 
Jan, 1—Newark, N. J.—Target shoot of the South Side Gun Club, 
Jan. 1,—Newark, N; J.—Twentieth annual all-day shoot of the 
South Side Gun Club. “Isaac H. Terrill, Sec’y. nie! 
Jan. 1.—Sing Sing, N. Y,—Tournament of the Ossining Gun 


Club; targets. Wm. P. Hall, Sec’y. 
eleventh 


Jan. 15-18—Hamiulton, Unt—Hamilton Gun Club’s 

annual tournament; live birds and targets; open to all, H. 
Graham, Sec’y. 

Jan. 15-19—Hamilton, Ont.—Hamilton Gun Club’s eleventh 
annual tournament; live birds and targets; open to all, H. 


Graham, Sec’y, ; 
April 9-12.—Baltimore, Md.—Eighth annual spring tournament 

of the Baltimore Shooting Association; two days targets, $100 per 

day, added; two days live birds, $500 guaranteed. H, F. Collins, 


ec'y. 
April 16-18.—Leavenworth, Kan.—Annual tournament of the 
Kansas State Sportsmen’s Association. : 
May 7-10.—Tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s 
Association. C. W, Feigenspan, Sec’y. 
May 7-10.—Lineoln, Neb.—Twenty-fifth annual tournament of the 
Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the 


Lincoln Gun Club. D. Bain, Sec’y. . 
June 5-7.—Circleville, O.—Under auspices of the Pickaway Rod 


and Gun Club, annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters’ 


League. G, R. Haswell, Sec’y. 
June ——Columbus, Wis.—Tournament of the Trapshooters’ 


League of Wisconsin. First week in June. 

June —.—Chicago, Ill—Twenty-seventh annual tournament_and 
convention of the Illinois, State Sportsmen’s Association, Chas. 
T. Stickle, Sec’y. 

AT WATSON’S PARK. 
Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossing, Ill.—Fifteen-bird shoots as 


follows: Dec. 22, 25, 29 and Jan. 1; $2.50 entrance; $2 sweep 
optional; shoots commence at 1 o'clock. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Jan. 8.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Welch (holder)-Elliot match 
for the Dupont trophy. ; q 
Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 
Interstate Park, L. I.—Fountain Gun Club’s regular monthly 
shoots, the third ‘Thursday of October, November and December. 
Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays. ‘ ; 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. I.—Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
TGR? Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Café and hotel accommodations. 
1901 ee ; 
April 1-5.—Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., N. Y.—The Inter- 
state Association’s ninth annual Grand American Handicap lour- 
nament at live birds. ! 
June ——Interstate Park, L, I.—Forty-third annual tournament 
of the New York State Association for thr protection of Kish and 


Game. 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 


Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on atl events are considered as divided untess otherwise reported, Mail 
all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York. 


The daily press recounts that sotne of the shooters of Flatlands 
and Carnarsie, L. I., have been arranging to hold some live-bird 
shoots on Christmas Day, and that they have been notified by 
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals that, as they 
do not belong to regularly incorporated clubs, the live-bird shoot- 
ing will not be permitted, It further recounts that ‘There is 
much indignation among the interested marksmen. They say 
such shooting is done monthly at’ Dexter Park and other places, 
and declare that the discrimination against them is unjust.’’ There 
is no discrimination whatever. Any sportsmen who wish can 
organize and comply with the law governing live-bird shooting. 
Good sportsmen should be good citizens, and good citizens should 
obey the laws. 

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Among the notable visitors in New York recently were Mr. 
Paul North, of the Chamberlin Cartridge Co.; Mr. W. M. (U. 
M. C.) Thomas, who visited New York for the first time since 
becoming a Shriner; Mr. B: Leroy Woodard, of Remington and 
Dupont fame; Mr. Jack Fanning, who ends the year with an 
enviable list of record-breaking runs and high averages; Mr. 
Elmer E, Shaner, the distinguished authority on tournaments; 
Mr. Howard Marlin, of the Marlin Fire Arms Co.; Mr, Irby Ben- 
nett, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., and Mr. J. Hildreth, 
also of the latter company, who arrived in town without a new 
joke this time, the first occurrence of the kind in many years; 
and the genial and well met Ben Norton, of the Hazard Powder 


Co. 
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Under date of Dec. 15 Mr. John Watson, Burnside Crossing, 
Ill., writes us as follows: ‘‘A series of 15-bird shoots will be 
given at this park as follows: Saturday, Dec. 22, and Christmas Day; 
Saturday, Dee. 29, and New Years’ Day, 1901. Entrance to each 
event, cost of birds, $2.50, with an optional sweep, $2. The bird 
meney, $2.50, will be returned to all the shooters making straight 
scores. Class shooting and sweep money divided according to 
number of entries. Five entries, 55 and 45 per cent.; six to ten 
entries, 40, 85 and 25 per cent; over ten entries, 35, 30, 20 and 15 
per cent, Shooting to commence at 1 P. M. each day.” 


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Dr. C. W. Carson, secretary of the Chicago Gun Club, writes 
us that “The annual meeting of the Chicago Gun Club was held 
last evening, at the Sherman House, the following directors being 
elected: Dr. E. G, Morton, J. L. Jones, Dr. C. W. Carson, Chas. 
Antoine, W. H. Cornwell, The new constitution and by-laws 
were adopted. After the eee meeting the directors elected 
the officers for 1901: Dr. E.'C, Morton, President; J. L. Jones, 
Vice-President; Dr. C. W. Carson, Sectetary-Treasurer; Chas. 
Antoine and W. H. Cornwell, Directors. The treasurer’s report 
was yery satisfactory,” 


The accession to the membership of the Interstate Association 
at its last annual meeting, a report of which is published in these 
columns, is exceedingly gratifying. -It indicates a wholesome 
growth in the organization itself, and is pleasingly auspicious 
fs an index of the permanency and cleanness of the sport gener- 
ally. The inctease in the membership adds to the Association’s 
power and prestige, already great, besides materially broadening 
the scope of its usefulness. 


The tribe of Indians ‘is growing. Several noted braves—not the 
last_of their race—were adopted into the tribe at a council held 
at John Watson’s shooting conference last week. The member- 


ship of this young and fislng tribe of Indias is 4 continuous 
refutation of the old chatter that a good Indian is a dead Indian. 


Probably the idea origiriuted in the fact that the bow-and-arrow 
aborigihne was but little better than 40 per cent. im skill, and was 
therefore imavailable for’ tournament purposes, 


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In the big 25-live-bird handicap at John Watson’s congress of 
famous shooters, held in Chicago last week, Dr., J. L. Williamson, 
of Milwaukee, and Mr. J. R: Graham,,of Long Lake, Ill., were the 
only ones to kill straight, ‘There were fifty-seven competitors, and 
the formidable aspect of the competition may. be inferred when 
it is mentioned that seyen of them stood at 3lyds., seven at 30yds. 
and twenty-seven at 29yds., so that of the fifty-seven, forty-one 
were at or back of the 29yd. mark, 


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Mr, John S. Wright, the eminent manager of the Brooklyn Gur 
Club, has accepted a challenge from ‘“‘Bill Smith” to shoot a lives 
bird match under somewhat novel conditions, namely: He stands 
at 30yds, and shoots at 25 birds, while “Bill Smith” stands at 
27yds. and shoots at 21 birds. As Mr. Wright can shoot equally 
well at 30 or 25yds., the match should be interesting. It is fixed 
to take place on Thursday of next week at Interstate Park. 


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Messrs, Harvey McMurchy and P; Bekeart recently went ott 
on a coyote hunt in California, and succeeded in flushing four, 
but ‘neither men nor horses could catch them, as they got out of 
bounds, and therefore should be marked with a 0. They, however 
captured two coons, and were not empty-handed on their return. 
The duck season being on, they afterward arranged to have a 
duck shoot on Mr, Bekeart’s marshes. 


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Keep in mind that the twentieth annual all-day taroet shoot of 
the South Side Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., Gents ee 10 o’clock: 
on New Year’s Day, The grounds are situated on New Jersey 
Railroad avenue, opposite Lehigh coal pockets. There will be 
several turkey and merchandise events. Tunch served at 12 M. 
Wm. M. Smith is president; Isaac H. Terrill manager, 


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_ The contest for the E C cup and the championship of New 
Jersey, between Mr, G, H. Piercy, holder, and Mr. Cc. W. Feigen- 
span, challenger, took place on Smith Brothers’ grounds, Newark, 
on Thursday of last week. Mr. Feigenspan, who -had-held it a long 
time, and defeated several challengers, was the victor by a score 
of 46 to 43. 

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The popular and talented newsgatherer of Sportin Life, Mr 
Will K, Park, was married to Miss Margaret Riewood: of Bostor 
on Dec, 11. This charming lady is better known in the trap- 
shooting world under the nom de fusil of “Miskay.”” We extend 
our hearty congratulations and good wishes to them. 


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On Thursday afternoon of this week, on the Carteret 
Club’s. grounds, at Garden City, L, I, Messrs. R. A. Welch se 
Harold Money will shoot a match at 100 live birds, 30yds. rise 
30yds. boundary, for $500 a side. Both gentlemen, as is well 
known, are first-class experts with the scatter gun. 


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The twenty-seventh annual tournament and convention of the 
Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association will be held in Springfield, 
Iil., the lutte pued week in ae 1901, is the information con- 
cerning that subject sent us by the Association’s secret a 
Chas, T, Stickle, of Springfield, Til. ey gga 


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Mr. Elmer E, Shanet’s report as manager of the Interstate 
Association contains matter of much solid worth, and therefore 
is deserving of special consideration. It will be found in another 
column, in the report of the Interstate annual Meeting, 


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In the report of Watson’s shoot published in our trap col sine 
this week, “Mr. Tough mentions that Dr, Tarde Williamson, of 
Milwaukee, and Mr. George Roll, of Blue Island, Lll., will shoot a 
100-bird’ match at Watson’s Park in the near future. 


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Mr, Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Ta., was high average i 12 
four days of shooting at Watson’s Park, einen sce weet i a 


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The Garfield Gun Club will not hold a shoot on Saturd £ thi: 
week, but will hold an all-day shoot on Christmas Da e on 
: BERNARD Weaomeur 


WESTERN TRAPS. 
Garfield Gun Club, 


Chicago, Ill., Dec. 15.—The appended scores were inade on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the sixth trophy shoot of the 
season, ¥ , 

Honors were divided between T. W. Eaton and F,. G. Barnard 
both killing straight in the main event. The birds wete quite 2 
ig we WEE one started, Bie See slow about taking wing. 

& strong chilling north win ew directly acro Ss 
chilling both birds and shooters, a aver geet tee 

o shoot next Saturday, but an all-day shoot i 
Tuesday, Christmas, # pee aaa 


Event No. 1, trophy shoot: 


Workman, 28..:....2200122021— 7 Barnard, 30......... 212 2— 
SHO MAS Seelam 12*1211211— 9 Dr Mathews, erro eGpuas 
CRORE Ato tral ater 122221112210 Dorman, 28........ 1201210021— 7 
€ J Wolff,-'26...... 1120010022— 6 Hicks, $1........... 2101011101— 7 
Kren) 126y tees ae sera 2100002000— 3 Sperry, 30..... +2 0eLl22w 
re Baws a ROC Sere sot aad Nusly, Dv pte nt 12*1211211— 9 
irs EWye2Oewers, see 220221* almets el fee eee Z — 
Dr Meek,’ 32....... 11111*2211— 9 Sar ; 
Event No. 2, 6 birds, $1: 
Thomas O2*112—4 Thomas 2... ..0600205.22. 221301=5 
Nusly 101110—4 DEERYS cits. bee ot ie 2222123—6 
Eaton .. -102101—5 Palmer ........,..... sate "e224 
C J Wolff 1201024 Barnard .,..... Hibin , DaISODEG 
(Jil ears frmeersrelechiiiaresctete 000000—0 Dr Mathews ............ 227129-—6 
Dr Shaw cececsecssssues 2222296 Dorman .......... teh 120111—5 
Mrs Shaw ..... Pe irivereth: 2*)101—8 1ekSS can Hester aceite: 211112—6 
Dr Meek .....-...... ...*21112—5 
Event No. 3: an 
Barve sear iaadarnete eee alien staat sev aees sow che *29900—3 
GUAT apnoea sees tes — icks ...... ina woe tenes 
SINI1S | yaumeteletat stetetatetetatnialelastyets 101020—3 aes 


Dr. J. W. Merk, Sec’y, 


Chicago Gun Club. 


Watson’s Park, Chicago, Dec, 15.—To first and third the club 
added $8. 


Dr Miller, 30..,.. Sop AR ABSA oA Sheet ce es: +20. 221021121229919—14 
Leyell, Pie Ape tote er Apr ere SP tO coed oneaaHiannHe 220212262*12229—-12 
Stinderimelerr a0 ees A a ea ee 022211010201122—11 
W .H Cornwell, 29....... LAAs. sebetor Barony. Ae 0122*2171102119—4.2 
CW Carson, 29!.....1.0 7 SASARS EAB ais 210212122111111-14 
Macks 28 Pca tie ce edideech teh bide tb tislsicn ere? ate SEE 20201001171 107I—10 
sai lateten 20 See eaeed de see Oe a aes aC A ee 202200001102001— 7 
GE Belton, 28°... fntiges ot Cee ree SOO ALAA EIT +» .212001002211121 41 
Mrs Carson, 25. . Mfc Asnppntitiamee soe cote eeTees 101001109111000— 7 
Ties on 14, 5 birds: re eae 
Dr Miller...... 122t1—5 + 12112—5 CC W Carson,...11292-5 191094 
Ties on 12, 5 birds: i! 
FOV .C]IS An ee aseciinmetiel eee HARA e 01122—4 20001—2 00200—1 
Goniwel le eee eee ehones ites fT 20222—4 00102—2. 02100—2 
Ties on 11: f 
Sundermeier winsnece.s.. NU A TRG Soraonmn payee ee ye 1 1112—5 
a Raye.rice. 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


(Dec, 22, 1908. 


ON LONG ISLAND. 


Interstate Park Handicap. 


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INTERSTATE PARK, Queens, L. I., Dec; 12.—The Interstate Par 
Handicap had six contestants, among whom was the famous shot 
“Tittle Hawkeye.’ Mr. Harold Money sustained his high form, 
killing his 25 birds straight. The conditions were 25 birds, 
$10 entrance, $5 in gold added: 


Pelee ince vay Tew MOAT Ee pe etecect 22229922202292920w 
Haneree Beas anne abateee ee "99419921192299929922912112—25 
Morfey, 30. savseve-reeecenes caitetesen Bode 9929121121211110w 
ese) ionic eee ee reais sae ete gop2ni211111022212"122191—28 
Lingdlipe 28h. ors a. ieanenm ates oe ** 7" "999999%9999911210221*0112—21 
Tattleveet yey en 26-4 ge eeeehaei-s- Ds 30021111022120011012w 


Miss-and-outs were also shot, 


New Utrecht Guo Club. 


Interstate Park, Queens, Dec. 15—Mr. Robert A. Welch won the 


Mauser rifle, which was the prize of a series of contests, with 
Mr. ©. M. Lincoln a close second, The scores: 
Miss-and-out for Mauser rifle: 
R A Welch, 30... ...0:205+--> Pa achstnestale bloc Fee a 
Cs ae aire ements ray : czipoieeisea90%22200 
S Bo Jay) 129i sete eee ar Ses . 
T A Chapman, 28.....--nsnncceerercannne « «122220222200 
ERE AS Seis cor tN Ler rc ota ime Shy ZrvRBL DS BUA 
Ten-bird event: : 
J Weich, Dine dadset« 0201022200—5 Annie kley, ihe ee 
C A Lockwood, 29.220222202*—7 Capt. Jack, 2822.22: 1241222201 
C M Lincoln, 29...2221102202-8 G Grisar, 28,.....-.- 2020122102— 


Miss-and-outs followed the main events. 


At Interstate Park. 


tate Park. Dec. 18.—Matches as follows were shot to-day: 
Worley Senders inated, at 50 birds, $50; Morfey yee ore 

| 101911101 *111°110111*1*10109411110111 711011 = 
Ww San oe 30 fe 01201242221*2012102112200020122212122201222220011-—37 


Wynn-Rodman_ match: 


rate sete db. wT date Bh fete Verne So 731022112*0110*0200221—12 


Lincoln-Sanders match: , 
eee ee 99020200112122200112*222221 2*21222121*1012*1202—38 
crac a. Ae Foote 012121 21021 12222222122902142*221 2212401222243 


Ten birds, $10: 


Sanders, 20...---»+=-22012220228 Lincoln, 30.......+.- 2022222200—7 
iss-and-outs = 

Sees nf eek: sete 120 2222 Packard ..+.+.0. «e212 110 

an Gli s caue eters 2220 220 Ramapo ...v.,--se0 oe 121 


Crescent Athletic Club. 


Bay Ridge, L. 1., Dec, 15.—A bracing cold day and clear light 
favored the shooters who contested at Bay Ridge to-day in the 
Crescent Athletic Club’s shoot. Mr. Louis C, Hopkins and Dr. 
f. J. Keyes tied on 46 for the December cup, this being the third 
contest for that trophy: 


December cup, 25 targets, expert traps; 25 magautrap; handicap 
} d: 
OR ls —Expert— —Magautrap— Grand 
Hdcp. Total. Hdep. Total, Total. 
I. © Hopkins. ...---2.ss i) 23 8 23 és 
J J Keyes. uns cerweee ees 21 7 25 
Wes S Remsen.....2+:-- Z 24 1 21 45 
? B Stephenson......+cr 4 19 3 24 43 
W G McConyille...... - 2 23 10 19 42 
H M Brigham.......... ~ 24 2 17 4) 
W- W Marshall..... eo iy 17 5 17 34 
Dr H L. O’Brien....... sa 16 4 15 oe 
Trophy shoot, 15 targets, expert; handicap allowances added: 
Ww. "C. McConville anoan allowance of 8, made 15; E. Banks, 0, 


14; F, B. Stephenson 2, 14; H. M. Brigham, 1, 13; C. G, Rasmus, 
413; G. W Hagedorn, 1, 13: G, Stephenson, Sr., 6, 13; Dr. 
O’Brien, 3, 11; W. W. Marshall, 4, 11; Dr. J. J. Keyes, 6, 10; 
C. Kenyon, Jr., 3, 9; Dr. Carroll, 0, 7. ‘ 

Stein trophy shoot, 15 targets, expert traps; handica allowances 
added: J. S. S, Remsen, with a handicap of 1, made 1; Lo G. 
Hopkins, 6,13; H.’M. Brigham, 1, 18; Dr. J. J. Keyes, 6, 13; G. 
W. Hagedorn, 1, 18; Dr. H. L. O’Brien, 3, 0; C. Kenyon, Jr., 
3) 9. 


IN NEW JERSEY. 
E C Cup. 

Newark, N. J., Dec. 18.—The contest between Messrs, George 
H. Piercy, holder, and C. W. Feigenspan, challenger, for the rac 
cup, emblematie of the championship of New Jersey, took place 
on Smith Brothers’ grounds, Newark, to-day. The result was in 
favor of Mr, Feigenspan, by a score of 46 to 48. Mr. J. H, W. 
Fleming acted as referee. The conditions were 5) targets, un- 
known angles. , 

The Oceanic Club had a handicap club shoot at 25 targets, in 


which Schortemeier, standing at J8yds., was high man, with a 
score of 22. Messrs. Hooey and Colquitt were guests. 


E C Cup contest: 


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199411111101111111111001— 22-48 
C W Peigenspan.. ccs. css ceve es ye ye WON 11110111 11111 — 24 


4011199991111113111011101 2246 
Oceanic club shoot, 25 targets: 


lasers, Gt teedeyeore poduue! Mian ers 1101010111110011011001111—18 
lesvagesiy Gee eee Ter Te ace Gorrie 1411111110111101101110111—21 
Schorfemeter;, 18,.2-ctecssnscesssseas oe «110111107911001111111111—22 
Feigenspan, 18.,......: ark taveeb ibis yey ee +-210101011111111111100011—20 
oy DS Dw ep qicccs saat rola) ++. «ss-0101111000111111001101110—16 


miniehers 0011100111101110010101111—16 
e+ e1101100110110001101011100—14 


*Hooey ..... ~ «+ 11110301101111110111010— 21 
JGaTeSs ALAS Mia one aaninn ice + aperanepugesrre arene 0100100110011110111110110—15 
EGaldupity wean s ara, sOadou Rector tenn 41111001111010111111111101—20 

*Guests. 

Sweepstakes: 

Events: 1234567 Events: 128 4567 

Targets: 10 15 15 15 15 15 1b Targets: 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 
Feigenspan.. 8131313151512 Koeller ......... Soyo 2k oo 
Piercy) lenin SU 0, Gbischers tases us ae et pryseay LL) 
schortemeier, 7181410131412 Colquitt ..............1114 
WIOUES) Crres sce Woes. eal paneer MeELETATCH pein eeenpelenate a: Sump 
Hoveyercers milo dd sos 2elOs Sinkocks sine ull neces oe eel ure 


Trenton Shooting Association, 


There was a light attendance at the regular monthly badge con- 
test of the Trenton Shooting Association, at its grounds, at 
Hutchinsons Lake, below White Horse, Dec. 12, which was partly 
due to an error of one of the local dailies in announcing that the 
shoct was scheduled for next Wednesday, the 19th. ‘The feature 
of the day’s shooting was the low percentages made. Occasion- 
ally some one would make a fair run, but good scores were the 
exception and not the rule. 

Instead of haying a depressing effect, the reverse was the fact, 
and eyery one seemed to consider it a joke of the first water that 
they were unable to make their usual percentages, Secretary 
Thomas was sadly out of form, and for this was congratulated 
upon all sides. In the badge shoot Comp was the only one to 
qualify for the gold badge class, so was not compelled to shoot the 
final 15 for its possession. Harrison and Thomas tied for the 
silver one, with Harrison winning on the shoot-off. Harrison also 
won the merchandise event, consisting of two boxes of loaded 
shells, scoring 23 out of 25, which, with an added handicap of 5 
gave him 28 With more practice he would easily regain his old- 


time form and keep the best of them on the hustle to beat him. ° 


He has put up some fine scores in the past. 


First 15 to qualify for class: 
Harrison ..... 111101010001110— 9 


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KOGITVS! faesee ee 110110100171171—11 Chaves: marist DOO IDODLT LILI § 
Taylor specs 010011100011011— 8 Thomas .,.....011000001001000— 4 
Thomag oeiitinoTN01—12 
omas ...... = @pates: reve 110111001001010— 8 
Maylon seis: 001100110117171—10 Warrison ..... 11001 —12 
Thropp «..,...111011000010101— 8 ch eine ed 


Shoot-off, 15 targets: ; 
Thomas ....-..101110010111011—10 Harrison ......111101111100110—1. 


South Side Gun Club. 


Newark, N. J., Dec, 15.—At the South Side Gun Club’s shoot 
to-day, the sweepstake events resulted =a follows: _ 


Events: 28-45 67 8 91011 

Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Da SOne tas adaaieoe conection tess te 6 ST 1h 19: 6 86 2b 8 
RELeiliS Necks tose lanes creche wet ecet ee Seal they pi fwest 42) i nea ME Sta 66 
AE RS Pea e eee eee ee CLE Leone mare om he (Got dem a Gn tte ea catia same, 
mlb sb oye fe renhrsoubbGobisocortcedbane au 98 9 810 7 81010 7 
Geolireyers sone aivesuichieate satin 4 bogead 9 7 9 810 8 9 £10 9 
DINED Me eee aaynee BO mieten: an Bi ih Shee, ee See 
J Sho hed ee Se See MMA U MOG Asan tle ot id 78. 9 9 8 


Mount Kisco Rod and Gun Club, 


Mount Kisco, N. ¥., Dec. 17.—Herewith are appended the 
scores of our shooting tournament, held on Dec. 12. It was not a 
very large ome, but it was very enjoyable indeed. The day was as 
near perfection as could be asked for by the most exacting. 
everybody seemed out for a good time, and I guess they had it. 
‘Messrs. Greiff, Grisar, S. Reed, Flewelling, Deam, $. Carpenter, 
Lambert, Thompson, Hoffman and Sherman were with us. 
Mr. Greiff put up a very fine score. His first visit was enjoyed 
very much by our boys. 


Events: 12. 34> be GY 8290 Se 2 eb 

Targets: 10 10 15 10 20 10 15 10 25 10 15 20 10 10 10 10 
ACS AS ELEVON cass ain sesabeae 8 8:14 1014 993 10:20 10 12°19 “910 8 9: 
Greiit. et meet eee Boone mee ate alin’ hohy peal bee an oo ea 
Mere aL E OT ctetetetaeta sale arenes 2% 8129993 Sze 9 1s 17-0" 7b 
EGTASHT. N Helplsln temete 1s abe Pi echle RpaeE Vn tale [i hate ea ae Fo 
Re @ayatetel Seodoodecet 7 712 815 8411-922 91316 9 8 97 
ieReedGrn tr eee 6 710 713 8113 719 81114 8 8 8 6 
Z Flewelling........-- 7914 713 710 818 81013 77 7 6 
C Deam ...:-. oh sie . 5 711 610 510 646 5992 6 7 G6. 
F Wood.....-.--«9+ vw» 6 718 812 812 819 71115 8 9 8 7 
iEfottiviam wevasedsesssee - 4 610 510 7 9 716 7 812 6 6 6 8 
Sherman. \iiiwevreaes 8 DS 9 B51 61 61696 990 5 7 7 6 
J Carpenter ......56.5 11 919 813 720 81117-8 910 8 
Be Pditom Slavens stcrees oe = - 9 610 5 9 514 5 910 6 6 5.. 
MD Dielh) 3S: cides sifllwtaqeGald! 65°99 6NLaaG eS 100" 6 anne. 
ILGEUARE Hotere seerce Reb ower oh oy ve srr Sanh Vi ais ate 
D Thompson .......- fh fea Aruckueyy vet holt aioe Way) Say ss i 5 
NYT Ree e or ee Pore er ee erie See it ee ies 
Ed “Marti ccdncsaedecsa hat oa ae ebeeia sea pe llerse m0 e4 Sb amos 

SECRETARY. 


The Governing Shooting Committee, 


In response to a call issued Nov, 3, the following gentlemen were 
present in person or accounted for at Interstate. Park, Dec. 16: 
Messrs. W. K. Park, Jacob Pentz, B. Waters, J. H. Voss, Dr. 
Wm. Wynn, C. W. Billings, H, C. Koegel, J. j. Wellbrock, J. 5.. 
Wright, W. R. Hobart, D. F, Pride, Elmer E, Shaner, Dr. A. A. 
Webber, W. F. Sykes and J, A. H. Dressel. 

The call was as follows: ~ - - 

“Dear Sir—It seems advisable that a slystem of handicapping be 
adopted for the government of Interstate Park events other than 
club events (as they make their own rules), which would be thor- 
oughly equitable and which would protect the amateur or poorer 
shot against the professional or better shot. ‘ ’ 

“Tt seems to us that the best committee that we could appoint 
for this purpose would be probably the gentlemen who have served 
on previous Grand American Handicau committees and a repre- 
sentative man from each of the clubs in and around Greater New 
York, so far as they are known to us. : 

“Will you serve on such committee? If so, we will shortly advise 
you when it would perhaps be best to meet and take the matter 
in hand—pjerhaps a Saturday afternoon at Interstate Park would 
be the best, ani S j 

“Please consider the matter and advise us at your earliest 
convenience. Yours very truly, J. A. H. Dressel.” 

Capt. Dressel was chosen as temporary chairman, and L. C. 
Green secretary pro tem. 

After the preliminary organization, it was decided that the 
committee should be known as the Governing Shooting Committee, 
the objects of this committee being to have charge of the handi- 
capping at Interstate Park, and to take cognizance of such other 
matters as it may be called upon to perform. 

permanent organization -was then effected. Officers were 
elected as follows: Mr. Walter F. Sykes, President; Mr. 
Waters, Secretary; Dr. A. A. Webber, Treasurer; Vice-Presidents, 
Dr. Wm. Wynn, J. H. Voss, Charles W. Billings, H. C. Koegel, 
John J. Wellbrock, John S. Wright, Will K. Park, Jacob Pentz, 
W. R. Hobart, D. F, Pride, Capt. J. A. H. Dressel and Elmer 
E. Shaner. : 

It was carried that a quorum for the transaction of business other 
than handicapping shall consist of five members; that for the 
purpose of handicapping three members shall constitute a quorum; 
that if at any time Jess than three members of the handicapping 
committee were present he or they may add sufficient number to 
make a quorum and his or their work shall stand as the regular 
act ,of the committee; that the work of all sub-committees shall 
be reported in writing to the secretary of the Governing Shooting 
Committee, as soon as possible after each session of such com- 
mittees. ; 

It was decided that the Governing Shooting Committee should 
hold its regular meeting on the first Saturday of each month at 
5 P, M., at Interstate Park, and that any extra meetings may be 
called at the will of the president. 

It was carried that a committee of five be appointed to draft 
a constitution and by-laws, this committee to report at the next 
meeting, Jan. 5, committee to consist of Messrs. Walter F, Sykes, 
J. A. H. Dressel, W. R. Hobart, B. Waters and Dr. Webber. 

The secretary pro tem. was instructed to make manifold copies of 
the result of this meeting and send an accurate copy to each of the 
fifteen members of the committee. 

After the adjournment of the Governing Shooting Committee 
the handicapping committee went into executiye session and dis- 
clissed handicap systems for the protection of shooters generally. 
Several systems were suggested and thoroughly discussed, but 
action deferred until those members of the committee who were 
not present could haye an opportunity to ventilate their ideas at 
the next meeting of the committee and think over the systems 
which we present to you now. 

One of the suggestions was as follows: 25yd. men 2 misses as 
kills and 2 misses as no birds; 26yd, men 2 misses as kills and 1 
miss as no bird; 27yd. men 2 misses as kills; 28yd. men 1 miss 
as kill; 29yd. men 1 miss as no bird; 30yd. men, pull back, It is 
distinetly understood that men known as 30yd. men shall be put 
back to a greater distance than 30yds. 

Other stuggestions were offered, and the committee would be 
pleased to be addressed on this subject by shooters generally, 
giving their ideas for their enlightenment and instruction at the 
next meeting. Such communications will be cheefully received 
and entertained, =F ° 

Please address Secretary of the Governing Shooting Committee, 
P. O. Box 1358, New York city. 


THE SECRETARY (pro tem,). 


New Haven Gun Club, 


New Haven, Conn., Dec. 12.—Quite a number of visitors were 
present at the New Haven Gun Club’s shaot, who shot for targets 
only, among whom was May Clinton (Mrs, G. E, Bartlett), the 
famous rifle shot. Mrs. Bartlet has only recently taken up shot- 
gun shooting, but notwithstanding she outshot many of the old- 
timers, making such scores as 9 out of 10, 8 out of 10, 21 out of 25, 
and the ease and grace in which the lady handles her -Marlin 
repeater was the cause of much enthusiasm, and many compli- 
ments were paid for her excellent shooting. 

The conditions of the early part of the afternoon were excellent. 
In accordance with the rules, two téams were chosen of all the 
members present, to shoot in two 25-target team races. The 
captain of the defeated tearn in the first race had the privilege 
of exchanging one of his men for one of the winning team for the 
second contest. i 

eee i acre an their scores: 

apt. B. W. Claridge 22, Savage 20, Brown 16, Orty 17. Robert- 
son 16, Whitney 21, Benedict 11, Rosenthal 14, Brown 7; total 144, 
Capt. G. E. Bartlett 22, FP. Eastman 18, Stevens 20, Karl 20, 
Potter 19, Bristol 16, Martin 18, Clark 14, Hooker 15; total 169. 
Por the second race Capt. Claridge exchanged Brown for East- 
eye whe BhOoHEs gesulted erie : 
sapt, Claridge 19, Savage 16, Eastman 20, Orty 14 R 

abe V bitneye ass PHS eka ie 9, Rosenthal 14, total oes 
apt. Bartlet 20, Stevens 16, Kar otter 18, Bris i 

16, Clank 8, Hooker 4, Eo ys 4; total 117. 4 el DR Maid 
The poorer scores in the second contest are owin 

that the shooting was done in the gathering Hackaess so ghe: fact 


the fond hopes of those who championed 


Interstate Association Annual Meeting. 


THE annual meeting of the Interstate Association was held on 
Thursday morning, Dec, 13, at Oakland, Bergen county, N. J. 

After preliminary’ routine business had been disposed of 

the meeting was adjourned to meet again at 1 P. M., same date, 
in Parlor 74 of the Astor House, in New York city. 
_ At the adjourned annual meeting there were present the follow- 
ing subseribers to the Association: Tatham & Brothers, repre- 
sented by Chas. Tatham; Union Metallic Cartridge Co., J. A. H. 
Dressel; American E C & Schultze. Gunpowder Co., Edward 
Banks; Chamberlin Cartridge & Target Co., Paul _ North; 
Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Irby Bennett;! Parker Brothers, 
W. F. Parker; the Hazard Powder Co., John L- Leguin; E. IL. 
Dupont de Nemours & Co., Edw. S. Lentilhon; Laflin & Rand 
Powder Co., A. W. Higgins. Leroy Shot & Lead Works and 
Remington Arms Co. were represented by proxy. - ey 

The Association, which-started the year with twelve members, 
closed with eleven, the International Smokeless Powder & Dyna- 
mite Co, having withdrawn from membership during the month 
of September. It, however, starts 1901 with a membérship list of 
fourteen, three new members being elected at the annual meeting, 
namely, the Hunter Arms Co., of Fulton, N. Y¥.; the Marlin 
Fire Arms Co., of New Haven, Conn., and the Peters Cartridge 
Co., of Cincinnati, O. 

The board of directors and officers for 1901 are as follows: 

Board of Directors: Messrs. Dressel, Bennett, Banks, Lentilhon 
and Iliggins. ; 

Officers: Messrs, Dressel, Bennett and Banks were re-elected 
to their respective offices of president, vice-presideht and secre- 
tary-treasurer. ee 

xecutiye Committee; Messrs. Higgins, Lentilhon and Bennett. 

Tournament Committee: Messrs. Bennett, Tatham, Banks, 
Parker, Lequin and Marlin, : 

Club @rganization Committee: 
and MecMurchy. : 

Mr, Shaner was unanimously reappointed as manager for the 
ensuing year, at an increased salary. 

The manager presented a list of names of clubs from whom ap- 
plications have been received for tournaments during’ the season 
of 1901, as follows: : 

South Norwalk, Conn.; Auburn; Me.; Jamestown, N. Y.; Bing- 
hamton, N. Y.; Narragansett Pier, R. I.; Brooklyn, N. Y. 
(Medicus Gun Club); East Berkshire, Vt.; Jacksonville, Fla.; 
Sherbrooke, Can.; Worcester, Mass.; Waterville, Me.; Providence, 

. J.; Springfield, Mass.; Palmer, Mass.; St. Albans, Vt,; 
Memphis, Tenn. 

The list was considered, and the following places decided upon 
as points at which target tournaments should be-held during the 
coming season: Auburn, Me.; Jamestown, N. Y.; Jacksonville, 
Fla.; Sherbrooke, Can.; Providence, I.; Memphis, Tenn.; 
Cleyeland, O., with possibly some other point in the South, to be 
selected at a future date. . ; 

It was also decided to hold the Grand American Handicap at 
Targets at Interstate Park during the late spring or’ early sum- 
mer, and to add $1,000 to the purses; in fact, to carry.\out the 
tournament on the same lines in every respect as those of the 
tournament held last June. 


Mr. Shaner’s Report. 


Mr. Shaner’s report was as follows: : 

Pittsburg, Pa., Dec, 12—To the President, Officers and Mem- 
bers of the Interstate Association—Gentlemen: The report of 
transactions of the manager’s office for the season of 1900, ac- 
eompanied by statistical data giying operations in detail, which 
will be found in the ‘‘Review of Tournaments,” a copy of which 
is annexed, is herewith submitted. 

Having in former reports gone into extensive detail, covering 
all points at great length, in this I deem it necessary only,to touch 
on subjects absolutely vital, satisfied that such eliminated review 
will meet all requirements, the members of the Association being 
well acquainted with the subject matter at large. é 

The season just closed, like all former ones, has been an un- 
qualified success, one that shows that not only has there been no 
shadow of deterioration, but that the past is an earnest of the 
future, most gratifying to the Association and our stbscribers; 
They have again been given proof that it not only performs what 
it promises, but gives a bonus on promise. Our patrons are now 
convinced that our promises for the future are not empirical, but 
well digested. We can point to results achievéd which are'a suffi- 
cient guarantee of our ability to accomplish what we contract to 
do. Further comment on this head would be superfluous. 

There is no longer any disputation of the wisdom of the resolye 
of the Association barring “‘paid representatives,” etc., from com- 
peting for a division of the*purse. It is no longer experimental, 
Many gun clubs patterning after the parent organization in con- 
ducting tournaments on the same lines. therefore advocate 
the continued enforcement of the rule which has by its operation 
justified the judgment which gave it birth. Fully 90 per cent, of 
all tournaments given during the year were conducted under its 
conditions, which of itself is evidence that the rule is sound, meet- 
ing the approval of the great majority, of shooters. Nothing could 
be more conclusive, 


Grand American Handicap of 1900 at Live Birds. 


As usual, the season was inaugurated by this eyent, which fol- 
lowed the usual course of such, under, the auspices of the Inter- 
state Association. It was held on April 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, at Inter 
state Park, Queens, L, I., and its success left nothing to be de- 
sired, As to the management of the tournament, nothing was 
absent that could contribute to the comfort of all, and it added 
to the already large stock of golden opinions gleaned on other 
similar occasions.’ There was no friction anywhere, and-the “‘if- 
you-don't-see-what-you-want-ask-for-it” spirit displayed by all, from 
those in command, from officers to privates, of all grades, gave 
complete satisfaction to visitors, patrons and shooters, and all 
others who could appreciate courtesy, perfect appointments and an 
undeviating disposition to contribute to the coomplete harmony 
of the event, 

Tt was the first time the Grand American Handicap was held 
at Interstate Park, the park being openel by the first great event 
of this year by the Interstate Association. Of the park itself, it is 
difficult to convey to one who has not seen it an adequate idea 
of its merits, The fifty acres devoted to the purpose are beyond 
doubt not only one of the finest sites for the purpose in the 
world but also the best equipped—this without disparagement ta 
any, 


Messrs. Delano, North, Keller 


Inanimate Target Tournaments. 


The first target tournament, held at Trenton, N. J., under the 
auspices of the Walsrode Gun Club, was a success such as satished 
the most sanguine. It was held May 2 and 3, and, though the 
flowers of May were not as much in evidence as they usually are 
at that date, the weather was balmy. The club, though of recent 
organization, is up to date and had arranged everything vital to 
success in a thoroughly professional manner, 

The second target tournament, at Richmond, Va., scheduled for 
May 23 and 24, was curtailed by rain, which necessitated the 
canceling of the second day’s programme. It was under the 
auspices of the West End Gun Club, and there was: a -good at- 
tendance, many shooters coming a long distance, The first day’s 
weather was fine and the contestants in good trim, making fine 
Scores. 4. : 

On the second day rain bees to fall early in the morning, and 
a steady downpour until 5 P. M. put a yeto on work, As the 


Richmond Pigeon Club had secured the park for the 25th, the 


Interstate Association was forced to make a one-day stand of it. 


Grand American Handicap at Targets. 


Nothing succeeds like success,”’ and the Grand American Hiandi- 
cap at Targets has gone into history as such without any reserva- 
tious, and the few ‘‘I-told-you-so’s’”’ are constrained to admit that 
they were for once mistaken. Indeed it was a success far beyond 
the experiment, tor an 
experiment it necessarily was, being handicapped by the prejudices 
of a considerable -number of honest men. umanly speaking, this 
event, which came off at Interstate Park, June 12 to 15, was perfect, 
and some who came to censure left with the warmest commenda- 
tion for the Interstate Association. It was really one of the great- 
est eyents of the kind ever held. Jt opened a new field:and in- 
fused new life into trapshooting. It will be extensively: emulated 
and copied by gun clubs generally, and will help and ennoble tHe 
Sport in every way. Though the programme was a radical de 
parture in some important respects from the conventional man- 
ner in which such events should be governed, the first day’s work 
proved its wisdom. From the start participants saw that fairness 


of competition was assured. Good shooting was abundantly re- 


warded, and those of mediocre skill were able to get out with but 
little pecuniary sacrifice, even if unsuccessful. 
The system of handicapping, which at first caused some mur 


fiuring, won its way, and after the handitaps wete tested eti- 
comiums much outnumbered jreviols fiutthtra, 

While the attendance was not as lurge as same people couitited 
on, 2 majority ef cohtestants shot through the whole prograiime; 
The orgatiization as to departrients and detail was cotfplete) and 
from Start to Arifsh the shooting W&s Without a hitch. Our As- ~ 
Rocidtion, which for ten years has been in the van; meyer ac- 
ebinplished a beiter stroke of business im the stimulation of 
interest in trapshooting than during those four days, and that is 
saying much, in view of its decade of strenuous effort in this 
direction, : iS, ; 

The tournament at Narrachasett Pier, R 1, July 11 and 12, testi- 
Ava to tht abilities of live Yankees to make an event interesting, 

« Canonchet Gun Club had the affair well in hand, and were it 


not that the railway train seryice made it necessary for some shoot- ~ 


ers to leaye early the second day, the aggregate of 14,550 targets 
thrown during the two days would hate been Fofisitlerably swellbh. 
From start to finish the shoot was all the fiost exacting totld ask 
he affdic in the makeip wis quite New Enelantlish, Maite, 
fapsachtisetis antl Connecticut all being represented. New York 
And New Jersey were also in evidence. There were so matty en- 
{ries that expeditious work was necessary, and it was performed. 
The target tournament at Providence last year, held by the Inter- 
state Association, was the leayen that roused the elithisiasti ih 
oA England, and the sport has received ah iinpetiis which Will 
ast. . y : a . 
From the standpoint of the Itteratate Associitior; the tourha- 
tneht heid af Newport, Vi,, Aug, 7 and 8, was among the best 
Byer Siven by the organization. The ground broken was ab- 
solutely new, virgin soil, the local gun club being organized but a 
few weeks prior to the tournament. More beginners took part 
than at any previous shoot given by wus, and the interest taken 
cannot be otherwise than beneficial to otir substribers, The pro- 
gramme was necessarily curtailed oh both days of the ae bh 
Secance of ineleiiéht weather, and this was the only draw abk, 

he 
N: ¥., Sept. 18 and 14, tinder the auspices of the Osoma Valley 
Gin Club. The local club was disappointed in the attendance, But 
Humbers are not necessary to make a totirnament a success from 
our point of view. The enthusiasm manifested and renewed in- 
terest take tend to make new devotees of trapshooting—one of 
the prime objects of our Association. The Saleni totirmariérit 
oad these; and mtich more, for our eheouragemeht, 

hoieh it toay fiot We neceb&hty, it seetis apropos td sdy to the 
thetiibers of the Interstate Association that their wotk hus been 
fully appreciated, and they have reaped in due time. There are 
many future harvests ripening, and the success already attained 
should only stimulate to renewed effort. There are aS yet no 
indications of dry rot. The Association is so firmly rooted that 


adverse winds might only incite to greater effort; but clear skies ” 


and favoring breezes should not lull to supinetiess; P 

The organization is still in the flush of youthful vigor, and for 
an indefinite number of years to colthe it should have no desire to 
rest on its laurels, no matter how worthily won, but atintally te- 
joice as a strong man to run a fresh race, and if it can reuse a 
coimpetitor who may eventually be table to “take the horns’ so 
tiuch the better; as its meribers will feel that they have pro- 
fioted 4 food work and won fn attiaranthine wreath of which 
their posterity will be proud to bodst, 

‘The Future, 

The Interstate Association is so firmly rooted and grotnded, 
so fixed Gp in the warp and wocf of affairs ih the trapshooting 
world, that it has becofie 4n indispensdbility to the sport; whieh 
to a large extent depends on its existence, A filajority of traf- 
shooters throughont the country recognize the Association as a 
necessary concomitant and adjunct, and its guiding influence is 
cohceded by them, From the, opening, of the season, with the 
Grand Atnerican Handicap at Live ards te the closing towirna- 
merit, in the fall, it fixes the pace an outlifies the policy of that 
gun clubs, which pattern by it and follow in its footsteps, féaliz: 
ing that it is the ne plus ultra, so far as up-to-date scientific man- 
ageiment can provide. It leads, and it is to the credit of other 
ofgahizations that they are able to fully appreciate its excellence. 


i. ry Y ai 2 ~. 3 3 j i. "es teas "i s rs i 
Nioth Annial Grand Anierican Handicap at Eive Bitds, 
The preliminary details for this event have all been arranged, 


contracts signed, etc. As is widely known, it will be held at In- 
ee Park, Queens, L, I, N. Y¥., the week beginning April 1, 


Second Annual Grand American Handicap at Targets, 


The tournament of the present year was the first of its kind ever 
given, and I am not alone in my belief that it has added new hie 
to the sport of trapshooting. Though in the nature of an experi- 
ment, the result was in every respect satisfactory. Though the 
attendance wis not as large as expected by some people, yet 
I yenture the prediction that the most sanguine will not be dis- 
appointed JH this fespect next yebt. It would be difficult to sug- 
gest any improvement on this year’s programme, arid 1 respectflil 
suggest that we adhere to a similar one for 1901. The handitap 
was similar to the Grand American Handicap at Live Birls—one 
of distance, It has been demonstrated to be the most equitable 
and satisfactory in vogue at present, and I strongly urge its 
adoption for our next, and would suggest that the limit for handj- 
caps be matle the sathe as this year; viz., 14 to 25yds: I am cogni- 
zant that this propositioh will be Strofigly opposed by a number 
who will claim that they are out-gunned, but_their cldims will 
not, in my opinion, be supported by facts, It is a matter of 
record that during the Detroit tournament, held since the Grand 
American Handicap at Targets, the best general average was won 
by an expert shot, who stood at the 2lyd. mark and shot at over 
500 targets, scoring more than 91 per cent. of them, It is but 
a matter of slight practice until the expert masters the greater 
distance, and, though he will not score as high as he did under 
the old system, he will nevertheless score comparatively higher 
as a general thing than the less skillful shot who stands at the 
less distance. 1 think a little study of this year’s Grand American 
Handicap at Targets will make it clear to all who are able to 
judge the matter with discrimination, In my last year’s report 
TI s4id: “So far as I arn able to see, there is no reason why this 
event should riot become a fixture, as permanent and one as itn- 

ortant, in its way, as the Grand American Handicap at Live 

irds, That it will fill a Jong felt want L have not a shadow of 
doubt.”’ Without egotism I point to this year’s result as a veri- 
fication of my prediction, 


Inanimate Target Tournaments for 1901, 


Regarding these coming events, 1 can say but little more than 
paraphrase my report of last year. As in the past, we keep in 
close touch with the progressive element which has been our 
sheet anchor hitherto, and as long as past amicable feeling can 
be maintained we need not fear for the outcome. As I remarked 
last year, however, the favorable outlook and golden opinions we 
have gained should not allow out energies to flag. ‘There is still 
ample unworked territory to allow our indefinite expansion, and 
T can see a time in the future when our present proud position 
will be looked back upon by us as belonging to the day of small 
beginnings. IT think we are all expansiGnists in this field, no 
matter what we may be politically. ; 

I have hitherto refrained in my reports from advocating any 
particular place for holding tournaments, but 1 now deem it my 
duty to deyiate from my custom, and would urge strongly the 
advisability of giving them during the coming season at Provyi- 
dence, R. 1., and at Sherbrooke, Can. I am fully aware that some 
may object to the giving of one at Providence, in view ol the 


very successiul one given by us there in 1899, but it is that very | 


success which impels me to advocate the holding of another at 
that place. No other tournament ever held by this Association 
gave such extended results as that at Proyidence, and | can directly 
trace more benefit to our Association from this tournament than 
from any other three given by it—the Grand American Handicaps 
being excepted. It excited fresh interest all over the New 
England States, and aroused all the dormant interest therein at the 
same fime, I feel satisfied that the climax has not been reached 
jn that territory, and that if another tournament be given at that 
oint, equally beneficial if not greater results will follow. The 
Feld has not been worked out. 

Sherbrooke, Can., has been for years an applicant, and from 
the measure of interest. the Sherbrooke people took in our 
tournament at Newport, Vt., closely proximate, I strongly believe 
one at the former Raye mentioned would result in much good to 
our subscribers. he people in these places are homogeneous, 
and 1 believe it would be to the interest of the Association ta 
give the Sherbrooke people what they desire. =i a Wimane 


closing tournahtent fot the Season was given at Galeri, — 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


General andiParticular, 


Th clositig thy teport, I wish to state that ty relations with 
the orgahivatioh and ifs adjuricts haye been wtitifornily pleasant, 
afid tholigh tortesbondehce has efitailed considerable work upon 
me, it has been a labor of love, cheered incessantly by the 
uniform courtesy and helpful assistance of éll with whom tiy 
duties have brought ime in contact, ae th 

The policy of dllowine clubs to maintaii their autonomy as to 
handicap, Hivisioh of pilises, ete. botitinves to work so well that 1 
See fo reason to recommend atiy changes, and would still advise 
a continuance of the system until some other well digested one 
commends itself. j j , b 't 

The property of the Association, stored in Pittsburg, is ainply 
protected by itsurance; anil propetly cared for. 


Gonelusioti. 

T deein it bit just to #épekt what TI have so frequeritly said 
regarding the obligations our Associatiof rests under to the 
sportsmen’s journals for the assistance they have #iyen us m 
keeping alive the interest so necessary for our continued pros- 
péerity. They have kept our work well before the public, and have 
not been sparing of space or effort in reporting our tournaments 

1 Bublis hihe eVetythitig of interest to, ovr subscribers. — 

To otk su eae ii closing iny tepott 1 wish to renew tiy &x- 
pression of obligation for the many ufisolicited marks ot aphre: 
ciation they have bestowed upon me, public and private. My 
large epistolary correspondence has been lightened by their ap- 
preciation of my Services, and made a pleasure rather than a 
burden. In this expression of esteem I include all members of 
committees, whose aid and advice I appreciate to the full, and 
T again conclude by expressing the conyiction that our long con- 

cathe ifitaet anti] this aA shall have 


titited télatiotis will iit 4] 
put on ifimortality. Very fesPectitilly sh sue 
; Eimer E. SHANER, 


Mariager, 


John Watson’s Winter Shoot. 


Curcacé, i1l., Dec. 11.—The finest ef winter weathet greeted the 
niee erowd of shooters at Watson’s Park to-day; Weather not very 
cold by the therripnieter, but cold enough, and with a wind brisk 
tnough to flake ifeal Hyitp Gonditions. John Watson does wisely 
in setting his dates for his anil shoot in the secon week of 
Décembtr, for by that date the birds are priie iii this latitude; 
and thokt who theet at that tite are stre to have plenty of SiN! 
asked of them, ‘here is perhads no tournament in the country 
where a better lot of shooters come togéther; or where the best of 
eee are obliged to try harder than they do at Watsoli’s thidwinter 
event, 

John Watton himself said this evening that this was the “best 
Stow HE hhA ever had at a Shoot.” ‘This, in view of the character 
of past attendances Gt this site hiistorie Battle gtotind, is indeed 
ACE though a list of the #ditlés Will stew its warftant, In 
thE maiti event of the day, the handicap, which closed the pra: 
ftainme, there if Scarce a name tq be seen which is not welt 
kttown, at least ifi (He West, and there aré a great many which 
are known all over the country. The fegulars are represented in 

éfy food. force. Elliott, Crosby, Gilbert, Biittd, Heikes, Neal, 
sites y bowers, Marshall, Courtney, Tripp, Bingham; &4:, are 
all fier# tbe thé Weeks Frank Riehl; of Alfon, is with the rest 9 
the Indians, A. B. Datli#ls eotjes all the way from Denver, Emil 
Werk is here from Cincinnati, M: EK, White from, Milwaukee, 
John Mackie is here for the Peters Cartridfa €6., little Ed Rike 
comes up from Dayton, to ‘see ‘em fly,” as iié sdysj Mrs. 
Murray js 6n from Stillwater, Minn., and in fact the wholé Mis: 
sissippii Vaiky if Very eu fepfesented. Bingham, Barto, Tramp, 
Amberg, Roll, i: S. Ricé; duet Willard, etc., represent the local 
contingent, and from the East éboifies Phil Daly, Jr., to have a 
look at the sport in the West, Yet anothét figtire of some con- 
sequence,-if not much size, is the little jockey of itersational 
fame, Tou Sloan, who is hardly as long as the gun he shoots, jz 
hot imcn hkttat than fiia @44dr, load in a in. shell. Toddie 
rides light, and he shoots 4 good deal fhe same way, but he is 
just as busy as anybody, and his ¢hitéf delight is whén Phil Daly 
misses as many as he does. : ‘i 

The, quality of the accommodations at the park is very wal 
known, di at i8 @fough to say,that-all are very comfortable, an 
that everythii®, toves along smoothly as ever, Of course it is 
understood that there iS fio target shooting to disturb the live- 
bird work, and this is a feature which has much to comniend 
itself. In a mixed shoot such a thing as smoothtiess 78 sn im- 
possibility, for a man is sure to be wanted at one set oi ttAfs 
while he is absent at the other, Here the sport goes on perforce 
more deliberately, a man is not called up for his squad very 
often, and tieantime he is at liberty to sit in the warm club 
house and visit with his fflends. Tt is quite possible that is one 
of the promitefit réasons why John Watson’s midwinter live-bird 
spoot is one of the most popular of the entire round of the season. 
All {hé Boys like to attend it, and it is in a way unidtie, as there 
are but very f&w live-birds shoots of a wide open quality afy- 
where in the cotintfy where the contitiofis are so exacting of good 
skill. This is how the Watson fixture has come ta be a sort of 
annual clearing house for shootingdom, 

The programme to-day is that which will be followed to-motfow 
and on Thursday, the first event high guns, at 7 birds, $5; the 
second at 10 birds, $7.50, class shooting; the third and main eyent 
the handicap at 15 birds, $10, class shooting, handicaps 28 to 
dlyds., $5 added. These events proved to-day just enough and not 
too mith, With ati entry_.running to forty-two, the last event was 
concluded very ticély befere dark; so the boys could get the 5 
o'clock tain ih to town. The big race will come off Friday, the 
25-bird handicap: This is the battle royal, and most of the nameés 
seen to-day will appear in the seores at that finlé, 

John Watsom of course refereed to-day, George Watsoti kept 
cases, and the ground staff was as of yore. The dogs retiieved ds 


usual; : 
Tuesday, Fitst Day, Dec, Si. 


Tn the shooting to-day Heikes, Budd, Powers, Burnside, O’Brien. 
Barto, Rike and Daly broke open the high gun proposition, $107.95, 
First in No, 2 paid $99, second money $81. No. 3 offered $115 
for first money, $100.60 for second, $71.80 ior third. Followirig afe 
the scores; 

No. 1, 7 birds, entrance $5, high guns: 


FIV Odellt Porternrveress 2222222—T Hirsch 22.202 

GOB Wigeinss Sasstees: 0221000—3 Waray Son 
HesJ Martin........ »-1212022--6 Crosby .........2+-s200. 22021*0--4 
Mackie ...... ...0222222—6 (Brien 2229999 7 
AB Dantelsi sister: 2022222—6 Bonson 2202209—5 
E H Arnold......... ..2202222—6 Daly, Jr 1221222—7 
TH CWerlepiearama ats: 2202222—6 Roll 2.2... .cccecsseeeee 2022102—5 
OUTENeVa ep pimaes ates 0211222—6 Tod Sloan............. 2202000—3 
IMEEM BF yet. ses coa sees 2220211 —fi. Barto ..........c.-.000- 2202229- 27 
Everices munaracaet ttt 127120127 LL & R Tramp.......... 2011121—-6 
Powers ..++++-.+++5, +» -2222221—7 Marshall .,....... ree 2202222—6 
Burnside .4.:.+0ec<nees1212122—7 Riehl .....00..., Eeene 0210222—5 
doybatedeebee Bevo Arey e rg 22022216 Budd ............ ws 22222227 
DONO poser er PPecrene 22227106 Mrs Murray,., . . .2221201—6 
Linderman ............ YEOPA0—G: HY -S) Rice, eyccaseis sl. 1102222 
Neall 221.20. p EA RIG Ebemraaetuiee. 2222222—T 


Gilbert 

_ Odell. Heikes, Powers, Burnside, O’Brien, Phil Daly. Jr., B 

Budd and Ed Rike killed ont and’divided $107.25.” Ds are 
No. 2, 10 birds, entrance $7.50, 55 and 45 per cent.: 


H Odell....... wee. oe22222020— $8 Martin ...... veg nes LOIZ210222— 8 
Wiggins .....+.:.. 1202222220— 8 Daly, Jiy-.sesu. ia. 2020221222— § 
IDEsearey We . case ssaags 222122211210 Sloan ..,... REOLe Oey )222293029— § 
4 Syietelisl Wawey reste ppeeee22202022——.8) Rolle toy ies 2022221222 — 9 
Werke ti cairns 22121100207 Tramp ....s--.-s ss. 2999101212 9 
MACUTG EY ene tele 0010222222— 7 Mackie ..........-, 2222022220— 8 
dir:hoy spec 4 aay See tree 0222212222 9 Bonson .......-.-.. 0221101202— 7 
Heke ee ee 1101102122— 8 Marshall ...... ,.. 0202202229 — 7 
Powers -........... 2022112201— 8 Riehl ......., elaja-n-s't 2222022002— 7 
Burnside ,,.--.+,..1211290222— 9 Budd .......,. 1+ ++ 021222219210 
Bingham 2220022221— 8 Mrs Murray ....... 0110220111— 7 
Elliott . 21101112— 9 E S§ Rice,......... 1210110122— 8 
Linderman ........ 2229222222 10 Murray vosiesses ses 2221221229 10 
Nall eae tae ek in os 222222122210 © Von lLengerke, 2229999999 79 
MEF ros Boe cine monon 221222222210 Barto ,............ 2222022223 9 
Hirschy ...cccc00., 2990939992 9 Ed Rike..........., 2002111222 g 
(dal ngles dadoos> dea 2200292222 8 C PR EKastman....,. 2011021022— 7 
CA Brieria eer atee eds 2202222202 8 Tadd c.cesccceeesy es 0212002212— 7 


No. 8, 15-bird handicap, entrance $10, handicaps 28 to 3lyds.- 
FE ROENA UU ee ee eae emery sce eee ae SOURS ee 


C B Wiggins, 29.. ee ere 220222299999 44° 
AGH RT zafiCMMds Lc Le ek eit 8 oa oa D1 990991 d te 
ee ATS Atri BRT et chic bee Lee La ok eh idad go2929p9n2e2099 74 
ra Auge Moteur ream ew ROE ghh thas togewrnets 2202192011 22019 19 
Courtney, 28.00j0sosveveeeeeeeees peeeeeeeoress sss 120119102110999—19 
BH Tripp, 20.c.)sss0eeeeesses aninni* s Suataiienes 202921229901002—12 
R 0 Heikes, 81........-.5 Shap IStoL i Lowsrtpeenner 229999999999999 35 
© M Powers. §1.0..cceceeesee eevee esaveeeaneessy /229919212999099 15 
G Burnside, 29... .eyyaqagieeenesqaegsyyeesecesoe oe,  UZZ222022209990 18 


499 


| Die vercccdeaddadvscesvesonasedeeecerrs O222222201 00222 —e. 
PA Re bong Bioec. Sie 0 21229112121211120—14 
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fuawesee 


i i Roe epee | ib ie Sew oe 999920922229292 18 
ng Weal, 80 2 St eee AS sk Gateceteine {79202222799992 14 
1S SE see eile eee eee pee eae ete Song 992999999929220—14 
TatGeltyy LE Geer Vitis eriteere tering dase nteatn |; -222220222230002—11 
Grosby, Blusatauss ota sareres oeera stella gt Ries «-221222992209222 13 
SES EaT ae Manes os eed Te MEO SUPER EATS 1 « » ©202211222929299 14 
Bonhson, 29.....5007- fe Ae ae Ba oy COREE , -222291112122222 15 
P Daly, Jr, 29... da Pleated Tite 4929117 21221292 15 
SOT EN a oreo wee Wittens | 7 77999999991122999 15 
ad -SlOAh caer cen: daracsed fenneteses scorns RARE AA 002212222702202—11 
Hi eee eR, Pe eee a ug hee euea er ome 9 gags 22999922902922 13 
TPE SSICUE RL Oy ttl eerie tee nre eee rere 9999922992222 34 
Rint, MVS cocky e¥ ry fee nN AERO Oe Dna s tee analy FILIDIIDIINIID —24 

Baie eclie eetene fos pe BIT Wie eeiice he Madde 122222102002w 
\ MANE lala 2 Ob ae OSU WN 5 201191112021211—#3 

PERT Wits tase ays . 241101201201 w 

PANN TaN AE yey RG: 229222200202w 


Pe ee ee ed 


Cr ok apneetererr| ae 

artit OR, lnceas past ort ane ot ee, -(h w. 
‘ema: SET A ae ee ee en Ae Be cog P| 0102211102w 
TRY ere tae teed oe eminent aera: Nye peweeays 122222912909009-15 
Murray, @80.....--+-eeeer Naan ty Pr eecora eee , 01120121120w. 
CP Rastman, 28..0,.....-eeee aid tadep pert idl 112209922922202—14 
Onaé er Ge si pde cites ses Ce ea ee te ee St 0121020011 w 
(it SHAW LON LTT ein cee e pee eeuees d pipeeeiees 2229399990999 14 
I L White, 29......+. years Leben) SAAR RYE 4 2222002211220 w 
T FE Amberg, 29.0.0: eeeceseeeees yt rer treet 211292222290120—13 
M E White, DR rer MK Iwi oe ote ee 8 ee 2201001222w 


New Indians Elected, 


The “gate” is mtaking thé Leland headquarters, and the nightly 

scenes at that hostlery df fot wantitig in a certain vivacity and 
sprightliness, To-night the céféttigties wete somewhat varied by 
a grand council of thé original and afflélent ttibe of Indian wolves. 
Tt had been decided to extend the privileges of this order to a few 
select eandidates, and the election and initiatiom took place to- 
fi#ht; There were thirteen of the original tribe left in good and 
regulat' sfaidivs, and to-night nine more members were elécted, 
so that the efitif€ tribe pow nuitibers twenty-two, all good war- 
riors,and true, who watt rather éat hay than fail to divide a pos 
fi Which any of the tribe was intefésted iti the daylight paetBhys 
of the (file; though this rule does tlot_go after sunset. The new 
members choseti ¢o-tight are A, B, Dartiels, of Denyer; Jj. J. 
Hallowell, of Philadelphia; Guy Burnside, of Krioxville, HL; A, 
(i Courtney, of Syracuse; J. A R. Elliott, of Kansas City; Eddie 
Biigham,.of Chicago; Jack Parker, of Detroit; Jack Fanning, of 
New York; Eznil Werk, of Cincinnati. J+ wotld be hard to find 
better timber for WéW members, and it may be paely prophesied 
that the tribe will be hotfer than ever henceforth, The decision 
to-night was to hold another indian shoot next year, at some 
leentjon not yet determined, with $1,500 added money, to mabe 
the laffibs juinp high, Election of officers to-night resulted as 
fellows: Toi Merahall, High Chief; F. C. Riehl, Chief Scribe; 
Cc. W. Budd, Chief of Wampum, The Council of Chiefs is made 
up of R, O. Heikes, E. . Neal, C. M. Powers, Fred Gilbert, W. 
R, Crosby. A committee of ififtiation was chosen, Messrs. Court- 
ney, Tripp, Merrill, Parmelee, Loortiis and McMurchy. 
Tf the prébiem of an American-English team race is to be solved 
at all it will bé largely done among the tribe of Indian wolves. 
By the way, no one 6f the miany shooters present is able to give 
any more, information regafding this proposed English race than 
hag already been printed. It 1s said that Paul North is now busy 
trying to Semin Ete the details of 4 challenge on the other side 
of the water. he, wish is expressed fromt many quarters here 
that Capt. A. W. Mofley would lend his valuable personal efrorts 
m the shaping of the entefpfise and aid in the English end of the 
raicé ag well as the Americari. ‘The Captain’s connections in a 
bGdikess way constitute no objection! in the minds of the shooters, 
and if hig fiedesty would permit him to coutsel with the latter 
in regard to this a epaanona! race his advice would be yery 
much appreciated. his would seem to be the general opinion 
{vot tall heard here, afiiéti@ # very good body of shooters of 
the Soff tiost Yrterested in the race. Mr. Emil Werk is another 
gentleman Who ,také$ a keen interest if this race, and who is 
anxious to see it €omie of. its future, however, at this point re- 
mains nebulous, as earlief stated. 


Wednesday, Second Day; Ded. 2, 


The wéather was exceedingly favorable for g@84 brisk sHootngs 
yesterday, but fe ee eame one of those excepuanal {py ts ° 
weather for which this élifiate is remarkable, and Which, wpott 
occasions, may add such singiilaf quality to the art of livepird 
shooting at Watson’s Park. ery muén has béen said at one fhe 
or another about the hard birds at Watsomi’s, and this is somes 
times trie and sometimes not true, as a trattéf of general de- 
scription. These new grounds, from the naturé 6f their locatiom 
in refetefice to prevailing high winds, are not so fast ds the older 
park was, yet sotetimes they get a good stiff win jyst the 
tight ditectioh, and then they are as hard as any groufidis atiy- 
wheré in thé, ays John Watson's birds are trapped iH fine 
condition, withotit éxception, hetice the question of speed is 
mostly one of witid, atid of the directio# of the wind, This morn- 
ing the shooters who w4lked fromm the dépot up toward the park 
found a wind that was squaté in their faces, and so strong that 
they had to push against it in goifie’ up. the fill, “Geel” said 
the knowing ones, and again others retidrked, “Geel” They said 
it More yet when they got inside the grottnds, Across the scoré 
ftort fight to left there was half a gale blowitig, and that in at 
air by tio tieans mild. It was, in short, one of the best flying days 
éver seen at this park, pores the very best, all consiféréd, or ai 
least otie does tiot recall a better. Phil Daly says the sha@#ing to» 
day was hatd as any hé ever saw, and Tod Sloan laughed #Hen 
asked if the birds were harder in England. ‘Should say not,’” 
said he. “They’te hard enough for anybody to-day.” The scores 
tell the stoty. Wheti it comes to a string of about forty of the 
best shots of the cotintry, and only a half dozen straights in a 7- 
bird event, it may be inferred that there were some difficulties 
existing between the stages of intention and performance. The 
best shots said that they would be willing to fake 10 out of any 
10 continuously agaist the best shot on earth, for the latter 
would not go far beyotid that poiht without falling down. In the 
first race Arnold, Wiggins, Comney: Neal, Marshall and Powers 
divided $126.75, high guns. Tomi Marshall may thus be seen io 
be getting back to his usual good formi, so to speak, and there is 
talk that he put up this sore arm story fot the purpose of in- 
fluencing the odds, though he says he could not have killed 
another one if he tried, In the second race Pensa hey Ell, Eb 
liott, Roll, Quimby, Willard, Bingham and Murray divided first. 

In the handicap the hard shooting doctor from Milwaukee, Jay 
Ell, was again in the first flight, and so was Eddie Bingham, which 
surely was a good feather for these two. Gilbert shot into frst 
place for their sole companion in the handic It was a red fot 
shooting day, and the interest was keen all *, long. One after 
another one of the cracks would drop out of first place, and it was 
a toss-up as to who was going to endure clear through the gruel- 
ing. Wery often it was simply a matter of luck, for a bird killed 
stone dead in the air might be carried clear over the wire by the 
wind, and this sometimes happened when the bird was killed with 
the first barrel. Frank Riehl lost two birds killed stone dead, both 
of which hit the top of the wire and bounced over instead of 
bouncing inside. Bits of luck like this meant money in or out 
of pocket as the case might turn. A good number of the birds 
sprang high, and this made saving them more a matter of chance 
for a fast bird falling from high up never drops where it is hit but 
slants a long way before it strikes the earth. All sorts of hair- 
breadth incidents marked the day’s shooting, and all in all it was 
one of the most interesting days of trapshooting that one would 
see in a long journey. There was something to see all the time 
and it may be supposed that the shooters thought there was some- 
thing to do pretty much all the time. The hard birds of Watson’s 
never vindicated better their erstwhile reputation. Under such 
conditions, the score of Mrs. Murray, even at 25yd. mark, is a 
most meritorious one for a woman shooter, First money in the 
second event of to-day paid $118.25, and second $96.75. The capital 
purse in the handicap paid $122.50 to the three lucky ones, second 
money paying $107.15, third $76.60. All ties divided. Following 
are the scores: : 


Wo. 1, 7 birds, entrance $5, high guns: 
2—4 


Pardes, sscuese ise anes 002220 Sldanl ieetnnueeeetonu — 
Rennie tan ee 2999992 7 Budd TRE ae ast 
Mackie <..ccepeeseenes 0022222 —5 Roll .....--2c:aseseee...2299209-—§ 
Wiggins ...0..0.....504 2222222—T Barto ..... Vatanreacesse2220102—6 
ECA Weeerasese +e 0 00202022—4 Quimby Leeee aves ueoees2002110—4 
CASE Belen stele cmnelsieer 2220200—4 irschy 1.2 ..s00--+e0--0029200—8 
Hornsone wee ee ++ -2022222—§ Rike i. ...cceuacscees 2020—5 
DOTA ry Re eee Ns 02222025 Eastman .....00.0..,., 22220206 
Biliotis eee eee «.-2212202—6 Dr Cowles ...ss.000.., 1100211—5 
Courtney ........ vereeeJP12212—7  Murtay ..scssscsseces-2009202—4 


E Ss Rages. scsi ssoees deed Q0—4 Martin secegessaseeosss; NAIM S 


Murray ...ss2se:s 221004 Gilbert pieces ee eeces ss BQ02220—5 
Neal seco vlcceesgees1212292— Bingham ;scceere+--» 02202226 
Drippe terrane ee= See222201202—5 Crosby .-+:-.+s veeeere x 2E22200—8 
ietcesa oe teresa anes 1012022—5 Marshall ....... eeu 2222222—7 
eindermtariwe sy acess 22020003. Rieh) ...¢sseeeeereeeees 22222026 
Werke tiie reer, seem 21201004 Powers «...+-+eeseesees ae 
Burnside ....++--+-+++- 02020203 TH Odell .....-.+ss--s 222010 
Dalyaoteee rh ar bee seture 12000224 Geo Dieter «......+---s 22220226 
L°G Willard:,..-<.-... 0212220—5 ru 

Arnold, Wiggins, Courtney, Neal, Marshall and Powers divided 
$126.75. A y , ; 

No, 2, 10 birds, entrance $7.50, 55 and 45 per cent.: 
Bonson .--.-+-----2022020222— T Barto -.--+ys+++++s Le ree 
Courtney .+++-+++ 1202220222— 8 Quimby ,.....-.-+- om 
Daniels! 5y<--+-++«<- 9992999999 10 Hirschy -....------ 002222202 7 
Arnold .....cseeree 2021022020— 6 Eastman .-......-- 2112012020— a 
Mackie .--sesvrye-= 222()022022— 7 Dieter cvrrereee-sss bee oa 3 
WIGBINS sseseeeree- 3222992022 9 Odell ----..-.--+--- 0) Seen 
eID 2 EP ESS Ses 2229922929 10 Willard -..-..+--.- 1122 
Hers foeaatrehs ..--0002212112— 7 Martin .......+-.+-- 2002202221— 7 
OAB rien) peewee ccs 9929999022 9 Gilbert -.......+0:. 2222200222— 8 
El Ttatt ee as n= caterer 999991112210 Bingham -,..-:.-+.. aenneaezee ID 
E.'S) Rices.... Sette 002212200w GLGSDY wee etnswas 222222222 —3 
Mrs Murray .....-: 111200220w Marshall .--....--. 2222224*02— 7 
Neal ...-.---: , .0202000022— 4 Riehl .......-..+4- 220220w = 
Tripp «+ -2002022222— 7 Powers ....+++ssee 2222*22222— 9 
Heikes ,... ,2222229220— 9 Todd ..s.....2rseeee re ‘ 
Linderman .. 9929900222 8 Dr Cowles ......--. 1120121 20— 8 
Werk o.cccuccas , -0202220201— 6 Mosher ............ 2002020021— & 
Burnside .......-+ 2190202222 8 Murray ..-,++.+.s:- 9999199999 10 
Wal valine sins nee Tn An : eS ae Bi HARES Pack 
Peds weleen ie $920222020— 7 kiopinete ah eee 0021211200— 6 
GI imenind ieee eraes 222222222210 


“Dani , Ell, Elliott, Roll, Quimby, Willard, Bingham, Mur- 

ee ncaed sents Wiggins, O’Brien, Heikes, Daly, Crosby, Powers 
ivi d. 

dides “te bird handicap, entrance $10, 40, 35 and 25 per cent.: 


Bonson, 29icccccccrerecwccrecctaccsespepersscerscens CE 
Jonson, 29....--+- +5 BODBAOD 
Bente 30 ae Rane ELLE ee | 212222200212222—13 
Ae aie keg pn a coe nae meeniers ada! 3 * 999902929929022 13 
ML CRFENESO, TAME ope mn LIAR wre ccgiiet 2ppnan202222222—I4 
erty (A eee Saas cwrnrmrhratith Peet ey SL TD, Ww 
My En, 3 LT appt: RUE pa ASR EBT EN 999999999999999- 15 
SE eR LRN EGLE come ee Ce HE 010201021212202—10 
REE Mee T NAGS le RD etal g ARE MC Ss 22290222222220 12 
ANP he ek RAL ER lath bodies bonis: 990021222192222 13 
Tesch OMT ane Linh Se eRe ee kde og bie: 10001020w 
Mes eMiccayh D5 Peete eae e CL Pb a aa rere BES 229112112201222 14 
NEL eee ee LC RRR OR Bcd ky Leer 222222902022.w 
SST Tf Minas I NO rene nk oy 001011.222000w 
PES eee SIs LG eas MRR ee 202299222122902 13 
TR CTe TS DO nt taco bene 2202299292999) 14 
Ri OCB ah ad aa CoG Orr reyes aa ure 2000101110w 
SARUM leis ay baa ERE Sa ie ser PERE a 22227229999929-—14 
OE tiie os Seri be BE Cee Re eee cron OrSeeeeee 111002221220w 
Sota ee eae nee) EALEAEE) Oh enon 021220020202w 
PHIL od eo hiees ve noe Ele De naan oss VARBAA TA 992999990229992 14 
FETT POM ted ere we dhe ee veh MAN Bee Glee cree 122222220222712—14 
PET cop Oy Ef deter pe a eM ea Mn aa Ms a ts 2 229,999999999022—14 
TLspaG aye QO ru he ee Taig eedeb ses Le ehe cera es 022222020222 
ASE OUCS Lp, eRe ee Catt a pe EP Pe rparses se ais 299999999999992- 15 
Birieharty MSOs ass ost uber eee tel bietae cst tees 299999999999922 15 
Uris otilnp durex tec Mao ~ 0111212122200w 
Astra Wall Pals 89 gor eee ts Pes fad hea aie | (222999999991022-—13 
telat pods Ny eee Be nees Bae Pld eniclsa see ea ee 299999992902220—13 
Ln TSCA pa anager one edo neoNeeeee reps 99999999()229011—13 
FASCIA TI SE Aaa t eee el acsitems ts te iaieed/esione tee vite pines 02000220 w 
Distant ed isn Wale en aa: dary deters ska 20220202 
VAST TRIOS © Lh COMERS Say, wea LeClair get ates 10002202w 
APE o ho ee ee Conca hc Eee Near eae eg 8 222900221 0w 
Martini Okbocccrcutgeenehiiadbies ics ricsued nnenneeeccoUelOlir 
Maha: DNete as cn Ut OSC RAIS ATES cis pee , 11102211 222220313 
PATIEO Imei oerenbons neseietes neceteeiied dale sod else mstranes 20100020w 
Pata con. Sule, oes, fen. eRe p eee tay oe 222222220222202-—13 
DICE Sa DOT cs es, Memeo REIREN Syne ye nm are 929999999999202 14 
ale ee) PRR ae dh RPP RT ne otis 292202221221022—13 
Tram Ce ok oe oe Sa PO eee Ak AS Ohi 9 5 2 22001220w 
Tre Cawlen woos vshtccneee cee eee eA EEE REE 20110222220w 
Rite ate wens Aca tere aiser Satlelcbewie's snieeteeincetaleleteds Z2220020w 
Graham, 29......- gh SNE OT OST ER EE DS St So 92219221 299992 14 
aya e(crpe eee ple yr Woop ae ee eG Ane ery ts 12220221200 w: 


ay Ell, Gilbert, Bingham divided first, $122.50. 

Moonie: Mrs. Migiaen Lindermar Barto, Burnside, Shaw, Budd, 
Roll, Graham divided second, $107.15, , 

Daniels, Arnold, Elliott, Heikes, Marshall, Riehl, 
Mosher, Todd, Kleinman divided third, $76.60. 


Thutsday, Third Day, Dec, 13. 


Again a very bright, clear, sunshiny day, cold, but not too 
cold for comfortable shooting, and this time with not so strong a 
wind as that which made yesterday’s shooting so trying, The 
birds flew well, and about the middle of the morning they were 
going nearly as fast as they did yesterday. During the afternoon 
they, were not so hard to stop, though there were almost no 
dwellers. " 

The entry in the main event of the day, the handicap, ran up 
to fifty-six, which gives pretty fair promise of an entry for the 
big sweep of to-morrow at 25 birds, which will compare very well 
with the record of last year, sixty-two entries. The additional 
shooters to-day made it very difficult to get through with the pro- 
gramme, and the later squads, from No. 6 up to No. 10, had to 
shoot their last four birds in a light which varied from twilight 
at No. 6 to black night for No. 9 and No. 10. Kleinman and 
Tramp came up in the same squad, and both had chances for 
straights, at that time Fred Gilbert, Geo. Dieter and big Jack 
Hallowell having been the only men able to kill them all. Tramp 
tried pretty hard on his 14th bird, but it swung around and went 
out on the right quarter. He also missed his last bird. Abe 
Klemman killed his first two, but came near losing his next 
in his string of four finishing birds. This bird sprang high and 
was none too good a mark in the dim light against the gray 
fence background. Abe missed it clean with his first, and then 
“began to hunt for it,” as he said, and managed to get it full 
with his second, This was the last straight made, and the grow- 
ing darkness perhaps spoiled another one at least. Leffingwell 
was straight when he came from No. 2 set of traps to finish his last 
four birds at No. 1 set, but it was by that tifme so dark that it 
was largely guesswork. He missed his first bird and his last 
of the fatal four. He, Amberg and Graham were the last men to 
shoot, and of course they had no even break with those who had 
had light to shoot by...For the last three squads white birds were 
trapped, in order to (Bie a better chance to the shooter in the 
dim light, yet many ffmes the birds were most dithcult to see 
eyen from the standpoint of spectator. Along the gun barrel it 
was a still harder matter, and it was simply the eye of faith gained 
in the duck marshes at dark which gave these men any show at all. 

‘raham killed all his birds apparently as well as though it were bright 
daylight. Amberg killed his first three, twice under unusual cir- 
cumstances. His second bird in the last four turned out to be 
a dark bird, and by the best of luck in the world was a sitter. 
As the trap fell open it was so dark that neither shooter nor 
puller could at first tell whether or not there was any bird at all 
there. By stooping down the outline of its neck could be seen. 
Quick as a flash Graham called out “KAll it,” and quick as the 
same flash Amberg killed the bird on the ground by firing at the 
dark mass where the trap could be faintly seen. This of course 
gave him another bird, and shows one more instance of the ins and 
outs of the pigeon game. His next bird was a white one, and 
he killed it. His very next shot was at No. 1 trap, and here, tao, 
the bird was a sitter, hardly knowing whether or not to fiy. 
Amberg thought to repeat his performance of the former instance, 
since this bird, though a white one, could hardly be seen, and 
was thought to be a dark one. It chanced that just as he fired 
the bird sprang, and he killed it just barely in the air! His next 
bird was a strong outgoer, but it was disposed to come around 
to the eoops to the other birds, as did most of these late birds. 
Amberg missed it with his first barrel, but then very wisely and 

coo|ly waited on it, as it practically disappeared from sight in 
the deep field, It swune around in and came into sight against the 
sky line on the left. Waiting till it came close in, Amberg killed 

it with his second barrel. but unfortunately it was so near the 
dead line that tt fell dead across the wire! This put him in the 

{2-hole and hack of the money. There were a dozen 14s in this 

event, but the first place paid very well with only four in it. 

During the day Tom Keller, of the Peters Cartridge Co., came 
out to see what he could do, and he had as much fun as anybody, 
though he did not get into the money in the big event of the day, 

Jack Hallowell arrived to-day, the first moment in which it was 

possible for him to get here. D. Sperry and wife came in Jast 

night from Rock Island. and Mr. Sperry shot to-day and will r= 
main for to-morrow, (seo, Dieter had better luck to-day than 


' 
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Powers, 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


esterday, and showed that Milwaukee could furnish not only one 
bee aE ro, able to kill 15 straight. Geo. Mosher, of the Syracuse 
Arms Co., continued to mingle to-day, using his 32Zin. barrel gun, 
which looks at least a foot longer than a 30in. barrel. Tiiere was 
a large and able-bodied contingent of contributors to-day, and it 
did not all come from among the lambs. Jimmie Elliott went to 
the barn at his 7th bird in the handicap, Pop Heikes could not 
get past his 12th, and Charlie Budd had to scratch mighty hard 
to get 13 of them in the game sack. Phil Daly killed all but 
1 in the handicap, and so proved that they raise shooters down 
East once in a while as well as out in this part of the world. 
Geo. Roll was another 14-man, and he came in that class by a iunny 
sort of incident. He had them all up to his loth bird, which was not 
a very hard one. He nicked it a little with his first, and it lit 
near the trap, perhaps 33yds. from the score. He fired the 
second barrel at it deliberately on the ground, and it meant some 
money, too. The shot struck all around the bird, it sprang up 
and again fell, but the dog chased it out. Following are the 
scores of to-day: = ; 

No. 1, 7 birds, $5 entrance, high guns: 


Wid Listed aoe dcltiys tata Soars 2011222—6 T Keller .............. 2220220-—5 
Daritels eee ee eee DIOP 2—F- Budd eee seacees sessed -1020212—5 
Pei Gb ALL apt bebeeenccie 22299906 Daly ,..... iets ETC east 2229212--6 
Mackie s),s5++ esses ..-.2022200--4 O’Brien ...-...-......- 0222222—-6 
AWapesins (i.e: east 2222220--§ BoOnsom i.cvee.- eens see 2222221)-—G6 
GUISE rene hatte ewe 2112202—6 McCartney ;.....-..... 0122122—6 
Thonwpson, S.-i es 0222121—G «Sperry Sioa wees cence. 1)2112)—5 
DDI b to) Gc ORM Se a ce PANG AE AO Ree locomtig ou dddde: 2229202—6 
Mtioto}o) mire sno adodot stn 0221220—5 Hallowell ,............. 122212—6 
Ga Ut. ah face cUls as nen CRO DOE chm RRC ie ieee eee rae Beeres 92299226 
[DS User Ae Seas tos 1210211--6 WHirschy ............... 20212294 
SWhess 0) hon hye ERG bee VWiN2Gc2—5 Dieter ....ssssssees.es 2022907 
(OE ye see Aa 2222062—T Stephens --+ ..---1:..: 2212212—7 
inshara 22922026 Willard . 2G . 2232221 —7 
Groshyae asians saaassatas 020222 —4 Burnside ......---.---- NS 2w 
Piarshiaile seae eens re 92220226 Linderman ............ 2222225 —F 
I Bt) Aceeerpe icles sacene 202K1EZ—4 Quimby ................ 19010248 
OSELE arate rete SeclIO0Z2—f “Pranic heeenieeeeetemes 21220226 
Gotrtney, .7.-2 ee .. 9220212 5 Murray .........-..... G902022—3 
reikes Mae ae a eens H21922 68 Sbartoe sone ae oe 20 


Daniels, Elliott, Neal, Gilbert, Stephens and Willard divided 
30 


$130, 
No, 2, 10 birds, $7.50 entrance: 


JON Whoa EF ee 1222221102— 9 O’Brien ....+:..... 2220202022— 7 
Manieise wees asaees 222222222210 Bomnson ........--. .0222202222— 8 
Aritolds messes sees 2222220222 9 McCartney ........ 2222002202— 7 
IMaciniem antes seeetes 0222222222 9 Sperry ...----.+--- 2121122201— 9 
Wiggins .......... 1212222220 9 Eastman .......... 2022120000— 5 
Thompson ......... 2020222222— 8 Hallowell .......... 2121202202— & 
BITOte Soteee errr 2227102022— "8 Roll) een 2220202122— 8 
“PEIDD | oodone ver eee 1102011212 8 Hirschy ...,....... 2120222200— 7 
Nealcs Vike 2222222022— 9 Dieter ..........-+: 1221202220— 8 
Burnside .........-2222021002— 7 Sitephens ......... 222922929911) 
oS eRaces ese eee 2020221021— 7 Willard .,........ .2221020002— 6 
Mrs Murray ....: vy SA 2221NZ220— 8 KISS se eyed kde 2 1112222122—10 
Gilbert : . -2222222920— 9 Quimby ........... 2022222202— 8 
Bingham 2222220220— 8 Linderman 2222229220— 9 
Crosby .... 2220222222— 9 Barto .........,...- 1102221022— 8 
Marshall ...... ++ «1222202992 10 Kleinman .......... 010w 

Ren aa rere tse see 2202120022— 7 Tramp ...........:- 2112220220— 8 
Powers: Gutsshlnssw 212212122210 Frase ......+..0.s:- 1200222201— 7 
Courtney ....... 2022011200— 6 ‘Mosher ....... vo 1 2222212020 W 

FV GIKeS: gas theese 2 212212292210 -Finkler .........-.- 1220221111— 9 
Keller! jtcutdsva -- - -2220222020— 7 Thorn ..........--. 2221222220— 9 
Biudilieeeeaee seul se 2222209002 10 Drake .......seeees 0222121011— & 
Daly Wire es 9999920902— "8 Foyt! v-nnrnusenw eck 9221102210— 8 


Daniels, Crosby, Powers, Heikes, Budd, Stephens and Kuss 
divided $126.50. ; 

Voris, Arnold, Mackie, Wiggins, Neal, Gilbert, Crosby, Sperry, 
Linderman, Finkler and Thorn divided $103.50. 

No. 3, 15-bird handicap, entrance $10: 


OATH el Sy GUL tenes weclcteleicinestopatetels vel eletch abel tl aeeee eet 002222222999992 13 
V Oris 9 29112, SP yk See oar 212212121222202—14 
Athold, 2050S Sere ae bistetk oe Wet alec c ie ayers 2220200w 

Wadkie; ore eee oe eee Pepned nepeseoeea eit 22223222020222 13 
Wi eins 820 9) nota: saree A > too nn eee 202222200 w. 

"RAGIN DSRS DBE os sav auc scuelser pl PNT Ke Foe eS EET Tae . -122202221202222—13 
ENT Ott *Bikie as eee Pe eer rere, se toatatinaJavenataeet 210200w 

INCOSE RDS oeiscneccse shied PE an od St tonea ht Caen 10111220220w 
THTD PPP BU nue career eee ts Sur EE RD She ES EEE EEE haere 112210222222022—12 
Deed gs Ea re ease oe eee etn ae credenieet srir’ 220222222222120—13 
FETS PRG egos nts chk ad ote sited oat oe Sapte ceteeeye ihn eaten 21201020w 

Mrs Murray, 26.......5:2..0,s.05 05 ++. -20011210w ‘ 
Gilbert, 31...... 322 2222222229902—15 


Bingham, 30. - -022229222222922—14 
Grosb¥g0 Sino roach tsa ts ng et pee ee «.212222222902222—14 
Mirars res (Sereno acs nied 8 stele esis pee aac wea 222022222229022—13 
Rieti, (Die cera kee Soe eee rote L eRe eeemece tc a 222222220222222 14 
POWERS MOL se, eens tied ed fed ROMER REO sated ae 202212222222222 14 
Sahel ALE seeeeiy 5555655555 5604 RECOROOAea gerne Ac 202222200 w 
DB yh ee 94 ioe HE eee AS555998.4 445 SHERRI OSR ON ass Sts 21220222200w 
Teikielier Aeon Fee reaee eC obi ctldatr leap eee ees 2222222002220 w 
ate A Dy oe cette Set chehal pt shctcha ler ict sala eetg dba at eee eee 222022222022222 13 
Daly 29 ys Beetle dll d ae waleP peel Re Aqos . «222112202222222- 14 
Opbrienty 28 come scence AO Ea ROP SEN OAD Hic 220022222220222 13 
IYeper tee Mee Ae Soke pose o se Aon obono soon 222222020220w 
Me@artney,, 228%o5.5..0cser-32 OAT fy Peretti eos 2222200222220w 
Bohs ee Ben ter ohhck Aiea haceidemo studs sedadabdy 211111112022222—14. 
Dr Shaw 20k aun. ace verebey aaks te sheaths eee ti ieee 2211 2222202222013 
Hallowell, 730. 6: presse bean sch beer enceee ces ii ml sue 111121212111222 15 
FRG SSO ea nae oa beam eereaetate reese orate trent ieee BYee pore 212122222222220—14 
ERIE SCh ys 0a20 fe aan ese sir tatets piinss niale piele wines were sraies 122220212020w 
Dieter, 20estesees see eee Sete sie atetatt alates eatreetiee vaeete 221222222222222 15 
Stephensie29s cows e+ teri awan es eevee et eee eae 222020w 

Willard Zone oes - .11112012100w 
Burnside, 29. -~ + -110321112122222—14 
Temrderman:.29)- vc esteses inde eae Sees ene 21222222000w 
TRUBS. LO: nse bake mb chow sae ene) Saree ee 2021021120w 

Ieifon: PE es cetneonososr aren ocenc As Met tiateisfotebeielstclat 222210212222222 14 
NETGINMATY 620 spo eeee see pees ce itlee hie tael tite en ereere 212212222221211 15 
ER OF 72) eens Sep eo AAAR AIA SAAR AA ASo5 son oe 222222222212200—13 
Winainrcsre 2Retd leila dt cstetave ste eisai sep wine aeieoai eiceathiars 220220120w 

SH OMA Sos ase + ol alsclasesea er erie mice raeelnah etter 020220w 

Drake ie cus asn ee eulvitanumant eres a eerste Yt pees 20212201122220w 

SEL OY,t 2G lesa tueie io aielaie seta emt + esi siete nat a tutietee eames 20112211 222202213 
RIE 28 Ny clnss » ctalaletotetlelacl etnte es eatin eee etn ~ -21202202222220w 
UE AS, Sere et cree One sac soe orien TRE a 221112022122022 13 
Bd of fs eT et a te oper erento rari sennccd 222202222222922 14 
SOE Ihe PA banteitir Hop eeebbbbsoohchectiintrr <= nraeser er 02020w. 

WHIP 2O Gil eens soe ee oO bea han aa ae naee Renee ware 22222022020-w 

We BB efiinewellei200. messnee testis cetacetacmecu ce ne 211111212120220—13 
Ralineieeecdeet ne ten scenes CAO ERE Base 002222112220w 
Maton ocean een esine ene eee eee eee BES 4 sse ane 222122120010w 
Eatehiesie oS esse tne st Sash seat ne Sarat e ny amet cannes Se 02200 w 

Wicrke28ter anne Sahn Loe MO veRe lepEmoer en ceeetenns 22220102220w 
Graham, 29 Colonot SBR SCAR EE aecceee « 222222220222902 14 
ATTIDEL Op CCOme ery ene ori aia eel at ee iaraee nen en ennn y+ ++ 221110122201210—12 


First divided $150; second divided $131.25; third divided $93.75. 
Friday, Fourth Day, Dec, 14. 


The admirable weather continued unti] the end of the shoot, the 
last day being overcast, damp and chilly, but with a fresh enough 
air to keep the birds eee well. Only the one event was shot 
off, the big handicap at 25 birds, $15, and the shooting was con- 
cluded long before the light began to grow dim. A few sweeps 
were shot at the conclusion of the main event. 

The entry in the handicap did not quite equal that of last year, 
when it ran to sixty-two. There were fifty-seven entries to-day, and 
it would be hard to find another fifty-seven who would be better 
representatives of skill in live-bird shooting. The scores, if 
Icoked at by one ignorant of the prevailing conditions, would 
seem to give the lie to the above statement. They look as though 
a lot of beginners had been at work. In reality the game was one 
which asked the best skill of every shooter, and added to that, that 
little factor of luck which goes so far toward deciding a close race 
one way or the other. On the four days’ shooting, Gilbert turns 
out with high average, followed closely by George Roll, of Blue 
Island. Each of these shooters made 24 to-day, Gilbert missing his 
second bird and then killing out straight, Bingham, Powers, 
Tramp and Arnold came trayeling hot-foot also just back of the 
first place. There were eight in the 23-hole—among these Jack 
Hallowell, Jimmy Elliott, Tom Marshal] and Elmer Neal. In 
the 22-hole landed such of the old-timers as Heikes, Crosby, Lem 
Willard, Leffingwell, ete. The first money contest narrowed down 
late in the game to one straight and one possible. Dr, William- 
son, of Milwaukee, was straight, and J. R. Graham, of Long Lake, 
Tll., was the possible. and he duly cinched the chance, Graham 
shot to-day, as he did yesterday, in splendid form, and centering 
his birds carefully. He deserved the good fortune of making the 
second man out of the fifty-seven who proved able to kill 25 of 
them straight. Dr. Williamson during the week made a run of 55 
birds killed straight. He is shooting a reat gait right now, and 
thie performance of 85 birda at Watson's this hard week 4 probably 

1 Le hee 


— == = (in 


~ [Drc, 2, 1900. 


the best shooting he ever did in his life. It surely puts him m the 
strictly dangerous class for anybody to tackle. one the less a 
match at 100 birds has been arranged between him and George 
Roll, of Blue Island, and this race will be shot at Watson’s 
withm the next ten-days. All Milwaukee will go behind William- 
son, but it is not a matter of much odds in his favor, A 100-bird 
race is a long road to travel, and a man may go out of form and 
drop a few points in his temporarily slashing gait inside of a day 
or 50. The time for Dr. Williamson to shoot George Rojl was 
right here this week. ‘The big iceman is not a bad performer 
himself in a long race, and though not the favorite in this con- 
test will no doubt give .a good account of himself. It Js to be 
hoped that the race will be shot under weather conditions as 
favorable aS those which have prevailed this week, — 

Mrs. Murray to-day strengthened the good impression she 
makes as a live-bird shotter by the very good score of 22, and 
found herself in very good company at that. Some ot the experts 
had to go to the barn at comparatively early stages in the game.. 
Dieter only got to his 12th bird, Courtney retired at 18, Budd at 
his 12th, Riehl at his 15th, Barto and Odell at the 12th, Si Palmer- 
at the 12th also. Emil Werk got along to his 18th. Dick Merrill). 
who came down from Milwaukee to have a look at the main: 
event, had to sit down after his 16th bird. Of course the usual! 
amount of merriment followed the unlucky ones, who fell back 
of the money. The first money amounted to $209.55, which made 
quite a nice little thing between the two winners. 


There was a hot little miss-and-out after the close of the maim 


shoot, and a little 10-bird shoot between Palmer and Cantillon. on 
the one side, against M. E. White, of Milwaukee, and H. Odell) 
of Chicago. The former won, and the latter are so little satisfied! 
with the result that they have asked for a match at 50 live birds, 
price of the birds and suppers, to be shot at Watson’s next 
Friday. Palmer and Cantillon agreed’ to this. So it seems we 
are to have a little revival in shooting matters here as a result 
of the winter tournament. 

A good many.of the boys left town to-night, but a few will re- 
main over until to-morrow for business reasons or in order to 
look about the city snd enjoy the famous lake breeze. The follow- 
ing are the scores of the day: 

saencieaD, 25 birds, entrance $15, 35, 30, 20 and 15 per cent., $100: 
added: ; 


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Rogers, 28. sasuneet +» 1200222212222022211221(W—1 
Arnold, 28. daeacdce er tere 22212122222229992()220929) 94 
Mackie, 29 . ats, stiTa[shcrw abated iodo meee iee 2220222220202022221 2222220: 
Rike, V2830. 0. ce NOLS ee eer eratboeahes 2222221)222229999090292299_ 9% 
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MirsVitirray, Wi. y cesesewsa aff Sadar reteeniete 1201122222221)122212029902 99 
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Hallowell: a0: nee SCR isee ee 2221112222021229929292(12 92° 
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First money, $200.55, divided by Jay Ell and J, R. Graham, 

Second money, $129.60, divided by Arnold, Gilbert, Bingham, 
Powers, Tramp and Roll. ; 

Third money, $119.75, divided by Voris, Rike, Derring, Hallo- 
well, Elliott, Marshall, Neal, and Kuss. 

Fourth money, $89.80, divided by Mrs. Murray, Heikes, Burnside, 
Stephens, Sperry, Crosby, Daly, Willard, Sconce, White, ‘l'odd, 
Leffingwell, and Amberg. 


Best Shoot Yet, 


As the boys shook hands with John Watson to-night to bid him 
good-by, the grizzled old veteran wore a face Wreathed with 
smiles, not at their going away, but at their having been pres- 
ent, Spoken with this evening, Mr. Watson said, “This is far and 
away the best shoot I have ever held. 1 never saw a nicer lot of 
shooters together anywhere in all my life. There was not a bit 
of hard feeling, not a kicker on hand, and every man knew his 
business. I don't believe there ever was a nicer shoot held than 
this, and I am proud to have been on hand to see it. No doubt 
the newspapers have done a good deal to make this shoot a suc- 
cess, as they have kept it well before the public for some weeks, I 
like a good sporting shoot at live birds, with no targets to distract 
the attention of the shooters. We had the best men of the coutry 
here, and I only hope they are as well satisfied as I am.” 


P EK. Houes. 
Hartrorp Burtpine, Chicago, Ill. 


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G., F. B., Niles, ©O.—Your cocker is afflicted with canker. 
Cleanse the ear thoroughly three or four times a day, using tepid 
water and castile soap. Drop in the ear then a smal] quantity of 
the following mixture, heated to about 90 degrees: Acid car- 
bolici, dr. ss.; glycerine, oz. ss.; aquz, oz, ij ss.. If the inner ear 
is affected, it should be syringed out gently, : 


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THE CHANGE OF A CENTURY. 


THE closing century has been marvelous in its dis- 
seoveries, in its advance in Civilization aud in—all that 
makes the living of life easier to civilized man. It has 
been an age in which man has begun to understand certain 
of the forces of nature, to tame them to his own uses and 
to force them to work for him, as he ropes, saddles and 
breaks to ride the wild horse of the prairie. With the 
more easy life which has come from the chaining of these 
forces and their adaptation to man’s tises has come also 
a yast increase in the civilized population of the globe, and 
a corresponding decrease in its natural and uncivilized 
population. 

Nowhere has this change been more marked than in the 

territory of the United States. A century ago its popula- 
tion numbered 5,308,000. Its inhabitants were gathered 
in a little fringe of settlements along the eastern coast, 
and the first hardy adventurers had but a short time be- 
fore they began to push their way into the interior. Then 
the furthest limits of the west were the banks of the Mis- 
sissippi River. Beyond this was literally an unknown 
world. No one could tell what of man or: of beast 
might dwell there. Such animals as the antelope, the 
mountain sheep, the white goat, the grizzly bear and a 
host of smaller species had not then been described. 
- Except upon the borders of the settlements, game and 
fish were as numerous as ever. Their only enemies were 
men and the savage quadrupeds and birds which ate 
them, and these enemies were not sufficiently numerous 
to keep down the increase of the creatures on which 
they fed. 

To-day the population of the United States is nearly 
76,000,000, Its territory extends from ocean to ocean, and 
not merely its territory but its people as well. The in- 
dustries of farming and stock raising and lumbering and 
mining have sent men far and wide over the land, push- 
ing out over plain and valley, threading the densest forests, 
penetrating the most remote nooks in the mountains, climb- 
ing the loftiest peaks. Each man who has done this work, 
whether an old-time trapper, or a prospector, or a modern 
timber cruiser, has done his part toward destroying na- 
ture and developing art in the place he visited. In some 
way his coming has meant a change—direct or indirect— 
to some of the wild creatures which dwelt in the place to 
which he came. He killed the game, or caught the fish, or 
burned the prairie or the forest, or disturbed and troubled 
some creature, which learned then that there was in the 
world a new enemy to be feared—an enemy that it had not 
known before. 

One hundred years ago there was great game in abun- 
dance in the many States that are now densely popu- 
lated, and small game was abundant everywhere. The 
wild turkey rustled in Massachusetts and Connecticut, 
the prairie chicken hooted over the sandy flats of Long 


Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Hordes 


of migrating wild fowl and of wild pigeons passed over. 


the land in such numbers as to darken the sun, and fed 
everywhere. 

In early days deer skins were the currency of many of 
the settlements, but they were killed by Indians who used 
the animals’ flesh and by them were brought in to trade. 
The early settlers were too hard at work wresting sub- 
sistence from the stubborn soil to waste time and am- 
munition on game unless they needed it to fill their chil- 
dren’s mouths. But as time passed and population in- 
creased, skins still had a value, and people were found 
willing to hunt game for the small pay that there was in 
selling deer skins. This process of turning the product 
of the wild creatures into money has gone on constantly, 
and at a constantly increasing rate, and the results are 
what we see to-day. 

It is a familiar story that in primitive times the buffalo 
occupied one-third of the North American continent, 
On the Atlantic coast it almost reached the sea; the 
northern limit of its range was the Great Slave Lake and 
the southern northern Mexico. In the last decade of the 
eighteenth century buffalo were killed in Ohio and Vir- 
ginia, but by 1810 they had been exterminated in Ohio, 
Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, where once they had been 
most abundant, and were then found only on the western 
side of the Mississippi River. By the year 1870 the Mis- 
souri River was the eastern boundary of the species, and 
thirteen years later it had been practically exterminated. 
There are now probably two or three times as many 
buffalo in captivity in zoological gardens, private parks 
and menageries, as there are wild ones. 

The moose, solitary in its habits, living in the forest, has 
not shared the fate of the buffalo. It is true that it has 
been exterminated in New York, Vermont and New 
Hampshire, but it still exists in Maine and Canada and in 
some portions of the northern Rocky Mountains. In 
Maine, protected by law, it has of late years greatly in- 
creased and has almost become partially domesticated, so 
that during a portion of a year it manifests little fear of 
man. 


FOREST AND STREAM has printed from time to time quo- 
tations from the writings of the early Jesuit Fathers, 
which tell of the great herds of elk seen all over the 
eastern country in the eighteenth century. Yet before the 
nineteenth was fifty years old, all these animals had been 
destroyed, and the last stirvivor of them in the East was 
killed in Pennsylvania in 1853. In the forest of Michigan 
they lingered much longer, probably until 1870, and in- 
deed there are vague reports that elk still exist on the 
borders of Minnesota and Dakota. Between 1870 and 1875 
there were great numbers of elk on the prairies of Dakota, 
Montana and Nebraska, but ten years more sufficed to 
wipe them out there, and now instead of the elk of the 
prairie with widely branching antlers that we used to 
know, we have only the elk of the timber, whose horns 
have much less lateral spread. 

The same story may be told of most of our game ani- 
mals. The man of to-day has pushed his resistless way 
everywhere, and where the civilized man comes there is 


no room for uncivilized creatures, whether they be men or 


beasts. We may try to preserve the game as much as we 
please; we may endeavor to make gradual the process of 
its extermination; but it is useless for us to try to fight 
against the laws of nature. They are immutable. The 
day is coming—nay, it is almost here—when those who 
wish to see big game must look for it inside of protected 
parks and preserves. The United States has the oppor- 
tunity to establish a number of such game preserves. 
These are to be found in the great area of territory. so 
wisely set aside as forest reserves at various times in 
the past by Presidential proclamation. Each one of these 
great areas of forest and mountain and plain should be 
considered not only with relation to the timber growing 
or to be grown within its borders, but also with relation 
to the game which, either existing or to be introduced, 
might harbor within its limits. Wisely and intelligently 
conseryed, these forest preserves might serve also as game 
preserves, not to be exhausted by another century of 
civilization and of increased population. 

With the changed game conditions has come a not less 
notable revolution of public sentiment regarding the game 
as a resource to be cared for and preserved. We have in 
large measure lost our abundance of game, but we have 


-gained an appreciation of what remains; and in view of 


this awakening and growth of healthy sentiment the out- 
look for the new century is not altogether one of dis- 
couragement. We shall take better care of our game in 
the future than in the past. There is reason to believe 
that the period of indifference has passed by, and that 
the sportsman of the twentieth century will have advan- 
tage, in a growing degrees as the century shall progress, 
of a wiser system of game preservation. 


The North American Fish and Game Protective Asso- 
ciation, whose recent meeting is reported in our game col- 
umns, is engaged in an effort which is both sensible and 
practicable. Its chief purpose is to harmonize the laws of 
a group of contiguous Provinces and States. The terri- 
tory covered is a region which by reason of conditions of 
latitude and longitude should have throughout the entire 
extent practically uniform sedsons and certainly uniform 
regulations as to ways of taking game and limitations of 
number. The Association is made up of members many of 
whom by reason of their official positions and known in- 
formation in the especial fields of fish and game protection 
may reasonably be expected to have influence with the 
several legislative bodies which will be looked, to for the 
enactment of these uniform statutes. We anticipate sub- 
stantial restilts from the movement. 


One subject upon which the Association declared itself 
in no tncertain terms is that of the abolition of spring 
shooting. Of the expediency of this because of its urgent 
necessity there can be no two opinions. To shoot the 
birds when on their way from the South to their Northern 
breeding grounds is, from the standpoint of economy, fool- 
ish in the extreme. The only obstacle that stands in the 
way of doing away with spring shooting now is the selfish- 
ness of individuals and localities whose immediate in- 
terests are opposed to the real and permanent interest of 
the country at large. But even stich opposition cannot 
long be effectual. For one thing, as in one section after 
another spring shooting has been abolished, and demon- 
stration has been made possible of the fact that in these 
regions the birds, if unmolested in the spring, will nest 
and will be found in greater supply in the fall, those 
who have opposed most strenuously the anti-spring shoot- 
ing system have come to see the wisdom and advantage of 
it, and may now be counted as supporters instead of op- 
ponents. To the abolition of spring shooting, not only in 
the territories covered by the North American Assacia- 
tion, but in all other States and Provinces as well, we 
shall come, and come very soon. 


There was held in Philadelphia the other day a con- 
ference of allied interests, comprising the Associated 
Health Boards and Sanitarians, the Forestry Association, 
the Pennsylvania Fish Protective Association, the State 
Sportsmen’s Association and the Game Commission, 
Among the several measures discussed for improving the 
game and fish protective system, the most important was 4 
proposed amendment to repeal the clause of the act of 
1895, creating the Game Commission, which forbids re- 
mtineration or the paying of expenses to any member of 
the Commission. It certainly is preposterous, in this day, 
for a great and wealthy commonwealth like Pennsylvania 
to expect the members of a game commission to give 
their services without reward, or to accomplish anything 
of law enforcement without funds. The game and fish of 
Pennsylvania are important and valuable public resources. 
Their conservation is a subject of public concern. And if 
they are worth caring for, as unquestionably they are, the 
care of them is worth paying for out of the public treasury. 
Pennsylvania should take its place with other States which 
have paid game warden systems. 


Another recommendation adopted by the conference 
calls for a license for non-resident gunners before they 
shall be privileged to shoot game. This is another straw 
which shows the growing tendency to restrict the priviliges 
of non-residents. The license plan is talked of in Maine 
again this winter, and despite the opposition which the 
proposition will certainly provoke, it is probable that the 
system will be adopted. From non-resident license to 
the exaction of a fee from residents is but a step. We 
began the century with the American system—game and 
shooting free to every one. We are ending it with a 
substantial progress in the direction of the European 
system of shgoting, closely hedged about with restrictions, 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Drc, 29, 1900. 


Che Sportsman Gourist. 


There’s Enchantment There. 


THERE is a region in Northern California that ap- 
pears to be exceptionally enthralling. It is not, on first 
observance, particularly attractive or fascinating, but it 
has had a sort of hypnotic influence upon men. 

It is a region of mountains, forests and streams— 
broken, picturesque, bright and hospitable, or bleak, drear 
and cold as moods and conditions determine. 

It is a region to which the early pioneers were at- 
tracted by the discovery of gold, thousands of hardy and 
brave men ventured half a century ago, and to 
which thousands haye come and gone with the years. 

Gold. gold was the quest of most, and in their sordid 
haste aud slavish toil for the valued metal, that has upon 
it a tinge of blood and death, few of the many really 
saw the white summits, the blue and shadowy forests, 
the crystalline springs of the sweetest water in the world, 
the rushing streams that broaden into rivers paved with 
golden litter, 

The gold is merely an incidental substance, brought 
down by erosion and the thundering winter torrents, to- 
gether with other reiuse and waste’ irom the mighty 
mountains. No animal except civilized man ever found 
gold of consequence, A handful of vegetable soil, de- 
cayed bark and leaves that will spring to renewed life in 
the valleys below, was worth it all. 

There were pioneers, giants among the strongest, the 
hardiest and most yenturesome of the world, who looked 
about them and coming under the influence of their magic 
surroundings forgot the sordid desire for gold and the 
influence and power of which so many dream. These 
saw the beauty of the mountains and forests, breathed 
the nectar of the air, tasted the purity of the distillery of 
heaven, and felt the freedom of absolute immunity from 
that wonderful, questionable blessing, civilized society. 

There were a thousand hermits in the blue realm of the 
Shasta-~Mountains—imen of brain and brawn, and many 
with the knowledge and culture of the polite. They would 
be found (and rarely may yet may be found) in secluded 
nooks of the mountains, in the most primitive cabins, 
furnished with the simplest necessary food, and the uten- 
sils by which they might maintain existence. In a dec- 
ade, or a score ef years, these men, while retaining 
their knowledge and their polite attainments, had re- 
verted to the primitive tastes and inclinations of savages 
in many things and were seemingly as happy and content 
as the red natives that for unknown generations had 
lived and died in these mountains. Perhaps it was rather 
indifference than content, but indifference and content 
are not easily separated. These men were under a spell, 
but it was nothing more mysterious than the instinct or 
intuition that beckons men into the woods and wilder- 
ness, back to where they were originally placed, where 
they may properly belong. 

The mountains and forests, the uncontrolled torrents, 
shimmering and wnsounded lakes, the bounding deer, 
crashing bear, and all the life and struggling and death 
of animate creation appealed to them. The possibility 
of perils in remote cafons and upon unexplored heights, 
the triumph of subsisting against every kind of privation 
and denial, were things not lacking in gratification to 
them. Sometimes they had printed books and the mid- 
night lamp might glimmer from rocky glen or mountain 
side—but the implements of defense or aggression, the 
title, axe and knife were invariably at hand, and of more 
frequent use and certain utility. Among these are tan- 
gible influences that have shaped the lives and careers 
of many men, and that have given character to the nation 
itself. 

By tourist and traveler who do not always comprehend 
or judge by true standards these solitary men were passed 
over or pitied and condemned. They did not conform to 
the conventional or the fancied and were too unique to be 
classified and catalogued, save perhaps as some land sur- 
veyors have classified some of their mountains upon the 
Goyernment’s maps, “Unsurveyed, broken and worth- 
less.” In many instances they were men of invincible 
character and the bravest of the brave, daring to stray 
from all custom and tradition and act according to the 
dictates of their own souls, living and dying in as near 
absolute freedom and as near nature as man can ap- 
proach. 

* * * * * * 


A decade or more ago a man of about thirty years of 
age, having selected a spot evidently to his liking in the 
region so briefly described, built a cottage there snug 
enough for its kind, but with no apparent object and no 


notable judgment as to suitable location. While the place - 


selected appealed to him could not be guessed, for there 
was no gold near it and no people near. It was miles 
distant from the settlement or traveled road, and there 
was little more level ground than enough to set the house 
upon. The fellow chopped away, making a clearing, 
where he planted a few fruit trees and pretended to make 
a small garden.” The place was so full of granite boul- 
ders, brought by some avalanche from the mountains sur- 
rounding it, and it was so thickly covered with matted 
briers and vines, he never succeeded in changing its ap- 
pearance much. 

A stream that came foaming over the boulders and 
through a jungle of alders and mountain shrubbery made 
such a continual roar that it was as impossible to hear 
much as it was to see much from the site of the house, 
surrounded as it was with the steep and thickly tim- 
bered hills. The fellow kept a horse and a dog or two, 
and. from time to time added cats and fowls and other 
domestic aggravations to his outfit. He was industrious 
enough to combat with his surroundings for awhile, ap- 
pearing to have means to provide himself, from the out- 
side country, with the things he failed to produce. His 
gardén was chiefly a fernery in which he probably dug 
im more gophers and rattlesnakes than artichokes or 
other vegetables, while his hay patch was scarcely a good 
pasture for his hotse as were the undisturbed hillsides ta 
which the horse always escaped. But the summers and 
winters passed and the fellow with his entire outfit some- 
how strviyed, j —— 


For about ten years the man lived in the secluded spot, 
only disturbed by an occasional stock or game hunter, 
and giving no one any notable aecount of his affairs. 
The few marauders who encroached upon his premises 
could say little of him more than that he had books, 
guns and other traps, but never seemed to raise any- 
thing or kill anything to speak of Others may have 
heard the crack of his rifle at daybreak, or the barking 
of his dog now and then on a midnight hunt for var- 
mints on the mountain sides. His shack was about out 
of sight in winter, for all that could be seen of it would 
be a stoyepipe sticking out of the snow, or the light. of a 
lamp from a window by night, shining out over the boul- 
ders and snow covered jungle. Sometimes in midsummer 
forest fires swept the canon, but his fern patch and 
boulders were fireproof, and he was circumspect enough 
to keep the leaves and pine needles cleared away from the 
buildings and fences. q 

A stranger taking a cut-off trail through the hills once 
passed the hermit and asked: 

“Are you making a ranch here?” 

“No, sir,” the man replied. 

“What are you going to do, then?” 

“T don’t know,” said he, and passed on. 

Probably the hermit spoke the truth according to his 
philosophy and his experience. After all the man is 
very wise who knows what he is going todo.- 

Without much preparation and no notice to his neigh- 
bors, for he had none, the man left the hermitage and dis- 
appeared from the mountains. ; 

Some weeks ago, being anxiotis to see the place, I 
wert some distance out of my way to look in upon it. 
The hotise was stilll there, its steep roof covered with 
moss, on the north side, and the porch strewn with leaves 
and fallen acorns and shells from an overhanging oak, 
The house was weather-stained and sun-burned until it 
had assumed the color of the huge granite boulders sur- 
rounding it, The antlers of a buck were fastened above 
the door, while the walls of an inner room were! dec- 


orated with a dozen pairs of them and with numerous | 


scalps, skins and other trophies. There was a gun case 
in which several guns were rusting in their racks, and in 
another sorner a bookcase full of volumes that had been 
frequently if not roughly handled. 

In another room wood rats had made a pyramid of 
fanciful design of a hundred or more copies of 
FOREST AND STREAM, bearing old date, in the midst of 
which they had stored a bushel of acorns, bits of bone, 
grains of wheat and corn, nails, cartridge shells and other 
treasures they had gathered without any special judg- 
ment. 

Outside a mottled cat scurried away, terrifed to see 
any one about the deserted house, but nevertheless anx- 
ious to make himself seen. The garden had about stic- 
cumbed to the oyerpowering attack of native jungle. A 
small patch of strawberry plants alone seemed, to main- 
tain the contest with the ferns, thimble-berry bushes and 
sprouting alders and willows. 

A black shepherd dog, grown old and gray about his 
eves and muzzle, took his place on the Jeaf strewn porch 
ol the house, patiently whining his impatience, and wag- 
ging his bushy tail as he followed me with his anxious 
yellow eyes. From a distant hillside a gray horse whin- 
nied musically as he detected life about the house that had 
been deserted for so many months. There were deer 
tracks in the very dooryard, and the whole place was in- 
fested with birds, mice, chipmunks and squirrels. The 
bee-hives in the yard were empty of bees and were now 
the homes of wasps, moths and ants, the bees having 
probably moved to the hollow black-oaks of the forest. 

I was interested in these things, for I have not been able 
to forget them. I built the house and fences and had 
struggled with that garden. The horse, the dog, the cat, 
the chipmunks and birds, the surrounding forest and 
mountains and the noisy stream were old friends, as- 
sociates and familiars. Through close communion with 
them during the years I learned to know why there have 
been so many hermits in the Shasta hills and mountains. 
A man may live such, a life for ten years and possibly 
breale away, biit I do not know that it is worth the 
effort. RANSACKER, 


CALIFORNIA, [ad 


The Doubter. 


ONCE on a time a subscriber wrote to FOREST AND 
STREAM a truthful tale, He was proud of a reputation 
for veracity and there was nothing impossible or even 
improbable in his story of a lost leader and its subse- 
quent recovery, but the doubter was abroad and from far 
and near the story was jumped tipon with a great jump 
and the relator concluded that the telling of a very few 
such things would utterly destroy the cherished reputa- 
tion. To doubt, however, is human, and the almost uni- 
versal habit of disbelief in stories pertaining to fishes 
and fishermen, their doings and experiences, dates back 
a few years further than any of us will claim to remember, 
and when for the edification or the entertainment of his 
fellows one does a tale unfold, though it may be attested 
by many witnesses, he is sure to be doubted by some, no 
matter how good may be his repute for honesty. Eyen 
Jonah, with a ship full of observers to substantiate the 
facts of his adventure, found but few who would accept 
his story, and in this enlightened age almost any strange 
happening or any odd experience which may be told is 
at.once characterized as a “fish story.” ak 

A man may go fishing, but if he desires to maintain 
a reputation for veracity he must never fell about it— 
there is sure to be some one who will doubt him even 
though he confines himself to the simple statement that 
he went. Some men liye and act upon the theory that: 
it is never safe to believe anything they hear and only 
a portion of the things they see, but fortunately for the 
rest of mankind the sect is not large, for if it were then 
all fish stories might better remain untold. - Once ina 
while an individual of this'kind has an experience of his 
ewn that serves to broaden his yiews and teach him that 
things which appear strange and remarkable may yet 
be true, and the following is a plain statement of how one 


such was converted from his doubting habit. = 2 


Tt was in March, that season of otir discontent. filled 
with frast and thaw-fos and rain, influenza-and grip, 
the.“Tdes of March” against which the noble Roman 


was warned, that dismal season when it is good for the 
inhabitants of the Greater New York and the surround-_ 
ing country to get away from it and wait for a month or 
two before being enthusiastic about “Home, Sweet 
Home.” Three congenial spirits, by profession a phy- 
Sician, a lawyer and an engineer, sat before a cheering 
oo fire In a cozy room discussing and “cussing” these 
evils. 

_“Doctor and I have just decided to get away on an- 
other trip to the South and are going to sail next week 
with our old friend Capt. X, Now, you old cynic, you 


_doubter of all things reasonable, just drop your cross- 
‘examinings and legal care and come along, 


We will 
show you a lot of odd things, broaden your narrow 
minded little intellect and give you a good bit of sea- 
sickness to benefit your spleen, Come now, you daren’t 
go and see a bit of the tropical world.” ae 

“Well, if I should see one-half of the wonders I have 
heard you fellows lie~about for the last three years I 
would write a book that would discount Munchausen. 
You had better not invite any truthful man to go along, 
for your string of fairy tales will be exposed. As to 
being seasick, that is all nonsense. It stands to reason 
that any one who expects ‘t and looks for it will probably 
get it, but it is simply an example of the influence of 
mind over matter, and a man who determines that he 
won't be sick and has any mental strength will have no 
trouble. 

“You are, no doubt, absolutely right and will never 
have a better chance to demonstrate your theory, but 
if you have the courage to pack your summer clothing 
and come along I will back your stomach against your 
brain and bet you a good dinner for the three of us that 
you will change your mind. 

“If I can arrange to get away I am very much tempted 
to go and I tell you now that one great argument in 
favor of it is to see for myself how much real truth there 
is in all of the stuff you two have been telling about and 
expecting your friends to believe.” 

In the end the prospect of a good time aided by the 
climate and some persuasion won; and the party sailed 
for Jamaica and the coast of South America. 

The others were hardened sailors, but the lawyer was 
on his marden \oyage, and being naturally of a skeptical 


.disposition and feeling his inexperience he was disposed 


to accept with a great deal more than the proverbial 
grain of salt all of the tales they related of their travels 
and of the interesting things in store for him, His 
experience of the first three three days conyinced him 
that no description of seasickness can be overdrawn 
and he abacdoned his theory of will power versus 
stomath power and rendered a verdict in favor of the 
defendant, but he still doubts the doctor’s prescription 
of liver and bacon or ham and eggs as proper 
diet. He was no fisherman and they were both 
devotees of the rod and reel. When they swapped 
stories of their remarkable exploits and strange experi- 
ences he admitted that he knew little of fishes and fish- 
ing, but it must be a sucker that would swallow such 
stuff, and he wished it understood that he wae not nf th=+ 
varitey. On the subject of flying fish he was particularly 
skeptical, but was good enough to admit that a fish with 
wings was quite as probable as some of the fish stories 
they had already told, and some of the other passen- 
gers were inclined to agree with him. No doubt many 
people had seen fish jump out of the water, and carried 
along by the wind for some little distance it would not 
require a great stretch of imigination to call it flying, 
but to assert that they really had wings and the power 
of actual flight was too absurd for argument. 

The captain was a joyial old salt, full of fun and good 
stories and particulrly fond of a good joke. It was de- 
cided to refer the matter to him, so at the dinner 
table he was asked the question. He laughed heartily 
and then said, “Why, I thought everybody knew that— 
why, of course there are fish with wings, and of course 
they really do fly—and you will all have no doubt about it 
in a day or two if you have any eyes, and very likely will 
call them yery good eating, too, if you care for fish just 
out of water and into the frying pan.” 

“How do you catch them, Captain? 
bait?” 

“Well, I really can’t say about the bait. We are no 
pot fishermen and do not resort to hand lines or nets. 
We always get them on the fly.” 

“Oh! oh! Come off, Captain.” 

Every one at the table joined in the laughter, and the 
lawyer continued: “I was prepared to accept without 
question any statement you might make on the subject, 
but it won’t surprise me now to be told that these won- 
derful fishes come on board and roost in the rigging, 
build nests in the boats and do a lot of other things 
that nobody ever heard of, but for the sake of your con- 
science, Captain, I haven’t the courage to ask any more 
questions, though the temptation is very great.” 

“Well, then, 1i I am on thé the stand and under ex- 
amination I shall have to say that I haye never known 
them to roost in the rigging or any other place, nor to 
do any other bird tricks, but they certainly do come on 
board at full speed, and that is why I said we get them 
on the fly.” 

During the day when we put them up they fly away 
from the ship, as you will see, but at night when we 
happen to run near a school I believe the lights attract 
them, for it is not at all rare to find enough of them on 
the decks some morning to give us a dish for our break 
fast or a fish course at dinner.” 

So much had been said that everybody was on the look- 
out, and a day or two later when the ship neared the 
Bahamas the sighting of the first flying fish was quite 
an event, for several of the passengers besides the legal 
gentleman were very much inclined to regard the whole 
thing as a hoax. Their doubts and his doubts and the 
wind theory and all other questions about the reality of. 
flying fish were settled in short Order. They saw them 
get up and go-scurrying away in all- directions, many of 
them flying right into a dead head wind and keeping 
on the wing as long as the eye could follow them. — All 
agreed that for speed of wing movement nothing short 


Do they take 


-of humming birds were in the same class, and the fish 


and the patches of brown gulf weed were the chief topics 
of the day.. Next morning the chief stewatd exhibited 
a pan containing something more than a dozen of the lit. 


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503 


tle jellows who had come to grief and breaklast by land- 
ing on the decks during the night. They averaged 
‘somewhat less than a half pound “each and measuring 
several of them demonstrated that the length of the fish 
was just about equal ta the spread of its wings, On the 
table the meat was found to be very solid, white. and 
sweet, resembling very closely that of fresh water perch, 
The Captain’s reputation was now established and any- 
thing he said was accepted without question. When 
asked if these were fair samples of Hying fish he said he 
had seen much larger ones, but not often. 

One evening soon alter sunset the ship arrived off the 
port of Cartagena and dropped anchor outside to wait 
jor daylight before running into the harbor, for Spanish 
American governments squander no funds in lhghted 
bouys and other extravagances to encourage coinmmerce 
or aid nayigation. Being only ten degrees from the 
equator it was decidediy warm, Some said hot and others 
added even a strong adjective to that. The passenger 
list was small, so that each had a room alone, and all of 
the ports, windows and doors were open to give free 
¢ ycation to the little air that was in motion, 
ing was at a. discount, so that even a sheet -was too 


much, and in these conditions everybody turned in for 
an attempt at sleep. The engines being stopped, the quiet - 


was unusual; the only sounds to be heard were the ex- 
haust of the dynamo engine, the tramp of the deck watch 
and the snores of some who had fallen into the happy 
state of sound slumber. 

Shortly after midnight these peaceful conditions came 
to a sudden end with a yell and-a whoop from the law- 
yes room that would haye excited the envy of the big- 
gest Indian in Buffalo Bill’s show, then another even 
ereater, followed by the occupant of the room, who 
bounced into the passage, up the staircase and into the 
social hall at a speed that -easily broke all previous 
records. In less time than it takes to tell it he was here 


surrounded by a group of the frightened passengers, the > 


officer of the deck and the watchmen, all demanding the 


cause of the alarm. There was nothing in the least de-:= 


sree amusing about the situation, ior any alarm or ship- 
board, even- when at anchor, has not the-slightest ele- 
ment of fun in it. That tableau under less -sertous con- 
ditions would haye been a prize winnér—one barefooted, 
wild eyed, dishevelled man in pajamas, in the midst of 
half a dozen others in similar costume, all in a>state of 
high excitement and firing questions at him at machine 


gun speed without obtaining the least satisfaction in the — 


way oi reply. 


At last one Jevel head suggested that the target be — 


given a chance to explain, which he did by relating that 
while soundly asleep in his berth he had ben jumped 
upon and assaulted by some kind of beast or thing which 
he had grappled and thrown off, and he had then vacated 
the premises with all posssible haste. ° Of course he 
yelled—who wouldn’t yell in such a situation? Then 
there were some remarks about dreams, nightmare, im- 
agination, etc., all of which he stoutly denied and called 
attention to a few spots of fresh blood on his garments 
and hands—perhaps it was a rat or one of the ship’s 
cats, but the mystery deepened when careful examina- 
tion failed to show the least scratch upon him to ac- 
Cvunt for the blood spots. An investigation was, of 
course, the next thing in order, and headed by the watch 
officer the line of march was taken up for the scene of 
action. The stateroom door was open and all was quiet 
and darl within, but the moment the light was turned 
on the mystery was cleared, for the cause of all the 
trouble and excitement was instantly revealed. There on 
the floor was a dead flying fish and it was very much 
larger than any they had seen. It had evidently come at 


full speed through the open port hole, striking the brass - 


frame, which dashed its head all to pieces and deflected 
it squarely on to the manly breast of the sleeper in his 
berth on the opposite side of the room. All agreed that 


his line of action in the subsequent proceedings was -per- — 


fectly justifiable and no one cared for a similar experience. 
even though he might thereby become the hero of a most 
remarkable fish story. 
' The fish upon being measured was found to be just 
17in. irom tip to tip of wings and almost exactly the 
same length, though the lawyer declared that it was very 
much larger when it struck him and must have shrunk 
enormously. “The circumstance,” said he, “is a clear 
case of retributive justice and has a very evident moral 
and lesson, while it savors almost of the mysterious. 
My position now obliges me to offer an apology to 
several of the company. I expressed my want of faith 
in your tales of piscatorial experience, doubted the very 
existence of flying fish, refusing to accept even so good 
an authority as our Captain, and believed nothing except 
that it was all a conspiracy against my inexperience and 
credulity. Now I promise to believe anything you choose 
to tell and express no manner of doubts, stipulating, 
however, that you exercise due care to save me from 
any further practical demonstrations. One dose of this 
doubt curing remedy is quite enough for me and I hope 
it will be a long time before I shall need another.” 
y- B. 


a: eet 


A large hunting party from Ohio passed through 
Springfield, Mass., the other day on their way home, after 
4 suecessful four weeks’ campaign in the Maine woods, 
Vhey traveled in two special cars, and in one of them 
were piled up forty-eight deer and a monster moose, with 
antlers measuring 55 inches from tip to tip. 


The October Woodcraft. 


Tue October number of the Game Laws in Brief and Woodcraft 
Magazine contains the game and fish laws of the United States 
and Canada. The Woodcraft part has this capital list of con- 


tents: 

GRAN’THER HILL'S PA’TRIDGE. By Rowland EK. Robinson. 

IN TIE FOREST, A 

THE OLD CANOE. 

|HE RESCUE OF MR. HUNDLEY. | 

KELLUL’S ANNUAL. By Jefferson Scribb. 

DEACON THROPE’S PIGEONS. 

ANY LETTERS FOR ME? By H, P. Ufford. 

JEITTOSSEE ISLAND. By Olive F. Gunby, 

FLORIDA INDIAN DEER HUNTERS. 

AT CLOSE QUARTERS: The Hon, 5., the Plover and the Bull; 
A Nova Scotia Bear; The Panther’s Scream; A Time with a 
Florida Alligator; The Owl’s Swoop; The Dog Climbed. 

THE DOG AND THE TURKEY.- By John James Audubon. 

SENATOR VEST’S SUNDAY PIGEON SIIOOT. : 

AUSTRALIAN ROUGH-RIDERS. By R. Boldrewood. 


; wy 


Bed cloth- ' 


above. 


snow. 


The Rangeley Lakes in December. 
BY J. PARKER WHITNEY, 


THE weather this December has been unusually mild 
until lately, and not until the 10th of the month were the 
lakes pretty well frozen over, The month until the toth 
has been much in contrast to that of 1890, which was un- 
precedentedly cold. I came in that year with my family 
in November and remained until Jan. 8. The lakes were 
solidly frozen over before Dec. 1. During the month of 
December there were but five days when the morning 
markings of the thermometer were above zero, and the 
average rate of twenty-six days was 12 degrees below 
zero. On Dee. 7 the mercury was down to 26 degrees be- 
low, and on the 29th and 30th each 24 degrees below, and 
on the 31st 23 degrees below. 

The present month has not had a day so far until the 
gth when the mercury has been lower than 4 degrees 
On Thanksgiving, however, the mercury started 
in at zero, but moderated during the day. On that day 
I came from Bemis to the Upper Dam with my party in 
two.rowboats, breaking the thin ice part of the way until 
within a mile and a half of the lower lake, where we 
found the ice too solid to break further, and landed on 


the shore and broke the balance of the way through about 


18 inches of soft snow with a medium crust. This was 
very difficult going when we could not make over a mile 
an hour. We found the lower lake still open, and had no 
difficulty in reaching camp by boat. Since the first heavy 
snow which we found, we have had about 15 inches more, 
which all together has settled down to a little over 2 feet 
on the level. 

On Sunday the oth we had a blizzard. In the early 
afternoon the thermometer stood at 24 degrees above. 
I noted then that the barometer had fallen very low— 
lower than Ihave seén it for some years, excepting on 


-Sept, 13 last, when the remnant of the Texas hurricane 


reached the lake, which lashed the water into great fury. 
On Sunday,the thermometer from 24 degrees above sank 
rapidly in a severe gale from the northwest, with flying 
clouds of snow,,and by 6 o’clock in the evening was down 
ta 'r0. degrees below zero, and finally reached 17 degrees 
below zero, when the gale from the northwest increased 
with. great force, and. continted throughout the whole 
night. On the morning of. the roth the thermometer ex- 
hibited 13 degrees below zero with the gale moderated, 
but still strong. By 1o o'clock the thermometer was up to 
9 degrees below, and remained below zero all day, but 


we put in half an hour skating on the new glare ice, which 


was quite sufficient for us. Tell me not of orange groves 
and rosy bowers. -They ‘have no compare for hearty en- 
joyment with the lakes in winter, if one be well clothed, 
well housed and with good fare. The woods and waters 
are always fascinating, be it winter or summer, the former 
equal to’ the latter—the woods in their dark green or with 
their coatings of white, the water delightful with its calm 
and changifig surface; or clasped with mantles of ice or 
This is’ the sanitarium for many invalids, where 
eneryating watm climates are pernicious. Here will be 
found the enemy of insomnia: Here the stimulator of 
appetite and’ the true pepsin of digestion. Here the con- 
queror of ennui and the relaxation of care. 

‘Snowshoé¢inge has been a little heavy, but since we 
have broken out between twenty and thirty miles of trails 
around through the forest we do not find it difficult to 
make from ten to twelve miles on a trip, and so far have 
hagged three deer. 


The deer have no particular difficulty in getting through 
the present snow, although the undersized will wallow 
some and show the furrows of their bellies and sides 
from their passage. While they do not range so ex- 
tensively as before the snow, they have no difficulty in 
getting about and in securing all the food they require. 


They are not, however, found much in the open, black 


growth of timber now as they will be later, but must be 
sought for in the cedar swamps, where the cedar is 
plentiful and constitutes an excellent food. If one should 
have any doubt about their ability to get through the snow 
he would be amply satished when jumping a deer to see 
him go off at a rate which seems little diminished from 


_that which shows his departure over the ground when 


there is no snow. The full-grown buck will go oft and 
clear snow with Io feet at every leap, and will go out of 
sight altogether too quickly where the growth is, at all 
thick for the hunter to get in a shot. The running 
season being still on, the bucks run about considerably 
and will go for miles with apparently but slight effort. In 
the cedar swamps they are seasonably gregarious, and the 
solitary does and younger deer are apt to be fotind 
together and yarding in groups of from two or three to 
half a dozen. I encountered a few days ago a locality 
several miles from camp in a yery dense cedar swamp 
where evidently at least a half-dozen had been congre- 
gating. I followed the trail of a deer. through the snow, 
unbroken excepting by its passage, when I came upon the 
home camp, ‘so to speak, of perhaps half a dozen deer, for 
T counted six beds where they had lain down the night be- 
fore, and where in a space of 20 or 30 feet square the 
snow was so trampled down as to make the footing hard 
and secure. J did not reach this place until a little late 
in the-forenoon, say 10 o'clock, and all the deer had 
departed im the early morning by different trails, some 


.further into the swamp, and their croppings of the over- 


hanging cedar limbs were quite apparent, and where some 
of the foliage was more plentiful the tracks were nu- 
merous, It was bright and sunny, altogether too still for 
successiul stalking. for the snowshoes, however care- 
fully used, will make a noise. Ordinarily upon such 
occasions the snowshoes are taken off, but as the snow 
was oyer 2 feet deep the walking was difficult without 
them. As there was a slight breeze from the eastward, I 
took that direction, where two or three deer had pro- 
ceeded, but the small growth was difficult to get through, 
obscuring the sight ahead and loading me with the loose 
snow which had not yet been blown off the trees. It was 
my only opportunity, however, and although I proceeded 
with great caution at least for a hali-mile, I ob- 
served by the bounding leaps of the three deer I was fol- 
lowing that they had heard my approach and were off. 
Tt was useless to follow, so I struck out to the left and 
made a circle of nearly a mile in advance of the direction 


— -_—- - i 


in which the deer were heading, hoping to get around or 
-actoss them if they had stopped, but when I crossed their 
trail, still on the bound, nearly three-quarters of a mile 
from where I had started them, and where they had 
divided, but had all gone in the same general direction, 
their bounds indicated that they were making trom 
8 to 2 feet on the jump, So I left their home camp 
for another day, and will go later to the same place, hop- 
ing that I may find the conditions more favorable. 


Deer hunting in the woods of Maine, legitimate stalk- 
ing without dogs or shining, which are forbidden, is much 
more difficult than the average reader would suppose. 
Deer are not near so plentiful as one would suppose they 


_-should be where the feed is apparently so good, and where 


they are hunted so little as they are in this immediate 
jocality. With quite a nttmber of years’ experience, my 
estimate is that there is mot much more, if any, than one 
deer to the square mile of forest here. We see them 
plentifully in the summer around the small ponds, and 
where they daily exhibit themselves, perhaps five or six 
at one time in sight when protected by the law, when, an- 
noyed by insects and fond of the water. and aquatic plants 
as they are, they seek the shores. Not being disturbed, 
they seem quite tame, and it is not unusual to see a doe 
feeding among the lilypads with her little spotted fawn 
paddling along the shore. But these deer have come from 
some distance to find the water, and take to it readily, but 
when you hunt for them in the forest in the open season 
you find them very scarce, and if you depend wholly upon 
the killing of deer you will soon get discouraged. I 
have killed quite a number of deer in this locality, and I 
may say that I have traveled more than 100 miles in the 
woods for every deer I have taken. In the last months 
of September and October I presume I traveled more than 
200 tiles, getting but one shot at a deer, although I 
jumped—that is, startled away from about me—from eight- 
een to twenty, some of which I saw and was unable to 
get a shot at, but the pleasure and satisfaction which I re- 
ceived in those rambles is beyond purchase. I have no 
enjoyment or healthful recreation that I can think of that 
I enjoy so much as stalking deer. Still, there are many 
aggravating features connected with deer hunting, particu- 
larly to see a deer botind off which has been in plain 
sight while you haye béen approaching without seeing 
it, for it will sometimes stand so still and motionless as to 
defy detection, perhaps only partly visible in the brush, 
and then bound off with such rapidity and dash around 
a. clump of bushes or trees in such a manner that you 
are unable to get in a shot. You are hunting for your 
chances. Sometimes it is very easy to get them, but 
ordinarily they are difficult to kill. I only had during 
September and October, with all my traveling—my de- 
lightful traveling of unpurchasable pleasure and _satis- 
faction with the object in view, but with the auxiliaries 
presenting themselves constantly—only one fair oppor- 
tunity to shoot a deer, and that recollection is by no 
means Satisfactory, for it was so fair and open that 1 
could not have wished it better if I would, The conditions 
were very favorable, the ground and leaves moist, a dark- 
ish day, a gentle breeze and myself approaching from the 
leeward. I was proceeding at the time down an old log- 
ging road which I had been on several times and where 
I had observed the tracks and indications of a very large 
deer, Proceeding along cautiously, as was my wont, 
looking at every spot where I was putting my feet, to 
avoid the cracking of a twig “ot decayed limb, and still 
looking ahead, I observed, perfectly motionless, not ten 
rods ahead of me as I turned an angle of this old road, one 
of the largest bucks I think I have ever seen, evidently 
the one whose tracks I had observed. He was standing 
apparently clear entirely from the timber by the side of 
the road, broadside toward me, perfectly motionless, with 
his head and large antlers slightly turned toward me and 
gazing upon me with apparently the same interest that I 
felt in seeing him, Mentally I thought he was mine surely. 
with the rifle in my hand which had brought down several 
deer before at single shots, and with nothing’ distracting 
my view, nor troubled by buck fever, which [ have never 
experienced, but as coolly and deliberately as I would fire 
at a target ten rods off, which was the distance of this 
buck, I brought carefully my rifle sights to a level, and 
without any haste, taking the most deliberate aim which 
was afforded by the opportunity, I fired. I fired at his 
body slightly back of the shoulder blades, It was a rough 
surprise to the buck. He turned, however, quickly taking 
his back track, and throwing up his signal flag of de 
parture, which indicated that he was not hit, or at least 
had not received any wound of importance, and went off 
with bounds too rapid for me, owing to the then ob- 
structing foliage, to get in another shot. Astounded at 
my failure, I started after him, aiter having rapidly 
thrown another cartridge into the barrel of my rifle. T[ 
could follow him, owing to the condition of the leaves, 
without dificulty, but I found no trace of blood, and saw 
that he indicated no intimation of haying been wounded. 
I returned to the spot where he stood/when I shot, and 
there I found to my mortification and great annoyance a 
leafless maple sapling of about an inch and a halt in diam- 
eter, which I had not observed when I fired, and at the 
level corresponding with the place which I shot at, the 
sapling was shattered and nearly cut off by my rifle ball 
where its soft nose had exploded and become diverted 
from its passage in some direction away from the deer. 
This was the restilt of all my stalking, but it could not 
take away the satisfaction—the daily satisfaction—I had 
experienced. One must have an object for all exertions. 
That is sustaining, and lends vigor and enjoyment to pur- 
suits which when aimless are of slight value. 

The last two deer I shot I came upon unnoticed. They 
were standing a moderate distance off. It seemed a pity 
to shoot at them, so beautiful and innocent as they ap- 
peared. But I did. One was half broadside toward me, 
which I shot through the heart, when he dropped in his 
tracks, and perhaps was not conscious of his wound, 
The other was stern fronting to me, and I had to whistle 
for him to turn, and as he did, my bullet broke his neck, 
Last year, one day when | had hunted over a ften-mile 
tramp most carefully carrying my rifle in front, ready 
for immediate action, without seeing or hearing a deer, I 
approached within a quarter of a mile of camp, when I 
relaxed my careful walk and search, and threw my rifle 
carelessly over my shoulder. The forest was thickly 


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grown, and as I passed a sinall thicket a deer rushed 
across my path within 4 feet of me, and so coniused me 
that he almost ran over me, but he appeared so sud- 
denly and leaped so rapidly into the thick brush that I 
was unable to unlimber in season, scarcely a second 
passing between his advent and disappearance. This deer 
had apparently been lying down when surprised. 

An amusing incident happened to a friend of mine in 
October last, who had hunted most persistently with- 
out success. He wore glasses, without which he could 
not well see. While passing through a thick clump of 


tall bushes he was astounded by a terrific snort from a 


large buck scarcely 5 feet in front of him, which, facing 
him, aceompanied his unmusical ejaculation with sufh- 
cient mouth watering as to becloud his glasses beyond 
use. He was compelled to clean them, and when ready 


for action sought in vain for his insulting momentary — 


associate, who had made good his retreat. | My friend 
in relating his experience said, “I met a big buck oF 
day, but he spat in my face, and leit. Confound him! 
T am going after him now, hot.” 

A lady friend at my camp a few years ago who had 
killed a deer concluded to go out aiter another, and did 
so, with a guide at a proper distance in the rear. She 
had gone but a short distance, but proceeding with slow 
pace and great care, when she was suddenly confronted 
from a clump of bushes very near by an enormous 
buck, which stepped out in a leisurely manner and 
stood for several seconds not 1o feet off, and there 
they stood gazing in astonishment at each other. Then 
with a few graceful bounds the buck disappeared among 
the trees. Upon relating the incident upon her return 
she was asked, “But why did you not shoot him®”, to 
which she replied, “I never thought of it. I wanted to 
see what he would do’—and she saw. 

Deer, though often sought for most diligently, may be 
difficult to find, and yet may be stumbled upon at times 
quite rudely. A few years ago a friend of mine from 
England went,out with me early in the morning on 
Oct. 1, the first day of the open season, and being in 
advance of me, and not more than half an hour aiter 
starting, shot and killed two deer which came with a 
third running down upon him, thus.completing his quota 
for the season. t ; 

Among the three deer which we have shot on this 
trip is a very large buck, weighing about 250 pounds, 
with magnificent antlers. This deer was jumped in an 
open growth a long distance ahead of is—L should say 
perhaps 200 yards—but was not too tar off to be hit from 
a hasty shot, although he did not at first show it, but 
on following after some flecks of blood were observed 
on the snow, showing that a wound had been inflicted, 
though if serious or not we could not tell, but which en- 
couraged the chase. If we had known how slight 1t was 
we probably should not have made this long chase of 
between four and five miles, for the bullet passed through 
the top of the buck’s back, over and free from the back- 
bone. However, it must have cut some muscles in the 
back or we could not have overhauled him; still he could 
go faster than we could, but we overhauled him after 
going a mile and a half, when another shot was fired, 
which was fruitless, as we alterward discovered, but 
which seemed to speed the deer far ahead again, and 
he kept out of sight for another mile. When in sight 
again a following shot was given, which likewise failed 
to hit, but which seemed to hasten the deer on for at 
least two miles more, when we again came up with him, 
although he was nearly as far off as when firrst shot at. 
The last shot was a fortunate one, breaking his neck. 
We did not see him fall, but were hurrying on until 
we came where he had disappeared, when we found his 
body in the snow in his last expiring efforts. Finding 
we were some four miles from. camp, and night near, we 
hastily returned to camp, not reaching it until it was 
well in the dark. It required the efforts of two men for 
six or seven hours the following day to drag this large 
buck home, which particulars I mention to show the 
running of deer in the winter is sometimes attended 
_ with much effort, 

The deer now congregating in the cedar swamps are 
not yarding, but will during the month of February 
work back and yard on higher ground in the open 
black growth, where they will reman during March 
and April, for in February the buds begin to swell and 
from that time on assume an increasing solidity. 

They move with the first appearance of the few warm 
days of February, when the snow, slightly thawing on 
top, freezes at night, making a crust, which increases as 
the season adyances. The first crusts do not seriously 
impede their moyements, if not hurried, so selecting a 
locality fayorable for young growth they domicile. 
Throughout this locality for some distance in length and 
breadth, oftentimes a mile or two in extent, and some- 
times more, they ‘pass about in budding, twiggine and 
mossing. Repeated passages indent the surface and 
harden it so they can go without much difficulty, and 
as renewed snows and freezings occur an impact is 
communicated to that below, still more solidilying from 
continued occupancy. Over this surface the deer go 
easily, more rapidly than other animals can pursue, but 
if they are driyen from it they will founder helplessly 
more or less, according to the depth of the snow, 

It is sometimes difficult for hunters, regardless of the 
law which forbids crusting or killing during the season 
after Dec. 15.to Oct. 1, to drive the deer out of an occu- 
pied yard, for they will turn and keep on it, well aware of 
their disadvantages outside; but if they are driven out 
and the snow is 4 or 5 feet deep they are readily over- 
taken and may be killed with an axe blow on the head, to 
the saving of ammunition, In the old times, before the 
law was in regard, [ remember spending a whole day 
with my guide in iruitless efforts to dislodge a herd of 
deer from their yard, but on the following day ejected 
thirteen in one body, which we had floundering in the 
snow about us, in less than half a mile from the outlet, 
Selecting one, I killed it with a kiife thrust, which amply 
supplied us with venison for our camping-out journey 
through from these lakes to the Canadian line, The 
balance of twelve deer undoubtedly found their way 
back io their yard, for if left uncrowded after being 
eave out of their yard they will soon work their way 

ack. 

Last winter was one of unusually deep snow, being 


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for some time on a level of 6 feet when all the deer were 
well yarded. My camp keeper, who remained during the 
winter, tells me he, in crossing a deer yard not far from 
camp, droye seven or eight deer out in the snow, which 
le had completely at his mercy, and that he notched 
several with ear marks, but did not otherwise disturb 
them, and that upon visiting the yard the following 
day found by their tracks and furrows that they had all 
returned to it. 

Some articles I have read this year expressed an opin- 
ion that many deer perished last winter, owing to the 
deep snows and inclement weather, but I do not believe 
it. No remains of dead deer have been observed in the 
woods by any of the hunters out, that I have heard of, 
and I should have been likely to have heard of any if so 
feund. The deer this year have been fat. The deer haye 
a wonderful faculty of adapting themselves to climatic 
conditions, and I believe do not suffer much from cold 
or piercing winds, as they in advance seek out sheltered 
localities, when the howling, below-zero gales pass harm- 
lessly over head, as those in the blizzard of Sunday 
night, Dec. 9, and all day on Monday down below zero, 
when the wind from the northwest had an apparent 
velocity of thirty to forty miles an hour. Yet this wind, 
although it thoroughly cleaned off the snow from all 
the trees about the lake, and from the high trees inland, 
completely failed in stripping the loose snow from the 
sheltered cedar feeding grounds. This blizzard, by the 
way. was about as extreme as any I have encountered, 
during Monday. the roth, blowmg guns for several 
hours, from 14 to 17 degrees below. We had no difficulty 
in keeping the main sitting room warm with its 8-foot 
fireplace, but in my writing room of 14 by 16 feet, with 
three double windows and a 5-foot fireplace, and the 
latter crammed with dry birch, the water froze all day 
in all parts of the room, even if within 3 feet of the fire, if 
around the fireplace corner, away from the glare, but it 
was quite comiortable, writing as I did the greater part 
of the day at a table placed 4 or 5 feet from the front of 
the fire, and it was a pleasant satisfaction to be so well 
housed in sight and hearing of the furious gale. The 
lake, five miles long in front, had frozen over, but the 
gale broke into it about three miles up from ws, and 
once getting a held began ripping and smashing the 
ice with big waves, and walked steadily along with its 
ripping and whirling, which we could not all the time 
see, OWing to the scuds of snow, but finally ended its 
smashing up to within half a mile of us, where an older 
icé of some 3 or 4 inches in thicknesses was met. Along 
the edge of this barrier the broken ice, carried on by 
the gale, heaped up with an embankment of 4 or 5 feet 
high, as a monument of pleasant tempered defeat. Ta- 
king advantage of a few still hours during the following 
night the lake skimmed its bosom over again, and once 
more bids defiance to the boisterous gale and garish sun, 
and-will now hold secure its lovely retreats, its beauties 
which blush unseen, its teeming life from the protozoa 
in countless profusion, to the amorous trout habited in 
his garb of brilliant iridescence, who still disports him- 
self below. the ice to the admiration of his homlier mate. 


Spawning with some families is still on, and some are 
not through. until the end of January. I am personally 
acquainted with a family, one of the most noted for high 
beauty and delicious flavor in the lake, strikingly superior 
to any other family 1 know of, who never, so far as I 


am aware of, do their laying in till about the middle of 


December. They live about three miles from here, near 
the shore, where the water 1s not very deep, and J have 
been in the habit of visiting them year after year, but 
ceased ten years or so ago, since fishing is denied, but I 
haye no doubt I should find them or their descendants 
there now at the old December outing, though there 
may be some coolness between us, not wholly upon ac- 
count of the weather, but because I have been accused of 
removing some of their most promising members. I] am 
reminded that the lake is just about the proper height 
to permit a good observation through the ice and water, 
with a good-sized hole through the ice, say 2 feet square, 
and with a few blankets to Jie upon, and one to cover 


the head and the hole, where a good sight may be ob- 


tained. The bottom need not be over 2 or 3 feet 
from the ice, and is pebbly, with some grass growing. 
There are famous meets there of trout of from 2 to 4 
pounds. I know of a number of playgrounds about in fhe 
Jakes and ponds where the December outings occur, for 
trout varying in size, form, character and respectability, 
but none superior or even equal to the family first noted. 

I knew of another spot where trout of a lower degree 
congregate ior their seasonable outing, where they 
assemble in large numbers and beneath the ice have their 
revelry. It is in front of an’adjunctive camp I have on 
a pond some seven miles distant. These trout, though 
less stately and illuminated than the trout of the first 
place mentioned, are of a quality superior to those of 
milder climes, for trout of Northern waters are above 
those elsewhere, in favor and game qualities. 

Some years ago, in December, when fishing was per- 
missible, [ skated up over the lake and then over an in- 
tervening pond with a friend of mine, Col. H, C. Nutt, 
then president of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, to 
take Junch and return. We reached our destination and 
fired up for our repast. The Colonel regretted the pass- 
ing of the fly-fishing season, of which he was an ardent 
votary. I said, “Well, you shall have some if you want.” 
He said that that was not possible, as the waters were 
frozen over. I rejoined, “Nevertheless, you shall have 
some.” He was incredulous, and offered to wager that 
he could not. “Very well,” said I, “but I don’t want to 
win your money on a sure thing, but I will wager you a 
big cigar or a box of cabman’s thirds that I will take a 
trout with a fly right here from the boat platform in 
front, and put him in your hands within five minutes from 
the time I commence fishing.” This offer was taken. 
I then had my man go in front with an axe and break 
up the ice, which was between 2 and 3 inches thick, over a 
space of 10 by 15 feet square. Then we put in a boat 
from an adjoining cover and we rocked it in a violent 
manner, driving the ice out of the broken place, some 
over the ice and some under. We then went in for lunch. 
Half an hour afterward I reached down a fly-rod, equipped, 
from over the door and cast, the Colonel standing with 
his watch in his hand. On the first cast my trout struck, 


[Drc. 29, 1900. 


and in thtee minutes from the start I placed a third of a 
pound trout in the Colonel’s hands. I let the Colonel go on 
then, and he caught with his plain fy from twenty-five to 
thirty trout in a short time. The water where we fished 
was not over 3 or 4 feet deep. The trout were of moderate 
size, the largest not being over half a pound. The spot 
I had long known as a favorite spawning ground for 
small trout, and perhaps over a hundred or perhaps more 
were left there, 


Slatural History. 
Intelligence of the Wild Things. 


BY HERMIT, 


The White-Footed Mouse, 
(Continued from page 105.) 


I DESIRE to emphasize what I have already stated as to 
the peculiar method employed by these mice when com- 
municating with each other. 

If any one has been fortunate enough to have heard 
a vocal sound uttered by a white-footed mouse, I shall 
greatly like to hear of the fact. A daily and nightly 
knowledge of these little mice for more than fitteen years 
has led me to believe that they are completely dumb. They 
talk with their toes just as deaf and dumb people talk 
with their fingers, only they are guided by the ear instead 
of the eye. Proof that they are talking together is 
found in the fact that they go on with the drumming when 
in full view of each other. When calling to attract at- 
tention, they drum a long roll which corresponds to the 
halloo of the telephone. The answer is the same; after- 
ward the rolls are yariously interrupted. Through the 
winter months the mice about my cabin look to me for 
food. By catering to their wants I] have mastered their 
calls for food and water, I keep a loaf of bread on the 
floor, and it 1s no unusual thing to see a dozen mice 
eating and fighting around the food. Whenever | forget 
to supply.the bread, the mice come out of their nests 
and drum the long roll, the call over their tele- 
phone, to attract my attention, Jf | am reading or writ- 
ing and do not heed the call, they continue the long roll, 
drumming on books, tinwate, papers and on the wooden 
shelves. The moment I look up or speak, all hands drum 
the food call, a long followed by a short roll. 

The call for water is two short rolls. The danger call 
is two long rolls drummed rapidly and vigorously. The 
young mice learn to drum when nearly full grown, but 
understand and answer the drumming of the mother 
mouse when quite young, I have had proof of this more 
times than I can remember. 

An old mouse, a pet of lone standing, on cool nights 
takes her family to the roof of the cabin. The roof is 
warm and makes an ideal play ground for the little ones. 
Here they race and romp until daylight, when the mother 
mouse ptits them to bed for the day. Soon after I hear 
the mice on the roof, early in the evening; the old mouse 
comes down to see if food and water are on hand. If 


she finds things all right she takes a drink and then calls 
her family down. As near as I can make it out, she 


drums three rolls, a long roll between two short rolls. 
Any how, the young mice understand and scamper down 
and drink and eat, after a harum-scarum fashion. The 
old mouse drums to me if there is no water in the dish, 
The young mice must hear this drumming, but pay no 
attention to it, which proves that they understand the 
different calls. The old mouse drums on the tin wash 
dish, and her claws make a sound that rings out loud and 
clear. She drums first the long roll to attract my atten- 
tion, and then drums the water call. Ii food is wanted 
she drums the food call after attracting attention. 

The white-footed mouse has a deadly enemy in the 
weasel family, the stoat, or ermine, which pursues its 
defenseless victims every month im the year. I seldom 
see a small weasel, but the stoat is common in this vicinity. 

While the stoat is rearing its young the life of the white- 
footed mouse is made miserable. By day and by night 
its bloodthirsty foe is on the trail. It is no unusual thing 
to see a stoat running along the wall back of the cabin 
with a mouse in its mouth. It carries its victim by the 
middle, and always reminds me of the picture of a tiger 
carrying off a Hottentot. Some of the old mice are quick 
witted and full of resource, and escape danger, otherwise 
the species would soon be exterminated. There is an 
auger hole in one of the logs inside the cabin that affords 
a mouse a safe retreat. Several times I have seen a stoat 
thrust its paw into the hole, only to jerk it out in hot 
haste. A drop of blood on the log would show that the 
mouse had detended itself with its sharp teeth. 

There are three mice about my cabin that for years have 
managed to escape the stoats. Time after time I have 
saved the lives of these mice. The three are pets, and 
intelligent enough to know that I will protect them from 
their fierce and relentless foe. In the night time, if hard 
pressed, they dive into my bed, while by day they sound 
the danger call, knowing full well that I will come to the 
rescue and drive away their enemy. 

To a stranger these mice look as much alike as peas 
in a pod, but for me they possess individualities as marked 
and distinct as could be found in three human beings. 
One of the three, the mouse that uses the roof for a play 
ground, always nests under a stone wall just back of the 
cabin. No. 2 nests in the cabin summer and winter, When 
the weather is warm she makes a nest on a high shelf, but 
in cold weather her nest is on the floor under a pile of 
newspapers. No. 3 nests where I nest, When I sleep in 
the cabin, the nest of this mouse is always there. When I 
sleep in the open air under a roof to keep off the rain, the 
mouse follows me, nesting under newspapers or in a box 
which I supply. If she has a family when I move, it does 
not prevent her from following me. She makes ready a 
nest and then takes her family to the new quarters. f 

For keen intelligence mouse No. 2 takes the lead. All 
through the summer months she makes a nest on a high 
shelf in the cabin. When there is a fire in the stove the 
heat becomes oppressive in the top of the cabin, and the 
young mice would perish if it were not for the intelli- 
gence oi the old mouse, 

When I fill the stove with wood the old mouse under- 


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Stands just what will take place. She knows that I am 
about to kindle a fire, and she rushes to a shelf near the 
stove and frantically drums the danger signal. She also 
does a lot of drumming which I do not understand. She 
tries to tell me in her dumb language that a fire will 
destroy her little family, When the mouse finds that I 
do not heed her appeal, she knows that her family will 
be destroyed and can be saved only by her own hasty 
- efforts. The one thing to do is to remove her babies to a 
place far away from the death dealing heat. If the young 
mice are small, in some mysterious way the mother mouse 
induces each youngster to cling to a teat, when the whole 
family is removed in this novel manner to a safe retreat 
beneath the cabin. It is a comical sight to see the old 
mouse crawling along a log with eight or ten raw, shape- 
less things clinging to her like grim death, The hole 
in the wall that leads outside is small, and the old mouse 
has a long struggle to get her load safely through. Now 
and then a young mouse drops off and remains squirming 
where it chances to fall. The mother invariably returns 
and gathers in the missing. 

When the young mice are hali-grown, they are removed 
in a different manner. They are now too large to be 
dragged as before. They are also too large to be carried 
by the neck, The mother overcomes this difficulty by 
doubling up the young mouse and then grasping it by the 
crossed legs. The young mouse turns its head inward 
and holds it in place by bitting on to one of its own legs. 
In this way a yoting mouse is made up into a round, com- 
pact bundle. When the hole in the wall is reached it 
often happens that the mother cannot push her load 
through. After several unsuccessful efforts she turtis 
about and backs through the hole, dragging the load after 
her. 


All in all, the white-footed mouse has afforded me 
much pleasure, but at times it becomes a nuisance. At 
one time my cabin was haunted by a strange sound. The 
. sound was simple enotigh, only a sharp click repeated over 
and ever. Sometimes, however, the performance would 
change to a succession of clicks. For six weeks I vainly 
tried to solve the mystery. At last the clicking became 
downright annoying. It would break up my line of 
thought when writing. It would confuse my mind when 
reading, and I often jokingly asserted that this mysterious 
ghostly click, click would send me to the insane asylum, 

At last I traced the sound to a shelf where I had placed 
an empty cigar box. I investigated, and the mystery was 
solved. A dozen mice occupied the box as a safe retreat 
irom their enemy, the stoat. Wheneyer a mouse entered 
or left the box, the cover was raised, and, falling into its 
place again, made the click that had so annoyed me. 

The box cover was heavy enough to severely pinch a 
mouse’s tail, but the cunning mice had provided for this 
danger. A hole about the size of a lead pencil had been 
gnawed in the side of the box, just below the cover, and 
afforded a channel for the tail, while it was too small 
to attract the attention of a stoat. 

A more cunningly contrived retreat from an enemy 
could not be invented. It shows that this wild mouse of 
the woods possesses intelligence which passes far beyond 
the powers of instinct. 

It would take a volume to record the incidents that 


have transpired in connection with these mice during the 
fifteen years of my hermit life. 


Some of these incidents are comical, others pathetic, 
and, alas! others are tragic. One in the comical line hap- 
pened to a young man from the city who thirsted for 
more knowledge of the wild things. He stayed one 
moonlight evening to see the mice eat. It often hap- 
pened, when the mice were gathered about a loaf of 
bread, that a star-nosed mole would appear and scatter 
them in all directions. If I chanced to be sitting near 
it was no unusual thing for a mouse to run up my trousers 
Jeg. I kindly allowed the young man the post of honor 
near the bread. Just what I expected took place. The 
mole appeared, and a frightened mouse rushed up the 
young man’s trousers leg. With a war whoop that would 
have frightened an Indian, he bounded into the dooryard. 
The mouse escaped from beneath his coat collar before he 
got out of the cabin. The young fellow danced around 
like a crazy man. Whenever his clothes touched him he 
thought the mouse was getting in its deadly work, and 
administered slaps that must have raised blisters. When 
I could control my laughter I told him that the mouse 
had escaped. I could not induce him to enter the cabin 
again. 

The nests of these mice are globular, but are varied to 
fit the surroundings. Near the cabin they are made of 
bits of paper matted with cotton batting and a soft wool 
manufactured by the mice from my old clothes. 

The nests remote from the cabin are made of bits of 
dried leaves, grasses and plant down. These last are 
usually placed in a tangle of cat brier. Many of these 
nests are occupied through the winter. I examined one 
last week. It was about 5 inches in diameter and was 
composed of bits of leaves and milkweed silk. Tt was 
rain and frost proof. 

I sometimes find nests in tin cans. 
nest in a paper bag. The paper bag was in a tangle of 
cat brier, It was nearly 3 feet from the ground, and 
doubtless was lodged where found by the wind. 

The mother mouse is deyoted to the welfare of her 
little family, which may number anywhere from four to 
ten. When the young mice are small they are raw look- 
ing things, but are tough, wiry and tenacious of life. At 
this stage, ini! grown moles will destroy a family in a 
few seconds if it were not for the watchful care of the 
mother. —~ 

As the young mice grow they change the'r coats to a 
dark lead color, which they retain until the first moult. 

The white-footed mouse will eat about everything edible 
found in the woods. It is fond of mushrooms and never, 
like human beings, eats of the poisonous varieties. I aim 
sorry to state that it will eat young birds if small and 
helpless. It eats insects, berries, seeds, nuts, bread, cheese 
and all kinds of meat. i 

It stores up food for winter in holes in the ground and 
in hollow trees and logs. The mice about my cabin store 
food in anything that comes handy. I sometimes find a 
shoe half-full of nuts and corn, 

The white-footed mouse makes an interesting pet when 
caged. One that reared a family in captivity afforded 
me many proofs of intelligence. 

When-the cabin was too cold for the little ones she 


Once I found a 


made them warm and cozy in a globular nest. If the tem- 
perature went up she removed the top of the nest, and if 
the heat from the stove fell directly into the cage she piled 
up the surpliis nesting material on the side to protect her 
young, 

The mole that I mentioned before, the one that scatters 
the mice, is a singing mole. He zigzags about the cabin 
floor, picking up crumbs, while he sings bird-like notes 
that are as sweet and distinct as the canary’s low twitter. 
I see other moles, but I have never heard but this one 


sing, 
A Sleeping Doe. 


' Editor Forest and Stream: 


Mr. Prentice and I left New York for Long Lake West, 
N. Y., Saturday evening, Dec. 8, arriving at our destina- 
tion about 4:45 A. M. Sunday in the midst of a snow 
storm. The snow that had fallen preyious to this storm 
lay about 214 feet on the ground. After waiting at the 
hotel near the railroad station at Long Lake West until 
nearly daylight, Mr. Roland Christy drove up and took 
us over to his camp on Bear Lake, some four or five miles 
from the rdilroad, 

The storm let up shortly affer we had finished break- 
fast, but enough snow had fallen (from 3 to 4 inches) to 
completely obliterate any and all tracks that were made 
in the woods up to about 4 that morning. The snow was 
light, and although not in very good condition for snow- 
shoeing, we started out from camp with the intention of 
following the shore of Bear Lake around to the south end 
in the hope of starting a deer. 

In the woods the shoeing proved much better than we 
had anticipated, and we were able to jog along at a fair 
gate, when Roland Christy, who was leading the van, 
came upon the tracks of two deer, which we had evidently 
star.ed up. as their tracks in the snow plainly showed 
that they had commenced “jumping” immediately, their 
direction being toward East Charley Mountain. We did 
not follow their trail far, but proceeding along the lake 
shore were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of them (a doe 
and a fawn) as they ploughed their way through the 
snow along a ridge, possibly 200 yards to the east of us. 
While we stood watching them a second fawn came 
down over the crest of the ridge, and joining the trail of 
the other two some distance behind, started off in pursuit 
of the mother at a great rate. Proceeding, we skirted 
the lake shore still toward the south, starting a buck on 
our right, who also skipped around in our front, head‘ng 
for East Charley Mountain. 

Reaching the extreme south end of the lake, we left 
the shore trail, cutting through a swamp toward the east 
until we reached an old wood road which led in the direc- 
tion of East Charley Mountain and Lilypad Pond. In 
several places we came upon deer tracks, which showed 
the deer had been jumping, evidently frightened by our 
approach. 

We finally came upon a fresh track where a single deer 
had evidently been walking along but a few hours pre- 
vious. As this was the only track we had found where 
the animal had not been jumping, we decided to follow 
it up. This trail we followed for some distance, pos- 
sibly half a mile, when a point in the trail seemed to take 
on a central aspect. the snow being trampled quite a 
little, and it was noticed that several trails diverged from 
this point. Not giving much attention to the trails, we 


- all started off together on one of them, only to find that 


after proceeding a little way into the woods the deer 
had turned and retraced her steps to the central point I 
speak of. 

Starting alone, I followed up two more of these trails, 
and in each case the deer had retraced her steps to the 
central point. As I reached the furthest point in the 
trail I was following, where the deer had turned back, I 
stopped to listen, hoping to locate the direction which 
Christy and Prentice had taken in their search for the 
outlet trail, Not hearing them, I whistled softly, but 
receiving no reply repeated the whistling several times, 
but with the same result. I then concluded that they had 
probably found and taken up the outlet trail and were 
too far away to hear my signal. So, retracng my own 
trail back to where their tracks in the snow showed mie 
they had led off, I immediately took after them on a 
trot. I had not proceeded more than twenty rods. how- 
ever, when I caught a glimpse of Prentice and Christy, 
standing, evidently looking at something beside the trail. 
At almost the same instant Prentice saw me and mo- 
tioned for me to come quietly up to where he was stand- 
ing. This I did, and following the direction of their gaze 
saw a doe lying asleep under a fallen tree not 25 feet from 
where we stood. The deer lay with her back toward us, 
her eyes, nose and legs tucked carefully away under her 
warm body; her ears alone standing up erect which 
showed the location of her head. Our first thought was 
that possibly she had been hurt in some way, could not 
proceed further through the deep snow and was freezing 
to death, but the fact that the mercury registered 22 
degrees above zero and also the firm tracks in the new 
snow seemed to stand as conclusive evidence that such 
could not be the case. Cautiously we approached the deer, 
Christy on the right, Prentice in the middle, while I took 
up the left of the line. Passing a pine tree bent over with 
its load of heayy snow, I reached up, and taking a hand- 
ful of this snow in my left hand, crushed it into a more 
or less conrpact mass, and when within about Sft. of the 
deer, tossed it so it struck the animal just behind the 
eat, This did not wake the animal up. a slight shake 
of the neck serying to throw off every particle of the snow. 
At this we could not repress a slight laugh, and wh'le not 
noisy in any sense of the word, it seemed impossible that 
the deer could still remain unconscious of our pres- 
ence. But no moye did she make, except a slight move- 
ment of the ears, and her regular breathnig told how 
soundly she slept. We stood quietly around her then for 
at least two or three minutes, Christy’s snowshoe not 
more than an inch or so from her back, and all of us so 
close that it would have been an easy matter for any one 
of us to have reached down and touched the animal's 
back. At a signal we all yelled at the top of our lungs, 
and in a bound the deer was on her feet and facing us. 
At first, in her bewilderment, she took several steps in 
my direction and then with a snort leaped a log and was 
off out of sight as fast as the deep snow would allow her 


tains”. (Vol. XXXV., p.-246, Oct. 16, 1890). 


to travel, prohably the most frightened beast that ever 
walked in the Adirondack woods. 

The above incident was experienced near the Christy’s 
Camp, Sabattis Park. Long Lake West, New York, by 
the following party on Sunday, Dec, g, t900: Mr, Roland 
Christy, Stamford, Conn.; Mr, Roland Prentice, .New 
York city, and Mr, Hugh Harrison Sanford, New 
Brighton, N. Y. 

In connection with the above, 1 would add that when 
the deer, startled by our yell, jumped to her feet, she 
landed some 8 feet away from and facing us. It was 
then that she took several steps toward me before jumping 
the log and disappearing in the woods. 

HucH Harrtson SANFORD. 

The above statement is correct, as related by Mr. 
Santord. SARTELL PRENTICE, 

C. Rotanp Curisty, Jr. 


[A case somewhat similar to that given by Mr. San- 
ford is related by Mr. H. G. Dulog in one of the interest- 
ing sketches which he contributed to Forest Ann STREAM 
in 1890, under the title “Slide Rock from Mary Moun- 
The same 
sketch contains the powerful invocation to the spirits of 
rivers. and forests and mountains, which is remembered by 
many of our older readers. -—Mr. Dulog’s experience with 
the deer—a mule deer- doe—in the mountains of the Simil 


-Kameen, was as-follows: - : 


“As we were riding near some scattering timber we 


started a band of deer and amused ourselyes by seeing 


how many of them offered good shots. I was just look- 
ing at one half-tame creature about a hundred yards off, 
when Dick called my attention to-a doe sleeping not thirty 
paces distant from me. -Her head, turned back on her 
flank, pointed the other way. I dismounted and walked 
carefully forward. When I was 15 feet away from her (I 
stepped the distance afterward), some subtle aroma or 
faint rustling aroused her. She raised her great ears and 
looked in the opposite direction, Then, slowly turning her 
head, she stared at me for fully a quarter of a minute 
before she jumped up. Never had I seen a deer so 
gentle.” | 


Mollusks Eaten by Land Birds. 


In the Forest any Stream of Oct, 13 appeared a let- 
ter from a correspondent of North Attleboro, Mass., ask- 
ing for the identification of certain animals sent to us in 
alcohol, which had been taken from the crop of a ruffed 
grouse. On examination these animals proved to be 
slugs (Tebumaphorus carolinensis) of a kind commonly 
found in woods tinder decaying sticks and bark. 

At about the same time Mr. H. M. Langdale, of Peters- 
field, Hampshire, England, sent to the editor of the Lon- 
don Zoologist some snails, thirty-nine of which he had 
taken from the crop of a wood pigeon shot in’ County 
Kildare, Ireland, asking for their identification, and de- 


claring that an instance of this sort had never before 


come to his notice. He stated that the bird was in first 
rate condition, and that grain was easily obtainable in 
the neighborhood at that time of the year, and that there 
was nothing in the bird’s crop except two hawthorn 
berries and one oat. ; 

The snails sent were identified by the editor as the 
amber snail (Sueccinea pwtris), an amphibious species 
which spends its winter in the mud of springs and ponds, 
but is seldom seen in the water except in the spring of 
the year. He quotes also Mr, Collins Baker, who in the 
Preceedings of the Chicago Academy of Natural 
Sciences, stated that many passerine birds are fond of 
small mollusks. 

Many readers will remember in this connection the 
article written in Forrest AND STREAM some years ago by 
Mr. Samuel Rhoads, in which many cases were instanced 
where mammals feed, in part at least, on mollusks. 


The Gibraltar Apes. 


Ir has often been said that the colony of Barbary apes 
that has so long inhabited the summit of the Rock of 
Gibraltar was on the point of extinction, but this is not 
true. Mr. Sclater, the eminent British zoologist, recently 
visited the haunts of this species at the top of the rock and 
found that the colony was in a flourishing condition, and 
that within the last few years its numbers had consider- 
ably increased. Just how long this small colony has in- 
habited Gibraltar is not known. Diligent search in the 
ancient breecia has failed to reveal its bones there, and 
this, with the announcement by Sayer in his “History of 
Gibral ar,” that certain old documents show that in 1740 
a poll tax was laid on apes as well as on “Jews, Moors 
and other aliens,” would seem to indicate that it had in 


some way heen introduced in comparatively modern 
times. 


New Animals for the Zoo. 


Mr W. T. HornapAy, Director of the New York 
Zoological Park, who has just returned from an extended 
trip in the West, secured for the park a considerable num- 
ber of new animals, many of which have reached their 
destination, while others are on the way. Among those 
which haye already arrived are three “Columbia black- 
tailed deer, four yearling moose, four muledeer, three 
antelope, a lynx, some wild ducks and swans and other 
smaller specimens. Two buffalo, two grizzly bears and 
some more blacktails and muledeer are on the way. It is 
gratifying to learn of these accessions to the collections 
oi the park, and we may hope that the day is not distant 
when mountain sheep and even white goats will be added 
to the collections. 


At the Taxidermist’s, 


Tuere has recently been received from a New York 
customer hy F. Sauter, the taxidermist, an albino red- 
tailed hawk. It appears to be an adult bird, and is pure 
white, except for four reddish-brown tail feathers. 

At the same shop has recently been received from 
Mr. Foster, of Newton, N. J., an albino gray squirrel, a 
beautiful example. ) 

Mr. Sauter reports that a surprising number of barred 
owls has been brought in to him this autumn for mount- 
ing. Usually he does not receive more than five or Six 
in a season, but this year he has already mounted thirty. 


ty part, passes far to the northward to breed. 
“. found it breeding at Fort Yukon, in Alaska. 


Game Big and Qutt. 


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not to any individual connected with the paper- 


EProprictors of shooting resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in FOREST AND STREAM, 


American Wildfowl and How to 


Take Them.—XVI. 


BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. 
[Continued fram page 492,] 
Canvasback Duck. 
Aythya valliisneria (Wils.). 

Tue adult male has the top of the head and the feathers 
tinmediately about the base of the bill and chin black; 
the rest of head and: neck are reddish-brown, what 
would be called in a horse, mahogany bay. The lower 
neck, fore-back, and breast, black. The back, lower 
breast and belly, white, very finely waved with black 
-bars; whence the name, canvasback, Primaries, black. 


The tail, black, with-a grayish cast; bill, black; iris, red;- 


feet, lead color, 
_ The female has those parts which in the male are red, 
brown and -black, wood-brown, with touches of whitish 
behind the eye, and on the fore-neck. The plumage 
generally, is grayish-brown, the tips of the feathers 
often being whitish, and vyermiculated with dusky. 
length is 20 to 22 inches, ; , 
Of all the American ducks, the canvasback is easily 
the most famous. Tis flesh depends for its flavor en- 
tirely on the food that the bird eats, and since ior many 
years it was chiefly killed where the so-called wild celery 
abounds, the reputation of the canvashack was made by 


. the individuals that fed on this grass. 


As a matter of fact, it may be doubted whether in 
waters where this plant is abundant the canvasback 1s 
any better than some of its fellows of the duck tribe, 
such as the redhead or the widgeon, which subsist largely 
on the same food. But the fame of the canyasback is 
now too firmly established ever to be shaken, and it will 
continue to be regarded, as it has so long been, as the 
king of our ducks. 

The canvasback is an Amietican species, and has hot 
even any close relatives in the Old-World.- In winter it 
ranges south as far as Central America, but confines 1t- 
self to no portion of the country, being equally abundant 
on both coasts, and in the interior as well. I have killed. 
it on the Atlantic coast, as well as in Southern Cali- 


‘fornia: and during the migrations it is abundant in. 


Montana, and generally throughout the interior, 
Years ago the canvasback bred in the Northern United 
States, toward the west, probably in Minnesota, certainly 
in Dalota and Montana, but, as with so many other 
species, the settling up of the northern country has 


i destroyed its breeding grounds, and it now, for the most 


Dr. Dall 
Mr. Ross 


met with it on Great Slave Lake; and other northern 
. observers have detected it throughout the fur countries. 


Besides this, Captain Bendire found it breeding in 


Oregon, and Dr, Newberry believed that he had ob- 
_ tained evidence of its nesting in the Cascade range. 


The nest of the canvasback is large and well built, and 
is lined with down and feathers, plucked from the breast 
of the mother bird, The eges are grayish-green in color 
and number from seven to nine, 

On their return from the North the canvasbacks reach 
the United States late in October or early in November. 


They are hardy birds, and it séems that it takes cold 


weather to. drive them southward. On the New England 


coast they are very rare, though a few used to be killed 
there. On Long Island they scarcely ever occur of late 
years, nor are they found in great numbers on the Vir- 
ginia coast. In North ‘Carolina, however, and along 
the open broad waters which fringe that State and South 
Carolina, canvasbacks are very abundant. '!They used 


.to be so, also, in the Chesapeake Bay, but continual 


gunning and the destruction of their feeding grounds 
by frequent floods, which kill the plants on which they 


subsist, haye made them there much less abundant than 


__guented by the birds, 


they used to be. The shooting grounds in Chesapeake 


_Bay and Susquehanna Flats, which a few years ago 
afforded such good gunning that they were bought or 


rented at fabulous prices, are no longer so much fre- 
and have become much less 
valuable. 

Like many others of our game birds, the’ canvasback 
during the last few years has learned a good deal. Al- 
ways a shy and wary bird and difficult of approach, it 
has learned to avoid the shores, and perhaps is grad- 
ually learning to avoid the bush-blind. As its diving 
powers ate great and it is not obliged to fly over the 


_. land te get to its feeding grounds, it spends its time in © 


great ralts, on the shallow open waters of such sounds 
as Currituck, Pamlico, Core and Albemarle, feeding safe 
lrom danger, and during the morning and evening hours 
taking its exercise by flying great distances up and down 
the sounds, high in air, far above the reach of any gun. 


» Lt is only in dull and rainy weather, when the wind blows 


hard, that the canyvasbacks come in from the open water 


“! to seek the shelter of a lee of the marsh, but when such 
; weather comes and the gunner is properly located, the 
‘canvasbacks will come to his decoys as readily as any 


other ducks, In the same way, when—as happens usually 
at least once each year—a cold snap closes the waters 
et the sound, leaving only a few air holes, where warm 
springs or swiftly moving currents keep the waters open, 


-the canvasback and other fowl resorting to these open 
‘spots 


may be killed in great numbers. On such an 
oecasion, in January, 1900, I saw canvasbacks in num- 
bers greater than I ever beheld before. An account of 
this fight, published in Forrst AND SrreAm, is as fol- 
laws: 

“T haye recently had an opportunity of being brought 


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into what I may ¢all close association with the greatest 
of all the wildfowl, the superb canyasback duck, and 
within the last ten days have seen mare of these birds 
and at close quarters than during any season for many 
years. The locality was Currituck Sound, and the sights 


that I saw were witnessed by several others, old gunners, _ 


who agree with me that so great a flight of canvasbacks 
has not been witnessed for many years. 

“The first few days of shooting had about it nothing 
very startling except that one-Hali the bag ol ducks 
consisted of canvasbacks. The first day was cold, gfay 
and lowering, with a keen breeze from the northwest, 
and occasional spatters of rain, changing later to Snow, 
which in the afternoon Tell heayily, It was an ideal 
gunning day, and the birds came to the decoys in heait- 
tifiul style, so that the first seven or eight canvashacks 
were killed without a single miss, and for a brief and 
happy hour | was deluded into the belief that at last 
1 had learned how to shoot ducks, The rude awakening 
from this cheerful dream: came soon afterward, and was 
thorough. I do not imagine that I shall ever again be 
deceived in this way. 

“The second day’s shooting ayas not markedly differ- 
ent from that ‘of thé day béfore, except so fat as the 
weather was less favorable, and so the mumber of can- 
vasbacks secured was very much less. Saturday was a 
lay day, on which there is mo shooting, 
arose we found that the continued cold weather had at 
Jast had its effect and the sound was frozen over, There 
were many large air holes, howeyer, crowded with birds, 
but the cold continued. The next morhing many ot 
these air holes had frozen, others had’ grown smaller 


and the natural, result, was that the dicks, geese, swans . 


and bluepeters which occupied ‘the open water seemed 
crowded together as thickly, as possible.” Much--of the 


day was spent on ,top of the cluh house, studying the 


waters with the glasses, watching the movements of the 


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birds, marveling at their inconceivable numbers. All 
around the horizon, except on the landward side—that 
is to say, for 270 degrees of the circle—hirds were seen 
in countless numbers.. Turning the glasses slowly along 


the horizon from northwest to north, east, south and 


southwest, there was no”“moment at which clouds of 
flying fowl could not be seen in the field of sight, and 
yet, notwithstanding. the numbers of birds seen on the 
wing, the air holes seemed to be packed with fowl, and 
great bunches of geese and swan stood and walked about 
on the ice. . 


“Away to the north were three large air holes, two of 
which were white with canyasbaclks, while in the third- 


one, geese were the prominent fowl, although many 
canyasbacks were constantly leaving and coming to it, 


Off to the southeast, at the south mouth of the Little, 
Narrows, was quite an extent of open water occupied. 


by a horde of geese, two large bunches of ‘bluépeters 
and some thousands of common ducks. In the Little 
Narrows, a deep but narrow channel flowing close by 


the house, were great numbers of ducks feeding, and in-. 


deed on that Sunday one might have sat on the boat- 
house dock and killed from thirty to fifty birds as they 
traded up and down the Narrows. 7 

“In the afternoon three or four of ts walked down to 
Sheep Island Point, not tén minutes’ distance ‘from the 
house, where there was dan air hole. In this at the 


moment of our arrival swam fifty or sixty ducks—-. 


hooded mergansers. ruddies, mallards, whistlers, butter- 
balls and perhaps a’ dozen canvasbacks, Three or four 
hundred yards to the north was another small‘ air hole, 
perhaps four or five acres in extént, which was crowded 
With. canvasbacks. 


and we hoped that if the fowl began to fly some ‘of them 
would alight near us. Two of the fotr men were pro- 
vided with good field glasses.- ~ bid ' 
“We had not been waiting many minutes, when what 
we had hoped for took place. A bunch<of 200 birds rose 
from the further’ air hole, and after swinging about a 
few times, dropped down in the one close to us. - These 
were immediately followed by other btmches, and these 
by athers: so that often two or ‘three flocks would be 
swinging about in the air at one time, and all of them 
with our air hole ‘as their objective ‘point. They de— 
scended into it by’ companies of fifties) hundreds and 
two hundreds, and before long’ the open water was sq 
crowded with the fowl that it'seemed’as if -it could hold 
he more. and as if the birds that came next must neces- 
sarily alight on the backs ‘of theit comrades. ~ 
“Soon after the birds alighted they’ began to dive for 
food, and, probably one-half of them Being tinder water 
at any one moment, room was made for other ncom- 
ing birds ta occupy. The splashing of-the diving ducks 
made the water bubble and boil, and the play of ihe 
birds as they sometimes chased each other made the 
scene one of the greatest possible animation. Presently 
something occurred to attract their attention, and 4 


stretched theirs necks up into the air and looked .£ 


think I have neyer seen anything in the way of feathered 


anima! life more impressive than this’ forest of thick 


“to the house. 
and when we. 


‘a stage effect of Some medizyal scene. 


We sat down in the fringe of sedge | 
about 60 or 7o yards from the nearest ait’ hole, which, , 
had a length of perhaps 150 feet and a breadth of 100... 
The live birds in this air hole would make good decoys, 


slupely Wweads of rich brown, 
satished they began again to 
iupessible to convey to one 
who has not witnessed sueh a sight its interest and 


neéks, crowned by long, 
Atter their curtosity was 
feed and to play. Tt is 


fasemation, Here within geunshor—and when seen 
through the glasses appearing within arm’s length-— 
were twelve or fiiteen hundred of the finest and most 
desirable ducs that flies, entirely at home and living 
for the benefit of the observers their ordinary winter 
lives, ~ 

“Looking with the glasses over the smooth ice away 
to the northward, we could see flying over the ice, or 
resting on it, fowl as far as the eye could reach. From 


the water, appeared only as indistinct lines. The’ geese 
were, of course, larger and darker, and made distinet 
black jines; while some yery distant swans, resting on 
the ice. were magnified by the illusive effects of the mi- 
rage, so that they looked like detached white houses. 
While we sat watching the canvasbacks, two or three 
small flocks of geese swung afound over the air hole, 
but finding no spot where they might moisten the soles 
of their feet, they alighted on the ice just beyond it. 
“We sat and watched the fowl until the increasing 
chill of the air and the sinking sun warned us to return 
As we rese without any precautions the 
cativasbacks at once became alert, and as we ptshed 
our .way among the reeds away’ from the shore the 
whole mass rose with a mighty roar of wings and a 
splashing, of water that made-‘one think moré of the 


‘noise of Broadway when traffic is heaviest than any- 


thing else that I can recall, © 

That night it was again cold, and in the morning the 
Little Narrows was closed by ice, except for a few air 
heles, andthe open water in the sound was still less. 
The ice was not yet sufficiently strong to’ bear a man, 
and yét it was too heavy to be broken through by a boat. 


; 


_ the Jeyel of the ice where we sat, the ducks, resting on 


Numbers of the shore gunners éndeayored to get out to 


the air holes te shoot there, but none; T think® suc- 


ceeded, Those of us at the house shot at various nearby 


points, with moderate. success, one man” making the 
great score of .sixty-stx canvyasbacks, ‘besides some 
other ducks, ip ry can 
“That night after dinner one of thé party stepped out 
on the porch of the house to look at the weather.’ The 
hight was clear and cold, brilliant stars twinkleé in the 
sky; through the branchés of the trees over the boat 
house corner, and reflected in-the placid waters of an 
air hole in the Narrows, shone-the crescent of the young 


~ moon, embracing between’ its horiis the dull globe which 


was yet to grow. The scene was odd and beautiful, like 
As he stood 
there, delighting in the beauty of the night, yet nipped 
a little by the keen “frost, a ‘curious sound—like that 
made by a river runnitg over the pebbles of a Shallow— 
came to his ear. It recalled to the yéteran salmon 
angler the murmur of the Ristigéuche as though forest 
and: open-and deep’ pool and murmuring shoal it hurries 
on it way to the Bay of Chaletirs. He wondered what 
could ¢ause this sound in this place, and above all on 
such a might, and, walking down to the boat house, 
passed ‘through it and stood on the dock. Here the ex- 
planation of the sotind was plain. The air holes which 


during’ the day had cenlarscd were crowdeud with Teeding — 


canvasbacks, and the murmur of the water was neither 
more nor Jess’than the splashing made by the fowl as 
they dived for food, - 

“The freeze lasted for some days longet. The birds 
were abundant; but the weather, clear, windless and 
toward the last warm, was much against the gunning, 
since the fowl did not fly. Nevertheless one or two men 
at different jimes had good shooting—some of them 
better than they had ever enjoyed before or expect ever 
to have again. This shootiiig was largely at canvas- 
backs, since very few common ducks were shot. The 
freeze having closed their ‘feeding grounds, they sat 
about on the ice, unwary and ‘inert, waiting till the 
waters should open again, and in the meantime stary- 
ing. Under stich circumstances no one cared to kill 
them. On the other hand, the canvasbacks taken were 
unusually heavy and fine birds, 

“Across the sound, on the waters of a neighboring 
club, very great shooting was énjoyed, though they se- 
cured practically no canyasbacks. On the other hand, 
they made enormous bags of geése and swatts, some- 
thing which no one can regret, since the geese and the 
swans at Ctirrituck Sound are so nuimerous that they 


eat up vast quantities of-the food which might better be 


constmed by the ducks. “Thére are men Jong familiar 
with these waters who declare that the geese and the 
Swans are constantly becoming more and more abun- 
dant and that ultiniately they will occupy these waters 
to the, exclusion of mere desirable fowl. ‘This, however, 
is not likely to occur in Our time, and the prophecy may 
be, classed with another, made twenty years ago by one 
of the most eminent orithologists of this country, who 
declared that fifteen years from that time the bluepeter 


‘would be the game bird of Curtititck Sound. The years 


have come and the years have gone, bit theré are still 
a few canvasbacks left, and it is possible that when our 
children tie out in Currituck Sound in just the right 
weather. they, too, may kill a féw of ‘these glorious 
birds.” — Fe te: / sa oo 

The food of the canvasback, from which it takes its 
specific name, and to which, it owes its delicious flavor, 
is the so-called wild celery, which is really a water grass, 
It grows both in fresh and brackish water, and is com- 
mon at various points along the sea coast, but also in the 
fresh waters of the interior. J 

This plant, like many others, has a yariety of, differ- 
ent names. Some of the most common tsed in differ- 
ent localities are “tape grass,’, from the tape-like ap- 
pearance of the long leaves; “channel weed,” as it fre- 
quently grows in channels where the water flaws, not 
swiftly; “eel grass’—this name arises, it is said by Dr. 
Darlington, from the habit which eels have of hiding 
under the Jeayes, which are usually procumbently: float- 
ing under the water’s surface. The appellation “wild 


celery,’ a local term, applied originally perhaps only by 


gunners and watermen at Hayre de Grace and vicinity, 
is, like many vulgar synonyms, a misnomer, as this 
plant is in no particular related to celery, which by 


botanists is known as Apimm. Wild celery, .or, as it is 


to 


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inore generally known along the coast, eel grass, is not 
confined to the Chesapeake Bay or to the sea coast. It 
ls found in the Brandywine Creek, growing in slow- 
running water, and in many other interior waters. The 
Scientiic name of the plant is /allisneriq spiralis | 


(Linn.), the generic name being given in honor of An-_ 


tonio Vallisneri; an Italian botanist. It-is a dicecious 
herbaceous plant remarkable on account of its mode of 
fertilization. I+ grows entirely under water, has long 
radical grass-like léayes from one to three feet long 
and from one-quarter to three-quarters of an inch wide. 
The female flower, floats at the surface at the end of 
Jong thread-like spiral scapes; which- curiously contract 
and lengthen with the rise and fall of the water. The 
inale Hower has very short stems or scapes, from which 


the flowers break off and rise to the surface to fertilize | 


the pollen of the attached floating female flowers, 

The canyasback is one of the swiftest of all our 
ducks. It is commonly said that they fly at the rate of- 
ninety miles an hour, but, of course, this is a mere 
guess, since no accurate observations haye ever been 
made on their flight. It is certain that they proceed’ at. 
ereat speed, and the noyice at canvasback shooting 1s 
yery certain to shoot behind them until he has had a 
oreat deal of practice. ~ 

The canvasbacks start from their southern home to- 
ward the north early in March and follow the coast and. 
the interior northward, often reaching northern waters. 
before they are. generally. pen. On the breeding. 
erounds they ate. practically undisturbed. 


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Rocky Mountain Deer.. - 

Biditor Forestiant- Streainsy-7 = eh - ye) ee 
I was very much-interested in a.letter in a Jate, issue. 
of Forest AND SrreAm,-tetling of a deer hunt..an the_ 
White River, in Colorado; and of-the tameness of the. 
deer, Owing to the fact that one of the. puppies has | 
eaten that particular-page, I cannot give the name of 
the writer, but as the country he describes, was. my, 
Stamping ground for years, I always like to hear from. 
there. [f the sportsman who wrote-the Jletter., thinks 


Syd. tae 


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that déer are plentiful and ‘tame there-now,..I wonder ~ 


what he would haye thought in the old days, .when.I, 
have seen 15,000 deer by actual count.pass in.two weeks 
on one trail from their summer to their winter range, And 
this trail was only one-ol ten or. twelve,of the great. 
jnain' trails which led from the headwaters ofthe. White, 
the Bear and the Little Snake rivers, down to the vast 
tracts ef juniper and cedar-covered , ridges, sage brush 
deserts, and the ‘hroken Bad Land, country, where, the 
mule deer wintered, And other game, was as plentiful, in 
proportion, for northwestern Golorado was.one of the 
ereat hunting grounds of the old. West, bothan number 
and variety of game. I: remember guiding one. party 
from the Grand -River north to the Bear’s Ears Peaks, 
near the Wyeming line, and for twenty-four days we were 
never out of sight of either-elk, deer or antelope. But 
those days are gone, never ta coine again, and ranches 
are crowding the game further and further back into the 
mountains. ap eo a eee eee 
If the Colorado deer are tame,.ap here, in. northwestern 

Wyoming they ate decidedly not. The.Colorado deer 
pearly ruined me as a hunter, for it was a long time 
after I came up here before I could get over the habit 
vl waiting for a started-deer to stop and_look around, 
In Colorado, when one jumped a bucks, it almost always 
stopped inside af 5o-yards to see what the trouble was, 
giving plenty of time for a standing shot. Up here, when 
/# deer gets imp, there is no nonsense of that sort,.andif-a» 
‘fellow wants buelkskin he has to shoot quick and 
straight. —f haye‘only three buck heads to show for my 
four years here, and two of them,I got this fall. Both 
vere big bucks, with fine heads, but both fell victims to 
their own. foolishness. [I was caming home along a 
quaking asp hillside one evening, after missing an elk 
at 100 yards and otherwise disgracing myself, when buck 
No. T got up about roo yards ahead and lit out straight- 
away firauet the trees. I could not get a bead on 
him between \the trunks,-and thought: he was going to 
get clear away, when the blamed fool ‘stopped on a little 
knoll and turned around broadside on. The next second 
he ‘got a .30-40 full jacket through the heart, and when 
| saw the jump and kick, which with mule deer means 
a vital shot, I felt pretty good, for I could see that the 
old fellow’s head was away up in the front rank. 

* The next deer was even a bigger fool, for he came 
-along one morning close to the house right after a fresh 
dall of snow. When [ struck his track it was heading 
into a thick patch of spruce full of wet bogs and willow 
patehes, and I. was sure he had gone in to bed down 
forthe day. So I spent an hour or more fooling around 
before I found,out that he had gone on through. The 
‘trail now led on through open lodgé pole pines; and 
was heading for another patch of thick cover a mile or 
so ahead, so I struck out on a high trot, as the trail led 
‘up wind, All at.once,I saw the old fellow lying’ down 
in the snow, 309 yards or so ahead, but at first thought 
it was # rock, never thinking that a Wyoming deer 
would be guilty of such a stupid trick. The old fellow 
had his head down jn the snow, and was fast asleep, and 
it was not tintil I had worked around until I could make 
out his horns that I was sure it was a deer. I was now 
about 200 yards away, when the buck raised his head 
and I dropped, I could just see about a foot of him 
between the tree trunks, but I did not want to sit there 
Jn the snow all day, and a move would have been good-by 
deer. So I brought the heavy .30-40 single shot 
Winchester slowly up, held the Lyman square in the 
middle of the patch of blne hide, and let go. 
the indistinct object tirned into a great buck, which 
went off through the trees and out of sight like a flash. 
But I noticed a stagger as he got to his feet, which was 
not natural, and on going to the place could see from 
the bullet mark in the snow that it must have gone 
through the deer. A few steps on the trail and there was 

spatter of fine blood drops, and a couple of hundred 

yards further was the buck down in the snow. His head 
was still up, so I shot him again, but it was needless, the 
first bullet having hit him in the neck just in front of the 
shoulder and passed ont through his cheek on the other 
side, cutting the jugular and breaking the jaw. The 

slyet was not entirely~gone from his horns, which at 


“jn the side of the neck. : 


» necessary to sa 


Instantly | 


that date (Nov. 20) was rather tnusual.. This made two 
fine heads for this fall, which, as I have given away all 
my Colorado heads, and aim getting a new lot, was very 
Satisfactory. EG == - 

By the way, I 
jacket bullets in my .30-40. .O 
away, the exception being a buck antelope, which was 


am having-very good luck using full 
nly one-animal hit:has got 
facing me when shot, and I have an idea that I hit him 
The beanty of full jackets when. you are hunting to 
get meat is that you do not tear an animal all to pieces, 
and if you do happen to give one a flesh wound and it 
gets away, the wound in nine cases out of ten heals 
quickly, —- | 7 : Wm. WELLS. 
Wexris, Wyoming: teh 


-~CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Proposed Changes in Game Law. 
Cuicaco, Il,, Dec: 15.—The time is on hand when we 


may expect the usual amount of tinkering with our game 
laws. Attention has already been called to the fact that 


4 certain element—happily, it is to be believed, a minor’ 


element—is trying to put back on the Wisconsin. 


statutes the old clause permitting spring shooting, This 


attempt bids fair, to be, defeated. The whole tendency in 
‘Wisconsin seems to be toward better legislation, and 
there seems to be either a sportsman’s element or a broad- 


minded and thinkitg non-sportitig element in that State 


which recognizes the great value of this game as a popular 
possession, Straws from different parts of the State show 
which way the wind is blowing, An. instance of, this is‘a 


~. letter just at hand from Mr: George Briggs, President 


ot the. Ashland Gun Club, of Ashland, Wis., who has 
the following. to say regarding what he con&iders to be a 
desirable improvement in the laws... °° ari 

“There are quite a,number. of sportsmen in this vicinity 
who are doing their utmost to protect game, and we think 
by changing the game law on game birds from Sept, 1 to 
Oct. i would-just do-it: , At Sept,.1 the partridges and 
grouse are only hali-grown and, weak. Partridges in 


September will all tree .without-a dog, and the conse- 


quence is, amy boy or man gets,every, one he sees, Grouse 
ii'this month: fly only a few-yards/and. alight, and. the 
whole brood |is killed. Hunters will all agree to this, espe- 
cially in Wisconsin. Now Jet ustadvocate this and have 
this change. In October the birds,are strong, full grown, 
and what aré killed then are on the wing, and they fly a 
long ways, |Let the deerlaw ftemain as it is, urge that no 
game shall He sold, if possible, and there you have it.” 

It will be, noticed’ that the wish is not for a more 
lenient'law, but for a stricter one. As regards non-resi- 
dent, shooters, Wiscorisin is getting to be pretty near an 
air-tight’ proposition, The clause in her law which per- 
mits a‘non-resident to take out of the State only fifty 
birds in any: ohe ‘season ‘seems at-first sight a pretty hard 
one, especially hard for those who own shares in the duck 
clubs of that State. A great many men would not think 
it worth while to pay $300 for a°share in a duck club with 
$25 dues annually for the privilege of bringing home fifty 
birds in a*seasen.- The time: will come when they: wll 
think that privilege cheap’ at the*pricés but that time has 
not yet arrived. Meantime, this clause of the Wisconsin 
law, as it stands, is an instance of a too common tendency 
in American game legislation. We have abundance of 
good-laws, but no means of enforcing them, Jtvis hardly 
sthat the above clatise fs practically a 
dead letter, beeqheitis incap wwle"Ot enforcement. Mean- 
tinté-T-know of © tier who shipped from Merrill, 
Wis., last fall and wifter over 900 ruffed grouse. The 
stream of game continues to’come,from that State just the 
same. It is mutch to be wished that the men who hunt 
for the money in it could be separated from those who 
shoot for the sport'of it. The law is unduly oppressive 
upon men who would like to go for a short time jhto a 
neighboring State to Kill a moderate amount of game ani 
bring it home for their own use. These are the sportsmen, 
and they are the ones who from their- position or from 
their conscientious scruples are-the ones: whq can be got 
at by the Jaw. The non-export clattse, or-the_ limited 


export clatse, catches these men, but it-lets through the » 


persons who supply the Chieago:game markets), 

I was talking yesterday with a game dealer of South 
Water street, who did'not know I was a newspaper man. 
He said that there was much less game in the market this 
year than used to be the case, but laughed at the idea that 
this fact was to be attributed to State laws of to the Lacey 
act. He said it was simply due to the fact that there were 
so inany shooters. “Too many pot-hunters,” said he, 
“who never know when to stop.” Indeed yes, too many 
pot-hunters who never will stop, so long as some one will 
buy their game. vet ais 

Down in Indiana there is more interest in game legisla- 
tion than was ever before known. That State was never 


noted for its respect for game laws, but it seems now to 


be awakening and to have a sincere desire to save its 
game. Talks with several sportsmen of prominence in 
that State, who were this week in town, lead me to be- 
eve that there will be efforts made to establish a non-resi- 


dent license, and fo limit the bag per day to twenty-four 


birds to each gun, the latter applying more especially to 
quail. The great abundance of the latter bird has this 
fall led to an influx of shooters into the State of Indiana. 
With Indiana establishing a shotgun license, Wisconsin 
already having such a Jicense, Minnesota all the time on 
the ragged edge of passing such a law, and with Illinois 
already having such a license, it surely seems that it is 
pretty soon going to be a case of hunt at home or pay 
to htint abroad. When this state of affairs comes to pass 


_ we shall see the local game laws better enforced in every 


one of these States, because we shall see the beginning of 
the end of the old and foolish American cry that there 
is “just as good shooting a little further West,” that the 
birds cannot be shot out,” that “the flight has only gone a 
little further West,” that “there are just as many birds as 
there ever was.” The man who happens on a Minnesota 
lake when there is a heavy flight in may think, because he 
sees more ducks than he ever saw before, that there are 
just as many birds as there ever were. His opinion is of 
little value, simce it is local and imperfect. Go to the 
game dealers who buy all over the West, They are the 


_ may perhaps be past. 


‘almost any day. 


ones who can tell you whether or not there are just as - 
inany birds as there ever were. tu a, ¢ 
Mr, Edwin G. Daniels, President of the Tolleston Club, 
whose grounds are just over the Indiana line, says that he 
hopes Indiana will establish a non-resident license law and 
that every Tolleston member will be glad to pay it. He 
thinks it would cut off much of the flood of shooters who 
go down into that State and shoot without tegatd to sea- 
son or anything else. Mr. Daniels says that there will 
always be ducks at Tolleston Club so long as there is 
water in Lake Michigan, though the days. of great bags 
The cliib members killed 2,000 
ducks this fall, though the heaviest bags’ were thirty or 
thiriy-five birds. The marsh was good for a dozen birds 
The sentiment against this game pre- 
serve is rapidly dying ott. Really the sentiment against 
any preserve or any posted farm is a false one» Hach 
such preserve is a source of supply for the surrounding 
country. If it were not for the Tolleston Marsh the mem- 
bers of the Calumet Heights Club would never get a 
shot at a duck in their country, where the flight crosses 
over the big lake to the preserved marsh. nn 
Summing up, it may be said that the sentiment in this 
part of the West seems to be for stricter game laws. The 
non-resident license clause is apt to be present im many 
bills and many enacted laws in the West this coming year . 
Our people seem to be yaluing their game more than they 
ever did. Slowly and almost unconsciously at first, but 
now with more rapidity and cer.ainty, the idea is gaining 
ground that the game of a State is not a mere valueless 
cothmodity to be -heedlessly slaughtered by any one with- 
out let or hindrance. The day of free open shooting is 
passing away, not by virtue of unwise legislation, but — 
by ‘virtue of the growth of railroads and of population. 
There is no use kicking against that, 


Quail. 


The quail crop is holding out well, and hunters for. some 
singular reason bring in a strangely similar set of stories 
regarding the apparently changed habits of the quail. Dick 
Merrill, who has been shooting around Lafayette, Ind., 
says that he never saw birds so hard to get. They would 
fly a long ways and then run clear off the face of the earth. 
Mr, J. H. Amberg, who had a very good hunt not long 
ago, says, “There are quail everywhere in Illinois where. 
there is timber. The'birds are all in.the timber.” Mr.. 
Warren Powell and myself might verify this latter state- 
ment. We found all our birds in the timber; they were 
big and strong, and I never saw quail fly so far or dis- 
appear so completely. No doubt it is getting to be the sur- 
vival of the fittest with the quail family, and it would be 
a matter of small wonder if Bob. White did become even 
more wily than he already is. “, 

Clay county, in this State, has been very good quail 
country this fall. » Messrs. |Al Hoffmann, Game Commis- 
sioner Loveday and C, B. Dicks, of this city; Hon. James 
R. B. Van Cleave, of Springfield, and two other gentle 
men by the name of Donnelly and Garvey, made a three 
days’ hunt not long since in Clay county, and they bagged 
300, birds. Nearly everybody who has gone out this fall 
had good luck if he had a good dog and could shoot a 
little. b. 


The Dicks, 


-~Mr. A. G. Holmes, of Green Bay, Wis., writes en- 
tertainingly of his recent experiences in the neighborhood 
of flat city. It is likely that ‘he saw the great flight of 
birds which he mentions at about the same time the lake 
flight was observed at Charlevoix. It may be ‘seen that 
the dicks are not yet all gone, but that they have attained’ 
a preternatural cunning of their own, Mr. Holmes writes 
regarding his trip as follows, under date of Nov. 11: 

"“T have just returned from a trip to the Point Au 
Sauble, ten miles below this city, on a four-day duck 
hunt. We have had a snow storm each of ‘the four 
days, and from the looks I am led:to believe that the 
ereater part of our ducks have left for the south this past 
week. Saturday morning four of us bagged twenty-six 
ducks—eight canvasbacks and the rest broadbills, blue- 
bills and whistlers, and about fifteen fish ducks (the last 
being killed for their feathers in a snow storm before we 
left for home). The snow storms did not bring in the 
birds, and neither did the rough weather bring them over 


the point into the pond nor the inner bay. The only.good 


shooting that I have been able to hear of in the last week 
was at what is known here as the Little Bunch. (This is 
two small bunches of rushes growing out in the open 
water on one of the bars off from Grass Island, about 
two and a half milés from the main land and right in the 
natural feeding grounds flyway.) A market-htinter by 
the name of Bill Conléy has an average of about fifty 
ducks ‘a day for the week just ending. 

“While a man can always kill a mess of ducks, there 
have been no very heavy bags on the bay this season, 


‘which is something very unusual, as this is a natural 


duck ground for fifty miles on the west shore and about 
fifteen miles on the east shore, with large marshes on 
the west shore and miles of shallow bars off from the 
east shore, with fine feed on both sides: 

“A week ago to-day I witnessed one of the finest duck 
flights that has been throtigh here for a good many years. 
T was at Benderville for a week, twelve miles below here 
on the eastern shore, and at Bender's we are several 
hundred feet above the water, and have a good view for 
twenty miles down the bay‘and up to town, twelve miles 
the other way and nine miles directly across at this 
point, and the flight of ducks going south was worth go- 
ing miles to see. The flight was to the south in: the 
mornings, and to the north in the evenings, and also east 
fo Lake Michigan, directly aetoss the peninsula cichteen 
miles east. The day was clear with a light northerly 
breeze, anid great flocks of twenty-five to one thousand 
birds or more came from the north high in the air, out 
a half to three and four miles over the open water, and 
went about to the Point Aw Sauble Bar, three miles 
south. They would alight and then fly up and circle out 
toward the west shore and Duck Creek Bend and the 
Second Light Island, then back north and meet the con- 
tinual steady flight from the north and join the already 
big flocks and go back toward the bar, When the sun 
would strike on the birds’ as they would turn on their 
eircling flights the effect was truly grand, if such a term 
may be properly used. 


508 


FOREST AND STREAM. 


[DEc. 29, 1900. 


1; a. 


“The flight was a steady flight all day long, and I 
am safe to say that while sitting on the veranda of the 
liotel there were flocks of ducks in sight every minute of 
the day from daylight until it was too dark to see, and 
then the whistle of the wings of the birds as they passed 
over the high banks bound for Lake Michigan and the 
south could be heard late into the night, and often great 
flocks showed up distinctly against the pale light of the 
moon. Mr. Bender, who keeps the hotel, said it carried 
him back twenty-five to thirty years, when at that time 
of the year the birds could be found on the ducking 
grounds in countless thousands. A friend of mine, Mr. 
Duchateau (one of the ten members of the Point Au 
Sauble Club) was with me at Bender's, and as he had 
never seen a duck flight it was interesting to see him 
and hear him talk of the hig flight of ducks. And yet 
with all these countless thousands of new ducks on that 
day there were no heavy bags made, as the birds are out 
on the shallow bars which cover miles here, and as we 
are not allowed to shoot in open water we consequently 
get no ducks out of these great flights. 

“We ought to be allowed to shoot in open water at 
this place as well as in Michigan, Maryland and other 
States, and I understand there is a movement on foot to 
get a bill passed allowing open water shooting in this 
State, backed by many of the large clubs. 2: 

“The flight of geese has passed south, and the snipe 
did not stay very long, although there was a heavy flight 
and some good bags were made. One great drawback 
here, we have had but three frosty nights up to Noy. 2, 
and everything was as green as summer up to this 
week, and now the ground is covered with snow, and all 
our cold weather has been this past week. 

“The great duck flight went on south, I think, almost 
the same day it reached here, the birds stopping over but 
the one day, as the evening flight was immense and 
mostly to the south and east. 

“A heavy flight of woodcock reached here ten days 
ago, but left after a day or two's stay, and no bags were 
made, but I have the positive knowledge that one man 
hit the flight of woodcock, and shot nearly 125 shots 
in one afternoon and killed but four woodcock. He was a 
farmer who hunts rabbits, but cannot shoot on the wing, 
and uses No: 4 shot, so you can almost guess the result. 
He told me two days after, but I was too late, as I got 
but a few birds (did not have my dog, as I was down 
duck shooting), and so missed a chance in a life time 
to make a bag of these-fine birds which are rapidly dis- 
appearing from what used to be the sportsman’s paradise. 

* “Partridge are scarce this season, but rabbits are here 
in good numbers, and a great many are being killed 
every day. 

“T trust my fall’s experience may be of some interest 
to you and to my brother sportsmen. I would like to 
have some idea through your paper of 1o-gauge guns as 
a duck gun, and a r2-gauge as to pattern and penetration 
at 50 yards and over. both loaded to the limit with Nos. 
4, 5, and 6 shot. I use a 12-gauge Parker, with 4 drams 
smokeless, 3-inch shell, 114 ounces No, 6 or No. 4 shot. 
and would like to know if I would gain anything in getting 
a 10-gauge. Would like to hear a good deal on this sub- 
ject.” 

Tf Mr. Holmes shall adopt the advice of the majority 
of shooters to-day, he will stick to his t2-gauge and not 
buy the to-gauge. There is a per cent. of advantage in 
favor of the larger bore, but the consensus of opinion is 
that the advantage is not equal to the inconvenience 
caused by the additional size and weight of the arm. 
Time was when all our Western shooters carried 10- 
pound guns, and loaded them with 4 or 5 drams of pow- 
der, sometimes 6 drams, but these heavy arms are almost 
obsolete, and the whole tendency is toward the lighter 
weapon. I have seen a 20-gauge gun kill five wild geese 
out of a flock passing over. The 12-gauge bored on 
modern lines is an arm heavy enough for any sort of wild 
fowl shooting to-day. The load of 4 drams per 12-gauge 
is unnecessarily large, and 3% drams of the better nitros 
is a load heavy enough, certainly if one uses 124 ounces of 
shot. The additional powder simply goes to ruin the 
pattern, and to pound the shooter, to say nothing of the 
additional danger to the gun. I was shooting quail not 
long ago with a load of 234 drams of a nitro powder in a 
634-pound gun. J think I should not use over 214 drams 
with the same gun again. Of course, in wild fowl shoot 
ing the question of long range is more important, but 
3% drams of any smokeless powder is enough, and most 
men will kill as many birds with 3 drams. If a man’s 
gun is pounding him he cannot deliver his charge with 
the same smooth and confident swing which he gains with 
a more pleasant load. This applies rather to upland 
shooting than to marsh shooting, but I believe a great 
Many men use too heavy a load. 

Mr. Arthur Bennett, the well-known painter of horses 
and hunting dogs, is in Chicago this week, fresh from a 
successful shooting trip in Michigan. Mr. Bennett lived 
in California when he purchased the winning dog, Dash 
Antonigof Mr. R. Bangham, of Windsor, Ontario. Since 
then He has been in different parts of the country, and 
once upon a time fell into the village of Brownsville, 
Tenn., where I myself once had some of the pleasantest 
days that I remember. Mr. Bennett was one of the 
pall bearers at the funeral of that splendid sportsman, Dr. 
W. D. Taylor, of Brownsville. He met there my friend 
Major Benj. C. Miles, and others of my earlier shooting 
companions. He tells me that Mr. Miles for a while 
owned a dog which he called Joe the Gentleman, “In con- 
tradistinction,” said Mr. Miles, “from the many other 
dogs of this community which ate named Joe, but which 
are not gentlemen,” : 


One Deer Patty. 


Mr. D. J. Hotchkiss, of Fox Lake, Wis., writes the 
story of an average Wisconsin deer hunt as below in a 
letter just at hand: 

“Have just returned from my first attempt at deer 
hunting. and have a hard luck story for my pains. I went 
up to Star Lake, way up in the northern part of this State. 


in Vilas county, and made camp in a log shanty with four — 


other friends, sixteen miles beyond the end of the rail- 
road, Just got nicely settled in camp when I was taken 
with a severe attack of rheumatism in my knee and was 
unable to do a thing but sit’ around camp and swear at 
my hard luck. TI was out in the woods just half of one 
day, which comprised all the hunting I did on the trin, 


ian 


In that time, however, I jumped a nice little spike buck, 
but did not get him, as I waited just a second too long to 
be sure of my target being a deer instead of a man, thanks 
to Forest AND StReEAM’S slogan, ‘Be sure before you 
shoot. I fired at the flag just as it went out of sight, 
but must have got over it, After lying around camp two 
or three days and getting worse every minute, I pulled out 
and was thankful to get home alive, instead of waiting for 
the boys to pack me out of the woods over that sixteen 
miles of terrible road. I managed to make the walk in 
eight and one-half hours, but every step was like sticking 
a knife into my knee, 

“There were plenty of deer there, and had I been able 
to remain until the close of the season, as intended, I am 
confident that I would have had my two deer all right. 
The boys had seven deer and three bears, one old one and 
two cubs, when I left, and I think they will have no 
trouble in securing the other deer they are entitled to 
before they break up to-morrow. 

“There were thousands of hunters in the Wisconsin 
woods this season and the deer were quite plenty, though 
not every hunter brought out a deer, of course. The In- 
dians in that neighborhood do considerable deer hunting, 
one old buck in particular I hear having killed fourteen 
deer and sold them to the logging camps in the neigh- 
borhoed. Partridges and small game were very scarce, the 
deep snow and heavy crust of two winters ago killing out 
a lot of them and they have not had time to grow another 
good crop as yet. The country is grand for deer hunt- 
ing, being full of ridges and gullies, with lakes on all 
sides, and plenty of slashings and pieces of heayy timber. 
The weather was quite cold, ranging around the zero 
point all the time I was there, but there was from 6 to 8 
inches of snow on the ground. This made tracking easy, 
and one certain patch of slashing near otir camp looked 
like a rabbit patch every morning from the number of 
tracks through it. The deér went into it at night and out 


in the early morning. Jt was pretty cold to sit on a run- 


way, but the still-hunting was fine, and our party had very 
nice luek.” 


The Real Mound Bu‘lder-. 


Probably every boy who ever read Prescott has dwelt 
with interest upon the descriptions of the great Indian 
mounds of Ohio and other Western States, and I presume 
nearly eyery outdoor man of the West has at one time 
or another found oceasion to ponder oyer these curious 
monuments of a forgotten past. Most scientists have 
assigned the construction of these mounds to a race of 
men now extinct, though there have not been wanting 
many believers in the theory that the mounds were the 
work of the North American Indians. Hon. J. B. Brower, 
of Minnesota, is an adherent to the latter theory, and in a 
recent address before the Minnesota Historical Society he 
read an able paper in which he sought to prove that the 
Sioux Indians were the builders of the famous Mille Lacs 
mounds, Mr. Brower claims without reserve that the 
Indians were the mound builders, and that there is plenty 
of evidence to show that they, and not a prehistoric 
people as the Aztecs, constructed the mounds. He quoted 
Peter Esprit, Radisson and Medard Chouart, the French 
explorers, who were in the country in 1659; and Michael 
Accault, Father Hennepin, Anthony Auguelle, J. B. Lind. 
Carver, Catlin and numerous others to show that the 
Sioux Indians built mounds to bury their dead. He 
showed specimens of the instruments and ornaments 
found within the mounds, and, compating them with those 
of the Siottx, proved that they were practically identical. 
He also showed from the history of the Indian people 
that Mille Lacs was the home of the Sioux. 

EK. Houcn. 


Hartrorp BuitpinG, Chicago, Il. 


Massachusetts Game Conditions. 


Danvers, Mass., Dec. 14.—Editor Forest and Streanr: 
The shooting season is practically over. We had a gen- 
eral new layout for this year. The first and most 1m- 
portant was the adoption of your gaime plank to stop the 
sale of patridges (grouse) and woodcock. The. little 
quail, however, was on the bill of fare, but it will prob- 
ably be their turn next. Some concessions had to be 
given to the market-men who live so near the State 
House. Then the allowing of rabbit and squirrel shoot- 
ing up to March 1 will have to be attended to. { 

We have had an unsually good season for hunting. 
Up to date, there has been no snow, and not much water 
in the swamps. I have shot just twenty-one birds on 
the few days I have been out—five partridges, three 
woodcocks and thirteen quail. Most of the quail were 
males; the last one shot was a hen weighing 714 ounces. 
My partridge for that day’s shooting weighed 23 ounces. 

I haye flushed just three Mongolian pheasants, and I 
think I saw six the previous year. I doubt whether they 
will ever amount to anything as game in this country. 
T don’t think they breed well, All the birds seem to be 
old birds; I never saw any young. All I flushed were 
in open places, and it would be a “dead easy” shot to lall 
one. They fly about like old hens, and you can hear the 
old cock cackle as far as you can see him. 

Many quail are left over. I hear of many large flocks 
being seen. They are large, strong birds, and in fine 
condition. There certainly must be more partridges leit 
than for many years. I haye not seen many rabbits or 
squirrels, but I think the hunters who make a specialty 
ot that kind of shooting have had good luck. 

There is one good thing about this old common- 
wealth. With a city “every five miles in any direction” 
a person who does not carry a fat pocketbook nor own 
any land can travel and hunt without being ordered off 
and sworn at. I haven't seen a “No trespass” sign this 
fall, except, those posted to prevent berry picking for 
the market. I understand that some city shooters tried 
to, lease the shooting privileges of several] farms north 
of here for their personal use, and suggested that if the 
farmer had any friend that wanted to come out and 
shoot as heretofore, te charge him a couple of dollars, 
Their bristles were too conspicuous, and their proposi- 
tions were rejected. They still have the same privilege 
of hunting there as myself. Old New England is pretty 
good about that; ene man is as good as another, and 
they are well fixed enough so they can pay their own 
fuxes. 


How 1 should like fg see a, goed flock of wild ducks 


with their long necks. In my boyhood days I used to live 
on the south shore of this State, and there I used to see 


thousands of black ducks, but never a one do I see back 


here, five miles from the coast. That is one bird they 
never need worry about being shot out. I suppose a 
thousand die of a natural death to one being shot. Here 
on the coast they sleep on the rolling deep far from 
land, with a. few old drakes- on guard. Then just at 
dark they go up the rivers and feed on the mud flats 
far from shore. At daylight out they go again with a 
full roll call. They get their fresh water from the spring 
holes, and feed on minnows and the mussel beds. 

Several of hound-hunting sportsmen have been 
out of the town and State, but have not been very suc- 
cessful, except Mr. A. W. Beckford, who accompanied 
Mr, Stark, of New Hampshire, and had such a time with 
the bears and deer, as has been cited in the Forrest anpb 
Stream. Mr. B. goes up there every year, and gen- 
erally gets more game than all the other hunters in 
town collectively. Joun W. Bassirr. 


The Adirondack Deer. 


Gansevoort, N. Y.—Editor Forest and Stream: <A 
newspaper clipping sent me by one of my sportsman 
friends reads as fellows: 

“Old Ferge, N. Y., Dec. 2.—It is the general opinion 

among woodsmen and those interested in the preserva- 
tion of deer that the hunting season should be shortened 
at the latter part. At this time it is obvious that the 
hunters have great advantage when snow covers the 
ground. At the rate deer have been killed during the 
lust few seasons they will be exceedingly rare in a few 
years.” 
_It is very strange, to say the least, that those “woods- 
men” and others who are so deeply “interested in the 
preservation of deer’ should advocate cttting off that 
part of the open season when deer are in the best con- 
dition, when the meat can all be saved in good condition, 
when the most sportsmanlike way of killing deer can only 
be practiced, and when the deer have left the water and 
cannot be killed by dude sportsmen (?) ahead of the 
jack. This latter way of killing deer is still much in 
practice in spite of the law, and I wonder how much this 
fact had to do in causing the above item to be written. 
It is also strange that those “woodsmen” have not 
noticed, and mentioned the fact, that “during the last 
few seasons’ deer have become so numerous in many 
sections that ‘those interested in the preservation of deer” 
have found it necessary when the snow was deep to 
cut down timber to furnish them sufficient food to keep 
them from starving by the hundred. The “woodsmen”™ 
who in the face of such facts predict that “they will be 
exceedingly rare in a few years” must be creatures of the 
writer's imagination, created to give weight to his fal- 
lacious assertions, 

I have hunted deer in the Adirondacks nearly every 
season since 1866, and modestly claim to know a few 
facts respecting Adirondack deer. My first exnerience 
was gained when deer were crusted, jacked, hounded 
and still-hunted; when they were killed for market, 
for home consumption, for their hides, and for fun; and 
truly they were then in danger of extermination, and 
did become very rare In many sections. But gradually 
public opinion among the residents of deer inhabited 
districts changed. Crusting was frowned upon and 
stopped, and deer at once began to increase. Next, jack- 
ing was pronouticed tnsportsmanlike by the better class 


‘of sportsmen and less of it was done, and deer increased 


in numbers still more rapidly. Lastly, hounding was 
made tinlawiul, since which time deer have increased 
very rapidly, so that now they are found in many sec- 
tions where they were not found before within the mem- 
ory of the oldest inhabitant. They are undoubtedly 
driven to these new environments by Jack of food in 
the sections from which they came, and the correct 
thing for “woodsmen and those interested in the preser- 
vation of deer” to do is to stop writing bosh and to 
shoulder axes and go into the deer forests when the 
snow is deep and fell timber to keep the deer in over- 
stocked districts from starving. 

Whenever it is found necessary to shorten the open 
season on deer, these ““woodsmen and those interested 
in the preservation of deer’ will escape the suspicion 
of being tenderfoot dudes, who can kill deer in no way 
except ahead of the jack if they will advocate shortening 
it in the way common sense and true sportsmanship say 
it should be shortened—i. e., by cutting off the whole of 
September, Jos. W. SHuRTER. 


Talks to Boys.—VI. 


WELL, boys, by this time you have acquired considerable 
handiness in the use of the gun. It no longer seems to 
you like a strange tool that you do not at all know how to 
carry. It is no longer.awkward in your hands. You are 
getting used to it. When you put it on your shoulder it 
seems to belong there, or when you throw it up to your 
iace and look along the barrels, these do not wave about. 
pointing in all directiong except the right one, but are 
directed pretty nearly at the spot that you are looking at. 
It takes you but a short time to cover the mark with the 
sight. You are getting into the way of holding the 
muzzle of your gun so that it meyer points at any one, and 
it is only once in a while that your instructor feels obliged 
to speak to you about this, ; 

I am particularly anxious that when aiming at anything 
you should learn to catch the sight quickly, and also that 
you should be ready enough so that when the sight covers 
the mark you should pull the trigger at once. I think it 
better for you to bring your gun up slowly and cover the 
mark quickly than to bring the stock against your shoul- 
der with a jerk and then be obliged to feel around for 
some time before the aim is had. You will find, I think, 
that if you raise the gun to the shoulder deliberately 
but quickly, you can eatch the sight more readily than jf 
you jerk the stock up with a sudden movement. — 

After the first principles have been learned. you must 
remember that in all quick shooting the means by which 
success tS. to he reached is to keep your eye fixed on the 
object aimed at. and not to regard the gun at all. You 
mus{ learn tp aim your gun as a carpenter learns to aim 
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his hammer—without thinking of the instrument you are 
using, but the first principles can be learned only by 
sighting along your gun barrels. In other words, you can 
only in that way discover the proper position in which the 
gun must be held so that the sight may be on the mark 
when you are looking at the mark. Do not try to look 
along the gun and see the sight and then to bring this on 
the mark, but look at the mark and bring the rib of the 
gun and the sight into their proper position. Constantly 
striving to do this for a longer or shorter time, you will 
at length find that the gun of itself comes into the right 
position. The thing to be accomplished is to throw up 
the gun into such a position that every time it comes up 
it will be parallel to the line of sight. If one could learn 
to do that invariably, he would be a perfect shot and would 
miss only when he made some mistake in judging the 
speed at which the bird was flying and the distance which 
it was from him, 


Practice at Candle Flame. 


In the old days of muzzleloaders, boys used to be ad- 
vised to begin their practice by snapping caps at the fame 
of a candle. Of course when one aims at anything and 
pulls the trigger, he likes to know whether or not his aim 
was true, where his shot would have gone if the gun had 
been loaded. So in muzzleloading days, we boys were 
told, after we had practiced aiming enough to be reason- 
ably sure of covering a mark, to put a cap on the nipple 
of each barrel, and to stand 8 or to yards from a lighted 
candle, and then aiming at the candle flame to pull the 
trigger. The explosion of the cap forced a little puff of 
air out of the barrel, and if the aim was true, this puff of 
air would either blow out the candle or would cause the 
flame to flicker. This was good practice, and it had the 
adyantage of telling the young shooter whether he hit or 
missed. Sometimes two candles might be used, and the 
boy tried to put out both, one with each barrel. This 
taught him to shift his aim quickly, and when he made his 
first double on candles, he justly felt that he had accorn- 
plished something. : 

This same mode of practice may be employed with the 
breechloader, and I think your instructor will not object 
to your trying it after you have shown that the practice 
that you have had in carrying the gun and in aiming at 
the different objects that you see has benefited you, and 
has carried you along far enough for you to proceed to the 
next stage. If he thinks that the time has come for you 
to do this, he will be willing to have you get twenty brass 
shells of the size to fit your gun, and will superintend your 
first practice with these. This practice can be had in a 
room, or, better still, in a cellar or an area, or in some out- 
building; in some place, at all events, where the wind 
cannot blow. The lighted candle in a candlestick 
should be placed on a table or on a barrel head at about the 
same leyel as yotir own shoulders, You should stand 6 or 
8 yards fromm it, and having put two shells unloaded, but, 
of course, with the primers on, in the chambers of the 
gin, sight at the flame of the candle and pull the trigger. 
If your aim has been true, the flame will tell you so at 
anoe In this wavy you may use up your twenty shells, 
which will be practice enough tor one occasion. 

lf after firing four or five shots you do not manage 
to affect the candle fame in any way, there is evidently 
something wrong; either you are trying to shoot too 
quickly and are missing in that way, or else perhaps the 
slight noise of the primer is making you nervous. In 
either case, you had better stop using the shells and go 
_ back to the practice of sighting without anything in the 

gun. Always when you think you have caught the sight, 
but not before, you must seem to pull the trigger, and 
after a little practice you will be able to tell whether you 
are holding the gun on the object or not. 

If, on the other hand, you manage to blow the flame of 
the candle pretty regularly during these first attempts, you 
should repeat the practice frequently, and when you find 
that you can blow the flame almost every time, you may 
move back a few steps until you have increased the dis- 
tance to 12 to 15 yards, When you find you can do good 
work at this distance, you should try two candles, and, as 
soon as you have pulled the right hand trigger, shift 
your aim to the second candle and try to blow that out 
with the left hand barrel. This will teach you better than 
almost anything else can how to use your second barrel 
quickly, when it comes to shooting at actual birds, and this 
use of the second barrel is something that many men are 
exceedingly slow to learn. They are fairly quick with 
the first barrel, but when it comes to using the second 
they potter and feel about with it, and very often do not 
tise it until the bird is out of reach, or even do not use 
it at all. 

Take Your Time. 


I want to impress on you the importance of not trying 
to shoot too quickly. A good many boys and young men 
who go out with older men who are good shots and see 
them fire the instant the stock touches the shoulder, and 
then see the bird fall, imagine that the first thing to do in 
order to become a good shot is to shoot quickly, and that 
after this had been learned, the matter of taking aim, or, as 
it is sometimes called, “getting onto the bird,” can berreadily 
learned. I believe this to be a great mistake. TI think the 
important thing is to learn first to hit your birds and 
afterward to do it quickly. Therefore, I advise you al- 
ways to get your sight before you pull the trigger, even 
though it may take you a long time. After you have 
reached the point where you are sure of your sight, it will 
then be time to learn to shoot quickly. This is a matter 
about which there may be two opinions, and the method 
to be pursued may depend very largely on the tempera- 
ment and natural qualifications of the shooter. But I 
believe that the average boy needs practice in putting his 
gun on the mark, and holding it there, more than he 
does in shooting quickly. I have seen a great many boys 
who shot the instant the bird got up, but I am convinced 
that there is no profit in that. -Except in the thickest 
brush, a bird usually gives the shooter abundant time to 
put up his gun deliberately, take aim and fire before it 
is Out of range, 


Cleaning the Gun, ; 
After you have used up the-twenty shells. that I ad- 


vised your getting, it will be well for you to clean out _ 


the barrels of your gun thoroughly, because the fulminate 


_be stopped by the exploded primer. 


of mercury, which is the explosive in the primer, has a 
tendency to corrode the metal of the barrels, and should 
not be allowed to remain in them long. It will be well 
for you each day before beginning this practice to put 
some rags in your cleaning rod, oil them well and run them 
through the barrels of the gun so as to leave the inside 
of the barrels pretty well coated with oil. After you have 
finished your practice, you should, as I say, give the 
gun a good cleaning. 

In the old days of muzzleloading guns, we always were 
taught to wash out our guns with water and then to dry 
them thoroughly and oil them, but at the present day the 
use of water in cleaning guns has been pretty much aban- 
doned. Therefore, after you have finished your practice, 
take the barrels from their stock, put some rags im your 
cleaning rod, moisten them with some lubricant and pass 
them several times through the barrels. It will take but a 
little time for the oil or grease to penetrate any crust of 
powder or fulminate that may have been deposited there, 
and a brisk rubbing to and fro will entirely remove this 
erust and leave the barrels bright, You should pass the 
clean rags—wound about the cleaning rod until they fit 
the barrels tightly—through the barrels until they come 
out as clean as they went in, and until the barrels, as you 
look through them towatd the light, shine like silver. 
Then using on your cleaning rod a rag slightly moistened 
with the oil, pass it through the barrels. and later rub the 
outside of them with a rag similarly oiled. You should 


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GOOD POSITION. 


When walking forward to start birds your dog is pointing. But 
see that the muzzle gets no lower. 


not leave either the inside or the outside of the barrels 
perceptibly greasy, but they should have a very thin coat- 
ing of oil all over them. Now put the gun away in its 
case, and the case where you usually keep it. 

The question of the best oil to use is one about which 
there ate many different opinions, but,gunners are unani- 
mous in believing that no vegetable oil should ever be 
used on guns. A great many so-called rust preventives 
and lubricants have been put on the market for the benefit 
of gunners, and many of them are very good. Almost 
any of the preparations which haye petroleum for a base, 
as vaseline, cosmoline, alboline and so on, ate useful and 
harmless. Machine oil, porpoise oil, goose oil and skunk 
oil are also used. Perhaps the most popular of the com- 
mercial gun oils is the preparation known as Three in 
One; it stands very high in the estimation of those who 
use shotguns. 


Recapping Shells. 


_In order that you may be prepared for your next prac- 
tice, you must now recap your twenty shells, the primers 
of which you have just exploded. This operation is a 
simple one. For it is required nothing more than a block 
of wood in which is bored a hole one-quarter of an inch 
deep and just large enough to receive the base of the 
shell. In the center of this hole is bored another hole 
three-eighths of an inch in diameter and running entirely 
through the block. The instrument called the decapper 
is a cylinder of wood from three to four inches long, just 
small enough to fit into the shell, and in the center of one 
end of this cylinder a steel point is inserted which pro- 
jects beyond the wood one-quarter of an inch. You may 
buy this block and decapper with your gun cleaning im- 
plements at any gun store. Place the base of one of 
your shells in the large hole in the block of wood, which 
should rest on a table in front of you, and thrust the 
cylinder into the shell as far as it will go; the steel point 
will pass through a hole in the base_of the shell-and will 
When the cylinder 
will go no further into the shell, give it a slight blow 
with the palm of your hand-or with a light stick, or even 
take hold of it and push it down, and the steel point will 
force the exploded primer from its position, and the primer 
will fall out of the shell and down through the smaller hole 
in the block onto the table that the block rests on. In 
this way, in a very few moments you will have removed 
the primers from all twenty of the shells. Now place your 
box of primers close to the block at your right hand, ttirn 
one of the shells over, placing its mouth in the hole in 
the block, take a primer and with your thumb press its 
open end into the hole from which the exploded primer 
was expelled. The primer will not readily go into this 
hole all the way. and you may take the wooden cylinder 


-which you used in decapping, and with the end which has 


not the steel point in it, slowly and firmly press the primer 
down until its closed end is flush with the base of the 
shell, Very likely your instractor will show you how to 


do this with the first one or two, and it is such a simple 
operation that when you have once seen him do it, you 
can perform it as well as anybody. b 

After a time your brass shells will probably get dirty, 
for the fulminate is likely to corrode them slightly within, 
and possibly on the outside as well. They will hardly 
need any cleaning, but if you should feel a pride in keep- 
ing them looking bright and new, this can be easily done 
by the use of a little oil and powdered rotten-stone on a 
woolen rag, Smear the tag with oil and scatter some of 
the rotten-stone upon it and then twist the shells briskly 
around with one hand while you hold the oily rag around 
them with the other, and they will be soon freed from 
the ditt. For thé inside you may wrap the rag about a 
stick which nearly fills the diameter of the shell, and by 
twisting the shell about on this a few times the inside 
will be cleaned as well. 

I shall hope that during all this time that you are prac- 
ticing aiming with your gun, you will also be going out 
with it and carrying it about, All these things must be 
done over and over again, and though it may seem to you 
that it takes a long time to reach the point of actually 
shooting and killing things, you may feel sure that none of 
this practice that you are having now, and which is per- 
haps beginning to be tiresome to you, will he wasted. In 
the years to come you will be very glad indeed that you 
were persuaded to do these things. 

W. G. De Groot. 


Game in Connecticut. 


Editor Forest and Siream: 

Judging from personal observation extending over a 
period of ten years, I can assert with confidence that 
game of all kinds is more plentiful in this vicinity at 
present than in years. The open winter a year ago 
favored quail, and they have been and at present are 
more numerous than I ever knew them to be. Wood- 
cock, perhaps, have been a trifle scarce, but patrtidges 
have held their own. 

Yesterday afternoon I enjoyed an eight-mile walk 
along the West Rock Range. The winter air was crisp 
and invigorating, and the sun shone beautifully. A light 
snow lay in the woods, and it told a most satisfactory 
story. It imparted the information that much game 
had sticcessitily withstood the gauntlet of fire and 
shot belched along the hillsides for the last three months. 
In places were tracks of quail, and three partridges 
thundered away from in front of me; their tracks also 
were plentiful. Rabbits and squirrels, too, had been 
prospecting, as their tracks plainly attested. It is good 
to know that by the time this note reaches the editor 
the closed season on all such game will be in force, and 
in will be saved to propagate for another season, Wise, 
indeed, are good game laws! t 

Not yet, however, is the ambitious nimrod prevented 
from going afield with dog and gun, and that he may not 
always return empty-handed was clearly demonstrated 
by still another story in the snow, for Reynard’s tracks 
were there in abundance. Already within two weeks 
have four of his kind come to grief that I know of. 
Health, recreation and exhilaration travel hand in hand 
on an old-fashioned New England fox hunt. 

But now we come to bigger game. From all parts 
of Connecticut come reports of deer having been seen. 
T haven’t seen any yet, but have been favored in finding 
indisputable evidence that deer are in this neighbor- 
hood. Sunday morning, Dec. 2, I found tracks and 
fresh deer sign within 200 yards of the house, The sign 
was apparently not over three hours old. The tracks 
led across the read and along the bank of a trout 
brook. They were evidently made by a large buck. A 
Mr. Doolittle, of Woodbridge, and his family saw three 
deer within two weeks. One was a fine buck, and the 
others, does. A New Haven man told me that, while 
hunting in Hamden, near where I live, he saw two deer 
—a buck and doe. 

A word about trout, and I am done. The past sum-. 
mer was the dryest known to the oldest inhabitants of 
this section. Trees literally dried up and died. Leaves 
which were apparently green burned like tinder, and the 
farmers were kept constantly fighting fire. Under such 
conditions streams never known to have been dry before 
went entirely dry. Sportsmen haye come to look on 
trout fishing as a thing of the past. The little brook 
along which the deer tracks lead, however, managed to 
barely trickle during the drought, and a trip along its 
banks a few days ago revealed quite a number of trout 
in the pools—and some good ones, too! This was a 
most welcome surprise, and it assures us of a few at 
least in the spring. 

Taking all adverse conditions into consideration, it 
would seem that the sportsmen of this vicinity have a 
great deal to be thankful for. 

Before closing, J must mention that on my walk the 
other day I failed to find even a trace of a snare. And 
snares were very plentiful there a few seasons back. . 

Wittram H, Avis. 

HicHwoop, Conn., Dec. 14, 


How the Boy Made a Double. 


Hupson, N. Y.—Floyd Shutte, a young lad living near 
Forest Lake, Martindale, N. Y.. has a line of traps set 
for mink and muskrats, and when visiting his traps he 
never leayes his gun at home. On his way to the lake 
one morning last week, just as he was entering a thicket 
of pines, out went a partridge, which he shot at and 
missed. Never having shot a partridge on the wing, he 
was not surprised, but said to himself, “T’ll try em again.” 
He had walked but a short distance when out boomed 
another, This time he had blood in his eye, and he 
shot, and down tumbled the partridge. .He started for his 
game, and about the time he started for it a silent spec- 
tator to the tragedy, an owl, left the pines to retrieve the 
bird. Floyd saw in an instant that the owl would get 
there first, so he pulled up the gun and shot the owl. 
He picked up his trophy, and after looking it over, said, 
‘Well, if this isn’t the biggest partridge I ever saw, and 
T shot it on the wing.” He weighed the bird, and it 
weighed just*t pound 8 ounces. Had it weighed double 
this he could not haye been happier, = isd, 


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8 

When Ducks Were Plentiest. 
Ar first thought it would seem that wildiowl and 
other small game were most abundant just before the 
advent of the white man and the shotgun, but that was 
not the period. Nature has her ways of preserving 
balances, and always proyides a remedy for over pop- 
lation. In the case of the small game the balance was 
preserved by the various small carnivorous animals and 
birds. So nicely balanced were the increase and de- 
struction that the numbers of the small game no doubt 
remained almost constant for a Jong period, but at last 
the white man cate upon the scene and disturbed the 
balance in such a way that within a century there was an 
incredible increase in the small game, notably among 
the water fowl and other ground nesting birds. Most of 
- the destroyers of these birds were iur-bearing animals, 
and the fur-bearers were the first animals dstroyed by 
the white man, and so long as there was an abundance 
of Jarger game very few of the birds were killed. In 
the course of fiity to one hundred years these small fur- 
bearers that lived on the birds’ were so reduced in num- 
bers that the birds were left to increase at an enormous 
rate, and by the time the large same became so scarce 


that people began to turn attention to the birds the 


ducks had so increased that they swarmed by thou- 
sands whereyer there was food and water suited to them. 
So great had been the increase and corresponding repro- 
ductive power that half a century of shooting made no 
noticeable decrease, and it looked as though we should 
forever have all the ducks we wanted, and so we would 
if there had always remained the small number of shoot- 
ers, the poor guns, the vast area of inaccessible terri- 
tory and the lack of a market for the game; but with 
the increase of population, the improvements In guns 
and ammunition, and the building of railroads that made 
access to every pond an easy thing, the balance was 
turned against the ducks, and the last state of the tribe 
of ducks is. worse than the first, and the present de- 
crease in their numbers will continue until they are 
too scarce to be worth hunting. Then another balance 
will be established between the reproduction and de- 
struction, resulting in a slight increase, which will re- 
main about constant until some new factor changes the 
conditions. _ 

Quail, on account of the ravages of vermin and the 
scarcity of food where there were no farms, were 
barely able to exist in most places without the protection 
and food afforded by the farmer; hence they increased 
greatly,as the farms advanced into the wilderness, and 
the same is true to a great extent of the prairie chicken. 

' ©. H, Hampton. 


Weights of Game. 


Brewer, Me.—Editor Forest and Stream: Every year 
our Papers report the largest moose, deer and bear ever 
taken in Maine as having been killed, and what is still 
more remarkable, this extraordinary animal is usually 
killed several times every fall, and has been for the last 
thirty years. Editors’ moose usually weigh from 1,200 
up to 1,800 pounds, their bears 500 to 800, and their deer 
250 to 350 pounds. I once saw an account of a Canada 
lynx being shot which weighed 90 pounds. The Youth's 
Companion once contained a story, I think by C. A, 
Stephens, of a fishet which weighed 60 pounds, and last 
week a story of a porcupine weighing 75 pounds was going 
the rounds of all our papers. To show how utterly tn- 
reliable these stories are I will say that I have weighed a 
wildcat which was said to have nearly killed two men and 
a dog, and was said to have weighed 60 pounds. It 
weighed just 314 pounds, and had been killed by a small 
dog without showing any fight or even giving the dog a 
scratch, I had the skin of one 800-pound bear, and 200 
pounds of meat could not haye been crowded into it. 
While sorry that my weights do not agree betteti with 
those of the editors, I will give them as I have found 
them by the scales. 

Fully grown moose free from entrails weigh from 550 
pounds up to in some cases 800 pounds. I have seen a 
moose shot in September when extremely fat which we 
judged would weigh nearly or quite 1,000 pounds, but I 
never saw one weighed which would come near that. T 
have seen a cow moose weigh 640 pounds. In weighing 
many hundreds of deer, over 400 in one year, I have never 
seen but one tip the beam at 250 when free of entrails. 
[ once skinned a bear which weighed 402 pounds clear 
‘from entrails and probably 500 when alive. The next 
largest weighed 435 whole, and 371 when disemboweled, 
As in handling more tlian 5,000 bear skins I have never 
seen fifty as large as these were, I consider that 400 
pounds free from all entrails is about the limit which 
our Maine bears ever reach, I have the weights of a good 
‘many Canada lynx, and but one exceeds 25 pounds; that 
one weighed 27. I find wildcats to weigh 20 to 30 pounds, 
with 35 the extreme. Fishers weigh 8 to 1214 pounds. As 
the one which weighed 1234 made as large a skin as I 
have ever seen, in handling thousands, I think this is 
about as large as they ever grow. I have seen skins of 
raccoons which weighed 36 poiinds each, but 15 to 20 is 
the common weight of fully grown raccoons. Red foxes 
weigh from 8 to 10 pounds, occasionally 12, and in ex- 
treme cases those taken near the sea shore weigh 13 to 
tq pounds. Otter, 18 to 20 pounds, some sea shore otter 
up to 25 potinds. Porcupines weigh from 1s to 20 pounds, 
Sometimes possibly up to 25 and even 30 pounds. Beaver 
30 to 40 pounds, I have seen skins from Columbia River 
the owners of which must have weighed 60. I have had 
skins of foxes and Canadian lynx taken on the north shore 
of Baie de Chaleur which must haye weighed more than 
the weights given, but those given I consider as being 
the limit reached by Maine animals. I have found cock 
partridge (ruffed grouse) usually to weigh 24 to 25 
ounces. The highest records I have are two which 
weighed 31 and 32 ounces respectively. T have a tecord 
of a black duck weighing over 4 pounds. This duck was 
taken in winter off the Isle au Haut. and had bright red 
feet, and seemed somewhat different from those we get 
tm our lakes, which weigh from 2% to 314 pounds. JT have 
records of the following birds; California condor, weighed 
by Frank Stevens at Witch Creek, Cal, 20 pounds; 
Maine bald eagle, 914; golden eagle, 834; loon, 6 pounds, 


winter visitants to these grounds. 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


E have seen loons which I feel sure would weigh more 


than this, but had no opportunity to Ry ce 


Morcantown, W. Va., Dec, 10.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The idea of exchanging observations concern- 
ing weights of game is a good one—not only interesting, 
but instructive. JI weighed the largest jackrabbit I ever 
killed, and it weighed 7 pounds, which I would suppose 
to be about double their average weight. , : ' 

The largest bear which I ever saw was a silvertip, Icilled 
by one of my neighbors, I helped to weigh the meat and 
hide the next day after it was killed and it weighed 787 
pounds. 2a, gill 

It is reported from Newcastle, Wyo., on good author- 
ity, that about 200 Indians are scouring the western part 
of Weston county, slaughtering and chasing away all the 
game in that section. They are said to have killed over 
2,000 antelope before and since the Opening of the game 
season. Wolves are doing great damage in the Powder 
River country of Wyoming, and the stockmen are ar- 
ranging to organize an association and make war on the 

ests. 
ponohinens find the carcasses of calyes and yearlings on the 
prairies. Efforts will be made to induce professional wolf 
hunters to go out and hunt. EMERSON CARNEY, 


_Epcewoon, la.—Editor Forest and Stream: In response 
to Didynaus’ request for weights of quail, here are some 
data. On Dec. 3 I shot eight quail, which weighed as 
follows: 2 females, 8 ounces each; 3 ‘females; 714 ounces 
each; 3 males, 74 ounces-each., Ikthink this is unusual 
on account of the slight variation.” Hl. E. JAmes. 


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Rhode Island Notes... 

Provipence, R, I,, Dec, 22—An ameridmeht to the eame 
laws will be brought up in the Legislature next January 
by a North Providence Senator to prohibit the sale of 
game birds in this State. This-is a step in. the-right direc- 
tion, but will probably not meet with the approval of one 
of our game wardens, who is realizing quite a profit from 
game shot by himself and sold in his place of business, 
Shame! 

Town Sergeant John Kinecum, of North Providence, 
got at Italian with a robin in his possession after a long 
chase. It cost the offender $25.60. Good lesson. 

The officers of the town of Johnston, which joins the 
city and town of Providence, recently gave notice that 
Sunday shooting would be prosecuted on and after Sun- 
day, Dec. 9. This is rather hard on the shooters, who 
lor the most part are men who cannot afford to lose 
many days’ pay to go hunting. In view of the fact that 
laws of a much more damaging nature are violated every 
Sunday in the same town, the shooters are not pleased 
With the project The Belgian hare folly has struck lis, 
and several rabbitries are now ready to spread the pest 
broadcast for a consideration. 

A. Tainsh.shot and crippled a cat owl in North Preyi- 
dence on Friday, and has it alive in his Horseshoe Inn, 
where it attracts some attention. 

The Providence Journal says a 9-pound otter, measur 
ing 35 inches from tip to tip, was shot in Tomaquag 
brook on Monday. .These animals are rare in these 
parts, 

Roger Williams Park Lake was seined by Fish Com- 


missioners Henry T. Root and Wm. P. Morton a short 


time ago for white perch to stock Morwansicut Lake. 
About 5,000 adults and fingerlings were secured. 

Pickerel fishing through the ice has begun, and good 
catches are reported to the first comers. 

A party of gunners from here went to Packerville, 
Conn., and secured seventy-eight rabbits and ten par- 
tridges in four days. Mr. Joseph Driver was lucky 
enough to bring down a Belgian hare weighing I1 
pounds. This is the first one shot since they were 
turned loose two years ago, so far as known, It took 
both charges of No. 4 shot to fetch him, and Joe says 
No. 8 would not have done it. 

Sergeant Wm. P. Whipple and a patrolman from 
Providence recently shot. fifty-four rabbits and some 
birds in the South county of this State. SELDOM, 


Proyipence, R. I., Dec. 14.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
Just before 7 A. M, on Dec. 11, as Iwas walking down one 
of the busy streets of this city, a flutter of wings caught 
my eye, and looking up I saw a large owl changing his 
perch in one of the linden trees on the street. He settled 
down in a crotch and tried to make himself as small and 


inconspicuous as possible, and had I not caught the flash — 


of his wing I would have passed by not seeing him. I 
walked around the tree and identified it as a barred owl, 
he keeping those great eyes on me and following every 
move I made, 

I left him and went about my business. and at noon I 
found him in the same position I had left him in five 
hours before, while a hock of sparrows were perched about 
him scolding and gossiping at a great rate, while the 
people passed by not knowing what a rare visitor ~was 
above them. About an hour later he had gone, and let 
us hope he escaped in peace and did not share the 
fate of most wild creatures when they stray into town. 

Nourearcn, 


Strange Geese on the Coast. 


RECENTLY on the grounds of the Narrows Island Club. 
Currituck county, N. C., Mr. J. B. Lawrence, Jr.. of this 
city, killed a Hutchins’ goose. The specimen has been 
sent to Rowland’s to be mounted. While the common 
Canada goose occurs in these waters by thousands on 
thousands, the Hutchins’ goose is almost unknown there. 
The species is one of Western distribution. and is seldom 
found on the coast, although the old writer and old-time 


gunners constantly speak of a goose “just like” the Canada 


goose, bit much smaller, 

On the same grounds and about the same time Mr. 
Chas, Fox secured a white-fronted goose, a capture almost 
more notable than the other. 

A few of the so-calledwhite brant. or snow geese, have 
also been killed in this neighborhood. They are regular 

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[Dze, 29, 1900. 


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North American Association. 
bs From the Monireal Gazette, Dec. 15, 16. 

A MEETING possessing much interest and importance fur 
sportsmen opened in the-Goyernment offices, St. Gabriel 
street, yesterday, when the commiifee appointed for the 
purpose last February by the North American ‘Fish and 
Game Protective Association met to consider the har- 


monizing of the fish and game Jaws of the Proyinces of | 


New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario, and the adjoining 
States of Vermont, Maine and New York. This com- 
imit.ee, of course, can only act as a suggestive body, and 
its recommendations will be reported back to the Execu- 
tive Committee, and all the fish and game protective asso- 
ciations in the States and Provinces interested will be in- 
formed of its findings before the several legislatures are 
asked to embody them on the statute books. 


All the Statés and Provinces were represented with the — 


exception of Maine, those present being: 

Ouebec—L. Z. Joncas, Superintendent of Fisheries and 
Game, Quebec; N. E. Cormier, Provincial Game Warden 
and Fishery Overseer, Aylmer, East, : 

Ontario—Dr. G, A. MacCullum, President of the On- 
tario Fish Commission, Dunville. 

New Brunswick—Hon. A. T. Dunn, Surveyor-Gen- 


‘eral, Fredericton; D. G, Smith, Commissioner of Fish- 


eries. 
Vermont—Gen., F. G. Butterfield, Derby Line; Gov. 
N. W. Fiske, Isle la Motte; John W. Titcomb. Vice- 
President for Vermont, chairman of. the Vermont Fish 
and Game Commission and President of the Vermont Fish 
and Game Leagtie. 


New York—Charles F. Burhans, Warrensburg; Julius 


-<H. Seymour, New York; C. H. Wilson, Vice-President 


for New York State, Glens Falls. 

There were also present, as members of the Association, 
but not members.of the committee, Dr. W..H.-Druininond, 
Montreal; Dr. J.T. Finnie,:President of the Fish and 
Game ,Pro.ection Club, Montreal; E: T, D, Chambers, 
Quebec; C. E. E. Ussher, General Passenger Agent C. 
P. R., and Charles A. Bramble. Montreal. 

The Committee on By-Laws held a short session in the 
morning under the chairmanship of Mr. Ussher, and iv 
the afternoon the committee having in hand the harmon- 
izing of the game laws commenced its deliberations, Hon. - 
A. T. Dunn, on the motion of Mr. L. Z. Joncas, convener 
of the committee, being appoinied chairman of the same. 
Mr. E, T. D, Chambers was appointed secretary, and on 
the motion of Mr, Joncas it was unanimously agreed that 
those .members of the Association present who were not 
members of the committee should be allowed to take part 
in the discussions, 


Fishing in Lake Champlain. 


Goy. Fiske introduced the subject of seine fishing ‘1 
Lake Champlain during the spring of the year. He said 
that. for, ten, twelve or fifteen years past the Commis- 
sioners of Fisheries had been obliged to oppose bills in- 
troduced into the Vermont Legislature for an open season 
the year round for fishing in the northern paris of Lake 
Champlain, and. up to this year they had succeeded in 
staving these bills off, by promising that Canada would 
join in prohibiting seine fishing in the spring of the year. 
In the spring of the year the wall-eyed pike, or dore, ran 
down the eastern side of the lake into Missisquoi Bay to 
spawn, and af.er depositing their eggs they returned hy 
the western shore into the great waters of the lake. 
Across the line seine fishing had not been allowed in the 
lake in the spring of the year; but it had been allowed in 
Canada. Lake Champlain was being depleted, and as it 
was fast becoming a summer resort there must be some 
kind of sport ob ainable. If the fish were taken out of 
the lake, summer visitors would not go there, What was 
wanted was that in Canada licenses should not be granted 
in the spring of the year, so that the fish might deposit 
their spawn and go back into the lake. 

Mr; Titcomb remarked that wall-eyed pike was treated 
as a commercial fish, and Lake Champlain was the only 
hody of water where he knew it to be treated as a game 
fish. He moved; 

“Whereas, The laws of New York State prohibit the use 
of nets in Lake Champlain; and 

“Whereas, The Jaws of Vermont are so framed that 
the Fish and Game Commissioners cannot issue licenses 


for net fishing, except at such times and under such con: 


di.ions as exist with reference to the laws of the Dominion 
ot Canada; and 

“Whereas, The custom heretofore in vogue of issuing 
licenses to fish in the Canadian waters of Lake Cham- 
plain (Missisquoi Bay) causes the destruction of many 
tons of wall-eyed p:ke, during their migrations to their 
spawning grounds; and 4 

“Whereas, It is the desire of both the New York and 
Vermont Commissioners of Fisheries that the tse of nats 
be prohibited, 

“Resolved, That the Committee upon the Harmonizing 
of Laws recommend that all net fishing be prohibited in 
Lake Champlain in the spring’ of the year in New York, 
Vermont and the Province of Quebec.” 

The motion was unanimously concurred in, 


Shooting of Moose. 


Mr. Joncas remarked upon the difference in the length 

of time allowed by the different Provinces for the shoot- 
ing of moose, and considered that something should be 
done to harmonize the laws of the Provinces and the 
neighboring States. . 
' Dr. MacCullum wished to be informed as to the nar- 
rowest limits of the breeding season. In Ontario the 
shooting of Virginia deer was only allowed during the 
first fifteen days in November. Still, they were nat stite 
as to what was the proper season for moose. and would 
like to haye it limited to as short a season as possible. 

Mr. Bramble said that his experience was that the open 


season On moose was earlier in New Brunswick than in 


any other part of Canada. They came on to rut about 


Sept. 15, but this year, in Ontario and Quebec, they were - 


not on the rut quite so early. though all the big moose 


were on by Oct. 1. The big bulls were off the cut the _ 


earliest, and their horns were off by Nov, 1. Ontaria 
seemed to be divided by nature into two distinct districts, 


in southern Ontario the moose were pretty well gone, hit 


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the northern and western parts of the Province he 
ad not thought it possible that the animals could be in the 
mormous nuthbers in which they were there found. He 
efetred particularly to the country about Nipissing and 
emagama, and the Height of Land. It was a country 
hich was not inhabited, and unless minerals’ were 
ound, it never would be. He did not think that moose 
shotild be shot under three years of age, as it was the 


at one matt should be limited to one moose. 
Mr. Cormier was of opinion that if the winter was mild, 
noose would retain their antlers nearly up to March, but 
if the winter was very cold they would shed them earlier. 

Mt. Ussher moved: “That the open season for moose 
shall generally be from Sept. 15 to Nov. 30, inclusive, but 
at for certain sections of Provinces or States where 
moose are décteasing, it may be desirable to make partial 
t éttirely closed seasons.” ie Ss 

Mr. Smith thought they could hardly consider the close 
Season for an animal like the moose without also con- 
sidering that for caribou and red deer. If the seasons did 
not run conctirrently, men would be going out to shoot 
one kind of animal, and if they came across another, they 

ould shoot it. ~~ ~~ sy, item, 
Mr. Joncas observed that in the eastern part of Quebec 
the open season was from Sept. 1 to Jan. 1, which he 
thought was too long, 


to blame for the slaughter of big game as the lumbermen, 
who thus provided his camp with meat for the whole win- 
ter. Something should be done to make him suffer. 


$\ Pee b Concerning Caribou. 


“Phatit is the sense of this committee that.it is desirable 
{hat the-open season for caribou should be, if possible; con- 
current as to dates with that for moose; but as it 1s recog- 
nized that in northern districts a longer season may. be 
desirable, we recommend that great care be observed in 
the matter of extending the caribou season beyond that 
for moose.” 


was afraid that it would not carry in the Quebec Legisla- 
ture. 7 

The motion was then agreed to, as was also the fol- 
lowing, proposed by Mr. Ussher, seconded by Mr. Smith: 
“That the open season for red deer should .be concurrent 
with +het for moose: hut that in districts where red deer 
are few in number it is desirable that the open season 
be further restricted.” oer 

Mr, Cormier spoke of limiting the number of animals 
to be killed by one hunter, and moved: “That the num- 
ber of moose, caribou and deer killed by one hunter dur- 
ing a single season be limited to one moose, one caribou 
and two deer,” 

This was seconded by Dr. Drummond and adopted. 


Game Birds. 


The question of the spring shooting of game birds was 
then taken up, and it was moved by Mr. MacCullum, sec- 
onded by Mr. Wilson: “That it is the sense of this com- 
mittee, and we so recommend, that spring shooting, or 
the killing of game birds in spring, be abolished, and that 
the open season be from Sept. 15 to Dec. 31, inclusive.” 

Mr. Wilson was anxious that this resolution should be 
placed upon the minutes of the meeting, as they had spring 
shooting in New York, to their disgrace. He had letters 
from presidents and secretaries of sportsmen’s associations 
in the State of New York, in which it was stated that if 
spring shooting could be done away with the birds would 
Start and nest on territory over which the writers had 
oversight. The president of the Jefferson County Asso- 
ciation made the statement that where they had had a 
local law the birds that had been driven away with an 
Open season had come back and were making their nests 
there. The State of New York was the transgressor in 

this matter, because the other States did not allow any 
spring shooting, and for the good of the State of New 
York he asked that the resolution be passed. 

The motion was agreed to. eee ; 

The following was also adopted, without discussion, on 
the motion of Mr. Wilson: “That it is the sense of this 
committee, and they so recommend, that the pursuing of 
moose, caribou and deer with dogs be prohibited.” 

On the motion of Mr. Cormier, seconded by Dr. Mac- 
Cullum, it was recommended: “That the open season he 
from Sept. 15 to Dec. 15, on Canada grouse, spruce 
grouse, wood grouse, swamp partridge, black grouse, 
ruffed grouse and partridge.” 


Second Day. 


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mallest head that was worth having. He likewise thought © 


Mr? Fiske did not think that the pot-hunter was so much- 


2 comprised a district 
prisec fe 


days’ angling.” 


Mr. Joncas, while personally favoring the resolution, 


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pests, and, moreover, that the minimum amount of such 
bounty be $15 a head.” . 

This was seconded by Dr. Cormier and agreed to. 

On.the motion of Mr. Ussher, it was resolved: “That 
the pursuing, shooting or killing of any of the anima's or 
birds specified in the resolutions preceding he entirely 
proh‘bited at all o her times than those specified in the 
resolutions relating to such animals or birds, respecttyely, 

It was moyed by Dr. MacCallum: “That this commuit- 


tee is of the opinion, and wishes to stiggest in the most 


urgent manuer, that the tag and cotipon sys.em in use 

in Ontario and Michigan be adopted by all the Provinces 

and States interested.” : 
This was seconded by Mr. Bramble and concurred in. 


The committee adjourned shortly before 1 o'clock, the, 


members accepting the invitation of the chairman to 
luncheon at the Place Viger Hotel. 


The Afternoon Session, 
The first business of the afternoon was the adopting 


of the following resolution, on the motion of Mr. Smith, » 


seconded by Mr. Seymour: “That this committee rec- 
ommends that the possession, sale or exportation of all 
game birds or animals shall be*prohibited after the expiry 
of fifteen days alter the close of the open season for the 
birds er animials, as the case may be, in each State or 
Provinee authorizing the killing or capture of same m 
such State of Proyince.” 

On the motion of Mr. Titcomb, seconded by Dr, Mac- 
Cullum, the committee passed a resolution felicitating 
the ‘Hon, Mr. Parent, President of the Association, on 


thé well deserved honors that had fallen to him in the 
»premiership of the Province. ‘ 


The following motion regarding the exportation of 
speckled ‘trout was adopted on the motion of Dr, Druim- 
mond, seconded by Mr. Wilson: ‘“‘That the exportation 
of speckled or brook trout be totally prohibited, save 
with the exception of fish caught by any tourist or sum- 
met visitor, the total weight of such fish not to exceed 
30 pound, net, and limited to the lawful catch of two 

Mr. Wilson brought forward a resolution haying ref- 
erence to black bass, and in doing so he said that if they 
black bass in the St. Lawrence were protected as the 


-ought to be until after the spawning season, there would 
_ be nomeed for the Anglers’ Association to apply, as-they 


had done, to the New York State Association fora 
million bass. The latter Association had refused to Sup- 
ply a single bass until the close sedson was madé=to 
fully cover the spawning period. His resolution was=to 
the effect that in all the waters dividing the States and 
Provinces, the oper season on black bass shall be ifom 


July t to Jan. 1. ae 
‘This was adopted. Re 
On the motion of Dr. MacCullum, seconded by Mr. 

Seymour, it was decided to request the President. ofthe 

Association to communicate with the governments of 

the various bordering States and Provinces and 4nyite 

each to send one cr more representatives to the next 
annual meeting of the Association. Beier 

Mr. Cormier brought forward the question * ofthe 
beaver, and it was agreed that it was desirable that® all 
Provinces and States extend the close season on this 
animal until the year 1905. oF 

Mr. Ussher moved, and it was adopted: “That this 
committee approves of the Maine licensed guide system, 
and recommends the general adoption of it, or some 
modification of the same, which shall be suited to the 
wants of ‘each State or Province.” eon 

The question of licensing market men, game dealers, 
etc., then came up, and on the motion of Mr. Ussher, 
the following was concurred in:—‘Whereas this Com- 
mittee believes that excellent results are obtained from 
the operation of the Maine State law with reference to 
ihe market men, etc., both from the standpoint of game 
protection and for statistical purposes, therefore be it 
resolyed we are in favor of a system by which the market 
men, game dealers, sellers and tanners of deer, moose 
and caribou skins, and proprietors of hunting camps, 
shall, if it cam be legally so arranged in any State or 
Province, be duly licensed by the chief game authorities 
of the said Province, and shall report periodically there- 
to. 

With regard to insectivorous birds, it was resolved, on 
the motion of Dr. MacCullum, to urge the Association 
to adopt a permanent protective law against the destruc- 
tion of all insectivorous and other birds useful to agri- 
culture. 

The following was adopted, on the motion of Mr. 
Ussher, seconded by Mr. Wilson: “That this Committee 
recommend that every State and.Province should adopt 
laws limiting the number of game birds that may be 
killed by each hunter per day, and the number, weight 
and size of game fish which may be caught per day by 
each angler.” : 

The meeting closed with a hearty vote of thanks to 
{he Chairman, and subsequently the members of the 
committee were entertained at dinner by Mr. Joncas, at 
the Plece Viger Hotel. 


A Welcome Note from Kelpie. 


AVALON, Santa Catalina Island, Cal.. Dec. t1—A 
merry Christmas to you, O Forest ANp Stream, and all 
your friends. 

For a long time I have been practically unable to use 
my eyes for reading or writing, though they have served 
me faitly well for out-of-door work, and so it is that, as I 
said to you some time ago, I have been unable to keep 
in touch with the old paper, though I have known it for 
more than a quarter of a century, and it has always been 
my favorite. 

I hope before long to be able to give your readers some 
account of my camps and cruises among the islands of this 
region, This is a very pleasant morning—the trees and 
hillsides are green, and the stin shines brightly, with the 
mercury about 7o degrees in the house. __ 

I have been sitting on the veranda, which commands a 
wide sea view. Across the channel is the coast line, more 
than twenty miles away, but looking less than ten. Above 
it looms the huge bulk of Saddleback and San Jacinto, 
and over their mighty shoulders gleam the white peaks of 
the San Bernardino range, a hundred miles away, 


+ oy 


I will close for this time with an accoumt of a con- 
versation whch occurred at dinner betweem am artist 
friend of mine and a comparative stranger, premiusing, 
however, that among the burros employed on this. msland 
the older and wiser of .hem is called John. 

The conversation had turned on literary matters, andi 
the stranger asked the lady if she liked Burroughs. 

“Oh, yes,’ said she, “and I really think that a camp- 
ing party isn’t complete without them.” 

With a somewhat mystified look, he replied afver at 
little hesitation, “I mean John.” 

“Why certainly,” replied the lady. “John is the best of 
the whole lot.” 

The gentleman said no more, and at the close of the 
meal they separated, but a while afterward an idea sud- 
denly came to the lady, and turning to: her mother she 
remarked, “I do believe that gentleman meant John 
Burroughs.” KELPIE, 


After Wild Sheep in the Altai and Mongolia. 


A costty and beatitiful book just published by Row- 
land Ward. of London, will appeal strongly to. many 
big-game hunters in America. It is by the Prince of 
San Donato, author of “Hunting Trips in the Calicasus,” 
and treats of an expedition after wild sheep in, the: Altai 
and Mongolia. 

The hunting trip, which lasted .only front May fo 
September, covered the wild country lying between Mon- 
golia and Sungaria, and drained chiefly by the Rivers Ob 
and Irtish, a region of-great elevation and sparsely in- 
habited by a-few Kalmuks. The great game consist 
chiefly of the ibex and the great sheep Ozis ammon, with 
a few Maral deer,-a form rélated to the red deer of 
Europe, It is a country of late springs and early falls, 
with many lakes on which wild fowl are found and not a 
few streams where trout and grayling were taken. Prince 
Demidoff’s party consisted of himself and wife and Mr. 
Littledale and wife, and, of course, after they had reached 
the termination of ordimary roads the saddle and the pack 
pony: were’ the only, means of travel. The hunting was 
done almost entirely on foot. Only males, and as a 
rule those with-Jarge heads, were shot at, but a large 
number of these were killed as well as a little smaller 
game. The largest ram killed was taken by Mr. Littledale, 
and measured 63 inches along the ctirve of the horn, with 
a girth of 19% inches and a measurement of 4114 inches 
between the tips; a nfonstrous head. Ovis ainimog is 
-one of the greatest of wild sheep. and is thought by some 
to be the form.from which other species have sprung, 

Prince Demidoff*s narrative is told with spirit. He 
is evidently a hard worker, and deserved the great suc- 
cess that-he had. The authot’s comments on the coun- 
try, its-game, and on the effect of the small-bore rifle are 
extremely interesting. _* 

As already said, the volumé'is one of great beauty. It 
contains eighty-two illustrations, a colored frontispiece 
ot the great sheep which Prince Demidoff went after, and 
also.a ‘map.on which his toute is set down. We fancy 
there are few. big-game hunters who have climbed the 
Rocky Mountains after big-horn who would not have eti- 
joyed a trip such as is here well described. 


Deer on the Missouri River. 


Lopce Potr, Mont., Nov. 27.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: 1 got back from the Missouri River yesterday. 
I had a very hard time in killing four deer—three white- 
tails and one blacktail—having to kill them on the rin; 
and a whitetail jumping over the large sage brush is a 
very hard target for me to hit. I saw perhaps fifty or 
sixty whitetails and six blacktails. 

I saw no breeds hunting on the river this fall, which 
accounts for the whitetail being so plentiful down there. 

The weather was cold, closing up the river two nights 
after I got there, so I could cross over wih my teain 
and could hunt on both sides of the river. The botto:ns 
were tracked up se that it was impossible to follow a 
track. I saw a great lot of blacktail sign up one creeks, }ut 
did not hunt them any, as it is a very hard country to 
pack deer out of. 

I also saw considerable antelope sign out from the 
river seven or eight miles on both sides.- I expect if will 
take me two or three weeks to pick the briers out of my- 
self. The points and small islands were full of them, and 
I had to hunt through them to start the deer out. I think 
that there are some of the smartest deer down there I 
ever saw—especially the old does. I nearly walked on 
top of a number of old does. and by the time I got my 
gtin up to my shoulder I would perhaps get a look at their 
tails going out of sight in the brush. WJ. A. 


Maine Guides. 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

I notice in this week’s copy of Forest AND STREAM 
Special’s article concerning a higher license fee being 
imposed on guides in Maine. Nothing could be better 
for the guides than this, as it would make the inferior 
class of guides hesitate about paying a larger amount 
for their license and thus weed them out from among the 
better class. Inferior guides can be, and are, very often 
employed by sportsmen, and it is very unfortunate for the 
latter when he finds the mistakes he made and very 
often spoils a whole trip. Some guides ought never to 
eet $3 per day, as they do not know how to carn it, 
and I would like to see a line drawn between the euides 
of Maine and let’ those who, by their experience, have 
proven themselves to be competent guides get their 
$3 and inferior ones be paid accordingly. 

Your correspondent also touches on the question of a 
guide being punished for killing deer for hunters, let 
alone now and then a moose. This practice has been 
kept up year in and year out and it would be a great 
thing if it could be broken up. I cannot see how a 
man (he is not a hunter) can take a long, expensive 
trip and then let his guide go and kill his deer or moose, 
and yet this ts done every vear. SNOWSHOE, 


The Forest anp STREAM is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and q¢ much garlier es pragticable, 


512 


FOREST AND STREAM, 


[Dec. 29, 1900. 


The Philadelphia Game Market. 


PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 10.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: JI read in your paper on Dec. 8 of the banquet at 
Pittsburg. when 1,200 quail were served to the guests. Tn 
Philadelphia you can see bunches of quail and pheasants 
hanging out, and they are sold to all who may have the 
Men make a business of going from house to 


price. 
house with strings of these birds for sale. They are 
served at all first-class restaurants in this city. It would 


seem that there was a good field for a good game warden 
to do some good work if we had such a thing in Penn- 
sylvamnia. Cah 


Sea and River Sishing. 


Notice. 


All communications intended for Forest AND STREAM should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 


Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in FoREST AND STREAM. ry 


ANGLING NOTES. 


Black Bass Fry and Yellow Perch. 


Quite unexpectedly this evening I came across a 
memorandum made quite a number of years ago relating 
to what I then believed to be an original observation 
which answers a question that is often asked now, as it 
was then. 

Spec'al Game Protector William H. Burnett was watch- 
ing some spawning beds of black bass in Lake George, 
N. Y., to determine something about the time that the 
parent fish guarded the bass fry after they were hatched. 
One bed had a very large bass that he was particularly 
interested in, and on one of his visits he found that the 
old bass had disappeared, but by leaning over ihe side 
of his boat and looking into the clear water he discovered 
that some of the fry, as he supposed. still Ingered on or 
around the bed. Watching closely to make sure that the 
little fish were black bass fry and not something else, he 
saw a yellow perch dart at one of the little fish, but it 
dodged and escaped. The perch made another dash at the 
same little bass and again the bass escaped.and this was 
repeated several times under Burnett's eyes. until he came 
to the conclusion that black bass fry when about two 
weeks old were too quick for ihe predacious yellow perch, 
and that more of the little black bass escaped destruction 
from them after the parent bass left them to scatter than 
was generally supposed. Of course, there are other fish 
than yellow perch that prey upon young black bass, but 
if they are quick enough to escape the perch they are 
quick enough to escape rock bass and other enemies. 


Red Trout. 


When I reached home this evening I found a letter from 
Fish Commissioner Titcomb, of Vermont, in which he 
says: “I have ordered a pair of red trout sent to Prof. 
Garman, and also a pair sent direct to you. I should 
infer that these trout started from Louwisville yesterday 
(28th). I shall be interested to hear from you as to the 
condition they arrive in and whether Prof. Garman con- 
firms statements of* others and my own idea that the 
specimens sent are the regular aureolus or saibling, and 
found in Sunapee Lake.” 

The fish I also found here, and though they were ap- 
parently four days on the road, they arrived in much 
the best condition of any that have been sent to me, and 
if in the morning they will stand the further journey to 
Wellesley, Mass.. I shall send them on to Denton to be 
mounted. I was at first divided in my opinion whether to 
send them to Prof, Garman to give him more specimens 
or to Denton to mount. 

I shall be surprised if the fish are pronounced to be 
Sunapee saibling, for both of the fish I have are unlike the 
Sunapee fish that I have seen at Sunapee Lake. First, 
these fich have a very forked tail, much more so than the 
Sunapee saibling of the same size, and the Sunapee fish 
have a milk white border to their fins which is very 
noticeable at breeding time. (“The fins catch the hue of 
the adjacent parts, and pectoral, ventral, anal and lower 
lobe of caudal are marked with a lustrous white band,’— 
Quackenbos. ) 

This mill white band is entirely lacking in one of the 
fish sent to me, and in the other it does not show in a 
marked manner. To me the very forked tail is sufficient 
to throw grave doubts on the fish heing a Sunapee saibling. 
Quackenbos says of the Stmapee fish, “A square or slight- 
ly emarginate tail.”’ The coloring generally of the Canada 
fish is much like the coloring of the Sunapee saibling, but 
the body of the Canadian fish is more slender than the 
New Hampshire saibling. I mentioned previously that 
Mr. Burhans, who saw and caught the red trout in 
Canada, told me that some of the fish had forked tails and 
some had square tails. All that have been sent to me, even 
the specimens in the worst condition, had forked, very 
pronotncedly forked, tails. I shall have another look at 
these fish by daylight before I send them away, but the 
tails will not change over night, and that is one thing 
which seenis to preclude the possibility of their being 
Sunapee saibling, but there are other differences to 
veconcile besides the deeply notched and square tails. 


Protection and Hotels. 


One of the State game and fish protectors was last week 
on a visit to the Adirondacks. He is a modest man, and 
he did not tell any one that he was a game protector, nor 
did he intimate that he was looking for violators of the 
Jaws of the State which protect fish and game: but in his 
bag, commonly called a grip, he did have some papers, 
ordinary blanks used by game protectors On occasions, 
and on them were printed words such as Forest, Fish and 
Game Commission, etc, At one point on the edge of the 
wilderness he learned that a party of sportsmen were in 
camp at a certain place, and he thought he would go on 
into the woods as far as this camp and make a social 
gall and see what luck the members of the party were 


having. He left his bag or grip at the hotel in the settle- 
ment at the edge of the wilderness by mistake and had to 
retrace his steps and get it, and then he went on to make 
his call as he had originally planned. When he made 


-his call—mind, he had not told any one where he was 


going—he found that every member of the party in the 
camp was violating the law, as he looked at it, but the 
members of the party protested that it was a coincidence 
and that certain ingredients which were in evidence, and 
which were necessary to constitute a violation, did not 
belong to the party, and they knew nothing. about whom 
they belonged to or where they came from or how they 
happened to be in their vicinity, and so the modest game 
protector went his way, and the party as one man prob- 
ably said, “It is to laugh.” The game protector made an- 
other call at 3 A. M., which means very early in the 
forenoon, and then he found the ingredients tied up in 
camp with chains, and the members of the party prob- 
ably sighed, “It is to settle,’ for the game protector 
gathered in the whole bunch, with the ingredients which 
constituted a violation of the law. So far there was 
nothing unusual about the proceedings, for the men were 
otdinary lawhbreakers who had been caught in the ordi- 
nary way of game protectors, and they would have to go 


SHIP FISH. 


Caught in 1899 at Miami, Bay Biscayne, Florida. Length 6ft. Jin, 


in the ordinary way of such gentry to the bar of justice to 
receive so much of their deserts as the justice‘ could ad- 
minister under the statutes made and provided. 

The game protector’s second call had been made so early 
that he remained for a time, partictilarly as one of the 
party announced that he had $200 to fight the officer of 
the law in court, and before his companions conyinced him 
it would be better to accept the officer's proposition to 
meet him in court later and plead guilty to the charge 
and settle, the mail was brought into camp: Finally the 
$200 man was conyineced that his $200 would simply be 
added to his fine in the end, when he balanced his ac- 
count of expenses of the trip, but by that time it was 
late and the game protector remained in the camp for 
the night. Im the evening the party passed the time by 
playing pedro, and as it was necessary to keep a score 
and paper was not abundant in camp, one of the men took 
a letter from his pocket to keep the score on the hlank 
side, On the side opposite to the blank side was a letter 
written by the hotel keeper where the game protector 
left his bag, warning the party to look out for a man who 
was going into the woods, and who the hotel keeper sus- 
pected, to be a new game protector. When the game pro- 
tector told me the stery yesterday, | wondered, as he did, 
hew the hotel keeper had reason to suspect that the man 
who-was paying him for meals and lodgings was a game 
protector, 1 also wondered why the hotel keeper thought 
it necessary to send aily warning to any one in the woods 
unless he knew where the party im question passed his 
house that they intended to break the law, and so sent 


his letter hoping it would reach the law breakers before — 


the law officer, That was pot the only party of sports- 


men—God save the mark!—that had passed his house, and 
perhaps paid him for food and lodgings and things, and 
did he send warnings to them all? Did he take it for 
granted that all the men who passed his house were law- 
pasa or did he know that they intended to break the 
aw! 

People complain that the State game protectors do not 
discover violators of the game laws in the woods only in 
rare instances compared with the number of violations. 
It is bad enough that thirty-six men have to cover the 
entire State of New York and wage a war against the 
horde of lawbreakers, but now it is known that our 
hotel keepers at one of the gateways to the woods is an 
accomplice of the law breakers and is in league with 
them against the constituted authorities whose business 
it is to enforce the law which protects fish and game and 
brings money to the hotel keepers when it is enforced, to 
a greater degree than when it is violated. When this 
matter is a court record I expect to add a postscript to 
this note in which I shall not deal in generalties, and will 
give the hotel keeper an advertisement that Forest AND 
STREAM will not expect him to pay for. 

e A, N. CHENEY, 


Black Bass in the Moonlight. 


It may be that after reading this you will remark, dis- 
dainfully, “Humph! simply poaching,” I, too, had some 
qualms of conscience over it before I tried the sport. 
In July, on Lake Patagansett here, the small-nouth black 
bass were not willing to connect with any known lure. 
I tried everything with the same result. One night, when 
the moon was almost full and the sky almost cloud- 
less. | thought I would find out if the bass were as fond 
of staying out late as I. Jn this small lake they do not 
rise readiy to a fly at any time, and instances of their — 
capfure in this way are extremely rare. I. rigged up my 
spli: bamboo in the house, putting on a Parmachenee- 
Belle fly No. 1-0, and wound a spare leader with a 
Montreal of the same size round my hat in case of 
trouble. 

My boat is moored always to a stake so that it can 
be. run ashore by rope, and lies within casting distance 
of a big rock where usually old Bronze-back hangs out. 

When I cautiously drew the boat ashore, and) sitting 


down, again ran it out to the stake, the scene was worth 


sitting up all night to see. The dark patches of shadow 
cast on the water by the surrounding trees were impene- 
trable to the eye, while all else was liquid silver under the 
moonbeams. The stillness was so solemn that I almost 
feared to break it. The whirr of the reel in drawing off 
line to make the first cast sounded like an alarm clock. 
There's a peculiar enchantment in the moonlight. Care- 
fully, deftly and with some trepidation J made the first 
cast. The Jeader and fly, already well soaked, went out 
easily and dropped without a splash. Purposely I made 
three or four casts away from the place I expected to find 
bass. just to get used to the new scheme. Then, gradu- 
ally working around the boat and lengthening my casts, 
l covered the spot I wanted. The Hy vanished taty tle 
black mass of the shadow, and just as it reached the mar- 
ein of the moonbeam I saw an upheayal of the water—a 
splendid head and shoulders visible for an instant—then 
‘he sudden tightening of the line—the instinctive stroke 
ol hooking, the involuntary momentary tightening of 
the throat that seems invariably to accompany the first 
elcrious sensation of hooking a big one—all passed more 
iavidly than it can be told, and the leap and plunge that 
fo lowed showed that the steel had struck home. A deep 
plunge followed by a rush straight toward the boat kept 
the reel busy taking in line until the bass came close to 
the stern. Then with a mad straight ahead rush he 
weft up the channel—making for the outer part of the 
lake. With all the strain I dared to put on he still kept 
going. I wondered if he ever would stop. I had 50 yards 
of line on the reel, and when at last he slacked up only a 
few turns remained in the barrel. Then with several 
leaps he fought deggedly every inch of the way back. 
He got no slack whatever, and although lily pads and 
roots fringed the channel on either hand, he could not 
vet into them. Back he came, until he was almost 
within reach of the net. But not yet. The dusky 
monarch of the lake was game for another such fight. , 
And so away he went once more, not quite so far this 
time, though, and as he gradually yielded foot after foot 
of line his strength began to waver. At last, in the clear 
moonlight, he came alongside, and, slipping the net 
quickly under him, I laid him in the boat and took off 
my hat to him. 

I did not weigh him until next morning, when he 
scaled 534 pounds. A handsome fellow, and as plucky 
as handsome. : 

IT hooked him at 11.30 P. M. and landed him just at 
midnight. The hook was deeply set away back in his 
mouth—so far that I could just reach it to extract it 
with my fingers. ¢ 

It may have been a mean thing to do, but there was 
an excitement in it all and a peculiar glamour attending 
the moonlight fishing that one cannot well describe. 
All objects of the surrounding landscape, though famil- 
iar as my own home by day, assume a weird and un- 
canny aspect by night. The uncertainty of knowing 
just where the stumps and pads may lie in those dark 
masses of shadow put great odds on the fish, and in my 
own mind ‘I begin to think it was a sport of the very 
first water. = |e 


Flies Versus Other Lures for Nipigon Trout, 


Editor Forest and Stream: 

In a recent number of Forest AND STREAM I re- 
gretted to find a direct statement to the effect that the 
larger trout in the Nipigon are taken with spoons or 
bait, and only the smaller ones are successtully taken with 
the fly. The following week another writer seemed to 
caincide in this view. During the fishing season there 

nay be an average of thirty fishermen on the stream 
daily. About twenty-eight men out of the thirty will 
be “duffers on the Nipigon.” I do not say this in a very 
disgraceful way, The twenty-eight men may be lovers. 
of nature, delightiul companions, potent statesmen, suc- 


cessful business men and all that, but I will ask each Suc- _ 


gessiul business man and each potent stateman to stata 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


513 


the proportion of “duffers” in his own river of occupa- 
tion at home, and then to carry the proportion to the 
Nageon and apply it in observation upon the fishermen 
there. 
The brook trout is a royal game fish, and the Nipigon 
is his great kingdom. Any ambassador going to that 
region must be a born diplomat, or he must become one, 
or he must have diplomats forced upon him, if he would 
see the best sport in trout fishing. The largest trout 
in the Nipigon are caught with the fly, and I believe that 
‘I can select five trout fishermen who will catch more 
trout, and larger ones, with a fly than can be caught by 
five other selected fishermen using other rods and lures. 
Most of the fishermen on the Nipigon, as elsewhere, are 
not equipped to the best advantage. They do not study 
the sittation in a painstaking way, and they do not seem 
to comprehend the nature of trout. Most of them want 
something easy. I have fished for trout from Labrador 
to Virginia, and have not as yet found a better stream 
for fly-fishing than the Nipigon. 


Ropvert T, Morris. 


‘Toledo and Thereabouts. 


Why Rods Are Lifeless. 


Talking with my friend, Judge Kenyon, the other day 
about the last summer's casting tournament at Chicago, I 
extracted a piece of information which will be of interest 
to the fishing fraternity. We were speaking of the dis- 
appointing records of the tournament during the hot 
weather which prevailed at that time, results which were 
apparently inexplicable to Mr, Hough and other gentlemen 
who participated in the various contests, especially those 
of Ay-castine. "At a temperature about 125 degrees,” 
said the Judge, ‘a split bamboo rod may be bent upon 
itself, and it will be found to recover very slowly 17 at all. 
lf it is bent at that temperature and retained in the 
saine position while it is cooled to sixty or seventy, it 
will be found to have taken a permanent set. At the 
higher temperature the resin of the cane seems to lose 
its tension and elasticity, so that the fibers of the cane 
slip by each other and do not readily resume their former 
places. At the same time, the glue in the joints softens, 
and its temporary loss of adhesiveness adds to the weak- 
ness of the rod. During the Chicago tournament the 
thermometer ranged in the nineties in the shade, while in 
the sun it was anywhere from twenty to twenty-five de- 
grees higher. When they were called on in this knd of 
weather, the rods did not respond, simply because the 
extreme heat had drawn their temper, and nothing would 
haye been more effective in restoring it than a trough of 
ice water into which they might have been dipped every 
now and then during the progress of the tournament.” — 

Jay Breese. 

Tovsoo, O, Dec. 14. 


100 Sportsmen's Finds, 


Some of the Queer Discoveries Made by Those Who Are 
Looking for Game or Fish, 


35 


ere is the title of a chap-book oi the eighteenth cen- 
tury, which certainly should have place among our selec- 
tion of sportsmen’s finds, for the whole “dismal rela- 
tion” grew out the fateful discovery by a “gentleman 
and his Man being a Hunting.’ The chap-book title 
pages of those days appear to have resembled the scare 
heads of our up-to-date yellow journals, in that they told 
the whole story. We preserve the style of the original: 


yo 
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THE DISTRESSED CHILD-IN THE WOOD; 
Or, the Crel Unkle 
Being A 


True and dismal Relation of oné Esq: Solmes of Beverly 
in Yorkshire; who dying left an only Infant Daughter, of 
the Age of two Years, to the care of his own Brother: 
who with many Oaths, Vows, and Protestations promised 
to be Loving to her; but the Father was no sooner 
Dead, but out of a wicket Covetousness of the Child's 
Estate of three hundred Pounds a Year, carry d it into 
a Wood, and there put into a Hollow Tree to Starve it to 
Death; Where a Gentleman and his Man being a Hunt- 
ing two days after, found it half Famish’d. having gnawed 
its own Flesh and Fingers end in a dreadful manner 
With an Account how the Cruel Unkle to hide his 
Villany, had caused the Child's Effigies to be buried in 
Wax, and made a great Funeral, as if it had been really 
Dead; with the manner of the whole Discoyery by a 
Dream, and taking the Wax Child out of the Grave: with 
the Unikdle’s Apprehension, Examination, Confession be- 
fore Justice Stubbs, and his Commitment to Gaol, itt order 
to be Try'd the text ‘Assizes, fer the Barbarous Action 
To which is added Copy of Verses on the said Relation, 
“oo rat Tae Te Mca Uatt ey } it : eek rely 


Che Rennel. 


_ Fixtures. 


FIELD TRIALS, 
1901. 


Jan. 1.—St Louis, Mo,—St. Louis Collie Club’s annual show. 
J. A, Long, Sec’y. Bde 

Jan. 14,—New Orleans, La—Louisiana Kennel Club’s atinual 
show. A. E. Shaw, Sec’y. “1 

Jan. 14-19—Pontiac, Mich.—Pontiac Poultry and Pet Stock Ex- 
hibition’s dog show. Daniel Thomas, Sec’y. 

Jan. 23-26.—Chicago,—Chicago Pet Dog Club’s annual show. 
Mrs. J. T. Buhrer, Sec’y. : 

Feb. 19-22.—New York.—Westminster Kennel Club’s twenty-fifth 
annual show. James Mortimer, Supt. 

March 6-9,—Pittsburg, Pa—Duquesne Kennel Club’s annual 
berch show. F. S. Stedman, Sec’y. L 

March 13-16,—Chicago.—Mascoutah Kennel Club’s eleventh an- 
nual show. John L. Lincoln, Sec’y. ; 

BENCH SHOWS. 
1901, 

Jen. 14.—Coronado, Cal.—Pacific Coast Field Trial Club’s trials. 
Albert Beltz, Sec’y. 

an, 14,—Greenville, Ala.—Fifth annual field trials of the Alabama 
Field Trials Club. John B. Rosenstihl, Sec’y. : 

Jan. 21.—Benton County, Miss—Tenth annual field trials of the 
United States Field Trials Club. W. B. Stafford, Sec’y, Trenton, 
Tenn. 


February (First Week).—Grand Junction, Tenn.—Championship 


Feld Trial Association’s annual trials. \W. B. Stafford, Sec y. 


An Idyl of the Dark. 


Turn down the lights until they glow but dimly, and 
then read this sad, sweet story in a low, sorrowing voice, 
In the sleeping hamlet of Feeding Hills resides a man 
who is known not only unto himself, but to a select few. as 
a mighiy nimrod. As a hunter he is the genuine union 
label article and the hairy coon is his long suit. He 
claims that he knows all there is to know about these nice 
beasts, and is on to just a few extra points on the side, 
One evening, as the moon was rising over the cornfields 
and illuminating the future pumpkin pies which reclined 
among the stalks, he called his faithful coon dog, Ponto, 
to him. and, putting a gun, an axe and a search warrant 
into his clothes, sallied forth in pursuit of the gay and 
gladsome coon. Smiling were the golden corn lands of 
Feeding Hills, and dark and drear were the forests upon 
the mountains. Across the heath bounded the huntsman, 
and Ponto galloped ahead with nose on high and tail 
proudly waving. He looked even yellower ‘neath the 
golden beams of the moon. At last a lovely bit of coon 
ground was reached, and Ponto was encouraged to “heigh 
away.” Forthwith he heighed and scattered himself into 
the field. Presently the hunter heard a yelp from the 
further corner and knew that there was something doing. 
Ponto gave tongue and the hunter gave chase. The faith- 
ful hound headed for the wood, so the nimrod knew that 
hither the game was going. 

At the edge of the wood Ponto sat himself down by the 
foot of a tree. He sang solos to that shrub until the nim- 
rod came up, and then Ponto wagged his tail while he 
was being patted on the head. The nimrod undid his 
shooting coat to allow his chest to swell, and removed 
his hat, so that it would not be stretched out of shape. 
He had once again treed a coon, he and Ponto. Then he 
circled that tree, looking for the coon. It should haye 
been sitting in a crotch trembling with fear. If it was, 
the nimrod could not see it. Must he give up hope of 
downing it with one swift shot? He allowed he must. 
Then he seized the axe and started to slay the tree. The 
moon rose high over the woods and looked down upon his 
toil. If he had had to work in that manner he would have 
joined a union. The chips flew fast and thick, and Ponto 
dashed about the shrub with keen yelps and howls of 
delight. He was going to get another chance at the coon, 
and he pitied the poor animal. The tree gaye a groan and 
tottered to the ground. A streak of gray dashed out of 
the topmost branches and darted into the light. Ponto 
made a rush and a grab. There were circles of yellow and 
gray for a second, and then peace and quietude. The 
proud nimrod advanced to pick up the game. The moon 
looked down in horror upon the scene, for the nimrod 
had fainted away. His sorrowing wife buried her favorite 
tabby can bentath the garden rosebush at 7:30 next morn- 
ing.—Springfield Republican. 


Points and Flushes. 


Mr. W. B. Stafford, Secretary of the Champion Field 
Trial Club, has favored us with a photograph of the 
trophy which goes to the winner of the stake. It portrays 
a silver cup, beautiful in design, donated by Mr. Edward 
Dexter, of Boston, Mass. The trophy is emblematic of 
the championship of the year in which it is won. Entries 
for the stake of 1901 close on Jan. 10. 


| Graypshoating- 


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always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 


Leading dealers in sportsmen’s supplies have advertised in our 
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If you want your shoot to be announced here send no 
notice like the following: 


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2th 


and Tifty-segond ayenyg, ~~ 


1901, 

Jan. 1.—Chicago.— Universal Gun Club's live-bird shoot. 
R. S. Moss, Sec’y. 

Jan. 1.—Newark, N. J.—Twentieth annual all-day shoot of the 
“South Side Gun Club. “Isaac H. Terrill, Sec’y. “ho 

Jan. 1.—Sing Sing, N. Y.—Tournament of the Ossining Gun 
Club; targets. Wm. P. Hall, Sec’y. 

Jan, 12-13.—Aurora, I1].—Bennett’s target tournament, 

Jan. 15-18—Hamilton, Ont—Hamilton Gun Club's eleventh 
annual tOurnament; live birds and targets; open to all, H. 
Graham, Sec’y, = 1 

Jan. 16:—Trenton, N. J.—Second contest of the series between 
teams of the Trenton Shooting Association and Freehold Gun 
Club, on the grounds of the former. 

Jan. 17,—Baltimore, Md.—Ten-man team contest—Baltimore 
‘Shooting Association vs. Keystone Shooting League. 

Feb. 56-7,—Cincinnati—Cincinnati Gtn Club’s sparrow 
ment. Chas. F. Dreihs, Sec'y. 

April 9-12.—Baltimore, Md.—Eighth annual spring toutnamient 
of the Baltimore Shooting Association; two days targets, $100 per 
oon added; two days: live birds, $500 guaranteed. H. P. Collins, 

ec’y. 

April 16-18—Leavenworth, Kan.—Annual tournament of the 
Kansas State Sportsmen’s Association. 

May 7-10.—Tournament of the New 
Association. C. W. Feigenspan, Sec’y. 

May 7-10.—Lincoln, Neb.—Twenty-fifth annual tournament of the 
Nebraska State Sportsmen’s Association, under the auspices of the 
Lincoln Gun Club. W. D. Bain, Sec’y. 

May 21-25—Chicago, Il]—Twenty-seyenth annual tournament and 
convention of the Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association. Chas 
T. Stickle, Sec’y. 

June. 5-7.—Circleville, O.—Under auspices of the Pickaway Rod 
and Gun Club, annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters’ 
League. G. R. Haswell, Sec’y. 

June —.—Columbus, Wis.—Tournament of the 
League of Wisconsin. First week in June. 


AT WATSON’S PARK. 


Watson’s Park, Burnside Crossing, Ill.—Wifteen-bird shoots as 
follows: Dec. 22, 25, 29 and Jan. 1; $2.50 entrance; #2 sweep 
optional; shoots commence at 1 o’clock. 


CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 


Jan, 8.—Interstate Park, Queens.—Welch (holder)-Hlliot match 
for the Dupont trophy. 

April 1-6.—Interstate Park, Queens, L. L, N. Y.—YVhe Inter- 
state Association’s ninth annual Grand American Handicay !our- 
nament at live birds. 

June —.—Interstate, Park, L. 1.—Forty-third annual tournament 
of the New York State Association for thr protection of fish and 
Game. 

Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 

Interstate Park, L. I.—Fountain Gun Club’s regular monthly 
shoots, the third Thursday of October, November and December, 

Interstate Park, Queens.—Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club—Saturdays, 

Interstate Park, Queens, L. I.—Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 

OLDER Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed . 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Café and hotel accommodations. 


Dr, 


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Jersey State Sportsmen’s 


Trapshooters’ 


DRIVERS AND TWISTERS 


Club secretaries are invited to send thetr scores for publication tr 
these columns, also any news notes they may care tohave printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported, Mail 
all such matter ta Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York. 


The four-day Holiday shoot on the Washington Park shooting 
grounds, Kansas City, Mo., commencing on Wednesday of this 
week, will be managed by Mr. R. S. Elliott. There are three 
events on the first day, the second of which is the final contest 
for the Elliott medals. On the second day there are three events, 
of which the second is the match between I[lliott and Crosby 
for the Cast Iron medal. On the third day there are two events, 
respectively at 10 and 15 birds. On the fourth day there is a 25 
bird event, $20 entrance, birds included; handicaps a la Riley, 
which is as follows: “‘All shooters are handicapped fram 26 to 
30yds., to start the shoot on. The race is shot in five divisions 
of 5 birds each, Any shooter making a straight score of 5 birds 
in any division will be set back lyd. for each and every straight 
score he makes; provided, however, that no contestant can he 
put back of the 33yd. score.” 


Shooting about Philadelphia this week will be notably active. 
Nearly the whole week will be devoted to practice and competition 
on the grounds of the Keystone Shooting League, at Holmes- 
burg Junction. A sweepstake on Christmas Day, open to all, 
Rese system to govern the division of the moneys, will afford 
heliday diversion. Thursday is fixed upon for the contest he- 
tween ten-men teams of the Baltimore Shooting Association and 
Keystone Shooting League, the return match to be shot at Bal- 
timore on Jan. 17, and in case of a tie the third contest to be 
shot on neutral ground. The weekly 10-bird handicap for the 
yaeeHe trophy, open to members only, will take place on Satur- 
ay. 

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Dec. 22 was an exceptional day on the grounds of the Keystone 
Shooting League in the matter of a large attendance. The semii- 
monthly match for the challenge trophy, a 10-bird event, at 
29yds., $2.50 entrance. The second event was the club handicap 
shoot, 10 birds, open sweepstake, $2.50 entrance. In the first event 
there were fifteen challengers, and of these, Brewer, Landis and 
Henry tied on straight scores, the latter winning in the shoot-off. 
Messrs. Collins and Fox, of Baltimore, participated, but heine 
non-residents, could not compete for the trophy. The former killed 
9, the latter 10. Im the club handicap shoot, Messrs. Vandergritt 
Brewer and Budd made straight scores. 5 


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The match between Messrs. R. A. Welch and Harold Money, 
shot on the Carteret Gun Club’s grounds, on Thursday of last 
week, resulted in a tie on 89 birds. The conditions were 100 birds 
each, 30yds. rise, 30yds. boundary, $250 a side. It was an exciting 
contest, one not ended till the last bird was trapped. Mr, Money 
got a lead of 5 in the first 25, and from that to the finish there was 
a see-saw contest on this margin, which was gradually reduced to 
a tie at the finish, Mr. Welch shooting a game uphill race. 


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_ The exact number of the men_on the teams of the Baltimore 
Shooting Association and the Keystone Shooting League has 
not yet been definitely determined, but the most conservative 
Opinion places the number at seven men per team. Baltimore 
probably will be selected from the following: Messts. Malone, 
Hood, Hawkins, Fox, Bond, Ducher, Gent, Collins, Wagner, 
Smith, Pierce, Leland and Burke, while the Ieystone team will - 
be selected from a list as follows: Messrs. Henry, Hallowell, 
Landis, Vandergrift, Budd, McCoy, Eames, Fisher, Johnson, Van 
Loon, Geikler and Stevenson. : 

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The president of the Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association, under 
date of Dec. 17, writes us as follows: ‘Please announce that the 
annual convention and tournament of this Association will be held 
the third week in May, 1901, and the date will be May 21, 22, 23, 
24 and 25. The change from the first week in May was made in 
the hope that the past rainy experiences of the Association could 
thus presumably be avoided.” » 


In the Clearview Gun Club’s trophy event at Darby, Pa,, on 
Dec. 22, there were six men who tied for the Fisher trophy, and 
in the shoot-off Fisher, a scratch man, won if with a score ‘of 20 
out of 25 targets, Sweepstakes anc contests for turkeys added to 
the zest of the competition, —~ 


Ld 
Vhere will be an Interstate Park Handicap on Wednesday of 
this week, on arrival of the 12:2) train from New York, Optional 
ewuens and the shoot-off of the fyst series, at a 


ne % 

The Interstate Park Association has issued an artistic booklet, in 
which is set forth a description of the adyantages offered to’ the 
golfer, the sportsman, the business man in search of recreation, 


fhe trapshooting clubs, driving parties, etc. It is profusely and 
elegantly illustrated, the Casino, pigeon coops, tailway Station, 


golf links, traps, grounds being the subjects of illustration. Ad- 
dress the Interstate Park Association, Queens, L. 1. ee 


® 


On Dec. 19, in the first of fhe series of team shoots between 
jeeaoae eae of the Trenton Shooting Association and the 
Freehold, N. J., Gun Club, the former won by a score of 241 to 
226, each man shooting at 50 targets. The second contest of the 
series takes place on the grounds of the Trenton Shooting Asso- 
ciation, on Jan, 16, 

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‘f & Ss 5 5 sf last week 

In the New Utrecht Gun Club’s shoot on Saturday of 
Miss Antie Oakley and Mr. Vandergrift each scored 14 out of 15 
and each lost one dead out of bounds. 


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In the Audubon (Chicago) Gun Club’s last shoot of this year, 


: : fo Wr : iamond trophy. - . ws 
Mr, J, H. Amberg won the diamon p yeas Pied Wanna: 


IN NEW JERSEY, 


Trenton Shooting Association. 


— nton Shooting Association won 
nears MER? the Freehold Gun Club 
f 241 to 226—six- 


peeines i J., Dec. 19. ed wens 
the first of the series oi_team : 
an-the latter’s grounds, Dec. 19, with the score o 
, 50 targets per man. hs 
"Widmann Ail Teale Gere high mee on the Trenton team, each. 
45 d Vandeerveer, 43, for Freehold. a, rl eee 
» shomas won the bulk of the cash in the sweep shooting. ae 
The second race of the series is scheduled for Jan. 16; oe fue 
Trenton Shooting Association grounds, at, Hutchinsons To e. 
This is the first defeat that Freehold has met with on the home 
grounds in a Hes ceaaee ers 
The race was shot over a maga i er pu 
which bothered the Trenton contingent not a little, as it is rat 
best three seconds slower than the electric pull, that they neve 
their magattrap fitted with, and when they called’ “Pull” the pu 
did not get cut so quickly, causmg the nervous, tension to re ax, 
constituting really a balk. However, “all’s well that ends well. 
The boys enjoyed their trip, and are waiting for the time for the 
Freehold team to visit them, for the second race, with feelings, of 
pleastirable ee ‘ 
losed ease fin : our 
eats The names marked thus * were not in for the 
Peienton team: Widmann 45, Thomas 41, Vanarsdale 36, “Barlee 
45, Lutes 36, Cole 88; total 241. 1 f; 
Freehold team: Burtis 36, Vandeveer 43, 
Walling 83, Hall 36; total 226. 
Practice sweeps: 


p fitted with “a‘lever pull, 


Muldoon 30, Ellis 42, 


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i evehig@tes hi Seno a 710 8 T Muldoon = 9 9:-T 
Uichilehe Goten eae eee ese oh OES Seas, hes 
Vanarsdale 2..vi.25« » 8 8 T 8 Mickel Bat. 
Woiap, LE leeds Dene Wade “GOlEL cn. eae fea 7 Sate 


Hudson Gun Club a 


Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 17—Followimg ate the scores made sat 
the last shoot of the Hudson Gun Chub, of Marion. ‘The weather 
was cold, and a strong wind was biewing from the northwest, 
making it almost impossible to. make a good average,*but, all 
things considered, some fine strings were made. 

A series of team matches was shot, and the scratch men, Dudley 
and Schorty, won. The next team was Jones and Meunch, who 
were a good second, Bock and Banta were third, while Scheubel 
and Duke were last. : A 7 

On Friday evening, Jan. 4, 190], the annual meeting ‘ofthis’ club 
will be held at 411 Tonnele avenue, for the election of officers for 
the ensuing year, ’ 


—— The next shoot of the club takes place on Jan. 7, 1901. 


We have just put in 30,000 blnerocks for the month of Jartuary: 


Events: 12 3 4 8 6 7 8 91011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 
Targets: 10 10 10 15 2 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 15 10 
schorty, -........ & 9 71 412 71210138 9121014 S1ris .. 
Dudley .......... 7 9 811 712 6131012 812 814 9 1423 2 
Watita. once eens 7 81012 511 $10 812 810 510 71117 4 
Chores yet ene eo OO TORR Gt Speen se : Plat availed) <eeets Jenene peice 
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The Dominie’s Tournarnent. 


Fremont, Neb., Dec. 21.—Herewith find scores made at the 
shoot held here on the 18th inst. ““Dominie Beveridge was man- 
ager. 

The attendance was not up to expectations, but thirteen facing 
the magautrap for the programme. : 

The weather conditions were better than the ordinary this time 
of the year; that, coupled with a good tent and stove, made the 
shooters as comfortable as could be desired. The scores: 


Events: 1234567 8 91011 12 

Targets; 10 15 15 20 10 15 15 20 10 15 15 30 
IDTV. peor s sop sone eM Aides 815 14 17 8 12 11 18 10 18 14 18 
DWP Eadarati meee eiiseliteces ser aide 9151114 7131215 9 12 15 17 
RGBEtESGOTL Wemun tiniest iv reat sees wire 9 8 914 8 9 917 § 11 41245 
Whlets. 225, se to surels pie aeee ot ety 7131318 9... 4418 .. 1. 1246 
Siicfol=tee HAO a) aky Bndatesee ree 31418 18 915 1216 912 11 is 
(epee REP Oa rimaeaitictinsenctttetn 23 ee aH 1111 18 6 15 1848 815 .. 20 
Wihsjeulll” Se nnesatsmotensdeas tee reves ee 12105 7 1211 ., 71413 16 
Wilkins .,.,.; sayinyy tts Sora) Woe En 13 1318 7141816 9 12 1019 
IRS Mididatyhwemecuscics oe. eulekee I a Me Te Ee Sli. 
Behtenitani tune haieeee: eioee oDreaye ane 813 7121210 7 71010 
I Nidcdatipli@ererece ee sore accreted ass pee WY 812 S45 7 t4 15 
inl @itibia), AA544 seq eeeaecss vs ee ees» 15101413 16 8 12 12 20 
EHip eta esas scott rs se rte: Broa tA 14 9 91016 910 .. if 
Vaiintarie, a oeweadenn ices cneeeee 915 1114 7489315 9 12 45 417 


Following the conclusion of the programme several extra events 
were pulled off, the principal one being a miss-and-out, with the 
result: 


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Dominie and Stoner divided the money on the 12th bird, but shot 
on out to decide a #10 bet between Wilkins and Cobb Wilkins 
winning, having placed his money on the man ftom New Jersey, 

For the entire day the averages were: The Dominie 90 WwW. 
Hidam 80, Robertson 72, Ehlers 85, Stoner 84, Cobb 79 Morrill 75 
Wilkins 86, R. Middaugh 74, Echtenkamp 80, F. Middaugh 74. 
H. Ridam 8&4, Kruger 74, funn, Sec’y. 


The Forest Ann StRzam is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach ig at the 
latest by Monday aad ag much earlicgy as practicable, 


i : ‘ 4 —_ 
the scores of the teain race, and Your 


Style. 


THERE are sevetal causes of bad shooting, and many more 
than several ideas of the manner of treating them. It is hardly 
likely that experts can agree about the latter. when they are not 
agreed upon what good shooting or good style in shooting really 
is. There are at least three distinct schools, each teaching or 
believing in different methods. The first and oldest of these is: 

(a) The advocates of aligning from false breech to foresight. 

(b) The second is the, pigeon shooter’s manner—that is, align- 


ing the foresight on the same with the eye well above but exactly 


over the center of the false breech. 

(c) The third method is that of looking at the game and throw- 
ing up the gun, in confidence that the hand and eye will work 
together, | 

Whenever an argument occurs about shooting it will nearly 
always be found that agreement is impossible, and that the longer 
the argument proceeds the wider the disputants get apart.’ The 
Teason of this is that the advocates belong to different schools, 
a, b, or c. ry. ; ? 

Mone classes can again be subdivided. There is 
them: = 

(1) The shooter who calculates:-distance and elevation, and 
brings his gun to bear upon an imaginary ‘spot in front or above 
his game, as the case may require, by focusing the game or the 
imaginary spot and detecting how much to right, left, aboye or 
below his gun muzzle is, and directing it accordingly. 

(2) The shooter who brings his gun to bear on the game and 
then jerks it into the required allowance, pulling as he jerks. 

(3) We are inclined to believe there is a third subdivision who 
knowingly ‘never “allow” at all, and the reason they do not in- 
vatiably shoot behind their game is that the gun comes up with 
the muzzle pointed to the direction where the game first became 
visible, and that in order to get on it there has been a race of 
the muzzle after the game, the trigger being pulled only when the 
gun has overtaken the game; the shot does not leave the muzzle 
until momentum, set up in the race from behind to the front, has 
carried the latter past the poitit intended. It is absolutely im- 
possible that there can be a sudden stop of fhe muzzle, as the, 
muscles cannot effect it even if the will demanded. As 1 2, and 
3 can each be applied to a, b and c, there are at least nine 
chances to one that the best shooting conversation will be mis- 
understood by the listener. 

The most frequent incomprehensible remarks will come from 
c, the shooter who believes that he looks at his game and shoots 
withoutyalignment, but simply, as he will tell you, in the Way you 
eatch 4 cricket ball, shoot an arrow, or use a fork in feeding 
yourself. ‘This is a style of shooting that is more heard of than 
practiced; its correct name is snap shooting, and we have noticed 
that: many of those who think they practice it are considerably 
longer in- getting off their guns than some others who confess 
fo; the older fashions. Besides, their practice not going to con- 
firm their precepts, the illustrations they choose are not convincing. 
There is’the cricket ball, for instance, which, when it is caught 
at ia yard distance front the eye, covers as much of the horizon 
as a 10ft. sphere would at 40yds. Perhaps even a poor poking aligner 
might hit a 10ft, sphere at 40yds., so that this argument proves 
nothing, Yt is best not to apply the same parallel to the argu- 
ment of the mouth and the fork, as the fork is so much nearer 
to; begin with that comparatively the mouth would grow out of 
all recognition at 40yds. This has been best answered by one 
who solémnly assures those who place reliance on it that he can 
use ‘his’ fork im the dark, but-that no one can use a gun with 
equal yprecision in the dark, no matter what system he adopts. 
That disposes of No. 2 argument, and then there is -only the 
bow_and arrow left, Mr. Ford revolutionized this sport when 
he first adopted the plan of drawing the arrow directly beneath 
the right ¢ye—that is, below the chin instead of to the right ear, 
as had been customary until his time, The scores at once mounted 
up with this alteration of method, but it appears that’ those who 
advocate the principles of archery at stationary objects, as ap- 
plicable’ to the shotgun and moving objects, can best be answered 
by the -practice or riflemen at stationary objects and their-con- 
stant struggle to-obtain sights giying imiproved definition. 

- But possibly the best anpswer of all to the c- school is their 
vwn precept. They-teli you to look at the object and put up the 
gun, and that the latter will then assuredly cover the former. In 


in each of 


that case, if they are correct, a miss will almost always result: 


the game is not standing still. If you say this, the proposition 
is very likely to be madified, and you are then to gaze at a fixed imag- 
inary spot in space. This is a simple impossibility, for when there 
is nothing. to guide the eye it wanders while apparently being sta- 
ticnary all, the time. It is easy to fix a spot in front or: behind 
the game if ihere is any sort of background, but it is mot easy, or 
eyen possible, when gazing into the yault of the sky. If this is 
brought home to the shooter, he will probably say that the game 
fixes the imaginary movable spot by its proximity. But if this 
is the case, then it becomes difficult to say whether the shooter 
is not focusing the game one instant and the imaginary spot the - 
next; and it is also difficult to detect how much this rapid alterna- 
tion of focus influences the direction of the gin, for be it re- 
membered that the ¢ party declare that you are not to see your 
fun. 

Tt is not difficult to kall rabbits crossing a ride in this style: 
they have been killed when shooting from the hip; but when the 
distance to be allowed is yards in front, as for a grouse, down 
wind, better work..can be dene by ithose- who are able to make the 
utmost use of the pointer they hold in their hands. It is very 
easy to detect the approximate distance by which one bird leads 
another as-they pass the spectator, just as it is easy for a judge 
to tell the number of lengths by which a horse race is won. [It 
is simplicity itself to detect the fact when one moying object 
overtakes and passes another, and the shooter who makes the 
muzzle or sight of his gun equivalent to the leading bird, over- 
taking and passing the game he is shooting at, seems to have a 
better means to accuracy of allowance than he who never sees 
his gun when he shoots. Of course if is possible for a man who 
keeps his focus on his game and never is conscious of seeing his 
gun to jerk it in the direction the game is going after presenting 
it; but then this is neyer done by snap shooters, and if it were 
done it would cease to be snap shooting, and would be a longer 
operation than his-who shoots as described under a and 1 or b 
and 1, neither of which are necessarily two operations, although 
they may be made so, The jerking of the gun forward after pre- 
senting at the game must necessarily take two operations, whether 
the shooter belong to the a, bh, or c class, and although an ex- 
cellent practice to learn or to fal! back upon when a Shooter is 
more or less out of form, it does not constitute the finest form, 
and we'thave known game come much too quick to give it a 


“‘chance;. moréoyer, it Sometimes happens that in crossing over 


rides pheasants are not visible long enough to put it in practice, 
Tn such eases oné swing of the gim from the ready and a simul- 
taneous press of the trigger are all thet is possible in the time, 
and yet the Shooter whose method is a and 1, or a No. 1, is well 
aware how much ahead or behind he was when he fired, - } 

We have never yet seen a shooter of the c class who was able 
ta shoot a choke-bore charge into the center of a target at 40yds. 
without, adopting a, to him, new style of putting down his head 
and aligning, ‘so that we doubt whethcr those who “never see 
their guns” really know exactly what they do in the presence 
of game. . : 

Between u and b there is a great difference; a gets his head 
down to his gun or his gun up to his face, according to bend, 
whereas b looks over his gun, at the game, pointing with the sight 
and looking over the rib; by this means b is enabled to aim at 
the rising bird when the shot shonld go well over that which he 
is focusing. This is an advantage in quickness, for it is anques- 
tionable that it is quicker to aim at an object focused than 4 
certain distance over it. Tt is for this reason that pigeon guns 
are usually made straight in the stock. A pigeon from the traps 
is rising almost always. but when it comes to high quartering 
game the elevation given by the height of the eye above the rib 
miay be all. wrong, and then the method of exact alignment de- 
scribed under a has the adyantage. Besides this, a twist of the 
gum half over, so as to Have one barrel higher than the other, acts 
in two different ways, according as a man shoots by alignment 
of breech and foresight and game, or by alignment of game 
and foresight only The former keeping true alignment 
with a tilted gun shoots in front and low; the latter when he 
places his foresight on the game and tilts the right-hand barrel 
up (a very common habit when game is coming from the front 
and passes on the left), shoots high and to the right—that is, 
behind. If the left barrel is up, and game is Passing from the 
same direetion to the right, then the shooter shoots high and to the 
left—that is, behind again. 

Here is one very common fault which is brought about by the 
small degree of “following on’ necessary to catch up the game, 
and because instead of turning the body from the hips a twist 
of the shoulders is mutch easier. Nevertheless here is 2 fault com- 
monly supposed, like the rest, to be curable by fitting with the 
Wy gun. Tt is obvious nevertheless that the cast-oft that might 


“fit his case. 


[Dec. 29, 1900. 


nee for the right-hand shots would make matters yorse on the 
eft. 

When we consider what a variety of manners of shooting there 
are, it is hardly to be wondered at that the try gun should be 
considered a short and easy road to discoyer what a shooter does, 
and as a true diagnosis is half-way toward a cure it may be 
recommended so far. To find out what a man does with the gun, 
and to discover why he does it, are two very different propositions, 
As we have said, the methods of shooting adopted by good shots 
are at least nine. Each fault may, and probably does, have’ some 
different effect, according to which of these Manners is adopted; 
and faults in shooting are numbered by hundreds—optical, physical 
and nervous, Wet people expect that their own experience js 
quite certain to be of use to others, and think those who cannot 
Tiake use of it wanting in intelligence at least. Jt is obvious 
why Mr. H. Greener thinks there is nothing like the principle 
of shooting adopted in archery. Any one who had for a customer 
a crack pigeon shot who could use any stock, bend or cast-off 
equally well would think so. Mr, Boswell, it is natiral to be 
lieve, does not advocate much cast-off or bend; pigeon shooting 
has formed his judgment, and the foresight aimers (b) form 
no small proportion of his customers. ’ 

A cure effected by a variation of the shape of the stock, as 
suggested by the try gun, can hardly fail to be one in danger 
of being counteracted as the novelt) of the stock wears off and 
becomes, as it were, part of the shooter. This certainly is so far 
every fault except those which arise from optical defects. 

There is no doubt, however, that too much has been claimed 
for the try gun, which is a most useful servant, but a very bad 
master. ‘To illustrate this Mr. H. Harriss told an excellent story 
of a man who had been fitted with a try gun. When the weapon 
was ready he found it to be enormously cast-off, and complained 
that it did not fit him. “Oh,” said the gun maker, “it is quite 
tight; your left is the master eye,” That was strange, to say the 
least, as his left eye was a glass one. We cannot go as far as that 
in appreciation of fhe fry gun, but we haye lately diccoyered that 
it is not necessary for one eye ta be the stronger for it to become 
what is called the “master eye’—that is, the aligning eye. 

As previously explained, it is not necesary, when, shooting from 
the right shonlder and aligning the sight with the right eye, for 
that eye to see the game at all; if the left can seé the target and 
not the sights, and the right the sights and not the target, that 
suffices, and the right eye may still be master and the lett only 
its servant ta bring the aligned sights upon the target. We have 
lately had personal illustration of this, as in some lights we can- 
not distinguish a small bullseye at 100yds, with the right éye, 
yet with both eyes open we can make very good practice; and to, 
establish the fact we can do equally well with a sheet of paper 
placed at the muzzle so that the right eye can see neither bullseye 
nor target. We believe that every one who tries this will do it. 
at the first attempt, and yet we have discovered a good many 
expert rifle shots and gun makets who had no idea that this 
was possible. The master eye is master to this extent. We dn 
not know whether when shooting from the left shoulder with 
everything reversed it is as easy. 


Cincinnati | Happenings. 


Cincinnati, O.—Editor Forest and Stream: Many years’ ‘ago, in 
the early ’80s, Cincinnati, as a target-shooting town, was perhaps 
as well known as any on this continent. In those days the shoot- 
ing was carried on about the same way as when glass balls were 
used—that is, the fiye traps were set in the segment of a circle anid 
the shooter, standing 18yds. off, and facing the cenier trap, fired 
his five shots and made way for ihe next man, and so on. We 
all used 10-bore guns, black powder, and had lots of fun. We 
also made lots of noise and’ smoke, atid some of us made very good 
scores. 

The targets were thrown at known ang’es, but unknown traps, 
so that the shooting was then and still ts quite difficult. Those 
were the days that Mr, Fred Kimble, of Peoria, paid us periodical 
visits, and with his 11lb. 10-bore Parker invariably cerricd off high 
average. He was at that time so easily the best tournament shot 
in America that it became almost a foregone conclnsien that the 
iota’ of the prizes offered would find their way to Peoria, Ijl., his 
home, ; 

Well, things dragged along here after 1886, and got from bad to’ 

worse, until no club holding regular shoots existed barring the 
Cosmopolitan, which thrsugh it all survived, being held together 
by a few yeterans, who on Saturdays met on those grounds, did 
seme shooting and enjoyed social confabs and delightful chats so 
conspicuous by their absence in the sail-in-and-nevyer-stop-shooting 
of the present day. The style of shooting at this club has never 
changed. It commenced with the Gne-man-up, and so continued tr 
the end. 
-l am quite safe im saying that every erstwhile member of the old 
Cosmopolitan Club when passing its grounds feels a pang-of 
regret at not being able to stop thé car and tttdee down gnd 
up those steep hills, and once more shoot for the fun of it. and not be 
hurried and jostled and-made to work, as we often do howadays 
in quest of what should be sport. . 

However, things have changed. Justead of shooting 50 to 75 
shots a day, we now shoot 200 or 800; so, while targets and am- 
munition are cheaper, the actual expense is about the same or 
more; but then Young America must trot fast or stop, so let us 
trot along and His Nibs will take care of the hindmost. 

A more deplorable state of affaits.in the shooting line than ex 
isted in Cincinnati up to the advent of the Cincinnati Gun Club 
could not be imagined.- No town of its size was so uiterly devoid 
of the semblance of a gun club) barring of course the Cosmo- 
politan, so naturally those who were fond 6f the spprt had either 
Y go abroad for it or ruminate on what they had déie in former 
ays ae : ; 
Naturally, then, with the coming of the Cincinnati Gum Ciub a 
revival in trapshooting has occurred, and the dame so long 
dormant, so dead—cold dead, stark and clammy déad—has -been 
rekindled, let us hope, to blaze as never it did before. 

As matters now stand, wé are very nicely fixed these days.. We 
haye a good, roomy, warm club house; two sets of target traps, 
one a-magazine and the other three traps, Sergeant system, and 
a Set of underground field Fulford pigeon traps, so we may be said 
ta be well up to date. x 

Too much praise cannot be accotded Mr. R. S. Waddell, for to 
him, far more than to aty other, are we indebted for having 
organized and carried to a Successful issue the organization of this 
club. In thus pointedly referring to this gentleman J mean no 
disparagement to others, who have so willingly put their shoulders 
to the wheel; far from it; but the fact remains that Mr. Waddell 
was the originator of the idea, and the moving spirit at the start. 

The club has a very large membership and quite a good many 
on the active list, which is of vastly more importance, for these 
are the ones who keep it up. The target traps are always reafly, 
and one can generally get pigeons by nofifying the superintendent, 
Mr, Arthur Gambell, in advance. : 

There can be no question as to the quality of the target shooting. 
Tt is simply first class. By this I mean that they ate thrown 
far and swift enough to please the most exacting, and as the fore: 
greund is none of the best, one needs be a first-clas marksman to 
make big scores. 

Regarding the pigeons, it is different. The coop being at the 
shooter’s back when facing the traps, it stands to reason one gets 
a good many incomers, so that 4 man weak on these is apt to find 
a good many goose eggs adorning his score, as many birds, es- 
pecially after being cooped some time, ate apt to come to what 
they call in Spanish their “Guerencia’—i. e., ‘fond home.’ On 
days of special matches, however, Mr. Gambell procures his birds 
from afar, so that this objection cannot well be urged against them. 

I could not abandon this subject without saying a few words 
about my friend, the Colonel. Now, I don’t know just haw he 
got his title, nor do I know why promotion in his case should 
have ceased while yet so young in years. Surely, if merit counts 
for anything, Generalissimo or Lord High Admiral would better 
He has smelt powder—tons of it; has heard the 
whizzing of fying lead and tramped the gory field. He has car- 
ried aloft many a bleeding victim, and brought him Safely home 
ainid the cheers and “btravos” of the admiring throng, and many 
a man owes his life in a miss-and-out to the fleet-footed, long- 
haired setter dog Colonel. There may be better retrievers—l 
don’t know it. There never was a more cheerful, willing one, and 
I stand ready at any time to chip in my quota to buy him a 
silver collar, for he certainly deserves it. I think I may justly 
say, without drawing invidious comparison, that in the pigeon de- 
partment, Colonel stands so pre-cminently at the head of the list 
that he wins in a walk. 

As to medals put up for competition between club members, we 
are well supplied. We have the Graydon, Mosty, Sullivan, and the 
Peters Cartridge medals for targets. ‘Last year we -had the 
Schuler medal for pigeon shooting, which, by the way, was won by 
a very. modest young man, Mr. Schreck, of Newport, Ky., and 
this year we have the Wagner medal, alse for pigeon shooting, 
won for. frst time hy “Ackley,” the veteran shot of the club, 

ls eh ee. (Sree 2 Se ote hy RS ER TAR toh 


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FOREST AND STREAM. 


I very well know that it 18 customary to cotigratulate thé Wintet 
oi any frophy, whether one is sincere or mot: It would cértainly 
be extremely bad form not te do go; but iri all my experience 1 
have never known such tinanimity of sincere and I might say 
affectionate display of genuine pleasure come over the entire num- 
ber of contestants as when ‘‘Ackley”’ grassed his last bird and 
beat out the whole field, being the only man to make a clean 
score, When we consider that-“Ackley” (his shooting name) or 
“Gloan” (his nom de plume) is in his seventy-third year, and that 
he still holds his own against the youngsters, we may begin to 
realize how splendidly equipped by nature some some men are 
and how grand a sport field shooting is, that by keeping its 
yotaries in the open airémables them to withstand the ravages of 
time and defy old age, for “Ackley,” though fond of trapshooting 
as a recreation, loves’ field shooting as a sport, and would rather 
bag a dozen ducks or snipe, or any kind of game birds, than 
shoot at the traps for a week. When, however, one sees a4 man 
seventy-three years old walk briskly and with strong, quick steps 
to the score, stand as straight as an Indian, handle and hold his 
gun in-absolutely faultless style, and shoot as easily, well and 
gracefully as “Ackley,” why it is refreshing, especially when so 
many of our young and good shots seem to think it essential, not 
to say imperative, to twist themselyes inside out and assume the 
most constrained and awkward positions to do their shooting. 
When we remember how such men as Carver, Harvey McMurchy, 
Rolla Heikes, Capt. Money, Will Crosby, J. A. R. Elliott, Mr. 
Powers, and many others of our most noted shots, stand, and 
then see others equally good perform a contortionist act, we are 
left to ponder how it is and why it is that both, so totally at 
variance, can do so well. 

The Cincinnait Gun Club can then be justly proud of two of its 
former members, both being in their elass unique and splendid. 
It is not parliamentary nor polite, I well know, to couple a man 
with a dog, and yet, ye gods! how often the dog is the loser—by 
the comparison? In this case neither can lose, because both are 
in a elass separate and alone by themselves, and we are proud of 
our scholarly, masterly, grand shot, and gentleman sportsman 
‘Ackley,’ and of our fleet, bounding, smiling-faced, ever willing, 
lithe and nimble Colonel, and may they both live long and prosper 
is the earnest desire of GaucHo. 


ON LONG ISLAND. 


ola nae Welch vs. Money. 


Garden City, L. I., Dec. 20.—The match between Messrs, Robert 
A. Welch and Harold Money, renowned as among the best in trap- 
shooting skill, drew an interested crowd of admirers and shooters to 
witness the contest. The conditions were 100 birds each, 30yds. 
rise, 80yds. boundary, $250 a side. 

The birds were a fine lot, as is usually the case at the Carteret 
grounds. <A brisk northwest wind helped them materially. 

At the end of the first 25 the match seemed almost hopelessly 
lost to Mr. Welch, he haying lost 5, while his opponent had 
killed straight, so that therefore the latter had the seemingly over- 
whelming Jead of 5 near the commencement of the match. <A 
pectiliar feature of the match was that each lost his last bird, Mr. 
Welch drawing a fast driver, while Mr. Money slipped up on a 
sitter, In the second 25 Mr. Welch killed 23 to his opponent’s 21, 
thereby cutting down his opponent’s lead to 3. In the third 25 he 
gained 1 more, and was then within 2 of his opponent. The final 
25 was full of possibilities and surprises, Mr. Welch missed his 
76th, which gave again his opponent a lead of 3, but this was 


negatived when Mr. Money missed his 77th. Next he missed his_ 


90th, which cut down his lead to 1, Next he missed his 95th, and 
they were then tied on a neck-and-neck race to the finish, whereat 
each lost his last bird, and the race ended in a tie. 

The referee was Mr. Walker Breese Smith. The match lasted 
2 hours 15 minutes. The scores: 


dS Jaw YN ceileeee AE he Ran Gane asedg soremeee 0222121229721202222*1*211—20 
111221222222222202*121 229 98 
1202221021211222111229122- 93 
022221212112122220212222093 29 
oy Morey n0 termes ree rge rest bie 2222122222222222222392299- 95 
221*22022222022022221 2929-97, 
S 21202222222221122222*2*2) 99 
2022122222222202222022220—91—89 


Sheepshead Bay Rod and Gun Club- 


_ Sheepshead May, lL. 1., Dec. 2).—The hive-bird shoot of the 
Sheepshead Bay Rod and Gun Club to-day was well attended, 
there being nineteen competitors in the niain event. Of these 


Mr. Ira McKane killed straight and won the badge. The scores 


teow: 

(7 McKane; 25.......... 2012112—6 EF Von Fricken, 25,.... 0000011—2 
T 9 -Pillioht 27-4... 222999%§ E Heffner, 24.......... 11210126 
I MecKane, 27...-... .2222222—T Wri Boyle, 25.......... 2020120—4 
Wieitar@belts s2'0 yee en a 2102222—6 Je Baind, 25. ........2,+5 2102202—5 
E Mogthiess 24. 22.10. 1200212—5. A Soeller, 23.....,,.... 022221 
D J Hefner, 23......: 0220022—4 A Ransehli, 24........ 2221001—5 
J B Voorhies, 27....... 12121016 Ph Suss, 25.,.......... 20112116 
H Kronika, 26......... 12*1210—5 ~W Iundy, 25..........; 0200000—1 
Bis leviidths e ee 2110220—5 Dr Hill, 25............ 2022010—4. 
ES eisvorcHstee Cres oe. eee 1**2100—3 


Hell Gate Gun Club 


Brooklyn, L. [., Dec, 18—The final shoot of the Hell Gate 
Gun Club, for this year, was held to-day. 

The point system governs the club shoots, each man being re- 

‘quired to kill a certain number of birds, after which each bird 
killed scores one point. Mr. Adam Dietzel was first prize winner 
this year. The scores in the club shoot follow: 
_ Club shoot, 10 live birds: E, Doenick 10, J. Schlicht 10, J. H. 
Voss 9, Dr. Roof 9, C. Weber 9, C. Lang 9, P. Woefiel 9, Wy. A. 
Sands 9, S. M. Van Allen 9, A. Dietzel 3, J. H. Moore 9, Dr. 
Wood 8, P. Garms 8, B. Amend 8 P. Brennan 8, J. P. Danne- 
felser 8, J. D. Deedy 7, J. P. Kay 7, R} Regan 7, J. G. Messer. 
schmitt, 7, J. Wellbrock 7, E. Marquart 7, C. H. Schmidt 6, H. 
Kohla 6, W. A. Noe 6, Frederick Wehler 5, G, K. Breit 5, L. T, 
Muench 4, John Klenk 4, E. Steffens 4, J. P. Albert 4, J. H. 
Doherty 4, Robert McGill 4, Albert Knodel 4 

The list of prize winners and the points made, each having shot 
in eleven shoots, are as follows: A, Dietzel 21, J. H. Voss 20, 
J. H. Wellbrock 18, E, Doenick 17, H. Kohla 16, L. H- Schorte- 
meier 16, J. A. Belden 15, L. T. Muench 15, W. A. Sands 15 
D. J. Deedy 14%, P. Brennan 14, B. Amend 13% G. K. Breit 
13, C, Lang 13, J. P. Dannefelser 18, A. Knodd 12, J. Schlicht 12 
H Forster 11, P. Woelfel 11, E. Steffens 10, F. Wehler 9, J. P’ 
Albert 9, J. Neumen 8, C. Schaefer 8, J. J. Messerschmitt Te, J, P. 
Keenan 64%, P. Garms 6, F. Trostel 5, W. A. Noe 5, J. J. Gallin 5. 


New Utrecht Gun Club. 


Interstate Park, L. I., Dec. 22.—There was a good attendance 
to-day at the shoot of the New Utrecht Gun Club. Annie Oakley 
and Vandergrift tied on 14, each losing one bird dead out in the 
club event, at 15 birds. The scores: 


AMI SR a tclane (2854 ft She ied eeiecmn its csc yeaa 12212121222*122—14 
BOGS, 520 Wee. aca t Lt e LL Sprain) mee on Uh 12211211**11121—12 
Lockwood, 28 .,....:.. ORL Ee APRA AAS Sets bff eee 101120210112211 49 
BICOL ee etre ras eee NN Seen ein meio tied Sele #5929999*911122-—12 


Chapman, 28 +.2*1201120112121-—12 


+ -2222232299*1999 14 


Van ih ten, 30 vpnresnans aad aonl22**219919 49 
| Fa tert, belie BANS WRB SES UE CH BBM EB pene » = + -192121121202022-13 

Dsl HRSA an SaME ESHER deo Rreee lle cley «+e» -100120220120000— 7 
Dr TOME 2B eee ka ns neta tat ATODOB BORN e eee 102200121011200— 9 
iP Plate p2B. eye ives cep.n eee ee wean Sek ee! 000132210012011— 9 


Jseaniec Rod and Gun Club, 


Rockaway Park, L. 1., Dec, 24—The scores made at the shoot 
of the Oceanic (jun Club to-day follow: 
Events: Ce Re a Pe oe gt 
10 15 15 20 20 5p 20 10 25 
10 15 14 18 20 8 18 9 a 
up los Ese at tee el pnt 
re BEATS CAG SEE aes 
15 i4 19 18 7 18 9 29 
el eee ee FG 
ae 13 #15 #6 73. = 
Oto oe Tales en 
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a ms 9 12 


Team race, 25 birds each man: O. Keim 19, E. Bourke 15; total 


J. Stoney 13, F, Coleman 8} total 21, 


Jeanette Gun Club. 


Bréoklyti, L, 1:, Dec, 21—The monthly shoot 6{ the Jearitiétte 
Gun €lub was held to-day at Dexter Park: he tiedal in Class 
A was won by Geo. E. Loeble. This trophy was formerly held 
by Otten, who died. It was put up if open competition again at 
this shoot. C. Steffens has challenged Mr, Loeble to contest 
for it, The conditions are 15 birds each, challanger to pay for 
birds whether he wins or loses. The scores, in which A denotes 


Class A and B Class B a4 
, ies, 
Geo E Loeble, 28, A,.,....... EEL 1221210211— 9 


“ttre eae 
Chass VMieyer 26. (Ay gece een ss ent yy 1222122021— 9 12221222210—10 
Sie inte abe ANd teeta, «1202112112 9 2229191290 — 9 
i Karstens, 28) Ay t.etccrnseess Sedan 1112220211— 9-10 — 1 
IN) Brumies 28) 0A) t eatcetee eee A eteet a ee 2101111112— 9 0 — fi} 
Ui Mohieriamn, 285 ee a Lee SES ape an 
Chas Steffens, 30,.... enone Ltn DOA2220208—— "Bee seat 
Sp EB Oats ety tse enn acleten ee sey ee ZO20"A2222— Bs sega 
Jae WWiroe rere 2baes tqcetiocmeeneeees une 1111210201I— 8... 
WiSeat Nereis PA. <9 th sue oso s nee seee *201121221— 8  ........... 
PRingGkortye 00 dataas sire ree er rey Ff 2021012222— $8  .......,,,. 
GmBahlito Zo, ektiecasst sds baa e mene 2100010112— 6 0 — () 
De Bere ebay & pees Dae Sree Nas +8114 — 6 1 243 
Nee Sse UGS i tone aaa eet sae A222712022 100 2. ea, cee 
Team race: 
Ehlen ,...- Pitersrsrsiite sie 12020—3 TOE: twessocrcad , 12210—4 
Meera gteaacd stb oe 21011—4 AST Eaten esse eta: « 22122 —5 
IGAESLET den deere eek 01012—3 StEenwertrsdeeeette at 22222—5 
ibavel Ronit CAs a neauaes 1111—5 Jerabaible, (Agee AcRo ro AAs 01110—3 
dNQwayeregey yn re beneseh feare 12201—4 {acaba A, A obocce 02220—3 
Miokitratatiten peeteresacces 22221—5 Ghia epee earths 11010—3 
itiy- warsthe ries sya aan: 11222—5—29 C Bohling .;,........ 22011—4—27 
ipeyeaes 1122929212 10 Meyer .,..........-1112212121—10 


Steffens’ 


WESTERN TRAPS. 


Audubon of Chicago. 


Cuicaaco, Ill, Dec. 22.—The final contest for the year of the 
Audubon Guan Club was held earlier in the week at Watson’s, only 
five men appearing. Mr. J. H. Amberg won the trophy, the 
diamond medal. Col. Felton went out ‘with high score, The year’s 
record shows that Amberg has won the trophy three times, ]. 
Crow and-H. Odell two times each, and ©, Yon Lengerke, W. B. 
Leffingwell, Silas Palmer, F, H. Dewey and Col. C. E. Felton, one 
time each, The annual meeting of the Audubon Gun Club will be 
held at the Sherman House on the eyenmeg of Jan. 8. The fol- 
lowing are the scores of the last shoot: Jim Crow, 1, 13; J. TI, 
Amberg, 0, 18; H. Odell, 1, 13; Col. C. I. Felton, 4, 14; Healy, 


0, 18 
Garfield of Chicago. 


Dr. Meek, the able secretary of Garfield Gun Club, puts out the 
atinouncement that henceforward the Garfield live-bird shoots, 
which have been held on Saturdays, will’ be cut down to the 


trophy shoots on the first and third Saturdays of each month. The, 


hive-bird attendance is not steady enough to darrant the expense 
of getting birds ready for each Saturday, but the trophy events 
will be as hotly contested as before, 

There will be a turkey shoot on Garteld grounds Christmas under 
handicap conditions and with turkeys for members only. Only 
ten entries for each turkey, and no member to win more than one 
turkey. <A fine turkey will be giyen to each contestant for 50 
pigeons shot at. There will be no shoot-off in the ties. It is 
thought that the Garfield Christmas shoot will be the best live 
bird shoot of its year, 5 

E. Hovex. 


HartTrorp Burnpine, Chicago, Ill, 


Frank Bloom’s Shoot. — 


Linpsry, O.—The target shoot for- turkeys giyen at Bloom’s 


* Farm, by Frank Bloom, was fairly well attended by local shooters. 


The weather was a little chilly for good scores. E. C.. Fort did the 
best shooting from the 20yd. mark. 

Messrs. E. C. Fort and M. C. Sanford will shoot a match with 
Geo.- Volk and Gus Webber, 100 targets fot each man, at 
Miller’s Club House, East Toledo, Jan. 1, for the price of the 
targets and a supper. The scores; 


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of) LENS Ald 3 8 Fo Good Helene MES Atiererer cr cory eter 0011111111101017101100101—17 
a Clerricka ere eta tL, (is taeo 101111 0110410011101011001—15 
ISAC! NS AAA AAR get er upon ate one 1401111111111 011111011122 
Wil AeWeisetele op yol ey ne tod Aer ibe pr ee « 1001011111011101110110101—18 
M> Hineline 1001110111110117010111101-18 
Eee Malleng hen wemaresetoss seyea tenes ons 0010011101100110001110110—12 
O Hetrick rk) » »-1110117011111011011111010—19 
HOTE Wes teududenae dy sconce deen «sem eb uopiee 1110791111111111100111111—23 
Hineline 1110140111101111011110111—20 
UCT atte ciete gee sity eee acta nee oe . - -1011011110110111011110110—18 
HOLL peed none acd: clus ane ae ~ - -01100111111111111111111—23 
12) TB AD SS PARR peptic ce Piacente 1011110110111011011110111—19. 
O Hetrick 1011110110111104111110111—20 
F Hetrick  -11019911110111017111011100—15 
Sy eles eondacebwnAnRde eet ond d nant ieeiensce 1011111011.011011101101111—19 
Wiardetifeceme recone neeeae seooagntietie 0001101310110111011101110—17 
(Cox EC ECURL Giunta ree So ot bee ton 1111011110111010001010110—17 


A, BUCKEYE, 


Peters Trophy Shoot. 


New Lonpon, ta.—The sixth shoot for the Peters trophy 
brought out a good many shooters, but when the medal was won 
by a new man with a score of 22 out of 25 it frightened some 
of the handicap men, so they would not shoot. 


GaPB AICO Ie yaeyajh-i pelea oie clas est badas - 1010100110101117111010101—16 
Pe Van UE Ley isi Bra a ae se seeavle store ce sinie eietalartieae ta 011109111111101111111141—22 
EF Pierson ..,.... fyirev ities ioort ce aer ie 1101110110011101010010101—15 
Gopi ARTERY OES Mltbetnes cetaceans poh ce ieuesreel ENS 1110110101111010110010001—15 


C. C. Prerson, -Sec’y, 


Bachting. 


i 


Notice. 


All communications intended for Forzst anp SrreAm should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 


__We wish to call attention to a yachting story entitled 
“Out of Commission,” by Mr. N. N. West, that appeared 
in the Christmas Number last week. Not being inder 
the head of yachting, it was overlooked by a number of 
our readers, 


Mr. Henry S. Repmonp, N. Y. Y. C., has purchased the 
English yawl Ailsa. She was designed by Mr, Wm. J. 
Fite, Jr.. for Major A. Barclay Walker, and built by 
Messrs. A. & J. Inglis, of Glasgow, in 1895. Her rig was 
changed from that of a cutter to a yawl two years later 
When she was bought by Mr. F. D. Jameson, As Mr. 
Percy Chubb is to change the rig of Vigilant to that of a 
yawl. and as Vigilant and Ailsa are about of a size. there 
should be some good racing between them. , 


Mr. C. C. HANtey, designer of the American defender 
Genesee for the Canada-cup races last year, has formed a 
syndicate to Sxild a wooden centerboard yacht to enter 
the trial races for the America Cup. Mr. Hanley states” 
that he can build and run for a season such a boat as he 
has in mind for $75,000, and that this amount has already 
been subscribed. The experiment will be watched with 
great interest, and it is to be hoped that the new creation 


- Lawson of a trial boat. 


Bodie Island lighthouse to Cape 


will make a better showing than the cefiterboard beats of 
the sartté type made in the 5r1ft. class; 


THe lead keel for the Cup defender building at Bristol 
was cast on Saturday last. The work started at 5 o’clock 
in the morning, and a greater part of the day was spent 
in making the casting. Columbia’s keel was cast on Jan. 
24, almost a month later. 


Wuen Defender was Sold a short time ago, it was stated 
that she was to be broken up for the metal she contained, 
and it was claimed that she was in such shape as to be 
beyond repair, New interest has been revived, as it is 
said that Mr, N. G. Herreshoff and one of Mr. Lawson’s 
representatives are trying to buy her, which belies the 
statements that she is worthless. What Mr. Herreshoff 
wants of Defender is a question, unless to deprive Mr. 
While, on the other hand, she 
would make a most excellent boat for Mr. Lawson’s pur- 
pose, as she is a tried boat; a pretty good idea of the 
Crowninshield boat's speed could be gotten after a few 
races against her. 


A Ship Canal Inside Hatteras. 


Hront the Boston Herald, 


Care HATTERAS, the most dangerous point on our At- 
-lantic seaboard, will cease to exist as a menace to coast- 
wise navigation. if the present plans of the United States 
Government are carried out. For generations the name 
of Cape Hatteras has been synonymous with storms, 
shipwreck and loss oi life. All sorts of schemes have 
been proposed to minimize its dangers, 

Millions of dollars haye been spent in attempts to 
properly light the celebrated Diamond Shoals, which 
surround Cape Hatteras. It was found impossible, after 
years of labor, to build a |.gi.ti:ouse there. The heaviest 
and stanchest lightship evcr constructed was placed at 
‘Diamond Shoals, only to be blown away from her giant 
mushroom anchors, 

And during all this while stéamers lost their bearings, 
vessels were driven ashore and millions of dollars’ woril 
of property and hundreds of lives continued to be lost, 
Every winter brought a long recard «{ disasters on Cape 
Hatteras. 

The sailor coming from San Franc’sco dreaded this 
ene spot more than any other in the Icng voyage round 
the Horn. The coastwise vessels tricd tu give it a wide 
berth. But is has remained as a petiianent menace to 
navigation, and has done more to injure coastwise com 
merce on the Atlantic than any other agency. 

And now, by means of an ingenious and therougiily 
practicable system of inland canals and channels, thie 
coastwisé trade will be enabled to pass behind Cape 
Hatteras, protected from the fury of the ocean the whole 
way down the coast by low-lying sand bars. 

The Dismal Swamp Canal, a miserable ditch of com- 
paratively small importance. is to be déepened through; 
its whole length. Here, bordered by cypress, gum andl 
magnolia, large coastwise vessels can sail or tow in: 
safety, 

The_extra insurance now-put on ships because af 
Cape Hatteras and its dangers will, it is claimed, mane 
than pay for the cost of towage in the new inside route: 
The saving in time will be great, and the safety of 
human life will be an item of no small importance, _ 

The magnificent fleet of yachts kept in Northern waters 
can then pass up and down the coast in comfort and! 
safety. When the inside route is finished, a great ad- 
vance im coastwise transportation is expected to take: 
place. 

In carrying out the terms of a_ bill passed at the lasi 
session of. Congress, the engineer corps of the army is 
now engaged in making a preliminary survey for an “in- 
side passage’ from Chesapeake Bay to Beaufort Inlet. 
This will obviate the necessity for coasting yessels round- 
ing Cape Hatteras. 

An inside passage from Bos‘on to Florida is believed! 
by officials to be one of the possibilities of the future, 
The present plan is looked at as the first and most im- 
portant step in this development. : 

To a large extent the proposed waterway is a naturail 
one, and to fit it for the passage of vessels of the larger 
class, as contemplated in the survey now being made, 
it is simply a matter of dredgine channels through the 
various sounds lying back o! the narrow strip of land 
which forms Cape Hatteras and the dangerous coast on 
its north and south, 

There are two corps of engineers working on 


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survey, One under Maj, J. B. are 


Quinn, surveying sow? 


from Norfolk, alone the r [ or 
Norfolk, along oute of the Dismal Sy 

Canal, which it is proposed to utilize, and one yw’ ee 

Capt. E. W. Van Lucas, working north from -@ cont, 


: Br 
Inlet. It is expected that the reports of these oe f avOre 
be ready to present to Congress when it Pees ae Vent 
when an appropriation for beginning the.% re ences 
Hoe ‘= “wark will be 
Hampton Roads, which will be the “oon... 

to the inside passage, is considering, ecw aden 
and most easy of access of any arbor ‘on tl : aa 
Vessels will pass into the Eliz ahath River N Sse 
and thence down the Dismal Scamp Gaal ae Pere 

j SC Uu0- 


ets AS ON Rees Sownd. through Croa‘on 
Ee ound, “Ore Sound, Back Sound and 


Beaufert Harbor, 
The length of Dismal Sy. 
This canal will have to be 
present depth of 8ft,~ D; 
tent will have to be 
twenty-six miles: 

In Albemarle Sound the work to be don 
great, as it has a good navigable dep:h. 
which is the name applied to the body of water lying 
west of Roanoke Island, and connecting Albetharle aan 
Pamlico sounds, has a.width of seven miles and cdiaath 
of but nine feet. Roanoke Sound, on the other sid ve 
the island, has a depth of but four feet re 

Pamlico Sound, which lies next +m the South, is +4 
largest body ot water in North Carolina. It is (ee ‘ad 
from the Atlantic only by a narrow heach Soaae ane 


Hatteras, a distance af 


amp Carnal is eighteen miles, . 
widened and made double its: 
redging to about the came ex-- 
done in the Pasquotank Riyer for 


e will not be 
Croaton Sound, 


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about thirty-Ave miles, and thence in a southwesterly 
direction for another thirty-five miles, the turn forming 
the cape. The distance along the center length of this 
sound is about sixty miles. : . 

Its greatest width is about twenty-four miles, and it 
has a general depth of between three and four fathoms, 
Though separated throughout its length from the At- 
lantic by only a narrow beach, which in some places 1s 
but a quarter of a mile wide, there are only three inlets 
through which vessels can enter from seaward, namely, 
Oregon, Hatteras and Ocracoke inlets. The latter en- 
trance it is proposed to dredge and keep open, though 
it is considered that this will be one of the most difficult 
iasks in the whole undertaking. 

Core Sound, which practically completes the southern 
end oi the route, is a narrow and shoal body of water 
extending along and just inside the beach from the south- 
west of Pamlico Sound to a point just inside Cape Look- 
out. At its western end it joins a similar body of water 
known as Back Sound, which extends to the westward 
about six miles and connects with Beaufort Harbor and 
Inlet. A channel winds through Core Sound of from 
seven to ten feet in depth, but in places this channel is 
extremely narrow. 1 

Beaufort Harbor is considered the most important 
harbor between Cape Henry and Cape Fear. Its en- 
trance is about seven and a half miles northwest of Cape 
Lookout; it is obstructed by a shifting bar, which ex- 
tends nearly a mile and a half to seaward, and at last 
accounts had about twelve feet of water in the channel 
crossing it. Inside the bar there is a depth of from three 
to five fathoms, and good anchorage. 

There are no appreciable tides in these sounds, although 
a northerly gale will pile the water up at the lower end 
to the extent of two feet. } 

When the improvements now under way are made it 
is probable that the “inside route’ will be continued 
below Beaufort Inlet. This will give the United States 
the greatest stretch of protected water in the world. It 
will be invaluable in war time, as small war ships and 
whole fleets of torpedo boats can pass from Northern 
waters almost to the gulf without once going outside. 


Less Noise. 


THE launch was moving swiftly toward the yacht. A 
sailor sat at the engine, the owner sat in the stern 
holding the tiller ropes, while ranged around the cushioned 
seats in the bow were four middle-aged men, Presently 
the owner spoke: 

“Don’t make so much noise.” 

The man in the bow thus addressed made no response, 
but stared at the speaker with imperturbable gravity, 

“That's what I say,’ observed the stout man. “There 
is too much confusion.” And he gazed back toward the 
city which they were leaving behind them. 

“What's the matter with you?” cried the owner. “Want 
to argue?” 

This challenge to wordy combat was ignored, and once 
more silence reigned. In a few moments they reached 
the yacht, and while the parts scrambled up the gangway 
a sailor ran down the absent flag and ran aloft the 
owner's pennant. The yacht was cast loose from her 
buoy, the tiny launch was swung to its davits, the white 
sails filled to the breeze, and soon a gentle rolling mo- 
tion told the men in the cabin that they were under way. 
They were busily engaged, with the help of the stew- 
ard, in removing the tan-colored shoes they had come 
aboard in and putting on in their stead white canvas 
oues havitig rubber soles. The steward also brought to 
each of them a cap, those for the guests being of white 
duck, the one for the owner being of blue cloth and 
having an emblem of red and gold worked at the peak. 
Again some humorist among them cried out, “Less noise!” 
and then they went on deck, 

Directly the steward came after them with a tray, on 
which were some sandwiches wrapped in a napkin. to- 
gether with some small glasses of water and others partly 
filled with an amber-colored fluid. The five men grasped 
the last mentioned glasses, bowed, and, seemingly for the 
first iime that day, smiled toward each other. But the. 
smiles were speedily swallowed up by the sandwiches as 
if they were against the laws of the high seas, 

Once again, when dinner was nearly ready, the owner 
called to the steward to bring him one, emphasizing the 
“one,” but not specifying oné what, and when the man 
returned his tray was seen to contain five “ones.” And 
the owner said; ‘‘Who told you to bring five? I’m trying 
to keep down expenses on this boat.” 

The steward grinned and said, “Yes, sir,’ and the 
guests griunted in disdain, seizing “four,” 

After dinner the men betook themselves to their cigars. 
The owner had a camp chair on the after deck, and at 
four bells and at his second cigar it grew upen him 
that his company was planning mischief. The quietude 
had become so dense as to be ominous. He slipped for- 
ward and looked through the skylight into the cabin. The 
four men were whispering and gesticulating over a large 
sized firecracker, and as he looked, his faithless steward 
brought them a large sized frying pan, evidently intended 
to cover up the firecracker when it exploded and thereby 
enhance the sound thereof. He realized that he was about 
to be blown up on his own boat—hoist, as it were, by his 
own petard. Going back to his chair he made one end 
of a rope fast to his chair and the other end fast to 
the rail and resumed his seat. When, a moment later, a 
terrihe explosion took place beneath him, he jumped in the 
air just as high as he could, at the same time contriving 
to kick his chair overboard, The jump being higher than 
the plotters had dared hope for, made them ery out with 
glee, but the sound of the chair going into the water 
capped the climax of their delight, and they wept for joy. 

When the mirth had somewhat subsided the victim of 
the bomb throwers reached down and hauled on the 
rope, and when the chair came over the side of the boat 
there ensued a moment of silence, followed by a low 
whistle from the stout man, who presently said: “The 
visitors on this boat will please step into the cabin.” 
Presently the spokesman reappeared and politely invited 
the owner to a little breakfast on the next morning but 
one at the yacht club. The person thus addressed prompt- 


FOREST AND _ STREAM, 


ly signified his acceptance, but added that he still felt it to 
be his duty to lay the matter before the Execttive Com- 


inittee. : . a 
‘Well, then,’ said the stout plenipotentiary, “if you are 


- going to tell it and make us buy things for every man 


in the cliib, we withdraw the invitation.” 

“No, sir; the breakfast goes, I insist on accepting the 
invitation. You'll have everything on this boat eaten up 
by to-morrow night any way.” ’ 

The following day was spent on the fishing banks. Once 
the thin man caught a fish that was larger than any 
other that had been catight that day, and it became evi- 
dent that the men had the gift of speech, although the 
talk was abruptly stopped by some one exclaiming, “Want 
to argue?” i : 

They claimed to be the last remaining specimens of a 
neatly extinct variety of the human family which some- 
times does not talk. The other variety of the species, as 
they maintained, talk all the time. They had found each 
other out one day at the Noonday Club, , 

“Why,” said the owner, “does a fellow insist upon 
claiming my attention and interest while he interests him- 
self with talk? Why don’t he go off in the telephone 
box and talk to himself? Does he do it to please me? 
Not by a jugful! It is to please his tender self. He 
thinks he thinks, and wants me to know he knows.” 

“Yes, and the only time he ever tries to think is when 
he is talking, The remainder of the time he is trying 
to get the floor again, making a shallow pretense the 
while of listening to you when he is only waiting until 
he can head you off.” 

“The fault lies with the man who listens, though, and 
not with the talker. If he wouldn't listen. the other 


fellow would have to stop. The weak minded ass thinks- 


if he listens a while the other fellow will let him say a 
little something.” 

This conversation took place between the stout man and 
the owner. The other three men only nodded ap- 
provingly, thus indicating that they were the three best 
of the five remaining specimens. 

Before they had separated the owner said: “Gentlemen, 
it is strange we haven’t flocked together before. Sup- 
pose we go off next Friday on my yacht.” 

Each one of those addressed assumed instantly an in- 
trospective air, as one who asked himself what he had on 
hand for the end of the week, but no one seemed to 
recollect anything pressing,-and the owner continued: 
“Now don’t hunt for excuses; you haven’t any. Be at 
the Barton street ferry at 2.” 

Strange to say, the quiet man is generally in demand 
by his friends. One is unconsciously drawn to a quiet 
man—and one talks to him. When, therefore, these men 
began to go off together, the other fellows experienced 
a sense of injury. But the result was thoughtfulness and 
peace to the Nearly Extinct Variety. 

That day one of the fishers pulled a crab on deck, and 
it crawled away and presently dropped through a port- 
hole into the thin man’s bunk, where it wrapped itself up 


in the blankets and fell asleep. There were other crabs ° 


crawling about the deck, so this one was not missed. 
Shortly after the thin man retired that night the crab 
woke up and caught his foot through the folds of the 
blanket. There was a shriek, not simulated this time, 
that brought all the pajamas out of their respective butiks, 
those of the thin man being the first. It was the thin 
man who brought the large firecracker aboard, and when 
the steward fished the crab out of his bunk he turned a 
steely gaze upon the owner as he stood in the door of 
his stateroom. 

“That's all right, old man,” the thin man exclaimed. 
“Don’t you ever go to sleep on this boat again with me 
on it without making up your own bed, and then you 
better sleep with one eye open for fear I drop a crab on 
your belly.” 

“Thomas,” 
stomach.” 

The thin man then began to ramble in his speech, and 
to use words not found in the public phonographs. 
some time after that the silence was punctured by various 
snorts and chuckles, coming from various quarters, al- 
though no one had quite the fun out of the incident that 
the owner had; he saw two jokes to the other fellow’s 
one. 


“Why does the little boy laugh? 
he is so cute. If a man is fast asleep he can put a crab 
in his bunk.” And the thin man determined to lie awake 
until the owner fell asleep, when he would insert a piece 
of ice under the owner's top pajama; but some time 
afterward he forgot himself fora moment and drifted off to 
the Land of Nod himself, to be awakened the next morn- 
ing by the sound of the sailors making ready the bathing 
machine. The latter consisted of a force pump with a 
hose connecting with the water, and having a sprinkler 
attachment upon the other hose. The s.out man took his 
station on the forward deck, and when the water began to 
fly he threw himself prone upon the deck and took an 
imaginary swim. He looked like a huge bullfrog, and 
his companions were laughing, and one of them seized 
the sprinkler and directed it with skill. 

An hour later the party went ashore at the club and 
proceeded to order the breakfast. The owner, as the 
guest of the occasion, asserted his right to be heard, and 
began rapidly enumerating ihe items of a banquet, but 
was thrust aside and admonished to stick to the homely 
fare he provided on his “skiff.” 

While the waiters were setting the table on the lawn 
the owner and the stout man engaged in a driving match 
on the first hole of. the links, during which they threw 
off their coats and loosened their belts. Then five certain 
preliminary beverages came and were disposed of, the 
owner saying: “Here’s to the firecracker,” 

And the others saying, “Here’s to the burial of the 
past, 

Shortly thereafter the two golfers became absorbed in 
the discussion of the noble game, and the thin man pro- 
cured a stout twine from the office and tied them to their 
respective chairs by means thereof and their loosened 
belts, and then, there being plenty of string, and being 
shielded by the remaining two men, who entered into the 
discussion with sudden avidity, he tied the chairs to- 
gether also. The confederates then withdrew from the 
discussion of the ancient game and awaited developments 


the owner replied, “you should say 


He laughs because 


expense of their shin bones. 


pocket and rose from the table, 


For - 


[DEc. 29, 1900, 


in company of the thin man, who now began to feel less 
bitter about the crab. , 

The waiters reappeared, bearing yarious covered dishes. 
All was calin. 

“Breakfast, shendlemen,’ said the waiter, The stout 
man arose and offered his arm to the guest of the occa- 
sion with an air of mock decorum, The strings tightened 
and the victims turned their heads and gazed for an instant 
at the tether. The stout man shivered and kicked be- 
hind him, like a frightened horse. His team miate also 
shivered and kicked, and then, with a frantic and con- 
certed leap there ensued the most realistic imitation of a 
runaway ever witnessed in this proud and stately Repub- 
lic. With the chairs flying behind them they careered 
about the ground, contriving whenever possible to swing 
their two-seated yehicle against any one’s legs that could 
not be gotten out of the way. 
agining that runaway steeds sometimes screamed, they 


_let out on occasional scream. The three conspitators soon 


became infused with the spirit of the enterprise and made 
strenuous efforis to head the runaways, generally at the 
The waiters jabbered and 
laughed, but were carnestly admonished to help catch 
the two men, that they had delirium tremens, imagined 
themselves to be runaway horses, and might run them- 
selves to death. This seemed not unlikely to the Eu- 
ropean mind, so the chattering sons of Germany, France 
and Italy joined in the chase and speedily effected a 
capture, whereupon the conspirators threw themselves 
upon the team, now rolling on the grass, and while two of 
them held their heads down the other unhitched them, and 
with many “Whoa, Bill’s” they were allowed to get up 
and be led to the table, where they were given two extra 
beverages upon demand therefor. 

The stout man must have been in training, for he con- 
sumed many lamb chops and four stacks of griddle cakes 
without a tremor, while his companions marveled and 
indulged in invidious remarks. When the fifth stack ap- 
peared, he ate three and put the last one in his vest 
He knew when he had 
enough, 

They went back to their work in the city, considering 
that they had had a pleasant, quiet time. 

That day at 3 o’clock the stout man was working on a 
brief in Smith ys, The Railway, when the thin man 
and the owner looked in at the door, one of them ex- 


‘claiming ‘Less noise.” Whereupon the stout man. told 


the stenographer he would be back in five minutes, and 
went out around the corner with his friends, presumably 
on some little matter of business. GEORGE KENNEDY. 


Our Boston Letter. 


Boston, Dec. 22——With the closing of the week comes 
the announcemert that another aspirant for Cup defender 
honors is to be built within fifteen miles of this city. 
While reports haye been current that stich a boat was 
possible, the announcement came in somewhat the nattire 
of a thunderclap. The new possible Cup defender is to 
be built at the order of a syndicate by C. C. Hanley, a 
well-known builder of Cape cats and the designer of the 
successful Canada cup challenger and defender, Genesee, 

It 1s antiounced that the new production will be of the 
original centerboard type, without a pound of outside 
ballast. This will be something novel in the line of 
America Cup defenders, although there are many who 
have maintained that a boat of this type could defeat the 
modern keels, and who will pin their faith to the Hanley 
production, should she be one of the field, until the de- 
ciding race is finished, 

Mr. Hanley was seen by your correspondent Friday and 
he confirmed the rumors in regard to the possibility of 
such a boat. He said that a syndicate was being formed 
and that, although matters had not been definitely settled, 
he could see no reason why the yacht should not be 
built. Just who the men are who will form the syndi- 
cate, he said that he was not at liberty to mention. 
Gen. Paine, whose connection with former Cup defenders 
is well known, was thought a possible member of the 
syndicate, but a visit to him disclosed the fact that he 
knew nothing whatever about it. 

Hanley has wanted to build a yacht for the defense 
of the América Cup for some time. He claims that he 
can produce a yacht along the lines of the Genesee and the. 
Meemer which can defeat the modern keel boats. This, 
of course, is a hard thing for yachtsmen, who have 
watched the evolutions in modern naval architecture, to 
believe; but there is a possibility that such a thing might 
occur, and Hanley, with his immense experience at 
modeling and building centerboard yachts, should be the 
man who would successfully accomplish the feat. 

Mr. Hanley talked over the matter of his hopes and 
beliefs at length and offered some reasons for his faith in 


the centerboard type of yacht, which, to say the least, are. 


sound. He bases his claim on the records of the center- 
board boats as compared with the keels in former races 
in the smaller classes, and allows that the same principles 
will hold good in a 90-fooler. He says that an out-and-out 
centerboard boat for the defense of the America Cup 
has never been built—that is, one with no outside ballast— 
but that those which have competed, up to the time of 
the Vigilant, have been a combination of both types, carry- 
ing a centerboard, but also being supplied with outside 
ballast. ' 

‘He thinks that the centerboard boat without ballast 
should be tried out with the keel boat with outside lead, 
placed at the lowest possible point, thus proving whether 
a Qoft. centerboard boat, constrticted on this principle, is 
as practical as one of the same type in the smaller classes. 
He has every confidence in his ability to produce a boat 
which will do the trick, and has a good idea now what 
his boat will look fike if she should be built. 

“His claim is this: That the centerboard go-footer, car- 
tied out on the same principles as Genesee and Meemer, 
maintaining the same excessive beam, will haye the 
s ability in form which the keel boats obtain from placing 
the ballast at the lowest point; that when the yacht is 
heeled she is sailing on but about one-half of her beam, 
thus reducing the wetted surface, while the Hat floors, with 
little dead rise, and the hard turn to the bilge giyes her an 


easier entrance, while at the same time she maintains 


much of her stability of form, aided by the centerboard, 


They snorted and, im-. 


a 


517 


JOLLY ROGER, 
Designed by Mr. B. B, Crowninshield. 


Another thing which Mr. Hanley anounced was that 


the skipper of the new boat would be a young man. He 
says that the older men are undoubtedly good sailors and 
know their business, but that when it comes to tight 
quarters the younger man will think and act at the same 
time, while the older man cannot do this. He claims that 
the body and mind of the skipper alike should be as 
active as that of any of his crew. 


Mr. Hanley’s feeling in the matter was expressed in the _ 


following words: “I shall build a centerboard boat, en- 
tirely of wood, which I think is the best material, in 
consideration of its flexibility in proportion to its strength, 
which I think will show favorably with the keel boats, if 
she does not beat them. When the racing is over, such a 
boat, unlike Defender and other modern Cup defenders, 
will make a good cruiser if altered into a schooner, and 
her light draft will be of immense advantage in entering 
harbors. It may be possible that Watson will depart 
radically in his model of the coming challenger, and I 
think that boats of more than one type should be tried out 
in view of this possibility. When the challenger is seen 
and the trial races are over, the American people may be 
glad that a centerboard boat was built to defend the 
Cup.” 

Crowninshield has finished the lines of the Boston Cup 
defender, and it is expected that the boat will be laid 
down within a few days. She will be laid down in the 
new shop which is being erected at Lawley’s. The upper 
portion of this shop is to be used as a mould loft, and the 
underneath portion as a pattern shop. Material for the 
frames and plating has been ordered, but is not expected 
to arrive for some days. A shed will be erected at the 
Atlantic Works, in which the new yacht will be built. It 
is expected that this can be put up in a week. 


Mr. Growninshield welcomes the idea of a centerboard 
boat being built. He says that he thinks it would be a 
good thing, and he would like to see the experiment 
tried, so that it would be certain which type of boat would 
produce the most speed. There are many who ridicule 
the idea of a 90-footer carried out on the lines of Meemer, 
but Mr. Crowninshield, with the spirit of the true 
scientist, makes little of no contemporary, but is always 
looking for the adyancement of his profession. He does 
not think that because he is building a keel hoat every- 
body must think that it is the only boat, but is not only 
willing but anxious to enter into fair competition at all 
times. 

The model of the Canada cup defender has been shipped 
to the Chicago Y. C. The members of the syndicate are 
much pleased with it. She will be laid down in the new 


| ' Photo by Jackson, Marblehead. 


mould loft at Lawley’s within a few days. The model 
shows a boat of moderate draft with generous, but not 
excessive, overhangs. More particulars cannot be given 
until the Canadian challengers are under way. 

Jansen, of Gloucester, has the keel Y. R. A. 21-footer 
of Crowninshield design for Sumner H. Foster set up. 
He is also making full-rigged models of fishing vessels 
for the American Fisheries Commission, to be used at 
the Pan-American Exposition. ; 

Crowninshield is designing an 18ft. knockabout for a 
member of the Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. This makes 
nine new boats for this class which are known to be un- 
der way. 

The Burgess Y. C., of Marblehead, will hold a twentieth 
century ball Dec. 3. 

Bezanson, of Beverly, is building a 50ft. power launch 
for parties unknown. It is inderstood that the same firm 
has several more orders for boats of the same type. 

The Winthrop Y. C, has nominated the following 
officers for the coming year: Com., James R. Hodder; 
Vice-Com., W. D. Allen; Sec’y, C. J. Bird; Treas., C. H. 
Nutting; Meas., C. H. Kelley; Board of Directors, A. W. 
Chesterton, L. T. Harringion, E. A. Cook and C. H. 
Whitney; Regatta Committee, E. P. Morse, A. S. Rich- 
ards, C. W. Gray, C, A. Sawyer and W. N. Jenkins, 

Joun B. KILireN. 


The Yachtsmen’s Club. 


Capt. Howarp PAtrerson, of the New York Nautical 
College. gave an infotmal talk on “Navigation” to some 
forty members of the Yachtsmen's Club, 47 West Forty- 
third street, on Wednesday evening, Dec. to. Capt. Pat- 
terson spolce for neatly two hours, and his subject was 
made interesting by various illustrations with the stereop- 
ticon. He devoted particular attention to the proper use 
and care of nautical instruments. The history of the 
compass was dealt with from the time of its discovery in 
China, 5,000 years ago, down to the present day. 

It 1s intended to form a class of club members during 


January for the study of navigation, under the tuition of. 


Capt. Patterson, and all members desiring to join are 
requested to notify Mr. C. T. Pierce, the secretary, as 
soon as possible. 

Other talks already arranged for are as follows: Jan, 
9, “Marine Engineering,” by Prof. C. C. Thomas; Jan. 
16, “Yacht Measurement,” by John Hyslop; Jan. 23, 
“Yacht Designing and Construction,” by Clinton H. 
Crane, and Jan. 30, “Wrinkles of Yacht Racing,” by New- 
burry D. Lawton. ¥ 


Scamp. 


ScAMP is a sister boat to Jolly Roger, and the close 
racing between them last fall was one of the interesting 
events of the season. Mr. Johnston De Forest, her owner, 


; SCAMP, 
Designed by Mr. B. B. Crowninshield for Mr. Johnston De Forest, 


was unable to sail Scamp in her races with Jolly Roger, 
and although she was very well handled by one of the 
regular Corinthian crew, Mr. A. E. Whitman, still she 


SCAMP. 
Designed by Mr. B. B. Crowninshield for Mr. Johnston De Fotest. 


was slightly handicapped by not having her regular helms- 
man. We are indebted to Mr. A. I. Whitman for the 
photographs of Scamp. 


Canada Cup Matters. 


Apvices received from Toronto regarding the action of 
the Canadians in accepting the date (Aug. ro) for the 
day of the first race of the series, settles the last detail 
in the plans for the Canada cup races. The races will be 
sailed off Chicago, Lake Michigan. The winner of three 
out of five races will be declared the winner of the cup. 
The second race will be held on Aug. 12, and the others 
on following days until the affair is decided. A proposi- 
tion has been received by the Chicago Y. C. to sail the 
Canada cup races off Buffalo at the time of the Pan- 
American Exposition from Com. F. B. Hower, of the 
Buffalo Y. C. The club will give $2,000 in prizes, but 
the general feeling seems to be that the Chicago Y. C. 
could not be tempted to let the international cup races 
go away from Chicago, 


The Yachting World says that “Mr. J. B. Hillard 
of the Royal Clyde Y. C., will assist Mr. W. G. ates 
on the Shamrock II. in the America Cup races.” 


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Tue drawings of Jolly Roger that appear_in this issué 
will be of particular interest, now that her designer, Mr. 
B. B. Crowninshield, is*to turn otit a trial boat for the 
Cup defense. «Jolly Roger is an'example of a boat that is 
as near perfection as yeats of gradual development in 
yacht designing and building can produce. “Jolly Roger’s 
wetted stirface is reduced to a minimum, and this com- 

bined with easy lines and good form makes her a fast 
boat in light weather. On the other hand, with her simple 
rig she is easily handled in a breeze. Her success in 
racing, both in the East and later in the season when she 
came around the Cape, is still fresh in the minds of yachts- 
men, and needs no repetition. Jolly Roger was built by 
James E. Graves, of Marblehead, and was sailed in most 
of her races by Mr. Frank Crowninshield or Mr. B. B. 
Crowninshield, for whom she was built. Her dimensions 


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Displacement per inch at L.W.L........ 609.2 
Midship, section, area. ..1/2..2.......... 10.00 sq. ft. 
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Sail area to wetted surface........ 3.44 
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Ballast to displacement........:... 592 
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THERE are times when names may lead to serious | 
consequences, even though Shakespeare did ask, “What's | 
in a name?” a as! OF, 

Capt. Tom Evans, of the Neptune Line steamer! 
Runo, has indelibly impressed upon his memory a name} 
that he will ever consider has elements of danger in it. | 
Coming down the coast on Oct. 31, bound from Rotter-} 
dam for Baltimore, all hands, except the man at the 
wheel,. were engaged burnishing up the bright work 
about the decks to’ have the Runo look attractive when 
she reached Baltimore. On the forecastle was a man 
named West, who was wanted to join the brass polishers’ 
att. x is ‘ { 
The Runo at the timewas steaming her best on a course 
southwest by west, Cape Charles lightship beaving on/ 
the starboard bow. The second officer had left the 
bridge and Capt. Evans took the deck during his absence. 
Learning that the man West was wanted, Capt. Evans 
shouted “West!” and went down to the lower bridge. 
Tt appeared to him to’ be but ‘a few minutes when he 
looked over the side and, to: his horror, discovered that! 
the Runo had Cape Charles lightship and Hog Island on) 
her port bow. © Such a position was inconceivable to 
him, and he sushed to the bridge and ordered the wheel-| 
man to change the course as speedily as possible to al-+ 
most east. Satisfied with her safe position, the south 
west-by-west course was again resumed. : : 


Bisc.c0, tooo]! FOREST AND STREAM. B19 


Then Capt. Evans demanded of the man in no un- 
certain language why he dared to change the vessel's 
course, which would have run her on the low shores of 
Virginia within a short time. The man was surprised that 
the master should ask such a question, which did not im- 
prove Capt. Tom’s humor after his recovery from a scare. 
The man said the captain changed the course himself. 
Then came the revelation. ’ 

When Capt. Evans shouted “West!” to the man in 
the forecastle the man at. the wheel took it as an order 
from the master to change the course, and he did so by 
bringing her up three points, which put the bow directly 
inshore, and steaming at a good speed for the dangerous 
shoals off the coast it would not have been long before 
bottom would have been found. 

Capt. Evans says he will never have another man in 
his crew who is known as either North, South, East or 
West. If he finds one that man must respond to the 
name of Smith, Jones or Brown. 

Mr. South is chief officer of the steamer Ohio, of the 
same fleet as Runo, but his position requires others to 
place a handle before his name, which precludes the dan- 
ger of the man at the wheel changing the course to 
“Mr. South.’—Baltimore Sun, Dec. 2. 


The Yachting Outlook. 


No pre-natal influences of a parental prophet are 
necessary for the prediction that 1901 is going to be the 
biggest yachting year that America ever knew. And New 
York will have no monopoly. It will also be big for 
Boston, with its interest in its representative craft; big 
for Newport, with its occasional races between the rival 
defenders, its 70-footers, its Astor Cup races and its small 
fry thirties, which go on, like the brook, forever. It 
will be an interesting year for the Great Lakes, the trial 


Sy is 
ee 38 boats for the defense of the Canada Cup, coming from 
= = 3S Toledo. and Cleveland to meet at Chicago, and the Cana- 
= Draae dian trial races collecting racers at Toronto, the final 
=e tel mi, | > international contests taking place at Chicago. It will 
» Si eal be an important year at Montreal, with the English chal- 
RZ eos lenger coming over for the races for the Seawanhaka 
37 Ek" Cup. For many years no boat has crossed the ocean for 
eee this trophy, and challengers, like meteorites, are partly 
Zz ee interesting because of the distances they have traveled. 
Oo mA The only yachting centers which promise to be rather 


dull are the English. In spite of many rumors, there 
seems to be no proof that the German Emperor intends 
to improve the English racing field by building again. 
The new Sybarita and the as yet unused Distant Shore 
promise little. With the best intentions in the world to 
assist the sport of his own country, Sir Thomas Lipton 
cannot possibly leave his challenger long in English 
waters. In order to fill her as perfectly as possible for 
racing in America, he will be forced to have her here 
as early in the year as may be convenient, so that although 
there may be two or three weeks of preliminary contesting 
in the home waters during the month of April, or even in 
May, the challenger may be looked for off Sandy Hook 
at an early date. In fact the Tribune has had this in- 
formation from Sir Thomas himself. 

There can be no doubt that I90I is to be almost ex- 
clusively America’s year, and it might be well for the large 
English yachts which are offered so little at home to 
come over and join the hurly burly here. The Sybarita 
and the Distant Shore have already been mentioned as 
possible visitors, and among the cruisers Mr. Coats’ 
Gleniffer, the largest sailing schooner yacht in the world, 
is another of the chances. If two or three of the princi- 
pal racers were known in England to be coming over, 
it is tolerably certain that this addition to the Lipton 
fleet of three would cause a number of steam yacht . 
owners to join in the fashionable pilgrimage to the yacht 
racing Mecca of 1901. The larger American yacht clubs 
could be relied upon to offer the visitors good prizes to 
be competed for, and the Astor cups provide momentoes 
well worth carrying home. For these Colonel Astor has 
the right reserved to invite foreign yachts to compete, and 
if English owners could be placed in a position to an- 
nounce their intentions now, instead of later on, there 
would be plenty of time for the idea to be discussed and 
to find favor before the beginning of the cruising sea- 
son. Owing to the early date of the first Cup race, Au- 
gust 20, the New York Yacht Club cruise, with the Astor 
Cup races at its finish, will come close to the interna- 
tional contests, so that visitors could take in the chief 
events without delays. Sir Thomas has been asked for 
the Tribune whether he would, as a member of the New 
York Yacht Club, enter his Shamrock II. for the Astor 
Cutter Cup, and his answer has been that that would de- 
pend on what Mr, Jameson and Mr. Watson thought. 
But:even if the boat selected by him as the challenger 
should not compete, his trial boat probably would, and as 
the American trial yachts, together with the four seven- 
ties and other fast cutters, will doubtless be in the same 
contest, it may be looked forward to as one of the finest 
races ever seen. 

Viewed from any point, the coming year seems about 
to be one that will be peculiarly favorable to an exchange 
of friendly feeling in the world of sport. For us, its 
promises are bright. May it not be a commendable 
thing to make an earnest effort to share that brightness 
with those whose pastimes have for a long time been 
shrouded in the gloom of the war cloud?—New York 
Tribune. 


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YACHTING NEWS NOTES.. 


The following list of officers has been nominated by 
the Winthrop Y. C. for 1901; Com., J. R. Hodder: Vice 
Com., W. D. Allen; Sec., C. G. Bird; Treas., ( Jal. 
Nutting; Meas., C. H. Kelley; Board of Directors 
A. W. Chesterton, L. T. Harrington, E. A. Cooke and 
C. H. Whitney; Regatta Com., E. P. Morse, A, S 
Richards, C. W. Gray, C. A. Sawyer and W. N. Jenkins: 
Membership Com., H. E. Blanchard, Eph Smith, C is. 
Rouillard, F. H. Beckler, Albert Partridge, C. B. Free- 
man, C. L. Ridgeway, F. H. Richardson and F. A, 


Hooper. 
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Mr. Oswald Sanderson, who is going to England 


ot Sea 3 oh shortly to manage a line of steamships, was entertained 


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at dinner on December 15 by members of the Larch-. 
mont Y. C., who presented a handsome loving cup to. 
him; He is a life member of the Larchmont Club. Mr. 
Sanderson owned and raced the 36-footer Countess last 


summer. 
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The sloop Clytie, owned by Mr. J. W. Mossman, of 
Red Bank, N. J., has been bought by Mr. Lawrence: 
Kain, who will cruise in her on the Sound during the 
coming season, 

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The yaw! Pawnee has been sold by Mr. Theodore C.. 
Zerega, N. Y. Y. C., through the agency of Mr. Frank. 
Bowfie Jones, to Mr. John E. Wayland, of the same: 


club. 
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The steain yacht Surf, N. Y. Y. C., Mr. C. K. Billings, 
is being altered below decks at the Morse Iron Works,. 
South Brooklyn. 

BR eR 


The wark of changing the steamer:City of Quincy to 
a house boat for Mr: Henry-B. Anderson, N. Y. Y. C.,. 
is progressing satisfactorily under the direction of Mr.. 
J. Beaver-Webb, at Hoboken, N. J. 
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George W. Watson and Edward Martin, caretakers on: 
the schooner yacht Avalon, lying off Fort Hamilton, 
were seriously burned aboard the yacht on December 17 
by the explosion of a can of gasoline. The boat was. 
damaged to the extent of $1,500. 
BRR 
The boat shop of Sammis & Dickerson, of Huntington, 
L. I. was burned on Dec. 16. Nothing was saved. 
The yacht Helen, owned by Mr. Aldrich Sammis, the 
catboat Enda, a launch belonging to the Rev. Samuel T. 
Carter, two small sloops owned by Messrs. Lewis E. 
Funnell and T. J. Halle, of Stamford, Conn., and several 
working boats were destroyed. The firm’s plans and 
models and considerable building material were also 
lost. The firm will rebuild. 
me eR 
The well known schooner yacht Fortuna has geen sold 
for the estate of Henry S, Hovey through the agency of 
Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane to Mr. Henry Wolcott, 
of the N. Y. Y. C. The firm have also sold, for the estate 
of Mr. Hovey, the auxiliary ketch Cero, built last year, 
to Dr. Wm. M. Culver, of New York, for service in 
Florida waters. 
RRe 


Former Commodore J. Pierpont Morgan, N. Y. Y. C,, 
has sold through the agency of Mr. Thomas Manning, of 
this city, to Mr. John Flagler, of the same club, the aux- 
iliary yacht Algonquin, formerly the Gadabout. The 
Algonquin is in Erie Basin, and Mr. Flagler is about to 
make some trifling alterations in her cabin arrangement. 


Almy Brothers, of Providence; Rr T., have submitted 
to the Rhode Island Y. C. plans for a one-design class 
of cabin 18-footers. The plan shows a powerful and 
speedy boat, the general dimensions of which. are: 
Length over all, 20ft; length water line, 18ft.; extreme 
beam, 8ft.; load waterline beam, 7ft. 51%4in.; freeboard, 
bow, 2ft. oin.; freeboard, stern, 2ft.; least freeboard, 
2054in.; overhang, bow, 5{t. 6in.; overhang, aft, 5ft. 6in.: 
draft, 23in.; displacement, 3,875 pounds; area, lateral 
plane, 30.4 sq. ft. The sail plan calls for a mainsail with 
an area of 380.5 sq. ft., and a jib with 95 sq. ft. of canvas. 


Ree. 


The Hanley Construction Co., at Quincy Point, Mass., 
is making extensive improvements. in its plant. A 
marine railway has been built, running into the basin, 
which is capable of holding a vessel of 1,000 tons and 
which has 28ft. of water on.the carriage at high water. 
The basin, which covers nine acres, has from 6 to 18ft. of 
water in it at low tide. A new machine shop and a joiner 
shop are being built and the machine shop will be 
equipped to construct. marine engines and other marine - 
machinery. Among the big vachts which are wintering 
in the basin are the steam yacht Viola, of New York, the 
sloop yacht Wrestler and the schooner yachts Princess, 
Jerfalkin and Palmetto, of Boston, 


RR eR 


The annual meeting of the Indian Harbor Y. C. will 
be held on Jan. 9. The Nominating Committee to 
select the ticket for election at that meeting is Charles 
F. Kirby, John H. McKee and E. E. Zittel. 


RRR 


The steain yacht Priscilla arrived at Miami, Fla., on 
Friday, Dec. 21, from Havana, having on board her 
owner, Mr, Samuel M. Jarvis, and Mr. Edmond G. 
Vaughan. 

RR eR 


Racing yacht Arbutus was the pluckiest and luckiest 
craft that encountered the fierce storm. She was an- 
chored at Winthrop, where the wind and surf had free 
‘play and gave her a merciless beating. She submitted for 
a while, then raised her- anchor and departed. What 
course she took no one knows, as she went without cap- 
tain or crew, and how she steered clear of rocks and 
banks where other vessels, with crews, stranded, is even 
more of a mystery. But she must have had an uneventful 
voyage, for when she rode the foaming waves into Rowe’s 
Wharf at 10 o clock last night there was not even a mark 
on her indicative of rough usage. She was tied up at the 
whart, the captain of police station No. 8 was notified of 
her arrival, and he had her removed to Constitution 
Wharf.—Boston Evening Transcript. 


PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 


A Connecticut subscriber writes: As one of the large army 
of readers af the ForEst Ann STREAM, who seldom voice their 
feelings, 1 would like to express my appreciation of the many 
worthy contributions which it,is my pleasure to read week after 
week: May a long and happy luture be the lot of all. 

4 Geo. A, FErris, 


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